. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WILL NOW CALL THE WORKSHOP TO ORDER AT 4:24 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. WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. >> THANK YOU. ALSO JOINING US IS SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE, GENERAL COUNSEL SHAWN BERNARD, COUNSEL FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, CARRIE HIGH, AND BOARD CLERK TONY SINCLAIR.
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POUND. SO I WILL NOW TURN THE WORKSHOP OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TODAY WE HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE BOARD. THIS IS PART OF A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, AND WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TODAY. WE'VE BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE STATE'S BUDGET
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN TALLAHASSEE. WE NOW HAVE THE BUDGET OF THE INITIAL SENATE AND BUDGET HOUSE PROPOSALS. WHAT HAPPENS EACH YEAR WITH THE STATE BUDGET DICTATES WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR OWN BUDGET EACH SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER FREDERICK OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS TO REPORT TODAY THAN I DO. I'M GOING TO START WITH AN UPDATE FOR FY25. IN OUR LAST MEETING I WAS STILL WAITING FOR THE THIRD CALCULATION, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY LATE RELEASE BY THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ED. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT UNTIL MARCH 3. THEN GIVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE OF THE BUDGET, OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE PROPOSALS, AND THEN WHERE WE STAND WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET. AND A TIMELINE THROUGH THE REST
OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH AN UPDATE OF THE THIRD CALCULATION WHICH IS BASED ON OUR OCTOBER 2024 FTE. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION UNTIL MARCH 3, WHICH WAS THE LATEST THAT I'VE EVER
RECEIVED IT IN MY ROLE HERE, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, SO TEN YEARS. IN LOOKING AT -- WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE VOUCHERS WOULD BE, AND WE ENDED UP HAVING STATEWIDE VOUCHERS EXCEEDED PROJECTED
ENROLMENT, AND SO THERE WAS A PRORATED HOLDBACK. THAT PRORATED HOLDBACK IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS $15 MILLION. IT WAS THEN OFFSET AGAINST A $5.6 MILLION ADDITION BACK INTO THE BUDGET WHICH CAME FROM THAT
$250 MILLION RESERVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAD SET ASIDE TO HELP ADDRESS WHEN THE VOUCHERS EXCEEDED THAT PROJECTED ENROLMENT TO TRY TO REDUCE ANY PRORATION TO THE DISTRICTS AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO THE NET LOSS IN OUR DISTRICT RELATED TO THAT PRORATED HOLDBACK WAS ABOUT $10 MILLION.
THAT YOU CAN SEE ON ROW 12. THE UNWEIGHTED FTE INCREASED BY 700, BUT WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ALL OF THAT INCREASE WAS REALLY WITHIN THE VOUCHERS AND FES, WHICH IS ROW 32. VOUCHERS EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS BY
1500 STUDENTS. OUR DISTRICT ENROLMENT, WHICH IS ROW 30, WAS ABOUT FLAT WITH PROJECTED ENROLMENT, SO WE WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM PROJECTED BUT STILL UP FROM PRIOR YEAR, A LITTLE OVER 300 STUDENTS. BUT CHARTER SCHOOLS WERE DOWN
740 STUDENTS FROM PROJECTION, AND DOWN OVER 300 STUDENTS, NEARLY 400 STUDENTS FROM PRIOR YEAR, SO THAT'S TWO YEARS IN A ROW THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HAD DECLINING ENROLMENT. THE NET IMPACT TO OUR DISTRICT
WAS FLAT BECAUSE THE OVER-PROJECTION FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS HELPED OFFSET THAT ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN THE VOUCHERS. WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN REVENUE OF $6 MILLION. THAT PLUS THE OVER-BUDGETED AMOUNT THAT WE HAD FOR CHARTER SCHOOL AT THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT GOING TO VOUCHERS OF THAT 13
MILLION, SO WE ENDED UP BEING FLAT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE RELATED TO FY25. SO NO ADDITIONAL IMPACT. I'VE SHOWN THIS BEFORE, BUT ADDED IN PROJECTED ENROLMENT FOR
FY26. THIS IS A HISTORICAL HISTORY OF DISTRICT -- WHICH IS THE BLUE BAR -- DISTRICT ENROLMENT IS THE BLUE BAR. ORANGE IS CHARTER SCHOOLS. GRAY IS FES OR VOUCHERS.
PRIOR TO 2020, THE INCREASE -- THE VOUCHERS WAS MCKAY, AND SO FROM MCKAY IT'S JUST GROWN SINCE THEN. WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT IS JUST LOOK AT THE EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN THE VOUCHERS OVER -- >> EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU HAVE THAT TURNED THIS
WAY SO WE CAN SEE IT TO THAT TV? >> SO YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GRAY BAR, VOUCHERS EXCEEDED A CHARTER ENROLMENT IN FY25.
THEY WERE 24,000 ENROLLED WITHIN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, 21,800 IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND THEN OUR DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS WERE FLAT WITH THE PRIOR YEAR, UP ABOUT 300 STUDENTS. THE PROJECTION FOR FY26 IS THAT
VOUCHERS ARE GOING TO GROW FROM 24,000 TO 30,000, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A DECLINE IN BOTH CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND THE STATE IS ALSO PROJECTING A DECLINE IN DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS AS WELL, APPROXIMATELY 500 IN CHARTERS AND A LITTLE OVER --
CLOSE TO 800 IN DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS. FOR BUDGET PREPARATION PURPOSES, WE PLAN FOR ENROLMENT TO BE FLAT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE DO -- WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ADDING STAFF BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE DECLINING ENROLMENT THIS YEAR IN DISTRICT-OPERATED
SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN ESAU, AS WELL AS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, SO WE DID HAVE TO ADD SOME SPECIAL NEEDS RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. IN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR, HOUSE AND
SENATE, THE GOVERNOR IS COMPARED TO THE SECOND CALCULATION WHERE THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE WERE RELEASED LATER, SO THEY ARE COMPARED TO THE THIRD CALCULATION. AND THEY ARE ALL -- THE HOUSE ARE TREATING VOUCHERS THE EXACT SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND THE SENATE
VERSION IS PULLING VOUCHERS OUT, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME ISSUES WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE COMPARISON OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WHAT OUR FUNDING IS. IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK ODD, AND SO I'LL TRY TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
BUT AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL, THE PROPOSED INCREASE FROM -- I'M NOT EVEN REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS OVERLY OPTIMISTIC IN MY LAST PRESENTATION THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE WHERE WE ENDED UP, BUT WE ARE GOING TO END UP BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
ARE WELL BELOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED. FROM AN INCREASE IN BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION, THE HOUSE IS AT A 1% INCREASE OR $50. THE SENATE IS AT $66, AND TOTAL
FUNDS FOR FTE IS AN INCREASE OF $62 FOR THE HOUSE OR 0.69%, AND FOR THE SENATE, 1.5% OR $135. WHEN YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE ENROLMENT, I ADDED IN THE ENROLMENT GROWTH, BUT UNDERNEATH
THE ENROLMENT GROWTH I ADDED IN WEIGHTED FTE SO YOU CAN SEE COMPARING TO THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR HAD AN INCREASE IN WEIGHTED FTE, WHICH IS HOW WE ARE FUNDED AS A DISTRICT, OF $55,000. YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE, YOU SEE A DECREASE OF 11,000, EVEN THOUGH
YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN ENROLMENT, AND THAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE CHANGE ON THE ADD-ON FTE, WHERE BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT ADD-ON FTE. BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IN THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION IS
SET ASIDE FOR THAT TEACHER COMPENSATION CATEGORICAL. THERE'S NO INCREASE BEING PROPOSED IN SAFE SCHOOLS OR MENTAL HEALTH, AND BOTH PROPOSALS ARE RECOMMENDING TO MAINTAIN THE RLE, SO NOT ROLL IT BACK.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WHAT THE DIRECT IMPACT IS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BUSIER THAN WHAT I NORMALLY PRESENT, BUT IT IS VERY CONFUSING AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE
AND THE IMPACT OF NOT ONLY THE ADD-ON FTE BUT SOME OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE FEFP. SO WHEN WE START, THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT IS THE THIRD CALCULATION, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE TO SEE FUNDING-WISE WHAT THE CHANGE IS GOING TO BE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOUSE
PROPOSAL, THE SENATE PROPOSAL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ROW ONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HOUSE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE UNWEIGHTED FTE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THAT'S BECAUSE THE HOUSE VERSION IS INCLUDING VOUCHERS, THE SENATE IS NOT INCLUDING VOUCHERS
IN THAT NUMBER. SO THE SENATE NUMBER IS MORE CLEAN IN THE SENSE OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THE SENATE VERSION IS WHAT I'M GOING TO USE WHEN I SHOW YOU EXAMPLES AS TO WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE ADD-ON FTE AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS WITHIN THE FEFP.
THE NEXT LINE IS THE WEIGHTED FTE, ROW TWO, AND THE WEIGHTED FTE IS HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDED. SO YOU TAKE YOUR UNWEIGHTED FTE AND THEN YOU ADD ON A PROGRAM COST FACTOR BECAUSE A STUDENT, BASED ON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM
THEY'RE IN, RECEIVE A CERTAIN WEIGHT. SO A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT COSTS MORE TO SERVICE, TO TEACH, THAN A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. SO DOE RECOGNIZES THAT AND THEY GIVE US A WEIGHT, A HIGHER WEIGHT FOR A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT THAN WE GET FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS
EVERY YEAR IS THAT WEIGHTED FACTOR CHANGES BASED ON A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE OF THE COST REPORT THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE. AND SO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE COST FACTOR THIS YEAR DECREASED, RESULTING IN REDUCTION OF FUNDING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
PROVIDING THE EXACT SAME SERVICES. SO YOU HAVE WITHIN THE WEIGHTED FTE THE PROGRAM COST FACTOR, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE ADD-ON FTE, AND SO THE ADD-ON FTE, THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT YOU CUT THAT
ADD-ON FTE IN HALF. ADD-ON FTE IS GENERATED BASED ON THE STUDENTS THAT PASS AP, ACE, IB, AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION COURSES, AND 80% OF THAT FUNDING THAT'S GENERATED GETS DIRECTLY PASSED THROUGH TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THOSE
PROGRAMS. IT PAYS FOR THE EXAMS. IT PAYS FOR THE BONUSES, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO CUTTING THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, DIRECT IMPACT TO EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE NEXT IMPACT TO THE BASE
STUDENT ALLOCATION IS CALLED THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR. THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR IS PRETTY MUCH COST OF LIVING, AND OUR COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR DECREASED THIS YEAR. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT COSTS MORE TO LIVE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BUT THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT
OUR COST OF LIVING, COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR, HAS DECREASED. SO A REDUCTION FROM 1.408, OR 4%, DOWN TO 3.55% IS ALSO REDUCING OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION, SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION
FROM THE STATEWIDE LEVEL, IT WAS AN INCREASE OF OVER 1% FOR THE SENATE AND A LITTLE LESS THAN 1% FOR THE HOUSE. WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION OF THAT COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR TO $24
FOR THE HOUSE, OR 0.43%, AND $40 FOR THE SENATE, WHICH IS 0.74%. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE OTHER COMPARISONS ON HERE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THEY DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE COMPARING THE SENATE VERSION TO THE THIRD
CALC DOESN'T HAVE THE VOUCHER INFORMATION, IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES. I'M NOW GOING TO ACTUALLY SHOW YOU HOW IT WORKS WITH THE COST FACTORS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHTS THAT ARE ADDED. SO YOU KNOW WE STARTED USING
THAT SENATE VERSION OF $185,000, WHICH IS THAT COLUMN ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF UNWEIGHTED FTE, AND I BROKE OUT THAT $185,000 BY PROGRAM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF UNWEIGHTED FTE IN A K3 PROGRAM VERSUS A 4-8
PROGRAM VERSUS A 9-12 PROGRAM. I THEN LAID OUT THE COST FACTORS FOR FY25 AND FY26, SO YOU CAN SEE A BASIC K-3 STUDENT, THE COST FACTOR DECREASED FROM 1.118 TO 1.108, VERY SMALL CHANGE, BUT
THAT RESULTS IN $1.8 MILLION LESS REVENUE FOR US. THE LARGEST DECREASE IS IN ESAL, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS. THAT COST FACTOR DECREASED FROM 1.192 TO 1.165, AND THAT'S
RESULTING IN A DECREASE OF $3.7 MILLION, SO ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES WITHIN THE FACTORS THIS YEAR IS A LOSS OF $8 MILLION. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REALLY DO ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THESE
NUMBERS ARE ADJUSTED EACH YEAR THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET, AND THE ONLY REASON -- WE KNOW THAT IT HAS COST MORE MONEY TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF AS TO WHY THESE COST FACTORS ARE GOING DOWN IS MAYBE IT'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF DISTRICTS PUSHING MONEY INTO
ESSER WHICH MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE COSTS HAVE GONE DOWN. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I CAN THINK OF -- THAT I COULD THINK OF AS TO WHY THEY ARE DECREASING. THE NEXT IMPACT IS THE ADD-ON FTE, SO IN FY25 WE COLLECTED AND WE ADDED AND EARNED AND
GENERATED AN ADDITIONAL 11,461 FTE WEIGHTED ADD-ON FTE BASED ON STUDENTS THAT PASSED THOSE COURSES. THERE'S -- FOR THE HOUSE VERSION, THAT NUMBER WOULD BE CUT IN HALF. FOR THE SENATE VERSION, THEY ARE CUTTING ALL IN HALF, ALL
SERVICES AND ALL ADVANCED COURSE WORK IN HALF, EXCEPT FOR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION. SO THE ADDITIONAL FTE EARNED FOR AP, IB AND ACE, THE SENATE IS PROPOSING THAT IS CUT BY 50%, BUT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION THEY
ARE HOLDING HARMLESS. SO INSTEAD OF THAT 11,461, WE'RE ONLY GETTING CREDIT FOR 6,622, SO THAT DIFFERENCE IS 4,839 FTE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING FUNDED FOR.
