we come to you God today and I want to come and approach you God in reverence as the almighty God that you are We want to honor you and acknowledge just your goodness to us and uh who you
are and all that you do for today God I want to pray specifically for this meeting this board and our school system God today I want to pray specifically over every family that is represented by each student I pray for the families of
our community I pray God that your hands of blessing would be on them as a family I pray God for for strong strong homes and strong families here in our community God today I want to pray specifically over this board and this
meeting I pray God that um you would give them the ability to lead with wisdom and discernment that can come from you I pray God that you would encourage them that you would uh keep them strong and I thank you for their service to our community in this way And
so Lord I just ask that your hands would be on and over and your covering would be over this meeting and our schools day in and day out in Jesus name Amen Thank you 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 M will you call the role please dr Morardi here Mrs Roberts Yes ma'am
Mrs Powers here Mrs Russell here Mrs Pritchette here Thank you Okay Um I'd like to have the approval of the agenda and addendum with the following items Items added 7.07
Items updated 7.06 18.05 and 3.01 Moved to action So moved Second Have a motion by Miss Powers a second by Miss Russell All those in
favor i Thank you Uh items of consent Before we get a motion is there anyone who would like to uh speak about any of these items of consent on the agenda
I move approval of the consent agenda Second Motion by Miss Power second by Miss Roberts All those in favor i Motion carries Okay So we are going to start We're
going on the agenda We have um the Treasure Coast Regional Math Counts Dr Paige McMahon We're going to wait till 4:30 till the student arrives So we're going to go with our uh district presentations Jamie Pollson student
representative Welcome back Thank you so much Yeah it's been it's been um a little while I had a lot of things to do but I'm so happy to be back So thank you So starting off with Jens Beach High School both the Key Club and Student Government teamed up with Junior Achievement to teach students in grades
K through two at Felix A Williams all about financial literacy through hands-on lessons Falcon basketball star Lizzie Fitzwater was selected to be among many elite players as part of the ESPN top 63 for girls basketball The Falcon wrestling team had an amazing
showing at the state championships earlier this month Four girl four boys and one girl placed in the top 10 and the boys teamed placed overall in sixth place Sebastian Daneiro also made history as a Falcon's first ever four-time state champion JBHs Jubilee
Choir earned straight superiors at the District 13 MPa The JBHS concert and symphonic bands also earned superiors at their MPA and a rare perfect score for their symphonic band South Fork High School The South Fork boys wrestling recently had their district meet Out of the 10 boys that wrestled we have four
moving on to regionals next weekend Please congratulate the following athletes when you see them Shawn Barnes second place Drake Jarb third place Parson Chris Kritoff third place and Miller Gravel with fourth place Amazing
Please congratulate us all students that play in concert band and wind ensemble on their incredible performances at the music performance assessment Wind ensemble received a superior in the site reading room and received an overall excellent excellent for their performance Concern band received
straight superiors for the first time in school history Please join me in congratulating the choir students on their amazing performances at their district musical performance assessments All three choirs concert coral Carolon treble and Carolon received straers on
stage SFHS drama students competed at the Florida State Thesbian Festival in Tampa over spring break Each one earning high scores for their performances and technical presentations They competed among the best of the best across the state and did us proud Michael Jones
received excellent solo musical and superior marketing Mara Brian received excellent solo musical Emry Wilcox and Holly Beers received superior duet acting Sabrina Zambrano received Superior Solo Musical and Natalyia
Carabalo received Superior Solo Musical We are beyond proud to announce that John Smith an outstanding AVID student at Southwork High School has been named a Dell Scholar John's dedication perseverance and commitment to academic excellence have paid off in a great in a big way As a Dell Scholar he will
receive a $20,000 scholarship a laptop and ongoing support to help him succeed in college and beyond Congratulations to the students who excelled at the 2025 Martin County District History Fair First place which is the website Where's Our
Mail: The United States Army the triple 68 First place paper Sayia Dansancy Comfort Woman Second place Aiden Roy and Doug Ray Australia First place Jalissa Jones and Alyssa Green Alasia Green excuse me Scotland Please congratulate
the following students for passing their certification and veterinary assisting exams With their successes 64 students have passed this exam this year resulting in a 97% pass rate Please congratulate the following turf students for earning their landscape maintenance technician certificates Henry Torres
Henry Perez Junior Santo Diego Richard Wilhold Emanuel Fuentes Daniel Saravano Gavin Eager also Samuel Bagwell earned the FNGLA certified horiculture professional certificate and finally
Martin County High School The MCHS culinary arts team competed at the Florida Prostar competition this month and made history Congratulations to the team for winning the Governor's Cup or first place overall Additionally Brier Stony Ella Carbo Davis Scott and Colin
Blackwell earned their first earned first place in their events In third place Clay Richard Zoe Crisle Jennifer Sanchez Olivia Duna Sarah Duda Ethan Berios Chris Klingan Posantino Padavano and Jamir
Leuen The MCHS symphonic band and winds ensemble performed today for adjudication at MPA districts at Sebastian River High School Symphonic band earned superior insight rating and straight excellent ratings for their prepared pieces They had an overall rating of excellent Wind ensemble earned
superior insight reading and our student conductor Ross White earned a superior The MCHSC CTE wants to give a huge shout out to all our amazing CCT students CTE students who competed in the Skills USA regional contest in February A special congratulations to our medalists and
students that qualified for states Adam Sodto Lily Larson Taylor Gibson Ellis Smith New Von Sebastian Burgund Charles Brown Devin Kate Ethan Eddie Alex Mayer Let's wish them the best of luck as they
move to represent MCHS at the state contest in Jacksonville this April Deco traveled to Orlando for the state tournament in March Hutch Hutchinson Hughes and Morgan Williams competed in entrepreneurship team decision-making category and came in 16th place In
addition the DECA VP Abby Honazares was also awarded with a DECA leadership scholarship Congratulations Tigers And that is the rest of my notes Thank you Thank you Jamie District update Derek Low Good evening school board members
Superintendent Maine uh and Madame Chair Pritchette It is my pleasure to bring you this month's district update Uh I'm also Dererick Low coordinator of public information Kicking things off this year Martin County's uh regional science and engineering fair showcased the
incredible ingenuity and passion of our students from elementary to high school More than 200 elementary students participated in the district STEM fair showcase with Jensen Beach Elementary earning the best performing school In the secondary competition nearly 80
projects were submitted with 13 of our students advancing to the state finals Their projects explored a wide group or a wide range rather of scientific fields from environmental science to artificial intelligence students were honored for their projects
during the STEM fair awards ceremony hosted by WPTV chief meteorologist Steve Waggle And a huge thank you to the Education Foundation of Martin County for their sponsorship and support and making this v uh event a success And congratulations to all of our students
who showcase their incredible talents in STEM Let's watch a quick video recap of this year's STEM showcase It's where STEM ignites innovation and creativity and curiosity collide [Music]
At the Martin County STEM Fair Showcase we cranked up the tunes and let our students take center stage My name is Juniper I go to Felix A Williams and I'm in fourth grade It was about ants and to see if they like equal Splenda or Sugar
and they happen to like sugar the most The showcase was a true celebration of academic excellence featuring hands-on activities and exciting discoveries The purpose of this event is to really celebrate all of our scientists and engineers Um we really want to showcase
their hard work their um their knowledge what they are bringing to the table the future of our world And then we also invited some food truck partners and a DJ to help turn this up a notch and make it like more of a festive event But the real stars of the night are students and
their incredible STEM fair projects My project is about um which out of these three filters that I have selected is the best at collecting impurities in um dirty water So I did a continuation project where I added two layers of
europium instead of just the one compared to one layer of And then compare compared to just the plain UV film Our students aren't just learning science I really liked how like the little ants carried along the sugar and I'm like "Hey I like sugar too." I'm
like the ants They're also using it to solve real world problems I wanted to find a way to help with food sustainability around the world to help with hunger So I wanted to make sure that if the kale is more It's more able
to feed people more In the Martin County School District the opportunities are endless Just like those ants racing to the sugar our students are racing toward success There's still time for all Florida residents to take advantage of the Martin County School District's priority
enrollment window for the upcoming school year While Martin County students will receive priority families from inside and outside of the county can apply to attend designated schools with available seats Applications will be accepted through the focus parent portal
with priority given to those who submit their applications by March 31st Instructions on how to enroll can be found on the district's website martinschools.org and students accepted into a school may remain at that school through the highest grade level offered
on that campus Families should note that transportation will not be provided for out ofzone students and we encourage all families to review the available schools and complete their applications early However applications will remain open beyond March 31st and will be processed
on a first come first- serve basis Now let's watch a video of students at Steuart Middle School showcasing just some of the unique programs that are available in our district I love like the freedom and just being able to like
build and just imagine Hi my name is Penelope I'm in sixth grade and I take the exploration of engineering technologies class at Steuart Middle We're building claw bots and swisher bots uh for the VEX competition We have
