>> EVERY MORNING, THOUSANDS OF STORIES BEGIN. BEFORE THE LESSONS, BEFORE THE BELL RINGS, BEFORE A STUDENT BELIEVES THEY CAN, THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THEM. >> I WANTED A PROFESSION WHERE MY EXPERIENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. DIFFERENCE. >> I WANTED TO CREATE LASTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. >> I WANTED TO HELP STUDENTS >> I WANTED TO HELP STUDENTS FIND THEIR VOICE.
I WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT THEY BELIEVE IN HIM. EVERY MOMENT COUNTS. EVERY DAY IS FILLED WITH POSSIBILITIES. IF YOU WERE READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES START HERE. >>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN >>Karen Perez: HI, I AM KAREN PEREZ, CHAIR OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL AND ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM. >>Nadia Combs: I AM NADIA COMBS, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA, AND OUR TEAM IS FULL OF 20,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO 250 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTY. >>Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT 4 P.M. BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE
THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 32. >>Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS >>Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED LIVE ON STREAMED LIVE ON HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE AND PAST MEET INFORMATION OUR
ARCHIVES. >>Patti Rendon: WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE LICK HAS TO SAY. WE WILL HAVE TIME BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. OUR AGENDA AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED SEVEN DAY BEFORE EACH MEETING OR OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ORG. >>Jessica Vaughn: OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE MAKE DEGREE
ING DECISIONS THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. [GAVEL SOUNDING] >>Karen Perez: BOARD MEETING OF JULY 28 IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER COMBS WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STANDS FOR NOW PLEASE STANDS FOR PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Lynn Gray: UP LOOK VERY DARNING TODAY. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I HAVE A MOTION BY I HAVE A MOTION BY ALL MEMBERS. MEMBER COMBS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSION?
SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO APPROVE TODAY, JULY 14, 2026, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. HE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN.
AND A SECOND BY MEMBER AND A SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. ANY DISCUSSIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD THAT BELIEVE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWER TO LEARN, SUCCEED AND OUR DECISIONS CAN BE MADE ABOUT THAT UNDERSTANDING. TO PAVE WAY FOR OFFICIAL AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL
MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK, WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE. MEMBER COMBS WILL NOW READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Nadia Combs: AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO QUICKLY REVIEW FORMAT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN ROOM BEHIND ME THAT ALLOW BOARD ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS HEAR THE MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM MEETING UPON STEPPING AWAY FROM DAIS. THIS MEETING IS VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON LIVE
WEBCAST ON CABLE TV AND VIDEO MONITORS HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED TWO ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR TIME CERTAIN, 5:01 P.M., FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR 2026-'27 FISCAL YEAR AND 6 P.M. EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT INPUT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT
FROM THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, OUR STAFF WILL HAVE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, AND WILL KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED ABOUT YOUR -- THE YOUR -- THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE YOU LIKE, BUT YOU WILL NOT. YOU WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED. HOWEVER, ANY BEHAVIOR HOWEVER, ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO INTERRUPT THE TO INTERRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT BE A HOW.
WE REQUEST THAT YOU TOO HE TO FOCUS ON ISSUES. WHEN ADDRESSING BOARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAK WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. A REMINDER THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN MINUTES START WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT, YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW LIGHT ON LECTERN AND HEAR A CHEMO. THE RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE THAT YOUR TIME IS UP. I WILL NOW CALL UP THE FIRST FIVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU, MEMBERS BOARD, MY NAME IS PATRICK NAME IS PATRICK LEWICKI, I AM AN ECONOMICS TEACH AT HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE NOT BECAUSE OF ANY ISSUE THIS AFFECT MY PAY DIRECTLY, BUT AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THE PAY OF MY COLLEAGUES, NAMELY COLLEAGUES, NAMELY ESE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IN NEGOTIATIONS HAS HAS BEEN RUMORED TO IT BE GOING AWAY OF THE DODO I FIND IT SO DIFFICULT FOR THOSE COLLEAGUES. WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT FISCAL
POSITION OBVIOUSLY NOT UP POSED BY THE BOARD, BUT IMPOSED BY THE STATE. IT IS NOT Y'ALL'S FAULT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, FOR CUTTING, WHY ARE WE CUTTING PAY TO THOSE WHO SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS? YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF ME COLLEAGUES, THIS AMOUNTS TO A PAYCHECK. THIS AMOUNTS TO 8% OF THEIR ANNUAL SALARY. SO MY QUESTION IS, SO MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU ARE ASKING ESE TEACHER THAT ARE
ALREADY BARELY GETTING BY AS IT IS TO LOSE 8% THEIR IS TO LOSE 8% THEIR PAYCHECK, WHERE IS WHERE IS ROSAC WILLING TO WHERE IS ROSAC WILLING TO SHAH HINK HITS BUDGETS BY 8%. ONE THING TO CUT IN LEAN TEAMS. WE ARE IN LEAN TIMES IN THE WE ARE IN LEAN TIMES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IT IS STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IT IS HYPOCRITICAL TO CUT PAY FOR HYPOCRITICAL TO CUT PAY FOR TEACHERS, VULNERABLE TEACHERS, VULNERABLE POPULATION WITHOUT WITHOUT SACRIFICES ANYTHING DOWNTOWN. IF WE HAVE TO CUT 8% OUT OF ESE
PAYCHECKS, WHEN IS PAYCHECKS, WHEN IS ROSAC PAYCHECKS, WHEN IS ROSAC GETTING A 8% CUT TO THEIR PAYCHECKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ME NAME IS LAURA GARCIA. AND I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MEN FAMILY ON WATERSET AND THE SURROUNDING APOLLO BEACH COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE OF EXPANDING DOBY ELEMENTARY FROM A K-5 TO A K-8 SCHOOL.
WE ARE HERE TO REMEAN YOU WE HAVEN'T GONE AWAY. OUR COMMUNITY IS HERE GROWING AND ASKING FOR OUR CHILDREN TO ATTENDS A QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN FIFTH GRADE ENDS, MANY FAMILIES ARE LEFT SCRAMBLING TO FIND A MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY FEEL THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE CHALLENGE ACADEMICALLY, SUPPORTED AND SAFE. TOO OFTEN, THAT MEANS LOOKING OUTSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SEPARATING SIBLINGS, CREATING TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES AND MAKING IT HARDER FOR PARENTS MAKING IT HARDER FOR PARENTS TO MAKING IT HARDER FOR PARENTS TO STAY INVOLVED. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS STRENGTHEN
COMMUNITIES. ALLOW CHILDREN AND FAMILY TO HAVE LAST RELATIONSHIPS WITH HAVE LAST RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHER, CLASSMATES TEACHER, CLASSMATES RATHER THAN STARTING OVER AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE RECOGNIZE THAT STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES INVESTMENT IN MULTIPLE INVESTMENT IN MULTIPLE AREAS. WE URGE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE MAKING MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS AT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL SO FAMILIES CAN BE CAN OF DENT AND EXCITED OF SENDING CHILDREN TO THEIR ZONE SCHOOL AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL OPTIONS.
PARENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PROXIMITY AND PEACE MIND. OF CHILD DESERVE AS SCHOOL WHERE THEY FEEL CHALLENGE, SUPPORTIVE AND SAFE. AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE ASK THIS REMAINS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S LONG-TERM PLANNING. COMMUNITY IS STILL HERE, WAITING AND WANTING A SOLUTION AND WITH MORE THAN 1,000 SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITION, IT IS CLEAR THIS IS NOT CONCERN OF JUST A FEW IS NOT CONCERN OF JUST A FEW FAMILIES. IT IS A SHARED PRIORITY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND FOR CONTINUING TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF THE OF THE FAMILIES YOU SERVE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU.
WILL SPEAKER NUMBER SIX ALSO LINE UP. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN. I COME HERE RYAN I COME HERE RYAN HASINSKI THE BLOCK CHAIN BLOCK CHAIN LIAISON ON OUR INITIATIVE WITH OUTSTANDING NEWS AND GRATITUDE TO THE DISTRICT. LAST MONTH OR TWO MONDAYS AGO WE HAD OUR FIRST HAD OUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SARASOTA COUNTY
SCHOOLS. AND THROUGH GOOD FORTUNE, NOW FINDING OUT THAT KELLY FINDING OUT THAT KELLY BRENNAN IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SOCIAL STUDY. SHE WAS MY LEAD MENTOR WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM TO BE A MENTOR BACK IN BE A MENTOR BACK IN '14-'15. I REACHED OUT TO HER A YEAR AGO, TOLD HER WHAT THEY WERING TO AND RECONNECTED THIS SUMMER AND THE FIRST IN-PERSON VOLUNTEER. FIVE TEACHER. SPECIFICALLY CALL THEM OUTAGES
EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEM COMING DURING THE SUMMER WHEN IT IS NOT PROFESSIONAL STUDY DAY AND PREPLANNING HAVEN'T STARTED ELEN BLEVINS ARE WERE GEORGE GEORGE GARNER, BRIAN GEORGE GARNER, BRIAN AND PAUL NOBLE WERE TEACHER THAT CAME FROM SOCIAL STUDY AS AND ALSO TO ADVERTISE WE ARE BACK AT PROFESSIONAL STUDY DAY NEXT MONDAY AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. FOR SOCIAL TEACHER WHO HAPPEN TO SEE THIS AND LEARN MORE OF BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT FITS INTO THE FINANCIAL
INTO THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CURE DOROTHY HUCEL FINANCIAL LITERACY ACT, PLEASE JOAN US LAST WEEK CAN WHAT WE DID WAS HAVE OUR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR. A ROAD TO BIT COIN AND BEYOND. COVERS A NUMBER OF COVERS A NUMBER OF STANDARDS, ALL ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE. COMPLETELY COMPANY-FUNDED. NO COST TO THE DISTRICT. NO COST TO TAXPAYER. OUR WAY OF GIVING BACK, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A NUMBER OF US ARE FLORIDA CITIZENS. AND THEN WE ALSO
AND THEN WE ALSO SHOWCASED A FULL THREE LESSON MODULE THAT COVERS ONE SPECIFICS COVERS ONE SPECIFICS BENCHMARK, BENCHMARK, 9121.64 THAT HAS THE MOTIVES OF USING DIGITAL CURRENCY AND ALL THREE OF THESE LESSONS WILL BE TAUNT SEQUENTIALLY FOR TEACHERS NEXT MONEY MONEY MONDAY. THIS IS COMPLETELY TURNKEY. EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR TEACHERS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING. SCRIPT, LESSON PLANS. ACCOMMODATIONS. YOU NAME IT, WE THOUGHT
EVERYTHING. ONE THING THAT KELLY WAS GLAD TO SEE. YOU CLEARLY ARE TEACHERS AND YOU HAVE TEACHERS IN MEAN WHEN DESIGN WHOLE THING. WANTED TO COME HERE AND CHAIR MY EXCITEMENT AND GREAT FEUD AND SENDING MONTHLY UPDATES MONTH AFTER MONTH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THEM, GREAT. I KNOW YOU ARE VERY BUSY. AND THANK YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR WELCOMING US IN AND BEING PART OF THIS AND HELPING THE DISTRICT GROW. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND STAFF. MY NAME IS JIM MY NAME IS JIM FORTINBERRY. TURKEY CREEK IS ONE OF THE THREE OR FOUR OLDEST SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ITS CAMPUS -- ON ITS CAMPUS STANDS A HISTORIC TWO-STORY BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 1927. I FIRST STOOD BEFORE BOARD TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDING IN 1997 WHEN CLASSROOM SPACE WAS BADLY NEED. PRESENT YEARS, A PROPOSAL TO RENOVATE BUILDING 11 INTO A MODERN AGRICULTURE ESSENTIALLY WE ARE WE ARE AG CLASSROOMS, LAB,
MEETING SPACE AND EAS. WE CAN'T UNDEREMPHASIZE THE WE CAN'T UNDEREMPHASIZE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURE. YOU AND I ENJOY AGRICULTURE THREE TIMES A DAY. AT PRESENT, THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES OUT OF A UNDERSIZED DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE APART FROM THE SCHOOL'S MAIN CAMPUS. AS SCHOOL SAFETY CONCERNS CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO ESCALATE, THIS PROPOSAL HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF KEEPING STUDENTS ON THE MAIN CAMPUS RATHER THAN ISOLATING
THEM. CLOSING THIS SCHOOL SAFETY LOOPHOLE IN AND OF LOOPHOLE IN AND OF ITSELF JUSTIFY RENOVATING BUILDING JUSTIFY RENOVATING BUILDING 11. IN 2025, IT WAS ASKED IF THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR WAS SUPPORT FOR PROJECT. THERE WAS TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. BUSINESSES AND COUNTY AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS RESPONDED TO REPRESENTSERS SUPPORT, INCLUDING WILSON, THE FLORIDA'S COMMISSIONER OF COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. THESE THESE LETTERS WERE PROVIDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH RESPONSE THIS IS DEFINITELY RIGHT THING TO DO AND THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
ALMOST A CERTAINTY THAT THERE IS NOT ANOTHER PROJECT ON SCHOOL BOARD LANDSCAPE WITH MORE PROMINENT SUPPORT THAN THAT ONE. LET ME SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE FINANCIAL PART OF THIS TO PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE. IN 1997, THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WAS WAS 1.24 BILLION. IN 2026, BUDGET IS $4.3 BILLION. IF WE AVERAGE THAT OUT FROM THEN TO NOW, AVERAGE ANNUAL BUDGET SEASON $2.77 BILLION. AFTER 30 YEARS AND $80 BILLION, PLUS ALL SUPPORT, THIS IS NO PROJECT TO BE RELEGATED TO A
SPOT ON SOME NEBULOUS FIVE. YEAR PLAN. THIS PROJECT REBELONGS ON A FIVE-WEEK PLAN. A WIN-WIN PROPOSAL TO SHEPHERD TO A SPEEDY AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION. REASONS ARE REASONS ARE NUMEROUS. LOGIC IS IRREFUTABLE. COST IS LOW. ITS CAUSES ARE WORTHY. YOU ARE ONES CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS A REALITY AND NOW A REALITY AND NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME. ON BEHALF STUDENTS, SCHOOL AND AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AND YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR RELUFT
COMMITMENT TOWARD COMMITMENT TOWARD SPEEDY COMMITMENT OF THIS COMMITMENT OF THE BAGGING A EDUCATION OF OUR FUTURE FARMERS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> IF GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I AM MICHELLE WILLIAMSON. FOR THE RECORD. AND I'M HERE, TOO, IS HERE TO SPEAK ON SPEAK ON TURKEY CREEK BUILDING. I AM NOT SURE HOW I WILL DO
AFTER FOLLOWING JIM, BUT RESTORATION OF THIS STRAWBERRY SCHOOL IS NOT ABOUT SCHOOL IS NOT ABOUT PRESERVING A BUILDING FOR NOSTALGIA'S SEEK, IT IS ABOUT PRESERVING A PURPOSE. THIS SCHOOL WAS BUILT TO SERVE AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AND AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE WORK FORCE, ETC. TIME. TODAY, AGRICULTURE REMAINS ONE OF THE THREE BELL LARES OF FLORIDA'S ECONOMY, CONTRIBUTING OVER 130 BILLION ANNUALLY. IT IS A RAPIDLY IT IS A RAPIDLY EVOLVING IT IS A RAPIDLY EVOLVING THROUGH
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. HISHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY LEADING ON THIS SPACE. I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE LATER ON AGENDA TODAY TO VOTE TO CONTINUE A CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACT WITH AEST. SO GUYS ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKFORCE FORWARD TO WORKFORCE READINESS IN AGRICULTURE. PROGRAMS LIKE STATE AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM AT TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLS SHOW HOW EARLY HANDS-ON HOW EARLY HANDS-ON AGRA SCIENCE EDUCATION ENGAGES IN STUDENTS
AND PREPARE THEM FOR HIGH-DEMAND CAREER PATHWAY. RESTORING STRAWBERRY SCHOOL ALLOW US TO CONNECT OUR HISTORY TO OUR FUTURE. IT STRENGTHENING WORK FORCE ALIGNMENT, SUPPORT EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING AN DEMONSTRATES RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF A FACILITY THAT STILL HAS FACILITY THAT STILL HAS EDUCATIONAL VALUE EDUCATIONAL VALUE TODAY. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU PLACE RESTORATIONS AND UPGRADE OF THE 1927 OF THE 1927 FRANK OF THE 1927 FRANK WYNN HISTORICALLY DESIGNATE BUILDING
ON TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FACILITY'S PLAN. THIS RESTORATION REFLECTS WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FUTURE WORKFORCE OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. MR. WASHINGTON, HE KNOW YOU HAVE A HISTORY AT THAT SCHOOL, BECAUSE TAUGHT THERE WHEN I BECAUSE TAUGHT THERE WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL TO SCHOOL THERE. [LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS EVENING. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS OLEG MARTINS, I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4 AND HERE TO DISCUSS THE RECENT CHANGES TO THE DRESS CODE. DRESS CODE CHANGES TOOK US BY SURPRISE. WE LEARNED ABOUT IT LAST WE LEARNED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. PERHAPS YOU PUT THEM A WHILE AGO, BUT THAT IS WHEN WE AND OTHER PARENTS FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. CAN'T SAY THAT UNDERSTAND CHANGES. I CAN'T SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE CHANGES. I THINK THEY DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GIRLS, PARTICULARLY CHANGES TO THE LEGGINGS POLICY. AND IN FACT OUR AND IN FACT OUR GIRLS HAVE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SINCE KINDERGARTEN, RIGHT. I NOW HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER AND
MIDDLE SCHOOLER. NOT ONCE DO I RECALL THERE HAS EVER BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH LEGGINGS IN SCHOOL FOR THEM AND ANY OF THEIR FRIENDS. MANY YOUNG LADIES IN MANY YOUNG LADIES IN FLORIDA FIND A CONVENIENT GARMENT ALLOW THEM TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY ALLOWS THEM TO BE STILL RESPECTFUL IN SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE ARE NOT ALONE TO KNEEL THIS WAY. WE STARTED A PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG LAST WEEK AND WE ARE REACHING 2,000 REACHING 2,000 SIGNATURES. IF YOU WERE INTERESTED, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED, BE HAPPY TO SHARE A LINK TO THE PETITION
AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE FAMILIES WHO ARE AFFECT BY THIS. GOING AHEAD, WE LIKE TO ASK TWO THINGS OF THIS BOARD, IF POSSIBLE. THE OFFICIALS IS WE WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDER TO BETTER UNDER STAND AS A COMMUNITY WHAT MOMENT VENTILATOR THE CHANGES, WHAT DATA WAS USE, WHAT PEER WHAT PEER REVIEW AND EMPIRICAL DATA. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT RESTRICTING WHAT YOUNG WOMEN WEAR AT SCHOOL REDUCE IT IS DISTRACTIONS IS DISTRACTIONS OR IMPROVING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I WOULD LIKE THE RULES TO BE
I WOULD LIKE THE RULES TO BE RESCINDED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. IF NOT POSSIBLE, A MORATORIUM ON THOSE CHANGES UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. MY NAME IS ANNA MY NAME IS ANNA ALONSO AND I AM A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRESS MADE DURING REHN
NEGOTIATIONS. PROPOSAL FOR DEDICATED SALARY SCHEDULE FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST IS AN ENCOURAGING STEP AND APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION CHALLENGES THAT OUR PROFESSION FACES. I ASK THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE ONGOING SHORTAGE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST HIS PROVIDING COMPENSATION THAT ATTRACT AND REF TAINE HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. EVERY DAY VIOLATIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW, SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, HOME SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR EXPERIENCING MENTAL
HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGE. CONSULT WITH TEACHERS AND FAMILIES, RESPOND TO CRISES AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IT IS MEANINGFUL SPECIALIZE WORK THAT IMPACTS SOME OF OUR DISTRICT'S MOST VULNERABLE STUD PENITENTIARIES LIKE MANY DEPARTMENTS, WE EXPERIENCE VACANCIES. WHEN THE POSITION REMAIN UNFILLED, WORK DOESN'T DISAPPEAR. ADDITIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TAKE ON MORE SCHOOLS, LARGER WORKLOAD AND WHILE WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO
OUR STUDENTS, NOT A SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM SOLUTION. A CRYPT CAL SHORTAGE AND OUR COMPETITIVE PAY SCALE COMPETITIVE PAY SCALE RELATIVE COMPETITIVE PAY SCALE RELATIVE COMPETITIVE MARKET FACE. RETAINING AND RETAINING AND RECRUITING HIGHLY TRAIN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS HELP OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT HILLSBOROUGH VALUE THESE PROFESSIONAL VALUE THESE PROFESSIONAL OF THESE SERVICES. KEEP ESE AS PREVIOUS HEAVE PROPOSE BID ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK AND FOR THE PROGRESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE SON WE CAN BUILD AND MAINTAIN A STRONG WORK FORCE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS AND FAMILY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. %% THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CON
DA. A MOTION BY MEMBER A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER HAHN. PLEASE VOTE WHEN PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENT AYRES TO HIGHLIGHT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HIGHLIGHT THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, THREE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS ON CONSENT AGENDA JUST APPROVED. FIRST ONE IF WE GET OUR POWERPOINT AND PICTURE UP THERE,
START WITH YOU NICOLE. NICOLE NICOLE HILDE BRAND. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND UP. [ APPLAUSE ] JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NICOLE, BEGAN HER CAREER WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIX SCHOOLS TEACHING MANATEE AT COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 200 COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2002. WANT ON TO WANT ON TO SHIELDS AND BARRINGTON. 2015 MATH RESOURCE CENTER. TRANSFERRED TO RIVERVIEW HIGH
SCHOOL IN 2018 TO ONCE AGAIN TEACH MATH. TOLD HER IN THE INTERVIEWED THAT WE DON'T HAVE MANY MATH TEACHER WHO MOVE ON TO BECOME WHO MOVE ON TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENTS AND PRINCIPALS. POLICE SHOTWELL WAS A PRINCIPAL OVER AT RIVERVIEW. IN 2019, MISS IN 2019, MISS HILDBRAND HAS APPOINTED AT PROGRESS VILLAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CURRENTLY SERVING. SHE IS LITTLE SAD TO BE LEAVING PB AND ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS THERE, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE HER AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF
NEW PRINCIPAL OF MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND FAMILY AND FRIEND, PETE McGAR REPRESENT. I SEE YOU THERE. FAMILY AND FOREIGN FAMILY AND FOREIGN, PLEASE STAND UP /- -- PLEASE STAND UP. FAMILY AND FRIEND. NICOLE HAS TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. TEACHERS SHOW UP FRIDAY. GET TO WORK SOON. NO PLANNING TIME. THAT WAS OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT. WE ALSOS HAVE IF WE CAN PULL IT BACK UP, THE NEW PRINCIPAL BACK UP, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF NORTH. SUCCESS CENTER DR. GLEN
SUCCESS CENTER DR. GLEN BRAMIT. IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN STAND UP. DR. DR. BRAMLIT STARTED IN 1989 2005, MIDDLETHON HIGH SCHOOL. 206-2022. SPOTTO, JUNLTA AND MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND. DR. BRICK AND MORTARLET WAS APPOINTED THE A.P. AT TAMPA'S SUCCESS CENTER. UNTIL TODAY, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL
OF TAMPA SUCCESS CENTER. DR. BRICK AND DR. BRICK AND MORTARLIT, DR. BRICK AND MORTARLIT, CONGRATULATIONS. ANY FAMILY AND FRIEND AS WELL, ANY FAMILY AND FRIEND AS WELL, PLEASE STAND UP. [ APPLAUSE ] DR. DR. BRAMLIT, CONGRATULATIONS. ONE MORE PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT. YOU SEE HER PICTURE, BETH SILVA, NEW PRINCIPAL AT DOROTHY THOMAS NEW PRINCIPAL AT DOROTHY THOMAS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. BETH, STAND UP.
I LOVE BETH'S STORY. BE WANT HER BE WANT HER CAREER IN BE WANT HER CAREER IN HCPS IN 1984 AS A PREP AID. NOBODY KNEW WHAT BUT MISS BROWN. BE GAIN AS A PREP AID AT GRAHAM. 2000, TRANSFERRED TO SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY TEACHING THIRD GRADE. 2005-2015, TAUGHT ABD TO FIFTH AND THIRD-GRADERS AT CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY. 2017, TRANSFERRED TO 2017, TRANSFERRED TO PIZZO K AND
TAUNT THIRD AND FIFTH GRADES. A.A. AT DOROTHY THOMAS A.A. AT DOROTHY THOMAS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER WHERE SHE SERVES AND NOW A NEW SERVES AND NOW A NEW PRINCIPAL AT DOROTHY THOMAS. CONGRATULATIONS HOW TO. ANYBODY WFRP ANYBODY WFRP HER, PLEASE STAND ANYBODY WFRP HER, PLEASE STAND FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR THREE PRINCIPALS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR A FRIDAY. MADAM CHAIR, OUR MADAM CHAIR, OUR PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. CONGRATULATIONS, PRINCIPALS. NOW WE WILL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXIT THE BOARD ROOM THE BOARD ROOM AND GO CELEBRATE AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. DISCUSSION ITEMS WILL BE DEAD, D-1, 2, 3, DEAD, D-1, 2, 3, 5, 2.2, 7.2, 7.8, 67.9 AND 7.8, 67.9 AND 7.13.
