--------- S ITEMS FOR GOOD CAUSE. NOTHING TO ADD. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW? >> NO. >> BOARD MEMBERS ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT? OKAY, WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION BY Ms. ANDREWS AND SECOND BY Ms. BRANCH.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY ABSTENTIONS OR DISCLOSURES? SEEING NONE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, SO I'LL
TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY Ms. ANDREWS AND SECOND BY Ms. BRANCH.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO GO TO THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR
SCHOOL BOARD PROCLAMATIONS, INCLUDING MYSELF. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO CALL IS SPECIAL MEETING FOR SCHOOL BOARD
PROCLAMATIONS TO ORDER AT 2:39 P.M. MRS. SINCLAIR, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> >> DISTRICT 1, MATTHEW 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. >> VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING WATCHING ON CAM CAST CHANNELS 235 AND 245, U VERSE CHANNEL OR WATCHING THE YOUTUBE LINK ON OUR WEB PAGE AT PALM BEACH COUNTY.ORGN THE EVENT THAT LINK IS INTERRUPTED FOR
TECHNICAL REASONS, PLEASE SWITCH OVER TO THE T.V. CHANNELS, ALL BOARD MEETINGS WITH RECORDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HO HOURS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW?
>> NO. >> ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE AGENDA? ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY APPLY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCLAMATION SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION NOW TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MOTION BY Ms. ANDREWS AND SECOND BY Ms. SAVIETTO. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR IN ALL OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS SPEAKERS AND WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS HERE TODAY. JOINING US. I WILL CALL YOU TWO AT A TIME SO I'M CALLING UP THE MAYOR OF BELLE GLADE STEVE WILSON, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BAY, JOE KYLES. IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MADAM CHAIR AND TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR
RESPENTABLE DISTRICT, SPECIAL HELLO TO OUR DISTRICT 6 MARCIA ANDREWS, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, TO ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO TO REPRESENT
A-RATED PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE LARGEST, FIFTH LARGEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND 13TH IN THE COUNTRY. I HAVE AND I'LL ASK MY VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER COLINS TO
PLEASE WITH ME AS WE SAY HELLO TO ALL OF YOU. >> >> WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF FAMILY HERE, THE FAMILY Dr. CHARLENE AND HER HUSBAND, Mr. FORD, WHO IS A PRODUCT OF THE GLADES. WE WANT TO SAY TO THIS FAMILY
THAT OUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. WE SAY TO EVERYONE, THAT Mr. FORD AS YOU ALL KNOW, WAS A PRODUCT OF THE GLADES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT IS AMAZING, WE ALWAYS SAY THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
IT IS AMAZING THAT Mr. FORD WAS A STUDENT OF OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBER MARCIA ANDREWS SO IT TELLS YOU, THIS FAMILY IS A WELL EDUCATED FAMILY. Mr. FORD AS YOU ALL KNOW GAVE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE
IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU. IF I CAN YELLED TO MY COLLEAGUES. >> SIR, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, FOR
THE RECORD I NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEVE AND MAYOR OF THE GREAT OF GLADES. >> WE ALLOW THOSE TO SPEAK SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO ALLOW THAT MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LANE AND SECOND BY MRS. ANDREWS?
MOTION CARRIES, YOU MAY PROCEED. >> WE KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY YES TO THAT, SO THANK Y YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO Ms. FORD AND ALL OF THE PALM
BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AGAIN. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY. APPRECIATE IT. >> >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M COMMISSIONER COLINS FROM CITY OF BELLE GLADE AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AS WELL AS THE FORD FAMILY AND OUR
HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE FORD FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> >> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE WAS, MANY OF MANY OF YOU KNOW, EDUCATOR HERE.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR, WE SAY AGAIN TO THIS FAMILY, OUR HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND WE SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND THE SPEAKERS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS, TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, THANK YOU, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, MY NAME IS JOE AND I'M THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BAY. MADAM CHAIR, AND BOARD MEMBERS,
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY, OUR HEART GOES OUT TO THE FORD FAMILIES. THE REASON I SAY THAT, THE FAMILY THAT I HAVE KNOWN ALL OF MY LIFE, THE MOTHER, FATHER AND WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DID IN THE GLADES AREA. Ms. FORD AT WEST TECH
EDUCATION CENTER, SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN REACHING OUT TO CHILDREN AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. BUT, HER HUSBAND IS WAS A YOUNG MAN RAISED IN AND THIS FAMILY I
HAVE BEEN KNOWING THEM ALL OF MY LIFE, THE MOTHER AND FATHER WENT TO THE SAME CHURCH AS WELCH AND
Ms. ANDREW, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY WITH THIS FAMILY YOU GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I WAS DELIGHTED TO BECAUSE BY ME KNOWING THIS FAMILY MY ENTIRE LIFE, A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL FAMILY, LOVE AND
KINDNESS TO WHAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM NEED, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE OR WHEN IT MIGHT BE. THEY ARE THERE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THIS AFTERNOON I WANT TO SAY TO THIS FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU, FOR SHOWING THE
LOVE. AS YOU DEMONSTRATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. >> >> THANK YOU. KIM THOMASSON, PRINCIPAL OF GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GEOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SORRY. AND EDDIE RHOADS.
>> >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIM THOMASSON AND I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT GOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE AT SCHOOL. IT IS DISMISSAL TIME, AND SO,
THEY -- WE HAVE THIS LIVE STREAMING AT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. Mr. FORD WAS NOT ONLY A COLLEAGUE, HE WAS A FRIEND. WE DID ATTEND JOHN I. LEONARD TOGETHER, AND JEFFERSON DAVIS
MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH Ms. ANDREWS TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. AS A TEACHER, HE NOT ONLY TAUGHT STUDENTS THE ACADEMIC CONTENT THAT THEY NEEDED BUT HE TAUGHT THEM STRATEGIES. STRATEGIES TO LEARN. HE TAUGHT THEM ABOUT METACOGNITION AND NOTE TAKING AND WAYS TO PRACTICE. AND THOSE ARE SKILLS THAT THESE
STUDENTS WILL TAKE WITH THEM FOREVER. AND THE TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE AND THE TIME THAT Mr. FORD HAS BEEN AT GOVE, STUDENTS HAVE COME BACK THAT HAVE GRADUATED TO SEE Mr. FORD ON CAMPUS. HE NOT ONLY IMPACTED THE STUDENTS BUT HE IMPACTED THE TEACHERS THAT HE WORKED WITH.
HE CHANGED THEIR TEACHING STYLES AND HE MADE THEM BETTER TEACHERS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A BOOK TO COLLECT ALL OF OUR MEMORIES OF Mr. FORD THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO FAMILY, AND WE'LL BE KEEPING IN OUR
MEDIA CENTER. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE SOME OF THE NOTES SOME OF THE STUDENTS HAVE WRITTEN. IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS, I AM THANKFUL FOR THE SERVICE, Mr. FORD GAVE TO US. IF YOU HAD A SAD DAY, HE WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY. IF YOU WERE MAD, HE WOULD TEACH
YOU STUFF TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. IF YOU WERE SCARED OF STUFF, HE WOULD SHOW YOU HOW NOT TO BE SCARED. I LIKE THAT HE USED TO CALL ME SMART. THANK YOU, Mr. FORD. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOU
CARED ABOUT ME. I TOLD YOU THAT I COULDN'T EAT THE HAM SANDWICH AND YOU GAVE ME FRENCH FRIES. NO TEACHER DID THAT. YOU WERE THE BEST. I AM SO SAD THAT YOU DIED. I WISH YOU NEVER DIED THAT DAY. BUT, THIS IS LIFE.
EVERYONE DIES, AND I AM BRAVE, AND I HAVE COURAGE BECAUSE OF YOU. THANKS A LOT TO YOU AND ALSO THANKFUL FOR YOUR RESPECT OF ME. YOU'RE TRULY THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR
THIS RECOGNITION. I WANT TO HONOR THE FAMILY WITH HIS MEMORY. HE IS TRULY MISSED AT GOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS FOR HIM TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. I'M Mr. EDDIE RHOADS, VICE CHAIR OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IN THE GLADES AREA.
I STAND TO SPEAK ON BENJAMIN FORD. AS HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM "BEN." THIS YOUNG MAN WAS A GENTLE GIANT. LOOKING AT HIS FAMILY, THE FORD FAMILY IN THE GLADES AREA HAS DEVELOPED A LEGEND OF THE
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND MORAL CHARACTER. THIS YOUNG MAN EXHIBITED THIS AT ITS HIGHEST. I WAS THE CHAIR OF GLADES, GOVE ELEMENTARY FOR MANY YEARS. AND AS I MOVED THROUGH THE CAMPUS, I WATCHED HIM AS HE
INTERACTED WITH THE STUDENTS, WITH TEACHERS, AND INTERACTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, INTERACTED WITH THE POLICEMEN, INTERACTED WITH THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, AND HE WOULD HE WAS AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. MY FATHER TOLD ME TO LEAVE A
FOOTPRINT WHEN I GO SOMEWHERE SO SOMEONE WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE. THIS YOUNG MAN LEFT A FOOTPRINT ON GOVE ELEMENTARY THAT WOULD NEVER BE SURPASSED. HE DID NOT TELL YOU, THEY ARE DOING A -- THEY HAVE THIS YOUNG MAN. THEY CALLED HIM THE GENTLE GIANT
AND THE GENTLE GIANT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL STATURE, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND MORAL CHARACTER THAT HE EXHIBITED IN THE GLADES AREA. HE WOULD BE MISSED AND I SAY TO THE FORD FAMILY, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE HIM, AND
HE WAS A BELLE GLADE TEACHER. I SAY THAT BECAUSE, I USED TO TALK WITH HIM BECAUSE, TEACHERS, Mr. BURKE, TEACHERS COME TO THE GLADES, THEY LEARN TO TEACH AND GET THE EXPERTISEN ONCE THEY GET THE EXPERTISE, THEY MOVE TO THE COAST AND THEY EXHIBIT THE EXPERTISE TO THE KIDS OVER HERE.
I USED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT LEAVING, HE'S A COACH ON THE OTHER STATE. HE LOVED THE GLADES AREA. HE HAD MANY CHANCES TO LEAVE BUT HE REFUSED TO GO. Mr. THOMASSON TRIED TO MOVE HIM INTO A POSITION SO HE WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS AS HE
LOVED TO. HE TURNED THE POSITION DOWN BECAUSE HE WANTED TO, HE LOVED THE STUDENTS. SO, I SAY TO THE FORD FAMILY, Ms. FORD, YOU DONE WELL. YOU DONE A GREAT JOB. AND HE DID LEAVE A LEGACY IN THE GLADES THAT WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
THANK YOU. >> >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS THIS IT IS FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND WE'LL DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. SO, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION, THE FIRST THREE, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STUNT READ IT.
WE'LL VOTE ON IT AND THEN THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION WILL READ IT. THEN HE MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL GO DOWN ON THE FLOOR AFTER WE VOTE, AND, THEN, WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT
TWO AFTER THAT, THEY WILL BE ON THE PODIUM, SO, THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO ROAD THE PROCLAMATION THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL READ THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL VOTE ON IT AND THE PERSON READING IT WILL GO TO THE PODIUM AND READ IT THIS WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH. SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES FOR
THIS MEETING. >> I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. >> MOTION BY Ms. ANDREWS, SECONDED BY Mr. FERGUSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, AND Ms. ANDREWS YOU'LL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION. >> PROCLAMATION BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY 2026: WHEREAS, DURING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE RICHLY TEXTURED HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AFRICAN DIASPORA PEOPLE, AND, WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATES THE VALUABLE HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COUNTRY, AND, WHEREAS, EDUCATE ABOUT HOW BLACK MEN AND WOMEN CONTRIBUTED
TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION, AND TO RAISE GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES BLACK PEOPLE HAVE FACED HISTORICALLY, AND IN THE PRESENT. AND, WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY
MONTH GREW OUT OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY HISTORIAN CARTER G. WOODSON IN 1926, RECOGNITION WAS EXPANDED BY CONGRESS, AND APPROVED BY PRESIDENT GERALD FORD IN 1976,
WHO DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL EMBRACE, CELEBRATE, AND HONOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR UNIQUE CULTURAL HISTORIES, AND ENSURE
THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS CAN SEE THEMSELVES, AND EACH OTHER, IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH
COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, DONE THIS FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026, IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA, THANK YOU.
>> CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH. >> MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH, SECONDED BY Ms. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THAT, I BELIEVE, Mr. FERGUSON, YOU'RE GOING TO READ.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PROCLAMATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, FEBRUARY 2026. WHEREAS, FEBRUARY 1-28, 2026 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION; AND WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERS STUDENTS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THE ACADEMIC TECHNICAL AND EMPLOYABLITY SKILLS NECESSARY FOR TRUE CAREER READINESS, AND WHEREAS, STUDENTS AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS PARTICIPATE IN AUTHENTIC, MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION, AND INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN ACHIEVEMENT. AND WHEREAS, CAREER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH CAREER EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES EARLIER THIS THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHICH ENABLES THEM TO MAKE INFORMED AND BENEFICIAL DECISIONS ABOUT THE ACADEMIC COURSE WORK, AS WELL AS THE PURSUIT OF ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS OF STUDY, AND CAREER PATHWAYS, AND WHEREAS LEADERS FROM BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE REPORT INCREASING CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE SKILLS GAP IN CONNECTING QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WITH AVAILABLE CAREER AND CRITICAL AND GROWING CTE-RELATED FIELDS INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, ENERGY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND, WHEREAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION PREPARES STUDENTS FOR THESE AND OTHER FULFILLING CAREERS BY OFFERING INTEGRATED CAREERS OF STUDY THAT LINK SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND LEAD TO THE ATTAINMENT OF INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS AND WHEREAS, ENSURING THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AS A CRUCIAL STEP IN
ENSURING PRODUCTIVITY AMONG THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS CONTINUING AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND GLOBAL COMPE COMPETITIVENESS. PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS CAREER
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION LAW AND BE IT -- IT FURTHER RE. SOD THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY URGE ALL CITIZENS TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE SERVICES AND BENEFITS OFFERED BY THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, TO ENHANCE THE INDIVIDUAL SKILLS
AND PRODUCTIVITY. ON THIS 4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026, IN WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH FLORIDA, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2-FEBRUARY 6, 2026 AS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR WEEK. >> MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD AND
SECONDED BY Ms. ANDREWS AND I BELIEVE Ms. SAVIETTO YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS. >> >> SORRY, WE DO NEED TO VOTE. SO, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND NOW IT IS TO YOU, Ms. SAVIETTO.
>> NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR WEEK, FEBRUARY 2-6, 2026. WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE EMPLOYED IN SCHOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO HELPING STUDENTS EXPLORE THEIR
ABILITIES, STRENGTHS, INTERESTS, AND TALENTS AS THESE TRAITS RELATE TO CAREER AWARENESS AND DEVELOPMENT; AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS HELP PARENTS FOCUS ON WAYS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH FOR THE CHILDREN; AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS WORK WITH TEACHERS, AND OTHER EDUCATORS TO HELP STUDENTS EXPLORE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND SET REALISTIC GOALS FOR THEMSELVES; AND WHEREAS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS SEEK
TO IDENTIFY AND UTILIZE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT CAN ENHANCE AND COMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS AND HELP STUDENTS BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING
PROGRAMS ARE CONSIDERED AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THAT ENABLES ALL STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL; AND NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THIS SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2-6, 2026, AS
NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK. AND SIGNED BY Ms. KAREN BRILL, BOARD CHAIR AND Mr. LIKAL BURKE, SUPERINTENDENT. >> I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 8-14, 2026 AS FUTURE BUSINESS LEADER OF AMERICA WEEK.
>> MOTION BY Ms. ANDREWS, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR LANE, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND I'LL BE READING THIS PROCLAMATION. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR FUTURE BUSINESS LEADER OF AMERICA WEEK WHICH IS FEBRUARY 8-14, 2026.
WHEREAS, FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, FBLA DEVELOPED THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS BY PREPARING STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS, FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION, CAREERS AND CIVIC LIFE; AND WHEREAS, FBLA PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXPLORE CAREER PATHWAYS, ENGAGE IN LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND PARTICIPATE IN ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES; AND WHEREAS, PARTICIPATION IN FBLA FROSTESTS CONFIDENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND CHARACTER, THROUGH ACTIVITIES THAT
ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING, TEAMWORK AND ETHICAL LEADERSHIP. AND WHEREAS, FBLA PROMOTES FINANCIAL LITERACY, BUSINESS EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE READINESS HELPING STUDENTS BUILD THE STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT; AND WHEREAS, FBLA ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BY INSPIRING STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS LOCAL NEEDS AND PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. AND WHEREAS, ADVISER, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUPPORT
FBLA MEMBERS BY OFFERING GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP, AND REAL WORK WORLD LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS AND WHEREAS, FBLA WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENT LEADERS AND HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN PREPARING A SKILLED WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE AND, WHEREAS, CELEBRATING FBLA WEAKEN COURAGES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME INNOVATIVE THINKER, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AND
SUCCESSFUL LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 8, 14, 2026, AS FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA
WEEK, DONE THIS FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026, IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA. SO, NOW BOARD MEMBERS, I AM GOING TO INVITE THOMAS KILKENNY ALONG WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF FBLA TO COME UP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF US AND BE
PRESENTED WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND JUST FOR ALL OF YOUR REFERENCE, THOMAS ALSO SERVES ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO, TRULY A LEADER. AND WE WILL AGAIN STAY DOWN ON
THE FLOOR.
ALL RIGHT, I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM FEBRUARY AS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE NICHOLAS HEART INSTITUTE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA PROJECT ADAM. >> MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD AND SECONDED BY Ms. ANDREW, NEW ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR IN OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. Ms. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH SO I'M VERY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION BUT BEFORE THAT I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND THE FIRST I WANT TO ENMENTION THE PROJECT. THE NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PROJECT FOR PROJECT ADAM.
IT HAS REAL DONE OF MUCH TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE. I HAVE SEEN THIS PROJECT IN ACTION AND SEE OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND PRINCIPALS JUMP INTO ACTION TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN, THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS. IF SOMEBODY WAS TO HAVE A HEART
ATTACK ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES NOW, WE ARE SO MUCH SAFER AND MORE READY AND THAT'S THANKS TO THE GENEROUS DONATION AND PARTNERSHIP FROM THE NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND FROM OUR AMAZING STAFF MEMBER ERIC STERN WHO COORDINATED ALL OF THAT AND GOT EVERYBODY TO WORK SO QUICKLY AND SO FAST, SO, I'M VERY, VERY
GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. AND ALSO I WANT TO SAY, A HUGE THANK YOU TO NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE AFFECTED MY FAMILY'S LIFE AND DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN A HUGE REASON WHY WE STILL HAVE MY LITTLE DAUGHTER. THEY SAVED HER LIFE AND SO AT
ANY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO THANK THEM, I ALWAYS WANT TO BECAUSE THERE IS NEVER A WAY THAT YOU CAN THANK SOMEBODY FOR THAT SO TODAY WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE THAT AFTER I FINISH THE PROCLAMATION WILL COME UP AND VISIT ALONG WITH ERIC STERN. DANA HURST WHO WORKS FOR THE NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
AND MELISSA OLEN, A NURSE AT NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE. THE PROCLAMATION, NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, HEART INSTITUTE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA PROJECT ADAM FEBRUARY 2026, WHEREAS SUDDENNEN CARDIAC ARREST IS A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY
THAT CAN STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING AND REMAIN AS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING STUDENT ATHLETES AND, WHEREAS, EARLIER RECOGNITION OF SCA IMMEDIATE CPR AND RAPID USE OF AUTO MATTIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE SURVIVAL RATES WITH
WELL PREPARED SCHOOLS ACHIEVING OUTCOMES AS HIGH AS 85%. WHEREAS PROJECT ADAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1999 IN THE MEMORY OF 17-YEAR-OLD ADAM AND HIS SINCE GROWN INTO A NATIONAL INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING CARDIAC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN SCHOOLS, AND, WHEREAS, NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HEART
INSTITUTE SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL SOUTH FLORIDA PROJECT ADAM CHAPTER, PROVIDING AN EXPERT LEADERSHIP CLINICAL TRAINING AND LIFE-SAVING CARDIAC PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND, WHEREAS, THROUGH A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY,
NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HEART INSTITUTE CLINICIANS IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE SCA PREPARENESS MEASURES INCLUDING CPR, AED TRAINING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING AND CARDIAC EMERGENCY DRILLS, AND WHEREAS, AS A RESULT OF THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, ALL DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY, HAVE ACHIEVED THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION AS A HEART-SAFE SCHOOL ALONG WITH SIX HEART SAFE RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TEAMS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING STUDENT, STAFF AND VISITORS AND WHEREAS, SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PROJECT ADAM IN
2022, TRAINED PERSONNEL AND WELL EXECUTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS HAVE ALREADY SAVED NINE LIVES, DEMONSTRATING THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF THIS EFFORT, AND, WHEREAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HEART INSTITUTE AND ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS REFLECT DEDICATION TO STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND
CARDIAC EMERGENCY READINESS THROUGH PALM BEACH COUNTY, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THIS SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE LIFESAVING IMPACT OF THIS INITIATIVE DONE THIS
FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 IN WEST PALM BEACH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO COM-6.
POSTHUMOUS PROCLAMATION FOR Mr. ALFONSO MAYFIELD. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE POST POSTHUMOUS PROCLAMATION. >> SECONDED BY Mr. FERGUSON. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> >> OKAY SO I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE SCIUFPSU UNION TO ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
Mr. MAYFIELD, AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW AND I KNOW Mr. RIDLEY KNOWS THAT AT THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE, THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS THERE ALONG WITH Ms. SAVIETTO AND MYSELF, AND SO OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU. I HAVE BEEN -- I HAD THE HONOR OF GETTING TO KNOW ALFONSO FOR
16 YEARS, AND I WAS VERY BLESSED TO GET TO KNOW HIM. SO, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA HONORING Mr. ALFONSO MAYFIELD. WHEREAS, ALFONSO DEMAND MAYFIELD WAS BORN ON OCTOBER BEDROOMS 9,
1978, AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 2, 2026; AND WHEREAS, Mr. MAYFIELD EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM ALCOM STATE UNIVERSITY AND WAS AN INSPIRING MASTERS DEGREE CANDIDATE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND WHEREAS, HE WAS A UNION LEADER FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. AND WHEREAS, Mr. MAYFIELD WAS APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICES UNION, SCIU-FPSU
IN 2009. ELECTED TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT IN 2010, AND SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT EVER SINCE THAT TIME. AND WHEREAS, UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE UNION REPRESENTED 7,000 EMPLOYEES, SERVING AS A VOICE FOR THEIR
COLLECTIVE INTERESTS. AND WHEREAS, HE WAS A STAUNCH BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION, UTILIZING HIS SKILLS IN GRASS ROOTS MOBILIZATION TO INCREASE VOTER EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS; AND WHEREAS, Mr. MAYFIELD WAS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF SCIU INTERNATIONAL, AND SECRETARY FOR SCIU FLORIDA STATE COUNCIL, ROLES THAT INVOLVED THE REPRESENTATION OF MORE THAN TWO MILLION HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, AND PROPERTY SERVICE WORKERS; AND WHEREAS, HE SERVED ON SCIU INTERNATIONAL'S COMMITTEES ON THE 21ST CENTURY BLUE PRINT, PUBLIC DIVISION LEADER, ALL IN IT TOGETHER AND THE LOW WAGE
SUBCOMMITTEE. AND WHEREAS, Mr. MAYFIELD WAS ALSO AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF FLORIDA CENTER FOR FISCAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES ALFONSO DEMAND
MAYFIELD FOR HIS NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND THIS PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT IT RIGHT NOW TO Mr. CHUCK RIDLEY. >>
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THAT BRINGS US TO COM7 I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE THE POSTHUMOUS PROCLAMATION FOR Mr. BENJAMIN FORD. >> Chair Brill: MOTION BY MS. SAVIETTO, SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE I READ THE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER ANDREWS. SHE BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH IN REGARD TO GETTING THIS ON THE RESOLUTION. I THINK IT IS ONLY RIGHT SEEING
SHE KNEW BROTHER FORD FOR SO LONG, WE SHOULD ALLOW HER A MOMENT TO SAY WHAT SHE WANTS TO SAY, IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. >> Marcia Andrews: AND TO THE FORD FAMILY, Dr. FORD,
Mrs. FORD, ALL THE SISTERS AND THE CHILDREN. I KNEW BENJAMIN WHEN HE WAS MY BOY, MY STUDENT AT JEFFERSON DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I LOVED HIM. HE WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE AND CAME BACK AND GOT A JOB RIGHT WITH ME AT BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL. A SUPER STAR TEACHER.
I WATCHED HIM OVER THE YEARS. I'VE WATCHED HIS MOTHER. YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT Ms. MARY JANE FORD WAS A SUPER STAR IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS THE FEDERAL PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR AND MISS BETTY LAW SON SITTING OUT
THERE WAS PRINCIPAL AT PAHOKEE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SO MANY YEARS. I CAN NAME ALL THE EDUCATORS IN HIS LIFE THAT MADE HIM SO SPECIAL. DWYER AWARD WINNER, A PERSON WITH SO MUCH HEART FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE GLADES AND TO
THE EAST, HE WAS MY STUDENT MY LOVE AND AFFECTION TO THE FAMILY DURING THIS SYMPATHY TIME. YOU HAVE ME FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED. HE IS GREAT. HE LEFT A LEGACY FOR US TO FOLLOW TO BE JUST LIKE BEN.
THANK YOU. >> Edward Ferguson: I HAVE A FEW WORDS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I READ THE RESOLUTION. I KNEW HIM AFTER HE JOINED THE BEST FRATERNITY IN THE WORLD. BUT, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY
ABOUT BROTHER FORD IS THAT HE TRULY WAS A SALT OF THE EARTH TYPE PERSON. IF WE WERE ALL LIKE BROTHER FORD, MANY PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, WE WOULD NOT DEAL WITH IT. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED, HE IS LOVED BY ME, BY ALL HIS FRATERNITY BROTHERS. HE IS LOVED BY EVERYONE AS
EVIDENCE BY THE FACT THAT WHOLE REGION OF THE COUNTY CAME OUT HERE TO RES THIS RESOLUTION, TO HEAR THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT IT INTO THE RECORD SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT ONCE UPON A TIME, GREAT PEOPLE LIKE BROTHER FORD SERVED IN THIS DISTRICT, SERVED A VALIANT
FASHION UP TO THE END. WITH THAT I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY HONORING... AND THIS IS THE WRONG ONE. MADAM CHAIR, YOU GAVE ME THE WRONG ONE.
THIS IS THE ONE WE JUST READ. FEBRUARY 4, 2026. THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA WANTS TO RECOGNIZE BENJAMIN STERLING FORD WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY AND TO ISSUE THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS BEN BENJAMIN FORD WAS BORN MARCH 16, 1969 AND PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER 20, 2025 LEAVING BEHIND A LEGACY OF DEVOTION AND SERVICE, AND WHRS Mr. FORD WAS A PRODUCT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, ATTENDING FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND JEFFERSON
DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GRADUATING FROM JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL AND WHEREAS HE PURSUED HIGHER EDUCATION AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A MINOR IN SPANISH AND EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE FROM FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY.
AND WHEREAS Mr. FORD WAS A DEVOTED AND PASSIONATE EDUCATOR WHO BEGAN HIS CAY LEER WITH THE CAREER WITH THE DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IN 1992 MOST RECENTLY SERVING WITH DISTINCTION AS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATOR IN THE GLADES REGION AND WHEREAS HIS EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM WAS WILDLY RECOGNIZED AS EVIDENCED
BY HIS SELECTION AS THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE BLACK CAUCUS TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 2014, AND HIS RECEIPT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS WILLIAM D. DWYER AWARDS WARD IN EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR THE 2021 THROUGH 2022 YEAR AND WHEREAS HE WAS A PROUD AND
ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL EPSILON FRATERNITY WHERE HE ESPECIALLY BRACED THE BONDS OF BROTHERHOOD AND SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS A DEVOTED SERVANT LEADER AND WHEREAS Mr. FORD WAS HELD IN HIGH REGARD WITH HIS ABILITY TO FORM GENUINE, MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES LEAVING
A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA PROCLAIMS THE FOREGOING RECITALS ARE TRUE AND CORRECT, THE SCHOOL BOARD HONORS AND RECOGNIZES
POSTHUMOUSLY BEN YAM INFORD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD WISHES TO REBOUNDING RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS 33 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO HIS STUDENTS AS AN EDUCATOR IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS PROCLAMATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY ON THIS 4th
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]
Mrs. FORD, IF WOULD YOU COME UP, WE HAVE A SIGNED PROCLAMATION WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU.