flight simulators We have uh bridges that we build We also build paper rockets that uh we shoot out of a schedule 40 um rocket launcher with about 70 PSI They go about 300 ft Kids enjoy them I've learned sort of how to
wire how to wax motors and how to put things together The job in this class that I would really like to do is like become an engineer Like be able to build planes Like that just seems amazing to
me This is my toy Basically you just like solve the puzzle with all the blocks My name is Lynon Eastman and I'm in eighth grade at Steuart Middle and I'm currently taking the marketing one class with Miss Armstrong In our marketing class we're teaching them a
lot of different skills uh that they will carry on with them Stuff like computer skills teamwork skills presentation skills um being able to communicate and work together We've learned how um like commercials are made and why some commercials are more
popular than other Today we were working on building our own product and um making an elevator pitch for it and pitching the elevator pitch two certifications It's just really like helpful to get these certifications for
the future It also helps me with problem solving and just career readiness It makes them stand out So when they do apply for jobs or say they want to get like a part-time job in high school or whatever they can maybe even use that towards working somewhere and say that they have that certification A lot of
people might say "I can't be an engineer I can't be a pilot I can't be an astronaut." And I want them middle school uh saying I can be an astronaut if I want to or an engineer or a pilot It helps me stretch my imagination and
learn how to use it better and apply it into the real world [Applause] The Martin County School District's book vending machines are continuing to inspire a love for reading among students Recently catching the attention of WPTV News Channel 5 At Citrus Grove
Elementary students shared their excitement about earning special coins to select books from the vending machine Books that they'll get to keep forever This initiative made possible by the Education Foundation of Martin County is part of the For the Love of Reading
program which has been engaging students in boosting literacy across all of our district schools As one student perfectly described it the vending machine is a big machine of wonders because books truly open up a world of possibilities Let's
watch Wish they had this when I was in school but it's found a pretty unconventional way to get kids hooked on books and reading And it's convenient too It's just so neat Tanya you recently went to the campus where a vending machine is proving big time even
improving scores Yes And these kids were so excited to show me this vending machine I spent some time with four elementary school students who taught me you can't always judge a book by its cover or should I say a vending machine by its cover These kids at Citrus Grove Elementary in Palm City couldn't wait to
show me the school's vending machine I call it the big machine of wonders Big machine of wonders Why because books are full of wonderful things Saw a vending machine up in New York that was being um
instead of snacks or sodas they were using books They're in all of our schools here in Martin County all of our public schools I was blown away I was so excited It's really fun The students earn coins in order to pick a book out of the vending machine No sugary snacks
but feasting on books to read Call it our for the love reading program with the book vending machines And it's all about in increasing engagement and enthusiasm for students who were reading What about you Jack i was all w up but
it was in the morning when they don't do prizes So then I had to get all sad and grumpy about that But then when I finally came out there was so many choices that I just had to like take five minutes or something I was really
excited and I wanted to reach my first book goal The students beaming with excitement It's fun because you get to keep the book forever and you have a huge selection of books that all amazing
I believe there's a very strong correlation between our scores and our reading level of our students And I will say we've never been to the machine where a student says "I don't like anything here." They always are trying to choose They're not sure what to get It's not that they can't find one and
then it pops down It's super exciting We let them turn around hold the book up to the camera take a picture of them Wish they had this when I was that concludes this month's district update Until next month you can find us wherever you scroll We're on all social
media platforms Thank you Thank you Derek Superintendent Maine Thank you Madam Chair Uh I'd like to start off my uh superintendent's update by introducing two uh special individuals in the audience tonight that are receiving promotions should the board
approve their positions Miss Kristen Register who will be our new coordinator of professional learning If you please stand and be recognized has been in the district for a number of years and served in a variety of roles and up uh most recently in our um
professional learning department as an instructional coach and has been out at almost every school assisting our teachers and we're very proud She's a dynamic individual that's even doing work with our executive team uh through a book study and and we're just proud to have you in this new position So
congratulations Yes And um last but certainly not least Mr GMO or uh Orosco who was most recently assistant principal at Hidden Oaks Middle School who will be promoting into the coordinator of student services position and has already hit the ground running
with on a DOE uh webinar uh today So we just threw him right in there and and roll up those sleeves and get get busy But Mr Arosco has been in the district for a number of years as assistant principal of student services and assistant just a lot of different roles in a very professional setting always
dressed to the nines and sharp as attack That's what we he's known for right and uh so we're very pleased and proud of you Mr Rosco and know you will do an incredible job So welcome aboard Thank you I would also like to begin by highlighting six schools in our district
that will begin advancing to the state level Odyssey of the mind competition next month on April 12th after showcasing their creativity and pro problem solving skills at the Palms regional tournament Remember we started Odyssey of the Mind last year and only had two teams make it to the state level
This year we've now increased that to six teams that have made it to the state level And we are incredibly proud of Jensen Beach Elementary Citrus Grove Elementary Warfield Elementary Hope Sound Elementary Palm City Elementary and Indiantown Middle School
Congratulations The Odyssey of the Mind competition challenges students to think outside the box work as a team solve uh complex problems in innovative ways and ties right into our STEM uh development and support of all of our students And we definitely look uh forward to
reporting on their continued success next month after the state competition On February 1st students from every elementary school in our district competed in the 41st annual Russell Holloway Track Meet at South Fork High School These young athletes
participated in events like softball throw relay races long jump and the 75 yard dash showcasing not only their athletic abilities but also their teamwork and sportsmanship I want to congratulate Citrus Grove Elementary for earning first place overall for now the
fourth consecutive year I'd also like to give a special congratulations to Warfield Elementary this year's recipient of the Cheryl Huard Sportsmanship Trophy a testament to their outstanding character and teamwork Those uh cheerleaders were up in the
stands the entire time uh just giving it their all and really cheering on the competition and uh showing great sportsmanship They looked incredible and uh we appreciate the work that they put in For those of you that were not able to attend we'd like to show you a quick
recap track meet All right good morning everybody We're going to go ahead and get this beautiful day started As you know this is a timehonored tradition for Martin County bringing together all of our student athletes
from all 12 of our elementary schools for a day of competition camaraderie and just a lot of fun and good sportsmanship I'd like to recognize the man whose name proudly carries the event Russell
Holloway Though he was taken from us too soon this track gives us the opportunity to honor his legacy here in Martin County Today students this is your chance to carry on that legacy to get
out here on this field whether you are sprinting jumping throwing or just in the stands cheering on your peers To our families and parents that are in the audience today thank you Thank you for your support Thank you for being there
side by side with your students to our coaches our staff our administrators that are here today helping support and put this on Thank you to all of you for giving up this Saturday to be here for
our students I definitely thought in that last shot I was going over when Citrus Grove was running towards me Um I will get out of the way next year for sure Um celebrating our staff CBS12 News recently started a new segment called
the teacher feature highlighting school district staff that go above and beyond for their students We are always happy to celebrate our teachers and asked each principal to nominate someone from their campus who they thought should be recognized And first up was Miss Elaine Sanchez from Crystal Lake Elementary
Let's watch the quick segment showcasing the amazing work she is doing at her school and beyond the confines of her classroom Elementary school is a lab that art and all those years still
withdrawil for the plants You're very involved in the outside learning So tell me why is it important to get students excited about this type of learning um again outside is always more fun than
they get to touch things [Music] Something as simple as a strawberry or a tomato especially the little ones they don't actually seem to put together all of that stuff Learning it in the book is very different than
seeing it happen What are some activities and lessons that you to keep things interested but the students Okay so we're just about to start our catapult lesson where we take peeps and
jelly beans and the children and it's a force of motion activity and it's different depending on it's called flying peeps and they have actual marshmallows flying through the air outside It's fun We make slime every year That's always a big winner We
have a butterfly garden and a vegetable garden that kids work on So just so beyond the classroom you also organize science fair projects Tell us a little bit about that and why that's important Okay So that's also really fun Um our
third through fifth graders do a science fair project where they go through scientific method They get to pick their project title teachers help them in the classroom I help them here They do some at home Our ceremony was two weeks ago We had eight winners from our
school And it reinforces science and it gets the parents involved too because a big part of it does happen at home So family right and finally I'd like to invite I'd like to invite our families to attend their child's conference nights
at the beginning of next month All grade levels will be hosting conference nights the week of April 7th and each event will take place at their students school from 5 to 8:00 p.m Conference nights are also held at the beginning of each school year and are a good chance for parents to check in on their child's
