e the Schoolboard meeting will begin in 1 minute please take your seats again the school board meeting will begin in 1 minute e good evening and welcome to the February 25th 2025 meeting of the Maran County
School Board it is now called to order mirroring and model 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 thorough will you please read the board commitment state
statement happy too we are the Maran County School District leadership team when we 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 um for the courtesy of those listening to the meeting I'm requesting everyone in the audience
please turn off your electronic devices and put them on VI vibrate later in the meeting up to 30 minutes will be provided for individuals to address the board on matters concerning the operations of the Marian County school board or School Board only presentations to the board are limited to 5 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 each 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 reserved by the board clerk no later than 540 p.m. the procedures applicable for each of these are on a separate sheet of paper good evening Miss Martinez would you please call the role good evening 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 thank you Dr gullet please share information about who will be inspiring us with this evening's pledge absolutely good evening Madam chair members of the board uh Megan
magal from our public education um Education Foundation is coming forward but I'm pleased to say that we have our very own teacher of the year in the house Sarah Jacobs and you'll have the opportunity yes we have the opportunity to hear from her
tonight for our inspiration so miss meal thank you good afternoon chair Conrad Schoolboard members and superintendent Dr gullet honored to be here this evening with each of you to introduce Marin County's 2025 teacher of the year Golden Apple teacher Miss Sarah Jacobs
representing the wolf Port uh Westport wolf pack um so congratulations to miss Jacobs uh the golden apple teacher recognition program was actually founded in 1991 through our Education Foundation and each year the selections process is
uh to achieve the coveted Golden Apple starts with school-based nominations for school rookies and teachers of the year who submit blind portfolios for a committee to then review they not only review the portfolios but then they go through interviews that are conducted at
the foundation and then our committee travels across the district and performs classroom observations to get to see our teachers in action thank you chair Conrad for serving on that selections committee so through this highly competitive process a new cohort of
golden apple teachers are selected they become a ve a very own part of our Academy called the Golden Apple Academy they serve as ways to uplift each other uh support peer engagement and really just represent excellence in public
education we celebrate all of our school-based teachers and rookies and our golden apples at the annual Golden Apple Gayla which we just hosted recently during that evening we announced Maring County's teacher of the year and then the teacher continues to represent our district at the state
through the Florida Department of education's teacher of the year program on behalf of the foundation I am proud to have Miss Sarah Jacobs representing Maring County as our teacher of the year representing our foundation and the academy as well so congratulations to miss Jacob she'll be sharing our
inspiration me sorry good evening I am so incredibly grateful to be standing here as Marian Count's teacher of the year earning a golden apple has been a truly rewarding experience since the teacher of the year
process began I have felt as if I am in a dream the process of getting to this point allowed me to reflect on my teaching over the last 12 years and acknowledge the growth I have made as an educator it also put a spotlight on the amazing people who have supported me in that growth in Maran County I have been
blessed to be surrounded by some of the best teachers and administrators out there it is because of them that I stand here before you today the opportunities I have been given and the Insight I have gained by working here are so valuable to me I hope that while I am in this role I can provide others with the same
support that was offered to me the public Education Foundation has made this possible through the golden apple Academy I have already been invited to participate in meaningful conversations with our district officials and our superintendent of schools Dr gullet it is so inspirational to have a group of
dedicated Educators be given a voice to share our experiences within our schools and class rooms our work within the academy is such a unique way to support us in providing a quality education to our students at Westport HIgh School I serve as the adviser to our student council
this past weekend we went to our State Convention and it was and I was able to see firsthand what happens when you Empower someone to use their voice two of our freshman students presented a resolution to over 70 other schools seeing them stand there before their peers and present their research and
defend their ideas was spectacular celebrating together when their peers voted their resolation Revol sorry resolution through was even better the whole experience highlights how our work as teachers open doors for students we use our voices so they can feel
confident in theirs in my speech at the gala I used the quote from Frederick Bachman words are no small thing I try to impress this on my students daily and I want to make sure I remember the same thing I teach them this year I will be listening and learning from all of you
here in this room and many others I hope to use my voice to inspire those around me together we can provide our students with the tools they need to find success in our everchanging world once again I would like to say thank you for recognizing me with the title of teacher of the year I am so thrilled to be here
and I can't wait to share the phenomenal things our county is capable as I move on to the state level thank you thank you would you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance 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 Sarah if you'll hold right there and Megan we want to come down and grab a victure with you we're going to take it a little off
center here we go one two three couple more big smile say golden apple or say free car yeah now my turn absolutely oh so you're being paged okay
all right okay here we go and you're gonna sco in just a little there you go stay put because I have another camera in my hand one more okay okay well that was a great way to start off our meeting tonight um Dr gullet I
believe you have two recognitions to share with us this evening I certainly do thank you madam chair members of the board we also have the Sweet Sound of students in the audience so and I just complimented this whole group over here for being so well behaved I have to tell them thank you publicly we're going to kick off with the Sunshine State
Scholars so Dr Brewer is going to come forward and introduce these amazing students okay thank you good evening chair Conrad board members and superintendent Dr gullet as we begin like Dr gullet said to celebrate so many
students tonight I want to introduce to you um the secondary coordinator Kelly Brower she's going to introduce to you and explain what it means means to be a sunshine state scholar for the State of Florida thank you Dr Brewer good evening
chair Conrad school board members and superintendent Dr gullet I'm here tonight to present you this year's nominations for the Sunshine State Scholars I would first like to call the students up to face you as I read what they had to do to earn this very special
recognition so please Julia burnt Slaughter come up l Lombardo Payton iala and Jaden Alman if you guys just want to face the school board members as I read how you
deserve this award so the students with me tonight were selected by their school after meeting the following criteria the minimum state requirements the student has achieved junior class status and has an interest in pursuing postsecondary
education opportunities in Florida the student has expressed Andor demonstrated an interest in science technology engineering and Mathematics STEM related studies the students have awaited GPA
grade point average of 3.9 or higher based upon information available at the time the student should be on track to qualify for the Florida academic Scholars award according to the current guidelines established for the Florida bright future scholarship program
specifically the students should have documentation to support a minimum of 25 25 hours of approved community service once we receive the students names from each high school we then move to the interview process so students were
interviewed by STEM related business members of the community I did sit in on those interviews they did an amazing job these students have also taken Advanced coursework the students have taken or are currently enrolled in advanced courses such as dual credit mathematics
Andor science courses advanced placement mathematics Andor science courses advanced technology Andor Career and Technical education courses Ace or International Balor mathematics Andor science courses so we do have four out
of our seven students that were nominated by our seven high schools and I do want to let you know that our Sunshine State Scholars this year are Julia burnt Slaughter from West uh Vanguard High School excuse me and also
Luke Lombardo from Westport HIgh School our alternate this year is Payton iala so very good job well done very deserving of this recognition and that's all I got stay right there if yall students if
you'll just stay there for just a second I just want to say uh how proud We Are of you not only of your academic success but your community involvement um you are so busy and so we're grateful that you had a few minutes to come and be with us this evening and if you'll wait
for just a second we'd like to come get a quick picture with you so hold on gete of so you can't jump well invite you guys a stair Master you can just use that I'm um I mean we want
to guest is D I love it it's my favorite I would really like to do two rows MERS would you be willing to do that behind the students yeah students take a step forward please there two three couple more stay right
there because there's plent people take a picture yes well done congratulations congratulations how are you ready okay Dr gullet I think we're ready for
our second um recognition terrific thank you madam chair so now please to introduce Mr Frasier who is going to introduce some very special students from Shady Hill who were recognized at the national level so very proud of them good evening chair Conrad Vice
chair Cummings board memb and superintendent Dr K every year one-of a kind ornaments are made by ordinary Americans representing every US state territory and the District of Columbia these artists give their time
and talents to design and create ornaments that symbolize the history Heritage and culture of their homelands these unique ornaments are used to decorate the artist tree in the America celebrates Christmas tree display in
Washington DC the America celebrates display which surrounds the National Christmas Tree takes place on our nation's capital on the lawn of the White House the school selected to represent the great state of
Florida in 2024 National Christmas Tree display at our nation's capital was shady Hill Elementary School so now I'd like to introduce Miss cavaliere which is the art educator at Shady Hill um she has eight years of
experience in developing and engaging student Choice centered curriculum and creating applicable professional development seeking to broaden the impact on student achievement in the Arts of Marian County Public Schools she was also selected as the 2019 Golden
Apple rookie teacher of the year she's going to come up and introduce the students thank you thank you so much for having us um these students have worked very hard last year they were instructed to create artwork that represents their
