[0:43] >> can't just
[0:43] >> Good morning, everyone.
[0:46] Welcome to our SEPTEMBER.
[0:47] Already, SEPTEMBER first 2026
[0:51] school board workshop. We have
[0:55] a lot on our agenda today. I
[0:56] have no public comment sign up
[0:58] that I'm aware of. And that's
[1:01] ok. So we will go right on to
[1:06] item number 4 on the agenda.
[1:07] 4.1 is the Citizens Financial
[1:09] Audit Committee and we have
[1:10] MISTER Daniels with us, the
[1:12] chair of that committee with
[1:13] cell phone. I will turn it
[1:15] over to you all.
[1:16] >> Good morning, MADAM.
[1:19] CHAIRMAN Members. I understand
[1:21] you've got a very full agenda.
[1:22] So we're gonna try to move
[1:25] right We've been. Within 2
[1:25] days of our next meeting from
[1:28] the last meeting we've had so
[1:32] this basically tell you, we're
[1:32] going win over the report that
[1:34] you're going to hear from Rsm
[1:34] about and recommend your
[1:39] approval of them. We are
[1:41] looking it some other things
[1:42] as far as the plan for the
[1:44] rest of the year, there got
[1:45] letters put together will be
[1:49] reviewing on Thursday. That as
[1:50] the individual engagement
[1:51] letter for each of the
[1:53] programs, we're going to go
[1:55] into. They'll talk about that
[1:58] likely. Just to tell you
[1:59] what's there. We're going to
[2:00] be hopefully hearing on the
[2:03] status of the JUNE 30th audit
[2:06] from purpose. Gray. And then
[2:07] see what we can do to help
[2:11] move that long. Other than
[2:13] that, we'll be talking about
[2:17] that recurring issue of. Post
[2:18] reviews and trying to have
[2:23] some type organized protocol
[2:27] to follow up on those. We've
[2:29] been going back and forth just
[2:30] put some timelines in place.
[2:32] If you that's what we'll be
[2:33] there. Probably going to
[2:35] involve if it hits a certain
[2:37] length out. We're going to ask
[2:38] the superintendent or her
[2:38] representatives to come tell
[2:43] you about it. You just keep
[2:44] because it from what I've seen
[2:47] in my years here now it's
[2:47] going out that long are
[2:49] usually a good reason. But we
[2:53] need to hear from them. With
[2:54] that. I'm going to be quiet. I
[2:58] want to introduce Jack and
[2:59] they're going to take over.
[3:00] She's going to step over here
[3:03] and take Yeah, Well, it
[3:09] certainly makes you want
[3:20] >> Hello, everyone. I you
[3:21] again. Good morning to Good
[3:25] Okay. So like Jim just
[3:27] mentioned will be walking
[3:27] through the 2 reports today.
[3:31] Payroll in compensation and
[3:33] maintenance. These 2 reports
[3:35] are the final internal audit
[3:38] engagement for fiscal year.
[3:39] 26. So at the conclusion of
[3:42] today, our next steps are to
[3:43] start focusing on what comes
[3:46] next. And all briefly
[3:48] mentioned after Jack walking
[3:49] through payroll, which I'll
[3:50] bring up onto the screen and
[3:55] I'll hand it over to Jack.
[3:55] >> Perfect. Good morning,
[3:56] everyone. Good morning the
[3:57] microphone is working. So
[3:58] start with our payroll in
[4:02] compensation, internal audit
[4:05] put upon them.
[4:16] >> We can place or in the
[4:17] background checks on all this.
[4:21] And know that As an
[4:21] operational audit, we do
[4:24] provide a background section.
[4:24] Each of our reports have
[4:26] backgrounds intended let the
[4:27] reader understand in a little
[4:27] bit more depth. The
[4:30] complexities nature.
[4:31] >> The overall processes that
[4:33] are involved in the payroll in
[4:34] compensation procedures here
[4:34] at the district. It's
[4:35] informational. It's intended
[4:36] to provide a little bit of
[4:37] background to the actual
[4:42] internal audit port. In terms
[4:42] of what did we do? We did a
[4:44] number of things as it relates
[4:46] to the evaluation of the
[4:47] design and effectiveness of
[4:48] some of those processes. In
[4:50] the intro controlled
[4:51] environment, we looked at the
[4:53] process is related to employee
[4:54] salary approval, including
[4:55] challenge for both new
[4:56] employees and salary
[4:57] adjustments for existing
[4:59] employees. We looked at the
[5:00] monitoring and reporting
[5:03] processes related to payroll
[5:05] and compensation. We did
[5:07] detailed testing on a temple,
[5:08] 60 transactions across 30
[5:10] distinct employees that
[5:12] included both hourly and
[5:14] salaried employees. We looked
[5:15] at the supporting
[5:16] documentation agreeing to to
[5:17] source documents reconciling
[5:19] act. The system reviewing
[5:21] actual payments made over
[5:25] time. And we also look at
[5:25] statements and supplements
[5:28] across much as well. You'll
[5:30] know we did not have any
[5:31] reportable observations as it
[5:33] relates to this report across
[5:34] our testing. So wonderful
[5:36] story to be able to tell
[5:38] their. We did have one process
[5:40] improvement opportunity. The
[5:42] district has really
[5:43] incorporated a lot of
[5:44] automation and system
[5:45] capabilities as it relates the
[5:49] payroll function. There was a
[5:50] new vendor brought in to
[5:50] support the people staff
[5:53] system over the summer. With
[5:54] that new vendor coming in,
[5:56] maybe some fresh eyes on the
[5:57] system. We know it's been
[5:58] around for a while and there's
[5:58] been a lot of work that's gone
[6:01] into it. We feel that there
[6:03] MAY be an opportunity to
[6:03] continue to enhance that
[6:05] automation environment across
[6:08] the system. Our process
[6:09] improvement opportunity talks
[6:10] about the currently performed
[6:11] manually procedures of
[6:13] validating employee changes
[6:15] verification of supplemental
[6:18] pay. It is worth management
[6:19] consideration. Should the
[6:20] resources and time be
[6:24] available explore that
[6:25] automation in those final
[6:28] remaining manual pieces. But
[6:30] overall, very pleased with the
[6:30] results, a testament to
[6:33] management's commitment to
[6:34] very structured controlled
[6:38] process. There. Any questions
[6:39] is really it's up here on
[6:42] compensation. Either pass our
[6:46] scope of work or the results.
[6:47] I don't see new outrageous.
[6:48] Had someone up in here see who
[6:49] wants
[6:53] >> MR. Tatum.
[6:54] >> Thank you for your work.
[6:54] I'm not sure who could maybe
[6:59] this question. But you know,
[7:00] systems out there are products
[7:01] that you recommend to us to
[7:04] help all it. These. Processes
[7:05] that you're concerned about
[7:08] being done manually.
[7:10] >> I one of the reasons we
[7:12] categorize it as a process
[7:13] improvement opportunities and
[7:14] there's nothing inherently
[7:16] wrong with how things are
[7:17] being done those capabilities.
[7:19] MAY be k possibility within
[7:23] the existing system. There was
[7:25] certainly have to be
[7:26] integration with the people
[7:28] soft And so I don't
[7:31] necessarily off the top my
[7:32] head. I have an example of a
[7:32] specific product, but I can
[7:35] certainly value 8, some of
[7:36] those options and see if we
[7:38] have examples of what has been
[7:40] used automate some of those
[7:41] processes across our other
[7:44] clients are around the state.
[7:46] Off the top my head. I'm not
[7:47] sure it's something that's
[7:48] commonly done. So I think the
[7:49] district would be an industry
[7:50] leader in that full
[7:53] automation. If it's possible.
[7:55] >> Rose and thoughts on
[8:00] automating some of of I know I
[8:01] make human. There's only a
[8:02] little quick and at home in
[8:02] and the thing we can automate.
[8:05] Any thoughts on the yet?
[8:05] >> No, I agree any time that
[8:08] you Take out the chance for
[8:09] human error. Not only that,
[8:13] just the savings of time with
[8:14] your staff putting in annually
[8:18] would be a benefit. The
[8:19] payroll team has already
[8:20] started to look at this. They
[8:21] received this. So anything
[8:25] they're able to. Take away
[8:27] from the manual and plant.
[8:28] It's something they might be
[8:31] able to do. I know is as you
[8:32] all recall, we have a new
[8:33] service provider that we
[8:34] brought in starting this
[8:35] summer. And so some of those
[8:38] process improvements have been
[8:40] in conversation with anything
[8:41] as important as payroll, which
[8:42] is probably the most important
[8:44] thing that we do on a regular
[8:46] basis. We would want to
[8:47] practice something before we
[8:48] roll it out. Full scam. So
[8:51] that'll be a part of them. The
[8:53] procedures. I right in saying
[8:53] that you had conversations
[8:56] about this and yeah, and what
[8:57] we would be looking at the
[8:58] cost effectiveness to deceive
[9:00] but would be implemented.
[9:04] >> Like some of these things
[9:05] annual their unique
[9:06] compensation strategies. You
[9:07] Mike MAY be extra pay for
[9:09] duty. That kind of a thing.
[9:14] That's not something that's
[9:15] then already formulated into
[9:17] the system integrated into the
[9:17] system already. So we would
[9:21] look at at the benefits of
[9:23] being able to figure out how
[9:26] and the need to be able to.
[9:27] Create that modification to
[9:31] see if it. Fit within that
[9:33] priorities or like he had said
[9:37] the manual might be the more
[9:38] cost effective or efficient
[9:39] use of time. But will that
[9:39] we're definitely looking into
[9:43] that because it would. But if
[9:43] this, if it's Adam and you
[9:44] still have to check, it's
[9:47] automated, that kind of a
[9:48] thing, any improvement in the
[9:51] efficiency of time. But the
[9:52] labor is definitely
[9:58] beneficial.
[9:59] >> Understand all those things
[9:59] come with a cost the cost
[10:00] benefit analysis. Okay. Great.
[10:02] Thank you looking So I.
[10:03] >> Just from my experience in
[10:05] peril from. Time. Cards being
[10:09] punched, dot clock. And that's
[10:11] the truth to counting every
[10:13] hour to the quarter. Our to
[10:15] the U.S. Some even to the.
[10:20] Hour. We've come a long way
[10:24] and the payroll I don't think
[10:26] that we ever go to 100%
[10:30] automated. There's just no way
[10:31] just from emergencies that
[10:33] come up people need to take
[10:39] off. Leave of absence or or
[10:41] sickness or family issue.
[10:41] There's just no way you could
[10:44] ever on a mate payroll 100%.
[10:47] So I would never expect that
[10:47] there's always going to be a
[10:50] job in payroll adjustments
[10:53] that have to be done manually.
[10:54] You just can't scan your badge
[10:59] and say here just my time I
[11:00] believe that capability of
[11:01] doing that wouldn't be an
[11:04] option either sell. We can get
[11:07] as automated as we want. But
[11:08] there's always going to be a
[11:11] human behind the same fixing
[11:13] those even automated errors.
[11:16] So I I commend what we do
[11:18] right now. It's gone a long
[11:20] way from when I first started
[11:22] paying attention peril.
[11:24] Probably 8 years ago, 10 years
[11:29] ago to where we are now. So I.
[11:31] I think whatever they found
[11:34] very minimal. The was. 6, 8,
[11:37] years ago. So anyway, thank
[11:38] you. I just wanted to put that
[11:41] in MR. Kennedy.
[11:41] >> Get real Quick. Thank you,
[11:42] MADAM Chair. Just want to
[11:44] follow up on superintendent
[11:44] presence comment just as a
[11:47] reminder that we did switch
[11:50] providers to metaphor over the
[11:51] summer. And just anecdotally,
[11:53] I thank the board for making
[11:54] that going through that
[11:55] process and making that change
[11:57] approved change just
[11:58] anecdotally tickets are
[12:00] getting turned around faster.
[12:02] You know, just the whole the
[12:05] whole process is moving a lot
[12:06] clearer. And MADAM Chair, to
[12:09] your point with. The number of
[12:12] employees, we have the number
[12:13] of employee calendars we you
[12:15] know, hopefully in an upcoming
[12:16] meeting here will be approving
[12:20] the. The the contracts for ar
[12:21] Perez and things like that
[12:25] have to be gone in and you
[12:27] it's as you said, it's just
[12:28] not words. Probably never
[12:30] going to the full automation,
[12:31] but but we're definitely
[12:32] closer now than we were a year
[12:35] ago. So I should say where.
[12:36] Things are running a lot
[12:38] smoother than they were a year
[12:39] ago. So that's a step in the
[12:40] right direction. And that's a
[12:41] credit to the team up there.
[12:42] >> And your point, if I can
[12:47] dialogue every year. There's
[12:48] always the bargaining and the
[12:50] changes to the scales and all
[12:52] that nation can under that. If
[12:53] just now wait a little
[12:55] different. Details are a
[12:56] little different. Can take
[12:57] that number. Flip it all the
[12:59] way across The system, the
[13:00] somebody else to put that
[13:02] number in there as Anyway, I
[13:03] commend the payroll department
[13:08] for all of the the hours some
[13:09] headaches, I'm to get through
[13:11] this cycle. So we appreciate
[13:19] you. The maintenance, perfect.
[13:21] That concludes our hearing.
[13:22] Competition report next will
[13:23] be our maintenance work
[13:23] orders.
[13:42] >> Report. Figure book.
[13:43] >> Once U.S. Looks like it's
[13:45] working now to scroll down,
[13:52] then to the executive summary.
[13:53] >> Within the maintenance work
[13:54] order procedures, we evaluated
[13:56] a number of things. We look at
[13:57] the procedures for submitting
[13:59] authorizing work request
[14:00] district-wide, including
[14:01] evaluating which district
[14:03] personnel can initiate work.
[14:05] Order and what information is
[14:07] required actually create a
[14:07] work order and how that flows
[14:10] to system. We looked at the
[14:12] process for prioritizing in
[14:14] assigning were quarter. And so
[14:15] once it's been received, that
[14:17] information collected, how do
[14:18] we triage that the appropriate
[14:19] personnel to get something
[14:20] completed as quickly and that
[14:23] sufficiently as possible?
[14:25] Looked at the utilization of
[14:27] the work order system,
[14:28] internal performance
[14:29] monitoring. So what metrics
[14:31] are holding ourselves
[14:32] accountable to what our
[14:32] performance goals reporting is
[14:36] available to management. We
[14:36] perform detailed testing over
[14:39] a sample of work orders
[14:40] looking at compliance with
[14:40] district policies and
[14:44] procedures. And testing of
[14:46] sorts documents. The scene
[14:48] that bottom right hand corner.
[14:49] We did have 5 total
[14:49] observations, 3 high risk and
[14:52] to moderate risks. Those
[14:53] observations can be
[14:57] categorized across 2 primaries
[15:00] areas. The first is going to
[15:01] be the manual procedures that
[15:02] are performed and the effect
[15:02] that has on the efficiencies
[15:06] to the system. The second will
[15:06] be across the defined
[15:10] expectations. What is our
[15:11] performance standards? How are
[15:12] we documenting the
[15:13] expectations of various
[15:17] personnel district-wide? And
[15:20] Survation 1, 2, 3, really
[15:22] capture that system
[15:25] limitation. There's a lot of
[15:27] paper involved in the process
[15:28] whether collection of
[15:28] receipts, when we have to go
[15:30] out and buy materials for
[15:32] parts. Well, that it's the
[15:34] actual printing of the work
[15:34] order and in and it's
[15:35] information and handing it off
[15:38] to a technician to attach a
[15:39] clipboard in going to cite
[15:40] document their work orders,
[15:44] write things down. Lot of
[15:46] manual entry. That results
[15:48] delays. It MAY result in
[15:48] missing documents the
[15:49] occasional last receipt. And
[15:50] we saw that within our
[15:55] testing. The information that
[15:57] is within the system is
[15:58] relative 8 has incomplete or
[16:02] inaccurate as that information
[16:03] is being input into this
[16:05] system. What is collected if
[16:05] we're not writing something
[16:06] down on those people were
[16:08] quarters. It's not being
[16:09] manually input into the system
[16:12] as a system of record. As a
[16:14] result of that, we do see
[16:16] instances management's ability
[16:19] to monitor overall performance
[16:20] and service expectations is
[16:21] limited because the
[16:22] information just MAY not be
[16:25] there. The system itself
[16:27] doesn't have required fields.
[16:29] So if someone isn't real
[16:31] go-getter, you know, maybe we
[16:32] just MISS Something. It
[16:33] doesn't spit it back at you
[16:34] and say, hey, please make sure
[16:35] we complete everything so that
[16:36] we have it for future
[16:40] reference. That's in line with
[16:42] some of the expectations that
[16:43] we do currently have
[16:46] opportunity to continue to
[16:47] enhance the standard operating
[16:47] procedures. Observation
[16:48] details. These are things that
[16:51] we do. These are things that
[16:52] we expect from our personnel,
[16:54] but we MAY not have that
[16:55] written down as a standard
[16:55] operating procedure to hold
[16:59] ourselves accountable to. The
[17:00] final system capability that
[17:02] has opportunity. And we've
[17:04] seen successfully implemented
[17:06] at other districts is warranty
[17:08] management. Lot of
[17:08] institutional knowledge, a lot
[17:09] of expertise within the
[17:10] maintenance operation here at
[17:14] the district. What we're
[17:15] reliant on to monitor some of
[17:16] these warranties that maybe
[17:19] it's fine to before we go and
[17:21] replace a roof, replace an
[17:23] hvac system. We need to ask
[17:24] ourselves, is this under
[17:27] warranty? And typically that
[17:28] falls into supervisors
[17:31] expertise, I remember having
[17:32] replace. It's just a year ago.
[17:35] It should be under warranty.
[17:36] There's certainly capability
[17:38] to enhance the system to track
[17:39] those things and provide
[17:40] automated updates, whether
[17:40] that's in the preventative
[17:43] maintenance field. So
[17:44] maintaining a roof point. Do
[17:46] we know we need to inspect its
[17:48] a once a year? So having an
[17:49] automated reminder to go do
[17:50] that preventative maintenance
[17:54] to maintain that, won't he is
[17:55] a system capability again that
[17:57] we've seen implemented
[17:57] elsewhere, that the district,
[17:59] his yacht not yet implemented,
[18:00] but we believe we understand
[18:00] to be a capability of the
[18:04] current operating system. Now,
[18:05] those quick summary of all 5
[18:08] observations. I know it is a
[18:09] packed agenda. Answer, any
[18:10] detailed questions that there
[18:10] MAY be.
[18:14] >> I am a network. Lee. First
[18:17] question. Is just to the
[18:20] superintendent. Some of the
[18:21] southern. He said already have
[18:22] received some of this.
[18:26] >> So
[18:26] >> before I ask any questions,
[18:30] I would ask. Is there anything
[18:32] that has already been started
[18:33] in correcting some of this
[18:37] before? I asked a couple of my
[18:38] questions. Absolutely. I mean,
[18:39] why repeat if you're going to
[18:40] say you're right, right, and
[18:43] thank you for that
[18:44] opportunity.
[18:45] >> And so when you look at the
[18:47] 5 noted findings, I would say
[18:47] that.
[18:49] >> First, we'll all of them
[18:53] could be solved if we had a
[18:55] stronger standard operating
[18:56] procedure, right? So I would
[18:57] say even though that is listed
[19:00] as moderate, it certainly
[19:01] drives this a whole process it
[19:04] needs to be a digital standard
[19:05] operating procedure. And so
[19:07] where we get lost is using an
[19:08] and I understand we have
[19:09] workers out in the fields
[19:15] using the paper because it's
[19:16] easier than dragging a device
[19:19] with you. But that takes away
[19:20] our ability to prioritize and
[19:22] to really track and better
[19:26] monitor all of our systems. So
[19:26] the team has already started
[19:27] working on a standard
[19:31] operating procedure. That is
[19:32] digital that would then
[19:34] contain information related to
[19:36] more intense. Well within that
[19:36] system. So we're not just
[19:37] relying on the knowledge that
[19:39] our people have. And we have a
[19:40] very skilled set of
[19:42] individuals who work on these
[19:44] teams. But we know that
[19:47] systems work better when they
[19:49] have that automated feature to
[19:51] him. And we've also are
[19:54] looking and our strategic plan
[19:56] for a kpi directly tied to
[19:57] this. That would go into
[20:00] Benchmark. 1004.2, an order to
[20:03] really allocate all of our
[20:04] resources effectively. We need
[20:05] to make sure that we're
[20:06] watching that as we do a great
[20:08] job and other systems that we
[20:08] have in the district of
[20:12] maintaining those work orders.
[20:12] I can tell you, Scott Hansen
[20:17] does not lead it. Computer get
[20:18] touched without a reporter and
[20:22] then he's able to tell us what
[20:24] happened. But the result was
[20:25] how many work orders are
[20:25] completed. And that's good
[20:29] data that we need to determine
[20:31] all all of our systems related
[20:33] to technology. And so using
[20:35] what we know is working in one
[20:35] department and transferring it
[20:38] over and training our teams is
[20:40] what I know. MR. Clarke and
[20:43] Missus are already working on
[20:46] to make this a better system.
[20:47] They are not happy. We're not
[20:51] happy with the results that we
[20:52] see here. And so the quest to
[20:53] make it better is already
[20:53] begun and we will make it
[20:56] better.
[20:58] >> One of the so obviously,
[21:01] you know, You answered a
[21:04] couple things for But the one
[21:04] question
[21:09] >> I had is and I know, look.
[21:09] >> Seems like a lot. This is
[21:13] obviously manual labor.
[21:13] Whatever. And I think the
[21:14] digit digital board, they have
[21:15] not patter something like that
[21:16] out there and going through
[21:18] and making sure there's like,
[21:20] you know, the Asterix says you
[21:20] have to fill this portion
[21:21] outright. Think we do all of,
[21:23] you know, with everything
[21:25] filling up. But other question
[21:26] obviously they're dealing
[21:28] with.
[21:30] >> a lot of
[21:30] >> were cornered me through
[21:33] what?
[21:35] >> You know, this system that
[21:38] we have. How how many schools?
[21:42] Devices, you know? I mean,
[21:42] thousands and thousands of
[21:44] different things going on.
[21:47] Guess my question is. And you
[21:47] MAY not in the of your head
[21:51] and that's fine. We staffed
[21:54] properly, right? They do. We
[21:55] do. We have the right making a
[21:56] mess in the right up enough.
[21:58] Staff is my I'm not in the
[21:59] right people say do we have
[22:03] enough? Because if one, you
[22:04] know, if there's if there's
[22:05] one leader that has all these
[22:07] technicians are needed to get
[22:09] a check, is that really even
[22:11] feasible? So I guess some of
[22:12] that and some of that in
[22:13] automation is going to help
[22:14] with that. There's no
[22:15] question. But that was really
[22:18] my question going to be. Do we
[22:20] feel like we're staff? They're
[22:21] appropriately. We need to have
[22:24] more help there. I know. No,
[22:26] we don't have enough
[22:27] technicians and things like
[22:29] that ever happened to
[22:30] outsource that out, right?
[22:31] Which is a whole nother
[22:33] because obviously can control
[22:35] process is when it's your own
[22:38] people, right? You so what
[22:41] amount of staff is what? But
[22:44] my question So I'm.
[22:48] >> Now this covered from 2024.
[22:49] Through, I think APRIL and 26
[22:51] right. I can tell you that our
[22:53] staffing is stronger than in
[22:55] 2024, efforts have helped in
[22:59] that regard as to retaining
[23:00] our staff and filling those
[23:03] positions. It's still not
[23:05] where we wanted to be. We
[23:05] always are running in
[23:07] vacancies. And yes, that does
[23:11] contribute to the ability to
[23:12] properly track because we end
[23:15] up with weather is contracted
[23:16] worker an employee who
[23:16] stretched thinner than we
[23:20] would like them to be. Going
[23:22] to the manual work order just
[23:23] to quickly accomplish the task
[23:24] to provide what we need to to
[23:24] keep first rules moving
[23:28] forward. Has been the
[23:28] priority. And I appreciate
[23:32] that from the team. But now
[23:32] that our staffing is becoming
[23:33] a little bit more stabilized
[23:34] and we've been able to make
[23:36] adjustments and working
[23:38] through bargaining units to
[23:40] help raise our salaries to
[23:41] competitive level. Hopefully
[23:45] now we can get Digital
[23:45] procedure out there and works
[23:50] efficiently. No financial
[23:53] thing, MR. Kennedy.
[23:54] >> Thank Jack. I just want to
[23:55] be clear about the overall
[24:00] theme of this report is that
[24:00] those findings here or
[24:01] observations? Excuse me,
[24:03] there's Survation, but the
[24:04] nature of the observations is
[24:06] that we could do things more
[24:07] efficiently not that there was
[24:11] any kind of fiscal risk or
[24:11] equipment or money walking out
[24:12] the door. It was just we can
[24:13] be more efficient departments
[24:16] that correct? I would
[24:17] categorize as crack. Yeah.
[24:17] Absolutely. As an operational
[24:20] audit, we try and capture
[24:21] that.
[24:21] >> Continued progress.
[24:22] Continued efficiency
[24:25] development through our panic
[24:27] switch has our recommendations
[24:28] in there. We tried to lay out
[24:29] a road map for management to
[24:32] say this is how things can be
[24:32] prioritized as it relates to
[24:36] each of our recommendations as
[24:37] relates to efficiency, there's
[24:38] always going to be pass
[24:39] component to that. Whether
[24:40] it's labor, if it takes us 2
[24:41] hours when it should take us
[24:44] one. There is an intrinsic
[24:47] pasta that but I I think we're
[24:48] talking in the nature this
[24:49] report more about how can we
[24:50] continue to make things better
[24:52] and build on the existing
[24:54] nation that we have right?
[24:56] Yeah, I you know, from been a
[24:57] while since district spent in
[25:00] this. In this posture. But,
[25:01] you know, people say, oh, and
[25:02] there's a there's a red
[25:05] observation on the report and
[25:06] to ps the for many years ago,
[25:07] people oh, my GOD, you know,
[25:09] we've got we've got to read
[25:10] the we've got a high risk
[25:12] observations. I just want to
[25:14] be clear, the nature of the
[25:16] nature of the risk. This is
[25:16] not this is not money or
[25:18] inventory. Walking out the
[25:18] door.
[25:19] >> This is just we can improve
[25:21] our process chair Yes, sir, I
[25:26] would. Say that the reason
[25:27] this is a high priority, MR.
[25:30] Kennedy is. Without the
[25:31] controls. You don't know
[25:32] whether you're being efficient
[25:35] or not. And without the data
[25:36] to be able to evaluate it. You
[25:39] don't know if you're using
[25:40] your staff efficiently and if
[25:41] you're hitting the right
[25:44] priorities need to be hit. You
[25:45] also when you are short of
[25:46] staff becomes even more
[25:49] critical to have that because
[25:50] those priorities don't go
[25:51] away. But if you've got only a
[25:51] certain number of bodies that
[25:55] can deal with it. The other
[25:56] thing that I picked up out of
[25:59] this is we're not tracking.
[25:59] Service requirements to
[26:04] maintain warranties. So if
[26:05] it's got an air conditioner
[26:06] that says we're supposed to
[26:06] maintain and do these
[26:07] procedures every 6 months and
[26:10] we're not. And it breaks
[26:10] you're looking at a very
[26:14] expensive proposition. And so
[26:15] the thing that we're talking
[26:17] about this and I've had a lot
[26:18] of experience in the
[26:19] maintenance and facilities
[26:22] area. We worried about things
[26:24] walking out the door. We
[26:24] worried about that and we're
[26:26] very satisfied that it's not
[26:29] happening. But at the same
[26:31] token with huge number of air
[26:34] conditioners, computers and
[26:34] everything that this district
[26:38] has. We've got to get better
[26:39] focused on what we're doing,
[26:42] how we're doing it and having
[26:43] a systematic plan. I can tell
[26:44] you even on my church, we've
[26:48] got 115 air conditioners. And
[26:49] putting chart together. This
[26:50] is when it was when the
[26:55] warranty was done and getting
[26:56] love doing that because we
[26:57] have a situation where this is
[27:02] huge and services. And it
[27:03] anybody trying to do anything
[27:03] wrong. But you just didn't
[27:06] have a system in place to keep
[27:12] So as funds become more.
[27:12] Scarce as we look certain
[27:13] propositions being voted on
[27:16] and the attitudes of some of
[27:18] the voters. We've got to be
[27:19] much more efficient and much
[27:22] more focused on. Are we
[27:23] getting everything we can out
[27:24] of it? And I would ask you to
[27:25] take that away from this more
[27:28] than anything else. It says
[27:31] its management it and it's not
[27:32] that you don't have good
[27:32] managers. It's like we don't
[27:35] have the particles in the
[27:35] system for them to and it's
[27:37] becoming the more we grow.
[27:40] More critical it becomes.
[27:41] Because year is really if
[27:44] you're If you're Hoping to
[27:48] have. Institutional memory.
[27:49] You lose that when somebody
[27:51] leaves. If it's not written
[27:54] down, it didn't happen. And a
[27:55] lot of stuff is not written
[27:55] down is not in the system is
[27:58] not law. Does not. And I would
[28:00] ask you take that away from I
[28:02] appreciate the heads up the
[28:06] perspective. Thank you. To MR.
[28:09] CHAIRMAN. Thank you for that
[28:13] perspective. My mic on.
[28:15] >> Here a couple nearby. So
[28:19] aircraft speaking of aircraft.
[28:20] I kind of disagree with you,
[28:22] MR. Kennedy and the
[28:24] >> if the faa came in and and
[28:25] we were running an airline.
[28:29] And we have this report.
[28:29] >> Instead of just, you know,
[28:30] picking their conditioning
[28:31] systems tools, they would shut
[28:33] us down. Okay. And this has
[28:38] been area. I'm glad to see
[28:38] that you're working on
[28:40] PRESIDENT Iran and then that
[28:41] we've had these conversations
[28:42] I had with the law
[28:44] superintendent lot of times
[28:45] when people ask if we have
[28:46] kind of school system that we
[28:48] say, we have a very good
[28:50] school system. If this could
[28:51] get it consider saying we have
[28:54] a great school system because
[28:58] this is just not. Who we
[29:00] should be as the were better
[29:01] than this, right. Let put it
[29:02] that way. I know we can do
[29:03] better. And I know PRESIDENT
[29:04] Is working on getting better
[29:08] and and we just have to get
[29:11] better besides the because
[29:11] when applying planes around,
[29:15] you know, it well, they are
[29:15] Jen doesn't get fixed for like
[29:16] 10 You know, no one's gonna
[29:20] die right? Or there's a
[29:21] flickering lights. You know, I
[29:22] remember one thing I saw I
[29:25] went to school and there was
[29:26] player and there was I was
[29:27] getting tour by the principal
[29:31] and there's the there are some
[29:32] lights there. For whether life
[29:32] play at night, I don't know.
[29:34] But anyway, so start talking
[29:39] with Jim Future. And the first
[29:40] of all, the columns were
[29:43] rusted on the play area and
[29:44] walked over there as it was
[29:45] like, oh, like MISTER Tatum
[29:46] goes look on the likes what's
[29:49] happened. Is they come on the
[29:50] go right off, right for those
[29:52] shorter something up there.
[29:53] And I asked I said how long
[29:55] that been like that? He
[29:58] although month year, something
[30:00] like that and not trying to be
[30:01] too critical, but we have to
[30:01] get some of the stuff out on
[30:06] the table. The process is not
[30:07] where it needs to be enough.
[30:10] I'm glad to see that the
[30:11] standing operating procedures
[30:12] and what we might call a
[30:13] checklist in the aviation
[30:13] order is really what we need
[30:14] here to bring this up to
[30:18] speed, to really move us from
[30:18] good to great. And I really
[30:20] appreciate what you said
[30:22] about. You know, we've talked
[30:22] about you've heard me talk
[30:23] about proactive versus
[30:28] reactive maintenance and over
[30:29] ruling out there doing a
[30:29] reactive maintenance, the
[30:30] republic costing ourselves
[30:33] money in the long run. My not
[30:34] having a more proactive system
[30:35] being more on top of this. But
[30:39] we are okay. By I really try
[30:39] to emphasize that because this
[30:42] is probably be if we can get
[30:44] this fixed before, you know, I
[30:45] leave for at least we're
[30:46] moving. This is great. We're
[30:47] moving in the right direction
[30:48] of prime up the board. I will
[30:49] consider have accomplished
[30:51] something that matters. Well,
[30:52] i was on the board because I
[30:53] think this really move us.
[30:54] Birds being a really great
[30:59] school system. I do have one
[31:01] question on Page Please
[31:03] probably missed
[31:07] >> There's a concerning the
[31:07] first thought. There's a good
[31:08] on the observation area.
[31:12] There's a that's a concerning
[31:12] bullet. Probably a good
[31:16] explanation for it. But says a
[31:18] report on vendors and for the
[31:19] period of one to like 2024
[31:25] through 9 APRIL 2026. About
[31:26] 77 million, 600,000 dollars of
[31:28] maintenance and operations.
[31:30] And however, a report very
[31:33] specific to work order costs
[31:35] allocated expenditure of 100.
[31:36] And 26.2, 5, 8 million
[31:38] indicating that worker report
[31:40] carries or incorrectly
[31:41] allocating costs that we're
[31:46] not actually And if I the map.
[31:47] Real quickly on a piece of
[31:48] paper that about 45 49 million
[31:50] dollars. Of a difference
[31:57] between. What was what and
[31:58] showed that and what cost
[32:02] allocation was. Since earning.
[32:02] But again, I'm not down in the
[32:03] weeds what happened here, but
[32:04] maybe somebody could explain
[32:07] that different than is that a
[32:10] problem or that some
[32:11] accounting error or is there a
[32:12] process here that's really
[32:12] broken or what's going on? But
[32:14] I think a large part the
[32:17] process of the 126,000 in work
[32:18] that didn't actually make it
[32:18] over into the people saw
[32:22] system sometimes some
[32:25] something gets put in or
[32:25] duplicated or it's not
[32:26] something the actually gets
[32:27] chargeable, then they don't go
[32:28] back and clean those.
[32:30] >> That information up
[32:33] Definitely the 77, you know,
[32:35] sorry, million that made it
[32:38] into the people. Stop. Was
[32:40] good and paid for that kind of
[32:42] a thing. It's the piece on the
[32:44] other side in this manual
[32:45] system that needs to be looked
[32:47] at and reworked as as they
[32:48] said to be addressed and
[32:49] someone to take some time to
[32:52] go back in. Somebody opened up
[32:52] something that was actually
[32:55] not a chargeable project or if
[32:56] somebody put something into
[32:59] times, they need to clean it
[33:01] up. Like when we close the
[33:01] financials at year end,
[33:02] there's a lot of cleanup with
[33:04] purchase orders and everything
[33:06] counts. Something like this
[33:06] maintenance for Porter doesn't
[33:10] get to see that kind of
[33:12] process. So that's something
[33:12] that would be going into to be
[33:15] able sure that.
[33:18] >> talk about automation,
[33:19] other I'm hopeful that there's
[33:21] motivation opportunities. In
[33:25] this area is the company night
[33:26] are there other companies that
[33:28] are that can help us with
[33:31] this? Any thoughts on how we
[33:32] >> So of MISTER Clerk, if you
[33:35] want to talk about the art. If
[33:37] you want to talk about more
[33:43] quarter system
[33:44] >> You can sit hold kind of
[33:47] holding I'm old enough to last
[33:49] because this is kind of where
[33:50] come from. So but I want to
[33:50] hear from everyone else before
[33:56] I go South. I don't know if
[33:58] you want to let him talk
[33:59] because Ms Skelton is on the
[33:59] board. I have a protocol
[34:02] question as well. So you want
[34:03] to hear one them personal.
[34:06] Okay. Okay. Go ahead, MR.
[34:07] Carr.
[34:08] >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. So
[34:11] for the opportunities. Yes. So
[34:11] now we're looking at
[34:12] automating a lot of our system
[34:16] working with Meta, a
[34:17] maintenance provider has some
[34:17] experience with doing this
[34:19] with another district. We
[34:22] believe that will help us
[34:23] tremendously what been able to
[34:24] maintain the system and make
[34:27] sure it's accurate. And we're
[34:28] following up with those loose
[34:30] details you know, the team
[34:32] has. I've been looking at
[34:36] this. Since the soup put us.
[34:40] On this task. You know, we're
[34:41] monitoring the data, making
[34:44] sure we have our following all
[34:44] those details. But the
[34:46] automation peace will be
[34:47] critical to helping get over
[34:49] that hump. So talking to the
[34:51] team here in the back as we
[34:53] were hearing some of this we
[34:57] do have systems in place,
[34:58] right? Preventable
[34:58] preventative maintenance
[34:59] systems and things of that
[35:03] nature. We could be better,
[35:03] right? So not going to sit say
[35:07] we can't be better. But the
[35:07] team is looking at all those
[35:08] those pieces in looking to
[35:12] bring that forward. We have a
[35:12] kpi the wing for to you will
[35:13] be monitoring. You'll be able
[35:15] to see let's make a pace in
[35:19] those areas. Staffing has been
[35:20] little bit of a concern that
[35:23] the suit said, you know, we're
[35:24] better than we have been. And
[35:25] some of those areas thankful
[35:28] to the board to proven us
[35:29] raising some of the salaries
[35:31] for electricians and plumbers
[35:34] and things of that nature. So
[35:35] we'll continue get better in
[35:40] this area.
[35:40] >> Go ahead and since. I do
[35:41] have a protocol question.
[35:42] You're sitting right here.
[35:47] Insist time for that one. So
[35:49] is there going to be
[35:50] electronic I mean, this is
[35:51] look a lot for electronic
[35:53] system in place for teachers
[35:54] and staff to submit requests
[35:57] because it was always a hay.
[35:58] You know, the lights are out
[35:59] in my classroom. And I'm gonna
[36:01] call. You know, I'm gonna call
[36:04] the front office is then going
[36:05] to call the head custodian.
[36:05] Who's then going to come look
[36:06] at it and who's then going to
[36:07] go away and then hopefully
[36:08] come back in 24 hours and fix
[36:09] it. So, you know, there's a
[36:13] way to. Summit something like
[36:16] Little tab in mind. Giants
[36:18] spread of tabs on like my
[36:19] computer to click and say,
[36:20] hey, I have a maintenance
[36:21] requests than it goes wherever
[36:24] it needs to go so that your
[36:24] gym teacher can put in that
[36:27] request or so that, you know,
[36:28] the teacher sitting in the
[36:29] classroom who doesn't have
[36:30] time to go run down the home,
[36:33] find the custodian, say, hey.
[36:34] You know, this light went out
[36:35] and or its flickering and
[36:36] driving me nuts or all the
[36:37] sudden, you know, this is not
[36:42] working that way. It gets
[36:43] processed faster versus
[36:44] relaying messages all the way
[36:46] around campus before gets
[36:49] where it needs to for you. I
[36:50] will take that in
[36:50] consideration. We hadn't
[36:52] gotten to that point to this
[36:54] point. What we've done is
[36:56] we've really spent a lot more
[36:59] time in training. Our head
[37:00] custodians.
[37:01] >> At the middle and
[37:02] elementary level level and
[37:06] high school plant managers be
[37:09] more proactive and some of the
[37:10] things making sure they're
[37:10] doing walks and documenting
[37:11] what's happening on campus.
[37:15] >> Sending those reports, 2
[37:16] maintenance so that we have
[37:17] that record there. We can
[37:18] follow up on that in, for
[37:19] instance, if there's a work
[37:24] order that was Putin. In the
[37:25] system, this head custodian
[37:28] consent, something this report
[37:30] 2 maintenance on the backside
[37:32] as another check so that we
[37:36] can follow up whatever the
[37:37] concern is. So we're putting
[37:38] taken steps. So a lot of major
[37:42] steps this You'll see that
[37:43] come forward. But the key to
[37:44] that will be those head
[37:47] custodians on those campuses
[37:47] because they're, you know,
[37:49] monitor not walking the
[37:50] campus. Also bringing an
[37:52] assistant principal, the
[37:53] superintendent kind of change.
[37:56] Some of our ways of work for
[37:58] assistant principals for this
[37:58] year. We have a peel the
[38:01] curriculum of ap over
[38:03] operation, so to in a straight
[38:04] of assistant principal at the
[38:06] high school level. So those
[38:10] people along with you are
[38:11] whoever in charge of the area
[38:13] along with that head
[38:14] custodian, each campus working
[38:15] hand in hand with our
[38:15] maintenance department will
[38:17] take us to that next level. So
[38:18] that's something we'll be
[38:21] looking is always looking out
[38:22] How did from personal
[38:23] experience that they do? I
[38:25] call the head custodian. Do I
[38:25] let you know the one comes in
[38:26] my classroom now?
[38:29] >> Because they don't. When I
[38:30] walked the campus, they don't
[38:31] get to go into everything and
[38:32] see what it is that I might
[38:35] have going wrong. But we want
[38:37] them to be that first point of
[38:38] contact with it MAY be
[38:39] something could still you can
[38:41] handle very easily on their
[38:43] hand. So so we'll kind kind of
[38:44] work to make communicate know,
[38:46] where to go. Just who like
[38:51] that smoke. Peyton. So know
[38:55] you guys
[38:56] >> We're working hard with on
[38:57] this network with all of for
[38:57] years. I've been on the board
[39:01] and I got give kind of like a
[39:03] philosophical thought. Here is
[39:04] that one question. We might
[39:06] want to ask yourself is other
[39:09] we get here and maybe some of
[39:10] the man in the all that long,
[39:11] this has been going on for
[39:14] years. But it is a good
[39:15] question how did get ourselves
[39:18] to the point where, you know,
[39:22] got all that and all of the
[39:22] would you pull assessments
[39:23] that I've seen of the audits
[39:26] that I've seen? I've never
[39:27] seen something like this in
[39:28] this school district, right?
[39:29] So questions like how did we
[39:33] get here? And then so then you
[39:33] when you ask that question,
[39:36] you think, well, how we not
[39:36] get here again? And that might
[39:38] apply in other areas, whether
[39:39] it's finance or whether
[39:40] operations in other areas. And
[39:41] the thing that out for
[39:42] everybody is and what you
[39:47] happened. Through big and see
[39:48] new AirPods leadership
[39:48] positions and then during
[39:50] worship education. Is that one
[39:50] when senior leaders are too
[39:54] focused? On the daily
[39:55] operations and the people, one
[40:00] of them are not. Being
[40:01] proactive in bringing problems
[40:02] up and you end up having to
[40:02] spend a lot of your time just
[40:06] looking down into the. Into
[40:07] your operation going to go fix
[40:10] that. Go to that fix that what
[40:12] tells me and I could be wrong.
[40:14] But general experiences that
[40:15] somebody below your level
[40:19] should have been the boss. You
[40:20] know, these these workers
[40:21] aren't getting done. They've
[40:23] been sitting out here for 6
[40:24] months. There's you know,
[40:25] there's a discrepancy in all
[40:26] this payment, you know. And so
[40:28] finally, balls up your level
[40:30] and I didn't know, right. But
[40:31] somewhere down in the system,
[40:35] people could have been. More
[40:36] proactive and take a little
[40:37] more initiative to bring this
[40:39] up. The lights of it because
[40:41] that's why in a way we hire
[40:42] senior leaders. That something
[40:45] like this? So the faa doesn't
[40:47] have and doing especially go
[40:48] away. You got problems. You
[40:51] know that that's a threat all
[40:53] while paid to not get to this
[40:55] point. And trying to be gentle
[40:55] with my work because I know
[40:56] we're all working hard and but
[41:00] this is to some degree. What
[41:04] is that terminology? I well, I
[41:04] want to call the leadership
[41:06] failure, but it is a it is
[41:09] certainly an area where we
[41:10] have ask ourselves, how did we
[41:13] get here and how do we not get
[41:14] there again in the future,
[41:14] whether it's this area or
[41:16] something, you know, and my
[41:17] experience like I said, has
[41:18] been that when leaders are
[41:23] focused. Area looking across
[41:24] to other areas and when the
[41:28] people aren't doing what? What
[41:29] MAY be perfect pollen pet base
[41:30] leadership where people are
[41:30] coming up from the bottom
[41:31] about, we've got problems.
[41:33] We've got to fix this and
[41:34] there's kind of doing their
[41:35] job every day. But they're not
[41:35] really thinking in this to
[41:37] make things better. That is
[41:38] one way that that we get to
[41:40] where we are today. So this
[41:43] provided back. Everybody I
[41:44] know of. You worked really
[41:46] hard. Like all of you not It's
[41:47] just this is definitely area
[41:51] where leadership can be
[41:52] learned and how we can better
[41:55] south of there. MADAM I think
[41:58] if you look back where we
[41:58] were,
[41:59] >> years back with the initial
[42:02] implementation of the people
[42:02] and the and the nightmares we
[42:05] were dealing with the staff
[42:08] only had a certain amount of.
[42:09] Time they could focus and they
[42:11] focused on what was the worst.
[42:15] We're working down the list.
[42:15] This is an area. It is one of
[42:16] the worst ones you seen since
[42:17] I've been on the audit
[42:20] committee. But it is also a
[42:21] reflection of putting out
[42:22] fires instead of being able to
[42:25] do a fire suppression and
[42:26] there's been a lot of that.
[42:30] This is why we do a risk
[42:33] assessment that required every
[42:33] 5 years that have updated
[42:34] every year. Where is that risk
[42:38] in? This is the first year
[42:39] they did the were it highly
[42:40] identified. This has got the
[42:44] potential risk we're always
[42:45] going to try and bring you
[42:46] what we see is going to bite
[42:50] you. And and and I got commend
[42:52] the staff because they have
[42:53] been short-handed. They have
[42:54] been underpaid. They have been
[42:55] running around like chickens a
[43:00] lot of times and you know, the
[43:01] work that the superintendent
[43:02] is brought forward to get the
[43:02] salaries up to get things more
[43:07] organized. We're getting there
[43:09] again. We've been going down
[43:10] as a district in checking this
[43:11] off and then going hear words
[43:12] a problem in check in and
[43:13] going down. And we've got down
[43:16] to this now. The thing I would
[43:19] encourage you to look at
[43:20] those. We did find fell
[43:21] cations. We didn't find
[43:22] anybody running off with
[43:22] anything. We didn't find
[43:24] anybody pull any games. It's
[43:26] just we now have to focus on
[43:28] the management and protocols,
[43:31] as you say. The faa has been
[43:33] looking at the other stuff.
[43:33] First, you know, it's a gas in
[43:38] the plane we're getting this.
[43:42] We also at the meeting Tuesday
[43:42] Thursday, going to be looking
[43:43] at the audit letters and what
[43:44] we're going to be doing for
[43:47] this fiscal year. Again, based
[43:48] on those risks based on what
[43:52] it is but this was one. Hit
[43:54] home to me having my
[43:55] experience in this field that
[43:56] I just wanted us to go
[43:58] through. It. We would have
[43:59] brought this to you sooner. If
[44:02] we had doing a 5 year update
[44:03] on the audit plan and on a
[44:04] short-term basis of better
[44:05] things had happened. If we
[44:06] hadn't had the turnover that
[44:08] we had. So I think when you
[44:10] look at this and it overall
[44:11] basis, I think you got to
[44:12] commend the staff are getting
[44:14] done what they've done and
[44:15] we're going forward. You've
[44:16] heard they've already started.
[44:17] The process looking at it.
[44:18] We've got a new consultant on
[44:19] the people soft. So I I'm
[44:23] encouraged. And I think that
[44:24] you will be able to look back
[44:25] on your term and see what you
[44:30] did successfully, sir. I agree
[44:31] with that. I agree with maybe
[44:33] the last 6 months or so. But I
[44:33] mean, it's sort of this
[44:36] conversation with previous
[44:37] superintendent.
[44:39] >> It's just but we're making
[44:39] progress. Recounts you hired a
[44:42] good one. But we but you know,
[44:43] I agree. I agree. I like It's
[44:45] just it's it's what's the
[44:48] disappointing? That that's all
[44:50] it is. It's just
[44:51] disappointing. We can do
[44:52] better than this. And we are
[44:54] going to better than this. And
[44:55] I'm glad that we're here, but
[44:55] it is concerning. Like I said,
[45:00] it. And say that when I say
[45:02] the faa would come in shut us
[45:03] down. But, you know, my
[45:04] experience that they came in
[45:05] and salt, the maintenance
[45:06] issues that we were having
[45:06] with their crop, like we're
[45:07] having with our buildings and
[45:08] stuff like that, they would it
[45:10] would not let us fly. Now, you
[45:12] know, their conditions go
[45:15] down. Nobody necessarily dies
[45:16] or variation systems don't do
[45:18] Like when does your life And
[45:21] it's hot? Well actually didn't
[45:22] France? That was amazing. The
[45:23] whole nother story with that.