progress As we push into these final nine weeks it's especially important that families are aware of what's coming up and we thank all of our families for attending Madam Chair at this time this concludes my superintendent's update Um is is your student here okay I'd like
to call Paige McMahon to the DES to um present the Treasure Coast Regional Math Counts Award Good evening Madam Chair members of the board and Superintendent Maine My name is Paige McMahon I'm the coordinator of math for our district And this evening
it is my pleasure to recognize the outstanding Martin County School District students who successfully competed at the Math Counts Treasure Coast Regional Competition in February and advanced to compete at the Math Counts State Competition in Daytona just a few weeks ago Our MCSD middle school
students dominated this year's Math Counts competition taking home nine out of the top 10 individual awards as well as the top spots as the top overall team and the top teams in the ciphering or speed math rounds Representing Hidden Oaks Middle School team members Michael Aila Lauraai
McKenzie Joseph Murray and Brian Wang delivered an impressive performance earning the overall top team honors as well as the top team award in ciphering at our regional competition Additionally all four team members delivered incredible individual performances finishing in the top 10 This same team
went on to compete at the state competition and finished in 15th place overall Also from Hidden Oaks Dylan Gardner and Kayla Glansancy received honors for finishing in the top 10 at our regional competition and both advanced to compete as individuals at the state competition The Sharks were
coached by Mrs Marie Eli Sharks if you'd like to join me at the deis please [Applause] [Applause]
Representing Steuart Middle School team members Aaliyah Houston Josh Morgan Ehan Patel and Luchiana Smith showcased their mathematical talents under the dedicated coaching of Mrs Sarah Rasmusen Josh Morgan and Ean Patel also received honors for finishing in the top 10
individually The Steuart Middle School team finished second overall at our regional competition and also competed at our state tournament just a few weeks ago Jaguars if you'd please join me at the front [Applause]
[Applause] Congratulations again to all of our hardworking students and their coaches for their dedication and success in this prestigious math competition We are incredibly pr proud of all of their mathematical accomplishments Thank you
Thank you and congratulations to all the students board information share Anyone have anything they'd like to share miss Russell no I have one very short thing I had Miss Falls send each
of the board members and superintendent um Martin Arts's ongoing efforts for their new building and construction They hired a new consultant and they would like to come in April and give us an update on the proceedings what's going
on and what's to come So I sent everyone this so you'd have it Thank you What i know Yeah I I sent it later this this afternoon Later You'll have it All
right So we're going to go on to action items starting with 3.01 Papy on Health Um Roberts Um I'd like to move approval but the only thing I wanted to point out was in
the description the line says this agreement is for the 2425 school year and is not to exceed a 100,000 per employee Um and I just wanted to be sure that we understood it It doesn't say per
employee in the description So I move approval of this with the caveat that that's 100,000 per employee as the contract states I'll second that All those in favor i
I sorry Miss Roberts motion Dr Mari second Schoolboard travel We have none Uh 18.02 pre kindergarten program collaborative agreement renewal with the early learning
coalition I have a motion Did you want to say something go ahead So um I will recuse myself since I am employed by the early learning coalition Although this is just a collaborative agreement that we will work together to um enroll students in BPK programs Um that's part
of what we do is the administrative side of the enrollment Forward with motion 18.02 Okay Have a second I'll second Motion by Miss Russell second by Dr Mari All those in
favor i Uh please note that Miss Powers recused herself 18.03 Medical Insurance supplement for non-bargaining employees Motion by Miss Roberts second by Miss Russell All those in favor
i um I apologize Did you get You got it Thank you 18.04 Ancillary Insurance Renewals for the 2526 Employee Benefits Program
dental insurance I have a motion Motion by Miss Roberts second by Miss Russell All those in favor i I Motion carries 18.05 Employee Benefits Insurance RFP
for fully insured medical and pharmacy Move approval Motion by Miss Roberts second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries 18
Oh I I'm sorry Come on up Jump the gun there My apologies Thank you I thought I was going to get off easy tonight I apologize Sorry to disappoint you
Mr Calderon before you start I'd like to ask Mr George I think something may need to happen prior to Mr Calderon presenting So can I first resend my motion and a second so we can take that back
resend Yes Motion Second agrees Yes And so we all vote Yes All those in favor I motion Motion to resin carries We're going to have the um presentation pulled up so I'll stretch
for a second Don Calderon director of risk management employee benefits Madame chairs uh members of the board Superintendent Maine Um alongside me today is Gabrielle Swain She is our benefits consultant with the Garin Group Um Dustin Keane our senior benefits consultant with the Garing Group had a
family member pass away and he's attending a funeral out of state so he couldn't be here with us today But um Dustin and Gabrielle worked together on the best and final offers for the fully insured medical and pharmacy RFP presenting that Just a second
Okay we are going to going to start on page 11 of the attachment as the first 10 pages um mainly dealt with um insurance committee related information regarding medical and dental performance Um so we're going to go ahead and get started on page 11
Okay So just to recap um beginning on page 12 um the um the board directed staff along with the Garing Group to uh issue a RFP for fully insured medical and pharmacy on January 15th We were here uh about three weeks ago at the
board workshop to give you the initial offers and the um the three respondents Florida Blue Sigma United Healthcare were asked to come back with a best and final offer Um since that time we have had February of 2025 claims come in Um
and that was included last week as part of the information that was presented to those three carriers for their best and final offers Um we're going to get into that in just a second Um but just as a uh quick recap at the board workshop the board directed the Garen group um to go
back to the three um respondents and um provide some better premium rates enhance terms including a secondyear rate cap Uh providing a high deductible health plan at a 0% increase meaning that for the employee only coverage it
would be at a zero cost per deduction per paycheck Um we decided not to have a on-site representative from for a wellness representative since staff along with the Garen group on-site reps um handled that um in-house and to um
try to improve any wellness funds and discretionary funds uh proposed Some additional information that was requested was uh to provide a um a list of zerocost medication formulary that
can be offered to the district employees um as well as providing a GEO access report which allows for um the most heavily utilized uh categories of the medical insurance to provide a report
for um at least two providers within a 10-mi radius for each subscriber Um in addition to the uh four most heavily utilized categories OB/GYN mental health podiatry and chiropractic medicine the
board also wanted some information on dermatology providers Um additionally the the board uh requested some information on claims experience as it um historical information regarding claims
experience through January of the last uh five plan years what that meant as of the rolling 12 and where we ended the plan year through June 30th each year Um the reason why the board had asked that was because um in their initial proposal
Sigma um had a varied uh rate cap depending on loss ratio Um so this is the highlights of that information Um basically it shows that in some years um we had a better finish from a loss ratio
standpoint um in the final five months of the plan year compared to the first seven Um but there's it varies from year to year Okay And then on page 14 we wanted to show you that the claims experience for February 2025 did come in Um we are
happy to report that there was a 90% loss ratio for the month of February of 2025 which means that the February 2024 loss ratio of 109% rolls off it's replaced by that 90% which allowed the Garin Group a better negotiation um
standpoint to go back to those carriers So we were happy with that Um and that did did decrease the plan toear date loss ratio of 96% and the rolling 12-month loss ratio of 98% So that's where we were this that's
the information um that the board requested and um at this point I am going to hand it off to Gabrielle and she's going to present the best and final offers from the three carriers Thank you Don So the good news is you have three
improved proposals from the qualified carriers Previously the initial proposal from Florida Blue was a 15.9% increase and that was across the board for all three plans Florida Blue's revised best and
final renewal is a 9.9% increase all three plans That's across the board And since the board asked for a zerorost option they have proposed a fourth plan which is an HMO high deductible health
plan offering only in network benefits and it uses that same HMO network that your current HMO plan uses That would be the blueare network So you'll see that those rates are lower and do provide a zerocost
option for the employee only tier the board It is up to the board if you would like to offer a quadruple offering um or how you would like to handle that Option two is Sigma's proposal So initially
Sigma came in with a 13.1% overall increase The initial HMO increase was a 16.3% The initial PO 117 increase was a 14.1% and the initial high deductible
health plan was a 0% increase to current You'll see that um there are some benefit changes here Um not from nothing changed from your initial viewing of this benefit wise Um but anything in red is a worse benefit than
you currently have and anything in blue is an enhanced benefit So with that you'll see that your HMO plan which Sigma uses their open access plus network for all three plans and this is an in network only plan is a
9.5% increase overall The OAP plan which is the PO plan is a 12% increase and the high deductible health plan is barely an increase at 0.1% over current So that provides a
7.9% increase overall Your third option is United Healthcare Previously United Healthcare came in with an initial proposal of a 9.8% overall increase Their initial HMO
increase a 16.1% Their initial PO decrease was a 25.6% 6% decrease and their initial high deductible health plan decrease was 4% of a decrease So almost a rate
pass there You'll see in those blue boxes those are the benefits that have been changed as was requested by the board for the best and final So specifically you'll see that their mental health is now no charge and that they have
enhanced their prescription drug plan to match your current benefits So with that United Healthcare is at a 2.2% overall increase 7.7% for their HMO plan And something to
