CLOSED DOOR SESSION CONCLUDED. IN THE CLOSED SESSION WE DISCUSSED POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OR STRATEGY RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING UNDER STATUTE.
MOTION AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THAT IS GOING TO BRING US OVER TO THE WORKSHOPS. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WILL CALL THE WORKSHOP TO ORDER AT 2:21PM.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> DISTRICT 1, MATTHEW JAY LANE. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2, VIRGINIA SAVIETTO. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 5, GLORIA BRANCH. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON.
>> HERE. JOINING US ARE MICHAEL BURKE, SHAWNTOYIA BERNARD INSPECTOR GENERAL SURE THERESA MICHAEL AND TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBER ALSO JOIN US.
VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY WATCHING ON COMCAST CHANNELS 234, 235, U VERSE OR USING THE LINK ON OUR WEBPAGE. IN THE EVENT AT THE LINK IS INTERRUPTED FOR TECHNICAL
REASONS SWITCH OVER TO THE THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND POSTED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS. I WILL TURN THE WORKSHOP OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> Mike Burke: THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE HAVE THREE WORKSHOPS THIS AFTERNOON ALL IMPORTANT AND I'M
EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST ONE ON CHOICE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION WHAT WE'RE CALLING PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES. WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE IN SEARCH OF MORE CAREER PATHWAYS THAT WILL LEAD THEM TO A HIGH
WAGE JOB IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN A LEADER FOR DECADES WITH 330 CHOICE PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO WEAVE IN MORE PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES. JAMIE WYATT OUR DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND YOLANDA MORGAN AND A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS PREPARING FOR THIS WORKSHOP AND I LOOK AT IT IN THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS IT WILL BE ONGOING WORK FOR THE FUTURE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT WYATT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. Dr. MORGAN AND I ARE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR PRESENTATION WITH YOU TODAY. I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING OUR TEAM WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT.
Dr. ADAM MILLER. Dr. GHERLIN JOHNSON, FRED BARGE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS. IN 2022 SUPERINTENDENT BURKE THE FORESIGHT TO INCLUDE THE INITIATIVE A1B IN OUR PLAN ARE THE PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING OUR
CAREER PATHWAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE'VE CREATED A CONTINUUM OF CHOICES AND PATHWAYS TO MEET OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS AND INTEREST THUS LEADING THEM TO BE EITHER ENROLLED, INLESSED OR ENLISTED
OR EMPLOYED. FOR THE STUDENTS INTO THE WORKFORCE WE HAVE CAREER PROGRAMS AND ACADEMIES SUCH AS OUR MEDICAL PROGRAMS OUR FINANCE PROGRAMS AND OUR IT PROGRAMS. JUST TO MENTION A FEW IF OUR STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN GOING INTO THE TECHNICAL CAREERS WE
HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION TRADES ACADEMIES. WITHIN THESE ACADEMIES STUDENTS DID EARN VALUE, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS TO HELP THEM BECOME MORE EMPLOYABLE. FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WANT TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED SERVICES THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
PROGRAMS WHICH WE HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE STUDENTS ON THE PATHWAY TO COLLEGE, ALL OF OUR ACADEMIES HAVE COURSE WORK AND AGAIN, CAN STUDENTS CAN EARN THOSE CREDENTIALS OF VALUE TO PREPARE THEM TO GET INTO THOSE HIGH
LEVEL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IF THEY WANT TO PURSUE ADVANCED AND SPECIALLIZED DEGREES. AND NOW I'M GOING TO SHARE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
THE PATHWAYS ARE ENDLESS IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY WHERE WILL YOUR PATHWAY LEAD? WITH 330 INNOVATIVE CHOICE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WE'VE BUILT THE ROADMAP TO SUCCESS NO MATTER YOUR PASSION, WE HAVE THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAM TO TURN IT
INTO A PROFESSION. THANKS TO LOCAL VOTERS SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS ON THE BALLOT WE CAN OFFER DIVERSE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WITH DEDICATED AND EXPERTLY TRAINED TEACHERS LEADING THE WAY. >> THE FIRE SCIENCE ACADEMY IS UNIQUE YOU COME OUT WITH A TRADE
YOU CAN APPLY WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE. >> THIS IS WHERE EDUCATION MEETS INDUSTRY. OUR PROGRAMS DELIVER MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS THAT EMPLOYERS RECOGNIZE AND VALUE. IN ONE YEAR ALONE OUR STUDENTS EARN OVER 10,000 CERTIFICATIONS.
THAT'S THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE READY, CAREER READY AND DEBT FREE. READY TO JOIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, WE HAVE MEDICAL ACADEMIES THAT PARTNER WITH HOSPITALS LIKE JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER TO GIVE STUDENTS THE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE THEY NEED TO
ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. WANT TO BUILD A HOME OR DESIGN THE NEXT GREAT OFFICE BUILDING? THE WHITES COMPANY HELPS MAKE IT POSSIBLE. OR MAYBE YOUR PATH TAKES YOU TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGENCIES LIKE DELRAY BEACH POLICE ARE THERE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR ASPIRING
OFFICERS. WE HAVE 400 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS AND GUIDE THEM TOWARD THEIR FUTURE. THE PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS. MORE THAN 35,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR CHOICE AND CAREER PROGRAMS. AT OUR SHOWCASE OF SCHOOLS THE
PROGRAMS ARE ALL ON DISPLAY TO HELP STUDENTS FIND THE PATH THAT FITS THEM BEST. NOT SURE WHICH PATH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IS ALL ABOUT CHOICES. YOU CAN ATTEND YOUR ZONED SCHOOL WHICH MAY HAVE ITS OWN IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS.
OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO APPLY TO ANOTHER SCHOOL'S PROGRAM THAT FITS YOUR GOALS. OUR STUDENTS SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF THEM AND GO ON TO BECOME DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, SERVICE MEMBERS, AND EVEN BROADWAY STARS.
>> EITHER F.B.I. AGENT OR BECOME A LAWYER. THEY ARE BOTH IN THE SAME PATH SO I KNOW WHERE I'M HEADING. AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY IS A WAY TO GET THERE. >> FROM THE GLADES TO WEST PALM BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND IN-BETWEEN THERE ARE OPTIONS IN EVERY PART OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THE PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES ARE OPEN PREPARING TODAY'S LEARNERS TO BE TOMORROW'S LEADERS. WHICH ONE WILL YOU CHOOSE? THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IS YOUR BEST CHOICE. >> IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS GREAT PROGRAMMING THAT HAS GROWN
OVER YEARS AND OUT OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE WANT TO THANK THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL FOR INVITING US TO VISIT SEVERAL DISTRICTS OR TWO DISTRICTS IN DALLAS AND NASHVILLE WE TRAVELED WITH THEM TO EXPLORE CAREER AND CHOICE PROGRAMMING AND LEARN FROM THEM.
AND OUT OF THOSE VISITS, REALLY THE TAKEAWAYS WERE THE POWER OF STRONG INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS THAT SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO EACH ACADEMY. IN ADDITION, THE VARIETY OF A CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAVING A PLETHORA OF THOSE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF HAVING CLEAR PATHWAYS STARTING IN 9TH GRADE. SO EVEN WITH OUR EXTENSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMING ALREADY IN PLACE, AFTER WE VISITED THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND LISTENING TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
LABOR MARKET NEEDS AND THE CHANGING LABOR MARKET, AS WELL AS INTEREST FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A DIVE REALLY TO ANALYZE OUR CAREER AND CHOICE PROGRAMMING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REALLY WAS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN MORE
RIGIOUS DEMAND-DRIVEN PATHWAYS. SO WE PARTNERED WITH ESG, EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY GROUP THROUGH A GRANT SUPPORTED BY OUR AMAZING PARTNERS THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT A REVIEW. TO PROVIDE US WITH A REVIEW OF
OUR CAREER AND CHOICE PROGRAMMING. HALFWAY THROUGH THE REVIEW AS WE BEGAN RECEIVING INFORMATION, WE DECIDED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY START OUR INTERNAL REVIEW TO START RIGHT AWAY ON DOING A GAP ANALYSIS AND THE FOCUS WAS ON HIGH SCHOOL.
DECIDED TO START THERE. THE EXTERNAL REVIEW REALLY FOCUSED AROUND DETERMINING WHAT THE HIGH WAGE IN DEMAND JOBS WERE IN THE LOCAL MARKET HOW OUR PROGRAMMING ALIGNED WITH THAT, THE QUALITY OF OUR PATHWAYS THE QUALITY OF OUR INDUSTRY
PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY ALSO SOLICITED STAKEHOLDER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS. OUR INTERNAL REVIEW ALSO FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY VALUED PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OR HIGH INTEREST PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR TEACHING PROGRAMS YOU SAW THE
FIRE ACADEMY AND OUR ARTS PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT REGIONAL ACCESSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HIGH WAGE IN DEMAND PROGRAM WRTS EQUAL ACROSS OUR REGIONS WHICH WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THEY REALLY ARE PERCENTAGE WISE.
IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH PALM BEACH STATE AS WELL AS CAREER SOURCE OF PALM BEACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THEM AND WE DEFINITELY TOOK A LOOK HOW WE COULD EXPAND OUR CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS SINCE THE
ONE AT WEST TECH IS SO SUCCESSFUL. OUT OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL REVIEW, FOUR MAJOR FOCUS AREAS EMERGED. THE FIRST ONE WHAT I SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS CAREER PATHWAYS
MAKING SURE THEY ARE ALIGNED. CAREER ADVISING LOOKING HOW CAREER ADVISING WILL SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN NAVIGATING THE CAREER PATHWAYS. INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS MAKING SURE OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE ROBUST AND WILL PROVIDE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS
AND STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DO OUR FAMILIES REALLY KNOW OR AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND ARE WE MARKETING THAT WELL? OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WE WILL SHARE HIGHLIGHTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS ON THE FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT AS WELL AS SHARE A RECOMMENDATIONS, GOALS AND BENCHMARKS. SO WE LEARNED THERE ARE 42 HIGH WAGE IN DEMAND JOBS IN THE LOCAL MARKET AREA. WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO TAKE
NOTE OF THAT THREE OF THOSE FOUR JOBS DO REQUIRE SOME SCHOOLING BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE 330 CHOICE PROGRAMS ABOUT 3800 STUDENTS ARE IN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE LEARN SECOND 70% OF
OUR CHOICE PROGRAM STUDENTS ENROLLED ARE ENROLLED IN HIGH WAGE ALIGNED PATHWAYS. NEARLY HALF OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALIGNED WITH HIGH WAGE AND DEMAND AND THE OTHER 50% ARE BASED UPON COMMUNITY VALUE AND STUDENT INTEREST PROGRAMS.
WHILE WE DO HAVE GOOD REGIONAL ACCESSIBILITY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THAT AND ENSURE WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE HIGH WAGE AND DEMAND OPPORTUNITIES AT EACH THROUGHOUT EACH REGION. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCELERATION OPTIONS WITH THE CTE THAT CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT. AND LASTLY WE FOUND THAT OUR STUDENTS REALLY DO A GREAT JOB OF THAT INITIAL ENGAGEMENT IN A PATHWAY NOT NOT ALWAYS COMPLETING IT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME
OUT OF THAT WAS TO THINK ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND REIMAGINE THEM AND THINK ABOUT EVERY STUDENT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL GOING THROUGH 9TH GRADE HAS TO BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN A DEMAND DRIVEN AND
RIGOROUS PATHWAY. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A CONTINUATION OF PATHWAYS BUT IT FOCUSES ON CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. AND AS I'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE YOU KNOW WE HAVE TWO HANDS ON CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMS ONE IS THE
PROGRAM AT FOREST HILL AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE ARE YOU WIRED TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN THROUGH JOHN A. LEONARD WE HAVE TWO AT THIS TIME. OUR CAREER PATHWAYS ARE OFFERED THROUGH PREAPPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THROUGH
OUR ADULT EDUCATION AND THAT IS ROBUST. TALKING ABOUT ELECTRICAL LOW VOLTAGE PLUMBING, HVAC AND THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT AND MORE CTE PROGRAMMING AND THAT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION
TO EXPAND THAT 9-12CTE PROGRAMMING INCLUDING CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT. BASED ON THE HIGHLIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES, WE THEN CREATED A GOAL FOR EACH ONE OF THE FOCUSED AREAS AND BENCH MACKS TO ALIGN WITH THOSE GOALS. THE GOAL FOR OUR CAREER PATHWAYS
IS PROVIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACCESS TO A CONTINUUM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN HIGH DEMAND PATHWAYS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENCHMARKS THE FIRST ONE IS IMPORTANT THINKING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR COURSE WORK THAT MUST ALIGN WITH THE
CHANGING NEEDS OF THE MARKET NEEDS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS THAT WILL BE A BIG FOCUS FOR US. WE KNOW WE NEED TO INCREASE POST-SECONDARY COURSE WORK. WE NEED TO EXPAND THE CREDENTIALS OF VALUE THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS THAT WANT TO GO
DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE MAKING THEM MORE EMPLOYABLE. INCREASING DUAL ENROLLMENT, CAREER EXPLORATION AND CTE IN GENERAL. >> WITH ALL OF THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHWAYS WE
WANT TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO NAVIGATE THOSE PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS. CURRENTLY OUR DISTRICT SEES GREAT INITIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH 70 OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS EXPRESSING INTEREST IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER PROGRAMS, WE USE THE PLATFORM FOR CAREER EXPLORATION
AND PLANNING AND THIS YEAR OUR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERACTIVE CAREER FAIRS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT. YET OUR STUDENTS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON THINGS LIKE COURSE REQUIREMENTS,
JOB OUTCOMES, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION. SO WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE OUR GUIDANCE PERSONALIZED AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO AND THROUGH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENHANCE OUR CAREER COUNSELING TO IMPROVE
THE INFORMED DECISION MAKING THAT OUR STUDENTS MAKE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CHOICE COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING THE BENCHMARK IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY 8TH GRADER ENTERS HIGH SCHOOL WITH A
DEFINED PATH. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE STRATEGICALLY LEVERAGING OUR EXISTING PLATFORM AT SELL LOW AND EXPLORING ADVISING PLATFORMS THAT INTEGRATE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WE'VE BEGUN THIS WORK BY WORKING
WITH THESE VARIOUS COMPANIES TO DETERMINE THE CAPACITY THEY HAVE TO 11 RACK THESE PLATFORMS TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN LONG-TERM PLANNING. NEXT IS OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS. OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS OFFER GREAT VALUE FOR OUR PROGRAMS.
THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON INDUSTRY NEEDS AS WELL AS HANDS ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. IN OUR REVIEWS WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL MODELS WITH
OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS SUCH AS JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER AND MORE. OUR STUDENTS GET WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE. WHILE WE ARE PROUD OF OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK BASED LEARNING THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STANDARDIZE AND
SCALE THE EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO LEVERAGE OUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE BDB, THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL, CAREER SOURCE AND LOCAL CHAMBERS TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN MEET LOCAL MARKET NEEDS AS WELL AS CONNECT
NEW PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WITH THIS GOAL OF STRENGTHENING SCALING AND STANDARDIZING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE REAL WORLD SKILL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS FINDING WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PARTNER WITH US WE HAVE CRITICAL BENCHMARKS.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO SECURE DEDICATED BUSINESS CHAMPIONS FOR EACH OF OUR PATHWAYS TO WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPING THE SKILLS. SECONDLY WE WANT TO EMBED THE WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES
IN EVERY PROGRAM MEN SHORESHIPS, SITE VISITS, INTERNSHIPS GIVING EVERY STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN FINALLY, ALL OF THIS WORK MUST BE COMMUNICATED TO THE
PEOPLE WHO MATTER MOST. THAT IS OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS OF ALL THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE KNOW THAT OUR FAMILIES VALUE COMMUNITY-BASED AND HIGH INTEREST PROGRAMS AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT AWARENESS IN TERMS
OF THE FULL SCOPE AND BENEFITS WE OFFER. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING STRATEGY THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR PROGRAMS AND THE FUTURE COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR STUDENTS. SO WITH THIS GOAL OF ENHANCING
OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY OUR PLAN IS TO INITIATE A BRANDING AND MARKETING STRATEGY THAT TARGETS ALL STUDENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTINUUM OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM THE TRADES TO COLLEGE AND CAREER PREPARATION.
ONE WAY WE'RE DOING THIS IS BY UPDATING THE CHOICE BOOKLET. WE INCLUDE IN THE CHOICE BOOKLET PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE AN APPLICATION AND THE LOTTERY PROCESS WITH THIS UPDATE WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND AS WE POSITION THE DISTRICT TO BE THE PREMIER CHOICE FOR
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES WE ALSO WANT TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE OPTIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE TO THEM. WE'RE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE COURSE CATALOG THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED OF US. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES SHOW
EXAMPLES OF THIS NEW FORMAT THAT WE ARE TESTING OUT. HERE IS A SAMPLE COURSE CATALOG FOR OUR APPLIED CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM. THIS OFFERS THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR STUDENTS AS THEY PLAN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. IN THE TOP BOXES YOU WILL SEE
THE CTE COURSES A STUDENT WOULD NEED TO TAKE FROM 9-12 GRADE TO BE A PROGRAM COMPLETER. WE HAVE INCLUDED SOME COMPATIBLE ACCELERATED COURSES AS THEY ARE THINKING THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY. IN THE TURQUOISE BOX WE HAVE ALIGNED INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS
OUR STUDENTS CAN EARN AS WELL AS THE WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER RELATED ACTIVITIES. IN THE GRAY BOXES ARE THE 24 CORE COURSES THAT STUDENTS NEED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. THIS PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW ALLOWING OUR STUDENTS TO
CUSTOMIZE THEIR PLAN BASED ON INTEREST AND REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THAT IS THAT REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE ASKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING. ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT SCOPE AND SEQUENCE. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THESE CATALOG PAGES IS LAYS OUT THAT CONTINUUM OF OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS NO MATTER WHAT PATHWAY THEY'VE CHOSEN. FOR THAT STUDENT WHO IS ON THAT ACCELERATED PATH ON THE WAY TO
UNIVERSITY THAT STUDENT WHO WANTS TO ENLIST AND ATTAIN A MILITARY CAREER, OR THAT 40% OF STUDENTS GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE THIS CATALOG GUIDES THEM ON THE JOURNEY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS FOR
THEM. SO WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS MUCH TO DO TO REACH ALL OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE LAID OUT BUT WITH OUR SCHOOL BASED TEAMS AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT WORK GROUP, THE VISION IS BECOMING A REALITY.
AS WE EXECUTE OUR PLAN WE ARE ENDEAVORING TO BE STRATEGIC, SYSTEMIC, AND SUSTAINABLE IN OUR EFFORTS. IN THAT WE ARE DOING THE IMPLEMENTATION IN PHASES WITH THE OUTCOMES IN ONE PHASE INFORMING THE STEPS IN THE NEXT. DURING PHASE ONE OF THIS
IMPLEMENTATION WE HAVE A TWO FOLD PLAN WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OF CUTTING END PROGRAMS PROVIDING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS IN HIGH DEMAND TRADE INDUSTRIES. IN SUPPORTING THIS FIRST COHORT OF PROGRAMS WE ARE ALSO GOING TO
BE COLLECTING AND REVIEWING THE IMPLEMENTATION DATA THAT WILL INFORM US AS TO HOW WE CAN SCALE THESE EFFORTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FIRST COHORT OF PROGRAMS WHO HAVE ALREADY EMBRACED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THESE
SIGNATURE CHOICE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL, QUANTUM COMPUTING AND CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WEST TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER TO
ENHANCE THE WELDING CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. >> AS WE OPEN NEW PROGRAMS WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO OPEN NEW COURSES ACROSS OUR TECHNICAL CENTERS. AND IF I HAVE NOT MENTIONED IT
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT ACCELERATED COURSE WORK WHERE OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE EARNING 300 HOURS TOWARDS THIS COURSE AND THEY CAN THEN GO TO PALM BEACH STATE AND FINISH OUT THE REST OF THE COURSE AND GET THEIR CERTIFICATION. THOUGH WHILE THEY ARE HERE IN
HIGH SCHOOL THEY GET THEIR ACCELERATION POINT. ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS MAP, YOU WILL SEE 12 PROPOSED CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. JUST TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE, HISTORIC CARVER ON THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THAT ICON SHOWS WE
ARE PROPOSING HVAC PROGRAM AND COMPUTER TECH AND NETWORKING PROGRAM. ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL YOU SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CAREER TECHNICAL CENTERS. SO HERE WE HAVE HISTORIC CARVER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER NORTH
TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER AND ROOSEVELT TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FIRST SET OF BULLETS ARE THE NEW PROGRAMS THIS YEAR OR THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS THOSE ARE ALL AADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THEY ARE THE NEW ONES THAT STARTED THIS YEAR OR ONES THAT ARE TO COME.
ON THE BOTTOM IN THE FUTURE PROGRAMS ARE THE CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES WHAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE TECHNICAL SITES WHICH IS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHERE YOU SEE SECONDARY NEXT TO WHERE IT SAYS CDE SECONDARY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
SITES ARE YET TO BE ACCREDITED BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST OPENING OR HAVE NOT BEEN OPENED LONG ENOUGH YET FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WHAT WE DO IS WE HIRE A SECONDARY TEACHER TO GO TO THE TECHNICAL CENTER AND TEACH THAT COURSE AS SOON AS THE ACCREDITATION IS DONE WE CHANGE THE COURSE TO THE CAREER DUAL
ENROLLMENT COURSE FOR THE STUDENTS TO EARN THEIR 300 HOURS. AND ON THIS SLIDE YOU WILL SEE CHUCK SHAW TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER AND WEST TECH EDUCATIONAL CENTER AND THESE ARE THE TWO TECH CENTERS THAT ARE ALREADY ACCREDITED. SO THEY HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THERE.
THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM THIS YEAR IN MEDICAL ASSISTING, CHUCK SHAW AND PROGRAMS AT WORST TECH. WHAT YOU SEE FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT I THINK THERE IS ONE THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
PROGRAM THAT HAPPENS TO BE FOR ADULT ED THAT IS A FUTURE PROGRAM. FROM THE EXPANSION OF THESE HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT EDUCATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT EDUCATION LEVEL WE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO ESTABLISH NEW PROGRAMS OR EXPAND THE CURRENT PROGRAMS
OR REPURPOSE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR GOALS, ALIGN PATHWAYS, REGIONAL ACCESS, INCREASE COMPLETION OF PATHWAYS AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY LABOR MARKET CHANGING LABOR MARKET
NEEDS. WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN NAVIGATING THE PATHWAYS WE ARE CREATING. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, AND HAVE HEARD OUR PLAN IS AMBITIOUS BUT WE HAVE A MULTIYEAR STRATEGY TO BRING THE PLAN TO FRUITION.
WE WANT TO BE SYSTEMIC AND SUSTAINABLE IN OUR EFFORTS. WE HAVE A TIMELINE OF THE MILESTONES WE HAVE COMPLETED AND WILL COMPLETE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. IN FY25 THE KEY ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING WERE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PATHWAYS INDEX AND ANALYZING OUR
PLATFORMS FOR CAREER EXPLORATION AND IDENTIFYING MARKETING NEEDS. IN FY26 WE ARE IN PHASE ONE OF IMPLEMENTATION AS WE DESCRIBED EARLIER AS WELL AS DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING REGARDING THE ENHANCED CAREER ADVISING GOALS WE HAVE. IN FY27 WE WILL MOVE INTO THE
NEXT PHASES OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THIS WILL INCLUDE THE SYSTEMIC ESTABLISHMENT, REPLICATION AND REPURPOSING OF OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ONBOARD AREING OF CAREER COUNSELING AND MARKETING STRATEGIES.
THE GOAL IS TO SEE OUR STRATEGY TO COME INTO FULL FRUITION AND BE FULLY SCALED BY FY28. AND REALLY LEADING OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCESS. >> WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO PRESENT
THE FINDINGS FROM THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL REVIEW OF OUR CHOICE AND CAREER PROGRAMMING AND OUR FUTURE PLANS AS SUPERINTENDENT BURKE SHARED THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THE NEXT WORKSHOP TO THE BOARD IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
THANK YOU. >> Mike Burke: THANK YOU FOR >> Karen Brill: I'M GOING TO START US OFF WITH A QUESTION AND AFTER THE BOARD MEMBERS WRAP UP I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND I HAVE DATA REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION WHICH I KNOW YOU
WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE NOT SIMPLE ON PAGE 12 YOU TALK ABOUT ZELLO BEGINNING IN GRADE 8 IS THERE A REASON YOU ARE NOT BEGINNING IN GRADE 6? >> WE ARE THAT IS A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE TO MOVE IT INTO GRADE 6 AND ALSO GRADE 7. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. >> >> Karen Brill: I DID RESEARCH AND IT SAID THAT THE ZELLO WAS BUILT FOR GRADES 6-12 BUT SHORT INTERACTIVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME LESSONS SUCH AS INTERESTS, SCHOOL SUBJECTS, TIME MANAGEMENT ALL RECOMMENDED FOR SIXTH GRADE I THINK THE EARLIER WE START WE DON'T HAVE TO LOCK A STUDENT INTO SOMETHING BUT WE START GETTING STUDENTS TO THINK EARLY THERE ARE AGE
APPROPRIATE LESSONS THAT THEY HAVE I WAS IMPRESSED WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH. THANK YOU. THAT WILL BRING US TO Mr. FERGUSON. >> Edwin Ferguson: THANK YOU. THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. ACTUALLY, WANTED TO JUMP INTO THE DELOREAN AND GRAB MYSELF IN HIGH SCHOOL 10 YEARS.
