Miss Falls, will you call the role, please? Dr. Morardi, here. Mrs. Roberts, I'm here. Mrs. Powers, here. Mrs. Russell, here. Mrs. Pritchette, here. Hey, we have board information share.
Anyone? Public comment. Do we have any public comment? Kelly, just give that to Diane when you're done. Your your um form that you filled out. Oh, I thought you had one with you. I'm sorry. All right. Just fill one out. Thank you.
Is it You can't hear me. Sorry. Gotcha. Okay. Sorry. About the naming rights issue. Um, you are robbing Peter to pay Paul if you go through with this. You don't fund athletics already and now you want to take that money that we you that that we as your great volunteers are out there
running programs that by the way do bring students from Iowa County which helps your FTE money and take that away from us. There's this what it's been presented is so vague. You don't you're paying someone. You don't even have to he doesn't have to produce for you.
You've already paid him. When this was first brought up way back in October in a PTA meeting, we said very carefully to the superintendent and to Jen, work with your groups that raise money. We raise money on those fields. I I I've met with multiple board members this week. They
had no idea what the sports budgets are. I would be very interested to know if you know what the budget for each sport is at each uh high school because I doubt you do. The only things that are funded are the head coach and a little bit of field maintenance. We even pay for our own buses. And then this year we
have to pay for a separate car because our equipment is not allowed on the bus. So we have to fund all that. If you take away the naming rights and if you read that contract, it's a very slippery slope. It is very, very vague as to where that money is going. And we've met with a lot of you and I appreciate that
you are listening to what we're saying. But you need to be very specific about what that's going to. And what happens when your scoreboard doesn't work? Because that happens a lot and you've named you've gi somebody's given you $50,000 for this. Who's going to get out there and fix it? because it doesn't happen quickly. There's a lot of details
that need to be worked out through this and you need to involve the booster clubs and the parents and those of us that raise the money for you because the way this has gone through, we specifically asked to be involved from the very start to work out a system that would work for everybody and not one person reached out to us and then it was
pushed through at a board meeting quickly and then all of a sudden we see all these proposals. They're going after our sponsors. Sponsors that already give us money. They give us they give money to every school in this district and now they're just going to give money to the school district and not to each school. It's not going to work that way. So, I
really really hope that you will consider this very carefully about where this money is going. Take out all this vagueness, make some very specific information. I honestly think you should get out of this contract because if you go back and look at the numbers, they don't add up. The numbers that are listed there do not add up. I would
encourage you to pull that contract and look very, very closely at it. But I have 14 days left in this district with a student here and I thought I was done arguing with you guys on some of this stuff. But this is going to hurt all of our athletics and most of our clubs if you let this go forward. So I hope you
will really consider that. Thank you. Thank you. It looks like G Pigot. That's okay. My name is Justin Piget. I am from Jensen Beach High School. Um I did not I I thought this was like an informal
workshop, so thought I'd be getting to talk to somebody one-on-one. Just really quickly, um I do have a piece of paper here from 2015. 2015 and this could also have happened before 2015 where discuss is that group medical insurance the school board will provide a flat amount not to exceed
6500 annual insurance contribution uh that's 2015 2% per year I'm a math person did the math which we haven't been getting those accumulations uh 2% everywhere right and and we know medicals cost more than that for everybody but if you just did 2% per
year u this next year you would be providing uh $7,92350. Okay. Uh that just wanted to throw that out there. Uh second of all, me and my wife work here to employee family. You guys have been very gracious and you've made some great contributions that have gone away this year and it's going to affect a lot of our other
teachers quite severely. The high deductible plan is not a choice for a lot of people. If you have one or multiple uh people in your family who happen to have medical issues, you're you're you have to get to $10,000 before anything even uh chips in. So, it's a
no-brainer. Um not comparing apples to oranges, but Palm Beach County School District, and by the way, get has nothing to do with the money. I can show you the amounts later on, but just so you know, they contribute different amounts based on what the employee is
doing. So, 24 payments and they offer like $300 if you're just an employee covering yourself, $450 if it's you and including and trying to help with your child, 400 almost $500 if it's an employee and spouse, and for a family,
$550 per pay amount. I'm not suggesting we're getting to that $13,000 contribution per person. Uh, but what I am just saying is consider that hitting varying amounts. We want to be a county that 100% supports teachers who have
families and you know everybody is getting priced out and we don't want to be priced out. I love being here. We all want to be here and um I'm going to take a couple seconds to regain my thoughts and then finish it up. Um, again, I didn't think I was
going to be speaking. Um, and the awkward silence. It's one of my favorite things. I use it in the classroom all the time. U anyways. Um, you know, $8,000 in four, you know, that's up 1,500. That's 2% per
year. Um, and again, 2015 was the last time it's been raised that we know of. It could be a lot more and a longer compound interest. We know how that affects our lives. You support us and we want you to keep supporting us in a way that is meaningful for us families.
Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Chris Waller. Good afternoon. My name is Chris Waller. I am a uh two uh two high school parent here. Um I support both the uh
football clubs and the cheer clubs at County and South Fork as well as the uh FFA club. Uh I agree with the sentiments that were already exe uh that were already brought out about this uh advertising proposal for stadium uh naming rights. I do not believe this is
a good deal for the county and I especially do not agree that this is a good deal for our students. Currently, the vast majority of the funds that it takes to put teams on the field are provided by local sponsors and parents
and countless hours of volunteerism from those parents to make things happen. everything include to uh prior to game maintenance, hanging signage, uh painting uh the logo in the center of the field, feeding the students. Parents
uh produce about 2700 meals per season for the football team. I'm not sure what the other teams do, but I know there are some similar activities there. uh when you are looking at an opportunity to gain some funds for the general budget that apparently from what
I've seen does not do anything to support athletics or the athletic facilities, you are removing money and enthusiasm out of those programs that are solely rely on the uh folks in the
community. Now, a few things I want to bring up. You guys published some advertising rules recently. A lot of responsibilities have been assigned uh here at the district level. I encourage you to have appoint somebody at the school to do that. Otherwise, everybody
that buys a banner at any school fence line is going to have to come here to the district to get approval on it. That seems a little uh ridiculous. Um this contract says that the district and school employees are responsible for
lots of different things that don't happen today. So, you're going to have to put an expense structure into place to carry this out. Things like painting logos on the field for the advertiser logos on the track, the Branley new
resurface track, I understand. Uh, also, anytime there's announcement about any event at the stadium, district and uh school employees are required to mention the uh sponsor according to what I saw.
Um, I also am concerned about what an advertising program may be viewed as from students NIL opportunities which are yet completely defi uh undefined and also for their amateur status for those
that are going on to collegiate sports. So, let's be real careful about that. They can't have a sponsor. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Do we have any more public comment? May I have a
motion approve? We're removing something from I just I just tell you it's removed. Right. We have Laura Homeel with our food and nutrition services update.
Good afternoon, board chair, board members, superintendent Maine. I'm here. I'm Laura Homodell, director of food nutrition, and I have our registered dietician who I always
say is the best in the country, um, Avon Potskco, and she is here to assist. So, um, we're the food and nutrition department. We don't necessarily report to what the school district reports to.
We have a bunch of agencies um that we have with the National School Breakfast Program and Lunch Program. We do the Department of Agriculture. That's our main um department, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services, which is referred to as ADAX. And we also report to the Department of Defense, Department of Health, and the Department of Education for reporting. Um, with all these agencies, it also
means that we're audited by just about all of them. So, it makes for some exciting um, paperwork in our office. Um, in order to provide our students with high quality meals, our program partners with a group
purchasing operation for optimal pricing. Um, we source locally grown um, products for our meals and we have a fresh fruit and vegetable program in some of our schools. We provide outreach
opportunities over the summer in our feed on our feeding bus and we partner with chefs to provide uni unique menu options and we utilize the latest technology for premium kitchen
equipment. The food nutrition department is totally self-sufficient. We don't rely on the general fund to do our salaries. we pay uh a small uh fee to
utilize electricity and and the payroll services in the district. So, so some of our key performance indicators um we have approximately 180 employees. We have a little bit less than 800 pieces of
equipment. Uh computers we have 355 and special number of uh special menu accommodations over 300. And some of those menu accommodation um accommodations could be peanut allergy
or it could be a modified texture like someone with a dysphasia type diet. Um, this year, surprisingly enough, um, with all that's going on, we have a lower enrollment, but our meals went up I and I think they went up quite
significantly. Our breakfast meals went up 10%. We average close to 3,900. Our lunch meals went up 13.2%. Um, close to 10,000. Our daily snacks are a thousand. That's and when I
refer to snacks, that's in like an after snack or an afterchool snack program. And uh the average daily alo cart is $7,718, which is a little more than 2%
increase. Um our budget is approximately 13 million. Um there's been some losses since co um the department of defense um there was a loss ofund almost 141,000
uh commodities that were cancelled 20 26,000 um currently in student meal debt we have 2,000 um loss from the extra 40 cents reimbursement. ment waiver was close to
a million dollars. So that was a big hit and um loss for providing no cost me uh reduced meal price is close to 38,000. Um our gains um of course we do
a fresh fruit and and vegetable program that's like a pass through. We don't make any money off of it. Whatever we spend goes directly to the classroom. Um and that was close to 85,000. Um meal
participation is up in all areas. Um and we attribute that too to we're doing more we call it home scratch cooking. We had some chefs over the summer visit and train our staff how to make homemade
pizzas, homemade macaroni and cheese and a few other items. and we certainly intend on doing more of that. Um cath uh we've also done some beautiful cafeteria remodels in five schools and um we just
put a payment down to do Murray. So that's just around the corner. So and here's some pictures of some of those remodels. um Hope sound hope middle school in the middle. Um just,
you know, we we get input from the kids and from faculty and so forth. Um and here's just some pictures of uh we have Chef Paula uh working with um staff on making the red bliss
potatoes and with rosemary. That's probably one of our most popular sides. Kids love it. Makes a great smell in the cafeteria. And then um we have the of course the chef teaching uh the staff
how to do the pizzas and um and of course at conferences we learn quite a bit and we get that information and bring that back to our staff. The other great exciting thing we did this year is we rolled out fresh
eats. Um we wanted to brand it. So, we put a new um kind of twist, the green shirt and a black apron with fresh eats. And it's kind of like a Chipotle style um with uh students being able to make
their own choices on what they want on on their it could be a bowl or a salad, whatever they want, rice bowl. And then um here's some of our goals update. Um, we're expanding more menu options, attending, of course,
conferences, meetings, trainings to identify trends, recipes, and new menu options. um working with uh uh FDAX chef Jorge Sanchez to incorporate more homes
scratch recipes, testing new recipes in our kitchen prior to testing with students, practicing environmentally conscious practices in our cafeteria. Um we have styroinies, fewer straws,
recyclable options. We provide daily vegan or vegetarian options to students. We utilize new technology in our combi ovens to decrease the need for some staff to uh and to be able to remotely
enter recipes from the district office. So basically all they do is push a button and it will cook. Um communicate communicating um program changes with key stakeholders.
