--------- >> Karen Brill: GROUP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ED BOARD WILL PARTICIPATE IN FIVE MEETINGS TODAY. WE WILL BEGIN WITH A SPECIAL MEETING FOR SCHOOL BOARD PROCLAMATIONS FOLLOWED BY THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. EXECUTIVE SESSION, WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL
MEETING. WILL YOU STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
VOWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY EITHER WATCHING ON COMCAST CHANNELS 234 AND 235, U VERSE CHANNEL 99 OR USING THE YouTube LINK. IN THE EVENT THAT THE LINK IS
INTERRUPTED SWITCH OVER TO THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE RECORDED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND POSTED ON THE WEBSITE WITHIN 24 HOURS. I WILL CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR SCHOOL BOARD PROCLAMATIONS TO ORDER. MRS. SINCLAIR, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. >> DISTRICT 1, MATTHEW JAY LANE. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 2, VIRGINIA SAVIETTO. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 3, KAREN BRILL. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 4, ERICA WHITFIELD. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 5, GLORIA BRANCH. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 6, MARCIA ANDREWS. >> HERE. >> DISTRICT 7, EDWIN FERGUSON. >> HERE.
BRILL I DON'T HAVE ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. DO YOU HAVE ITEMED TOSES WITHDRAW. >> Mike Burke: I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO A >> Karen Brill: ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
BOARD MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS OUT OF ORDER WE WILL DO TWO FIRST BECAUSE MS. VIRGINIA SAVIETTO WE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
IN SUPERINTENDENT COM2. >> Mike Burke: DROWNING PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. >> Karen Brill: MOTION AND SECONDED. MS. SAVIETTO. >> Virginia Savietto: BEFORE I READ IT I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I WANT TO SHARE WHY THIS ISSUE
IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME. DROWNING PREVENTION IS NOT JUST ABOUT AWARENESS OR STATISTICS IT'S ABOUT LOSS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENTED IT. TO YOUR 7 YEARS AGO MY COUSIN AND I WERE FIVE YEARS OLD LAYING IN A KIDDIE POOL IN ARGENTINA
SHE STEPPED INTO THE DEEPER WATER AND THAT WAS IT. I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH, I WAS ONLY FIVE BUT I REMEMBER THE CRYING THE GRIEF AND WALKING THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE CEMETERY.
THAT KIND OF LOSS NEVER LEAVES YOU AND THE HARDEST PART IS KNOWING YOU COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. DROWNING HAPPENS QUICKLY. IT'S ONE OF THOSE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND OUR ELDERLY
RESIDENTS ARE ALSO AT RISK. BUT WE CAN PREVENT THE TRAGEDIES IT STARTS WITH AWARENESS, SWIM LESSONS, SUPERVISION AND POOL BARRIERS. A THANK YOU TO ANNA STEWART WHO IS SITTING IN FRONT OF US
MANAGER OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY DROWNING PREVENTION COALITION AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND TO BAMBI FOR ALL OFFED WORK YOU DO WITH OUR STUDENTS TEACHING WATER SAFETY, RAISING AWARENESS AND HELPING CREATE A CULTURE OF
PREVENTION. THANK YOU, ANNA, YOU MAKE A MIGHTY TEAM BOTH OF YOU. COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY ON A MINIMAL BUDGET BUT THE IMPACT IS
FAR REACHING AND I'M GRATEFUL. WHEREAS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, AGE, GENDER OR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND DROWNING AND NON-FATAL DROWNING INCIDENTS CAN OCCUR, AND; WHEREAS, ACCIDENTAL DROWNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGED 1-4
IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND; WHEREAS, 393 WATER SAFETY / DROWNING PREVENTION ACTIVITY / EDUCATION PROGRAMS WERE PROVIDED LOCALLY, OF WHICH MORE THAN 31,000 PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS BENEFITED, AND; WHEREAS, IN THE EVENT OF A LAPSE
IN SUPERVISION, OTHER SAFETY FEATURES THAT LIMIT OR DELAY UNINTENDED ACCESS TO WATER IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN DROWNING PREVENTION, AND; WHEREAS, THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAFETY AND SWIMMING
LESSONS VIA EDUCATION PALM BEACH COUNTY CAN ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF ZERO PREVENTABLE DROWNINGS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS DROWNING PREVENTION
AWARENESS MONTH. DONE THIS TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. >> Karen Brill: SMOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GO TO THE FLOOR TO PRESENT
THE PROCLAMATION.
>> Karen Brill: Mr. SUPERINTENDENT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US TO COM 1. >> MAY 2026 AS ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MOTION NOOFER MOTION AND SECONDED. Mr. FERGUSON, I UNDERSTAND YOU
WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT? >> Edwin Ferguson: ONE SECOND, MADAM CHAIR.
PROCLAMATION ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, MAY 2026. WHEREAS, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (AAPI) HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES WAS CELEBRATED BEGINNING IN 1978 AND WAS MADE INTO A MONTH-LONG EVENT IN 1992, AND; WHEREAS, ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY CULTURE, EDUCATION, POLITICS, ARTS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS DESPITE INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES, AND; WHEREAS, DURING AAPI HERITAGE MONTH WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL DETERMINATION, HARD WORK, AND PERSEVERANCE AAPI MUST PUT FORTH
TO BE HEARD AND SEEN FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHICH HAVE ENRICHED THE COUNTRY AND SERVE AS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND; WHEREAS, DESPITE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE ROLE OF AAPI PEOPLE IN U.S. HISTORY HAS OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERVALUED IN THE LITERATURE, TEACHING, AND STUDY OF
AMERICAN HISTORY, AND; WHEREAS, THE AAPI COMMUNITY HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN SUBJECTED TO RACIALLY MOTIVATED DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND HATE CRIMES, ESPECIALLY TARGETING ITS MUSLIM, SOUTH ASIAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN MEMBERS, AND; WHEREAS, ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OBSERVE, RECOGNIZE, AND CELEBRATE THE CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND
CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS TO OUR COUNTY, STATE, AND COUNTRY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. DONE THIS TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IN
WEST PALM. BRILL ANY DISCUSSION. PAUL IN FAVOR ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Mike Burke: ED BOARD PROCLAIM
MAY 2026 AS ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH. >> Karen Brill: Mr. FERGUSON? >> PROCLAMATION MAY 2026.
WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN THE BALTSDZ OF SAVANNAH AND PAID CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR LEGACY AND THE POPULATION JOINS TOGETHER DURING THE MONTH OF MAY TO CELEBRATE THE IDENTITY. AND WHEREAS THE MONTH INCLUDES
HAITIAN FLAG DAY ON MAY 18TH TO CELEBRATE THE CREATION OF THE FLAG OF HAITI AND SET THE PRESS DEPARTMENT FOR ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE DAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE OF THE FLAG'S ADOPTION
IN 1803. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPREAD AWARENESS TO STRENGTHEN THE SELF-ESTEEM OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THE MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE DIVERSITY OF HAITIAN CULTURE AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALM BEACH COUNTY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH DONE THIS 27TH DAY OF MAY, 2026
IN WEST PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA. >> Karen Brill: MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BURKE I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS INTERNAL AUDIT AWARENESS MONTH. BRILL MOTION AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED THE
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. >> Mike Burke: IT IS A SHAME THEY ONLY GET ONE MONTH. >> Mike Burke: I RECOMMEND THE BOARD PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2026 AS JUNE TENT. >> Karen Brill: MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS AND SECOND BY
MERCHANDISE. ANY MRS. ANDREWS I UNDERSTAND YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT. YOU WHEREAS, ON JUNE 19, 1865,
GENERAL GORDON GRANGER AND UNION ARMY TROOPS MARCHED TO GALVESTON, TEXAS TO FREE THE LAST ENSLAVED BLACK AMERICANS AND ENFORCE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON JANUARY 1, 1863, AND;
WHEREAS, ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN TEXAS HAD REMAINED IN BRUTAL BONDAGE IMMORALLY AND ILLEGALLY DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN DECLARED THAT ALL ENSLAVED PERSONS SHALL BE FREE, AND;
WHEREAS, BLACK PEOPLE WHO WERE FINALLY FREED FROM SLAVERY CELEBRATED THEIR LONG OVERDUE LIBERATION ON JUNE 19, THUS BEGINNING A TRADITION OF ANNUAL COMMEMORATION, AND; WHEREAS, ALL AMERICANS CAN LEARN
FROM OUR NATION'S HISTORY, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE RIGHTEOUS WORK OF ENSURING FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY FOR EVERYONE, ALLOWING US TO GROW STRONGER AS A COUNTRY, AND; WHEREAS, WE COMMEMORATE THE CENTURIES OF STRUGGLE AND
PROGRESS LED BY ABOLITIONISTS, EDUCATORS, CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATES, LAWYERS, ACTIVISTS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND ORDINARY AMERICANS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING THIS COUNTRY CLOSER TO FULFILLING ITS PROMISE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL,
AND; WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ACKNOWLEDGES JUNETEENTH AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE, AS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS TO UPHOLD ITS MISSION TO EDUCATE AFFIRM, AND INSPIRE EACH STUDENT IN AN EQUITY-EMBEDDED SCHOOL
SYSTEM. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD OF PALM BEACH COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026 AS JUNETEENTH, AND URGES EVERYONE TO HONESTLY CONFRONT THE NATION'S PAST
INJUSTICES AND WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL AMERICANS. DONE THIS TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. >> Karen Brill: ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. MOTIONED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION? FER MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THAT WILL BRING US TO OUR
SPECIAL MEETING FOR EXPULSIONS. WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE THE ROLL. ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. I DO NOT ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO WITHDRAW. >> Mike Burke: NO.
>> Karen Brill: DO YOU HAVE ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTIONED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES OR
ABSTENTIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE AGENDA ITEM SPEAKERS FOR TODAY SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL LEAVE THE BOARDROOM TO ATTEND A CLOSED-DOOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THIS SESSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. Part: 2
FOR OUR STUDENTS. HERE IS A COMPILATION OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS AND THE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT MAKE THOSE EXPERIENCES POSSIBLE. NEXT YEAR OUR FIRST GRADERS WILL BE HEADED TO LOGGERHEAD MARINE
LIFE CENTER AND THEN TO THE LEARNING CENTER AND OUR FOURTH GRADERS WILL GO TO THE SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM FOR THE STYLES NICHOLSON STEM SAFARI. >> AND OUR STUDENT FOCUS CULTURE.
NOW THIS IS ABOUT US AS A DISTRICT CENTERING OUR DECISION AS ROUND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. INITIATIVE B-2A IS ABOUT CREATING A TAILORED HUB FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO NAVIGATE DISTRICT PROCESSES.
THIS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE ADOPTION OF OUR NEW PARENT PORTAL. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE OVER 7,000 NEW PARENT ACCOUNTS AND ABOUT 50% OF THOSE REGISTERED PARENTS.
HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY GO TO THE PORTAL. TO THE LEFT IS THE WEB BROWSER VIEW AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE APP VIEW. MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AS A DISTRICT WE RECOGNIZE THAT WELLNESS IS THE PREREQUISITE FOR
LEARNING. THEME C FOCUSES ON THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF BOTH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. INITIATIVE C-1A IS ABOUT EVERY STUDENT HAVING A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE
TRUSTED ADULT ON CAMPUS. PAIN GOAL IS FOR EACH STUDENT HAVE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST ONE TRUSTED ADULT. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO SAID THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A TRUSTED ADULT
ON CAMPUS AND THAT WENT FROM 7 TO 7.6% IN 2024 TO 84.9% IN 2026. THIS WORK IS GROUNDED IN THE USE
OF THE SRMQ A TOOL AND IT CONNECTS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DATA WITH ACADEMIC OUTCOMES TO PROMOTE OUR STUDENT SUCCESS. IT ALSO ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY STUDENTS NEED AND IMPLEMENT THE NECESSARY
INTERVENTIONS. NISHT C2B IS ABOUT STUDENTS HO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF OUR EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL LEADERS SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO IMPLEMENT TRAUMA INFORMED
PRACTICES. THE INITIATIVE ALSO USES A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF STUDENTS NEEDS. >> WITH THEME D OUR FOCUS IS ON
THE GROWTH OF EMPLOYEES AND FOSTERING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THAT MAINTAINS OUR DISTRICT AS THE BEST CHOICE FOR STUDENTS FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY. UNDER INITIATIVE D-1C IN ADOIGHTS BORED'S RECENT-- ADDITION TO THE BOARD'S RECENT ADOPTION OF THE POLICY, WE HAVE
TRAINED OVER 6900 STAFF MEMBERS ON A.I. AND EXPANDED THE USE OF TOOLS LIKE CANVA AND CONMIGA 2. FOR INITIATIVE DID-2A OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE LAUNCHING A SERVICE NOW CHAT
BOUGHT THAT OFFERS REAL TIME SUPPORTS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS PROVIDING TRAINING TO OVER SIX TIMES MORE EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR THAN IN FY'25. THIS YEAR THE TEAM REALLY PRIORITIZED SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND JOB SPECIFIC BEST PRACTICES
FOR CUSTOMER FACING STAFF. THIS IS WHAT THE INTENTION TO EMPOWER THOSE WHO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, TO ENHANCE THE SERVICE DLIRRY ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS-- DELIVERY ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, WE STANDARDIZING
EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE DISTRICT USING OUR CATCH THE WAVE BRANDING AND WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR TEAM APPRECIATION HAS SKYROCKETED THIS YEAR. OUR KUDOS RECOGNITION SUBMISSIONS IS UP BY 109%.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A COLLAGE OF SOME OF THE WELL DESERVING KUDO RECIPIENTS. >> THE NEXT TWO SLIDESLY TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CONSUME LATIVE IMPACTS OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE IN THE CLOSURE PHASE AND JUST A REMINDER WHEN THE INITIATIVES ARE IN THE CLOSURE
PHASE, IT MEANS THEY'RE NOW A STANDARD PRACTICE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION FOUR INITIATIVES SEEN HIGHER ENTERED THIS SPACE. WHICH MEANS THERE WERE NO
STANDARD PRACTICES IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW WE DO OUR WORK. AS A DISTRICT WE HAVE FORMALIZED STUDENT VOICE THIS ESPECIALLY
SURES THAT EMPLOYEES ARE NOW AWARE OF THE NEEDED RESOURCES AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM OVERALL THESE FOUR INITIATIVES THE DISTRICT THAT HAS BUILT A MORE CONNECTED PEOPLE CENTERED SYSTEM
THAT STRENGTHENS ENGAGE MANY AND ALSO LEADERSHIP. THE NEXT SIX INITIATIVES SEEN ON THE SLIDE ARE IN THE CLOSURE PHASE FOR FY'26. THIS MEANS 10 OF THE 14 INITIATIVES ARE NOW IN THE CLOSURE PHASE.
THE DISTRICT MADE REAL WORLD LEARNING EXTENDED EXPERIENCE THROUGH INITIATIVE A-3A NOW EVERY STUDENT K-8 HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT CONNECT LEARNING BEYOND OUR CLASSROOMS.
WE HAVE ALSO SIMPLIFIED HOW FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS AND SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS ACADEMIC NEEDS. A MORE CENTRALIZED PARENT PORTAL, BELIEVE AND A MORE STREAMLINED AND CONSISTENT SCHOOL WEBSITE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. ALSO STRENGTHENED OUR APPROACH TO STUDENT AND STAFF WELL-BEING.
BRINGING TOGETHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS AND TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES INTO A COORDINATED SYSTEM. OVERALL, WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ARE NO LONGER BUILDING IN POCKETS, INSTEAD WE ARE OPERATING WITH ALIGNED AND
SCALABLE SYSTEMS. SCH AS WE PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE WILL LOOK AT THE INITIATIVES THAT WILL CONTINUE. FOR FY'27, WE DO HAVE FOUR INITIATIVES THAT REMAIN IN THE ACTIVE EXECUTION PHASE. FOR PRE-K THROUGH THIRD GRADE LITERACY, THE DISTRICT WILL
CONTINUE TO FOCUS PROVIDING THAT CONSISTENT EVIDENCE-BASED LITERACY INSTRUCTION. OUR CAREER PATHWAYS INITIATIVE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS-- ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CAREER PATHWAYS AND ENSURE WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT. OUR A.I. INITIATIVE WILL ADVANCE
TO SYSTEM WIDE INTEGRATION WAS CROSS INSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING A CONSISTENT HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE CULTURE. THIS YEAR OUR EMPHASIS WILL BE ON SERVICE EXCELLENCE THAT
SUPPORTS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT EFFORTS. SOY ALL-- SO ALL THE FINAL METRICS AND STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR FY'26 WILL BE DETAILED IN THE UPCOMING 2025-2026 SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL REPORT. WITH THAT, WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT BURKE
FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN MAKING THESE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES A SUCCESSFUL REALITY. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: I'M GOING TO START US OFF AND THEN GO TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. CAN YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR C .1 AND C .2 TALKING ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND BELONGING, ACCEPTANCE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST ME OR IF,
BECAUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT BULLYING. I SEE A LOT COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
SHOW US IF WE ARE SEEING MORE INCIDENTS AND HOW WE ARE TRACKING IT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT I SEE MORE AND MORE OF AND I HAVE BEEN SITTING UP HERE FOR A LONG TIME SO I THINK MS. ANDREWS HAS BEEN UP HERE JUST AS LONG AS I HAVE. YOU ARE PROBABLY NOTICING IT, TOO. WHERE WE ARE JUST SEEING A LOT OF THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE A.I.
INITIATIVES, SOME OF US WERE AT FSBA IN THE FALL. MIAMI-DADE WAS WAY AHEAD OF US WITH THIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IS HOW THEY EDUCATE THE FAMILIES ON THE USE OF A.I. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TOOLS WHERE
THEY WORK WITH THE FAMILIES TO TEACH THEM HOW NOT TO BE AFRAID OF IT AND WORK WITH THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING TODAY ARE NOT THINGS THEY LEARNED IN THAT FASHION BACK THEN SO THEY HAVE A WHOLE LITANY OF DEVICES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR
HOW TO WORK WITH FAMILIES, HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. WE NEED TO TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TEACHING STUDENTS WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND NOT APPROPRIATE. STUDENTS GOT SOME TROUBLE ON
A.I. WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD USE THEM WHERE THE FAMILIES CAME TO ME SO THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE AREAS BECAUSE IT FALLS INTO THE PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL CALL ON Ms. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT
REALLY MAKES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT QUALITY. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND THE CONSISTENCY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK. I KNOW THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAD BEFORE THIS KIND OF LIKE FELL APART MIDWAY THROUGH AND NOBODY WAS FOCUSING. SO I JUST REALLY AM GRATEFUL
THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING THIS WORK JUST ONE SMALL CONCERN. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SUNSETTING THE PART WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON THE WEBSITES. ARE WE DONE WITH WEBSITE
IMPROVEMENTS? >> NOT SUNSETTING WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IS STILL CONTINUING. WE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, SIM IMPLEMENTING THE WORK. WHEN WE SAY CLOSING, THAT JUST MEANS IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE CHECKED IN THE SAME WAY BUT IT
IS PART OF OUR CULTURE SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE WEBSITES ARE CONTINUING TO BE WORKED ON AND UPDATED IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. >> Dr. MORTON IS CORRECT.
WE CONTINUE TO MAKE UPDATES FROM BEST PRACTICES AND YOU WILL SEE REFRESHMENT CONSTANTLY ON OUR 200 WEBSITES. >> Erica Whitfield: STILL HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE SYSTEM.
WELL ONE HAD HER LAST DAY TODAY. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND THINGS SOMETIMES AND EVERY TIME I GO TO A SCHOOL, I ALWAYS GO TO THEIR WEBSITE BEFORE I GO IT THERE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING, REMIND MYSELF THE NAME OF THE PRINCIPAL IF I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE A WHILE. JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON TOP OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND I FINE
IT VERY CONFUSING I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT MY CONCERNS BUT I WAS HOPEFUL.
I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I FIND NOT USER FRIENDLY. LIKE WITHIN THE S.I.S. SYSTEM, I THINK THAT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING FOR A PARENT ESPECIALLY IF YOU
DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. >> IS THAT IT. >> Erica Whitfield: YES. >> Chair Brill: MS. SAVIETTO. >> Gloria Branch: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S VERY ENGAGING. THAT'S IMPORTANT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. ONE OBJECTIVE, IT SAYS ENSURE ALL STUDENTS ENGAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN TEACHING AND
LEARNING? >> IF YOU ARE ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT OBJECTIVE A-1, THE TITLE STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE
IN THE PROCESS OF WHEN THE TEACHER IS TEACHING AND THEY WILL-- IT'S LIKE RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS SO THE TEACHER TEACHES AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING BUT THE STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGING IN THAT PROCESS. THEY'RE? THE PROCESS OF-- I'M READING IT
THAT THEY ARE TEACHING AND LEARNING. >> I CAN SEE THE CONFUSION THERE. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY SAYING BUT I CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. SO WHEN LUCA WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOW HE IS NOT, SOMEBODY MENTIONED ZILLOW THERE
WERE A BUNCH OF PARENTS THAT DIDN'T KNOW FOR THE KIDS TO KNOW THAT ACTUALLY THAT IS A GREAT TOOL THAT THE PARENTS KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY I WAS JUST GUESSING WITH LUCA ENGINEER, ENVIRONMENTAL, ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT, SO WHAT I NOTICED AND THAT WE HAVE GREAT TOOLS, SOMETIMES WE NEED COMMUNICATION PART,
RIGHT, OF MAKING SURE THAT PARENTS KNOW THE STUDENTS.
IN THE PORTAL, ARE THEY THE PARENTS, CAN THEY TRANSLATE PRESS A BUTTON SO IT GOES INTO SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, CREOLE, ANY OTHER LANGUAGE? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT FEATURE. >> I'M ASKING, WELL, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT WITH A.I. WE
SHOULD FIND A WAY OF, SO PARENTS CAN, YOU KNOW, KNOW ABOUT THIS. YOU BARELY HAVE TIME IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL, I REMEMBER GOING TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES, 10 MINUTES, AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THE PARENTS, EVEN EITHER WE HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE THAT LASTS LONGER SO MAYBE AND A PART OF THE OPEN
HOUSE SCHOOL POLICE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE DOS AND DON'TS OF DROPPING EACH SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN CHALLENGES ON DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO KIND OF DIRECT THE PARENTS ABOUT ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAVE AND
MENTION ALSO THE WELCOME CENTER, WHERE THEY CAN GET MORE, YOU KNOW,INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS TO FOLLOW THEIR KIDS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH, SO I WAS... >> COULD I ANSWER THE
TRANSLATION QUESTION REAL QUICK? I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN. SO, YES, BOTH THE WEBSITE PALMBEACHSCHOOLS.ORG YOU CAN TRANSLATE INTO MORE THAN 100 LANGUAGES AND S.I.S. GATEWAY, THE PORTAL PARENTS USE IS
AUTOMATICALLY IN THE PARENTS LANGUAGE OF PREFERENCE AND MODIFIED BY PARENT AS WELL ONCE THEY ARE LOGGED IN. >> AND WE SHOULD TELL THEM THAT, TOO. THAT THERE ARE ABLE TO, THAT INSTEAD OF LIKE HOPING THEY FIGURE IT OUT, IF WE CAN SAY,
HEY, WE ARE-- ON THE MENTAL HEALTH, I WAS, LAST WEEK I WAS INTERVIEWED BY A YUCK STUDENT-- BY A YOUNG STUDENT AND I THINK SHE BELONGS TO GIRLS STATE, I THINK IT'S CALLED.