IF THE ENTIRE FORD FAMILY COULD COME UP AS WELL, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND BOARD MEMBER ANDREWS SAYS THE ENTIRE BELLE GLADE COMMUNITY, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL, WE WOULD APPRECIATE
>> Chair Brill: Mr. SUPERINTEN DENT. NEXT ONE IS THE ATTORNEY CLIENT,
CORRECT? BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS SPECIAL MEETING FOR PROCLAMATIONS. MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY VICE CHAIR LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S NOW GOING TO BRING US TO THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT SESSION. I'LL NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 3:26 P.M.
GENERAL COUNSEL, WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AT THIS TIME I REQUEST ADVICE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 286.011, CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING PENDING LITIGATION MATTER. APRIL BULL ADDER V SCHOOL BOARD
OF PALM BEACH COUNTY CASE 925-CV -21 IS. >> THE PERSONS ATTENDING THE ATTORNEY CLIENT SESSION ARE BOARD MEMBERS MARCIA ANDREWS, GLORIA BRANCH, VIRGINIA SAF YET YO', ERICA WHITFIELD AND BOARD
CHAIR BRILL. SEAN BERNARD, DISTRICT STAFF ATTORNEYS, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE AND ERIC BELL. THIS SESSION WILL BE RECORDED BY A COURT REPORTER. NO PORTION OF THE SESSION SHALL BE OFF THE RECORD. THE TRANSCRIPT OF THIS SESSION SHALL BE PART OF THE STRICT'S
DISTRICT'S PUBLIC RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LITIGATION. THE BOARD SHALL BEGIN THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM THURBER A EXPECTED TO LAS Part: 2
MR. FERGUSON, CAN YOU COME BACK UP? GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WILL NOW CALL THE WORKSHOP TO ORDER AND 5:25 P.M. Mrs. SINCLAIR PLEASE CALL THE RULE.
DISTRICT 1 MATTHEW LANE. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2 VIRGINIA SAVIETTO. >> HERE. >> KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> GLORIA BRANCH. >> HERE. >> EDWARD FERGUSON. >> I CAN BE HERE. >> ALSO JOINING US FOR TONIGHT EATS MEETINGS ARE SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE, GENERAL COUNSEL
SEAN BER HARD, INSPECTOR GENERAL THERESA MICHAEL AND BOARD CLERK TONE I SINCLAIR. SEEN SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN US PERIODICALLY AS DIRECTED BY THE DREJT. I WILL TURN THE WORKSHOP OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. >> OUR FIRST WORKSHOP IS THE
BOUNDARY WORKSHOP LED BY JOSEPH SANCHES, WE HOPE TO HAVE MISS CYNTHIA BECKTON JOIN US ONLINE. LONG STANDING CHAIR PT. AND WE HAVE OUR STAFF HERE. Mr. SANCHES.
>> THANK YOU, Mr. SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CHAIR BRILL AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. WE DO HAVE Mr. JASON LINK, OUR MANAGER OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND DEMOGRAPHICS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR BOUNDARY CHANGE WE HAVE TODAY. JUST ONE THAT HAVE YOU TO LOOK
AT TODAY AND JOINED BY PATRICK SIMPLE. SO WITH THAT, WEEM TURN IT OVER TO JASON TO GET US STARTED. GOOD EVENING CHAIR BRILL. VICE CHAIR LANE. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
BEFORE WE START, JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR HARD WORKING ADC MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIME AND ED DEDICATION AS IT WAS STATED, OUR LONG SERVING DEDICATED CHAIR CYNTHIA BECKTON, I THINK IS GOING TO TRY TO JOIN AND ALSO
OUR VOICE CHAIR. SO THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE COMMITTEE AND OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. SO TODAY WE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2026-27 BOUNDARY
CYCLE. THE MAP. FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSED REZONING. THIS WOULD INCLUDE MARY McCLOUD BETHUNE, LINCOLN,
WASHINGTON AND WEST RIVERA. THE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE THE POLLING. 1: CONSOLIDATION. Dr. MARY McCLOUD BETHUNE ZONE WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE AND THE WEST RIVERA ZONE SHOWN IN GREEN WILL BE CONSOLIDATED INTO
A SINGLE ATTENDANCE ZONE. WEST RIVERA WILL SERVE GRADES PRE-K-26 AND BETHUNE WILL SERVE GRADES 3-5.
SECOND COMPONENT IS LING WILL ELEMENTARY REZONING. THE PEACH COLOR ON THE MAP. SO STUDENTS CURN CURRENTLY ZONED WHICH WOULD BE REPURPOSED FOR THE TWICT OF 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE REZONED TO THE NEWLY CONSOLIDATED WEST RIVERA AND
Dr. MARY McCLOUD BETHUNE ZONE AND THIS NEWLY PROPOSED ZONE ON THE MAP IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRIGHTER GREEN COLOR, THE NEW LARGE CONSOLIDATED ZONE THAT BRIGHT TWEEN OUTLINE. AND FOLLOWING THE THIRD
COMPONENT IS REZONING TO WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY. A PORTION OF THE ZONE NORTH OF BLUE HERON BOULEVARD IN THE CROSS HATCHED AREA IN BLUE WOULD SHIFT TO WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
SO THE ABC HELD A MEETING WITH COMMUNITY INPUT ON DECEMBER 18 IN WHICH THE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 11-0 TO RECOMMEND STUDY RR-1 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, A COMMUNITY MEMBER SUGGESTED CONTINUED COMMUNICATION OF THE
PLAN TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY. AND THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A LARGER VERSION OF THE MAP DISPLAYING THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION AND REZONINGS. THIS TABLE DISPLAYS THE
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA INCLUDING THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, FIVE YEAR PROJECTIONS. UPPER END OF THE TABLE IS ENROLLMENT AND UTILIZATION WITHOUT CHANGE AND THE LOWER PORTION PORTRAYS PROJECTED FIGURES WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES. SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE NUMBERS OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, I CAN.
THE KEY TAKE AWAY FROM THE TABLE IS THAT THIS PLAN IS PROJECTED TO BETTER OUT UTILIZE STUDENT CAPACITY AT ALL THREE SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARSMENT-- NEXT FIVE YEARS.
HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE RECOMMENDED STUDY. MORE EFFICIENT USE OF SCHOOL CAPACITY AND A BETTER BALANCE OF ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE THREE SCHOOLS. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY WILL BE REPURPOSED AS INLET GROVE MIDDLE AND HIGH STARTING NEXT SCHOOL
YEAR. REDUCED TRAVEL DISTANCES FOR STUDENTS MOVING FROM BETHUNE TO WASHINGTON. AND TYPICALLY FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE ALLOW THE CURRENT FOURTH GRADERS, WHO WOULD BE THE RISING FIFTH GRADERS TO STAY AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL ALONG WITH
THEIR SIBLINGS. SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR REZONING, WHERE WE ALSO HAVE A GRADE RECONFIGURATION, THE SIBLINGS WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER ATTEND WEST RIVERA OR BETHUNE BASED ON THEIR GRADE LEVEL. TRADITIONALLY WITH THESE OPTIONS
TO REMAIN, TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT. AND THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE LATER TONIGHT, YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING FIRST READING OF THE BANTEDRY CHANGE PROPOSAL AND THEN-- BOUNDARY CHANGE PROPOSAL AND FOLLOWING THE FIRST READING
WOULD BE A SUBSEQUENT MEETING FOR FINAL ADOPTION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU, MADAME CHIRR. GOOD WORK TEAM ON COMING UP WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARY. I'M GLAD THE CITY, AS I SUSPECTED THEY WOULD, UNIFORMLY
AGREED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IN REGARD TO CLOSING OF LINCOLN AND OPENING OF INLET GROVE, I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO THIS. I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE KNOW WHETHER IF THEY UNDERUTILIZE THE
SPACE IF ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL CAN MAKE A CLAIM TO USE THE UNUSED SPACE AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL SPACE. >> THE QUESTION IS IF INLET GROVE MOVES INTO LINCOLN, WHEN THEY MOVE IN, IF THERE IS SPACE AVAILABLE, CAN ANOTHER CHARTER
SCHOOL MOVE IN. >> I KNOW THEY'RE SOON TO BE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, HOW WOULD THAT WORK WITH REGARD TO CHARTER SCHOOLS? WE TALK ABOUT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CHARTER SCHOOL SITE-- AND I KNOW IT'S ONE OF ONLY A VERY FEW THAT HAS THE SETUP THAT IT HAS, WHAT
HAPPENS IF IT IS UNDER UTILIZING SPACE, CAN THE CHARTER SCHOOL MAKE THE CLAIM TO USE THEIR SPACE. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CURRENT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER CHARTER SCHOOL. >> I AGREE WITH Mr. SUN CHESS.
WE'LL-- Mr. SANCHES, WE WILL CONFIRM IT. BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ON DISTRICTED-- >> WE SHOULD MODIFY THE LAW TO BE TOTALLY EFFICIENT AT ALL TIMES BUT GOOD JOB, TEAM. >> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU, TEAM. THAT BRINGS US TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LED BY MISS HEATHER FREDERICK, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SHE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ALSO A COMMITTEE
OF SCHOOL PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVES AND WE HAVE-- EACH WE ARE WE ISSUE SCHOOL BUDGETS ABOUT THE THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THIS WILL BE FEBRUARY 20. SO SHE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK TO GET OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN ORDER FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR OUR SCHOOL BUDGET.
Ms. FREDERICK? >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON-- GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK WE'VE PASSED THAT TIME. I WANTED TO GET STARTED AND I KNOW WE ARE A LITTLE SHORT ON TIME TODAY, SO I WANT TO TO GO
OVER FROM WHERE WE STAND FROM THE FY'26 PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE OCTOBER FTE AND WE-- THEY RELEASED THAT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T GET THE THIRD CALCULATION UNTIL MARCH SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS VERY TIMELY
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE UPDATE THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT GIVES APRIL IDEA WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY FOR FY'26 AND HOW THAT LEADS INTO FY'27 AND THAT OUTLOOK AND THEN A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH HAS BEEN SLOW
FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AT LEAST, AND A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS, IT SEEMS, BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE WE NORMALLY SEE A BUDGET RELEASED TOWARD THE END OF THE SESSION. SO I WANTED IS TO START WITH NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE OCTOBER SURVEY PERIOD, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A PROJECTION OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE DID HAVE A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AFTER OCTOBER.
SO WE ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE A DECLINE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OF A LITTLE OVER 7,000 STUDENTS. THERE WAS ALSO A DECLINE WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS OF ABOUT CLOSE TO 400 STUDENTS. AND THEN THE VOUCHERS INCREASED NEARLY 4,000 STUDENTS OR FTE
THIS YEAR. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? FACING A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OF NEARLY 7,000 FTE? WE ARE FACING A $66 MILLION SHORTFALL IN FY'26. AND I DID ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD
BE FACING A NET $40 MILLION SHORTFALL. AND SO I WAS OFF ABOUT $6 MILLION. BECAUSE YOU TAKE THE 66 MILLION THAT WE ARE OFF, THAT WE ARE SHORT, AND WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THE 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO ALIGN ENROLLMENT BASED ON
STAFFING. WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $20 MILLION AND SO IF YOU TAKE THE $66 MILLION LESS THE 20 MILLION, WE ARE SHORT $46 MILLION IS THE NET AMOUNT THAT WE WERE SHORT.
WHERE I WAS OFF IN MY PROJECTIONS IS THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE WITH, WE KNOW WITH THE ACE IB FUNDING CHANGED AND TURNED INTO A CATEGORICAL, A FLAT AMOUNT. AND WHEN THAT CATEGORICAL WAS ESTIMATED, IT WAS ESTIMATED ON A
PASS RATE OF 109,000 TEST BEING PASSED. IT ENDED UP BEING 131,000. BUT THE CATEGORICAL WAS NOT INCREASED. AND SO WE ENDED UP HAVING AN ADDITIONAL DECREASE IN OUR FUNDING OF $4.8 MILLION SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THAT
ACADEMIC ACCELERATION CATEGORICAL. I KNOW THAT $66 MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL IS SIGNIFICANT. WE ARE ABLE TO BALANCE IN FY'26 USING BOTH RECURRING AND
NON-RECURRING FUNDS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DRAWING DOWN RESERVES ON A PROJECTED AMOUNT OF ABOUT $16 MILLION. BUT SINCE WE ARE USING ONE-TIME RESERVES, ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE, THAT IS THEN GOING TO ROLL INTO FY'27.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE FACING AN ADDITIONAL DEFICIT GOING INTO FY'27 OF $38 MILLION BEFORE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ANY DECLINING ENROLLMENT OR WHAT THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IS GOING TO LOOK FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
SO THE RECURRING BUDGET GASPS WE AJU.S WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE, THE MARKET OF THAT IS STAFFING CHANGES MADE AT THE SCHOOLS ON COUNT DAY. THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT $ 20 MILLION WE HAVE SOME ROOM
WITHIN THE FRS RATES WHERE THEY INCREASED LESS THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED SO WE HAVE SOME SAVINGS WITHIN THERE. WE HAVE SOME NON-RECURRING ADJUSTMENTS WE WERE ABLE TO USE FOR THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SOME LAP SALARY.
WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THROUGH VACANCIES. BUT I DO NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING
ADDITIONAL VACANCIES IN FY'27 BECAUSE OUR RATE HAS DECREASED GOING DOWN NEAR I HAD 2% IN FY'26 SO I DO EXPECT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK DOWN TO THE AMOUNT THAT I ACTUALLY BUDGET GOING INTO FY'27.
SO, BETWEEN THE RECURRING ADJUSTMENTS AND NON-RECURRING ADJUSTMENTS, WE HAVE A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $76.6 MILLION. AND SO THAT LEAVES A 10.8 MILLION SUR SURPLUS IN A
SENSE BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FY'26 SALARY COMPENSATION PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SETTLE WITH NBU AND PBA. WE HAVE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH FSPU AND WE ARE
GOING THROUGH IMPASSE WITH CTA. SO IF YOU TAKE INTO THE CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT OF THE NEARLY $27 MILLION WITH THE RAISE PROPOSALS, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE THEN GOING TO BE DRAWING DOWN $16.1 MILLION, PROJECTED
$16.1 MILLION IN FY'26. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR FY'27? SINCE WE ARE USING ONE-TIME FUNDS OF $38 MILLION, WE ARE GOING TO-- OR $36.8 MILLION OR $37 MILLION, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO FUND THOSE ONE-TIME USE OF FUNDS GOING INTO FY'27. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AND WORKING WITH REALIGNING AND RECALIBRATING THE SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS; THE SCHOOL BUDGETS.
