##VIDEO ID:PCLQS_vWmOc## e e e e e [Applause] thank you I didn't have my mic on I hope everybody heard what I said hey we will have our opening prayer by father Christi CHR Anderson from St Mary's thank you so much for joining us today oh we're all standing cool well let us pray God we uh thank you for a new year a new year to step into uh and find new motivation and New Vision may it be given from you above the God of all wisdom I work through these board members I work through every single member of this uh this uh this district and for all the hungry hearts and Minds that are here uh in this setting that all yearn for the same thing which is to have a formative and awesome and healthy education um for the children so Lord we can't do this on our own you are the unmoved Mover as Martin Luther King said so move through us you gave us all gifts every single one of us has a gift here and I pray for the school board for them to shine they've been called here and been called to be servant leaders of this community may they surrender to you surrender to your great wisdom that you placed upon them and use these gifts for the goodness of the children and the teachers and for our whole civilization Lord all this we ask in your name amen amen thank you please stay up for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Mrs Falls would you call the role please Dr morard here Mrs Roberts here Powers here Mrs Russell here Mrs pitet here well the reason you're all here today I'm sure I'd like to welcome the Palm City Elementary band and chorus under the direction of Mr Monty canilla they will be performing so go ahead you can clap they will be performing the American patriotic song this is my country written by Don Ray and Al Jacobs they are also performing a medley of songs by The Beatles I also would like to say hello to XII who watching us live I believe from Arizona so welcome XI if you can hear me so Palm City Elementary and Mr canilla the floor is yours [Music] [Music] for for you [Music] you [Music] [Music] the [Music] people [Applause] country [Music] country [Music] this country country country [Applause] El you guys are doing a great [Applause] job what grade are you guys in fourth and fifth doing really well thank you for coming here today a PO on sure [Music] [Music] say [Music] [Music] [Music] Saye I you [Music] [Music] youbye I [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you so much for coming it was wonderful bye XII just let them finish okay if it is okay with the board I would like to go a little bit out of order to 13.01 school board appreciation month Jennifer disazo and John Michael tillet with principal Chris Forte ince you to Hidden Oaks Middle School student John Michael tillet and proud Hidden Oaks Middle School principal Mr Chris Forte John Michael is gonna get in um in a moment to tell you all why he's here and what he'd like to celebrate with you and I'll also allow um Mr Forte to share a little bit about what makes John Michael an exceptional Hidden Oaks Middle School shark scholar so John Michael good evening members of the mar County School Board I'm John Michael tet and I first want to start off by thanking Miss pritchet for inviting me to this meeting and thank you for all the kind responses I've received from everyone I would like to take their opportunity today to personally express my gratitude for all the hard work and dedication everyone shown as most of you may be aware I created a flyer honoring School Board appreciation month which was shared Visa social media this post has received numerous amounts of positive feedback however it was the least the least I could do in order to show my appreciation for each and everyone has truly inspired me I look forward being part of the mar County Schoolboard community in the future again thank you so much for providing me this opportunity here to speak today and inspiring me to work towards my dreams and goals thank you thank you John we really appreciate the email that you sent us it was totally unexpected I have to confess I did not know it was school board appreciation month so you you let me know and I just felt like the community should see what you're capable of and and what a nice fine gentleman you are so thank you very much of course thank you welcome good evening Schoolboard chair Miss pritchet superintendent Mr Maine and school board members my name is Chris Forte I'm the very proud principal of Hidden Oaks Middle School I have the honor today of talking about John Michael tillet just a little brief word of what he does at our school it's probably easier to talk about what he doesn't do at our school because there's so much that he does at our school so I'm just going to list off a few key things John Michael tillet is our vice president of our njhs he's our president of our student council he's our president of our yearbook Club he is the reason we started a pickle ball Club at our school he is an odyssey of the team of the Mind team member he is a date Debate Club member a Cambridge ambassador he's in school of our or in charge of our school spirit he's an grade representative and was the moderator for our o Choice openhouse program this year in front of parents that he did not know inside the classroom this year alone John Michael Tilla is a two-time Honor rooll recipient besides his involvement his character traits are unmatched as a scholar that is driven kind caring not afraid to reach out at all and we are very proud to have John Michael tillet as a student at Hidden Oaks Middle School and represent Martin County thank you very much I wanted everybody to know that John created this he took the logo of every one of our schools in the district and put it on the outside of the certificate to represent the entire District which I thought was really creative thank you so [Applause] much to accept this agenda with the following items added 7.04 items updated 4.02 7.03 11.01 11.02 12.01 18.01 18.02 18.03 19.19 1920 items removed d 19.28% [Music] may I have a motion to accept the items of consent no moved with the exception of the two moved action second uh Miss Miss Roberts motioned and Dr Mari already seconded all in favor I I thank you moving right along so we come to board member discussion 12.01 school choice for residents and non-residents this is a new policy any discussion so I'm assuming this is just for us to set the priorities for school choice for the coming August school year correct yes correct um is it no this is this is a policy this is a apologize yeah so um at the workshop we did a couple policies but this is in order to get it so that this is the discussion period so that then we can have a first read and we can have a an advertising review and a final read and get it done before um school choice actually happens so and you see that it's been redone so there's it is including the information that was um discussed at the workshop if you look at your updated stuff you'll see and the main thing that you're seeing in here is um you know how we always take our IND District people first and then the out of District people but we and we have the group of people so think of them in buckets the first bucket being the foster care military people and before the second bucket would then go straight to the people who didn't meet that requirement but now there's one step in between those two that includes students that on high school specialty path and then the same