Closed captioning transcript for the Hillsborough County School Board Workshop from April 13, 2021 - 9:30 a.m.

>>Lynn Gray: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AND IT IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTHS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING PURPLE, I BROUGHT EXTRA PURPLE MASKS. SO THAT'S JUST IN CASE. AND THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION TONIGHT ON THAT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, GOOD MORNING. AND WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA POSSIBLY GETTING MORE FULL BY THE MOMENT. JUST TO EXECUTE A FEW ORDERLY DETAILS HERE. THE EXPECTATION IS TO HAVE THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE AND THE I I RIDEA PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, DR. GRAHAM. AND GOOD MORNING, DR. DELANGE. SO YOU WILL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES PRESENTATION. THE EXPECTATION WILL BE ABOUT AN HOUR, INCLUSIVE OF THE Q AND A THAT COULD GO INTO A LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT WE'LL SEE. SO IF THAT OCCURS, WE WILL HAVE TIME TO SPEND PERHAPS ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONS FROM THE BOOKLET, THE WHITE BOOKLET WHICH IS ALMOST A REAM OF PAPER. YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION ON NO. I KNOW I AM REMINDED THAT THE BOARD TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS ON THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONS ON THAT. AND NEXT WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF LEGISLATIVE TALK, AND I BELIEVE MEMBER SNIVELY WANTS TO SHARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW ADDITION, THE HALF HOUR EXPLORATION DISCUSSION ON MATTERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN NECESSARILY ANNOUNCED. SO TO BE ANNOUNCED. BOARD MEMBERS, I DO KNOW THAT MEMBER PEREZ, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ON THE VIDEO, AND SHE IS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. ALSO, WE ARE NOW MISSING MEMBER VAUGHN, BUT SHE'S ON HER WAY. AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT MEMBER VAUGHN DID PUT THIS REQUEST FOR THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE AND THE IDEA WORKSHOP, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE HAVING TODAY. SO WE WANTS HER TO BE PART OF THIS, OF COURSE. I WILL SAY, BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO PERHAPS HAVE AN EMOTIONAL DAY WITH COMMENTS DURING OUR BOARD MEETING. SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE CUTS, ET CETERA, ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE, AND THEREFORE THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO IF WE COULD GET SOME OF THIS OUT OF THE WAY HERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF NOT, WE'LL WAIT TILL THE BOARD MEETING. BUT NONETHELESS, OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT WILL INCLUDE 33 SPEAKERS, EVERYTHING FROM UNIT CUTS TO MASK WEARING. AND FISCAL MATTERS. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I FIRST WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OF COURSE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT AREA. GOOD MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

>>Addison Davis: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOLS FOR HOPE AND OPERATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGHOUT THE NATION. SO FIRST WE'LL DEFINE HOW THE OPERATOR FUNCTIONS WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND TRANSITION TO PARTICULARLY THE TIMELINE FOR THE DISTRICT REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOPE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DISCUSS THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HOPE. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? WHAT IS THE OVERALL VISION AND MISSION? AND WHAT DO THEY DO TO COME TO THE SERVE CHILDREN, AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS THE OVERARCHING EXPECTATIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS OF HOPE AND THE OPERATOR AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE, AND EXPLAIN HOW SCHOOLS OF HOPE HAVE CHOSEN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND THEN FINALLY ATTACK ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT MAY BE PROPOSED FROM THE BOARD, OUR TEAM, AND ALSO WE HAVE DR. GRAHAM HERE AS WELL. SO I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO MR. AYRES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME TO DISCUSS OVERALL PLATFORMS AND WHAT WE WILL COVER WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. THIS PRESENTATION SHOULD TAKE 20, 25 MINUTES, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITIES TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM WHO WILL BE PRESENTING. FIRST, CINZIA DELANGE, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY DR. GRAHAM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE AND INDEPENDENT EDUCATION AND PARENTAL CHOICE HOP WILL BE HERE, BROUGHT SOME SLIDES ON THE PowerPoint, AS WELL AS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND SHORTLY WE WILL BE JOINED BY MR. ADAM MILLER WHO IS THE VP OF ADVANCEMENT FOR IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONCE WE GET TO THE PowerPoint WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR OPERATOR FOR OUR DISTRICT IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER BEING SAID, CINZIA.

>>Cinzia deLange: GOOD MORNING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? GOOD MORNING, CHAIR GRAY, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE'LL START WITH DEFINITION OF THE HOPE OPERATOR, AND THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS TAX EXEMPT THAT OPERATES TWO OR MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR IN OTHER STATES, IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS THE DOE THAT PLACES THE DESIGNATION OF HOPE OPERATOR UPON THE ORGANIZATION. THEIR MISSION IS TO SERVE STUDENTS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE LIVED IN UNDERSERVED AREAS AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE BEYOND K-12 GRADES. MORE OF THE VISION, IT'S AN APPROACH THAT THE DOE HAS TAKEN, AND THE DOE IS COMMITTED TO RECRUITING THE MOST SUCCESSFUL HOPE OPERATORS THAT HAVE CLEAR AND SUCCESSFULLY EXPERIENCES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FIVE HOPE OPERATORS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THEY ARE DEMOCRACY, PREP AND ALTHOUGH THIS HOPE OPERATOR HAS THE DESIGNATION IT HAS NOT SUBMITTED ANY KIND OF NOTICES OF INTENTS IN ANY COUNTY. WE HAVE BEEN IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROBABLY MENTION IPS TO SHORTEN, ABBREVIATE THE NAME, AND IT HAS SUBMITTED THE NOTICES OF INTENT AND PDA IN DEVALUE, POLK, HILLSBOROUGH. WE HAVE KIPP IN NEW JERSEY. MATER ACADEMY. AND THEY HAVE APPLIED IN ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SOMERSET ACADEMY WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANOMALYND I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT IS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. SO HERE WE HAVE A LITTLE VISUAL OF WHAT THE ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE IN THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. THE IDEA OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DUVAL AND POLK WITH IDEA IN HILLSBOROUGH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, DUVAL AND POLK WILL HAVE A SCHOOL EACH IN 2022-2023. SO OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL OPEN TWO SCHOOLS ACTUALLY THIS FALL. AND KIPP MIAMI-DADE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THREE OPERATING SCHOOLS CURRENTLY. THIS YEAR THEY OPENED, AND NO COUPLE OF YEARS IN 22-23 WILL HAVE SIX. MATTER ACADEMY IN LAKE AND MIAMI AND ORANGE EVENTUALLY WILL HAVE FIVE ALTOGETHER.   SUMMER -- SOMERSET IN JEFFERSON IS KIND OF A STAND-ALONE BECAUSE THE COUNTY ONLY HAS THREE SCHOOLS ON ONE CAMPUS, A VERY SMALL COUNTY. IT'S A K-12. AND THE HOPE OPERATOR THERE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT BY THE DOE TO TAKE OVER ALL THE THREE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE A THOUSAND STUDENTS. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANOMALY, SO IT OPERATES A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN THE REST OF THE HOPE OPERATORS IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER COUNTIES, SORRY. SO WE HAVE DEFINED HOPE OPERATOR IS, AND OPERATES SCHOOLS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THOSE SCHOOLS ARE CALLED SCHOOLS OF HOPE. SO WHAT IS A SCHOOL OF HOPE? IT IS A SCHOOL OPERATED BY AND MUST SERVE STUDENTS FROM ONE OR MORE CONSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, OR WE CALL THEM PLPs, LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. A SCHOOL OF HOPE MUST BE A ZONE OF PLP OR BE LOCATED WITHIN A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF THAT SCHOOL. LASTLY THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS MUST BE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH. TO RETAIN THE DESIGNATION OF TITLE 1 SCHOOL. SO HOW ARE THESE SCHOOLS OF HOPE FUNDED BY THE DOE? AND THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED SCHOOLS OF HOPE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM. AND THIS LOAN WILL HELP WITH FACILITY NEEDS AND START-UP COSTS TO THESE SCHOOLS. THE LOAN CANNOT BE MORE THAN 25% OF THE PROJECT USING A SPECIFIC FORMULA BASED ON CAPACITY OF BUILDING, AND WE DON'T HAVE THIS CURRENT SITUATION IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT THE SCHOOL OF HOPE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOAN IF THE DISTRICT IS ALLOWING THE USE OF ONE OF OUR FACILITIES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FUNDS OF THIS LOAN, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST MUST BE REPAID TO THE DOE SO IT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FUTURE SCHOOLS OF HOPE SO WE FOLLOW WITH A FEW MAPS AND VISUALS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE SCHOOLS OF HOPE WILL BE LOCATED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR WHERE THEY MIGHT BE LOCATED IN THE FUTURE. CURRENTLY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS A MAP OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH ALL OUR LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS, AND WE DIVIDED THEM KIND OF IN AREAS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY EACH TAMPA HAS, PLANT CITY, AND EACH COUNTY COMBINED, TEMPLE TERRACE, TAMPA HEIGHTS HAS ONE AND THE UNIVERSITY AREA. AND WHAT DOES ENROLLMENT LOOK LIKE CURRENTLY? MOVING FORWARD, BASED ON THE NOTICES OF INTENT AND PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENTS. WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS OPERATED BY IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT WILL BEING OPENING IN THE FUTURE. TWO ACTUALLY ARE OPENING UP IN AUGUST, AND THAT'S THE IDEA HOPE AND IDEA VICTORY. ONE IS LOCATED ON 10th AVENUE, KIND OF OFF OF 50th STREET, AND IDEA VICTORY ON NEBRASKA AVENUE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENROLLMENT THERE AND THE GRADES THAT WILL BE SERVED STARTING THE FIRST YEAR, SO THE MODEL OF IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOL IS TO OPEN K-2 AND GRADES 6, THE FIRST YEAR, AND THEN SLOWLY GRADUALLY GO UP A GRADE EACH YEAR UNTIL THEY ARE K-12. SO FROM THE PERFORMANCE BASED AGREEMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE BY YEAR 6, IDEA HOPE AND IDEA VICTORY, WILL HAVE K-12 STUDENTS. THE THIRD ONE THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2022, WE JUST CALL IT CAMPUS NUMBER 3 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE -- WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED A LOCATION FOR IT YET. SO HERE IS A VISUAL OF WHERE IDEA HOPE IS LOCATED, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PLP SCHOOLS, THE PER CITIES TENTLY LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS SURROUNDING IT. SO YOU SEE KIMBALL, SHEHI, FOSTER AND PALM HARBOR. IDEA VICTORY LOCATED ON NEBRASKA. YOU CAN SEE IT WILL BE SERVING POTENTIAL STUDENTS FROM FOREST HILLS, SULPHUR SPRINGS, FOSTER, KINDLE, SHE HIGH AND JAMES. SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FOLLOW? THE LAW, THE RULE DICTATED BY THE DOE IS HAS A VERY STRICT TIMELINE. SO AT THE TOP IS THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO REVIEW THE NOTICE OF INTENT AND PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT, APPROVE, AND THEN EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. THAT MEANS BRINGING IT TO YOU, TO THE BOARD, TO EXECUTE. AND AFTER THAT, WE HAVE TEN DAYS TO SEND THE EXECUTED COPY TO BOTH THE DOE AND HOPE OPERATOR. IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT MEET THE 60-DAY REQUIREMENT, WE MUST REDUCE THE ADMIN FEE THAT WE COLLECT FROM ALL OF OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR PORTFOLIO TO 1% UNTIL THE AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS AS OF TODAY, WE COLLECTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, $2,909,000, AND HAVE TO REDUCE THAT TO ONE PERCENT IT WOULD COME TO 624,000. SO QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE. SO AFTER WE EXECUTE THE PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT, THE DISTRICT BY LAW MUST PROVIDE EACH SCHOOL OF HOPE WITH EACH STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND GROWTH DATA BY SEPTEMBER 15th. THAT IS IN THE LAW. ON OCTOBER 15th OF THE FIRST YEAR THE DISTRICT HAS 30 DAYS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED YEAR ONE ACADEMIC GOALS SUBMITTED BY THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. AND BASICALLY TO DETERMINE REASONABLE AMBITION OF ACADEMIC GOALS. ON OCTOBER 15th OF THE SECOND YEAR, THEN THE SCHOOL OF HOPE SUBMITS THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS FOR YEAR 2 THROUGH YEAR 5. THE OPERATOR ALSO HAS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD THE DISTRICT, AND THEY PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH THE FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT OR OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS. THEY MUST PROVIDE THE DISTRICT, TO THE DISTRICT, A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE AS MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THEY WILL PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH THEIR PROPOSED ACADEMIC GOALS BY OCTOBER 15 N. THE FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND YEAR. AND NOW I HAND IT OVER TO DR. GRAHAM FROM THE DOE.

