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Thank you so much for You would not >> Yes. It was too That's amazing. No problem. Thank you. All right, we're going to get started. Uh we are going to start with a word of

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prayer and we've invited pas Mr. or pastor Jeff Persal from River Christian Church to come lead us in prayer and the pledge of allegiance. So, if you'll all stand, >> let's pray.

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God, thank you for being here ahead of time, ahead of us. And uh thank you for the wisdom that you give. You tell us to pray for wisdom and that you give it freely. So, we ask that you do that uh here and now and throughout this

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meeting. Thank you for this phrase. It's a part of the emblem in God. We trust we come to you now because that statement is true and we want to live it out in this time together. God, I pray that you'd give that wisdom that it would

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facilitate uh safety getting better and better, uh unity becoming more and more true of all of the goings on of this organization. And God, I pray that as all of that

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takes place, we'll remember that we prayed for it and we'll thank you for it. And we pray all this in the powerful name of Jesus. Amen. Let's say the pledge together. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. All right. At this time, I call to order the June 4th, 2026 school

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board meeting. Welcome citizens of Klay County. I want to take the opportunity to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend to tonight's school board meeting. This meeting is our opportunity as your elected representation representatives to collaborate openly and make decisions

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that will decide the future direction of our public schools and the education of our children here in Klay County. If you wish to address the board on an agenda item, there will be an opportunity to speak for three minutes. Please fill out a card located in the side entry door indicating the specific item number or

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topic you wish to speak about and turn it in promptly to one of our officers. If you have items that you would like to present to the school board or superintendent, please hand them to the officer who will distribute them accordingly. Speakers who wish to address specific agenda items will be

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heard following the recognition and awards portion of the meeting. Speakers wishing to address non-aggenda items will be heard following the adoption of the consent agenda. No additional cards will be accepted once the board moves to the public comment section under presentations from the audience. your

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participation is welcomed and appreciated. So, we're going to start with recognitions and awards. The Special Olympics recognition with uh Dr. Melanie Sanders, director of ESC. So sorry I was sitting on the opposite

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end of the room. Took me a moment. Good evening school board and superintendent Broski. Thank you so much for allowing me to come tonight and to talk a little bit about the Special Olympics in Klay County District Schools. We're very proud of this work.

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Most of you have heard of Special Olympics and the work that they do in the community to keep students with disabilities active in the community through sports and through um just a variety of activities. But you

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may not know that our school district actually has a pretty promising partnership with the Special Olympics that we're very proud of. So here tonight is Mr. Angelo Martinez from Special Olympics and he's going to

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come up and tell you guys just a little bit about the Unified Champion School program that we participate in. >> Very good. >> Thank you. I'm Angelo Martinez. I'm the regional director for Special Olympics Florida. And I'm actually I'm excited to be here, but I'm actually here on behalf

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of Lindseay Jones, who's the regional director for SPE Unified Champion Schools. And so she was very thrilled when she got the invite to come be here, but she had a trip planned to Europe. So you get me instead. But uh um I could tell when speaking with her tonight, you know, about coming here tonight how

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proud she was of the good work that's being done here and how well the Special Olympics program was doing here in Klay County. In fact, she was so excited she wrote something up for me. So, so if you don't know, Special Olympics uh Special Olympics United Champion

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Schools is an education and sportsbased strategy program to engage youth community. It increases athletic and leadership opportunities for students with and without intellectual disabil disabilities while fostering communities of acceptance for all. The Unified

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Champion Schools program aims to create meaningful opportunities for young people of all abilities to build friendships, promote inclusion, develop mutual respect. Together, we celebrate with each person that is unique while working as a one unified

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team. Through unified sports, students with without intellectual disabilities compete side by side on the same team with the same coach. Every player is valued and every contribution matters. In this environment, sports become a

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powerful vehicle for building friendships, strengthening inclusion, and promoting acceptance for all. In Klay County school districts, we are on a path to build more inclusive district as a whole with five new schools joining in the 20256 school year. We hope to continue

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this relationship in the years to come. We thank the school board, the direct district staffed administrators, and especially the teachers and staff who run these programs and the dedication they show every day for their schools to make them more inclusive spaces. Thank

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you. And so, like Mr. Martinez said, "We this year had five more schools become unified champion schools." Klay County District Schools has always had a relationship with Special Olympics, but this past year we really had a renewed

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um focus on having more of our schools be part of this wonderful program. And we do I do have tonight with me Miss Kimmy Chapman. She's our district um coordinator and liaison between the Special Olympics and our schools. And so

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this year we invited all of our schools to participate in the United Unified Champion Program. And tonight we want to honor some of those people. you see on the screen some pictures of um some of our teachers, students, and staff that

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volunteered their time and volunteered to just go above and beyond for students. Um one of the best things about this program is that it does combine students that do have disabilities with their non-disabled peers and they really get to work together to achieve goals and it's it's

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just wonderful to see. At the end of the year, part of the unified champion program is at the end of the year, Special Olympics sends t-shirts and ribbons and certificates and things to the schools that participate in the program. And they get

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to have a really great end of the year event. And so around our county, we had wonderful events. I tried to attend as many of them as I could. U Miss Chapman attended almost all of them. And it was just wonderful to see all of the students playing together, um,

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participating in these sports together. It really was heartwarming. They were, they were great days. I wish I could have more days like that. And so now I'm going to call up some of these wonderful teachers and leaders that really made

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sure that this program was successful this year. Um, Miss Ra Smith from Clay High was not available to be here tonight. Um, but we still want to want to honor her. She does a great job with Special Olympics. She actually volunteers in the community as well for Special Olympics.