BUT ANYWAY, SHE WAS CHAMPIONING MENTAL HEALTH AND ASKING ME ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER FOR STUDENTS, WE SHOULD ASK YOU AND SHE CAME IN AND SAID A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT SHE NEEDED
THERAPY AND, BUT SHE WAS DOING SOME THERAPY WORK. BUT IN SCHOOL SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE OUR THERAPISTS OR COUNSELORS, THEY ARE YOU KNOW, NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE BECAUSE MAYBE THEY HAVE OTHER KIDS, TOO.
SO SHE FELT THE SUPPORT WASN'T THERE: I MENTIONED 211. 211 IS A GREAT CHOICE WHERE STUDENTS CAN CALL AND TALK PRIVATELY WITH STRANGERS P BUT THEY'RE EDUCATED IN THE SUBJECT. BUT SO TELEHEALTH, I DON'T KNOW
IF SOME ISING THIS WE CAN IMPLEMENT OR LOOK INTO OR HELP THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NEEDING SUPPORT CAN GET IT AT LEAST TO TALK TO SOMEBODY TO HELD HOME BECAUSE-- TO HOLD THEM BECAUSE
SHE MENTIONED A FEW THINGS THAT WERE EYE OPENING, BUT SHE WAS DEFINITELY NOT SEEING IT IN THE SCHOOLS. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A GROUP OF RANDOM KIDS FROM SCHOOLS AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS, RIGHT? NOT SAY WE ARE GOING GIVE ENTHUSIASM BUT WHAT IS IT THEY
NEED OR WHAT DO THEY SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT IS GREAT BUT THEY DON'T GET TO IT ENOUGH OR WE NEED TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE WE NEED MORE SUPPORT AND FIND IT IN A WAY THAT THEY KNOW IT'S
THERE. ASK STUDENTS AND FEEDBACK. WE NEED THEIR FEEDBACK IF WE ARE GOING TO HELP THEM WE NEED TO KNOW THE ISSUES, BULLYING THAT I HAVE HEARD, BULLYING WITH ICE AND IMMIGRATION HAS INCREASED
WHICH IS REALLY SAD BUT WHAT IS IT THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED AND MAYBE WE ALREADY HAVE IT BUT THEY DON'T KNOW. IF THEY DON'T KNOW, THEN IT'S LIKE WE DON'T HAVE IT. WHEN IT COMES TO A.I., I LOVE
IT. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FEW TEACHERS THIS WEEK AND ABOUT JUST A FEW THINGS, RANDOMLY, BUT ONE OF THEM INVESTED IN HERSELF FOR THREE YEARS AND TOOK A.I. COURSES WITH UF, WHICH IS THE
LEADING UNIVERSITY OF A.I. FOR NOT ONLY THE STATE BUT THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S MADE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR HER IN THE WAY SHE TEACHES BECAUSE WE NEED TO TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO USE A.I. AND WE NEED TO TEACH TEACHERS
HOW TO USE A.I. TO TEACH TWO THINGS TO TEACH A.I. AND HOW TO USE IT TO TEACH. IT IS NOT HAPPENING. SOME OF THE TEACHERS ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT, ALMOST RETIRING SO THEY THINK WHY DO THAT. SO UF WAS BROUGHT UP A FEW TIMES
IN THIS CONVERSATION, SO IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE COULD TALK MORE LATER I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS WHEN IT COMES TO A.I. SO WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING IT AND TEACHING OTHER THINGS
THROUGH A.I. WE NEED TO BE REALLY FAST. IF NOT, A.I. IS GOING TO TAKE OVER US NOT EVEN KNOWING. I LOVE THE CHAT BOT. >> IF COULD I ADD REALLY QUICK, WE DO OFFER THE TRAINING FOR
TEACHERS IN TERMS OF USE OF A.I. FOR THEIR OWN USE IN TERMS OF CREATING OR HELPING TO CREATE LESSONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS INCORPORATING IT INTO THE INSTRUCTION AND THAT IS A PART OF THE INITIATIVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE IT EVEN
MORE INTO THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE AND THE OPERATIONS AND IF I DO JUST GO BACK FOR A SECOND IN TERMS OF THE TELEHEALTH WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT WE DO OFFER TELEHEALTH TO OUR STUDENTS, SO... >> THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT THEN. >> WOULD I LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
SO I CAN THEN TALK ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, PERCEPTION. HOW WE SAY IT AND TELL THE STORY AND THE MORE WE SAY IT, THE BETTER BECAUSE WE ARE THE BEST CHOICE AND WE NEED TO BRAG ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO JUST KEEP
TALKING ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD NOT BE A SECRET. I'LL GET WITH YOU, Dr. MORGAN BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM MY CONVERSATIONS AND WE CAN ADD ON AND TO YOUR AMAZING STRATEGIC
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THE VISUALED, THE BREAKING DOWN OF FOX. IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE EFFORT AND ALL OF THIS THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: MS. ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: THANK YOU, AS I HEARD YOU TODAY AND LOOKED AT
THE PACKET, IT'S VERY GOOD. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ESPECIALLY WITH LITERACY. WITH THIRD GRADE GETTING OUR KIDS READY FOR THIRD GRADE AND LOOKING AT THE RESULTS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE A RATED. THE KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING TO
REALLY AFFECT LITERACY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN BY THIRD GRADE, THEY CAN READ THIS IS GREAT. THE CHOICE PROGRAM OVER 300 PLUS AND CAREER PATHWAYS WITH TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I LOVE ACCELERATION PROGRAMS THAT WE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND I
WON'T GO THROUGH IT ALL BUT MY CONCERN IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND I WANT TO SAY TRUSTED ADID YOU TELL. I SEE THIS IN THE CLASSROOMS. THEY HAVE ON THEIR DOORS I'M A TRUSTED ADULT SO STUDENTS KNOW THEY CAN GO TO SOMEBODY, MENTAL
HEALTH MEANS EVERYTHING BUT MY BIG CONCERN AND WE DID THIS A WHILE BACK AND Mr. OSWALD WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER IT. I LOVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WITH OUR
PORTALS. AND EVERYBODY CAN GET ONLINE AND FIND THIS OUT AND FIND THAT OUT SOME PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT AND WE HAVE BECOME VERY ADVANCED WITH HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARENTS THROUGH COMMUNICATION ON THE WEBSITE,
BUT BACK IN THE DAY WE HAD A FAMILY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT WHERE IT WAS REAL PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT KNEW THE PARENTS, WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO ACCESS ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL STUFF YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND WE NEED TO GO BACK THERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY, JUST BECAUSE THEIR CHILD HAS A CHROMEBOOK MAY NOT HAVE A COMPUTER AND MAYBE NOT KNOW HOW TO ACCESS ALL THE WONDERFUL
THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WE LOOK AT CHILDREN, THOSE THAT ARE DROPPING OUT MAYBE CAN'T GET INTO A CHOICE PROGRAM BUT IT'S ALMOST WHAT BOARD MEMBER
SAVIETTO WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS GREAT STUFF THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THOSE THAT KNOW HOW TO MANEUVER THE BUREAUCRACY OF A BIG LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, THE PARENTS ARE GETTING IT. THEIR KIDS ARE GRADUATING WITH ALL KINDS OF ACCOLADES BUT WE
STILL HAVE A PORTION OF OUR FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, WITHIN OUR REGIONS THAT NEED REAL PERSONAL HELP. COMPUTERS ARE WONDERFUL AND CELL PHONES AND A.I. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR KNOW HOW TO DO
IT, YOU NEED PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN TRUST YOU NEED TRUSTED PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TO BE ON THE GROUND IN THE COMMUNITIES. THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE CHILDREN BACK, THE 7,000 THAT WE ARE LOSING. PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
ROBUST FAMILY ENGAGEMENT PIECE IN EVERY AREA THAT CAN GO TO THOSE AREAS, KNOCK ON DOORS AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND ASK THEM THE QUESTION, DID YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS IS WHY WE ARE THE BEST.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WE CAN ADD MORE OR TAKE MORE AWAY BUT UNTIL WE CAN GET PEOPLE ACCESS TO PEOPLE, WE ARE STILL NOT REACHING EVERYBODY THAT WE NEED TO REACH AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LITERACY, THIRD GRADE LEVEL GIVING EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO BE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, YOU NEED
PEOPLE OUT THERE TO DO THAT WORK. SO I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO ANOTHER LEVEL AND WE USED TO DO IT. SO Mr. OSWALD, YOU ARE SITTING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE AND WE HAD BIG TIME FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
AND I LOVE THE PORTAL AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING CAN YOU PUT THAT ON YOUR LIST TO SEE HOW WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND I CAN GIVE YOU NEIGHBORHOODS YOU CAN GO TO AND ASK THEM IF THEY KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS GREAT STUFF THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW CAN WE GET THEM ENGAGED THEY CAN ESPECIALLY
US DO A BETTER JOB WITH THE GREATNESS WE HAVE HERE. >> EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO IS AN ALIGNMENT WITH INITIATIVE D .2A THE FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT EMPHASIS ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND MAKING OUR OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. THAT'S EXACTLY IN ALIGNMENT. >> Mr. LANE. >> Matthew Lane: SLIDE 7,
OBJECTIVE A.1A EARLY LITERACY GAINS. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT HERE BUT IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ME QUANTITIFICATION. I NEED TO YOU QUANTIFY THE EXTENTS OF EARLY LITERACY GAINS IN THE DISTRICT. IF DO YOU PROVIDE THAT TO ME, I
WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO SLIDE 11, OBJECTIVE A .1B, CTE AND MY QUESTION IS WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE IN A
MANNER THAT STARTS BY LISTING THE CTE OPPORTUNITIES SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEN MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE BREAK DOWN THE SCHOOLS AND YOU
SAY WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AT THAT SCHOOL. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE BROCHURE AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE SO THOSE WOULD BE MY TWO SUGGESTIONS IN REGARDS TO
THE INITIATIVES DO YOU FORESEE THERE BEING LIMITATION IN THE EXECUTION OF THOSE INITIATIVES WITH THE FIDELITY ON THE HEELS OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SMALLER BUDGET WITH WHICH TO WORK. DO YOU SEE THAT AS A
COMPLICATION OVER THE NEXT SUN TO THREE YEARS. >> I DON'T-- DON'T CALL ME OPTIMISTIC OLIVIA BUT I DON'T SEE ANY UNNECESSARY COMPLICATIONS WE'LL MAKE THE PIVOTS THAT NEED TO GET DONE WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THE WORK AND SEEING IT THROUGH SO WE WILL
FIGURE OUT,000 MAKE IT WORK. >> Edward Ferguson: WE WILL RECAP NEXT YEAR. GREAT WORK. >> Chair Brill: IS THAT ALL, MR. FERGUSON. >> I DON'T SEE ANYMORE QUESTIONS. Mr. BURKE. >> THANK YOU, TEAM. I APPRECIATE THE WORK SLOP.
