Closed captioning transcript for the Hillsborough County School Board Workshop from July 27, 2021 - 9:30 a.m.

>>Lynn Gray: 2021. TWO PARTS TO THIS WORKSHOP SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LEARNING TO DO. LET ME JUST REVIEW THE BOARD  MEMBERS. ONLINE WE HAVE KAREN PEREZ. WHEN I SAY ONLINE I THINK SHE IS ON LET ME GET CLARIFICATION. SHE IS ON TEAMS AND ALSO  CO-CHAIR STACY HAHN IS ON TEAMS  AND MEMBER SNIVELY WILL BE ON  HER WAY. GOOD MORNING, MEMBER COMBS AND  MEMBER WASHINGTON AND VAUGHN AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

>> MORNING.

>>Lynn Gray: THOUGHT WE'D START  OUT WITH GOOD MORNING AND CHECK  OUT THE COLOR CODE THAT THE  SUPERINTENDENT AND I SEEM TO BE  WEARING. SO NOT THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO WEAR PINK TONIGHT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO  INTRODUCE OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT  BOARD -- GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THIS IS A TIME SCHEDULE. I GAVE YOU NOTES, IT SAYS NOTES, BOARD QUESTIONS AND JUST KNOW  THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A  ROUND OF QUESTIONS AFTER THE  GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND THEN AFTER THE ESSER 1, 2, AND 3 WORKSHOP. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, MS. GRAY,  APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO  SPEAK TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND  HOW THAT INTERACTS WITH OUR  COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT IN SO MANY POCKETS  OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT WE  HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN  CLASSROOMS AND FOMENT. ESPECIALLY IN  THE -- AVAILABILITY. ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH REGION  OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THEN AS WE TRANSITION YOU LOOK  IN THE CENTRALIZED PORTION OF  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE HAVE  MORE CLASSROOMS THAN WE HAVE  STUDENTS. AND TODAY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK  ABOUT THE POTENTIAL GROWTH THAT  WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT THE SAME  TOKEN TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND  DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE  FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED  TOIC LOOING AT -- TO LOOKING AT  ANY ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. IT'S USUALLY IN EDUCATION, YOU  KNOW, A DIRTY WORD WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHANGING BOUNDARIES BUT  IT'S ONE THAT HAS TO -- WE HAVE  TO LOOK AT IT RELATED TO MAKING  CERTAIN THAT WE'RE FISCALLY  RESPONSIBLE BUT AT THE SAME  TOKEN WORKING EVERY DAY TO MAKE  CERTAIN THE BOUNDARIES ARE  REALLY DEVELOPED WITH EQUITY AND REALLY ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE  EVERY CLASSROOM WITHIN OUR  SCHOOL DISTRICT SO TODAY WE HAVE OLIVER HERE TO BE ABLE TO TALK  ABOUT LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, GOALS AND VISION FOR OUR WORK AND THEN GET INTO A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SEEK  ASSISTANCE AS WE LOOK AT EVERY  POCKET, DIMENSION, FACET OF  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO ENSURE  THAT WE HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PLAN  MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE  MAXIMIZE EVERY ONE OF OUR  SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS AND REALLY ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR  OVERARCHING NEEDS AND HOW WE  HAVE THAT AFFORDABILITY SIDE OF  IT SO I APPRECIATE MS. AMBER  DICKENSON AND AT THE SAME TIME  MR. FARKAS FOR THE WORK THEY  CONTINUE TO DO IN THIS PROCESS. THIS IS NOT EASY AND WE WANT TO  MAKE SURE WE'RE FULFILLING THE  EXPECTATIONS FROM THE BOARD  BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS  WE HAVE IS TO MAKE CERTAIN WE  STAY IN FRONT A MINIMUM OF 12  MONTHS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY TO JUST ARTICULATE  WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THIS WORK SO WE MOVE FORWARD IN A  CALCULATED COLLECTIVE MANNER. AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN IT OVER  TO MS. DICKENSON.

>> GOOD MORNING. AMBER DICKENSON, GENERAL MANAGER OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO  SPEAK WITH YOU AND TAKE UP YOUR  VALUABLE TIME. I KNOW IT'S A FULL AGENDA SO  I'LL BE SPEAKING AS FAST AS  POSSIBLE. FIRST I'D LIKE TO BREAK BRIEF  YOU ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING  UPDATE. THE LAST TIME THE PLAN WAS  APPROVED WAS 2017 AND WE LIKE TO REVISIT IT EVERY THREE YEARS TO  MAKE SURE OUR GROWTH PROJECTIONS ARE ON POINT AND MAKE ANY  ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE  TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT  WHICH IS LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE  YOU ACTUALLY HAVE UNDERUTILIZED  SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO WHERE WE COULD MAYBE POSSIBLY REPURPOSE SOME SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO GATHER YOUR INPUT,  QUESTIONS, CONCERNS BEFORE  FINALIZING THE PLAN AND THEN YOU WILL SEE IT AGAIN ON A REGULAR  AGENDA FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THE SECOND REQUEST IS A REQUEST  FOR PROPOSAL ITEM TO HIRE A  CONSULTANT TEAM TO REVIEW  DISTRICT WIDE BOUNDARY CHANGES  AS IT RELATES TO  OVERUTILIZATION, UNDER  UTILIZATION, EQUITY ISSUES,  COLLECT COMMUNITY INPUT TO  PROVIDE DATA-DRIVEN  RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL  BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. BASICALLY HOW THESE TWO ITEMS  RELATE IS THE TENDAL OLIVER PLAN WILL BE BASICALLY THE FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE WHERE WE'LL LAUNCH OFF IF YOU SUPPORT IT INTO THE  RFP TO LOOK AT BOUNDARY CHANGES. ALSO, IF YOU SUPPORT THIS  EFFORT, THIS WILL COME BACK TO  YOU AT A REGULAR MEETING FOR THE RFP COMPONENT. FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO THANK  ADDISON DAVIS AND CHRIS FARKAS  FOR SUPPORTING THESE INNOVATIVE  SIGNIFICANT LONG RANGE PLANNING  EFFORTS. WE DON'T JUST LET THESE PLANS  SIT ON A SHELF. WE USE THEM DAILY. SO THIS DATA INFORMS OUR  FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN AND THEN IT  ALSO SUPPORTED THE SALES TAX  REFERENDUM AND INCREASE OF  SCHOOL IMPACT FEES. SO THIS PLAN IS VERY IMPORTANT  TO OUR STAFF. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE  GROWTH MANAGEMENT TEAM RENEE  CAMEN, MATT PLEASANT AND KIM  WEBBER AND THE TENDAL OLIVER  STAFF WHICH I'LL HAND IT OVER TO IN A MINUTE, TO CAMP AND STEVE  TENDELL TO START WITH THE LONG  RANGE PLANNING UPDATE. I'LL POLITELY ASK YOU TO HOLD  QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UNTIL THE  END IN CASE WE ANSWER THE  QUESTION LATER IN THE  PRESENTATION. WE'RE LEAVING AMPLE TIME FOR  Q&A. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MEGAN. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD MORNING. I'M WITH TENDELL OLIVER. -- TINDALE OLIVER. THE LONG RANGE IS A DOCUMENT  THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED EVERY SO MANY YEARS. SO SORT OF KEY INITIAL FINDINGS  ARE THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH GROWTH COUNTY. IT'S A YOUNG COUNTY AND WITHIN  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SOUTH  COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE THE FOCUS OF THE FUTURE GROWTH. YOU'LL SEE THAT 15 OUT OF 18 NEW SCHOOL WHEEZE ARE  PROJECTING -- SCHOOLS WE ARE  PROJECTING WILL BE IN SOUTH  COUNTY. AT THE SAME TIME IN CENTRAL  COUNTY THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF  AVAILABILITY CAPACITY AND SOME  OPPORTUNITY TO REPURPOSE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS IMPACT FEES ARE FINALLY AT A LEVEL THEY'RE  LIKELY TO GENERATE THE FUNDING  NEEDED FOR THESE NEW SCHOOLS. SO IF WE START WITH ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS, THIS IS THE CURRENT  CONDITIONS AND THE WAY THE  COLORS GO, THE GREEN IS MOST  CAPACITY, DARKER GREEN AS YOU  MOVE TO ORANGE, THE CAPACITY  DECREASES AND THEN THE RED IS  DEFICIENCIES LIKE THERE ARE NO  PERMANENT STATIONS AND YOU CAN  SEE THE CURRENT SITUATION, THE  MOST CAPACITY IS NORTHWEST WITH  7200. NORTHEAST HAS SOME AND SOUTH AS  WELL. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT 15  YEARS, WE SEE THAT IN THE  NORTHWEST, THERE IS ALREADY A  K-8 SCHOOL PROGRAM IN THE  FIVE-YEAR PLAN. THAT'S THE MANHATTAN. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T  SEE ANY NEEDS FOR NEW SCHOOLS. WHEN WE GO TO NORTHEAST, AGAIN,  NOTHING IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS  BUT THEN THE YEAR SIX THROUGH  TEN, ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL  BE NEEDED AND THEN 11-15,  ANOTHER. AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO SOUTH,  THE WORK PLAN, THE CURRENT WORK  PLAN ALREADY INCLUDES TWO  SCHOOLS. THEY ARE BOTH K-8 AND THEN  BEYOND THAT, WE'LL NEED SEVEN  MORE SCHOOLS, THREE OF THEM ARE  YEAR 6 TO 10 AND THEN FOUR MORE  11 TO 15 JUST BASED ON THE  GROWTH PATTERNS WE ARE SEEING. WHEN WE GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS,  YOU SEE LOT MORE GREEN FOR THE  MOST PART AND THEN IN THE SOUTH, AGAIN, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF  RED SPOTS AGAIN AS WELL. THESE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND CAPACITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT 15  YEARS, THERE IS THAT MANHATTAN  K-8 STILL HELPING WITH MIDDLE  SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHWEST. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T  SEE ANY NEED FOR NEW SCHOOLS AT  THIS POINT. WHEN WE GO TO NORTHEAST, NO NEED IN THAT AREA AS WELL GIVEN THE  GROWTH RATES. AND FINALLY, IN THE SOUTH, THERE ARE TWO PROGRAM IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND BEYOND THAT, WE'LL NEED ONE MORE YEAR 6-10 AND ANOTHER  TWO MORE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 11-15. ALL TOGETHER FIVE OF THEM. AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS,  AGAIN, IT'S NORTHWEST HAS THE  MOST CAPACITY AVAILABLE. AND THEN THERE IS SOME CAPACITY  IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS FOR  HIGH SCHOOLS. AND AGAIN, IN THE CASE OF HIGH  SCHOOLS, NORTHWEST WE DON'T SEE  ANY NEED FOR A BRAND NEW HIGH  SCHOOL -- BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL. NORTHEAST THERE IS REALLY NO  NEED EXCEPT THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN  ALREADY INCLUDES THE PLAN CITY  HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION SO THAT'S  ACCOUNTED FOR. AND THEN IN THE SOUTH -- YEAH,  IN THE SOUTH -- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NEED THREE OF THEM, AND  ONE IN EACH OF THE FIVE-YEAR  PERIODS. SO THIS TABLE KIND OF PROVIDES A SUMMARY ALL TOGETHER THERE WILL  BE 18 NEW SCHOOLS. THESE ARE BRAND NEW FULL  SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION THERE ARE SEVERAL  EXPANSIONS LISTS THERE. AND OUT OF THOSE 18, 15 WILL BE  IN SOUTH COUNTY. AND AGAIN, OUT OF THE 18, 12  WILL BE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THREE MIDDLE AND THREE HIGH. AND THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE TO  US GIVEN THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SMALLER AND HAVE MORE  GRADES. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT AGAIN, THE  COUNTY, THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED  AREA IS REALLY THE CRITICAL  GROWTH AREA. IT'S MOSTLY THE SOUTHWEST AREA. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE MOST OF THE  DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESERVATIONS AND FUTURE GROWTH COMING. THE BLUE LINE, WE'LL TALK A  LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IS THE  POTENTIAL REPURPOSING AREA WHICH KIND OF BLENDS WITH THE GROWTH  IN THE SOUTHERN PART. SO THE REPURPOSING AREA HAS A  LARGE AVAILABLE ELEMENTLY AND  MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPACITY AND SOME  OF THE WAYS THAT THOSE BUILDINGS CAN BE USED WILL BE CONVERTING  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO A PRE-K  CENTER OR A COMMUNITY CENTER  COMBINING TWO UNDERUTILIZED  MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO POTENTIALLY  BUILD A K-8 OR CONVERTING ONE TO DISTRICT OFFICE SPACE SO THERE  ARE OTHER WAYS TO USE THESE  BUILDINGS THAT MAY BE MORE  BENE BENEFICIAL. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE  REPURPOSING AREA, YOU SEE THAT  THE WHITE AREA IS THAT AREA AND  YOU SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE  I-75 CORRIDOR GOING THROUGH IN  THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO THEN THERE IS THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA DIVIDING THAT AREA SO THE  RESIDENTIAL ARE WEST AND EAST OF THAT COR GORE DOOR. -- CORRIDOR. AND ELEMENTARY CAPACITY IS 6,000 SEATS. AVERAGE OCCUPANCY OF 80% AND  MIDDLE CAPACITY IS ANOTHER 5100  AND THOSE SCHOOLS AVERAGE  OCCUPANCY IS 60% WHICH MAKES US  THINK THAT MIDDLE SCHOOLS MAY BE A BETTER CANDIDATE TO REPURPOSE. SO THIS CHART JUST KIND OF LISTS ALL THE SCHOOLS, GIVES YOU THE  UTILIZATION OF IT FOR FUTURE  REFERENCE. I WON'T READ THEM ALL. AND I THINK IT'S -- THERE. OH, I'M SO SORRY. I WILL TURN IT TO AMBER IF I CAN GET HER SLIDE.

>> THANK YOU. SO WE HEARD A LOT ON MULTIPLE  OCCASIONS FROM MULTIPLE SCHOOL  BOARD MEMBERS OVER TIME  INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT ALL OF  THE SCHOOL ATEPIDANCE  BOUNDARIES. SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE  BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PAST ARE UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS,  OVERUTILIZED SCHOOLS, SATELLITE  BOUNDARIES WHICH MEAN  NON-CONTINUOUS BOUNDARIES SO A  BOUNDARY WITH TWO DIFFERENT  PIECES AND TRANSPORTATION  ISSUES. AND MORE RECENT YEARS, EQUITY,  THE EFFORTS OF MONICA WHO IS IN  THE AUDIENCE AND SCHOOL GRADES  HAVE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF A  LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND, YOU  KNOW, THESE ALL TIE TOGETHER. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS SIMILAR TO LARGER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES  TO CONDUCT AN RFP IN ORDER TO  GET A CONSULTANT TEAM ON BOARD  WITH DIVERSIFIED EXPERTS WHO  HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MASSIVE DATA  COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, EXTENSIVE  COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPERIENCE,  IN ORDER TO TAKE ON THIS HUGE  TASK. IF WE AS A DISTRICT ARE GOING TO TAKE ON THIS LARGE OF EFFORT WE  MUST HAVE QUALIFIED MAN POWER TO GENERATE THE QUALITY  RECOMMENDATIONS IN A TIMELY  MANNER FOR YOU ALL. I SAY THIS BUT MANY OF YOU HAVE  ALL EXPERIENCED FIRST-HAND  BOUNDARY CHANGES ARE  CHALLENGING. CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE DISTRICT AND FAMILIES, SO WE  WANT TO MITIGATE ALL OF THOSE  ISSUES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT  POSSIBLE. SOME ADVANTAGES OF HIRING A  CONSULTANT IS SPEED, MAN POWER,  QUALITY, UNBIAS PERSPECTIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION  SUPPORT. NOW TO THE BIG TICKET ITEM  THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT  OF EVERY CONVERSATION, MONEY. WE DID RESEARCH A FEW DIFFERENT  DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY TOOK ON  A DISTRICT-WIDE BOUNDARY CHANGE  SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THE HIGHER END WAS ABOUT  $475,000 TO DO THAT. WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT  CONSULTANTS WILL COME BACK WITH. AS FOR PRICE FOR THIS LARGE OF  DISTRICT, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT  BACK TO YOU ALL BEFORE WE WOULD  MOVE ON WITH ANY PLAN AT A  REGULAR AGENDA MEETING. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT EVEN IF A FEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS  THAT COME OUT OF THIS PLAN, YOU  DECIDE AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN DECIDE A MENU OF OPTIONS. YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH  RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOT. KEEP IN MIND EVEN ONE OF THE  RECOMMENDATIONS COULD SAVE THE  DISTRICT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE TWO  SCHOOLS AT 50% UTILIZATION AND  YOU DECIDE TO CONSOLIDATE THAT,  THAT IS A HUGE SAVING FOR  OPERATIONAL COSTS. SO JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN  MIND. ALSO, BOUNDARY CHANGES ARE OFTEN LEGALLY CHALLENGED SO THIS  PROVIDES US WITH ANOTHER LAYER  OF DATA COLLECTION OUTSIDE OF  THE DISTRICT. SO WE HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT  ON THE RFP TODAY, AND WE ARE  HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE  LONG RANGE PLANNING PORTION AND  THE RFP AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU,  MS. DICKERSON. AND THANK YOU, STEVE TINDALE  AND -- I'M SORRY. I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME. OKAY. MIGAN CAMP. THANK YOU. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND LET  ME MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS CLEAR. CONSENSUS FROM US THIS MORNING  TO MOVE ON AND GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR AT WHAT  YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND, AMBER, IMPORTANT THING  TO KNOW FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT,  THEY HANDLE MORE THAN JUST  BOUNDARIES. THE GOVERNMENT LIAISON AND  PLANNING IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT  THINGS UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA. THREE PEOPLE ARE IN THAT  DEPARTMENT SO TAKING ON A  DISTRICT-WIDE REBOUNDARY  POSSIBLE WOULD ALMOST BE  IMPOSSIBLE. IF WE WANT TO DO IT, WE'LL DO IT WELL. THE OTHER PART IS TO BE  IMPARTIAL AND NOT DRIVEN BY  MR. DAVIS OR MS. GRAY BUT AN  OUTSIDE SOURCE TO GIVE OPINIONS. BEFORE WE WENT OUT FOR AN RFP  WHICH WOULD BRING NOISE OR  CHALLENGES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE  THE BOARD SAYS YEAH, THAT'S A  GOOD IDEA AND LET'S PURSUE THAT  AND LOOK AT OPTIONS AND AGAIN AS MS. DICKERSON SAID, WE'D BRING  ANY MECK RECOMMENDATIONS BACK  AND Y'ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR  APPROVING BUT BEFORE WE DID THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S  SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTED TO  PURSUE.

>>Lynn Gray: WHO YOU SAY  $475,000, ARE WE COMPARING  DISTRICTS OUR SIZE? THIS IS A POSSIBLE PRICE?

>> YES. IT'S A SLIGHTLY SMALLER ONE FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND. AGAIN, WE'LL PUT THE RFP OUT AND ONCE CONSULTANTS SEE WHAT WE'RE  LOOKING FOR, THEY'LL GIVE US A  COST ESTIMATE AT WHICH TIME WE'D BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD  PRIOR TO HIRING ANY FIRM.

>> AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WANT TO CONFIRM TO MR. FARKAS, WE CAN USE CAPITAL MONEY FOR THIS, IS  THAT CORRECT?

>>Christopher Farkas: WE CAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, WAS ABOUT 60,000 KIDS SO A LITTLE  SMALLER BUT A VERY LARGE  DISTRICT.

>>Addison Davis: YEAH. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: I HEAR MONTGOMERY  COUNTY IS ONE OF THE RICHEST  DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES  SO MAYBE THEY PRICE IT HIGH BUT  ANY RATE, JUST --

>> YOU NEVER KNOW.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU NEVER KNOW. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'RE GOING TO  SHARE YOUR COMMENTS. I'LL GO RIGHT AROUND AND THEN  WE'LL FINISH WITH MEMBER PEREZ  AND MEMBER HAHN. THEY'RE ON TEAMS SO I WANT TO  MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM EVERYONE. SO AMONG EVERY COMMENT YOU HAVE  AND QUESTION, JUST BE THINKING  ABOUT IS THIS AN IDEA FOR THIS  PROPOSAL, THIS RFP, IF THIS IS A WAY, A DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE TO  GO. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO  HEARING AND WE ALL ARE. LET'S GO AHEAD -- MEMBER  WASHINGTON, WE'LL GO RIGHT  AROUND AND I'LL BE LAST SO GO  AHEAD.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington:  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING A GOOD  JOB UP THERE. I GOT A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD TO CLOSE  THE SCHOOL DOWN OR REPURPOSE?

