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Good evening. The second public

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hearing of the School Board of

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Broward County, Florida for the

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2026 2027 millage and budget is

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now called to order. Our

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primary focus is to create a

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safe and productive environment

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for all participants. Please be

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reminded of the exit doors that

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are clearly marked for

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emergency exiting while while

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in the board room, refrain from

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obstructing the exit doors. All

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attendees must occupy a seat

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with the exception of media.

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Once the board room is reached,

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its seating capacity attendees

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will be directed to a

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designated overflow space,

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which is located in the area

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adjacent to the vending

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machines. If the fire alarm

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sounds, exit the room calmly

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continue outside the building

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and remain there until

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authorities give clearance to

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return. Thank you for your

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cooperation. All please rise

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for the Pledge of Allegiance to

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the flag of the United States

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of America.

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>> Allegiance to the flag of

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the United States of America,

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and to the Republic for which

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it stands. One nation under GOD,

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indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> As we prepare to begin our

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public hearing, we are reminded

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that our vision is 100%

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proficiency for all students.

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As an a rated school district,

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our vital task is to is to

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sustain this achievement. We

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will continue educating all

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students to reach their highest

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potential. Now let's write this

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next chapter together. Today's

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public hearing will operate in

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accordance with School Board

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Policy 1020, and the board will

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review the items as advertised

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and presented by the

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superintendent. The purpose of

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this meeting is for the School

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Board of Broward County,

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Florida to conduct the official

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business of the district and

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any other items the board deems

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necessary. Today, the board is

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considering the following

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business item one Adopt

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resolution 27-11 for final 2020

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627 millage rates and item two

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adopt resolution 27-115 final

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2026 2027 budget. The

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superintendent released a

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revised agenda with certain

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changes for this meeting and

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published it on the school

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district's website. The chair

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finds pursuant to section 120

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.525 Florida statutes, that

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good cause exists for such

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changes and accepts the revised

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agenda. Doctor Hepburn, are

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there any changes to the agenda?

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>> No changes. MADAM Chair.

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>> MAY I have a motion and a

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second to close the agenda?

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Move by DR. Zeman, second by

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MISS Hixon. All in favor of

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closing the agenda? Say aye.

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Any opposed? Say no. The agenda

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is now closed. We will soon

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hear from our registered public

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speakers. We ask that decorum

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be maintained in civility and

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respect, be shown during public

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comment. Our General Counsel

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will assist the chair in

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maintaining decorum during this

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period. We also want to remind

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our public speakers of the

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rules and expectations

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regarding the agenda. Public

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comment portion of the Special

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School Board meeting, as well

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as board policy. MADAM General

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Counsel, please explain the

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rules of public comment.

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>> Thank you and good evening.

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School Board Policy 1020 and is

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intended to provide input on

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the board's duties, decisions

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and the overall operation of

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the school district. The school

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board is viewpoint neutral

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during public comment per

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school board policy 1020. The

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procedures are as follows.

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city of residence and whether

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they are a lobbyist before

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beginning their remarks, all

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remarks must be directed to the

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board as a whole. The board

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will not respond to or engage

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with speakers during public

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comment, and no action will be

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taken unless the item is on the

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agenda. During the agenda

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speaking time, speakers will

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have up to three minutes per

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item and up to one minute on

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motions or amendments. The

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chair MAY adjust the order of

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speakers as deemed fit. A

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visible timer will be used in.

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The microphone will be turned

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comments to agenda items in

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this public hearing must remain

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relevant to the specific items.

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Comments MAY not address

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matters that are pending

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litigation. Quasi judicial

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proceedings, active

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investigations or

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administrative hearings,

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solicitation and lobbying

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activities must comply with

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applicable school board

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policies. Abusive language

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defined as profanity

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threatening or name calling is

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prohibited. In addition,

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clapping, hissing, booing,

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shouting, yelling or other

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disruptions from the audience

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are not allowed. Speakers who

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fail to follow proper decorum

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in the chambers will be ruled

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out of order by the board chair.

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Failure to comply MAY result in

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the microphone being turned off

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or recess being called. After a

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warning. The chair MAY also

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direct removal from the meeting

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by law enforcement or the

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Sergeant at Arms. MADAM Chair.

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>> Thank you, MADAM General

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Counsel. The board wants to

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hear from the public, and we

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appreciate your cooperation in

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maintaining a respectful,

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orderly and productive meeting

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environment. When it is time

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for public speakers, I will

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call the first speaker to the

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podium, and I will likely call

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five names at a time so you can

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line up behind the podium with

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the speaker at the mic, so we

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can move through public comment

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efficiently. So please line up

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behind the podium with one

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person at the podium at a time,

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and then the line of the rest

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of the speakers behind them.

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Please follow the staff's

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directions when lining up and

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approaching the podium. When

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your allotted time is up,

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please yield the mic and exit

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the podium and follow staff's

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direction. This evening, the

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board is considering the

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following business item one

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resolution adopting final

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millage rates. Item two

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resolution adopting the 2627

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budget. And before I ask for a

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motion on item one, I just want

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to remind our board members who

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are online to please either

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text me or the superintendent

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if you'd like to speak, so I

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can add you to the list. And

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without objection, since our

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Vice Chair is not here tonight,

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I'd like to designate MISS

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Hixon as Vice Chair. All right.

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Could I get a motion in a

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second? Bringing item one to

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the table. Move by MISS

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Thompson, seconded by MISS

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Hixon to bring item one to the

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table. So I just want to

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welcome everyone to the second

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and final public hearing for

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the 2627 millage rates and

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budget. This hearing is the

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final step in the district's

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annual budget adoption process

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and provides an opportunity for

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the board, district staff and

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the community to review the

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proposed final financial plan

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and hear the public input for

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prior to final action this

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evening, the School Board will

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consider the adoption of the

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final millage rates and the

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final 2627 budget. These

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actions complete the required

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truth in millage or trim and

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budget adoption process for the

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year. I now turn it over to the

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superintendent, who will give a

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brief overview of the budget.

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>> Thank you, MADAM Chair, and

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good evening. Welcome to our

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board members, staff, families,

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community members and all those

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joining us this evening.

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Tonight, I'm presenting the

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2627 final millage rates and

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final budget for the school

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board's consideration and

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adoption. This budget continues

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to support our core priorities,

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strong academic outcomes, safe

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andecure schools, high

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quality instruction, student

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services, and a workforce that

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makes that possible. Our

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students and schools continue

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to achieve exceptional results.

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For the third consecutive year,

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Broward County Public Schools

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has earned an a district rating

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along with strong academic

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performance and outstanding

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graduation outcomes. These

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achievements reflect the hard

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work and commitment of our

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students. Educators, school

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leaders, support staff,

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families, and community, and

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they reinforce why our

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financial decisions must remain

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focused on protecting the

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classrooms and the learning

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environment at this time. I'll

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turn it over to the budget team

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to answer any questions that

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the board MAY have.

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>> And thank you and good

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evening. Task assigned. Chief

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Financial Officer Omar Shim.

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And beside me, I have Jeff

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Whitney, who's assistant

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director of budget, and I have

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budget staff here also. I'd

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really like to thank them for

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all the hard work they've done

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this year. So I'll briefly

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review the budget and the final

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millage rates being presented

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for adoption this evening. And

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again, I'd like to thank the

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board for their feedback. Last

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week when we discussed the

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budget. Tonight's's preseseation

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proves the financial

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informioio supportrtg g the

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boboard's for for theoaoard's

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consideration of the 2020 627

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millage rates and the budget,

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we'll review the general fund

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budget, final millage rates,

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the total budget and the key

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financial consideration,

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including risks and

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opportunities in this budget.

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This slide shows the proposed

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general fund budget totaling

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approximately $3.5 billion. And

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when you account for the fund

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balance and internal transfers,

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the amount for new general fund

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revenue is 3 billion. This

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includes 568 million for

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charter schools and 377 million

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for family empowerment

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scholarship, otherwise known as

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fees, so that totals 945

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million, which is 31 point, I'm

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sorry, 31% of the of new

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funding, 2.1 billion, or 69% is

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for district run schools. So

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it's important to see that

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growth in the overall general

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fund does not necessarily mean

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that additional resources are

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available for district operated

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schools. At first glance, the

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total general fund resources

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increased by $49.8 million. You

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can also see that this year's

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revenues rely more on local

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property taxes and less on

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state revenues. This

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appropriation district

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appropriations are declining by

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approximately $45 million, so

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this decline also includes

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funding for the required

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commitment. Of the funds are

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11.8 million. So if removed,

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combined with the $45 million

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reduction, it only it leaves

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$57 million less for other

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district priorities. Year to

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year charter schools and fees

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funding increased by 12.7

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million and 51 million,

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respectively. So the key point

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is that revenues available to

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support district operations is

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declining as enrollment

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declines, even though the total

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general fund appears larger,

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district schools, unweighted

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FTEs declined by more than

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11,300 students, while the fees

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increased by more than 6200.

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Fte. Next slide. This slide

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shows where funding is

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allocated in the budget. School

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appropriations increased by

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approximately $28 million, with

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the high schools increased to

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meet the needs of programs and

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to support the scheduling

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requirements. Other costs

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increased by which which would

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be the operational costs

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increased by 29 million, but

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this includes $41 million

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increase for facility and

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maintenance fund funded by

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capital transfer, while other

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costs associated with operating

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schools show an overall

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decrease. Appropriations for

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divisions decreased by

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approximately $22 million.

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District operating budgets

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increased by approximately 36

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million. But this. This is

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supported by the increase in

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capital transfer for facility

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funding. As mentioned, the

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available fund balance

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decreased by approximately $50

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million, leaving district

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operated, district operating

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resources, including fund

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balance about 14 million lower

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than last year. Our ending fund

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balance is projected to be

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156.6 million. The assigned and

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unassigned portion is 84.4

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million, which is 3.5% of

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revenues. This is above the

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state's minimum 3% minimum 3.5

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is only about 11 million, above

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the 3% 1% increase in fund fund

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balance equates to $25 million

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to get from 3.5% to 5% in the

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current fund balance policy, it

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would cost approximately 36

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million at only 3.5%. Fund

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balance. We're entering the new

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fiscal year with a

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significantly smaller financial

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cushion. The total property tax

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revenue is about 2.23. Billion.

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Operating capital referendum

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and debt service details are

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shown on on this slide. And the

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next slide. So this this slide

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shows the the rollback rate the

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millage rate that would

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generate approximately the same

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property tax revenues as the

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prior year, excluding new

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construction. So it's 3.38%

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above the rollback rate.

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Increase to the overall

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rollback rate was driven by

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taxable value growth. So

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basically the property values

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grew in their overall value to

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include debt. The total debt

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including the total millage

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rate including debt is 6.4527,

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which is less than last year's

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millage rate. This slide shows

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the total budget, including all

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funds. And after fees and

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interfund transfer adjustments.

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It's approximately 4.7 billion,

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including all funds. This is

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the budget that's presented for

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adoption. Now on this slide. It

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shows some of the risks that we

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discussed last week, with the

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largest immediate risk

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continuing to be enrollment,

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approximately 1000 unweighted

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fte equates to roughly $10

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million in funding. So

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continued enrollment losses can

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quickly create a meaningful

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revenue shortfall. And we know

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we're looking up to the next

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state report that provides us

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the third calculation and could

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have potential changes to our

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revenues. Other assumptions

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built into the budget also

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carry risks, including

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anticipated savings, salary

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lapse and operational

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efficiencies, unplanned costs

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or new funding requirements

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could add further pressure.

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Many of the district's costs

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are fixed and cannot be reduced

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quickly enough to fully offset

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a sudden revenue loss, such as

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the third calculations. Because

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when the state provides that,

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they basically just reduce our

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our revenues. If these pressure

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materializes without

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corresponding reductions, the

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fund balance would be impacted

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and we would be at risk of

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state restrictions. Several

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opportunities have been

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identified. As we discussed

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last week, where additional

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savings are possible. These are

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preliminary ranges and

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shouldn't be viewed as

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guaranteed savings. The largest

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potential range comes from

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continued central office

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vacancy management and through

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our hiring freeze and other

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opportunities include health

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care efficiencies, contracted

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services, travel and purchasing

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restrictions, and our and

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program adjustments. So note

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that the savings related to

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changes in employment insurance

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premiums payments are already

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factored into the budget. The

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estimates for the insurance the

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health care relate to the glp

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one weight loss, prescription

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drugs, and any potential

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savings that we get from the

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people. One contract that we

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approved together, the

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preliminary range is

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approximately 15.2 million to

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52 million. So the next steps

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are we're recommending that the

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board adopt the final millage

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rate, adopt the $4.7 billion

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final budget, continue to take

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steps to minimize financial

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risk while protecting

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classrooms and the learning

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environment. We'll create a. We

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will create opportunities by

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pursuing sustainable cost

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reductions and operational

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efficiencies. And as we

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mentioned in the beginning,

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we'll provide the board monthly

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updates on the budget and. And

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since the budget is fluid, we

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will amend the budget as it

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changes or as we're directed by

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the board. This concludes my

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presentation. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. We will now take

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public comment on item one,

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which is resolution adopting

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final millage rates. Again,

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I'll read five names at a time.

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Please line up behind the

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podium when the timer goes off.

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When your time is up, please

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exit and follow the direction

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of staff. So I have Amy Edelman,

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Liliana Ruido, Amos Armstrong,

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Samuel Hull and Yvonne Moniz.

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>> Amy Edelman, Contrails

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Elementary. Well, I didn't see

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any line in there about teacher

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raises, so that's very

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disappointing. MR. Howard.

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Superintendent trying to do a

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better job, I see, but I have

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some board members up there

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that I remember voting that

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really nice package for Doctor

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Runcie and giving him all that

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money at the end. So my point

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is, why do the teachers have to

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suffer? I was supposed to be a

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top salary when my son finished

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college. He's way, way out of

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college. I'm nowhere near that.

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I mean, the thought of retiring

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is very difficult. I'm just one

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of a whole entire staff that

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feels defeated, deflated. But

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we had a meeting the other day.

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It was just. Yeah. And the yeah,

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the class sizes are getting

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higher. People are walking in

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and out of my staff's rooms

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every five seconds with the

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premise that. They're just

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coming in to help. It would

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help if we had more staff in

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our schools, and it would also

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help if we had a raise. So

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think about that. I didn't see

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anything. That's great. But the

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thing is, is that. I didn't ask

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everybody to spend to send them

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away with thousands and

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thousands of dollars. The last

579
00:20:59,816 --> 00:21:01,584
three superintendents, I can't

580
00:21:01,584 --> 00:21:03,353
even remember two of their

581
00:21:03,353 --> 00:21:05,155
names. That's how quickly they

582
00:21:05,155 --> 00:21:07,257
came and gone. But they came

583
00:21:07,257 --> 00:21:08,792
and gone with so much money at

584
00:21:08,792 --> 00:21:12,392
the end that it's not even

585
00:21:12,461 --> 00:21:14,861
funny. Except that we're

586
00:21:14,898 --> 00:21:17,340
suffering for it. So when you

587
00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:19,635
think about us, I would like to

588
00:21:19,635 --> 00:21:21,671
hold you to giving us that

589
00:21:21,671 --> 00:21:25,750
raise this year. I'd like to

590
00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:27,110
have my going out salary at a

591
00:21:27,110 --> 00:21:30,347
point where when I go to Social

592
00:21:30,347 --> 00:21:33,884
Security and I go to get my

593
00:21:33,884 --> 00:21:36,553
pension. That they could tell

594
00:21:36,553 --> 00:21:38,288
me that I could actually live

595
00:21:38,288 --> 00:21:40,457
and go to the supermarket,

596
00:21:40,457 --> 00:21:42,426
which is outrageous, and buy

597
00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:44,610
food for myself to eat. And

598
00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:46,529
it's not funny and I'm not

599
00:21:46,529 --> 00:21:49,433
making it up. This is how the

600
00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:51,235
teachers feel, especially in my

601
00:21:51,235 --> 00:21:53,804
school. They don't. They can't

602
00:21:53,804 --> 00:21:56,600
even lift their head every

603
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,209
single day. I asked them to

604
00:21:59,209 --> 00:22:01,440
spend five minutes at a bcu

605
00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,547
meeting. After the meeting the

606
00:22:03,547 --> 00:22:05,415
other day, and three quarters

607
00:22:05,415 --> 00:22:06,750
of them got up and left. They

608
00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:09,750
just walked out because they

609
00:22:10,721 --> 00:22:13,224
can't even handle listening to

610
00:22:13,224 --> 00:22:16,127
me talking about two specific

611
00:22:16,127 --> 00:22:18,262
things, because they were just

612
00:22:18,262 --> 00:22:20,262
deflated. That's it.

613
00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:25,330
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

614
00:22:25,535 --> 00:22:26,871
>> My name is Sam Hull. I am a

615
00:22:26,871 --> 00:22:28,673
product of the Broward County

616
00:22:28,673 --> 00:22:30,173
Public school system as an

617
00:22:30,173 --> 00:22:31,609
individual, but also now as a

618
00:22:31,609 --> 00:22:34,144
teacher. As testament to this,

619
00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:35,913
I even work in the same room. I

620
00:22:35,913 --> 00:22:38,115
learned it in fourth grade. So

621
00:22:38,115 --> 00:22:40,618
it's very full circle. I'm here

622
00:22:40,618 --> 00:22:43,921
to show just how important that

623
00:22:43,921 --> 00:22:46,900
4% is. I make roughly $50,000,

624
00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:47,910
and 4% of that is roughly 2000.

625
00:22:47,910 --> 00:22:48,659
I've been living with my

626
00:22:48,659 --> 00:22:49,760
parents for the past few years

627
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,562
because I was not able to

628
00:22:51,562 --> 00:22:52,797
afford an apartment. I finally

629
00:22:52,797 --> 00:22:54,699
hit a point where I was like,

630
00:22:54,699 --> 00:22:56,567
well, I guess I can sort of

631
00:22:56,567 --> 00:22:57,734
afford it, so I'll do it.

632
00:22:57,734 --> 00:22:58,936
$2,000 is one full month of

633
00:22:58,936 --> 00:23:00,671
rent for me, essentially, right?

634
00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:02,572
So I'm not really asking for

635
00:23:02,572 --> 00:23:03,708
much at all. Not just me, but

636
00:23:03,708 --> 00:23:05,575
all people here. And I think

637
00:23:05,575 --> 00:23:06,678
that's the issue that we have

638
00:23:06,678 --> 00:23:07,912
that we're not asking for a

639
00:23:07,912 --> 00:23:09,647
whole lot amount. We're simply

640
00:23:09,647 --> 00:23:12,917
asking for a month worse, one a

641
00:23:12,917 --> 00:23:15,787
month worth of rent. I say that

642
00:23:15,787 --> 00:23:16,988
because it's not just the rent

643
00:23:16,988 --> 00:23:18,690
itself. It's the amount of time

644
00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:20,191
that I can put towards any

645
00:23:20,191 --> 00:23:21,226
individual student. So if I'm

646
00:23:21,226 --> 00:23:22,794
sitting there worrying about

647
00:23:22,794 --> 00:23:23,961
whether or not I'm going to

648
00:23:23,961 --> 00:23:25,163
make that next month rent, or

649
00:23:25,163 --> 00:23:26,865
at least comfortably make it,

650
00:23:26,865 --> 00:23:28,800
then that just siphons away the

651
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:29,901
time that I can be spending on

652
00:23:29,901 --> 00:23:31,769
dwelling on a student that

653
00:23:31,769 --> 00:23:33,370
needs it. I now have four more

654
00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:34,939
students in my two classes that

655
00:23:34,939 --> 00:23:36,875
I worry about as a 4 or 5 math

656
00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:38,760
and science teacher, than I did

657
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,944
when I started teaching three

658
00:23:39,944 --> 00:23:42,460
and a half years ago. So again,

659
00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:43,213
for MAY, you might be able to

660
00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:45,150
say it's not that much, just

661
00:23:45,150 --> 00:23:46,985
like another $1,800 or 2000 is

662
00:23:46,985 --> 00:23:48,186
not that much for a month of

663
00:23:48,186 --> 00:23:49,387
rent, but everything counts.

664
00:23:49,387 --> 00:23:51,220
And it's hitting a point where

665
00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:52,857
all these little, little

666
00:23:52,857 --> 00:23:54,626
everything things that pile

667
00:23:54,626 --> 00:23:56,270
together become a lot of things

668
00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:57,996
and it becomes a huge issue. If

669
00:23:57,996 --> 00:24:00,310
I'm wondering constantly, am I

670
00:24:00,310 --> 00:24:01,166
going to be able to buy a house

671
00:24:01,166 --> 00:24:03,680
someday? That kind of thought

672
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:04,903
has left, has left my mind. But

673
00:24:04,903 --> 00:24:06,505
at the very least, I'm hoping

674
00:24:06,505 --> 00:24:07,939
for comfortability in my life.

675
00:24:07,939 --> 00:24:09,974
I'm going to yield the rest of

676
00:24:09,974 --> 00:24:11,510
my time, but I do want to make

677
00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:13,100
it very clear that until

678
00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:14,479
teachers are prioritized, when

679
00:24:14,479 --> 00:24:16,248
there's more work being put on

680
00:24:16,248 --> 00:24:17,983
their plates, your scores are

681
00:24:17,983 --> 00:24:19,551
not going to increase the

682
00:24:19,551 --> 00:24:21,753
overall metrics that you need

683
00:24:21,753 --> 00:24:22,853
to continue your jobs and to

684
00:24:22,853 --> 00:24:24,823
continue the budget, and so on

685
00:24:24,823 --> 00:24:26,257
and so forth, will not improve.

686
00:24:26,257 --> 00:24:27,726
You have to put teachers first,

687
00:24:27,726 --> 00:24:29,861
just like you do students.

688
00:24:29,861 --> 00:24:31,861
Thank you.

689
00:24:33,232 --> 00:24:35,334
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

690
00:24:35,334 --> 00:24:38,504
>> Hi, my name is Yvonne Moniz.

691
00:24:38,504 --> 00:24:39,605
I am an Esq facilitator. I work

692
00:24:39,605 --> 00:24:41,572
at a local school right here,

693
00:24:41,572 --> 00:24:43,972
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Check

694
00:24:44,430 --> 00:24:45,777
our scores vs elementary. We're

695
00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:47,245
doing really great. 25 years of

696
00:24:47,245 --> 00:24:50,115
a. We're very proud of

697
00:24:50,115 --> 00:24:52,840
ourselves. Yes, you know who we

698
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,787
are. I know a lot of you. I've

699
00:24:54,787 --> 00:24:56,522
like campaigned in some of your

700
00:24:56,522 --> 00:24:58,357
things. I've volunteered for

701
00:24:58,357 --> 00:25:00,826
one of you for facility

702
00:25:00,826 --> 00:25:04,426
committee. I've seen you at the.

703
00:25:06,232 --> 00:25:07,867
What was that? The parade. And

704
00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:09,502
I'm here to say is we're having

705
00:25:09,502 --> 00:25:11,703
real success because I'm

706
00:25:11,703 --> 00:25:13,205
passionate about what I do,

707
00:25:13,205 --> 00:25:15,274
passionate. So I work with the

708
00:25:15,274 --> 00:25:17,430
complex learners. And you MAY

709
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:18,878
think it's silly, but we have

710
00:25:18,878 --> 00:25:20,613
movements. For all the letter

711
00:25:20,613 --> 00:25:22,181
sounds movements. When you say

712
00:25:22,181 --> 00:25:23,749
a, we have an apple when they

713
00:25:23,749 --> 00:25:25,584
are reading and they get stuck

714
00:25:25,584 --> 00:25:26,919
on f, I start fanning and they

715
00:25:26,919 --> 00:25:28,721
get it. I've got kids that go

716
00:25:28,721 --> 00:25:30,655
up into third grade and you see

717
00:25:30,655 --> 00:25:32,959
they get stuck on a letter and

718
00:25:32,959 --> 00:25:34,994
they'll start going, t t t t t

719
00:25:34,994 --> 00:25:37,630
we're having success. Love what

720
00:25:37,630 --> 00:25:39,765
I do. Passionate, love it. But

721
00:25:39,765 --> 00:25:41,367
if that referendum and that 4%

722
00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:43,369
doesn't come, I MAY not be able

723
00:25:43,369 --> 00:25:45,971
to stay here. I am so sad about

724
00:25:45,971 --> 00:25:49,408
it. It's the reality of what

725
00:25:49,408 --> 00:25:50,877
the cost is. I raised three

726
00:25:50,877 --> 00:25:52,877
children, Broward County

727
00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:56,379
schools. One was in parkland

728
00:25:56,649 --> 00:25:58,518
that fateful day. One was a

729
00:25:58,518 --> 00:26:00,620
teacher and she has left

730
00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:02,722
teaching already because she

731
00:26:02,722 --> 00:26:04,190
has to go to the private sector.

732
00:26:04,190 --> 00:26:07,126
She doesn't make enough to pay

733
00:26:07,126 --> 00:26:10,330
that rent. But I want to thank

734
00:26:10,330 --> 00:26:12,832
you for dedicating your careers

735
00:26:12,832 --> 00:26:15,768
to public service. All the

736
00:26:15,768 --> 00:26:17,536
teachers here. Thank you for

737
00:26:17,536 --> 00:26:19,936
dedicating your lives, your

738
00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:22,242
careers to public service.

739
00:26:22,242 --> 00:26:24,642
Legislators hear that often

740
00:26:24,811 --> 00:26:25,845
teachers do not. It's very

741
00:26:25,845 --> 00:26:27,981
important what we do, the

742
00:26:27,981 --> 00:26:29,115
passion that we bring, the

743
00:26:29,115 --> 00:26:30,884
passion that we continue to

744
00:26:30,884 --> 00:26:32,986
have with what we're doing. And

745
00:26:32,986 --> 00:26:37,230
we all want to stay where we're

746
00:26:37,230 --> 00:26:38,657
at. Can we all afford it? We

747
00:26:38,657 --> 00:26:41,661
all can't afford it. I'm so sad

748
00:26:41,661 --> 00:26:43,830
to say we can't. Cost of living.

749
00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:45,331
It's a difficult time. You all

750
00:26:45,331 --> 00:26:46,766
know it. You go to the grocery

751
00:26:46,766 --> 00:26:48,501
stores too. You're getting

752
00:26:48,501 --> 00:26:49,603
those Uber Eats and you're

753
00:26:49,603 --> 00:26:51,104
getting your groceries

754
00:26:51,104 --> 00:26:53,504
delivered. It's expensive. It's

755
00:26:54,307 --> 00:26:56,109
getting difficult. So I'd love

756
00:26:56,109 --> 00:26:58,211
to. Please think of me. Think

757
00:26:58,211 --> 00:26:59,779
of the success I'm having with

758
00:26:59,779 --> 00:27:02,779
those complex learners. I love

759
00:27:02,883 --> 00:27:06,119
what I do, I love what the kids

760
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,554
are learning. I love how they

761
00:27:07,554 --> 00:27:10,554
respond to the movements that

762
00:27:11,391 --> 00:27:12,225
we've created. Let's continue

763
00:27:12,225 --> 00:27:13,660
the good work we're doing.

764
00:27:13,660 --> 00:27:16,263
Thank you very much for your

765
00:27:16,263 --> 00:27:17,464
time, everybody.

766
00:27:17,464 --> 00:27:19,332
>> Thank you. Next, speaker.

767
00:27:19,332 --> 00:27:21,234
And then I'm just going to read

768
00:27:21,234 --> 00:27:23,700
the final names that I have for

769
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:26,700
this specific item, the millage

770
00:27:28,809 --> 00:27:32,409
rate. So Anna Fusco, Chavez and

771
00:27:32,446 --> 00:27:33,881
Trudy Germanovich and Don

772
00:27:33,881 --> 00:27:34,614
Campbell, the rest of the

773
00:27:34,614 --> 00:27:37,140
registered public speakers I

774
00:27:37,510 --> 00:27:40,354
have are on the next item. The

775
00:27:40,354 --> 00:27:42,354
budget. Welcome.

776
00:27:42,489 --> 00:27:45,489
>> Good evening. My name is

777
00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:48,759
Amos, and I'm not here

778
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:51,999
associated with any. Party. And

779
00:27:51,999 --> 00:27:53,933
I was told to be here. I'm not

780
00:27:53,933 --> 00:27:55,970
sure if I'm in the right place

781
00:27:55,970 --> 00:27:59,730
or not, but I was told to come

782
00:27:59,730 --> 00:28:00,541
to voice my opinion. And what I

783
00:28:00,541 --> 00:28:02,143
would like to say is I was

784
00:28:02,143 --> 00:28:04,111
sitting and I was listening to

785
00:28:04,111 --> 00:28:05,547
the speaker, and he was talking

786
00:28:05,547 --> 00:28:08,547
about the proposed budget for

787
00:28:09,517 --> 00:28:11,218
next year, for 2027. Now, he

788
00:28:11,218 --> 00:28:12,386
said most of the money was

789
00:28:12,386 --> 00:28:14,154
coming from the private sector,

790
00:28:14,154 --> 00:28:15,489
which was the my issue is

791
00:28:15,489 --> 00:28:17,558
probably a lot different from

792
00:28:17,558 --> 00:28:19,560
the teachers. The issue that

793
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,950
I'm talking about now, and he

794
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:24,950
proposed that the budget for

795
00:28:24,665 --> 00:28:26,467
next year, for the 4.7, what

796
00:28:26,467 --> 00:28:28,369
trillion million dollars for

797
00:28:28,369 --> 00:28:29,704
the budget for next year was

798
00:28:29,704 --> 00:28:31,472
coming from the private sector,

799
00:28:31,472 --> 00:28:33,641
which was going to be from the

800
00:28:33,641 --> 00:28:35,760
property taxes. That's why I'm

801
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:36,977
here. I'm here for the property

802
00:28:36,977 --> 00:28:40,577
taxes. I'm here because of the

803
00:28:41,649 --> 00:28:42,650
fact that last year, this time,

804
00:28:42,650 --> 00:28:44,752
SEPTEMBER the 22nd, my mom

805
00:28:44,752 --> 00:28:47,722
passed. And when she passed,

806
00:28:47,722 --> 00:28:50,722
she had the house homesteaded

807
00:28:50,891 --> 00:28:52,459
in her name. I'm trying to

808
00:28:52,459 --> 00:28:56,590
understand how did the taxes go

809
00:28:56,664 --> 00:29:00,100
from $3,500 a year all the way

810
00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,360
up to $9,000 a year? I'm trying

811
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,605
to figure out where did a

812
00:29:04,605 --> 00:29:06,474
$5,000 increase come from to

813
00:29:06,474 --> 00:29:09,611
make my property taxes go up

814
00:29:09,611 --> 00:29:11,813
that much? Mind you, I don't

815
00:29:11,813 --> 00:29:13,810
stay out west in Coral Springs.

816
00:29:13,810 --> 00:29:15,415
I don't stay on the other side

817
00:29:15,415 --> 00:29:17,170
of 75 in Weston or Wellington.

818
00:29:17,170 --> 00:29:19,653
None of those places. I stay in

819
00:29:19,653 --> 00:29:21,122
the hood in the ghetto, and I'm

820
00:29:21,122 --> 00:29:24,580
trying to figure out how come

821
00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:25,459
my property taxes are up $5,000

822
00:29:25,459 --> 00:29:27,595
extra compared to what I'm

823
00:29:27,595 --> 00:29:29,995
already paying? Basically, what

824
00:29:30,497 --> 00:29:32,567
you guys are telelng me I I that

825
00:29:32,567 --> 00:29:33,935
you guys s are fororng m me o out o

826
00:29:33,935 --> 00:29:35,603
mymy home, that I don't bee

827
00:29:35,603 --> 00:29:37,806
ththe e fo over 30 years. The

828
00:29:37,806 --> 00:29:39,908
house is bought and paid for.

829
00:29:39,908 --> 00:29:42,770
Yes, mind you, it MAY not be

830
00:29:42,770 --> 00:29:43,545
fancy. It MAY not be a modern

831
00:29:43,545 --> 00:29:44,613
home, but. But still, though

832
00:29:44,613 --> 00:29:47,613
it's our home, something that

833
00:29:47,849 --> 00:29:51,520
we worked hard for to get. I'm

834
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:52,354
just trying to understand that

835
00:29:52,354 --> 00:29:54,540
I agree with the teachers. Yes,

836
00:29:54,540 --> 00:29:56,857
they need more pay. They need

837
00:29:56,857 --> 00:29:59,327
more money 100%. But I don't

838
00:29:59,327 --> 00:30:00,362
think they take no four point

839
00:30:00,362 --> 00:30:01,496
$7,000,000,000 trillion to get

840
00:30:01,496 --> 00:30:02,664
that, and not especially

841
00:30:02,664 --> 00:30:03,799
forcing a person out of their

842
00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:05,534
home. They don't have been

843
00:30:05,534 --> 00:30:07,636
there for over 30 years. I

844
00:30:07,636 --> 00:30:09,337
don't think that's right.

845
00:30:09,337 --> 00:30:10,806
Because somebody answer me that,

846
00:30:10,806 --> 00:30:12,700
which I know y'all can't speak,

847
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:13,875
but can y'all answer me that?

848
00:30:13,875 --> 00:30:14,943
>> Yes. And thank you for the

849
00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:16,780
comment, sir. Thank you.

850
00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:18,379
Actually, in the wrong meeting,

851
00:30:18,379 --> 00:30:20,582
this is more for the property

852
00:30:20,582 --> 00:30:23,151
appraiser. Okay. And so if you

853
00:30:23,151 --> 00:30:24,553
go to outside and stand by that

854
00:30:24,553 --> 00:30:26,880
table, I'll make sure MR.

855
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,790
Sullivan has a team member who

856
00:30:28,790 --> 00:30:30,125
can help you look that up and

857
00:30:30,125 --> 00:30:31,459
know what meeting, specific

858
00:30:31,459 --> 00:30:32,427
meeting to actually go to.

859
00:30:32,427 --> 00:30:34,229
>> Okay. Thank you.

860
00:30:34,229 --> 00:30:36,229
>> Thank you.

861
00:30:42,838 --> 00:30:45,700
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

862
00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:47,700
>> Liliana. Broward Teachers

863
00:30:48,243 --> 00:30:50,513
Union. So I was looking at the

864
00:30:50,513 --> 00:30:52,214
budget. I didn't see any

865
00:30:52,214 --> 00:30:54,614
anywhere that says teacher

866
00:30:55,384 --> 00:30:57,586
salary raise at all. So what's

867
00:30:57,586 --> 00:31:01,186
going on here? The reality here

868
00:31:02,358 --> 00:31:05,527
is if you don't see the need of

869
00:31:05,527 --> 00:31:08,397
the teachers at this time, it's

870
00:31:08,397 --> 00:31:10,666
it's a problem. Also, you don't

871
00:31:10,666 --> 00:31:12,868
stop with the amount of demands.

872
00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:15,400
Do this. Do more, more and more.

873
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,400
Not stopping. But yeah, there

874
00:31:18,139 --> 00:31:20,409
is no money for teachers. So

875
00:31:20,409 --> 00:31:22,809
it's extremely important for

876
00:31:23,579 --> 00:31:25,780
you to make a space and to

877
00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:26,649
allocate money for salary

878
00:31:26,649 --> 00:31:28,551
raises. And I'm going to tell

879
00:31:28,551 --> 00:31:30,951
you why you continue

880
00:31:31,187 --> 00:31:33,389
mistreating the teachers and

881
00:31:33,389 --> 00:31:35,424
not value them. Then it's going

882
00:31:35,424 --> 00:31:37,994
it's going to be a massive

883
00:31:37,994 --> 00:31:39,610
exodus of teachers. You don't

884
00:31:39,610 --> 00:31:41,461
appreciate them, you don't

885
00:31:43,333 --> 00:31:44,767
value them. Plus, it's just

886
00:31:44,767 --> 00:31:46,935
insane that you keep talking

887
00:31:46,935 --> 00:31:48,805
about class size. You keep

888
00:31:48,805 --> 00:31:50,339
saying about class size. Have

889
00:31:50,339 --> 00:31:53,109
you been in the schools? Have

890
00:31:53,109 --> 00:31:55,278
you been in a classroom of 60

891
00:31:55,278 --> 00:31:56,746
students? So you are condensing

892
00:31:56,746 --> 00:31:58,548
2 or 3 classrooms in one

893
00:31:58,548 --> 00:32:00,250
classroom and you're saying

894
00:32:00,250 --> 00:32:03,250
there is not enough students?

895
00:32:03,553 --> 00:32:05,355
You are right. So again, you

896
00:32:05,355 --> 00:32:06,756
need you really need to revise

897
00:32:06,756 --> 00:32:07,824
what you're doing right now.

898
00:32:07,824 --> 00:32:10,590
We're watching what you're

899
00:32:10,590 --> 00:32:12,562
doing and your message is, you

900
00:32:12,562 --> 00:32:14,697
know what? We don't care about

901
00:32:14,697 --> 00:32:16,433
you. And that's a problem.

902
00:32:16,433 --> 00:32:18,268
Because when you sit there and

903
00:32:18,268 --> 00:32:20,470
when you are sitting right now

904
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:22,639
is to represent us and do the

905
00:32:22,639 --> 00:32:24,339
right thing by the teachers and

906
00:32:24,339 --> 00:32:26,975
employees, and you're not doing

907
00:32:26,975 --> 00:32:28,411
it. It's very, very

908
00:32:28,411 --> 00:32:30,411
disappointing, especially for

909
00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:36,750
those who were once teachers.

910
00:32:37,153 --> 00:32:39,523
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

911
00:32:39,523 --> 00:32:42,158
>> My name is Doctor Trudy

912
00:32:42,158 --> 00:32:44,995
Germanovich. I am going to talk

913
00:32:44,995 --> 00:32:47,630
a little bit about the millage.