I KNOW THE PRESENTATION TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES BEING JUST ROLLED INTO OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. MY EVALUATION WILL STILL INCLUDE THAT AND IT WILL CONTINUE. SO THAT WORK IS NOT FORGOTTEN. IT WILL STILL BE SOMETHING THAT
SHOWS UP ON MY EVAL. THANK YOU, TEAM. >> IF DO YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THE BOARD HAD PRIOR TO THAT. >> Supt.Burke: WILL FOLLOW UP IN WRITING, PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST WAY BUT WE TOOK NOTES. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU. >> Supt.Burke: SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND WORKSHOP.
WHICH IS MODIFIED FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION RULES Mr. JOE SANCHES IS GOING TO LEAD IT ALONG WITH Mr. LANE SEARCHWELL DIRECTOR OF STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. WE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS TO
SHARE-FOR-THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. (INAUDIBLE). >> SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHERE WE ARE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME
ALTERNATIVES FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND REALLY WHAT THIS CAME ABOUT WITH IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RECOGNITION OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH HIRING CDL DRIVERS. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS
THAT THEY MADE AVAILABLE TO US TO DELIVER STUDENTS SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND ON TIME TO THEIR DESTINATION IN THE FRAME OF MIND READY TO LEARN. WE STAND AND ARE COMMITTED TO
THAT PURPOSE STATEMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVER VIEW WHAT OUR RIDERSHIP LOOKS LIKE IN TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES. GENERAL EDUCATION, ABOUT 49,000 RIDERS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION IS 4500.
THAT 33 LUNE ARE THE WEIGHTED FTE. THOSE ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE WINDCHILLS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS THE TABLE DEMONSTRATES THE RUTH WE HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON EACH OF THE ROUTES.
ABOUT 37,500. APPROACHING 10,000 STUDENTS SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW OUR TRANSPORTATION. HAZARDOUS RUTH ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE SCHOOL BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SAFE WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL SO OTHER THAN THE BUS.
SO WE PUT THEM ON THE BUS TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL. COURTESY RIDERS ARE RIDERS WHO ARE WITHIN TWO MILES BUT WE DON'T GET NECESSARILY REIMBURSE FOR THOSE BUT VARIED CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND WHY WE TRANSPORT THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THOSE STUDENTS TO THE SCHOOLS. THEN WE HAVE HOMELESS AND FOSTER CHILDREN. THE REASON WE HAVE ARE HAVING THIS WORKSHOP IS FLEXIBILITY AS WELL BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE IN OUR MULTI-TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE A LOT MOVER RIDERS-- A
LOT MORE RIDERS WHO ARRIVE TO SCHOOL BY THEIR PARENTS IN THE MORNING THAN IN THE AFTERNOON. OBVIOUSLY PARENTS CAN DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING IN THE CAR BUT THEY HAVE TO GO OFF TO WORK AND NOT AVAILABLE TO BRING THEM NEAP IN THE IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMBER OF PRE-K STUDENTS GROWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY NEW STUDENTS IN PRE-K AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL AND KEEP THEM INTO OUR ENROLLMENT. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS TRANSPORTATION OPTION. DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WE USE
TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. THE PRIMARY ONE IS THE DISTRICT YELLOW BUS, SAFEST WAY TO GET THEM THERE. TRANSPORT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 STUDENTS, WHICH INCLUDES GENERAL ED AND EASY TRANSFER STUDENTS DAILY ON THAT BIG YELLOW BUS. WE ALSO UTILIZE PRIVATE YELLOW
BUS. WE HAVE A CONTRACTED SERVICE, COMPANY CALLED ARINATO WE TRANSPORT 3100 STUDENTS ON THAT AND THEN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WE GET SIGNIFICANT HELP FROM
TRI-RAIL AND PALM TRAN FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY TO THE NORTH COUNTY AREA AND WE ALSO UTILIZE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION IN THE FORM OF VANS, CARS AND SUVS. UTILIZING TWO CONTRACTED SERVICES LAST YEAR. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF
EXPANDING THAT SERVICE TO A FEW MORE VENDORS. LAST YEAR WE TRANSPORTED OVER 240 STUDENTS DAILY WITH THAT SERVICE. AND FINALLY WE ALSO UTILIZE IN SPECIAL CASES PARTICULARLY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, WHERE WE
UTILIZE 15 FAMILIES WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PARENT REIMBURSEMENT. 2. >> THEY MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULE AND THOSE TOOK EFFECT
LAST DECEMBER. DECEMBER 21, 2025. JUST VERY RECENT. I SPLIT THIS UP. WHAT THIS, THREE DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENED HERE. THE FIRST TWO IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN AFFECT THE SMALL BUSES AND ON THE R&DES, RIGHT-HAND
SIDE, THE THEY AFFECT THE MINI VAN AND SUVS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES. THE TWO LEFT-HAND SIDE BOXES THERE. THIS NEW MODIFICATION OF THE RULE ALLOWS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A CLASS E LICENSE, MOST OF US HERE, WE HAVE CLASS E LICENSE,
TO DRIVE A SMALLER BUS. SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT BUT THE SMALLER BUSES, WHICH ARE CALLED, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED SMALL BUSES OR MULTIFUNCTIONAL SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUSES THEY MUST BE UNDER 26,000 POUNDS, THE VEHICLE CAN HANDLE
UP TO 15 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE DRIVER SO 14 PASSENGERS. THERE IS EXPANDED TRAINING FOR THEM SO THIS IS NOT JUST ANYBODY THAT WALKS OFF THE ROAD WITH A CLASS E LICENSE. HAVE YOU TO GET 40 HOURS OF PRESERVICE TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDES 20 HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM AND EIGHT HOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED
IN CPR AND FIRST AID WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEEDS ON THE BUSES AND THESE DRIVERS, THEIR RECORDS ARE MONITORED WEEKLY SO THERE IS A REPORT, JUST LIKE REGULAR BUS DRIVERS, CDL BUS DRIVERS, THEY'RE MONITORED ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO ALL THAT IS REALLY AFFECTS THE SMALL BUS DRIVERS. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE OPERATES CATEGORY, THESE ARE LIKE THE EVER DRIVEN AND PLED AID AND OTHER DRIVERS, THEY STILL HAVE, CAN STILL DO THAT BUT IN
ADDITION TO GETTING BADGED LIKE WE DO ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS, THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE STATE OVERSIGHT REGARDING THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS AS WELL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITY EXAMS AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A HIGHER
LEVEL OF REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. SO WHAT DO WE DO IN RESPONSE TO THIS. BACK IN NOVEMBER, THIS RULE WAS JUST CHANGED IN DECEMBER. AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED A NEW JOB
DESCRIPTION CALLED THE STUDENT TRANSPORT. THIS SALARY RANGE IS BETWEEN AN ATTENDANT AND CDL DRIVER. THEY DON'T GET PAID AS MUCH AS A CDL DRIVER BUT MORE THAN AN ATTENDANT. THAT JOB DESCRIPTION GOT APPROVED. THIS PAST MARCH, THE BOARD
APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF 15 OF THESE 14 PASSENGER VEHICLES.
SO YOU HAVE ALL SEEN BUS AS ROUND THE COUNTY THAT HAVE LESS THAN A FULL LOAD IN THEM. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF ROUTES THAT THE SMALLER BUSES CAN HANDLE MARCH ALSO IS WHEN THE FEDERAL LAW HAS CHANGED AND
ACTUALLY FEDERAL LAW HAS BEEN CHANGING OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS, BUT IT CAME FINAL IN MARCH THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONSIDERED, WHO HAVE NON-DOMICILE CDL, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE DACAA PEOPLE OR ON TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE
STATUS, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET LICENSES WE HAVE 15 OF SUCH EMPLOYEES AND WE MOVE THEM FROM DRIVERS TO ATTENDANT ROLES NOW SO THEY CAN NO LONGER DRIVE BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE A CDL BUT THE DRIVERS CAN DRIVE THE SMALLER BUSES SO WE MOVED
THOSE INDIVIDUALS OVER AND THEN THIS COMING FALL, WE ARE GOING TO REASSIGN ELIGIBLE STUDENTS TO THESE SMALLER BUSES INTO THE
SMALLER BUSES SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT. >> IN SUMMARY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL PICTURE THAT YOU SEE IN THE SCREEN. THAT'S A PICTURE OF WHAT-- REPLICA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE NEWER BUSES LOOK LIKE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED IN
TRANSPORTATION ABOUT GETTING THEM BECAUSE AS WAS EXPRESSED EARLIER, IT REALLY GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS THAT WE HAVE TO OPERATE OUR FACILITIES.
THE SMALL BUSES ARE DESIGNED FOR 14 STUDENTS AS YOU MENTIONED OR LESS, WITH THE DRIVER BEING 15 PASSENGERS IN THAT VEHICLE. THE DRIVERS ARE ABLE TO DRIVE WITH A CLASS E LICENSE NO CDL IS
REQUIRED THAT WILL GIVE US A BIGGER POOL OF DRIVERS WE DESPERATELY NEED AND WE PLAN TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO THE EMPLOYEE IS NEW PEOPLE WHO GET IN. WE HAVE THE T.P. GUYS WHO CAN DO THAT, EXPERT DRIVERS ALREADY TRAINED AS CDL DRIVERS BUT THE INFLUENCE PEEP THAT WE TRAIN, WE
WILL TRAIN THEM TO THE STANDARDS OF THE CDL DRIVERS BUT DO NOT NEED TO TAKE THE CDL EXAM SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE ALL THE TRAINING THEY NEED TO DO THAT ONE OF THE LINES THAT GET
ME EXCITED IS THE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS BY USING THE SMALL BUSES OPPOSED TO USING A PRIVATE VENDOR SERVICE AND LOOKING FOR MORE EFFICIENT ROUTING BY HAVING
THE ADDITIONAL DRIVERS. I WAS A DRIVING FORCE IN US DOING THAT BUT IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS MEETING,
Ms. PEENINGUS, I WANT TO THANK HER BECAUSE SHE, A COUPLE YEARS AGO TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA THAT WERE ALLOWING FOR THIS AND FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LEGISLATURE TO AGREE SO I THANK YOU. I THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR
PUTTING UP WITH MY COMPLAINING CONSTANTLY UNTIL BEE GOT THIS DONE BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO SAVE US MONEY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE USING THE PRIVATE YELLOW BUSES FOR? THAT'S THE MARANATA. >> THEY'RE USED TO SUPPLEMENT--
REMEMBER A FEW, NOT TOO FAR AGO WE WERE VERY SHORT DRIVERS. AND THEY CAME IN AND WERE ABLE TO HELP US OUT BY HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL DRIVERS TO ASSIST US AND THIS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY. >> I DO WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK Mr. SEARCH WELL FOR HIS
RESPONSIVENESS THROUGH OUR CONSTITUENT PROCESS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE MANY YEARS AGO, YOU HAVE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE AT RESOLVING ISSUES, LOOKING AT FAMILIES INDIVIDUALLY TO MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
WITH THAT, I WILL GO TO MS. ANDREWS. >> Marcia Andrews: YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WANTING FOR A LONG TIME AND I THANK THE BOARD FOR APPROVING THIS AT A TIME WHEN COST IS EVERYTHING.