YOU TAKE THAT TIMES THE SENATE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION, THAT'S $27 MILLION. THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY HIGHER BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS CUTTING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION IN HALF TOO, SO THAT WOULD BE A $32 MILLION REDUCTION.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN STILL CHANGE. THE LAST ITEM IS THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR WHERE I SAY IT'S RELATED TO OUR COST OF LIVING. THE IMPACT OF THAT COST OF
LIVING IS WE'RE NOW LOSING $28.61 PER FTE, SO YOU TAKE THAT ON 210,000 FTE, THAT TOTALS $6 MILLION. SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A CALCULATION THAT'S DONE BY THE STATE. IT'S THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST
THREE YEARS, BUT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ADD UP TO $41 MILLION LESS IN REVENUE THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING THIS YEAR COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. ON THE TOP IS THE IMPACT OF THE
CURRENT PROPOSAL, SO YOU CAN SEE UNDER ROW 2 OUR WEIGHTED FUNDING FOR THE HOUSE AND SENATE UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR AT THE 3.5%, AND ON THE BOTTOM YOU
CAN SEE THE CHANGE OF WHAT OUR WEIGHTED FTE WOULD BE. SO INSTEAD OF THE 204,000 IT WOULD BE THE 210. YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION. IF YOU WERE TO INCLUDE THE 4% INCREASE, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE
WOULD HAVE A -- THAT RESULTS IN A LOSS IN REVENUE OF $47 TO 41 MILLION BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROPOSALS. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE VOUCHERS. THERE'S NOT MUCH ON HERE BUT JUST SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE PROPOSALS. THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING ALLOCATION LINE OF 21 BECAUSE THE SENATE HAS PULLED OUT THE VOUCHERS ALL TOGETHER FROM THE CALCULATION.
JUMPING BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE, THE DOE IS PROJECTING A LOSS IN DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS OF 800 STUDENTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS OF 500, AND INCREASE IN MCKAY OF 6,000. WE DID BUDGET THAT WE WOULD BE FLAT, NOT HAVE A REDUCTION IN
ENROLMENT, SO THAT MEANS WE WOULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS COME COUNT DAY OF JUST WHETHER IF WE END UP HAVING A REDUCTION IN ENROLMENT WE WOULD BE ADJUSTING STAFFING AT THAT TIME. IF WE END UP HAVING AN INCREASE, OUR REVENUE WOULD BE ADJUSTED AT THE THIRD CALCULATION BASED ON
THE ACTUAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN OCTOBER. IN LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE, THAT'S ROW 38, UNDER THE HOUSE PROPOSAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOSS OF $11.5 MILLION, AND UNDER THE SENATE PROPOSAL, 5.2. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PER-STUDENT
FUNDING, THE HOUSE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A LOSS OF $5, SO WE WOULD BE BASICALLY STAYING FLAT IN TERMS OF -- YOU KNOW, IT'S LESS THAN -- IT'S LESS THAN A PERCENT DECREASE, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A REDUCTION IN OUR PER-STUDENT
FUNDING, AND THE SENATE IS AN INCREASE OF $96 OR 1%. AND IF THERE WAS NO CHANGE, AND YOU KNOW, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION AND LEFT THE COST FACTORS THE SAME, THE ADD-ON FTE THE SAME, AS WELL AS THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF $30
MILLION, WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL. AND AN INCREASE OF 2.23% OR 3.35%, BUT THAT'S NOT REALITY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF NOTHING HAD CHANGED. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE CHANGED BY THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT
NOW IS THAT ADD-ON FTE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE LOSS, SO FOR THEM TO PUT THAT CHANGE IN ADD-ON FTE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE HAVING THE REDUCTION IN THE COST FACTORS AS WELL AS THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A SIGNIFICANT
BURDEN TO PUT ON DISTRICTS. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW? SO WE BRING FORWARD THE $11 MILLION LOSS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE $5 MILLION LOSS FROM THE SENATE. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE INCREASE IN FRS.
I CALCULATED THE IMPACT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WOULD BE 0.5%. THAT EQUATES TO $5 MILLION. IT'S $1 MILLION FOR EVERY TENTH OF A PERCENT. WE HAVE THE INCREASE IN THE TEACHER COMPENSATION. THAT COMES OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND THAT FUNDING ON TEACHER COMP.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIONS THAT WE WOULD FUND $55 OF THE PREMIUM IN '25, AND THEN 25 IN '26, SO
THE IMPACT OF THAT INCREASE IS $19 MILLION, YET WE HAVE SOME RESERVE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR TO HELP OFFSET THAT, SO THE IMPACT FOR NEXT YEAR IS $9 MILLION. THE INCREASE IN THE CONTINGENCY TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH
BOARD POLICY, TO MAINTAIN THE 3%, SINCE THE HOUSE IS INCLUDING VOUCHERS WITHIN THE REVENUE, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE BOARD CONTINGENCY. THE SENATE IS NOT INCLUDING VOUCHERS WITHIN THE REVENUE, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO INCREASE THE CONTINGENCY UNDER THE SENATE PROPOSAL. WE KNOW FPL RATES ARE GOING TO
INCREASE. FPL IS DOING A CALCULATION NOW AS TO WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE TO US, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION. I MENTIONED THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR DOE IS PROJECTING DECLINING ENROLMENT, WE PROJECTED IT BE FLAT, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN
OUR ESAL POPULATION AS WELL AS SPECIAL NEEDS, SO WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THAT. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THIS BUDGET THAT WAS RELEASED, AND THEN I DO STILL RECOMMEND MOVING
FORWARD WITH EXPANDING THE PILOT FOR THE ATHLETICS PROGRAM AS WELL AS FOR BANDS. THOSE ARE DIRECT RESOURCES TO STUDENTS, AND IT'S NOT FOR ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE. IT'S TO BRING THE PROGRAMS UP TO A STANDARD LEVEL.
WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE PILOT, WE DID SEE THAT THERE WAS EXTREME INEQUITY BETWEEN THE TITLE SCHOOLS AND THE NON-TITLE SCHOOLS, SO THIS IS NOT PAYING FOR THEM TO GO TO LONDON OR PAYING FOR THEM TO GO OUT OF STATE. IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS WITH HERE
WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR SALARY SETTLEMENT FOR OUR BARGAINING GROUPS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AS OF THE FIRST OF THE YEAR THAT ARE ON A CALENDAR YEAR VERSUS A FISCAL YEAR, SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL BARGAINING WITH
SEIU, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A FULL YEAR WORTH OF THEIR RAISE. SO THAT PUTS OUR DISTRICT AT A SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION UNDER BOTH PROPOSALS,
THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. HALF OF THAT WILL, UNFORTUNATELY, BE PASSED DIRECTLY THROUGH TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE 80% OF THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THAT ADD-ON FTE IS PASSED THROUGH DIRECTLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS, SO THAT REPRESENTS 23 MILLION UNDER
THE HOUSE PROPOSAL AND 19 MILLION UNDER THE SENATE PROPOSAL. SO UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, WE HAVE -- THEY ARE STILL PROPOSING INCREASES TO SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. IT'S 200, 300,000 RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE PROPOSING INCREASES TO 1 MILLION 3 MILLION. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, PROPOSING CHANGES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WHAT YEAR DOES IT FINALLY GET PASSED, SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT. THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, I KNOW THEY SAID STATEWIDE. THEY CALCULATED THE IMPACT TO BE 0.4.
I CALCULATED IT TO BE 0.5 IN OUR DISTRICT. THERE'S SOME BILLS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION, SOME CHANGES TO IB BONUS FUNDING, WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE ADD-ON CHANGE BUT A DIFFERENT CHANGE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ADD ADDITIONAL COURSES
IN THAT HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF IB. ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT'S JUST A ROLLOVER OF THE DEREGULATION THAT WAS NOT PASSED IN THE LAST YEAR, SO IT'S JUST EVERYTHING THAT WAS LEFT OVER THAT DIDN'T PASS.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES, REPEALING THAT. THERE'S A NEW BILL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THIS WEEK. THE LOCAL OPTION TAXES, WHICH WOULD LIMIT OUR SALES TAX THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE VOTERS
FOR TEN YEARS, IT WOULD LIMIT THE TERM TO EIGHT YEARS. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROPOSALS UNDER CHARTER SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, FORCING DISTRICTS TO HAVE SCHOOLS CO-LOCATE WITHIN
OUR FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ALLOWING ANY NEGOTIATION. YOU KNOW, PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT PROPERTIES WE'RE ABLE TO SELL AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD. SO THERE IS DIFFERENT BILLS RELATED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND
EXPANDED ACCESS TO OUR FACILITIES. AND THEN I'M SURE THERE'S SEVERAL THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT WITH PROPERTY TAXES, CHANGES TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. ONE WOULD NOT IMPACT SCHOOLS. ANOTHER ONE WOULD IMPACT SCHOOLS, AND THE LAST PROPOSAL
IS JUST THAT THERE'S A STUDY TO -- A STUDY TO STUDY THE ELIMINATION OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RELEASED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH BY OCTOBER 1ST. SO WE'RE MONITORING THOSE VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, STATEWIDE, IT'S THROUGH PRIMARILY STATE SALES TAX AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S HOW EDUCATION IS FUNDED, SO ANY CHANGE TO THAT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO EDUCATION. PROPERTY VALUES, UPDATED
PROPERTY VALUES, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF 5.1%, BUT BASED ON WHAT I SHOWED YOU WITH THE HOUSE AND SENATE PROPOSALS, YOU KNOW THAT THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH OUR INCREASE IN PER-STUDENT FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT NO INCREASE IN PER-STUDENT FUNDING TO A MAX OF
1% AT THIS TIME, SO -- BUT IT IS POSITIVE THAT WE ARE SEEING STILL SOME MODEST INCREASES IN PROPERTY VALUES. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE BUDGETS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR REVIEWING OF THE -- YOU
KNOW, THE IMPACT OF THE REDUCTION OF THE ADD-ON FTE THAT WILL HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET, COMPOUNDED WITH THOSE OTHER CHANGES I MENTIONED WITHIN THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR, AS WELL AS THE COST FACTORS AS WELL. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO RE-LOOK
AT THE BUDGET, OUR BUDGETS, OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS IN LIGHT OF WHERE OUR BUDGET STANDS, AND RIGHT NOW NO CHANGES, OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED RELATED TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT A LEGISLATIVE LEVEL HAS A DIRECT
IMPACT AS TO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO FOR SALARY, INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL, OR IMPACTING THOSE -- WE'RE MONITORING THOSE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE OUR BOARD WORKSHOP
TODAY ON THE 2ND. WE HAVE OUR NEXT BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE 18TH. WE HAVE OUR FINAL BOARD WORKSHOP IS ON MAY 28. TENTATIVE BUDGET ADOPTION IS ON JULY 30, AND FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION IS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO WE'RE NOW MOVING TO BOARD QUESTIONS. MRS. WHITFIELD? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS SO MUCH INFORMATION AND SO IMPORTANT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS. A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, AND I'M GOING TO PROBABLY
DIRECT THESE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THROUGH THE CHAIR, BUT DURING THIS DISCUSSION YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PULLBACK ON FUNDING THAT'S RELATED TO THE IB, THE AICE AND THE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, THE AP
PROGRAMS, AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GONNA HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN I AM THINKING ABOUT US AS A FUTURE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE IMPACT OF THE VOUCHERS AS THEY'RE GOING FORWARD, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A FIGHT FOR PROVING THAT WE ARE WORTH IT AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD COME TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND NOT GO TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S OUR MARKET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SELL, AND THAT WE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT, AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT MAKES US SO AMAZING IS THAT OUR STUDENTS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WALK OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL WITH SO MANY CREDIT HOURS TOWARDS THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE. AND MY DAUGHTER'S DOING IT RIGHT NOW, AND MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE DONE THIS OR ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, SO AS WE ARE GONNA SEE THESE IMPACTS AND WE'RE GONNA WATCH THE FUNDING BEING PULLED AWAY
FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR HIGHER-LEVEL PROGRAMS, HOW ARE -- HOW CAN WE MITIGATE THAT HERE? AND ARE WE GOING TO OUR LOBBYISTS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE? AND AS A PART OF THAT AS WELL, I
REALLY THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING IN THIS NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT REPORT SOON, MAYBE A MONTH, TWO MONTHS. WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THE REPORT COME BACK ON OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE EXPANDING OR WHERE WE SHOULD BE