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Next, let's see. We have Mr. Brett Cen. And Mr. Cen is a specially designed PE teacher. Yeah, come on up. Mr. Cen is a specially designed PE teacher and um he worked with Miss

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Alyssa Alvarez to host a program at Middberg High School. So come on up, Miss Alvarez. If you guys will line up like right here, we're going to get one picture at the end of all of you guys. They worked together to have a really

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special event that I got to attend. And at that event at Middberg High School, there were students with disabilities, without disabilities, working together and playing games and just having so much fun. It was just pure joy um in that room.

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Next up, we would like to honor Miss Kelsey Austin. And Miss Austin is a ve self-contained teacher at Ridge View Elementary. and she worked with um some of her friends there at Ridge View who could

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not be here tonight. Taran and Jared Culliver. Taran Culliver is a support facilitator and um Coach Culliver is a specially designed PE teacher and they were not able to be here. So, thank you for being here, Miss Austin. Next up, we have Kristen Rhodess and she's a prek

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teacher from Clay Hill Elementary. And last but not least, we have Jessica Thomas. And Jessica is a brand new speciallydesigned PE teacher who was just hired this last school year. And she held programs and events at five

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schools in the district, which was that was the most um amount of programs that we had going on. So at five different schools, she serves all those schools and does it really really well and had a combined end of the year event at Keystone High School that supported

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McCrae Elementary and Keystone Elementary. And so that was a wonderful event as well. We're going to join them and I would love to get a picture with um with these wonderful teacher leaders and I'd love for you to join us. Mr. Martinez, Mr. Mr. Broski, would you like to join us as

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well? All right, up next we have Miss Christina Thompson, coordinator of district athletics in recognition of athletic state champions, student athletes of the month, and coaches of the month. All right. Good evening, Mr. Broski,

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school board members and valued members of our Klay County community. Tonight, we celebrate the accomplishments of our spring sport athletes and our semester 2 athletes and coaches of the month. First, I want to look at how our student athletes are performing in the classroom. Uh, I'm incredibly proud to

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report that our athletes achieved a cumulative spring sports GPA of 3.36. Uh to further go into that, we have 59 teams who were above a 3.0 and 20 teams who were above a 3.5 GPA, proving once again our kids are uh

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students first and the student athletes. Next, I want to get into the nitty-gritty of specifically recognizing our top academic performers. The girls team with the highest GPA is the Fleming Island girls tennis team with a stellar 3.82 GPA. The boys team with the highest

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GPA is the Orange Park boys tennis team holding a remarkable 3.87 GPA. And the Clay High girls flag football team achieved the highest team GPA among every 2A flag football team in the state at 3.715. Next, I want to highlight our semester 2

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state champions. First up, I'm not sure if she's in here tonight. Colani, are you with us? All right, so I'll briefly run through uh Colani Barentos is a wrestler from Oakleaf High School and the FHSAA 1A 135 pound state champion. She was the first

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wrestling champion at Oakleaf High School, a three-time all-American and retained only one loss this season. and she earned the title of the Times Union All First Coast Athlete of the Year in High School Girls Wrestling. Next up, we have Noah Chevchuk. Noah is

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a wrest is a weightlifter from Oakleaf High School, uh 2025 state champion and now a 2026 state champion in 3A, 169 pound class in both traditional and Olympic. He tied the FHSAA snatch record and broke a 23-year-old FHSAA

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traditional total record. Um, and he was also named our male athlete of the year for Klay County. And at this time, I'd like to pause for a brief photo. Uh, next up we have a young lady. She was unable to be here with us tonight, but that is Michaela Shavers. She's a

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track and field athlete at Fleming Island High School. Back-to-back state champion in the triple jump. She held the number one triple jump mark in the United States and set a new Florida state record for the triple jump. and that is Michaela Shavers from Fleming Island.

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Next, I want to move into our team state champions. Keystone Heights High School boys weightlifting. Now, our Keystone Heights boys weightlifting team brought home not one but two state titles. They are your FHSAA 1A Olympic and traditional state

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champions, and three of their athletes took home individual state uh titles. First up, let's welcome head coach Levy Alvarez. Next, we have Dylan Currington. Next, Talon Liebarger. Next, Logan Madden Moore.

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>> Next, we have Braden McCall. Next, Ryland Roger. Next, Ben Scott. Next, we have Otto Sweat. And finally, we have Colton Hollingsworth, the 1A, 139 lb Olympic

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individual state champion. Now, I want to pause briefly for a photo. Let's give it up for your boys weightlifting state champions. Now, I'd like to quickly acknowledge our remaining individual state champions from Keystone who were unable to attend

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tonight. And that is Elijah Mai, 129 pounds boys weightlifting traditional state champion, and Kyle Perkins at 183 pounds boys weightlifting Olympic state champion, both from Keystone Heights High School. Now, it is my honor to recognize a few

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of our athletes of the month. These student athletes represent the best of the best at their schools, both academically and athletically. First up from Fleming Island High School, we have Haley Sakowski. Haley has a 4.75 GPA. She's ranked

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number two in her class, a member of the ACE program, a decorated soccer player, first team all county selection, a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and MOU Alphatheta. And she's gathered over a 100 community service hours, which

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include work with Elks Lodge, Parkinson Foundation, soccer camps, and peer tutoring. Congratulations, Haley. And at this time, I'd like to welcome Mr. Broski down for a photo. Next up, we have Ryder Thomas from Keystone Heights High School.

