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agenda item must complete a blue form. Anyone wanting to speak regarding a non-aggenda item must complete a yellow form. Both forms are available before each meeting and on the district website. Forms are due to the board clerk by 5:40 p.m. and can be submitted

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via email or in person. Public speakers will have three minutes to complete their comments and no more than 10 speakers will be scheduled in either public comment portion unless the board votes otherwise. Good evening, Miss Martinez Young. Will you please call the RO?

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>> Campbell, District, District, >> here >> attorney >> here. >> And for the record, Dr. did say she was here via telephone. >> Mr. White House, who will share inspiration and lead the pledge of

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allegiance for us this evening? Good evening chair. We have Miss Doll of >> Good evening >> Dr. James M. Can you hear it better? So attendance has been a major focus for

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our district this year and we know truly it takes a team effort to make a big impact. Our community partners are definitely a key piece to that. This evening, we would like to recognize two exceptional students who proved that being here today means you're ready for

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tomorrow. But first, I would like to invite Miss Katherine Thomas and Nick Blazer from Coen Bank to tell us a little bit about how they value our focus on attendance and how they have partnered with our schools to support our work. >> Thank you, Evette. Good evening.

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>> Good evening board. Good evening everybody. Thank you for having us. Can I lift this up? That would be easier. [laughter] So, my name is Nick Blazer. I'm the president of Cojent Bank here in Ocalen. With me is Katherryn Thomas. She's our commercial relationship manager. When we

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were approached uh to support this recognition, this attendance recognition without asking any details, we were fully in. Uh we've always been I have always been the 30 years I've been here in Marian County a full supporter of the Marian County public schools. My children graduated here. Every the banks

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I have worked for we've supported and uh very big fan of the public education foundation. So we were fully in. Then I learned the details of this recognition. And I asked more questions and I was like, "So the attendance is for the lifetime of the student and are you

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telling me the student had one or respectively two days that they missed in 12 years and then the banker and me started trying to figure out those days and I couldn't. Uh but it's something around 2,180 or so." Um but very listen and then I thought maybe the parents

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should also be recognized. Um and they should get a big round of applause. So at at Cojen Bank in our mission, we use words like value and inspiration and enlightenment and enrichment. And none of those words mean anything and they

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don't come to life if you don't have caring, discipline and commitment. and Alex and Nathaniel who's unfortunately not here right now. Both of you and your parents showed caring discipline and

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commitment for those 12 years and you should be congratulated that and that's what we're here for tonight. So with that >> sir I will not hold the mic because I'll drop it. So just to give you a a little bit about what they have accomplished.

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Without further ado, we would like to recognize Alex. Did I do that right? >> Yes. Who recently graduated from Vanguard High School. In his whole school career, Alex missed one day last

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year and one day during his senior year. Well, one day last Yeah, last year and one day during his senior year. I'm sure with good reason, Alex. I'm sure those were excused. This is an incredible feat. Congratulations. We I'd like to present you with a certificate of accomplishment which Miss Lauria are

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coming up. Our attendance advocate and court leazison has for you and thanks to cogent bank and their generosity and support, you also get an iPad >> that we hope that we hope will set you up for future

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success. We also want to recognize Nathaniel Mowgli who recently graduated from Forest High School. Nathaniel only missed one day as a first grade student. Nathaniel is currently celebrating his graduation on a family cruise which we all wish we were doing with him. Um and

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could not join us this evening, but he will receive his certificate and iPad as well. >> With that, one big round of applause. >> Mr. is going to lead us in our pledge. So, please stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Well, Alex, you can take your seat, but make sure you don't leave because we're gonna come down and take a picture with

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you in a few minutes. And I know I typically give remarks, but I'm gonna let board member Thrower give a few remarks because I know how passionate she is about attendance. >> Well, we have a big night, so I will keep this brief. But first of all, I want to say that serving on the committee with your parents all this

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time, they kept this under wraps. So, I thought you were here for a different and also very important honor. So, it's just incredible to success that our students are able to accomplish when we work together with families. The sky's is the limit. So, thank you so much for

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your commitment and thank you so much for putting the time in and it was wonderful to shake your hand when you walked across the stage at Vanguard's graduation last week. Little did I know that I was shaking the hand of such a celebrity. So, congratulations again. Another

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Mr. White House, I think we also have some recognitions this evening. >> Yes, ma'am. We have two recognitions this evening. So, our first one, I'd like to ask Mr. Mark Ingram, our coordinator for K12 academics, come to the podium, and we're going to recognize some more outstanding students this evening. >> Good evening, Mr. Ingram.

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>> Good evening. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. White House. Good evening, board chair, school board members. On behalf of K12, On behalf of K12 academics and secondary curriculum, we're proud to recognize a group of outstanding students who have met the rigorous academic requirements

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for the most prestigious diploma programs offered in our schools. These students have successfully completed all coursework and program expectations for either the Cambridge diploma, the IB international balorate diploma or the AP capstone diploma. Each of these programs

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demands exceptional commitment, advanced critical thinking, and a strong dedication to academic excellence. While these students are currently awaiting final assessment results, their accomplishments already reflect an extraordinary level of achievement and perseverance.

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A number of our total of 300 plus advanced diploma graduates are unable to join us this evening as they've already begun to the next chapter of their educational journeys. Uh we're going to commend them for their hard work, their resilience, and pursuit of excellence. So please join us in congratulating these students for their remarkable

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success. So students as I call your name please come up. from Belleview High School. Az, Sharon Balisteros, Juliana Conte, Marshall, Kylie Dexter, Ward,

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Lucas Diaz, Marley Henry, Nora Oha, Caitlyn Pucket, Kalia Roach, Dawson Stuck, Savannah Terrell, Cynthia VeZ, Jason Woodsler

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and Ava Young Jake. >> So, this is our crew from Belleview High School, uh, Cambridge Diploma graduates. >> And you guys can have a seat. We'll come back for photos later once I announce every Thank you. From

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Forest High School, we have AP Capstone graduates, uh, Mackenzie Arison, Ariel Gonzalez, and Gabrielle Reigns Sumo. So, these are Forest High School AP Capstone graduates. Thank you guys.

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Uh, next up we have our North Marian High School Cambridge graduates. Logan Barkley, Belinda Jimenez, Gora Stieta, and Aiden Ross. again, our North Marian High School Cambridge graduates. Thank you guys. Congratulations.

