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good evening and welcome to the February 11th 2025 meeting of the Maran County School Board it's called to order at this time due to my lack of voice I'm going to pass the gavl to Reverend Cummings our vice chair thank you good
evening mirroring and moning the way our students begin each day I ask that we observe a moment of silence at this time please join me thank you we are the Maran County School District leadership team 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 always put students first we will leave a legacy of success for the courtesy of those listening to the media I'm requesting everyone in the audience to please turn up their electronic devices or put them
on vibrating later in the meeting up to 30 minutes will be provided for individuals to address the board on matters concerning the operation of the Maran 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 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 forms must be fully completed and received by the board clerk no later
than 5:40 p.m. the procedures applicable for each are on a separate sheet good evening Miss Martinez please call the rooll Dr Allison Campbell district one here Mrs Lorie Conrad District Two here Mr Eric Cummings District three here Mrs Nancy thrower District Four here Dr
Sarah James District 5 here Chloe cwick Forest High School here Carson Switzer North Maran high school here Dr Diane gullet superintendent here Mr Jeremy power Schoolboard attorney here Dr gullet please share information about who will be inspiring us this evening and uh leading us in our Pledge of
Allegiance absolutely happy to uh Mr chair members of the board great to see you tonight we have one inspiration and pledge and we have two recognitions I'm I'm pleased to introduce as you know it's career in technical Education Month and so I'm going to bring Kathy Audie our coordinator forward she has some
very special guests that are representing uh what we do really well in Maran County for inspiration and pledge as they pertain to the Southeastern Youth Fair and hopefully Bard you already received one of these so uh more to come on that thank you Missi
good evening chair comrade Vice chair Cummings board members and Dr goet tonight as she said we're very excited to be celebrating CTE month all month long um in Maring County we're very very fortunate to have CTE programs at every one of our middle and high schools we offer 39 different CTE Pathways with
over 15,000 students enrolled in those programs last year those students earned 1,88 84 Cape recognized industry certifications within those programs every year we continue to grow those numbers thanks to our amazing
teachers also during February is one of my favorite events the Southeastern Youth Fair this is the 85th year of the Youth Fair tonight I'm excited to introduce two speakers to you one will be speaking on behalf of the Youth Fair and one in honor of CTE month I'd like
to First in introduce from denell in high school imma Grace dues thank you good evening my name is Emma Grace duu I'm a sophomore at dellan high school where I serve as our FFA chapters reporter I hold the title of Maran
County FFA Federation president and chairman of our FFA subdistrict before I discovered my passion for FFA I was also involved in the Kendrick 4 club which I am still a part of today in addition to 4 in FFA I
am here tonight to highlight and discuss a certain organization that reflects the core values of leadership and education one that Fosters unique experiences Sparks passions for agriculture and promotes personal development th this
organization is none other than the Southeastern youth bear when 8-year-old Emma showed her very first Market steer at the Southeastern Youth Fair I don't think she understood just how much of an impact it would have on her life since then my passion for all things
agriculture has only become stronger primarily because of my experience at the Southeastern Youth Fair in 1941 the foundation of the South Eastern Youth Fair was laid as the first deer show was introduced just 37 years later the suif
officially began in 1978 now as we prepare for the 2025 Southeastern Youth Fair we reflect on our roots and emphasize just how much our Fair has grown gr and evolved from being a small show with only one contest
offered to being the largest all Youth Event in the State of Florida with over 30 diverse contests and being the oldest all Youth Fair in the nation without a Midway each year Our Fair welcomes more and more exhibitors and participants in categories that vary from horiculture to
barbecue photography to tractor driving and hallm Mars to livestock just to name a few as we continue to add new contest test and activities to our schedule we give each and every child ages 5 through 18 an opportunity to find
a place in the agricultural industry to add the wide range of shows available to exhibitors helps Youth and Maran County try something new and gain valuable experience along the way the best way to educate young kids about agriculture is through Hands-On
learning and tours and that is exactly what our AG Ventures program aims to to do in just a few short weeks on February 25th 27th and 28th over 1,000 second graders will walk our Fairgrounds touring different aspects of Agriculture
and getting to see different exhibits to teach them the importance of Agriculture one of the seif's guiding principles is to create educational experiences for marrying County Youth and that is just what this program accomplishes our organization could not be as successful
as it is without the hundreds of vol unteers who put in more than 4,000 hours throughout the year to ensure we give the best experience possible to kids like me as an SEF Ambassador I understand the importance of giving back to your community and helping the fair
operate as efficiently as possible the success of our fair is solely based on the support and contributions of these Volunteers in their dedication to the Southeastern Youth Fair the SEF doesn't just help educate the youth but shapes them into Future Leaders who are built
upon the tradition started by our predecessors in 1941 in 1978 had it not been for this organization I would not be standing before you tonight Reminiscing on the countless memories friendships and life lessons it has provided me the southe
Youth Fair has left more imprints on my life than I can count and I know thousands of others can say the same my buckles banners ribbons and trophies will fade yet the memories made at the Southeastern Youth Fair will last a lifetime I strongly encourage all of you
to visit the seif and see firsthand just how much of an impact agriculture is making all over our County thank you for your time I hope to see you at the fair and there is a fair program and a calendar of events in all of your mailboxes as well and now I'd like to
introduce from Bell High School culinary program Lindsay Snider all right good evening everyone my name is lindum Sneider and I am a senior at Belleview High School I am extremely involved in our culinary arts program and thanks to the Investments and dedication of our Career and
Technical education facility a plethora of opportunities for not only myself but also the entire School Community have aisen and allowed us to pursue each and every one of our passions the CTE program grants students the ability to explore and embrace our personal
interests outside of our core classrooms these extracurriculars are chosen differently depending on what a student may or may not potentially aspire to be but regardless CTE programs offer students the opportunity to explore their individuality and creativity personally I aspire to become a
world-renowned chef and Baker of my own business Enterprise and throughout this endeavor questions and doubts arose regarding the Stepping Stones to my goal such as what are these requirements how to or where to begin a business are my culinary techniques up to par however it
has proven to not be as impossible as I once thought due to the help support and unconditional devotion of my culinary teacher and those within the industry specifically referring to the culinary program the money received from our partnership with w and the public
Education Foundation has allowed us to expand and further our programs potential for success we've been able to raise recognition through merchandise in the forms of pins t-shirts and Banners we have invested in different equipment such as knife sets and cutting boards to carry on Hands-On experimentation for
students we have hosted participated in catering events competitions and networking as our budget now allows us to but mainly the grants received have broadened students minds and their Horizons through experiences never thought possible the Food and Wine Festival four years running now has
allowed me to continuously meet and work alongside celebrity chefs who have even gone as far as to tell me to reach back out to them when the time calls for it each year its debut has gathered greater attention and called for increasingly eminent chefs to come to Rural okal aala
and bellw to share their knowledge and wisdom such as chefs Mark Murphy Esther Choy Elizabeth Falkner Lorena garciaa Rashad Jones and Tim Hollingsworth only to name a few to me this has been a major contribution in solidifying my passion and has even gone as far as to
somewhat redirect my path as I have now realized greater possibilities in the field in having one to and sorry in having one-on-one conversations with the celebrity chefs it has been life-changing for me it has been an eye-opening experience to realize that they too have encountered and continued
to experience difficulties along the way to their stardom to be honest it would have been shocking to enter the industry without knowing seeing or experiencing what I've been able to throughout my culinary program from there thanks to the networking of my school I've been gifted the opportunity to intern with