note is that United Healthcare has quoted their NHP network which is their neighborhood health program or plan And this network is really only in Florida So there are three additional plans that they quoted with their choice plus
network for your 17 outofstate retirees Um and that those would be at higher rates um as well But for these there are three options that match your current plan the 7.7% increase to that HMO plan
you'll see a 31.1% decrease to your PO plan Now this PO plan has no new enrollment allowed you um froze that enrollment last year And it's their rating system is not based on claims It's based on more of a manual rate
since your current plan your year-to- date loss ratio on that plan is 161% So they are using a more manual approach to rate that PO plan at a 31.1% decrease And then you'll see that your high
deductible health plan is a 5.5% decrease Again that overall increase is 2.2% Moving on to the um other part of the proposal which is the value ads the bonuses any additional funds um added in
which all three carriers have made some enhancements changes So all three are now doing one on-site rep service rep um which you currently have with Florida Blue So all three are providing that United Healthcare is providing a
$130,000 fund in lie of that second on-site rep that wellness rep And you'll see in the discretionary if you go down Sigma's added $175,000 discretionary fund and that is to replace that on-site rep to use as
the district sees fit You'll see for the rate cap Florida Blue has gone down from an 11.9% to a 10.9% for year two and Sigma's at a 10% for year two United Healthcare is still at 13% for year
two Talked about the discretionary the implementation and technology credits Those are the same as you saw last time but Florida Blue is doing a 50,000 one-time fund Sigma's doing a 50,000 annual fund And United Healthcare is doing a
$100,000 one-time fund and a $50,000 annual technology fund Annual wellness or communication credits These are all the same as you last saw 150,000 for Florida Blue and United Healthcare and 200,000 for Sigma
Sigma has added in a COBRA credit at $5,000 annually and this can be used to pay your COBRA vendor which is currently WEX wellness programs We had shown you these last time Um Florida Blue has the better you program United Healthcare has
the UHC rewards and Sigma with the Virgin Pulse or now they call it Personify You'll see that Sigma has also added Visana their virtual women's clinic So this clinic is now in network for Sigma as of 111 2025 and it provides
a wide range of women's specific conditions and assistance with that and care for those from puberty through menopause So that is something that they added with their proposal And then you'll see for the participating contract Florida Blue has enhanced their terms So they're still doing the
100% proshare where if the district does better than expected you will get a pro share back However they're going to guarantee a payment of $300,000 immediately upon renewal should you renewal should you renew and that would be payable on 71 of
2025 Sigma's at the 50% and United Healthcare is at 100% participating contract We've summarized all of these at the bottom for you So you'll see year one total funds for Florida Blue 500,000 and after that every year
ongoing 150,000 Sigma is doing 430,000 for year 1 and they're also doing 430,000 for every year ongoing United Healthcare is doing 530,000 for
year 1 and every year after that 430,000 This next page is what you've already seen with the overall network disruption Sigma still at that 97% in network match Florida Blue's PO 91% and Florida Blue's HMO 81% and United
Healthcare's NHP network 70% of your total providers As was requested by the board we looked at your specific specialty um utilization and providers in the area So we had each carrier run geo access
reports which takes the census of all of your members and it indicates the percentage of members that have access to at least two providers in these specialties within 10 miles of their home This is not specific to your utilization but it is based on their
networks in the area You'll see dermatology 92.1% for Florida Blue Sigma is at 94.7% and United Healthcare is at 94.2% OBGYn
93.9% for Florida Blue 99.5% for Sigma and 94.9% for United Healthcare Mental health everyone is at 99% Pediatry everyone is around the same
area in 94.5% Florida Blue 94.6% for Sigma 94.7% for United Healthcare And chiropractic medicine is also in that same range 94.5% for Florida Blue 94.7% for Sigma and 94.9% for United
Healthcare So we were able based on Florida Blues provider disruption report to look at your specific mental health providers So these are your actual utilized providers within the past 12 months that we looked at There are 151 total mental health
providers being utilized Florida Blue both their HMO and their PO plan have a 98% network match Sigma has a 97% and United Healthc Care's NHP network has an 89%
Pediatry you have 65 total providers that have been utilized in the past 12 months specific to your population Florida Blue's PO plan has an 86% match Their HMO network has a 37% match Sigma's open access plus network
has a 97% match and United Healthcare has a 63% match for chiropractic medicine Florida Blue's PO plan has a 91% match Florida Blue's HMO plan has an 89% match Sigma has a 98% match and the NHP network has
an 11% match Moving on to prescription drug disruption So you'll see that this hasn't changed from what we last saw There would be no disruption with Florida Blue There would be some positive and negative impact with Sigma 3.9% positive 3.1% negative United
Healthcare 4% positive and 22.5% negative And that means either a drug would be excluded on this new form proposed formulary or it would be in a higher tier which means that your members would pay a higher out-of- pocket cost zero cost or preventive medication
So currently with Florida Blue you have medicines that are zero cost to your members even on that high deductible health plan as they are considered preventive So currently with that Florida Blue condition care RX program you have 490 unique members accessing a zerocost brand medication and you have
906 unique members accessing a zerocost generic medicine Florida Blue has 20 different HSA compliant classes 18 women's care classes 12 general preventive classes and preventive vaccines And their total drug number is
4,623 Now not all of those are being utilized by your members as you have 490 on a brand and they could be using the same drug and you have 906 on the generic Um however this is a high utilization Um and Sigma has eight
classes of preventive drugs for 194 total drugs United Healthcare has 15 classes of preventive drugs for 636 classes of preventive drugs Moving on to scoring So again you have three very
wellqualified proposals here and proposers They're all very capable of administering your medical and prescription drug plan and ultimately is the board's decision on which one to go with But with this we have Sigma ranked number one at
98.13 That is due to the fact that they have the least network disruption And then they have the second lowest pricing Florida Blue has 96.87 points and UHC is very close with
96.41 41 points with UHC having the lowest cost but the highest disruption network and pharmacy wise You can see our scoring methodology on page 28 And with that I'll turn it back over
to Dawn Yes we have a five o'clock time certain So I'm going to ask you guys to just wait a few minutes so we can get the public comments in Thank you for your presentation Citizen input is vital to the improvement of our district Most times
your remarks may be listened to without comment from the board members or superintendent This does not mean they are heard with any less intensity or concern Where appropriate the superintendent and staff will investigate your comments and report back to you and the board with an answer We thank you for taking the time and
having the concern to make our district better Your presentation to the board should not exceed three minutes Letters or statements from others not present can be given to our clerk who will be sure that each schoolboard member and the superintendent receive a copy To keep our record straight and authentic
our policy does not permit you to read the statements of others into the record Our first public speaker will be Dr Hess followed by Matt Theabald I've been here before Uh Dr Hess uh I'm the commander of the Steuart
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 91 uh 59 And we're the only uh flotillaa in Martin County I was here to uh offer uh boating safety courses for children Here we are totally funded and uh prepared to
offer free courses to the youth from 14 to 21 plus their parents on a regular basis I was hoping to send instructors into the school system uh last year and
uh I don't know exactly what happened but it's sort of like when my 91year-old mother told me that she was in a relationship with her 101year-old boyfriend Uh mom I don't know what that means I don't want to know Uh and uh so
something happened with an eighth grade teacher and uh so I have another venue to offer you Um we teach the third Saturday of every month in Sans Park We
can accommodate about 40 people We have empty seats every month We had about six auxiliarists running around to teach six students this month That made me crazy Um we are funded by the Austin Blue
Foundation Uh the kids that went out uh Jupiter Inlet a number of years uh and and in a skiff and never came back and their parents fund us for children 14 to 21 plus a parent So I don't know how to
get this information out Uh I understand that there are banners outside of schools sometimes I don't know whether we're budgeted for this but I'd personally pay for those to get that information out Put it in newsletters
anywhere you can But the third Saturday all you have to do is Google Flotilla 59 or Steuart uh Coast Guard Auxiliary Sandsprit Park You'll find us right away You can register online I don't need to
take up any more of your time Um we want to teach your kids They're going to be out in the water We're a boating community and I'm scared to death that they won't know what they're doing when they need to Thanks a lot Okay Thank you I'll get the information
uh to who we need to get it to to let people know about it Thank you Thank you Thank you Matt Matt Theabald followed by Ian Hajkin Hajin Good afternoon Madame Chair members of the board and Superintendent
Maine My name is Matt Theabald I'm the president of the Martin County Education Association a proud social studies teacher here in the district and a graduate of Martin County Public Schools I stand before you today not only as a union leader but as someone who has dedicated his life to this community Let
me begin by sincerely thanking the board members who stood up to protect retirey health insurance subsidies for current employees Your vote honored a basic principle that promises made should be promises kept But that brings me to why I'm here To voice the deep frustration
disappointment and disillusionment of Martin County's teachers regarding your proposed changes to schoolboard policy 6560 Many of these concerns were voiced powerfully by teachers at the last board meeting I won't repeat those points but let me be clear Those voices reflect the
overwhelming sentiment of the professionals who keep your schools running day in and day out And yet despite knowing that this board took the extraordinary step of rearranging your meeting agenda to vote on 6560 before the public had a chance to speak That