um improving customer satisfaction by offering studentfriendly promotions with um national school breakfast program, breakfast and lunch week and holiday meals and new menu concepts. We monitor employee retention through union
negotiations, increase in wages and supplements for challenging um positions that are difficult to employ. We also have a um community eligible program. That's the schools
that receive free meals. And um we did a video. We also um put put out there that even if they have a picky eater that if they just take three of our items with a vegetable, grain, milk, it
would be no cost to the parent. So they could supplement if the child wants a sandwich, the parent doesn't have to go out and and provide those other things. We can do that for them. Now, uh Avon's going to discuss
some of the new changes this year um or this coming school year um and I'll let her review that. Hello again. My name is Avon Potskco. I am the dietitian with food nutrition department and have been here for more than 20 years. So I've
really seen this program evolve um for for the better with nutritional standards coming into play. Um next year the big change the students will notice is at breakfast uh we are starting the two phase for sugar reduction. Um
breakfast cereals will be limited to six grams of sugar. Yogurt will be limited to 12 grams of added sugar per 6 serving and flavored milk is limited to 10 grams of added sugar. The only notice that the children
may pay attention to is cereal because some fan favorites may disappear. Uh but we do we've been gradually moving over to uh lower sugar cereal. So it shouldn't be a big adjustment for them. our yogurt and milk. We have been
gradually knowing this phase is coming in. So there shouldn't be any change at all. In 2027, the big reduction is when it will take place. Uh we will see a 10% of calories from added sugar limit at
breakfast. So that will be the big change coming. Also in 2027, the students will start to notice a reduction in sodium. We have gradually phased in sodium reduction and in 2027 will be our next big reduction. Um, and that's why the
home scratch cooking that Laura keeps mentioning is so important. Uh, we've been in our test kitchen just testing away trying to find studentfriendly products that the kids will like and recipes that will meet these standards that are coming into play.
Smart snacks in school. Uh what they are are snacks that children can purchase on campus, not only in our cafeteria, but this is for vending machines, um any type of onampus venue. And there are nutritional standards for these items
that are sold to students. So I'll review what the standards are just to give you a little overview. We have nutrient standards for food type products that the students can purchase at school. The snack limit is 200 or
less calories. That's what our limit is for snacks. Uh sodium limits are 230 milligrams. Fat limits are 35% of calories from total fat, 10% of
saturated fat, and zero trans fats. Also, we do have sugar limits on the snacks we sell. They cannot exceed 35% of the weight from total sugar. Even the beverages we sell have standards. Uh, of course, water,
carbonated, still water, any of those are fair game to sell to students at any size. Milk. For unflavored and flavored milks, there are size limits. We cannot exceed 8 ounces for elementary students
and 12 ounces for middle and high students. And 100% juices we are able to sell but again with size limitations. 8 ounces for elementary and 12 ounces for middle and high school student. So we also wanted to show the
packaging of Smart Snacks. They've really done a great job in the retail to um I'm I should say the manufacturers found a great way of making products look similar to products in retail. They wanted to make it familiar so students weren't intimidated by these different
items sold at school. Um so they may look similar to what you purchase in the retail market but they are nutritionally different. They have to meet those smart snack standards. So you can see in the photo uh the cheesits for example look very similar but ours are portion
controlled. They have less sodium and they also are whole grain rich. We also sell fruit juice slushies. They are 100% fruit juice. Kids really enjoy them especially since we do live in Florida and it is hot here. Uh, but
we wanted to share that there is no added sugar in those fruit juice slushies. It is comparable to a fruit juice box. Um, but the kids tend to like it because it's refreshing and it's it's something fun that they can pick up at a
retail store, but it is smart snack compliant. Another product we offer is carbonated Izzy fruit juices. It is diluted with some carbonated water. Uh and it is a product we sell in middle and high schools. You can see that the
added sugar is zero. It is all from fruit juice, natural sugars. And when you compare it to a Sprite that children tend to really enjoy, you can see there is 24 grams of added sugar where the Izzy is zero added. Also, the ice cream we sell is
smart snack compliant. You can see the sugar differences in the retail version versus our smart snack product. Uh the smart snack cooking cream cone, for example, is 14 grams of added sugar where the retail version would be 23 grams. So, it is reduced and meets that
guideline of 35%. And Laura will share some more. Yeah, some of our um continual action plan items are main one of the main ones is employee retention. We uh will
continue to pursue and uh and recruit internal employees that display leadership qualities and prepare the staff so that they are moved up into leadership roles. We are upgrading and improving the cafeteria
environment in our middle schools. Improve our marketing plan to include additional promotions and celebrations. Increase our presence and visibility on our district approved social media platforms.
utilize more green strategies to induce uh introduce students to about environmental sustainability and this year something new we're doing um we have our summer bus which I think everyone has seen
um there was a grant where if you were going to a place that was designated rural we could provide weekend meals for them. So we have some shelf stable weekend meals that we will be
distributing in Indian town. Um and then we um one of our main goals, this is uh very important is that we educate the public on our school nutrition standards and regulations. We also have a lot of district um
celebrations. Food and nutrition services celebrates employees by recognizing an employee of the week. You know, with our 180 um employees, we want to make them all feel special, but some really do um go above and beyond. And
they receive a certificate of recogn uh recognition and a token of appreciation. Um some um fun meals and treats are provided at our monthly managers meeting. Um we uh do a lot of site visits where
we look for best practices. Once we see some we record them or photograph them and we share them with managers at our managers meeting um and recognize that staff in those kitchens. managers and
staff that are um we call them association members. We have a local u Martin County School Food Service Association and there's a state school nutrition association and a um national school food service association. So we
uh invite them to attend our local conferences and we um uh with our group of employees they have to attend um certain professional standard trainings and uh and at these conferences they get
that and also uh there's a bunch of food samplings that go on. So, and we get to see new exciting products. Food and nutrition services staff belong to the local school nutrition association for
professional development and network networking. Three out of uh 10 state awards were um awarded to Martin County as you know and they were recognized right here in our district. And we have another surprise coming this
week, which I can't really talk about too much, but it has to do with a an extra special one out of five in the entire state who will be recognized as a Florida school lunch superhero. So,
we're really excited that's going on. And that was out of 800 applicants entries. And I just want to say one last thing um with food nutrition. Our business is that um one of the biggest businesses
not only in this county but it's also in the United States. We serve over 30 million meals a day. So we rely on our manufacturers to to follow the standards that Avon uh went over today. So, uh,
it's very important that we meet with th those manufacturers, that we test those, and you know, I always joke around, I'm like the queen of pizza, right, in in the office. I love pizza. So, when they changed the standard to it must be whole
grain. These companies did horrible and it wasn't edible and now it's like they've perfected it. So, it's great. So, and you'll see that with our department. We also um we've been we
have our own brand and it aligns um with the the district um eat well stay well and then our mission statement is to provide the resources um to nourish student
success. Any questions? First of all, thank you so much for that presentation. And I learned a lot and I'm happy to see the sugar being pulled out and the salt because those are somewhat deadly. Yeah. Dr. Morardi. Yes. Uh yes, I have several
questions. Thank you for this phenomenal presentation both of you. Um really really impressed. Um as well the fresh eats in the high school. Love that slide. All those fresh things uh for the high schoolers. Any plans to
expand that program possibly into the middle schools? We would actually love to um and part of the issue is we we need to get staffed and we need to get staff trained and um you know once we do that then we'll
probably start rolling it out. We're thinking maybe Hidden Oaks being our first uh school. Yeah, I'd love to see that expand. That is a great launch for our kids. Uh number two on your slide about less sugar
um it's sli p uh slide nine limits for added sugar. When you reduce those down you're it's not supplementing them with a sugar derivative like aspartame or or saccharine or anything like that because a lot of people go out to eat and they
see sugar-free cheesecake and it's loaded with sucralose or something that's even worse than sugar. I just want to make sure that's not the case here. I'm I'm so glad you brought that up. Um absolutely not. We we do not substitute with those artificial
sweeteners. Wonderful. Um and then on the smart snacks list, um we had that come to us uh at a previous meeting. Um sometimes the smart snacks from the USDA is very uh broad and you'll see cookies and
donuts and pop-tarts and things like that on their smart snacks list. And I think I heard you say that you guys will also be evaluating those lists. So, uh I would just say keep a close eye on those because there's not too many cookies or donuts that are really smart snacks in
in my book. Um and then finally, um a big thing we've had in this district is with energy drinks. And it's not that the district has them available, but it's that kids bring them from home and they're drinking energy drinks. and even
one of the charter schools uh outlawed them in in the schools this year. And I would love to see the district uh do that. I know we're working on a policy for that. Uh would you guys be in favor of that outlawing those in being brought into the school?