Chef Johan Wiscon of Emma's pster at the world equest center who is a rising Food Network star he has wholeheartedly invested in my education and has put forth personal efforts and time to not only teach me about pastry and business but has gone but has shown me the
realities of what working in the back and front of house truly means being in the kitchen alongside multiple cultures and their individual talents has heightened the spark of passion and shown me the ups and downs of what this path of Mind entails furthermore and I'll keep this short I promise but the
Devotion to my dreams along the way has been uplifting and inspiring I cannot begin to thank the public Education Foundation the Maring County School Board the CTE department and the world of Ching Center enough hello for the work that they have
done to create opportunities for myself and every student in our CTE program their impact will be felt for a lifetime when I began as a culinary arts student I never thought what I been able to experience and learn to day would have ever been possible to this day my travel
path is is still somewhat surreal to me so thank you for all you guys have done it means more to me and all the students than can ever be expressed and hopefully we can one day give back to the city that we grew up in thank you for having me here tonight it was an honor to speak on behalf of our program for the Career
and Technical Education Month um but now if I could please ask you all to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance right 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 liberty and justice for all Lindsay and Emma can y'all stay right there we're going to come down take a picture with you guys for e
I thank you guys and thank y give them them a hand as they're leaving for CTE week thank [Applause] you Dr you have any other Rec yes sir thank you so on to our first recognition for tonight so you might have heard of
something called artificial intelligence some people think that um you know there's a lot of of things we need to be afraid of but artificial intelligence is here to stay and we have students who are actively involved in what that looks like for them so tonight we are pleased
boor to have Dr Brewer introduce some students who competed from Bellview high school and she's going to tell you more about our contest winners yes good afternoon Vice chair Cummings board members and superintendent Dr gullet I have the
privilege of recognizing an extremely talented Innovative and our future leader students from Bev High School so at this time I'm going to have them come stand up and may face the board members and then at the end they can face the audience so come on up and face the
board members as I share your recognition so each year Duke Energy in collaboration with the University of Florida sponsors a high school artificial intelligence team design challenge in the design contest the team
works together together just like a group of Engineers would to design a smart grid system that's run by artificial intelligence for their community in the contest they learned about grid systems and how they operate
they ma the community around their own school to identify and learn about the different types of power users that would be used on the power grid the team then prioritized power distribution in the event of an emergency they had to visualize energy consumption which was
used for their last task of reimagining the grid layout of the community to create microgrids to with different users to help physically distribute power and that sounds like a lot so they did that with the work of the University
of Florida mentors and the students gave their final presentations in December there were 10 Central Florida county schools and Belleview High School secured first in second place in that large
competition I have more while we are recognizing these students the same group of students are part of a larger cohort that is participating in a University of Central Florida project it's under the grant funded it's a grant funded project um in the minority
University Research and education project and it's really known as the NASA Group which is always interesting these two teams were rewarded with a published abstract and presentation at the international aerospace engineering
scitech Forum on January 9th and 10th and they also participated just this past week and earned first place at the stemcon event at College of Central Florida so thank you I want to introduce
you to these students [Applause] and their proud teacher Mr Del Tony is here and their proud principal Heather guest is here to support [Applause]
them real real quickly um she said a whole lot she said a whole lot but the one thing that kept going through my mind while she was talking is that if a hurricane come our power is coming back on faster because of you guys right so we listen congratulations on the the two
first place um Awards and the second place award that mean we have some great things going on at bellie High School Miss guest you to be commended for them Mr delony you as well and um we're going to come down and take a picture y'all give them another hand as we're coming down yeah sure okay
right you ready all right three two one okay got it [Applause] I felt like my IQ went up just standing up there with them guys so thank you all again congratulations if I may board member
Cummings so just reiterating the amount of competition they had 10 districts with University of Florida very impressive very impressive oh you have another recognition we certainly do thank you one more um we
also have some other outstanding students to recognize winners from our launching literacy competition so we'll have um Miss Brower come forward and and introduce our very special guest tonight thank you good evening chair Conrad Vice chair
Cummings board members and superintendent Dr gullet tonight I have the pleasure of sharing with you the winners of our launching literacy secondary essay competition this comes out of our district literacy committee that meets regularly every month we ran
this competition from January 7th through January 30th I stopped counting at 250 essays it just wasn't worth counting anymore and that was essays submitted from students in grades 6 through 12 the middle school essay prompt was describe your ideal life 15
years from now what is something that you can do every day to reach your goal the requirements were that the essay had to have a minimum of 300 words it had to include an introduction strong reasoning and a conclusion any sources used had to
be cited this year I'm very pleased to announce that the winner was kylina Gonzalez she attends North Maran middle school and she's in the seventh grade and kylina is here tonight to read her essay um this is my future self essay 15 years
from now I dream of having a purpose-driven creative Adventure field life my name is Kina Gonzalez and I'm a 12-year-old girl from Wala Florida as a seventh grader at North Mar Middle School's Cambridge program I have been lucky enough to be academically challenged and to be treated with
extraordinary compassion by my teachers it has encouraged me to do my best and to vision visualiz myself with my H my head held high in fifth grade I dreamed of teaching like my mom who's been a phenomenal role model she had this infectious passion for educating and
sharing with people that inspired me but as I moved from elementary to middle school I found new interests and skills that expanded my dreams last year at the sixth grader I was drawn to the health industry when my brother and I had braces put on and thought of going in a dentist to or Orthodontics this year the
seventh grader I've become more interested Ed in the Arts and really enjoy drawing and writing next year as an eighth grader I will study photography as a member of the yub committee this will allow me to Capture Moments and grow my skills artistically fast forward 15 years I'm a
professional photographer and graduate of a prestigious College I envision myself around the world capturing magnificent sites cultures and memories Through My Lens my intention is to pass on these experiences to others and help them discover the stories and beauty of
the world world I don't want my work to Simply capture a beautiful mountain sunset or a family reunion but rather to trigger feelings and bring people into contact with one another and the world as well as photography I hope to keep my interest in the Arts alive
through other avenues perhaps I'll play with writing or film the various ways of presenting stories and opinions and I would also like to serve my community by encouraging other artists and empowering them to be their best self just as my mentors mentors mentors did for me it
will take effort commitment and persistence for me to get to this Vision my preparation will include high school and college internships and mastering my skills all the time the road might be bump bumpy but I am certain my curiosity willpower and passion for learning will
lead me in conclusion 15 years from now I will be a successful fulfilled person using my love for photography and the Arts to make a difference in the world I'm looking forward to my journey and my possibilities I'll never be satisfied satisfied with where I find myself in life but I will continue to attempt to
document the essence of life and spread it through others one frame at a time that's [Applause] it wonderful the high school essay prompt was the world of work is undergoing unprecedented change
technology such as artificial intelligence and automation are revolutionizing Industries with estimates suggesting that 85% of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't been invented yet how can students best prepare for a future career that may not
exist yet the requirements were that the essay must have a minimum of 500 Words it had to include an introduction strong reasoning and a conclusion any sources used how to be cited the winner at the high school level was Caitlyn lachlin
