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good evening and welcome to the April 8th 2025 meeting of the Mary County School Board is called to order mirroring and modeling the way our students begin each day I ask that we observe a moment of silence at this time please join me thank you board member Thor will you please read the board commitment
statement yes we are the Marian County School District Leadership Team when we come together to work we are efficient effective and productive our three most important characteristics are dedicated transparent and individually responsible
to work well together we must demonstrate respect confront reality and be accountable we will always put students first and we will leave a legacy of success thank you Mr for the courtesy of those listening to the meeting I'm requesting everyone in the audience to please turn off their
electronic devices or put them on vibrate later in the meeting up to 30 minutes will be provided for individuals to address the board on matters concerning the operation of the Marian County School System or the school board only presentations to the board are limited to five minutes and are
televised if you wish to address the board regarding a regular agenda item or matters on which the board customarily takes action you must first complete a peach form located in the lobby if you wish to address the board regarding a public hearing or a student discipline matter please complete a lime green form
these form must be fully completed and received to the board clerk no later than 5:40 p.m the procedures applicable for each are on a separate sheet good evening Miss Gonzalez can you please call the role dr mr allison Campbell District 1 here
mrs lorie Conrad District 2 mr eric Cummings District 3 here mrs nancy Thrower District 4 here dr sarah James District 5 here kalia Lawson Lake High School here arisha Bwani Belleview High
School dr diane Gullet superintendent here mr jeremy Powers school board attorney here thank you dr gullet who will share our inspirational lead the pledge of allegiance for us on this evening good evening Chair Cummings members of the board great to see you this evening i'm
happy to have Miss Audi come forward and she is going to present us tonight with some HOSA and FBA winners thank you thank you we just Sorry Miss We couldn't really hear i'm not sure if they can hear in the audience or not
right good evening Vice Chair Cummings school board members and superintendent Dr goolet tonight as she said I'm here to introduce two students that are going to share about their time in our career and technical student organizations the first student will be speaking about their future business leaders of America and um while they're both speaking it's
very timely we just had students compete at the state competition in FBA and I'm excited to share that we have two students from Vanguard High School who have qualified to attend the national competition this summer so speaking about her time in FBA will be Kendall Reese from Vanguard High School she is
the District 7 FB president which encompasses Marian Levy and Citrus County thank you good evening my name is Kendall Reese and I'm a senior at Vanguard High School i'm honored to speak with you all today about the impact Future Business Leaders of
America has had on my future i currently serve as Florida FBA's District 7 president as well as the president of Vanguard's FBA chapter fbla is a national organization that spans across middle school high school and collegiate
levels that is dedicated to preparing students for success in business and leadership through an array of programs including conferences competitive events workshops and networking opportunities fbla equips students with the tools needed to thrive in their future careers
beyond business knowledge it fosters critical thinking collaboration and professionalism traits that are essential for success over the past four years I have been deeply committed to my school's FBA chapter i served as treasurer during my junior year and
currently hold the position of chapter president throughout my involvement I've competed in a variety of business competition events in categories such as introduction to business presentation parliamentary procedure economics and financial math some competitions have
required me to prepare a presentation and speak in front of a panel of judges while others have been objective tests that have tested my knowledge in different categories of business these experiences have expanded my understanding of business principles while also strengthening my confidence
and ability to communicate effectively with a team each year I have had the privilege of attending district conferences which have allowed me to immerse myself in a professional and business environment challenge myself through different competitions and connect with like-minded peers as
district 7 president this year I had the responsibility of leading this year's district conference and other district related events this included planning and organizing the conference overseeing the fall rally to prepare our members for um different business competitions
and leading my fellow district 7 members throughout the year these experiences challenged me to adapt to new situations and lead with confidence all while working alongside a dedicated team of students and adviserss this year I also had the
pleasure of attending the state leadership conference in Orlando where I competed at the state level with students from across Florida and participated in workshop workshops designed to enhance my leadership skills one of the most impactful aspects of
this conference was the opportunity to engage with professionals and leaders who shared insights on success and decision-making keynote speakers and workshop sessions at the conference were able to emphasize the importance of perseverance adaptability and long-term
goal setting we were able to listen to one of the keynote speakers Kari Patterson who is a former Olympic gold medalist and she spoke about discipline and resilience and she reinforced throughout her speech that success is achieved through consistent effort and
determination there were also other workshops at the conference which were more they were more fun and flexible and they included interactive speeches made by different business leaders across Florida who talked to us about leadership and
decision-m overall fba has played a pivotal role in shaping my future aspirations as I prepared to attend college and enter the workforce I recognized that success is not just about technical knowledge but also about leadership communication and teamwork
the experiences I have gained through FBA whether it be through leading events competing in business challenges or learning from industry professionals across the district have provided me with a strong foundation for success i believe that it
is essential for today's youth to understand the significance of professional skills leadership and adaptability because these are qualities that will extend that extend beyond the business world and into every career field fba is more than just a business organization it is a platform that
fosters growth instills confidence and prepares students for success in any endeavor i am incredibly grateful for the opportunities and experiences I have gained through FBA and I look forward to applying these lessons in my future studies and career thank you so
much now we're going to hear from one of our um health students that's the Health Occupation Students of America and they also just had their state competition it was actually just this past week and I'm excited to share that we have 24 students who qualified at that competition to attend the international
competition this summer that will be in Tennessee so tonight we have Etelis Gimenez from Denellan High School she is the Denellan High HOSA president thank you good evening my name is Etelisa Mendes and I am a senior at Denellan High School i am grateful to
serve as the president of our hosta chapter for the second year now i'm here tonight to place a spotlight on an organization that instills leadership and compassion in its members an organization that cultivates the mind of many students and provides them with the understanding and burning passion for
the healthc care field this organization known as health occupation students of America is truly remarkable when I joined HOSA freshman year little did I know the huge impact it was going to have on my life for the good since the start of my journey as a HOSA member
my love for the healthc care field has grown significantly being in leadership since sophomore year I have gained so much knowledge and understanding of professionalism and what it truly means to serve my community being president
junior year and now senior year I have been I have seen visible changes in my character i can comfortably speak in front of an audience and I can use professionalism and communication to resolve issues and make decisions that positively impact our HOSA
chapter i have been able to attend and compete in medical competitions attending regionals and advancing to state competition for the third year now has only planted more understanding of what it really means to be a profound student and a future healthcare worker this past weekend we
attended SLC which was a state leadership conference and thankfully in my category medical assisting I placed third and qualified for the international leadership conference which is the national competition and yet again it just showed how much in HOSA inspires you to grow and reach for
your aspirations in a medical academy I was accepted into last year which I heard about through HOSA we were told something that really resonated with me we were told that in the medical field one must not only care for the patient physically but we must put ourselves in
their shoes we must feel what they feel hear what they hear and see what they see empathy is something HOSA instills in its members and it's something you carry on throughout your life this organization has taught me time management and how to lead with
compassion and courage hosa is like a fountain of water and from it flows end an endless stream of opportunity this organization has continuously inspired me to believe in myself and achieve my goals as well as help others in that
same way being in the final year of the health science CTE program and in HOSA I along with other students in my class had the opportunity of shadowing at the Advent Health Hospital as many seniors get closer to finishing
their high school careers things may become a little bit frightening trying to figure out your passion and going into college studying something you love can be intimidating but with the shadowing experience I was able to really see just how much I want to become a nurse
practitioner in fact it made it made the excitement within me grow and filled me with curiosity about the future what better than to know that one can change the life of another person for the better hosa provides students at Denellan High School in Marian County
and all across the world with the opportunities to make memories have amazing experiences and build a compassionate and responsible character the awards and pins I have obtained are simply objects but the memories they hold are priceless and will forever be
in my heart this organization has been a true facilitator of excellence since 1976 hosa also HOSA allows one to take part in actions and decisions that serve
as building blocks to make this world a better place so like I mentioned previously Health Occupations Students of America is truly a remarkable organization thank you [Applause]
now I want to ask everyone to please stand for the pledge i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all miss Reese and Miss Ems can you guys stay there for a second we're going to come down listen thank you for coming out tonight both of those programs are excellent programs um that create new leaders and both of those programs have
you being professional and have empathy for people so thank you guys we're going to come down and take a picture with you now here we go couple more keep smiling thank you glad to see Miss Risha she
made it glad traffic didn't keep you out there any longer that was bad i'm sure it was dr go I understand we have two special recognition this evening we do thank you chair we have uh more students to recognize tonight so we'll begin with the rally to tally students and you're
going to hear more about what that means and Miss Harris is going to come forward and share thank you thank you good evening Chair Conrad who's not here today vice Chair Cummings uh esteemed board members and superintendent Dr
gullet it is an honor to stand before you this evening to highlight a district sponsored enrichment initiative specifically designed for our English language learners enrichment is a critical pillar of a well-rounded
education joining me tonight are Dr wanda Santos and Mrs carla Franco Cruz just two weeks ago both of these dedicated educators accompanied our students on an unforgettable educational journey to
Tallahassee at this time I would like to invite Dr santos to share more information about this inspiring initiative Rally to Tally following her presentation you'll have the opportunity to hear directly from two of our student
representatives who will share how their experience impacted them personally dr santos thank you good evening Superintendent Gullet members of the school board and guests i'm Dr wanda Santos Esau program specialist and I'm
excited to share the experience of our students in the close-up rally to tally program this three-day event allowed 18 ESOL juniors and seniors to travel to Tallahassee research key issues develop proposals and present them to public