love of Florida um not only did they do this for the Christmas ornament project but they also just do that all year long because they do love where they live I think so so from second grade we have Mason que Bell he's out of state right
now from third grade we have William cash CRC come on up right they can come up okay Lena bade Audrey Co come up make aine Dylan rening Amelia
Clark Elizabeth Eichelberger sor Patel our fourth graders were Khloe Clemens Isabella fules Leighton Philly and rer
Das Das right okay uh on our fifth grades fifth graders is Stella riddle Kylie Vine Zoe Rivera Hayden Phillips Amilia
Hado Evelyn Baro Violet Lastinger and then our sixth graders who graduated to sixth grade this past year um but created at the previous school
year um d uh danais rasra reys Burgess David Madera Maggie Lastinger and lyanna Santiago iguina thank you Kevin boys and girls we
are super excited um about your project and what an exciting event that your work was on display in Washington DC did one of you make a video about um your project was video students did student
that did the interview it was posted online that was my son who traveled with us to but cash was able to go to Washington DC and visit the tree himself okay it was fabulous because we all you're able to see your work online and so super excited has this ever happened
for Maran County before okay I I haven't remembered a time when we have so super excited that you all are the first group of students to have that honor so if you'll wait just one second we want to come down and get a picture with you to remember this monumentous occasion okay
EX board members if you'll step to your right there you go perfect beautiful get all right everybody's looking right
here here we go and two three everybody say Christmas tree christmase look over here well done oh true okay board we're going to move on
to um donations we graciously acknowledge the following donations made to benefit our schools and students and staff members including a $1,000 donation to den Allen High School from Crouch reality LLC to be used to support the needs of the dellan high school
robotics Club Crouch trility we thank you um for your support of dellan high school superintendent gullet thank you madam chair I recommend approval of the agenda for the February 25th 2025 Schoolboard 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 3 d 23.4 d 23.5 D 23.6 D
23.7 D 23.8 D 23.9 D 23.10 D 23.11 D 23.12 D 23.13 D 23.14 D 23.15
d236 d237 and d238 it's a mouthful that have been placed under discussion and item c9.1 that has been pulled and placed under discussion pulled agenda items also informational item 10.5 has been
completely withdrawn from the agenda tonight thank you Dr gullet may I have a motion on the superintendent's recommendation so move second thank you Reverend Cummings thank you Dr Campbell um all those in favor say I I I I motion
passes 5-0 may I have a motion to approve the minutes for the January 23rd 202 administrative briefing and work session may I have a motion motion to approve the minutes thank you Miss thrower may I have a second second thank you Reverend Cummings is there any
discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I motion passes 5-0 may I have a motion to approve the minutes for the January 28th 2025 Board of director leasing Corporation meeting May I have a motion motion to approve thank you Dr
Campbell second second thank you Reverend Cummings are there any additions or Corrections seeing and hearing none all those in favor say I I I motion passes 5 Z Miss Martinez good evening could you
provide the proof of publication for tonight's Schoolboard meeting the notice for the February 25th 2025 Schoolboard meeting ran in the Ocala Gazette on February 14th 2025 the proof of publication has been attached in board Ducks under proof of publication thank you good evening
attorney powers please explain the rules governing persons who wish to address the school board this evening thank you very much Madam chair and compliance with Section section 28601 one4 of Florida Statutes the school board has adopted uniform procedures for public
speakers who wish to participate 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 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 board's clerk no later than 5:40 p.m. this evening speakers will be called prior to the business portion of
the Schoolboard meeting in the order of receipt by the Schoolboard clerk before you begin speaking please State your full name for the record and spell your last name each speaker will have 5 minutes of Time how however if there are more than five persons who wish to speak the board
May seek consensus to limit each speaker's time to 3 minutes when the speaker has a minute remaining the speaker will receive a 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 and 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 F staff member following the 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 the 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 identifying references to or identification of other
students or their families is also strictly prohibited a speaker's speech does not reflect the endorsement sponsorship position or expression of the school district thank you for your attention to the board's requirements Madam chair that concludes my explanatory remarks thank you attorney
Powers Miss Martinez do we have any speakers this evening yes Madam chair Chris alello uh good evening chair Conrad Dr gullet board members Chris alello a l t o b l l o uh proud father of two Marian County
public school children and proud husband of a Marian County uh public school counselor I'm here today to talk about the recently approved Staffing plan um and this is not the first time that I have been up here in front of a school
board uh to talk about the Staffing plan and this particular issue um in a former life I was a school counselor uh and I have been advocating for Public School Employees children for
over 25 years first when I started as a science teacher at the middle school level then when I became school counselor to my present role as executive director for the uh Maran County teachers and support
staff but one thing that has troubled me over the past few years and I want to First applaud the board because for years we were advocating for a lower uh counselor ratio uh when I started coming
up in front of you the ratio was 1 to 800 uh that's unfathomable uh we can't do anything with those ratios I applaud the board a few years ago for lowering that ratio to 1 to
499 and I'm particularly looking at the elementary school level at this time still way above the national recommendation from the ASCA school counselor Association and the national Education Association of 1 to 250 but I
applaud the board for taking a a vital First Step um so I commend you for that what I don't like about the Staffing plan is that when I look at it and I'm looking at the box where it says school counselor and in
parenthesis it says may exchange for instructional support for allocations greater than one it's my understanding that this year we had 58 approved units counselors we only had 43 active
counselors fill that position I realize that we have vacancies all over the board but if we're trying to recruit and retain school counselors and we're asking them to
spend tens of thousands of dollars to become a school counselor and let's say I came to Maran County with that degree and I just happen to look at a staffing plan where the only classification on the Staffing plan that
has that caveat is a school counselor it's as if you're looking outside and you're saying I could trade a counselor like kids trade Pokemon cards I don't like
it my kids deserve better than that we should be exhausting all efforts and I know we we have some in the works to try and get school counselors but I would ask for your consideration moving forward to strike that that parentheses
line if we can't find counselors and if we have a vacancy like if if a if a school has two allotted we can only find one so we say to that principal you can trade that one for another support staff
I'm not saying that we don't need that other support staff but the message that it's sending to our kids in a district and all over the state for that matter where we have rampant discipline problems we have mental health issues that are out of control kids are I mean
they're not like we were growing up they've got much more issues going on and we're telling the Frontline people that we may exchange your position for someone else for some for a
testing person not that we don't need those and it's my understanding that was brought to you but um for testing facilitators I'm not here pitting one group against another but I don't want to have to tell my two kids that we couldn't um have that position because
we allowed it to be stricken so I ask you for the consideration moving forward to strike that may exchange for instructional support exhaust all efforts to recruit and retain school counselors the
Frontline people that work with mental health that work with academic advisement everything that our County's trying to do and achieve the mission we're all in this together let's keep school counselors I think you understand where
I'm coming from so thank you thank you no Madam chair that was just one yes ma'am thank you m Martinez okay um may I have a motion to appr approve the rezoning for the Shady Hollow area
we'll move may I have a second second thank you Reverend Cummings and Dr James uh superintendent would you like to give us some um some information yes certainly thank thank you madam chair the resoning for the Shady Hollow area will best serve
students their educational needs and align the number of students with facility capacity to be compliance with the Florida statute 1000 1.41 thank you thank you I declare a public hearing is there anyone present who wishes to address the
rezoning of the Shady Shady Hollow area um seeing none is there any discussion from the board okay seeing none all those in favor say I I any opposed motion passes 5 Z thank you the school district used a
construction management delivery method including a guaranteed maximum price to perform construction work on the following projects to allow the district to purchase materials through the owner direct purchase 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 per board policy 6345 the superintendent is author 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 the approval will be in her judgment in the best interest of the board such change orders will be B Bing 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 the superintendent's approval of the change orders will be entered into the official minutes of the board meeting 10.1 amendment number one to the
construction manager contract guaranteed maximum price for equipment early procurement related to construction of new Elementary School W change order number 8 amendment number one project 24-11 this purchase will allow the
district to save approximately $6,450 and 54 cents in sales tax item 10.2 construction of a new Aviation and diesel auto mechanic program building of mar at Marian Technical College change order number
one work authorization number 13 project 24-11 0 this purchase will allow the district to save approximately 2,6 $762 in sales tax item 10.3 the
guaranteed maximum price for the kitchen HVAC upgrade at Belleview Middle School change order number one work orth authorization number five project 24 d112 this purchase will allow the district to save approximately
8,580 and2 in sales tax item 10.4 guaranteed maximum price for offsite improvements in new Elementary School New Elementary School W change order number one work authorization number 15 project
24-11 this purchase will allow the district to save approximately $1 17,520 56 in sales tax the total sales tax savings is $ 89,1 44.74 board this concludes the
information information excuse me informational item for today's meeting we are now going to move on to our consent agenda agenda may I have a motion to approve consent agenda items C 10.1 through