I'VE WORKED WITH A GROUP OF PRINCIPALS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECALIBRATE THOSE SCHOOL BUDGETS AND SAVE $30.7 MILLION GOING INTO FY'27 AND WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE THAT UP THAT ADDITIONAL SHORTFALL. BUT THAT'S ONLY TO BALANCE WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN FY'26. HOW DID WE GET TO THE AMOUNT THAT-- THE LOSS THAT WE WERE
ALLOCATING TO THE SCHOOL-BASED BUDGETS IS THAT ENROLLMENT DECLINED 3.5%. AFTER WE MADE THE CHANGES ON COUNT DAY, OR THE 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL, THOSE CHANGES EQUATED TO A SAVINGS OF 1.4% SO WE HAD AN
ADDITIONAL 2% GAP THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER. SO OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF SAVINGS WAS $31.4 MILLION AND WE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE SCHOOL LEVELS AND CAME UP WITH PROPOSALS FOR THE
SCHOOL BUDGETS THAT WOULD BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH OF THE LEVELS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS ELEMENTARY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM A HIGH SCHOOL AND SO THE FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES WE HAD FOR EACH LEVEL DIFFERED ON THE
AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY THE PRINCIPALS HAVE WITHIN EACH LEVEL. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE OF PRINCIPALS. THEY WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR APPROACH. I BROUGHT FORWARD A-- PROPOSALS AND THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT WOULD WORK BEST AT THE
SCHOOL SITE AND WHAT THEY REQUESTED WAS HAVING INCREASED FLEXIBILITIES ON THE POSITIONS THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TRADE OFF SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEIR BUDGET IS WORKING TO MEET THE BEST NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AT THEIR SCHOOL SITE. SO THE PHENOMENON OBJECTIVE WE
HAD WAS A 2.1% SAVINGS ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT FLUCTUATES BETWEEN ELEMENTARY , MIDDLE AND HIGH WITH HIGH SCHOOLS ABSORBING THE MAJORITY, A LARGER PORTION OF THE LOSS OF THE SAVINGS OR
ADJUSTMENT OF 2.76%, ABOUT $500,000 WITHIN THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET WHERE ELEMENTARY IS 1.84% APPROXIMATELY $95,000 IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE WAY THAT WE ALLOCATE OUR
SCHOOL BUDGETS IN PALM BEACH IS USING A STAFFING FORMULA. OTHER DISTRICTS UTILIZE JUST A DOLLAR PER STUDENT AMOUNT AND IT REALLY EQUATES TO THE SAME EFFECT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE THE POSITIONS AND THAT'S GOING
TO EQUATE TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING THE PRINCIPAL GROUP. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET, THINK OF IT AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WORK TO MAKE CHANGES AND POSITION TRADE-OFFS THAT ARE GOING TO WORK BEST FOR THEIR
SCHOOL SITE. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY FROM THE PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE WAS WANTING TO KNOW HOW-- WHAT IS GENERAL SUPPORT ADMIN, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON ADMINISTRATION COMPARED TO
OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE IF WE ARE MAKING CHANGES AND REDUCTIONS AT SCHOOL SITES, THE SCHOOLS WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MAKING REDUCTIONS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. SO THIS IS A COMPARISON WHERE THE COLUMN, WE HAVE GOING BACK TO 2019, WE HAVE PALM BEACH
COMPARED TO OUR DISTRICT PEERS. THOSE ARE DADE, BROWARD, HILLSBOROUGH, DUVAL AND. AND GENERAL SUPPORT ADMIN. THAT WOULD BE THE DEPARTMENT LEVELS, THE BLUE PART IS
INSTRUCTION SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SPEND MUCH LESS ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE. AND WE SPEND MORE AND INVEST MORE IN INSTRUCTION. AND WHERE THAT'S ALSO EVIDENT IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF THE STUDENT STAFF, THE
TEACHER RATIO BETWEEN PALM BEACH AND OUR PEER DISTRICTS, THAT OUR STUDENT-STAFF RATIO IS MUCH LOWER, WELL BELOW THE STATE CLASS SIZE MANDATES COMPARED TO OUR PEERS. WE ARE AT 15 AND OUR PEERS ARE
AT AN AVERAGE OF 17. AND LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT THERE IS A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK AT THE STATE LEVEL IN 28 AND 29 SO BEE DO EXPECT-- WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES, THE LEGISLATURE
WILL MAKE CHANGES TO GET AT LEAST 28 IN LINE. ONE BIT OF GOOD NEWS IS THE FRS RATES, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE A DECREASE IN THE FRS RATES WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION SAVINGS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT IF THAT HOLDS TRUE.
AND THEN THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL BILL AS ROUND SCHOOLS OF HOPE WHERE THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST PAY FOR THE SPACE OR POTENTIALLY NOT BE ABLE TO CO-LOCATE AND THEN THE UNIVERSITY CHARTER BILL WHERE THERE IS POTENTIAL YOU KNOW, TO
DIVERT LOCAL TAX LEVY FINES AND SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL CONTROLS BEING PUT OVER FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE SENATE LEVEL NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED AT THE HOUSE LEVEL. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE FES
JUST PULLED OUT OF THE FEFP TO MAKE IT EASIER AND UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY GOING. OUR NEXT STEPS, WE ARE DONE WITH THE SCHOOL REVIEW WE ARE NOW CONTINUING ON WITH THE
DEPARTMENT REVIEW GOING INTO FY'27 AND PURELY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LEGISLATURE AND IF THERE IS AN AMOUNT SET ASIDE FOR SALARIES.
THE NEXT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MARCH 10 AND WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR ENROLLMENT, THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. IT DOES APPEAR THAT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING IS GOING TO STAY FLAT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
THAT'S A DEFINITE WIN FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL OPERATING COSTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE INCREASE, YOU KNOW, COST OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS KEEPS GOING UP AS WELL AS THE FPL RATES IF THOSE ARE
APPROVED. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 14 OF 20, THE LEGISLATE LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE STATE
REVENUE FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO GROW MODERATELY BUT THAT THERE IS AN ANTICIPATION THAT THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALLS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 6-POINT *6 BILLION. -- 6.6 BILLION. WHAT IS THE STATE SPENDING ITS MONEY ON BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY NOT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THAT RESULTS IN THIS SHORT-TERM RENTAL AND THE FACE OF MODERATE GROWTH. SEALS LIKE AN OXYMORON. >> THE LEGISLATURE WAS FACING A SHORTFALL BUT THEY MADE CHANGES IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT HELPED CREATE A SURPLUS WITHIN FY'27, SO THAT'S WHY I
SAID THAT DURING THE FY'-- DURING THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO MAKE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, RECURRING ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COVER. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE LEGISLATURE
IS THEY NEED TO LEARN TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING TO ALIGN WITH THEIR REVENUE BECAUSE THEY'RE SPEND-- THEIR SPENDING OUTPACING THE INCREASE IN THEIR REVENUE. >> Edward Ferguson: MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THEY SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON? IT'S CLEARLY NOT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WHAT ARE THEY SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON IF YOU KNOW. >> HEALTH AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS THE LARGEST DRIVER IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND THEY HAVEN'T ADDITIONAL
COSTS AS WELL WITH THE DIFFERENT NATURAL DISASTERS THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN FACING, THEY HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL COSTS AND WHEN YOU MAKE CUTS IN TAXES AND OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS, IT CREATES I STRUCTURAL MISALIGNMENT. >> Edward Ferguson: WHAT TAXES HAVE BEEN CUT? I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.
>> AT THE STATE LEVEL. THEY HAVE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE THEY'VE, THE TAX HOLIDAYS, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT ARE DONE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GOING
FORWARD. >> Edward Ferguson: ON PAGE 9, THE BUDGET GAP-- BASICALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE FEWER OPEN TEACHER POSITIONS SO THE SAVINGS BY NOT PAYING A TEACHER IS HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE FORMULA OR SOMETHING ELSE? >> NO WE HAD A REDUCTION IN FTE
OF 3.5%. WHEN WE COME TO COUNT DAY, AND WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR ON THE 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL, WE ALIGN OUR STAFFING BASED ON THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OF OVER 6,000 STUDENTS, YOU ARE LOSING
100% OF THE REVENUE, BUT YOU ARE NOT LOSING 100% OF THE EXPENSES BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE NOT ALL COMING FROM ONE SCHOOL OR ONE CLASSROOM. SO WHEN WE MADE OUR ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON OUR CURRENT FORMULA, WE DIDN'T-- IT'S NOT A ONE TO ONE SAVING.
WE ONLY SAVED 1.1% WE NEED TO RECALIBRATE OUR STAFFING SFORM LA TO MAKE UP FOR THE ADDITIONAL SHORTFALL SO WE CAN ALIGN OUR REVENUE COMING IN OF OUR NEW ENROLLMENT REALITY WITH THE COST
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO WE DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE GOING FORWARD. >> WHAT COSTS DON'T HAVE TO BE PAID WHEN YOU HAVE A STUDENT NO LONGER AT THE SCHOOL? >> WELL, IT'S ADJUSTING, LIKE I SAID, RECALIBRATING OUR STANDARD FORMULA BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FIXED AMOUNT OF OVERHEAD, A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF STUDENTS, SO WE MADE CHANGES WITHIN THE STUDENT STAFF FORMULA IN ORDER TO ADJUST THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE AT THE SCHOOL SITE. >> Edward Ferguson: SO 6,000ISH STUDENTS DIDN'T SHOW UP THAT WE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP SOY WE DON'T
HAVE THE FTE MONEY COMING IN FOR THEM SO DOES THAT MEAN WE BUY LESS FOOD? WHAT IS THE NEGATIVE 1.4? WHAT CONSTITUTES THAT? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE FEWER BUSES. >> IT'S REDUCING POSITIONS. >> Edward Ferguson: SO IT IS. >> WHICH ARE THE POSITIONS? >> >> Edward Ferguson: INITIALLY I
SAID TEACHERS BUT REFERRING TO POSITIONS. IF YOU HAVE 6,000-- >> EIGHTS A COMBINATION OF OTHER TEACHING POSITIONS AND OTHER STAFF SUPPORT AT THE SITE. >> Edward Ferguson: GOT IT. WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, I DIDN'T NOTATE THE PAGE BUT THE
DIFFERENT SCHOOL BUDGETS AND GETTING THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS, IS THERE ANY WAY SOME OF THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL BUDGET'S MONEY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SAVE CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR TEACHER SALARIES, DISTRICT WIDE OR DOES IT HAVE TO REMAIN AT THE SCHOOL?
>> NO, THE SCHOOL, AT THE SCHOOL BUDGETS, WE BUDGET BASED ON AN AVERAGE SALARY. SO THAT MEANS IF THERE IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS SAVINGS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE OF SALARIES, THERE IS ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT IS OVER, YOU KNOW, WE BUDGET AN AVERAGE NOT ACTUAL SALARIES AT A SCHOOL SITE SO
THERE ARE NO CASKS THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THAT PURPOSE. WE DID HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THE LAPSE SALARY, WHICH IS ANY VACANCY THAT IS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT I BUDGET AS A VACANCY RATE, BUT I DO NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING A VACANCY RATE GOING INTO FY'27.
BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE VACANCIES WHEN WE MADE THE STAFFING CHANGES ON THE 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL. >> Edward Ferguson: BUT IN THEORY IF EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS, WOULD THAT NOT CREATE SAVINGS THAT WE COULD THEN REPURPOSE? IN THEORY? I KNOW YOU SAID LIKELY WON'T HAPPEN.
>> AT THE SCHOOL SITES, THE PRIMARY COSTS OF THE SCHOOL SITE IS STAFFING. IT'S NOT NON-SALARY. >> Edward Ferguson: STAFFING MEANING THE PERSON WORKING THERE, A TEACHER, CUSTODIAN, CAFETERIA WORKER, ET CETERA, RIGHT? >> YEAH, SO THE POSITION WOULD HAVE TO BE ELIMINATED.
TO GENERATE SAVINGS. >> Edward Ferguson: RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU HAD 500 STUDENTS AND NOW HAVE YOU 250, YOU DON'T NEED AS MANY TEACHERS SO THAT SEEMS TO ME THE SAVINGS COULD AT LEAST IN PART BE REALLOCATED TO THE TEACHERS THAT DO YOU HAVE, YES OR NO?
>> NOT WHEN YOU ARE FACING A $66 MILLION LOSS NO, BECAUSE YOU NEED THAT ABSORB THE LOSS THAT YOU ARE FACING AS A DISTRICT. >> Edward Ferguson: I DEFINITE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE ONE TO ONE BUT COULD PART OF IT BECAUSE YOU ARE SAYING URBAN COUNTIES WELL I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING-- >> WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT MORE IF
WE WERE GOING TO GIVE A BIGGER RAISE. >> Edward Ferguson: YOU SAID THIS FOR THREE YEARS NOW THAT THEY'RE PROJECTING-- YOU SIGNALED EVEN TWO YEARS AGO THAT TALLAHASSEE WAS TELLING US A SHORTFALL WAS COMING. AND WE ARE IN THE LEAN TILES AND IT SOWNTSDZ LIKE YOU ARE SAYING 26 IS GOING TO BE WORSE AND 2 IS
GOING POTENTIALLY WORSE THAN 26. DID I FOLLOW YOU? >> I WOULD SAY NO. IN THE SENSE THAT THE STATE FUNDING IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE SHORTFALL THAT WE ARE FACING. THE SHORTFALL WE ARE FACING IS
DUE TO ENROLLMENT. BUT THE REASON I MENTION THE SHORTFALL THAT IS-- THAT THE STATE IS FACING BECAUSE IT WILL LEAD INTO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE TO DISTRICTS GOING FORWARD BUT OUR SHORTFALL IS NOT AS A RESULT OF, WELL, YES, THEY COULD GIVE US-- THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN US MORE
MONEY AND THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED TO OFFSET IT BUT THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE SHORTFALL WE ARE FACING THIS YEAR IS THE DECLINE, UNEXPECTED DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. >> WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY INITIAL QUESTION IS ENROLLMENT FOR 27. SO IT WAS REPRESENTED TO
EVERYONE THAT A LARGE REASON FOR OUR SHORTFALL WAS IMMIGRATION RELATED. I'M SURE WE ARE NOT BANKING ON AN ADDITIONAL FALLOFF WITH PERSONS IN FEAR OF BEING DEPORTED. HOW DO WE ESTIMATE THE ENROLLMENT FOR SPAULL-SPRING 27?