ITEM NUMBER ITEM NUMBER IS, ITEM NUMBER IS, ADOPTION AND PURCHASE OF RECOMMENDED SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. >> IT WAS TRULY VOTED ON BY TEACHERS. CORE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS FOR CTE. PER FLORIDA STATUTE, PER FLORIDA STATUTE, 1006, AND POLICY 2.10. A 20-DAY REVIEW PERIOD AND
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE BOARD WITH APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF OF NEWLY ADOPT MATERIALS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON OUR LAST BOARD MEETING JULY 14. THIS ITEM PLACE ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA DISCUSSION AGENDA ACCORDING TO STATE STATUTE UNIT REQUIRING NAT ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF INSTRUCTION MATERIALS WILL KEPT AS A SEPARATE AS A SEPARATE ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, MR. ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, MR. JARGO IS HERE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE
ITEM D ITEM D 1.1. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER MEMBER GRAY, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? >>Lynn Gray: NO, I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 1.2, TO APPROVE APPROVE 2026-2027 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE-BASED READING PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS OUR 2026-'27 COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE-BASE PLAN. ANNUALLY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A A CERP FROM APPLICABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD.
EACH MUST APPLY A CERP TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BY AUGUST 1. DISTRICT MUST ACCURATELY DEPICT AND DETAIL THE ROLE OF ADMINISTRATION BOTH DISTRICT AND LEVEL, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING, THE BEST ENGLISH ARTS STANDARDS. THIS KISS STRICT CERP THIS KISS STRICT CERP EXPECTATION FOR ALL SCHOOLS K-12 AND SHARED WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS UPON THE FINAL APPROVAL BY STATE. AND WE HAVE, OF COURSE, TRACY BERGMAN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA THAT KNOWS MORE THAN TRACY BERGMAN. SO WE ARE LUCKY ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE READING PLAN, TRACY IS HERE, THAT IS 1.2. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM D APPROVE ITEM D 1.2. A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND FROM MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER GRAY AND VAUGHN, PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER GRAY LYNN LICENSE I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME,
THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE MY QUESTIONS -- THIS SOUNDS SO LOUD. I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE READING. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT STILL CONTAINS -- I KNOW WE ARE STILL CONTAINS -- I KNOW WE ARE NOT BRINGING IT BACK, BUT NOT BRINGING IT BACK, BUT CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT FOR I READY. AS A BOARD WE SHOULD TALK IN AS A BOARD WE SHOULD TALK IN LIGHT OF THE DATA BREACHES WE HAVE AROUND HEARING IS INFORMATION AND NOW TALK BEING SWITCHING BETWEEN SCREEN TIME. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS A CONVERSATION THAT WAY TO LIKE TO HAVE AS A BOARD SINCE IT IS PART OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
I GUESS I GUESS THAT IS ALL. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IS IT PASSES AND IS IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 1.4, AGREEMENT WITH
WITH HOUGHTON MIFFEN HAR COURT EDUCATION COMPANY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AIR WILL SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AIR WILL READS THIS. >>Superintendent Ayres: IT WAS ADOPTED AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS PRO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN ENSURES TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE TRAINING, COACHING AND AND IMEMPOLLEN MENTATION SUPPORT OF OF HIGH QUALITY USE YOU HAVE PROGRAM DISTRICT WIDE. YOU APPROVED IT LAST MOMENTSING AND THIS IS AND THIS IS PROFESSIONAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL GOES HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL GOES LONG WITNESS CURRICULUM. THAT IS 1.4.
>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO 'PROVE 'PROVE D-1.4. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS AND SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE OF THE COMMENTS ON THIS, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD AND THE TRAINING PIECE WE ARE LIVING TO TEACHERS; HOWEVER, WE ADOPT LAST BOARD MIDEASTING TO NOT ONLY TO ADOPT IT FOR ALL YOU HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT ALL OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AND SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE GATHERED THE DATA FROM ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING BUT I LEARNED IT WASN'T ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. A SELECT NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLS USING THIS. AND IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. I UNDERSTAND THE TRAINING IS EXCELLENT, BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE DAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT COLLECTED DATA FROM ALL YOU HAVE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. IF WE WERE TO ADOPT A CURRICULUM I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE A COMPLETE PICTURE WE PROVIDED AS
A BOARD NOT JUST ITEMS OF THE BOARD MEMBER BEFORE BOARD MEMBER BEFORE AND TRAINING, AND YET WE ARE IMPLEMENTING IT DISTRICT WIDE AND PILOTING TEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FULL PICTURE LAST BOARD MEETING AND SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED EVERYTHING FORGET. WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE GOING FROM TEN HIGH SCHOOLS TOLLS ALL 29 HIGH SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE GOING TO TEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BUT WE ONLY HAVE -- SO I WOULD BUT WE ONLY HAVE -- SO I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO THAT COMPREHENSIVELY. AN I WOULD PUNT THAT ON AS AN I WOULD PUNT THAT ON AS SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT BOXES THEM UP. LIKE WE WANTED THIS APPROVE, NOW
WE WANT TO APPROVE THIS, WE SHOULD EDUCATE ONLY THE COMPLAINT PACKAGE. IF WE CAN DO THAT FOR FUTURE, HE WOULD APPRECIATE IT SUPERINTENDENT SUE ONLY THING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEMS WITH PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. MR. LEWIS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THEY COULDN'T BE BUNDLED TOGETHER IN SAME ITEM. >>Patti Rendon: WE COULD HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION BEING IT HAD A CONVERSATION BEING IT SUMZ SUPZ SUPERINTENDENT I WANT TO BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE COULDN'T BRING IT PER REQUIREMENTS. AND THE COMMENTS, MISS RENDON. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CONVERSATION WAS HAD OR NOT. I WASN'T THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT. REASONING WHY IT IS TWO SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS TWO SEPARATE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS. >>Patti Rendon: OTHER PIECE OF IT IS, I WAS TOLD HOW IT IS, I WAS TOLD HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IT IS. AND EVERYONE LOVES OF WHAT IT HAS HAS DONE. AND THE TRAINING GIVEN TO THE TEACHERS FOR THOSE TEN HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GREAT. AND UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS ALL 29. AND WE ARE CONTINUING WHEN WE GOT TO THE LEARNING PIECE. I LEARNED NOW WE ARE TRAINING THEM ON THE REPS OF THE 9 HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN ALL 29 HIGH SCHOOLS.
SOME I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD THIS CONVERSATION. >>Superintendent Ayres: YES, MA'AM. >>Karen Perez: SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 1.5, AGREEMENT CURE RECOGNIZE LULL ASSOCIATES LCC. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL
HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS A IS A TEACHER PORTAL. ALL AROUND COMPLIANCE WITH ELEVATION ELEVATION PLATFORM ELEVATION ELEVATION PLATFORM PROVIDES SCHOOLS WITH PROVIDES SCHOOLS WITH REALTIME DATA POINTS TO TARGET INSTRUCTION AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND APPROVE ACQUISITION AND APPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. DOCUMENTATION OF FTE RELATED TO ENGLISH LEARNERS. ADDITIONALLY THE PLATFORM MAINTAINS REQUIRED RECORDS TO
MAIN TO INOUR DISTRICT'S REQUIREMENTS. 1.5, THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE WILL BE APPROVING ELEVATIONS. NEXT YEAR, THIS PARTICULAR TOOL AND COMPLIANCE TOOL WILL BE WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR FOCUS SSI PLATFORM. BLAST YEAR FOR ELEVATION. WE ARE PILOTING CURRENTLY AT THREE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT WITH FOCUS. NEXT YEAR WILL BE NEXT YEAR WILL BE FULL DISTRICT WIDE WITH FOCUS AND THE ELEVATION PLATFORM. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE WILL ELEVATE. THAT IS 1.5. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON AND MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN, PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >>Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T. SHE IS VERY GOOD GET IN TOUCH WITH ME TO MAKE SURE SHE ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS BEFORE TODAY. APPRECIATE IT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR
LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES I'M AND IT PASSES I'M UNANIMOUSLY. 2.2, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: IN '26-'27, ACST WILL PROVIDE AGRICULTURE AND BIOMEDICAL STUDENTS AT 34 SCHOOLS TO TAKE AN EARN INDUSTRY CERT IF I CASE SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATES, AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS ASSOCIATES,
TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST ARE AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS AND ANIMAL SCIENCE SPECIALISTS AND ANIMAL SCIENCE SPECIALISTS. ACST WILL BE WITH FUNDS ALIGNED WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN FOR ACADEMIC EXCEL HE THINKS. MR. CHRIS JARGO IS MR. CHRIS JARGO IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. %% THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. MOTION BY MOTION BY MEMBER RENDON. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER RENDON, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, I JUST REALLY WANT TO MANUFACTURE SEIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ITEM OF THIS ITEM THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITIES IS CHANGING AND THE INDUSTRY IS CHANGING AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IS LIFT OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GOING INTO OUR AGRICULTURE COMMUNITIES AND THROUGH OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS INTO A WHOLE DIFFERENT -- THE STRIFE IS LOOKING VERY DIFFERENT. AND THEY ARE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS TO GROWING AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT OUR PLANS AND OUR AGRICULTURE HOW
THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA WERE. STATE OF FLORIDA AGRICULTURE IS THE SECONDS LARGEST INDUSTRY. AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE COMPREHENSIVE TESTIFY AS A DISTRICT AND COMPETITIVE AS A STATE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY UP WITH STAY UP WITH TECHNOLOGY AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE STAYING UP WITH THE WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS A DISTRICT THAT WE EMPHASIZE ALL CHANGES IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND AGRICULTURE IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, NOT ONLY FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS BUT THE SECURITY OUR NATION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE FLORIDA FAIR, I SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE REALLY ARE REALLY STARTING TO GET INTO AGRICULTURE, AND HOW IT IS REALLY GROWING. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LOT CHILDREN -- I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO IS REALLY GETTING INTO THE -- YOU KNOW, BACK YARD -- YOU KNOW, BACK YARD STUFF, BUT HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE REALLY STARTING TO REALLY TURN SHIFT. AND STARTING TO BUY LAND
AND STARTING TO BUY LAND AND OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS ARE BRINGING EDUCATION BACK TO OUR FAMILIAR LEGALS. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US HERE TODAY HOW IT WILL SHIFT AND HELP GROW, BUT ALSO REALLY CHANGE THE -- - THE FACE OF WHAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS DOING IN THE SPACE OF AGRICULTURE. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR.
I WILL SHUT MY MIC OFF. AND IT PASSES I'M UNAMINOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 2.3. PIGGYBACKS FAB BRICKS STRUCTURES WITH RELATE MATERIALS AND SERVICES. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLY THIS ITEM TSUNAMI >>Superintendent Ayres: WE WILL HAVE A CTE THEME. A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART GREENHOUSE AT TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SUPPORT HANDS-ON INSTRUCTION AND CAREER EXPLORATION EXPLORATION OF AGRICULTURE EDUCATION PATHWAYS.
CHRIS JARGO IS HERE AND CHRIS JARGO IS HERE AND SHEA GRAPH, OUR SUPERVISOR WITHIN YOU ARE IN ARE IN CTE. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ENOUGH GREENHOWLS AT ENOUGH GREENHOWLS AT TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL? >>Karen Perez: I WAS FASCINATE BY WHAT HE WAS SAYING. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM D APPROVE ITEM D 2.3. OF A MOTION BY MEMBER VAUGHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER VAUGHN, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENCE? VAUNLZ VAUGHN I DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE MR. N TOUCH WITH ME TALKING OF FUNDING SOURCES. TALKS INTERNAL FUNDING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EAR MARK A LOT TOWARD THIS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH THE CTE PART OF THE DISTRICT IS CONTRIBUTING TOWARD THIS. I LOOK CLOSELY -- I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NEURALSHEA TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR AGRICULTURE CULTURES ARE BEING PRIORITIZED AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WORKS. SO IT KIND LED ME DOWN A RABBIT HOLE. I DID GET MY QUESTIONS I DID GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWER. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. RECEIVING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM 7.2, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR MAXIMUM PRICE FOR MODULAR RELOCATION RELOCATION PROJECT AT APOLLO
BEACH K-8 SCHOOL. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT WILL HIGHLIGHTS THIS ITEM TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HE WANT TO SAY WE ARE MOVING ALONG AND NOW GETTING TO MR. FARKAS'S ITEM AND SEE -- WE WERE AT A GREAT ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. SO SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS BOARD ITEM REQUIRES THE ITEM REQUIRES THE GMP OR THE MODULAR RELOCATION. WE PROPOSE TO USE THIRD-PARTY TECHNICIANS TO PROVIDE QUICK
RESOLUTIONS TO MAJOR PROJECTS REQUIRING ARE DISTRICT-WILD SERVICESP. NEED IS DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF REQUIREMENT OF RELOCATING MODULAR CLASSROOM FACILITIES AT APOLLO BEACH APOLLO BEACH K-8. PROBLEM REVOLVED BY RELOAD SKATING MODULAR, RAMPS, ARE SKATING MODULAR, RAMPS, ARE CANOPIES, ELEVATORS, TECH CANOPIES, ELEVATORS, TECH SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS AND ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEMS AND ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT APOLLO BEACH K-8. THAT IS ITEM THAT IS ITEM 7.2. %% THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON, VAUGHN AND COACHES PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO, I FINALLY GOT MY QUESTIONS ANSWER. BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE OR -- I GUESS ADDITIONAL QUESTION I GUESS ADDITIONAL QUESTION WE HAVE SINCE REMEMBER GOING TO TRANSITION TO TALK ABOUT OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN. OUR MOVING OUR KIDS OUT OF
PORTABLES AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE CLASSROOMS AND FACILITIES AS WE TRANSITION OUR K-8, A PRIORITY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. >>Christopher Farkas: 100% IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD. TALK OF THE FIVE MACHINE YEAR PLAN AND CONSTRAINTS. WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD IF YOU DON'T MIND, MISS VAUGHN. WHOLE REASON WE HAVE DONE THAT TO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. AT ONE POINT AT ONE POINT HE WANT TO SHARE, 2023-'24. STUDENTS ARTICULATING TO SINGS THE GRADE TO EISENHOWER.
2100 OF THOSE STUDENTS ATTENDED 2100 OF THOSE STUDENTS ATTENDED EISENHOWER. WE LOST 79 OF THOSE KIDS TO CHARTER OR PRIVATE SCHOOL. 106 FIFTH GRADER GOING TO SIX THE GRAVED. WHEN TO WHEN TO 55 KIDS THAT STALED WERE A. 48% RETENTION. THIS PAST YEAR 137 KIDS FIFTH GRADERS WHO WILL BE GRADERS AND 99 OF THOSE STUDENTS 99 OF THOSE STUDENTS STAYED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 67 67 % RETENTION RATE. A A CAPITAL EXPENSE BUT WANT TO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE VOTED FOR
IS HAPPENING. OUR KIDS ARE OUR KIDS ARE STAYING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS AND GET THECHLG BACK FROM IT PRIVATE OR CHARTER. I WANT TO BE HIGHER THAN 70%. AND PART OF THAT COULD BE A PERMANENT BUILDING IF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD DECIDES. IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE SPACE FOR THE KIDS SPACE FOR THE KIDS THERE. ALMOST 300 STUDENTS THERE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPACE. . >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER REGS. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE THOSE NUMBERS AND GLAD THAT OUR STUD RENT STAYING THERE BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE BEST PRODUCT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY I WILL SAY THAT OUR EISENHOWER NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED AS FAR AS OUR ACADEMIC GAINS. I DON'T WANT TO BE REMISS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE APPLE AND APPLES. OUR EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB GAIN ON THEIR ACADEMIC GAMESTHAT'S CORRECT? >> 100%. I AM SURE MISS McCREA CAN TALK TO THIS BETTER THAN I CAN.
WE ARE INVESTING IN THAT SCHOOL. YOU ARE XASHTLY RIGHT MISS. >>Patti Rendon: RENDON WHEN MAIDS, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY SAID WE WOULD NOT INVEST THEY MONEY TO DO THE K-8. GOING TO BE USING POVERTIABLES. TO REDO THE PORTABLES AND MOVE THEM BASED UPON FLOOD ISSUES AS WELL. >>Christopher Farkas: NOT FLOODING ISSUES. IF YOU EX-SEALED 20% OF WHAT ORIGINAL COUNTY WAS. THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE GO OVER 20% OF THAT, WE BACK TO THE COUNTY TO PROVE, HEY,
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE STILL WITH THAT SURE WE ARE STILL WITH THAT INTRODUCED A NEW PAY STUDY AND TURN LANES. PART OF THAT 20%. TO THAT POINT, WE GOT TO 8th GRADE LIST, GRADE LIST, EXCEEDED THE 209% AND INCLUDED RAISING AND INCLUDED RAISING THE PORTABLING TO THE FLOODPLAIN. >>Patti Rendon: AGAIN, WHEN WE MADE THAT DECISION NONE OF THAT WAS INFORMED TO BOARD. WHEN WE MADE THAT DECISION WE SAID BECAUSE WE HAVE NEEDS AROUND THIS DISTRICT FOR NEW BUILDS, FOR UPGRADES, ETC.
AND AND WE. HE WE SPECIFICALLY STATED OUR NEEDS AND WOULD BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD. WE DID NOT HEAR IT WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THIS IS A CHOICE SCHOOL. WE COULD HAVE CAPPED THAT CHOICE NOT TO EXCEED THAT 20%, BUT WE WERE NOT TOLD AT 20% THIS WILL BE COST WE WILL HAVE TO BE COST WE WILL HAVE TO ACCRUE. I FIND THAT TO BE DISINGENUOUSES THAT THREE YEARS LATER, WE ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO SPEND $4.5 MILLION TO PREPARE THIS SCHOOL
THAT THAT WE NOW COMMITTED TO IN COMMUNITY WHICH I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AS A BOARD, WE COMMIT TO, BUT THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY OTHER WHY OTHER THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE COMMIT TO SOMETHING WOULDN'T FULL KNOWLEDGE AND NOW WE HAVE TO NOW COMMIT TO THAT. BECAUSE THREE YEARS LOOK, ASKED THINGS ABOUT FLOODING. ASKED WHERE WE PUT MORE COST IN. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD NEW BUILDINGS AND IT WAS SAID, WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS. THREE YEARS LATER ASKED TO A PROVE A
PROVE A $4.5 MILLION RENOVATION. AND NOW -- EVEN NOW YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE MAY HAVE TO ADD ON A WHOLE BUILDING. THAT WILL BE MANY OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE DECISION PREPARING FOR NEXT. AND WE DO HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS IN WITHIN DISTANCE THAT IS A VERY CAPABLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT HAS OPEN SPACE. THAT IS AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL FOR ITS STUDENTS TO ATTEND TO. SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO BECOME A K-8. THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BEFORE WE APPROVE GOING TO A K-8. IF I WERE TO KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THEM, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SENTENCE OF STUDENTS. SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO GO OVER THE MARK WHERE WE ARE NOW HAVING TO SPENDS THAT MONEY BEFORE THE BOARD APPROVED IT. NOW WE ARE IN A POSITION TO
NOW WE ARE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO APPROVE IT OR TELL STUT STUDENTS WE CAN'T GO AFTER THEY ACCEPTED IT. PUTTING A BOARD INTO A VERY GOOD POSITION TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS K-8. WE SHOULD KNOW, GUY, IF WE GO OVER THIS NUMBER, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. I FEEL LIKE IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO BRING IT TO US THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER AND ASK FOR ANOTHER 3.57 MILLION 3.57 MILLION BECAUSE THAT COMMITMENT.
SECOND THOSE STUDENTS SECOND THOSE STUDENTS AS A DISTRICT. >>Christopher Farkas: ABSOLUTELY. >>Patti Rendon: AS A BOARD, WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS THAT YOU CHOSE TO PUT THAT OVER. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS MILLIONS AND, AGAIN, THIS IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THESED A AD UP. THREE SCHOOLS IN PLANT CITY BECAUSE OVER 10,000 NEW HOMES. CITY OF PLANT CITY JUST APPROVED NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DEW POINT FOR NEW HOMES. SO, AGAIN SO, AGAIN NEW THEMES ARE BUILT
AND NOT PUTTING IT ON A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND A DECISION THREE YEARS AGO THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO ADD ON THE EXPENSE EXCEPT FOR EXPENSE. I SPEND $2.4 MILLION BECAUSE YOU ACCEPTED MORE STUDENTS HANNAH WHAT IT WHAT IT ALLOWED. I JUST FIND THAT VERY DISINGENUOUS TO PUT US IN THAT OPINION. >> I RESPECT THAT OPINION AND IF YOU RESPOND BACK, SUPERINTENDENT. WE AT THE TIME SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO BUILD A BUILDING. ONLY GOING TO ONLY GOING TO BE PORTABLES WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO. WE CAN'T PREAPPLY TO COUNTY. WHERE HE KNEW THERE WOULD BE A COST TO COST TO PORTABLES. I RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. WE SHOULD HAVE SAID A COST AND MAKE A ESTIMATE. THAT IS A FAIR REQUEST RENDON REASON OR WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN END THE CAPED IF WE CAP IT AND GO OVER THE 209%, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST. IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN EDUCATED. I HAVE NOT BEEN. >>Christopher Farkas: NO MOM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU.
I MEAN I THINK THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. YOU LOOKING AT THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. AND I THINK WHEN LOOK AT THE COST OF AMOUNT OF MONEY COST OF AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA YOU KNOW, AND THE COST OF INSTRUCTION GOING UP SO HIGH, I THINK WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AND VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS. WHEN I LOOK AT SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO BE CUSHION-8s. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HAVING A SCHOOL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. NOT REDOING THAT.
AS MUCH AS I CARE AS MUCH AS I CARE SO MUCH WHEN SOMEONE TALKS OF 1900 OR 200 STUDENTS THEY WANTS TO ATTEND. IF THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT IS FEASIBLE THEY CAN ATTEND THAT PARENTS. MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN TO ONE SCHOOL. THEY PREFER STAYING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IS THE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TOE LOOK AT AREAS THAT ARE SHARP RINGING AND I LOOK AT
PARTS OF MY AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO MOVE IN THE AREA AND BIRTH RATES ARE AND BIRTH RATES ARE SHRINKING AND EVERYTHING IS SHANKING IN YOUR AREA. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TILL PARENTS, HEY, WE ARE ABLE TO CONVERT YOUR ADOBE K-8 AND ABLE TO CONVERT THIS SCHOOL TO THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY ANYMORE. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE HAVING WORKSHOPS AS A BOARD, CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THINGS, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE OPERATIONS, AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE FISCALLY HARD CONTINUE TO MAKE FISCALLY HARD DECISIONS. IF PARENTS DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SCHOOL AND SPEND MILLIONSFUL DOLLARS AND GO DOWN THE STREET TO THEIR HOUSE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE OR FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS CLOSING OPINION THIS IS IMPACTING ALL WAY ACROSS. SCHOOLS ARE BEING IMPACTED EVERYWHERE. WE KNOW WE ARE BEST PRODUCT OUT THERE FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE OFFER IS THAT IS THAT PRO
EXPAND THOSE SCHOOLS EXPAND THOSE SCHOOLS THANK YOU, PLA FARKAS. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISION. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I COMMITTED TO IT. BUT YOU WON'T SEE ME SUPPORTING TOO MUCH MORE WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR I AGREE WITH THE K-8s. IF THIS IS A SOMETHING THAT
PARENTS ARE REALLY WANTING, WE NEED A PLAN FOR IT NOT JUST A ONE-OFF EVERY OF MONTHS OR EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY I AM VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE RETAINING FAMILIES AND THAT YOU DIDN'T CLOSE THE DOOR ON THAT. BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENTS SINGLE STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULD RATHER INVEST IN EXPANDING THAT K-8 AND NOT DO THE IF WE EXPAND IN THE K-8 INSTEAD
OF A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL IN WATERSEPTEMBER AND I DON'T THINK YOU MADE WRONG DECISION. Y RIGHT CONTINUING TO ACCEPT STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE NEED TO RETAIN OUR FAMILY. TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, EVEN THOUGH EISENHOWER IS TURNING UPWARD AND HAS SO MANY POSITIVE UPWARD AND HAS SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING THINGS HAPPENING HAVEN'T WITHIN ON THAT UPWARD SWING LONG ENOUGH FOR FAMILIES.
THEY NEED TO SEE IT SUSTAINED BEFORE THEY TRUST IN THAT SYSTEM AGAIN. SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE -- THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PROBABLY CHOSEN EISENHOWER AT THIS TIME. A YEAR FROM NOW, HOPE THAT CHANGED. HOPE THEY ARE CHOOSING HOPE THEY ARE CHOOSING EISENHOWER AND I THINK THEY WILL BE CHOOSING EISENHOWER. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN WHAT IS GOING OBJECT THERE. BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE THE FIVE, WE HAVE THE TEN-YEAR PLAN. AND THINGS LIKE THIS MIGHT CHANGE THAT IN REGARD TO, OF COURSE, NOW WE ARE INVESTING IN THIS SCHOOL. MAY NOT NEED TO BUILD A
BRAND-NEW SCHOOL. THESE TWO SCHOOLS MAY BE ABLE TO BE ABSORB ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE DOWN THERE. AND WE HAVE COLLINS DOWN THERE AS WELL. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE -- WE ARE INVESTING IN WRONG PLACE. WE ARE INVESTING IN RIGHT PLACE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD DO WE NEED THAT WATERSET SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH EAST COUNTY. 15,000 NEW HOMES APPROVED, NOT
TEN. AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT EITHER WAY. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO INVEST IN THAT COMMUNITIES, AND I CAN THAT THE REVENUE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE REVENUE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BRING IN AND PARENTS ARE GOING TO INVEST IN OUR SCHOOLS DOWN THERE ARE GOING TO BE A BE A PLUS. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT POINTS THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE BRINGING UP. SIGNIFICANT PART, YOU HAVE
TREMENDOUS GROWTH, PLANT CITY TO POLK AND TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN APOLLO BEACH. THEN WHAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, HOW DO WE GET -- TAKE CARE OF THAT GROWTH APPEAR GET IT INTO OUR PUBLIC FTE SYSTEM. IF WANT TO MAKE THE SCHOOL COMPETITIVE. THIS IS THE PART. WE HAVE WE HAVE AGRICULTURE STUDY THERE IS. KIDS ARE POURING IN. THEY ARE VERY EXCITE. THERE IS A LOT MORE KIDS COMING TO THAT SCHOOL. IT IS EXPLODE. AND THEN, YES, WE PUT THEM IN THE PORTABLE. IT WAS -- WITH FLOOD ZONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU THE HIGH. WONDER IF YOU ARE
GOING TO FLOAT AROUND, THE NECESSITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THE POINT IS, TOO, YOU ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY I WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE AND I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS AN TO MAKE THIS AN ATTRACTOR SCHOOL AND AN INVESTMENT IN MR. FARKAS. WE ARE INVESTING AND WE HAVE WE ARE INVESTING AND WE HAVE IT. OTHER POINT THE BOARD IS MAKING, HEY, GIVE US THE YEARLY TREND HEY, GIVE US THE YEARLY TREND EXPENSES COMING OUR WAY. SO I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS IS TO HAVE THE WORKSHOP, HAVE THE WORKSHOP, MAKE IT MORE
OF A FLUID VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN -- NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN TO ME. STACEY, BECAUSE THAT IS HER DISTRICT. WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND IT IS KIND OF FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO WE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. SO POINT WELL SAID. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT. KNOW THE NEED IS VERY, VERY CLEAR. AND IT IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS. SO WE ARE HOPING TO A VERY GOOD HIGH HIGH FTE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7.8, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 7.8, 2025-'27 TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. >>Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU NOTE ALMOST YOU NOTE ALMOST 5:01. AND BOARD PROBABLY NEEDS TO GO TO THE BUDGET FIRST PUBLIC HEARING SINCE WE HEARING SINCE WE ADVERTISED FOR 5:01.