>> DR. GRAHAM:  GOOD MORNING. BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. ALWAYS A GREAT TIME WHEN WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE BEING ON THE AGENDA AND HAVING A CHANCE TO SPEAK THIS TIME. WE TALKED ABOUT WE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE AND HOW IT LOOKS AND WHAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED CURRENTLY. IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEW WAY OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND AT THE ROOT OF UNDERSTANDING THIS SLIDE FOR THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE IS UNDERSTANDING THE TERM EQUITY. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US THE NEXT QUOTE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE FROM AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND THIS IS A REALLY GREAT EXPLANATION OF WHAT EQUITY IS, PROVIDING PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE FOR SUCCESS. I WANT TO READ THAT AGAIN. PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE. SO IT'S THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS THAT OPERATE WITHIN THE CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED SYSTEM. IT REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING, THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS OR POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS. WHILE THIS IN ITSELF MAY NOT ENSURE EQUAL OUTCOMES WE ALL SHOULD STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FEW MINUTES IS THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK OF THINGS THINGS, I AM LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND SOME NEW IDEAS FOR HOW WOULD I HANDLE THIS WHENEVER I WAS OVER AT THE CORNER OF 55th AND SLIGH. AND HOW WOULD I BE EQUITABLE AS AN EDUCATOR? HOW CONDITION I BRING STUDENTS IN THE BACK OF MY CLASSROOM TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEMSELVES?  SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK VISUAL. AND THIS WILL BE -- BEAR WITH ME. WE HAVE SEEN THIS DEPICTION OF EQUITY, AND MOVING FROM EQUALITY TO EQUITY. I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THIS AS BEING A TIME CONTINUUM. WE START WITH EQUALITY, WITH AN INTENTIONAL MOVE TO EQUITY. A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WITH THIS PICTURE. AND IT'S USED SO OFTEN IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY, IN MY OPINION, THERE'S A FALLACY HERE. WHAT WE SEE IS A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE FENCE AND IGNORE THE FACT -- THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE REFERRING TO. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO SEE. YOU SEE THE BOX THAT SUPPORTS FOR THE PERSON, THE BOX HAS BEEN REMOVED, HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PERSON WHO IS UNABLE TO SEE OVER THE FENCE. SO OFTEN, WE VIEW EQUITY AS REMOVING OF SUPPORTS FROM ONE DEMOGRAPHIC, ONE AREA OF PEOPLE, OR ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS, TO FACILITATE THE LEARNING OF ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS. SO NOW WE MOVE ONTO A MORE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS, IN WHICH NOW WE ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT EXCEPTIONALITIES. AND SO NOW TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WITHIN THE DISPLAY THAT STILL RECEIVE THOSE ASPECTS AND SUPPORTING THE PERSON, THE TALLER PERSON ALREADY SEES HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN REMOVED. THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE DEPICTION OF WHAT TRUE EQUITY IS. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE, WHILE PROVIDING ANOTHER FUNT FOR US TO ENLIST OTHER RESOURCES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS DISCUSS THE FACT THAT INCLUDES BOTH SPECTRUMS OF LEARNING OUTCOMES. IT'S NOT JUST THE STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDERSERVED AND THE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T ACHIEVING THE LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE EXPECT, BUT ALSO THOSE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE ENRICHMENT PORTION, SO STUDENTS WHO CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED AND AS AN IB STUDENT I UNDERSTAND THAT, TO ATTEND A BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, AT THE LEVEL TO WHICH I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. I WASN'T PUSHED ENOUGH IN A PROGRAM THAT MAYBE WASN'T AS RIGOROUS. AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE IDENTIFYING BOTH SIDES HERE. SO WITH THIS SPECIFIC AREA WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS OF HOPE, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS OF GENERATION ALLEY EXAMPLE ISSUED TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE ARE FILLING A GAP. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE UTOPIAN VIEW OF EQUITY, WE ARE NOT HAVING TO REALLOCATE FINITE RESOURCES. WE ARE ABLE TO PACK INTO AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT HELPS US TO FACILITATE THE GOAL OF OBTAINING EQUITY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE. WE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW CONCEPT THAT HASN'T BEEN IN EXISTENCE BEFORE, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETING AN AT-NEED DEMOGRAPHIC. AN AREA THAT NEEDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME TO PERCEIVE THAT VISION OF HIMSELF. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS NOT -- WE ARE NOT DETRACTING FROM THE HARD WORK THAT HAPPENS WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THOSE SCHOOLS WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WE HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HATS THAT THOSE EDUCATORS DID WEAR. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT EDUCATORS, THEY GIVE THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS INTO THEIR STUDENTS BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. SO HOW CAN WE USE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO COLLABORATE, TO OFFER THESE STUDENTS -- NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ONES WHO ARE HERE NOW, TALKING ABOUT THE ONES WHO ARE COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE NOT ONLY THEMSELVES BUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILY TO ACHIEVE MORE? IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WE TALK ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, AND THEIR MOTTO FOR -- WE WANT TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A BETTER LIFE, NOT CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE THE CYCLE ALSO THAT HAVE GENERATION ALLEY HAD ISSUES. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A BETTER  LIFE AND NOT CONTINUE TO STAB? EQUITY, NEW SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE GENESIS FOR THE CONCEPT OF SCHOOLS OF HOPE. IT IS A VERY TARGETED INITIATIVE. SO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ELEVATING ALL ASPECTS OF OUR STUDENTS. AND NOT JUST THOSE WHO WILL ACHIEVE REGARDLESS, BUT BEING TARGETED AND BEING SPECIFIC AND BEING STRATEGIC AND SURGICAL WITH OUR APPROACH TO EDUCATION. HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL OPERATORS TO ELEVATE THESE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES. SO ONE OF THOSE BIG ASPECTS ABOUT IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS 100% OF THOSE STUDENTS TO COLLEGE, 100%. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THESE ARE NOT -- THESE ARE DIFFERENT, ALL THE OPERATORS HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED, EVERYBODY LOOKED INTO WITH THEIR NATIONAL SEARCHES FOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE EDUCATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE STATUS OF THE HOPE OPERATOR FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY CAN DO. A NEW CONCEPT HERE IN OUR STATE, AND SO WHAT WE GO BY IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE NATION. WE HAVE THE ABILITY HERE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, TO DRAW FROM AN ADDITIONAL POT OF RESOURCE THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST OR WE AREN'T CURRENTLY TAPPING INTO. THEN OOH BAROMETER OF SUCCESS, ARE WE SERVING THE STUDENTS WHO COME FROM THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED FOR DECADES? ONCE AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE WILL ALWAYS BE WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS? ARE WE GIVING THESE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED? I CLOSE OUT MY PORTION AND WE GET TO THE Q AND A. BUT WHY DO WE NEED THIS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY? AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 39 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THAT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, WE ARE THE 7th LARGEST COUNTY, DISTRICT IN THE NATION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE IN THAT TOP TEN, WE HAVE MIAMI-DADE, PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND ORANGE. SO MIAMI-DADE, THIRD LARGEST IN THE NATION, 510 SCHOOLS. OUT OF THOSE 510 SCHOOLS THEY HAVE SEVEN LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THAT'S ONE PERCENT. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS THE 6th WHICH WILL BE BROWARD COUNTY, 328 SCHOOLS IN THEIR DISTRICT. 12. ALSO 12 PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. 5%. THEN PALM BEACH COUNTY, 234 SCHOOLS, 4 PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THAT'S 2%. AND WE LOOK AT OUR 2 IT 7 SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WITH 39 PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, THAT'S 13% OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT DOING WHAT WE EXPECT OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO DO, SO OUR STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT. ONCE AGAIN, THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO THOSE STUDENTS. THEY NEED HELP. THEY NEED HELP. OF THOSE 39 SCHOOLS, 7 HAVE BEEN A D OR AN F FOR FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS. THAT'S AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT EDUCATED AT WHAT WE HAVE DEEMED AS EVEN MODERATELY ACCEPTABLE. OUT OF THE 9 SCHOOLS THAT THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE ARE FOCUSING ON HERE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE AVERAGE OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON GRADE LEVEL FROM THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR, THE AVERAGE OF ALL THOSE NINE SCHOOLS, 26%, 26% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ON GRADE LEVEL. IN MATH, 24%. SO WHEN WE ROUND UP, 24 ROUND DOWN TO 20 BUT IF WE ROUND UP, THAT MEANS 3 OUT OF EVERY 10 STUDENTS OF THOSE SCHOOLS TO MEET ARE PROFICIENT IN READING AND MATH. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 30%. THAT'S AN F ON ANY GRADE SCALE WHETHER YOU DO A MINUS GRADE, PLUS GRADE OR WHATEVER. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE INTENTIONAL IN COLLABORATION AND FOCUS FOR THESE STUDENTS AND THESE FAMILIES. SO AS WE ARE DISCUSSING, I ENCOURAGE YOU, AND ASK QUESTIONS, PROSPECTIVELY OF SCHOOLS OF HOPE AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. AND WE WANT TO WELCOME ADAM MILLER TO JOIN DR. DELANGE AND MYSELF.

>> DR. GRAHAM, CAN YOU INTRODUCE MR. MILLER?

>> MISTER.

>>Lynn Gray: GOOD MORNING, MR. MILLER. WE'LL START WITH Q AND A. JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THANK YOU.

>> ADAM MILLER, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND INDICATE IF YOU ARE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, OUR CO-CHAIR DR. HAHN WILL WRITE YOUR NAME DOWN AND THEN WE'LL GET TO YOU IN ORDER. I WILL SAY ALSO, BOARD MEMBERS, JUST TO FACILITATE NOT JUST ONE, TWO OF US ARE TALKING, ASKING, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DON THE THREE MINUTES. THIS TIME LET'S MAKE SURE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ARE DONE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER AND THEN GIVE THE STAFF MEMBER OR GUESTS A CHANCE TO ANSWER. SO THREE MINUTES FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, ONE BY ONE, IN TERMS OF GETTING THEM ALL OUT AT ONE TIME. AND THEN OF COURSE THE RECIPROCAL ANSWERS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE EXPERTS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTLED. DR. HAHN, MEMBER HAHN, WHO DO WE HAVE FIRST?

>>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER PEREZ WHO I BELIEVE IS ON THE PHONE.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ, CAN YOU HEAR US?

>>Karen Perez: YES, I CAN. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES, PLEASE? YES. SO WE SEE THAT -- THAT SLIDE, I GUESS THE ONE THAT CAN'T SEE OVER THE FENCE, IN THIS SLIDE. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? YES. AND NOW THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ONE WITH THE DISABILITIES. AND YOU SAID THIS IS THE NEWER SLIDE. MY PROBLEM WITH THE SLIDE IS THERE'S STILL A DIVIDING SENSE. INSTEAD OF OUR STUDENTS WITH EVERYONE ELSE, SO HOW DO WE AS A DISTRICT -- IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, OR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, DEMONSTRATE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT FENCE IS NO LONGER THERE, THE DIVIDING FENCE NO LONGER SEPARATES OUR STUDENTS FROM ALL THE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT WOULD BE THE NEW PHOTO.

>> MEMBER GRAHAM HAS PUT UP THE MOST CURRENT PHOTO FOR YOU. DR. GRAHAM JUST PUT UP THE MOST CURRENT PHOTO. I'M SORRY, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER PEREZ, IS YOUR QUESTION THEN THE DIVIDING FENCE, OR DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE AFTER THAT?

>>Karen Perez: NO, THE DIVIDING FENCE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>Karen Perez: THE DITCHING FENCE.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. EXCUSE ME, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW OUR GUEST PANELISTS TO ANSWER. GREAT QUESTION, MEMBER PEREZ. DR. GRAHAM?

>> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE OFFERED THE THIRD VERSION OF THIS, NO FENCE OR NOT. WE ARE LOOKING AT A MORE EQUAL PLAYING FIELD IN WHICH WE ARE NOT ESTABLISHING ANY BARRIER BUT PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS FOR ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS WHERE THEY FALL WITHIN THAT NEEDS SPECTRUM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. PEREZ, A WONDERFUL VISIONARY OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS AND PUT A LOT OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE, AND THOSE HAVE CONSISTENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE STRONG TIER 1 GRADE LEVEL EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCES, AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY TIER 2 AND 3 STRUCTURES IN SUPPORT FROM A CURRICULUM STANDPOINT, TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO BE PUSHED INTO ACCELERATE THE LEARNING AND TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY UNFINISHED LEARNING. ON TOP OF THAT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE IN ORDER TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE MATH COACHES, WRITING COACHES, SCIENCE COACHES, STEM OFFERINGS, ROBOT, YOU NATIONAL IT, WHATEVER THE OVER ARCHING NEED MAY BE, WE HAVE BEEN VERY UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT THE NEEDS AND TRANSITION TO THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS YEAR AS WELL, WE TRY TO CONSISTENTLY PROTECT TRANSFORMATIONAL SCHOOLS, THOSE SCHOOLS WHO NEED US THE MOST REGARDLESS OF WHAT SITUATION WE MAY BE, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUALIZED SCHOOLS WITHIN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NETWORK AND ALSO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN'S CONTINUED NEED. IT'S IN THE FOREFRONT AND I LOVE THIS ILLUSTRATION BECAUSE THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL THAT WE DO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOUNDATION AND BUILD UPON THE HOLISTICALLY WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S WRAP AROUND SERVICES, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS NEEDS, YOU KNOW, WE WILL LEVERAGE EVERY RESOURCE WE CAN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND DR. GRAHAM. MEMBER HAHN, WHO IS OUR NEXT?

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. A QUICK QUESTION NEXT AND THEN WE HAVE MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER WASHINGTON AND MEMBER COMBS.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER HAHN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Stacy Hahn: COULD YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS INITIALLY SIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT? OR I CAN REPHRASE THAT. WAS THE CONTRACT SIGNED UNDER YOU OR INITIALLY I BELIEVE IT WAS -- I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, SOME CONFIRMATION.

>> IT DIDN'T COME UNDER MY LEADERSHIP.

>>Stacy Hahn: IT WAS SOME TIME AGO. I CAN'T REIGN IF IT WAS 2019 OR 2020. I THINK IT WAS 2019. SO MANY TIMES WE GET QUESTIONS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN ITEMS LIKE THIS COME TO THE BOARD AND WE APPROVE THEM, AND MAYBE CAN DISCUSS THE PENALTY FOR NOT APPROVING HOPE OPERATOR IN THEIR DISTRICT. WHAT WOULD THE PENALTY BE FOR THIS DISTRICT IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED IN 2019?

>> AGAIN, YES, SO BY LAW, THE LEGISLATION, THE DISTRICT, ANY DISTRICT HAS 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT THE NOTICE OF INTENT PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT ARE SUBMITTED TO US, AND WITHIN THAT 60 DAYS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE HOPE OPERATOR TO DETERMINE THE LEGALITIES, THE AMBITION, THE GOALS, AND THEN AGREE TO BRING IT FORTH TO THE BOARD, AND THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND EXECUTED WITHIN THAT 60 DAYS. IF WE DO NOT DO ALL OF THIS WITHIN YOUR 60 DAYS TIMELINE, THEN AGAIN THERE IS FINANCIAL PENALTY, SO TO SPEAK, FOR OUR DISTRICT, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION FEE THAT WE COLLECT FROM SERVING ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR PORTFOLIO GOES FROM A 5% OR A 2%, DEPENDING WHETHER A CHARTER SCHOOL IS HIGH PERFORMING OR NOT, AND ALL OF THEM ARE TO 1% UNTIL THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE PERFORMANCE-BASED AGREEMENT.

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS THAT THAT WOULD CAUSE, AND IF NOT MAYBE YOU COULD GET IT? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND. THE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE PENALTIES, SO THE PUBLIC IS SURE. AND KIND OF FORESEEING A QUESTION LIKE THAT, AND A CALCULATED BASED ON OF WHAT WE COLLECTED, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AS OF TODAY. AND AGAIN, THAT IS $2,909,794. AND IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE THAT TO 1%, IT WOULD COME UP TO $624,526.

>> SO INSTEAD OF COLLECTING ALMOST $3 MILLION WE WOULD ONLY COLLECT ALMOST HALF A MILLION, WHICH I'M SURE WOULD HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR FINANCES. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

>>Stacy Hahn: YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HEAVILY PENALIZED FINANCIALLY. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. DR. GRAHAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. OUR NEXT QUESTIONER WOULD BE MEMBER VAUGHN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. IF YOU COULD ASK YOUR QUESTIONS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING A FULL ARRAY OF RESPONSES AND QUESTIONS FROM EVERY BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU.

>>Jessica Vaughn: I AM GOING TO TAKE OFF MY MASK BECAUSE WE ARE ALL VACCINATED AND YOU CAN HEAR ME BETTER. SO I WILL TRY TO STAY WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE BUT SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE RELYING OWN ANSWERS SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE I CAN JUST DO THAT. BUT I WANT TO START OAF BY SAYING I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION FROM THE TALKING ABOUT HE CAN QUILT AND EQUALITY AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SOME OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE SHOW IS THAT WHAT IT SCREAMS TO ME IS THAT SO MUCH OF EQUITY AND QUALITY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR MOST MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT BEAR THE GRUNT OF SYSTEMIC RACIST AND SOCIOECONOMIC POLICY IS THAT IT HE INVOLVES AROUND ACCESS TO MONEY AND RESOURCES, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE TRAINING OF THE EXTRA RESOURCES WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO ACCESS OF FUNDING. SO IN IDENTIFYING SYSTEMICALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BEST ACADEMIC OUTCOME, MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE IDENTIFYING SEVEN SCHOOLS THAT CAN WORK OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS OF OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH DIFFERENT ACCOUNTABILITY METHODS AS ONE WAY OF TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND LOOKING AT OUR FUNDING SOURCES WHEN WE COULD SYSTEMICALLY BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE FUND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AT THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC LEVEL, AND GETTING MORE FUNDING INTO OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA FOR MORE RESOURCES?  AS WE PUT A FEW OF THESE SCHOOLS IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACT SEC SEES THEM AT THE SAME TIME. AND EVEN WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY STUDENTS WHO WILL STAY WITHIN OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE LESS FUNDING AND LESS RESOURCES AS STUDENTS WHO CAN ACCESS THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE THE BENEFIT. SO WHY DON'T WE HOLISTICALLY IDENTIFY WHAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT EQUALITY WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, WHY WOULDN'T WE IDENTIFY ACROSS THE BOARD EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE MIAMI-DADE AND WE TALK ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY, IN RELATION, THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WHETHER THEY CAN LEVY MORE MONEY FOR OPERATIONAL FEES, OR THEY HAVE MILLION DOLLAR BEACH FRONT PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE REAL ESTATE TAXES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR DISTRICT AND OUR DISTRICT IS THEIR ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES, SO THEY CAN OFFER MORE TO THEIR SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. SO -- AND I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. I WILL HAVE A SECOND CHANCE, RIGHT? SO I AM WONDERING ABOUT ENROLLMENT, HOW WE ALLOW STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL, THAT LOOKS LIKE LOTTERY. I'M LOOKING AT ACCOUNTABILITY. I KNOW SEVERAL DISTRICTS HAVE SIGN-ON WHEN WE PASS THE BILL 7069 BECAUSE THEY FELT THERE WERE A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE OUTCOMES AND WHY THE DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY THOUGHT THESE SCHOOLS OF HOPE, AND ADMINISTRATION FEES. I KNOW THIEF BEEF TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AS IT IS, THAT WHILE CHARTER SCHOOLS GIVE US SOME ADMINISTRATION FEES, THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER DON'T CURRENTLY COVER THE REVENUE WE GET FROM THESE FEES, AND THAT'S ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT PUTS STRAIN ON OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THOSE WHAT I WANT TO KIND OF NAVIGATE.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GREAT POINTS, THE CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT, AND I KNOW THAT -- REMEMBER, WE KNOW THAT MEMBER VAUGHN WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THIS WORKSHOP TO THE FOREFRONT. SO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT SHE'S COMING MULTIPLE HAVE BEEN ON HER MIND FOR MANY, MANY WEEKS. THE BEST YOU CAN DO, PLEASE OFFER YOUR RESPONSE.

>> I AM GOING TO DEFER TO MR. MILLER IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS FOR ENROLLMENT, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE IDEA SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE. TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD AND THOSE SCHOOLS OR THOSE DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO DO DISTRICT WIDE. I AM GOING TO RESPOND WITH THAT IS WHERE YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT VOICE FOR WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS, AND THAT IS TO ENFORCE THE LAW. WE DON'T WRITE THE LAW. AND WE AREN'T THE ONES WHO ARE DECIDING HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING WHERE AND WHATNOT. WE ARE TASKED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ENACTING AND ENFORCEMENT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. SO WHERE HE WE START TALKING ABOUT HOW BECK IMPACT THOSE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE LEGISLATIVE, THAT'S WHEN WE GO AND TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE. SO YOU BRING UP SOME INCREDIBLE POINTS I.COULDN'T AGAIN WITH YOU MORE. HOW ARE WE AS A BOARD COLLABORATING WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GREATER TAMPA BAY AREA TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE ACCESS TO THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND INTENTIONALLY FUNNELING THOSE INTO THOSE AREAS OF NEED? WE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD BE FUNDING AND PROVIDES THEM WITH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE SYSTEMICALLY AND GENERATION ALLEY THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED, AND THE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL AND SPECIFIC AT THIS TIME. NOT THE ONES IN THE FUTURE WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT LEGISLATION THAT YOU MENTIONED. WE ALL KNOW THAT TAKES TIME, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO THOUGH SO DON'T LOSE THOSE STUDENTS COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW?