FOCUSING OUR -- YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'M IMAGINING THAT THAT CONVERSATION'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE STATE, SO I WANTED TO GIVE, THROUGH THE CHAIR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE THING AFTERWARDS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE ACCESS TO THESE COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSES, AND YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IN THE CLASS OF 2024 WE HAD 70% TOOK AT LEAST ONE COLLEGE-LEVEL COURSE, AND THIS ADD-ON FTE IS REALLY PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO PASS THAT EXAM TO GENERATE THE COLLEGE CREDIT, AND THEN WE RECEIVE THE REVENUE AND 80% OF IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT EARNED IT, SO THIS IS CAUSE FOR GREAT CONCERN. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE EXAMS, TO PROVIDE THE MATERIALS, THE INSTRUCTION
MATERIALS, AND TO PAY FOR THE TEACHER BONUS, BECAUSE WHEN THOSE TEACHERS HAVE KIDS THAT ARE STUDENTS THAT PASS, THEY GENERATE BONUSES. SO THE EXAMS AND BONUSES MUST CONTINUE TO BE PAID, AND WHEN YOU CUT THIS BY 50%, THAT MEANS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM IN YEARS
PAST TO BOLSTER THOSE PROGRAMS, TO EXPAND THEM, TO ADD TUTORIAL PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, TO ADD ADDITIONAL TEACHER SUPPLEMENTS AND EXTRA PERIODS, AND IN SOME CASES EVEN FULL-TIME TEACHERS. SO THERE'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE IT, BECAUSE AS MS. FREDERICK POINTED
OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SHORTFALL IN OUR OVERALL BUDGET, AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BEAR ABOUT 50% OF THE BRUNT OF THAT SHOFTFALL BECAUSE OF THIS REDUCTION TO THE ADD-ON FTE. WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD WITH OUR SCHOOLS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SCHEDULE STUDENTS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DEPRIVE THEM OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT NOW OUR
SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HARD-PRESSED TO PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE WITHOUT THE REVENUE, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY IS A LEADER ACROSS THE STATE, SO WE ARE GOING TO FEEL PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF THIS REDUCTION, AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MR. FACE AND MEGAN FAY OF
CAPITAL CITY CONSULTING. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT JUST A PALM BEACH ISSUE. THIS BROKE JUST PRIOR TO THE SPRING BREAK, AND IT'S A CONCERN FOR REALLY ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS WELL-INFORMED HERE
TODAY. WE CAN CONTINUE TO -- I REACHED OUT OVER SPRING BREAK AND TALKED TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL DELEGATION IN ADVANCE OF A BUDGET MEETING, AND YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RESPONSIVE AND SOME OF THEM EVEN WEIGHED IN IN THE DISCUSSION, BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS WITH BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE
PROPOSING THIS REDUCTION, IT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN. AND THE EMPHASIS RIGHT NOW IN TALLAHASSEE SEEMS TO BE ON HOW CAN WE FURTHER CUT TAXES, WHETHER IT BE PROPERTY OR SALES TAX, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT
UNSETTLING BECAUSE FLORIDA IS IN THE BOTTOM TIER IN TERMS OF TAXATION. THERE'S NO INCOME TAX. OUR STATE SALES TAX IS RELATIVELY LOW. OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO NORTHEAST AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, SO WHEN WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AND PERFORMING WELL, IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE
THAT STRONG PERFORMANCE BASICALLY CUT OUT AT THE KNEES AND THEY WILL WHACK THE FUNDING BY 50%. SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO REALLY PREPARE FOR. I DID SHARE THE NEWS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHEN WE MET AS A GROUP, AND YOU KNOW, IT TOOK THE AIR OUT OF THE ROOM PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE THIS IS --
THIS FUNDING IS WHAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS WE'RE PROVIDING. >> SO MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST FINISH UP. >> IF I COULD JUST COMMENT ON WHAT MR. BURKE JUST SAID. THIS MORNING AT THE ALLIANCE OF DELRAY I WAS APPROACHED BY A WOMAN WHO HAS CHILDREN AND THAT WORK IN AN ORANGE COUNTY IN
SCHOOLS, AND SO THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED. DO YOU THINK, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THERE IS ANY CAUSE FOR CALL TO ACTION FOR THAT? SPEAKING TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE REALLY ABLE TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD. >> THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THE
BOARD MAY WISH TO CONSIDER. IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE. RIGHT NOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RAISE AWARENESS AND I'M ALSO GOING TO BE SURE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION AND WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE LIAISONS TO SEE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
WE WANT TO TAKE ON. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH IN NUMBERS IF WE CAN MAYBE PARTNER ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> WELL, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY MEETING NOW UNTIL APRIL 23, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD GET BACK TO US AND MAYBE HAVE OUR
COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF WORK WITH YOU IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A CALL TO ACTION, REACHING OUT TO ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE PTA, TEACHERS UNION, ALL THE GROUPS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT SO THAT WE COULD DO AN EFFECTIVE CALL TO ACTION, SO NOT TO --
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, MRS. WHITFIELD. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU. >> NO, YOU'RE FINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF WRAP THIS UP INTO THE NEXT HELPS AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT AS A SCHOOL BOARD WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND
TO OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THESE FUNDS REALLY GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR STUDENTS. WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND OUR STUDENTS OFF TO COLLEGE, HAVING REALLY TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE ALREADY PAID FOR THROUGH THIS SYSTEM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REALLY GIVING THEM A LEG
UP IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND SO I FIND THIS -- THE CONVERSATION AROUND JUST CUTTING BACK ON TAXES, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS TELLING ME SHE PAYS $20,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES, AND I SAID, WELL, I'M SO SORRY. MOST OF THAT IS SCHOOL BOARD, AND SHE SAID, NO, I'M HAPPY TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS. I'M HAPPY TO PAY FOR CHILDREN
BECAUSE SHE SEES THE VALUE IN WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SETTING THESE CHILDREN UP AND SETTING OUR COMMUNITIES UP FOR SUCCESS, AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE WOULD BE SHIFTING THE FUNDING AWAY FROM SCHOOLS
AND REALLY TAKING THE QUALITY AWAY, TAKING AWAY WHAT WE ARE HANDING OFF TO PEOPLE, SO I WOULD LOVE A CALL TO ACTION. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT IDEA UP TO OUR COMMUNICATION CHIEF. IF WE COULD FRAME IT IN A WAY THAT REALLY TALKS TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS, TALKS TO OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE GETTING FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS SO VALUABLE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING THROUGH THESE TAX DOLLARS, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT GOING INTO A BLACK HOLE. THIS IS GOING TO ACTUAL EDUCATION OF REAL STUDENTS THAT
IS ADVANCING OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT IT IS OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MR. BURKE? >> I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT I'M ALREADY WORKING CLOSELY WITH MR. COOLEY IN COMMUNICATIONS TO START RAISING AWARENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BOTH WITH OUR PARENTS
AND OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. A FORMAL CALL TO ACTION WOULD NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD ON YOUR AGENDA, AND SO WE CAN SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO ON APRIL 23, PERHAPS. >> THANK YOU. MS. BRANCH, YOU'RE NEXT. >> THANK YOU, MS. FREDERICK FOR
ALL THE INFORMATION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS. CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL? >> SO WE STARTED THE PILOT PROGRAM WITH FOUR SCHOOLS THIS CURRENT YEAR, AND WE DID SEE THAT THERE -- AND THEN WE WERE
HAVING THE BAND PROGRAM SHADOW THE ATHLETICS WITHOUT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING IT. SO WE MADE SURE TO HAVE A GOOD VARIETY OF SCHOOLS, SO A TITLE 1 SCHOOL, NON-TITLE SCHOOLS, THOSE THAT HAVE A LARGE ATHLETICS PROGRAM ALREADY IN PLACE, AND
YOU KNOW, JUST A REGULAR SCHOOL. WE SAW A LOT OF INEQUITIES BETWEEN THE NON-TITLE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE TITLE -- AND THE TITLE SCHOOLS OF NOT HAVING JUST STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE STUDENTS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES,
HAVING JUST REGULAR UNIFORMS FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO GET TO JUST LOCAL GAMES WITHIN THE AREA. SO IT WAS JUST PROVIDING AND CREATING JUST A FLOOR FOR EACH
OF THE PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY ARE ALL STARTING FROM THE SAME LEVEL, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO SEE INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE
ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS THE UNIFORMS. SO WE SAW THAT. THOSE SCHOOLS STILL GENERATE GATE FEES. THOSE GATE FEES ARE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TO OFFSET THE COST. IT DOESN'T OFFSET THE COST COMPLETELY, AND THEN -- BUT FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS, THEY ARE JUST
CREATING A BASIC LEVEL, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE FLOOR FOR EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, SO THEY ARE ALL COMPETING AT THE SAME LEVEL. >> SO WE'RE PAYING THE FEES FOR THAT? >> IT'S -- THE DISTRICT IS
PAYING FOR -- THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR A STANDARD SET OF EQUIPMENT, STANDARD SET OF UNIFORMS, STANDARD BASIC TRANSPORTATION TO GAMES THAT ARE NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THEN THE
SCHOOLS ARE SENDING IN THEIR GATE FEES TO HELP OFFSET THAT COST. >> OH, HAVE THEY -- SO IF ONE SCHOOL DOES FANTASTIC IN FOOTBALL AND GATE FEES, THEY DON'T GET TO KEEP THEIR GATE FEES? THEY HAVE TO SHARE THEM? >> THEY HAVE TO SHARE THEM. >> AND THAT'S SOMETHING NEW? >> THAT'S SOMETHING NEW.
SO IT WAS A PILOT THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR WITH FOUR SCHOOLS. IT WENT REALLY WELL, SO WE'RE EXPANDING IT FOUR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, AND IT'S BASED ON SCHOOLS VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF SCHOOLS AS WELL.
>> SO WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR SPORTS, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO PAY FEES. WHEN KIDS, STUDENTS SIGN UP TO PLAY A SPORT, THEY KNOW THERE'S A FEE. >> ANYTHING EXTRA, THEY STILL HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR. SO THERE IS NO -- FOR THESE SCHOOLS, THERE IS NOT A FAIR
SHARE THAT IS CHARGED TO THE PARENTS, BUT THEY DO STILL HAVE TO FUNDRAISE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BUYING LETTER JACKETS FOR THE STUDENTS OR ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE. IT'S JUST STANDARD. STANDARD EQUIPMENT, STANDARD UNIFORMS. ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THEY HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR.
IF THEY WANT TO GO TO GAMES OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, THEY HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR THAT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIAL, THEY ALL WANT TO HAVE MATCHING JOGGING SUITS, THEY HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR THAT. SO IT'S JUST CREATING A BASIC -- >> PUTTING FUNDRAISING ON THEM. ANY MORE ON COACHES AND
TEACHERS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. I THINK WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE, BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT DECA THAT GOES TO -- THEY HAVE TO PAY A THOUSAND BUCKS, AND ALL THE OTHER CLUBS ARE GOING TO START ASKING, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THEM, AND MY GATE FEES ARE GREAT AND I'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT
BALANCING MY BUDGET, AND NOW I HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY? I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. >> SO WE HAVE HAD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. >> BUT I'VE HAD NOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I THINK WE'RE OPENING OURSELF
UP TO ALL THE -- AND THE CLUBS COULD SAY THAT, AND WITH ALL THE BUDGET CRUNCHING AND EVERYTHING, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PAYING THE FEES AND SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOES WELL AND A PRINCIPAL THAT MAY NOT -- NOT SAYING ALL THE PRINCIPALS DON'T KNOW HOW TO BALANCE THEIR
BUDGET, BUT SPEND YOUR MONEY WISELY. I THINK WE'RE OPENING OURSELF UP FOR A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE OTHER CLUBS. BECAUSE NOW THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO DECA, NATIONALS, I THINK IT'S A THOUSAND BUCKS THE KIDS HAVE TO PAY, AND SO I JUST THINK
WE'RE OPENING OURSELVES UP. I DEFINITELY DON'T AGREE WITH IT, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T AGREE WITH IT. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME POSITIVE, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THE SECOND ONE WAS THE CHARTER -- YOU SAID THE CHARTER SCHOOLS USING OUR FACILITIES.