WE NEED TO SAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE AND IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT NEED THE SMALL SETTING, IT'S WONDERFUL BUT I WANT TO TAKE A PERSONAL NOTE TO SAY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, Mr. SANCHES AS WELL AS SHANE
SEARCHWELL, YOU ARE AWE AWESOME. ONE OF MY FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW OVER MY 16 YEARS HERE, I LOVE OUR BUS DRIVERS. I LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND YOU ARE TRANSPORTING SO MANY CHILDREN, THE COUNCIL OF GREAT CITY SCHOOLS SEEK YOU OUT PALM
BEACH COUNTY JOE SANCHES, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SUPER EFFICIENT OPERATION IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND WITH WE THINK ABOUT THE COUNTY AND PALM TRAN, THEY CAN'T COME CLOSE TO THE DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO I WILL MISS YOU WHEN I'M NOT LONGER HERE BUT WHEN I SEE THE
YELLOW BUSES GO BY, I WAVE EVERY DAY WHEN I'M WALKING MY DOG. I KNOW THE DRIVERS AND THEY JUST TRULY LOVE WORKING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR DRIVERS AND NOW,000 THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION, THIS IS FABULOUS COST SAIFERG BUT IT
TAKES HUMAN BEINGS WITH LIKE YOU TO WORK WITH THE PARENTS WHO MAY HAVE AN ISSUE AND I CALL YOU LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE SOLVE THED THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH Mr. SEARCHWELL. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ALL OF US HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: I WANTED TO THANK Mr. SEARCHWELL. HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE BEST AT AT CUSTOMERS SERVICE IN THIS DISTRICT WITH ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS TO DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. NOBODY LIKES TO FEEL LIKE THEIR CHILD ISN'T SAFELY ON A BUS SO I
AM REALLY GRATEFUL ESPECIALLY THAT YOU CALLED ME BACK SO QUICKLY AND DEAL WITH THE ISSUES AS THEY COME ONE THING I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE FOR TRANSPORTATION TO CONSIDER WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDING ISSUES AT THAT TIME WE SEEM TO HAVE I WONDER IF WE SHOULD LOOK AT IN
THE FUTURE, LESS STOPS AND TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE GATHER IN LOCALIZED AREAS TO GET A BUS. IT MIGHT SPEED UP SOME OF IT. I KNOW WE DO IT WITH THE CHOICE PROGRAMS BUT JUST FOR OUR
GENERALIZED PROGRAMMING I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES I SEE DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO THE BUS STOP AND SIT THERE ANYWAY. SO IF THEY'RE NOT WALKING, IT MIGHT BE A WAY TO SAVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. YOU GUYS MUST HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THIS. SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP
FOR CONSIDERATION THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING DO YOU. >> WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT CREATING HUB STOPS, MORE HUB STOPS FOR EXPRESSLY CHOICE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT IN CHOICE TRANSPORTATION, REGULAR TRANSPORTATION, THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE STOPS HAVE TO BE WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF
OF THEIR HOME, SO WE CAN'T GET ANY FURTHER THAN THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH STOPS TO THAT WE CAN MAYBE ELIMINATE A COUPLE OF THEM. >> Edward Ferguson: Mr. SANCH ES, DO WE HAVE ANY ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN OUR INVENTORY?
>> WE HAVE 20 ELECTRIC VEHICLES. >> Edward Ferguson: AND IN TERMS OF THE GAS FUELED VEHICLES AS THEY AGE OUT, WILL WE BE PURCHASING EVS OR MORE COMBUSTIBLE ENGINE VEHICLES. >> WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE 20 ELECTRIC VEHICLES BECAUSE WE
GOT A GRANT. THE COST OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS MORE THAN TWICE THE COST OF THE DIESEL VEHICLES SO AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT FISCALLY WISE NECESSARILY WISE TO PURCHASE THEM BUT THE OPERATING
COST IS SIMILAR BETWEEN A DIESEL VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE SO REALLY IT HAS TO BE THE PURCHASE PRICE JUST NEEDS TO COME DOWN
YOU SAY IT'S ABOUT EQUAL. >> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AT SOME POINT, TOO. SO, YEAH, WE HAVE ONLY HAD THEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY DEFINITIVELY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO REPLACE THE
BATTERY, IT MAY BE TIME THAT WE SELL THE BUS, TOO, SO WE HAVE TO -- WE ARE STILL WEIGHING THAT. RIGHT NOW IT'S COMPARABLE IN OPERATING COSTS IF WE CAN TRACK THAT OVER THE NEXT ONE TO THREE
YEARS ON THE PRIVATE SIDE I HEAR PEOPLE REPRESENT THAT THEY HAVE COST SAVINGS BY DRIVING EVS. I DON'T DRIVE ONE BUT PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THEM THINK THEY'RE SAVING MONEY EVEN THOUGH THE STICKER PRICE POINT IS HIGHER. >> CARS ARE DIFFERENT FROM
BUSES. >> Edward Ferguson: I UNDERSTAND. >> Mr. SUPERINTENDENT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE END OF OUR QUESTIONS. >> Supt.Burke: VERY GOOD. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE WORKSHOP AND THIS ONE-- I'M SORRY. GET AGO HEAD. THE NEXT WORKSHOP IS OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP TO BE LED BY OUR CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER Ms. HEATHER FREDERICK. A TIMELY WORKSHOP BECAUSE THE STATE BUDGET IS IN THE COOLING OFF PERIOD RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE A BETTER PICTURE WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR FUNDING IN TERMS OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE'LL GIVE Ms. FREDERICK A MINUTE TO PULL UP HER PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD. WE ARE GOING TO START BY GOING AND TAKING A RELOOK AT OUR NEW ENROLLMENT REALITY. IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF 10,000 STUDENTS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES UP OUR GENERAL FUND AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS SALARIES AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT SALARIES IS AT THE SCHOOL SITE SO WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE REDUCTIONS, THERE IS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE TO IMPACT SCHOOLS.
BUT DEPARTMENTS REALLY TOOK ON A LARGER BURDEN OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE THIS AND GOING INTO 27 INTO IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE SHORTFALL IN FY'26 AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON
THE FY'27 LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE SESSION. FRESH OFF THE PRESS. WE RECEIVED IT YESTERDAY MORNING WE LOST OVER 10,000 STUDENTS, SEVEN,000 FROM 25 TO 26 AND PROJECTED TO LOSE AN ADDITIONAL
NEARLY 3,000 STUDENTS FROM 26-27. THAT EQUATES TO A LOSS OF REVENUE OVER 100 MILLION OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STAFFING AND OUR SPEND, WE SPEND OVER 80% OF OUR ACTUAL
SPEND IN THE GENERAL FUND IS SALARY AND BENEFITS AND 90% OF THAT IS SPENT AT THE SCHOOL SITES. 5% ON TRANSPORTATION AND 5% ON ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENTS AND YOU LOOK AT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WE ARE LEAN
COMPARED TO OUR PEER DISTRICTS. SO PALM BEACH, WE ARE ON THE LEFT. WE HAVE OUR PEER DISTRICTS ON THE RIGHT. THESE ARE ALL DISTRICTS WITH ENROLLMENT OVER 100,000 STUDENTS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFFING, ACROSS ALL FUNDING SOURCES, WE
ARE AT 3.5% IN PALM BEACH, COMPARED TO OUR CLOSEST PEER IS HILLSBOROUGH AT 3.8%. BUT WE ARE FAR BELOW IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COMPARED TO OUR PEERS. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
DEPARTMENTS TAKE ON THE BIGGER BURDEN IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE WE ARE LOOKING AT. SO WE WERE FACING A $66 MILLION SHORTFALL IN FY'26 AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF OVER 7,000 STUDENTS.
BASED ON OUR ADJUSTMENTS ON THE 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE ABOUT $20 MILLION SO WE WERE LOOKING AT A $40 MILLION SHORTFALL TO BALANCE THE BUDGET GOING INTO FY'27.
AND THEN WITH THE INCREASE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF THE 3.5% RECURRING, THAT CREATED AN ADDITIONAL SHORTFALL OF $28 MILLION TO BALANCE GOING INTO FY'27. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AND WORKED
WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THE DEPARTMENTS TOOK ON 22% OF THE SHARE OF THAT $28 MILLION SHORTFALL THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BALANCE COMPARED TO SCHOOLS AT 78%. IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE AL
ALLOCATION, INSTEAD OF THE 90% GOING TO SCHOOLS AND 10% DEPARTMENTS, IT WAS, INSTEAD, 78% SCHOOLS, 22% DEPARTMENTS. WE WORKED WITH A GROUP OF PRINCIPALS AS WELL IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE FEEDBACK AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS OF THE ADJUSTMENTS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AT THE SCHOOL SITES. DEPARTMENTS TOOK ON A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE STAFF RUSHINGSES AS WELL AS I DOLLAR VALUE OF THOSE REDUCTIONS WITHIN
THE BUDGET. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN STAFFING COMBINING ROUND ONE REDUCTION THAT WE MADE COMBINED IN THE SECOND ROUND OF REDUCTIONS OF $28 MILLION THERE
IS A TOTAL OF 583 POSITIONS ELIMINATED AT SCHOOL SITES BUT THAT IS OUT OF NEARLY 17,000 SCHOOL-BASED POSITIONS SO THAT WAS 3.4% COMPARED TO DEPARTMENTS
AND THAT'S 5.3% AND DOLLAR VALUE OF DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS THERE IS A TOTALLY LIMB-- ELIMINATION WHICH MAKES UP THE BUDGET COMPARED TO 3.5% OF THE SCHOOL
BUDGETS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, THE BLUE PART OF THE BAR REPRESENTS THE REDUCTIONS THAT DEPARTMENTS MADE DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF REDUCTIONS AND THE GRAY PART OF
THE BAR REPRESENTS THE REDUCTIONS MADE AS THE SECOND ROUND OF REDUCTIONS. SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 17.8 MILLION AND IT WAS VERY STRATEGIC IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTIONS, THE FINANCIAL OBJECTIVE WAS
ALLOCATED TO EACH CHIEF EACH CHIEF LOOKED AND WORKED WITHIN THEIR DIVISION TO STRATEGICALLY LOOK AT OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES , LOOK AT WHERE WE COULD MAKE CHANGES WITHIN CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD ORGANIZE
OUR STAFFING TO ELIMINATE ANY DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS. LOOKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CHARGING EVERYTHING TO THE RESTRICTED FUNDING SOURCE. IF THERE WERE ANY EFFICIENCIES WE COULD GAIN THERE AND ALSO LOOKING AT ANY PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES THAT WE COULD MAKE AS
WELL. SO WE DID REDUCE WITHIN ADVERTISING FOR RECRUITMENT OF STAFF BUT REPURPOSED AND REINVESTED THE DOLLARS INTO GROWTH INITIATIVES BECAUSE THAT IS OUR GOAL, TO CONTINUE TO GROW
ENROLLMENT. THAT'S HOW OUR FUNDING IS DERIVED. YOU WILL SEE AN ADDITION OF 8,000 DOLLARS WHICH IS GOING TO RESULT IN A COORDINATION OF THAT ENROLLMENT EFFORT INTO ONE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO CENTRALIZE
THE STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, PROVIDINGS ADDITIONAL REPORTS TO SCHOOL SITES AND MARKETING DOLLARS TO SCHOOLS FOR ENROLLMENT INITIATIVES AN INCREASE OF $838,000. SO IN NET, INCLUDING THAT INCREASE OF 838,000, DEPARTMENTS
ARE CUTTING A TOTAL OF $17.8 MILLION. THE BREAKDOWN OF THE REDUCTIONS BY DIVISION TOTAL REDUCTION IS
8.1%. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ELIMINATED FROM DEPARTMENTS TOTALS 19 AND ALL OTHER FTES ARE TOTAL OF 62. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT AT THE SCHOOL SITES AGAIN I WORKED
MY TEAM AND I WORKED WITH A GROUP OF PRINCIPALS TO WORK THROUGH WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE AT THE SCHOOL SITES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE
SCHOOLS. TOTAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS AT THE SCHOOL IS A TOTAL OF 3.5% WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMBINED ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO REDUCTIONS, SECOND ROUND WILL AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY
82,000 DOLLARS PER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL SEE A REDUCTION OF 129,000. AND EACH HIGH SCHOOL WILL SEE A REDUCTION OF 281,000 DOLLARS. THAT AMOUNT APPROXIMATES ALMOST
THE SAME PERCENTAGE ACROSS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH. IT'S JUST THE BUDGETS AT HIGH SCHOOLS ARE MUCH HIGHER. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES THAN YOU WILL SEE AN AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S A TOTAL COMBINED OF 20.2 MILLION IN THE SECOND ROUND, WHICH WAS LESS THAN THE
INITIAL FINANCIAL OBJECTIVE OF FOUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE DEPARTMENTS TOOK ON A BIGGER BURDEN OF THAT REDUCTION. AND IN LOOKING AT THE FY'27 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT GOING TO
PROVIDE MUCH FUNDING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION IS INCREASING BY $85 OR 1.5%. THAT IS STATEWIDE. STATEWIDE INCREASE IN THE BASE ALLOCATION IS 200 MILLION, DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR BUT
EQUATES TO IS% IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE INCREASE, IT'S PROPORTIONALLY ALLOCATED BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE INCLUDING FES, THE PASS THROUGH TO VOUCHERS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS SO THE SCHAFFER
FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY OPERATED DISTRICT SCHOOLS IS IS%. INCREASE IN PER STUDENT FUNDING IS $150 OR 1.64%. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE ARE GOING TO SEE APRIL INCREASE OF 400,000. THAT'S IT.