[45:24] They don't have air
[45:24] conditioners and some of the
[45:26] hospitals and elderly care
[45:27] facilities and hundreds of
[45:28] people Just amazing. But
[45:35] anyway. And brother were doing
[45:35] better than we need them. And
[45:36] it's a good look. That's a
[45:37] good leadership lesson about
[45:39] how did we get here? I would
[45:40] not get here in the future and
[45:41] that falls on senior leaders
[45:44] some degree just say let what
[45:44] happened here. Happened in
[45:47] some other. Area, whatever
[45:50] that might be finances
[45:51] instruction, public affairs,
[45:53] transportation, you know,
[45:54] because my general impression
[45:55] of being here is that those
[45:58] things generally one pretty
[45:59] well. But I started things
[46:01] that I've mentioned are
[46:02] anecdotal like lights and
[46:02] irrigation systems. But I see
[46:05] them all over the district at
[46:07] some point in a panic, don't
[46:08] become evidence of a problem.
[46:11] You brought it, instance, on.
[46:12] I'm glad that we're doing
[46:13] something about it. That's all
[46:14] I have to say. Thank on that.
[46:17] >> Cannot Are you done heat?
[46:20] No, no, I do have a question.
[46:21] But you guys just going to
[46:22] say, you know, we are taking
[46:23] steps, started taking stuff
[46:25] before the report came out.
[46:27] >> To make things better.
[46:28] There's a couple Fox's when
[46:29] attacked, we stated before,
[46:33] working with meta to automate
[46:34] some of the system so that we
[46:35] can prioritize a little
[46:36] easier, the work that needs to
[46:38] be done. That's big stuff.
[46:39] Second step as a state. It is
[46:40] working with the people that
[46:43] we have to make the system
[46:44] better. Write those tickets
[46:47] told that campuses working
[46:49] with our maintenance
[46:49] supervisors were meeting
[46:50] regularly to look at where
[46:52] things are and what we need to
[46:53] get better. We doing on
[46:56] audits, right? We're walking
[46:58] campuses to see how things
[47:00] are, as you know, kind of
[47:02] alluded to. Not just in the
[47:04] classrooms. This walking the
[47:04] entire campus to see where the
[47:06] issues are. And then that's
[47:08] another check and balance. All
[47:09] that comes together to help us
[47:13] be successful. So you will see
[47:14] it better the next time we
[47:15] have to report out on this.
[47:18] Also up for that meeting.
[47:26] We'll Okay. Solution. Some
[47:29] along the point. Was saying
[47:30] about like, how do we get
[47:31] here? Did we ever it heavy?
[47:36] >> I don't remember seeing.
[47:39] Audit done on this yet since
[47:43] I've been here.
[47:44] >> Since it's been a while and
[47:45] that is the thing. We've tried
[47:48] to do it in the last year with
[47:48] the previous during lot
[47:52] utters. But because of the 5
[47:53] year planning versus that we
[47:54] had to do. That was the same
[47:57] people would have been working
[47:59] with. They only had so much
[48:01] time Other circumstances. This
[48:03] got pushed off. I had wanted
[48:04] to be done before the others
[48:08] left. But it kind of got to it
[48:12] as we can share noted there's.
[48:13] Been a long time. Been looked
[48:14] at right, that other areas
[48:15] that had potential like
[48:17] transportation. Some of the
[48:18] other areas that actually had
[48:20] a higher risk of. But as the
[48:23] problems first, yeah, but we
[48:24] are trying to look at anything
[48:28] we see could be improved or
[48:29] potential problems. You can
[48:30] see. I don't know the
[48:32] circumstances, but when you
[48:32] have air conditioning is go
[48:33] down on the first day of
[48:35] school, you know, this is
[48:38] something we want to avoid
[48:39] ever again chair. And so we're
[48:43] trying to. Run this audit
[48:44] committee and use these
[48:48] auditors to do the progressive
[48:52] look not penalty. Not not. How
[48:53] can we go forward, we help you
[48:55] make it better.
[48:58] >> a like 3. Put it. You You
[49:02] said earlier that these
[49:04] observations are prior to any
[49:06] major mishaps happening. Yes,
[49:06] they're saying these are
[49:08] things that we see that could
[49:11] potentially become. And issue
[49:12] a major issue said to moving
[49:13] forward. So I go back to like
[49:15] the question of how did we get
[49:16] here? Got here would because
[49:20] looked at it and that's not
[49:21] anyone's ball per se do that
[49:23] to him. I mean, by that is
[49:24] from an audit standpoint
[49:25] outside ice coming in, looking
[49:28] at it. Thank you. Said we
[49:30] haven't had that in a long
[49:30] time. I've been here to 21 out
[49:31] Michigan. He's been here the
[49:34] longest. From 10 year. I just
[49:35] have not seen this. I don't
[49:37] know if you have seen any in
[49:41] on it like this. And so we did
[49:41] have other pressing things
[49:45] that we're getting here now.
[49:46] And so I think that part of
[49:47] the reason why we haven't got
[49:50] your just because we have it
[49:51] setback. It stepped in, looked
[49:52] at the procedures in the
[49:53] process right? And you say why
[49:54] hasn't it happened? From 8?
[50:00] Maybe? Auditor standpoint, but
[50:00] when you're the trenches and
[50:01] you're doing this from an
[50:02] everyday Every day you're
[50:06] doing this. Think about the
[50:07] last just the last 4 or 5
[50:12] years. The amount of new
[50:16] schools, which means new
[50:18] bases, new switches, new
[50:22] floors, doors, etc. And then
[50:27] multiply that by. We know that
[50:28] it's hard because we see it as
[50:32] a board. And know what we're
[50:35] trying to do from up a union
[50:36] standpoint, give raises to
[50:38] people we know were art,
[50:40] efficiencies and efficiencies
[50:41] all with with hiring
[50:42] technician because why would
[50:46] they work here for Halford?
[50:48] 2020% less. Did they go get a
[50:50] job somewhere else in the
[50:51] private industry? And by the
[50:52] way, the private industry can
[50:57] even hire enough people. We
[50:57] shouldn't there is doesn't
[50:58] come to a surprise to me that
[51:02] there's that there's
[51:02] efficiencies and in in and we
[51:04] could be better, of course,
[51:05] because we don't. And this is
[51:07] why I asked Steph, what is our
[51:10] staffing? Since I've been on
[51:11] the board, we have never been
[51:14] full staff period. We talk
[51:16] about the bus drivers and
[51:17] technicians and things that
[51:18] we've in inroads in some of
[51:20] these what we don't have. I
[51:21] don't think we're going to
[51:24] have capabilities of of the
[51:25] electricians see people in any
[51:26] said running I MAY be wrong in
[51:29] this be completely off base.
[51:32] But as soon as we stepped out.
[51:32] We can all the processes and
[51:35] things done right. But as soon
[51:37] as we step away from using our
[51:37] own people, we go to another
[51:41] contractor. Those process is
[51:45] as so peas are going to to
[51:49] eventually crack because it's
[51:49] it's not a people. We're not
[51:52] controlling those things. It
[51:53] will hire hvac system to fix
[51:53] the problem because we don't
[51:56] have one of our own hvac. You
[51:59] know, technicians ready to go.
[52:01] We can't control how they and
[52:03] put you know, mean, but we can
[52:04] people because we training
[52:06] that we can. We can do that. I
[52:12] think this It. Like we're
[52:13] probably seeing in And I bet
[52:13] you if we did this other
[52:15] school systems that are
[52:18] growing and are or any other
[52:19] baby businesses except are
[52:20] that that have road like this
[52:22] we've had since covid. We have
[52:25] not caught up in my personal
[52:28] opinion with the amount of of
[52:29] of this my staff, teaching
[52:31] staff and all that up. Talk
[52:32] about the people on the ground
[52:35] be able work. The actual
[52:36] technicians. I don't think we
[52:38] have enough at on any of the
[52:40] departments and I exactly that
[52:41] number means do we go? We 5
[52:42] left unless one less to live.
[52:46] I don't know. We don't have
[52:48] full. I mean, not schools full
[52:51] complimentary of of of
[52:51] custodians, right? We're
[52:54] always looking for them. Joe.
[52:59] I yeah. I mean. Think about
[53:00] your own personal life, the to
[53:02] do list that you're home and
[53:02] then multiply that by 60. You
[53:06] know, 60 other places that are
[53:08] also 200 times your home
[53:08] square footage and what's
[53:14] going on right? I Yeah, not
[53:15] saying that we can't do
[53:16] better. We absolutely need to
[53:18] do better. And I do believe
[53:20] that technology is a way to
[53:22] help with. Obviously the lack
[53:25] of of actual people allow
[53:27] persist for computer or
[53:28] whatever, 2, to take that job
[53:31] and do it but I just I just
[53:34] want to make sure we all like
[53:34] I we're we coming like were
[53:35] becoming from from this
[53:37] because I don't we've haven't
[53:38] had it. So if you haven't had
[53:40] it, how do you know what the
[53:41] issues are? You don't go to
[53:42] doctor physical. How you get
[53:46] to know. Right? So mean. That,
[53:46] doesn't that doesn't take
[53:48] away, though, from the fact
[53:50] that we do have to do better I
[53:51] think we can with the right
[53:53] technologies and that things
[53:54] like that. And so I'm happy to
[53:55] see us in that direction. But
[54:00] i think I just think this is
[54:02] hype. This is something that
[54:03] we haven't been really looking
[54:03] at from an audit standpoint
[54:07] and we've got a little bit too
[54:09] big for bridges a little bit.
[54:10] So to speak of like what we
[54:10] and maintaining the school's
[54:18] in Off my soapbox I'm not
[54:23] working right direction. Okay.
[54:24] MR. Candidate.
[54:24] >> And then wrap it up. Yeah,
[54:27] I'll be I just wanted to be in
[54:28] case anybody is listening to
[54:29] years later and MR. Clarke
[54:32] used the term eta to refer to
[54:33] metaphor mers. And I just want
[54:33] to be really clear that we're
[54:36] not talking about Meta, the
[54:37] company just sort of
[54:39] 17 billion dollars for a q
[54:40] Lauren Kids at the social
[54:43] media just in case anybody out
[54:46] there with a thought that so
[54:46] anytime I get a gun on
[54:47] Facebook, I'm gonna take a
[54:50] chance. We are not working
[54:54] with meta. Meta. Former says
[54:56] our new vendor. Thank you.
[55:00] MADAM Chair in your app up.
[55:04] These reports are prepared by
[55:06] staff that you've engaged need
[55:07] to be a proved by this board,
[55:10] not just accept it.
[55:11] >> Both of these 2 reports are
[55:12] your reports that need to be
[55:16] approved by you and the board?
[55:16] >> And that's what we'll do
[55:17] the next agenda for for making
[55:21] the lot of things to say
[55:26] actually first of all. I knew
[55:29] that the maintenance problem.
[55:35] Maintenance system here. Was a
[55:37] huge problem. When I came on
[55:38] the board, however, there were
[55:41] other. Critical things that
[55:45] needed to be. Focused on. But
[55:50] that out there One of the
[55:56] things I in my opinion. Have
[55:59] noticed experts in the field.
[56:00] You need to have the right
[56:06] experts in the field. You have
[56:08] experts education with the
[56:10] curriculum. Yep. Experts in
[56:17] the field of ese and all those
[56:18] other programs. We do not have
[56:24] the right experts place.
[56:24] Maintenance, in my opinion. We
[56:25] have some great people, but
[56:29] you experts in those fields. I
[56:33] have. Seeing custodians mowing
[56:36] the yards. I have seen
[56:39] guardians. Picking up branches
[56:42] after storm and trash. That's
[56:46] not their role to do that. I'm
[56:49] not a huge fan of. The people
[56:56] saw. Using that system. For
[57:00] this operation for maintenance
[57:01] because you have and and
[57:06] maintenance systems. You have
[57:10] a Tron such as computers and
[57:11] everything that goes on with
[57:15] that. You have building and
[57:16] grounds me the building needs
[57:21] off. Repairs. The grounds
[57:24] needs change. And I
[57:28] technologies. Then still a t
[57:28] maintenance, which is
[57:31] custodians and that kind of
[57:34] thing. And then there's also
[57:35] sports fields. Think about the
[57:36] all of the issues that come up
[57:39] on the sports field. Somebody
[57:41] that, you know, knows that.
[57:42] And then of course,
[57:42] transportation and maintenance
[57:43] cent that goes into all of
[57:48] that. So I'm not a huge fan
[57:49] throwing more money into a
[57:53] people saw program. Watch
[57:55] system is called. People saw
[58:00] not maintenance off people. So
[58:02] I would encourage the district
[58:03] to start looking at program. I
[58:04] don't know about this matter
[58:05] program much for yeah. I kind
[58:08] of read through this. But
[58:09] there are programs
[58:11] specifically just for
[58:13] maintenance that will handle
[58:14] your building and grounds or
[58:14] facility. Your sports fields
[58:15] and transportation.
[58:22] Specifically. I don't repay. I
[58:24] see the invoices ever mother
[58:25] for invoices every month for
[58:26] people to manage what out
[58:29] there. To have.
[58:31] >> a work order.
[58:33] >> Generated in a system or in
[58:38] our case, a paper work order
[58:40] written and then it going
[58:40] through it steps to getting to
[58:43] the right. Expert in that
[58:48] field. Is is a disaster to me.
[58:52] There should be a system. And
[58:52] I worked in a so I know
[58:55] there's a system. You click on
[58:57] generate work order, then it
[59:01] says what type and area of
[59:02] work that you're looking at
[59:03] and you click through those
[59:04] fields and it takes you to the
[59:09] asset. Everything we have
[59:11] should have asked number. That
[59:16] asset. Is clicked on and then
[59:20] you describe what's going on
[59:21] without outset. If it's hvac,
[59:23] if it's for a generator in the
[59:23] kitchen, it's got to ask
[59:27] number. You write that work or
[59:29] out for that specific asset
[59:31] number. That's how you track
[59:33] how much money you're paying.
[59:37] To maintain an asset. If you
[59:37] replace it would be more cost
[59:42] effective. That's the kind of
[59:43] maintenance system on used to
[59:48] working in. Coming senior
[59:48] leadership and saying you're
[59:49] putting too much money and
[59:53] this piece of equipment. I've
[59:53] had 10 work orders on it the
[59:54] last 6 months and has cost
[59:56] this much money to fix it when
[1:00:00] a new one, what caused this?
[1:00:01] So I think our maintenance
[1:00:03] system.
[1:00:07] >> Needs total overhaul. I
[1:00:08] think it's a capital project
[1:00:12] that we can do.
[1:00:13] >> I'm sure we can work that
[1:00:15] somehow on a five-year plan. I
[1:00:17] don't again, I don't know what
[1:00:18] system you are looking at, but
[1:00:19] you need to have experts in
[1:00:21] those fields to give you
[1:00:23] feedback. And all of these
[1:00:28] critical areas. And then
[1:00:30] putting people in and place
[1:00:33] that have back browns and
[1:00:38] those specific areas. I don't
[1:00:41] think we have that right now.
[1:00:42] I really don't think that we I
[1:00:43] know that we have people that
[1:00:46] have been here forever and
[1:00:50] they get. But in these jobs
[1:00:51] and rolls. But they have no
[1:00:55] background in areas. So and
[1:00:57] I'm not trying to be district
[1:00:58] disrespectful to anybody and
[1:00:59] just going on what I know and
[1:01:03] my 20 years of working in and
[1:01:08] corporate world and how.
[1:01:09] Maintenance works. And knowing
[1:01:13] the difference you know, 12
[1:01:17] drainpipe the roofing
[1:01:18] different mills of roofing and
[1:01:25] and boiler that products,
[1:01:27] which is if something goes
[1:01:30] wrong, I get learn and eilert
[1:01:30] maintenance to go check on
[1:01:31] that immediately before blows
[1:01:34] us all up. So that's the kind
[1:01:37] of background I bring to this
[1:01:41] board and to this table. That
[1:01:42] I think that that whole
[1:01:44] department, every one of them,
[1:01:45] every every one of Asian
[1:01:48] majory hall. On. And like you
[1:01:50] said, MISTER Daniels, it's not
[1:01:52] so much about. Necessarily
[1:01:59] have and the the process in
[1:02:01] place. I think it's a lot of
[1:02:01] things is to process the
[1:02:03] people that system and and
[1:02:06] bringing that up too. We just
[1:02:06] talked about payroll and how
[1:02:10] Adam at it automated that is
[1:02:12] yet our maintenance work order
[1:02:16] system. It's still 1990's,
[1:02:19] which is sad I think it puts
[1:02:24] awful lot of strain on MR.
[1:02:27] Hansen, back I just think
[1:02:29] there's a lot to manage their
[1:02:30] and to have a work order in a
[1:02:31] system that's more than 30
[1:02:37] days old. It could be
[1:02:38] staffing. It could simply just
[1:02:41] be staffing. And then there's
[1:02:41] also their systems out there
[1:02:44] that can put critical, not
[1:02:46] critical can be done over the
[1:02:48] summer can be done during
[1:02:50] Christmas break. So there's
[1:02:51] there's raise their systems
[1:02:53] out there. Big system and I
[1:02:58] would not necessarily. Should
[1:03:00] the people saw system to
[1:03:03] manage our maintenance system?
[1:03:05] I just think big mistake to do
[1:03:09] that. I mean, I they were pan
[1:03:10] 80, 90 $100,000 a month to
[1:03:11] maintain that system. To tell
[1:03:15] us. What we already know. I
[1:03:19] just think it's it's crazy.
[1:03:19] And to MISTER Tatum was point
[1:03:26] on that dollar amount. If that
[1:03:27] dollar amount was there that
[1:03:27] page front page was that
[1:03:35] MISTER 18? Yeah. A total of
[1:03:39] 77 Million. 2 actual was.
[1:03:41] Expenditures. 100 that was
[1:03:43] allocated 126 Million. I mean,
[1:03:49] that's huge number. That's
[1:03:50] been reserved in our county
[1:03:51] system. I'm guessing that, you
[1:03:52] know, okay, what are we going
[1:03:54] to do it all that? It's
[1:03:55] alright ma. So you don't have
[1:03:58] to answer I'm just saying.
[1:04:03] That's putting. Money in
[1:04:03] holding money in the system
[1:04:07] that you MAY because we don't
[1:04:08] know what whoever is putting
[1:04:08] network or doesn't really know
[1:04:10] what expense of that repair
[1:04:14] will be. Who's putting the
[1:04:15] number on repair order? I
[1:04:19] don't know but I just think
[1:04:21] that I would encourage this
[1:04:23] for just say we need to hold
[1:04:25] overhaul of this maintenance
[1:04:27] system and we need to put
[1:04:28] people in place that are
[1:04:30] experts in that field, whether
[1:04:32] it's buildings,
[1:04:40] transportation. Technology,
[1:04:41] which pretty much. I think we
[1:04:44] have a great handle on
[1:04:44] technology, but even sports
[1:04:48] field. You know that you guess
[1:04:50] in regular maintenance guy out
[1:04:50] there to fix a tennis court
[1:04:54] when it don't even know what
[1:04:55] are the painting lines are
[1:04:56] supposed to be or how high the
[1:04:56] net is supposed to be? You
[1:04:58] wouldn't send somebody out
[1:05:01] there that, you I'm just
[1:05:02] saying we need to have the
[1:05:03] right people in the right
[1:05:05] field in the right areas. And
[1:05:07] I just think we need to look
[1:05:08] at it. Try to find Just want
[1:05:11] to know what other districts
[1:05:12] use. Question I'm going to
[1:05:15] start asking conferences about
[1:05:16] what kind of system they're
[1:05:20] using for their maintenance.
[1:05:21] But I harborsun against trying
[1:05:23] to incorporate papal stop. We
[1:05:25] need to separate that out.
[1:05:26] People stopped is for people
[1:05:28] and the things that we do
[1:05:30] there. I don't think we need
[1:05:32] to have anything else. Honest,
[1:05:32] just a minute. Just rain at a
[1:05:34] little more. But I do want to
[1:05:38] say. It's it's it's this is
[1:05:43] the time. This is the time now
[1:05:44] make those changes. Drastic
[1:05:49] changes to our system and our
[1:05:53] whole maintenance program.
[1:05:54] >> a look with yes, you can.
[1:05:57] Really agree with everything.
[1:05:58] I say everything you just
[1:06:01] said. I mean, I think we both
[1:06:02] agree in principle. I don't a
[1:06:03] group all the detail that
[1:06:04] think about. But I agree in
[1:06:05] principle very much with
[1:06:09] phrase that and but I did want
[1:06:09] to clarify one point that I
[1:06:13] made earlier about. But I
[1:06:13] said, look, a different way of
[1:06:18] doing leadership. The people
[1:06:18] at senior levels instead of
[1:06:20] looking down into into the
[1:06:21] operational that I need to be
[1:06:22] looking up and now is what I
[1:06:23] like to say. Give an example
[1:06:26] of this. You know, I do these
[1:06:26] little food deliveries every
[1:06:30] week. And so one of our
[1:06:32] elementary schools for a year
[1:06:33] at the exit of one of our
[1:06:34] schools. There are potholes.
[1:06:39] Look for year and I would go
[1:06:40] over. Sure it might time to
[1:06:41] lock on the call, somebody you
[1:06:43] know, that and so for a year
[1:06:44] was like finally won that
[1:06:46] picture of him. And I Clarke
[1:06:49] and they were facts right? But
[1:06:51] the question is, was a sense
[1:06:52] of ownership within everybody
[1:06:54] all the way down from the
[1:06:54] janitor to the superintendent?
[1:06:57] You know why? Where they like
[1:06:57] that for a year and I go
[1:07:01] through a number of of
[1:07:03] anecdotes like that about the
[1:07:04] showed me the over the over
[1:07:04] the years. That number one,
[1:07:05] there isn't a sense of
[1:07:06] ownership. And number 2,
[1:07:07] there's are big process
[1:07:10] problems that we have and I'm
[1:07:15] not so sure that. And think
[1:07:18] about MR. Cho had to say is
[1:07:19] that part of the senior
[1:07:20] leaders dogs to see those kind
[1:07:21] of things like I've been
[1:07:24] pointing this stuff out for.
[1:07:25] For 3 or 4 years to various
[1:07:26] people, whether it's your
[1:07:27] other Superintendent, Doctor
[1:07:31] Rosen and the idea that when
[1:07:31] when exactly directors are
[1:07:33] driving around the schools and
[1:07:34] you're driving around the
[1:07:34] schools and even you're
[1:07:35] talking about those bills
[1:07:39] Roland, are you looking at? I
[1:07:40] know we're an education
[1:07:41] oriented organization, but we
[1:07:41] have a huge amount of
[1:07:42] infrastructure that's worth
[1:07:46] billions of dollars. And
[1:07:46] that's part of leadership to
[1:07:48] it's not just educating the
[1:07:49] kids and getting them out to
[1:07:50] become stadium to graduate
[1:07:52] from this and primary polls.
[1:07:53] And you're in the court that
[1:07:54] support the superintendent and
[1:07:58] that way. So and though you
[1:07:59] work hard, I've seen you work
[1:08:00] hard and every time I bring
[1:08:00] something your pension, you're
[1:08:03] on it. And you fix fix it. And
[1:08:04] we did a great job over
[1:08:07] Lakewood Ranch. But maybe
[1:08:07] somehow instilling a sense of
[1:08:08] ownership and the people that
[1:08:10] will help them bring things up
[1:08:11] maybe like I own this campus.
[1:08:14] This is my little girl. I want
[1:08:15] look nice and will help us.
[1:08:16] And then you being more
[1:08:18] focused. Or the senior leaders
[1:08:21] being more focused on not just
[1:08:23] people of the graduation line,
[1:08:24] but actually how was our
[1:08:25] infrastructure? How was it
[1:08:27] presented to the public? Are
[1:08:28] we going to increased expenses
[1:08:28] down the line because we're
[1:08:32] not. Taking care of being
[1:08:32] proactive, maintenance on a
[1:08:33] regular basis. And it sounds
[1:08:35] like from your experience that
[1:08:37] we need a lot of thinking over
[1:08:39] homes there to make it better
[1:08:40] for Hall. Thank Thank you.
[1:08:42] Development here.
[1:08:46] >> To dialogue off scent. I
[1:08:47] don't MISS A disagree with
[1:08:48] something you said, but we i
[1:08:49] just want to point out that we
[1:08:51] as a board. Have the ability
[1:08:57] in the control. And where we
[1:09:02] want the budget to move. So we
[1:09:03] up here can't complain to
[1:09:04] anybody else because we easily
[1:09:06] sit here and say.
[1:09:09] >> As we're going through
[1:09:12] >> we just finished our gosh.
[1:09:15] What are top 10 of budget?
[1:09:18] >> No. But with 2 general
[1:09:18] strategic plan.
[1:09:22] >> None on with with the We're
[1:09:23] going mark so we just were
[1:09:26] doing bargaining right? We sit
[1:09:27] here and I'm not gonna get
[1:09:30] obviously what I know. MR. Die
[1:09:31] maybe like yours MAY be
[1:09:31] perking. Like where you go
[1:09:32] with I could beat me details
[1:09:37] right? But
[1:09:38] >> we have the ability to to
[1:09:39] when the when team comes up
[1:09:40] with an idea of raises or this
[1:09:41] or that.
[1:09:43] >> We have the ability to say
[1:09:45] no, we want to do x, y z in
[1:09:46] that department and we want to
[1:09:47] hire more people im Peyton
[1:09:49] this and pay them that right?
[1:09:53] >> No, no. In bargaining know
[1:09:54] of. None of the unions are
[1:09:56] going to take. We don't want
[1:09:57] 5% raise. We'll take that too.
[1:10:01] So we have the ability.
[1:10:02] >> To say to the
[1:10:03] superintendent made it. So
[1:10:04] we've we're gonna go back and
[1:10:05] say this has been an issue and
[1:10:06] I'm not are there are any
[1:10:10] issues. But we have sat here
[1:10:10] too. It had not fix the
[1:10:14] problem, which is. My personal
[1:10:15] opinion. The pay you talk
[1:10:17] about experts agree with you,
[1:10:18] but that expert is not going
[1:10:22] to work in in public education
[1:10:25] for making. A number up
[1:10:26] $50,000 then go to to somebody
[1:10:27] else make 100 right? It's not
[1:10:27] gonna happen. We're not gonna
[1:10:31] find those people unless we as
[1:10:32] a board say to the
[1:10:34] superintendent to do to
[1:10:35] prevent it in the budget wife.
[1:10:37] Hey, we gotta increases. We
[1:10:38] did some what, couple years
[1:10:39] ago with the bus drivers,
[1:10:40] right technicians said you're
[1:10:41] like no, this is somewhere we
[1:10:43] want to tackle right? And we
[1:10:46] we got it done, right? I mean,
[1:10:48] so just a way to go when you
[1:10:50] high, right? But we that was a
[1:10:51] conscious effort from us as a
[1:10:53] board member bedbugs board
[1:10:55] members. So I think if we all
[1:10:55] are that agreement like that's
[1:10:59] something we've got.
[1:11:00] >> We've we've we is something
[1:11:02] we can control. Is that?
[1:11:04] >> And and maybe that helps
[1:11:07] this process right? Because I
[1:11:08] think that's that's a huge
[1:11:11] issue. Is we don't get people
[1:11:12] to fill these positions
[1:11:13] because we're not paying them
[1:11:16] enough. Because they go in the
[1:11:19] private sector and work right.
[1:11:19] We know these these voting fix
[1:11:22] our diesel. Buses because they
[1:11:24] work on our diesel buses. Very
[1:11:26] busy. They go off to somewhere
[1:11:30] and get paid double right. And
[1:11:32] I just I just want he did take
[1:11:35] some onus of this as well.
[1:11:38] That we if we want to, we have
[1:11:40] the ability to do some of the
[1:11:41] staff now. Hey, you're going
[1:11:44] to where you take from to give
[1:11:45] more 100% agree with that. I'm
[1:11:48] not saying it's easy, but I do
[1:11:50] think we could easily sit here
[1:11:51] and say some of this is on us
[1:11:54] because we do control. How we
[1:12:00] fill vacancies by what we pay
[1:12:02] I you. That's why.
[1:12:03] >> That's why I wanted to wait
[1:12:04] last because I knew I had a
[1:12:07] lot to say. That's why I'm
[1:12:10] saying to the board. We need
[1:12:14] to give direction. Just staff
[1:12:16] and just superintendent that
[1:12:17] we need to look for a total
[1:12:20] overhaul. That's going to
[1:12:21] support the people who are in
[1:12:24] place. To make those
[1:12:29] decisions. Because like I said
[1:12:30] before, and we have all have
[1:12:34] Senate. We focused on. This is
[1:12:36] a higher priority. Then this
[1:12:42] is so now we're here and to
[1:12:45] the audit. And appreciate
[1:12:45] every body and put from the
[1:12:48] Safe Act committee. And I have
[1:12:49] talked to remember about this,
[1:12:50] too. And this was one of the
[1:12:53] things that I had said. Well,
[1:12:56] actually. At a point where I
[1:12:57] want to make that
[1:12:59] recommendation that relook at
[1:12:59] a total overhaul of our
[1:13:03] maintenance systems and look
[1:13:04] at what that cost look at
[1:13:06] other districts. Look at
[1:13:07] other. It doesn't even have to
[1:13:10] be a district. Take a look at
[1:13:11] county among us. A look at a
[1:13:11] county so much and have
[1:13:14] problems to that. We can do
[1:13:16] better like MISTER Tatum said
[1:13:21] for organization such as and
[1:13:23] the experts that we have in
[1:13:24] place are are there. But I
[1:13:28] think we need better. And I've
[1:13:29] been more than happy to sit on
[1:13:30] that team to explain some of
[1:13:31] the processes that I work with
[1:13:33] because they were effective. I
[1:13:38] could tell you every asset how
[1:13:39] much it cost estimate can't
[1:13:44] how many hours? You throw the
[1:13:44] labor what you're putting into
[1:13:45] that asset as well. Not just
[1:13:49] the part. For hours, the labor
[1:13:50] to put that part on the part
[1:13:53] was $10. But it cost you 4
[1:13:56] hours labor. Put it on. That's
[1:13:59] still a cost of that asset. So
[1:14:00] that's how detailed we need to
[1:14:04] get. I don't know for on
[1:14:07] thinking. Probably not, but
[1:14:08] that's how the children got.
[1:14:11] Again, I don't think that
[1:14:12] people soft is the answer. I
[1:14:13] think it needs to be a whole
[1:14:14] separate system. I mean, we
[1:14:16] just need to migrate, adding
[1:14:19] on to that program, my pen.
[1:14:24] MADAM Yes.
[1:14:25] >> So appreciate all of pad
[1:14:27] and when we hear it. Thank
[1:14:27] you. And thank you to for
[1:14:29] being here as well. To listen
[1:14:31] to this. We knew that you
[1:14:34] would have feedback, which is
[1:14:35] why we have MISTER Henson and
[1:14:36] Regina in here sport and that
[1:14:40] we all hear this feedback and
[1:14:42] will absolutely bring back our
[1:14:44] improvement plan on these
[1:14:45] items and make sure that we
[1:14:48] communicate to wild weather.
[1:14:49] We find a new system looking
[1:14:51] at the organizational
[1:14:52] structure, all of the above to
[1:14:54] address what we see in the
[1:14:56] audit. And so we look forward
[1:14:56] to being able to bring that to
[1:15:00] you and you absolutely see
[1:15:01] improvements. And so we're
[1:15:02] excited about that
[1:15:03] possibility. I appreciate our
[1:15:07] salmon, MR. Daniel, we do we
[1:15:10] look at audit has a bad name.
[1:15:12] MAY be Rachel Sellers doesn't,
[1:15:16] but the rest of
[1:15:16] >> That we appreciated. It is
[1:15:19] an opportunity for us to see
[1:15:19] our systems and see where
[1:15:21] there might be holes from
[1:15:23] someone who isn't living in
[1:15:24] the system.
[1:15:25] >> then we can make those
[1:15:28] improvements. And so although
[1:15:31] it can be a painful process at
[1:15:32] times the end result of a bit,
[1:15:32] we'll be able to better serve
[1:15:33] our schools. And that's what
[1:15:39] we're here to MR. Khan one k
[1:15:41] to my. So how do you live uk?
[1:15:42] >> We have just one final
[1:15:44] Chair Dr Person's Point is
[1:15:44] that in the management
[1:15:45] response in the audit report,
[1:15:48] it gives us a DECEMBER.
[1:15:50] >> 15th Target 8 look for
[1:15:51] these finding. So we've got a
[1:15:51] plan in place. We've got a
[1:15:52] mandate that the board can
[1:15:53] come back and say fit, what's
[1:15:56] on and what's not so good.
[1:15:57] >> I think gives us a target
[1:16:00] date as fan. Okay. And again,
[1:16:05] the U.S. Not to insult anybody
[1:16:05] that's been here and I'm
[1:16:08] working through this. Think
[1:16:09] our system news improved
[1:16:10] immune to put the right people
[1:16:12] in the right place. There's a
[1:16:14] lot to do out there and
[1:16:14] sometimes it might take
[1:16:15] another person to help do
[1:16:20] that. Are you finished with
[1:16:22] Don? Thank you so much. You're
[1:16:24] so welcome another. Heavy
[1:16:25] agenda. So we're gonna get out
[1:16:28] of your way, Well, appreciate
[1:16:36] all of you. It's on Thursday.
[1:16:37] Didn't realize now that MR.
[1:16:38] Kennedy all passes down
[1:16:41] because Okay. Yeah. Since
[1:16:44] you'll see her on Thursday be
[1:16:44] able 10. So the candidates
[1:16:49] okay. All right. So will shift
[1:16:51] around and get people in place
[1:16:51] here because the next item is
[1:16:56] 4.1 Which is our investment
[1:17:00] report for fiscal year 2026.
[1:17:03] So we will be bringing up
[1:17:14] experts that the seat.
[1:17:19] Michelle, you introduce the
[1:17:20] people you have with you, that
[1:17:27] would great still good
[1:17:29] morning. Want to introduce our
[1:17:30] team from deep blue. These are
[1:17:34] our
[1:17:35] >> The investment team that
[1:17:36] helps with our investments
[1:17:41] that we have with the Florida
[1:17:46] today is a dominant Chris,
[1:17:47] this to 5 and always get that
[1:17:51] messed up? John Scott Super
[1:17:52] easy. So anyhow, turn this
[1:17:53] annual investment report over
[1:17:56] to them. Wonderful.
[1:17:57] >> Well, good morning, MADAM
[1:17:59] Chair board members want
[1:17:59] intended. Thank you for having
[1:18:04] us here today. As Rita
[1:18:04] mentioned before, you is a
[1:18:06] report start everyone, the
[1:18:08] annual per fully report. I
[1:18:10] know why you're ready.
[1:18:11] Probably running behind on
[1:18:13] time. So make we out of the
[1:18:15] high levels. Talk a little bit
[1:18:16] about what's going on with the
[1:18:16] economy and then we'll get
[1:18:22] into your portfolio. So start
[1:18:23] going to page really peach 2,
[1:18:24] 3, and 4 is the economic
[1:18:28] update. You know, this is from
[1:18:30] from last month, a kind of
[1:18:30] talk a little bit about what
[1:18:33] sort of happened sense. But as
[1:18:33] you all know, probably at the
[1:18:37] beginning of the year, you
[1:18:38] know, the inflation that start
[1:18:40] to come down. The expectation
[1:18:41] was in the market that we're
[1:18:42] going to see a couple of rate
[1:18:45] cuts this year, right? All
[1:18:45] that changed at the end of
[1:18:47] FEBRUARY, beginning of MARCH
[1:18:48] with the with the Iran
[1:18:51] conflict. We saw a spike
[1:18:52] energy prices. It's like to
[1:18:54] research is inflation rate.
[1:18:56] And so since that time, really
[1:18:58] the the rate cuts have been
[1:18:58] off the table. As you we had a
[1:19:01] new fed chair, started over
[1:19:03] the last couple meetings.
[1:19:06] Rates have green unchanged,
[1:19:07] another fit. Your spoke last
[1:19:08] week at the Jackson speech
[1:19:12] that he did and one of the
[1:19:12] things that he's mentioned,
[1:19:15] he's been very consistent
[1:19:16] about that. He's got to bring
[1:19:17] inflation down right now. We
[1:19:20] know the cpi numbers around
[1:19:21] 3.5%, the core cpi, which
[1:19:22] strips out food and energy
[1:19:24] still around 2 and a half
[1:19:26] percent. The Fed would like to
[1:19:28] see inflation down around 2%.
[1:19:30] He's very much committed. I'm
[1:19:31] making inflation come down.
[1:19:33] So. The last couple of days
[1:19:37] the market sold off because
[1:19:38] the expectations that rates
[1:19:42] are going actually go up.
[1:19:43] Right now. The next meeting,
[1:19:44] SEPTEMBER, the probability of
[1:19:47] a rate increase is around 60%.
[1:19:48] And towards the end of the
[1:19:50] year in DECEMBER. Right now,
[1:19:52] the market is pricing in a 90%
[1:19:53] chance there were going to see
[1:19:54] rates go up a quarter percent
[1:19:55] or more. By the end of the
[1:20:01] year. So One of the things
[1:20:01] that we say that Mark is
[1:20:02] always wrong, That is really
[1:20:04] the one that rises. A but but
[1:20:05] the reality is that right now
[1:20:09] rates are higher and they were
[1:20:12] because because of because of
[1:20:13] inflation, okay. So as we move
[1:20:14] into the end of the year, one
[1:20:15] of the things I mean, what
[1:20:17] does that really mean for you?
[1:20:19] All really rates are staying
[1:20:20] higher, which for you both
[1:20:23] very well for your portfolios.
[1:20:23] Your portfolios are very
[1:20:24] sensitive to interest rates.
[1:20:26] And right now, you know,
[1:20:29] you're earning somewhere
[1:20:31] around 3.94% of your portfolio
[1:20:31] and expect the unit continue
[1:20:32] to see that least through the
[1:20:33] end of the year. And certainly
[1:20:36] do the rest next year. So for
[1:20:38] the next for your fiscal year,
[1:20:39] coming up, probably going to
[1:20:41] see similar type of interest
[1:20:43] earnings if you as you seen
[1:20:46] this year because of weren't
[1:20:47] worry. Felicia Nisan, we
[1:20:47] expect rates to stay for that
[1:20:49] for the next years. So okay,
[1:20:51] any questions about the about
[1:20:56] sort of the the Fed or the
[1:20:57] economy, interest rates. Glad
[1:21:00] to answer any questions. I
[1:21:01] just say that you to chain
[1:21:03] year.
[1:21:04] >> Kerr is what you're going
[1:21:08] on. A page. And then the 30
[1:21:11] year forced the night.
[1:21:12] >> Those are just certain to
[1:21:13] give you an idea of
[1:21:14] longer-term inflation.
[1:21:15] Obviously, your portfolios are
[1:21:16] vested very short, continuing
[1:21:19] a year and a half or less
[1:21:20] that, sir, to give you sort of
[1:21:22] a picture, what's happening
[1:21:23] with inflation longer term and
[1:21:25] a lot of folks always talk
[1:21:25] about their their their
[1:21:27] mortgages, right and rates
[1:21:29] coming down. Those are the
[1:21:29] expectation. If you notice
[1:21:31] mortgage rates have gone up
[1:21:33] just because of the
[1:21:34] expectation longer term that
[1:21:35] we're going to continue to see
[1:21:36] this sort of level of
[1:21:38] inflation less things start to
[1:21:40] change. I mean, one of the
[1:21:42] things that's continue drive
[1:21:42] inflation is we've had a very
[1:21:43] strong labor market, even
[1:21:46] though we had negative rate
[1:21:49] negative job number last month
[1:21:50] were still at 4.1
[1:21:51] unemployment. So that that
[1:21:52] that the employment people who
[1:21:57] are working spending money and
[1:21:58] so that so that that's because
[1:22:00] continue to put pressure on
[1:22:01] inflation longer-term. So
[1:22:01] we'll see what happens of
[1:22:06] obviously over the next. Next
[1:22:08] few months, inflation numbers
[1:22:08] come in. So I'm going to
[1:22:11] different Saint Yeah, yeah.
[1:22:12] Any other options might she
[1:22:19] has someone here, MR. Tatum.
[1:22:20] >> talking economics. Always
[1:22:21] been curious and through
[1:22:22] speaking about mortgage rates
[1:22:23] stuff like that, there's not
[1:22:27] some enterprising. Finance
[1:22:27] corporation, a bank or
[1:22:28] something that says they were
[1:22:32] going to. We're going
[1:22:34] mortgages at like 4%. And we
[1:22:35] know will make a smaller
[1:22:36] margin. We're gonna make our
[1:22:37] money because we're going to
[1:22:39] undercut all the people that
[1:22:42] are giving mortgages at 6, 7%.
[1:22:42] What is must be some reason
[1:22:45] that doesn't make financial
[1:22:45] sense. But help manage and
[1:22:46] like I had 100 billion dollars
[1:22:50] go out and Morgan is up 4%
[1:22:50] undercut everybody else make
[1:22:51] my profit on more mortgages
[1:22:55] with smaller margin.
[1:22:56] >> Well, you know what? The
[1:22:58] typical the works bank right
[1:22:59] there. They're they're they're
[1:23:00] taken safety. They taking your
[1:23:01] money and then won outright.
[1:23:06] If have to pay you some 1, 4%.
[1:23:08] Most of that us all, you know,
[1:23:10] fdic charges and things like
[1:23:11] that and they can't get
[1:23:13] mortgage for print, right? And
[1:23:15] then the other option. Other
[1:23:17] thing is, mortgage rates are
[1:23:20] also driven by your credit
[1:23:20] right of a person. So you want
[1:23:22] to give someone to 4% mortgage
[1:23:24] if that person's credit risk
[1:23:25] is a lot higher. So they're
[1:23:26] doing a lot of things that
[1:23:27] plane to mortgages. Honestly,
[1:23:29] I'm not a mortgage broker. I
[1:23:33] don't the only those things we
[1:23:36] we buy mortgages sometimes for
[1:23:37] clients in their portfolios.
[1:23:38] More like, you know, Jamie
[1:23:39] Mayes and Fannie Mae sort
[1:23:41] government mortgage
[1:23:43] securities. But from that
[1:23:44] standpoint, I can tell you,
[1:23:46] but from from the side of the
[1:23:47] bank's, that's what I would
[1:23:48] think You know, by the way, a
[1:23:50] bank wouldn't do that.
[1:23:51] >> you get that the pay me a
[1:23:53] certain rate and my CDs in my
[1:23:55] savings account that I put
[1:23:56] money in the bank so they can
[1:23:57] take and go get the mortgage.
[1:23:58] And don't you know, they make
[1:23:59] money on the spread, right?
[1:24:00] What? They're what they're
[1:24:01] paying out versus what they're
[1:24:04] loaning out, too. So.
[1:24:06] >> Look up one from the sun to
[1:24:11] any grants. I'll turn to Page
[1:24:11] 5 will get into the to the
[1:24:12] nitty-gritty of your
[1:24:14] investment here. This is your
[1:24:16] investment summary.
[1:24:18] >> So at 6 JUNE 30 2026,
[1:24:19] you're in the fiscal year.
[1:24:20] Your total investments were
[1:24:26] about 605 0.5 million. Okay.
[1:24:26] At the top. There is your
[1:24:30] operating account. Those your
[1:24:31] balances in different
[1:24:32] investment pools. Those total
[1:24:36] about 307.2 million. And then
[1:24:39] the remaining 298.3 million
[1:24:40] was different investments in
[1:24:41] bond. Proceeds accounts that
[1:24:45] you have okay. So all in all
[1:24:46] your your investments. Total.
[1:24:48] About 605 million and down
[1:24:51] below. You can see that.
[1:24:52] Keeping in line with the state
[1:24:54] state statues of safety,
[1:24:56] liquidity. You can see down
[1:24:58] below the ratings of all your
[1:24:59] investments. All very high
[1:25:03] rated best triple a remember
[1:25:05] policy say safety liquidity
[1:25:07] first right? And then and then
[1:25:10] returns. This shows you that
[1:25:10] all your investments are very
[1:25:14] high rated. These are all all
[1:25:14] these pools are very highly
[1:25:15] liquid. So that when you do
[1:25:16] need the money, it is it is
[1:25:18] they're available for you to
[1:25:19] he used for whatever it needs.
[1:25:22] You have okay.
[1:25:26] >> I think having go ahead.
[1:25:26] >> so here on Page 5, this is
[1:25:31] an interesting case where so
[1:25:32] this is money that we have in
[1:25:34] school system has investments
[1:25:35] and some of them are 80 days.
[1:25:37] Some of them are 438 with
[1:25:41] them. 53 51 days. So. I'm
[1:25:44] trying to understand what kind
[1:25:48] what kind of money that is. My
[1:25:50] view, the sellers who can MAY
[1:25:51] and 2. So does this make money
[1:25:52] that comes in from the state
[1:25:53] or from the milit? And we're
[1:25:57] holding it up a future bills.
[1:25:58] But where are holding it? We
[1:26:00] put it somewhere. And so we
[1:26:02] know that there's a bill that
[1:26:05] needs to be paid with certain
[1:26:05] amount of money in 80 We've
[1:26:07] got 80 days pay it. And so we
[1:26:07] think that 56.5 million and we
[1:26:10] put it in. A 90 day c d or
[1:26:12] something or and helping
[1:26:15] understand how to these
[1:26:16] average maturity days get
[1:26:17] decided and then what kind of
[1:26:21] money? Comes in and the to be
[1:26:24] put into investments.
[1:26:26] >> all these investments, your
[1:26:27] local government investment
[1:26:29] pools the rise in their states
[1:26:31] that these pools, invest money
[1:26:32] outright because it's not just
[1:26:33] you and disposes other
[1:26:34] investors that pool their
[1:26:38] money together and investing.
[1:26:39] So on average these portfolios
[1:26:40] when average maturity, that
[1:26:42] sort of about how far out the
[1:26:43] invest the money have retrieve
[1:26:48] those funds. Now, all of these
[1:26:50] art are like I mentioned daily
[1:26:51] liquid. So you can access the
[1:26:51] money and any of these pools
[1:26:54] pretty much same day night. So
[1:26:55] that just basically gives you
[1:26:57] an idea how far out who goes
[1:26:58] the what you have to think
[1:27:01] about is the further out the
[1:27:05] maturity of a pool. The more
[1:27:05] risky becomes when there's
[1:27:06] change interest rate. So as
[1:27:08] you can see, everything very,
[1:27:10] very short. You have a small
[1:27:12] amount that's in a foreign 30
[1:27:13] days out. That's even even not
[1:27:15] that long. It's little bit
[1:27:16] over a year, right? So in
[1:27:17] reality, what just what this
[1:27:19] shows you is that you're
[1:27:21] invested in in very liquid
[1:27:22] investments. Are there going
[1:27:24] to be there when you need
[1:27:27] them?
[1:27:27] >> And so when the state sends
[1:27:28] us, for instance, rfp you that
[1:27:32] will come in. If you haven't
[1:27:34] noticed by now, I know ask
[1:27:34] question come in one big chunk
[1:27:35] or does it get? We didn't
[1:27:41] like. 25% every every fiscal
[1:27:43] quarter. For year. Fte money.
[1:27:44] I I only know this stuff
[1:27:45] because I was finance.
[1:27:46] Director of passes.
[1:27:49] >> going to I can speak to
[1:27:50] this. Also would I would defer
[1:27:52] to Rachel, but been there act.
[1:27:53] You have to bet money actually
[1:27:57] comes to twice a month once a
[1:27:57] month bi-monthly get sent to
[1:28:00] you by the state. What what?
[1:28:04] What some of the bigger funds
[1:28:05] that come in as your property
[1:28:06] taxes right those are the ones
[1:28:07] that come into NOVEMBER.
[1:28:09] DECEMBER, JANUARY 19. Was per
[1:28:11] cent of that money comes in.
[1:28:14] And so that's the money that
[1:28:16] take. An invested pick year
[1:28:16] after the money. Probably use
[1:28:18] it right away. If you need,
[1:28:21] you need for your liquidity.
[1:28:22] but your your mileage is
[1:28:23] really your big money that
[1:28:24] comes wants and needs that.
[1:28:25] That's they come in. We work
[1:28:28] with the staff and say, ok,
[1:28:29] when are you going to need
[1:28:31] this money and we invested
[1:28:32] Corley what with making more
[1:28:33] sense as big chunk of money
[1:28:36] love come from taxes.
[1:28:37] >> spend it during the year.