officials the goal was to equip them with skills for career college and citizenship by helping them construct strong ars during our committee on education we could we quickly adjusted our statement or issue statements and
legislative proposals which showed me the importance of problem solving without prior experience visiting FAMU and FSU and talking with students about college life made me excited for my future what made this trip even more
special was being around surrounded by Spanish- speaking students it created a comfortable and fun experience for me throughout this trip thank you for letting me share my experience uh hello I'm Carlos Santana i'm a junior at Bangar High School so before this
trip I really didn't know how my voice could make an impact in my community thanks to it thanks to this trip and now I know that I can make a difference this trip experience was really meaningful because I got to meet people not just from my county from another county and this helped me realize that
we're not alone because most of us face the same problems in our communities also thanks to this we got to see how the process for making a loss in our state is in another state of the country and it teach us that we need to
put details in how the laws make like when what does it who does it affect and yeah that [Music] uh talking to other students really uh changed my point of view and some of the
promis I face in my community [Music] and I'm not um the main thing this trip taught me is that we should in order to all of us to solve the problems in our community we should all come
together and listen to each other with an open mind and positivity thank you for hearing my speech [Applause] thank you this concludes our presentation thank you Miss Harrison thank you guys
we're going to come down once again don't go don't go don't go don't go yes you took them oh it have to it's up to you i don't have to i'll take a photo from her though
okay perfect thank you good job good job i think we have one more dr glet we we certainly do and as promised more student recognitions dr brewer is going to come forward and present uh student
winners from math counts hi the success continues so I have um a great recognition for you tonight good evening again Vice um Chair Cummings board members and superintendent Dr gullet we have the pleasure of introducing you to our math count
winners tonight so I want to go ahead and um call up Amber Gartner she is with Kimley Horn our community partner um Kimley Horn is the engineering form firm that supports she coordinated everything for our math counts events and she just
did an amazing job with the entire event the event took place at Liberty Middle School on February the 1st and I'm going to let her share a few words um with you and then we will have Kelly Brower the secondary coordinator come up and actually introduce the students to you
so you can rec so they can be recognized this evening good evening superintendent and board members i am Amber Gartner with Kimley Horn i'm actually here representing the Florida Engineering Society um we are the sponsor of the Math Counts Competition across the state of Florida
i am privileged to serve as the chair for our local community here in Okala Marian County um this is an event that I've been involved with for the past uh 15 years gets great participation and support from the school board and the local school community i'm very um
thankful for that partnership really as a mission for Florida Engineering Society we want to invest in our students to supply more engineers in our state uh and this competition is one way to do that this year it was a great turnout we did host it at Liberty Middle
School and I also want to thank the board for providing facility for this competition as well it was very well attended we had eight schools and 69 students um they give up a lot of time to practice for this event i also want to thank the um the coaches the teachers
that lead the students to practice and prepare for this event as well and then we always sponsor two teams two schools and um two students to go to the state competition which Miss Brower will also mention that was held this year at the
um Embry Brittle University which was an exciting experience for the students um normally we have it at a at a hotel facility but our state president this year is on staff at Embry Riddle so he arranged for the competition to be held there which I think was a really neat experience for the students to be on an
engineering campus and see what that's like as well um so just wanted to share a little bit about the event and really thank the board for your support because I think it's really important for our community and would love to have Miss Brow recognize the students good evening it's my pleasure to be here this evening and I want to say a huge
thank you to Amber Gardner it was a pleasure to work with her on this event i had to ask myself if I was smarter in math than a middle school student let's just say I held my own but they're definitely smarter so I'm just going to announce some of our winners so Howard
Middle School won the cipher match and if Howard Middle School wants to come on down with their team and face the board with your students that would be wonderful the first place team was also from Howard Middle School the team members were Ivanka Dar Elijah Jones
Yusaf Ma Mood Ion Punjawani the second place team was from North Marian Middle School if any of those students or faculty are with us they may also join us down here the team members were Diego Jimenez Goro Cieta
Amber Lachley Alexander Spangler and Xavier Spangler our top five individual winners were first place Alexander Spangler from North Marian Middle School second place Ivanka Dar Howard Middle School third place Kyler Mitchell
Belleview Middle School fourth place Elijah Jones Howard Middle School fifth place Kaylee Codell Liberty Middle School both teams and the top five individual students all participated in the state competition at Embry Riddle the students did well at the state
competition howard Middle School placed 27th out of 45 teams 200 students participated individually and our top individual student was Elijah Jones who placed 110th so I want to say a huge thank you to all the teachers that
supported coached and encouraged their students to compete in this year's Math Counts event i want to thank Amber again i also want to thank Mr williams at Liberty Middle School and I want to thank you thank all of the students for their hard work it is a grueling day so
thank you very much [Applause] congratulations guys on the uh the accolades that you've done you've done a tremendous job and represent your schools well as well as this district so
math does count so So the older you get you'll realize how much it counts so we're going to come down and take a picture with you guys in a second hallelujah we're gonna have to have some of you scooch in
i think so if everybody would just scoot in a little bit we'll be great there you go perfect looking right here and one two three couple more everybody good way to start the
meeting superintendent yes thank you i recommend approval of the agenda for the April 8th 2025 school board meeting with the materials in the board packet those materials distributed to board members at the meeting and the audio recording included as part of the official record
of the meeting with the exception of the following items d21.1 and D21.2 that have been placed under discussion regular agenda items and item C1.1 has been pulled and placed under discussion pulled agenda items thank you
thank you Superintendent may I have a motion on the superintendent's recommendation motion to approve the agenda motion by board member Thor second second by board member Campbell ready for question all in favor signifi ready for question all in favor
signify by I i i i post have the same sign passes 4 oh they can hear me okay may I have a motion to approve the minutes of for the March 11th 2025 school board meeting motion to approve the minutes second
motion by board member Thor i'm sorry board member Campbell seconded by board member Thor are there any additions or corrections to the minutes there being none all in favor signify by I i passes 4 may I have a motion to approve the minutes for the March 2025
administrative briefing and work session motion to approve motion by board member James second second by board member Thor are there any additions or corrections to the minutes there being none all in favor signify by I i I I passes 40 miss
Gonzalez please provide proof of the publication for tonight's school board meeting the notice for the April 8th 2025 schoolboard meeting ran in the Ocala Gazette on March 28th 2025 the proof of publication has been attached in Boardocks under proof of publication
thank you uh good evening Attorney Powers please explain the rules governing persons who wish to address the school board this evening thank you in compliance with section 286.0114 of Florida statutes the school board has adopted uniform procedures for
public speakers who wish to speak at this evening's meeting either regarding one of today's agenda items or a matter relating to the operations of the school district these procedures will ensure the public has a reasonable opportunity to be heard on school board and school district matters a written summary of
these procedures are available from the table in the lobby public speaker forms are also located on the same table the completed forms were due to the school board's clerk no later than 5:40 p.m this evening speakers will be called prior to the business portion of the
school board's meeting in the order of receipt by the school board clerk before you begin speaking please state your name for the record and spell your last name each speaker will have five minutes of time however if there are more than five persons who wish to speak the board
may seek consensus to limit each speaker's time to three minutes when the speaker has one minute remaining the speaker will receive a signal or notice to complete his or her comments speakers may not yield their time to other people the board is 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 or to address your concerns speakers and meeting attendees are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful manner therefore verbal attacks and profanity are strictly
prohibited if there are matters dealing with student discipline including expulsions they will be scheduled at the conclusion of the televised portion of this meeting parents may address the board regarding a discipline matter at that time to ensure student privacy only a parent or guardian may use the first
or last name of a student identifying references to or identification of other students or their families is also strictly prohibited a speaker speech does not reflect the endorsement sponsorship position or expression of the school district thank you for your
attention to the board's requirements u Mr chair that concludes my explanatory remarks thank you Attorney Powers miss Gonzalez do we have any speakers for tonight yes vice chair we have four speakers okay get the first one vicky
Truly good evening board um my name is Vicky Truly t R EU L I E B before I begin with my true purpose for being here I would like to implore anyone watching this broadcast tonight to contact their state representatives regarding a piece of legislation to go
before the chamber tomorrow which will reduce funding for our magnet and CT programs by 50% these programs are instrumental and vital for the success of our students since they offer numerous opportunities for industry certification and college credits to help our students get a head start on
life your voice matters aside from this important legislation I'm here to discuss some local issues affecting both staff and students in Marian County i am a content area specialist or a coach for teachers i help teachers so that they can help
students many of my co-workers have told me that I've played a vital role in their development and they don't know what they would do without me that last one is surely hyperbole but I digress however despite how beneficial my job is it hangs in
limbo i'm paid through Title One dollars and while I know you don't control the federal government you do control the school staffing plans if CIS jobs are in jeopardy you should have had the common courtesy to notify us prior to the transfer period so that we could have made a more informed choice about our
future furthermore more instructional units hang in the balance as you determine the fate of switching schools from seven to six period schedules again this is no way to treat your dedicated personnel if you want to retain teachers
so that our students receive the proper education that they deserve I urge you moving forward to develop more effective communication so that the jobs of your supposedly valued employees are not caught hanging in the balance we have to do better not just for me but for all of
my fellow co-workers who are knowingly or unknowingly caught in the balance as well as our students who deserve a quality education if we truly are a team then we need to start acting like it thank you John Crawford
good evening uh Vice Chair Cumins esteemed board members Superintendent Dr gollet uh I'm here to speak about something that you are aware of but I also want to bring community awareness and that is HB5101 and Senate Bill 2510 which will
reduce the FTE add-on for CAPE for successful completion of CAPE certifications and then advanced programs such as AP IB and ACE testing this would represent a $2.5 million reduction in the Maring County budget as