c2.1 with the exception of items d 23.1 d 23.2 d 23.3 d 23.4 d 23.5 D 23.6 D 23.7 d
23.8 d 23.9 D2 23.10 D 23.11 D 23.12 D 23.13 D 23.14 D 23.15 d236 d237 and D
23.18 that have been placed under discussion regular agenda items and item c9.1 that has been pulled and placed under discussion pulled agenda items also inform informational item 10.5 that has been completely withdrawn from the
agenda board may I have a motion move thank you Reverend Cummings may I have a second second thank you Miss thrower um all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes 5 z uh moving on to disciplinary matters
before addressing expulsion matters I wish to acknowledge that board members have received the alternative placement list for students through February 25th 2025 Miss Martinez are there any parents who have submitted a timely request to speak on their child's disciplinary
matter no Madam chair thank you may I have a motion to approve the expulsion of student JD 25-1 161 JD 25-1 169e JD 25-170 JD 25-
176 JD 25- 178 for the remainder of the 2024 2025 school year and the first 2 and third quarters of the 2025 2026 School Year may I have a motion motion to approve second uh thank you Miss C
Miss thrower and the second Miss do Campbell all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes 5 z may I have a motion to approve the expulsion of student JD 25-1 166 JD 25- 172 JD 25-1
73 with off-campus virtual learning for the remainder of the 2024 2025 school year year and the first second and third quarters of the 2025 2026 school year may I have a motion some thank you rean Cummings may
I have a second second thank you Dr Campbell all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes 5-0 may I have a motion to approve bid
4101 ah art supplies for central warehouse this is a 10mon contract may I have a motion motion to approve thank you Miss thrower may I have a second second thank you Dr Campbell Dr gullet you have some information that you'd
like to share with us on this item I do thank you madam chair members of the board actually it's um inclusive 23.1 through 23.11 at this time as you know we have a lot of items that we've placed under discussion for your consideration tonight and Rick Collins is going to
he's at the podium already he is come forward because he is going to provide some context to again 23.1 through 23.11 because for you can see these are all items um for purchasing and so we've grouped them together so that he can
provide uh additional information on on what I would consider to be um standard items but for the the nature of the number and the amount of money that we spend we wanted to bring these under discussion for your consideration so without further delay Mr Collins thank
you good evening everybody um if it's okay am am I okay to kind of summarize all of the warehouse bids um under one kind of topic because they're all pretty much similar if that works for everybody great thank you okay
um I will I will read off each each of the bids and the requested amount that we're asking for um so bid 4101 for art supplies uh we're requesting $400,000 worth of expenditure uh bid 4102 classroom
supplies we're requesting $950,000 uh bid 4103 janitorial and sanitary paper supplies we're requesting 975,000 bid 4106 classroom Furniture we're
requesting $375,000 bid 4107 school cafeteria products uh where requesting 475,000 bid 4108 healthc care supplies we're requesting 175,000 and the last Warehouse bid
4112 multi-purpose paper we're requesting $300,000 worth of expenditure for and that's just uh that's a request that's not what we're guaranteed to spend that's just what we think we might spend up to um for the term of these
bids so these uh seven central warehouse bids provide art supplies classroom supplies janitorial and sanitary paper supplies classroom Furniture school cafeteria products health care supplies and multi-purpose paper uh the
687 items specified within these bids are items that are frequently used and ordered by schools and departments throughout the year and therefore are stocked within the central warehouse a few examples uh of items purchased from these bids with be toilet paper paper
towels student desk and chairs miscellaneous cleaning supplies Food Service trays cups bowls utensils crayons pencils paints colored paper Etc so a lot of products um each year the central warehouse foreman and assistant
Foreman work with purchasing to update and revise the products contained within these bids based on purchasing Trends and feedback they receive from schools uh within Skyward these items are the inventory is tracked when we hit a certain uh inventory amount they're
triggered to no to reorder um so we have a minimum uh on hand set for that uh so that helps ensure that we can keep adequate stock on hand uh so when schools and departments Place orders they can be filled and delivered to the schools in a timely
manner um because we have found that most vendors receive their yearly manufacturer price increases in and around the month of January we have set the term limits of these bids to run for 10 months from March 1st to December 31st by doing so uh we're trying to
eliminate many pricing increase requests received from vendors throughout the year likewise uh now that we are uh in a larger facility thanks to yall um we have we have the extra room to stock keep our stocks higher so that when we
get towards the end of the bid term we have enough on hand to cover uh any Ord that may be placed in the months of January and February when we're without a bid being in place um sorry I'm so long-winded on this uh lastly um I know looking at the
requested expenditure amount for these seven bids is a little shocking as it adds up to a substantial total approximately $3,650 th000 however when you divide that figure by the number of students in our schools uh the cost per per student only
equates to approximately $79 35 for the year um so I thought that was fact that you know that covers any any well not any but most of the the items that are purchased from the warehouse for a Year's term for for each student
so I thought that was a pretty interesting uh low low dollar figure and I didn't include staff in that but staff does use a lot of the same products that are available on these bids so that that concludes my summary of The Warehouse bids
thank you very much questions about questions questions that you'd like to thank you for the breakdown because um some people will see the big number and say but those are the things those are the necessities of making the school district run you got to have toilet paper you got to have cing supplies you
got to have desk so thank you for breaking that down and saying it's really not a lot of money when you when you look at it per student that's less than $80 per student um for the whole year so thank you for the break you're welcome we kind of laughing at work earlier today when I I brought that
figure up you know in my household I probably spent more than that on toilet paper and paper towels in a year exactly just our house so true anything else from the board okay I think we're ready to vote
all those in favor say I I I opposed all right motion passes 5 Z thank you all right Dr gullet you would like us to move through no more commentary will move through all the next 10 items well you have if you you have that was
through 237 for the central warehouse he grouped and so Mr Collins has information on 238 through 23 but we have to vote on each item you have to vote on each item correct I just didn't know if I needed to stop that whatever which whatever you prefer Mr Collins do
you want to continue then chair if you'd like him to continue through 2311 that's totally up okay great thank you okay um so for item 23.8 bid 4113 GM that's our laser toner cartridge bid and
we're requesting $250,000 worth of expenditure on that bid uh this bid is issued to supply the district with needed OEM and remanufactured toner cartridges uh likewise this bid requires the awarded bidder to have a spent cartridge
recycling program in place so that we can return used cartridges free of charge in Le of throwing and in the trash uh the bid contains 200 159 different cartridge models that we currently use uh within the district and um uh we purchased those for for use
through all the all the district uh staff and at the schools excuse me uh item 23.9 is renew bid 4048 GM roof repair and installation uh the requested
expenditure amount for this bid is $300,000 uh this one's a little tough uh to come up with an expenditure because you never know when we're going to have some sort of emergency repair that may be related due to a storm or what have you um but we issue this bid on behalf
of Technical Services and it provides uh for needed repairs and installation of shingle and builtup Roofing as needed throughout the district uh this renewal will retain the two awarded vendors for another one-year term so that in the event a roof repair or installation is
needed due to age a leak tree or hurricane damage Etc the technical services department will have a trusted vendor at the ready uh to utilize item 2310 State of Florida alternate contract Source uh for
facility maintenance repair and operations and Industrial Supplies we're requesting $700,000 for this um this state of Florida alternate contract replaces the previous contract that was in place and since expired uh we successfully used
the previous contract for years to purchase needed miscellaneous equipment and supplies uh that were not planned for or were not included in our own in-house maintenance related bids uh some small examples of items that we would purchase uh would be
miscellaneous hardware and fasteners for the technical service department uh larger industrial uh tools and equipment that may be needed um MTC is a large user of this for their uh larger welding supplies and stuff like that um the
award of venders are able to provide a wide variety of equipment and supplies at a competed discounted rate uh similar to that item item 2311 is uh the use of Omnia Partners contract
16154 for maintenance repair operating supplies industrial supplies and related products and services uh like the previous item just discussed the Omnia Partners contract gives us another option to source and price miscellaneous equipment and
supplies that were not planned for or included in our in-house maintenance related bids by having several approved piggyback options available we can quickly Source needed items and compare PR pricing across several contracts to find the best price for the items needed
and I failed to mention uh we're requesting $100,000 for uh this item and that all that I had to discuss okay thank you very much border you have any questions at this
time okay thank you very much we'll move forward um we are on D 23.2 may I have a motion to approve bid 4102 a classroom supplies for central warehouse 10-month contract motion to
approve thank you Dr James May I have a second second thank you Dr Campbell any further discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I any opposed motion passes 5 z may I have a motion to approve bid
4103 ah janitorial and sanitary paper supplies for the central warehouse It's a 10-month term contract may have a motion to approve thank you may I have a second Reverend cuming thank you all right any discussion on this item all
those in favor say I I any opposed motion passes 5 may I have a motion to approve bid 4106 MF classroom classroom furniture for central warehouse term contract may I have a motion I'll move
thank you Reverend Cummings may I have a second thank you board member thrower any discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I any opposed motion passes 5 may I have a motion to approve bid
4107 MF school cafeteria products for central warehouse term contract move thank you rean Cummings second thank you Dr James is there any discussion okay seeing none all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion
passes 5 may I have a pro motion to approve bid 4108 m m f healthc care supplies for central warehouse term contract move thank you Reverend Cummings second thank you Dr Campbell discussion seeing none all those in