[1:28:43] Yeah, but rather just sticking
[1:28:44] it in a that you know, if you
[1:28:44] have any, know, you're not
[1:28:45] going to get, you're not going
[1:28:46] much right. So somebody sit
[1:28:49] down table. Can invest this
[1:28:51] much for this long before we
[1:28:51] need it and we can invest that
[1:28:52] much for that long before. We
[1:28:57] not tell you get these the
[1:28:57] charity, mix the and the
[1:28:58] scenes are a little bit
[1:28:59] different because bond
[1:29:01] proceeds have specific draw
[1:29:03] schedule when when it when it
[1:29:05] bonds issued, there's a draw
[1:29:06] schedule the show's more or
[1:29:07] less when the money's going to
[1:29:08] be needed with that is also
[1:29:08] invested in.
[1:29:11] >> Based on and that dry
[1:29:13] >> okay, great. Thank you very
[1:29:13] much. It's very welcome, MR.
[1:29:15] Kennedy, thank you. Frizzell
[1:29:18] gentleman. Welcome back. They
[1:29:22] say her annual I had quite
[1:29:22] German and a little bit. I
[1:29:23] want to just talk connect back
[1:29:24] to that. And the Texans,
[1:29:27] especially suspicion of one
[1:29:28] 0nd on our on our Florida, if
[1:29:32] it cash for, we've got on Page
[1:29:34] 5, we've got the fair value of
[1:29:38] 56.5 million just assuming
[1:29:38] would say we did just looking
[1:29:40] at the trend of our tax
[1:29:42] anticipation note, let's say
[1:29:45] we 40 million for the tax and
[1:29:47] anticipation note, could we
[1:29:48] rely savings if we just
[1:29:49] instead of borrowing that
[1:29:51] 40 million has a? That act as
[1:29:54] a tan. Could we just take that
[1:29:58] money out of this cash pool?
[1:30:01] And with the cost basically a
[1:30:02] wash or that I would I'll
[1:30:04] defer that he lost revenue.
[1:30:05] Then true to your financial
[1:30:06] adviser who's here.
[1:30:10] >> But that will be giving a
[1:30:11] presentation about that hands.
[1:30:14] I will table that question. We
[1:30:15] can certainly tell you what
[1:30:15] you can invest in that, but
[1:30:18] they'll be able to give you
[1:30:19] more more information. Enough.
[1:30:20] Fair as to why you would you
[1:30:20] want to do that here. Okay.
[1:30:25] Sounds Thank I do want to for
[1:30:28] the moment, too, and the other
[1:30:28] questions with respect to the
[1:30:35] investment summer. Thank Next
[1:30:38] page is page Six's your
[1:30:39] portfolio statistics you're
[1:30:40] earning so hears you can see
[1:30:44] that. If you look at the
[1:30:45] bottom page, a total change in
[1:30:47] value, which is your interest
[1:30:49] earned? Any change in market
[1:30:52] value for that for the fiscal
[1:30:54] year year and a 2.8 million
[1:30:56] dollars on your investment.
[1:31:00] The total investments. Okay.
[1:31:02] 22.8 million dollars and your
[1:31:03] investments. You can see about
[1:31:06] 11.5 of that came from Europe
[1:31:07] operating investments. And the
[1:31:09] other 11 points to be came
[1:31:10] from year from your bond
[1:31:14] proceeds accounts. So overall,
[1:31:15] very good. Very good year for
[1:31:19] the for the school. I'll open
[1:31:20] it up to 20 questions with
[1:31:26] respect. We've I think I have
[1:31:28] MISTER Tatum, MR. MISTER
[1:31:29] Kennedy, We I'm gonna and
[1:31:30] clicking click it again. When
[1:31:34] okay show it's done. Okay. I
[1:31:35] have a MISTER I have mister
[1:31:38] ago. Yet to question.
[1:31:39] >> they're up by something
[1:31:39] that I think and about
[1:31:44] investments is that. We're
[1:31:45] allowed look to invest that
[1:31:46] type of money that we've been
[1:31:49] talking about already tax
[1:31:50] receipts and things you and
[1:31:52] stuff like that. That comes
[1:31:52] in.
[1:31:53] >> What we're not allow, we
[1:31:54] have a limited amount, a
[1:31:55] little bit ability to invest
[1:31:56] money that would bar. Is that
[1:31:58] correct? What's the term that
[1:32:00] you use when when your bar,
[1:32:03] when we invest our money.
[1:32:06] >> Our but right there we go
[1:32:07] south is any is any arbitrage
[1:32:09] included in this or is this
[1:32:10] straight?
[1:32:11] >> So this, you know, we just
[1:32:13] basically handle your
[1:32:14] investments and we try to get
[1:32:15] you the best rate that we can
[1:32:16] get you There is a calculation
[1:32:16] that you are. But r#
[1:32:16] #
[1:32:16] #
[1:32:16] #
[1:32:19] . From
[1:32:22] does for you certain times of
[1:32:23] the year. They just basically
[1:32:24] got calculates. How much did
[1:32:27] you earn versus versus how
[1:32:28] much are you allowed to earn?
[1:32:29] Right? And the difference if
[1:32:30] you earn more that you are
[1:32:32] supposed to, you simply have
[1:32:35] to got to the irs you know
[1:32:37] they obviously don't want you
[1:32:39] peak money. That's tax exempt
[1:32:41] in and make money right?
[1:32:41] >> So you're so you're not
[1:32:46] managing. Our our our money
[1:32:47] that we you're not managing
[1:32:48] investment of money that we
[1:32:50] borrowed. There's another.
[1:32:52] >> we do manage that money for
[1:32:53] uk and but we managed to try
[1:32:55] to get you the best rate they
[1:32:59] we can. And those investments.
[1:33:00] What I'm saying is the
[1:33:01] arbitrage part is is a
[1:33:01] separate calculation that
[1:33:04] another firm does.
[1:33:05] >> You management but another
[1:33:07] humanity. But another firm as
[1:33:08] the calculation I collation of
[1:33:10] the arbitrage. Okay. So we
[1:33:13] manage the investments to make
[1:33:14] sure that you get the best
[1:33:17] rates and you get the best
[1:33:17] earned income somebody else.
[1:33:20] Make sure that we don't get a
[1:33:21] right.
[1:33:22] >> someone think that this
[1:33:23] have to actually pay
[1:33:23] something.
[1:33:25] >> All That's all it takes MR.
[1:33:29] Came back to you. Oh, no, I'm
[1:33:30] good. I'm your good answer. My
[1:33:35] question.
[1:33:35] >> Before du Peak 7, it just
[1:33:39] shows you how year, you know,
[1:33:39] picture sure you need
[1:33:40] percentages in each one. What
[1:33:43] I like to do is move or to add
[1:33:44] to the compliance page because
[1:33:46] it's very important. This is
[1:33:46] on Page 8. Your asset
[1:33:48] allocation compliance. Us.
[1:33:49] This is basically comes out of
[1:33:50] your investment policy
[1:33:52] statement. It really shows
[1:33:53] you, you know how much you can
[1:33:54] invest in these different
[1:33:58] types of investments. And to
[1:34:00] make sure that fighting within
[1:34:02] your investment policy, you
[1:34:05] can see the column in
[1:34:06] compliance has yes's down line
[1:34:08] there, which means your
[1:34:10] investments currently do not
[1:34:10] exceed any of your maximum
[1:34:14] allowable policy limits. So so
[1:34:15] we're in compliance. You're in
[1:34:16] compliance with your
[1:34:16] investment policy of very
[1:34:20] important. Okay. So you don't
[1:34:21] invest with us governmental
[1:34:23] agencies.
[1:34:25] >> I just to see that that we
[1:34:27] don't have anything in there.
[1:34:29] I'm on currently. Currently
[1:34:31] you're investing most. The
[1:34:31] investment pools, Florida
[1:34:32] prime and rise money in the
[1:34:33] bank. Got to see that. You
[1:34:36] need Ryan That's a compliment.
[1:34:40] That's moment. Thank So so
[1:34:41] from from an asset allocation
[1:34:43] standpoint, you're you're in
[1:34:45] compliance it. And then if you
[1:34:49] go to page 9, similarly your
[1:34:50] investment policy has certain
[1:34:51] limits so that if you do some
[1:34:54] points, invest in other
[1:34:55] securities, there are some
[1:34:56] limits make sure that you
[1:34:57] don't overly concentrate.
[1:34:59] Anyone type of investment. So
[1:35:00] even from from looking at was
[1:35:03] that, for example, your
[1:35:03] Florida, your investment
[1:35:05] government pulls, you're only
[1:35:07] allowed maximum of 50% in any
[1:35:10] one of those pools. You can
[1:35:13] none of them. You're over 18%.
[1:35:14] So you're well within also and
[1:35:15] all you this section year.
[1:35:18] Also, well, within your your
[1:35:18] policy limits with your
[1:35:21] investment policy. Kay.
[1:35:22] >> And now we have MISTER
[1:35:25] Tatum again.
[1:35:26] >> So who sets are these
[1:35:29] investment policies that
[1:35:30] talking about? You we've
[1:35:33] somehow we have work do you
[1:35:37] have part of your poor
[1:35:38] policies, part of the border,
[1:35:39] more is something prove we
[1:35:40] look at them on a regular
[1:35:41] basis and if there's any
[1:35:42] changes, we provide those
[1:35:43] changes to staff and they
[1:35:45] bring them to you for
[1:35:46] approval.
[1:35:47] >> So this is probably like on
[1:35:47] the consent agenda or
[1:35:48] something like that rather
[1:35:49] than work. Sellers and her
[1:35:52] people put them together and
[1:35:55] >> with a policy know we would
[1:35:56] have to follow the process
[1:35:57] have it any policy. So MR.
[1:36:00] Chapman actually has that. Has
[1:36:01] that task. If there is any
[1:36:04] change policy, you bring it
[1:36:05] forth an.
[1:36:05] >> never change since I've
[1:36:08] been on the board there that
[1:36:09] I've never encountered
[1:36:10] probably like or and or if
[1:36:16] there are
[1:36:17] >> a state statute pass a b,
[1:36:18] what update that policy as far
[1:36:20] as bringing it directly to the
[1:36:21] board? I don't think we've
[1:36:23] ever done that. That I can
[1:36:23] remember.
[1:36:25] >> I'm not aware of any time
[1:36:28] recent policy has been. Then
[1:36:31] changed in relation to this.
[1:36:32] >> that I would want to change
[1:36:33] it because I'm not an expert
[1:36:33] in the field you said your
[1:36:34] policy like, wow, I didn't
[1:36:40] know. We had but now I know
[1:36:40] information, but we certainly
[1:36:41] review the policy. And if
[1:36:42] there's any changes we
[1:36:44] provided to staff and
[1:36:47] >> I would rely on you guys
[1:36:48] tell you know what, what? Good
[1:36:48] ideas on the Thank you. That's
[1:36:49] all
[1:36:55] >> film. Here's what's
[1:36:56] wondering, because, you know,
[1:36:57] we always talk about what
[1:36:59] bucket we can take. What many
[1:37:00] from right? We can use it for
[1:37:00] this, but we can't use it for
[1:37:01] that. And this is for building
[1:37:02] and this is first. Tyler is
[1:37:05] another. With with this. These
[1:37:06] investments are do they come
[1:37:07] from certain buckets and
[1:37:09] therefore must go back to
[1:37:09] certain buckets or in the
[1:37:12] general? I mean, how does how
[1:37:13] do we know what we can and
[1:37:14] cannot spend that these funds
[1:37:22] on? To Because this is a lot
[1:37:25] of money floating around here
[1:37:26] in So I'm like, where does the
[1:37:29] solo And when we back, 8.
[1:37:34] >> The bond proceeds sorry, 6
[1:37:36] slide the bomb proceeds of
[1:37:36] those are investments related
[1:37:41] to each of the cops. So there
[1:37:42] is a time frame when those
[1:37:46] particular items first got put
[1:37:50] in for investments, even the
[1:37:53] interests that is earned on
[1:37:54] those investments. Stay
[1:37:55] specific to that construction
[1:37:58] projects related to each cops.
[1:38:00] Okay. Upper half the
[1:38:01] investments would be where the
[1:38:06] rest of the districts funds
[1:38:08] for operations would be placed
[1:38:10] this includes all of the other
[1:38:14] funds. Besides what you hear
[1:38:16] about and like the capital.
[1:38:17] We've up here in the upper
[1:38:21] half. So now within those and
[1:38:23] we keep those investments,
[1:38:23] they're like that. But as far
[1:38:25] as the interest that earns and
[1:38:27] stays with those that will
[1:38:31] stay within the like and the
[1:38:33] general fund if there was ever
[1:38:34] anything that was related to
[1:38:35] any funds that came in
[1:38:39] specific for federal, that one
[1:38:40] is kept separately. If there's
[1:38:41] any interest earned on any
[1:38:44] type of investments related to
[1:38:48] and you have the grants, the
[1:38:49] federal grants that those dew
[1:38:50] Speights, they specific can go
[1:38:52] back to those. Okay. So.
[1:38:53] >> So then millage funds that
[1:38:56] are invested. Stay with
[1:38:58] mileage and such that's in
[1:38:59] that's in the general from
[1:39:02] general so so in investments
[1:39:04] related to that that we record
[1:39:06] and put that in our general
[1:39:07] fund in case, I just want make
[1:39:08] it clear that we can't take
[1:39:09] money from the bond proceeds
[1:39:11] and then use that for
[1:39:12] salaries, correct? Yeah. To
[1:39:15] get her to replace attacks in
[1:39:16] first patient I think it's
[1:39:16] important that the public
[1:39:19] understand that that with.
[1:39:20] With these the this interest
[1:39:22] that we weren't. We can't just
[1:39:23] you spend it really knowing
[1:39:25] where we want right? So just
[1:39:27] just make sure that that's
[1:39:28] clear for anybody who's paying
[1:39:36] attention today. That was
[1:39:37] really all the comments with
[1:39:40] respect to the investments.
[1:39:41] >> The rest are just year.
[1:39:41] Your investment compliance for
[1:39:46] the year. Year bond proceeds.
[1:39:47] But those are very straight
[1:39:48] forward. If you you can just
[1:39:49] if you have any questions
[1:39:53] really shows how year it's
[1:39:54] just a repercussion of the
[1:39:55] previous speeches. You where
[1:39:58] your you're different. Cops
[1:39:59] are invested using the at the
[1:40:01] are all within the compliance
[1:40:03] of their investment party
[1:40:05] convention policy. The reason
[1:40:06] these are separated is each
[1:40:11] cops does have a specific
[1:40:11] investment policy. It's
[1:40:14] written to the bond These
[1:40:15] investing policies are set
[1:40:15] based on what the allowable
[1:40:17] investments are within each of
[1:40:20] those bond documents so like I
[1:40:22] said, a straight forward, I
[1:40:26] just basically everything is
[1:40:27] in compliance. I know the
[1:40:29] thing there's any questions.
[1:40:31] I'll just open it That
[1:40:32] question. So meaning that
[1:40:36] every cough and that we.
[1:40:36] >> Took out those investments
[1:40:40] are specifically to. The
[1:40:43] projects that we got the cops
[1:40:45] funding Correct. So not show
[1:40:47] correct. Okay. So I kinda
[1:40:49] answers. Part of that
[1:40:55] investment part. This is a
[1:40:55] great presentation of really
[1:40:56] appreciate all the work that
[1:40:57] you put into that and and out
[1:41:02] there making interest, you
[1:41:04] might say on the money Re
[1:41:05] borrowed is basically without
[1:41:07] it. So I appreciate it board.
[1:41:08] You have any other questions
[1:41:12] for this. Thank you for your
[1:41:17] time. Very Also board members.
[1:41:19] So, you good clearing q you so
[1:41:23] much. I do want and our agenda
[1:41:27] little brat and bring out.
[1:41:30] Sunrise Consulting before we
[1:41:31] get a launch. And then come
[1:41:31] back to our overview, our of
[1:41:34] our 46. 27. Right. It's going
[1:41:38] to go Rob legislative
[1:41:40] priorities. Are you? Alright
[1:41:41] with that to that before lined
[1:41:42] up that way, they can not that
[1:41:44] way won't. But we them mean,
[1:41:46] right? We still have that,
[1:41:46] too. But
[1:41:47] >> don't even know how long
[1:41:49] that's going to take.
[1:41:51] >> This probably here as well.
[1:41:54] I think we before lunch. Hurts
[1:41:58] if we can, yeah, I don't mind
[1:41:59] doing a late lunch. I just
[1:41:59] want sure that the board's
[1:42:01] aware that we're done much as
[1:42:05] we can. It's a sport I'm
[1:42:11] going. One Go ahead.
[1:42:12] >> So we are modifying and we
[1:42:14] are. I'm your number 4 point
[1:42:20] for. Which it removes up to 3.
[1:42:25] This is our 26 27 legislative
[1:42:30] priorities. And we have with
[1:42:30] our consulting Sunrise
[1:42:33] Consulting Daniel Thomas,
[1:42:37] along with MISTER Chapman. To
[1:42:39] talk to us about that. And
[1:42:39] board members should have a
[1:42:42] hand out of. We're going to
[1:42:44] and maybe.
[1:42:52] Thank you. Your network. Good
[1:42:55] morning.
[1:42:57] >> We this is our annual time
[1:43:00] where we get together with our
[1:43:02] friends, Shawn Foster and Dr
[1:43:03] Daniel Thomas from Sunrise
[1:43:07] Consulting who I've been here
[1:43:08] for 7 years. So I think I've
[1:43:10] been working with Sunrise
[1:43:10] Consulting for 7 years, I
[1:43:15] think, and they probably bit
[1:43:18] more been our consultant for
[1:43:19] longer. Every year I've been
[1:43:22] Sean and his team have
[1:43:24] delivered on every one of our
[1:43:25] appropriation requests. And
[1:43:25] that happened again last year
[1:43:29] were. The team worked very
[1:43:33] hard and secured $750,000 from
[1:43:34] the last legislative session
[1:43:38] to go to our new. So for us or
[1:43:44] for north of the river.
[1:43:46] Incredible work that's being
[1:43:47] done by Sunrise Consulting.
[1:43:49] And then also we gave them a
[1:43:53] huge task, which was to change
[1:43:57] the law. It's a a very
[1:43:59] difficult task, obviously to
[1:44:01] do. They did that and they
[1:44:05] saved us to 2.5 million
[1:44:07] dollars by changing the way
[1:44:07] tax collector letter to the
[1:44:12] commission. So really a great
[1:44:13] team really great friends
[1:44:16] here, Manatee County. But I'm
[1:44:18] gonna and it off here to Dr
[1:44:18] Thomas to lead us through some
[1:44:21] some sites here. So thank you.
[1:44:24] >> Thank you. Thank you so
[1:44:25] much. Good morning. Chair
[1:44:26] board members, Doctor Breslin.
[1:44:30] Nice to see all of you. Very
[1:44:31] pleased with how the
[1:44:34] legislative session went for
[1:44:37] Manatee County schools. Little
[1:44:39] bit of a lift it, but we were
[1:44:44] able to get those dollars and,
[1:44:44] you know, really because of
[1:44:47] the leadership that you had
[1:44:47] within the Legislature helped
[1:44:51] us a lot when it comes to that
[1:44:57] policy change. I had multiple
[1:45:00] conversations with Senator
[1:45:01] Boyd and Representative
[1:45:03] Robinson and their staffs to
[1:45:04] to get that done. So
[1:45:08] definitely want to make sure I
[1:45:09] give credit there because it
[1:45:10] helped tremendously that
[1:45:15] manatee has those 2
[1:45:16] individuals in the positions
[1:45:17] of leadership that they did in
[1:45:21] order for us to really, really
[1:45:21] get that.
[1:45:25] >> They just say that she's
[1:45:27] being very humble on this. She
[1:45:29] on. I don't think the
[1:45:29] representative one of answer,
[1:45:31] his phone, daca to all he was
[1:45:34] on or that much. I was here.
[1:45:37] And so you did a tremendous
[1:45:38] job that only going to that,
[1:45:39] but also bring it to
[1:45:39] leadership because, as you
[1:45:40] know, these type of decisions
[1:45:42] don't happen and avoid the
[1:45:43] happened. Leadership. She was
[1:45:44] in Senator Boyd's office quite
[1:45:47] of quite a bit and also in the
[1:45:47] House. And so thank you for
[1:45:49] your diligence on that.
[1:45:50] >> Making that happen. Thank
[1:45:53] you.
[1:45:54] >> so just very quickly, just
[1:45:55] to get us started, you know, a
[1:45:57] lot of times we kind of talk
[1:45:58] about or at some of you MAY
[1:46:00] reach out to you know, to how
[1:46:01] much do we need to worry about
[1:46:03] this particular bill and there
[1:46:04] are plenty of times when I
[1:46:04] tell you. Yeah, I don't think
[1:46:07] need to worry about this bill.
[1:46:08] And this is why you can see
[1:46:11] over 1900 bills were filed. We
[1:46:15] only had 237 that actually
[1:46:16] passed. That is lower than
[1:46:16] usual. But that still gives
[1:46:20] you an idea as to you the
[1:46:20] percentage of things that
[1:46:22] actually passed. And we did
[1:46:24] have 18 or 8 bills vetoed by
[1:46:24] the governor and one of them.
[1:46:26] We're going to talk about and
[1:46:29] in just a little bit.
[1:46:29] >> To the one of the things
[1:46:33] session was so unique because
[1:46:34] they had almost one 3rd of
[1:46:37] those bills were filed. 72
[1:46:37] hours before session started.
[1:46:38] We've already gone through 5
[1:46:39] weeks of committee meetings
[1:46:41] with bills are heard and we
[1:46:42] knew right then that this was
[1:46:43] going to be a very slow
[1:46:44] session. So about a 3rd of the
[1:46:47] bills were filed. We get into
[1:46:48] week one and 2 these bills
[1:46:49] having been heard in
[1:46:50] committee. And that's why
[1:46:51] we're saying back with us in
[1:46:51] these bills are dead at the
[1:46:55] heard in committee. So it was
[1:46:56] done purposely the speaker of
[1:46:56] the House purposely wanted to
[1:46:57] make this a session are very
[1:47:00] few bills passed and got to
[1:47:01] the governor and and it was
[1:47:02] done in that manner and it
[1:47:06] ended up in that manner.
[1:47:08] >> because you MAY have heard
[1:47:09] reference before. If things
[1:47:13] don't get heard in there first
[1:47:14] committee by really week 3, I
[1:47:16] mean, sometimes we can see
[1:47:19] week 4. I mean, those bills
[1:47:21] are dead because those House
[1:47:22] subcommittees are also going
[1:47:23] to stop meeting pretty much
[1:47:25] after week for maybe week 5.
[1:47:27] What also took quite a bit of
[1:47:31] time was not only the regular
[1:47:34] 60 day session, but we also
[1:47:39] had 3 special sessions
[1:47:40] >> Its it seems never But we
[1:47:41] had.
[1:47:44] >> Now to another one being
[1:47:45] threatened. Yes, as yesterday,
[1:47:46] the governor has even saying
[1:47:47] he's try to get the new
[1:47:47] speaker, the bring them back
[1:47:51] on health care and ai.
[1:47:52] >> I write exactly so that
[1:47:56] first special session that we
[1:47:57] had was on congressional
[1:47:57] redistricting, which they
[1:48:01] actually did complete, but was
[1:48:03] also originally intended for
[1:48:06] medical freedom and ai the
[1:48:09] speaker of the House then was
[1:48:10] not interested in hearing the
[1:48:12] medical freedom. An ai bill
[1:48:14] during regular session,
[1:48:16] Nevermind special session. And
[1:48:16] so it was only congressional
[1:48:17] redistricting that move
[1:48:20] forward. The speaker has since
[1:48:20] resigned to take a new
[1:48:27] position. And and so now there
[1:48:28] is technically a new speaker
[1:48:29] of the House for these last
[1:48:30] several months. And so to
[1:48:32] John's point, the governor did
[1:48:34] bring out maybe another
[1:48:35] special session to actually
[1:48:38] get those 2 items done. So
[1:48:40] we'll see what happens. We, of
[1:48:42] course, and have the budget
[1:48:43] that went into a special
[1:48:43] session also because they were
[1:48:45] not able to complete the
[1:48:47] budget process during regular
[1:48:50] session and the property tax
[1:48:50] special session, which of
[1:48:53] course, has led us to
[1:48:54] amendment 3 that we will see
[1:48:58] on the ballot in NOVEMBER.
[1:48:58] >> And end of this, we're
[1:48:59] going to be little bit about
[1:49:00] information, some polling at
[1:49:01] some numbers that you MAY
[1:49:04] happy with. Don't talk about
[1:49:06] state budget. I will. Again,
[1:49:07] we kind of put this into
[1:49:09] different Governor actually
[1:49:10] went higher than last year's
[1:49:11] budget was at 115 Billion. He
[1:49:14] had a proposal. One, 17. We
[1:49:15] generally tell folks to not
[1:49:16] worry about what's in the
[1:49:17] governor's budget. Sometimes
[1:49:18] you want to be in the
[1:49:18] governor's budget. But at the
[1:49:21] end, the legislature doesn't
[1:49:21] look at They put their own the
[1:49:25] House and the Senate. You see
[1:49:25] the House proposal is one 13.
[1:49:26] The Senate was one 15. That's
[1:49:27] where the consternation was
[1:49:30] that I would say what's a few
[1:49:32] billion amongst friends with
[1:49:33] this out? Well, it didn't get
[1:49:36] worked out during It took some
[1:49:38] time afterwards. The final
[1:49:39] agreement and I to give you
[1:49:39] this. The final agreement came
[1:49:40] in at one 14. There's a one 70
[1:49:44] number that's in the budget.
[1:49:44] That's actually on a news
[1:49:46] dollars. If you did not
[1:49:47] complete a project, you didn't
[1:49:48] do some things. You actually
[1:49:49] put it into the next year's
[1:49:51] budget. So that's why that one
[1:49:51] seventeens in there. But we
[1:49:54] actually came in lower the
[1:49:55] last year's budget. That was a
[1:49:58] plan because they saw some of
[1:50:00] the fiscally constraints that
[1:50:01] we're gonna coming in. Also
[1:50:01] give you a little bit of that
[1:50:02] update at the end of what the
[1:50:05] Revenue estimating conference.
[1:50:06] >> So you're saying that what
[1:50:07] they didn't use a rolling over
[1:50:08] so the role its summit, some
[1:50:11] of it is. It could be a
[1:50:12] lawsuit of money came in. Some
[1:50:14] of the could be somebody
[1:50:15] didn't finish a 30 million
[1:50:16] dollar building. Some of that
[1:50:18] could be a $700,000 purchase.
[1:50:19] When you're giving money from
[1:50:19] the legislature, as you all
[1:50:21] know, you're giving certain
[1:50:23] time periods.
[1:50:23] >> And those time periods
[1:50:24] always meant. We asked to roll
[1:50:25] it back into the called back
[1:50:27] of the budget items and that
[1:50:31] does inflate it. I'll talk
[1:50:32] about this real quick and I
[1:50:33] like the market want you to
[1:50:33] really see where the flip has
[1:50:35] been in the budget in 2 items
[1:50:37] yet. So we have a general
[1:50:38] revenues, 50 billion dollars.
[1:50:40] If you look on the left, why
[1:50:41] is that significant? Because
[1:50:42] most folks think that we have
[1:50:46] this huge budget. We do. But
[1:50:47] the majority of it really is
[1:50:47] passed through dollars like
[1:50:48] you're getting from federal
[1:50:50] government and that we're
[1:50:51] getting from other trust
[1:50:52] funds. And so you've seen that
[1:50:53] grow and a short period,
[1:50:55] almost 50% more. But the flip
[1:50:56] has been, as you can also see
[1:50:59] in the health care and then
[1:51:00] now being pre k through 12
[1:51:01] education up to percent. I
[1:51:05] always like a pointing that
[1:51:06] out. That's when they say like
[1:51:07] we're going to have a tough
[1:51:07] times. We're gonna have a
[1:51:08] billion dollars. Maybe less
[1:51:10] next year, a billion dollars
[1:51:11] doesn't sound much at 118, but
[1:51:12] it does when you really look
[1:51:15] at it at the 52, that's that's
[1:51:16] the number where they really
[1:51:17] look at saying we're going to
[1:51:18] have a billion dollars less
[1:51:21] coming in.
[1:51:22] >> So I just want to touch on
[1:51:24] a couple of the key policy
[1:51:28] issues and changes that we
[1:51:30] saw. Obviously besides the big
[1:51:32] policy change that we saw that
[1:51:32] in particular directly
[1:51:36] affected manatee and a couple
[1:51:37] of our regarding your your
[1:51:38] mileage and being able to to
[1:51:46] keep that fee. Senate Bill,
[1:51:47] 182 made a couple of changes
[1:51:48] that I wanted to make sure you
[1:51:53] are aware of the first is that
[1:51:54] there's a new teacher
[1:51:58] mentoring on option for any
[1:52:01] dnf schools. This is also the
[1:52:03] bill got a lot of cross
[1:52:04] regarding cursive writing. So
[1:52:07] this is the bill that we saw.
[1:52:10] The cursive writing the added
[1:52:11] in with demonstrating
[1:52:14] proficiency by grade 5. We're
[1:52:15] still waiting to hear what
[1:52:17] exactly proficiency looks
[1:52:18] like. It did ask some of those
[1:52:20] questions as to what exactly
[1:52:23] it's very hard to determine
[1:52:24] proficiency with something
[1:52:25] like handwriting still waiting
[1:52:25] on that from d o e and what
[1:52:29] that's going to look like. And
[1:52:30] there were also some
[1:52:30] additional protections that
[1:52:34] were added for and students
[1:52:36] who are in charter schools
[1:52:38] before can be dismissed from a
[1:52:39] charter school. They had it
[1:52:42] gave them some additional
[1:52:43] protections that to allow them
[1:52:46] to be able to complete a 9
[1:52:48] weeks or a semester, depending
[1:52:52] on the circumstances.
[1:52:53] >> It's Daniel always gets
[1:52:54] very nervous when the bill
[1:52:56] starts off with the words
[1:52:58] education. Yes, and you can
[1:52:59] fill it in with about
[1:53:02] anything. Side yeah.
[1:53:03] >> He what he will actually
[1:53:03] the the team actually hears me
[1:53:07] like. Yell out loud in the
[1:53:09] office like when those
[1:53:09] one-third of the bills were
[1:53:11] filed in the last 72 hours,
[1:53:14] how many times I yelled
[1:53:15] because it was just another
[1:53:16] bill that was titled
[1:53:17] Education. That makes me
[1:53:21] nervous. This one not titled
[1:53:24] Education is of
[1:53:25] extracurricular activities.
[1:53:26] And I know that this one in
[1:53:30] particular has been the
[1:53:30] attention of on board members
[1:53:32] showed in particular.
[1:53:33] >> And we've talked about it
[1:53:35] quite a bit.
[1:53:36] >> Of that. This is the bill
[1:53:40] that allows.
[1:53:42] >> For school boards to be
[1:53:45] able to implement a policy
[1:53:46] regarding coaches compensation
[1:53:49] and allows boosters for 2
[1:53:53] funds coaching compensation.
[1:53:54] Does it mean that you have to
[1:53:58] create a policy around it? No.
[1:54:03] And if you choose to want to
[1:54:08] allow the booster funding to
[1:54:09] go toward coaches the funding
[1:54:12] of coaches and coaches,
[1:54:13] compensation.
[1:54:13] >> Then it does give you the
[1:54:17] ability to be able to create
[1:54:18] board policy.
[1:54:19] >> So it is unique to what
[1:54:22] would work for manatee. And
[1:54:23] that was something that we
[1:54:25] worked really h#
[1:54:25] #
[1:54:25] #
[1:54:25] o#
[1:54:25] because
[1:54:27] we do obviously recognize we
[1:54:27] have 67 districts and the
[1:54:30] state. No one looks like
[1:54:32] another. And it's really
[1:54:33] important for you all to be
[1:54:36] able to have some control over
[1:54:37] what that looks like and what
[1:54:41] that is going to look like on
[1:54:43] for you. It also allows for
[1:54:46] the opportunity to be able to
[1:54:48] charge a fee for students who
[1:54:50] are not part of the school
[1:54:50] district that are going to be
[1:54:52] participating in
[1:54:53] extracurricular activities. It
[1:54:54] was always want to these kind
[1:54:58] of gray areas because nothing
[1:54:58] said that you couldn't. But
[1:55:00] nothing said that you could.
[1:55:02] So we had school districts
[1:55:05] that we're hoping that they
[1:55:06] were going to get their hands
[1:55:07] slapped. We had others who are
[1:55:10] saying we really want from
[1:55:10] direction on this. And so that
[1:55:12] was given to you when it comes
[1:55:17] to this as well. Another one
[1:55:17] that I talked to quite a few
[1:55:22] of us out quite a bit. Was the
[1:55:23] school district's bill, which
[1:55:24] was really known as the school
[1:55:28] board member Bill of Rights.
[1:55:30] This you now have your own
[1:55:32] section of statute which take
[1:55:35] that, however, you would like
[1:55:35] can make some of us nervous.
[1:55:39] But that's That's ok.
[1:55:42] >> it does guarantee all of
[1:55:43] you individually timely access
[1:55:46] to district documents. So if
[1:55:50] you request something or
[1:55:51] something is typically sent
[1:55:52] you one of you because it
[1:55:54] pertains to one of your
[1:55:54] schools.
[1:55:58] >> You all now.
[1:55:59] >> are to receive that
[1:56:00] particular document. It is not
[1:56:03] just one of you. So I know for
[1:56:06] some of our districts
[1:56:07] depending on how you typically
[1:56:10] done those processes that can
[1:56:11] change your internal process
[1:56:13] as to what that's going to
[1:56:15] look like. We have other
[1:56:17] districts that are still like
[1:56:18] working through what that's
[1:56:19] going to look like for some of
[1:56:20] our smaller districts. Not a
[1:56:22] big change for some of our
[1:56:23] more medium and larger
[1:56:25] districts could be a really
[1:56:27] big change so they wanted not
[1:56:27] just actually e-mail, but it
[1:56:30] could go to a portal where
[1:56:31] they have.
[1:56:31] >> could as long as they they
[1:56:32] just have to be able to all
[1:56:36] have access to it. So, yeah,
[1:56:38] it does not have to come to.
[1:56:39] It doesn't specify that has to
[1:56:40] come to your email or be
[1:56:44] handed to you or anything like
[1:56:46] that. Portal situation could
[1:56:49] absolutely be be set up. But
[1:56:51] it does require that you do
[1:56:53] have access access to all of
[1:56:54] it. Those district documents
[1:56:58] and and also to require that
[1:57:00] all of your board meeting
[1:57:01] attachments be kept as public
[1:57:03] record, which again. Many
[1:57:07] districts were already doing.
[1:57:08] Sometimes we feel like we need
[1:57:11] to clarify things.
[1:57:17] >> Another education bill this
[1:57:18] mine did create a uniform
[1:57:21] weighted gpa system.
[1:57:22] >> I didn't know that it
[1:57:23] wasn't consistent across the
[1:57:25] state until we started talking
[1:57:26] about it last year. Thought it
[1:57:27] was consistent across state.
[1:57:31] Apparently it was not. So, you
[1:57:34] know, we all learn new things
[1:57:36] every time. And it does did
[1:57:39] also provide some additional
[1:57:42] flexibilities for graduation
[1:57:42] requirements around like pe.
[1:57:43] So it on clarified some of
[1:57:44] those pe changes that have
[1:57:47] been made a couple of years
[1:57:48] back and it clarified some of
[1:57:51] that. It also caps the middle
[1:57:54] school grades Cape
[1:57:55] certificates. So it caps that
[1:58:00] to for middle school. So just
[1:58:00] something for you to be aware
[1:58:08] of. Athletics and public k 12
[1:58:10] schools different than the
[1:58:13] extracurricular bill this I
[1:58:16] now this is was commonly
[1:58:17] referred to in the news as the
[1:58:19] Teddy Bridgewater Act. For
[1:58:21] those of you who MAY not be
[1:58:22] familiar, former nfl
[1:58:24] quarterback went back to coach
[1:58:26] at one of the Miami High
[1:58:31] schools very successfully. But
[1:58:35] he was at times bringing in
[1:58:36] like ordering more food to be
[1:58:37] able to feed particular
[1:58:40] students.
[1:58:41] >> we're hungry. He was paying
[1:58:42] for Uber rides for some of his
[1:58:44] students to ensure that they
[1:58:46] were getting home safely after
[1:58:48] practice because of the
[1:58:48] neighborhoods on that they
[1:58:50] lifted and their surrounding
[1:58:54] areas and and this was in
[1:58:57] violation at the time of Fhs,
[1:58:59] a a and so he was let go of
[1:59:03] his coaching duties and the
[1:59:04] Legislature decided that with
[1:59:05] the intent and what he was
[1:59:08] really trying to do that some
[1:59:09] parameters need to be given.
[1:59:10] But this was something needed
[1:59:14] to be allowed. So and Fhs, a
[1:59:17] must authorize the coach
[1:59:21] support spending. The cap is
[1:59:23] $15,000 annually and it limits
[1:59:24] the spending authority to only
[1:59:28] a head coach. And there has to
[1:59:28] be parental consent for an
[1:59:31] okay. Have a question. MR.
[1:59:34] Kennedy
[1:59:35] >> to make sure I understand
[1:59:40] it so. A booster club can pay
[1:59:41] the head coach an unlimited
[1:59:42] amount of money if they can
[1:59:45] raise the money. But that
[1:59:45] coach can then only spent
[1:59:49] $15,000 on the team.
[1:59:51] >> is that the coach would
[1:59:53] have the ability to spend up
[1:59:54] to $15,000 of their own money
[1:59:58] money. 2 you're saying like
[2:00:00] their own money. Yeah. Would
[2:00:04] you say you're saying?
[2:00:04] >> they get boosters can give
[2:00:06] the coach and now the coaches
[2:00:09] got up to personal money. That
[2:00:10] is one supposed coach. It's
[2:00:12] now his or her money, correct?
[2:00:13] It is. But also to keep in
[2:00:14] mind that whatever, however,
[2:00:19] that
[2:00:20] >> however, the booster piece
[2:00:23] is set up is up to you and
[2:00:24] your policy that you chose
[2:00:26] choose to put in place. So you
[2:00:27] have the ability to put some
[2:00:32] parameters. In place around
[2:00:32] that.
[2:00:34] >> But this is. This is
[2:00:37] separate. Interesting.
[2:00:37] >> There's there's nothing
[2:00:41] about can the coach write in
[2:00:44] cursive?
[2:00:44] >> at work in or it's a
[2:00:46] proficiency like in? We read
[2:00:46] it because I want This. Came
[2:00:49] about. His Teddy Bridgewater.
[2:00:50] Obviously millions of dollars.
[2:00:55] You don't have That was that
[2:00:57] he was using on on his
[2:00:57] athletes, right? But all the
[2:01:00] the coach, it.
[2:01:03] >> x, y z all the way I can a
[2:01:05] like Kids McDonald. I can't
[2:01:07] get Uber rights. And so there
[2:01:12] was. Especially down in Miami.
[2:01:13] And this is read it
[2:01:14] dissipated. And so he was
[2:01:17] actually that go bump Weiner.
[2:01:23] And then game that. It came
[2:01:29] back with about to the bottom.
[2:01:34] >> Point booster clubs giving.
[2:01:36] Donating to their coach or
[2:01:38] whatever. To your point Hawk,
[2:01:40] can if they give that the
[2:01:43] booster club raises money and
[2:01:44] they give it to a particular
[2:01:47] coach to use for that team.
[2:01:49] You're saying that really need
[2:01:49] to have a policy in place and
[2:01:53] they can only knows
[2:01:58] >> Now so policy is if you. If
[2:02:02] this board chooses to want to
[2:02:05] go down the road of
[2:02:06] potentially allowing boosters
[2:02:11] to be able to raise money for
[2:02:14] the purpose of paying coaches.
[2:02:16] This board had then has the
[2:02:19] ability to be able to create
[2:02:21] policy. That is specific for
[2:02:22] Manatee County schools as to
[2:02:25] what that looks to pay a
[2:02:25] coach, pay a coach. Not for
[2:02:27] this. This is separate.
[2:02:31] >> MR. I think so you're
[2:02:32] waiting and I agree with How
[2:02:34] do you stop that coach down
[2:02:35] now? They received $20,000
[2:02:35] from the street from
[2:02:37] implementing 15,000 of that
[2:02:38] upon their discretion of
[2:02:42] putting it towards students. I
[2:02:43] guess you could put it in your
[2:02:44] policy. I don't know if that's
[2:02:46] legal, but you that's enough
[2:02:46] you can spend your personal
[2:02:48] money for kids. I don't know
[2:02:49] how you would do that, right?
[2:02:52] So I'm we do see that's gonna
[2:02:53] be something where the
[2:02:53] legislature is probably going
[2:02:56] look at their this right? I'm
[2:02:59] sure Yeah. And from a board
[2:03:00] colleagues we few weeks ago
[2:03:03] got an e-mail from.
[2:03:04] >> Coaching advocate for what
[2:03:07] county he was from. He was
[2:03:08] dressed all of us. But and
[2:03:10] said a county or Clay County.
[2:03:12] One of the Florida counties
[2:03:13] already. So they also
[2:03:14] structure and was asking us to
[2:03:16] adopt some more so coaches can
[2:03:19] start getting paid some spots
[2:03:20] are.
[2:03:21] >> Only can the only county
[2:03:21] that I'm currently familiar
[2:03:27] with that has.
[2:03:28] >> Doesn't. That work is a
[2:03:30] county also in the Panhandle.
[2:03:33] I know a couple of others that
[2:03:34] have started conversations. I
[2:03:36] also know quite a few others
[2:03:38] that are not to the point of
[2:03:40] being ready to have those
[2:03:42] conversations. But Bay County
[2:03:43] is the one that I am familiar
[2:03:46] with that has already set this
[2:03:48] set up that piece in place.
[2:03:51] And I will say this, too.
[2:03:54] Makes sense that we see this
[2:03:57] start maybe in the panhandle
[2:04:02] because Senator Simon, who was
[2:04:03] behind the extracurricular
[2:04:04] activities, Bill, which is
[2:04:07] booster. Money to the coaches
[2:04:12] Bill. Big Football guy, former
[2:04:17] fsu Philadelphia Eagles
[2:04:17] football player. I was given
[2:04:23] hard time about that. Has
[2:04:25] coached himself and in his
[2:04:26] district, which is a good
[2:04:29] portion of the Panhandle,
[2:04:31] including Tallahassee, lost 2
[2:04:33] of his best high school
[2:04:36] football coaches in 2
[2:04:36] different counties. 2
[2:04:38] assistant coaching positions
[2:04:40] in Georgia because we're so
[2:04:41] close to that Georgia line.
[2:04:43] It's not a far drive because
[2:04:44] of how much more Georgia can
[2:04:48] pay their coaches. If that
[2:04:49] helps, you understand where
[2:04:51] the drive was coming from?
[2:04:55] >> No, I get it. I mean, if
[2:04:56] you know, student athletes now
[2:04:56] have name image likeness to
[2:04:58] Newswatch and the coaches to.
[2:05:04] >> I agree. I agree.
[2:05:05] >> School safety, most of the
[2:05:07] school safety Bill was really
[2:05:08] focused on post-secondary
[2:05:10] schools, our state colleges
[2:05:12] and universities, especially
[2:05:13] after the tragedy at fsu that
[2:05:18] happened the year before. The
[2:05:19] to peace is here for you. In
[2:05:20] particular, it does create a
[2:05:22] new crime for discharging a
[2:05:24] weapon within 1000 feet of us.
[2:05:30] Cool. So that is new and it
[2:05:32] does require that certain
[2:05:38] students have been under
[2:05:41] school safety or have
[2:05:43] receiving particular services
[2:05:46] have been receiving more
[2:05:50] supports, maybe for behavior
[2:05:51] or on.
[2:05:52] >> Things within that area. It
[2:05:53] and let's say they're in dual
[2:05:56] enrollment. It does require
[2:06:01] the sharing information to the
[2:06:02] state college or upon on
[2:06:05] colleges of enrollment that
[2:06:09] they were students who are
[2:06:10] receiving additional supports,
[2:06:12] maybe through guidance or on
[2:06:13] the school safety officer
[2:06:16] anything like that. So just
[2:06:19] wanted to make you aware of
[2:06:20] that. And then when it comes
[2:06:23] to policy, the last one
[2:06:24] sovereign immunity claims
[2:06:26] against the government, you
[2:06:28] all are probably familiar with
[2:06:28] the fact that we've been
[2:06:31] dealing with this for quite a
[2:06:33] while. This bill would have
[2:06:37] increased the caps. It was
[2:06:38] relatively small, increase of
[2:06:42] caps. It was still an increase
[2:06:45] caps, but it was more
[2:06:46] manageable than we had seen in
[2:06:47] previous iterations of bill
[2:06:49] not only this year, but the
[2:06:50] year before. However, the
[2:06:53] governor did veto the bill
[2:06:54] partially because he
[2:07:00] recognized. That with the
[2:07:01] conversation about amendment 3
[2:07:05] and potentially changes due to
[2:07:05] loss of property tax revenue.
[2:07:06] That now is not the time to
[2:07:09] increase the Caps.
[2:07:11] >> go to the next one. We kind
[2:07:14] of talked about that are done
[2:07:15] beginning.
[2:07:16] >> I have a couple of
[2:07:18] questions from the board. Yes,
[2:07:19] going East, MISTER Kennedy or
[2:07:19] removed an urgent as all
[2:07:21] right.
[2:07:22] >> So from the last line on
[2:07:23] the last comment you made
[2:07:24] about the sovereign immunity.
[2:07:27] >> Yes, would it be it?
[2:07:28] >> Putin quote, Heard through
[2:07:31] the grapevine that. Lawyers
[2:07:32] Guild of the bar who are are
[2:07:33] very big on this because
[2:07:36] >> All right. Over Can you
[2:07:39] give me the?
[2:07:41] >> The ethical argument for
[2:07:41] that other than Lors want to
[2:07:43] make more money. What's there?
[2:07:47] What's their take on? Why
[2:07:47] limit should be raised because
[2:07:53] the real amount was 2 Million.
[2:07:53] >> The reginal amount on the
[2:07:54] original high and was
[2:07:57] 1 Million.
[2:08:00] >> The caps haven't been
[2:08:01] increased in.
[2:08:04] >> I believe we're it 14 years
[2:08:05] at this point. Please don't
[2:08:06] hold me to the year number,
[2:08:06] but we're we're somewhere
[2:08:10] around in that range.
[2:08:11] >> and what else is still at
[2:08:13] the same price from?
[2:08:17] >> 14 years ago.
[2:08:17] >> has
[2:08:21] >> been part of the argument.
[2:08:21] >> Next is the process is what
[2:08:23] happens when they go beyond
[2:08:26] that. That ridiculous. Really
[2:08:28] have to file a claims bill
[2:08:29] that can sit there for 20 or
[2:08:29] 30 years and hire a lobbyist
[2:08:33] to get the money. And so with
[2:08:34] that part that, you know,
[2:08:35] looking at Consumer Price
[2:08:36] Index, what it was 14 years
[2:08:38] ago, part of the argument.
[2:08:39] >> And that's a big portion of
[2:08:40] why the legislature has been
[2:08:42] really big on it is because
[2:08:45] the any members of the
[2:08:49] Legislature do not feel that.
[2:08:52] They are the experts and the
[2:08:53] ones who should be caring and
[2:08:56] bringing these claims bills
[2:08:57] and asking the Legislature for
[2:08:57] some of the millions of
[2:09:04] dollars, even if it's.
[2:09:05] Justified in in like injuries
[2:09:05] that have been sustained and
[2:09:07] and those types of things. But
[2:09:10] they're just they're not
[2:09:10] comfortable with doing that.
[2:09:11] And so they're really looking
[2:09:15] to try to get away from
[2:09:19] process and they feel
[2:09:20] increasing the caps would help
[2:09:22] to reduce the number of claims
[2:09:25] bills, at least that's good.
[2:09:25] Figured there was some good
[2:09:29] some story behind
[2:09:30] >> thank you. You had the
[2:09:31] folks here just a few minutes
[2:09:31] Newsome updating your
[2:09:34] financings and I kind of
[2:09:34] leaned in on that because
[2:09:35] there's a lot what we've been
[2:09:36] hearing. We've heard I'm gonna
[2:09:36] give you the 12 months real
[2:09:40] quick when we came out of
[2:09:43] covid, the state of Florida
[2:09:44] was bringing in 500 to
[2:09:46] 1 billion dollars per month
[2:09:48] exceeding what was coming in
[2:09:49] our coffers. So use you say
[2:09:51] you're going 115 billion
[2:09:52] dollar budget. They had more
[2:09:54] money coming in every single
[2:09:55] month. We had almost
[2:09:56] 300 billion coming in even up
[2:10:00] into 2020. 24 and then 2025
[2:10:01] that changed. But we had a
[2:10:03] little bit of about 3 billion
[2:10:06] more coming to the 2025. 2026
[2:10:08] budget this year. Same thing
[2:10:09] next year. The here's the big
[2:10:11] difference. Looking ahead.