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, YOU CAN RECOGNIZED.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE ENROLLMENT QUESTION, I WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT, AND CINZIA TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF RENEGOTIATING THE CHARTER CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHILE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING THE PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SET OUT OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, OF COURSE THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS LAW THAT WAS PASSED, AND THE DISTRICT WAS VERY INSISTENT THAT WE SET THAT TARGET HIGH, WE SET IT AT 75%. FAST FORWARD TO A PROCESS, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE ENROLLMENT PRIORITY FOR KIDS COMING FROM PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS. WE RECEIVED SOMEWHERE 2,000 APPLICATIONS, ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS, WE HELD OH TWO LOTTERIES, THE FIRST FOR KIDS NOT CLASSIST NONPERFORMING SCHOOLS. THE SECOND LOTTERY, WE GAVE PRIORITY FIRST AND THEN TO PERSISTENTLY ALL LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THEN OUR THIRD LOTTERY WHICH IS ANOTHER MONTH DOWN THE ROAD, FIRST CLASS OF KIDS FROM THE LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE IF WE HAD STUDENTS. AND AS OF THE LAST NUMBERS I SAW, OF THE KIDS THAT HAVE ACCEPTED SEATS, MORE THAN 80 PERCENT ARE COMING FROM PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. AND THROUGH YOUR ANSWERS WE WILL HAVE PROBABLY SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT. BOARD MEMBER HAHN, WHO IS NEXT?

>>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER WASHINGTON.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: I WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. GRAHAM, MR. MILLER, DR. DELANGE. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WHEN I AM LOOK AT ALL THESE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 5, AND IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE DISTRICT 5 ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT A DOUBT. I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD, MR. MILLER, HELP ME OUT ON THIS. HOW MANY STUDENTS GO TO HOPE SCHOOLS AND SPENT BACK BECAUSE OF FAILURE? DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON THAT?

>> YES, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT OPERATING IN FLORIDA YET SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF FLORIDA. AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THAT WHEN STUDENTS COME TO OUR SCHOOLS AND ENROLL, WE WANT THOSE KIDS TO STAY WITH US ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE ALSO EMBRACE CHOICE AND WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THAT TIMELY IN THEIR DECISION TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. THE ONLY DATA POINT THAT I CAN REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ACTUAL DATA FROM TEXAS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE TEXAS TO ATTRITION, WHICH IS THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WHO START IN 9th GRADE, HOW MANY OF THOSE KIDS END UP STAYING WITH YOU ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12th GRADE AND GRADUATE, AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLISHES THIS DATA FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE INCLUDING IDEA, AND I BELIEVE OUR PERCENTAGE WAS 77%, AND THAT WAS HIGHER THAN EVERY OTHER DISTRICT THAT WE WERE IN. SO ALL OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WERE EITHER RIGHT THERE OR SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT. AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GET SOME MORE DATA ON THAT. I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE UPDATE THIS DATA EVERY DAY ON OUR SYSTEM, AND WE LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT TODAY, BUT OUR STUDENT PERSISTENCE FOR THIS YEAR IS UPWARDS OF 95%. SO 95 PARSE OF THE KIDS WHO STARTED THIS YEAR ARE STILL WITH US.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT 'S GREAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM ALL FOR STUDENTS NOW. I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. THE QUESTION, MR. MILLER, WHY ISN'T OUR LOCAL SCHOOL OF HOPE JOLENE HERE?

>> AND THAT'S MY FAULT FOR NOT INTRODUCING JOLENE, THEY ARE BOTH HERE.

>>Lynn Gray: AND ALSO TO SPEAK LOCALLY, AND PERHAPS SIT ACCORDINGLY IN CASE YOU ARE ASKED QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. CO-CHAIR MEMBER HAHN. HAHN HAHN MEMBER COMBS.

>>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, WE KNOW THAT THE TEACHER IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF STUDENT SUCCESS. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CERTIFICATION, AND WE ARE REALLY PUSHING WITH. COMING FROM THE DOE DO YOUR TEACHERS HAVE TO BE STATE CERTIFIED, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE DO THEY HAVE TO BE? IS IT 100% OR DO YOUR TEACHERS HAVE TO BE STATE CERTIFIED?

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, YOU ARE APOLOGIZED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

>> THANK YOU. SO YOU ARE RIGHT, MEMBER COMBS. THE STATUTE DOES PROVIDE FLEXIBILITIES FOR HOPE OPERATORS TO USE NONCERTIFICATED TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM IF THEY CHOOSE TO. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IDEA UNDERSTANDS, TEACHERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF INCREASING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHILE WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE APPRECIATE IT, WE ANTICIPATE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS WILL BE CERTIFIED. SO IN FACT WE ACTUALLY SUBMIT TO THE STATE APPROVAL PLAN TO BE OUR OWN -- I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS OAF FOR A MINUTE -- OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE TRAINING, COURSE WORK, AND HOURS THAT A TEACHER CAN A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE NEEDS TO MOVE TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE, AND WE ALSO SUBMIT AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T REQUIRED TO, TO THE DISTRICT, OUR TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM, BECAUSE AGAIN WE BELIEVE THAT THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE WHETHER THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.

>> AND MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, I THINK WE LOSE SOME WONDERFUL DISTRICT IN OUR DISTRICT EVERY YEAR, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T CERTIFIED. I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE DIFFERENT RULES FOR SCHOOLS OF HOPE. AND THEN THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES. SO MY OTHER QUESTION, THE IMPORTANCE OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES AS FAR AS PROVIDING SPEECH, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, AS A DISTRICT WE DO A GREAT JOB WITH WRAP AROUND SERVICES. WHAT SPECIFIC WRAP AROUND SERVICES CAN A CHILD WHO COMES TO YOUR SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND PROVIDES DETAILS OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES THEY CAN EXPECT FROM YOUR SCHOOLS?

>> THROUGH THE CHAIR.

>>Lynn Gray: GREAT QUESTION, MEMBER COMBS. MR. MILLER.

>> ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING PURPOSES, WE ARE REQUIRED JUST LIKE THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE ALL FPE SERVICES, AND ON THE STUDENT'S IP, AND ADDITIONAL WRAP AROUND.

>> GOOD MORNING. FOR EACH SCHOOL, WE HAVE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR, A FULL-TIME SCHOOL COUNSELOR, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL FOR EACH CAMPUS, K-12, WE HAVE A SPECIAL START FOUR TIMES STARTING THIS AUGUST, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WILL SUPPORT, AND EACH WEEK 25 HOURS EACH CAMPUS AS WELL. WITHIN OUR A.M. DECK -- ACADEMIC DAY, WE HAVE SOCIAL CURRICULUM, SCHOOL COUNSEL ORBS AND SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS AND STAFF AS WELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS CULTURES INTO THE STAFF MEMBERS ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.

>> AND I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS WHEN I GO BACK INTO THE QUEUE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE I AM NEXT SO I WILL MEMBER CO-CHAIR HAHN, LET MEMBER GRAY SPEAK.

>>Stacy Hahn: YES. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TODAY. SO I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE GET INTO THE QUEUE. AND MAYBE WE COULD RELAX THE THREE MINUTES JUST A LITTLE BIT, IF EVERYONE WOULD AGREE TO TWO QUESTIONS AT A TIME, AND THEN GET BACK IN THE QUEUE, AND THAT WAY NOT BE INTERRUPTED. THOSE WERE MY ONLY THOUGHTS.

>>Lynn Gray: LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY COMMENT AND THEN GO THROUGH ANOTHER ROUND OF THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. GETTING BACK TO MEMBER VAUGHN AND HER HEARTFELT DESIRE TO HAVE THIS WORKSHOP, AND MEMBER COMBS PROBABLY LIKEWISE, WE ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IT. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS MADE SOME COMMENTS REGARDING HOW WE WANT TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE. SO WE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE WAS DECIDED UPON BY SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS -- I MEAN SUPERINTENDENT EAKINS, SO THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST, PROBABLY EARLY, AND YOU MAY CORRECT ME, BUT EARLY IN 2019 PERHAPS, THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE FROM TEXAS IS THAT THERE IS A HUGE PAC FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW IN AREAS OF TEXAS BECAUSE OF SCHOOLS OF HOPE, WHICH BRINGS US TO THIS PARTICULAR WORKSHOP. WE ARE FEARFUL OF HAVING THESE BUILDINGS, THESE WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH OF COURSE HAVE AGED. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE SURELY DO WANT EVERY BOARD MEMBER HERE IS DEFINITELY ON THE -- FOR A BETTER LIFE. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS BOARD IS VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT. BUT OUR FEAR OF COURSE WHEN WE SEE, MEMBER WASHINGTON, WE SEE THAT SCHOOLS OF HOPE ARE ADVERTISING TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY SETTINGS, WE ARE SEEING THAT THEY ARE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO GET STUDENTS INTO THEIR SCHOOLS WHICH HAS A CERTAIN RUB, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I SHOULD SAY MYSELF. WE KNOW THE REALITIES HERE. BUT THE FRUSTRATION IS ALSO. AND YOU ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL FORMER TEACHER OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE ANOTHER TEACHER OF THE YEAR HERE. WE HAVE TWO OTHER TEACHERS AND A PROFESSOR. SO WE ARE VERY MUCH IN EDUCATION, AND NOT WITHHOLDING -- SMALL CLASSROOM, FOUR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SO WE ARE  VERY MUCH FEELING COMPELLED TO MAKE STATEMENTS NOT AT YOU, BUT WE ARE FRUSTRATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE PERSONNEL, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WITH VERY LITTLE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS YOU WELL KNOW. WE ARE NOW HAVING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST GROUND AS YOU INDICATED. AND THE QUESTION IS, THERE IS NO QUESTION. THIS IS THE REALITY. THIS IS WHY THIS WORKSHOP IS HAPPENING. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, MAYBE I WILL ASK YOU, HERE IS THE QUESTION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHY ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT RECRUITMENT? WE ARE GOING TO FACE LOWER FTE IN THESE SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT. THAT'S GOING TO REPRESENT A LOWER AMOUNT OF MONEY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ALSO ABOUT RECRUITMENT THAT WOULD MATCH THAT CONCERN?

>>Addison Davis: FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STORY, AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME REALLY TRYING TIMES OF WHERE WE ARE DUE TO FINANCIAL HISTORICAL PRACTICES. HOWEVER, DURING THIS PROCESS, WE STILL HAVE SOME GREAT INITIATIVES ASSOCIATION GREAT PROGRAMS, AND HARD WORK, DEDICATION OF OUR TEACHERS, AND SOME PROGRAMS, AND MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THIS NATION DO NOT HAVE, AND THOSE BECOME OUR NATIONAL MODELS. SO WE HAVE TO TELL OUR STORY. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT I KNOW WITH A MARKETING PLAN, WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE MORE THAT WE FLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA, WE FLOOD OUR COMMUNITY WITH HIGHLIGHTS, SELL BRACES OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE, THE BETTER WE WILL BECOME AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW, THERE'S ALL THESE TIMES AND VARIOUS BARRIERS IN FRONT OF US. AND OPENLY WHEN WE HAVE THE PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS WHEN WE IDENTIFY 39 IN THE STATE IT OPENLY CREATES ANGST FROM PARENTS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PUT THEIR CHILD IN THE BEST EDUCATIONAL SETTING THAT THEY CAN, AND THIS IS WHY OPENLY WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE SCHOOLS, WHETHER UNISERVE GRANTS, WHETHER TITLE 1 FUNDING, ALL OF THOSE GO OVER AND BEYOND TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CERTAIN SUBSETS OF LEARNERS AND COMMUNITIES THAT NEED HELP THE MOST. BUT OVERALL WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHLY CERTIFICATED TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE, THAT ARE HIGH IMPACT, AND HIGH IMPACT EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE BUS PROGRAMS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHAT THE CONTINUITY OF PATHWAYS MAY BE, HOW WE WILL PROVIDE ONGOING INTERVENTIONS, WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE TO EXPAND THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE COMPLEX OF SCHOOLS WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THOSE ARE THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE TO TELL, CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT, OUR TEACHERS, SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL, LEADERS, ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO MARKET THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED SCHOOL AS WELL. SO IT'S GOT TO BE A COORDINATED EFFORT AND WE STAND READY TO GO, AND THE SAME WAY THAT WE WATCHED IT IN DECEMBER AFTER WE CLOSED THE FIRST SEMESTER, WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN ABOUT SAFE SOCIAL SUCCESSFUL ORIENTATION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND WE HAD (AUDIO LOSS) AFTER THEY HAD A DIFFERENT LEARNING PLATFORM TO COME BACK, AND WE TELL THE GREAT THINGS -- (AUDIO LOSS).

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. AND WHEN THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONS. MEMBER SNIVELY, DID YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT.

>>Melissa Snively: I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO ASK. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBER GRAY. FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT DR. GRAHAM. RECOGNIZES 40 ALUMNAE UNDER THE AGE OF 40 EVERY YEAR, AND IN THE REALM OF ALUMNI, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE DR. GRAHAM WITH DISTINCTION OF UNDER THE AGE OF 40 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. SO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] AND HEATHER IS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT GRANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL ALSO WAS RECOGNIZED FOR BEING 40 INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 40 AND THE IMPACT, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU ARE RIGHT, THE TRADITIONAL VERSION OF THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE BOX UNDER THE INDIVIDUAL -- AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT FROM ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS TO GET TO ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE STUDENTS THAT NEED TO BE PUSHED A LITTLE HARDER, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES OR RESOURCES FOR THOSE STUDENTS. SO YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE DOES CREATE ADDITIONAL MANDATES, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE INVOLVED IN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT WE HIRED AS A SCHOOL BOARD, THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD GROUP OF MEMBERS, WE HIRED MR. DAVIS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE 13% OF OUR SCHOOLS LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE 3 OUT OF 10 STUDENTS WHO MEET REQUIREMENTS OR BE CABLE OF READING AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T FORESEE THE PANDEMIC THAT CAME, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT BEAD TO PUT ON THE BACK BURNER, BUT I WILL SAY THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVEN'T PUT ON THE BACK BURNER THAT MR. DAVIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO, TIMING OR SITUATION TO DO THESE THINGS, NOT WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR, BUT HE APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION AS SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT HE'S RALLIED AND COME AROUND TO DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO MOVE THE WORK. AND THAT INCLUDES HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE PROGRAM, POSITIONS, THAT REQUIRE THE THINGS NEAR FOR THIS WORK. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I HOPE THAT NEXT TIME, OR A YEAR FROM NOW OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE CAN SAY THAT WE COVERED THAT PERCENTAGE FROM 13 TO ZERO, AND HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. I KNOW THAT WE COMMITTED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE YOUR WORK IN THAT AREA AND THAT SPACE. WE DIDN'T HIRE YOU TO COME IN AND FIX OUR FINANCES, WE DIDN'T HIRE YOU TO COME IN AND ADDRESS A PANDEMIC. WE HIRED YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE SCHOOLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR OUR STUDENTS' BENEFIT. PERIOD. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. VERY WELL SAID. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE VERY HONORED, DR. GRAHAM, TO HAVE YOU PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. MEMBER SNIVELY, ALSO, WE ARE REMINDED, TOO, THAT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS ALSO ALLOWED THE EXPANSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES WHICH IS HUGE FOR THE HIGH-NEEDS SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW MEMBER WASHINGTON IS PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD? WE ARE RELAXING, DR. HAHN. A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WE WANT TO COVER, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND, AND MEMBER PEREZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START AGAIN? WE'LL JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH THE QUEUE.

>>Stacy Hahn: SHE WASN'T -- WE HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER HAHN.