well as budgets at each of our high schools middle schools and potentially elementary schools this would have a devastating effect on some of the schools which count on that money to provide these advanced programs to these students not only at the high school level but for schools like Howard Middle
School which has a very successful MYP program because of the dollars that are generated from this add-on funding when this at when this add-on funding is effectively used as it is here in Marane County it closes that achievement gap between the halves and the have nots
what we really need is to invest in this program and we need the state to continue to hear that message this will have an impact on college admissions where students will not be able to have a competitive transcript and as the magnet coordinator at Forest High School I can tell you
that getting into college these days is becoming more and more difficult and these extra programs both the advanced programs and the CTE certification or cape funding programs are what colleges are looking for they want to see well-rounded students that are ready to
succeed both in college and the career this impacts our county's future economic growth it creates challenges as students will seek education elsewhere when we can't provide the same quality of education that we have for the past decade here in Marane County
specifically at Forest which I obviously have the most knowledge of we have five of my former students who had benefited from the AP program who are now teaching at Forest High School giving back to the community that gave so much to them
forest High School in the past uh decade has increased from 150 students taking about 400 AP exams to almost 700 students taking nearly 2,000 exams our success rate with the uh only 150
students was 50% last year we had 73% success on our AP examinations for earning college placement if you look at any type of data with the college board as programs grow then their success tends to go down the dollars generated by this additional funding have been
instrumental in getting our students the resources they need and our teachers the professional development that led to this success i want to introduce to you the plan of action that I h am leading along with the magnet coordinators from our other
schools because although I may look like I speak for forest I am speaking for all of our Marin County schools and all of our students last week I attended the committee budget hearing and spoke on behalf of this so that they were aware that we are not going down without a
fight on this matter because we believe these dollars are essential to our students education this Thursday and Friday I will be in the capital i already have meetings with some of the legislative aids to discuss plans that we have that that the um legislation legislature can
still hold schools accountable for those dollars but not reduce dollars if some schools or some districts were not wise with them as Marin County has been next Tuesday April 15th in this auditorium i have already reserved it for a
countywide town hall for parents and students to learn more to become educated about the provisions of this bill which will negatively impact our students of Maring County also some of the students at Forest have discussed a field trip in two weeks because they want their voices
heard as well and one of the things that we've done is actually we've uh helped out our students i'm going to try to get this right where we're showing what that money is going for future engineers future doctors future nurses future construction workers small business owners the future is based in education
and when they remove dollars from the training in the CAPE program and the advanced courses the state is being shortsighted in the long run savings that they will have have 30 seconds remaining thank you um also we will be
promoting on the uh on social media our town hall we have a flyer here there we go and we will be sending that out to all of our parents and I would encourage you in my last 15 seconds to perhaps not now because you don't want this to be rushed but please adopt a resolution
supporting an amendment to HB5101 which has many excellent qualities but the reduction of funding is going to be a loss for all citizens thank you i also have some shirts for you i'm going just give them over here with Kevin so here you go thank you Mr
crawford is Gwen Hayes Good evening everyone uh to the superintendent the co-chair and all the members i come again my name is Gwen R
hannes h A Y Nes i'm a diehard feezanite and I'm presently concerned about the closure of fees presently I serve as a uh interim treasurer for the uh fees cl
uh PTO i retired from the federal government with 44 years and one month and I say that to say that I know what goes on behind the doors in making decisions our concern continue to be uh
the closure what's the rationale for closing this school it's if it's not the money because we don't believe it's the money because we know we can get money from
different grants and things if it's not the FTE then we were told by a member who was in favor of closing it it wasn't that then what is the reason is it the land we asked you to be transparent
about this our concerns continue to speak out as um board members are you more concerned about uh counseling the culture and the historical value of this
school than you are about the children's education we continue to speak out i've been to meetings i've uh heard uh the board speak and I've heard the community speak and so have you you know our
concerns about this issue and so we ask you to make the right decision and as you gather to uh maybe to uh make your decision to vote as you gather to discuss I want you to keep this thought
in mind be careful who you trust because salt and sugar look the same thank you annie Alexander Harvey i'm Annie Alexander Harvey a L E X A N D E R-N H A R V Y good evening to
you all i have but one question uh and that is will the board provide us the rationale with all of the relative factors related to closing Fessendon uh we find that it is uh the operational
facts are very clear and it's running very well and as another one of the schools in the north county is centermost and it has always been
productive we hope you will provide to us the community uh that information prior to any decisions being made we feel that the facility uh and all of its
students are doing well so uh please provide for us any rationale with all the details thank you this was all are there any more okay thank you all for coming
tonight the school district used a We're going to move into our information section of the uh agenda and these are free information only 8.1 and 8.2 uh the school district used a construction management delivery method including a guaranteed maximum price GMP to perform
construction work on this project there were unused funds for the project since the project was delivered using a construction management delivery with a GMP format unused dollars regardless of the item is returned to the owner the unspent monies will be returned to the
owner via change order which will close the financial books on this project the superintendent has signed and approved the change order per board policy 6345 superintendent is authorized to approve and execute any construction contract change order that will increase the
construction contract by $25,000 or less or that will decrease the construction contract amount provided that approval shall be in her judgment in the best interest of the board such change orders shall be binding upon executive by the
superintendent the superintendent shall report each change order that she approved to the board at the board meeting that follows her approval the superintendent's approval of the change order shall be entered into the official minutes of the board meeting 8.1 Construction of a covered swimming pool
pavilion at Hillrest School change order number two work authorization number 8 project 23-122 unused funds $3,18252 9.2 uh the school district using a construction management delivery method including a guaranteed maximum price GMP
to perform construction work on this project to allow district to purchase materials through the owner direct purchase process to save sales tax the construction man needs to return the funds to the owner via this deductive change order the purchase will allow the district to save approximately
$14,2314 in sales tax the superintendent has signed and approved the change order per board policy 6345 superintendent is authorized to approve and execute any construction contract change or that will increase the construction contract by $25,000 or less or that will decrease the
construction contract amount provided that approval shall be in her judgment in the best interest of the board such change shall be binding upon execution by the superintendent the superintendent shall report each change order that she approved to the board at the board meeting that follows her approval
superintendent's approval of the change order shall be entered into the official minutes of the board meeting 8.2 guaranteed maximum price GMP for the replacement of interior with exterior transformers at Fort McCoy School change
order number one work authorization number four project 24-120 sales tax savings $14,2314 board this concludes theformational items for today's meeting we'll now move on to the consent agenda items may I have a motion to approve
consent agenda items C10.1 through C18.2 2 with the exception of items D21.1 and D21.2 that have been placed under discussion regular agenda items and item C1.1 that has been pulled and placed on
the discussion pool agenda item motion to approve motion by Dr james second second by board member Thor no discussion all in favor signify by I i passes
40 before addressing expulsion matters I wish to acknowledge that board members have received the alternative placement list for students through March 7th 2025 miss Gonzalez are there any parents who will submit a timely request to speak on their child's disciplinary matter there are none
may I have a motion to approve the expulsion of student JD25-238 for the remainder of the 24 2025 school year may I have a motion motion to approve motion by Dr campbell
second seconded by Dr james all in favor signify by I i i nays are the same passes 4 may I have a motion to approve this postal student JD25-232
JD25-233 JD25-236E JD25-237 for the remainder of the 2024 2025 school year and the first second and third quarters of the 2025 2026
school year may I have a motion motion to approve motion by Dr campbell second seconded by board member Thor all in favor signify by I i i nays have the same sign passes 40 we have a motion to
approve the explosion of student JD 25-235 with off-campus virtual learning for the remainder of the 2024 2025 school year and the first second and third quarter of the 2025 2026 school year may I have a motion motion to
approve motion by Dr james second second by Dr campbell all in favor signify by I i i passes 40 may I have a motion to approve the grant application 2024 2025 unified school
improvement grant unic motion to approve the grant motion by board member Thora second seconded by Dr james dr g do you have information you would like to bring share regarding this item i I do thank you uh as you know
board we get the school improvement grant opportunities to help support our schools um to improve student outcomes dr varner is here and is going to provide some additional information the cost for this item is approximately $865,000 thank you
good evening unic is provided by the state and they identified the schools that received this uh funding the funding is given to the schools to help with additional improvement for their student
achievement so if they had an um if the schools were identified as a D or F school or if their index number was below 41% public and charter schools were identified by DOE as to who would receive these funds and the amount that
they would receive thank you Dr von any any additional ready for vote all in favor signify by I i'm sorry do any vot have any comments i'm sorry okay let's vote
all in favor signify by I i i passes 40 thank you may I have a motion to approve the state of Florida alternate alternate contract source 4319 0-22
NASP0- ACS for the public safety communications product services and solutions motion to approve the contract thank you mo thrower second seconded by Dr james dr gully you have information on this one as well thank you s board you will
recall we've had conversation before about this uh these items this is a need for birectional amplifiers needed in some of our identified schools mr mcfaden is here to provide some additional information um for this request but approximately the cost is of roughly $1.3
million thank you thank you good evening good evening we are seeking approval to use an existing state of Florida contract with Tricco Communications an unauthorized agent of Motorola Solutions for the purchase and installation of birectional
amplifiers better known as BDAS and four schools at the cost of 1.3 roughly $1.3 million initially we anticipated spending over $14 million due to poor radio reception that didn't meet state minimum standards however after
discussions with county officials about their plan upgrades to radio and cell towers we patiently expect waited and expected significant improvements in the reception as expected reception improved but the four schools Belleview Dunellan
Forest and Westport still required additional support to meet the minimum communication standards the BDAS will embrace public safety frequencies eliminate dead spots and improve radio communication reliability on these campuses
thank you Mr mcfaden lieutenant anything else board members any any discussion i just have a quick question go ahead James will these amplifiers only improve radio communication or will it also improve internal cell communication