>>-- FOR FALL-SPRING 27. THE PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PROJECT OUR ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S DIFFICULT. WE DON'T HAVE THE TRENDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TREND IN THE PAST. SO THEY DO HAVE SOFTWARE MODELING THAT THEY UTILIZE.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. WE'VE MET MULTIPLE TIMES WORKING THROUGH WHAT THEIR PROJECTIONS ARE. IT IS A JOINT ESTIMATE. WE ALSO WORK WITH ECONOMIC
OFFICER. DEPARTMENT OF ED HAVE MODELING TOOLS SO WE CAN ALIGN OUR PROJECTIONS WITH THOSE OF THE STATE. >> Edward Ferguson: SUPERINTEND ENT, MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO PUT Ms. FREDERICK ON THE SPOT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE IT.
BUT SINCE Mr. LINCOLN AND THE TEAM HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOLS, IT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE WORKSHOP IF THEY WOULD EXPLAIN TO US WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THIS MODEL AND WE THINK BASED ON THE MODEL THIS IS OUR ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT FOR FALL-SPRING 27 OR 28, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT AMBIGUITY OUT THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MORE EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR TIME AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE CITIZENS AND PARENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, TO UNDERSTAND THIS AS WELL. I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY DO WATCH THESE VIDEOS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS TOO AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HIT THE ON
SWITCH AND ASK THE QUESTION OF Ms. FREDERICK OR ANYONE ELSE. JUST SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD THAT WE COULD DO WOULD BE APPRECIATE. >> Supt.Burke: THERE IS A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK. Ms. FREDERICK IS PRESENTING TO YOU AT THE MACRO LEVEL THAT WE ARE DOWN OVER 6,000 THIS YEAR. WE PROJECT TO BE DOWN ABOUT 2900 NEXT YEAR.
I BELIEVE-- DO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE IMMIGRATION POLICIES REMAIN A BIG FACTOR. LIKE WE HAD A STEADY INFLUX OF NEW FAMILIES COMING INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WE DO NOT ASK ANYONE THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS BUT WE KNOW IF OUR STUDENTS NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH, IF ENGLISH IS
A NEW LANG LANGUAGE FOR THEM. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE PLUMMETED. WE WERE GOING BY 3,000 TO 4,000 EACH YEAR, WE DECLINED IN YEAR. THIS IS A FACTOR GOING FORWARD ALONG WITH DECLINING BIRTH RATE AND AFFORDABILITY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE COMPETITION WITH VOUCHERS.
SO ALL THAT FACTORS INTO IT. Mr. LINK HAS TO PROJECT EACH SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND THEN EVERY PRINCIPAL KNOWS THEIR COMMUNITY SO THERE IS SOME DIALOGUE THAT CAN TAKE PLACE THAT IF A PRINCIPAL SAYS YOU KNOW, Mr. LINK, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE DOWN 100 KIDS I HAVE A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX
COMING IN NEXT YEAR. THEY GO THROUGH THAT SCHOOL BY SCHOOL IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DRIVE THE BUDGET THEY GET FEBRUARY 20. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE FOR US TO TRY TO COME IN AND DIG INTO ALL THE DETAILS SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, WHAT THAT
PROJECTION IS GOING TO BE. THE BOARD IS TASKED WITH DEVELOPING A BALANCED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK TO KEEP THIS, TO BE EFFICIENT AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT Ms. FREDERICK IS ABLE TO ROLL THE INFORMATION UP AND PRESENT IT TO YOU IN THE BEST
MANNER POSSIBLE. >> Edward Ferguson: A COUPLE THINGS TO THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SIGNAL FROM D.C. THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THAT REGARD. I'M THINKING THAT OVER THE UPCOMING MONTHS THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE OF MOST COMMUNITIES IN REGARD TO
BEING IN FEAR OF MY CHILD AND MYSELF BEING DEPORTED. BECAUSE OF ICE OR IMMIGRATION, AS FAR AS THAT GOES MUCH AND WITHOUT MENTIONING OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I GET ABOUT THAT TYPE OF THING, WE ARE UP HERE ON THE DAIS. I THINK IT'S STILL GOOD TOE
ACCOUNT AND GIVE US THE INFORMATION. I'M NOT SAYING HAVE YOU TO SAY ROOSEVELT ERNLTD POPULATION IS EXPECTING TO BE THIS AND WHISPERING PINES IS EXPECTED TO BE THAT. WE JUST LOOKED AT ONE SLIDE WHERE WE GROUPED FIVE WHOLE COUNTIES TOGETHER AND TRY TO COMPARE US TO THEM.
OKAY. FINE. BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF REPRESENTATION THERE HOW CAN WE USE OUR BEST JUDGMENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET AND CFO PARTICIPATION IN THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW THINGS WERE DONE IN THE PAST BUT ESPECIALLY SEEING AS HOW TALLAHASSEE AND D.C. IS MAKING US ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE CENT, I THINK THAT WE, SEVEN, SHOULD BE GIVEN ALL INFORMATION. WE SHOULDN'T JUST RELY ON YOU BECAUSE IF SOMETHING GOES SIDEWAYS, THEN IT GOES SIDEWAYS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FINGER
POINTING. I WOULD RATHER BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE UPFRONT. I KNOW IT'S AN EXTRA LIFT AND THAT'S WHY I SAID TO YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET TO THE CONCLUSION, AT LEAST FOR SOMEBODY WHO THINKS THE WAY I DO, I THINK THAT WOULD
BE APPRECIATIVE. THE PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS GREAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO ENHANCE IT AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THANKS THINGS ARE HAPPENING VERY QUICKLY AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, MOVING FORWARD IF WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT Ms. FREDERICK ON THE SPOT.
SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S FINE BUT MOVING FORWARD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO US AS A BOARD. >> Supt.Burke: WE'LL GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT. THIS FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR IS TRICKY BECAUSE TYPICALLY FORECASTS ARE BASED ON FIVE TO
10-YEAR TRENDS AND WE ARE IN UNCHARTERED WATERS TO SOME EXTENT. THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO CHALLENGING THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR THE STATE HAD PROJECTED WE WOULD BE DOWN 400 AND OUR OWN LOCAL MODELING SUPPORTED THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE UNEXPECTED FELL 6,000. SO THAT'S A DRAMATIC...
>> THAT'S A. >> Edward Ferguson: THAT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE. >> Supt.Burke: IT'S A MIX OF ISSUES. I'M NOT GOING TO GET POLITICAL BUT Ms. FREDERICK HAS DONE A EXCELLENT JOB EXPLAINING IT. WHEN WE GO DOWN 6,000 KIDS AND WE ADJUST THE SCHOOL BUDGETS WE ONLY DREW BACK $20 MILLION. SO WE GET PENNIES THE DOLLAR.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO NOW MAKE ADDITIONAL CUTS, ACTUALLY PUT OUT FEWER POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, JUST TO GET EVEN. AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOWN ANOTHER 2700 TO 2900 STUDENTS, THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT AND THE DEEPER YOU
HAVE TO CUT, THE MORE CHALLENGING IT BECOMES. THE SCHARTS THAT COMPARED US TO OUR PEERS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN OUR PEERS OR WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR CLASS SIZE WE COULD MAKE OUR CLASSES FRACTIONS OF A STUDENT
BIGGER AND SAVE SOME MONEY. BUT I DON'T THINK THE TRENDS THAT ARE IMPACTING ENROLLMENT ARE GOING TO GO AWAY. I THINK WE WILL BE DEALING IT FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS AND EACH YEAR IS GOING TO BE MORE CHALLENGING AND THAT'S WHY
WHEN Ms. FREDERICK PUTS UP THE SLIDE WITH EMPLOYMENT NORFOLKS STRATEGIC MOVES TO USE ONE-TIME RESERVES AND ONE-TIME BONUSES IS KEY. IF THOSE DOLLARS ARE RECURRING WE QUICKLY DIG ANOTHER 1 MILLION HOLE IN OUR BUDGET AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE'S JOBS. WE'LL SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED ON THE BUDGET BECAUSE I
DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH MORE ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT. >> Edward Ferguson: THE REDUCTION IN STUDENTS FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT IS THAT BASED ON? AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL WERE AT THAT FSBA MEETING IN TAMPA WHERE THE
GENTLEMAN MENTIONED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE FEWER BABIES AND A DECREASE IN POPULATION BUT FLORIDA IS NO THE ONE OF THOSE STATES BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM STATE X TO THIS STATE. WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT DIP IN TERMS OF POPULATION OF YOUTH, AT LEAST THAT'S MY REX OF HIS-- MY RECOLLECTION OF HIS
PRESENTATION. EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE NODDING THEIR HEADS LIKE THAT'S GOOD NEWS. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE 29 ESTIMATED DIP FOR NEXT YEAR. >> Supt.Burke: THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I ENJOYED THAT FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE BUT NUANCED FOR US. THE SOUTH AND PARTICULARLY
FLORIDA HAS GROWN AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAD THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME AND FLOCKED TO WARMER CLIMATES AND THEY ENJOY A BETTER TAX SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WITH NO STATE INCOME TAX, THE INCOMING PEOPLE COMING TO FLORIDA ARE NOT BRINGING SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
WITH THEM AND WE ARE SEEING THE SILVER SUE TSUNAMI IS ANOTHER PART OF THE PRESENTATION. PALM BEACH COUNTY THE AVERAGE AGE IS ON THE UPSWING AGAIN AND SO A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 55 PLUS OR THAT ARE $2 MILLION PLUS CONDOMINIUMS IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH, THEY'RE NOT GENERATING A LOT OF STUDENTS.
WHAT GENERATES STUDENTS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE LEAVING PALM BEACH COUNTY TO GO TO ST. LUCIE COUNTY, IS ON YO' LA-- OSCEOLA
AND IT'S A CHALLENGE TO MAINTAIN RESIDENCE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. BUT I THINK THE 2900, I MEAN WE ARE ALL VESTED IN THIS PROJECTION AND THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK. WE HAD A RANGE INITIALLY FROM
1800 TO 4,000 AND Ms. FREDERICK TOOK EVERYONE BACK TO THE TABLE AND SAID WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT, AS RIGHT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND THAT'S WHERE THEY DUG IN, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY. LETS GET OUR BEST POSSIBLE FORECAST AND THE STATE HAS APPROVE AND ACCEPT OUR FORECAST
AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED IT TO THEM. >> Edward Ferguson: THAT 2700 IS IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RECLAIM SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO, WHOSE PARENTS DECIDED TO TEACH THEM AT HOME, ACCEPTED THEM TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, EVEN A CHARTER SCHOOL,
WHAT HAVE YOU, IF WE DON'T GET THOSE PARENTS TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO COME BACK, WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT AT 27 TO 3,000ISH-- >> Supt.Burke: 2900 IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS?
>> THAT INCLUDES DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS. THAT'S FOR DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED-- >> Edward Ferguson: 400 OR SO. >> AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE. >> Edward Ferguson: 400 OR SO? EASY PRESENTATION TO FOLLOW
WHICH IS WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE SOME UNREADINESS AND CONSTITUENTS HAVED ASKED ME TO ASK THIS. AS ALWAYS, A GREAT PRESENTATION AND MY ASK IS SIMPLY MY ASK AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WHEN I NEED THE INFORMATION. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WANT THAT, TOO.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU SAID SUPERINTENDENT AND GREAT JOB Ms. FREDERICK. >> I JUST WANT TO REMIND, THE DATES HERE OF THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND SO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS THE TIME WHERE I CAN SPEND A LOT MORE DETAIL AND WALKING THROUGH THE BUDGET.
SO THERE WAS A BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 16, I BELIEVE. GOSH, NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK. >> Edward Ferguson: IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY WEEK. >> I WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT WAS CLOSE TO THREE HOURS LONG
AND THEY'RE ALL RECORDED AND SO IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE PETEINGS, TO GO BACK AND TO WATCH THEM THAT GIVES THE ABILITY TO GO INTO DETAIL THAN THE AMOUNT MUCH TIME WE HAVE DURING THE WORKSHOP. >> Edward Ferguson: CAN WE AS BOARD MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS AT
THAT MEETING? >> YES, YOU MAY. >> Edward Ferguson: IT HAS BEEN DULY NOTED WE CAN ASK WHATEVER WE NEED TO ASK. >> I SAY THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE BOARD MEMBER NEIGHBOR ATTENDANCE AND SO, YES.
>> THANK YOU Ms. FREDERICK AND YOU SURELY LAID IT OUT TO US. WE ARE IN BAD TIMES RIGHT NOW. LOSING THOSE 6,000 STUDENTS AND I'M HEARING THAT THAT NUMBER MAY BE EVEN LARGER NEXT YEAR. FOR MANY OF THE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T CONTROL A LOT OF THAT. YOU JUST HEARD SUPERINTENDENT
BURKE AND Mr. MR. FERGUSON TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS WITH US LOSING CHILDREN SO IT'S A REAL BIG DEAL. THIS WAS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND , BUT IT'S REALLY PAINFUL WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
SCHOOLS, THANK YOU, PRINCIPALS FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND THE DISTRICT LEVELS AND THE DEPARTMENTS. BUT THAT'S JUST A SMALL SUM AND THE BUCKET AS WE KIND OF MOVE THROUGH IT. SO I WAS LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PAGES AND ONE PAGE WAS PAGE 6, I
THINK, WITH THE REFERENDUM, THE 10 MILLION OFFSET WITH THE REFERENDUM WITH THE CTA. WE ARE COVERED UP UNTIL WHAT? I KNOW WE DO HAVE THE REFERENDUM COMING UP FOR 26. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT MONEY, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE DON'T GET THAT MONEY? CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT A
LITTLE BIT? SOMETHING WE ALL NODE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. >> NAT REFERENDUM GENERATES $360 A YEAR, OVER $360 A YEAR SHARED WITH COMOOLS SO CHARTER SCHOOLS,
40 MILLION IS FOR WHOLES. OVER HALF OF THE MONEY IS USED FOR TEACHER SUPPLEMENTS AS WELL AS THE TEACHER RAISES. A QUARTER OF THAT IS-- SO FUNDS OVER 900 ELEMENTARY ART MUSIC AND P.E. AND CHOICE AND CAREER ACADEMY TEACHERS.