Um that's something I really haven't thought of too much. So, you're saying that the school principal would would say not to bring in certain items like like soda and so forth and in those high
energy drinks. Um, yeah. Yeah. I I think I think it is a good idea. Um, I've always been a strong proponent of having parents make decisions about their children. And of course, this is
something that comes from home and isn't necessarily regulated. Um, but I I think that is something that a principal would have every right to do. Um, because some principles do say no, don't bring in
soda or don't bring in this, especially at the elementary level. And then uh then kids basically get used to those standards and as they grow up, right, then they get into the workforce and they need a a rockstar energy drink just to uh start their day. So right I think
that's important for our kids. Thank you so much for all those answers and for your presentations. Both of you appreciate it. Our pleasure. Thank you. Oh, did you have a question? Roberts. Oh, sorry. And then ours. I just wanted to say I believe I'm
correct and Mr. Morrison will be able to correct me, I believe. And we should be thanking the taxpayers because I think the sales tax is what is funding the cafeteria remodels. I think it's like $896,000 per redo of a cafeteria. Is
that At this point, Mrs. Roberts, that's not ringing a bell, but I will double check for you and make sure I have the correct answer. I know there were some sales tax projects that were in the original list. Um, I probably should divert that to Mr. secrets for a better answer, but it's
not ringing a bell at this time. Yeah, if you can bring that back to us because I'm pretty sure um cafeteria remodels were in that original list. Thank you. So, I don't really have a question, but just a comment. I think that I really appreciate all you do. So I think that
you all um not in addition to providing nutritional food for students every day, the presentation and the mannerisms and the professionalism of your staff interacting with the students makes it more appealing for them to come into the
cafeteria and welcoming to to purchase the food and they're more excited about what is offered in the school. So, I appreciate you being innovative and listening to students and and to our our big students and our teachers and our our staff that also enjoy the food that
you put out. So, to have um the expanse of from the littlest to adults enjoying the food in a school cafeteria is a big accomplishment. So, thank you all very much. Thank you. Um, you know, I did want to mention expectations are much
higher now and our department is definitely going to to recognize that and be the Chick-fil-A or the Walt Disney World and be super friendly to the kids and make it a great environment where they feel comfortable coming to
our employees. You Thank you. Did you? Thank you so much. We really appreciate it. We appreciate everything you do. Next up, we have Martin Arts presentation by Nancy Tur.
Welcome. Thank you. Happy to be here. And I want to acknowledge I have a couple board members here with us as well, Lee England and Liz Bonan. So, thank you for being here. Support us and uh if you have questions obviously. Um I
want to thank everybody for their time and attention today. All the school board members, superintendent and staff. Um really, you know, today is just a moment in time and we have all worked together for many, many, many, many years. And I think that speaks volumes about your willingness to embrace,
celebrate, and support arts education and the value that it brings to the students in our community. Um, many districts aren't seeing this value and have decimated arts programming. So, although I know we face challenges always due to census counts and funding,
I appreciate that you're doing your best to keep this critical programming in place. Uh, you know as well as I do that the arts in the classroom are keeping some of the students engaged and enrolled because it's where they feel most at home and it gets them through
all the other courses that they have to take. My goal today for this presentation is to update you on where we are with respect to the vision for an arts campus on the historic Stewart High School property and to share a few notes on recent happenings and
connections. Martin Arts is leading the way as we have for decades in securing a vibrant arts scene rich with educational opportunities for our youth for our future. The site of the historic Stewart High School is a perfect location, as we've talked about before, close to downtown Stewart, and it's a structure
that is well suited to a renovation dedicated to education and enrichment. Historic schools across the country have been repurposed for similar uses. Just last Saturday, we celebrated historic preservation month. We had hundred or so
folks come visit us in your old schoolboard meeting room over there. Uh we had the jazz ensemble from Steuart Middle School and we had students from South Fork High School's uh Carolon perform as well already blending the historic preservation and the arts
together in one space. Scroll right here. Um so we as you also know have been working on this project for a while. Um, but really the roots of this idea were grounded in 1980 uh for Palm City. And although that
project didn't happen in this community, the idea of a cultural center has been a concept that's been discussed at our board table for decades. The current vision was seated with a board planning session where we learned from school board member Lee Roberts and county
former county commissioner Doug Smith that the property at Steuart High School was being vacated. the this was the answer to our question of where this arts campus should land. But then came COVID and forward progress was slower than expected. In the last few years,
however, I'm pleased to say that significant work has been done to lay the groundwork for executing our plan with schematic design drawings and a business plan completed. We have done many things in the years that we have been working on this project. Volunteer support has been
instrumental in planning for this vision. Experts in the construction and development field have been lending their knowledge, guiding us through the process. Business and arts professionals have helped us develop and think through the business plan and proform operating budget. donors have lent an amazing
amount of support towards this initial phase of planning needed to put vision on paper and I will tell you that funding to cover planning which is intangible is one of the hardest kind of a dollar to raise um the school board you all have been very supportive of
every step and we obviously look forward to this continued partnership because this project benefits our schools and many of the nonprofit organizations in arts and non-arts sector moving forward Uh I have a quote that talks about why this is important and Albert Einstein
was said was noted to have said creativity is intelligence having fun and I think that highlights how uh creativity isn't just about the arts it's about a crucial aspect of cognitive development and problem
solving. Uh oh, there we go. The down arrow and the close screen are close together. Um, so some of the features of the campus I wanted to talk about. Um, historic preservation is obviously a key part of
it. Um, in fact, so far we're in our second $50,000 planning grant from the Division of Historic Resources. And so you the state is aware of the value of not only the 100 plus year old building of the historic Steuart High School, but the two mid-century modern buildings out
front that were created in the late 1950s. Um these will become a hub for artists and nonprofit arts organizations and will be focused on enhancing arts education and hands-on experiences for all. Our short-term goals include obtaining a historical marker for the
campus and work will be done towards securing a registration for the property on the National Register of Historic Places as has been noted in our draft lease agreement. The project is estimated to cost $30 million with funds earmarked for both endowing a future
future repairs and maintenance as well as scholarships. Construction alone will be about twothirds of that cost and the remaining will include things like furniture, fixtures and equipment, architecture costs, acousticians and other experts
including fundraising and grant writing. So now some pictures. The schematic design for this is building 17 which is the western of the two buildings out front which will become artist studios. Um they will come
to life with artists working in these spaces. They will have access to the buildings 247. Uh students from across the district can come and meet the students, see them while they work. with the proximity to Steuart Middle School. We
anticipate artists having uh being willing to work with the art teacher at Steuart Middle School and come visit the art clubs and and foster uh continued development of that program. And really not just Steuart Middle School, but it's so close, it's so easy. um with a focus
on steam students moving from Steuart Middle to Jensen Beach High School. We will be building extracurricular programming that enhances that focus. In building 18, which is the eastern of the two buildings out
front, we were are proposing to create a maker space and cafe. The maker space will be outfitted with pottery wheels, ceramic equipment, um, soldering iron to do light metal working, really fine
crafts media. Not that you can't teach a painting class in there, but it's really designed for those fine art, fine crafts media. Um, and you know, this goes from educating current students to adults and really being a team building space for
district staff, other businesses in the community to come do something creative together really helps you work together better as a team. Um, homeschool groups and charter schools would have access to these spaces for a fee. Not all not
every one would all be free. um but to use this space as their art classroom um because I know that that is something that uh would really benefit all of the other um students in the community. Uh the cafe will provide a convenient spot to grab coffee and a light bite before
or after class or while you're picking your kid up from a program. Um this will continue to build on the cohesion that we envision that the center creates for our community. Um, here's a couple of more views. This is the top one uh would
is pottery wheels. So, you're standing in the maker space looking into the cafe and the other one is standing in the cafe. The idea of the windows between the two spaces that if you are just grabbing a muffin, a cup of coffee, and there's a class going on, there's entertainment built in right there that
you can watch what's being done in the maker space. Um, we have just released a second uh follow-up RFP for architectural services to really get to construction documents on this what we consider to be phase one of the
construction, those two uh 1950s buildings. Um, this is part of where the second grant from the division of historic resources will be used. Um, and to date we have, just so that you know, raised in excess of a half a million dollars just to do what we have done.