because I know on some of these campuses that's a big issue as well no ma'am they won't we um we're looking at the this is to improve the sale service it will be an additional roughly $400,000 per school and the BDAS are only designed
for the radios at this point but for those schools that would need additional cell phone coverage or improvement will be an additional roughly three to $400,000 per school okay i just wanted to make that clarification because on some of these sites and these are not
the our only sites but we have many schools that are complete dead zones and so um beyond radio we obviously also have issues with phones working and and getting proper alerts as well thank you thank you any further discussion let's
vote all in favor signify by I i passes 4 may I have a motion to approve the first amendment with one-on-one learning corp motion to approve the amendment thank you Dr uh Campbell second thank you Dr
james dr james you pulled this item i would like to have additional discussion on this one yes thank you so back in um and I'm going to pull up the agenda back on February 11th we saw this item on an agenda and it was asking to um add
$90,000 to the contract agreement and the contract would end on June 30th 2025 so in the narrative from February 11th it said that we had spent of the 110,000 we had spent 68,000 and change
with 41,000 left and they were asking for another 90,000 to bring the total up to 200,000 so that would leave um about 130,000 to be spent based on the narrative by June 30th
2025 and the narrative read that essentially this was being used for DJJ residential facilities and so questions were asked um to me which then I asked his staff as to what in the world DJJ was going to do with
$130,000 by June and then it I it wasn't clear and so the item was withdrawn because it was um not exactly that exact amount and and so um it's back on the agenda tonight for
9,000 which is the amount that DJJ needs right now um and the term now of the contract is till June 30th 2026 not 2025 so for the purposes of transparency the reason I pulled this item was
because the previous time it was posted on board docs February 11th and the amount was not included in the narrative for today's meeting and so there is just in my opinion been a lack of transparency about how much DJJ needed for these me because obviously all of
our campuses need mentoring services we could all sit here right now and say how much u mentoring financially uh is needed on on a variety of campuses and so there are some nuances to this and Dr verer could probably speak to all of the
specifics but there are some monies that have to be allocated to certain sites for certain ways um but when the community said "What is DJJ going to do with $130,000 by June 30th?" I said "Yeah that that actually I don't know what they're going to do that's a lot of
money." Um and now it's only 9,000 but that previous narrative wasn't included in here and so there was no way for me to articulate to the community without pulling it to discussion that the amount for DJJ was only the 9,000 not the
90,000 so that is why I pulled it um and I wanted to be able to air that publicly so that the public could hear it thank you Dr james any other discussions from the board concerning this superintendent all right all in favor of
this um item signify by I i post have the same sign passes 40 thank you Dr james board comments and reports there is a special schoolboard meeting on April
17th 2025 at 7:00 a.m followed by an administrative briefing and work session at 9:00 a.m the next administrative briefing and work session is scheduled for April 17th 2025 at 5:30 p.m there is
an ICROC meeting scheduled for April 17 2025 at 4:00 p.m here at MTI the next school board meeting is scheduled for April 22nd 2025 at 5:30 p.m and uh the
I've been informed as of today that as the April 17th 7:00 a.m uh special schoolboard meeting has been cancelled but the work session the work session will continue at 9:00 all right
okay thank you um Dr glet do you have anything just very briefly thank you a a few items in in between budget meetings I'm also out conducting data meetings i want to thank our school teams for all of their hard work it is National Assistant
Principles Week and I can tell you that our um outstanding uh school leadership teams are working really hard making sure that every minute counts for all of our students and I just want to recognize them because they're just working diligently i know assessment windows are are opening up but they're
they're working child by child to meet every child's needs so I just really want to publicly thank them and especially thank our um assistant principles as being part of that critical team to meet every child um it is also autism acceptance month and as we talk about helping every student
succeed we reach and serve so many students with so many different needs and just incredibly proud of our team for seeing students where they are and welcoming with warm arms and meeting them meeting their needs so thank you um and on the other side of that it's also
volunteer month and we can't do this work alone right great i know board you've also talked a lot about volunteers and how much we cherish and appreciate we're blessed to have a very active community and we really appreciate our volunteers that are partners with us in serving our students
last but not least um I usually end on the student piece but this is this is about students and so want to thank the public speaker earlier Mr crawford and all the teachers that I recognize that were here in the audience board i'm sure you'll make some comments as well you have a copy of this and I want to make sure our student members get one too
this is our one-pager that speaks to House Bill uh 5101 and Senate Bill um 2510 and so this is these are the facts and figures that if this moves forward would directly impact students in Marian
County public schools and um couldn't agree more with the sentiments of how this addresses and the needs we we have to make sure that our students are equipped with the resources and the access to participate in these programs
for their future um this serves so many of our students and you can see board from those students who have participated um thought it was important to share the not just the funding but the impact of their participation um this is their future this is their this
is their current state and access to these programs but this is their future taking that away um reduces choice we talk about being about choice but if we don't provide access to choice then we are not um meeting the needs of every student so
just really appreciate the board's continued support on this appreciate our educators and and our hopefully our community that steps up and says we need to do all we can to support our students their choices and their future so thank you thank you Superintendent um before we
hear from everybody yes I want to go ahead and do our student um board members arishia so I would also like to address the HP5101 and SB2510 kind of reiterating what she just said um to speak about all the programs such as KACE IB and AP only joining the
Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education in the beginning of my junior year and now about to finish my senior year of high school the ACE program I joined has significantly impacted me in the best way possible and has opened many amazing doors for me i as well as the students in advanced programs such as ACE have
been introduced to hands-on learning and rigorous instruction from very highly qualified teachers with that being said I have been able to receive the top-of-the-top education that I have always longed for as I always strive for obtaining the best education possible with the ACE program not only are students able to earn college credits
and are prepared for college courses but they can receive the Cambridge diploma in which they are automatically qualifi qualified to receive FAS bright futures which will which will cover 100% of tuition and fees at a public institution or comparable amount at a nonpro a non-public institution it will also
provide an additional $300 for college related expenses this is very crucial for both students and teachers as they are both very passionate about their work these diplomas and college credits look good and are beneficial for students as they apply for colleges as many if not all colleges look into the
rigor of the courses that applicants take at the University of Florida not only did I get accepted but I also received the UF matching Florida opportunity scholarship which provided me a full ride this definitely could not have been obtained without the help of the ACE program additionally Miss
Campbell's sons are also in the ACE program in which they are trying to receive their ACE diploma too overall it has been very beneficial and impactful to many people teachers and students can't be the only one fighting this fight people from higher up positions need to assist us and making sure funding that goes directly back to our
students and our community stays where it's at thank you thank you Aisha i kind um I wanted to speak on the same thing with the CT classes especially me personally I am very involved in a lot of CT classes at Lakewear High School
with the ACE program and also with the video tech program at Lakewear and really a lot of my friends there too we're all kind of involved in the CT courses with culinary construction HOSA video tech video v video design and honestly for me taking video tech my
freshman year kind of set for me a new course i always wanted to do sports i always wanted to do sports and not really have a direction on where I wanted to go after high school but being in ACT course like digital video that's affected by this bill really gave me a sense of direction on what I really
wanted to do with my life what I want to go to college for what do I what do I want to pursue with business and everything else like that and I feel like especially with other kids at Lake and other other schools around our county and our state they're going to be affected by this and not in a small way
this can mean that they won't have they won't have the the opportunity in the future to find out that they might want to go into this career or this industry like I have so I hope we can change something thank you thank you good
it's good miss Gonzalez you have anything tonight i do not thank you attorney Powers nothing from legal thank you Dr james thank you um it was a wonderful night tonight i always love starting with recognitions uh and we had
some positive discourse about uh House Bill and Senate Bill um my my husband is a a tradesman and there is so much power in students having opportunity to learn skills and trades and um Dr gullet got
this put together by staff and it's going to be on social media so as we are all so good at I would encourage you to share and um make sure that our presence about how we feel about this as a community is known to our legislators so
that we can advocate for our students uh speaking of that two weeks ago tomorrow was our first community meeting for the Fezden um Anthony Reic and Spar conversation um my hope as a board member is that by
the end of this week we'll be able to have the website that we had discussed in that meeting published with our question and answers that we had um said to the community that we would be able to share with them we also left those meetings with the
understanding that we would potentially be headed into doing one on one-on-one meetings meaning school to um community at each of the four schools at their sites i do not want to get into the middle of May and those meetings not
happen i think that we are um quickly approaching the end of the school year and it is a very busy time but this is clearly a priority for the community for this board to come to a decision about what we're going to do next and I do not
want to drag this through the summer into the fall um and let let this fester um and so my hope would be that staff can work diligently with the school sites to schedule meetings between now and the end of the school year at each
of these four sites so that we can go have conversations in the community with the individuals from the community and talk about the questions like we're asked tonight the why behind it um I I do feel like I've I've shared my perspective but I would love the
opportunity and and I have extended any opportunity to anyone who wants to meet with me one-on-one to what my budgetary concern is and my financial concern is for this district specifically on the north end where I reside so I would love to see those four meetings scheduled at
at those four schools um Fezden's gym is a perfect place in my opinion anony's cafeteria and then we have Spa and Reic both have cafeterias that would work and I think we need to have those four meetings and engage in discourse with the community certainly I will be at
every meeting um and I and that needs to occur so that this board can then have a constructive informed conversation about what we're going to do next and move beyond this um we're kind of in this lull period where nothing has been determined and it causes angst most
certainly even though we're talking for 2627 school year and so um that is what we promised the community when I was in those meetings that's what I heard that was our promise so I would like to see us follow through on that and make those commitments to hosting those meetings
getting that website published um and those frequently asked questions published as well so um that would be my request as the board member in district 5 most certainly um other than that continue to have a lot of really great school visits um visiting principles