>> THERE IS NO DEFINED  THRESHOLD. WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN THE  INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT ABOUT  COMM COMM COMMUNITYOUTREACH -- OUTREACH  PRIOR TO MAKING DECISIONS ON  SCHOOL CLOSURES. FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT  AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT  CONSULTANTS WOULD DIG FARTHER  INTO, BUT IF WE'RE OPERATING A  SCHOOL AT 60% OR BELOW,  OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT THE BEST  FOR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington:  BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY -- IN  DISTRICT 5, I HAVE QUITE A FEW  SCHOOLS ON THIS LIST, AND MY  CONCERN IS THAT IF WE DO -- I  KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE  COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE NEED  COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS. WE'RE NOT MAKING NO DECISION  HERE BY OURSELVES. SO MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, A  LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE REPURPOSE  SCHOOLS, YOU'RE IN THE SECTION  OF TAMPA DISTRICT 5, AND THE  PARENTS CAN'T GET TO OTHER  SCHOOLS AND WE GOT TO TAKE ALL  THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION WHEN WE DO THIS. TRANSPORTATION IS THE BIGGEST  PROBLEM WE HAVE. AND I'D HATE TO DIVIDE THE AREA  UP WHERE MY PARENTS COULDN'T GET WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE TO  PROTECT THEIR KIDS OVER WHATEVER THEY NEEDED. THAT'S SOMETHING I'D REALLY LOOK TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I HAVE QUITE  A FEW OF MY SCHOOLS ON THIS LIST IN THE INNER CITY BUT THEY'RE  ABOVE -- MOST OF THEM ARE ABOVE  60% THOUGH.

>>Christopher Farkas: THE GOAL  IS TO REPURPOSE, NOT NECESSARILY CLOSE SCHOOLS DOWN. AS YOU'RE AWARE CLOSING SCHOOLS  DOWN REQUIRES REQUIREMENTS AS  FAR AS WHAT WE OFFER. IT'S NOT LIKE WE CLOSE THE  SCHOOL AND SHUT IT DOWN BUT  MAYBE DIVIDE GRADES UP  DIFFERENTLY AS WE DID BEFORE OR  IN AREA 5 PARTICULARLY, THERE IS A NEED FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD  EDUCATION SO FOR OPPORTUNITIES  TO PROVIDE THAT WHERE WE STILL  HAVE THE SCHOOL  OPERATIONERATE -- OPERATING BUT  ONE OF THE WINGS TURNS INTO THE  VPK WING. THEY CAN SEND THE KIDS TO THE  CENTER IN THE EXACT SAME SCHOOL. THE PLAN IS NOT TO CLOSE THE  SCHOOLS BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY  RIGHT. AS SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT IN THE  AREA, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE  OFFERINGS ARE THERE.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: MAKE SURE WE PROTECT DISTRICT 5 AND  THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT  TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS BOUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT  REPURPOSING, WE THINK YOU'RE  CLOSING THE SCHOOLS DOWN. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE  EMPHASIZE THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

>>Lynn Gray: GOOD POINT, MEMBER  WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN?

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE THE PERCENTAGES HERE  AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT A GOOD  THRESHOLD IS TO MAKE THAT  DECISION THAT A SCHOOL IS  UNDERUTILIZED. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THIS  PRESENTATION. ALSO FOR MEETING WITH ME  PREVIOUS TO THIS SO I REALLY HAD A GOOD BASE FOR THIS  PRESENTATION TODAY. YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF MY  QUESTIONS DURING THE MEETING. SOME QUESTIONS I STILL HAVE IS  LET'S SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT  REPURPOSING AND DOING EARLY  CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND A WING. I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE  SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT MAYBE  INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW, MONT  SOAR STYLE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT STILL ON THE TABLE WHEN  WE TALK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM  THROUGH THE CHAIR. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING MAPPED SORRY AND  LOOKING AT  POTENTIAL -- MONTESSORI AND  POTENTIAL MILITARY MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON  LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP AND TO  RETHINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,  INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE  SCHOOLS. IT'S WIDE OPEN NOW RELATED TO  WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO FOR REPURPOSING. WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE HAVE  CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY AND  THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE  STUDENTS ENGAGED EVERY DAY.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I'D HOPE IT WOULD BE MAYBE  SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO  IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT  REPURPOSING AS A DISTRICT AND  NOT HAVING TO RELY ON OUTSIDE  PRIVATE COMPANIES TO MEET THOSE  NEEDS. BUT THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I  HAD, SO FAR I REALLY SUPPORT  GETTING EXTRA DATA AND GETTING  THE SUPPORT SO WE CAN MAKE AS  MANY THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS AS  POSSIBLE. I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT  PREVIOUSLY, YOU ESTIMATED A TIME FRAME OF MAYBE A YEAR OR SO. I KNOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF  THE BENEFITS IS THAT IT SPEEDS  THINGS UP AND ALLOWS US TO MAKE  A DECISION TIMELY WITH THE  REPORT. ARE YOU STILL ESTIMATING -- I  KNOW IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT THE  REPORT WOULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR  TO COMPLETE?

>>Christopher Farkas: WHAT WE'LL ASK THE RFP TO DO IS GIVE A  PROPOSED TIMELINE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MET MY BOSS  BUT PATIENCE IS NOT ONE OF HIS  STRENGTHS. HE WANTS IT DONE IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS. AND THAT'S POSITIVE THING. THAT'S A YEAR TO COMPLETION  BECAUSE COMMUNITY OUTREACH DOES  TAKE TIME. BECAUSE THE THREE OR FOUR OF US  DECIDED WE'D START TAKING PIECE  BY PIECE IN THE DISTRICT AND  DOING IT INTERNALLY. THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT WOULD  TAKE -- SO DOING THE COMMUNITIES IS MUCH QUICKER. AND THE RFP THAT'S JUST OUR  GUESS ON WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE IS THE YEAR WOULD BE FROM COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY BOARDS TO  ACTION. WE HAVE A BOARD POLICY THAT SAYS WE'LL TELL YOU A YEAR IN ADVANCE ABOUT ANY BOUNDARY CHANGES.

>>Addison Davis: AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, MY ASPIRATIONS -- SORRY,  MS. VAUGHN. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET IT DONE  BY DECEMBER. I KNOW IT'S AGGRESSIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN  BUT -- THAT WAY WE START  ENGAGING THE BOARD AND REALLY  START PLANNING IN THE -- AS 22,  JANUARY 22 HITS, WHAT THE  REPURPOSE POTENTIALLY COULD LOOK LIKE AND START BEING ABLE TO PUT DOLLARS AND CENTS AROUND IT AND  BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT  STRUCTURAL NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN  START SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE  GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH EARLY  CHILDHOOD EXPANSION AND THAT'S A REPURPOSE THROUGH A PRE-K OR  3-YEAR-OLD PROGRAM THROUGH  SECOND GRADE, WE HAVE TO GO AND  MAKE CERTAIN WE ORDER THE  NECESSARY CURRICULUM AND  FURNITURE AND THE OUTSIDE  PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE LITTLE ONES  TO BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN. THAT TAKES TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND A VISION TO DO SO. MY ASPIRATIONS IS IT WILL BE  ACCELERATED AND DONE RIGHT AND  THROUGH RFP LET THEM KNOW WHAT  THEY CAN AND ARE NOT ABLE TO DO  TO MEET THE TIMELINE.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS. FOR THE IMPACT FEES WE SAID HAVE BEEN RAISED AND I KNOW  MS. FARKAS AND I HAD A  CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER  THEY'LL BE ROLLED BACK WITH NEW  LEGISLATION OUT OF THE LAST  SESSION, HAS THAT BEEN IMPACTED? ARE IMPACT FEES PROJECTED TO BE  LOWER THAN WE THOUGHT AND ALSO,  ARE THE IMPACT FEES FEES -- I  DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TERM  WHERE ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE BUYING INTO BUILDING EXTRA SCHOOLS  GOING FORWARD, THE DEVELOPERS,  GIVING US MONEY SO WHEN WE GROW, THERE IS A POT TO PULL FROM OR  ACTUALLY GIVING US IMPACT FEES  FOR THE GROWTH IN THEIR AREA. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE  IMPACT FEES?

>>Christopher Farkas: THEY'RE  GIVING MONEY TOWARD THE IMPACT  IN THEIR AREA. IT'S AN IMPACT FEE ON THE IMPACT THEY'LL MAKE AND THE COST FOR  BUILDING A SCHOOL IN THE AREA. IN FACT THEY HAVE TO PAY TOWARDS A SPECIFIC SCHOOL. WE TALK ABOUT PROPORTION AND  SHARE AGREEMENTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS PROP SHARES. THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR A SPECIFIC  SCHOOL WE -- WE SET THE MONEY  INTO AN ACCOUNT TOTALLY SEPARATE AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE  SCHOOL. IMPACT FEES ARE BROAD ALTHOUGH  IMPACT FEES CAN BE USED FOR NEW  CONSTRUCTION. NEW STUDENT STATIONS. WE CAN'T DO IT FOR RENOVATIONS  OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. ONLY FOR NEW STUDENT STATIONS.

>> THE LEGISLATION THOUGH, THE  ADOPTION PRE-DATED THE DATE THAT RETROACTIVELY WENT BACK SO OUR  IMPACT FEES REMAIN THE SAME. WHICH ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED OVER  THE LAST YEAR, AND YES, IMPACT  FEES ARE DIFFERENT THAN PROP  SHARE MITIGATION. BUT DEVELOPERS THAT PAY PROP  SHARE MITIGATION GET AN IMPACT  FEE CREDIT. THEY'RE FUNNELING TOWARDS  IMPACTS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: WHAT WOULD THE VERSE IS, IF WE SAID NO FOR THE  STUDY, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE,  THE PROCESS COMPARED TO WITH IT?

>>Christopher Farkas: IF YOU ASK AMBER SHE'LL SAY SHE CAN'T DO  THAT, BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S SUCH  A HARD TASK. WE'D HAVE TO BITE SOME OF THE  ELEPHANT AND BE SUCCESSFUL AND  SMALL AREA BY AREA TO DO IT. THAT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO  IT. YOU WANT TO DO IT HOLISTICALLY  SO YOU'RE NOT RECHANGING IT. WE HAVE AN UNSPOKEN POLICY WHERE WE DON'T MOVE SOMEONE TWICE IN  THE SAME SCHOOL. IN AREAS AND BITES AND CHUNKS WE MIGHT MAKE SOME OF THE MISTAKES  TO DO THAT. A BIG PART OF WHAT -- ANY RFP  AND ANY MANAGEMENT IS TO MEET  WITH BOARD MEMBERS. I ANTICIPATE THEY'D MEET YOU  INDIVIDUALLY. THEY'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR  SPECIFIC AREAS AND WHAT YOUR  CONCERNS ARE BEFORE WE GO OFFER  COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. BOARD MEMBER ENGAGEMENT,  SUPERINTENDENT ENGAGEMENT AND  OUR STAFF WILL BE A BIG PART OF  THE VENDOR PROCESS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU FOR  CONSENSUS. MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO  VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS. BUT NOT RUSHED. IF IT IN ANY WAY COMPROMISES  COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER  VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY?

>>Melissa Snively: THANK YOU,  MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS  INFORMATION THIS MORNING. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR PUBLIC  CONSUMPTION SO THE COMMUNITY  MEMBERS KNOW THAT WE ARE  CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON GROWTH  MANAGEMENT AND THE CHALLENGES  AND WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES  OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND  CERTAIN POCKETS AND IT IS HARD  TO DO POCKET BY POCKET. IT BECOMES EXTREMELY LABOR  INTENSIVE AND DOESN'T REALLY GET A LOT OF TRACTION FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT GETS PUT INTO DOING IT BIT BY BIT. SO I WOULD BE A PROPONENT TO  SUPPORT HAVING -- I UNDERSTAND  THE LIMITATIONS THAT YOUR  DEPARTMENT HAS WITH STAFFING AND I THINK THE PROS OUTWEIGH THE  CONS WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING A  THIRD PARTY COME IN AND CREATE A STUDY FOR OUR -- AND A  PRESENTATION FOR OUR BOARD AND  OUR DISTRICT. SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT  YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO BOARD MEMBERS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL  YEARS WHO FINALLY I THINK HAVE  GOTTEN TO A POINT THAT SAYS,  OKAY, WE JUST HAVE TO BITE THE  BULLET AT THIS POINT. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PATCHWORK  DISTRICT REZONING ACROSS THE  COUNTY. IT JUST IS NOT EFFICIENT  ANYMORE. IT'S LIKE PUTTING A BAND-AID ON  A BROKEN ARM ALL OVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE DOWNSIDE OBVIOUSLY IS THAT  THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN WHEN IT  COMES TO CHANGE, AND  YOU'LL -- BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ALL WILL GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT  WHENEVER YOU ARE IN -- WHEN YOU  GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. SOME ALREADY EXPERIENCED IT. SOME WILL GET TO EXPERIENCE  GOING INTO YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES  AND FEELING THAT BIT OF PAIN  THAT COMES WITH CHANGE BECAUSE  PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THEY  PURCHASED A HOME IN THAT  PARTICULAR DISTRICT SO THAT  THEIR CHILDREN CAN GO TO THAT  PARTICULAR SCHOOL, AND YOU'LL  HEAR THAT ACROSS THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT. THE OVERARCHING CHALLENGE  PROBABLY MORE SO THAN THAT IS  THE FACT THAT ALL THE SCHOOLS  ARE NOT PERFORMING AS HIGH TO  CAPACITY IF WE COULD, AND IF WE  HAD A AND B SCHOOLS IT WOULDN'T  BE SUCH A CHALLENGE TO TALK A  PARENT FROM GOING FROM AN A  SCHOOL TO AN A SCHOOL AS AN A  SCHOOL TO A B OR C SCHOOL,  RIGHT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON  US AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO  CONTINUOUSLY WORK TOWARDS WITH  OUR SCHOOLS TO MAINTAIN THE  HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT IN  ALL THE SCHOOLS SO PARENTS ARE  NOT HAVING TO MAKE THE REALLY  DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE  TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN. I WANTED TO QUICKLY ASK ABOUT  YOU  U, U, U AND WHAT THE STATUS WAS. THIS IS GREAT AND WE'LL GET  INFORMATION FROM A THIRD PARTY  IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO APPROVE  THAT. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE OTHER  ISSUES GOING ON WITH CURRENT  LAND. WE HAVE GOT CAPITAL MONEY TO  BUILD SCHOOLS. WE'VE GOT LAND TO BUILD SCHOOLS, BUT WHERE ARE WE ARE THE COUNTY  ON INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE WE  COULD SIT HERE ALL DAY AND TALK  ABOUT GROWTH, BUT IF WE CAN'T  BUILD SCHOOLS WITH THE MONEY WE  HAVE AND LAND WE HAVE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS A HUGE  PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT  RIGHT NOW.

>>Addison Davis: SO THROUGH THE  CHAIR, MS. SNIVELY, YOU SAID IT  WELL AND I'LL PASS THIS TO THE  TEAM. WE HAVE HAD REALLY MAJOR  BREAK-THRUS IN THE LAST 30 DAYS  RELATED TO WORKING WITH A BOARD  OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN  IDENTIFYING THAT -- LIKE YOU  SAID, WE HAVE CASH FLOW AND  LOCATIONS BEING ABLE TO MAKE  CERTAIN THAT WE ARE WORKING  BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE  CERTAIN CALLS AND ALL THESE ARE  ELEMENTS READY TO EXPAND AND  ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE NEW  HIGH SCHOOL. AMBER, CHRIS, WANT TO GIVE AN  UPDATE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL  PERSPECTIVE? I KNOW WE JUST ASKED BOARD  CONSIDERATION FOR THAT.

>>Christopher Farkas: THERE IS A COUPLE IMPORTANT AREAS WE'RE  GOING TO TALK ABOUT. THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE  CONVERSATIONS. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE  (INAUDIBLE) IT WILL HELP SOME OF THE SCHOOLS OUT THERE. THE HIGH SCHOOL AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD APPROVED BUYING TWO SITES. WE OWN 60 ACRES ON BISHOP ROAD. WE'RE IN FINAL CONTRACT WITH 100 ACRES ON THE WEST LAKE. THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE  INTRIGUING PROPERTIES AND ONE WE SEE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS AND ALREADY HAD INITIAL  CONVERSATIONS TO MR. DAVIS'S  POINT. THEY ARE HUGE CHALLENGES FROM  THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE STAFF THAT WE MET TOGETHER  WITH, WITH MS. WEISS HAVE BEEN  STEPS FORWARD WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. WE'RE VERY ENGAGED AND EXCITED  ABOUT THOSE. CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I'LL TELL YOU WE HAVE TAKEN  STEPS FORWARD. DOROTHY THOMAS AND COLLINS ARE  TWO EXAMPLES OF THAT WHERE THE  COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD  TO SPEND TIME AND MAKE SURE  THOSE WORKED. BOTH WANT IT TO HAPPEN BUT IF  THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO  AROUND IT'S CHALLENGING WHERE  YOU SPEND THE MONEY. I'LL LET AMBER TALK MORE. IT IS A CHALLENGE BUT IT'S NOT  FROM LACK OF EFFORTS RE  EFFORT -- EFFORT. THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND  CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AND THEIR  ABILITY AND DESIRE TO MEET US  HALFWAY, IT'S BEEN A BIG  POSITIVE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION  BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THE  BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE YET. JUST TO GIVE A REFERENCE POINT  FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD  MEMBERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE  20 OR $30 MILLION BUILD. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS $50 MILLION AND HIGH SCHOOL IS 80 M$80 MILLION. SO IF WE CAN OPTIMIZE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, IT KEEPS US FROM  PURCHASING PROPERTY THAT GOES  WITH IT. SO THERE IS TONS OF MONEY THAT  CAN BE AVERTED BY DOING THAT. SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WEST LAKE PROPERTY AND ABOUT THE HIGH  SCHOOL, I'LL LET AMBER TALK  ABOUT THE STEPS THAT WILL GO  THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE  SURE WE GO THROUGH A  PRESUBMITTAL PROCESS AND GO  THROUGH THAT.

>> YES. SO THE BISHOP ROAD SIDE WAS A  60-ACRE SITE. WE EXHAUSTED BASICALLY THE  COUNTY PROCESS FOR THAT, AND  THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION  THERE IS NOT ENOUGH  TRANSPORTATION, SIGNIFICANT  TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA TO SUPPORT A SCHOOL  USE. THAT IS THE SAME ISSUE WE'RE  FACING ON THE WEST LAKE PROPERTY AS WELL. WE HAVE 100 ACRES THAT COULD  POTENTIALLY FIT THREE SCHOOLS  DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY OF  THE DESIGN. WE DO HAVE PROBABLY EVERY TWO TO THREE WEEKS WE MEET WITH A  COUNTY STAFF AND KEEP TRACK OF  SUCCESSES AND PROGRESS AND WITH  COLLINS AND DOROTHY THOMAS,  THOSE WERE WINS. BUT WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE A  JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN THE BOCC  AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE END  OF SEPTEMBER. THEN WE ARE OFFICIALLY  SUBMITTING A PRE-SUBMITTAL  APPLICATION WITH THE COUNTY AT  THE END OF AUGUST. -- THE END OF AUGUST. AT THAT POINT WE'LL SUBMIT THE  TRANSPORTATION STUDY AND ALL OF  THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION AT  WHICH WHEN THEY DEEM OUR  APPLICATION COMPLETE THEY'LL  HAVE 45 DAYS TO GIVE US  BASICALLY THE THUMBS UP OR DOWN  ON TRANSPORTATION  INFRASTRUCTURE. THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM  THERE AND GET DIRECTION FROM  MR. DAVIS AND YOUR ATTORNEYS.