way between in the outof district people there's that inserted bucket in between the two of them so it's also including that so that's the main p that okay Mara we're good so then um correct me if I'm wrong so then we will see this for an advertising review at a meeting and then we will have a final approval correct yes February yeah yeah yeah so it'll it'll catch up with all the other ones that we're doing in February for a final yes approval so the Feb Work Sharp and the Feb me thank you uh food and nutrition services employee recognition awards for the Florida school nutrition Association Laura hodell welcome good afternoon school chair pret school board members in superintendent Maine I'm Laura hell director of food and nutrition services I'm here to acknowledge the three food nutrition employees who won awards from the state school nutrition Association out of 10 possible Awards Martin County School District FNS 13 those Awards will be given out October 2025 due to Hurricane Milton so we're here to recog recognize them because it's been quite a while here's a recap Award winner Thomas Gallagher food and nutrition recognitions humanitarian award winner Thomas gallager the humanitarian award recognizes nominees who have applied their knowledge and expertise to help others within their community and uh humanitarian effort when a need arises time is there to help out our school Community whether it's changing a tire helping in our kitchen or assisting another department Tom is there to lend a hand Tom is all about the kids making an appearance as his alter ego Batman super School Award winner Christy Cole the super School award recognizes nominees who have gone above and beyond to encourage student wellness and meal participation during national school lunch week christe's Crea activities shine through fun engaging activities involving the school such as morning announcements digital signage costumes themed meals photo booth and tons of contests meal participation went up approximately 20% Smart Start Award winner marelen Bergos the Smart Start award recognizes nominees who Inc inreased student participation during National School breakfast week with the theme of Surfs Up with School breakfast Mary Allen decorated with a beach-like setting hosting fun contests with the grand prize winner receiving an underwater polarized camera School breakfast provides the fuel for Student Success and as a result Mary Ellen increased student participation by 11% congratulations to all of our FNS State winners thank you for providing the resources to nourish Student Success and we have um Tom Mary Allen and Christie here if you'd come up [Applause] congratulations thank [Applause] you thank you next we have Jennifer boures with the Suns sign Sunshine State School Board recognition good evening chair Madame chair pritchet board members and superintendent Maine my name is Jennifer bores and I am the coordinator of science I am honored to present our Martin County representative for the annual sunshine State scholar program the Sunshine State scholar program allows each student each School District throughout Florida to select its top 11th grade student in science technology engineering and Mathematics these Scholars along with their parents convene to receive recognition for their achievements they also have opportunities to meet with representatives from Florida's colleges and universities learn about stud related programs of study and experience why Florida is the best state to learn and pursue an exciting career in the stem disciplines it is my immense pleasure to announce this year's representative and Alternate the 2025 Martin County Sunshine State scholar representative from South Fork High School Baron [Applause] Singh the 20 2025 Martin County Sunshine State scholar alternate from Jensen Beach High School is meline [Applause] Parr for [Applause] congratulations we have Kiana Kelly celebrate literacy week welcome thank you good afternoon Madam chair Pritchard superintendent Maine and Schoolboard members my name is Keana Kelly and I am with children's services county of Martin County and I'm grateful and honored to be here today regarding celebrate literacy week and before I um talk about celebrate literacy week I just want to sort of catch everybody up to speed on some of the great things that have been going on since the last time time I was in front of you so back over the summer I requested a proclamation for Martin Reeds which would be the um joining of forces and the acknowledgement that we are all going to work towards making our County A literacy leader after that we had the film sentence shown and that documentary created a buzz it created an ignite moment in our community and we had about 50 people decide that they want to volunteer we were also able to gather our executive round table and get some direction some structure and some leadership in addition to that you guys were gracious enough to sign off on and we have collaborated with the Education Foundation to have the first ever lab school in this County which is super exciting we are going to see phenomenal results at that location on Port CNO Elementary it is an avid school and they are on board and ready to go and I just want to give you a couple of quick fun facts um in the in the one year that I have been doing this work I have had over 146 meetings conferences and conversations in the community with various organizations leadership and community members put over 1100 miles on my car and um we have had a lot of fun and a lot of excitement and so celebrate literacy week is about building literacy constructing the foundation for success and what does that look like I think you guys just saw a phenomenal example of what the fruit of children reading early looks like it looks like the young man that was just standing here at this Podium and pouring his heart out it looks like dedication commitment to Excellence and academic you know um striving right right so we are super excited that we have an we had a living example at the same time that I'm requesting this um Proclamation and we are having the celebrate literacy kickoff it is our first celebrate literacy kickoff event that is taking place this Saturday at 10th Street registration is required it is from 1:30 to 4:30 and it has grown um and we have about 50 people registered right now so we want people to come out it's a free day free food free events everything is connected to literacy and demonstrating how literacy connects to construction and events everything that you touch everything that you do you're going to need to be literate and I just want to leave you guys with our mission statement or our vision our framing question which is what does it take to grow literate compassionate creative citizens that can change the world that's the objective of Martin Reeds and anyone that's interested in learning more please go to our website sign up to be a volunteer we have streamlined the volunteer process which you are excited about that as well um great things are going to come out of this so thank you for your support and we're excited thank you can you repeat the event that you talked about the date and the time yes ma'am celebrate literacy kickoff event is January 25th at the 10th Street Community Center it's from 1:30 to 4:30 and you can register through our Facebook page or on Eventbrite thank you so much thank you miss pet I will also add that um