IF WE CAN JUMP AHEAD TO THAT, I THINK THAT WILL BE APROP YACHT. >>Karen Perez: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET OF $4,209,219,862 -- >>Superintendent Ayres: MADAM CHAIR? LET ME LET ME GET US TO THE RIGHT LET ME GET US TO THE RIGHT. >>Jim Porter: PAGE 11. %% THANK YOU.
HEARING FOR THE POLICIES -- THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR 2026 FISCAL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE PRESENT TO YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY THE 2026-'27 MEL LAND RATES AND 2026-'27 MEL LAND RATES AND PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET. ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. OUR BUDGET INCLUDES ALL GOVERNMENT AND PROPRIETARY FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. >>Karen Perez: AT THAT TIME, I
WILL ADJOURN THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BOARD MEETING AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR YEAR 2026-'27. MR. JAMESY LEWIS, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL NOW PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD FOR TONIGHT'S OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. HE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN FLYING THROUGH TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING
AND MISS PEREZ, YOU GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OURSELVES. SO WE WILL GET TO THOSE POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO BUT AGO BUT EXCITED TO BRING THE FIRST HEARING PRESENTATION TO YOU HERE TONIGHT. SO WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DO. AND WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD FOR TO YOU VOTE ON. AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE. OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT WILL GO OVER FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT I THINK WILL HELP GIVE A CLAIRE PATH WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE FINAL HEARING HELD LATER IN SETTLEMENT. TONIGHT WE WILL BE GOING OVER
OUR '27 TIMELINE OF EXTRA EXACTLY HOW BUDGET WILL GO AND WHAT THE FINAL PROCESS ALSO HAD BEEN AS WE SET OUR BEEN AS WE SET OUR BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGETS. PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE IS ANY. BOARD DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF OUR MILLAGE RATES AND ADOPTION OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND GO WITH THE TIME PROCESS FOR HERE WITH THE TIME PROCESS FOR HERE TONIGHT. AS WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO, EARN AS WE ALWAYS WANT TO DO, EARN THE CAPE THE PUBLIC ON A CONTINUE TO WHAT EXACTLY TIMELINE THROUGH NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR
DAYS OR MONTH. JULY 28. COUPLE OF ITEMS ACCOMPLISH, TENTATIVE BUDGET TO THE BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AGENDA TO GET SITTER IF I OCCASION FOR VALUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES FOR DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE BY JULY 19. AND THE ADVERTISEMENT WENT OUT THIS PAST WEEKENDS IN THE "TIMES. "WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WORKING WITH PROPERTY THEN WORKING WITH PROPERTY APPRAISER STARTING TOMORROW CONFIRM THE RESULTS OF TONIGHT. AN THEN LOOK FORWARD TO SETTLEMENT 15 FOR OUR FINAL SETTLEMENT 15 FOR OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND SUBMITTING
REST OF THE DATA LATER THAT MONTHS. OUR PROPOSED MEL LAGE RATES FOR FISCAL '26-'27. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS AND WHAT OUR MILLS RECOMMEND. THIS WILL GET A BETTER EDUCATION TO BOTH OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TALK BEING AND WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN WE VOTE ON IT. TRUTH IN NIL MILLAGE OR THE FLORIDA TRIM LAW WAS EN ACTED IN 1980. DETAILED UNDER FLORIDA SECTION
00. STATE REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CLEARLY TO CLEARLY DES CLOSE PROPOSE MILLAGE RATES AND MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET BY TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WILL THROUGH THREE PRIMARY MILL, REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORTS, DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY MILLAGE. TRIM PROCESS INFORMS THE PUBLIC OF LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAT DETERMINES THE PROPERTY TAXES FLORIDA STATE LAW PRO STRIDES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND GOLF HE WERING OF TAX AUTHORITIES TO STATE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR PROPOSE CHANGES IN PROPOSE CHANGES IN TAXES IN THE
BUDGET. FLORIDA STATUTE UNIT IS DETAILED IN DEFINING THE PROCESS AND TIME TABLE TO BE FOLLOWED IN ADOPTING THESE TAXES THAT WE ARE TALKING HERE TONIGHT WHICH IS OUR MILLAGE RATES. NUMBERS REFLECTED TONIGHT ARE REPRESENT FIVE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BASE ON SECOND CALCULATION CALCULATION RELEASED EARLIER IN JULY. FROM THE DEMOCRAT OF EDUCATION ARE SUBJECT TOE CHANGE FRIAR TO CLOSING OUT THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR AND ANY CHANGES THROUGH YEAR AND ANY CHANGES THROUGH FUTURE CALCULATION. AS WE CONSIDER OUR MILL TONIGHT, WE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR BUDGET AMOUNTS, AND WE TAIL TO GO BACK AND DEFINE WHAT THAT IS. THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO OUR MILLS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATE. 1973, FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ENACTED THE THE FLORIDA FINANCE PLAN AND REFER THE FEFP AN STATE POLICY ON THE FEFP AN STATE POLICY ON EQUALIZED FUNDING TO GUARANTEE TO EACH STUDENT IN THE FLORIDA
TO EACH STUDENT IN THE FLORIDA EDUCATION SYSTEM, THE AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAM AND SERVICES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIAL AND EQUAL TO THOSE AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER STUDENTS NOT ANY OTHER STUDENTS NOT WITHSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL WITHSTANDING GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES OF ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES OF ECONOMIC FACTOR. A PROGRAM TO A PROGRAM TO OVER QUALIZE FUNDING NO FUNDING NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT STATE. IT IS THE PRIMARY PLACE IN WORKINGSS HOW WE GET FUND FOR OUR BUDGET. AND IT IS OPERATING THROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE. IF CONSISTS OF BOTH STATE AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAX FUNDS. AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT DOESN'T JUST CONSIST OF STATE-ONLY FUND. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LIKE AN STATE FUNDS. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SETS THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER TONIGHT. AND THEY SEPTEMBER THAT MILLAGE RATE ANNUALLY. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX VALUE THEY WORK WITH IN EACH PROPERTY THEY WORK WITH IN EACH PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE PER COUNTY. IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT IS SCHOOL
BOARDS MUST LEVY BOARDS MUST LEVY THE MILLAGE SET FOR REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARTICIPATE IN THE FEFPP PROGRAM. AS WE CONSIDER TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE STATE FUNNEL AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE IN A FEW SECONDS LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT IS A MILLAGE. A MILLAGE IS A TAX RATE DEFINE AS DOLLARS ASSESSED FOR EACH $1,000 OF VALUE. ONE MILL IS $1 PER 1,000 ASSESS VALUE.
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNER ARE, IF YOU HAVE OF A HOME ASSESS AN VALUE YOU HAVE 200,000 AND YOU QUALIFY FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, TAXABLE VALUE IS VALUE IS $175,000. FORMULA WILL GO AND DIVIDE THAT BY 1,000 AN TIMES THAT BY OUR BY 1,000 AN TIMES THAT BY OUR MILLAGE RATES, AND PROPERTY TAX THAT WILL BE OWE BY THAT HOMEOWNER WOULD BE HOMEOWNER WOULD BE $1008.457. SO THAT GIVES A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW
S THE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. TONIGHT IN A FEW SECONDS, WE WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT BOARD FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES. BEFORE YOU, WE SEE OUR ACTUAL MILLAGE RATES FOR LAST YEAR AND OUR PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES FOR THIS YEAR. WE DO ANTICIPATE A DECLINE WE DO ANTICIPATE A DECLINE IN OUR PROPOSE ON OUR MILLAGE RATE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR TO TO .0060 OR A IN.09 DECREASE IN THE TOTAL MILLS THAT WE WILL BE ASSESSING. WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH MILL IN
A MINUTE AND DEFINE WHAT EXACTLY IT IS USED FOR. ONLY ONE OUT ALL OF YOU HAVE OUR CATEGORIES HERE IS TAKING A DECREASE. MOST OF OUR MEALS ARE STABLE AN WE WILL TALK BECOME THAT WE WILL TALK BECOME THAT AGAIN IF YOU SEE A CHART THAT FEW SECONDS. INCREASED BY INCREASED BY .0206 OR INCREASED BY .0206 OR 0.84%. GRASPING OUR MILLAGE RATE AND BEING IN THE TIS STRICT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS LOOK BACK IN OUR HISTORY. BEFORE SUE 'TEN-YEAR SNAPSHORT OF OUR HISTORICAL MILLAGE RATE.
COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTS TO NOTE THAT TELL POUR STORY OF HOW PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN ASSESS AND TAXED IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHAT ITMENTS OVER THE LAST DECADE. GREEN BOXES ARE LOCAL GREEN BOXES ARE LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS R IMPROVEMENTS. ACROSS THE TEN YEARS ASSESSED 1.5 TOTAL MILLS AND OBVIOUSLY VERY STABLE. NEXT ONE IN ORANGE, THE 7.478 AND THAT IS AND THAT IS OUR DISCRETIONARY LOCAL PART OF THE PROCESS THAT
HELPS US STABILIZE MAYBE THINGS WE DON'T SEE THAT STACK UP TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AS THEY PLAYING FIELD AS THEY STATED GOAL WAS. BOX IS REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT IN EVERY PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT. ONE THING WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE. STEADY DECLINE OVER LAST TEN YEARS AND SEEN A DECLINE EVERY YEAR FOR LAST TERM YEARS. IF YOU LOOK OVER TEN IF YOU LOOK OVER TEN YEARS, WE DO SEE -- SORRY, IT HAS DO SEE -- SORRY, IT HAS DECREASE BY
BY NEGATIVE(SUFFIX)LE.262 MILL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS PAST YEAR, THIS WILL BE THE SECOND YEAR OF IT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENTS VOTED YES FOR OUR REFERENDUM. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PERSONNEL HERE TEACHERS AND OUR PERSONNEL HERE AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND ADDED A A 1.0 IN LIGHT BLUE BOXES IN 2026-'27. IF YOU REMOVE THE 1.0 MILL OVER PAST DECADE, OUR TOTAL MILLS
WHEN DOWN BY 1.62 TOTAL MILL OVER THAT PERIOD OVER THAT PERIOD TIME. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR US AS WE LOOK FOR US AS WE LOOK AT THAT AND WHAT THIS T MEANS, BUT IT DOES SHOW A STORY WHERE WE HAVE TAX LESS THAN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENCE BASED ON THE GUIDANCES THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. AND EVEN WITH OUR INCREASE THAT WE HAVE IN 2027 OF A WE HAVE IN 2027 OF A TOTAL MILL PACKAGE OF PACKAGE OF 6.3340, LESS THAN PACKAGE OF 6.3340, LESS THAN TOTAL MILL ASSESSED IN 2019. AND THAN IS A AND THAN IS A GOOD POINT TO HELP TELL OUR STORY IN HILLSBOROUGH.
EVEN WITH A 1.0 MILL, LESS MILLS THAN WE DID A DECADE AGO. I DON'T THINK OTHERS WITH SEA THAT, BUT I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT IN THAT IN HILLSBOROUGH. AND A GOOD ANYTHING WE CAN INFORM OTHERS. OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS HELPFUL GO THROUGH EACH MEL LAGE, WHAT EXACTLY IT IS, WHO ASSESSES WITH, AND WHAT IT IS USED TO IT. IN THE FAR LEFT IN THE DARKY DARK BLUE, DARK BLUE,.066 MILL. THAT FUND SOMETHING A PORTION OF THE FEFP SATURDAY FUNDING THAT WE DO RECEIVE.
AGAIN, THAT'S PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT FEFP PROGRAM BETWEEN STATEMENT AND LOCAL FUND. SCHOOL BOARD ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IT. IF WE FAIL TO LEVY IT WE WILL NOT QUALIFY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. THIS MILL IS SET BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND CERTIFIED VALUES COME FROM THE FLORIDA COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. NIX IN GROWN BOX NIX IN GROWN BOX DISCRETIONARY LOCAL OF LOCAL OF .67480. AUTHORIZED BY THE FLORIDA COLLEGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AS A MAXIMUM YOU HAVE IN MILL RATE AS
PART IN EFFORT PROGRAM. IT IS AUTHORIZED BY LEGISLATURE AND ADOPTED BY SCHOOL BOARDS TO, AGAIN, A OF THE FEFP FUNDING WE SEE ON EACH CALCULATION. IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE A REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT PRIOR YEAR FUNDING A- FUNDING A- JUSTMENT. THE STATE REQUIRED THE STATE REQUIRED RECONCILIATION OF LOCAL EFFORT MILLAGE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. BASED ON PRIOR YEAR BASED ON PRIOR YEAR FINAL CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES TEAMS THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. SOME YEARS WE HAVE SOME YEARS WE HAVE AN
ADJUSTMENT. SOME DON'T. DEPENDS ON THE DEPENDS ON THE RECONCILIATION. CALCULATE FROM FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN ADDITION TO THE LOWER REQUIRED EFFORT. THE ORANGE BOX ASSESSED AT 1.5 MILL. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. OUTSIDE OF GENERAL OUTSIDE OF GENERAL FUND AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTS A LOT OF THINGS WE TALK ABOUT DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND ALLOW MR. FARKAS AND MR. FARKAS AND HIS GROUP TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES IN OUR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY. MILLAGE IS DEDICATED TO MILLAGE IS DEDICATED TO RESTRUCTURE AND MODELLING AND
WILL IMPACT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO. YOU CAN'T FIND A YOU CAN'T FIND A BETTER SOURCE THAT HAS IMPACTED THAT HAS IMPACTED THE STUDENT'S LIFE AND JOURNEY WITH US. THIS AGAIN IS AUTHORIZED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND ADOPTED BY SCHOOL BOARDS. FINAL HERE, OAT VOTING MILLAGE, 1.70 MILL. SECOND YEAR WITH THIS MILLAGE IS LOCALLY IMPROVED. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THE EMPHASIS. ALL OF THE REST OF IT IS STATE ALL OF THE REST OF IT IS STATE APPROVED. REST OF LOCAL EAPPROVED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENTS AND SPLIT BETWEEN CHARTER SCHOOLS.
REFERENDUMS ARE LEVIED IN ACCORDANCE TO VOTER AUTHORIZATION. SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGSING WITH THIS ONE IS NOT ONLY WAS IT VOTE ON, WE TOLD THE RESIDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOW IT WOULD BE USED, AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW WE ARE FOLLOWING IT. FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 92% OF THESE FUNDS SUPPORT SALARY ENHANCEMENTS WHICH IMPACTED 23,000 EMPLOYEE THIS PAST YEAR AND 8% WILL SUPPORT SUPPORT ACADEMIC SUPPORT ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, OUR RECOMMENDATION HERE TONIGHT IS FOR THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE TOTAL MILLAGE RATE TOTAL 6.3340 AS OUTLINED BELOW FOR FISCAL YEAR '26-'27. AND THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OR ROLL-BACK RATE?
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-'27 MEL LAGE RATES AS MEL LAGE RATES AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WASHINGTON AND A SECOND BE MEMBER HAHN. >>Jim Porter: MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MECHANICS, I REMIND YOU SEVERAL MOTIONS UP BE DOING AS PART OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS JUST ON SETTING THIS IS JUST ON SETTING MILLAGE. QUESTIONS OF SUB IS HE KWENL PROVISIONS OF BUDGET, THAT IS THE NEXT MOTION. THIS IS IT JUST ABOUT THE MILLAGE. NEXT PART OF THE MOTION -- NEXT
MOTION WILL BE ABOUT THE BUDGET ITSELF. >>Karen Perez: BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OR ROLL-BACK RATE AS PRESENTEDED? SEEING NONE, SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE -- YOU ARE IN THE QUEUE? I AM I AM SORRY. >>Jessica Vaughn: I SNUCK ON IN THERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS MILLAGE WILL AFFECT -- CAN I ASK THAT NOW? OKAY.
NICE. I HAVE BEEN WAITING WEEKS TO ASK THIS. SO BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU PRESENTED, WHICH THAT YOU PRESENTED, WHICH WAS VERY CLEAR AND APPRECIATE THAT. THIS THIS VERY COMPLICATED INFORMATION, ANY OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE HISTORY AND BREAK IT DOWN TO PEOPLE TO SEE IN GRAPHICS, PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS MUCH APPRECIATED BECAUSE SO COMPLEX, BUT BASE ON REDUCTION IN THE MILLAGE RATE WE ARE ABOUT TO ADOPT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, HOW MUCH DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT MUCH DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT TAKING OUT OF OR AFFECTING OUR BUDGET THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT FOR NEXT YEAR?
>> PROVIDED THAT TO YOU OVER WEEKEND. I I CAN'T RECALL THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE REQUIRED REDUCTION THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR I BELIEVE I MENTIONED COUPLE MILLION OF DOLLARS IN REDUCTION. YOU HAVE TO BE YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT, BECAUSE THE VALUE DID INCREASE. WE DON'T SET THE WE DON'T SET THE VALUES EITHER. SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE CLEAR AND RECEIVED IT THROUGH PROPERTY APPRAISER CERTIFIED THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA. EVEN A SMALL DECREASE IN A MILL RATE FOR THE
RATE FOR THE VALUE TOTAL OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE OUR COUNTY IS SO BIG, THE VALUES ARE IN THE BILLIONS. AND JUST A POINT 001% CHANCE OF DECREASE AIR MAKES A HUGE IMPACT. HE HOPE THAT IS ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS -- IT IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT DECREASE OCCUR OVER THE LAST DECADE FOR THE REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT. SO WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THE OTHERS ARE STABLE, BUT IT HAS BEEN A CONTINUED DECLINE FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
>>Jessica Vaughn: YOU >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU SENT IT TO US AND HE WAS OUT YOU HAVE TOWN SO I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT. A BALLPARK TAMPA IF FLUCTUATES. IF PRICES WERE TO STAY THE SAME BASED ON THAT MILL REDUCTION, WHAT A BALLPARK WE ARE TALKING AROUND HERE JUST SO PEOPLE LISTENING AND THE PUBLIC HAVE AN IDEA AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LUKE FOR OUR BUDGET. >> ONE >> ONE SECOND. I CAN TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
>>Jessica Vaughn: I FEEL LIKE THE THE "JEOPARDY" THEME SHOULD BE PLAYING TOO. >> WE CAN CONFIRM THIS NUMBER TO YOU TOO, BUT CURRENT ESTIMATE AROUND $3 MILLION WE WOULD HAVE LOST. WE CAN CONFIRM THAT, AND AGAIN NOTHING WE HAVE READILY AVAILABLE HERE TONIGHT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THE POINT IS SO THE QUESTION IS ALL CLEAR, IF THE MILLAGE RATE HAS CLEAR, IF THE MILLAGE RATE HAS
STAYED -- IF THE EFFORT STAYED THE SAME LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE $3 MILLION. >>Jessica Vaughn: ASSUMING PROPERTY TAXES, BOTH WILL HAVE TO STAY THE SAME. >> BASE AND THE APPROVED PROPERTY VALUE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. MILL RATE WOULD HAVE STAYED THE SAME AND PROPERTY VALUE PEWS GO UP WHICH WE ALWAYS DO, WILL BE ROUGHLY THREE MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN.
PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THIS PART PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MR. LEWIS, PLEASE MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT. PABLO. THANK YOU. GOT TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME. THIS IS HIS LAST TIME WITH US HERE TONIGHT. SORRY. I HAD TO MENTION THAT. OUR NEXT PART OF THE
PRESENTATION A PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '26-'27. AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE AREA THAT YOU JUST APPROVED IS A MAJOR PART OF WHAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE GENERAL FUND AS IT SUPPORT ASTHMAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING. AND WE WILL BREAK THAT DOWN IN JUST A SECOND. LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND, MAJOR BUDGET BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, START FOCUS AGO ON REVENUE FIRST AND THEN EXPENSES. HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE ARE YOU MORE TAYLOR TO THE GENERAL FUND AND YOU WILL DISCUSS ALL FUNDS IN JUST A SECOND.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERAL FUND REVENUE FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES. ESTIMATED 54% OF OUR REVENUE HAS COME FROM STATE SOURCES THAT INCLUDE THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT, OUR STATE CATEGORICAL ALLOCATION AND OTHER STATE MISCELLANEOUS, 45% OF YOU ARE BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY LOCAL SOURCES. THAT INCLUDES THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. IT TALKS ABOUT INVESTMENT, VARIOUS FEES AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER LOCAL SOURCES AND FINALLY WE ARE SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL
SOURCES WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE FEDERAL IMPACT, ROTC, MEDICAID AND OTHER AREAS. AS WE CONSIDER STATE FUNDING AND LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE FEFP PROGRAM. TOTALS $1.5 BILLION. SUPPORTS OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE BY REVENUE BY 50%. AS WHERE HE LOOK AT BSA INCREASED FROM INCREASED FROM 55,36. TOP
TOP. BSA BASE AND ALLOCATION IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER. THAT IS IS THE RELATIONSHIP TO A FUNDING SET AMOUNT TO OUR FTE. THAT INCREASE RECOMMENDS A 1.6% INCREASE. AND THAT INCREASE, AGAIN, IS PER PER FTE. AS YOU CONSIDER LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES, THEY ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET, AND THAT INCLUDES BOTH INCLUDES BOTH OPERATING SUPPORT AND THE REFERENDUM MILLAGE. TOTAL MILLAGE DECREASE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IMPROVED FROM 6.340 TO
6.340 TO 6.3340, BUT PROPERTY TAX DID INCREASE. IN YOU WERE TO COMBINE OUR STATE FEFP FUND AND LOCAL PROPERTY FUNDING THEY ACCOUNT FOR 990% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE. WE CONSIDER HOUR TO OPERATE THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS GENERAL RALE FUND GOES, OUR TWO SOURCES OF HOW FAR WE RUNNING OUR DISTRICT ARE FROM THOSE TWO SOURCES AT 90%. THOSE ARE RESET FOR. NOT A LOT OF FLUCTUATION IN THOSE. WE DO BUDGET PROPERTY TAXES AT WE DO BUDGET PROPERTY TAXES AT 896% AND 896% AND WORK CLOSE LEASE WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS
TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE COLLECTIONS, BUT, AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALSO OUT OUR CONTROL, ARE ALSO OUT OUR CONTROL, FPFE IS ONLY IS ONLY OUR FTE. ENROLLMENT FLUCTUATIONS. AGAIN, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR BUDGET BY THESE TWO AREAS SUPPORTED BY 90%. AS WE CONSIDER THE BASE OF THE ALLOCATION, WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK HISTORY THAT SHOW THE CHANGES OVER LAST COUPLE YEARS. AS MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR FOR
THIS OTHEROF $858 OR 1 AM 46% GROWTH. OVER LAST DECADE, WE HAVE SEEN BSA INCREASE BY SEEN BSA INCREASE BY $1253.65. OR ROUND 29.8% INCREASE. ONE THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLARIFY WITH THE WE ARE CLARIFY WITH THE BSA, SOMETIMES IT IS DANGEROUS TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE BSA INCORPS RAFRT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SOMETIMES THE STATE WILL INCLUDE OR ROLL KEPT INCLUDE OR ROLL KEPTS INTO IT AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE TAKEN OUT TOUGH.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH FACTOR GOOD AND BAD FROM WHAT THE DOLLAR WILL BE COMPARISON TO OTHER YEARS BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE IMPACTED BY DIFFERENT WAYS. NOT ALWAYS A APPLE-BY-APPLE IF WANT TO LOOK AT IN LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS RECOMMENDS SAME THING. BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THAT IS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS US AND OUR SUPPORTS US AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. AS EXPENDITURES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WANT TO PRO REED IS IN THE GENERAL FUND OUR EXPENSE CATEGORIES AND THE
CATEGORIES AND THE PERCENTAGES FOR OUR BUDGET. WON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THOSE" AND ONE GOOD INLAND THE CAPER THAT WE DO STRIVE TO THAT WE DO STRIVE TO MAINTAIN IS HOW DO WE DEAL WITH OR HOW DO WE BUDGET AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP FOR OUR BIGGEST EX-FENCE IN WE HAVE NEAR IN THE DISTRICT. PERSONNEL EXPENSE PERSONNEL EXPENSE IS NUMBER ONE COST EXPENSE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WHICH TRY TO MAINTAIN 80% TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE PREDEFICIENT THAT 880.5% OF
TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS, EXCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL BE TOE TALE PERSONNEL EXPENSE. AS WE CONSIDER NEXT ITEM, I THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE REALLY THIS TO ADDRESS AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LOOK AT LOOK AT THOSE FUNDINGS BECAUSE HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE OUR NUMBER ONE INCREASE IN CHALLENGING FOR US -- CHALLENGING FOR US AS FAR AS THE COST INCREASE. A $48 MILLION CREASE I BELIEVE CREASE TO FUND THIS YEAR. $58 MILLION TO ALL FUNDS.
APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. THAT IS MY BUDGET MANAGER TO HELP. ALL RIGHT, SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF LONG NIGHTS. SO 80.5% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS OUR MARK FOR THIS COMING YEAR. THAT IS THE THAT IS THE VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER THAT WE BELIEVE WE STRIVE TO TO MAINTAIN. CUP OF YEARS AGO BACK IN OUR THEFT IT WAGES 80% AND OUR
DISTRICT IS IF A GOOD JOBFUL BEING FISCALLY MINDED TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR OR OPERATE EXPENSES AND PROVIDE A FISCAL BALANCE BUDGET TOTS BOARD EACH YEAR. AND SO AS WE CONSIDER THAT, HEALTH CARE COST AS WE MINUTES A MINUTE AGO OUR NUMBER ONE DRIVER, BIGGEST CHALLENGE THIS COME HERE. $48 MILLION TO GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND APPROXIMATELY 58 MILLION TO ALL FUNDS. WHEN WE SAY APPROXIMATE, THAT NUMBER CHANGES WITH A NUMBER OF FACTORNESS AND THE PANEL WILLS ALSO DETERMINE THE FINAL COST.
ONE THING THAT WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND BACK IN JUNE WE HIGHLIGHT, AND BACK IN JUNE WE BROUGHT THE ITEM BROUGHT THE ITEM TO. DISTRICT FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT ALONG WITH THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE TO MAKE AN COMMITTEE TO MAKE AN SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO OUR MOWS BASED ON COST OF LIVING IN TAMPA AND THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE BEEN FACING. THIS YEAR REASON THAT BE NUMBER IS SO HIGH, DISTRICT TOOK 100% IS SO HIGH, DISTRICT TOOK 100% OF INCREASE COST ON, AND WE ARE MAKING THE APPROPRIATE MAKING THE APPROPRIATE REDUCTIONS ON DISTRICT LEVEL WORKING THROUGH THOSE TO ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
BY DOING SO, WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE EMPLOYEE-FREE PLAN AND PROVIDE NO COST AND PROVIDE NO COST PREMIUMS TO OUR EMPLOYEE. A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO BUDGET PROCESS AND GLAD TO DO THAT AND WILL BE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT INTO OUR EMPLOYEES. AS FAR AS CHALLENGES GO, UTILITY COSTS, COSTS, INFLATION, SCHOOL AND STUDENT NEEDS ARE CONTINUING TO BE CHALLENGE FOR US ON A DAY-TO-DAY SITUATION. AS WE ALL EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUAL WISE AT THE WISE AT THE GROCERY STORE AND GAS PUMP, PRICES ARE GOING UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE MORE.
DISTRICT IS ALSO FACING THOSE CHALLENGES. AND WE CONTINUE OUR INCREASE IN FUNDING AND ALSO AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, A LOSS STUDENTS. THOSE ARE KILLING CAN'T CHALLENGES WE TRY TO BALANCE A BUDGET TO YOU. AS WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT. BUT NONLESS, WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT FOR REPS OF THE YEAR. AS WE CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE AS OUR TOTAL BUDGET, WE WANTS TO ALSO -- LET THE RECORD SHOW WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GENERAL RALE FUND REPRESENT
59.4% OUR ENTIRE BUDGET OF 4.27 BILLION. SOME AS WE CONSIDER THEIR OUT YOU HAVE OF THAT YOU HAVE OF THAT YOU HAVE OF THAT 59%. 80% OF THAT IS RELATED TO PEOPLE COSTS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO MAINTAIN. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET. BUT IT IS ALSO OUR GREATEST EXPENSE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH. MADAM CHAIR, THEIR SOURCE PRESENTATION FOR TENTATIVE BUDGET. IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU -- THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS
APPROVALS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF 4.2 BILLION AS OUTLINE OF 4.2 BILLION AS OUTLINE BELOW. ALSO OOPDED PERCENT OF TOTAL BUDGET TO EACH OF OUR FUND CATEGORIES SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA HOW THE $4.2 BILLION IS SPLIT UP. MADAM CHAIR, A RECOMMENDATION FOR FISCAL YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR '26-'27. >> THANK YOU, MR. LEWIS. AND ALSO LOSE MY VOICE WHENEVER -- AND MY AIR WHENEVER LOOK AT THIS THIS BUDGET TOO. PROBABLY MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS DO AS WELL. SO IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO
WISHES TO ADDRESS BOARD CONCERNING THE CONCERNING THE 2026-'27 TENTATIVE BUDGET? SEEING NONE, HE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE TEN TESTIFY BUDGET. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY, AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. BOARD MECHANICS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE REGARDING THE 2026-'27 TENTATIVE BUDGET? >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAVE A
QUESTION. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. I SAW YOU THIS TIME. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AGAIN MR. LEWIS, HE APPRECIATE THAT VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. WANT TO REITERATE THAT I UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS CORRECTLY. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE $85 THAT THE BSA WENT UP. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD DEPERSONAL ON WHETHER LEGISLATION CHANGES CATEGORICALS THAT COULD HAVE AN EFFECT.
DONE MEAN THAT IS REVENUE WE ARE GET AND CHANGES SHIFTING OF HOW WE FUNDS THINGS. THAT MONEY COULD ENDS UP BEING A WORKOUT. AND ACTUALLY IT CAN NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR REVENUE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS FAIR SO FAR? BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT AS A WORKSHOP AND WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM WORKSHOP EVEN WITH THAT $858 ADJUSTMENT IN THE BSA BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT HAS BEEN SHIFT AND BARGAINING NOW WITH THE MONEY HAVE TO BE BARGAINED WITH CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NOT CREASE OUR BUDGET AS WE HAVE HOMELAND SECURITY FOR.
IS THAT A FAIR ANALYSIS OF THAT? >> YES, MA'AM. SO AS WE CONSIDER THAT, BSA WOULD HAVE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PER STUD ANSWERS, BUT TWO FACTORS THAT AFFECT THAT. BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS' ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED OVER LAST YEAR, LESS DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE. AND AS WE CONSIDER THAT, I THINKING THIS MIGHT BE HIMFUL. AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. AS WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT OIFRL LAST COUPLE LAST COUPLE YEARS. I THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO STAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
GOOD NEWS AND WE ARE HOPE AND EXPECTING A LIGHT BUNCH IN EXPECTING A LIGHT BUNCH IN ENROLLMENT WHERE WE EARNED LAST YEAR AND BEGIN THIS YEAR FOR K-12 CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT BOARD MEMBERS OF 7,000 STUDENTS OVER YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE SINCE SPRING OF SPRING OF 2025. THAT DISTRIBUTELY IMPACTS THE FUNDING WE WILL GET. BUT IN ADDITION INSIDE THAT $85 I BELIEVE CREASE TO YOUR POINT, MEAN IT IS THE BSA AND A BIG
ROUNDED NONCONFORM OF WHAT WE HAVE. THERE ARE WAY ARSE GUIDANCE HOW WE SPENDS THAT MONEY IN THERE. PART OF THAT WE HAVE TO ON. SO TO YOUR POINT, WE THE HIGH. HAVE SAW A HAVE SAW A $858 INCREASE AND DIRECT DIRECTEDED HOW WE SPEND SOME SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. IT ISN'T JUST UNDER RESTRICT FUNDS. WE HAVE TO FEEL COMMITMENT MENTS THAT WERE MADE THAT WERE MADE INSIDE THAT WERE MADE INSIDE THAT. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. WE ANTICIPATE STUD END POPULATION WILL GO UP.NOT A GUARANTEE THAT STATE WILL
RECOGNIZE THEM OR ENROLL THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE OR PAY US FOR THEM AND TAKE MONEY BACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE OVERCOMMITTED THIS. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE ONLY SOURCE REVENUE GOING ONLY SOURCE REVENUE GOING UP IN THIS BUDGET IS PROPERTY TAX -- PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP. OTHER THAN THAT BETWEEN OUR MILLAGE AND REDUCTION -- I MEAN INCREASE IN THE BSA WHICH IS A WASH WITH THE CAL BEING
CHANGE, NO RESIDUAL IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING AS IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING AS WE DISCUSSED DISCUSSED IT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MEMBER VAUGHN SAID. WE WILL BEEN DESIGNATE BY LEGISLATURE THAT WE MUST USE TSI MONEY THAT IS DESIGNATE DIRECTLY FOR TEACHER AS PART OF THAT FOR TEACHER AS PART OF THAT BSA AND RIGHT NOW, THE I BELIEVE CREASE OF THE $858 AND THAT TSA
MONEY THAT WAS DES IG NATE IS EQUITABLE. THERE WAS NO INCREASE REVENUE FOR DISTRICT. >> ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE PREDICT WE PREDICT IN STATE FUNDING FROM STATE PORTION IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE AROUND $25 MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND RECOGNIZE THAT. WHEN MONEY WE ARE PROVIDE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA PER STUD END, WE ARE LOOKING A A REDUCTION OF $25 MILLION $25 MILLION EQUABLY.
>>, YES, BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED. INSIDE THAT $25 MILLION LOSS, THERE ARE FUNDS THAT WE NOW DEDICATE THAT WERE IN IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ADDITION TO WHAT WE SPENLTS LAST YEAR FOR CERTAIN GROUP OF PERSONNEL BASED ONLY GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE. >> WE ARE LIMITED OF HOW WE SPENDS THE BASE OF THE GUIDELINES BY THE STATE OF OF FLORIDA. >> >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT PER THE
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT PER THE INFORMATION YOU JUST SHARED, AS WE ARE TALKING OF NO REVENUE INCREASE OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY TAXES. WE HAVEN'T SPENT AN WE HAVEN'T SPENT AN ADDITIONAL $48 MILLION ON HEALTH CARE. AND WHAT I AM WONDERING IS, IF THERE IS A WAY TO SOME HOW GET SOME SORT OF AN ESTIMATE AS THE BOARD IS CONTINUING BOARD IS CONTINUING TO TALK OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF JUST HOW MUCH INFLATION IS RISE OUR COSTS, WHETHER IT IS ELECTRICITY, PRICE OF TEXTBOOKS, PRICE OF OUR WORK FORCE THAT IS NOT OUR EMPLOYEES TO COME AND
WORK AND SERVE AS OUR EQUIPMENT AND PRICE OF EQUIPMENT AS WE REPLACE AIR CONDITIONINGS. JUST AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH NATION HAS RAISED OUR COSTS. I THINKING IT WORK IMPORTANT AS WE ALCOHOL HOLISTICALLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR FINANCES. >> YES, MA'AM. AND I THINK TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE OUR BUDGET IS SO BIG, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW -- WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SHOW THAT, WE WILL PROVIDE A HISTORY OF OUR ENERGY COSTS. I THINKING THAT IS THE ONE THAT WOULD BE WEAPONS WAY TO SEE THAT INFLATION. WE ARE HOPING AS IT WAS ANNOUNCE
BY OUR PROVIDER THAT WE WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN THE COST THIS YEAR THAT WILL HOPEFULLY -- FOR AUGUST WE WERE HOPING. BUT AGAIN, THEIR IS THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT, THINGS I EXPERIENCED WITH MY FAMILY OR AT MY HOME. WE EXPERIENCE SAME THING AT DISTRICT. AS WE CREASES IN OUR UTILITIES BILL, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AND SHOW A GOOD EXAMPLE TO YOUR POINT OF HOW INFLATION HAS POINT OF HOW INFLATION HAS
REALLY IMPACTED US OVER YEARS. >> HELPFUL AS ENERGY COSTS, BUILDING COSTS, 20%. YOU KNOW KINDS AN YOU KNOW KINDS AN ITEMIZED CATEGORICAL AND THEN REVENUE CATEGORICAL AND THEN REVENUE DECREASED BY 10%. SOMETHING THAT JUST VERY EASILY ALLOWS US TO UNDER STAND OUR COSTS GOING OUT VERSUS OUR COST -- OUR REVENUE COMING IN. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH. APPRECIATES IT. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: AN INTERESTING POINT MEMBER VAUGHN.
BECAUSE WHEN DO YOU THE HOME -- ACTUAL HOME EXPERIENCE OF EXPENDITURES AND HOW EXPENDITURES AND HOW INFLATION IS BITING INTO HOUSING AND BITING INTO FOOD BITING INTO FOOD COSTS AND BITING INTO ELECTRICITY BITING INTO ELECTRICITY WITH FUTURE DATA FUTURE DATA DATA FUTURE DATA DATA CENTERS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, AMPLE PERSON WANTS TO SEE PERSON WANTS TO SEE IN A GRAPHIC, HOWEVERISTICAL. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ACTUAL ECONOMY AND HOW IT IS VERY ECONOMY AND HOW IT IS VERY
DEFLATING OUR OWN REVENUE INFLATIONARY. I THINKING THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT LET'S GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF WHY WHERE YOU ARE GRAPHICS. BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT ON THE STREETS OF ROME TO TRY TO GET OUR SALES TAKE GET OUR SALES TAKE TAX. THANK YOU. >> THANK, MEMBER GRAY. MR. LEWIS, YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS NOT COMING FROM COMING FROM HERE, FROM OUR LOCAL BOARD. THIS IS COMING FROM UP IN TALLAHASSEE. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE?
>> OF COURSE. SO AS WE CONSIDER THE 90% OF OUR BUDGET, THE REVENUE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE. 50% COMES FROM 50% COMES FROM FEFP AND 40% COMES FROM OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES. THE AMOUNT MONEY IN THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE WILL GET THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR VOTED RILL MILLAGE WHICH IS PART OF OUR PROPERTY TAX, ALL THOSE THE FPFP THAT IS SEPTEMBER THROUGH LEGISLATIVE PROCESS EVERY YEAR. IF WE REMEMBER BACK, THAT
PROCESS START PROCESS START BACK IN JANUARY, THEY WERE ABLE TO FINISH MAY, JUNE AND BUDGET SIGN LATER THIS MONTH. I THINK WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL OVER THAT BESIDES THE STUDENT THAT WE HAVE. AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET OF STUDENT INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WANT THEM IN TO BE. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THAT AND HOPING FOR A VERY STRONG OPENING DAY IN A FEW WEEKS. TO YOUR POINTS, THOSE AREN'T SET BY US. THEY ARE SEPTEMBER BY THE STATE, BOTH MILLAGE THATK WITH ADDRESS SES AND ALSO THE REVENUE THAT WE
GET THROUGH PROGRAM. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. NOW PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES. MR. LIEU LOU
. >> MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE WANTS TO RECOGNIZE THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 AT 5:01 AT THIS STAPLE LOCATION THE DATE THIS STAPLE LOCATION THE DATE OF THIS FINAL HEARING. LAST RECOMMENDATION TO YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THE BOARD. OUR RECOMMENDATION AND START WITH NUMBER ONE, WE RECOMMEND WITH NUMBER ONE, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTS MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '26-'27 FOR A MILLAGE OF '26-'27 FOR A MILLAGE OF 6.3340
AN AN $2.49 BILLION BUDGET. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU ALREADY MR. LEWIS. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SUPPORT THE 2026-'27 MILLAGE RATE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENT, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE
ADOPTING THE 2026-'27 RATES AND TEN TENTATIVE BUDGET? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. TAMPA PASSES. MR. LEWIS, PLEASE CONTINUES. ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TONIGHT A NUMBER TWO. WE RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT YOU AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PERFORM ALL NECESSARY TASKS TO HAVE
COMPLIANCE TO THE TRUTH IN COMPLIANCE TO THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OF CHAPTER 00 IN FLORIDA STATUTE AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT SOURCE RECOMMENDATION. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO HAVE ALL TASKS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER WITH CHAPTER 200, FLORIDA STATUTES AS PRESENTED. A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY REGARD THE
AUTHORIZATION IN STAFF FOR TRUTH AN MILLAGE OF CHAPTER 200 FLORIDA STATUTES. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ADOPT BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY SETTLEMENT 15 AT 5:01 P.M. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE PUN PUBLIC HEARING ON MILLAGE RATES AND TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR YEAR '26-'27 AN RECONVENE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. [GAVEL SOUNDING] FIND OUT WHERE I LEFT OFF. NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 7.8, NEXT ITEM IS 7.8, 2025-'27 TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
FIRST SIX ITEMS TOOK 15 MINUTES AND MR. FAR CUSS AND LEWIS WERE HOUR AND 20 BETWEEN THE BOTH OF THEM. NOW I KNOW WHY MY TEAM DIDN'T WANT MR. FARKAS AND MR. LEWIS HERE TONIGHT. THEY WERE LIKE -- HERE WE GO. WE HAVE HAD TO DO THE BUDGET THOUGH. WE HAD TO DO BUDGET. ON TO 7.8. OUR TENTATIVE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLAN. BOARD MEMBERS, SEE THIS EVERY YEAR AND YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. TWO OF THESE. TENTATIVE -- THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS NOW AND YOU WILL OF COURSE FROM THE FINAL IN OCTOBER.
PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STAMP OUT 10.13.35. INTOORLD WILL ANNUALLY APPROVE A DISTRICT FACILITIES PLAN A FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN. THIS PLAN OUTLINE FACILITIES NEEDS OVER A TV, TEN AND 20-YEAR PERIOD. PROJECT CAPITAL OUTLAY, STUD END POPULATION GROWTH FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, PLANNED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, FACILITIES, CLASSROOM SIZE, IMPACTS SIZE, IMPACTS AND USE YOU HAVE PORTABLE,ABLE AND TEMPORARY SPACES. UNDER INTERLOCAL UNDER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SCHOOL FACILITY SCHOOL FACILITY SIGHTING AND
CONCURRENCY. MUST RECEIVE A COPY OF EDUCATION FACILITIES PLAN AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND SUBMIT IT. SUBMIT COMMENTS TO SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE THE FINAL APPROVAL AT THE OCTOBER 6, 2026 MEETING SOME THIS IS OUR TENTATIVE TONIGHT. THIS WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN -- ON OCTOBER 6 AS THE FINAL PLAN. AND THAT IS ITEM AND THAT IS ITEM 7.8, OUR TENTATIVE OCCASION TENTATIVE OCCASION FACILITY WORK PLAN. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO
APPROVE ITEM D APPROVE ITEM D 7.8. A MOTION BIG MEMBER WASHINGTON, A SECONDS BY MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER GRAY AND MEMBER VAUGHN, PULLED THIS ITEM. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: I WILL ALLOW MEMBER GRAY TO GO FIRST. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. LINUXONE LYNN THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THE TURKEY STRIKE STRAWBERRY SCHOOL FOR RENOVATION TO FIVE-YEAR PLAN. WE HAVE FUNDING FROM THE HUD GRANT FOR FAIRLY MUCH APPROVED.
WE HAVE OVER WE HAVE OVER EIGHT LARGE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING FROM AGENCIESTON FIRES IN, FIRES IN, FARRAH JOHNSON ADVISOR AND PAST PRESIDENT. KAREN PARKER FROM THE STRAWBERRY GROEFLS, KYLE GROEFLS, KYLE ROBINSON FROM FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. WE HAD SUPPORT FROM FANCY FARMS. THESE ARE HEART-FELT LETTER. NOT FORM NOT FORM LETS. THIS IS A COMMUNITY THIS IS A COMMUNITY AND I KNOW
MEMBER REGS REMINDED IT IS GROWING. PLANT CITY TAKES CARE PLANT CITY, AND THIS CITY, AND THIS SCHOOL A EMBLEM CITY, AND THIS SCHOOL A EMBLEM THE MAPPIC OF A NECESSARY THE MAPPIC OF A NECESSARY SITE TO ENCOMPASS 140 WORK STATIONS TO ENCOMPASS 140 WORK STATIONS AND LEADING IT 165 STATIONS RELATIVE TO FTE ON SECOND FLOOR. WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 80% CAPACITY. WE ALL KNOW THAT STATISTICS
SHOWING THE WORK FORCE AND AGRICULTURE IS NOT THRIVING. NEEDS TO HAVE TRAINED STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURE STUDIES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEXT TEN TO 20 YEARS OF INVEST LOW PROPENSITY OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE A BE A WILL BE A BE A AGRICULTURALLY TRAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS -- WHEN THIS HAPPENS -- AND MR. FARKAS YOU CAN DOUBLE DOWN OR FARKAS YOU CAN DOUBLE DOWN OR MR. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND YOU GIVE
THEM GROWING, IRRIGATE, HARVESTING AND PACKING OF CROP, ANIMAL SIZE BETWEEN RAISING SMALL AND LARGE LIVESTOCK OF AGRICULTURE. THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR CLASSES AND TWO -- RIGHT NOW HOUSED AT TURKEY CREEK. WHEN YOU GET THESE KIDS WORK FORBES OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AGRICULTURE WE GET TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE GIVING THEM CREDIT FOR 8th GRADE AND SECONDLY WHEN THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, DURANT, STRAWBERRY CREST AND PLANT CITY, GIVING THEM A
A DUAL A DUAL ENROLLMENT SITUATION. PLANT CITY FOLKS DOESN'T JUST -- DOESN'T STOP JUST THERE, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CONTEST HOUSING THE 4-H CLERK. HOUSING. HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SPACE WHERE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS HAVE HAVE A INVITATION AND INVITE TO BE PART OF STUDENTS LIVES IN AGRICULTURE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN FINAL IN THE
PLANT CITY AREA THAT IS AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. MR. MR. FORTENBERRY. MRS. MRS. FORTENBERRY, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CONTINUE FOR OVER TEN YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN -- MR. FARKAS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER THREE YEARS. THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT FUNDING. WE WILL NOW HAVE YOU FALL FUNDING. WE ALSO SEPTEMBER 3 HAVE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PARTS COMMUNITY PARTS PARTNERS TO HELP WITH THE FUNNING. BOARD MEMBERS, KNOW THERE IS A
LOT TO BE SAID AND A LOT TO BE ASKED, BUT RIGHT NOW, ASKED, BUT RIGHT NOW, HEARTFELT WILL OF THE COMMUNITY SPEAKS, NOT UNLIKE TITUS O'NEILL NOT UNLIKE TITUS O'NEILL -- SORRY, WHENEVER WE HAD FOUNDATION. WHAT DID IS, HE LISTENED TO COMMUNITY. HE WENT AHEAD AN SAILED TO SLEEP, THOSE STUDENTS, WANTS CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING WITH, FOR AND TO HELP YOU SUCCEED. HE INVESTED NINE YEARS HILLS LIFE TO BUILD THAT COMMUNITY AND
CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE STUDENTS' FUTURES. WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN PLANT CITY, CITY, TRAPNEL, SEFFNER, DOVER. WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT AN AGRICULTURE SAL POSSIBLY OF A WORKFORCE THAT EVEN NATES KILLTON SAID KILLTON SAID VERBATIMLY, HE IS DESPERATELY DESPERATELY NEEDING. I KNOW HEARTS I KNOW HEARTS AND MINDS OUT THERE. I HAVE GREW UP WITH EARL JALENE ORDER A BIG AGRICULTURAL AG. AND YOU KNOW THAT, SHAKE.
GREW UP WITH DICKMANS. AGRICULTURE IS HUGE AND THIRD LARGEST BUSINESS IN THE NATION. PLANT CITY IS THE FIRST PLANT CITY IS THE FIRST AND MOST -- LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF STRAWBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES IN THE NATION. THIS IS VERY, THIS IS VERY, REAPPLICABLE. SO SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, WOULD YOU MINED A ADDING IT TO THE FIVE HAD YEAR PLAN, THANK FIVE HAD YEAR PLAN, THANK YOU. TSUNAMI TSUNAMI CURRENTLY THE TURKEY CREEK WORK PLAN IS NOT ON AS IS. FEDERAL REQUEST.
AND WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT -- ON THAT REQUEST. THERE IS A FUNDING REQUEST THAT IS OUT THERE THAT OUR LOBBY IS OUT THERE THAT OUR LOBBY INDIANAPOLISES ARE WORKING TOWARD. I HAVE NO ISSUE I HAVE NO ISSUE ADDING THAT TO THE WORK PLAN. I JUST THINK MR. FROM A PROCESS POINT. IF YOU CAN ADD IT. THE BOARD VOTE ON IT YES OR NO WITH IT ADDED. >> I THINK WE WILL HEAR REST OF THE BOARD AND THEN THE BOARD AND THEN DECIDE WHAT IS THE BEST. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE WORKING AROUND FUNDING OF THE
BUILDING AS YOU MENTIONED AND TALKED YOU HAVE ALL PARTNERSHIPS HAPPENING CURRENTLY. ADDING THIS TO THE WORK PLAN, FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN IS BROUGHT TONIGHT BOARD ANNUALLY AND ALWAYS UPDATE. NO ISSUE OF ADDING IT -- THANK YOU, MR. PORTER. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD ON THEIR THOUGHTS ADDING IT TO THE WORK IT TO THE WORK PLAN. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS SO CONFUSE WHEN PEOPLE WERE COME HERE SPEAKING OF ADDING SOMETHING TO OUR TV-YEAR PLAN THAT WE HAVEN'T TAUB ABOUT AT
AT ALL. THIS MAKES SENSE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO PULLED THIS ITEM, AND I WILL KIND OF PIVOT FROM THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. WHILE, ONE, APPRECIATE MANY POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I THINK PLANT CITY IS GROWING. I THINK THE AGRICULTURE IS FUNDAL FUNDAL PIECE OF FUNDAL PIECE OF -- FUNDAMENTAL PIECE OF THAT. I HAVE SEEN RENEWED LOVE TO AGRICULTURE BY OUR STUDENTS THAT SURPRISE ME AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND I LOVE PRESERVING HISTORICAL BUILDING AND PRESERVATION. SOMETHING I AM
SOMETHING I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT; HOWEVER, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE TALKED OF TALKED OF PIZZO, A THRIVING SCHOOL THAT WILL WILL TAKE $10 MILLION TO KEEP MILLION TO KEEP IT FOR THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS AND DECIDED DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND GUT THAT COMMUNITY DESPITE THE FACT THAT TO MEMBER GRAY'S POINT, WE HAD THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COMING AND BEGGING AND BEGGING AND PLEADING WITH USES TO TO PRIORITIZE AND FIND THAT ARE $10 MILLION SO WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT RATE AND DESTROY THAT COMMUNITY OF FUNCTIONING, THRIVING SCHOOL THAT WE -- THAT
WE HAD TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBILITY AND COULD NOT PUNT $10 MILLION TOWARD KEEPING THAT SCHOOL OPEN AND THAT COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AS WE WILL SAT HERE THROUGH A BUDGET PRESENTATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RENEWING OUR SALES TAX AND WE TALKED ABOUT THANK YOU TO DR. HAHN, TRANSGRESSIONS WE ARE MAKING FROM CAPITAL OUTLAY TO OUR GENERAL FUND AND WHAT THAT LOOKS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUTFAL CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE BEEN UNDER AND SEPTEMBER HERE THREE MONTHS
AGO AND WATCH TEACHERS AND STUD INCIDENTS SOB INCIDENTS SOB AND BEG US TO TEACH KEANE A SCHOOL OPEN AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND FINANCIALLY PRIORITIZE AND HAVE SOMETHING ADDED TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE ONE BOARD MEMBER ASKED FOR IT. WOULD LIKE TO WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT IT AND A LOT $10 MILLION TOWARD PIZZO AND THEIR RENT TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN IF WE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ASKS ON OUR FIVE-YEAR FACILITY PLAN AND PRIORITIZE THAT AS WELL. I AM NOT SURE WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT AS FAR AS PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT.