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And Vanguard High School IB graduates represented by Miss Harris here tonight. They're their counselor, Kelly Harris. Um, Alex Auzier, Nicholas Depasual, Juliana Henningsson, Joel Labrador,

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and that's it. Vanguard High School IB diploma graduates. Thank you. And then finally, Westport is represented tonight uh by Leah Bender, who is their program coordinator, and these are AP Capstone graduates. Amari

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Campbell, Sayia Camalo Dean, Luke Lombardo, Dustin Lou, and Alexia Olivas. Oh, and Zarian Zach Zoo. So, thank you guys. Congratulations on your accomplishments and we'll come up

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and take more pictures after the next recognition. >> Thank you, Mr. Ingram. It is amazing that we have an opportunity to recognize our students who are still hanging out in Marian County and we will. We're going to come down, shake your hands, and take a picture with you in just a few minutes. I think up next is Mr.

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Griffith to talk about MCPS leadership class. >> Yes, ma'am. Mr. Casey Griffith, our director of student partnerships. Recognize some of our community members. >> Good evening. >> Good evening, Chair James, members of the board. Give me a second to set up.

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Happy to be here. Very happy to be here. Uh we have an excellent cohort this year. This is the fourth cohort of leadership MCPS that Marian County Public Schools has done. wonderful group of individuals from all across our community. Um, and as some of you may recall, leadership MCPS, it's a

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nine-month program that we run which invites members of the community to apply and then be selected to participate in a monthly comprehensive program where they learn all aspects of our school. Everything from academics and school safety to the fact that someone has to manage our transportation

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department, which runs the equivalent of to the Earth from the Earth to the moon and back every two weeks. And all of the nuances of stuff like that in our school district. They got it all once a month, every Friday. Some days we visited one high school or one middle school. Some

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days we visited a high school, a middle school or elementary schools, but they got to see the north end, the south end, the new, the old, everything in between. And really a deep dive. A lot of good, extraordinary conversations were had by this cohort. I think they appreciate it.

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I greatly appreciate it because ideally what we're doing here is creating ambassadors for They're going to bridge that gap between what we in the district know and what our schools know and our staff know and they'll take it back to their family, their friends, their circles, and they'll kind of explain some of the

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things that we see or even give advice like where to go for this or who's the person to talk to when you have this sort of concern. They've learned it all. And so I'm very happy to introduce you to cohort 4. Um I think I'm going to call them up and they'll be they'll stay up here to get their certificates. Bear

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with me. It is summer. have not been able to make it. They've already had trips planned. Uh but we're going to go with what we have. The first is Allison Tac, did not make it, Ashley Glover.

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Audrey McGinness, Earl Buddy Woff, Aaron Larson who was unable to make it today. Garrett Sap Joshua Dos unable to make it. Lyanna Moscera.

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Magdalene Exantis. Mike Mills, Nancy Abshire, Ruth McConico, Sarah Sanford, and Danielle Hamby. Again, I just want to thank all of these participants, wonderful people, wonderful ambassadors for Marian County

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Public Schools. We've got parents, firemen, business owners, educators from College of Central Florida, the whole gamut represented in our community, and I'm really grateful that they participated in this year, and I hope they're going to help us find people for next year's. Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you so much. >> Stay right there, guys, because we're going to come down and take a picture with you first, but we want to thank you for your commitment to learning about Marian County Public Schools and what it has to offer and how we um can support the community together. So, we're going to come down, shake your hands, and take a picture.

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So, if we could have all of the students who were recognized for their advanced diplomas, please. All schools. Okay, let's see here. Yeah, we're gonna have to start squeezing together, guys. So, what we're gonna do, I want to let

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everybody here in this direction take their photos, and I'm going to go up on stage and have you turn around because you're such a vast group. So, everybody just stand and smile. Everybody good?

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See a couple more. Coming down. All right. If you'll turn around. I'm going up on stage. If you couldn't tell, I could tell. I didn't even get a hug. in this shot. We get to be

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Here we go. One, two, three. Couple more. And one more. Good. As we make our way back up stage, I just want to say I always love starting our meetings with recognizing our students, which is the reason we show up each and

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every day to highlight their success. And um I just love that a student can come to school for 13 years and basically miss no school. I said you must be very healthy. He said >> it might be an error. We're going to need to look into it.

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>> Oh, okay. Well, then it was a tde basically. >> Yes. >> We love it. So I it speaks to your commitment to education as a family, but also how healthy you are and your priority on health because sometimes you just get sick. And so congratulations to

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you uh and all of the students today, this NRC leadership class that we were able to recognize. So we are grateful you all made the commitment to show up tonight. Thank you so much. Uh in the spirit of recognition, I'm going to move on to recognizing donations. We had $1,200 to Belleview

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Middle School from 352 elite volleyball to be utilized at the discretion of the school principal, $4,500 to Fort McCoy School from the Salt Springs VFW to be utilized at the discretion of the school principal, and $1,000 to Stanton Whisdale School from Sant Santiago

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Woman's Club to be utilized to benefit the media center totaling $6,700 in donations from our community. So again, thank you so much community for your support. Marian County Public Schools. Mr. White House, >> I recommend approval of the agenda for

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the June 9th, 2026 school board meeting. >> Thank you very much. May I have a motion on the deputy superintendent's recommendation? >> I have a motion from board member Cummings and a second from board member Conrad. All those in favor say I. >> I.

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>> Motion passes. 5. Now we will move into the business portion of the meeting. Miss Martinez Young, can you please provide the proof of publication for tonight's school board meeting? >> For the June 9th, 2026 school board meeting is placed on the district website on June 7, 2026. Proof

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notification has been placed. >> Thank you, Miss Martinez Young. Board, may I have approval of the minutes for the May 7th, 2026 administrative briefing and work session? >> To approve the May 7th minutes. >> Second. >> That's a motion from board member

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Thrower and a second from board member Conrad. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 5-0. May I have a motion to approve the minutes from the May 12th, 2026 school board meeting?

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>> A motion by board member Cummings and a second by board member Conrad. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Hearing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Dr. Kimble >> said I. >> Okay. Motion passes.

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Moving on toformational items. The school district uses a construction management delivery method, including a guaranteed maximum price or GMP, to perform construction work on projects. The superintendent or design has signed and approve the following change orders.