IS THAT -- CAN YOU . . . >> THAT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSED BILLS, IS THAT IF WE HAD SPACE AVAILABLE IN ANY OF OUR FACILITIES, THAT THEY COULD ELECT TO CO-LOCATE WITHIN THAT FACILITY AS WELL AS IT STAYED WITHIN WHATEVER THE PERMITTED
SEATING CAPACITY WAS, AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHARGE ANY RENT. WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE OPERATING COSTS, CUSTODIAL, AND ALSO PROVIDE FOOD SERVICE AS WELL AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. SO THAT'S -- >> THAT'S NOT FAIR EITHER.
>> SO THAT'S WORKING THROUGH THE SYSTEM AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL PASS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BILLS. ONE WAS ALSO RELATED TO IF YOU'RE SEEING DECLINING ENROLMENT IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE OR SELL LANDS, YOU KNOW, AND THE
STATE COULD THEN ALSO DIRECT YOU TO SELL LANDS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF -- >> YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO CRUNCH NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT EITHER. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU, MRS. FREDERICK.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY RIGHT ON IT, BUT WE'RE IN BAD TIMES RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, 42 MILLION, 41 MILLION, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ALL OF
OUR ADVANCE PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR JOB FAIR THAT'S COMING UP WITHIN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. I THINK IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE, AND I KNOW, MR. BURKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING TO THE PRINCIPALS AND LETTING THEM KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK
WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR SACS AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE PARENT -- EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUPS ALL ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY. I DO LIKE THE CALL TO ACTION, BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE
BUDGET COMING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE, IT IS VERY GRIM AS TO HOW WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A GREAT JOB BEING AN A-RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROVIDING ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS TO GET OUR KIDS ADVANCED THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A WHOLE DIFFERENT SETUP RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING
TO ROLL AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SESSION. SO I THINK THAT COMMUNICATIONS PIECE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH SHAWN, AS WELL AS COMMUNICATING WITH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW. I MEAN, THIS LAYOUT IS VERY GOOD FOR US, BUT WE NEED TO GET THESE
BULLETS OUT TO THE SACS, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS AND THE PTAs AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO JUST KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL YET. THIS IS JUST THE STATE AND IT'S JUST HORRIFYING OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN TO US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE FEDERAL MONIES THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE STATE TO US FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS.
IT'S A REAL SERIOUS ISSUE. I THINK A CALL TO ACTION IS NEEDED, LIKE, YESTERDAY, MS. BRILL, BUT I JUST THINK EDUCATING PEOPLE, WHEN I SPOKE WITH MR. BURKE JUST THE OTHER DAY, I WAS REALLY FRIGHTENED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'D NEVER SEEN THIS MAGNITUDE COMING FROM THE
STATE OF FLORIDA AS IT RELATES TO VOUCHERS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVING PRIORITY OVER THE DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SO I THINK EDUCATING RIGHT NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW IT'S A FLUID PROCESS, AND IT CHANGES ON A DAILY BASIS, SO
I THINK WE HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE TEACHERS KNOW, SCHOOLS KNOW, PRINCIPALS KNOW, COMMUNITY KNOW, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM READY TO DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE. IF IT MEANS US GOING BACK TO TALLAHASSEE ONE, TWO, THREE MORE TIMES TO DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO, IN GROUPS, WE MAY HAVE TO DO
THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND IT REALLY LOOKS BAD AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO MR. BURKE, WE'RE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE, AND I THINK THE MAYORS, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, ALL OF THEM, WE NEED TO BE IN-SERVICING THEM ASAP THAT
EVERY DAY IT COULD COME TO FRUITION THAT THIS IS REAL. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF KNOCK IT OFF BEFORE IT GETS TO THE POINT OF BEING A FINALITY, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. LANE. >> YES, I'VE ASKED THE
SUPERINTENDENT TO PREPARE TALKING POINTS FOR US SO THAT WE'RE READY. WE NEED TO GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATORS, SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY SPEAK TO THEIR LEGISLATORS. I SPOKE TO MS. FREDERICK THIS AFTERNOON AND SHE ASSURED ME THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING IT
WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, AND WE CAN GO OUT AND DO IT. I KNOW I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING THAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I GET THERE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL DO THAT. THIS IS A BAD SITUATION. >> THANK YOU. MS. SAVIETTO?
>> THANK YOU, MS. FREDERICK. FIRST, I AGREE WITH MRS. BRANCH. I LOVE THE PILOT. MY DISTRICT IS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE -- I HAVE 24 SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ALL TITLE 1. WE ARE THE WORKING CLASS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR STUDENTS
MAY NEED HELP IN GETTING THOSE TRANSPORTS, THE UNIFORMS BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA SUPPORT, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PILOTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND I HOPE THAT WE INCREASE THEM. I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE ESAL PORTION.
ALSO MY DISTRICT IS 51% HISPANICS, AND THE MAJORITY GROUP IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE HISPANIC CHILDREN. NOT ALL OF THEM NEED TO LEARN SPANISH -- I MEAN ENGLISH, BUT I HAVE BENEFITED WHEN I WENT TO
HIGH SCHOOL A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE AND I TOOK ESAL CLASSES, I WAS ABLE TO GO ON AND GET FOUR DEGREES IN COLLEGE LATER ON IN LIFE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN'T -- AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR HISPANIC KIDS,
RIGHT? WE HAVE HAITIAN, WE HAVE HINDUS, WE HAVE BANGLADESHI, SO WE HAVE A BIG NUMBER OF KIDS THAT NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH BECAUSE IF WE HELP THEM NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE THRIVING LATER, RIGHT? THESE KIDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY,
YOU KNOW, BEHIND. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE, BUT THEY ARE PROBABLY VERY SMART. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO DROP THE BALL ON ESAL STUDENTS. >> RIGHT, SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING
OUR ALLOCATION FOR ESAL STUDENTS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE RECEIVING LESS FUNDING TO OFFSET THE COST. >> OKAY. >> AND THE STATE IS SAYING THAT IT'S COSTING LESS TO SERVICE THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH WE KNOW IS NOT TRUE, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT IT'S
WORKING THROUGH THE NUMBERS AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS THREE-YEAR AVERAGE IS SHOWING THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL REDUCTION IN THE COST TO SERVICE THE ESAL STUDENTS. WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR ALLOCATION, THOUGH, IN ANY WAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE I CALL AN MS. BRANCH AGAIN, WHEN WE DO A CALL TO
ACTION, I APPRECIATE, FIRST OF ALL, MR. LANE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE TALKING POINTS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL, BUT WITH A CALL TO ACTION, WE DON'T WANT TO ONLY SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO REACH
OUT TO THOSE ON THE COMMITTEES, TO THOSE AROUND THE STATE WHO SERVE IN THE LEGISLATURE WHO WE DON'T HAVE FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT WITH, BUT THOSE TALKING POINTS WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. MS. BRANCH, YOU'RE NEXT. >> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE THESE
DRASTIC CUTS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CUT EXPENSES AND WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN JEOPARDY FOR OUR ACTUAL STUDENTS, WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING FEES FOR -- I DON'T AGREE WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM, AS I ALREADY STATED, AND I THINK WE'RE SETTING AND OPEN OURSELVES
UP FOR ALL THE OTHER CLUBS TO THEN COME AND SAY WHERE ARE OUR FEES. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT. AND ARE WE ABLE TO -- CAN WE TALK TO BUSINESSES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SUCH AND SUCH SCHOOL NEEDS THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA, AND ARE
THEY ALLOWED TO DONATE IT? LIKE, AND SPONSOR, OR MAYBE THEY CAN GET SOMETHING IN THE NEWSLETTER OR THEY CAN PUT UP A FLYER, YOU KNOW, THE FENCE SIGNS? ARE WE ABLE TO ASK BUSINESSES FOR THAT? >> YES, BUSINESSES CAN ALWAYS DONATE TO SCHOOLS, AND IF IT'S
OVER $10,000, THAT DONATION COMES TO THE DISTRICT. WE SET IT ASIDE IN A SPECIAL FUND RESTRICTED FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE THE DONOR DESIGNATES. >> OKAY, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE -- WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND STUFF BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE OPENING
OURSELVES UP BIG TIME TO FUND SOME SCHOOLS AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY AND MAYBE THEY HAVE MORE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, OR THEIR COMMUNITY MAY DONATE, ET CETERA, THAT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CLUBS AND STUFF GOING, OKAY, WHERE'S OUR
MONEY? WE HAD AN IMPASSE TODAY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING, BUT THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. I'M STILL BACK ON EDUCATING PEOPLE. WE HAVE SO MANY PARTNERS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE
HERE. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR BDB, I THINK SUPERINTENDENT BURKE YOU WORK WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FOLKS OUT THERE AS OUR LEADER, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL, THE HISPANIC EDUCATION COALITION. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS, I CERTAINLY WANT MY
TALKING POINTS, MR. LANE, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE TALKING POINTS TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN AND OUT OF TALLAHASSEE TOO, THESE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH US, TO MAKE SURE OUR DISTRICT IS GREAT. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THIS A RATING.
NOW SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, YOU WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS GROUP, SO YOU'RE MEETING WITH THEM PERIODICALLY, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST PALM BEACH COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE FLOORED SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, WE'RE
ALL HEADING THERE, BUT I'M READING WHAT THEY ARE SENDING ME EACH DAY AS IT RELATES TO LEGISLATION, AND THANK YOU, MRS. WYATT, FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH AROUND THE FACE AND THAT GROUP, SO WE'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, BUT THIS REALLY HIT HOME, MS. FREDERICK, AND IT HIT
HOME WITH MR. BURKE TALKING TO ME ALSO JUST THE OTHER DAY, SO WE JUST GOT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. CERTAINLY OUR SACS AND OUR PTOs AND ALL THESE PEOPLE, AND I THINK THIS HAS TO BE ON THE TIP OF OUR TONGUE AS WE SPEAK ABOUT
IT, BECAUSE WE NEED ALL OF THEM. WE MAY HAVE TO GET BUSES TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE TO DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE, BUT I THINK IT CAN'T BE JUST OUR LEGISLATORS. IT'S GOT TO BE OTHERS, AND I JUST KNOW THERE ARE FAR-REACHING PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT HAVE A BASE IN TALLAHASSEE AT OTHER LEVELS TO GET THINGS
DONE THAT HAVE A LOT OF POWER. SO LET'S REACH OUT TO GET THE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AS WE TELL THEM THE DIRE SITUATION WE'RE IN FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I WANT TO THANK MS. SOLNET. WE JUST ALL GOT BACK FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C. YOLANDA IS SITTING THERE WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL OF THOSE PLANS THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM THE PRESIDENT AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, SO IT'S A WHOLE COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT'S HITTING US ALL RIGHT NOW, SO
WE'VE GOT TO EXPAND OUR NETWORK OF COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND COLLABORATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MS. BRANCH AND HOPEFULLY WRAP THIS WORKSHOP UP. >> I AGREE WITH VICE CHAIR ANDREWS ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WE HAVE A TON OF THEM.
WE HAVE THESE SCHOOLS THAT NEED HELP, THAT NEED MONEY. CAN YOU BUY THE EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA. JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. BURKE, I THINK WE'RE DONE. MS. FREDERICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR NEXT WORKSHOP, WHICH IS OUR
MCKINNEY VENTO PROGRAM. THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND MR. OSWALD AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO KIND OF RAISE AWARENESS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN NEED. LEVERAGING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO MR. OSWALD, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. BURKE. APPRECIATE THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. ALSO WITH ME TODAY, I DO HAVE -- THANK YOU. I HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF STATE
SCHOOLS, MELISSA PATTERSON, AND OUR PROGRAM PLANNER, ALESHIA COLEMAN WHO I GUESS DOESN'T WANT TO SIT NEXT TO ME FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO. SO AS MR. BURKE STATED, THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT STARTED IN THE LATE '80s TO SUPPORT
HOMELESS STUDENTS. WHAT WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH TODAY IS OUTLINE SOME OF THE LAW, OUR LOCAL POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THIS WORK, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT IDENTIFICATION, OUR DATA, AND SOME OF THE GOALS THAT THE STATE PUTS IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND KEEP UP
WITH, AND THEN TALK ABOUT REALLY THE KIND OF MEAT AND POTATOES OF SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE STUDENTS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SOME OUTCOMES. SO AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE LAW REQUIRES US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENROLLING STUDENTS IMMEDIATELY THAT ARE IDENTIFIED
AS HOMELESS, IDEALLY IN THE HOME SCHOOL OF WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT. IF IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS. AS WELL AS PROVIDING THAT TRANSPORTATION, SO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM IS A HUGE SUPPORT, AND THEN PROVIDING THAT SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES. SO MS. COLEMAN IS GOING TO GO
THROUGH A LOT OF THE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER OF HOW WE DEFINE STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO OUR DATA. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. THERE IT IS. HELLO, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE
DEFINITION OF THE MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE ACT. IT DEFINES HOMELESS FOR CHILDREN OR YOUTH WHO LACK A FIXED, REGULAR AND ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE, AND THESE YOUTH ARE SHARING THE HOUSING OF OTHERS. SOME YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD DOUBLE-UP SITUATIONS.