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Now, Ryder has a 3.9 GPA. He's a four sport, yes you heard that correctly, four sport athlete, football, soccer, cross country, and track. He's the president of the Keystone Athletic Leadership Council, member of the National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society, Spanish Honor

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Society, ALC, FFA, Student Council, Students for Christ, and District ALC. He has over a 100 volunteer hours through his work with ALC, school events, and working with churches. And he was also most recently named our Klay County threestar athlete of the year and

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that is Ryder Thomas. Next up, we have Emily Turner from Ridge View High School. Emily has a 4.769 GPA. She's ranked number three in her class. She's a member of the IB program. She's a decorated cross-country athlete, first

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team allcount selection, a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, MOO Alpha Theta Multicultural Club, ALC, IB Ambassadors, and Link Crew. She's also earned over 120 community service hours as the head counselor at a summer drama

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camp. Congratulations, Emily. At this time, we'll pause for a photo. And finally, let me welcome once again Noah Chevchuk from Oakleaf High School. Noah has a 4.489 GPA, ranked top 10% in his class. He's

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earned credits in ACE, AP, and dual enroll dual enrollment courses. He's a three-time FHSAA state champion weightlifter. He was our Klay County male athlete of the year. He's earned over a 100 community service hours through work with park cleanup days, field maintenance, concession work,

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campus cleanup, moving furniture for teachers, and youth sports camps. Congratulations, Noah. Next, it's my honor to recognize a few of our outstanding coaches of the month. First, we have Derek Krennitzki from

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Orange Park High School, lovingly known as Coach K. Coach Kay has been the head basketball coach at Orange Park for 12 years. He spent 24 years in coaching, over 370 career wins, four final fours, a state championship appearance, and 10 district

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championships, three with Orange Park. He was recently crowned the winner of the Orange Park High School Don Hall award. And he and his players remain active in the community through their work with youth basketball camps, the junior high all-star game, and his varsity boys act as assistants to the ninth grade basketball team.

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Congratulations, Coach K. Next up, we have Matthew Gayy, head baseball coach at Orange Park Junior High School. Coach Gay is in his second year as the Orange Park Junior High head baseball coach. He's also a beloved PE teacher at Grove Park Elementary. He took a winless

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team to five and seven this year and they truly became a playoff contender. He's also the co-lead of the elementary track meet, one of the biggest athletic events in Klay County. He stepped up this year to become a co-lead of this year's junior high baseball all-star game. And finally, he's the head

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basketball coach for Grove Park Elementary for our elementary basketball tournament. Congratulations, Coach Gayy. and finally we have coach Addison Malden. Is she with us this evening? All right, I will go briefly then. Uh,

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Coach Malden was in her first year as the girls weightlifting coach over at Ridge View High School. Uh, she also acted as an assistant to the softball team. Uh her team finished as district runners up this year and they had uh eight athletes advance to the state championship and one of them brought home a state title. Um she continues to

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transform the Ridge View weight room and build community connections and that is coach Addison Malden. The accomplishments we've highlighted tonight are a reflection of the extraordinary dedication, talent, and character of our student athletes and coaches. Every competition,

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championship, classroom success, and active leadership tells the story of what makes Klay County athletics so special. Their commitment to excellence continues to inspire our schools and unite our community. By celebrating and sharing these achievements, we have

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connected with audiences more than 15 million times across social media this year, extending the reach of Klay County athletics far beyond our county lines. Most importantly, those 15 million views represent opportunities to showcase the incredible young people, outstanding

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educators, and strong communities that make Klay County a place of pride. We are grateful for the continued support of our school board, district leadership, coaches, families, and community partners as we work together to ensure that the success stories of

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our student athletes continue to be seen, celebrated, and remembered. Thank you. All right, thank you. Up next is Christina How from Orange Park High Language Arts. She will be recognizing

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the Florida's Volunteer Service Award recipients. Good evening. My name is Christine Howal. Like they said, I'm a teacher at Orange Park High School and a passionate volunteer in our community. I have been honored by the White House several times for my volunteer service. Um because

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this is a huge passion of mine. So, I'm very thankful to be here to honor some amazing young people in our community. This is the perfect time to give them this recognition because spring is really the time to bring out the volunteer service spirit in all of us. We definitely have a lot of young philanthropists here with us this

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evening. They volunteer at Smile Camp. They tutor students. They serve as managers for various sports all over North Florida. They're counselors at various vacation Bible schools over the summer. They volunteer with Ronald McDonald House, Rethreaded, Relay for Life, Wounded Warriors, the Klay County

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Fair, the Klay County Sheriff's Office, Orange Park Athletic Association, Klay County Teen Court. They serve as members of students working against tobacco. They're on the board for Klay County SWAT. They volunteer at hospitals. You name it, our kids are there. So, now I'm going to tell you a little bit about this award. The Florida's volunteer

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service award recognizes the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our communities and encourages more people to serve. This award is a way to thank and honor Flidians who by their demonstrated commitment and example inspire others to engage in volunteer service. Recognizing and honoring

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volunteers sets a standard for service, encourages a sustained commitment to civic participation, and inspires others to make service a central part of their lives. The Florida's Volunteer Service Award recognizes individuals, families, and groups that have achieved a certain standard measured by the number of hours

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over a 12-year period or cumitive hours earned over the course of a lifetime. The young people that we're going to be honoring tonight, 18 young people have completed over 12,500 hours. That averages out to almost 700

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hours each. Okay. So, I'm going to call the principal from last year of that school. Um, so I'm going to call the principles up here to help me. Um, because I can't do this by myself. So, first we're going to have Fleming Island. So, Principal

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Pitman has offered to help me. So, first we have Cassandra Aboud. just stay right there. Um, next we have Alexander Blum. He's not here right now because he is at um FSU preview.

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Next we have Hang on. Where did it go? Okay, next we have Charlie Harris. No, we don't. We're done. We're done. We're done. You're done. Okay, we're going there. Give me that back. You go. No, you stay. You stay. Both of you staying.