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Per board policy 6345, the superintendent or design is authorized to approve and execute any construction change order that will increase the construction contract by 25,000 or less or that will decrease the construction contract amount provided the approval shall be in his or her judgment in the

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best interest of the board. Such change order shall be binding upon execution by the superintendent. The superintendent shall report each change order that he or she approved to the board at the board meeting that follows his or her approval. The superintendent's approval of the change orders will be entered into the official minutes of the board

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meeting. Owner direct purchase. To allow the district to purchase materials through the owner direct purchase process to save sales tax, the construction manager needs to return the sales tax savings to the owner via these deductive change orders. 8.1 compensation amendment number four to

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the construction manager contract guaranteed maximum price GMP for buildings 1 through 4 remaining interior finishes building 6 through 11 and courtyards and sports fields related to construction of new high school CCC now

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known as South Marian High School change order number seven amendment number four project 24-105 the cost of this change order is a deductive amount of 27 for owner direct purchase. This action could save the district approximately

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$15,78 in sales tax. Additive change order. This additive change order will reconcile the project and will close the final books on the project. 8.2 guaranteed maximum price GMP for the Denellan Elementary School heating,

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ventilation, air conditioning, HVAC upgrades. Change order number two work authorization number one project 24-116 additive amount of $2251.50 reconciles the owner direct purchase

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process. Unused funds. There were unused funds on the following projects and since those projects were delivered using a construction management delivery with a GMP format, unused dollars regardless of the item are returned to the owner. The unspent monies will be returned to the owner via change orders

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which will close the financial books on these projects. 8.3 guaranteed maximum price GMP for the renovations of the covered walkways at Howard Middle School. Number two, work authorization number seven project 24-121

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deductive change order is 27,8652 of unused funds and 8.4 is a guaranteed maximum price GMP for Mars Elementary School fencing upgrade change order number one work authorization number 20 project 23-131

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deductive change order of 13,29541 of funds. Moving on to persons wishing to address the board. Miss Martinez, do we have any speakers this evening wishing to address the board on agenda items? >> All right. Well, I want to welcome

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attorney powers to our meeting and he'll be sharing some remarks later in the meeting. Moving on to our public hearing. May I have a motion to adopt the 2026 2027 student progression plan? Motion to approve. A motion by board member Conrad and a second by board

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member Cummings. Deputy Superintendent The 2026 2027 student progression plan will reflect the changes in legislation in order to be in compiance with section 108.25 Florida statutes and board policy 5410 to clarify language concerning student

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progression in county. >> Thank you Mr. White House. I declare a public hearing. Is there anyone present who wishes to address the 2026 2027 student progression plan? All right. No more comment uh from the public board. Do you have anything you'd

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like to add? All right. Well, hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 5. Now moving on to our consent agenda. May I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items? A motion by board member Cummings and a

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second by board member Conrad. All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 5. Moving on to alternative placements and disciplinary matters. Before addressing expulsion matters, I would like to acknowledge the board members have received the alternative placement list for students

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through May 13, 2026. Miss Martinez, are there any parents who submitted a timely request to speak on their child's disciplinary matter? Okay, we will hear those after the board member comment at the end of the meeting off air. May I have a motion to approve

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the expulsion of student JD26-221E, JD26-223E, JD26-225E, JD26-230, JD26-231, JD26-232,

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JD26-234 for the remainder of the 2025 2026 school year and the entire 2026 2027 school year with services. A motion by board member Cummings and a second by board member Thrower. Um all those in favor say I.

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>> I. >> Motion passes 5. Moving on to our regular agenda items placed in discussion. Item 24.1. May I have a motion to approve amendment number one to the construction manager contract guaranteed maximum price GMP for the

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construction of the new middle school DD Lake Middle School. Change order number three amendment number one project 24-130. to approve. >> Second motion by board member Conrad and a second by board member Thrower. Mr. White House, I believe you have some information to share.

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>> Yes, madam chair, I do. The next four discussion items are all going to be construction related. So, I'll provide brief remarks on each with our director of construction services is available if you have any questions. So, this first item 24.1 SC requesting a

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time extension of 14 calendar days for the construction of the new Lake Middle School. The extension request is due to delays associated with the sand sand permit and phase 2 gopher tortoise relocation. This will extend the substantial completion from August 6,

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2027 to honor before August 20th, 2027 and final completion from September 6, 2027 to September 20th. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. White House. Do we have discussion on this? I know I have comments, but I'll hear from the rest of the board first.

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Thank you. I'll just say that I'm glad that it only ended up 14 days because it was much longer than that while while we were waiting for the federal permit um to be able to address the sandskeeping issue. So, we all had a little nature lesson as that was going on and the

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gopher tortoises are a lot more common with it seems. But I'm glad that it's no more than 14 days and that we're going to be able to proceed with constructing the new replacement like Lakewood Middle School. Thank you board member Thrower. Anything

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else from the board? Um all I will add is that my request would be that staff provides what the contingency plan is understanding that maybe the building um like an auditorium is the last thing to be done and so it won't impact student learning stations. But um I think it

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would be helpful for the board as we navigate community conversations to know the phase approach for the building so that we know theoretically what will be the last to be completed because 8:20 is the ninth day of school. So we will have started

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school teachers will have reported back the week prior to that. So teachers will have been back for 14 days and so um my request would just be that I understand what's left to be completed as we get closer in the timeline so we know how to navigate conversations in the

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>> All right, any further comments board? All right, hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 5-0. D24.2. May I have a motion to approve the contract for architecture design services for Belby Middle School HVAC upgrades project

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26-103. Motion to approve. >> A motion by board member Conrad and a second by board member Thrower. Mr. White House. >> This item was placed under discussion due to the dollar amount of $798,000. This project is to replace the current

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HVAC system at LG Middle. The contract is for the design services and the construction documents will be received no later than October 13. >> All right. Thank you, board. Is there any further discussions on this item? Okay. Anything hearing? None. All those

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in favor say I. >> I. Motion passes 5. D24.3. May I have a motion to approve the contract for architectural design and contract administrative services for new high school CCC now known as South Marian High School amendment number three project 24-105

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to approve >> motion by Conrad and a second by board member Cummings Mos >> this item was also placed under discussion due the dollar amount is $536,650 amendment number three is going to provide architectural and engineering

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services as well as construction documents for the third floor contin. >> Thank you, Mr. White House. And just for community awareness, we um moved forward with building out the third floor of South Marian High School based on student projections. The school is

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anticipated to open at capacity in August um with about 2100 stations, 2,000 stations. And so this expansion will add how many more stations? So we're going to add 700 more seats by the

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third floor. Uh and so we we designed the school with a rough in essentially of the third floor, but now this is going to allow it to be finished. Um which will make sure that we are not putting students in portables the first year that we open the school because nobody likes that. Or are there any

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other comments regarding this item? All right. Hearing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Motion passes 5 D24.4 I have a motion to approve amendment number one with SR Electric Cooperative Inc. DDA Seco

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Energy for purchase of power load management and equipment lease. >> Second. >> A motion by board member Cummings and a second by board member Thrower. Mr. White House. >> This amendment extends the original 10-year agreement with Ziko through May 31st of 2036. Ziko is also replacing the

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current generator with a 2 megawatt generator. This will allow us to operate Westport High School as a special needs shelter during hurricanes. The district makes monthly lease payments which will total 181,620 this coming year and those payments will increase.