914
00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:48,932
I think one of the things that

915
00:32:48,932 --> 00:32:51,340
we just found out from the

916
00:32:51,340 --> 00:32:53,434
former speaker right before

917
00:32:54,971 --> 00:32:56,773
Liliana was that you don't

918
00:32:56,773 --> 00:32:59,900
communicate very well what

919
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,409
millage means. Millage means

920
00:33:01,912 --> 00:33:04,348
the same thing every year on

921
00:33:04,348 --> 00:33:07,160
our taxes and what happened

922
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,120
with him. I have had happened

923
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,388
to a lot of friends where they

924
00:33:11,388 --> 00:33:14,124
inherited a property, and then

925
00:33:14,124 --> 00:33:16,927
the property tax goes up

926
00:33:16,927 --> 00:33:19,129
tremendously. You MAY say

927
00:33:19,129 --> 00:33:22,366
that's not our problem, but it

928
00:33:22,366 --> 00:33:24,134
is your problem because the

929
00:33:24,134 --> 00:33:26,200
problem is you're not

930
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,200
communicating what you're

931
00:33:28,472 --> 00:33:31,375
really doing. When you set this

932
00:33:31,375 --> 00:33:33,811
millage rate, it is the same as

933
00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:35,379
always. And sometimes I think

934
00:33:35,379 --> 00:33:36,880
it even goes down a little bit.

935
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,650
Since I nerd out coming to

936
00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:42,650
these meetings, but I really

937
00:33:42,886 --> 00:33:43,954
think you need to make people

938
00:33:43,954 --> 00:33:46,490
understand that when they look

939
00:33:46,490 --> 00:33:48,258
at that big, long tax bill and

940
00:33:48,258 --> 00:33:50,794
they know that it's not going

941
00:33:50,794 --> 00:33:52,996
to be affected by proposition

942
00:33:52,996 --> 00:33:54,632
three, supposedly, although

943
00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:55,766
there are going to be a lot of

944
00:33:55,766 --> 00:33:58,335
things that are going to be

945
00:33:58,335 --> 00:34:00,638
affected by that. What you

946
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:03,741
really need to do is to explain

947
00:34:03,741 --> 00:34:06,576
that this money is what you

948
00:34:06,576 --> 00:34:10,176
need just to, to operate the

949
00:34:11,348 --> 00:34:13,416
budget at all. So I again,

950
00:34:13,416 --> 00:34:16,754
people will look at it and say,

951
00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:18,489
well, since the the cost of the

952
00:34:18,489 --> 00:34:20,358
housing is going up, you should

953
00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:22,493
lower your millage rate. You

954
00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:25,730
have to explain to them why you

955
00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,932
can't do that, because while

956
00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:31,102
their houses are going up, so

957
00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:34,702
are all of your costs, our

958
00:34:35,390 --> 00:34:37,275
costs. And so again, it's

959
00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:39,275
communication, communication,

960
00:34:40,780 --> 00:34:41,980
communication. And you need to

961
00:34:41,980 --> 00:34:44,810
start doing a better job with

962
00:34:44,810 --> 00:34:47,810
that. I think that that's

963
00:34:47,285 --> 00:34:49,153
what's missing. Whenever these

964
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,888
these conversations come up and

965
00:34:50,888 --> 00:34:52,357
the referendum I will talk

966
00:34:52,357 --> 00:34:54,592
about during the next thing,

967
00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:57,395
but I don't think you're doing

968
00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:59,864
a good job on, on the

969
00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:02,767
referendum. You need to say we

970
00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,369
need to really put out lots of

971
00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:05,702
things. And you say, well, we

972
00:35:05,702 --> 00:35:07,372
can't do it because the state

973
00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:09,700
law says we can't tell people

974
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:12,543
how to vote. The thing that you

975
00:35:12,543 --> 00:35:13,945
put on the website was so

976
00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:16,945
boring that I couldn't even

977
00:35:17,816 --> 00:35:20,785
read it. So please, let's think

978
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:24,385
about what you do. Have a

979
00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:28,390
contest. Find somebody to fund

980
00:35:29,394 --> 00:35:32,696
how we can get this referendum

981
00:35:32,696 --> 00:35:34,298
passed. Find somebody else. If

982
00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:36,635
if it can be done through the

983
00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:39,604
Broward Foundation, do it there.

984
00:35:39,604 --> 00:35:41,306
If you can't, you've got the

985
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:43,108
union. The union always does it.

986
00:35:43,108 --> 00:35:45,610
So work with them on how to do

987
00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:47,610
it.

988
00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:50,810
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

989
00:35:50,810 --> 00:35:50,682
>> I am.

990
00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:51,883
>> An.

991
00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,719
>> Educator for Broward Schools,

992
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,455
and I also work for the Broward

993
00:35:56,455 --> 00:35:58,222
Teachers Union. I'm very

994
00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:01,580
concerned that there is no talk

995
00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:03,662
of a race. You know, I've been

996
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,564
here a lot and I hear all of

997
00:36:05,564 --> 00:36:08,367
you, every single person except

998
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:11,903
for the lawyer, talk about, yes,

999
00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:15,474
we we respect our educators. We

1000
00:36:15,474 --> 00:36:18,474
value our educators. We assure

1001
00:36:19,478 --> 00:36:21,779
you that we are looking very

1002
00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:24,883
strongly to ensure that you get

1003
00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:27,190
a raise next year. Please be

1004
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:30,619
patient with us. We know that

1005
00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:33,525
you're struggling. So if you

1006
00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:36,525
spent an entire year saying

1007
00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,732
that, what is going on? Did you

1008
00:36:40,732 --> 00:36:42,500
lie? Were you not telling the

1009
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:43,969
truth? Were you just saying

1010
00:36:43,969 --> 00:36:46,969
things just to make people

1011
00:36:47,206 --> 00:36:49,800
happy? What were you doing?

1012
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,608
Because this is not showing us

1013
00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:57,616
that you care at all in any

1014
00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:59,785
which way and form. This is a

1015
00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:03,385
slap in the face to every

1016
00:37:03,422 --> 00:37:05,257
single employee that you have,

1017
00:37:05,257 --> 00:37:07,793
and that should be a concern

1018
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:10,262
for you. Every single one of

1019
00:37:10,262 --> 00:37:11,363
you, even those of you on your

1020
00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:14,363
phones, not paying attention to

1021
00:37:18,204 --> 00:37:21,474
me. So here are some data. The

1022
00:37:21,474 --> 00:37:23,576
cost of living has increased

1023
00:37:23,576 --> 00:37:26,576
10.5% in Broward in the past

1024
00:37:27,213 --> 00:37:29,682
year. And you're not willing to

1025
00:37:29,682 --> 00:37:32,919
even talk about a raise. You're

1026
00:37:32,919 --> 00:37:35,754
not even willing to say, hey,

1027
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,222
we're going to make this happen.

1028
00:37:37,222 --> 00:37:39,458
What you're willing to talk

1029
00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:42,395
about is we need to get rid of

1030
00:37:42,395 --> 00:37:45,231
more employees. What you should

1031
00:37:45,231 --> 00:37:46,966
be talking about is what can we

1032
00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:48,968
do to get back those students

1033
00:37:48,968 --> 00:37:51,968
who've left us to charter

1034
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:54,173
schools and private schools?

1035
00:37:54,173 --> 00:37:57,100
What do we need to do as a

1036
00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:58,378
school district to entice those

1037
00:37:58,378 --> 00:38:00,280
students and parents to come

1038
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:01,381
back to our school district?

1039
00:38:01,381 --> 00:38:03,781
That's the conversation that

1040
00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:07,120
needs to be had here, because

1041
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,255
it is not the fault of the

1042
00:38:09,255 --> 00:38:11,858
educators. We are doing our

1043
00:38:11,858 --> 00:38:12,859
jobs. We are taking full

1044
00:38:12,859 --> 00:38:14,859
responsibility for the

1045
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,428
education of the students.

1046
00:38:18,263 --> 00:38:21,201
Please do your job. Please make

1047
00:38:21,201 --> 00:38:23,370
sure that every educator gets

1048
00:38:23,370 --> 00:38:26,370
the raise that they truly

1049
00:38:27,274 --> 00:38:29,509
deserve, and they have earned.

1050
00:38:29,509 --> 00:38:31,509
Thank you.

1051
00:38:31,678 --> 00:38:33,113
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

1052
00:38:33,113 --> 00:38:34,514
>> Anna Fusco, teachers union

1053
00:38:34,514 --> 00:38:37,514
PRESIDENT. What's that hat say?

1054
00:38:37,717 --> 00:38:39,653
School board Cervera.

1055
00:38:39,653 --> 00:38:41,653
>> Pay the teachers.

1056
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:44,491
>> Oh. Thank you. Okay, so

1057
00:38:44,491 --> 00:38:46,359
obviously the millage needs to

1058
00:38:46,359 --> 00:38:48,195
get passed. And it was

1059
00:38:48,195 --> 00:38:51,431
explained as best that it could

1060
00:38:51,431 --> 00:38:52,566
be explained. We did have one

1061
00:38:52,566 --> 00:38:54,835
person sitting in theudience

1062
00:38:54,835 --> 00:38:56,436
that clearly didn't understand

1063
00:38:56,436 --> 00:38:58,638
it, and that was your

1064
00:38:58,638 --> 00:39:00,339
opportunity to explain it live.

1065
00:39:00,339 --> 00:39:02,609
And it's there's live feed

1066
00:39:02,609 --> 00:39:04,411
going on so everybody can hear

1067
00:39:04,411 --> 00:39:06,113
it. I, we appreciate him being

1068
00:39:06,113 --> 00:39:07,947
sent out and getting explained

1069
00:39:07,947 --> 00:39:10,170
one on one, but it was your

1070
00:39:10,170 --> 00:39:13,170
opportunity to talk. You've got

1071
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,822
this ridiculous notion that we

1072
00:39:15,822 --> 00:39:17,991
can't talk back and forth. Come

1073
00:39:17,991 --> 00:39:19,426
on. These are these are real

1074
00:39:19,426 --> 00:39:21,961
people in here that he had a

1075
00:39:21,961 --> 00:39:24,164
real concern that felt that the

1076
00:39:24,164 --> 00:39:27,330
Broward School District was the

1077
00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:29,136
reason the taxes affected him.

1078
00:39:29,136 --> 00:39:32,238
That's we there are taxes that

1079
00:39:32,238 --> 00:39:33,874
affect every single constituent

1080
00:39:33,874 --> 00:39:35,976
in Broward County, but for

1081
00:39:35,976 --> 00:39:37,744
different rationales and why

1082
00:39:37,744 --> 00:39:40,414
you guys feel like, let me just

1083
00:39:40,414 --> 00:39:41,282
sit here and, you know, play

1084
00:39:41,282 --> 00:39:43,150
dumb. I don't even know. I

1085
00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:46,387
don't know what to say anymore.

1086
00:39:46,387 --> 00:39:49,322
I'm at a loss. But it is

1087
00:39:49,322 --> 00:39:50,457
concerning to not see this

1088
00:39:50,457 --> 00:39:52,259
millage explanation a little

1089
00:39:52,259 --> 00:39:55,796
bit more in depth. I don't know,

1090
00:39:55,796 --> 00:39:57,998
is it that it's the clips

1091
00:39:57,998 --> 00:39:58,865
version? Is it purposely done

1092
00:39:58,865 --> 00:40:00,567
that? Let's just get through.

1093
00:40:00,567 --> 00:40:02,970
Let's just push it through. I

1094
00:40:02,970 --> 00:40:04,471
don't know what questions or

1095
00:40:04,471 --> 00:40:05,906
you know, are going to be asked

1096
00:40:05,906 --> 00:40:07,308
by individual board members

1097
00:40:07,308 --> 00:40:09,243
which ones are going to, we

1098
00:40:09,243 --> 00:40:10,378
know which ones are going to be

1099
00:40:10,378 --> 00:40:11,579
scripted. It's clear as a bell

1100
00:40:11,579 --> 00:40:13,780
which board member scripts it

1101
00:40:13,780 --> 00:40:16,180
with. The superintendent. That

1102
00:40:16,617 --> 00:40:19,200
is not okay. I was oh, I'm

1103
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,420
always expecting real questions

1104
00:40:21,722 --> 00:40:22,790
to come out on your own that

1105
00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:26,390
you guys didn't have your back

1106
00:40:26,761 --> 00:40:27,962
door conversations. And for the

1107
00:40:27,962 --> 00:40:30,364
people that are not here all

1108
00:40:30,364 --> 00:40:33,267
the time that they don't get it,

1109
00:40:33,267 --> 00:40:34,736
but obviously you're going to

1110
00:40:34,736 --> 00:40:38,272
pass it because it's there. We

1111
00:40:38,272 --> 00:40:39,674
know that the budget money has

1112
00:40:39,674 --> 00:40:40,875
gone up, but students have gone

1113
00:40:40,875 --> 00:40:44,475
down. There's a lot of things

1114
00:40:44,512 --> 00:40:45,513
that are not well understood in

1115
00:40:45,513 --> 00:40:48,513
that little version that was

1116
00:40:48,616 --> 00:40:50,851
put out there. And I hope that

1117
00:40:50,851 --> 00:40:53,387
you're going to take a lot of

1118
00:40:53,387 --> 00:40:55,189
time between the board members

1119
00:40:55,189 --> 00:40:57,240
to have a real deep

1120
00:40:57,240 --> 00:40:59,394
conversation so people actually

1121
00:40:59,394 --> 00:41:02,394
understand. And I'm going to

1122
00:41:03,131 --> 00:41:04,933
keep saying it. It was gravely

1123
00:41:04,933 --> 00:41:07,350
affected in our schools that

1124
00:41:07,350 --> 00:41:10,400
even though we've lost students,

1125
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,406
we still have less teachers to

1126
00:41:11,406 --> 00:41:13,908
meet the needs of the students.

1127
00:41:13,908 --> 00:41:16,144
The class sizes are inflated

1128
00:41:16,144 --> 00:41:16,911
and it has to matter. And

1129
00:41:16,911 --> 00:41:18,580
they're still being treated

1130
00:41:18,580 --> 00:41:20,980
that they're not professionals

1131
00:41:21,816 --> 00:41:23,351
of these unnecessary

1132
00:41:23,351 --> 00:41:25,320
walkthroughs by district

1133
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,320
personnel. It's uncomfortable

1134
00:41:27,589 --> 00:41:29,758
to them. I don't know why you

1135
00:41:29,758 --> 00:41:31,193
think it's not. It is things

1136
00:41:31,193 --> 00:41:32,928
like that, the pressures of our

1137
00:41:32,928 --> 00:41:34,462
teachers and not making their

1138
00:41:34,462 --> 00:41:36,932
rent or making their mortgage

1139
00:41:36,932 --> 00:41:38,400
is real. Yeah.

1140
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,000
>> Thank you. And I still have

1141
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:44,973
Don Campbell.

1142
00:41:44,973 --> 00:41:46,308
>> Good evening.

1143
00:41:46,308 --> 00:41:47,609
>> Good evening.

1144
00:41:47,609 --> 00:41:49,711
>> When I walked in this room,

1145
00:41:49,711 --> 00:41:53,311
I saw something on that board

1146
00:41:53,915 --> 00:41:55,684
and it said a rated school and

1147
00:41:55,684 --> 00:41:57,853
you wouldn't have a rated

1148
00:41:57,853 --> 00:42:00,755
school unless you had a

1149
00:42:00,755 --> 00:42:03,592
dedicated force, a force of

1150
00:42:03,592 --> 00:42:04,993
teachers and educators and

1151
00:42:04,993 --> 00:42:06,528
guidance counselors and

1152
00:42:06,528 --> 00:42:08,262
custodians and all of them

1153
00:42:08,262 --> 00:42:11,166
working for the effort to make

1154
00:42:11,166 --> 00:42:12,734
Broward County what it is and a

1155
00:42:12,734 --> 00:42:16,238
love for what they do. Growing

1156
00:42:16,238 --> 00:42:17,739
up, I would hear teachers say,

1157
00:42:17,739 --> 00:42:19,307
I'm not working for the money.

1158
00:42:19,307 --> 00:42:21,577
I'm working because I love to

1159
00:42:21,577 --> 00:42:23,412
do what I'm doing. But you need

1160
00:42:23,412 --> 00:42:26,114
to have money in order to pay

1161
00:42:26,114 --> 00:42:28,514
your bills. A consideration

1162
00:42:29,518 --> 00:42:30,985
need to be given for teachers.

1163
00:42:30,985 --> 00:42:33,155
As a young man growing up in

1164
00:42:33,155 --> 00:42:35,900
Broward County, my parents did

1165
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:37,425
not have the education, neither

1166
00:42:37,425 --> 00:42:39,261
one of them. They was out there

1167
00:42:39,261 --> 00:42:41,830
picking beans in the field, but

1168
00:42:41,830 --> 00:42:44,233
they worked hard to send 17

1169
00:42:44,233 --> 00:42:47,103
children. We had 12 go to

1170
00:42:47,103 --> 00:42:48,303
college. Through hard work and

1171
00:42:48,303 --> 00:42:51,473
dedication. And for the love of

1172
00:42:51,473 --> 00:42:53,375
the teachers, that was there, I

1173
00:42:53,375 --> 00:42:55,511
sit on a board and I know what

1174
00:42:55,511 --> 00:42:57,913
it's like to sit behind that

1175
00:42:57,913 --> 00:43:00,449
desk and listen to our

1176
00:43:00,449 --> 00:43:01,984
community voiced their concerns,

1177
00:43:01,984 --> 00:43:04,860
and some of my members that sit

1178
00:43:04,860 --> 00:43:06,221
on the board with me are

1179
00:43:06,221 --> 00:43:08,423
watching. Their phones are not

1180
00:43:08,423 --> 00:43:10,660
paying attention or say, I've

1181
00:43:10,660 --> 00:43:12,128
heard all of this before, and

1182
00:43:12,128 --> 00:43:13,796
it bounces off their heart and

1183
00:43:13,796 --> 00:43:15,197
their mind, and they go on to

1184
00:43:15,197 --> 00:43:17,133
other things. They believe that

1185
00:43:17,133 --> 00:43:20,133
it's important. But I'm telling

1186
00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:24,240
you now, teachers are important.

1187
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:27,109
Education is important. And I

1188
00:43:27,109 --> 00:43:28,878
wouldn't be here, here now if

1189
00:43:28,878 --> 00:43:30,345
it wasn't for dedicated

1190
00:43:30,345 --> 00:43:32,147
teachers. That made me pay

1191
00:43:32,147 --> 00:43:34,684
attention, and I thank them for

1192
00:43:34,684 --> 00:43:36,519
that. I thank you teachers,

1193
00:43:36,519 --> 00:43:37,854
principals and even the board.

1194
00:43:37,854 --> 00:43:39,880
Some of you have been on there

1195
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:40,923
for quite some time. Some of

1196
00:43:40,923 --> 00:43:42,592
you just getting on there. But

1197
00:43:42,592 --> 00:43:45,461
there's a love of school that

1198
00:43:45,461 --> 00:43:47,397
these people are doing. I have

1199
00:43:47,397 --> 00:43:49,165
three kids in education and a

1200
00:43:49,165 --> 00:43:50,767
wife that's in education. I

1201
00:43:50,767 --> 00:43:52,335
know my kids are still living

1202
00:43:52,335 --> 00:43:54,104
with me because they can't move

1203
00:43:54,104 --> 00:43:55,672
out because of the salary that

1204
00:43:55,672 --> 00:43:57,640
they earn. And I know, you know,

1205
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,475
the percentage. We looked at

1206
00:43:59,475 --> 00:44:01,410
what West Palm Beach and Miami

1207
00:44:01,410 --> 00:44:02,979
pay and over the nations. I

1208
00:44:02,979 --> 00:44:04,214
know, and I'm not going to bore

1209
00:44:04,214 --> 00:44:06,160
you with all the statistics.

1210
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,830
I'm just going to tell you that

1211
00:44:07,830 --> 00:44:09,886
you need to consider paying

1212
00:44:09,886 --> 00:44:11,454
them. I heard tonight care,

1213
00:44:11,454 --> 00:44:13,454
disappointment, communication

1214
00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:15,240
and follow through. If they're

1215
00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:16,459
coming here telling you they're

1216
00:44:16,459 --> 00:44:19,459
concerned, don't just write it

1217
00:44:19,763 --> 00:44:21,197
off, meet with them, listen to

1218
00:44:21,197 --> 00:44:22,899
them, and you can learn

1219
00:44:22,899 --> 00:44:25,350
something when you move away to

1220
00:44:25,350 --> 00:44:26,203
get higher, you have less

1221
00:44:26,203 --> 00:44:29,203
contact in the position that

1222
00:44:29,439 --> 00:44:31,241
you have. These are the foot

1223
00:44:31,241 --> 00:44:33,376
soldiers of our community. They

1224
00:44:33,376 --> 00:44:35,544
know what's happening. You only

1225
00:44:35,544 --> 00:44:36,680
hear certain portion of it. My

1226
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,480
daughter and all these teachers,

1227
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:39,850
I guarantee, take their own

1228
00:44:39,850 --> 00:44:41,618
personal money and buy things

1229
00:44:41,618 --> 00:44:43,553
for their schools. I know my

1230
00:44:43,553 --> 00:44:45,550
daughters do that. Always copy

1231
00:44:45,550 --> 00:44:46,822
and paper, always something

1232
00:44:46,822 --> 00:44:48,458
that they're adding. Well,

1233
00:44:48,458 --> 00:44:51,328
thank you for the time.

1234
00:44:51,328 --> 00:44:54,928
>> Thank you so much. So now

1235
00:44:55,632 --> 00:44:58,467
for we will sorry. We will vote

1236
00:44:58,467 --> 00:44:59,703
on item one, and then we will

1237
00:44:59,703 --> 00:45:01,471
go to item two and take the

1238
00:45:01,471 --> 00:45:02,873
rest of the public speakers.

1239
00:45:02,873 --> 00:45:04,274
But before we vote, of course,

1240
00:45:04,274 --> 00:45:05,642
we'll do board discussion. And

1241
00:45:05,642 --> 00:45:07,177
could I please have decorum in

1242
00:45:07,177 --> 00:45:09,746
the audience so that the board

1243
00:45:09,746 --> 00:45:12,282
can discuss in a civil and

1244
00:45:12,282 --> 00:45:14,682
orderly manner? MISS Hixon.

1245
00:45:15,152 --> 00:45:16,887
>> Thank you. I want to ask a

1246
00:45:16,887 --> 00:45:18,322
question of beacon in the back

1247
00:45:18,322 --> 00:45:21,922
there. Can you put back up

1248
00:45:22,926 --> 00:45:25,326
slide 18? From the presentation

1249
00:45:25,496 --> 00:45:28,999
that MR. Shim shared with us.

1250
00:45:28,999 --> 00:45:31,602
Thank you. So first, I want to

1251
00:45:31,602 --> 00:45:33,771
say thank you very much to the

1252
00:45:33,771 --> 00:45:35,573
Budget Finance Department for

1253
00:45:35,573 --> 00:45:37,641
putting all of this together. I

1254
00:45:37,641 --> 00:45:39,543
asked for slide 18 to come up

1255
00:45:39,543 --> 00:45:40,944
because I think it's important,

1256
00:45:40,944 --> 00:45:42,379
as one of our speakers

1257
00:45:42,379 --> 00:45:44,779
mentioned, to educate the

1258
00:45:45,916 --> 00:45:47,551
public. So if you look at slide

1259
00:45:47,551 --> 00:45:50,454
18, it shows the millage rate

1260
00:45:50,454 --> 00:45:51,655
from 2020 all the way to now.

1261
00:45:51,655 --> 00:45:53,256
And I just really wanted to

1262
00:45:53,256 --> 00:45:54,959
point it out because there's a

1263
00:45:54,959 --> 00:45:57,461
couple of things. First of all,

1264
00:45:57,461 --> 00:46:01,610
this is usually dictated by the

1265
00:46:02,166 --> 00:46:04,100
state on what we we have to, to

1266
00:46:04,100 --> 00:46:07,104
levy. Thank you. So if you look

1267
00:46:07,104 --> 00:46:10,541
on 2020, it was 6.5. And if you

1268
00:46:10,541 --> 00:46:12,760
look at today's. Millage that

1269
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:14,411
we're going to be voting on

1270
00:46:14,411 --> 00:46:16,213
today, it's 6.45. So the

1271
00:46:16,213 --> 00:46:17,682
millage has gone down and you

1272
00:46:17,682 --> 00:46:19,585
can go across and see it went

1273
00:46:19,585 --> 00:46:21,619
down. And then it went up one

1274
00:46:21,619 --> 00:46:23,454
year and then it went back down.

1275
00:46:23,454 --> 00:46:26,570
So I, I think it was important

1276
00:46:26,570 --> 00:46:27,592
to point out that to the people

1277
00:46:27,592 --> 00:46:28,159
who have come that are

1278
00:46:28,159 --> 00:46:30,159
specifically concerned about

1279
00:46:30,761 --> 00:46:32,764
the millage rate because, you

1280
00:46:32,764 --> 00:46:35,299
know, we we don't increase it

1281
00:46:35,299 --> 00:46:37,467
often it increases because your

1282
00:46:37,467 --> 00:46:39,603
property value has increased.

1283
00:46:39,603 --> 00:46:41,406
And also, I personally went

1284
00:46:41,406 --> 00:46:43,274
through my, my taxes when it

1285
00:46:43,274 --> 00:46:45,376
came. And just want to point

1286
00:46:45,376 --> 00:46:47,178
out that usually what's the

1287
00:46:47,178 --> 00:46:50,778
biggest thing on your taxes is

1288
00:46:50,782 --> 00:46:52,317
the, the millage, your city or

1289
00:46:52,317 --> 00:46:54,384
municipality levies. The school

1290
00:46:54,384 --> 00:46:56,154
board isn't the the biggest

1291
00:46:56,154 --> 00:46:57,688
number on there. But as someone

1292
00:46:57,688 --> 00:46:59,524
pointed out, this is the only

1293
00:46:59,524 --> 00:47:01,926
way we get funding or the main

1294
00:47:01,926 --> 00:47:04,529
way that we get funding. So if

1295
00:47:04,529 --> 00:47:07,365
we weren't to levy taxes, there

1296
00:47:07,365 --> 00:47:09,100
would be no income for public

1297
00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:11,350
schools. There just wouldn't.

1298
00:47:11,350 --> 00:47:12,737
And we we could go through this

1299
00:47:12,737 --> 00:47:15,206
whole thing also how we're a

1300
00:47:15,206 --> 00:47:16,707
donor district. And what

1301
00:47:16,707 --> 00:47:19,644
happens with taxes is they go

1302
00:47:19,644 --> 00:47:21,713
into a big bucket. And then the

1303
00:47:21,713 --> 00:47:23,147
state decides how that gets

1304
00:47:23,147 --> 00:47:24,249
distributed out to different

1305
00:47:24,249 --> 00:47:26,718
districts. If you didn't do it

1306
00:47:26,718 --> 00:47:28,353
that way, rural districts that

1307
00:47:28,353 --> 00:47:30,355
had very little property taxes

1308
00:47:30,355 --> 00:47:31,790
would have no public schooling.

1309
00:47:31,790 --> 00:47:33,558
So I don't know if the

1310
00:47:33,558 --> 00:47:35,594
superintendent wants to add on

1311
00:47:35,594 --> 00:47:38,630
to that, to just kind of give a

1312
00:47:38,630 --> 00:47:40,650
quick lesson on, on what

1313
00:47:40,650 --> 00:47:41,900
millage is. So that because I

1314
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:45,104
see that the one public speaker

1315
00:47:45,104 --> 00:47:47,305
came back in just to understand

1316
00:47:47,305 --> 00:47:48,407
what that is, but I just wanted

1317
00:47:48,407 --> 00:47:49,507
I thought it was really

1318
00:47:49,507 --> 00:47:50,508
important because this is in

1319
00:47:50,508 --> 00:47:52,711
the appendix. So everybody

1320
00:47:52,711 --> 00:47:56,311
might not have seen it, but

1321
00:47:57,820 --> 00:47:59,251
from 2020 to 2026, our levy of

1322
00:47:59,251 --> 00:48:01,385
millage actually went down.

1323
00:48:01,385 --> 00:48:03,322
>> Yes. So thank you, MISS

1324
00:48:03,322 --> 00:48:05,290
Hixon. And I'll ask MR. In a

1325
00:48:05,290 --> 00:48:06,424
minute to kind of hop in. But

1326
00:48:06,424 --> 00:48:08,226
yes, you're absolutely correct.

1327
00:48:08,226 --> 00:48:09,995
Some of it is required local

1328
00:48:09,995 --> 00:48:12,230
effort that we have to levy

1329
00:48:12,230 --> 00:48:13,532
levy per state of Florida, as

1330
00:48:13,532 --> 00:48:15,667
you mentioned too. We're also a

1331
00:48:15,667 --> 00:48:18,667
donor district. So the state

1332
00:48:19,370 --> 00:48:20,380
virtually collects what we

1333
00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:21,273
actually access from our

1334
00:48:21,273 --> 00:48:23,142
required local effort, kind of

1335
00:48:23,142 --> 00:48:24,276
put it in a big bucket and

1336
00:48:24,276 --> 00:48:25,377
spread it out amongst all the

1337
00:48:25,377 --> 00:48:27,713
other school districts. So

1338
00:48:27,713 --> 00:48:29,448
there's equity in funding as

1339
00:48:29,448 --> 00:48:30,349
much as possible from county to

1340
00:48:30,349 --> 00:48:32,510
county. You have some counties

1341
00:48:32,510 --> 00:48:33,285
that have more cows than people

1342
00:48:33,285 --> 00:48:35,540
in the state of Florida, so

1343
00:48:35,540 --> 00:48:36,655
they don't have the same real

1344
00:48:36,655 --> 00:48:38,457
estate advantage that some of

1345
00:48:38,457 --> 00:48:40,258
the larger counties have. We

1346
00:48:40,258 --> 00:48:42,260
also have opportunity for

1347
00:48:42,260 --> 00:48:43,462
discretionary millage, an

1348
00:48:43,462 --> 00:48:45,230
additional amount that we can

1349
00:48:45,230 --> 00:48:46,565
levy to make sure that we can

1350
00:48:46,565 --> 00:48:48,901
operate the district. As many

1351
00:48:48,901 --> 00:48:50,403
of the speakers pointed out,

1352
00:48:50,403 --> 00:48:52,204
cost of living is severely high

1353
00:48:52,204 --> 00:48:55,204
in South Florida and continues

1354
00:48:56,742 --> 00:48:58,210
to go up. So, as well as for

1355
00:48:58,210 --> 00:48:59,744
homeowners with not just your

1356
00:48:59,744 --> 00:49:02,181
mortgage or your rent, but also

1357
00:49:02,181 --> 00:49:05,417
the expenses to live in your

1358
00:49:05,417 --> 00:49:06,485
house, the utilities, the water,

1359
00:49:06,485 --> 00:49:08,254
all the other maintenance

1360
00:49:08,254 --> 00:49:10,856
things that are also increasing

1361
00:49:10,856 --> 00:49:11,490
as well helps out with the

1362
00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:13,490
discretionary millage that

1363
00:49:14,930 --> 00:49:15,861
we're able to leverage. And I

1364
00:49:15,861 --> 00:49:16,963
know some people talked about

1365
00:49:16,963 --> 00:49:18,364
referendum as well. The

1366
00:49:18,364 --> 00:49:20,566
referendum is another mechanism

1367
00:49:20,566 --> 00:49:22,335
where required. Local local

1368
00:49:22,335 --> 00:49:23,536
effort gives us gives us the

1369
00:49:23,536 --> 00:49:25,571
ability to actually keep our

1370
00:49:25,571 --> 00:49:27,240
schools safe and secure and

1371
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:28,841
meet and meet and exceed some

1372
00:49:28,841 --> 00:49:30,242
of the state mandates for that

1373
00:49:30,242 --> 00:49:31,310
to support our students with

1374
00:49:31,310 --> 00:49:32,879
mental health concerns, which

1375
00:49:32,879 --> 00:49:34,580
are very constant and daily,

1376
00:49:34,580 --> 00:49:36,115
and also to provide

1377
00:49:36,115 --> 00:49:37,549
supplemental compensation to

1378
00:49:37,549 --> 00:49:39,252
our educators, especially our

1379
00:49:39,252 --> 00:49:42,252
teachers in the classroom as

1380
00:49:42,522 --> 00:49:43,489
well. And MR. Smith or MR.

1381
00:49:43,489 --> 00:49:44,657
Whitney, if there's anything

1382
00:49:44,657 --> 00:49:47,657
else you want to add.

1383
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:49,362
>> That that was a lot. So the

1384
00:49:49,362 --> 00:49:52,899
only thing that I'll add is

1385
00:49:52,899 --> 00:49:55,435
that the state funds the

1386
00:49:55,435 --> 00:49:56,903
majority of our education

1387
00:49:56,903 --> 00:49:59,105
component with the Florida

1388
00:49:59,105 --> 00:50:01,505
Education Finance program. And

1389
00:50:01,574 --> 00:50:03,376
there's the the state funded

1390
00:50:03,376 --> 00:50:05,776
portion, which generally comes

1391
00:50:05,879 --> 00:50:08,415
from sales tax, most of it does.

1392
00:50:08,415 --> 00:50:10,650
And then there's the local

1393
00:50:10,650 --> 00:50:12,752
required local effort. And the

1394
00:50:12,752 --> 00:50:14,752
state decides howucucthey

1395
00:50:15,587 --> 00:50:18,224
wiwi provivi I statete funngng

1396
00:50:18,224 --> 00:50:20,660
d d how muchee levy locally.

1397
00:50:20,660 --> 00:50:22,128
And we have to levy levy

1398
00:50:22,128 --> 00:50:23,597
exactly what they say.

1399
00:50:23,597 --> 00:50:25,398
Otherwise, we can't have

1400
00:50:25,398 --> 00:50:27,133
education funding at all. And

1401
00:50:27,133 --> 00:50:28,902
that that's that's basically

1402
00:50:28,902 --> 00:50:31,505
how it works is the state tells

1403
00:50:31,505 --> 00:50:32,572
you what the tax locally. So

1404
00:50:32,572 --> 00:50:34,341
that's the first thing that

1405
00:50:34,341 --> 00:50:37,941
I'll say. And then the other

1406
00:50:39,460 --> 00:50:40,847
thing is that the, you know, as

1407
00:50:40,847 --> 00:50:43,417
you said, our taxes are going

1408
00:50:43,417 --> 00:50:46,253
down, the rate is going down.

1409
00:50:46,253 --> 00:50:48,880
But what generally affects most

1410
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:49,889
homeowners the most is the

1411
00:50:49,889 --> 00:50:52,590
changes in in their property

1412
00:50:52,590 --> 00:50:54,528
tax values. And that can have

1413
00:50:54,528 --> 00:50:55,996
happen for a number of reasons,

1414
00:50:55,996 --> 00:50:57,996
particularly when properties

1415
00:50:58,131 --> 00:51:01,100
change hands. The value of the

1416
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:02,436
property changes. And if

1417
00:51:02,436 --> 00:51:03,604
there's homestead exemption or

1418
00:51:03,604 --> 00:51:05,339
other circumstances that

1419
00:51:05,339 --> 00:51:06,673
changes the property. And that

1420
00:51:06,673 --> 00:51:07,641
has more to do. As the

1421
00:51:07,641 --> 00:51:09,276
superintendent pointed out,

1422
00:51:09,276 --> 00:51:10,410
with the local property

1423
00:51:10,410 --> 00:51:12,810
appraiser's and the rules

1424
00:51:15,348 --> 00:51:17,217
behind that. So thank you.

1425
00:51:17,217 --> 00:51:18,685
>> Thank you.

1426
00:51:18,685 --> 00:51:20,487
>> DR. Zeman thank you chair. I

1427
00:51:20,487 --> 00:51:23,691
just want to make three points

1428
00:51:23,691 --> 00:51:26,527
today. Thank you again, MR.

1429
00:51:26,527 --> 00:51:28,729
Shim, for all of this work. You

1430
00:51:28,729 --> 00:51:30,364
correctly point out that

1431
00:51:30,364 --> 00:51:32,764
assigned and unassigned balance

1432
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,569
of $84 million is just over the

1433
00:51:35,569 --> 00:51:37,969
required state minimum before

1434
00:51:38,472 --> 00:51:40,140
triggering some negative

1435
00:51:40,140 --> 00:51:42,540
consequences by $11 million of

1436
00:51:44,211 --> 00:51:45,746
the 3.0 level that roughly 3.5.

1437
00:51:45,746 --> 00:51:47,515
You also rightly point out that

1438
00:51:47,515 --> 00:51:49,550
it would take another $36

1439
00:51:49,550 --> 00:51:51,118
million to get to the 5.0,

1440
00:51:51,118 --> 00:51:52,520
which is the policy of Broward

1441
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,520
County School Board to maintain

1442
00:51:56,457 --> 00:51:58,225
a fund balance equal to 5%. Any

1443
00:51:58,225 --> 00:52:00,394
economist would tell you that

1444
00:52:00,394 --> 00:52:01,662
sailing into an 80 mile an hour

1445
00:52:01,662 --> 00:52:03,698
headwind, like the referendum

1446
00:52:03,698 --> 00:52:05,566
is, or could be, you would want

1447
00:52:05,566 --> 00:52:07,635
to increase your cash on hand,

1448
00:52:07,635 --> 00:52:09,360
your fund balance, because

1449
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,305
you've got to protect some

1450
00:52:11,305 --> 00:52:13,700
resources in case the

1451
00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:14,374
referendum does not pass. I

1452
00:52:14,374 --> 00:52:15,877
just want to share with the

1453
00:52:15,877 --> 00:52:17,512
board and the community that we

1454
00:52:17,512 --> 00:52:19,814
are not doing that right now.