AND ANOTHER QUARTER OF THAT IS SAFETY, HEALTH AND SAFETY MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THE STUDENTS. SO WE FUND EACH POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCHOOL SITE IS FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND. EVERY POLICE OFFICER OVER AND ABOVE THAT ONE OFFICER IS FUNDED
OUT OF THE REFERENDUM AND THAT'S FUNDED FROM THE REFERENDUM.
>> WE WOULD HAVE THIS BIG PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, NOT JUST WITH THE TEACHERS SALARIES BUT THE OTHER INCREMENTS GIVEN TO OUR SUPPORT PEOPLE. >> THAT WOULD BE GOING INTO 28. >> Marcia Andrews: WE DO HAVE A LITTLE... IT'S NOT ANYTHING WE
WANT TO TAKE LIGHTLY. >> IT GOES TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. >> Marcia Andrews: I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER PAGE HERE, PAGE 11. THAT WAS WITH THE SCHOOLS, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER I ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT PAGE 14. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK, THE UNIVERSITY CHARTERS, SENATE BILL 1,100, HOUSE BILL 1833, AUTHORIZING STATE AND UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES SPONSORED JOB ENGINE CHARTERS. NOW TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
WOULD THAT BE WITH YOUR TECHNOLOGY. WOULD THAT BE WITH YOUR ADULT ED PROGRAMS. TELL ME THE JOB ENGINE CHARTERS. >> THAT WOULD BE, IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A K-12 CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THE STATE UNIVERSITIES ALREADY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPONSOR CHARTER SCHOOLS SO THIS WOULD, I GUESS, SOMEHOW EXPAND THEIR ABILITY FAU SPONSORS A CHARTER SCHOOL RIGHT NOW SO IT WOULD BE EXPANDING THAT PIECE OF IT.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THEY COULD UTILIZE THE LOCAL TAX DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO STAY TO BENEFIT THOSE SPECIFIC
SCHOOLS A LOT OF COUNTRIES ACROSS THE UNIVERSITIES, WE HAVE A SMALL NUMBER. LET'S SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE I WAS GOING TO SAY TO YOU. I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO PLUG
AWAY BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME STATES ARE NOT DIGGING IN DEEP WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND SENATE WE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS TO THE PUBLIC WE ARE IN DIRE NEED TO
GET THE HELP THAT WE NEED AND IF OUR CLIMATE DOESN'T IMPROVE AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS, AS IT RELATES TO THE LEGISLATURE GIVING US MORE MONEY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY OVER THE PAST YEAR TO GIVE WONDERFUL SALARIES AND RAISE THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE IN A DEFICIT, SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO FEEL OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IT DOESN'T LOOK POSITIVE WHEN WE SEE HOW THINGS
ARE GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATURES BUT I DO THANK THE SCHOOL CENTERS AND THE PRINCIPALS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN. WE NEED A LOT MORE THAN THAT. WE JUST TO TO KEEP WATCHING AND NEGOTIATING AS WELL AS LOBBYING THOSE LEGISLATORS AND CERTAINLY
GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MONEY FROM THEM THAT HAS TO COME IN HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. NOT GOOD THOUGH. >> HI, THANK YOU.
I LIKE IT WHEN IT'S ALL FRIENDLY LOOKING SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ON PAGE 5 WHERE IT SAYS VACANCY SAVINGS, THAT'S ALSO ATTRITION, CORRECT? IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS, WHAT IS THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SAVED IN ATTRITION, $8 MILLION, $10 MILLION? >> LESS THAN THAT. WE BUDGET A VACANCY RATE OF 2% SO I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT WE AVERAGED PRE-PANDEMIC WAS
PROBABLY 2-POINT, 2.8% SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $6 MILLION. >> Virginia Savietto: AND THE MOST, LIKE A GOOD YEAR? >> I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS A GOOD YEAR, BUT I WOULD SAY AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD
SIGNIFICANT VACANCY RATES THAT WERE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL, UNPRECEDENTED AND WE KNEW THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LAST. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UPWARDS OF PROBABLY $20 MILLION. >> Virginia Savietto: WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? >> THAT MONEY WAS SET ASIDE.
IT WOULD GO INTO THE FUND BALANCE OR IT WAS SET ASIDE AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE MOST OF THAT TO TRANSFER OVER TO THE HEALTH FUND WHEN WE NEEDED TO SHORE UP THE SHORTFALL THAT WE HAD W WITHIN THE HEALTH FUND. SO WE WENT THROUGH THAT IN THE LAST YEAR.
REMEMBER WHEN WE TRANSFERRED OVER $30 MILLION TO THE HEALTH FUND, THAT $30 MILLION WAS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THOSE VACANCIES. >> Virginia Savietto: I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY.
AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WHEN WE PAY FPL, WATER, UTENSILS, INSURANCE, WIFI, DOES IT EVER GO UP FOR US OR DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF IMMUNITY? >> IT DOES GO UP. AND FPL, SINCE WE ARE SUCH A LARGE CUSTOMER, THEY DO COME TO
US IN ADVANCE TO WARN US NAT RATES WILL BE GOING UP. SO WE DO KNOW THAT RATES WILL BE GOING UP. >> >> Virginia Savietto: IF WE GO TO THEM AND CRY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 6,000 STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT, THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING, RIGHT?
>> WE HAVE TRIED AND THEY DO NOT. >> Virginia Savietto: SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHEN SHE USES THESE BEAUTIFUL WORDS, WONDERFUL RAISES, BUT I'M JUST THINKING WE DON'T NEED TO DO WONDERFUL RAISES WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN
THIS SITUATION. BUT A BASIC RAISE WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHY IS TEACHER SALARY, WHY IS IT LIKE A FLEXIBLE ASSET INSTEAD OF A FIXED ASSET BECAUSE WE LOVE TO
BRAG THAT WE ARE A-RATED SCHOOL AND THE ONES THAT HELP US GET THERE OR NOT GET THERE, THE 13,000 TEACHERS, IF THEY WALK AWAY TOMORROW, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH FOOD WE HAVE IN THE CAT TEAR YARR OR BUSES WE HAVE, WE WOULD NOT BE TEACHING OUR KIDS
I'M TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX IN THE WAY THAT MAYBE WE HAVE THOUGHT NOT THOUGHT BEFORE. BUT WHY ISN'T IT BASIC RATES, LIKE COST OF LIVING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT. WHY ISN'T IT, YOU KNOW, A FIXED
ASSET? IT MAY SOUND BAD, BUT IT WOULD GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HIRE, TO RETAIN AND TO MAKE THEM FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY A RATED SCHOOLS, WE MEAN IT.
WE DON'T BRAG ABOUT IT BUT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I KNOW WE DON'T GRADE ABOUT THE PAST. I CAN'T GO BACK TO MY MORTGAGE LENDER AND SAY DIFFICULT GREAT IN THE PAST BUT THIS YEAR I CAN'T PAY MY MORTGAGE. THE PAST IS GONE. HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. WELL THIS YEAR IS BAD. NEXT YEAR IS WORSE. I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT THINKING ABOUT THIS.
>> A LOT OF OUR FUNDING IS TIED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHEN YOU HAVE A IS .3 INCREASE AND CPI INCREASE THAT IS CLOSER TO 3%, THAT WOULD ALREADY BE PUTTING YOU IN A SHORTFALL AND OUR DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN
MAINTAINING JOBS. SO THE ONLY WAY WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A BUDGET WHERE OUR PRIMARY EXPENSE IS PEOPLE, THE ONLY WAY TO FREE UP MONEY IS TO REDUCE POSITIONS AND TO CUT JOBS MUCH SO OUR PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN JOB PRESERVATION AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR GOAL. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ALIGN AND DO BETTER THAN THE PER STUDENT FUNDING INCREASES WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING INCREASING ENROLLMENT. AND WE WERE MAINTAINING ENROLL
MANY. WHEN THE DISTRICTS TO OUR SOUTH WERE BOTH DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE IN TERMS OF RAISES SO YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY WHEN WE HAD THE MONEY, WE GAVE IT TO THE TEACHERS AND WE DPAIF MORE THAN THE-- WE GAVE IT TO THE TEACHERS
AND MORE THAN THE PER STUDENT FUNDING INCREASES WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. WE ARE JUST NOT IN THE POSITION TO DO THAT NOW. WITHOUT PUTTING THE DISTRICT IN A STRUCTURAL MISALIGNMENT. WE END UP SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE ARE BRINGING. AND SO ALL THAT IS GOING TO DO
IS COMPOUND THE PROBLEM GOING FORWARD AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THAT IS TO START MAKING CUTS IN POSITIONS. >> Virginia Savietto: THANK YOU. I'LL COME BACK A VISUAL ON THAT BUT I DON'T AGREE.
>> Chair Brill: Ms. BRANCH. >> >> Gloria Branch: KUDOS TO YOU. IT IS A TEDIOUS TASK TO PROJECT ENROLLMENT AND I AGREE WITH Mr. BURKE, FORECASTING IS VERY TRICKY BUT EXCELLENT, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: TWO THINGS. I UNDERSTAND WHERE BOARD MEMBER SAVIETTO IS COMING FROM BUT I DEFINITELY FOLLOW WHAT YOU AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE HAVE BEEN BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN SPLIT THE BABY
BETWEEN WHAT THE DISTRICT IS PRESENTING AS THE BEST OPTION AND THEN WHAT THE REALITY IS IN REGARD TO US MAKING SURE WE PRESERVE AS MANY TEACHERS AS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING BOARD MEMBER ANDREWS ASKED ABOUT
WHICH WAS THE SENATE BILL 1,100 AND HOUSE BILL 1393 TO THE EXTENT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE NOT READ THOSE BILLS. THEY'RE IDENTICAL. THEY BASICALLY SERVE TO MODIFY FLORIDA STATUTE 1,002.33, WHICH YOU WILL FIND, IT'S THE STUDENT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUCATIONAL
CHOICES STATUTE. IF THAT IS PUSHED INTO LAW,IT WILL DESTROY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WE KNOW IT IN FLORIDA. THE WAY TO APROVIDE THIS EDUCATION IS OUR ECONOMY OF SCALE. WEEK BY IT FOR CHEAPER BECAUSE
WE CAN BUY MORE OF IT. IF THIS CRAZY BILL AND I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT IF THIS WERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED INTO LAW, WOULD YOU SEE CITIES LIKE WEST PALM BEACH AND COASTAL CITIES CREATING THEIR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO BE CONTROLLED BY US. THEY CAN SAY FAU YOU RUN THIS FOR US. OR PALM BEACH STATE, YOU RUN THIS FOR US. WE WILL HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE, HENDERSON SCHOOL CANNOT EDUCATE AS WELL AS WE CAN.
THAT'S A CHERRY PICKED DISTRICT. THEY HAVE A BUNCH ERIKKA WHITFIELD, HIGH PERFORMERS, PEOPLE THAT-- I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP BY THIS TIME AND THESE DOOGIE HOUSERS ARE
GRADUATING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR KINDERGARTEN READINESS SCORES AND THIRD GRADE SCORES THERE IS GENERALLY A DIP. KIDS WHO START AHEAD IN THIS DISTRICT STAY AHEAD BUT THEY SHOW A BUMP. SO THE FERGUSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVERAGE KINDERGARTEN READINESS WAS 50%.
THE ELA IN THIRD GRADE IS 35 TO 60%. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN K-12 BETTER THAN THEM. IT'S A BUNCH OF GREETEDY ROBBER BARONS AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE BUT I'M ASKING TO TAKE YOUR TIME, READ THAT STATUTE AND EXTRAPOLATE WHAT
THAT WOULD REALLY MEAN IF STATUTE 1,002.33 IS CHANGED. IT WOULD BE BAD FOR PALM BEACH AND EVERY OTHER COUNTY IN FLORIDA. I ASK YOU TO USE OUR COLLECTIVE SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THE AVERAGE JOE AND JANE WHO WOULD HAVE SPUE SUPPORT LETTING THESE WOLVES IN
THE HEN HOUSE NEVER DO THAT. BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED 50% OF THE SCHOOL'S PARENTS PARENTAL CHOICE, WOULD NEED THEM TO SAY YEAH, LET'S DO THAT BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR JOB MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IF THE STUPID
MODIFICATION OF THE LAW-- PIETS GOING TO BE A GREAT WEST PALM BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. PLEASE LOOK INTO THE STATUTE EVERYBODY. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: JUST TO FOLLOW UP, MS. SAVIETTO YET OWE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, I JUST KNOW THAT FROM SITTING HERE AND THANK YOU, Ms. FREDERICK, WE
HAVE DONE GOOD BY OUR TEACHERS OVER THE YEARS. WE ARE JUST IN BAD TIMES NOW. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PUT THE CHART UP TO SHOW WHAT THE URBAN SEVEN DISTRICTS THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE GIVEN OVER THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS. WE OF AT THE TOP OF THAT.
IF THE STATE WOULD GIVE US MORE MONEY, I WOULD SAY WE DO A WONDERFUL JOB, BUT WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY OUTPACED THE USUAL APRIL SEVEN-- URBAN SEVEN OVER THE YEARS TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS. WE ARE ALL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVING BAD TIMES RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE PEOPLE'S JOBS. WE HAVEN'T LAID OFF ANY PEOPLE. WE HAVEN'T LAID OFF ANY PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN A LONG TIME. I DON'T WANT US TO EVER HAVE TO GET TO THAT BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT WHEN WE ARE GETTING SO MUCH FROM THE STATE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL PASS OUR REFERENDUM WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE THE MONEY TO THE TEACHER, OUR SECURITY AND POLICE AND EVERYBODY EMPTION. ART, MUSIC AND P.E. PROGRAMS. WE HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF THE GAME FROM A LOT OF STANDPOINTS FROM DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF
FLORIDA BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO. AND AS FAR AS RAISES FOR OUR TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, SEIU, WE HAVE BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE SCALE IN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM THE BEST WE COULD WITH WHAT WE HAD AND WE DUG DEEP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BEAT OUT ALL OF THOSE URBAN 7 DISTRICTS SO WOULD
I LIKE FOR US TO PULL THE CHART SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS LOOKING AT THE SITUATION OF WHERE WE ARE NOW AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE CHILDREN BECAUSE IT STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND WE ARE GOING
TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN NOW BUT WE ARE IN DIRE TIMES. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORE YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU DID TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ON THE BEST WAYS TO READJUST FUNDING BECAUSE THIS IS A TOUGH TIME AND THE WAY THAT YOU ALL MADE SURE TO GO OUT AND GET THEIR INPUT, GET THEIR BUY IN, THEIR SUGGESTIONS, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT IS A TOUGH TIME AS MS. ANDREWS WAS SAYING. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOT MAKING A LOT OF-- THEY'RE NOT GIVING A LOT OF FAVORS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WE ARE-- I REALLY DON'T THINK WE ARE DESERVING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OF THESE SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE.