>>Superintendent Ayres: IF I CAN JUST ADD, ADDING SOMETHING JUST FOR CLARITY. WANT WANT TO HEAR FROM THE AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE. IN THE END BOARD ARE VOTE ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND IF IT WILL BE APPROVED OR NOT. WITH THE FIVE-YEAR WITH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AS IT IS, I WELCOME OUR COMMENTS IS, I WELCOME OUR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD TO SIGH WHICH DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING WITH YOUR FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN. >> I ALSO THINK BEFORE ANYTHING WILL BE ADD TO PANEL WILL, AND YOU WOULD AGREE TO, I WOULD HOPE, WE HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING EXTRA EXTRA EXACTLY
EXTRA EXACTLY FINANCIALLY WHAT THAT ASKS LOOK LIKE. MEMBER GRAY SAID FEDERALLY FUND AND YOU ARE IN A APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST THAT WILL NOT BE GRANT. THAT IS MISLEAD AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUNNEL SOMETHING TO ADD EVERYTHING TO OUR FIVE-YEAR FACILITY, I WOULD EXPECT A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING WHAT IF ANYTHING THE BOARD IS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE THAT BEFORE IT IS EVENLY A QUESTION. >> YES, MA'AM, AND THIS IS ADDING TO A PANEL WILL. IT WOULD ENDS UP GET COMING BACK TO BOARD AS A VOTE AS A GMP. GAR RAN TOLD MAXIMUM FRIES. THIS IS THIS IS PLAN MOVING FORWARD WHAT
DISTRICT, OUR WORK PLAN OVER NEXT TV YEARS. ADDING IT TO THE ADDING IT TO THE PLAN DOES NOT SAY WE ARE BUILDING SAY WE ARE BUILDING IT. BOOR WILL HAVE TO LOOK A THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MOVE OF DISCUSSION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. RE GREAT QUESTIONS AND IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TV-YEAR PLAN IS STAND MR. FAR CUSS MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS ONLY PLAN, TUNNEL MEAN IT IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT. BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE PLAN
CAN CAN'T BE PENTAGON YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO CONSIDER IF FUTURE TO CONSIDER IF YOU THEY IT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. >>Jessica Vaughn: SOMETHING IN OUR OUR PLAN. >>Jim Porter: SUPERINTENDENT MAKES IT TO YOU FOR A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND HAS THE POWER TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. BETTER TO HEAR FROM THE BOOR WHERE YOU ARE FROM A PROPERTIES SES STANDPOINT. HIS RECOMMENDATION BRINGING FORWARD AND YOU CAN CHOOSE AT THIS POINT TO SUPPORT IT OR NOT. HELPEDD POLICE GRAY HAD EVERY REASON TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED.
AND DISCUSSION IS A GOOD ONE. BUT IT IS -- DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE BILL WILL AND THERE WILL CAN FUTURED FUTURE FURTHER STEMS TAKEN BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. IT JUST ALLOWS CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE WHICH WILL NOT IF IT WASN'T IN FIVE WASN'T IN FIVE HAD BEEN YEAR PLAN. >>Jessica Vaughn: GOTCHA, THANK YOU. I WILL WAIL WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUR FELLOW BOOR MEMBERS SAY. >> YOU DO FIRST TIME READING AS A READ THROUGH AND YOU SEE IF TWICE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE IT AND GET FEEBACK FROM BOARD WE IS THE TRADITIONAL WAIL AND SUPERINTENDANT SUPERINTENDENT,
DEPERSONALSING ON THE FEEDBACK, YOU SPREE THAT AGAIN. THIS IS THE FEBRUARY I HAVE IT PLAN TO BRING TONIGHT BOARD FOR PLAN TO BRING TONIGHT BOARD FOR FEEDBACK. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN? >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU. SO FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS IN YEAR TWO SCHOOLS IN YEAR TWO WHICH IS TINKER, NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL W AND STEWART. AND THEN IN YEAR AND THEN IN YEAR THREE, JUST.
AND THEN IN YEAR FIVE, THERE IS FIVE MORE PROJECTS, SOME ARE NEW BUILDS, SOME ARE PAY E ARE ADDITION AS FAR AS WHERE DO WE PUT IN THE PLAN, MR. TSUNAMI, YEAR, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE. >> MR. FARKAS. DEPERFORMANCE ON FUNDING WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. WHEN DOES CONGRESSIONAL ASK COME THROUGH. PARTNER MEETING. WHEN DOES THAT MONEY LOOK LIKE AND THEN COME AND THEN COME TO THE BOARD. WE WELCOME BOARD FEEDBACK AND I
DON'T THINK WE WILL PUT IT IN YEAR TWO. >>Stacy Hahn: WE DON'T >>Stacy Hahn: WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING PAST YEAR THREE, THAT'S CORRECT? >> EVERYTHING PAST YEAR FIVE ARE PARTIALLY FUND BECAUSE NEEDS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD HAVE GOING FORWARD. >>Stacy Hahn: $2 MILLION IN THE >>Stacy Hahn: $2 MILLION IN THE APPROPRIATIONS ASK. IS THAT IT? >> GREAT QUESTION, WE ASKED FOR THERE AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BILL FOR A MILLION IS WHAT IT WAS GRANTED FOR A WAS GRANTED FOR A MILLION. >> IN THE PAST SESSION? >> FEDERAL RIGHT NOW.
>> FEDERAL SESSION. SORRY. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> THE FEDS. AND IF MEMBER GRAY WOULDN'T MIND JUST -- HOW MANY PRIVATE -- HOW MUCH PRIVATE MONEY IS -- ON THE TABLE? >> THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. RECENT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE -- WE HAVE A HAVE A PLEDGE FROM -- FROM HAVE A PLEDGE FROM -- FROM ONE PICK FARM. I DON'T WANT TO NAME OTHERS BECAUSE
BECAUSE -- SEPTEMBER 3 ME MEET ACTED WILL BE HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONIES AND NO COUNT THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. FARKAS, I CAN'T SAY HOW MANY EACH IS GIVING HOW MANY EACH IS GIVING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD AT WE HAVEN'T HAD AT PLEDGE MEETING YET. >>Stacy Hahn: WHY WON'T YOU WAIT TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS PLEDGE BEFORE ASKING TO PUT IT ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN? IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE CART BEFORE HORSE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE GOT X NUMBER DOLLARS PLEDGE
AND WE HAVE X NUMBER OF DOLLARS COMING FROM THE FEDS. AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP US DETERMINE WHERE THIS WILL GO ON PLAN AND WHAT PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO SCHIFF SHIFT, BECAUSE IF IT GOES IN IT GOES IN YEAR TWO OR THREE, WELL, TINKER IS ALREADY -- THAT IS FUNNELED BY THE FEDS FOR THE MOST PART, YOU HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> ALREADY VOTE ON, YES, MA'AM. >>Stacy Hahn: WE ARE LOOKING AT FOUR OUR FIVE. >>Lynn Gray: YEAH. MEMBER HAHN, WE -- WE WERE MEMBER HAHN, WE -- WE WERE GOING
TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS JUST TO PUT IT LIKE A PLACEHOLDER UNTIL THE OCTOBER MEET PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE HAVE FUND. >>Stacy Hahn: I UNDER STAND THAT, BUT I WANT THAT, BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO. GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND WE ARE GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND WE ARE RESPONDING TO IT. I WOULDN'T MIND CONSIDERING PUTTING IT ON PLAN. I AM NOT AGAINST IT. HEN YOU HAVE YOU A COMMITMENT OF DOLLARS. LOOK, I AM GOING TO BE HONEST, ONCE IT IS ON PLAN.
IT IS VERY IT IS VERY HARD TO TAKE IT OFF AND MAYBE NOT AND MAYBE NOT GOING TO BE A -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE COMING IN. SO I DON'T MIND CONSIDERING PUTTING IT ON PLAN IN OCTOBER WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO COMMIT TO AND WHAT FEDS ARE, BUT WOULDN'T THAT, I AM NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON A PLAN AN THEN HAVE TO SAY IN OCTOBER, NOW WE GOT TO TAKE IT OFF. BECAUSE I AM GOING TO HAVE 100 I'M AT PUBLIC COMMENT NOT
WANTING IT TAKEN OFF. THAT IS MY CONCERN HERE. DON'T DON'T MIND PUNTING IT ON PLAN, BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF THERE IS MONEY BEHIND IT, IF THERE IS THERE IS NOT, THAT IS OKAY TOO, BECAUSE BUT THEN, WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISION ON WHAT IS ON YEAR ON YEAR FIVE. SO I DON'T DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SAY, TONIGHT, LET'S PUNT IT TONIGHT, LET'S PUNT IT ON PLAN. BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR AND HOW MUCH FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE
WE YET HAVE FOR THIS. IF THERE DIDN'T FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS ON, OKAY, WHERE -- WHAT NEEDS OF TO BE PUSH UP OR DOWN. SO I AM -- I WOULD LOVE TO ADD IT TO PLAN. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE. BUT I JUST DON'T THINK WE ARE IN A POSITION TONIGHT A POSITION TONIGHT ANYWAY, IT MAY BE -- LIRNLZ LINUXONE HARD FOR ASK FOR MONEY UNLESS THERE IS A SOLID WAY OF SAYING THIS IS AND OFFICIAL ITEM ON PLAN. BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE THEN SAYING IS, YOU IS, YOU DON'T HAVE AN INITIAL
OFFICIAL TYPE OF STATEMENT TO GIVE THOSE DONOR, THEN WE WILL GIVE THEM INCENTIVE HANNA HANDS-ON TRAINING INCENTIVE IS THEY ALL WRITTEN LETTERS AND THEY WANTS IT. THERE IS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO SAY, WE WILL PLEDGE THIS TO SAY, WE WILL PLEDGE THIS MATCH, YOU KNOW, AND IN GOOD FAITH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY ON OUR END, BUT, I MEAN, THERE IS NO -- YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE INTENSIVE FOR THEM. AS AND ELECTED OFFICIAL,
WOULDN'T THAT MONEY ON TABLE OR OUR MONEY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE, I CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH SAY TO SAY TO TAXPAYER, SAY TO TAXPAYER, TAXPAYER -- BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR BELONGS TO A TAXPAYER, I WILL MAKE A TAXPAYER, I WILL MAKE A DECISION WOULDN'T KNOWING IF OF MONEY TO DO IT. I CAN'T WRITE A BLANK CHECK IS MY POINT. I THINK IN ALL I THINK IN ALL FAIRNESS, IF ALL THESE FOLKS WANTS THIS AND FOLLOWING RAISE MONEY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RAISE ALL MONEY, BUT A MARCH OF SOME OF SORT, AND THEN WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A MATCH.
NOW WE WILL, YOU KNOWD NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REALLY CONSIDER BUT I CAN'T WRITE A BLANK CHECK. NORTHWEST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW WITH OUR BUDGET. WE JUST GOT DONE TALKING ABOUT LOSS OF $3 MILLION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT DONE WITH CONVERSATION ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, K-8s AND HAVING A REALLY GOOD PLAN BUTTERFLY WE HAVE APPROVE ANY MORE K-8 APPROVE ANY MORE K-8s. THAT IS MY CONCERN I AM HAPPY TO
CONSIDER IT ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. I THINK THAT WILL BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. I LIVE IN BAGGING AAL COMMUNITY, LIVING IN THE ODESSA KEYSTONE AREA. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE SAGGING AAL COMMUNITIES, BUT I ALSO -- YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THERE IS JUST NO IS JUST NO WAY I CAN MOVE AHEAD UNTIL SEE FISCAL OUTCOME. WHAT WE WILL GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHAT PEOPLE WILL MARCH.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SUCH HARDS DECISIONS NOTICE NEXT FEW YEARS. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. VERY, VERY DIFFICULT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. LOOK AT A SCHOOL LIKE ALONSO ON TV-YEAR PLAN THAT HAS TV-YEAR PLAN THAT HAS THE LARGEST BANDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND YOU SHOULD SEE ROOM WHEN IT IS GOING IN. THERE IS NO SPACE THERE IS NO SPACE AT ALL. THAT PROGRAM THAT PROGRAM 3,000 STUDENTS AND GENERATES SO MUCH FTE AND THEY HAVE BEEN DYING FOR A CULINARY PROGRAM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
FOR ME, THERE IS SOME REAL BIG NEEDS I HAVE IN DISTRICT ONE THAT I CAN'T THINK -- I REALLY AT THE EMISSION OF THE DAY, I THEY OFTEN OF PIZZO THEY OFTEN OF PIZZO ELEMENTARY. FTE, 900 STUDENTS. STAEBLDZ SCHOOL THAT WILL IS GUARANTEED FOR THAT AMOUNTS OF MONEY, HE CAN KEEP THAT SCHOOL OPEN FOR 20 MORE YEARS SO I CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS. I GOT TO MAKE REALLY HARD I GOT TO MAKE REALLY HARD DECISIONS. AND ALSO GOT TO CONSIDER ABOUT SCHOOLS OF HOPE. I HAVE TO CONSIDER IF I GO AHEAD
AND I REDO THAT ENTIRE BUILDING AND THEN A SCHOOL OF HOPE CAN COME IN AND SAY THAT IS A GREAT FACILITY, I WILL OPEN UP A CHARTER SCHOOL IN THAT BUILDING NOW AND HE JUST GAVE $8 MILLION TO THAT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT INCREASING TEACHER SALARIES AT THE BASE OF $3 MILLION TO $4 MILLION. EVEN THOUGH THE SAME, EVERY EVEN THOUGH THE SAME, EVERY PENNY COUNTS. AND APOLLO K-8 TO SEE AND APOLLO K-8 TO SEE ANOTHER HALF A MILLION. KNOW CARROLLWOOD ARE COME IN AND ASK MORE AS WELL. WE NEED TO CONTINUE MAKE DEGREE
SIGNIFICANCES HAS IN ARE VERY DIFFICULT. IF I SEE A SCHOOL LIKE ALONSO THAT FTE 3,000 STUDENTS AND YOU CAN'T BRING ME A CULINARY PROGRAM, I CAN NOT IN GOOD FAITH MOVE FORWARD UNTIL I SPREE A FULL PICTURE YOU HAVE OF WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GIVE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I CONDITION SLEEP AT NIGHT VERY WELL WHEN I THINK OF PIZZO AND WHAT THAT HOOKS LIKE TOO. SO I THINK EVERYONE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THAT AREA AND FOR ME, WHENEVER YOU ARE LOOK AT ALONSO,
WHEN LOOK AT STEINBRENNER NOT AT DISTRICT ONE RIGHT DOWN ROAD. THOSE KIDS CAN'T WALK THROUGH HALLWAY AND SO PAKISTAN IN THERE. THEY KNEELED ANOTHER BING AND ALSO IN THE TV-YEAR PLAN, AND THAT IS TWO MILES FROM MY HOUSE AND THOSE KIDS CAN'T GET THROUGH HALLWAY, YOU KNOW. YOU COULD SEE THEIR AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM THAT IS VERY THRIVING OUT OF THE THERE OUT OF THE THERE TOO TOO. JUST DON'T THINK THIS THE SEEM UNTIL I GET A BIG PICTURE UP THE FINANCES. AND I AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NEVER APPROVED FIVE-YEAR PLAN SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON BOARD. I VOTE AGAIN IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR PREDOMINANTLY YEAR PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE OF PLANT CITY. IS DIVERT AWAY FROM WHERE WE HAVE OVERCROWD SCHOOLS IN PLANT CITY. I HAVE OVERCROWDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON VERGE. MEMBER GRAY MENTIONED THAT TURKEY CREEK IS AT 80%. SHEA OR RICK, DO UNFORTUNATELY THE EXACT
THE EXACT ENROLLMENTMENTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WASN'T 75%. TURKEY CREEK. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE HOPE -- SCHOOLS OF HOPE IS A REAL BEG CONCERN. WE COULD INVEST $8 MILLION IN THAT BUILDING AND THEY COULD HAVE COMPLAINT CONTROL OVER HAVE COMPLAINT CONTROL OVER IT. IF STUDENT INCOME DOES NOT COME IN. WE DON'T HAVE OVER 75% CAPACITY ADDING ON THESE ADDING ON THESE ADDITIONAL ROOMS, THEY HAVE FIRST DIBS AT THAT SCHOOL AND THAT BUILDING.
IT DONE MATTER WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE, IF OUR SCHOOL GOES BELOW 75%, THEY HAVE FIRST DIBS ON THAT BUILDING STARTING IN 2027. SO IT IS A CURRENT SO IT IS A CURRENT CONCERN. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, BECAUSE IT IS A IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT PRESERVE $. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. A WAY TO DO THE MOU TO MAINTAIN IT AND UTILIZE IT FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO? >> 100%.
WHAT WE WHAT WE DO WITH PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL HA IS IN PLANTS CITY OPINION GAVE IT TO PLANTS CITY AND MOU. YES, WE CAN DO THAT. >>Patti Rendon: ANIMAL CANNOT CURRENTLY BE MOVED FROM WHERE THEY ARE AT. WE DON'T HAVE AN AREA I CAN'T FOR THEM TO GO TO. >> KIDS WILL MOVING AND ANIMALS WILL STAY ACROSS STREET. >>Patti Rendon: ANIMALS FOR THAT PROGRAM ALSO HAVE TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE AT. AND WE HAVE OTHER AND WE HAVE OTHER CLASSROOMS IN CURRENT PROPERTY THEY CAN MOVE NOUFRP.
>> 74% TO YOUR QUESTION AND THEY HAVE RESERVATIONS. GROWTH IS AT 79%. >> CURRENTLY AT 74, BUT IF WE DON'T SEE GROWTH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THEIR CURRENT RATIO, BUT EVEN AT 79%, IF I ADD ON, I BELIEVE I BELIEVE ITS AND ADDITION DECISIONAL 16 OR 18 CLASSROOMS. >> IT IS 12. BUT SIX OF IT UPSTAIRS FOR COMMUNITY USE, AND SIX CLASSROOMS, 150 STUDENT STATIONS. >> PUNT IT BELOW 75%.
IF WE GO THROUGH THOSE. I MEAN, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. I VOTE AGAINST THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN EVERY YEAR SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT WHERE GROWTH IS. WE ARE NOT PUNTING ON THEREIN THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. I NEED A MIDDLE SCHOOL. I NEED A ELEMENTARY. STAND I NEED A HIGH STAND I NEED A HIGH SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL AT 120% CAPACITY LAST YEAR. AND DOLLARS ARE BEING DIVERT NOT TO WHERE WE EVEN HAVE GROWTH IN OUR COUNTY, SO I THINK WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR
-- I'M -- I'M SORRY, WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR WIMAUMA IN FIVE YEARS. BUT IN FIVE YEARS, AND I AM ALREADY APARTMENTS 120% ALREADY APARTMENTS 120% CAPACITY AT PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL, I CAN'T CONTINUE TO DIVERT MONEY. BUT I AM ALL IN FOR OPTIONS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE HOLD OF THAT BUILDING AND UNITLIZE IT FOR WHAT THEY WANT. I HAVE SAID THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO PRESERVE. STRAWBERRY SCHOOL IS HISTORY OF PLANT CITY. IT IS WHERE STUDENTS WILL LEAVE
TO GO PICK STRAWBERRIES. I AM ALL UNTIL FOR LETTING THEM TAKE THE FUNDING THEY WANTS TO COLLECT AND MAKE THAT -- PRESERVE IT FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT I CAN NOT JEOPARDIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS HOPE TAKES OVER THAT BUILDING, OF TO PAY AN AVERAGE OF OF TO PAY AN AVERAGE OF $2400 PER STUDENT THAT WE WILL GET NO NO FTE. NOT ONLY WILL THEY TAKE OVER THE BUILDING AND TAKE OVER A WARMER PART
PART OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE REFURBISH. TAKE AWAY ADDITIONAL FUNNELING FOR ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. I AMMAL MILLION TO GO ON THIS FIVE HAD BEEN YEAR PLAN. I AM A NO GO AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NO GO BECAUSE THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS NEVER DISCUSS WITH US AHEAD OF TIME AS FAR AS GIVING US OPTION, BEING -- DOING A WORKSHOP, BEING CREATIVE IN IT. WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS ALONG WAY. AND IT IS NOT SHOWING FULL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. I AM ALL UP FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF ALLOWING COMMUNITY TO TAKE HOLD OF THAT BUILDING. I AM YOU WILL UP BALLS, AGAIN,
YOU CAN'T JEOPARDIZE OUR STUDENTS FOR POTENTIAL STATIONS THAT WILL NOT BE USED. BECAUSE WE CAN'T MOVING THE ANIMALS. CAN'T MOVE ANIMALS. I CAN MOVE KIDS, BUT I ALREADY HAVE CLASSROOM SPACE FOR THOSE HAVE CLASSROOM SPACE FOR THOSE KIDS. AND WE AND WE JUST SPENT MILLIONS ON COMPLAINT UPGRADE THEIR ENTIRE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND UPGRADES TO THE UPGRADES TO THE SCHOOL WILL IS NECESSARY FOR ETY OF STUDENTS ATTENDING.
I HAVE BEEN A NO GO I HAVE BEEN A NO GO EACH YEAR AND I WON'T PUNT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A DIRECT NEED FOR IS NOT A DIRECT NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS. I DON'T SEE IT AS I DON'T SEE IT AS A DIRECT NEED WHEN WE HAVE OPEN CLASSROOM SPACE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: CLARIFICATION THE NEXT APPROVAL DATE TSUNAMI SUPERINTENDENT OCTOBER 6 LINUXONE LYNN IN THE INTEREST OF MEMBER HAHN'S COMMENTS, PUTTING CART BEFORE THE HORSE, WE WILL
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND KRISTEN DAVIS, I THINK IT THE HIGH. EVEN MATURE THE CONVERSATION TO FIND MORE OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE HUD GRANT. MY MOTION WOULD BE TO PUT THIS FORTH WITH THE FULL FINANCIALS AS BEST AS I CAN DOING TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR BOARD FOR THEIR VOTE. AND I GUESS I NEED A SECOND. >>Jim Porter: I THINK WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS INSTEAD OF VOTING TONIGHT ONLY THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN. YOU WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TEENAGE IT UNTIL THE OCTOBER TEENAGE IT UNTIL THE OCTOBER 8.
ANY ANY ISSUES ARE FROM YOUR TIME, A DUE DATE. >> ACT WE HAVE TO FINALIZE IT AND WE HAVE TO SEE AND WE HAVE TO SEE IT TWICE. >>Jim Porter: TWO >>Jim Porter: TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. BUT WHEN DO YOU GIVE IT TO THE STATE. >> NOT THE END OF OCTOBER. SUPERVISOR SUPERINTENDENT THEY COULDN'T VOTE -- IF TURKEY CREEK IS NOT ONLY THE PLAN, PANEL WILL HAS TO BE SAME FOR HAS TO BE SAME FOR BOTH READINGS, CORRECT? >>Christopher Farkas: NO, THAT IS NOT STREW. YOU CAN CHANGE IT. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY READING FOR FEECHLDBACK AND SECOND
READING BACK IN THE STATE READING BACK IN THE STATE AND HAS TO BE DONE IN OCTOBER. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU FOR CLEARING FIRING THAT. LINUXONE LYNN THE MOTION HAS BEEN HAD. >>Jim Porter: THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION AND PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU WILL VOTE ONLY THE PLAN AS IS TONIGHT. ON OCTOBER 8, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT TURKEY STRIKE WITH ALL THE FINANCIALS AVAILABLE AT THAT POINT. IF THE BOARD -- IF YOU FIND THAT SELLABLE, YOU WILL FILED THAT ON THE PLAN, IF NOT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION. ONLY THING YOU ARE VOTING TONIGHT IS THE PANEL WILL YOU SEE MERE AS IS
SEE MERE AS IS WITH OPTION OF ON OCTOBER 8 HAVING TURKEY CREEK OCTOBER 8 HAVING TURKEY CREEK ADDED WITH THE FINANCIALS WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION. THERE IS A MOTION. SO YOU SHOULD CLEAR THE BOARD AT THIS POINT. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO BE ON OCTOBER 8 WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO HAVE TURKEY CREEK INCLUDED WITH WHATEVER FINANCIALS ARE AVAILABLE, AND IF YOU WANT TOD IF THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO INCLUDE
IT AT THAT TIME. IF NOT, WOULD YOU NOT. IT WOULD NOT BE PUT ON PLAN FOR NOW FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING TONIGHT. IT WILL BE PUNT ON PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. STILL A PUBLISHING HEARING. >> HER MOTION PUTS IT ON PLAN. >>Jim Porter: OCTOBER 8, NOT TONIGHT. >> PUNT IT ON PLAN FOR OCTOBER 8 IF WE TAKE THE IF WE TAKE THE MOTION. >>Jessica Vaughn: DOES MOTION HAVING A SECOND? >>Jim Porter: CLEAR THE BOARD. A A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND DESCRIBED IT AS WEAPONS HE COULD. AND WOULD REQUIRE A SECOND
BEFORE YOU HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION. THE SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO SPEAK AND HE WAS IN THE AND HE WAS IN THE COUP. >>Superintendent Ayres: WE CAN FINISH THIS UP. >>Jim Porter: THERE IS A MOTION AND THERE IS A SECOND. MR. WASHINGTON MR. WASHINGTON SECONDED THE MOTION. RIPE FOR A VOTE. SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN TONIGHT. EFFECT OF THIS MOTION WOULD TO BE HAVE IT ONLY PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH FINANCIAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLY OCTOBER 8.