1455
00:52:19,814 --> 00:52:20,982
We are not holding off any more

1456
00:52:20,982 --> 00:52:23,382
cash than is absolutely

1457
00:52:23,818 --> 00:52:25,818
minimally required, and

1458
00:52:26,540 --> 00:52:27,722
therefore this budget is a

1459
00:52:27,722 --> 00:52:29,223
risky budget in the sense that

1460
00:52:29,223 --> 00:52:30,858
if the referendum does not pass,

1461
00:52:30,858 --> 00:52:32,693
we're going to have to do more

1462
00:52:32,693 --> 00:52:34,562
next year than we would had we

1463
00:52:34,562 --> 00:52:35,997
husbanded more resources. So

1464
00:52:35,997 --> 00:52:38,232
throw a little cold water on

1465
00:52:38,232 --> 00:52:39,267
the budget. But that's what

1466
00:52:39,267 --> 00:52:41,267
economists do professionally

1467
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:45,773
all the time. Second point,

1468
00:52:45,773 --> 00:52:48,773
Doctor Hepburn, this board has

1469
00:52:49,344 --> 00:52:52,944
asked you to report monthly on

1470
00:52:52,947 --> 00:52:54,947
any departmental expenditures

1471
00:52:55,817 --> 00:52:57,619
that exceed the monthly

1472
00:52:57,619 --> 00:52:59,287
departmental budget. Do you

1473
00:52:59,287 --> 00:53:01,188
intend to comply with that over

1474
00:53:01,188 --> 00:53:04,188
the course of this year?

1475
00:53:04,526 --> 00:53:06,628
>> Yes, we're plus more. Yes.

1476
00:53:06,628 --> 00:53:08,960
>> Thank you, sir, very much. I

1477
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:09,998
wanted to say that because the

1478
00:53:09,998 --> 00:53:11,733
community while they're here,

1479
00:53:11,733 --> 00:53:13,168
needs to recognize that we're

1480
00:53:13,168 --> 00:53:15,300
just skimming over the top of

1481
00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:17,380
the state level of 3.0. We're

1482
00:53:17,380 --> 00:53:18,907
not holding enough money back,

1483
00:53:18,907 --> 00:53:21,409
you know, to be cautious. We're

1484
00:53:21,409 --> 00:53:23,809
just storming straight ahead.

1485
00:53:23,945 --> 00:53:25,113
But we also have zero tolerance

1486
00:53:25,113 --> 00:53:26,815
for overspending. The budget

1487
00:53:26,815 --> 00:53:27,916
this year, we should have

1488
00:53:27,916 --> 00:53:30,316
always had zero tolerance

1489
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:31,887
because the board's very rare

1490
00:53:31,887 --> 00:53:33,688
authority that we have is to

1491
00:53:33,688 --> 00:53:35,557
set the budget. And once we set

1492
00:53:35,557 --> 00:53:38,760
a budget, we should expect our

1493
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,562
leaders to follow it or

1494
00:53:40,562 --> 00:53:42,962
consider something else. The

1495
00:53:43,331 --> 00:53:44,800
third point, chair, is that we

1496
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,200
haven't talked enough today

1497
00:53:47,336 --> 00:53:50,204
about the referendum. It's the

1498
00:53:50,204 --> 00:53:52,204
proverbial 800 pound gorilla.

1499
00:53:54,243 --> 00:53:57,790
It will provide if it passes

1500
00:53:57,790 --> 00:53:59,581
$358 million in revenue for the

1501
00:53:59,581 --> 00:54:01,349
2728 year, we could have shown

1502
00:54:01,349 --> 00:54:03,151
an alternative budget, Doctor

1503
00:54:03,151 --> 00:54:04,686
Hepburn, that would have shown

1504
00:54:04,686 --> 00:54:07,222
what we need to do next year

1505
00:54:07,222 --> 00:54:08,924
had this not passed. That would

1506
00:54:08,924 --> 00:54:10,693
be interesting because when you

1507
00:54:10,693 --> 00:54:13,930
lose 16% of your operating

1508
00:54:13,428 --> 00:54:15,397
budgets, you do heroic things

1509
00:54:15,397 --> 00:54:16,765
just to keep the doors open.

1510
00:54:16,765 --> 00:54:19,368
The things that we have talked

1511
00:54:19,368 --> 00:54:20,569
about today at our school board

1512
00:54:20,569 --> 00:54:23,339
workshop and our special school

1513
00:54:23,339 --> 00:54:26,275
board meeting, and even today

1514
00:54:26,275 --> 00:54:27,676
is interesting, but it's not as

1515
00:54:27,676 --> 00:54:29,845
interesting as losing 16% of

1516
00:54:29,845 --> 00:54:31,647
your operating dollars. And we

1517
00:54:31,647 --> 00:54:33,515
need to just be aware of that

1518
00:54:33,515 --> 00:54:35,550
and inform people aut what

1519
00:54:35,550 --> 00:54:37,686
the options that they have in

1520
00:54:37,686 --> 00:54:40,860
terms of continuing that 1.0

1521
00:54:42,725 --> 00:54:44,226
mil ad valorem tax. Why is that

1522
00:54:44,226 --> 00:54:46,626
important? Because this board

1523
00:54:46,829 --> 00:54:49,598
has talked a lot about $64

1524
00:54:49,598 --> 00:54:53,198
million, 64 is a lot less than

1525
00:54:53,202 --> 00:54:54,370
358. And so for us to find the

1526
00:54:54,370 --> 00:54:56,806
$64 million out of this budget

1527
00:54:56,806 --> 00:54:58,607
to pay a 4% raise this year,

1528
00:54:58,607 --> 00:55:01,877
we're going to have to make

1529
00:55:01,877 --> 00:55:04,130
some decisions about where to

1530
00:55:04,130 --> 00:55:06,182
cut, and we're going to have to

1531
00:55:06,182 --> 00:55:07,148
be very mindful about the

1532
00:55:07,148 --> 00:55:08,251
referendum and the total

1533
00:55:08,251 --> 00:55:10,186
revenue that we're going to be

1534
00:55:10,186 --> 00:55:11,553
able to forecast for next year

1535
00:55:11,553 --> 00:55:13,155
as we make decisions about this

1536
00:55:13,155 --> 00:55:15,491
year. So, chair, thank you very

1537
00:55:15,491 --> 00:55:17,993
much for your recognize me. I

1538
00:55:17,993 --> 00:55:19,228
cease my comments at this point.

1539
00:55:19,228 --> 00:55:22,228
>> Thank you. Any other board

1540
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:25,233
discussion on item one? MR.

1541
00:55:25,233 --> 00:55:27,103
Shim, is there something that

1542
00:55:27,103 --> 00:55:28,870
needs to be read in the record

1543
00:55:28,870 --> 00:55:30,106
before we vote on item one? I

1544
00:55:30,106 --> 00:55:31,908
know we have to separate the

1545
00:55:31,908 --> 00:55:33,143
item. We were going to separate

1546
00:55:33,143 --> 00:55:34,309
the items out. Yep.

1547
00:55:34,309 --> 00:55:35,278
>> Good evening. Jeff Whitney,

1548
00:55:35,278 --> 00:55:37,814
the assistant director of the

1549
00:55:37,814 --> 00:55:39,649
budget department. I will read

1550
00:55:39,649 --> 00:55:40,917
resolution for item number one

1551
00:55:40,917 --> 00:55:42,986
into the record before the

1552
00:55:42,986 --> 00:55:44,353
board takes their vote. The

1553
00:55:44,353 --> 00:55:47,190
school Board of Broward County,

1554
00:55:47,190 --> 00:55:48,925
Florida, resolution number

1555
00:55:48,925 --> 00:55:50,590
27-114. Florida Department of

1556
00:55:50,590 --> 00:55:51,528
Education resolution

1557
00:55:51,528 --> 00:55:53,296
determining revenues and

1558
00:55:53,296 --> 00:55:54,764
Millages levied resolution of

1559
00:55:54,764 --> 00:55:55,865
the District School Board of

1560
00:55:55,865 --> 00:55:56,933
Broward County, Florida.

1561
00:55:56,933 --> 00:55:59,340
Determining the amount of

1562
00:55:59,340 --> 00:56:00,436
revenues to be produced and the

1563
00:56:00,436 --> 00:56:01,971
millage to be levied for the

1564
00:56:01,971 --> 00:56:04,140
General Fund for the District

1565
00:56:04,140 --> 00:56:05,909
Local Capital Improvement Fund,

1566
00:56:05,909 --> 00:56:07,377
and for district debt service

1567
00:56:07,377 --> 00:56:10,246
funds. For the fiscal year

1568
00:56:10,246 --> 00:56:12,646
beginning JULY 1st, 2026 and

1569
00:56:13,483 --> 00:56:15,883
ending JUNE 30th, 2027. Whereas,

1570
00:56:16,752 --> 00:56:18,554
section 1011.04 Florida

1571
00:56:18,554 --> 00:56:19,956
statutes requires that upon

1572
00:56:19,956 --> 00:56:21,324
receipt of the certificate of

1573
00:56:21,324 --> 00:56:23,193
the property appraiser giving

1574
00:56:23,193 --> 00:56:25,362
the assessed valuation of the

1575
00:56:25,362 --> 00:56:27,798
county and of each of the

1576
00:56:27,798 --> 00:56:29,633
special Tax school districts,

1577
00:56:29,633 --> 00:56:30,801
the School Board shall

1578
00:56:30,801 --> 00:56:32,868
determine by resolution the

1579
00:56:32,868 --> 00:56:35,370
amount necessary to be raised

1580
00:56:35,370 --> 00:56:37,437
for current operating purposes

1581
00:56:37,607 --> 00:56:39,142
and for debt service funds and

1582
00:56:39,142 --> 00:56:40,811
the millage to be levied for

1583
00:56:40,811 --> 00:56:43,647
each such fund, including the

1584
00:56:43,647 --> 00:56:46,470
voted millage. And Whereas

1585
00:56:46,549 --> 00:56:48,351
section 1011.71 Florida

1586
00:56:48,351 --> 00:56:50,153
statutes provides for the

1587
00:56:50,153 --> 00:56:51,954
amounts necessary to be raised

1588
00:56:51,954 --> 00:56:53,789
for local capital improvement

1589
00:56:53,789 --> 00:56:55,926
outlay and the millage to be

1590
00:56:55,926 --> 00:56:57,427
levied. And whereas, the

1591
00:56:57,427 --> 00:56:59,530
certificate of the property

1592
00:56:59,530 --> 00:57:00,630
appraiser has been received,

1593
00:57:00,630 --> 00:57:02,566
therefore, be it resolved by

1594
00:57:02,566 --> 00:57:04,234
the District School Board that

1595
00:57:04,234 --> 00:57:05,669
the amounts necessary to be

1596
00:57:05,669 --> 00:57:06,637
raised as shown by the

1597
00:57:06,637 --> 00:57:08,505
officially adopted budget and

1598
00:57:08,505 --> 00:57:10,905
the millage millage is

1599
00:57:11,410 --> 00:57:13,210
necessary to be levied for each

1600
00:57:13,210 --> 00:57:16,113
school fund of the district for

1601
00:57:16,113 --> 00:57:17,548
the fiscal year are as follows.

1602
00:57:17,548 --> 00:57:21,148
These are all based on a

1603
00:57:26,257 --> 00:57:27,991
certified taxable value of

1604
00:57:27,991 --> 00:57:29,991
$360,655,894,590. The required

1605
00:57:32,229 --> 00:57:34,229
local effort millage 3.081

1606
00:57:41,305 --> 00:57:43,400
excuse me, 3.0180 Mills raising

1607
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,400
$1,044,921,110. Prior period

1608
00:57:47,778 --> 00:57:50,178
funding adjustment millage is

1609
00:57:54,251 --> 00:57:56,251
0.028 mills, raising $9,694,431.

1610
00:57:56,753 --> 00:57:59,753
The total required millage will

1611
00:58:01,580 --> 00:58:03,580
therefore be 3.0460 mills,

1612
00:58:07,865 --> 00:58:09,133
raising $1,054,615,541.

1613
00:58:09,133 --> 00:58:11,133
Discretionary operating millage

1614
00:58:18,509 --> 00:58:20,144
of 0.748 Mills will raise

1615
00:58:20,144 --> 00:58:21,912
$258,979,785. The additional

1616
00:58:21,912 --> 00:58:24,482
operating millage, which is the

1617
00:58:24,482 --> 00:58:27,482
referendum millage, is one mill

1618
00:58:31,355 --> 00:58:33,355
that will raise $346,229,659.

1619
00:58:33,524 --> 00:58:35,924
Local capital improvement is

1620
00:58:41,399 --> 00:58:43,399
1.5 mills, raising $519,344,489.

1621
00:58:43,601 --> 00:58:46,601
And finally, the voted debt

1622
00:58:48,206 --> 00:58:50,606
millage at 0.1587, mills will

1623
00:58:54,813 --> 00:58:56,614
raise $54,946,647. The total

1624
00:58:56,614 --> 00:58:58,383
millage rates to be levied

1625
00:58:58,383 --> 00:59:00,783
exceeds the rollback rate

1626
00:59:01,952 --> 00:59:04,188
computed pursuant to section

1627
00:59:04,188 --> 00:59:06,188
200.065. Sub one Florida

1628
00:59:09,828 --> 00:59:11,828
statutes by 3.38%.

1629
00:59:12,396 --> 00:59:13,865
>> All right. The question is

1630
00:59:13,865 --> 00:59:15,400
on the approval of item one.

1631
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:16,268
All in favor of approving item

1632
00:59:16,268 --> 00:59:16,668
one, say aye.

1633
00:59:16,668 --> 00:59:18,690
>> Aye.

1634
00:59:18,690 --> 00:59:20,469
>> All opposed? Say no.

1635
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:22,774
>> No.

1636
00:59:22,774 --> 00:59:25,174
>> Item one adopting the

1637
00:59:26,444 --> 00:59:27,846
millage rate passes with one

1638
00:59:27,846 --> 00:59:30,148
dissenting vote from MR.

1639
00:59:30,148 --> 00:59:31,449
Cervera. Could I get a motion

1640
00:59:31,449 --> 00:59:33,985
and a second on item two,

1641
00:59:33,985 --> 00:59:36,521
please move by DR. Zeman.

1642
00:59:36,521 --> 00:59:38,155
Seconded by MISS Hixon. We will

1643
00:59:38,155 --> 00:59:40,459
go ahead and do public comment

1644
00:59:40,459 --> 00:59:42,927
on item two, which is a

1645
00:59:42,927 --> 00:59:44,830
resolution adopting the 2627

1646
00:59:44,830 --> 00:59:48,430
budget. So I'll call five names

1647
00:59:49,234 --> 00:59:51,937
at a time. Anna Fusco, Sophie.

1648
00:59:51,937 --> 00:59:53,937
Aminab, Trudy Germanovich,

1649
00:59:54,506 --> 00:59:57,506
Samuel Hull and Melissa Sherman.

1650
00:59:58,811 --> 01:00:02,411
So if you heard your name.

1651
01:00:04,283 --> 01:00:06,683
Please approach the podium.

1652
01:00:10,550 --> 01:00:11,924
>> Yes, sir.

1653
01:00:11,924 --> 01:00:13,659
>> My name is Doctor Trudy

1654
01:00:13,659 --> 01:00:15,561
Germanovich. A family of four

1655
01:00:15,561 --> 01:00:16,995
with two working adults and two

1656
01:00:16,995 --> 01:00:19,395
children. Needs an annual

1657
01:00:22,368 --> 01:00:24,203
pretax income of $117,358 to

1658
01:00:24,203 --> 01:00:27,203
cover basic living expenses in

1659
01:00:27,773 --> 01:00:30,173
Broward County, according to

1660
01:00:31,410 --> 01:00:33,212
mit survey. On what a living

1661
01:00:33,212 --> 01:00:34,547
wage means, no matter where

1662
01:00:34,547 --> 01:00:37,820
they work, just about every

1663
01:00:37,820 --> 01:00:38,650
school teacher in South Florida

1664
01:00:38,650 --> 01:00:40,752
agrees on one thing they are

1665
01:00:40,752 --> 01:00:42,121
underpaid and overworked in

1666
01:00:42,121 --> 01:00:43,956
order to pay the bills.

1667
01:00:43,956 --> 01:00:46,826
Everybody has some sort of side

1668
01:00:46,826 --> 01:00:49,695
hustle who teach who from a

1669
01:00:49,695 --> 01:00:52,298
teacher that teaches at Western,

1670
01:00:52,298 --> 01:00:54,400
our nbc annual survey drew

1671
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:56,800
responses from 1400 teachers in

1672
01:00:57,336 --> 01:00:59,336
Miami-Dade and Broward. 99%

1673
01:00:59,505 --> 01:01:02,505
said teachers are not paid

1674
01:01:02,742 --> 01:01:04,110
fully, fairly, and 90. Nearly

1675
01:01:04,110 --> 01:01:06,312
99% said they have concerns

1676
01:01:06,312 --> 01:01:09,214
about the high cost of living.

1677
01:01:09,214 --> 01:01:11,384
After 14 years of teaching, one

1678
01:01:11,384 --> 01:01:13,784
teacher tutors, students and

1679
01:01:14,220 --> 01:01:17,220
tens bar on weekends to

1680
01:01:17,456 --> 01:01:18,925
supplement her base salary

1681
01:01:18,925 --> 01:01:21,325
$52,000 a year. And that

1682
01:01:21,860 --> 01:01:24,630
roughly comes out to $900 a

1683
01:01:24,630 --> 01:01:27,133
week. Every teacher we spoke to

1684
01:01:27,133 --> 01:01:29,669
said the desire to inspire kids

1685
01:01:29,669 --> 01:01:32,669
keeps them going to veteran

1686
01:01:33,710 --> 01:01:34,607
teachers said. I always have to

1687
01:01:34,607 --> 01:01:36,543
tutor or pick up side jobs just

1688
01:01:36,543 --> 01:01:37,977
to be able to stay down here.

1689
01:01:37,977 --> 01:01:39,746
It's purely for the love of

1690
01:01:39,746 --> 01:01:41,914
teaching that I stay in this

1691
01:01:41,914 --> 01:01:44,314
profession. Another said it

1692
01:01:44,450 --> 01:01:46,453
makes me feel undervalued.

1693
01:01:46,453 --> 01:01:48,421
We're expected to teach all of

1694
01:01:48,421 --> 01:01:50,523
these kids more and more every

1695
01:01:50,523 --> 01:01:51,991
year, and we always rise to the

1696
01:01:51,991 --> 01:01:54,561
occasion. We get it done and

1697
01:01:54,561 --> 01:01:56,290
our paychecks never reflect the

1698
01:01:56,290 --> 01:01:59,232
amount of work and effort we

1699
01:01:59,232 --> 01:02:00,700
put in. I can't keep doing this,

1700
01:02:00,700 --> 01:02:03,300
said another teacher with 22

1701
01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:05,338
years experience. I shouldn't

1702
01:02:05,338 --> 01:02:09,538
have to work three jobs to pay

1703
01:02:10,430 --> 01:02:12,512
for a starter home. So does one

1704
01:02:12,512 --> 01:02:15,480
of our favorites here, Giordano

1705
01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:16,816
was quoted here. Egan, who

1706
01:02:16,816 --> 01:02:18,652
teaches at tropical. They're

1707
01:02:18,652 --> 01:02:19,719
not respecting us as

1708
01:02:19,719 --> 01:02:22,119
professionals. If literally I

1709
01:02:22,255 --> 01:02:25,157
make the same exact money as a

1710
01:02:25,157 --> 01:02:28,157
server working at night, it's

1711
01:02:29,620 --> 01:02:32,620
pretty sad. Starting salary in

1712
01:02:32,332 --> 01:02:35,332
Miami Dade Public Schools is

1713
01:02:36,235 --> 01:02:37,738
50,000, and ours is 51,400.

1714
01:02:37,738 --> 01:02:40,738
Those numbers are augmented by

1715
01:02:42,443 --> 01:02:43,577
the voter approved referendum

1716
01:02:43,577 --> 01:02:44,611
9,696% said they have

1717
01:02:44,611 --> 01:02:47,611
colleagues who have moved out

1718
01:02:47,881 --> 01:02:49,583
of South Florida. Florida is

1719
01:02:49,583 --> 01:02:52,518
ranked 49th in the nation for

1720
01:02:52,518 --> 01:02:54,621
average teacher pay. We need to

1721
01:02:54,621 --> 01:02:57,210
get that referendum passed.

1722
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:01,829
Thank you.

1723
01:03:01,829 --> 01:03:03,829
>> Melissa Sherman, Fort

1724
01:03:04,364 --> 01:03:05,765
Lauderdale I'm a teacher in her

1725
01:03:05,765 --> 01:03:07,433
25th year of service to this

1726
01:03:07,433 --> 01:03:08,702
district, and I want to be sure

1727
01:03:08,702 --> 01:03:10,337
that we're all clear about

1728
01:03:10,337 --> 01:03:11,338
something that this is not a

1729
01:03:11,338 --> 01:03:13,700
conversation about whether we

1730
01:03:13,700 --> 01:03:14,742
would like more money. This is

1731
01:03:14,742 --> 01:03:16,243
a conversation about whether

1732
01:03:16,243 --> 01:03:18,243
experienced professionals can

1733
01:03:18,445 --> 01:03:20,547
continue to afford to work for

1734
01:03:20,547 --> 01:03:22,160
Broward County Public Schools.

1735
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:23,500
You need to stop calling

1736
01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:24,517
reductions in employee health

1737
01:03:24,517 --> 01:03:25,886
care cost savings when those

1738
01:03:25,886 --> 01:03:28,589
savings are being created on

1739
01:03:28,589 --> 01:03:29,590
the backs of employees. If the

1740
01:03:29,590 --> 01:03:30,658
district saves money by

1741
01:03:30,658 --> 01:03:32,158
shifting more of the cost of

1742
01:03:32,158 --> 01:03:34,228
health care onto teachers and

1743
01:03:34,228 --> 01:03:35,363
other staff, the cost is not

1744
01:03:35,363 --> 01:03:36,797
disappeared. It simply moved

1745
01:03:36,797 --> 01:03:38,666
from the district's budgets

1746
01:03:38,666 --> 01:03:40,768
into ours. That doesn't make

1747
01:03:40,768 --> 01:03:42,235
health care cheaper. That makes

1748
01:03:42,235 --> 01:03:43,304
employees delay care, skip

1749
01:03:43,304 --> 01:03:44,338
appointments, put off

1750
01:03:44,338 --> 01:03:45,720
procedures, stretch their

1751
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:46,841
medications and hope their

1752
01:03:46,841 --> 01:03:48,976
problems go away on their own.

1753
01:03:48,976 --> 01:03:51,512
That's not savings that makes

1754
01:03:51,512 --> 01:03:52,913
people sicker and sicker.

1755
01:03:52,913 --> 01:03:54,415
Employees cost more and lost

1756
01:03:54,415 --> 01:03:55,950
work time, medical costs,

1757
01:03:55,950 --> 01:03:57,585
burnout, and people deciding

1758
01:03:57,585 --> 01:03:59,887
they simply cannot afford to

1759
01:03:59,887 --> 01:04:01,222
keep working here. You cannot

1760
01:04:01,222 --> 01:04:02,723
balance a budget by making

1761
01:04:02,723 --> 01:04:03,724
access to medical care less

1762
01:04:03,724 --> 01:04:06,124
affordable for the people,

1763
01:04:06,260 --> 01:04:07,762
keeping the system running year

1764
01:04:07,762 --> 01:04:09,263
after year. The employees in

1765
01:04:09,263 --> 01:04:10,965
your classrooms have absorbed

1766
01:04:10,965 --> 01:04:12,366
the difference. We've adjusted

1767
01:04:12,366 --> 01:04:13,901
our budgets. We've postponed

1768
01:04:13,901 --> 01:04:15,370
our purchases. We've taken

1769
01:04:15,370 --> 01:04:17,472
second jobs. We've tutored.

1770
01:04:17,472 --> 01:04:19,873
We've told our children, no, we

1771
01:04:19,873 --> 01:04:21,750
MAY do, but there is a limit to

1772
01:04:21,750 --> 01:04:22,210
how much of the district's

1773
01:04:22,210 --> 01:04:23,578
financial problems can be

1774
01:04:23,578 --> 01:04:25,313
transferred onto the personal

1775
01:04:25,313 --> 01:04:27,914
finances of its employees, and

1776
01:04:27,914 --> 01:04:28,950
we have reached that limit. I

1777
01:04:28,950 --> 01:04:30,510
want to be very clear about

1778
01:04:30,510 --> 01:04:31,119
what happens next. If

1779
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:33,119
compensation does not

1780
01:04:33,254 --> 01:04:34,989
meaningfully improve, teachers

1781
01:04:34,989 --> 01:04:36,524
will leave not because they

1782
01:04:36,524 --> 01:04:37,926
stop caring about children, not

1783
01:04:37,926 --> 01:04:39,761
because they stop believing in

1784
01:04:39,761 --> 01:04:41,195
public education. They leave

1785
01:04:41,195 --> 01:04:43,595
because caring about children

1786
01:04:44,766 --> 01:04:46,934
does not pay their bills.

1787
01:04:46,934 --> 01:04:48,470
Commitment does not cover our

1788
01:04:48,470 --> 01:04:50,872
heads and dedication does not

1789
01:04:50,872 --> 01:04:52,474
fund our retirements. You can't

1790
01:04:52,474 --> 01:04:54,576
build your school system around

1791
01:04:54,576 --> 01:04:56,277
the expectation that highly

1792
01:04:56,277 --> 01:04:58,780
educated professionals will

1793
01:04:58,780 --> 01:04:59,614
indefinitely subsidize their

1794
01:04:59,614 --> 01:05:01,382
employment with personal

1795
01:05:01,382 --> 01:05:03,840
sacrifice. At some point, we

1796
01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:05,319
value our teachers has to show

1797
01:05:05,319 --> 01:05:07,880
up somewhere other than a

1798
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:08,956
slogan. It has to show up in

1799
01:05:08,956 --> 01:05:11,260
the budget. It has to show up

1800
01:05:11,260 --> 01:05:11,860
in our paychecks and in the

1801
01:05:11,860 --> 01:05:12,494
district's willingness to

1802
01:05:12,494 --> 01:05:14,620
protect our health care.

1803
01:05:14,620 --> 01:05:16,131
Instead of shifting more of the

1804
01:05:16,131 --> 01:05:17,566
costs onto us. Because when the

1805
01:05:17,566 --> 01:05:18,667
message is constantly, we

1806
01:05:18,667 --> 01:05:20,168
appreciate you, but we cannot

1807
01:05:20,168 --> 01:05:22,571
afford to pay you fairly. What

1808
01:05:22,571 --> 01:05:24,500
we hear is we expect you to

1809
01:05:24,500 --> 01:05:25,439
keep doing more for less,

1810
01:05:25,439 --> 01:05:28,900
because we believe you will

1811
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:29,477
tolerate it. That is not

1812
01:05:29,477 --> 01:05:31,130
respect that is being taken for

1813
01:05:31,130 --> 01:05:32,381
granted. And we are tired of

1814
01:05:32,381 --> 01:05:33,382
being told that things are

1815
01:05:33,382 --> 01:05:35,183
improving when our own bank

1816
01:05:35,183 --> 01:05:36,752
accounts tell us otherwise. We

1817
01:05:36,752 --> 01:05:37,652
are tired of hearing that

1818
01:05:37,652 --> 01:05:39,221
compensation is a priority

1819
01:05:39,221 --> 01:05:40,955
while watching our purchasing

1820
01:05:40,955 --> 01:05:42,724
power shrink, we are tired of

1821
01:05:42,724 --> 01:05:44,158
being thanked publicly and

1822
01:05:44,158 --> 01:05:45,994
squeezed privately. Teachers

1823
01:05:45,994 --> 01:05:47,395
know how to read evidence. We

1824
01:05:47,395 --> 01:05:48,530
teach students every day not to

1825
01:05:48,530 --> 01:05:50,930
accept a claim that's

1826
01:05:51,366 --> 01:05:52,467
unsupported by facts. So please

1827
01:05:52,467 --> 01:05:53,702
understand when you tell us

1828
01:05:53,702 --> 01:05:55,404
that we are valued, we are

1829
01:05:55,404 --> 01:05:56,772
looking for the evidence. A

1830
01:05:56,772 --> 01:05:58,340
meaningful raise is evidence.

1831
01:05:58,340 --> 01:05:59,474
Affordable health care is

1832
01:05:59,474 --> 01:06:01,176
evidence, a salary that allows

1833
01:06:01,176 --> 01:06:02,611
a professional educator to live

1834
01:06:02,611 --> 01:06:04,479
in the community. Where she

1835
01:06:04,479 --> 01:06:06,914
works is evidence. Without that,

1836
01:06:06,914 --> 01:06:08,716
the words begin to sound hollow.

1837
01:06:08,716 --> 01:06:11,487
And that's why we're angry.

1838
01:06:11,487 --> 01:06:13,220
>> Thank you.

1839
01:06:13,220 --> 01:06:16,220
>> Thank you so much. Next

1840
01:06:17,959 --> 01:06:20,359
speaker, please. Next speaker,

1841
01:06:24,133 --> 01:06:27,350
please. All right. So again, I

1842
01:06:27,350 --> 01:06:29,271
called Anna Fusco. She. We

1843
01:06:29,271 --> 01:06:31,671
heard from Trudy Germanovich

1844
01:06:32,174 --> 01:06:34,276
Samuel, Samuel Hull, Don

1845
01:06:34,276 --> 01:06:36,276
Campbell, Marjorie Cook,

1846
01:06:36,812 --> 01:06:38,812
Malcolm, Carolyn Harvey,

1847
01:06:43,586 --> 01:06:44,987
Lorraine, Maurice Vachon.

1848
01:06:44,987 --> 01:06:47,189
>> Good afternoon. My name is

1849
01:06:47,189 --> 01:06:50,789
Margaret Malcolm and I live in

1850
01:06:56,499 --> 01:06:57,999
Pembroke Pines. I know well, i

1851
01:06:57,999 --> 01:06:59,735
heard the promise. Well, first

1852
01:06:59,735 --> 01:07:01,704
let me start with the budget.

1853
01:07:01,704 --> 01:07:03,106
There is no evidence of teacher

1854
01:07:03,106 --> 01:07:05,908
salary on any of the line items

1855
01:07:05,908 --> 01:07:07,777
for the budget. And I know I

1856
01:07:07,777 --> 01:07:10,947
was excited a few months ago

1857
01:07:10,947 --> 01:07:13,950
when I was heard that at least

1858
01:07:13,950 --> 01:07:15,885
4%, at least 4% salary increase,

1859
01:07:15,885 --> 01:07:17,787
I was excited. In fact, I was

1860
01:07:17,787 --> 01:07:20,155
one of them who said, yes, let

1861
01:07:20,155 --> 01:07:21,224
me vote. I'm going to say yes

1862
01:07:21,224 --> 01:07:22,958
because I want to make sure

1863
01:07:22,958 --> 01:07:24,827
that if they're going to be 4%,

1864
01:07:24,827 --> 01:07:25,962
then for my health insurance, I

1865
01:07:25,962 --> 01:07:27,864
don't mind paying as long as

1866
01:07:27,864 --> 01:07:29,640
I'm going to get some money to

1867
01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:30,867
put back whatever I'm going to

1868
01:07:30,867 --> 01:07:32,802
pay for my health insurance. So

1869
01:07:32,802 --> 01:07:34,700
I was one of those who said,

1870
01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:35,805
yes, let me go with the health

1871
01:07:35,805 --> 01:07:36,873
insurance because I'm going to

1872
01:07:36,873 --> 01:07:37,907
get my 4% increase. But

1873
01:07:37,907 --> 01:07:39,242
obviously, looking at the

1874
01:07:39,242 --> 01:07:41,411
budget, there is no place for

1875
01:07:41,411 --> 01:07:43,212
4%. There's not even a little

1876
01:07:43,212 --> 01:07:46,212
mention of 4% or an increase

1877
01:07:46,449 --> 01:07:49,652
for teacher salary. But let me

1878
01:07:49,652 --> 01:07:51,988
tell you, teachers are feeling

1879
01:07:51,988 --> 01:07:53,923
it. So right now, I stand in

1880
01:07:53,923 --> 01:07:55,725
the gap for the teacher who sat

1881
01:07:55,725 --> 01:07:57,227
in my classroom last week,

1882
01:07:57,227 --> 01:07:59,227
overwhelmed, crying tears

1883
01:07:59,429 --> 01:08:01,264
because it was too much. I also

1884
01:08:01,264 --> 01:08:03,733
stand a gap for the teacher who

1885
01:08:03,733 --> 01:08:05,702
goes to the grocery store and

1886
01:08:05,702 --> 01:08:06,970
has to use a credit card to pay

1887
01:08:06,970 --> 01:08:09,105
for the food items for the for

1888
01:08:09,105 --> 01:08:11,505
their house, because they're

1889
01:08:12,750 --> 01:08:14,177
salary already completed is is

1890
01:08:14,177 --> 01:08:16,313
way with the mortgage, the car

1891
01:08:16,313 --> 01:08:18,615
payments, whatever it is, bills.

1892
01:08:18,615 --> 01:08:22,850
And I also stand in the gap for

1893
01:08:22,850 --> 01:08:24,554
the teacher who has to postpone

1894
01:08:24,554 --> 01:08:26,723
important life decisions like

1895
01:08:26,723 --> 01:08:28,925
having a child because the

1896
01:08:28,925 --> 01:08:31,194
money will not cover. And not

1897
01:08:31,194 --> 01:08:32,795
only that, teacher. What about

1898
01:08:32,795 --> 01:08:34,731
the other teacher who said, you

1899
01:08:34,731 --> 01:08:36,866
know what? I have to. Even if I

1900
01:08:36,866 --> 01:08:38,268
do have my baby, I have to wait

1901
01:08:38,268 --> 01:08:39,870
just two weeks and come back.

1902
01:08:39,870 --> 01:08:41,738
Maybe let me try to work with

1903
01:08:41,738 --> 01:08:43,674
the numbers, work with the days

1904
01:08:43,674 --> 01:08:45,809
so that I can come back and get

1905
01:08:45,809 --> 01:08:47,244
my salary because I cannot stay

1906
01:08:47,244 --> 01:08:49,513
out of work. I also stand in

1907
01:08:49,513 --> 01:08:51,315
the gap for the teacher who

1908
01:08:51,315 --> 01:08:52,349
prays night and day so that

1909
01:08:52,349 --> 01:08:53,784
their spouse does. Nothing

1910
01:08:53,784 --> 01:08:55,285
happens to their spouses

1911
01:08:55,285 --> 01:08:57,200
because they know they're one

1912
01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:59,323
paycheck away, one paycheck

1913
01:08:59,323 --> 01:09:01,692
away from poverty. We've got to

1914
01:09:01,692 --> 01:09:03,260
do better. Don't wait for the

1915
01:09:03,260 --> 01:09:04,228
referendum. That's what you all

1916
01:09:04,228 --> 01:09:05,462
seem to be doing, waiting for

1917
01:09:05,462 --> 01:09:08,165
the referendum to give teachers

1918
01:09:08,165 --> 01:09:11,000
a pay increase. That's not fair.

1919
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:12,503
But let me tell you, I totally

1920
01:09:12,503 --> 01:09:14,638
agree with our superintendent.

1921
01:09:14,638 --> 01:09:16,439
When he said everything is

1922
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:20,390
increasing. But I would like to

1923
01:09:20,411 --> 01:09:22,811
add. Except teacher salary,

1924
01:09:24,140 --> 01:09:25,449
have yourself a good one.

1925
01:09:25,449 --> 01:09:26,316
>> Thank you. And just please

1926
01:09:26,316 --> 01:09:27,418
maintain decorum in the

1927
01:09:27,418 --> 01:09:29,153
audience. There is no clapping.

1928
01:09:29,153 --> 01:09:31,555
You guys have been really great

1929
01:09:31,555 --> 01:09:33,390
about doing the hand jazz hands,

1930
01:09:33,390 --> 01:09:36,661
but please make sure that we

1931
01:09:36,661 --> 01:09:39,661
don't clap. Next speaker please.

1932
01:09:43,134 --> 01:09:44,702
>> Hi, Shafi. Okay, so. I

1933
01:09:44,702 --> 01:09:46,337
really think we need to do a

1934
01:09:46,337 --> 01:09:47,772
better job with putting a more

1935
01:09:47,772 --> 01:09:50,172
positive spin on this

1936
01:09:50,708 --> 01:09:53,108
referendum. Because although we

1937
01:09:53,611 --> 01:09:55,746
are very upset with you that

1938
01:09:55,746 --> 01:09:58,682
you're not doing anything about

1939
01:09:58,682 --> 01:09:59,684
a race, and although I truly

1940
01:09:59,684 --> 01:10:01,819
believe that you should not

1941
01:10:01,819 --> 01:10:04,655
depend on a referendum for race,

1942
01:10:04,655 --> 01:10:07,655
you should have some innovative

1943
01:10:07,992 --> 01:10:10,940
ways of fixing your bget in a

1944
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:12,230
way that's positive for

1945
01:10:12,230 --> 01:10:14,365
educators. You have this big

1946
01:10:14,365 --> 01:10:17,000
old sign here that says a-rated

1947
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:18,670
School District. Were any of

1948
01:10:18,670 --> 01:10:21,670
you in a classroom teaching

1949
01:10:21,906 --> 01:10:24,208
children? Because the grades of

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01:10:24,208 --> 01:10:26,511
the students, the hard work of

1951
01:10:26,511 --> 01:10:29,147
the students, the hard work of

1952
01:10:29,147 --> 01:10:31,282
the teachers and the classroom

1953
01:10:31,282 --> 01:10:35,319
is the reason why we are an a

1954
01:10:35,319 --> 01:10:38,222
rated school district. Let me

1955
01:10:38,222 --> 01:10:40,992
say that again. The hard work

1956
01:10:40,992 --> 01:10:43,895
of the teachers and the

1957
01:10:43,895 --> 01:10:46,264
classroom is the reason why we

1958
01:10:46,264 --> 01:10:47,833
are an a rated schooll distrtrt.