ALSO LIVING IN HOTELS, MOTELS, TRAILER PARKS, CAMPGROUNDS. SOME OF THESE FAMILY ARE LIVING IN EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL SHELTERS AS WELL, AND WE SERVICE THEM. ALSO, IF SOMEONE IS IN A HOSPITAL OR ABANDONED, AND ALSO
MIGRANT CHILDREN ALSO QUALIFY FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO ASSISTANCE AS WELL. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, YOU'LL SEE OUR INTAKE FORM, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE. WE DISSEMINATE THIS TWICE A YEAR SO WE CAN IDENTIFY EVERY FAMILY THAT NEEDS SUPPORT. WE SEND COPIES TO EVERY SCHOOL
IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY COPIES TO THE DISTRICT TO EVERY SCHOOL? BECAUSE SOME OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE ACCESS MAYBE TO TECHNOLOGY, SO THEY ARE GETTING A HARD COPY AND THEY GET IT BACK TO THE SCHOOL, AND IT'S EXPEDITED AND SENT TO OUR OFFICE.
THE SECOND DISSEMINATION IS DONE BECAUSE IF I'M A PARENT NEW TO THIS DISTRICT AND I GOT A LOT ON MY MIND AND I CANNOT FOCUS ON FORMS, I WANT TO CATCH YOU THE SECOND TIME AROUND. SO THEY GET A SECOND OPPORTUNITY AROUND JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, AND WE SEND IT TO THE SCHOOLS SO
THEY CAN COMPLETE IT. THE FORMS ARE ALSO COMPLETED ONLINE. WE DO THAT AS WELL, AND MY BIGGEST EXCITEMENT PIECE IS MERGING ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOGETHER. I REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF AGENCIES WHO HAVE CASE MANAGERS,
ESPECIALLY OVER THE LEWIS CENTER, ALL OF THEIR CASE NAVIGATORS OVER THERE KNOW HOW TO COMPLETE THE RELEASE FORM AND THE STUDENT HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE WITH THE PARENTS AND THEY SEND IT TO ME SO WE CAN HELP OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN CARS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, YOU'LL SEE
OUR STATE GOALS. A LOT OF OUR WORK IS CENTERED AROUND THESE GOALS. THE FIRST GOAL IS IDENTIFY AT LEAST 5% OF THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH ENROLMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO STOP FOR A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT THAT. RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND
I HAVE THE DATA FOR YOU, WE HAVE 83,505 STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THAT CATEGORY FOR THE DC COUNTS, FOR THE DIRECT CERTIFICATION. THOSE ARE THE ONES MEDICAID, SNAP, TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY 5%.
I AM GOING TO SHARE THE NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. 5% OF 83,500 WOULD BE 4,175, AND WE ARE OVER THAT AT 4,924. SO WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND MADE
THOSE EFFORTS. THOSE DISSEMINATIONS DOES HELP, SO IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECOND GOAL, ACHIEVE AT LEAST 90% SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE, WE WANT OUR BABIES IN SCHOOL, AND WE PUSH THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THEM TO BE HERE 90% OF THE
TIME. THE LATEST MARCH REPORT WE'RE AT 90.18% OF THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING TO SCHOOL, AND IF THEY ARE NOT, WE'RE GOING TO DO FOLLOW-UP CALLS OR WE SEE A MULTITUDE OF ABSENCES, THE CASE MANAGERS REACH OUT AND CALL THOSE PARENTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE VERY TRANSIENT.
THE LAST ONE IS 90% OF OUR STUDENTS, THEY WANT THE MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS TO BE PROMOTED FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL TO THE NEXT, AND WE'LL GET THAT DATA AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE STATE TELLS US THESE THREE GOALS HERE. WE DON'T TELL THEM THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, FY24, WE IDENTIFIED 6,133 STUDENTS FOR OUR PROGRAM. WHEN WE DID THIS POWERPOINT -- I MEAN THIS SLIDE, SORRY, THE
SLIDE DECK, WE WERE AT 4,868 FOR FY25, BUT I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU SOME CURRENT NUMBERS. WE ARE CURRENTLY AS OF APRIL 1, 4,924 STUDENTS. WE HAVE 320 STUDENTS CURRENTLY
IN SHELTERS, 4,029 STUDENTS IN SHARED HOUSING OR DOUBLE-UP SITUATIONS, 246 STUDENTS IN CARS, AND 329 STUDENTS IN HOTELS/MOTELS. AND IF I COULD REFLECT BACK TO THE DATA WITH THE 246, ANY
STUDENT THAT'S CURRENTLY LIVING IN A CAR OR LIVED IN A CAR, I REACH OUT TO THE LEWIS CENTER IMMEDIATELY, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT. MY TEAM KNOWS TO REACH OUT, AND I HAVE TO SAY HER NAME, GLORIAN WHO IS AT THE RESEARCH CENTER
WHO WORKED FOR ADOPTIVE FAMILY, HER CASE MANAGERS WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO US. THEY WANT THE HOMELESS VERIFICATION LETTER AND THEY DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET THESE FAMILIES OFF THE STREET. >> I WANT TO JUMP INTO THIS, SO SUPPORT SERVICES DASHBOARD, SO
THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A VISION OF MS. WHITFIELD. MS. WHITFIELD SERVES ON THE HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD, AND OFTEN WE RECEIVE A LOT OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS FOR THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS STUDENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND SUPPORT,
AND SO THIS DASHBOARD, AND I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE WHO REALLY HELPED A LOT AS WELL WITH THIS, BECAUSE THIS ALSO BRINGS IN OUR HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM, SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE BACKPACKS, FOOD BACKPACKS ON THE WEEKEND, IS FOCUSED IN ON HERE.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A WHOLE TUTORIAL, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT, IT DOES DIG INTO THE NUMBERS OF HOMELESS STUDENTS. SO RIGHT NOW IN FY25, IF I WANT TO DIG INTO JUST THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS STUDENTS, THOSE NUMBERS
THAT MS. COLEMAN JUST READ, 4, 4,905, YOU CAN SEE IT MATCHES IN THE DASHBOARD. IN THE UPPER LEFT, OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE THIS HRP HERE, 2,271 OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE PART OF THE HUNGER RELIEF PROGRAM, SO THEY ARE RECEIVING THOSE FOOD BACKPACK PROGRAMS.
THIS GOES INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL OF BEING ABLE TO DRILL DOWN BY YOUR OWN DISTRICT, BY OUR COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT. WE REACHED OUT THANKS TO MS. WHITFIELD'S HELP TO GET FEEDBACK ON DEVELOPING THAT, SO OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT BY MUNICIPALITIES.
THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT BY THEIR DISTRICTS, SO YOU CAN DRILL IN TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE ATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE, DISCIPLINE, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CATEGORIES THAT WE JUST WENT
OVER. YOU CAN ALSO SWITCH BACK OVER IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO, FOR EXAMPLE, FY24 DATA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN FY24. SO AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME DIGGING INTO THIS DEEPER, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO
THROUGH THAT WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR -- AND THIS IS ALSO PUBLIC-FACING. IT'S HOUSED ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE A NUMBER OF PLACES SO THAT WE'RE EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY. IF THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE, THEY CAN GO IN AND SEE, AND THEN ALSO TARGET, AND WHAT MS. WHITFIELD HAS BEEN
WORKING ON, IF THEY ARE TARGETING CERTAIN SUPPORT OR WANT TO WRITE GRANTS, THEY CAN USE THIS DATA TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. SO GOING BACK TO THE SERVICES NOW . . . >> WE PROVIDE A MULTITUDE OF
SERVICES IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO START WITH THE FIRST ONE, ENROLMENT ASSISTANCE. WE SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH IMMEDIATE ENROLMENT. IF A FAMILY IS IN A MCKINNEY-VENTO SITUATION, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRODUCE ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTS RIGHT AWAY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR
SITUATION COULD BE IN A CAR, AND WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR IMMUNIZATION AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. WE WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY AND ASSIST THEM IF THEY NEED REPRESENTATION FROM ONE OF MY CASE MANAGERS TO GO TO THE SCHOOL TO TAKE THAT, YOU
KNOW,EES EASE THAT PAIN OFF THAT PARENT, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE MY FORMS. WE ENSURE THEY ARE ENROLLED IMMEDIATELY. TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT, WE ENSURE KIDS WHO BECOME HOMELESS CAN GET TRANSPORTATION TO THEIR SCHOOL OF ORIGIN, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF I BECAME HOMELESS
WITH MY SON IN BOCA, MY SON HAS FRIENDS THERE, I DON'T WANT HIM TO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER LOSS, SO NOW WE'RE LIVING IN, HMM, ROYAL PALM. THAT'S WHERE I LIVE. SO IF WE LIVE IN ROYAL PALM WITH A FRIEND AND WE'RE IN A SHARED HOUSING SITUATION DUE TO
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, NOW WE CAN PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR MY SON CAN GET PICKED UP FROM ROYAL PALM, TAKEN TO HIS SCHOOL OF ORIGIN IN BOCA, AND BROUGHT BACK, AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN THE PARENTS HEAR THAT INFORMATION, THEY'RE ON CLOUD NINE, CLOUD NINE. SO I'M PROUD OF THAT.
IF WE CAN'T DO IT WITH THE DISTRICT BUS SERVICE, IT COULD BE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION, AND SOME PARENTS, DEPENDING IF WE CAN'T GET IT, IT WILL BE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT. TUTORIAL SERVICES IS UNDER SUPPORT SERVICES. WE HAVE SIX SHELTERS THAT WE
SERVICE. WE SEND EIGHT CERTIFIED TEACHERS, TEACHERS WHO WORK IN THIS DISTRICT ARE TAKING TIME TO GET OFF THEIR DAYTIME JOB TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND WHEN I TELL YOU TO SHOW UP AT A PLACE LIKE THE
LORD'S PLACE, THEY HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER WHERE THE TEACHERS CAN HAVE AN AREA TO TUTOR THESE STUDENTS, AND THE STUDENTS SHOW UP, THE TEACHERS ARE THERE, AND WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A CONNECTION WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHER SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE GAPS ARE. THEY HAVE TO BE IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEACHER TO KNOW WHAT JOHNNY OR SARAH OR MIKE NEEDS. WE ALSO MONITOR ATTENDANCE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER. A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE TRANSIENT, SO WE TRACK THEM MONTHLY, AND THAT'S HOW WE KEEP AFLOAT WITH WHERE OUR KIDS ARE.
YEAR-ROUND ESSENTIALS, WE PROVIDE SUPPLIES, UNIFORMS, HIGH GENE KITS, AND TOURNING POINTS LET US HAVE A CLOSET, LAKESHORE MIDDLE OUT THERE IN THE GLADES,
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HL WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SAFE SCHOOL HAS A CLOSET, WESTGATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT ARE CLOSETS. THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP ALL OF OUR MERCHANDISE. IT'S VERY ORGANIZED. IT'S LIKE MINI WALMARTS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP THE UNIFORMS FOR OUR BABIES.
ALSO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS. I AM VERY PROACTIVE. I AM BOOTS ON THE GROUND. I AM THAT PERSON WILL BE OUT THERE TO COLLABORATE WITH AGENCIES SO WE CAN FIND OUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THESE FAMILIES. WE ALSO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WELCOME CENTER.
WE HAVE A CASE MANAGER THAT GOES OUT THERE EVERY WEDNESDAY SO WE CAN IDENTIFY FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH SERVICES. ALSO, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY REFERRALS AND ASSISTANCE. THE TEAM, WE PROVIDE REFERRALS
FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IF THEY NEED FIRST OR LAST OR SECURITY ASSISTANCE, OR SOME KIND OF SHELTER, ESPECIALLY UHY I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER FOR SHELTER. LAUNDRY SERVICES I'M PROUD DEJIE
ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED OUR FIRST WASHER AND DRYER AT PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR KIDS TO WASH THEIR CLOTHING. WE CAN GIVE THEM ALL THE HYGIENE KITS THEY WANT, BUT WHO WANTS TO PUT DIRTY CLOTHES RIGHT BACK ON TOP?
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. SO IF YOU CAN GO BACK, CHIEF, YOU CAN SEE THE WASHER AND DRYER AT THE BOTTOM. SOME PEOPLE SAY HOW DO YOU DELIVER IT? THINK OF US AS AMAZON. IT'S VERY DISCRETE. WHEN THOSE ARRIVE THROUGH THE PONY SYSTEM, THE ITEMS LIKE
UNIFORMS, BACKPACKS ARE THERE. THE NEXT PICTURES ARE OUTREACH COMMUNITY EVENT. AS A TEAM WE STAND TOGETHER UNITED TO DO THE WORK FOR OUR FAMILIES. THERE'S A UHY STUDENT. HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. HE GOT HIS SHOE DONATION, AND HE WAS PROUD AS A PEACOCK, AND AT
THE LAST, THE LAST PHOTO YOU'LL SEE OUR MVP SNEAKER CLOSET, WHICH IS A TWO-YEAR DEAL WE HAVE BRAND NEW SNEAKERS FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS. AND THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE JUST SUMS UP EVERYTHING THAT I JUST WENT OVER FOR SERVICES.
UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH WHO ARE NOT IN THE PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. I GET TO CERTIFY ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. SOME OF THESE KIDS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME. SOME WHO ARE 18 DECIDED TO RUN
AWAY. SOME OF THESE CHILDREN NEED US TO GIVE THEM THAT SUPPORT. AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE. PROVIDE INDEPENDENT STATUS LETTER. IF THEY GET THAT, THEY DON'T NEED THEIR PARENT'S INCOME. THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT WHEN THEY
APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID. WE ALSO CONNECT THEM TO KEYS TO INDEPENDENCE. THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, SO THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO GETTING THEIR LICENSE, THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. THEY WILL PAY FOR COURSES AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM TO ACQUIRE THAT. WE POINT THEM IN THE DIRECTION,
ESPECIALLY OUR 18-YEAR-OLDS, SO THEY CAN GET SNAP ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE DOUBLED UP IN SOMEONE'S HOME. THAT SNAP CARD WILL REALLY HELP. WE PAY SCHOOL-RELATED FEES AND FINES FOR GRADUATION, AS WELL AS OTHER MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS, AND I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. SO WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT PIECE. SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TRANSPORTATION IF THEY ARE HOPPING FROM ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER, AND WE'RE MENTORS TO THESE KIDS. THEY DON'T HAVE A PARENT OR A GUARDIAN, AND I CAN BE THAT AS WELL AS MY CASE MANAGERS TO GIVE THEM SUPPORT. THEY GET COLLEGE PREPARATION
SERVICES, AND I CONNECT THEM TO STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MCKINNEY-VENTO CONTACTS, JUST LIKE ME, AND THEY ALSO GET A TUITION WAIVER AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. NEXT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MS. COLEMAN'S REALLY DONE WELL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS
REALLY ALIGN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT THROUGH OUR LOCAL NON-PROFITS, OUR COUNTY AGENCY, THE LIST GOES ON. ACTUALLY, IT DOES GO ON. IF YOU CLICK ON THIS HERE, I WON'T PUT IT UP RIGHT NOW, BUT
IT LISTS ADDITIONAL AGENCIES AND SUPPORT. WE MEET BIMONTHLY WITH ALL THESE AGENCIES TO SHARE WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT SERVICES THEY PROVIDE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, SO WE CAN BETTER ALIGN THE GAPS THAT
CURRENTLY EXIST, SO ANY OF THESE AGENCIES, LET'S SAY SOLES FOR SHOALS MAY SHARE OUT WHAT THEY DO TO THE REST OF THESE COMMUNITIES. IT'S AN OPEN ENGAGEMENT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PARTNER? WE ASK YOU TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE WHAT WE DO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. A GREAT OUTCOME FOR THESE MEETINGS IS ONE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING LAST YEAR I THINK WAS THE FIRST YEAR PROVIDED FREE SUMMER CAMP FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESS
BECAUSE OF THESE KIND OF COLLABORATIONS, AND MANY OTHER GOOD OUTCOMES THAT HAVE COME, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF DISTRICT STAFF THAT SUPPORT THIS ONGOING WORK. HAPPY TO SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS THAT LAST YEAR'S GRADUATION RATE FOR STUDENTS THAT IDENTIFY THROUGH THE
MCKINNEY-VENTO PROGRAM, INCREASED GRADUATION RATE BY 12.5% TO 82.2, AND IF YOU PLAY AROUND THE DASHBOARD, YOU'LL SEE THE CHALLENGES OF MOVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE STABLE HOUSING, IT'S TOUGH.
YOU'RE IN SURVIVAL MODE. I THINK THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY CONTINUES TO GO FROM GOOD TO GREAT, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS WORK, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE MS. COLEMAN'S PASSION ABOUT REALLY SUPPORTING THESE EFFORTS.
SO AT THIS TIME, MR. BURKE AND CHAIR BRILL, WE TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. SINCE THIS IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF THE STATUS AT THIS TIME? >> NO, I'M SORRY, I DO NOT HAVE
ANY UPDATES. >> OKAY, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MS. SOLNICK CAN LOOK INTO. VICE CHAIR ANDREWS? >> THANK YOU, MR. OSWALD, MS. COLEMAN, AND MS. PATTERSON. WE LOVE YOU.
THE PARENTS LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOUR CASE MANAGERS, YOU GET IT DONE, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE AND NEED SOMETHING, YOU'RE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS JUST
BEEN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, AND NOW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ICE RAIDS AND PEOPLE ON THE RUN RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW YOU'RE HELPING. I WAS LOOKING AT THIS PROVIDE INDEPENDENT STATUS LETTERS, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW THAT WE'RE PICKING PEOPLE UP,
CHILDREN UP AND TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY AND PARENTS ARE ON THE RUN? SO HOW ARE YOU HELPING IN THAT MANNER? >> YEAH, SO WE HAVE A -- WE WORK WITH A COUPLE OF AGENCIES HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT WE ARE REFERRING OUT TO FOR SUPPORT, SO
GUATEMALA MINORS CIVIC CENTER HAS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORT SYSTEM. LEGAL AID, THE FLORIDA BAR ASSOCIATION AS WELL, RIGHT, MS. BERNARD? YES. HAVE BEEN REALLY WHERE WE'RE REFERRING OUT FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WHEN A FAMILY IS IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. AND OBVIOUSLY IF OTHER FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE HERE, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> MM-HM. >> MS. SAVIETTO? >> THANK YOU. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING
MS. COLEMAN LAST YEAR. I SAT AT ONE OF YOUR WORKSHOPS AND THEN I ACTUALLY CALL YOU FROM MY OTHER JOB WITH THE COUNTY ONE DAY, AND IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY. IT WAS VERY COLD. THAT WEEK WAS COLD, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ENJOYING THE
WEATHER BECAUSE WE COULD WEAR BOOTS AND WE SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER AND TO KNOW HOW RESOURCEFUL YOU WERE AND YOU ARE BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE THIS AGENCY, AND YOU KNEW
THEM ALL. IT WAS LIKE A COMPETITION, RIGHT? IT WAS AMAZING, REALLY. IT WAS GREAT. YOU HELPED THAT MOM WITH THOSE TWO CHILDREN. I ALSO SENT THEM TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT
PARTNERSHIPS. I REMEMBER ONE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION, AND I THINK I MENTIONED IT TO MR. BURKE, THAT YOU COULD NOT GIVE OUT ACTUALLY COATS, RIGHT, AND YOU HAD SOME PARTNERS THAT MAYBE WERE ABLE TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, SWEATSHIRTS,
BUT FOR THE FEW DAYS THAT IT IS COLD HERE, IT IS COLD. SO I HAD I THINK MENTIONED IT TO MR. BURKE AND WE SAID MAYBE THE ED FOUNDATION COULD HAVE HELPED US WITH GIVING OUT BECAUSE YOUR FUNDING DID NOT COVER UNDER UNIFORMS LONG -- YOU KNOW, LIKE
JACKETS. USUALLY POLO SHIRTS, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STILL REMEMBER THAT WE CAN -- YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO HELP YOU ADDRESS IT IN SOME WAY BY BRINGING THE PARTNERS. I KNOW THAT I MENTIONED CHRISTOPHER, I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME, BUT I THINK HE WORKS
FOR DREYFUS FOUNDATION, AND HE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. WITH LATIN QUARTER, HE WAS IN ONE OF OUR EVENTS AND HE HAD A WHOLE TABLE OF BEAUTIFUL COATS, AND YOU SAID YOU KNOW HIM TOO, SO THAT I REMEMBER, AND CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT THE GRADUATION RATE. I JUST WANT TO ASK: WHAT
CHANGED, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU INCREASED IT 12% FROM '23 TO '24, SO WHAT DID WE DO BETTER OR, YOU KNOW, MORE OF IT OR WHAT HAPPENED? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE
MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW I'M A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR, AND THEY ALWAYS SAY FROM BROWARD, BUT I LOVE PALM BEACH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SCHOOL-BASED TEAMS IS IMPORTANT. THE CASE MANAGERS REACH OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOL-BASED TEAM LEADERS. WE PRESENTED TO THEM AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT REGIONS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VISIBLE. AS FAR AS THE GRADUATION STATUS, WE GO ON SIS. WE LOOK AT OUR CASELOAD OF STUDENTS, AND WE MAKE SURE THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. ARE THERE ANY TUTORIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE STUDENTS? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND
THE CASE MANAGERS ARE NOT TEACHERS. I'M A FORMER TEACHER. SO EVEN WITH THE UHY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I MENTOR THEM, THE FIRST THING THAT'S ON MY COMPUTER AFTER WE GET THE ELIGIBILITY PIECE GOING ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT GRADUATION STATUS. I GO LINE BY LINE BY LINE, AND
THEN WE TRY TO FIND OUT HOW WE COULD TALK TO THE TEACHERS FOR EXTRA CREDIT, OR IS THERE ANY ASSIGNMENTS THAT I SEE IN SIS THAT YOU MISSED AND MAYBE YOU CAN GET SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THE TEACHERS IN THE SHELTERS WORKING WITH THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL, THAT IS KEY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE TO CLOSE THE GAPS, AND THEY REACH OUT TO THE TEACHERS AND SEE WHAT'S NEEDED. SO I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT IF WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S WORKING, AND THE GRADUATION STATUS CHECK AND SIS, IT'S A GEM, BECAUSE IT REALLY KEEPS THE CASE MANAGERS ON THEIR TOES TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THEIR SENIORS.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE GETTING READY TO LOOK AT ALL THEIR AHY. I KNOW YOU ALL HEARD ABOUT UHY. OUR AHY, ACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH. THEY ARE WITH MOM AND DAD IN A MOTEL OR IN A SHARED HOUSING SITUATION, SO THE STATE WANTS US
TO RE-VERIFY THEIR STATUS, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GET TUITION WAIVERS TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> SO WE ALWAYS TELL THE KIDS ABOUT THE POT OF GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW, SO THEY GET REALLY, REALLY EXCITED AND WORK EVEN HARDER TO TURN THOSE GRADES AROUND, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 90.18% ATTENDANCE RATE AS OF
MARCH, THEY ARE COMING TO SCHOOL. IF YOU CAN'T COME TO SCHOOL, YOU CAN'T IMPROVE YOUR GRADES. WE ALL KNOW THAT. >> AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID ALREADY, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. YOU KNOW, WHEN A CHILD -- OR A STUDENT CAN GET A PROM DRESS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AND FEEL THEY CAN GO TO PROM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAPPIER AND DO BETTER IN SCHOOL.
ALL THOSE PIECES THAT COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ALL THOSE OTHER BARRIERS THAT COME INTO PLAY, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE STABLE HOUSING, REALLY HAS GOTTEN STRONGER AND STRONGER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> YES, I'M VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WERE FROM BROWARD, BUT IT'S LIKE PALM BEACH IS YOUR HOME ALREADY AND
YOU KNOW THEM ALL AND I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. AND THERE ARE SO MANY AGENCIES THAT DO WANT TO HELP, BUT IF WE DON'T BRING THEM AT THE TABLE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE NEED, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO. I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO CALL YOU MORE OFTEN. THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE NEED, BUT I'M HERE FOR
YOU IF YOU NEED IT BECAUSE I LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. IT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I LOVE HOW YOU THINK STRATEGY. THAT'S MY BRAIN, THINKING, OKAY, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING,
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONNECT PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE DOING ALL THAT. I LIKE HOW YOU THINK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MS. WHITFIELD? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT'S HERE, TO OUR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT, TO ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY DO. MS. COLEMAN IS TRULY A BULLDOG FOR THESE CHILDREN. SHE'S OUT THERE CALLING, FINDING THEM PLACES TO STAY, FINDING THEM, YOU KNOW, FOOD AND CLOTHING AND, I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT THESE CHILDREN NEED. I THINK WHEN YOU ASK WHAT IS THE REASON WHY THE NUMBERS ARE GONE
UP ON OUR GRADUATION, THE ANSWER IS MS. COLEMAN. SHE'S OUT THERE FIGHTING FOR THESE KIDS EVERY DAY. ONE THING I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE FROM YOUR PRESENTATION WAS THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE PAYING THROUGH THE FUNDING FROM
THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE PAYING FOR THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, BUT ALL OF THESE SERVICES THAT SHE LISTED ARE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES DASHBOARD THAT WAS SHOWN IS REALLY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY FURTHER AND OUR NEEDIEST POPULATION, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS KNOW ABOUT WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE LOCATED, WHICH SCHOOLS THEY ARE AT, ARE THEY RECEIVING ANY FOOD PROGRAMS AT THOSE, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD ADD.