SO I COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS GREAT WORK. THAT YOU ALL REFERENCED. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, I KNOW THIS WAS DONE LARGELY IN COLLABORATION WITH Dr. JOHNSON AND HER TEAM THIS IS PROBABLY A BIGGER ISSUE NOT TAKING AWAY
FROM THE AMAZING JOB BUT WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT ESE, Dr. McCORMICK OR TALKING ABOUT ACADEMICS IN GENERAL Dr. BISHOP IS HERE. OR Dr. MILLER. SO I DID MISS Dr. JOHNSON AND I THINK YOU SHE IS IN THE BACK
BUT SOMETIMES I LIKE TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH HER AND Mr. BARGE. HAVING SAID THAT, I'M SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THAT IS SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD. ON PAGE 22, I HAD A QUESTION IN
REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE PROGRAMS. SO LET'S START ON THE SOUTH END IN HISTORIC CARVER. DO WE HAVE A PLAN DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO CREATE AN HVAC PROGRAM HOUSED AT VILLAGE ACADEMY? AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS
BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN OUR UTILIZATION OF THAT SPACE WITH THE LAWS IN PLACE AND THAT IS A NATURAL MARRIAGE TO HAVE AS MANY CTE PROGRAMS AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE STUDENTS NOT LOOKING TO BE IN THE BAND OR BE ON A SPORTS TEAM. YOU ARE RIGHT.
A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM THE HISTORIC CARVER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER DO WE HAVE PLANS TO HOUSE THOSE CTE PROGRAMS AT VILLAGE ACADEMY AS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER SCHOOL IN THE AREA? >> RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE IS HISTORIC
CARVER THERE IS AN HVAC PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR CAREER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BE ABLE TO START THE CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT PATH AND THEY WOULD THEN TRAVEL OVER TO HISTORIC CARVER. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE
Mr. BARGE AND MS. JOHNSON COME UP TO THE TABLE TO EXPAND ON ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU MAY ASK. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TO MS. BRILL YOU ARE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT GO
THROUGH ZELLO IN 7TH GRADE BY THE TIME THEY CAN APPLY FOR CHOICE PROGRAMS EARLY IN 8TH GRADE FOR THE FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >> Mr. BARGE DID YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THE PROGRAMMING AT VILLAGE/HISTORIC CARVER?
>> YES, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT BRINGING STUDENTS OVER. HISTORIC CARVER WE PUT A STATE-OF-THE-ART HVAC LAB IN THERE AND IT WILL BE ELECTRICAL LAB AS WELL. ALL THE FACILITY IS SETUP AT HISTORIC CARVER TO BRING OVER STUDENTS FROM VILLAGE ACADEMY.
WE ARE ALREADY SETTING UP MEETINGS TO DISCUSS HOW TO BRING THE STUDENTS OVER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HVAC. >> SO THEN I GUESS BACK OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE OF THE HOUSE THEN Dr. JOHNSON, HOW IS THAT GOING TO LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WILL WATCH THIS LATER WHO MAY HAVE INTEREST WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO YOU ENVISION THAT LOOKING LIKE A VILLAGE ACADEMY? >> SIMILAR TO WEST TECH AND WHAT WE USED TO DO 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CAREER DUAL ENROLL IN OUR TECHNICAL CENTERS.
THIS IS JUST THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING WITH THE WELDING PROGRAM AT WEST TECH. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT IN ALL OF THE OTHER TECHNICAL CENTERS INCLUDING HVAC AT THE HISTORIC CARVER CENTER. >> I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO
TO WEST TECH YET. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHERE ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOUSED? ARE THEY AT WEST TECH ALL DAY OR -- TELL ME WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? >> YES, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO COME TO WEST TECH FROM
CROSSROADS, GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND PAHOKEE HOY THREE HIGH SCHOOLS ATTEND PROGRAMMING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUS ROUTE ALREADY IN PLACE IT WAS EASY TO ADD CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT FOR WELDING SO THE WELDING STUDENTS COME OVER AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE
WELDING PROGRAM. IT'S SETUP WE HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART WELDING LAB AND WE ARE READY TO GO AND PROVIDING THE CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT WHICH GIVES THEM CREDIT. >> THERE'S THREE SECTIONS OF IT A DAY THEY ARE NOT THERE THE WHOLE DAY THEY JUMP IN AND TAKE THE COURSE AND ANOTHER GROUP
COMES IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT I WAS NOT SURE. FOCUS ON VILLAGE ACADEMY WE KNOW THE POPULATION THERE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE ROBUST. IS IT FEASIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A CHOICE PROGRAM AT WHICH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING
VILLAGE ACADEMY AND SPEND PART OF THEIR DAY OVER AT THE HISTORIC CARVER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE? >> YES. THAT IS FEASIBLE. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH HVAC THAT IS THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING
TO HAVE THAT PART-TIME ENROLLMENT BETWEEN VILLAGE AND THEN PART OF THE DAY OVER AT THE HISTORIC CARVER CENTER. >> AWESOME. AND SIMILARLY FOR THE NORTH TECH EDUCATION CENTER UP IN THE RIVIERA BEACH AREA IN DISTRICT
7, ARE THERE ANY PROSPECTS FOR HAVING A CHOICE PROGRAM AT THE RIVIERA BEACH PREP SITE? MAYBE WHERE WHETHER IT BE HVAC OR AUTOMOTIVE MAYBE WE COULD AGAIN I'M TRYING TO FILL THE SCHOOLS UP. ANY OPEN SPACE YOU KNOW SOMEBODY
WILL TRY TO ATTACK THAT ANY THOUGHTS OR SPECIFICALLY DO YOU HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO MAYBE DOING THAT A RIVIERA BEACH PREP AT WELL? >> NORTH TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER IS A PRIME LOCATION
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE BAYS SETUP AND WELDING ELECTRICAL, CARPENTRY, PLUMBING AND HVAC IT IS AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY. NORTH TECH IS GOING INTO A RENOVATION WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAD MEETINGS ON AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL HAVE TO CLOSE IT FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME. BUT THE FUTURE PROGRAM IS THE WAY TO GO WITH THE CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT THE PATHWAY WE ARE ON IS I THINK A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS. >> SPECIFIC TO ENROLLING STUDENTS AT RIVIERA BEACH PREP,
THEIR POPULATION COULD BE A LITTLE MORE ROBUST AS WELL. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING TO CHANCE IN THIS REGARD. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A CONSTRUCTION TRADES PROGRAM AT RIVIERA BEACH PREP WHERE THE PROGRAM IS THERE AND HELPS TO BRING IN ENROLLMENT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS EXTERNAL REVIEW HAS DONE FOR US ALLOWING US THIS IS LIKE PHASE ONE N PHASE ONE WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE CAREER PROGRAMS IDENTIFYING FOUR OR FIVE PROGRAMS WE CAN JUMP INTO THIS YEAR AND ADD. BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT THAT DURING THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHEN WE ARE GOING TO START EXPLORING WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE WANT TO REPURPOSE AND WHAT PROGRAMS DO WE WANT TO ADD. WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND YOUR DISTRICTS TO ADD PROGRAMS TO WHAT IS
FEASIBLE, WHAT IS THE SPACES AT THE SCHOOL SOME OF THE PROGRAMS REQUIRE LABS AND THEY REQUIRE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THAT'S PART OF THIS NEXT PHASE I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> AND I HAVE TWO MORE TOPICS I WANT TO US CAN.
THE AVIATION AIR FRAME TECH PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO BE STARTING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2728 AT HISTORIC ROOSEVELT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT CAN SOMEBODY WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE BOYNTON
BEACH HIGH PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE AN AIR FRAME MECHANIC PROGRAM. WHICH IS DEALING WITH SHEET METAL AND HOW TO RIVET WITH AIRPLANES. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
TO SEE WHAT IS THE JOB POTENTIAL FOR THAT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH. >> AND LASTLY, EVERYBODY, ONE THING I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH PERSONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ABOUT THIS WE KNOW WE HAVE THESE
POCKETS WHERE THE PROGRAMS ARE. SO I MAY LIVE IN WEST PALM AND YOU MAY HAVE THE PROGRAM IN BOCA, UNTENABLE FOR MY FAMILY TO GET THERE. CAN WE STEAL A PAGE BACK FROM THE COVID DAYS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE DISTANCE LEARNING WE HAVE THE SMART BOARDS WITH THE
DIFFERENT AREAS. SAY I AM A STUDENT THAT LIVES IN THE GLADES OR THE NORTH END WHERE I LIVE AND I CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER TO ATTEND. WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION UNTIL WE GET THE CHOICE PROGRAM IN A MUCH MORE PROXIMATE AREA AND IT SPEAKS TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS
BUT SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHOICE, AT LEAST DO THAT. TO WHERE FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE THIS LIGHT AUTOMOTIVE AT THE RIVIERA BEACH SITE AND MAYBE I LIVE IN BOARD MEMBER SAVIETTO'S DISTRICT THAT IS A ROAD FOR ME
TO GET THERE IS THERE A WAY I COULD BENEFIT BY DISTANCE LEARNING AND GET SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE SAME BENEFITS FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS SITTING IN CLASS? >> THAT'S DEFINITELY A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND LOOKING AT THE ACCESS, THE
REGIONAL ACCESS AND THE STRATEGIC INNOVATION. SO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. YOU SAW US SHAKING OUR HEADS THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF GETTING THE STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED. >> RIGHT. BECAUSE IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE
TO GET SOME OF THESE MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS UNLESS THEY ARE TOWARD THE END OF WORK CYCLE TO COME IN. LIKE I SAID WE HAVE TO STEAL A PAGE BACK FROM THE COVID DAYS AND THIS IS RELEVANT WE HAVE A
DEBITOR OF EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES SITTING IN PLACE OF A TEACHER FOR THE YEAR. MIGHT NOT IT BE PRUDENT FOR US TO STEAL A PAGE FROM THE COVID DAYS WHERE YOU HAVE A SUBIN THE
ROOM FOR PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE BUT YOU HAVE Dr. BISHOP AT 20 MILES AWAY TEACHING ME SO WE'RE GETTING THAT TOPNOTCH EDUCATION. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND I ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS NOT ON TOPIC BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO ASK THAT
QUESTION. >> >> Karen Brill: YOU WERE CLOSE TO TOPIC WITH THAT. IT REALLY WAS ON TOPIC. >> WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY WHERE WE LITERALLY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. WORST CASE SCENARIO IF WE CAN'T
FIND ALL THE TEACHERS THAT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY CONSIDER A VIRTUAL OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >> EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS. >> NO APOLOGIES NEEDED. Mr. LANE? >> OKAY. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 40% OF OUR STUDENTS AREN'T GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE AND PEOPLE IN THE TRADES ARE AGING OUT. THERE IS A DESPERATE NEED FOR PLUMBERS, CARPENTERS, ELECTRICIANS, HVAC TECHS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS, IT SPECIALISTS AND EMPLOYEES IN
MANY OTHER FIELDS. AND WE NEED TO ENSURE WHEN OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE THEY ARE WELL PREPARED FOR COLLEGE OR HAVE THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO ONE OF THESE FIELDS. WHEN I SHAKE HANDS WITH ONE OF OUR GRADUATES I DON'T WANT TO
FEEL I FAILED THEM BY NOT PREPARING THEM. I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. START TO FINISH. LET'S START WITH THE TESTING. WITH ZELLO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ADMINISTER
THE TESTS BUT THAT WE DON'T USE THE DATA. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT ACTUALLY TAKES THE TEST? >> WELL, TO YOUR POINT, I'M NOT SO SURE THEFY BELT OF ZELLO PART
OF THE MODEL IS COMING UP WITH THE CAREER ADVISING IT WILL BE A BIG PIECE OF THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH KRYSTEN WHO HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ZELLO TO CUSTOMIZE IT SO IT INTERFACES WITH WHAT OUR CAREER PATHWAYS
ARE. SO IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WHEN SOMETHING BECOMES IMPORTANT AND WE SHINE A LIGHT ON SOMETHING AND SEE IMPROVEMENT WE CAN LOOK AT THE BEST WAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR
GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE BEING TAKEN AND WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS PART OF OUR ABSOLUTELY PART OF OUR ACTION PLAN IS ENSURING THOSE STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED THROUGH THAT TESTING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA AND HELPING OUR STUDENTS NAVIGATE THAT. SO I PREB THAT QUESTION.
>> WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE TESTING. WE ARE GOING TO DO RESEARCH AND THEN DECIDE WHAT THE APPROPRIATE TESTING IS SO THAT IS WHERE WE START. THE NEXT THING IS ONCE WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE TESTING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE
USE THOSE RESULTS TO CREATE A PLAN FOR OUR STUDENTS? >> SO ONE OF THE PIECES OF THIS IS LOOKING AT TO YOUR POINT HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE PLAN THAT THEY START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOLLOWS THEM TO AND THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR COUNSELORS FOR ONE, THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK THROUGH WHAT DOES THIS CAREER AND COLLEGE PLANNING LOOK LIKE. AND THEN HOW CAN WE REINFORCE THAT AS THEY ARE NOT JUST GETTING TO HIGH SCHOOL BUT GOING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WILL BE IN THIS PHASED APPROACH LOOKING HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE USE OF THESE PLANS THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING BASED ON THE TESTING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. >> FIRST WE HAVE THE TESTING. THEN WE HAVE THE COUNSELORS WILL
BE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO COUNSEL EACH OF THE STUDENTS ARE WE COUNSELING EACH STUDENT? >> SO THERE IS A CAPACITY RIGHT? OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE. NOT ONLY ARE THEY WORKING WITH ADVISING BUT THEY DO THREAT
MANAGEMENT AND ALL THINGS ON OUR CAMPUSES. WE ARE ONCE AGAIN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENTS AND OUR COUNSELORS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE PLAN WITH WORKING WITH THE ZELLO AND
THE PLANS THEY COME UP WITH AND LEVERAGING OTHER PLATFORMS WHAT OTHER WAYS CAN WE GET THE STUDENTS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT FACE TO FACE WITH THE COUNSELOR AT THE TIME. >> SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND TRAIN OUR COUNSELORS TO DO SOMETHING
WITH THE TEST RESULTS. AN ISSUE CAME UP ABOUT TRACKING THERE WAS A WORRY THAT JOHNNY DIDN'T DO WELL IN MATH. WE'RE GOING TO TRACK THAT STUDENT. HOW DO WE AVOID FALLING INTO THAT SITUATION?
>> YOU MEAN TAKING A LOOK AT LIKE STUDENTS CHOOSING A CAREER IN SIXTH GRADE AND TRACKING THEM INTO THE PATHWAY? >> JOHNNY DID TERRIBLE IN ALGEBRA OR TERRIBLE ON THE TEST, AND JOHNNY IS NOT GOING TO BE A BRAIN SURGEON.
>> YEAH, I MEAN THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF OUR GOAL. SO OUR GOAL IS TO AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE A STRONG PUSH AROUND THIS PARTICULAR BUCKET BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST OUR COUNSELORS THAT WILL NEED THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OUR
CLASSROOM TEACHERS AS WELL IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERY CHILD COMING OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A PATH WAY THEY CHOOSE. THAT IS PART OF OUR ENTIRE CAREER PATHWAY/CHOICE
PROGRAMMING IS THAT STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE. STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR US TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THAT INFORMATION TO WORK WITH FAMILIES AS WELL TO GET PARENTS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS THEY MATRICULATE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL CAREER INTERESTS ARE IN TERMS OF APPLYING TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND AGAIN AS YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH OUR NEW CATALOG THAT OUTLINES ALL THE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHWAYS
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT BEFORE IN THIS WAY, I SHOULD SAY. SO I MEAN, I THINK AGAIN, AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ADULTS TO SUPPORT KIDS AND NOBODY IS GOING TO BE PICKEN HOLED INTO SOMETHING IN SIXTH GRADE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CHANGES. >> SOMETHING YOU BROUGHT UP WAS MY NEXT QUESTION HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED AS WE PUT TOGETHER THIS PLAN IT SHOULD INVOLVE THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT AND THE COUNSELOR. IT'S SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE FOR EACH STUDENT? >> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WITH OUR THE STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FOCUS AREA WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO AS A PART OF THAT COMMUNICATION, INFORMING OUR PARENTS HOW THEY CAN BEST ENGAGE WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THEN AS
WELL AS THEIR ACCESS AND USE OF ZELLO. IT IS A FULL STRATEGY IN TERMS OF EDUCATING OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF HOW TO LOOK AT THESE PATHWAYS AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THEM. >> IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
HANDS ON PROGRAMS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE PRELAW WE DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO COME OUT OF PREMED, BUT MY QUESTION IS FOR HARDCORE PROGRAMS THINGS LIKE I
DISCUSSED, HVAC, CARPENTERS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, DO WE HAVE ANY NOTION OF THINGS THAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO DUPLICATE WHICH Mr. BARGE DOES FOR THE ADULTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN IMMEDIATELY GET JOBS. DO WE HAVE ANY NOTION OF HOW
MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE? >> WE DO. AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS ALREADY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE JUST ADDED A NEW ONE AS A PART OF THE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTED.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND HVAC AS WELL. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TANDEM WITH Mr. BARGE IS TO GET BACK TO THE ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE THE ADULT PROGRAMS AND HAVE THE ABILITY FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TO GO PART-TIME TO THOSE TECHNICAL CENTERS. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE BUILT AND I THINK FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE USING EVERY INCH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN SPECIFIC KINDS OF LABS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE THE NEW HIGH
SCHOOL THAT IS COMING WHERE WE CAN BUILD THAT FROM SKACH WITH THE -- SCRATCH WITH THE SPACE THAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR EXISTING SCHOOLS WITH THE PERHAPS THE LACK OF THE CAPACITY, WE'RE GOING TO 11 RACK THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US WITH BRINGING BACK OUR TECHNICAL
CENTERS AND ALLOWING OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE PROGRAMS PART-TIME. >> APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PROGRAMS WOULD YOU SAY WE HAVE? I LOOKED AT THE CATALOG AND IT CAN TAKE A MONTH TO GET THROUGH THE CATALOG AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT? IF MY KID WANTS TO BE A PLUMBER
WHERE CAN I FIND SOMETHING THAT SHOWS ME THAT? ARE YOU GOING TO PUT OUT SOMETHING THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY COURSES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIND THE SPACE FOR THEM?
AND THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE TEACHERS. LET'S START WITH HOW MANY PROGRAMS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE DRAFTING ALONG WITH THAT. >> MY QUESTION IS THE PROGRAMS HOW MANY PROGRAMS ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT THE BASIC CORE PROGRAMS? IS IT 50? 100? HOW MANY PROGRAMS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET JOBS QUICKLY AFTER THEY GRADUATE? >> WE HAVE MEDICAL PROGRAMS OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, GET THE CERTIFICATIONS AND THEY ARE ABLE TO WALKOUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH CREDENTIALS THAT ALLOW THEM FOR ENTRY LEVEL EMPLOYMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROGRAM WHERE
YOU SAW THE YOUNG LADY ON THE VIDEO FROM ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY, WE HAVE SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH DELRAY BEACH PD THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM THAT PROGRAM AND NOW WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER STRAND TO THAT PROGRAM
FOR 911 DISPATCHING SO THEY GET THAT CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS A CERTIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER. DELRAY BEACH EMPLOYS THOSE STUDENTS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. AND ALLOW THEM TO KIND OF MATURE A LITTLE BIT GET AGE AND WITHIN
TWO TO THREE YEARS THEY ARE GIVEN THEM TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR THEM TO GO TO PALM BEACH STATE AND COMPLETE THE AACADEMY AND MAYBE ANOTHER TWO YEARS THEY ARE NOW FULL-FLEDGED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL PROGRAMS WE HAVE STUDENTS GRADUATING WORKING
FOR CVS WORKING FOR WALGREENS AND OTHER MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AS PHARMACY TECHS, EKG TECHS. MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GO INTO THOSE ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS AND
THEN THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE UP THE LADDER OF THE PATHWAY TO GET TO WHATEVER LEVEL THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET TO. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE. THE NEXT QUESTION IS AND THIS IS SOMETHING Mr. FERGUSON ELUDED
TO, IF I LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I WANT MY SON TO BE A CARPENTER HE IS NOT GOING TO GET TO BELLE GLADE. HAVE WE THOUGHT OF PUTTING A
COMPLETE GROUPING OF PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE FIVE AREAS SO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULL SERVICE NOT THAT IT'S SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE OWL 2400 SQUARE MILES THAT OUR DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?
>> RIGHT. THAT IS PART OF PHASE ONE. PHASE ONE WAS DETERMINING WHAT ARE THE HIGH WAGE IN DEMAND JOBS THROUGH THE C YOU CANNION TRADES OR WHETHER IT BE IT FINANCE ET CETERA. PHASE ONE WAS FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE. WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS AND WHERE WE NEED TO
REPLICATE THE PROGRAMS AND REPLICATING MEANS THAT SOMEBODY FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT TO BELLE GLADE TO GET A PROGRAM. BUT THAT IS PART OF US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS WE WANT TO REPLICATE AND THAT WILL TAKE A MINUTE AND FIGURING
OUT WHICH HIGH SCHOOLS ARE SUITED TO HOUSE THE PROGRAMS. REGIONAL ACCESSIBILITY TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS WILL BE ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES FOR US IN THIS TEAM. >> WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE THESE INTO CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND TRY TO FIND WHICH BUILDINGS ARE
MOST APPROPRIATE TO OFFER FULL SERVICE PROGRAMMING. AS FAR AS TEACHING THE COURSES IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND TEACHERS TO TEACH THE TRADES BECAUSE THEY MAKE A LOT OF MANITOBA. HOWEVER MY DISCUSSION WOULD BE AND ALL OF US BOARD MEMBERS CAN HELP YOU WE GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND SAY
WE'RE WILLING TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO WORK FOR YOU WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TEACH GIVE US THE TEACHERS TO DO THAT? THAT IS SOMETHING I HOPE WE'LL TRY TO LOOK INTO AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS. HALF DAYS. HAVE WE THOUGHT OF DOING HALF DAYS SO IN THE MORNING I CAN TAKE ALL OF MY COURSES THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT AND IN THE AFTERNOON, I WILL BE MOTIVATED TO DO THOSE IN THE AFTERNOON I CAN DO SOMETHING THAT I CARE
ABOUT. IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO DO THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING? >> THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT IS PART OF THIS INNOVATION. Mr. FERGUSON'S COMMENTS ABOUT VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION THINKING ABOUT HALF DAYS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. YES, I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY
THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO BE INNOVATIVE SO THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES WE WILL STEP OUT OF THE BOX AND WORKING WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OBVIOUSLY
THE DEPARTMENTS TO TRY TO BE CREATIVE TO GET THIS DONE. >> IN TERMS OF A-- CREDITS, IS MY SON IS TRYING TO GET CREDITS FOR LEARNING HOW TO BE A CARPENTER IS IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET CREDITS FOR DOING
THAT SO THAT HE CAN GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF CREDITS? >> SO WITH THE CAREER DUAL ENROLLMENT, YES WE CAN DO THAT AND ALSO THROUGH SECONDARY PROGRAMS THEY ALSO GET CREDIT FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS IN TERMS
OF APPRENTICESHIPS CAN YOU GET CREDITS FOR PERFORMING APPRENTICESHIPS? >> SO WITH THE APPRENTICESHIPS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT PATHWAY, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO BE IN AN PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM YOU HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED FULL-TIME IN THE
INDUSTRY. SO WE DO A LOT OF APPRENTICESHIP THROUGH ADULT EDUCATION. OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING 40 HOURS DURING THE WEEK AND THEY COME TO US TWO NIGHTS A WEEK TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SKILLS. WE DO OFFER PREAPPRENTICE WHICH
ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ATTEND THOSE PROGRAMS OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 40% OF THE KIDS ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE WE WILL BE SHAKING HANDS WITH. I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE A TEAM AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND Mr. BARGE AND Dr. JOHNSON THIS IS THE A TEAM I'M GLAD WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE DO HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER. I WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE PUT INTO PLACE. AND AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION I WILL ASK IF IN LIGHT OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE, IF WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS WHEN TO BRING YOU BACK TO TELL US WHERE YOU ARE IN THIS. ONCE AGAIN IT IS 40% OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> Karen Brill: THANK YOU. AND WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR PASSION AND YOU HAD THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE'LL CIRCLE BACK FOR YOU
TO GET THAT ANSWER I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IN-BETWEEN THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS QUESTIONS COME UP FOR YOU AS WELL RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THE SESSIONS. BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. AND WE WANT TO AVAIL OURSELVES
OF YOUR EXPERTISE. SO THANK YOU. MS. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU SO MUCH. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH WORK YOU HAVE DONE THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON AND SPENDING SO MUCH TIME.