favor say I I I opposed motion passes 5 may I have a motion to approve bid 4112 ah multi-purpose paper for the central warehouse it is a 10-month contract motion to approve uh thank you Bo board member thrower may I have a
second second thank you Dr James any discussion on this item seeing none all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes 5 z may I have a motion to approve bid 4113 GM laser tone
cartridges move thank you Reverend Cummings may I have a second second thank you Dr James any discussion on this item seeing none all all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion carries 0
may I have a motion to renew bid 448 GM for roof repair and installation motion to approve thank you board member thrower second thank you Dr James any discussion on this item seeing none all those in favor say
I I I I opposed motion passes 0 item D2 3.10 may I have a motion to approve the State of Florida alternate contract Source 3116
-25 d n p-s for facilities maintenance repair and operation and Industrial Supplies may I have a motion move thank you Reverend Cummings thank you board member thrower any discussion on this
item all those in favor say I I motion passes 5 item d231 may I have a motion to approve the Omni partner contract 16154 maintenance repair operating supplies industrial supplies and related
products and services go move thank you Reverend Cummings may I have a second second thank you Dr James is there any discussion on this seeing none all those in favor say I I I any opposed
motion passes 5 okay may I have a motion to renew bid 3962 GM intercom and fire alarm system installation repair and parts supply motion to approve thank you board member
thrower may I have a second second thank you Dr James um Dr gullet you have information you'd like to share on this item yes thank you madam chair members of the board Ed beerus is here tonight and he is going to speak on this item as well as the following two items
23.13 and 23.14 thank you Mr Bears you're welcome good evening chair Conrad superintendent gullet school board members uh the technology information service department requests the renewal of bid 3962 GM for intercom and fire alarm systems installation repair and
part supply this bid is essential for ensuring our District's continued safety and communication capabilities providing comprehensive in installation maintenance and parts for various intercoms and fire alarm systems in use the renewal will not exceed
250,000 TS will be working on intercoms at the following schools Howard Academy B Santos Elementary BW Elementary 2314 the technology department seeks approval for renewal of the Omni Partners contract EV
2370 which includes electrical lighting data communications security products as well as related product services and solutions this contract is essential for providing the district with a wide array of necessary items such as cabling components needed for maintaining
repairing and upgrading Network infrastructure it also serves on and as need basis ensuring that the infrastructure stays up to date and secure the renewal cost will not exceed 175,000 2314 the technology department requests
permission to utilize State of Florida contract 40 4321 z-23 Omni ds- TX for purchasing Technology Solutions products and services this contract can provide technology related
Hardware such as computer accessories components Network Equipment Technology Services software Solutions as needed throughout the District Master agreements of two of the four vendors included in this contract have already received board approval however the contract contains an official
participation at Denman excluding by the state of Florida Department of Management Services which includes additional items and conditions tailored for Florida governmental entities using this contract the renewal will not exceed 980,000
okay that's all I have all right thank you very much board you have any questions at this time okay thank you very much all right um May uh no discussion so uh all those in favor say I I I I any
opposed motion passes 5 item d233 may I have a motion to approve the Omni Partners contract EV 2370 electrical lighting data Communications and security products and related
products services and solutions may I have a motion so move rean Cummings may I have a second second P member thrower any discussion seeing none all those in favor say I I any opposed motion passes
5 D 23.14 may I have a motion to approve the State of Florida alternate contract Source 4321 000000 -23 Omnia d-tx for Technology Solutions products
and services motion to approve thank you board member thrower thank you Reverend Cummings any discussion on that item seeing none all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes
5 may I have a motion to approve the First Amendment to the standard design Professional Services agreement for architectural Design Services for new Elementary School W project 24-11 move thank you Reverend Cummings second second by Dr Campbell thank you
Dr gullet I believe you have some information for us regarding this item yes thank you madam chair uh Miss bomach is here for the next actually the next four items but the next three pertain to our new schools Under Construction and design so I don't know if you want to take them one at a time chair Miss muach will start with
23.15 for um Elementary School W good evening board chair Conrad Vice chair Cummings board members and superintendent Dr gallet this item contains uh for school
the the board previously approved the contract for design and contract Administration services for the design of the new Elementary School W due to the expedited construction schedule the design team was tasked with providing
several additional packages for bidding that were outside the normal contractual requirements this included the early procurement package there were also additional civil permitting fees for obtaining permits for several off-site
Improvement projects with the county to get the water line the sewer line extended and connected uh and also to for adding turning Lanes um to approach the schools these additional Design
Services need are needed to meet the construction timeline for the opening of the new Elementary School W in August of 2025 and that resulted in the addition request for reimbursable costs of $5,000 for this
project thank you do you want to go on through do you want to do all your items um I can go to the next item which which is the same explanation but pertaining to school act okay great and then do you have one more is
D3 2317 is that your item also yes but if you want want to vote first go ahead do them all yeah go all all right um item 237 is the uh compensation amendment
number two um for the construction management contract guaranteed maximum price for high school CCC um this we had the first phase of this project uh there was a an amendment
number one that was presented that included the mass grading ear early procurement and building foundations shell and side work this now is amendment number two um it's the second phase and it presents a budget for the
mechanical electric plumbing and Fire Protection scopes for buildings one through four only um any funds that are not being used for any of the faces um that have been presented so far will be um
reimbursed and um going back into the project um this GMP number two or amendment number two is for 55 m471 720 um we are tracking the same um schedule as was presented to you and you
approved a Time extension for substantial completion for October 29 of 2026 for the auditorium only but the classroom building the cafeteria and the gym will open for students to arrive and
start school in August of 2026 and uh if if we add all the costs together right now for the amendment number one amendment number two and preconstruction services we are at 121 m471 $283 for the construction of the high
school we are expecting one more GMP to come forward by the end of April for the interior finishes thank you Miss bombach Bo do you have um questions or concern why we have her at the podium not okay none at this time all
right thank you Miss Bach we appreciate you she one more oh you do you have one more are you m Madam chair if I yes the last one is with Mr smallridge like I would recommend you move forward and that's we'll be up there together short
thank you again miss bomach Madam chair at your discretion you may also choose to Simply ask for a motion to approve items 23.15 23.6 and 23.7 and ask for a second and then vote unless if you do not anticipate any
discussion okay thank you well and since I've already asked if there was any discussion and we did not except for so 23 17 has to be separate okay so we will um may I have a motion to approve d 23.15 d
23.1 6 go move second thank you all right so we have a first by Reverend Cummings Elena did you get that yes ma'am thank you um a second by board member thrower all right um all those in favor
say I I any opposed motion passes 50 attorney Powers thank you very much that sure does make it easier um all right on item D 2317 I understand Dr Campbell you need to recuse yourself from this item correct okay all right um board may I
have a motion to approve the compensation amendment number two to the construction manager contract guaranteed maximum price for mechanical electrical plumbing and fire protection for buildings 1 through 4 related to construction of new high school CCC project 24
-105 V move thank you Reverend Cummings second second Thank You by board member thrower any discussion on this item okay seeing none all those in favor
say I I I motion passes 4 Z and with Dr Campbell Rec okay item 2318 may I have a motion to approve the guaranteed maximum price for the remodel of the West Bay Area into an
HVAC and Welding industrial lab and classroom space at Maran Technical College project project 24-12 n motion to approve second thank you Dr Campbell and second by Reverend Cummings okay Dr gullet I understand we
have Mr smallridge here to share with us this evening we certainly do and I would say board we have a rather exciting uh request that cost approximately $1.3 million Mr smallridge will share some details about this request thank you okay good evening uh chair Conrad board
members superintendent Dr gullet the gross maximum price that you guys just talked about uh is for a West Bay remodel that's the cap grant that we wrote a while back and we received it the cap Grant was for 1.39 million and
the GMP came in at 1.333 million so a little teeny bit under but the bad news about that GMP is that it did not include all of the equipment that we wanted in the grant but to keep the construction project going we uh actually that price came in
a little higher and we negotiated it down a little bit took a few things out we did have to do a budget amendment to move all of the equipment money which is about $480 some thousand worth over to the remodel side of the budget so that the project could keep going um it is
grant money we do have MTC fund balance that we can still buy the critical equipment that we needed for the two programs to start um if you guys are familiar with West Bay we're going to it's a huge open room with ceilings way higher than this we're going to build a wall down the middle add two classrooms
to it with a big windows in the front so that the instructor can see in the lab so students can be in the classrooms they can be out in the lab and that instructor can see everybody it's going to going to have a second welding lab on the main campus the little 15 station
lab that we have here on mti's campus that really caters to our dual enrolled students is going to be moving into this new lab in August if we get this all approved and we get construction started hopefully next week um then it can happen by August 1 so the the other lab
is for our HVAC program that we started two years ago so we're excited about it it's going to be a really nice facility the huge part of the cost was the huge electrical upgrade that was that really had happen the hbac H hbac system and