AND THAT INCREASE OF $400,000 INCLUDES $9.8 MILLION WE ARE REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE FOR TSIA, SO THAT MEANS WITH THIS BUDGET, THAT IS IN THE SCHOOLING OFF PERIOD.
STARTING WITH A DEFICIT .3 MILLION AND A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION OF 10.3 MILLION. A ONE-TIME ALLOCATION TO OFFSET THE $66 MILLION LOSS WE HAD THIS YEAR DUE TO DECLINING
ENROLLMENT. THIS IS A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE BREAKOUT OF THE STATE BUDGET FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO IF YOU START AT ROW ONE, THE UNWEIGHTED FTE IS PROJECTED TO
INCREASE BY 1,100. 1140. THAT INCLUDED VOUCHER STUDENTS, CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS DISTRICT OPERATED AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN A DISTRICT VOUCHER AND CHARTER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION IS $85 ACROSS THE STATE. OUR INCREASE IS ACTUALLY $63.46 AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, COMPARABLE WAGE
FACTOR DECREASED FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. THAT CALCULATION IS BASED ON A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE AND IS CALCULATED AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO OUR BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION IS ACTUALLY $63.46. STATE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY GOING
DOWN IN TOTAL AND THEY'RE MAKING UP FOR THAT AS AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL FUNDING SO IF WE LOOK AT MOVE DOWN TO ROWS 27, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKOUT OF ENROLLMENT. THE DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS IS
ROW 27, A DECREASE OF 2500 STUDENTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY 200 AND VOUCHER STUDENTS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 300 STUDENTS THE AMOUNT OF PASS THROUGH TO THE
VOUCHER PROGRAM IS PROJECTED TO BE $40 MILLION THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE NET INCREASE FOR DISTRICT OPEN THED SCHOOLS EQUALS $400,000 INCLUDED AND
EMBEDDED IN ROW 6 STUDENT BASE ALLOCATION I BROKE IT OUT DOWN BELOW TO SHOW YOU THAT OF THE TOTAL OF $16 MILLION IN THE INCREASE IN THE BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION, $13 MILLION OF THAT HAS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THE TSIA
PROGRAM PROPORTION ALTLY DISTRIBUTED SO OUR SHARE REPRESENTS $9.8 MILLION. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ENROLLINGMENT. OUR REVENUE IS DRIVEN BY ENROLLMENT SO WE WILL HAVE TO
WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS COME THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THROUGH THE 11th DAY, RIGHT NOW THE STATE BUDGET IS IN THE THREE-DAY COOLING OFF PERIOD BUT THIS IS THE BUDGET APPROVED BY THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION AS WELL AS WE HAVE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE FOR FY'27 AN INCREASE IN HEALTH PREMIUMS OF THE DISTRICT'S SHARE OF 8.6 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE
IN THE FPL RATE OF APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION. SO WE ARE NOW THROUGH THE SESSION. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END IN MARCH. IT EXTENDED A LITTLE LONGER WE WILL BE GETTING OUR CERTIFICATION OF PROPERTY VALUES JULY 1. OUR TENTATIVE ADOPTION IS
JULY 29 AND FINAL ADOPTION IS SEPTEMBER 9. THIS IS JUST A DETAIL TIMELINE. UPDATED, YOU KNOW FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION AS WELL AS FOR TENTATIVE AND FINAL BUDGET
ADOPTION. OUR 11TH DAY OF SCHOOL WHERE WE DO OUR COUNT READJUSTMENT AND REALIGNMENT OF SCHOOL STAFFING IS AUGUST 24. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS GOING
TO BE TOMORROW. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON SON, YOU ARE UP. >> SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, IS IT FTE OR FEP, THE PER STUDENT ALLOCATION GLOBALLY. IT'S FTE, CORRECT? >> Supt.Burke: FTE STANDS FOR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT.
THAT'S HOW THEY MEASURE ENROLLMENT. TYPICALLY ONE STUDENT EQUALS ONE UNWEIGHTED FTE AND THE FEFP IS THE FLORIDA EDUCATION FINANCE PROGRAM, THE ENTIRE FUNDING FORMULA FOR THE STATE, FOR ALL 67 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
>> FOR EACH STUDENT, THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, IT'S THE FTE OR THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YES,. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 12 OF 18
OF THE SLIDE DECK FY'27 FEFP ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. SO IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THERE IS AN INCREASE OF 1,140.25. DOES THAT MEAN THE 9900 THAT I MENTIONED LAST YEAR THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 11,000 PER
STUDENT NEXT YEAR LINE ONE. >> IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN. >> Supt.Burke: THAT IS KIND OF LIKE EQUIVALENT TO TOTAL ENROLLMENT. SO IN PALM BEACH COUNTY NEXT
YEAR PROJECTING WE WILL HAVE FOR AN INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OF 1140, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.
WHILE OUR COUNTY IS GOING HAVE MORE FTE, THE PORTION WITHIN OUR DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOLS IS GOING DOWN ABOUT 2500. >> OKAY, SO THEN THE ACTUAL PERSONAL ALLOCATION IS GOING UP ONE POINT OWE SIGHTS 9900 TIMES
.01 THAT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR FY'27? >> Supt.Burke: SO DOWN AT THE BOTTOM-- Ms. FRED RICKS IS THE-- FREDERICK IS THE EXPERT. SLIDE 13, AND YOU CAN JUMP IN ANY TIME IF I'M OFF. SHE HAS PUT A NICE LINE AT THE
BOTTOM FOR US TO BREAK OUT THE FUNDING PER UNWEIGHTED FTE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER IS GOING UP $146 BUT BAKED INTO THAT IS THE MONEY THAT MUST GO
TO THE TEACHER SALARY INCREASE, TIAA TEACHER FUNDS. >> WHAT IS THE PER STUDENT ALLOCATION FOR FY'27 WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID? IS IT 9900 PLUS HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SAY. >> 98 OF 2 IS IT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO ADD A
LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. >> IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO ME. I WANTED TO BE CLEAR IN MY HEAD. WE ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME SPOT, 9900 PLUS PLUS 10 BUCKS. WHEREVER IN THE SLIDE DECK DO WE
SEE PROJECTION OF 3,000 STUDENT DECREASE IN FY'27. >> LINE 27. >> BASED ON DOE OR THE EDR PROJECTION. OUR PROJECTION IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 3,000 WE ARE ABOUT
2800 TO 2900 AS A REDUCTION. SO WE CLOSELY ASSIGN WITH EDR BUT SLIGHTLY LOWER LOSS THAN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING THERE ARE
FOUR BUCKETS THAT COMPRISE THE RESERVE FUND, CAN YOU LIST THAT AGAIN AND EXPLAIN TO WHOEVER IS WATCHING ON ON YOUTUBE. >> WE HAVE THE NON-SPENDABLE RESTRICTED LEGALLY SET ASIDE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES, THE BOARD CONTINGENCY AND THE AMOUNT TECHNICALLY UNASSIGNED. >> SO THAT'S 3. >> THAT'S FOUR, RESTRICTED AND NON-SPENDABLE IS ONE SECOND ONE
IS SET ASIDE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THIRD IS THE BOARD CONTINGENCY AND THE FOURTH IS THE ONE THAT'S TRULY ON ASSIGNED-- UNASSIGNED. >> MONEY FOR FOOD SERVICES, WHICH, IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, WHICH OF THOSE FOUR BUCKETS WOULD THE MONEY FOR FOOD SERVICES GO INTO?
>> FOOD SERVICE WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE BUCKET BECAUSE TEAR NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND. THEY'RE PART OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. SO IT WOULD BE RESTRICTED BECAUSE IT'S RESTRICTED FOR FOOD SERVICE BUTTITE GOING TO BE WITHIN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
>> Edward Ferguson: SO OUR COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF FUNDS IS THAT BY STATUTE OR OUR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. >> GUIDED BY STATUTE AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. >> Edward Ferguson: SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT SILOS THAT WE HAVE. MONEY FOR FOOD SERVICES, YOU SAID GOES INTO WHICH BUCKET
AGAIN? >> THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUND SO IT'S CALLED A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THEN THAT FUND, THOSE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL REVENUE AND FOOD SERVICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIFIC FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS OUTSIDE
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT WITHIN THEIR GENERAL FUND BUT STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIRES US TO HAVE IT IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. >> Edward Ferguson: SO THAT'S SPECIAL REV. AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT MONEY IS SEPARATE AND APART. NOT MONEY YOU CAN CROSS OVER THE
LINE TO USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN BUILDING OR RENOVATING OUR STRUCTURES, RIGHT? >> CAM IS WITHIN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND THAT IS PURELY DRIVEN BY STATE STATUTE. THERE ARE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND WHERE STATE STATUTE
ALLOWS US TO USE CAM FUNDS IN ORDER TO PAY FOR CERTAIN ITEMS BUS DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR REPORTING PURPOSES FOR EXAMPLE, PROPERTY INSURANCE. WE ARE ALLOWS TO USE CAPITAL
DOLLARS FOR THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO COVER THAT EXPENSE. >> Edward Ferguson: CMENT FUNDS CANNOT BE USED FOR WAGES. >> CANNOT BE USED FOR WAGES. >> Edward Ferguson: MONEY FOR EMPLOYEES. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?