ONLY ON THAT, NOT ONLY ON THAT, NOT THE E. >>Karen Perez: HOLD ON A SECOND. MEMBER WASHINGTON, ARE YOU GOING TO BE MAKING A COMMENT? >>Jim Porter: REFLECTED A SECOND AND DR. HAHN IS AND DR. HAHN IS NOW UP TO SPEAK. >>Karen Perez: DR. HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: THANK YOU, CHAIR PEREZ. IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER. I AM NOT GOING TO AGREE TO PUT
IT ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN BEFORE SEE THE DATA. MEAN, THAT IS JUST -- I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN. DO I? EVERYONE KIND -- EVERYONE KIND -- YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, IT WILL STILL BE LIKE ME WRITING A BLANK CHECK. I MADE IT CLEAR. I NEED TO SEE FINANCIAL DATA BEFORE I VOTE TO PUT IT ON PLAN. I MEAN, IT IS JUST -- YOU ARE ASKING USES TO BASICALLY DO THE SAME THING. BUT TO KICK THE CANAL DOWN WOULDN'T ANY INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
SOME -- SOME -- LINUXONE LYNN SEPTEMBER 3 AND YOU ARE GOING 3 AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE INFORMATION PRIOR. >>Stacy Hahn: DOESN'T >>Stacy Hahn: DOESN'T MATTER. I AM NOT GOING PUTT IT ON PLAN. THIS MOTION YOU MADE MEMBERS I HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT NOW TO PUT IT ON PLAN FOR OCTOBER'S CONSIDERATION. >>Lynn Gray: CLARIFICATION. >>Jim Porter: WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. IF UNFORTUNATELY A DIFFERENT WISH. YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR IT IF IT IS
NOT -- IF IT IS NOT -- IF IT IS JUST NOT ON THE PLAN PLAN YOU ARE IN A PLAN YOU ARE IN A CONUNDRUM AND YOUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKING FINANCIAL AM INFORMATIONING THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE YET. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO VOTE ON IT. >>Stacy Hahn: YOU CAN HAVE THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND IN OCTOBER DO WHAT YOU DO TONIGHT. >>Lynn Gray: THAT IS WHAT THE MOTION WAS EXACTLY. >>Stacy Hahn: BUT YOUR MOTION TONIGHT -- I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE WAY MR. PORTER EXPLAINED IT, THERE ARE VOTE ACTUALLY PUTS IT
ON PLAN. >>Jim Porter: IF THAT IS NOT THE INTENT -- LET'S BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. IF THE GOAL FOR BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS WITH ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, POLICE GRAY'S MOTION ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT THIS. IF IT IS THE KWON CENSUS AND WILL OF THE BOARD THAT UNFORTUNATELY THAT FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THEN WE -- THE TSUNAMI AND I ENT AND I CAN PRESENT THAT TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO GO FORWARD CONSIDERING IT.
I THINK THAT THE I THINK THAT THE INTENT OF THE MOTION. >>Stacy Hahn: I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE PLAN TONIGHT FOR OCTOBER UNTIL I HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WHICH EVEN IF I HAVE IT IN AUGUST, THAT'S GREAT. THEN I CAN LOOK IT OVER AND IN OCTOBER, SHE CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE TO PUT ON THE PLAN, BUT -- >>Jim Porter: THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WITHDRAWING YOUR MOTION AND AND YOU CAN DO WHAT WE ARE GOING
DO IN OCTOBER AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK YOU SHOULD HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION AND WHETHER THAT AFFECTS HIS >>SUPERINTENDENT AYRES: MY THING WOULD BE WITH THE TV-YEAR PLAN, MISS GRAY DO WHAT MISS GRAY DO WHAT SHE DID TONIGHT AND ON DOLLARS THAT, AGAIN RATED FOR THE PROJECT AND ASK AT THAT POINT IN TIME FOR IT TO BE ADDED. >>Jim Porter: AGENDA IS >>Jim Porter: AGENDA IS YES. >>SUPERINTENDENT AYRES: ONE OPTION TO BRING IT FORWARD AND ADDED TO THE FIVE CONTINUE YEAR
PLAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FROM THE DIFFERENT SOURCE. I THINK THAT MOMENTS DR. HAHN IS'S REQUEST. AND MR. FARKAS MENTIONED, WE COULD ADD IT IN OCTOBER PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY EARLIER FROM CLARITY SAKES. ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEM THAT CAME FORWARD DID NOT HAVE TURKEY CREEK AS PART CREEK AS PART OF PLAN. SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION. WE HEARD DISCUSSION AN BASED ON WHAT I HEAR, NO APPETITE TO MOVE FORWARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET
BACK TONIGHT VOTE TO APPROVE TENTATIVE FIVE HOME RUN YEAR TENTATIVE FIVE HOME RUN YEAR TV-YEAR PLAN. WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN OCTOBER, MEMBER GRAY, PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS WHEN THE DOLLARS ARE COMING IN AND THE BOARD, PUNT IN THE SAME SPOT TO ADD IT YES OR NO AND DO THE SAME WAY AGAIN. >>Jim Porter: BASED ON THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST WITHDRAWING MOTION AND YOU WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING IT BACK IN OCTOBER. >>Lynn Gray: CLARIFICATION, WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IN OCTOBER TO
THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO GIVE THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO GIVE A TOTALITY AS BEST I CAN OF FINANCE COMMITMENT FOR THEIR FINANCE COMMITMENT FOR THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR COMMENTS. AND THEN A VOTE WOULD BE HAD IN HONOR OF MRS. HAHN'S REQUEST. SORRY IT WAGES CLEAR AS A BELL, BUT THAT IS THE BEST I CAN DO. >>Jim Porter: THAT EXPLAINS YOUR INTENT. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. >>Jim Porter: YOU WILL WITHDRAW THE MOTION AT THIS POINT. MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.
CLEAR THE BOARD PLEASE AND BACK ONLY MAINLY MOTION OF ONLY MAINLY MOTION OF APPROVAL FIRST PUBLIC FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR FIVE-YEAR PLAN FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL DIRECTED TO THAT. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER VAUGHN. VAUNLZ VAUGHN THANK YOU. I HAVE TO UNDERSTAND PROCEDURALLY. ARE WHEN MEMBER GRAY FIRST START TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU SAID TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU SAID WE AS A BOARD DON'T NEED TO A BOARD DON'T NEED TO APPROVE PUNTING IT ONLY PUNTING IT ONLY THERE. THAT WAS ANTICIPATES DECISION AND WE HAD
A RIGHT TO SAY YES OR NO. NOW YOU WAY YOU ARE EXPLAINING IT TO, BRING IT BACK WITH A MOTION AND THE BOARD TO ADD IT. I AM CONFUSED PROCEDURALLY WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER, BECAUSE WHEN FIRST INTRODUCE, THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT, IT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD THAT ABILITY. SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? >>Jim Porter: UNDER THE LAW BRINGS RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS BOARD APPROVALS OR DENY IT
IS. YOU HAVE A RIGHT BY MOTION OR THE MAJORITY OF BOARD TO ADD OR SUBTRACT WHAT HE IS BRINGING AS A RECOMMENDATION. THE BOARD MEMBER MADE A REQUEST TO HAVE IT ADDED. DISCUSSION THAT DISCUSSION THAT ENSUED. DISCUSSION WOULD HAVE COMPELLED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CHANGE HIS RECOMMENDATION, HE HIS RECOMMENDATION, HE COULD HAVE DONE IT ON HIS OWN AND MAILED A MOTION. BOTH PATHS WERE THE WAY FORWARD WITH THIS BOARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. WHERE IT IS LANDED THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT INCLINED TO INCLUDE IT ON HIS OWN.
HE IS NOT INCLINED TO CHANGE HIS RECOMMENDATION WHICH IS ACE ABSOLUTE RIGHT UNDERMENTS LAW. BOARD STILL HAS TO VOTE ON THIS ULTIMATELY. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTS TO ADD OR SUBTRACT. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. THAT PATH WILL BE CLOSED OFF AND MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE OR INCLUDE SOMETHING WHICH IS YOUR RIGHT AS A BOARD. >>Jessica Vaughn: I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION FROM YOU SUPERINTENDENT AYRES THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THIS ONLY WAY FOR THIS TO BE ADDED IN
OCTOBER IS IF THE BOARD VOTED ON IT IT COLLECTIVELY AND INTO VOTE IT COLLECTIVELY AND INTO VOTE >>Superintendent Ayres: BASED ONLY THE TENTATIVE PLAN PENDING ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE COUNTY, THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN AS IS WHAT IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN OCTOBER WITHOUT TURKEY CREEK THERE. MISS GRAY AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TURKEY CREEK WOULD NOT BE ON THE PLAN IN OCTOBER. MISS GRAY CAN BRING UP MISS GRAY CAN BRING UP HER FINDINGS, MONIES AGAIN RATED FOR THAT PROJECT AND MAKE A MOTION
TO ADD IT TO ADD IT AND THE BOARD CAN HAVE DISCUSSION DISCUSSION FOR CLARITY, OCTOBER 6 AGENDA ITEM WOULD NOT INCLUDE THAT BASED ON TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. >>Jim Porter: YOU ARE VOTING ON ITEM ITEM 7.8, ITEM 7.8, TENTATIVE FIVE-YEAR FACILITIES PLAN.
FIVE-YEAR PLAN. >>Karen Perez: IT PASSES WITH MEMBER RENDON THE VOTE. WE WILL TAKE EMPLOYEE AND SUMMED EN INPUT. EVEN THOUGH EVEN THOUGH WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING DIFFICULT TO ATTEND AT 4 P.M. MANY WAY FOR STUD TALENT MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD THROUGH UNION RECOMMEND TESTIFIES, E-MAIL, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE
E-MAIL, PHONE CALLS, ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS AND PUBLIC XHINLT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEET. THE BOARD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WITH THIS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER AVENUE FOR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS TO SPEAK TOPS BOARD. WE ARE SETTING ASIDE 30 MINUTES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DISTRICT TO SPEAK SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON YOUR MINDS. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS ON TONIGHT ELSE AGENDA, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT ANY
ISSUE RELATED TO YOUR JOB OR DISTRICT. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. I WILL NOW CALL THE FIRST FIVE SPEAKS. HI, ROB. >> HI, GREETINGS, WITH EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING GOING ON. YOU KNOW WE OPENED YOU KNOW WE OPENED BARGAINING, OUR BARGAINING TEAM WAS COMMITTED TO FIND AN AGREEMENT, A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AROUND THE THE TSIA MONEY SO WE CAN CHEAP TALLAHASSEE FROM GETTING SFLOFLD OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. AND YOUR TEAM IS ALSO EQUALLY
COMMITTED TO THAT AND PROUD TO SAY WE ARE SAY WE ARE ABLE SAY WE ARE ABLE COLLABORATE TO GET THAT DONE. WE HAVE MEMBERS HERE TODAY AND THE DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. AS I HEAR A LOT AS I HEAR A LOT TALK OF MONEY. I AM OFTEN HERE TALKING I AM OFTEN HERE TALKING OF MONEY FOR EMPLOYEES TO DO THE GREAT TEACHING FOR OUR TEACHING FOR OUR KIDS. THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE. AS WE GET TO BARGAINING MANY ITEMS THAT DO NOT COST THE DISTRICT ANY MONEY.
WE HAVE A TEN TESTIFY AGREEMENT ON THOSE FUNDS THAT WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. I WILL ASK RHETORICAL QUESTIONS LIKE, DID YOU KNOW. DID YOU KNOW THAT SOME DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DID NOT HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEE WORK A FULL EIGHTH-HOUR DAY? DID YOU KNOW THAT MANY DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA IN FLORIDA HAVE EIGHT-HOUR SCHOOL DAY FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. DID YOU KNOW WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR MAYBE IN THE COUNTRY THAT OUR
EMPLOYEES WORK MORE THAN A 40-HOUR WORKWEEK, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. 40-HOUR 25-MINUTE WORK WEEK WHICH IS ABSURD. THAT IS ONE THING. DID YOU ALSO KNOW OUR EMPLOYEES ARE GIVEN AND FIREDED IN THE CONTRACT A 30-MINUTE DUTY-FREE LUNCH. DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES DON'T GETS A 30-MINUTE DUTY-FREE LUNCH BECAUSE THEY ARE MEET YOU GO THE NEEDS OF KIDS. HE PROMISE YOU THE WEEK WHEN THE KIDS COME BACK NOBODY IS GETTING A 30-MINUTE DUTY-FREE LUNCH. I PROMISE YOU.
IN MY TIME DOING A JOB. NEVER HAS A MEMBER COME TO ME AND ASK TO FILE A GRIEVANCE OF NOT GETTING THE 30-MINUTE DUTY-FREE LUNCH. THEY ARE DOING THE WORK FOR KIDS. DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MANY SCHOOLS REQUIRE A 30-MINUTE LUNCH FOR TEACHERS DURING PREPLANNING, TIMES THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED FOR AT THE TABLE TO MAKE THEIR OUR EMPLOYEES WILL AFFORDED A ONE-HOUR LUNCH AS I WOULD CALL IT NORMAL PEOPLE, THEY ARE NORMAL PEOPLE DOING AY AN ABNORMAL JOB AND THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AT THAT.
IF WE CAN FIND IT IT WOULDN'T COST ANY MONEY FOR THESE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A ONE-HOUR LUNCH. PLEASE CONSIDER THESE THINGS AS THEY ARE BROUGHT TO YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE AN COLLABORATE WITH YOU GUYS ON THESE THINGS OPINION I WILL THESE OTHER EMPLOYEES SPEAK A LIT BIT WHAT IS GOING ON. QUESTION ALL WANT AN QUESTION ALL WANT AN HOUR LUNCH, RIGHT? I THINK SO. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> THIS IS NEVER QUITE TALL ENOUGH FOR ME. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. MY NAME IS DAVID MY NAME IS DAVID WAGNER AND I TEACH ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR AT ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL BY DIDN'T TALK OF THE TALK OF THE PROPOSE ADDITION TO TALK OF THE PROPOSE ADDITION TO ALONSO, BUT MRS. COMBS, THANK YOU FOR YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR OUR NEEDS I HEARTEDLY SECONDED I HEARTEDLY SECONDED EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID. CONCERNS OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, AND WHILE I FULLY SUPPORT WHAT ROB JUST SAID AND THE NOTION THIS YEAR'S ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS, I CONTINUE TO BE
GRATEFUL FOR IMPACT GRATEFUL FOR IMPACT THAT THE MILLAGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLEMENTS HAVE MADE FOR ME IN MY OWN LIFE. WANT TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE MUNDANE THAT HAD HAD AN IMPACT AND PRESENTED A BIT OF AN ISSUE FOR MYSELF AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I CAN I WILL GIVE THEM IN THE LAST YEAR. THAT IS, FIELD TRIP PAPERWORK. I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE MUNDANE. IT WAS MUNDANE. THE VOLUME OF PAPERWORK REQUIRED TO TAKE STUDENTS ON BOTH IN-COUNTY AND IN-COUNTY AND OUT-OF-COUNTY
FIELD TRIMS HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT PROHIBITED TO TEACHERS WHOSE CLASSES TAKE LOTS OF TRIMS WITH THE PREAPPROVED PAPERWORK AT THE SITES FOR THOSE TRIPS. HE TOOK STUDENTS OFF CAMPUS 19 TIMES. I TEACH CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA. THOSE EVENTS FROM RECRUITING TRIMS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TOLLS ALL STATE AND ALL COUNTY MUSIC AUDITIONS AND EVENTS AND MUSIC AUDITIONS AND EVENTS AND ORCHESTRA TRIP TO PERFORM AT FESTIVAL DISNEY AND FESTIVAL DISNEY AND TAKING OUR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM. THAT AMOUNT OF
THAT AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK OVERWHELM OVERWHELMING AND I AM NOT THE ONLY TEACHER OR COACH OR STAFF MEMBER. I WAS UNABLE TO PLAN ANOTHER TWO OR THREE TRIPS I HOPED TO TAKE MY STUPID TO SEE THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA AND OTHER PERFORMANCES BECAUSE WHAT I NEEDED TO PUT IN THE THE PAPERWORK. THINGS WERE TOO BUSY FOR ME TO JUGGLE TRIPS NUMBER 20 AND 21. ON TOP OF, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING THAT I AM DOING DAY TO DAY AS A TEACHER AND ADMINISTERING TWO
LARGE PERFORMING ARTS LARGE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS. AFFECTFUL LIMIT THE AFFECTFUL LIMIT THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE ARE STREAMLINE THE STREAMLINE THE PAPERWORK STREAMLINE THE PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS ENRICHMENT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. ASK YOU TO STREAMLINE IT TO DO MORE FOR POUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU SOUTHERN.
>>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER. >> SMITH, GOOD EVENING, NANCY ROAR MERE ROW. A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIES AT YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS MY HAITI EIGHT YEARS STARTING AND ENTREPRENEUR TO THAT A ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 18 YEARS. ALL OF MY ALL OF MY DAY-TO-DAY, YEAR-TO-YEAR WORK IS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ANY OF US, WHETHER WE ARE HERE TODAY, WE ARE WATCHING FROM HOME, WE ARE PREPARING FOR FRIDAY'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL
EEVENTUALLY, WE COULD BE IN SKILLED NURSING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. WE COULD BE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE OR OUR OWN PRIVATE PRACTICE. WE COULD BE IN HOSPITALS, WE COULD BE IN HOSPITALS, REHABS, WHEREVER, HOME HEALTH. WE CAN BE DOING THAT AND WE CHOOSE THE SCHOOLS. WE CHOOSES TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO WORK FOR YOU FOR CONSISTENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS. I DO WANTS TO SAY FOR YEARS, OUR PROFESSION HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. WE HAVE BROADER EXPERTISE THAN JUST JUST REMEDIATING
JUST REMEDIATING Rs AND FIXING JUST REMEDIATING Rs AND FIXING RABBIT. WE HAVE BILINGUAL. WE HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE. WE HAVE FEEDING. WE HAVE STUDENTS ON WE HAVE STUDENTS ON TRACH. PICTURE, VOICE COMMUNICATION. EYE GAZE. IT RUNS THE IT RUNS THE GAMUT. WE SUPPORT ACADEMIC. SOCIAL AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONING. SAFE SWALLOWING FOR THE VARIETY OF NEEDS FOR OUT STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES OUR RESPONSIBILITIES EXTEND FAR BEYOND PROVIDING THERAPY. WE ARE COUNSELORS TO PARENTS.
SPEECH LANGUAGE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. FIRST ONE THAN PAYMENTS SEE AND IF MY KID COULD JUST TALK. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE AND WE HOLD THEIR HANDS. WE WALK WITH THEM. WE CREWITH THEM. WE GIVE THEM RESOURCES. WE CONDUCT AND WRITE WE CONDUCT AND WRITE EVALUATIONS. CONDUCT EVALUATION PLANS. WE MEET WITH THE WE MEET WITH THE FAMILIES AND COMPLAINT PAPER WORK. WE SCAN DOCUMENTS. UPLOAD IT HERE AND THERE AND PRINT IT HERE AND PRINT IT HERE AND THERE. DOESN'T MATTER HOW MAYBE TIMES
PARENTS NEED A COPIED E-MAIL. LET ME GRAB MY COMPUTER. I AM RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEING A PARENT WITH A MY CHILD WITH SESSION NEEDS. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO BLOOMINGDALE. SHE IS IS THE ACCESS. WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE SHE WAS TWO SHE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED. I AM SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE VENT RAN FOR THE VENT RAN TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKER, OCCUPATIONAL PTs THAT POURED INTO HER BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T BE WHERE SHE IS GOING INTO HER
SENIOR YEAR IF NOT FOR THOSE SEASONED VIT RAN STAFF MEMBERS. WE ALL START OUT, BUT IF WE DON'T POUR -- WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE POURING INTO THE NEW TEACHERS. NEW THERAPISTS COMING, AND IF WE ARE NOT HERE TO DO THAT TO ARE NOT HERE TO DO THAT TO ENCOURAGE THEM, IT IS OKAY. JUST STAY. IT IS OKAY. YOU CAN MAKE IT. A GREAT JOB AT THE END. STAY WITH US. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE TURNOUT FOR OUR STUDENTS, EINESE, STUDENTS, EINESE, EGYPTED, BILINGUAL. WE WILL NOT HAVE THE GROWTH THAT
WE ARE SEE -- THAT I WILL SEE ON MY CHILD. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN AND ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE YOU RECOMMEND. I AM JOSIE I AM JOSIE MONJOVI, A I AM JOSIE MONJOVI, A 29-YEAR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VETERAN AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY VETERAN AND DEDICATED SPEECH LANGUAGE DEDICATED SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. I AM REQUESTING YOUR ASSISTANCE
FOR A WIN FOR OUR FOR A WIN FOR OUR SOPs. FAIR COMPENSATION FOR OUR SOPs NOT A MATTER OF EQUITY BUT NOT A MATTER OF EQUITY BUT RECRUITMENT. TO ATTRACT TO ATTRACT AND TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP TALENT, YOU MUST OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE TESTIFY COMPENSATION PACK CANAL OF THE VALUE VALUE YOU PLACE OUR SKILLS AND EXPERTISE. OUR KERR REG RETENTION POLICIES HAVE FAILED TO REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK LEADING TO HURDLES THAT THAT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME.
THIS YEAR'S DISTRICT PROPOSAL IS TO PENALIZE SOPs BY THE REMOVAL OUFRL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION SUPPLEMENT AND REDUCTION OF THE ESE SUPPLEMENT FOR A LOSS OF $2750 FOR A LOSS OF $2750 ANNUALLY. IN BARGAINING MEETINGS WITH THE DISTRICT, WE PRESENTED DATA AND DISTRICT, WE PRESENTED DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM RESOLUTION THE DISTRICT RESOLUTION THE DISTRICT HAS ADOPTED TO FILL ADOPTED TO FILL VACANCIES IN OUR DISTRICT BY HIRING SOPs THROUGH CONTRACT AGENCIES. CURRENTLY, WE ALMOST -- WE HAVE
ALMOST ALMOST 100 SITE-BASED POSITIONS FILLED WITH CONTRACT SOPs ONE-THIRD OF OUR SOP POSITION PCHS LAST YEAR PCHS LAST YEAR HCPS SPENT PCHS LAST YEAR HCPS SPENT $10.5 MILLION ON MILLION ON SOP CONTRACT MILLION ON SOP CONTRACT SERVICES TO COVER SAY VACANCIES IN OUR TO COVER SAY VACANCIES IN OUR DISTRICT. WHY DISTRICTS WHY DISTRICTS FOLLOWING PAY WHY DISTRICTS FOLLOWING PAY CONTRACT FEE FOR THE EXACT STAPLE PROFESSIONALS. SOMES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO
KEEP THEM TO RECRUIT THEM. HCPS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS SIMPLY HAVE NOT BUDGET ENOUGH. KERR REGALLY KERR REGALLY HCPS IS RATED NUMBER 46 IN PAY FOR SOPs IN THE STATEMENT OF FLORIDA. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ONLY STUDENT ENROLLMENT. OUT OF TERM LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN FLORIDA, HCPS IS THE LAST IN CONVERSATION THE LAST IN CONVERSATION TO OUR SOPsP. LET'S DEAL WITH THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WITH
NUMBER ONE ISSUE WITH SOP THIS THIS COUNTY, SALARY. CRITICAL ROLE SOPs PLAY, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COMPENSATION SHOULD REFLECT OUR SIGNIFICANCE CAGES OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BY INVESTING IN OUR COMPENSATION, YOU NOT ONLY SHOW HOW YOU VALUE OUR TIRELESS EFFORTS, BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE THERAPY SERVICES AND EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. INVESTING IN THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF SOPs IS NOT JUST A
FINANCIAL DECISION, IT IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS LESLIED A DAMS. I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED AS I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED AS THE SPEECH LANGUAGE THOLGS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. SORRY, IT WAS A LITTLE SHORT FOR ME. TWO YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF SOPs STOOD BEFORE OF THE BOARD TO
ADDRESS THE CRITICAL STAFFING SHORT AND AS A RESULT YOU HAVE THAT ADVOCACY. STIPE ENDS FOR ENDS FOR SOPs THROUGH AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION. HELPED TO INCREASE OUR DISTRICT HIRES. CURRENTLY THE BOTH CURRENTLY THE BOTH 1500 CERTIFICATION STIPE ENDS AND $30 LICENSING STIPE ENDS THAT LICENSING STIPE ENDS THAT ADDRESSES THE SHORTAGE OF ADDRESSES THE SHORTAGE OF SOP OF MAINTAINING STATEMENT AND
LICENSES ARE REMOVED FROM LICENSES ARE REMOVED FROM BARGAINING PROPOSAL. WHY DOES THIS MATTER, HILLSBOROUGH RANKS NUMBER 46 IN AGAIN X SAYINGS IN FLORIDA FOR SOPs MANY DISTRICTS PUNT ON A A SPECIAL BECAUSE OUR PROFESSION PRIORS MORE THAN 60 GRADUATE CREDITS AND ADDITIONAL NINE MONTHS CHRISTIAN COLIN CAL FELLOWSHIP. SSHA CERTIFICATION SUPPLEMENT WILLING RANGE FROM $1500 WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TO IS WHERE WE ARE TO $13,000. NEIGHBOR DISTRICTS SUCH AS PASS
COULD, 3400. PINLS, 5280. AND POLK AT 5200 AND POLK AT 5200. ALL PROVIDE ALL PROVIDE ASHA SUPPLEMENTS FOR SOPs AND ADDITIONAL SHORTAGES AND HIGHER DEGREE SHORTAGES AND HIGHER DEGREE INCENTIVES. RESULT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT. QUALIFIED SOPs LEAVE QUALIFIED SOPs LEAVE HILLSBOROUGH FOR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. CONTRACT POSITIONS PAY MORE THAN LDZ 65 AN HOUR AND OTHER SETTING ALL TOGETHER. ELIMINATES STIPENDS TOTALING
$600,000 ANNUALLY AND SPENDING NEARLY $8 MILLION ABOVE THE COST OF EMPLOYING DIGS STRICT SOPs EACH YEAR FOR NEARLY 100 OUT OF 280 UNITS. IN. THE DISTRICT THE DISTRICT PAYS CONTRACT AGENCIES APPROXIMATELY $100 AN HOUR AND DISTRICT EMPLOYED SOPs AVERAGE 40 AN HOUR. IS AN $8 MILLION SOLUTION IS AN $8 MILLION SOLUTION TO 600,000 PROBLEM FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE?