>>Melissa Snively: OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUAL  UPDATE ON THAT. ONE MORE QUESTION/COMMENT AND  THEN I'LL PASS IT ON. AS FAR AS THE RFP GOES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT -- HAVE ANY OTHER  COUNTIES IN FLORIDA ACTUALLY  DONE THIS OR WOULD WE BE THE  FIRST IN FLORIDA?

>> WE PULLED ALL OUR BEST  PRACTICES FOLKS WHICH BASICALLY  COVERS THE MAJORITY OF THEURG  LAR COUNTIES IN -- LARGER  COUNTIES IN FLORIDA AND THEY DID NOT HAVE RFP'S. WE PUT FEELERS OUT TO SEE IF  ANYONE ELSE HAS DONE SOMETHING  LIKE THIS AND THEY HAVE NOT.

>>Melissa Snively: YOU SAID  MONTGOMERY COUNTY DID THAT IN  MARYLAND. COULD YOU PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A FEW OTHER COUNTIES WITH  LIKE-SIZE OR SIMILAR SIZE  THAT -- I'D LIKE TO SEE -- ONE,  I'D LIKE TO TALK TO BOARD  MEMBERS FROM THE OTHER COUNTIES. AND JUST KIND OF GET THEIR  FEEDBACK ON THE WHOLE PROCESS,  AND TWO, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT  THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS. WHAT WERE THE ACTUAL COST  SAVINGS ONCE THEY INVESTED IN  SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF WE SPEND HALF A MILLION, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO BE -- BECAUSE OF  OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, IT WILL  GET A RETURN OF, YOU KNOW, $20  MILLION BACK TO THE SCHOOL  DISTRICT. SO.

>> WE'RE UNIQUE IN THAT -- OF  OUR SIZE. SO BEING THE SEVENTH LARGEST  SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S REALLY  DIFFICULT TO FIND COMPARABLES. WE'LL PUT OUT MORE FEELINGS BUT  THUS FAR WE HAVE MONTGOMERY  COUNTY, MARYLAND. HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND. THEY'RE BOTH -- MARYLAND IS  REALLY KNOWN FOR THEIR  INNOVATION. MONTGOMERY HAD SCHOOL  CONCURRENCY REALLY BEFORE I  BELIEVE ANYONE IN THE NATION. WE ACTUALLY JUST HIRED A PLANNER FROM HOWARD COUNTY NOT THAT LONG AGO WHO SHE ACTUALLY NAVIGATED  THAT PROCESS WITH THE  CONSULTANTS. SO WE DEFINITELY CAN FIND THOSE  CONTACTS SO THAT YOU CAN GET  FEEDBACK FROM THOSE BOARD  MEMBERS TO SEE KIND OF HOW THAT  PROGRESSED AND LIKE I SAID,  WE'LL KEEP PUTTING OUT FEELERS  TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND ANYONE  ELSE DOING THIS ON THIS SCALE. I WILL SAY URBAN PLANNING IS  USUALLY NOT THE HIGHEST  CONCENTRATION FOR SCHOOL  DISTRICTS, SO YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES IN EDUCATION IS YOUR  MISSION. EDUCATION IS YOUR MISSION. NOT NECESSARILY GROWTH  MANAGEMENT. SO I REALLY DO THINK TAKING THIS ON IS A HUGE INNOVATIVE STEP AND THAT WE CAN SHOWCASE THIS AS  SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF THE  STATE TO FOLLOW AS WELL.

>>Melissa Snively: THAT WOULD BE INNOVATIVE AND MAYBE WE CAN  CHECK WITH -- HAVEN'T CHECKED  WITH THE COUNSEL OF GREAT CITY  SCHOOLS ON OTHER LARGE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS THAT MAY HAVE  EXPERIENCED SOME OF THIS AS WELL GOING THROUGH THIS. THEN FINALLY, JUST A  CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE YOU  MENTIONED WHERE THE MONEY IS  COMING FROM, SO I WANT TO  REITERATE THIS IS A  CAPITAL -- THIS COULD BE A  CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. THIS MONEY WOULD NOT COME FROM  OUR GENERAL FUND. THIS WOULD NOT IMPACT OUR  GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS OUR  FINANCES ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE  THAT'S GOING TO BE THE QUESTION  THAT THE PUBLIC ASKS, IS THIS  GOING TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ANSWER IS NO. IT COMES FROM CAPITAL  EXPENDITURES. A SEPARATE BUCKET OF MONEY. CORRECT.

>>Christopher Farkas: THAT IS  CORRECT.

>>Melissa Snively: JUST WANTED  TO CLARIFY THAT ONE MORE TIME  PUBLICLY. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: EXCELLENT POINTS. THANK YOU, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER COMBS? WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

>>Nadia Combs: I'LL BE BRIEF  SINCE A LOT OF MY BOARD MEMBERS  WERE ASKING A LOT OF THE  QUESTIONS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE  REALLY DID AN OVERHAUL LIKE  THIS?

>>Christopher Farkas: WE HAVE  NEVER DONE AN OVERHAUL LIKE  THIS. OUR LAST BIG BOARD CHANGE -- I  MEAN, BOUNDARY CHANGE, WE DID  ABOUT FIVE OR SIX SCHOOLS IN  NORTHEAST COUNTY. THE PEOPLE AROUND THAT DISTRICT  REMEMBER HOW FUN THAT WAS. THE REALITY IS IT'S A PERFECT  EXAMPLE -- AND I DON'T MEAN TO  TAKE YOUR TIME BUT THE NORTHEAST COUNTY, THERE WAS A LOT OF  PUSHBACK AND PEOPLE AT THE BOARD VERY UPSET WITH THE CHANGES WE  MADE. WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT  WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM AN EQUITY  STANDPOINT AFTERWARDS. AS ANGRY AS THEY WERE THREE OR  FOUR YEARS AGO THE END PRODUCT  IS THE PRINCIPALS ARE HAPPY AND  COMMUNITY IS HAPPY BUT IT  DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT  IT'S A PAINFUL PROCESS UP FRONT. THAT WAS WHAT, FOUR YEARS AGO? I HAVE SELECT FICK MEMORY TO  FORGET ABOUT THE WAY THAT WENT  DOWN.

>> YES. THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE ONLY YEAR IN THE SEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN  HERE THAT WE DIDN'T DO ANY  BOUNDARY CHANGES. THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE  COMMUNITY OUTREACH ISSUES WITH  THE PANDEMIC. BUT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE DONE SOME SORT OF SMALLER SCALE BOUNDARY  CHANGE. THAT INCLUDED, I BELIEVE, 14 OR  16 SCHOOLS ALL TOGETHER. NOT ONLY IN NEW TAMPA BUT IN  EAST TAMPA AS WELL.

>>Nadia Combs: WHAT ABOUT LARGE  DISTRICTS LIKE MIAMI-DADE? HOW ARE THEY DEALING WITH THAT  AND APPROACHING THAT?

>>Christopher Farkas: PART IS  CULTURE OF THE DISTRICT. WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS NEAR  US, PASCO AND PLACES LIKE THAT  WHERE A BOUNDARY CHANGE BECOMES  A WAY OF WORK. IT BECAME A WAY OF WORK AND  PASCO WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT  WAS LEGALLY CHALLENGED AND LOST  AND HAD TO CHANGE THE PROCESS. THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION IT WILL  HAPPEN. OTHER COUNTIES LIKE HILLSBOROUGH THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MANY  CHANGES AND MOST ARE FOR NEW  CONSTRUCTION. THOSE DON'T GET QUITE AS MUCH  NOISE BECAUSE IT'S A NEW SCHOOL  AND THEY'RE USUALLY WILLING TO  DO THAT. I WILL TELL YOU THERE IS LEGAL  CHALLENGES TO MANY BOUNDARY  CHANGES. YOU WANT YOUR STUDENTS TO NOT  WANT TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL THEY'RE IN. THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WELL. THEY WANT TO STAY AT THE SCHOOL  THEY'RE IN NOW. WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES  AND AS MS. SNIVELY SAID MAKE  SURE THE PLACE WE'RE SENDING  THEM TO IS AS GOOD OR A BETTER  EDUCATION AS WHAT THEY HAVE NOW. THAT'S ALWAYS THE PUSH.

>>Nadia Combs: AND JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD  WITH THE RFP WHICH IS LOOKS LIKE WE'LL PROBABLY WILL, I'D LIKE TO SEE A CLEAR TIMELINE SO THE  COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED AND  ENGAGED FROM THE BEGINNING. I THINK THAT SHOULD COME OUT  RIGHT AWAY AND JUST BEING  INNOVATIVE. I THINK WE'RE SEEINGPARENCE ARE  LOOKING FOR, WHEN WE SAY K-8 I  THINK IT SHOULD BE PRE-K THROUGH 8. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT  BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT OUR  STAKEHOLDERS AND IF WE WANT TO  MOVE THINGS, WE NEED TO START  EARLY ON AND THEN ONE  LAST -- I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M GLAD TO SEE THE BOCC AND SCHOOL BOARD IS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I'M GLAD  TO SEE WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THAT. ALSO WE HAD TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST ON THE  BORDER OF MY DISTRICT, STEIN  BRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT A WING OR  SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A SCHOOL THAT IS VERY, YOU KNOW, BEYOND CAPACITY AND PLACES ARE  BEING BUILT ALL AROUND THAT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THIS IN THE PLAN?

>>Christopher Farkas: WE DID NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS  WHERE WE'RE PUTTING NEW SCHOOLS. IN STEIN BRENNER IT WOULD BE A  WING. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE -- I THINK  THAT YOU'D REFERENCED IT A  LITTLE BIT BUT IT MAY HAVE  GOTTEN LOST IN THERE. THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE TO BUILD  ONLY THIS MANY SCHOOLS IS  BECAUSE WE'RE DOING WINGS  THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. STEIN BRENNER IS A PERFECT  EXAMPLE OF ONE WE'LL ADD A WING  TO. TIMING ON CHAT IS ALWAYS A  CHALLENGE. IT WILL BE THE NEXT FEW YEARS  AND I WANT TO SAY FEW BECAUSE I  WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCURATE WITH PEOPLE WE COMMUNICATE WITH. THIS FALL WE'RE OPEN UP NEW  WINGS THIS AUGUST THAT WILL BE  THERE. WINGS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT  HAVE TO BE PART OF WHAT WE DO. THE COLLINS CADE IS A WING  ADDITIONAL WITH A GYM ADDITION. YOU'LL SEE AND THE BOARD  APPROVES ALL THOSE, BUT WINGS  WILL BE COMMON PLACE. THE QUESTION IS HOW BIG DO YOU  WANT YOUR SCHOOLS. HIGH SCHOOL OVER 3,000 IS A  CHALLENGE. SO STEIN BRENNER, YES, WE'LL ADD A WING. YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO DOWN  THE PATH. IT LOOKS LIKE DEPENDING ON WHAT  WE TALK ABOUT AND PART OF IT IS  BEING A PRACTICAL EDUCATEER AND  PART IS BEING THE PLANNER SO  AMBER AND I HAVE THESE  COMPETITIVE CONVERSATIONS ON A  DAILY BASIS ABOUT WHEN WE ADD  THE WINGS AND WHEN THAT'S  IMPORTANT TO DO. STEIN BRENNER IS ONE WE'LL HAVE  TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. AMBER SAYS IT'S WORSE IN THE  SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY SO  WE GO BACK AND FORTH AND  ULTIMATELY MR. DAVIS MAKES THE  CALLS. PLANT CITY AND STEIN BRENNER ARE TWO AREAS WE'LL NEED GROWTH FOR  HIGH SCHOOL SEATS IN THE AREA. I'D SAY THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

>>Nadia Combs: AND I WANT TO  MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE  DEFINITELY -- IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME AND I IMAGINE A LOT OF BOARD  MEMBERS THAT WE'RE NOT CLOSING  SCHOOLS AND WE'LL REPURPOSE  THEM. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS, I THINK  THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW, WHAT  HAPPENS IF WE CLOSE A SCHOOL AND DECIDE TO NOT REPURPOSE IT? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT  INSTANCE?

>>Addison Davis: I SAY THIS, AND SORRY, MEMBER COMBS. WE REPURPOSING IS ABSOLUTELY  WHAT WE'LL DO IN THIS  ORGANIZATION. IF WE -- IF SOMEONE -- IF A  SCHOOL DISTRICT DECIDED TO CLOSE A SCHOOL AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO REPURPOSE THAT FACILITY, IT  OPENLY HAS TO BE OPEN TO  ACCESSIBLE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE  AVAILABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS TO  THAT FACILITY. FROM OUR SIDE, THERE IS SO MANY  DIFFERENT INIT'S VAV FRESH IDEAS THAT WE CAN BRING TO  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IF WE HAD TO POTENTIALLY REPURPOSE AFTER  ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL ALWAYS LOOK TO BE  INNOVATIVE IN THOSE SOLUTIONS  AND MAXIMIZE EVERY FACILITY WE  HAVE.

>>Nadia Combs: THAT'S GOOD. I WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD AND  BE REASSURED OF THAT. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER  COMBS. I'D ENGAGE MS. DICKERSON AND  MR. FARKAS, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN  WITH ALL THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS,  THE FULL THROTTLE OF LAND USE  AND THE PROP SHARES AND  COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE FACING  WITH THE BOCC. THERE IS A LOT OF BACKGROUND  THAT THEIR QUESTIONS ARE COMING  FROM. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE  YOU ALL TO MEET WITH THE BOARD  MEMBERS. IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS BUT  IT'S COMING UP. AS MEMBER SNIVELY SAID WHENEVER  WE DEAL WITH BOUNDARY CHANGES,  IT GETS VERY EMOTIONAL AND  BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'LL BE  SNOWBALLED WITH ALL KINDS OF  E-MAILS SO AT ANY RATE, WE'RE  GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND BOARD  MEMBERS, BE REMINDED YOU CAN  ALWAYS ASK IF YOU HAVE MORE  QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK MS. AMBER DICKERSON AND MR. FARKAS AND OF  COURSE SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO MEMBER PEREZ, THEN MEMBER HAHN AND THEN I HAVE A FEW THINGS AND THEN  WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP  TOPIC. MEMBER PEREZ?

>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>>Lynn Gray: WE CAN. GOOD MORNING.

>>Karen Perez: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. MY QUESTIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO  WITH CHOICE. OKAY? I'M GOING TO ALSO DIRECT IT WITH REGARD TO MEMBER SHAKES'  DISTRICT. WHEN -- HAS THIS DISTRICT EVER  CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS OF THE  STUDENTS THAT ARE BUSSED OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT TO OTHER SCHOOLS  TO FILL SEATS IN THOSE SCHOOLS?

>>Christopher Farkas: YOU MEAN  DO WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE? WE KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE  SATELLITES AND MS. DICKERSON  REFERENCED THAT EARLIER. MAKING SURE WE HAVE POSSIBLY  ELIMINATING SOME OF THE  SATELLITES, YES.

>>Karen Perez: SO -- I'LL GIVE  YOU AN EXAMPLE LIKE MORTON. THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT COME FROM ACROSS TOWN THAT ARE  BUSSED, AND THIS IS NOT CHOICE. THIS IS NOT THE CHOICE OF THE  PARENT TO BUS THEIR CHILDREN  ACROSS TOWN TO FILL SEATS AT  WARDEN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE IS MANY SCHOOLS LIKE  THIS. LEAVING A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS IN  SHAKES' AREA, YOU KNOW, EMPTY  BECAUSE THEY'RE FILLING SCHOOLS  ACROSS TOWN IN TAMPA. SO HAS AN ANALYSIS EVER BEEN  CONDUCTED RARDING HOW MANY  STUDENTS ARE BUSSED OFT THEIR  DISTRICT NOT BECAUSE OF CHOICE  TO FILL SEATS IN OTHER SCHOOLS  AND OTHER DISTRICTS?

>> AMBER DICKERSON: I WOULD SAY  I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANYTHING IN  THE RECORDS THAT WE HAVE  PERFORMED THAT BUT THAT WILL BE  A COMPONENT OF THIS RFP AND  REALLY IT TIES INTO MONICA'S  RESEARCH ON EQUITY ISSUES AND WE ACTUALLY REFERENCED THE EQUITY  POLICY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARDS  ADOPTED BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES  THEY'RE IN AND A LOT OF  BACKGROUND EQUITY ISSUES HAVE  GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO DESEGREGATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT CREATED THE NON-ADJACENT  DISTRICTS WHERE KIDS ARE BUSSED  OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S DEFINITELY A COMPONENT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND WE HAD  EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH  MONICA AND SHE'LL BE PART OF OUR TEAM AND HELPING THIS.

>> THANK YOU, AMBER.

>>Lynn Gray: OF COURSE THE  MAGNET PROGRAM WAS THE REASON WE HAVE THE EQUITY. MS. MONICA? GOOD MORNING.

>> YES, THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO REALLY  AMBER SUMMARIZED IT QUITE WELL. PART OF WHAT WE THINK THE RFP  WILL DO IS TO HELP US TAKE A  LOOK AT THE BOUNDARIES TODAY  THAT WERE THE SAME SEGREGATED  SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. REMEMBER WE WERE ONE OF THE LAST DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES  TO FOLLOW BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. MANY CURRENT SCHOOL BOUNDARIES  AND MR. WASHINGTON CAN ATTEST TO THAT CONTINUE TO BE THE EXACT  SEPARATE SCHOOLS FOR BLACK AND  WHITE STUDENTS AND IN THE 20 OR  30 OR 40 YEARS OF TRYING TO MAKE THAT RIGHT THROUGH EVERYTHING  FROM MAGNET TO ALL KINDS OF  OTHER THINGS, I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVES BUT THERE IS  CONTINUED WORK TO DO SO WE'RE  HOPING THAT PART OF THIS IS  GOING TO ALSO -- BECAUSE IT'S A  NATIONAL MOVEMENT, THERE IS  ACTUALLY SOMETHING CALLED THE  BRIDGES COLLABORATIVE THAT IS  LOOKING AT JUST THAT. YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY YEARS  PAST BROWN VERSUS THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION, I THINK 60 YEARS,  WHERE OUR LARGE URBAN DISTRICTS  IN THIS WORK. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CONTEXT AND UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT -- I LOOK FORWARD  BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL GET GOOD  INFORMATION THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US AS A DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU.

>>Karen Perez: TODAY I CANNOT  CO-SIGN ON THAT STATEMENT  BECAUSE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS  THERE IS A LOT OF UPPER CLASS  BUYING OUT SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND SHAKE WASHINGTON'S SCHOOLS ARE  IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. AND THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE OUR  BROWN AND BLACK STUDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE STILL CONTINUE TO BUS OUT OUR BLACK SAND LATINO STUDENTS OUT OF THE AREA INTO  THOSE SCHOOLS. SO AN ANALYSIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN  CONDUCTED WHEN ESPECIALLY  SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, A  LOT OF THE PROPERTY STARTED  GOING UP IN VALUE AND A LOT OF  THE BLACK AND LATINO FAMILIES  STARTED BOO EGED BEING PUSHED  OUT. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED  BACK THEN BUT IT STILL HAD NOT. IN HUNTER'S GREEN, I MENTIONED  THIS AND IN A PRIOR MEETING THAT HUNTER'S GREEN HAS A FUND FOR  PARENTS WHO CANNOT COME AND PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN. IT'S A UBER FUND IN ORDER  FOR -- IF A CHILD GETS SICK,  THAT THE UBER WILL GO BACK UP  THE PARENT SO THE PARENT COULD  COME PICK UP THE KID AND THEN  THAT WAY THE PARENT HAS  TRANSPORTATION TO COME PICK UP  THAT CHILD. THAT'S AN ISSUE, WHEN WE'RE  LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE DYNAMIC  HERE. THE FACT THAT WE DON'T LOOK  FIRST AT -- OR ANALYZE OR  CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF OUR  CHILDREN, THEIR BOUNDARIES,  FILLING SEATS IN OTHER SCHOOLS  THAT ARE NOW OVERCROWDED,  LEAVING SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW  LOOKING TO BE REPURPOSED AND  LEAVING PARENTS OUT IN AN  ENGAGEMENT ISSUE FOR OUR  STU STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD  HAVE BEEN ALSO BROUGHT TO THIS  BOARD AS WELL. YOU KNOW --  

>>Lynn Gray: MEMBER RUPES,  SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS IS GOING  TO -- PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT  DAVIS IS GOING TO REMARK ON THE  ANALYSIS PART OF YOUR CONCERN. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?