>>Stacy Hahn: AND I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS, MEMBER SNIVELY, FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NEW, THERE WAS A GREAT SENSE OF URGENCY TO TURN THESE SCHOOLS AROUND AFTER YEARS OF STRUGGLING, AND EVERY YEAR THOSE SCHOOLS REMAIN IN A D OR F OR STRUGGLING STATUS, LOST TO THOSE STUDENTS, LOST TO THE FUTURE, AND SO IT'S JUST IMPERATIVE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE OF MOVING THOSE SCHOOLS IS REALLY -- IT HAS GOTTEN LOST IN THE LAST YEAR WITH COVID. SO I AM HOPING THAT THIS CONVERSATION BRINGS IT BACK TO THE PRIORITY AGAIN AND MAKING IT A TOPIC OF OUR CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU. SO MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANKS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING YOUR LOTTERY SIPS, ITSELF SEEMS THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET INTO JUST BASED ON YOUR ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATING. WITH MY PREVIOUS QUESTIONS I AM NOT SURE IF WE GOT INTO WHY THE OTHER COUNTIES FOUGHT THIS LEGISLATION. I KNOW WE'LL COME BACK TO IT. EVENTUALLY, YOUR ANSWER WAS, WHY CAN'T WE ROLL THIS OUT ON A LARGER SCALE LEVEL TO ADDRESS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEM? AND I HEARD THAT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF RESOURCES, AND WE ARE WORKING IN THE CONFINES OF THE LEGISLATION, AND WE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP WHICHEVER STUDENTS WE CAN RIGHT NOW AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HELP WHICHEVER STUDENTS WE CAN. BUT WHEN WE GO BACK TO TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS, AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS, WHAT'S THE PLAN HERE? ARE THESE GOING TO EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN OUR LOW-PERFORMING AREAS AND ALLOW ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS? ARE THEY GOING TO BE THERE AND COMPETE WITH OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS THESE SCHOOLS OF HOPE MOVE IN, FOR THE STUDENTS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THEM AND EVERYBODY ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE LOTTERY SIMMS SYSTEM OR AREN'T ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THOSE STUDENTS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION IS THE ONE WHO CREATE CREATED THIS, WHO WROTE THE POLICY AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES, AND A LOT ALLOTTED MORE MONEY TO THESE SCHOOLS. WHY EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL AREA WE WOULDN'T -- TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THESE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT ARE FUNDING SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS THESE INEQUITIES. SO WHERE HE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT CREATED THIS, BUT WHY HAVEN'T WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING DONE WITHIN OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO IT'S NOT ONLY A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO CAN ACCESS IT AND BENEFIT, WHILE OTHER STUDENTS CAN'T, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ADDRESSING WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS, BUT ADDRESSING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE FAILED BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO CAN'T NAVIGATE AND ACCESS THESE SCHOOLS. AND TO GONE TON THAT, I AM WONDERING, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN HIRING CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I AM WONDERING ALSO IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN TESTING ACCOUNTABILITY OR HOW WE GRADE OUR TEACHERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, WHY AGAIN HAS THAT NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS? THAT'S A BENEFIT THAT ALLOWS THESE STUDENTS OH TO ACCESS MORE, TO HAVE MORE. WHY WOULD WE LIMIT THAT TO A SPECIFIC GROUP OF SCHOOLS THAT CAN OFFER THAT INSTEAD OF OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EVEN SMALL SCALE, AND WHY WOULD WE PICK THESE 10 OR 15 SCHOOLS AND INFECT THE SAME ENERGY SO STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, STUDENTS WHO GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM IT AS OPPOSED TO STUDENTS WHO CAN NAVIGATE A LOTTERY SYSTEM. THAT'S MY QUESTION.

>>Lynn Gray: THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. AND YOU GUYS ARE HAVING A CHALLENGE TO ANSWER MANY GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MEMBER VAUGHN. DR. GRAHAM.

>> DR. GRAHAM:  WITH NO DISRESPECT BY THIS COMMENT, BUT THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT -- I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN A POSITION LIKE THAT WHERE YOU CAN INTRODUCE THOSE TO THE COMMITTEE IN MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. YOU BRING UP SOME INCREDIBLE POINTS. BUT WHAT WE SEE THAT WE ARE HAVING TO OPERATE AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED, AND SO IT IS -- STARTING OVER FROM AN AREA THAT WE CAN CREATE WHATEVER WE WANT, THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THAT DEFINITION OF EQUITY WESTBOUND WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMS TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND SURGICAL, IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS.

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>> DR. GRAHAM:  WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING THAT AND THEN WE ARE EXECUTING IT WITH THE BEST IF I KETTLE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THESE TARGETED AREAS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING ESTABLISHED, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE AT THAT TABLE, TO SAY, HEY, WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT IT LIKE THIS, WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT IT LIKE THAT? I THINK THAT QUESTION WHILE INCREDIBLY PERTINENT DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE THAT'S NOT -- WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT YOU ARE HITTING ALL THE NAILS ON THE HEAD. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS THAN WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

>>Lynn Gray: I'M SORRY, MR. MILLER.

>> MR. MILLER:  I WILL SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ONE ON THE TESTING ACCOUNTABILITY IS EXACTLY THE SAME, KIDS TAP THE STATE ASSESSMENT LIKE EVERY ANOTHER STUDENT, AND DOESN'T MEET THE ACADEMIC OBJECTIVES THAT WE SET OUT. SO THAT IS THE SAME. I WOULD ALSO, JUST TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DR. GRAHAM SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY AND PILOT PROGRAMS OVER THE YEARS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT CONTINUED TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO THOSE IDEAS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: I KNOW I AM BEING A TIME HOG, BUT IT'S TO MY HEART. I THINK SOME PARENTS ARE HOPING THAT THE TESTING GUIDELINES WILL BE DIFFERENT. BECAUSE WHAT I AM HEARING IN MY COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITIES, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, THEY FEEL THAT STANDARDIZED TEMPERATURING IS RACIST IN THOUGHT PROCESS AND IS NOT REALLY ACADEMICALLY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND IS NOT A GOOD MEASURE AND NOT CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT. IF WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT MAYBE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT TESTING ISN'T NECESSARILY EFFECTIVE AND IT'S FOR THE STANDARDS, THESE SCHOOLS DON'T BYPASS THAT. BECAUSE I HEARD SOME PARENTS ASK THAT QUESTION, IN HOPES THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVIATE FROM THE STANDARDIZED TESTING BY ACCESSING THESE SCHOOLS.

>>Lynn Gray: THERE'S A QUESTION THAT HAS AN ANSWER. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

>> WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS AND DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE FSA, THAT'S ALL EXACTLY THE SAME. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE STATE STANDARDS ARE CHANGING.

>>Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, DID YOU WANT TO REMARK ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WE ARE GOING BACK TO MS. VAUGHN'S ORIGINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT -- OR QUESTION ABOUT WHY DO SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPENLY PUSH BACK DUE TO THIS LEGISLATION? AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TRULY TRYING TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR ORGANIZATION. THE ISSUE BECOMES IS THAT HISTORICALLY YOU HAVE SEEN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT, THE SAME CYCLE OR THINKING IN A VACUUM AND RELATED TO KEEPING THE SAME LEADERSHIP, THE SAME MENTALITY, AND EXPECT DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. IT DIDN'T CHANGE. SO I THINK THERE WAS A PUSH BACK TO BE ABLE TO KEEP SCHOOLS, BECAUSE NO SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO HAVE PERSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL HAVE TO CLOSE, WHEN I DECIDED TWO JANUARYS AGO IN 2020, YOU TRANSITIONED IN, I IMMEDIATELY -- FIGHT FOR OAK PARK AND FOSTER BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE THIS YEAR, AND THEY GAVE THEM BACK WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN LOOKING AT THE SAME PROCESS WHERE A CRAZY YEAR WITH A PANDEMIC. BUT OPENLY I WOULD SAY, I THINK LEADERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS ARE JUST TRYING TO CHAMPION FOR THAT YOU ARE SCHOOLS, BUT WE CAN'T JUST BE A CHAMPION FOR YOUR SCHOOL. YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY ISSUES AND YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE WAYS OF WORK THAT ARE TRULY GOING TO TRANSFORM NOT ONLY THE MIND-SETS BUT OVERALL THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL, AND DOESN'T START JUST WITH STUDENTS BUT HAS TO BE HOLISTIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PUSH FROM THIS LEGISLATION. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY, SCHOOLS FOR DECADES, WHICH HAVEN'T MOVED THE NEEDLE AND GIVEN CHILDREN A SENSE OF HOPE? I AM GOING TO TELL YOU OPENLY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE -- WE WILL NOT HAVE 39 SCHOOLS THAT ARE PERSISTENTLY LOW. WE WILL MOVE NO NEEDLE EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC, YOU WILL SEE THAT PROCESS.

>>Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AND I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR THE SAME THING. I TRULY DO. MEMBER HAHN, WHO IS THE NEXT SPEAKER?

>>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER COMBS.

>>Lynn Gray: I KNOW YOU HAVE A LITANY OF QUESTIONS.

>>Nadia Combs: ONE OF MY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR I THINK GAVE IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS $186 MILLION. WITH THE NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DO YOU ANTICIPATE CONTINUING TO GET ALL THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY WITH THE NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PLACE?

>>Lynn Gray: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. GREAT QUESTION, MEMBER COMBS. MR. MILLER.

>> I THINK THE GRANT THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF IS THE CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANT WHICH IS THE START-UP GRANT. WHICH WE GET AN ALLOTMENT PER SCHOOL TO BUY DESKS AND COMPUTERS AND TEXTBOOKS AND CHAIRS. MY ABILITY TO PREDICT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO IS PRETTY LIMITED, SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE INITIAL BUDGET BLUEPRINT OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT, THEY HAVE NOT YET INCLUDED WHAT THEIR APPROACH WILL BE TO THE FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAMMINGS, WHAT THEY DID PUT OUT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TITLE 1 FUNDS, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN A BUNCH OF OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET TIPPED THEIR HAND ON WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE YET.

>>Nadia Combs: I GUESS MY CONCERN IS MAYBE NOT GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND THEN HOW ARE YOU, AS IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE MAINTAINED YOUR MONEY WITH THE EIGHT YEARS, AND THE TRAVELING, THEN MY OTHER CONCERN WAS YOUR CEO, WITH LESS THAN 200 SCHOOLS, MORE THAN $500,000 AS FAR AS SALARY, AND WE KNOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SCHOOLS AND MORE RESPONSIBILITIES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT. SO I AM JUST WONDERING HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT YOUR OVERHEAD AND THE EXPENSE THAT YOU ARE USING FOR IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR SCHOOLS, OR THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU ARE OPENING, SINCE YOUR OVERHEAD IS SO MUCH MORE?

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU TO ANSWER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND ENTIRELY THE QUESTION, BUT I WILL TRY TO ANSWER IT. IDEA OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, OR LET ME BACK UP AND SPEAK TO THE CONTROVERSY YOU SPOKE OF OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. WE DO HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAVE A NEW BOARD CHAIR. OUR BOARD HAS ADOPTED AND STRENGTHENED DOZENS OF POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST CONTROLS IN PLACE, SO THOSE DECISIONS CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HAVE OVER I THINK THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAD THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE FISCAL INTEGRITY RATING FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WHICH THEY GIVE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. WE RECENTLY, OUR BOND RATING FROM STANDARD & POOR'S WAS MAINTAINED AS I THINK THE ONLY CHARTER NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS AN A BOND RATING BECAUSE OF OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE OUR FINANCES WELL, OUR STRENGTH OF LEADERSHIP AND THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT CONTINUING TO GROW AND ADD SCHOOLS. WE REALLY ENSURE THAT THE PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING WELL, AND I THINK WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE ARE NOT PERFECT. BUT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY, SERVING A POPULATION OF 90% OF OUR KIDS, 95 PERCENT OF MINORITY, AND WE HAVE HAD REALLY GREAT SUCCESS BY FOCUSING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GREAT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT SCHOOL LEADERS AND RESOURCES ARE THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>>Nadia Combs: PREDOMINANTLY YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING MEXICAN FAMILIES, ON THE BORDER, AND YOU HAVEN'T REALLY DEALT WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLACK STUDENTS FOR IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING?

>>Lynn Gray: AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MR. MILLER. AND I KNOW THAT MEMBER VAUGHN HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.

>>

>> SURE. SO WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN 20 YEARS AGO, IT WAS WHERE WE BEGAN GROWING. SO THOSE SCHOOLS ARE PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC BECAUSE THAT'S THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. AS THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES THERE. SO OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. AS WE GREW INTO US A TIP AND SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON AND FORT WORTH WE BEGAN TO SEE A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC AND OF COURSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALMOST ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN BECAUSE 75 OR 80% ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN.

>>Nadia Combs: ONE LAST COMMENT OR QUESTION. I THINK IT'S VERY REVEALING WHEN YOU SAY 100% STUDENTS ATTEND COLLEGE. THAT'S VERY MISLEADING BECAUSE BASED ON MY RESEARCH, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA MORE SPECIFICALLY, STUDENTS THAT START IN 9th GRADE, AND COMPLETE THE ATTRITION OF HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY START AND FINISH. SO I THINK 100% IS VERY MISLEADING TO THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO IF WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

>>Lynn Gray: THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE 100% AND THIS WILL BE AN ANSWER THAT YOU WILL GIVE, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO MEMBER VAUGHN, AND FOLLOWING THAT MEMBER WASHINGTON FOR FINAL QUESTIONS. MR. MILLER, YOU CAN RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS GOING TO COLLEGE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR GRADUATES, GRADUATING SENIORS THAT GO TO COLLEGE. WE OF COURSE ARE NOT COUNTING KIDS THAT DECIDE THAT IDEA IS NOT THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR THEM JUST LIKE I DON'T THINK YOUR DISTRICT WOULD EITHER BUT IF A KID LEFT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OR WENT TO PASCO OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, THEN WOULD YOU REPORT THOSE KIDS WHERE HE YOU ARE REPORTING SCHOOL DATA. SO AGAIN WE HAVE THE ATTRITION DATA THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS THAT START 9th AND END 12th AND COMPARATIVELY TO ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WE OPERATE IN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FORD THAT AGAIN.

>>Lynn Gray: AND PERHAPS AFTER THIS WORKSHOP, MEMBER COMBS, YOU WHAT MIGHT WANT TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ONE ON ONE, SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION AND THEN MEMBER WASHINGTON. IS THAT CORRECT, MEMBER HAHN?

>>Stacy Hahn: THEN WE HAVE A HALF HOUR LEFT IN THE WORKSHOP. SO WHEN MEMBER VAUGHN AND WASHINGTON FINISH THEN WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO MEMBER COMBS.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S AN OPTION.  THEN I BELIEVE MEMBER SNIVELY WANTS TO DO A LITTLE LEGISLATIVE TALK WITH KRISTIN DAVIS. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

>> THE WE GOT CONSENSUS LAST TIME, BECAUSE MEMBER VAUGHN ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.

>>Stacy Hahn: 11:30.

>> 11 TO 11:30.

>>Lynn Gray: WE STARTED AT 9:30.

>> WE HAVE A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FROM 9:30 TO 1:130. IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD.

>>Lynn Gray: WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. YES, I THINK WE WILL GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP WITH THE QUESTIONS. AND THEN MEMBER COMBS HAS ANOTHER QUESTION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT AS WELL. AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO. SO WE ARE STILL GOING INTO THESE VERY PROBING QUESTIONS. MEMBER VAUGHN, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? THANK YOU.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE. I KNOW -- I AM GOING TO SAY THAT I AM SURE YOU ARE PASSIONATE FOR CHILDREN AND WE ARE BOTH PASSIONATE FOR THE SAME REASON THING, OUR STUDENTS IN OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. WE ARE PUTTING YOU IN THE HOT SEAT. BUT IT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR ALL STUDENTS SUCCESS. THE ONE QUESTION THAT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I KNOW I FIRE OFF A LOT OF QUESTIONS IS THE QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THIS WAS ROLLED OUT AND SCHOOL OF HOPES LEGISLATION WAS ROLLED OUT THERE WERE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT FOUGHT THIS, AND THE SUPREME COURT, I BELIEVE, WE JUST HAD A REECE RULING RECENTLY THAT CAME BACK ON THAT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TOUCH ON WHY YOU FEEL THAT WHAT MOTIVATED THAT, WHAT THE SCHOOLS DISTRICTS CONCERNS WERE, WHAT THE SUPREME COURT RULED AND ADDRESS THAT PIECE OF IT.

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, YOUR REMARKS.

>> YOU ARE TESTING MY MEMORY.  IT WAS A WHILE BACK. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THERE WERE 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT JOINED THAT LAWSUIT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY THEY CANNOT JOIN THE LAWSUIT. THE LAWSUIT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SCHOOLS OF HOPE. THAT WAS PERFECTLY PART OF IT BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS IN THAT BILL THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD CONCERN OVER. THERE WAS A PROVISION AROUND TITLE 1 FUNDING, HOW TITLE 1 FUNDING WAS SHARED. I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THERE WAS A CONCERN EXPRESSED THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY ISSUES WITHIN THE BILL BECAUSE IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT -- IT WAS A LARGE BILL, 180 PAGES OR SOMETHING, I THINK. AND SO AND THEN THE SCHOOLS OF HOPE OF COURSE WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS, AND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS THE PROCESS BY WHICH HOPE OPERATORS CAME INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS WAS SHE DIFFERENT THAN THE REGULAR PROCESS. AND SO THAT CASE WAS HEARD AT THE CIRCUIT COURT, AND THE CIRCUIT COURT FOUND IN FAVOR OF THE STATE AND SAID THAT IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL, IT WAS APPEALED TO THE FIRST DCA, THE DCA AFFIRMED THAT DECISION AND THEN THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED NOT TO HEAR THE CASE, LEAVING THE DCA RULING IN PLACE.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. MEMBER WASHINGTON.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR TEACHING EVALUATION, IS IT THE SAME THAT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>> THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY USES. WE DID NOT ADOPT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM. WE HAVE ONE THAT WE USE ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NETWORK. AND IT'S CALLED TEACHER CLEAR PATHWAY. AND IT'S 50% IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, VIEW PERCENT BASED ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE, 30% I BELIEVE IS BASED ON CLASSROOM OBSERVATION, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BOOKLET WITH 50 OR 60 DIFFERENT METRICS RICKS WHEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEAD ARE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM OBSERVING TEACHERS. THEN THERE'S A PERCENTAGE BASED ON THE STUDENT FEEDBACK, PARENT FEEDBACK, THEN OBSERVATION OF WHETHER THOSE TEACHERS ARE LIVING THE CORE VALUES OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND THEN EVERY TEACHER IS EVALUATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEY END UP WITH A RATING, ONE, TWO AND FIVE RATING. WE EQUATE THAT TO THE STATE'S 1 THROUGH 4 RATING OF UNSATISFACTORY, SATISFACTORY, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, AND NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN APPROVAL.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: WHEN YOU COME TO A CITY OR WHEREVER YOU ARE GOING TO, DO YOU HAVE A FACILITY THERE OR DO YOU BUILD A FACILITY?