was not just a procedural choice It was an act of silencing You denied your own employees the basic dignity of being heard before you made a decision that directly impacts their livelihoods their futures and their families That is not leadership It's a betrayal of trust and
a clear signal that the people who make this district function your teachers are being pushed to the margins We already know that nearly twothirds of our teachers live outside the district They make long commutes because they believe in Martin Countyy's mission But when neighboring districts offer better pay
and shorter drives why would anyone stay in fact I no longer need to speculate I have already been contacted by multiple teachers who plan to retire early or seek employment elsewhere due to this proposed change This isn't just a future risk It's already happening and you
haven't even enacted the policy yet What you are doing is gutting the very infrastructure of our schools Because when you drive out experienced educators you don't just lose bodies you lose mentors stability institutional knowledge and worst of all our students lose everything We as your employees
look to you the elected leadership to safeguard our ability to teach to thrive and to live with dignity But this policy does the opposite It destabilizes classrooms undermines morale and sends a chilling message that no matter how long you serve how loyal you are or how hard
you work the district will not honor its commitments when it matters most Let me be clear this isn't a budgetary necessity It's a conscious choice a choice that will define your legacy one way or the other So I urge you do not move forward with this policy change At
the very least postpone any decisions affecting current employees until you've had the integrity to hear from them directly Do not balance the the budget on the backs of the very people who make education possible in Martin County Do not leave a legacy of broken promises and fractured trust because once it's
gone it will nearly be impossible to get it back Thank you Ian Hajins Good afternoon members of the board and superintendent Maine My name is Ian Hodes and I'm a student here in Martin County My time is almost up I
only have two years left before I graduate But I also have a younger sister who hasn't even started high school yet I want her to have the same opportunities that I've had I want her to learn from the same kind of dedicated and passionate teachers who have shaped
my education and to an extent who I am as a person But if we fail to support our educators now I worry that those teachers won't be there for her or for any of the students who come after me Our teachers are more than instructors They are mentors role models and the
foundation of not just an educational system but our community as a whole They've devoted their time energy and passion into assuring that students like me are equipped not only with knowledge but a deeper understanding of the world around us They are in so many ways the
final line of defense against ignorance And yet today they are being asked to bear the burden of financial constraints that should never come at the expense of those who serve our schools so selflessly For about a decade now the promise of retirey health benefits has been a key part of what has allowed this
district to attract and reta retain dedicated educators To reduce or eliminate these benefits now would not only break that promise but it would send a message that their service was valued only in the moment not in the long term It would discourage new
teachers from committing to careers here and could drive experienced educators away when we need them most I urge you to consider the long-term consequences of this decision The strength of a school system is measured not by its cost-saving measures but by the respect and support it provides to those who
make learning possible Without our teachers our education suffers and without our education our future is at risk These teachers have given so much to this district Years of service dedication and an unwavering commitment
to our students The promise of retirey health benefits has been a reassurance that their efforts are valued beyond the years they spend in the classroom Changing that now would be deeply disheartening not only for those who have already retired but for those currently shaping the next generation It
is crucial that we show them the same level of respect and commitment that they have shown students like me I ask that you protect these benefits and ensure that Martin County remains a place where educators feel supported valued and secure both during their careers and in retirement Thank you I
sincerely appreciate being given the opportunity to speak [Applause] today Okay Gabrielle um presented the information um that we just went over and I wanted to just say that the um insurance
committee did meet uh yesterday late afternoon and reviewed all of the information that Gabrielle just presented um and there was um healthy discussion um between the committee members and the um the first um decision
that they made was to um eliminate United Health from um consideration Um and the reason being is due to the network disruption um as as they thought that that would be a detriment to the um
to the current employees Um and then the uh there was discussion between the two remaining carriers which is Sigma and Florida Blue And um ultimately the insurance committee voted 9 to5 um in favor of recommending um Sigma to be
awarded the um medical insurance and RFP RFP uh effective July 1st 2025 So just putting that out there and I um did send Miss Falls the memo that stated that However ultimately it is the board's decision And since we're at a good
stopping point I thought maybe we could have some discussion or answer any questions the board may have Dr Mari would you like to presentation at all um a lot of data to go through here Um
just throwing my opinion out there Um I tend to agree with the insurance committee that Sigma seems to be the strongest carrier Seems like they have the most availability in networks better pricing between them and Florida Blue and the ongoing funds is significantly
higher for Sigma So um where I'm at is I feel like Sigma could be a strong choice for uh for this district Thank you So I had several things that um I wanted to clarify just to so I could have this
in my mind Um so let me look first to Florida Blue's proposal So Florida Blue's proposal was not using correct me when I if I'm wrong when I'm wrong they were not using um the existing high
deductible plan in order to give us a zerocost plan to offer our employees Instead they came up with an HMO high deductible plan which has deductibles and out-ofp pocket maximums that are
somewhere between the HMO and the high deductible and PO Correct Yes Correct And their answer to us is we could either take four plans or we could take the PO and the HMO and either the
new high deductible or the old high deductible So we have three choices if we went with Florida Blue as to what we would do with that Is that correct correct Um however I would recommend if if that if the board selects Florida Blue I would highly recommend keeping
the highdeductible health plan uh 5172 and 5173 because that utilizes a PO network and allows for in network and out of network benefits whereas um the HMO uh HSA 1281 129 high deductible plan
is in network only for HMO Okay Um thank you I I also understand that with the addition of February's data that Florida Blue improved their um average rate increase which is across
the board by 30% They came down 30% whereas Sigma came down 60% and United Healthcare came down 75% I I would like to say that I'm somewhat disappointed with Florida Blue that
obviously the other two carriers understood what those um utilization and what those rate what the usage of our policy and what that meant adding those two months of data and I don't really feel that um Florida Blue really
understand that I think and I appreciate that they managed to get it under a double digit but 9.9 is really real close to a double digit So I mean I just wanted to point that out I also wanted to um point out that one of the things
um I attended the insurance committee meeting yesterday in instead of um our chair Mrs Pritchette and one of the things that was brought up was about that advanced imaging which is the cat scans Yes And one of the major differences between Florida Blue and
Sigma is that and correct me if I'm wrong that with Florida Blue if you go in for a CAT scan it's 300 If you're in the HMO it's 350 for every CAT scan you get If you're with um Sigma in the in their HMO it means you would first have
to pay your calendar year deductible at whatever price that is So the calendar year deductible for an employee by themselves is $2,000 So you would have to pay the first $2,000 of cat scans at the cost that they're build and then you
would go to the 20% and but then it would drop off in price Correct yes Is that right okay Um I wanted to clarify if we do go to Sigma Sigma would we would be maintaining the PO freeze even though
we've changed the name or would we have to specify that to you that that's what we're interested in doing for the record I I would prefer that the board u provides that direction We operated under the assumption that the PO enrollment would be frozen in this and
we could make those changes as we transition to Sigma if that is the pleasure of the board But yes I would like to have that on on record Thank you But as as part of the memo Yeah Um and then the other thing just for clarification on page 19
um when it looks like that 300,000 is sitting in the Florida blue column for participating contract the discretionary credit up above gives Sigma at 175 and United Healthcare at 100 And so that's those two things are
kind of linked together Is that correct yes they're all funds that can be used at the discretion of the board Okay And then the last thing I wanted to um thank the other carriers other than Florida Blue is I know that for some time we've been talking about the ability to silo
each of our three different plans and let rate increases fall to the plan that has um the biggest use or the most most pull I guess would be the best way to say it and Florida Blue has cons consistently said that it needs to be
across the board And the other two seemed to understand that we were consistently asking for something that wasn't across the board and allowing um plans to kind of stand by themselves and to take that piece by itself And I appreciate that Thank
you Russell Your microphone what I was saying that I feel like or with the recommendation powers I also agree with uh the recommendation of the insurance committee um and a lot of what Miss
Roberts said I thought we were very clear about a zerocost um plan coming to the board for our employees I know that it's not exactly zero cost um the Sigma plan the high deductible plan that's offered by Sigma but it is very very
close Um I think it ended up I did the calculation I and the HMO is actually you can't get much closer than being dead on $6,500 in the HMO plan And there's so much benefit lost in the high
deductible HMO plan compared to the high deductible PO plan I just don't even think it's worth it would even be worth offering to our employees Um so I agree with the recommendation and to go with Sigma I wasn't clear whether it was a
recommendation I I thought that the committee was They weren't sure which one they wanted Florida or Sigma Did Did the committee push forward Sigma yes there was a vote of there was 14 members there Nine voted
in favor of recommending Sigma Okay I needed to know that I wanted to make sure Thank you And I had just one more thing to Mrs P's um statement about the high deductible health plan Um in previous years when there's been just a little bit of difference um off of the