CONTRACTOR PROVIDE IMPORTANT COVERAGE, BUT COVERAGE IS NOT THE SAME AS CONTINUE NEWPORT. DISTRICT EMPLOYED SOPs BUILD LASTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUD EDGES, FAMILY, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS THAT IMPROVE COLLABORATION, CONSISTENCY AND STUDENT OUTCOMES. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU PRESERVE THE LICENSURE AND PRESERVE THE LICENSURE AND ASHA CERTIFICATION STIPE ENDS AND CONSIDER PUTTING SOPs ON A SALARY SCHEDULE THAT REFLECT THE EDUCATION AND EXPERTISE THAT OUR PROFESSION REARS. IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT
HILLSBOROUGH'S VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE, WE MUST INVEST IN THE MUST INVEST IN THE PROFESSIONALS THAT MAKE THAT VISION THAT MAKE THAT VISION POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE RETURN TO RETURN TO ITEM 7.9, REVISIONS TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES PLANNING SITTING AND SITTING AND CONCURRENCY BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARD OF
SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY'S OF TAMPA, AT&T AND PLANT CITY. SUPERINTENDENT, HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES COORDINATION BETWEEN SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING, SCHOOL SIGHT, LAND USE AND SCHOOL CONCURRENCY. SCHOOL BOARD ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH CITY OF TAMPA, AT&T AND PLANT AT THIS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTORY WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.
MODERNIZE COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND FUTURE SCHOOL FACILITY NEEDS WHILE MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FLORIDA -- WITH THOSE FLORIDA STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. THESE AGREEMENTS SUPPORT LONG-RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS TO LONG-RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL GROWTH CONTINUES THROUGHOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND THE REVISIONS AND THE REVISIONS DO NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THE PARTIES AND CLARIFY EXISTING PLANNING, CURRENCY INFORMATION PROCESSES.
>> THANK YOU, >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN, A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN, A SECOND. AND. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MEMBER MEMBER COMBS? MEMBER GRAY? >>Lynn Gray: OKEY-DOKEY. THANK YOU, MADAM >> I APPRECIATE, MR. FARKAS, THE DETAILS.
SIMPLIFICATION, LOOKS TO ME SINCE WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, WE ADDED THE CITIES OF TAMPA, IT'S THE, AND PLANT CITY TO THE AGREEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> WE TRY TO MAKE THE LANGUAGE MORE SIMILAR. THOSE CITIES DESCRIBE VERY SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS, YES, MA'AM. >>Lynn Gray: THE BENEFITS ARE THE EARLY COORDINATION OF SCHOOL SITES, BETTER SHARING OF SITES, BETTER SHARING OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION.
CLEAR SCHOOL SITING AND REVIEW PROCEDURES, EXPANDED INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION AND MORE EFFICIENT REVIEW PROCESS. PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT PARTICULAR BULLET. >>Christopher Farkas: I DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU SAY THAT, MS. GRAY. IT'S NOT ABOUT FUNDING. ABOUT HOW WE GET THROUGH THE PROCESS. SITE A SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, VV, MORGAN, THINGS LIKE THAT, THE COUNTY OR THE COUNTY OR CITY, DEPENDING ON TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN PLANT CITY, THEY HAVE TO APPROVE WHERE WE PUT THAT. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS FOR BOTH PARTIES, FOR THE
CITY, CITY ENTITIES AND FOR OUR GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IT DOES EXACTLY THAT. IT TALKS EARLY ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR PLANNING. WHEN WE BUY PROPERTY LIKE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTIES THE BOARD HAS OUT IN PLANT CITY, WE START THAT PROCESS WITH PLANT CITY. WHAT TYPE OF SCHOOLS WE PUT THERE, SO THEY CAN COORDINATE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AS WE GO THROUGH WITH THAT. AGAIN, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO US. THIS HELPS THEM WHEN THEY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND GET DONE. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT MORGAN AND GETTING THE SIDEWALKS AND STREET AND WATER AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT
DOWN WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM BOARD MEMBERS MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO COORDINATE THAT EARLIER MAKES IT EASIER FOR BOTH SIDES. >>Lynn Gray: I KNOW THE ANALOGY IS NOT CRYSTAL CLEAR. WHEN WE HAD THE TPO MEETING AND I THINK I SHARED WITH YOU, WE DECIDED TO ADD DECIDED TO ADD TO THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THE PINELLAS AND PASCO JUST FOR REALLY MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNICATION, THAT OVERSIGHT, AND FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE WITH THAT RELATIONSHIP, THIS DOES NOT GIVE US ANY FUNDING ADVANTAGES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TPO WOULD DETOUR. THEY WILL GET PERHAPS MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL. >>Christopher Farkas: QUITE THE OPPOSITE. ZERO. IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES US TO MAKE SURE WE JUMP THROUGH THE HOPES AND PAY FOR THE THINGS WE NEED TO AFFECTED BY OUR GROWTH. NO FUNDING TIED TO IT AT ALL. >>Lynn Gray: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR. THESE ARE BIG DEALS THESE ARE BIG DEALS OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD JUST EVEN A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE CITY OF, WE HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEM. I THINK WE EVEN HAD A WORKSHOP ON IT. PREVIOUS TO ANY AGENDA LIKE THIS COMING TO US, SIMILAR TO WHAT DAVID PROVIDED FOR ME AFTER I ASKED FOR IT, THAT REALLY WENT MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT WHAT MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT WHAT THE CHANGES ARE, I WOULD LIKE THAT GOING FORWARD AND MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AND ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE SIMILAR TO THE CODE OF
THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER, I FEEL WHEN SOME OF THESE ARE RUSHED THINGS SLIP THROUGH AND WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND IT'S TOO LATE. GOING FORWARD ON SOMETHING AS BIG AS THIS, FIVE CITY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS FOUR CITY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE A THOROUGH DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES BECAUSE THESE ARE COMMITMENTS WE'RE MAKING AND AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING WITH THE CITY. WE SEE ALMOST ON EVERY AGENDA
ITEM AN EASEMENT REQUEST OR SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITIES. FOR ME TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD, I NEED MUCH MORE INFORMATION PREVIOUS TO THE VOTE. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I COINCIDE WITH MEMBER VAUGHN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE COMMITTING US. LIKE WE LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH APOLLO BEACH, RIGHT?
I HAD TO VOTE YES ON THAT BECAUSE WE COMMITTED TO THOSE STUDENTS, AND SO BECAUSE WE COMMITTED TO THOSE STUDENTS BASED ON OUR NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, I'M NOW LOCKED INTO $5 MILLION. SO THIS IS SO THIS IS WHAT THIS DOES. WE REALLY NEED A BETTER DETAIL OF THAT. I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE THE OLD AND THE NEW AND WHAT ARE THE CHANGES. AND THEN WHAT POTENTIAL COSTS, NOT NOT COSTS, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH EASEMENTS. FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT, THE
NUMBERS WE GET OF THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ALWAYS LESS THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY SEE IN OUR SCHOOLS. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT'S ADJUSTING THAT FOR THEM TO MAKE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. BECAUSE WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE NUMBERS THEY GIVE US, AND YET WE'RE GETTING MORE STUDENTS THAN THEY TOLD US WE'RE THEY TOLD US WE'RE GETTING. IT'S EVIDENT. WE KEEP COMMITTING, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. THESE AGREEMENTS REALLY THESE AGREEMENTS REALLY -- I DON'T SEE THEM AS MUCH IN OUR FAVOR AS THEIR FAVOR.
THEY LIKE US TO PAY, YET THEY WANT TO GIVE LESS. WE'RE PAYING MORE. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I HAVE A CLEAR PROBLEM WITH THAT. THEY BLAME US FOR TRAFFIC YET DON'T WANT TO GIVE US EASEMENTS, THEY WANT TO US PAY FOR THEY WANT TO US PAY FOR THINGS. I'M STUCK WITH AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICE THAN TO VOTE YES BECAUSE I CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT SAYING YES. YET I DON'T SEE THE NEGOTIATION IN THIS.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR THAT THE BOARD SHOULD SEE THE NEGOTIATION IN THIS. >>Christopher Farkas: I HEAR THE BOARD MEMBERS LOUD AND CLEAR. HAVE NOT HEARD IT IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS BEFORE. I PROMISE YOU WE'LL SPEND MONTHS ON THIS. WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME THINGS TALKING ABOUT THAT AREN'T IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THAT BEING SAID I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH ANY OF YOU AND BRING MICHELLE ORTON AND HER TEAM ALONG TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT IS INTRICATE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD FEELS PREPARED FOR THAT AND HAVE
AN OPT-IN CONVERSATION IF YOU WANT TO BE WANT TO BE PART OF IT. IF YOU DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT IT -- MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND TIME TO GO OVER EACH OF THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED WITH EACH DISTRICT. A LOT OF IT IS DICTATED. MR. PORTER'S AREA MR. PORTER'S AREA OF EXPERTISE. A LOT OF IT IS DICTATED BY STATUTE. NOT NECESSARILY BY NEGOTIATION OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN DO. THIS AGENDA ITEM STEMS FROM A LAW ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD. IT REALLY REQUIRES SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE SUPPOSEDLY EXPERTS IN THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AND WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY EXPERTS IN WHERE SCHOOLS ARE NEEDED. PRIOR TO 1995 OR '96 WHEN THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT, IT WAS SORT OF CHAOTIC. HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS GUILTY AS ANY AND WOULD JUST PUT UP SCHOOLS, DURE ISN'T A GOOD EXAMPLE, OF NOT REALLY EXAMPLE, OF NOT REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS IS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
COORDINATION. THERE'S NOT A TON EVEN POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR MR. FARKAS OR EVEN ME TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. THE ESSENTIAL ITEM THIS AGENDA ITEM IS HERE IS TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN PLACES WHERE THE COUNTY OR THE CITIES ARE ABLE TO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT. IT DOESN'T WORK PERFECTLY, BUT IT'S AN EFFORT TO SORT OF HAVE COORDINATION. I THINK IF IT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN, WE CAN
DEFINITELY SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU ON IT. >>Patti Rendon: I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE AREN'T SEEING THE INFRASTRUCTURE PICK UP WHERE WE'RE PUTTING SCHOOLS. 30 YORES AGO, IT WAS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME. IN 2026, THEY ARE REMOVING FUNDING THEY WERE GIVING US FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE CIT. MAKE IT LESS AND YET NOT -- WE CAN SEE THAT IN THE LAST SCHOOL WE BUILT, IT WAS WORK TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEEDED AROUND THAT SCHOOL IN THAT COMMUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT SCHOOL.
I DO THINK THERE IS A CHANGING TIME, AND MAYBE TIME, AND MAYBE THAT LEGISLATION NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. BUT AS A BUT AS A BOARD, WE SHOULD COLLECTIVELY HAVE A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST A RUBBER STAMP. WE SEEM TO BE TAKING WHAT WE'RE GIVEN INSTEAD OF BEING EDUCATED ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHANGE SOMETHING. >>Jim Porter: YOU RAISE EXCELLENT POINTS AND TIMELY COMMENT, ESPECIALLY WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH ESPECIALLY IN UNINCORPORATED HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. I THINK IT IS A VERY TIMELY POINT AND OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HELP EDUCATE THE BOARD ON IT AND TAKE FEEDBACK, MAYBE WAYS TO MAKE IT BETTER. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM NEXT ITEM IS NEXT ITEM IS 7.13, FACILITIES USE AGREED BETWEEN THE SCHOOL
BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND BRANDON SPORTS AND AQUATIC CENTER INCORPORATED. DOING BUSINESS AS HIGH 5 INCORPORATED. >>Van Ayres: THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS HIGH 5 TO PROVIDE ADULT DAY TRAINING SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL. LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHILE UTILIZING AVAILABLE DISTRICT SPACE. HIGH 5 WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
OPERATIONAL COST THROUGH A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT STRUCTURE THAT HELPS OFFSET UTILITY AND FACILITY EXPENSES FOR THE DISTRICT. AGREEMENT INCLUDES DISTRICT PROTECTIONS RELATED TO INSURANCE, SECURITY SCREENING UNDER THE JESSICA LUNSFORD ACT, SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS AND DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO TERMINATE OR MODIFY FACILITY USE IF NEEDED FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS. THAT IS OUR LAST AGENDA THAT IS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, 7.13. >>Christopher Farkas: IMPORTANT PART FOR THE PART FOR THE BOARD, THEY ARE GOING INTO THE SPACE THAT EISENHOWER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER WAS IN THAT'S BEEN DISPERSED OF
THE STUDENTS THERE. WHILE LISTED AS EISENHOWER SCHOOL, IT IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. SEPARATE ENTRANCE, SEPARATE PLACE. STUDENTS ARE NOT COMINGLED IN THAT AREA. BOARD PERSPECTIVE, THEY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT OFFICE AREA AND DIFFERENT PLACE TO HAVE THAT. LISTED AS LISTED AS EISENHOWER MIDDLE LISTED AS EISENHOWER MIDDLE BUT EISENHOWER EXCEPTIONAL CENTER, RIGHT NEXT DOOR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MR. FARKAS. I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM D 7.13. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY AND A SECOND BY MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER COMBS,
YOU PULLED THIS ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Jessica Vaughn: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I GOT THEM ANSWERED. >>Nadia Combs: I HAD A COMMENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, PARTNERSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT WE HAVE TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WHEN WE ARE. I KNOW A WHILE BACK THERE WAS AN
AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY NOT CHARGING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW HOW I AM. I ALWAYS WANT TO GET ANY DOLLAR THAT WE CAN GET, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN WE CAN CHARGE, WE WANT TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CHARGING AND WE'RE CONSISTENT. RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE EVERY SINGLE PROBLEM THAT'S COMING UP HERE AND EVERYBODY THAT'S TALKING ABOUT IT, IF YOU GAVE PEOPLE MORE MONEY, THEY WOULD BE HAPPY. GOT THE SLPs MORE MONEY, GAVE THE BUILDING, WHATEVER IT IS, ALMOST ALL THE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW ARE FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT, THAT WHEN WE'RE CHARGING DIFFERENT NONPROFITS AND PROFITS THAT WE'RE CHARGING THEM CONSISTENTLY ACROSS. THAT'S THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Van Ayres: WE FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH THE FACILITIES ITEMS.
WE'RE DONE WITH NUMBER 7. WE CAN MOVE ON. MY MY SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE THIS EVENING, ON SATURDAY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, CABINET MEMBERS AND STAFF TOOK PART IN THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH. THEY THEY HELPED FILL THEY HELPED FILL 30,000 BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES. THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AUGUST 8 AT RAYMOND JAMES. WE THANK THADDEUS BULLARD FOR HIS SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. DR. HAHN, MS. RENDON,
DR. HAHN, MS. RENDON, MS. GRAY, I WAS NOT THERE BUT I DID I WAS NOT THERE BUT I DID HEAR OUR TEAM OUR TEAM WON. MS. McRAE SAID IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF HER. I DID SEE THE VIDEO THAT OUR COMMS TEAM PUT TOGETHER AND SAW MS. FARKAS MS. FARKAS AND MS. -- >>Lynn Gray: MY >>Lynn Gray: MY HANDS ARE STILL
ARTHRITIC BECAUSE OF ALL THE NEEDLING. >>Van Ayres: MR. BULLARD >>Van Ayres: MR. BULLARD IS A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF HCPS. GIVING OUT THE BACK PACKS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATING. A NEW A NEW LOCATION, YOU ALL REMEMBER OUR 19th ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIR. THIS TIME IT IS A NEW LOCATION. WESTSHORE MALL FOR ALL THOSE YEARS. NOW AT CITRUS PARK TOWN CENTER. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE THE
PRESENTING SPONSOR AGAIN WITH TAMPA BAY PARENTING MAGAZINE. TAKE PLACE AT CITRUS PARK TOWN CENTER PLAZA ON SATURDAY AUGUST 1 FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS, SPEAKERS, 50 PLUS VENDORS OFFERING VALUABLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION. SUMMER GRADUATIONS WERE SUMMER GRADUATIONS WERE JUST LAST WEDNESDAY. I GOT THE I GOT THE NUMBERS I GOT THE NUMBERS FROM I GOT THE NUMBERS FROM DR. GRAYES.
301 GRADUATES. I HEARD THE CEREMONIES WERE FANTASTIC AT THE TWO SCHOOLS. CONSOLIDATED FROM THREE LOCATIONS TO TWO. DID GET A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 301 GRADUATES THAT COMPLETED. KUDOS TO THE STUDENTS THAT PERSEVERED, GOT THE DIPLOMA, MET THE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADUATED. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR PRINCIPALS. THIS IS OUR BIG THIS IS OUR BIG BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT. WE KNOW THAT BASICALLY ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE BACK THIS FRIDAY AS WE WELCOME ALL OF OUR TEACHERS BACK.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR FULL ON BOARD, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE BACK. BIG DAY FOR US IS WITH OUR JOINT PRINCIPALS AS WE KICK OFF BEFORE OUR TEACHERS GET THERE. JOINT PRINCIPAL MEETING. DONE A LONG TIME. A LOT OF HISTORY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF REALLY THE KICKOFF OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR PRINCIPALS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AT ADMINISTRATORS AT CHAMBERLAIN FOR THE ANNUAL JOINT MEETING. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN, AT CHAMBERLAIN, JOCELYN AND HER TEAM FOR HOSTING US.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREDIBLE GAINS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR AND THINGS TO FOCUS ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE 26-27 SCHOOL 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD A LITTLE FUN WITH THIS. OSCARS FOR ALL OF OUR TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS. MS. McRAE, MR. FARKAS, DR. GRAYES AND GRAYES AND DR. WHELAN, SOME OF THE OSCAR PRESENTERS FOR AWARDS. GOOD TIME FOR EVERYONE THERE AND
SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVED AWARDS. THAT IS OUR BIG KICKOFF BACK TO SCHOOL FOR EMPLOYEES. THIS FRIDAY WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY BACK. BOARD MEMBERS, A LOT OF YOU WILL BE OUT AT SCHOOL SITES WELCOMING A LOT OF NEW TEACHERS BACK. MY TEAM WILL BE OUT MY TEAM WILL BE OUT EVERYWHERE. REGIONAL SUPES. CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU BACK THIS FRIDAY. SOME REALLY NEAT NEWS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT BUT A POSITIVE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. BACK-TO-SCHOOL FORMS ARE NOW
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOCUS PARENT PORTAL. STARTING TODAY, FAMILIES CAN COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED NEW SCHOOL YEAR FORMS ONLINE BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. REMEMBER BACK TO THE DAYS OF HOME ROOM AND HOME ROOM AND PASSING OUT THE FORMS, THIS FOCUS PARENT PORTAL IS YOUR ONE STOP LOCATION TO COMPLETE REQUIRED BACK-TO-SCHOOL FORMS, VIEW STUDENT SCHEDULES, REPORT CARDS, BUS REPORT CARDS, BUS INFORMATION. REGISTER STUDENTS TO REGISTER STUDENTS TO HCPS.
WE SENT AN E-MAIL OUT TO FAMILIES TODAY. FIRST 30 MINUTES FIRST 30 MINUTES OVER 2,700 FAMILIES SUBMITTING FORMS ALREADY. BACK-TO-SCHOOL FORMS. WITHIN 30 MINUTES, 2,700. BEFORE I STARTED THE MEETING IT'S NOW UP TO ALMOST 9,000 FAMILIES HAVE SUBMITTED FORMS. BACK-TO-SCHOOL FORMS CAN BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. REALLY A BIG POSITIVE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE FOCUS AND THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD AS WE PUSH FOR OUR NEW PLATFORM. ALLOW US TO DO A LOT OF UNIQUE THINGS LIKE THIS AND PUSH US
INTO THE NEXT INTO THE NEXT CENTURY WITH TECHNOLOGY. WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK OUR TEACHERS AND REMAINING STAFF. AS I MENTIONED FROM SUMMER BREAK, JULY 31st. WE HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL SUMMER BREAK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, AUGUST 10. THAT'S OUR FIRST DAY, AUGUST 10. BOARD MEMBERS, WHILE WE ARE WELCOMING BACK SOME STAFF MEMBERS, TONIGHT IS MEMBERS, TONIGHT IS PABLO'S LAST MEETING WITH US. HIS LAST DAY, LAST BOARD
MEETING, LAST DAY IS FRIDAY. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK HIM FOR ALL THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. WE'RE ALL GOING TO MISS PABLO WE'RE ALL GOING TO MISS PABLO SO MUCH. THIS IS THIS IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT -- I KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU WOULD AGREE.
EVERY TUESDAY, HE'S ALWAYS HERE GIVING SUPPORT TO ALL OF US. PABLO, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU TREMENDOUSLY, AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT. [ APPLAUSE ] MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Karen Perez: I DON'T THINK HE'LL MISS US HARASSING HIM FOR HIS MEETINGS. WE WILL MOVE INTO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
JUST A JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK. 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PABLO, DO YOU HAVE MY FIRST VIDEO? THIS IS A GIRL, TINA YOUNG, FROM THE LINKS WHO EVERY YEAR PUTS TOGETHER HUGE HEALTH FAIRS IN AREAS OF HIGH NEEDS, WHICH IS LEONARD SOUTH SHORE CAMPUS. WE HAD THE USF WE HAD THE USF NURSES, THE
DOCTORS, UNIVERSITY DOCTORS, UNIVERSITY OF DOCTORS, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA GIVING IMMUNIZATIONS, FREE EYE EXAMS, FREE PHYSICALS. WITHIN THE HOUR I WAS THERE, OVER 152 FAMILIES. THE NEED IS HUGE. IT WAS JUST MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU, TINA, AS ALWAYS FROM THE LINKS FOR DOING THIS. AND YOUR WONDERFUL TEAM. THE OTHER BIG EXCITEMENT, THE OTHER BIG EXCITEMENT, SHAKE, PART OF THIS
PART OF THIS, MR. BRADY, OUR GAINS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, GAINS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, WHICH WERE HUGE GAINS. I DID THE CHART LIKE I WAS SUPPOSED TO SUPPOSED TO COMPARE 2026 TO 2025, SO I DID ALL THAT. BUT I WANT TO FIRST START OUT BY SAYING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK WANT TO THANK OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN TASK FORCE, THE COMMITMENT COMMITMENT OF SHAKE WASHINGTON HAS BEEN VERY, VERY STRONG. FRED HEARNS WITH FRED HEARNS WITH HIS THURGOOD
MARSHALL CLUB WHICH WE NOW OVER 140 SOMETHING THURGOOD MARSHALL CLUBS. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK DR. ANDREA BEVERLY WHO HEADED THE HABSE BRAIN BOWL WITH HABSE BRAIN BOWL WITH OVER 189 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING. I KNOW MEMBER VAUGHN IS REMINDED HER SON PARTICIPATED HER SON PARTICIPATED AS WELL. THESE SCORES WILL SHOW AND SHARE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS KNOW AND STUDY AND TAKE PRIDE AND STUDY AND TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR CULTURAL BEGINNINGS AND THEIR LEADERS. WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE
WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE KIDS? THE ABSOLUTE -- THE POINTS, THE GRADUATION RATES, THEIR TEST SCORES SCORES WENT UP. IN SOCIAL IN SOCIAL STUDIES, IN SOCIAL STUDIES, FROM 2022 TO '25, WE WERE HOVERING AROUND 52 TO 59. NOW RAISED TO 64 POINTS. AND THEN THE AND THEN THE ACCELERATED -- THANK YOU GISELE, WHEREVER YOU ARE AND HER TEAM, LAST ARE AND HER TEAM, LAST YEAR, THE PARTICIPATION FROM 73 PARTICIPATION FROM 73 TO 78 OF
THE ACCELERATED THE ACCELERATED LEARNERS. AND THEN SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, YOU KNOW YOUR GRADUATION RATE WENT RATE WENT UP. THE KIDS FROM 80% TO 87% OF GRADUATES. WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN WE PAY ATTENTION TO THE ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS, THE EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, THEY GAIN AND THEY GIVE A LOT OF RESULTS FOR OUR TESTING. I WANT TO THANK,
I WANT TO THANK, AGAIN, MEMBER WASHINGTON, HIS COMPLETE OVERSIGHT, MR. BRADY, OUR SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISORS, STUDIES SUPERVISORS, KELLY, STUDIES SUPERVISORS, KELLY, AND MARIE. MOST MAGNIFICENT LEADER, DR. ANDREA BEVERLY WHO LEADS ANDREA BEVERLY WHO LEADS HABSE. SHE IS TO BE SHE IS TO BE COMMENDED AND RECOGNIZED. SHE'LL GO AT IT AGAIN.