>> THROUGH THE CHAIR --

>>Lynn Gray: MR. MILLER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. NO, WE TYPICALLY BUILD FACILITIES. WE HAVE HAD SOME INSTANCES THAT WE ARE INVITED TO DO PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL FACILITIES. THAT'S A RELATIVELY UNCOMMON, RARE OCCURRENCE. SO BASICALLY WE ARE PURCHASING AN EXISTING FACILITY AND RENOVATING IT.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: RENO VATE A SCHOOL FACILITY -- TO A SCHOOL TAMPA SENILITY.

>> YES, SIR.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAN K YOU.

>>Stacy Hahn: I DO NOT AT THIS TIME HAVE ANYONE ON MY LIST SO IF WE WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THE QUEUE. OTHERWISE, MEMBER GRAY --

>>Lynn Gray: LET ME GO AHEAD AND FINISH THIS. WE ARE EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE ANSWERS BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MORE BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS A QUESTION, AND MEMBER COMBS. SO MEMBER COMBS, IF YOU WILL ASK IT AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ONTO ANOTHER SUBJECT MATTER.

>>Nadia Combs: I GUESS SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE JUST THE OVERALL PROGRAM AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I DIDN'T DO AS AN EDUCATOR iDID NOT KNOW THAT THOSE CHATTER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE NURSES AND MOST OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS. AND WILL YOU HAVE A TRAINED NURSE ON-SITE, LIKE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO?

>>Lynn Gray: THE QUESTION, IS THERE A TRAINED NURSE ON SCHOOLS SCHOOL SITES? WE HAVE LOCAL SCHOOLS OF HOPE. I BELIEVE IT'S JOLENE.

>> I JUST HAVE OVERALL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT OUR CHILDREN NEED.

>>Lynn Gray: WE HAVE THAT QUESTION. AND BEFORE YOU AGAIN. RELAX AND WE HAVE THE QUESTION.

>> THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. WILL YOU HAVE A NURSE ON CAMPUS?

>> YES, WE HAVE A REGIONAL REGISTERED NURSE AND EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE A CLINIC IN SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.

>>Nadia Combs: OVERALL WRAP AROUND STUDENTS AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ESE AND WHAT THE RATIOS LOOK LIKE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEETING ON. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MORE SURPRISING TO ME, AND WHEN I HAVE GONE OUT TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, IT'S JUST THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO WRITE TYPE OF SERVICES BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALLER IN SCALE.

>>Lynn Gray: THE QUESTION HAS BEEN FORMATTED, AND JOLENE, IF YOU WILL DO US THE HONOR OF ANSWERING THAT. THANK YOU.

>> SO WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD AND BASED ON THE STUDENT NEEDS. IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN.

>>Nadia Combs: WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU ANTICIPATE OF SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS ATTENDING AND WHAT TYPES OF SERVICE DOES YOU SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR RATIOS?

>> ANTICIPATE NEEDS RIGHT NOW, WE JUST KICKED OFF OUR FAMILY REGISTRATION SO WE ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION STARTING UP, THAT STARTED APRIL 5th, SO LAST MONDAY. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO BE ABLE TO PULL EXACTLY WHAT IS THE IT OUR STUDENTS NEED AND OUR FAMILIES NEED.

>>Nadia Combs: IN OUR DISTRICT WE HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS CLASSES WHERE WE HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AND SISTERS-IN-LAW WE SEE A TEACHER WORKING ALONGSIDE AN AIDE WITH STUDENTS. ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF INTENSIVE SERVICES FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS?

>> YES. AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON EXACTLY WHAT THE STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN OR 504 PLAN OR WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ARE. WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CLASSROOMS SO WE HAVE A CRITICAL STUDENT INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND CATCH THOSE STUDENTS ALSO BASED ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF EACH OF OUR ASSESSMENTS. EACH WEEK WE ARE WE HAVE MEETINGS, EVERY DAY WE HAVE DOING ADVISORY WITH THAT STUDENT'S WORK AND DETERMINING WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THAT TEACHER BASED ON THAT STUDENT'S NEEDS.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER COMBS, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FEE, THE LAST QUESTION, VERY CRITICAL QUESTION. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE TO HAVE A UNIT TALK AND I BELIEVE THAT MEMBER VAUGHN IS SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN TO THE SUBJECT AREAS THAT SHE REALLY WAS VERY MUCH, AS YOU CAN SEE, PREPARING. TO ASK. AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. SO I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL JOIN ME IN SHARING THE APPRECIATION TO JOLENE. WHAT'S YOUR LAST TIME?

>> I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT. WELLMAN.

>>Lynn Gray: WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISIT TO OUR STATE. SO YOU HAVE THE SAME WEATHER AS WE HAVE?

>> IT'S SUNNY AND WARM.

>>Lynn Gray: QUAY. I GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND I HAD A TENDENCY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. DR. GRAHAM, THANK YOU. AND YOU ARE JUST SUCH A HEARTFELT EDUCATOR, AND WE REALLY RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU STAND FOR. AND PLEASE FIGHT FOR US. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO. WE WANT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SUCCEED, AND WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HIRED TO KICK BUTT, AND DON'T PUT THAT IN THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A COMPETITIVE BUNCH. SO YOU WILL HOPEFULLY SEE THAT LOWER NUMBER FROM 39 -- WHAT IS THAT NUMBER YOU ARE GOING TO PROMISE, ADDISON DAVIS? THERE IT IS. ZERO. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MEMBER COMBS, FEEL FREE IF YOU WANT TO GET UP AND ASK ANOTHER QUESTION. I WANTED TO OPEN THE FLOOR. I ASKED YOU ALL TO BRING YOUR LITTLE TINY BOOKLETS HERE ABOUT THE UNITS. SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO ONE ROUND AROUND, ONE ROUND AROUND, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ASKED A QUESTION. ARE YOU GOING UP TO THE FRONT? OH, OKAY. SO MEMBERS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CALLS, A LOT OF E-MAILS, AND THIS IS REGARDING EVERYTHING FROM THE CAREER COUNSELORS, AND I KNOW DR. BROWN WANTED TO BE UP HERE TOO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO TO ASK. AND IF THAT BE TRUE, WE CAN GET STARTED. MEMBER HAHN?

>>Stacy Hahn: MS. PEREZ IS IN THE QUEUE.

>>Lynn Gray: VERY GOOD. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE QUEUE. I FIGURE WE CAN DO ONE ROUND AND THEN GET INTO OUR HALF HOUR VERSION OF EXPLORATION. OKAY. OKAY, I THINK WE ARE ALL QUEUING UP HERE. WE ARE GETTING OUR EXPERTS. I'LL GO LAST. LET'S GET OURSELVES REINVIGORATED. GOOD OLD UNIT CUTS. OF COURSE WE ARE TITLING IT DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE THE TITLE AS -- HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. I ALMOST MADE MYSELF LAST. IT WAS CALLED SCHOOL SITE ALLOCATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBER HAHN, WE ARE STARTING WITH MEMBER PEREZ? MEMBER PEREZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. I NEED TO FIND OUT -- I KNOW THAT YOU -- THEY IDENTIFIED -- YOU PROVIDED FOR PRINCIPALS, INFORMATION ON [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] WHAT THEY NEEDED TO UNDO AS FAR AS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ALLOCATION MODELS ON THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATORS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND ALL THAT. SO DID YOU PROVIDE OUR PRINCIPALS A TEMPLATE SO THAT THIS REQUEST WOULD NOT CAUSE HARM TO OUR STUDENTS AS FAR AS WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THE SCHOOL -- HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ARE WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF THE STUDENTS AND SCHOOL, AND [~AUDIO DISTORTION~] AND TO ...

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MS. PEREZ. I GUESS THE TEMPLATE WAS WE GIVE TO EVERY SCHOOL A STAFF ALLOCATION MODEL FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT HASN'T HISTORICALLY BEEN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THE ONLY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE CHANGED WERE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. SO ALL OF THE REVENUES FOR POSITIONS, COUNSELORS, AND ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS, THE SUPPORT STAFF REMAIN THE SAME. OVERALL CURRENTLY WE ARE JUST IMPLEMENTING THAT MODEL THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IN FRONT OF PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS WERE PART OF THAT PROCESS. MANY TIMES THROUGH COLLABORATIONS, CONVERSATIONS, THROUGH INTERVIEWS, INDIVIDUALIZED CONVERSATIONS, WITH SUPERINTENDENTS, WITH CHIEFS WITH, HUMAN RESOURCES WITH, TITLE 1, YOU KNOW, FUNDING, ALL TO IDENTIFY WHAT ALLOCATIONS WILL BE USED AND LEVERAGED AT THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL, AND OPENLY AS YOU START -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT ELEMENT, IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET CLASS SIZE AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH CHOICE, AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, THROUGH SECONDARY -- SORRY -- THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY COURSES, MASTER SCHEDULES ARE BUILT BASED ON STUDENT REQUESTS. SO WHILE STUDENTS, YOU MAY HAVE A LARGE STUDENT REQUEST FOR JOURNALISM THIS YEAR, AND FOR NEXT YEAR THOSE REQUESTS GO OUT, THAT NUMBER CAN ONLY BE REDUCED IF THAT PROGRAM INITIATIVE PATHWAY IS NOW MARKETED, AND THEN YOU MAY HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IN WHAT YOU OFFER FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S DRIVEN BY STUDENTS. I'LL LET DR. WHALING SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO OVERALL PERSONNEL. I THINK THE LAST PART OF THE QUESTION WAS PROTECTING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM FOR A WHILE. AS RELATES TO SCHOOLS, IT'S ALL BASED ON EVALUATIONS, AND I WILL LET DR. WHELAN SPEAK ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. YES, WE FOLLOW THE CONJECTURAL PROCESS, AND WHERE THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION, AND IF IT'S NOT A CURRENT VACANCY, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE RETIREMENTS AS WELL ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST 31st TO LOOK AT HAVING AS MUCH MINIMAL IMPACT ON CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WITH US, AND IT'S ALSO BY THEIR PARTICULAR WHAT WE CALL CATEGORY OR THEIR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT SHALL, SO WE TAKE VOLUNTEERS THAT'S BASED ON SENIORITY, THEN WOO LOOK AT OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT THAT HAVE NO EVALUATION SCORE WITH US, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE LOWEST EVALUATION SCORE, AND FOR MANY OF OUR SITES, THAT COULD BE EVERY PERSON COULD BE IN THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CHANGE RANGE AND IT COMES DOWN TO POINTS FOR THEIR EVALUATION SCORES. THAT'S HOW IT APPLIES.

>>Karen Perez: A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? SO AFTER COVID, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GET BACK ESPECIALLY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE -- SORRY. [~AUDIO DISTORTION~]

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY, THE QUESTION IS THE LIST OF THE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS. DR. WHELAN, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND?

>> SO WE ARE IN THE VERY BEGINNING PORTION OF THIS, OF A WE HAVE OUR POLLS THAT ARE CONDUCTED ON MAY 13 AND 14, THOSE ARE INSTRUCTIONAL POOLS. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF CARRYOVER STAFF MEMBERS. BECAUSE PLEASE REMEMBER, WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TREMENDOUS MOVEMENT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AS PEOPLE ARE MAKING ALL KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE TYPICALLY HAPPEN AS IT IS. SO AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE STAFF, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSITION THAT WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO WE WILL KNOW BETTER AFTER WE CONDUCT OUR POLLS ON MAY 13 AND 14. A LIST OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE IN THE POOL WE WILL HAVE APRIL THE APRIL 1330thth AFTER IT CONCLUDES.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MEMBER PEREZ, THE FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE ATTRITION. I BELIEVE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

>>Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MS. GRAY. OVERALL, YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE FIRST WE HAVE OF THIS PROCESS, WHEN WE WERE IN THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME STAFF LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS. WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON ELIMINATING CURRENT VACANCIES TO PROTECT PERSONNEL. AND WE DID JUST THAT. WHEN WE CUT OVER 500 POSITIONS OVERALL WE ENDED UP WITH 40 LESS POSITIONS THAN WE ACTUALLY HAD TO LET GO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE TEMPORARY. ONE IS TOO MANY, I AGREE. WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE.  IN THIS PROCESS IT WOULD BE THE SAME MENTALITY. WE WILL HAVE TO CUT OVER A THOUSAND INCLUSIVE OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL AND SCHOOL-BASED PERSONNEL SUPPORT. WE WILL WORK TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE USE ATTRITION TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT AS MANY INDIVIDUALS AS WE CAN. THAT HAS BEEN A FIRST PRIORITY, IN THE FIRST WE HAVE, IT IS STILL A PRIORITY AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES. WE ARE WORKING WITH CTA TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN FIND AND LEVERAGE TEACHER CREDENTIALS, SUPPORT STAFF CERTIFICATIONS, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO JOBS. THE BIGGEST THING THAT YOU WILL SEE WHILE WE MAKE THESE CORRECTIONS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TO BE ABLE TO DO, IS THAT THE DISRUPTION WILL BE WITH INDIVIDUALS, WILL HAVE TO MOVE FROM ONE FACILITY TO POTENTIALLY ANOTHER FACILITY. AND WE AGREE, WHILE TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF AND LEADERS HAVE REALLY DONE A REALLY NICE JOB BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AT THEIR PARTICULAR SCHOOL, OVERALL IT'S JUST ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE STAFF ALLOCATION PLAN THAT HASN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR YEARS. SO MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE KNOW THERE'S -- FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT, THE SAME THAPE WAY THAT WE HEARD IN OCTOBER WE MOVE 300 INDIVIDUALS, WE'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY BUILT NEW RELATIONSHIPS, THEY HAVE CONNECTED WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY ARE STRIVING TO MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY OVERALL.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN, WHO IS OUR NEXT QUESTION PERSON?

>>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER VAUGHN, MEMBER SNIVELY.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH ANXIETY AND FEAR AND FRUSTRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. I AM SURE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE OVERWHELMED. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR PASSIONATELY ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, FOR RALLYING AGAINST THESE CHANGES, BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW DEVASTATING THEY ARE GOING TO BE OUR SCHOOLS, AND REST ASSURED YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH YOU AND STAFF MEMBERS. I THINK THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION THAT I AM HEARING IS THE TIMING OF THIS. IS THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH REVENUE, AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY OUR OPERATIONAL FEES, AND THE CONCERN IS, CAN WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES? BUT A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT I GET IS WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY COMING IN, AS FAR AS THE REFERENCE CARES ACT 2 AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN, THERE HASN'T EVEN BEEN A REFERENCE TO CARES ACT 3 WHICH IS MUCH LARGER AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO GET IT SOONER. WHILE I TALKED TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHO SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT CAN'T BE A LONG-TERM FIX, TO DO THIS NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THESE CHANGES WHEN THERE'S LESS REVENUE THAN THERE EVER HAS AND WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEA WHEREOF STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GO AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IF WE CAN GET THAT MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF ATTRITION AND WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS GOING TO DO, AND OTHER MONEY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, THAT THEY ARE FRUSTRATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A LONG-TERM FIX SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY TO TIE US OVER TO G KIND OF GET AN IDEA WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHY WE AREN'T BEING MORE M AGGRESSIVE BEGUN THAT SINCE IT WILL RELATE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR SHORTFALL IS EACH MONTH AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD COST US, EVEN FOR A YEAR, TO KIND OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO UTILIZE. AND THEN I JUST HAD TWO MORE QUESTIONS. ONE WOULD BE ABOUT CLASS SIZE AND UPDATE ON FURLOUGH DAYS.

>>Addison Davis: I CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THEM.

>>Lynn Gray: SUPER DAVIS.