all that really was at a higher price than we anticipated so we're going to lose some of the equipment but I anticipated that it was going to come in high so we had a couple hundred, tucked away for that equipment we've got to buy the actual um welding boosts that have the ventilation systems and that's the
necessity everything else we'll use older equipment till we can buy some new stuff each year so any questions any questions concerns we are excited all right right all right since there is um no further
discussion board all those in favor say I I I any opposed motion passes 5 Z thank you thank you um item c9.1 discussion pulled agenda item may I have a motion to approve the
administrative Personnel item 2024 2025 fiscal year no thank you Dr Campbell second by Reverend Cummings thank you Dr James I see you've pulled this item would you like to have additional discussion thank you uh Bri just brief discussion um we
had some some level of discussion uh a meeting or so ago about administrative moves and changes and concerns I know from this board member seat and we have more changes on this board meeting and while I did have conversation with Mr Frasier and miss kard about these moves
my concern stems mostly from the fact that we are taking based on my conversation with Mr Frasier our last possible principal on assignment and placing them at a school um going back to yesterday's
conversation weeks before testing and we're pulling an AP from that school to place at another school to solve a gap that was created at another school and I understand that we are
doing what I guess needs to be done to cover the Gap but you know I look at the attendance report and um Harbor viw has 821 students so they're just under the threshold for a second AP they've
operated all year with two APS which means in their roles that they have shared throughout the school year they are dividing and conquering those roles between three individuals and now two of those three individuals are no
longer on that campus based on this administrative Personnel item which leaves only one person knowing the day-to-day operations of that campus and we're taking an administrator from testing and putting her at a school and
I just have grave concern about the um the administrative vacancies that have been created and the impact it's going to have for students and I wanted to opportunity to share that so thank you thank you Dr James um Dr gullet
would you like um just to share kind of uh the mindset of of with these moves um Madam chair I think we talked about it last time I mean we're always going to do its best for our our schools and I I think we have a very competent team that's all I have to say thank you
any other comments or questions from the board okay seeing none all those in favor say I I opposed motion passes 5 Z okay we'll move into board comments and concern Miss Martinez no Madam chair
thank you thank you attorney Powers nothing from legal thank you thank you Dr gullet yes just briefly thank you madam chair uh board um and I think you all know this everyone know in the audience knows this it's early release day tomorrow uh February 26th already uh
so early release tomorrow I know there a lot of um great um learning learning opportunities happening in our schools I also wanted to go back to the beginning of our meeting forgive me Shady Hill Elementary um you hopefully saw my um weekly video highlighting those students
and and and actually that amazing teacher in action had time in her classroom but also Shady Hill Elementary uh students sung the National Anthem last week at um no favoritism here at the Gator game where we beat Oklahoma so
I drove North to go and I had the great honor again this year of being um proudly with those students and that amazing principal and I wanted to tell you what I told um the teacher and the principal and parents uh I was stopped
by two different people who are regular attendees at the UF games and said I you're the superintendent I said yes I am and they said you never know what they're going to say and they said we go to all of these games and we've never heard such a talented group of students
and the way that they present themselves and interact is to be commendable so I wanted to publicly thank them and acknowledge them I've told them that how proud I am of them but to be stopped um at the game that night and I can tell you I stayed through the game students
and parents were there and they were remarkable not only with their talent but the way that they were were treating each other and represented Marian County Public Schools I was incredibly proud and I want to thank them again so thank you
for thank you so much all right we're going to take up to our student Representatives who have been waiting patiently all evening Chloe we'll start with you alrighty uh thank you again for having me here today I really like going to these meetings they're always
entertaining um I'd like to that was not sarcasm um I'd like to First say thank you to Shady Hill that was awesome um I'm really happy to see that Marian County was able to represent at the national level in like a fun little competition like that and that's really cool they'll be able to take that with
them and look back on it and be like I did that so that's really awesome um as for the staffing issues brought up earlier in the meeting um school counselors from a students perspective are like the backbone of the school my
counselor I'm in CCAP at Forest which means I get an extra counselor cuz I'm in all these AP classes and it's part of the program Miss wolf is my counselor and I don't think I could have gotten through high school without her when I genuinely say like if I am struggling in a class
if I need a teacher conference if I need help with college if I need help applying to stuff scholarships um opportunities in my community she is the one way stop to anything I need to help getting done and keeping that in high schools as well
as all the way down to elementary schools is essential for students so just speaking on a students perspective um super super super important especially nowadays with students mental health being on the decline it needs to be just helped out a little bit more in schools and I think that's very
important um yeah that's all I have to say thank you again you all right Carson we'll move to you yes thank you uh thanks again for being here I do enjoy the discussions as well um just a couple comments about
what's going on at my school uh the Southeastern youth F this past week this week weekend uh I heard I was talking with some of the some of the FFA kids from our from my high school and they were saying that there were plenty of blue and red ribbons that North Maran
was receiving and the the closure has not the event has not finished yet so I'll probably get to figure out how much exactly we won but I was it was really cool to hear about all they did furthermore our ecoin science program
the only one in the nation just uh had another cult they just um was just born and they're going to raise the cult to sell at the OBS sale last or next year just like they sold their past one this past month so they're very excited about
that and then oh students are just picking course requests for next year it's kind of it's kind of crazy how quick the senior year has gone by and uh the quarter three has gone by even quicker getting to come here and listen to all these meetings so
uh so we're just excited to see what this next year brings that's it okay thank you so much I just truly um enjoy both of you the comments um that you bring forward from your personal experience but also from your classmates
so I'm just I'm so glad that you have the time to to give um to this board uh and to the community because it it really is insightful just really appreciate both of you so thank you um so much um Dr James
well it's it's quite the I love that I get to follow a North Marian student because I have great North Marian things to say too so the Youth Fair started um and I guess it technically started late last week with the kitty goat show my
kids got to participate in and so yesterday we were there to drop off our bunnies but uh my mentee Ellie got to seeing the national anthem to kick off the steer show she did an amazing job um and so it is quite an honor to be able
to sit in the audience and listen to her sing but also I always love going cuz I walk through the barn and see all of those steers and cows and all of the the bunnies and the chickens and I have had
had the opportunity to have a variety of conversation over the last few weeks about 4 and FFA and the fair and um what I have said repeatedly is I have yet to come across a 4 or FFA student who is
not an exemplary human being and if nothing else I personally want to raise exemplary human beings people who are kind and generous and to me that is what the 4 and FFA programs just represent as a whole is raising a whole human and someone who's
going to go into the world and be a an amazing representative of their community and as I walk the Stalls last night uh or yeah last night uh I I see not not only are those students stressed and ready and they're taking care of their animals but their parents and
their Guardians and their their tribe is there with them I see our Educators there supporting those students um and so it just really warms your heart to walk around and see such wonderful students kind of blossoming through our
program and participating in really an amazing organization and my minty Ellie actually also got to be at the birth of the um the the the um for uh the a program at North Marine 2 so really awesome stuff I am going to
be and I imagine maybe some of you will too I'm going to be heading back to Bellevue High School on the 10th to judge senior projects um board if you have not um done that yet it is something that is worth doing at least one night we have a board meeting on the
night too so we are can only participate on Monday night but um it's a great way to again engage with students and just kind of see what what they are have been focused on and what they're looking to do maybe when they grow up or maybe the best part about the senior project is maybe they decided they don't want to do
it which we love them figuring out before they go into the real world so um if you haven't already contacted them um I can get you in contact with the teacher but I'll be headed there on Monday the 10th so that's all I have thank you everyone thank you Dr James Revan
Cummings uh thank you madam chair um very briefly I do want to apologize everybody I don't know what's going on with me but something's going on anyway um tonight we approved the um Shady Hollow zoning I think that was one of the best uh decisions that we've made
for those students in their area um it's amazing when you you live close to a school that you almost throw a rock to but you can't go to that school because of a zone so I think we made a correction and fixed something that was
broken um and then second thing thank you Mr alello for bringing that forward um as our student rep said these kids nowadays and I I've been saying this since we went into Co um I asked the question back then what are we going to
get when we come out of Co what what type of student what type of kid what's the mindset of these kids because they were home for a while and they were seeing everything and doing everything um so we knew that there was going to be a different type of kid coming back and
we know that we need counselors we know that you're going to need counselors more counselors so to pull back counselors or to to trade a counselor for something else in this day and age is to me is is ill advised and I'm
hoping that that the that staff will recognize that the importance of those counselors being in schools uh these kids have a lot more challenges than U we've had that definitely that we had when we were growing up so um I thank you Mr alella for bringing that for and
I'm sure this board is going to take into consideration your comments on that so again thank you guys thank you board member thrower thank you um gosh where to start all right uh with FFA it's just such an incredible tradition in in Marian County