>>Karen Perez: YES.

>>Addison Davis: THANK YOU,  MS. GRAY. MS. PEREZ, YOU MAKE A SOLID  POINT. ONE OF THE THINGS COMING IN IS  THE QUESTION WE HAD, WHY ARE WE  BUSSING STUDENTS FROM CENTRAL  HILLSBOROUGH TO, YOU KNOW, NORTH HILLSBOROUGH. AND THOSE ARE  PARTICULARLY -- THE BIGGEST  RATIONALE WHY WE WANT TO TO COME AND MAKE THE CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO LOOK AT EVERY BOUNDARY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKE SURE  EQUITY IS IN THE FOREFRONT OF  THE PROCESS AND PARENTS AND CARE GIVERS AND FAITH BASED PARTNERS  IN WHICH CHILDREN LIVE AND  INTERACT AND THRIVE IN ARE A  PART OF THE HOLISTIC PROCESS OF  THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND  BEING SO SEPARATED FROM THE  PROCESS, IT CREATES ANGST AND  IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY-BASED  SOLUTION OR APPROACH WHICH WE  HAVE TO GET BETTER AT. AS IT RELATES TO THE ASK, I'LL  MAKE CERTAIN THAT I GET WITH  MS. DICKERSON AND MR. FARKAS. WE WILL IDENTIFY ANY BOUNDARY  WHERE WE SEE THAT MIRRORS AWAY  THAT WARDEN IS IMPACTED RELATED  TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PUSHED OUT. IN ADDITION, WE -- I WANT TO  MAKE CERTAIN THAT, YOU KNOW,  THAT IT'S A PRIORITY FOR US IN  THIS PROCESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE  TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT AS WE  MOVE FORWARD. GO AHEAD.

>>Christopher Farkas: HUNTERS  GREEN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. ACTUALLY WE TOOK THE 400 KIDS  BUSSED INTO HUNTERS GREEN OUT  BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN NEW  TAMPA AND HAD TO MOVE THEM OUT. THAT WAS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL  ONE BECAUSE WE HAD FAMILIES THAT WANTED TO MOVE THE KIDS CLOSER  TO HOME TO PICK THEM UP FROM  SCHOOL, BUT WE ALSO HAD  OPPORTUNITIES AND PARENTS THAT  PUSHED HARD THAT THEY WANTED  THEIR KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL AT  HUNTERS GREEN BECAUSE IT WAS A  BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY  FOR THEM TO DO THAT. IT WAS DEFINITELY CONTROVERSIAL  BUT HUNTERS GREEN IS DEFINITELY  A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE RETIRED PRINCIPAL PUT FORTH  A LOT OF EFFORT AND HAD A CLINIC AT THE SCHOOL AND THE FUND TO  MAKE SURE HER KIDS GOT  EVERYTHING OPPORTUNITY THEY  COULD. IT'S A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE MCCLAIN AND WARDEN AND A BUNCH OF SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH TAMPA WHERE WE  HAVE SATELLITES. IF IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS AND THEY  GET BUSSED IN. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET A LITTLE  TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND  BISHOP DAVIS AND MS. DICKERSON  AND I WILL DO THAT ON HOW MANY  KIDS ARE IN THE SATELLITES AND  HOW MANY SCHOOLS THEY FEED AND  WE'LL HAVE THAT AS SOON AS  POSSIBLE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU,  MR. FARKAS. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER PEREZ, ARE YOU IN FAVOR  OF THIS STUDY OR DID YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT? WE'RE TRYING TO GAIN CONSENSUS.

>>Karen Perez: YEAH. I JUST FEEL THAT MONEY NEEDS TO  BE PUT INTO LOOKING AT OUR  SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHY  PART OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE SO  UNDERUTILIZED AND, YOU KNOW, AN  ANALYSIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE  CONDUCTED. AND, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY USED  TH THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING MORE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE  TO LOOK AT WHY SOME OF THE  SCHOOLS ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AND SOME ARE NOT. YOU KNOW, I JUST -- THAT'S HOW I FEEL.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. YOUR POINT IS WELL SAID. AND TO BE CONTINUED, I'M SURE,  MS. DICKERSON AND MR. FARKAS  WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THIS UNDER  THEIR BELT SO TO SPEAK AND  INVESTIGATE IT A LITTLE BIT  MORE. THANK YOU, MEMBER PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN? GOOD MORNING.

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. FIRST I WANT TO THANK MR. FARKAS AND MS. DICKERSON AND STAFF FOR  THE PRESENTATION TODAY. I'VE BEEN LOOBING FORWARD TO  THIS CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, GIVEN WE'RE IN A  FISCAL CRISIS, THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY TIMELY AND IMPORTANT  TO ENSURE WE'RE ACTING  RESPONSIBLY AND EFFICIENTALLY  WITH TAX DOLLARS. I THINK MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT  MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT UP AROUND  FINANCE AND EQUITY AND  TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOL  CAPACITY ALL BUILD THE RATIONALE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO  POOPEDRY STUDY OF THE IN -- A  BOUNDARY STUDY OF THE ENTIRE  DISTRICT. SO TO MEMBER SNIVELY'S POINT,  STOP PIECE MEALING THIS TOGETHER AND TO MS. PEREZ'S POINT, DOING  SO REALLY DOESN'T, YOU KNOW,  ALLOW TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUE THAT SHE BROUGHT UP. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT T THAT, AGAIN, AS MR. SNIVELY SAID THESE ARE CAPITAL DOLLARS  SUPPORTING THE STUDY AND, YOU  KNOW, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT. MY DISTRICT HAS OVERCROWDED  SCHOOLS. ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND  I DO ALSO HAVE SOME  UNDERENROLLED SCHOOLS SO I ALSO  WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN  UNDERENROLLED SCHOOL, AND  MR. WASHINGTON MADE THIS POINT,  DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN WE'RE CLOSING IT. NO. THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE WE ARE  SENDING AND THAT'S NOT OUR  INTENT WITH DOING A STUDY LIKE  THIS. IT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT  STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE THE  BEST POSSIBLE ECONOMIC  ENVIRONMENT TO RECEIVE THEIR  EDUCATION. I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES  THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND  BOUNDARY NEEDS TO INCLUDE  COMMUNITY. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY SO AS  MEMBER COMBS ASKED FOR A  TIMELINE, I THINK THAT'S REALLY  IMPORTANT AND TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND  TRANSPORTATION -- TRANSPORTATION , WE HAVE NOT TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT THIS PAST YEAR FOR MANY  REASONS. THE BIGGEST IS COVID. WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON  THAT AGAIN A LITTLE MORE  STRONGLY. AND THAT I KNOW WILL BE A BIG  PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY AROUND  IMPACT FEES. SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD,  IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING  AROUND IMPACT FEES AND IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIP WITH  THE COUNTY COMMISSION. SO MR. FARKAS, I'M REALLY GLAD  TO HEAR THAT THAT'S IMPROVING,  BUT I KNOW THAT THE IMPACT FEES  FLOW THROUGH THE COUNTY  COMMISSION AND THEY RELEASE THE  IMPACT FEES TO US. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT TIMELINE BECAUSE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A  REAL CLEAR TIMELINE AS TO WHEN  THEY RECEIVE THE FEES, WHAT IS A TIMELINE THAT THEY HAVE TO  OPERATE UNDER TO MAKE SURE THAT  THE FEES ARE NOW RELEASEED TO US IN A MANNER WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE  CAN USE THEM AROUND THESE  PROJECTS, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN  CHALLENGING AS WELL. SO I'M HOPING THAT'S IMPROVED.

>>Christopher Farkas: SPECIFIC  EXAMPLE. SO AS YOU KNOW WE'RE UNDER  CONSTRUCTION FOR THE (INAUDIBLE) GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD  THE WORKSHOP FIRST THAT  WE -- THAT WE GOT TO SIT WITH  THE SCHOOL BOARD AND COUNTY  COMMISSION TO TALK BEFORE THEY  TOOK THAT TO THE BOARD FOR THE  FLOW-THROUGH OF THE MONEY. SEE WE IT AS A FLOW THROUGH. IT'S COLLECTED TO SCHOOLS AND  CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SCHOOLS. THEY SAID WE NEED TO TAKE IN  OCTOBER AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE  THE MEETING FIRST. AMBER AND I SAID THAT'S A  PROBLEM. WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF  DOLLARS OUT THERE NOW AND WALLS  GOING UP AND SLABS ALREADY DONE, THAT PART OF IT TOO. I WENT TO GREG AND SAID HEY,  THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR US. WE NEED TO GIVE THE MONEY BEFORE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING PAY  APPS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND VENDORS AND CONSTRUCTION FIRM. IT'S GOING ON IN THE  AUGUST -- FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST  AGENDA BOARD OF COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS. SO I WOEMENT SAY FOR THE FIRST  TIME BUT I'LL SAY THERE WAS  SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST. IT WILL BE GOING IN THE FIRST  WEEK OFF AUGUST TO GET THE MONEY AND FLOW THROUGH OF DOLLARS. BUT TO YOUR POINT, REAL QUICKLY, DR. HAHN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LONG  PROCESS, BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE  REAL. YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING  AT AT SUMNER. ALL THE PRINCIPALS GOT TO GO  DOWN THERE FOR LEADERSHIP BUT  THERE WILL BE 3300 KIDS THERE. IT WILL BE PACKED. MR. NELSON, THE PRINCIPAL WILL  HAVE A FULL SCHOOL. IF WE -- WEST PROPERTY, IF WE  WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO SAY,  HEY, GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW. GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. WE'RE TWO YEARS AWAY FROM  OPENING THE DOORS OF A SCHOOL. IT TAKES 12 TO 19 MONTHS TO  BUILD THE SCHOOL. MY CHALLENGE IS PROGRESS IS  GREAT BUT WHEN CAN SHOVELS HIT  THE GROUND. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP AND  IMPORTANT THING WE LOOK FORWARD  TO DOING. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS BUT I  HAVEN'T GOT SOMEONE ON A NEUTRAL OR GREENFIELD SITE TO SAY YES,  YOU CAN BUILD A SCHOOL THERE. THE CHALLENGE IS REAL. I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS  AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEM SAYING  WEST LAKE OR BISHOP IS ONE YOU  CAN BUILD ON BUT WE CAN BUILD A  SCHOOL. WE CAN'T BUILD A MIDDLE SCHOOL  ON THE BISHOP ROAD SITE. WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS. DR. HAHN, BUT THE CHALLENGE IS  STILL THERE. WE LOOK FORWARD AND LIKE I SAID, GUARDED OPTIMISM IS A GOOD WORD  TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE MOVING  FORWARD WITH THAT. WE NEED TO BREAK GROUND ON A  HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN 2025. ONLY BECAUSE OF LAND USE. IF IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF LAND  USE, I'D OPEN 2024 OR SOONER. ST STEWS  --.

>>Stacy Hahn: I APPRECIATE THAT  UPDATE. MY FRUSTRATION IS AROUND THE  RELEASE OF THE IMPACT FEES. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT THE  PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, WE  HAD -- IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT HAS  ACTUALLY HAD TO AFTER MULTIPLE  REQUESTS FOR THE IMPACT FEES  SEND A LETTER FROM OUR  ATTORNEYS. IS THERE NO STATE STATUTE THAT  PROVIDES GUIDELINES AS TO, YOU  KNOW, TIME FRAME THAT THEY HAVE  TO RELEASE THAT MONEY TO US? BECAUSE LOOK, EVEN WITH CHARTER  SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE 90  DAYS SO DO THEY NEED HAVE TO  RELEASE THAT MONEY IF WE REQUEST IT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD?

>> SO THIS IS AMBER DICKERSON,  DR. HAHN. GREAT QUESTION. WE ACTUALLY JUST RESEARCHED THAT BECAUSE AS YOU STATED, WE HAVE  RUN INTO DELAYS. I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE WAS  APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FROM  THE TIME THAT WE REQUESTED TO  THE TIME THAT --.

>>Stacy Hahn: ON SCHEDULE. YEAH.

>> IN THE CODE IT DOESN'T STATE  THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO RELEASE  IT IN ANY SORT OF TIME PERIOD. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT, YOU  KNOW, WE COULDN'T MAYBE  COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY TO  LOOK AT THAT. BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO  MR. PORTER.

>>Jim Porter: AMBER IS CORRECT. THERE IS NO MANDATED TIMELINE  AND THE COUNTY HAD TAKEN THE  POSITION THAT THEY NEEDED MORE  INFORMATION FROM US REPEATEDLY  BEFORE THEY'D RELEASE THE FUNDS. IT WAS A BACK AND FORTH THAT WAS REALLY VERY FRUSTRATING FOR US. AND HAD THE EFFECT OF REALLY  HOLDING UP CONSTRUCTION. THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE OF  LEADERSHIP AT THE COUNTY, A  CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP HERE. I THINK THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL  DISTRICT IS WORKING IN A MUCH  MORE COOPERATIVE MANNER FOR THE  FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS. YOU'RE RIGHT. IN THE PAST WE HAD TO GET  LAWYERS INVOLVED WHICH IS A  NEVER GOOD FOR A SITUATION LIKE  THIS. BUT I THINK MR. FARKAS AND AMBER HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING  TO COORDINATE BETTER WITH THE  COUNTY. WE'RE HOPEFUL GOING FORWARD THAT THERE WON'T BE THE DELAYS WE HAD IN THE PAST AND SORT OF  UNREASONABLE DEMANDS ON US  BEFORE THEY WOULD RELEASE THE  FUNDS AND WE COULD AS PART OF  THE WORKSHOP DISCUSS MAYBE THE  IPTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WHETHER  THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED  OR NOT.

>>Stacy Hahn: YEAH. LOOK. I -- WE HAVE SIX MONTHS TO WAIT  FOR IMPACT FEE MONEY. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH  EVERYTHINGING THAT WE LEGALLY  HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AND GO BEYOND THAT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT THE MONEY -- THERE IS SOME TIME  FRAME THAT IS NOT SIX MONTHS AND ALL THESE BLOCKADES ARE NOT  CONTINUALLY THROWN OFF. THE MONEY, THAT'S JUST GOOD  FAITH. IT'S A SHAME THAT WE GET TO THE  POINT WHERE NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, POLICY  IN REGARD TO RELEASING THE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A  STRUGGLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,  WE'RE SERVING THE SAME  CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY'RE  SERVING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF  AN IMPROVEMENT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO  BEG -- WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEG FOR THE IMPACT FEE DOLLARS. OR LIKE YOU SAID, MR. PORTER, GO TO THE EXTREME WHERE WE'RE  SENDING LETTERS FROM ATTORNEYS. IT'S HURTING KIDS. PERIOD. AT THE END OF THE DAY. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME  TODAY.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS WANTS TO  MAKE A REMARK?

>>Addison Davis: I APPRECIATE  THE CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE THE PUSH BECAUSE  THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE FUNDS REALLY ALLOWS US TO MOVE AND  MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING  COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, DR. HAHN REALLY  GOOD COMMENTS. I'LL MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO  WORK WITH MR. PORTER AND  MR. GIBSON TO CONTINUE TO ASK IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS US TO BE  FLUENT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WE TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING PART OF IT AND WITH CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDS THAT  WE'RE USING FOR ANY POTENTIAL  BILLS. THESE ARE NOT TO BE CONFUSED  WITH HALF CENT REFERENDUM  FUNDING MEANING IT WON'T GO  THROUGH ANY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  FUNDING. IT'S OUR FUNDING THAT WE PRESENT TO THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD  WITH THAT PROCESS. GO AHEAD, MR. FARKAS.

>>Lynn Gray: IF I CAN SAY A FEW  THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A  BIG PART OF THIS MEETING IS  GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE  ESSER CONVERSATION. I'M HEARING AND I WROTE DOWN  NOTES FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS'  REMARKS. AS ALWAYS, VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I WANT TO THANK MS. DICKERSON AND  MR. FARKAS. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. WE CAN SEE AND HEAR ALL THE  WEALTH OF INFORMATION YOU STILL  HAVE TO SHARE AND -- AT ANY  RATE, I LOOK AT THIS AS A BIG,  SAY, A BIG PIE AND THERE IS A  LOT OF PIECES THAT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE TO MAKE THE PIE  COMPLETE. SO EVERYTHING FROM THE BOCC, WE  ARE NOT THERE YET. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THERE. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET AN  APPOINTMENT WITH THEM FOR MAYBE  SIX MONTHS. I'M GLAD YOU FEEL FAVORABLE BUT  I HOPE WE DO HAVE THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER FINALLY. BUT THAT'S A MISSING SLICE OF  THE PIE. ALSO, WE DID NOT GET INTO MAYOR  CASTER AND THE CITY OF TAMPA THE NEW WEST RIVER DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE  AWARE THAT THIS IS A HUGE  DEVELOPMENTS WITH A SCHOOL,  MAYBE TWO INCLUDED THAT HASN'T  BEEN, YOU KNOW, VETTED YET IN  TERMS OF IS IT PUBLIC OR CHARTER OR WHAT WILL IT BE. THAT'S ANOTHER SLICE. I ALSO THINK THE IMPACT FEES,  THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN, FOR  DIGGING INTO THAT. WE DO NEED TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER FUNDING  SOURCE, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A  WORKSHOP ON VARIOUS FUNDING  SOURCES. ANOTHER SLICE OR -- I'M STILL  STAYING WITH MY ANALOGY. I GOT DONE WITH THE GRANDKIDS  THE OTHER DAY SO BEAR WITH ME. WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT  LITTLE ANALOGIES. THE OTHER ONE IS THIS STUDY IS  VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE THAT IS  THE BIG PIECE THAT WILL BRING  THE ENTIRE PIE TOGETHER. AND INCLUSIVE MEMBER PEREZ IS  THE ANALYSIS. I HAVE ON THE TITLE HERE THAT I  READ, IT SAYS DISTRICT WIDE  ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS. AND THOSE COMMENTS ARE VERY  MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THAT TOO  NEEDS TO RESONATE, THE BUSSING. THE QUESTION I HAD BEYOND  EVERYTHING, AND WE DON'T REALLY  HAVE TIME TO GET INTO IT NOW  UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT'S NO ONE'S FAULT. IT'S JUST THIS IS A HUGE TOPIC. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REPURPOSING  SCHOOLS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN  EVER FORGET ONE OF THE INGREED  APES OF THAT IS THE MAGNET  PROGRAMS. THAT HAS -- THAT'S AFFORDED US  THE BASIC CONSENT, MS. MONICA,  WHEREVER YOU ARE OF EQUITY BUT  REQUIRES ENORMOUS  TRANSPORTATION. I'M SURE THERE IS A MILITARY  PART OF THE SCHOOL, ENGINEERING, NAUTICAL ENGINEERING AND SUCH  THINGS THAT I KNOW PASCO HAS  VENTURED INTO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE  MAGNET PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANT SOME  CLARIFICATION, THIS WILL  PROBABLY HAVE TO COME FROM THE  SUPERINTENDENT. WHERE DO YOU SEE THE MAGNET  BEING PART OF THE REPURPOSING AS WE FOLD INTO THAT AREA?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE  CHAIR, IT IS PERFECTLY ALIGNED  BECAUSE WE START LOOKING AT ALL  OF OUR INITIATIVES OR PATHWAYS  OR PROGRAMS OR MAGNET SCHOOLS  AND LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT. ALL THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE  PROCESS. THIS IS WHAT THE BIGGEST TASK  THAT I HAVE GIVEN KEN BAYS IN  THE INNOVAT INNOVATEIVATION -- INNOVATION  WORLD IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE  PATH OF INVESTMENT. ARE WE REALLY OFFERING, YOU  KNOW, WHAT WE OFFERED AND OPENED UP FIVE YEARS, HAS IT GROWN AND  DEVELOPMENTED AND FLOURISHED  WITH THE WORKFORCE EXPECTATIONS. OR THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE  COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS THAT ARE  THRIVING IN THE INITIATIVE. YOU KNOW, IS ENROLLMENT  INCREASING OR DECREASING. ARE WE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE  SOPHISTITATED TRAINING. WHAT GRANT FUNDINGS ARE WE ABLE  TO CAPTURE TO REIMAGINE EVERY  SINGLE YEAR SO WE DON'T COPY AND PASTE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE  FIVE YEARS. SO MS. BAYS WILL BE READY TO  START THAT PROCESS. IT WILL BE LENGTHY BUT WE HAVE  TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN  COORDINATION WITH THIS EFFORT SO IT MAKES SENSE TO DETERMINE IF  WE NEED TO REPURPOSE OR MOVE A  PARTICULAR PROGRAM, AND  RATIONALE BEHIND IT.