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Everybody stay. Okay, next school. Okay, Clay High School. So, we're going to have Principal Halter is coming up. So, first we have Tyler Brock. Ashley White is not here because she is

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at Girl State. Um, next we have Maggie Mosley. She was unable to be here this evening as well. Next we have Miss Elena Farley. Next we have Kaden Tony. Okay. And then we have Sarah Forom who's been able to be here. Okay. Next, you

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stand there. Next, we have Ridge View High School. Get right. No, I know, but it's it's him. It's Princeton. >> You got to do it for Orange Park High School. Okay, come on. Both of y'all

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come up here. Okay, so we have Chloe Crocker from Ridge View High School. Okay. And then from Orange Park High School, we have Come on, y'all did a switcheroo.

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Okay. Then we have Bradley Moulder. We have Johnny McConnell. Okay, we have Mark Sumpter. We have Rebecca Chapman who is at Smile Camp volunteering. And then we have Carly Griffith.

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Then we have Kylie Helgas. Okay. Then from Oakleaf High School, they're going to sub for me one more time because their principal's not here. Denis Roose. Okay. Then from Middberg High School, thank you sir. We have Mackenzie Alexander who is

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unable to be here. We have Khloe Tony. So, her sister, wander back down here. Be your sister. Okay, >> there we go. There you go.

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>> Okay. And then we have Charlie Harris. Thank you. Okay. And again, 12,532 hours by these young people right here. Superintendent Broski, will you come and can I get the principles to come get with

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your children? >> Thank you. All right, awesome job. Uh, next up we have our student speaker. And for those that uh have not been here the well the last meeting we've asked our student advisory council to uh hear from them uh

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their perspective. They represent these students at their schools. Uh one of the things that we as board members hear from all the time as district staff um our employees, our teachers, our parents, but one of the things we really wanted to do was was our whole job and

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and focus is on students. So we would love to hear from our students. So this month's is Clay High's Mr. Tyler Brock. If you'll come up. Good ne Good evening everyone. My name is Tyler Brock and I just finished my

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sophomore year at Clay High School. Throughout my two years of high school, I have participated in varsity boys golf, Best Buddies, JV weightlifting, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Dr. Mr. Halter's principal advisory council and Mr. Broski's student advisory

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council. While I am very proud of these activities, I show more pride in my CTE pathway agriculture and its student organization FFA. Career and technical education or CTE is a transformative educational strategy

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that bridges the gap between high school learning in the modern workforce by integrating academic concept with hands-on technical skills. CTE programs allow today's high school students to explore high demand fields such as automotive repair, health science,

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carpentry, criminal justice, engineering, early childhood education, cyber security, and my personal favorite, agriculture. Students move beyond regular classroom style learning to actively work with field specific equipment solving actual industry

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industry related issues within these prospective fields and participating in practical field trips and job experience. This approach makes education highly relevant, helping students discover their professional passions and strengths early in their academic

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journey. To me, the primary benefit of career and technical education is the assistance it provides students for the future while obtaining their high school diploma. Every student has the opportunity to earn career certifications that are recognized throughout post-secary

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tracks. These certifications pro serve as a proof of skill to employers. If a student includes higher education, the college credits earned through CTE will save both time and tuition money while providing practical background knowledge for employers. Furthermore, career and technical

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education fosters important soft skills in the workforce through their projects. Participation in CTE organizations student such as FCCLA, FBLA, TSA, FFA, HOSA, and FFA. Students develop

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leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, and public sk public public speaking abilities. All of these organizations have district, state, and national competitions. Students take great pride in themselves in the school when they participate in each level of these

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competitions. Last October, I participated in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, representing Klay High School in the Klay County School District. I felt great pride in knowing that my supervised agricultural experience was t

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was recognized as one of the best in the nation and I that pride could not be replicated. I also had the support of both the CTE directors Miss Palk and Miss Mosley who are just as invested in the career pathways as the students and the

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teachers. I wouldn't have made it to that level of competition without both my agriculture adviserss encouraging me to participate at my highest level. Ultimately, CTE does not just teach a trade. It builds a comprehensive network, helps develop essential soft

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skills and provides a clear roadmap for future workforce. The career and technical education motto is future ready K ready clay. I believe they truly exemplify this model by ensuring that all students in these pathways are

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future ready. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Brock. You did an amazing job and CTE is very important. Um, say it again. That's something that Klay County does very well. I think we lead by example with that. Um, and I'm very,

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very thankful. um we were able to save CTE. Uh next up, this is the last call for comment cards. So if you want to make a public comment, please give your cards to the officers and there's none up here that is for a

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specific agenda item. So we are going to move on to the um discussion items. Uh D1 appointment one board member and one citizen member to

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serve on the 2026 value adjustment board which I think we already agreed to this at the workshop. Okay. So we uh Okay. So starting Jul isn't it July? July Miss Clark will take over uh for

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Miss Hansen and serve on the value adjustment board. And I think as our um citizen it's going to be uh Mr. Wiggins. Correct. Mr. Joe, >> did we talk about >> Did we talk about an alternate? Who's going to be the alternate?

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>> There's not. We just need the one name. >> That's correct. >> Thank you. Legal. All right. Uh there's no HR special action A or B. So at this time um we are going to adopt the consent

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agenda. So can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Move approval. >> We've got a motion from Miss Gilhousen. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Have a second from Miss Clark. Any discussion?

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All in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 50. If you'll give us a moment, you want to just vote for us. Is that cool? Okay. So, it's five. All right. At this time, we are going to

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do uh presentations from the audience. First up, we have Mr. Bruce Freriedman. And then on deck is Miss Sheila Torres. Make sure you state your name and your address. And remember, you have three minutes. Good evening, Bruce Freriedman. My

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address is on file. Uh last month, I believe 13 books were removed districtwide because their content was found to violate law. Another dozen and a half or so were moved to more age appropriate locations.