>>Addison Davis: THANK YOU, MA'AM. FIRST AND FOREMOST, CARES ACT 2 MONEY CONTINUES TO BE ON THE SIDELINES RELATED TO A TIMELINE THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS. THE APPLICANT WAS CLOSED ON APRIL 12TH. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT VERY SOON. WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS OPENLY MEET THE 3% THRESHOLD AND CONTINUE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE MEET PAYROLL FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR SO WE DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RELATED BUT VERY SMALL AS WE OUTLINED TO THE BOARD, THE TIMES RELATED TO WHAT THAT FUNDING MAY LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE WILL EXPEND IT. I THINK IT'S MARCH 23rd, 2021, THERE IS A RELEASE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RECEIVED CARES ACT 3 FUNDING, AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERY STATE HAD 60 DAYS TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT TO THE AGENCIES THAT CAN BE AWARDED. THAT MEANS WE SHOULD GET THIS MONEY BY MAY 23rd, 2021, IF EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE 60 DAYS. WE GET TWO THIRD OF THAT FUNDING UP FRONT, WHICH MEANS IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 260-PLUS MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE USE THESE MONEYS IN THE SAME MANNER THAT CARES 1 AND 2 CAN BE POTENTIALLY USED ALL FOR COVID AND TO BE ABLE TO FURTHER PROTECT THE EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN. THE ISSUE BECOMES, IF WE USE AND LEVERAGE CARES 3 MONEY, CARES 2 IS GONE, CARES 3 MONEY FOR PERSONNEL, OPENLY WILL COME BACK IN THE SAME SCENARIO THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WHERE SOFT MONEY HAS BEEN USED FOR PERSONNEL, AND ONCE THAT ENDS, IT THEN BECOMES EITHER YOU SEPARATE SEPARATION, OR YOU TRY TO FIND HARD MONEY. OPENLY THE WAY THE MONEY HAS BEEN EXPENDED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION HISTORICALLY, WE DON'T FORECAST BUT IF WE USE SOFT MONEY TO PROTECT PEOPLE NOW, BUT IN ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS OF THAT MONEY POTENTIALLY IS EXHAUSTED THEN WE WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CARRYOVER. OPENLY, I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THE LEADERS THAT KICKS THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD, AND I AM NOT SAYING THAT IN DISRESPECT BUT I BELIEVE WHEN MS. HAHN TALKED ABOUT THE SACRIFICES MAKING TO A EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, AS A SUPERINTENDENT I WE NEVER MAKE THESE DECISIONS WERE OUR BACK WERE NOT AGAINST THE WALL. I THINK AS THIS MONEY COMES THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER SOLUTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY BUT $260 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY BUT HOW WE WOULD USE IT TO FURTHER SPANISH TIFFS AND PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCED TWO OR THREE OR MORE YEARS OF LEARNING LOSS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> COULD YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH OUR SHORTFALL IS WHEN IT COMES TO PAYMENTS?

>>Addison Davis: MRS. JOHNSON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT ON HAND.

>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS OFFHAND. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS BEFORE I SPEAK REGARDING THE BUDGET. SO WE CAN SEE WHERE OUR SHORTFALLS ARE COMING IN. AS I TALKED TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE, AND WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETING, AND BE ABLE TO PROJECT IT FORWARD, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE PRESENTLY AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING AND THE IMPACT OF THE ONE-TIME RESOURCES, HOW IT IMPACTS THE BUDGET. BUT YOU CANNOT -- YOU NEVER PUT PERSONNEL AS ONE OH TIME RESOURCES BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO. WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS AND THAT'S LIVING WITH OUR CURRENT RESOURCES THAT IS AVAILABLE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, AND YOU START BUILDING ON RESOURCES THAT ARE ONE TIME, YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO LET PEOPLE GO, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE NEXT DAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE BUDGET. WHEN AND I AM SURE I WILL GET EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET. I AM GOING TO PRESENT THOSE REPORTS TO THE BOARD AND WE WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP AND WE ARE GOING TO YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET IN DETAIL.

>>Lynn Gray: ACTUALLY THAT VERY QUESTION, MEMBER VAUGHN, HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT TO BE MS. JOHNSON, AND MOST RESPECT AND WELCOME. BUT THAT QUESTION ALSO SHE HAS IN HER WAY OF WORK, SO TO SPEAK. AND I THINK BECAUSE SHE HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED, MR. SUPERINTENDENT.

>>Addison Davis: WE HAD A GREAT WEEK ALREADY OF TRANSITIONING, AND ON THE 29th, TWO WEEKS THAT MS. JOHNSON HAS BEEN HERE, SHE GOT RIGHT INTO THE JOB AND HER PRESENCE, HER CONFIDENCE ABOUT HER ROLE AND HER ABILITY, AND SHIP SURE IT'S TRULY DYNAMIC. WE ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT HER ROLE IN GETTING INTO THIS JOB AND NOT EVERYONE WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS TYPE OF DIFFICULT SITUATION AND KNOWING REALLY FINANCIALLY AND DUE TO HER HISTORY AND ABILITY TO GO INTO SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHETHER SAN DIEGO, WHETHER IT'S COLUMBIA, WHETHER DETROIT, AND DUVAL, FACED SOME FINANCIAL DEFICITS AND HELPED THEM TURN THE SHIP AROUND, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER AND EXCITED ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP, AND WE KNOW THAT 130 MILLION PLUS AND WE GENERATE AROUND $IT 9 MILLION SO WE WILL GET THE OVERALL ASPECTS SO WE CAN PROVIDE. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF OR SAY ANYTHING?

>> I AM GLAD TO BE HERE AND HOPE WE CAN TURN THIS AROUND FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE KIDS.

>>Addison Davis: SHE WILL BE PLANNING TO TURN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT --

>>Lynn Gray: WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AND OUR TALKS WITH YOU AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY FRUITFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR DISTRICT.

>>Addison Davis: WHAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION?

>> PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT CLASS SIZE, AND TALKING TO SCHOOLS AND HOW THAT WORKS AND WHETHER WE HAVE EXTENDED THE STATE NEED, WHAT OUR CLASS SIZES LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS FURLOUGH DATE, AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THOSE CUTS?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR F.FIRST QUESTION IS RELATED TO CLASS SIZE. WE ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO FOLLOW CLASS SIZE IN CORE CLASSROOMS AND WE WILL ALWAYS DO THAT. IT'S THE REASON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROVIDES US THE CATEGORICALS FOR THE CLASS SIZE ASSISTANCE. WE MONITOR THAT THROUGH MS. McCRAE AND SUPERINTENDENTS REGIONAL SUNSETS, AND SO CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US AS WELL WHEN THEY HAVE PARTICULAR ISSUES AND COME TO THE TABLE. A LOT OF THAT IS ABOUT MAXIMIZING SECTIONS, WE ARE GOING TO MATCH THE SCHEDULE. BECAUSE ONE CLASS MAY HAVE THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HAVE 25 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, ONE CLASS MAY 27, AND THE OTHER ONE MAY HAVE 22. SO BEING ABLE TO REFINE THE SCHEDULE TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HIT THE CLASS SIZE SO THERE IS AN EQUITABLE WAY TO SERVE CHILDREN IN THE OVERALL GUIDANCE. AND CLASS SIZE IS LOOKED AT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CHOICE, FROM K-3, 4 THROUGH 8, AND THEN YOU HAVE 9 THROUGH 12. SO K-3 IS 18 ON AN AVERAGE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT 4-8 IS 22 ON AVERAGE. AND YOU LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 IS 25 TO AN AVERAGE. AS YOU LOOK AT ELECTIVE CLASSES, AS YOU KNOW ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDED. THEY HISTORICALLY ALWAYS ARE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU -- A HIGH SCHOOL CAN HAVE 50 KIDS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHORUS YOU COULD HAVE AN ENSEMBLE YOU ARE WORKING WITH. OVERALL WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A COMPUTE TECH CLASS, IF WE HAVE A KEYBOARDING CLASS, IF WE HAVE A CULINARY CLASS, WE WILL ALWAYS MAKE CERTAIN THOSE CLASSES SERVE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR, AND IF YOU HAVE A VISUAL DESIGN CLASS AND THEY HAVE 30 COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH, WE WILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE PROTECT THE -- HAVE 30 STUDENTS GOING TO THAT CLASS, YOU WILL HAVE TWO OTHER STUDENTS ON THE OUTSIDE TRYING TO PUSH IN SO WE WILL ALWAYS MEET CLASS SIZE. AS IT RELATES TO FURLOUGH DAYS --

>> THANK YOU FOR POINTING, ON AVERAGE. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN AVERAGE CLASSROOM.

>>Addison Davis: THAT'S CORRECT.

>> OUT OF THE SCHOOL ON A.M. SO THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY.

>>Addison Davis: SO MS. VAUGHN IS CORRECT. IT COULD BE 17. IT COULD BE 17, 17, 19, BUT YOU HAVE THREE CLASSROOMS. SO OVERALL WE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CHOICE WE WILL MEET THAT AVERAGE TO STAY COMPLIANT. AS RELATES TO THESE INITIATIVES, IT'S MY ROLE TO ESTABLISH THE BUDGET TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND STAFF ALLOCATION ON THE DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL THIS INFORMATION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BOARD APPROVED HISTORICALLY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE I EDUCATE EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THESE POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE, WHAT PROGRAMS WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ONCE AGAIN, PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET FROM NOW UNTIL THE SUMMER, CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE, AND AS WE HAVE MET THE SCHEDULE IN JULY, WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO ADD PARTICULAR CLASSROOMS BASED ON CLASS SIZE FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BASED ON ANY DATA WE GET FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND BY THE SAME TOKEN FURTHER ADD FOR PROBLEM PROGRAMMATIC WITHIN OUR SCHOOL. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE. THE LAST ONE IS FUR LOSS. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE IMPLEMENTED AND DISCUSSED ON JANUARY 12 WAS TALK ABOUT DISTRICT FUR LOSS. AND HOLISTICALLY WE SAW IT WAS GOING TO BE $2.5 MILLION FOR EVERY 12 MONTH EMPLOYEE. AFTER LOOKING AT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND REVENUES FOR THE OVERALL BUDGET, WE DECIDED THAT ANYONE THAT'S IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, WHETHER THAT'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PROGRAMS, SUPERVISORS, DIRECTORS, REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, MYSELF, WE WILL THE ONES TO ADDRESS FROM A FURLOUGH PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF IT I.CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AND MYSELF THAT FURLOUGH WILL HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE JUNE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WE TRANSITION TO POTENTIALLY A DIFFERENT SOLUTION FOR OVER TIME TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT. THE TEAM AND MYSELF WILL HAVE MORE DAYS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT AND OPENLY ONE MAY SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH, BUT OPENLY, WHEN WE GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S ENOUGH. SO OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO GENERATE AS MUCH REVENUE AS WE CAN. WE KNOW WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THEY WORK SO VERY HARD DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND WE NEED TO CONFRONT IT ALONG THE WAY.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. AND IT'S A BIG LEARNING CURB. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE ALL GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS INFLUENCED, IT'S CHANGING ALL THE TIME. LET'S GO AHEAD, FINANCE GURU HERE, I BELIEVE IT'S MEMBER HAHN WHO IS NEXT ON THE LIST?

>>Stacy Hahn: MEMBER SNIVELY.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER SNIVELY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. JUST A SIDE NOTE, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME PROJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE, AND NOT JUST REPORTS BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, SO WE CAN RECEIVE SOME LEAD REPORTS SO WE CAN TAKE MEASURES WHICH ARE ABLE TO HELP OUR DISTRICT RIGHT SIZE. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE IN FINANCIALLY. WE HAVE BEEN IN WORSE SITUATIONS IN THE PAST. IT'S NOT EXACTLY KNEW. SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT USED OR BEEN AWE LINED WITH THESE ALLOCATION MODELS IN THE PAST. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION, IS THAT THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCAL ALLOCATION MODELS WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN USING AND THAT'S IN THE PAST. AND NOW WE ARE BEING MORE STRICT ABOUT ALIGNING OUR HUMAN RESOURCES WITH THOSE ALLOCATION MODELS. THE QUESTION I HAD, YOU ADDRESSED IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ARE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TO LET GO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, OR I THINK THERE'S SOME MISPERCEPTION ABOUT TAKING AWAY THOSE PROGRAMS, SO YOU GAVE AN EXAMPLE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE STUDENTS INTEREST OR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY MAY HAVE GONE AT ONE POINT TO NOW THE STUDENTS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS TO SUPPORT IT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT SO THAT PARENTS CAN UNDERSTAND WHY MAYBE ONE MS I CAN TEACHERS IS GOING TO ONE OR HALF IN THE DISTRICT?

>>Lynn Gray: I APOLOGIZE. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. THE BIGGEST THING IS TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, SO BRET HIGH SCHOOL HAS JOURNALISM AND CREATIVE WRITING AND PATHWAY VERY OFTEN, AND MY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH SPEAKING THROUGH REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS AND OUR CHIEF IS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 50 PEOPLE THAT TRANSITIONED, THAT ASPIRE TO TAKE THOSE PARTICULAR PATHWAYS. HOWEVER, AS YOU TRANSITION TO NEXT YEAR, WE ARE SEEING WE ONLY HAVE 14 STUDENTS THAT HAVE SELECTED THAT AS A POINT OF INTEREST AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING NOW AT THE SCHOOL. SO BEING ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE AND ADJUST THE OVERALL SCHEDULES AND NECESSITY, BECAUSE OTHER COURSES OF INTEREST, MAYBE THEATER EXPANSION, MAYBE THE LITERACY OF ART, MAYBE POINTS OF INTERESTS OF OUR SCHOOL, AND THEY TAKE THOSE AND THEY TRY TO GROW NEW THRIVING PROGRAMS HOLISTICALLY IN THE SCHOOL. AS YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONS SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND, AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, ORCHESTRA. I BELIEVE IT'S BEAUTIFUL. OUR KIDS NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN PERFORMING ARTS, AND ALSO VISUAL ARTS. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE NINE STUDENTS AT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT ARE BEING SERVED, IN ONE PARTICULAR CLASS, IT'S VERY HARD TO JUSTIFY WHEN OTHER COURSE LOADS MAY BE 25 STUDENTS, 30 STUDENTS, AND NO DOUBT WE SHOULD OFFER THAT SECTION FOR THOSE NINE STUDENTS, AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER STAY BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST MAY NOT BE THERE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT ELEMENTARY, WE ARE ONLY IMPLEMENTING THE ALLOCATION PLAN THAT WHEN I CAME IN, I ABSORBED AS A SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO DAYS GENERATED BASED ON STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE, SO SCHOOLS MAY GO FROM FOUR DAYS OF ARTS TO THREE DAYS OF ART. OR SOME MAY GO FROM THREE DAYS TO FOUR DAYS. IT'S ALL CONTINGENT IN THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT. SO NONE OF THE PROGRAMS -- IT'S JUST THAT SECTIONS AND DAYS ON CAMPUSES MAY BE REDUCED IN ORDER FOR THE ALLOCATION MODEL.

>> SIMPLY TO ADD THAT THE AGAIN IT'S NOTHING THAT WE HAVE CHANGED THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE.

>> ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HELP SUPPORT TEACHERS TO RECRUIT? MAYBE A SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE KNOWN FOR THEIR CHORUS, THERE WERE 180 KIDS NO WERE SIGNED UP FOR CHORUS, AND NOW ONLY 17 KIDS SIGNED UP FOR CHORUS. SO CAN WE GIVE TEACHERS SCHOOLS OR RESOURCES FOR OUTREACH SO THAT MAYBE THEY CAN RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S A NEED FOR IT, THEN THAT SUBSTANTIATES THE TEACHER IF THERE'S ENROLLMENT FOR THE TEACHER WHEN ENROLLMENT, YOU KNOW, GOES DOWN YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SUBSTANTIATE A TEACHER FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLASS, WHETHER IT'S MUSIC OR ART OR WHATEVER. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT TO GET TEACHERS THE SCHOOL TOOLS FOR RECRUITING FOR THOSE TYPES OF CLASSES?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE DEFINITELY CAN HELP INTERNALLY WITH OUR TEACHERS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS FOR PARTICULAR EXPANSION. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE OFFER FOR JOTC, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS A MODEL FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DO A REALLY NICE JOB MARKETING WHAT IT BRINGS FOR CAMARADERIE, TEAM, DISCIPLINE APPROACH AND THE SUCCESS RATES THEY HAVE OUTSIDE OF ROTC AS THEY TRANSITION OUT. WE DO THE SAME THINGS WHETHER IT'S ART, MUSIC, PE, PHOTOGRAPHY, JOURNALISM, CREATIVE WRITING, WHETHER IT BE AERONAUTICS, CULINARY. WE HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND HELP DISPLAY -- I THINK THE PANDEMIC HAS REALLY HANDCUFFED OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY THEIR OVERALL OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND SO WE HAVE WE CAN HELP THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS, GET WITH MY COMMITTEE AND THINK ABOUT PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>>Melissa Snively: I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, THE PANDEMIC. BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL HANDS-ON AND THE PANDEMIC HAS REALLY HAMPERED THEIR ABILITY TO REACH OUT AND GET STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THIS SO I LOOK FORWARD TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP TEACHERS GET BACK ON TRACK FOR RECRUITING STUDENTS. THANK YOU.