$6,500 board contribution and that high deductible health plan in years past the board has picked up that couple of dollars difference a month to keep the high deductible health plan at a zero cost for employee only That could be an action by the
board for this year as well Thank you And madam chair yes Thank you Madam Chair I would uh like if if he's willing to uh Mr Calderon to explain a little more in detail should the board choose to go with Sigma to give some piece of
mind potentially to some of the audience members off of Mrs Robert's comment around the advanced imaging concern Okay Yes So um we we uh met with uh Mr Jeff Carver our director of purchasing um who also serves on the insurance committee
And so there's three decisions that um we are looking for from the board today The first one is um we are requesting that the board direct the superintendent and staff to negotiate a final offer with the preferred carrier which it sounds like from conversation that that
would be Sigma um that would allow the Garing group to go back to the preferred carrier in this case um Sigma to um revisit that advanced imaging um dis discrepancy or uh difference between
what is currently in place with Florida Blue and what they offered to request them to match um what Florida Blue is currently um offering Um it's there's no guarantees but um as Mr Carver has pointed out um it it could be a benefit
to us And then that would allow um some time for that to occur And then ultimately we um have a date earmarked for um Tuesday April 1st following the board workshop to have a special board
meeting where we could finalize the selection of the carrier and hopefully um bring you better news regarding the advanced imaging Okay Thank you Go ahead I'd like to make a motion that we um authorize staff and the
superintendent to negotiate a final offer with Sigma with three pieces added to that One piece is to pay attention to that advanced imaging piece and see whether you can get something different with that So advanced imaging um B is
specifying that the PO which has a new name of OAP maintain the freeze for new enroles and three that the board um offer the high deductible at no cost single employee offer that as a no cost
and um let the general fund pay that I'll second that Can you tell me number two again please number two is is maintaining the you know right now we have a freeze on the PO Okay I could didn't Okay So it's maintaining that freeze because even though the name of
it is changed and it's now called OAP to keep that freeze for new enrollies I'd second that Yeah Okay So we have a motion by Miss Roberts a second by Dr Mario All those in favor i carries unanimously Thank you Oh we have two
more Oh there's two more Thanks There's two more Yeah decisions needed or guidance be before you proceed with that Can I say one more thing Madam Chair of course Thank you Um when you when we do this again and looking at the scoring
process I'm noting that in the scoring that 55 points of the scoring typically everybody gets the 55 points And so we're talking about 45 points on the other hand
um or 30 I guess 30 across we're talking about the pricing and the proposer's ability to provide a complete local network the network access if there is a way that you can break that into more manageable pieces in the future So for
instance um pull out network disruption and make that a line item Pull out um network choice or availability as a line item Pull out prescription drugs disruption as a line item so that we can
see what those pieces are easily I think it would make it easier for us to not have to go back and get that additional information if we saw that in the scoring piece instead of having that all lumped together if that makes sense Just when we do this again Thank you
Proceed Thank you Okay So the second um decision we would um be looking for the board to tonight to make um is each year we come to you regardless if we're going out to bid for medical insurance or not um asking if the board would like to continue
offering a health savings account for those employees that are enrolled in the high deductible health plan for those active employees and the Garen group went ahead on page 30 you'll see that they presented four options to the board ranging from $250 annually um to
$1,000 Um in years past it it's um it just depends on on the board Um this year was $750 Um years past it's been a thousand but based on active employee enrollment as of right now um that would be the cost ranging from option one
through option four How many employees participate in the HSA well all all employees that are enrolled in the high deductible health plan have the health savings account um tied to it So the board contributes um a one-time
allotment Um for those that are currently on it they get it on July 1st in the new plan year For those that enroll when they start they get it the first month that their benefits go into effect And then employees have the option of contributing on top of that up to the IRS limits for each year Um and they could put their own money towards
that each paycheck into their own health savings account Okay 429 employees Yeah I I knew that I just I wasn't sure if they all participated in it but they they probably would because they get the funding to do it Okay Thank you And if
we didn't do the funding they still have the option of contributing um pre-tax to the HSA Yeah correct Okay And what's the new limit is there a new limit this year it doesn't work I
think it went up again right Um individual is like is it like 4,800 4,300 for a single 8550 for a family and that's both employer and employee
So what we do is um when the board makes their the decision we get with the Garen group and our partners at Bentech our online benefit enrollment system and so they do all the programming behind it so the employees know how much the board's contributing and then they can contribute up to that difference each
year Okay Dr Marardi So and last year we did 750 Yeah For the current 2425 year 750 Yes Okay And this is kind of out there but is do you have any idea how many how many employees contributed on their own
we'd have to pull a report We we it a lot A little Most do Okay And is there a cap on that it's whatever the IRS limit is Yeah They can contribute up to the current year's limits Yes Okay Thank you Yeah Miss Roberts Thank you Um is there a way
for instance to say option two $500 and then after we see what happens with the advanced imaging um well it wouldn't even really affect them for the advanced imaging because that's the HMO piece right yeah Never mind Forget I said that Thank you Yeah you could wait until
April I mean April 1st is is fine if you wanted to make a decision on April 1st but um but by April 1st we need to know that information so we can um program Ventech And I guess what I'm thinking is I'm thinking
um in the event that Sigma is not able to do anything to assist with that advanced imaging cost that we might want to be looking at something And I don't know perhaps you can look at it whether you can drill down on that piece and say
that the district will pick up for advanced imaging we will pick up x number of dollars for the first Does that make sense well I think that would be difficult because it's an HMO so they
don't get an HSA tied to their So it's not like we could deposit $500 into their account for imaging You would it would have to be on a case-byase basis It varies from provider That would be nearly impossible to and that's what I was thinking of is if I got um if I had
to go get some CAT scans or MRIs or something and then I filled out a form and verified that I had that I'm in the HMO and I had that Um whether we could give money back from either the prochure money or do something Well that that would be very difficult to administer
Mrs Roberts because um during open enrollment that's when employees make their elections to contribute towards their health savings account for the upcoming year I'm not talking about in a health savings account environment I'm talking about administering it separately
So that if if the event if it comes out that you have to pay the first $2,000 instead of the $350 if there's x number of dollars available So that if you go get a CAT scan and your CAT scan is $1,000 that there is X number of dollars that if you
submit the correct paperwork you could get money back from the district That's what I was looking at Okay I understand That's what But I think and I don't think it affects your open enrollment piece etc because you'll have those numbers your negotiated numbers before that period of time So we can always add
that later I guess is where I was going with that Is that Go ahead I would um I would I would not recommend that we go that route because of the first of all it's just very difficult for staff to manage And what's the
difference between someone paying $2,000 out or $1,000 out of pocket for a CAT scan or um you know having surgery and having to meet like we we can't just pick and choose I don't think procedures if we're going to do that then we should
just give everybody the cost of a CAT scan and everybody gets it because you there's so many medical expenses that could exceed that $2,000 or whatever the cap is I don't know And I just I just think it's a slippery
slope to just identify one procedure in the plan um unless we're going to offer it to every single person And I think that we would want to consult with the Garing Group's um legal um department to see if that would be a
possible HIPPA violation for for that Just put that on record So currently we are um at option three Is that what we we're doing currently option three Okay So can
we uh could we discuss what option we want to um do for HSA powers well I could support um I I guess the I think what we did when we
started making the initial contribution was an incentive to move so that um the out of pocket move people off of like the regular PO to the high deductible Um and as you can see from our loss ratios it tends to be healthier people that are
moving into the high deductible plan but it gives them that cushion that if something did happen they have that $1,000 or whatever they're contributing throughout the year I think it's I think it's a nice benefit Um
you saying option four or option three well I want to we have so much to I would like to wait on this item because I'm just we have so much going on right now with expenses that we had not anticipated
um in the millions of dollars and I'm not comfortable right now making um an additional decision like this until we are able to look at that and talk about all of those expenses as a group All right I I can support that
But in terms of an HSA component does it seem like we have consensus for that at least we're just kind of depending on which which of those or is it still in play of no HSA well the HSA comes with the high deductible plan automatically You would have an HSA either way that
employees could choose to contribute to It's if the board is going to contribute anything towards it Gotcha Okay Thanks We we can defer that and put it on an item for discussion at the April 1 workshop Sure Okay Thank you Number
three Okay Number three I promise it's the last one Um if you go to page 32 um what we have broken down another annual um discussion about funding is the employee plus family prior to
712020 subsidy Um so the context for this is five years ago the district went from a two-tier enrollment system to a four- tier enrollment system and each year they uh the board has contributed a little bit extra money towards those that were on the quote traditional