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Glad for any progress, but the problem is bigger than what we can accomplish with my associates and I reading books as fast as possible, cranking out reports for you. I want to bring attention to a book that I challenged years ago. It's called The Music of What

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Happens by Bill Kigberg. My challenge was met with some resistance. There was a lot more of it at that point when some of you were still pretending there was no porn in the libraries. That's slipped away. It was removed from junior high schools. That's progress. I'm glad

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it was placed back in the high schools without a parental advisory. This is uh a third party created our nice report on this book. It's formal. It lacks my snarking margin comments, but the summary of the book book contains

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alcohol, alternate gender, sexual ideologies, anxiety, bullying, controversial gender, racial, political, and social commentary, death, depression, derogatory terms, drugs, gambling, hate speech, an inappropriate dating app with links, lying, misogyny,

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parental neglect, parentification, profanity, vulgar, self-destructive behavior, sex toys, sexual activities, nudity, sexual Sexual assault, mail on male, sexual dialogue, theft, and violence. Nice book for our kids, but that didn't even merit a parental

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advisory. So, I appealed it. My appeal was denied. That's your right. But I gave you multiple opportunities to clear the path and make this book go away because I don't feel it belongs there. But again, it's not about me. You hold it up to the community standard. It

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either meets the standard or it doesn't. Since it doesn't have a parental advisory and my appeal was denied, you must have blessed the content of this book by default. I'm going to read from it. Lots of people have butt sex. Like, so what? Did you know biologically

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speaking, the rectum is cleaner than the mouth? When I started jerking off, almost every time I get close to coming, I realized I hadn't locked the door. He takes a pipe out in a tiny wooden case and he pinches a bit of greenish looking stuff, puts it in the pipe and

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lights it up. >> I'm a rag doll. He's doing things to me. I don't want >> Mr. Freedman. >> Yes. >> Can we please >> if you will turn off the mic, this book goes away. Otherwise, >> no means yes. Yes means anal.

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>> If you're penetrated, you're no longer male because that's up. Thank you. >> And my favorite. What kind of a job? Hand or blow? >> Think it over. Revisit your rubric. Make it right.

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>> Miss Torres. >> Good afternoon. My name is Shayla Torres. my address on file. So the reason why I always coming over here is for accountability and transparency. I end up sending an email back to the district board members, superintendent, um Miss Jod, the person part of

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transportation. There has been part couple of incidents that had transpired. The excuses I'm always hearing. I was not able to this day to view the video. The excuse they gave me for the video in December. Oh, we don't have footage that far back. even though I requested it the

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day of, they have my number on file. They can communicate if they can get a hold of me via email. Now, the thing about it is that this particular bus driver that I've been telling you that I spoke to you guys about my son getting in trouble in January, I spoke to the admin. It was handled that Friday. That

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following the following week on Monday, he went to another admin to get him in trouble for something that transpired on Friday that was already handled. Another situation happened again. The excuse that the bus driver is giving is that the kids is walking from in back of the bus. That's a lie. Where I live at,

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there's a right across the street from me is a big field next to it. There's an amenity center. Every morning by 5:55 the bus gets there. At 6:25 the bus will leave at 6:25. As the bus is at the stop sign before pulling out

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the media sensor, my kids are walking out. So by the time he pulls out, he sees my kids walking. So now giving an excuse that these kids is walking from behind him and he didn't see it's a lie and I'd be more than happy to furnish video from since what is it May, April

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or whatever when it was still dark and then you guys can see that is just a blatant excuse. Now if me if I'm as a parent doing my job and telling my kids, okay, you got to be at the bus stop at a certain time and this and the third act accordingly. If there's an issue, take it with admin. I don't know why is it a

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sit the same situation with this particular bus driver. It's not once, it's not twice, it happened various time. So that's one of the issues. Another issue is that that chipmunk app does not work. Another thing too that I find it kind of

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weird is that we've been having issues with predators in our school. We need to do better. There was one in Fleming Island. We recently found out one in Ridgewood. There was one in Oakleaf. We got to get it together. We here to protect the kids. Another thing too that

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I don't find okay, maybe you guys if I did okay because it says no refund. When a parent goes to pay for their kids prom or graduation thing, if they not do not attend list, they're already getting punished by not being allowed to enjoy these activities. But double by

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punishing the parents and not giving them the money, especially during this time is ridiculous. Where are these funds going? Because if it's just one parent, imagine a 100. Imagine 200 parents throughout this county that that happens. Where's those funds going? I'm not if I want to donate to the school, I

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would personally donate. But the money that I pay for my child to do a certain activity and they're not allowed to do the activity, I want my money back. Dr. Walsh. My name is Dr. Walsh. My address is on file. Good evening, members of the board

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and superintendent Broski. At our last meeting, we heard closing remarks about defending and appreciating teachers. Miss Skipper, you spoke of outside the box thinking and highlighted minor policy changes you championed, such as teachers running their own camps and the

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return of booster clubs. While these may be welcome, they remain peripheral to the fundamental rights that define our professional lives. We are currently 50th in the nation for teacher pay and minor tweaks cannot mask the systemic reality reality. Miss Hansen, you stated

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that this board has spent zero seconds talking about how to destroy a teacher or get rid of planning time. You even referred to yourself as the greatest defender of teachers. I want to take those words at face value. However, you also mentioned a phone call

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regarding union membership levels and the potential loss of protections. This highlights the exact reason we are here. Our most fundamental rights, the duty-free lunch, dedicated planning time, and fair grievance procedures, currently depend entirely on the

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survival of a contract that is under threat. If our union is descertified this fall, the master contract that houses these rights could vanish. It would be a powerful signal of respect if this board

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publicly supported CCA's desire to advocate for teachers. Instead, while we hear words of appreciation here, we are mindful that members of this board have traveled to Tallahassee to speak with legislators in support of measures that

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appear designed to hasten our organization's demise. If you truly believe that teachers are the backbone of this district, your actions in our state capital should reflect the defense of teachers you claim to provide.