during celebrate literacy week anyone can volunteer to read in one of our classrooms whether it's um a uh K12 public school or one of our Early Learning Centers um public um in our Public Schools but also our private providers so we are welcoming any um volunteers that would like to read to children we have the books um provided to the Early Learning Centers already um for VPK and our littlest Learners as well so please if you'd like to volunteer let us know thank you and any board members that are interested in um recording A short segment that we would be able to use for our social media um illustrating or highlighting why reading is important to you and how it's made you a leader um that would be phenomenal that would be so helpful I think think it's so important for the kids to see models and see the destination that they're trying to get to um we want to get them away from thinking that it's just a test or it's just something boring in school and that it is actually a life skill that they will need this for the rest of their life and we want them to have a great relationship with reading who who should we contact if we're interested me okay yes ma'am thank you Kiana absolutely we have a proclamation I thought we in the agenda right so may I have have a motion to enter the proclamation for the Martin County School District for celebrate literacy week I second motion by Miss Miss Roberts seconded by Dr Mari Ari all those in favor I I will read it for you how's that this Proclamation declaring January 27th to 31 2025 celebrate literacy week in Martin County whereas Martin reads seeks to increase awareness and Community engagement surrounding literacy in Martin County and whereas a declaration of the week of January 27th to 31st 2025 as celebrate literacy week Florida provides opportunities for awareness literacy activities and advocacy of the youth whereas children who are unable to read by third grade are more likely to drop out of high school engage in criminal activity and experience poverty as adults and whereas Martin Reids is dedicated to increasing the literacy rate of our children to 90% but no less than 70% by the year 2030 with robust Partnerships in the community and whereas as a community of Excellence we are committed to having Learners that are equipped knowledgeable and literate now therefore be it proclaimed by Martin County School District District that January 27th through the 31st 2025 is celebrate literacy week in Martin County Florida further the board encourages all citizens to join in the effort to increase literacy and support the Youth of our community with action and advocacy ped and duly adopted this 21st day of January 2025 Martin County school board thank you good one can clap now we're going to go to our information only reports I'd like to let You2 did I miss I apologize Lana please forgive me Lana Barrow industry certifications and environmental science sorry about that that's okay thank you so much good evening Madame chair pritchet superintendent Maine members of the school board esteemed colleagues and guests my name's Lana I am the proud director of innovation and choice for the Martin County School District tonight I'm excited to share an achievement that underscores the strength of collaboration Innovation and our unwavering commitment to Student Success last year our department Innovation and choice partnered with our science department and our three high schools to launch a groundbreaking initiative which was integrating career certifications in the core environmental science curriculum this effort introduced the ecology conservation and management certification through Ducks limit unlimited and it would offered nearly 400 students predominantly freshmen possibly the ones described by our children's services Council an opportunity to earn career and professional education industry certification and give them a head start on their life and the results were remarkable we had 75% of our students achieve this acceleration mechanism it brought over $150,000 into our school district in bonus funding and it exemplifies how diverse students can Thrive when given Innovative opportunities so these accomplishments are a testament to determination and talent of our students and teachers like and our schools so today I'd like to briefly recognize Jennifer bores come on up here she's our coordinator of Science and Jessica Warren who she couldn't be here tonight our CTE coach they really spearheaded this initiative that contributed to our program success but their collaborative efforts with our schools who are all here as well ensured a smooth and impactful implementation that elevated both student and learning and career future Readiness good evening again I'm jennif for Boris the K12 science coordinator and I would like to commemorate the success as I'm delighted to welcome Caitlyn plant our territory manager for icev to present signage that can be proudly displayed in our schools to celebrate this program and Inspire future achievements today we have with us principal Vogal and assistant principal Connelly from Jensen Beach High School from Martin County High School we have teacher Mrs Steely and student Bella papsidero papsidero and from South Fork High School we have Prin principal Thompson and assistant principal Juan Nell thank you for your time and support as we continue to empower our students to reach their full potential good morning board or evening man it's been a day um thank you all for allowing me to come here today to present these boards to these amazing teachers they were part of a um first round of roll out across the State of Florida we only had a few districts across the state doing this um so they heard me out one day and kind of took the initiative to try something new and be Innovative and now with their help and them encouraging other districts across the state we've grown the numbers of students uh working through our Ducks Unlimited curriculum on icev up to 50,000 students across the State of Florida are all learning the same thing in their environmental science classes so I thank you guys for being a major part in that and I'm very excited to see what they do this year with these students [Applause] so each one of these boards has every single student who earned the certification for their school so these can be proudly displayed on their school campus to inspire the students who are currently in the program and our future successes ahead so come on up here and'll yeah I'll e thank you and congratulations thank you very much we're now going to go to our information only reports uh our student rep Jamie Paulson is not here today she is participating in a weightlifting competition so we wish her luck we're sorry she's not here but we know she's going to do very well and now Derek low with our district update good evening everyone Madame pritchet members of the board superintendent Maine my name is Derek low I'm the coordinator of public information for the Martin County School District and as always it's my pleasure to bring you this month's District update kicking off things the second episode of the Martin County School District's podcast known as all in Martin is now available for the community to both watch or listen to this episode features our chief of security and safety Mr Frank Angela who explains the differences between lockdowns and lockouts and shares how the recently renewed millage referendum