>> DEPENDS WHERE THE EMPLOYEE IS HOUSED PRIMARILY THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FUNDED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND BUT WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND ONES THAT WORK
ON RELATED PROJECTS AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE FUNDED USING CAPITAL FUND. >> WHEN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FUND EMPLOYEES LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THE ESSR FUNDS WOULD THAT WOULD BE IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, THOSE EMPLOYEES? >> THAT'S ANY OF OUR FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL GRANTS FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, TITLE I, TITLE II, TITLE 4, IDEA, 20 FIRST CENTURY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS, ANY
OF THE LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE ALL DEDICATED AND SET ASIDE. >> Edward Ferguson: VEHICLE PURCHASES. WHICH SILO DOES THAT COME OUT OF. >> THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BUT IN ORDER TO PURCHASE VEHICLES,
IT HAS TO BE RELATED TO SOME CAPITAL TYPE INITIATIVES SO CERTAIN ONES WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BUT THE MAJORITY OF FUNDED OUT OF CAPITAL. >> AND THAT MONEY ALMOST TO MOST OF THE MONEY IN THE CAPITAL BUCKET CANNOT OOB USED FOR
EMPLOYEE SALARIES, CRIT. >> CANNOT BE USED FOR REGULAR OPERATING DAY TO DAY TEACHER SALARY, MY SALARY. IT HAS TO BE THOSE SPECIFICALLY WORKING ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AS FAR AS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS GO.
WE HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY. WHICH BUCKET DOES THAT FALL INTO. >> INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS? >> WHEN I SAY THAT, I'M REFERRING TO BOOKS, COMPUTERS, I GUESS A.I. PROGRAMS USED TO SUPPLEMENT OR ENHANCE THE STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOLS. >> COMPUTERS ARE FUNDED FROM
CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, BOOKS AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL CURRICULUM ARE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND. >> Edward Ferguson: AND FROM THE GENERAL FUND COULD THE MONIES THAT WE BUDGET FOR BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN THE EVENT WE DIDN'T USE THOSE BOOKS OR INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS, IN FUTURE BUDGETS COULD WE REALLOCATE THAT MONEY FOR EMPLOYEE WAGES? >> WE HAVE A STATE MANDATE ON ADOPTION CYCLES, SO WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE STATUTE ON COMPLYING WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADOPTION TIMELINES. >> CAN YOU CLEAR THAT UP IN MY HEAD. I'M NOT UP ON THAT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT LAST POINT YOU JUST MADE I'M LOST ON THAT AND I'M SURE PEOPLE WATCHING ARE LOST, TOO. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >> THERE IS A CERTAIN TIMELINE
FOR MATH ADOPTION, ELA ADOPTION, SOCIAL STUDIES ADOPTION, SCIENCE ADOPTION, WE PLAN THEM OUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. THEY DON'T ALL OCCUR ON THE SAME YEAR. AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE TIMELINE PRESCRIBED
BY THE STATE IN TERMS OF THOSE ADOPTIONS THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTIONS BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE MATERIAL FOR THE STUDENTS SO EVEN IF WE ARE
TO DELAY, THERE IS STILL A COST TO DELAYING THOSE IMPLEMENTATION. >> MAY I ADD JUST QUICK, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD. THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WOULD WELCOME FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO DEVIATE FROM THE
STATE ADOPTION SCHEDULE. WE CURRENTLY CAN POSTPONE FOR ABOUT A YEAR BUT YOU ARE STILL OBLIGATED AT SOME POINT TO DO THE THE ADOPTIONS AND THE ADOPTIONS ARE COSTING MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THE STATE USED TO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF EARMARKED FUNDING. THEY ROLLED THE FUNDING INTO THE
BSA, BASE STUDENT ALLOCATION AND ROLLED MULTIPLE CATEGORICALS THAT WAS REALLY DRIVEN TO MAKE THE VOUCHER PROGRAM EASIER TO MANAGE, TO MAKE THE VOUCHER DOLLARS BIGGER BUT WE ARE STILL LEFT WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS AND WE HEAR THAT SOMETIMES, THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH EACH ADOPTION,
THERE IS A LOT OF TRAINING, A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO ROLLING THAT OUT AND SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE JUST HITTING YOUR STRIDE WITH THE NEW ADOPTION AND IT'S TIME TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO THAT'S COME UP. I CAN TELL YOU WITH FADS, WITH
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ASSOCIATION THERE IS FLEXIBILITY ACROSS THE STATE. >> DOES THAT MEAN HAVE YOU TO PURCHASE A WHOLE NEW SET OF BOOKS BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADOPTION?
IF WE HAD THE LANE COPY COPYRIGHT 2025 BUT NO SUBSTITUTION FOR TWIX WOE WOO HAVE TO BUY THE LANE 2026 BECAUSE IT'S THE NEWEST VERSION. >> EVENTUALLY, YES. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DELAY IT A YEAR OR SO.
>> THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE DOGE CRAP I HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM FOR YEARS ACROSS THE STATE. IF ALGEBRA 1 IS ALGEBRA ONE, LET'S GET A FULL LIFE OUT OF THIS BOOK. WE ARE PAYING MONEY EVERY YEAR. THAT SEEMS SILL TOE ME.
>> Supt.Burke: IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL BOOKS. WE ARE BUYING THE ONLINE COMPONENT, YOU KNOW. >> Edward Ferguson: SURE, I GET ALL THAT BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND WAYS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY TERMINATE BUS
DRIVERS OR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN AWARE OF THE CIG CANS. IF WE ARE SUCH A DOGE SPACE. MY POINT IS THE MY POINT.
ALGEBRA 1 DOESN'T CHANGE. I SAW YEARS AND YEARS OF PEOPLE, SIGN OUR NAMES IN THE BOOKS, EIGHT YEARS DEEP AS FAR AS THAT GOES. NOW WE ARE GETTING BRAND NEW BOOKS EVERY YEAR. BRAND NEW COMPUTERS EVERY YEAR AND YET WE ARE BEING EFFICIENT. THIS IS NOT YOUR ISSUE. I'M JUST SPECK SPEAKING OUT ON THAT SUPERINTENDENT.
I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND HOPEFULLY THE OTHER 66 COUNTIES WILL SUPPORT US AS WELL BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS CUTTING OUR NOSE OFF. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE. I THINK IT COULD BE A BETTER USE OF ALLOCATION OF THE MONEY THAT WE ARE BEING FORCED TO SPEND AS IF MAYBE SOMEBODY IN TALLAHASSEE
A FRIEND WHO IS FUNDING ALL THIS BUT, ANYWAY, LEAVE THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES FOR ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE DAY. >> Chair Brill: THAT BRINGS US-- OOPS Mr. LANE. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
WE ARE GETTING 9862 PER STUDENT. >> YES. >> AND CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEE RECEIVE FOR STUDENTS, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THE LEGISLATURE SAID THAT THE COST OF LIVING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS GONE DOWN. >> YES.
YOU ARE CORRECT. >> BASED ON THE COMPARABLE WAGE FACTOR OF WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE USES, IT'S GOING FROM 3.55% DOWN TO 3.1%. >> THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS.
>> Supt.Burke: THANK YOU Ms. FREDERICK. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL WORKSHOP WHICH IS BROUGHT TO US BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNCIL SO I'M GOING TO WELCOME UP HELEN TORRES, SENIOR ATTORNEY, POLICY
4.01 RULES OF PROCEDURE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, AND DAIS MEMBERS
WE ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON ON POLICY 4.101 RULES OF PROCEDURE. THE RULE CURRENTLY ADOPTS THE UNIFORM RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND THE CHANGES WILL STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS OF HANDLING REQUESTS BY DELEGATING THE LEGAL ABUSE OF PETITIONS AND MOTIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL. THE FOUR MAIN PROPOSED REVISIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE FIRST AUTHORIZES THE GENERAL COUNSEL TO RULE ON PREHEARING MOTIONS.
THE SECOND PROVIDES INITIAL DENIALS OR DISMISSALS BY THE GENERAL COUNSEL WILL BE ISSUED WITHOUT PREJUDICE ALLOWING THE PETITIONER AT LEAST ONE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A TIMELY
AMENDMENT AND WILL PROVIDE PROMPT NOTICE TO THE PARTIES F. THERE IS A DENIAL, SHE WILL INCLUDE THE REASONS FOR THE DENIAL AND DEADLINE FOR FILING AN AMENDED PETITION. LASTLY, THE AMENDED-- PROPOSED REVISION INCLUDES A PURPOSE
STATE FOR CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS POLICY WILL BE AMENDED TO CONFORM WITH POLICY 2.57, WHICH PROVIDES THE SAME AUTHORITY TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS: THE NEXT STEPS WOULD
BE POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON JULY 15 AND POLICY ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBED OF THE PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION. >> Chair Brill: I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE WORKSHOPS. MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND
BY Ms. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, THAT IS NOW GOING TO BRING US TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER. AT 4:25 P.M. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT
WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FIVE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?
ALL OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE OR TO PULL DO YOU BOARD MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, I TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY Ms. WHITT SECOND BY
MS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I WILL NOW LOOK TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DISCLOSURES OR ABSTENTIONS. SEEING NONE THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD COMMENTS. Mr. SUPERINTENDENT, YOU ARE UP FIRST.
>> Supt.Burke: GOING TO HOLD MY COMMENTS UNTIL NEXT WEEK. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Mr. LANE. >> Matthew Lane: NEXT WEEK. >> Chair Brill: MR. FERGUSON. >> Edward Ferguson: I WILL SAY MY COMMENTS TODAY. JUST A FEW. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR CLASS OF 2026 GRADUATES.
I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A NUMBER OF THE GRADUATIONS YOU
ALL AS GRADUATES MAKE US SO PROUD AND I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. IN REGARD TO PROJECT UPLIFT. THAT IS THE JOINT COLLABORATION MONTHLY COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT HELD BY THE FRATERNITY INCORPORATED AND CITY OF WEST
PALM BEACH. WE REACHED OUR 10,000 I WAS PROUD TO REMOVE 10,000 POUNDS OF
TRASH, IN NINE EVENTS IN A YEAR'S TIME IS WORTHWHILE AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN JUST ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH, ALTHOUGH THAT DOES SPEAK A LOT TO A PERSON WHO IS HUMBLE ENOUGH TO GO AND DO THAT. FREE OF CHARGE I MIGHT ADD. SPEAK SPEAKING OF WHICH, I DID
THE ALLOCATION, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED, WE HAVE SAVED THE CITY OVER $30,000 IN JUST THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR MAIN POINT PERSON, AN ARMY OF ONE AND SHE HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB ENLANSING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PROJECT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE WHAT IT IS WITHOUT HER SO I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE
HER TO THAT POINT AS I HAVE SAID IN PAST MEETINGS, IT HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH. WE ARE GOING TO COMMENCE WITH TUTORIAL SESSIONS AS WELL.
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS TO BE TUTORED THERE AS WELL. WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A SYNERGISTIC EFFECT. WHETHER YOU HAVE TIME TO WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
TAKING A BREAK DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE AND BACK AT IT ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF JULY, JULY 25. MY CALENDAR. I HOPE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE THERE NEXT YEAR IT MEANS A LOT
TO ME AS A RESIDENT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TO SEE RESIDENTS AND THEIR PATIENCE WHO COME OUT RAIN OR SHINE EVERY MONTH TO HELP BEAUTIFY THEIR NEIGHBOR COMMUNITIES.