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But if you cannot support our organization's right to exist, then I ask you to at least protect the educators themselves. The employee handbook suggests it should be used in conjunction with the contract.

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Yet official board policy remains largely silent on the specific daily protections we need to succeed. I am ending tonight with a clear ask. I ask that the vital protections and professional standards currently

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negotiated within the CCA master contract be formally written into official school board policy. Specifically, we need our dedicated planning time, our duty-free lunch, and our fair grievance procedures codified. We also ask for the policy protection of

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our guaranteed terminal sick leave pay, ensuring that it remains a shall and not a may as a contract currently mandates even if state law is permissive. >> Thank you. Up next, we have um an update

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from Miss Kiddwell, CCA. Good evening, Vicki Kiddwell. Tal Tallahassee lawmakers and the governor have reached an agreement on the budget for educators and one that that will do little to address our ongoing educator shortage, declining morale, or the

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chronicle or the chronic underfunding of our public schools. School safety and mental health allocations remain flat despite rising costs and the base student allocation increased by only 1.58%. That is below the current inflation rate of 3.7 and that means districts again

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will have to do more with less. The teacher salary increase allocation TISA created in 2020 to improve Florida's teacher pay ranking has failed to achieve its intended goal. Despite this investment, Florida has ranked 50th in the nation for average teacher pay for

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the last three years. In its early years, TISA funding was directed primarily toward beginning teachers while supporting new educators is important. The policy created significant salary compression, damaged morale, and accelerated the loss of experienced teachers who whose

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compensation failed to keep pace. This year, for the first time, TISA funding is directed toward veteran teachers, but only a select group of veteran teachers. State rules restrict eligibility to classroom teachers, as defined by statute, who have at least 10 years of

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full-time Florida teaching experience. Based on our initial estimates, more than half of our instructional personnel will be excluded from receiving any TISA funding. Additional state mandates are also on TISA. Once again, Florida

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lawmakers have removed local control and imposed funding restrictions that create winners and losers among educators. These decisions ignore the reality that every employee contributes to student success and deserves to be valued. Last year, we went to Impass because 45% of

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instructional personnel were offered zero dollars in compensation. During that process, we urge the district to plan proactively for future salary increases by prioritizing employee compensation within the budget. We ask you to examine your lean budget and

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prepare for the challenges we knew were coming. State imposed funding restrictions are not fair and they are not sustainable. Every employee deserves a meaningful salary increase. We must consider the impact of mor on morale, recruitment and retention when dedicated

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professionals might once again face receiving zero dollars in compensation. We know we can not rely on the state to provide fair compensation and I am asking you for the district's partnership in finding a measure of fair compensation for the employees that the

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legislators chose to exclude. Clay is an A-rated district because of the educators, support staff, and employees who serve our students every day. They are the heart of Klay County Schools. If we want to maintain excellence and attract high quality employees, we must

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be fully staffed and prioritize compensation. Thank you. >> CESA update with Diane Bose. Good evening. My name is Diana Bose and I am the SESPA president. And I know I have some really big shoes

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to fill with Lonnie Roberts that has stepped down to retire and he's welld deserved. So, we congratulate him, but we're going to miss him. So, with that said, I'm eating up my time. Here before me, I am requesting my name,

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Dina Bose. My address is on file. My name is My name address. >> You don't have to do that because you're giving a union update, but go ahead. >> I'm learning. Y'all bear with me. Y'all y'all new, too. Some of y'all been new here before. So, um I am requesting for

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consideration of perfect attendance for Miss Alicia Fox. Um reconsideration um asking that she be awarded perfect attendance based on the circumstances outlined below. On April 22nd, 2026, she

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actively perform actively performing her duties. And after completing approximately threequarters her Bannerman route, her Bannerman route, Miss Fox received information that her 22-year-old son's vehicle had caught on fire on the Buckman Bridge while he was

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traveling to school. We just honored a beautiful group of students here going to school. Her son was going to school. She she not only covers one route, but she covers three Bannerman routes. I am pleading and asking that you take that

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into consideration. She missed 45 minutes, five stops. She had their approval of dispatcher Taylor, router Mandy Cordingley, manager Kevin Daart, and a really amazing supervisor that's only been here for about six months, Mr.

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Denny Guido, who supported our driver, your driver, to drive that group of kids with the challenges that it faces, not one but three routes. I am pleading for you to give her her perfect attendance for missing about 45 minutes that I have

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record of. With that said, I got 58 seconds. I'm going to switch hats for a minute to the comment of the chipmunk app. I know that our staff, our IT department and that has been a source of aggravation and

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anxiety for us as bus drivers and for parents, but that system is a unique system on our school buses and we are very we are trying we are just as aggravated with that system but it is necessary and I know that the drivers are working diligently Mr. Rosski to

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make that work for us, for the parents, for the drivers, and it is not a perfect system yet, but I know that it is in the works. Thank you for allowing me to speak. Thank you for doing what you do for us, and uh please consider Miss Alicia's

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request. Okay, >> thank you. Up next is our superintendent update and presentation. Okay, we certainly will take a look at that um at that particular situation. Just a couple quick things, you know, try to have a