>>Lynn Gray: AND THAT'S SO  IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE  ALWAYS SAY SCHOOL CHOICE AND  IT'S GETTING TO BE THE TALK OF  THE TOWN, BUT WE -- IN TAMPA,  FLORIDA, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ARRAY OF  CHOICES AND WE CAN EITHER BUILD  ON IT, MAKE IT BETTER WITH THE  REPURPOSING IN YOUR  NEIGHBORHOOD, IN YOUR DISTRICT,  MEMBER WASHINGTON, OR WE CAN  CONTINUE TO WATER IT DOWN WHICH  IS WHERE I THINK IT HAS BEEN  MANY OF THESE MAGNET PROGRAMS  SOMETIMES TRYING TO MAKE SMALL  GROUPS OF FOLKS PERHAPS PLEASED. BUT NONETHELESS, THE EQUITY  ISSUE IN OUR SCHOOLS SHOULD  ALWAYS BE ADDRESSED AND  REMEMBERED AS A PART OF OUR  HOPEFULLY PHILOSOPHY AS A BOARD  AND AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KEEP THAT AND KEEP ALL OF THE  ASPIRATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION  ECLECTIC EDUCATION, RELEVANT  EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR  STUDENTS, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M  COMING FROM AS WELL. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS WHEN WE GET INTO THE TOWN HALLS, AND, YOU KNOW, CHRIS FARKAS, YOU AND  I WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN WE HAD  I THINK IT WAS LEE, WHEN DO YOU  SEE -- TWO QUESTIONS. WHEN WILL WE START TOWN HALLS  FOR REPURPOSING? AND WILL WE GET A TIMELINE, IN  OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE CONVERTED  FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS -- EXCUSE  ME. WHEN WE CONVERTED TO MIDDLE  SCHOOLS FROM THE -- FROM  SEVENTH, EIGHTH GRADE CENTERS, I REMEMBER MARY ELLEN,  SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAD SO MANY  TOWN HALL MEETINGS BUT THEY WERE SCHEDULED. AND PEOPLE REALLY STARTED TO  COME IN AND KNEW WHERE IT WAS. THEY KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT AND HAD QUESTIONS FORMED. IT WAS STELLAR AND IT WAS A HUGE CHANGE. SO CAN WE, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, IDENTIFY NOT ONLY A TIMELINE BUT WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO SHARE  WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THESE TOWN HALLS WILL BEGIN.

>>Addison Davis: SO THE FIRST  QUESTION IS, I WANT TO ASK THIS  TO MS. DICKERSON AND MR. FARKAS, HOW LONG WILL THE RFP TAKE  PLACE?

>>Christopher Farkas: PROBABLY  FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS. WE'LL DO IT AS COMPACT AS WE  CAN. THE GROUP WILL NEED  ADMINISTRATION AND PARENT GROUPS TOO WHICH WILL BE A BIG PART OF  IT. PART OF THE RUCKS FP PROCESS AND WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WAS  ABOUT TIMELINE. SO IT'S TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE -- TO HAPPEN BUT  ALSO TIMELINE FOR WHEN WILL WE  DO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. TO YOUR POINT, MS. GRAY, AND TWO SECONDS INDULGE ME, AS SOMEONE  WHO IS A FORMER MAGNET SCHOOL  PRINCIPAL, THEY'RE A WONDERFUL  THING BUT 90% OF THE MAGNET  SCHOOLS ARE IN THE INNER CITY OR IN MR. WASHINGTON'S AREA. WE ASK KIDS TO COME FROM THE  SUBURBS AND DON'T DO THAT THE  OTHER WAY VICE VERSA. MAGNET TRANSPORTATION IS FIVE TO SIX TIMES THE COST. IF WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE MAGNET OR  CHOICE IN THE SUBURBS THEY MAY  NOT HAVE TO COME IN. BLAKE IS ONE OF THE BEST  PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOLS IN THE  COUNTRY. NO QUESTION. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN THEIR  HOME IN LOOT AND WYMAMA AND WE  PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IT'S AN  EXPENSIVE SCHOOL. IT'S WORTH IT BUT THERE ARE  OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT IN A  POSITIVE WAY. TIMELINE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND  WHEN THE RFP WILL BE PART OF  WHAT THEY DO. WHEN THEY PRESENT FOR THE RFP  WE'LL REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE THE  INFORMATION. WHEN WILL THE MEETINGS BE TO  SHARE WITH CONSTITUENTS. I THINK WE GOT A GOOD CONSENSUS  AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE SHARE  THAT WITH Y'ALL.

>>Addison Davis: AND IT WILL BE  REPURPOSED IT CAPITAL FUNDS, NOT HALF CENT FUNDS.

>>Christopher Farkas: CORRECT.

>>Lynn Gray: YOU HAVE THE  CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD AND  THAT'S THAT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO WE'RE  GOING TO OUR NEXT SESSION. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MAY HAVE TO  USE THE RESTROOM, ET CETERA. TAKE A DRINK OF WATER. WE'LL RECONVENE IN FIVE MINUTES. (SOUNDING GAVEL)  

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. GOOD -- WELL, NOT AFTERNOON YET. WE'RE STILL IN THE MORNING. WE'RE NOW READY FOR PART TWO AND THIS INVOLVES OUR ESSER 1, ESSER 2, ESSER 3, AKA ALSO KNOWN AS  THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I  BELIEVE WILL BE THE STAR  PRESENTER. AND SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WOULD  YOU LIKE TO DO THE ENTIRE  POWERPOINT AND THEN HAVE US ASK  QUESTIONS? OR HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT TO BE DIVVIED UP?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAG TEAM AND  TALK ABOUT HOW WE'LL RECALIBRATE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE'LL  TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW  THE BOARD WILL HAVE. THIS WILL BE EXTENDED BECAUSE  THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP  OUR SCHOOLS AND HELP OUR  CHILDREN AND CONTINUE TO  ACCELERATE THE EXPERIENCES FOR  EVERY ONE OF OUR LEARNERS AND  THE SAME TOKEN BEING ABLE TO  PROTECT THEM IN THE WORKING  CONDITIONS THEY'RE INTERACTING  WITH EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

>>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS,  LOOKS LIKE WE'LL MAYBE HAVE A 20 MINUTE POWERPOINT OR 15. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ENERGY THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS. THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE  TO -- GET NEAR 11:30 SO WE'LL  PROBABLY LIMIT OUR QUESTIONS,  Q&A TO THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE  HAVE A BOARD MEETING TONIGHT, ET CETERA. OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS,  DUN-DUN-DUN, BEGIN.

>>Addison Davis: YES. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MR. CONNOR  AND MS. BROWN AS WELL AND ALLOW  THEM TO TRANSITION AND I'LL  INTERJECT WHERE THERE NEEDS TO  BE UNDERLINING OR HIGHLIGHTS IN  AREAS WITHIN WHAT WE'LL DO WITH  ESSER.

>>Lynn Gray: GOOD MORNING,  MS. BROWN AND MR. CONNOR.

>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, BOARD.

>>Lynn Gray: HERE WE GO.

>> TRACY AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO COMPLETE AN OVERVIEW OF THE  ESSER FUNDING THAT HAS COME  DEATHS ON ITS WAY TO THE  DISTRICT. SOME MADE ITS WAY TO OUR  DISTRICT AND MUCH OF IT IS STILL ON ITS WAY. WE TITLED THE PRESENTATION  RECALIBRATE TO ACCELERATE. AS YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHEN HE TRANSITIONED TO  HILLSBOROUGH IN MARCH 2020 HAD  HIS TRANSITION PLAN. UNFORTUNATELY AS SOON AS HE  ARRIVED, THE PANDEMIC HIT US. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS  FUNDING TO RECALIBRATE SO THAT  WE CAN TRULY ACCELERATE AS WE  MOVE FORWARD SO HOW WE LEVERAGE  THESE FUNDS WILL REALLY BE  IMPACTFUL FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE  GOALS. WE'LL DISCUSS SEVERAL THINGS  TODAY. THE FIRST BEING THE FUNDING  SOURCES THAT WE RECEIVED AND  WHAT THE FORECAST LOOKS LIKE. WE'LL BE SHARING THE BUDGET  PLANNING GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE  USING TO MAKE SOME VERY  IMPORTANT DECISIONS. TALK ABOUT THE ESSER 2 ADVANCED  LUMP SUM THAT IS A POT OF MONEY  WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED AND  HAVE PLANNED OUT FOR  EXPENDITURES. THEN TALK ABOUT THE USE OF ESSER 2 AND 3 AND WHAT THE ASSURANCES  ARE AND DISCUSS THE PLAN FOR  GRANT PROJECT MANAGEMENT. CLOSE TO THREE QUARTERS OF A  BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL AND  WE'LL REQUIRE SOME EXTENSIVE  OVERSIGHT TO  FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND THE NEXT STEPS. ALL OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS ALL  PROPOSED. WE'RE MEETING AS A TASK FORCE TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS AND NONE OF THIS IS NECESSARILY SET IN  STONE AS WE CONTINUE TO GATHER  STAKEHOLDER INPUT THROUGHOUT TO  FINALIZE DECISIONS IN ORDER TO  DO WHAT'S BEST FOR HILLSBOROUGH  COUNTY. SO A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE  THREE POTS OF MONEY THAT WERE  REFERENCED BY MS. GRAY. THE CARES ACT, THE CORONA AID  RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY  ACTIVE SIGNED INTO LAW BACK IN  MARCH 2020. IT PROVIDED SEVERAL FUNDING  SOURCES AND WITHIN THAT WAS THE  EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF FUND  FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FOR  SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH WE REFER TO AS ESSER. THAT ESSER 1 SUNSETS IN  SEPTEMBER OF 2022. WE HAVE ALREADY EXPENDED THOSE  FUNDS. FOR THE SECOND POT OF MONEY  WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE  THROWS OF THE APPLICATION  PROCESS IS ESSER 2 AND THAT  COMES FROM THE CORONA RESPONSE  AND RELEASE SUPPLEMENTAL ACT  SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 27,  2020. IT ALSO HAS THE ELEMENTARY AND  SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY  RELIEF FUND AS AN ADDITIONAL  SUBSET AND THAT IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR ESSER 2 AND THOSE  FUNDS WILL SUNSET SEPTEMBER  2023. THE THIRD POT OF MONEY WHICH  WE'RE REFERRING TO AS ESSER 3  DOES COME FROM THE AMERICAN  RESCUE PLAN WHICH WAS SIGNED  INTO LAW THIS PAST MARCH, 2021,  AND IT INCLUDES ANOTHER ADDITION OF ESSER DOLLARS AND SUSCEPTS  SEPTEMBER 2024. FORESE OF USE BECAUSE THERE IS  SO MANY ACTS AND FUNDS, WE'RE  HEARING TO THESE AS ESSER 1,  ESSER 2, AND ESSER 3 SO THAT WE  ALL HAVE A COMMON LANGUAGE AND  UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. IN THE FIRST CARES ACT, WE  RECEIVED AS A DISTRICT BEYOND  ESSER 1 SOME ADDITIONAL  ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED  BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AS YOU CAN SEE UP HERE ON THE  LIST HERE, SEVERAL POTS THAT  TOTALED THE AMOUNT OF $16.7  MILLION. THAT INCLUDED OUR GEAR GRANT  WHICH WE FOCUS INTENSELY ON OUR  TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS WITH  BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND  SATURDAY SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. IT INCLUDED FREE ACT AND SAT  TESTING. THERE WERE WORKFORCE READINESS  PROGRAMS WHERE WE RECEIVED A  MILLION DOLLARS TO STAND THOSE  UP. TO ASSIST AND AID OUR TECHNICAL  COLLEGES, WE RECEIVED FUNDING  FOR THAT. WE RECEIVED MATERIALS AND  RESOURCES FOR TRAINING THE BEST  STANDARDS. WE ALSO RECEIVED MEDICAID RELIEF FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT  ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE  RECEIVED OUTSIDE OF ESSER 1 AS  IT RELATES TO THE CARES ACT. THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF ACTUALLY WHAT THE DISTRICT PORTION WILL  BE FOR EACH POT OF MONEY. SO WE RECEIVED IN TOTAL FOR  ESSER 1, $54 MILLION. BUT THE DISTRICT, REMEMBER, WE  HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO CHARTER  SCHOOLS THAT ARE INDIRECT COSTS  THAT COME ALONG WITH EACH OF  THESE GRANTS SO OUR DISTRICT  PORTION TOTALED $47 MILLION. FOR ESSER 2, WE WILL EXPECT $190 MILLION. AND AN ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW,  ESSER 3, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE  GUIDANCE OR EXACT ALLOCATIONS  BUT WE ARE DOING PROJECTIONS AND WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE AROUND $4002 MILLION. THAT WILL BE THE DISTRICT  PORTION FOR ESSER 3. SO WHAT DO WE ACCOMPLISH TO DATE AS IT RELATES TO ESSER 1? WE AS A DISTRICT RECEIVED $47  MILLION. THAT $47 MILLION WAS EXPENDED ON ITEMS ON THE SLIDE FROM  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS,  CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. CREDIT RECOVERY. STUDENT NUTRITION, E-LEARNING  SALARIES, STUDENT AND TEACHER  DEVICES, AND WI-FI HOT SPOTS,  PPE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE  REMAINING ON THE SLIDE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF  WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE  $47 MILLION OF ESSER 1. FOR THE ESSER 2 ALLOCATION AND  THIS IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY  AT AS A DISTRICT, WE JUST  RECEIVED THE APPLICATION FROM  THE STATE LAST WEDNESDAY AND ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO FILL THOSE APPLICATIONS OUT IN THEIR  ENTIRETY. THERE ARE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS  ACTUALLY BECAUSE THE POT OF  MONEY HAS BEEN BROKEN UP INTO  SAB CATEGORIES. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVED AN  ADVANCED LUMP SUM OF $89.2  MILLION. WE'LL TALK IN A MOMENT ABOUT  WHAT THE EXPENDITURES WILL BE. NOW THE STATE FOR THE ADVANCED  LUMP SUM, THE EXPIRATION DATE  RIGHT NOW, AND I SAY RIGHT NOW  BECAUSE THE STATE IS LOOKING AT  RE-NEGOTIATING THAT DEADLINE IS  SEPTEMBER 2021 WHICH WILL BE IN  THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. SO WE WERE ON THE CONVERSATION  WITH THE STATE YESTERDAY AND  THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT  SLIGHTLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE  SURE WE HAVE ALL OUR SUBMISSIONS IN ON TIME AND EXPENDITURES ARE  ACCURATE. WE HAVE $7 MILLION DEDICATED TO  NON-ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE. FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE,  ALMOST $9 MILLION. ECONOMIC ACCELERATION, ALMOST  $36 MILLION. THE REMAINING BALANCE OF $44.6  MILLION WILL COME TO THE  DISTRICT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE  THERE WHAT THE CHARTER  ALLOCATION AND COST SHOULD BE  TOTALING THE $219 MILLION FOR  ESSER 2. SO WE'LL GO BACK UP TO THE  ADVANCED LUMP SUM AND  DEMONSTRATE WHERE THE  INVESTMENTS WILL OCCUR. SO A LOT OF THIS IS  REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR SUCH AS THE COVID CLEANING TEAM,  RESPONSE TEAM, COVID CLEANING  SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE COVID  TESTING, PPE, THE REIMBURSEMENT  OF E-LEARNING AND TEACHER  SALARIES, VACCINE CLINIC  SALARIES, WATER BOTTLE FILLING  STATIONS, SUBSTITUTE  REIMBURSEMENT, EXTERNAL OPERATOR CONTRACTS, NURSE SALARY  REIMBURSEMENT AND MERV-13  FILTERS. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVING THIS ON TO THE GRANT TO MAKE SURE WE  MEET THE SEPTEMBER 2021  DEADLINE. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE ESSER 3  ALLOCATION, AND PUT IN BOLD IN  THE TOP, THIS IS AN ESTIMATE. THE NUMBERS MAY FLUCTUATE  DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STATE  ACTUALLY RELEASES TO EACH  DISTRICT AS THE INFORMATION  COMES DOWN. WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT CERTAIN IF THE STATE MAY ADD  ADDITIONAL SUBCATEGORIES BUT WE  KNOW THAT 20% OF ESSER 3 AS  ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HAS TO BE DESIGNATED TO  REMEDIATING STUDENT LEARNING  LOSS AND THE REMAINING BALANCE  OF OTHER INITIATIVES YOU SEE OF  $321 MILLION. OKAY. TRACY WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, AND EXCUSE ME,  I'LL START HERE WITH WHAT OUR  PROCESS HAS BEEN TO HELP US  IDENTIFY EXACTLY HOW THE FUNDS  WILL BE EXPENDED, AND WE HAVE  CREATED A TASK FORCE THAT IS  CROSS-DIVISIONAL THAT INCLUDES  ALL OF OUR DIVISION CHIEFS AND  TEAM MEMBERS FROM THEIR  DIVISIONS AND WE HAVE BEEN  WORKING QUITE DILIGENTLY SINCE  EARLY JUNE. I THINK IT WAS JUNE 3 WHERE WE  DEDICATED THREE HOURS PER WEEK  TO LOOK CLOSELY AT WHAT THE  REQUIREMENTS ARE OF THE USE OF  THE DOLLARS AND HOW WE'RE GOING  TO BE SPENDING THEM. WITHIN KEEPING IN MIND THAT OUR  IN INTENT HERE IS TO DO STRATEGIC  PLANNING FOR THE USE OF THE  COVID RELIEF FUNDS AND THAT'S  WHAT THE TASK FORCE IS CREATED  FOR. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE  TIMELINE, YOU'LL NOTICE WITH THE TIMELINE WE HAVE SPENT  SIGNIFICANT TIME TALKING  ABOUT -- AND TRYING TO HELP THE  TEAM UNDERSTAND THE USE OF THESE ESSER DOLLARS AND THE PURPOSES  AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE  ALSO. WE UTILIZED SEVERAL DIFFERENT  FORMS OF GUIDANCE FROM NATIONAL  INSTITUTES ALONG WITH THE  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE  GUIDANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION. WE HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED HIGH  PRIORITY, HIGH LEVERAGE  INVESTMENTS BY DIVISION. WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY IS  DIVISION CHIEFS HAVE COME  THROUGH WITH TEAM MEMBERS TO  PRESENT PROPOSED INVESTMENT  OPPORTUNITIES AND WE ARE  REVIEWING EACH OF THOSE TO  PRIORITIZE HOW THE DOLLARS WILL  BE USED. WE WILL, NOTICE THE FINAL BULLET WAS WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR ESSER  2 APPLICATIONS TO THE STATE IN A COUPLE WEEKS, AUGUST 12. SO I HAVE TO AT THIS POINT  REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR GRANTS  AND RESEARCH OFFICE ALONG WITH  OUR ESSER TEAM OF ONE AT THIS  POINT. WE HAVE LISA PLACO HERE AND GREG CANELA WORKING DILIGENTLY  ALONGSIDE HER  TERRY AND ME AND  THE TASK FORCE TO ENSURE WE DO  EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY. HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR  ASSURANCES AND THIS IS WHERE WE  GET OUR INITIAL GUIDANCE AROUND  HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE USED. WE MUST CONSIDER COORDINATED  PREP AND RESPONSE EFFORTS HERE  IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING PRINCIPALS WITH THE RESOURCES  THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE  STUDENTS OF THEIR STUDENTS ALONG WITH -- NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS  ALONG WITH THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF  AT-RISK STUDENTS AND YOU'LL SEE  SOMETHING RELATED TO THE LOW  PERFORMING SCHOOLS BETTER. DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING  PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS TO  IMPROVE RESPONSES AND TRAINING  AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON  HOW WE KEEP OUR BUILDINGS CLEAN  AND SANITIZED FOR STUDENTS AND  STAFF. WE ALSO ARE -- THE USE CAN BE  FOR SUPPLIES AND SANITIZING  MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT ALONG  WITH PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM  CLOSURE WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO  HAVE TO DO, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT  THAT WE AS PROACTIVE BEINGS DID  BE AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE  EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AS  WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES  AND SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND FOR OUR STAFF. PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING SUMMER LEARNING AND AFTER-SCHOOL  PROGRAMS AS WE TALKED ABOUT HOW  WE NOT ONLY REMEDIATE BUT  ACCELERATE STUDENT LEARNING AS  WELL AS ADDRESSING ANY  UNFINISHED LEARNING BY OUR  STUDENTS. OUR SCHOOL FACILITY IMPROVEMENT  REPAIRS TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION  OF THE VIRUS AND IMPROVING  INDOOR QUALITY AND OTHER  ACTIVITIES AND NUMBER 15 IS A  BIGGY FOR US. OTHER ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO  MAINTAIN THE OPERATION OF AND  CONTINUITY OF SERVICES IN THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CONTINUED  EMPLOYMENT OF EXISTING STAFF. AND THEN FINALLY, STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC HEALTH  PROTOCOLS FOR KEEPING OUR  SCHOOLS OPEN OR REOPENING  SCHOOLS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AT THE  BOTTOM HERE ON THE SLIDE PER  FEDERAL GUIDELINES, 20% OF ESSER 3 ALLOCATION MUST BE SPENT ON  LEARNING LOSS. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAN AND AS  I'VE MENTIONED ONCE WE RECEIVE  GUIDANCE WE'LL ABSOLUTELY SHARE  THAT. WHEN I MENTIONED WE HAVE USED  GUIDANCE FROM NATIONAL  INSTITUTES AND THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL STATE  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE  REFERRED TO THE COUNSEL OF THE  GREAT CITY SCHOOLS GUIDANCE  WHERE THEY EMPHASIZE INVESTMENTS AND STAFF CAPACITY AND HUMAN  CAPITAL, INVESTMENTS AND  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND  RESOURCES AS WELL AS INVESTMENTS IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THE HUNT INSTITUTE PROVIDED  GUIDANCE AND WE USED THAT AS  W WELL, EXCUSE ME, AND THEIR  RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO ADDRESS  SPECIAL POPULATIONS. AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLY  INTENTIONAL ABOUT INCLUDING AND  BEING PURPOSEFUL ABOUT  IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF OUR  SPECIAL POPULATIONS, TRAINING  AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,  ALONG WITH SANITIZING AND  CLEANING FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND  SUPPORTS. EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS  DURING THE SUMMER AND AFTER  SCHOOL. ADDRESSING LEARNING LOSS,  FACILITY REPAIRS AND EQUIPMENT  AND OF COURSE INDOOR AIR  QUALITY. AS WE WORK TOWARD IDENTIFYING  THE USE OF THESE FUNDS, IT'S  IMPORTANT THAT IT'S ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND  PRIORITIES. AND SO THESE ARE THE FOUR GOALS  THAT WE HAVE USED TO HELP GUIDE  OUR WORK WITH THE TASK FORCE. GOAL ONE, TO PROVIDE HIGH  QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE  TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE  PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY  SUCCESS. GOAL TWO, ESTABLISH A SAFE,  HEALTHY, EQUITABLE AND  SUPPORTIVE CULTURE FOR ALL. GOAL DELI, DEVELOP A DIVERSE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE AND  GOAL FOUR, ESTABLISH FISCAL  RESPONSIBILITY AND OPERATIONAL  EXCELLENCE. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS  OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WE'RE  ABSOLUTELY WORKING VERY CLOSELY  WITH OUR BUSINESS OFFICE. MS. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM HAVE  BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND WILL  CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH US  AS WE MASK AND WORK TOWARD  EFFECTIVELY USING THESE FUNDS.