is contributing to the safety in all of our schools it also features Bessie Creek Elementary principal Stacy schmidtz who previews the kindergarten blastoff events happening at all of our elementary schools on February 11th at 5:30 p.m. the Allin Martin podcast is a great way to stay informed about the amazing work that is happening across our district every every day you can catch episodes on YouTube Spotify and now officially on Apple podcasts as well podcast episodes are uploaded on the 15th of every month the Martin County School District is also proud to announce its inaugural districtwide Black History Month celebration this event will honor African-American culture showcase the creativity of our talented students and highlight the strength of our community the celebration will take place next month on Saturday aturday February 22nd from 9: to noon at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Stewart located at 551 Southeast Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard attendees will enjoy captivating performances by students from various schools throughout our district Martin County High School Hospitality students will also be preparing a selection of dishes inspired by renowned chefs Bryant Terry and Joselyn Jackson whose work merges culinary Innovation with cultural storytelling this event provides an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate history culture and the achievements of our students we hope the Martin County Community will join us for this very special occasion we're going to rewind uh into 202 uh 2024 briefly excuse me on December 16th of last year we celebrated 27 outstanding employees during the Martin County School District's School related employee of the year Ceremony this EV honored the invaluable contributions of educational support staff who ensure Student Success and this year Mr Joshua Ovito pictured here an elll Prof PA professional at Dr David L and L Anderson Middle School was named our District's overall School related employee of the year a proud graduate of our district Mr Ovito supports English Learners and students with exceptionalities drawing from his own experience as an English learner to inspire students beyond the classroom he has coached volleyball and soccer participated in parent engagement nights and strengthened connections between families and schools his dedication and Leadership truly reflect our mission to educate all students for success and we are so proud to submit his name now for the state level recognition we're going to watch a quick video from the night that Mr Ovito along with many of our other school related employees were recognized providing support in and out of the classroom our school related employees are the heartbeat of our schools you touch those students in ways that teachers often don't get to touch them because you see them in and out of those special moments in the gaps as we would say on this night they're honored for being difference makers it's the 2020 4 2025 School related employee of the year celebration you represent the very best of our district and your work ensures that our students have the support they need to thrive the big moment of this evening the announcement of the overall winner Mr Joshua oo a pair professional from Dr David L Anderson Middle School a moment made even more special as Mr Jeff Raymond his former principal was the one to share the news your principal Miss Jared so he's a stallion now um just raved about you Joshua who will come up in a moment um is a par professional by title but he does everything at that school he's volunteering he's coaching he's at the dances he's working on his degree Joshua's Journey has come full circle from Martin County student to a passionate educator giving back to his community I go into the classroom quot teach um that all of my class doesn't speak English so not only do we translate but we're also teaching alongside the teacher so the kids can understand what's going on and it's so cool that had started from kindergarten to 12th grade and to go back into the school system was really awesome it just shows that I just wanted to be there just for just like somebody was there for me Joshua was one of 27 outstanding nominees honored including the 2425 recipient of the Mary J Brogan scholarship award Pamela Lopez from Willoughby Learning Center congratulations to Mr oovo Miss Lopez and all the incredible School related employees who make a difference every [Applause] day also just before the beginning of winter break students with lunch debt in the Martin County School District received the gift of a fresh start thanks to the generosity of the school lunch Fairy Who as many of you know is no stranger and in our school district this nonprofit founded by two students from Wellington Florida donated $3,000 to completely erase all of the unpaid lunch debt in our district benefiting over 500 students their kindness supports our mission of ending student hunger and it's important to know that no child is ever turned away from a nutritious meal regardless of the available balance in their school lunch account School meals Pro School Meal programs rather are essential to students health and academic success and incredibly grateful for this meaningful impact on our community 51 outstanding High School seniors from The Martin County School District have been nominated for the 42nd annual Pathfinder Awards these prestigious Awards presented every year by the Palm Beach Post recognize the top students in both Martin and Palm Beach counties across 18 categories including but not limited to academics Arts Athletics and Vocational achievement ments winners will be announced during the Pathfinder award celebration which will be held later this year in May and we're incredibly proud of our nominees for their remarkable accomplishments and look forward to honoring them once again after they have been named official Pathfinder Award winners that concludes this month's District update until next month you can find us wherever you scroll we're on Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube LinkedIn pretty much everywhere thank you thank you Derek superintendent update yes thank you madam chair members of the board uh just also wanted to piggyback on Joshua winning School related employee of the year as soon as he finishes his degree he will be teaching for us here in the Martin County School District so we're extremely excited to see that happen um and when it does we will be sure to uh make that announcement to you I also want to make a special thank you to our Palm City Elementary School band and choir principal rner who is in the audience and Mr canilla uh they did a wonderful job and it's always a pleasure to have our students perform so thank you principal raver and I do have an update on uh Jamie Paulson uh currently as of 30 minutes ago she was tied for first place in her category going into the second round and the girls weightlifting uh team at South Park High School uh took second place so we're uh just to give you that little update yes you're welc appreciate that Martin County School District is excited to welcome future students during our kindergarten Blast Off on February 11th at 5:30 p.m. parents and caregivers of children who will be 5 years old on or before September 1st are invited to visit their Home Zone school to prepare for the upcoming school year families will tour the