employee plus family coverage Um we are down to 128 currently enrolled And so on page 32 if you choose Sigma um we have three options there for you um to decide between If you would like to continue
that uh subsidy as currently stated that would be option B which is a blended tier rate If you would like to um absorb the full increase the amount is listed there um in yellow And then obviously if you wanted to end that there would be no additional cost and that would be at
zero So that may be another thing that you might want to just think about and make a decision perhaps on Tuesday April 1st Yes Next week So we'll Yeah it's a week away
Okay Just about Thank you Okay Thank you Thank you very much Gabrielle We are up to request authorization to utilize Palm Beach County School District fire alarm parts repairs and
reprogramming May I have a motion motion by one second So I know that um it was stated earlier that during the open to the public that the public was not given an opportunity to talk about a policy that
the board was voting on And I wanted to say this before the people who were leaving were leaving And I wanted um clarification from our schoolboard attorney that um that the board took takes no action at a workshop and that
when a board has either the first read or the final read on a policy that at both of those times that our chair is asking for public comment for that first read and for the second read Is that
Mrs Roberts yes And also one of the things I monitor over here as we go into first reads and into especially final and adoption I monitor to make sure that it's been open to the public Right So I just didn't want it to be on the record
that we were approving policies or moving forward with policies not allowing the public an opportunity to speak on those and that you're given when you come to a meeting you're given several opportunities to speak One during open to the public and then once
again when it is a policy either during the first read or the second read and and we have maintained that I believe that the policy that's being spoken about is up for a second read today and there will be an opportunity once again to speak on that topic before we act on
it Is that correct that's correct Okay Thank you very much Okay So we had a motion to request authorization to utilize Palm Beach County School District fire alarm I believe yes Miss
you Miss Russell motioned Miss Roberts second All those in favor i Motion carries Request authorization to utilize Bvard County School District BMM OEM bus parts accessories and compatible
software discount bid Motion to approve I move approval Second Have a motion by Miss Powers a second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries
requisitions to be approved for purchase orders over $100,000 Move approval Second Motion by Miss Power second by Miss Russell All those in favor i I
motion carries Request approval to renew St Lucy Public Schools RFP integrated pest management services for the period through 31126 May I have a motion second I have a motion by Miss Roberts a
second by Miss Powers All those in favor i Motion carries Request approval to renew St Lucy Public Schools fresh produce and pre-cut package items Approval of 181
No 1810 1810 Getting ahead of myself Okay I have a motion by Miss Roberts a second by Miss Russell All those in favor i I motion carries Stu 18.11 Stewart Middle School
enhanced security Addition additional items approval I have a motion Second I have a motion by Miss Roberts a second by Miss Powers All those in favor i Motion carries We will now have a public hearing for
comment on instructional materials recommended for adoption and more Do I have any public comments on this seeing none Good evening Madame Chair members of the board Superintendent Maine It is my
pleasure to walk you guys through our instructional materials adoption process where we're at and preview on what is next So first and foremost I want to thank our instructional materials adoption committee members We had teachers from each school representing We had designates from each of our board
members representing and we appreciate their hard work and countless hours that went into these instructional materials use So for this year we are looking at four different subject areas on our timeline We have personal financial literacy and money management English
language arts intervention materials mathematics intervention materials and English language arts K12 core materials You'll notice that for the first three that is for adoption and implementation next year English language arts was moved up a year by the state Um but we
do have three years to implement So we're going to keep our original timeline through next year and then we will implement our ELA selection in 2627 So we initially presented all materials for review to the public
starting in January January 6 to February 6 Um that was the time for our committees to review all the materials from the different publishers which we'll walk through shortly U also public was available to comment through our portal and those materials were presented to our committees as they
considered their recommendations The public review window opened after the committees uh provided their recommendations and so that has been open since the seventh and will stay open till the 25th and today was our opportunity for public hearing for these materials You will not vote on these
today They'll be voted on April 15th once we um complete this window and then we have a 30-day window before those recommendations are final So we can't purchase anything after that vote for 30 more days So our adoption process is
comprehensive Seven sections 41 questions evaluating content assessment teacher support materials format and organization of those materials instruction addressing the needs of all learners digital components public comments were provided for each of those resources And so not only did our committee members evaluate
it everything was published and available to um our community so they could review any parents committee members stakeholders that wanted to review were able to review and provide comments through our public comment um features And then we had a publisher presentation for clarifying questions
for our committee where we did share those public comments that were presented um to address any concerns And at the our committee meetings they did do a ranking and you guys will be presented with our top two for each area tonight So as we look at the different
areas of the rubric I won't read through all of these for you but we did pay careful attention to um content areas aligned to scope and sequence Florida standards specific tasks promoting critical thinking skills We wanted to make sure the content was accurate and understandable for our students We
wanted to make sure it was objectively and in alignment with Florida statutes We know that laws have been changing so we want to make sure that everything aligned to the direction of the legislature and we wanted to make sure that applications were accessible and content area was thoroughly
integrated Teacher support materials was another key component of the review We wanted to make sure that teachers had what they needed to be able to support their students Um materials for remediation and enrichment And so this year we did guide our committees on when they're looking for remediation and
enrichment materials we want to make sure that we can scale up and scale down the material And so typically when we're looking at those remediation materials there's been a focus asked on struggling learners but we wanted to make sure that whatever we picked for uh 25 26 and beyond was able uh to meet the needs of
our students that are academically successful and want to stretch their eligibility Instruction is another key component that was evaluated Five specific areas in the rubric Wanted to make sure that everything was uh clearly aligned and
address prerequisite knowledge and skills that are necessary to learning new concepts Consistent alignment across standards Wanted to ensure there's multiple instruction methods to engage and motivate students And we want to make sure that materials provided highlight ways to address common
mistakes or misconceptions that happen through the instructional process Addressing the needs of all learners is another key consideration So again we want to make sure that we're meeting the needs of not just struggling learners but all learners whether they're gifted students ESE students ELLL students we
wanted materials that accommodate all learning styles to make sure that we are successful on our journey to the number one in the state And we also wanted to make sure that all ancillary materials provided for comprehension across all levels Assessment is a hot topic We wanted to make sure that all of our
materials had assessment components that were varied and frequent to support progress monitoring and give us data as a school and as a district to drive students success through datadriven decision making We wanted to make sure assessments range from diagnostic to evaluative and that electronic formatted
formative assessments and instructional units could be customized and scored electronically So we want to be able to plug those assessment pieces into our own data visualization tools so that we can provide better data to our schools to drive instruction And then the format and
organization of the materials making sure that Florida standards are provided for all instructional content so it's easy for teachers instructional leaders to align that content We wanted to ensure that visual information is meaningful and facilitates learning when it comes to charts graphs photographs etc
We assess the sequence of learning making sure that's educationally sound and developmentally appropriate And we focused on the readability readability level and vocabulary development I'm sure they were appropriate Additionally we did review digital components ensuring that all materials
had a digital component and that those components um enhance and complement instruction making sure it was online access text making sure that's interactive and not just static materials making sure they support instruction for review and enrichment of content that
they're usable with our interactive whiteboards So first we'll talk about English language arts We had several so we had eight companies that were interested in being our vendor for ELA um K5 materials Amplify or for I'm
sorry Benchmark Amplify HMH and McGra Hill after our committees reviewed after the vendor presentations the top two in no particular order are Benchmark and HMH 468 We had three additional companies
amplify McGraill and Savis after our committees reviewed McGraill and Savis were the top two selections for 912 in ELA McGraill and Savis were the only two that submitted for review and were the top two in
committee recommendation English language arts intervention materials which will be for implementation in 2526 Uh we had more submissions for intervention materials for K3 We had age of learning Amir Education benchmark
curriculum associates EPS learning Hinaman Lexia McGraill really great reading Savage learning and Wilson language After committee review and vendor presentations the top two were Lexia Learning and Wilson language training
Mathematics intervention for K4 was also on this year's timeline We had several recommend um submissions from Amamira Curriculum Associates which is I ready box with Discovery Education Do the Math with Hinaman Publishing HMH
with Florida Waggle Math McGraw Hill with Number Worlds and Savis Learning with Florida Focus Math Intervention After review the committee selected number worlds from McGra Hill and Ready Florida Best Mathematics from Curriculum Associates Finally we have personal
finance financial literacy and money management We had five companies submit to be our vendor for these materials Budget challenge personal finance and money management with e dynamics Florida focus on personal financial literacy with bra hill managing your personal
finances with national geographic learning and foundations in personal finance with Ramsey educations After committee review the committee's recommended the top two of McGra Hill Florida focus on personal financial literacy and Ramsey education foundations in personal finance
Those are the recommendations from the committee for public hearing today and we will um have our public review window still open until uh the 25th and we will have vote on the 15th for your
consideration Thank you Miss Roberts Um thank you I just wanted a clarification So for the reading intervention for K3 it's the Wilson's Foundation not the Wilson's other one Correct I believe I think there were two
Wilson Is that right it's the foundations K3 for Wilson Okay Um and I want to thank you all for for making it so easy to access the portal and to get in to look at the materials And I would also like to request that after the window for
public comment closes on Thursday March 27th that if you could for I'm particular and I'm sure the rest of the board is interested in what those public comments are So if you could forward those to us Absolutely That would be helpful Thank you Anyone
thank you Thank you Okay moving right along We are going to do first review of schoolboard policy I have 20.01231 outside activities of administrators Move for approval One Second I have
Russell motion Dr Marity second All those in favor I regret I did not ask for public comment Is there anyone who would like to speak on any of these policies first review thank
you 20.022420 school patrol This is a resend May I have a motion move approval Second I have a motion by Dr Marity second by Miss Powers All those in favor i Motion carries
20.03 3231 outside activities of staff This is a new policy Have a motion by Miss Roberts a second by Miss Russell All those in favor i motion carries 20.045410.01 promotion acceleration
placement and retention Move approval Second Have a motion by Miss Powers a second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries 20.05550
55505 academic honesty This is a new policy Move approval Second Have a motion by Dr Morardi Second by Miss Powers All those in favor i I motion carries
20.065860 safety patrol This is a new policy Move approval Second I have a motion by Miss Power second by Dr Mari All those in favor i Motion carries
20.076210 fiscal planning Move approval Second I have a motion by Miss Powers a second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries 20.08 Procurement Code of Ethics This is
a resend policy Move approval Second I have a motion by Miss Power second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries 20.09 construction contracting and
bidding This is a new policy Move approval Second A motion by Miss Powers second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries
20.10 Pre-qualification of contractors for educational facilities construction This is a new policy Move approval Okay I have a motion by Miss Power second by Miss Russell All those in
favor i I Motion carries 20.11 instructional materials allocation I move to approve 20.11 Second I have a motion by Dr Marardi a second by Miss Powers All those in favor
i Motion carries 20.12 Fair Labor Standards Act LSA have approval of 20 Second I have a motion by Miss Russell second by Miss Powers All those in favor i motion
carries 20.13 pre-qualification of contractors This is a rescend Move approval Second I have a motion by Miss Power second by Miss Russell All those in favor i Motion carries
20.14 Environmental Health Program Move approval Second Oh that was a tie Third A motion by Miss Power second by Dr Mari All those in favor i Motion
carries 20.15 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Move to approve 20.15 Second I have a motion by Dr Mario second by Miss Powers All those in favor i I motion carries
20.16 artificial intelligence AI This is a new policy Move to approve 20.16 AI Second I have a motion by Dr Mari a second by Miss Powers All those in favor i Motion carries
We will now have a public hearing of school board policy 6560 retirey health insurance Do I have any comments from the public good evening again Uh my name is Matt Theald uh speaking as an individual and
I would just like to reiterate uh the current employees opposition to any changes to schoolboard policy uh 6560 Uh I appreciate what uh what you guys did to protect uh the current retirees um and and the stand that you all took on
that but uh changing changing horses in midstream uh when your employees are dependent on that horse uh for for uh um to keep their heads above water is is uh really just a disastrous thing So again uh I urge you not to make any policy
changes that affect current employees um and their future retirement Thank you Thank you Anyone else okay seeing none So just to be clear this policy is only for employees that have retired prior to
June that retire prior to June 30th Right this is not in fact anyone who who is are currently employed that doesn't retire before June 30th Don Calderon director of risk management employee benefits Um so yes Mrs Powers
to answer your question this is the existing 6560 board policy Um staff worked with Terry Harmon um to gather all of the board consensus and motions that have been um made over the past
several workshops And this policy is for those that have currently retired or will retire by June 30th 2025 And then at the April 1st board
workshop there will be a new policy I believe it's going to be called 6561 that will um contain uh a retirey health insurance policy for those employees that retire on July 1st 2025 or after
And do we know can you I'm sorry Can I ask one more question while you're standing there what is the economic impact of this on an annual basis do you recall off the top of your head just this piece for policy 6560 um I have I don't know off the top of my
head I've got information all broken out here but I have a lot of the information for after July 1st 2025 because that's what we presented on um at the last board workshop If we took a break is there a possibility you could
give us a ballpark um yeah All right we'll take a five minute recess or 10 What do you need let's say 10 Okay 10 minutes Thank you We're calling this meeting back to order Thank you Okay Mr Calderon
Thank you Um I was able to pull up the January 14th board workshop for retirey benefits and um obtain the information um that the board was requesting So um when we were here in January we took a look at the two buckets of people the
bucket uh excuse me the two buckets of retirees those that are under 65 who receive a percentage of the board's contribution and then those that are over 65 and and they receive the Martin County health insurance subsidy So for
um retirees under 65 um when we when we obtained this information um for the 2425 year based on the current retirees that are under 65 it was $510,000 and then it decreases each year
from there because um as those retirees turn 65 then they move into that other bucket of over 65 So we have uh Gabrielle and Dustin put that together And then for the over 65 um employees who are
retired they receive a Martin County Health Insurance subsidy and there are a total of 764 retirees over 65 and that is an annual cost of $1.1 million Thank you Appreciate
it Do we have any comments i need a motion I move approval of 6560 Second I have a motion by Miss Roberts a second
by Miss Powers All those in favor i I Any opposed motion carries unanimously Thank you And um yes Madam Chair just for the record the next policy is coming to us
on April 1st for a fir like uh for the workshop just board discussion and then it will come back for advertising at the 15th and then final approval in
May Thank you Thank you Open to the board Roberts Sorry I'm getting used to my little card there Um I'd like to thank the staff for taking care of the SAT glitch Not that
they took care of the SAT glitch but for being so responsive and providing so much information um to the parents and to the students that were affected by that I think that was really important it Of course that glitch was something that was completely out out of our
control but our ability to be able to um give everybody some closure and explain to them what was going on I think was commendable Um I also had attended um three performances at our high school Cinderella at South Fork Charlie Brown at Martin County High School and Phantom
of the Opera at Jensen Beach I have to say I was a little bit apprehensive about the taking on of The Phantom of the Opera because that's such a a large production but all three of them were wonderful and they exceeded my expectations And then in case you missed it SPAM our um robotics team 180
competed in Orlando this last weekend They were the number one team going into the finals In the finals you play play two out of three games and they crushed it on the first two So they were clearly the winning alliance in that So that was really good But more impressive than
that or really more impressive than that was they won the impact award And the impact award is the award to win from first robotics It recognizes their um community piece It recognizes what they do It recognizes their integration and
their promotion of STEM etc And I think that Kirsty um Germaine has done a couple clips on that and has pushed that out there to social media But if you see it watch it because it is very impressive And they do mention the Martin County School District and the Martin County and and our collaboration
with them That's all Thank you Dr Mar You know in Derek Low's presentation about the vending machine uh book thingy what was it called the big machine of wonders Uh thingy Yeah I thought that was an incredible piece uh Derek that
you put there And um I reached out to Lisa Rhodess and she said that she has we have them in all of our traditional elementary middle and high schools and the Hope Center for Autism They also give books to Spectrum Willoughby and Riverbend too So uh what a great project
and kudos uh to Lisa and the Education Foundation for their efforts there Um I think that's just a great tool that inspires kids to read and learn Um so kudos That's all I have Powers
Um I just wanted to over spring break um we did a collaboration between Morfield Elementary School and the Kuanas Club of Indiantown to um build out the uh Kuanis closet in the school and
um Closets by Design uh donated their time and the complete custom closet um for and installed it on during spring break So I haven't actually been out to see it yet but I plan to go out later this week So really excited about that And I know Miss Russell has poured a lot
of her time into making sure that um everything is so organized in the closet So it's been a really great community effort So um I I hope we'll get to do something a little ribbon cutting and um in the future and we'll let everybody
know about that when we set a date I was actually able to go out there yesterday Beautiful I'm so excited We will finish next and we're going to finish it up and
hopefully have want to say congratulations to the scam team Such an accomplishment And aren't they going to Houston next yes Yes Superintendent Maine you're good All
right With that we're adjourned