ALSO WE ADDED IN A PIECE ABOUT DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE, AND THE SCORES THAT THEY ARE GETTING ON THEIR TESTS SO PEOPLE CAN TRULY SEE THE IMPACT THAT CAN HAPPEN BY SUPPORTING, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ALLOW THEM TO ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I GOT SO MANY CALLS FROM PEOPLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ASKING ME HOW MANY KIDS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE HOMELESS, HOW MANY IN THIS SCHOOL, HOW MANY IN THAT SCHOOL, SO NOW NOT THAT IT'S STOPPED ANY OF THE CALLS WE HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN GO TO, AND SO I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN USING THIS FOR THE GRANT WRITING PURPOSES,
SO AS THEY SAY HOW CAN I HELP YOUR SCHOOLS, THE ANSWER IS LOOK HERE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. SO I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR THIS WORKSHOP. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MY HUGE PASSION OF THINGS THAT I'VE
WANTED TO WORK ON WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND I THINK THAT IT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE REALLY SUPPORTING OUR NEEDIEST STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MR. LANE? >> YES, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN DONATE LIGHTLY WORN CLOTHES? >> THE GIVING CLOSET PROJECT. JENNIFER WILLIAMS, SHE'S THE CEO. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU, AND A LOT OF SCHOOLS UTILIZE HER SERVICES IN OUR
DISTRICT, AND SHE'S ALSO IN DEVOL COUNTY. YOU JUST SUBMIT A REFERRAL ONLINE. IF YOU JUST GOOGLE THE GIVING CLOSET PROJECT, AND THEY CAN SUBMIT A REFERRAL FOR THAT, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE CLOTHES READY FOR THEM IN A NICE SHOPPING BAG, A WEEK WORTH OF ITEMS. ALSO THE LEWIS CENTER, ADOPT A
FAMILY, THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE, BUT THE LEWIS CENTER HAS A DONATION DROP-OFF, AND YOU CAN TAKE ITEMS OVER THERE AND THEY CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES. A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES COME THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY OVER THERE, SO THAT'S WHY THAT STUDENT HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE IS IMPORTANT TO CATCH THEM OVER
THERE, AND THEY WILL LET THEM SHOP IN THE DONATION CENTER TOO. >> IF YOU COULD GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF CLOTHING THAT COULD BE USED FOR OUR CHILDREN. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MS. BRANCH?
>> THANK YOU. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. HOMELESSNESS IS EVERYWHERE. IT'S IN THE WHOLE COUNTY. PEOPLE THINK IT'S NOT IN BOCA. IT'S IN BOCA. >> IT IS. >> MY CONCERN IS THAT SOME KIDS AREN'T FILLING OUT THE FORM
BECAUSE THEY ARE EMBARRASSED. THAT'S, LIKE, HEARTBREAKING, AND I GUESS MAYBE IF A TEACHER NOTICES OR A PRINCIPAL THEY CAN BRING IT UP TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S -- WE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE OR KNOW EVERYTHING IF THEY DON'T TELL US, BUT I'M
CERTAIN THAT THE STAFF WOULD REACH OUT AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TAKE SOCK AND CHILDREN. THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPAND THE MENTORING DOWN IN SOUTH BOCA, AND I'VE PUT TOGETHER JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOCA, FAU, LYNN, PALM BEACH STATE, BOCA CHAMBER, FLORENCE FULLER, THE FULLER
CENTER, WE'RE TO EXPAND THE MENTORING PROGRAM, AND THEY ALSO GIVE THE TWO-YEAR DEGREE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO -- WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW. WE ALREADY HAD ONE BIG MEETING. WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO -- I'LL GET WITH YOU AND KIND OF LEARN MORE BECAUSE I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT
TO DONATE ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME. THERE'S DOWN IN BOCA HELP THE HOMELESS A LOT. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A STORE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND GET CLOTHES, AND YOU KNOW, PLACES FOR THEM TO STAY, AND SO IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR THE ADULTS, BUT IT'S EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING FOR THE CHILDREN
THAT, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN A CAR IS JUST TERRIBLE, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THIS IS WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. >> VICE CHAIR ANDREWS? DID YOU NOT WANT TO SPEAK? >> I WASN'T SIGNED IN, BUT I CAN
SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST SEE YOU -- I SEE YOU IN THE GLADES. I SEE YOU ALL EVERYWHERE, AND OUR KIDS ARE EVERYWHERE. AND PARENTS, OH, THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE WHEN YOU COME AND TELL THEM THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. YOU GOT THIS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, YOU'VE GOT THIS. AND ALL OF THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. I JUST HAVE SEEN IT IN ACTION. I'M JUST PLEASED TONIGHT JUST TO HEAR YOU TELL THE PUBLIC THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR
CHILDREN, SO THANK YOU. >> AND FINALLY, MS. SAVIETTO. >> A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE LINK FOR THE DASHBOARD? IS IT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN MEMORIZE? LIKE PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG/ -- >> IT'S ON THE SCHOOL FOOD
SERVICE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS MY WEBSITE. >> IF YOU GO TO THE ATTACHMENT ON YOUR AGENDA AND YOU SCROLL DOWN ON THAT PAGE AND CLICK ON WHERE IT SAYS IT, IT WILL GIVE YOU WHAT THE LOCATION IS. >> OH, IT'S JUST -- I WAS JUST HOPING WE COULD SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THE NAME OF IT, IF IT WAS EASY TO
REMEMBER. IT COULD BE PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.ORG/DASHBOARD, YOU KNOW. >> YEAH. >> INSTEAD OF, LIKE . . . >> YES, WE WILL TRY TO WORK TO GET THAT -- >> YOU COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING EASY, YES. >> YES.
FOR SURE. >> OKAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT? I THINK WE'RE DONE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. OSWALD, MS. COLEMAN, NICE JOB, MS. PATTERSON, THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ADVERTISING ON SCHOOLS OR AN SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND MS. JAMIE WHITE
WILL TAKE THE BOARD THROUGH THESE POLICY UPDATES. >> OKAY, GOOD EVENING. AS MR. BURKE SAID, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE SAID, TONIGHT I AM BRINGING FORWARD THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY 2.13, ADVERTISING IN SCHOOLS OR ON SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY OR ON SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITES. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AFTER
THIS PRESENTATION WAS POSTED PUBLICLY A DECISION WAS MADE THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WORD "BOARD" WITH THE WORD "DISTRICT" IN THE TITLE AND AMONGST OTHER PLACES IN THE POLICY FOR CONSISTENCY. SO THOSE CHANGES WILL BE REFLECTED WHEN WE BRING THE POLICY BACK FOR DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE TITLE IN THE RED LINE. WE'LL HAVE THAT PROPOSED CHANGE AS WELL. OKAY, THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR POLICY IS TO ENSURE THAT AT OUR ADVERTISING IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DISTRICT GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES, AND THIS IS BACKED BY STATE STATUTE. THIS POLICY PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTING OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES TO STUDENTS, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS OR ON SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY, OR ON SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITES, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PURPOSE,
YOU'LL SEE THE WORD "BOARD" AGAIN SO THAT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE WORD "DISTRICT" FOR CONSISTENCY, AND ONCE AGAIN YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE BRING THAT BACK FOR DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, THE PROPOSED REVISIONS
TO . . . OOPS. THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY 2.13, BULLET ONE, AGAIN, WE -- ALONG WITH THE CHANGE IN THE TITLE WITH THE WORD "BOARD" WE ALSO INCLUDED THE WORD "WEBSITE"
BECAUSE IT'S INCLUDED IN THE POLICY. BULLET 2, ACKNOWLEDGING THE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING IN SCHOOLS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW ON THE SLIDE BEFORE, THE DEFINITIONS THERE. BULLET 3, WE DEFINED ADVERTISING BECAUSE IT WASN'T DEFINED BEFORE. AND NUMBER FOUR IS REALLY THE
MEAT OF THE POLICY, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PARAMETERS FOR APPROVING ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THIS IS BASICALLY LETTING SCHOOLS KNOW WHAT THE WHAT IN TERMS OF ADVERTISING AND HOW THEY CAN DO IT, AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEY GET THEIR APPROVALS, IF
THEY ARE NECESSARY. IT ALSO INCLUDES PROTECTIONS FOR THE BOARD. SOME OF THOSE ARE OUTLINED BELOW. NO UNAUTHORIZED USE OF OUR DISTRICT NAMES OR LOGOS. IF THERE'S ANY EXCLUSIVE ADVERTISING ARRANGEMENTS, THAT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AND AT ANY TIME, THE DISTRICT OR
THE SCHOOL CAN REMOVE ADVERTISING. WE ALSO ADDED AN ENDORSEMENT DISCLAIMER THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR HARM DUE TO THAT ADVERTISING. NEXT STEPS WILL BE POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, AND AGAIN YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES REFLECTED IN THAT POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN POLICY ADOPTION ON JULY 16. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SO WE THANK YOU, AND MR. SUPERINTENDENT?
>> THANK YOU, MS. WYATT. WE WILL NOW BRING UP CHIEF SARAH MOONEY TO -- >> WAIT, CAN WE GO BACK FOR A MINUTE. MS. SAVIETTO, DID YOU JUST PRESS THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK? GOT TO BE FASTER. >> I PRESSED IT. WHEN YOU SAY DEFINE ADVERTISING,
HOW WAS IT? DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADVERTISING IN GOVERNMENT THAN ADVERTISING IN BUSINESSES? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, SO IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE ADVERTISING OR
ANOTHER ADVERTISING VERSUS GOVERNMENT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS AS BEING A BUSINESS, BUT WE'RE NOT, RIGHT? WE'RE A GOVERNMENT. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE -- OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, WHAT THEIR ADVERTISE POLICY IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE MS. HAHN CAN
COME UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, HOLLY HAHN ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL. YES, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADVERTISING FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY AND A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. THE STANDARDS THAT WE USE ARE THE SAME STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FENCE SCREEN POLICY,
WHICH IS POLICY 7.151. AND THAT CONTAINS SOME VERY IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS SO THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE CAN REFUSE CERTAIN TYPES OF ADVERTISING IF THEY DON'T ALIGN WITH THE MISSION AND THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN COME INTO A SCHOOL AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT. >> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THAT'S ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH POLICY 3.02, WHICH IS KIND OF OUR ETHICS POLICY, AND WITHIN THAT ETHICS POLICY WE FOLLOW THE
FLORIDA ETHICS CODE, AND THERE'S A CHAPTER 1.12, SO THE POLICY IS CREATED, 3.02, MAKES REFERENCE SO THAT, SO THAT'S HOW PRINCIPALS ALSO KNOW. IT'S A CRITERIA FOR THAT ADVERTISING. >> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. >> YEP. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE ASSURANCES TO THE BOARD, I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES TO BOARD, SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT TO GET CLARIFICATION THROUGHOUT, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE, SO THAT VIA STATUTE, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS THE LEGAL OWNER, AND THOSE CHANGES WON'T IMPACT THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THOSE ASSURANCES TO THE BOARD. >> ALL RIGHT, CHIEF MOONEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. WELCOME DEPUTY CHIEF SNOW AND
MS. JOLANDE MORGAN, SENIOR ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THE INTRODUCTIONS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. ALTHOUGH WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS SIX POLICIES, THIS IS A RELATIVELY QUICK PRESENTATION. MS. MORGAN AND DEPUTY CHIEF SNOW HAVE DONE THE BULK OF THE WORK ON THIS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK
OVERVIEW ON WHAT DEPUTY CHIEF IS GOING TO PRESENT IN REGARD TO THE SUGGESTED REVISIONS AND REPEAL OF A COUPLE OF THESE POLICIES. BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME REVISIONS TO IT AND TWO OF THEM ARE SUGGESTED TO BE REPEALED BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER
INCLUDED IN ANOTHER POLICY WE'RE TRYING TO CONDENSE THAT, OR IT'S NOT RELEVANT TO HAVING ITS OWN POLICY NOT ATTACHED TO IT. SO THE RELEVANT CONTENT IS AVAILABLE STILL WITHIN THE DISTRICT POLICIES THAT ARE PRE-EXISTING. THE FOUR POLICIES THAT ARE BEING
REVISED ARE ALL TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. AS YOU CAN RECALL, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DEVELOPED 2.3817, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE EVER-CHANGING RULES AND REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO OUR CAMPUS SECURITY AND SAFETY OF OUR FACILITIES. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE
REVISIONS TO THAT BASED ON LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, AND THEN ALSO A COUPLE OF THE POLICIES ARE GOING TO HAVE JUST CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF SNOW TO GO THROUGH THEM. >> OKAY, CHIEF MOONEY, THANK YOU. SO FIRST UP IS A RECOMMENDATION
TO REPEAL OUR COVID VISITATION POLICY, WHICH WAS ENACTED IN 2020, BUT THE VERBIAGE AND THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS ALREADY INSIDE OF POLICY 5.3213, SO WE MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION. SECONDLY, WE HAVE A
RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE TWO EDITS TO OUR EMERGENCY CLOSURES POLICY. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN. THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE SINCE THIS POLICY WAS INITIALLY
PUBLISHED, SO THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN STILL EXISTS IN OUR 2.83 EMERGENCY CLOSURES POLICY, SO THE LANGUAGE AND THE INTENT STILL EXISTS IN POLICY. AND WE ARE ALSO UPDATING THE APPLICABLE RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY
AT THE END OF THIS POLICY. NEXT, AS CHIEF MOONEY MENTIONED, 2.3817, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL CAMPUS AND DISTRICT FACILITIES SECURITY POLICY, IS EVER-CHANGING AND EVOLVINEVOLVI THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN THIS
POLICY HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATION CURRENTLY IN BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS. THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT FOR US IN THIS ONE IS THAT THERE'S A
PROPOSAL TO MORE CONFINE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHEN OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO HAVE SUPERVISED HOURS, MEANING WHEN OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO HAVE LOCKED AND SUPERVISED GATES, ACCESS POINTS, AND CLASSROOM DOORS. SO WE HAVE INCLUDED THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN HERE JUST TO BE
READY FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO INCLUDE THE SCHOOLS SUPERVISION HOURS, WHICH IS THE NORMAL SCHOOL DAY PLUS HALF HOUR BEFORE AND A HALF HOUR AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY. SO THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE
DIRECTION ON HOW WE MAN OUR CAMPUSES GOING FORWARD, AND ALSO TALKS ABOUT WE'VE RECOMMENDED A CHANGE TO WHEN CLASSROOM DOORS ARE TO BE LOCKED. CURRENTLY IT SAYS THEY ARE TO BE LOCKED WHEN CLASS IS IN SESSION. WE RECOMMEND BROADENING THAT TO
WHEN THERE ARE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A TEACHER IS ON THEIR PLANNING PERIOD AND A STUDENT IS IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY SHOULD BE AS EQUALLY PROTECTED AS ANY OTHER CLASSROOM TIME, SO THAT RECOMMENDATION'S BEING MADE.