OPEN HANDS ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE A WEEKLY FOOD DRIVE. THERE ARE MANY PERSONS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WHO ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS US. THEY HAVE I VOLUNTEER FOOD DRIVE EVERY THURSDAY AT 1144 WEST 6th STREET. HAVE I SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT PROJECT UPLIFT AND
SAID THIS SUMMER LET'S KNOCK OUT OUT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. LET'S NOT SCRAMBLE FOR THEM AS SENIORS IN SCHOOL YEAR 2027. LET'S KNOCK THEM OUT BY FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YEAR. THAT ORGANIZATION IS IN NEED OF A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS AND PERSONS CAN RACK UP TENS OF HOURS EACH
WEEK. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE THEM A CALL. THE NUMBER IS 561-201-9897.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> Marcia Andrews: I HAVE A FEW FOR THIS AFTERNOON MPLE THE DEDICATION AT SADDLE VIEW, WE HAVE A FEW PICTURES. THAT THEY MAY COME ON THE SCREEN. IT WAS LOVELY. OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THERE WE ARE.
THERE WE ARE. PRINCIPAL DON ROSS, ALL OF US. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRICT STAFF AND NEW PRINCIPAL. WE ARE ALL THERE CELEBRATING AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.
UXZ RUCK WALK CAN INTO THE SCHOOLS. I RODE DOWN STATE ROAD 80 EVERY OTHER DAY, I WOULD LOOK OVER TO THE MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE, SADDLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE ARDEN AREA
AND PALM BEACH COUNTY STEM FUTURE REALLY CELEBRATING STUDENT INNOVATION WAS HELD AT FAU. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD EIGHT STUDENT SPEAK SPEAKERS, A TOTE WILL OF SEVEN WERE FROM THE DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JIAVANNI.
ELEVENTH GRADER PAHOKEE HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS OUTSTANDING AND SPECIALIZED IN DRONE DESIGN AND HE REPRESENTED THE GLADES REGION VERY WELL AND THESE WERE SOME SUPER STAR STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. AND GLADES REGION. YOU DID IT AS WELL AS THE OTHER
STUDENTS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND THE 2026 PALM BEACH COUNTY CAUCUS OF BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON WAS OUTSTANDING. YOU SEE US HERE WITH ALL OF THESE STUDENTS THAT WE INVITED BECAUSE WE RAISED $100,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, MR. FERGUSON, I
SEE YOU IN ONE OF THOSE PICTURES. WE WERE THERE, IT WAS SO EXCITING, THE CITY OF BELLE GLADE WAS A WHOLE SPONSOR AND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE, GLADES CENTRAL WAS THERE, PALM BEACH CENTRAL, PAHOKEE, JUST STUDENTS
FROM ALL ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THAT $100,000 WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENTS CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO PALM BEACH COUNTY BLACK CAUCUS OFFICIALS. AND AS YOU MOVE ALONG, THE 2026 GRADUATIONS, THEY WERE JUST
AWESOME. ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED, THEIR PARENTS, THE SCHOOLS, IT WAS EXCITING. STARTING OUT AT INDIAN RIDGE, WOW. IT WAS THE FIRST GRADUATION AND IT WAS SO LOVELY. THE PRINCIPAL THERE, Mr. FORD WAS MY TEACHER WAY BACK IN THE
DAY AND NOW HE IS A SUPER STAR PRINCIPAL AT INDIAN RIDGE. AND THEN I WAS OVER TO INLET GROVE WITH NONE OTHER THAN THE FAMOUS Dr. EMMA BANKS. IT WAS GREAT. JUST GOING TO THE GRADUATIONS, SO MANY OF THEM, I CAN'T JUST
TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT INSPIRED ME SEEING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS. AND THEN TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN. IT'S A BIG DEAL. THIS YEAR TAKE STOCK IS PAYING FOR HOUSING FOR THEIR STUDENTS AS WELL AS TWO YEARS SCHOLARSHIPS. IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN TAKE STOCK
DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB, STARTING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, GETTING THE KIDS READY FOR COLLEGE. EVERYONE IN TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN, THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE.
AND THEIR ON HISSING IS PAID FOR. AND IT WAS FABULOUS AT THE DOLLY HAN CENTER. THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, CHIEF OF STAFF. I DON'T KNOW IF WERE YOU THERE. IT WAS LOVELY AND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS ARE IN THE WELDING PROGRAM AND THERE IS Dr. FORD
AND WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TIME CELEBRATING STUDENTS AND THE DUAL ENROLLMENT. SOME OF THEM ARE HEADED TO COLLEGE, SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE 11TH GRADE BUT THEY'RE ON THE COLLEGE TRACK AND WEST TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER, THE NEXT
SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU. STOP RIGHT THERE. CAN YOU JUST GO BACK ONE. THIS WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN, KEVIN PASS AWAY 67 LEE RECEIVED HIS G.E.D. AT THE ADULT ED CENTER AND HE WAS KILLED IN A CRASH JUST THE NEXT VERY DAY. I PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY.
WE ARE IN THE GLADES REGION. WE ARE GOING TO HELP THE FAMILY AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS SYMPATHY PERIOD, BUT HE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIS G.E.D. AND HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE WEST TECHNICAL EDUCATION
PRE-APPRENTICE PROGRAM. AND HE HAD THIS SHIRT MADE ON BEHALF OF HIS MOM AND HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIS GRADUATION. SO WE LOVE THEM. WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
EVERGLADES PREP IS MY NEXT ONE. I HAVE MAINTENANCE FOR YOU NEXT TIME, TOO. BUT I WAS OVER AT EVERGLADES PREP, TO THE GRADUATION. AND IT WAS EXCITING AMEND THEN MY LAST-- THERE WE ARE. EVERGLADES PREP AND LINDA
JOHNSON, THERE IS DARREN EDGECOMB, CHARTER SCHOOL TEAM IS THERE AND DARREN'S RETIRING THIS YEAR. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS WITH THE CADETS FROM PAHOKEE, THEY WERE THERE AT THE GRADUATION AND FINALLY, MY BEAUTIFUL ANN GREEN'S FAN SHE IS A FINALIST IN
THE DWYER AWARD FROM PANTHER RUN. SO WE HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE CELEBRATING SUPER STAR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. WE LOVE YOU PALM BEACH COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> Chair Brill: THANK YOU, Ms. BRANCH GRB.
>> I AGREE. IT IS GREAT TO WATCH THE SENIORS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE TO GRADUATE. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. I WANT TO THANK HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PEGGY GOSSETT SIMON. WE HAD BOCA MAYOR ANDY THOMPSON
LAST MOVEMENT THE STUDENTS WERE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AND HAD GREAT QUESTIONS OF COURSE. THANK YOU TO THE GREAT CIVICS TEACHER. WONDERFUL WHEN I'M OVER THERE TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU PRINCIPAL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK FORMER BOCA DEPUTY MAYOR FRAN NACLUS WHO CONNECTED MICHELLE SILVERMAN WITH ME. THEY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE DISADVANTAGED KIDS HAVE BACKPACK AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF FULLY PREPARED.
MONTANA, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS AND MICHELLE AND HER SON HUDSON WORK WITH WILL BE FLYING IN TO HELP RUN THEIR FIRST FLORIDA EVENT ON MAY 29 AT AMERICAN HERITAGE SCHOOL IN DELRAY BEACH. AMERICAN HERITAGE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF Ms. ALLISON RAYMOND AND THE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION NAMELY Dr. IRIS THOMPSON, WILL BE PROVIDING THEIR SCHOOL SPACE TO PACK THE BACKPACKS WITH ALL THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES WITH THEIR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PALM BEACH CAMPUS GRADUATING SENIORS WILL BE DELIVERING THE BACKPACKS TO
J.C. MITCHELL, CORAL. THIS IS PRICELESS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN INVOLVED IN THIS WONDERFUL EVENT THAT HELPS OUR STUDENTS. >> Chair Brill: Ms. WHITFIELD. >> Erica Whitfield: I'M GOING TO SAVE FOR NEXT TIME. THANK YOU.
>> Chair Brill: MS. SAVIETTO. >> I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUTOUT TO THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM. THEIR STUDENTS TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO PALM BEACH COVERING THEIR OWN EXPENSES AND WE SIMPLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OPENING OUR DOORS AND WELCOMING THEM INTO
OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY. THEY VISITED THE SCHOOLS WITH ESA, INTERNATIONAL SPANISH ACADEMY AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE FOLKLORE FROM EVERY COUNTRY BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY SONG, EVERY DANCE, EVERY CUSTOM, AND EVERY TRADITION THERE IS
HISTORY, IDENTITY, PRIDE AND A STORY WAITING TO BE SHARED. CULTURE TELLS THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE AND THE MUSIC HAS A SPECIAL POWER. IT TRANSCENDS LANGUAGE, BORDERS AND DIFFERENCE. DANCE TRANSCENDS BORDERS, CULTURE CONNECTS WORLDS AND
BUILDS UNDERSTANDING AND OPENS MINDS AND AREY MINDS US THAT WHILE WE MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES WE SHARE HUMANITY. EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS ARE BEAUTIFUL. A BEAUTIFUL REMINDER THAT EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT ACADEMICS. IT'S ALSO ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD AND EACH OTHER.
BUILDING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND PREPARING STUDENTS TO THRIVE IN AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMY. WHAT IMPRESSED ME WERE THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE FLUENT IN ENGLISH, CONFIDENT, ENGAGED AND TRULY REFLECT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL MIND. AND THAT MATTERS BECAUSE WE LIVE
IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY. EDUCATIONED TO IS NOT JUST LOCAL. IT'S GLOBAL. A HEARST FELT ENTHUSIASM. (SPEAKING IN SPANISH) THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS EXCHANGE POSSIBLE.
FOR MANY YEARS OUR DEPARTMENT OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION HAS WELCOMED STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES FROM THE WORLD SCHOOL CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEFT-HAND BOWLER LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS ACROSS CULTURES. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US THAT
EDUCATION BUILDS BRINGS BRIDGES. (SPEAKING SPANISH) GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Clerk: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO BOARD MEMBERS, THAT IS NOW GOING TO BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
MOTION BY MS. ANDREWS SECOND BY MS. SAVIETTO. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BOARD MEMBERS, UNDER NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE BRD1 WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE AS FLORIDA SCHOOLS BOARD
ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE DIRECTOR. THIS PAST YEAR MR. FERGUSON SERVED AS OUR DIRECTOR AND THE ALTERNATE WAS Ms. BRANCH. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO STEP UP OR MR. FERGUSON, I'LL START WITH YOU. ARE YOU WILLING TO CONTINUE?
>> YEAH, I'M FINE CONTINUING IN THAT CAPACITY. >> Chair Brill: Ms. BRANCH, ARE YOU WILLING TO CONTINUED? >> >> VICE CHAIR McQUINN DOES ANYBODY. >> DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO DO IT. I WILL CONTINUE DOING IT. >> Chair Brill: I RECOMMEND THE
BOARD CONTINUE THE APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN FERGUSON AS THE DIRECT FLOOR SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR AND Ms. GLORIA BRANCH AS THE ALTERNATE DIRECTOR. MOTION BY Ms. WHITFIELD SECOND BY VICE CHAIR LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION BY Ms. BRANCH, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND WILL YOU NOTE THAT THE SUN WILL STILLING SIGNING WHEN WE LEAVE HER