talking about what's next and how their school is growing and evolving um and I really enjoy the opportunity to today I was at North Marion having lunch with my mentee and lots of the typical spaces were taken so we actually dined in the teachers rock which is the first
teachers rock in Marian County um it's a really fancy teachers lounge and actually got to dine with some of the teachers who came in to um have their lunch in that space and so there's a really lot of wonderful fellowship happening on our campuses and I enjoy
the opportunity to kind of be in there and just be a regular person and hear the conversations and hear what's going on so that's all I have for tonight i'm hopeful we can make some decisions regarding um the next steps for the north end in the next week or so and get
the community um prepared for what comes next thank you thank you Dr james dr campbell thank you uh piggybacking on that what Dr james was just mentioning I too am am prepared to have the conversations i
know the last conversation that we had uh was kind of this wasn't necessarily a pheasant conversation as much as it was a Reddit call your conversation so we need to really solidify what that looks like and move forward and so I am completely prepared to have those
conversations once all the data and uh every piece of information is available at our disposal uh I too have been out visiting schools and I'm going to talk a bit more about that in just a moment uh but the thing that I can assure you is
that all of our schools in the south of this county are not only experiencing overwhelming growth we most likely will open both of our new elementary schools already at capacity and uh that is not reducing the amount of portables on the campuses that we are relieving pressure
on in fact uh some of our portable excuse me some of our locations uh that we felt were going these schools were going to relieve pressure actually are going to have additional portables on their campus next year just because of the explosive growth in the south part of our county it's difficult to see that
knowing that student learning is being impacted significantly by all of that whereas we have a school on the north side of town Reic Collier that is at 50% capacity and so that is the struggle and we need to have real conversations about what that looks like because each one of
these new elementary schools that we're adding automatically puts $2.5 million in operations dollars onto this district budget we know that the belt is going to have to be tightened we don't know exactly how tightly just yet because the board has yet to be fully briefed on
some of the budget conversations that I know have been happening i want to get to those statements in just a moment let me start with some of the positive things that we've heard tonight it was wonderful that we heard the students the Esau students in the rally to tally uh I was a student that became passionate
about government when I was in high school not quite having those experiences even then and if I had have had those experiences back then I may have even taken a slightly different path than what I did but then minoring in political science and getting a political communication master's degree
and then 20 years later becoming a schoolboard member it it's been an interesting cycle but having that passion for the governmental process started in high school for me too and so I'm grateful that we're providing that opportunity for our students we saw the uh great students tonight and who are
representing Math Counts as a former Math Counts parent I know that that's a lot of work for those families and for those students special shout out to Miss Ernest she's been sponsoring that at Howard for I don't even know how many years and she just continues to her the
teams she continues to put in from Howard and the volunteer support she gets from parents and others in the community is exactly how we hope every school can have support in something like that also want to give a shout out to Amber Gartner she's an amazing
engineer in this town traffic engineering studies come out of off of her desk all the time that major developments and major work that's happened all throughout this county comes off of her desk because of how great of an engineer she is and someone
that every female student that enjoys math and thinks they want to go into engineering need to emulate so um thank you Amber Gartner for continuing to be involved in math counts and all the things that the engineering society does for us uh we I already alluding a bit to the
pheasant conversation so thank you to the community members that spoke out about that as well as I continue to say this really is a reic conversation more than it is a pheasant one uh but we do need to come up with strategies and how we're going to best utilize all of the campus facilities that we have for
student learning from a business decision conversation we also heard from one of our staff members tonight i have now visited with 28 of our principles so I've basically half of them and I will be visiting with even
more over the course of the next two weeks i've heard a lot of things from those principles i'm asking very direct questions and then whenever I get the information sometimes I get even more information part of what we're knowing right now especially as an employee comes before
us and others have been told there are quote unquote business decisions and communication that's happening with our employees about their future for next year that is happening after the the um transfer period that they could have
done that um voluntarily and so some of that is is awkward for me it's also awkward that I know I have yet to have my board briefing specifically about the concerns that the employee brought before us this evening so the fact that
employees are learning the decisions potentially that are already being made ahead of this board even weighing in is concerning to me additionally I think when I summarize a lot of the conversations among 28 principles they the primary focus and
the challenge that we have in this district lies an internal communication the lack of transparency the moving people and other people not knowing where they're going all of a sudden we have employees in different positions no one even knows who they are
if you're not watching board meetings whenever the superintendent may introduce us to a new employee and all of a sudden you get an email from someone yelling across the hall to your secretary to say "Who is that?" is not appropriate internal communication i have strategies as a
communication professional myself I know what good internal communication looks like we don't have it so as I continue to implore folks um who worked in goal five with me on our strategic plan use my brain please or use others um at your
disposal because we don't have it right and we have to fix it and hearing from an employee this evening that they already have been told what their fate is based on a funding decision that this board has not been briefed on is not okay with me moving on I wanted to talk about some
legislative things board a couple of things some positive things some not so positive things and certainly wrapping up with what has already been discussed this evening since Dr gullet mentioned autism awareness month and autism and instruction want to make you aware board
that there are companion bills right now Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 447 are both based on disability history and awareness instruction and when you consider I know Miss Thrower board member Thrower has a passion for the
students that she used to serve so well in exceptional student education having a sister who is developmentally and intellectually disabled i understand that those who oftentimes have the inability to speak out or speak up for themselves are often forgotten so I am
grateful that we are very seriously considering and most likely will pass this year disability history and awareness instruction because for generations we haven't been teaching what that looks like and when we have
one in 50 students today being born with autism or some level on the spectrum that's just one piece to this but I'm grateful that our legislators are looking to provide that as additional levels of history and awareness
instruction also wanted to bring out uh a little bit of conversation i know a question was asked about cell phones and the cell service that's offered on our campuses and some of them have much better service than others and depending on your carrier it may vary and you might be able to use a phone on one
carrier versus a phone on another there is a Senate bill right now Senate Bill 1296 that is um by Senator Burgess that is passing through it it does seem like it will pass through it's a pilot program to ban cell phone use
belltoell on campuses it's no one has voiced opposition so far during debate and it may very well happen it's not going to be a mandate for every district to start it but it is a pilot program for schools that might want to consider it so that
they can collect data on what that looks like board I want to make you aware if you aren't already we've already had our own pilot program happening in a middle school this year previously had not had a bell-to-bell cell phone ban and they have this year and I encourage us to
almost have our own pilot program that we don't have to report to DOE but take a look at what that data looks like because I can assure you that one middle school campus has seen a significant improvement in not only their academic but also their data discipline data year-over-year and so Dr gullet if it's
okay and the board agrees I would like to see the data on Oyola Middle School's change of policy from having cell phones available to students all throughout the day at various times prior to this year and what previous year's data looks like compared to this year's because I can
assure you it has made a significant impact even on my own students learning also want to make you aware that our attendance bill that we've been so excited about um Representative Booth heard us
and she fixed the things that we wanted fixed and she moved that forward it's passed through the House terrifically and most likely will pass off the House floor this year and she's going to see that process through but in my call with the Florida Schoolboard Association on
Friday I can tell you that it is not going to pass through the Senate so that means that we have a lot of work to do this summer to ensure that senators and right now the Senate normally 40 strong only has 38 senators because we had one that just won a US rep seat and another one due to a
passing of a senator uh but we have a lot of work to do this summer to make sure the Senate and the Senate staff understands the importance of what we want done uh and what districts around the state want done as far as how attendance looks across the state how we'll be able to track it better and
what we can do for that thank you again to Mr crawford and to all of the folks i've been getting emails uh thank you for the information about House Bill 5101 and Senate Bill 2510
at the sound of my voice if you are as passionate about this as the students who have spoken here as well as the educators and every one of us that understands the value of what is happening call every representative and
every senator tomorrow tomorrow this will be on the House floor and the Senate floor this week we believe so it's not I I appreciate that we're going to have this town hall next week i appreciate that because it's really
going to have a rallying cry because if in fact these do pass the House and Senate the next rallying cry is the governor himself because it doesn't come into effect until the governor signs it into law so please contact every House member every Senate member try to get
their legislative aids on the line and see if we can't make real impact and change on what this will do for students because they are the future of Florida's workforce and this money is important and lastly board as I've spoken so much about legislative issues
I'm grateful to be representing the board this Thursday at Marian County Day i know we have some team members Casey and others who will be there from the district staff side uh but from the elected side I'll I'll be grateful to be there on Thursday it is timely because Senate will be in session on Thursday i
intend to be in the gallery and hear what is is happening that day and uh just grateful to join other elected leaders the evening before on on Wednesday evening will be a thank you reception for Senator Baxley and for all
he has meant to Marian County and all he's done for us and just grateful for his leadership and so saying publicly grateful for his leadership as well and um thank you board for the opportunity to go up and represent us in that capacity that concludes my comments
thank you thank you Governor Campbell member thank you and um thank you board member Campbell for your really good work um as our legislative liaison uh the attendance uh strengthening is something we've been working on for
probably six years so it's nice to know we're halfway there is how I choose to look at it we have certainly raised awareness about the importance of coming to school you know all day every day unless you're really too sick to make it
and how what you're going to be missing if you don't come to school and if on top of everything else what we've talked about tonight so far with House Bill 5101 and Senate Bill uh
2510 got that right right yes okay is what it means to children and as I sat here tonight and and listened to all the recognitions I just kept thinking you know we are moving towards graduation season and some of the kids are going to actually move away from Marian County
Public Schools and into their next venture um but a lot of the kids are going to be metriculating up you know to their next grade and all of the opportunities that this district has provided previously and has
accelerated providing in the last five years is something that we have to continually share with the community as the reason why kids need to come to school it's not because we want to send you know Officer Kennedy to your house and take your mama to jail if you don't
come to school it's because of what you're missing and it is heartbreaking to sit in truency court which I've been doing now for a couple of years it's running very very efficiently and but it's sad because you
think why did it have to come to this you know to get people's attention but sometimes that's what it takes but again it is in the spirit of making sure that each and every child that every family
understands how important their singular child is to us and what is here for them what is being offered and please take us up on it so as a board I I guess I was
thinking that FSBA and it may be coming out maybe it came out while we're sitting here tonight maybe it'll come out tomorrow a position statement on the this House bill and this Senate bill and how important it is the the community outcry I haven't seen anything like it
um really maybe since COVID in terms of the amount of communication I'm getting from the community across the spectrum and I think that this is an opportunity for us as a board i don't know that I've talked to any board member that doesn't
think that this is just a something that just cannot come to pass it still has to go through budget conferencing so all is not lost by a long shot yet but even a short position statement I love the one pager you know fact sheet that just
outlines what we would be potentially losing but a brief statement from the board that's signed by all of us that says "Hey you know we we we want to see every kid have
the same level playing field." What they do with it well there's something called individual responsibility and support that we're all trying to guide everyone in the right direction all of our kids but at the same time we have to make it
clear that the reason for our success the reason why so many kids are passing these opportunities and these tests kids that never would have had the opportunity if we didn't help pay for it if we didn't provide onampus testing opportunities that's what has been the
gamecher so I'm not sure who to actually direct this to because our chair is not not here tonight but um I think that maybe we could come up with something brief for us to sign maybe send it to each board member individually dr james well
I'm remembering and I can't remember what he said but it I remember it it had impact mr crawford's last statement resolution but do you remember the whole phrase he said maybe I wrote it down minutes so we'd have to go back and watch the YouTube but his last sentence
um like basically he said adopt a resolution to exempt I don't know I don't remember what he said exempted these uh these pieces out of that omnibus bill that's the problem is that all of this is buried inside of a much bigger bill so I I liked what he said
because it it was a solution so often times I feel like when we advocate if we do not advocate from the position of a solution then I've experienced this I'm sure we all have as elected officials then we just have more problems and we don't have a solution so what he advocated for was was a solution
basically and so I would be comfortable just if Mr crawford I'm sure he wouldn't mind but we could ask him but that I would be comfortable with just adopting the resol the statement he said which was essentially a resolution to the bill so that would be my first quick solution
on the cuff i would say something along the lines very simple strike the language delete it from the bill completely because it makes no sense honestly thank you um and I I agree i I do want
to make you you all aware if you aren't aware that at least in part the House bill currently cuts 50% end of story the Senate bill does roll the money at least most of it back into the
FEFP so if they're going to adopt one make it at least the Senate bill but certainly we would just prefer them not touching these programs at all but just for your information so that if you are advocating directly the Senate bill at least rolls the money in some ways back
into the FEFP which is different than the House bill house bill just cuts it all together right and and so then that would be language saying if it's going to be rolled into the FE FEP protect the funding at its current don't put it in some bucket that's then restricted and
we won't be able to use it for the students what this these programs right right because if we're losing I we should only be losing the amount of money that is the students that are leaving us to go to other options not more than
that so okay uh maybe what I could do Dr gullet is you know get with you after the meeting or first thing in the morning something and see what we can do to get something together that is articulate short
specific and get get it out there i mean this has to be fast because it's gonna have to be fast be out tomorrow yeah i mean this board member feels confident that anything we put together is going to be reflective of the common value system we have which is protecting the funding for students so I mean I'm fine
to put my my not my literal signature but my name on whatever we want to move forward with personally dr campbell do you have consensus agreed yes you have me too okay so we I guess we were authorizing uh board member Thor to get with the superintendent to go ahead and
get something drafted so we can have it first thing in the morning sometime yeah tomorrow because we've all been advocating individually we've all been making phone calls we've all been talking to people but I I think that that unified voice thank you and and I'm sorry I didn't mean once that is
completed then we can um send them via email directly to the legislative aids and each one of our representatives as well and then uh maybe even take hard copies that I can deliver to their offices on Thursday and we can be great are we good with this we are legal right
we would we would need to get together a resolution have it signed by the superintendent and the board and then we can Yeah it we can get it out there that's fine it's going to need to Right we would What I would like to do is put it on our next agenda too as anformational item for the board to
formally adopt it so it's been drafted then the board can formally adopt it so what we be presenting tomorrow will be a draft and then we would come back to the meeting and adopt it and and yes it would have to say draft on it no okay
there's always a legal angle to every good idea given the structure that you've created and outlined um and and the agreement that you've reached by a consensus here um that draft so long as not changed will become official when the draft is completed and signed by the
board chair then at that point um we'll have the we'll bring it for as anformational item for the board at the next uh at the next agenda review or the next meeting so the board can formally adopt it we can we can number it in the next ordered number which I'll get from
the board clerk okay thank you and in the absence of the board chair the board vice chair I Yes good okay thank you all right sounds great uh thank you very much and as as we were here tonight listening to all these amazing
recognitions I just started to write some things down because you know if it weren't for the kids where would we be we we would not be here we would not be agoniz agonizing over this and we would not be giving it our all uh to make great things happen and I it came up
again about um mental health and and the need for full-time mental health coun counselors this has been a recurring topic that we hear from kids it's it's some tough times in our society right now at least that's what the kids are are telling us and and it got me thinking again about all of our
fantastic mentoring programs and the kids are asking for and need as many positive dynamic adult role models as we can put in front of them um while providing multiple opportunities which is going to be this plea for this
resolution and exposure um on how to how to become how to how to provide the map and some direction so that each and every child that leaves here becomes at their best level a contributing citizen in service to self and others and and if
that happens then then we have done our job and it's for the next generation um to take forward and and I wrote down one can change the life of another person for the better you know all all it takes
is is one that that believes in you and it that really resonated um with me and I appreciate all over again our student board representatives and and the passion and inspiration um that that you
bring um to this day as every two weeks um some of the other things that that jumped out at me tonight were and this is just anformational it was anformational item it was 8.1 it sounded really grand and and but I know what it looks like and it's it was the covered
swimming pavilion at Hillrest and I'm thinking wow you know the community is probably wondering how we got all the money to do that when what it really is is fabric just like our covered playgrounds and it's to help keep the sun off the kids that have significant special needs some of them that have
trouble controlling their own body temperatures and they it really is a therapy pool i wish it looked like the fast community pool and maybe someday it will or we'll have one on a campus that does but that's not this one we do have one indoor swimming pool that's also a
therapy pool and that is at Maplewood Elementary School which is a big hub for kids with very significant special needs and boy do they do inclusion right um at that school in honor of disability awareness and every school I know tries
their level best with sometimes you know not as many resources as they could benefit from um to serve our kids um in any special way uh that they need um I'm going to uh wrap up i appreciate the uh
community meetings that have gone on um I'm glad that they happened after it was all out there i wish it had happened first and it might have calmed things uh a little bit for the community to actually be asked before they were told
um but it's a start and my recommendation would be to have a meeting as soon as possible at Reic i think board member Campbell already shared and I agree that you know with 50% capacity at Reddit for quite a few
years in a row it won't be long before the state comes swooping in and comes up with their own idea of what should be done with that school and we really want to avoid that maybe development isn't exploding in the north end like it is down south but it is happening it is
coming i think we're going to need all of these schools um over time and it doesn't mean we can't do something innovative or partnering in the meantime up there but when it comes to fees
specifically I think that my recommendation not I think I know my recommendation is what we need to be doing next is preserving feein as a school in perpetuity it is already on
the National Register of Historic Places the writing is on the wall so that's where I am with that um and maybe I'll just stop with that for tonight because well I do have to share one last
thing because it was pretty great so I'm gonna end on something super encouraging which is pastries for parents at Oakrest Elementary School the other day very early in the morning was standing room only so many parents so many families
rolling in with their baby carriages whatever it took for them to get there they were there the kids performed there's a little gentleman there in first grade his name is Recess Man now an old recess man because teachers are smart noticed that he was doing a lot of
tapping on his desk which can be very distracting then she also noticed that he was doing the same thing on a bench with a with a tree branch during recess gave him a couple drumsticks and one of those blue recycling plastic buckets that we see everywhere and this young
man has been killing it and he performed uh with a few others from from the music group unbelievable talent it came from what could be viewed as an annoying habit in the classroom but to channel that talent into something so special and it is my
hope prayer and dream that that school is going to end up with a couple of real drum kits with the symbols and everything for that music class not just for recess man but for other kids as well because the talent that our kids
have is unlimited only limited by our lack of expectations so that's what I have thank you for indulging me thank you Moral and and just to piggy back off of that um because that's a really a great story about recess man
um we have to get him a t-shirt say recess man because um in that situation he could have been labeled wrongly and he's just wanted to play the drums and someone would have labeled him
as a disciplinary problem and and went down this whole other path that it wasn't even that when I'm thankful for the the staff that took the time to figure out what it was that's what we need more people in our district doing taking the time and not giving them a label not saying they need medication
not saying that they they can't learn they can't this we have to look for reasons to we have to look for the root causes of why things are happening so I appreciate you sharing that with us again good evening everyone um I'm I have some comments but they won't be