1959
01:10:47,833 --> 01:10:51,202
I wantt e eveone in the pububc

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01:10:51,202 --> 01:10:52,570
tohororoughl u understdhahat,

1961
01:10:52,570 --> 01:10:54,970
cacause we morehahan deserve

1962
01:10:55,407 --> 01:10:58,676
the referendum to pass, to help

1963
01:10:58,676 --> 01:11:01,479
our educators stay in those

1964
01:11:01,479 --> 01:11:03,879
classrooms, to help the

1965
01:11:04,883 --> 01:11:06,585
students in the school district,

1966
01:11:06,585 --> 01:11:09,154
and everyone up there that's

1967
01:11:09,154 --> 01:11:11,990
sitting in the chairs, you need

1968
01:11:11,990 --> 01:11:13,492
to do a better job with paying

1969
01:11:13,492 --> 01:11:15,493
attention to your educators

1970
01:11:15,493 --> 01:11:18,129
needs. You MAY think you're

1971
01:11:18,129 --> 01:11:21,729
doing a great job. You really

1972
01:11:22,501 --> 01:11:24,136
MAY think you are, but you know,

1973
01:11:24,136 --> 01:11:27,139
as an educator myself, I like

1974
01:11:27,139 --> 01:11:29,675
to reflect on how I teach my

1975
01:11:29,675 --> 01:11:31,409
classes. In fact, I pride

1976
01:11:31,409 --> 01:11:33,946
myself on looking at every

1977
01:11:33,946 --> 01:11:35,714
survey after I give a class to

1978
01:11:35,714 --> 01:11:38,714
see. Did anyone say anything

1979
01:11:38,984 --> 01:11:41,984
negative? How can I improve

1980
01:11:42,287 --> 01:11:44,356
myself of being an educator? So

1981
01:11:44,356 --> 01:11:46,958
for years we've been coming

1982
01:11:46,958 --> 01:11:49,428
here, the btu educators from

1983
01:11:49,428 --> 01:11:51,997
all over have been coming and

1984
01:11:51,997 --> 01:11:53,365
telling you exactly what you

1985
01:11:53,365 --> 01:11:56,702
need to do to improve the

1986
01:11:56,702 --> 01:11:58,300
school district. I don't know

1987
01:11:58,300 --> 01:11:59,710
what's going on with everyone's

1988
01:11:59,710 --> 01:12:00,939
listening skills up there

1989
01:12:00,939 --> 01:12:02,541
because no one's listening. I

1990
01:12:02,541 --> 01:12:04,209
really I'm very concerned about

1991
01:12:04,209 --> 01:12:06,712
this, I really am. I'm not

1992
01:12:06,712 --> 01:12:09,915
trying to make a joke out of it,

1993
01:12:09,915 --> 01:12:15,315
but it is a, it is a real true

1994
01:12:15,387 --> 01:12:16,755
concern. Because again, the

1995
01:12:16,755 --> 01:12:19,155
educators in the school

1996
01:12:19,291 --> 01:12:21,691
district, their hard work,

1997
01:12:22,862 --> 01:12:24,730
their sacrifices taking away

1998
01:12:24,730 --> 01:12:25,764
from their families, staying

1999
01:12:25,764 --> 01:12:27,533
after school to help the

2000
01:12:27,533 --> 01:12:29,680
student who needs extra help,

2001
01:12:29,680 --> 01:12:32,238
coming in early to help the

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01:12:32,238 --> 01:12:34,773
student who needs extra help.

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01:12:34,773 --> 01:12:36,375
They are the reason why this

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01:12:36,375 --> 01:12:37,409
school district is an a rated

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01:12:37,409 --> 01:12:39,111
school district and they need

2006
01:12:39,111 --> 01:12:40,979
to have more respect, give them

2007
01:12:40,979 --> 01:12:43,490
the respect that they deserve.

2008
01:12:43,490 --> 01:12:44,883
>> Thank you. Next speaker. I

2009
01:12:44,883 --> 01:12:46,718
called quite a few names

2010
01:12:46,718 --> 01:12:48,855
earlier, and I also have David

2011
01:12:48,855 --> 01:12:49,922
Gomes on the list now. So if I

2012
01:12:49,922 --> 01:12:51,624
called your name, please

2013
01:12:51,624 --> 01:12:55,224
approach the podium so we can

2014
01:12:58,164 --> 01:13:01,164
hear your public comment. You

2015
01:13:04,370 --> 01:13:06,720
can line up behind each speaker.

2016
01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:07,239
>> Hi. I did not hear you call

2017
01:13:07,239 --> 01:13:08,675
my name. My name is Monique

2018
01:13:08,675 --> 01:13:10,476
Boucherie. Did you call it?

2019
01:13:10,476 --> 01:13:12,111
>> I don't have you on the list.

2020
01:13:12,111 --> 01:13:13,246
>> Okay, then I would still

2021
01:13:13,246 --> 01:13:15,181
like the opportunity to speak.

2022
01:13:15,181 --> 01:13:17,684
I'm standing here asking for a

2023
01:13:17,684 --> 01:13:19,819
raise, which is demeaning for a

2024
01:13:19,819 --> 01:13:22,210
57 year old woman who has

2025
01:13:22,210 --> 01:13:23,523
worked so hard and given so

2026
01:13:23,523 --> 01:13:26,292
much to this district. I work

2027
01:13:26,292 --> 01:13:27,727
with special needs. I'm so

2028
01:13:27,727 --> 01:13:28,995
tired of hearing about the

2029
01:13:28,995 --> 01:13:30,296
enrollment. The enrollment has

2030
01:13:30,296 --> 01:13:31,798
gone down. Can I ask why a

2031
01:13:31,798 --> 01:13:33,566
classroom was just collapsed

2032
01:13:33,566 --> 01:13:35,735
and I have taken over half of

2033
01:13:35,735 --> 01:13:37,537
the collapsed classroom, as

2034
01:13:37,537 --> 01:13:38,872
well as the other special needs

2035
01:13:38,872 --> 01:13:41,141
teachers I work with. It

2036
01:13:41,141 --> 01:13:42,409
doesn't make sense when you

2037
01:13:42,409 --> 01:13:44,644
keep filling the classrooms

2038
01:13:44,644 --> 01:13:46,813
like this. The overpopulated

2039
01:13:46,813 --> 01:13:48,948
classrooms are not going to get.

2040
01:13:48,948 --> 01:13:51,484
They're not going to get the.

2041
01:13:51,484 --> 01:13:53,687
The people students back.

2042
01:13:53,687 --> 01:13:55,488
Parents are disgusted by it.

2043
01:13:55,488 --> 01:13:57,888
They're bothered that that's

2044
01:13:58,758 --> 01:14:00,927
not how you have people come

2045
01:14:00,927 --> 01:14:04,164
back. It just doesn't work. I

2046
01:14:04,164 --> 01:14:05,999
mean, you should know that also.

2047
01:14:05,999 --> 01:14:07,667
I'm also tired of hearing that

2048
01:14:07,667 --> 01:14:09,870
you can't afford anything. I

2049
01:14:09,870 --> 01:14:12,720
see this budget. I do not see

2050
01:14:12,720 --> 01:14:14,240
raises for the teachers. What i

2051
01:14:14,240 --> 01:14:15,975
also don't see is anyone

2052
01:14:15,975 --> 01:14:17,778
getting cut anywhere. I'm not

2053
01:14:17,778 --> 01:14:19,245
even asking you to cut people

2054
01:14:19,245 --> 01:14:20,948
and take away their salary.

2055
01:14:20,948 --> 01:14:22,490
Let's move them. I don't need

2056
01:14:22,490 --> 01:14:23,116
someone walking through my

2057
01:14:23,116 --> 01:14:25,520
classroom telling me that my

2058
01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:26,753
standards on up. We are an a

2059
01:14:26,753 --> 01:14:29,289
district. We don't need that.

2060
01:14:29,289 --> 01:14:30,824
>> So if we please maintain. We

2061
01:14:30,824 --> 01:14:32,725
pause for time. Please pause

2062
01:14:32,725 --> 01:14:32,993
our time so she can get her

2063
01:14:32,993 --> 01:14:33,793
time back.

2064
01:14:33,793 --> 01:14:35,696
>> That's okay.

2065
01:14:35,696 --> 01:14:36,863
>> No, I'm going to ask the

2066
01:14:36,863 --> 01:14:37,965
audience to please maintain

2067
01:14:37,965 --> 01:14:40,834
decorum so that each speaker

2068
01:14:40,834 --> 01:14:42,303
can be heard. Thank you.

2069
01:14:42,303 --> 01:14:43,437
>> So I do not need someone to

2070
01:14:43,437 --> 01:14:45,205
walk through my classroom and

2071
01:14:45,205 --> 01:14:47,206
ask if my standards are up or

2072
01:14:47,206 --> 01:14:48,375
you know what I do need help

2073
01:14:48,375 --> 01:14:50,243
with? Can you walk through my

2074
01:14:50,243 --> 01:14:52,146
classroom and say, can I change

2075
01:14:52,146 --> 01:14:53,179
that diaper for you so you can

2076
01:14:53,179 --> 01:14:55,115
address this student here? How

2077
01:14:55,115 --> 01:14:56,283
about we have that? But I don't

2078
01:14:56,283 --> 01:14:57,384
subs anyone an extra body. If

2079
01:14:57,384 --> 01:14:59,186
you're going to keep shoving

2080
01:14:59,186 --> 01:15:00,387
kids into classes, you need to

2081
01:15:00,387 --> 01:15:03,124
put more bodies in there. It's

2082
01:15:03,124 --> 01:15:04,558
it becomes unsafe. I am hearing

2083
01:15:04,558 --> 01:15:06,759
these horror stories. My

2084
01:15:06,759 --> 01:15:09,159
classrooms are hard enough.

2085
01:15:09,330 --> 01:15:10,364
Also. Please stop. Stop

2086
01:15:10,364 --> 01:15:12,833
thinking that the referendum is

2087
01:15:12,833 --> 01:15:14,368
our raise. As we can see

2088
01:15:14,368 --> 01:15:16,904
earlier, the gentleman and I

2089
01:15:16,904 --> 01:15:18,305
get where what he's saying. But

2090
01:15:18,305 --> 01:15:20,141
that is your constituents. That

2091
01:15:20,141 --> 01:15:22,243
is the people who are voting on

2092
01:15:22,243 --> 01:15:23,277
the referendum. They're

2093
01:15:23,277 --> 01:15:25,450
confused and you are not

2094
01:15:25,450 --> 01:15:26,914
helping them see it any

2095
01:15:26,914 --> 01:15:27,748
brighter, any clearer. And

2096
01:15:27,748 --> 01:15:29,383
those are the people that are

2097
01:15:29,383 --> 01:15:30,885
going to vote already.

2098
01:15:30,885 --> 01:15:32,530
Everything's gone up,

2099
01:15:32,530 --> 01:15:33,187
everything. Now their taxes are

2100
01:15:33,187 --> 01:15:35,220
going up. They're not going to

2101
01:15:35,220 --> 01:15:36,624
ask to give more for a

2102
01:15:36,624 --> 01:15:38,920
referendum unless we clearly

2103
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:39,527
explain it. And we have not

2104
01:15:39,527 --> 01:15:41,162
been transparent. We all know

2105
01:15:41,162 --> 01:15:42,263
what happened last year where

2106
01:15:42,263 --> 01:15:44,198
some people got paid, they

2107
01:15:44,198 --> 01:15:46,400
shouldn't get paid. I got it,

2108
01:15:46,400 --> 01:15:48,202
that was a mistake. I

2109
01:15:48,202 --> 01:15:49,871
understand, but so legally you

2110
01:15:49,871 --> 01:15:51,306
don't have to pay it back. But

2111
01:15:51,306 --> 01:15:53,106
morally you should have that

2112
01:15:53,106 --> 01:15:55,743
again, not even the issue. I'm

2113
01:15:55,743 --> 01:15:56,978
just asking. Please, please

2114
01:15:56,978 --> 01:15:58,813
stop filling these classrooms

2115
01:15:58,813 --> 01:16:02,413
like this. The last thing I

2116
01:16:02,917 --> 01:16:05,860
want to say is you want us to

2117
01:16:05,860 --> 01:16:06,888
go with no more money again

2118
01:16:06,888 --> 01:16:09,257
this year, but everything has

2119
01:16:09,257 --> 01:16:11,893
gone up. Everything. So I can

2120
01:16:11,893 --> 01:16:14,429
no longer afford to match what

2121
01:16:14,429 --> 01:16:15,930
I spend. I can't afford to work

2122
01:16:15,930 --> 01:16:18,299
for you anymore. And it's a

2123
01:16:18,299 --> 01:16:20,869
shame because I love working

2124
01:16:20,869 --> 01:16:23,869
with special needs. Thank you.

2125
01:16:31,312 --> 01:16:33,148
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2126
01:16:33,148 --> 01:16:35,282
>> Greetings. My name is Janiya

2127
01:16:35,282 --> 01:16:37,682
Harden. I've been teaching.

2128
01:16:37,852 --> 01:16:41,790
This is my 20th year, but not

2129
01:16:41,790 --> 01:16:43,892
with this district. Thank you.

2130
01:16:43,892 --> 01:16:46,892
Five years with this district.

2131
01:16:47,596 --> 01:16:48,963
I wanted to basically state

2132
01:16:48,963 --> 01:16:50,765
everything that they've said. I

2133
01:16:50,765 --> 01:16:53,602
don't need to repeat what they

2134
01:16:53,602 --> 01:16:57,204
said. You know, we all want a

2135
01:16:57,204 --> 01:16:58,974
raise. We need a raise because

2136
01:16:58,974 --> 01:17:01,143
everything has gone up. And you

2137
01:17:01,143 --> 01:17:04,743
know this already. I don't want

2138
01:17:04,746 --> 01:17:06,915
to I'm I'm not going to make it

2139
01:17:06,915 --> 01:17:09,451
seem like you don't know this.

2140
01:17:09,451 --> 01:17:13,651
My question is, what is it that

2141
01:17:14,956 --> 01:17:17,425
we can do to help you get there,

2142
01:17:17,425 --> 01:17:20,228
to make the decision to put us

2143
01:17:20,228 --> 01:17:22,970
first? What is it that we can

2144
01:17:22,970 --> 01:17:23,498
do? Because I think we've

2145
01:17:23,498 --> 01:17:25,434
proven that we're great

2146
01:17:25,434 --> 01:17:27,834
teachers and educators because

2147
01:17:28,603 --> 01:17:31,506
you're in a district. Correct?

2148
01:17:31,506 --> 01:17:34,343
I think I think that we are the

2149
01:17:34,343 --> 01:17:36,145
only profession that in the

2150
01:17:36,145 --> 01:17:38,647
entire, I will say, the United

2151
01:17:38,647 --> 01:17:41,583
States, where we are taking

2152
01:17:41,583 --> 01:17:43,983
advantage of of kindness,

2153
01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:47,623
because if we only worked our

2154
01:17:47,623 --> 01:17:50,492
contracted hours, I want to

2155
01:17:50,492 --> 01:17:52,661
know if things would get done.

2156
01:17:52,661 --> 01:17:55,597
It wouldn't get done. I'm

2157
01:17:55,597 --> 01:17:58,801
telling you now, if we decided

2158
01:17:58,801 --> 01:18:02,401
right now to only work our

2159
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:04,907
contracted hours 730 to 3 P.M.

2160
01:18:04,907 --> 01:18:07,243
That means nothing. Not an

2161
01:18:07,243 --> 01:18:10,413
email, not a not a phone call

2162
01:18:10,413 --> 01:18:12,140
from a parent. Hey, you know,

2163
01:18:12,140 --> 01:18:14,250
can you help me with Bobby or

2164
01:18:14,250 --> 01:18:17,119
Susie? Can you help me with

2165
01:18:17,119 --> 01:18:20,119
Devonte or Shavonte, whoever it

2166
01:18:21,900 --> 01:18:23,580
is that you teach, can you come

2167
01:18:23,580 --> 01:18:24,326
in early so I can go to work?

2168
01:18:24,326 --> 01:18:27,296
Because there are teachers who

2169
01:18:27,296 --> 01:18:28,763
show up before their contracted

2170
01:18:28,763 --> 01:18:30,660
hours. There are teachers. In

2171
01:18:30,660 --> 01:18:32,602
fact, I was late to this

2172
01:18:32,602 --> 01:18:35,602
meeting today because I stayed

2173
01:18:35,938 --> 01:18:38,400
until 430 at my school because

2174
01:18:38,400 --> 01:18:39,475
things need to get done. And

2175
01:18:39,475 --> 01:18:41,410
people like to say, because I'm

2176
01:18:41,410 --> 01:18:44,146
just a music teacher. But guess

2177
01:18:44,146 --> 01:18:48,346
what? I push in for reading. I

2178
01:18:48,918 --> 01:18:52,518
was in the media center today.

2179
01:18:52,755 --> 01:18:54,290
Covering. And you're putting

2180
01:18:54,290 --> 01:18:56,459
pressure also on our

2181
01:18:56,459 --> 01:18:58,161
administrative staff, on our

2182
01:18:58,161 --> 01:19:00,161
principals. They're becoming

2183
01:19:01,763 --> 01:19:04,000
bullies. I'm letting you know.

2184
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:05,768
They're becoming bullies

2185
01:19:05,768 --> 01:19:07,870
because they're under pressure

2186
01:19:07,870 --> 01:19:10,840
with the budget in which you've

2187
01:19:10,840 --> 01:19:12,242
given them to work through,

2188
01:19:12,242 --> 01:19:14,770
they're adding in all of these

2189
01:19:14,770 --> 01:19:15,879
new departments. Now we have

2190
01:19:15,879 --> 01:19:17,713
early Head Start and Head Start,

2191
01:19:17,713 --> 01:19:20,183
and how can I get this? How can

2192
01:19:20,183 --> 01:19:21,317
I increase my special needs

2193
01:19:21,317 --> 01:19:24,120
budget? Because they get a

2194
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:26,256
little bit more. That's

2195
01:19:26,256 --> 01:19:29,256
ridiculous. You guys, come on.

2196
01:19:29,893 --> 01:19:30,894
I want you to do better. Thank

2197
01:19:30,894 --> 01:19:32,362
you.

2198
01:19:32,362 --> 01:19:35,362
>> Thank you so much. Next

2199
01:19:37,767 --> 01:19:39,767
speaker.

2200
01:19:45,410 --> 01:19:46,842
>> Good evening. Good evening.

2201
01:19:46,842 --> 01:19:48,178
i came with a couple of ideas

2202
01:19:48,178 --> 01:19:51,778
short of time because I missed

2203
01:19:52,549 --> 01:19:55,118
my introduction. The first one.

2204
01:19:55,118 --> 01:19:57,686
However, I believe that one and

2205
01:19:57,686 --> 01:19:58,955
the two are combined together.

2206
01:19:58,955 --> 01:20:00,857
You said that you have a budget

2207
01:20:00,857 --> 01:20:03,857
deficit of $90 million and have

2208
01:20:05,862 --> 01:20:07,297
empty seats near 70,000, and

2209
01:20:07,297 --> 01:20:09,933
you continue to pay maintenance

2210
01:20:09,933 --> 01:20:12,302
and upkeep costs for the empty

2211
01:20:12,302 --> 01:20:13,570
schools. And that's why you

2212
01:20:13,570 --> 01:20:17,400
have to put all the students

2213
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:18,909
together with the other.

2214
01:20:18,909 --> 01:20:21,311
Students in other schools. And

2215
01:20:21,311 --> 01:20:22,779
that creates a problem for the

2216
01:20:22,779 --> 01:20:25,779
teachers and for the other

2217
01:20:26,550 --> 01:20:28,185
students. I believe that in

2218
01:20:28,185 --> 01:20:29,319
order to avoid the students, to

2219
01:20:29,319 --> 01:20:32,319
get all together, you should

2220
01:20:34,258 --> 01:20:36,160
create two shifts and to start

2221
01:20:36,160 --> 01:20:38,560
thinking about selling the

2222
01:20:38,628 --> 01:20:39,630
buildings and stop paying

2223
01:20:39,630 --> 01:20:42,300
maintenance for something that

2224
01:20:43,667 --> 01:20:45,903
you're not using. Or either

2225
01:20:45,903 --> 01:20:48,672
renting buildings and get rid

2226
01:20:48,672 --> 01:20:49,773
of those contracts that you're

2227
01:20:49,773 --> 01:20:51,642
saying that you cannot do

2228
01:20:51,642 --> 01:20:52,509
anything because they are under

2229
01:20:52,509 --> 01:20:53,510
filled buildings or something

2230
01:20:53,510 --> 01:20:55,244
like that, which I don't

2231
01:20:55,244 --> 01:20:56,347
understand the term, but you

2232
01:20:56,347 --> 01:20:59,149
should do something like that

2233
01:20:59,149 --> 01:21:02,153
and create a, you know, some

2234
01:21:02,153 --> 01:21:05,753
money for the budget. Also, you

2235
01:21:06,357 --> 01:21:08,757
know, stop, stop creating

2236
01:21:09,660 --> 01:21:12,163
budget for back end rates. You

2237
01:21:12,163 --> 01:21:14,563
created last year, 700 vacant

2238
01:21:14,598 --> 01:21:17,598
roles. You never activated them.

2239
01:21:18,536 --> 01:21:21,536
However, you did create. A

2240
01:21:22,506 --> 01:21:23,641
budget for it and there was no

2241
01:21:23,641 --> 01:21:25,109
need for that. You are now

2242
01:21:25,109 --> 01:21:27,509
federal budget. Federal budget

2243
01:21:27,678 --> 01:21:30,810
does that. You do not. Your

2244
01:21:30,810 --> 01:21:33,500
county. You should be more

2245
01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:34,852
straight on the budget. You

2246
01:21:34,852 --> 01:21:35,986
don't need to spend or create

2247
01:21:35,986 --> 01:21:38,550
budget for something that you

2248
01:21:38,550 --> 01:21:41,459
do not spend. The federal does

2249
01:21:41,459 --> 01:21:43,427
that. You don't. That's

2250
01:21:43,427 --> 01:21:45,429
basically it. You need to work

2251
01:21:45,429 --> 01:21:47,731
on the 70,000 empty seat, sell

2252
01:21:47,731 --> 01:21:50,340
the school, sell those

2253
01:21:50,340 --> 01:21:52,434
buildings. Those are empty

2254
01:21:52,569 --> 01:21:55,373
buildings. Sell it. You can get

2255
01:21:55,373 --> 01:21:56,975
money out of it and have love

2256
01:21:56,975 --> 01:21:59,344
for the teachers and respect

2257
01:21:59,344 --> 01:22:00,745
for them. The people that have

2258
01:22:00,745 --> 01:22:04,345
more love in their hearts are

2259
01:22:05,490 --> 01:22:07,552
the teachers. You are kids.

2260
01:22:07,552 --> 01:22:09,420
Once. They love you when you

2261
01:22:09,420 --> 01:22:11,556
were kids and you are there and

2262
01:22:11,556 --> 01:22:13,458
sitting there because your

2263
01:22:13,458 --> 01:22:16,458
teachers love you and they

2264
01:22:16,594 --> 01:22:20,980
teach you how to be good people,

2265
01:22:20,980 --> 01:22:22,000
you're not in jail. You're not

2266
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:24,400
incarcerated. You are sitting

2267
01:22:25,537 --> 01:22:28,239
there making good money because

2268
01:22:28,239 --> 01:22:29,507
you have good teachers. Respect

2269
01:22:29,507 --> 01:22:31,743
the teachers that are sitting

2270
01:22:31,743 --> 01:22:35,943
here and try to make the best

2271
01:22:37,115 --> 01:22:40,715
out of it. That's my time.

2272
01:22:43,922 --> 01:22:45,423
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2273
01:22:45,423 --> 01:22:47,158
>> Good evening, school board

2274
01:22:47,158 --> 01:22:49,327
members. My name is Roosevelt

2275
01:22:49,327 --> 01:22:50,462
McCleary. I am the sp vice

2276
01:22:50,462 --> 01:22:52,197
PRESIDENT, and I'm coming to

2277
01:22:52,197 --> 01:22:54,333
speak on all the education

2278
01:22:54,333 --> 01:22:56,733
support professional who right

2279
01:22:57,235 --> 01:22:59,371
now is working their second job.

2280
01:22:59,371 --> 01:23:01,573
So our ESPs are the backbone of

2281
01:23:01,573 --> 01:23:03,375
our school. They support our

2282
01:23:03,375 --> 01:23:05,110
students, assist our teachers,

2283
01:23:05,110 --> 01:23:06,945
and often take on the

2284
01:23:06,945 --> 01:23:09,345
responsibility far beyond their

2285
01:23:10,582 --> 01:23:11,650
job description. And many go

2286
01:23:11,650 --> 01:23:13,180
throughout the employees or go

2287
01:23:13,180 --> 01:23:14,519
throughout the district

2288
01:23:14,519 --> 01:23:16,388
struggling financially while

2289
01:23:16,388 --> 01:23:18,457
they continue to serve the

2290
01:23:18,457 --> 01:23:19,624
district faithfully. If we

2291
01:23:19,624 --> 01:23:21,727
truly believe that every

2292
01:23:21,727 --> 01:23:22,861
student deserves a safe,

2293
01:23:22,861 --> 01:23:24,861
supportive, and successful

2294
01:23:25,297 --> 01:23:26,764
school experience, then we must

2295
01:23:26,764 --> 01:23:29,301
prioritize the people who help

2296
01:23:29,301 --> 01:23:32,301
make that possible every single

2297
01:23:33,204 --> 01:23:35,600
day. Our ESPs are classroom and

2298
01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:36,842
teacher, assistant, brace

2299
01:23:36,842 --> 01:23:38,644
advisor, parent educators,

2300
01:23:38,644 --> 01:23:40,145
behavior techs, our

2301
01:23:40,145 --> 01:23:41,479
instructional assistant, job

2302
01:23:41,479 --> 01:23:42,981
coach, child development

2303
01:23:42,981 --> 01:23:45,184
associate, and our community

2304
01:23:45,184 --> 01:23:47,520
liaison. When they when. When

2305
01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:49,870
experienced ESPs leave because

2306
01:23:49,870 --> 01:23:51,223
they cannot afford to stay. Our

2307
01:23:51,223 --> 01:23:53,580
school. Lose knowledge,

2308
01:23:53,580 --> 01:23:55,194
stability and our trusted

2309
01:23:55,194 --> 01:23:56,962
relationship with students.

2310
01:23:56,962 --> 01:23:58,831
Prioritizing raises is not

2311
01:23:58,831 --> 01:24:00,933
simply an employee issue, it's

2312
01:24:00,933 --> 01:24:03,135
a student issue. It's a

2313
01:24:03,135 --> 01:24:06,380
staffing issue. It's a school

2314
01:24:06,380 --> 01:24:08,174
stability issue. Every dollar

2315
01:24:08,174 --> 01:24:09,308
invested in the esp

2316
01:24:09,308 --> 01:24:11,430
compensation helped the Broward

2317
01:24:11,430 --> 01:24:13,443
County School to retain

2318
01:24:13,946 --> 01:24:15,381
experienced employees, reduce

2319
01:24:15,381 --> 01:24:17,116
turnovers, strengthen morale,

2320
01:24:17,116 --> 01:24:18,951
and provide students with the

2321
01:24:18,951 --> 01:24:21,351
consistent support that they

2322
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:22,889
deserve. We cannot continue

2323
01:24:22,889 --> 01:24:24,889
calling these employees

2324
01:24:25,570 --> 01:24:27,457
essential while treating their

2325
01:24:28,361 --> 01:24:29,729
compensation as optional. I'm

2326
01:24:29,729 --> 01:24:32,265
asking this school board to

2327
01:24:32,265 --> 01:24:35,134
make meaningful raises for our

2328
01:24:35,134 --> 01:24:36,702
ESPs a priority in this budget.

2329
01:24:36,702 --> 01:24:38,437
Show these employees that their

2330
01:24:38,437 --> 01:24:39,839
work is valued, and not only

2331
01:24:39,839 --> 01:24:42,839
with words, but with your

2332
01:24:43,142 --> 01:24:44,844
action. I continually show up

2333
01:24:44,844 --> 01:24:47,130
for the Broward County Public

2334
01:24:47,130 --> 01:24:50,613
School. Now it's time for this

2335
01:24:52,118 --> 01:24:55,718
district to show up for us.

2336
01:24:58,291 --> 01:25:00,260
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2337
01:25:00,260 --> 01:25:01,761
>> Greetings.

2338
01:25:01,761 --> 01:25:04,731
>> Hello everyone. My name is

2339
01:25:04,731 --> 01:25:06,833
Carolyn Harvey. I am a proud

2340
01:25:06,833 --> 01:25:09,833
btu steward. I'm the resident

2341
01:25:10,870 --> 01:25:14,470
of Lauderhill. I am a proud

2342
01:25:15,108 --> 01:25:16,576
mother of two wonderful, great

2343
01:25:16,576 --> 01:25:20,176
adults. That is a product of

2344
01:25:20,980 --> 01:25:23,380
this wonderful county school

2345
01:25:23,750 --> 01:25:27,350
board. And I appear with a

2346
01:25:28,121 --> 01:25:29,889
problem. I can't, I can't just

2347
01:25:29,889 --> 01:25:31,358
imagine that you don't

2348
01:25:31,358 --> 01:25:34,358
understand what's going on with

2349
01:25:34,961 --> 01:25:36,363
us. I stand before you not only

2350
01:25:36,363 --> 01:25:39,299
as a teacher or a speech

2351
01:25:39,299 --> 01:25:41,670
therapist, but also I am an

2352
01:25:41,670 --> 01:25:42,768
advocate for special needs

2353
01:25:42,768 --> 01:25:45,168
students, and our children

2354
01:25:46,730 --> 01:25:48,275
deserve top tier education and

2355
01:25:48,275 --> 01:25:49,642
we need stability. And we also

2356
01:25:49,642 --> 01:25:51,811
need you to understand, in

2357
01:25:51,811 --> 01:25:55,348
order for us to do that, we

2358
01:25:55,348 --> 01:25:58,351
need we need it. We need a

2359
01:25:58,351 --> 01:26:00,420
raise. We need you to

2360
01:26:00,420 --> 01:26:02,256
understand that going into

2361
01:26:02,256 --> 01:26:04,570
Walmart and going at great

2362
01:26:04,570 --> 01:26:05,425
value and just grabbing that as

2363
01:26:05,425 --> 01:26:08,425
our situation, we can't afford

2364
01:26:09,429 --> 01:26:13,290
this. We cannot afford this. We

2365
01:26:13,801 --> 01:26:15,535
need you to please allow us to

2366
01:26:15,535 --> 01:26:17,337
have the dignity to be the

2367
01:26:17,337 --> 01:26:20,274
teachers and educators that we

2368
01:26:20,274 --> 01:26:22,443
are. I was mentored by my

2369
01:26:22,443 --> 01:26:24,645
sheriff from a small rural town

2370
01:26:24,645 --> 01:26:26,680
in Louisiana, and I wanted to

2371
01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:27,915
be a police officer, but he

2372
01:26:27,915 --> 01:26:29,717
told me, no, you go be a

2373
01:26:29,717 --> 01:26:31,451
teacher because a teacher can

2374
01:26:31,451 --> 01:26:33,253
change lives in a year. And he

2375
01:26:33,253 --> 01:26:35,550
taught me passion, and I have a

2376
01:26:35,550 --> 01:26:36,890
passion within me to make a

2377
01:26:36,890 --> 01:26:37,157
difference. And I've been

2378
01:26:37,157 --> 01:26:38,692
making a difference in this

2379
01:26:38,692 --> 01:26:41,692
county for 34 years. I've given

2380
01:26:42,596 --> 01:26:46,166
it all and I am concerned why

2381
01:26:46,166 --> 01:26:48,402
y'all can't give me my all. I

2382
01:26:48,402 --> 01:26:51,305
mean, I went from a step, then

2383
01:26:51,305 --> 01:26:53,373
from the step to a letter. Now

2384
01:26:53,373 --> 01:26:56,430
we're doing integers where you

2385
01:26:56,430 --> 01:26:57,610
have a negative and a negative

2386
01:26:57,610 --> 01:26:59,480
equals a negative. It's not a

2387
01:26:59,480 --> 01:27:01,415
negative and a negative equal a

2388
01:27:01,415 --> 01:27:04,415
positive. I'm needing you to

2389
01:27:05,252 --> 01:27:07,788
get get on it. I'm excited that

2390
01:27:07,788 --> 01:27:08,856
you will. I'm very proud of you

2391
01:27:08,856 --> 01:27:11,580
because I'm already looking

2392
01:27:11,580 --> 01:27:15,258
into my future. And I know I

2393
01:27:15,328 --> 01:27:17,328
will have that 4%.

2394
01:27:20,801 --> 01:27:21,803
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2395
01:27:21,803 --> 01:27:22,937
>> Hello. My name.

2396
01:27:22,937 --> 01:27:25,337
>> Is Lorraine Maurice Vachon.

2397
01:27:27,975 --> 01:27:29,710
I'm a proud btu steward. Good

2398
01:27:29,710 --> 01:27:31,913
evening. I'm also a proud

2399
01:27:31,913 --> 01:27:34,313
product of Broward County

2400
01:27:34,415 --> 01:27:36,217
Schools. My elementary school

2401
01:27:36,217 --> 01:27:38,217
principal, MR. Benjamin

2402
01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:40,922
Williams, taught me an example

2403
01:27:40,922 --> 01:27:43,570
that education is more than a

2404
01:27:43,570 --> 01:27:45,159
profession. It is a lifelong

2405
01:27:45,159 --> 01:27:47,280
commitment to serve our

2406
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:48,796
community. That commitment

2407
01:27:48,796 --> 01:27:51,796
became personal when I received

2408
01:27:51,799 --> 01:27:53,534
a call from MR. Vanover, and he

2409
01:27:53,534 --> 01:27:54,402
asked me to come directly from

2410
01:27:54,402 --> 01:27:56,402
Bethune-Cookman University

2411
01:27:57,710 --> 01:27:59,307
right off of I-95 for an

2412
01:27:59,307 --> 01:28:02,307
interview at Sailboat Bend. I

2413
01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:04,646
told him, my age now. Moments

2414
01:28:04,646 --> 01:28:06,414
like that remind me how deeply

2415
01:28:06,414 --> 01:28:08,616
Broward County has shaped my

2416
01:28:08,616 --> 01:28:11,616
life and how many educators

2417
01:28:11,853 --> 01:28:14,422
invested in and in the

2418
01:28:14,422 --> 01:28:17,292
education. The educator I have

2419
01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:19,394
become over the past 34 years.

2420
01:28:19,394 --> 01:28:20,495
So tonight I'm here simply to

2421
01:28:20,495 --> 01:28:22,895
ask for a favor.

2422
01:28:23,310 --> 01:28:25,431
I am here to

2423
01:28:25,467 --> 01:28:27,350
address a promise. Broward

2424
01:28:27,350 --> 01:28:29,435
educators were promised a

2425
01:28:29,504 --> 01:28:31,640
minimum 4% raise. And while we

2426
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:33,842
waited, we continue to do what

2427
01:28:33,842 --> 01:28:37,110
we have always done. We showed

2428
01:28:37,110 --> 01:28:39,280
up. We taught our students. We

2429
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,680
work beyond our contracted

2430
01:28:41,750 --> 01:28:43,518
hours. We spent our own money.

2431
01:28:43,518 --> 01:28:45,153
We serve as educators,

2432
01:28:45,153 --> 01:28:46,421
counselors, mentors, advocates,

2433
01:28:46,421 --> 01:28:48,323
and sometimes the emotional

2434
01:28:48,323 --> 01:28:49,825
support system for students who

2435
01:28:49,825 --> 01:28:52,527
simply need someone to believe

2436
01:28:52,527 --> 01:28:54,329
in them. Broward educators have

2437
01:28:54,329 --> 01:28:56,264
kept our commitment to our

2438
01:28:56,264 --> 01:28:57,866
students, our school, and this

2439
01:28:57,866 --> 01:28:59,368
community. Now, we expect

2440
01:28:59,368 --> 01:29:01,503
leadership to keep its

2441
01:29:01,503 --> 01:29:03,872
commitment to us. This is not

2442
01:29:03,872 --> 01:29:06,272
an unreasonable request. This

2443
01:29:06,508 --> 01:29:08,243
is not about asking for special

2444
01:29:08,243 --> 01:29:10,511
treatment. This is not about

2445
01:29:10,511 --> 01:29:11,847
accountability, respect, or

2446
01:29:11,847 --> 01:29:12,714
keeping. This is about

2447
01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:14,714
accountability, respect and

2448
01:29:15,117 --> 01:29:16,952
keeping your word. Education is

2449
01:29:16,952 --> 01:29:19,421
calling, but our calling should

2450
01:29:19,421 --> 01:29:22,290
never be used as an excuse to

2451
01:29:22,290 --> 01:29:24,493
underpay the people who answer

2452
01:29:24,493 --> 01:29:26,280
it. The 4% raise represents

2453
01:29:26,280 --> 01:29:27,296
more than a number. It

2454
01:29:27,296 --> 01:29:29,131
represents recognition. It

2455
01:29:29,131 --> 01:29:30,566
represents respect. It

2456
01:29:30,566 --> 01:29:33,135
represents the value we place

2457
01:29:33,135 --> 01:29:34,936
on our professions,

2458
01:29:34,936 --> 01:29:36,705
professionals responsible for

2459
01:29:36,705 --> 01:29:38,540
educating the next generation.

2460
01:29:38,540 --> 01:29:40,643
We should not have to fight to

2461
01:29:40,643 --> 01:29:42,144
be valued. Teachers should not

2462
01:29:42,144 --> 01:29:43,913
have to choose between paying

2463
01:29:43,913 --> 01:29:45,714
their bills and purchasing

2464
01:29:45,714 --> 01:29:46,882
supplies for their classrooms.

2465
01:29:46,882 --> 01:29:48,984
School employees should not

2466
01:29:48,984 --> 01:29:50,850
have to wonder whether their

2467
01:29:50,850 --> 01:29:51,987
dedication will ever be matched

2468
01:29:51,987 --> 01:29:53,656
with meaningful composition. So

2469
01:29:53,656 --> 01:29:55,424
tonight, the question is not

2470
01:29:55,424 --> 01:29:56,959
whether Broward education

2471
01:29:56,959 --> 01:29:58,761
educators have earned the raise.

2472
01:29:58,761 --> 01:30:00,563
We have. The question is

2473
01:30:00,563 --> 01:30:02,963
whether leadership will honor

2474
01:30:03,699 --> 01:30:05,968
its commitment. I stand here as

2475
01:30:05,968 --> 01:30:08,337
a proud product of Broward

2476
01:30:08,337 --> 01:30:10,972
County, a 34 year educator and

2477
01:30:10,972 --> 01:30:12,700
someone who knows firsthand the

2478
01:30:12,700 --> 01:30:14,143
investment this community has

2479
01:30:14,143 --> 01:30:15,578
made in its children. Now it's

2480
01:30:15,578 --> 01:30:17,380
time to invest in the people

2481
01:30:17,380 --> 01:30:19,949
who continue to make the

2482
01:30:19,949 --> 01:30:21,150
difference every single day

2483
01:30:21,150 --> 01:30:23,550
under the commitment, respect

2484
01:30:24,620 --> 01:30:25,354
the work value. Educators.

2485
01:30:25,354 --> 01:30:27,354
Thank you.

2486
01:30:29,994 --> 01:30:31,828
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2487
01:30:31,828 --> 01:30:34,828
>> What I've heard tonight is

2488
01:30:34,997 --> 01:30:37,397
passion. I heard individuals

2489
01:30:39,803 --> 01:30:41,471
speak on what they need. And I

2490
01:30:41,471 --> 01:30:44,340
hope that the board is

2491
01:30:44,340 --> 01:30:46,340
listening carefully. Passion.

2492
01:30:47,609 --> 01:30:48,810
So here's a few things of

2493
01:30:48,810 --> 01:30:51,210
possibilities, because I heard

2494
01:30:51,314 --> 01:30:53,516
the word how can I help? What

2495
01:30:53,516 --> 01:30:55,184
do you need from us? So here's

2496
01:30:55,184 --> 01:30:58,870
some suggestions you MAY look

2497
01:30:58,870 --> 01:30:59,923
to what to do. Reducing

2498
01:30:59,923 --> 01:31:01,923
unnecessary administrative

2499
01:31:02,900 --> 01:31:04,900
expense. Administrators have

2500
01:31:05,228 --> 01:31:07,628
some high salaries. Continuing

2501
01:31:12,102 --> 01:31:14,270
going up. Re patronizing.

2502
01:31:14,270 --> 01:31:16,473
Patronizing the existing school

2503
01:31:16,473 --> 01:31:18,341
budget. Let's find a way that

2504
01:31:18,341 --> 01:31:20,430
we can pay these teachchs.

2505
01:31:20,430 --> 01:31:23,213
There's always a w w to makeke

2506
01:31:23,213 --> 01:31:25,115
ings work.K. A I Ihahank the

2507
01:31:25,115 --> 01:31:26,583
ntntmaman tonight said using

2508
01:31:26,583 --> 01:31:28,351
available resources

2509
01:31:28,351 --> 01:31:31,253
appropriately. We do have some

2510
01:31:31,253 --> 01:31:32,322
buildings that are not occupied

2511
01:31:32,322 --> 01:31:34,322
reviewing contracts and

2512
01:31:35,625 --> 01:31:37,260
operational expense. You know,

2513
01:31:37,260 --> 01:31:40,260
another thing I heard tonight

2514
01:31:40,363 --> 01:31:42,766
was action, not just words. And

2515
01:31:42,766 --> 01:31:44,968
again, I sit behind the same

2516
01:31:44,968 --> 01:31:46,536
seats that you sit behind. And

2517
01:31:46,536 --> 01:31:48,205
I understand the frustration

2518
01:31:48,205 --> 01:31:49,439
from our community when they

2519
01:31:49,439 --> 01:31:51,675
feel that they're not being

2520
01:31:51,675 --> 01:31:53,543
heard. So I hope for the spirit

2521
01:31:53,543 --> 01:31:55,746
of this that you are hearing

2522
01:31:55,746 --> 01:31:58,682
from these teachers, not only

2523
01:31:58,682 --> 01:32:00,170
teachers, but our custodians,

2524
01:32:00,170 --> 01:32:02,619
those that work to make sure

2525
01:32:02,619 --> 01:32:03,620
the schools are clean.

2526
01:32:03,620 --> 01:32:04,721
Sometimes you don't think

2527
01:32:04,721 --> 01:32:06,857
they're as important as

2528
01:32:06,857 --> 01:32:10,457
teachers, but if you don't have

2529
01:32:10,794 --> 01:32:14,970
a school that is clean, kids

2530
01:32:14,970 --> 01:32:15,532
don't learn. So custodians,

2531
01:32:15,532 --> 01:32:16,967
guidance counselors, teachers,

2532
01:32:16,967 --> 01:32:18,768
all of them work for the

2533
01:32:18,768 --> 01:32:20,937
betterment of our community and

2534
01:32:20,937 --> 01:32:24,537
our kids. So if you hear

2535
01:32:24,574 --> 01:32:26,677
tonight, hear the passion and

2536
01:32:26,677 --> 01:32:27,745
don't get mad because they're

2537
01:32:27,745 --> 01:32:30,745
speaking what they need to

2538
01:32:31,348 --> 01:32:33,250
speak, the reality is it's

2539
01:32:33,250 --> 01:32:35,686
costly in Broward County. And

2540
01:32:35,686 --> 01:32:39,886
you know that you go to grocery

2541
01:32:40,240 --> 01:32:43,624
store, you talk about eggs, buy

2542
01:32:44,294 --> 01:32:47,231
some lamb chops, pack of lamb

2543
01:32:47,231 --> 01:32:49,400
chops, $30. And my kids love

2544
01:32:49,400 --> 01:32:50,868
them. Just a little levity into

2545
01:32:50,868 --> 01:32:53,300
our meeting. But I'm just

2546
01:32:53,300 --> 01:32:55,106
saying things are expensive. So

2547
01:32:55,106 --> 01:32:58,800
consider that. And when you

2548
01:32:58,800 --> 01:32:59,810
look at our teachers, I think a

2549
01:32:59,810 --> 01:33:01,312
raise is appropriate for them.

2550
01:33:01,312 --> 01:33:04,810
I'm not an educator, but I tell

2551
01:33:04,810 --> 01:33:06,249
you what, after 38 years of

2552
01:33:06,249 --> 01:33:07,785
working for a major corporation,

2553
01:33:07,785 --> 01:33:09,820
my wife talked me into going to

2554
01:33:09,820 --> 01:33:12,230
the school to teach. I did it

2555
01:33:12,230 --> 01:33:13,457
for five years, and I commend

2556
01:33:13,457 --> 01:33:15,259
any teacher that walks in the

2557
01:33:15,259 --> 01:33:17,795
school and to deal with some of

2558
01:33:17,795 --> 01:33:19,263
the students that become

2559
01:33:19,263 --> 01:33:20,297
psychologists for them,

2560
01:33:20,297 --> 01:33:21,599
psychiatrists for them, and

2561
01:33:21,599 --> 01:33:23,401
just a mother and a father when

2562
01:33:23,401 --> 01:33:24,702
they don't have. So they do a

2563
01:33:24,702 --> 01:33:26,437
lot more than just teaching

2564
01:33:26,437 --> 01:33:27,471
kids. They do a lot more

2565
01:33:27,471 --> 01:33:28,206
mentoring. Thank you for your

2566
01:33:28,206 --> 01:33:30,206
time.

2567
01:33:35,120 --> 01:33:36,214
>> Thank you. Next speaker.

2568
01:33:36,214 --> 01:33:38,614
>> Anna Fusco Brower, teachers

2569
01:33:39,500 --> 01:33:40,450
union PRESIDENT. I'm glad that

2570
01:33:40,450 --> 01:33:43,721
a good group of people came out.

2571
01:33:43,721 --> 01:33:44,889
I know it's not, you know, the

2572
01:33:44,889 --> 01:33:46,357
hundreds that you think that or

2573
01:33:46,357 --> 01:33:48,760
maybe thousands that would make

2574
01:33:48,760 --> 01:33:51,596
you change your mind, that it

2575
01:33:51,596 --> 01:33:53,798
affects people because as

2576
01:33:53,798 --> 01:33:55,200
Roosevelt said, people didn't

2577
01:33:55,200 --> 01:33:58,200
show because they're at their

2578
01:33:58,436 --> 01:34:01,436
second jobs or attending to

2579
01:34:02,107 --> 01:34:03,441
their family. So I know that we

2580
01:34:03,441 --> 01:34:06,441
had a couple school board

2581
01:34:06,444 --> 01:34:07,745
members up there. Give

2582
01:34:07,745 --> 01:34:10,145
direction to the superintendent

2583
01:34:10,681 --> 01:34:12,517
to look for a 4% increase for

2584
01:34:12,517 --> 01:34:14,180
employees. We had one

2585
01:34:14,180 --> 01:34:16,530
particular school board member

2586
01:34:16,530 --> 01:34:19,357
who asked to see what it would

2587
01:34:19,357 --> 01:34:22,961
look like at a 7%, and I'm not

2588
01:34:22,961 --> 01:34:25,960
sure what happened because. The

2589
01:34:25,960 --> 01:34:27,999
the majority said, look for the

2590
01:34:27,999 --> 01:34:29,668
four, which still would not be

2591
01:34:29,668 --> 01:34:31,102
enough to increase salaries.

2592
01:34:31,102 --> 01:34:33,710
That would help with the cost

2593
01:34:33,710 --> 01:34:36,608
of living. But when I looked at

2594
01:34:36,608 --> 01:34:39,608
the budget, it doesn't show

2595
01:34:39,944 --> 01:34:43,544
anywhere near the 4%. It MAY be

2596
01:34:45,651 --> 01:34:48,651
in the 1.7 to 2.2%. And that's

2597
01:34:49,654 --> 01:34:54,259
a MAY. So I'm not sure where it

2598
01:34:54,259 --> 01:34:57,195
got lost or how. And again, you

2599
01:34:57,195 --> 01:34:58,864
rather cut personnel to make up

2600
01:34:58,864 --> 01:34:59,998
for the problems that are in

2601
01:34:59,998 --> 01:35:01,933
the Broward schools. And I'm

2602
01:35:01,933 --> 01:35:03,669
going to keep saying it. If you

2603
01:35:03,669 --> 01:35:05,700
all don't remember what I said.

2604
01:35:05,700 --> 01:35:06,905
MAY 11th, how many times I

2605
01:35:06,905 --> 01:35:08,707
stood at this podium and said,

2606
01:35:08,707 --> 01:35:11,210
the schools are going to see

2607
01:35:11,210 --> 01:35:13,450
the impact, and you all have

2608
01:35:13,450 --> 01:35:14,847
your scripted scripts over

2609
01:35:14,847 --> 01:35:17,649
there to make it like that.

2610
01:35:17,649 --> 01:35:19,885
It's not. And when we do win

2611
01:35:19,885 --> 01:35:22,253
that referendum in NOVEMBER and

2612
01:35:22,253 --> 01:35:23,422
we will because the community

2613
01:35:23,422 --> 01:35:24,757
loves the teachers and they

2614
01:35:24,757 --> 01:35:26,659
want them to be paid and they

2615
01:35:26,659 --> 01:35:28,460
don't want a mass exodus. After

2616
01:35:28,460 --> 01:35:31,130
that, I will gladly start

2617
01:35:31,130 --> 01:35:32,998
showing you the videos because

2618
01:35:32,998 --> 01:35:37,169
I was told to play nice right

2619
01:35:37,169 --> 01:35:38,604
now until we win the referendum.

2620
01:35:38,604 --> 01:35:40,272
And I don't think this is a

2621
01:35:40,272 --> 01:35:41,407
game. I think that you need to

2622
01:35:41,407 --> 01:35:43,275
hear what's really going on,

2623
01:35:43,275 --> 01:35:45,111
and I think you need to care

2624
01:35:45,111 --> 01:35:46,412
what's really going on. And I

2625
01:35:46,412 --> 01:35:48,800
think you need to listen to the

2626
01:35:48,800 --> 01:35:49,214
messaging and not who it's

2627
01:35:49,214 --> 01:35:50,349
coming from, because I know

2628
01:35:50,349 --> 01:35:52,184
majority of you are upset with

2629
01:35:52,184 --> 01:35:53,285
me. I don't care. This isn't

2630
01:35:53,285 --> 01:35:54,420
about Anna Fusco, the Broward

2631
01:35:54,420 --> 01:35:55,488
Teachers Union PRESIDENT. This

2632
01:35:55,488 --> 01:35:56,422
is what's actually happening in

2633
01:35:56,422 --> 01:35:58,390
schools. You've heard from

2634
01:35:58,390 --> 01:36:00,559
people here the wide variety of

2635
01:36:00,559 --> 01:36:01,660
problems and concerns, but

2636
01:36:01,660 --> 01:36:02,762
they're still showing up and

2637
01:36:02,762 --> 01:36:04,564
they're still making the school

2638
01:36:04,564 --> 01:36:06,980
district great a rated. And

2639
01:36:06,980 --> 01:36:07,533
that is because of everybody

2640
01:36:07,533 --> 01:36:09,100
that are in the schools getting

2641
01:36:09,100 --> 01:36:10,303
it done. And that's from the

2642
01:36:10,303 --> 01:36:12,104
start of the bus driver getting

2643
01:36:12,104 --> 01:36:13,473
them there, the clerical and

2644
01:36:13,473 --> 01:36:14,340
the instruction and

2645
01:36:14,340 --> 01:36:16,340
non-instructional greeting them,

2646
01:36:16,342 --> 01:36:17,810
the cafeteria, feeding them.

2647
01:36:17,810 --> 01:36:19,979
The custodians have made sure

2648
01:36:19,979 --> 01:36:21,447
the schools are clean. The, the,

2649
01:36:21,447 --> 01:36:22,515
the support staff that are

2650
01:36:22,515 --> 01:36:24,450
getting it done. Everyone

2651
01:36:24,450 --> 01:36:26,118
that's not a classroom teacher

2652
01:36:26,118 --> 01:36:27,187
that our governor felt that

2653
01:36:27,187 --> 01:36:28,955
didn't reap the rewards of

2654
01:36:28,955 --> 01:36:31,124
getting the money. This is the

2655
01:36:31,124 --> 01:36:33,459
group that have made our

2656
01:36:33,459 --> 01:36:35,128
district great, and you cannot

2657
01:36:35,128 --> 01:36:36,563
give a strong direction to give

2658
01:36:36,563 --> 01:36:37,697
a healthy increase so they

2659
01:36:37,697 --> 01:36:38,598
don't have to work two and

2660
01:36:38,598 --> 01:36:39,833
three jobs.

2661
01:36:39,833 --> 01:36:42,233
>> Thank you. Any other

2662
01:36:46,940 --> 01:36:49,340
speakers? Any other speakers?

2663
01:36:50,977 --> 01:36:52,512
All right, MISS Hixon.

2664
01:36:52,512 --> 01:36:54,914
>> Thank you. I have a couple

2665
01:36:54,914 --> 01:36:57,416
of questions. So on page 11 of

2666
01:36:57,416 --> 01:36:59,919
the presentation that we had,

2667
01:36:59,919 --> 01:37:01,721
it talked about opportunities.

2668
01:37:01,721 --> 01:37:03,923
So I wanted to ask a couple

2669
01:37:03,923 --> 01:37:05,692
questions just so that the

2670
01:37:05,692 --> 01:37:07,293
answer's out there. Hiring

2671
01:37:07,293 --> 01:37:08,595
freeze. It says Central office.

2672
01:37:08,595 --> 01:37:11,960
So I just want to be clear to

2673
01:37:11,960 --> 01:37:13,700
the public that this is not

2674
01:37:13,700 --> 01:37:14,702
classroom teachers,

2675
01:37:14,702 --> 01:37:16,535
paraprofessionals, teachers,

2676
01:37:16,535 --> 01:37:18,138
assistants, anybody working in

2677
01:37:18,138 --> 01:37:19,372
the school. Is that accurate?

2678
01:37:19,372 --> 01:37:21,208
>> That's accurate, MISS Hixon.

2679
01:37:21,208 --> 01:37:23,410
>> Thank you. Also, on the

2680
01:37:23,410 --> 01:37:25,780
health care part, there was MR.

2681
01:37:25,780 --> 01:37:26,646
Shim made a comment about

2682
01:37:26,646 --> 01:37:29,490
people one. But I just want to

2683
01:37:29,490 --> 01:37:30,149
be clear. We're not going to

2684
01:37:30,149 --> 01:37:31,685
see any savings from people.

2685
01:37:31,685 --> 01:37:33,420
One in this fiscal year. Is

2686
01:37:33,420 --> 01:37:35,221
that correct? That's correct.

2687
01:37:35,221 --> 01:37:36,723
Okay. So I just want to be

2688
01:37:36,723 --> 01:37:38,458
clear to that because when they

2689
01:37:38,458 --> 01:37:40,594
came, we had that whole

2690
01:37:40,594 --> 01:37:42,994
discussion about it. Also,

2691
01:37:43,463 --> 01:37:45,766
somebody one of the speakers

2692
01:37:45,766 --> 01:37:47,670
talked about new taxes in terms

2693
01:37:47,670 --> 01:37:48,802
of the referendum. So I just

2694
01:37:48,802 --> 01:37:51,104
want to be really clear that

2695
01:37:51,104 --> 01:37:52,873
the referendum is not a new tax.

2696
01:37:52,873 --> 01:37:54,675
Nobody's taxes would go up for

2697
01:37:54,675 --> 01:37:56,844
the referendum. It is a tax

2698
01:37:56,844 --> 01:37:58,979
that a millage that's already

2699
01:37:58,979 --> 01:38:00,380
in there. So there would be no

2700
01:38:00,380 --> 01:38:01,448
increases. It would just be a

2701
01:38:01,448 --> 01:38:03,317
continuation. I think it's

2702
01:38:03,317 --> 01:38:04,718
really, really important to

2703
01:38:04,718 --> 01:38:07,587
share that with people. And

2704
01:38:07,587 --> 01:38:10,424
there was also a comment about

2705
01:38:10,424 --> 01:38:11,992
closing schools. If we're short

2706
01:38:11,992 --> 01:38:13,394
students. So I just want to

2707
01:38:13,394 --> 01:38:15,863
remind the public that so far

2708
01:38:15,863 --> 01:38:18,320
we've closed seven schools and

2709
01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:19,900
this year we are in discussions

2710
01:38:19,900 --> 01:38:23,700
of looking at closures for up

2711
01:38:23,700 --> 01:38:24,505
to ten. So we appreciate that

2712
01:38:24,505 --> 01:38:26,307
input. But I just want to make

2713
01:38:26,307 --> 01:38:28,843
sure that everyone is aware

2714
01:38:28,843 --> 01:38:31,450
that we are those are things

2715
01:38:31,450 --> 01:38:33,480
that we're already doing. So

2716
01:38:33,480 --> 01:38:34,614
I'd also like to say that I

2717
01:38:34,614 --> 01:38:36,851
have been an educator for 38

2718
01:38:36,851 --> 01:38:39,180
years. 32 of those years have

2719
01:38:39,180 --> 01:38:40,754
been spent in our schools and

2720
01:38:40,754 --> 01:38:42,957
our classrooms here in Broward

2721
01:38:42,957 --> 01:38:44,725
County. I know firsthand the

2722
01:38:44,725 --> 01:38:45,826
dedication, sacrifice, and

2723
01:38:45,826 --> 01:38:47,161
commitment our teachers and

2724
01:38:47,161 --> 01:38:49,463
employees bring to our schools

2725
01:38:49,463 --> 01:38:51,532
every single day. I value every

2726
01:38:51,532 --> 01:38:53,701
one of our employees and the

2727
01:38:53,701 --> 01:38:55,135
essential role they play in the

2728
01:38:55,135 --> 01:38:56,536
success of our students in our

2729
01:38:56,536 --> 01:38:58,673
district. And I want to thank

2730
01:38:58,673 --> 01:39:00,908
everybody who came out today to

2731
01:39:00,908 --> 01:39:03,440
share your story. It's

2732
01:39:03,440 --> 01:39:05,713
important for us to be able to

2733
01:39:05,713 --> 01:39:08,140
to hear that. And the passion

2734
01:39:08,140 --> 01:39:10,217
that you have. A budget is more

2735
01:39:10,217 --> 01:39:11,519
than numbers on a page. It's a

2736
01:39:11,519 --> 01:39:13,554
reflection of our priorities

2737
01:39:13,554 --> 01:39:15,289
and what we value. And as a

2738
01:39:15,289 --> 01:39:16,456
board, we gave the

2739
01:39:16,456 --> 01:39:17,858
superintendent a clear

2740
01:39:17,858 --> 01:39:19,527
directive regarding salary

2741
01:39:19,527 --> 01:39:21,429
increases for our employees. I

2742
01:39:21,429 --> 01:39:22,830
do not see that directive

2743
01:39:22,830 --> 01:39:24,599
reflected in this proposed

2744
01:39:24,599 --> 01:39:26,167
budget, and I cannot support a

2745
01:39:26,167 --> 01:39:28,236
budget that does not include

2746
01:39:28,236 --> 01:39:30,171
the salary increases we

2747
01:39:30,171 --> 01:39:31,873
directed. We say that we value

2748
01:39:31,873 --> 01:39:33,541
our teachers and employees, and

2749
01:39:33,541 --> 01:39:35,443
our budget must demonstrate

2750
01:39:35,443 --> 01:39:36,711
that commitment. I firmly

2751
01:39:36,711 --> 01:39:38,713
believe that when we take care

2752
01:39:38,713 --> 01:39:40,148
of our teachers and staff, they

2753
01:39:40,148 --> 01:39:42,250
are better able to take care of

2754
01:39:42,250 --> 01:39:43,918
our students, investing in the

2755
01:39:43,918 --> 01:39:45,587
people who work directly with

2756
01:39:45,587 --> 01:39:47,288
our children is an investment

2757
01:39:47,288 --> 01:39:50,191
in student achievement and the

2758
01:39:50,191 --> 01:39:51,659
future of this district. I

2759
01:39:51,659 --> 01:39:52,794
sincerely appreciate the

2760
01:39:52,794 --> 01:39:54,396
tremendous amount of time and

2761
01:39:54,396 --> 01:39:55,964
work that went into developing

2762
01:39:55,964 --> 01:39:58,166
this budget and the proposal

2763
01:39:58,166 --> 01:39:59,401
before us, and I recognize that

2764
01:39:59,401 --> 01:40:01,369
there are difficult decisions

2765
01:40:01,369 --> 01:40:02,771
to make and significant

2766
01:40:02,771 --> 01:40:05,171
financial challenges that are

2767
01:40:05,339 --> 01:40:07,739
facing our district. However,

2768
01:40:07,809 --> 01:40:09,277
this budget does not meet the

2769
01:40:09,277 --> 01:40:11,846
expectation I have for honoring

2770
01:40:11,846 --> 01:40:13,281
the direction of this board and

2771
01:40:13,281 --> 01:40:14,490
prioritizing our employees.

2772
01:40:14,490 --> 01:40:15,416
Thank you.

2773
01:40:15,416 --> 01:40:16,584
>> Thank you. And I just want

2774
01:40:16,584 --> 01:40:18,720
to remind the audience, please

2775
01:40:18,720 --> 01:40:20,422
do not clap. Everyone up here

2776
01:40:20,422 --> 01:40:24,220
sat and listened to the entire

2777
01:40:25,527 --> 01:40:27,195
public comment. Excuse me. So

2778
01:40:27,195 --> 01:40:29,960
please maintain decorum while

2779
01:40:29,960 --> 01:40:32,960
we can listen to board

2780
01:40:32,701 --> 01:40:35,101
discussion. Now, MR. Cervera.

2781
01:40:39,941 --> 01:40:42,377
>> Thank you chair. I had a

2782
01:40:42,377 --> 01:40:44,613
chance to review this a lot,

2783
01:40:44,613 --> 01:40:46,414
actually over the weekend and

2784
01:40:46,414 --> 01:40:48,584
make some notes and some

2785
01:40:48,584 --> 01:40:50,686
comparisons to the budget for

2786
01:40:50,686 --> 01:40:51,687
last year. And doctor

2787
01:40:51,687 --> 01:40:53,255
superintendent, before I get

2788
01:40:53,255 --> 01:40:54,890
into the substance of my

2789
01:40:54,890 --> 01:40:56,792
position, just want to make

2790
01:40:56,792 --> 01:40:58,694
sure that my numbers are

2791
01:40:58,694 --> 01:40:59,795
accurate. So I'm going to start

2792
01:40:59,795 --> 01:41:02,531
with a couple inquiries. If

2793
01:41:02,531 --> 01:41:03,331
it's okay with you, sir, on my

2794
01:41:03,331 --> 01:41:05,434
calculations, sir, the budget

2795
01:41:05,434 --> 01:41:08,434
that's being proposed to this

2796
01:41:10,573 --> 01:41:13,573
board for the 2026 2027 year is

2797
01:41:13,742 --> 01:41:15,543
approximately $5.5 billion with

2798
01:41:15,543 --> 01:41:16,411
a b. Is that accurate, sir?

2799
01:41:16,411 --> 01:41:18,790
>> That's accurate.

2800
01:41:18,790 --> 01:41:21,316
>> Okay. And the budget that we

2801
01:41:21,316 --> 01:41:23,716
had last year, 25, 26, was

2802
01:41:24,720 --> 01:41:26,522
approximately $5.4 billion.

2803
01:41:26,522 --> 01:41:26,689
Would it be is that accurate,

2804
01:41:26,689 --> 01:41:28,123
sir?

2805
01:41:28,123 --> 01:41:30,123
>> Yes. That's accurate.

2806
01:41:31,260 --> 01:41:33,662
>> Excellent. So not a math

2807
01:41:33,662 --> 01:41:34,597
scholar, but on my simple

2808
01:41:34,597 --> 01:41:36,997
calculations, it would appear

2809
01:41:38,868 --> 01:41:41,700
that we've gone up $100 million

2810
01:41:41,700 --> 01:41:44,600
in one year since last year's

2811
01:41:44,600 --> 01:41:45,474
budget. And we've gone up $100

2812
01:41:45,474 --> 01:41:48,474
million despite the fact that

2813
01:41:48,611 --> 01:41:50,213
we've lost. Excuse me.

2814
01:41:50,213 --> 01:41:52,180
Approximately 11,000 students

2815
01:41:52,180 --> 01:41:54,850
to low enrollment issues in the

2816
01:41:54,850 --> 01:41:56,850
county, along with

2817
01:41:57,253 --> 01:41:58,220
approximately another 1000

2818
01:41:58,220 --> 01:41:59,755
employees that we're losing

2819
01:41:59,755 --> 01:42:03,355
under the plan that we talked

2820
01:42:04,794 --> 01:42:07,794
about earlier, that being said,

2821
01:42:08,731 --> 01:42:11,731
somehow, some way our budget

2822
01:42:13,436 --> 01:42:14,604
has increased $100 million. Is

2823
01:42:14,604 --> 01:42:15,838
my math accurate? I'm not

2824
01:42:15,838 --> 01:42:17,373
looking for an explanation,

2825
01:42:17,373 --> 01:42:19,942
Doctor Hepburn, just want to

2826
01:42:19,942 --> 01:42:21,811
know if my math is accurate.

2827
01:42:21,811 --> 01:42:23,578
>> Yeah, your math is accurate,

2828
01:42:23,578 --> 01:42:26,578
but fantastic. We're also a

2829
01:42:27,117 --> 01:42:27,517
pass through for charter and

2830
01:42:27,517 --> 01:42:28,785
vouchers.

2831
01:42:28,785 --> 01:42:30,253
>> And I certainly understand

2832
01:42:30,253 --> 01:42:31,487
that. I just wanted to make

2833
01:42:31,487 --> 01:42:34,290
sure that my math was accurate

2834
01:42:34,290 --> 01:42:35,857
on that, because I think you

2835
01:42:35,857 --> 01:42:37,459
and I can both agree that $100

2836
01:42:37,459 --> 01:42:38,460
million is a lot of scratch,

2837
01:42:38,460 --> 01:42:39,963
right? I mean, we're not

2838
01:42:39,963 --> 01:42:41,531
talking about a couple thousand

2839
01:42:41,531 --> 01:42:41,965
bucks here, $100 million, a lot

2840
01:42:41,965 --> 01:42:43,433
of money.

2841
01:42:43,433 --> 01:42:43,633
>> Yeah, not for us, though.

2842
01:42:43,633 --> 01:42:45,401
>> So.

2843
01:42:45,401 --> 01:42:45,568
>> Well, we didn't receive that

2844
01:42:45,568 --> 01:42:47,403
100.

2845
01:42:47,403 --> 01:42:48,638
>> Listen, I think in the maybe

2846
01:42:48,638 --> 01:42:50,339
not for you, but $100 million

2847
01:42:50,339 --> 01:42:51,508
to me is a lot.

2848
01:42:51,508 --> 01:42:53,343
>> Of money. No, not saying

2849
01:42:53,343 --> 01:42:54,576
that. It's a lot of money. I'm

2850
01:42:54,576 --> 01:42:56,313
saying that we did not. Our

2851
01:42:56,313 --> 01:42:57,280
budget actually is totally for

2852
01:42:57,280 --> 01:42:58,481
district operated is totally

2853
01:42:58,481 --> 01:42:59,516
different than the dollar

2854
01:42:59,516 --> 01:43:00,649
figures that you're reflecting.

2855
01:43:00,649 --> 01:43:02,485
>> Okay, well, I'm just I'm

2856
01:43:02,485 --> 01:43:03,486
just looking at this. I'm just

2857
01:43:03,486 --> 01:43:04,587
looking at the documentation

2858
01:43:04,587 --> 01:43:06,556
that that data that's been

2859
01:43:06,556 --> 01:43:08,925
provided to me. And it was $5.5

2860
01:43:08,925 --> 01:43:10,393
billion this year compared to

2861
01:43:10,393 --> 01:43:11,962
$5.4 billion last year. But now

2862
01:43:11,962 --> 01:43:13,230
that we've cleared that up, I

2863
01:43:13,230 --> 01:43:15,365
want to get into what's really

2864
01:43:15,365 --> 01:43:17,765
important to teacher raise

2865
01:43:19,636 --> 01:43:21,139
issues. Depending on how the

2866
01:43:21,139 --> 01:43:22,572
money is distributed between

2867
01:43:22,572 --> 01:43:24,972
classroom teachers and other

2868
01:43:25,142 --> 01:43:26,910
instructional personnel, the

2869
01:43:26,910 --> 01:43:29,910
practical range in this year's

2870
01:43:30,881 --> 01:43:33,881
budget. I calculated, comes out

2871
01:43:35,252 --> 01:43:36,953
to between 1.7 and a 2% raise.

2872
01:43:36,953 --> 01:43:40,224
I know we heard that from one

2873
01:43:40,224 --> 01:43:41,591
of the speakers. Is that your

2874
01:43:41,591 --> 01:43:43,590
ballpark understanding as well,

2875
01:43:43,590 --> 01:43:45,590
sir?

2876
01:43:45,262 --> 01:43:46,263
>> Can you repeat that.

2877
01:43:46,263 --> 01:43:48,131
>> 1.7 to 2?

2878
01:43:48,131 --> 01:43:49,499
>> The statement I lost you.

2879
01:43:49,499 --> 01:43:51,735
>> I apologize, and I apologize

2880
01:43:51,735 --> 01:43:53,300
for being raspy a bit today.

2881
01:43:53,300 --> 01:43:55,272
For those of you who don't know,

2882
01:43:55,272 --> 01:43:56,873
I came off a vocal cord surgery

2883
01:43:56,873 --> 01:43:58,800
last week and I've been cleared

2884
01:43:58,800 --> 01:43:59,943
to speak again. So it's going

2885
01:43:59,943 --> 01:44:01,846
to take me a little bit to get

2886
01:44:01,846 --> 01:44:02,913
my my oomph back. But my

2887
01:44:02,913 --> 01:44:04,140
doctors have assured me it's

2888
01:44:04,140 --> 01:44:05,949
coming. But let me repeat,

2889
01:44:05,949 --> 01:44:07,484
because I want to make sure you

2890
01:44:07,484 --> 01:44:09,319
fully heard, depending on how

2891
01:44:09,319 --> 01:44:11,855
the money is, is distributed

2892
01:44:11,855 --> 01:44:13,624
between classroom teachers and

2893
01:44:13,624 --> 01:44:15,426
other instructional personnel.

2894
01:44:15,426 --> 01:44:16,560
The practical range in this

2895
01:44:16,560 --> 01:44:18,763
year's budget, as far as a

2896
01:44:18,763 --> 01:44:21,163
teacher raise is concerned,

2897
01:44:21,232 --> 01:44:23,267
comes out to about or roughly

2898
01:44:23,267 --> 01:44:24,168
1.7 to 2% of a raise. Is that

2899
01:44:24,168 --> 01:44:26,168
accurate? Ballpark?

2900
01:44:26,303 --> 01:44:28,439
>> If we're talking about tsia

2901
01:44:28,439 --> 01:44:31,410
funds doctor Lozano, if you can

2902
01:44:31,410 --> 01:44:33,244
give the specific dollar amount

2903
01:44:33,244 --> 01:44:34,545
that averages out for Tse funds

2904
01:44:34,545 --> 01:44:36,545
from the state.

2905
01:44:36,647 --> 01:44:39,316
>> So for this year, when you

2906
01:44:39,316 --> 01:44:42,253
take out the fringe benefits,

2907
01:44:42,253 --> 01:44:44,253
there was approximately $9.5

2908
01:44:45,289 --> 01:44:48,289
million to distribute to full

2909
01:44:49,327 --> 01:44:51,529
time classroom teachers and

2910
01:44:51,529 --> 01:44:53,296
certified prekindergarten

2911
01:44:53,296 --> 01:44:55,320
teachers who have been teaching

2912
01:44:55,320 --> 01:44:58,632
in a Florida public school for

2913
01:44:59,403 --> 01:45:01,472
ten years or more.

2914
01:45:01,472 --> 01:45:02,539
>> Let me let me see if I can

2915
01:45:02,539 --> 01:45:04,750
simplify this. When you take

2916
01:45:04,750 --> 01:45:05,509
last year's figures and you

2917
01:45:05,509 --> 01:45:06,844
compare them to this year's

2918
01:45:06,844 --> 01:45:08,450
figures, what's the percentage

2919
01:45:08,450 --> 01:45:09,980
of raises that are great

2920
01:45:09,980 --> 01:45:11,582
teachers will receive someone

2921
01:45:11,582 --> 01:45:14,552
give me a percentage. Maybe my

2922
01:45:14,552 --> 01:45:15,987
math was off.

2923
01:45:15,987 --> 01:45:17,655
>> For tsi. That's the only

2924
01:45:17,655 --> 01:45:19,624
thing we could speak to. Go

2925
01:45:19,624 --> 01:45:20,758
ahead. I don't know if you have

2926
01:45:20,758 --> 01:45:22,694
last year's tsi numbers. If not,

2927
01:45:22,694 --> 01:45:22,894
we will have to follow up on

2928
01:45:22,894 --> 01:45:24,862
that.

2929
01:45:24,862 --> 01:45:26,731
>> So it is half the allocation

2930
01:45:26,731 --> 01:45:28,566
we received this year was

2931
01:45:28,566 --> 01:45:29,267
double what we received last

2932
01:45:29,267 --> 01:45:30,835
year.

2933
01:45:30,835 --> 01:45:33,271
>> Okay, so I think it's safe

2934
01:45:33,271 --> 01:45:35,600
to say that teachers are not

2935
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:36,808
getting a 4% raise this year.

2936
01:45:36,808 --> 01:45:37,942
Is that an accurate statement?

2937
01:45:37,942 --> 01:45:39,377
>> That's not accurate.

2938
01:45:39,377 --> 01:45:40,812
>> Okay. So please, there's a

2939
01:45:40,812 --> 01:45:42,447
lot of great people in the

2940
01:45:42,447 --> 01:45:44,150
audience, okay. And a lot of

2941
01:45:44,150 --> 01:45:45,950
great people listening at home.

2942
01:45:45,950 --> 01:45:48,386
We've been very clear. This

2943
01:45:48,386 --> 01:45:50,880
board has been very clear that

2944
01:45:50,880 --> 01:45:52,290
to most of us, not me, because

2945
01:45:52,290 --> 01:45:55,594
I wanted 7%. But to most of us,

2946
01:45:55,594 --> 01:45:57,362
the instruction was find 4% to

2947
01:45:57,362 --> 01:45:58,496
give our teachers a raise.

2948
01:45:58,496 --> 01:46:00,231
You're telling me that still

2949
01:46:00,231 --> 01:46:02,400
within the realm of possibility?

2950
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:03,468
>> Yes. So what I would say is,

2951
01:46:03,468 --> 01:46:04,536
within the realm of

2952
01:46:04,536 --> 01:46:06,104
possibilities, there's a cost

2953
01:46:06,104 --> 01:46:08,390
savings that equates to what?

2954
01:46:08,390 --> 01:46:11,409
To what the board asks for. And

2955
01:46:11,409 --> 01:46:12,543
we will discuss in detail what

2956
01:46:12,543 --> 01:46:13,978
direction the board wants to

2957
01:46:13,978 --> 01:46:15,179
take in closed door.

2958
01:46:15,179 --> 01:46:17,490
>> I'm going to tell you the

2959
01:46:17,490 --> 01:46:18,950
detail right now about what I

2960
01:46:18,950 --> 01:46:20,818
want to do. I want our teachers

2961
01:46:20,818 --> 01:46:22,120
to have a 7% raise. That's what

2962
01:46:22,120 --> 01:46:24,890
I want. I don't need to tell

2963
01:46:24,890 --> 01:46:25,257
you that in closed door. I can

2964
01:46:25,257 --> 01:46:26,925
tell you that right now. I've

2965
01:46:26,925 --> 01:46:28,160
been saying that for months,

2966
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:30,940
and I can tell you what MISS

2967
01:46:30,940 --> 01:46:31,930
Hixon said, and I can tell you

2968
01:46:31,930 --> 01:46:33,310
what a lot of my colleagues

2969
01:46:33,310 --> 01:46:34,967
said, that the minimum that

2970
01:46:34,967 --> 01:46:36,201
they will take is 4% at a

2971
01:46:36,201 --> 01:46:37,969
minimum, which I still think is

2972
01:46:37,969 --> 01:46:40,639
way too low. But that being

2973
01:46:40,639 --> 01:46:42,708
said, I am tired of the broken

2974
01:46:42,708 --> 01:46:44,209
promises from this district. I

2975
01:46:44,209 --> 01:46:45,277
am tired of having to listen to

2976
01:46:45,277 --> 01:46:46,712
teachers tell me about their

2977
01:46:46,712 --> 01:46:48,179
second and third jobs, that

2978
01:46:48,179 --> 01:46:49,615
they have to work because they

2979
01:46:49,615 --> 01:46:51,150
can't pay rent, or they can't

2980
01:46:51,150 --> 01:46:52,451
pay their car note, or they

2981
01:46:52,451 --> 01:46:54,219
can't pay their doctor bills,

2982
01:46:54,219 --> 01:46:57,790
or they can't go out to eat, or

2983
01:46:57,790 --> 01:47:00,250
they can't buy groceries. I'm

2984
01:47:00,250 --> 01:47:02,895
tired of that. These people

2985
01:47:02,895 --> 01:47:05,295
don't deserve it. They've

2986
01:47:05,397 --> 01:47:07,499
earned the right to be paid a

2987
01:47:07,499 --> 01:47:09,368
decent living wage. And this

2988
01:47:09,368 --> 01:47:12,204
business model that we've heard

2989
01:47:12,204 --> 01:47:13,672
about do more, expressed less.

2990
01:47:13,672 --> 01:47:16,672
This is not a sustainable

2991
01:47:16,875 --> 01:47:18,343
business model in the private

2992
01:47:18,343 --> 01:47:21,280
sector. You know what we'd be

2993
01:47:21,280 --> 01:47:23,349
doing? We'd probably be filing

2994
01:47:23,349 --> 01:47:24,517
for bankruptcy because all our

2995
01:47:24,517 --> 01:47:25,550
employees would be leaving us

2996
01:47:25,550 --> 01:47:29,150
and nobody would be there to

2997
01:47:30,589 --> 01:47:32,624
work. Now, you we cannot

2998
01:47:32,624 --> 01:47:34,660
continue to treat our teachers

2999
01:47:34,660 --> 01:47:37,660
and employees like this. It's

3000
01:47:37,830 --> 01:47:40,733
not fair. It's not just it's

3001
01:47:40,733 --> 01:47:41,700
not right. And, MR.

3002
01:47:41,700 --> 01:47:43,235
Superintendent, I didn't vote

3003
01:47:43,235 --> 01:47:45,404
in favor of the budget last

3004
01:47:45,404 --> 01:47:47,573
year. And I think you know why.

3005
01:47:47,573 --> 01:47:50,420
But if you forgot, I will

3006
01:47:50,420 --> 01:47:52,211
remind you there was not enough

3007
01:47:52,211 --> 01:47:54,130
money for our teachers. And

3008
01:47:54,130 --> 01:47:55,815
guess what, MR. Superintendent?

3009
01:47:55,815 --> 01:47:57,316
This MAY shock you, but I am

3010
01:47:57,316 --> 01:47:59,385
not going to vote for the

3011
01:47:59,385 --> 01:48:00,520
budget this year in what's been

3012
01:48:00,520 --> 01:48:03,520
proposed to me, because there

3013
01:48:03,723 --> 01:48:06,959
is not enough money for our

3014
01:48:06,959 --> 01:48:09,795
teachers. Now, to my colleagues

3015
01:48:09,795 --> 01:48:12,640
on this dais, I want you to

3016
01:48:12,640 --> 01:48:14,900
think about and remember what

3017
01:48:14,900 --> 01:48:16,803
you said over the coming months

3018
01:48:16,803 --> 01:48:18,738
about the 4%, because a lot of

3019
01:48:18,738 --> 01:48:20,739
you I'm not going to call you

3020
01:48:20,739 --> 01:48:22,800
out by name, but a lot of you

3021
01:48:22,800 --> 01:48:24,377
said that you would not accept

3022
01:48:24,377 --> 01:48:27,377
anything less than 4%. You are

3023
01:48:27,480 --> 01:48:30,450
on record saying that here we

3024
01:48:30,450 --> 01:48:31,551
are. Unless you saw something

3025
01:48:31,551 --> 01:48:34,870
differently than me, I don't

3026
01:48:34,870 --> 01:48:37,870
think there's a 4% there. So

3027
01:48:37,323 --> 01:48:39,291
what are you going to do? Are

3028
01:48:39,291 --> 01:48:40,794
you going to honor your word?

3029
01:48:40,794 --> 01:48:42,963
Are you going to cave to the

3030
01:48:42,963 --> 01:48:44,197
district's financial failures?

3031
01:48:44,197 --> 01:48:46,660
Are you going to have a spine?

3032
01:48:46,660 --> 01:48:47,133
Are you going to have a

3033
01:48:47,133 --> 01:48:48,968
backbone? Are you going to

3034
01:48:48,968 --> 01:48:51,237
reject this nonsense? Are you

3035
01:48:51,237 --> 01:48:54,174
going to send this back for a

3036
01:48:54,174 --> 01:48:55,542
rewrite? We can send a message

3037
01:48:55,542 --> 01:48:58,378
that what these folks are going

3038
01:48:58,378 --> 01:49:00,280
through is no longer acceptable.

3039
01:49:00,280 --> 01:49:01,780
In Broward County. We don't

3040
01:49:01,780 --> 01:49:03,316
have to pass this budget.

3041
01:49:03,316 --> 01:49:04,918
>> So please, no clapping in

3042
01:49:04,918 --> 01:49:06,386
the audience. I will have to

3043
01:49:06,386 --> 01:49:08,550
recess the meeting if we can't

3044
01:49:08,550 --> 01:49:10,290
maintain decorum. MR. Cervera.

3045
01:49:10,290 --> 01:49:11,491
>> Thank you. For the record. I

3046
01:49:11,491 --> 01:49:14,494
don't mind if you clap, but

3047
01:49:14,494 --> 01:49:17,931
listen to the chair. We don't

3048
01:49:17,931 --> 01:49:19,640
have to accept this. We don't.

3049
01:49:19,640 --> 01:49:21,134
You're under no obligation to

3050
01:49:21,134 --> 01:49:22,402
vote for this. And to those of

3051
01:49:22,402 --> 01:49:24,171
you who have said on record in

3052
01:49:24,171 --> 01:49:27,771
the past that you will not

3053
01:49:28,800 --> 01:49:30,408
support anything less than 4%,

3054
01:49:32,713 --> 01:49:34,581
don't go back on your word. Now.

3055
01:49:34,581 --> 01:49:38,181
I want to switch topics very,

3056
01:49:38,452 --> 01:49:42,520
very briefly and talk about the

3057
01:49:44,124 --> 01:49:45,359
referendum. Yeah, I don't I'm

3058
01:49:45,359 --> 01:49:46,727
not concerned about the time.

3059
01:49:46,727 --> 01:49:48,462
I'm not. And unless you're

3060
01:49:48,462 --> 01:49:49,630
going to tell me that I can't

3061
01:49:49,630 --> 01:49:51,632
speak anymore and you're going

3062
01:49:51,632 --> 01:49:52,366
to cut my mic off, I'm going to

3063
01:49:52,366 --> 01:49:53,667
continue speaking.

3064
01:49:53,667 --> 01:49:55,436
>> So I just want to clarify,

3065
01:49:55,436 --> 01:49:56,870
per our board policy, that we

3066
01:49:56,870 --> 01:49:58,439
all voted on, each member gets

3067
01:49:58,439 --> 01:50:00,407
five minutes for round one, and

3068
01:50:00,407 --> 01:50:01,575
then we can do round two and

3069
01:50:01,575 --> 01:50:03,377
round three and round four and

3070
01:50:03,377 --> 01:50:04,478
round five. I would expect all

3071
01:50:04,478 --> 01:50:06,179
board members to respect those

3072
01:50:06,179 --> 01:50:08,315
time limits, and if you don't,

3073
01:50:08,315 --> 01:50:08,549
then that's, you know your

3074
01:50:08,549 --> 01:50:09,617
choice.

3075
01:50:09,617 --> 01:50:11,552
>> Thank you. I'm going to

3076
01:50:11,552 --> 01:50:12,786
finish what I have to say. And

3077
01:50:12,786 --> 01:50:14,655
then I'm going to talk again to

3078
01:50:14,655 --> 01:50:17,655
and possibly again in round

3079
01:50:19,126 --> 01:50:20,494
three. Listen, listen.

3080
01:50:20,494 --> 01:50:21,462
>> MISS Hixon, do you have a

3081
01:50:21,462 --> 01:50:22,730
point of order?

3082
01:50:22,730 --> 01:50:23,697
>> I have a point of order.

3083
01:50:23,697 --> 01:50:25,666
>> MISS Bulman.

3084
01:50:25,666 --> 01:50:27,568
>> We have we have a policy. We

3085
01:50:27,568 --> 01:50:28,602
voted on it. And I think it's

3086
01:50:28,602 --> 01:50:30,471
disrespectful to the rest of

3087
01:50:30,471 --> 01:50:32,206
the people sitting up here to

3088
01:50:32,206 --> 01:50:33,807
not follow the policy. Everyone

3089
01:50:33,807 --> 01:50:36,711
else has something to say as

3090
01:50:36,711 --> 01:50:37,878
well.

3091
01:50:37,878 --> 01:50:39,714
>> Yeah. What's the point of

3092
01:50:39,714 --> 01:50:40,881
having a policy if we don't.

3093
01:50:40,881 --> 01:50:42,782
>> Follow MADAM General Council?

3094
01:50:42,782 --> 01:50:43,840
Are you going to tell me that I

3095
01:50:43,840 --> 01:50:44,819
can't speak?

3096
01:50:44,819 --> 01:50:45,953
>> So there's two things. One,

3097
01:50:45,953 --> 01:50:46,921
there is a policy that's

3098
01:50:46,921 --> 01:50:47,955
currently in effect with

3099
01:50:47,955 --> 01:50:48,990
regards to these public

3100
01:50:48,990 --> 01:50:51,125
meetings, where board members

3101
01:50:51,125 --> 01:50:52,393
have five minutes to speak, and

3102
01:50:52,393 --> 01:50:53,961
then you have another round

3103
01:50:53,961 --> 01:50:55,530
that you can have as well. And

3104
01:50:55,530 --> 01:50:56,863
then most recently, I don't

3105
01:50:56,863 --> 01:50:58,320
know if you were here, MR.

3106
01:50:58,320 --> 01:50:59,699
Cervera, but the board had a

3107
01:50:59,699 --> 01:51:01,699
very detailed. Conversation.

3108
01:51:02,170 --> 01:51:03,471
And when it was reviewing its

3109
01:51:03,471 --> 01:51:05,773
policies that are coming before

3110
01:51:05,773 --> 01:51:06,874
it on the 15th and

3111
01:51:06,874 --> 01:51:07,975
re-emphasized again the

3112
01:51:07,975 --> 01:51:10,770
expectation that it would like

3113
01:51:10,770 --> 01:51:11,879
board members to adhere to the

3114
01:51:11,879 --> 01:51:12,680
policy. With regards to the

3115
01:51:12,680 --> 01:51:13,915
five minutes.

3116
01:51:13,915 --> 01:51:15,783
>> Don't think the irony is not

3117
01:51:15,783 --> 01:51:16,918
lost on me that this board

3118
01:51:16,918 --> 01:51:18,753
meeting in which that decision

3119
01:51:18,753 --> 01:51:19,820
was made. I couldn't be there

3120
01:51:19,820 --> 01:51:21,322
because I couldn't speak under

3121
01:51:21,322 --> 01:51:22,891
doctor's orders. And now you're

3122
01:51:22,891 --> 01:51:24,492
telling me that I can't speak

3123
01:51:24,492 --> 01:51:25,927
when I get my voice back? So

3124
01:51:25,927 --> 01:51:27,461
I'll ask the question again.

3125
01:51:27,461 --> 01:51:29,531
MADAM General Counsel, are you

3126
01:51:29,531 --> 01:51:30,999
going to instruct me not to

3127
01:51:30,999 --> 01:51:32,167
speak?

3128
01:51:32,167 --> 01:51:34,680
>> The only thing I can share

3129
01:51:34,680 --> 01:51:35,937
with you, MR. Cervera, is that

3130
01:51:35,937 --> 01:51:37,806
there is a board policy that is

3131
01:51:37,806 --> 01:51:40,375
in effect that does limit the

3132
01:51:40,375 --> 01:51:41,409
speaking to five minutes. My

3133
01:51:41,409 --> 01:51:43,244
recommendation would always be

3134
01:51:43,244 --> 01:51:45,680
to follow the policy. I do

3135
01:51:45,680 --> 01:51:47,949
believe that your colleagues

3136
01:51:47,949 --> 01:51:48,983
have stated that as well. But

3137
01:51:48,983 --> 01:51:50,552
again, you will have another

3138
01:51:50,552 --> 01:51:50,752
round that you will be able to

3139
01:51:50,752 --> 01:51:52,554
speak.

3140
01:51:52,554 --> 01:51:52,854
>> Is that a directive or a

3141
01:51:52,854 --> 01:51:54,556
suggestion?

3142
01:51:54,556 --> 01:51:55,557
>> I can't direct you, MR.

3143
01:51:55,557 --> 01:51:55,823
Cervrva. I'm just general

3144
01:51:55,823 --> 01:51:56,725
counsesel.

3145
01:51:56,725 --> 01:51:58,526
>> Okay. T TnkououSo I'm

3146
01:51:58,526 --> 01:51:59,828
gogogo o k k q qstioion.

3147
01:51:59,828 --> 01:52:01,796
>> si I wouldike e a actually

3148
01:52:01,796 --> 01:52:03,731
toto take the will of the board.

3149
01:52:03,731 --> 01:52:04,766
Is it the will of the board to

3150
01:52:04,766 --> 01:52:05,534
follow board policy?

3151
01:52:05,534 --> 01:52:06,768
>> Yes, yes.

3152
01:52:06,768 --> 01:52:07,769
>> Is there any objection to

3153
01:52:07,769 --> 01:52:09,671
following board policy? I'll

3154
01:52:09,671 --> 01:52:10,972
add your name to a round two.

3155
01:52:10,972 --> 01:52:12,641
MR. Cervera DR. Zeman.

3156
01:52:12,641 --> 01:52:15,641
>> Thank you very much, chair.

3157
01:52:16,311 --> 01:52:19,247
I want to make sure that. This

3158
01:52:19,247 --> 01:52:22,247
conversation is based in fact

3159
01:52:25,200 --> 01:52:27,122
and honesty. Doctor Hepburn,

3160
01:52:27,122 --> 01:52:30,722
you were asked about revenue to

3161
01:52:30,758 --> 01:52:31,860
the district and the

3162
01:52:31,860 --> 01:52:33,295
insinuation was, is that there

3163
01:52:33,295 --> 01:52:34,495
was more money available to

3164
01:52:34,495 --> 01:52:35,764
Broward County Public Schools,

3165
01:52:35,764 --> 01:52:38,764
when in fact, that's clearly

3166
01:52:39,368 --> 01:52:41,203
not the case. We were provided

3167
01:52:41,203 --> 01:52:42,438
less money this year for

3168
01:52:42,438 --> 01:52:44,505
traditional public run schools.

3169
01:52:44,505 --> 01:52:45,107
Is that correct?

3170
01:52:45,107 --> 01:52:46,909
>> That's correct.

3171
01:52:46,909 --> 01:52:49,111
>> Thank you. Any other

3172
01:52:49,111 --> 01:52:51,511
insinuation against that is

3173
01:52:51,613 --> 01:52:54,130
fiction. And this discussion

3174
01:52:54,149 --> 01:52:56,318
must be based in facts or this

3175
01:52:56,318 --> 01:52:59,221
board will fail. A basic test

3176
01:52:59,221 --> 01:53:02,758
of integrity. And that's a test.

3177
01:53:02,758 --> 01:53:04,526
I will not sit still for. Now,

3178
01:53:04,526 --> 01:53:06,795
let me be clear with the people

3179
01:53:06,795 --> 01:53:08,197
who are here today. This board

3180
01:53:08,197 --> 01:53:10,320
has been very clear about

3181
01:53:10,320 --> 01:53:11,400
wanting to find money to

3182
01:53:11,400 --> 01:53:13,769
compensate people. Three years

3183
01:53:13,769 --> 01:53:15,303
ago, I wrote an op ed in the

3184
01:53:15,303 --> 01:53:17,206
newspaper that I still stand by,

3185
01:53:17,206 --> 01:53:19,742
which is I will not sleep until

3186
01:53:19,742 --> 01:53:22,110
teachers make $100,000 each. It

3187
01:53:22,110 --> 01:53:24,130
is the right goal, and it's one

3188
01:53:24,130 --> 01:53:26,248
that I'm dedicated to. This

3189
01:53:26,248 --> 01:53:27,616
presentation. However.

3190
01:53:27,616 --> 01:53:29,418
>> Excuse me, this is your

3191
01:53:29,418 --> 01:53:30,920
first warning.

3192
01:53:30,920 --> 01:53:32,421
>> I would ask for some respect

3193
01:53:32,421 --> 01:53:33,723
while I talk. Please. In

3194
01:53:33,723 --> 01:53:36,723
addition to just following what

3195
01:53:38,861 --> 01:53:41,631
you've been instructed to do.

3196
01:53:41,631 --> 01:53:44,333
This issue deserves that. In

3197
01:53:44,333 --> 01:53:46,135
this presentation on slide 11,

3198
01:53:46,135 --> 01:53:47,436
MR. Shim pointed out $52

3199
01:53:47,436 --> 01:53:50,305
million worth of cost savings

3200
01:53:50,305 --> 01:53:52,175
that MAY be realized this year.

3201
01:53:52,175 --> 01:53:53,909
If you looked into these

3202
01:53:53,909 --> 01:53:55,344
estimates on slide 11, they're

3203
01:53:55,344 --> 01:53:56,979
very conservative. We're going

3204
01:53:56,979 --> 01:53:58,214
to save more money on several

3205
01:53:58,214 --> 01:54:00,450
of these things than is

3206
01:54:00,450 --> 01:54:01,818
outlined here. But until we

3207
01:54:01,818 --> 01:54:03,985
know we can save that money, it

3208
01:54:03,985 --> 01:54:06,589
would be a misuse of public

3209
01:54:06,589 --> 01:54:09,240
dollars to allocate those funds.

3210
01:54:09,240 --> 01:54:11,961
And again, chair, the 800 pound

3211
01:54:11,961 --> 01:54:13,696
gorilla. While I can't speak to

3212
01:54:13,696 --> 01:54:15,598
it as an advocate, I can speak

3213
01:54:15,598 --> 01:54:18,660
to it in a factual matter. It's

3214
01:54:18,660 --> 01:54:19,502
going to generate $358 million.

3215
01:54:19,502 --> 01:54:20,670
Is that correct, Doctor Hepburn?

3216
01:54:20,670 --> 01:54:22,670
>> That's correct.

3217
01:54:23,506 --> 01:54:25,275
>> Is $358 million bigger than

3218
01:54:25,275 --> 01:54:25,674
$64 million? Doctor Hepburn?

3219
01:54:25,674 --> 01:54:27,674
>> Significantly.

3220
01:54:28,178 --> 01:54:30,578
>> Yeah, by about $300 million.

3221
01:54:31,460 --> 01:54:32,816
So this year this board is

3222
01:54:32,816 --> 01:54:34,650
going to work toward doing

3223
01:54:34,650 --> 01:54:36,860
everything we can and to make

3224
01:54:36,860 --> 01:54:38,187
hard decisions about finding

3225
01:54:38,187 --> 01:54:41,570
pay raises. It MAY be 4%, it

3226
01:54:41,570 --> 01:54:42,893
MAY be 2%, it MAY be 7.35%. Who

3227
01:54:42,893 --> 01:54:44,426
knows? But this board is very

3228
01:54:44,426 --> 01:54:46,463
committed to finding money to

3229
01:54:46,463 --> 01:54:48,263
pay people better for doing the

3230
01:54:48,263 --> 01:54:50,660
hard work that they do. And I

3231
01:54:50,660 --> 01:54:52,102
agree with the speaker today

3232
01:54:52,102 --> 01:54:53,202
that said, we would not be in a

3233
01:54:53,202 --> 01:54:54,538
district were it not for the

3234
01:54:54,538 --> 01:54:56,973
efforts of educators in Broward

3235
01:54:56,973 --> 01:54:59,108
County public schools, but

3236
01:54:59,108 --> 01:55:01,578
let's be ethical and honest

3237
01:55:01,578 --> 01:55:05,178
with each other. This is not

3238
01:55:05,582 --> 01:55:07,183
the time to negotiate on issues

3239
01:55:07,183 --> 01:55:07,951
that have to go before a

3240
01:55:07,951 --> 01:55:09,951
collective bargaining agreement.

3241
01:55:09,953 --> 01:55:10,987
This is not the time before we

3242
01:55:10,987 --> 01:55:13,190
realize those savings and MR.

3243
01:55:13,190 --> 01:55:14,958
Shim projects to determine a

3244
01:55:14,958 --> 01:55:16,760
right number. Nor is it the

3245
01:55:16,760 --> 01:55:19,596
time to reject this budget. A

3246
01:55:19,596 --> 01:55:21,464
budget is a plan for the year,

3247
01:55:21,464 --> 01:55:23,734
and we've got to know about the

3248
01:55:23,734 --> 01:55:24,968
referendum. And so on NOVEMBER

3249
01:55:24,968 --> 01:55:26,637
4th, we'll be able to take

3250
01:55:26,637 --> 01:55:27,904
stock on what the potential

3251
01:55:27,904 --> 01:55:29,673
savings are. By the way, Doctor

3252
01:55:29,673 --> 01:55:31,141
Hepburn will we know more on

3253
01:55:31,141 --> 01:55:32,976
NOVEMBER 4th about the slide 11

3254
01:55:32,976 --> 01:55:33,644
projected savings that MR. Shim

3255
01:55:33,644 --> 01:55:34,343
is showing here.

3256
01:55:34,343 --> 01:55:36,213
>> Yes.

3257
01:55:36,213 --> 01:55:37,648
>> Terrific. So right now, just

3258
01:55:37,648 --> 01:55:39,850
to be clear to Defuze the

3259
01:55:39,850 --> 01:55:41,685
tension here, there's $52

3260
01:55:41,685 --> 01:55:42,920
million in projected savings on

3261
01:55:42,920 --> 01:55:44,540
Doctor Shim. MR. Shim, I always

3262
01:55:44,540 --> 01:55:46,523
want to promote you. Promote

3263
01:55:46,523 --> 01:55:47,591
you. MR. Shim, you act like a

3264
01:55:47,591 --> 01:55:49,126
doctor. Shim, you're so dang

3265
01:55:49,126 --> 01:55:51,328
smart. $52 million of projected

3266
01:55:51,328 --> 01:55:52,496
savings, as the high estimate,

3267
01:55:52,496 --> 01:55:54,896
$11 million of carryover above

3268
01:55:55,320 --> 01:55:56,433
the 3% fund balance is $63

3269
01:55:56,433 --> 01:55:58,833
million. Doctor Hepburn is 63,

3270
01:55:59,169 --> 01:56:00,400
close to 64. Yes. It's close.

3271
01:56:00,400 --> 01:56:02,730
Right. So we're actually not

3272
01:56:02,730 --> 01:56:03,841
far away from our projected

3273
01:56:03,841 --> 01:56:06,430
savings. Plus, using up the

3274
01:56:06,430 --> 01:56:07,478
fund balance $11 million. But

3275
01:56:07,478 --> 01:56:09,446
budgets are just plans. And we

3276
01:56:09,446 --> 01:56:10,614
got a lot to learn between now

3277
01:56:10,614 --> 01:56:12,415
and NOVEMBER 4th. We have a lot

3278
01:56:12,415 --> 01:56:13,583
to learn between NOVEMBER 4th.

3279
01:56:13,583 --> 01:56:15,419
And when we sit down and

3280
01:56:15,419 --> 01:56:17,221
negotiate, I'm 100% committed

3281
01:56:17,221 --> 01:56:19,390
to do everything we can, not

3282
01:56:19,390 --> 01:56:20,958
just for the 4%, not for the 7%,

3283
01:56:20,958 --> 01:56:22,960
not for some made up number,

3284
01:56:22,960 --> 01:56:25,960
made up, made on facts and

3285
01:56:25,960 --> 01:56:26,764
twisted logic. I'm committed to

3286
01:56:26,764 --> 01:56:28,699
getting teachers to $100,000 as

3287
01:56:28,699 --> 01:56:30,500
soon as we can. It's really

3288
01:56:30,500 --> 01:56:32,336
important to get us there, and

3289
01:56:32,336 --> 01:56:34,838
I'll continue to work on it by

3290
01:56:34,838 --> 01:56:36,607
cutting where we can cut, by

3291
01:56:36,607 --> 01:56:38,108
realizing savings, where we can,

3292
01:56:38,108 --> 01:56:39,209
by allocating referendum

3293
01:56:39,209 --> 01:56:40,378
dollars. Should we have

3294
01:56:40,378 --> 01:56:42,378
additional referendum dollars

3295
01:56:43,514 --> 01:56:45,449
in 2728 until we get to that

3296
01:56:45,449 --> 01:56:47,840
level? To me, that is a sacred

3297
01:56:47,840 --> 01:56:48,553
obligation because it is what

3298
01:56:48,553 --> 01:56:50,953
teachers contribute at a

3299
01:56:51,220 --> 01:56:53,591
minimum to Broward County, and

3300
01:56:53,591 --> 01:56:55,359
it's the right thing to do. S

3301
01:56:55,359 --> 01:56:56,794
let's base these things on the

3302
01:56:56,794 --> 01:56:58,629
facts. Here's a fact for you.

3303
01:56:58,629 --> 01:57:00,765
This slide shows this deck

3304
01:57:00,765 --> 01:57:03,165
shows $63 million of potential

3305
01:57:03,234 --> 01:57:04,802
savings in cash on hand. That's

3306
01:57:04,802 --> 01:57:06,471
$1 million away from a $4

3307
01:57:06,471 --> 01:57:07,872
million raise on NOVEMBER 3rd.

3308
01:57:07,872 --> 01:57:09,574
The voters of Broward County,

3309
01:57:09,574 --> 01:57:11,609
if they follow past precedent,

3310
01:57:11,609 --> 01:57:13,511
will approve a referendum. That

3311
01:57:13,511 --> 01:57:15,511
referendum will generate $358

3312
01:57:16,214 --> 01:57:17,649
million for the 2728 years.

3313
01:57:17,649 --> 01:57:19,350
That's a significant amount of

3314
01:57:19,350 --> 01:57:21,286
money. And this board has been

3315
01:57:21,286 --> 01:57:23,870
very clear about an interest in

3316
01:57:23,870 --> 01:57:24,856
allocating funds to

3317
01:57:24,856 --> 01:57:26,724
compensation for our educators.

3318
01:57:26,724 --> 01:57:28,425
So there is no real debate

3319
01:57:28,425 --> 01:57:31,620
tonight. This budget is just a

3320
01:57:31,620 --> 01:57:32,629
plan. It's got to be passed

3321
01:57:32,629 --> 01:57:33,698
because we owe it to the state

3322
01:57:33,698 --> 01:57:35,667
doctor. Hepburn, when do we

3323
01:57:35,667 --> 01:57:35,866
have to submit a budget to the

3324
01:57:35,866 --> 01:57:37,866
state?

3325
01:57:38,203 --> 01:57:41,439
>> I want to say SEPTEMBER 19th.

3326
01:57:41,439 --> 01:57:42,474
MR. Shim. So.

3327
01:57:42,474 --> 01:57:44,474
>> Yes, that's correct.

3328
01:57:44,643 --> 01:57:46,411
>> Did you say SEPTEMBER 19th?

3329
01:57:46,411 --> 01:57:47,512
19th? So we're we're out of

3330
01:57:47,512 --> 01:57:48,646
time and we're not going to

3331
01:57:48,646 --> 01:57:50,347
know anything more before

3332
01:57:50,347 --> 01:57:51,449
NOVEMBER 4th. We need to pass

3333
01:57:51,449 --> 01:57:51,917
this budget tonight. Thank you

3334
01:57:51,917 --> 01:57:53,917
chair.

3335
01:57:56,521 --> 01:57:58,921
>> Thank you, MISS Bulman.

3336
01:58:00,492 --> 01:58:04,920
>> Thank you. Thank you for the

3337
01:58:06,197 --> 01:58:07,432
points. So. Based on the amount

3338
01:58:07,432 --> 01:58:09,568
of money that we have in the

3339
01:58:09,568 --> 01:58:12,404
budget that we have before us

3340
01:58:12,404 --> 01:58:14,540
that we're proposing, is there

3341
01:58:14,540 --> 01:58:16,410
potential for a 4% raise for

3342
01:58:16,410 --> 01:58:17,409
our teachers?

3343
01:58:17,409 --> 01:58:20,312
>> What I would say there's

3344
01:58:20,312 --> 01:58:21,946
enough cost savings identified.

3345
01:58:21,946 --> 01:58:24,149
That's equivalent to the amount

3346
01:58:24,149 --> 01:58:26,518
of a 4% raise. But we would

3347
01:58:26,518 --> 01:58:27,653
need to discuss in closed door.

3348
01:58:27,653 --> 01:58:28,786
>> Right. And I'm not getting

3349
01:58:28,786 --> 01:58:30,455
into the details, but there,

3350
01:58:30,455 --> 01:58:31,789
you know, there's the potential

3351
01:58:31,789 --> 01:58:32,891
for amending the budget. That's

3352
01:58:32,891 --> 01:58:34,693
correct. And that we could also

3353
01:58:34,693 --> 01:58:37,693
make cuts in other areas.

3354
01:58:38,297 --> 01:58:40,132
Correct. And so and I think

3355
01:58:40,132 --> 01:58:42,301
that collectively this board

3356
01:58:42,301 --> 01:58:45,103
has said that they want 4% or

3357
01:58:45,103 --> 01:58:47,272
minimum of 4% raise. And I it

3358
01:58:47,272 --> 01:58:50,209
seems like everyone is standing

3359
01:58:50,209 --> 01:58:51,243
by that. So I just want the

3360
01:58:51,243 --> 01:58:53,120
public to know that that's the

3361
01:58:53,120 --> 01:58:54,513
position we're taking. But that

3362
01:58:54,513 --> 01:58:56,982
also means that we will have to

3363
01:58:56,982 --> 01:59:00,286
make cuts in other areas. So if

3364
01:59:00,286 --> 01:59:02,721
we make a cut to provide the

3365
01:59:02,721 --> 01:59:05,291
very, very well earned and

3366
01:59:05,291 --> 01:59:07,460
needed raises for our employees,

3367
01:59:07,460 --> 01:59:09,261
then we then something else is

3368
01:59:09,261 --> 01:59:11,130
going to have to suffer. And I

3369
01:59:11,130 --> 01:59:12,197
just hope, I just want everyone

3370
01:59:12,197 --> 01:59:13,332
to understand that we can't

3371
01:59:13,332 --> 01:59:16,502
we're not bringing money out of

3372
01:59:16,502 --> 01:59:18,637
the sky. We are in a very tight

3373
01:59:18,637 --> 01:59:20,606
budget, losing students, losing

3374
01:59:20,606 --> 01:59:22,675
money. We're looking at. All of

3375
01:59:22,675 --> 01:59:23,743
us are going to be at meetings,

3376
01:59:23,743 --> 01:59:26,178
all for the next two weeks,

3377
01:59:26,178 --> 01:59:27,980
talking about school

3378
01:59:27,980 --> 01:59:29,482
consolidation, making people

3379
01:59:29,482 --> 01:59:31,684
very unhappy because we're

3380
01:59:31,684 --> 01:59:33,719
trying to save money that way,

3381
01:59:33,719 --> 01:59:35,755
to get to the point where we

3382
01:59:35,755 --> 01:59:37,356
can pay our employees properly

3383
01:59:37,356 --> 01:59:38,791
so they can continue to work

3384
01:59:38,791 --> 01:59:40,193
and do the great work here,

3385
01:59:40,193 --> 01:59:42,610
because the cost of living is

3386
01:59:42,610 --> 01:59:43,463
so high in Broward County right

3387
01:59:43,463 --> 01:59:47,630
now. But there's no way that

3388
01:59:47,400 --> 01:59:49,936
we're going to be able to. Not

3389
01:59:49,936 --> 01:59:51,738
make cuts somewhere. And so

3390
01:59:51,738 --> 01:59:53,905
that is just the reality of the

3391
01:59:53,905 --> 01:59:56,905
budget that we're facing, being

3392
01:59:57,309 --> 01:59:59,178
in a state that pays our

3393
01:59:59,178 --> 02:00:01,848
teachers 49th or 50th, whatever

3394
02:00:01,848 --> 02:00:05,510
the state is 50th in the nation.

3395
02:00:05,510 --> 02:00:06,553
And when you look at how our

3396
02:00:06,553 --> 02:00:08,788
schools are funded and what

3397
02:00:08,788 --> 02:00:10,490
we're paid per student, we are

3398
02:00:10,490 --> 02:00:11,590
at the absolute bottom of the

3399
02:00:11,590 --> 02:00:13,126
barrel. So we are working with

3400
02:00:13,126 --> 02:00:16,296
the money that we have right

3401
02:00:16,296 --> 02:00:18,164
now. And so I just just for all

3402
02:00:18,164 --> 02:00:20,132
of us, we will have to make

3403
02:00:20,132 --> 02:00:23,132
really tough decisions when we

3404
02:00:24,537 --> 02:00:26,937
present potential solutions to

3405
02:00:27,740 --> 02:00:29,209
cut costs, then I hope that

3406
02:00:29,209 --> 02:00:30,643
people will really take that

3407
02:00:30,643 --> 02:00:32,780
under consideration. It's not

3408
02:00:32,780 --> 02:00:33,213
we can't keep doing the same

3409
02:00:33,213 --> 02:00:35,810
thing that we've done before,

3410
02:00:35,810 --> 02:00:37,117
because we have to figure out a

3411
02:00:37,117 --> 02:00:39,180
way to cut costs so that we can

3412
02:00:39,180 --> 02:00:40,320
pay people more. So that is,

3413
02:00:40,320 --> 02:00:41,421
I'll have to say about that

3414
02:00:41,421 --> 02:00:43,421
right now. Thanks.

3415
02:00:44,157 --> 02:00:45,859
>> Thank you, MISS Thompson.

3416
02:00:45,859 --> 02:00:49,129
>> Thank you, chair. So I first

3417
02:00:49,129 --> 02:00:51,630
want to clear up some things

3418
02:00:51,630 --> 02:00:52,733
that we heard. So one is that

3419
02:00:52,733 --> 02:00:54,634
we have a bunch of empty

3420
02:00:54,634 --> 02:00:56,603
buildings just sitting around.

3421
02:00:56,603 --> 02:00:58,471
Can we get some status on what

3422
02:00:58,471 --> 02:01:01,471
empty buildings we have sitting

3423
02:01:02,809 --> 02:01:06,460
around and what the plan is.

3424
02:01:06,460 --> 02:01:08,547
>> So for the current. Lets you

3425
02:01:08,547 --> 02:01:10,384
will get a detailed memo

3426
02:01:10,384 --> 02:01:11,785
probably tomorrow that

3427
02:01:11,785 --> 02:01:13,185
discusses all the school

3428
02:01:13,185 --> 02:01:14,688
closures and the movements. As

3429
02:01:14,688 --> 02:01:16,523
far as timeline for employees

3430
02:01:16,523 --> 02:01:17,790
to move into certain spaces. I

3431
02:01:17,790 --> 02:01:19,493
don't know if the speaker was

3432
02:01:19,493 --> 02:01:20,661
talking about what we were

3433
02:01:20,661 --> 02:01:22,463
about to go through right now

3434
02:01:22,463 --> 02:01:23,664
as options for the board to

3435
02:01:23,664 --> 02:01:26,133
consider as far as selling

3436
02:01:26,133 --> 02:01:27,567
those school buildings, but all

3437
02:01:27,567 --> 02:01:29,837
the facilities that we closed

3438
02:01:29,837 --> 02:01:31,238
last year, lack of a better

3439
02:01:31,238 --> 02:01:32,390
term, they're kind of spoken

3440
02:01:32,390 --> 02:01:33,706
for as far.

3441
02:01:33,706 --> 02:01:35,609
>> As there is. There is a plan

3442
02:01:35,609 --> 02:01:36,476
to use this space. We're not

3443
02:01:36,476 --> 02:01:38,450
just wasting maintenance.

3444
02:01:38,450 --> 02:01:38,946
>> And we're not wasting

3445
02:01:38,946 --> 02:01:40,346
maintenance. We're actually

3446
02:01:40,346 --> 02:01:41,415
it's a strategy to get people

3447
02:01:41,415 --> 02:01:42,683
out of buildings that we're

3448
02:01:42,683 --> 02:01:45,683
going to lease or sell.

3449
02:01:46,386 --> 02:01:47,587
>> Okay. And then this probably

3450
02:01:47,587 --> 02:01:49,356
is going to be answered again.

3451
02:01:49,356 --> 02:01:51,240
But are you planning to lease?

3452
02:01:51,240 --> 02:01:51,725
Are we planning to lease this

3453
02:01:51,725 --> 02:01:53,227
building?

3454
02:01:53,227 --> 02:01:54,227
>> Yes, absolutely. We've

3455
02:01:54,227 --> 02:01:56,530
already given our commercial

3456
02:01:56,530 --> 02:01:57,865
realtor direction on getting

3457
02:01:57,865 --> 02:02:00,000
all that information out so we

3458
02:02:00,000 --> 02:02:01,402
can get some potential leases.

3459
02:02:01,402 --> 02:02:02,937
>> And then leasing as opposed

3460
02:02:02,937 --> 02:02:04,705
to selling means that we can

3461
02:02:04,705 --> 02:02:05,906
use that money we make correct.

3462
02:02:05,906 --> 02:02:07,942
>> If we lease, it goes

3463
02:02:07,942 --> 02:02:10,770
straight to our general. If we

3464
02:02:10,770 --> 02:02:11,512
sell, it goes into capital

3465
02:02:11,512 --> 02:02:12,913
funds, which is very

3466
02:02:12,913 --> 02:02:15,483
restrictive and can't be used

3467
02:02:15,483 --> 02:02:16,550
for compensation purposes for

3468
02:02:16,550 --> 02:02:18,486
employees.

3469
02:02:18,486 --> 02:02:20,154
>> And for the the schools that

3470
02:02:20,154 --> 02:02:21,988
we are considering

3471
02:02:21,988 --> 02:02:24,388
consolidating. Is there an

3472
02:02:24,825 --> 02:02:25,960
option to sell or to make

3473
02:02:25,960 --> 02:02:27,795
something so that we can put

3474
02:02:27,795 --> 02:02:29,263
that money towards. Yes.

3475
02:02:29,263 --> 02:02:30,398
Selling would be the same thing,

3476
02:02:30,398 --> 02:02:32,300
right? If we sell a building,

3477
02:02:32,300 --> 02:02:33,401
it goes to capital. So capital.

3478
02:02:33,401 --> 02:02:35,203
Are there some options that are

3479
02:02:35,203 --> 02:02:37,105
going to come before this board

3480
02:02:37,105 --> 02:02:38,172
to make sure that we can add

3481
02:02:38,172 --> 02:02:40,107
more to the general fund?

3482
02:02:40,107 --> 02:02:41,275
>> Yes. The the best use of

3483
02:02:41,275 --> 02:02:43,611
each facility will be presented

3484
02:02:43,611 --> 02:02:46,110
to the board. Okay.

3485
02:02:46,781 --> 02:02:48,616
>> And then I asked the last

3486
02:02:48,616 --> 02:02:49,984
time we discussed this, our

3487
02:02:49,984 --> 02:02:52,552
general counsel, to prepare a

3488
02:02:52,552 --> 02:02:54,952
memo about what our

3489
02:02:56,900 --> 02:02:59,900
responsibilities as a board is.

3490
02:02:59,940 --> 02:03:00,795
I would like MR. Bruno to go

3491
02:03:00,795 --> 02:03:02,263
over what the board's

3492
02:03:02,263 --> 02:03:03,731
responsibility, legal

3493
02:03:03,731 --> 02:03:05,466
responsibilities for passing a

3494
02:03:05,466 --> 02:03:07,466
budget is.

3495
02:03:07,635 --> 02:03:08,736
>> So the board has a statutory

3496
02:03:08,736 --> 02:03:10,271
responsibility. To pass a

3497
02:03:10,271 --> 02:03:13,871
budget in the time frame is

3498
02:03:14,142 --> 02:03:15,977
very, very specific. 1011.03,

3499
02:03:15,977 --> 02:03:17,812
subsection three. Note to the

3500
02:03:17,812 --> 02:03:18,880
board has to have the public

3501
02:03:18,880 --> 02:03:20,582
hearing to adopt its tentative

3502
02:03:20,582 --> 02:03:23,582
and final budget pursuant to

3503
02:03:25,353 --> 02:03:26,855
Florida Statute 200.065 and

3504
02:03:26,855 --> 02:03:28,956
subsection two f three gives us

3505
02:03:28,956 --> 02:03:30,570
the timeline. It requires the

3506
02:03:30,570 --> 02:03:31,259
final public hearing to

3507
02:03:31,259 --> 02:03:33,194
finalize the budget and adopt

3508
02:03:33,194 --> 02:03:34,696
the millage rate within 80 days

3509
02:03:34,696 --> 02:03:36,765
after certification of the

3510
02:03:36,765 --> 02:03:38,934
taxable value. My understanding

3511
02:03:38,934 --> 02:03:41,603
that was JULY 1st, but no

3512
02:03:41,603 --> 02:03:42,938
earlier than 65 days after

3513
02:03:42,938 --> 02:03:45,472
certification. So we have a 15

3514
02:03:45,472 --> 02:03:48,176
day window. And our close of

3515
02:03:48,176 --> 02:03:50,545
that window will be SEPTEMBER

3516
02:03:50,545 --> 02:03:52,748
19th. And it opened, I want to

3517
02:03:52,748 --> 02:03:54,449
say SEPTEMBER 4th through

3518
02:03:54,449 --> 02:03:55,950
SEPTEMBER 19th. So that is our

3519
02:03:55,950 --> 02:03:57,786
statutory that is your as board

3520
02:03:57,786 --> 02:03:59,786
statutory obligation.

3521
02:04:00,955 --> 02:04:02,557
>> So just before any of my

3522
02:04:02,557 --> 02:04:04,593
colleagues comment, does that

3523
02:04:04,593 --> 02:04:05,627
mean we're not allowed to make

3524
02:04:05,627 --> 02:04:07,828
suggestions or comments or

3525
02:04:07,828 --> 02:04:09,965
direct the superintendent on a

3526
02:04:09,965 --> 02:04:10,666
budget prior to this final

3527
02:04:10,666 --> 02:04:12,267
adoption.

3528
02:04:12,267 --> 02:04:12,867
>> You can make any

3529
02:04:12,867 --> 02:04:14,636
recommendations that you want.

3530
02:04:14,636 --> 02:04:16,205
In addition, after the budget

3531
02:04:16,205 --> 02:04:17,539
is passed, you can always amend

3532
02:04:17,539 --> 02:04:19,539
the budget.

3533
02:04:19,675 --> 02:04:20,742
>> Yes. So it is our legal

3534
02:04:20,742 --> 02:04:22,878
requirement as people sitting

3535
02:04:22,878 --> 02:04:26,478
on this board to adopt this

3536
02:04:26,582 --> 02:04:27,216
budget. Correct?

3537
02:04:27,216 --> 02:04:28,650
>> Yes.

3538
02:04:28,650 --> 02:04:30,886
>> And what are the

3539
02:04:30,886 --> 02:04:32,886
consequences either immediate

3540
02:04:34,789 --> 02:04:38,930
or long term, of us not having

3541
02:04:38,930 --> 02:04:40,195
an budget from the state?

3542
02:04:40,195 --> 02:04:41,296
>> So clearly you would get the

3543
02:04:41,296 --> 02:04:43,696
attention of the Florida

3544
02:04:43,832 --> 02:04:46,302
Department of Education. And so

3545
02:04:46,302 --> 02:04:49,302
that would be problematic. So

3546
02:04:52,308 --> 02:04:53,809
that is. That is something that

3547
02:04:53,809 --> 02:04:56,445
we want to be very, very

3548
02:04:56,445 --> 02:04:58,547
careful with, especially given

3549
02:04:58,547 --> 02:04:59,682
the issue with regards to the

3550
02:04:59,682 --> 02:05:01,384
fund balance and making sure

3551
02:05:01,384 --> 02:05:02,384
that we are fiscally

3552
02:05:02,384 --> 02:05:04,586
responsible and good stewards

3553
02:05:04,586 --> 02:05:06,322
of taxpayer dollars. So I would

3554
02:05:06,322 --> 02:05:07,857
caution the board of anything

3555
02:05:07,857 --> 02:05:10,590
that would deviate from your

3556
02:05:10,590 --> 02:05:12,590
statutory responsibilities.

3557
02:05:12,194 --> 02:05:14,730
>> And it could also impact our

3558
02:05:14,730 --> 02:05:16,899
ability to have trim and

3559
02:05:16,899 --> 02:05:17,600
mileage and funding from the

3560
02:05:17,600 --> 02:05:19,201
state millage.

3561
02:05:19,201 --> 02:05:20,937
>> It can it can impact that.

3562
02:05:20,937 --> 02:05:22,371
It can also impact your cops

3563
02:05:22,371 --> 02:05:24,440
with the people that you MAY

3564
02:05:24,440 --> 02:05:28,109
want to. I mean, there's a very

3565
02:05:28,109 --> 02:05:29,946
large group of individuals and

3566
02:05:29,946 --> 02:05:31,713
organizations and entities that

3567
02:05:31,713 --> 02:05:32,948
can look at this and, and be

3568
02:05:32,948 --> 02:05:34,183
very concerned with Broward

3569
02:05:34,183 --> 02:05:36,285
County Public Schools with

3570
02:05:36,285 --> 02:05:37,520
regards to your financial

3571
02:05:37,520 --> 02:05:39,520
stewardship.

3572
02:05:39,622 --> 02:05:41,590
>> So we can all make political

3573
02:05:41,590 --> 02:05:43,593
posturing about this. However,

3574
02:05:43,593 --> 02:05:45,600
it is our fiduciary

3575
02:05:45,600 --> 02:05:47,196
responsibility is really one of

3576
02:05:47,196 --> 02:05:48,665
our only financial

3577
02:05:48,665 --> 02:05:50,665
responsibilities that dictated

3578
02:05:50,733 --> 02:05:52,502
by law to pass this budget.

3579
02:05:52,502 --> 02:05:53,736
Does that mean that we're not

3580
02:05:53,736 --> 02:05:56,139
going to go into negotiations?

3581
02:05:56,139 --> 02:05:57,573
Does that mean that our

3582
02:05:57,573 --> 02:05:59,800
superintendent hasn't found

3583
02:05:59,800 --> 02:06:00,777
possibilities to find that race?

3584
02:06:00,777 --> 02:06:01,978
No. It means for right now, we

3585
02:06:01,978 --> 02:06:04,112
have to pass this budget and

3586
02:06:04,112 --> 02:06:05,815
then we enter into negotiations.

3587
02:06:05,815 --> 02:06:07,984
And I just want to echo MISS

3588
02:06:07,984 --> 02:06:09,786
Bowman's comments that we have

3589
02:06:09,786 --> 02:06:12,210
very limited funds, just like

3590
02:06:12,210 --> 02:06:13,423
when you are managing your home

3591
02:06:13,423 --> 02:06:16,759
budget, if you want to take a

3592
02:06:16,759 --> 02:06:18,661
trip to see grandparents, you

3593
02:06:18,661 --> 02:06:20,363
might have to cut in other ways

3594
02:06:20,363 --> 02:06:22,432
to make that affordable. It is

3595
02:06:22,432 --> 02:06:23,533
the same thing here. What we

3596
02:06:23,533 --> 02:06:26,360
prioritize means we might have

3597
02:06:26,360 --> 02:06:27,537
to cut things, and that is

3598
02:06:27,537 --> 02:06:29,672
something that I hope my

3599
02:06:29,672 --> 02:06:32,672
colleagues stick to when these

3600
02:06:33,309 --> 02:06:35,709
hard conversations happen. And

3601
02:06:36,279 --> 02:06:38,682
then just really quick, just on

3602
02:06:38,682 --> 02:06:40,417
the referendum, I think we all

3603
02:06:40,417 --> 02:06:41,885
know how important it is to

3604
02:06:41,885 --> 02:06:43,653
educate the public. Our staff

3605
02:06:43,653 --> 02:06:45,889
has been going out. If there

3606
02:06:45,889 --> 02:06:48,725
are any community groups that

3607
02:06:48,725 --> 02:06:50,160
would like to invite staff,

3608
02:06:50,160 --> 02:06:52,696
they will come and talk to your

3609
02:06:52,696 --> 02:06:56,296
hoa and kind of explain and

3610
02:06:57,334 --> 02:06:59,136
educate, not advocate. But this

3611
02:06:59,136 --> 02:07:02,136
is something that we are

3612
02:07:03,106 --> 02:07:06,106
actively working on to. Not

3613
02:07:06,109 --> 02:07:07,211
promote, to educate. So I

3614
02:07:07,211 --> 02:07:08,879
appreciate our staff's work and

3615
02:07:08,879 --> 02:07:11,381
going into this budget. I urge

3616
02:07:11,381 --> 02:07:13,584
my colleagues to follow the law

3617
02:07:13,584 --> 02:07:14,685
and pass this budget with the

3618
02:07:14,685 --> 02:07:17,187
understanding that we are going

3619
02:07:17,187 --> 02:07:18,255
to go into negotiations and

3620
02:07:18,255 --> 02:07:20,230
give our teachers what they

3621
02:07:20,230 --> 02:07:22,230
deserve. Thank you.

3622
02:07:23,961 --> 02:07:24,193
>> Thank you, MRS. Alhadeff.

3623
02:07:24,193 --> 02:07:26,193
>> Yes.

3624
02:07:26,497 --> 02:07:29,400
>> So my first point is on the

3625
02:07:29,400 --> 02:07:31,135
five year projected enrollment.

3626
02:07:31,135 --> 02:07:33,404
So over the next five years,

3627
02:07:33,404 --> 02:07:35,804
our enrollment continues to

3628
02:07:38,375 --> 02:07:40,710
decline. So we need to figure

3629
02:07:40,710 --> 02:07:42,379
out have a more robust plan on

3630
02:07:42,379 --> 02:07:44,514
how we're going to stop the

3631
02:07:44,514 --> 02:07:46,914
decline. There should be

3632
02:07:47,785 --> 02:07:49,987
multiple workshops to to really

3633
02:07:49,987 --> 02:07:52,560
dig into the details and what

3634
02:07:52,560 --> 02:07:54,959
that looks like, and come up

3635
02:07:54,959 --> 02:07:57,128
with a, a creative, outside the

3636
02:07:57,128 --> 02:07:59,597
box type of thinking to figure

3637
02:07:59,597 --> 02:08:00,731
out how we're preventing,

3638
02:08:00,731 --> 02:08:02,731
preventing that decline.

3639
02:08:02,832 --> 02:08:05,703
Because that ultimately is our

3640
02:08:05,703 --> 02:08:08,703
problem. We're just losing the

3641
02:08:12,576 --> 02:08:15,576
enrollment. Second point is our

3642
02:08:15,813 --> 02:08:17,181
per pupil expenditure in.

3643
02:08:17,181 --> 02:08:19,549
>> I'm sorry, MR. Alhadeff, if

3644
02:08:19,549 --> 02:08:21,185
I could just ask, please pause.

3645
02:08:21,185 --> 02:08:22,320
MISS Alhadeff time. If you are

3646
02:08:22,320 --> 02:08:23,553
in the audience and you need to

3647
02:08:23,553 --> 02:08:25,289
have a conversation, please

3648
02:08:25,289 --> 02:08:27,358
step out so that board members

3649
02:08:27,358 --> 02:08:28,493
can hear each other and speak

3650
02:08:28,493 --> 02:08:30,893
uninterrupted. As the public

3651
02:08:31,280 --> 02:08:31,362
speakers got to speak on

3652
02:08:31,362 --> 02:08:33,362
uninterrupted.

3653
02:08:33,531 --> 02:08:36,401
>> Thank you. So my second

3654
02:08:36,401 --> 02:08:39,604
point is, so the per pupil

3655
02:08:39,604 --> 02:08:42,272
expenditure. So Palm Beach is

3656
02:08:42,272 --> 02:08:43,374
the highest, then Miami Dade

3657
02:08:43,374 --> 02:08:45,243
and then Broward. Well, I don't

3658
02:08:45,243 --> 02:08:47,178
know about like the highest in

3659
02:08:47,178 --> 02:08:49,246
the whole state of Florida, but

3660
02:08:49,246 --> 02:08:50,281
the districts around us, and I

3661
02:08:50,281 --> 02:08:51,849
know it's always on our

3662
02:08:51,849 --> 02:08:54,249
legislative platform that we

3663
02:08:55,119 --> 02:08:57,322
are trying to get to be at the

3664
02:08:57,322 --> 02:08:59,424
same level as Palm Beach and

3665
02:08:59,424 --> 02:09:01,693
Miami Dade. But we never seem

3666
02:09:01,693 --> 02:09:03,495
to to fix that part. So that

3667
02:09:03,495 --> 02:09:05,496
needs to be a priority within

3668
02:09:05,496 --> 02:09:07,896
our legislative platform. And

3669
02:09:08,990 --> 02:09:10,568
we're speaking with our elected

3670
02:09:10,568 --> 02:09:12,370
officials and, and making sure

3671
02:09:12,370 --> 02:09:14,873
that trying to get us because I

3672
02:09:14,873 --> 02:09:16,775
do not see the reason why we

3673
02:09:16,775 --> 02:09:18,876
are at a different level than

3674
02:09:18,876 --> 02:09:21,460
Palm Beach and Miami-Dade. I, I

3675
02:09:21,460 --> 02:09:23,148
can't process that. And, and,

3676
02:09:23,148 --> 02:09:25,283
and we need to fight harder to,

3677
02:09:25,283 --> 02:09:27,819
to change that because we're

3678
02:09:27,819 --> 02:09:30,388
losing a lot of dollars in the

3679
02:09:30,388 --> 02:09:31,823
per pupil expenditure. It's,

3680
02:09:31,823 --> 02:09:34,223
it's throughout everything from

3681
02:09:34,326 --> 02:09:37,280
the basic to the Esol, the Esq

3682
02:09:37,280 --> 02:09:38,630
career. And so ultimately that

3683
02:09:38,630 --> 02:09:42,830
that needs to be a priority of

3684
02:09:43,335 --> 02:09:45,103
the board. And then thirdly,

3685
02:09:45,103 --> 02:09:47,672
one of the things that got put

3686
02:09:47,672 --> 02:09:49,508
forward to the board this year,

3687
02:09:49,508 --> 02:09:52,100
and it was voted down, but I

3688
02:09:52,100 --> 02:09:53,412
don't think there was enough

3689
02:09:53,412 --> 02:09:55,347
conversations and education was

3690
02:09:55,347 --> 02:09:57,349
around block scheduling. From

3691
02:09:57,349 --> 02:09:58,817
my understanding. And Doctor

3692
02:09:58,817 --> 02:10:01,687
Hepburn, if you can let me know,

3693
02:10:01,687 --> 02:10:04,870
would we save $40 million?

3694
02:10:04,155 --> 02:10:05,957
>> Yes, approximately. Yes.

3695
02:10:05,957 --> 02:10:06,390
>> And can that money go to

3696
02:10:06,390 --> 02:10:07,526
salaries?

3697
02:10:07,526 --> 02:10:09,594
>> Yes. That money can go

3698
02:10:09,594 --> 02:10:11,594
directly to compensation.

3699
02:10:14,299 --> 02:10:16,340
>> Okay, so I, I know it's. Not

3700
02:10:16,340 --> 02:10:17,169
going to be fun and it's a

3701
02:10:17,169 --> 02:10:19,338
difficult conversation, but I

3702
02:10:19,338 --> 02:10:21,340
would encourage the board to

3703
02:10:21,340 --> 02:10:22,674
start having that conversation

3704
02:10:22,674 --> 02:10:24,376
and talking about it and what

3705
02:10:24,376 --> 02:10:25,778
it looks like. And because

3706
02:10:25,778 --> 02:10:28,713
that's a lot of dollars there

3707
02:10:28,713 --> 02:10:31,884
that we can be saving. And then

3708
02:10:31,884 --> 02:10:34,530
my next question is the 4% or

3709
02:10:34,530 --> 02:10:36,530
whatever percent potential

3710
02:10:36,255 --> 02:10:37,690
raises. And we're going to

3711
02:10:37,690 --> 02:10:39,892
negotiations. What is the time

3712
02:10:39,892 --> 02:10:41,660
frame that we would have that

3713
02:10:41,660 --> 02:10:43,829
money potentially going into

3714
02:10:43,829 --> 02:10:45,196
people's paychecks?

3715
02:10:45,196 --> 02:10:47,990
>> I don't know, specific time

3716
02:10:47,990 --> 02:10:49,568
frame, but I know we can come

3717
02:10:49,568 --> 02:10:52,104
to the board in a pretty quick

3718
02:10:52,104 --> 02:10:53,139
closed door to start discussing

3719
02:10:53,139 --> 02:10:54,673
next steps and what

3720
02:10:54,673 --> 02:10:57,730
opportunities the board wants

3721
02:10:57,475 --> 02:10:58,911
to take moving forward with the

3722
02:10:58,911 --> 02:10:59,277
potential amount of cost

3723
02:10:59,277 --> 02:11:01,277
savings.

3724
02:11:02,514 --> 02:11:04,316
>> MADAM General Council.

3725
02:11:04,316 --> 02:11:06,652
>> Thank you. Board. I really

3726
02:11:06,652 --> 02:11:09,652
just want to caution pursuant

3727
02:11:09,755 --> 02:11:11,123
to Florida Statute 447.605 with

3728
02:11:11,123 --> 02:11:13,523
regards to negotiations with

3729
02:11:13,759 --> 02:11:16,262
the Union, it is not advisable

3730
02:11:16,262 --> 02:11:18,797
to negotiate from the dais in

3731
02:11:18,797 --> 02:11:20,633
public. It's not advisable to

3732
02:11:20,633 --> 02:11:21,968
confirm. This is what my hand

3733
02:11:21,968 --> 02:11:24,504
has. When you're going to be

3734
02:11:24,504 --> 02:11:27,504
negotiating with an entity, I

3735
02:11:27,707 --> 02:11:29,707
would request that.

3736
02:11:29,976 --> 02:11:30,743
Conversations related to what

3737
02:11:30,743 --> 02:11:32,450
will be offered.

3738
02:11:32,450 --> 02:11:33,120
>> MISS Fusco, this is your

3739
02:11:33,120 --> 02:11:35,412
second warning. Please let

3740
02:11:36,449 --> 02:11:37,817
MADAM General Counsel speak.

3741
02:11:37,817 --> 02:11:40,817
All right. I'll recess the

3742
02:11:55,735 --> 02:11:57,735
meeting. Thank you.

3743
02:13:22,878 --> 02:13:24,581
>> Thank you. This public

3744
02:13:24,581 --> 02:13:25,649
hearing is now reconvened.

3745
02:13:25,649 --> 02:13:27,451
Missus Alhadeff, you had the

3746
02:13:27,451 --> 02:13:29,253
floor.

3747
02:13:29,253 --> 02:13:31,421
>> Thank you. So, just to go

3748
02:13:31,421 --> 02:13:35,210
over my points again, since I

3749
02:13:37,627 --> 02:13:39,796
was disruptive. One is we need

3750
02:13:39,796 --> 02:13:41,932
to figure out and really have a

3751
02:13:41,932 --> 02:13:44,932
serious conversation on how we

3752
02:13:45,690 --> 02:13:48,500
are going to keep the

3753
02:13:48,500 --> 02:13:50,574
enrollment of our students in,

3754
02:13:50,574 --> 02:13:53,420
really get into the details and

3755
02:13:53,420 --> 02:13:54,811
how we're going to bring people

3756
02:13:54,811 --> 02:13:56,313
back to Broward County Public

3757
02:13:56,313 --> 02:13:58,449
Schools. And, you know, more

3758
02:13:58,449 --> 02:14:00,617
than just a catch phrase, it

3759
02:14:00,617 --> 02:14:01,918
has to have the tough

3760
02:14:01,918 --> 02:14:04,318
conversations and figure out

3761
02:14:05,990 --> 02:14:08,893
the why. Second is on our

3762
02:14:08,893 --> 02:14:10,661
legislative platform. You know,

3763
02:14:10,661 --> 02:14:12,620
maybe we just have a couple

3764
02:14:12,620 --> 02:14:14,462
things on that legislative

3765
02:14:14,632 --> 02:14:17,334
platform because if we can get

3766
02:14:17,334 --> 02:14:19,303
the same per pupil expenditure

3767
02:14:19,303 --> 02:14:21,438
as Palm Beach and Miami-Dade, I

3768
02:14:21,438 --> 02:14:23,607
mean, that is a will be a huge

3769
02:14:23,607 --> 02:14:25,843
win for us, actually. Doctor

3770
02:14:25,843 --> 02:14:27,877
Hepburn, do you know how much

3771
02:14:27,877 --> 02:14:30,114
if we were the same as Miami

3772
02:14:30,114 --> 02:14:31,482
Dade or Palm Beach, how much

3773
02:14:31,482 --> 02:14:32,950
more millions of dollars we

3774
02:14:32,950 --> 02:14:34,950
would be receiving?

3775
02:14:37,621 --> 02:14:38,689
>> Team. Do we have that? Okay,

3776
02:14:38,689 --> 02:14:40,689
okay.

3777
02:14:43,394 --> 02:14:46,994
>> And and then. Thirdly, we we

3778
02:14:47,397 --> 02:14:48,799
really need to start having a

3779
02:14:48,799 --> 02:14:51,199
conversation about the block

3780
02:14:53,104 --> 02:14:55,272
scheduling and talking with the

3781
02:14:55,272 --> 02:14:56,741
community with, with students

3782
02:14:56,741 --> 02:14:59,343
and, and what that would look

3783
02:14:59,343 --> 02:15:01,445
like because $40 million is a

3784
02:15:01,445 --> 02:15:02,146
lot of money for savings. Thank

3785
02:15:02,146 --> 02:15:04,146
you.

3786
02:15:04,215 --> 02:15:07,815
>> Thank you, MR. Hill. Do we

3787
02:15:07,919 --> 02:15:09,387
have anyone online?

3788
02:15:09,387 --> 02:15:10,922
>> DR. Holness is online.

3789
02:15:10,922 --> 02:15:12,923
>> DR. Holness. Do you have any

3790
02:15:12,923 --> 02:15:15,923
comments before I finish round

3791
02:15:17,629 --> 02:15:19,630
one?

3792
02:15:19,630 --> 02:15:21,463
>> No comments for me.

3793
02:15:24,102 --> 02:15:26,271
>> Okay. I had just two kind of

3794
02:15:26,271 --> 02:15:28,773
brief points, but to MRS.

3795
02:15:28,773 --> 02:15:29,807
Alhadeff point about declining

3796
02:15:29,807 --> 02:15:30,908
enrollment and trying to do

3797
02:15:30,908 --> 02:15:32,744
something to address that, and

3798
02:15:32,744 --> 02:15:34,112
I heard that from our speakers

3799
02:15:34,112 --> 02:15:35,980
as well. And I just want to

3800
02:15:35,980 --> 02:15:37,782
kind of sum up the last six

3801
02:15:37,782 --> 02:15:39,184
years, we've done a lot to

3802
02:15:39,184 --> 02:15:41,353
implement new magnet programs.

3803
02:15:41,353 --> 02:15:42,787
We've done a lot of outreach to

3804
02:15:42,787 --> 02:15:44,656
the community, different ways

3805
02:15:44,656 --> 02:15:46,791
to reaching out to, to bring

3806
02:15:46,791 --> 02:15:49,791
students back into our public

3807
02:15:51,129 --> 02:15:54,665
schools. And we recently got a

3808
02:15:54,665 --> 02:15:55,734
follow up, I think it was. MISS

3809
02:15:55,734 --> 02:15:57,202
Rupert asked for this

3810
02:15:57,202 --> 02:15:57,969
information about birth rate

3811
02:15:57,969 --> 02:15:59,704
declines and things like that.

3812
02:15:59,704 --> 02:16:00,838
And I just want to highlight

3813
02:16:00,838 --> 02:16:03,838
some information that's in that

3814
02:16:08,747 --> 02:16:09,881
follow up. So it says live

3815
02:16:09,881 --> 02:16:12,518
births recorded by City in

3816
02:16:12,518 --> 02:16:14,486
Broward County from 2016 to

3817
02:16:14,486 --> 02:16:16,355
2025 are in this table. That's

3818
02:16:16,355 --> 02:16:18,790
in the follow up. In general,

3819
02:16:18,790 --> 02:16:21,190
births trended downward from

3820
02:16:21,426 --> 02:16:23,426
2016 to 2020, increased in 2021

3821
02:16:23,862 --> 02:16:25,300
and 22, and then have been

3822
02:16:25,300 --> 02:16:26,764
decreasing during the three

3823
02:16:26,764 --> 02:16:28,934
years since then. The total

3824
02:16:28,934 --> 02:16:31,436
number of births recorded in

3825
02:16:31,436 --> 02:16:33,338
2025, which was 19,270, was the

3826
02:16:33,338 --> 02:16:35,874
lowest in the past two decades

3827
02:16:35,874 --> 02:16:38,874
and more than 3000 fewer births

3828
02:16:38,944 --> 02:16:40,579
than were recorded in 2016. So

3829
02:16:40,579 --> 02:16:42,214
I agree with you that, like, of

3830
02:16:42,214 --> 02:16:43,782
course, we should be doing

3831
02:16:43,782 --> 02:16:44,817
everything in our power to make

3832
02:16:44,817 --> 02:16:45,951
our public schools as

3833
02:16:45,951 --> 02:16:47,986
competitive as possible. And

3834
02:16:47,986 --> 02:16:49,855
that means, you know, paying

3835
02:16:49,855 --> 02:16:51,690
our teachers more so that we

3836
02:16:51,690 --> 02:16:54,930
can have the best educators in

3837
02:16:54,930 --> 02:16:55,560
the entire state, which I

3838
02:16:55,560 --> 02:16:58,497
firmly believe that we do right

3839
02:16:58,497 --> 02:16:59,565
now, making sure that we have

3840
02:16:59,565 --> 02:17:01,965
programing that is attractive

3841
02:17:01,967 --> 02:17:03,335
to students, all of that

3842
02:17:03,335 --> 02:17:05,735
reaching communities where they

3843
02:17:06,105 --> 02:17:08,140
are, whether that's a place of

3844
02:17:08,140 --> 02:17:09,608
faith or at the park or

3845
02:17:09,608 --> 02:17:11,608
wherever, at pediatrician

3846
02:17:11,911 --> 02:17:13,512
offices. But we also still have

3847
02:17:13,512 --> 02:17:15,314
to grapple with the reality

3848
02:17:15,314 --> 02:17:17,183
that birth rates are declining

3849
02:17:17,183 --> 02:17:19,652
and have been declining for

3850
02:17:19,652 --> 02:17:21,454
quite some time. And then the

3851
02:17:21,454 --> 02:17:22,889
other piece I wanted to touch

3852
02:17:22,889 --> 02:17:24,423
on, because I think we've kind

3853
02:17:24,423 --> 02:17:27,259
of been dancing around this,

3854
02:17:27,259 --> 02:17:30,796
and I remember as a teacher

3855
02:17:30,796 --> 02:17:33,232
wondering like, why we have to

3856
02:17:33,232 --> 02:17:35,534
be so weird about negotiations

3857
02:17:35,534 --> 02:17:38,300
to put it in in very plain

3858
02:17:38,300 --> 02:17:38,838
language. So, MADAM General

3859
02:17:38,838 --> 02:17:40,606
Counsel, can you walk me

3860
02:17:40,606 --> 02:17:42,808
through like, why can't we just

3861
02:17:42,808 --> 02:17:45,678
say, why can't I say, I want to

3862
02:17:45,678 --> 02:17:47,678
allocate $150 million to

3863
02:17:47,747 --> 02:17:49,816
deliver x amount of x percent

3864
02:17:49,816 --> 02:17:50,984
raise? Why can't I put that in

3865
02:17:50,984 --> 02:17:53,419
the budget right now? Why is

3866
02:17:53,419 --> 02:17:55,421
that not advisable for me to,

3867
02:17:55,421 --> 02:17:55,788
to say that on the dais in a

3868
02:17:55,788 --> 02:17:57,522
public meeting.

3869
02:17:57,522 --> 02:17:58,992
>> It's never advisable to

3870
02:17:58,992 --> 02:18:01,127
negotiate against yourself. So

3871
02:18:01,127 --> 02:18:02,160
you will be entering into

3872
02:18:02,160 --> 02:18:04,297
negotiation with the unions.

3873
02:18:04,297 --> 02:18:05,898
And there's multiple of them.

3874
02:18:05,898 --> 02:18:06,866
You have a certain pot that

3875
02:18:06,866 --> 02:18:08,600
you're going to have to

3876
02:18:08,600 --> 02:18:09,836
allocate and negotiate and make

3877
02:18:09,836 --> 02:18:11,170
sure that it works for the

3878
02:18:11,170 --> 02:18:12,772
district and works for the

3879
02:18:12,772 --> 02:18:14,640
union. So these are not things

3880
02:18:14,640 --> 02:18:15,875
that we can throw out. And you

3881
02:18:15,875 --> 02:18:17,377
also have to be very careful

3882
02:18:17,377 --> 02:18:19,879
that you're not making promises

3883
02:18:19,879 --> 02:18:21,280
at the dais that somebody can

3884
02:18:21,280 --> 02:18:23,160
hold you accountable. And then

3885
02:18:23,160 --> 02:18:24,500
next thing we know, we MAY have

3886
02:18:24,500 --> 02:18:25,952
an unfair labor practice

3887
02:18:25,952 --> 02:18:27,687
because we made some type of

3888
02:18:27,687 --> 02:18:29,856
announcement, some type of

3889
02:18:29,856 --> 02:18:33,930
offering to the union that is

3890
02:18:33,930 --> 02:18:34,527
not accepted or that we cannot

3891
02:18:34,527 --> 02:18:36,663
fulfill. So it's always better

3892
02:18:36,663 --> 02:18:38,164
to not negotiate from the dais

3893
02:18:38,164 --> 02:18:39,532
you don't want to violate. And

3894
02:18:39,532 --> 02:18:41,932
that's exactly why Florida

3895
02:18:42,802 --> 02:18:44,802
Statute 447.605 says that

3896
02:18:44,971 --> 02:18:46,839
internal strategy discussions

3897
02:18:46,839 --> 02:18:48,975
between the public employer and

3898
02:18:48,975 --> 02:18:50,610
the governing body is to be in

3899
02:18:50,610 --> 02:18:52,212
a closed session. Specifically

3900
02:18:52,212 --> 02:18:53,246
for those reasons.

3901
02:18:53,246 --> 02:18:55,448
>> So help me understand in

3902
02:18:55,448 --> 02:18:56,984
like the simplest language as

3903
02:18:56,984 --> 02:18:58,985
possible, why do we even have

3904
02:18:58,985 --> 02:19:01,288
to negotiate? Like, if I was

3905
02:19:01,288 --> 02:19:03,256
able to find, you know, and I,

3906
02:19:03,256 --> 02:19:04,424
I really don't like the way we

3907
02:19:04,424 --> 02:19:05,859
are saying like, we asked the

3908
02:19:05,859 --> 02:19:07,694
superintendent to find money.

3909
02:19:07,694 --> 02:19:09,196
There's not money to be found

3910
02:19:09,196 --> 02:19:11,964
there. You know, there is stuff

3911
02:19:11,964 --> 02:19:14,134
that needs to be cut and

3912
02:19:14,134 --> 02:19:16,670
savings have to be realized.

3913
02:19:16,670 --> 02:19:19,172
And then we can deliver that,

3914
02:19:19,172 --> 02:19:21,375
that money. But we cannot find

3915
02:19:21,375 --> 02:19:24,375
money. There's not money hiding

3916
02:19:24,878 --> 02:19:27,147
anywhere. So but to my before I

3917
02:19:27,147 --> 02:19:30,684
just went on this tangent, why

3918
02:19:30,684 --> 02:19:32,885
can't we just say we want to

3919
02:19:32,885 --> 02:19:34,788
allocate $100 million for this

3920
02:19:34,788 --> 02:19:37,191
percentage of raise? And why do

3921
02:19:37,191 --> 02:19:37,958
we have to even bother with

3922
02:19:37,958 --> 02:19:39,359
negotiations?

3923
02:19:39,359 --> 02:19:40,828
>> Well, the law requires you

3924
02:19:40,828 --> 02:19:42,896
to negotiate with the union.

3925
02:19:42,896 --> 02:19:44,365
But going to your point of

3926
02:19:44,365 --> 02:19:45,933
finding money, it's not that

3927
02:19:45,933 --> 02:19:47,600
easy, right? You have a budget

3928
02:19:47,600 --> 02:19:50,700
and you need to look at all of

3929
02:19:50,700 --> 02:19:51,604
the resources. There MAY be a

3930
02:19:51,604 --> 02:19:53,240
plan to save some funds, but

3931
02:19:53,240 --> 02:19:54,408
you need to see if that's

3932
02:19:54,408 --> 02:19:55,876
something that can be

3933
02:19:55,876 --> 02:19:58,780
actualized before you put it on

3934
02:19:58,780 --> 02:19:59,279
the offer, and you put it on

3935
02:19:59,279 --> 02:20:01,348
the table for somebody to

3936
02:20:01,348 --> 02:20:03,183
accept. So it's not that easy.

3937
02:20:03,183 --> 02:20:04,618
Just saying that I have $100

3938
02:20:04,618 --> 02:20:07,254
million, here I go. When you

3939
02:20:07,254 --> 02:20:09,230
MAY not have that $100 million,

3940
02:20:09,230 --> 02:20:10,124
you need to do your due

3941
02:20:10,124 --> 02:20:12,260
diligence, and you need to make

3942
02:20:12,260 --> 02:20:13,270
sure that you are a good

3943
02:20:13,270 --> 02:20:14,395
stewards of taxpayer dollars.

3944
02:20:14,395 --> 02:20:16,130
And you also need to make sure

3945
02:20:16,130 --> 02:20:17,998
that you are in compliance with

3946
02:20:17,998 --> 02:20:19,667
the other law with regards to a

3947
02:20:19,667 --> 02:20:21,368
3% fund balance. So there's a

3948
02:20:21,368 --> 02:20:22,503
lot of things that the board

3949
02:20:22,503 --> 02:20:24,271
needs to juggle and to keep

3950
02:20:24,271 --> 02:20:26,671
into consideration when it

3951
02:20:26,874 --> 02:20:28,276
actually enters into

3952
02:20:28,276 --> 02:20:29,430
negotiations, which is what is

3953
02:20:29,430 --> 02:20:30,745
required when you're dealing

3954
02:20:30,745 --> 02:20:32,745
with your union.

3955
02:20:32,947 --> 02:20:37,147
>> And so just to be very clear,

3956
02:20:37,685 --> 02:20:40,220
we, we. Work with different

3957
02:20:40,220 --> 02:20:42,620
bargaining groups, right to

3958
02:20:42,623 --> 02:20:45,230
establish salaries and raises

3959
02:20:47,328 --> 02:20:48,996
and things like lunch and in

3960
02:20:48,996 --> 02:20:50,231
all sorts of working conditions

3961
02:20:50,231 --> 02:20:53,101
and what the expectations are

3962
02:20:53,101 --> 02:20:54,902
for someone completing the

3963
02:20:54,902 --> 02:20:57,302
responsibilities of their job.

3964
02:20:57,538 --> 02:20:58,273
Correct.

3965
02:20:58,273 --> 02:20:59,606
>> Correct.

3966
02:20:59,606 --> 02:21:01,409
>> And a lot of that is

3967
02:21:01,409 --> 02:21:03,311
dictated by state law, correct?

3968
02:21:03,311 --> 02:21:05,311
>> Yes.

3969
02:21:06,147 --> 02:21:07,615
>> Okay. So and I asked these

3970
02:21:07,615 --> 02:21:09,317
questions because I don't know

3971
02:21:09,317 --> 02:21:10,585
that we've sat through a budget

3972
02:21:10,585 --> 02:21:11,653
hearing like this where there's

3973
02:21:11,653 --> 02:21:12,954
been so much participation. And

3974
02:21:12,954 --> 02:21:13,988
I think the participation is

3975
02:21:13,988 --> 02:21:15,590
really incredible. And it's a

3976
02:21:15,590 --> 02:21:18,920
great opportunity for us to

3977
02:21:18,920 --> 02:21:20,128
have a dialog with the people

3978
02:21:20,128 --> 02:21:20,862
that we serve. And so I

3979
02:21:20,862 --> 02:21:23,262
appreciate everyone who has

3980
02:21:23,363 --> 02:21:25,266
come out today. But I, I think

3981
02:21:25,266 --> 02:21:26,567
it's unusual this year because

3982
02:21:26,567 --> 02:21:28,803
most of the time our budget

3983
02:21:28,803 --> 02:21:30,505
hearings are empty, which is

3984
02:21:30,505 --> 02:21:32,600
not great, right? It's great to

3985
02:21:32,600 --> 02:21:33,808
have public participation in

3986
02:21:33,808 --> 02:21:35,442
these meetings. And I think

3987
02:21:35,442 --> 02:21:36,711
it's a really good opportunity

3988
02:21:36,711 --> 02:21:39,180
for us to talk about like, the

3989
02:21:39,180 --> 02:21:41,820
weird bureaucratic stuff that

3990
02:21:41,820 --> 02:21:43,180
that dictates all of this. So

3991
02:21:43,180 --> 02:21:46,388
why we can't just say we want

3992
02:21:46,388 --> 02:21:48,189
to give a 20% raise today? We

3993
02:21:48,189 --> 02:21:51,392
can't we can't say that because

3994
02:21:51,392 --> 02:21:54,262
of state statute and all of the

3995
02:21:54,262 --> 02:21:55,362
bureaucracy and, and different

3996
02:21:55,362 --> 02:21:57,599
legislation that governs the

3997
02:21:57,599 --> 02:22:00,680
way we have to negotiate salary

3998
02:22:00,680 --> 02:22:02,700
raises with bargaining groups.

3999
02:22:02,700 --> 02:22:03,638
So I appreciate I don't know

4000
02:22:03,638 --> 02:22:05,107
that I did a lot to clarify

4001
02:22:05,107 --> 02:22:06,908
that, but I really appreciate

4002
02:22:06,908 --> 02:22:09,544
the opportunity to have that

4003
02:22:09,544 --> 02:22:10,712
conversation and try to work

4004
02:22:10,712 --> 02:22:13,150
with the public and work with

4005
02:22:13,150 --> 02:22:15,550
the people that we serve to, to

4006
02:22:15,550 --> 02:22:17,118
find a path forward, to deliver

4007
02:22:17,118 --> 02:22:18,219
a living wage for the people

4008
02:22:18,219 --> 02:22:20,188
who work with our kids every

4009
02:22:20,188 --> 02:22:23,158
day. And I know that many of us

4010
02:22:23,158 --> 02:22:25,260
up here hold, you know,

4011
02:22:25,260 --> 02:22:26,761
teachers and the employees dear

4012
02:22:26,761 --> 02:22:28,464
to our hearts. Many of us call

4013
02:22:28,464 --> 02:22:30,299
them some of our best friends.

4014
02:22:30,299 --> 02:22:32,767
We send our children into their

4015
02:22:32,767 --> 02:22:35,237
hands every single day. We

4016
02:22:35,237 --> 02:22:37,172
understand that it is tough

4017
02:22:37,172 --> 02:22:39,374
right now. And we it's easy for

4018
02:22:39,374 --> 02:22:40,743
us to say, but we mean it. We

4019
02:22:40,743 --> 02:22:42,544
really, really, really want to

4020
02:22:42,544 --> 02:22:43,913
make Broward County Public

4021
02:22:43,913 --> 02:22:46,913
Schools a satisfying place for

4022
02:22:47,983 --> 02:22:49,151
you to work. MR. Bruno.

4023
02:22:49,151 --> 02:22:51,954
>> I'm going to give you, I

4024
02:22:51,954 --> 02:22:52,621
think, a much simpler

4025
02:22:52,621 --> 02:22:54,423
explanation that I think

4026
02:22:54,423 --> 02:22:56,423
everybody will understand.

4027
02:22:56,524 --> 02:22:59,562
Let's say that you are you want

4028
02:22:59,562 --> 02:23:02,431
to buy a bicycle for $200, but

4029
02:23:02,431 --> 02:23:04,500
you only have $150 to buy that

4030
02:23:04,500 --> 02:23:05,668
bicycle. But then with all your

4031
02:23:05,668 --> 02:23:06,869
friends and the audience and a

4032
02:23:06,869 --> 02:23:08,603
bunch of other people, you're

4033
02:23:08,603 --> 02:23:10,272
like, well, I'm going to pay

4034
02:23:10,272 --> 02:23:11,807
$190 for that bicycle. Then you

4035
02:23:11,807 --> 02:23:12,841
don't have the opportunity

4036
02:23:12,841 --> 02:23:14,900
because at this point, the

4037
02:23:14,900 --> 02:23:15,811
person that you're going to buy

4038
02:23:15,811 --> 02:23:17,113
the bicycle from already has,

4039
02:23:17,113 --> 02:23:20,115
has in their head that you're

4040
02:23:20,115 --> 02:23:22,117
going to pay $190. So that's

4041
02:23:22,117 --> 02:23:23,586
why you try not to negotiate in

4042
02:23:23,586 --> 02:23:25,586
public.

4043
02:23:26,550 --> 02:23:28,257
>> Thank you. Round two MISS

4044
02:23:28,257 --> 02:23:30,257
Hixon.

4045
02:23:30,793 --> 02:23:31,961
>> Thank you. Just a couple of

4046
02:23:31,961 --> 02:23:33,896
things. First, I think we've

4047
02:23:33,896 --> 02:23:35,831
said it a number of times, but

4048
02:23:35,831 --> 02:23:38,367
I also just want to remind the

4049
02:23:38,367 --> 02:23:40,136
public, and I echo what MRS.

4050
02:23:40,136 --> 02:23:41,237
Leonardi said. We really do

4051
02:23:41,237 --> 02:23:43,439
appreciate that you're here. We

4052
02:23:43,439 --> 02:23:45,174
say often budget is the biggest

4053
02:23:45,174 --> 02:23:46,476
thing that we do, and it's

4054
02:23:46,476 --> 02:23:48,778
usually empty in this room. So

4055
02:23:48,778 --> 02:23:51,380
it was really nice to see so

4056
02:23:51,380 --> 02:23:53,416
many people come out today to

4057
02:23:53,416 --> 02:23:55,418
have the the discussion with us,

4058
02:23:55,418 --> 02:23:57,520
but also just want to remind

4059
02:23:57,520 --> 02:23:59,222
you that Florida is actually

4060
02:23:59,222 --> 02:24:02,250
50th in the state for funding

4061
02:24:02,250 --> 02:24:05,250
for students. And to piggyback

4062
02:24:05,327 --> 02:24:07,931
off of what MRS. Alhadeff said,

4063
02:24:07,931 --> 02:24:10,331
so Broward County Public

4064
02:24:11,670 --> 02:24:12,936
Schools receives $9,400 for fte

4065
02:24:12,936 --> 02:24:14,103
for students based. I'm just

4066
02:24:14,103 --> 02:24:15,905
dealing with basic. And if you

4067
02:24:15,905 --> 02:24:17,640
want to follow along the book

4068
02:24:17,640 --> 02:24:19,709
for budget, it's on page 40.

4069
02:24:19,709 --> 02:24:22,709
It's listed out there, Palm

4070
02:24:23,380 --> 02:24:24,714
Beach County receives 10,000

4071
02:24:24,714 --> 02:24:27,114
10,781. So that's a difference

4072
02:24:28,985 --> 02:24:31,788
of $1,777. So if you multiply

4073
02:24:31,788 --> 02:24:33,560
that by 170,000 students that

4074
02:24:33,560 --> 02:24:36,656
we have in Broward County, that

4075
02:24:36,725 --> 02:24:39,125
would be $302 million more.

4076
02:24:42,231 --> 02:24:44,631
Miami Dade gets 939,311, which

4077
02:24:44,967 --> 02:24:47,504
is $307 more than we do. And if

4078
02:24:47,504 --> 02:24:49,639
you multiply that by 170,000

4079
02:24:49,639 --> 02:24:51,374
students, that's $52 million.

4080
02:24:51,374 --> 02:24:52,842
So I know that people like to

4081
02:24:52,842 --> 02:24:54,110
compare what's happening in

4082
02:24:54,110 --> 02:24:56,146
Miami-Dade and Palm Beach, but

4083
02:24:56,146 --> 02:24:57,414
it's not apples to apples. So I

4084
02:24:57,414 --> 02:24:59,383
think it was really important.

4085
02:24:59,383 --> 02:25:01,484
Thank you, MRS. Alhadeff, for

4086
02:25:01,484 --> 02:25:03,620
for bringing that out. But I

4087
02:25:03,620 --> 02:25:05,455
just want to put that out there

4088
02:25:05,455 --> 02:25:08,425
in the the public that we

4089
02:25:08,425 --> 02:25:11,425
actually don't all get funded

4090
02:25:11,962 --> 02:25:14,962
equally. And so it obviously

4091
02:25:15,164 --> 02:25:17,834
impacts what we can do. I again

4092
02:25:17,834 --> 02:25:19,903
want to say thank you so much

4093
02:25:19,903 --> 02:25:22,705
to to the superintendent and

4094
02:25:22,705 --> 02:25:24,975
the staff for doing the budget,

4095
02:25:24,975 --> 02:25:26,677
but I'm just going to say you

4096
02:25:26,677 --> 02:25:28,177
can't keep doing the same thing

4097
02:25:28,177 --> 02:25:30,280
over and over and expecting

4098
02:25:30,280 --> 02:25:32,849
different results. And over and

4099
02:25:32,849 --> 02:25:34,585
over. We have just passed the

4100
02:25:34,585 --> 02:25:36,153
budget and been told, we're

4101
02:25:36,153 --> 02:25:37,487
going to figure this out. It's

4102
02:25:37,487 --> 02:25:39,356
in there. But and then

4103
02:25:39,356 --> 02:25:41,225
something comes up and it's

4104
02:25:41,225 --> 02:25:42,793
it's not figured out. So I have

4105
02:25:42,793 --> 02:25:44,695
to do something different if I

4106
02:25:44,695 --> 02:25:47,531
want to see a different outcome.

4107
02:25:47,531 --> 02:25:49,733
And so I also would just say

4108
02:25:49,733 --> 02:25:52,269
when we were here in the

4109
02:25:52,269 --> 02:25:54,738
tentative budget, we had this

4110
02:25:54,738 --> 02:25:56,606
discussion and we almost didn't

4111
02:25:56,606 --> 02:25:59,760
pass the budget that time. And

4112
02:25:59,760 --> 02:26:01,278
it was because we wanted to

4113
02:26:01,278 --> 02:26:03,800
make sure in this budget that

4114
02:26:03,800 --> 02:26:05,215
came to us, it was very clear

4115
02:26:05,215 --> 02:26:06,784
with colleagues on this board

4116
02:26:06,784 --> 02:26:09,186
that when the final budget came,

4117
02:26:09,186 --> 02:26:10,855
we wanted to make sure that it

4118
02:26:10,855 --> 02:26:12,456
was clear in there that it was

4119
02:26:12,456 --> 02:26:13,958
a priority and it wasn't going

4120
02:26:13,958 --> 02:26:15,659
to be. When we went to the

4121
02:26:15,659 --> 02:26:17,127
bargaining table, that we'll

4122
02:26:17,127 --> 02:26:18,928
just have to wait and see.

4123
02:26:18,928 --> 02:26:20,398
That's my concern here. I don't

4124
02:26:20,398 --> 02:26:22,433
want to. We'll have to wait and

4125
02:26:22,433 --> 02:26:23,634
see. I want it prioritized in

4126
02:26:23,634 --> 02:26:25,469
the budget. I'm not going to

4127
02:26:25,469 --> 02:26:26,838
say a percentage or a dollar

4128
02:26:26,838 --> 02:26:29,307
amount. I don't want to

4129
02:26:29,307 --> 02:26:31,808
negotiate from the the dais. We

4130
02:26:31,808 --> 02:26:32,977
had this discussion before, so

4131
02:26:32,977 --> 02:26:34,579
that's why I'll be voting the

4132
02:26:34,579 --> 02:26:37,579
way I am. Thank you.

4133
02:26:44,122 --> 02:26:46,522
>> Thank you, MR. Cervera.

4134
02:26:47,392 --> 02:26:49,326
>> a ai w w saying. Auauay,

4135
02:26:49,326 --> 02:26:51,863
yoyou owow wt,, dohihink it

4136
02:26:51,863 --> 02:26:53,598
is a bit shameful that not only

4137
02:26:53,598 --> 02:26:55,333
is this board pitching policies

4138
02:26:55,333 --> 02:26:56,734
that will substantially limit

4139
02:26:56,734 --> 02:26:58,569
the public's ability to comment

4140
02:26:58,569 --> 02:27:00,804
and address to us, which

4141
02:27:00,804 --> 02:27:02,707
thankfully we voted to kick

4142
02:27:02,707 --> 02:27:03,908
down the road till the end of

4143
02:27:03,908 --> 02:27:05,343
the year. But now, apparently

4144
02:27:05,343 --> 02:27:07,278
there's a policy that's

4145
02:27:07,278 --> 02:27:09,678
limiting elected officials on

4146
02:27:10,810 --> 02:27:11,448
this dais whose sole job is to

4147
02:27:11,448 --> 02:27:13,184
advocate for those people. And

4148
02:27:13,184 --> 02:27:15,220
now you want to take away their

4149
02:27:15,220 --> 02:27:17,870
voice as well. So I hope all of

4150
02:27:17,870 --> 02:27:18,189
you who voted in favor of that

4151
02:27:18,189 --> 02:27:21,192
nonsense are happy. But I do

4152
02:27:21,192 --> 02:27:22,661
think it's shameful. I do want

4153
02:27:22,661 --> 02:27:24,128
to also point out some

4154
02:27:24,128 --> 02:27:27,640
statutory stuff. MR. Bruno, if

4155
02:27:27,640 --> 02:27:28,400
I MAY, I took a look at the

4156
02:27:28,400 --> 02:27:31,235
Florida statutes on this wall

4157
02:27:31,235 --> 02:27:32,637
while we were going through

4158
02:27:32,637 --> 02:27:34,506
this. And my interpretation

4159
02:27:34,506 --> 02:27:36,506
under ten, 11.01, subsection

4160
02:27:36,674 --> 02:27:39,177
three. A the Florida Statute

4161
02:27:39,177 --> 02:27:40,712
says that we must, as a board,

4162
02:27:40,712 --> 02:27:43,810
prepare, adopt and submit an

4163
02:27:43,810 --> 02:27:45,283
annual budget. So collectively,

4164
02:27:45,283 --> 02:27:47,152
we must ultimately pass a

4165
02:27:47,152 --> 02:27:48,620
budget. So I do agree with you.

4166
02:27:48,620 --> 02:27:50,522
However, this is where I think

4167
02:27:50,522 --> 02:27:51,923
there's a little bit of a of a

4168
02:27:51,923 --> 02:27:53,258
disconnect. I don't believe

4169
02:27:53,258 --> 02:27:55,126
that the board is actually

4170
02:27:55,126 --> 02:27:56,461
required to rubber stamp what

4171
02:27:56,461 --> 02:27:58,461
the superintendent's proposed

4172
02:27:59,398 --> 02:28:01,500
budget is. If you look at 1011

4173
02:28:01,500 --> 02:28:03,350
.02, subsection one, this

4174
02:28:03,350 --> 02:28:05,169
specifically provides that a

4175
02:28:05,169 --> 02:28:06,872
school board must receive and

4176
02:28:06,872 --> 02:28:08,373
examine the tentative budget.

4177
02:28:08,373 --> 02:28:10,843
And this is where it's

4178
02:28:10,843 --> 02:28:13,243
important shall require each

4179
02:28:13,345 --> 02:28:14,546
change to be made, as MAY be to

4180
02:28:14,546 --> 02:28:16,548
the best interest of the school

4181
02:28:16,548 --> 02:28:17,683
program in the district. That

4182
02:28:17,683 --> 02:28:19,840
language, I think, is important

4183
02:28:19,840 --> 02:28:21,253
because it means that the

4184
02:28:21,253 --> 02:28:22,286
legislator expressly

4185
02:28:22,286 --> 02:28:23,822
contemplated that school board

4186
02:28:23,822 --> 02:28:24,923
members can scrutinize the

4187
02:28:24,923 --> 02:28:26,923
superintendent's proposed

4188
02:28:27,760 --> 02:28:29,561
budget and demand changes when

4189
02:28:29,561 --> 02:28:31,561
actually appropriate. That's

4190
02:28:32,765 --> 02:28:34,165
1011.02, subsection one. So

4191
02:28:34,165 --> 02:28:35,701
while a Florida school board

4192
02:28:35,701 --> 02:28:36,702
member is obligated to

4193
02:28:36,702 --> 02:28:37,803
participate in the budget

4194
02:28:37,803 --> 02:28:40,139
process, which is obviously

4195
02:28:40,139 --> 02:28:42,441
what we're doing, the school

4196
02:28:42,441 --> 02:28:44,643
board collectively as a body,

4197
02:28:44,643 --> 02:28:47,146
is obligated only to ultimately

4198
02:28:47,146 --> 02:28:48,714
adopt a legally compliant

4199
02:28:48,714 --> 02:28:51,714
budget. But that doesn't mean

4200
02:28:51,849 --> 02:28:54,286
I'm obligated to vote for a

4201
02:28:54,286 --> 02:28:56,555
budget that I believe is bad

4202
02:28:56,555 --> 02:28:57,923
policy, fiscally irresponsible,

4203
02:28:57,923 --> 02:28:59,923
improperly prioritizes spending

4204
02:29:00,526 --> 02:29:02,727
or otherwise has to be changed.

4205
02:29:02,727 --> 02:29:03,796
So we need to be very clear,

4206
02:29:03,796 --> 02:29:05,130
because I don't want to hear

4207
02:29:05,130 --> 02:29:06,933
from any of my colleagues later

4208
02:29:06,933 --> 02:29:08,801
on, or when the news picks up

4209
02:29:08,801 --> 02:29:10,336
the story that I didn't have a

4210
02:29:10,336 --> 02:29:11,804
choice. I had to vote for this

4211
02:29:11,804 --> 02:29:14,500
because my general counsel said

4212
02:29:14,500 --> 02:29:15,975
I didn't have a choice. We need

4213
02:29:15,975 --> 02:29:17,430
to be very clear. Every one up

4214
02:29:17,430 --> 02:29:18,878
here, including me and MISS

4215
02:29:18,878 --> 02:29:20,246
Hixon, who I believe are on the

4216
02:29:20,246 --> 02:29:22,748
same page on this, thankfully

4217
02:29:22,748 --> 02:29:25,283
have the emphatic right to say

4218
02:29:25,283 --> 02:29:27,520
no and reject this budget

4219
02:29:27,520 --> 02:29:30,520
tonight. Is that accurate, MR.

4220
02:29:30,423 --> 02:29:31,757
Bruno?

4221
02:29:31,757 --> 02:29:33,757
>> Generally speaking, the

4222
02:29:34,360 --> 02:29:35,628
board is ultimately responsible

4223
02:29:35,628 --> 02:29:36,829
for the budget. Superintendent

4224
02:29:36,829 --> 02:29:37,929
makes the recommendation. But

4225
02:29:37,929 --> 02:29:39,432
there's another thing that you

4226
02:29:39,432 --> 02:29:41,134
need to take into consideration,

4227
02:29:41,134 --> 02:29:42,201
which is the timing. I don't

4228
02:29:42,201 --> 02:29:45,104
disagree with what you have

4229
02:29:45,104 --> 02:29:46,206
said and shared, MR. Cervera.

4230
02:29:46,206 --> 02:29:49,408
However, we also have to look

4231
02:29:49,408 --> 02:29:50,910
at Florida Statute 200.065,

4232
02:29:50,910 --> 02:29:53,179
subsection two, f three, which

4233
02:29:53,179 --> 02:29:54,781
talks about the timing. And

4234
02:29:54,781 --> 02:29:57,160
that's where the concern is at

4235
02:29:57,160 --> 02:29:58,417
this point, is that we have a

4236
02:29:58,417 --> 02:30:01,286
window to approve SEPTEMBER 8th

4237
02:30:01,286 --> 02:30:03,123
through SEPTEMBER 15th. And

4238
02:30:03,123 --> 02:30:04,924
again, you can always amend the

4239
02:30:04,924 --> 02:30:07,125
budget. You can always amend it.

4240
02:30:07,125 --> 02:30:08,161
But this timing is where we are

4241
02:30:08,161 --> 02:30:09,963
having the constriction. The

4242
02:30:09,963 --> 02:30:11,397
budget has come to the board.

4243
02:30:11,397 --> 02:30:12,799
Before you've made some

4244
02:30:12,799 --> 02:30:14,601
recommendations, you made some

4245
02:30:14,601 --> 02:30:16,803
changes. That's that's part of

4246
02:30:16,803 --> 02:30:20,400
the process. But now you're at

4247
02:30:20,400 --> 02:30:20,840
that other part under 200.065.

4248
02:30:20,840 --> 02:30:22,943
>> So you're going to

4249
02:30:22,943 --> 02:30:24,377
appreciate this. My 11th grade

4250
02:30:24,377 --> 02:30:27,246
social studies teacher used to

4251
02:30:27,246 --> 02:30:30,246
say the following your delay

4252
02:30:31,250 --> 02:30:32,919
does not create my emergency.

4253
02:30:32,919 --> 02:30:34,421
The fact that you gave me this

4254
02:30:34,421 --> 02:30:37,324
today to vote on this, that's

4255
02:30:37,324 --> 02:30:39,590
not my problem. I'm not going

4256
02:30:39,590 --> 02:30:40,594
to vote on this. I don't have a

4257
02:30:40,594 --> 02:30:41,795
legal obligation to vote on

4258
02:30:41,795 --> 02:30:43,663
this. And I want to make sure

4259
02:30:43,663 --> 02:30:44,730
very clearly that none of my

4260
02:30:44,730 --> 02:30:46,700
colleagues believe that they

4261
02:30:46,700 --> 02:30:49,700
have an obligation, because you

4262
02:30:50,270 --> 02:30:51,370
can vote no. And you should.

4263
02:30:51,370 --> 02:30:53,370
>> Thank you.

4264
02:30:56,430 --> 02:30:59,430
>> DR. Zeman thank you, chair.

4265
02:30:59,713 --> 02:31:00,914
On the other hand. I think this

4266
02:31:00,914 --> 02:31:02,149
board knows that it's our

4267
02:31:02,149 --> 02:31:05,149
obligation to pass budgets. I

4268
02:31:05,485 --> 02:31:08,485
think we said that 47000 times

4269
02:31:10,457 --> 02:31:12,593
in the past few years. We rely

4270
02:31:12,593 --> 02:31:13,760
on guidance and technical

4271
02:31:13,760 --> 02:31:15,629
support from our staff, which I

4272
02:31:15,629 --> 02:31:16,930
think has just gotten better

4273
02:31:16,930 --> 02:31:19,599
and better every year that I've

4274
02:31:19,599 --> 02:31:21,402
served on this board. And the

4275
02:31:21,402 --> 02:31:22,536
new story that we're going to

4276
02:31:22,536 --> 02:31:24,104
hear about tomorrow is that

4277
02:31:24,104 --> 02:31:26,373
this staff who works for the

4278
02:31:26,373 --> 02:31:27,341
superintendent offered us some

4279
02:31:27,341 --> 02:31:29,741
opportunities to reduce our

4280
02:31:31,345 --> 02:31:34,148
budget by $63 million, and we

4281
02:31:34,148 --> 02:31:36,817
have a referendum coming up in

4282
02:31:36,817 --> 02:31:39,286
just just under 60 days. That

4283
02:31:39,286 --> 02:31:42,880
is going to tilt a lot of money

4284
02:31:42,880 --> 02:31:44,290
one way or the other. We don't

4285
02:31:44,290 --> 02:31:45,726
know if slide 11 is going to be

4286
02:31:45,726 --> 02:31:46,894
realized yet. These are

4287
02:31:46,894 --> 02:31:48,562
projected savings. We don't

4288
02:31:48,562 --> 02:31:50,965
know if the referendum is going

4289
02:31:50,965 --> 02:31:54,340
to pass, although if history is

4290
02:31:54,340 --> 02:31:55,636
a guide, it's likely to, and it

4291
02:31:55,636 --> 02:31:57,271
would be fiscally irresponsible

4292
02:31:57,271 --> 02:31:58,706
for us to make decisions and

4293
02:31:58,706 --> 02:32:01,575
lock our budget in until we

4294
02:32:01,575 --> 02:32:03,900
know what realization realized

4295
02:32:03,900 --> 02:32:04,445
savings there are and whether

4296
02:32:04,445 --> 02:32:06,613
or not the referendum passes.

4297
02:32:06,613 --> 02:32:08,150
This year's budget is a plan

4298
02:32:08,150 --> 02:32:09,249
only. Not only can it be

4299
02:32:09,249 --> 02:32:11,319
amended, it can be changed. It

4300
02:32:11,319 --> 02:32:13,487
could be accelerated. We can do

4301
02:32:13,487 --> 02:32:15,423
a bunch of stuff, and we do.

4302
02:32:15,423 --> 02:32:17,240
And by the way, Doctor Hepburn,

4303
02:32:17,240 --> 02:32:19,160
you did not foist this on us

4304
02:32:19,160 --> 02:32:21,280
today. We've been looking at

4305
02:32:21,280 --> 02:32:22,363
this budget for four months in

4306
02:32:22,363 --> 02:32:25,363
preparation for this day. The

4307
02:32:26,132 --> 02:32:27,902
tentative budget. So this lays

4308
02:32:27,902 --> 02:32:29,804
a framework. MR. Shim, thank

4309
02:32:29,804 --> 02:32:31,506
you very much for us to make

4310
02:32:31,506 --> 02:32:33,307
some hard decisions. And to one

4311
02:32:33,307 --> 02:32:35,676
of my colleagues point this is

4312
02:32:35,676 --> 02:32:37,178
our budget. We have to make

4313
02:32:37,178 --> 02:32:37,879
some decisions about what we

4314
02:32:37,879 --> 02:32:39,447
prioritize. We've been very

4315
02:32:39,447 --> 02:32:40,748
clear how much we prioritize

4316
02:32:40,748 --> 02:32:42,550
teacher compensation and

4317
02:32:42,550 --> 02:32:43,818
educator compensation. But the

4318
02:32:43,818 --> 02:32:44,953
timing of this is very

4319
02:32:44,953 --> 02:32:46,921
important as well. And tonight

4320
02:32:46,921 --> 02:32:48,220
is not the time to make that

4321
02:32:48,220 --> 02:32:49,924
decision. Nor is this the place

4322
02:32:49,924 --> 02:32:51,259
because on the dais, we don't

4323
02:32:51,259 --> 02:32:53,270
want to set aside funding and

4324
02:32:53,270 --> 02:32:54,295
get ahead of ourselves

4325
02:32:54,295 --> 02:32:55,296
negotiating. I do believe,

4326
02:32:55,296 --> 02:32:57,130
though, that there's been a lot

4327
02:32:57,130 --> 02:32:58,299
of great work here, and I

4328
02:32:58,299 --> 02:33:00,134
appreciate the work. And chair.

4329
02:33:00,134 --> 02:33:00,635
With that, I'm going to call

4330
02:33:00,635 --> 02:33:02,203
the question.

4331
02:33:02,203 --> 02:33:04,138
>> All in favor of calling the

4332
02:33:04,138 --> 02:33:04,839
question, say aye. All opposed?

4333
02:33:04,839 --> 02:33:05,607
Say no.

4334
02:33:05,607 --> 02:33:07,607
>> No.

4335
02:33:07,808 --> 02:33:09,276
>> Roll call.

4336
02:33:09,276 --> 02:33:10,678
>> Roll call to call the

4337
02:33:10,678 --> 02:33:12,180
question Alhadeff.

4338
02:33:12,180 --> 02:33:12,813
>> No.

4339
02:33:12,813 --> 02:33:13,581
>> Bulman.

4340
02:33:13,581 --> 02:33:14,349
>> Yes.

4341
02:33:14,349 --> 02:33:15,316
>> Cervera.

4342
02:33:15,316 --> 02:33:15,784
>> No way.

4343
02:33:15,784 --> 02:33:16,785
>> Hixon.

4344
02:33:16,785 --> 02:33:17,852
>> Yes.

4345
02:33:17,852 --> 02:33:19,354
>> Holiness.

4346
02:33:19,354 --> 02:33:20,421
>> Yes.

4347
02:33:20,421 --> 02:33:21,456
>> Leonardi.

4348
02:33:21,456 --> 02:33:22,924
>> Yes.

4349
02:33:22,924 --> 02:33:24,426
>> Rupert. Not on the line.

4350
02:33:24,426 --> 02:33:25,393
Thompson.

4351
02:33:25,393 --> 02:33:27,393
>> Yes.

4352
02:33:31,866 --> 02:33:34,836
>> Ziemann. Roll call. Six two.

4353
02:33:34,836 --> 02:33:38,436
>> All right. All in favor of

4354
02:33:38,807 --> 02:33:40,509
item two. But before I. Yeah.

4355
02:33:40,509 --> 02:33:41,943
Thank you. Steph, could you

4356
02:33:41,943 --> 02:33:44,943
please read the resolution into

4357
02:33:45,613 --> 02:33:47,415
the record?

4358
02:33:47,415 --> 02:33:47,949
>> Again? Jeff Whitney,

4359
02:33:47,949 --> 02:33:49,949
Assistant director, Budget

4360
02:33:50,552 --> 02:33:51,686
Department, The school Board of

4361
02:33:51,686 --> 02:33:53,686
Broward County, Florida,

4362
02:33:54,889 --> 02:33:56,325
resolution number 27-115.

4363
02:33:56,325 --> 02:33:57,459
Resolution by the School Board

4364
02:33:57,459 --> 02:33:58,492
of Broward County, Florida.

4365
02:33:58,492 --> 02:34:01,492
Adopting the final budget for

4366
02:34:01,963 --> 02:34:02,965
fiscal year 2020 627. Whereas,

4367
02:34:02,965 --> 02:34:04,732
the School Board of Broward

4368
02:34:04,732 --> 02:34:07,132
County, Florida, did. Pursuant

4369
02:34:08,937 --> 02:34:10,772
to chapters 201 011 Florida

4370
02:34:10,772 --> 02:34:12,608
statutes approved final millage

4371
02:34:12,608 --> 02:34:15,110
rates and final budget for the

4372
02:34:15,110 --> 02:34:18,110
fiscal year JULY 1st, 2026 to

4373
02:34:18,514 --> 02:34:19,615
JUNE 30th, 2027. And whereas,

4374
02:34:19,615 --> 02:34:21,584
the School Board of Broward

4375
02:34:21,584 --> 02:34:22,651
County, Florida, set forth the

4376
02:34:22,651 --> 02:34:24,453
appropriations and revenue

4377
02:34:24,453 --> 02:34:27,453
estimates for the budget for

4378
02:34:28,570 --> 02:34:29,224
fiscal year 2026 2027. Whereas,

4379
02:34:29,224 --> 02:34:31,326
at the public hearing and in

4380
02:34:31,326 --> 02:34:33,940
full compliance with chapter

4381
02:34:33,940 --> 02:34:34,563
200 Florida Statutes, the

4382
02:34:34,563 --> 02:34:35,664
School Board of Broward County,

4383
02:34:35,664 --> 02:34:37,700
Florida, adopted the final

4384
02:34:37,700 --> 02:34:41,300
millage rates and the budget in

4385
02:34:44,273 --> 02:34:46,273
the amount of $4,663,820,338

4386
02:34:48,177 --> 02:34:50,179
for fiscal year 2026 2027. Now

4387
02:34:50,179 --> 02:34:51,514
therefore, be it resolved that

4388
02:34:51,514 --> 02:34:52,882
the attached budget of the

4389
02:34:52,882 --> 02:34:54,683
Broward County School Board,

4390
02:34:54,683 --> 02:34:56,886
including the millage rates as

4391
02:34:56,886 --> 02:34:58,287
set forth therein, is hereby

4392
02:34:58,287 --> 02:35:00,890
adopted by the School Board of

4393
02:35:00,890 --> 02:35:02,290
Broward County, Florida, as a

4394
02:35:02,290 --> 02:35:04,590
final budget for the categories

4395
02:35:04,590 --> 02:35:07,590
indicated for the fiscal year

4396
02:35:07,697 --> 02:35:09,865
JULY 1st, 2026 to JUNE 30th,

4397
02:35:09,865 --> 02:35:12,265
2027. Given at Fort Lauderdale,

4398
02:35:13,350 --> 02:35:14,837
Florida this eighth day of

4399
02:35:14,837 --> 02:35:16,380
SEPTEMBER 2026.

4400
02:35:16,380 --> 02:35:18,207
>> Thank you. All in favor of

4401
02:35:18,207 --> 02:35:18,441
item two, say aye. Aye. All

4402
02:35:18,441 --> 02:35:19,909
opposed?

4403
02:35:19,909 --> 02:35:21,900
>> Say no. No.

4404
02:35:21,900 --> 02:35:23,900
>> Roll call please.

4405
02:35:23,179 --> 02:35:23,880
>> Roll call. Bulman.

4406
02:35:23,880 --> 02:35:25,648
>> Yes.

4407
02:35:25,648 --> 02:35:26,140
>> Cervera. Absolutely not.

4408
02:35:26,140 --> 02:35:27,849
Hixon.

4409
02:35:27,849 --> 02:35:28,850
>> No.

4410
02:35:28,850 --> 02:35:29,986
>> Wholeness.

4411
02:35:29,986 --> 02:35:30,686
>> Yes.

4412
02:35:30,686 --> 02:35:31,788
>> Leonardi.

4413
02:35:31,788 --> 02:35:33,788
>> Yes.

4414
02:35:34,324 --> 02:35:35,570
>> Rupert. Not on the line.

4415
02:35:35,570 --> 02:35:36,459
Thompson.

4416
02:35:36,459 --> 02:35:36,859
>> Yes.

4417
02:35:36,859 --> 02:35:38,227
>> Seaman.

4418
02:35:38,227 --> 02:35:38,661
>> Yes.

4419
02:35:38,661 --> 02:35:40,661
>> Alhadeff.

4420
02:35:41,831 --> 02:35:43,831
>> Yes.

4421
02:35:44,330 --> 02:35:46,433
>> Motion passed six two.

4422
02:35:46,803 --> 02:35:48,505
>> Thank you. So the ayes have

4423
02:35:48,505 --> 02:35:49,605
it. The item two is approved.

4424
02:35:49,605 --> 02:35:51,341
The scheduled order of business

4425
02:35:51,341 --> 02:35:52,408
for the public hearing of the

4426
02:35:52,408 --> 02:35:53,409
School Board of Broward County,

4427
02:35:53,409 --> 02:35:54,510
Florida, has been completed.

4428
02:35:54,510 --> 02:35:57,510
Seeing no other obligations, I

4429
02:36:11,528 --> 02:36:14,528
now adjourn the public hearing.