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quick presentation tonight. Going to talk a little bit about super students once they get it up here. Super students of the month. going to talk about the class of 26, projected state assessment results, summer leadership, uh, as well as some upcoming

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events. So, super students, let me tell you, uh, just a great great opportunity to meet students. This is Elijah, sixth grader from from FIE, fantastic student, involved. Everybody says, "What a great kid." You know, when you walk through the the office and like everybody knows

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the kid, the kid is like uh is like Norm from Cheers as soon as he walks in there, you know, like everybody knows him. So, must be doing a great job. Then then you also have uh Emily from Lake Asbury Junior High and Audrey from

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Fleming Island High School. More great examples of students out there. I always try to point out that sometimes, you know, people look and they say, "Well, okay, a student did something they shouldn't have done at a school." The overwhelming vast majority of students

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do the right thing. They're in school. They're learning. Uh I think the statistic that we use was 85% of students never receive a discipline referral. Right? So, so it's kind of like when I see students like this, I say, "Wow." You know, it's amazing. Uh, and does my

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heart good. Graduation, nothing like graduation. Just some pictures from graduation. It's the Super Bowl of high school. It's it's the culminating event to what we do as an organization. Uh, I know board members will be talking about that stuff later, so I'll just skip

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right over it. Some more pictures from graduation. Fantastic event to see them. One of the things that we do, it's kind of a tradition in Klay County that I don't know if other districts do this, but students go back to their elementary school and it's kind of interesting.

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It's it's kind of uh the little kids see the graduates come by in their cap and gown and it's like, "Wow, okay." They kind of see the future in front of them. If you've never been at one of those events, really a a tearjerker when you when you see that you see the older kids

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interacting with the younger ones. There you see more students returning back to their elementary schools. Uh, a lot of tradition within our school system. So, congratulations to class of 26. Projected state assessments. Let me just tell you, I guess I'll start off with

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the big picture. The big picture is that it's the highest academic year ever in the history of Klay County Schools. Highest point total. There's 12 reporting categories. I think I think they turned it on. 12 reporting

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categories in the system. We went up or or maintained in every single category out there. It's the highest achievement ever. Just some notables that I'd kind of point out. Um 98% of our schools are are A and B

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schools. Elementary ELA was up three points. Grove Park Elementary a B for the first time since 2009. Proud of the work that we've done in in middle school acceleration among our our junior high schools. Now, I'll tell you,

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I'm also a little bit suspicious because I always wait for the state to actually release it before because you're always worried the state's going to manipulate a point or two. One or two students might make the difference. I really don't talk letter grades uh who are

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projected to be well into the a the A category, but I'll wait for the state to make it official to say that out loud. What common sense would be is if you have the highest statistical score ever in the history of the county, that would mean that we would be an a school district. So, we'll celebrate that once

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they make it official. I'm a little superstitious about the whole the whole thing. Okay. From there, you know, Yes, ma'am. >> When you say district, it's because we have public schools in Klay County that are not under our district board or

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district. Right. Ryan, when when I use the term district managed schools, that's what I'm referring to. The 43 schools that are under the uh jurisdiction of Klay County District Schools. There's other public schools that are in under our umbrella but are

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not district managed. So, summer leadership, we went ahead and uh right away the day after teachers leave, we all meet at Fleming Island High School in the cafeteria there. We went through two two days of intense training. All

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200 of us are there. Two full days. Focus is on student achievement, school improvement. Our theme this upcoming year is to elevate the student experience to look through the school experience through the students eyes and how do you improve the the the experience the student has when they're

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in school. So, it was fantastic. Uh I think all of our administrators do a pretty good job of transitioning right away. like as soon as the teachers leave the next day we start the next school year like and that's it and we get going we get going quick. We had guest

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speakers there. We had Dr. Gerorado Gonzalez. Very interesting story as a Cuban immigrant uh coming to America. He's now dean of education. His his daughter is an assistant principal within our school district. That's how we had the connection to him as a motivational speaker. And then you met

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Talon who's gone now, but he was one of the weightlifters from Keystone. And I'm gonna tell you, he he told uh actually his mom told a story very passionately about from the beginning of the school system. And I'll just tell you, you know, Subski had a tear in her eye.

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There was a lot of people with tears in their eyes because they saw the power of what we do and the difference that it made uh in the young person's life. So, it really was uh truly inspirational. Uh there they are. They're they they look like they're enjoying themselves in

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in a two-day two-day session as much as you can, right? Uh art recognition. I just wanted to recognize we had two major art events recently and I want to recognize those students. We had our 37th annual uh Klay County art show.

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Fantastic students. We have Venice Jiang from Orange Park Junior High, Analisa Seth from Oakleaf Junior High, Gloria Lewis from Oakleaf High, and Annayiah Williams from from Orange Park Junior High. Super super duper talented. I

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always say school has to provide something for students that they're truly interested in besides the four core subjects that that anchor them to the school system. And if art is one of those things, you should do it with excellence. And that's proof of that.

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Uh this is a very special award. This is Jaden Pool's artwork from Fleming Island High School. Uh it's one of the highest honors a student artist can achieve at the national level. So I know when you look at that, I have zero talent in this

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area. Uh but all of the experts look at it and they say it's one of only eight winners in the whole nation. Uh so super duper talented students. Congratulations to Jaden and and uh

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hard to believe it, right? We'll be talking about teachers returning August 3rd uh and students returning August 11th. And just to just as an ending, just a final shout out to Treasure Picket who retires and this is her last school board meeting.