very very very long but there are some comments because there's some things that we need to talk about um we have already talked about HB5 101 and SB2510 um here sit before you today on this this das with us the products of
those uh programs that if the funding is not there what's going to get cut we won't have these types of students um in our schools um I know Miss Campbell's kids are in those programs my son that just graduated benefited from those
programs and those kids and Miss Sto's kids so um and so by the time Dr james kids get there they won't be there those programs won't be there so we need those kids and attorney powers we we got to make sure that this we need Listen this is an excellent flyer thank you
Superintendent for this i'm going encourage every one of you to everybody that has a Facebook page put on your Facebook page and call everybody you know um to um to make some noise tomorrow um sometimes um you got to make
some noise um the squeaky wheel gets the oil and we need to make sure that those folk know in Tallahassee that this is something that is not going to be good for any district not just our district any district but our district has a lot of these programs and a lot of students
come through our district that benefit from this and what this does if this passes um only privileged people will have the opportunity to get some of this stuff those kids that that may not have the resources families don't have the resources wouldn't be able to to
participate in some of these um programs so it's vital that this does not pass and I'm just I'm go on a limb in any form it doesn't need to pass let's just just strike it let's get it gone period so I'm in complete agreement with um our
board members on this um to the the group that comes from um uh before I address that to the staff that came and uh addressed issues about uh staffing and uh different items in school um we
haven't met on the funding as far as what they're talking about so um something just needs to be done and corrected in that situation i'll leave it at that and to the the group that came from Fezant that's that's so diligent about this i
agree that we have to have some timely timely timely communication to the community on this i I I and Dr dr you know James mentioned about let's moving this thing on down the road i'm fine with having the conversations my issue
is going to be and it will always be if we wait to the day before to advertise something to the community not you didn't say that i didn't say you say that but that's what's happened that's what's historically happened i'll have an issue and I'll I I'll pro personally have an issue because there's ample time
to communicate when there's going to be a meeting there's ample time to put that stuff out there so the community can know and they can be there i don't think I don't think it's fair to to hide a meeting and I'm not saying anybody hide a meeting but it needs to be everywhere where people can see it it needs to be
on our website it needs to be in the community if we got to buy some the the little election signs or whatever and stick them up at the schools it need to be on every school marquee in that area advertising that these meetings are going to happen so that we have done our
due diligence as a board member to let the community know that we're being completely transparent in having these community meetings we can't hide the meeting and then say "Well we had the meeting nobody showed up." No let's do our part as a district that's all I'm going to say about that
um we talked last week in our um work session concerning um the interim superintendent and in having those conversations we talked about um a timeline about the interim superintendent when they could apply and
all that kind of stuff but that there were some issues that there were some questions that came forth um and I actually had a conversation with Miss Morant um from HR concerning some of the questions that came forth so I asked Miss Morant to come tonight to kind of give us some clarity on the question
couple questions that I had um because as of as of earlier today we have had no one apply for that position and there's I think after we have this conversation it may help people that want to apply
apply but they need some clarity on certain things mor okay thank you and good evening Vice Chair Cummings and board members so um as Reverend Cummings mentioned there are two questions um that I'm aware of that have come up that I would like clarity and or direction
from the board regarding the interim superintendent search the first one um is if an internal candidate is selected as interim but not ultimately selected as the permanent superintendent will that employee or
that individual's salary return back to their current salary prior to taking the interim superintendent position and if yes will it then be frozen for a fiscal year i don't know if you want me to pause or go to the second one or discuss pause
right there so in the past board members in situations like that if that person um and this has been a practice that we've I say general practice that we've done that they would maintain that salary for that entire fiscal year like a principal on assignment correct and
then at June what is it June 30th July 1 they would go back to their regular salary well I guess I wouldn't say that they should keep the sup an interim superintendent salary because the interim superintendent term is is so no and and I um the question was if it
would go back to what their current salary is prior to so what their salary is right now today if they're not selected for the permanent superintendent role will it go back to what their salary is today and then be frozen for a fiscal year yes and I would
agree with that because anyone willing to take the risk to be our interim as an internal candidate should be guaranteed some level of employment within this district if they're not made the superintendent i do think we should extend that um and so they would be placed within our organization as a area
director on assignment principal on assignment i don't know i mean we make up all kinds of on assignment jobs so I would say yes they need to get placed somewhere because they're taking a huge risk in applying for this job internally and if we're not guaranteeing them a place back within the organization then
why would they take a risk for a six-month job dr camel so this is part of the muddying of the waters so I I completely agree with the thought process of freezing the salary making
sure that they have that i've personally been asking myself you know just kind of thinking what do we do if we have an internal candidate do we hold their position for six to eight months do we fill that temporarily are we doing the
trickle up my my only concern with the um statement being made that we assure that that person has a position within this district is that honestly will be up to the incoming superintendent now certainly they will have their job
through June 30th but the incoming superintendent controls the operation side of the house we don't and so we control the employees that we have for sure but for us to dictate to that
future superintendent and by the way you also have to make sure that this person stays at whatever be we don't have a deputy superintendent right now so I'll just say if we say the interim superintendent automatically becomes your deputy superintendent and that's what this board has dictated to you i
I'm struggling with that no no no i I understand but but saying that we would I I don't know what that looks like honestly I I have been struggling to say any one of our employees that would take this interim role then is their current
position held are we filling their current position and using that trickle up and if we do then we trickle down and we're impacting more than one person so I as long as the board is fully aware of what this looks like i mean there's I I'm interested in knowing
what the other question is that you have as well miss Mar before we go there I would like to clarify um the recommendation that we're making from HR it would be that the salary is what's frozen not necessarily the position
would be that they would be you know a area super if that if that's what the new superintendent wants then okay but our recommendation is the salary piece is what is frozen not necessarily what specific position our recommendation also is that that position then be
filled if it's internal because we would imagine it's someone that's playing a vital role right now so then to have that position vacant for 6 to 8 months I don't think would be of service to the district and I don't think we should do that on a temporary basis as well to your same point that it trickles down so
if this is something the board does want to move forward with our recommendation again would be that the salary is the piece that's frozen not necessarily the specific position right we're not talking about we weren't talking about positions the salary yeah i mean a new superintendent could
place the individual back at a school they could place them as an assistant principal they could place them wherever they wanted to place them but we're just saying that they're basically guaranteed their salary through the next fiscal year while that person then seeks other employment um but I don't think that we're going to
see internal candidates apply for a job if they don't have some level of assurance that they will fall back at their pay within our organization when they're done they're doing a solid for us by applying for this internal interim job as an internal candidate i mean
they're helping us out so by closing the gap for the district timely I do think that we have an obligation to say we'll we'll give you your old payback you might be cleaning I don't know about
cleaning toilets but but in in the past in the past board um and I I don't want to say it's a procedure because it's not a procedure but we have in the past that's been the standard thing that we've done that they kept their salary we froze their salary so it's not
something unique but I think for the applicants for this position they need to know that going into the application process rather than it being left out in the cloud And I think as a board we need to kind of clear that up tonight
so again just for clarification so we know that this potential person will certainly go through the remainder of this 24-25 fiscal year and then they'll be in the 2526 fiscal year they'll be serving in this role and so what the
request this evening is that that salary um is then frozen also for the 2627 school year even though we are unable to dictate what their position might be within the district correct and and let me let me let me say something because you kind of said something that kind of
might throws people off you said this person we're not talking about any specific person no I'm just we're talking about any in any any internal candidate any internal C because I want to I don't want to elude that that there is a candidate that we want or we're pushing because there isn't for me um
but if there is an internal candidate that wants to apply that that we're wide open on that one i would also how does how does that work with the fact that these if they're under an annual contract we're guaranteeing a salary for the next fiscal year when they're
contract and some of them aren't on contract but so it' be similar to what we we do with principles so if a principal is um a high school principal now and then they're going to be transferred for the next fiscal year um to a middle school or elementary that
next fiscal year we freeze their salary in that new contract for a year and then after that year it adjusts to whatever they would you know if they were hired just that day what it would adjust to but the the superintendent at the end of each um school year has announces
whether that person is going to continue employment as well right so it's not announced but it's it's assumed that the employment will continue unless you informed otherwise because the only there there are a limited number of people in the district who are required
to have contracts mhm um and as we've landed I believe that administrators currently they they're not required to but um we do them in the district yeah they come out in the spring and so in in that instance that person if we're if if
you were guaranteeing that if there assuming it's an administrator if you were guaranteeing that person 2026 2027 um uh pay you would in essence be guaranteeing them a position as well
correct yes i think that's the conversation we're having that's what we're saying yes okay because I've heard not I've heard us say I heard the board say not guaranteeing a position i would say not a specific position because it came up that they may potentially be an
area superintendent or director district leader so we're guaranteeing a position and a salary but not a specific position so it may not be on the administrative an administrator i I don't know like to the point Dr campbell may we don't know what a new superintendent may want but
it's guaranteeing a position and then also continuing their salary and so if that person were um a administrator and then went into becoming a teacher for 20 26 2027 they would have administrator
salary if it's the board's pleasure yes they would have the superintendent salary no no they would have the salary that they currently have let me let me say it again please yeah okay so I'll use me have no plans of applying so I'll use my name want Tanisha if I apply and
I get the interim superintendent position you'll put me in that range that we say but when you go through the process and you decide not to hire Wantisha permanently my salary will go back to what my salary is as an executive director of human resources you may decide you don't want me to work
