##VIDEO ID:wrUDpIJOLzg## ANY ITEMS TO WITHDRAW? SUPERINTENDENT? >> NO. >> BOARD? >> NO. >> SEEING NONE, VOTE ON THET CONSENT AGENDA. >> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> LOOKING AT THE EXPULSIONS. JUST GIVING MR. FERGUSON A MINUTE. WE ARE ON WHETHER THE BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> I'M PULLING IT UP NOW. >> NO PROBLEM. >> I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE STUDENT NUMBERS ARE FOR STUDENTS WE JUST HEARD FROM IN CLOSED SESSION, SO, TO THAT EXTENT, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD WANT TO PULL BOTH THEIR FILES FROM CONSENT. THANK YOU. SO 24, A 25-IMKS 14, 2425-X001, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT. >> SO NOTED. WE HAVE THOSE TWO ITEMS PULLED. I'LL NOW TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE REMAINING, MOTIONED BY MRS. ANDREWS, SECONDED BY MRS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] >> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, OKAY? WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE OUR BOARD CLERK A MOMENT TO PULL IT AND THEN WE'LL ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE REFRESH THEIR SCREENS AS SOON AS WE'RE TOLD. THOSE WERE THE RIGHT TWO ITEMS PULLED, CORRECT? >> YES. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE REFRESH YOUR SCREENS, AND WE'LL GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE TO GET BACK IN, INCLUDING MYSELF. OKAY. I'M NOW IN THE WRONG MEETING, SO BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND. WE NOW HAVE THE TWO ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT AND NOW VOTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MRS. SINCLAIR, YOU GOT WHO MADE THE MOTIONS ON THE CONSENT? >> YES. >> OKAY. SO THAT'S NOW GOING TO BRING US TO NEW BUSINESS. WE VOTED ALREADY ON THAT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOTION BY MRS. BRANCH, SECOND BY MRS. ANDREWS. [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CAR RUSS UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL GET BACK ON TRACK NOW. BRINGING US TO NEW BUSINESS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >> EXP3. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD EX SPELL 2425X-001 FROM THE REGULAR SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF OFFENSE AND THE STUDENT BE ALLOWED TO REENROLL IN A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUS ON JANUARY 16, 2025, IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE ATTACHED FINAL ORDER ARE MET. >> MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD, SECONDED BY MRS. ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. PLEASE ALSO USE YOUR iPad, BUT MR. FERGUSON -- MR. FERGUSON IS FIRST. THEN PRESS ON YOUR iPad, PLEASE. >> I'M COMFORTABLE LETTING BOARD MEMBER MS. SAVIETTO TO GO FIRST. >> I DO KNOW THE FAMILY OF 2425X-001. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. FERGUSON. >> IN REGARD TO THESE TWO STUDENT EXPULSIONS THAT WERE PULLED, I BELIEVE THAT THE MITIGATION SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR BOTH, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF EITHER FILE. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT WE MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WHEN DOLLING OUT PUNISHMENT IN THESE TYPE SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. >> SO, MR. FERGUSON, I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK INDIVIDUALLY AT EACH ONE TO SEE WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST IT BECAUSE SAYING THEY'RE THE SAME, THEY'RE BOTH DIFFERENT. >> SO, FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, RESPECTFULLY, I STATED IT THE WAY I STATED IT BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE ARE NOT TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF EACH CASE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. SO, I'M SAYING, GLOBALLY, THAT THESE TYPE OF CASES, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE SPECIFIC FACTS, SHOULD BE -- PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE MEETED OUT OR MITIGATED EQUALLY AS FAR AS THAT GOES AND, WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE SPECIFIC FACTS OF THE CASE, I SEE NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO STUDENTS EXPELLED THAT WOULD JUSTIFY ONE BEING EXPENDED LONGER THAN THE OTHER OR ONE EXPULSION BEING MITIGATED MORE THAN THE OTHER. THAT'S THE COMMENT AS TO THE ITEM PULLED. >> THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MRS. BRANCH. YOU'RE OPPOSED? OKAY, SO MOTION CARRIES WITH FOUR BOARD MEMBERS IN FAVOR AND MRS. BRANCH AND MR. FERGUSON OPPOSED. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, THAT'S EXP2. >> EXP2, I RECOMMEND THE BOARD EX SPELL STUDENT 2425X-014 -- >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR BOTH. SO I NEED TO CHANGE MY -- ON THAT ONE, I AM A YES. ON THE -- >> OKAY. >> ON THE 2425X-014, I AM A YES. >> WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW 2425X-001 WAS WHAT YOU JUST VOTED ON. YOU JUST VOTED ON 1. THAT'S OPPOSED. OH, THAT'S CORRECT. >> NOW RECOMMENDATION REGARDING STUDENT 2425X-0014. MAY I GET A MOTION? >> I DON'T BELIEVE I MADE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION. >> SORRY. THE BOARD VOTED ON THE FIRST EXPULSION. THEY WERE NOT VOTING ON MR. FERGUSON'S COMMENTS. >> YES. >> SO I'M GOING TO READ EXP2. I REMEMBER THE BOARD EX SPELL STUDENT 2425X-014 FROM THE REGULAR SCHOOL PROGRAM OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR ONE YEAR AND REENROLL ON ANOTHER CAMPUS, SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER MET. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WILL NOW BRING US TO ADJOURNMENT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MRS. ANDREWS, SECOND BY MRS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE, BOARD MEMBERS, MOVING ON TO OUR WORKSHOPS. GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO GET TO YOUR APPROPRIATE SCREEN. GOOD AFTERNOON, I WILL CALL THE WORKSHOPS TO ORDER AT 3:29 P.M. MRS. SINCLAIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> DISTRICT ONE
[ ROLL C] >> ALSO JOINING US SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE, GENERAL COUNCIL SEAN BERNARD, INSPECTOR GENERAL THERESA MICHAEL AND BOARD ATTORNEY TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN PERIODICALLY AS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. VIEWERS AND LISTENERS CAN ACCESS THE MEETING BY WATCHING ON COME CAST CHANNELS 234 AND 235, UH VERSE 99 OR YouTube LINK AT PALM BEACH SCHOOLS.org. IN THE EVENT THE LINK IS INTERRUPTED, PLEASE SWITCH TO THE TV CHANNELS. ALL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED IN ENTIRETY AND POSTED ON THE DISTRICT SCHOOL WEB SITE WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE OFFER A LISTEN ONLY OPTION WHICH THE PUBLIC CANTIC A SEASES BY CALLING THE NUMBER OR TOLL FREE NUMBER. THE MEETING I.D. IS 15618801112. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE WORKSHOP OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. REMIND BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE USE YOUR IEMEDZ WHEN YOU WANT TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR BRILL. FIRST WORKSHOP IS FOR THE 25-'2. THE COMMITTEE WAS HARD AT WORK THIS YEAR. THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OPEN IN AUGUST 15E, NEXT TO THE ARDEN COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU A NAME FOR THE SCHOOL SHORTLY. THAT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE CATCHY THAN 15E. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY ADDRESSES THE BOUNDARY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL AND ITS IMPACT ON ANY NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. GARRISON AND SHE'LL TURN IS OVER TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE AGENDA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY TO THE THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL BE EXPERIENCING A VERY GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOUNDARY PROCESS. THEY'RE NOT AS ALWAYS EASY AS BOARD MEMBER FERGUSON CAN ATTEST. THIS IS A GENTLE FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROCESS. THIS FIRST HAPPEN IS INTENDED TO ORIENT YOU GEOGRAPHICALLY. THE RED OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE IS THE ARDEN COMMUNITY THAT MR. BURKE JUST REFERRED TO. IT'S OUT WEST, WEST OF WELLINGTON, WEST OF WEST LAKE, NEAR 20-MILE BEND. AND THE BLUE OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP IS ACTUALLY THE CURRENT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY FOR BANKS FOREST ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS IN WELLINGTON. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSES THE NEW COMMUNITY OF ARDEN. WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH IN ARDEN, ACTUALLY MUCH FASTER THAN THE DEVELOPER ANTICIPATED WHEN THEY FIRST GAVE US THEIR PHASING SCHEDULE. AND, ON TOP OF THAT, THE COMMUNITY IS GENERATING A LOT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. IT'S A VERY FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY. SO THIS NEW SCHOOL IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH IN THE WESTERN AREA AND, IN MORE PARTICULARLY, TO RELIEVE CROWDING AT BRINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY. IT SHOULD NOT GO UNNOTICED OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT SOMEHOW MANAGED TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL BY AN ENTIRE YEAR. EXPECTED TO OPEN IN ALL OF 2026. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT BUT THEY EXPEDITED THE OPENING SOOLE THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE MORE TIMELY RELIEF TO BANKS FOREST. FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS, WE HAVE OUR OWN UNIQUE BOUNDARY PROCESS IN PALM BEACH DIFFERENT AND I THINK IT'S A MODEL PROCESS. THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS IS GOVERNED OR OVERSEEN BY OUR ADVISORY BOUNDARY COMMITTEE OR AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT ABC. WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THE DISTRICT STAFF, THE DEMOGRAPHER OR TEAM, PREPARE STUDY OR STUDIES FOR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION. WE PREPARED THREE STUDIES FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IN THIS CASE. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE MAP THEN BACK TO THE DESCRIPTION. THIS IS THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDED BY THE ABC, THE THIRD STUDY STAFF PREPARED FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THE COMMITTEE LIKED THIS STUDY BECAUSE IT PROVIDED A LOT OF RELIEF TO BINKS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG OBJECTIVE OF OPENING THE NEW SCHOOL. AND THE VOTE WAS 9-3 TO RECOMMEND STUDY 15E3. SO, TYPICALLY, WE ASK THE ABC DISSENTING MEMBERS TO SHARE WITH US THEIR REASONS FOR DISSENT AND, IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THERE WERE SOME LEGACY COMMUNITIES THAT HAD BEEN ZONED TO BINKS EVER SINCE THE SCHOOL OPENED THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED -- OR THAT WERE BEING MOVED TO THE NEW SCHOOL IN ARDEN RATHER THAN STAYING AT BINKS FOREST. THE ABC FORWARDED THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE ABC COMMITTEE IS IT'S ADVISORY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT RATHER THAN THE OTHER BOARDS WHO ARE ADVISORY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE SUPERINTENDENT UPON RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION HAS A NUMBER OF CHOICES. HE CAN EITHER ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION AS IS OR AS FREQUENTLY HAPPENS, HE CAN TWEAK IT, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE, OR HE CAN ASK FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW STUDY. IN THIS CASE, HE ASKED STAFF TO MAKE SOME, AFTER LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE ABC MEETING, REVIEWING THE PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE ABC PROCESS, HE DIRECTED STAFF TO MAKE ONE ADJUSTMENT TO THE ABC RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT WAS TO MOVE THE LEGACY COMMUNITIES BACK INTO BINKS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, ACTUALLY ONLY HAS 55 STUDENTS IN IT. SO, WHILE IT DOES BETTER BALANCE THE ENROLLMENT BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS, IT DOESN'T OVERLOAD BINKS. AND, ALSO, THIS CHANGE THAT MR. BURKE MADE ADDRESSED ALMOST ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMAIL MESSAGES. SO THIS GRAPHIC JUST SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ABC RECOMMENDATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION, THE RED AREA IS WHAT WAS REMAINING AT BINKS. THIS TABLE, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO IT UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON THIS TABLE IS THE RESULTING DEMOGRAPHICS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION. IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE GRAPH, YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTING UTILIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE PRETTY BALANCED AND THEY'RE UNDER 100%, SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART. NOW, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO, TYPICALLY, WHEN WE CAN, WHEN WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE IT WORK, WE ALLOW THE RISING -- WE CALL SIT SENIOR ROLE, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE ELEMENTARY THE CURRENT FOURTH GRADERS RISING FIFTH GRADERS, WE ALLOW THEM TO STAY ALONG WITH SIBLINGS AND TRADITIONALLY THE TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENTS. SO, NEXT STEPS ARE LATER TODAY AS MR. BURKE MENTIONED, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING FIRST READING OF THIS BOUNDARY CHANGE. THEY ARE TREATED LIKE RULE MAKING THEREFORE YOU WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP AND TWO READINGS. WE EXPECT THE SECOND READING TO OCCUR AT YOUR MARCH 12th MARCH 12th MEETING. THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE MORE PLEASANT TASK OF NAMING THE SCHOOL COMING UP SOON. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MRS. GARRISON. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS. MRS. WHITFIELD? >> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE ABC COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY THE TWO AMAZING MEMBERS HERE TALKING ABOUT LEGACIES. YOU ARE BOTH LEGACIES TO THIS ABC COMMITTEE. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT CAN BE HARD. HOPEFULLY THERE WASN'T SO BAD. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE THREE LEGACY COMMUNITIES YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR MAYBE LOOKS LIKE FOUR. IS THERE A LOT OF ROOM TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES STILL? IS THERE OPEN LAND THAT COULD HAVE HOUSEONS IT ONE DAY? >> CONVENIENTLY COMMITTEE MEMBER GRIBBLE LIVES IN THE AREA SO I WILL LET HER SPEAK ABOUT THAT. >> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> NO, THERE IS NOT. ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY FIVE-ACRE, TEN-ACRE LARGE LOTS, ALMOST BUILT OUT. SO THERE'S NO ROOM WHERE A DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN AND PURCHASE LAND TO BUILD. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING MY AMAZING MEMBER. MRS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE ABC COMMITTEE. I WANT TO SAY TO MRS. GARRISON AND MR. LINK, YOU'RE AWESOME. YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK SO LONG. BUT I TRULY WANT TO THANK MS. BECKTON AND MS. GRIBBLE AND THE ENTIRE ABC COMMUNITY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND LISTEN TO YOU ALL AS YOU DIE LOGED ABOUT THESE BOUNDARIES, AND EVERYONE GETS A VOICE. ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, THERE'S A TEAM THAT TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR BOUNDARY. THE WAY YOU ALL HAVE WORKED OVER THE YEARS WITH MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUITY AND ACCESS AND EVERYBODY'S VOICE IS HEARD IS TREMENDOUS. AND WE DID REALLY HAVE A SMOOTH OPERATION WITH THIS NEW SCHOOL THAT'S COMING. AND, SO, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO MR. BURKE, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. I GOT VERY FEW CALLS. I THINK THEY WORKED WITH YOU AND WORKED WITH MS. GARRISON AND MR. LINK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYBODY'S NEEDS. EVERYBODY'S HAPPY ABOUT THAT BRAND-NEW SCHOOL. I HAASED IT ON YESTERDAY HEADING OUT TO THE DPLAIDZ, AND I LOOKED OVER AND SAID, WOW, WE'RE DOING SOME NEAT THINGS. THANK YOU, ALL, TRACT, FOR MOVING IT UP. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY ASKED FOR AND YOU DID IT. SO, WE'RE ON THE MOVE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. >> AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >> YES, THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOPS. AGAIN, THANK YOU MS. BECKETTEN AND MS. GRIBBLE AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE ABC AND THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US. NEXT WORKSHOP. OUR CHIEF