school meet the leadership team visit a kindergarten classroom and learn about Transportation School meals after school care and enrollment registration for kinderart Garden opens the same day online with support available during the event boundary maps and the documents needed to register can be found on our website martinschools.org and much like enrollment for kindergarten the Martin County School District will begin accepting enrollment for applications for its volunteer pre kindergarten programs for the 2526 school year on February 3rd VPK is free three-hour Early Learning Program designed to prepare four-year-olds for kindergarten by building a strong foundation for future success a full day wraparound program is also available for $360 per month should families uh choose to take advantage of that to be eligible children must be four years old honor before September 1st and reside in an eligible School attendance Zone enrollment is limited and available at select schools so for more information again all required documents and school locations please visit our website martinschools.org or I'm very happy to bring you this next piece of Jensen Beach high schools the latest Martin in the Martin County School District to unveil its newly renovated n Innovation and knowledge Center a transformation that reflects a districtwide commitment to creating modern learning environments and moving away from the traditional media centers formerly known as the media center this space has been redesigned with input from students faculty and community members to Foster collaboration and creativity The Innovation and knowledge Center at Jensen Beach High School features Advanced maker space technology including 3D printers sewing machines flexible furniture that allows for dynamic grou group projects and Hands-On learning by teachers this initiative is part of a broader effort across the entire District to enhance media centers as hubs of innovation empowering students and Educators to engage in Cross discipline collaboration watch the video to see the transformation and to learn how these new spaces throughout the district will engage educational Visions this is our brand new innovation Knowledge Center used to be a media center it has been a whole year in the making with input from our students our faculty our CTE teachers our media Specialists and our community members so this was a project of of the heart with lots of love and our students got to dve this project so that's what's most important about it in the case of of my students yes they they got a chance to actually be upfront in at all just in the design process of how it all worked uh Mr mayew the entrepreneurship instructor he did the same thing with his kids as well it was just looking for an opportunity to do what we do with Career and Technical education which is to allow and provide resources and opportunities for the kids to to Foster Innovation and collaboration it seems more intuitive for people to find what they're looking for it also provides more working area than before remember last time there's a few tables and they're all come together but now there's different types of tables to appeal to different people so I think that's really nice the media center is kind of historically more it was a term coined I think in the 70s so it's high time that it you know moves along and we just bring more Innovation into it it will have uh a banner machine so we'll be able to make our own banners it'll have sewing machines it'll have 3D printers it will have a laser cutter in it it'll have all state-of-the-art um maker space activities and every single piece of furniture in this Media Center in this Innovation Center is on Wheels it also encourag people to not just um pick up a book and leave but they can actually sit here and read the book They're borrowing so that's really nice too now this is more of a place to soar and create and I think that's pretty awesome go Falcons our 2024 graduation rates have been released and the Martin County School District is proud to announce a remarkable achievement of our overall graduation rate at 92% surpassing the state average of 89.7 graduation rates for the class of 2024 were released by the Florida Department of Education and marks the highest graduation rate in Martin County since the 2021 2020 school year um we also receive graduation rates for each individual high school and this is where I am exceptionally proud with Jensen Beach High School going from 97% to 98% Martin County High School going from 92.8% to 96% and South Fork High School going from 88.6 to 92.7 this success reflects the dedication of our students teachers and staff but staff knows that 92% graduation rate is not good enough and we had a meeting last week to discuss ways in which we can continue increasing graduation rate and Mr labarbara in his team continue to look for ways in which we can uh further enhance and increase uh from that 92% but I do want to congratulate the three traditional high schools and their efforts made uh to increase their overall graduation rate as we continue uh towards our trajectory of becoming the number one school district at this time this concludes my superintendent update thank you thank you at this time we are going to go to public comment it's 5 o'clock 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 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 board member and the superintendent receive a copy to keep our records straight and authentic our policy does not permit you to read the statements of others into the record my first speakers are Julie and Jean wri if you wish you may each take three minutes but you are certainly welcome to come up together followed by Dr Linley Miller good afternoon we are Julie Roberts and Jee Wright and we both teach at Warfield Elementary we are both in our 36th year of Education we wanted to take just a few minutes to share with you all how blessed we are to be teaching in our hometown of Indiantown at Warfield Elementary School we have an amazing group of Administrators teachers and support staff which includes Our Fair professionals and the therapists that we work with the parents and the most wonderful group of students we could ever hope for the reason we chose this particular board meeting speak were one because this month marks both of our 36 years that we both began our careers in Martin County as brand new teachers and two we wanted to acknowledge our Schoolboard members during Schoolboard appreciation month and be able to say thank you for allowing us to do this incredible amazing job we get to do every day and thank you for the support you give us so that we can support our students almost four years ago our administrative team asked the two of us to co- te the self-containing VAR varying exceptions alties class at Warfield at the time one of us was teaching ESC prek and the other was a support facilitator with the fourth grade students we had both planned on staying in these positions until we retired however when we were asked to co- te this class we both felt like this was the right thing to do and it would help us to serve our community's children even more than we had already been doing we both immediately began working on completing any certifications needed and by August we were ready to start our new venture the class we teach is more than in an exceptional needs class or a class with children who may be