AND WE'RE ALSO REFINING WHICH SAFETY MANDATE VIOLATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO THE PRINCIPALS. IT WAS A -- THE LANGUAGE WAS A LITTLE LOOSE IN OUR INITIAL APPLICATION, SO NOW WE'RE SAYING THAT IT -- THE REQUIRED
REPORTING FOR VIOLATIONS DEALS WITH UNLOCKED DOORS AND UNMANNED GATES AND ACCESS POINTS. NEXT, MOVING TO POLICY 2.383, ADDRESSING FIREARMS AND WEAPONS, WE'VE COMBINED TWO OF OUR
POLICIES. THE NEXT ONE UP WILL BE A REQUEST TO REPEAL, BUT IN THIS POLICY WE ARE ADDING DEFINITIONS OF WHAT AN EMPLOYEE AND A VISITOR IS. WE'RE TAKING THAT FROM POLICY 3.26. WE HAVE ADDRESSED A MINOR
GRAMMATICAL ERROR, AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED THE PROVISION FOR POLICY VIOLATIONS BY VISITORS, WHICH MOVES US TO POLICY 3.26, WHICH WE ARE SUGGESTING BE REPEALED AND THE PERTINENT LANGUAGE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED
BE INCLUDED IN 2.383. LAST UP, POLICY 5.0921. THIS POLICY WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED IN 1997 AND HAS ESSENTIALLY GONE UNTOUCHED SINCE THEN, SO WE'VE TAKEN SOME TIME
TO REALLY PUT SOME CARE AND THOUGHT INTO WHAT THIS POLICY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN 2025 FOR US. SO THAT INCLUDES CHANGING THE NAME, THE TITLE OF THE POLICY TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD GANG AWARENESS AND PREVENTION POLICY, AND REFINING
ITS PURPOSE. SO WE WANT TO EDUCATE OUR STAFF ON PRECURSOR SIGNS OF POTENTIAL GANG AFFILIATION. WE'VE UPDATED THE STATUTORY VERBIAGE, WHICH AGAIN HAS BEEN
UPDATED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE ORIGINAL YEARS FROM '97 TO PRESENT. WE DIRECT OUR PRINCIPALS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS POLICY.
AND VERY MUCH ARTICULATE TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT SCHOOL POLICE WILL BE THERE AS A RESOURCE FOR EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. AND LASTLY, WE UPDATED THE CRIMINAL GANG STATUTE NUMBER AT THE VERY END. SO AGAIN, TO ALIGN US WITH OUR CURRENT STATUTES.
SO FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, WE HAVE OUR FIRST READ AND DEVELOPMENT ON MAY 7, AND THEN A SECOND -- EXCUSE ME, A SECOND READ AND PROPOSED ADOPTION ON JULY 16. SO NOW I TURN IT OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> SO BOARD MEMBERS, I DON'T SEE
THAT ANYONE HAS PRESSED THEIR iPAD. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A SECOND, SO MR. LANE NOW CAME IN. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] GANG AWARENESS POLICY? I'M LOOKING AT YOUR GANG
AWARENESS POLICY, 5.0921. THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION. IT DEFINES A GANG MEMBER AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN OBSERVED IN THE COMPANY OF ONE OR MORE KNOWN CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS FOUR OR MORE TIMES. YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THAT. IT COULD HAPPEN IN A CLASS. THEY COULD BE SITTING NEXT TO A GANG MEMBER. IT COULD HAPPEN IN A STUDY HALL. I'M JUST SUGGESTING YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT DEFINITION. IT'S YOUR CHOICE. >> THE DEFINITION THE GANG COMES DIRECTLY FROM STATUTE.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY DEFINE IT AS A GANG MEMBER. >> YEAH. >> SO WE JUST FOLLOWED THE DEFINITION THROUGH THE STATUTE. >> YOU MAY WANT TO THINK IT THROUGH. YOU CAN KEEP IT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. >> OKAY, I SEE ONE FINGER GOING,
SO MS. BRANCH? >> I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT. CAN YOU CHANGE IT? OR TALK ABOUT IT MORE? OR . . . REVISIT IT? >> WE COULD REVISIT IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO BY
THE DEFINITION OF A GANG AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE CRIMINALITY TO SOMETHING RELATED TO GANG ACTIVITY, THAT'S THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF IT, SO IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC. WE COULD DISCUSS IT, BUT IF YOU
GO AS FAR AS THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CRIMINAL GANG MEMBER, THAT'S WHERE WE PULLED IT FROM. >> WELL, LIKE, IF THREE TIMES? WE DON'T . . . I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. >> I'LL DEFER TO OUR SENIOR ATTORNEY. >> LET'S HEAR IT.
>> SO IT IS ONE OF THE CRITERION THAT IS HERE. AS CHIEF WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT IS STATUTORILY DEFINED, AND SO TO DEVIATE FROM THAT COULD HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCES IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION OF IT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE CONVERSATION
REGARDING IT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY AREAS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS IN IT, BUT BASED ON STATUTE, THIS WOULD BE THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIMINAL GANG ACTIVITY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> GENERAL COUNSEL? >> NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO -- I
WAS GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, AS LONG AS WE -- I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE -- IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE IT BACK AND LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, CREATING SOMETHING THAT NOW PUTS
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET INTO SOME TROUBLE, SO IF THAT IS THE PLEASURE, WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> SO I JUST MENTIONED TO GENERAL COUNSEL THAT BEING A PERSON THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH STATUTES AND EDUCATION FOR OVER
30 YEARS, WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN -- YOU KNOW, THAN THE ACTUAL DEFINITION, SO PERHAPS YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I AGREE WE CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. WE JUST CAN'T BE MORE LIBERAL
THAN WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS. ANY MORE COMMENTS? OKAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT? >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TEAM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOPS. >> OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE WORKSHOP. MOTION BY MS. BRANCH SECONDED BY MS. WHITFIELD. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO AS YOU NOW MOVE YOUR COMPUTERS TO THE SPECIAL MEETING, I WILL NOW CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:06 P.M., AND THE RECORD SHOULD WE FLEX WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.
ALSO JOINING US IS MICHAEL BURKE, SHAWN BERNARD, COUNSEL FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND BOARD CLERK TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN US PERIODICALLY AS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE JUST ONE MEETING MINUTES ON THE
AGENDA. I WOULD NOW TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MS. WHITFIELD, SECOND BY MS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO WITHDRAW? >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I'LL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY MS. WHITFIELD, SECOND
BY MIST SAVIETTO. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. ANY DISCLOSURES AND ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT? >> I'M GOING TO DEFER MY COMMENTS UNTIL THE REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 23, THANK YOU. >> AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT,
AND I'LL -- I WILL NOW MOVE TO VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> FIRST OF ALL, YES, AND I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE I HOPE YOU REALLY TRULY ENJOYED YOUR SPRING BREAK. I KNOW IN THIS BUILDING YOU HAVE THE FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK, 10-HOUR DAYS, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD
THAT FRIDAY, BUT I HOPE YOU COMBINED A LITTLE TIME TO GET AWAY FROM HERE, TO RELAX AND ENJOY YOURSELVES BECAUSE IT IS SPRING. IT'S SPRING BREAK AND YOU'VE HAD THIS TIME AND YOU GET REJUVENATED AS YOU MOVE BACK. AND WE'RE BACK INTO WORK AGAIN. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE SOME
PHOTOS, AND I WANT TO THANK DR. ROGER L. DUNCAN, AND THERE HE IS UP THERE. ROGER L. DUNCAN III VISITED PAHOKY MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO THANK HIM BEFORE WE
LEAVE THIS PICTURE. HE IS AWESOME. I WORK WITH HIM CLOSELY AT PALMS WEST HOSPITAL, BUT HE'S WITH THE -- JEFFERSON GROUP, AND HE HAS BEEN TRULY MAKING IT HAPPEN FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE MEDICAL PROGRAMS AT ALL OF
OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BRINGING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, ITEMS FOR THE ACADEMIES, MAKING IT HAPPEN. RIGHT THIS SATURDAY AT ELECT GROVE, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG MEDICAL PROGRAM, AND WHERE HE
HAS INVITED SO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN TO SEE DOCTORS, DOCTORS THAT LOOK LIKE THEM, THOSE THAT WANT TO BE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. HE IS A GREAT GUY, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TEALY ROY JEFFERSON MEDICAL SOCIETY, DR. ROGER L. DUNCAN III FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES, AND
THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE AT PAHOKEE, AND ALL OF THOSE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME, AND IT WAS GREAT. AND THEN POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. WOW, 25 YEARS, AND THERE I AM IN MY YOUNGER DAYS RIGHT THERE AT POLO PARK.
AND THERE WAS CONNIE GREGORY. SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER HER. SHE WAS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL AT POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S MR. ERICKSON UP THERE FROM FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS ALSO A PRINCIPAL. IT WAS JUST GREAT FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, THE ELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM WELLINGTON. WE CELEBRATED POLO PARK. THEY ARE AWESOME. THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HAITIAN BAPTIST CHURCH IN BELL GLADE. THEY ARE AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM, AND THERE IS DR DR. FELICIANO FROM THE MULTI-CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAD SOME OF OUR HAITIAN LEADERS FROM BOYNTON AND DELRAY, AND WE ALL TRAVELED TO THE FIRST HAITIAN BAPTIST CHURCH ONE AFTERNOON TO SEE THE AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, AND LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHILDREN
PLAYING. IT'S ALMOST 200 CHILDREN THAT COME FROM BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY, LAKESHORE, GLADE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THERE IN THE GLADES REGION FOR AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT, TUTORING AND SUPPORT FOR PARENTS WHO REALLY NEED THEIR CHILDREN
TO BE IN A SAFE PLACE AFTER SCHOOL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE PASTOR, PASTOR MORALES, YOU'RE AWESOME, WHAT YOU DO IN THE GLADES, AND TO THANK THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PARTNERING.
SO WE'RE BACK FROM SPRING BREAK, YOU'RE RESTED UP, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS. BRANCH? MS. WHITFIELD? MS. SAVIETTO? >> I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE WHO
WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME AT VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS ON APRIL 26. THEY ARE GONNA HAVE A FESTIVITY FOR -- THIS IS CHILDREN'S DAY, AND I THINK JOSIE MELISKA FROM THE VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS LIBRARY FOR INVITING ME AND
LETTING ME JOIN THEIR FESTIVITIES. I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE MAY 1 IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE OF ALL FAITHS TO COME TOGETHER IN REFLECTION, MEDITATION, UNITY AND HOPE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY. AND I WISH EVERYONE HAPPY
EASTER. PEACE, HAPPINESS, BLESSINGS THIS PASSOVER, AND -- THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. LANE? >> I'LL DEFER MY COMMENTS TO THE GENERAL MEETING. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING US NOW TO THE -- WE DON'T HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS, SO WE'RE
AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD, SECOND BY MS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, SO I WILL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO
ADJOURN. MOTION BY MS. BRANCH, SECOND BY MS. SAVIETTO. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND I DID TRY TO GO A LITTLE SLOWER