 CHIEF OF STAFF WILS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WORKSHOP, JAMIE WYATT. WE'RE HOPING WE CAN WRAP UP THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE WILL BRING A VOTE AT THE JANUARY 22nd JANUARY 22nd MEETING TO PREPARE US FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION. MS. WYATT. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I AM HERE WITH RON AND MEGAN FROM CAPITAL CITY. SO THEY SHOULD BE JOINING US. SPHWHMENT TONIGHT, REVIEWING THE CHANGES MADE TO THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM BASED ON COLLECTIVE FEEDBACK FROM LAST WORKSHOP AS WELL AS OUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED ON EACH SLIDE WHAT HAS BEEN ADDED OR ANY LANGUAGE CHANGES. SO I WILL GO THROUGH AND REVIEW THOSE HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES TONIGHT, BUT I WILL STOP AT THE END OF EACH SLIDE FOR ANY INPUT. OUR MISSION STATEMENT HAS NOT CHANGED. SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ADD BULLET 2 IN REFERENCE TO FUNDING FOR STAFFING FOR SECURITY. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN BULLET 1, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PULLED OUT TO HIGHLIGHT ITS IMPORTANCE. SO THAT'S THE CHANGE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO THIS SLIDE. ANY DISCUSSION? >> WE CAN MOVE ON. >> THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO THIS SLIDE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO FROM OUR LAST WORKSHOP, WE REWORDED THE FIRST BULLET, MADE REFERENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND CHANGED THE WORD FLEXIBILITY TO EXEMPTION. NOW IT READS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMMUNITY POLLING PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH AN EXEMPTION TO HOUSE BILL 733, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES. AGAIN, 65% OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO PROVIDED INPUT WERE AGAINST CHANGING THE CURRENT START TIMES. NO CHANGES TO BULLET 2. WE DID ADD BULLET 3 BASED ON SUGGESTIONS FROM THE LAST MEETING AND ADDED OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE. NEW BULLET INCREASED FUNDING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. THE LAST BULLET WAS ADDED IN ADDITION TO OUR PLATFORM WAS ADDED TO ENHANCE CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. THAT SUPPORT, THE ALMOST 40% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO DON'T GO OFF TO COLLEGE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ENHANCE OUR PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS GOING TO HIGH-PAYING JOBS. NEED DISCUSSION ON THIS. >> SO I ACTUALLY HAVE WORD SMITHING FOR EACH OF THEM. >> LET'S DO IT. >> THE WAY OUR PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN WAS THEY ARE ACTION ITEMS, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WORDSMITHING THEM TO BE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY POLLING, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TOO SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND THE LEGISLATORS UP IN TALLAHASSEE, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TELLING THEM. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE START WITH THE WORD PROVIDE AND SAY PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH AN EXEMPTION TO HOUSE BILL 733, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES. KEEP IT THE SAME BUT MAKE IT AN ACTION ITEM, NOT STARTING WITHIN ACCORDANCE, BECAUSE WE CAN EXPLAIN THAT THAT'S THE REASON WE PUT IT IN THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A BIG APPETITE FOR THAT ANYWAY. I BELIEVE THERE IS A BILL, ALREADY, IN THE LEGISLATURE FOR THIS, AND I DID SPEAK TO SENATOR BERMAN THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND SHE IS GOING TO SUPPORT US ON WHATEVER WE WANT FOR THE EARLY START TIMES. SO I THINK THAT'S THERE. THAT WAS MY FIRST SUGGESTION. THE NEXT ONE, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM, NOT AN INCREASE, START OFF BY SAYING "INCREASE PER-PUPIL FUNDING" BECAUSE IF WE SAY AN INCREASE, WE DON'T NEED TO SAY INCREASE. THAT'S OUR ACTION ITEM. >> BULLET 2. >> I'M SORRY IF I'M GOING TOO QUICK. >> NO, NO. >> AND THEN, ON THE THIRD ONE, INCREASE PER-PUPIL FUNDING OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS. YOU CAN TAKE OUT THE WORD STUDENT AND SAY INCREASE PER PUPIL FUNDING FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR STUDENTS. FINALLY ON THE LAST ONE -- I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER CHANGE AFTER THIS PAGE -- BUT THE LAST ONE, INCREASE PER-PUPIL FUNDING TO EXPAND -- WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY "OUR," WE WANT THEM TO EXPAND CAREER AND TECHNICAL ELECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO WE SHOULD TAKE OUT THE WORD "OUR," WE DON'T POSSESS THAT. THOSE WERE OUR CHANGES. MRS. WHITFIELD WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING. >> I WANTED TO BRING UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EXEMPTION WITH HOUSE BILL 733. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SO LARGE, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. THE ONLY CAVEAT I WANTED TO PUT TO THAT IS THE INTENT BEHIND THE BILL IS SOMETHING THAT I STILL SEE VALUE IN WHERE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ARE WAKING UP SO EARLY, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD CAN WEIGH IN IF THEY LIKE, THAT PRINCIPALS CONSIDER THE IDEA OF HEALTH IN LETTING THE CHILDREN SLEEP MORE. IT MAY BE ABLE TO BE WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION TO ADJUST SCHOOL TIMES TO GIVE MORE TIME FOR CHILDREN TO GET THERE SINCE IT'S SUCH AN EARLY START. A FEW OF OUR SCHOOLS MANAGED TO MAKE IT WORK. I ENCOURAGE THE PRINCIPALS TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED. I HOPE THAT THE HOUSE BILL, WE WILL GET THE EXEMPTION FOR IT BECAUSE I THINK AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WE CANNOT GO FORWARD WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH EVERYONE ADJUSTING THEIR TIME. SO I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM. BUT THERE ARE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS THAT ARE REAL SO I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST ADDRESS THAT IN OUR OWN SMALLER WORLDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MRS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. AND AT THE GLADES CAREER READINESS ROUND TABLE, THIS ITEM CAME UP AND JUST NOT TO CHANGE ANYTHING BUT JUST TORE THE SUPERINTENDENT -- FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO. THEY'RE EAGER OF SUPPORTING THE ISSUE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE EXEMPTION. SO THERE WAS A COMMENT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH EVERYBODY, WITH THE PARENTS, BUT I GUESS AS WE GET STARTED WITH THIS, WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF ROLLOUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO TO HELP LOBBY TO GET THIS EXEMPTION? SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. IT JUST CAME UP YESTERDAY, AND EVERYBODY IS EAGER TO GO. APPARENTLY THEY'RE DISCUSSING IT AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING O. >> YES, WELL, ONCE THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL VOTE ON THE PRIORITIES AND ONCE APPROVED WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HELP SUPPORT US IN TALLAHASSEE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION. SOMEONE IS TAKING NOTES TO ALL THOSE THINGS. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THOSE NOTES. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. THERE WERE NO ACTUAL SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, ALTHOUGH I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUICK DISCUSSION. >> SO THIS IS MY LAST, I BELIEVE, ACTION ITEM. FOR THE FIRST ONE INSTEAD OF SAYING ADDRESSES LANGUAGE, WE SHOULD BE SAYING ADDRESS LANGUAGE USED, TO MAKE IT INTO AN ACTION ITEM. >> OKAY. WE'LL CAPTURE THAT. >> MR. LANE WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING. >> SURE. I THINK, IN TERMS OF GETTING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF FUNDING, I WOULD POINT OUT SEVERAL THINGS. FIRST, I WOULD POINT OUT, UNDER SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE NEED TO ETCH SIZE THAT WE NEED TO IN-- WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE SCHOOL LEGISLATORS, I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SECOND THING I THINK WHETHER HELP GET THIS THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE INCREASING PER PUPIL FUNDING TO EXPAND OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING. THAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. FINALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FLORIDA RANKS 46th IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING IN THE NATION. 46th IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING IN THE NATION. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WOULD WANT US TO BE FOUR FROM THE BOTTOM. EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT, AND OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO CONSIDER IT TO BE IMPORTANT. WE SHOULDN'T BE 46th IN THE NATION IN PER-PUPIL SPENDING. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE FOR OUR DISTRICT. I DON'T THINK IT'S ADEQUATE FOR ANY OF THE DISTRICTS. I THINK OUR STATE IS BETTER THAN THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. WE CAN MOVE ON. >> OKAY. PLRP TO ADDITIONAL BULLETS ADDED TO THIS SLIDE. I HIGHLIGHTED WORDS WE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING SALARY COMPRESSION FOR ALL TEACHERS, THE WORD "STAFF" WAS ADDED TO TALK ABOUT ALL STAFF. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT RESOURCES TO SECURE QUALITY TEACHERS, WE INCLUDED ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AS WELL AS TITLE ONE SCHOOL. THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL IN BULLET ONE. IN BULLET TWO, WHEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING FUTURE TEACHERS, WE INCLUDED WORD EMPLOYEES TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING. THOSE WERE THE ONLY CHANGES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS SLIDE. ANY DISCUSSION? >> YOU CAN CONTINUE. >> AGAIN, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONS TO THE FINANCE SLIDE. HOWEVER, WE DID INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THIS KIND OF CATCH-ALL BULLET, THE LAST BULLET THAT INCLUDES STATE MONTHS, REITERATING SAFETY, SECURITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND INCLUDED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. >> KEEP GOING. >> THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE CURRICULUM AND ACCOUNTABILITY SLIDES. AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SLIDE. >> OKAY. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. >> AS WELL AS THE PRE-KINDERGARTEN SLIDE, THERE WERE NO CHANGES MADE TO THIS SLIDE. ANY DISCUSSION? THE MISCELLANEOUS SLIDE, WE DID ADD JUST A FEW WORDS INTO BULLET 3. THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT IF WE DID TO OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS THE CONVERSION OF A DISTRICT SCHOOL INTO A CHARTER SCHOOL BY A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT A TEACHER VOTE AND ADDED THE WORDS "PARENT INPUT" AND "SCHOOL/SCHOOL DISTRICTS." IT WAS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION AND WE INCLUDED THAT. ANY DISCUSSION? >> KEEP GOING. >> KEEPING ME MOVING. AND AGAIN THE LAST PAGES -- OR THE SECOND-TO-LAST SLIDE IS OUR APPROPRIATIONS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO -- I THINK THE WEST TECH APPROPRIATIONS GROWING THE WORKFORCE IN THE GLADES ABOUT WRAMED UP. I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TODAY SO WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THAT. NO CHANGES THERE. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HERE JANUARY 15, SECOND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WORKSHOP. THE DOCKET HAD ALREADY BEEN POSTED -- GLAD YOU MADE IT. WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU -- OUR JANUARY 22 -- WE WILL BE VOTING NEXT WEEK ON THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, AND THE CHANGES TO JANUARY 29th REALLY ARE RIGHT NOW IT'S TENTATIVELY POSTPONED. WE GOT WORD A FEW DAYS AGO THAT THERE WAS -- DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING MR. BURKE? >> IT'S TENTATIVE IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. WE ARE STILL HOLDING THE DATE AND WILL KEEP THE BOARD POSTED IF THERE'S FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. AGAIN, NO CHANGES TO THE FIRST DAY OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THAT DAY AND WE'RE GETTING THAT SCHEDULED UP FOR YOU. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW, MS. 
U HAD ANYTHING TO HAD. >> NO, I'M FINE. >> I WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE SPOOT, IT JUST ENTERED MY MIND. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THE ROOM FOR THE OPENING OF SESSION AND, YOU KNOW, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, PERHAPS YOU CAN WORK WITH US, SEVERAL OF US ARE GOING TO BE UP THERE. I KNOW THE TICKET ARE HARD TO GET. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD BE IN THE ROOM FOR OPENING SESSION. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SPECIAL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AN ASK THAT IS TOO BIG, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY WHO WILL BE UP THERE. SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THEM AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO PULL FAVORS AND GET US IN THE ROOM. >> MR. LA FACE IS WITH US TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ENJOY EXPERIENCING MYSELF. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP. MS. SULLIVAN, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT. WE KNOW YOU DID A LOT OF WORK ON THE FRONT END TO GET US TO THIS POINT. >> I DID. >> WE KNOW YOU'RE TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE NATION'S CAPITOL AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE THIRD AND FINAL WORKSHOP. INVITING UP OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, HEATHER FREDERICK, JOINED BY -- YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET, OUR CAPITAL PLAN, AND WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR IMPROVED, ROLLING PLAN AND EACH YEAR ENTERTAIN CHANGES TO THE CAPITAL PLAN AS WELL. EARLIER WE WORKED ON THE BOUNDARY FOR OUR ELEMENTARY. THAT SCHOOL WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT AND HAD TO EXPEDITE CONSTRUCTION TO MEET THE NEED OF STUDENT GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT DID, TURNING IT OVER TO MS. FREDERICK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF FOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS. WE WILL HAVE SIX BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OVER THE FI'26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PERIOD. WHAT MAKES 2025 UNIQUE -- I WOULD SAY MORE CHALLENGING IS EVERY ODD YEAR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION DOESN'T START TILL MARCH, YET WE HAVE TO RELEASE SCHOOL BUDGETS IN FEBRUARY, AND THE REASON WE NEED TO DO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE THE BEST QUALIFIED TEACHERS EARLY IN THE PROCESS. WE CAN'T WAIT TILL THE LEGISLATIVE CYCLE IS OVER. WE HAVE TO FORECAST, REALLY FOCUS AND LOOK AT THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC FORECAST TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR POTENTIAL PER-STUDENT FUNDING IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE OFFICIAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SO I WANT TO GIVE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. IT REALLY, TRULY IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. WE NEVER STOP PLANNING FOR THE NEXT BUDGET, FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, THAT IS INITIATED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. IT'S UPDATED AGAIN IN DECEMBER. WE HAVE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO INITIAL REVENUE PROJECTION THAT COME OUT THAT GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT FUNDING IS GOING TO ROOK LIKE FOR EDUCATION IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE ALSO START LOOKING AT OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. WE AS A DISTRICT, THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR FTE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE THEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO RELEASE THEIR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED THOSE PROJECTIONS YET AND WE EXPECT THEM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S BEEN A NEGOTIATION AS TO WHAT WE THINK OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT WILL BE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND WHY THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT IS WE USE OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS BY SCHOOL IN ORDER TO DETERMINE OUR SCHOOL ALLOCATIONS. SO IT'S A VERY FORMULA-DRIVEN AND BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS NOT ONLY INCLUDE DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS. WE ALSO HAVE TO PROJECT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE VOUCHERS AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS AS WELL IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WE ALSO START IN THAT FIRST QUARTER, SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER TIME PERIOD, OF THE DEPARTMENT STARTING THEIR INITIAL REVIEW OF THEIR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS AS WELL AS ALL THE CAPITAL BUDGETS AS WELL. AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE MARCH TIME LINE. LOOKING AT THE RELEASE OF SCHOOL BUDGETS, I MENTIONED WE RELEASED SCHOOL BUDGETS IN FEBRUARY, NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 20th OF EACH YEAR. AND INTERMINGLED IS UPDATES THROUGHOUT WITH OUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. MOVING ON THROUGH, YOU KNOW, APRIL THROUGH THE SEPTEMBER TIMELINE, WHEN I TALKED TO MY COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER STATES, THEY FIND IT VERY UNUSUAL THAT WE DON'T APPROVE AND ADOPT OUR BUDGET UNTIL AFTER ABUDGET. SO THE OFFICIAL START OF THE YEAR IS JULY 1, YET OUR FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION IS NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. YOU KNOW, SO THAT IS UNUSUAL, WHEN YOU COMPARE FLORIDA TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO, THIS REALLY IS AN ONGOING EFFORT, A REALLY 12-MONTH MOVING TIMELINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE DEVELOP OUR BUDGET. SO I WANTED TO GET IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO HAVE THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN SEVERAL YEARS WHERE THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IS ACTUALLY NEGATIVE. SO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC LONG-RANGE, THREE-YEAR OUTLOOK EACH YEAR. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 18th 18th YEAR OF THIS REPORT. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO AND OPERATE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT, SO THE LEGISLATURE REALLY RELIES ON THIS LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK EACH YEAR. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH IS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE BILLS AND PROPOSALS OF THE LEGISLATURE, MAKE THEM SURE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT THOSE WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE'VE HAD, AS A RESULT OF THE FEDERAL ESSER DRAWERS, WE'VE HAD AT STATE LEVEL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE WHICH ALLOWED THE STATE TO BUILD UP A SIGNIFICANT RESERVE, AND THE STATE HAS STARTED TO SPEND DOWN THAT RESERVE. AND IN LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, AT THE OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE, CHAIR HARPER WAS SPECIFIC TO MENTION THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE TO ALIGN THEIR EXPENDITURES WITH THEIR RECURRING REVENUES THAT THE STATE IS RECEIVING. SO, HE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED AN UPDATE AND PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM MS. BAKER, WHO IS THE STATE CHIEF ECONOMIST, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE OKAY IN THIS CURRENT YEAR BUT, AS YOU LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE, IF THE STATE CONTINUES TO SPEND AS IT'S SPENDING RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL BE OPERATING IN A DEFICIT IN YEARS TWO AND THREE. >> BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER. >> SURE. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT. MR. FERGUSON, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL IT'S COMPLETED OR DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THE PRIOR PAGES? >> COMMENTS CONCERNING THE PRIOR PAGES BUT MORE THAN HAPPY TO WAIT -- >> IF IT WOULD WORK BETTER FOR YOU, I'M HAPPY, AS WE GO ALONG, IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS, YOU'RE FREE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. >> MS. FREDERICK WAS ON A ROLE. >> YOU CAN KEEP GOING AND IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE IT GOES FURTHER, FLAG ME AS MS. WHITFIELD DID JUST NOW. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, DID YOU WANT US TO ADJUST THE DATE OF FINAL ADOPTION, SINCE YOU MENTIONED -- >> NO, NO WAY TO ADJUST THE DATE OF FINAL ADOPTION. IT'S UNUSUAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT OUR FINAL BUDGET IS ACTUALLY ADOPTED AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. >> NOTED. >> MR. FERGUSON. >> SINCE WE HAVE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, MY QUESTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT, THOUGH. SO, WE DON'T APPROVE THE BUDGET UNTIL WE ALREADY START ALLOCATING MONEY. I GUESS WHY WOULDN'T WE BE ABLE TO PUSH THE APPROVAL DATE UP BEFORE THE BUDGET YEAR STARTS? >> IT'S A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE, AND, SO, IT'S ALL JUST LEGISLATIVELY DRIVEN. SO, THE BOARD IS OPERATING ON AAPPROVED BUDGET BECAUSE WE START WITH A TENTATIVE BUDGET. IN JULY -- JULY, AUGUST, BASED ON -- IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS OF WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR ACTUAL CERTIFIED. IT'S A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS AND THE BOARD IS OPERATING ON A BUDGET BUT IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY ADOPTED UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. >> MADAM CHAIR, FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, THIS IS SOMETHING ALL 67 COUNTIES HAVE TO ADHERE TO, IT'S NOT A PALM BEACH THING? >> IT'S A STATE OF FLORIDA THING. >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. >> SO, IN LOOKING AT THE GENERAL REVENUE OUTLOOK FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. SO, THAT'S GOOD. SO, OUR G.D.P. WILL SETTLE AROUND A 2% INCREASE BY 2028. WE'RE STILL SEEING POPULATION GROWTH, JOB CREATION IS GOOD. SO EVERYTHING IS JUST GOING BACK TO NORMAL TRENDS WITHIN THE STATE. THERE WERE SOME ANOMALIES OR SOME, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE ITEMS THAT MS. BAKER HAD IDENTIFIED THAT OUR ANNUAL WAGE GROWTH IN FLORIDA OR ANNUAL -- THE AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE IS ACTUALLY NEARING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WHICH THE STATE OF FLORIDA USED TO FALL BELOW THAT BECAUSE WE'RE A SERVICE SECTOR STATE AND OUR WAGES WERE MORE DEPRESSED AND LOWER. THE STATE HAD INITIATIVES TO INCREASE THE HOURLY WAGES, BUT BY DOING THAT, SINCE THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPENDS ON A LOT OF SERVICE CONTRACTS, IT'S NOT INCREASING THE DEMAND ON THE STATE BUDGET. SO, IN JUST LOOKING AT THE INCREASES AND THE PROJECTED INCREASES WITHIN THE GENERAL REVENUES, THEY'RE RELATIVELY MODEST, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET, THE TOTAL REVENUE EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED IS OVER $50 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE COMING BACK TO NORMAL TIMES AND ARE EXPECTING NORMAL INCREASES. THE PROBLEM IS JUST THE EXPENSES, IF THEY CONTINUE TO EXPEND AS THE LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED RECENTLY, IF THEY KEEP THOSE NORMAL ASSUMPTIONS OF GOING FORWARD, THE INCREASE IN REVENUE IS NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AND THE SPEND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUDGET, WE HAVE TO COMPARE THAT TO THE GENERAL REVENUE ESTIMATES. THERE ARE TWO MAIN CRITICAL DRIVERS THAT ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUDGET, AND THOSE ARE THE FAFP, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM AND MEDICAID. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN MOST EXPENSIVE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP CHART THERE, IT SHOWS THAT -- WHAT THE EDR IS INCLUDING WITHIN THIS LONG RAGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IS AN INCREASE OF ENROLLMENT OF 50,000 STUDENTS IN 2026, 35,000 STUDENTS IN 2027, AND 50,000 STUDENTS IN 2028. AND THAT INCLUDES DISTRICT-OPERATED SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHERS. THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IN THAT ENROLLMENT IS ACTUALLY IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND IN LOOKING AT THE ASSUMPTIONS USED, THEY LOOK AT A THREE-YEAR AVERAGE, AND, SO, THEY ARE LOOKING AND INCLUDING AS TO WHAT THE COST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE BY HAVING A PER-STUDENT INCREASE IN FUNDING OF 4.2%, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE INCREASE IN PER-STUDENT FUNDING IN '23 WAS NEARLY 5% AS WELL AS IN 2024, BUT IN FI''25, THAT INCREASE IN PER STUDENT FUNDING WAS 2.75%. SO THESE LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK SIN COLLUDING A 4% INCREASE EACH YEAR, WHICH IS HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT NEGATIVE OUTLOOK IN YEARS TWO AND THREE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IS INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY BUT MORE DUE TO MEDICAL INFLATION, NOT REALLY AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASE LOADS WITHIN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. BUT PRICES START TO STABILIZE IN YEARS TWO AND THREE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASES. SO THE MAIN DRIVERS IN THE CRITICAL NEEDS AND EXPENSES FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE REALLY TIED INTO EDUCATION. SO WITHIN THE PRE-K 12 EDUCATION, THE PRIMARY DRIVER IS THE FAFP PROGRAM, WHICH IS HOW WE AS DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED AND WITHIN THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, IT'S THE MEDICAID PROGRAM IS THE MAIN DRIVER WITHIN THAT AREA. SO, IN LOOKING AT THE LONG RAGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IN YEAR ONE, THERE'S ACTUALLY ENOUGH REVENUE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE $49 BILLION, NEARLY $50 BILLION -- >> MR. FERGUSON. >> QUESTION THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CFO FREDERICK. YOU MADE A STATEMENT REGARDING THE MEDICAID COSTS INCREASING. I THINK I LOST MY PLACE. WHICH SLIDE WERE YOU REFERRING TO IN SUPPORT OF THAT CONTENTION? >> SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE I'M ON RIGHT NOW. >> SLIDE NUMBER 8? >> SLIDE NUMBER 7, THERE'S A BOX AT THE TOP THAT'S GREYED OUT AND THERE ARE TWO DRIVERS, DRIVER 2 AND 6. DRIVER 6 IS THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. >> SO, I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE. SO THE COLUMN FOR DRIVER 6 MEDICAID PROGRAM SAYS $1,201, FOR WHAT YEAR? >> FOR 2026. >> WHAT YEAR IS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT THAT SAYS 2560? >> THAT'S THE TOTAL OF THREE YEARS. THE COLUMN NEXT TO IT IS 27, THE COLUMN NEXT TO THAT IS 28. THOSE DRIVERS ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE RED NUMBERS THAT ARE BELOW. >> SO, AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY THAT THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO DRIVER NUMBER 6 DECREASES FROM YEAR TO YEAR? >> THE INCREASE DECREASES, BUT IT'S AN INDEPENDENT INCREASE EACH YEAR. SO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, IT'S A $1.2 BILLION INCREASE IN FI'26. IN FI'27, LOOKING AT IT INDEPENDENTLY, IT'S A NEARLY $900 MILLION INCREASE. >> ON TOP OF THE PRIOR YEARS. >> ON TOP OF THE PRIOR YEAR. >> IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. THAT'S WHERE I GOT LOST. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> LOOKING AT THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL CRITICAL NEEDS AND NEEDS OF THE STATE, IN FI'26, IT'S 7.5 BILLION, OF THAT 3.8 BILLION IS RECURRING. GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, THE TOTAL INCREASE IS 6.8 BILLION, AND THEN, OF THAT, 3.3 BILLION IS RECURRING, AND THEN THERE'S A PORTION THAT'S NON-RECURRING, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD IN THE 3.8 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO REALLY COME UP WITH WHAT THE TRUE RECURRING COST IS. >> OKAY. MRS. WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS. SO ON, LIKE, TWO SLIDES BEFORE WE HAD THE BIG GREEN BOX, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH THROUGH 2023 IS THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND IS MORE FROM PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE STATE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE IN GREAT RATES. BUT WE CAN'T PREDICT IN THIS OR THE STATE CAN'T PREDICT AN INCREASE OF FUNDS GNAR GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO EDUCATE THESE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS WITH THIS ENORMOUS GROWTH WE'RE HAVING, IT SHOULDN'T JUST COME INTO THE EXPENDITURES BUT ALSO INTO THE INCOME THAT WE ARE RECEIVING. >> THERE IS A PROJECTED INCREASE IN THE GENERAL REVENUE. SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GOING BACK TO SLIDE 6, AND THE LITTLE CHART ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL, THE PROJECTED INCREASES IN REVENUE ARE, LIKE I SAID, MODEST. AND THE REASON FOR THAT, THEY AVERAGE -- AVERAGES 2.5% FROM A LOW OF .4% IN ONE YEAR TO A HIGH OF 4% IN LOOKING AT YEAR 26-27. MS. BAKER SAID THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY THAT SHE IS BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE IN WHAT SHE THINKS THE INCREASE IN GENERAL REVENUES WILL BE. THE MAIN DRIVERS IN STATE REVENUE IS STATE SALES
 SA. >> I IMAGINE SALES TAX WILL BE HIGHER IN NUMBER IN THE AMOUNT WE HAVE COMING IN. ARE YOU SAYING THROUGH THIS WHEN WE ARE PLANNING FOR A BUDGETS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN ANTICIPATE TO GET FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT WE CANNOT ANTICIPATE TO SEE INCREASES THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US WITH EDUCATING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE? >> NOW YOU'RE JUMPING AHEAD. >> A LITTLE BIT. I'M JUST TRYING TO -- >> TO BRING IT BACK TOGETHER IS TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 4% INCREASES, WHICH IS WHAT'S PROJECTED IN THIS LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK. I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO GLOOM AND DOOM AND SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS. WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE BUT I THINK THE MORE NORMAL INCREASES LIKE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHICH WERE AROUND 2%. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING MORE STRATEGIC, JUST LIKE THE STATE IS SAYING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO ALIGN OUR EXPENSES WITH OUR REVENUE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE, JUST NOT THE INCREASES WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE LAST FEW YEARS. >> PLEASE CONTINUE. >> IN LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST, THAT'S NORMALLY THE LOW WATER MARK. IT USED TO BE THE HIGH WATER MARK IN WHAT THE REQUEST IN STUDENT FUNDING WOULD BE. WITH THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST, IT'S 1.7% INCREASE, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE INCREASE. MY GUESS BY READING THE TEA LEAVES WOULD BE AROUND A 2% INCREASE IN PER-STUDENT FUNDING BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP TO REDUCE THAT DEFICIT IN THE OUT YEARS THAT THE STATE IS FACING. LOOKING AT OUR PROPOSED BOARD PRIORITIES, WE TRY TO ALIGN AND ALIGN THE BOARD PRIORITIES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED IN AUGUST OF 2022, WHICH GOES THROUGH SCHOOL YEAR 2027. AND, SO, WE WILL BE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOARD AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS TO IDENTIFY ANY CHANGES TO THOSE BOARD PRIORITIES. LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS A $3.1 BILLION BUDGET. THE MAJORITY, 76%, IS TAD TO SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOL ALLOCATION IS DRIVEN BY ENROLLMENT, SO IT'S BASED UPON OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. RIGHT NOW OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE FLAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT BROWARD AND DADE, THEY HAVE BEEN FACING DECLINING ENROLLMENT. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MODTHS GROWTH, BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE PROJECTING OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT TO BE FLAT. WE HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED OUR FINAL CONFIRMATION AND VALIDATION OF ENROLLMENT AS OF OCTOBER, SO I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED WITHIN THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. SO I DO EXPECT TO RECEIVE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND BY FI'26, I DO ANTICIPATE THE VOUCHERS, THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL OUTNUMBER THE CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE. SO, OUR CONTINGENCY RESERVE HAS TO REMAIN AT 3%. THE CAPITOL TRANSFER, EVERYTHING FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT'S CAPITAL ELIGIBLE STAYS AROUND SAME 5%. THE LEAD PAYOUTS REMAIN RELATIVELY CONSISTENT. WITHIN THE UTILITIES BUDGET, WE JUST RECEIVED NOTIFICATION, AFTER I HAD UPLOADED THIS TO THE BOARD DOCS, THAT THERE WILL BE A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE FROM FPL, NOT TO BE EFFECTIVE TILL JANUAR. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE US THE RATE INCREASES BUT WE'LL MONITOR THAT. DEPARTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE MAKE UP OVER 36% OF THE TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET. YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE'RE LARGER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND RHODE ISLAND. TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTS OVER 50,000 STUDENTS EVERY DAY. SO TRANSPORTATION MAKES UP A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT DEPARTMENT BUDGET. >> OKAY, MR. FERGUSON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A QUESTION FOR C.F.O. FREDERICK THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN SLIDE 11 TO ME? IT'S NOT OBVIOUS WHY WE HAVE 76% FOR TOTAL SCHOOLS SET OFF TO THE SIDE. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT IN CASE ANYONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? >> THE TOTAL SCHOOLS IS DISTRICT SCHOOLS OPERATED 53%. THAT'S THE PORTION THAT'S DRIVEN STRICTLY BY THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND STAFF ALLOCATIONS. WE THEN HAVE OUR REFERENDUM, SO THAT IS ALL SCHOOL-BASED BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION SUPPLEMENTS, ALL OF OUR FINE ART TEACHERS. SO EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT REFERENDUM IS STRICTLY RELATED TO SCHOOLS. WE HAVE A PORTION OF THE REFERENDUM WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PIE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PASS THROUGH TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S 7% OF THE BUDGET. AND THEN 6% -- >> I'M SORRY. I'M ASKING YOU ABOUT, OFFSET FROM WHERE IT SAYS SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPERATED 53%, DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, IT SAYS TOTAL SCHOOLS 76%, THAT NUMBER IS NOT OBVIOUS TO ME. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT 76%? >> IT'S ADDING UP ALL THOSE RELATED TO SCHOOLS. SO IT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATED, THE REFERENDUM FOR BOTH DISTRICT AND CHARTER AS WELL AS THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE FES. >> FES IS THE SCHOLARSHIPS OR VOUCH, TO FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS. >> CORRECT. THE NUMBER ISN'T QUITE 76 -- MAYBE MY MATH IS OFF, TEN PLUS ONE PLUS SEVEN PLUS SIX -- IN ANY EVENT, ALL THESE COME OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 76%? >> YES. WELL, NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK IT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO. >> IT WOULD BE 77 JUST BASED ON THE NUMBERS ON THE PAGE BUT I EXPECT THERE'S ROUNDING GOING ON. >> THERE'S ROUNDING. >> IT WASN'T OBVIOUS TO ME IN CASE SOMEBODY ELSE WATCHING THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE CONFUSED. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION SUPERINTENDENT AND C.F.O. FREDERICK. >> THE POINT IS SHOWING THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET AS IT SHOULD BE IS ALL GOING TO THE SCHOOLS. >> MS. SAVIETTO. >> YOU MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION 36%. I DON'T SEE IT IN THE CHART. >> IT'S WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT PIE. SO, WITHIN THE 7% THAT'S DEPARTMENTS, 36% OF THAT REPRESENTS TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE. >> DEPARTMENTS -- >> AND, SO, THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS MAKE UP OVER A THIRD OF THE TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGET. >> ON THE YELLOW? >> YEAH, THE YELLOW PIECE. >> TRANSPORTATION ONLY? >> TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE. AND MAINTENANCE IS PRIMARILY THE GROUNDS AT THE SCHOOLS. >> SO, MAINTENANCE IS THE 64%? IT WOULD BE THE 100% OF THE 7%? >> NO. TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE TOGETHER MAKE UP 7 -- OR A THIRD OF THAT PIE. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YELLOW PIE, A THIRD OF THAT YELLOW PIE AND A LITTLE MORE THAN A THIRD IS JUST RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SO, BASED ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OF THE STATE AND LOOKING AT OUR ANTICIPATED, YOU KNOW, NOT 4% INCREASE IN PER-STUDENT FUNDING, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE MORE MODEST CHANGE ALSO TO THE SCHOOL BUDGETS. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE -- PROPOSING A MINOR MODIFICATION TO OUR ESCSLP ALLOCATION. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY REDUCING REVENUE. IT'S GOING TO BE SHIFTING RESOURCES FROM THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CUTS TO OUR ESC PROGRAM OR OUR ELL PROGRAM. IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS, THE MONEY STAYS WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS TO BE USED TO SHIFT THOSE TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL NEED. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR ATHLETICS PILOT. ALSO, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THIS CURRENT YEAR WITH FOUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT TO FOUR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS. THE COST TO EXPAND WOULD BE $680,000. ONCE WE FULLY IMPLEMENT AT ALL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL COST OF $3 MILLION. IN GOING THROUGH THAT PILOT, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SOME TITLE SCHOOLS AND NON-TITLE SCHOOLS AND WHAT RESOURCES THEY HAD AVAILABLE. BUT ONCE WE ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME COSTS IN, WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ANNUAL, RECURRING COSTS WOULD BE AROUND 3 MILLION A YEAR. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO ROLL OUT A PILOT FOR THE BAND PROGRAM. THE BAND PROGRAM, THEY JUST -- THEY SHADOWED THE ATHLETICS PILOT, AND, SO, THEY ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT AT FIVE SCHOOLS, UP TO FIVE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR. IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $140,000 ALLOCATED TO EACH SCHOOL. IT FUNDS TRANSPORTATION. THERE'S A DETAILED BREAKOUT. WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE GO THROUGH AND CLOSELY MONITOR THE ATHLETICS PILOT AND WORK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SCHOOLS FROM A BAND PERSPECTIVE. ONCE THAT'S FULLY IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD BE A $3.4 MILLION RECURRING INCREASE EACH YEAR. >> MR. FERGUSON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ANOTHER QUESTION FOR C.F.O. FREDERIC THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE BEHIND MAKING THIS "MINOR MODIFICATION" TO THE ESE, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. >> OF THE SLP ALLOCATION, THE STUDENTS ARE MORE WHAT WE CALL A CONSULT LEVEL, SO THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING DIRECT SERVICES, WHEREAS, IN THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS, THEY ARE. AND, SO, BY SHIFTING THOSE RESOURCES, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE SLPs IN THE DISTRICT, AND, SO, WE ALSO CONTRACT, AND IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT FOR US TO FILL POSITIONS THROUGH CONTRACTORS AS WELL. >> OKAY. >> SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE TRULY IN AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED AND, SO, IN LOOKING, WE MET WITH OUR REGIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF SHIFTING THOSE RESOURCES FROM SECONDARY TO ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THEY ARE RECEIVING -- THOSE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING MORE OF THOSE DIRECT SERVICES. I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> MRS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. THE ROLLOUT BAND PILOT TO FIVE SCHOOLS, I'VE JUST SEEN THE MONEY BEING REALLY UTILIZED AT THE SCHOOLS THAT NEVER HAD A BAND PROGRAM, NEVER HAD INSTRUMENTS, COACHES THAT HELP THE SCHOOLS GET WHAT THEY NEED, CONSULTANTS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT, SUPERINTENDENT -- THROUGH THE CHAIR TO SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, I'M REALLY WHEEDZ
 PLEASED WD I CAN SEE IT WHEN I'M ON THE GROUND, THANK YOU. >> THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL BUDGET. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WILL COME TO CONCLUSION IN MARCH, AFTER WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN THEY WILL BE BROUGHT TO -- ALL THESE CHANGES WILL ALSO BE BROUGHT THROUGH THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IN ADDITION TO EACH OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS. MS. EVANS, THE CAPITAL BUDGET. >> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FRAN THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE HAVE A CAPITAL PLAN WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FOR FIVE YEARS. WE EXPANDED IT TEN YEARS TO COVER THE 2016 SALES TAX, WE FOUND IT A USEFUL TOOL TO HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN, SO WE COUNTRY IT TO TEN YEARS. LAST YEAR WE BUMPED IT UP TO TWELVE YEARS TO COVER THE NEW SALES TAX REFERENDUM. THIS YEAR ELEVEN, NEXT YEAR TEN AND THEN WE'LL KEEP IT AT TEN. IT'S AN ODD THING TO SAY WE HAVE AN ELEVEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S THERE. WE GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL PLAN EACH YEAR AND REVIEW IT ALL. WE DON'T JUST TAKE THE PLAN AND SAY THIS IS IT, WE TAKE IT AND REVIEW IT AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAD ACCESS TO START DOING THAT RIGHT AFTER BUDGET ADOPTION. WE PUT THE FORMS OUT THERE SO THACKED TINKER WITH IT AND CHANGE IT AND THEY'RE DOING THAT NOW. WE'RE REVIEWING EVERY LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET AND THEY'RE UPDATING IT BASED ON THINGS LIKE THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. ACADEMIC PROGRAM CHANGES, THE CONDITIONS OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. OF COURSE, BOARD PRIORITIES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ADJUSTING THE CAPITAL PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT IMPACT CAPITAL BUDGET. WHAT'S IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, OBVIOUSLY, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE THINKS OF WHEN THEY THINK OF THE CAPITAL PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER FACILITY PROJECTS, MAINTENANCE, FACILITY RENEWALS, THINGS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE EXISTING SALES TAX. EQUIPMENT, MUSICAL EQUIPMENT MRS. ANDREWS TALKED ABOUT. AEDs, ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE. TECHNOLOGY -- THE CYBER SECURITY FOR THE DISTRICT, ALL THE CHROME BOOKS THE KIDS HAVE, ALL COVERED IN THE CAPITAL PLAN. SECURITY PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION, THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES IS CERTAINLY IN THERE, DEBT SERVICE TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR MONEY WE BORROW TO BUILD SCHOOLS, PROPERTY INSURANCE RESERVES AND TRANSFER TO CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH THAT'S BECOMING A MUCH BIGGER PORTION TO HAVE THE CAPITAL BUDGET NOW. WE'RE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER THAT ON A PER-STUDENT BASIS. IT'S BEING RAMPED UP, STARTED AT 20%, 40% THIS YEAR, 60% NEXT YEAR. SO WE'LL SEE THAT NUMBER RISE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL PLAN EACH YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING GRAPHICALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE FIRST CHART IS FI'26 AND IT SHOWS 10% IS RESERVE. I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT SEEMS HIGH. THAT'S THE TAIL END TO HAVE THE SALES TAX. THOSE MONEYS ARE CURRENTLY IN RESERVES. WE'VE NOT CHANGED THE BUDGET FOR THE SALES TAX PROJECTS, ONLY DO THAT AS WE'RE AWASHEDDING THE CONTRACTS. WE TAKE THAT THROUGH TO THE SALES TAX COMMITTEE AND THEN TO THE BOARD. WE'RE EXPECTING TO USE THAT MONEY BECAUSE PROJECT BUDGETS CHANGED SINCE 2016. 2026 IS THE FIRST CHART AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE FULL ELEVEN YEARS OF THE CAPITAL PLAN. AND THEN I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. SANCHEZ TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN. >> THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR TO SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. WE TRY TO BORMD
 -- THIS E MAJOR PROJECTS. SO THINGS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AS MS. EVANS MENTIONED. WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE BUDGETS FOR PROJECTS. THINGS IMPACT US WITH PERMITTING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, WE MAY CHANGE THE DATES. ALSO DEMOGRAPHICS RESULT IN CHANGING THE DATES FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCHOOL AT ARDEN THAT MOVED UP A YEAR. THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE UPDATE THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE DEMANDS AND THE NEEDS. NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILS -- >> BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. MRS. WHITFIELD. OKAY. PLEASE CONTINUE. >> I MAY COVER SOME OF THAT IN THIS NEXT ONE. I WANT TO -- SOME OF THE THINGS UNDER CONSIDERATION, THERE'S A REASON WHY IT TAKES MANY MONTH TO BUILD A CAPITAL PLAN BECAUSE THINGS COME TO US AND DIFFERENT CHANGES HAPPEN AND WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE AND DO RESEARCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. SOME OF THE NEW ONES THAT WEREN'T IN THE PREVIOUS CAPITAL PLAN OR THE IMPROVED CAPITAL PLAN OR OTHER ONES IN THE TOP, SO CROSSROADS ACADEMY IS AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL IN THE GLADES IN BELLE GLADE. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT ONE. THAT SCHOOL IS IN MUCH MODULAR CLASSROOMS AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING BETTER FOR THAT CAMPUS FOR STUDENTS OUT THERE. WE'RE CONSIDERING REBUILDING THAT CAMPUS, AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO REBUILD IT IS TO REBUILD IT ON THE WEST CAMPUS, AND BY DOING THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMBINE OR PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR CAREER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AT WEST TECH, OR FOR MORE PROGRAMS TO MORE STUDENTS. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STARTING ON KIND OF A MASSIVE PLANNING TO SEE HOW THAT POSSIBLY MIGHT WORK. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL WHICH HAS GOT AN LOT OF NEWS. THAT POOL WE HAD TO CLOSE, IT WAS OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND IS BEYOND REPAIR. ALL THE MECHANICS ARE GONE, STRUCTURALLY IT'S NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. WE'VE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH BEACH AND WE'RE CONSIDERING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR IT AND SEE IF WE CAN DO A JOINT PROJECT WITH THEM ON THAT ONE. SO THAT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES. THE NEXT ONE IS THE RENOVATION OF THE OLD D.D. EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE'VE REBUILT T.D. EISENHOWER ON THIS -- D.D. EISENHOWER ON THE SAME CAMPUS ADJACENT TO IT 15 YEARS AGO, MAYBE MORE, AND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS WERE NEWER AND WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DEMOLISH THEM SO THEY HAD TO REMAIN. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO WE'RE PLANNING TO GO BACK IN AND RENOVATE THOSE BUILDINGS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR ANCILLARY PURPOSES AS WE HAVE SOME NEEDS FOR SOME OFFICE SPACE UP IN THE NORTH AREA. AND THE PROJECT MODIFICATIONS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ACCELERATING THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES AREA, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 23H, THAT IS THE WEST LAKES AREA SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO WEST LAKES IN A WHILE, IT IS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. IT IS AMAZING THE GROWTH THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE. AND THEY WILL BE READY FOR A NEW SCHOOL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY MOVING THAT UP MAYBE AS EARLY AS 2027. BEACH AREA HIGH SCHOOL, THE BOARD APPROVES IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN TO GO WHERE INLAKE GROVE IS TODAY AND WE'RE PLANNING ON MOVING INLAKE GROVE TO LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF RIVER BEACH RIGHT NOW ON A MASTER PLAN TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED AND THEY NEED, AND THAT'S -- WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THEM SO FAR. WE HAVEN'T REACHED A CONCLUSION YET. ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON EACH ONE OF OUR PIECES OF LAND, WE'LL BRING PACK AN AGREEMENT ALSO THAT MAY AFFECT THE COST OF -- YOU KNOW, THE COST SHARING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PROPERTIES. SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS. FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH AND D.O.T. AND OTHERS. WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE PARKING AND TRAFFIC ON THAT SCHOOL. THEY HAVE CHALLENGES WITH PARKING. WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THIS YEAR. AT WEST AND BETHUNE, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT CAME UP IS TO LOOK AT THE GRADE CONFIGURATIONS TO REP IMPROVE IS OUTCOMES OF THE SCHOOLS. AS WE REBUILD WEST RIVIERA TO PRE-K. SAME AS WITH BEACON COVE AND LIGHT HOUSE. THAT WILL BE A SIMILAR GRADE RECONFIGURATION CHANGE IN AUGUST OF 2026. TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR TDRs, SO WE'RE GETTING MORE REFINED IN HOW TO USE THOSE. WE WON'T TEAR DOWN THE BUILDINGS. WE SOLD THE RIGHTS OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. HALF IS GONE THROUGH DREYFUS AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HOW BEST TO UTILIZE THE MONEY TO BENEFIT THE SCHOOL. PART GOES TO JUPITER ELEMENTARY, AN HISTORIC AUDITORIUM THAT HASN'T BEEN USED IN YEARS, WE'D LIKE TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO BUILD THAT OR APPROVE IT. IT MAY NOT TO BE ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE BUT IT'S A GOOD START TO GET THAT PROJECT GOING AND WE MAY NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS TO GET IT FINISHED. WE WANT TO GET STARTED ON THAT. AND NORTH BURRO ELEMENTARY HAS AN HISTORIC BUILDING SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS THAT WE WANT TO USE MONEY TOWARDS REBUILDING OR GETTING THAT REPURPOSED AND REUSED AS WELL. THAT'S HOW THE TDR MONEY IS USED. ADULT EDUCATION AND MILITARY, ALTERNATIVE USES FOR THAT. IT MAY BE TEMPORARY AT THIS TIME BUT ONE IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DOING SOME POLICE TRAINING UP THERE AND MAKE IT SAFE FOR THAT PURPOSE. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT OUR MOVERS ARE DOING, NOT JUST OUR OFFICERS BUT OFFICERS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS AS WELL. AND ADULT EDUCATION WANTS TO EXPAND THEIR CDL PROGRAM. SO THEY HAVE A LARGE PARKING LOT AT THAT SCHOOL SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE A CLASSROOM AVAILABLE AND REST ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR A CDL CLASS. THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ON THE PLANNING RIGHT NOW. >> WE'LL MOVE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. ERIKA WHITFIELD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS BUDGET. A FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE COMES FROM ONE OF MY SCHOOLS I HAVE BEEN IN MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. BLAKE BENNETT AT DREYFUS HIGH SCHOOL. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SCHOOL THAT IS ONE OF OUR MOST SHINING STARS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF AND WE DO LOVE WHAT THEY DO. ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES AT DREYFUS, WELL, ONE OF THE MANY DIFFICULTIES, IT'S A VERY OLD BUILDING AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO EXPAND. AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE THIS ELITE SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE ARTS THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLAT LINE OF ENROLLMENT. THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN DESPERATELY WANTING TO GET INTO, BUT THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY MAKING A PLAY FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ARTS EDUCATION AND THE ABILITY TO TRY TO GET THOSE STUDENTS WITHIN THEIR BUILDING. SO I KNOW CERTAIN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUT BETTER FACILITIES AND CREATING MORE PRACTICE SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS THAT DREYFUS DOESN'T HAVE. MS. BENNETT ASKED IF WE WOULD CONSIDER ADDING IN AN ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THEATER IN THE FIVE TO TEN YEAR PLAN, ON CAMPUS. THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO USE THAT ONE, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONSIDERATION FOR A BETTER THEATER. SO MANY CHILDREN USE THE THEATER AT THE SAME TIME, AND WHEN YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE USING THE SAME THEATER, THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE THEM, BUT IF YOU ARE CREATING A SET ON THE CAMPUS FOR A PLAY COMING UP, THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT CANNOT USE THAT SET SPACE WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THE SET, THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT IN PLACE, SO THEY CAN BRING IN PIECES, BUT IT MAKES IT OFF LIMITS TO ANYBODY WHO COMES IN TO DO, YOU KNOW, A VOCAL PERFORMANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT IS REALLY NOT WORKING FOR THEIR NEEDS, AND, SO, SHE ASKED THAT I BRING THAT TO YOU AS AN OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION, IN A LONG-TERM PLAN. WE UNDERSTAND THIS HAS TO FIT INTO WHAT OUR SYSTEM HALLS THE ABILITY TO HANDLE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'D REALLY LIKE, AND I SAID THAT I WOULD BRING IT FORWARD DURING OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER GOING FORWARD. ANOTHER BIG ISSUE THAT I JUST WANT TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE TO SPEAK ON IS THE SWIMMING POOL REPLACEMENT AT LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ONE OF MY SCHOOLS, I REALLY CARE A LOT ABOUT IT. IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE ONLY HAVE TWO POOLS IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT'S COME UP MANY TIMES IS WHERE DO ALL OF OUR SWIMMING STUDENTS GO. SO, WITHIN CITIES THAT HAVE A POOL, THEY WILL PARTNER WITH THAT LOCATION. BUT LAKE WORTH HAS NOT HAD A POOL IN MANY, MANY YEARS. I DID THEY CAN MY DAUGHTER TO OUR LOCAL POOL WHEN SHE WAS, LIKE, TWO AND SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN IN LAKE WORTH BEACH. THEY DON'T HAVE A POOL WITHIN THE CITY AND THE ONE POOL AT THE SCHOOL IS COMPLETELY FALLING APART. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T KEEP IT GOING ANYMORE. I THINK THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON THIS. I THINK THE CITY NEEDS A POOL AS WELL. THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CITY AND OUR STAFF HERE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN DO IF WE CAN FIND LAND TO DO IT ON AND HOPEFULLY SHARE IN THAT BURDEN BURDEN OF THAT COST. BUT THE COMMUNITY REALLY EXPRESSED THAT THEY FEEL THEY HAVE A POOL AND THE POOL THAT IS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED FOR MANY YEARS BY US AND THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US PUT THAT INTO OUR PLANS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A POOL THERE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY DIRE OF A NEED IN LAKE WORTH BEACH. A LOT OF THE KIDS THERE CANNOT SWIM. SO I THINK A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE POOL THAT IS A JOINT USE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE COUNTY GETTING IN ON IT. THEY HAVE NOT EXPRESSED AN INTEREST. THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS WELL. FINALLY, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STIPENDS. I KNOW THAT'S FURTHER UP IN THE BUDGET. AS MY THIRD ITEM THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS WITHIN OUR STAFF WHERE WE ASK PEOPLE TO JUST DO WORK WITHOUT EXTRA PAY, AND ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS IS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS. I AM VERY EXCITED TO GET MORE VOLUNTEERS ON TO OUR CAMPUS POST-COVID. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A DOWNFALL OF COVID TO NOT HAVE OUR FAMILIES ENGAGED IN OUR SCHOOLS. GLAD TO HAVE PEOPLE COMING BACK. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUNTEER --BOARD, WHICH I WOULD ASK STAFF TO SHARE WITH THE REST TO HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN SEE WHICH SCHOOLS DO AND DON'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING. I FEEL IT'S A HUGE EQUITY ISSUE OF WHO IS ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO COME INTO THEIR SCHOOLS AND WHO IS NOT OR WHO IS NOT RECORDING IT APPROPRIATELY. WE ASK OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS TO DO THIS OUT OF THE GOOD NEWS OF THEIR HEART AND DON'T GIVE THEM FUNDING. WHEN I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY PRINCIPALS, SHE MENTIONED SCHOOL BASED TEAMS WORK HARDER THAN A VOLUNTEER AND THEY DON'T GET MUCH OF A STIPEND, THEY GET A SMALL ONE. I THINK A LOOK AT ALL THE STIPENDS WE LIVE FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO IS PROBABLY NEEDED AS WE'RE PLANNING OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I DO WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE SEE AS PRIORITIES AND, LIKE I SAID, FOR ME, GETTING VOLUNTEERS BACK IN SCHOOLS IS A HUGE PRIORITY. I THINK IT MAKES SCHOOLS BETTER WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND
 AND TE ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOLS. BUT IF SOME SCHOOLS AREN'T ABLE TO GET A PERSON IN THAT JOB. COORDINATE PEOPLE COMING IN. TODAY ONE OF MY SCHOOLS IS ONE TO HAVE THE BEST VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS I'VE EVER MET EVER. SHE'S INCREDIBLE. SHE'S ALWAYS ASKING ME TO COME AND VOLUNTEER, AND SHE'S ASKING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND VOLUNTEER. SO THESE KIDS SEE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WEEKLY. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING PEOPLE COME INTO THEIR SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THAT. IT REALLY DEPENDS WHO THAT PERSON IN THAT POSITION IS AND IT'S HARD TO RECRUIT PEOPLE WHEN WE JUST ASK THEM TO DO IT FOR FUN MOSTLY. THOSE ARE MY THREE TOPICS I WOULD LOVE TO BRING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY EVERYONE HERE AND FOR THE STAFF. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MRS. ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE I GO, THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY TO THE FINANCE TEAM, THE FACILITIES, CAPITAL, LEE ANN EVANS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, AND WHEN I LOOK AT MS. FREDERICK WHO WORKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL HELPING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY KEEP THEIR FINANCES IN ORDER, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, WITH OUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEES, ALL TO HAVE THE COMMITTEES THAT HELP KEEP US ON THE RIGHT TRACK WHEN IT DEALS WITH OUR MONEY SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN THE UPWARD, POSITIVE MANNER OF NOT HAVING DEFICITS AND PROBLEMS. SO IT TAKES THE TEAM, YOUR TEAM RIGHT HERE PLUS THE TEAM OF OUTSIDERS THAT OF LOOK US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. BUT I HAD THREE THINGS, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT THINGS ESPECIALLY FOR DISTRICT 6. ONE OF THINGS, I LOOK AT THIS CAPITAL PLAN -- MR. SANCHEZ, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER A LONG TIME, THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AT ROYAL PALM -- WHEN I SAY THIS 826-, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AM I GOING TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN OVER THERE AT TRANSPORTATION IN ROYAL PALM ON 8-26? >> THAT'S THE PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE FOR BUSH WELL, FOR -- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE -- THE ONE THAT -- THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, RIGHT. THE ONE FOR -- >> THE FACILITY. >> I'M LOOKING -- OH, YEAH. SO, THAT'S A SMALLER PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS OVER THERE. SOME RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS IN THE FACILITY. THAT WILL REPLACE ONE TO BE BUILT ON SKIS ROAD. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR DOING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. >> THOSE ARE THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT, MAYBE, 8-26. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEST ACREAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARDEN 15E AND MOVING THAT UP BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN WESTERN COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO LOOK AT WESTERN COMMUNITIES ES23H, YOU KNOW, GOLDEN GROVE IS OVERCROWDED. WHEN I SEE 8-27, I KNOW THESE FLUID NUMBERS AND YOU WILL REVISE -- SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH WESTERN COMMUNITIES ES23H IN WEST LAKE IN I SEE 8-27 THERE. >> THAT'S THE SAME WEST LAKE SCHOOLS. THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY '29, SO WE MOVED IT UP TWO YEARS TO '27. >> GROUNDBREAKING? >> COMPLETION DATE. >> THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I LIKE HEARING THAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THAT MAKES ME FEEL REAL GOOD. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE CHAIR TO MR. BURKE, YOU'RE AWESOME, YOU DO GREAT THINGS, YOU MEET OUT IN THE GLADES REGION SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR MEETING WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TRY CITIES. THIS CROSS ROAD ACADEMY POTENTIALLY AT WEST TECH EDUCATION CENTER LOCATION IS A BIG DEAL. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY IN AN ALTERNATIVE SESSION SETTING, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RIGHT THERE TO GET A CAREER PIECE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE GLADES REGION IS SO THANKFUL FOR, MR. BURKE, SO HAPPY FOR YOU TO BRING THAT TO THE TABLE AT YOUR MEETING. AND WE'RE JUST WAITING WITH BASEMENTED BREATH. SO I HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL AT THIS BUDGET, BUT I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO OVERALL AND THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I KNOW WEST LAKE IS LISTENING, SO THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THIS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MS. SAVIETTO. >> THANK YOU DEFINITELY FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THREE THINGS AS WELL. FIRST THE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M LOOKING FORWARD. THAT'S MY SCHOOL. I LOOK AT MAYBE GOING THERE, SO IF ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR THAT PARKING AND TRAFFIC, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. SO, A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE REDISTRICTING, WE WORKED WITH COMMISSIONER GREG WISE, VERY CLOSELY WITH JOHN I., AND HELPED THE COUNTY OF GREEN ACRES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HELPED JOHN I. WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE LOOP AND ALL THAT. WE'RE A PHONE CALL AWAY WHEN IT COMES TO COUNTY ENGINEERING. LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL, IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE WORTH HIGH FROM NINTH TO TWELFTH GRADES. SO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SHUTTING THE POOL BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORKABLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT SIZE ANYMORE. I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE LET IT GO THIS WAY AND WE ARE ALMOST REACTING TO TWO OR THREE ARTICLES FROM THE PALM BEACH POST. THAT I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM. IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE A POOL, NEVER OPEN YOUR WINDOWS, AND THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER GO, OH, MY GOD THE POOL. IF ONE TO HAVE THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAD A -- IF ONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAD A POOL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT BAD. IF THE POOL IS NOT CLOSER, LET'S CLOSE IT WAY BEFORE WE GET ANIMALS AND POOP, WHATEVER, TO CLOSE PALM BEACH ROAD. THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT, NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND VENTURES WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY IS WITH PARKS, THAT WE LET IT GO THAT BAD, AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. I WENT TO THAT SCHOOL. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE ARE ALMOST THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER. SO, PLEASE, PLEASE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER FACILITIES WE HAVE AROUND, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE ON "THE POST" BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE OF THEM. ADULT EDUCATION CENTER, ALTERNATIVE USE, LET'S DO THE WELCOME CENTER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WELCOME ROOM. IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING PLACE WHERE WE COULD WELCOME EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE IMMIGRANTS THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND NEED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL IS ABOUT, BUT WE WELCOME EVERYONE. SINCE I FOUND OUT, I HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY ABOUT THE WELCOME CENTER, EVERYBODY KNOWS, ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS ARE, LIKE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A WELCOME CENTER, SO I WAS LIKE THIS IS JUST FOR FOREIGNERS THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. BUT IMAGINE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS COUNTY WE CAN WELCOME EVERYONE. NOT EVERYONE MAY NEED SERVICES, BUT WE CAN ASK PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS COUNTY AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A WELCOME CENTER, DO YOU WANT TO PARTNER UP WITH US? DO YOU WANT TO BE A BUSINESS PARTNER? I ASKED MICHELE JACOBS FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD ABOUT THE WELCOME CENTER AT THE BREAKFAST AND SHE SAID, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ONE. IMAGINE THE SCOPE OF PARTNERS THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT COULD EVEN HELP US BUILD OR ENLARGE IT OR MAKE IT NICER. SO, PLEASE CONSIDER A WELCOME CENTER. BROWARD CAME HERE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DID OR WHAT WE DO AS A WELCOME CENTER, AND THEY DO LESS THAN WE DO, AND THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE A CENTER. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING A TOUR IN BROWARD. WE JUST HAVE A ROOM BEHIND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR VACS EDUCATION AND KIDS ARE CRYING BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING VACCINATED. I WOULD LIKE A CENTER THAT SAYS WELCOME BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO TOOK ENGLISH CLASSES IN THE PAST KNOW THE LOCATION AND IT'S CENTER TO NORTH AND SOUTH COUNTY. THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. THE WELCOME CENTER, THE EDUCATION CENTER AND DEFINITELY LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL POOL. THANK YOU. >> MR. FERGUSON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. QUESTION FOR SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, I GUESS -- CEO SANCHEZ THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WHAT THE PLAN IS OUT AT WEST TECH. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, I THOUGHT I HEARD MR. SANCHEZ SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROGRAMS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE GLADES? DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? >> NO, SIR. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, CROSSROADS ACADEMY, ONE OF OUR ALTERNATIVE SITES LED BY MRS. HOWARD, SHE'S DONE A GOOD JOB, THAT CAMPUS IS CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF MODULAR BUILDINGS. IT'S NOT LIKE OUR TRADITIONAL CAMPUS. >> YES, SIR. >> AND GIVEN THE POP PARTICULARITY OF THE PROGRAM AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD TALKED ABOUT IN YEARS PAST AS FAR AS WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION OR DIFFERENT CHOICE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE MORE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WE SEE A POTENTIAL GOOD MARRIAGE HERE WHERE WE THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH LAND ON THE WEST TECH CAMPUS TO BUILD A NEW CROSSROADS ACADEMY THERE, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND WE COULD SHARE THOSE PROGRAMS WITH BOTH THE WEST TEXAS STUDENTS AND THE CROSSROADS ACADEMY STUDENTS. I THINK IT COMPLEMENTS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH HISTORIC ROOSEVELT AND CARVER AND OUT WEST THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION FOR KIDS. >> I THINK THAT'S A SMART APPROACH AND I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT PLAN. AS FAR AS THE ADULT ED CENTER ON MILITARY ROAD AND WEST PALM BEACH, I'M ASSUMING THAT IF WE SEARCH RARELY OR FROM A LONG-TERM STANDPOINT USE THAT AS KIND OF A TRAINING GROUND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE CHARGING OUR SISTER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE SITE, CORRECT. >> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE REALLY WANT TONE COURAGE THE TRAINING AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO COLLABORATION. IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND WE DO TRAIN TOGETHER OVER THE SUMMER. WE BRING THE FBI IN. THE CHIEF BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION AND ASKED SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR HANDS ON TRAINING TO SIMULATE ACTIONS ON VARIOUS EMERGENCY ALSO AND CARRY OUT SERVICES IN THE SCHOOL SETTING. I DON'T THINK WE'RE ANTICIPATING MAKING MONEY BUT HAVE THE VENUE. THE MORE WE WORK WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THE MORE IT WILL BENEFIT US AND PREPARE US FOR A CRISIS SITUATION. >> I'M IGNORANT OF THE NORMAL PROCESS SO I'LL ASK THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. IF I WERE -- AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST FOR CHIEF MOONEY -- IF I WERE AN OFFICER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I WANTED TO GO UP TO THE FBI HEADQUARTERS WHICH I BELIEVE WERE IN VIRGINIA FOR SOME SORT OF TRAINING, IS THE FBI INVITING ME UP THERE FREE OF COST? >> OKAY, I'M GETTING A NOD IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FROM CHIEF MOONEY THAT, YES. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY HIGH BAR TO GET INVITED TO QUAN AT QUANTICO. >> I WAS WONDERING AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WOULD THE HOST ORGANIZATION CHARGE ME FOR PARTICIPATING IN SAID PROGRAM? >> I'M NOT EVEN AWARE OF ALL THE POTENTIAL PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND SOME MAY CARRY COSTS, OTHERS MAY NOT. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO JUST TO ENRICH THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER BUT TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENTS TO SEND TEAMS TO HAVE PEOPLE SO THAT WE'RE TRAINING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE THAT MAY BE ASKED TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. WE CARRY OUR BADGES, IF WE CLICK EMERGENCY SEVERAL TIMES, THE CALVARY IS COMING. IT'S TIED TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE WORK HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BLUEPRINTS OF OUR BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE BADGES TO ACCESS THE BUILDINGS, AND I SEE THIS IS ONE MORE MEASURE TO TRAIN TOGETHER. IT'S HAPPENED ON OCCASION. WE'VE DONE EVENTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS OVER THE SUMMER WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT AND WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CAMPUSES TO DO LARGE SCALE TRAINING. THIS WOULD BE A FACILITY TO RAIN ROUTINELY WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. WITH 39 MUNICIPALITIES, THEY DON'T ALL HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE THE SHERIFF TO COVER A GOOD PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT -- AND THEN YOU JUST LOOK AT OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE COUNTY WITH OVER 2OFF 5 SWORN OFFICERS. THE ONLY AGENCY BIGGER THAN US IS THE PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE. EVEN THE DEMAND FROM THE INTERNAL DEMAND IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. >> SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, THE QUESTION MAY HAVE BEEN POSED IN OUR FLEET. IN ANY EVENT, I WOULD LIKE IF POSSIBLE FOR CHIEF MOONEY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DIALOGUE, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT BECAUSE I'M NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT -- AND I SAID -- I GUESS IT'S QUANTICO -- IF I WERE AN EMPLOYEE HERE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A PBSO SHERIFF AND WENT TO QUANTICO, THE PROGRAM I'M PARTICIPATING IN, WOULD THERE BE A COST FOR MY PARENT ORGANIZATION PAY IN ORDER FOR ME TO ATTEND? >> I'M GOING TO ASK CHIEF MOONEY TO HELP US FIGURE IT OUT. I KNOW WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE FBI TRAINING PROGRAM. I'LL ASK CHIEF MOONEY TO SHARE WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE HE MIGHT HAVE. >> VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH THE BUDGET TEAM. [ LAUGHTER ] IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. THE FBI ACADEMY, THAT'S INVITATION ONLY, AND WE WOULD PAY THE COST OF THE PRAVL
 TRT ONCE YOU'RE THERE THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED THROUGH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. THERE ARE SOME TRAININGS THAT OCCUR UP IN GLENCO, GEORGIA, SOME TRAININGS YOU PAY FOR, SOME YOU DON'T. DEPENDS. THERE'S MUTUAL AID BETWEEN AGENCIES. SOMETIMES YOU'RE OFFERING A SITE FOR FREE AND AN ORGANIZATION P WILL BRING A TRAINING TO THAT SITE. THEY MIGHT CHARGE OTHER PEOPLE BUT YOU GET IT FOR FREE BECAUSE YOU'RE HOSTING IT. SOME OF IT'S FREE, SOME NOT. NO CLEAR ANSWER. SOMETIMES IT'S FREE, SOMETIMES NOT. >> IT IS A CLEAR ANSWER FOR ME. YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK TO MONETIZE OUR SITES WHENEVER POSSIBLE. HEARING C.F.O. FREDERICK SPEAK ABOUT POPULATION GROWTH BEING FLAT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND CERTAIN EMBEDDED COSTS INCREASING, WE SHOULD LOOK HOW TO MONETIZE AND MAXIMIZE ANY PROPERTY WE HAVE. WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING THEM AND I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD REMAIN STAGNANT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN ANSWER BUT I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE I'M NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BECAUSE I TEND TO MAKE AN ASS OF MYSELF AND YOU AS WELL. SO ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, SUPERINTENDENT BURKE. REGARDING ACADEMIES, YOU AWARE OF ANY SPORTS CAD THINKS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSTED AT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MY PART OF THE STATE OR COUNTRY? >> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I'M AWARE OF AN INTERNAL PROPOSAL OF ONE OF OUR OWN SCHOOLS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO A PORTS MANAGEMENT TYPE CHOICE PROGRAM. >> SPORTS MANAGEMENT. OKAY. >> I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND WORK WITH MR. TIERNEY AND THE TEAM TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE. WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REVIEW OF OUR CHOICE PROGRAMS AND PART OF THAT IS TO SEE WHICH OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE THRIVING, WHICH ONES REMAIN, LIKE, ON POINT FOR WHERE THE JOB DEMANDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AND WHICH ONES MIGHT NEED TO BE RETOOLED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD WORK INTO THAT ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THERE'S THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE MAY BE MISSING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. >> MAY BE A SQUARE PEG TRYING TO GO INTO A ROUND HOLE BUT I'LL STILL PRESENT IT FOR YOUR TEAM TO CONSIDER, THE PARK, WEST PALM BEACH'S GOLF COURSE IS TOP SHELF, ONE OF THE BEST COURSES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ADJACENT TO FOREST HILL. I NEVER HEARD OF A SPORTS ASKED MY, PER SE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE SAY A GOLF ACADEMY AT FOREST HILL, HAVE THEM DOING SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST THREE ROUND OF GOLF EVERY DAY, BUT HAVING A TYPE PROGRAM AT FOREST HILL, ADJACENT TO THE GOLF ACADEMY, AND MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENTS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONFERENCES MYSELF IN THESE FIRST TWO-PLUS YEARS BUT OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T SEEN OR KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT, AGAIN, MY WHOLE THING IS FROM WHAT YOU AND MR. 