she attends lakew wear high school oh your brother cast I like somebody Gast and she's in 11th grade KAIT is here tonight to read her essay for us can sure just be yourself right the workforce of the future preparing for the
hypothetical factories jobs and job titles never before heard now Bloom as tough and efficient infrastructure coats the Earth particular skills and requirements for a niche Beyond any logical prediction now become not only common but mandatory everywhere you look
although this introduction was written to describe the Industrial Revolution the facts of the matter still stand the mechanical ability of society changes substantially faster than the people within it can adapt and prepare for said change as the great door to opportunity
opens so does the flood of doubts but don't worry the onset of tomorrow may be inevitable but it is not one we cannot prepare for the most obvious change in almost every aspect of life today is the development and utilization of
artificial intelligence The Institute of Tomorrow predicts that 85% of jobs in 2030 are not currently existing simultaneously the world economic Forum predicts that 30% of jobs existing today are on the
list for automation by the same dat this turbulent environment necessitates a revision of our career points here are the most important aspects that should be considered when forming a career plan in today's age of Rapid change research is always vital when
determining what job will be at the end of a long road of hard work there is an extra thing to take notice of today the likelihood that your job will either not exist due to automation or being outdated or the chance that you could be competing with augmentation or
automation learning what Ai and robots are how they work what tasks they specialize in will be a helpful step when looking at potential drops first off automation is far from A New Concept and has been occurring since the first
Industrial Revolution over a century ago machines which are distinctly different from robots in their inability to sense their environment and their pre-programmed nature are effective in simp Le repetitive tasks they are so common in factories today that if you
still have a job in a factory you are more likely to have your job longer than some of the other professions on this list what we think of when it comes to Automation and AIS however is usually somewhere between the limited memory AIS
which can detect spam recommend videos and even drive cars and the upcoming theory of Mind AIS which will be able to have the same cognitive and emotional processes as a human jobs which are already being automated and are predicted to disappear
are customer service Representatives being replaced by chat Bots machine and machine learning allows autonomous categorization and filing of information along with easy filing through algorithms forbiding the extinction of
bookkeeping as a job option and even putting similar jobs such as data analysts paralal and phac on the same list although AI will likely make a few jobs unnecessary data shows that it may make more job than it takes hence the
feature of having to adapt to more jobs not less AI requires its workers and will likely create more job openings in The Sciences of machine learning and Robotics engineering the work environment may also completely change
with the integration of AI dividing jobs into specific specialized tasks which the AI can augment or assist instead of outright displacing the employee allowing the AI to assist in working can improve the jobs which cannot be
replaced Medical Careers such as doctors nurses and surgeons along with very human-based professions like psychiatrists physical therapists and artists of any kind can be assisted with AI augmentation but still require the
fundamental human aspect to them jobs in these categories aren't going anywhere so there are great options for career path planners a career path is not for everyone some want to be able to explore
and hop through different careers to see what best fits them and in this case age of spontaneous job growth preparation might not be the most applicable step-by-step preparations cannot be made
for an outcome yet to occur so a good strategy in this case is to hone in on the traits that apply to almost all work environments soft skills a surfy conducted by indeed a company specializing in Career Services
shows these results for the Most Wanted soft skills in the workforce problem solving this includes using critical thinking and active listening along with communication to be able to to Be an Effective and efficient worker
communication this in of itself is a soft skill the ability to convey and understand information in different forms such as written verbal visual or even non-verbal cues this also includes presentation confidence approachability
volume and tone work ethic work ethic is the desire for personal Improvement and to always improve work diligently having a good work ethic will not only improve the quality and quantity of output from the
employee but will make it more likely to meet and exceed working expectations dependability the reputation of being a good worker with an excellent attendance punctuality and integrity can never look
bad on an application for any job existent or not adaptability about this subject especially and being adaptable and flexible to changing environments means quick learning and picking up skills
fast this like everything else on this list is a universally wanted treat from employers this is the best skill to have when the road to the future lies just out of you with this a job will always be open and waiting for an
application to sum it up the light of a new era peers Over the Horizon the hypothetical future already beginning to spread its cool blue light on the world what exactly comes next will forever be a mystery but human resilience has seen
and will continue to see great changes as long as we have the broad skills and continue to adapt research and invent new opportunities thank you so I just want to say thank you to all the teachers that supported encouraged
their students to write an essay and thank you to all the students for their hard work thank you thank you Miss Brower thank you uh Caitlyn and Kina we're going to come down and take a picture with you guys as well very good essays excellent essays let's squeeze in just a little bit
yes go ahead you want me to take it if we can make hi Kina ready thank you guys we graciously acknowledge the following donations made to benefit our schools students and staff members
including uh $584 4 to marrying technical colleges College from John Johnstone Supply the wear group to be used for training tools examples equipment for mtc's hbac
program 6,000 to Maring Technical College in from Summer Glenn veterans and Patriots Club to be used for student scholarships $1,000 to W Park Elementary School radiant Credit Union to be used at the principal's discretion $239 to
bellev high school from donors choice or.org to be used for marine science supplies for the Marine Sciences classroom $2,000 to Forest High School from learn by doing Inc to be used to assist the college career Advance program
CCAP $1,250 to Forest High School from Brantley Bailey building and Construction Inc to be used to assist the CCAP $1,500 to lakw high school from Veterans Memorial post 347 to be used to support
the lakw high school jrtc program $3,723 67 to Maplewood Elementary School from Maplewood PTL to be used for classroom materials and supplies $1,200 to dunan high school from dunan high school basketball athletic booster club
Inc to be used for the boys basketball program and can be used for purchases at the discretion of the DHS boys basketall basetball coach $1,400 to dunan high school from DHS basketball Athletics booster club ink to be used for the girls basketball
program and can be used to purchase at discretion of DHS girls basketball coach $1,100 to dunan high school from Battery boards to be used for the Power Generation Academy class project $1,500 to Howard Middle School from town of
Lady Lake finance department to be used to support the Howard Middle School band and will be used at discre director's discretion $1,000 to Vanguard High School from Sonia Nas to be used to support the expenses incentives for the Vanguard academic team $5,000 to Dr NH
Jones Elementary School from Capri furniture to be used for purchasing the program ISL to assist in student achievement $11,000 to Forest High School from Alan KY to assist the CCAP program $10,000 to Maran Technical
College from BMW voala Volkswagen Porsche of Okala and gatel Toyota Okala through the gatel foundation in court to be used for student Scholarships in the automotive General Services technician program $3,645 for Dr NH Jones Elementary School
from Dr NH Jones PTL to be used to purchase ISL for students $1,500 to Howard Middle School from the city of Ocala Fleet and Facilities Management to support families identified as homeless or needy
$1,000 to Forest High School from oala Marian Association of Realtors to assist the future Business Leaders of America program $2,500 of school choice Department from mid Florida Regional manufacturers Association mrma to directly support the
University of Central Florida's NASA minority University Research and education project and student participants we want to thank all of our donors for these wonderful donations and uh continue to send us the money for those those worthy worthy causes and for
those schools thank you so much superintendent thank you board I recommend approval of the agenda for the February 11th 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 and d23.com c8.1 has been pulled and placed under
discussion pulled agenda items and items C 111.2 and C 111.3 have been completely withdrawn from the agenda thank thank you superintendent may I have a motion on the superintendent's recommendation motion to approve the agenda motion by
board member Thor Campbell ready for question all in favor signify by I I those have the same sign passes unanimously may I have a motion to approve the minut for the January 9th 2025 administrative briefing and work