[2:10:12] Before they would start
[2:10:13] telling us we're going to have
[2:10:16] 5 to 6 billion next year
[2:10:17] world. They're expecting only
[2:10:17] 1 billion dollars more than
[2:10:20] what's in this year's budget.
[2:10:21] That's significant because I
[2:10:22] can tell you right now the
[2:10:23] insurance cost just for the
[2:10:25] employees are going to be just
[2:10:26] You guys see it. So that is a
[2:10:27] pretty. But the good part is
[2:10:30] it wasn't the 6 billion
[2:10:31] reduction and what they had
[2:10:33] predicted 12 months before. Me
[2:10:35] give you a cup of the
[2:10:35] indicators that are that are
[2:10:37] causing. He talked about the
[2:10:40] cpi index. Cpi index went up
[2:10:42] 0.1% Your unemployment had
[2:10:43] just went down one percent but
[2:10:44] were still higher than the
[2:10:45] national average. And the
[2:10:47] first time in Florida and 4 in
[2:10:49] 5 years, building permits are
[2:10:51] down one 3rd in the state of
[2:10:52] Florida. One 3rd of what they
[2:10:55] were 12 months ago. House
[2:10:55] prices. Realtors, you all know
[2:10:57] that are starting to slow
[2:10:59] down. But here's to really,
[2:11:01] really, really big indicators
[2:11:02] wonder stores the state of
[2:11:03] Florida does really well. We
[2:11:04] always talk about it that we
[2:11:05] don't have to have what, you
[2:11:07] know, an income tax because
[2:11:07] you have your tourism coming
[2:11:10] in from sales tax tourism was
[2:11:13] down for the first time in 14
[2:11:15] years in 2025, is greatest at
[2:11:15] was only down by about 20, you
[2:11:19] know. But as that more people
[2:11:20] are dying in the state of
[2:11:23] Florida than being born. And
[2:11:23] to the days of when we used to
[2:11:24] 1000 people are coming to
[2:11:25] Florida today are not
[2:11:27] happening. That is not
[2:11:29] happening. And everybody
[2:11:29] claiming they're the fastest
[2:11:30] county in the nation is not
[2:11:31] happening anymore either.
[2:11:33] There's only 2 counties and
[2:11:35] that top 21 of them, Sumter,
[2:11:35] the villages near the other
[2:11:37] one is Duval up there. And in
[2:11:39] Jacksonville. So indicators
[2:11:40] that we're seeing is what the
[2:11:41] legislature is saying is
[2:11:43] things are slowing down and
[2:11:44] they're going to be tough for
[2:11:46] its fortunate, not going to be
[2:11:47] reduction, but you're gonna
[2:11:48] have a billion dollars more,
[2:11:50] which is not whole lot. The
[2:11:50] state of Florida is one of the
[2:11:52] healthiest that they've ever
[2:11:53] been and for the reduction in
[2:11:55] their debt. Here's a way that
[2:11:56] they have paid down in the
[2:11:57] past 5 years and the money
[2:11:59] that they hadn't reserves.
[2:12:00] Fortunate thing with that is
[2:12:01] something happens. Other
[2:12:02] hurricane we can build a
[2:12:03] bridge like that. We needed to
[2:12:04] do quickly and wait for the
[2:12:06] states and the reimbursement.
[2:12:08] I just give you this news
[2:12:11] because it is good, but it's
[2:12:12] tempered. The Revenue
[2:12:13] estimating conference said
[2:12:13] we're giving you that that
[2:12:17] 1 billion dollars extra. But
[2:12:17] we're also showing you were
[2:12:18] also looking at the negative
[2:12:22] coming 2 to 3 years down.
[2:12:23] Times were okay. It's not as
[2:12:24] bad as as it was and I don't
[2:12:27] make it blew me. But it's
[2:12:28] going to be interesting 12
[2:12:29] months. And the last thing
[2:12:33] I'll say this is we go to the
[2:12:34] next one. I think that I'll
[2:12:35] talk about the the platform
[2:12:36] development. Real give you
[2:12:38] about. Let's go back amendment
[2:12:40] 3. Amendment 3 has been very,
[2:12:41] very interesting of. You MAY
[2:12:41] have just heard in the past 24
[2:12:43] hours, the governor said,
[2:12:43] well, I'm now going to do a
[2:12:46] little bit of getting out
[2:12:48] there pushing for it when I
[2:12:49] wasn't before because I didn't
[2:12:51] get everything I wanted. He
[2:12:54] didn't get the call to slush
[2:12:56] fund that airs and help
[2:12:58] counties, schools there. And
[2:13:00] of course, that the schools
[2:13:00] are not in there and he wasn't
[2:13:01] happy about it. But there's
[2:13:02] been 2 big bulls and you've
[2:13:02] heard about these numbers that
[2:13:03] the polling is showing that
[2:13:04] it's going to pass. Well, I
[2:13:08] say to you, you're going to
[2:13:09] see a reduction in your, you
[2:13:11] know, by 150 to 250, everybody
[2:13:12] says yes. But when they do the
[2:13:16] push pull and they say, are
[2:13:16] you okay with this? If you
[2:13:18] know that your libraries that
[2:13:20] your parks are going to be
[2:13:21] close to your have to close
[2:13:22] some libraries and that
[2:13:22] building of roads are
[2:13:23] repairing roads are going to
[2:13:27] take longer. That number drops
[2:13:29] dramatically. So the 2 things
[2:13:30] the right now you're looking
[2:13:31] at a possible there. And there
[2:13:32] was a lawsuit that said that
[2:13:33] needed to rewrite it, which
[2:13:34] they did. So it didn't sound
[2:13:35] like a political statement. So
[2:13:36] they had to rewrite the
[2:13:38] language. And the number 2
[2:13:40] that is being waited as this.
[2:13:41] There's a five-year provision
[2:13:41] saying that you come into the
[2:13:44] state of Florida and you can't
[2:13:45] get this benefit into you.
[2:13:47] Lived here for 5 years. There
[2:13:49] is no other thing allowed in
[2:13:49] the Constitution and the
[2:13:51] Constitution specifically says
[2:13:53] that they're not allow that to
[2:13:55] happen. The lawsuit is saying
[2:13:56] that they have to wait until
[2:13:57] it's implemented. Not with the
[2:13:57] way that it's written. So that
[2:14:00] would be now here's the
[2:14:01] negative, although do is say
[2:14:02] you're right, you don't have
[2:14:04] to wait 5 years happen
[2:14:05] automatically. That would make
[2:14:08] the impact even more from at
[2:14:11] it. So so I'll just say this.
[2:14:11] There's going to be some large
[2:14:12] groups coming out with funding
[2:14:15] in a position to get it. I
[2:14:16] understand the realtors are
[2:14:17] getting ready to put some
[2:14:17] money into a political action
[2:14:21] committee to support it I will
[2:14:22] say right now the voters have
[2:14:25] come back continuing the
[2:14:25] polling numbers, one such to
[2:14:29] put it down and see it under
[2:14:29] the 60%. And I'll leave you
[2:14:30] with this. Why middle of a
[2:14:32] confident that I think it will
[2:14:33] die because we voted against
[2:14:37] that 3 times since 2018 in
[2:14:39] 2018, the voters, the state of
[2:14:40] Florida voted down and giving
[2:14:44] themselves just $25,000 more
[2:14:44] in Twenty-twenty to remember
[2:14:45] the one that went to
[2:14:46] firefighters, teachers, law
[2:14:48] enforcement. We also voted
[2:14:51] that down and then right after
[2:14:52] that in 2022, still we voted
[2:14:53] down the one to set these poor
[2:14:54] folks who lost their homes and
[2:14:55] hurricanes. We were going to
[2:14:56] give them a deduction and we
[2:14:59] said no to that. Also. So the
[2:15:00] state of Florida has been in
[2:15:01] the know what it's come to
[2:15:04] some property tax exemptions.
[2:15:05] We'll see how that move
[2:15:05] forward. But I want to make
[2:15:07] sure we get and as more
[2:15:08] information comes forward and
[2:15:08] data on that, we'll share with
[2:15:11] you. Also.
[2:15:12] >> And then just to wrap up,
[2:15:13] just wanted to touch briefly
[2:15:18] on platform development as I'm
[2:15:19] sure you are aware that sba
[2:15:20] has opened up their
[2:15:23] opportunity to be able to
[2:15:24] submit platform items for the
[2:15:27] school Boards Association.
[2:15:31] Your consortium is working on
[2:15:32] putting their platform
[2:15:33] together and you'll have the
[2:15:35] opportunity to be able to
[2:15:37] bring up items there. And of
[2:15:40] course, I know that you all
[2:15:42] always put together your
[2:15:43] manatee specific platform on
[2:15:47] which we are always happy to
[2:15:48] take an advocate for. We got a
[2:15:50] couple of items last year. We
[2:15:53] have another one that was on
[2:15:54] there from last year that I
[2:15:56] have talked to rep Conor Lee
[2:15:57] and sounds like on. We'll be
[2:16:00] back as far as he's continuing
[2:16:00] to work on the a#
[2:16:00] #
[2:16:04] requirements. So I think we're
[2:16:05] going to get a little bit more
[2:16:07] movement on that this year.
[2:16:09] But just some things to think
[2:16:11] about are is there anything
[2:16:13] that the Legislature should
[2:16:14] preserve or avoid changing
[2:16:15] things that we want to
[2:16:19] protect? Things that we want
[2:16:20] them to change. What state
[2:16:22] requirements are creating
[2:16:26] challenges for you. Not only,
[2:16:28] you know, for many districts
[2:16:29] across the state, as you think
[2:16:30] about like and even the
[2:16:32] consortium. But are there
[2:16:34] specific things that are
[2:16:35] affecting manatee mean that
[2:16:37] that tax be was a perfect
[2:16:38] example last year and ended up
[2:16:39] affecting a couple of other
[2:16:43] district which also helped us.
[2:16:45] And in where do you need
[2:16:47] additional additional
[2:16:49] financial support? So some
[2:16:50] things to think about
[2:16:52] scholarship funding on
[2:16:52] transparency. That's going to
[2:16:53] be another big topic. We do
[2:16:56] have new leadership coming in
[2:16:57] that I'm hearing is going to
[2:16:59] be more open to having some of
[2:17:01] those conversations. The
[2:17:02] rising cost of school safety
[2:17:03] is another piece. And then
[2:17:05] again, that could also we
[2:17:07] could see that increase even
[2:17:11] more with amendment 3
[2:17:13] potential changes to sref
[2:17:13] requirements and also, of
[2:17:15] course, teacher and staff
[2:17:17] compensations. And then you
[2:17:18] can see it. The key dates to
[2:17:22] remember they are the first
[2:17:24] interim committee week is the
[2:17:25] week of NOVEMBER 30th. And
[2:17:28] then MARCH 2nd is the opening
[2:17:31] of the 30 day legislative
[2:17:33] session. And with that, happy
[2:17:34] to take any additional
[2:17:35] questions or on anything that
[2:17:40] we can help with felt. Just
[2:17:40] real quick. I have and I'm
[2:17:41] going to present to the board
[2:17:44] at next week's meeting.
[2:17:44] >> all got a copy of it at
[2:17:47] your board briefing. I created
[2:17:48] a report on impacts of
[2:17:51] amendment 3 in Manatee County,
[2:17:54] specifically to our school
[2:17:55] district. But I will then
[2:17:57] present to you report the
[2:17:58] board meeting on Tuesday.
[2:17:59] There was not time to add it
[2:18:02] into data. Today is really
[2:18:06] busy but short short version
[2:18:08] is impacts to the
[2:18:09] organization's nonprofit
[2:18:12] organizations that we partner
[2:18:13] with. And that also, you know,
[2:18:17] workout and the the field as
[2:18:18] it were that will be losing
[2:18:20] funding up to a 3rd of their
[2:18:23] funding through the children's
[2:18:24] mileage that county get
[2:18:24] through property taxes and
[2:18:27] then also the highly likely
[2:18:30] loss of school resource
[2:18:30] officers in county and school
[2:18:33] districts across the state. So
[2:18:34] I have that for you on
[2:18:38] Tuesday. And then if you would
[2:18:40] share that with us, I will as
[2:18:41] well. I am just waiting for
[2:18:44] one person to read it over and
[2:18:46] the county and to give me a
[2:18:46] thumbs up. And then it's it's
[2:18:51] ready to go so I will I will
[2:18:52] have that also for the board.
[2:18:54] I have been appointment to the
[2:18:55] fsb, legislative subcommittee.
[2:18:59] There's 2 dozen of on that
[2:18:59] legislative subcommittee from
[2:19:02] the from the 60 5 of us that
[2:19:06] are on the advocacy committee.
[2:19:07] And so if you look at the
[2:19:09] packet that they very kindly
[2:19:11] gave us, you will see on their
[2:19:14] page 2, the fsb, a platform
[2:19:17] development by this Friday.
[2:19:19] And if there's anything that
[2:19:21] we want to present a ad for
[2:19:22] the fsb, a legislative
[2:19:25] committee to consider, that's
[2:19:27] the deadline I will be in. And
[2:19:28] you know, that's also going to
[2:19:29] be in Tuesday's board meeting
[2:19:30] approval for travel for me to
[2:19:32] go to Tallahassee for OCTOBER
[2:19:36] 8th too, be part of a
[2:19:37] legislative subcommittee where
[2:19:38] we're going to discuss the
[2:19:39] platforms and create our
[2:19:41] proposal as well for the fsb,
[2:19:46] 8th. Platform. So that's what
[2:19:50] I'm up to. That's really it to
[2:19:51] front runner. Get you a quick
[2:19:55] update now. And I appreciate
[2:19:57] you all's involvement in this
[2:20:01] because policy change. Can
[2:20:01] have a lot longer impact than
[2:20:05] the $750,000.
[2:20:06] >> In our preparations for
[2:20:07] years and years. And so for
[2:20:08] you all to take that foresight
[2:20:10] and and bring it to our
[2:20:10] attention to help us fight for
[2:20:11] you would be very helpful.
[2:20:15] Thank you, MR. Chan. Thanks
[2:20:15] for being here. Was a good
[2:20:18] play. Good. You too.
[2:20:19] >> Along with what you're
[2:20:20] talking about, a limited
[2:20:24] funding that coming into the
[2:20:25] state. Tried to think what
[2:20:26] okay with that. But yeah, over
[2:20:27] the last couple years that we
[2:20:28] have a mentality more help us
[2:20:31] cut. Spending so that we don't
[2:20:32] have to have as much money
[2:20:35] instead of asking for more
[2:20:36] money because it just doesn't
[2:20:40] seem to be an appetite. And
[2:20:41] the governor and the state
[2:20:42] government to provide more
[2:20:43] funding. So that's why
[2:20:47] encourage us to really look at
[2:20:49] the s rep again as well a
[2:20:50] small part of stall. The
[2:20:52] report, these are ways kind of
[2:20:54] what we talked about earlier,
[2:20:55] right where you are here for
[2:20:55] the conversation about
[2:20:56] infrastructure maintenance.
[2:21:00] Well. We can speed up some of
[2:21:01] that stuff. If we have more
[2:21:02] money in our capital account
[2:21:03] and we can have more money in
[2:21:04] our capital account of
[2:21:06] daughter. Comply with all the
[2:21:08] rep requirement, you know, as
[2:21:08] well as if you remember even
[2:21:12] the gust, Ali report required
[2:21:14] us when we we have a
[2:21:15] development recall, entry
[2:21:16] here, early recruitment. We
[2:21:17] renovated that a couple years
[2:21:19] ago. We spent hundreds of
[2:21:23] hours on the report. Senate up
[2:21:24] to whoever only people aren't.
[2:21:25] The only remember that they
[2:21:28] come back and you've got it
[2:21:29] You got renovate a school for
[2:21:30] a couple $100,000. More than
[2:21:30] building a whole new schools.
[2:21:34] So guess I just encourage that
[2:21:36] that mentality help us cut and
[2:21:41] another it if I were king and
[2:21:41] this MAY a local makers this
[2:21:44] make it on our legislators.
[2:21:45] But is this year because it
[2:21:46] probably doesn't rise up
[2:21:49] behind level that I know that
[2:21:50] sellers has report provided me
[2:21:51] a report over the last couple
[2:21:55] years of the 3. Highest. There
[2:21:56] is where we have infant
[2:21:57] partially funded that way. And
[2:21:59] so think we're up to about
[2:22:00] 50 million dollars this year
[2:22:01] from the state and they fall
[2:22:04] in the area of transportation
[2:22:08] mental health requirements.
[2:22:11] What's the 3rd one? The
[2:22:12] security sick, security. I
[2:22:15] have a transportation is a big
[2:22:16] win for one we there are.
[2:22:17] There are students in this
[2:22:18] county that would transport
[2:22:20] 100 miles a out and back to
[2:22:21] school. And if we could
[2:22:21] distraught 10 mile circle
[2:22:22] around the school and say,
[2:22:25] well, inside 2 miles, you
[2:22:26] know, we're not going to get
[2:22:27] you, but we're also not going
[2:22:29] farther than 10 miles out to
[2:22:31] get I know there's some
[2:22:32] pushback against that. I've
[2:22:33] heard the argument that as
[2:22:34] well and kids will come to
[2:22:37] school. You know, I'm not I'm
[2:22:39] not responsible for getting
[2:22:42] kids to responsible for what?
[2:22:42] When they get to school like
[2:22:44] educating them, you know, but
[2:22:46] if parents, have some
[2:22:47] responsibility like just
[2:22:51] ridiculous. 700 miles a day to
[2:22:51] get kids out and back to
[2:22:52] school and that they want to
[2:22:55] live out in on a farm, the
[2:22:56] edge of the county because
[2:22:56] that lets do they want great
[2:22:59] but shouldn't forest the
[2:23:00] system then to have this very
[2:23:02] excessive transportation
[2:23:03] requirement throughout the
[2:23:04] coming at them. And those are
[2:23:05] just some ideas about, like I
[2:23:07] said, mentality being help us
[2:23:11] reduce our costs rather
[2:23:12] Continue asking more money
[2:23:15] because there doesn't seemed
[2:23:16] to be an appetite for that.
[2:23:17] And along with the bill of
[2:23:21] Rights and giving or write to
[2:23:22] us, if we can cut the s rep
[2:23:23] from the assault, a report
[2:23:24] that will give us a lot more
[2:23:26] local control over a budget.
[2:23:27] To move money, ports, things
[2:23:29] like maintenance and
[2:23:30] infrastructure and not have
[2:23:32] keep our school. Building and
[2:23:34] construction renovation costs
[2:23:36] high. And so thank you for
[2:23:42] Make those here. MR. Cho.
[2:23:43] >> Thank you all for Thank you
[2:23:46] for what you what you do. I
[2:23:46] know.
[2:23:47] >> were on the phone quite a
[2:23:53] during those months.
[2:23:54] >> I got actually takes a
[2:23:54] major this morning. These are
[2:23:55] reminders of their fundraiser.
[2:23:56] But yeah, that's where you
[2:23:58] anywhere.
[2:24:00] >> You working are we? This is
[2:24:01] kind of a general question for
[2:24:03] the board and were are are
[2:24:06] jumping into priorities right
[2:24:06] now today? Its an icy and they
[2:24:11] did. No, I just wondered it's
[2:24:13] just and just a general
[2:24:16] discussion, we need to create
[2:24:16] one New Albany whether that's
[2:24:22] before after lunch.
[2:24:22] >> But after.
[2:24:25] >> have one more presentation,
[2:24:27] got answer is that we are
[2:24:29] doing that today. We are want
[2:24:30] to talk about not finalize.
[2:24:31] Obviously where want to get
[2:24:32] our priorities right up. All
[2:24:35] right. Get ready for MR.
[2:24:35] Candidate, thank you all for
[2:24:38] your denim. Get them. Yeah, I
[2:24:39] I I just want to finish up
[2:24:40] with a couple observations and
[2:24:42] I want to.
[2:24:45] >> I would be careful want to
[2:24:46] advocate for a peer per
[2:24:46] policy. We're not supposed to
[2:24:49] be doing live to seek. So some
[2:24:51] is going to frame this in the
[2:24:52] form of a question to both of
[2:24:52] And I'm I'm coming back to
[2:24:56] amendment 3. There's there's 2
[2:24:57] Things Inc. I agree with you.
[2:24:59] Once people understand the
[2:25:01] impact support. Bottoms out,
[2:25:06] right? But I want to. Sure a
[2:25:07] couple thoughts. And you could
[2:25:08] just tell me whether you think
[2:25:10] I'm are just no comment.
[2:25:14] Whenever you 2 things. The
[2:25:16] Amendment, 3 plan essentially
[2:25:22] taxes. Second homes or
[2:25:22] Snowbird homes, homes that are
[2:25:23] not primary residences,
[2:25:27] correct? So it's not exactly
[2:25:27] what Mayor Mamdani did in New
[2:25:28] York City as soon as he became
[2:25:31] mayor. I'm not gonna tell 100%
[2:25:34] familiar with this plan, but I
[2:25:35] but you're telling me is
[2:25:36] probably accurate, but I don't
[2:25:38] I don't know for sure. Okay.
[2:25:39] Enough. And then the second
[2:25:45] point is. A yes vote.
[2:25:45] Essentially reduces public
[2:25:49] services. So a yes vote is a
[2:25:51] vote to defund the police
[2:25:52] that's going to be a message,
[2:25:53] right? That's going to be that
[2:25:54] you see in the Florida
[2:25:56] Sheriffs Association, Florida
[2:25:56] Chiefs Association. The
[2:25:58] firefighters have come out and
[2:25:59] what a lot of people I could
[2:26:00] just say this. I mean, how
[2:26:01] many years of you lived in
[2:26:04] your house, 12, you won't see
[2:26:06] the $150,000 deduction. You're
[2:26:09] already getting it. If you're
[2:26:10] a 20 years, you're most likely
[2:26:12] already at the 2.50, you're
[2:26:14] not going to get one 50 and
[2:26:15] another one 50 on top of it.
[2:26:16] So I I struck the
[2:26:16] conversation. People.
[2:26:19] >> How you live in your home?
[2:26:20] 7 years, ok? We're going to
[2:26:23] see a little bit a little. We
[2:26:23] already you're getting this
[2:26:24] mountain already getting or
[2:26:25] not getting one 50 on top. So
[2:26:26] I think just explaining that
[2:26:28] the people right off the bat,
[2:26:28] they're like, wow. So it's
[2:26:30] really going to be the people
[2:26:34] moving to Florida. We're going
[2:26:35] it and the runners who are
[2:26:35] going to get the greatest
[2:26:36] impact. Think about that. Why
[2:26:38] are the realtor supporting
[2:26:40] this? Because they know the
[2:26:40] people moving to the state
[2:26:42] would get the major benefit of
[2:26:45] this. Not just the renters.
[2:26:46] Not the people living there
[2:26:49] for 10 or 20 years. But that
[2:26:50] is yes, the defunding the
[2:26:54] police. Yes, Thank you. Thank
[2:26:58] you. MADAM Shawna ph clarify
[2:26:58] once then, if the amendment
[2:27:00] does pass, what happens next?
[2:27:01] Write that.
[2:27:02] >> They go into session and
[2:27:03] then they'll be in element.
[2:27:05] Great question. Every
[2:27:06] Constitution, actually the you
[2:27:08] know, there's nothing in the
[2:27:08] constitution that says they
[2:27:09] have to put language in the
[2:27:09] law to implement the
[2:27:13] Constitution. End this. Very
[2:27:14] interesting. Some cuts social
[2:27:14] movements have taken 2 to 3
[2:27:17] years actually implement. But
[2:27:18] legislature that is supposed
[2:27:21] to put into law to implement
[2:27:22] the constitutional amendment
[2:27:24] at the next session. And
[2:27:25] that's why you see things
[2:27:28] starting off in 2027. Course,
[2:27:29] you're already being assessed
[2:27:30] for your next one. Wouldn't
[2:27:32] really be a 2027. It would be
[2:27:33] the one after that. For your
[2:27:36] assessment on your home. And
[2:27:37] that that's probably when the
[2:27:40] lobbying really is going to
[2:27:43] have a little might be for be
[2:27:44] again. Have our constitution
[2:27:45] and then they could put. And
[2:27:47] that's why during session
[2:27:48] during session, I literally
[2:27:50] heard legislators saying to
[2:27:51] that the firefighters were
[2:27:53] there up there. Trust us.
[2:27:57] We'll take care. And the
[2:27:58] firefighter went back to him.
[2:27:59] Fire Chiefs Association that
[2:27:59] we've heard that before. And
[2:28:02] that promise was broken. Also.
[2:28:03] So they're telling the
[2:28:04] firefighters there. They were
[2:28:07] telling sheriffs, trust us.
[2:28:08] We'll make sure that you're,
[2:28:10] you know, made and or not. I
[2:28:10] don't see how they can do
[2:28:16] that.
[2:28:17] >> know, when most felt and
[2:28:19] then all do a closing.
[2:28:20] >> So what and just curious,
[2:28:24] what is the because, you know,
[2:28:26] Governor DeSantis is smart The
[2:28:29] people who are pushing this.
[2:28:30] Is the idea some I've been
[2:28:34] trying to think through Like
[2:28:34] you were talking about
[2:28:35] infrastructure and some of the
[2:28:36] things we're talking about
[2:28:37] here today, they must know
[2:28:38] that some of the stuff is
[2:28:39] going to take a hit. So but it
[2:28:42] the only rational. Idea that I
[2:28:46] can come up with is that the
[2:28:46] people up there truly believe
[2:28:48] that the people down here on
[2:28:49] local boards, whether they're
[2:28:51] county or school boards.
[2:28:53] >> We're just and the like
[2:28:54] drunken sailors, right? That's
[2:28:58] we are going to force you to
[2:28:59] curb your appetite for
[2:29:00] spending by jamming this down
[2:29:03] your throat and without really
[2:29:07] doing an analysis of yeah.
[2:29:09] Like in Manatee County, we for
[2:29:10] way behind on infrastructure
[2:29:11] is road as far as roads and
[2:29:12] stuff like going. This is just
[2:29:14] going but it's the But as
[2:29:17] farther behind. But so is that
[2:29:18] is that the mentality is like
[2:29:18] you guys are spending like
[2:29:22] drunken sailors and did the do
[2:29:22] its thing and you didn't get
[2:29:25] the picture. So now we're just
[2:29:26] you're going to do this and
[2:29:27] we're going to force you to be
[2:29:31] more efficient more is that
[2:29:32] it's it's interesting to go
[2:29:34] back 12 months earlier because
[2:29:34] it you're I think you all sit
[2:29:35] here and you make decisions
[2:29:37] with data and you make it with
[2:29:37] logic.
[2:29:38] >> So last year, the speaker
[2:29:40] of the House said before the
[2:29:41] session to session before
[2:29:44] before we do this, let me put
[2:29:45] money in the budget so we can
[2:29:46] do a study. And then when the
[2:29:48] data comes back next, next
[2:29:49] year, we can then make
[2:29:50] decisions on how we should do
[2:29:52] that. So he got the Senate to
[2:29:53] agree. And the governor veto
[2:29:57] that. To the speaker's point
[2:29:58] was this was exactly which is
[2:29:59] so you want make those
[2:30:01] decisions without the data.
[2:30:02] And I think it was 2 weeks
[2:30:03] later the governor's office
[2:30:04] put something together very
[2:30:05] quickly. So I mean, I think
[2:30:09] decision was made quickly,
[2:30:10] even though we have been
[2:30:11] talking about it over year, it
[2:30:12] was done without actual proper
[2:30:17] data and even the numbers that
[2:30:18] they gave the legislature were
[2:30:21] given with a dot 0, dot, you
[2:30:24] with more information to come.
[2:30:24] Yes, and that the end, they
[2:30:28] just thought that. They think
[2:30:29] you're a jump in sales. But I
[2:30:29] will say this about the
[2:30:31] speaker of the House, the
[2:30:33] Speaker House try to reduce
[2:30:34] the sales tax again last year
[2:30:36] by half a cent. He said before
[2:30:37] we put this on everybody else,
[2:30:38] let's reduce our own, which
[2:30:38] had never been done in history
[2:30:42] of the state of Florida. The
[2:30:43] Senate said no. The governor
[2:30:43] said no. He's a levy, reduce
[2:30:45] the sales tax by a quarter of
[2:30:46] a penny. And the governor in
[2:30:49] the Senate said no, because we
[2:30:51] see worst times coming ahead
[2:30:52] and we can't reduce income
[2:30:54] coming in. But I thought to
[2:30:55] myself, but you can do at the
[2:30:56] school cities and counties,
[2:30:56] but you couldn't do that
[2:31:00] yourself. But I don't know
[2:31:01] where you want to take But
[2:31:02] again, as they think that you
[2:31:05] there's more money. But at the
[2:31:06] end of the day, just like you
[2:31:07] said, we know that you guys
[2:31:08] are fiscally Rees, you know,
[2:31:10] kept responsible Putin statue
[2:31:11] and how you can spend dollars
[2:31:13] what you can do with impact
[2:31:14] fees and everything else. And
[2:31:14] you can't move it like like
[2:31:17] they can. And in the
[2:31:17] legislature.
[2:31:18] >> And I would also just add
[2:31:19] very quickly, if you don't
[2:31:21] mind that the other piece of
[2:31:24] this that was discussed on
[2:31:26] multiple occasions and has
[2:31:28] even come up since amendment 3
[2:31:32] made it onto the ballot. Is
[2:31:36] that every 20 years the tax,
[2:31:36] committee, the help me with
[2:31:38] the name tax in Florida,
[2:31:38] Taxation and Budget Reform
[2:31:41] Commission. Thank you. That
[2:31:41] one.
[2:31:43] >> They meet every 20 years
[2:31:46] and they are due to meet in
[2:31:48] 2027. So it's not lake if they
[2:31:51] had just waited to see.
[2:31:52] >> What those meetings, what,
[2:31:54] what they were going to
[2:31:56] suggest and, you know, their
[2:31:59] recommendations. Could we wait
[2:32:01] for that before moving forward
[2:32:03] with something like this? And
[2:32:05] it was brought up multiple
[2:32:06] times in session they weren't
[2:32:11] interested in waiting.
[2:32:12] >> That's very important.
[2:32:13] Other question I had is in my
[2:32:14] 4 years of doing this, and I
[2:32:14] guess they've been mostly on
[2:32:15] the education side. But I've
[2:32:17] talked to some county
[2:32:17] commissioners to is there's
[2:32:22] just not an appetite. 2. We
[2:32:23] know we've had some
[2:32:23] deregulation bills, but to do
[2:32:25] serious the regulation that
[2:32:28] would bring the cost down of
[2:32:30] doing business in the counties
[2:32:31] in the school systems. You
[2:32:31] bring it up in that and it
[2:32:33] just. I'm surprised that
[2:32:36] especially people who are you
[2:32:37] know, more fiscally
[2:32:38] conservative, let's say that
[2:32:39] are running, that they would
[2:32:40] not think that it's always
[2:32:44] more laws, more mandates. But
[2:32:45] you're going to cut your
[2:32:46] revenue more laws, more
[2:32:46] mandates that your revenue,
[2:32:48] more law
[2:32:49] >> No one recognizes will want
[2:32:52] help us cuts the requirement
[2:32:53] so we can actually lower the
[2:32:53] spending and then we could
[2:32:55] possibly lower taxes. And I
[2:32:56] missing something in what I'm
[2:32:57] I'm in now.
[2:32:58] >> Mean that that has been
[2:32:59] very much what we've seen. I
[2:33:03] mean, when we had the law that
[2:33:05] expanded school choice to what
[2:33:06] it we see now, we did have
[2:33:08] deregulation to go along with
[2:33:10] that. All right. And we have
[2:33:11] been told since then didn't
[2:33:13] know you got your
[2:33:13] deregulation. We were one and
[2:33:16] done now. That was really.
[2:33:19] Mostly coming from the
[2:33:20] governor's office when we
[2:33:22] would try to have those
[2:33:23] conversations. Senate has
[2:33:25] still been very much in
[2:33:28] support of continuing to
[2:33:32] deregulate in particular, the
[2:33:33] school districts in my
[2:33:35] conversations with incoming
[2:33:36] leadership and in both the
[2:33:39] House and Senate, there seems
[2:33:40] to be more of an appetite in
[2:33:41] the House to have those
[2:33:43] conversations going forward.
[2:33:48] And I know that. Those of us
[2:33:51] that are in the education
[2:33:52] lobbying space. Your your
[2:33:55] fellow members. So the others
[2:33:55] who represents some of the
[2:33:57] other school districts on both
[2:34:00] internally and externally, we
[2:34:02] have already been working on
[2:34:03] coming together to talk about
[2:34:05] some of these things to be
[2:34:07] able to approach whoever the
[2:34:08] new governor is and their new
[2:34:12] staff coming in to start these
[2:34:14] conversations right from the
[2:34:15] beginning because it does
[2:34:17] sound like we will have more
[2:34:18] support in House will continue
[2:34:19] to have support that we've had
[2:34:21] in the Senate. Sounds like
[2:34:21] we're going to have more
[2:34:24] support in the House
[2:34:25] potentially about that. So
[2:34:27] then what we want to do is be
[2:34:28] able to talk to 2 d o e and to
[2:34:30] the governor's off the new
[2:34:31] governor's office and be able
[2:34:32] to start those conversations
[2:34:34] right from the beginning. To
[2:34:36] your point of exactly the
[2:34:38] impacts that that could have
[2:34:40] and helping us to be able 2
[2:34:44] more work within our means.
[2:34:44] >> I mean that this whole the
[2:34:45] report is this a prime example
[2:34:48] of probably one of 100 or
[2:34:50] 1000? Remember asking a
[2:34:51] previous superintendent what
[2:34:52] percentage of the reports that
[2:34:53] you send up to do it if you
[2:34:56] are probably useless are not
[2:34:57] worth the time. And that is
[2:34:59] set up there. And some of
[2:35:01] these computer that's a 10 or
[2:35:01] 20% don't know much more than
[2:35:05] that, 30, 40. And that's
[2:35:05] because you know, who knows,
[2:35:07] maybe even 50, you know, but
[2:35:09] there's just this just our
[2:35:10] Kate stuff sitting out there
[2:35:12] that if we could just get rid
[2:35:14] of it, I wouldn't say
[2:35:15] billions, but it would maybe
[2:35:15] 10's of millions at least are
[2:35:18] hundreds of millions. And just
[2:35:18] that just that effort, I like
[2:35:20] to see a whole legislative
[2:35:22] session where the speaker of
[2:35:23] the House and PRESIDENT, the
[2:35:23] sense that the session is
[2:35:25] about what we're not going to
[2:35:26] do anymore instead of what
[2:35:27] we're just going to keep on
[2:35:31] layering on Larry on
[2:35:31] >> That would be great. It's
[2:35:32] even that threaten for
[2:35:33] decades. If introduce a bill
[2:35:33] that you have to introduce a
[2:35:37] bill to full withdrawal, a
[2:35:40] previous legislation that's
[2:35:40] ever been, it's always been
[2:35:43] threatened never happen that
[2:35:44] just well off a political so
[2:35:47] buckle. Give it back there as
[2:35:49] Felton and close this out. I
[2:35:54] just wanted to add that with
[2:35:54] I've been personally in
[2:35:59] conversation to be executive
[2:36:00] director operations of the
[2:36:01] Florida Sheriffs Association,
[2:36:02] the executive director for
[2:36:02] school Safety and Security
[2:36:06] Association. I think You're
[2:36:10] making living, I will. I I've
[2:36:12] been busy. And and there is
[2:36:14] concern that also coming into
[2:36:16] the Taxation of Budget Reform
[2:36:16] Commission, that even
[2:36:21] amendment 3. Fails that
[2:36:22] they're going to try and go
[2:36:23] into it there and find other
[2:36:27] ways in which to to cut. Cut
[2:36:27] the ability local governments
[2:36:30] to fund themselves. During
[2:36:35] that up. Couple of things on
[2:36:39] my my thought is on that hole.
[2:36:42] Amendment 3 thing. I think
[2:36:43] there are a lot of different
[2:36:44] organizations don't have real
[2:36:48] deep dive. And 2.
[2:36:49] >> If that passes, if it does
[2:36:53] not pass. I'm not gonna voice
[2:36:57] my opinion. Either way. But
[2:36:59] what I see and what I would
[2:37:02] forecast if that passed. That
[2:37:13] will then now. Counties. Tax
[2:37:13] to make up. That difference
[2:37:17] MAY be your. Your mileage rate
[2:37:18] for your property. Taxes is
[2:37:22] 5%. The county is going say,
[2:37:26] ok, we lost that revenue. So.
[2:37:26] I think the state is trying to
[2:37:31] force local. To raise their
[2:37:32] own funded and managed their
[2:37:33] own funding and let them get
[2:37:36] out of the way. And then the
[2:37:38] county would come and say, ok?
[2:37:43] You got a 5% discount on
[2:37:45] Morgan are you're not packed,
[2:37:46] but we still need revenues. So
[2:37:49] we're only gonna pack shoot
[2:37:52] 3%. So you're still getting a
[2:37:55] decrease. What you're paying
[2:37:59] on your property. But the
[2:38:01] county still needs to provide
[2:38:04] services. That's the way I
[2:38:08] have analyzed all of this.
[2:38:09] It's going to pass or it's not
[2:38:11] going to pass. There's going
[2:38:13] to be a shift and who's going
[2:38:16] to raise those funds and who's
[2:38:17] going to manage those funds?
[2:38:19] Director has us all that tax
[2:38:24] goes up to the state. And just
[2:38:25] like you say that they
[2:38:27] allocated and the presenter
[2:38:28] before, you know, we get so
[2:38:31] much and then and best that.
[2:38:34] So I see that a little
[2:38:35] differently. How the tax
[2:38:38] payers and the voters decide
[2:38:39] what they want to do. Is up to
[2:38:44] them. I think the leaders in
[2:38:46] the counties and and board
[2:38:49] members, superintendent county
[2:38:52] administrators. Are all going
[2:38:55] to have to look at different
[2:38:58] ways to manage fun funding
[2:39:02] sources. So that's the way I
[2:39:04] look at it. It's we're going
[2:39:06] to have to wait and as felons
[2:39:07] point. Yeah, they were just
[2:39:07] won't pass to Mike come up
[2:39:11] with a different way. I've
[2:39:12] been in my 18 years. I don't
[2:39:13] know how it's going to affect
[2:39:14] my tax bill. It do know is
[2:39:16] probably going to not do
[2:39:20] anything. But but I do know
[2:39:21] that it would give relief to
[2:39:22] those who are on very limited
[2:39:24] comp store. So you've got to
[2:39:27] look at it on both sides. And
[2:39:30] that's how I've looked at it.
[2:39:31] Both sides. There's a lot of
[2:39:33] people out there struggling. I
[2:39:34] serve on value Adjustment
[2:39:38] board. I've heard people
[2:39:43] comment. Here's about how much
[2:39:44] that homestead exemption and
[2:39:47] packed what they have to pay.
[2:39:51] So that's on just very
[2:39:52] neutral, be neutral on this
[2:39:54] because to me it's a county.
[2:39:58] It's not a school. Thing. Is
[2:39:58] it going to affect what we do
[2:40:02] in a school board? But maybe
[2:40:05] not so much. I think we're.
[2:40:06] Our financial stability is as
[2:40:10] good. I don't think it's going
[2:40:12] to affect us as much as some
[2:40:14] think. I think we have the
[2:40:17] resources to adjust, Joe,
[2:40:20] whatever this outcome is. So
[2:40:21] that's that's where I'm out
[2:40:25] with that. So I just wanted to
[2:40:26] close it out that, it's a wait
[2:40:29] and see thing. All your way in
[2:40:31] to you know, so all comes out
[2:40:36] well, wait and you know, a
[2:40:37] whole new leadership coming
[2:40:37] there. So you don't know is
[2:40:41] going to go CHAIRMAN, if I
[2:40:42] could just bear I want to say
[2:40:43] thank you to Dr PRESIDENT And
[2:40:45] MR. Chapman, your staff. When
[2:40:46] would I?
[2:40:47] >> Should have said this. And
[2:40:49] I during the one we need stuff
[2:40:50] and there's a bill that has
[2:40:51] been amended on any new with
[2:40:54] the impact to you all.
[2:40:55] >> And the financial impact is
[2:40:56] you guys have gotten back to
[2:40:57] us like within hours, is
[2:41:01] phasing in so MR. Chapman,
[2:41:02] thank you for staying on the
[2:41:04] staff and the I want you to
[2:41:05] know that it has been one that
[2:41:06] has really stood out that when
[2:41:07] we've needed the information
[2:41:07] just think that we're going
[2:41:10] into a committee. They do a
[2:41:12] strike. Call to a 234 page
[2:41:13] Bill and I need you to look at
[2:41:13] and get back on and to be what
[2:41:14] some of these policies and how
[2:41:16] they would impact you. And
[2:41:17] that's it. It's very helpful
[2:41:18] get in shape that. Thank you
[2:41:21] very much. We appreciate your
[2:41:22] partnership and.
[2:41:23] >> it is to Rachel Sellers are
[2:41:25] team as Back us up at the
[2:41:26] financials and MR. Chapman
[2:41:28] being very responsive. Thank
[2:41:31] you very much. Thank keep an
[2:41:32] eye on it on us for sure. Like
[2:41:33] you guys everywhere. You have
[2:41:35] a phenomenal team.
[2:41:36] >> Yes, no. Thank you. Thank
[2:41:39] you so So much. Okay with
[2:41:40] that. I want to do one more
[2:41:42] item before we go item number
[2:41:44] 3. I don't think that's going
[2:41:45] to take more than 15 minutes
[2:41:47] or so should not. And then
[2:41:48] after that, we will break for
[2:41:50] lunch. I know there's other
[2:41:55] people here for item number.
[2:41:57] 6. This to Yeah. So we'll
[2:41:58] break for lunch after this
[2:42:13] presentation.
[2:42:13] And good morning
[2:42:17] again because this afternoon,
[2:42:18] I'm introducing allure how for
[2:42:26] you guys today. Pulling up she
[2:42:30] is with pfm. She is our
[2:42:31] financial Advisor Week. She
[2:42:34] has presented to the board
[2:42:34] before and she's going to
[2:42:38] present some of the proposed
[2:42:38] financings.
[2:42:39] >> Both of the 2 topics are
[2:42:45] items that are scheduled after
[2:42:47] this discussion to going to
[2:42:52] OCTOBER 6, 2026. Fort Meade.
[2:42:53] >> And good afternoon. I know
[2:42:54] between Yellen lunch, so I
[2:42:58] will be very brief.
[2:42:59] >> Presentation anyhow. And as
[2:43:00] I always like to do, when we
[2:43:01] present in front of you is
[2:43:02] just to kind show you where
[2:43:06] the municipal market has been
[2:43:08] recently. And so these 2
[2:43:09] graphics on site to are
[2:43:11] showing you on the left-hand
[2:43:14] side where the rates were mid
[2:43:15] AUGUST one week ago, one month
[2:43:17] ago and one year ago and the
[2:43:18] graphic on the right is
[2:43:20] showing the 10 year historical
[2:43:25] range with where it was now
[2:43:26] versus one year ago. And so
[2:43:28] one year ago, the rates on the
[2:43:29] long and we're a touch higher
[2:43:32] on short and they're a little
[2:43:34] bit lower. Since this in the
[2:43:35] past 2 weeks, rates have been
[2:43:36] bouncing around a lot. There's
[2:43:39] been a lot that's been going
[2:43:40] on with Iran with, you know,
[2:43:43] potentially what the market is
[2:43:43] trying to guess what the Fed's
[2:43:44] going to do. So this will
[2:43:45] continue to kind of bounce
[2:43:50] around. Which was mentioned
[2:43:51] before the Texans dissipation
[2:43:53] know this is something that
[2:43:55] the district does historically
[2:43:57] annually and it's basically
[2:43:58] intel that ad valorem revenues
[2:44:00] come in allows you to pay the
[2:44:01] operating expenses, teachers,
[2:44:04] salaries the money comes So
[2:44:05] this graphic is showing you
[2:44:06] what the projected cash flows
[2:44:09] are. The disbursements, our
[2:44:14] that our charts and those the
[2:44:14] black line is the actual
[2:44:17] receipt of when the funds come
[2:44:18] ncc NOVEMBER. That spikes up
[2:44:19] into DECEMBER based on when
[2:44:20] the property tax is actually
[2:44:23] come n. On site for this is
[2:44:25] showing what we anticipate for
[2:44:27] the series 2026 know as Rachel
[2:44:27] mention will be coming to the
[2:44:31] board on OCTOBER 6 kept them
[2:44:32] to distribute out a request
[2:44:34] for proposals from banks for
[2:44:39] an amount of 55 million with a
[2:44:41] out and sorry upper mount a
[2:44:43] 55 million with the final
[2:44:46] maturity of FEBRUARY. 27th
[2:44:47] 2027 below is showing you
[2:44:48] where the bids were over the
[2:44:50] past years. We didn't have the
[2:44:52] results back when this
[2:44:53] presentation was put together.
[2:44:54] But Wells Fargo did submit the
[2:44:57] most attractive bid again this
[2:45:01] year with the rate of 3 point
[2:45:03] 4, 2%. That is indicative. So
[2:45:04] it'll continue to fluctuate
[2:45:06] until the board approved sis
[2:45:06] on OCTOBER 6. Before we close
[2:45:10] on the 8. Any questions on
[2:45:13] that. And before I move on to
[2:45:14] the refunding to go back to
[2:45:17] one, that one slide, just look
[2:45:18] at the difference and
[2:45:22] >> interest from 10 years ago.
[2:45:23] And something. Yeah, I got
[2:45:25] that right Okay. I was yeah.
[2:45:30] One percent 3. Okay. Admit I'm
[2:45:32] sorry, MR. Taylor, go ahead.
[2:45:37] >> So this is money that. We
[2:45:38] borrow before we get our tax
[2:45:38] money so we can pay bills
[2:45:39] basically right in the 3 point
[2:45:42] for one percent of the
[2:45:44] interest that we would bar
[2:45:45] that interest me. We've are.
[2:45:48] It was 3.4, 2%. But yes. And
[2:45:50] so in what Dominic was
[2:45:51] mentioning earlier is the
[2:45:53] overnight rate is at 4% right
[2:45:55] now. So unlike your project
[2:45:57] funds from the cops that are
[2:45:58] invested, which are subject to
[2:46:00] our regulation.
[2:46:00] >> The Texan dissipation note
[2:46:03] is not its less than the 12
[2:46:06] months. So if we're borrowing
[2:46:07] at 3.4, 2% and we're investing
[2:46:11] at 4%, that interest earning
[2:46:14] you can capture and hold. So
[2:46:15] actually making The some of it
[2:46:19] if rates. Yeah. So back, you
[2:46:21] know, 10 years ago when rates
[2:46:23] were not as attractive
[2:46:25] investment rates overnight,
[2:46:25] rates were not, you know, they
[2:46:28] would get a quarter of hat.
[2:46:30] Percent where we are now. And
[2:46:32] with the conversation of the
[2:46:33] Fed meeting on the 16th of
[2:46:37] SEPTEMBER you know, there is
[2:46:39] speculation that it's going to
[2:46:39] go up by a quarter of a
[2:46:43] percent. We don't know but if
[2:46:45] that's the case and you would
[2:46:48] typically see the overnight
[2:46:48] rates correlate to increased
[2:46:50] with that as well. So while
[2:46:50] this is outstanding, if the
[2:46:51] Fed is increasing, rates
[2:46:55] overnight, rates but really
[2:46:57] it's to cover that debt in the
[2:46:58] short fall into tax receipts
[2:47:03] come And I've always wondered.
[2:47:04] >> Why? I mean, it works out
[2:47:05] for us this year when rates
[2:47:05] are high that we make some
[2:47:06] money. But another years we
[2:47:08] actually hey, interest on this
[2:47:12] money more than we are earning
[2:47:12] is that.
[2:47:15] >> There has been times. Yeah,
[2:47:16] especially when rates lower or
[2:47:19] it was in a declining interest
[2:47:20] rate environment. So you see
[2:47:24] in 2018 year at 2.0, 2, 5, and
[2:47:26] then 2019 was 1.7 8. That was
[2:47:27] the declining interest rate
[2:47:28] environment. So likely
[2:47:29] investment interest rates for
[2:47:31] declining as well. Were in a
[2:47:32] rising interest rate
[2:47:34] environment. Works in our
[2:47:35] favor. Have the benefit of
[2:47:37] that now? Yes.