>> SO AS WE SHARED, USING THE  GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNSEL OF  GREAT CITY SCHOOLS, THE HUNT  INSTITUTE AND ALIGN THE  STRATEGIC PLAN, WE BEGAN AS A  TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP PRIORITIES FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT  SLIDE HERE ARE THE FIVE  PRIORITIES THAT WE FEEL WILL  DEFINITELY NEED BE THE FOCUS OF  THESE FUNDS. SO THE FIFRS ONE BEING MAINTAIN  SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS, INVEST IN TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY,  SUPPORT MENTAL WELLNESS, EXTEND, RECOVER AND ACCELERATE LEARNING  AND ENGAGE FAMILIES, PARENTS AND STUDENTS. SO NOW WE'LL JUMP INTO WHAT THE  PRIORITIES AND WHAT EACH  INDIVIDUAL PRIORITY AND  INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED  AT THIS TIME. WE WILL FINALIZE THAT AS WE GET  PRIORITY. THE TASK FORCE MET WITH THE  OPERATIONS DIVISION AND  CROSS-DIVISIONAL TO DETERMINE  WHAT THE INITIATIVES WOULD BE. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE  HERE, WE HAVE ABOUT $59 MILLION  ALLOCATED OVER THE COURSE OF  ESSER 2 AND 3 FOR PPE, FOR AIR  PURIFICATION, FILTERS, CLEANING  AND DISINFECTING, CONTINUING TO  INSTALL OUR WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, SANITATION STATIONS  WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS AND ACROSS THE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT OFFICES AND NURSING CONTRACTED SERVICES.

>> SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INVEST IN TALENT AND  TECHNOLOGY. I'LL GO QUICKLY, BUT I THINK  IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS  WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE  INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THESE  PROPOSALS, WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING  THE QUESTION ABOUT  SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS IS A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND  NON-RECURRING WHICH MEANS WE  CANNOT CONTINUE SOME OF THESE  THINGS BEYOND THE GRANT PERIOD. SO WE ARE ASKING THE QUESTION  ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD  BE SUSTAINED, WHETHER OR NOT IT  WILL BE SUSTAINED, AND HOW WILL  IT BE SUSTAINED. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE  HAVE BEEN REALLY THINKING VERY  MUCH ABOUT, BUT WHEN WE TAKE A  LOOK AT THIS INVESTMENT AND  TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED  IN ON INFRASTRUCTURE FOR  TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE NOT ONLY IDENTIFIED  STAFF AND STUDENT DEVICES AS A  NEED BUT THE SECURITY,  CYBERSECURITY TO PROTECT OUR  DATA, TO PROTECT OUR SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY. IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE ALSO FOCUSED OUR TIME  THINKING ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOPED  OUR LEADERS AND SO YOU'LL SEE  ECERATE COLLEGE INSTITUTE AND  THE GRANT OFFICE, AS MR. CONNOR  MENTIONED, WE HAVE GOT ALMOST  THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION  DOLLARS WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR  HERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE STRUCTURES IN PLACE TO ENSURE  THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY  MANAGE THESE FUNDS. WE HAVE A GRANT PROJECT  MANAGEMENT OFFICE. PRIORITY 3 IS SUPPORT MENTAL  WELLNESS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, WE  ALSO HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. WE HAVE A CAT GORICAL FROM THE  STATE AND THESE FUNDS WILL  ACTUALLY COMPLIMENT THAT GIVING  US MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO  PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS AS  WELL AS CRISIS TEAM AS WELL AS  CREATING SOMETHING THE  SUPERINTENDENT HAS SEEN WORK  EFFECTIVELY IN ANOTHER DISTRICT  WHICH IS A DROP IN CLINIC WHERE  WE'RE MAKING STAFF AVAILABLE TO  SUPPORT STUDENTS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS  THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE  SUPPORT TO STUDENTS AND A PLACE  FOR STUDENTS TO GO FOR SUPPORT  AND TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. THAT'S A PART OF THIS ALONG WITH OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING  CURRICULUM AND SUPPORTS.

>> THE FOURTH PRIORITY IS  EXTEND, RECOVER AND ACCELERATE  LEARNING. THE GREAT COUNSEL OF CITY  SCHOOLS PROVIDE A LOT OF INSIGHT INTO MAKING THE RIGHT  INVESTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO  CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND  HAVING A SOLID TIER 1  INSTRUCTIONAL CORE IS PARAMOUNT  AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO  ENSURE THAT WE DO THAT. SO YOU'LL SEE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN THE TIER 1 INSTRUCTIONAL  MATERIALS AND A LARGE INVESTMENT IN EXTENDING AND ACCELERATING  THAT BEYOND SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF  SCHOOL HOURS, LEARNING  OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS SUMMER  LEARNING PROGRAM WHICH WE  EXTENDED AND IT WAS ONE OF THE  LARGEST OFFERINGS THE PAST YEAR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT OVER  THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO ENSURE  THAT WE ARE MITIGATING THE  UNFINISHED LEARNING AND OF  COURSE BEYOND JUST BEFORE AND  AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, LARGE  INVESTMENTS THERE TO ENSURE WE  GIVE STUDENTS THE APPROPRIATE  AMOUNT OF TIME TO ADDRESS THAT  UNFINISHED LEARNING. WE KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE  BEST STANDARDS AND TRANSITION  COMING. WE'LL DO A BIG INVESTMENT WITH  TEACHERS AROUND UNDERSTANDING  THOSE STANDARDS AND THEN  ENSURING THAT THEY ARE WELL  EQUIPPED WHEN THEY BEGIN THE  SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAVE ALREADY  STARTED THAT WORK EVEN NOW. WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK OVER  THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AS THE  STANDARDS COME INTO PLACE. YOU CAN SEE HERE CULTURALLY  RELEVANT CLASSROOM LIBRARIES. OUR LIBRARIES NEED TO BE RICH  AND DIVERSE AND WE NEED TO PUT  AN INVESTMENT IN THOSE. WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS AN  INITIATIVE. OUR STEM EXPANSION. LARRY PLANK DID AN OUTSTANDING  JOB WITH STEM IN THE DISTRICTS  BUT WE WANT TO EXTEND THAT TO  ALL SCHOOLS AND USE THIS AS AN  OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE  LEARNING THROUGH STEM  INITIATIVES. GIVING STUDENTS FIELD  EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAVE  LACKED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A  HALF WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN  ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE  HANDS ON REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES  OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. WE THINK AN INVESTMENT THERE IS  DEFINITELY NEEDED. AGAIN, A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS. MAKING SURE WE HAVE PUBLIC  FACING CURRICULUM SUPPORT WHERE  OUR PARENTS WILL BE ENGAGING  THIS BEST STANDARDS TRANSITION  WITH US. HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM AND WHAT RESOURCES TO SUPPORT  THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME WHEN  THEY'RE NOT WITH US. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME  INIT INITIATIVES THERE. WE HAVE PRETTY UNIQUE I INITIATIVES WITH JUNIOR  ACHIEVEMENT AND ACCELERATED  COURSEWORK, MAKING SURE ALL  STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO  ACCELERATED COURSES THROUGH  MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. WE WANT TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES  TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE EXPERIENCES FOR EVERY STUDENT. WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR  NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. OUR STAFF THAT HAS NOT  NECESSARILY IN THE CLASSROOM BUT OBVIOUSLY NEED TO HONE THEIR  SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOB MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE NEVER CAN FORGET  THE ARTS, THE MUSIC, THE P.E.  AND HEALTH AND ALL THOSE THINGS  THAT NEED ENHANCEMENTS WITHIN  OUR DISTRICT, WE IDENTIFIED  INITIATIVES THERE AS WELL. AS WELL AS DUAL LANGUAGE  EXPA EXPANSION.

>> SO AS WE GET TO WHERE WE'RE  ENGAGING FAMILIES, PARENTS AND  STUDENTS, IF YOU NOTICE WE'LL  SEE PARENT ACADEMY THERE AND  THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE  OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TO EDUCATE  THE PARENTS ABOUT THE WORK IN  THE DISTRICT AND THE THINGS THEY CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN  AT HOME. MR. CONNOR REFERRED TO THE BEST  STANDARDS TRAINING FOR STAFF. WE ALSO WANT TO EXPOSE OUR  PARENTS TO THE BEST STANDARDS  TRAINING SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS WILL BE FOR  THEIR STUDENTS' LEARNING. WE'LL ALSO WORK ON IMPROVING OUR COMMUNICATION TO FAMILIES AND  PARENTS. AND TO OUR STUDENTS ALONG WITH  THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT  ATTENDANCE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR  FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE  STUDENTS LEARN, THEY HAVE TO  COME TO SCHOOL SO WE WANT ALL  KIDS IN SCHOOL AND ALSO WORKING  ON WAYS TO ENHANCE OUR MAGNET  PROGRAMS. SO EARLIER I MENTIONED THE AT  RISK POPULATION AND SOME OF THE  THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS ON IS HOW WE'RE GOING  TO SUPPORT OUR PERSISTENTLY LOW  PERFORMING SCHOOLS. I WON'T GO INTO MUCH DETAIL BUT  IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE I  KNOW MS. MCCRAY HAS A SCHEDULED  WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT  PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING  SCHOOLS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY  INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENSURING THAT  THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED BY OUR PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING  SCHOOLS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO  THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION. SO WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THINGS  THAT WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT, ALONG WITH THINGS  TO ADDRESS THE CULTURALLY  RESPONSIVE TEACHING, TRAUMA  INFORMED PRACTICES AMONGST A  NUMBER OF THINGS. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT  SUPPORT OUR PERSISTENTLY LOW  PERFORMING SCHOOLS THAT HAVE  TITLE 1 FUNDS, UNISEC AND TESSA  FUNDS. THIS IS A CHERRY ON TOP TO  ENHANCE THE WORK WITH OUR  PERSISTENTLY LOW PERFORMING  SCHOOLS. FOR SUPPORT AND SUSTAINABILITY. WE HAVE RECOMMENDED TO THE  SUPERINTENDENT A PROJECT  MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AND IN THIS  OFFICE WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE THAT  WILL OVERSEE ALL OF THESE  DOLLARS FOR ESSERS 1, 2, AND 3  AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS  IMPORTANT IS WHAT IS THE RETURN  ON THE INVESTMENT. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE  HOW EFFECTIVE ALL THESE  STRATEGIES ARE THAT WE ACTUALLY  INVEST IN. WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECT  MANAGERS THAT WILL BE REPURPOSED FROM DIFFERENT DIVISIONS BASED  ON THE SPECIFIC STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE OR INITIATIVE. HERE YOU SEE JUST A QUICK  RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE FOR THE  PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE. AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE  ACCOUNTANTS THAT WILL WORK WITH  THE ESSER FUNDS AND CLOSELY WITH THE BUSINESS.

>>Lynn Gray: WITH OUR NEW  ADVISORY, FINANCE ADVISORY.

>> YES, MA'AM. I WILL STATE AT THIS TIME THAT  IT IS OUR HOPE, IT'S OUR  EXPECTATION OF OUR OWN WORK THAT WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT AND THAT  WE WILL FLOW EVERYTHING THROUGH  THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN  THROUGH THE ADVISORY. HERE YOU'LL SEE HOW WE  STRUCTURED IT TO ENSURE THAT  EVERYTHING IS CROSS-DIVISIONAL. YOU'LL SEE IT TASK FORCE IN THE  CENTER. AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THOSE AREAS  THAT ARE A PART OF THE BUSINESS  OFFICE, SPECIAL REVENUE AND  PROCUREMENT THAT WILL BE VERY  INTIMATELY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK. FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, WE WILL  ABSOLUTELY GET STAKEHOLDER  INPUT. IT'S A REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE  ALREADY DESIGNED, CREATED A  SURVEY THAT WE WILL BE MAKING  AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR  STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEM TO WEIGH  IN ON HOW THEY THINK WE SHOULD  PRIORITIZE THE USE OF THESE  FU FUNDS. HERE YOU SEE A SAMPLE OF OUR NEW ESSER DAS  DASHBOARD. THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT AND  WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. JUST AS WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE REFERENDUM DOLLARS, WE WILL ALSO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT  ALL OF OUR ESSER FUNDS. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT,  FOR ENSURING THIS HAPPENED. THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD  REIMBURSING ELIGIBLE EXPENSES TO USING OUR ADVANCED LUMP SUM. AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL GATHER  STAKEHOLDER INPUT. WE'RE BEING TO WITH THE GRANTS  TEAM AND THE ESSER TEAM, DEVELOP THE GRAND NARRATIVE AND BUDGET  THAT WILL BE DUE FOR ESSER 2 ON  AUGUST 12. WE WILL GET THE PROJECT  MANAGEMENT OFFICE -- PROJECT  MANAGEMENT LAUNCHED AND UP AND  RUNNING ALONG WITH THE WEBSITE  WITH OUR DASHBOARD AND WE WILL  ALWAYS SHARE OUR PROGRESS WITH  THE BOARD, THE STAFF, AND THE  COMMUNITY.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU,  MS. BROWN, AND THANK YOU,  MR. CONNOR. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR  GRANTS DEPARTMENT, MS. PLACO AND GREG CARNELO? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ITALIAN  OR NOT. IT IS? OKAY. I'M HALF ITALIAN SO I FIGURED IT WAS. SO SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, VERY  SLEPT COMPREHENSIVE JOB. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO  YOU HAVE A FINAL STATEMENT AND  THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO A  QUESTION OR TWO FROM THE BOARD  MEMBERS?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THE BIGGEST THING IS THE TASK  FORCE DEVELOPING AROUND ESSER IS REALLY PUSHING THE CABINET  MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF MEMBER  TO DEFEND HOW THEY EXPECT TO  SPEND MONEY AND HOW IT WILL  IMPACT CHILDREN AND BUILD THE  CAPACITY OF THE WORKFORCE AS  WELL. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND,  YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND EMBRACED AND  SOME DENIED BASED ON ALIGNMENT  TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE DOLLARS ARE  ONE-TIME DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO  ALLOW US TO TRANSFORM AND  ACCELERATE, YOU KNOW, THIS  ENTIRE ORGANIZATION IN SO MANY  DIFFERENT MANNERS SO WE NEEDED  TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE BUT LOOKING AT EXTENDING  LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE  AND DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL AND  HOW TO OFFER VIRTUAL TUTORING  THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY,  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE  GOING TO BE QUARANTINED, BEING  ABLE TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW, ELL,  YOU KNOW, RESOURCES FOR OUR  STUDENTS AND INCLUSIVE MANNER  AND AS MR. CONNOR SAID, WITH THE STEAM AND STEM APPROACH BEING  ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERY  ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT MINIMUM IN PRE-K-8 HAVE AN  OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN  ROBOTICS AND CODE AND DESIGN AND BEING ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND  THE FIELD EXPERIENCES FOR ME IS  MAJOR. SOME OF THE KIDS HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE AQUARIUM. NEVER BEEN TO THE MUSEUM. NEVER BEEN TO THE ART MUSEUM SO  WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE  THESE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES SO  WHEN THEY'RE EXPOSED TO CODE, I  MEAN, COLD READS AND GENERAS  THEY'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH  CONTENT AND BEING ABLE TO BE  SUCCESSFUL AND THOUGHTFUL AND  THE BIGGEST THING I THOUGHT WAS  THIS MONEY ALLOWS US TO REGAIN  TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY BY  ACTIVATING A PARENT ACADEMY THAT REALLY GETS OUR PARENTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE  EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND HOW WE  HELP THEM NOT ONLY WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN THE FOUR WALLS WE CALL  THE CLASSROOM BUT HOW CAN WE  HELP THE COMMUNICATE AND HOW  THEY TRANSITION FROM PRE-K TO  12th GRADE.