one to two grade levels behind it is a class with many different exceptionalities we have muscular distrophy Down syndrome autism intellectual disabilities speech and language delays developmental delays just the name a few we look at these titles not just as labels or disabilities but it's different abilities and we work hard each day literally from the time we get up each morning until our our head is on the pillow each night to meet the needs of every student in our class when we began this journey we had no idea what would lie ahead of us what we did know is that we would do our very best to make each and every child successful and as happy as we could possibly make him we can both honestly say that this has been the hardest job we have ever encountered yet the most rewarding because we always say any day with the kids is a good day this year along with the other students throughout the district our students took the Florida assessment of student thinking or the fast for Progress monitoring our students are expected to make gains throughout the three times this test is given each year from the First Progress monitoring assessment at the beginning of the school year to the second assessment given just a few weeks ago each student in our class who took the test with the exception of three made some type of progress and that is colossal last school year we pioneered the Special Olympics for the school district right within our own classroom this year we are continuing the same Trend but stepping it up a little bit by adding different games and also inviting a general education class to join us our class and our general education friends will be showcasing these Sports on March the 5th 2025 and each of you along with our superintendent Maine are cordially invited to come to Warfield and enjoy our students talents we are very proud of our students and we will keep pushing them academically but more importantly we are so proud of the gain that they have made in their daily life skills our job is not done though our number one goal for the students in our class is that they become good successful productive citizens in society we know that our students can learn and that they will learn and we know this because we've been blessed to witness the incredible gains they have made these past four years both academically and in their social and life skills we'd like to thank those of you who have visited our sweet class and met our precious students they love it when we have company we would like to extend a warm welcome to you all and an open invitation to our Stellar school board and visit our students anytime you wish and thank you all so much for all that you all do and for your support for our children thank you 36 years that's amazing thank you so much Dr Linley Miller good evening sorry I have a cold but I'm going to do the best I can um my name is Dr Linley Miller and I'm just asking about the pool it's still not open it has been months since the inspection that inspected nothing did anyone actually read the document the repairs that they want to do do little for the actual pool um have we gotten bids for the electrician um they didn't inspect electricity so they blindly gave us an estimate which is forcing a delay and forcing us to get bids do you know that Sailfish Splash runs their pool to college swim teams over the winter break they booted the mar County swimmers that aren't in the privileged TCA club and we lost practice times when asked why out of state teams get the times it's because of money well why can't our pool benefit from this money um time closed is money lost so we continue not to have Fair for swim teams lack of practice times if you don't if you're not in TCA no classes in the pool meaning lack of no students in seats no open swims on evening weekends or summer days no lifeguard training No SCUBA training classes no adult learning to swim programs no water aerobics synchronized swimming can't use our pool water polo can't use our pool we can't rent the pool out for parties and we don't even have a pool committee anymore that I used to be on our pool is nice and could do so much for the community and for our kids most importantly can we please get this moving can we get the pool manager involved who has a personal connection to the pool and wants to make it happen he's left out of the loop and we're left out of the loop I want to do fundraising and even Brian Mast offered assistance three months ago and we're still Still Standing Here let the people who care make this happen thank you could you please go over to our other Dr Miller and she will show you on our website all pool updates in real time you're welcome that concludes public comment I skipped over board information share uh in deference to public comment so do we have any board members who would like to share anything no okay so now we're going to our action only items this is where I'm not do I 40 okay we're going to do 403 which was pulled to action 4.03 Miss Roberts um yes so when I look at 4.03 hang on this is an emergency purchase um that has to do with Warfield Elementary and my question was it appears to be for two things one is for professional learning which I understand and the second piece is for um I'm assuming instructional materials for grade three through five and I'm wondering why that instructional material is not in the instructional material budget this was extra materials that was recommended by The Bureau Bureau of school Improvement um the 20 the one where it says 20 those are for the students that were retained um that's going to help with inter vention for reading and then the other one is for the entire grade three through five extra supplemental materials that are consumables that can be used for tutoring as well as inclass instruction it goes along with a benchmark curriculum it's just it was stuff that we we didn't order originally it was something that came recommended there in order to improve instruction improve and give those kids the scaffolds and things that they needed that we order them okay so I guess my question is to um Mr Morris and about um consumables would consumables come under the regular strip for in in the um part of Morrison assistant superintendent for finance yes in the um when we purchase the materials from the um Regular adopt adoption budget we do provide um funding for workbooks materials from prior adoptions as well so yes we do we do provide those materials so would that part of this come from that strip so there are two if you look on the agenda item there are two account strips there one is I believe 4310 and if you look on the other account strip you will see 4520 that is in the agenda item that notates the purchase outside of it's actually in 4.02 it's documented there oh I'm not seeing it 4.03 it's at the very first one on 4.02 there are two account strips you'll see that there in the updated item okay all right thank you very much I move approval of 4.03 second second Miss Roberts motion Dr Mario already approved all those in favor I I he hold to action 4 O2 I also move approval of 4.02 second Miss Roberts motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I I thank you you're welcome now so schol board travel any comments about that I'm sorry I apologize I'm so used to school board travel move for approval public wants to speak oh I yeah does anybody want to say anything about any of these action items you're welcome to do school Trav just the Schoolboard travel 18 so I need a a motion to motion I second that motion okay uh Miss Russell motion Dr marior second all those in favor hi he uh 18.02 ratification of asme tenative agreement for school year 20242 move a purple second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor non bargaining salary increase for 2425 move approval second m Roberts motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor I requisitions to be approved for purchase order over $100,000 motion move approval second Miss Roberts motion that was a tie Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 18.05 eate Edge network switch refresh we have approval of 18.05 um yeah I'll second that um and thank you Miss Po's motion Miss Robert second all those in favor I 1806 Stuart Middle School phase 3 GMP Amendment move approval second Miss Roberts motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor I 18.07% [Music] is it a full day half day seven hours seven hours so full day it's a full day and we we will do our best to accommodate your schedule but this is a great team building experience and we like to do that I I love team building can't wait if we could just get some dates um because OB do you know when we're looking well we have to let them know by March that we are interested but need to find out availability before I give dates because well I mean can we um have Diane talk to the board to see what our availability is sure that would be fine because I know February and March are already booking up sure what I'd really like to know is that if we're interested in doing this and I need to have uh Miss Falls let fsba know that we are going to participate so that's what I wanted to do today I would I would move approval that we move forward with scheduling the um Master board training um and have Miss BS get dates for will work for the board members and I'll second that and I think you need our signature all on one piece of paper to us okay uh Miss Po's motion Miss Roberts second all those in favor thank you did I very excited about that good right we are now going wait H just wait right okay we're going to move to First review of school board policy and the first one is 19.01.2016 is legislative policymaking move approval of the advertising second Miss Roberts motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 19.02 meetings motion to approve second Miss Russell motion Miss Robert second all those in favor I 19 3 superintendent relationship move approval 1903 second Dr Mari arti motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I 19.04 posting a vacancies this is a resend three policies I'll move approval Miss Roberts motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor 19. 05 this is a new policy tutoring move approval of 19.05 second Miss pow's motion Dr mariar second all those in favor 19.06.13 .07 use of employees personal property at school move approval of 19.07 second Miss Powers motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 19.08 waiver modification of rules School improvement process we send move approval Miss Powers motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 1909 summer programs move approval 1909 second Dr Mari already motion Miss power second all those in favor I 1910 Dropout prevention and academic intervention programs move approval of 19.10 second Miss po motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 19.11 exceptional student education move approval of 19.11 second Miss pow's motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor I 1912 selection and Adoption of instructional materials move approval 1912 second Dr Mar are motion Miss Powers second all those in favor favor I 19.13 instructional materials program motion to approve second Miss Russell motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I 19.14% motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 19.15 athletic coaches move approval of 19.15 second Miss pow motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I I 19.16 part-time extra curcular Personnel move approval 1916 second Dr minority motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I 1917 contracts for confidential positions new move approval second Miss pow motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 19.8 school choice interdistrict resend move to approve 19.18 second Dr Mari arity motion Miss power second all those in favor I 19.19 school choice for full-time employees move approval second Miss pow's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 19.9 school choice for full-time employees we have approval we just did that one didn't we are we on 19 point two oh I I'm sorry two one two wait two 19.20 19.20 controlled open enrollment move approval second Miss pow's motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor I 19.2 onewal from school move approval second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 19.22 self-administered medication and epinephrine approval second Miss Russell motion Miss power second all those in favor I 19.23 student progression move approval 19.23 second Miss Dr Mari Ari motion Miss power second all those in favor I 19.24% will be provided to parents in a written easy to comprehend individual student report in a language that parents can understand then it says this information will also be accessible through secure web-base options as part of the students District student information system then the next sentence is an individual student report will be provided in a printed format if requested by a parent so appears you know what I mean I mean I think that one of those I think the the sentence an individual student report will be provided in a printed format if requested by the parent that sentence needs to come out if you're annually providing um a written report I think it gives a contradictory feeling that on one hand we're saying we're going to give you a written report and then on the other hand we're saying if you want to ask for one we'll give you one well and I think there are certain reports that you have to deliver on paper you cannot deliver them like I know like the progress monitoring corre data has to be given go out within seven days and it can't be oh check your right the website it has to be given to the parents yeah and I do know that we have an issue with some of the people some of our students parents never getting a focus account never getting anything and and we have handled that in the past with being sure that once a year we are giving everybody a printed report but I mean I just don't want us to somebody to think well okay well we're only giving it to you if you ask for it you know um I realize the other things you're getting your ongoing reports but I think once a year if the district is going to send a printed report once a year we need to strike that sentence and I don't believe that's a substantive change correct that's just a clarification and since this is first review you can make changes substantively before it gets published for an adoption but no this isn't a substantive change okay so then I would move approval with the deletion of the sentence an individual student report will be provided in a printed format if requested by a parent okay second so we're deleting that correct just for clarification yes and the report will be provided to the parent the sentence above it two sentences above said it will be Prov provided and written easy to comprehend individual student report in a language they can understand yes so once a year they're going to get that in a written format they can also ask for it to see it on the internet but once a year they will get a written report and they don't have to ask for it we will give it to them yeah yes thank you thank you okay so you motion who approve who I second Miss Roberts motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I 19.25 graduation requirements move approval of 19.25 second Miss Powers motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 19.26% I 19.27% hearing of school board policy is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak on any of these policies seeing none 20.01 District organization move approval second Miss power's motion Dr Mari already second all those in favor I 20.02 development of administrative procedures move approval second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 20.0 3 working days weend move approval second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 20.04 standards of ethical conduct I move to approve 20.04 second Dr marior motion Miss power second all those in favor I I 20.05 self-reporting of criminal charges and traffic citations resend move to approve 20.05 second Dr marior motion Miss power second all those in favor I I 20.06 professional leave resend move approval second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor 20.7 principal I meetings resend move approval of 2.07 second Miss power's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 20.08 benefits for non-represented staff resend move approval second Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I I 20. 09 lesson plans resend move approval of 20.0 N Miss Po's motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 20.10 articulation and access to Florida college system institutions approval of 20.10 second Miss Russell motion Miss Powers second all those in favor I 20.11 requirements for for extracurricular participation of approval of 20111 second Miss Russell motion Miss power second all those in favor I I 20.2 school supplies sale resend move approval of 20.12 second Miss po motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 20.13 co-curricular responsibilities move approval of 20.0 3 13 13 sorry that's all right took my glasses off for a second Miss Powers motion Miss Russell second all those in favor I 20. one4 faculty meetings move approval 20.4 second Dr marior motion Miss power second all those in favor I I thank you okay we are open to the board who starts you may start um I just want to thank the pal City Elementary band in chorus and Mr canilla for being here and their amazing performance today um it was quite a quite a show and uh I think it was a great thing that uh they were here uh Mr canilla was a former teacher of the year nominee just a few years back um and uh you could tell he really puts his heart and soul with the students so uh I know he's gone but wanted to give him uh kudos for that and um it was brought up about the pool and um I just wanted to invite anyone who's interested in the pool uh they can go back and watch the workshop uh replay on mctv Mr CEST uh gave us an update at last at our last workshop and we'll probably give you a lot more details as well as the website uh I believe Dr Miller uh was directing people on that um but just in general I know that there's definitely an effort to get that Pool opened as soon as possible so um we uh we appreciate the feedback on that and hopefully it gets open very soon thanks Robert um yeah so just in case anybody was interested there's a youth dialogue tomorrow night at the Blake Library at 5 o'clock other than that that's all I know thank you it's Powers um so just really quickly just um reiterating uh uh literacy week next week so please um if you would like to volunteer in one of our uh younger learner classrooms um are birth to five space um please reach out to me and we'll get you set up in a classroom we have all the books already provided so if you just come ready to read and if you like the littlest Learners um our little babies they're so sweet and they love to be read too as well um and then VPK um registration begins February 1st that means you can uh parents can get their VPK certificate and take it to their School of Choice um so go to um The Early Learning Coalition website elci iirm o.org and go to the family portal and you can do everything right online get your certificate and then um figure out which school you would like your child to go and we encourage everyone to please um take advantage of the voluntary pre kindergarten program it really does make a difference in your child's education M Russell superintendent M it's just a couple of things uh we did just recently find out that we received another Financial award so I'd like for um Mr Morrison I'm putting them on the spot for a second but if you could just explain to the board the award that was received uh by your department it depends on which one we have one on the agenda this asbo yes um on the agenda and under the information um items we received um a certificate of excellence in financial reporting from the association of school business inter schools School business officials International um that is that is a um certificate as a result of a rigorous review of our financial disclosure um as contained in our AC for acfr which formerly was known as the kaffer uh which is our annual comprehensive financial reporting uh this organization is an international organization um that reviews financial data and reviews Financial disclosure and financial statements and uh we have met those standards at that International level which resulted in the certificate that we received thank you thank you I also wanted to thank uh the board uh for the support in last week's Datacom presentations for principles I know that the timing of those data coms does not during the day does not align to all of our board member uh schedules but we will do these three times a year so there's another opportunity coming up at the end of the school year um if you were not able to attend the first round but uh the principes really appreciated the support and for those that weren't able to attend we did have that discussion uh with them and they understand the process and the importance of that that level of work and that support so thank you and I also want to thank uh Mr Jeff Raymond for doing double duty right now Mr Raymond is going to be uh helping to cover at Anderson Middle School as uh I guess you could say interm principal director of HR until we get somebody on board to replace Miss Jarrett principal Jarett so thank you sir for that and we hope to have interviews uh underway I believe on the 29th of the month if that's uh my memory serves me correctly so that's all I have manager well I was going to mention the the Datacom presentations I wasn't able to see them all but I had an opportunity to see four of them and I was really impressed the principles are really taking ownership um they are working really diligently their numbers they're they're so crowd they showed the progress monitoring from period 1 to two and most of them had uh gains which uh is impressive and uh one of them being a brand new principal so I I was very impressed and I was happy to be there and thanks for the invite and uh I look forward to the next ones and if that is it we are adjourned e