session motion to approve motion by Dr James second second by board member thrower are there any additions or corrections to the minute there being none all in favor signify by I I I post have the same signs pass unanimous
may I have a motion to approve the minutes for the January 14th 2025 school meeting motion to approve the minutes motion by um board member Thor second second by Dr Campbell are there any additions or corrections to the minutes
there being done all in favor signify by I I post have the same sign pass unanimously M Martin M Martinez please provide the proof of publication for tonight's school board meeting the notice for the February 11th 2025 Schoolboard meeting meeting ran in the
Okala Gazette on January 31st 2025 the proof of publication has been attached in board ducks to proof of publication good even attorney pow can you please explain the rules govern in persons who wish to address the school board this even yes sir thank you in compliance with Section 2860 1114
Florida statute 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 on 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 meeting in the order of receipt by the school board clerk before you begin speaking please State your full 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 visual notice to complete his or her comments speakers may not yield their time to other people speakers and meeting attendees are expected to conduct themselves in a
respectful manner therefore verbal attacks and profanity are strictly prohibited pursuant to the procedures for public comments item six speakers are not to identify specific individuals other than themselves or their child unless the statements provided 24 hours in advance the board is here to listen to
your comments only you may be directed to an administrative staff member following conclusion of your comments for further assistance to address your concerns if there are matters dealing with student discipline including expulsions they'll 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 a student's first or last name identification of or identifying references to other students or their families are 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 chair that concludes my explanatory remarks thank you attorney p m Martinez do we have any speakers
tonight no sir all right there being none the school district uses a construction management delivery method including a guaranteed maximum price GMP to perform construction work on the following projects to allow the district to
purchase materials through the owner direct purchase OPD process to save sales tax the construction manager needs to return the funds to the owner via a deductive change order the superintendent has signed and approved the change orders pro pro 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 so that will decrease the Construction contract amount provided that approval will be in her judgment in the best interest of the
board such change orders will be binding upon execution by the superintendent 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 orders will be entered into the official minutes of the board
meeting 9.1 amendment number two the construction manager contract guaranteed maximum price GMP for early site work and materials procurement related to construction of new Elementary School X Change order number three amendment number two project
24102 this purchase will allow the district to save approximately $2,724 15 in sales tax 9.2 guaranteed maximum price GMP for the dellan elementary school heating ventilation air conditioning HVAC upgrades change
order number one work authorization number one project 24116 this purchase will allow District to save approximately $48,700 guaranteed maximum price for Oola Middle School New gymnasium change order number five amendment number one
project 24109 this purchase will allow the district to save approximately $25,988 in sales tax total sales tax saving 94,5
n448 board this concludes the informational items for today's meeting we'll now move on to consent agenda items may I have a motion to approve consent gend items C1 11.1 through C 20.2 with the exceptions of items d
23.1 d 23.2 D 23.3 that have been placed under discussion regular agenda items and item C 18.1 that have been pulled in place on a discussion pulled agenda items also item
C 11.2 and C 11.3 have been completely withdrawn from the agenda may I have a motion agenda second motion by Dr Campbell second by board member Thor all in favor consent by I I both have the same sign
pass unanimously um before addressing exposion matters I wish to acknowledge that board members have received alternative placements list for students through January 14th 2025 Ms Martinez are there any parents who have submitted a timely request to
speak on their child's disciplinary matter no sir may I have a motion to approve the exposion of student JD 25-15 n JD 25-16 for the remainder of the 2024 2025 school year and the first and second
quarters of the 2025 2026 school year may I have a motion motion to approve motion by Dr James second second by um chair Conrad all in favor signified by I I I
post have the same sign pass unanimously may I have a motion to approve the exposion of student JD 25-1 162 JD 25167 for the remainder of the 24 2025 school year and the first 2 and third
quarters of the 2025 2026 school year may have a motion motion to approve motion by Dr James second second by Dr Campbell any discussion all in favor signified by I I I
hes have the same sign passes five unanimously may I have a motion to approve the guaranteed maximum price GMP for the replacement of interior and exterior Transformers at Fort McCoy school project 24-120 motion to approve moot motion by
do by board member Thor seconded by board member Campbell Dr go do you have information on that you would like to share regarding this item I certainly do thank you board uh so the cost of this item is just over uh about $1 million and Miss bomach is here to share some
information but essentially the current Transformers that we have are creating uh excessive heat and that they will be addressed so miss balk will provide additional details thank you good evening board chair Conrad Vice chair Cummings board members superintendent Dr
gallet um this project um will address the existing Transformer at Fort McCoy School the school was built in 1987 and these Transformers are inside
very small electri with inadequate cooling these Transformers generate excessive heat output and cause overheating of the equipment in the electrical room this causes a thermal overload on the branch circuits and
deteriorates the electrical equipment at a faster rate causing to resolve the overheating issues the Transformers will be moved to the outside and installed on
an pad um next to the buildings um this increase the longevity of the equipment inside the electrical rooms as well of the Transformer themselves um the lead delete
times we're gonna we're going to take a five minute recess yeah and get this um corrected for a second okay thank you going to recess at at um I can't even see 6:21 and we'll come back in 5 minutes
e e e e e e reconvening at 6:25 Miss bombach thank you for being patient with us please go ahead and continue no problem the uh
lead time on those Transformers is 5 months which will bring us right into the summer and we will plan on starting construction June 2nd and the substantial completion is scheduled for July 31st just before students arrive
back on campus thank you board any discussion all in favor signify by I I those have the same sign passes pass unanimously may have a motion to approve guaranteed maximum price GMP for district ride sofit installation project
24-15 motion to approve motion by board member Thor second seconded by Dr Campbell Dr G you have information you would like to share regard this item yes thank you thank you again um so board Miss bomach has remained at the podium a couple of
items to mention on this one approximately uh $25,000 the insulation has deteriorated and so it needs to be replaced uh with new sofit it involves three schools Okala Springs College Park Dell Elementary and Miss muach can provide
some more expertise to this item thank you yes the ceiling liner panels will be installed at those three schools um these were part of those prototype schools and between the buildings in the
Breezeway at the early stage of the construction of those prototype schools um there were no covers on those uh ceilings um the uh insulation was secured in place by a chicken wire and over time um the chicken wire and the
insulation have deteriorated um these panels now will be installed to protect the ceiling insulation from falling out and it will also help prevent any um nesting areas
for birds or beds or rodents since those areas are open closing the ceilings will protect the insulation and will eliminate those risks we start construction on March 3rd with a substantial completion on July 31st will
coordinate with each School material procurement will not take too long 8 weeks will start with Okala Springs moving to College Park and then finish with stelan elementary school thank you m any question I do have a question with
this because that prototype school we have several other schools like that are the other schools on the list for doing the same thing no the other schools are already constructed with those ceiling panels in there um I guess going forward
um each school got a little little change learning from the construction yes thank you B one thing um I just wanted to say those breezeways are one of my favorite aspects of those campuses
in particular I love that it can be a place for outside learning so but when I walk campuses it is one of the things that I noticed for sure and I know we probably critique our house worse than anyone else critiques it but I'm looking forward to this because it is a need and that is a wonderful outside learning
space um that the teachers and the staff that really enjoy using thank you any further discussion no further discussion all in favor signify by I I post have the same sign pass unanimously may have a motion