>>Addison Davis: I'M SORRY. I AM TAKING EVERYBODY'S TIME TODAY.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU ARE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

>>Addison Davis: I THINK WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB. I HAVE A CHANCE TO MEETS WITH SOME OF OUR BABBLED BAND LEADERS AT SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL, NEXT WEEK OR THIS WEEK, AND WE CAN'T JUST GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND SAY WE HAVE A SOLID PROGRAM. IT'S REALLY GOT TO BE COMMITTED TO A K-12 SIDE OF WORK AND AS WE GET THROUGH THIS CORRECTION, YOU WILL SEE THE SAME THING THAT I DID IN DUVAL AND CLAY. WE PUT ART, MUSIC, PE IN EVERY ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARIES, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO THAT ONCE WE GET ON SOLID FOOTING FINANCIALLY. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO START THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL, AND NOT JUST SAY, WE HAVE CULINARY ARTS IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT WHAT CAN WE BE ABLE TO TRICKLE DOWN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY FOR EXPOSURE AS STUDENTS START THE PATHWAY THEY WANT TO BE EXPOSED TO? I'M SORRY.

>>Lynn Gray: POINT WELL SAID, MEMBER SNIVELY, THE IDENTIFY OF THE SCHOOL IS WHAT MEMBER SNIVELY IS SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR IDENTITY AND THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD. MEMBER HAHN IS OUR NEXT SPEAKER. MEMBER COMBS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

>>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER SNIVELY MADE MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE. BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, AS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ELIMINATED, WHAT DOES THE PATHWAY LOOK LIKE FOR THE RETURN OF THE PROGRAM? AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTS OF LOSING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS IS I FEEL THAT MAYBE SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS DIDN'T FEEL THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MARKET THAT PROGRAM, OR MARKET, IF THEY HAD ORCHESTRA. I THINK MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR RETURNING THAT PROGRAM FOR THE FUTURE AND LIKE THAT? THEN I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THE RETURN OF THE PROGRAM. THANKS, MEMBER COMBS. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, GO AHEAD.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE LOSING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THOSE PROGRAMS ARE STAYING INTACT. WHAT YOU ARE LOSING IS OVERALL NUMBER OF SECTIONS SO YOU WILL LOSE SECTIONS THAT COULD BE ONE-OFF PROGRAMS THAT THE INTEREST MAY NOT BE THERE. I THINK YOU HAVE TO FOLD IT INTO ANOTHER ELECTIVE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS. AND WE TALK ABOUT IF THERE'S A ONE-YEAR PROGRAM WHICH I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN HISTORICAL, THEN THIS IS ABOUT TEACHERS CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS, AND BEING ABLE TO TELL, AND SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE OVERALL LEARNING PROCESS IS, WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF I AM A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACH AND WE GO FIVE AND 20 OPENLY PARENTS ARE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CHILD TO COMPETE IN. SO HOW DO WE TURN THAT PROGRAM AROUND? HOW DO WE INITIATE IT? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT OVERALL CONCENTRATION, LOOKING AT FEEDER PATTERNS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PATHWAYS IN OUR SCHOOLS. FOR EXAMPLE, BLAKE HAS MADE 30, SO MANY OFFERINGS THAT THEY HAVE. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT DOWN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TO ELEMENTARY, FOR GREATER EXPOSURE. AND NOW NOT JUST EXPOSURE, BUT BEING ABLE TO OFFER IT IN SOME TYPE OF ELECTIVE THAT SHOWS A TRUE PATHWAY OF HEART AND THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO VALIDATE IT. THEN BEING ABLE TO LOOK IT A OTHER PARTICULAR WAYS OF REVENUE, DIFFERENT REVENUES TO OUR DISTRICT, WHETHER THAT'S GRANT REVENUE, LOCAL REVENUES, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES AND PATHWAYS.

>>Nadia Combs: SO MAYBE IF THERE IS A SCHOOL OR SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE THINK THE PROGRAM IS GOING DISAPPEAR THEN WE CAN SPEAK TO --

>>Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY.

>>Nadia Combs: MY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTION IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME, IS THE SANT APPRAISALS ARE WHO ARE BEING CUT AND I TALKED TO MR. PORTER ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF IT AS WELL AS CTA. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THAT WE RECOGNIZE, AND MAYBE TEACHERS WHO PUT A LOT OF EXTRA WORK, AND THAT'S HOW WE RECOGNIZE THEM, TO BE FUTURE LEAD LEADERS. SO WE RECRUITING THEM TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. AND TO ME THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO LAND. AND I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE CAN'T AT LEAST OFFER THEM A TEACHING POSITION. IF YOU HAVE 20 YEARS INTO THE SYSTEM AND YOU SPENT 18, 20 YEARS TEACHING, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I WANT TO SEE THAT THE CARES ACT OR WHATEVER IT IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 30 OR 40 PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I FEEL VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.

>>Lynn Gray: AND THAT IS THE BIG BURDEN QUESTION AMONG PRINCIPALS AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? THANK YOU.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH MS. COMBS AS ALL. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE, THE FORMER SANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THESE INDIVIDUALS A JOB WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE THEY GIVE SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY, ESPECIALLY WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR LIKE ALL OF US HAVE, EVEN BOARD MEMBERS. BUT WHAT RELATES TO CONTRACTUALLY, AND NOT TO PUT MR. CREATE ON THE SPOT, BUT HE WOULD AGREE CONTRACTUALLY THAT OUR FIRST OBLIGATION IS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONTRACT AND OPEN YOU A TRANSFER POOL FOR TEACHERS FIRST. THEY HAVE THE GREATEST PRIORITY. AFTER THAT POLL IS IDENTIFIED AND EXHAUSTED, AND YTA WOULD AGREE, THEN WE CAN TRANSITION TO ADMINISTRATORS AND HAVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PLACED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND 47 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. WHEN WE START, AND EVERY DAY THAT NUMBER IS MOVING BECAUSE AS INDIVIDUALS RETIRE, AND INDIVIDUALS LEAVE OR FIND OTHER -- THIS WEEK WE HAD TWO THAT TRANSITIONED OUT OF COUNTY, AND WE ARE FILLING THOSE POSITIONS SO THAT BECOMES 45. AND I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE CLOSE TO 15 PRINCIPALS THAT ARE GOING TO RETIRE THIS YEAR, AND WHY I WANT PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE I AM GOING TO HOLD PRINCIPALS ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELECT INDIVIDUALS WHICH THEY NEED AT THEIR SCHOOL AND I SHOULDN'T TELL THEM WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. THEY SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO FIND THAT PARTICULAR SKILL SET. THIS YEAR AFTER WE ADDRESS LOOK AT A TRATION, BEING ABLE TO PLACE NEW PRINCIPALS FOR THOSE WHO RETIRE AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY SMALL, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY TAKE IR OF ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

>>Nadia Combs: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD USE THE CARES 3 OR SOMETHING WE COULD DO FOR THOSE PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REALLY CREATIVE AND THINK THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. AND IF IT'S 20 PEOPLE, IN ITS TWO PEOPLE, I THINK THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE A CHOICE IF THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL OR NOT. THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

>>Lynn Gray: I HAVE AN IDEA. BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, OF COURSE. NOT THAT WE HAVE ESP. BUT CAN YOU MAKE A STATEMENT OR TWO, ROB?  THIS IS A DILEMMAS YOU CAN SEE. WE ARE PUSHING AGAINST THE UNION BECAUSE WE THINK IT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION BUT IT'S NOT, AND WE APPRECIATE THE REALITY. MEMBER COMBS, WOULD WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? COME UP WITH SOME POSSIBILITY PERHAPS?

>>Nadia Combs: AND I ASKED MR. PORTER HOW WE CAN PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.

>>Lynn Gray: LET'S LISTEN TO MR. CRIETE. CREATE CREATE MR. DAVIS IS CORRECT. ACCORDING TO OUR CONTRACT, TEACHERS ARE PRIORITIZED, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE SINGULAR FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS, FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO HAVE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. WHAT I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD TO LOOK AT IS WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT CUTTING, SO TO SPEAK, WE SHOULD HAVE A PATHWAY FOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED ALL OF THESE CULTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THERE SHOULD BE A PATHWAY FOR THIS CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS WELL AS ALL OF THESE EDUCATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO BY CONTRACT, WE ARE HOLDING THE DISTRICT TO THE CONTRACT AS WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO AND WE SHOULD DO. BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO HAVE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL OF THESE EMPLOYEES. AND THAT MIGHT MEAN LOOKING AT TEACHING THINGS, DEALING WITH SOME -- THAT MIGHT NOT BE CERTIFIED FOR BY DOING SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. I THINK YOUR OH, AND THEN THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER.

>>Addison Davis: I BELIEVE WITH WHAT MR. CRIETE SAID AND MAKE THAT AS AN AVENUE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASPIRATION. THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO TRANSITION BACK TO THE CLASSROOM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE A SMALL AMOUNT, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A COHORT IN OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WHY THEY WILL BE -- THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON CLASSROOM POSITIONS OR NOT IN THE AP ROLE, WE WILL HELP ALONG THE WAY WITH STAYING RELEVANT RELATED TO INSTRUCTIONAL WORKS, INSTRUCTIONAL CONCENTRATIONS, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, SO THEY CAN STAY AHEARNED OF THE OVERALL DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN  SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW PRINCIPALS, WHILE WE HAVE HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN ABILITY LIST, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW PRINCIPALS TO GO OUTSIDE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY LOOK TO HIRE THIS SUMMER. WE ARE GOING TO EXHAUST THAT PARTICULAR LIST TO BE ABLE TO SHOW CONCENTRATION AND VALUE FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THAT ROLL.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MR. C.I.T. WITH RESPECT TO FRUSTRATION, I WANT TO PERHAPS GET THIS A LITTLE BIT INTO DEEPER. YOU NOTICE WHAT? I PROBABLY AM OVERDOING THE TIME ON UNIT BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE BURNING QUESTIONS. AND BOARD MEMBERS, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO 12. MEMBER HAHN, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE TILL 12 NOON? 11 MINUTES.

>>Stacy Hahn: UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE, WE HAVE MYSELF, MEMBER WASHINGTON, AND YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER HAHN, YOU ARE NEXT.

>>Stacy Hahn: YES. SO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR THE SCHOOLS IN GENERAL, MAKE THESE TYPE OF STAFFING DECISIONS TYPICALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. IF SO, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PAST? IS IT A LARGER NUMBER? IS IT -- EVERY YEAR, TYPICALLY DISTRICTS MAKE STAFFING DECISIONS.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. HISTORICALLY, THIS IS A TIME THAT YOU WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THE FEBRUARY FTE, YOU CALCULATE HISTORICAL TRENDS AND LOOK AT OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY AND START MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT HILLSBOROUGH HAS MADE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THAT'S WHEREBY YOU GET IN TROUBLE. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO COME OUT WITH THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE IN CONCERT. THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT YOU PREPARE FOR THE YEAR COMING.

>>Stacy Hahn: AND THE QUESTION I HAVE BEEN GETTING, AND I THINK WE ARE ALL GETTING THE SAME E-MAILS. SO IT'S HELPING IN THAT REGARD. SO JUST TO CLARIFY. SO OBVIOUSLY THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE BASED ON THE OCTOBER-FEBRUARY FTE. AND SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE HAD MORE STUDENTS COME BACK. AS THEY START THE NEW YEAR IN THE OCTOBER FTE, CAN THEY CUT BACK SOME OF THESE UNITS THAT ARE LOST?

>>Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY, THROUGH THE CHAIR. WE WILL HAVE JULY, START SEEING STUDENTS ENROLL. AND THEN THEN ONCE AGAIN WE WILL SIT WITH EVERY REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF WITHIN THE FIRST 20-DAY COUNT AND ALSO CTA LOOK AT CLASS SIZE AND THEY CAN GENERATE THAT BASED ON OVERALL ENROLLMENT. WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT TRENDS FOR THE LAST YEAR YEARS. ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IS RELEASING INDIVIDUALS AND THEN HAVE TO REHIRE. WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE JUST DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN ON A MAJOR SCALE AND WE WANT TO BE IN CONCERT WITH WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE.

>>Stacy Hahn: AND WE MIGHT SEE IT WILL HAPPEN ON A BIGGER SQUAIL BECAUSE OF COVID. THAT'S THE QUESTION I AM GETTING TO. WE LOST SO MANY KIDS DURING COVID. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ALL COME BACK IN THE FALL AND NOW WE HAVE LOST THOSE TEACHERS? THERE WILL BE ADJUSTMENTS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

>>Addison Davis: ABSOLUTELY.

>>Stacy Hahn: QUICKLY AROUND THE POOL I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE THIS CAME UP WITH SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE TEACHERS THAT WERE PUT IN THE POOL DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF CUTS IN THE FALL, AND STILL HAVEN'T FOUND EMPLOYMENT. AND COULD IT BE CONSIDERED THAT THEY GET SENIORITY WITH THE CURRENT POOL? BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING TOLD, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE SENIORITY, OVER PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING CUT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?  SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND IF NOT, CONSIDER THAT THEY GET PRIORITY WITH THE NEW POOL?

>> YES, THEY WILL. WE WERE JUST MEETING LAST WEEK WITH CTA ABOUT WHERE WE STILL HAVE THE CARRYOVER POOLS IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

>>Stacy Hahn: SO I AM NOT SAYING SENIORITY. WILL THEY GET PRIORITY? BECAUSE MAYBE THEY AREN'T SENIOR TO SOMEBODY GETTING CUT THIS WEEK WHEN THEY GOT CUT IN THE FALL BUT WILL THEY GET PRIORITY?

>> WHERE VACANCIES OCCUR, THEY WILL BE A PART OF THE POOL PROCESS.

>> CAN I GET TO A AN EARLIER QUESTION? SO THIS TIME PARTICULAR TIME, LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 450 TEACHERS IDENTIFIED TO GO INTO THE POOL. IT IS A GREATER NUMBER AT THIS CURRENT TIME AS OF FRIDAY, AND I AM ALWAYS RELUCKTANTS TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S A MOVING TARGET. BUT WE HAD 752 TEACHERS. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT, BITS 300 MORE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.

>>Stacy Hahn: THIS TIME FRAME COULD END UP LIKE AS MR. CRIETE SAID, THAT THEY COULD NOW APPLY FOR ANOTHER POSITION AND A WILLINGNESS TO EARN.

>>Marie Whelan: YES, MA'AM. AND VACANCIES OPEN EACH DAY. WE HAVE ABOUT 450 VACANCIES WE ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOR NEXT YEAR SO I AM LOOKING AT ABOUT ANOTHER 262 AT THIS CURRENT TIME AS OF FRIDAY.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. JUST STAYING ATTACHE McRAE BECAUSE THE HIGH NEEDS -- AND MEMBER WASHINGTON PROBABLY WANTS TO BE ASK ABOUT THAT.

>>Stacy Hahn: AND WE HAVE ONE MORE POINT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE, MATH, HIGH SCHOOL, SCIENCE, MATH, SPECIAL ED, THOSE ARE ALL AREAS THAT WE COULD HAVE TEACHERS GOING TO AND HAVE SOME WILLINGNESS.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THE POOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERIOUS PILE OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THE POOL WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRST CHOSEN. THANKS, DR. HAHN. I HAVE ALL KINDS OF TITLES FOR YOU. WHO IS NEXT?

>>Stacy Hahn: WE HAVE MEMBER WASHINGTON, THEN CHAIRWOMAN GRAY, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CIRCLE BACK IN AND MR. NEBRASKA SNIVELY WANTS TO CIRCLE BACK IN.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: THIS IS THE PART I ALWAYS HATED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AND ALL THE PRINCIPALS KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CUT PERSONNEL, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HIRED THE PERSON AND YOU WANT TO HIRE THE VERY BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I MEAN, BECAUSE I HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS I HAD, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS? BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THOSE SCHOOLS. AND THOSE ARE LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

>>Lynn Gray: McRAE, YOU ARE ON.

>> BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE HAD OUR ORIGINAL CUTS, MR. DAVIS PROTECTED TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS SO WE DID NOT ENDURE ANY OF THOSE CUTS AND WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OUR POSITIONS. ACROSS ALL OF OUR 28 SCHOOLS WE MIGHT BE DOWN TO LESS THAN 20 AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD HIGH VACANCIES BUT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY HIRE BUT RETAIN REALLY GOOD TEACHERS. WE ALSO HAVE A PROCESS WITH HR THAT WHEN WE ARE SEEKING NEW TEACHERS AND WE HIRE NEW TEACHERS WE ARE LOOKING FOR EFFECTIVE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, WE WANT TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING SO THAT HAS WORKED OUT WELL WITH US. SO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HR. SO THIS COMING YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN TEACHERS IN SEPTEMBER, WE REALLY ARE GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH VERY FEW VACANCIES. WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDING -- ADDED POSITIONS BECAUSE KIDS ARE COMING BACK. BUT WE HAVE VERY HAVE YOU VACANCIES THAT WILL BE OPEN SO WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT AND I AM NOT CONCERNED AT THIS TIME AT ALL WITHIN VACANCIES GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: THAT 'S GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT THE BEST TEACHERS COMING TO THOSE POSITION. ONE MORE QUESTION. SUPERINTENDENT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CUTTING POSITIONS, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD POSITION, AND THEY THINK A THOUSAND PEOPLE. COULD YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL FOR THE CONSTITUENTS?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. WHAT WE DID, AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IN IT FALL, WE CUT POSITIONS, OR WE PROTECTED PEOPLE. WE TRANSITION TO THIS YEAR, WHILE WE CUT OVER A THOUSAND THIS YEAR, A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IMPACTED, I WOULD SAY AT PERCENTAGES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE POSITIONS, BUT OVERALL WE WILL SEE THAT IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT TO EARN AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ADJUSTMENTS AT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A NUMBER, BUT DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT PEOPLE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE CUTTING A THOUSAND POSITIONS IT DOESN'T MEAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE. IT COULD BE TEN PEOPLE. COULD BE 100. IT'S JUST ALL BASED ON CREDENTIALS, AND BASED ON ATTRITION. WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I DO LOVE THE FACT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THERE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO DO SO. WE ARE GOING TO MATCH UP INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHOOLS THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TO TRANSITION TO, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE DIFFICULT. BUT IT CAN BE DONE. 34 YEARS I LIVED IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND I TRANSITIONED IN 13 MONTHS, I KNOW THAT TRANSITION IS HARD. BUT I LEARNED AND GROWN AND AM BETTER EDUCATED FOR IT.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SAY. I THINK IT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WING IT. OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THEY DID DOWN IN THE MIAMI AREA, WHERE THEY MADE CUTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE DOWN AT THE LOWER LEVELS, SO THEY MADE DECISIONS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD EVER BE MADE BECAUSE THAT PRINCIPAL, HE OR SHE KNOWS THEIR SCHOOL BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. SO I REALLY LIKE DOING THAT, HAVING THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR SCHOOL. SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING.

>>Addison Davis: YES, SIR.

>>Lynn Gray: AND THIS IS PERFECT TIMING. MEMBER HAHN, IS IT MY TURN? AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT AT THE END, AT 12, BUT HERE RIGHT ON THE HEAD. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I CAN SEE, AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE PRINCIPALS HAVE TO BE PART OF THE COLLABORATION AT ALL TIMES. I MEAN, I MADE A LIST, EVERYTHING FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE, THE AP, VERSUS SAFETY ISSUES, ARTS, MEMBER SNIVELY SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH -- THIS IS A PRINCIPAL-BASED DECISIONS. FURLOUGHS, HOW ARE WE, BUDGETARY FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF 32 HOURS AFFECT PRINCIPALS WITHIN TWO YEARS. APs, YOU KNOW. AGAIN, WHEN YOUR PRINCIPALS ARE INVOLVED, THEY HAVE A BETTER FEELING, AND CAN NARRATE MORE ACCURATELY. SO MY WHOLE EMPHASIS WOULD BE LET'S DO THE BETTER JOB THAT WE CAN TO INCLUDE THE PRINCIPALS IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. THEY WORK THEIR HINDS OFF, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE THERE, MOST OF THE ONES THAT I KNOW, AND I THINK THEY ARE THERE IT'S WHAT THEY DO. AND I KNOW EVERY BOARD MEMBER, EVEN NEW ONES INCLUSIVE, THEY MOVE ON. ALL OF YOU HAVE MET PRINCIPALS THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THE LOVE OF CHILDREN IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO CHANGE THE EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORY OF EACH CHILD. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK. WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. BEE WANT TO SAY, WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER? THAT'S WHERE I AM GOING TO CHEER LEAD. I UNDERSTAND THE ARTS -- THE CUTS AND THE CAREER COUNSELORS, THAT PROBABLY IS THE QUESTION OF THE DAY. IT'S LEFT TO THE PRINCIPALS, CORRECT? AND THERE'S AN EQUITY ISSUE WITH THAT DECISION. SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO, BASED ON ALLOCATION THAT WE INHERITED, WE WANTED TO FIND WAYS TO PROTECT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF CAREER COUNSELORS IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS ROLE IS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR CHILDREN FIND PATHWAYS AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WHAT WE DID OF THE 28 HIGH SCHOOLS, 23 OF THE CURRENT CAREER AND COLLEGE COUNSELORS ARE CERTIFIED AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS. SO YOU HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THOSE ROLES THAT ARE NOT CREDENTIALED. ONE IS RETIRING, AND TWO HAVE TAKEN OTHER ROLES WITH MANY OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD. SO WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO THOSE SCHOOL COUNSELORS ROLES THAT WE CREATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS, BECAUSE AS WE LEVERAGE CATEGORICAL DOLLARS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE -- YOU HAVE A COUNSELOR, TO NOT ONLY DRIVE THE WORK FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS BUT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE OVERALL EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS DURING A PANDEMIC. SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HELP FIND A POSITION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON WHAT THEY PARTICULARLY OFFER, THERE WON'T BE AS A COLLEGE CAREER COUNSELOR BECAUSE THOSE POSITIONS IN NAME HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED. THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE SCHOOLS.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. BOARD MEMBERS, I AM JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PAUSE HERE. WE ARE AT THE 12:00 NOON, HIGH NOON. WE HAVE TWO MORE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR UNIT CATEGORY. AND BOARD MEMBERS, OF COURSE, THIS IS YOUR TIME, IF YOU NEED TO GO, YOU NEED TO GO. WE UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK, THOUGH, THIS WAS AN ISSUE GIVING THE DEEPEST RESPECT TO MEMBER VAUGHN'S ASK FOR AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES. I DEFINITELY THINK THE CUTS WERE PART OF THE MOVE FOR US TO CONVERSE IN A RELAXED WAY AS OH BEST AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REMARKS TONIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE UP TO BUT I THINK 33, 34. SO I AM GLAD THAT WE ARE GET A LOT OF THIS OUT ON THE TABLE NOW. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MEMBER HAHN, WHO COULD WE HAVE NEXT?

>>Stacy Hahn: WE HAVE MEMBER SNIVELY AND THEN MEMBER VAUGHN. THEN MEMBER COMBS.

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU, MEMBER CHAIR. I HAVE TO GET TO AN APPOINTMENT RIGHT AFTER THIS SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THAT AND KIND OF MANDATING SOME OF THE ISSUE WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND PAYROLL, AND I WILL JUST SHARE MY OPINION ABOUT THAT. I JUST FEEL THAT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED DOING THAT, USING THAT MONEY, THE NONRETURNING REVENUE, IT'S NEVER A GOOD WAY TO DO BUSINESS. I DON'T DO IN THE MY OWN BUSINESS. I WOULDN'T EXPECT US TO DO IT IN THIS OPERATION, IN THIS ORGANIZATION EITHER. I THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. ESPECIALLY SINCE S AND P JUST DOWNGRADED US TODAY. TODAY. WE GOT DOWNGRADED IN JANUARY. WE GOT DOWNGRADED BY FITCH IN JANUARY AND NOW S AND P, MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO. AND SO WE HAVE A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK AND NOW WE HAVE THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE LOWEST FINANCIAL RATINGS FROM THOSE AGENCIES. SO WE NEED TO THINK VERY CAREFULLY HOW WE HANDLE THE CARES ACT. ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY -- TOOK THAT A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, I WOULD DISCOURAGE US FROM CONSIDERING THAT AS AN OPTION.

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER SNIVELY, DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO HAVE -- THAT WAS MENTIONED? BECAUSE THIS IS NEW INFORMATION.

>>Melissa Snively: I DEFER THAT.

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE CHAIR, THE OTHER TWO CREDIT RATINGS, WE ARE GOING TO -- REDUCE OUR OVERALL RATING. WE JUST RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION OUT AND ONE OF THE PROCESSES IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TO LOOK LIKE, AND HAVE MS. JOHNSON IN THAT PROCESS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY FINANCIALLY.

>>Melissa Snively: THAT INFORMATION IS HOT OFF THE PRESS.

>>Lynn Gray: THANKS, MEMBER SNIVELY. DID YOU WANT TO FINISH WITH ANYTHING ELSE?

>>Melissa Snively: NO. I JUST THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUES AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE EVENING. BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD START AND I AGREE IT'S A GOOD ENVIRONMENTS TO SHARE IN A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT, THE CONVERSATION. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MY COLLEAGUES LATER TODAY, AND CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION AT OUR BOARD MEETING.

>>Lynn Gray: AND KRISTIN DAVIS WILL BE ON DUTY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE SO WE WILL CATCH UP ON THAT. THANKS, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER VAUGHN.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MEMBER WASHINGTON FOR SHOWING EMOTION AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHILE THE BOARD IS VOTING ON THIS HOW DEEPLY THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US WHO CARE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ARE HERE BECAUSE WE CARE PASSIONATELY ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION. I KNOW I AM HAVING A HARD TIME SLEEPING, HARD TIME EATING, WITH I IS MY FAVORITE. BUT I DIGRESS. MY QUESTION TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IS SO MANY PARENTS ARE CONCERNED, SO MANY PARENTS WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE, AND THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AND THEY CONTACT BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY THINK WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES IN WHAT YOU SUGGESTED. I AM SURE YOU HAVE GOTTEN YOUR E-MAILS FROM PARENTS WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND NOW AND WANTS TO SAVE THEIR PROGRAMS AND WANTS TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. WHERE DO PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED AND WANT TO HAVE SOME IMPACT, WHERE CAN THEY PUT THIS ENERGY? WHERE DID THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SUPPORTED, THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS, THAT THEY HAVE GOOD RATIO, WHERE WOULD YOU ADVISE THEM TO PUT THEIR ENERGY THIS FIGHT?

>>Addison Davis: RIGHT NOW EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER SHOULD BE PUSHING LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE IN TALLAHASSEE. AND BEING ABLE TO PUSH AND DISCUSS THE CURRENT FUNDING MODEL. WE RANK 43rd IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HOW WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CREATE ROBUST, PATHWAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS. I WOULD GO ON OUR HILLSBOROUGH WEBSITE. WE COULD IDENTIFY OUR LEGISLATION. THAT WOULD PUSH TALLAHASSEE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I WILL SAY THIS. THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WAS REALLY HEALTHY AND SENSITIVE TO EDUCATION. THE ISSUE BECOMES IS THAT THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY, THE HOUSE AND SENATE SET THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FINANCIALS, AND SENT TO THE BOARD, AND WE SAW VARIATIONS OF WHAT THE OVERALL INTAKE WILL BE. I WOULD JUST SAY PUSH, AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS WE SEE WHAT COMES OUT THIS YEAR, AND IDENTIFY, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A COORDINATED EFFORT, IN ALL THE BIG SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED, AND IF THE FUNDING IS NOT THERE, I KNOW IT'S AN UNPOPULAR CONVERSATION, WE HAVE GOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS LAST THING. AND IT'S HARD ON ME AS SUPERINTENDENT. YOU KNOW, I CAME IN. I SIGNED UP TO MOVE THE PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. AND WHY WHILE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR FOCUS AWAY FROM THAT, NO ONE HAS JOY OUT OF MAKING THESE HARD DECISIONS. AND YOU TALK ABOUT SLEEPING AT NIGHT I.DON'T SLEEP THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I HAVE TO BE A STRONG LEADER, BUG NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS AND TRY TO PROTECTS PEOPLE IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH I HAVE PROVEN TO BE ABLE TO DO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP, OR WHERE SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AND MAKES CUTS. IT GOES DEEPER AND DEEPER AND DEEPER. AND IN THE UNSENSITIVE MANNER THAT CAN TAKE TO THE DISTRICT. WHILE IT MAY BE HARD NOW, I PROMISE THAT THERE ARE SUNNY DAYS AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO IT.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. AND THE OTHER STREAMS OF MONEY, WE'LL HAVE TO DIVE INTO THAT CONVERSATION. MEMBER COMBS?

>>Nadia Combs: THIS IS MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE. I KNOW THAT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING, I ANTICIPATE 30 TO 40 INDIVIDUALS COMING. I THINK QUITE A FEW OF THEM ARE GOING TO COME EMOTIONALLY CHARGED BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMING FOR THE MASKS. SO I WONDER IF WE CAN POSSIBLY SEPARATE THE GROUPS, BECAUSE I THINK THE MESSAGING THAT PEOPLE WANTS, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO SEPARATE THAT MAYBE TO HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING IN ABOUT THE TEACHER CUTS THAT ARE COMING IN, AND THEN MAYBE HAVING THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO SPEAK, I THINK THEY ARE MAINLY COMING IN TO SPEAK AGAINST MASKS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND IF WE CAN SEPARATE THOSE TWO GROUPS.

>>Lynn Gray: LET ME JUST SUGGEST THE SPECIFICS. THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS COMING IN FOR THE MASKS ARE ABOUT 4.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT 20 I HEARD. MAYBE I AM WRONG.

>>Lynn Gray: I HAVE THE LIST HERE. BUT THE QUESTION IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING TO MR. CRIETE, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK UNDER EMPLOYEE COMMENTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS EMPLOYEE. AND THEN THE NORMAL. SO WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. BUT SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. DID YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING QUESTION, AND IN CONTACT WITH TONYA TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT. THE ANSWER IS YES, WE CAN DO IT. LOW GIST -- LOGISTICALLY THE TIME CRUNCH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. AND I WILL SPEAK WITH TANYA AND SEE IF WE CAN KEEP THE SUBJECTS SORT OF DISCREET. ANYTHING GIVEN THE TIMING OF WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SIGN UP AND WITH HE THE BOARD MEETING ACTUALLY STARTS BUT WE'LL WORK ON IT.

>>Stacy Hahn: THEY ARE TOLD THEY ARE NUMBER 3.

>>Jim Porter: IT'S A QUESTION OF THE TIME FOR SIGNING UP AND GETTING THE LIST TOGETHER. SO TANYA. I UNDERSTAND THE ASK AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT DONE.

>>Lynn Gray: I HAVE THE LIST SOMEWHERE. TANYA, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ON THE MASK, DO YOU KNOW? ONLY ONE? AND I HAD FOUR, I THOUGHT BUT NOW IT'S ONLY ONE. A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE UNIT. THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WANTED TO DEVIL INTO IT HERE AND NOW. OF COURSE WE ARE PREPARED. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL HAVE TO HEAR.

>> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE GROUP COMING THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING MASKS.

>>Lynn Gray: AND THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION, JIM PORTER, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE ALOUD LOUGH IN THE AUDITORIUM?

>>Jim Porter: WE ARE STILL FOLLOWING THE RULE THAT ONLY 50 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME TO BE IN THE AUDITORIUM SO IF THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE TO REMAIN OUTSIDE UNTIL PEOPLE LEAVE. AND WE HAVE 45 MINUTES SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE EXPECTATION THAT'S ALL THAT THERE IS. LEGALLY THAT'S MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. SO I THINK THE CHAIR WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT IF YOU HAVE X NUMBER OF PEOPLE, HOW LONG THEY WILL HAVE TO SPEAK GIVEN THE 45 MINUTE TIME COMMITMENT TO THAT. SO LOGISTICALLY THREE ISSUES. NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BOARD ROOM. THAT'S SECURITY. NUMBER TWO, THE TOPICS THAT YOU REFERENCE AND HOW WE CAN GROUP THEM TOGETHER. THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME AND HOW MUCH EACH SPEAKER WILL GET.

>>Lynn Gray: AND MEMBER COMBS, DO YOU KNOW OF A GROUP THAT'S COMING THAT YOU CAN SHARE THAT'S MAYBE ON FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING?

>>Nadia Combs: I AM HEARING ESPECIALLY NOW WITH PASCO COUNTY, I KEEP HEARING THAT THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO TRY TO KIND OF ORGANIZE HERE. IN THE DISTRICT.

>>Lynn Gray: I WAS JUST CURIOUS THEN WE CAN ALL PREPARE. HOPEFULLY I THINK.

>> HOPEFULLY, FOR ALLOWING AS MUCH, I THINK IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, WE SHOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S JUST ME SPEAKING BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, AND THEY FEEL VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS BEING CUT OR THEIR TEACHERS OR THE STUDENTS. SO I THINK I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT, IF WE HAVE TO STAY LATER TODAY, I AM COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT.

>>Lynn Gray: AND WE ARE PROBABLY IN FOR AN EMOTIONAL TIME, AS WE HAD THIS BEFORE, WITH TEACHERS PAY, AND I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH MR. CRIETE, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A UNIT POSSIBLY, BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. SO WE ARE GOING TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE PROBABLY BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING BUT I WILL TALK TO MEMBER COMBS. ANY OTHER REMARKS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? THREE MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT ROB CRIETE IS GOING TO DO IS TRY TO GET SOME OF THE UNIT FOLKS, THOSE THAT ARE REALLY UPSET, TO THE EMPLOYEE COMMENTS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY SITUATION TO THE BEST OF OUR A.M. BUT MEMBER COMBS JUST RECOGNIZE NICED, TOO, WE WANT A CIVIL -- CIVIL CIVIL BOARD MEETING. AND SOMETIMES THE LONGER WE HEAR VOICES, THEY CAN GET A LITTLE MORE DRAMATIC THAN WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. INDIVIDUALLY. BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.