>>Lynn Gray: AND JUST SO THE  BOARD UNDERSTANDS AND ME  INCLUDED, THESE ARE PROPOSALS  FOR THE MOST PART? YOU'RE SHARING THEM?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. FOR INPUT AND INSIGHT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN NOW  BUT IT CAN HAPPEN OVER THE  COMING WEEKS AS WE CONTINUE TO  WAIT FOR THE MONEY.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, WE GENERALLY  LEAVE THE LAST HALF HOUR FOR  WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO TALK  ABOUT, SO I'LL LET YOU ALL  DECIDE. WE HAVE QUESTIONS. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IF YOU CAN  LIMIT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND  HAVE ANY FURTHER, SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, MR. CONNOR, MS. BROWN,  WILL DEFINITELY BE AVAILABLE. SO WITH THE SAME ORDER, MEMBER  WASHINGTON AND THEN MEMBER  VAUGHN AND THEN WE'LL GO TO  SNIVELY AND COMBS AND PEREZ AND  HAHN. AND THEN IF WE ARE SATISFIED  WE'LL GO INTO OUR ANYTHING YOU  WANT TO TALK ABOUT PART OF THE  BOARD MEETING UNTIL NOON. GO AHEAD.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington:  THANK YOU, MADAM SHARE. ALSO, THANK YOU MR. CONNOR,  MS. BROWN, VERY WELL. DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT  PRESENTATION. AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE FOCUS  POINTS ON THE LOW PERFORMING  SCHOOLS, THE ONE THING I WOULD  LIKE TO HAVE DONE, AND I THINK  IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THIS LOOKS  REALLY GOOD ON PAPER BUT I THINK WE NEED -- ONCE WE START  INITIATING THESE PROGRAMS INTO  THE SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO HAVE A  MONTHLY REPORT AT THE BOARD TO  KNOW HOW WELL WE'RE DOING. I CAME IN WITH 22 SCHOOLS. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT OF  HERE WITH 22 ON A LOW PERFORMING LIST.

>>Addison Davis: YES, SIR.

>>Henry "Shake" Washington: I  WANT TO WORK REALLY HARD WITH  STUDENTS TO HAVE SUCCESS IN  THESE SCHOOLS BECAUSE ALL THE  TIME, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS REALLY GREAT. BUT WE GOT TO DO IT AND GET THE  JOB DONE SO WE WON'T HAVE THE  LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. IT'S 39 AND 22 IS IN MY AREA AND I DID MAKE MYSELF A PROMISE TO  ME TO SHAKE WASHINGTON THAT WHEN I LEAVE I WANT SINGLE DIGITS OR  LESS. WE'LL BE WORKING REALLY HARD TO  MAKE THIS DISTRICT 5 ONE OF THE  BEST DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY. SO IT LOOKS GOOD. AGAIN, I LIKE THE  MONTHLY -- HAVE THE MONTHLY  REPORT. I LIKE TO START AS SOON AS  POSSIBLE BECAUSE TIME IS RUNNING AND WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON  PROGRESSING SO THE STUDENTS WILL BE ON TOP. I LIKE THE RECOVERY BECAUSE I  KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS  IN DISTRICT 5 THAT NEEDS TO WORK ON THE RECOVERY PROCESS AND I  THINK ONCE WE GO BACK TO BRICK  AND MORTAR, THIS SHOULD BE  ACCOMPLISHED SO I THANK YOU AND  I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO  MAKING THE PROGRESS IN DISTRICT  5.

>>Addison Davis: YES, SIR. THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE'LL MAKE  CERTAIN THAT MS. MCCRAY AND HER  TEAM UNDERSTAND THE  EXPECTATIONS. WE HAVE THE SAME ASPIRATIONS TO  MOVE THE NEEDLE AND WE WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE  THE MONTHLY REPORTS, WE EMBED IT IN A WORKSHOP OR INTO MY  SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE EVERY  MONTH TO THE BOARD.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S SUCH A GREAT POINT, MEMBER WASHINGTON, THAT  WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE  BALL AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MEMBER VAUGHN?

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME  WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I DO  HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO LET'S TRY TO DO A QUICK ROUND ROBIN HERE. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR  THIS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE ESSER  DASHBOARD. I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND THE PRESENTATION GIVES US A GOOD  IDEA. ONE, I KNOW YOU SAID,  MR. CONNOR, THAT WE HAD CREPTS  IN ADDITION TO ESSER FUND THAT  HELPED US. ARE THOSE MOSTLY FEDERAL OR  STATE FUNDS?

>> THOSE WERE EXTENSIONS FROM  THE CARES ACT SO FEDERAL FUNDING PASSED THROUGH THE STATE.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I'M NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING. SO FOR LIKE, ESSERS 2  ORIGINALLY, IT WAS JUST WE WERE  APPLYING AND NOW IS IT THEY'VE  DECIDED AT THE STATE LEVEL THERE ARE CATEGORIES WE HAVE TO  INDIVIDUALLY APPLY FOR? IS THAT A CHANGE AND IS THAT  AGAIN BEING MANDATED AT THE  STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL?

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. THROUGH THE CHAIR, WHEN WE  PRESENTED ESSER 2 WE IDENTIFIED  BUCKETS IN WHICH THE $100  MILLION CAME INTO. IN THE BUCKETS, OUR ROLE AND  RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO WHEN WE  APPLIED, IT'S TO SHOW HOW WE'D  LEVERAGE EACH OF THE BUCKETS AND WHAT WE'D DO FOR APPROVAL IN THE PROCESS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: SO THE STATE  IS SAYING THESE ARE THE BUCKETS  AND THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO  APPLY. THEY'RE MANDATING HOW WE SPEND  THIS.

>>Addison Davis: THAT IS  CORRECT.

>>Jessica Vaughn: FOR ESSERS 3,  ARE THEY DOING THE SAME THING OR WE DON'T KNOW YET?

>> ALL WE KNOW IS 20% HAS TO BE  DESIGNATED TO LEARNING LOSS BUT  THE STATE PROBABLY COULD PUT  MORE CATEGORIES WHEN THEY PASS  THE MONEY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.

>> OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ADD THE  STATE OF HOW WE SPEND THIS. I REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR AN  UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES SUGGESTED THAT WE  SPENT AND UTILIZE THE MONEY TO  DO A COMPARISON SINCE THEY ARE  THE ONES WHO HAVE GIVEN US THE  MONEY AND PASSED THAT DOWN. DO WE HAVE INFORMATION IN  COMPARISON WHEN THEY ENACTED THE COVID RELIEF GRANTS? THEY HAD LOTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE SPEND AND WHERE WE  PRIORITIZE IT. HAVE WE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED  THAT TO HOW THE STATE SUGGESTS  WE SPEND THIS?

>>Addison Davis: GO AHEAD. YOU CAN COME AND SPEAK TO IT. HONESTLY, IT TRULY DOES MATCH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOSING FOR  TECHNOLOGY, LOOKING AT  ADDRESSING THE LEARNING LOSS AND COVID EXPENDITURES,  OVERARCHINGLY THEY DO KIND OF  LINK TOGETHER RELATED TO  EXPECTATIONS. I HAVE SENT EVERY CHANCE WE GET  FROM ESSER INFORMATION, I SEND  TO THE BOARD AND THAT'S MONTHS  AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO  RELATED TO WHAT ESSER 1 AND 2 IS DEFINED AS AND POTENTIALLY  THREE. MS. PLACO, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS  ANY?

>> ACTUALLY MS. BROWN COVERED  TH THAT.

>>Addison Davis: IT'S A CLAP ON  PROBABLY.

>>Jessica Vaughn: WE CAN HEAR  YOU.

>>Addison Davis: IT'S OKAY.

>> IN MS. BROWN'S PRESENTATION  SHE COVERED THAT IN SOME OF THE  SLIDES. THEY WERE THE ASSURANCE SLIDES  SO THERE WERE 16 ITEMS. THOSE ARE ALL ALLOWABLE USES OF  ESSER 1, 2 AND 3 FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE  SLIDE NUMBERS. (OFF MICROPHONE) WE MADE SURE TO ALIGN THE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS  WITH THE ASSURANCES.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THAT HELPS BECAUSE I DID HAVE  QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ASSURANCES. PAGE 25 TALKING ABOUT THINGS  WE'LL BE DOING IN THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS MORE SAFE, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I NOTICE ONE OF THEM IS FOR A  WATER FILLING STATION WHICH I  KNOW WE USED A LOT OF THE ESSERS 1 TO ALREADY ADDRESS. SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND  HAVE WE NOT GOTTEN ALL THE  SCHOOLS? ARE WE ANTICIPATING A LOT MORE? WHERE DOES THAT GO IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE ALREADY SPENT AND TO  WHAT WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE  CHAIR, I'LL SPEAK TO THIS ONE. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS. YOU CAN COME ON UP, CHRIS, IF I  GET SOMETHING WRONG. WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS RELATED TO SWITCHING OUT THE WATER  COOLERS IN THE SCHOOLS. THIS IS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT SIDE OF IT. BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE ESSER 2  TO BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE US FOR  USING WHETHER IT'S CAPITAL  MONEY, GENERAL FUND MONEY TO  MAKE THAT A REALITY. THIS IS GOING BACK. WE ORIGINALLY FROM ESSER 1, WE  SPENT ESSER 1 IN LIKE, 30  SECONDS AND THE FRONT HALF OF  SOME OF THE ESSER 2 HAS BEEN  SPENT IN THE SAME TIME FRAME. THIS IS GOING BACK TO REIMBURSE  THE PROJECT.

>>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY.

>>Christopher Farkas: I WANT TO  MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. DON'T MISLEAD THE BOARD. WE PUT FIVE TO TEN WATER  TOUCHLESS REFILLABLE STATIONS IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. THAT'S DONE. THERE IS A REIMBURSEMENT. THERE IS A PROJECT TO RETROFIT  ALL THE WATER FOUNTAINS. MOST THERE IS A WATER FOUNTAIN  IN BETWEEN EACH CLASSROOM. THERE IS A BREAKUP. THE FIRST IS TO MAKE SURE THEY  HAVE THE FIVE TO SEVEN IN THE  AREAS AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK  INTO THE CLASSROOMS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THEN ON PAGE  41 TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT  MANAGEMENT OFFICE, I NOTICED  MANY OF THESE HAVE BEEN  REPURPOSED POSITIONS. HOWEVER, THE DIRECTOR OF GRANT  PROJECT MANAGEMENT, IS THAT A  NEW POSITION WE'RE CREATING? I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE  HAVE NEW POSITIONS BEING CREATED IN THE DISTRICT.

>> YES, MA'AM. IT'S A NEW POSITION CREATED AND  FUNDED THROUGH THE ESSER DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY. SO WHEN THAT -- WHEN THE ESSER  FUND SUNSET IN 2024, THAT  POSITION WILL ALSO SUNSET.

>>Jessica Vaughn: OKAY. MY LAST QUESTION IS WE  CONTINUALLY TALK ABOUT ENGAGING  STAKEHOLDERS AND MAKING SURE  THEY HAVE A VOICE IN THIS. WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS  SPECIFICALLY AND HOW ARE WE  ENGAGING THEM?

>> SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE  THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILY,  COMMUNITY, BUSINESS PARTNERS,  ANYONE THAT HAS HAD ANY INTEREST IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE -- AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE CREATED A  SURVEY AND THAT IS ONE WAY THAT  WE WILL BE SEEKING INPUT FROM  OUR STAKEHOLDERS BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE, AS MANY STAKEHOLDERS, AS MANY FOLKS  INTERESTED AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL NOT PUT LIMITS ON WHO  CAN COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND PUSH THAT OUT VIA OUR WEBSITE.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU.

>>Addison Davis: WE ALSO POLLED  OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT  PRINCIPALS AND THEY GAVE US  FEEDBACK TO IDENTIFY THE  INITIATIVES TO PRESENT TODAY.

>>Jessica Vaughn: WILL WE HAVE  ACCESS TO THAT?

>>Addison Davis: WE CAN DO THAT.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER  VAUGHN. MEMBER SNIVELY?

>>Melissa Snively: I DON'T  REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS  MUCH AS JUST A COMMENT ON THE  PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY THOROUGH  AND APPRECIATE THE  ACCOUNTABILITY FEATURES TOWARDS  THE END OF THE PRESENTATION  BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF  COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO  BE ASKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THESE DOLLARS THAT  WE'RE SPENDING ARE EFFECTIVE AND REPORTING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, RECORDING BACK TO STAKEHOLDERS  AND THE BOARD AND AS TO THE  IMPACT THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE  ACTUALLY HAVING AND A MEASURED  IMPACT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT  LEVEL AND THEN THANK YOU FOR  THE -- MR. WASHINGTON MAKING  THAT RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S REGULARLY REPORTED  AT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE  MAKING WITH OUR STRUGGLING  SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS  WE'RE MAKING WITH THE ESSER  FUNDS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND I  THINK THAT I KNOW WE TALKED  ABOUT THE SUSPENDED AGENDA A FEW TIMES. WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I ASKED MY SECRETARY TO RUN DOWN THE LAST HARD COPY THE LAST  SUSPENDED AGENDA THE BOARD HAS  USED. BUT I THINK THERE IS A  RECOMMENDATION TO ADD TO THE  SUSPENDED AGENDA BOARD MEETINGS  AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THAT  TO THE BOARD MEETING THIS  AFTERNOON AND MR. WASHINGTON MAY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD IT  TO THE SUSPENDED AGENDA THIS  AFTERNOON MAYBE MR. PORTER COULD ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE  PRESENTATION. THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I'M LOWINGING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WE  NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CHALLENGING WATERS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: YEAH. THAT'S SO WELL SAID. THE SUSPENDED AGENDA WAS OUR  VEHICLE TO REMIND OURSELVES WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT  NEEDS TO BE CONTINUALLY TALKED  ABOUT SO I THINK THAT'S VERY  PROMINENT REQUEST THAT WE'LL  CARRY THROUGH. THANKS, MEMBER SNIVELY. MEMBER COMBS?

>>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR  GRAY. I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE  TIME, SO I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO  PULL, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN WITH  ALL OF YOU TO DISCUSS THIS. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WHEN I  RECEIVED THIS LOOKING OVER IT,  TABBING, ASKING QUESTIONS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, I LOVE -- I MEAN, I  APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND WORK AND EFFORT THAT EVERYONE PUT  FOREWORD. I THINK THE ESSER DASHBOARD IS  GREAT. I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF  AREA WHERE WE CAN HAVE TEACHERS  AND STAKEHOLDERS GIVE ADVICE OR  FEEDBACK ON THINGS WE COULD  SPEND THE MONEY. SOMETHING LIVE THAT WE'RE NOT  JUST GETTING THE PRINCIPALS OR  INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BUT, YOU  KNOW, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THE  UNION AND ENGAGING WITH TEACHERS AND WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THE  COMMUNITY. I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I HAVE  ALREADY ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY  MEMBERS AND ASKED THEM WHERE DO  YOU THINK? THIS IS KIND OF A TURNING  SOMETHING REALLY BAD INTO  SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAN IMPACT OUR DISTRICT FOR DECADES TO  COME. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY PENNY AND  I REALLY WANT TO SEE MUCH MORE  ENGAGEMENT. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO SOME OF THE MEETINGS. I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S  HAPPENING, WHERE WE'RE SPENDING  MONEY AND ALSO TO REALLY LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC LEARNING LOSS. I REALLY WANT TO SEE THE  DETAILS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT EARLY  SATURDAY SCHOOLS? WHAT STUDENTS ARE WE IMPACTING? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,  I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF MONEY  BEING SPENT ON TANGIBLE THINGS  THAT TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD ARE STILL HERE, BOOKS, NOVELS. I'M GLAD WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON CULTURALLY SENSITIVE BOOKS BUT  OVERALL ON COMPUTERS AND  TECHNOLOGY SO SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS  THAT WILL BE HERE FOR ONE YEAR  AND THEN GONE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT  I SAW, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 36,  YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING  ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAGNET PROGRAM  ENHANCEMENTS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HERE WE ARE PRIOR TO THIS  MEETING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT  LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS. ARE THEY IMPACTFUL? SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT  NOT ONLY JUST FOR NEXT YEAR OR  TWO YEARS BUT WHERE IS THE  DIRECTION IS THIS DISTRICT GOING TO AND WHERE ARE WE SPENDING THE MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO  SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE CHANGING OUR  VISION. ANOTHER PART IS PAGE 37. I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE  LOOKING AT $7.5 MILLION BEING  SPENT ON THE EXTERNAL OPERATOR  CONTRACT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN WE DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY? ARE WE SPENDING IT ON COMPUTER  PROGRAMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW,  JUST HERE FOR A YEAR ORTWO  YEARS. I'M GLAD TO RECEIVE THIS  INFORMATION BUT I REALLY WANT TO DELVE VERY DEEP. I WANT TO BE VERY ENGAGED. I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GET  TEACHERS, PARENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DIFFERENT  ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED  BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT  COULD CHANGE AS I SAID FOR  DECADES OR, YOU KNOW, THREE  YEARS LATER WE COULD BE EXACTLY  WHERE WE ARE. I ALSO THINK IF WE CAN  RECLASSIFY ANYTHING AND I WANT  TO BE CONSERVATIVE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THE FUND,  YOU KNOW, BUDGET OR BALANCE  REMAINS STRONG AND GOES AS HIGH  AS WE CAN. I THINK WE CAN'T JUST SPEND,  SPEND, SPEND. I THINK WE NEED TO BE THOUGHT,  YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT EACH PENNY SPENT AND IF WE'RE PUTTING  PEOPLE INTO SCHOOLS, IS THAT  SHORT-TERM? WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE REALLY  LONG-TERM. AND SOME OF THE BIG, BIG ITEMS  BEING SPENT HERE, I REALLY WANT  TO GO INTO REALLY INTO DELVED  INTO DEEPER LIKE PAGE 32. I SEE SUCH  SUPPLEMENTAL  INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE. ALMOST $30 MILLION ON THAT. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR KIDS OR STUDENTS LONG-TERM? THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I  WANT TO DELVE DEEP INTO, AND AS  I SAID, I SPENT SEVERAL HOURS ON THIS AND WILL PROBABLY SPEND THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON THIS AND  IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: AND JUST SHARING  REAL QUICK, MS. BROWN, DO YOU  HAVE TEACHERS IN THAT GROUP THAT ARE -- THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT  TO BECAUSE I HEARD THE  LITANY -- I MEAN, THE LIST.

>> RIGHT. SO THE TASK FORCE, NO. TEACHERS WILL BE A PART OF THE  INPUT, YES.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I HEARD WORKING WITH THE UNION  AND ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL ENGAGE THE UNION.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. THANK YOU.

>>Nadia Combs: THE OTHER THING  IS, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE  LOOK AT OUR DATA AND EVERYTHING  THAT WE HAVE WORK TO DO WITH OUR ESE POPULATION AND THERE IS A  LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN  PROVIDE. OUR SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, I'M  TALKING ABOUT TANGIBLE THINGS  THAT CAN HELP LONG-TERM FOR  CHILDREN. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU  KNOW, MORE OF THAT. I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT BUT MORE OF THAT REALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO  DETAIL AND I THINK THE MOST  IMPORTANT THING IS TO DO MORE  ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S  GREAT THAT YOU HAD A HUGE  CABINET AND YOU -- WE SPENT A  LOT OF TIME BUT I HONESTLY WOULD PROBABLY ATTENDED THE MEETINGS  SO THAT'S HOW INTERESTED I AM  AND I THINK OTHER MEMBERS AND  TEACHERS WOULD HAVE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, EVEN RETIRED TEACHERS. I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED BEST IN  SCHOOLS AND SOMETIMES SOME  PEOPLE ARE SO REMOVED THAT THEY  KIND OF FORGET WHAT EXACTLY WE  NEED AND EVERY SCHOOL WILL BE A  LITTLE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: POINTS WELL SAID. THANK YOU. MEMBER PEREZ? MEMBER PEREZ? IS SHE THERE? MEMBER HAHN, ARE YOU THERE? MEMBER PEREZ, GO AHEAD. I'M TRYING TO GET BOTH OF YOU,  IT LOOKS LIKE BUT MEMBER PEREZ  IS BACK ON TEAMS. GO AHEAD, MEMBER PEREZ.

>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU FOR  YOUR TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT  INTO THIS PRESENTATION. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IN LINE WITH MEMBER COMBS  QUESTION, WILL THIS BE PART OF  THE FUNDING THAT THE FINANCE  ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS FOLLOWING?

>>Addison Davis: THROUGH THE  CHAIR, THE FINANCE ADVISORY  COUNSEL COMMITTEE CAN LOOK AT  ANY FINANCES. THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN  CONTINUE TO KEEP IN FRONT OF  THEM AND PROVIDE UPDATES SO THEY STAY ABREAST OF HOW WE'RE  SPENDING EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY  CENT AND SEEK ANY TYPE OF  ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION THAT  MAY COME DOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FULLY  TRANSPARENT WITH EVERY ONE OF  OUR DOLLARS AND HAVE NO PROBLEM  MAKING THAT A PART OF THE  CONVERSATION.