in an EDHR role you may want me to go and be um a student discipline clerk i don't know but I would be in that position but I would still have my EDHR salary for that fiscal year correct
would the new superintendent have the ability to non-renew so so again I think what we're saying is we're trying to avoid that but again this is at the pleasure of the board that's part of the question so if a new superintendent comes in we're trying to
encourage our internal folks to apply but if they know they apply they get the position and if they don't get the permanent superintendent that next day may be their last day people may be less likely to apply but again it's up to the board so it's whatever you all are telling me can I I want to ask so um the
can you speak to the practice of of this institution for non-renewals a non-renewal is a c is is is triggered by multiple documented um progressive I don't the word discipline might be the wrong word but generally
speaking a non-renewal is not out of the blue would that be the practice of this district so I I'm I want to I'm going to answer it a few ways because I want to give my HR answer first for folks who are on contract administrators yes we don't have to have a reason to non-renew
them we I need to say that first so we can non-renew at the end because we we serve at the pleasure of the superintendent without cost but to fully answer your question practice has been that if someone's on a coaching plan and they're not doing well in the coaching
plan or there's been documented um discipline that has happened however we do not have to have a reason to nonrenew someone and I understand that what I'm speaking to is if we don't hire a new superintendent until March or
April there would be very little opportunity for that new superintendent to have documented um improvement plans with this interim superintendent that would then be sliding back into a a role within the district so and the board ultimately
approves the personnel packet so if we say you know we're not we're going to this person's role is going to be they will have this salary for another year in the district and that's what the board is committed to then that's what the board is committed to
again in the spirit of wanting to get people to apply I think that that's and I don't I'm not sure if this is okay I'd just assume have that be stated up front because we can say whatever we
want to say but if if it is the law that someone can just be non-renewed you know and not have to show cause the board can stomp their feet but and if we could vote against it but I guess I just don't know where that goes and and and what I would do if if I were someone that was
interviewing for a position I always do research and find out hey who's the current person what's going to happen so I'm sure that question would come up if not you can share it when you are interviewing potential applicants that hey this is the commitment that we've made this person is playing in this
interim role if they're not selected and we go with you this this is what we've promised this is what would happen you don't necessarily have to keep them in your cabinet or at a high level but they will stay within the district for a year and that salary frozen so to your point
I agree but having that conversation could we not also just give them so when they return from the interim superintendent role back to within the district they're going to get some kind of contract for the remainder of the school year right or no they probably would could we as an
annual employee though if they went into an annual job could we not just give them a contract through the 26 27 school year so would be like a school year and a quarter and then that's that then that protects them because their non-renewal couldn't come until the end of the 26 27
school year i'm going to defer that question to attorney powers well they're not required to have a contract first of all right at all so but but we could if we wanted to protect the employee we could give them a contract to protect their employment and their
pay through the 26 27th school year when we place them back within the organization yes and this if I may we're we're trying to be specific about this because we want to make sure that a good employee does not end up being because you know in the old days when we had
elected superintendent it was pretty interesting where the other candidates that lost ended up i'll just say that back and when some of those were moved their their salary remained the same even though they were put to a much lower position right and so to just be
really clear that unless the employee does something that would require disciplinary action then they would then be you know all set so to speak with these parameters and I think it's important to make those clear if we're going to get those i think the thing
that I can clarify for you is that um the the employee who would serve as interim superintendent at the expiration of the contract whatever term you make that contract for at the expiration of the term of that contract um at that
point that person is now an employee of operations under the new superintendent and the board it's not lawful for the board to restrict what the superintendent can do at that point with that person's service however um what
you do with I mean I wouldn't anticipate it you know but still um what you can do as a board since you will be responsible for for retaining the interim superintendent is you can create whatever sort of contract you
wish for for that purpose so if the problem is going to be pegging it a a duration exactly um what is the duration of the contract until we're done right I mean what's the duration of an interim superintendent position no I mean we can
we can give a a a broad outline but it's also hard to say it's going to be a sixmonth nine month 12 month duration contract right right and and maybe what would be appropriate would be with 30 to 30 to 60 days written notice whatever
that window is because we don't know how quickly we're going to find a a permanent superintendent i mean I believe it may even be appropriate to make it a one-year contract with termination um you know early termination upon retention of within 30 days of retention
of a new superintendent right something along those lines gosh it would be nice if we would just get somebody that you know had no interest in being the next superintendent and that just wanted to do this for whatever [Music] reason but I don't know that's a needle
in a haststack so where are we at right now board um because we're going to as I said we don't have any applicants and the deadline is Thursday thursday at noon at noon at noon and so I think whomever if there are internal candidates or external candidates they
they're waiting to hear where we are tonight yeah so first question then do we is are we willing to place the person back at their an internal candidate back at their existing pay for in through the 2627 school year i'm a yes
sure contingent on the superintendent keeping them and and renewing them absolutely yeah miss Mar you good on that one good got it question number two okay question two the superintendent JD requires and I'm going to read number one under experience minimum of five
years of documented successful leadership experience as determined and verified by the appointed local school board examples include but are not limited to for profofit or not for-profit organizations state agencies business business industry K12 education
district level senior and or executive leadership higher education or law senior leadership positions such as CEO commissioned or non-commissioned officers so my question or the question um is is the board in agreement with
principal experience being used as leadership experience for screening for the minimum requirements of five years i am um personally because what it reads is and again this this lets us I in my
opinion if we're if we have concerns about this JD then we should review the JD before we hire a new superintendent but as it reads right now it says five years of leadership experience and then it provides a plethora of examples not
limited to so because of the ambiguity I would say that We should follow what is written in the JD which is five years of leadership experience mr and I remember um Verure Cummings
that we talked about this because we wanted to make sure that we were intentionally or unintentionally filtering out folks that have dynamic experience and you think about what it takes to lead a school these days i
would call them leaders 100% yes not the camel i I can go along with that i I mean where I would be uh would be a little closer to saying even if you have one
year of supervisory level over more than just your school and I that sounds really more than just is a terrible way to say that uh because as board member Thrower just said leading a school today
is uh different than it was 5 to 10 years ago for sure i I personally would still like to see the level of leadership even if it was just one year so I know this says minimum of five years of that documented but so if you've been a principal
forever but you've only just had one year in a role of overseeing principles because this superintendent even in an interimm role is going to oversee 56 plus opening two new schools with two princip so if you've never had uh
experience of overseeing principles there's a skill set there that I think is important even in an interim role and maybe I'm some kind of senior executive leadership even if it's just for one year is where I would lean and I know that that's starting to pigeon hole us
and the options are getting more scarce but I I think that's important more so than certainly principles are are definitely eligible to qualify but say this just to add so this is just screening of what we'll send to you so
you still at the table next week can use that as you know your preferred screening can still you know if they don't have the additional that you're looking for that would just be a candidate you you know you don't select or you know let them get behind but this is just those that I'm going to present
to you to review so we are classifying in the category of K12 education district level senior leadership as a principal that's what I'm asking that that's Well I want to make sure that we're that you're okay with me that's my suggestion but I want to make sure we're good examples include but are not
limited to so that is an example of leadership but I think those are all definitions of successful leadership experience so while the word K12 principal is not written there it is not limited to the exclusion of principal so
I think that that can be a decision because we advertised it as this JD we should move forward with this JD with five years of successful leadership experience i mean theoretically if you've been an AP and you have five years of experience you could apply this board will then use our discretion and
and we will weigh it out and I don't disagree with you Dr campbell that if you haven't been above a principle I'm not sure that you're the right person for this job in this moment but that will be for this board to hash out here up here once we get the candidates but I
don't want I clearly the cup is not runth over so we should probably not you know make this any more restrictive would be my opinion that's true and there's also the piece underneath that
talks about alternative experience and we put that in there for a reason in case we have someone in the higher ranks of the military or private sector you know that has doesn't have maybe direct experience in a school system but has
related experience we we had it very broad to cast a wide net right i feel like what I'm hearing is is that that our internal folks are looking for reassurance and it was just mentioned the other day at the work session that there is still this culture and fear of
retaliation and retribution and now we're seeing it because how many applicants do we have so far so just something to keep in mind i I think we need to be very clear on on what we can do um
to using the word You protect people that are worthy of protection you know I don't want this conversation to get out there in the community oh we'll take care of them no matter what no that's not what we're saying still expect you to have honor and service and integrity and be a role model and all of those
things which seem like they would be implied but not these days and and I think um we're we're advertising this position we want internal candidates internal candidates to apply we want external candidates to apply we want the best
person for the job um but we don't want people to be fearful that if they put in for this position that they're gone um that's that wouldn't be fair to anyone that wouldn't be fair to us as a district so
from what I'm hearing right now is that we're all good with both of them and so hopefully um we'll get some candidates internal external it doesn't matter to me i I want to look at all the candidates and and and make a decision from there and the best person we put in
that seat whether they're internal or external that's what I'm looking for and who can who can navigate the ship until we get the superintendent so are we good board yep okay all right guys with that being said
that concludes my comments uh that's a doozy that concludes my comments can I get a motion to adjourn am I in the right Let me let me let me show the right place yeah there being no further business may I have a motion to adjurnn motion to
adjurnn second motion by Dr campbell seconded by Miss Thor all in favor signify by I i passes unanimously thank you all have a good night be safe [Music]