WE ARE EXCEEDING ON SO MANY LEVELS OF THIS STATE AND I REALLY AM QUITE PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD. I THINK WE ARE DOING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB HERE AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOSE FUNDING. WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THE
STATE COME AFTER US AND ATTACK ON SO MANY LEVELS SO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE DOING VERY VERY BEST TO HOLD THIS ALL TOGETHER I THINK THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COME OUT OF THIS ARE AROUND RAISES, ARE AROUND HOW WE CONTINUE TO FUND GOING FORWARD
AND WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE REALITIES OF THE BUDGET AND I REALLY AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE CUTTING THIS BUDGET.
IT'S NOT GREAT I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND SAY CUT MORE MONEY BUT THE REALITY OF LOSING STUDENTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH. WE CAN'T JUST IGNORE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE A
CONTINUED LOSS IN FUNDS. SO AS A DISTRICT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO RECRUIT AS MANY PEOPLE TO OUR SCHOOLS AS POSSIBLE, CONTINUING TO PROVIDE A SUPERIOR EDUCATION WHICH I THINK WE CAN KEEP DOING BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME AND SO FOR EVERYONE OUT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO HAS BEEN
SUPPORTING THESE CUTS, I MEAN WE HAVE SEEN IT EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK AND NOT FIRING ANYBODY IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LEND MY VOICE TO THANKING YOU AND LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WE DO HEAR YOU. I HEAR YOU. I KNOW THE STRUGGLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS. AND IT'S NOT FUN FOR ANY OF US BUT WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. >> Chair Brill: Ms. BRANCH. >> Gloria Branch: RESPONSE TO MS. ANDREWS AND Ms. WHITFIELD, WE HAVEN'T HAD TO CLOSE ANY SCHOOLS. THAT'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO WON'T HAVE A SALARY AT ALL.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU AND BEFORE I TURN THE MICROOWN OVER TO-- MICROPHONE OVER FOR WRAP-UP, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE PRESENTATION IN SUCH CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT YOU GOT THE BOARD MEMBERS REALLY ENGAGED.
THE BUDGET IS COMPLICATED AND I DON'T KNOW FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU REALIZE THAT BEING ABLE TO PRESENT IT TO US IN A WAY THAT WE COULD FOLLOW, WHICH MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, WE COULDN'T WHEN IT WENT
REALLY QUICK, IT GOT US TO ENGAGE. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED SCHOOLS. WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND OAFLT OF ALL, THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR SIM BY PHIING IT ENOUGH THAT WE COULD ASK SOME PROFOUND QUESTIONS AND ALSO EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS.
SO Mr. BURKE, I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOU. >> >> Gloria Branch: I LIKE THE CARTOONS AND GRAPHS BY THE WAY. >> Supt.Burke: I JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS. BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WE ARE
TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT TAXING AUTHORITY BUT IN REALITY YOU ARE NOT INDEPENDENT. YOU ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS. THEY SET YOUR TAX RATE OR THEY CAP IT BY STATE STATUTE SO WE LEVY THE MAX.
THIS NOTION THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT TEACHER PAY FIRST AND BUILT IT INTO THE BUDGET, WE COULD MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERING THE COST OF LIVING, IT'S NOT TRUE. FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR OWN TAX RATE, RAISE TAXES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY GROWTH IN THE
TAX BASE, RAISE YOUR TAXES AND BUILD THE BUDGET. TEACHER SALARIES IS THE BIGGEST LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET AND IT IS NOT AN AFTER THOUGHT, YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING ELK GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE CURRENT YEAR MUCH
THE STATE BUDGET PROVIDED A 0.6% RAISE. THIS BOARD DUG DEEPER DESPITE THE 6,000 DECLINING ENROLLMENT WAS ABLE TO OFFER TRIPLE THE AMOUNT AND OFFER UP RESERVES FOR ONE-TIME PAYMENT WHICH EVERYBODY WOULD PREFER A RECURRING RAISE
BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO HELP DEAL WITH THE RISING COSTS IN OUR COUNTY AND HARD TIMES, PRESERVING JOBS TRANSLATE TO SERVICES AND WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT PROTECTING OUR ABILITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN PALM BEACH AND THAT TAKES PEOPLE.
IF WEIGH HAVE TO REDIRECT EMPLOYEES TO DO OTHER JOBS THAT ARE MORE CRITICAL SO WE REMAIN YOUR BEST CHOICE AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT THIS IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR AND WE ARE PROBABLY HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET A BETTER BUDGET OUT OF THE STATE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM PUT MORE MONEY INTO TEACHER PAY.
WHEN I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE, THAT WAS MY NUMBER ONE OPENING PRIORITY IS LOOK, 100 MILLION OR 200 MILLION FOR THE WHOLE STATE DOESN'T GET IT DONE. YOU NEED AT LEAST $500 MILLION TO GIVE TEACHERS A 3% RAISE WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ARE SATISFYING INFLATION
HOVERING AT 2-POINT, 2.8 AND THEN JUST LAST PIECE IS THE REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER, YOU HEARD HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. WE CAN'T EVEN HARDLY FATHOM WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO LOSE THE REFERENDUM AND THIS BOARD REALIZING THAT WE COULD NOT SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THE STATE TO
SOLVE OUR TEACHER PAY ROB, YOU KNOW, WENT OUT THERE AND HAD THE COURAGE TO ASK PEOPLE TO TAX THEMSELVES, PAY MORE PROPERTY TAXES SO THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY RETAIN AND RECRUIT TEACHERS. AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST PASSED IT IN 2018.
I DO NOT TAKE IT FOR GRANTEDY HOPE THE TEACHERS SEE THE VALUE IN THAT AND REALIZE WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IT IS APPROVED AGAIN IN 2026. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE-- I'M GLAD I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SERVE AS SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE IT CLEARED THE WAY FOR A TERRIFIC CFO WHO THERE IS NOBODY ELSE I WOULD RATHER HAVE IN THAT POSITION AND SHE WILL HELP US COLLECTSIVELY GET THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES.
>> Chair Brill: WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP. >> Supt.Burke: NEXT UP OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER IS GOING TO BE JOINED BY MISS CHRISTINE GARDENER SENIOR ATTORNEY AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT UPDATES TO POLICY 8.122.
TEXTBOOKS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. WELCOME Ms. BISHOP. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE IT
IS A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. SO THIS POLICY OUTLINES THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASING, ADOPTING AND OBJECTIONS TO OUR DISTRICT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ALSO OUTLINES THE REPORTING SO LET'S
GO ON TO THEM. LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE VERY MINOR CHANGES. OUR SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS INCLUDE UPDATING THE LANGUAGE REFERENCING THE DUE DATE OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR IN THE POLICY HERE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY OR SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT CHANGES WE MADE, YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT HERE AND THE LINES ARE LISTED THERE FOR YOU. VERY MINOR WE UPDATED LINKS,
CITATIONS GRAMMAR AND FORMATTING. THAT'S AL THEORY VISIONS WE HAVE FOR THIS POLICY AND THE NEXT STEPS WE TAKE IT TO THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND WILL COME BACK MARCH 4 AND POLICY ADOPTION APRIL 8, 2026. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU, Ms. BISHOP, GREAT JOB. WE INVITE Ms. HEATHER FREDERICK. >> VERY BRIEF. >> Supt.Burke: A SLATE OF POLICIES AND I.T. SIMILAR TO THE TEXTBOOK POLICY YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE THESE ARE RELATIVELY MINOR UPDATES. JOINED BY Ms. NANCY BOLTON TAKE IT AWAY Ms. FREDERICK. >> SO HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T BE AS
TIME CONSUMING AS MY LAST ONE. SINCE IT'S THE LAST ONE OF THE DAY, BUT I DID WANT TO THANK Ms. NANCY BOLTON. SHE HAS DONE A MONUMENT TASK OF WORKING THROUGH THE POLICIES. I'M GOING TO TRY TO SUMMARIZE THEM BECAUSE THE CHANGES ARE REALLY HOUSEKEEPING RELATED, JUST ALIGNING THEM WITH STATE
STATUTE AS WELL AS FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND I JUST WANTED ONE THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THAN SURING THE STUDENT P.H.I.
FROM THAT POLICY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T REALLY BELONG IN HIPPA AND IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO POLICY 5.5 SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE HISPANIC PA POLICY. -- PIP HIPPA POLICY. 3.96 DRUG AND ALCOHOL-FREE WORK
PLACE. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND ALL WE WANTED TO DO WAS SAY THAT MARIJUANA IS STILL CONSIDERED A SCHEDULE 1 DRUG. AND SO JUST CLARIFYING THAT WITHIN OUR POLICY. NO CHANGE WITHIN OUR CURRENT
PROCESS AND POLICIES 3.81 AND 6.25 WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH LINE ITEM AND OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
>> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANY YET BUT I DO HAVE, NOT A QUESTION BUT ACTUALLY A REQUEST AS I READ THROUGH THE POLICIES ON POLICY, 2.382, WHICH IS THE SAFETY AWARENESS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE POLICY, AND YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FOLLOWING THIS. IT WILL MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU GET DOWN UNDER THE SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEES STARTING AT LINE 58, IT MENTIONS THE SCHOOL SAFETY
COMMITTEE SHALL MEET AT LEAST EVERY OTHER MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE COMMITTEE SECRETARY SHALL REPAIR MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS AND SEND COPIES TO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER, THE APPROPRIATE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPARTMENT OF RISK AND BENEFIT MANAGEMENT SO MY REQUEST IS,
BECAUSE SCHOOL SAFETY IS REALLY PARAMOUNT TO OUR OPERATIONS WE KNOW THAT THAT IS LIKE THE BIG BUZZ WORD THAT MENTAL HEALTH. I WAS WONDERING IF HOW WE AS BOARD MEMBERS COULD ACCESS THE MINUTES TO THOSE MINUTES I THINK FOR ME IT WOULD BE VERY
INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WAS CONTAINED IN THEM. IN THE POLICY, IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT EACH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ITEMS ARE THAT ARE LOOKED AT, HAVING TO DO WITH SCHOOL SAFETY SO, THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR TO THE DOESN'T, IS-- TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, IS IT POSSIBLE
WE COULD GET A COPY OF THE MINUTES OR HAVE THEM SOMEWHERE POSTED WHERE WE COULD FIND THEM. >> Supt.Burke: I'M NOT OPPOSED AS LONG AS THE GENERAL COUNSEL IS ON BOARD NOT COMPROMISING ANY PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.
>> AS LONG THRAS IS NO SECURITY INFORMATION IN IT. >> Chair Brill: I WILL LEAVE IT WITH YOU PERHAPS HAVING SOME
TYPE OF PIE CHART LIKE BOARD CLERK HAS PREPARED FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS COMPLAINTS JUST SHOWING US WHERE THE AREAS ARE THAT WE ARE SEEING REPEATED SAFETY ISSUES SAME THING ON LINE
93 FOR THINK MINUTES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY, IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THAT ARE REPORTED IN THESE MEETINGS. IT MAY NOT MEAN SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO US BUT SINCE
SAFETY IS SO PARAMOUNT, QOI LIKE TO SEE THEM SO IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN HAVE ACCESS, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. >> Supt.Burke: WE WILL WORK THAT. >> Chair Brill: Mr. LANE, YOU ARE NEXT. >> Matthew Lane: I'M LOOKING AT
POLICY 3.96 DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE WORKPLACE. YOU GOT TO LOVE IT WHEN THE LAWYERS ARE LOOKING AT THESE, I'M SURE IT MAKES EVERYBODY'S DAY. AND THESE ARE JUST SUCTIONS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.
IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 69-- I MISSPOKE, LINE 66 IT ARE IT PROHIBITS OFF THE JOB USE OR INVOLVEMENT WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS OR INVOLVEMENT WITH ILLEGAL DRUGS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TIGHTEN THAT
UP BECAUSE IT COULD BE VAGUE, INVOLVEMENT. YOU MAY WANT TO CREATE A DEFINITION THERE. THAT'S MY FIRST OBSERVATION. MY SECOND WOULD BE ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO LINE 236 AND THE
USE USE OR INVOLVEMENT WITH IF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIRE SOMEBODY, YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD DEFINITION WHAT YOU MEANT. AND IF YOU GO TO LINE 608, IT
TALKS ABOUT REQUIRED TRAINING AND IT SAYS ANY SUPERVISOR OR EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING A REASONABLE SUSPICION DETERMINATION SHALL COMPLETE TRAINING AT LEAST 60 MINUTES AND TALKS ABOUT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS
OF TRAINING THAT ARE REQUIRED YOU MAY WANT TO ADD THAT THEY NEED TRAINING IN MAKING A REASONABLE SUSPICION DETERMINATION BECAUSE YOU ARE ASKING THEM TO MAKE IT. YOU PROBABLY SHOULD TRAIN THEM ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY OBSERVATIONS AWE YOU GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, THOSE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION S. >> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU, CHAIR
BRILL. THAT COVERS THE RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES. WE CAN GO TO THE-- THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED. THAT CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOP,
MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO END THE WORKSHOPS. MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AS BOARD MEMBERS PULL UP THE
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA I'M GOING TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:40 P.M.MENT THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, ON ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA WE HAVE TWO SETS OF
MINUTES ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS? >> Supt.Burke: NO MADAM CHAIR. >> Chair Brill: BOARD MEMBERS
ANY ITEMS YOU WANT TO PULL FROM CONSENT? SEEING NONE I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH SECOND BY SECOND BY Mr. LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ANY DISCLOSURES OR ABSTENTIONS, SEEING NONE THAT'S NOW GOING TO BRING US TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT. GLSES I'M GOING TO HOLD MY CONTINUES UNTIL THE FEBRUARY 18.