to approve the guaranteed maximum price for district ride hydr pneumatic tanks replacement project 25-11 0 may I have a motion motion to approve Dr Campell motion second seconded by board member
Thor Dr gullet thank you sir so again um Miss moach is here but board this is a requirement that you have before you tonight for your consideration to replace tanks per the Department of Environmental Protection uh the schools
that are involved in this replacement include Shady Hill Harbor View Okala Springs and reic Coler and miss bomach any additional information you'd like to share would be appreciated thank you yes the district is required by the Department of Environmental Protection
to have these tanks inspected every five years the inspection report is then sent to the Department of Environmental Protection the tanks at these four schools are in need of replacement that came out
of that report because they in some poor condition and we have to address these uh these needs and we will replace those tanks um
and then we have to um send the report back to the Department of Environmental Protection they actually checking every month where we are in the status of replacing those um material procurement lead times is 20 weeks for those tanks
um we will start at Construction in June 2nd and then it's a very quick change out of the tanks itself it will move quickly through each of the schools with a substantial completion date of July 31st we'll start with Harbor View then
going to reic Okala Springs and finish with Shady Hill we will coordinate with each school um during that time to make sure there is no shutdown during operational times thank you m m any further discussion forward there being none all in favor
signify by I I I post out the same sign pass unanimously uh may I have a motion to approve the administrative Personnel items for 2024 2025 fiscal year motion
to approve motion by Dr James second second by Dr Campbell Dr James understand you pull this item like to have further discussion yes sir thank you um brief discussion I wanted to just kind of get some clarification we are experiencing some
turnover and in administrators and I have we past history would demonstrate that when we have administrator vacancies we experience a domino effect when we fill those vacancies and that domino effect trickles into our schools
and this board member's um testimony would be that we do everything we can to eliminate pulling a teacher from a classroom as we head into testing season and so um I'm looking for further
discourse and understanding about what Our intention is with posting these four assistant principal jobs that are being vacated um in this particular packet and are we going to post those jobs and then if we hire those jobs
we're you know those administrators typically are hired out of our instructional support positions and those instructional support jobs if posted are typically hired out of our classrooms and that's not the way it always goes but past practice would demonstrate that that's generally what
happens and I just have concern about that going into testing season um in addition I have been under the impression through past practice that the board is acknowledged and
communicated with when there is a resignation retirement or a vac um vacation of a seat for a temporary period of time or longer and it seems that there are some that were notified of and others that we aren't notified of
and so I would just like to understand what is the established procedure in practice so that so that we know what to expect because there have been some as of recent that we've been notified of the email there are others that I found out in the board packet um and so I'm
just trying to understand exactly what that practice is as well so we don't have to have discourse on it tonight unless Dr gullet has comment right now but I would like to know what the plan is for these administrative positions those are my only comments thank
you so um Vice chair cmings I have some comments to make in my comment section related to budget and Staffing plans and I think it might wrap up in there if that's okay thank you all right any other work just one more check I just
want to express my concern in that area also um I've been a part of this district for a very long time and I've never seen a turnover in our APS like we're experiencing right now so I do think we need to take a deeper dive um in what's some of the causes are uh for
the loss of our staff in this position so I just wanted to share that thank thank you thank you Thor thank you chair um as I look at this I'm noticing that we
have it's assistant principles turning over into principles so except there's one uh so three out of the four are staying with us and are being elevated to principal and and one is resigning and going into
a a different position relatedly but not with us um so he will be missed but um so just keeping that in mind I look forward to the to the conversation because as our assistant principles move
up to coveted principles that some nice schools uh they do leave a gap you know where they are so I'm looking forward to hearing the plan as well thank you thank you Dr Campbell sure not to uh
reiterate everything that was just said this particular item is is all about forward movement and individual career advancement and including the one resignation that we have I believe is moving into the nonprofit sector into a
position that will fit him well so um certainly appreciate the conversation excuse me conversation about future planning and we'll look forward to Dr gullit's recommendations on that but I am always about forward movement if folks have individual career goals that
they want to advance into additional positions and so I'm grateful that we have wonderful people in this District who are able to advance into these positions including our wonderful principles that have vacated Greenway Elementary and Hammet Bowen to our new PR elementary schools X andw we are not
recruiting from outside of Maran County for those two positions and all of these positions are being filled the principal positions are being F filled by our assistant principles and other locations so that is in Phill U but looking forward to the conversation as we learn
the future direction thank you Dr cam I too want to say that um I I I understand that we're going to have movement throughout the year I understand that there's quite a bit of movement but I've always encouraged uh internal promotions
and to see the internal promotion here is is a good sign that that helps our staff to know that they have they have room to grow they have opportun unities that this District does presents opportunities for it so um I know that our superintendent will bring forth
something or concerning how we're going to maintain this um but it just shows that um we do have qualified people Behind These principles as they're they're moving up and moving out or moving to different locations so and for
sure I if I was if I misuse my words please let me know but I'm simply I'm not saying that the promotion of these individuals is a bad thing at all I'm just concerned about the Gap that we have to fill going into into the the remaining third and fourth
quarter of the school year and so if that means we have to take a pause until we get through testing and get to May then that's what it means but I I just worry about taking qualified teachers out of classrooms because that is generally what happens so that was my reason for highlighting it and ensuring
that a conversation ues truly truly noted thank you Dr James any further discussions all in favor signify by I I post have the same sign pass unanimously there is a special board meeting scheduled for February 20th 2025
at 7 a.m. the next administrated briefing and work session is scheduled for February 20th 2025 at 9:00 a.m. after an immediate recess for an attorney client session the work session will reconvene at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard there's a
special administrative briefing and work session on uh Monday February 24th 2025 at 8 a.m. there is a school board meeting scheduled on February 25th 2025 at 5:30
p.m. board comments and concerns um Miss Elena Martinez Lopez no I'm Sorry Miss Elena Martinez I'm sorry no sir please forgive me attorney power I have nothing sir thank you dret thank
you uh board so bear with me a few items uh first congratulations again to our golden apple teacher of the year Sarah Jacobs Westport HIgh School um phenomenal work the entire team um all of our teachers that was a tough job for
the committee but want again thank um our golden apple teachers and all of our teachers for the hard work they're doing for our students every day I mentioned um last week Black History Month I want to recognize that our schools are continuing to do recognitions appreciated being out at Forest High
School last week and uh there are some others coming up and and recognizing and and hearing and seeing all of our students and our community members and our faculty and staff and I think it's important that we continue to do that well beyond February um as you know Bard
we talked tonight about CTE month and again I am appreciative of all of our Pathways the pathways we've extended um and expanded into when you hear about the middle school and high school I've always said it starts earlier than high school and we've been committed to doing
that and I'm very proud of the work that our teachers and our teams are doing in the schools and appreciate our students who are actively involved in those Pathways as a reminder more of an housekeeping note President's Day as you know is Monday February
17th and uh there will be no school looking at our student board members over here no school district offices are closed so now I want to end on some comments pertaining to where we are um
as a follow-up to recent events board uh you recently adopted a school Staffing plan so team is working really really hard um Human Resources as of late just sent out updates to our schools um with
some of those changes and I'm going to start with this this is a very challenging time because we've said this for years it was coming Esser concluded that money is no longer here and I'm a
Believer in how we do what we do is as important as why we do it I think there's some room for improvement in the how um I will acknowledge that up front um and I'll say this publicly I've said this before I'm a former principal I
will always be a former principal the principle had I'm a school first superintendent and so what that means is all other departments in central office are here to support schools and why schools because that's where our students are right so that's where the
tough decisions come so Bard I want to bring you up to speed on a couple things the entire Team all of our departments um I I will say sometimes I hear chatter that there's a lot of people in central office I can tell you there's not we can give you a list there are very few
people and everybody's working Full Speed Ahead in all departments as as hard as they can we are working on getting um those positions um financed they're budgeted but also the finance team under Miss Boston Ellis have been
working fast and furiously on the site based budgeting pilot so I've been pulled into meetings and have made abrupt turns to come back as we all engage and what does that look like so that the Money Follows the student there will be some
challenges there will be some challenges with implementing site-based budgets and so I just want to provide some caution to this is this change is not going to be easy but I do believe it's what's
right for our students it's the financially right thing to do it's how we need to do it and I've already um I've been meeting with the team I met with academic team we've been meeting regularly met with HR Finance last week we did again this week looking at how we
help support this um and we will continue to work through those Growing Pains uh but we will so a couple of notes on this um you board you have I copied you uh on an email today with one
of our central office staff members who's going to no longer be with us made the decision not to replace central office staff of any academic nature right now so as not to adversely impact our
schools it is not um the right time to do that school first students first every school and I went through this with the academic team the the other day and with HR and finance every school and
I'm mostly SP speaking about um elementary schools right now we'll have in addition to a principal an assistant principal so everybody's covered schools of additional need are going to be working with the their principal supervisors to provide additional need I
followed back up with a couple of them today they're working through that so everybody is covered it is a difficult time testing Windows evaluations need to be done coupled with as you referenced we have two new elementary schools
coming on board Growing Pains these are not bad things they're just growing pains and so as we have a very solid I believe and I stand behind our process for elevating and allowing our talented
our talented Mar and County Employees opportunities to apply and be promoted those processes have been in place now for years so they can be promoted much like your board approval tonight of assistant principles moving to principles principles in the new
elementary schools have to hire their staff so they're fully equipped and ready and we can get everybody settled before summer hopefully there's always going to be some adjustment but there is a very tight timeline that I've referenced in the past Board of how we
laid all this out then those new um at your approval those new principles then make sure that they continue their work but we have covered and looked at all schools to make sure everybody has administrative supports I want you to
know that but please know and understand the focus will be schools any other positions and I've shared this with the team a couple of times that are of any academic nature that might adversely impact schools we will not replace until after we do the budget cycle budget
cycle meaning central office staff based on that next month then we can open up opportunities and we will post positions then that is what I think is the right thing to do to protect our schools from
any pull and and feel like um and not not um remove any opportunities for people to apply to positions that they would like to apply to so it's the fair thing to do it's the right thing to do for our students and um I will keep you
posted as move forward but right now any academic based pieces with only very few exceptions we will take those on a case-by casee basis but really proud of um the opportunities that our incredibly talented Maran County employees are
getting um through the process to apply for for their next steps it's it's it's a great thing um our pool is is deepening we have a lot of talented people but happy to answer any questions board that you have but that is my priority is protecting the schools
thank you D any other comments that concludes my comments thank you all right our student board members uh yeah as always I wanted to say thank you guys for um all you do for us and I appreciate the allocating of funds I
also wanted to mention I enjoy this new place uh I know there's technical difficulties but chairs are much more comfortable than the computer position so uh I was thankful to be in a little bit more of a more comfortable position um also just in
terms of what you guys have been talking about regarding uh where teachers are going and where administratives oh are back on I personally have noticed among my peers that there is a new interest in becoming a teacher and becoming part of
administration and so I'm hopeful that in the relatively uh near future that it'll be much easier to find the teachers that are in high demand right now so I'll be looking forward to that now just in terms of North Mar what's going on at my school I just wanted to share a couple
things first of all today we had an event in which the facts your future a program which uh helps kids stay on tasks with their hopes and dreams um by talking about preventing substance abuse and how you can do that they came out to our school today and we had an assembly
during um first or second and third period in which we all got to hear about that it was very helpful and I hope it was impactful as it was impactful to me um also this weekend me and 30 of my
class go to New York City with my travel and tourism class that we do as an a class and it's h pretty unique that one of my exams is going to get to go to New York City it was a really cool I enjoyed it uh but I'm also glad to be back I think
there's about the smaller Marion County uh we have this week is National FFA week and our FFA has been celebrating that with different events they do at during their lunch I was jump scared by a goat as I was walking out of the cafeteria as they brought in a couple
miniature ponies um two goats and a rabbit it was cool to get to all the kids to get to see some animals right next to the cafeteria and then we also have our girls and boys basketball teams heading to Regional playoffs our boys
will be at home tomorrow evening so uh we hope that uh people can go out there and support them I will be hopefully supporting them and I'll be looking forward to the path that they take to hopefully win the Regionals as well as the girls and our jrtc had a a formal
dinner for their change of command on Saturday I heard it went well and I believe Dr James was there as well and finally uh is coming up this March H the our or the district actually funds sat
for all Juniors at our school and it's really helpful for our school and I'm sure for all the other schools because it kind of gets them ahead start on applying for college and seeing what they need to do to maybe get a better score or what they can expect to achieve because of the score they get um uh yet
again I'm just glad to be here and uh that's into my comments thank you Carson Lo hi uh thanks again for letting me be here today uh I'm going to get started with talking about CTE I was so pleased to see all of these different programs from different high schools uh talking
about the amazing opportunities they get I am in a CTE program myself and I'm going to talk about that a little bit because I'm very proud of it I'm in the EKG tech program at Forest High School and I'm hoping to graduate uh the program with an EKG certification so I could work in a hospital right out of
high school which would be pretty awesome um through this program I've been able to Shadow at Advent and that has been really amazing I've met multiple countless uh awesome professionals that have really showed me what it's like to work in the uh Health profession's
atmosphere um and we also get to look at different programs at CF as well as other colleges and just really get a full scope of what our future looks like which is really awesome uh our culinary program at our school is also amazing Chef Stanley rocks um I was super happy
to see that uh other schools are also participating in the Food and Wine Festival I have several friends that have done that and we had a winner I believe of a competition there a a couple months ago so that was pretty awesome um our basketball teams are playing this week and we're really
excited to see them play uh as well as our tennis teams um this weekend on my RC program we have a camp at Camp Kanas we do for the uh freshman class so they can get experience with leadership and team building um as well as for the Duke
Energy winners that is so awesome I'm glad to see students in stem I love that we support that um stemc con I volunteered with for two years I wasn't able to do it this year because I had a prior commitment but it is an awesome program and I love to see students from
various high schools representing that uh it really gets students from elementary school all the way to high school they just opened up a High School Division really awesome um super glad that that was represented here today as for donations uh I'm a part of the C uh