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All right, school board attorney remarks. >> Nothing from the attorney's office. >> Thank you. Miss Hansen, would you like to start with a school board member remarks this evening? >> Yes. So, Mr. Broski, on a serious note, the school board updated our community

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rubric um was it a month, two months ago, and I'm requesting we pull the text that Mr. Freriedman ran uh read from and see if it have it re-evaluated against the standard rubric. >> Yeah, we going have to re look at the

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book that in question. >> So, I wanted to give a shout out to Clay High because when I'm on Facebook, I don't know where they come from, but I saw that they were the best of clay this year. And it's a really big deal because watching from afar,

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it was like Clay High was kind of on fire. People were talking about it when I went to the grocery store. I know Miss uh Gilhousen's kids go there. She went there. Um she raves about it and is very proud of Clay High. And uh one of the teachers at Clay High had

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sent something to ask if we would read it. And I want to read it because it's really important. I think this is the reason the community backs Klay High the way they do. So it says, "Chairwoman, board member, superintendent.

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As a graduate of Clay High School, returning to serve at my alma mater has been one of the greatest honors of my life. This year, our students and staff demonstrated what is possible when we refuse to settle for good enough. Together, we secured more than $100,000

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in monetary and inind donations. If community did that for all of our schools, it'd be over $4 million. Think about that. right? Created new partnerships throughout our community and expanded opportunities that connected students to careers,

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leadership, and real world experiences. More importantly, we help create culture where students are valued, supported, and encouraged to dream bigger. These accomplishments were made possible by dedicated teachers, supportive administrators, community partners, and

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students who chose to embrace every opportunity placed before them. When I look back on this year, I will not remember the criticisms or skepticisms or obstacles. I will remember the students whose lives were impacted, the opportunities that were created, and the

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success we achieved together. As I conclude, I am reminded of a simple truth. The measure of our work is not found in titles, opinions, or politics. It is found in the opportunities we create for our students and the lives we

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impact along the way. This year, our students gain new opportunities. Our school gain new partnerships and our programs gain new resources. Those results belong to our students and no amount of criticism, skepticism or resistance will ever take that away. By

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that measure, this year was an incredible success. Thank you. And this is by Matthew Mitchell, a teacher. And I also want to congratulate Dr. Jen Halter, because this kind of success

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doesn't happen in isolation. And I just want to say one more time is nobody's going to remove your lunch or your planning period. That's all I have. M clerk. Well, many of us went to graduations. I

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just wanted to say, and we've talked about it tonight, how exceptional our students are. Uh, just counting the number of volunteer hours. I didn't even know that was going to come up this evening, but it's just amazing between the band awards, the music awards, the

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athletic awards, things that a lot of us who aren't in weightlifting, we may not know what it means, but the record is there. And uh it we have a lot of exceptional students, and it was amazing to see the

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extra energy they seem to have this year. And I think some of it had to do with these were our sixth graders that when COVID hit didn't get to have that year- end celebration in sixth grade. So, I think this was really extra

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special for them. But we are we're really blessed and that has a lot to do with our parents and our teachers. And I know that a thank you doesn't equate to a pay raise, but I still have to say thank you. So, um, of course, we've got

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the 250th of our independence, Declaration of Independence, and I hope that we take this summer. I'm not going to give a test at the beginning of the year, but I hope that we take this summer, we learn what it took to get to

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that point and then thereafter what it took to get to 1783 when England finally recognized that we were sovereign and separate from the king. it it's just if we can delve into more than just

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fireworks and learn how special it is that we have a constitution and that our rights come from God and not from a government. So I hope our kids and our parents will enjoy learning a little bit this year.

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Um, other than that, I just want to say please everyone have a safe and fun summer and uh that's so important. Everybody come back safe. Thank you, >> Mr. Alva. >> Just want to wish a great summer for our

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wonderful teachers and for our students and looking forward to the next school year and August 11th. Thank you, >> Miss Gil Housen. >> So, I shared a little story at our workshop. I'm going to share it for everybody here who didn't get to hear

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that. Um, I was at Clay High's graduation this year and as I was standing on the stage helping hand out diplomas, I recognized the face of a girl coming to get her diploma and I'm thinking, where do I know her from? And it dawned on me that um as a labor and

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delivery nurse my first year um when I was still on orientation, she was one of the babies that I delivered. And um to me, it was just such a moment of this is what Klay County is all about. Um it's it's the legacy, it's the history, it's

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the connection, it's the community. Um and I agree with you. Klay High is a beautiful example of that. I'm a little biased. Um, but I think truly that that's what makes every school great and that's really what makes Klay County great and I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve this county and I'm

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grateful for each of you and the job that you do um each and every day because if you don't love it, it's obvious, right? And I think that when you do love it, it's obvious too and it makes all the difference. So, thank you teachers, thank you staff um for what you do and for the way you love what you

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do. >> Thank you. just to ditto on Miss Hansen and what Miss uh Gilhousen said. Um I just hope that we can do that on a district-wide level, have that same um

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community atmosphere, same um Mr. Mitchell spoke so so um he pinpointed um exactly how I think a lot of us feel. So um thank you for that and those kind words.

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Uh May was a very very very busy month. Um I think a lot of us were at a program at least once a night uh once once a day of of May. And it's always exciting to see and to see all the celebrations that go

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on and you always wonder where a lot of these students are headed and where they'll end up. Um, my little baby moved on to from kindergarten and she's on to first grade. So, she thinks she's a big kid and that was great to see and

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exciting to see um a milestone for for our family. So, um enjoy the celebrations, enjoy the time that you have together. For all you moms out there, you only get 18 summers with your babies, unless they

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stay with you after that, but for the most part, 18 summers with your kids. So, soak it up. Enjoy every minute of it. Um, teachers, enjoy your summers or your summer um enjoy all the things that you're going to do uh to relax. Uh, and

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thank you all for what you do. And with that, this meeting is adjourned.