>>Karen Perez: PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALSO ON PAGE 27, WITH THE  BANDWIDTH INCREASE, I NOTICED  THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT FOR THE  23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. AND IT'S OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INCREASE IN THE ECONOMY,  UNDERSTANDING CONTINUING NOT TO  HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY OR  INTERNET, WHY THE CUT-OFF AT THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR?

>>Addison Davis: SO HERE WITH  THE INTERNET BANDWIDTH, THIS IS  ALL ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN  ALL OUR SCHOOLS. TO MAKE CERTAIN BECAUSE RIGHT  NOW, I BELIEVE ABOUT THREE TO  FIVE YEARS AGO THERE WAS  INFRASTRUCTURE PUT INTO SOME OF  THE SCHOOLS AND OPENLY THAT  CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T  ALLOW US TO BE EFFICIENT. SO WHAT JEREMY AND HIS TEAM  REALLY IDENTIFIED ARE AREAS THAT NEED IMMEDIATE CONCENTRATION AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO A TWO-YEAR  TIME FRAME TO BLITZ THE SCHOOLS  AND PUT THE NECESSARY FIBERS,  YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY SO THAT  WE CAN WORK IN AFFLUENT  SITUATION. WE'LL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE STARTING IMMEDIATELY  BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN  INEFFICIENT. THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS  WHERE OUR TEACHERS DON'T GET  CONTINUOUSLY KICKED OFF AND  THERE IS CONTINUED COMMUNICATION NOT ONLY WITHIN EACH STRUCTURE  BUT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND  EACH SCHOOL SO THAT OUR KIDS  WITH CONTINUE TO COMPETE.

>>Karen Perez: AWESOME. OKAY. JUST TRYING TO GET OUR KID BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR LEVELS  ESPECIALLY AFTER LEARNING LOSS  DURING COVID, AND WE DON'T KNOW  WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS  FALL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MEMBER  PEREZ. MEMBER HAHN?

>>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, MEMBER  GRAY. THANKS TO MS. BROWN AND HER TEAM FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION  THIS MORNING. I'M GLAD TO SEE A COLLABORATIVE  EFFORT APPROACH YOU'RE TAKING  AND WORKING WITH DIVISION LEADS. I'M SURE THOSE DIVISION LEADS  WHETHER THEY OVERSEE SCHOOLS OR  OTHER AREAS OF THE ORGANIZATION  A ARE, YOU KNOW, DRILLING DOWN TO  THEIR NEXT LEVEL TO PRINCIPALS  AND TEACHERS TO GET THEIR INPUT. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEEDED  AS MEMBER COMBS ADDED. I ALSO AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE DASHBOARD.

>>Lynn Gray: I BET YOU ARE.

>>Stacy Hahn: I'VE HAD -- I'VE  HAD THE -- A FEW SNEAK PEEKS  OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS AND  JEREMY HAS REALLY DONE A  PHENOMENAL JOB ON THE DASHBOARD  SO I KNOW THE PUBLIC WILL BE  EXCITED TO SEE IT. I WANT TO THANK THE  SUPERINTENDENT FOR PUTTING  ACTION STEPS TO MY REQUEST FOR  THIS DASHBOARD A FEW MONTHS AGO  AND FOR JEREMY AND HIS TEAM FOR  THEIR CREATION OF IT, AND I  DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO  GO LIVE WITH IT, BUT IT'S VERY  IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO  KNOW EXACTLY HOW SPENDING IS  OCCURRING WITH THIS AMOUNT OF  MONEY. I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THE MAP OF  THE STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE  THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO MOVE THE  NEEDLE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THE E EMPHASIS ON AT-RISK STUDENTS,  THAT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A HUGE  IMPACT ON SPECIFICALLY OUR 39  STRUGGLING SCHOOLS BUT ALSO  CONTINUE THE -- THE MONEY THAT  YOU'RE SPENDING AND THE WAYS  YOU'RE SPEBDING IT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL SCHOOLS ACROSS  OUR DISTRICT AND THE PARENT  ENGAGEMENT PIECE, I WAS GLAD TO  SEE MEMBER WASHINGTON AND OTHER  SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SAID THIS  MORNING IT'S BEEN SO ESSENTIAL  TO STUDENT OUTCOMES. MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S AN AREA  MEMBER PEREZ HAS BEEN  CHAMPIONING. THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD,  AND I HAD THIS QUESTION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AROUND TELEMENTAL HEALTH. ONE THING I HEAR FROM  CONST CONSTITUENTS, PARENTS AND  STUDENTS, IS THE PROCESS TO GET  SER SERVICES, YOU ARE TO GO THROUGH  A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OR SOCIAL  WORKER AND SOMETIMES THERE IS A  TWO-WEEK LAG BEFORE SERVICES CAN BE RECEIVED AND THE ACCESS OR  LACK OF ON WEEKENDS, EVENINGS,  HOLIDAYS, SUMMER, TELE-MENTAL  HEALTH WOULD PROVIDE -- WOULD  KNOCK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS I JUST DESCRIBED AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE  ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET  MENTAL HEALTH. THEY WOULD HAVE THE TELE-NUMBER  AND BE ABLE TO CALL WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY WHO  IS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH  CRISIS, IT CAN ESCALATE RATHER  QUICKLY. SO EVEN WAITING 24 HOURS  SOMETIMES IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE  MENTAL HEALTH OF AN ADULT OR  CHILD. WITH THE USE OF THE TELE-MENTAL  HEALTH, WHICH SOME ARE FREE  SERVICES BECAUSE THEY GET  REIMBURSED THROUGH INSURANCE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS, THEY CAN TURN  WITHIN 24 HOURS AND GENERATE THE REPORT TO THE SCHOOL SO THE  GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL  WORKERS CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEAL STUDENT. SO I'D JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TALK  ABOUT BEING INNOVATIVE. I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME OF THESE  BARRIERS THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT  FROM CONSTITUENTS KNOCKED DOWN  AND MAYBE THE ESSER MONEY IS  SOMETHING THAT CAN CREATE THAT  FOR OUR STUDENTS AND BE LONG  SUSTAINING LIKE MS. COMBS SAID. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO  APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY THIS SHOULD PROBABLY  BE ON THE SUSPENDED AGENDA IF WE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE  IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED  TO BE UPDATED ON RATHER  FREQUENTLY AND MAKE SURE, YOU  KNOW, THAT WE'RE STILL ON TRACK  WITH OUR FINANCIAL PLAN TO MAKE  SURE THAT THIS DISTRICT IS  HEADING IN A HEALTHIER FISCAL  DIRECTION. THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: WELL SAID, MEMBER  HAHN. I JUST WILL PIGGY BACK ON SOME  OF THE COMMENTS. I'M VERY RELIEVED AND I KNOW THE CONSTITUENTS WILL BE, THE  CHILDREN, PRINCIPALS ESPECIALLY  WILL BE RELIEVED TO SEE THAT THE ACTUAL PERSONALITY OF THEIR  SCHOOLS WILL BE RETURNED TO  THEM, AND WE'RE TALKING THE  ARTS, MUSIC, WE'RE ALSO TALKING  EXCELLENT DIVERSE LIBRARIES. WE'RE ALSO TALK ING THE DUAL  LANGUAGE WHICH IS THE ELL  POPULATION SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE  EXPANDING DIVERSITY TREMENDOUSLY WITH A LOT OF THESE INITIATIVES  AND I HAD A QUESTION TO THE  DIVERSITY WHEN WE MENTIONED  SPECIAL POPULATIONS ON PAGE 19,  SO ARE WE ENGAGING MONICA  VERATURADO IN TERMS OF SPECIAL  POPULATIONS. THE QUESTION ALSO THE ADJUNCT IS HOW MUCH IS SHE ENGAGED WITH THE EXECUTION OF SOME OF THESE GOALS AS IT RELATES TO DIVERSITY. YEAH, MS. BROWN, THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY INVOLVED AS A  MEMBER OF THE CABINET. SHE IS AT EVERY ONE OF THE TASK  FORCE MEETINGS. WHENEVER SHE CAN BE THERE. SHE EVEN CALLED IN BEFORE WHEN  SHE'S BEEN OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS BUT SHE  ALSO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,  MS. ELAINEA GARCIA. SHE ALSO WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY AND CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY  WITH KIM WORKMAN WITH ESE  POPULATIONS AND ALSO AVAILS  HERSELF TO MS. MCCRAY WORKING  WITH THE STUDENTS AT RISK  ACADEMLY AND MAY HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS. SO TO YOUR QUESTION, HOW  INVOLVED IS DR. EEVATURADO? EXTREMELY INVOLVED.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S GOOD TO  KNOW. AS I SAID TO HER AND  SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, I WOULD  LIKE OUR DISTRICT TO BE THE  NUMBER ONE DIVERSITY DISTRICT IN THE NATION AND PAYING ATTENTION  TO THAT AND THANK YOU, LISA, FOR GETTING ALL THESE GRANTS AND  MR. CONNOR FOR EXTENDING THE  AFRICAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE, ALL THESE ARE INITIATIVES THAT WILL  MAKE THE SCHOOLS REPRESENT THE  ACTUAL POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE  SERVING AND THAT IS  SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS AND THIS IS TIPPING THE HAT TO YOU AS WELL  FOR AFFORDING THIS REPLICATION  OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION. WE'RE GIVING SCHOOLS BACK THEIR  PERSONALITY AND GETTING BACK TO  ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE OTHER  THING AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE  DONE. YES, MS. BROWN, WE WORKED ON THE TRAUMA-BASED SCHOOLS AND  ACTUALLY MEMBER PEREZ, I BELIEVE MS. HAHN WAS THERE. WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON  TRAUMA-BASED SCHOOLS. WE BROUGHT IN THE NATIONAL  DROPOUT PREVENTION CENTER. A LOT OF FOOTWORK DONE WITH ONE  SCHOOL. DO YOU HAVE A VISION AND PERHAPS SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS MAY SAY  SOMETHING. MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE PROBABLY MORE THAN 63% OF OUR STUDENTS  HAVE HAD ADVERSE CHILDHOOD  EXPERIENCES, FORMS OF TRAUMA,  ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID. SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THAT? I SEE THE LIST. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN  PARTICULAR? ARE WE JUST GOING TO SAY THAT'S  THE END, PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY,  WE'RE DONE WITH THAT PROGRAM.

>> WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD A  MEETING WITH MR. TODD DAGGET.

>>Lynn Gray: GOOD.

>> NATIONAL DROPOUT PREVENTION. WE ARE -- I INTRODUCED HIM TO  MS. BAYS WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING  STUDENT SERVICES WHO WILL NOW  REALLY TAKE ON AND FIGURE OUT  WAYS WE CAN EXPAND MORE OF THE  TRAINING AND MORE OF THE WORK  WITH THE NATIONAL DROPOUT  PREVENTION ORGANIZATION SO THAT  WE ARE ABLE TO FULLY ADDRESS THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES, ADVERSE  CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT  OCCURRED IN STUDENTS SINCE WE  HAVE BEEN IN THE PANDEMIC. SO YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO  EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK  WITH THE NATIONAL DROPOUT  PREVENTION ORGANIZATION AND  CUSTOMIZE SPECIFICALLY TO MEET  THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND  OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION  IS YES, MA'AM. MS. BAYS WILL BE WORKING WITH  THEM AND HAVE ALREADY REACHED  OUT AND BEEN CONNECTED AND WE  WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE  TRAINING TO OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS AROUND TRAUMA SO  THEY'RE A RESOURCE WITHIN EACH  OF OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY TO  ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR  STUDENTS AS IT RELATES TO ANY  TYPE OF TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

>>Lynn Gray: THAT'S A GREAT  ANSWER. I CHUCKLE, MS. BAYS, BECAUSE YOU AND I BOTH CHUCKLE WHEN WE SEE  ALL THE HATS YOU WEAR AND WE  JUST GAVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. I THINK I GAVE HER A FEW THE  OTHER DAY. LAST, MR. P.E. FORMER COACH, WHY IS THERE ONLY 0.15 AMOUNT OF  MONEY GIVEN IN YOUR PLAN TO  HEALTH AND P.E.? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT  NOW. I'LL GET ON TO YOU LATER.

>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

>>Lynn Gray: OH, OKAY.

>> SO OUR SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH IS  INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH  IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE  INITIATIVES SHOULD BE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE CDC GRANT  RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF  SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE  FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC LEARNING  LOSS AS A PART OF THE  REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT AND  SEEING WHERE WE CAN INFUSE THE  ACADEMIC RECOVERY THROUGH  PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS THE GOAL  THERE. SHE IS ON TOP OF IT AND WORKS  WITH ME.

>>Addison Davis: AND DOES A  GREAT JOB. WE HELP HER WITH HER DESIRES TO  EXPAND THE HEALTH MENTALITY  INITIATIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WITH THE OTHER CDC GRANT WE ARE  JUST LEVERAGING THOSE FUNDINGS. IF THERE IS A NEED TO RETHINK  AND LOOK AT THIS TO EXPAND THIS  AWARENESS, WE DEFINITELY WILL.

>>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU,  SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS. THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR FOR  GETTING ON TO SUPERINTENDENT  DAVIS AND WE'LL PROBABLY GIVE IT TO MS. KIM BAYS ANOTHER HAT. JUST KIDDING.

>>Addison Davis: 240 SCHOOLS? JUST KIDDING.

>>Lynn Gray: BOARD, YEAH -- POOR SUE. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO HER YET  EITHER. BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I HOPE THAT YOU'RE EXCITED. THE DASHBOARD, ANY FINAL  THOUGHTS? I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES. MEMBER VAUGHN, I KNOW YOU WANTED A TOPIC TO DISCUSS. CURIOSITY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE  TO DISCUSS? WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES BUT  EVERY MINUTE COUNTS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT DAVIS, WHEN ARE  WE GOING TO HAVE THE  GUIDELINES -- I KNOW THERE IS A  BIG MASS CONVERSATION AND WE'LL  TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE GUIDELINES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE OTHER  SAFE GUARDS OR COVID THINGS  WE'RE ENACTING WITH THE SCHOOLS? I KNOW MEMBER SNIVELY AND I  ASKED FOR MONTHS ABILITY  QUARANTINE INFORMATION AND WHAT  IT WILL LOOK LIKE ASIDE FROM THE MASS PIECE OF HOW WE'LL BE  RESPONSIBLE AND KEEP THE  STUDENTS SAFE. WHEN ARE WE AS A BOARD GOING TO  HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING ASIDE  FROM THE MASKS THE OTHER  GUIDELINES AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL?

>>Addison Davis: SURE. IF YOU GO AND I SENT YOU A COPY  ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO  RELATED TO THE REOPENING PLAN. IT HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS IN  THERE. WE'LL STRENGTHEN THAT -- THAT  SHOULD GO OUT BY THE END OF THE  WEEK. WE HAVE INFORMATION BACK FROM  TDH AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. WE HAD ONE MORE LOOK AT IT AS OF YESTERDAY. AND THEN WE'LL SEND IT OUT BY  THE END OF THE WEEK. GOING TO -- WON'T BE THE FINAL  PRODUCT. I KNOW IT MAY BE A COPY WE HAD  AS A ROUGH DRAFT. I'LL SEND YOU THE UPDATED  VERSION SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR EYES ON IT. IF WE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT  IT WILL LOOK LIKE, LET ME TELL  YOU. FROM QUARANTINE WHEN WE TALK  ABOUT A NUMBER OF SCHOOL  DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE OF  FLORIDA AND AROUND THE NATION, A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT  OFFERING THE REMOTE LEARNING  SIDE OF THE WORK WHICH MEANS  THAT QUARANTINES -- THE  QUARANTINE PROCESS FOR  INSTRUCTION WILL LOOK A LITTLE  DIFFERENT AND HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO A TEACHER. THIS IS WHY ONE OF THE BIG  PUSHES IN THE ESSER GRANT  FUNDING IS TO MAKE CERTAIN WE  OFFER VIRTUAL TUTORIALS AND  TUTORING 24/7 DURING THE DAY SO  IF ANYONE NEEDS TO GET, YOU  KNOW, THEY GET ASSIGNMENTS ON  CANVAS SO THEY'RE ASSIGNED  THROUGH CONSUMABLES OR ONLINE  TEXT THAT HAY NEED ANY  ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN THE  DAYS THEY MAY BE OUT, THEY HAVE  THE CONNECTIVITY WITH, YOU KNOW, AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFIED TO BE  ABLE TO TEACH AND HELP THEM BE  SUCCESSFUL. AS IT RELATES TO QUARANTINE,  RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HISTORICALLY  USED THE 10-DAY QUARANTINE FOR  THOSE IMPACTED IN A DIRECT  MANNER. THAT WILL TRANSITION AND WE'LL  GO BACK AND FOLLOW CDC  RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINE  RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE  SEVEN DAYS MEANING THAT AFTER  DAY SIX, IF YOU DO PROVE YOU  HAVE A NEGATIVE COVID ASSESSMENT AND PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION,  YOU'RE ABLE TO RETURN ON THE  EIGHTH DAY IN WHICH WE'RE  CUTTING SOME DAYS IN HALF. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE  INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,  IN DIRECT CONTACT AND HAVE BEEN  VACCINATED, WE DO HAVE THE  AVAILABILITY TO ALLOW THEM TO  PROVE THEY HAVE BEEN VACCINATED  AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT  AND DO NOT HAVE THE NEED TO  QUARANTINE SO WE'LL MAKE SURE  THAT VACCINATIONS IS CONTINUING  TO BE AN OFFERING AND WE SUPPORT THAT PROCESS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: WE HAVE  ESTABLISHED THAT VACCINES MAKE  IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO  TRANSMIT OR CARRY OR GET COVID?

>>Addison Davis: WE'RE JUST  FOLLOWING THE CDC  RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT  RECOMMENDATION AND PROCESS.

>>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU.

>>Lynn Gray: SUPERINTENDENT  DAVIS, YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE  WHAT THE GOVERNOR SHARED THIS  MORNING? GOVERNOR DESANTIS? BECAUSE IT WILL BE PART OF THE  MEETING TONIGHT.

>>Addison Davis: YES, MA'AM. OPENLY I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF  CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO MASKS. SO THIS EVENING WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE I GUESS A NUMBER OF  SPEAKERS COMING TO SPEAK  PRO-MASK AND THOSE WHO WANT US  TO CONTINUE TO WEAR THEM AND  THOSE WHO WANT US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM OPTIONAL. I'M BEING VERY CLEAR THAT MASKS  WILL BE OPTIONAL MOVING IN THE  21-22 SCHOOL YEAR. IN THAT QUESTION THERE WAS  A -- ONE OF THE LOCAL NEWS  STATIONS REACHED OUT TO  TALLAHASSEE TO ASK WHETHER OR  NOT ANY -- WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF  A SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVED IN A  DIRECTION TO MANDATE MASKS AND  OPENLY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN YOU HAVE  ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH THE  COMMUNICATIONS OPENLY SAID  THEY'LL TAKE ACTION RELATED TO A SPECIAL SESSION TO MAKE SURE  THAT MASKS CONTINUE TO BE A  CHOICE FOR PARENTS. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL  CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL  MEDICAL EXPERTS BUT AS WE MOVE  FORWARD FROM THE 21-22 SCHOOL  YEAR IT WILL BE OPTIONAL AND A  CHOICE FOR PARENTS MOVING  FORWARD.

>>Lynn Gray: BOARD MEMBERS, I  KNOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE A MENTAL REST. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. OH, I'M SORRY. MEMBER SNIVELY, DID YOU WANT TO  SAY SOMETHING?

>>Melissa Snively: I JUST WANTED TO MENTION -- REALLY IT'S JUST  INFORMATION ONLY. JULY 15 IS WHEN THE -- THAT WAS  SENT TO US, MEMBER VAUGHN, IF  YOU WANT TO CHECK YOUR E-MAILS  FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE  FACT YOU HAVE A QUARANTINE  RESOURCE CENTER, A LINK TO THAT  FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO  ACCESS QUARANTINE INFORMATION  BECAUSE IT COULD DIFFER FROM  SITUATION TO SITUATION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT PARENTS ARE  VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.

>>Addison Davis: THAT WILL BE  UPDATED TODAY.

>>Lynn Gray: OKAY. WE ARE ADJOURNED. (SOUNDING GAVEL)