and I managed something popped up on my social media from years ago and I think it was some of the winners that came and they ones that still had their animals there was a rabbit and a little goat and they brought them to the school board meeting and it was really neat so I I hope when it's all said and done that it
would be great to to have them some of the winners come back and be recognized I think they still do Floral Design maybe so they don't all have to be mammals that come here it could be a flower arrangement but of course I'm partial to the animals and um congratulations to a north Marin High zcoin program I believe the yearand went
for like $15,000 um at the sale and so that was a nice uh transfusion of money to the program um so keep up the great work out there um yeah speaking of the guidance counselors that was a concern that speaking to a
guidance counselor and and I got a little more information on it and there's a shortage of guidance counselors um anyway you know it costs them a lot and they need extra certification to have that job and this District you know with your leadership Dr goet has done such a good job
creating pipelines for teachers and and not having to pay for certifications and pair of professionals that want to grow into teachers uh and so I I believe that hopefully um some pipelines can be created with Partnerships with our state colleges to help reduce um some of the
burden I see Dr gullet nodding so you remember that conversation we had um to to put that into play and you know having the flexibility it's a two-way street you'd like to think that the schools would know best what their staffing needs are and I'm
proud of this school board for um increasing the number of counselors you know every person is that's our biggest um expense but you recognize the importance and and we do what we can and also because we're sitting up here as school board members we want to also be
mindful of the folks in the trenches and give them the autonomy um to make decisions you know of of who they need and of course they need everybody they need more of pretty much everything um so tough decisions have to be made but I wanted to acknowledge my own personal
EXP experience with this topic um and and shed a little hope at least on the expense side and uh give a little context you know to how we got to that decision and this school board member also remembers years ago when I was in high school talking to my guidance
counselor so they do provide a lasting impact as I would like to think almost everyone that works in a school um does so anyway thank you for sharing your thoughts about it and and continuing to bring it to the Forefront that we need these uh folks that are so committed to
the overall students well-being and success so that's what I have to say about that um those of you that didn't make it to the kingdom of the sun concert band um performance either Saturday or Sunday this past weekend missed out on a Humdinger this stage they almost didn't
have enough room for all of the band members and including the kids that play right along with the band and and it was just really really great uh 35 years of tradition you know definitely something to be cherished so that was a lot of fun to attend um it was great to see Mr
smallridge up here talking about welding and and career in technical education that is a huge bright spot for Maran County when I got on the school board I made it clear that if it wasn't for horses I probably would have never gone to college so career in technical education College it all goes hand inand
and and so I am so grateful that we continue to grow um these opportunities for kids including for kids that have our most significant needs this little pen here I use it almost every meeting because they're created by students at Hill Crest school and not only are they
um palm trees but they also come in apple forms and stars and music notes and even hammers to share the and celebrate Career and Technical education so I just wanted to give a little shout out for that um I have two more quick things and I just wanted to acknowledge
someone in the audience uh that person knows who they are they've been coming to these meetings for years regularly they continue to just be a quiet presence and they care enough about who we are and what we do that they continue to show up every two weeks when they could be doing anything so I just wanted
to acknowledge that that person that continues to come and and witness everything that we do and that we're trying to do so thank you all right the last thing I have and I hope I can get through this because to me it just exemplifies um what our community is is
all about and so I'll just say that this is regarding a student at Vanguard High School and that is a student that wrote this letter to of a person that donated um something that he needed and that became very special and this student
says I hope this letter finds you well my name is k and I am writing to personally thank you for the incredible gift you gave without even knowing who would benefit from it I recently received the bike that you donated through school board member it's my school that I represent so it was me and
I cannot Express how much of a difference it has made in my life before this gift I walked two miles to school every day now thanks to your generosity my commute is not only easier but also much faster giving me more time and energy to focus on my education what
makes this even more special is knowing that you gave the bike simply out of kindness without expecting anything in return or even knowing who would receive it that level of generosity speaks volumes about your character and I'm truly grateful to be on the receiver end of it as United States Navy veteran you
have already given so much in service to our country and yet you continue to give in ways that directly impact people's lives your kindness and selflessness have inspired me and I hope to one day pay it forward the way you have thank you again for your thoughtful donation
it has not only provided me with Transportation but has also reminded me of the goodness in people like you all I have that was wonderful thank you for sharing I made it through you and you did you made it through all right Dr Campbell that's going to be a
little hard to follow I was just going to say wow thank you board member thrower for just teeing that up I I don't even know where to begin that was amazing that was amazing first of all as a communicator love how eloquently the thank you letter was written because that in and of itself is not is a skill
that has fallen on several folks that we don't have that skill set anymore so it means a lot it means a lot uh okay so tonight we approved a perfect audit for lakew middle school so kudos to that team you know how always like to call those out uh couple of
things I wanted to mention in District One Shady Hill representing district one tonight and Dr goet Sto my thunder to also talk about the Gator game uh Miss sandre Collins she definitely runs a tight ship with that shady Hill Harmony and I was grateful that during their uh
Christmas concert at their school they showed the video of the art teacher son and walking around into talking to rep kamik and so got to see all of those ornaments on display I didn't even know that had happened until going to that concert and so that was great and their
uh musical performances are always so much fun uh also tonight we approved the yamina park year round calendar in the consent agenda whyo Park is also in District 1 this week's superintendent weekly wrapup was at Lake Weir High School construction Academy in District
1 uh so lots of things happening in district one uh I I also wanted to mention something in tying in with what Mr alello was saying oh one more thing about district one we also yesterday was magnet approval day
and so anyone who applied to magnet schools and there are a couple of those in district one and y'all I'll have them too but I mean the elementary mag two of the elementary magnets and and um magnet high school programs as well so those application approvals happened
yesterday but tagging on to some something that Mr alello said and and I am grateful that you came it was kind of perfect timing to talk about this because just earlier this evening the school board received emails of each school's Staffing ratio that the schools
received a couple of weeks ago from this board seat having multiple conversations with principles in the last 24 48 hours or so um it's been interesting to note when the school board approves things like staff plans we approve them
globally we approve this is a ratio but we don't actually see the trickle down and we never when we approve them so I want to say and when you open each one of these board you'll see at the top of every one of these individual schools which each principal only got their
individual school it says board approved January 14th 2025 okay well we we approved the global Staffing plan we did not approve individually seeing how how that Global decision might impact each individual school so I'm grateful we now
have them and I'm requesting hopefully that as we do this in the future that we will have the full picture so we and as we move to site based budgeting which is also something I'm going to talk about uh that will be a part of the conversation but I hear you Mr alello I
I and I was scrolling through all of the elementary schools since we have them to see what that looks like and the the one piece I do want the community to be aware of that if an elementary school is choosing to replace a counselor with I
saw we have an instructional coach a testing facilitator or an intervention teacher at a couple of different schools elementary schools that have chosen to replace or exchange that unit of a school counselor the only way they're able to do that is if they have more than one school counselor so I don't
want the community to think that any elementary schools without at least one school counselor understandably uh the positions are sometimes hard to fill we actually heard some conversation in Tallahassee I don't know if it'll gain legs this session I don't think that it will um but talking about what the
requirements of a school counselor might be in the future and it might look different than it does today so just being very cognizant of of that and thank you for bringing that to our attention because I do think that it's important for us to see these not just
the big picture 30,000 foot but actually how it how a global decision impacts down in the weeds a bit more because seeing it in writing and seeing how the unit allocations actually are causing decreases on staffs on school campuses
is um a little disconcerting to me and and we'll see how it all comes out in the wash the reason that it's even more interesting and intriguing and I mentioned several district one schools tonight for a purpose because the schools that are represented in District One are quite
unique we have have and we all have unique schools but I I do want to talk about this specifically we we do have schools that have academic challenges that are in a pilot for a year- round school like aamina Park but of the five
non-title one schools in the district four of them are in district one so when we're looking at the specific District allocations out of title one there are four schools that I represent that will never have actual school alloc or at
least this year haven't had that and so that's a a calculation I think that that makes it a little bit unique to say okay let me let me pull out all of the 10 schools I'm talking about and the four and what that looks like versus what these other six and so I'm just looking forward to site based budgeting as I
transition into my next thought I I actually went out to a school today that will be one of the pilot schools for site based budgeting and I wanted to talk to the principal about that you guys know I've been talking about this for four years and the principal was at the district talking about site based budging so I I just pop in a school and
and that principal wasn't there but we'll get together at another time I'm looking forward to seeing what that looks like U you guys saw at the conference in December the book for Martin County that I brought back and that Miss Boston Ellis and Dr gullet have and I know that we're working on
something some similar to that and these sheets that we got today the school level Staffing kind of look similar to some of that so um just grateful for all that work I I'll move on uh thank you for mentioning Capstone projects Dr James it's always a highlight to go out
and and judge those Capstone projects I've been in an agriculture room where they're talking about cattle and farming and I've been in a health occupations room where they're doing mock IVs into a like a mannequin and I I've been in multiple scenarios with students that I
didn't even know anything about the profession but was able to learn more about what they were interested in doing and have no idea which night my son will be doing his but I God bless us okay so um and you all saw him in you all saw
him in Tallahassee so you'll see you know what he's doing his project on uh just a couple of other final uh thoughts here uh excited for the black history Galla coming up on Friday evening grateful that we'll have an opportunity to do that uh I did drive by today our
the old central warehouse and I saw the for sale sign up on that so you guys may have seen that before me but I saw it today and so excited about that but that leads to um one more question and then another thought and then I'll wrap up I
I am curious as to if the board can have additional conversation about the data center and I know capital projects are a a big thing and how we're funding all of this and what that looks like and how
how much money we would be short on the data center I think we need to keep it top of mind we've recently had an internal audit about technology the the more we can invest in that the better and so I'm looking
forward to and not I'm not sure what Dr gullit's timeline is for us if that's just a part of the fiveyear work plan when that comes up or if there even needs to be additional conversation how we can bring that back to the Forefront because the sooner we build that data center the sooner we can vacate another
valuable piece of downtown property that I think we need to heavily consider the market now and strike while the Iron's hot if if we have the ability to to do so and the last thing I wanted to bring up and and Dr goet and I have talked about this a
couple of times lately and I don't know that there has been a resolution on it is our plan for forom students so as magnet applications and approvals all went out yesterday we have 17 second graders
coming out of forom this year and I'm not sure where they landed and while we had an early conversation about that I don't know that we came to a conclusion of what that would look like but I'm alerting us to say next year there'll be more than
50 second graders coming out of forom and if we don't have a plan for where their students are going to go within Marian County Public Schools they're not going to stay with us and so that's top of mind for me and hopefully we can have continued conversation on that okay
sorry I took so much time thank you yes all right thank you Dr Campbell um I just have a few items because I've got to Mark a lot of things off my list when each uh board member spoke so we n drilled it down to just a few things um this morning I had my board meeting um
with the public Ed foundation and so I have a couple things to highlight um from that and share with you all so really excited to see um Sarah Jacobs uh here uh this evening leading Us in the pledge and tell sharing with us a little about her journey um to being teacher of
the year for Westport HIgh School and for all of Marian County and so that was uh a real pleasure um I also wanted to share a couple of needs that have come forward actually just today um several of us are mentoring already but um there
is a need for a male Mentor um at Vanguard Vanguard High School um this gentleman that needs a mentor is a sophomore so if you are um listening um or board members if you know someone that might be interested I just wanted to share that um that is an immediate
need um that they would like to get filled um this particular student um is losing their mentor and would like to get um that replaced so just want to share that with you um share it with your circle of of friends and um
Community leaders uh we also are working on finding business partners for Greenway Elementary is still in need of a business partner along with working to find uh business partners for our two new elementary schools so just wanted to
put that on everyone's radar so we can uh help the public Ed Foundation find uh some matches for those because those are terrific Partnerships I know the principles really appreciate that money that they can use for anything that they
see fit uh you know for their school so that that doesn't happen very often it it really is a gift um I did want to acknowledge um cut different was here um this afternoon uh they they sent me a message earlier today just this year they were bringing students um for
Community engagement for them to get an experience uh about what a a Schoolboard meeting looks like things that we discuss and I just thought that was an awesome idea I would love to see you know I've been working with the Boy Scouts and Girl yet there's so many
opportunities for students to come and uh just just get a glimpse uh you know of what's going on in their community so I was excited to see them here um today board not for discussion tonight but maybe possibly at our next work session um there's not very many nights that I
go home and lose sleep but after our work session uh what are we on yesterday um I did lose some sleep and so I know we had a little conversation at the end of the meeting um you know as we were closing out but I would like for
for us uh at the next work session to discuss changing the time limit for public speaking from 3 minutes to 5 minutes with the same understanding that if we have a room full of people we would bring that time back down to three minutes um
but I I I went to bed last night not feeling good um and I and I called and uh apologized to a few people today because um I would never never want to come across as being um
disrespectful or not sincerely listening uh to concerns coming forward from the community and so in following procedure um I think that that was lost a little bit in some of the communication that was uh being shared
last night and so I would just ask that if if you all take a little bit to think about that and maybe be ready to discuss that um at our next meeting I would appreciate that um yes Dr James well I just when you said that it reminded me about my reic parcel and we were
supposed to follow up about that and I don't we didn't do it yesterday because we were wrapping up but I had asked you all last Thursday about that reic parcel in the $1,500 survey and we were supposed to come back together and we're not going to be together again for
almost two weeks so actually two weeks I think so I didn't know if there was a potential anyone talked further about this this was the do you guys know what I'm talking about I am not I'm drawing a blank so last Thursday I presented you with the property appraisal um print out
and it had the Shaded area where the basketball courts are at reic and the survey is approximately $1,500 which would basically Annex out that little rectangle so that we could then have discussion about whether we sell it give it whatever to the town of reic so then
the town can Revitalize both the basketball court and the tennis court because right now our students aren't using the basketball court because it's outside the black fence and so um our students can't use it at all and so no one's using it now it's just not being
used um and so I I'm sorry we can certainly finish your thought chair but I I didn't want the night to go without bringing that back up sure um and and that's great because I had I had forgotten that you brought that forward so um do you want to have discussion on that now we can finish your what you
okay I I am actually I'm almost done so we'll finish we'll finish up and then Dr J I did have a thought about what you were talking about though too um yes okay so you would like comment on the time limit well oh sorry go ahead yes
thanks because maybe this is just me but I think we talked about adding it as a work session item yes a while ago yes and that we were going to get in the in the not too distant future okay is that still the plan Dr go
does that resonate with you okay okay and and m i I was on the meeting yesterday and from an observer's point of view um I I know the incidents that you were talking about and looking
at it and hearing it it gave us a bad look really gave us a bad look because we we we we asked our staff about customer service and being good stewards and being U polite and professional but we kind of came off a little rough
yesterday and if I can add though we put ourselves we are following the rules that this board has established and I don't not think it's in the best interest of this board to violate our own set of rules for one set of individuals that come forward on one day and then when we have another set of
individuals for books or I can think of other instances we stick to the rules so I really think in a very near future this Board needs to discuss what we want our rules and regulations to be and then we just stick to those established rules and regul ations because it was it was incredibly uncomfortable to talk so
sternly to a former board member right but we also can't violate the rules for him and then make sure we we follow them for someone else and so I also want to see now that we've lived in the beautiful County Commission Chambers for a month I want a red yellow green light
that sits right next to this this screen because Miss Martinez can start the timer but if the screen doesn't get switched from down here Miss Martinez timer doesn't show so so there's that's not even something that Miss Mar Miss Martinez starts the
timer but if the screen isn't if the screen is showing the PowerPoint and not showing this screen then the timer doesn't show and but if we had a little third- party red yellow green I think that would be beautiful so I would love
a work session where we hash out all of this nitty-gritty and get some really this board cuz we're here together for at least two more years let's let's nail down what this board wants to prioritize for public comment and then maybe it becomes the practice of this board when
new board members join we re-evaluate the the rules and regulations I don't know but I see oh Dr Campbell no thank and thank you for the dialogue I think a work session would be ideal ironically I know that in our most recent board
meeting where we did have a lot of speakers come we did choose to allow them all five minutes I know that a comment was made during that meeting well we we have done that before and ironically I don't know if you all received an email from a a graduate
student this week that was trying to get community feedback on book book Banning so as the former doctoral student myself I can appreciate how she's trying so I actually pulled up our old book Banning board meeting where we had 40 speakers
come and I saw myself say as chair board because of the number of speakers I'm requesting consensus of three minutes to which we all agreed to and so we seem to have forgotten that the other day and that's fine but again once we have a rule in place that attorney Powers reads
every single meeting that we can reach consensus to go to three minutes okay that's fine if we choose not to have consensus to go to three minutes but it doesn't need to be an automatic just because we have a lot of people in the room that we give them five just because
um and and also it in my opinion it doesn't need to be that we're picking and choosing the issue we want to hear the most information on we have to be consistent across the board so I'm welcome I welcome a work session but I just I wanted to say ironically I just
got that because I wanted the doctoral student to know you can pull up this YouTube you can get all of their names and then you can file a public records request to get their contact forms that they turned in so if if you really are having trouble getting their contact information that's how you can do it so
yes um to just you know bring this together um perhaps you know Dr go can uh get back to us and let us know exactly when that work session is that this item will be on it because you know we we've talked about it several times now and it's obvious and clear that that we want to be sensitive to everyone that
comes before us and and to be fair you know with them um so as soon as soon as you can let us know when that is scheduled for then we can start looking forward to it I'm ch and I this will be my final this will be my final statement about this
um I I I don't believe we should break rules either especially rules and policies and procedures that we put in place but I do believe that we have to be tactful in how we do things it's not always what you say but it's how you say it and I want to encourage every one of
us to go back and listen to listen and look at listen and look listen and look at that from yester yesterday it was a not a nice look for this board from everybody that was here including myself and I was on the phone so it wasn't a
good look not for not for a government entity to be that and that there's there's side comments that you can even hear so we need to make sure that we are always professionals we're elected officials and we need to be that all the time all the
time um so with that um I just round out that conversation that um um as a chair we will do better um I didn't I didn't walk away with a good feeling either and so um we will do better I will do better
um so thank you everybody for your comments on that um I wanted to say thank you our staff is in the audience as usual ready to answer questions and help with any concerns that come forward so thank you for being here um this
evening uh I just really appreciate all of you and thankful for the work that you do do each and every day and evening and on the weekend all of the things and so I'm grateful for you um I also wanted to say we we heard about a lot of
different things and one of my favorite things um being a board member and I've know I've said it before but I'm always just so encouraged by all the opportunities that the students of Marian County have and so just listening
tonight we had artwork that was in Washington DC C we had students singing at the gator you know basketball game we have Dr G do you know how many students are in the Youth Fair this year oh I think last year it was over a thousand
I've heard roughly that number I don't know exactly but roughly yes that that number has been thrown out okay you know we have students that are learning you know about how to care care and get along um and so I I will tell you the best CL class pet I ever came had came
from the Youth Fair because if an animal can survive the barn with the chickens and the rat you can survive anywhere you can survive a first grade classroom if you can survive in that tent and so um anyway it it is noisy in there um so
anyway I just continue to be uplifted and um so thankful for all the opportunities really for our teachers and our staff that go above and beyond their regular line of coursework to provide these extra opportunities for
our students and so um I I'm really grateful for that uh and the last thing the last thing I wanted to mention I have brought up before but I didn't really understand the depth um of this and so I just wanted to take a quick moment um Dr James at the board meeting
this morning um you were mentioned for coming and Gathering uh seven sponsors or a sponsor for seven schools on the North End um and uh there were just some very powerful and moving words that were
shared at our uh at the public Ed Foundation this morning and so I just wanted to thank you as being part of that team for your work in helping um find extra supports for for our schools and some of the administrators were there they just happened to be there um
that benefit from that and they they are super excited because again that is money that they can choose to do do you know whatever they want with and so um I Believe Miss Tre was talking about starting a chicken CP she's going to raise some chickens anyway it was very
yes it it was just yes because eggs are I just paid $7 for eggs we won't go into that but um so any all teasing aside I just wanted to genuinely thank um thank you for your efforts out in the community and I stated this at our work session yesterday I'm grateful to be a
part of this board uh you know Miss thrower used shared a beautiful um letter with us today and so I continue to be thankful um to be a part of this team uh and with that I you have Community can I go back to re yes you can I just did not want to forget my announcement so I'm putting them in
front of me go ahead Dr James I see Dr cbell leaning forward yeah I I was just going to say I was trying to pull it up because I don't know that you've had it uploaded in board docs for us to talk about I don't see it uploaded is if we have a specific day that it I I looked
on the 24th I looked on the 20th well I just it was all it was just the property appraiser handout I gave you guys right but for the community to know that we're having the conversation we don't actually have it uploaded for anybody else to be able to see so if we have the conversation I thought I well but it's under the $50,000 threshold so it's
something the superintendent can do without the it's not a board it's really not a board approval thing it's just because it's $1,500 that's something that happens outside of the purview of this board all of the time so I but
because it's a board member initiative and not a superintendent initiative because the community kind of came to me and asked me about it I was kind of through the board making sure you guys would be okay and and asking Dr gullet to proceed forward with it okay and just as long sorry I'm I'm we're having a bit
of dialogue and just as long as attorney Powers because it is a land I understand it's just a survey difference but because it if we're just asking to have the survey done yeah just the survey and then if we're asking to do something with the land that'll be on an agenda yes anything else we'll have to go
through the leap yes okay I'm just looking to see if we can get agreement to do the the survey which is about $1,500 took consensus on that that we said it was no we said we'd come back on Monday and talk about it and then I forgot with the the haste of finishing yesterday okay board member thrower yes
I distinctly remember the the conversation and I was wondering about how much land was there but I guess that's what the survey would would show us obviously but I was looking for a ballpark um and you know I it's not that I'm not for it because I am but we also
have had extensive conversation about rdit you know just the other day and and what might or might not happen so that's the only reason why I would draw a little bit a pause before we spend a scent on any of the property up there I think we need to figure out what we're
doing with the school but again that's just my input um and it's only based on conversation we had yesterday but before that I was like yeah you know I'm always up for trying to support the community but um we also know that there's a lot that we need to discuss about reic and
what we're going to do well and for me I just want to give I personally just want to give the basketball court to the town so I I just want to not have ownership of the basketball court portion of the parcel at all anymore so I don't I don't guess I understandingly know what that has to
do with Reddit colure elementary school because we would just Annex it out of Reddit call your Elementary School and give it to the town or make the town pay for it or whatever the board decides all right let's just let's do a yay or nay around and so yay okay so um board
member Campbell for the $1,500 survey and the survey will show sorry I need the survey the intention is just to see how much land the entire reic elementary school has and what all that zoning is and what all that looks like that's what the survey will tell us it won't well
it'll Annex out that portion so so essentially we are asking for that portion of to be annexed out in the survey and if that's the case that's a greater conversation it's a car out because we we are what what the I want to ensure
that the survey isn't just telling us what all the land looks like and what the it okay right but we are asking for a survey that will say this part of land we no longer want to have a part of Reddit colure elementary school so then
if we are to do that I think that conversation actually does need to happen in advance of us actually having the survey because if we as a board do not collectively agree that we need to Annex off any portion of that property then why pay $1,500 for the survey that
shows that we are yes and I I would say that from the leasing Corporation perspective the conversation by the Le leasing Corporation has to be whether or not to dispose of that land number one number two to Surplus it and is it is it able
to be surplused for for um a because obviously first even though it's not an entire School site there's surplusage rules that you have to go by before you can before you can offer it for either sale or lease to anyone else um but um
the other alternative this again for the board to discuss but the other alternative would be that if the board's decision is that that piece of property should be least sold or in other way transferred to the town of reic or to some other entity
that the entity which is which it's going to be turned over to once the decision is made to do that would pay for the costs of the survey and the division so um we've had discussions in the past this board and and previous
board members as well about the fact that every time we have a piece of property that we vacate that we're not using or that is Idle or that we see some use for we have a tendency unlike any other agency in this County or state
we have a tendency to give it to someone and and and that may not be the right thing to do it may be exactly the right thing to do so my tendency is always to include whatever costs surveys environmental surveys anything those costs should be
borne by the party who's receiving the benefit of of the deal so that's up to the board whether you put cart before horse or horse after cart but that's up to you well then I would just ask then can it be put on a work session agenda so that we can discuss it yes perfect Dr
G can you do that for for clarification what what's the topic I mean I hear reic but I don't have any other I have not received any requests so what's the what is it that the topic is called what is it you're asking annexing the basketball
court at the Reddit uh that would be the northeast corner of the Reddit call your element School parcel thank you annexing it to the county no the town of re no the town of reic is the one who wants it okay so annexing it to the town because we're not an annexing it to ourselves
because we already own it right so it'll be the annexation of the Northwest Northeast par corner of the RC to the town of reic Y Mr Christian's taking notes he keeps track of all the board requests at the
board thank you so much thank you okay all right um there is a school board meeting scheduled for March 11th 2025 at 5:30 p.m. there is a special school board meeting scheduled for March 13 2025 at
7:00 A.M there's an administrative briefing and work session on March 13th 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and then the next school board meeting is scheduled for March 25th 2025 at 5:30 p.m. there being
no further B business may I have a motion uh to adjourn motion to adjourn thank you Dr Campbell thank you Reverend Cummings all those in favor I I I motion passes 5 and the meeting is adjourned at
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