Um, we are having conversations about naming rights for the lead gifts that are necessary to make this project come to fruition. Unfortunately, as everybody is aware, timing out there right now couldn't be worse with the downturn of people's portfolios and the general
unease that people are feeling um doesn't lead to quick decision making by some of the private philanthropy, but we are we are getting there and making progress. Um and when we w launched into this project um we really anticipated
about 30 to 50% of the funding for the project coming from a variety of different governmental partners and the balance from individuals. So although we are continuing to work on that and have an our town grant submitted last August to the national endowment for the arts
you know that funding is being cut and eliminated all over. Um, so you know, the governmental component of this may may not end up being a reality, but hopefully it'll all settle out and come back around by the time we get to
conclusion. Um, now moving into some of the floor plans for the uh main building on the campus, the historic Stewart High School. The daylight basement is the architectural term for the basement
first floor level. Um, this is historically where the principal's office was. It was the original cafeteria before they built another cafeteria off back behind the building. Um, but we expect it to hold uh arts
education gallery, dressing and green rooms to support the theater space which is right above it, rooms for music, dance and more. Um, event rentals are a key part of our earned income projections for the business plan about how this campus will operate once
renovated. The amenities that are here on this level, like the green room and dressing rooms, make it ideal for things like having a wedding in this facility that you have a place where you can prepare. Um the main level which is
technically the second floor will host an auditorium which historically was an auditorium space. Many of the alumni that we've taken through the facilities talk about how this was a community gathering space. It wasn't just for students in the schools and I expect
that to be part of how it operates moving forward. We will be able to seat about 295 people. There'll be concessions in a gift shop area, meeting room spaces, and that main lobby area will have a focus on um telling the
story, the history of the facility and the buildings. Um the stage tower edition that we have proposed across the back will um offer full fly space for the theater which none of the other
theaters in the community have. Neither the Lyric Starruck or the Barn have that which offers new and different opportunities of what can be produced on this stage. There'll be a catering kitchen. But really the original impetus of the stage tower in the back was a
place safe a safe place and acoustically sound space for the HVAC and other mechanical equipment necessary to run the facility. The third floor um will host a very large multi-purpose
space. Historically this was the library of the high school. Um, this can be used for everything from music rehearsals, weddings, and other special events, fundraisings from other nonprofit organizations in the community. Art classrooms are found on this level, as well as several small music rehearsal
spaces. The rooftop terrace on top of the new the stage tower building will provide a great view of the St. Lucy River and host a variety of gatherings, things like a sunrise yoga class and a VIP reception that leads into something
that's happening on one of the floors below. And my last slide, um, we have several things that are going on again, all connecting back with our students in our community. High School Jured Art Show is on the walls of the Courthouse Cultural Center right now. It runs
through June 21st. I want to thank Superintendent Maine, board member Pitchett and Morarity for attending the reception last week and selecting superintendence award next uh at the next meeting. We're
inviting the students to come to be recognized by you. We had 71 students in total who uh participated in the show this year. Some of them will also be Thursday night at Congressman Mass's reception at IRSC Chastain Center uh for
the Congressional Art Award. He selects from artwork from his entire district. It'll all be on display at Chastain Center and awards will be given which includes having the winning piece go up to be displayed in Washington. So, uh if
that's not on your calendar, you might want to put that on there. We are also recruiting for Marty's nominations. Seen students who are going into their senior year in August are eligible in the performing literary and visual arts. And um I put a column here on partnership
notes because there's a lot of work that we do in the community that I think goes unseen. One of which is women supporting the arts grants. WSA is a the first women's giving circle in the community. You may be aware of Impact 100 that
makes the big huge $100,000 grants to nonprofit organizations in the community, but WSA has been around for 20 years providing $500,000 2500 small grants that really make a difference whether it be in the classroom like the classrooms I've noted
on here that receive support this year or um you know to the other organizations who ask for funding. So uh we do that. We had an arts day field trip earlier this year. We had almost 80 students working with mentor artists. I
think this is kind of like a CTE program for arts students. They get to learn from and work with professional artists in the community. It's a great project. And then of course the high school jured art show. So I want to thank you again
for uh helping us work together to create these deep connections between our organizations and the students. The mission our mission remains to provide and enhance opportunities for students to learn to be creative which has so
much value no matter what field each of those students choose to follow. So again I want to thank you for this opportunity to present and happy to take any questions. Well, thank you very much. Do we have any questions? Y Dr. Morardi, uh Nancy, fantastic presentation. Thank
you for having uh me and others to your reception, the awards reception the other night. It was packed there. Great to see people uh getting out to to be in favor of the arts and seeing that it still matters in this community.
Um, I just wanted to ask you about your I guess it's a performing arts center part of that the the first floor and second floor with the 292 seats. You mentioned weddings as a I guess a private event. What kind of public events might be able to be hosted there
uh on that setting. So in the performing arts space, everything from one of the things we've identified as a need in the community, there isn't really a foreign film venue. So things like form films, plays, so theatrical productions,
lectures, music recital, all of that will be available ticketed and we would work with the schools like Stewart Middle School to provide the space to them uh for some of their recital and programming as well. Great. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Nancy, very much. My pleasure. Comprehensive. Appreciate it. Budget workshop number three, Carter Morrison. And I had to follow those wonderful um presentations. Um, good evening, Madame Chair, uh,
board members, superintendent, members of the public, staff in attendance. Thank you for, um, being here this afternoon for budget workshop number three. Um, this afternoon, we're going to go through a range of issues and in my budget presentation, we'll also be
tag teaming um, some information from the director of purchasing as well as from the operations team this afternoon for for discussion. I'm on slide number three with respect to uh where we are in the budget process. Of course, we're in an extended
session right now. Um the legislature has not concluded the budget. Um we are in extended session until June 6 with a lot of issues still remaining um on the table for the House and the Senate to be discussed. However, what I'll be presenting today um as we go through the
presentation are the various proposals from the house and the senate as it relates to the FEF budget and what we can expect or not expect next year. So at the beginning of the session um the governor as is nor as is his norm is
required to submit his rec budget recommendation and at that time you can see on the on the um second bar chart um you will see 173 million which was his presentation as of the third FEFP calculation which is our October count
last year we were at $168.5 million you can see in the blue the house's proposal um at 167 and the Senate is a little bit higher at 168. So what I will do at this point I will slow down because there's a lot of
numbers here um with respect to our counts. We are still u making adjustments and I know that our staff is working with the DOE database with respect to the February count. So we will once we have that information finalized we will um submit that to the
board and probably at budget workshop number four. So in the FFB third calculation um in on the first column you'll see 19,841.84 FTE. Just a reminder that that
FTE includes fees aka aka vouchers as well as charter schools. So in the house's presentation their FTE is at 20,177.22 which is also inclusive of fees vouchers as well as um charter
schools. However, the Senate in their proposal they have pulled out the fees um and what would be a true district um school district traditional and charter school budget or in Senate Bill 2500. Um, Senator Gates has proposed that the
fees be um treated like a separate categorical. So, which will make things a little bit smoother as we're not integrating their funding and FF into the FEFP uh when you're looking at uh what what we can truly expect at the school district. So that is why there's
a um in the column to the right uh where it's third cal versus house bill 501 and third cal versus senate bill 2500 you'll see that variation in FTE as because one one includes it and one does not.
The FEFP U is weighted through various cost factors and our required local effort taxes. Um the millage rate is set by the Florida Department of Education. We do not have control over the millillage. Typically when the property appraiser certifies by law to the state
by July 19th. Then the state will then tell us what our required effort local effort is to be that you shall thou shalt levy in the um tenative budget and the final budget which is before you in July and September of each
year. The discretionary tax is 748. Typically that is not really discretionary. Most school districts and the FFP assumes that everyone will levy the 748 millillage. So that's the only benefit that we actually get with it with with the increases in the tax role.
The total local revenue currently is 140,727220. And as I will go through the um proposals, you will see that the house significantly drops their um state funding portion and a lot of it is
picked up by the um local portion. You can see at the highlighted um section at the bottom 88% goes from 83% and in the the Senate pretty much keeps it at the same local contribution portion at 82%. State revenue go would go from 27.8
million currently to 20 million267 in the House and 29534 in the Senate. On the next slide, slide six. This is more of a detailed look and analysis of the funding coming through
from the third FFP calculation comparing to the House and the Senate bill's offer. The tax role, as you can see, the taxable assessed value on line three goes from 38.3 billion to $40.3 billion in the House and the Senate. Again that
is not that is based on the EDR which is the economic and demographic research arm of the legislature where they will have an advalorum estimating conference and propose that those will be the based on economic conditions that those will be the tax roles that the school
district um will be le will be levying against. That represents a 5.12% increase. Running through the the various formulas, you have your base student allocation, which is 5,330.98 currently. And you can see the both proposals in the House and the
Senate. House going up by $50.51 and the Senate goes up by $66.77. When you look however at the base funding which is the calculation of your weighted FTE, your base student allocation and your comparative wage factor, you can see that the base
funding drops in the House by 824,557 and in the Senate because they're pulling out the vouchers or fees um v u FTE drops by over $16 million. The categoricals that we do uh receive
so far are what's left is safe schools in the amount of $1.8 million. We will talk about that further and some further slides we have here. ESC guaranteed allocation in the Senate drops to $6.7 million or $ 1.5 million. I will you may
recall in budget workshop number one I covered the various federal regulations that require the school district to maintain its effort and there are several ways to calculate that which would be local funding local funds and you have to spend what you spend the
same amount that you spent in the prior year or more. You can do it by local funds, you can do it by state and local combined. You can do local per capita and state dollars per capita. So with the local funds, should the Senate prevail, we might have to go into the per capita funding, which is the most
generous calculation that we can do to make sure that we're maintaining effort. Uh the other ones are educational enrichment allocation, student al student transportation, and your mental health assistant, which gives you a gross FEP currently of 139.8 8 million in the