WE ALSO NOW GO TO STATE LEVEL. MR. BRADY, CAN YOU TELL ME, WE DID HAVE STRAWBERRY CREST, ROBINSON. TELL ME ABOUT THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION. STRAWBERRY CREST I BELIEVE WON. >> YES, THAT WAS OUR >> YES, THAT WAS OUR FEF COMPETITION. WE'LL PLAN ON DOING THAT AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY GET MORE TEAMS. I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS LAST MINUTE BUT TO KIND OF GET ALL THE PAPER WORK IN. WE WERE KIND OF AT THE END LAST TIME. A LOT OF SCHOOLS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR. WE WENT TO THE STATE COMPETITION.
DIDN'T DO AS WELL AS WE HOPED BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME. IT WAS ONLINE. IT WAS A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR US. IT WAS GREAT. >>Lynn Gray: IT WAS. SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, YOU CAN KNOW THAT MR. BRADY IS A COMPETITOR. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THAT. LAST, WE TALK LAST, WE TALK ABOUT TITUS O'NEIL, THADDEUS BULLARD, THE GREATNESS, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING
OF A GIVE FOR NINE OF A GIVE FOR NINE YEARS, NOT ONLY THE WONDERFUL ECONOMIC VALUE OF FILLING BACK PACKS, BUT THE HEART AND THE HEART AND THE MIND THAT HE HAS GIVEN, HIS DEVOTION TO THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS UNMATCHED. IF IT WAS A ONE OFF OR TWO OFF, THAT'S ONE THING. LOOK AT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. THEY ARE ALL THERE AND THEY HAD TO BE ON TIME OR ELSE. I JUST WANT TO THANK THADDEUS BULLARD, HIS FOUNDATION, OF COURSE, MEMBER
COURSE, MEMBER RENDON AND STACY HAHN FOR BEING ON BORED AND ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS. WHAT A MAGNIFICENT LEADER THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER THIS BIG BACKPACK GIVE AWAY COMING UP IN A FEW WEEKS. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY REMARKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. MEMBER HAHN. >>Stacy Hahn: I WANT TO
>>Stacy Hahn: I WANT TO ECHO MEMBER MEMBER GRAY'S COMMENTS ABOUT THADDEUS BULLARD. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. I'VE GONE EVERY YEAR TO THE BIG BACKPACK BUILDS. SATURDAY WE HAD OVER 250 VOLUNTEERS. MR. FARKAS IS ON THE MR. FARKAS IS ON THE BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION BOARD. JUST AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT JUST AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FROM DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE THERE. BUT THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS ALL YEAR LONG. SO IT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE DAY FOR ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THEY ARE POURING IN THEIR RESOURCES. AND THAD IS POURING HIS HEART INTO THAT SCHOOL. IT IS A B IT IS A B SCHOOL. BIG CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITH ONE, OBVIOUSLY, OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE SCHOOL, THE LEADERSHIP, THE PRINCIPAL AT THE SCHOOL, BUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS POURED INTO THAT SCHOOL. IT'S QUITE UNIQUE AND PROBABLY
IT'S QUITE UNIQUE AND PROBABLY A NATIONAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL REALLY LOOKS LIKE LIKE AT THAT LEVEL IS A NATIONAL EXAMPLE. BUT WE HAVE VIDEO. I DON'T NEED TO TALK ANYMORE. >> WHAT'S UP EVERYONE. THADDEUS BULLARD HERE ON THADDEUS BULLARD HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE ACADEMY AT CAMPUS OF THE ACADEMY AT SLIGH MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ARE IN THE NINTH YEAR IN A ROW PACKING ROW PACKING THE 30,000 ROW PACKING THE 30,000 BACKPACKS
>> IT WAS A PHENOMENAL >> IT WAS A PHENOMENAL DAY. MAKES IT SO MUCH FUN WITH THE MUSIC AND IT'S JUST A JOYOUS EVENT. SO THANK YOU, SO THANK YOU, THAD. LOVE MY DEAR FRIEND. LOVE PHONG WHO RUNS HIS FOUNDATION. SHE WORKS SO HARD TO MAKE THESE EVENTS COME OFF WHICH LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SEAMLESS, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES IT'S SO MUCH WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF ALL OUR HEARTS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HANDING I LOOK FORWARD TO HANDING THOSE BACK PACKS OUT. TWO SATURDAYS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER FUN DAY. I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE ABOUT THAT. THANKS. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER HAHN. MEMBER VAUGHN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, AS A PARENT WHO IS LOOKING AT SCHOOL SUPPLIES, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW NEEDED THAT IS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES ARE ASTRONOMICAL. ONE INCH BINDER IS SIX DOLLARS, SEVEN DOLLARS FOR ONE BINDER.
I CAN'T EVEN I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. I'M LITERALLY SEWING UP MY SON'S BACKPACK FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND SOMETHING I WANT TO ADD. ONE, WITH THE FORMS ONLINE WITH CANVAS NOW, WITH OUR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, IS THAT READILY AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE FORMS WE SAID WE WANT FORMS WE SAID WE WANT REQUIRE A PARENTAL SIGNATURE FOR -- OR FOCUS, THANK YOU, DR. WHELAN. >>Van Ayres: YES. >>Christopher Farkas: THEY HAVE.
I THINK WE -- THEY HAVE DONE 7800 FORMS IN THE FIRST 7800 FORMS IN THE FIRST FOUR HOURS OPEN. >>Jessica Vaughn: THE ONES THAT REQUIRED SIGNATURE. OKAY. THAT PIECE HAS BEEN UP. ALSO, WHO HOUSES OUR FIELD TRIP FORMS? FROM THE SPEAKER WHO CAME EARLIER AND HAD QUESTIONS, WHO MAKES THOSE DECISIONS. >>Christopher Farkas: ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF FIELD TRIP. SOME PREDETERMINED. THEY ARE HELD AT THE SCHOOL SITE FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO TAKE CARE OF. USUALLY APA. HIGH SCHOOL HANDLES MOST OF THOSE THINGS.
IF IT IS A OUT OF COUNTY, GOES THROUGH SAFETY AND RISK DEPARTMENT. WE CAN HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION. PROBABLY DO THREE WORKSHOPS ON WHAT THAT IS AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH FIELD TRIPS THAT ARE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS BUT ALSO MAKING SURE LIMITED EXPOSURE TO THE BOARD. >>Jessica Vaughn: I SHOULD TALK TO YOU. FINALLY, I WAS KIND OF ON THE FENCE OF WHETHER I WAS GOING TO DO THIS OR NOT. SINCE WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THIS EARLIER IN THE EVENING, WE PASSED THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I WAS CONCERNED IT WAS RUSHED. I HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAD CONCERNS WITH. SINCE THEN WE'VE GOTTEN AN ONSLAUGHT OF E-MAILS REGARDING THE LEGGINGS POLICY PIECE OF IT. AFTER READING AND SPEAKING TO SO MANY FAMILIES ABOUT THAT, I DO AGREE WITH THE E-MAILS THAT WE GOT, THAT THAT TENDS TO BE DISCRIMINATORY TOWARDS WOMEN. THERE ARE THERE ARE BOYS WHO ARE WEARING EXTREMELY TIGHT CLOTHING, WHETHER ATHLETIC, SKINNY JEANS, IF THOSE ARE STILL IF THOSE ARE STILL POPULAR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE
GET THESE THINGS. YOU WORKED WITH A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THAT, DR. GRAYES, AND I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THIS IS A MISSTEP AND SOMETHING AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RECRUITING AND WE'RE RECRUITING AND MEETING OUR FAMILIES' NEEDS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF EVERY STUDENT CHOOSING OUR SCHOOLS, BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT. I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION, I MOVE THAT WE ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PLACE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AGENDA TO AMEND THE DRESS CODE PROVISIONS
TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO WEAR LEGGINGS TO SCHOOL. THAT'S IT. IF I'VE GOT A SECOND. >>Jim Porter: PLEASE CLEAR THE BOARD. MS. VAUGHN MADE A MOTION TO BRING A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM BACK REGARDING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT, YOUR MOTION WOULD REQUIRE A SECOND. YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT. YOU VOTE ON BRINGING BACK TO A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. MEMBER RENDON SECONDED THE MOTION. MADAM CHAIR, THIS MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT BRINGING TO THE NEXT MEETING OR
A FUTURE MEETING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TO ALLOW LEGGINGS. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I POPPED UP WITH >>Lynn Gray: I POPPED UP WITH A COMMENT REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE DID GET A LOT OF LETTERS. I THINK, TOO, MEMBER VAUGHN, I APPRECIATE THE MOTION APPRECIATE THE MOTION AND I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WOMEN'S CLOTHING, PROS AND CONS. I DO THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS A WORKSHOP FOR US TO DISCUSS THE
DRESS CODE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE DRESS PARTS OF THE DRESS CODE THAT STUDENTS ARE HAVING CONUNDRUMS AND TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF DISSIDENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE A WORKSHOP FOR DISCUSSION ON THAT ON A ON A FULL-FLEDGED TYPE -- WHAT WE HAVE IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PREFERRED WAY AS A BOARD. THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
>>Karen Perez: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT FOR A WORKSHOP FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR, KIDS ARE REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT IT. SCHOOL IS STARTING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I THINK THAT IS A VERY CONTROVERSIAL ITEM THAT'S HAPPENING. AND I'M GETTING A LOT OF E-MAILS ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE KIND OF NEED TO DISCUSS, MAKE A DECISION AND JUST MOVE FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT -- I MEAN, HONESTLY, ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK I EVEN HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS WHAT IT MEANT AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE POLICY. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAD WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME ON IT. LIKE SOME OF THE CHANGES I THOUGHT WERE GOOD. SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT SOME OF THE CHANGES I DIDN'T EVEN EXPECT THOSE CHANGES. I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THAT MUCH TIME TO PROCESS THEM AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. JUST LIKE THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS DEALING WITH THE CELL
PHONE, OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS REALLY GOING TO BE SITTING THERE DEALING WITH, IS THAT -- ARE THOSE THAT -- ARE THOSE LEGGINGS? ARE THEY CLOTHE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR AN ADMINISTRATOR AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT GOING TO IMPACT THEM. I THINK THIS COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE'RE LEAVING TO THE SCHOOLS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. AS MUCH AS I WANT TO LEAVE TONIGHT, I'D RATHER SORT IT OUT TONIGHT. >>Jim Porter: IT CANNOT BE SORTED OUT TONIGHT.
IF THIS MOTION PASSES, IT WILL COME TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. ONLY THING YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT. >>Nadia Combs: THE NEXT BOARD MEETING STARTS AUGUST 4. RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM REALLY FAIR TO DO THAT TO OUR SCHOOLS. IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT IS FAIR OR RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE CAN'T CLARIFY THAT TONIGHT? >>Jim Porter: THE BOARD VOTED TO ADOPT THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AMEND IT.
YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON YOUR AGENDA. THIS IS NOT ON YOUR AGENDA. IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THAT. YOU NEED TO AMEND IT AT A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S FLORIDA LAW FOR ONE THING. IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS. >>Nadia Combs: ARE YOU SAYING -- >>Jim Porter: NO, FLORIDA LAW THAT YOU NEED TO REQUIRE THAT YOU NEED TO REQUIRE NOTICE.
>>Nadia Combs: THAT >>Nadia Combs: THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN COME TALK ABOUT IT. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. WE COULDN'T MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO NOTICE IT BEING DONE NEXT TIME. IT WASN'T ADVERTISED. >>Jim Porter: CORRECT. >>Patti Rendon: THE MOTION THAT MEMBER VAUGHN HAS BROUGHT FORTH WOULD ALLOW US TO VOTE ON IT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. >>Jim Porter: CORRECT. >>Patti Rendon: SHE'S MADE A MOTION TO BRING BACK THE STUDENT
CODE OF CONDUCT WITH AN AMENDMENT. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT. >>Jim Porter: YES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES. >>Van Ayres: FOR CLARITY PURPOSE TO THE MOTION THAT MEMBER VAUGHN MADE, IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WAS APPROVED AT CONDUCT THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE BOARD BOARD MEETING, BOARD MEETING, JULY 14, DR. GRAYES IF YOU COULD READ HOW IT READS CURRENTLY.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAN'T WEAR LEGGINGS, IT IS THE COVERING THAT GOES TO MID THIGH. JUST FOR JUST FOR CLARITY. ALSO NOTE THAT WITH LAW NOTICING IT, WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT PROBABLY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AS WE MEET NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 4th. WE'LL GET THAT UPDATED -- >>Jim Porter: THE LAW REQUIRES SEVEN DAYS' NOTICE. >>Van Ayres: WE ACTUALLY MEET NEXT WEEK. >>Jim Porter: THE AGENDA >>Jim Porter: THE AGENDA WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED TONIGHT AND
PUT OUT. >>Van Ayres: >>Van Ayres: HOW IT READS. HOW IT READS IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT APPROVED JULY 14. >> THANK YOU. ALSO, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE CHANGES TO THIS LANGUAGE THAT WAS ORIGINATED DUE TO STUDENT VOICE, AND WE HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHEN IT CAME UP TO THE TOPIC OF STUDENT DRESS CODE THEY BROUGHT UP LEGGINGS AND THEY BROUGHT UP THEIR CONCERNS. THE CHANGES DID ORIGINATE FROM STUDENT VOICE.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN OUR POLICY, SAYS SPANDEX OR LEGGINGS ARE NOT LEGGINGS ARE NOT PERMITTED UNLESS WORN AS UNDERGOVERNMENTS OR COVERED BY CLOTHING THAT EXTENDS TO AT LEAST MID THIGH. SOME EXAMPLES ARE SOME EXAMPLES ARE OVERSIZED SWEATSHIRT OR T-SHIRT THAT REACHES MID THIGH WHEN STANDING. SPANDEX BODY SUITS ARE NOT PERMITTED. >>Van Ayres: THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT. WHAT I'M HEARING IS A MOTION TO AMEND THAT TO I WOULD ASSUME
WE'D HAVE TO GENERATE SOME LANGUAGE THAT TOMORROW, DR. GRAYES COULD SPEAK WITH GRAYES COULD SPEAK WITH THE BOARD AROUND THAT LANGUAGE. BASICALLY LEGGINGS AND TAKING OUT THE MID OUT THE MID THIGH. >>Jessica Vaughn: BODY SUITS I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH. MY CONCERN IS OVERSIZED SWEATSHIRT, SWEATER OR PAIR OF SHORTS OVER THE LEGGINGS. THAT IS A NEW ADDITION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AMENDED TO WHAT WE WERE BEFORE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >>Jim Porter: YOUR MOTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE THIS IS NEW LANGUAGE, TO REVERT TO THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT PRIOR TO THIS CHANGE. >>Jessica Vaughn: CORRECT. >>Karen Perez: VOTE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR LIGHTS FOR THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
>>Jim Porter: THE AGENDA NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TONIGHT TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AMENDMENT TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT REGARDING DRESS CODE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: WITH THAT, I END MY BOARD END MY BOARD COMMENTS. >>Karen Perez: MEMBER WASHINGTON. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YES, MA'AM.
FIRST OF ALL, ON JULY THE 21st, STUDENTS HAD A COMPETITION. THEY PARTICIPATED WITH THE 49th NAACP AFRO ACADEMIC CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC OLYMPICS. AACTSO. BENJAMIN STERLING, BENJAMIN STERLING, MIDDLETON, NATIONAL MEDALIST IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY.
ISAIAH MILLER FROM ISAIAH MILLER FROM WINTHROP CHARTER SCHOOL. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN AACTSO. ALSO, ON THE ALSO, ON THE JOINT PRINCIPAL MEETING, WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
I MADE A NOTE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST JOINT PRINCIPAL MEETINGS WE EVER HAD. IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. EVERYBODY WAS DRESSED UP. CHRIS FARKAS TURNED UP THE CHRIS FARKAS TURNED UP THE SHOW. CHRIS CHANGED CHRIS CHANGED JACKETS. HE WENT FROM BLACK TO RED. THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS IN THE GAME, TOO.
HE HAD ON A GREEN SHINY HE HAD ON A GREEN SHINY JACKET. WE HAD A GREAT TIME THERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING IT'S ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING WHEN YOU WIN. WE SOMETIMES DON'T CELEBRATE ENOUGH WHEN WE WIN BECAUSE WE GET BEAT UP PRETTY GET BEAT UP PRETTY BAD. WHEN WE WIN, WE BEST CELEBRATE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AGAIN. EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN WE CELEBRATE
WE GET BEAT UP. WHEN WE WIN, WE GET BEAT UP. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART ABOUT IT IS EVERYBODY WORKED HARD TO GET EVERYBODY WORKED HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT. WE WORKED HARD. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU PUT UP A CHART ON THE BOARD WHEN THE STUDENTS, WHEN STUDENTS, WHEN THE STUDENTS, WHEN THE KIDS COME TO US, THEY CAN'T READ, THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING. THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE.
THEY CAN'T READ. DO YOU DO YOU REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO COME FROM CAN'T READ, K ALL THE WAY UP AND SENIOR YEAR GET A HIGH SCHOOL GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 17,000 STUDENTS, 300 IN THE SUMMERTIME. THAT'S AMAZING WORK HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STUDENTS -- STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE STAFF HAVE DONE. IT'S AMAZING. WHAT MAKES ME SO WHAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY IS THE MERE FACT -- AND THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME EVER, EVER, EVER, THAT REALLY HAVE ANY D OR F SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT 5. I MEAN EVER. TRANSFORMATION. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NOT A NOT A D OR NOT A D OR F. HARD HARD WORK IN A DISTRICT. 2014, SOMETHING LIKE THAT 2014, BUT WE WERE A DISTRICT BUT MIGHT HAVE HAD A D, COUPLE OF HAVE HAD A D, COUPLE OF Ds, Fs.
WE WERE A DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAD THE POINTS TO BE AN A DISTRICT. I WANT I WANT TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, BECAUSE PARENTS HAD TO BE INVOLVED. THE PARENTS, THE COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY HAD TO BE INVOLVED FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I REALLY THINK WE WILL DO BETTER. WE CAN DO BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL, THE PEOPLE HERE WHO CAN DO BETTER IN THIS DISTRICT. WE HAVE A GREAT DISTRICT.
NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR DO, CRITICIZE, PEOPLE ALWAYS GOING TO CRITICIZE, NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY OR DO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING HARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER WASHINGTON. MEMBER COMBS. >>Nadia Combs: JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SUMMER GRADUATES. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SENIORS. ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH
SUPERINTENDENT AND CABINET. THAT WAS LIKE A GREAT JOINT PRINCIPALS. I STILL KEEP LAUGHING AT SOME OF THE THE ONE-LINERS. THE LITTLE MERMAID, I CAN'T GET PAST THAT ONE. THE JOKES SO GOOD. LOOK AT GARY AND CHEZ AND ALL THE ONE-LINERS WERE JUST HILARIOUS. THAT WAS GREAT. ALSO, MEMBER VAUGHN AND I ARE HAVING OUR HAVING OUR NEW TEACHER BRUNCH BREAKFAST. THAT WILL BE COMING UP ON AUGUST 4 AT 11:00.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS EARLY THIS YEAR. WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. FINALLY, PABLO, THAT SLIDE, NO, THAT'S JUST A JOKE. I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A SLIDE THAT SAID THANK YOU TO PABLO, JUST AS A REMINDER TO MESS WITH HIM. YOU KNOW I LOVE MY PowerPoints WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. I WANT TO SAY, PABLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SIX YEARS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND BEEN HERE. IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR FOR YOU
TO WORK WITH US. YOU'VE JUST BEEN AN AMAZING, CUEING ALL THE TIME. I LOVE MY PowerPoints. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE GOING TO BE VERY MISSED BY THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. FOR ME, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES, I KNOW THAT WE'VE KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ENROLLED IN OUR SYSTEM. WE HAVE NEVER TALKED IN THE
SUNSHINE ABOUT SUNSHINE ABOUT DCF REMOVING ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT AND PUTTING THEM UNDER UNDER DCF UMBRELLA UNDER DCF UMBRELLA AND TAKING OUR -- OUR -- AND UNDER THEM. THEY HAVE STUDENTS THEY HAVE STUDENTS IN THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND NOW THOSE STUDENTS AND NOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA, NOT UNDER OURS. IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE. WE USED TO HAVE THEM UNDER US. WE HAD TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THEM. WE HAD THE CURRICULUM FOR THEM. BUT NOW, DCF IS THE ONE WHO HAS THESE STUDENTS. IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOSS OF STUDENT AND ENROLLMENT, WE HAVE TO COUNT THOSE STUDENTS
IN THAT LOSS OF ENROLLMENT AS WELL. SO A SO A LOT OF TIMES THE STATE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, MAKES THE STATE LEVEL, MAKES DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR STUDENTS HERE AND MOVES THOSE STUDENTS FROM UP UNDER OUR PURVIEW. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN THE THE SUNSHINE SO THAT OUR THE SUNSHINE SO THAT OUR COUNTY HERE UNDERSTANDS -- BECAUSE THEY ARE ASKING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LOSS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT, AND THAT'S PART OF IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND BRING THAT TO THE BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION. AND THE FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE CLOSING DOWN, HOW ARE WE TRYING TO GET THOSE STUDENTS STUDENTS ENROLLED INTO -- BECAUSE SCHOOL IS STARTING SOON. THOSE SCHOOLS ARE SHUTTING DOWN. HOW ARE WE TRYING TO GET THOSE STUDENTS OVER TO US? >>Van Ayres: MR. MURILLO AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING. >> I APPRECIATE. IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT ON THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE OFFICE OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND
CHOICE WITH MATT ROMANO'S OFFICE. ANGELA CROOKS HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH ALL FOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. HOW THEY COMMUNICATED WITH THE FAMILIES. WE HAVE THE REPORTS WHERE THE KIDS ARE. WE HAVE THE REPORTS OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WE'RE MONITORING IN THE CHARTER OFFICE ALREADY CONTACTING PARENTS AS WELL. WE CAN PROVIDE BY NEXT TUESDAY A COMPLETE UPDATE OF HOW MANY STUDENTS WE STILL DON'T HAVE ENROLLED IN THE SYSTEM VERSUS WHERE THEY ARE ENROLLED. THE LAST UPDATED DATA WAS FROM LAST THURSDAY. I'M GETTING ANOTHER ONE LATE
THIS WEEK SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AUGUST 4. >>Karen Perez: PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM BACK INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST. ADVENT HEALTH ON SUNDAY, I HAD DR. ROSA DR. ROSA TRAVERSEA DR. ROSA TRAVERSEA FROM ADVENT HEALTH SPEAKING ABOUT THE BULLARD FOUNDATION EVENT COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TALKING TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BACKPACK
GIVEAWAY. EVEN MORE SO EVEN MORE SO ABOUT THE HEALTH PIECE OF IT. THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE EVEN THE FAMILIES, THE FAMILIES, EVEN THE ADULTS THE PHYSICALS AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. >>Christopher Farkas: COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR ADULTS, ALSO DENTAL SCREENINGS PART OF THAT, TOO. EYEGLASSES, GLAZER EYEGLASSES FOR STUDENTS, ALSO THE MEDICAL AND FOOD. >>Karen Perez: IT TALKED ABOUT THE EKGs. ESPECIALLY IN THE HISPANIC
COMMUNITY, DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE HEART ISSUES RUN RAMPANT. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT SHE PROVIDED TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. NEXT. OKAY, PABLO, I CAN'T BELIEVE I GET A GET A CHANCE TO SAY THIS. I HAD THE AMAZING, JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HONOR TO BE WITH ALUMNI AND WITH ALUMNI AND FAMILIES AND FORMER EDUCATORS AND STAFF OF THE SUN CITY. AND THIS IS HOW THEY PUT IT.
THE NEGRO HIGH SCHOOL AND BETHUNE SCHOOL. THE SUN CITY NEGRO HIGH SCHOOL SERVED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS FROM 1947 FROM 1947 TO 1961 DURING THE PERIOD OF LEGALLY MANDATED SEGREGATION. FOLLOWING ITS CLOSURE, MANY STUDENTS CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION AT BETHUNE SCHOOL UNTIL ITS DESEGREGATION BROUGHT AN END TO THE DUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES OF THE COMMUNITY OF SUN
CITY NEGRO SCHOOL AND BETHUNE SCHOOL SCHOOL DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND EXCELLENCE. ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A SCHOOL, THEY HAD A PICTURE OF THE SCHOOL, THERE WAS ONLY THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL WAS TOTALLY OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS. AND THIS IS WHERE THE STUDENTS WENT TO WENT TO SCHOOL. THE LEGACY OF THESE SCHOOLS LIVES ON THROUGH THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ALUMNI. ACTUALLY, ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS ENDED UP BEING THE ENDED UP BEING THE FIRE CHIEF OF
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. I AM JUST ABSOLUTELY HONORED THAT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND READ A PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE THEM WITH IT. BUT JUST IT SHOWS. BUT WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH FARTHER TO GO FARTHER TO GO HERE. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT. WITH THAT SAID, THIS MEETING IS OVER.