HOURS HAVE GONE INTO THIS PROJECT I'M GRATEFUL. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS IMPERATIVE FOR US AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM TO REMAIN RELEVANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. I THINK THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. FIRST OF ALL, I TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY AT EVERYONE OF MY CITIES THAT I VISITED TO MENTION WE WERE DOING THE MEETING TODAY HOPEFULLY THE WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT THROUGH THE TOWN COUNCILS AND CITY COUNCILS THAT I VISITED. BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH US IN THE BUSINESS
REALM. THE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS ARE HUGE. I THINK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY THE DECIDING FACTOR OF WHETHER IT WORKS OR NOT IF WE CAN GET THE PARTNERS TO COME TO US LIKE THEY WERE IN DALLAS WOW, I WISH WE
HAD THIS PARTNERSHIP SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THE MOMENT. WE NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL, TO ALL THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROVIDE THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEKING IN YOUR
COMMUNITIES. THAT IS THE FIRST THING. SECOND THING IS THAT THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT, I THINK, NEED TO BE CONSIDERED ALONG WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT CHOICE OPTIONS CHOICE IS HUGE.
PARENTS WANT TO SEE CHOICE AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT. THE CATALOG IS GREAT. I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY YOU ARE LAY TO GO OUT. I FOUND IT CONFUSING AND IT'S BETTER AND MAKES MORE SENSE. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THERE WAS A
REQUEST FOR POTENTIALLY HAVING THREE CHOICES ON THE CHOICE APPLICATIONS SO YOU COULD PUT THREE OPTIONS RATHER THAN TWO. THAT IS ONE THING. ANOTHER OPTION DISCUSSED WITH ME WAS AN EARLIER CHOICE DATE SO THAT WE COULD DO CHOICE MONTHS EARLIER. THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR DEADLINE AND THE FACT WE DON'T COME BACK TO PEOPLE UNTIL APRIL IF WE CAN MOVE THAT UP, I UNDERSTAND THAT. HOWEVER I THINK FAMILIES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EARLIER. SO MY DAUGHTER'S DOING EARLY ACTION NOT EARLY DECISION FOR
COLLEGE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT EARLY ACTION MEANS THAT SHE CAN PUT HER APPLICATION IN EARLY AND EXPECT AN EARLIER RESPONSE. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER AS A WAY TO REALLY LOCK IN OUR STUDENTS. BECAUSE I HATE HEARING THAT OH,
I WAS WAITING TO SEE IF I GOT INTO X SCHOOL AND SINCE I DIDN'T I PUT MY DEPOSIT ON AMERICAN HERITAGE I PAID THE BILL HERE AND I'M THERE. SO WE KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT. THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS KEY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
IS THE CAREER ADVISING AND THE COUNSELING. I WORRY ABOUT THE STAFF LEVELS THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WELL INTENTIONED PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET TO EVERY STUDENT AND THEY CAN'T. BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT ARE THEY
ABLE TO REACH AND DO THE DATA LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. UNDERSTANDING ARE THEY REACHING THE STUDENTS IS EVERY PERSON GETTING 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE CAREER AND COLLEGE COUNSELOR? IF THEY ARE NOT HOW ARE WE USING A.I. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A CONVERSATION. BEYOND OUR BEST INTENTIONS EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY. I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT HERE WAS ADD,
REPLICATE OR REPURPOSE CAREER CHOICE PROGRAMS THE BOARD HAS TO BE BRAVE TO GET RID OF PROGRAMS THAT DON'T WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE PLACES WE CAN REMOVE PROGRAMS THAT NOBODY ATTENDS OR UNDER ENROLLED OR HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL OR MOVE THEM TO A
PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY WHICH I SAW LAST WEEK. I AM BEYOND THRILLED WE WILL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WITH CONSTRUCTION WAS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS A REALLY
SIX-YEAR PROGRAM AND NOT A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM IN ORDER TO COME OUT WITH THE RIGHT CERTIFICATIONS YOU NEED A MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPONENT SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EARLIER CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LEAD INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL SO WE GET THE CERTIFICATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALIGNING OUR PROGRAMS SO THAT IF
THERE ARE ANY PROGRAMS LIKE THAT AN EXAMPLE I HEARD OF. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY PROGRAMS WHERE THEY NEED A MIDDLE SCHOOL PATHWAY TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT READY TO WORK THAT WE ARE ALIGNING THAT. THE OTHER THING ON HERE YOU HAVE AN FY27 THAT WE ARE GOING TO INITIATE MARKETING STRATEGIES I
THINK THAT IS A YEAR TOO LATE WE NEED TO START INITIATING MARKETING STRATEGIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE WAY WE DO THAT IS HIRING A HUMAN TO DO THIS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A PERSON IN CHARGE TO THE CHAIR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE STAFF, I THINK WE NEED SOMEONE TO OWN THIS. I APPRECIATE THE DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS EVERY OTHER PERSON AT THIS TABLE BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO OWN IT AS THE FULL-TIME JOB IF WE WANT TO COMPETE WE HAVE TO BE READY TO PUT FULL-TIME INTO MAKING SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS.
I'M VERY, VERY, VERY I THINK THAT IS THE PERSON WHO GOES OUT AND TALKS TO BUSINESSES. THAT PERSON IT CAN'T BE PART OF THEIR JOB IT NEEDS TO BE THEIR JOB TO SAY OKAY, THE NEXT WHITE'S CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY HERE IS HOW YOU ENGAGE WITH THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK IT WILL TAKE A SPECIAL PERSON WHO IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROACTIVE AND READY TO GO. SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT. AND THEN SEE IF I HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT? NO, THAT IS IT. OH, YEAH, THAT IS GOOD. I'M VERY THRILLED AND I WILL TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT IT. I WOULD SAY SOONER THAN LATER PLEASE COME BACK TO US WITH THE
NEXT STEPS. I THINK LIKE Mr. FERGUSON SAID IF WE CAN GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AND START OVER AGAIN, MAYBE I WOULD BE THE DOCTOR I TRIED TO BE BACK THEN I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS FOR OUR STUDENTS THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
APPRECIATE IT. >> Karen Brill: VICE-CHAIR ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE FUTURE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS YOU KNOW. MANY OF OUR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DOWN BACK IN THE DAY SO WE'RE BEHIND MOST OF THE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. I SPEND TIME WORKING WITH Mr.
BARGE AS WELL AS Dr. JOHNSON AND I'M WORRIED I HAVE THREE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED I KNOW THIS STRETCHES OUT UNTIL 2028 BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT
WE'RE LOSING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW THAT IS MARCHING ACROSS THE STAGE AND WE ARE A SHAKING THEIR HANDS AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. AND SO I DO BELIEVE WITH THE PIECES YOU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THEY SOUND GREAT AND I'M HOPING WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN BUT WE
NEED TO BE DOING PILOTS WITH SOME OF THE PIECES THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN US TODAY. BECAUSE WE CAN IDENTIFY CHILDREN IN SIXTH GRADE AND FIFTH GRADE WHO NEED HELP RIGHT NOW BEFORE THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS WELL AS WHEN THEY ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL COMING OUT OF THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL, SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY LOST. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND I LOVE IT. I'M LOOKING AT CHOICE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN GPA TO EVEN APPLY FOR SOME OF THE CHOICE PROGRAMS, CORRECT?
IS THAT CORRECT? SO YOU ARE ELIMINATING PEOPLE ALREADY. YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS MANY WHO HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED OR IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. YOU KNOW WHO THESE CHILDREN ARE AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL. FOR SO MANY YEARS I KNEW WHO THE
CHILDREN WERE. IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THEY CAME TO ME FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO I LIKE THIS OUTLINE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH SOME PILOTS BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN SITTING IN SEATS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AT WEST
TECH Mr. FERGUSON I LIKE DOING VIRTUAL AND HOW WE CAN GET THINGS GOING I LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENED AT HISTORIC CARVER AND ROOSEVELT. BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN THAT CANNOT GET INTO THESE PROGRAMS. ONCE WE START THIS IT'S GOING TO
BE CUTOFF WHERE A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO MISS OUT. WE'RE SUSPENDING KIDS THEY ARE HOME. WE HAVE PILOTS AND WE KNOW WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE WHO ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER
TO SHOW ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE SCHOOL BOARD REGIONS AND THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER A PILOT TOGETHER THAT IDENTIFY ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WE'RE LOSING. WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE PARENTS THAT COME TO THE SHOWCASE THEY KNOW HOW TO GET THEIR CHILDREN
INTO THE CHOICE PROGRAM YOU HAVE A LOT THAT MAY NOT BE AS ASTUTE AND THEY DON'T KNOW. GETTING THEM TESTED EARLY AND THAT PIECE IS GOOD. BUT I'M STILL THINKING THAT THERE IS A PIECE WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL 2028 OR 2026 WHEN WE KNOW WE CAN
PUT A SMALL PILOT TOGETHER BASED ON THE THINGS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING WITH THE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING ISSUES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GRADUATE THAT MAY NEED HELP. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK WHAT STRATEGIES DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO ATTRACT AND
INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO ELECTIVES THAT THEY MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH? I DIDN'T HEAR -- THEY WILL TAKE THE TEST BUT WHAT STRATEGIES DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW AS WE WORK WITH CHILDREN EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO MAY NOT BE IN THE CHOICE PROGRAM TO GET THEM
INTERESTED? >> RIGHT NOW SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE GOING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WORKING WITH SIXTH GRADERS, SEVENTH GRADERS, EIGHTH GRADERS AS THEY TRY TO MAKE THAT
TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE OUR ACADEMY COORDINATORS AT OBVIOUSLY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO GO AND TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WHETHER THEY BE CHOICE OR NON-CHOICE. IT COULD BE DIFFERENT ELECTIVE
SECTIONS THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CAN ALSO GIVE THEM SOME SKILL SETS AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS. SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS AS THEY MAKE THE STUDENTS MAKE THOSE TRANSITIONS FROM ONE LEVEL TO THE NEXT.
BUT DEFINITELY, AS PART OF THIS PLAN, IS REALLY TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT LOOKS THE CAREER ADVISING PIECE AND MAKE THOSE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL STUDENTS. >> I LOVE THAT PART BUT THAT IS THE OLD PART THAT WAS THERE WHEN
I WAS A PRINCIPAL AND I WAS A TEACHER. I'M THINKING THE PIECE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ABOUT PARENT INVOLVEMENT MANY PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CHOICE PROGRAMS IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO EVEN RIGHT NOW WITH THE PILOT, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WITH WORKING
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET YOU KNOW, IN THE SCHOOLS HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE IN THE CHOICE PROGRAMS, HOW MANY ARE IN REGULAR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN A CHOICE PROGRAM FROM SIXTH GRADE UP TO 12TH GRADE AND THEY ARE JUST HANGING
ON SOMETIMES. SOME OF THEM JUST DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE PROGRAMS BUT THE BOTTOM LINE YOU HAVE THAT DATA. BOTTOM LINE IS YOU HAVE THAT DATA. I DON'T KNOW IF PARENTS KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE MISSING. >> Gloria Branch: GREAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE FOUR PAGES OF QUESTIONS. MOST HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BUT I HAVE A FEW MORE I LIKE THE CHART
ON SLIDE 8. THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I LIKE THE VIDEO 330 PLUS PROGRAMS. 10,000 CERTIFICATIONS 35,000
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE, SO MY BRAIN GOES, OKAY, OUT OF HOW MANY, RIGHT? 35,000 PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF HOW MANY COULD WE HAVE? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE FROM NINTH GRADE TO 12th GRADE IN ALL OF
OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER 50, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER 15,000 THAT ARE NOT IN ANY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. AND THAT THEY PARTICIPATE, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THEY GRADUATE,
RIGHT?
-- I DIDN'T KNOW. SO ASKING A KID THAT IS 14, 15 YEARS OLD WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO DO, I THINK IS WE ARE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION. WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE KIDS TALENTS, AND BECAUSE OF THEIR TALENTS, THEN WE CAN HELP THEM
GUIDE, BECAUSE RIGHT, I SAID I'M GOING TO STUDY NURSING. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD, THIS IS NOT FOR ME. I'M CREATIVE, VIRGINIA, SO I SAID, OKAY IN INTERIOR DESIGN. THAT WAS VERY CREATIVE BUT IT'S A 3D FIELD AND I AM A 2 D PERSON UNTIL SOMEBODY SAID VIRGINIA, I
THINK YOU NEED GRAPHIC DESIGN AND I WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS SIX YEARS, SOMETHING-- I DON'T KNOW. I WAS ALMOST 30 BY THE TIME I GRADUATED WITH MY FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREE, RIGHT? AND ASKING KIDS SO YOUNG WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO DO, SOMETIMES I MEAN YOU GOT THE
STUDENTS THAT WANT TO BE AN ATTORNEY THAT WANT TO BE THE DOCTORS AND THEY'RE GREAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM SO I LOVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE KIDS AND IF YOU DROP OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG CHOICE PROGRAM, I WAS
TALKING TO ONE OF THE MOMS BECAUSE THE DAUGHTER WAS HOALTDING THIS BEAUTIFUL-- HOLDING THIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS MADE IN THE COMPUTER. THE MOM SAID NO, SHE PAINTED IT. WHERE IS SHE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT ART PROGRAM? AND THE MOM SAID, NO, SHE IS NOT
GOING TO ANY ART PROGRAM. MY HEART BROKE. I WAS LIKE, IS SHE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL COLLEGE TO DEVELOP HER ARTISTIC ABILITIES? SO ALL OF THAT, RIGHT, TO WHAT VICE CHAIR ANDREWS SAID, PAWSHTS DON'T KNOW. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE VERY
EDUCATED. SO I LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT GROUP THAT ARE NOT IN GROUPS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DROP OUT, IF WE ARE ACTUALLY CATCHING THEM AND SAYING, OKAY, JOHNNY, VIRGINIA, YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PROGRAM. YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT A NURSE. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE ONCE YOU CHOOSE A PROGRAM AND YOU ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THAT'S IT. YOU ARE DONE. YOU CAN'T CHOOSE ANOTHER PROGRAM SO THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL
IF WE CAN CATCH IT, BUT, YOU KNOW... BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OVERWORKED SO WE HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH. THAT'S WISHFUL THINKING. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED A.I. COUNSELORS, WE NEED ANOTHER SYSTEM MAYBE IT IT CAN
BE A 20 MINUTE ZOOM WITH JUST COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE, MAYBE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE HOLD THEIR HANDS OR TALK TO THEM. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THE KIDS THAT CAN ARTICULATE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE, ASK THEM WHAT IS IT
THAT THEY'RE GOOD AT. IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING FOR FREE, FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, YOU KNOW, NOT PLAYING GALES, YOU KNOW.
ONE OF THEM OWNS AN AMBULANCE COMPANY, AND HE GOT A NICE CONTRACT WITH A COUNTY AND I SAID OH MY GOD, YOU NEED TO COME AND DO SOMETHING WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND HE WANTS TO PAY FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM TO BE
THE AMBULANCE DRIVER AND TO ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS. SO I'M SENDING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT I MEET. BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS BECAUSE IF I'M GOING TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS ARE BURIED UP TO HERE BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT ANSWERING THEM BACK. PEOPLE ARE BUSY. WE ARE LOSING ALL THESE PARTNERS. I LOVE TO SEE A VERY CLEAR PROCESS OF HOW THESE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT I'M GOING TO RECRUIT FOR DISTRICT 2, HOW ARE
WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM SO THEY DON'T LOSE INTEREST OR GET BUSY SOAK WE CAN GET THEM TO BE PART OF OUR SYSTEM. I LOVE TO SEE A LIGS.
THERE IS ANOTHER LIST THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE WHICH IS THE LIST OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE. RIGHT, BECAUSE THE LISTS THAT WE HAVE IS WONDERFUL. WE SHOULD SEE, OKAY, WE HAVE SO MANY MEDICAL PROGRAMS. SO MANY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS. SO TECHNICAL PROGRAMS SO WHO ARE
THE PARTNERS THAT ARE PARTNERED UP WITH THE PROGRAMS. AND HOW ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE-- WE ACTUALLY CREATE A MENU. I WAS TELLING Mr. BURKE A WHILE BACK, OF PARTNERS, AND WE
GO GET THEM OR ARE WE SITTING HERE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME TO US? BUT I MEAN SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO GET IF WE DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF WHO WE ARE MISSING. SO I LOVE TO SEE THAT LIST OF WHO WE HAVE AND WHO WE ARE MISSING FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS. IF WE COULD JUST CREATE THIS
WISHFUL LIST FOR 330 PROGRAMS, 330 PARTNERS, AT LEAST ONE PARTNER PER PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I LOVE TO SEE. I ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DRONES, OPERATIONS AND AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES. WE GOT THE AIRPORT AROUND HERE.
I MET RAY A GENTLEMAN WHO IS BASED IN NEW JERSEY AND WE HAVE SEVEN TYPES OF DRONES. THE ONES THAT DO AGRICULTURE AND THE ONES THAT DO BUILDINGS AND
HAVING SOME RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THIS LITTLE-- NOT LITTLE BUT THE AVIATION HUBS THAT WE HAVE, THE PRIVATE AVIATION HUBS THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE SIDE OF SOUTHERN BOULEVARD BECAUSE THOSE JOBS PAY REALLY, REALLY WELL: I TOOK A TOUR A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR PARTS DEPARTMENT, THE ONES THAT WASH AND CLEAN THE PLANES. THE MECHANICS. AND THE APPRENTICES FOR MECHANICS. THEY'RE READY TO HIRE PEOPLE BUT
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THEM. I WOULD LOVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AVIATION. AGAIN, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE.
>> THE UNIONS, IF WE CAN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH FLVIO, A LONG TIME AGO-- FLCIO. I WAS TALKING TO THE PRINCIPLE FOR JOHN I. AND THIS SCHOOL AND I LEARNED SOMETHING FROM
Mr. TIERNEY AT THAT TIME. HE SAID THIS SCHOOL IS HEAVILY HISPANIC AND I KNEW THAT BUT HE SAID A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE READY TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THEY SEE THEIR TIOS, THEIR ABUELOS, THEIR DADS, EVERYBODY IS WORKING AND
WE NEED HANDS ON AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE DID SOMETHING. SO WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE UNIONS BECAUSE I WAS UNION FOR A WHILE, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE BEST KEPT SECRET. AND I'M THINKING WHY ARE YOU THE BEST KEPT SECRET. SO LET'S DO SOME PILOTS. LET'S INVOLVE ALL THE UNIONS TO
SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE FREE TRAINING ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FREE. I LOVE THE WORD FREE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE BUT UNTIL WE TALK, MAYBE IT COULD WORK AND SOMETIMES WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT OR MAYBE IT MAY NOT WORK
RIGHT NOW. BUT JUST I LOVE ABOUT ESTABLISHING MORE RELATIONSHIPS, BEING AGGRESSIVE IN A GOOD WAY TO BRING ALL THESE INDUSTRIES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAITING
TO BE PART OF SOMETHING KELLY IS WAITING FOR A PROJECT SHE TOLD ME. I'M GOING TO BRING HER ONE. I LOVE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING. I'M GOING TO START BRINGING PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES SO KEEP ME IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU.
>> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. Ms. BRANCH. >> Gloria Branch: THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. I ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING THAT HAS EXPRESSED HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THEIR FUTURE FOR HIRING HOPEFULLY OUR STUDENTS.
I AGREE WITH WHAT BHZ Ms. Ms. WHITFIELD SAID ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN TELL THEIR CHAMBER MEMBERS. ECONOMIC COUNCIL, ETC., CAN HELP AND THEN MAYBE SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES MAY WANT TO TEACH. I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW
THAT BUT DEFINITELY THE CHAMBERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THE MEMBERS. AND LASTLY WHAT VICE CHAIR ANDREWS SAID ABOUT COMMUNICATION IT'S SO HARD IT IS THE HARDEST PART. THEY ALL CAN'T COME TO THE CHOICE EVENTS AND STUFF, BUT SOME WAY IN SCHOOL, IF THERE IS
A PAMPHLET OR SOME KIND OF MEETING OR THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR SAID PLEASE TAKE THIS HOME TO YOUR PARENTS, MAYBE THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED AND YOU HAVE TO TELL YOUR MOM AND DAD, REGARDING WHOEVER, TO LET THEM KNOW. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING IN THEIR HAND
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY READS THEIR EMAILS. EVERYBODY GETS 500 EMAILS. EVERYBODY IS BUSY. MAYBE TEXT PEOPLE READ MORE THAN EMAILS OR THEY GET TO THEM QUICKER. GETTING TO THE STUDENTS, IF THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN PROGRAMS, GIVING THEM THE
PAMPHLET OF THE DIFFERENT CHOICES I JUST WANT TO START OFF
BY SAYING HOW EXCITED I WAS. I SAW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. I DON'T SEE MORE GAVRILOS HERE BUT JENNIFER ETHRIDGE SENT ME A NOTE AFTER THE GO TEACH AWARDS THAT THEY HAVE A GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED TO SUPPORT PALM BEACH
COUNTY DISTRICT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THAT IT'S THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO FOCUS ON PREPARING STUDENTS FOR POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS AND IT WILL INCLUDE A PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT RED APPLE SUPPLIES. , WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING.
THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT IT TO THEIR BOARD AND. IT TIES INTO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, OUR ESC STUDENTS WE THINK OF OUR MOST PROFOUND STUDENTS. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS NOT OUR MOST PROFOUND STUDENTS BECAUSE THE GREATER PERCENTAGE
OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ESC ARE STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BUT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD MAGNET PROGRAMS AND THEN WE MOVED TO CHOICE, A LOT
OF THE ESC STUDENTS WERE PRECLUDED AT THAT TIME, ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY BEFORE WE REALLY BUILT A PROGRAM OF INCLUSION FROM PARTICIPATING. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IN THE DATA IS IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO GIVE US A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY
STUDENTS WHO ARE ESE PARTICIPATING IN OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS, WHAT PROGRAMS THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN AND THEN I'M VERY ALIGNED WITH OUR VICE CHAIR. I DO KNOW THERE ARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. IF YOU COULD CREATE LIKE A MATRIX OR SOME TYPE OF CHART
THAT SHOWS US THE PROGRAMS AND WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT REALLY DO NEED THESE PROGRAMS. IT ALMOST SEEMS UNIMAGINABLE
THAT WE CAN ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE NEED THAT WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR STUDENTS. BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR UNDERSERVED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. I HAD MENTIONED TO Mr. BURKE-- AND I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP NOW BUT LIKE IN SOUTH COUNTY, WE
HAVE SOUTH TECH, A CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL SO WE ARE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE POCKETS THAT DON'T HAVE EVEN THAT OPTION HAVE THE OPTION OUT IN THE GLADES, OUT IN RIVERA BEACH SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE ALL THESE STUDENTS. IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO US WITH
THAT DATA, NOT NECESSARY NOW BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THE DATA, SEND IT BACK TO US SO WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME. AND THAT WILL BY US NOW TO MR. FERGUSON. >> I DID NOT HIT MY BUTTON.
SO GOOD JOB EVERYBODY. >> Chair Brill: THAT BRINGS US TO Mr. LANE. >> IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE THINKS THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND THERE IS A SENSE OF UJ INCY IN TERMS OF A CONSENSUS-- IN TERMS
OF HOW URGENT THIS IS WHEN WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING ANOTHER DISCUSSION. >> Chair Brill: Mr. BURKE WAS READY TO ADDRESS THAT. >> Supt.Burke: I WANT TO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENT. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS. IT DOES UNDER SCORE THIS IS A
TOP PRIORITY FOR OUR DISTRICT AND NO SURPRISE HAVING THE BENEFIT OF MEETING WITH YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE SECOND SEMESTER BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> WOULD FOUR MONTHS BE
ACCESSIBLE. >> Supt.Burke: YOU HAVE GIVEN US SIX MONTHS WORTH OF QUESTIONS BUT WE CAN TRY TO GET THEM DONE IN FOUR. Ms. WYATT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? >> I THINK YOU HAVE ALL BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL AND GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT AND THIS WORK
IS IMPORTANT WORK BOUGHT WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. PILOT PROGRAMS IS SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT QUICKLY BUT WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND JUST START THROWING THINGS TOGETHER HAP HAZARDLY. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TIME. TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU THE
URGENCY IS HERE. THERE IS NO LACK OF URGENCY FROM THE TEAM. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING THINGS BACK TO YOU, THAT WE HAVE HAD THE TIME TO DIG IN AND DO IT RIGHT AND CONTINUE THE RESEARCH AND WERE WHETHER IT IS PILOT PROGRAMS OR ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED TONIGHT WE SURELY WILL BE ANSWERING BUT THEY-- IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A
MINUTE SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER FOUR OR SIX MONTHS IS APPROPRIATE. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
>> Chair Brill: IN THIS TIME PERIOD, IF YOU THINK OF THINGS NEXT WEEK OR IF NEXT MONTH, WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. IF YOU KNEEL THE NEED TO MEET WITH THE STAFF, USE YOUR TIME WITH Mr. BURKE TO HAVE Mr. BURKE INVITE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO JOIN YOU IN THOSE MEETINGS YOU HAVE SO THAT YOU
DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU ARE HANGING OUT THERE AND THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A HAP HAZARD THROWN
TOGETHER PRESENTATION. >> Supt.Burke: APRIL MAY GIVE US ENOUGH TIME. WE HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A MULTIPHASE PROJECT. Dr. MORGAN HIGHLIGHTED FIVE PROGRAMS WITH THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND QUANTUM COMPUTING. WE WORK HARD TO GET THAT READY FOR THE SHOWCASE OF SCHOOLS AND TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN LAUNCH THOSE NEW PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TO PUT SOME SUPPORT
BEHIND THEM AND THAT OCTOBER 28 SHOWCASE WAS SO THAT THOSE KIDS COULD APPLY TO THE PROGRAMS AND START NEXT AUGUST. WE HAVE TO THINK LIKE SCHOOL YEAR TO SCHOOL YEAR HOW WE CAN ROLL IT OUT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO. OUR DISTRICT UNDER PREVIOUS
BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATIONS, YOU KNOW, CREATED CAREER ACADEMIES MANY YEARS AGO WITHIN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THOSE CONTINUE TO EXIST. WE HAD TO-- THE ARCHITECT OF THAT IS IN THE ROOM HERE, Dr. JOHNSON. SO WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THAT.
WE SHARED A SLIDE AND YOU KNOW, Mr. LANE, YOU BROUGHT THE EXAMPLE WHERE DOES THE PALM BEACH GARDENS STUDENT GO WHO WANTS TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.
THEY MAY GO TO NORTH TECH FOR HALF THE WEEK OR HALF THE WAY. THOSE CENTERS WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL. WEAVER WORKING WITH PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE BEST COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE HAD IN SOME TIME AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS WORK AS WE DO CAREER TEWELL ENROLL MANY.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH Dr. PARKERSON, OUR RESPECTIVE TEAMS CONTINUE TO MEET. THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT, 30 YEARS AGO, MADE THE DECISION TO KIND OF DO AWAY WITH POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND THAT GOES WAY, WAY BACK, MANY SUPERINTENDENTS AGO.
AND WE ARE PLAYING CATCH UP TO SOME DEGREE NOW. TO RECREATE THOSE PROGRAMS IN TANDEM WITH THE PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. WE HAVE THAT ASPECT OF IT. WE DO HAVE-- BECAUSE WITH THE HALF PENNY SALES TAX, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE ON CAMPUS THE QUANTUM COMPUTING. THAT TYPE OF THING, I JUST DON'T
WATT, THAT 60-40 STAT SOME ARE TAKING A GAP YEAR. ARE SOME DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WEARY EQUIPPING SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS, AS YOU HEARD FROM Dr. JOHNSON, THEY'RE NOT ALL
GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE COLD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PHARMACY TECH OR PHLEBOTOMIST OR EKG TECH OR AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAMS PUTTING KIDS RIGHT INTO GOOD CAREER PATHS. SO IT'S NOT-- I DON'T WANT TO
PAINT A COMPLETE DYER PICTURE THAT WE ARE-- A DIRE PICTURE. WE ARE GRADUATING 95.9% OF OUR CLASS WITH A DIPLOMA THAT IS OPENING DOORS FOR THEM TO CONTINUE ON WE ARE ALL EXSTATE
TOED ABOUT THIS TOPIC. AND CONVERT THEM INTO SOMETHING
ELSE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT HAP HAZARDLY WITHOUT PROPER NOTICE SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO KIND OF THINK HOW WE STAGE THESE DIFFERENT PIECES OF THE PROCESS. >> YOU PERSUADED ME. THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF APRIL.
WOULD THAT-- BY APRIL 15. >> THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DOES NOT COUNT SO ICE REALLY FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE NOBODY CAN THINK AT CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING. >> FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF APRIL. >> REMEMBER THE I.R.S. DEADLINE AND KNOW THAT THAT ALSO APPLIES TO THIS WORKSHOP.
>> MR LANE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR ANDOUILLES? >> YES, I STILL WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PILOT PIECE AND WOULD I LIKE TO SEE THE DATA. WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN SITTING AT TURNING POINTS,
CROSSROADS ACADEMY, AND OTHER WEST TECH PROGRAMS THAT HAVE YOU AT NIGHT I THINK SOMETIMES THOSE CHILDREN MAY NOT EVEN GRADUATE. SO WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP A HANDLE ON THEM. I KNOW A LOT OF THEM BECAUSE I
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH WORK THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY FOR A LONG TIME. SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY KNOW WHO THE CHILDREN ARE THAT ARE ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT, Mr. BARGE, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE ONES THAT WE LOST.
SO, YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE CHILDREN MAY NOT MAKE IT TO THE STAGE. WE HAVE A HIGH GRADUATION RATE BUT WE STILL HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL SUFFERING SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR AT THAT BECAUSE I
REALLY HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT A LONG TIME AND YOU KNOW THAT, Mr. BARCH AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBERS. PRINCIPALS HAVE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT COPE IN A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND END UP IN ANOTHER SETTING. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THEM EARLY BECAUSE
THERE MAY BE A REASON WHY THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY AND DO GOOD WORK AT A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR THEM. JUST LIKE FOR ESE, WE NEED TO GET IT DONE EARLY ENOUGH SO THEY DON'T GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY LEAVE US AND WE NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN.
THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON, DID YOU INTENTIONALLY WANT TO PRESS YOUR BUTTON. >> >> Edward Ferguson: THAT TIME I DID. JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION. EVEN IF WE HAVE THIS WORKSHOP IN APRIL OR MAY OF 2026, WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF WHENEVER WE
COME TO AN AGREEMENT BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR. FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE IN 27-28. AM I WRONG WITH THAT? >> YOU ARE NOT WRONG. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> Chair Brill: MS. SAVIETTO. >> SO THIS IS WONDERFUL. WOULD I LIKE TO SEE FOUR QUAD RABBIT. WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY, WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND
WHAT WORKS WE ARE NOT TOUCHING. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES. BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH, AND IT'S SO OVERWHELMING, SO DOING SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THAT, THIS IS MY CUP OF TEA. IT'S NOT EASY BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COME FROM AND
WHERE WE ARE GOING WE WERE HERE IN APRIL AND IN NOVEMBER WE ARE HERE. SO I WOULD BE SO GLAD TO BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR TEAM AND ORGANIZING THE INFORMATION YOU
DO THE INFORMATION AND I'LL ORGANIZE. THAT'S GOING TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRESS AND BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IN SIX MONTHS WHAT ARE YOU GOING DO BUT
A LOT CAN BE DONE IF WE ORGANIZE IT IN FOUR QUAD RABBITS SO THAT-- QUADRANTS SO THAT IT GIVES US A GUIDE AND SHOWS US TWHER WE WERE, WHAT WE ARE NOT TOUCHING AND WHAT WE ARE SPEAKING AND THE WHOLE BOX OF OPPORTUNITIES. >> Chair Brill: Mr. SUPERINTEN DENT.
WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, TEAM. SO WE'LL TRANSITION. WE ARE GOING TO INVITE UP-- ARE WE GOING WITH A.I. NEXT WE ARE
GOING TO UNVEIL THE NEW POLICY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY 2.05. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS WAS PART OF-- AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE WE ADDED TO OUR STRATEGY AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT
THAT WE START GETTING IT READY FOR OUR CLASSROOM. A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED AN A.I. POLICY. WE ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE HERE BUT THIS TEAM HAS WORKED HARD TO LEVERAGE WHAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE TO CONSULT WITH A FEW
DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE AN A.I. POLICY AND THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD THEIR BEST THINKING. Dr. MILLER. >> THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT DRAFT POLICY 2.505 ON THE GOVERNANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS REALLY TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS,
TEACHERS AND STAFF TO INNOVATE BUT IN A SAFE WAY TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO INNOVATE THIS BOARD PRESENTATION BY SHARING A A.I. GENERATED VIDEO OF THIS POLICY WORKSHOP. >> THIS MOROCCO WE ARE HERE TO
DISCUSS A CRUCIAL STEP FORWARD POLICY 2.055 WHICH WILL GOVERN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS ABOUT SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT A.I. MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND REALLY THE FUTURE OF LEARNING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. NOW I WANT TO BE CLEAR FROM THE START.
THIS POLICY ISN'T ABOUT RESTRICTION. IT'S ABOUT OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE AIMING TO CREATE A PROACTIVE PRAM FRAMEWORK THAT PREPARES OR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR A WORLD WHERE A.I. IS, WELL, EVERYWHERE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO LEAD WITH INNOVATION, NOT JUST REACT TO
IT. SO WHAT IS THE CORE IDEA BEHIND THIS POLICY? IF YOU LOOK AT LINES 10-28, IT COMES DOWN TO A BALANCING ACT. ON ONE SIDE, WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE USES OF A.I. BUT ON THE OTHER, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH
CLEAR STANDARDS FOR SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE. IT'S ALL ABOUT FOSTERING PROGRESS, WHILE ENSURING PROTECTION. OKAY, SO LET'S START WITH OUR STUDENTS. HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT THEM? THE FOCUS HERE IS ABOUT BALANCING THE INCREDIBLE NEW OPPORTUNITIES A.I. BRINGS WITH THE TIMELESS IMPORTANCE OF
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. NOW, WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN LINES 30-108 IS THAT WE ARE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL. ANY MISUSE OF A.I. WILL FALL UNDER OUR EXISTING STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. THE SAME RULES FOR ACADEMIC HONESTY STILL APPLY AND A
CRUCIAL POINT HERE. A.I. IS MEANT TO BE A TOOL TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, NEVER TO REPLACE THEIR PROFESSIONAL JUDGE MANY. AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS REALLY EXCITING. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EXAMPLES OUTLINED IN LINES 68-88.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POWERFUL APPLICATIONS. THINK PERSONALIZED LEARNING PADS FOR EVERY STUDENT. A.I. IS A CREATIVE PARTNER OR DYNAMIC RESEARCH ASSISTANT. THIS IS HOW WE TURN A.I. INTO A POWERFUL EDUCATIONAL ASSET. OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE STUDENTS. OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE ON
THE FRONT LINES. SO THE POLICY LAYS OUT VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR THEM AS WELL. ALL CENTERS ON PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPONSIBILITY. THERE ARE TWO NON-NEGOTIABLES
A.I. CAN'T BE THE SOLE FUNCTION FOR GRADING OR DISCIPLINE. A HUMAN MUST BE IN THE LOOP AND STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO USE DISTRICT APPROVED RESOURCES ENSURING HUMAN JUDGMENT REMAINS CENTRAL TO EDUCATION. HAVING THE RULES IS ONE THING BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE
FOLLOWED AND EVERYONE STAYS SAFE? THAT BRINGS US TO OUR SYSTEMIC SAFEGUARDS. STRONG SAFEGUARDS AND COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING. BEFORE ANY A.I. PRODUCT MAKES ITS WAY INTO A CLASSROOM, IT HAS TO PASS A RIGOROUS REVIEW
OUTLINED IN 1 *6 1 HFER 174. WE-- 161-174. YOU CAN SEE THE POLICIES REFERENCED IN LINES 194-223. BOTTOM LINE IS SIMPLE: PROTECTING STUDENT DATA IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. YOU KNOW, A POLICY IS JUST WORDS ON PAPER UNLESS PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND IT. THAT'S WHY AS YOU SEE IN LINES 60-62 AND 176-192, A HUGE PIECE OF THIS ROLLOUT IS TRAINING. WE ARE COMMITTING TO ANNUAL AGE APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF ON THE ETHICAL AND SAFE USE OF THESE TOOLS.
SO, WITH THIS FRAMEWORK IN PLACE, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR MAKING IT ALL A REALITY? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PATH FORWARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE LAID OUT A CLEAR AND DELIBERATE TIMELINE. FOLLOWING TODAY'S WORKSHOP WE'LL MOVE INTO A DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING THIS
POLICY FOR FULL ADOPTION, A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. ULTIMATELY WHAT THOUGH POLICY DOES IS EQUIP OUR DISTRICT TO DO MORE THAN JUST REACT TO TECHNOLOGY. IT POSITIONS US TO LEAD, INNOVATE AND TRULY THRIVE IN AN A.I.-POWERED WORLD. THIS IS A VITAL AND PROACTIVE
STEP TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE IF YOU THE THAT AWAITS THEM.
GLSES VERY GOOD. DO YOU STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM THE HUMANS. >> THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR GOOGLE CORE SERVICES AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO IT IN THE WAFFLE OR THE 9 DOTS IN THE TOP RIGHT OF YOUR G HF MAIL.
I WANT TO ADD TWO POINTS TO THE PRESENTATION. EMPOWERING OUR TEACHERS AROUND THE USE OF A.I. WITH SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE CALLED THAT OUT IN LINES 40 AND 94. ALSO, A.I. IS GROWING AT A VERY RAPID PACE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NEW A.I. TOOLS ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE BUT WE DO KNOW NEW A.I. TOOLS WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE. SO WE PURPOSELY DESIGNED THIS POLICY TO BE GENERAL AND FLEXIBLE SO WE CAN INNOVATE AS THOSE NEW TOOLS COME OUT.
HOWEVER, AND YOU WILL SEE IN LINE 16, WE SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THAT THIS POLICY SHOULD BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY. WE DO MEAN ANNUALLY, EXCEPT A.I. IS GROWING SO QUICKLY, WE COULD
THIS POLICY COULD BE ADOPTED NEXT MONTH AND A NEW A.I. TOOL COULD COME OUT THAT WE HAVE TO TO ADDRESS SO WE WILL LOOK AT THE A.I. TOOLS AND THIS POLICY CONTINUOUSLY. AND WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK. >> Chair Brill: VICE CHAIR
ANDREWS. MR. FERGUSON, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? >> Edward Ferguson: A WAS GLITCHING. DID YOU USE A.I. TO GENERATE THIS POLICY, TOO? >> YES, SIR. >> Edward Ferguson: THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER PRESENTATIONS I'VE SEEN. IF THAT'S HOW YOU EXPECT IT TO BE USED AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE GENERALLY TOP TIER SO THIS IS IF JUST AN IDEA OR AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE USED IN A CLASSROOM, I'M REALLY STOKED ABOUT IT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE AREN'T MANY IF ANY OTHER DISTRICTS AND BURKE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THANKING THAT HAVE
A POLICY IN PLACE OR AT THIS JUNCTURE SO ONCE AGAIN WE ARE LEADING THE PACK, SO SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. >> Supt.Burke: THANKS. THERE ARE A FEW, BUT NOT MANY.
>> Chair Brill: MS. SAVIETTO. >> THIS IS FOR THE POLICY, RIGHT? NOT THE CURRICULUM.
HOW DO WE REGULATE A.I. TEACHING TOOLS WITH FUNDAMENTALS. HOW THEY DEVELOP JUDGE MANY, ETHICS AND CONFIDENCE. SO, FRONS, WHEN STUDENTS GAIN EVEN A BASIC AWARENESS OF HOW A.I. IS STRUCTURED, SUCH AS WHERE THE INFORMATION COMES FROM, HOW PATTERNS ARE FORMED,
OR WHY A TOOL MAY BE BIASED, THEY TEND TO USE IT MORE RESPONSIBLY, RIGHT? SO ARE THESE POLICIES INCLUDE HOW WE ARE GOING TO USE WITH IT STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS GOING TO
BE THE END USERS OR PART OF A.I.? THERE'S CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND THERE IS SO MUCH INVOLVED IN A.I., AS CHILDREN USE IT, TO ANALYZE NOT JUST AS A TOOL, BUT
THEM BEING PART, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A.I. IN SCHOOLS, AS WE SEE STUDENTS ONLY AS END USERS OF THE TOOL, OR AS FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS, RIGHT, DESIGNERS AND CREATORS WHO NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE SYSTEMS WORK.
IS THAT PART OF A POLICY OR NOT, OR PART OF THE STUDENT USING A.I. NOT AS A TOOL BUT INTEGRATING IT IN A WAY THIS THE THEY BELIEVE WHAT IS BEHIND IT. SO I HAVE MET THIS GENTLEMAN WHO IS DOING A Ph.D. IN A.I., AND IT IS JUST-- HE TRIED TO, YOU
KNOW EXPLAIN SOME THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES BUT AND I'M LIKE, NO, STOP RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? AS LONG AS IT WORKS. BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS UNDERSTAND MORE THAN JUST HOW TO USE IT AS A TOOL.
BUT IT'S PART OF THE EDUCATION. >> PLEASE PUT THE GENTLEMAN IN TOUCH WITH US. WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS RESEARCH WITH A.I. BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS SMECKLA WHAT WE
WILL BE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS WITH A.I. >> LIKE WHAT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AND THAT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO US AS WELL. IT'S NOT LIKE EXPLICITLY IN THE POLICY BUT THE POLICY DOES STATE
HOW WE WILL BE PROVIDING TRAINING, NOT ONLY TO OUR TEACHERS BUT ALSO TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO YOUR POINT, ONE OF THE MAIN TEACHINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN IS HOW TO EVALUATE AN OUTPUT. WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN PUT GREAT THINGS INTO A.I. BUT IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY 100% GOING TO BE ACCURATE. SO A BIG PIECE OF THAT TRAINING FOR OUR STUDENTS IS TO FACT CHECK EACH OF THE OUTPUTS TO CRITICALLY THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE A.I. >> BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT PIECE WHICH Mr. BURKE
SAID AT A VERY NICE PANEL A FEW MONTHS AGO AND TALKED AND THEN THE PRESIDENT OF PBA TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TEACHING THEIR
STUDENTS AT PBA, HOW TO THINK WE HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS OF A.I.'S PROBABILITY, STATISTICS AND EVEN ELEMENTS OF DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULOUS, RIGHT?
ALL THINGS-- I'M HAPPY NOT TO EVER SEE IN MY LIFE. BUT THE KIDS THAT ARE VERY ORIENTED TO MATH AND ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT ALL THAT WOULD BE AMAZING IF THEY CAN GET BEHIND A.I. NOT JUST AS A TOOL BUT THE
UNDERSTANDING AND THAT'S WAY BEYOND ME.
AND SOME OF THESE KIDS WHO ARE VERY SMART CAN DO AMAZING THINGS IN COLLEGE AND BE PART OF THE NEW GEMINI AND CHATGPT VERSION 20 ALL THESE VERSIONS OF DIFFERENT A.I. WHATEVER IS COMING. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THE CREATION OF THAT AND THAT WOULD
BE WONDERFUL TO SEE IT. BECAUSE WE WERE FUTURISTIC. NOT SO MUCH FUTURISTIC, RIGHT BUT WE ARE ALLOWING ALL THIS TO HAPPEN. AS WE ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGE OF A.I. WITH THINGS THAT WE
DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT EXIST. >> Chair Brill: Mr. LANE. >> I WAS LOOKING AT THE POLICY AND I LOOKED AT LINE 37 AND IT SAYS EACH STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR ACCESSIBLE USE OF A.I. SET FORTH
BY THEIR SPECIALIZED PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION OR THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHER AND IF YOU LOOK AT 43, TO UPHOLD ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IF THE STUDENT USES A.I. FOR SCHOOL WORK, THE STUDENT MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE USE OF A.I. AS DIRECTED BY THE TEACHER AND YOU
TO 96, IT'S STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO SUBMIT ANY A.I. GENERATED ARTIFACT AS ORIGINAL WORK BEYOND THE LIMITATIONS GIVEN BY THE TEACHER. SO MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE EXPECT OUR TEACHERS TO TELL PEOPLE IF I HAVE A PROJECT, AM I
ALLOWED TO USE A.I., NOT ALLOWED IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE POLICY THAT DIRECTS THE TEACHERS, HEY, UP FRONT, YOU NEED TO TELL THE STUDENTS BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY. >> RIGHT, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD
FALL UNDER OUR TRAINING AND MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS POLICY AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL WHEN THE STUDENT SHOULD BE USING IT AND, TO YOUR POINT, YES. >> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THE TEACHERS DIRECTION AS TO
WHEN A.I. CAN BE USED AND WHEN IT CAN'T BE USED. AND HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD? LIKE IF I'VE GOT ONE TEACHER WHO IS DOING ALLOWING A.I. FOR A TEST AND ANOTHER TEACHER WHO ISN'T, DO WE WANT TO GUIDE THEM
WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE A.I. AND WHEN THEY DON'T WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO USE A.I. >> WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED THIS POLICY TO GIVE THE TEACHERS THE DISCRETION TO MAKE THE DECISION
IN THE CLASSROOMS WHEN A.I. COULD BE USED AND NOT BE USED BY STUDENTS. SO THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING IN OUR TRAINING AND THERE WOULD BE GUIDELINES ONCE WE GET THIS POLICY ADOPTED. >> THANK YOU.
>> Clerk: THAT BRINGS US TO MR. FERGUSON. >> ON THE HEELS OF BOARD MEMBER LANE'S QUESTION, NOW I HAVE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE POLICY WAS SO SINGTD AS IT WAS BUT THAT LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVITY THAT I'M SORRY-- I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME. I APOLOGIZE.
>> Ms. REBECCA SMECKLA. Mrs.. >> Edward Ferguson: CAN I CALL YOU Mrs. S. SPATULA,-- SPECKLA. I DON'T WANT TO-- IN ANY EVENT. I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND YOU DEFINITELY HELP ME BECAUSE I'M DWREEN IN THE A.I. SPACE COMPARED TO SOME FOR SURE BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE TAKING AN ACTUAL EXAMINE UTILIZING A.I. THAT SEEMS LIKE A PANDORA'S BOX. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> I AGREE, ASSESSMENT IS NOT WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY OR FORESEEABLE FUTURE USING A.I. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE CON MIGO INSIDE OF OUR KHAN ACADEMY PLATFORM AND IT TURNS
OFF A.I. WHEN ASSESSMENT IS TAKING PLACE. >> THE ISSUE, IF I UNDERSTOOD AT LEAST PART OF BOARD MEMBER LANE'S APPREHENSION IS REGARDING TO TO MAKE SURE THERE IS UNIFORM USE OF A.I., CAN WE NOT JUST SIMPLY PUT INTO THE POLICY ITSELF? I KNOW Dr. MILLER SAID WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN STAFF BUT WOULD
IT NOT BE BEST PRACTICES OR BEST PRACTICE IF WE ACTUALLY INCLUDE IT, ALIGNED WITHIN THIS POLICY BECAUSE I SEE IN MULTIPLE AREAS EVIDENCED BY YOUR VIDEO, WE HAVE
REDONE-- REDUNDANCIES IF YOU MISSED IT. SO PERHAPS WE GRIEF THAT UNAMBIGUOUS DIRECTION, SHALL I SAY INSIDE THE POLICY ITSELF, SO THAT TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THESE ARE THE GUARD RAILS AND YOU ARE NOT TO GO OUTSIDE OF THOSE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE THAT LEVEL OF SUBJECTIVITY BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD HAVE ONE
ISSUE WITH SOMEONE AT THE RIVIERA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL LETTING EVERYBODY DO EVERYTHING WITH A.I. BUT THEN AT WELLINGTON, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND SOMEBODY AT WELLINGTON GETS WHEN I HAVE OF THAT AND HAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE HEY, THAT MIGHT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTING MAYBE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OR WHATEVER. I MEAN JUST LIKE YOU SAID, A.I. COULD CHANGE. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CONFLICT
COULD ARISE. SO I THINK IF WE ARE AS BLACK AND WHITE IN REGARD TO A POLICY AS POSSIBLE, TO ME, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BEST PRACTICE. >> SO TWO POINTS TO YOUR QUESTION. NUMBER 1, A.I. IS GROWING AND CHANGING SO WE COULD PUT A SUGGESTION DOWN ON THE POLICY
AND IT MIGHT BE CHANGED TOMORROW. BECAUSE A.I. TOOLS ARE GROWING BUT WE HAVE ON LINE 68 TO 98, LIKE SAMPLES OF HOW TO-- 98-- 89
HOW TO USE A.I. IN ASSIGNMENTS AND THAT MIGHT BE GETTING CLOSE THIS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A DEFINITIVE LIST BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS CHANGING SO OFTEN, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF NEW WAYS WE CAN USE A.I.
SO THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES. >> Edward Ferguson: I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW YOU THERE. YOU PUT IN A POLICY AND IF THE FACTS WARRANT AN EXPANSION OR RETRACTION, YOU DO IT AT THAT TIME. YOU CAN'T SAY I'M GOING TO KEEP IT LOOSE AND FREE BECAUSE
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT. THE GOAL IS THE GOAL. IF THINGS CHANGE, HAVE I TO GET ANOTHER PAIR OF PANTS. Mr. SANCHES GETS THAT. WEIGHT FLUCTUATES. BUT IF I'M UNDERSTANDING BOARD MEMBER LANE'S CONCERN CORRECTLY,
AND IT KIND OF CREATED IN MY OWN MIND, I WOULD WANT AS MUCH UNIFORMITY AS POSSIBLE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THE BEST WAY TO BEST ENSURE UNIFORM UNIFORMITY IS TO HAVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT IS SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION. I QUICKLY SPEED READ THAT
SECTION Dr. MILLER AND IT GIVES DIRECTION. BOARD MEMBER LANE, I KNOW YOU ARE FOLLOWING THAT-- DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT SECTION AS WELL DOES IT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. >> YOU HAVE TO DIRECT THAT QUESTION TO HER AND SHE'LL
DIRECT IT TO ME. >> Chair Brill: I SPOKE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THAT TODAY. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE BECOMING MUCH BETTER WHEN THEY'RE INTERACTIVE. SO IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH HIM DIRECTING.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. YOU PICKED UP ON WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE NEED TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED. WE NEED TO GIVE THE TEACHERS DIRECTION, OTHERWISE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE BOARD. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. >> Edward Ferguson: AN EXTRA PROMPT OR TWO, PUN INTENDED.
BUT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD MAKE IT AS UNY QIF COL AS POSSIBLE. AND-- EQUIVOCAL AS POSSIBLE AND AS POLICIES CHANGES, WE CAN MODIFY. WE HAVE MODIFIED IN MY TIME HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ANTIQUATED. SO THIS WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT IN
MY OPINION. >> Matthew Lane: WE DID TALK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES AND THEY CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE SO WE WOULD USE THOSE IN OUR TRAININGS AND SO FORTH BUT WE HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE CAN TAKE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU.
>> IF I MIGHT INTERJECT. WE DID INCLUDE SOME GUIDELINES, NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING TESTING BUT ON OTHER THINGS SUCH AS SFR-- THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES IN TERMS OF DATA PRIVACY AND
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TESTING AND IN THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, THERE IS AN INTIRE UNIVERSE WHAT HAVE TEACHERS MAY BE WANTING TO DO WITH A.I. SO IF WE HAVE 1 SPECIFICALLY THINGS THAT WE WANT
TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY AS THEY ARISE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE FREQUENT, LET'S KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS POLICY AND MAKING SURE WE ARE RAISING THESE THINGS BUT I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH BROAD GUARD RAILS IS WE WOULD BE FORECLOSING TEACHERS FROM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SITUATION WHERE
THEY DO WANT TO INCORPORATE. >> Edward Ferguson: IN ITS CURRENT STATE, WHAT ARE YOU HINTING AT? >> I COULD THINK OF-- A.I. COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS A GRAMMAR OR WORD SUGGESTING TOOL, RIGHT?
IT IT CAN BE AS BROAD AS HELPING A STUDENT TRY TO CREATE A PRESENTATION LIKE WE DID TODAY. AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A TEACHER WANTS TO BE INCORPORATING THAT INTO THEIR GRADE GIVING TESTING.
>> Edward Ferguson: THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. MY INITIAL CONCERN WAS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR CONCERNS ARE, SATISFY SAY, FOR EXAMPLE SOMETHING MUCH MORE OBJECTIVE AND STATICS.
MATH, SCIENCE HOW YOU INTERPRET A PASSAGE OF HEMINGWAY. I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU THINK, NOT WE AS THE COLLECTIVE THINK. SO AGAIN I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SPELL THAT OUT. IF YOU WANT TO BE ANTICIPATORY
OR FUTURISTIC IN THAT REGARD, FINE, SAY MAYBE IN A.I. COURSE DATA SPECIFICALLY A.I. BASED WHICH WE DON'T EVEN HAVE RIGHT NOW TO MY KNOWLEDGE, FINE, THERE MAY BE NEED FOR LEEWAY BECAUSE I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WELL YOU CAN PROM THE SYSTEM TO WORK AND THAT'S HOW I DETERMINE WHO HAS
AN A STUDENT VERSUS A C OR F. BUT IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OR TRYING TO READ THROUGH AN ENGLISH PASSAGE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. I DON'T WANT YOU USE IS A.I. TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT. SO THIS IS WHERE I AM.
I MAY BE ANTIQUATED. I STILL HAVEN'T USED CHATGPT BEYOND ASKING HOW MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS OR WHEN THE DOLPHINS LAST WON MUCH I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO THERE UNLESS YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC CLASS OF A.I., WHY DO WE HAVE SUCH LOOSE GUARD RAILS? THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN TO ME, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS TO BOARD MEMBER LANE, TOO. >> SO WE ARE VERY, VERY YOUNG IN OUR-- IN THE USE OF A.I. IN THE
WORLD. WE ARE TWO YEARS IN, TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE VERY GATELY. WE THINK STICKING WITH THE GUIDELINES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE FOR THE TEACHERS MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE IN WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST
NOW THERE CAN BE SO MANY DIFFERENT USES FOR IT LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO BOX THE TEACHERS IN. WE WANT THEM TO BE INNOVATIVE BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET, TOMORROW THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER A.I. TOOL, ANOTHER USE WE THOUGHT OF WITH GEMINI THAT WE
HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF. >> Edward Ferguson: EVEN IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN POLICIES MODIFIED AT THE 11TH HOUR BASED ON THINGS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL OR STATE LEVEL.
THE EXPANDED PARADIGM IN A.I. JUST BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A THINK, IT AIN'T RIGHT NOW. WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IT IS. WE MAKE POLICIES FOR HOW THE BALL CURRENTLY LIES FOR OUR GOLFERS RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE TO HIT THE BALL WHERE IT IS. THIS IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. IT HASN'T GOTTEN TO THE X GENERATION AND WHEN IT GETS
THERE, OBVIOUSLY Dr. MILLER AND THE TEAM, YOU ARE PERFECTLY CORRECT, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MODIFY IT BUT JUST LIKE WE REMOVED SOME POLICIES FROM OUR BOOKS AND MODIFIED OTHERS, IT CHANGES OVER TIME AND WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE CHANGES ARE BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT THAT
TIME BUT I THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US NOT TO SPECULATE IN REGARD TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY THIS THING MUSHROOMS AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE BUT I CAN GET AHEAD OF IT WITH MY LINEAR RELATIVELY SPEAKING
LINEAR MIND. WE TAKE IT AS IT COMES. WE KNOW YOU ARE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES TO USE IT AND A TEST TAKING STANDPOINT WHERE YOU GO ON YOUR PHONE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I KNOW WE HAVE THE CELL PHONE PROHIBITION BUT STILL, YOU WANT TO-- I THINK IT WOULD STILL BEHOOVE US TO SPELL
IT OUT. PARTICULARLY REMEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHO MAY NOT BE AS VERSED IN OUR POLICIES AS OTHERS. THEY BAY-- THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH A STUDENT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE. WE SHOULD BE PROVINCE AND THINK ABOUT THIS JUST IN CASE THIS
HAPPENS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I GUESS I'M SPEAKING, IF THE TEACHER DOESN'T KNOW THE POLICY, HE OR SHE WOULD KNOW THIS PERSON IS IN VIOLATION. BUT THE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW IT. I WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE I SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING THEM ON THIS.
SO REGARDLESS WHETHER THE TEACHER IS Dr. MILLER OR A SUBSTITUTE LIKE ME. IT SHOULD BE AS BLACK AND WHITE AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I HAVE BLACK AND WHITE ON TODAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION BUT IT SHOULD BE STRAIGHTFORWARD JUST LIKE THAT. WE WOULD DO OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY A
GREATER SERVICE. DIG IN RIGHT NOW AND DO THAT WORK AND NOT BE SO REGIMENTED OR SO CEMENT IN OUR POSITION THAT WE CAN'T MODIFY IT AT A LATER TIME AS THE FACTS AS WE THEN KNOW, MIGHT MANDATE. THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. >> Chair Brill: Mr. BURKE. >> Supt.Burke: 13,000 TEACHERS WE WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS
POSSIBLE. AND PERHAPS THERE IS A WAY TO RESEARCHES THE GUIDELINES WITHIN THIS POLICY THAT WOULD LINK THE TWO DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDE THE CLARITY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRAIN EVERYBODY ON THIS SO WE TO MAKE
SURE IT'S CLEAR. I'M TRYING TO STRUCTURE THIS THAT IT WILL EVOLVE WITH THE NEW PRODUCT BUT THAT THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WOULD BE SOLID AND USED IN THE SAME ETHICAL MANNER. TEAM, YOU DID A GREAT JOB GETTING US STARTED.
I THINK THE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ARE GOOD ONES. YEAH, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN A FEW THINGS UP AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT. >> Chair Brill: SO BEFORE I CALL ON THE NEXT TWO PEOPLE, I WANT TO GO OFF THE TOPIC FOR A MOMENT. DIFFICULT SPEAK TO GENERAL COUNSEL AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THESE MEETINGS AND JUST BY A NOD OF
HEADS, I DON'T LIKE WHEN WE USED TO HAVE WORK SHOPTS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTATIONS. I'M THINKING THIS IS MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE. I SEE HEADS NODDING AND AGREEING SO IF YOU NOTICE, THEY'RE BEING RUN A LOT DIFFERENT, THE LAST FEW WORKSHOPS WE'VE HAD.
LETTING ALL OF YOU SAY WHAT YOU WANT, ASK WHAT YOU WANT. SO IF YOU ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT, I KNOW WE ARE DOING OUR BOARD MEETING POLICY BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ASK THIS STUFF THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AND AS MANY OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LIMITED IN WHAT YOU GET TO TALK
ABOUT, OTHER THAN STAYING ON TOPIC IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME SO I SEE EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MS. SAVIETTO. >> Virginia Savietto: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CLEAR THAT I'M ALL FOR GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO DATA FAKING, IDENTITY THEFT, DOING THINGS
THAT ARE MALICIOUS AND WRONG. THAT I LEAVE IT TO THE ATTORNEYS. BUT WE CAN'T-- AND YOU CAN'T PUT A.I. IN A BOX. A.I., IT'S FREE. WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY IS USING A.I. AND WE SHOULD.
WHY NOT? I WOULD REGARDS READ A VERY WELL WRITTEN EMAIL, RIGHT, THAN NOT. SO THE IDEA IS NOT TO PUT ALL THESE GUIDELINES. IT'S LIKE THE CALCULATOR. AND COMMISSIONER WEISS HAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION IN THE
COMMUNITY. HE IS OLDER AND TALKS ABOUT THE CALCULATOR. AT THIS POINT DOES IT MATTER IF YOU KNOW THAT ONE PLUS ONE IS TWO BY YOUR FINGERS, YOU WROTE IT OR USED A CALCULATOR? WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE TEACH. PERIOD. NOW A.I. HAS GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WHERE WE THEY'D TO CHANGE
PERSPECTIVE AND SAY, OKAY NOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM WRITE ESSAYS BUT YOU SEE, EVEN WHEN YOU WRITE SOMETHING WITH CHATGPT, HAVE YOU TO PUT IN GRAMMARLY BECAUSE IT IS QUIRKY AND DOES THINGS TO THE GRAMMAR
THAT IT DOESN'T FOLLOW VERY WELL SO THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS TO TALK TO THEIR STUDENTS AND SAY LET'S WRITE SOMETHING THROUGH CHATGPT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT? RIGHT. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE TEACH, WHETHER PEOPLE LIKE IT OR NOT. BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT ALL THESE GUIDELINES. YOU CAN USE IT IN WELLINGTON OR
NOT USE IT IN RIVIERA BEACH AND WHY ARE THEY USING IT AND THAT IS NONSENSE. THAT'S CRAZY. WE NEED TO SAY EVERYBODY CAN USE IT WITH THIS GUIDELINES, ALL OF IT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. BUT YOU CAN USE IT HERE AND NOT USE IT HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE IT.
THE GUIDELINES, I THOROUGHLY AGREE, BUT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE A.I. FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS WE BANT THE TEACHERS TO KNOW AS MUCH AS THE STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY.
I'M EXCITED. IF THERE IS ONE MORE THING THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, OH MY GOSH, SHOULD I LET THEM USE IT OR THIS OR THAT. YOU CAN'T USE IT AND JOHNNY GOES
AND USES IT BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR ME. IT HAS LIFTED SO MUCH-- I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR ME. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THREE HOURS OF WRITING OR THINKING AND NOW I CAN GO AND TWEAK IT AND DO OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT. PEOPLE CAN BE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WHEN IT COMES TO A.I. BUT WE CAN BRING THIS AS ANOTHER BURDEN FOR THE TEACHERS. IT SHOULD BE LIKE A TOOL THAT EVERYBODY ENJOYS AND USE IT AS DIFFERENT LEVELS, YOU DON'T
ENJOY AS MUCH, THAT'S FINE BUT WE CAN'T MAKE TEACHERS ALL ANXIOUS BECAUSE THEY MAY BE DOING IT THE WRONG WAY. I'M ALL FOR GUIDELINES BUT WE SHOULD ASSUME EVERYBODY IS USING A.I. EVEN IF IT IS AT THE
CHATGPT LEVEL AND WRITING EMAILS. >> VICE CHAIR McQUINN CAN'T YOU TELL-- >> Gloria Branch: CAN'T YOU TELL
IF THEY'RE USING A.I. >> CON MIGO DOESN'T WORK WHEN CHILDREN ARE TAKING A TEST AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT CAN PROTECT AGAINST THAT. >> Gloria Branch: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL USING A.I. >> PART OF OUR TRAINING WITH OUR TEACHERS IS GOING TO BE, YOU
KNOW, KNOWING A STUDENT VOICE, RIGHT. SO IF ADAM IS IN YOUR CLASS AND ADAM IS NO THE A GOOD WRITER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ADAM TAKES A TEST AND IT'S A Ph.D LEVEL, YOU KNOW, SYNOPSIS WRITTEN VERY WELL, TEACHER SHOULD KNOW
SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT THERE. >> Edward Ferguson: OR ADAM BURNED THE MIDNIGHT OIL AND FIGURED OUT THINGS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEFORE. A.I. SHOULD BE AN ENHANCEMENT AND NOT A CRUTCH. I THINK ABOUT THE MOVIE MATRIX
WHEN EVERYBODY WAS PLUGGED IN. THEY WEREN'T LIVING IN REAL REALITY. THE COMPUTERS MADE THINGS COMFORTABLE FOR THEM AND SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS EXPECTATION OR NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE A COMMA SHOULD GO OR S
APOSTROPHE OR APOSTROPHE S BECAUSE I CAN TALK TO A.I. AND A.I. WILL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT FOR ME. I DO THINK IT'S OKAY THAT WE KNOW THE BASIC TENETS, IF YOU WILL, OF MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND THEN USE THIS AS ENHANCE.
BOARD MEMBER SAVIETTO IS A HIGHER PERFORMER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING B. IF YOU KNOW HER PATH, YOU KNOW I'M SPEAKING THE TRUTH. SO FOR HER, FINE. SHE IS LIKE, OKAY, GREAT. A.I. ALL DAY. ALL DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND TWICE ON SUNDAY BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE LIKE LEVEL 3 OR THE OR ONE LEARNERS.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM A PASS FIRE AND SAY OKAY-- PACIFIER AND SAY OKAY, BUDDY. IT'S OKAY. WE NEED TO KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. WE ARE HERE TO EDUCATE. A.I. CAN BE AND NEVER SHOULD BE THE OVERALL-- OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF HOW THESE CHILDREN
ARE BEING EDUCATED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CRITICAL THINKERS AND I STRUGGLE TO ENVISION HOW A PERSON CAN TRULY BE A CRITICAL THINKER IF THEY'RE ALWAYS RELYING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PERCEPTION OF REALITY.
LIKE TRUST ME FOR WHAT I SAY. NO, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO THINK IT THROUGH AND SOMETHING THAT AUGMENTS YOUR UNDERSTAND. WHEN I WAS AN ESA TEACHER, THERE WERE STUDENTS WHO TRUELY COULD NOT ADD. THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS. THIS IS THE TRUTH.
I HAVE NO REASON TO LIE. I ASKED ONE YOUNG MAN, JUNIOR, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE HECK JUNIOR IS. I SAID WHAT IS 5 X. HE WENT TO THE CALCULATOR. THIS IS A TENDS OR 11TH GRADER, 5 X 8. I WOULD HATE FOR SOMEBODY TO BE
A JUNIOR 2.0 USING A.I. TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME VERY BASIC THINGS THAT THEY MUST UNDERSTAND. THEY CAN'T BE EFFECTIVE IN MOST WORK SPACES SIMPLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER, SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE BASICS. I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY IN SPANISH CLASS USING THE GOOGLE LANGUAGE APP TO COMMUNICATE TO
ME IN SPANISH. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AZUL OR NEGRO. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID. NOT I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU IN SPANISH. COME ON. >> WE COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, RIGHT?
WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE A.I. AS A SUPPORT TO THEIR THINKING, NOT AS REPLACEMENT FOR THINKING. >> >> Edward Ferguson: UNDERSTOOD. >> WE'LL CLOSE OUT AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE LEADING THE WAY IN THE NATION.
I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS A POLICY FOR A.I. I MAY BE WRONG. I GUESS SOMEONE CAN ASK CHATGPT BUT HIVE. >> LET'S ASK CHAT MICHAEL BURKE. HE JUST TOLD US. >> Chair Brill: I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EMBARKING ON THIS AND ABSOLUTELY FOR THE MOST
CREATIVE PRESENTATION WE'VE HAD AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS. THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE. THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP. >> Supt.Burke: INTRODUCE A GENTLEMAN WHO PUTS THE WORK IN THE WORKSHOP. JOE CHAN SEAS, OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Dr. DAVID
DOLAN, MIAMI CAL TUPELO AND PATRICIA MORALES, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING WORK TO REVIEW OUR CONSTRUCTION RELATED POLICIES THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE DID HAVE THE BENEFIT OF WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM, CARRYINGS AND INGRAM TO CONSULT WITH THEM ON SOME OF THESE
CHANGES AND WE HAD A CHANGE IN STATUTE THIS YEAR THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BROUGHT A NEW REQUIREMENT ON CHANGE ORDERS. SO THEY HAVE WORKED TO KIND OF BAKE ALL OF THESE FACTORS INTO OUR POLICY PROPOSED REVISIONS AND Mr. CANNES CHESS IS GOING-- SANCHES IS GOING TO LEAD
THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, Mr. BURKE, BOARD CHAIR BRILL AND BOARD MEMBERS. SO YES, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE POLICIES AND WORKING ON THESE POLICIES FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. AND SO WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING THEM TO YOU. SO WE DO HAVE FIVE POLICIES WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH. SOME WERE MORE INTENSIVE THAN OTHERS.
BUT WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO MAKE IT A SMOOTH RIDE WE DID ENGAGE CRI WHICH IS A NATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND ADVISORYRY FIRM TO WORK WITH US REVIEWING OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTS SO THAT'S ONE
OF THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK PLACE TO BRING THIS TO YOU. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE-- WE ARE ALREADY WELL RESPECTED AS A GOOD OWNER IN TERMS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND RENOVATING PROJECTS BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PAYING OUR CONTRACTORS AND
ARCHITECTS ON A TIMELY BASIS, PROCESSING OUR CHANGE ORDERS IN A TRIMLY BASIS AND ALSO CLOSING OUT OUR PROJECTS AS TIMELY AS WELL. AT THE SAME TIME BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC'S
FUNDS. AND CHANGES IN THE LAW THAT HAVE IMPACTED THESE POLICIES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THOSE. JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE POLICIES WE ARE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE CORK
AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, HAVE MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND WILL YOU SEE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE POLICIES THAT WE BRING TO YOU TODAY. SO WE ARE GOING START OUT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT REVIEW COMMITTEE POLICY 1.093.
SO THIS POLICY EXISTS SO THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS SOME OVERSIGHT IN REVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING HOW WE BUILD AND RENOVATE OUR SCHOOLS. AND MAKE SURE WE DO THAT ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET SO IT'S NOT JUST NEW PROJECTS ALSO THE RENOVATION PROJECTS, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS THAT WE DID. THIS POLICY, HAS BEEN REVIEWED LIKE I MENTIONED CRI. AND WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT IN SOME OF THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT BULLET FOR ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT WE TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THIS POLICY,... (INAUDIBLE) WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SECURITY PROJECTS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE MAKE AND WE DON'T WANT THOSE NECESSARILY DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC. SO WE REMOVED THAT FROM THAT
LIST OF ITEMS WE WANT TO AND DOING WITH CORC AND THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM AND THOSE
ARE REFLECTED. WE ENSHRINE CORC'S CURRENT REVIEW PROCESS REGARDING CHANGE ORDERS INTO THE POLICY. WE HAVE REVISED THE CORC REVIEW OF ALL USES CONSTRUCTION TINGE SIS SO THAT'S 96-100 AND FINALLY
WE REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF CORC. GIVE Ms. BRILL SOME CREDIT BECAUSE SHE MENTIONED HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FILL SOME OF THE POSITIONS IN CORC. WE HAVE ADDED FLEXIBILITY AND WHAT THAT DOES IS BASICALLY GIVES, SO EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS
TWO APPOINTEES. YOU WILL HAVE EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE ONE AT LARGE MEMBER SO YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION-RELATED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE THOSE ARE THE CHANGES FOR THE FIRST POLICY. WE'LL PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >> Chair Brill: I'M GOING TO START US OFF AND START BY SAYING THAT I THINK OUR CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW DMEE DOESN'T-- COMMITTEE DOES AN AMAZING JOB. I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPED US WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE DO SCRUTINIZE THE COST AND WE DO HAVE TRUE
EXPERTS ON THE COMMITTEE AND PLEASE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE OFFENDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MOVE INTO POLICY 7.22 BECAUSE I HAVE SOME GRAVE CONCERNS ON THAT POLICY, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS POLICY 2. ONE OF THEM-- SO OVER LAST TWO
YEARS, AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY PROJECTS, SO CORC OVERSEES ALL OUR CONSTRUCTION BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN-- THERE ARE CERTAIN SECURITY, WHEN WE ARE DOING THINGS TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE, THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVING OVERSIGHT TO AND IN PART YOU
DON'T WANT IT TO BE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR IT. I ALSO HEARD THERE WAS SOME CONCERN IN THE PAST OVER MAYBE IT NOT BE KEPT QUIET BUT I DO THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION POLICIES THAT
DON'T HAVE ANY OVERSIGHT THAT TAKES CARE OF THE PUBLIC FOR LINE 19 TO 20 WHERE WE EXCLUDE
INFORMATION THAT COULD COMPROMISE SECURITY, YOU COULD SAY THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REVIEWING THE SECURITY PROJECT THERE WAS A WALL THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN BOCA. I GOT A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE
ON CORC THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE INPUT. SOME EXPRESSED IT TO YOU AND SOME DIDN'T BUT I WOULD ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ASK, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS WHEN THERE ARE SECURITY PROJECTS THAT
CORC DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE OVERSIGHT AND DO A CLOSED DOOR SESSION LIKE WE DO WITH US SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT WATCHING IT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE CHANGE ORDERS, I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE IN STATUTE.
I CAN ACCEPT THE CHANGE BUT NOT IF CERTAIN CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE POLICY 7.22 AND I'LL DISCUSS THE CHANGES THEN AT THAT TIME. SO I UNDERSTAND IT. I GET IT. SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.
THE STATE HAS REQUIRED 35 DAYS FROM THE TIME IT COMES IN AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IF YOU GO TO LINE 119 IN THE POLICY, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE COMPOSITION MORE OPEN TO PEOPLE. THIS PARTICULARLY ONE SAYS ONE
SPECIALIST IN LAND USE THIS IS A BIG DISWIRCHES BETWEEN AN URBAN DESIGN PLANNER AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. I WOULD ASK THAT WE KEEP THE REAL ESTATE SEPARATE BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN URBAN DESIGNER PLANNING PERSON IN THERE A LOT AND THEN SAY I DON'T WANT A REALTOR IN THERE. WHEN I LOOK DOWN AT YOUR
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND COST ANALYSTS THAT SEEMS TO ME UNLESS SOMEBODY FEELS DIFFERENTLY, OKAY TO HAVE THE ORS BUT WOULD I ASK THAT YOU SPLIT OW THE REAL ESTATE AGENT AND THOSE ARE MY CONTINUES.
>> YOU WANT IT TO SAY ONE REAL ESTATE AGENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE A BROKER WITHOUT BEING AN AGENT BUT YOU CAN BE AN AGENT WITHOUT BEING A BROKER. >> Chair Brill: I'M FINE WITH I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE-- IT HAS A CAPITAL OR, I READ THAT AS YOU ARE A SPECIALIST IN URBAN
DESIGN AND PLANNING OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. GLFER LOOK AT 122. THEY REMOVED THE LICENSED REAL ESTATE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PUT BACK IN.
YOU CAN BE. >> Chair Brill: I WOULD BE FINE WITH EITHER ONE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AGENT AND BROKER HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION WE HAVE TO DO. SO MAYBE WE PUT BACK 122 BUT CHANGE FROM IT BROKER TO AGENT.
AND REMOVE THE CONSTRUCTION. >> Edward Ferguson: KUDOS TO YOU, CHAIR BRILL BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET PERSONS APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD BUT MY NETWORK IN REGARD TO THE PREVIOUSLY STATED REQUIREMENTS
ARE WAS TOO LIMITED. >> IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT-- MAYBE YOU, WOULD FALL INTO THE BUCKETS, I GUESS I WOULD, TOO, SPECIALIZE IN REAL ESTATE LAW
MUCH THE POINT IS MOST OF US WOULD NOT FIT INTO THE BUCKETS THAT THEY CAN'T APPRECIATE THE ISSUES, TOO.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA BUT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT AS WELL SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION AND TEAM THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP MAKE CORC MORE EFFECTIVE THAN IT
HAS BEEN BY SEPARATING THAT OUT, IT CREATES 15 POSITIONS SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER ONE WE GET RID OF AND STAY AT
14. >> Edward Ferguson: I HAVE A POSITION THAT WAS NOT FILLED BECAUSE I COULDN'T FINNEY-SMITH INTO THE BUCKET. IF SOMEBODY PUTS THEIR HAND UP AND MAKES A REQUEST BEFORE ONE OF US. >> BUT IF YOU FILL EACH ONE OF
YOUR POSITIONS BY CREATING THE POSITIONS WE HAVE EIGHT SPECIALIZED POSITIONS AND 7 AT LARGE POSITIONS SO 15 MEMBERS, I
HAVE TO CUT BACK SOMEWHERE. >> Edward Ferguson: WE NEVER HAD 14 AND YOU SEEM TO OPERATE JUST FINE. I'M JUST BEING HONEST. I NEVER FILLED BOTH OF THEIR POSITIONS SO IF IT IS AN ISSUE FOR YOU.
>> BY POLICY WE WOULD ALLOW 15 POSITION AND SOMEBODY WILL STILL END UP WITH, I GUESS ONE POSITION WOULD BE UNFILLED. >> Edward Ferguson: IN THAT REGARD, IT IS NOT A BIG ISSUE OF
PRINCIPLE FOR ME.
IT ALL GETS BACK DOWN TO-- >> Edward Ferguson: WHO GETS TO APPOINT THAT? >> RIGHT NOW-- >> AND IT HAS BEEN FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
WE KEEP THE PEOPLE WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE ANYBODY WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WE CAN JUST MOVE THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER WHO IS CURRENTLY IN POSITION INTO ONE OF THE AT LARGE POSITIONS. >> PRESUMING SOMEBODY WANTS TO USE THEIR AT LARGE FOR THAT. WHAT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE
CONGENIAL LIKE THAT? >> Chair Brill: I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AS A COMBINATION. THE REASON I WANTED TO SPLIT IT OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE PARAGRAPH UNDER LINE 23 WHERE IT LISTS THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, ITEM 5 IS REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS SO IT'S A LINE ITEM
ITSELF SO THAT'S WHY I FELT IF YOU HAVE AN URBAN PLANNING PERSON IN THERE AND THEY KNOCK OUT THE REAL ESTATE PERSON BUT YET THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CENTERING AND-- ADMINISTERING AND REVIEWING REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT PERSON IN THERE SO WHEN I
LOOKED AT THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. IF THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES MAYBE WE KEEP THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PERSON IN THERE AND THAT'S IT. WE HAVE COMMITTEES WITH A LOT
MORE. I KNOW THE MORE PEOPLE, THE LESS MANAGEABLE. I FEEL YOUR PAIN BUT I DO THINK IF IF THERE ARE RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERTISE IS DIFFERENT, WE SHOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO HAVING THEM PARTICIPATE. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.
WHEN THIS CORC POLICY WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS IN AN ACQUISITION OF LAND PHASE AND WERE PROBABLY NOT DOING AS MUCH OF THAT NOWADAYS AND JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
>> Chair Brill: WE MAY GET IN A POSITION WHERE. >> ON 119, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT ORS. SO WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE A
SEPARATE LINE WITH A REAL ESTATE AGENT. >> Chair: BECAUSE IT'S ONE GROUP THIS OR, OR, OR BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED AND THEN THERE IS A CAPITAL OR, WHICH I THINK IS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE THE REAL ESTATE AGENT. >> TOTALLY DIFFERENT. >> Chair Brill: SO A SPECIALIST IN LAND USE URBAN DESIGN OR
PLANNING OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THOSE ARE SIMILAR. >> I JUST TOOK IT AS ANY OF THOSE-- I DIDN'T TAKE IT LIKE YOU TOOK IT. >> IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE A SEPARATE-- >> I AGREE WITH BOARD MEMBER BRANCH. IT WAS THAT WAY.
IF WE GO WITH THE EDITS, THEN ANY OF THOSE, INCLUDING THE REAL ESTATE AGENT COULD FIT IN THAT BUCKET... >> Gloria Branch: AGENT/BROKER. >> Edward Ferguson: WE THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THE REAL ESTATE AGENT OR BROKER IN THERE AS IT WAS BEFORE.
>> Gloria Branch: I'M TAKING IT AS 119 IS THIS, THIS OR THIS. >> Edward Ferguson: BUT THEN THEY REMOVE 122 SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. >> RIGHT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU WANT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IN IS THERE? JUST BUT AGENT/BROKER COMMA
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I THOUGHT IT WAS ANY OF THESE IN 119 AND 120, YOU PICK IT. >> Edward Ferguson: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. WE ARE SAYING WE WANTED TO GO BACK HOW IT WAS WHERE YOU HAVE A SEAT FOR A REAL ESTATE AGENT OR
BROKER AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IN 122 AND YOU REMOVE THE PART THAT SAYS OR PHOTO LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT FROM LINE 120. THAT'S WHAT CHAIR BILL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO, THOUGH FOR THE TEAM.
HOPE WE ARE NOT SELLING LAND ANY TIME SOON, NOT WITH MONEY MAKING BURKE. HE SAID WE DON'T SELL LAND. WE CHOIR IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. SERIOUSLY THOUGH, SO IF WE ARE NOT IN THE STAGE OF ACQUISITION
ANYMORE, THEN WHY DO WE NEED AN URBAN PLANNER LAND USE ALL THESE TYPES OF THINGS? MAYBE WE JUST GET RID OF 119 AND 120. I WAS FINE WITH IT BUT Mr. SANCHES WANTS TO KEEP IT
AT 14. >> Gloria Branch: SO CAN YOU NOT HAVE 122. >> Edward Ferguson: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A LAWYER IN THE ROOM. >> Gloria Branch: I THINK WE ARE SPLITTING HAIRS. CAN YOU JUST PUT AGENT/BROKER AND SOMEBODY CAN PICK. >> AND TO Ms. BRANCH'S POINT, RIGHT NOW I ACTUALLY HAVE WORKED
OUT THE NUMBERS BASED ON THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE AT-LARGE POSITIONS AND RIGHT NOW THE PLANNER WOULD BE THE ONE FOR ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THAT MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE FIND THAT PERSON CAN NO LONGER SIT ON
THE COMMITTEE AND IT OPENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN BRING IN A REAL ESTATE AGENT IF THAT'S-- OR REAL ESTATE PERSON AT THAT TIME. IT ALLOWS THAT FLEXIBILITY. >> Edward Ferguson: MAYBE THE CHAIR COULD DO IT. MAKE IT AN EXTRA DESIGNATION BY
THE CHAIR. AND BE DONE WITH IT. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD WANTS TO JUMP IN. >> Erica Whitfield: I FEEL LIKE I GET WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM ON THIS BEING AN UNWIELDILY BOARD IF IT CONTINUES TO GROW.
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO GET QUORUM BECAUSE IF PEOPLE DON'T COME YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T WORK OUT WELL. I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN SAY AT LEAST AND THEN ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT YOU POSTED AND THEN IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO APPOINT
SOMEBODY THAT FITS IN THOSE CATEGORIES, THAT THEY MAY PUT IN AN AT-LARGE PERSON SO YOU CAN HAVE-- WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING HAVE 10 OR-- NO. SORRY. >> Edward Ferguson: 7. >> Erica Whitfield: THE FIRST 7. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO FILLS INTO
THOSE BUT WE CAN GO UP IF YOU NEED TO IF IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO FIND SOMEONE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT I RELY A LOT ON CORC BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. I CAN SOMETIMES ASK MY HUSBAND SOME QUESTIONS BUT HE DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS STUFF. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I WANT SKILLS TO BE ABLE
TO REALLY REVIEW IT AND THEY SPEND SOME TIME LIKE REAL TIME AND HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMERLY IN CONSTRUCTION, CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN SOME AREA OF CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT IS AMAZING. SO THAT'S MY ONE SUGGESTION. THE OTHER THING, WE MOVED ON TO
THE 7.22 YET OR NOT YET? I'LL COME BACK. >> Edward Ferguson: I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE AT LARGE POSITION, YOU CAN STILL APPOINT SOMEBODY WHO IS A REAL ESTATE BROKER OR COULD BE INSTRUCTION EXPERT. YOU STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. >> Chair Brill: I HAVE A
SUGGESTION. IF, YOU KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD WORD IT BUT FOR THE AT LARGE POSITIONS, WOULD THE SUGGESTION OF FILLING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE-- SOME CATEGORIES SUCH AS, LIKE IF YOU
TOOK REAL ESTATE AGENT OUT, YOU KNOW, AT-LARGE, YOU KNOW, BUT HAVING SOMETHING AS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING SOMETHING IN THERE WITH OTHER SUGGESTED POSITIONS THAT WE COULD LOOK FOR BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME TO FILL PEOPLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR
COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE DO REALLY DO IT WITH FIDELITY. THE BOARD REALLY TAKES THEIR TIME TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN MASSAGE IT WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK. I'M OPEN TO THAT.
JUST MAY BE PUTTING THE SUGGESTION IN THAT WAY. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT. >> Gloria Branch: MAYBE YOU SEE IT DONE IN OTHER IS AREAS PUTTING IT IN WITH A PREFERENCE FOR. AND USING THAT TERMINOLOGY.
THAT WOULD BE-- >> Chair Brill: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: SO WITH THE PREFERENCE FOR JUST MEANS I COULD CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT BUT YOU ARE SUGGESTING STRONGLY OR ENCOURAGING US-- >> Chair Brill: RIGHT. >> Edward Ferguson: FINE. THE ISSUE OF QUORUM.
THAT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY AAPPOINTED TO CORC, CORRECT? >> YES. >> Edward Ferguson: HYPOTHETICA LLY, IF THERE WERE ONLY THREE PEOPLE APPOINTED TO THE CORC, THEN BASED ON YOUR BYLAWS YOU WOULD NEED TWO PEOPLE IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE POTENTIALLY CAN BE APPOINTED, REALLY BOILS DOWN TO WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED. LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I'VE ONLY VIEWED TWO CORC MEETINGS IN THREE YEARS HOW OFTEN DO YOU NOT HAVE QUORUM.
>> WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO THE PROBLEM BUT WE HAVE HAD TO DELAY MEETINGS A COUPLE OF TIMES OR HAD TO TAKE THEENGS OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MEETINGS AND THEY HAVE TO DISAPPEAR. SO THAT HAS HAPPENED BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TO CANCEL MEETINGS COMPLETELY. >> Edward Ferguson: GENERALLY NOT ONE THAT PEOPLE THEY WANT TO
BE PART OF IT. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO IT. THE WHOLE ISSUE OF NOT HAVING A QUORUM BECAUSE HAVE YOU 15 VERSUS 14, WHICH AGAIN, IF THAT WAS AN ISSUE ABOUT HAVING, NEEDING TO HAVE 14 PEOPLE BASED ON 14, THEN DISTRICT IS NOT
HOLDING UP ITS END IN GETTING PEOPLE APPOINTED. CLEARLY THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. I THOUGHT 15 WAS FINE AND LET THE CHAIR, WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE HAVE A THIRD BITE OF THE APPLE AND BE DONE WITH IT BECAUSE I LIKE THE CONSTITUTION,
AND THIS IS JUST ME SPEAKING FOR MYSELF; I LIKE THE CONSTITUTION AS WRITTEN PROVIDED THAT LINE 122 IS PUT BACK IN AS FAR AS THAT GOES BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK YOU NECESSARILY NEED TO BE IN CONSTRUCTION FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES LEGAL AN ARE AND FINANCIAL
REASONABLE FAYE INDICATIONS ULTIMATELY CORC DOES IS PRESENTED TO US. THE POINT IS, I'VE NOT BEEN ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF REAL ESTATE FOR 30 YEARS LIKE Mr. SANCHES OR YOU ALL HAVE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE AND I THINK I GET THE ISSUES OKAY AND
I DON'T THINK I'M UNIQUE THIS THAT REGARD. I'M PRETTY SURE THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WHO COULD BE APPOINT AND WOULD DO A GOOD JOB AS WELL. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I LIKE THE 15 WITH THE CHANGE BACK TO LINE 122.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK WITH THE 14. TWO APPOINTEES PER BOARD MEMBER. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WITH THREE APPOINTEES. >> Edward Ferguson: IT WOULD BE THE CHAIR. >> UNTIL NOVEMBER. >> AND THEN HAVE YOU A NEW CHAIR.
I WASN'T SPEAKING ABOUT CHAIR BRILL. WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS YEAR TO YEAR. THIS GOES PAST EVEN ALL OF OUR TERMS ON THE BOARD. I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING ABOUT MY OWN INTEREST. I THOUGHT THAT WAS OBVIOUS. >> IF THE BOARD CHAIR DOES
CHANGE AND THEY BE THAT-- THEN THAT THIRD MEMBER COULD LOSE THEIR POSITION. >> THAT HAPPENS YEAR FOR YEAR. WHEN I TOOK OVER FOR DR. ROBINSON INSON, MY DISCRETION WHETHER I WANTED THE PERSONS SHE APPOINTED TO SERVE OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SERVE BECAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE SO YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR TURNOVER. >> Chair Brill: I'M CONFUSES. ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE BOARD CHAIR TO HAVE AN EXTRA SEAT. >> Edward Ferguson: HOW ARE YOU CONFUSED? I SAID THAT 10 MINUTES AGO. PUT UNTIL POLICY THAT THE CHAIR, WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS WOULD HAVE THE OPTION FOR THE THIRD APPOINT' IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT BUT I THINK THE PREFERENCE-- >> Chair: I'M THINKING THAT IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE THAT. I LIKE THE LANGUAGE OF SAYING PREFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW CAN BE
GIVEN TO AND THE ONES THAT WE PUT THERE THAT COVERS IT. AND I REALIZE YOU ARE DOING IT BECAUSE I BROUGHT UP THAT ISSUE. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THEM. >> Edward Ferguson: TECHNICALLY THE 15 CAME UP BECAUSE OF Mr. SANCHES AND HIS TEAM.
IT WENT FROM 14 TO 15 AND THAT'S HOW I JUMPED IN THE RABBIT HOLE BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS 14, YES? AND NOW POTENTIALLY IT WOULD BE 1R5. >> Chair Brill: BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAID. IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAID. >> Edward Ferguson: YOU PUT BACK WITH THE REAL ESTATE PART YOU THINK? >> Chair Brill: IT WAS THE REAL ESTATE PERSON MAKING IT 15.
>> Edward Ferguson: SURE. I STAND CORRECTED BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT THOUGH. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO SPIT BALL AT THIS.
I'M OKAY WITH WHOEVER THE CHAIR IS YEAR OVER YEAR IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD. >> Edward Ferguson: PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL POWER AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION. THAT'S HOW THE SCHOOL BOARD IS SET UP. >> Edward Ferguson: WE DON'T
HAVE EQUAL POWER AS I THINK YOU MEAN TO USE THE TERM. >> Edward Ferguson: YOU SHOULD THE CHAIR HAS CERTAIN RIGHTS AND ABILITIES ABOVE THE OTHER SIX. SO HIM OR HER TO HAVE THE EXTRA
RIGHT HERE, TO ME, DOESN'T SEEM-- >> AT. >> Erica Whitfield: THAT'S A LIMITED SPECIFICALLY DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE GIVE TO A CHAIR. I THINK THAT TO EXPAND THOSE POWERS BEYOND JUST AGENDA SETTING IS THEN WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO A MURKY AREA. I THINK WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WITH SEVEN EQUAL LEVELS OF
RESPONSIBILITY. MINUS SETTING OF THE AGENDA AND THAT'S IT AND RUNNING THE MEETINGS. >> Edward Ferguson: IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF PREFERENCE FOR ME BUT A PRINCIPLE BUT SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AND TO ME IT'S JUST ME TALKING FOR MYSELF. ONE OF SEVEN, IT WOULDN'T BE-- I
WOULDN'T HAVE MY NICKERS IN A BUNCH IF THE CHAIR HAD THREE APPOINTMENTS ON THIS BOARD BUT IF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO KEEP IT AT 14, THEN KEEP IT AT 14. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WAS ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION BUT GREAT INITIAL SWING OF THE POLICY, BY THE WAY.
>> I AGREE WITH Ms. WHITFIELD HAVING IT AT 14 ALSO. >> Chair Brill: SO MASSAGE IT AND WHEN THEY BRING IT BACK WE'LL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. >> Edward Ferguson: I AGREE WITH 14 BASED ON THE THREE COLLEAGUES WHO JUST SPOKE. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> I JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK REAL QUICK ABOUT CHAIRWOMAN BRILL'S FIRST COMMENT WITH LINES 19 AND 20. WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED TO THE CORC, IT READ EXCLUDE SECURITY AND SAFETY ITEMS FROM THEIR PURVIEW. THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT AND
SO WE REVISED IT AND SAID WE ONLY EXCLUDED THINGS THAT WOULD COMPROMISE SECURITY. WE MADE A REVISION BASED ON CORC'S RECOMMENDATION. >> Chair Brill: I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS THERE AND PRESENT AT THE MEETING WHEN YOU DID THAT BUT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME SAYING WE NEED TO GIVE OVERSIGHT TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVING TO DO WITH SECURITY.
SO I'M OKAY WITH YOUR LEAVING THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE SO LONG AS YOUR COMMITTEE IS STILL-- IS GOING REVIEW ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION HAVING TO DO WITH SECURITY. AND YOU CAN DO THAT AS A CLOSED DOOR SESSION. SO, RIGHT, GENERAL COUNSEL?
I DID GET GUIDANCE FROM SOMEBODY ELSE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> Chair Brill: SO YOU CAN HAVE A CLOSED DOOR SESSION FOR THE OVERSIGHT MUCH I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION HAVING TO DO WITH SECURITY NOT HAVING ANY OVERSIGHT. SO THE LANGUAGE IS FINE.
>> NEXT POLICY IS 7.07 ON HEATING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS. HOPEFULLY THIS IS AN EASY ONE. SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW CERTAIN FLORIDA RULES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND WE ARE ASKING TO REPEAL THIS POLICY BECAUSE THE
BUILDING CODE HAS THE SAME REQUIREMENTS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NOW WE GET TO THE JUICE JUICY STUFF. 7.22. CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORTDS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS TO THE DELEGATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH THE SEPTEMBER OR DESIGNEE FOR APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER. DELEGATING AUTHORITY BASED ON PREESTABLISHED AMOUNTS. THIS POLICY ALSO DESCRIBES THE MANNER IN WHICH CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDERS SHOULD BE APPROVED AND REPORTED.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY CRI. PROPOSED CHANGES SO WE ADDED DEFINITIONS FOR CLARITY. THE SECOND BULLET IS LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE THE NEW FLORIDA STATUTE REGARDING CHANGE ORDERS WHICH
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN 35 DAYS. THAT WAS A MAJOR CHANGE AND MAJOR DRIVER WHO WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT TAKES FAR LONGER FOR US TO GO THROUGH CORC FOR THEIR APPROVAL SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MODIFY THAT
TO MEET THAT CURRENT STATUTE. AND THE THIRD BULLET ADDRESSES THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY LINES IN PARTICULAR. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH LEVEL OF THE STAFF HAS. SO WE INCLUDED BOTH WHAT WE USED TO HAVE OR WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN
PLACE AND WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE HAD 10 DAYS AND $10,000 AND NOW IT GOES TO 0 DAYS AND $0. UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHICH WAS OR CURRENTLY IS 90 DAYS OR 100,000 TO 200 DAYS AND 200,000
DOLLARS. SECOND PAGE OF THAT, ADDRESSES THE PRE-APPROVAL PROCESS. THIS ALLOWS THE BOARD TO DELEGATE THE AUTHORITY FOR CHANGE ORDERS THAT EXCEED THE STANDARD DELEGATION INTO FOR THE
STAFF ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, GARCIA HIGH SCHOOL, DECIDED DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT TO MAKE THE FIELD AN ARTIFICIAL TURF. A BIG CHANGE ORDER FOR THE PROJECT. WHAT STAFF WOULD HAVE TO DO IS COME TO THE BOARD AND SAY WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO COST A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE NEED YOU TO-- WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS TOGETHER. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE DESIGN. HAVE TO GET PERMITS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE AN AMOUNT UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THE BOARD CAN APPROVE THAT AND GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN OFF ON THE CHANGE ORDERS ONCE WE
NEGOTIATE EVERYTHING AND AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD. THAT ALLOWS US TO GET THE CHANGE ORDER BECAUSE WHEN THE CHANGE ORDER COMES IN, AGAIN, WE HAVE 35 DAYS TO GET THAT APPROVED SO SO THAT PROCESS WOULD ALLOW THAT TO TAKE PLACE.
THE NEXT, BULLET NUMBER 2. THE WORDING IS SHAKY ON THIS ONE, CUMULATIVE VALUES THAT THE DELEGATED SO WE CAN IMPROVE. FOR PROJECTS UNDER
$$7.5 MILLION, THE ACCUMULATED AMOUNT THAT CAN BE APPROVED IS $500,000. IF IT IS OVER.5 MILLION, IT'S ONE MILLION. SO WHY THE 7.5 MILLION YOU MAY ASK IN THAT'S THE STATUTORY
AMOUNT FOR CONTINUING CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK. IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO SAY PROJECTS UNDER RISK WE CAN DO UP TO A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND
THOSE ABUFFE THAT ARE A BILLION DOLLARS. THE AMOUNTS WE ARE RECOMMENDED ARE LOWER THAN THE CMI. YOU IF YOU HAD A 50 MILLION PROJECT, YOU COULD HAVE A 50 MILLION CUMULATIVE AMOUNT. WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TIGHTER
CONTROLS ON THAT ONE. THIRD ONE IS WE CHANGED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, AGAIN TO HELP SPEED UP THE CHANGE ORDERS. WE REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROCESSES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT FOR THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT REALLY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS AND THIS WILL
ALLOW US TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS, GIVE THAT LEVEL OF JEWETT ANY THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD BUT ALLOWS US TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS IN REVIEWING AND PROCESSING CHANGE ORDERS NEXT BULLETIN STARTS WITH GENERAL COUNSEL, CONTRACT LANGUAGE.
SO RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE POLICY READS IS THAT THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE HAS TO SIGN OFF ON EVERY SINGLE CHANGE ORDER. ITE DOESN'T CHANGE THE TIMING OF THE CONTRACT OR ANYTHING, JUST INVOLVES DOLLARS SO THAT'S ONE MORE STEP WE'VE HAD ADDED INTO THE PROCESS WE DON'T THINK IS REALLY NECESSARY AND THE GENERAL
COUNSEL'S OFFICE I BELIEVE AGREES WITH THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO REDUCE THAT ONE LAYER OF ADDITIONAL REVIEW FOR THE NUMBER OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE HAVE MUCH AND THE LAST BULLET ON THE PAGE SO THE CHANGE ORDER REPORTING NOW
ALIGNS WITH 1.093 WE JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR CORC. WITH THAT, WE'LL PAUSE FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE. >> >> Chair Brill: I'M GOING TO START US OFF BY SAYING ONE THING
THE PUBLIC RESPECTS ABOUT OUR BOARD AND OUR DISTRICT IS THE OVERSIGHT WE GIVE TO ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR.
CORC GIVES GREAT OVERSIGHT AND GREAT COVER. BOARD MEMBERS, AS YOU KNOW OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ARE BUDGET AND POLICY AND SO I FEEL THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES AND I'M LOOKING IN PARTICULAR AT LINE
129, THE CHANGE ORDER APPROVAL AUTHORITY I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THIS BOARD, WE WILL NOT BE HERE FOREVER. THE SUPERINTENDENT WON'T BE HERE FOREVER. I KNOW OUR SPOUSES WILL PROBABLY CELEBRATE IT WITHOUT ONE DAY WE
WON'T BE SITTING UP HERE AND WE TRUST ALL OF YOU. WE TRUST THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT WE HAVE A JOB OUR JOB, WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY SO I'M CONCERNED WITH THE INCREASES IN
THE APPROVAL THAT WE ARE GIVING THE AUTHORITY FOR THESE CHANGE ORDERS TO STAFF LINE 132. INCREASING TO $200,000 THAT IT'S NOT ANY-- WE ARE GIVING STAFF
PREAPPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR CHANGE ORDER BUT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THEIR DESIGNEE SHALL RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD FOR ITS APPROVAL AND PRE-APPROVAL ANY CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU, IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, IF THERE IS A CHANGE ORDER UP TO
200,000 RATHER THAN 100,000, IT COULD BE APPROVED WITHOUT GOING TO THE BOARD. SAME THING GOING DOWN TO THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DOWN TO LINE 139 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED 100,000 IS NOW NOT TO EXCEED 200,000. I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE UP. I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY BUT THE OPTICS OF IT OF US GIVING THAT MUCH AUTHORITY OUT FOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH
A CONTRACT VALUE GREATER THAN 7.5 MILLION ALL THE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE INCREASED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED-- I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT IS ITCHING TO JUMP IN BUT THAT'S
WHERE MIAMI PROBLEM IS WITH THE POLICY. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LIMIT ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND I WILL GO TO YOU, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT IN A MINUTE. BUT WE ARE GIVING PREAPPROVAL TO
THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE FOR AMOUNTS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD-- IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE BROWARD. I DON'T WANT, WHEN DOJE COMES DOWN, I DON'T WANT THEM LOOKING AT US BECAUSE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THESE
PROJECTS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOU IN TROUBLE. IT'S THIS BOARD FOR NOT GIVING THE OVERSIGHT ON THE PROJECTS SO I'M JUST LOOKING TO PROTECT US AND PROTECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS I WILL GO DOWN TO THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER REQUEST LATER.
Mr. SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW YOU ARE ITCHING TO JUMP IN. >> Supt.Burke: I AM. I AGREE WITH YOU, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IROC, ISOC, CORC, AUDIT. THAT BENEFITS US AND ENSURES WE ARE DELIVERING ON THE PROMISES
WE MAKE BUT YOU MENTIONED BROWARD SCHOOLS. BROWARD SCHOOLS DID $800 MILLION BOND ISSUE AND THEY COULD NOT GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY TO GET THE PROJECTS STARTED AND COMPLETED ON TIME THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO COMPLETE PROJECTS FROM THE 2014 BOND ISSUE. AND I THINK THE CHANGE FROM
100,000 TO 200,000 IS REASONABLE GIVEN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION SINCE THIS POLICY WAS FIRST MADE HAS PROBABLY AT LEAST DOUBLED AND WE DO NOT-- WE ARE TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE HERE SO THAT WE CAN STILL BE EFFICIENT AND GET WORK DONE AND HAVE ADEQUATE CONTROLS. AND I THINK WITH THE BENEFIT OF
WORKING WITH THAT OUTSIDE FIRM, CRI, THAT WE HAVE STRUCK A PRETTY GOOD BALANCE. I CAN TELL YOU THESE NUMBERS ARE LESS THAN ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO ME AND I SCALED THEM BACK CONSIDERABLY AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT MISS HEATHER FREDERICK OUR
CFO AND OUR FINANCIAL EDITOR HAVE WORKED IN LOCK STEP TO ARRIVE AT THESE RECOMMENDATIONED AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND I AM, AS WELL. >> Chair Brill: BEFORE I CALL ON THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I WILL SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT CORC APPROVED IT AND STAFF IS
COMFORTABLE WITH IT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE THE ONES ACCOUNTABLE. THE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS ARE ONES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. IF WE KEEP THOSE INCREASES IN THERE, THAT'S FINE I WILL VOTE AGAINST THE POLICY BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE ARE ABDICATING OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR BUDGET FOR POLICY FOR MAKING SURE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND IT ABOVE THAT AMOUNT, WE CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ADD IT TO A SPECIAL MEETING. WE CAN ADD A MEETING IN A MONTH.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE COULD NOT BE TOGETHER TO GIVE AT PROFESSIONAL I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM CORC AND THEIR OVERSIGHT AS WELL THEY DON'T GET TO WEIGH IN WHEN WE INCREASE THESE AMOUNTS
SO I WILL REST MY CASE WITH THAT AND GO TO Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICY AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT. BUT TO WEIGH IN ON THE AUTHORITY
PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE CARRYING COSTS OF BIDDING FOR ANY OF OUR WORK IS TOO MUCH. AND SO WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, WHEN THEY COME AFTER GOVERNMENT WORK, THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET PAID. IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR CHANGE
ORDERS TO COME THROUGH, IT TAKES TOO LONG FOR THEM TO DO ANY OF THE WORK SO THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO WORK WITH US BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES, SO I BELIEVE THAT GIVING YOU THE AUTHORITY TO GO HIGHER WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW WITH THE COST OF
EVERYTHING, THESE INCREASES ARE VERY MINIMAL CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THESE PROJECTS WE ARE TALKING MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS. A CHANGE ORDER OF $200,000 IS MINIMAL, IN MY MIND. I REALIZE THAT WE ARE GIVING OVERSIGHT ON THE PROJECTS BUT WE ARE APPROVING THE PROJECTS IN
SOME TOTAL AND WE ARE ASKING OUR STAFF TO BE DILIGENT OVER THE DOLLARS SO I'M IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CHANGES. THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE WERE REALLY MORE ABOUT THE SPEED WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING AT MOVING
THREES THINGS FORWARD WE HAVE EMERGENCY, REGULAR CHANGE ORDERS, 50 DAYS, 100 DAYS TOTAL. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHICH ONES GO INTO WHICH BUCKETS VERY CLEARLY AND SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
CHANGING TO AND THEN HOW THE SYSTEM WOULD RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES AND WHEN THE CHANGES COME INTO EFFECT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RULES BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE PAID FASTER, TALKED ABOUT
MOVING THIS UP SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY SPEED UP THIS WHOLE PROCESS. HOW DOES THAT WORK WITHIN THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICE AND ALL FACILITIESES AND ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DEMAND.
>> AND HELP CHIME IN BUT PART OF WHAT WE TRY TO DO, ONE OF MY DEPARTMENTS IS THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TRYING TO TRACK SMALL BUSINESS TO DO BUSINESS WITH US AND IT'S SHAMEFUL WHEN WE GET THEM IN HERE, GET THEM CONTRACTS TO DO WORK AND THEN WE DON'T PAY THEM
IN TIME AND WE PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. WE WANT TO AVOID DOING THAT. SO I WANT TO SO BY INCREASE INCREASING THE LIMITS UP TO THAN-- 200,000, THAT ALLOWS TO
GET PROCESSED AND GO THROUGH THE SAME REVIEW AND HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER GO THROUGH REVIEW. WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST BROUGHT IN A SEPARATE CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH COST ESTIMATING SO WE HAVE THE DETAIL REVIEW THAT IS GOING TO GO ABOUT BUT BE ABLE TO GET
IT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE QUICKLY AND GET SOMETHING SIGNED OR MY OFFICE IF IT IS SLIGHTLY LESS SO THAT PROCESS WHEN WE WOULD EMERGENCIES LIKE STORMS AND HURRICANES WE STILL HAVE SOME EXECUTIVE-- HAVE YOU
TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO US THE. >> THE DAYS IN THE POLICY ARE LISTED AS WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO EXTEND THE PROJECT LIFE SUR RATION OF SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DAYS IT IS GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THE CHANGE ORDERS SO
FOR INSTANCE, THE DEPARTMENT MANAGER TO REVIEW THE CHANGE
ORDER TO GET THIRD PARTY VALIDATION OF IT AND OFTEN TIMES WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CHANGE ORDERS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS IN
ADDITION TO THIS POLICY, OR THESE POLICY CHANGES WE HAVE CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT GOING FORWARD THAT WOULD ALSO HELP TO SPEED THROUGH PROCESS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE REQUIRE EVERY CONTRACTOR ON EVERY MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BACKUP WHAT WE ARE TRYING DO DO IS WORK THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS
QUICKER SO BEFORE IT GOES TO CORC AND THE BOARD, NOW WE ARE TRYING TO DO IT IN LIKE 10. IN ORDER TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS OR 20 DAYS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO NOW IS REDUCE THAT TIME DOWN
ON THE STAFF LEVEL. THAT'S SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE GLOSSED OVER,.
>> SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CREATE OPPORTUNITIES GET ENGAGED FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT CARRY THAT MUCH OF FUNDING FOR SO LONG WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL OF OUR PROCESSES TO BE DONE. SO I THINK THAT THE APPROVAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN LINE WITH
WHAT WE NEED TO DO. >> Chair Brill: Ms. BRANCH. >> WOULD IT BE-- I AGREE WITH THE LIMITS BEING RAISED BUT FOR CHAIR BRILL, WOULD IT STILL BE EFFICIENT TO SEND OUT A LIST OF THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WERE OVER AND ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO
MAKE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE? >> I THINK THAT COULD HELP. I MEAN I'M STILL NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAY IT IS. JUST IN COMMENT I WANT TO SAY I SPEAK TO BUILDERS AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WORKING WITH US AS WELL AS THROUGH ABC
BUILDERS AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT AGC I TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME AND NOBODY HAS SAID WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT DON'T WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU TAKE TOO LONG. >> Gloria Branch: I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY IT TO ME. >> Chair Brill: I HAVE HEARD
COMPLAINTS THAT THE PAYMENT PROCESS IS JUST SLOW. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE LIMITS THAT ARE THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT AT ALL. BUT I MEAN THAT COULD HELP BUT I'M STILL OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE SEE IT AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE SEE IT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TOE GIVE OVERSIGHT. AND SO I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH RELINQUISHING THAT OVERSIGHT WHEN IT'S VERY EASY TO HAVE A MEETING AND FOR US TO APPROVE SOMETHING. IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE NOT TOGETHER. IT'S NOT LIKE WE MEET, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS.
THINGS CAN GO ON A SPECIAL MEETING. SO THAT COULD HELP BUT IT WON'T CHANGE MY VOTE IF THAT HELPS. >> Gloria Branch: I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD HAVE A MEETING WITH ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE CHANGE ORDER IN 35 DAYS.
>> Chair Brill: DEPENDS WHEN IT COMES IN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR Mr. SANCHES COULD ADDRESS THAT. >> WE ARE ASKED TO DO AN ANALYSIS OVER THE LAST YEAR OF THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE HAD AND WHAT THE CHANGE, HOW THE CHANGE WOULD IMPACT IT. SO WE HAD 128 CHANGES COME
BEFORE THE BOARD OVER THE LAST YEAR. IF THIS POLICY WAS IN PLACE AS THE CHANGES WERE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD EIGHT LESS. SO YOU WOULD HAVE STILL SEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT 174 OF THEM. SO THE CHANGE IS NOT THAT
DRAMATIC AS IT MAY ACHEER. SO AGAIN GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY. FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT EXCEED $200,000. OR EVEN $100,000 BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OF THEM. MOST OF OUR CHANGE ORDERS ARE CLOSING OUT PRODUCTS AND GETTING
THINGS BACK LIKE I SAID, EIGHT OUT OF 182. SO NOT AS DRAMATIC AS IT MAY SEEM TO SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T DO THE RESEARCH YET PREAPPROVAL PROCESS THAT WAS OUTLINED, OUR INTENT IS NOT EVEN THE 200,000
LIMIT. ANYTHING OVER 200. INTERNALLY WE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE KNOW HOW CONSTRUCTION WORKS WHEN A CONTRACTOR TELLS US EARLY ON THAT IT IS 125 OR 150,000, WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER THE
200 SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE ARE MORE INCLINED TO WANT TO DEFER TO RUN THE PRE-APPROVAL PROCESS WHICH IN FACT WILL GO TO THE BOARD SO WHILE WE WILL TAKE-- WE MAY CONCEIVABLY TAKE ITEMS WITH THIS MODIFIED POLICY, WE WOULD TAKE ITEMS TO THE BOAR THAT-- DO
THE BOARD THAT DON'T OFFICIALLY MEET THE 200,000 LIMIT BUT WE WANT TO BE COVERED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET STUCK WITH OH THEY TOLD US 150 AND WE WENT FORWARD AND THE CHANGE ORDER CAME IN AND IT WAS 210. NOW HAVE I TO GO TO THE BOARD AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. SO WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF DEFAULT TO THAT COVERAGE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE BOARD DOES GET TO SEE THEM MORE FREQUENTLY. >> Chair Brill: I WON'T MAKE IT MY LINE IN THE SAND. I WILL BE OPEN MINDED AND SPEAK TO SOME OTHERS SO YOU MAY FIND ME GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS I LISTEN TO SOME OF MY VOLS EGOS BUT WE WILL BE
SCRUTINIZING IT. I GUESS IF YOU PROMISE ME THAT CORC IS GOING THOAFER SEE THE SECURITY PROJECTS THEN I MAY BE ABLE TO TRADE OFF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
WITH THAT I WILL CALL ON MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WHICH 200,000 ARE WE WORDSMITHING, IS IT LINE 148? >> YES. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRS ONE.
IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT-- MY DAUGHTER IS FACETIMING ME. WHY DOES SHE DO THAT WHEN SHE KNOWS I'M IN A BOARD MEETING. IF THE PROJECT HAD A NET CONTRACT VALUE OF A MILLION, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD ON
HIS OWN, AT HIS OWN DIRECT ITCH, AGREE TO A CHANGE ORDER FOR UP TO 200K? >> HE COULD. >> Edward Ferguson: HE COULD? OKAY. AND JUMPING DOWN TO LINE 248--
NOW I AM CONFUSED. I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THAT AUTHORITY FIRST OF ALL BUT I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE THIS. WHY THEN IS THERE THE 200K IN REGARDS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING ABLE TO APPROVE CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER
REQUESTS AND IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS AND WE ARE CHANGING IT FROM 100 TO 200K BUT THEN IT SAYS HOWEVER, FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT HAVE A CONTRACT VALUE GREATER THAN 7.5 MILLION, THE AGGREGATE, I GUESS CHANGER IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY IS A MILLION.
WHAT WAS THE NEED TO PUT THAT IN THERE? >> SO THAT IS JUST, AGAIN, SO IF WE HAVE FOUR CHANGE ORDERS OF 200,000 AT A TIME AND GET UP TO $800,000 IN CHANGE ORDERS, THE NEXT ONE CAME ABOUT AT 250,000
DOLLARS, HE COULDN'T-- HE COULDN'T ANYWAY, SAY IF WE GOT UP TO 900,000 IN CHANGE ORDERS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE NEXT CAME ABOUT AT 150,000 DOLLARS, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULDN'T SIGN IT BECAUSE HE IS LIMITED TO A MILLION DOLLARS. >> THE FIRST IS A PER CHANGE
ORDER CAP RAISED FROM 100 KAY TO 200K, THE OTHER IS THE AGGREGATE CAP. >> EXACTLY. >> Edward Ferguson: A MILLION-- SO THIS IS FOR VERY LARGE PROJECTS MPLE IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE CAP IS BELOW 7.5 UNLESS I'M OVERLOOKING IT. DID I OVERLOOK IT? >> ITEM B IS THE NEXT ONE.
IT SAYS LESS THAN-- GOT IT. >> Edward Ferguson: SOME PROJECTS ARE DEFINITELY-- I'VE SEEN THEM ON CONSENT-- THE ONES OVER 7.5, THE MAXIMUM CHANGE IS NO MORE THAN 13%.
SO FOR A LARGER PROJECT, YOU ARE TALKING LESS THAN THAT. AND THEN I GUESS JUST LOOKING AT THE HISTORY, THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THIS POLICY, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS LAST CHANGED IN 17 AND BEFORE THAT IN 12 SO IS IT-- IS IT SAFE FOR ME TO ASSUME WE
GOT TO 100K EITHER IN YEAR 2012 OR 2017? >> 2012. >> Edward Ferguson: TIME VALUE MONEY ALONE WE KNOW THAT NUMBER IS PUTTING US AT A DEFICIT. AND IN TERMS OF CONSTANT OVERSIGHT.
I'M RETICENT TO MICROMANAGE THE DEPARTMENT. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS AUTHORITY TO SETTLE CASES UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. YOU DON'T COME TO US AND SAY WE GOT THIS BUM OF A CASE AND THEY WANT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM 5K.
THERE IS JUST A POLICY IN PLACE. THAT NUMBER 200,000, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IS NOME NOMINAL BUT IN TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION UNIVERSE IS NOT A HECK OF A LOT AND I THINK THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY RESERVATION ON THAT AND LASTLY I GOT TO SAY IT BECAUSE THIS HAS
HAPPENED FOR MY THREE YEARS ON THE BOARD. I WOULD REGARDS WE NOT SPEAK IN ANY DEROGATORY FASHION AGAINST ANY OTHER SISTER AGENCY BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT, I'LL SPECIFICALLY SAY WE TALK ABOUT BART LET, THE RED HEAD STEP CHILD BUT FOR ME BECAUSE I-- BROWARD.
IN SOME RESPECTS AS SUPPOSEDLY DYSFUNCTIONAL AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE KICKING OUR TAILS IN SOME SPACES SO WE SHOULD BE UM-HUM BELIEVE IN THAT REGARD AND KEEP THEIR NAMES OUT OF OUR MOUTHS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. I DON'T BESMIRCH ANY CITY OR OTHER MUNICIPALITY AROUND HERE WEE. SHOULD BE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MAKING PALM BEACH COUNTY THE BEST THAT IT NEEDS TO
BE WITHOUT SPEAKING ILL OF ANYONE ELSE. THAT HAS BEEN SAID BY A NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS IN MY THREE YEARS HERE I TAKE OFFENSE TO IT EVEN THOUGH THE PERSONS WHO SAY IT I DON'T TAKE OFFENSE TO THEM BUT IT CAN BE SEEN AS DISRESPECTFUL IF ANYONE EVER
WATCHES OUR BOARD MEETING, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO TALK ABOUT US. WE KNOW THIS OR THAT. LET'S STICK TO THE BUSINESS, STICK TO THE PL SIS WITHOUT GETTING INTO SPECIFICS. THAT'S MY REQUEST. >> Chair Brill: VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: I'M GOING SPUE SUPPORT THIS AND I LOOK AT
YOU AND YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB MANAGING THE MONIES, THE FINANCES AS IT RELATES TO CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL TO ME BECAUSE WE DID CHANGE IT BACK WHEN I WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE BUT WHEN I LOOK AT OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS A FINANCE
GURU AND I CAN SAY THAT AND WE HAVE HEATHER FRED BRICK BACK THERE WHO IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AT THE CITY GREAT CITY SCHOOLS AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET PAID. WE WANT TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO DO SADDLE VIEW BUT IF BEE DON'T CHANGE WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW AS FAR AS EXPENSES, WE COUP BE CAUGHT UP IN-- BEE COULD BE CAUGHT UP IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T MEET OUR SCHEDULE. JUST LAST NIGHT WE WERE OUT TOGETHER AND YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT MEETING THE SCHEDULES BASED ON WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING FOR AND BUILDING OF SCHOOLS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED. I THINK OUR OVERSIGHT IS GREAT WITH OUR COMMITTEES AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS OUR REFERENDUM SALES TAX BECAUSE WE DO HANDLE OUR MONEY APPROPRIATELY.
SO CERTAIN WILL-- CERTAINLY I SUPPORT THIS. >> Chair Brill: IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE DONE. >> NEXT UP IS POLICY 7.225. WHICH IS THE USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS.
THIS POLICY IS ESTABLISHED FOR USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS INCLUDING THE FRAMEWORK AND BUDGETED CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT USED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AGAIN IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CRI AND SO THE PROPOSED REVISIONS FIRST BULLET
ADDED DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTINGENCIES. THE MOST IMPORTANT TWO DIFFERENCES ARE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY AND PROJECT CONTINGENCY. CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY WITHIN THE GMP AND PROJECT CONTINGENCY THE OVERALL PROJECT CONTINGENCY. OVERALL BUDGET, CORRECT.
SECOND BULLET REMOVE THE REGULATORY AGENCY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED MORE OF A CHANGE ORDER AS AUTHORIZED USE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY AND ADDED IN CONTRACT OF ERROR AND OMISSIONS AND ALSO THE NEXT BULLET SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN WE ELIMINATED THE GRAY AREA WHICH
ALLOWED CONSTRUCTION TO ACTED AS CHANGE ORDER. BOTH THESE THINGS REALLY TIGHTEN UP THE DEFINITION OF A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS AND MAKING SURE THE CONTRACTOR, WHILE THEY HAVE CONTROL OF THE CONTINGENCY, WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE TINGE BY BY
NOT USING IT BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NEXT IS REVISED DELEGATED AUTHORITARIAN LEVELS FOR BOARD APPROVED DESIGN. SO THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL POSITION
THERE. SO STAFF WILL BE PERFORMING THE SAME REVIEW PROCESS THAT THEY CURRENTLY PERFORM. AND THE LAST BULLET THERE, AGAIN, POINTING OUT THE REPORTING IS GOING TO MATCH THE CORC POLICY WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. PAUSE THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> Chair Brill: NO QUESTIONS. >> THE LAST ONE WHICH IS POLICY 7.23, RETAINAGE WITH HELD ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ESTABLISHES WHEN AND HOW RETAINAGE SHOULD BE HELD WITH PAYMENTS AND RELEASE THE CONTRACTORS. SO HOUSE BILL 101, MADE
MODIFICATIONS TO HOW RETAINAGE IS TREATED. AND THAT FIRST BULLET THERE TO ALIGN WITH BASICALLY RELIES FLORIDA STATUTE 225.078 AND 77. SO THE DISTRICT CONTRACTS PREVIOUSLY HAD SET RETAINAGE ON ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS. AND ALSO ADDRESSED HOW LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND THOSE THINGS WERE ADDRESSED. SO THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY CURRENTLY NOW CONTRADICTS WHAT THE CURRENT LAW, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE THAT REVISION TO COMPLY WITH THAT. THAT REVISION SIMPLY IN THE LAST
BULLET REFER TO THE LAST VERSION OF THE STATE CONSTRUCTION RETAINAGE LAW. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. >> Chair Brill: NO QUESTIONS. >> FINALLY, SO NEXT STEPS,
POLICY WORKS OUT TODAY DEVELOPMENT ON DECEMBER 10 AND POLICY ADOPTION ON JANUARY 21. >> Chair Brill: SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH. SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. GOING TO BRING US OVER TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING MY COMPUTER
SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OUT ON ME WITH ONE OF MY SCREENS SO GIVE ME A SECOND. SPERN MEETING AT 5:37 P.M.
MY EYES ARE TIRED. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS ARE STILL PRESENT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TODAY, EITHER, I BELIEVE BEE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE SIX SETS
OF MINUTES TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE, SECOND BY MS. SAVIETTO. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO WITHDRAW. >> Supt.Burke: NO MADAM CHAIR.
>> Chair Brill: BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE ONE ITEM CALLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA POL-LD1. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NONE, TILE TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH SECOND BY Mr. LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
, OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT IS GOING TO BRING US TO THE ASK DISCLOSURES AND ABSTENTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY? SIPPET AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. >> Supt.Burke: NO COMMENTS THIS
EVENING. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. JUST A FEW. JUST WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN. I WAS AVAILABLE TO BE WITH MANY
OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL GEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST. I WANT TO THANK THE GEORGE SNOW FOUNDATION BREAKFAST AND WE HONORED SOME OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS AND THIS BREAKFAST GIVES UTIONZ AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE SENIORS WHO WILL BE GRADUATING AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION BARBECUE, WOW. YOU CAN SEE Mr. SANCHES, YOUR TEAM IS FABULOUS. Mr. DOLAN, STACY MARSHAL, WOW.
I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE. THEY SAID MS. ANDREWS, WE ARE HAVING FUN. I SAID KICK YOUR FEET UP AND ENJOY THE BARBECUE. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME EVERY YEAR TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THE BANQUET LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ANNUAL BANQUET WHERE YOU SEE
ALL OF THE PLAYERS, THE GLADE CENTRAL PLAYERS DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST, THE PAHOKEE PLAYERS, WHERE WE HAVE A TIME TO CELEBRATE ACADEMICS AS WELL AS ATHLETICS, TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL ONE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE
MUCK BOWL. CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE A WINNER ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE GAME, BUT AT THE BANQUET, WE DO CELEBRATE THE CHEERLEADERS, FOOTBALL TEAM, COMMUNITY, TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE MUCK BOWL, WHICH IS SO GREAT, BECAUSE IT'S AT THE STATE LEVEL, THE NATIONAL LEVEL
AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. GOOGLE MUCK BOWL. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT. YOU SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES THERE AND THAT WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY. SHE SAID MS. ANDREWS, I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME. THE MUCK BOWL IS AWESOME. AND THEN WE HAVE THE CITY OF BELLE GLADE MAYORS AND
COMMISSIONERS LUNCHEON FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE PRINCIPALS WHO DID SUCH OUTSTANDING WORK IN 2025 FOR THOSE AS AND THE Bs AND NO FS AND D. Mr. BURKE, WE LOVE WHAT YOU DO
HERE AND THE DISTRICT AND THE PRINCIPALS ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING SUPER STARS AND WE CELEBRATED THEM WITH A LUNCHEON A PLAQUE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO TELL THEM TO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND WE ALL
THERE, EVERYBODY WAS BEAUTIFUL, Mr. BURKE, YOU HAD ON A TUCKS. AND WOW THE ED FOUND DIGS DOES GREAT WORK MAKING SURE OUR TEACHERS RECEIVE THE GRANTS FROM ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO $5,000. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING WHEN TEACHERS CAN WRITE THEIR GRANTS
TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND YES, THE FOURTH ANNUAL SUPERINTENDENT HALLOWEEN PARTY I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE WERE LAST WEEK. I WAS SURPRISED TO COME BACK HERE.
I SAID THIS IS REALLY THE BOARD ROOM. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN SEE US IN THERE Ms. WHITFIELD AND THERE I AM, THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TO THE DEATH OF ME AND THERE IS A COWBOY IN THERE. Ms. BRILL, YOU ARE BLUE NOW.
Mr. BURKE SAID YOU WERE HIDING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR MIAMI DOLPHINS SHIRT ON AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, YOU ARE THE REESES GUY. THE STAFF PUT SO MUCH INTO THE HALLOWEEN PARTY WE HAD A WINNER,
ALL GOT OUR PICTURES PAINTED AND THE JUDGES, AS' SAT HERE AND SAW IT ALL, WE ENJOYED HOW THE EMPLOYEES WORKED TOGETHER, SOCIALIZED TOGETHER AND KNOW IT IS ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEY, TOO, NEED A TIME TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY MUCK BOWL PAHOKEE GLADE CENTRAL,
GLADE CENTRAL HAS THE TROPHY BUT IT BELONGS TO EVERYBODY. SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY, BIG DEAL IN THE GLADES WITH WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN GETTING READY, DUAL LANGUAGE GOING TO GREAT PLACES. AND LAST NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE OF
WESTLAKE, THE COUNCIL MEETING, Mr. DOLAN, THERE WAS Mr. SANCHES, EVERYBODY, MARIA BISHOP OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL GETTING READY AND, YES, THIS MORNING, I HAVE BEEN ON MY FEET, SURPRISE CELEBRATION FOR VEER AAT PAHOKEE
PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FULL SERVICE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR WITH 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE VEIRA, YOU ARE SO SUPER. WE LOVE YOU. KEEP ON COOKING FOR THE CHILDREN AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. THANK YOU.
>> Clerk: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: HAPPY NOVEMBER EVERYBODY. FALL IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS OFFICIALLY HERE AND I'M LOVING IT. SINCE OUR LAST BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 15, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN ON THE GO EVERY DAY. I STARTED MY DAY BRIGHT AND EARLY AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL COUNSELORS APPRECIATION.
AFTERWARDS MANATEE LAGOON TO SPEAK AT THE SUSTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM. ON MY WAY OUT OF THE SYMPOSIUM I GOT THE CHANCE TO CHAT WITH A GROUP OF AMAZING TEACHERS FROM PINE JOG ELEMENTARY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO SOME LUNCHING AND LEARNING AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO
KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE THE 15th ANNUAL URBAN LEAGUE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT LUNCHEON. I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO FORMER STATE ATTORNEY KEYNOTE ADDRESS. HE KNOWS HOW TO BRING DOWN THE HOUSE. HE MIGHT BE CLOSE TO GIVING
SUPERINTENDENT BURKE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY IN THAT REGARD. I SAY IT'S CLOSE THOUGH. AFTER LUNCHING AND LEARNING I ATTENDED THE INAUGURAL RIVERA ROUNDTABLE. INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE. THANKS TO MAYOR DOUG LAWSON FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AN IMPACTFUL EVENT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO ATTEND NEXT YEAR'S EVENT. AND WHILE AT THE ROUNDTABLE I WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WITH CONGRESSWOMAN McCORE MACK AND SENATOR MACK BERNARD. AFTER LEAVING THE ROUNDTABLE I HEADED HOME TO DON MY TUCKS TO
EMCEE THE FRATERNITY INCORPORATE. THE GOAL OF THE BALL IS TO RAISE FUNDS TO AWARD TO GRADUATING SENIORS THIS YEAR'S BALL WILL RESULT IN OVER $25,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS. NEXT DAY I ROSE AT THE CRACK OF DAWN FOR THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP
EVENT. THE VOLUNTEERS REMOVED JUST UNDER 1,000 POUNDS OF TRASH. 969 TO BE EXACT AND EARNED ALMOST 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE HAVE ECLIPSED OUR GOAL OF REMOVING 2,000 POUNDS OF TRASH. OUR NEW GOAL IS 4,000 POUNDS AND LESS THAN 400 COMMUNITY SERVICE
HOURS AWAY FROM OUR GOAL OF 1,000. STUDENTS AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 I TRAVELED TO PHILADELPHIA TO ATTEND THE 69th ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCING OF THE GREAT CITY SCHOOLS. I LEARN A LOT ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO UTILIZING A.I. IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SPACE AND HOW
TO DEVELOP STRONG LEADERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. I ALSO MADE A POINT TO SIT IN ON OR TEENS PRESENTATIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH SUPER STAR LOCATA AND AS WELL AS HOWARD HEPBURN, CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT OF BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS.
WHILE SHE WAS NOT AWARD 9 GREEN GARNER AWARD, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER ANDREWS ON HER AMAZING WORK. YOU SET A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE THAT WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR US TO REACH. THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT. BEFORE I LEFT PHILADELPHIA, I HAD TO DO SOME SIGHTSEEING.
AS A BIRNLG ONING RUNNER, I WALKED JOGGED OVER 12 HOURS TOURING THE TOWN AND MADE IT TO THE ROCK ESTATE STATUE. I ATTENDED THE GO TEACHERS AWARDS IN LAKE WORTH AND AWELL CONTESTED GAME BETWEEN WEST BOCA AND ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL.
LAST FRIDAY I AND MY COHORTS JUDGED THE BEST HALLOWEEN PARTY EVER. THE TEENS DID AN AMAZING JOB. LATER THAT DAY I ATTENDED MUCK BOWL 4 IS. I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE AUTO EASE OUT TO NEXT WEEK'S PROJECT UPLIFT EVENT AT NEW BETHEL
BAPTIST CHURCH. SIGN IN STARTS AT 7:30 AND WE WILL GET TO WORK PROMPTLY AT EIGHT A.M. FEEL AUTO FREE TO CONTACT ME AT THE EMAIL OR FLYER ON THE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. S.A.T. BOOT CAMP RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 6 STARTING THIS
SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE A SEAT,... WITH MY REMAINING TIME HAPPY BELATED HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO
Dr. ADRIAN HOWARD, DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. YOU ARE ONE OF THE REASONS THIS DISTRICT IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU MR. FERGUSON AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I GOT WORN OUT LISTENING TO
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID THIS PAST, THESE PAST WEEKS. Ms. BRANCH. >> Gloria Branch: THANK YOU. BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEESM TEAM ON BEING DISTRICT CHAMP. THEY BEAT BOCA HIGH.
IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND AT THE FOOTBALL GAME ALSO THE BOCA MIDDLE BAND WAS PLAYING WITH THE BOCA HIGH BAND AND THEY SOUNDED GREAT TOGETHER AND VERY LOUD WHICH CHEERS THE CROWD UP. I'M EXCITED FOR I THINK THE LAST DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP THEY WON WAS WHEN DAD WAS PRINCIPAL THERE IN 1988.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY HAD BEATEN BOCA HIGH SINCE 2004. VERY EXCITED FOR SPANISH RIVER FOOTBALL TEAM. THERE WAS A GROUP OF LADIES THAT WANTED TO THANK A TEACHER AT DEL PRADA ELEMENTARY AND CHOSE FIFTH GRADE TEACHER TIFFANY THOMPSON
CHOSEN BY THE SORORITY, AND THEIR DELTA SIGMA SORORITY SISTERS TO PRESENT A CHECK FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER CLASSROOM, A PIZZA PARTY, SPA BACT AND MORE. THEIR ENTHUSIASM WAS INFECTIOUS. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ONE OF
OUR GREAT TEACHERS. IT WAS ANOTHER THANK A TEACHER EVENT AT VERDEK-8 SCHOOL CELEBRATING Ms. LINDSAY GREEN, th GRADE CIVICS TEACHER. THE STUDENTS WERE SO EXCITED. THEY ALSO HAD THEIR MASCOT THERE.
THE VERDE VIKING COUGHS COSTUME. MY DAD WAS THEIR PRINCIPAL AND WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. IT WAS FUN TOE TALK ABOUT. THANK YOU HJ HEALTHCARE FLORIDA FOR SPONSORING OUR DISTRICT THANK A TEACHER AND GIVING HER THE CHECK FOR $500. ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT AS EVERYBODY SPOKE ABOUT IS THE ED
FOUNDATION, THE GO TEACH CLASSROOM GRANTS THAT ARE AWARDED TO EDUCATORS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND PROJECTS, THANK YOU JIM GAVRILOS AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING A GREAT JOB CELEBRATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAM. WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH OUR LOCAL DELEGATION THAT WE HOSTED HERE AT DISTRICT
HEADQUARTERS. THANK YOU TO OUR LOCAL HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS WHO ATTENDED TO DISCUSS OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT A FUN HALLOWEEN. IT WAS MY FIRST ONE. THE DEPARTMENT TABLES, THE COSTUMES, EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS VERY FUN. AND LASTLY I THINK I HAVE A
PICTURE IF THEY HAVE IT, WAS ADDISON MISER DRESSED UP AS CONMING OWE WITH CHON ACADEMY FACES. DHAN ACADEMY CHASES. AND I WANT TO SAY YOU SHOULD HAVE WON MS. ANDREWS, BUT YOU
ARE OUR WINNER. Mr. BURKE AND I SAID THE SAME THING. SHE IS OUR WINNER.
>> Chair Brill: MS. SAVIETTO. >> Virginia Savietto: WITH THE SUSPENSION OF SNAP FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, PALM BEACH COUNTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED WAY PALM BEACH COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK WILL HOST A LARGE SCALE COMMUNITY FOOD
DISTRIBUTION EVENT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7 FROM 10 A.M. TO NOON AT LAKE WORTH BEACH. THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE COUNTY'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP. FOOD WILL BE DESCRBTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS TO THE FIRST 1,000 HOUSEHOLDS. SO THE ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE OFF CONGRESS. TO THE PARK FROM 10 A.M. TO GOON. NEAR ASKING PEOPLE TO COME
EARLIER AND FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE OR INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL FOOD RESOURCES ENCOURAGED TO USE THE FOOD FINDER MAP AT UNITED WAY PV
C.UNITEDWAY/HUNGER. PVC.UNITED WAY.ORG/HUNGER. >> I'M GOING TO BE AT THE MAIN LIBRARY OFF SUMMIT, PALM BEACH COUNTY, Dr. PATRICIA ORDONIS
IS GOING TO PRESENT. ABOUT EDUCATION IN SPANISH,,000 NAVIGATE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HOW TO CORRECT AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND THE TRADES AND A LOT MORE. I'M EXCITED TO GO AND SUPPORT HER PRESENTATION AND LEARN AND TALK TO THE PARENTS FROM THERE I
WILL RUN TO THE VILLAGE OF PALM PALM SPRINGS. FAMILY LITERACY. FAMILY LITERACY FESTIVAL FROM 1. A FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT, THAT BRINGS BOOKS AND NATURE TOGETHER THROUGH HANDS ON GARDEN
CRAFTS, LIVE STORY TIME AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES INSPIRED FOR LIFE LONG LOVE OF READING. FAMILIES CAN EXPLORE THE GARDEN, SCAVENGER HUNT, DECORATE PLANT POTS, PLANT SEEDS AND VISIT
BOOTHS FROM LOCAL PARTNERS OFFERING RESOURCES, GIVEAWAYS AND EDUCATIONAL FUN AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK STATE REPRESENTATIVE DEBORAH FOR HOSTING FUN COFFEE TALK IN GREEN ACRES WHERE WE GOT TO CONNECT
WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR AN INFORMAL MEET AND GREET AND I'LL SHARE MORE AT OUR NEXT MEETING. >> Clerk: Mr. LANE. >> INCREDIBLY BUSY MONTH BUT I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS UNTIL OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN TWO WEEKS. SO STAY TUNED. >> Chair Brill: Mr. BUPT.
THAT BRINGS US-- Mr. SUPERINTENDENT THAT BRINGS US TO COMEIS I. >> I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2025 AS HOMELESS CHILD AND YOUTH WEARNESS MONTH. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS, SECOND BY Ms. BRANCH. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO READ THAT Ms. WHITFIELD? >> YES, PLEASE AND I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE HUNG IN THROUGH THIS WHOLE MEETING TO BE WITH US IN A PICTURE SO IF EVERYONE WILL JOIN ME AFTER I AM DONE SPEAKING ALEASH ALICIA COLEMAN, AMY THE
MANAGER OF THE MVP SERVICES AND JADA BONNER FROM ADOPT A FAMILY FROM THE PALM BEACHES. ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I VALUE SO MUCH. HOMELESS CHILD AND YOUTH WEARNESS MONTH. WHEREAS HOMELESSNESS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH IS A COMPLEX
ISSUE THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF DEEP POVERTY, LOW EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT LEVELS SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL ILLNESS AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FAMILY CONFLICT AND WHEREAS THE ASSISTANCE ACT REQUIRES EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO APPOINT A LOCAL LIAISON FOR HOMELESS
EDUCATION TO WORK TO REMOVE BARRIERS OFTEN FACE BID CHILDREN AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN ENROLLING ATTENDING AND SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL WHILE INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES FACING THESE STUDENTS AND ENSURING THEIR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS ARE UP HOLD AND WHEREAS THE McKINNEY
ACT GUARANTEES EQUAL ACCESS TO FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, 534 P YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
AND WHEREAS FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE INVOLVEMENT IN CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND DIFFICULTY WITH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND WHEREAS MORE THAN ONE IN THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND NEARLY ONE IN FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE
EXPERIENCED DATING VIOLENCE AND WHEREAS 29% OF UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 25 HAVE SPENT TIME IN FOSTER CARE AND WHEREAS STUDENTS WITH PRECARIOUS AND UNSTABLE LIVING SITUATIONS HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE THINGS THAT OTHER
STUDENTS MAY TAKE FOR GRANTED SUCH AS REGULAR ACCESS TO FOOD, HEALTHCARE, CLOTHING AND BASIC SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND WHEREAS THE STRESS OF SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES LEADS TO ABSENTEEISM WHICH AFFECTS THE STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE SUCCESS AND THE TRAUMA OF LOSING A PLACE
TO LIVE, ALSO HAS NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS FOR A STUDENT'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND SENSE OF SECURITY. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2025 AS HOMELESS CHILD AND YOUTH AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THEIR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH DONE THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 IN WEST PALM BEACH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Chair Brill: ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. EVERYBODY COME ON DOWN TO
PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION.
RIRK 1 RISH RASH >> Supt.Burke: COM 3 I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3-NOVEMBER AS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK. >> Chair Brill: MOTION AND
SECOND. I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND PREFACE IT WITH THE REMARK THAT ANTI-SEMITISM IS GROWING. IT'S A NATIONAL PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. IT'S A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE. AND EVERY YEAR WE ARE LOSING
MORE AND MORE OF OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. I'M SO HAPPY WITH WHAT WE DO FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN OUR COUNTY. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN LEARN THE HISTORY UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEVER FORGET SO WITH THAT PROCLAMATION
HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 3-NOVEMBER 7, 2025 WHEREAS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EASE I GO NATES THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER AS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE 6 MILLION JEWS MURDERED AND TO CONFRONT ANTI-SEMITISM AND ALL FORMS OF HATE. AND WHERES THE HOLOCAUST WAS A
STATE SPONSORED GENOCIDE CARRIED OUT BY NAZI GERMANY AND ITS COLLABORATORS FROM 1933 TO 1945 TARGETING JEWS AS WELL AS ROMA, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, POLES AND OTHER PERSECUTED GROUPS, AND
WHEREAS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM TODAY UNDER SCORES THE URGENT NEED FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION THAT TEACHES THE HISTORY AND HUMANITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WHEREAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO ACCURATE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION AND TO
STANDING FIRMLY AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM, HATE AND INTOLERANCE, AND WHEREAS NOVEMBER 9, 2025, MARKS THE 87th ANNIVERSARY OF KRISTALLNACHT, THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS WHEN HUNDREDS OF
SYNAGOGUES WERE DESTROYEDS JEWISH BUSINESSES AND HOMES WERE VANDALIZE AND THOUSANDS OF JEWS WERE ARRESTED AND DEPORTED TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS FORESHADOWING THE MASS MURDERS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3-NOVEMBER 7, 2025 AS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK. WE HONOR JEWISH VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. REMEMBER THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHECKED ANTI-SEMITISM AND REASHIRM OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
EDUCATE, PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY AND ENSURE SUCH ATROCITIES ARE NEVER REPEATED DONE THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
AND I JUST-- MY COMPUTER JUST FLEW OFF HERE AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING US, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT TO NEW BUSINESS.
I APOLOGIZE. LET ME BRING US BACK. I'M SORRY. SO WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA SO I WILL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH, SECOND BY Mr. LANE. ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. NEW BUSINESS. >> Supt.Burke: I RECOMMEND THE
BOARD APPROVE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED REVISED POLICY 1.53 SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. >> MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH SECOND BY VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. I UNDERSTAND Ms. WHITFIELD YOU FULL PULLED THIS. >> Erica Whitfield: I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE ADOPTION OF THIS ITEM BUT I WANTED TO BRING UP
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE AROUND OUR PROCLAMATIONS. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AND IF THE REST OF THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A TIME CERTAIN FOR OUR PROLAYINGS
NATION-- PROCLAMATIONS. I HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME AND I TRIED TO GUESS HE WOULD WOULD GET TO IT. I SAID SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AND IT'S 6. I FEEL VERY BAD THAT I TOOK THEIR WHOLE AFTERNOON FOR THIS BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH US SO THIS IS GOOD
FOR THEM. IT'S GOOD FOR US. IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG TO DO. SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT WE FIND A WAY AN MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN THROUGH POLICY, MAYBE JUST PROCEDURE THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT TO CREATE A WAY FOR US TO HAVE A TIME
CERTAIN SO IF WE INVITE SOMEONE THEY KNOW WHEN TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE HAD THREE STAFF MEMBERS EARLIER. THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR THREE HOURS. AND THAT'S A WASTE OF GOOD TIME. >> Chair Brill: I'LL COMMENT ON IT BY SAYING THAT I KNOW IT WAS
HARD TO PREDICT WHAT TIME WE WOULD START THE SPECIAL MEETING BUT THERE IS THE ABILITY, AS YOU KNOW, TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ORDER SO WITH WE WOULD START THE SPECIAL MEETING YOU CAN GAUGE IT. WE HAD A LOT OF WORKSHOPS TODAY BUT I THINK WHEN WE DO HAVE PEOPLE HERE, WE SHOULD WILL
PERSON WHO HAS PEOPLE HERE TO PRESENT IT TO SHOULD ASK FOR THE BOARD TO REORDER THE AGENDA. I THINK IF WE DO A TIME CERTAIN, I DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOD GATES TO KEEP INCREASING AGAIN ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE HAD A HUGE NUMBER OF
PROCLAMATIONS. AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO THE BUSINESS OF BOARD. I, FOR ONE, ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN I READ THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION OR THE HOLOCAUST OR ANYTHING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS I CAN'T PICK ONE
ORGANIZATION OVER ANOTHER SO I DON'T BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THOSE GROUPS AND SO THEY HAVE COME TO ME AT VARIOUS TIMES SAYING, COULD WE GET PRESENTED WITH IT BUT I CAN'T PRESENT IT TO ONE AND NOT TO ANOTHER. I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE FINE THE WAY WE ARE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE
CAN WEIGH IN. I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PULLED THAT OUT OF ORDER. HAD I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WERE SITTING HERE FOR THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME. >> >> SO I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS CONCERNED IF WE PULL IT OUT OF ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING WE WOULD HAVE TO
PULL THAT ONE SECTION BECAUSE THE WORKSHOPS ARE VITAL SOMETIMES TO THE SPECIAL MEETINGS. SO IF BEE HAVE THE WORKSHOP AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL MEETING. I WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE THAT ONE SECTION SO I THOUGHT IT IT WOULD DISRUPT THE FLOW OF THE DAY AND
I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL THE WORKSHOP WOULDN'T LAST THIS LONG OBVIOUSLY. IT TOOK A VERY LONG TIME. A LOT OF VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. BUT THAT WAS MY CONCERN MUCH SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OBVIOUSLY.
IF IF YOU ARE GUYS ARE OKAY WITH ME PULLING IT AND PUTTING IT TO THE TOP OF THE MEETING, THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULDN'T GET INTO OUR ATTORNEY CLIENT SESSION AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE PLANNING PROCLAMATIONS WOULD BE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SPECIAL MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH THAT IF THAT'S WHATTER
WITH GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER STAFF THAT IS HERE FOR THAT. >> Chair: BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SPECIAL MEETING NOT BEFORE THE OTHER MEETINGS WHEN YOU PULL IT IT IS JUST ONE PROCLAMATION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING AND THE OTHER PROCLAMATIONS WOULD COME LATER AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DID
THEM. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> Virginia Savietto: IMAGINE YOU WOULD READ YOURS AND YOU HAD ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, RIGHT, I MEAN SO THAT'S WHY WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP, SAYING THAT FOR
ME AFTER WE VOTED ON, IT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME ON THE SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE I WANTED MORE PEOPLE TO SEE BUT YOU WENT AGAINST IT. AND FOR THAT REASON, WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW, ONE OUR WAITING,
AN HOUR AND A HALF BUT THREE HOURS. I DON'T MIND PULLING IT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING. PROCLAMATIONS ARE WONDERFUL FOR AWARENESS. FOR BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER I'M ALL FOR IT I NEVER
CARED FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING SO THAT THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE,YOU KNOW, SEEN, SEEING ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS SO AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT ERICA WHITFIELD. >> Chair Brill: I JUST ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
EXPECT IT TO GO AS LONG AS IT DID BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE LENGTHY, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID WE CAN MOVE THE SPECIAL MEETING TO BEFORE THE WORKSHOPS. SO I HOPE THAT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WAY WE DON'T HAVE
TO CHANGE THE POLICY, BUT THIS WAY, IF WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE, AND YOU STILL COULD TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER IF YOU NEEDED TO, BUT WE COULD HAVE STARTED THE DAY WITH THAT EARLIER. IT'S NOT REALLY A TIME CERTAIN. RATHER IT'S JUST A REORDERING OF
THE MEETING. AND TAKING IT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE THROUGH THAT TORTURE. >> >> Supt.Burke: WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF Mr. BRUCE HARRIS. CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT AND
MAKE SURE I DO HAVE THAT LATITUDE? >> YES, YOU HAVE THAT LATITUDE. (INAUDIBLE)-- IF YOU COULDN'T
HEAR ME. I SAID, YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY WITH THE EXCEPTION, IN MY OPINION BEING, IF YOU HAVE A POLICY WORKSHOP THE SAME DAY AS THE POLICY FIRST READ OR THE BOUNDARY WHICH I KNOW ON BOUNDARIES YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU
COULDN'T DO IT ON THOSE DAYS BUT OTHERWISE, WORKSHOP COULD BE AFTER A SPECIAL MEETING. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> Clerk: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: WHY CAN'T
IT BE DONE THE WAY YOU JUST MENTIONED, SIR. >> I SAID YOU CAN DO IT EXCEPT FOR THOSE TWO-- >> Edward Ferguson: REFERRING TO THE EXCEPTION. WHY NOT? >> BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE BOUNDARIES, THEY GIVE A BIG PRESENTATION AT A WORKSHOP AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING
YOUR FIRST VOTE ON IT, SAME THING WITH POLICIES. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN WITH POLICIES BUT IT DOES HAPPEN WITH BOUNDARIES EVERY NOW AND THEN IN THOSE OCCASIONS YOU WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION FIRST THOSE ARE THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS I
CAN THINK OF AT THE MOMENT. >> Edward Ferguson: THAT MAKES SENSE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT. WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE BOUNDARY VOTE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. THAT'S WHY IT WAS NOT OBVIOUS AND I NEEDED CLASSIFICATION. THANK YOU-- CLARIFICATION. >> Chair Brill: JUST ONE SUGGESTION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS,
WHEN YOU SEE THERE IS A PROCLAMATION YOU ARE GOING TO INVITE PEOPLE, LET TONY KNOW. AS FAR AS YOU CAN IN ADVANCE SO WHEN SHE PUTS OUT THE AGENDA FOR EVERYBODY WE KNOW THAT DAY IS GOING TO BE EARLIER AND YOU WILL HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TIME OF WHAT
IT IS GOING TO BE. VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> >> Marcia Andrews: I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. >> Chair Brill: LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS GOOD. SO ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE MEETING I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURNED. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. HAVE A GOO