CCAP program or CCAP is what we call it and um I benefit greatly from it I hope to graduate with about 12 AP classes under my belt and credits and we use the devices that we use with the donations to purchase uh we just got one in my
micro and gov class that is an AI reader so it's a chatbot you can submit we have essay portions of the test we have to take you could submit your essay portion and it'll tell you if it was a good score or you need to change or if you have a question about gov you're like I don't know if this is a court case that
was successful it can explain it to you um so love using AI with that and glad that our school is helping us promote it and grow with it um I'm glad that we're taking accountability with uh the new promotions for uh the school board staff
as well as Administration um our Florida records for students performing at schools it has been low like record low lately and I appreciate you guys seeing that and making sure that students have the support they need to succeed um like uh uh Dr golet said uh students first
and I'm really glad that we were able to see that um we're keeping teachers where they need to be and keeping teachers with opportunities to grow their careers and grow their abilities to help influence more students and uh grow our education system so thank you again for letting me be here today thank you
Carson and cl you guys are are something special because you guys are engaged in the meeting and that means a lot especially for your peers Dr cam I'm come back to you because I see you flashing uh James oh okay sorry I didn't know I
thought I didn't know no no you're fine um good evening I wanted to highlight just a few things um tonight we recognized uh Dale Tony uh at bellev high school I worked with Dale when I was um an administrator at bellw but this either this past spring or this
past summer I went and I visited Dale Tony when UCF students were out there I can't exactly remember when that was but I have to tell you th that whole project with UCF those um college students are coming out and they are basically teaching those students I was there on a
Saturday at like 10:00 a.m. and there must have been 30 plus Belle high school students there learning on their own like they they showed up on their own they were fully committed um Mr Tony truly runs a remarkable program Miss uh
guest and Mr Tony share with me that next year is his last year retiring um and so um he does have a CD I'm out oh I'm back I did ask him if he wanted to come back and be a bus driver so
because he does have a CDL um I wanted to highlight fair this um fair is always a wonderful time of year I know there are many of us that enjoy it uh my own children are starting a fair this year which is exciting watch me grow so I'm excited to kind of take the the
perspective of a parent my menty is seeing the national anthem to kick off Fair on Monday night uh for the steer show so at 6:00 p.m. Ellie will be singing the National Anthem so if you are there um she will be singing which is exciting um there's just such great
opportunity for students to Spotlight just how amazing they are and what they're um and fair is just an awesome 10 days so I look forward to that every year finally this past Saturday I was at the North Maran High School military advancement ceremony which was wonderful
Colonel Cunningham is I told Mr Johnson while I was there I said Colonel Cunningham is the representation of quality educator meet quality human being he is just truly like an amazing human being am I
here hello I'm green off oh I'm back maybe he is um I guess that means I'm supposed to stop talking um he is he is truly you can see his love and compassion for the
students and just the kids love him and he loves them and it was it's just really amazing to watch Educators do what they love and so it was a wonderful evening so um with that I will conclude my comments I'm excited to travel to tyah housei tomorrow with the team I'm sure Dr Campbell has things to say about
that so we're looking forward to it thank you thank you Dr James uh Dr Campbell thank you uh just basically following up on what's already been said I also was going to talk about Mr Dale Tony because not only did he have amazing students here tonight he also coaches Golf and Tennis at B high school
and so while my are not in his program I have had a son who's on the golf and the tennis team so we're um with Mr Tony quite a bit right now also mentioning the Youth Fair my mentee is showing a lamb goat and a pig this time I don't know what she's thinking because that's an awful lot of work but we've been
following uh that every time we meet and last I heard they're fat and happy so that's what I understand is what's needed whenever you're going to show those animals and so just looking forward to that um as Dr James said we are heading to Tallahassee tomorrow not only meeting with several of our
legislators but we're also hopefully going to have the opportunity well we are going to have the opportunity to meet with the house education staff as well as the Senate education staff and policy makers that way and hopefully get to sit in on uh the house education Administration subcommittee this uh past
monday during the central Florida Public School Board Coalition meeting Dr Danielle Thomas from the Florida school boards Association recommended that we go and listen to the most recent subcommittee and I did that follow following that meeting on Monday and I can just say rep representative trabolsi
who is chairing that committee she is doing amazing things and making sure that all of the folks in that subcommittee are aware of attendance are aware of they she passed out the chronic absenteeism and for each of the representatives and what it looked like in their representative districts uh she
also made sure that she had a couple of superintendents there to talk about what rural challenges there are uh talking all about Fe FP and what so when you think about this legislative class we have a bunch of freshman's rep freshman
Representatives I it's too long checking testing I'm GNA keep talking I'm flashing again okay we'll try okay we have maybe maybe hear me
perhaps somebody's mic testing Maybe okay if I may ask I turned mine off is it helpful is it a Broadband issue to have the others off I only have two more things and we'll be done yes so I we're we're just going to keep trading around
until we get it right so uh this is there are several freshman Representatives including several in our legislative delegation and so even educating them on the ffp is a step and so they're they're starting to learn about that and again rep trolly she is
can't wait to see her in action in that subcommittee I haven't seen the agenda but hopefully we'll get to see some of that tomorrow afternoon and then the last thing I wanted to mention is today I had the opportunity to participate or attend the inaugural annual meeting of
the Continuum of Care and uh there were several Community leaders in the room uh it it is the essentially The Joint office of homelessness for the county and the city and they've combined forces and so know that we have members of our
District staff that serve and and work with the Board of Governors through that Continuum of Care but I I have been speaking with the new board chair Angie Peters um she is in she is interested in having a Schoolboard member a part of that as
well so not just a county commissioner not just a city council member but also having a Schoolboard member a part of the Continuum of Care so chair Conrad she will be reaching out to you but I wanted to make you all aware um that that will that request will be coming I know that's something we
typically do during an organizational meeting but because she was just sworn in as the new chair and it's something that she would like to see uh we did not get that request back in November but you can be expecting to hear from Angie Peters and she'll be um asking you chair Conrad what to do about having a
Schoolboard member represented and that's all I had thank you thank you Dr Campbell what M on thank you we'll see we shall see how this goes um first of happy Career and Technical education uh month to everyone that is involved or
thinking of getting involved I've always said that if it weren't for horses I would have never gone to college so the two are not mutually exclusive and I think that that's a message that we need to continue to broadcast it's great to be leaving school with an industry certification right out of the gate but
you never know if you're blessed enough to have a long life where that life is going to take you so career in technical education in college uh marry quite nicely along the way um also just wanted to say congratulations to the Forest High School um football Signing Day 15
it was 15 or more players that are going to play college football and have great GPA and are good citizens and just really a great program also um not to forget five lady night softball players also signed scholarships so uh they're
often swinging as well I'm very much looking forward um to attending going up to Tallahassee bright and early tomorrow morning um it was great to hear thank you board member Campbell for talking about updating us on how attendance is being talked about at the state level I
thought it was wonderful oh I'm back okay I thought it was wonderful that uh one of our students uh Speech makers tonight shared that attendance will always help you and it's not just a soft skill it is a broad
skill oh you are oh I'm back okay so that to me um we're starting to click here you know all levels are starting to connect on the importance of of attendance and we're definitely serious about it here in Maran County Public
Schools also um it's just a great time of year because everything is starting to accelerate and it's starting to gel you know we're hearing about where education is taking our students and the scholarships are starting to come out and the announcements are starting to be