House 139.7 not much difference and in the Senate is 121678 822. Flipping over to slide 7 carrying forward those numbers the required local effort estimated right
now is 113 million 171209. So that is taken away or deducted from the gross FFP based on your local contribution share of your property tax of property taxes in the FFP formula. In the house it goes to
117804 and in the senate is 109517. The current year on line 17 we did have what we call a proration which means that once the budget is passed there the general appropriation act establishes the ceiling on the budget and if there
are more students that show up after the the 10 after the October count there's no more money then you get prorated down. So this year we lost over $1.4 million. However, on line 18, you'll see we had a E education
stabilization funding that was also part of the general appropriations act whereby in the um 202425 conference report, if your funds per FTE declined either through your through your October
count or in your second calculation, then they would um sort of help with the fluctuation in the FTE as a result of the vouchers. So we have a net state net state FEFP and currently of 20 25.8 million which
drops in the house to 21.9 and in the senate 12.1 12.161 million. Then of course we have to take out $20.9 million currently for those vouchers. So on line
23 currently the adjusted N netstate FFP which is part of what we receive one2 every month is 10.155 million in the house it would drop to 2 million2 2
million894297 which is a $7.2 million drop and I'll explain how the House makes that up. in the Senate would be 122.161 million. The only true categorical left is class size reduction allocation
um and line 24 which then gives you total state funding currently of 27.8 million whereas in the house is 20.62 20 million267 348 and the senate would be 29 million 534340. So in the house we
would drop by over 7.5 million dollars. In the Senate, we would be up by about $1.7 million year-over-year. However, as I as I commented that the House makes up because their state funding drops to $2.8 million, you'll notice that the in
the in the House, the House goes for the currently we we levy 140 million 727. The House will raise or is proposing to raise local funds by going to 146772 and the Senate sort of drops it
to 138.4 million. So what we lose in state funding you will now see an increase of 6,44,863 in the House and in the Senate we will be down 22.24 million. So combined you can see that currently
at we are at on line 31 um you will see that um the total and total total state and local funding combined is $168 million slated to go to 167 in the house and pretty much flat or
within half a million dollars uh within the within the senate. So rolling forward those two numbers, the deficit of or reduction of $1.5 million in the House and in the Senate, $541,000. On slide
eight shows the roll forward of those negative balances. The $168 million sounds like a lot of money. However, we have to deduct the charter schools. The charter schools get a PR rata share of our funding and based on that currently it's about
$15 million that go out to the charter schools and slated to go to $16.6 million on either the house or the senate based on a parata share it's about 9.2% 2% of our funding. Then what we we typically do is
based on our history, we can see that we've been losing FTE for several years now. And what we've done is we've had to reserve some FTE in the budget to protect us in case the 10day count comes and we don't have those students show up, then we have funds that we can send
back to the state in order to not um have to cut our budget any further. Then we get into what had happened in 2324. In 2324 we had various categoricals of teacher salary increase, instructional materials, reading program and teacher
supply assistance. Those categor those categoricals were eliminated and the the state now instructs you through provisal language that you need to deduct those funds from your base funding. So teacher salary increase. Now let me be careful
how I say this. Teacher salary increase is $7.9 million currently, $ 8.442 million in the House and 9.417 million in the Senate. That does not mean that
we are going to give raises in the amount of 7.9 million, 8.4, or $9.4 million. A significant portion of those funds are to pay for recurring salary increases that we have awarded in the
past in accordance with the law. So I just wanted to make that absolutely clear. Instructional materials again that's another item that went away. And with that um also the instructional media categorical um that we've been meeting with the schools and talking
with them about these issues. The adoption committee recommendation has been approved and at this point the next step now is for the publishers to give us pricing so we know we can bring before the board but we reserved at least $1.3 million in the budget for
that reading program um drops to about 750. Again, we'll be working with um the the curriculum and department, the curriculum and instruction department on exactly what that needs to be for next year. And the teacher supply assistance
program is um the amount the dollars that we give to the teachers to u purchase classroom supplies. By statute, they have to sign an affidavit certifying that these funds will be used strictly for their um classroom supplies. and we administer that program
through a platform called class wallet. So all in all another deduction of about 10 million point4 $10.4 million in 2425 10.8 in 2526 in the house and 11.8 million in the Senate. The reason
being is that in the Senate the um the TSIA dollars are a little bit more that the Senate is awarding as opposed to the House. So the house is awarding 528 $521,000 more and in the senate is
1.551 which obviously we will negotiate that with our um MCEA um union. So in subtracting the required categoricals that we are excuse me in subtracting the
categoricals that we know we have to spend funds on our current subtotal is 141.6 million and then the house drops to 138.571 and in the senate
138514. So on the extreme right bottom corner you can see that we're looking at a deficit of over $3,75,814 in the House and in the Senate 3.133 million rolling forward um those deficit numbers from the House and the Senate.
Um we also know that the state does not fund any FRS increase. So in House Bill 507 and Senate Bill 7022, it lays out the proposed um FRS rates for next year
and round numbers. It looks to be about a40 percentage in percentage point increase. Mostly as you might know our um most our highest homogeneous class would be our teachers. So therefore most of them are regular office officer
class. So it will go point from 13.63% 63% a little over 14%. Um estimated cost cause cost cause cost cost of raises. Um this one you probably have not seen before when we've done this over the years because typically I would have enough retirees
to help us to offset whatever salary increases may be coming in the next year but we this year we only have 32 retirees as opposed to 100 to 150 that we have. uh we suspect that drop the extension of drop to the eight years uh
may have impacted uh folks decisions on whether or not they will retire or whether they will stay on board. Um the next one is the potential impact. Now the sovereign immunity bill um the house passed it but the senate has not taken
that up. Um more than likely that will not go through this year. So may next update I might you might see me strike that one off the list depending upon what may happen in the 9th hour. You never know. The next item is the estimated cost for the year three of the
financial, federal, and operational audit. Um, by law, the auditor general has the option of skipping the operational audit for any school districts. Matter of fact, any any admin any um any which what's the word I'm looking
for? any county that has more than 100 has more than 150,000 um residents. So once you pass that that threshold or that benchmark, they can skip for three years. So we're in the third year of that operational audit, we
will um need Cherry Beckert um to conduct that audit again this year. What I will bring before the board at the appropriate time is whether or not you still want to do that audit because you have some options to continue the financial audit which we are required to do the federal and the single audit is
required. However, the operational is not uh required which may save you about $42,000 depending upon which if the board wants to proceed with that. Um, typically we get uh an um a letter from FPNL around January or
so of each year depending upon what FPA does and in terms of what their utility rates will be. So we're reserving some increase for that of aboutund about 300,000 coming into next year's budget. The other eyline item is the estimated impact of the sheriff SRO
contract increase. They have requested additional funding. I do have some slides that we can talk about that in a moment. So I will ask board members to just pause on that for that for a moment. And other cost increases due to inflation and tariffs. You might recall on our last board me last board meeting
we do and I actually do have a slide on this. We had to take some superintendent had to take some emergency actions within his authority to avoid us paying a $92,000 cost increase because the vendor indicated to us that you know their supplies are getting low and the
next shipment that's come comes in will probably be about a 25% uh increase on cost. So alto together there's an additional $6.3 million in deficits that we have to
cover in our in our budget. So the note total net position right now standing before you is $9,439,73 in the house and in the senate it's 9,497467 in the in the senate. Just a summarization. Um so far again budget's
not done but just the distinction between the two proposals in the house they keep the fees um unweed FTE and funding in their FEFP. the Senate removes it. As I mentioned, Senator Gets made a proposal to take that out. And so
you would see a pure um school district and traditional school district and charter budget, whereas the um fees would just be a number um as a categorical. Um the house continues to include it with the fund the fees with
the funding in the district and the as I mentioned the state creates a senate creates a categorical fund for the scholarships. The House keeps the education stabilization fund in their proposal. The Senate eliminates it. The um House keeps the state funded
discretionary supplement and the Senate eliminates it. The House proposes a 50% reduction in the add-on FTE except for industry certification whereas the Senate uh proposes a reduction 50% reduction in all add-on FTE. The House
proposes an increase in the TSIA of $521,000 whereas the um Senate u increases the allocation to $1.5 million. So ultimately the House reduces funding by $1.5 million, the Senate reduces it by
541,000. So the next couple of slides will just talk a little bit about the request from the sheriff's office for an increase in the 2526 SRO contract. Currently, uh, we we we pay for that contract out of the general operating
fund to the tune of about $2.6 million. And from the millillage, the board has been gracious enough to and the voters um to allow us to have extra officers, two at each high school, etc. for about 682,000. So, the overall cost is about
$3.2 million. Um the request is to for that amount to go to 5,350,000 which would add another $2 million to our cost. So the if you look at the bottom chart
you will see the fiscal years 21-22 through 2425 and just kind of referring back to my previous slides of how much money we get from the state for um safe schools. You will see that in 2122 and these numbers are net of charter schools
getting their parata share. In 2122, for example, we received $1.1 million in state revenues, but our expenditures were about $2 million. So, we're subsidizing from the general fund $897,000. So, in 2425, you could see the
same pattern. So, we we have been subsidizing um from the general operating fund for those funds to try to make sure that we um pay for that contract. The next
slide is to show that the latest election in 2024 the voters reapproved if you will um the um up to 050 millillage and for operating purposes
and I extracted some of the language. One of the approved categories is school safety and security which allows us to excuse me to uh pay for those extra officers that I mentioned to the tune of $682,000. So this ballot language was
approved on November the 5th, 2024. And you can see the statistics of approval on this next slide. What I'm attempting to say is that currently our tax role is about $ 38.3 billion. The House and the Senate are using 40
billion 40.3 billion. So we know that the increase in the tax role is going to be about $ 1.965 million billion dollars, excuse me, or 5.12%. The board um at this last round levied a
0.425 mills, excuse me, and the estimated proceeds at 96% are about $16.4 million. If we do nothing and keep the millage at the same rate, the estimated proceeds go up to about 16 15 excuse me, the current proceeds are 15.6
million and the estimated proceeds would be at about 16.4 four or $800,000 more. In order to raise an additional $2 million, we would need to raise the millillage from a 0.425 to a 481 mills rate, which is
still within the approved 050 mills. So, at this point, I will just um break for if there's any discussion the board wants to have regarding this issue. Any questions? Thank you, Carter.