Mr. LANE. >> Matthew Lane: I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: FIRST, I'M CONTINUING TO COLLECT INPUT FROM STUDENTS AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO RESIDE IN RIVIERA BEACH AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO HELP SHAPE THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
WE WILL OFFER AT THE FUTURE RIFF WRA RIVERA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. PLEASE SCAN THE QR QUOD THAT-- ALSO I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO THE SUNT TOWN HALL HELD BY MYSELF, AND EQUALITY FLORIDA NEXT MONDAY AT 5 CLOCK AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED AT DIXIE HIGHWAY AND LAKE WORTH PRESENTING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO DISCUSS A MYRIAD OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BEGIN TO WORK ON COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE DAILY CHALLENGES THEY FACE. SINCE SPACE IS LIMITED WE ARE
ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE SCAN THE QR CODE SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM TO REGISTER TODAY. WE HAVE 40 OR SO RSVPS THE SPACE HOLDS 100 COMFORTABLY. ALL STUDENTS WHO ATTEND WILL RECEIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS FOR PARTICIPATING SO PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE LOGS.
LASTLY, THE NEXT PROJECT UPLIFT WILL BE SORD FEBRUARY 21. THAT WILL BE NEW NEW BETHEL SIGNING PROMPTLY AT 7:30 AND CLEAN UP AT 8 A.M. CALL ME IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR EMAIL ME AT PROJECTUPLEFT PBC@GMAIL.COM. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> I HAVE A FEW SHORT ONES. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THE CELEBRATION AT CRESTWOOD MIDDLE
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ON TUESDAY WAS JUST SO UPLIFTING TO SEE ALL THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING WITH OUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, TALKING ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND HOW IT WAS COULD YOU GOER THE HOLOCAUST, THE TRAGEDY,
THE KILLINGS OF SO MANY AND NEVER REPEATING THAT TRAGEDY AGAIN THE STUDENTS HAD WONDERFUL QUESTIONS AND JUST TO SEE THE SURVIVORS AND TO SEE SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SURVIVORS TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO BE IN
AMERICA, TO BE FREE AND NEVER TO REPEAT THE ATROCITIES EVER AGAIN. AND THEN ON ANOTHER NOTE, YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. LAST WEEK AT EMERALD COVE MIDDLE
SCHOOL, ADVANCED MATH TEACHER CYNTHIA NORRIS WAS CROWNED THANK A TEACHER $500 FROM PALM WEST HCA FLORIDA AS WELL AS FLOWERS BALLOONS AND JUST LOVE FROM HER STUDENTS, THE BEST MATH TEACHER
YOU CAN FIND. SHE WAS SURPRISED, EXCITED. WE WERE ALL THERE AND SAYING HOORAY. IT ALL STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH GREAT TEACHERS POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BURKE I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AND
SIGN A BOOK WRITTEN BY ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUSTIN. HE WROTE THIS BOOK AND THERE WAS A STUDENT AT PARK VISTA AND THERE WAS A STUDENT AT CYPRUS TRAILS THAT WROTE A BOOK IT WAS
EXCITING TO BE THERE WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND AND TEACHERS AND THE MEDIA CENTER AND STUDENTS LEARNING ABOUT LITERACY AND READ AND WRITE AND BE SOMEONE WHO CAN WRITE THEIR OWN BOOK I HAVE YOUR
COPY, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE FROM JUSTIN CHT I HAVE MY COPY. HE IS AWESOME. THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH THE PRINCIPAL, WITH ME AND NORA FROM
THE LIBRARY WE'LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ON HIS WRITING SKILLS AND WHAT HE IS DOING ENTERTAINING ALL OF US AND HAVING THAT SKILL SET. BIG DAY, WHITES CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY AT SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH
SCHOOL THE TWELFTH HOUSE. HE HAS BUILT 12 HOUSES AND THERE IS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE HAS MOVED TO SOUTH BAY.
Mr. PORTER, ALL THE STUDENTS SO MANY GIRLS IF THE PROGRAM. I FACEBOOK HER PICTURE. SHE WAS EXCITED A LOT OF GUYS
AND GIRLS GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, CELEBRATING Mr. PORTER AND THE STUDENTS AND THE GREATNESS THAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE IN POSH AND ALL OF US WERE AT SELL CELEBRATE THE GREAT AWARDS. LOOK AT THOSE SUPER STARS. THEY'RE SO GREAT, THE PRINCIPAL,
THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SUPPORT. EVERYBODY IS UP THERE MR BURKE, YOU LOOKED GREAT IN YOUR TUXEDO. WE WERE ALL LOOKING GOOD, TOO BUT IT STARTS RIGHT THERE WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL SUPER STARS FROM OUR SCHOOLS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY. CELEBRATING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, ALL OF US JAMES WAS OUT THERE IN HIS TUX AND IT WAS A FUN EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING TALENT WE HAVE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND LAST, LA CASA LIVING VOICES
PERFORMANCE AT H.L. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT WITH STUDENTS FULLY ENGAGED FOR AN HOUR LONG LA CASA LIVING VOICES PERFORMANCE. IT HIGHLIGHTED CAESAR CHAVEZ AND THE FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STRONG VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWING WHERE OUR FOOD COMES FROM, HOW YOU CAN REALLY SPEAK UP AND FIGHT FOR RIGHTS THROUGH UNIONS BUT YOU KNOW, IT STARTS ON THE GROUND WITH THE PEOPLE WHO DO
THE WORK TO FEED US EVERY DAY, SUPPORT US AND TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE SO VALUED AND THE CHILDREN LEARNED A GREAT LESSON. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: Ms. BRANCH. >> Gloria Branch: I WANT TO ECHO, CELEBRATE THE GREAT EVENT AT EDUCATION FOUNDATION WAS
ALWAYS FUN HIGH ENERGY EVENT. THE WINNERS, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, TEACHER OF THE YEAR Ms. JACKSON AT GALAXY E-3 ELEMENTARY AND Ms. STERLING OF
EQUESTRIAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO EVERYONE. ALWAYS A FUN EVENT. I ATTENDED THE SPANISH RIVER HIGH ACE DIPLOMA CEREMONY AND HAD A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST AND SOME OF THE STAFF ARE HERE. Mr. BURKE SPOKE. AND THERE WERE OVER 300 ACE DIFFICULT DIPLOMA ASRY SIP YENTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS. I THEN WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO OMNI MIDDLE TO VISIT Mr. RUMSEY'S CLASS, CIVIC TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL TOLD ME THE STUDENTS MADE CARDS AND DRAWINGS FOR ME. I'M GOING TO READ EVERY ONE OF THESE, TOO.
I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEM. VERY IMPRESSIVE. WRITING AND ARTWORK. IT WAS FOR BOARD MEMBER APPRECIATION MONTH IN JANUARY WHICH WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL. THEY SENT THEM TO ME. IT MADE MY HEART HAPPY. IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE OF THE CIVIC CLASSES THAT SENT ME ALL THE CARDS.
Mr. RUMSEY, Ms. NOFO AND Mrs. IBARRA RUMSEY SHE AND HER HUSBAND BOTH TEACH CIVICS ATOM ANY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS NICE TO TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT CIVICS IS AND THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LEARNING HOW IMPORTANT CIVICS IS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY.
THE STUDENTS WERE VERY ENGAGING. THEY ASKED WHY I WASN'T ABLE TO SUBSTITUTE. THEY SAID THEY WON'T LET ME SUB ANYMORE. CALL Mr. KUBRICK AND Mr. BURKE. JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE FORUM CLUB OF THE PALM BEACHES LAUNCH ONWITH BOCA HIGH STUDENTS AND
PRINCIPAL, KIM GRIFFIN THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF SIT CITADEL, MULTINATIONAL HEDGE FUND WAS A SPEAKER TO THE SOLD OUT CROWD OF 700 PEOPLE. HE IS A BOCA HIGH ALUM. HE WAS MY CLASSMATE. AND HE IS STILL A GREAT SUPPORT OF BOCA HIGH AND FOR THAT WE
APPRECIATE HIM VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. AND Ms. BRANCH WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIS MOM Ms. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK I KEEP THIS UNDER A MINUTE. I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY
THANK HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY OFFERED-- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL HER MENTIONS BUT WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GO SEE Ms. FRANCIS HIGH AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY. SHE HAD HER STUDENTS COME OUT.
THEY SANG SONGS, THEY PLAYED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THERE WAS A DRUM EVENT. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS THE NICEST MOST UNEXPECTED JUST INCREDIBLEY NICE THING THEY COULD HAVE DONE FOR US. I SPELT SO SPECIAL AND I LOVE
HIGHLAND. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN BUT YOU SHOULD GO VISIT THIS SCHOOL. THE CULTURE IS INCREDIBLE. THE STUDENTS ARE ADORABLE. I'M SO PROUD OF THEM. THEY WORK SO HARD AND THE STUDENTS, REALLY THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ROOF AND I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THEM.
THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY BECAUSE I DON'T USUALLY TALK DURING THE WORKSHOPS BUT I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY PROUD OF MY ST. LUSHIAS PRINCIPAL. I WAS GLOWING NIGHT SHE WON. IF ANYBODY DESERVES IT.
IT WAS HER AND I WAS OVER THE MOON THAT IT HAPPENED FOR HR. I JUST THINK SHE ABSOLUTELY DESERVES EVERY ACCOLADE THAT WE CAN GIVE HER. SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE SCHOOL. SHE IS ONE OF MINE. I WAS REALLY PROUD AND WANTED TO
PUT A PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE MYRIE LEWIS SMILE FROM BEING SO HAPPY THAT NIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A QUICK SHOUTOUT AND SAY YAY DISTRICT 4. SO SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. >> Chair Brill: AND JUST AS A REMINDER, SOME OF US DON'T HAVE MANY SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.
SOME OF US ONLY HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL BUT WE WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES. MS. SAVIETTO. (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) CONTINUE TO BE A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION THAT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND THIS YEAR MARKED ITS FIRST TIME AT JOHN PRINCE PARK THAT
MORE THAN A DECADE OF CELEBRATION IN GREEN ACRES. I WANT TO THANK SANTOS AND HISPANIC AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL PRIDE. IT WAS MEANINGFUL TO SEE SO MANY COUNTRIES REPRESENTED WITH COLORS, TRADITIONS, MUSIC AND
FOOD ALL IN ONE PLACE. I WAS PROUD TO SPEND TIME AT THE AVERAGE TEENIA-- ARGENTINIAN TABLE AND SHARING CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I ALSO LOVED SEEING LA TIN AS IN ACTION AND GUESS WHAT,
Ms. BRANCH, SPANISH RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE BOCA RATON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND Ms. WHITFIELD'S NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MANY KIDS FROM, YOU KNOW, SPANISH RIVER. I WAS SO EXCITED REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS. EVENTS LIKE THIS STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, CELEBRATE HERITAGE
AND REMIND US HOW CULTURE CONNECTS GENERATIONS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOLHOUSE CHILDREN. MUSEUM FOR THE ANNUAL FAMILY FUN
EVENT WHICH ONCE AGAIN CREATED A JOYFUL AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE COMBINATION OF SUPERHEROS, MUSIC, HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER PARTICIPATION MADE IT SO MUCH FUN. THANK YOU TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MIRIAN NARANAJA AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR WORK. WHEN FAMILIES ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS COME TOGETHER AROUND CHILDREN, THE IMPACT IS LASTING AND MEANINGFUL. THIS IS HOW EXACTLY WE BUILD POSITIVE AND EARLY EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT LEARNING AND IMAGINATION. WE MISSED YOU, MR. FERGUSON.
THE PATH TO COLLEGE SHINE AND DINE GALA WAS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY COMMITS TO OPENING DOORS FOR STUDENT. Ms. WHITFIELD YOU WERE VERY SHINY THAT NIGHT. I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU THOUGH. THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM REFLECTED A SHARED BELIEF IN EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK PATH TO COLLEGE CHRISTINE SULVANE AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN ACCESSING COLLEGES ACROSS FLORIDA AND NATIONWIDE. THEIR WORK DIRECTLY CHANGES LIVES AND FUTURES WHEN EDUCATION CREATES OPPORTUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITY SHOWS UP, STUDENTS
BENEFIT IN REAL AND LASTING WAYS. 40-YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL OF THE KRISTA MCCAULIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS VERY MEANINGFUL. THE SCHOOL MEMORIALIZED WHOSE WORDS I TOUCH THE FUTURE WHEN I
TEACH CONTINUE TO RESONATE. FORMER PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS STOOD ALONGSIDE HER AND EDUCATORS AND EDUCATORS WHOSE LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES REMINDED US WHY EDUCATION MATTERS. THE UNVEILING OF THE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE HONORING
KRISTA MCCAULIFF AND HER CREW MEMBERS WITH THE MISSION THAT GUIDE THE SCHOOL TODAY. IT WAS REALLY NICE SEEING YOU THERE Ms. BRILL. THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL GRAYSON AND HIS STAFF FOR SUCH A THOUGHTFUL AND WELL EXECUTED
EVENT THAT HONORS THE PAST WHILE REINFORCING RESPONSIBILITY TO THE STUDENTS WE SERVE NOW AND THE FUTURES THEY ARE BUILDING. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO FRANCIS FRYE, PRINCIPAL OF HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS VERY TOUCHING SO I HAD TO DEFINITELY MENTION IT IN LAKE
WORTH FOR HOSTING A MEANINGFUL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER APPRECIATION DAY. THE STUDENTS WARMLY WELCOME Ms. WHITFIELD AND ME, LINING WILL THE HALLWAY AND OFFERING US EACH A ROSE. WE HAD 12 ROSES EACH. A SIMPLE GESTURE THAT SET A
POWERFUL TONE OF KINDNESS AND GRATITUDE. STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND GARDEN GIFT BASKETS TRULY REFLECTED THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL. WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION, NOT FOR RECOGNITION BUT MOMENTS LIKE THIS REMIND US WHY IT MATTERS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AT HIGHLAND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEY MADE US CRY. DIDN'T THEY. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: TO ALL OF THE OLD TIMERS SITTING IN HERE LIKE MYSELF, MS. SAVIETTO MENTIONED THE CHILDREN SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER JUDY
CLINIC, OUR FORMER CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, WHEN Ms. CLINIC RETIRED, SHE WENT OVER TO RUN THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM. AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE, IT REALLY IS. SO WITH THAT THAT BRINGS US TO
OUR WE DON'T HAVE AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS. IT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION THE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY MR. FERGUSON SECOND BY Ms. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A
MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH, SECOND BY Ms. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION IN ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSL