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Thank you. Thank you. I'm sorry. Good evening. Thank you all for joining us. This is our business meeting on August 22nd, September 22nd, 2026 and this meeting will get started at 601PM.

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So we are going to, we don't have a pledge,

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so we will turn it over to Mr. Logan Crouch,

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the proud principle of, oh, he stepped out.

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I was going to say, Mr. Miko Wallace, you're on,

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so just so you know we need both a pledge

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and a thought for the day, so be thinking about what your thought is going to be.

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And you are brilliant, so I know you're going to come up with something great.

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and heard.

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That's a lot of pressure.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

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Please rise for the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God in the visible with liberty and justice for all.

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So, the principal has now returned, and I'm sure he is very well prepared to give a thought for the day.

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Great thing, good thing.

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But be he ever ready.

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I was ready.

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Thank you, Ms. Wallace.

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A true assistant principal in that light.

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Our thought for the day is, strength doesn't come from what you can do.

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It comes from overcoming things that once you thought you could not do.

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And that comes from Ricky Rogers.

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So this afternoon or sort of this evening, we are, I would, I'm sorry, I don't want to overstit my balance, Mr. Hannah.

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So he's jumping right in.

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Oh, okay. So I will move down to Item 2.0 1 and I'll turn it over to the superintendent for the superintendent spotlight.

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So thank you, Chair Nicholas, as every fall, you know, we go around and do our tour around the county, visit all of our schools,

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at every level, just to see how their school year started, to see if there's anything they

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need from us, staffing wise, to support students with disabilities, talk about their facility,

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and any needs that they have with their facilities.

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I just did general conversation about how their school year started, I've done this since

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my first year as superintendent 10 years ago, and as we were visiting Cobb Middle School,

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we were looking at some of their data and some of their numbers and as you all are well

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aware, the Cobb Cubs, returned to an A school this year, congratulations.

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And I was, we go through all their data and we talk about their school improvement plans,

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you know, what they've done and what their goals are for the coming year.

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And I couldn't help but notice their science scores were off the chain last

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last school year.

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And I said, well, what sort of, how did that happen, you know,

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and he said, well, first I tell you the story about an amazing science teacher

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We had our school and how she went just above and beyond to help her kids prepare for that assessment in the spring and what she did and I don't want to steal his thunder

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I guess before this little baby was born last spring, but it literally brought me to tears

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I mean, we talk a lot about teachers in a servant's heart and how much they do to go above

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and beyond.

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I've never heard anything quite like this.

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So with that principle, I'd like to bring you up and have you introduce our special guest

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and talk a little bit about what she did for you guys last spring.

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Thank you very much, Superintendent.

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So this evening, I'd like to introduce you to Miss Maria, Miss Paula.

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I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Ciaadi when I came in to the

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Principle Ship at Cobb, the summer before my first year, which was two

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summers ago, and just her heart, her character, her energy, just carries you

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as you speak with her, and then about midway through the school year she goes,

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I need to talk to you about something, and as a Principle, you get a little

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That says I need to talk to you about something and she says I'm gonna need to go maternity leave

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It's some point this year and I said okay. Well, that's way better than the alternative, which is

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So we were very we were very excited for her and her family

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for the new addition and we can see

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little Oliver

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There with us right now and the cool thing is is she said you have nothing to worry about with my students

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Um, I'm going to miss all of the third quarter, but you have nothing to worry about.

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And I said, okay, that's, that's great.

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That's confidence.

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I love that.

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But she said, no, no, no, I'm going to prepare every lesson before I leave.

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And I'm going to leave those lessons with this permanent substitute.

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And I said, okay, you know, you know, work sheet, things like that.

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What you would expect for a teacher going on leave, and she says, no, no, no, no, I'm going

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be doing digital lessons, some of them are going to be video and audio lessons, and when

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I saw the product that she left for the Substitute, it was amazing.

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And so she started preparing, when did you start preparing Miss Yati?

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Yes, she started preparing for her maternity leave in August, and she didn't go maternity leave

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until before Christmas. Yes. And so her hard work and dedication to her students is just

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really amazing. And I do want to say that Miss Yoddy was the first to deflect and say,

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I had amazing students, which she does, but it also takes a village. And so I also want

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with the Superintendent's permission to be able to recognize Miss Little. She is with us. She

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is the permanent sub that delivered his lessons.

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She came in every day and with Fideli and the

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scope and sequence of the missiati left and went forward with these lessons and the help with

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also miss Wallace was a huge part of that because she'd input the grades and backed up miss

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little so miss Wallace was a huge part of that as well. So I want to just say thank you to

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village they got these scores to where we need a two-for-cup.

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So I think I think Denver may have a small snippet of

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Some of the lesson plans that she did back in August to get ready to go on maternity. Denver, do you have anything you can show us?

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I do. Get ready for your head to spin.

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I'll go ahead and go to the next page on your packets.

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So, the part of the table is arranged by atomic number.

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And there are, as you can see, rose. I mean, excuse me.

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Do you just two different groups, the metals and metals and the metal loites?

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You do not have to use the same colors that I am using.

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So, I have colored all of the non-metals in the color orange, so that's hydrogen up here and then carbon through me on this whole group group 18.

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So, go ahead and pause this video and color your non-metals and then label your key.

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Next, we have the metal loites, and the metal loites are kind of like an in-between between

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the metal and non-metal, and so this little staircase down here is the are the all-the-metal

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loites.

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Again, you don't have to use this in colors that I used.

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You can pick whatever color you want, go ahead and pause the video and color in your metal

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loites,

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and lastly, we have the metals, and again, you don't have to use this in color

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use, go ahead and color in your metals and make sure that your key is completed. Now notice

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what are most of the elements on Earth? They are metals, followed by non-retals, and then we have

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the fewest of metal loites. So that is it for this period of table labeling.

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I just wanted to say

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something really quickly. First of all, thank you so much for the recognition and the words of

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validation. I don't take them for granted. But I also, like Mr. Crouch said, it does take a village,

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and this didn't happen in the vacuum of my classroom. I think it's really important to recognize,

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especially the fact that I was on maternity leave. I think really cement that point.

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Ms. Little being there being a consistent figure in the classroom every day for those three months.

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Um, my kids, uh, the students who worked really hard, um, they also had, I want to give

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a shout out to their sixth grade science teacher, Ms. Prop, who's no longer at Cobb, but, um,

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they had life science with her and sixth grade, and she really cemented a very, very strong

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solid foundation of basic biological concepts, um, that I think really benefited them, um,

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in taking the EOC and biology and eighth grade. Um, a lot of my students were also concurrently

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taking agriculture and at Cobb and they were able to apply the concepts in real time, so that

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was, I think, really, really useful and important. So, Ms. A. Cree, shout out to Ms. A. Cree,

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we have an incredible department head, a misparade, and our science department is so collaborative.

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And not to mention, my other colleagues, the students, other teachers that year and former teachers

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who really lay a really important foundation in their academics and who I consider mentors

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and have taught me so much and have and continue to teach me so much and so I'm just

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thank you and I'm also very grateful to be a part of Cobb where we collaborate so well together

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and I get to work with some wonderful administrators and incredible educators.

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Thank you.

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So how many of these video lessons did you create in total?

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Do you have an idea?

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No, I didn't create that many of them.

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Maybe five altogether and then other stuff I kind of pulled from the internet to make.

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So it wasn't that many.

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But I've never heard of, but we know teachers do amazing things.

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And this is just an example of a teacher going above and beyond.

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It would have been easy to mail it in, to give Miss Little something to work with, but Miss

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Little having to figure it out for herself, but it sounds like you just gave her the

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perfect roadmap to lead her and your kids to success, and just so thankful of you and this

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profession and all that you've done at Cobb, you can tell you're a genuine person, you're

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very humble.

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He just liked it a lot of attention to other people, but we're lucky to have you.

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We truly are.

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But I, I, I really stand by what I said. So thank you.

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It colleagues. All right, I want to say something. Oh, you want to say something, Mr.

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To this great teacher at Cobb Middle School, one of the things that I say at this

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dias, for these last eight years is that I always encourage our teachers to love first and to

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teach second. And what has been described about what you have done along with your

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colleague in our substitute teacher has really embodied that whole concept of loving

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first and teaching second. To have gone through what you've done, to make certain

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that your students as well as your replacement were prepared and then subsequently

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for the young people to then be able to test as well as they did, means that that

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love was indeed felt. So congratulations to the both of you and to this great school

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the environment that you create, the climate clearly is set on high and on excellence and so

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congratulations to Cobb Middle School colleagues. Yes. I wasn't going to say anything but I of course

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I'm never sorry for words but it's I just want to appreciate I want to let you know how much we

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appreciate that enthusiasm and that dedication and just I was talking to Furman out in the

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out in the hallway out there and he and I were first grade classmates together a long time ago

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but we were talking about the impact that even our elementary teachers even though we're really

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old had on us and I was speaking to a group of kids today at Child's High School and ran into a bunch

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of my former students and just want to thank you and all the teachers that are in the room.

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You guys the impact that you have on your kids and they know how much what Mr. Jones said,

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how much you love and you care about them and they don't care how much you know as a teacher

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until they know how much you care and so thank you for sharing with us and thank you

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Superintendent for bringing Mr. Krauts and Ms. Wallace and this amazing teacher and again

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it's just a snippet of some of our amazing dedicated teachers that we have in Leon County.

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So thank you.

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Thank you to your family.

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Oliver is adorable.

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adorable. Thank you, Miss Cox. Anything else colleagues? So a couple things, right?

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A couple things at play here. Number one, I think that there has to be, I love the recognition

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here, but what you've managed to do, it needs to be displayed, depicted, announced, projected

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at some sort of conference, right? Like what you've managed to do, right? There are you always

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say doing the commonly thing uncommonly well and you have scores to back it up. What I saw on

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That's great.

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And how you were able to engage the students, even though you weren't in the room, is absolutely incredible.

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So that needs to be submitted to somebody's conference because you would think that that's a normal thing.

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You would think that all I did was this, it no. You've done a little bit more. You've managed to engage the students without you even being there.

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So that works on a on so many different levels. So I would expect to see that conference submission pretty soon.

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The other thing that you've done, and I think you've demonstrated it, Mr. Kraush, since you've been there, and you did it at Raw as well when you were the assistant principal at Raw.

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If tonight is a microcosm of how you lead,

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Cobb is is a lucky place to have you as it's leader because not only did you recognize your teacher

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How many people would actually bring the permanent sub to a school board meeting to be recognized?

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That is not a normal thing at all. You found it not robbery to bring her here

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so that she can be acknowledged because you understand the concept of an ecosystem, you understand

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the concept of a village and you want it to ensure that everybody in that village is celebrated.

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Well done, you are gracious, humble, and I am so glad to have adopted you as District 5 adjacent,

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Because you are absolutely wonderful and the last shout-out goes to I heard you shout-out, but I'm a shout-out

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My former student

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Hannah Ackery

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She was my student at Gabby, so I'm glad to see that she's doing fantastic things over Rekop. Thank you all and well done

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So if I would have a good

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Mr. Chair, I have a gift for our amazing teacher Miss Little. I did not know you were going to be here tonight

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But I got your flowers coming, girl, I'm telling, I promise you, I'm going to hand deliver you some flowers, all right?

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And the last thing was really, really cool is Miss Little, you have your son here, and he's video taping you, and he looks proud.

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And so now he gets to see his mom doing great things being acknowledged by the school board, so that's just a really, really cool moment.

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So both family. Yeah, you got a little Oliver over there and both families that I'm assuming the parents

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Right, so job well done to all involved.

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All right, that you want to do some nice things. Yeah

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I think a principal crouch mentioned something about ice cream on the way home Oliver. I don't know

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I'm just saying

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I do have one change I would like to

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We're going away six.

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Let's do it six.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Superintendent.

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Recognition, no recognitions, reports to be heard, no reports to be heard.

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That moves us to changes and additions, Mr. Vice Chair.

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Mr. Chairman, Mr. Superintendent.

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Changes in addition, September 22nd, 2026.

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The Superintendent recommends approval of changes in addition to the September 22nd, 2026 business

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meaning first.

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Item 19.08, the Superintendent recommends Board approval of the Fitzgerald Collaborative Group

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LLC, Professional Architectural Consulting Services, contract for raw middle school, phase

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to west-classional building project, pulled.

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Second, item 7.03, approval of personnel action, September 22nd, 2026, the public content

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section has been updated, and the attachment has been replaced to reflect the revisions.

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I am moved, acceptance of changes and revisions.

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We got a motion, do we have a second?

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Second.

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Any discussion?

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I have a question.

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While Mr. Superintendent, why was there an item 19.08 pull?

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We didn't have the engine and the review yesterday, so I don't know.

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Oh, Mr. Chair, so we decided we were going to make some modifications and meet with them.

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And we're not, and we're really not to hurry to get under contract with them to be honest with you because we're just now starting phase one got it

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So we'll maybe push it off a couple of months. Thank you, sir

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All right any other discussion points seeing none all in favor any opposed

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Passage unanimously

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That moves us to item six point zero one persons to be heard madam attorney. Thank you

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Chair Nicholas. We have there were emails that were sent to the persons to be heard at Leonst School's.net email address

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And they have been attached to this item additionally there are eight speakers here tonight when I call your name

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Please come to the podium give us your name and address for the record and you will have three minutes

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We will start with Lucy pride followed by Valencia Hargret and then Shari go on to

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I am Lucy pride my address is 31 91 connected drive

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Tell us if order you reach it to me zero three

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Okay,

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I am employed with me on county at Springwood Elementary

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where I serve as a pair, a pair of professional, and I'm also the leader for the

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LESPA group for my school. I big concern that I have with regards to, I guess

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the knowledge referendum is going to be on the ballot for November 2026, we need to

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make sure that when we implement anything that we want to make sure it does take

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working work to make the dream work. Nobody does anything by themselves. So we want to make

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certain that we look at ourselves as I know that we are out of the 67 counties, we are

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number 65 and that is very, very low. I don't know if you have read any of that and I'm a little

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concerned to you with the lack of pay and also the understanding we need to make certain that the

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places pretty safe and on some occasions we may not have enough staff to be able to care

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out the work like we need to because as you know the need for a lot of the needs for students

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have have increased tremendously. We need a lot more hands on deck to make a lot of things

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happen making sure that we keep the environment safe so that we won't have any harm or

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to see any of our students or any of our staff as well.

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So that we need to have some appreciation shown, and that's seem to be a little

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lacking, and when I research around that I look with the salary that's given, there are

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any safe wallmark, for instance, and of many of us.

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. 1st Newchild. The nurse, last week, and Sunday morning and 2nd week, a month and day.

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They were classmates at the school in the school weekend,

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bringing the exam time to me.

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They said, me, saying to me, really have

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to keep doing this, getting everything else to do.

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where I'm able to make things better for everyone

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that we have to make a great effort in trying to do that

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because if you certainly have a happy group of people

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working for you, you would certainly get a lot more

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productivity from those happy persons.

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I would also like to capture on the real problem

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is that we can't seem to agree on much of nothing.

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We're always fighting about something.

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Time, thank you for your comment.

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Our next speaker is Valencia Hargret, followed by Shari Guantar and then Bobby Nehu.

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Name an address, we'll have three minutes.

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Valencia Hargret, 2715, late months in street, 3, 2, 3, 1, 0.

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Good evening, school board members, and Superintendent Hannah.

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I am tired, our support staff are tired.

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Florida has 67 counties, and based on the salary ranking being discussed,

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Let's first start our ranked 60 fifth and out of 67 counties when it comes to pay.

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65th out of 67, what makes every, that should make everyone stop and ask, how do we get here?

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I was told that I need to say thank you to the school board.

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Thank you for what? Please tell me, maybe I missed the opportunity.

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Yes, I will acknowledge that Florida minimum wage is moving to 15, 15 an hour.

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If that change had not happened, some of our lowest pay workers could still be making

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significantly less.

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But let me be clear, 15 an hour cannot be the finish line for the people who keep our schools

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running.

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I support staff our clerical workers, employees, paraprofessional bookkeepers, technician, assistant,

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and many other employees who shows up every day serve our students and our schools.

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We work, we sacrifice, we give, we deserve to be valued, and our patrons, not just

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word.

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The military, I understand that the village was not created specifically as a raise, but if millions

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of dollars are being generated to our school system, support stashahal the opportunity

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to receive more than what was offered.

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When I talk to our members, they tell me they are not happy.

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Hell, I'm not happy either.

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But I gave my word that I and wanted to present behind the village, I believe in supporting

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our school, I believe in supporting our students, I believe invested in public education.

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But supporting the village does not mean that lessons should stop speaking up for the people

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we represent.

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I gave my word, and I will keep it.

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I will vote for the village, but when it comes to hustling for this calls, selling this calls

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and convincing our members and families to carry this message, nope.

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The district will have to sell this calls without my help.

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Because before you ask me to sell something, show our support staff that they matter.

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Show us our in our paycheck.

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Show us in our country.

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Show us in the salary schedule. Show us that the people who keep our schools running are not going to continue to be in push to the bottom.

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Let's must style our tired. We are not asking for charity. We're asking for fairness. We're asking to be valued.

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67 counties 65th in the pay is not good enough. Let's will continue to stand up for support staff. Thank you.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Next speaker, Shari Gowanter, followed by Bobby Nehum and Jeremy Shaw.

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Shari Gowanter, Tallahassee Florida, 3, 2, 3, 01.

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Before I get to this, I just want to say that I don't want to take anything away from

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what my last book Brothers and Sisters are saying.

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I'm talking on a different topic, but respect,

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definite respect.

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And I also want to recognize Ms. Riley.

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Eight years ago, she caught the bouquet at my wedding.

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Very happy to see her out there.

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Tonight, I bring to you, please, please, why can't we fix it, list?

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Just sharing because there might be some things on here that you're not aware of, and I

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hope it just sparks a conversation.

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A teacher at a Northside School made a request multiple times, over the last couple years,

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they have a hole in a wall fixed from where a stove pipe was removed, paperwork, maintenance

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requests were all put in as of 98, it has not been fixed.

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Northside Elementary School's Sync has no running water in the multi-use bathroom.

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Students have to wash their hands in the classroom after they left the bathroom.

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Request sent at pre-planning as of 98, not fixed.

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Sync in my classroom, I discovered at pre-planning the entire faucet assembly needed to be replaced.

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They put chairs on the faucet, I don't know why.

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Work order, August 10, finally fixed, September 8th.

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I needed to go in any biotics.

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I wonder why.

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Also at my school primary playground, I reported multiple times water fountain.

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was overflowing onto the ground, this went on for months.

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And the solution was to shut the water off.

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So there's now no running water

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fountains on the playground.

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The children have to be out of sight to get water.

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That is a health and safety issue.

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Amateness requested a north-side school

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to reset clocks.

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Many clocks are approximately five minutes behind.

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Teacher was told to use their watch or cell phone.

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As of 9, 14, not fixed.

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Also, at the school AC, I am told, is a consistent challenge.

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Why am I bringing this to you tonight?

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Well, it's more than just a list of things that are broken.

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In some cases, it's health and safety issues.

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And yes, I do have the names of the schools that I am mentioning.

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I'm happy to share that with the superintendent.

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This is just a few examples of when I'm sure as a much larger problem

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and a larger concern.

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It affects the learning and working conditions

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and most importantly, the health conditions of your teacher's staff and students

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and it needs your immediate attention.

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My request is that you, Mr. Hannah, please conduct an audit

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of all of your maintenance requests and make sure that they are being taken care of in a timely

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fashion and for each school board member to reach out to their schools to follow up to

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get a list of what kinds of things the schools are needing.

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This is infrastructure seems to be a priority and it should be, especially as we're talking

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about half penny sales taxes and we all need to take the best care of our facilities that

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we currently have before we consider adding on or building new.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your comment.

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next speaker Bobby Nehm followed by Jeremy Shaw and then Lynn Jones.

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Bobby Nehm East

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Call Street. I'm here to discuss the financial aspects of the five artificial turf fields

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that are local high schools and why from a taxpayer's perspective leaders are...

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There are two reasons I'm bringing this up first. The installation of these two fields is directly connected to public losing access to the high school tracks, and I'd like to see public access to the tracks restored as it was prior to 2020.

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The public was allowed to use the tracks for many decades with no problem. Then as soon as the fields were installed, the public was banned from using the tracks in order to help keep public off the turf fields, despite the public having a long track record of using the tracks and fields responsibly.

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Second, taxpayers are being asked to provide the school district with more money, through a

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middle-grade increase in the renewal of half-mini sales tax. Before taxpayers vote on these

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tax increases, they deserve to know the true financial picture of these surf fields.

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Leon County Schools spent approximately $8.97 million in selling all-terf fields between

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2019 and 2023. During this time period, the school district publicly promoted the conversion

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to turf fields as a cost saving measure that would pay for itself in about six to seven years.

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In 2017, 2018 school year just prior to converting to artificial turf fields.

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The uncanny school spent just over $265,000 maintaining all five school grass fields that year.

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About $53,000 per field, including material and labor.

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Just this past summer, the turf field at Chiles was re-done at a cost of $375,000.

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just seven years after the initial installation in 2019.

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So we now know the useful life of these fields is about seven years.

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This means the district has to reserve roughly 53,700,

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five hundred and seventy-one dollars per year per field,

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just to redo the turf every seven years.

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Then add approximately four hundred dollars per year in scheduled maintenance

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and you're at fifty seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars per field per year

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about two hundred and ninety thousand dollars a year to maintain all five turf fields.

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That's actually more expensive than maintaining the old grass fields.

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So the district spent nearly $9 million in selling these fields, and instead of getting

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lower on-going operating costs, the available numbers indicate that the on-going costs are

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actually higher than maintaining the old grass fields.

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If the turf fields cost as much or more to maintain the grass fields, where the problem

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is savings needed to pay back the $9 million investment in turf.

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The savings don't exist, the turf fields won't ever pay for themselves ever.

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Taxpayers deserve a clear answer. If you want the community support the school district by paying more property taxes and sales tax, you'll need to support us by giving us access to our tracks.

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You will need to explain also to taxpayers why we spent nine million dollars on these fields,

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laws public access to the tracks, and are now facing ongoing costs that are peer to be higher than what we had with the grass fields.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Next speaker, Jeremy Shaw, followed by Lynn Jones, and then Joyce Gainman.

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Name an address for the record and you'll have three minutes.

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Jeremy Shaw, 1221, Brent Drive.

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This is kind of strange for me to be up here because I know everyone you all quite well.

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I've been here 35 years now.

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No, most of you all, you all part are kids like me, where I started.

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So this is a little different, but this is about less of us.

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It's a little different, so it comes from a different section.

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So good morning or good morning, good evening everyone.

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That's a perception, perception is interesting because perception is just what it is.

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Very often, the staff of Lee and Kane schools are referred to as family here all the time.

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Each site is pretty much even a closer family when we go, we actually do stuff for people.

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So when there are family gatherings, there are smiles and fun conversations and respect.

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Looking from outside in one would say, we appear to be a close-knit family, that's perception.

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The millage referendum hasn't been voted on yet, but the bargain users have been working with the district on how the funds would be divided ahead of the vote, just so in case it does pass, the disbursement will be ready to go when it won't have to be going through the Christmas vacation or that stuff.

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So, LCTAS for a percentage, the district accepted and raised it at 10% more.

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Let's ask for our percentage, and the district couldn't meet it because they had to give

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10-10 in the exemplifies part of the pie as well. So, that's perception. The district by

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offering more before on the bargaining meetings were complete shows how you feel about the

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LCS family. Some are thought of more than others. The family members need to know that they

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equals to each other, both in perception and in value. Thank you. Thank you for your comment.

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Next speaker, Lynn Jones, followed by Joyce Gaiman, and then Scott Mayzer. Now Miss Jones,

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on your form, you said that you were going to be talking about something and also item 19.

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19, I think it's 19.01. Okay, so that's not a public hearing. So all of that can be talked about

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in this three minutes. Okay? Okay, please give us your name and address. Thank you. Lynn Jones,

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3, 2, 3, 0, 5, a pleasure to be here.

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Good evening, everyone.

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I'm enjoying with our met.

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Yes, ma'am.

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OK, I came tonight to speak about the fields,

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but they have done a beautiful job on that.

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So I'm not going to say anything about the fields,

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but I do want to say something about number 19.

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And that is instructional materials, K-12, English language

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arts. Every five years, six years, whatever, when I was teaching, they would adopt new materials.

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And I'm here to say that at this point, with the financial crisis that we are in right now,

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why do we have to? Language arts does not change that much. So let's use that money for

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00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:54,000
something else. I don't know if it's in the bylaws or whatever that we have to do this.

434
00:35:54,240 --> 00:36:00,060
But I think if you put your hands together, you will find that with the status, I don't

435
00:36:00,060 --> 00:36:07,020
believe in grades, ABCD, whatever. But our students, the majority of our students are doing

436
00:36:07,020 --> 00:36:15,440
okay. So the only thing we need to do is to make sure we focus and use some different strategies

437
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:22,840
for the students who are not doing okay, adopting a new series is not going to change anything.

438
00:36:23,700 --> 00:36:29,580
So I suggest that we just give additional training to those teachers who need it.

439
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:35,240
Everybody doesn't need to go to training and that's something that I find very disturbing.

440
00:36:35,740 --> 00:36:41,800
If you are a good teacher and you're doing a good job, let that teacher stay in her classroom,

441
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:47,560
are his classroom and do what they need to do instead of going to all of these trainings.

442
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:54,780
It's just not important, as far as I'm concerned. Also, what I want to say is, I was on the

443
00:36:54,780 --> 00:37:01,680
instructional materials adoption committee and it was all about money anyway. Who can give the best

444
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:10,560
pitch at this point with all this DEI mess going around and having to evaluate these materials

445
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:18,100
based on if it is addressing all of the needs of all of the kids. I think we're addressing

446
00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:25,640
the needs of all of the kids. So please do not adopt new materials, just support the teachers

447
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:29,980
where they are and have them to continue to do the good job that they're doing.

448
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:46,900
Thank you. Thank you for your comment. Next speaker, Joyce Gaman, followed by Scott Mazer, and then Kim Andrews Ward. Joyce Gaman, okay. Thank you, ma'am. Next speaker, Scott Mazer, followed by Kim Andrews Ward.

449
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:59,900
Scott Mazer, 2655 Capital Circle, Northeast, sweet number eight, speaking, I'll be half of LCTA.

450
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,580
It is gotten to the point where giving the benefit that the doubt is almost impossible.

451
00:38:08,860 --> 00:38:12,600
When patterns continue and they repeat themselves,

452
00:38:15,570 --> 00:38:17,110
it's hard to give the benefit of the

453
00:38:17,110 --> 00:38:17,390
doubt.

454
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:26,760
It seems as if that sometimes it's who gets the I got you, who got the win, who gets

455
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,360
the claim to be the leader of the parade.

456
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,300
But if you look at the sequence of events that have taken place here, we provided an offer,

457
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,260
we went to the table in good faith, we came back, we were asked to meet with the other two

458
00:38:40,260 --> 00:38:44,620
bargaining units which at first we declined and then we started working together behind the

459
00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:48,240
scenes to make sure that we are all in the same page where things were.

460
00:38:49,220 --> 00:38:55,500
But then we get an email that goes out to the entire bargaining unit trying to take the

461
00:38:55,500 --> 00:39:03,020
leader of the parade and who's done what and what that means and then a bargaining session

462
00:39:03,020 --> 00:39:06,680
two days later where you really don't have much of an option because if you go ahead and

463
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:14,680
pick poison pill one, then you didn't bargain for your group to the best possible deal you

464
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:18,760
could get. And on the other side, then you go ahead and make sure that you divide all three

465
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:24,620
bargaining units against each other. It's hard to give the benefit of the doubt.

466
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:30,380
Last time I was here, we talked about how there were some people that wanted to stick it

467
00:39:30,380 --> 00:39:35,000
to me, that was part of the conversation we had,

468
00:39:37,570 --> 00:39:39,690
right? And then since then, I have two formal

469
00:39:39,690 --> 00:39:41,750
complaints against me right now.

470
00:39:42,190 --> 00:39:44,470
Plus, whatever happened at the bargaining table.

471
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:49,210
I'm starting to wonder what is the intent

472
00:39:49,210 --> 00:39:52,710
within this district, and who's actually in charge?

473
00:39:56,930 --> 00:39:57,650
Thank you for your comment.

474
00:39:58,070 --> 00:40:00,050
Last speaker, Kim Andrews

475
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:03,510
Ward.

476
00:40:03,790 --> 00:40:04,650
Name an address, please.

477
00:40:04,990 --> 00:40:07,410
Good afternoon, Kim Andrews Ward, 61616,

478
00:40:07,510 --> 00:40:10,470
Tommy Lee Trail Teller has deployed at 32309.

479
00:40:10,970 --> 00:40:13,690
I'm a behavior specialist at heart-rise elementary school.

480
00:40:13,890 --> 00:40:15,990
Leon County School is right in number 65

481
00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:22,010
about a 67 counties. Is that disrespectful? Yes. Are we still the capital, the great state of

482
00:40:22,010 --> 00:40:27,010
Florida? Yes. Are we the rest? Are the rest of the counties in this state watching copy

483
00:40:27,010 --> 00:40:32,730
and expecting the standards to be set right here in Tallahassee? Yes. Are we able to be the proud

484
00:40:33,590 --> 00:40:40,150
people of Leon County School system? Salute to say that's a firm no. Why? Because the teachers

485
00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:46,390
and support staff, and especially the support staff play a vital role, and they are not

486
00:40:46,390 --> 00:40:47,050
being appreciated.

487
00:40:47,870 --> 00:40:52,490
We serve support staff service, behavior specialist, prayer professionals, bookkeepers, technicians,

488
00:40:52,690 --> 00:40:52,970
etc.

489
00:40:53,630 --> 00:40:58,670
This meal is proposed should be fairly distributed, and it would be a great way for the

490
00:40:58,670 --> 00:41:02,590
dishes to show their appreciation to everyone to work for them.

491
00:41:02,730 --> 00:41:07,690
The school board is only the vehicle, again I say only the vehicle, but this money to be

492
00:41:07,690 --> 00:41:08,090
distributed.

493
00:41:08,090 --> 00:41:12,310
Please set the state's standards by doing the right thing with the mealist proposal.

494
00:41:12,970 --> 00:41:17,890
Thank you for your support staff as well as the teachers, but money tells and foolishness

495
00:41:17,890 --> 00:41:18,250
walls.

496
00:41:18,530 --> 00:41:20,570
Give us the money because we deserve it.

497
00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:22,410
Thank you for your comment.

498
00:41:22,650 --> 00:41:23,790
That concludes public comment.

499
00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:25,890
Thank you so much, Madam Attorney.

500
00:41:28,250 --> 00:41:33,190
Typically we would move to items to consent, but I'm going to recognize the superintendent

501
00:41:33,190 --> 00:41:35,290
it now before we go to items of consent.

502
00:41:36,130 --> 00:41:38,990
For item 4, item 7.03.

503
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:47,720
Good night, 10,

504
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:51,500
10.

505
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:52,320
OK, all right.

506
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:58,660
So chair necklace, we have an issue to discuss in item 703, 7.03.

507
00:41:58,780 --> 00:42:02,180
So if we could pull that item and make it now, 19.01.

508
00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:04,420
OK, the superintendent has recommended to us

509
00:42:04,420 --> 00:42:08,540
that we pull, let me finish reading it.

510
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,140
The superintendent is saying it.

511
00:42:10,140 --> 00:42:12,340
The superintendent has recommended that we

512
00:42:12,340 --> 00:42:23,320
7.03 approval of personnel actions from the items of consent down to the

513
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:24,580
down to the

514
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:34,780
19.01A items for consideration. So do I have a motion?

515
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,920
Yes. So we have a motion. Second, any discussion?

516
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:43,280
and all right, seeing none all in favor in your polls,

517
00:42:44,020 --> 00:42:44,480
past unanimously.

518
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,340
So now we go back to items of consent,

519
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:48,060
may I have a motion?

520
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,220
We got a motion, we got a second, all in favor.

521
00:42:54,460 --> 00:42:56,900
Any opposed, a past unanimously.

522
00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:03,000
So we are going to take item 19.01A first

523
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,080
with that, Mrs. Superintendent, take it away.

524
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:19,820
So, yeah, I think prior to this meeting, we found a date was omitted, a termination, or a exit date for one of our drop employees that had just entered the deferred retirement program.

525
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,440
And there was no end date on there. There was just a start date of, I believe, was August the first.

526
00:43:26,340 --> 00:43:29,820
I don't know how to cure that until we can verify.

527
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:32,640
So I'm sorry, Mr.

528
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:33,840
Thank you.

529
00:43:33,860 --> 00:43:34,240
That's my turn.

530
00:43:35,140 --> 00:43:47,720
Mr. Wallace was able to work with HR that I now cannot to have that item corrected.

531
00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:52,520
And so it's, unfortunately, it's not showing as an attachment to the item.

532
00:43:52,520 --> 00:44:01,300
So the superintendent is basically asking the board to approve 7.03 with one correction.

533
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:05,200
If you look at item number eight, it's on page 23.

534
00:44:08,130 --> 00:44:11,810
Item number eight instructional staff deferred retirement option program.

535
00:44:14,240 --> 00:44:15,940
There is one name listed.

536
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:18,680
Stephanie Tolbert.

537
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:19,860
The

538
00:44:22,450 --> 00:44:32,550
school is Griffin, classification teacher resource, MJ, the date should be 731, 2034, not 801, 2026.

539
00:44:33,910 --> 00:44:36,590
So they're asking for approval with that one correction.

540
00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:42,590
731 correction, remove the correction be made to the document for our official records.

541
00:44:43,450 --> 00:44:48,390
Thank you, Mr. Jones. Let me read it out first before we do any emotions.

542
00:44:48,390 --> 00:44:59,190
So just so that we're clear, Ms. Tolbert, what we need to do is add the word through with the following date.

543
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:28,500
No, we just need to add the following. We need to add the end date of 731-2034. And that's going to replace 08-01-2026. All right, thank you. Now, we have a motion. We got a motion. We got a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? Any opposed? Passes unanimously. 19.01.

544
00:45:34,220 --> 00:45:39,920
This is a public notice of adoption of Instructional Materials K-12 English Language Arts,

545
00:45:40,140 --> 00:45:44,900
Lehigh County Schools Division of Academic Services is pleased to announce the next steps

546
00:45:44,900 --> 00:45:49,480
in the K-12 English Language Adoption and Instructional Materials Adoption Process.

547
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:56,240
For this adoption, LCS has requested the participation of all publishing companies that are listed

548
00:45:56,240 --> 00:46:05,600
on the FLDOE adopted list as of August 6th, 2026 for each participating publisher, a series

549
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:14,340
of links will be posted to a dedicated web page, LCS 2026, 2027, K-12 English Language

550
00:46:14,340 --> 00:46:21,780
Arts adoption, where reviews will find the public product preview links, pricing of packages,

551
00:46:21,780 --> 00:46:28,740
is a literary professional development plans and other related publisher documents, parenthetical

552
00:46:28,740 --> 00:46:30,400
no vote required.

553
00:46:31,620 --> 00:46:32,240
Mr. Minton.

554
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:37,260
Yeah, if I just want to add that we have to go through this process to the adoption cycle,

555
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:41,880
but it is not, that's all we're required to do.

556
00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:46,060
So, where we go from there, we'll be the board's decision, we'll come with a recommendation

557
00:46:46,580 --> 00:46:51,580
about purchasing adopted materials, not purchasing adopted materials, but this is just

558
00:46:51,580 --> 00:46:57,760
the process to what will be adopted anything that would be considered to be purchased would

559
00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:58,540
come later.

560
00:46:58,600 --> 00:46:59,480
Thank you, Miss Simultani.

561
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,400
Any other discussion colleagues?

562
00:47:01,540 --> 00:47:02,420
Yes, Mr. Chair.

563
00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:03,160
Yes, Mr. Jones.

564
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:06,940
Are there any legislative implications to the instruction of English?

565
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:13,700
I'm not sure.

566
00:47:13,780 --> 00:47:19,000
The reason I asked that question, we know that there has been legislative implications to the teaching of history.

567
00:47:19,580 --> 00:47:25,020
I want to know, is there any legislative implications to the teaching of English source materials or anything like that?

568
00:47:25,020 --> 00:47:33,260
So the legislative requirements for English or ELI would be through K-4 reading, and so those would be the only ones that would be.

569
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:34,940
And these are all on the option.

570
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:36,600
We'll be on the state adopted list.

571
00:47:36,820 --> 00:47:40,080
I mean, the only materials that can be considered are already on the state adopted.

572
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,220
But there are no new legislative updates.

573
00:47:42,780 --> 00:47:44,240
Thank you.

574
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,060
Mr. Chair, Mr. Sysher before you leave.

575
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:52,100
So how long have we had the, is it the science of reading?

576
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:54,940
is that we're talking about or something else with Ely?

577
00:47:55,060 --> 00:47:56,940
Or science reading part of that?

578
00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,340
The science of reading is part of Ely, yes.

579
00:47:59,980 --> 00:48:03,240
And so it's been at least five years.

580
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:03,760
Right.

581
00:48:03,780 --> 00:48:06,600
And the state is still currently using that, I think.

582
00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:07,360
Right, yes.

583
00:48:07,580 --> 00:48:09,980
So what are the implications, and I understand,

584
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,520
this is by legislation, I state statute,

585
00:48:12,660 --> 00:48:13,720
we have to go through the process,

586
00:48:13,980 --> 00:48:16,680
but it doesn't necessarily mean, like the superintendent

587
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:19,500
said, that we have to adopt new materials.

588
00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:20,820
Have to adopt new materials.

589
00:48:20,820 --> 00:48:22,580
We don't necessarily have to purchase.

590
00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:23,600
Got you.

591
00:48:23,940 --> 00:48:24,060
Okay.

592
00:48:24,380 --> 00:48:25,540
Thank you.

593
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:26,380
Let me share.

594
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:27,600
Mr. Jones.

595
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:29,660
You know, purchase.

596
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,320
We still teaching from Chromebooks, correct?

597
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:33,260
Yes, sir.

598
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:34,720
Don't want to be the purchase of software.

599
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,240
Some of it sometimes it is and sometimes it's not.

600
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,020
So, yes, but we do for secondary.

601
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,420
It is through Chromebooks.

602
00:48:44,780 --> 00:48:49,200
And through hardback books and class sets.

603
00:48:50,580 --> 00:48:51,450
Thank you.

604
00:48:51,940 --> 00:48:52,840
I have a question, Mr. Cyford.

605
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:59,760
Is any of the legislative material anything related to OER open education resources?

606
00:49:00,700 --> 00:49:06,240
Is that an opportunity or an option that the state has opened up for school districts to use?

607
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,800
I think that is always an option for school districts to use.

608
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:21,040
But when you utilize those, that process, you have to develop your own curriculum and then it has to be approved through the Department of Education.

609
00:49:21,860 --> 00:49:21,880
Okay.

610
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:23,080
We can use those.

611
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,300
It would take developers to develop that curriculum.

612
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:32,120
And then once that is developed and then it would go to the Department of Education for approval.

613
00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:34,080
So there's nothing that has been a doubt.

614
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:37,500
It has been developed, not from Lee, I can't even from the state.

615
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:42,860
this that we're looking at are only the vendors that are approved through the adoption process

616
00:49:42,860 --> 00:49:44,420
through the Department of Education.

617
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:49,380
But I think what he's asking is, he hadn't the state of Florida been talking about doing creating their own

618
00:49:49,380 --> 00:49:55,920
materials. That's what I'm mentioning. I thought so as well. I'm not sure where the department is on creating.

619
00:49:55,980 --> 00:49:58,280
I don't know where they're at on that process.

620
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:06,060
I mean, ELA would be the subject area that would be most opportune for developing an OER.

621
00:50:06,060 --> 00:50:12,240
you know, so again, I don't know where the state is if we can look into that to see where

622
00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:14,100
we're going to look into that and see where they're at.

623
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:15,440
Thank you, sir.

624
00:50:15,940 --> 00:50:20,640
The policy whispers behind me is saying that that did not, that did not go through the legislation.

625
00:50:20,860 --> 00:50:21,440
Oh, it did pass.

626
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:22,260
Okay.

627
00:50:22,860 --> 00:50:23,060
Okay.

628
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:24,520
Well, thank you.

629
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:25,860
So now we don't have to look into it.

630
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:28,220
All right.

631
00:50:28,860 --> 00:50:29,120
All right.

632
00:50:29,260 --> 00:50:34,540
So item 19.0 to the superintendent recommends following a public hearing approval

633
00:50:34,540 --> 00:50:41,280
of amendments to policy 5514, use of personal transportation devices, a personal transportation

634
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:47,940
devices, effective September 23rd, 2022. So, I'm 2026. I'm going to open up the public hearing.

635
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:52,120
There are no speakers on this item. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. May I have a motion?

636
00:50:52,940 --> 00:50:57,100
Second. We got a motion. We got a second. Any discussion, Mr. Jones?

637
00:50:57,300 --> 00:51:00,200
I'd like to learn more about this. We didn't have a gender review.

638
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:08,360
Okay, well, if you want to come up, this is when we talked about kids using their e-bikes or

639
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:15,390
Right, never mind. Thank you. All right. I recall. Okay, so no, there will be then any other

640
00:51:15,940 --> 00:51:22,600
Thank you, Mr. Jones. Any other discussion points. All right. Seeing that may have a motion. I have a motion. I have a second.

641
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,160
All the favor any opposed

642
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:33,780
pass unanimously. 19.03. The superintendent recommends following a public hearing approval of a

643
00:51:33,780 --> 00:51:39,720
missed the policy's 5530.01. These are these words that I have trouble pronouncing.

644
00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:44,120
Stephanie, death and death and death, yup, yup.

645
00:51:44,580 --> 00:51:45,160
Do keep going.

646
00:51:45,820 --> 00:51:46,440
There, you go!

647
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:50,180
Effective September 23, 2026.

648
00:51:52,300 --> 00:51:53,080
So we have a motion.

649
00:51:53,300 --> 00:51:54,760
We have a second.

650
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:59,160
Oh, this is absolutely right.

651
00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:00,940
So I'm going to open it up for public hearing.

652
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:01,640
No speakers on this story.

653
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:02,420
All right, seeing none.

654
00:52:02,620 --> 00:52:03,720
We're going to continue on a close to public hearing.

655
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:05,160
Thank you, Ms. Smith.

656
00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:07,820
So we have a motion by Ms. Ca.

657
00:52:07,820 --> 00:52:16,020
Oh, Ms. Wood, we had a second by Ms. Cox any discussion, seeing none, all in favor.

658
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:16,340
Aye.

659
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:18,840
Any opposed? Passes unanimously.

660
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:24,160
19.04, the superintendent recommends following a public hearing approval of a

661
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:29,680
Mr. Policy's 57, 80, or Policy 57, 80 student parent.

662
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:35,740
Rights, effective, September 23rd, 2026. I'm going to open the public hearing.

663
00:52:35,820 --> 00:52:39,280
No speakers on the side. I'm seeing that. I'm going to close the public hearing.

664
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:40,460
May I have a motion?

665
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:41,600
Motion.

666
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:42,340
Second.

667
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:45,200
We got a motion. We got a second. Any discussion?

668
00:52:47,450 --> 00:52:49,170
Seeing none. All in favor?

669
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:49,530
Aye.

670
00:52:49,870 --> 00:52:50,930
Any opposed?

671
00:52:52,250 --> 00:52:53,130
Passes unanimously.

672
00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:56,010
19.05.

673
00:52:58,290 --> 00:53:02,850
The superintendent recommends approval of the lawsuit settlement.

674
00:53:03,470 --> 00:53:04,750
We've got a motion.

675
00:53:04,990 --> 00:53:05,810
Do we have a second?

676
00:53:06,030 --> 00:53:07,110
So we've got a second.

677
00:53:08,230 --> 00:53:09,610
I'm sure there's going to be discussion.

678
00:53:10,410 --> 00:53:10,810
colleagues?

679
00:53:11,530 --> 00:53:14,930
I talked to Mr. Stupske today, but thank you.

680
00:53:15,370 --> 00:53:15,670
Okay.

681
00:53:16,250 --> 00:53:16,830
So no discussion?

682
00:53:17,630 --> 00:53:17,790
All right.

683
00:53:17,970 --> 00:53:18,830
Seeing none.

684
00:53:19,270 --> 00:53:19,970
All in favor.

685
00:53:20,070 --> 00:53:20,450
Hi.

686
00:53:20,610 --> 00:53:21,390
Any opposed?

687
00:53:21,810 --> 00:53:22,010
All right.

688
00:53:22,150 --> 00:53:22,990
It passes unanimously.

689
00:53:24,790 --> 00:53:31,850
19.06, the Superintendent recommends approval to the Bellevue Middle School 5-year educational

690
00:53:31,850 --> 00:53:37,170
plant supplement survey for Leon County School's version 6.7.

691
00:53:38,270 --> 00:53:42,250
We got a motion, we have a second, all right, we got a second, any discussion?

692
00:53:42,730 --> 00:53:47,130
I just have a question of this wood since we no longer use Bellevue, but I know if there's

693
00:53:47,650 --> 00:53:49,450
you rent it, can you just tell us what this is about?

694
00:53:49,450 --> 00:53:54,670
So, yeah, I've had, if issue of been in conversations with them and they're in a long-term

695
00:53:54,670 --> 00:53:59,090
lease with Florida State University, they have a lot of their arts programs there now.

696
00:53:59,790 --> 00:54:03,690
There were some conversation at what time about them potentially purchasing the property,

697
00:54:04,630 --> 00:54:12,250
but we could not offer it to sell it without going through this process first with the Department of Education.

698
00:54:12,690 --> 00:54:13,790
I'll say that correct road.

699
00:54:14,070 --> 00:54:17,630
Right, so it has to be surplus before it can be potentially be sold.

700
00:54:17,630 --> 00:54:19,570
That's the possibility down the road.

701
00:54:20,170 --> 00:54:25,450
It is, yes, yes, it is, and I hope I had an initial offer for them.

702
00:54:25,490 --> 00:54:30,770
I reached out to the Florida State yesterday, didn't hear back, but if I get any more information,

703
00:54:31,170 --> 00:54:33,950
oh, then of course, come to you guys, and we can talk further.

704
00:54:34,330 --> 00:54:35,510
Thank you.

705
00:54:35,950 --> 00:54:38,650
How long does this delay the timeline of a potential sale?

706
00:54:39,750 --> 00:54:41,710
I'm going through this particular process.

707
00:54:42,990 --> 00:54:47,230
Like we have to, I guess, do we have to submit this? Wait for the state to prove it?

708
00:54:47,230 --> 00:54:48,790
I don't think it's wrong at all.

709
00:54:49,110 --> 00:54:51,070
Mr. Subhaner Timmer, please.

710
00:54:54,820 --> 00:54:55,500
Chair board members.

711
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:56,420
There's no delay at all.

712
00:54:57,100 --> 00:54:58,880
Mr. Subhaner, Mr. Subhaner, please.

713
00:54:58,960 --> 00:54:59,380
Thank you, sir.

714
00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:01,140
All right. Any other questions?

715
00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:02,400
All right.

716
00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:03,960
All in favor?

717
00:55:03,980 --> 00:55:04,340
Aye.

718
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:06,380
The opposed passes unanimously.

719
00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:08,480
19.07.

720
00:55:09,180 --> 00:55:10,820
The superintendent recommends a board.

721
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:15,980
The recommends board approval of the technology and information services.

722
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:19,120
ITS building five year educational plan.

723
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:23,360
Supplement Survey for Leon County Schools, a version 6.8.

724
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:27,200
We got a motion. We got a second. Any discussion?

725
00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:31,460
I'm assuming this is the same thing. Same thing.

726
00:55:31,980 --> 00:55:35,760
All right. No further discussion? Seeing none. All in favor?

727
00:55:35,820 --> 00:55:39,060
Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimously.

728
00:55:40,140 --> 00:55:42,180
19.08 was pulled.

729
00:55:44,100 --> 00:55:47,460
19.09. The superintendent recommends approval of

730
00:55:47,460 --> 00:55:53,040
recommendation to award and purchase order to capital asphalt ink for the chair's elementary

731
00:55:53,040 --> 00:56:00,960
school south side parent drop drop off loop, repaving project, invitation to bid ITB

732
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:09,020
1 0 1 5 dash 2 0 2 6. We got a motion. Do I hear a second?

733
00:56:11,190 --> 00:56:12,030
Okay.

734
00:56:12,670 --> 00:56:13,830
Miss Smith's second date.

735
00:56:13,830 --> 00:56:14,810
I was waiting for someone.

736
00:56:15,790 --> 00:56:16,850
Any discussion?

737
00:56:18,950 --> 00:56:20,290
Seeing that all in favor?

738
00:56:20,330 --> 00:56:20,810
Aye.

739
00:56:21,450 --> 00:56:22,370
Any opposed?

740
00:56:23,150 --> 00:56:23,970
Passage unanimously.

741
00:56:25,270 --> 00:56:31,490
Item 20.01 are just upcoming meetings for information purposes only.

742
00:56:32,530 --> 00:56:36,750
Item 21 reports from Boyle liaison to any reports.

743
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:41,020
Seeing that.

744
00:56:41,020 --> 00:57:11,000
I did get a chance to speak to rep Franklin, I think I sent an email and caught it for superintendent, but it might have bounced back, so you might not have gotten it, and I have not recent that email about the GED, having the discussion about the GED, and because we are a state that promotes all pathways, as viable pathways, the fact that GED counts again.

745
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:18,540
against our drop-out rate, which negatively impacts our schools is something that we need to

746
00:57:18,540 --> 00:57:19,500
look at.

747
00:57:19,660 --> 00:57:28,220
I spoke to Reptent today about that, and so she has a bill that's very similar in language

748
00:57:28,220 --> 00:57:33,160
that she is more than willing to have a conversation with the superintendent and his staff

749
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:40,980
about that moving forward, so to ensure to add that in her bill and her caution to me is

750
00:57:40,980 --> 00:57:46,880
hurry up because she is now finalizing however many bills that she's able to get

751
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:52,540
before she now has to push it through. So you got something for that incident?

752
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:59,500
So yeah so on October 12th we have scheduled the legislative priorities conversation. We've

753
00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:06,500
developed a list internally and then to come to you guys and button everything up and then get it to

754
00:58:06,500 --> 00:58:11,840
to Jessica and so that is on our list that issues one of the issues on our list is we'll have that

755
00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:21,940
workshop on October 12th. Okay. Thank you. I still would say have a conversation with Reptent because

756
00:58:22,580 --> 00:58:27,600
would love to get it on a bill that she's already developing so would love to piggyback on her bill.

757
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:39,080
Thank you so much sir. All right. So that moves us to Riley Gottney. This Food and School Board member comments. Take it away.

758
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:50,880
So I haven't had our first SDAC meeting. That's actually tomorrow. So I plan to come with more information from our student population and the next meeting.

759
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:56,120
Homecoming's coming up, bad schools, that's always exciting.

760
00:58:56,620 --> 00:59:00,780
God be already had there's lands, lands, lands, lands, comes up next.

761
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:07,480
Don't really have anything, because we haven't had a meeting yet.

762
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:15,560
It's like an over-paper work that we had from the last meeting, all the funds that we have for

763
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:21,680
all the schools and the populations, little confusing at first, not used to it,

764
00:59:23,380 --> 00:59:28,400
I think that if we could piggy bank off of the bill, that would be great because it shouldn't

765
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:30,600
count against us if they're still getting a high school diploma.

766
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:32,540
Thank you.

767
00:59:32,740 --> 00:59:37,920
So I do have a question for you to not the answer it now, but come back next time I am curious

768
00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:45,440
to see how many students are actually participating in the College and Career Center at

769
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:51,720
at Lyon from a student's perspective, so I have the numbers and from the administrative perspective,

770
00:59:52,060 --> 00:59:57,640
but I am curious to know how the students are receiving it, how they're using it, just from

771
00:59:57,640 --> 00:59:59,880
your perspective, so if you can talk about that next.

772
01:00:00,050 --> 01:00:02,270
At the next go a rail next week.

773
01:00:05,890 --> 01:00:15,030
I'm not exactly sure of the exact name, but he's been sitting out excellent emails about colleges being at least close to campus.

774
01:00:15,130 --> 01:00:23,830
I know a bunch of them are coming to Leons campus during lunch. I think it's a great opportunity for us to see all the avenues that Florida has for colleges.

775
01:00:23,830 --> 01:00:32,090
I think I get at least one email from him every single day about something new popping up, I think it's a really excellent opportunity that they've given us.

776
01:00:32,390 --> 01:00:38,790
Yeah, and I can't remember the gentleman's name, the new Jessica, I just call him a new Jessica, but he is absolutely fantastic.

777
01:00:39,030 --> 01:00:43,110
So I'm glad to hear that US students are getting that information. Wonderful.

778
01:00:46,390 --> 01:00:50,070
All right, that moves us down to continuing topics.

779
01:00:50,810 --> 01:00:58,850
colleagues, most of these, most of my continuing topics have been district has responded to it.

780
01:00:58,850 --> 01:01:06,930
My first one was an update on Administrator procedure 11, 12, 11, 20 as a school board policy.

781
01:01:07,190 --> 01:01:12,590
It looks like we're going to have that in October that workshop in October.

782
01:01:12,590 --> 01:01:22,890
the next one which is listed in our on our agenda as 24.02 the ESC case load updated data

783
01:01:22,890 --> 01:01:29,250
workshop date that one is going to be in November. So that was responded to me and then

784
01:01:29,250 --> 01:01:35,390
last one is an update on a compensation and classification district implementation plan.

785
01:01:35,390 --> 01:01:43,570
I'm currently Mr. What was response was Mr. Knight is currently working through much of the details.

786
01:01:43,670 --> 01:01:53,610
As you know, when we talked about this some years ago, this is really a long-term strategic plan, so it takes quite a while.

787
01:01:55,350 --> 01:02:03,910
But as Mr. White, as Mr. Knight works through that plan, we should start getting updates soon and later on.

788
01:02:03,910 --> 01:02:07,150
what it actually looks like with regards to district implementation.

789
01:02:07,630 --> 01:02:08,470
Mr. Chair.

790
01:02:09,090 --> 01:02:13,650
I just want to thank you for continuing to stay on these three things.

791
01:02:14,130 --> 01:02:15,430
So thank you very much.

792
01:02:16,390 --> 01:02:17,510
Thank you, Ms. Cox, absolutely.

793
01:02:18,210 --> 01:02:24,750
Any other continuing topics that did not make it on the agenda?

794
01:02:25,690 --> 01:02:27,450
Seeing none, any new topics?

795
01:02:28,370 --> 01:02:29,110
Yes, Mr. Chair.

796
01:02:29,370 --> 01:02:30,930
Yes, Ms. Miss Smith.

797
01:02:30,930 --> 01:02:35,910
A couple of things, I'm not able to see to workshops under the library, and I think it's

798
01:02:35,910 --> 01:02:37,950
possibly because I'm logged into the public site.

799
01:02:38,010 --> 01:02:39,750
I don't know if you guys, are you seeing the workshops?

800
01:02:39,930 --> 01:02:41,010
Is that what it is?

801
01:02:42,350 --> 01:02:43,150
All right.

802
01:02:44,010 --> 01:02:49,070
I wanted to bring up the topic of our retreat, because if we could go ahead and get a date on

803
01:02:49,070 --> 01:02:49,530
the calendar.

804
01:02:50,310 --> 01:02:54,950
I know it sounds crazy, but January is going to be here before we know it, so is that something

805
01:02:54,950 --> 01:03:00,750
that we could all kind of look at our calendars and see if we can come to a consensus

806
01:03:00,750 --> 01:03:08,210
today or if we need to maybe set a deadline where we get it on the calendar. I believe it was

807
01:03:08,210 --> 01:03:16,570
late January. Yeah, 25th is what currently is listed on the on the workshop. It's on the

808
01:03:16,570 --> 01:03:25,050
work. How is that date for you? Is that 25th? 2027. Okay 2027. That's perfect. Does that work for

809
01:03:26,930 --> 01:03:31,350
It is a Monday, the fourth, yeah, so basically it would take the place.

810
01:03:33,170 --> 01:03:35,950
Can you go ahead and take a calendar out for that?

811
01:03:36,070 --> 01:03:39,630
And I guess everybody, it's just on everybody's radar.

812
01:03:40,490 --> 01:03:45,830
And then kind of along that topic, I know that we talked about our retreat,

813
01:03:46,610 --> 01:03:55,030
how what we wanted to talk about, is that something we want to

814
01:03:55,030 --> 01:04:02,190
I was suddenly, I was talking about earlier and I was thinking, probably need to go back in the minutes and see, I know we talked about growth, we talked about

815
01:04:02,190 --> 01:04:09,470
half-any then we'll know whether it passes or not, so how it's going to be spent, and we talked about the need for additional reserves

816
01:04:09,470 --> 01:04:23,790
so that all is kind of encompassing, obviously, financial growth, future, and then in that same discussion, our strategic plan I believe expires coming up here pretty soon.

817
01:04:23,790 --> 01:04:30,790
So is that or are we all headed in the same direction for what the retreat would look like is that kind of all encompassing

818
01:04:31,310 --> 01:04:40,030
I think we had time to decide about what we will discuss at the retreat. I mean those are some of the topics, but there's a lot of

819
01:04:41,130 --> 01:04:43,970
land a lot of runway between now in January

820
01:04:45,570 --> 01:04:53,550
There is totally true. I just want to make sure that we give staff members enough time if we're asking for information that's going to come back at our retreat

821
01:04:53,790 --> 01:05:06,730
Um, I just want to make sure we give them a whole time to, I think we can, I mean, my recommendation, we would start with what you said, but I wouldn't want us to be, it to be a crime I hadn't cleared before November.

822
01:05:07,010 --> 01:05:07,210
Right.

823
01:05:08,370 --> 01:05:10,050
So, maybe, um,

824
01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:15,140
what would you all think about receding and clearly, Darrell would,

825
01:05:15,140 --> 01:05:20,340
most likely move into the chair of spots, it would be his retreat, so maybe this is a, you know,

826
01:05:20,340 --> 01:05:27,160
that was the only conversation. Yeah, that would be the only thing that I would say is, you know,

827
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:34,940
in my short time, I'm still still my short time on the board. I really like the suggestions,

828
01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:42,120
but the retreat is driven mostly by the chair with, you know, it's a collaborative process,

829
01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:49,420
but the retreat is driven by the chair, so I would hate to start talking about how it's going to

830
01:05:49,420 --> 01:05:56,000
Even though I hope those topics are there right when we like I really hope that we're talking about that stuff

831
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,080
But I would hate to

832
01:05:58,080 --> 01:05:59,060
You know

833
01:05:59,060 --> 01:06:05,540
Formalize something and it's it's the chair's opportunity to kind of lead the retreat. Mr. Chair. I miss Jones

834
01:06:05,540 --> 01:06:09,600
Again, I agree that that can be the starting point. I just don't want it to be iron-clare

835
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:15,680
And I think we can come to some consensus that those are issues of interest to all of us. Yeah

836
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:40,840
Right, so we, and if we're talking about giving the staff ample time, that right there is a big shoe right there, and then as we, and then as we come, you know, there are some things that are still up and there for us, like the past of the military, have some sales tax, right, and I'd like to think that a great deal of that will also be informed by voter response, right?

837
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:45,140
something that passes narrowly changes the conversation right because we had to take into

838
01:06:45,140 --> 01:06:50,940
concern the consideration what the public is also providing instruction on. So I think we can start

839
01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:58,020
with that but I mean but again it's always a collaborative approach. I just want to make an iron

840
01:06:58,020 --> 01:07:02,720
plan if we come to some consensus that they can start with that and anything else we can add will

841
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:07,900
still be available to us. That's all. Mr Chair. Ms Cox.

842
01:07:07,900 --> 01:07:12,280
as a follow-up. Thank you, Miss Smith. I think what you all said, I agree 100 percent.

843
01:07:12,580 --> 01:07:17,880
The strategic plan I was going to ask, when is it? When is our five-year strategic plan the

844
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:25,800
ending of the one that we have currently? It had been 2026 or 2027. So the end does it in the calendar

845
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:29,880
year, 2027, or the school year, 2627? Okay.

846
01:07:30,560 --> 01:07:34,120
So that's a huge task, too, for our district to staff.

847
01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:35,840
2020-27.

848
01:07:36,420 --> 01:07:38,440
So it's going to be here before we know it.

849
01:07:40,180 --> 01:07:43,380
So at the end of this school year, right?

850
01:07:43,820 --> 01:07:45,400
Mr. Sivrin, did it so are they?

851
01:07:45,400 --> 01:07:48,760
It's a staff already starting to work on that, or have you all even thought about that?

852
01:07:48,760 --> 01:07:51,680
I'm just curious, because I was thinking about that this week.

853
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:57,820
I mean, we've had internal discussions, but to your point, there's two things we're going to have to go to the

854
01:07:57,820 --> 01:08:03,760
We went through last year at the retreat, obviously, for next year and probably a much deeper level.

855
01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:08,920
And then, work on the strategic plan. There's not going to be enough time in the day to do both in the same day.

856
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,080
So I don't think it's going to have to be concurrent sessions.

857
01:08:12,900 --> 01:08:16,920
And just to matter of what your preference is, how do we attack it?

858
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:19,360
Can we attack the budget first?

859
01:08:19,540 --> 01:08:21,840
Should we attack the strategic plan first?

860
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:24,600
Either way, they both have to get done.

861
01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:25,580
Yeah, four-jane.

862
01:08:25,980 --> 01:08:27,120
Okay. Thank you.

863
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:33,020
So it's a five-year strategic plan, so that means I wasn't on the board when it was first done.

864
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:36,880
My question is, how does the board engage in the strategic planning process?

865
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:38,740
Typically.

866
01:08:40,480 --> 01:08:46,000
Well, in the past, I think we've just gotten, as you can look at the existing plan, and we've gotten feedback from you all,

867
01:08:46,060 --> 01:08:51,900
priorities that you have to make any type of adjustments to amendments or changes to the existing plan.

868
01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:55,140
Okay. It's a living document. You don't have to recreate the wheel necessarily.

869
01:08:55,140 --> 01:08:59,640
or you can, or we can go in a completely different direction.

870
01:09:00,480 --> 01:09:03,560
So I would just invite you all the kind of look through it.

871
01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:05,840
You know, our district well enough now.

872
01:09:05,860 --> 01:09:09,920
All of you are well burst in our district and the things that we do and what's in that plan.

873
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:15,840
And we can either tweak what already exists or we can come up with something completely different.

874
01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:19,220
It's just what your preference is, what our preference is.

875
01:09:19,740 --> 01:09:20,560
Thank you sir.

876
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:24,400
Any other new topics?

877
01:09:24,940 --> 01:09:25,380
Yes.

878
01:09:25,380 --> 01:09:26,000
Mr. Cox.

879
01:09:26,340 --> 01:09:32,540
Just as a follow-up to Ms. Guilanteur too, it's freeing with, and I know, Mr. McQueen was taking

880
01:09:32,540 --> 01:09:37,240
some notes, but is that something that, in Mr. Suferentine, I don't want to over-step,

881
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:41,580
because this is, this is Joel's purview, but can we get that list from Ms. Guilanteur

882
01:09:41,580 --> 01:09:44,380
and start working on those maintenance things that we're talked about?

883
01:09:44,380 --> 01:09:47,700
I know I'd already talked to you all about this freeing wood, her classroom.

884
01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:51,560
I got on that right away when I saw your email a while back.

885
01:09:51,560 --> 01:09:54,060
So the playground water fountain, of course,

886
01:09:54,220 --> 01:09:56,320
that is something I care greatly about.

887
01:09:56,580 --> 01:09:57,940
Those kids need water when they're outside.

888
01:09:58,440 --> 01:10:01,400
So if you can get that, Mr. McQueen, thank you very much.

889
01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:02,940
Thank you, Ms. Cox.

890
01:10:03,380 --> 01:10:05,300
Any other new topics?

891
01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:06,800
Yes.

892
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:08,000
Mr. Jones.

893
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,020
What, will we go into executive session?

894
01:10:11,180 --> 01:10:12,700
Who calls us into executive session?

895
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:13,840
She had the superintendent.

896
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:16,640
Either can call an executive session.

897
01:10:17,220 --> 01:10:18,700
A little of everything I've heard tonight,

898
01:10:18,940 --> 01:10:20,740
I'd be interested in executive session.

899
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:26,240
Mr. Chair.

900
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:27,200
Madam Attorney.

901
01:10:27,620 --> 01:10:33,640
There are for purposes of this board to major circumstances where you can call an executive

902
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:34,160
session.

903
01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:40,880
One is for bargaining and one when there is pending litigation and there is a certain

904
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:45,840
process you have to follow for pending litigation and I don't believe that we're talking

905
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:46,640
about that circumstance.

906
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:51,580
So the only other circumstance would be where there is a bargaining issue.

907
01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:54,720
So in that instance, generally speaking it's the superintendent

908
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:59,840
or through his bargaining team lead,

909
01:10:59,840 --> 01:11:01,580
who calls the executive session.

910
01:11:01,660 --> 01:11:04,100
So the executive sessions that you all have been in

911
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:05,380
have pertained to bargaining.

912
01:11:06,440 --> 01:11:09,380
So is that the subject of what you're looking for?

913
01:11:09,740 --> 01:11:11,040
Okay, well the superintendent,

914
01:11:11,220 --> 01:11:12,780
I'm sure has heard you.

915
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:14,740
Concerning that, maybe I would suggest

916
01:11:14,740 --> 01:11:17,120
that you have a more detailed conversation

917
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,500
with the superintendent about

918
01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:23,200
how it relates

919
01:11:23,200 --> 01:11:30,600
to bargaining and whether it's impacting current bargaining, or something that they're intending

920
01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:39,360
to take to the other side so that he can then call the executive session.

921
01:11:43,060 --> 01:11:43,800
Mr. Superintendent,

922
01:11:47,140 --> 01:11:52,020
Mr. Jen, would you say anyone will be noticed?

923
01:11:53,540 --> 01:11:57,960
You say anyone in executive session to talk some more about what we talked about the last

924
01:11:57,960 --> 01:12:04,540
several sessions. That's that's perfectly found and found and found and then everyone.

925
01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:06,320
Okay. Thank you.

926
01:12:08,740 --> 01:12:17,520
I have, is that it? So I have two, two things. One, there were a couple times that I

927
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:29,360
heard tonight that I'm assuming that because it was articulated from LESPA unit

928
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:40,620
employees, the 65 of 67 counties were 65 of 67, 65 of 67, and I know that the LESPA unit

929
01:12:40,620 --> 01:12:48,980
is an aggregate of a number of different professions. So what I was trying to grasp or get a hold of

930
01:12:48,980 --> 01:12:59,600
was, is it paraproals that's 55, 65 of 67, was it, you know, other units, is that an average

931
01:12:59,600 --> 01:13:03,360
of all pay within that bargaining unit?

932
01:13:03,620 --> 01:13:12,420
I did not understand the context of the 65 of 67 because, again, there are multiple professions

933
01:13:12,420 --> 01:13:13,960
within that bargaining unit.

934
01:13:14,020 --> 01:13:17,980
So I would like a little bit more clarity, it doesn't have to be tonight because it was just

935
01:13:17,980 --> 01:13:23,420
spoken about tonight, and I know you have to dig in and do some research, but I am curious

936
01:13:23,420 --> 01:13:32,360
to hear about, you know, the context of that 65, 65 of 67. Fair enough. Okay. Mr. Chair.

937
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:33,220
Mr. Jones.

938
01:13:33,380 --> 01:13:47,100
That's why I wanted an executive session because I put back information came to me.

939
01:13:47,100 --> 01:13:50,360
And we were 42, and then moving possibly to 15.

940
01:13:50,980 --> 01:13:53,820
But we had not had not heard a number of relative

941
01:13:53,820 --> 01:13:55,240
to the other bargaining units.

942
01:13:55,500 --> 01:13:57,620
And so with that, an executive session,

943
01:13:57,800 --> 01:13:59,180
I would hope that that would provide us

944
01:13:59,180 --> 01:14:00,920
with opportunity to get greater clarity

945
01:14:00,920 --> 01:14:03,960
on what will be the impact potentially for the other units.

946
01:14:04,440 --> 01:14:05,880
And so that's absolutely my question

947
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:07,580
because I'm thinking the same thing you're thinking.

948
01:14:07,740 --> 01:14:11,500
OK, because that 65 was the first time I had heard that.

949
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:13,260
And I'm not saying that it was entirely

950
01:14:13,260 --> 01:14:14,940
with give us intentionally with help.

951
01:14:14,940 --> 01:14:31,360
But knowing that, you know, you can't unsee that what you've seen, and you can't unknow that what is known and you can't unhere, that what you've heard, and so subsequently, as we would, I would hope that we would come together to have a conversation to find out the contents by which that I would, by which that happens.

952
01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:32,600
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

953
01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:34,400
And any potential remedy to the same?

954
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:35,640
Thank you, Mr. Jones.

955
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:37,160
Did you want to say something?

956
01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:44,800
We've had that conversation, and we can certainly have that conversation again, but I think, you know, we've talked about the impact.

957
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:51,920
that it would have on all three of the units in relation to how we on County ranks with

958
01:14:52,620 --> 01:14:55,460
all bargaining groups. We did have that conversation.

959
01:14:55,880 --> 01:14:59,980
Well, so we can certainly have it again. I want it. Well, then I want to make-

960
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,120
Make sure that whatever Mr. Jones is saying, we probably think in the same thing, I want to be very clear. Right? There are multiple, there are multiple professions within the Lespa bargaining unit. We have not heard from my recollection. We have not heard that the only thing that has come close to given us analytics on pay is the actual comp study.

961
01:15:30,240 --> 01:15:38,920
that's all that we've heard and there were some units in the comp study that average 85%

962
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:44,000
below or 15% but I can remember the number below the average salary for that particular

963
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:49,700
profession, right? Yeah, so let us to let us do some more information, do some more research

964
01:15:49,700 --> 01:15:54,240
and then we'll call the session and kind of walk through it there we go. All right, thank you so much.

965
01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:59,920
The last thing that I had for the new topics was I wanted to make sure that

966
01:16:00,000 --> 01:16:12,040
everyone is aware of October 2nd. October 2nd is our note October 1st. October 1st. Thursday

967
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:21,300
October 3rd that 530 colleagues I hope that you can join us as we do as we host the sixth annual

968
01:16:21,300 --> 01:16:30,500
Long-ish drive competition for Title I schools, I know that some six, seven years ago,

969
01:16:30,860 --> 01:16:35,360
Mr. Jones, maybe eight years ago, seven, I don't know how long you've been on the board.

970
01:16:35,780 --> 01:16:44,660
Eight, so it's seven years ago, Mr. Jones challenged the Big Bend Minority Chamber to do more for

971
01:16:44,660 --> 01:16:51,260
title one schools, thus they begin to give all of the proceeds, all of the net proceeds,

972
01:16:51,540 --> 01:16:57,180
two title one schools. And then a year later, I begin sharing the longest drive competition,

973
01:16:57,440 --> 01:17:04,660
which is an absolutely fun activity where principals of title one schools get to come out

974
01:17:04,660 --> 01:17:13,860
and recruit these wringers to come out and drop the ball to try to win the purse that

975
01:17:13,860 --> 01:17:32,940
is accumulated through sponsorships from our community partners, last year we implemented a different challenge where not only do they recruit ringers, but they also get an opportunity to hit the ball themselves for an additional prize and that was loads of fun.

976
01:17:32,940 --> 01:17:36,820
So I hope that our colleagues can join us,

977
01:17:37,400 --> 01:17:40,510
that day, it's gonna be at the,

978
01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:43,640
one of the golf clubs, the one,

979
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:46,920
the golf, the Southwood, Southwood,

980
01:17:46,920 --> 01:17:47,780
can never remember the name.

981
01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:49,840
So it's gonna be at Southwood at 530.

982
01:17:50,300 --> 01:17:52,760
We're gonna ask you guys to come at 515

983
01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:54,680
so we can take all the group pictures

984
01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:57,440
because on the first October 1st

985
01:17:57,440 --> 01:18:01,120
so that we can start at 530, Mr. Jones.

986
01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:08,060
Is this a chair or a business is still permitted to register their golf teams and stuff like that?

987
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:14,600
Yeah, businesses we still need golf teams, but we actually have sponsors that did not feel the team.

988
01:18:14,780 --> 01:18:24,020
So we also need golfers to come out because we have actually just as many, we have, I don't want to say, more sponsors.

989
01:18:24,020 --> 01:18:31,360
But we do have some sponsor teams that don't have actual golfers. So I know I'm a Smith

990
01:18:31,360 --> 01:18:38,640
year and I have a golfer if you want to fill the team. I don't know, but, you know,

991
01:18:38,820 --> 01:18:40,980
you got a good foot this year. You got a good foot this year. You're not in that

992
01:18:40,980 --> 01:18:50,140
scooter. Yeah. So we meet teams to play. So can you send us to some more information

993
01:18:50,140 --> 01:18:56,480
there's a flyer. Absolutely. And I would be remiss if I did not say that this year our

994
01:18:56,480 --> 01:19:01,800
celebrity golfer is Archie Griffin, two-time Heisman winner from the Ohio State

995
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:07,280
University. So he's going to be there on our longest drive and he's going to be there

996
01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:11,580
the next day for the actual golf tournament. So it is going to be a really fun event.

997
01:19:13,240 --> 01:19:16,700
All right. Any other new topics? Seeing none.