Anybody? Miss Roberts. Thank you. Um, Mr. Morrison, I think you explained it very well. Um, I think the piece that we're missing though is as you show us the increase on page 13, um, with a potential new millage rate of
48112 based on the tax role. That isn't taking into account the things that we would perhaps eliminate or stop in the millillage. for example, the Medicare Medicaid person that we have there that was there for one year and some of those
other things um might be corrected. So, just in all transparency, even though we're saying 48, um it's nice to know we have that ability to do that, but I would expect that when you show us the other numbers, um with at least just that one piece coming out, um it would
be even less than that. Correct. Yes, ma'am. I I do have a pro-forma um income statement and expenditures for for the subsequent year which I can bring back to the board or send that in a separate um um separate transmission. But you are
correct the largest numbers on the um on the millillage expenditures tend to be the stipens for the teachers as well as for the ASME um bargaining units. But there are there areas that I obviously would want the board to weigh in on to
see whether or not you want to continue those. Correct. Thank you. Um and I don't need the I don't know about the rest of the board. I don't really need the proforma. I'm happy with when we get the whole thing back together. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So before you, you should have another
handout that looks something like this that says approval to issue purchase orders to various vendors for recurring expenditures. And at this time, I'd like to hand this off to Mr. Jeff Carver, who's our director of purchasing, to float by you a concept that we have and
and other districts have successfully implemented uh with in their budget to um promote efficiency and to um also have accountability to the board with respect for with respect to purchase orders. So at this time, I'd like to
hand it over to Jeff. Jeff Carver, director of purchasing. So, as Mr. Morrison mentioned um when I when I first came back to Martin County back in uh July and I started to navigate through the agenda
item process um and and how requisitions were being approved. I noticed that each time a requisition uh came through purchasing, if the aggregate total exceeded $50,000 and we didn't have a board approved contract, those
requisitions, regardless of how much they were, they could some of them have been as low as $700, they end up on the agenda and it's there's a little asterk that says aggregate. So, um, as Mr. Morrison mentioned when I left Martin
County in 2016 and went to Indian River County, they introduced me to a a new concept, a way to uh to better address that. And um it's called the recurring vendor list. And basically what would happen each year in either May or June
for the next fiscal year, a list of recurring vendors with with not to exceed amounts and the legal authority that either that they were bid exempt or that they were per a properly awarded contract by
another agency. All that information would go to the board and then um once they approved it, we were allowed then the superintendent had the authority then to issue those purchase orders perpetually without delay. And then each quarter we would submit to the board a
report of released uh purchase orders so that they could see that we had not exceeded the the authority. And so I'm going to I'll walk through the the the information and then if you have any questions I'll be happy to address those. But we're we're talking about
common vendors that are used for like um for instructional materials like Florida School Book Depository, Benchmark, um instructional services um that we get that we receive. Um it' be like maintenance and facilities related
vendors uh for HVAC uh any kind of emergencies that come up that are related to the buildings. Um, and I'll give you a few examples as we as we move through, but the I won't read the entire narrative, but it kind of basically covers the who, what, why,
and where, and um, and where the legal authority lies. Um, it's a it's an alternative method to bringing those requisitions um, typically under $50,000 back to the board because we've we've
uh, exceeded that aggregate. a total amount of 50,000. So, if you go to the the second page, this is what the attachment looks like. It's a spreadsheet. Now, what we're proposing is not going to have this many vendors on it. Initially, it's going to probably
have 15 to 25 vendors. Um, but I've highlighted First Fire as an example. Um so they the board in Indian River County approved a aggregate total of 140,000 and we we desri we give a description of the services or the goods
that we're going to be purchasing and then on the far on the far um right we have the legal authority and then in this case it was a St. Lucy County schools bid that we were utilizing. If you skip over the third
page, it's so I highlighted the first item on the on the previous list because it was first fire and it turns out that first fire there um the amount that the board
approved was a little bit understated because of some reasons. So what we do in that case, what we did in that case was we went back to the board and we asked that that number be amended and and this is the detail on how we did it. It was very transparent. Um we provided
the board with the circumstances that came up and the reasons why we needed to increase it and then they did. And then if you go to the last page, this is what the report looks like. um the school board in Indian River County, they didn't need to know
each purchase order. They wanted to know how many purchase orders were released and what the aggregate totals totals were. So, if you you can see it balances out. Um there was $185,000 total of allowable spend. And when we submitted this report, there was
still um 7,425 left. And um this report was was valuable in other ways. For me as the purchasing director, when I prepared the report, if I saw that we were getting close to that that not to exceed amount,
I was able to reach out to the directors of those departments and those divisions and say, "What are your expected needs between now and the end of the fiscal year because we may want to revisit this total?" and it it just kept us much more efficient. We weren't we weren't
reactive. This is really a proactive measure that's fully compliant with schoolboard policy 6320. And um happy to answer any questions you might have about it. Roberts. Um, so I think I understand it conceptually and I think from the
standpoint of the ones that normally are showing up on our $50,000 list, you know, and those are the ones we typically see the asterric on that, oh, we've made two purchases from this vendor. Let's say it's a plumbing company, right? We've made two purchases
or and now we're getting to where we've hit the cap because the second or third purchase has put us over the 50,000. We're now seeing it. Um, I could kind of wrap my head around that, but I think that when we get to larger purchases,
um, and those usually show up on our agenda as a a separate list, a larger purchase list, I think the transparency, there's some value to that transparency to see that that and to show that there rather than to show it on an overall
list. So I So I guess what I'm saying is let's say it's the plumber and or a um a vendor that's doing speech services or something along those lines and we've we've hit the $50,000 and now we're doing it at another school and we've got
another 20,000 so we see it the next month and then we have another 10,000 and we see it again because it keeps exceeding because the aggregate number exceeds the 50. I could kind of see that one coming and saying, "Okay, well, we expect that to not exceed. We've got it
at 50. You won't see it again until it hits over a hundred." But I don't know what the rest of you think. I just kind of feel like if it's a larger number, it should still be revealed.
Comments from my fellow board members? No. So, I guess um nobody nobody else is worried about that. So, um whatever. If I may, um Miss Roberts, uh in Indian River County, there were occasions where uh the superintendent
was directed by the board if there was a large initiative with a large purchase to bring it as a separate agenda item. And that was like that was on like large computer refresh projects or something like something facilities related. And those didn't those weren't affected by
the the recurring vendor approval that we were just required to bring those back as standalone items. Okay. So this is a policy change. No, ma'am. This not a policy change. This is all fully in accordance with our current
6320. Well, I I don't think that we can have some may that oh well, maybe this one will come to the superintendent or maybe the superintendent will be directed or maybe it'll come to the board. We have to have some clear definition on how
this is going to work. Not. Well, if I may, um there were times when the school board of Indian River County, depending on who they were when they were when they would change, um board members, they would restrict the limit. They they
would say anything between 50 and $100,000. And uh others, you know, it was more, but some there were times when it was between 50 and 100,000 and it still helped us to be more efficient. And I would be okay with the um if the
aggregate is less than a 100,000 if we had the list of vendors ahead of time and we're approving that on a list and it was within our policy to do it. But I think from my perspective once you get over that it needs to come to us um the way that it's come to us in the past. That's just my opinion though. Thank
you. I have to agree with that. We have to be as transparent as possible and let people know what what money we're spending. And I think they've become accustomed to seeing those lists. That's just my
opinion. So, I agree with that. But I think we have to be consistent in what we do. And if we're going to change it, then I think we have to have very clear parameters on what that's going to look like. And to me, that needs to be
approved by the board, not not a nod at the work at a workshop. So, I think we're we're going to have to have something laid out that the board can actually uh approve and vote on. Maybe Diane at a future meeting we can
talk about this and put some parameters so that it's cohesive. Thank you. I would like for the superintendent to bring forward the language that they're recommending um in the form of that then that's
something we can talk about and vote on. Thank you. Thank you very much board members for that input. U the next item that we'd like to present also is an initiative, a cost-saving initiative that we've been kind of working on behind the scenes
with respect to districtwide landscaping. Um, we have, um, obtained a copy of a bid RFP 10-02022JC for district-wide landscaping that has very favorable rates and also
based on square footage of a diff of the property. Um, I've copied for you the technical specifications of the bid into my slide, ranging from 3.1 all the way to 3.12, which includes the moing, the edging, the trimming, pruning, cleaning
the property, litter and debris removal, etc. um based on a current comparison of excuse me based on a comparison of our current vendor versus the vendor that we'll be looking to um apply the same terms and conditions on in that um RFP.
Immediately we can see we'll be saving over $100,000 between those three locations of the administrative building Palm City and Jensen Beach. Um on the on the side where you see my various bullets there, we would be recommending
at a regularly scheduled board meeting that the board um approve the superintendent to exercise the authority contained within that RFP for those rates. Uh with the understanding that subsequently through attrition of staff that we could phase in other locations
as it is fiscally um feasible to do so. As an example, we've been working with the maintenance department and we do know that we have have a retirement from the quoteunquote lawn cutting crew coming up in June, another one in December, and potentially another one
lost to um a plant operator position. So we would tally up those numbers, see what that savings looks like, and we've actually started to reach out to maintenance for him to for u the director to tell us where would be a seamless transition uh for us to be able
to to phase in that lawnmowing um that lawnmowing RFP. Allow us to I don't want to use the word piggyback, but use the same terms and conditions of that RFP. So this is moreformational uh for the board to let you know that at a at a subsequent board meeting we will be
bringing this forward so you can understand what we're trying to accomplish here. Any questions on that one? If I could add some. Sure. Please go ahead. So if I could add one thing on this um this particular contract that we're proposing
the most beneficial part of it is is they mow when there's no students at our schools. And um it's based on unitized pricing 30 $31 per acre. Oops. Go ahead.