[2:47:37] >> And I've always wondered
[2:47:38] what I know that there's a the
[2:47:43] state of Florida, has it
[2:47:44] Treasury account, right? Why
[2:47:46] that is the give us a 0
[2:47:47] interest loan. We applied for
[2:47:49] a look how much need.
[2:47:50] 45 million dollars. Here's
[2:47:50] your loan when you get your
[2:47:52] tax money pays back or
[2:47:55] something like that keep that.
[2:47:56] The process that we have to go
[2:47:57] through every year going out
[2:48:01] and getting this loan and then
[2:48:02] yeah, we make money this year.
[2:48:03] But another, it just seems
[2:48:06] it's just a bizarre process
[2:48:07] how treasurer of the state of
[2:48:09] Florida just can't they were
[2:48:09] going to forward to this money
[2:48:10] out of the Treasury pays back
[2:48:13] when get your tax
[2:48:14] >> Interesting concept. If
[2:48:16] y'all wanted to introduce
[2:48:24] death, openings banks have
[2:48:26] lobbyist like like talk about
[2:48:27] the lawyer. You know, there's
[2:48:29] usually a story behind what
[2:48:31] seems intuitively obvious.
[2:48:31] There's a story behind a bank.
[2:48:33] Logic is not only logical.
[2:48:41] >> that's all ahead.
[2:48:42] >> So the next part is
[2:48:44] actually refunding. So saving
[2:48:47] you all some money on site 5,
[2:48:49] we just going back through The
[2:48:50] refund means that the district
[2:48:53] has taken advantage of which
[2:48:54] resulted over 16 million of
[2:48:57] cash flow savings for capital
[2:48:58] projects. So this is something
[2:49:00] that we monitor for you all.
[2:49:02] And we do have the opportunity
[2:49:04] coming up for the sales tax
[2:49:09] Revenue Bonds series 2017.
[2:49:10] They're currently outstanding
[2:49:13] in an amount of 73 million,
[2:49:14] 365,000 of which 60 per
[2:49:18] 1 million, 355,000 and is
[2:49:19] eligible for currently funding
[2:49:22] on APRIL. First 2027 it's in
[2:49:23] the years. Maturing and 27 to
[2:49:28] 32. Rates again at they've
[2:49:29] said kind of been moving
[2:49:30] around. They will continue to
[2:49:30] move around. We won't be able
[2:49:34] to move on this and tell.
[2:49:36] Early 2027 any how to do this
[2:49:38] pricing. But when we did this
[2:49:39] analysis 2 weeks ago, it was
[2:49:41] producing over 4% of savings
[2:49:43] which is a net present value
[2:49:45] savings of 2 and a half
[2:49:46] million for the capital
[2:49:50] dollars on this. And so we
[2:49:51] would recommend that this is
[2:49:53] coming to the board as well on
[2:49:55] OCTOBER 6. And we set the
[2:49:56] parameters said that, you
[2:49:57] know, with the rates
[2:49:57] fluctuating and when we align
[2:50:00] for the perfect moment to
[2:50:02] price, which the district has
[2:50:05] actually been pretty
[2:50:05] successful at getting that we
[2:50:08] set it at a minimum of 3% net
[2:50:10] present value savings on the
[2:50:11] refunding of the bonds, which
[2:50:13] is an aligned with Jeff foe. 8
[2:50:15] best practices. The final
[2:50:17] remains the same of OCTOBER.
[2:50:18] First 2032. So there's no
[2:50:21] extension on that. And so this
[2:50:23] will come for you all
[2:50:23] consideration on the OCTOBER
[2:50:27] 6 billion as well.
[2:50:28] >> question, So the first
[2:50:31] line. Currently refund, the
[2:50:33] sales tax revenue bonds.
[2:50:35] What's that? What is that
[2:50:37] exactly mean to refund a sales
[2:50:39] tax revenue? So prior before
[2:50:40] the tax reform you could do in
[2:50:43] advance refunding.
[2:50:45] >> With the tax reform you can
[2:50:45] only currently funding. And so
[2:50:50] the called a is on APRIL 4th
[2:50:54] are able first of 2027. I'm so
[2:50:56] you are allowed to refund
[2:50:57] within a 90 day window. That
[2:50:59] makes it a current refunding,
[2:51:00] unlike your mortgage or you
[2:51:01] could go every 6 months if you
[2:51:05] wanted to reset your rate with
[2:51:06] the revisions of tax, always
[2:51:07] be able do in advance
[2:51:08] refunding. You could do one
[2:51:10] advance refunding and then
[2:51:10] you'd have to wait for
[2:51:12] current. Now, you can only do
[2:51:13] current. There are some
[2:51:15] creative solutions out and
[2:51:16] several were sent to the
[2:51:17] district by the underwriters.
[2:51:20] But with the interest rate
[2:51:21] environment, we thought that
[2:51:23] it was just best to wait
[2:51:24] because you you do pay premium
[2:51:25] if you try and lock it in
[2:51:26] Pryor. And so that's what it's
[2:51:27] it's just letting you know,
[2:51:31] where in line with this is the
[2:51:32] current So it'll be within 90
[2:51:34] day window of the
[2:51:37] >> So the term refund does not
[2:51:38] go to the store and their
[2:51:39] refund. Me if I return
[2:51:43] something refunding 3 doing.
[2:51:43] >> The whole the whole loan
[2:51:44] refinancing refinance, get
[2:51:46] that might be a better just
[2:51:48] that fun.
[2:51:52] >> And then minimum that.
[2:51:53] >> PRESIDENT Saving value
[2:51:53] savings of at least 3%. Does
[2:51:58] that mean our policy? Says
[2:51:59] that we're not going to
[2:51:59] refinance unless we get at
[2:52:04] least a 3% savings. That okay.
[2:52:05] It's good. Understand what we
[2:52:07] go through here so that I walk
[2:52:08] with actually understand what
[2:52:11] this all meant. And then
[2:52:11] finally, a little maturity
[2:52:12] will not extend beyond the
[2:52:15] curvature to date of or not.
[2:52:18] Is not a policy that we don't
[2:52:19] extend charity that weeks, the
[2:52:20] maturity that you can
[2:52:21] >> You know, there's there's
[2:52:25] other. Considerations that
[2:52:26] need to go into If you're
[2:52:29] extending maturity Again, like
[2:52:32] a mortgage, you could say you
[2:52:34] are in a 10 year mortgage and
[2:52:35] you want to extend out the
[2:52:36] remaining principal refinance
[2:52:38] to 30. We typically don't do
[2:52:39] that. There are exceptions
[2:52:39] that you might want to look at
[2:52:43] it in this, you know, for a
[2:52:44] straightforward refinancing
[2:52:44] refunding. That's not
[2:52:47] something we would consider.
[2:52:49] There's other factors that so
[2:52:51] you're allowed to. But there's
[2:52:53] other considerations and to
[2:52:53] that and we wouldn't advise in
[2:52:54] the situation. There's no need
[2:52:58] to.
[2:52:58] >> the whole process that
[2:53:00] you're talking about is it's
[2:53:01] basically like refinancing.
[2:53:02] Our mortgage is for lack of a
[2:53:03] better get a better interest
[2:53:03] rate to save U.S. Money But at
[2:53:05] least 3% super simple yet they
[2:53:08] got Thank you.
[2:53:11] >> Yeah, do. Bringing in that.
[2:53:18] Put it I don't have anyone
[2:53:18] all.
[2:53:21] >> As I have a question for I
[2:53:26] laying on Very simple.
[2:53:27] Appreciate will see you then.
[2:53:28] Have everything on OCTOBER
[2:53:33] meeting for Superman? Yeah,
[2:53:33] thank Thank Lauren. Thank you.
[2:53:38] Thank you so much. Board
[2:53:40] members. It is 12 53. I am
[2:53:41] going to break for a 30
[2:53:45] minutes enough for you.
[2:53:47] Welcome back after a lunch
[2:53:49] break. Come back and a session
[2:53:50] one 30 and we're going on to
[2:53:58] item. 4.5 And that is a
[2:53:59] discussion regarding a
[2:54:00] brighter forecast or s b
[2:54:00] legislative priority. And we
[2:54:01] have MISTER Katzman help guide
[2:54:06] us through that.
[2:54:08] >> Thank you, MADAM Chair and
[2:54:12] MR. Di stupor intent. So we do
[2:54:14] this around this time every
[2:54:15] year. And this is when you
[2:54:18] have a chance to hear the
[2:54:19] briefing from Sunrise
[2:54:21] Consulting and then we kind of
[2:54:26] you all decide what. You want
[2:54:27] to focus on for that team to
[2:54:28] focus on and for you all, when
[2:54:30] you go up to Tallahassee for
[2:54:34] this year's priorities, we
[2:54:37] discuss what those priorities
[2:54:40] should be, I will then load
[2:54:41] them into the f fsb, a
[2:54:44] platform and the consortium's
[2:54:48] platform so that that way they
[2:54:49] Ms Skelton reference that way.
[2:54:50] They have them by the end of
[2:54:52] the week as they begin to
[2:54:58] draft there platform and and
[2:54:59] then eventually when you all
[2:55:00] are in a place where these
[2:55:01] priorities are good to go,
[2:55:04] we'll put them on aboard
[2:55:05] agenda just to make it
[2:55:06] official and to approve them.
[2:55:09] So what you have in front of
[2:55:13] you last sessions, school
[2:55:15] disco boards, legislative
[2:55:18] priorities. You also have fsb
[2:55:20] a's priorities from last
[2:55:22] session and thus consortium's
[2:55:23] priorities from last session
[2:55:26] as reference. So what we could
[2:55:26] do is take a look at the
[2:55:30] school boards. Priorities from
[2:55:33] last session and see if
[2:55:33] there's once. You know right
[2:55:34] now, number 7, we could
[2:55:36] probably take off number 7,
[2:55:38] for example, right? Success
[2:55:42] there. And then we could talk
[2:55:42] will help guide a little bit,
[2:55:47] maybe about what an
[2:55:48] appropriations requests could
[2:55:51] look like. That could be in
[2:55:53] the area of what the last
[2:55:54] presentation at this workshop
[2:55:57] is about as MAY be related to
[2:55:58] maybe Bayshore high school and
[2:55:59] maybe what? What, what, what
[2:56:00] that campus could look like
[2:56:01] and maybe there's a request
[2:56:06] around around that. So maybe
[2:56:08] MADAM Chair, if we look at the
[2:56:09] last year's school board,
[2:56:12] legislative priorities.
[2:56:16] There's 10 on there. Obviously
[2:56:17] he will eliminate number 7,
[2:56:23] sir. Now there's 9. And I'll
[2:56:24] let you all kind of discuss
[2:56:24] it. The should remain if we
[2:56:27] should add some. And that's
[2:56:28] what this time is is is about.
[2:56:33] >> Can Boart on the document
[2:56:36] that you have.
[2:56:37] >> I do see that re on eye on
[2:56:40] number.
[2:56:41] >> Word. Is that the 5th?
[2:56:42] Because salty fish and coast
[2:56:47] all day number 2. I think we
[2:56:48] need to tie. And MISTER Tatum
[2:56:52] has traffic down gent there
[2:56:54] Sunrise said there's movement
[2:56:55] on that. I think that would be
[2:56:56] a good item to add at this
[2:57:00] point. It's a number one 100
[2:57:01] number 2. And then number 9
[2:57:02] has the fish.
[2:57:07] >> Okay. But it doesn't
[2:57:10] actually say as threat fun
[2:57:11] there. The last was asked for
[2:57:15] at the ok, see it there. I'm
[2:57:15] Meta don't want with maybe
[2:57:17] read that maybe re.
[2:57:20] >> Phrase that because here
[2:57:21] I'm sitting here, I didn't see
[2:57:29] Last word because I con on and
[2:57:34] off. All of you've seen that.
[2:57:34] Social media post about a new
[2:57:39] charter. And how much costing
[2:57:41] them. And it's like no the
[2:57:42] prime a private school k
[2:57:44] private. Well, under what? We
[2:57:47] have to pay. The vote yes.
[2:57:51] Only 20,000 foot. My
[2:57:51] understanding that still the
[2:57:52] same and they're getting a
[2:57:56] lot. They're gonna warehouse
[2:57:59] again a warehouse. But could
[2:58:00] exactly. So.
[2:58:01] >> I number 9 is along the
[2:58:02] same thing. The fish and the
[2:58:05] right? Programmatic capacity.
[2:58:08] I mean, get from a school
[2:58:10] district standpoint, have we?
[2:58:11] I mean, that was That was I
[2:58:12] know we brought that up in
[2:58:15] lieu of was happening with
[2:58:16] schools of Is that something
[2:58:18] that still like the fish
[2:58:20] reported that some I don't
[2:58:21] care about have hope. Is that
[2:58:22] something we still need to
[2:58:26] make sure together. Deficient
[2:58:28] that the actual capacity was
[2:58:31] definitely often in places.
[2:58:32] That's something we still need
[2:58:34] to have a priority or is that
[2:58:37] >> We did have a visit by the
[2:58:37] deal. We they looked at
[2:58:38] programs, were able to make
[2:58:42] some adjustments and did
[2:58:42] Calculate Fishburne Harley
[2:58:46] building the Harley Center. So
[2:58:47] I feel like we've made some
[2:58:51] progress. They're looking for.
[2:58:52] Regina love that work. But I
[2:58:54] feel like we're safe and that
[2:58:55] regard for now, the dog did
[2:58:59] come and work with us but I
[2:59:02] talk to staff and get back up.
[2:59:02] It's something that we still
[2:59:05] feels a priority. I guess what
[2:59:07] I'm trying to say is some of
[2:59:11] the things we need to put.
[2:59:14] >> And a different order.
[2:59:15] >> So we have stir up here
[2:59:16] than we have the fish down
[2:59:19] here to me. All of those
[2:59:22] things should be. Kinda in
[2:59:25] line with each other. Share
[2:59:28] just like the finance school
[2:59:29] board, number 4. And number 5,
[2:59:31] those are all financial plight
[2:59:31] thing.
[2:59:35] >> We could make number 9
[2:59:36] number 3 that basically what
[2:59:39] I'm or not, if we if we need
[2:59:40] it every think I don't think
[2:59:41] we really need number 9. Think
[2:59:45] we've come to
[2:59:47] >> squash that whole thing.
[2:59:48] But proving were using our
[2:59:49] facilities and not in the way
[2:59:53] it's So I would say to kind of
[2:59:53] scratch that one as well. I
[2:59:57] think 10 like.
[2:59:58] >> Knowing we've all obviously
[2:59:59] been up there during the time
[2:59:59] you have in 15 minutes,
[3:00:02] whatever 20 minutes to go in
[3:00:03] even even here when you're
[3:00:06] locally here with the
[3:00:07] delegates like 10 is a lot
[3:00:10] here and some of this. It is
[3:00:13] repeating what in number 10
[3:00:15] says we were killing the
[3:00:16] consortium and then obviously
[3:00:17] going end up probably some
[3:00:21] point if it's be so I feel
[3:00:22] like this is some of this is
[3:00:26] in those we don't need to
[3:00:27] outline those that we one
[3:00:28] year. We didn't like 2 years
[3:00:33] ago. There was like 2 or 3.
[3:00:34] Topics in the consortium that
[3:00:37] we really like were released.
[3:00:38] Definitely want that. And we
[3:00:41] put like up. Eu member like
[3:00:42] Eric Wright from ours. And
[3:00:45] then we had like another mine
[3:00:45] that brought out those
[3:00:46] specific ones. Yeah, I'm not.
[3:00:49] I don't know about
[3:00:50] >> has listed on item number
[3:00:52] area distortion become like
[3:00:53] highlighted that it was these
[3:00:56] are ones in.
[3:01:00] >> The consortium f b a like
[3:01:00] we're really behind. But I'm
[3:01:02] just going to duplicate. I
[3:01:05] think we should make don't
[3:01:05] know which one I know number 5
[3:01:08] is probably do bucket. Always
[3:01:11] increase in the bsa. He's
[3:01:12] always in the legislative ask
[3:01:13] and never really happened. So
[3:01:16] what we want.
[3:01:17] >> Let's go back to 10 real
[3:01:17] quick. Do you agree board that
[3:01:21] we should scrap that one? I
[3:01:21] mean, that's just saying we're
[3:01:22] going to support the greater
[3:01:24] Florida because I mean, their
[3:01:28] priorities have to be voted on
[3:01:31] by every board. This in that
[3:01:32] concert Anyway, members of
[3:01:34] writers. Yeah. So I would say
[3:01:35] scrap number 10 as well.
[3:01:36] That's fine. Would would it be
[3:01:38] rather than having it as a
[3:01:40] numbered priority to we just
[3:01:42] have a statement at the
[3:01:44] bottom. So it went so it's not
[3:01:45] numbered. So looks like it's
[3:01:47] an additional priority. But
[3:01:47] just at a statement, in
[3:01:49] addition, the school board
[3:01:50] Manatee County for second
[3:01:50] being a letter, maybe, yeah,
[3:01:53] it could be a letter. I can
[3:01:55] tell like not just as cheap
[3:01:56] but as a school board. This is
[3:01:56] our priorities. And we
[3:02:01] support. The greater
[3:02:03] consortium. We support fsb I
[3:02:05] would put it there instead of
[3:02:07] on. Exactly. So that raised we
[3:02:07] we are weighing in that we do
[3:02:11] support them in some way.
[3:02:11] Rather than does look like
[3:02:12] we're not supporting the
[3:02:13] consortium or the atmosphere
[3:02:20] right? I know number 3 was
[3:02:21] another one that MISTER Tatum
[3:02:26] really work hard. I think I
[3:02:28] don't think it remove it.
[3:02:32] Because not an but right.
[3:02:34] Thanks. You know that he would
[3:02:36] attack. So it take number 3 as
[3:02:39] well. I'm sure you're taking
[3:02:44] notes. Yeah, I think you are.
[3:02:45] When we go up to item number
[3:02:50] one. We need to bring But
[3:02:55] those items that our similar
[3:02:56] like the fish reporting all of
[3:03:01] that took down on Titan on
[3:03:01] trying to it is going to want
[3:03:04] to or buildings, right? One to
[3:03:07] are the buildings, ok? Very
[3:03:07] good.
[3:03:08] >> Before we move up 3, that
[3:03:08] if we want to keep it, that
[3:03:09] it's a building when to
[3:03:12] theoretically right now. Which
[3:03:14] the authorized district school
[3:03:14] board to develop finance to
[3:03:16] manage workforce yet for.
[3:03:22] Doing that. I know you haven't
[3:03:22] done because what we're
[3:03:23] looking at with.
[3:03:25] >> time year.
[3:03:29] >> Right. Because of climate
[3:03:29] of the time. It's why we had
[3:03:35] that on As climate.
[3:03:36] >> Because political climate,
[3:03:42] I think she meant not live
[3:03:43] plaque the people positions. I
[3:03:43] really didn't that on there. I
[3:03:48] don't. I don't think so. I I
[3:03:51] we just need to.
[3:03:52] >> I I think we're in we focus
[3:03:53] on 10 items. There go. Look at
[3:03:57] one or 2. Yeah. Act, Jimmy. I
[3:03:58] think we need to be more
[3:04:01] precise for sure. And and get
[3:04:05] that message. And Betty. And
[3:04:06] to everybody's some MR. Khan
[3:04:07] to go ahead. That said, I'd
[3:04:12] like to add one to the list,
[3:04:12] >> been that this is my only
[3:04:13] asked for, though, some peace.
[3:04:17] >> And if you I'm actually in
[3:04:19] the off a one pager hope that
[3:04:20] gap. So we have on the very
[3:04:24] last page. And this is the a
[3:04:26] consortium wish list. The very
[3:04:31] last page. The 3rd. Sentence
[3:04:32] under operations include
[3:04:34] certified Pre-k staff employed
[3:04:35] by Charter and district
[3:04:37] operate public schools.
[3:04:40] >> In the definition of k 12
[3:04:41] instructional personnel. This
[3:04:42] has been a very frequent asked
[3:04:45] over the years and then it
[3:04:46] must dropped off. And probably
[3:04:46] because people got sick of
[3:04:48] asking and never came. Not
[3:04:50] only what I like that Pre-k
[3:04:51] staffer requests that we have
[3:04:54] a legislative change. But I'd
[3:04:55] also every year we do
[3:05:00] bargaining. We run into this
[3:05:01] >> there are positions
[3:05:03] guidance counselors, school
[3:05:04] Sykes, social workers who work
[3:05:07] with kids and work in schools
[3:05:10] but are for the sake of
[3:05:10] bargaining in this example are
[3:05:13] not. Don't fit the definition
[3:05:16] of a teacher. And so that
[3:05:18] group is always kind of left
[3:05:18] behind. And every year they
[3:05:20] come to us and say, hey, how
[3:05:22] come we're not considered. We
[3:05:24] work in schools. We were kids
[3:05:25] and we have to tell them
[3:05:26] sorry, court. That what you're
[3:05:27] not a you don't count this
[3:05:31] group. And I just I would like
[3:05:32] to renew that request. It's
[3:05:34] probably going to ignored
[3:05:35] again. But
[3:05:36] >> what were you Mr?
[3:05:36] Candidates on the very last
[3:05:39] page of the packet. All right.
[3:05:42] The the coalition.
[3:05:43] >> Under operations, it's the
[3:05:46] 3rd item. Include certified
[3:05:51] Pre-k staff occasion and I
[3:05:55] love with you on this. South.
[3:05:57] So okay, I'm not that they
[3:05:59] about. That's right. I'm just
[3:06:01] walking through the
[3:06:04] functionality of adding Pre-k
[3:06:07] teachers. No, my question is.
[3:06:11] Pre-k vpk right?
[3:06:14] >> well, I guess part of my
[3:06:15] reservation with the wording
[3:06:16] that they have in here that
[3:06:17] does include anything about
[3:06:19] funding. So what I don't want
[3:06:22] to see. These are funding not
[3:06:25] really change yet. We have to
[3:06:26] incorporate all these other
[3:06:27] teachers involved in the same
[3:06:29] amount so. I think waters down
[3:06:32] raises so so if we do that, I
[3:06:34] think we got to add something
[3:06:37] on there like we have with
[3:06:38] number what numbers on
[3:06:40] Mandates without money, right?
[3:06:42] Yeah. Fully. Fund Monday. So
[3:06:43] if we want to Pre-k, it's got
[3:06:49] to come and funding. Now
[3:06:49] through early learning
[3:06:51] coalition right? Is how we
[3:06:56] paid a vpk. Look donut line
[3:07:02] here. Anybody. Why I was
[3:07:03] thinking of only ones that are
[3:07:04] hosted in our in our schools.
[3:07:06] So then what so and the
[3:07:09] charter schools Should the
[3:07:13] private ones are out? Their be
[3:07:13] cake carriers are not gonna
[3:07:14] get any funding other what
[3:07:16] they normally happen and
[3:07:19] they're not be considered in
[3:07:20] the Pre-k.
[3:07:20] >> Can I just think does that
[3:07:21] make sense on some of please,
[3:07:26] please, So Some of our
[3:07:27] teachers who are teaching Pre
[3:07:30] k have a certification. Some
[3:07:33] do not carry the Florida
[3:07:34] teacher certificate are title
[3:07:37] one. We do require as part
[3:07:38] monies that they get funded by
[3:07:40] the title one program.
[3:07:41] >> So they're they're still
[3:07:45] would be. A differential
[3:07:47] there. There is any ways based
[3:07:47] on, you know, credentialed by
[3:07:48] the dod versus not
[3:07:51] credentialed by the doing.
[3:07:52] >> And that's where I have the
[3:07:53] problem one. That's I just
[3:07:56] think it's so much to this.
[3:08:00] Then the pka prepay. Then just
[3:08:01] the dish because you're going
[3:08:04] to have the private. The
[3:08:04] private pay will like. And
[3:08:07] Mike. Early learning cold like
[3:08:09] I don't. I just I'm a great to
[3:08:12] know how that meshes with each
[3:08:13] other to say, let's included
[3:08:15] with the k 12. Unless you're
[3:08:16] gonna give us funding for
[3:08:19] that. Known as the Knicks and
[3:08:19] including the funding ask is
[3:08:21] think it's good point. That's
[3:08:23] that's crucial. What I'm after
[3:08:27] is the anybody. If so, if you
[3:08:28] bring Pre-k teachers into the
[3:08:29] definition of instructional
[3:08:32] personnel. I'm assuming here,
[3:08:33] but I'm assuming they would
[3:08:35] then be covered by the the
[3:08:36] marketing unit yet they've by
[3:08:38] the nba. So guess what I'm
[3:08:43] asking is that we pull. And I
[3:08:43] haven't really talked to Pat
[3:08:44] about this Everybody about it
[3:08:46] yet. But we pull those
[3:08:49] positions that we're talking
[3:08:50] about, which come to us every
[3:08:51] single bargaining session say,
[3:08:52] hey, like this year. It's the
[3:08:55] t a t s I a money. So we have
[3:08:56] counselors, other staff
[3:08:57] members, schools like social
[3:09:00] workers that work with kids
[3:09:01] look will happen in the
[3:09:01] district much lot of 10 years.
[3:09:04] But I'm not getting that he s
[3:09:06] a bonus that the Legislature.
[3:09:09] Set aside for us and it's
[3:09:10] like, well, once again, you
[3:09:11] don't fit the statutory
[3:09:14] definition of teacher and and
[3:09:15] it's I just feel like it's
[3:09:15] Groundhog Day which have the
[3:09:16] same conversation every single
[3:09:19] year and nothing ever changes.
[3:09:20] Even though.
[3:09:20] >> Well, I think that just
[3:09:22] like Jesus fairness, I think
[3:09:25] that's what keeps or claim on
[3:09:26] everybody's legislative
[3:09:27] priorities because it doesn't
[3:09:31] get a lot of traction. I know
[3:09:32] that other districts have
[3:09:36] talked about it. I get the
[3:09:37] same feedback. They're never
[3:09:38] going to change that because
[3:09:41] it's going to water down on
[3:09:42] the consortium. One rent rises
[3:09:44] It's been there forever. I
[3:09:49] would be. Hesitant to put it
[3:09:49] on ours.
[3:09:50] >> Well, I guess my thing is
[3:09:52] like we ask every year, but
[3:09:53] Lake, I think it's important
[3:09:54] enough that we leave. Even if
[3:09:55] they're gonna say no, let's do
[3:09:56] include it on the on our ask.
[3:09:58] And maybe. Maybe there's a
[3:10:02] change The governor's office
[3:10:06] or something that can.
[3:10:07] Precipitate a chain. Wilson
[3:10:07] will say I just I just believe
[3:10:08] it. I just like the give up
[3:10:11] and leave it off.
[3:10:11] >> So would you want to word
[3:10:16] it? This way.
[3:10:20] >> But add a funding aspect to
[3:10:21] it.
[3:10:22] >> So what I just for time's
[3:10:24] sake, how I work on that
[3:10:25] number.
[3:10:25] >> Back, ok, I'll bring. That
[3:10:26] would be because I would like
[3:10:30] to see. And to yes, the
[3:10:34] district, how much? Would that
[3:10:35] impact our district? Randi
[3:10:37] Kaye. And what kind of impact
[3:10:41] is that going to have on?
[3:10:41] >> The early learning and all
[3:10:47] the People that do this.
[3:10:50] >> It's not just or That would
[3:10:52] be a fair way, I think to that
[3:10:54] and and bring it back. And as
[3:10:55] we about its numbers and get
[3:10:57] those okay. And then about a
[3:11:01] question about the 2 are
[3:11:02] because because and Florida,
[3:11:03] Kate, k 12, they don't call it
[3:11:06] Pre k 12 when they talk about
[3:11:07] education and standards and
[3:11:10] all those things. When we get
[3:11:14] allocations and you know, all
[3:11:15] the information told he had
[3:11:17] followed by the state. Our
[3:11:22] Pre-k included in that.
[3:11:23] >> I'm trying to think up the
[3:11:26] top my head that he s I
[3:11:30] parameters and there was. A
[3:11:32] specific and reference to
[3:11:35] Pre-k certified. I believe The
[3:11:40] sellers do you recall this?
[3:11:46] Certified Pre k certified dea
[3:11:48] teachers were a part of the
[3:11:50] tsa. Met met the other
[3:11:51] parameters that included a 10
[3:11:51] plus years of experience in
[3:11:53] Florida. From my recollection.
[3:11:56] Okay. Okay. And then when we.
[3:11:56] >> And with the fish. But
[3:11:57] next, the fish for a second.
[3:12:00] Do they in its Pre-k still not
[3:12:04] included? Definition when
[3:12:07] they're looking at.
[3:12:08] >> And again, I confirman and
[3:12:10] get that when we worked with
[3:12:11] the deo, we we did share our
[3:12:12] classrooms. And I believe they
[3:12:15] took that into account. But
[3:12:17] when we run, that I'd have to
[3:12:21] go back and look at those
[3:12:23] numbers. I if memory serves
[3:12:24] me, I think we did talk about
[3:12:31] the Pre k District
[3:12:32] >> Spaces and seats that we
[3:12:33] have we were doing all we do.
[3:12:34] We put all of that into our
[3:12:35] systems. I will write make
[3:12:38] sure that the Earth for the
[3:12:40] state spent that is that they
[3:12:41] do take our feedback. When we
[3:12:44] have that collaboration.
[3:12:45] >> Because if I'm if I'm
[3:12:45] remembering correctly, we
[3:12:48] going through. Data base of
[3:12:49] schools of hope argument was
[3:12:51] that they don't count because
[3:12:54] it they win the like, you
[3:12:55] know, generally speaking, not
[3:12:56] just for us, but generally
[3:12:58] speaking, they don't count Pre
[3:13:03] k as part of the regular fish
[3:13:04] count because they don't count
[3:13:06] the death smaller class folks.
[3:13:10] So that was wondering if Pre-k
[3:13:11] teachers are even on their
[3:13:14] radar at I write it. The
[3:13:15] teacher side of its a whole
[3:13:17] different a space side of But
[3:13:18] >> it's more the impact of
[3:13:21] people. You know, are people
[3:13:22] going to have to go get
[3:13:26] certifications if we? That's
[3:13:27] what I want to find out to the
[3:13:27] district court can impact that
[3:13:31] will have on U.S.
[3:13:31] >> MADAM Chair point of
[3:13:32] clarification is that we think
[3:13:36] it's just Pre-k teachers who
[3:13:37] are eligible, but we will send
[3:13:38] out that clarification as
[3:13:39] well. So the board has that
[3:13:44] exact.
[3:13:45] >> Okay. So what that's going
[3:13:47] to be tbd. Ok, back to the
[3:13:50] draft. Okay. Appreciate MR.
[3:13:52] Kennedy.
[3:13:57] >> Thank so
[3:14:00] >> 5, I'm guessing we want to
[3:14:00] keep that.
[3:14:01] >> I I would say to remove it
[3:14:01] because I think it's. It's
[3:14:05] going to be done in the other
[3:14:06] ones think it's It's going to
[3:14:08] be done. Essays always. Talked
[3:14:11] about. So we put something on
[3:14:15] the bottom line. Just don't
[3:14:15] add.
[3:14:16] >> In the letter, I want every
[3:14:20] in a e with whatever. Yeah, my
[3:14:21] hope for this document is too.
[3:14:22] And I talked about this with
[3:14:24] the consortium.
[3:14:29] >> Simple. Less is more. So I
[3:14:31] think this one was way too but
[3:14:32] we all wanted something on
[3:14:36] there. And it's a distortion
[3:14:38] or school boards association.
[3:14:40] Has those some items on there.
[3:14:40] We will point that out in the
[3:14:47] letter. Create same. Thank you
[3:14:50] for your time. This is the
[3:14:52] school board. I'm Angie just
[3:14:52] school District Manatee
[3:14:55] County's rich list. Understand
[3:14:58] that we fully support fsb a's
[3:15:03] and distortions platform and
[3:15:05] to our our consideration. But
[3:15:07] this is our first Pacific
[3:15:12] Manatee District. Yeah, I
[3:15:14] think there needs to be a
[3:15:16] statement on our letter that
[3:15:21] we get but not necessarily So
[3:15:22] we get started out at the top,
[3:15:24] thank you and put something a
[3:15:25] cave. Hope they're going to
[3:15:26] read it. But and then, but our
[3:15:30] ask, I don't know. Are like
[3:15:31] you said that the model
[3:15:33] talking to make sure
[3:15:33] understanding.
[3:15:35] >> So you really want this to
[3:15:37] be just manatee specific? Yes.
[3:15:41] Every kid, you know. Have a
[3:15:42] cover letter is what I'm
[3:15:43] trying to come out with. I
[3:15:45] guess just say. This. Just
[3:15:51] Watt. We came up was our and
[3:15:52] then add in that cover letter
[3:15:53] that we support, we always
[3:15:56] tell them to make. All right.
[3:15:56] We always tell him to. But I
[3:15:57] think the cover letter with
[3:16:02] this would be. Document that
[3:16:02] were vested in a summer. You
[3:16:05] support the nations.
[3:16:06] >> was about his mother
[3:16:08] meeting
[3:16:13] >> We front. Alright.
[3:16:15] >> Okay. As another. And just.
[3:16:16] >> Because I think I well, I I
[3:16:19] got a dollar. Ask going to get
[3:16:19] to.
[3:16:20] >> I think you're going to go
[3:16:21] to I think you'd be able as
[3:16:21] we're sitting with the
[3:16:22] delegates and stuff you're
[3:16:25] going to say, hey, we also
[3:16:28] support sba put you right
[3:16:28] right week.
[3:16:29] >> And that's why with the
[3:16:32] little cover letter. So when
[3:16:33] we do go before the delegation
[3:16:34] will have that letter, we can
[3:16:36] go to it. Tash is your and
[3:16:37] these are the ones that we
[3:16:42] are. Asking for kind of kind
[3:16:43] of what I want. But I also
[3:16:44] have asked for finance to
[3:16:48] sell. I one. MR. Concerns on
[3:16:52] the right. Gabby out. Maybe
[3:16:55] for that. If there's something
[3:16:56] major that comes out from the
[3:16:59] consortium for a that's like a
[3:17:01] huge impact on everybody,
[3:17:01] including Nancy. I feel like
[3:17:02] we should prioritize that.
[3:17:04] Also on our.
[3:17:05] >> Platform. Not to say that
[3:17:08] we support them, but also make
[3:17:11] a point of, hey, this is the
[3:17:12] really big.
[3:17:13] >> You know, like that I was
[3:17:14] in couple years ago, we did
[3:17:15] that. Yeah, we had like sure
[3:17:18] that if right or like doing
[3:17:20] yeah, right. And that would be
[3:17:22] in the bold print. I know like
[3:17:24] a the priorities. This is this
[3:17:25] is a major issue with right.
[3:17:27] Cheryl districts all over the
[3:17:29] plate. Please. Well, this is
[3:17:29] art. And this is the things
[3:17:32] that we're going to be
[3:17:36] discussing. 3 meeting all be
[3:17:36] discussing with the crust or
[3:17:38] sham in Miami couple of share.
[3:17:38] So.
[3:17:40] >> Yeah, something stands out
[3:17:42] to me. Well, absolutely. Putin
[3:17:44] print for its falls for
[3:17:47] manatee. Will make sure that
[3:17:53] we yeah, okay. So. We're
[3:17:53] definitely keeping item.
[3:17:57] Number one and 2. We're going
[3:17:58] now. 3. We're gonna scrapped
[3:18:04] for. And MISTER Cho said we
[3:18:05] probably ought to just scrap 5
[3:18:08] as well. You know what you
[3:18:09] said that?
[3:18:11] >> believe that it's I it's
[3:18:11] going to be in the other ones
[3:18:15] for sure. Yeah. Militants one
[3:18:16] that you guys think that we
[3:18:18] want to. But like keeping
[3:18:20] Boldin citizen. But we do this
[3:18:21] every year to MR. Tatum's
[3:18:25] point. We always ask for more
[3:18:26] money. So instead of has some
[3:18:28] more like to do some things
[3:18:29] that don't to give us more
[3:18:30] money, but allow us to to save
[3:18:34] our money. So I just I don't
[3:18:34] think we needed something to
[3:18:39] be another ones.
[3:18:43] >> More do think it number 5
[3:18:44] as well. I do believe it's
[3:18:45] going to be on both those the
[3:18:48] other and there again. Here
[3:18:51] you have 5 board members and
[3:18:53] with consortium, an you have
[3:18:57] 100 100's so. That's going to
[3:19:02] have a bigger voice so I was
[3:19:03] brought number 5 as well. And
[3:19:07] now we're on the number 6.
[3:19:07] >> I think you can scrap 6
[3:19:11] based on the same Now. Yeah. I
[3:19:12] think 6 is going down. All of
[3:19:13] them.
[3:19:16] >> Yeah, I'm okay.
[3:19:16] Commissioner honor members
[3:19:20] about number 6. Because we do
[3:19:21] another one we ask for and
[3:19:26] yeah. Source kovr, number 7
[3:19:30] and now we're number
[3:19:31] >> this is not been resolved
[3:19:37] yet. Has it I don't think
[3:19:38] it'll call, I do know, during
[3:19:40] one of my meetings. That came
[3:19:45] up. But I can't remember where
[3:19:46] we My notes are home on my
[3:19:47] desk for that one. And this,
[3:19:49] you know, this over the last,
[3:19:53] you're too. This has been a
[3:19:54] >> you notice and changed a
[3:19:55] little bit here. Florida
[3:19:57] debated even
[3:19:58] >> Obviously there's federal
[3:20:01] and state laws about. Having a
[3:20:04] firearm near school. And you
[3:20:05] can see the language. This is
[3:20:06] about what we just saw, that
[3:20:07] school district own property
[3:20:11] or this building right?
[3:20:11] >> And that and that's to
[3:20:14] clarify. The law. Again, it's
[3:20:19] it's a you know, education.
[3:20:21] Yeah. Committee related. So
[3:20:23] this, you know, you could now
[3:20:25] are going one way or another
[3:20:26] and just explaining to why it
[3:20:27] was put on as last year during
[3:20:28] this time. This was kind of a
[3:20:31] hot topic, right?
[3:20:31] >> the climate and we were
[3:20:34] there all very concerned
[3:20:34] about.
[3:20:35] >> What what could happen. You
[3:20:37] know, I
[3:20:41] >> non school.
[3:20:42] >> Related properties, but
[3:20:44] that her district own. So
[3:20:51] right, such as I right. So I
[3:20:52] don't mind scrapping that one
[3:20:56] as MR. Kennedy, I do. My
[3:20:56] scrapping either my memory
[3:20:57] could be faulty. But I thought
[3:20:58] the debate last year was more
[3:20:59] about higher education.
[3:21:00] >> The debate was about to
[3:21:05] allow open carry and
[3:21:05] universities, colleges not k
[3:21:06] through 2 well known. That
[3:21:08] part of that.
[3:21:09] >> Ksat, 12 as part of ok was
[3:21:11] about government buildings in
[3:21:12] general.
[3:21:13] >> Right. Like this building
[3:21:15] on the a c know there a need
[3:21:16] for this. Got left government
[3:21:17] building. Think you forever
[3:21:20] action. Wright was more now as
[3:21:23] more director. Okay. Word. We
[3:21:26] have 2 items now. Item number
[3:21:30] one. And number 2, my desk is.
[3:21:34] Concerning. Bayshore. I think
[3:21:36] that before are you moving
[3:21:37] appropriations? Well, can I
[3:21:39] jump to priority? Yeah. Go
[3:21:41] ahead. Sorry. Before we get
[3:21:42] appropriation time, are going
[3:21:45] to be a upon that year? Your
[3:21:47] preparation. He wanted to be a
[3:21:48] priority. We're going to be
[3:21:49] that. I just don't think it's
[3:21:50] going to be a little bit of a
[3:21:52] go ahead. Get a hat, ok? You
[3:21:53] go ahead.
[3:21:54] >> Mind maybe a little bit
[3:21:55] longer. Work on language with
[3:21:59] this
[3:22:00] >> but I I think very similar
[3:22:04] to. What we do with the tax
[3:22:05] collector. I think we're
[3:22:09] dealing with a little bit of.
[3:22:10] Potentially you look around
[3:22:11] the state, charter schools and
[3:22:16] the sales tax. I think we've
[3:22:17] done a very good job of
[3:22:18] implementing in the way we did
[3:22:18] implement it and years ago.
[3:22:23] But I think there's some
[3:22:24] movement among some charter
[3:22:25] schools that are
[3:22:29] >> trying to get. The payback
[3:22:29] from you know, the years they
[3:22:33] didn't get it off. And and
[3:22:36] maybe just a clarification,
[3:22:37] me, maybe I can work with
[3:22:39] staff to help figure that out
[3:22:40] and, you know, missus your
[3:22:43] team and get help somehow just
[3:22:45] clarify the language just
[3:22:46] cause are I've seen some some.
[3:22:50] Kind of one. That is going
[3:22:52] after this money right and
[3:22:55] there was really no do believe
[3:22:56] there's clarification. But I
[3:22:57] think they've won correct me
[3:23:00] if I'm wrong. I think there's
[3:23:00] been a couple counties other
[3:23:04] going
[3:23:05] >> if we start on. So we're
[3:23:07] working with our legal team
[3:23:08] and this and it potentially
[3:23:12] maybe a legal situation. So. I
[3:23:14] guess I'm suggesting we I
[3:23:16] understand what you need and
[3:23:18] I'll work with the legal team
[3:23:20] on drafting something for But
[3:23:23] those cases the MR. D#
[3:23:23] #
[3:23:23] #
[3:23:23] and
[3:23:27] chime in. But that. There's a
[3:23:29] subsection 6 and a subsection
[3:23:31] 2, right? Some of these cases
[3:23:34] of subsection, 2, which has to
[3:23:35] do with referendums, correct.
[3:23:36] This is a surtax which is
[3:23:41] subsection 6. So the disc
[3:23:45] reps, the gray in law right
[3:23:46] and what what judge and what
[3:23:52] court is going to rule that a
[3:23:53] surtax in a referendum on the
[3:23:54] same? Are they different?
[3:23:55] Subsection 6, 7, edition to
[3:23:56] the same or different. So like
[3:23:59] pro players play call and
[3:24:00] that's and that's why we need
[3:24:03] to seek the legislative. Fix
[3:24:06] is because otherwise a judge,
[3:24:07] it could be a in a different
[3:24:08] area could rule differently.
[3:24:09] And so well, that's something
[3:24:13] where if you guys want.
[3:24:15] >> I agree with Reese. I think
[3:24:17] it like to get up something
[3:24:17] fix in the statute. Yeah. And
[3:24:19] you don't have to nobody gonna
[3:24:21] waste any money, right? And
[3:24:23] courts. I don't. He's going to
[3:24:24] be I mean, I think if we do it
[3:24:26] now, it's not going to be like
[3:24:28] it wasn't that act like it was
[3:24:30] like right around the chicken
[3:24:31] head cut off, right? Try to
[3:24:33] get this thing fixed. I think
[3:24:33] we do it now. Put in there now
[3:24:34] and start talking about it. It
[3:24:36] could be little bit easier.
[3:24:40] Nothing I want to take and we
[3:24:40] get e-mails. I'm not take away
[3:24:43] the money that we've given him
[3:24:48] or I'm just only That's all I
[3:24:49] got tell I agree. So that's
[3:24:49] good.
[3:24:56] >> All right. So what I want,
[3:24:56] okay, we got down here is
[3:24:57] renewed to ask. We've got our
[3:25:02] 750. I don't want the board to
[3:25:04] consider anything that you
[3:25:04] want to add to the priority
[3:25:09] list. That MAY come up in a
[3:25:10] conversation from other board
[3:25:11] members and other districts or
[3:25:13] whatever that MAY be, they MAY
[3:25:13] not put it on. There's there
[3:25:16] might a good fit for hours. So
[3:25:18] that's that's what I do. When
[3:25:18] I listen different meetings
[3:25:19] are like, oh, that might be a
[3:25:23] good item for us. Mine is
[3:25:28] money. I would like to ask if
[3:25:31] we can get funding to build.
[3:25:36] On to Bayshore. Primarily a
[3:25:37] automotive program like we
[3:25:43] have that parish. Kind of like
[3:25:45] what I'm hoping that we could
[3:25:46] do. I don't know what it would
[3:25:50] cost to. Up. That we could put
[3:25:53] on a motive. Like we have
[3:25:55] building, whatever it is, it
[3:26:00] parish community. And I'm
[3:26:00] going with this because I had
[3:26:04] the idea sent to you.
[3:26:05] Individuals that MAY be donate
[3:26:07] a car. You might need a little
[3:26:10] work. And then you have a
[3:26:11] single mom over here that
[3:26:14] needs a car. So it kind of
[3:26:17] could be full circle deal. And
[3:26:18] I think Bay Shores a good
[3:26:23] place for that. Simply right
[3:26:24] across street from boys and
[3:26:26] Girls Club to so. I think be a
[3:26:29] full circle kind of project. I
[3:26:30] don't I think I don't know
[3:26:31] what kind of dollar amount to
[3:26:33] put on a that would be up to
[3:26:37] construction. That is here.
[3:26:38] MR. Clarke chair, he could
[3:26:39] probably figure that out. But
[3:26:42] that would be my financial ask
[3:26:46] to kind of help. Bill that
[3:26:49] community up over there. What
[3:26:49] you guys think about it? I
[3:26:53] think it's a brilliant
[3:26:54] >> absolutely. I look actually
[3:26:58] for asking money. I don't know
[3:26:59] if I necessarily pigeonhole it
[3:27:02] to just automotive, but Mike
[3:27:04] Workforce development program.
[3:27:04] Lee.
[3:27:09] >> Because I don't know.
[3:27:09] >> obviously going to be
[3:27:10] talking about in the next
[3:27:13] couple will whenever we get
[3:27:15] there today about or what's
[3:27:17] happening, I don't know if
[3:27:17] that's something that was
[3:27:19] already in the plans during
[3:27:20] this minimization are already
[3:27:23] doing that except drop but I'm
[3:27:25] all for the ask of workforce
[3:27:28] readiness and of right now the
[3:27:33] new commissioner is is the
[3:27:35] workforce right So I think
[3:27:36] it's it's great ask dollar
[3:27:40] amount. I'm always shoot for
[3:27:41] the stars. Land on the moon.
[3:27:45] Saw they. 7, 50 Million. Mean,
[3:27:49] all is going to millions hope.
[3:27:49] >> We got out of
[3:27:51] automatically. Just not a of
[3:27:52] things to be to, to, to too
[3:27:56] high
[3:27:57] >> but I could see that
[3:28:00] somewhere between that
[3:28:00] 5 Million.
[3:28:01] >> So I was out let's just
[3:28:05] 900,000.
[3:28:06] >> I'm looking million.
[3:28:06] Whatever they ask is that we
[3:28:07] move to their delegates to say
[3:28:10] what do you think? Obviously,
[3:28:12] Senator Boyd PRESIDENT Going
[3:28:13] want it. We've probably go to
[3:28:17] first and what's realistic.
[3:28:17] Know, when and where they're
[3:28:18] going to be at. What are they
[3:28:20] going to be willing to take to
[3:28:21] the table for us. They MAY
[3:28:25] say. No way of doing that
[3:28:26] right or they MAY say here's
[3:28:29] the next minute so.
[3:28:30] >> I have no in conversation
[3:28:34] with Dr Thomas on previous
[3:28:35] things and I'm MR. Chairman
[3:28:35] been involved in those
[3:28:37] conversations as well. If you
[3:28:41] get to a certain threshold.
[3:28:42] They will not really pay much
[3:28:44] attention to. You have to be
[3:28:45] under it under. What is that
[3:28:50] way? 7.50, for yep. Yet, you
[3:28:51] know to us it's a big deal to
[3:28:53] them. It's kind of like a
[3:28:53] rounding error. So, yeah, I
[3:28:56] think the rounding errors, you
[3:28:58] know, but yeah, 7, 5900, you
[3:28:59] know something under a million
[3:29:01] Ilya and then they don't do
[3:29:02] that.
[3:29:02] >> And a few more attention
[3:29:04] its neck pm on their they've
[3:29:05] kind go a long way to ask you.
[3:29:06] I don't have a problem with
[3:29:08] some 50 and I'm just like.
[3:29:11] >> Asking get what you can
[3:29:12] get.
[3:29:14] >> Why just a suggestion when
[3:29:15] we give time to get back to us
[3:29:16] with your about what the the
[3:29:19] same set up. A parish, what
[3:29:20] those construction not to
[3:29:22] suggest want just come up with
[3:29:25] a link. We need $721,434.