made and it's just really exciting um wanted to share uh also and and thank you Carson for talking about the new interest in becoming a teacher because one of our legislative priorities that also came from a student board rep is uh
looking for a mental health um certification and pathway counseling things like that that came directly from a student board member so it's really encouraging to hear uh what your thinking is and and what you feel are the careers of the future um that your
peers uh may be interested in also wanted to say in addition to congratulations to our uh local uh homegrown assistant principes that are going to become principles also it's worthy of note that all three construction projects tonight um that
were under discussion went to a highly respected uh local contractor and it was nice to see Carson Wright on our agenda um tonight um flipping around around 85 years of the Southeastern Youth Fair there's nothing more Maring County than
the Southeastern Youth Fair so that's a wonderful Milestone to be celebrating and finally I'll just end with uh my attended leadership mcps because they were at two schools in my district Hillcrest and Maplewood and if you don't leave transformed after visiting those
schools with the populations that they serve then maybe you don't have a heart I don't know it's a they're both very amazing schools and we serve special kids throughout our district but um these are Center Schools so they definitely take it next level um also to
participate in mCP leadership mcps there is a small fee but as a citizen if you really want to learn more about our school system and our operations maybe if you even happen to be considering running for school board someday it's a very nice opportunity um to get a good
look at uh who we are and and what we do so my microphone is still working so I'm going to end with that have a great night thank thank you thank you Mr could I interject before we move on I just have a comment about you guys moving to going to Tallahassee yes um I'd be doing
my school of diservice as well as my students uh in the school of Maran County if I didn't mention the band Book policy as well as the website policy that uh the Florida statute in legislation has passed that bars students would be able to access certain
books as well as websites that I believe are extremely helpful to them um I would like you guys to bring it to Florida legislators and tell them that students are greatly unhappy with not being able to have free access to books in their schools books like Animal Farm George
Orwell's novels most of them I'd say probably all of them have been banned as well as books we read that I've read in middle school that are now banned that have fundamentally changed the way I look at our world and society as a whole and I believe that you're depriving
students of being able to think for themselves and see things as multi- spectral in a way so I know that there's been strong lobbying from mothers of Liberty and stuff but hearing from students who are generally unhappy there's a website called satera for
example which is banned by Maran County I know that and I know from other school districts as well but uh it's a geography game that helps you learn for AP Human Geography that has been barred as well as several other websites as well and stuff we use and we pay for for
by the county occasionally gets blocked and has to get rescinded um addressing these issues with students not being able to access the full scope of their education I feel like is very important so just wanted to interject so you guys have that on your mind when you go thank you thank you chlo very insightful very
sful Check comade Yes okay I'm glad my mic is working um I just want to start with a couple of thank yous Reverend Cummings thank you for stepping up this evening and taking over um I I couldn't have done it I wouldn't have made it so thank
you so much I also want to give a shout out to the technology department Mr Ben vudi out here uh his secretary Kim and uh Robin have been a great assistance uh to me so I just want to say thank you for your patience
andness and we lost oh we're back it's kind of a game today it's kind of a game um I just I also wanted to to say uh thank you to Lori Zinc at ihmc um they had an astronaut Pascal Lee
he's a planetary scientist and a NASA researcher that was coming for a talk for the community and was invited to attend uh and present at NH Jones and so I was able to participate in that today and it was phenomenal I just it's just
one more thing one more opportunity that our students get that's just just over the top amazing and the questions that the students had for him were just incredible um anyway they were third fourth and fifth grade students so it
was fora and Lori zinc thank you for that opportunity Bard I wanted to let you know that I dropped off a thank you to the board of County Commissioners last Friday uh just letting them know as a board how thankful we were uh for the
opportunity to use their space so that um this space could be renovated and so wanted to share that with you um really today's donations were overwhelming if I counted correctly we had 20 donations to 12 different schools and so I just
continue to be grateful for our Community Partnerships um all of these things that wouldn't be possible uh without our community and involvement so thank you um thank you to all of those sponsorships really quite amazing um I
wanted to check in with the board and make sure that uh has everybody turned in their two committee members for our new oversight committee no no okay I'm still waiting on we just I think we need to make sure and wrap that up Miss Martinez you're getting
close to being ready to sending out that notification yes as soon turn know the DAT so working on that it has been a hard ask I will say uh with the guidelines we we were given so um I do understand the challenge of getting that um finding someone to
meet the criteria um I too am a big supporter of the Southeastern Youth Fair um love the presentation this evening both of my kids are grown out out of college um you know regular regular working adults um
but they grew up participating in the Southeastern Youth Fair and it was a great experience all the way around so looking forward to celebrating that um in the next couple weeks um board when I was looking in my calendar last year at this time we were
looking at um preparing for the superintendence evaluation so I just wanted to ask attorney powers to um make sure and help guide us as we move forward um I know last year it kind of got we kind of got away from us so I want to make sure that we have a timely
um calendar uh that's that's ready to go so that we are not late and so so um Bor I would ask um one of the questions I had is how long do you anticipate it taking you and to gather that
information and prepare uh your evaluation I four to six weeks I think is fitting I I think that we've gotten all the Strategic plan updates I think at this point yes I think we have so I mean four to six weeks I think would be
a suff efficient for me I see Dr Campbell shaking her head yes that's good sure okay board member thrower that's good with you re okay so we're looking at within the next four to six weeks um we'll bring some closure uh to the evaluation process um thank you all
for chiming in on that um lastly I wanted to share um I know and I I know and appreciate um Dr git's explanation um about the Staffing plan and I certainly understand the challenges uh Miss
Boston you know sharing with us these challenges and what we're hold on hold on okay back we're back um okay I don't think it'll let me sh um um I do just want to share I think
we have room for improvement in the delivery method and so um in the last couple days I've resed received a lot of phone calls a lot of emails a lot of texts of Administrators that were very stressed out about these changes and so
in the future I'd like to see us tackle this um in the opposite um order and so that we're providing this information that was shared tonight with our staff before they open up an email on Friday
afternoon um I I just you know I continue to say that our staff have a big lift they have a heavy lift from our teachers up to our administrators to our District staff and anything that we can do um to help
navigate um less stress uh in the work that they have to do from day to day I I think is extremely beneficial so um with that I I will close thank you thank you uh
J I don't know if you can hear me can you hear me just really quickly I would be remiss if I consent agenda tonight I'm gonna yell in the consent agenda we approved perfect audits for Belleview Santos and forom early
learning them and I'm sorry I missed them but I I was waiting to see if anybody else caught them bevie Santos perfect audit and forom early learning thank you so much Vice chair thank you Dr camell thank you uh chair um my my comments will be brief very brief
because I don't want the m to cut off on me so uh thank you to our staff that stay that are here every week to support us and this this District you do a tremendous job and look like you're going to get out of here a little bit early a little early tonight I do want
to uh address that it is Black History Month I I want to thank uh uh Dr gullet and chair Conrad we were at Forest High School last week uh for their black history program um thank you to Miss April Rose McCoy and that group of kids
they did a tremendous job also Dr kemel was there as well um she had to leave early and then on this Thursday I'll be at North Marian middle school for their uh uh black history program so with that being said I conclude my comments thank you to our our student board members you
guys are very insightful um very insightful on and you paying atten so I appreciate that with there being no further business may I have a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn mot motion by Dr Campbell second by Thor no discussion
all in favor signify by I I eyes have it meeting journ at 714 [Music]