Um is who is the vendor and have we put this out to our lo local vendors in the community? I mean that's one of our goals is to utilize it's the vendor is Bright View. It's I'm sorry. Bright View is the is the vendor. They have local
offices here. They're not small though. Thank you. And my final slide for today is just an update as we discussed earlier that we did take uh the superintendent did exercise his emergency authority to
avoid a $92,000 cost increase for the purchase of Chromebooks. So, we invoked um language that was contained within our current uh policy of 6320 to a avoid um paying that additional $92,000. At this point, Madame Chair,
board, members, superintendent, I'm going to hand this over to Mr. Seress and Dr. Miller um as they will be discussing um some capital um changes to the five-year capital plan that you'll be seeing coming forward. Mr. Chris,
I asked um Mr. Morrison a question. Yes, ma'am. So, I I saw this agenda piece of these potential changes to the plan, but I think we also um at some point are going to need what the overall change to the five years looks like. Yes. You
know, in that normal spreadsheet that we get, we have been working um feverishly behind the scenes to make those changes and updates to the plan. I think we're just about done. So we will be bringing that forward at probably at the next workshop in in June. Right. Because I think the community kind of looks at
that to see what's in year two, what's in year three, etc. As we adjust those things, I think we owe it to absolutely be transparent and show exactly what that looks like. Thank you. Absolutely. Yeah, that will be coming forward. Mrs. Roberts. So good afternoon, Madam Chair, school board members, superintendent Maine,
Mark Secrets, director of facilities. I'm going to bring your attention some of the uh projects we've been going over. There's actually three major projects in the next couple slides. Um, some exciting news. Um, we're looking at moving students from
Perkins and Old Solerno to Port Soleno Elementary and Warfield. So, it would be, um, preK classrooms. We would move them to Warfield and then we would actually move them to Port Solerno. And we would no longer use Perkins and Old Solo Schoolhouse starting the school
year of August. Um, that is one of our proposals. The r the reason we're bringing this forward is we're transferring some existing funds that were in the five-year capital plan, the 1.3 million to do this in case things come up as we make this move. Um, and
then there's something down the road that we're looking at as we have more developments come in in Indiantown and in those surrounding areas. Um, we may eventually in the 26 27 school year have to move some portables into Warfield. Um but we will have to do that as determined and I would have to bring
that forward at a later time. But so we would generally lock these funds into this current project, this current new project. Um and I can take discussions on that now or I can go through the next two projects and then I can take overall discussion. So it's at your pleasure.
Um so I fully support moving uh of vacating Perkins and Old Sla Schoolhouse. I think that there are more issues than just um those sites being separate. Um there's some cost savings that can happen. Um in regard to the
moving portables to Warfield, I know do we have the I know that they're preparing sites now for the new some new homes in Indian Town. So, is there a projection on the number of
students that will be coming by year and phase of that project? Because the other thing is converting Indiantown Middle School, which is at like 50% capacity, correct? To a K8 model so that we can move some of the students without
expending um a ton of money in our capital budget to build and increase the size of Warfield. we can move some of those students to Indiantown Middle in that K8 model. Yes. And I think we're going to have to look at the survey data and basically the attendance going into
August and then start making those projections because currently even though the county is building everywhere, there's no students following those developments. So it it's really hard to predict right now. But I think once you take the attendance in August and then you take the attendance
in October, that'll give us a pretty good indicator of if we're actually you know, going over capacity at Warfield. Um, we do have existing portables that we could move from other schools into Warfield if that comes about or we can do, like you said, look at IMS and see
what to do with building number two. Um, since we left fifth grade, go to Warfield. That building is kind of empty right at the moment. I agree. I 100% support this. like it's going to bring a cohesion of everybody under one roof.
Thank you. I'll move to the next project. So, this is this is an exciting project right now. Um we currently have the RFQ out for the A&E. It is due on May 8th. Um we're projecting to bring the um recommendation of the department and purchasing to your um agenda
probably in on the June 17th to um hire that A&E firm. Um following that will be the seam at risk. So that's going to be coming out shortly and then um we will have the two entities we need to start that project. Um and once we start that
project and we get board approval then it starts the timeline. Um but it's anywhere from nine months to design and get to the um construction documents and GMP phase. So once we get that board approval, it will start that timeline. I can give you updates as we proceed like I do every month. But that's some
exciting news. Right now the RFQ's out. We've already did the site visit with the A&E. And like I said, the um RFQ is due on the 8th of May at 2 o'clock. But the reason we have this slide on here is um once we added buildings 9, 10, and 18, it almost doubled the budget
of what we originally had on the capital plan. So the reason we brought it forward was we're going to trans transition some of the funds we had on different projects to make up the difference because now we've, like I said, we've almost doubled the um funding side of this project in order to include those three buildings and those
capacities in those buildings. But that's why we're bringing it forward right now. But essentially, it'd be one big project. It would be similar to Steuart Middle School where we actually build the new buildings and the new admin and media center. Um, and then once they're occupiable, we can move the
students into those areas and the staff and then the demo of the existing buildings would come down. So there would be little disruption just like Steuart Mill. You would have an active campus uh while the new buildings and then at the same time we're actually we're actually doing this at Steuart Middle also. We're going to renovate the
existing gym. So that gym's almost the same age as Steuart Middle. Um, so we we had previous board approval on renovating the gym. So it'll be all one big project. Um, and then we'll just have to phase in the gym renovation based on um probably Christmas and
summer vacation. Do you want me to go next slide or you have questions on question? So of this project cost, I know that we were we able to recoup some of this expense from due to the hurricane damage or the tornado damage. So I know staff
is working with risk to come up with a number, but right now the insurance company has not really given us a hard number yet, but any number that we can get from them, we're going to recoup the cost that you see here. So this will be the total cost of 32 million minus whatever we recoup from the insurance
company right or 34 million sorry so whatever we can at some point in time which will be probably in the future we'll get that number from them and then we can re basically refund what we've paid what we're estimating on this project now but our goal is to since the RFQ is
happening now we wanted to get this project funded because once we once you guys approve the RFQ we got to have the funs in place to do that project. So, the next project is Warfield Elementary. Um, so while I was researching Murray Middle trying to get that RFQ together, um, it dawned on me
that that budgetary number was set almost five years ago and it was at $17 million originally. Um, so to give you a little background history, we're in the process of well, we just completed the Steuart Middle School Admin Media Center. That building alone cost $17
million. So Warfield was admin media center plus 12 classrooms which are in in the current admin building now. So we still have to provide for 12 new classrooms in a separate building. Um so that's what doubled the um size of this
project is actually inflation over the last four years. Um and that's why you see the difference in cost, but it's based on real numbers that we've had on current projects. So, I just I'm just wondering if like then if there is a need
for 12 new classrooms, if we're going to do a conversion of Indian Town Middle, which is so has such a low capacity, is there a need to add all this more classroom space at Warfield if we're
going to be able to make that shift? or we've talked about the K8 and I don't know if that's something we're still the board is still interested in doing, but it seems to not be cost effective to have a school sitting in such close
proximity at half capacity and and then spending $17 million more for 12. So So to clarify the information, we're not actually adding 12 new classrooms. The classrooms currently are now in the building, their admin building, and
they're being used. So, with the move of fifth, fifth grade in their current classroom capacities, they're using those 12 classrooms currently. So, we're actually because that building's coming down, we have to rebuild, but not add more student stations. Okay. So, there's they're not actually new classrooms.
They're just they're replacement. Replacing what's our Okay. Yeah. All right. Perfect. Thank you. Any other questions? So, I'll go to the last slide because I wanted to give you some updates. Um, we have some exciting news
on the pool. So, the PO was released on the non-elect electrical items yesterday. The contractors actually scheduling that work, which puts us anywhere from 14 to 20 days ahead of the June schedule. So, they're going to start that non-elect electrical work in May. So, that's some exciting news
because originally we rejected June and July. So, we're hoping we can pick up some schedule. I will let you know that the economy and the market is creating issues with the electrical items. They have done what work they can and they have all the equipment on order and it will be installed when they get it. So,
I'll keep you posted if we have any delays, but currently um it will help having this non-electrical project start early and hopefully we can get ahead of our schedule. Thank you, Madam Chair. May I be recognized for a
moment? Of course. Thank you. Um, I did have an opportunity to go back and look at the financials particularly for the sales tax and Mrs. Robert, board members Roberts is is correct that we do have um about $896,000 in the um plans for the
cafeterias. So, I just wanted to go on record that we did check that and that is correct. Those projects have not been done yet, which is why it wasn't really ringing a bell, but there are funds there allocated for those projects. Thank you very much. Thank you. Does anyone have any more questions?