[3:29:28] There you go well.
[3:29:29] >> Manatee County school
[3:29:29] board. They're really on the
[3:29:33] ball. They know it.
[3:29:35] >> that I to buy equipment the
[3:29:36] lift in you know, tire changer
[3:29:36] and all those kind of things
[3:29:41] out. Just something.
[3:29:43] >> Yeah, think it is great. I
[3:29:44] I agree. I don't I don't I
[3:29:44] just going to pigeonhole to
[3:29:47] just that
[3:29:48] >> it could well, we could use
[3:29:50] it for anything again, right?
[3:29:51] Eye like that's the priority.
[3:29:52] But that if we have some
[3:29:53] leftover because I know that
[3:29:54] I've already talked, I will
[3:29:56] say that there's that. I
[3:29:57] believe that there's already
[3:29:59] someone or a role that's very
[3:30:00] similar would get a list doing
[3:30:01] that. That would yeah. Office
[3:30:06] of a tour. Yes. So I just want
[3:30:08] to all on 100% behind you and
[3:30:09] asking for workforce from a
[3:30:13] short for sure. All right.
[3:30:14] >> Thank you, MISTER You know
[3:30:18] that. Yeah. Great
[3:30:22] >> MR. Cooper thumbs up on the
[3:30:23] having a time put that nothing
[3:30:25] gets a veto. But I would to
[3:30:26] the.
[3:30:26] >> We got on top him. We're
[3:30:30] going to make this happen.
[3:30:31] >> start talking to our
[3:30:31] legislators. Know that his
[3:30:36] comment but that that would be
[3:30:36] my dollar ask. And of course,
[3:30:40] we always want the things at
[3:30:43] the top. Those are more policy
[3:30:44] given where this is more
[3:30:48] dollar driven. And I think the
[3:30:49] fsb, a and a distortion both
[3:30:55] through a lot of the policy
[3:30:55] you know what, the statutes
[3:30:56] and that kind of thing. And
[3:30:58] even our consultants that were
[3:31:00] here, they're always on top of
[3:31:00] everything with the new
[3:31:02] changes and what we might do.
[3:31:09] So. See anybody else lit up on
[3:31:10] unless you're still not up to
[3:31:10] talk to fell. No, I actually
[3:31:14] either another thing you're
[3:31:15] going and this just popped
[3:31:16] into my head. I need to do
[3:31:17] some more research. So, you
[3:31:18] know, please forgive the
[3:31:19] vagueness.
[3:31:19] >> That's about to come out of
[3:31:23] my mouth. I've been in
[3:31:25] conversation with with the lp
[3:31:29] and to work in our schools.
[3:31:32] They are not part bargaining.
[3:31:32] >> aids.
[3:31:37] >> Our runs are. Part of
[3:31:39] bargaining with the lpns or
[3:31:42] not. And and they brought me a
[3:31:45] concern that. Because they are
[3:31:49] not able 2. Like the
[3:31:50] bargaining units to be able to
[3:31:56] put their paychecks. Over a
[3:31:57] year like teachers can the
[3:31:59] Ahrens can the Elkins can?
[3:32:00] They? They have to be paid
[3:32:06] weekly. So when they're not
[3:32:08] working during winter break.
[3:32:08] Spring break summer break.
[3:32:09] They are. They are not
[3:32:13] receiving a paycheck. And it
[3:32:13] is my understanding from
[3:32:15] trying to do some research on
[3:32:19] this that this is not a this
[3:32:19] is not a district thing. This
[3:32:24] is this is a state thing.
[3:32:26] >> I'm not I would have to get
[3:32:26] some more information on that.
[3:32:28] If it were me and I had a
[3:32:31] magic wand. Everybody would be
[3:32:35] on a 12 month pay. Everybody
[3:32:39] cycle that you got? 26 checked
[3:32:41] here. It would make it so much
[3:32:42] easier for payroll systems and
[3:32:47] all of But that's out of my
[3:32:48] control, obviously. But if I
[3:32:50] had that magic wand, that
[3:32:50] would be they gassed as we
[3:32:54] would do that no other place.
[3:32:58] Does that kind of payroll? But
[3:32:59] school districts. And so when
[3:33:03] you have So I don't
[3:33:04] necessarily think this should
[3:33:06] that would be a legislative
[3:33:11] ask until we find out. It's
[3:33:12] mandating that or is that Bart
[3:33:15] and Cherry Island Deputy
[3:33:15] Superintendent Eric Jansen
[3:33:18] looked into this quite a bit.
[3:33:19] >> All right. If you like him
[3:33:22] to speak to the topic and it's
[3:33:25] the unusual calendar of the
[3:33:26] school district in there and
[3:33:27] might not working, they don't
[3:33:28] receive their pay because then
[3:33:30] the hourly pay. But if you
[3:33:32] like him to speak to it we can
[3:33:34] certainly brief you all later.
[3:33:34] If you'd like picking them up
[3:33:37] and give us synopsis of an
[3:33:38] apartment, correct in that my
[3:33:39] apologies stance. And because
[3:33:44] this is and trying to find.
[3:33:44] Information, I have not been
[3:33:46] able to find it locally birds,
[3:33:46] but I.
[3:33:47] >> Other people are saying
[3:33:50] that they do it there as well.
[3:33:54] Thank you.
[3:33:55] >> Unfortunately, I know just
[3:33:55] enough to be dangerous not an
[3:33:58] hr professional. So I'd like
[3:33:59] to preface. My response that
[3:33:59] it's something I can certainly
[3:34:05] follow up with Dr Britton
[3:34:06] obviously attorney die to
[3:34:07] maybe get some info. I consent
[3:34:12] to the board. I mean,
[3:34:13] essentially currently the way
[3:34:14] it's constructed as ms
[3:34:18] conveyed you essentially
[3:34:19] salaried employees and then
[3:34:22] you have a group that's hourly
[3:34:24] employees. It has to do with
[3:34:26] essentially, you know, if you
[3:34:28] spread that pay over 12
[3:34:31] months, you're essentially
[3:34:31] paying for time before our
[3:34:33] hours are worked for hourly
[3:34:36] employees in there. Some some
[3:34:37] legislation and some
[3:34:39] requirements around that. And
[3:34:41] then, of course, there's the
[3:34:46] the components of you know,
[3:34:48] how you how you classify
[3:34:49] employees, whether their
[3:34:50] hourly with their
[3:34:51] administrative, how we report
[3:34:53] that to the state. So there's
[3:34:53] a variety of human resources
[3:34:57] implications. And again, so
[3:34:59] Van Rdr, it would be far more
[3:35:00] equipped to speak to the
[3:35:02] nuances of those than I would
[3:35:04] But I believe one of the
[3:35:06] fundamental issues, as you
[3:35:07] know, how those employees are
[3:35:11] classified and then again,
[3:35:12] hourly rate of work. And then
[3:35:13] also, you know, and moving to
[3:35:17] a 12 month, you know,
[3:35:21] calendar. It diminish the.
[3:35:22] Regular paychecks, right? So
[3:35:23] like if you're a teacher who
[3:35:25] takes your pay over 12 months
[3:35:25] since if you're 10 month were
[3:35:29] calendar, you're having
[3:35:30] essentially your paychecks
[3:35:30] reduced over that 10 month
[3:35:35] period 2 to that. Pay for
[3:35:36] other 2 months of throughout
[3:35:42] summer. Right. And so that's a
[3:35:43] consideration to. Again, I'm
[3:35:43] happy to gather that
[3:35:45] information for you. And then
[3:35:47] kind of synthesize it work
[3:35:49] with DR. Are Dr Britain to
[3:35:53] share more detail.
[3:35:54] >> Yeah. And so it would
[3:35:55] necessarily fit legislative
[3:35:59] priority. More chilly. Get. At
[3:35:59] least some more than a bit to
[3:36:02] me. I think bigger wells. And
[3:36:06] we can tap into.
[3:36:07] >> I tend to agree, MADAM
[3:36:07] Chair, I think this is
[3:36:09] something we could handle on
[3:36:10] our own and it's funny mention
[3:36:13] that because I had a couple of
[3:36:14] our lean on bargaining
[3:36:17] employees address this with me
[3:36:18] also. And they again, they are
[3:36:21] hourly. Employees are not
[3:36:24] soured and they're to what?
[3:36:25] MR. Jones was just talking
[3:36:26] about. These are employees who
[3:36:29] essentially. I want to put
[3:36:33] words in her mouth. But you
[3:36:34] find the right way to phrase
[3:36:38] this. They. Essentially what
[3:36:39] the school district to act as
[3:36:41] a savings bank for them. They
[3:36:42] want to set aside each check
[3:36:44] that they have earned. Want to
[3:36:45] take a little piece that
[3:36:45] paycheck and have a district
[3:36:48] hold on to it. So that over
[3:36:49] the summer or Christmas break
[3:36:54] not getting paid, that they so
[3:36:55] statutorily. Can we act as I
[3:36:59] want to cause a bank. But can
[3:36:59] we bank those funds and then
[3:37:00] pay those our lean on
[3:37:02] bargaining later, which I can
[3:37:04] empathize with the these are
[3:37:09] not highly paid and, you know,
[3:37:09] then they're strapped for 2
[3:37:10] months until they get back to
[3:37:14] work in paycheck. Again. So
[3:37:15] that to me is cut was kind of
[3:37:17] crux of the problem, right?
[3:37:19] Can we hold on to their pay
[3:37:20] with their consent, right? And
[3:37:21] then paid out to them later
[3:37:21] when the?
[3:37:23] >> It would be a payroll
[3:37:24] deduction that what actually
[3:37:26] goes an account and at those
[3:37:28] at the end of day was still
[3:37:30] because I do know. Districts
[3:37:34] up north do that. People that
[3:37:36] are hourly have that option to
[3:37:37] get the 10 month on a
[3:37:40] troubling. And if they do 12
[3:37:41] month, it's a payroll
[3:37:45] deduction. And there and this
[3:37:46] our land. That's based on 40
[3:37:51] hour week or if it's one of my
[3:37:52] nieces as a driver drives 4
[3:37:54] hours a day. So if they queue
[3:37:59] Millie, that same paycheck. So
[3:38:00] she's not getting a 40 hour
[3:38:02] week. She's gonna 20 so he
[3:38:04] would get that through those 2
[3:38:07] months. They opt to not do it
[3:38:11] or do it. Does it one didn't.
[3:38:14] So it's just I think it's one
[3:38:15] of those things that we could
[3:38:17] look at as an option for our
[3:38:18] staff if they want to continue
[3:38:20] to have a peril, every. While
[3:38:24] on summer break. I think
[3:38:26] that's something that we're
[3:38:27] not work to do our own. But
[3:38:28] again, enough adding more to
[3:38:30] the payroll department.
[3:38:30] >> as
[3:38:33] >> another layer that re need
[3:38:36] to look into to such a.
[3:38:39] Massive part of our operation.
[3:38:41] So I don't think that would be
[3:38:43] a legislative thing. I think
[3:38:43] that beam internal thing. I
[3:38:45] agree end up in bright that
[3:38:48] would be an option that staff
[3:38:51] would have to opt into. And
[3:38:51] then we got to figure out how
[3:38:56] to manage that. At the end of
[3:38:57] payrolls normal cycle for
[3:38:59] those our Lea's board members,
[3:39:03] we can look for some. Legal
[3:39:04] interpretation as well on that
[3:39:07] to be sure that we're even
[3:39:08] allowed to write and
[3:39:10] voluntarily with full or so
[3:39:11] Verstappen. Get look at legal
[3:39:13] opinion on it. Yeah. Don't
[3:39:14] even know if we can do
[3:39:16] something like that. But
[3:39:17] >> that wasn't that was on my
[3:39:19] list for my next board
[3:39:23] briefing. So off. Okay. On
[3:39:27] Friday. So I have lit up MR.
[3:39:28] Kennedy, you're still in.
[3:39:32] Comes all right. Soda narrow
[3:39:35] down our. Item on our agenda.
[3:39:38] We have to. Priorities and
[3:39:44] we're going to work on. MR.
[3:39:45] Kennedy is going to work on
[3:39:45] pre k as listed on Greater
[3:39:49] floor consortium. Languishes.
[3:39:49] See if that's something we
[3:39:52] want to add. And then
[3:39:52] appropriation request would
[3:40:01] be. Up to whatever. $158,000
[3:40:02] $244 and $0.38 19 said own it.
[3:40:07] What think that that awesome
[3:40:10] create a workforce. Did you
[3:40:13] call that forced development
[3:40:14] development? Right? Workforce
[3:40:15] development facility at
[3:40:18] Bayshore High And I the
[3:40:21] principles all and for looks
[3:40:25] like it. Good Last now is just
[3:40:28] something that came to my mind
[3:40:28] the last 3 days. I is just
[3:40:30] something be pretty cool to
[3:40:32] have that because we would
[3:40:35] have that unit out the Parish
[3:40:37] and then we would have it kind
[3:40:40] of central West part of county
[3:40:41] jail. I think the students
[3:40:43] would enjoy that kind of a
[3:40:46] program, any kind of
[3:40:47] development program out there
[3:40:51] would be good. I think. So.
[3:41:01] That is item 4 point. 5. So
[3:41:04] now we are on to item number
[3:41:06] 4.6 ridge is a school board
[3:41:08] policies, MR. Chapman. Yeah,
[3:41:10] thank you. Top of that, they
[3:41:15] just have a you approved the
[3:41:17] advertisement of 2 policies.
[3:41:20] So we're here to just and like
[3:41:22] we do discuss them. If if
[3:41:23] needed.
[3:41:23] >> So
[3:41:27] >> behind me are the my
[3:41:30] colleague experts. If there's
[3:41:31] questions so the first one 84.
[3:41:34] 0, 5, that's essentially are
[3:41:38] >> safety and security policy
[3:41:40] do a lot with threat
[3:41:42] management lately. I think
[3:41:45] Steve's So if you have any
[3:41:45] question, Steve Kerr says
[3:41:50] here, looked at the edits made
[3:41:51] there, MAY be. Steve, you want
[3:41:56] to just? Even overview. Come
[3:41:59] of just Steve is our
[3:42:03] management coordinator.
[3:42:04] Doesn't credit job. If you
[3:42:06] want to just kind of run,
[3:42:10] Steve, just all these. Updates
[3:42:11] are about from legislative in
[3:42:16] statute changes okay. The
[3:42:17] updates they're only updates.
[3:42:19] Really not additions to. And
[3:42:22] there. I don't know what pages
[3:42:22] on what you have under threat
[3:42:26] management coordinator. The
[3:42:28] first group first Green
[3:42:28] highlighted second. I think
[3:42:30] it's if you if you're just
[3:42:32] scrolling, I have it on the
[3:42:32] screen yet on the screen have
[3:42:38] about that. So we had a
[3:42:38] distinguished between the
[3:42:39] primary and the secondary
[3:42:42] threat management coordinator.
[3:42:48] Owner was in addition. To the
[3:42:49] administrative rule that the
[3:42:50] district's needed a secondary
[3:42:50] threat management coordinator
[3:42:54] as well. And it changed the
[3:42:54] date from JULY. 1st to AUGUST.
[3:42:59] 1st. For the superintendent to
[3:42:59] get that information to the
[3:43:02] office Safe Schools.
[3:43:03] >> So this is basically saying
[3:43:06] we need a backup.
[3:43:09] >> every district in the state
[3:43:09] needs to.
[3:43:10] >> port, right. And I think
[3:43:13] that's Great Amendment to
[3:43:17] Yeah.
[3:43:17] >> I will keep going here and
[3:43:18] they bringing up on the
[3:43:25] screen. Cross out. But right.
[3:43:27] Just go or shrinking number of
[3:43:30] these pages of bomb. That
[3:43:31] really difficult. What you see
[3:43:32] up on the screen now is just
[3:43:36] again in update.
[3:43:36] >> Of the language that make
[3:43:39] sure that we at least 4 people
[3:43:40] are for individuals to teach
[3:43:41] schools. Threat management
[3:43:46] team. Pretty straight forward.
[3:43:54] Along with the principal. One
[3:43:59] b is basically saying that.
[3:43:59] The school administrator must
[3:44:02] not be part of the sb tmt. The
[3:44:03] school principal must not be
[3:44:05] the school administrator in
[3:44:06] the last. They're the only
[3:44:15] administrator at the school.
[3:44:16] >> Don here and asked for the
[3:44:22] dog. Okay. Wrecked. Sure.
[3:44:23] >> Kevin, can you back up to
[3:44:27] where you Yes, take a look at
[3:44:34] that for that. And it was
[3:44:35] paragraph 2.
[3:44:35] >> Law enforcement, member
[3:44:36] must be a sworn enforcement
[3:44:42] officer. Including School
[3:44:47] safety officer with that
[3:44:48] include guardians are
[3:44:49] guardians a fallen no, they're
[3:44:49] They're not considered school
[3:44:50] safety officers under the
[3:44:51] definition just.
[3:44:51] >> It has to be a sworn law
[3:44:52] enforcement officers. So they
[3:44:57] have.
[3:44:59] >> Access to criminal history
[3:45:00] information and things like
[3:45:01] that in the Guardian's do not
[3:45:03] have ability.
[3:45:04] >> This is for every school.
[3:45:04] So for elementary school right
[3:45:06] now who was on that team now?
[3:45:07] Because the elementary schools
[3:45:08] all have a guardian, but they
[3:45:11] don't have an sro, correct? So
[3:45:14] if they need to meet as a team
[3:45:14] or whether it's a monthly
[3:45:18] meeting or
[3:45:21] >> on a student, what they do
[3:45:22] is they contact the supervisor
[3:45:25] of the sro unit, whether it's
[3:45:28] on opd or bpd or whatever
[3:45:29] jurisdiction then we haven't
[3:45:32] worked out with certain
[3:45:34] individuals at that agency who
[3:45:35] are trained in law and threat
[3:45:36] assessment and then they go to
[3:45:40] that school. Okay.
[3:45:41] Hypothetically doesn't have to
[3:45:42] always be the same law
[3:45:42] enforcement officer. Correct?
[3:45:52] Just signed by Okay. That's
[3:45:55] omissions. You know, I read
[3:45:58] through some of We had rid of
[3:46:00] some of the old language with
[3:46:01] the sea, stay and updated it
[3:46:03] to the Florida model. That's
[3:46:03] the red that you see it.
[3:46:12] There. Any questions board
[3:46:23] members? Yeah, the next green
[3:46:27] portion is we have to use the
[3:46:28] Florida safety and threat
[3:46:32] management portal we used to
[3:46:35] keep track of things in the in
[3:46:36] focus, but now we are required
[3:46:37] to use threat management
[3:46:46] portal. The transferring of
[3:46:47] records from school to school
[3:46:47] hasn't been done within 5
[3:46:50] days. That was an update as
[3:46:55] well. Calendar days. I'm
[3:47:00] sorry. Calendar days or 5.
[3:47:00] Workday, 5 school school days
[3:47:03] from work. Did the school do
[3:47:09] again? I think that concludes.
[3:47:11] Thank Updates there on
[3:47:14] management. So thank you so
[3:47:14] much. Appreciate things we're
[3:47:19] doing. Thank you,
[3:47:20] >> Second and last policy is a
[3:47:25] new policy for this district.
[3:47:30] It's one of We blessed to have
[3:47:32] a new foster care liaison.
[3:47:34] Susan, good news here with the
[3:47:37] chain. Singleton behind me
[3:47:41] United Way Suncoast helps
[3:47:42] helps to fund Susan's
[3:47:42] position, which is really
[3:47:44] great shows a lot of
[3:47:45] partnership. So this is a new
[3:47:50] policy we need you know,
[3:47:50] something in writing to help
[3:47:53] us That's through these foster
[3:47:54] care issues. And so this is a
[3:47:58] new policy was drafted with
[3:48:01] the help the chain season and
[3:48:03] our and our legal team. If you
[3:48:05] have any questions or here for
[3:48:06] you, but otherwise, this is a
[3:48:06] new policy and will be added
[3:48:09] to our. To our deck if of
[3:48:10] those things working.
[3:48:13] >> We're for a while. All come
[3:48:16] and and a place. I love it.
[3:48:19] Board members. Any questions I
[3:48:21] want thank you For putting
[3:48:25] this together. Takes a lot of
[3:48:27] work to look at other
[3:48:28] districts and see their
[3:48:29] policies are and see what our
[3:48:31] needs are. Because, again, not
[3:48:34] ever districts the same, you
[3:48:39] know, but different people And
[3:48:40] different roles. And we're
[3:48:41] blessed to have fusion. Glad
[3:48:43] that you're working on that.
[3:48:44] Something came out of that
[3:48:47] summit didn't.
[3:48:51] >> And
[3:48:51] >> You did And I'm so from.
[3:48:53] That was an APRIL 6. I won't
[3:48:56] forget that day ever. So Very
[3:49:00] good. And I think that was it
[3:49:05] on the policy 5. I correct.
[3:49:06] All right. So those will go on
[3:49:08] to the adopt. At our future
[3:49:17] meeting. Next. Stop. As item.
[3:49:18] 4.7 Rich's range high school
[3:49:22] in Bay Shore, construction of
[3:49:22] dates. And I believe we're
[3:49:26] going to have MR. Gough, then
[3:49:30] we have some of MISTER Clark.
[3:49:36] >> MR. About Quest year, lots
[3:49:37] of people come on everybody
[3:49:39] from every conference loss of
[3:49:40] the ball, Michigan. Yeah,
[3:49:41] MISTER Goff will be up here at
[3:49:45] the front. Right over here.
[3:49:48] You go. Say that. Change your
[3:49:52] placards
[3:49:52] >> a recent player takes a
[3:49:56] village to build a high school
[3:49:57] MR. Clarke, I think you're
[3:49:58] still up to implement. I know
[3:50:12] in Great Britain. Then get
[3:50:20] finance overstate. We have
[3:50:21] over for check on board
[3:50:23] members, I do believe you have
[3:50:25] all strength to documents as
[3:50:35] well. Our stock fell love.
[3:50:49] Yeah, I can see it. Looks
[3:50:50] remember one me I had to stand
[3:50:53] so I could see yeah over
[3:50:57] that's why tend forget. Get
[3:50:58] everybody in place. I think
[3:50:59] we've got everybody in place.
[3:51:01] Okay.
[3:51:02] >> Good afternoon. Welcome to
[3:51:04] all of you. Thank you. MADAM
[3:51:05] Chair, thank you. Board
[3:51:06] members. Thank you,
[3:51:07] Superintendent, thank you for
[3:51:09] the
[3:51:10] >> members of the committee
[3:51:10] and for those who are
[3:51:12] attending my name is Reginald
[3:51:13] Office, director of
[3:51:13] Construction Services for the
[3:51:15] School District Manatee
[3:51:17] County. We appreciate this
[3:51:18] opportunity to speak to you
[3:51:19] regarding the arrangement
[3:51:19] project and the status of
[3:51:22] construction thus far. Our
[3:51:23] products and gentlemen here, I
[3:51:23] like to introduce to everybody
[3:51:27] at this time Project director
[3:51:28] is MISTER David. Whilst David
[3:51:29] is running the project for us
[3:51:33] right now. The architect of
[3:51:35] record, a shingle shows Aaron
[3:51:37] Jacobson, who was the leader
[3:51:38] that team, he sitting here
[3:51:39] with this today. He's going to
[3:51:40] speak a little bit about the
[3:51:43] design and we have misses
[3:51:44] Akron McClary who was a
[3:51:45] project executive for Gabe and
[3:51:45] he's going to speak about the
[3:51:48] status of construction. So
[3:51:49] with that, I'll turn it over
[3:51:50] to Aaron and let them talk
[3:51:51] about a little bit about the
[3:51:51] design and the process when
[3:51:56] far. Thank you as honored to
[3:51:57] be here talk about this
[3:51:58] project. I know it's a big
[3:51:59] deal for the community and for
[3:52:00] the district in.
[3:52:00] >> We're just honored to be a
[3:52:05] part of it. As you can see the
[3:52:07] screen here, that's the front
[3:52:09] door, the new campus, it was
[3:52:10] modeled after the parish
[3:52:13] Community High School campus
[3:52:15] with some slight modifications
[3:52:18] to improve security and access
[3:52:19] as well as some collegiate
[3:52:21] style improvements to one of
[3:52:26] the buildings up building 6.
[3:52:27] The square footage is roughly
[3:52:29] about 300,000 Square feet.
[3:52:31] Total. That includes day one
[3:52:35] opening with about 210,000
[3:52:36] Square Feet, Building 6, which
[3:52:38] is going to come on line a
[3:52:39] little bit after opening day
[3:52:44] is about 63,000 Square feet.
[3:52:44] And we have a future building
[3:52:45] planned out for building
[3:52:49] number 8. In the bottom right
[3:52:50] hand corner of the site plan.
[3:52:52] That's another 24,000 square
[3:52:52] feet. That's kind of how it
[3:52:56] rounds out to the and to just
[3:52:57] give you a little
[3:52:58] understanding the orientation,
[3:52:59] the building that's star
[3:53:00] represents the front door to
[3:53:03] the campus that that's
[3:53:04] building one and 9 over a
[3:53:05] parish that was combined to
[3:53:07] give a nice secure front door
[3:53:08] with the nice corridor leading
[3:53:10] to the campus itself. As you
[3:53:11] go around counter clockwise,
[3:53:11] you got building 2, which is
[3:53:13] the auditorium building,
[3:53:14] building threes, the cafeteria
[3:53:18] kitchen. Building for us, the
[3:53:19] c e p at parish. That was the
[3:53:23] automotive building building 5
[3:53:25] houses. All of your cte
[3:53:27] programs and 2 storey
[3:53:28] classroom building building 6
[3:53:30] is the one that now
[3:53:30] accommodates your to
[3:53:33] collegiate style lecture
[3:53:34] halls. And that's also a
[3:53:36] two-storey classroom building.
[3:53:38] And then building 70's, you
[3:53:40] gymnasium your in your locker
[3:53:42] rooms and you're going to the
[3:53:45] artificial turf. That's your
[3:53:45] new district standard. Going
[3:53:46] beyond your stadium to house
[3:53:49] about 4,000 seats. Nice
[3:53:51] baseball and softball
[3:53:52] amenities as well as kind of
[3:53:56] like some ag land for for
[3:53:57] growth future beach.
[3:53:57] Volleyball was even planned
[3:54:03] out there. So.
[3:54:03] >> question. And I have yet
[3:54:04] you have before you go if
[3:54:05] you're going to hit on another
[3:54:09] page, that's fine. The
[3:54:10] obviously I see that future
[3:54:12] building a little box. That's
[3:54:13] there. What's a little box
[3:54:18] that's in art agricultural
[3:54:18] area.
[3:54:19] >> That just represents where
[3:54:21] kind of the the animal pens
[3:54:23] would be. So got made to some
[3:54:25] of those things have to be a
[3:54:26] building or something along
[3:54:26] those lines of not not a full
[3:54:29] building. Like I covered. Here
[3:54:31] all record. Okay. The other
[3:54:33] question I had was. Up there
[3:54:39] to the left. Agriculture, at
[3:54:40] least on this one on about
[3:54:41] Yeah. There's it doesn't look
[3:54:43] like a parking lot. Now.
[3:54:46] Between that practice field,
[3:54:47] is that going to be? Because I
[3:54:50] look at this. My only concern
[3:54:52] is to get to the stadium.
[3:54:54] Baseball softball. That's a
[3:54:55] pretty good walk from the
[3:54:58] parking So handicap, if that
[3:55:00] is that going to be
[3:55:02] potentially handicap parking
[3:55:04] space that they can then get
[3:55:05] there quicker easier. That's
[3:55:09] exactly what we've provided.
[3:55:10] Its give you access for those
[3:55:11] individuals. Also police
[3:55:12] access ambulance to the state
[3:55:13] that it is not okay, not as
[3:55:14] well. Not thanks.
[3:55:17] >> you talking about Trump?
[3:55:17] >> So when you look at the top
[3:55:21] yeah.
[3:55:22] >> Yeah. Perfect. All right.
[3:55:26] Thank you greater great job
[3:55:26] doubt on that. I have it shows
[3:55:29] like a little parking area.
[3:55:31] Yeah. Yeah. Unique Aaron
[3:55:33] accessible because that was
[3:55:36] the closest and
[3:55:37] >> You know, I think one of
[3:55:39] the the issues with parish
[3:55:41] currently and this MAY not,
[3:55:42] you know, the school MAY or
[3:55:42] MAY not get as big as Parrish.
[3:55:44] Who knows, right? I think it
[3:55:49] will is the guest parking.
[3:55:51] Yes. So parishes like 4 spot
[3:55:54] and it's full like that,
[3:55:56] right? Yeah. So is that the
[3:56:00] same amount here? Very sure
[3:56:01] that bigger. Improve that as
[3:56:02] So we've met with the
[3:56:03] principal. We've got was a lot
[3:56:04] of staff we today. Sure at
[3:56:04] meeting of the project to
[3:56:06] identify what were the
[3:56:07] >> shortcomings are and ask
[3:56:08] that could be improved the
[3:56:09] parish and that every one of
[3:56:11] them brought up. We've more
[3:56:12] than doubled that potential
[3:56:13] parking area. And then just
[3:56:14] out of curiosity to obviously
[3:56:17] with the admin is where is the
[3:56:19] actual true entrance to the
[3:56:21] school like, hey, this is the
[3:56:22] one spot you're going into
[3:56:24] that. That's where the stars
[3:56:26] are. So the started really got
[3:56:28] mom or Some cars or cars
[3:56:29] coming off of Post Oak got
[3:56:31] into the school part to stop
[3:56:31] parking. So there are they
[3:56:34] coming off of like further
[3:56:35] down south? So we have
[3:56:37] multiple access points. Okay.
[3:56:39] Main point of access comes off
[3:56:41] of a post Boulevard. It's kind
[3:56:42] of the century here with the
[3:56:43] red starts. That's where like
[3:56:45] the main entry to the campus
[3:56:46] with me.
[3:56:48] >> And that's that red denotes
[3:56:48] little part of So there is no
[3:56:50] spot be going to like this one
[3:56:52] still has one of the staff
[3:56:53] parking but staff will come in
[3:56:56] a whole different staff with
[3:56:58] access off of that bus loop.
[3:56:59] Is another access point off of
[3:57:01] post that's not really
[3:57:03] depicted here. That one is is
[3:57:03] intended to be at. The gates
[3:57:05] will open up when you're
[3:57:08] leaving. But as far as it's
[3:57:08] controlled chaos and what not
[3:57:10] to so and students would be
[3:57:11] off to the side down the
[3:57:11] bottom down on the bottom
[3:57:14] left. Yes, go. Think.
[3:57:15] >> So you're saying you're
[3:57:17] coming in from where this taps
[3:57:23] most road and you're coming in
[3:57:24] way down. I'm going up are no,
[3:57:24] no, no, I'm going all the way
[3:57:25] up by the star.
[3:57:29] >> Right here. There's
[3:57:31] interest by staff that's going
[3:57:32] to be just exit for staff is
[3:57:34] going to exiting there.
[3:57:37] >> So that's not for guests to
[3:57:38] come in because you're saying
[3:57:39] you gotta go all the way
[3:57:39] around the bus loop basically
[3:57:42] to get up to the admin
[3:57:42] building.
[3:57:43] >> So no, the guests will be
[3:57:44] coming in down just north of
[3:57:47] the north around here on this
[3:57:48] board here. It's kind of down
[3:57:49] in the bottom, right? So
[3:57:50] that's where guests would come
[3:57:51] in. There's access point to be
[3:57:52] able to get in there and ride
[3:57:55] too. The parking we're trying
[3:57:55] not to make them have to do
[3:57:56] the full loop. So there's
[3:57:58] multiple points around.
[3:57:59] >> I can see where you talk
[3:58:01] about we go cut to the right
[3:58:02] real correct Your guys is
[3:58:04] image does show There's an
[3:58:06] additional access point up
[3:58:08] there as well. So it's
[3:58:09] slightly different between
[3:58:11] this image and that. But that
[3:58:12] is what you're going to get.
[3:58:12] There could be multiple as he
[3:58:15] You. Yes.
[3:58:16] >> So when when I got a
[3:58:19] parish, which I do frequently,
[3:58:20] they have to parking
[3:58:21] handicapped parking spaces and
[3:58:24] for visitor spots. We're just
[3:58:25] talking about. Yeah, yeah. And
[3:58:28] mean, why the admin building?
[3:58:29] Yes and well. And this is
[3:58:30] going to there's more than
[3:58:32] double than what parish had
[3:58:33] new location because then
[3:58:34] driving around trying to find
[3:58:35] some other location.
[3:58:37] >> work. Yeah. So it's going
[3:58:40] to get your side. Yes, okay.
[3:58:43] Just improving.
[3:58:46] >> That would be granted. So
[3:58:46] on on the screen that I'm
[3:58:52] looking Post road. You go up
[3:58:56] for that looks like a gate.
[3:58:58] Off a post road in parking.
[3:58:59] That's only going to be open
[3:59:04] during. Operations of coming
[3:59:05] into school and leaving
[3:59:06] school. It's not going to be a
[3:59:11] guest. Entrance at all. That's
[3:59:12] that's primarily for leaving
[3:59:14] school hours. All right. Okay.
[3:59:16] So you're still going to have
[3:59:18] to one of these for range land
[3:59:21] right? You can come in off a
[3:59:23] post ill that further
[3:59:24] downright down here go all the
[3:59:26] way around. And Lou, you're
[3:59:28] going to do all of that
[3:59:29] looping. I see what you're
[3:59:30] saying. We're going to go
[3:59:32] south of the student parking.
[3:59:32] Alright, guess us north.
[3:59:36] Maybe. And wind around to the
[3:59:36] other part of the parking and
[3:59:40] the way over.
[3:59:41] >> MR. Craig, there's a
[3:59:42] doughnut hard to see on the
[3:59:42] right. And we went out a
[3:59:46] little the right
[3:59:48] >> There's the All right.
[3:59:49] That's our looking for that.
[3:59:52] Like is But now I see it.
[3:59:53] >> they'd also like to add
[3:59:55] that we're adding a traffic
[3:59:56] signal at fact that
[3:59:58] >> Remember portion them.
[4:00:03] >> from coming north or South.
[4:00:04] Still that be assigned their
[4:00:09] guest parking. The main
[4:00:13] entrance There will be with an
[4:00:16] I on the whole loop. That's
[4:00:16] what I do. It parish every
[4:00:18] time I end up in that loop
[4:00:24] somehow okay. So I coming out.
[4:00:32] There is terrible trust MAY
[4:00:33] have been tempted to take my
[4:00:33] dogs right over the curve. But
[4:00:39] I didn't. Figures camera. Do
[4:00:40] there be a cut through right?
[4:00:40] Will right here coming right
[4:00:46] on post and going listen up.
[4:00:47] You got a few feet and you're
[4:00:48] right there cut. Yes, okay.
[4:00:48] And then that will take you
[4:00:53] around to app. Okay. Gotcha.
[4:00:54] Sorry. Sometimes it takes me a
[4:00:57] little bit nowhere. Division.
[4:00:59] Ok, have you lit up in of Mr?
[4:01:02] Cheney good? No, I have some
[4:01:07] questions. Okay, but thanks.
[4:01:07] >> So a few questions about
[4:01:10] what's going on in the picture
[4:01:10] here. Details other covered
[4:01:13] walkways between these
[4:01:13] buildings There's going to be
[4:01:14] a covered walkway that
[4:01:15] connects every single building
[4:01:16] entrance to the main
[4:01:18] administrative area. Good to
[4:01:26] know. The other one of my.
[4:01:26] Concerned those. But that way
[4:01:28] as we were talking about
[4:01:29] earlier, think you were here,
[4:01:29] but about landscaping,
[4:01:31] infrastructure and things like
[4:01:32] that I wasn't one of our high
[4:01:35] schools on day one of school
[4:01:37] this year and there's a
[4:01:38] there's area by one of the
[4:01:42] entrances that If you want a
[4:01:43] 40 foot by 30 foot square and
[4:01:46] inside there. It's just a
[4:01:49] bunch of dirt and but it was
[4:01:54] filled with water. And so. The
[4:01:57] Guardian was standing there. I
[4:01:58] got to talking to him and
[4:02:00] said, is this always flood
[4:02:01] like this? Because I guess
[4:02:02] rained the night before couple
[4:02:02] days prior. The said, this
[4:02:06] whole area floods. And a
[4:02:07] really good, you know, and and
[4:02:07] actually had to move the ball
[4:02:09] system out of the way so that
[4:02:10] it doesn't know what didn't
[4:02:11] get damage. And then oh, by
[4:02:14] the way, the roads. The drains
[4:02:15] from the top of the road all
[4:02:18] plugged up and but anyway, and
[4:02:21] then he said, look over there
[4:02:22] on fans with a door. You know,
[4:02:23] you look over there, you can
[4:02:24] see where the flooding comes
[4:02:25] up sure enough there you can
[4:02:26] see like a grass line where
[4:02:28] the water comes up and that.
[4:02:33] Do we think you think about
[4:02:35] Maybe you're doing a lot the
[4:02:35] question, but how do we avoid
[4:02:36] that in the future looks, but
[4:02:37] that we like first of all, we
[4:02:39] could. Why isn't that little
[4:02:41] 40 by 30 area? They're just 0
[4:02:42] skate because what's happening
[4:02:43] is there's actually a drain
[4:02:45] there. And as I was talking to
[4:02:46] Guardian who said it been like
[4:02:46] that for the 7 years, he's
[4:02:50] been in the school. As someone
[4:02:51] from the janitorial staff
[4:02:52] comes out with a rake and
[4:02:53] starts rake in the great the
[4:02:54] drain open right. And the
[4:02:55] reason to get plugged is
[4:02:56] because there's a tree above
[4:02:57] it. And there's dirt and grass
[4:03:01] just plug drain. And so it was
[4:03:02] her. That would be one way to
[4:03:04] help that the dream would be
[4:03:05] open and it would be just flow
[4:03:05] off tsunami. Just wonder how
[4:03:08] things like this. We don't
[4:03:09] think about them as we're
[4:03:10] designing our our schools with
[4:03:13] more 0 skipping more turf.
[4:03:13] Let's start. Let's cross
[4:03:16] Leslie's and all that stuff
[4:03:17] going.
[4:03:18] >> We definitely think about
[4:03:19] and we try to be mindful of
[4:03:20] where the kids can be
[4:03:21] congregating. How do they flow
[4:03:22] through the school? And we
[4:03:24] want to provide hearts keeping
[4:03:25] those areas, right. But we
[4:03:26] also don't want to spend too
[4:03:27] much money on Harts Cape
[4:03:29] because then that becomes very
[4:03:29] costly for schools as well. So
[4:03:31] there's kind of a fine
[4:03:33] balance. We definitely make
[4:03:34] sure that we're mindful of if
[4:03:35] we're going to put trees
[4:03:35] there, what type of tree is
[4:03:38] what kind of droppings are
[4:03:38] going to occur from that tree?
[4:03:40] We don't want to plug up any
[4:03:41] drainage, but there's
[4:03:42] definitely a lot of thought
[4:03:43] and time put into just the
[4:03:45] overall during to the campus.
[4:03:46] And then just how much site
[4:03:48] sidewalks to we put and that
[4:03:52] type of landscape.
[4:03:55] >> Well, you want to go. That
[4:03:56] was Braden River High School
[4:03:56] are on the western front. So
[4:03:57] you might just go take a look
[4:03:58] at that because, however, that
[4:03:59] got designed was a good
[4:04:01] design, right? That there's a
[4:04:06] big tree there. 3rd, drain,
[4:04:07] lower the that some of outside
[4:04:08] of the school property
[4:04:09] property. But, you know, to
[4:04:11] the drainage pond, the there's
[4:04:12] a big tree over top of the
[4:04:14] roof. And there's pipes that
[4:04:15] come down. They're supposed to
[4:04:17] drain the water off the roof
[4:04:17] there. But there are all
[4:04:18] clogged up from the years of
[4:04:21] we use falling on you know,
[4:04:22] these are little things like
[4:04:24] that. Little things like, you
[4:04:25] know, we built a high school
[4:04:30] with. For 2020 to 2200
[4:04:31] students with for parking spot
[4:04:32] for a visitor parking spots.
[4:04:33] You know, I just I just wonder
[4:04:36] how those. People who have
[4:04:37] been doing this for 25 or 30
[4:04:42] years. Don't think about that
[4:04:43] or how that doesn't get
[4:04:45] included. Does part of the
[4:04:49] it's like what makes a the
[4:04:50] difference between its
[4:04:50] attention detail. That's what
[4:04:51] I'm looking for. A way that
[4:04:52] makes a good school. You know,
[4:04:54] you're Europe. Imagine this.
[4:04:57] You're a parent and you have
[4:04:58] this beautiful new school that
[4:05:00] gets built and real proud of
[4:05:00] it. It's in your community.
[4:05:02] It's parish community high
[4:05:03] school. And so you have to
[4:05:04] drive up there one day because
[4:05:06] I don't know your child is
[4:05:06] sick. It's going to have to go
[4:05:10] pick them up. And take them
[4:05:12] home and it's raining and then
[4:05:16] you drive up there and there's
[4:05:17] for visitors lot and they're
[4:05:18] all taken. And then all the
[4:05:20] students slots are taken. So
[4:05:24] now you're. Quarter mile out
[4:05:25] and parking lot, trying to
[4:05:28] find somewhere to park and
[4:05:29] maybe it could be if we had 10
[4:05:30] slot that all be taken. But it
[4:05:32] just seems. If I were
[4:05:34] designing a school, I would go
[4:05:35] we're going to 2200 students
[4:05:36] here, we're going to be and I
[4:05:40] don't know 12, 15. I don't
[4:05:41] that. Help me understand how
[4:05:42] those things booked through in
[4:05:45] in a different way. Then then
[4:05:46] because we know it's it's not
[4:05:47] like it's the first school
[4:05:47] we've ever built in their own.
[4:05:50] So book ahead.
[4:05:51] >> I mean, a lot of things
[4:05:52] could be playing factors into
[4:05:53] their that identified a couple
[4:05:54] of different challenges,
[4:05:57] right? It MAY have been that
[4:05:58] they the visitor parking was
[4:05:59] planned to be a certain
[4:06:01] amount, maybe out. And then
[4:06:02] just that never came to
[4:06:02] fruition as kind of a cough
[4:06:05] say savings measure. Not
[4:06:08] totally sure. Braden River,
[4:06:09] both my kids went to that
[4:06:11] school. My daughter goes there
[4:06:11] now. So I know it's talking
[4:06:15] about. Day one, there MAY not
[4:06:15] have been any issues with the
[4:06:17] drainage in that location.
[4:06:19] Maybe the tree has grown and
[4:06:20] over time and with the pipes
[4:06:21] have degraded or maybe created
[4:06:22] some sort of blockage. That's
[4:06:23] not allowing the drainage to
[4:06:25] occur. And so now you're
[4:06:26] having a backup. And then a
[4:06:27] combination with that with
[4:06:27] some of the gutter center MAY
[4:06:30] be plugged up. There's so many
[4:06:30] different factors that could
[4:06:33] be there. But I can tell you
[4:06:35] that we do try to think about
[4:06:36] all these things. Whenever
[4:06:36] we're doing a school and then
[4:06:37] we don't just do that. One
[4:06:38] school, we think about what
[4:06:41] was the last cool again, Paris
[4:06:42] being the prime example of
[4:06:42] what we're doing here with
[4:06:43] Triple-a. We met with your
[4:06:45] staff to find out. We're with
[4:06:46] osha short coming so that we
[4:06:48] don't repeat the same mistakes
[4:06:49] week, ongoing process that
[4:06:50] we're going to learn from try
[4:06:53] to adapt and and move forward.
[4:06:56] >> Okay. Women but yes, good.
[4:06:57] I did talk about the zeros,
[4:06:59] keeping that her fetus where
[4:07:01] we can do that. I know we did
[4:07:02] a 30 million dollar renovation
[4:07:04] over Denico, for instance,
[4:07:04] about and if you're driving
[4:07:06] there, there's a as the play
[4:07:11] area probably about. Don't
[4:07:12] know 50 50 feet like a square,
[4:07:16] maybe 50, 60 feet get And when
[4:07:18] it rains, it's just a big
[4:07:19] money pond. And I think how
[4:07:20] much would it cost to put some
[4:07:23] turf 20,000 $1 and $1000 and
[4:07:24] thinking through those kind of
[4:07:25] things? And then what happens
[4:07:25] is that makes the dinners
[4:07:27] lives miserable because then
[4:07:27] it's playing the drug all that
[4:07:28] stuff back I guess I'm
[4:07:31] looking. To you guys and to
[4:07:34] our construction stuff, You
[4:07:35] know, architects of do this on
[4:07:36] a professional basis to say
[4:07:39] how could we the helpful to
[4:07:40] everybody else in the school
[4:07:42] doing more zeros taping, which
[4:07:44] might a drive-up and this will
[4:07:46] cause. But making the jenners
[4:07:48] lives easier and keeping the
[4:07:48] campus clean and helping with
[4:07:51] our drainage problems and
[4:07:55] things like that. You know, to
[4:07:55] be that the back and do with
[4:07:56] it, what I mean, you kind of
[4:07:58] hit the nail on the head.
[4:07:59] There's there's a upfront
[4:07:59] budget cost that we tasked
[4:08:01] with making sure that we
[4:08:02] designed within.
[4:08:03] >> There's usually a long list
[4:08:04] of parameters and things that
[4:08:06] we have to kind of check boxes
[4:08:08] to hit when it comes to those
[4:08:09] heroes, Kate, that the turf
[4:08:11] stuff, it's great that there's
[4:08:11] always a good, better best.
[4:08:15] And those usually have dollars
[4:08:16] associated So if we can't
[4:08:17] afford a one to have all those
[4:08:18] check box is checked and get
[4:08:22] the the best solution. You
[4:08:22] know that there's nothing
[4:08:23] wrong with the best, you know,
[4:08:26] the good solution. And it just
[4:08:27] we kind of go through. Find
[4:08:28] work with construction
[4:08:29] services team to make sure
[4:08:30] that we're providing the best
[4:08:31] facility within the budgets
[4:08:35] that are provided.
[4:08:36] >> Maybe in the future, we
[4:08:37] could get those into the
[4:08:39] budget so that you don't have
[4:08:39] to deal with that like we just
[4:08:40] make it. Part of our
[4:08:41] requirements put on track
[4:08:43] forward. But these are this
[4:08:44] minimizes our long-term
[4:08:45] maintenance issues and helps
[4:08:49] our janitorial staff. I
[4:08:53] minimizing kind of stuff gets
[4:08:53] >> Like and I love with you
[4:08:57] for a second You Nico.
[4:08:59] >> After that project was
[4:09:00] done, I talked to the
[4:09:01] principal. And so what do you
[4:09:06] think? I was on go. Are
[4:09:07] calling a body out. He didn't
[4:09:14] like the. Flooring choice.
[4:09:15] Because it had little ridges
[4:09:16] Senate and it was hard for
[4:09:18] maintenance to or custody.
[4:09:23] Keep that plane. On the other
[4:09:24] hand, I said, well, you need
[4:09:25] something that has some kind
[4:09:26] texture to prevent slip and
[4:09:31] fall. It's that given take
[4:09:33] type balance that you have
[4:09:36] sometimes no school. Have
[4:09:37] Tara, they fought to keep the
[4:09:41] tree. The they wanted to keep
[4:09:42] that tree because it offered
[4:09:47] Chaidh. For the playground.
[4:09:48] And I set and there's nothing
[4:09:50] but dirt around it because it
[4:09:52] shaped no grass is going grow.
[4:09:53] He's not a good option to put
[4:09:58] turf, but and that said, well,
[4:09:58] you say the tree, but you
[4:09:59] gotta keep up with the
[4:10:01] maintenance of audit drops all
[4:10:02] the time run. They they
[4:10:07] preferred to do that but keep
[4:10:08] the tree do keep up debris. I
[4:10:11] think the best trees so far
[4:10:12] down here, our a magnolia
[4:10:14] trees. I've had line. I know I
[4:10:16] thing I get come from. That is
[4:10:18] the blossoms. After they're
[4:10:22] done leaves don't fall off
[4:10:23] even during the fall cool
[4:10:24] season. It didn't freeze or
[4:10:25] anything. Those are low
[4:10:29] maintenance to me. My worst
[4:10:32] rizo tree because it the steps
[4:10:35] they're just a mess. And one
[4:10:36] life they'll bring up, which
[4:10:39] is.
[4:10:39] >> Again, a long-term concern
[4:10:45] of is. Traffic lanes. Are
[4:10:46] there any plan turn lanes and
[4:10:49] any of these entrances and and
[4:10:50] then how how long? They print.
[4:10:51] Since I was driving down
[4:10:51] Lakewood Ranch Boulevard other
[4:10:56] day. So at about 2.15, in the
[4:10:56] afternoon, right. And
[4:11:00] basically the whole way
[4:11:00] there's a hole in traffic
[4:11:01] backed up from, you know, the
[4:11:03] wind is there. If you can see
[4:11:05] it the whole way back with
[4:11:05] people trying to turn right
[4:11:10] going. Mtc news there and then
[4:11:11] the people they're trying to
[4:11:12] turn left going north can't
[4:11:14] get in. And that currently
[4:11:18] ahead, we that MAY be a little
[4:11:19] better and have had that all
[4:11:23] the way back to the ymca. What
[4:11:23] were really were blocking one
[4:11:25] lane traffic. I was a bayshore
[4:11:28] the other day in the morning
[4:11:29] and it was so backed up there
[4:11:31] that I don't think there's any
[4:11:32] turn lane going north on. I
[4:11:33] think it was that 57th. They
[4:11:34] were the road that runs in
[4:11:36] Fort Bay Shore backed up to
[4:11:38] the point where no one can
[4:11:42] turn right. No one can turn
[4:11:42] left. This was in the morning
[4:11:46] people coming to school and
[4:11:48] the people that are behind me
[4:11:49] that we're getting frustrated
[4:11:50] because they were going to
[4:11:50] school that is needed to get
[4:11:51] on to whatever they were going
[4:11:52] to do with their lives. It
[4:11:56] started with a big. Trash
[4:11:57] truck, decided he was going to
[4:12:00] pull out into the other lane.
[4:12:01] Go by everybody. And then
[4:12:03] scoot in between the people
[4:12:03] turning up in the people
[4:12:06] turning right. And then some
[4:12:06] other people, that I didn't to
[4:12:07] get it all just oh, this guy.
[4:12:10] And so now we have People
[4:12:11] going down the wrong way to
[4:12:12] traffic would not facing this
[4:12:14] anyway. You get my point. And
[4:12:15] when I've asked about this in
[4:12:20] the as well gymnast. It's a
[4:12:21] county thing and you can spend
[4:12:25] the money on it Believe in
[4:12:26] those excuses anymore. Let's
[4:12:27] put it that way the county
[4:12:28] thing that we got to get with
[4:12:29] the county. It's just one of
[4:12:31] those where it doesn't appear
[4:12:32] that whoever the traffic
[4:12:36] experts done. A good job.
[4:12:38] Weather and maybe we don't
[4:12:38] have But we should be
[4:12:39] partnering with the county and
[4:12:41] what they're going to take to
[4:12:43] keep this road from getting
[4:12:44] blocked up and people come and
[4:12:45] go to school. How long do we
[4:12:47] have make the turn lane? We
[4:12:48] even have a turn lane of the
[4:12:52] not. Do we get a turn? Lane?
[4:12:52] And I'm just very what
[4:12:53] mitigations that we've done on
[4:12:56] this plan to make it so that.
[4:12:57] Especially for the people who
[4:12:57] are just trying to get on
[4:12:58] their way to go over the need
[4:13:02] to go that that they're not
[4:13:03] going to be frustrated that
[4:13:03] these are 4 lane road. So
[4:13:04] that's helpful. But anyway,
[4:13:07] that's my question
[4:13:08] >> I'll say on this project,
[4:13:08] was done a good job, making
[4:13:10] sure that we all focus and pay
[4:13:12] attention to what is required
[4:13:14] out We've done a traffic
[4:13:15] study. We've had several
[4:13:15] meetings with the county to
[4:13:18] ensure that we are going to
[4:13:20] have proper signal the station
[4:13:22] or stop signs. And we have
[4:13:23] extended turn lanes. We've
[4:13:26] added some left turn lanes. So
[4:13:27] a lot of improvements are
[4:13:29] occurring around this because
[4:13:31] we're being very mindful that
[4:13:33] the premier sports complexes
[4:13:34] right across the street, you
[4:13:35] do have the winds here there
[4:13:37] across the way. So a lot of
[4:13:39] thought has been put there and
[4:13:40] those turn lanes. I don't I
[4:13:40] can't tell you how long
[4:13:41] they've been extended. Some of
[4:13:44] extended some of that added.
[4:13:45] And so we are mitigating that.
[4:13:46] And that's another reason why
[4:13:48] we have the access point all
[4:13:49] the way around to not just
[4:13:52] create congestion on post just
[4:13:55] now Premier Sports Boulevard
[4:13:57] conducting meetings with the
[4:13:57] county.
[4:13:58] >> My family and I we've
[4:14:01] conducted meet with the county
[4:14:02] and had this review and
[4:14:05] identify We need to put the
[4:14:07] signals ation and how much of
[4:14:08] that traffic we're going to
[4:14:11] have our site when school
[4:14:13] starts in one school dismisses
[4:14:13] so that we don't have that
[4:14:16] backup problems to Tatum with
[4:14:18] Pender in traffic on rain to
[4:14:21] him and post road. When we
[4:14:22] begin
[4:14:22] >> Let's admit it hopefully
[4:14:23] we're going to get better at
[4:14:25] doing this with the county,
[4:14:28] for instance. I know it entry
[4:14:29] actually busing. People inside
[4:14:33] the 2 mile circle because we
[4:14:34] opened the school, we didn't
[4:14:36] have the appropriate cross
[4:14:38] walks and sidewalks and for
[4:14:39] them to be able to get safely
[4:14:41] to school. So now it's been
[4:14:42] determined that unsafe for
[4:14:44] them to walk. So now we have
[4:14:46] and more money on
[4:14:47] transportation. Correct me if
[4:14:49] I'm wrong regard prom, we have
[4:14:50] to spend more money on
[4:14:51] transportation to transport
[4:14:53] those students because even
[4:14:53] though we knew what, 5 years
[4:14:57] in advance with, we're going
[4:14:57] to build a school there.
[4:14:58] Somehow when the school
[4:14:59] opened, the cross walks in the
[4:14:59] sidewalks, we're not and were
[4:15:02] not in place and I just look
[4:15:05] at as our responsibility to,
[4:15:07] you know, we're all the
[4:15:08] elected officials in the in
[4:15:09] the county to not let that
[4:15:10] kind of thing happen that But
[4:15:15] his school opens the.
[4:15:15] Transportation safety
[4:15:18] mitigation issues traffic.
[4:15:18] >> Mitigation, issues,
[4:15:21] whatever is there? Is red is
[4:15:23] in place and the excuse of
[4:15:26] well, that's a county thing in
[4:15:27] the coordination didn't happen
[4:15:27] and they wouldn't help. And I
[4:15:31] do. Not trying to be too
[4:15:32] difficult, but its frustrated
[4:15:34] me over the years and I hope
[4:15:35] that it sounds like we're
[4:15:38] gonna do a better job on this.
[4:15:38] >> hear your frustration, as
[4:15:41] we mentioned with right. Part
[4:15:42] of it is they're still
[4:15:43] building the neighborhood and
[4:15:47] developer. Is likely for that
[4:15:50] area responsible for those
[4:15:51] sidewalks. Unlikely that still
[4:15:52] happening, which union when
[4:15:54] even necessarily be the county
[4:15:57] on this. And so providing the
[4:15:59] extra buses for areas that
[4:16:01] still developed is a part of
[4:16:03] our responsibility and we will
[4:16:04] get reimbursement for that
[4:16:08] it's deemed unsafe and tell
[4:16:09] the students are able to
[4:16:11] safely move through the
[4:16:13] sidewalks. So it's not an
[4:16:14] oversight is not that nobody
[4:16:14] was meeting with the county
[4:16:15] are talking to the developer.
[4:16:19] It's when we. Are blessed to
[4:16:21] be able to open a school. In
[4:16:24] an area that needs to school.
[4:16:25] But it's still experiencing
[4:16:28] the growth that experiencing.
[4:16:29] We will see sometimes the
[4:16:30] infrastructures are not all
[4:16:32] there. Nobody did anything
[4:16:34] incorrect. Okay.
[4:16:35] >> I'm saying that the
[4:16:39] incorrect and I just.
[4:16:40] Sometimes it's not it's lack
[4:16:41] planning on everybody's part,
[4:16:42] which is not necessarily
[4:16:44] incorrect. So are you saying
[4:16:48] that the reason that sidewalks
[4:16:48] and stuff are not available
[4:16:53] for the students is because
[4:16:55] the developers haven't put put
[4:16:57] them saying there are probably
[4:16:59] a varied amount reasons, but
[4:17:00] it's still a work in progress
[4:17:01] because of the tremendous
[4:17:02] growth. We're very lucky to
[4:17:05] have the growth. It was a
[4:17:06] great opening.
[4:17:08] >> We had parent concerned the
[4:17:09] transportation worked out to
[4:17:10] provide solutions until it can
[4:17:11] be completely built out.
[4:17:15] That's all I'm saying. Okay.
[4:17:15] >> Well, I think that's
[4:17:16] happened in the past. For
[4:17:20] instance, when we opened up
[4:17:20] well, that was the school year
[4:17:22] that was starting a barber.
[4:17:23] Harvey wasn't construction
[4:17:24] related, but there was a bunch
[4:17:25] construction going on front of
[4:17:28] the school and I just happened
[4:17:30] to be passing by the school.
[4:17:31] And on the Friday before the
[4:17:35] Tuesday before school started.
[4:17:36] And I went in and I talk to
[4:17:36] the principal and it's lot
[4:17:37] construction going on out
[4:17:39] here. You. Confident that
[4:17:40] whatever safety things are in
[4:17:44] place. Whatever safety issues
[4:17:46] you need to be in place are
[4:17:47] here and ready to go. And she
[4:17:50] looked at me and said I'm not.
[4:17:51] And that's what's going on So
[4:17:52] I know people are meeting
[4:17:55] about it. But I haven't heard
[4:17:56] anything in. This was like 4
[4:17:58] o'clock on Friday afternoon on
[4:17:59] the Tuesday before school
[4:18:01] started. And so I ended up
[4:18:03] running back down here talking
[4:18:04] to the superintendent.
[4:18:05] Apparently a couple days
[4:18:08] later, they got a sheriff's
[4:18:08] deputy out there. But this
[4:18:11] just seems to be. Part of Part
[4:18:16] of the whole process of turn
[4:18:17] lanes and crosswalks in
[4:18:18] construction and safe. You
[4:18:19] know, for instance, that Paris
[4:18:20] will not open, right? We had
[4:18:21] his students walking down the
[4:18:24] side of the road the dark
[4:18:26] because there wasn't sidewalk
[4:18:27] there for a while until that
[4:18:29] school got tell it was put in
[4:18:30] I mean, it's just an error
[4:18:33] where we could do better. Be
[4:18:34] honest with I haven't been out
[4:18:35] there. Look at it. I'm going
[4:18:35] on reports that I've heard
[4:18:39] from other people. But it just
[4:18:40] seems like another area for
[4:18:41] improvement that we could work
[4:18:43] on to make things better for
[4:18:46] citizens and cut down our
[4:18:46] >> And I appreciate that. And
[4:18:49] I appreciate any time board
[4:18:50] members here, something to
[4:18:50] bring it so that we can
[4:18:52] address it. So I think you for
[4:18:53] that. I just didn't want you
[4:18:54] think that they weren't doing
[4:18:55] everything. They they doing
[4:18:58] okay. Thanks that. I just
[4:19:01] wanted to say that. I'm coming
[4:19:05] to MR. Kennedy. During those
[4:19:06] construction projects when
[4:19:08] you're building developments
[4:19:10] of that magnitude. You're
[4:19:11] still bringing in heavy
[4:19:15] equipment, heavy this heavy
[4:19:16] that if you're putting in
[4:19:17] those sidewalks and then you
[4:19:19] got to drive the heavy
[4:19:20] equipment over that sidewalk
[4:19:22] or just in a break. It all up.
[4:19:26] So it's all timing. So Dr
[4:19:28] residents point it just grew
[4:19:30] so fast and then look at the
[4:19:31] numbers. Schools rebuilt in a
[4:19:34] short amount of time and all
[4:19:35] the different entities,
[4:19:39] contractors and dress on
[4:19:40] evening hitting the concrete
[4:19:43] scheduled for delivery has
[4:19:47] been challenge. So and then to
[4:19:48] let's not forget that when we
[4:19:48] did start a lot of these
[4:19:53] projects. Everything inflated
[4:19:58] and cost as well. So I
[4:19:59] understand what you're saying
[4:20:00] and I hear your frustration,
[4:20:04] too. But I think we've done a
[4:20:05] good job addressing any of
[4:20:07] those knees, likely debt.
[4:20:11] Further doing the ballpark.
[4:20:12] Schools that know is that
[4:20:14] knowing that they're gonna
[4:20:15] Willis really are well and so
[4:20:16] when those things are brought
[4:20:19] to our attention, I think it's
[4:20:21] they're addressed as best we
[4:20:24] can even if it's beyond our
[4:20:25] control, we go to the person
[4:20:29] that has that control to just
[4:20:30] saw that a show that real
[4:20:31] quick question for turnover.
[4:20:32] MISTER Kent. We have liked a
[4:20:37] tennis court right
[4:20:38] >> yeah. Believe there's life
[4:20:42] tennis courts, right?
[4:20:43] >> Go ahead, MISTER All right.
[4:20:45] Well, as long as don't pet
[4:20:46] projects now, now I've 2
[4:20:47] things I'm MR. I just want to
[4:20:47] address the traffic issue. I
[4:20:51] think if you if you think
[4:20:51] about the campus is you're
[4:20:52] talking about Bayshore high
[4:20:55] school as it looks today.
[4:20:58] Built in their mid 80's.
[4:20:58] Sharon's environs. So Rick and
[4:21:00] every yeah, well, that the
[4:21:04] building to snare now.
[4:21:08] >> that was 90 96 97. 98 97.
[4:21:09] So obviously Bayshore gardens
[4:21:09] look a lot different that long
[4:21:12] ago. And so at Bayshore you
[4:21:12] have this.
[4:21:14] >> One lane in short runway to
[4:21:16] front door, which obviously
[4:21:17] backs out onto the streets.
[4:21:18] Same thing with liquor in Chai
[4:21:22] one lane in little longer
[4:21:23] runway. But one lane in one
[4:21:24] lane out. Unless on the bus
[4:21:26] lane on the south part. So
[4:21:28] that's obviously a backup in
[4:21:28] the street. But the thing
[4:21:29] about parish, we look at this
[4:21:32] design. There's I don't think
[4:21:32] is really going to be much
[4:21:34] back up on the street because
[4:21:34] all that runways within the
[4:21:36] perimeter of the campus, like
[4:21:37] what are you coming from post
[4:21:40] to come in raise so there's
[4:21:44] there's a ton of space there
[4:21:45] for cars to line up and said I
[4:21:45] thought put into that process
[4:21:46] servers there's a lot of
[4:21:48] thought put into that problem.
[4:21:48] Sure.
[4:21:49] >> And we pray that I'm doing
[4:21:50] your. You have a and that
[4:21:51] occasion, I'm glad to see
[4:21:52] we're doing better. Yeah, we
[4:21:55] definitely are think we are my
[4:21:57] pet prime iPad question and I
[4:21:58] guess I'm putting on a risk
[4:21:59] management have little bit
[4:22:02] here. You're like the baseball
[4:22:02] field. The kind that's so
[4:22:03] cool. Like a batter could hit
[4:22:05] a home run into the retention
[4:22:06] pond. You know, like this is
[4:22:07] Bnc Park in Pittsburgh. And
[4:22:10] then I thought it's going to
[4:22:11] be a fence around the Some
[4:22:13] kids going to jump in that
[4:22:14] retention pond to get the
[4:22:15] there will be an alligator and
[4:22:17] then get out. Whoever is our
[4:22:18] risk manager will be pulling
[4:22:19] her hair out make. That will
[4:22:24] be every fan he's hit 8 has a
[4:22:27] fence around its retention
[4:22:29] pond. My correct in that
[4:22:30] MISTER Clark. I was I a huge
[4:22:31] That was my only pet project
[4:22:32] for the campus. I just want to
[4:22:34] make sure nobody gets eaten by
[4:22:35] an alligator.
[4:22:40] >> How they even get in with
[4:22:41] fences? What are you know?
[4:22:43] That they're and saying it's
[4:22:47] >> renewed turtles came on the
[4:22:51] slide for a Go ahead. What
[4:22:57] will the Mr? Clarke was asked
[4:22:58] about traffic study. The
[4:23:00] traffic study is done by our
[4:23:01] Civil engineers who are
[4:23:02] working in conjunction with
[4:23:03] the Manatee County.
[4:23:06] >> To ensure that what we're
[4:23:07] posing and what we're building
[4:23:09] will be able to accommodate
[4:23:09] the amount of traffic that's
[4:23:11] going to be introduced to the
[4:23:13] system. And so based upon what
[4:23:16] we have in our specifications,
[4:23:18] we work with them and with our
[4:23:20] designers to ensure that we
[4:23:23] get as much of that traffic on
[4:23:23] to our site says would drop in
[4:23:26] markets and picking them up so
[4:23:27] that we're not backing up
[4:23:28] traffic Rachel and premier
[4:23:30] sports or any other road. But
[4:23:31] that for that point, the same
[4:23:34] process went into play with
[4:23:36] the other 2 schools that we're
[4:23:37] that we've currently open with
[4:23:43] right ranch and veterans.
[4:23:46] >> And you and school site
[4:23:47] plans and the traffic studies
[4:23:48] we can move forward.
[4:23:54] >> People. All right to bring
[4:23:56] to the table this time says
[4:23:58] Akram McClary from the Bain
[4:23:59] Company was going to be
[4:24:01] discussing the status of our
[4:24:01] construction as it stands.
[4:24:02] That rain to him.
[4:24:05] >> All right. Thank you either
[4:24:08] all, you know.
[4:24:10] >> Also the turn lane that was
[4:24:13] there's a turn lane to the
[4:24:15] main enters.
[4:24:17] >> Francis school along years.
[4:24:18] 44, and that that was renamed
[4:24:21] to premiere recently by the
[4:24:22] county proposed Boulevard
[4:24:22] others. A couple different
[4:24:23] names. When you're looking at
[4:24:27] some of the renderings.
[4:24:28] >> That turned land, I believe
[4:24:29] was 150 feet. And that was
[4:24:31] part of traffic study as we're
[4:24:32] going through the permitting
[4:24:34] through the county, they've
[4:24:36] they've requested that the 500
[4:24:37] feet. So that's gonna be
[4:24:39] pretty extensive in addition
[4:24:40] to hold on tight queuing, you
[4:24:43] have a pretty pretty long
[4:24:44] term. Lynette, that main
[4:24:47] entrance there. So. Just help
[4:24:48] help with that solution to
[4:24:53] little bit above me on there.
[4:24:57] So in that I guess one more
[4:24:58] thing on that traffic study.
[4:25:00] They do a study. They did that
[4:25:00] annually. So that's you know
[4:25:02] what we're going to look like
[4:25:04] in your one with 9th and 10th
[4:25:05] grade. And then what would
[4:25:06] look like with 11th and then
[4:25:10] full capacity. 29 so and that
[4:25:11] kind of extends out. So we're
[4:25:11] we're looking ahead. We do
[4:25:13] that study as well. You can
[4:25:19] see. I won't get into the
[4:25:19] stuff on the left that Yemen,
[4:25:23] the 2500 student capacity and
[4:25:24] where we're at day one and
[4:25:25] then you can grow into that
[4:25:26] with the building 8. But if
[4:25:28] you look to the right and to
[4:25:28] the product, the progress on
[4:25:32] site, this is these photos are
[4:25:35] from about 3 weeks ago. We do
[4:25:35] aerials want a month and
[4:25:38] provide them to the team.
[4:25:39] These are about 3 weeks old to
[4:25:41] come out around the 10th
[4:25:42] weather depending and you can
[4:25:46] see. The cafeteria building
[4:25:49] has a roof on it. It's it's
[4:25:51] tried and were in there doing
[4:25:51] our interior ruff's overhead
[4:25:54] framing is going in. They
[4:25:56] started hanging drywall
[4:25:58] ceilings, snow. So that that's
[4:26:00] moving along really well. The
[4:26:01] c e p is the small building
[4:26:05] next to that the photo, little
[4:26:05] postage stamp square that
[4:26:07] stride. And so we can start
[4:26:08] getting equipment and start
[4:26:10] looking at, you know, getting
[4:26:11] the buildings online on
[4:26:14] service with power, an hvac
[4:26:18] and all that. So transformers
[4:26:18] are coming in and a couple of
[4:26:21] weeks, we'll get those said.
[4:26:22] And so in the month or 2 will
[4:26:27] have power on site as we as we
[4:26:27] move around us, the first
[4:26:32] classroom building building 5.
[4:26:34] That is it's hard to tell and
[4:26:34] that photo, but that's all
[4:26:38] decked out in the slab sport.
[4:26:39] And we're bringing block up to
[4:26:41] the roof there. The next
[4:26:42] building building 6 other
[4:26:42] classroom building. That's the
[4:26:45] one with the collegiate
[4:26:50] lecture halls in it is is out
[4:26:51] of the ground there and coming
[4:26:54] up to tie beams now and then
[4:26:58] the big building next to that,
[4:27:00] our gymnasium they're setting
[4:27:01] steel on that on the lobby
[4:27:02] side now. So if you've been
[4:27:03] the parish that kind of front
[4:27:04] side close to the new building
[4:27:08] that steals going on now.
[4:27:10] Moving around to buildings.
[4:27:11] One on the metal deck is on
[4:27:12] both of those. The roofer
[4:27:17] started late last week. Then
[4:27:21] the auditorium building is
[4:27:22] coming out of the ground block
[4:27:25] is up on that music playing
[4:27:27] towards the center part of the
[4:27:29] campus. And we actually
[4:27:30] started paving yesterday. So
[4:27:31] we do. We do the paving into
[4:27:32] lifts one list to get you out
[4:27:35] of the mud and stuff and then
[4:27:37] you can park on and drive on a
[4:27:37] store stuff on. And then we do
[4:27:41] finalist the paving as we wrap
[4:27:41] up the project. So it all
[4:27:42] looks good and trains good in
[4:27:43] everything repair, any damage.
[4:27:45] And they started the bus loop
[4:27:48] and staff parking today. They
[4:27:51] should be all through staff
[4:27:52] parking by the end of today
[4:27:52] and then tomorrow working into
[4:27:56] the parking. So if you're if
[4:27:57] you're in the area that dust
[4:27:59] bowl, well, it's been raining
[4:27:59] so and hanged us. But the U.S.
[4:28:01] Would be down if it was it was
[4:28:03] dry and it's good to get out
[4:28:04] of the dirt provide some good,
[4:28:07] solid lay down for all the
[4:28:10] traits to keep We also we have
[4:28:12] about 160 workers on site
[4:28:13] daily right now. Everything's
[4:28:17] moving along. That's about it
[4:28:20] on the Any any questions on
[4:28:23] any of that so far? MR.
[4:28:24] Kennedy, have you let up. I'm
[4:28:25] guessing you I don't have
[4:28:34] anybody. The running on the
[4:28:39] right is and his team drew and
[4:28:40] for the project showing what
[4:28:41] it's going to look like. And
[4:28:43] then there's a image from
[4:28:45] about 3 weeks showing where
[4:28:46] we're at today. So it's kind
[4:28:50] of label t can kind of
[4:28:50] progress from what the picture
[4:28:54] was supposed to be. So we are.
[4:28:58] On target to turn the school
[4:29:01] over next summer for MR.
[4:29:05] Dahlquist and his team.
[4:29:07] Started talking with
[4:29:08] purchasing about getting in
[4:29:11] there in APRIL and start
[4:29:12] putting Stephen the admin
[4:29:15] building. So we're on target
[4:29:17] to wrap up have students on
[4:29:19] campus. And I think we
[4:29:20] mentioned earlier the new
[4:29:21] classroom that was added that
[4:29:22] will go into the fall a little
[4:29:26] bit. For building 6.
[4:29:28] Everything's on target looking
[4:29:33] get. If you look at that. The
[4:29:33] construction start date. 12,
[4:29:34] 9.25 You're not even a year
[4:29:37] out.
[4:29:40] >> So he's done a and less and
[4:29:41] him.
[4:29:41] >> And that's what that's the
[4:29:44] day we actually started
[4:29:45] writing contracts and right
[4:29:46] and getting people signed up,
[4:29:47] we actually started pushing
[4:29:49] dirt on FEBRUARY. 15th of this
[4:29:53] year of this year at even
[4:29:55] other teams done a great job.
[4:29:56] Phenomenal how much progress
[4:29:59] has been made in the and that
[4:30:00] short of time. So do we have a
[4:30:01] new banner up saying Range
[4:30:02] Lanaia?
[4:30:03] >> Last time I was by their
[4:30:12] side. Triple a that's Were on
[4:30:13] which aims to the I'm just
[4:30:14] like enter aaa appear. That's
[4:30:17] right.
[4:30:22] >> all Any other questions?
[4:30:26] No, we're good on that. Thank
[4:30:28] you very much. Appreciate
[4:30:29] that. Thank you. That's a
[4:30:30] great update. Appreciate it.
[4:30:34] Looks really good. I want I'm
[4:30:35] guessing we're going to is
[4:30:36] that side of this.
[4:30:40] >> Project.
[4:30:40] >> Yes, ma'am. Thank Thank you
[4:30:44] for having us on introduced
[4:30:44] adjusted officer founding
[4:30:45] principle for Angel and then
[4:30:46] on just by self again. Sure.
[4:30:48] Inc our Bureau over high
[4:30:50] schools. Thank you, MADAM
[4:30:51] Chair, vice chair members of
[4:30:52] the board and Dr Rosen for the
[4:30:55] opportunity. And I want to
[4:30:57] thank our partners and
[4:30:57] construction and architecture.
[4:30:59] It has really been a wonderful
[4:31:00] experience planning this and
[4:31:01] learning with all of you and
[4:31:02] watching it grow. So you'll
[4:31:03] have been amazing. So thank
[4:31:06] you. Thank you. Thank you. We
[4:31:08] have some exciting things that
[4:31:10] Mr officer working on with
[4:31:13] this 8th high school. You
[4:31:13] guys.
[4:31:14] >> Talk a lot about parking,
[4:31:15] but we want to talk about
[4:31:16] programming. We want to talk
[4:31:18] about all the wonderful things
[4:31:20] for our MR. Thomas has been
[4:31:21] hard at work. You wonder what
[4:31:23] is MR. Da Office doing? He is
[4:31:25] doing a lot. A lot of research
[4:31:26] planning and visiting because
[4:31:27] we want to bring all the great
[4:31:29] things that we see throughout
[4:31:29] our community. But throughout
[4:31:31] our state and country.
[4:31:33] >> Into our little backyard
[4:31:33] range land. Turned over to
[4:31:37] you, MR. Don't List.
[4:31:37] >> Thank you. Missus,
[4:31:39] Scarborough. And I'd like to
[4:31:40] thank PRESIDENT Or
[4:31:41] superintendent misses
[4:31:44] Scarborough for presenting
[4:31:47] this wonderful opportunity to
[4:31:52] me to have the in myself to be
[4:31:53] the founding principal. I've
[4:31:55] worked here in the school
[4:31:56] district now. This is my 30th
[4:31:59] year in the school district
[4:32:01] and 2 to be able to take on
[4:32:05] this type of project means a
[4:32:06] whole lot to me. I think it's
[4:32:07] a it's a it's a great way in
[4:32:09] which I'm going to finish my
[4:32:16] career. I believe. Hopefully
[4:32:18] range highs 10 But throughout
[4:32:21] this throughout the process.
[4:32:22] >> And I've only been I've
[4:32:23] only been on the project now
[4:32:28] for a couple months but the
[4:32:29] the hard work, the
[4:32:30] professionalism from our
[4:32:32] construction services, MR.
[4:32:33] Gough.
[4:32:37] >> And then from go Bain and
[4:32:39] and Zach an errand. And then
[4:32:41] David on the project MR.
[4:32:45] Clarke's leadership has made
[4:32:47] has made it very easy to to
[4:32:51] begin to see. The vision of
[4:32:53] the project, but also.
[4:32:57] >> But MR. Bradshaw and that
[4:32:59] at Parish community for
[4:33:03] allowing me to come over and
[4:33:04] take a look at all of the
[4:33:04] great things that they have
[4:33:07] going on. A parish. And some
[4:33:12] ways in which. He contributed
[4:33:13] to making some improvements
[4:33:15] almond campus. So right. It's
[4:33:20] a it's a complete team effort
[4:33:21] here within the school
[4:33:23] district. And I thank everyone
[4:33:25] for answering maybe some of
[4:33:28] the questions that I do have
[4:33:29] occasionally and and being
[4:33:36] very very patient and the
[4:33:38] process. So few things that
[4:33:41] that we are looking as far as
[4:33:43] what we are going to have. It
[4:33:44] range. Lynn.
[4:33:45] >> Just like you just looked
[4:33:48] at all of the the pictures of
[4:33:51] the construction going on. We
[4:33:51] are laying the foundation
[4:33:54] right now. We are going to
[4:33:57] open with 9th and 10th greats.
[4:33:59] So all of the all of the
[4:34:02] things I have listed on this
[4:34:04] slide currently are what we
[4:34:06] aspire to, not necessarily
[4:34:09] what we're going to open with
[4:34:10] day one, but we are going to
[4:34:12] have those foundational
[4:34:14] classes in our 9th and 10th
[4:34:17] grades so that we will. We
[4:34:18] will be the next great high
[4:34:23] school here in Manatee County.
[4:34:24] >> All of our schools, also
[4:34:27] one of our high schools are
[4:34:28] doing tremendous, tremendous
[4:34:33] work for students and at range
[4:34:33] when we are going to aspire to
[4:34:36] do exactly the same. And
[4:34:38] hopefully in many ways we are
[4:34:43] going to take all of the
[4:34:44] different aspects of of our
[4:34:45] current schools and some
[4:34:46] schools across our state in
[4:34:51] the country and these are some
[4:34:51] of some of the programs in
[4:34:55] which we We are looking at, of
[4:34:58] course, I do get questions and
[4:34:59] concerns from parents. Are you
[4:34:59] going to have all of these
[4:35:03] things right from the get-go?
[4:35:04] >> And we are going to have as
[4:35:07] much of it as we can. We are
[4:35:09] going to we are going to have
[4:35:12] all of the courses necessary
[4:35:15] moves 9th and 10th grades to
[4:35:16] support the the different
[4:35:19] levels of rigor. Some of our
[4:35:20] students are going to come on
[4:35:21] and they're they're going to
[4:35:22] be some of the most brilliant.
[4:35:24] Kids you're ever going to come
[4:35:27] across. And then we have some
[4:35:30] some learners who who MAY need
[4:35:31] just those foundational
[4:35:33] skills. So we are going to
[4:35:34] have something for everyone of
[4:35:35] our students when they walk
[4:35:38] through the door and all of
[4:35:40] our la math science, social
[4:35:43] studies, we're going to have
[4:35:46] world languages. All of those
[4:35:48] courses from a a standard
[4:35:50] level to an honors level. To
[4:35:56] that advanced level. Our
[4:35:58] advanced courses of study that
[4:35:59] we are. We are currently
[4:36:00] looking at is the Cambridge
[4:36:06] ace program. That that program
[4:36:07] is. He's very popular here.
[4:36:11] And in the state of Florida,
[4:36:15] many, many years ago MR.
[4:36:16] Clarke's leadership, moment of
[4:36:17] high school. We introduce that
[4:36:19] that program Palmetto High and
[4:36:21] they've introduced and
[4:36:26] Bayshore as well. That
[4:36:27] provides that provides choice
[4:36:29] no choice is very important
[4:36:33] here. And the school District
[4:36:35] and Lakewood Ranch a college
[4:36:40] board. Ap. Campus as far as
[4:36:42] our or advanced studies go.
[4:36:46] But we are. We are actively
[4:36:49] working on that. It's that
[4:36:51] application for Cambridge.
[4:36:56] Cambridge is. Cambridge is
[4:36:57] quite particular about the the
[4:36:59] requirements they have for
[4:37:03] schools and they don't give.
[4:37:04] They will not give final
[4:37:04] approval for you to offer
[4:37:07] those courses the campus until
[4:37:09] they see the finished product.
[4:37:12] And so we've we've actually
[4:37:13] been discussing when are we
[4:37:18] going to be able to? Going to
[4:37:21] go into our science labs in
[4:37:24] our classrooms and storage so
[4:37:24] that we can get final
[4:37:29] approval. In working with with
[4:37:31] Cambridge. They believe that
[4:37:32] 3rd we're going to be able to
[4:37:34] get all of those things done
[4:37:39] next summer. That they can
[4:37:40] actually take a look at some
[4:37:42] of the some of the labs that
[4:37:45] parish that we have because
[4:37:46] there will similarities
[4:37:49] between those 2 kind of give
[4:37:49] us kind of an initial
[4:37:53] approval.
[4:37:55] >> But also we're going to be
[4:37:57] able to offer those those
[4:37:58] Cambridge courses as a sports
[4:38:00] is creates forces, which is
[4:38:01] kind of your your honor's
[4:38:06] level that creates so that our
[4:38:07] students, especially those 9th
[4:38:10] and 10th graders coming in,
[4:38:12] they will be able complete
[4:38:16] that diploma by the end of of
[4:38:17] their time arrange even the
[4:38:17] even attempt graders, even if
[4:38:21] they started in MAY.
[4:38:21] >> And then advanced placement
[4:38:24] to capstone. They'll be able
[4:38:27] to finish that that ace to
[4:38:28] plummet before they graduate.
[4:38:31] One of the one of the great
[4:38:34] things within the state of
[4:38:35] Florida, whether it's an ap
[4:38:36] capstone diploma, whether it's
[4:38:36] an ib diploma or whether it's
[4:38:40] a nice moment. Those students
[4:38:41] who graduate with diploma
[4:38:47] option. Automatically qualify
[4:38:47] for the highest level. A
[4:38:52] bright future scholarship. So
[4:38:54] we save within the school
[4:38:55] district, whether whether they
[4:38:57] get one of those diploma
[4:39:01] options. We save our school
[4:39:02] district. Probably millions of
[4:39:06] dollars every year due to due
[4:39:06] to those those advanced
[4:39:13] levels. And to be honest,
[4:39:14] we're probably going to have
[4:39:18] to have some ap ap courses on
[4:39:20] the campus because there are
[4:39:23] some courses within the
[4:39:25] college board but aren't
[4:39:27] necessarily offer through ace
[4:39:28] or or could potentially be a
[4:39:29] little bit better for our
[4:39:30] students to take someone's ap
[4:39:34] classes. Could be ap. Human
[4:39:35] geography could be a pr
[4:39:36] history. Could be ap calculus.
[4:39:40] >> So we will also also look
[4:39:42] at and what our student
[4:39:45] interests are and maybe where.
[4:39:45] Cambridge isn't necessarily
[4:39:48] meeting those needs and offer
[4:39:51] a few ap courses primarily
[4:39:55] will be that ace diploma.
[4:39:58] We're also going to have dual
[4:39:59] enrollment options.
[4:40:00] >> With 9th and 10th grades,
[4:40:00] that's not necessarily
[4:40:01] something that will have.
[4:40:04] >> Right off the bat, will
[4:40:05] have those same options that
[4:40:07] we have in all of our high
[4:40:08] schools through State College
[4:40:10] of Florida, University South
[4:40:10] Florida, Manatee Technical
[4:40:15] College. I know that. MR.
[4:40:18] Jensen was the Scarborough.
[4:40:19] No, they're currently looking
[4:40:20] at some other institutions
[4:40:24] throughout the state to to
[4:40:26] offer some courses on our
[4:40:27] campuses that are going to
[4:40:31] act. You know that increase
[4:40:32] our acceleration numbers in
[4:40:34] our in our high schools and
[4:40:37] have some courses, maybe for
[4:40:38] students who are traditionally
[4:40:41] in that dual enrollment path.
[4:40:42] Are going to qualify for those
[4:40:45] lows classes. So all of those
[4:40:46] types of things are quite
[4:40:52] exciting. We're going to have
[4:40:53] substantial electives on the
[4:40:54] campus. When you take a look
[4:40:57] at those classroom buildings.
[4:41:01] Really, they're geared towards
[4:41:02] those those electives cte
[4:41:06] classes. You can see that. But
[4:41:10] the the ag program. And where
[4:41:12] we are located at range limit
[4:41:14] is going to be an important
[4:41:15] part, specially our students
[4:41:16] who are coming from little
[4:41:18] farther east. So we will have
[4:41:22] a robust agriculture program.
[4:41:23] Whether it's animal science,
[4:41:26] whether it's coach Porter
[4:41:27] culture, aquaculture, we're
[4:41:29] going to take a look. Lot of
[4:41:33] it depends the the instructor
[4:41:35] and their levels of interest,
[4:41:36] but also the level of interest
[4:41:40] of our students coming The
[4:41:40] advanced Learning
[4:41:44] Technologies. I saw something
[4:41:48] on. Talked to MISTER MISTER
[4:41:50] Hanssen little bit about that.
[4:41:53] That sparked program. The
[4:41:54] weave. Then selected as I
[4:41:56] think one of 5 or 6, she
[4:41:59] school districts and the in
[4:42:03] the state as far as as how we
[4:42:04] are going to handle ai and
[4:42:08] some of the opportunities, for
[4:42:09] course, work in that I don't
[4:42:11] believe ai is not going
[4:42:13] anywhere. It is simply
[4:42:15] accelerating. How are we going
[4:42:16] to? That's position our
[4:42:18] students for when the when
[4:42:19] they graduate from our
[4:42:20] schools. And especially
[4:42:23] rainfall and high school. How
[4:42:26] are they going to be able to
[4:42:27] leverage that when they get to
[4:42:31] their post-secondary studies?
[4:42:33] Primarily, we're going to
[4:42:35] focus a lot business
[4:42:36] marketing, entrepreneurship.
[4:42:39] Some of those courses not only
[4:42:40] through the Cambridge program,
[4:42:43] but also. Some some courses
[4:42:48] that. In addition that our co
[4:42:50] curricular, whether we have a
[4:42:50] or whether we have Decker, we
[4:42:53] have junior achievement. Well,
[4:42:56] there's a whole lot of a lot
[4:42:58] of students who are interested
[4:43:00] How are they going to? What
[4:43:02] are they going to do when they
[4:43:04] graduate? And we're also
[4:43:06] promoting, we're also
[4:43:08] promoting some of those mtc
[4:43:09] classes where students need to
[4:43:12] them. They graduate with us
[4:43:15] with the going to see they're
[4:43:16] going to need to know how what
[4:43:18] what what do you need to do in
[4:43:19] order to start your your own
[4:43:20] business and kind of go out on
[4:43:21] your own? And we're looking at
[4:43:26] that. And also some health and
[4:43:31] wellness. Not only not only
[4:43:33] mental mental wellness, but
[4:43:34] also that that physical
[4:43:40] wellness. Health Science
[4:43:40] foundation's. We did talk with
[4:43:45] a talk with. It's time to see
[4:43:46] you about some potential
[4:43:48] sources that we MAY. We MAY
[4:43:50] build MAY be able to offer
[4:43:50] from a health science
[4:43:55] perspective on our campus. So
[4:43:56] there's while we're very
[4:43:57] early, we're SEPTEMBER 1st and
[4:44:00] we still have 11 months to go.
[4:44:01] To me. It feels like it's
[4:44:02] right around the corner with
[4:44:05] all of these things going on.
[4:44:10] As you can see, we are well
[4:44:12] taken care of in terms of the
[4:44:13] athletic facilities. I know
[4:44:14] that athletics is extremely
[4:44:18] important. Anywhere in Manatee
[4:44:21] but certainly growing out east
[4:44:24] and we have the premier fields
[4:44:27] right across the street. So I
[4:44:27] believe that we're going to be
[4:44:30] able to. Compete. Very
[4:44:35] quickly. Probably mostly at
[4:44:36] the junior varsity level to
[4:44:39] begin I know there will be a
[4:44:40] number of of sports teams on
[4:44:42] our campus that will start
[4:44:44] right away with with varsity
[4:44:47] level sports and then. We're
[4:44:50] going to have all of those
[4:44:54] extracurricular activities,
[4:44:55] the same as everyone else,
[4:44:58] bills will start very small. I
[4:44:59] will do will have national
[4:44:59] Honor Society will invest. Ye
[4:45:02] will have. And choir orchestra
[4:45:05] drama. With the auditorium
[4:45:07] that that's being built out
[4:45:10] there. I I anticipate that all
[4:45:16] of those. Performing arts, we
[4:45:17] will also have the fine arts
[4:45:22] whether Inc. All of those our
[4:45:24] classrooms are on the campus.
[4:45:29] So Raines live high school. Is
[4:45:31] going to grow into being one
[4:45:31] of those one of the premier
[4:45:32] high schools, I believe in the
[4:45:34] state of Florida. And that is
[4:45:38] our goal. And that campus
[4:45:39] right there that you all have
[4:45:42] committed. Tens of millions of
[4:45:47] dollars to. You're going to be
[4:45:49] very proud of of this high
[4:45:52] school and the students and
[4:45:54] staff are at that school. And
[4:45:55] I believe with with this
[4:45:58] group. They're going to bill
[4:46:03] the best possible school. With
[4:46:04] attention to as much detail as
[4:46:09] as possible. I do know that
[4:46:10] traffic. I don't care what
[4:46:10] school you're at. Traf traffic
[4:46:15] is tough. I don't think we
[4:46:16] probably ever anticipated that
[4:46:17] this many parents would be
[4:46:18] able to drive their kids to
[4:46:22] school. We're going to
[4:46:26] mitigate the traffic. We have.
[4:46:27] We have taken that into
[4:46:33] consideration. They did
[4:46:35] Construction services. We
[4:46:36] discussed. We discussed
[4:46:39] parking and and there was some
[4:46:42] talk of. Not necessarily
[4:46:46] paving. Some parts of that
[4:46:46] parking lot right from the
[4:46:47] beginning and they've
[4:46:49] committed to that as well. So
[4:46:52] that will that will. Solve
[4:46:55] some of the issues that I
[4:46:56] think rightfully are concerned
[4:47:01] about.
[4:47:03] >> So the other thing I think
[4:47:05] is a big question is, is what
[4:47:06] not all the programs within is
[4:47:09] that identity of range land.
[4:47:10] So we've worked with Johnny
[4:47:12] Carson, MR. Officer myself to
[4:47:12] survey the community and was
[4:47:13] directed survey to the people
[4:47:14] in that area that would be
[4:47:16] coming in could they afford it
[4:47:19] to the fence? Probably. But we
[4:47:20] had a pretty good turnout from
[4:47:23] that. So we went with the 2
[4:47:25] different parts of First of
[4:47:28] all, we had 600 responses for
[4:47:28] what now, which is a pretty
[4:47:30] good sampling of what was
[4:47:33] sent. The first thing we asked
[4:47:34] is with some key words and
[4:47:35] they could also on the brink
[4:47:35] of things. That would be part
[4:47:39] of the identity for range land
[4:47:39] because I know it has been a a
[4:47:43] mission vision, but I think
[4:47:44] that we're going to follow the
[4:47:46] path of school board and do a
[4:47:47] purpose statement for range
[4:47:48] land as you've done with our
[4:47:49] strategic plan. So we've asked
[4:47:51] for the words that would go
[4:47:53] into that and we have our next
[4:47:55] steps in meeting actually this
[4:47:56] afternoon after this meeting
[4:47:57] with Missus, Carson for our
[4:47:59] next parts of including the
[4:48:00] community in these kind of
[4:48:01] things. So in taking the
[4:48:05] results of the wording will be
[4:48:06] working on the purpose
[4:48:07] statement that movement
[4:48:07] forward. You can see, the
[4:48:09] words that that is important,
[4:48:12] too, that community. For your
[4:48:15] feedback. I know that you all
[4:48:15] are aware, but not everybody
[4:48:18] MAY be aware of the colors for
[4:48:19] the school. So something we
[4:48:21] did very early is looked at
[4:48:22] some samples and pick colors
[4:48:24] because of our prior schools.
[4:48:25] Colors are very generic. And
[4:48:28] then we pick the school colors
[4:48:29] and you'll walk in a school
[4:48:29] like Great river of talk about
[4:48:30] that, that every hallway was a
[4:48:32] different color of some
[4:48:32] primary color and over the
[4:48:35] process is now school colors.
[4:48:36] >> We have selected a palette
[4:48:38] that is within the building.
[4:48:40] We don't have it. So we have
[4:48:43] selected Gray or silver and
[4:48:44] black from my my purple people
[4:48:45] out there. It's a common and
[4:48:52] range and doing the survey. We
[4:48:53] also pulled in from the
[4:48:54] original survey that went up
[4:48:55] to us for so long of naming
[4:48:57] the school, all of the popular
[4:48:59] mascots. And we took the part
[4:49:00] and again, I was our friend
[4:49:03] this and we took the most
[4:49:05] often seen. We checked the top
[4:49:06] ones from that. Put it in
[4:49:07] there for okay out of these
[4:49:08] top ones that run names and
[4:49:09] account course we had to take
[4:49:10] out the ones that aren't
[4:49:12] really names you would ever
[4:49:16] choose for a school might be.
[4:49:17] The Mustangs. It's down the
[4:49:18] road. We're not going to the
[4:49:19] same mascot. Again. We're not
[4:49:22] gonna use the hurricanes
[4:49:23] again. We're not gonna use
[4:49:24] ones that are there. That MAY
[4:49:24] be new and they didn't know
[4:49:25] they're already mascots in our
[4:49:26] area.
[4:49:27] >> We put those for rankings.
[4:49:29] Then we also allow for other
[4:49:30] there could've been a
[4:49:31] community upsurge lasting
[4:49:34] greens. Like the sandhill
[4:49:35] cranes, you know. And and it's
[4:49:38] it's a solid choice, but only
[4:49:39] 11 other people. So 12, you
[4:49:42] really into the sandhill
[4:49:43] cranes. So anyone my
[4:49:44] suggestion didn't make the
[4:49:45] board's.
[4:49:46] >> I know we all have. We all
[4:49:49] had favorite along the way. In
[4:49:50] Aaron and I back in the last
[4:49:51] year, this time we actually
[4:49:53] spent a whole Saturday going
[4:49:54] back and forth on potential
[4:49:55] colors out there. What's not
[4:49:56] around? We had a little bit of
[4:49:59] fun with the sighting what the
[4:49:59] mascot could be and its like.
[4:50:01] Again, we're gonna put out the
[4:50:01] community, see what came up
[4:50:04] popularly. And as you can see,
[4:50:06] we do have somewhat of a
[4:50:06] school district tradition of
[4:50:07] going after some of our
[4:50:11] collegiate names in the area
[4:50:11] and in this. And we did put in
[4:50:14] some natural things like a
[4:50:14] raptor. It's not it's not
[4:50:16] purple dinosaur, but it is
[4:50:20] soda tax anybody thought and I
[4:50:23] did notice And that survey
[4:50:26] Iraq, the Hornets was in
[4:50:29] there. And I was like real
[4:50:31] shocked by that. Has asked the
[4:50:32] team that I close to his
[4:50:32] Hornets and I'm like, somebody
[4:50:35] might have heard me say that.
[4:50:35] But yeah, that didn't make
[4:50:39] cut. I think okay. Have we
[4:50:40] have some very interesting
[4:50:43] names on the survey that that
[4:50:43] were very interesting. We
[4:50:44] enjoyed looking through some
[4:50:46] of them. But the Gators did
[4:50:48] come out as as the popular
[4:50:49] choice from that. So we have
[4:50:54] moving forward with that. This
[4:50:56] is just an ai rendering by all
[4:50:57] means this is not what it is.
[4:50:58] But I know MISTER Gough U.S.
[4:51:01] He's working with with groups
[4:51:02] of then developing the
[4:51:03] branding because it's also
[4:51:04] important in your brand in the
[4:51:05] school that what you choose
[4:51:06] for the mascot and what you
[4:51:09] choose for the coloring. The
[4:51:12] design is not a violation of
[4:51:13] anybody else that they could,
[4:51:13] you know, trying to you for
[4:51:15] using their trademark or their
[4:51:17] colors. So we are in the
[4:51:18] process of doing that
[4:51:18] branding. And that also is
[4:51:20] important see it. All of our
[4:51:22] high schools. You have the
[4:51:22] specific colors that can be
[4:51:24] bought for uniforms. You want
[4:51:24] to pick something that you
[4:51:28] can't get in your dorm, band
[4:51:29] uniforms, anything else? Got
[4:51:31] to be real careful of that
[4:51:31] regulation or graduation
[4:51:32] apparel like that. So we've
[4:51:34] already looked at that. And
[4:51:37] then we'll also be working on
[4:51:38] the lettering. What will be
[4:51:39] the logos? All we need that
[4:51:41] very soon. And the guy's been
[4:51:41] asking this for public 6
[4:51:42] months now, do we have it?
[4:51:43] Because they need to do the
[4:51:46] field in the gym. So that is
[4:51:48] going to be rapidly produce.
[4:51:49] So we're very excited with in
[4:51:50] public the next month or so to
[4:51:50] be able come back and say
[4:51:53] here's the logo hears the
[4:51:54] mascot. Here's all that
[4:51:55] exciting things to that. Of
[4:51:58] course we can start having Is
[4:52:00] al Qaeda rendered things and
[4:52:02] do Yeah. So to be a lot of
[4:52:02] side. It feel to be on the
[4:52:07] journey with us of a brand new
[4:52:07] high school.
[4:52:08] >> I thought it was a pro pre
[4:52:11] it that you all were very
[4:52:13] concerned about the alligators
[4:52:14] and the there's going to be a
[4:52:19] whole lot of gators on that.
[4:52:20] Number sure first purple
[4:52:21] Gators
[4:52:23] >> I love the color. I really
[4:52:26] do. I think that purple silver
[4:52:33] and black is very unique I
[4:52:36] thought it was a county and
[4:52:37] the purple white alike and
[4:52:38] gray black I think the white
[4:52:41] would made it look too.
[4:52:41] >> And after that white will
[4:52:44] be in there a bit as well that
[4:52:46] some some good margins of
[4:52:46] everything. But I like I like
[4:52:49] this rendering. I mean, you
[4:52:52] could face facing the Ridgeway
[4:52:55] looking up down whatever. Like
[4:52:56] I said, there's so many
[4:52:57] variations that you could do
[4:53:00] with that but the callers are
[4:53:05] oppressive. That Issa
[4:53:10] Scarborough and the team. They
[4:53:11] didn't tell me the colors
[4:53:14] right when they We talked
[4:53:15] about the possibilities that
[4:53:18] range just a little bit we
[4:53:21] said purple, but I love the I
[4:53:23] think of this. I think it's
[4:53:25] awesome. I Now that more
[4:53:32] purple I've been looking at,
[4:53:34] I'm sold really. And think
[4:53:35] it's great attorney for one of
[4:53:36] the support needed a on the
[4:53:38] other.
[4:53:40] >> there were some shots taken
[4:53:41] at me little bit in the
[4:53:45] beginning with some purple. My
[4:53:48] colleagues from the other high
[4:53:49] schools. I have a little fun
[4:53:52] at my expense I think I'm the
[4:53:57] one life and well. You know,
[4:53:58] as a.
[4:53:59] >> Your the founding
[4:54:00] principle, I think all of us
[4:54:03] are pretty proud to be on. The
[4:54:04] board has found board members
[4:54:05] for the first high school. We
[4:54:12] built them. How many years?
[4:54:13] >> unknowns. 29 just parish.
[4:54:14] That's 2019, but this is just
[4:54:18] little bit different. I'm not
[4:54:19] >> taking anything away from
[4:54:19] parish, but this was just a
[4:54:21] little bit different. And and
[4:54:25] I like that. I think you're
[4:54:28] going excellent job there and
[4:54:35] got another 10 Aren't you?
[4:54:40] >> think a drug court and
[4:54:40] >> But I love it. I think
[4:54:44] owners say no. From standpoint
[4:54:45] instruction. Thank you so
[4:54:53] much. Ran can establishment If
[4:54:55] you don't do I And that's all
[4:54:59] I got to get my hard hat and
[4:54:59] come up there and take a tour.
[4:55:01] Haven't had a chance to do
[4:55:05] that. But I will. So get what
[4:55:06] MISTER Golf and see I can do.
[4:55:08] Get out there. But I'm excited
[4:55:11] for that area. I think the
[4:55:15] people. Are excited about this
[4:55:15] school. I know they are
[4:55:20] actually there's Resistance.
[4:55:21] But once they warmed up to the
[4:55:25] idea. I don't know how many
[4:55:27] people you sent the survey out
[4:55:29] too. Yes, 600, some of It was.
[4:55:31] It was a little bit more
[4:55:34] probably good 1000. I would
[4:55:35] that turnout, then if you
[4:55:36] senator 1000, you got 6 some
[4:55:38] responses back.
[4:55:41] >> my 2 thirds. So that's 3
[4:55:42] good trial. So I'm glad you
[4:55:45] did that. So I guess I had one
[4:55:50] little put question on. When
[4:55:51] there's like the Open house
[4:55:52] went to select clubs and all
[4:55:54] that kind of stuff. We'll be
[4:55:55] building ready for for that
[4:56:00] right? So like, ok, yeah. So
[4:56:01] when kids want to come in and
[4:56:03] select clubs and our programs
[4:56:07] and stuff like that, That
[4:56:07] like, okay. We do that at the
[4:56:11] end of the year. Year. Do we
[4:56:13] do things at the middle school
[4:56:15] to introduce kids to the high
[4:56:17] school level?
[4:56:19] >> Usually the staff will go
[4:56:20] to the incoming middle school
[4:56:21] and the right one to the
[4:56:22] theaters idol, a cedar schools
[4:56:24] try to stir and then over the
[4:56:26] summer is when you have the
[4:56:27] Open House event by MAY, 9th
[4:56:27] and 10th and by then the
[4:56:30] buildings will be done for
[4:56:31] them to see the campus and
[4:56:32] have that aren't unity to see
[4:56:34] it before the first day
[4:56:35] because the inspection teams
[4:56:36] and a great job with on
[4:56:37] schedule and the weather has
[4:56:39] helped us. Quite a bit which
[4:56:41] is good. Drying and
[4:56:43] everything. So yes, there will
[4:56:44] be opportunity for the
[4:56:45] students. And usually it's
[4:56:46] those open houses in the late
[4:56:47] summer at for school starts
[4:56:47] with the club selections and
[4:56:48] everything. They'll be able to
[4:56:51] do that.
[4:56:52] >> And
[4:56:55] >> I should probably know this
[4:57:00] chair gc starts ride at 9 and
[4:57:01] I'm grateful had in
[4:57:01] >> We we've submitted our
[4:57:05] application good were rotc
[4:57:05] program. We're going to have
[4:57:09] to start with the with an end
[4:57:13] ecc, which which is a mansion
[4:57:13] national defense, program a
[4:57:18] case that it's that initial.
[4:57:20] Phase into charity. See,
[4:57:20] there's only so many Jarrett
[4:57:23] he sees that can exist in the
[4:57:23] country.
[4:57:24] >> Okay. And so we are on the
[4:57:29] list to get one thanks to DR.
[4:57:30] Bres limits the Scarborough.
[4:57:31] They have committed the
[4:57:33] funding. It runs exactly the
[4:57:35] same as the rotc. It's just
[4:57:38] that the set we baby step.
[4:57:41] >> Pick up that initial cost.
[4:57:45] Okay. It was MADAM Chair. They
[4:57:45] will have a table at the
[4:57:46] school choice. Fair in JANUARY
[4:57:48] right yeah.
[4:57:53] >> And I will work with the.
[4:57:54] >> With our feeder schools to
[4:57:55] have information sent sessions
[4:57:59] at those schools. So that
[4:58:00] people who do have questions
[4:58:03] are able to come before we
[4:58:04] have before we get to school
[4:58:08] choice. MAY not be on our
[4:58:09] campus, but we're going we're
[4:58:15] going to have enough. Ariel
[4:58:15] probably enough information as
[4:58:18] far as what our initial
[4:58:20] programming is going to be
[4:58:22] order to make all of those
[4:58:26] families who are Incoming 9th
[4:58:27] graders. But also those
[4:58:29] students who you are. We're
[4:58:31] going to be sophomores who
[4:58:32] we're going to start another
[4:58:34] school currently at another
[4:58:35] school. We're going to come to
[4:58:36] range limit. They're going to
[4:58:38] feel very comfortable. But we
[4:58:39] are going to be able to meet
[4:58:44] all of their needs at range.
[4:58:46] >> Like you said is just
[4:58:50] around the corner. Not
[4:58:51] Regresan referenced in
[4:58:52] JANUARY. You know, its yeah.
[4:58:56] So you get a lot of. The
[4:58:57] pamphlets and the handouts and
[4:58:57] a programming and all about to
[4:59:00] do as well and finish logo and
[4:59:04] all those kind of things. Lots
[4:59:04] to do. But it sounds like
[4:59:09] you've got a good. Both sides
[4:59:10] of the curriculum program
[4:59:13] slide and then a construction
[4:59:14] site design I think
[4:59:18] phenomenal. So I'm happy with
[4:59:20] the progress that we've made
[4:59:21] out there. And you're right.
[4:59:22] It didn't cost 10's of
[4:59:24] millions, but I think her
[4:59:27] allies going to be very great
[4:59:29] simply because one location it
[4:59:34] out and having a sport. I'm
[4:59:35] happy. We want to head now
[4:59:35] sports to that we have light
[4:59:40] to the tennis courts
[4:59:41] >> what we're having with
[4:59:41] purchasing on all of the
[4:59:42] furniture, the equipment.
[4:59:46] Yeah. And then also MR.
[4:59:50] Johnson for killing team.
[4:59:53] >> the programming and all of
[4:59:56] those well courses, that's all
[4:59:58] all of the stuff. I mean, it's
[4:59:59] a lot.
[5:00:00] >> been having so much fun
[5:00:03] with furniture selection Oh,
[5:00:03] my probably didn't know about
[5:00:08] a There's already members. Do
[5:00:09] you have any front, a town
[5:00:14] house MR. Taylor's got a
[5:00:15] question for One question. You
[5:00:16] know what? It's not about
[5:00:17] turning lanes. I promise ok to
[5:00:18] get.
[5:00:23] >> Or anything like that. It's
[5:00:25] about dual enrollment here.
[5:00:25] You mentioned Scf is that they
[5:00:26] involved in the dual
[5:00:28] enrollment at the school.
[5:00:31] >> They are. We course.
[5:00:31] >> Our students, our students
[5:00:34] and our high schools. Take
[5:00:34] dual enrollment through state
[5:00:37] College of Florida. They
[5:00:38] either take it online or they
[5:00:41] do take it
[5:00:43] >> State College of Florida
[5:00:44] campus and a number, course,
[5:00:46] that was going to ask about,
[5:00:47] wasn't there. Another was a
[5:00:49] time. With the previous
[5:00:50] PRESIDENT, she was wouldn't
[5:00:51] allow her professors are
[5:00:51] coming schools or something
[5:00:53] like
[5:00:54] >> That I would still trying
[5:00:56] to resolve the door.
[5:00:57] >> Or you resolve that with
[5:00:59] the University South Florida?
[5:01:01] Ok, we the course is that we
[5:01:03] do teach on our campus are
[5:01:05] taught by our teachers
[5:01:08] qualified through usf. Teaches
[5:01:11] courses campus.
[5:01:12] >> So there's no issues with
[5:01:14] us. Are reason that is up
[5:01:15] going up there to have dinner
[5:01:16] with PRESIDENT Gregory. If
[5:01:17] there was something that we
[5:01:20] need to talk about with I
[5:01:21] could be helpful of inflation.
[5:01:22] But there's no it was going a
[5:01:26] If they would, if they would
[5:01:27] like for.
[5:01:29] >> Of course, is on ours. Our
[5:01:30] campuses to be taught on our
[5:01:30] campuses. We'd certainly
[5:01:35] explore. Further in that
[5:01:35] relationship. State College
[5:01:39] for. But the
[5:01:44] >> Notes. Well with that, I
[5:01:46] think we finally through our
[5:01:53] agenda. Wearing Oh, wait, you
[5:01:53] know, you're right. And the
[5:01:56] Purple and purple or and I'm
[5:01:59] sorry the I Yeah, I'm so
[5:02:00] sorry.
[5:02:01] >> Well, it all comes it's all
[5:02:03] into one line on face, yes
[5:02:06] man. So hard. Over 2, the
[5:02:09] purple certain now all that
[5:02:11] talk about purple.
[5:02:12] >> good afternoon, MADAM
[5:02:14] Chair, vice chair members
[5:02:15] sector as while they're
[5:02:17] transitioning and getting
[5:02:17] seated, I'll kind of openness
[5:02:19] and then I'll kick it back to
[5:02:22] them. First of all, we thank
[5:02:23] you for allowing us to be here
[5:02:25] this afternoon to be a part of
[5:02:27] the Bay Shore High School
[5:02:28] update around the future
[5:02:29] facilities designs in the
[5:02:31] programming. We're super
[5:02:32] excited that the projects
[5:02:33] focused on career education
[5:02:36] and expand. Emt sees footprint
[5:02:37] West we did kind of flip the
[5:02:38] script a little. We're going
[5:02:40] to start with programming
[5:02:41] first and then we're going to
[5:02:43] hand it over to construction.
[5:02:45] So I get the privilege of
[5:02:47] introducing to phenomenal.
[5:02:49] Behind me. Principal Scott
[5:02:50] Cooper Bayshore High School
[5:02:52] and of course, Doctor Judy
[5:02:54] Kirk, who is our director of
[5:02:55] ntc. They are going to walk
[5:02:58] you through our presentation
[5:03:00] this afternoon. MR. Cooper's
[5:03:01] going to start with a portrait
[5:03:02] of a sure high school. He's
[5:03:03] going to kick it over to
[5:03:04] Doctor Kirk, who's then going
[5:03:07] to discuss some different
[5:03:09] programming and benefits of
[5:03:09] that. And then we're going to
[5:03:11] flip it onto construction for
[5:03:12] them to close us out. So
[5:03:12] without further ado, I'm gonna
[5:03:18] pass it back.
[5:03:20] >> Good afternoon, everybody.
[5:03:21] Thanks for having us And been
[5:03:26] a long day for you. Also try
[5:03:28] Thank Really the board and Dr
[5:03:30] PRESIDENT's commitment to
[5:03:32] Bayshore high school and the
[5:03:33] the improvements that they're
[5:03:34] all looking to add here. We're
[5:03:36] extremely excited to sure to
[5:03:40] have these. Construction
[5:03:41] projects going on in the new
[5:03:42] programs that we're going to
[5:03:46] be in the near future. I like
[5:03:47] the spray like you said
[5:03:48] earlier about the automotive
[5:03:49] potentially the I know our
[5:03:50] students and families out
[5:03:52] there stream excited about
[5:03:53] full of a lot of these
[5:03:53] programs looting or the
[5:03:57] mechanics potentially a lot.
[5:04:00] So just as a quick portion of
[5:04:01] what we do, have a we will.
[5:04:02] You know I've been that
[5:04:03] started my 3rd year here at
[5:04:07] Bayshore High School. We
[5:04:08] really focused on the
[5:04:09] academics for singing and
[5:04:12] getting those aligned. Fully
[5:04:13] when full implementation of
[5:04:14] our key bridges program. When
[5:04:17] I got there 3 years ago. We're
[5:04:22] really that we have our first
[5:04:23] diploma candidates who earned
[5:04:27] it this You know, our first
[5:04:27] cohort group we well, it's 2
[5:04:30] confirmed and potentially 3
[5:04:31] once with one some something
[5:04:32] it's regrading between now.
[5:04:33] And so, you know, very small
[5:04:35] cohorts start with, but our
[5:04:37] current cohort for this year's
[5:04:39] group, actually tripled and we
[5:04:40] have 18 potential diplomas
[5:04:45] candidates this year. So we're
[5:04:47] moving in the right direction
[5:04:47] with our academics his course
[5:04:52] offerings and that stuff. We
[5:04:54] also are program, which has
[5:04:56] been a staple Bayshore for
[5:04:57] many, many years. We are
[5:05:00] national demonstration school
[5:05:01] Abbott is a program that works
[5:05:04] for that. That middle tier
[5:05:05] student. But as we get all the
[5:05:06] support at home doesn't
[5:05:11] necessarily not sure if they
[5:05:12] want to be college, college
[5:05:13] bound or not. So it's that's
[5:05:15] there to give those extra
[5:05:17] supports some experiences,
[5:05:18] college visits and tours guest
[5:05:21] speaker opportunities. Things
[5:05:22] like that where they could see
[5:05:24] what direction they want to go
[5:05:25] to. And they said Abbott's
[5:05:28] been there at Bayshore when I
[5:05:30] was a baby there 15 years ago.
[5:05:31] It was it wasn't strong
[5:05:32] program there and it's still
[5:05:33] going strong there where we
[5:05:41] have almost 300 students in
[5:05:41] student population are in
[5:05:42] avid. It was either as
[5:05:43] freshman all way up to the
[5:05:44] senior and many of our could
[5:05:44] stay there through the 4
[5:05:49] years. We also have dual
[5:05:50] enrollment options. Many of
[5:05:51] our students do with that cf
[5:05:54] right next door take the
[5:05:55] courses that of course, the
[5:05:55] street or taken virtually as
[5:06:01] well. Are. And we're also very
[5:06:03] proud on the last 2 years
[5:06:04] graduation rate has been at
[5:06:06] 90% and we anticipate a little
[5:06:07] bit higher than 90% this year.
[5:06:08] When doubles final numbers
[5:06:09] come out We're extremely proud
[5:06:13] the hard work that our
[5:06:14] students, our staff everyone
[5:06:19] to do to to that. 90% area.
[5:06:21] We're also now looking at the
[5:06:23] career side of things on the
[5:06:25] ct side. You know, now we have
[5:06:26] the academic, an academic
[5:06:29] pathway for our students who
[5:06:31] who college do that through
[5:06:32] east. We want to make sure we
[5:06:34] have enough of a pathway for
[5:06:37] our students they want to go
[5:06:38] right to the workforce, right
[5:06:38] out of school. So we really
[5:06:41] looking to enhance our career
[5:06:42] tech program. We have a
[5:06:43] construction program right
[5:06:44] now. Would be sure that we're
[5:06:47] looking to expand on. We have
[5:06:49] business program as well to
[5:06:51] the engineering on technology
[5:06:54] program. We've also introduced
[5:06:58] Agra science program not like
[5:06:59] signs have out east animals
[5:07:00] that we would start with
[5:07:04] culture right now and
[5:07:05] potentially aqua culture. As
[5:07:07] we're looking at also our
[5:07:09] digital media program that we
[5:07:13] have so every student comes
[5:07:14] into Bayshore. Now, freshmen
[5:07:15] sophomores this year were put
[5:07:16] into a career pathway as well
[5:07:17] so that there's plenty of
[5:07:20] options for students to
[5:07:21] explore what's out there on
[5:07:23] the career side of things. And
[5:07:26] that goes for high academic.
[5:07:27] Kids as well as you know, a
[5:07:29] regular level students. Every
[5:07:29] single student comes in. It's
[5:07:32] going do a career pathway. So
[5:07:33] that's just a basic snapshot
[5:07:36] of where we right now. That
[5:07:41] that's What is when you need
[5:07:42] republic that you expand on
[5:07:43] that idea like what does that
[5:07:44] look like? If you want to go
[5:07:45] to college or if you want to
[5:07:47] go to the army want to go to
[5:07:47] you see what correct. So we're
[5:07:51] looking at so, you know.
[5:07:53] >> One, every every student
[5:07:54] have every potential option
[5:07:54] out there that they can
[5:07:55] explore and you know what best
[5:07:59] fits their strengths. So when
[5:08:00] students come in, if they're
[5:08:02] if they come into us from
[5:08:04] middle school on their advance
[5:08:05] academically, they typically
[5:08:05] going to appreciate classes
[5:08:08] and they start looking, you
[5:08:10] know, at college level type
[5:08:13] courses. But as far as your
[5:08:14] electives go, we try to give
[5:08:16] them some sort of career and
[5:08:16] technology class that those
[5:08:19] students can take as well
[5:08:20] because having those skills
[5:08:22] not only will help potentially
[5:08:23] in college, but if you know,
[5:08:23] if they choose to go to
[5:08:24] military route of that, you
[5:08:26] that right, too. A man
[5:08:27] technical college or a
[5:08:29] different avenue, right to
[5:08:32] work force. They also have
[5:08:34] skills available to them that
[5:08:35] that they worked on while in
[5:08:36] school that they're helping
[5:08:37] care for life outside of high
[5:08:38] school.
[5:08:38] >> It's what I think I heard
[5:08:42] you say is that actually every
[5:08:43] student, whether they want to
[5:08:44] go to Harvard or not, because
[5:08:49] people training type of elect
[5:08:51] leave that is the least some
[5:08:55] it is a class associated the
[5:08:57] seat. Program is that is that
[5:08:57] we've got what we're working
[5:08:59] to adjust the record as where
[5:09:00] live, where.
[5:09:01] >> a change in elective
[5:09:03] offerings in a career off a
[5:09:04] program so that we can we can
[5:09:04] get that right right now with
[5:09:09] We have. But hoping with this
[5:09:11] to have offer a lot more
[5:09:11] opportunities on the career
[5:09:13] tech side for our students.
[5:09:20] Thank you. We'll have.
[5:09:21] >> MR. Going. Yeah. Thank
[5:09:21] Scott for the for the for the
[5:09:24] Comprehensive update. There. I
[5:09:25] just want to kind of turn this
[5:09:26] the other way a little bit
[5:09:26] because a lot of times what we
[5:09:27] do up here as we kind of talk
[5:09:28] about things that we would
[5:09:30] like to see. And I'm just
[5:09:31] curious your feedback over the
[5:09:33] past couple of years, have you
[5:09:34] heard anything from your
[5:09:37] students are from your faculty
[5:09:38] about options are programs
[5:09:40] they would like to see that.
[5:09:41] Kind of maybe just in the idea
[5:09:44] phase or just discussion faced
[5:09:45] weren't concrete enough to
[5:09:48] make it to the presentation.
[5:09:49] But something you want to
[5:09:49] maybe put on our radar. That
[5:09:52] might be good for the
[5:09:53] community.
[5:09:54] >> I'm you know, when I when I
[5:09:54] first got over the Bay, sure,
[5:09:58] a couple years ago, you know,
[5:10:00] having we want to talk about
[5:10:01] You our family, our looking to
[5:10:02] go right to work for us. We
[5:10:06] talk about you know, we want
[5:10:06] him to have opportunities
[5:10:10] where they could staying at
[5:10:13] the county and live with have
[5:10:14] a career. Minnesota's the job
[5:10:14] had a career where they're
[5:10:17] making a livable wage. You
[5:10:18] know, a lot of you kids, you
[5:10:19] know, typical high school kids
[5:10:20] have part-time jobs working.
[5:10:22] And, you know, Domino's plays
[5:10:24] like that. But when they got a
[5:10:25] high school, they didn't have
[5:10:26] those skills where they could
[5:10:28] actually take jump into the
[5:10:28] workforce where a trend to
[5:10:31] translate into workforce. But
[5:10:33] a lot of our families that,
[5:10:34] you know, they're very
[5:10:34] interested the construction
[5:10:35] class, that construction plans
[5:10:38] we have is is dot dot, most
[5:10:42] selected elective that we have
[5:10:43] on campuses over 250 kids at
[5:10:47] for construction every year.
[5:10:49] So expanding that program is,
[5:10:49] you know something. We a lot
[5:10:54] great value and I know, you
[5:10:56] know, we talked when got
[5:10:56] talking to you, people, the
[5:10:57] business community on
[5:10:58] something we talk about, you
[5:10:58] know, quite a few houses being
[5:11:01] built around here. But but
[5:11:02] bill doesn't say they don't
[5:11:04] have enough workers to
[5:11:05] actually build them quick
[5:11:07] enough. So, you know, we go
[5:11:08] here's, you know, kids that
[5:11:09] are looking to get into that
[5:11:09] field and things like that. So
[5:11:12] that's one area, you know, a
[5:11:14] lot of our families are, you
[5:11:15] know, we talk about or
[5:11:16] mechanics these I will talk
[5:11:17] about small motor mechanics
[5:11:20] where a lot of our families
[5:11:21] that, you know, that
[5:11:22] landscaping business, things
[5:11:22] like that where parts are,
[5:11:23] students able to, you working
[5:11:27] on Maintaining like one
[5:11:28] morning, you know, with things
[5:11:30] like that and actually learn
[5:11:31] some entrepreneurial skills as
[5:11:33] well. So, you know, to help
[5:11:34] with running the family
[5:11:36] business, things like that,
[5:11:37] other things are reached as
[5:11:38] well as couple of things
[5:11:43] appreciate that. Thank you.
[5:11:44] MADAM Chair, you work you in
[5:11:48] for the
[5:11:49] >> Thank you. Thank you, MADAM
[5:11:50] Chair. Thank you. Vice Chair
[5:11:51] Dr Breslin, Everyone. I
[5:11:53] appreciate you having me here
[5:11:55] today. MR. Cooper have had a
[5:11:56] lot of conversations over the
[5:11:59] past few months getting our
[5:12:00] adult education started on
[5:12:01] Bayshore, but also about the
[5:12:02] project that I'm going to
[5:12:04] speak to a little bit more
[5:12:05] today.
[5:12:07] >> So our approach, what we
[5:12:10] have here is basically kind of
[5:12:12] 2 ways to go, right? We have
[5:12:13] our enrollment, which MR.
[5:12:14] Cooper just recently mention,
[5:12:16] but I'm gonna go into detail
[5:12:18] about as well as in in tc
[5:12:20] West. That I know is kind of
[5:12:21] been a topic of conversation
[5:12:22] in and out for the past few
[5:12:24] years just to expand those
[5:12:25] options. Some going to go over
[5:12:26] some of the programs that
[5:12:27] we've been discussing and
[5:12:30] kinda, too. Your point, MISTER
[5:12:31] Kennedy, MR. Cooper's very in
[5:12:32] tune. I can say with his
[5:12:34] community student body. So a
[5:12:36] lot of the programs I'm going
[5:12:37] to talk about were based on a
[5:12:39] lot of the conversations that
[5:12:39] we've all had. And I think
[5:12:41] that he's had with students,
[5:12:42] staff and things like that in
[5:12:43] the area. So it is a lot based
[5:12:47] off of that. So the 5 programs
[5:12:48] I'm going to talk about today
[5:12:49] are listed on the screen here.
[5:12:53] We have master on a motive. So
[5:12:54] yeah, as you are saying and
[5:12:58] like I had look at Yeah.
[5:13:00] >> Trying to back up. But it
[5:13:03] is on the list. It was one of
[5:13:04] the things like MR. Cooper
[5:13:06] mention that the student body
[5:13:08] has any for right. There's a
[5:13:09] need in the area. Get lot of
[5:13:11] those community partners that
[5:13:15] I know from experience in tc
[5:13:16] people are lining up for those
[5:13:16] graduate. So and I think we
[5:13:18] will see the same and that
[5:13:20] Bayshore area, Billy
[5:13:22] Construction Technologies
[5:13:23] currently Bayshore has the
[5:13:24] building trades program.
[5:13:25] They're very similar. One is
[5:13:27] just secondary. One is on the
[5:13:28] post-secondary side. We do
[5:13:29] want to make that connection
[5:13:32] for his students. We have
[5:13:34] landscape and turf management,
[5:13:35] as you mentioned, there's a
[5:13:35] huge need in the area for
[5:13:36] that. There's been some
[5:13:40] student interest. They do have
[5:13:41] more land early-childhood
[5:13:42] education, kind of connecting
[5:13:44] those education pathways as
[5:13:46] well as the adult education
[5:13:48] side, which are more on the
[5:13:49] east, saw ged, I'll talk about
[5:13:50] a little more in the next one.
[5:13:51] But we've already started to
[5:13:55] partner on this year. So for
[5:13:59] adult education for use on
[5:14:00] probably already aware. But we
[5:14:01] are on Bayshore campus in the
[5:14:03] evening right now. We make
[5:14:05] sure that is after hours since
[5:14:06] this construction project
[5:14:08] project actually separate the
[5:14:09] campuses. Currently, we're
[5:14:11] running from 6 to 08:30pm, and
[5:14:13] it's just the esop population.
[5:14:15] We do have a little over 100
[5:14:16] students between Monday and
[5:14:18] Thursday nights. We did have
[5:14:19] over 250 applications. So we
[5:14:21] know the need in the areas
[5:14:23] there. Main campus is
[5:14:23] absolutely amazing. But the
[5:14:25] bus lines aren't the best.
[5:14:26] There. All right. So we know
[5:14:28] there's a huge need for that
[5:14:31] population, MR. Cooper has
[5:14:32] been amazing. Opening up his
[5:14:33] campus, the second floor
[5:14:36] building 6 to us. So that has
[5:14:37] been extremely successful. And
[5:14:39] we want to continue to expand
[5:14:40] that with this construction
[5:14:41] project and make sure that we
[5:14:42] have access to those
[5:14:43] classrooms for the community
[5:14:46] that needs it. Landscaping.
[5:14:48] Turf management. This is an
[5:14:51] exciting program. I I not only
[5:14:52] is it something that we think
[5:14:53] the student body will be very
[5:14:54] interested in, but it would be
[5:14:56] open to adult students as well
[5:14:59] with the construction project
[5:15:01] being able to separate some
[5:15:01] fencing, which we'll talk
[5:15:03] about more than we can
[5:15:04] actually offer those classes
[5:15:05] during the day. The nice thing
[5:15:06] about that is we can offer
[5:15:08] them as both dual enrollment
[5:15:09] to Bayshore and transportation
[5:15:10] for surrounding high schools
[5:15:13] as well as adult students.
[5:15:14] This is a program that we just
[5:15:15] cannot have on either made or
[5:15:17] East campus. You've all been
[5:15:18] there and this requires a lot
[5:15:19] of space. Neither of those
[5:15:22] campuses have that. So Bay
[5:15:22] Shore is uniquely positioned
[5:15:26] to help with that. So not only
[5:15:27] does it help those
[5:15:28] acceleration points, the
[5:15:29] grades it gives students
[5:15:30] post-secondary options on the
[5:15:32] high school side. It also
[5:15:34] gives our adult students
[5:15:35] access to a program that we
[5:15:35] couldn't otherwise do. So
[5:15:36] we're very excited to be
[5:15:38] considering that one as well.
[5:15:40] And then early childhood
[5:15:42] education we currently
[5:15:44] apprenticeship on our main
[5:15:45] campus, but we do not have the
[5:15:47] post-secondary early-childhood
[5:15:49] program. One of the nice
[5:15:50] things about that is there's a
[5:15:51] lot of options there.
[5:15:52] Potential child care facility
[5:15:54] for Bayshore staff, things
[5:15:56] like that that we could look
[5:15:58] into as well as there's just a
[5:15:59] need to kind of make that
[5:16:01] connection between the high
[5:16:02] school population. Another
[5:16:04] thing that they can move into
[5:16:05] with an apprenticeship pre
[5:16:06] apprenticeship in that kind of
[5:16:08] thing at mtc afterwards. So
[5:16:10] those are all programs that
[5:16:14] would be open to do enrollment
[5:16:14] on the landscape in turf in
[5:16:15] early childhood site as well
[5:16:17] as adult students were all 3
[5:16:19] of them. None of them
[5:16:22] duplicate programs that are on
[5:16:23] main campus except for use on
[5:16:23] ged which have already proven
[5:16:25] that we have a very long wait
[5:16:25] list and justify that to
[5:16:31] publication. Some of the key
[5:16:32] benefits for all 3 of those
[5:16:33] programs. Obviously the number
[5:16:34] one which already mentioned is
[5:16:36] capacity on main campus and
[5:16:37] east. We are pretty much at
[5:16:40] capacity all day long. We just
[5:16:43] don't have additional room for
[5:16:44] it. We were running our east
[5:16:46] on ged classes in Wagner
[5:16:47] Control, Bistro, places that a
[5:16:48] classroom should not be ram.
[5:16:48] Just because we had such a
[5:16:51] long wait list. So since we've
[5:16:52] added those 100 plus students
[5:16:54] on Bayshore, we haven't had to
[5:16:55] do that. All of our students
[5:16:57] are in classrooms, which is
[5:16:58] wonderful. So we want to kind
[5:17:02] of continue that area
[5:17:03] landscape in management is not
[5:17:06] at very many technical
[5:17:07] colleges throughout the state.
[5:17:07] So I think its really gonna
[5:17:08] make Bayshore in mtc a
[5:17:10] standout for it. We are going
[5:17:12] to visit another college up in
[5:17:13] Saint Augustine in a couple
[5:17:15] months to kind of it
[5:17:18] successful actually see
[5:17:19] construction requirements,
[5:17:20] equipment requirements start
[5:17:21] to build that out so that we
[5:17:22] know we're doing it the right
[5:17:23] way and kind of get some of
[5:17:26] their lessons learned. So we
[5:17:27] are taking that process slowly
[5:17:27] to make sure we're doing it
[5:17:32] right. And then actually
[5:17:32] maximizing those already
[5:17:35] existing district facilities
[5:17:36] and in turn helping increase
[5:17:36] bayshore enrollment because
[5:17:39] these will be open to his high
[5:17:40] school students as well as
[5:17:45] adults. On the Bayshore mtc
[5:17:48] dual enrollment center site.
[5:17:49] And I word that way because,
[5:17:52] well, these do have potential
[5:17:53] to open up to adults in the
[5:17:54] future are really focusing on
[5:17:55] a enrollment center to begin
[5:17:57] with because these are classes
[5:17:58] that would be duplicated on
[5:18:02] main campus. So my reasoning
[5:18:03] there is until the waitlist
[5:18:04] justifies that right. We keep
[5:18:06] it with John Roman students
[5:18:07] not only at Bayshore but the
[5:18:08] surrounding area of
[5:18:10] transportation can be provided
[5:18:12] to give app opportunity all
[5:18:14] over the West side for
[5:18:16] students Master automotive
[5:18:18] Service, as MADAM Chair
[5:18:20] already mentioned. We do think
[5:18:21] that's going to be huge. Not
[5:18:22] only is the community need
[5:18:24] huge industry partners have
[5:18:26] expressed it. Mtc has a lot of
[5:18:27] industry partners that, you
[5:18:28] know, as these conversations
[5:18:30] have happened, there's
[5:18:31] excitement growing and then
[5:18:32] the actual student body
[5:18:33] population on the high school
[5:18:34] side we think will show a lot
[5:18:37] of interest in it as well.
[5:18:38] Obviously, even just with that
[5:18:40] first 300 our course, there's
[5:18:42] a lot of valuable life skills,
[5:18:43] whether they actually go into
[5:18:44] the automotive industry or
[5:18:45] just working on their own car.
[5:18:46] So I think it's something that
[5:18:49] will be appealing to a lot of
[5:18:50] those students building
[5:18:51] construction that's just
[5:18:52] building off of what they
[5:18:53] already have. It's already
[5:18:54] been a very successful program
[5:18:57] as MISTER Cooper mention, it's
[5:18:58] one of their highest actual
[5:19:01] asked from students. So to
[5:19:02] actually help the facility
[5:19:03] side of it with our
[5:19:04] construction team to get it up
[5:19:04] to par on the post-secondary
[5:19:05] side. I think that'll be a
[5:19:09] great addition. And then
[5:19:10] survey results to kind of
[5:19:12] guide those informed
[5:19:13] decisions. So that's something
[5:19:14] that MR. Mccarthy in the
[5:19:14] district team are going to
[5:19:16] work on just before anything's
[5:19:18] finalized, right? Making sure
[5:19:20] that the conversations that
[5:19:21] we've had with people in those
[5:19:22] things are based in reality of
[5:19:26] what the need is. And then the
[5:19:28] key benefits for those still
[5:19:30] enrollment center is that it's
[5:19:32] once again Sure enrollment.
[5:19:33] It's increasing. Do enrollment
[5:19:34] options in the area
[5:19:35] post-secondary credit for
[5:19:38] students. If a student takes a
[5:19:40] class there, it's directly
[5:19:41] transfer Stim, tc or any other
[5:19:42] technical college because it
[5:19:43] will be direct post-secondary
[5:19:45] credit through not only our
[5:19:46] local articulation but state
[5:19:50] articulation as well. It
[5:19:52] maximizes the college's
[5:19:54] experience. We're going to
[5:19:55] help build it out in terms of
[5:19:56] professional development with
[5:19:56] our instructors working
[5:19:57] closely with the district to
[5:19:59] make sure as the same rigor as
[5:20:02] the glasses on our campus. And
[5:20:04] then, of course, future
[5:20:06] post-secondary growth
[5:20:07] currently right now with those
[5:20:07] dual enrollment ones that
[5:20:09] we're looking at with building
[5:20:11] construction, automotive. It's
[5:20:12] something that I could see
[5:20:14] potential that if we have
[5:20:14] enough need for people on the
[5:20:16] West side that are adults, we
[5:20:17] could still have those as well
[5:20:21] offered.
[5:20:25] >> Any questions for And I
[5:20:29] don't see anybody in
[5:20:30] >> It seemed go back to page
[5:20:36] that goes back to the cpu that
[5:20:40] you're doing.
[5:20:43] >> The adults and on Roman.
[5:20:44] >> No, the student doing all
[5:20:47] that would 7. There we go.
[5:20:49] Billy Construction
[5:20:51] technologies. Just want bring
[5:20:53] your attention. Promise that I
[5:20:53] would do this for a job with a
[5:20:55] MISTER To believe that housing
[5:20:57] advocate and workforce housing
[5:20:59] advocate and he brought the
[5:21:01] idea to me of apparently we
[5:21:02] have a lot of a number of
[5:21:02] portables that are sitting on
[5:21:04] the bench for campus and
[5:21:07] actually using the building
[5:21:09] construction cq program to
[5:21:10] maybe renovate those some help
[5:21:11] from them into affordable
[5:21:16] housing to or there's an idea
[5:21:16] I thought it would bring your
[5:21:20] year-old with feasible or a
[5:21:20] good idea.
[5:21:23] >> great always appreciated
[5:21:25] promise. Absolutely. Thank the
[5:21:26] mysterious sounds like a good
[5:21:27] idea. But those of it is a
[5:21:27] have slowly something militant
[5:21:28] says. Thank you.
[5:21:38] >> a but so have link.
[5:21:42] >> Shifting over. The next. I
[5:21:47] thank you very excited about
[5:21:51] show. High school alma mater.
[5:21:55] >> motion
[5:21:57] >> at this stage of the game,
[5:21:58] we are prepared move to the
[5:22:00] next phase. We haven't
[5:22:02] SEPTEMBER 17 SEPTEMBER 18th.
[5:22:03] We have a final final
[5:22:04] interviews for the architects
[5:22:05] and for the engineers. And now
[5:22:10] that we have. All the program
[5:22:11] requirements necessary, we can
[5:22:13] begin to sit down to discuss
[5:22:16] what this is going like.
[5:22:17] Architect when Angela wise
[5:22:19] we're excited about
[5:22:19] opportunities for got
[5:22:22] 56 million dollars to work
[5:22:24] with. We've got an existing
[5:22:26] facility that we evaluate and
[5:22:26] come to conclusions about how
[5:22:28] to best utilize the space that
[5:22:28] we currently happen at ct
[5:22:30] Edition with that. So looking
[5:22:31] forward to working with the
[5:22:36] team to make this come to
[5:22:37] pass, make for wishing for
[5:22:37] all. I think it's going to be
[5:22:40] great project. And that's all
[5:22:41] I have to make a structural
[5:22:44] standpoint.
[5:22:52] >> On slide. Newscenter, we
[5:22:53] just talked about trees debris
[5:22:54] the whole court yard is
[5:22:55] nothing but trees. Are we
[5:22:57] going to look at MAY be
[5:23:00] reading out some of those that
[5:23:01] are not?
[5:23:01] >> And that we're going to as
[5:23:03] much as we can with the
[5:23:04] resources that we have. But
[5:23:05] we're going to look at this
[5:23:06] thing from my total
[5:23:07] comprehensive standpoint
[5:23:13] chair. Okay, I'm sitting at
[5:23:15] Projected is a 56 Million.
[5:23:20] Yes, And this a tentative
[5:23:22] schedule I'm showing right
[5:23:22] here. This alternative baseman
[5:23:23] information that we have. But
[5:23:27] once we get together with the
[5:23:28] team and look at what is
[5:23:29] required, we'll begin to
[5:23:30] harden the schedule get a
[5:23:31] pretty good idea where we're
[5:23:34] going end up right now. We're
[5:23:37] looking at APRIL 2029 to have
[5:23:38] everything completed.
[5:23:38] >> Right. And basic scope of
[5:23:41] this is to. Renovate a lot of
[5:23:45] stuff needed to done.
[5:23:46] >> Yes, ma'am. Why? It's a
[5:23:48] comprehensive hvac renovation
[5:23:50] with all the electrical
[5:23:51] mechanical upgrades needed.
[5:23:55] We're going to repair them the
[5:23:56] interior spaces and do what we
[5:23:58] need to make those interior
[5:23:58] spaces more efficient for the
[5:23:59] student body and for the
[5:24:00] operations that we're going to
[5:24:03] be doing there. So, bill,
[5:24:03] total evaluation of the
[5:24:04] overall site to see what we
[5:24:07] can do to make things better.
[5:24:08] >> And and you kind of a
[5:24:11] survey on our energy costs
[5:24:11] there, too.
[5:24:12] >> Yes, all of that will be
[5:24:13] no. That will be evaluated.
[5:24:15] Okay.
[5:24:18] >> Well, I'm excited for this
[5:24:19] project. Think you a face lift
[5:24:22] for a while and it's going to
[5:24:25] bring and juicy not to the
[5:24:27] West side full force. I'm glad
[5:24:32] to hear that. Yeah. Overflow
[5:24:34] of Didi people going over to
[5:24:36] that campus. I think that's
[5:24:37] brilliant. To be honest with
[5:24:40] you, I don't know. I just
[5:24:42] think it's going to be a good
[5:24:45] deal all around, MR. Chote
[5:24:46] this is in your district in
[5:24:48] your school. So
[5:24:49] >> you know what you think one
[5:24:51] of my chaos right? Couple
[5:24:53] years ago when I when I maybe
[5:24:56] you're going ever was
[5:24:57] >> but I've been this this.
[5:24:59] This is Ben summits. Talk to
[5:25:02] me ever since I I came to
[5:25:05] school district is as
[5:25:05] appointed. 21 of something
[5:25:10] from the community and those
[5:25:12] who remember Vote Act and
[5:25:13] things like that on Monday,
[5:25:19] campus and although and I this
[5:25:20] before the campus, we have in
[5:25:24] our normal campus on 70. It's
[5:25:25] phenomenal. And it is I do
[5:25:26] believe it is the best one in
[5:25:30] the state of Florida. I do
[5:25:32] believe somewhat. We left the
[5:25:33] West side behind when we went
[5:25:36] out especially just some some
[5:25:37] families and folks who can't
[5:25:37] get all the way out to state
[5:25:41] Road 70 right and interstates.
[5:25:43] So I love this is back
[5:25:46] probably going to be way
[5:25:47] better than it was back in the
[5:25:49] 90's and began prior to that.
[5:25:50] This is going to be something
[5:25:51] that is going to be fantastic
[5:25:55] for the school. But I think
[5:25:57] for the community as a and be
[5:25:58] able to have the option on
[5:25:59] that side of town for
[5:26:01] everybody. I'm really excited
[5:26:02] about it. And he's gonna be
[5:26:04] great. So thank you all for
[5:26:05] for all the work you have been
[5:26:07] doing and you will be doing.
[5:26:08] He's not going to be easy. You
[5:26:11] know, adding these fees,
[5:26:12] things back to school that
[5:26:12] maybe once had it and people
[5:26:15] MAY remember it. But I know
[5:26:16] it's not gonna be easy. And ms
[5:26:17] Cooper from your staff. Thank
[5:26:18] you guys very much. I know
[5:26:21] it's going to be in discover
[5:26:21] your all staff and it's going
[5:26:26] to be a poll. But I think it's
[5:26:27] something we only rdc me. I
[5:26:30] see the sign I drive by for
[5:26:33] the enrollment. Right. For the
[5:26:34] for the don't enroll that. And
[5:26:37] that's already full, right? So
[5:26:38] with awaiting that. So it was
[5:26:40] needed in a mix. Super excited
[5:26:40] by it. We didn't move to.
[5:26:42] Thank you all very much. You
[5:26:49] know, as Tom.
[5:26:54] >> With the the addition.
[5:26:54] >> I know I know you're pretty
[5:26:55] design and all that stuff is
[5:26:58] still still coming. I mean, is
[5:27:01] there location on campus that
[5:27:02] we're looking at? It going to
[5:27:02] be doing a particular
[5:27:04] building? And that's going to
[5:27:05] be with things are house I
[5:27:08] kind of like a little bit.
[5:27:09] >> So you have your com. If
[5:27:10] you look at that the right
[5:27:12] hand side of the two-storey
[5:27:14] building, building 6 there,
[5:27:15] look looking to basically
[5:27:16] expand on that building going
[5:27:20] a little out from the behind
[5:27:21] world. That land where the
[5:27:21] portables are behind right now
[5:27:27] is kind of building out there.
[5:27:27] >> Missus found that all have
[5:27:31] to separate entrances for
[5:27:32] security with 2 separate sign
[5:27:32] and procedures. So even if a
[5:27:34] student is at Bayshore and
[5:27:36] they're Dolan roles at mtc.
[5:27:40] They would exit Simon or get a
[5:27:42] student from manatee high
[5:27:43] schooler Southeast high school
[5:27:43] or any other school coming
[5:27:45] over to take one of the
[5:27:46] courses they can. They can
[5:27:48] access a interest. Yes, ma'am,
[5:27:51] going to be it will be
[5:27:53] separated out from the main
[5:27:56] campus ok, yes, ma'am, which
[5:27:57] is fine. Think it's a great
[5:28:01] vision. You know, do your
[5:28:06] credit. You know, bringing up
[5:28:06] the topic of been polytechnic
[5:28:07] going.
[5:28:09] >> All of that that school,
[5:28:11] you know, It's been kind
[5:28:17] overlooked. In my And I think
[5:28:21] the boys and Girls Club, did
[5:28:22] that built that building. I
[5:28:23] think that energize that
[5:28:27] community. We don't want to be
[5:28:28] left behind. We want to have
[5:28:30] that same image that, you
[5:28:32] know, they're projecting what
[5:28:34] we provide as well that.
[5:28:37] Students. And now to the
[5:28:40] adults in that region. So I
[5:28:41] think it's going to be a good
[5:28:42] thing. I think this is gonna
[5:28:47] be. Any ration. Out that way.
[5:28:48] And I think it's gonna offer a
[5:28:51] whole lot more than because I
[5:28:53] think things are going to come
[5:28:53] off Arizona, try to say, well,
[5:28:55] if they can do it rangeland we
[5:28:58] can do it Bayshore and then
[5:29:00] valves ideas off of that and
[5:29:01] see, you know, she you've
[5:29:04] already got some programs. I'm
[5:29:05] sure you've talked to them.
[5:29:06] Think it's gonna be a good
[5:29:10] thing. It should great. MADAM
[5:29:11] Chair, just one more comment.
[5:29:11] Just appreciate Dr Kirk and
[5:29:14] yet you for it him.
[5:29:15] >> that all the team you see
[5:29:18] here all working together, I
[5:29:20] think best part of this is the
[5:29:21] strong collaboration between
[5:29:23] our post secondary and their
[5:29:24] high school. And that's really
[5:29:26] is going to make a difference
[5:29:27] and do supporting our
[5:29:27] community by the future
[5:29:29] workforce and supporting our
[5:29:29] students.
[5:29:32] >> And and that's it there's
[5:29:33] print there used to be
[5:29:34] programs, vote hack out there
[5:29:38] and they didn't know the
[5:29:39] value, I think and we took
[5:29:40] away. I don't know when that
[5:29:47] was taken out. Yeah, years.
[5:29:50] Yeah. Got say whenever
[5:29:51] >> Right. So right. So that's
[5:29:55] one of the things it.
[5:29:57] >> All didn't bring that part
[5:29:58] So Noah community saying we
[5:30:00] would love to have And I think
[5:30:00] the school district is more
[5:30:01] than willing to.
[5:30:03] >> Bring it back because it's
[5:30:05] just going to help our
[5:30:06] community. That's just where
[5:30:07] and look at things now stand
[5:30:11] way. So. Okay. I don't see any
[5:30:17] other board members lit up. So
[5:30:19] now we are finished with the
[5:30:22] agenda item, by the way, item
[5:30:22] number 7 had both schools.
[5:30:25] Listen. One line so.
[5:30:25] >> That's why I've almost
[5:30:29] adjourn before we got here. So
[5:30:31] with that, I will adjourn us
[5:30:31] at 04:00:07pm. And thank you