 HAMO ME IN THE FIRST YEARS IS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE BEST CHOICE. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT LIVES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO A PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOL IN MOST SITUATIONS. YOU NEED TO BE HERE IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY DISTRICT. I CAN HIT A GOLF
. I WAND TO SEE IF IT'S VIABLE IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE OR FOUR YEARS. I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK IN TIME AND GET INTO THAT. >> THE INL INVESTMENT THE BOARD HAS BEEN MAKING INTO ATHLETICS AND THE BAND PROGRAMS, THAT'S PART OF BEING THE BEST CHOICE, AS WE REVIEW THE BEST CHOICE PROGRAMS, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES. THE I.M.G. ACADEMY OVER THERE ON THE WEST COAST HAS A HEAVY SPORTS EMPHASIS. >> SINCE THEY'RE SIPHONING OFF OUR MONEY, MAYBE WE CAN SIPHON OFF THEIR TALENT AND HAVE THEM COME TO FOREST HILL. >> THAT'S SOMETHING TO WORK ON. >> MR. LANE. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILOR, A VERY GOOD IDEA. SECOND OF ALL, AS FAR AS SHARING SPACE, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY OF PALM PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS A FIRST RATE TRAINING FACILITY AND WE SHARE IT WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. IT CREATES A LOT OF GOOD WILL. THEY SHARE GREAT IDEAS AND THEY ARE MUTUAL SUPPORT BETWEEN OUR POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. IT CREATES A NICE, COHESIVE UNIT. I ASSUME THE CHIEF HAS PROBABLY UTILIZED THE FACILITY. IT'S FANTASTIC. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SEEMS TO BE THE NUMBER TODAY. I THINK WE'RE ALLOWED. WE GET THREE. IF YOU GO OVER FOUR, NOBODY SPEAKS TO YOU FOR A WEEK. NUMBER ONE, NORTH COUNTY AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? >> IT'S UNDER NEW SCHOOLS ON PAGE 16. >> YEAH, THAT'S THE SCRIPTS AREA. >> CENTRAL BOULEVARD. >> OKAY. SECOND OF ALL, JUPITER, THE AUDITORIUM, WHEN WOULD YOU BE DOING THAT? >> YEAH, I THINK THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THAT WOULD BE AROUND 2- TO 3 MILLION, AND I THINK THE PROJECT WILL COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT, MAYBE TWICE AS MUCH. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL COME FROM BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT. >> THE THIRD REQUEST COMES FROM FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARCUS AND ALSO THE PERSON WHO SAT IN MY SEAT, FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BARBARA McQUINN. THE SCOREBOARD AT PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, I HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY TIME I GO TO A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING. >> WE'RE REPLACING A NUMBER OF THE SCOREBOARD AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THEM WE'RE PLANNING ON REPLACING AS WELL. >> THEY'LL WANT TO KNOW BY WHEN. >> I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. >> I HAVE A CHAMBER BREAKFAST COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY. >> I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS AND NOT A LOT OF MONEY, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE FROM MR. BURKE. I TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD, SECOND BY MRS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BRINGS US, BOARD MEMBERS, TO OUR SPECIAL MEETING. CAN WE PLOW THROUGH OR DO YOU NEED A FEW MINUTES? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PLOW THROUGH. I'M NOW GOING TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:02 P.M. THIS RECORDS SHOULD REFLECT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM WITH SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. [ APPLAUSE ] GOOD JOB. ALSO JOINING US IS SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL BURKE, SHEEN BERNARD, THERESA MICHAEL AND TONY SINCLAIR. SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL JOIN US PERIODICALLY AS DIRECT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES ON OUR AGENDA. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTIONED BY MS. WHITFIELD, SECONDED BY MR. LANE. DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. TODAY, ALMOST TONIGHT, I ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TO ADD FOR GOOD CAUSE. I AM ADDING BRD3,- 4- 5- 6 OHMS 7- AND 8. GOOD CAUSE EXIST TO ADD BOARD AGENDA ITEMS BRD3,- 4,- 5,- 6,- 7-, 8, FOR BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL TO TALLAHASSEE MARCH 4 AND 5, 2025, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH DISTRICT 6.5 REGARDING MOST ECONOMIC AND EFFICIENT TRAVEL AND CONSIDERING THE WELL ATTENDED NATURE OF THIS EVENT IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE ADVANCED TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WITHDRAW? >> NO. >> MADAM CHAIR. >> BOARD MEMBERS, ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT? SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW TAKE ACTUALLY A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY MRS. WHITFIELD, SECONDED BY MS. FERGUSON. [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES. ANY DISCLOSURES AND ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE, BRINGS US TO SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >> TWO COMMENTS THIS EVENING. FIRST, REMINDING EVERYBODY ON MONDAY WE CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY. ALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED. WE ENCOURAGE ALOF YOU TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY AND REFLECT ON DR. KING 'S LEGACY. TO BRAG A BIT, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR GRADUATION RATES RECENTLY RELEASED BY THE FLAT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE HIT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. OUR DISTRICT OPERATED SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE AT 95.5% UP .8% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. SEVERAL SCHOOLS HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. WE HAD SIX SCHOOLS THAT HAD 100% GRADUATION RATE, WHICH IS PERFECT. OLYMPIC HEIGHTS, SPANISH RIVER, SUN COAST, VILLAGE ACADEMY. ROYAL PALM SCHOOL AND PALM BEACH VIRTUAL. AND ANOTHER FOUR SCHOOLS AT 99% GRADUATION RATE, INCLUDING ALEXANDER W. DRIVERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, LAKE WORTH, LAKE WELLINGTON, WEST BOCA
 BOCA R. WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD A LOT OF DETAILED RESULTS AND A LOT OF GOOD NEWS. OUR ELL STUDENTS WENT UP 7% WITH THE GRADUATION RATE. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE WIN FOR TEAM PALM BEACH. WE LOOK AT OUR GRADUATES, THAT'S THE END PRODUCT. THE CLASS OF 20 MADE US ALL PROUD AND EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PRE-K TEACHER ALL THE WAY TO THE SENIOR TWELFTH GRADE TEACHER AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. CONGRATULATING OUR TEAM ON THE GREAT WORK AND WE WORK HARD TO DO BET WERE THE CLASS OF 2025. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. >> WE'LL MOVE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND START WITH MR. LANE. >> I RESERVE MY COMMENTS TILL OUR BOARD MEETING. >> MS. SAVIETTO. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'LL SAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK. I WANT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY THAT MY MOBILE OFFICE HOURS ON MY OWN TIME DO NOT COST TO THE DISTRICT WILL BE MONDAY JANUARY 27 FROM 5:00 TO 6:30 AND MONDAY FEBRUARY 24 THE SAME TIME. AND I WANT TO THANK GREEN ACRES FIRE RESCUE CHIEF BRIAN FULLER FOR ALLOWING ME TO USE THEIR FACILITY JUST TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO WHOEVER WANTS TO COME AND TALK TO ME, AND THAT HIS FIRE STATION IS TENTH AVENUE AND JOG ROAD. I WANT TO REMIND PARENTS THAT ON JANUARY 31 THE SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAM REGISTRATION CLOSES. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MRS. AIR MRS. AIR
 ARDINA. ONE MORE SCHOOL PARENT THAT'S EXCITED. ANXIOUS. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB FOR OUR SPANISH COMMUNITY. I WANT TO SAY THIS IN SPANISH -- [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] SO, AGAIN, I JUST REMINDED THE PARENTS THAT THEY HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 31 TO REGISTER THEIR KID IF THEY'RE IN EIGHTH GRADE AND WANT TO GO TO A HIGH SCHOOL OUTSIDE THEIR DISTRICT. SO, AGAIN, EXCITED TO BE HERE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU. MS. BRANCH. NO? MR. FERGUSON. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE STATE ATTORNEY ALEXIA COX. WENT TO HER THIRD SWEARING IN CEREMONY IN WEST PALM BEACH. SHE'S OFF TO A GREAT START, COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS, SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY WELCOME STATE ATTORNEY COX TO YOUR NEW ROLE AS OUR STATE ATTORNEY HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. I ALSO WANT TO WISH A HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY TO THE GREAT WOMEN OF DELTA SIGMA THETA. FOUNDERS DAY IS ON MY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 13. A GREAT ORGANIZATION. WISH YOU ALL CONTINUED SUCCESS IN YOUR ENDEAVORS. ALSO, TODAY IS THE FOUNDERS DAY FOR ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. I BELIEVE OUR LEAD COUNCIL HAPPENS TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION. DR. GLENNDA SHEFFIELD, MY AUNT, STARTED A NEW ROLE AS A SUPERINTENDENT IN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, SO WE WISH YOU WELL, DR. SHEFFIELD. GONE BUT DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN. TO THIS POINT, I WELCOME MS. BISHOP. I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND BASED ON THE ACCOUNT I'VE RECEIVED FROM SUPERINTENDENT BURKE, I FULLY EXPECT YOU TO DO AN AMAZING JOB AND PICK UP RIGHT WHERE DR. SHEFFIELD LEFT OFF SO WELCOME. FOR PERSONS INQUIRING ABOUT OUR MONTHLY COMMUNITY CLEANUP KNOWN AS PROJECT UPLIFT, IT WAS PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE OUT IN THE GLADES ON THE 25th OF THIS MONTH. UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT COME TO FRUITION. HOWEVER, WE WILL BE BACK AT IT AGAIN ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY IN FEBRUARY, MEETING AT THE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SITE. CLEANUP TIME STARTS AT 8:00. THAT FLYER WILL GET CIRCULATED SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. I GUESS SIMILAR TO BOARD MEMBER LANE I RESERVE MY REMAINING COMMENTS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. >> IS TODAY YOUR BIRTHDAY? >> NO, JANUARY 13th WAS MY BIRTHDAY. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> LET'S LOOK AT MY FLOWERS! THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY HAPPY BELATED BY THE DAY AND SAY I WILL NOT ASK YOU OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC HOW OLD YOU ARE. >> IT'S KNOWN IN THE PUBLIC. >> SO, NOW WE'LL GO TO VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. >> THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. (I
I LOVE WHAT WE DO HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PRESENTATION AT CRESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL A FEW DAYS AGO AND I WAS HONORED TO ATTEND. IT WAS WONDERFUL. WHEN STUDENTS SEE A SURVIVOR, THEIR EYES LIGHT UP. THEY WANT TO HEAR. I HAVE A THANK YOU TO ROSETTE GOLDSTEIN AND MARY ECSTEIN FOR SHARING THEIR STORY WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT CRESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HONOR DR. CAMPBELL FOR HIS WORK ON THE HOLOCAUST. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THERE, EVERY TIME I AND THE CHILDREN HEAR THE STORIES, THEY SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME WE WILL NEVER FORGET AND DO OUR BEST TO ALWAYS BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. WE CAN NEVER REPEAT THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE. AND JUST RECENTLY WE HAD OUR FIRST THANK A TEACHER AT PIONEER PARK FOR THE BRAND-NEW YEAR. I WAS OUT THERE TO SEE MS. SHATOYA PETWAY AT PIONEER PARK. SHE'S A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND WE GREW HER. SHE'S ONE OF OUR OWN. THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER LOVE HER SO MUCH. SHE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION FROM HER PEERS. THEY LOVE HER THERE. SHE'S A LITTLE BITTY TEACHER AND HAS A BIG HEART FOR KINDERGARTEN AND AWARDED MULTIPLE TIMES AT PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A LEADER. SHE RECEIVED A $350 CHECK FROM FLORIDA HCA PALMS WEST HOSPITAL. HOORAY FOR HER. I HOPE WE HAD SOME OF THE PICTURES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOWED ANY, BUT SHE WAS EXCITED TO RECEIVE HER FLOWERS AND CHECK AND HER KIDS JUST LOVE HER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, SOME OF THE BOARD EMEMBERS ATTENDED A TRIP TO ATLANTIC TECH COLLEGE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AS WE LOOK AT REVITALIZING OUR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, NORTH TECH, WEST TECH, AS WELL AS DEL RAY FULL SERVICE CENTER. I GOT A CHANCE TO VISIT THERE THIS WEEK. IT'S AN AWESOME FACILITY AT DEL RAY. DR. HOWARD HEPBURN WHO IS OUR PERSON FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT IN BROWARD, HE MET US. WE HAD A TOUR. WE LEARNED A LOT. COLLABORATION MEANS EVERYTHING. AND, SO, IT WAS WONDERFUL. MR. BURKE, YOU'RE ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO CATCH THEM. I SAW IT, YOU ALL SAW IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR GOING. I'LL HAVE MORE NEXT WEEK, BUT I ONLY HAD THREE THINGS TODAY. JUST THREE THINGS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MRS. AN TRUCE. I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS BUT I'LL CLAIM IN ON ATLANTIC TECH AND BRING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF'S ATTENTION, FIRST OF ALL, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, MY SON ATTENDED THERE AND THE REASON HE ATTENDED THERE IS BECAUSE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION REFERS PALM BEACH COUNTY STUDENTS, GRADUATES, TO ATLANTIC TECH. SO AS WE BUILD OUR TECHNICAL FACILITIES, PLEASE REMEMBER OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THEY SHOULD NOT BE GRADUATING OR BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BE REFERRED TO A NEIGHBORING COUNTY. WE SHOULD BE SERVING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR DIFFERING ABILITIES. SO I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS DO NOT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTIONED BY MRS. WHITFIELD, SECONDED BY MR. LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. I NOW AM GOING TO MOVE INTO THE BOARD NEW BUSINESS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT I RECOMMEND THE BORTD APPROVE AND CONFIRM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MATTHEW JAYLEAN. EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. MOTION BY MRS. BRANCH, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR ANDREWS. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BRD4. I'M GOING TO FASTER THAN MY COMPUTER. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE AND CONFIRM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GLORIA BRANCH'S TRAVEL AS SUBMITTED AND THAT IT MEANS THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE 1001.39 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 20
 , MOTIONED BY VICE CHAIR ANDREWS, SECONDED BY MR. LANE. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BRD5, BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL FOR ANDREWS, I REMEMBER THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE AND CONFIRM. EXPWOSHED MEMBER MARSHA ANDREWS TRAVEL AS SUBMITTED MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE 100.39 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. MOTION BY MR. LANE, SECONDED BY MS. WHITFIELD. DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BR D6, ERICA WHITFIELD'S TRAVEL IS SUBMITTED AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA SPHACHED 100.39 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019. MOTION BY MR. LANE, SECOND BY MS. BRANCH. ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. BRD7, A INDEPENDENCE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR GENERAL COUNCIL, THIS CONCERNS ME. AM I SUPPOSED TO READ IT? >> YES, YOU CAN. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVE AND CONFIRM SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR KAREN BRILL'S PRAVL TRAVEL AS SUBMITTED, TRAVEL DATES MARCH 3 TO MARCH 6, 2025, MOTION BY MR. LANE, SECOND BY MS. BRANCH, ANY DISCUSSION? [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AND FINALLY BRD8, I REMEMBER THE BOARD APPROVE AND CONFIRM VIRGINIA SALVE YETO'S TRAVEL MEETING STATUTE 100..139. [ VOTING IN PROGRESS ] MOTION CARRIES NIEWMSLY. BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE MEETING. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY EVERYBODY, BUT MS. BRANCHED, SECONDED BY