Carter, I do have a question. Yes, ma'am. If we are going to up our millillage from the 425 to what you've recommended, do we have to give
direction on that? Yes, that will that will come before you. Um yes, you will you'll have to give the the superintendent and um the superintendent some direction on that, but that will come before you pro probably around the time of the tenative budget. U but we'll be having
discussions in in workshop as board member Roberts wanted to obviously see some more information where the board might want to make some adjustments to what we're currently funding um out of those proceeds. So at that point we can do like a work session and we can see
what the board would like to eliminate or where we want to go with that and then that will ultimately flush out because we do have a I do have a working spreadsheet that will flush out exactly uh what the mill rate would be based on the board's direction and that would be
publicized. The community would know that they are going to get a tax increase. Yes, that would be um totally transparent and and above board um if we were to move from the 0425 to some other millillage. Um if we were to do that because I'm going to throw a zinger out
there if you don't mind. I feel I feel that um our teachers are going to want to know why we can't just make it the 0.5 and give them more
money. and I want to get ahead of it. And if I may, I think that we have an agreement with them as to exactly how much that um stipen amount is. So that's an agreement that was negotiated with
both bargaining units as to what the stipen piece looks like. So it's isn't that correct? Yes, we do have an agree. We do have with both bargaining units. Yes, ma'am. I was told today that they might not be able to get a true up and
that this would alleviate that. Am I saying it the right way? Well, it depends upon the population shifts and again it depends upon the board's direction, but I will bring forward to you preliminary numbers for you to look at. Okay. So, you can make that decision. Okay. Thank you. M board
member Roberts is correct. We do have with both both bargaining units. Well, and maybe the um union would like to start negotiating with us now so that we um can work out some of the details until we get the the numbers so we're
only talking salary come August and they don't have to wait so long um to get their money. So maybe we could start bargaining now for any policy issues that either side wants to bring up. So maybe um Madam Chair, if you you and the
superintendent want to reach out to the union and suggest that we start that process now so that they can maybe even get paid start the year off with us, you know, an increase depending on where we
are budget wise. Okay. I just kind of sure in my head thinking it's going to be at 48. Why not just even it out and use the money the way it's intended to be used? Okay. Thank you. I appreciate
that. Thank you. Mean at the 050, right? At the five, which we've been at before. We just We've been at that before, but right now we're at 0.425 and we would be raising it to pay the additional
um money for the sheriff, right? Why not just make it 5, right? Which we're allowed to do. Which we're allowed to do and we've been at before, so it's not like it's that radical. So, no, I'm just throwing it out there for conversation.
Thank you very much. Thank you, ma madam chair. Thank you, board members. Thank you, Mr. Super. Good. We We are eliminating 5.01 school board budget and we are moving to a discussion on
5.02 Boys and Girls Club. I met with um Superintendent Maine and our attorney and I am going to defer to Superintendent Maine who's going to explain the process because he also spoke to Mike Mortell the city manager
because there are several components to this and I want everyone to be aware of all the pieces of the puzzle. Yes, thank you Madam Chair. So, as um Word Chair Pritchette uh explained, we did have an opportunity to have a Zoom meeting with
uh Terry Harmon, our attorney, one of our one of our council, and he explained that there is in fact uh a path forward. However, I do want to uh iterate to the board that he is not in favor of the
path forward, but did preface that there is a path forward. Um there's a couple of hurdles that you will all initially be able to have to get over or agree to uh in order to move to theou which is where the conversation with uh Mr. Mortell came into place. Uh you'll first
have to agree to change policy because it is a nola policy and it is statute statute. So while you can change your policy it would be going against statute but you do have the ability to change policy. If you overcome that hurdle of
changing policy, you then would have to agree to update the lease agreement with the Boys and Girls Club. If you agree to change policy and if you agree to update the lease agreement with the Boys and Girls Club, then your last uh hurdle and
it really is not your hurdle. It would be the hurdle of the Boys and Girls Club would be to Mike Mortell, Mr. Mortell would craft anou memorandum of understanding uh with the city to allow the Boys and Girls Club as a
501c3 to serve alcohol on campus provided you changed policy and you updated the lease agreement. The memorandum of understanding would allow the Boys and Girls Club to bypass a city ordinance that is currently in effect where alcohol cannot be served within
500 ft of a school building. They currently haveus in place now with some vendors and business establishments uh around that area including a couple of churches that are within 500 feet uh of the building. So it it has been done
with the 501c3s in that area. However, I and business establishments. However, I will also um let you know that Mr. Harmon as as one of our council, one of our
lawyers, uh is very concerned with board moving forward with this because it does open a can of worms as we know and you've talked about where does it stop? How many 501c3s will now ask if our are many of
our PTAs are 501c3s? Do our PTAs now want to serve alcohol on school campuses as a 501c3 using this route forward uh for fundraising purposes? And so that's there's anything else to
add, Mrs. Pritchette? I do. No, I think I think you covered everything. The only conversation that I wasn't a part of was when you spoke to the city manager, but you explained to me what his parameters were as well. So, I'd like to open it up
to discussion. We do we have people here from the Boys and Girls Club that we could hear from? Maybe we hear from them. Sure, Madam Chair. Sure. You absolutely. Thank you. Good evening, Madame Chair,
superintendent, and distinguished board. Uh this I'm hearing for the first time about a legal opinion that says that policy is required because my understanding is Sarasota did it without a policy change. They did it through in
their case a first amendment in our case a second amendment to lease. As you know the lease has already been amended one time that conferred on the Boys and Girls Club additional rights. Something else that I think is in important to
understand is how vital and how important it is for the Boys and Girls Club to be able to effectively fund raise in 2025 given some of the drawdowns and elimination of grants that
we were previously entitled to receive. As most of you probably know, raising money for bricks and mortar is far more difficult than raising money for operations. We've raised the money, we built the building, but the building has
a very high cost of um of maintenance and also right now we're serving thousands of Martin County students and we have tried and have succeeded in years past of serving more and more
every year. So, our inability to effectively fund raise for private philanthropy um would be devastating to the Boys and Girls Club. And as you probably know
that most of the major fundraising um does have alcohol associated with it. And I'm not going to say that that's an absolute necessity, but I am going to say that it's very hard to compete with those that do have the ability to serve
alcohol if we did not have that ability. And as I said, um, the research that I've done and what I've read before what I've heard today was that it was done eight years ago in
Sarasota. And there's nothing that I'm aware of that would be different in this board uh, granting a second amendment to the lease. Did Mr. Harmon speak to that please call. He did and um I have asked Mr.
Harmon to put in writing for the boards. Um when Mrs. Purch and I spoke to him, we have not received that yet, but we do he did mention the Sarasota case. He does believe that there are differences. Um my you know memory is um serving me
this afternoon. He did mention that based on his opinion, there were noticeable differences in what the Boys and Girls Club is trying to accomplish versus the vendor or the organization in which that agreement was uh gone into in
Sarasota. Um, and I also just want to remind you that the reason that they would need to change policy is because they can't go against their own policy, um, which is currently in effect that alcohol will not be served on any of our our school district properties. and you
you know this, but so we they would have to first change that policy to allow for for that to be the case. I'd be very happy to review anything that you receive on the subject and um will do my own legal research to
ascertain the necessity for a change in policy and the situation in Sarasota. um again from what I know is substantially similar um to ours. I mean
we have as they do you know a substantial investment you $17 million. We have a first amendment to the to the lease which granted us additional bundle of rights than what was contained in the initial lease. Um, so I'd like to see
any um contrary point of view because that's at odds with what I've been told and what I've reviewed myself through today's date. I just make a statement here. So I mean I thank you for being here. Uh, and if you want to state your name for the
record, probably we need that too. Mr. Bobco, my name is No Bobco. Okay, great. Thanks. Um, the Boys and Girls Club is a tremendous community partner of the school district and of this county and obviously I can hear the the frustration
in in Mr. Bobco's voice that this would greatly hinder their fundraising efforts. So, I just want to speak out in support of the Boys and Girls Club and for this allowance. I personally don't think it's that big of a deal. Obviously, students are not present at this time. It does make a big deal in in
fundraising as someone who's very involved in the nonprofit world. I personally am not really a drinker, so it doesn't affect me. I don't partake in that at an event, but I know it makes a huge impact on fundraising. So, I would
personally like to see us pursue this for them. Uh, I can I definitely hear the apprehension in this board, but I just wanted to state that that's where I'm at. Thank you. So, I do um I think that we're really going to have to really decide as a
board the precedent that we're going to set because it is it is precedent setting to if we allow 151c3, what does that mean and what does that look like in the future? Um, so I'll I'll withhold my opinion about it until we hear from
Terry Harmon and and you all have an opportunity to review that. what he comes back to us with and then you can review it. And I think between the board chair and the something needs to come forward. And I do think on the issue of
precedent, if I may, um I'm not sure that there are any other 501c3s that have built $17 million buildings on school district property. And I know standing alone, yeah, that that's one distinction. But after I have
a chance to review um what your other council has had to say, I can address the matter more thoroughly. Well, we have the arts council here and they're going to be right next door and they're going to want the same thing, I'm sure. So, that's going to be another
um issue that we're going to have to bring forward as well. Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. The other thing that I'll make sure that we bring forward as well um that I didn't mention that I want to make sure is on the record is the liability insurance piece. So there would we certify to our
liability insurance adjuster that we do not serve alcohol on any of our campuses nor do we allow tobacco products or vaping. Um we would have to bring forward an updated quote because that would cost uh an additional our liability insurance quote will go up if
we certify that we are allowing alcohol to be served on any one of our our properties. That's a change. And so I would like the board to be able to have that updated amount and how much that additional cost would be that we would incur as a school district in order to to do that.
If I may, um, as we have in the past, if your risk management has any additional language that they would like to have in the Second Amendment, to my knowledge, we've made every change that risk management has suggested, and we would
certainly do so in the future. So, I think those are issues that probably can be ironed out. Um, if you could just tell us what language you need to satisfy risk management, we're happy to make those changes in the lease as we
did before. We'll have to bring this up again after we get something from Terry Harmon. All right. Yes. Thank you. Just a quick remark, board members. I Crumpler, for the record, I'm a representative of the Boys and Girls Club. We thank you for
the opportunity and particularly the chair to bring this conversation to the public sphere. It's one we've been working on having going back almost uh almost nine months ago. Yeah. Yeah. So, the chance to have it here and work through the details is something that's
greatly appreciated. We don't want to get away from the fact that we deeply share your concerns for the well-being of the children. We we basically serve the same constituents as the number one and number two largest youth services provider in the county. We couldn't be more attentive to exactly where your
concern is that you're coming from. So, thank you for taking the time to go through this and we look forward to a continued conversation. Thank you. Thank you. Open to the board. Say happy teacher appreciation week to all of our teachers. We do greatly
appreciate you and value what you do each day. No. Okay, this meeting is adjourned.