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>> Understood. And um just for Mr. White House, if you could I know that we've had back and forth discussion about this. Do we get a discount on our energy because we is there some kind of give and take on this or we're just eating the cost of the generator for the special

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>> correct the cost of trying to purchase generate ourselves to be able to operate a special need shelter much >> but for community awareness Maring County Public Schools doesn't need a special needs shelter Maring County as a community needs a special needs shelter and Maring County Public Schools carries

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the cause cost burden for sheltering many people who come to our community that are non-citizens of Marian County. So oftent times when we open shelters, we're not sheltering our own people. Um we shelter people from all over the state that drive north or south to be able to land in Marian County and in the

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case of a natural emergency. and we are carrying the $181,000 cost burden to make sure that this generator works so that when we need to open a shelter for special needs, we are able to do that. Is that correct? >> Okay. Um, do you have any other comments

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on this item? >> Yes. >> That's perfect. Thank you, Mr. Christian. I'm hearing in the audience that not everyone can hear. So, if there's a way to turn up our mics or we have Mr. White House and Mr. Cummings, just get a little closer. Okay, got it.

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>> Is there any other comments on this item? All right, hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Motion passes 5. D24.5. Can I have a motion to approve 4174 a.m. food service and juice product term

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contract? Second motion by board member Cummings and a second by board member Thrower. Mr. White House, can you expand on this item? >> This item was also placed under discussion due to the dollar amount which is roughly $1.5 million. It's paid out of our food service special revenue

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fund. This competitive bid is going to provide 100% fruit juice products for use in district school cafeterias which is provided by M& Products of Florida. >> Right. Thank you, Mr. White House. Anything from the group?

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All right. Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Did we hear Dr. Campbell? >> Okay. Motion passes 5. Thank you, board. We are now going to move into some of our meeting reminders. Uh the next administrative briefing and

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work session is scheduled for June 18th, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. And the next school board meeting is scheduled for June 23rd, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. Miss Martinez Young, I believe we have some speakers this evening for non-aggenda items. And how many do we have?

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>> We have eight speakers this evening. So, um, I will hand it over to our attorney, Jeremy Powers, to read the rules for tonight's meeting. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. In compliance with section 286.0114, Florida statutes, the school board has

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adopted uniform procedures for public speakers who wish to speak at this evening's meeting regarding a matter relating to the operations of the school district. These procedures will ensure that the public has a reasonable opportunity to be heard on school board and school district matters. A written

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summary of these procedures is available from the table in the lobby. Public speaker forms are also available on the same table. Completed forms were due to the board clerk no later than 5:40 p.m. The evening speakers will be called in

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the order of receipt by the school board clerk. Before you begin speaking, please state your full name. >> [clears throat] >> for the record and spell your last name. Each speaker will have three minutes. When the speaker has one minute

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remaining, the speaker speaker will receive a visual notice that's here on our clock to complete his or her comments. Speakers may not yield their time to other people. Speakers and meeting attendees are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful manner.

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Therefore, verbal attacks and profanity are strictly prohibited. The board's here to listen to your comments only. You may be directed to an administrative staff member following the conclusion of your comments for further assistance to address your

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concerns. If there are matters dealing with student discipline, including expulsions, they will be scheduled at the conclusion of the televised portion of the meeting. Parents may address the board regarding a disciplinary matter at that time. To ensure student privacy,

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only a parent or guardian may use a student's first or last name. Identifying references to other to other students is also prohibited. Thank you for your attention to the board's requirements. Madam Chair, that concludes my explanatory remarks.

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>> Thank you very much, Attorney Powers. Miss Martinez, can you please call our first speaker Daniels? Good evening, Miss Daniels. >> Good evening, board and chair. Um, my name is Deborah Daniels, Dan Ns.

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I am a retired teacher. Uh, I am a grandmother of two amazing granddaughters who attend Marian County Schools and I'm also for the past two years been on the sack team at Denellan High School. I heard that we have a

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candidate for school board uh who's running um who's coming to the board to speak tonight in support of a prop proposal to require a political inflammatory and discredited video to be

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a part of our curriculum and shown in our classrooms to our students. So, I do know that the Florida State Legislature has declined to pass a bill allowing this video to be shown in our Florida classrooms to our students for

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the past two years, they have declined to even put it on the floor. I think political or organizations like Live Action and the group behind the baby Oliver videos and Turning Point and the Christian Family Coalition must not

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be allowed to spread their indoctrination in our schools. The Live Action Group has been to suspended or banned from several social media platforms for spreading conspiracies and disinformation

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and for posting graphic fear-mongering content that has been widely discredited for its inflammatory and doctor videos. The national sex education standards do not recommend viewing ultrasound video

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for sex education and displaying such video is not considered best practice in the sex education field. Medical disinformation in school curricula threatens young people's ability to make informed decisions about

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their reproductive health and to retain control over their bodily autonomy. Live actions videos are not scientifically accurate and have not been endorsed by any leading medical organizations.

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My daughter and I say no. This does not help our granddaughters, my granddaughters. Do not allow this group of extremists with this political agenda promote this misleading and medically inaccurate

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uh video. It has no business being a part of any curriculum in our Marian County schools. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Good morning or good evening. >> Good evening. board members. My name is

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Amber Ponudo. Pen nu t. Yes, the group live action has produced scientifically accurate videos including meet baby Olivia, meet baby Oliver, window to the womb and beyond ultrasound, which show accurate fetal

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development of a child in the womb in stages from conception to 9 months, including when a heartbeat is detected, when the eyes start to respond to light and when it begins to suck its thumb. These and similar videos are now being

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used in a number of states as part of the reproductive health curriculum for students in grades 6 through 12, including Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, and Kansas. All of which have adopted state legislation to do so. Last year, a bill

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to require a similar video in Florida passed the House, but was killed in the Senate for two years in a row. The good news is that individual school districts in Florida can make a request to the state department of education to use the

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video, which requires state approval under Florida law. Sumpter County Schools is one Florida district that is currently using the baby Olivia video with the backing of the Christian Family Coalition of Florida. They asked their school board to submit a request to the

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state department of education prior to the start of the 2025 2026 school year and the DOE approved the request allowing the school to begin using the video last year. Other districts are also using the video, including Jefferson County, where CFC Florida was

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joined by Florida Voice for the Unborn and local citizens at a school board meeting to advocate for the video. The current school year is done, so now is the time to ask the department to approve the baby Olivia and Oliver videos for Marian County for next year.

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The information for implementation can be found in the emails that I sent to the superintendent and each member of this board. We believe students in grades 6 through 12 would greatly benefit from instruction on how a baby develops in

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the womb through the various stages from conception to birth. Just the way that schools teach students how tadpoles develop into frogs and how caterpillars develop into butterflies.

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This is science. There is no difference. It's reality. It's a baby developing in the womb. There's nothing political about a baby in the womb. Children have a right to know how we came into this world so they can develop a healthy respect for the sanctity of human life

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and make informed decisions about what they're going to do with their own bodies. We encourage you to adopt the baby Olivia video by making a request to the state department of education or placing an item on your next agenda. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Miss Martinez, can you call our next >> Good evening. My name is Andrea Thorne. Last name spelled T H RN. Dr. Sarah James and the board. Again, my name is Andrea Thorne. As the leadership of Marian County Schools, this board knows

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that adequate education empowers children to make informed decisions and choices. The proposal that was just presented was sent via email to Superintendent Brewer and the board. The superintendent responded by stating, and I quote, "At this time, we are not

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moving forward with any additional curriculum beyond our approved standards. It is important for us to remain focused on the state adopted requirements that our instructional program. Expanding beyond these parameters would require us to consider

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similar requests from other organizations which we are not able to take on. This explanation from the superintendent is not accurate. The district has no problem or restriction or pro or prohibition

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from considering outside proposals. The superintendent and school board routinely make discretionary decisions about educational programs, partnerships, guest speakers, supplemental materials, and instruction, instructional resources. Citizens are

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entitled to present proposals, and request consideration. The school board has broad authority over district policy and curriculum implementation within state Florida law. School districts regularly evaluate supplemental educational opportunities and

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partnerships on their individual merits. The fact that other organizations may also submit proposals should not prevent the district from considering considering a proposal that aligns with educational goals and community interest. The fact that Sumpter County

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and Jefferson counties have already adopted this measure is evidence that this initiative falls perfectly in line with state standards. It has already been approved by the state board of education twice. We request that the

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board adopt this initiative. Thank you. >> You Miner Good evening. My name is Denise Miner. M I neer. This simple fetal development video has the potential to save thousands of

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innocent lives. Not through persuasion, not through political action, but through simple, honest, accurate education about the development of life in the womb. that is honest, accurate education about the development of life

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in the womb. I cannot think of a single valid reason to avoid teaching children about fetal development. If this board does not wish to make this take this measure seriously, then I would like you to know that every

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church, every club, and every voter in Marian County will learn exactly where you stand on this issue. We will not let this initiative perish alongside the 1.1 million babies aborted just last year in

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the United States. 1.1 million babies aborted last year in the United States. If the concerns of this board is that pro-abortion groups may desire to implement their own videos in the

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classroom, I would like to remedy your fears. Any scientifically accurate depiction of abortion is too gruesome and barbaric to show in public, even to adults, and especially to children.

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This video offers honest, accurate information about the development of life in the womb. Thank you, >> Bridget Smith. Bridget Smith, 4275 Southwest 85th Avenue. Florida law requires health

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classes teach abstinence as the standard as the only sure way to avoid teen pregnancy and you're all aware of this. In addition, the requirements also cover fetal development. With that said, I'm asking the board to add as a

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supplemental resource a medically accurate and real science fetal development ultrasound. This is the perfect time to adopt this as supplemental resources as school is now in recess and would allow teachers

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time to incorporate this into their educational plan. As a nurse of 35 years, there is nothing more safe and more accurate than a fetal ultrasound. This is real science. During COVID, all we heard was

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real science. I don't know what everybody is so afraid of of a fetal ultrasound. So, I'm just asking you to add this as a supplemental resource because that gets rid of having to go through instructional materials and everything else. You can do this with a short vote tonight. Thank you for

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your time. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Donald Barber. >> Donald Barber. B A R B R. Madam Chair and the school board here in Maring County, we just want to encourage you to take the words that you've heard

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from previous speakers seriously and to look at this proposal not from a political standpoint, but look at this proposal from a practical standpoint. We are in a conservative religious community. I get that we have diversity, but this is a issue that you

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all should take seriously because as has been mentioned, it is a lifesaving issue. It is an issue that goes well into effect the state policy toward abstinence training that we have as adopted uh within our state. So, I would

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encourage you to do your own research. we can provide resources, materials, and to look at this as something that you can learn from and potentially make a informed decision upon. And we thank you for your time.

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Warick. >> Good evening. Good evening. My name is Dana Warwick. W A R W I C K. I'm here to speak tonight about the

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anti-abortion video. The group live action behind Baby Olivia and Baby Oliver videos must not be allowed to be spread to must not be allowed to spread their indoctrination

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in our schools. Their group has been suspended and banned from several social media platforms for spreading conspiracies and disinformation for posting graphic fear mongering content

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and has widely been discredited for its inflammatory and doctor videos. Their productions and their political agenda have no business being any part of curriculum at live uh our our uh Marian

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County schools, sorry the productions and their founder Llaya Rose has close ties to David

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Leadian, the anti-abortion extremist who deceptively ended sting videos and spread inflammatory rhetoric about Planned Parenthood that was repeated by a mass shooter immediately after he killed three people and injured eight

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more at a Colorado Springs Health Center. The national sex education standards do not recommend viewing an ultrasound video for sex education and displaying such a video is not considered a best practice in sex education field. All

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young people, no matter who they are or where they live, deserve sex education that is reflective of their experiences and their needs. Young people need the type of information that is

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factualbased and not uh doctorred. So they can't uh know what the real truth is. And as far as science, um I'm all for science and I

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encourage each of you to do your research. we don't need to be indoctrinating our children so that they have a better education. Um, and I thank you for your time.

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>> Thank you. >> Okay, Fox down there. >> Name is Lee Fox. Last name FX. Thank you for uh hearing us today. Uh I come to you not only as a 20-year educator in the state of Florida, but I

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also come to you as a pastor and I also come to you as a father. One of the greatest things that's ever happened to me is watching the birth of my son. Uh at the time I was not a Christian. I was uh doing many bad things, but I was

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blessed with a child. And to watch that child be born was a uh thing that many of you guys have experienced and it's lifech changing. The video that we're talking about the window to the womb and other videos are showing uh just the

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birth of a child which we know biblically is a blessing. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of children. Children are a blessing. They're knit together in their mother's womb. These are uh facts of nature, facts of from

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God. And I would just ask that you seriously consider allowing this because as an educator in Marian County schools, I am well aware of some of the books that are in the library that would be considered uh books that parents wouldn't want in their children's hands.

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So that happens. It happens. Whether or not that's uh endemic to the system or whether or not that is the decision of a particular librarian, I don't know. But I do know that some of these books that are in children's hands should not be in their hands. Thank you for your time and

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have a good night. >> All right. Thank you. I want to thank all of our speakers for coming this evening. I feel confident some of us may have remarks um towards your comments and our own comments. So, I'll reserve that for each board member to give. Um Miss Martinez Young, do we have speakers

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um the author portion we do right. Okay. Well, we are going to do our board member comments first and then once our board member comments conclude we will have to clear the auditorium to have the off air remarks from the student discipline just so you all are aware. So

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I'll start with Miss Martinez Young. Do you have anything from your office? >> All right. And attorney powers. >> Okay. Thank you Mr. White House. Anything from the superintendent's office? >> Yes ma'am. Thank you. So we do have a very robust work session coming up next Thursday. We are very excited to share

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our PM3 data for our fast assessment with you all. Next Thursday, uh we'll also have our annual indexing report for impact fees. Um our RSM audit, the public education foundation is going to provide an update and our general liability insurance. So, we've got a lot

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of things going on next Thursday. Should be a very good dialogue for our work session. Uh we did wrap up our graduations, but don't forget we still have two more to go. Um, Monday evening, we have Mar Technical College students graduating at the First Baptist Church at six o'clock. So, we're very excited to celebrate with those graduates. And

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then, of course, our summer graduation will take place in July on July 23rd right here in this auditorium. That's it for me. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. White House. We appreciate you being here tonight. Our superintendent was presenting with the sheriff this afternoon um talking about our partnership and the work we do

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together. So, that is wonderful. I will go to board members. >> Thank you. Um, thank you Mr. White House for being with us tonight and sitting in for Superintendent Glet. Um, I mean

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Freudian slip. There was something I wanted to go ahead and just delve right into that. Um, it was great to see um the the graduates um tonight from Leadership MCPS and that was why I wanted to mention Dr. Vlet. I think that has been

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a wonderful activity to offer to the the community and it's been wellreceived and I always feel like if we don't do a good job telling our factual story then you know someone else certainly will step into that vacuum. So congratulations um

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to the graduates and and thank you for partnering with us. And Mr. White House. I did want to say that, you know, yes, we're all looking forward to the to the fast results for for PM3. You know, the the academics is where the

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rubber meets the road, but we have a lot of treads, you know, on our tires that we're trying to um do a great job of supporting every student's path um to success. And academics is obviously a huge part of that. And we sure had some

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great examples of that in our acknowledgements tonight with our very high performing program graduates that were able to be with us. So, it's I think that that's something we want to continue to emphasize that, you know, you never know what hidden talents a

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student has till you give them not just the opportunity but also the champion champion championing and and the support um to reach those goals. So, it was an exciting start um to the this evening and in the meantime, you know, it being

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summer, there are that are off contract and are hopefully resting and rejuvenating and thinking about all kinds of things they want to accomplish in the classroom and and all areas across our district next year. But we definitely do not stay idle. We'll be at

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the Florida School Boards Association annual summer conference um later this week. There's going to be, excuse me, it's going to be a very special announcement on behalf of one of our board members at that conference. So,

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looking forward to that. And we do have a budget now that has been released. So, thank you to our legislators for getting that done. Sure makes it a lot easier to plan when you have an idea of what what your funding is going to be. So, all good stuff. There's a lot of

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professional learning going on by our different professionals, teachers, you name it. Dr. Brewer, um doing all that they can to elevate their craft so we can be ready to roll into the next school year, which will be here um

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before we know it. Um one thing I did want to share is that I've been reading with interest about some states that have just really accelerated their success and they're kind of unlikely ones that most of us wouldn't think of. Typically when you think of perennial high performing

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states, it's usually the higher tax states, you know, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut. But um I've been following with deep interest Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. They're making some tremendous gains um in both reading and math and

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post-pandemic recovery. And I'm happy to report that one of their main major foundations of making this success happen is sticking to the basics. And The basics are what? You can't teach an empty seat. Kids have got to be in

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school. And when I'm reminded of the family that was here tonight, I think Vice Conrad taught that young man in elementary school and then I claim him at Vanguard High School because I rep represent Vanguard. You know, there was a whole family there supporting him and

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making sure that he went to school every single darn day, which is obviously a tremendous accomplishment. But That just exemplifies the need to focus on the foundations and the basics. And if kids aren't in school, then they're not learning. And

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if they're not in school, these states are going to great lengths to figure out why and to get them there so that they can experience these successes. So, I'm proud of of what we're doing at this level. I'm proud of the acceleration

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that we're finally getting to have and the momentum that has been And we need to keep that going because obviously the kids are capable and it's not an excuse for them to not reach

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their potential because of their life circumstances. It just means that the adults need to come together and work a little harder to support those kids. So that's what I have to say about that. And I did receive um the email about the

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the videos and it really gave me pause because when kids make decisions that they think in the moment will only affect them for that moment. What they're not realizing is that that's going to affect them for the whole rest

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of their life. And the mindset that they were in when they make a decision when they're teenagers is more than likely not going to be the same mindset that they may have 10, 20, 30 years later. And they need to live

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with the consequences. We all need to live with the consequences of our decisions that we make as younger people. Um, this is really the first I've heard about this and so I've been doing my research

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Some things that are rolling around in my mind is I've been with the district a long time and I'm not I haven't really been approached by any substantial number of parents that I

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can think of that are really pushing um for this type of school involvement in decisions and situations that should come within families. I'm not saying that I'm against it. I'm

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just sharing some initial thoughts. I'm also wondering with a huge conservative majority in the legislature, why hasn't the Senate, you know, taken this forward? You know, why does it keep getting killed? I don't know the answer to that question because like I said,

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I'm just learning. The other thing that crossed my mind was it's import for parents that currently have students in our school system to have as much ability to weigh in and be

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heard as possible. I think that was exemplified again tonight, you know, by the the kids that are high performing almost always have a lot of champions in their hopefully it's the parents, but if not, it's a few trusted adults.

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So I say that because just in my mind as one school board member, if we were going to consider doing something like this, I think it would be important for families to have the opportunity to opt in or opt out just like they do with

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other elements, you know, that public schools offer. So those are just some initial thoughts that I have. I want to thank you for being here tonight. I can't underemphasize the impact of life

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decisions that young kids can make at what appears to be younger and younger ages and how that can affect them the rest of their lives. So, thank you for coming tonight. >> Thank you, board member Thor, my comments. >> I'm gonna go over to Dr. Campbell. I almost forgot that she was sitting up

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quietly on the phone. So, Dr. Campbell, >> thank you. Can everyone hear her? >> One second. We're gonna try and turn you up, Dr. Campbell. I'm sorry. Hello. >> Just >> Okay. Testing check. One, two, three.

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>> I think that's a little better. >> Can anybody hear me now? >> Yes, we're good. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Perfect. So, thank you all for uh the opportunity to participate telephonically. I look forward to seeing you at the Florida School Boards Association conference in

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just a couple of days where my uh responsibilities have already begun. So, thank you for the opportunity to participate this way. I wanted to first mention that in the last board meeting, I had referenced the uh change order

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conversations between Ross Prairie and Winding Oaks and the differences. We also had a public speaker talking about that at the time. And in our last board meeting, in our written description narrative, it had shown that we had

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gater discrepancy between those two schools. When Dr. Brewer gave us information on Thursday, it is uh that that was written incorrectly in our public facing board meeting last time we

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met. And so the discrepancy or I should say the difference between those two elementary schools is roughly $2 million rather than the six million that it appeared to be in our last board meeting. So I just wanted to make that

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public statement because I certainly had made public comments about it at the time and it was just written incorrectly in our public narrative. So, um wanted to draw attention to that. Secondly, I wanted to uh also mention leadership

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MCPS and how amazing it was that the graduates were there this evening. Unfortunately, I was unable to be there and greet them myself, but I board member Thrower's comments on the value that that program has brought to our

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district and our community and how it really does give a glimpse into everything we do uh to those who attend and participate. So, thank you to those graduates. Um also for the recognitions of the ACE and AP and IB students. Uh

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that is a wonderful accomplishment that many many more students than who participated this evening received. And so uh just wanting to give a shout out. I know having two ACE diploma graduates myself in the last two classes uh I know

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the hard work that it takes to become one of those graduates. And so shout outs to all those folks. From a committee standpoint, I wanted to make you aware in last evening's city of Ocala Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, a couple of items that came

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before the planning and zoning commission. uh one uh an approval from planning and zoning for 493 single family homes in the in the Heathbrook development area.

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Another 590 units in the Four Ranch development area and uh there was also some abregation of internal roadways for the Lake Louise property that was approved back in 2022 to potentially have up to,00 units. So,

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I just wanted to make you aware certainly it's just the planning and zoning commission and that will then go to city council. Some of these items should be on the August 4th city council meeting. Um there is also conversation

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about an expansion of a Christian school almost across from College of Central Florida that they are building a high school middle school high school property uh and standing quite significantly and it was one I was

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unaware of. So just wanting um to make you all aware of some things from last evening's city and city of Ocala planning and zoning commission. And finally uh to those who came and spoke this evening. I too have been receiving the emails certainly uh not

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able to be there in person to have conversation and dialogue. I have seen the response from our superintendent that was read into the record this evening and I am open to having additional conversation should the board want to do so. And that concludes my

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comments. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Campbell. We appreciate you showing up tonight through the phone and we will see you in a couple days in Tampa. On to Dr. Reverend Cummings. >> Good evening everyone. Um

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very very very uh enlightening meeting tonight. I first want to start with shout out to our our safe schools department um for the wonderful job that they did u with graduation. We had over

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31,000 over 31,000 people that were able to attend graduation and um that was truly a good good thing. It was done safely. Um to our community partners that helped us with um the Forest High School and

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the Westport High School graduations. Thank you so much for that. Parents, you your kids have had a a once in a lifetime event with their graduations, their high school graduations. So, I do want to thank everyone for that.

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on on yesterday we we had a a tour of the new high school South Marian High School in Marian Oak. I I just want to thank everyone for well all of us were there but uh

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everyone that's put the time and the labor in to this school opening in August. This is a state-of-the-art school. It is the kids that are going to go there are going to be delighted by what they see. I'm I'm

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happy because my my my oldest grandson will be in his first class that'll be graduating from that school next year. And uh I was kind of sharing some things with the family. Of course, he he wants to see the pictures. So I said, "You have to see it when the rest of the kids

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see it as well." So uh it's going to be a wonderful wonderful time for those kids. Uh the South Marian Bears >> [clears throat] >> And even with that, with us um being on summer vacation, there are still some students that are participating in

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summer school. I want to encourage those kids to participate in summer school that that can and that attendance is important throughout the school year, but it's also important in summer school as well. So, some kids did not get across the finish line with everybody else, but

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they can still finish the finish line. So, we want to encourage them to continue Mr. White House stated, we're going to be doing a graduation for MC on this coming Monday and then uh the other graduation.

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So, we want to make sure that those kids have the opportunity to to walk across that stage and we get the opportunity to shake their hands. To this group that came and spoke at the end, I just want to tell you thank you for coming and sharing your your heart, sharing what

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you feel, how you feel, how you believe your beliefs. you have the right to do that. I think um we all received the emails concerning this issue. Um as board member Thor said, I I too have looking at the

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research of why our legislative has made decision on this and why only two counties out of 67 counties have done this. So um those those are some conversations I'm sure we'll probably continue to have. Thank you for coming.

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>> Thank you, Reverend Cummings. Board member comment. >> Yeah, thank you, Chair. Um, I have just a few brief things. I'm going to piggy back on what several other board members have shared. Mr. Oonic is here uh with us this evening. I want to thank him for our tour of South Marian High School. It

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really was um beautiful and exciting. when you walk into the gymnasium, you walk out onto the athletic fields, you can feel the school spirit already. So, just really excited for our student students and families uh to get on that campus and experience. Also, beautiful

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science rooms we were able to tour and more of those are coming. So, just thank you for the opportunity to go and um see the school as it's winding up being completed. So, wanted to give a shout out um to the team that um organized all

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of that. Um Mr. White House, I have a request. We talked tonight and approved um the funds for the generator for Westport High School. I'd like that for us to at least discuss that before we get to the next technical working group and see if it's an appropriate time to

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bring that to the table. Um thank you. Um I too am excited about PM3 data. I actually ran into a few teachers the last couple of days and they are excited about um grades and how our students are

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performing. And so just really buying into the one team, one mission. Um it's exciting to be out in the community away from away from the school setting, away from a board meeting, and you still have faculty and staff excited about the direction of our academics. And so just

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really wanted to share that with with the team. I'm looking forward to next Thursday um as that data begins to roll out. I too want to thank all of our speakers that were here this evening. Um I too am unfamiliar uh with this program or these videos. So I have some research to do.

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Just very quickly as I was thinking about um why this has not been added um our legislators haven't added this um to our curriculum. My first thought is they've really been focused on putting uh the responsibility and choices with parents and their families. And so for

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me that's the first thing that comes to mind. um that this sort of education um begins at home. Um it ties in with what other board members have said, but I really um I really think that this is a

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conversation that parents have with their children at home, especially when they are still in high school. So again, I still have some research to do. I'm not super familiar with um this program or um these videos, but I will do my

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best um to research and find out what the what the message is and is it appropriate for our uh middle-aged learners and chair that is all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. So I want to um start board. I was gone

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last Thursday but I did watch the work session. So I just wanted to provide a little context for last Thursday. I know you all talked about the sales tax priorities um and there was a discussion about the wings and the necess for wings and I just wanted to chime in to say

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that I agree. Um we know that a wing costs a lot less than a whole school and it's a way to really address significant need. So I just wanted to share that I'm in alignment with the rest of you that you know prioritizing some of the wings that we need to do is something that I certainly can get on board with. And so

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I just wanted to share that sentiment and um also echo my concern that we still need to address some needs on the north end and equitable distribution of sales tax. So, um but I appreciate the conversations that were had about

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insurance and um the continued um ability for our insurance committee and then our staff to explore ways we can optimize our insurance needs for our staff um because it looks different for every type of person. I know board

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member Conrad had shared discussing um you know how many people use the insurance and so we have staff members who are on their spouse's insurance and we are paying for them to have access to our insurance but they're not using it and so if there's a costaving measure there I'd love to be able to explore

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that. So I totally agree. Um South Marian is going to be amazing. It already is. Um I I said yesterday when we were walking the gym at South Marian I think you could put four North Marian high school gyms inside the South Mar. Um and so that hurts my heart but I know

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that we still have work to do. And for our rubberized track lovers in the community, because I know it is a big priority, South Marian has a rubberized track and a turf field. And Westport High School will have its rubberized track and turf field by hopefully the second or third week in August or early

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September. Um, and so and then our booster stadium conversations will continue, but we acknowledge that need and I'm I really think the way we designed South Marian is so it can be publicly accessible and in the school. So, similar to what the villages charter school did. So, we

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could host meets on the weekends at our school in South Marian. Um, and it could potentially be a place similar or in competition to what is doing uh and we would be able to make it a revenue generating opportunity. So, I think those are all wonderful things. Um, a

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couple of times this has come up in the last few weeks and so I wanted to address it. Um, I want to Mr. Fox and I worked at Belg High School together so it's good to see you Mr. Fox. Um, I know that we very much had books in our libraries that were not aligned with

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many of our Christian values. Uh, we had legislation come down and we did an incredibly thorough job of uh, cleansing our libraries and so I said this last night at a um, community event and I

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will say it again. If a community member is aware of a book that is not in alignment with state law, I would encourage you to reach out to any of the five of us, our superintendent, our deputy superintendent. We have a book contesting process. It's available on

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our website. Mr. Christian could point you to that. Um because there is a zero tolerance for books that are not aligned with state law. That is the reality. All of these board members agree with that and we are not going to tolerate books that are not in alignment with state law. So regardless of how any individual

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feels about a book, the reality is the law is the law is the law and we're going to comply with state law. So if you are aware of a book that is in our library that is not alignment with that state law, please make any of us aware so that we can make sure we timely address it uh and handle it according to

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the way the law lays out that we should. Uh I want to just share a little bit about the public comment this evening. So as I was listening and and we got the videos um and the email and I forwarded it to the superintendent because ultimately something like this is outside the purview of the board. So the

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board has influence over the superintendent. Um certainly but this is a decision for the superintendent to make and so there's no votes to be had on this item because it's it's not a votable item. It's a it's a procedural decision that our superintendent would need to make. But as we heard the

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conversation and as someone who championed the chaplain's bill, I find the conversation very similar to what the chaplain's bill was. So the bill happened and that was actually a law that was passed by the legislature but no one has picked it up yet, right? Because there was uncomfortability with

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if we allow one chaplain then we have to allow all chaplain who may represent religions that are not aligned with the majority of our community. And so there was a robust conversation from the board and I fell in the minority but the board ultimately had a robust conversation

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about it. And so what I heard tonight was that board member Thrower and board member Campbell are both in a continued conversation about it and I would agree with them. And so if if board member Thrower and Campbell, if you're still in alignment, we can ask for an agenda item on a work session. Is that something

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that you'd be looking forward um looking for? >> Yes. >> Okay. I don't know if Dr. Gamble is still with us. Is the phone still on board member here? Is that something that would interest you Dr. Gamble?

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>> Certainly. I mean the and so I think there's more opportunity for us to just learn a bit more. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> But there's a lot more conversation to be had.

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>> I agree. And so what I would ask of Mr. White House and the superintendent's office is to find an agenda in the future in the near future where we can have an agenda item where we discuss this item more publicly. um because it wasn't an agenda item for tonight and so there are members of our community for or against it that were not able to

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participate in public discourse and I don't think it'd be appropriate for the board to give a decision tonight having not had it as an agenda item. So I think the most appropriate thing would get to be it on a um future work session agenda. Potentially we view the video um as a part of the public workshop and we

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have some discussion about why the legislature has not um moved forward with it in the Senate perspective and um just have a little bit of discourse as a board is an appropriate way for us to have the agenda. So if that's possible, Mr. White House, we'll go ahead and get that on a future agenda where we can

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have a more appropriate discussion publicly about it. Yes. Sure. >> So in this workshop, are you stating that we're going to view this >> video in the workshop? Because if we're doing that, then we're actually promoting the video.

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>> I think that if we're going to put the video in front of our students, we should put the video we we all need to view the video. So that is something our superintendent will decide. It's a super it's our superintendent's purview. It's it's her workshop. And so she sets the agenda and I think that we she can have

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the decision about how we proceed, but certainly all board members would need to be prepared for the workshop, which would include viewing a video that they would then ask students to view. >> Thank you for clarifying that. >> Yeah, I mean I it's not it's not my decision to say whether we watch the video live on camera or not. That's the

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superintendent's decision, but I would hope certainly that at least all board members would come prepared to the board meeting to have a discussion about it. >> Yes, that was the part that I was if we're going to have it as a work session item. member should has viewed it ahead

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of time so they can be prepared to respond. >> Correct. That's that's my that's my concern that we have the opportunity to do it. >> Yeah. I mean it was in >> necessarily it work >> certainly and the video has already been sent to us from community members but um we can certainly make sure that I mean

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the video would I believe should be at least attached as an agenda item is something because that is that is the context. So if we're talking about a curriculum we attach parts of the curriculum. So the video is is the topic of cont. So I think it would be important that the community has transparency about what we're talking

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about. So clearly there are members of the community that are not in agreement and so I would want to make sure that we are being completely transparent with the community about it. So we can hash out the details with the superintendent and have a future agenda item about it. Does that work? >> Okay. Um but I I will say I do think

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it's very similar to the chaplain's bill. It's one of those things that um you do open yourself up and so you have to weigh the risk versus reward and really truly understand the to um take it to impact and so that's something that the board will need to discuss. So that is going to conclude my comments.

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We have a really busy summer planned. I know that um when school is out it might feel like things slow down, but from a board perspective I think they just speed up. And so there are a lot we are our days are very full with making sure that we are continuing the work. PM3 data does look very promising and I'm

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very proud of the work that our schools did this past year under Dr. leadership and looking forward to what is to come. So that is going to conclude the board member comments. Um at this time I am going to need to clear the entire auditorium um including the individuals here for discipline and then Dr. Curley

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will bring in one at a time for the individuals wishing to address the board for um discipline items. So if you could just timely um thank you for coming this evening. We appreciate you being here and certainly if you want to address us later after the meeting you're more than welcome to hang out but we have to have the discipline conversations privately.