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>> good evening. Welcome nassau county

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board of

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county commissioners joint meeting

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with the nassau county

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school board. 6:00 p.m. ,

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february 11, 2025. I call the meeting

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to order. I ask you

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to rise for in vocation and pledge

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of allegiance.

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bow our heads. Heavenly father, we

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gather today to serve the people of

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nassau county. We ask for

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your wisdom and discernment in the

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decisions

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we make. Guide our discussions with

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compassion and fairness, and

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grant us the strength to work together

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as a team for

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the common good. Allow our communications

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to

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reflect your will and bring only positive

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change to

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our community. We also ask that you

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provide extra protection over

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our military and first responder personnel

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who confront evil and danger to keep your peace

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and light

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in this world. In jesus name

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I humbly pray.

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a men. Please join us in the pledge

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aleemgance to our country.

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>> I pledge

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allegiance

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to the flag of inunited states of

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america and to the republic for which

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it stands

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one nation,

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under god, indivisible

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with liberty and justice for all.

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>> madam clerk, if you'd please

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call the roll.

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>> commissioner gray. >> here. >>

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commissioner farmer.

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>>

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here.

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>> commissioner --dr.

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burns, school board member cook.

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school board member

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simpkens, school board member

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zimmerman, school board

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member braddock,

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and school board member

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hogue.

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>> discussion items, "a," state

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the school district

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presentation by dr. Kathy burns. Dr.

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burns, as

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you make your way over, I would like to

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welcome you and

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the school board and thank you for

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coming over tonight and being part of

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this joint annual meeting, which I

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think is really important

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for our citizens.

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>> thank

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you.

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>> yes, ma'am. >> how are you

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all this evening?

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>> super , thank you. >> so every day

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is a

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great day when you can be at a school.

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I started to keep on the mustache I

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had on

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at the event, but I knew someone would

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take my

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picture and it would end up in the

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paper somewhere. I tell everybody

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it's nicer in nassau, in case you

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didn't know it,

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and certainly good in our school district,

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so I'm going to share a

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few updates with you this evening.

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as you know, from all the times

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we've been here, this is still our

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mission statement. To develop each

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student as

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an inspired lifelong learner and problem

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solver with the

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strength of character to become productive

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members of society.

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our demographics currently almost

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13,000, 12,596, 17

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schools, 1,800

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employees, 2. 3 million square

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feet of buildings. Bus drivers, cafeteria

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workers,

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custodians, maintenance workersch

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we invest in people. Our

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people make the difference in the

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nassau county school district. So we

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are number 3 out

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of 67 districts. And I'm just going

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to pause for a minute there. I think

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that's worth celebrating. I do. And

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all of those people

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that I just mentioned as well as our

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community members, our parents,

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our families, men of our

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nonprofits, all of those people play

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a role in this. We

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are once again an a-rated

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school district. We are

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graded by the state of florida. These

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are our school grades. You'll see

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"a," "a," one "b," and the rest a's.

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can tell you

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just about 3 points to get back on

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that honor roll.

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great things happening at our schools,

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so we're proud of those "a" grades.

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where do

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we rank out of 67 districts in the state of

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florida? We

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are number 2 in language urts learning

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games,

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2 in math, number 2 in

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geometry, first in 8th grade science,

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civics, and eighth in

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biology. I always say we're getting

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better. We don't

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settle. We want to continue to move

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to the top.

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our students with disabilities are

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performing very well. We are also

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number 3 in

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the state for our students with disabilities.

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go back to our mission statement that

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says

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we want our students

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to be lifelong problem solvers and we want them to be

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productive citizens, that is for everyone of

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our students including

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our students with disabilities. So this

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is a lot to brag about,

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because many of these students

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have more challenges whether they

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be physical challenges or learning

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challenges, but

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our ese

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students are number 2 in the state, number 3 in

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math, number 2 in science. We

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are an academically high performing district.

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that's based on the school

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grades that our schools receive, our

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class size

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compliance. We are 100% compliance

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class size in the nassau county school

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district and our

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financial audit reports. Thank

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ms. Allen harper right here. Our strategic

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goals. We

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have five focus areas, academic and

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performance. We want to continue to

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improve our graduation rate

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to 95% by 2025. We just recently

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received our graduation rates, which

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is always a year lagging

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behind. Our high school graduation rates

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are continued

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to improve. 98%,

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94%, 96%. Our community school,

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which is a school at the meeting center

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which serve students who do not necessarily

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fit in a traditional high school and

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make another

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choice, our graduation there is not

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very good right now,

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so it's brought down our overall graduation

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rate

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to 91. 3, but we are going to continue

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to work with those staunts to improve

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their graduation rate,

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but our overall goal is 95% by

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next year. Human resources. Increase

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recruitment and retention of

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our highly qualified teachers. That

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is something we've continued to

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work on. The last two years have been

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much better.

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we've raised our beginning teacher

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salaries to

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over $52,000. That's higher than our

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florida neighbors in our surrounding

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counties as well as our georgia

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neighbors, which is a big task because

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it's difficult to compete with georgia.

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their teacher salaries are set by

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the state legislators,

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and then the local counties add to

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that. But we are

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higher than all of them, and it's

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paid off for us in the last year

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and a half. Growth management. You

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all know what's happening. You hear

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about it all the time. So our gel

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is to identify funding

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options for our capital projects for

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new schools. You

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hear a little bit more about that

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in a few min, and to manage

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this growth better, find opportunities

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for land and

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new schools for the future, technology

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services

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is a huge area for us.

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we continue to enhance and increase

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our technology

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for our students. One of our

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biggest challenges is security risk

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technology. They're smarter than all

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of us, and

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no matter how many firewalls and whatever

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else you do, they

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have ways to go around it, and it's

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difficult for us to

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keep those folks in security engineering

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for technology because I say they

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use us as their

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training ground. They get great experience

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district, and they go onto wonderful

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jobs doubling

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their money and working from home.

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but we continue to work on

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these things. Community relations.

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we want to create and implement

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a comprehensive

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public relations engagement plan.

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if you look at

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our data for community

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engagement, it's over 100% increased

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over the last year. We

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continue to work on that and have

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some plans to continue that in the future.

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just a few more highlights. We have

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several of

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our schools --nine of our schools

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that are schools of

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excellence, and that means they are

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performing in the top 20% for

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the students in the state of florida.

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we're expanding

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our career and

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education programs. About two years

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ago the sheriff came to

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us and said, hey,

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can you help us with 911. We can't

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get 911 operators

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and we can't keep them. Last year

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a 911 program training our students

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911 operations. And this is done at

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beam college and

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un with of the reasons we wanted to

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their classes. We have art classes

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elementary students. I'll talk a little

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bit more about that in a moment. Then

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there's

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a picture of our community schoolteachers at

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the bottom. They're all heroes and

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champions, and some of

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our community partners you'll recognize.

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I want to touch on the one

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on the top right in just a moment.

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we have

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a fantastic rotc program at west nassau

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high school. They win many awards

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in that

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program, and many times it's a place

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for students who are not necessarily

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in sports or in other things but a

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place for them to grow and gain skills

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and move onto greater things.

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some of them are becoming pilots and

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doing

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all kinds of great things. So we wanted

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to add that program to

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other schools, but we were turned

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down in many instances because

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they're getting real picky about where they have

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these programs.

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so we had the next best thing which

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we

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just launched in january at yulee high

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school, and that

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a naval cadet program. It started in

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january, and

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we came back from christmas break.

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we have 60 students

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enrolled in that program. Very much

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aligned to what the rotc

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program is. And this is kind of like a

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first step

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and evolve into that. I challenge

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you to go by there and take

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a look. We have a former military

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person who's in charge of that

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program, and she's doing a fantastic

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job, so we're really excited about

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that

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at yulee high school. So I want to

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talk a moment

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about the millage and what the millage

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is doing in the

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nassau county school district. I mentioned

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the previous slide

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we had art class. For the first time

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in as long as

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I can remember, we have art teachers

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in all of

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our elementary schools doing great

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things. You'll see a lot

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of their art here, so that's one of

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the areas that the millage

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is enhancing as well as our performing

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arts programs.

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we have personal trainers in all of

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our high schools for all 06 our

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sports that we've never been able

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to have before.

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we purchase band instruments through

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our arts millage.

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about a year and a half ago a band

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teacher came to me

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and said, hey, I need to order a new

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tuba. I'm

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like, yeah, sure, just send in a purchase order

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and we'll get

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you a tuba. Well, I had

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no idea how much instruments cost,

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so I kind of had to eat that one.

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but,

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anyway, these instruments are $20,000-plus.

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they're getting

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new instruments in our high school

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performing and middle school performing

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bands, so they're able to do that.

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let's talk about sports for

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a minute. We've revamped all of the

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weight rooms in

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our high schools. We're currently

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working on our fields. If you have

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a chance to go by yulee high school, this

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have

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a rubberized track for track and field.

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so for

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the first time ever we will be able

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to st track meet at yulee high school.

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and

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the other schools we're working on

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what next steps are for

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them in their fields as well. A lot

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of good things as a result of

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the millage,

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so we appreciate your support for

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the millage. So this

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is how the millage dollars are broken down.

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70% of that money goes to compensation for

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our employees. It has made a difference

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not only for our teachers but

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for bus drivers and other folks in

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our

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school district.

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9% for our athletics, 9% for the arts, and

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12% for safety arts

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and intervention and prevention. And you

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all know that is a

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huge area. So let's talk about safety for

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a minute. We have monthly safety meetings.

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we meet with the

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sheriff's office and the city police

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department. We

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just recently launched the strategic

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badge program that's an additional badge

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that goes on

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with your I.d. S. In winder,

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georgia, where they had a school shooter

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come in. They

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all had badges.

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any person who has that badge can press

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that badge, the school

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will go into a lock down, law enforcement

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is identified, and we have a quicker

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response. We've launched that now.

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we are adding updating cameras to

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all of our schools and security systems.

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and we have know the law and theidary program.

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two

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years ago the sheriff's office could

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no longer support theidary program.

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we did not want to see it go away,

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so all

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of our officers teaching that to our

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fifth graders and elementary

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schools, and the other officers teaching

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know the law to

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our middle and high schools. Not only

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knowing the law

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but knowing the consequences. And then we

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have officers in all of

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our schools. So I

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want to talk now about the florida

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department of education recommendations.

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there was a headline last week after

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the presentation about

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consolidation. Every five years the state of

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florida comes into the district and

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evaluate every student's

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station. That means every seat that

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a student can sit in

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your school. They evaluate the libraries,

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the cafeterias, every space for students in

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your school

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district. And then they provide you

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with recommendations

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of what they believe should be coming in

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the

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future. Now, they don't give you money

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to go with that. They

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just give you recommendations. I want to

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share this

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with you all because I think it's

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important that you see this.

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our board has received this information,

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and we're working on now

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for the board, our next steps to this.

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but I want you

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to see, and once again these

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are just their recommend asians. We

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as a school district can take this information

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and do what we believe is best for

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our school district, and you

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all --many of you and our community

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members will be a part

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of that. So these are their

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recommendations.

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>> so for the west

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side,

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hilliard and callahan, they want to

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close

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hilliard and make callahan one big

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bus facility.

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that's a much needed upgrade. We don't

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argue with this

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one. In bryceville not a lot of

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improvement there but student

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drop offs, renovations for the students there.

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we have about

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200 students in bryceville currently,

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but

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these are their recommendations. Callahan

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elementary, and I'm going to talk

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about this and you can read it on

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your own. So the

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recommendation is that we close callahan

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elementary

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and we combine callahan elementary

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with callahan intermediate school

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and make it a k-5

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school. And then part of their recommendation you'll

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see at

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the bottom is turn the callahan elementary

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school into

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some workforce housing. I don't think

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this is a bad recommendation

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if you know where callahan

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elementary school is, right on that highway.

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parking is terrible, stacking

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is terrible, even though we just improved

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it this year.

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but this is not a tomorrow plan. This

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is a longer-term plan, but this

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is their recommendation. And I --

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I really

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like the idea of them making a

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recommendation for workforce housing.

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if you

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look at our current interlocal

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agreement, it says we're going to collaborate

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with the county and

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other entities to determine the best

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use so

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this will be conversations we can have

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down the road. Then again, this

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is not happening tomorrow or next week.

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these are just their

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recommendations. So callahan intermediate, so

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a lot of these are improvements that

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would make this a

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k-5 school expanding the cafeteria

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and other spaces.

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we have little barricades on things that

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we're

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already working on there like a water

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plant and

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an ese playground and things like that.

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but you'll see in this

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list are the recommendations that

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would make

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this a k-5 school. Callahan middle

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school, the recommendation

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is combine callahan middle with west

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nassau and build

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a new school. West nassau

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middle senior

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high school. And then you'll see their

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next bullet is look

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for an agreement with the city of

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callahan. So their idea

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was if we build middle high school,

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then we use the

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callahan middle school space for some

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kind of community center. Not a

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bad idea. Not a bad idea for the

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future. And west nassau kind

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of goes along with the middle school

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plan. Relocate

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west nassau, build the 6-12 school

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and that would combine the middle

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school and the high school. Now,

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the last line, the last couple of

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sentences are true. Almost all

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the buildings are old outdated for

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future

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educational use. Continuous

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repair. Continuous repair there. If

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you know anything about

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the west side some of you do, it's

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just wet.

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it's just wet. And then the new

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west nassau school, the 6-12, it tells

560
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you what we would need to do to get

561
00:18:38,886 --> 00:18:40,888
to that place. And you notice

562
00:18:40,888 --> 00:18:41,889
at the end they say this side of the

563
00:18:41,889 --> 00:18:43,889
new combination

564
00:18:43,891 --> 00:18:44,892
would be at the fairground property

565
00:18:44,892 --> 00:18:45,893
north of callahan. We do

566
00:18:45,893 --> 00:18:47,895
have a lot of property there. We have

567
00:18:47,895 --> 00:18:50,898
a lot of property that we lease

568
00:18:50,898 --> 00:18:53,898
to the fair association for 100

569
00:18:53,901 --> 00:18:56,301
years, but there's still

570
00:18:56,904 --> 00:18:58,904
additional properties

571
00:18:58,906 --> 00:18:59,907
there. Hilliard elementary, the sunshine,

572
00:18:59,907 --> 00:19:00,908
the barricades are things

573
00:19:00,908 --> 00:19:02,910
we're going to be working on now.

574
00:19:02,910 --> 00:19:04,912
just some improvements to

575
00:19:04,912 --> 00:19:05,913
current buildings as well as for hilliard

576
00:19:05,913 --> 00:19:06,914
middle senior

577
00:19:06,914 --> 00:19:11,114
high school. No new construction there in

578
00:19:11,919 --> 00:19:12,920
this recommendation.

579
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,922
wildlight, this is basically already done.

580
00:19:14,922 --> 00:19:16,922
we've added

581
00:19:16,924 --> 00:19:17,858
nine primary classrooms and fournered mediate

582
00:19:17,858 --> 00:19:19,858
and

583
00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:20,861
middle classrooms. And we've done

584
00:19:20,861 --> 00:19:22,861
some

585
00:19:23,864 --> 00:19:25,864
remodeling.

586
00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:28,869
we're not doing those new

587
00:19:28,869 --> 00:19:29,870
portables. First of all the buildings

588
00:19:29,870 --> 00:19:31,872
are already small and

589
00:19:31,872 --> 00:19:33,874
using the portables still and they

590
00:19:33,874 --> 00:19:35,876
keep coming there. That's where we are.

591
00:19:35,876 --> 00:19:37,876
this is done

592
00:19:38,879 --> 00:19:40,881
right now. Ycec, this is our old building

593
00:19:40,881 --> 00:19:41,882
on 17. So they recommend some repairs

594
00:19:41,882 --> 00:19:44,282
there, creating a technology

595
00:19:44,885 --> 00:19:47,285
center, maybe an agcenter

596
00:19:47,888 --> 00:19:49,890
or cte complex there, not bad

597
00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:50,891
yis. We believe there are many opportunities

598
00:19:50,891 --> 00:19:52,891
even

599
00:19:52,893 --> 00:19:53,894
opportunities for us to collaborate

600
00:19:53,894 --> 00:19:56,894
with the county and other

601
00:19:56,897 --> 00:19:59,900
folks there on the property. Nassauville

602
00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:00,901
they recommended we had the property

603
00:20:00,901 --> 00:20:02,901
you

604
00:20:02,903 --> 00:20:05,906
all know about at the end of the concourse

605
00:20:05,906 --> 00:20:07,906
recommend a new

606
00:20:08,909 --> 00:20:11,309
elementary pre-k-5 to support

607
00:20:11,912 --> 00:20:13,914
the increase in population in

608
00:20:13,914 --> 00:20:14,915
the nassauville yulee area. And yulee

609
00:20:14,915 --> 00:20:16,915
elementary, this

610
00:20:16,917 --> 00:20:20,517
is another big one. They recommend

611
00:20:20,921 --> 00:20:22,921
closing

612
00:20:23,924 --> 00:20:24,925
yulee primary school

613
00:20:24,925 --> 00:20:26,927
andnered mediate. Their response we

614
00:20:26,927 --> 00:20:28,927
have to close

615
00:20:28,929 --> 00:20:29,930
yulee primary school because of its

616
00:20:29,930 --> 00:20:31,930
proximity to the

617
00:20:32,933 --> 00:20:35,933
gun range. They said combine

618
00:20:35,936 --> 00:20:37,938
yulee primary and yulee

619
00:20:37,938 --> 00:20:38,939
elementary school and make that a

620
00:20:38,939 --> 00:20:40,939
k-5 school and

621
00:20:41,942 --> 00:20:42,943
move the district office to the yulee

622
00:20:42,943 --> 00:20:44,945
elementary school. Not bad ideas,

623
00:20:44,945 --> 00:20:45,946
again, these are recommendations we don't

624
00:20:45,946 --> 00:20:46,947
have

625
00:20:46,947 --> 00:20:47,948
a plan yet in our school district.

626
00:20:47,948 --> 00:20:49,948
and then

627
00:20:49,950 --> 00:20:50,951
a new yulee elementary school, which

628
00:20:50,951 --> 00:20:52,951
would be a

629
00:20:53,954 --> 00:20:55,954
k-

630
00:20:56,957 --> 00:20:59,357
5 school. Yulee high school,

631
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,960
you'll

632
00:21:01,962 --> 00:21:02,963
see on this slide on the next one, they

633
00:21:02,963 --> 00:21:03,964
did not recommend anything for a new middle

634
00:21:03,964 --> 00:21:05,966
school or high high

635
00:21:05,966 --> 00:21:08,966
school yulee. Yulee high school

636
00:21:08,969 --> 00:21:10,969
and yulee

637
00:21:11,972 --> 00:21:13,972
middle school are

638
00:21:13,974 --> 00:21:14,975
1,400 schools. So they recommended

639
00:21:14,975 --> 00:21:16,975
some

640
00:21:16,977 --> 00:21:17,911
remodeling, some up grades, some expanding of

641
00:21:17,911 --> 00:21:19,911
the dining, but

642
00:21:19,913 --> 00:21:20,914
no recommendations for a new school.

643
00:21:20,914 --> 00:21:22,914
same with

644
00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:25,917
yulee

645
00:21:29,923 --> 00:21:31,923
middle.

646
00:21:31,925 --> 00:21:34,925
fernadina beach middle they recommended

647
00:21:35,929 --> 00:21:37,931
we demo that school and move

648
00:21:37,931 --> 00:21:38,932
the middle and high school together.

649
00:21:38,932 --> 00:21:40,932
these are, again,

650
00:21:40,934 --> 00:21:41,935
their recommendations. We do not have

651
00:21:41,935 --> 00:21:43,935
a

652
00:21:44,938 --> 00:21:47,338
plan yet. And then

653
00:21:47,941 --> 00:21:49,941
fernandina beach

654
00:21:49,943 --> 00:21:52,943
middle-high school, make that all

655
00:21:53,947 --> 00:21:54,948
one campus. Emma love, just some up

656
00:21:54,948 --> 00:21:56,948
grades and

657
00:21:56,950 --> 00:21:59,950
improvements there on the current

658
00:21:59,953 --> 00:22:01,955
campus as well as

659
00:22:01,955 --> 00:22:02,956
southside elementary school. And then

660
00:22:02,956 --> 00:22:04,956
these

661
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:05,959
are just some current projects that

662
00:22:05,959 --> 00:22:07,959
have been

663
00:22:07,961 --> 00:22:08,962
completed and that are in the works.

664
00:22:08,962 --> 00:22:11,965
I just kind of wanted you to

665
00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:14,968
get an overall view. You'll see

666
00:22:14,968 --> 00:22:16,970
the weight room, some

667
00:22:16,970 --> 00:22:17,905
painting, some softball improvements,

668
00:22:17,905 --> 00:22:19,905
playground

669
00:22:19,907 --> 00:22:20,908
improvements, marquee sign nl, kitchen

670
00:22:20,908 --> 00:22:23,308
up grades. These are

671
00:22:23,911 --> 00:22:25,911
just things that

672
00:22:25,913 --> 00:22:26,914
are have happening or are happening

673
00:22:26,914 --> 00:22:28,914
now through our

674
00:22:28,916 --> 00:22:29,917
maintenance facilities. There again

675
00:22:29,917 --> 00:22:30,918
those are

676
00:22:30,918 --> 00:22:32,920
state recommendations. What our board

677
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,923
has asked us to do is to come

678
00:22:35,923 --> 00:22:37,925
together, work on a plan for our most

679
00:22:37,925 --> 00:22:38,926
immediate needs, and then we will

680
00:22:38,926 --> 00:22:40,926
work together for

681
00:22:40,928 --> 00:22:41,929
a longer-term plan, a master plan

682
00:22:41,929 --> 00:22:43,929
for future

683
00:22:43,931 --> 00:22:44,932
schools in the nos ou county school

684
00:22:44,932 --> 00:22:46,932
district. You

685
00:22:46,934 --> 00:22:47,935
all know that we're growing like crazy

686
00:22:47,935 --> 00:22:49,935
and especially in

687
00:22:49,937 --> 00:22:50,938
the yulee area, so we know there are

688
00:22:50,938 --> 00:22:52,940
some immediate needs that we have

689
00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:53,941
to address. Now, as I said earlier,

690
00:22:53,941 --> 00:22:55,943
they don't give you

691
00:22:55,943 --> 00:22:56,944
money to go with these recommendations.

692
00:22:56,944 --> 00:22:59,947
so in the past we have saved

693
00:22:59,947 --> 00:23:00,948
our money for years until we had enough

694
00:23:00,948 --> 00:23:01,949
money

695
00:23:01,949 --> 00:23:03,951
to build a school, and then we build

696
00:23:03,951 --> 00:23:04,952
a school. We don't have

697
00:23:04,952 --> 00:23:05,953
that luxury today or in the future,

698
00:23:05,953 --> 00:23:07,955
so we are looking for opportunities

699
00:23:07,955 --> 00:23:09,957
on what we can do to secure the funds

700
00:23:09,957 --> 00:23:12,357
that we need to

701
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,963
build schools for our needs that

702
00:23:15,963 --> 00:23:17,898
we have now. This is

703
00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:18,899
just a good visual for you of our budget.

704
00:23:18,899 --> 00:23:20,899
if

705
00:23:20,901 --> 00:23:21,902
you'll see up here, this is where

706
00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:22,903
our

707
00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:24,905
funds come from. You'll see these

708
00:23:24,905 --> 00:23:26,907
are local funds and these

709
00:23:26,907 --> 00:23:28,909
are save funds. As our local tax base

710
00:23:28,909 --> 00:23:30,911
increases, state funding goes down.

711
00:23:30,911 --> 00:23:32,911
it's not

712
00:23:33,914 --> 00:23:34,915
always equal. They

713
00:23:34,915 --> 00:23:36,917
don't maintain the same level of funding,

714
00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:37,918
so you'll see majority of our

715
00:23:37,918 --> 00:23:39,920
funds come from local. On the right

716
00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,920
you'll

717
00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:43,924
see this is our blue area is

718
00:23:43,924 --> 00:23:45,926
spent, big area is salary benefit.

719
00:23:45,926 --> 00:23:46,927
over 70%

720
00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:48,929
of our budget is in salary benefits.

721
00:23:48,929 --> 00:23:49,930
our people

722
00:23:49,930 --> 00:23:51,932
make the difference. I like to know

723
00:23:51,932 --> 00:23:52,933
and so do our families they know who's

724
00:23:52,933 --> 00:23:54,935
driving the bus, who's working the

725
00:23:54,935 --> 00:23:55,936
kitchen, who's working

726
00:23:55,936 --> 00:23:56,937
the cafeteria, who's in the office.

727
00:23:56,937 --> 00:23:59,940
our people make the difference. So

728
00:23:59,940 --> 00:24:00,941
how do we continue to improve? Make

729
00:24:00,941 --> 00:24:02,941
sure that we

730
00:24:02,943 --> 00:24:03,944
have a rigorous curriculum, recruit

731
00:24:03,944 --> 00:24:05,944
and retain

732
00:24:06,947 --> 00:24:07,948
the best teachers, expand

733
00:24:07,948 --> 00:24:09,950
our partnerships within our community,

734
00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:10,951
our career and technical

735
00:24:10,951 --> 00:24:12,951
opportunities, continuously review

736
00:24:12,953 --> 00:24:15,956
the data to see how we

737
00:24:15,956 --> 00:24:17,891
can improve, and

738
00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:18,892
you'll see our little brick over here.

739
00:24:18,892 --> 00:24:20,892
we've got

740
00:24:20,894 --> 00:24:23,897
a plan for the future. And actually

741
00:24:23,897 --> 00:24:24,898
it's here now. That's where we are.

742
00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:27,298
so thank you all.

743
00:24:27,901 --> 00:24:30,901
do we have any questions?

744
00:24:33,907 --> 00:24:35,907
>>

745
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:36,910
I do.

746
00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:37,911
>> what's the rationale --I

747
00:24:37,911 --> 00:24:39,911
understand

748
00:24:39,913 --> 00:24:42,913
combining schools is supposed to

749
00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:44,918
save money, you'd have fewer buildings, you can

750
00:24:44,918 --> 00:24:45,919
do something else with the other buildings.

751
00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:48,919
but what is your opinion

752
00:24:48,922 --> 00:24:50,924
we have a 6-12 in milliard and middle

753
00:24:50,924 --> 00:24:51,925
senior right now. Is that a good model,

754
00:24:51,925 --> 00:24:52,926
or do you like

755
00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:54,928
the middle school being separate from

756
00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:57,928
the high school? I think

757
00:24:57,931 --> 00:24:59,933
6th graders --how do you separate

758
00:24:59,933 --> 00:25:00,934
a 6th grader from a senior in high

759
00:25:00,934 --> 00:25:01,935
school?

760
00:25:01,935 --> 00:25:02,936
>> so I

761
00:25:02,936 --> 00:25:03,937
think hilliard is unique because of

762
00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:05,939
that community and their size.

763
00:25:05,939 --> 00:25:06,940
I don't know yet. When we look at what

764
00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:08,940
other counties are

765
00:25:08,942 --> 00:25:11,945
doing, and of course we follow st.

766
00:25:11,945 --> 00:25:12,946
john's very closely, and we know that that's

767
00:25:12,946 --> 00:25:13,947
what they're doing.

768
00:25:13,947 --> 00:25:15,949
they're doing it for two reasons.

769
00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:16,950
number one, to save

770
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:18,886
money, and number two, they don't

771
00:25:18,886 --> 00:25:19,887
have a lot of land. So I'm really

772
00:25:19,887 --> 00:25:21,889
not sure. I think we will continue

773
00:25:21,889 --> 00:25:24,289
to explore that. You

774
00:25:24,892 --> 00:25:25,893
know, right now I --I don't

775
00:25:25,893 --> 00:25:27,895
know if that's the best thing because

776
00:25:27,895 --> 00:25:29,897
I do know what a 6th grader is

777
00:25:29,897 --> 00:25:33,901
like and then a high schooler. So, yeah.

778
00:25:33,901 --> 00:25:36,301
somebody else have a

779
00:25:36,904 --> 00:25:37,905
question?

780
00:25:37,905 --> 00:25:38,906
>> we've mentioned it

781
00:25:38,906 --> 00:25:39,907
before, has it been talked about to

782
00:25:39,907 --> 00:25:42,307
build up versus out

783
00:25:42,910 --> 00:25:43,911
on some of your sites?

784
00:25:43,911 --> 00:25:45,911
>> yes,

785
00:25:46,914 --> 00:25:47,915
absolutely. And, you know, the piece of

786
00:25:47,915 --> 00:25:48,916
property we have at the end of the concourse here, and it

787
00:25:48,916 --> 00:25:49,917
was mentioned in one of

788
00:25:49,917 --> 00:25:51,919
the slides, we would have to do it

789
00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:52,920
if we build there because we

790
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,922
don't have the land capacity to do

791
00:25:54,922 --> 00:25:56,924
what we would do in a

792
00:25:56,924 --> 00:25:59,927
spread out space so absolutely. When you look at

793
00:25:59,927 --> 00:26:00,928
other counties st. John's in particular

794
00:26:00,928 --> 00:26:02,928
they're building

795
00:26:03,931 --> 00:26:04,932
up instead of out. The other issue we

796
00:26:04,932 --> 00:26:05,933
would

797
00:26:05,933 --> 00:26:06,934
face is they have the additional capital

798
00:26:06,934 --> 00:26:08,934
millage for

799
00:26:08,936 --> 00:26:09,937
their construction projects that passed

800
00:26:09,937 --> 00:26:10,938
in their county last

801
00:26:10,938 --> 00:26:12,940
year, but they're finding all their

802
00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:13,941
bids are coming in double

803
00:26:13,941 --> 00:26:15,943
for all their projects, so they're

804
00:26:15,943 --> 00:26:18,879
having to reassess where they

805
00:26:18,879 --> 00:26:20,881
are and what they're going to

806
00:26:20,881 --> 00:26:21,882
do.

807
00:26:21,882 --> 00:26:22,883
>> dr. Burns, I'd just like to

808
00:26:22,883 --> 00:26:24,883
commend

809
00:26:24,885 --> 00:26:27,885
you and your board and

810
00:26:27,888 --> 00:26:28,889
all your staff

811
00:26:28,889 --> 00:26:30,891
structural and nonstructural on the

812
00:26:30,891 --> 00:26:32,893
job you've done for

813
00:26:32,893 --> 00:26:33,894
many years regardless of who's been

814
00:26:33,894 --> 00:26:35,896
on the board. The

815
00:26:35,896 --> 00:26:36,897
board's always done a great job, and

816
00:26:36,897 --> 00:26:38,897
your people,

817
00:26:38,899 --> 00:26:39,900
they do make the difference whether

818
00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,900
they're in

819
00:26:42,903 --> 00:26:45,906
the classroom or out of the classroom.

820
00:26:45,906 --> 00:26:47,908
I've got my nassau county school district

821
00:26:47,908 --> 00:26:48,909
lapel pin on today.

822
00:26:48,909 --> 00:26:49,910
>> I see it. >>

823
00:26:49,910 --> 00:26:51,912
in honor of that.

824
00:26:51,912 --> 00:26:52,913
and I'm due for a new one, I think.

825
00:26:52,913 --> 00:26:53,914
you

826
00:26:53,914 --> 00:26:54,915
stopped putting the years on there.

827
00:26:54,915 --> 00:26:57,315
>> we have a new

828
00:26:57,918 --> 00:26:59,918
one

829
00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:00,921
coming. We can't look the same.

830
00:27:00,921 --> 00:27:01,922
>> I have several of them at

831
00:27:01,922 --> 00:27:03,924
home. They used to do by

832
00:27:03,924 --> 00:27:06,924
year, and I had an

833
00:27:06,927 --> 00:27:09,927
old one that was like

834
00:27:09,930 --> 00:27:10,931
'22 and '23. She found me a

835
00:27:10,931 --> 00:27:12,933
general one that covers all the years

836
00:27:12,933 --> 00:27:13,934
because you've been doing it for so

837
00:27:13,934 --> 00:27:14,935
long.

838
00:27:14,935 --> 00:27:15,936
I know you talked about it all in

839
00:27:15,936 --> 00:27:17,936
your presentation,

840
00:27:18,872 --> 00:27:20,872
but some people

841
00:27:20,874 --> 00:27:21,875
just --I don't think they --when you're doing

842
00:27:21,875 --> 00:27:23,875
so well for

843
00:27:23,877 --> 00:27:24,878
so long, that becomes the expectation,

844
00:27:24,878 --> 00:27:26,880
and then people think,

845
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:27,881
well, it's not a big deal anymore.

846
00:27:27,881 --> 00:27:29,881
it is

847
00:27:29,883 --> 00:27:30,884
a big deal the amount of work and

848
00:27:30,884 --> 00:27:32,886
effort and success you

849
00:27:32,886 --> 00:27:33,887
and the school district have had,

850
00:27:33,887 --> 00:27:35,889
so I just want to thank

851
00:27:35,889 --> 00:27:36,890
you and commend you for it.

852
00:27:36,890 --> 00:27:37,891
>> I appreciate

853
00:27:37,891 --> 00:27:38,892
that, and we

854
00:27:38,892 --> 00:27:39,893
do have great people. We have a wonderful

855
00:27:39,893 --> 00:27:41,893
board. And, you

856
00:27:41,895 --> 00:27:42,896
know, listen, this is not easy. And

857
00:27:42,896 --> 00:27:44,896
it's not

858
00:27:45,899 --> 00:27:46,900
easy to stay --keep climbing

859
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:48,902
to the top because obviously they

860
00:27:48,902 --> 00:27:51,905
raise the bar on us, too, but I

861
00:27:51,905 --> 00:27:54,908
want to brag on everybody and of course

862
00:27:54,908 --> 00:27:55,909
alyson's a teacher and she knows what

863
00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:56,910
it's

864
00:27:56,910 --> 00:27:57,911
all about. I tell everybody this and

865
00:27:57,911 --> 00:27:59,913
I'm not going to leave here without

866
00:27:59,913 --> 00:28:00,914
saying this today. Wave at the bus

867
00:28:00,914 --> 00:28:03,914
drivers when you pass them

868
00:28:03,917 --> 00:28:06,920
on the road. Don't just go past

869
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,922
that bus. Raise your hand if you would be

870
00:28:08,922 --> 00:28:09,923
a bus driver. Wave at the bus drivers.

871
00:28:09,923 --> 00:28:11,925
god bless the bus

872
00:28:11,925 --> 00:28:12,926
drivers, the teachers, the cafeteria

873
00:28:12,926 --> 00:28:14,926
workers, the

874
00:28:15,929 --> 00:28:16,930
pick up line at wildlight. If you haven't

875
00:28:16,930 --> 00:28:17,865
had

876
00:28:17,865 --> 00:28:18,866
the opportunity to drive down cure

877
00:28:18,866 --> 00:28:20,868
yusty in the early

878
00:28:20,868 --> 00:28:21,869
morning or in the afternoon and stay in

879
00:28:21,869 --> 00:28:23,871
that line to pick

880
00:28:23,871 --> 00:28:24,872
up your kid or somebody's kid, you

881
00:28:24,872 --> 00:28:26,872
need to

882
00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:30,878
see the phenomenal job they do. Someone

883
00:28:30,878 --> 00:28:31,879
just told me at event I was speaking

884
00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:32,880
at noon

885
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:33,881
saying they must have gotten their

886
00:28:33,881 --> 00:28:35,881
training

887
00:28:35,883 --> 00:28:36,884
from chick-fil-a, those people know

888
00:28:36,884 --> 00:28:38,886
how to do it, and that's on

889
00:28:38,886 --> 00:28:39,887
top of all the other things they're doing.

890
00:28:39,887 --> 00:28:41,889
and let's add to

891
00:28:41,889 --> 00:28:42,890
that hurricanes and snow days, and

892
00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:44,892
all those, and just the

893
00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:45,893
resilience of the people and our students.

894
00:28:45,893 --> 00:28:48,896
I have a group of students that

895
00:28:48,896 --> 00:28:50,896
I meet with,

896
00:28:51,899 --> 00:28:53,899
student supervisory

897
00:28:53,901 --> 00:28:54,902
counsel students that are phenomenal.

898
00:28:54,902 --> 00:28:57,905
they are our future. I have

899
00:28:57,905 --> 00:28:58,906
your people come and speak to them

900
00:28:58,906 --> 00:28:59,907
because we want

901
00:28:59,907 --> 00:29:00,908
to hear from them as well. We have

902
00:29:00,908 --> 00:29:02,910
our challenges, and we are

903
00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:03,911
challenged to be better every day, but

904
00:29:03,911 --> 00:29:05,911
it's still nicer

905
00:29:06,914 --> 00:29:07,915
in nassau.

906
00:29:07,915 --> 00:29:08,916
>>

907
00:29:08,916 --> 00:29:09,917
commissioner gray.

908
00:29:09,917 --> 00:29:10,918
>> dr. Burns, thank

909
00:29:10,918 --> 00:29:11,919
you for coming.

910
00:29:11,919 --> 00:29:12,920
the yulee high school the naval cadet

911
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,920
program, do

912
00:29:14,922 --> 00:29:16,924
you eventually see the possibility

913
00:29:16,924 --> 00:29:18,859
of that evolving into an

914
00:29:18,859 --> 00:29:19,860
rotc?

915
00:29:19,860 --> 00:29:20,861
>> it will. And so the program

916
00:29:20,861 --> 00:29:21,862
we're

917
00:29:21,862 --> 00:29:22,863
modeling after, of course they had to reach out to us

918
00:29:22,863 --> 00:29:23,864
and offer us the

919
00:29:23,864 --> 00:29:25,866
opportunity because you can't just

920
00:29:25,866 --> 00:29:26,867
say you want to sign up. We have

921
00:29:26,867 --> 00:29:28,869
been trying to get this since the

922
00:29:28,869 --> 00:29:30,869
school opened. In

923
00:29:30,871 --> 00:29:31,872
the models we see if we do this well

924
00:29:31,872 --> 00:29:32,873
for the next four

925
00:29:32,873 --> 00:29:34,875
to five years, it would evolve into

926
00:29:34,875 --> 00:29:35,876
an

927
00:29:35,876 --> 00:29:36,877
rotc program. Yes.

928
00:29:36,877 --> 00:29:37,878
>> thank you. I

929
00:29:37,878 --> 00:29:38,879
know there's a lot of work that's

930
00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:39,880
been

931
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,882
done, a lot of building and construction

932
00:29:41,882 --> 00:29:43,884
at yulee high school and middle school.

933
00:29:43,884 --> 00:29:45,884
it looks like

934
00:29:45,886 --> 00:29:46,887
it may be built out, but I know y'all

935
00:29:46,887 --> 00:29:48,887
have

936
00:29:48,889 --> 00:29:49,890
a lot of students there, and it's

937
00:29:49,890 --> 00:29:52,890
a wonderful facility. I go

938
00:29:52,893 --> 00:29:54,893
to

939
00:29:54,895 --> 00:29:55,896
events there that are at the school on

940
00:29:55,896 --> 00:29:57,896
the

941
00:29:57,898 --> 00:29:58,899
school property. It's maintained and

942
00:29:58,899 --> 00:30:00,901
being in the school

943
00:30:00,901 --> 00:30:02,903
district here, I think rotc will be beneficial

944
00:30:02,903 --> 00:30:03,904
for our students.

945
00:30:03,904 --> 00:30:04,905
>> we're excited.

946
00:30:04,905 --> 00:30:06,905
we

947
00:30:07,908 --> 00:30:08,909
had 60 students sign up that

948
00:30:08,909 --> 00:30:12,509
were in the program, soso excited

949
00:30:12,913 --> 00:30:13,914
about that.

950
00:30:13,914 --> 00:30:14,915
>> dr. Burns, most of

951
00:30:14,915 --> 00:30:15,916
y'all know in the room

952
00:30:15,916 --> 00:30:16,917
I announce all the football games

953
00:30:16,917 --> 00:30:18,919
for west nassau high school. And

954
00:30:18,919 --> 00:30:19,920
I got pulled in that position a couple

955
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:20,921
years ago.

956
00:30:20,921 --> 00:30:22,923
it's fun to be a part of that. I'd

957
00:30:22,923 --> 00:30:24,923
never announced

958
00:30:24,925 --> 00:30:25,926
a ball game before prior to my tenure

959
00:30:25,926 --> 00:30:27,928
being the voice for

960
00:30:27,928 --> 00:30:28,929
the warriors, but it's really been

961
00:30:28,929 --> 00:30:30,929
fun,

962
00:30:31,932 --> 00:30:33,934
really rewarding. To your point, the

963
00:30:33,934 --> 00:30:34,935
kids they're very, very helpful. You

964
00:30:34,935 --> 00:30:35,936
can see that

965
00:30:35,936 --> 00:30:37,938
parenting obviously goes a long way,

966
00:30:37,938 --> 00:30:39,940
but whenever they get dropped

967
00:30:39,940 --> 00:30:40,941
off at the school via bus or via parents,

968
00:30:40,941 --> 00:30:41,942
that's when the

969
00:30:41,942 --> 00:30:43,944
other set of parents take hold. And

970
00:30:43,944 --> 00:30:45,946
so you can really tell a difference

971
00:30:45,946 --> 00:30:46,947
over on the west side of the county.

972
00:30:46,947 --> 00:30:48,947
there's

973
00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:50,951
really, really some

974
00:30:50,951 --> 00:30:52,953
good, wholesome, let's say young people coming through the

975
00:30:52,953 --> 00:30:55,956
system, and that's definitely a product

976
00:30:55,956 --> 00:30:56,957
of what you just showed us there on

977
00:30:56,957 --> 00:30:58,959
the screen. I wanted to just go one

978
00:30:58,959 --> 00:30:59,960
step further in saying that

979
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,962
the personal trainers out there on

980
00:31:01,962 --> 00:31:02,963
the football field have been a huge,

981
00:31:02,963 --> 00:31:03,964
huge

982
00:31:03,964 --> 00:31:07,564
step forward for our sports programs

983
00:31:07,968 --> 00:31:09,970
and athletic programs. We don't need

984
00:31:09,970 --> 00:31:10,971
to fail to mention them in anything and

985
00:31:10,971 --> 00:31:11,972
everything that we

986
00:31:11,972 --> 00:31:13,974
do because those --those guys and

987
00:31:13,974 --> 00:31:15,974
gals are out

988
00:31:15,976 --> 00:31:16,977
there engaged in all these sports,

989
00:31:16,977 --> 00:31:18,977
and it's

990
00:31:19,913 --> 00:31:22,916
a real heavy them, too. I've made

991
00:31:22,916 --> 00:31:24,916
friends with

992
00:31:24,918 --> 00:31:25,919
tony mara which is our trainer out

993
00:31:25,919 --> 00:31:27,919
there, and

994
00:31:28,922 --> 00:31:30,922
tony

995
00:31:30,924 --> 00:31:31,925
stretches himself really thin and all

996
00:31:31,925 --> 00:31:33,925
over the

997
00:31:33,927 --> 00:31:34,928
board and really cares about the kids and

998
00:31:34,928 --> 00:31:35,929
cares

999
00:31:35,929 --> 00:31:37,931
about athletics. You know, it's been a

1000
00:31:37,931 --> 00:31:38,932
rare,

1001
00:31:38,932 --> 00:31:39,933
rewarding friendship to make friends

1002
00:31:39,933 --> 00:31:40,934
with him because then I'm able to

1003
00:31:40,934 --> 00:31:41,935
kind

1004
00:31:41,935 --> 00:31:43,937
of look behind the scenes and do what I

1005
00:31:43,937 --> 00:31:44,938
can to try and

1006
00:31:44,938 --> 00:31:46,940
volunteer or gather up other volunteers

1007
00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:48,942
to make the situation a lot better

1008
00:31:48,942 --> 00:31:49,943
out there. But I just wanted to say I

1009
00:31:49,943 --> 00:31:50,944
know that there's

1010
00:31:50,944 --> 00:31:52,946
some conversation coming about fields.

1011
00:31:52,946 --> 00:31:55,346
you mentioned the rubberized

1012
00:31:55,949 --> 00:31:58,949
track, and I was involved

1013
00:31:58,952 --> 00:32:00,954
in that. Mr. Pierce asked me

1014
00:32:00,954 --> 00:32:01,955
to out as a stakeholder the other day

1015
00:32:01,955 --> 00:32:03,955
and set part

1016
00:32:03,957 --> 00:32:04,958
of that meeting. I told him obviously

1017
00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:06,960
on my side of

1018
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:07,961
town, football is a big thing. I mean

1019
00:32:07,961 --> 00:32:09,961
for

1020
00:32:09,963 --> 00:32:10,964
nassau county football is a huge thing.

1021
00:32:10,964 --> 00:32:11,965
but we're

1022
00:32:11,965 --> 00:32:13,967
starting to see other sports starting

1023
00:32:13,967 --> 00:32:15,967
to come into

1024
00:32:15,969 --> 00:32:16,970
the limelight like lacrosse. And lacrosse

1025
00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:18,906
is starting to come

1026
00:32:18,906 --> 00:32:19,907
up on the east side of the county.

1027
00:32:19,907 --> 00:32:22,910
it's going to move and probably

1028
00:32:22,910 --> 00:32:24,912
make its way on the west side. I

1029
00:32:24,912 --> 00:32:25,913
have buddies of mine from south florida

1030
00:32:25,913 --> 00:32:28,313
that live in the

1031
00:32:28,916 --> 00:32:31,916
jupiter area, and their boys

1032
00:32:31,919 --> 00:32:33,921
are heavily engaged in lacrosse.

1033
00:32:33,921 --> 00:32:34,922
I would advise you to see it because it's

1034
00:32:34,922 --> 00:32:36,922
very athletic.

1035
00:32:36,924 --> 00:32:37,925
it's very interesting. It's almost a

1036
00:32:37,925 --> 00:32:39,925
cross between football

1037
00:32:39,927 --> 00:32:40,928
and hockey in a way. And, you know,

1038
00:32:40,928 --> 00:32:42,928
it's very,

1039
00:32:42,930 --> 00:32:43,931
very entertaining, very physical.

1040
00:32:43,931 --> 00:32:45,931
and I look

1041
00:32:45,933 --> 00:32:46,934
forward to seeing us continue to do

1042
00:32:46,934 --> 00:32:48,934
big things

1043
00:32:49,937 --> 00:32:50,938
for these kids because the more that

1044
00:32:50,938 --> 00:32:52,940
we can offer them as

1045
00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:53,941
far as athletics is

1046
00:32:53,941 --> 00:32:55,943
concerned, the brighter their future

1047
00:32:55,943 --> 00:32:57,945
can be in more than

1048
00:32:57,945 --> 00:32:58,946
one way. And just like to say I know

1049
00:32:58,946 --> 00:33:00,946
that there's

1050
00:33:01,949 --> 00:33:04,949
challenges, you know, versus turf

1051
00:33:04,952 --> 00:33:06,954
versus sod versus rubberized track.

1052
00:33:06,954 --> 00:33:07,955
at least over on my side for the team

1053
00:33:07,955 --> 00:33:09,957
I represent, I know that

1054
00:33:09,957 --> 00:33:10,958
football is going to obviously be

1055
00:33:10,958 --> 00:33:12,958
a

1056
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:13,961
lot bigger priority than the track

1057
00:33:13,961 --> 00:33:16,964
is even though we care about

1058
00:33:16,964 --> 00:33:17,898
our track stars as well. And just

1059
00:33:17,898 --> 00:33:18,899
like

1060
00:33:18,899 --> 00:33:19,900
to say that as we move forward and

1061
00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,902
we research these contracts and

1062
00:33:21,902 --> 00:33:22,903
stuff, the one thing that kind of

1063
00:33:22,903 --> 00:33:24,903
stood out

1064
00:33:25,906 --> 00:33:28,909
in questioning in that group the other day was

1065
00:33:28,909 --> 00:33:29,910
the group that puts in these turf

1066
00:33:29,910 --> 00:33:31,910
fields

1067
00:33:31,912 --> 00:33:32,913
don't offer us a maintenance package

1068
00:33:32,913 --> 00:33:33,914
for these

1069
00:33:33,914 --> 00:33:34,915
turf fields.

1070
00:33:34,915 --> 00:33:35,916
>> that's right. >> so I

1071
00:33:35,916 --> 00:33:36,917
wanted to just go on the record of

1072
00:33:36,917 --> 00:33:37,918
saying to the board that as we move

1073
00:33:37,918 --> 00:33:38,919
forward, we

1074
00:33:38,919 --> 00:33:40,921
might want to see what it's going

1075
00:33:40,921 --> 00:33:43,924
to take for us to take care of this

1076
00:33:43,924 --> 00:33:46,927
because that's new to me, and

1077
00:33:46,927 --> 00:33:47,928
I know it's probably new to all of you, but

1078
00:33:47,928 --> 00:33:48,929
we

1079
00:33:48,929 --> 00:33:49,930
probably need to find out, you know,

1080
00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:51,932
let's drill down and make sure

1081
00:33:51,932 --> 00:33:52,933
if we've got to have machines to take

1082
00:33:52,933 --> 00:33:54,933
care of that

1083
00:33:55,936 --> 00:33:57,936
stuff, do you

1084
00:33:58,939 --> 00:34:01,942
groom it after every game, have fluids

1085
00:34:01,942 --> 00:34:02,943
that go out there and have to somehow

1086
00:34:02,943 --> 00:34:04,945
disinfect the field? There's just

1087
00:34:04,945 --> 00:34:07,948
a lot of questions I had.

1088
00:34:07,948 --> 00:34:10,951
and so as we move forward, let's

1089
00:34:10,951 --> 00:34:11,952
make sure that we put those out there

1090
00:34:11,952 --> 00:34:13,954
for our people to

1091
00:34:13,954 --> 00:34:14,955
make sure we keep safety at our forefront.

1092
00:34:14,955 --> 00:34:16,955
but

1093
00:34:16,957 --> 00:34:17,891
other than that, thank you so much.

1094
00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:18,892
I appreciate you guys and appreciate

1095
00:34:18,892 --> 00:34:19,893
you joining us tonight. Means a lot.

1096
00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:21,895
>> so I appreciate you

1097
00:34:21,895 --> 00:34:22,896
saying that. And I wasn't at that

1098
00:34:22,896 --> 00:34:25,899
meeting, but I got a full update

1099
00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:26,900
on it. And I talked about callahan, the

1100
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:28,900
west side

1101
00:34:28,902 --> 00:34:30,904
is wet. One of the things

1102
00:34:30,904 --> 00:34:31,905
within that project or whatever the project

1103
00:34:31,905 --> 00:34:32,906
is going to be at west nassau and

1104
00:34:32,906 --> 00:34:33,907
on

1105
00:34:33,907 --> 00:34:34,908
the west side will be drainage, that

1106
00:34:34,908 --> 00:34:37,908
we address that as well.

1107
00:34:37,911 --> 00:34:38,912
and I want to mention one more thing about

1108
00:34:38,912 --> 00:34:39,913
personal trainers.

1109
00:34:39,913 --> 00:34:40,914
we attempted to hire them in the past

1110
00:34:40,914 --> 00:34:43,917
and kind of we would have one

1111
00:34:43,917 --> 00:34:45,919
here and have one there, but never were

1112
00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:47,921
we able to have trainers for all of

1113
00:34:47,921 --> 00:34:49,923
our high schools. Particularly hilliard

1114
00:34:49,923 --> 00:34:50,924
we struggle with that. Now we're able

1115
00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:52,924
to

1116
00:34:52,926 --> 00:34:54,928
pay them adequately and have the support

1117
00:34:54,928 --> 00:34:56,930
of u.s. Health, and I want to give

1118
00:34:56,930 --> 00:34:57,931
a shout out to dr.

1119
00:34:57,931 --> 00:34:59,933
jeremy coleman who's been a great

1120
00:34:59,933 --> 00:35:01,935
partner with us as well. Having

1121
00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:02,936
them on the field, and I was at the night a

1122
00:35:02,936 --> 00:35:03,937
student

1123
00:35:03,937 --> 00:35:05,939
broke his leg or whatever severe.

1124
00:35:05,939 --> 00:35:06,940
having the trainer there and

1125
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,942
having the right people at the right

1126
00:35:08,942 --> 00:35:09,943
time and knowing what to do

1127
00:35:09,943 --> 00:35:11,945
has mademade huge difference. But

1128
00:35:11,945 --> 00:35:12,946
it's just keeping our students safer

1129
00:35:12,946 --> 00:35:14,948
and I appreciate that. Anybody else?

1130
00:35:14,948 --> 00:35:15,949
>> dr. Burns, one thing.

1131
00:35:15,949 --> 00:35:17,885
on the growth management part, we

1132
00:35:17,885 --> 00:35:19,887
can sympathize with you

1133
00:35:19,887 --> 00:35:22,890
on the needed planning for the cost --

1134
00:35:22,890 --> 00:35:23,891
the increase cost as you look at the

1135
00:35:23,891 --> 00:35:25,891
out years

1136
00:35:25,893 --> 00:35:26,894
are exponentially more painful than

1137
00:35:26,894 --> 00:35:28,896
they have ever been.

1138
00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:29,897
and so we sympathize with you, and we

1139
00:35:29,897 --> 00:35:30,898
look forward to

1140
00:35:30,898 --> 00:35:32,900
the dynamic, creative work you're

1141
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:35,903
going have to do like we do

1142
00:35:35,903 --> 00:35:38,906
to figure out how to reach

1143
00:35:38,906 --> 00:35:41,306
those out-year capital plans.

1144
00:35:41,909 --> 00:35:43,909
so keep pushing

1145
00:35:43,911 --> 00:35:44,912
and creating --

1146
00:35:44,912 --> 00:35:45,913
>> we will because

1147
00:35:45,913 --> 00:35:46,914
we want

1148
00:35:46,914 --> 00:35:47,915
everybody to be updated on these things.

1149
00:35:47,915 --> 00:35:48,916
thank you all.

1150
00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:50,916
>> thank you, dr.

1151
00:35:53,921 --> 00:35:56,321
burns. Item b, interlocal

1152
00:35:56,924 --> 00:35:57,925
agreement update.

1153
00:35:57,925 --> 00:35:58,926
>> yes.

1154
00:35:58,926 --> 00:35:59,927
so I am happy to report after three

1155
00:35:59,927 --> 00:36:00,928
years, we were going to tell you we

1156
00:36:00,928 --> 00:36:02,930
were updating this, we were updating

1157
00:36:02,930 --> 00:36:04,930
this, but last

1158
00:36:04,932 --> 00:36:05,933
week, and there has been some work

1159
00:36:05,933 --> 00:36:07,933
overover

1160
00:36:07,935 --> 00:36:08,936
time. It's just been hard for everybody

1161
00:36:08,936 --> 00:36:10,936
to get

1162
00:36:10,938 --> 00:36:13,941
together, but I want to say that last

1163
00:36:13,941 --> 00:36:14,942
week, do we have four attorneys involved?

1164
00:36:14,942 --> 00:36:16,942
>> we

1165
00:36:16,944 --> 00:36:20,881
had at least one too many. There was

1166
00:36:20,881 --> 00:36:21,882
one too

1167
00:36:21,882 --> 00:36:22,883
many.

1168
00:36:22,883 --> 00:36:23,884
>> very important to us. We had

1169
00:36:23,884 --> 00:36:26,887
the town of hilliard attorney, the

1170
00:36:26,887 --> 00:36:28,887
town of

1171
00:36:29,890 --> 00:36:32,890
callahan attorney. Am I missing

1172
00:36:32,893 --> 00:36:35,896
any? You had your four attorneys,

1173
00:36:35,896 --> 00:36:37,896
staff

1174
00:36:37,898 --> 00:36:38,899
involved. We went through the entire

1175
00:36:38,899 --> 00:36:39,900
and

1176
00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:41,902
local agreement. We have another date

1177
00:36:41,902 --> 00:36:43,904
set for march. We're going to come back

1178
00:36:43,904 --> 00:36:44,905
and look at all the changes that were made.

1179
00:36:44,905 --> 00:36:45,906
so hopefully in

1180
00:36:45,906 --> 00:36:47,908
just a very short time, we will have

1181
00:36:47,908 --> 00:36:48,909
an updated

1182
00:36:48,909 --> 00:36:50,911
interlocal agreement for everybody

1183
00:36:50,911 --> 00:36:52,913
and every board to review

1184
00:36:52,913 --> 00:36:53,914
and approve, and this is critical

1185
00:36:53,914 --> 00:36:55,916
to all of us because

1186
00:36:55,916 --> 00:36:56,917
some of the issues we're having to

1187
00:36:56,917 --> 00:36:57,918
address not addressed in

1188
00:36:57,918 --> 00:36:58,919
the current interlocal agreement that

1189
00:36:58,919 --> 00:36:59,920
are causing everybody some problems

1190
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:00,921
and

1191
00:37:00,921 --> 00:37:05,121
some pause. So very soon we're going

1192
00:37:05,926 --> 00:37:07,926
to

1193
00:37:08,929 --> 00:37:09,930
have that.

1194
00:37:09,930 --> 00:37:11,930
>> and item

1195
00:37:11,932 --> 00:37:14,935
c I have is the impact fee report.

1196
00:37:14,935 --> 00:37:17,871
>> yes. So we are required to provide

1197
00:37:17,871 --> 00:37:20,871
you with an update every

1198
00:37:20,874 --> 00:37:22,874
year on

1199
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,883
our impact -- on our impact fee

1200
00:37:29,883 --> 00:37:31,883
collections and then

1201
00:37:31,885 --> 00:37:32,886
our current expenditures. So this

1202
00:37:32,886 --> 00:37:35,286
is the report for

1203
00:37:35,889 --> 00:37:37,889
you

1204
00:37:38,892 --> 00:37:39,893
all. And thank you, ms. Ellen harper

1205
00:37:39,893 --> 00:37:40,894
is

1206
00:37:40,894 --> 00:37:41,895
here, our finance director to put all

1207
00:37:41,895 --> 00:37:43,895
this together.

1208
00:37:44,898 --> 00:37:46,900
and actually she gave you more information

1209
00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:47,901
than I have. She goes above and beyond.

1210
00:37:47,901 --> 00:37:49,901
if you look

1211
00:37:50,904 --> 00:37:52,906
at starting from 2005 through

1212
00:37:52,906 --> 00:37:54,908
2014, '15, you'll see the totals we

1213
00:37:54,908 --> 00:37:56,910
received, interest. She's making money

1214
00:37:56,910 --> 00:37:58,910
on our money,

1215
00:37:58,912 --> 00:37:59,913
the grand total. So if you go down

1216
00:37:59,913 --> 00:38:01,913
to really the

1217
00:38:01,915 --> 00:38:02,916
bottom of the page you'll see our

1218
00:38:02,916 --> 00:38:05,916
ballots year over year. But

1219
00:38:05,919 --> 00:38:08,922
if you look at fund balances

1220
00:38:08,922 --> 00:38:11,322
and the usages for

1221
00:38:11,925 --> 00:38:13,925
of the 24,

1222
00:38:14,928 --> 00:38:17,328
25, we have the yulee

1223
00:38:17,865 --> 00:38:18,866
model, portable leases, portable setups,

1224
00:38:18,866 --> 00:38:19,867
new schools

1225
00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:20,868
to be determined. Every year in our

1226
00:38:20,868 --> 00:38:23,268
capital budget we set

1227
00:38:23,871 --> 00:38:25,873
aside dollars for that new school, like I

1228
00:38:25,873 --> 00:38:26,874
talked about earlier. We just don't

1229
00:38:26,874 --> 00:38:29,874
have enough time to set

1230
00:38:29,877 --> 00:38:31,877
aside money

1231
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,882
out of our total capital budget.

1232
00:38:34,882 --> 00:38:35,883
you'll see our total fund balance.

1233
00:38:35,883 --> 00:38:37,885
if you go to the next

1234
00:38:37,885 --> 00:38:38,886
page, you'll see a graphic that identifies

1235
00:38:38,886 --> 00:38:39,887
our impact

1236
00:38:39,887 --> 00:38:41,889
fee revenues earned and available

1237
00:38:41,889 --> 00:38:44,892
for the fiscal years. You'll see the

1238
00:38:44,892 --> 00:38:45,893
funds collected and available the

1239
00:38:45,893 --> 00:38:47,893
first

1240
00:38:47,895 --> 00:38:49,895
several years. We're

1241
00:38:49,897 --> 00:38:50,898
almost none, that's because we were

1242
00:38:50,898 --> 00:38:52,900
using those for the wildlife school.

1243
00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:53,901
if you go to the next page, you'll

1244
00:38:53,901 --> 00:38:55,901
see another graphic

1245
00:38:55,903 --> 00:38:56,904
that shows you where our dollars are.

1246
00:38:56,904 --> 00:38:58,906
you'll see we have

1247
00:38:58,906 --> 00:38:59,907
a majority of those dollars set aside

1248
00:38:59,907 --> 00:39:01,909
for the next new school. So we

1249
00:39:01,909 --> 00:39:02,910
are required to present this to you

1250
00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:05,310
every year, so this

1251
00:39:05,913 --> 00:39:06,914
is meeting that requirement for us.

1252
00:39:06,914 --> 00:39:08,914
>> mr.

1253
00:39:08,916 --> 00:39:09,917
chairman, I have a question.

1254
00:39:09,917 --> 00:39:10,918
>> commissioner

1255
00:39:10,918 --> 00:39:11,919
mark.

1256
00:39:11,919 --> 00:39:12,920
>> so if I read this correctly, right

1257
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:13,921
now you have

1258
00:39:13,921 --> 00:39:14,922
a little over $27 million set aside

1259
00:39:14,922 --> 00:39:17,322
for a new school?

1260
00:39:17,858 --> 00:39:18,859
>> right. >> what do you estimate

1261
00:39:18,859 --> 00:39:20,859
the cost

1262
00:39:20,861 --> 00:39:21,862
of a new school?

1263
00:39:21,862 --> 00:39:23,862
>> we don't

1264
00:39:23,864 --> 00:39:25,866
have an actual number right now.

1265
00:39:25,866 --> 00:39:26,867
we thought we had some numbers, but we

1266
00:39:26,867 --> 00:39:28,867
are working with

1267
00:39:28,869 --> 00:39:29,870
the associates who works with several

1268
00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:31,872
on this type of thing.

1269
00:39:31,872 --> 00:39:32,873
we know whatever we think our number

1270
00:39:32,873 --> 00:39:35,273
is going to be

1271
00:39:35,876 --> 00:39:38,876
double that. When we built

1272
00:39:38,879 --> 00:39:41,279
wildlight it was about

1273
00:39:41,882 --> 00:39:42,883
$23 million.

1274
00:39:42,883 --> 00:39:44,883
>> thank you. >> I'm

1275
00:39:44,885 --> 00:39:46,887
sorry, doctor. You're saying now

1276
00:39:46,887 --> 00:39:47,888
you think it may have doubled.

1277
00:39:47,888 --> 00:39:48,889
>> at

1278
00:39:48,889 --> 00:39:49,890
least. At least.

1279
00:39:49,890 --> 00:39:50,891
and we built the road to wildlight at

1280
00:39:50,891 --> 00:39:51,892
the time

1281
00:39:51,892 --> 00:39:53,894
as well because there was nothing

1282
00:39:53,894 --> 00:39:54,895
there when we built that school, and

1283
00:39:54,895 --> 00:39:56,895
of course

1284
00:39:56,897 --> 00:39:59,900
we got paid back for that road

1285
00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:01,900
over time. But,

1286
00:40:02,903 --> 00:40:05,303
yes, I would say

1287
00:40:05,906 --> 00:40:07,906
double

1288
00:40:08,909 --> 00:40:09,910
plus.

1289
00:40:09,910 --> 00:40:11,910
>> any

1290
00:40:11,912 --> 00:40:13,912
other

1291
00:40:13,914 --> 00:40:14,915
questions? Okay. Item d, I just have

1292
00:40:14,915 --> 00:40:17,315
other business as needed.

1293
00:40:17,918 --> 00:40:18,919
I don't have any additional business,

1294
00:40:18,919 --> 00:40:20,921
so what I would like to

1295
00:40:20,921 --> 00:40:23,924
do is if I may go around, I'd like

1296
00:40:23,924 --> 00:40:24,925
to give each board member to ask if you

1297
00:40:24,925 --> 00:40:26,925
want

1298
00:40:26,927 --> 00:40:28,929
to say something. Board

1299
00:40:28,929 --> 00:40:29,930
member hogue.

1300
00:40:29,930 --> 00:40:30,931
>> we just thank you

1301
00:40:30,931 --> 00:40:31,932
you guys

1302
00:40:31,932 --> 00:40:32,933
for allowing us to meet again. We

1303
00:40:32,933 --> 00:40:34,933
always

1304
00:40:35,936 --> 00:40:36,937
like seeing people. Thank you for

1305
00:40:36,937 --> 00:40:38,937
everything

1306
00:40:38,939 --> 00:40:41,942
you do. We know that being a

1307
00:40:41,942 --> 00:40:43,944
public servant is just

1308
00:40:43,944 --> 00:40:44,945
a service to others, so I appreciate

1309
00:40:44,945 --> 00:40:46,945
everything that

1310
00:40:47,948 --> 00:40:48,949
you guys did.

1311
00:40:48,949 --> 00:40:50,949
>> right

1312
00:40:50,951 --> 00:40:52,953
back to you. Ms.

1313
00:40:52,953 --> 00:40:53,954
braddock?

1314
00:40:53,954 --> 00:40:54,955
>> also thank you very much,

1315
00:40:54,955 --> 00:40:56,955
and

1316
00:40:56,957 --> 00:40:57,958
we appreciate your support. You know, it's

1317
00:40:57,958 --> 00:40:59,958
difficult being in

1318
00:41:00,961 --> 00:41:02,963
the public eye a

1319
00:41:02,963 --> 00:41:03,964
lot. In fact, I don't think I've seen

1320
00:41:03,964 --> 00:41:05,964
you

1321
00:41:05,966 --> 00:41:06,967
since the last time you were here.

1322
00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:09,367
that's how busy you

1323
00:41:09,970 --> 00:41:11,972
are, and we live in the

1324
00:41:11,972 --> 00:41:12,973
same neighborhood.

1325
00:41:12,973 --> 00:41:14,973
>> I'm beat when

1326
00:41:14,975 --> 00:41:16,977
I go by. Anyway, we look forward to

1327
00:41:16,977 --> 00:41:18,912
meeting with you annually, and we

1328
00:41:18,912 --> 00:41:20,914
talked last time about maybe

1329
00:41:20,914 --> 00:41:21,915
making it two times a year.

1330
00:41:21,915 --> 00:41:22,916
>> yes,

1331
00:41:22,916 --> 00:41:23,917
and I think as we

1332
00:41:23,917 --> 00:41:27,921
progress through whatever our planning will be

1333
00:41:27,921 --> 00:41:28,922
for future, we will want to come back

1334
00:41:28,922 --> 00:41:30,924
to you and talk about it some more.

1335
00:41:30,924 --> 00:41:31,925
>> mr.

1336
00:41:31,925 --> 00:41:32,926
zimmerman?

1337
00:41:32,926 --> 00:41:33,927
>> thank you. This is my

1338
00:41:33,927 --> 00:41:35,927
first time attending

1339
00:41:36,930 --> 00:41:38,930
this meeting

1340
00:41:39,933 --> 00:41:42,936
and previously sat down at that

1341
00:41:42,936 --> 00:41:43,937
part of the dias.

1342
00:41:43,937 --> 00:41:45,939
I'm grateful for the commissioners

1343
00:41:45,939 --> 00:41:48,339
for continued support and

1344
00:41:48,942 --> 00:41:50,942
we stand

1345
00:41:51,945 --> 00:41:52,946
ready for

1346
00:41:52,946 --> 00:41:53,947
any issue in any way possible.

1347
00:41:53,947 --> 00:41:54,948
>>

1348
00:41:54,948 --> 00:41:56,948
I like the

1349
00:41:57,951 --> 00:41:59,951
partnership that we

1350
00:42:00,954 --> 00:42:01,955
have, you know, that

1351
00:42:01,955 --> 00:42:03,957
the different communities are all

1352
00:42:03,957 --> 00:42:05,957
part of

1353
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,960
our growth

1354
00:42:08,962 --> 00:42:09,963
management so that everybody is having input.

1355
00:42:09,963 --> 00:42:11,965
and it is going to

1356
00:42:11,965 --> 00:42:12,966
be challenging once we start deciding

1357
00:42:12,966 --> 00:42:14,966
what

1358
00:42:14,968 --> 00:42:15,969
direction we want to go and having

1359
00:42:15,969 --> 00:42:17,905
that

1360
00:42:17,905 --> 00:42:18,906
partnership and keeping everybody

1361
00:42:18,906 --> 00:42:20,906
informed

1362
00:42:21,909 --> 00:42:24,912
will hopefully make it a little

1363
00:42:24,912 --> 00:42:26,914
bit easy and anticipate --

1364
00:42:26,914 --> 00:42:29,917
I mean, y'all don't have to deal with

1365
00:42:29,917 --> 00:42:30,918
rezoning --well, you have to do a

1366
00:42:30,918 --> 00:42:32,918
rezoning --

1367
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:33,921
attendance zonings, and that's probably

1368
00:42:33,921 --> 00:42:36,924
going to be one of the

1369
00:42:36,924 --> 00:42:39,924
first things we have to

1370
00:42:39,927 --> 00:42:41,929
do, and that's not anybody's

1371
00:42:41,929 --> 00:42:42,930
favorite discussion item. So there's

1372
00:42:42,930 --> 00:42:44,930
challenges to be

1373
00:42:45,933 --> 00:42:46,934
met.

1374
00:42:46,934 --> 00:42:47,935
>> commissioner martin? >>

1375
00:42:47,935 --> 00:42:50,938
well, I said an awful lot earlier,

1376
00:42:50,938 --> 00:42:51,939
so I'll be brief. We'll be brief this time.

1377
00:42:51,939 --> 00:42:53,939
unless

1378
00:42:53,941 --> 00:42:54,942
I missed it, dr. Burns, you usually say

1379
00:42:54,942 --> 00:42:56,942
in every

1380
00:42:57,945 --> 00:43:00,945
one of these meetings, if

1381
00:43:00,948 --> 00:43:01,949
it wasn't for teachers.

1382
00:43:01,949 --> 00:43:03,949
>> we

1383
00:43:03,951 --> 00:43:04,952
vnt have

1384
00:43:04,952 --> 00:43:06,954
other professions. That's right. Everybody

1385
00:43:06,954 --> 00:43:07,955
has a teacher first.

1386
00:43:07,955 --> 00:43:09,955
>>

1387
00:43:09,957 --> 00:43:11,959
make sure we got that.

1388
00:43:11,959 --> 00:43:12,960
>> yes. >> thank you, mr. Chairman.

1389
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,961
you know,

1390
00:43:13,961 --> 00:43:17,898
I've heard it said before in different

1391
00:43:17,898 --> 00:43:18,899
ways, and I think it --it's really

1392
00:43:18,899 --> 00:43:20,899
true for

1393
00:43:21,902 --> 00:43:22,903
we are here in nassau county, but

1394
00:43:22,903 --> 00:43:23,904
places

1395
00:43:23,904 --> 00:43:24,905
that don't live, thrive, and grow,

1396
00:43:24,905 --> 00:43:25,906
they die. And at

1397
00:43:25,906 --> 00:43:27,908
the end of the day I think all of

1398
00:43:27,908 --> 00:43:29,908
us that have

1399
00:43:30,911 --> 00:43:33,911
a vested interest here, and

1400
00:43:33,914 --> 00:43:34,915
I look around the dais, around the

1401
00:43:34,915 --> 00:43:36,917
room, and there's people that lived

1402
00:43:36,917 --> 00:43:38,919
here a long, long time. My

1403
00:43:38,919 --> 00:43:39,920
family moved here in '74 and lived

1404
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:40,921
here

1405
00:43:40,921 --> 00:43:42,923
my entire life, essentially. Went

1406
00:43:42,923 --> 00:43:44,925
to callahan schools and

1407
00:43:44,925 --> 00:43:45,926
was blessed with really, really good

1408
00:43:45,926 --> 00:43:48,326
educators along the way.

1409
00:43:48,929 --> 00:43:49,930
and they didn't just teach. Like I

1410
00:43:49,930 --> 00:43:51,932
said before when you

1411
00:43:51,932 --> 00:43:53,932
were

1412
00:43:54,935 --> 00:43:55,936
up there, where your parents didn't

1413
00:43:55,936 --> 00:43:56,937
have

1414
00:43:56,937 --> 00:43:57,938
their eyeballs on you. It means a

1415
00:43:57,938 --> 00:43:59,940
lot to see the

1416
00:43:59,940 --> 00:44:00,941
parent engagement, whenever you drop

1417
00:44:00,941 --> 00:44:02,943
your kid off school

1418
00:44:02,943 --> 00:44:03,944
that they're in good hands. And just

1419
00:44:03,944 --> 00:44:04,945
wanted to

1420
00:44:04,945 --> 00:44:06,947
say thank you in the bottom of my heart.

1421
00:44:06,947 --> 00:44:08,949
I've got a niece

1422
00:44:08,949 --> 00:44:09,950
now that's 10 coming up through the

1423
00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:11,950
school systems in

1424
00:44:12,953 --> 00:44:14,955
callahan, and she's what we call

1425
00:44:14,955 --> 00:44:15,956
the miter bird because she talks,

1426
00:44:15,956 --> 00:44:17,891
but she

1427
00:44:17,891 --> 00:44:18,892
comes by that honestly. But she's --

1428
00:44:18,892 --> 00:44:20,892
I

1429
00:44:20,894 --> 00:44:23,897
know you'll find that very humorous.

1430
00:44:23,897 --> 00:44:24,898
I think that, you know, watching her,

1431
00:44:24,898 --> 00:44:26,898
though, develop

1432
00:44:27,901 --> 00:44:28,902
we'll say I'm not so sure maybe --

1433
00:44:28,902 --> 00:44:29,903
she may

1434
00:44:29,903 --> 00:44:30,904
be the physician of the family. She's

1435
00:44:30,904 --> 00:44:32,904
very, very

1436
00:44:32,906 --> 00:44:33,907
detailed and intricate, and some of

1437
00:44:33,907 --> 00:44:35,907
the stuff she

1438
00:44:36,910 --> 00:44:37,911
comes up with kind of blows me away

1439
00:44:37,911 --> 00:44:38,912
as

1440
00:44:38,912 --> 00:44:39,913
uncle bub a, she would call it. I

1441
00:44:39,913 --> 00:44:42,916
just want to say thank you

1442
00:44:42,916 --> 00:44:43,917
because there's so much going on out there.

1443
00:44:43,917 --> 00:44:44,918
nobody mentioned

1444
00:44:44,918 --> 00:44:45,919
it, but we mentioned it several times,

1445
00:44:45,919 --> 00:44:47,919
and you

1446
00:44:48,922 --> 00:44:49,923
guys see it too because we see people

1447
00:44:49,923 --> 00:44:50,924
throw

1448
00:44:50,924 --> 00:44:54,524
the stones. Social media is very,

1449
00:44:54,928 --> 00:44:56,928
very ugy

1450
00:44:57,931 --> 00:44:59,933
to all of us as electeds

1451
00:44:59,933 --> 00:45:00,934
and public officials. I appreciate

1452
00:45:00,934 --> 00:45:02,934
you

1453
00:45:03,937 --> 00:45:06,337
guys standing strong and

1454
00:45:06,940 --> 00:45:09,943
communicating with people, putting yourself out

1455
00:45:09,943 --> 00:45:10,944
there in harms way saying you haven't reached

1456
00:45:10,944 --> 00:45:12,944
out

1457
00:45:12,946 --> 00:45:15,949
to us. Instead of the banter and

1458
00:45:15,949 --> 00:45:18,886
playing around and giving it another

1459
00:45:18,886 --> 00:45:19,887
light, you pick up the phone. I squim

1460
00:45:19,887 --> 00:45:20,888
saying

1461
00:45:20,888 --> 00:45:21,889
this not because I sit on the board, I can

1462
00:45:21,889 --> 00:45:22,890
pick up the phone and call

1463
00:45:22,890 --> 00:45:24,892
and these people answer their e-mails

1464
00:45:24,892 --> 00:45:27,292
and answer their phones.

1465
00:45:27,895 --> 00:45:28,896
let's continue to stay above the fray.

1466
00:45:28,896 --> 00:45:29,897
I say don't wallow in

1467
00:45:29,897 --> 00:45:30,898
the mud with hogs, and let's continue

1468
00:45:30,898 --> 00:45:33,298
to do what's best

1469
00:45:33,901 --> 00:45:34,902
for nassau county and be proud that

1470
00:45:34,902 --> 00:45:35,903
we're

1471
00:45:35,903 --> 00:45:36,904
all here and a great place to live, that

1472
00:45:36,904 --> 00:45:39,904
people aspire to bring their

1473
00:45:39,907 --> 00:45:41,909
family here, to raise a family, and

1474
00:45:41,909 --> 00:45:42,910
educate their young ones. So thank

1475
00:45:42,910 --> 00:45:44,910
you all

1476
00:45:45,913 --> 00:45:46,914
very much.

1477
00:45:46,914 --> 00:45:47,915
>> thank you, commissioner.

1478
00:45:47,915 --> 00:45:48,916
>>

1479
00:45:48,916 --> 00:45:49,917
commissioner gray.

1480
00:45:49,917 --> 00:45:50,918
>> thank you, mr.

1481
00:45:50,918 --> 00:45:51,919
chairman. Yes, I

1482
00:45:51,919 --> 00:45:52,920
want to thank each and every one of

1483
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,922
y'all for all your hard

1484
00:45:54,922 --> 00:45:56,922
work

1485
00:45:56,924 --> 00:45:57,925
and efforts in maintaining nassau county's

1486
00:45:57,925 --> 00:46:00,925
a-rated school. As we flourish

1487
00:46:00,928 --> 00:46:01,929
here in nassau county and grow, people

1488
00:46:01,929 --> 00:46:02,930
come here

1489
00:46:02,930 --> 00:46:04,932
to raise their families and have their

1490
00:46:04,932 --> 00:46:05,933
children go to a

1491
00:46:05,933 --> 00:46:06,934
safe environment and school environment,

1492
00:46:06,934 --> 00:46:09,937
and that's a big thing nowadays. I

1493
00:46:09,937 --> 00:46:10,938
mean on the eastern sea board, you want

1494
00:46:10,938 --> 00:46:12,938
to

1495
00:46:12,940 --> 00:46:13,941
come to a place raise your children,

1496
00:46:13,941 --> 00:46:14,942
grow

1497
00:46:14,942 --> 00:46:16,944
up, have them go to school, be safe.

1498
00:46:16,944 --> 00:46:18,879
and, you know, the

1499
00:46:18,879 --> 00:46:19,880
schools, the facilities that y'all

1500
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,883
are providing for our students and our growth

1501
00:46:22,883 --> 00:46:23,884
in the county

1502
00:46:23,884 --> 00:46:25,886
is wonderful. And like the commissioner

1503
00:46:25,886 --> 00:46:26,887
said earlier, if we're not

1504
00:46:26,887 --> 00:46:28,889
growing, we're dying. And we don't

1505
00:46:28,889 --> 00:46:29,890
want that.

1506
00:46:29,890 --> 00:46:31,892
we want economic opportunity and expansion.

1507
00:46:31,892 --> 00:46:34,292
we thank y'all as

1508
00:46:34,895 --> 00:46:36,897
a partner very much.

1509
00:46:36,897 --> 00:46:37,898
and again, congratulations on another

1510
00:46:37,898 --> 00:46:39,898
year of

1511
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,900
a-rated schools in nassau county.

1512
00:46:42,903 --> 00:46:43,904
>> commissioner m ccullough. >> I

1513
00:46:43,904 --> 00:46:45,904
should

1514
00:46:45,906 --> 00:46:46,907
have asked you earlier at the dais.

1515
00:46:46,907 --> 00:46:48,907
one

1516
00:46:48,909 --> 00:46:49,910
of the barriers I receive on both

1517
00:46:49,910 --> 00:46:50,911
ends parents are like,

1518
00:46:50,911 --> 00:46:52,913
oh, the commission's just building

1519
00:46:52,913 --> 00:46:53,914
all these neighborhoods, and there's

1520
00:46:53,914 --> 00:46:55,916
nowhere for these children to go to

1521
00:46:55,916 --> 00:46:57,918
schools, but I'm so glad

1522
00:46:57,918 --> 00:47:00,921
you highlighted number one, we are

1523
00:47:00,921 --> 00:47:01,922
not above glasroom capacity. Any of

1524
00:47:01,922 --> 00:47:03,924
our schools because a

1525
00:47:03,924 --> 00:47:06,927
lot of the banter does come from people

1526
00:47:06,927 --> 00:47:07,928
who do not know the fact, but we're

1527
00:47:07,928 --> 00:47:09,928
not over

1528
00:47:09,930 --> 00:47:10,931
those fte counts. You just quoted

1529
00:47:10,931 --> 00:47:11,932
$27

1530
00:47:11,932 --> 00:47:13,934
million for the last school we built

1531
00:47:13,934 --> 00:47:16,937
and we're looking at doubling that.

1532
00:47:16,937 --> 00:47:18,872
people don't understand the financial risk

1533
00:47:18,872 --> 00:47:19,873
of prebuilding out schools, that the state

1534
00:47:19,873 --> 00:47:21,873
requires

1535
00:47:21,875 --> 00:47:22,876
we have to have bodies before we can

1536
00:47:22,876 --> 00:47:23,877
even

1537
00:47:23,877 --> 00:47:25,879
consider school growth. So I think

1538
00:47:25,879 --> 00:47:26,880
one of the things that I

1539
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,882
highlight every year for the public

1540
00:47:28,882 --> 00:47:29,883
when we have this meeting

1541
00:47:29,883 --> 00:47:31,885
is without the homes and neighborhoods, there are

1542
00:47:31,885 --> 00:47:32,886
no new schools. And

1543
00:47:32,886 --> 00:47:34,888
I just think that's important for

1544
00:47:34,888 --> 00:47:37,891
both of us to remember and

1545
00:47:37,891 --> 00:47:39,893
recognize as we move

1546
00:47:39,893 --> 00:47:40,894
forward and for the public to be consciously made aware

1547
00:47:40,894 --> 00:47:41,895
of, that

1548
00:47:41,895 --> 00:47:42,896
without the neighborhoods there will

1549
00:47:42,896 --> 00:47:43,897
be no new schools. And the cost to

1550
00:47:43,897 --> 00:47:44,898
build

1551
00:47:44,898 --> 00:47:46,900
and looking at you brought up the

1552
00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:47,901
pie chart. When

1553
00:47:47,901 --> 00:47:49,903
those local taxes come in and the

1554
00:47:49,903 --> 00:47:51,903
state revenues go

1555
00:47:51,905 --> 00:47:52,906
down, people think that we get this

1556
00:47:52,906 --> 00:47:53,907
huge check from the state,

1557
00:47:53,907 --> 00:47:55,909
and that is now how it works. More

1558
00:47:55,909 --> 00:47:56,910
homes come in, so everything

1559
00:47:56,910 --> 00:47:58,912
just takes time. And I think that

1560
00:47:58,912 --> 00:48:00,914
the more you know, the

1561
00:48:00,914 --> 00:48:01,915
more empowered you are to make those

1562
00:48:01,915 --> 00:48:03,915
positive decisions

1563
00:48:04,918 --> 00:48:06,920
that affect your communities so

1564
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:07,921
much. You know, I'm a 15-year teacher.

1565
00:48:07,921 --> 00:48:09,921
ms.

1566
00:48:10,924 --> 00:48:12,926
simpkens was my first principal.

1567
00:48:12,926 --> 00:48:13,927
she hired me. 15 years later I'm still

1568
00:48:13,927 --> 00:48:15,927
here at

1569
00:48:15,929 --> 00:48:16,930
hilliard after she hired me. But one

1570
00:48:16,930 --> 00:48:17,865
of

1571
00:48:17,865 --> 00:48:19,867
the closing of our mission statement

1572
00:48:19,867 --> 00:48:20,868
is to make productive

1573
00:48:20,868 --> 00:48:22,870
members of society, and I've worked

1574
00:48:22,870 --> 00:48:24,872
with teachers who have been there

1575
00:48:24,872 --> 00:48:25,873
for six months, who have been there for

1576
00:48:25,873 --> 00:48:26,874
a year. Some of us

1577
00:48:26,874 --> 00:48:28,876
have been there in the trenches. I

1578
00:48:28,876 --> 00:48:30,878
call it in the trenches for a

1579
00:48:30,878 --> 00:48:31,879
long time. But I can tell you this,

1580
00:48:31,879 --> 00:48:32,880
if you survive a

1581
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:34,882
decade in public education, you can

1582
00:48:34,882 --> 00:48:36,884
survive anything. You can --

1583
00:48:36,884 --> 00:48:37,885
if you have been there more than a

1584
00:48:37,885 --> 00:48:39,885
decade, your investment

1585
00:48:40,888 --> 00:48:41,889
in your community and growth and the true heart you

1586
00:48:41,889 --> 00:48:43,889
believe

1587
00:48:43,891 --> 00:48:46,894
to make nassau county a better place.

1588
00:48:46,894 --> 00:48:47,895
I think a lot of times, dr. Burns,

1589
00:48:47,895 --> 00:48:48,896
you

1590
00:48:48,896 --> 00:48:49,897
and I had a conversation about this earlier.

1591
00:48:49,897 --> 00:48:51,897
we

1592
00:48:51,899 --> 00:48:52,900
do have a false tenacity to look at

1593
00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:53,901
the negatives and

1594
00:48:53,901 --> 00:48:55,903
highlight the negatives. We're doing

1595
00:48:55,903 --> 00:48:57,903
such

1596
00:48:58,906 --> 00:48:59,907
amazing things as the nos awe board

1597
00:48:59,907 --> 00:49:00,908
of

1598
00:49:00,908 --> 00:49:01,909
commissioners, school board working

1599
00:49:01,909 --> 00:49:03,909
together,

1600
00:49:04,912 --> 00:49:07,915
our sheriffs and police to make

1601
00:49:07,915 --> 00:49:09,915
nassau county

1602
00:49:09,917 --> 00:49:10,918
one of the greatest communities to

1603
00:49:10,918 --> 00:49:12,918
live

1604
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:13,921
in the state. Our students, our parents,

1605
00:49:13,921 --> 00:49:15,921
our residents

1606
00:49:16,924 --> 00:49:17,858
so much more positive. And I hope in 2025

1607
00:49:17,858 --> 00:49:18,859
we're

1608
00:49:18,859 --> 00:49:19,860
really looking and focusing on what

1609
00:49:19,860 --> 00:49:21,862
are the positive things and things

1610
00:49:21,862 --> 00:49:22,863
we're doing right and growing on those right things,

1611
00:49:22,863 --> 00:49:24,865
so thank you, mr.

1612
00:49:24,865 --> 00:49:25,866
chairman.

1613
00:49:25,866 --> 00:49:26,867
>> dr. Burns? >> I just

1614
00:49:26,867 --> 00:49:27,868
want to say

1615
00:49:27,868 --> 00:49:28,869
I do appreciate I know I can pick

1616
00:49:28,869 --> 00:49:31,872
up the phone and call any one

1617
00:49:31,872 --> 00:49:34,875
of you. I want to give out

1618
00:49:34,875 --> 00:49:37,878
a shot out because I can always call him.

1619
00:49:37,878 --> 00:49:38,879
I we share ideas. You know,

1620
00:49:38,879 --> 00:49:40,881
looking ahead to the future, and I

1621
00:49:40,881 --> 00:49:41,882
appreciate the working relationship

1622
00:49:41,882 --> 00:49:42,883
we

1623
00:49:42,883 --> 00:49:43,884
all have. Even if it's something bad,

1624
00:49:43,884 --> 00:49:45,884
something good.

1625
00:49:46,887 --> 00:49:49,890
and I want to re-emphasize again

1626
00:49:49,890 --> 00:49:51,892
if you look at

1627
00:49:51,892 --> 00:49:52,893
our interlocal agreement if we do

1628
00:49:52,893 --> 00:49:54,893
close schools

1629
00:49:55,896 --> 00:49:56,897
or make decisions moving forward, I

1630
00:49:56,897 --> 00:49:57,898
believe there

1631
00:49:57,898 --> 00:49:58,899
are opportunities to benefit all of

1632
00:49:58,899 --> 00:50:01,899
nassau county whether we turn

1633
00:50:01,902 --> 00:50:02,903
it into youth

1634
00:50:02,903 --> 00:50:04,905
facilities, affordable housing or

1635
00:50:04,905 --> 00:50:05,906
something like that,

1636
00:50:05,906 --> 00:50:07,908
I believe there's many opportunities

1637
00:50:07,908 --> 00:50:08,909
for the

1638
00:50:08,909 --> 00:50:10,911
future and appreciate the cooperation and

1639
00:50:10,911 --> 00:50:11,912
support I get from all of you.

1640
00:50:11,912 --> 00:50:12,913
>> a

1641
00:50:12,913 --> 00:50:13,914
comment following on what she said.

1642
00:50:13,914 --> 00:50:15,914
>> when we

1643
00:50:16,917 --> 00:50:18,917
were allowed to

1644
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:20,921
build yulee high school, there were

1645
00:50:20,921 --> 00:50:22,921
over --

1646
00:50:22,923 --> 00:50:24,923
there were 27

1647
00:50:25,926 --> 00:50:27,926
portables. There was

1648
00:50:27,928 --> 00:50:28,929
27 portables at the high school before they

1649
00:50:28,929 --> 00:50:31,329
gave us a recommendation.

1650
00:50:31,932 --> 00:50:34,935
and a lot of people --

1651
00:50:34,935 --> 00:50:36,935
and the attendance

1652
00:50:37,938 --> 00:50:38,939
zone, redesigning that, was something that had to

1653
00:50:38,939 --> 00:50:40,939
be done

1654
00:50:42,943 --> 00:50:43,944
first, too. With neighborhoods we

1655
00:50:43,944 --> 00:50:45,944
don't just

1656
00:50:45,946 --> 00:50:46,947
get to just jump in.

1657
00:50:46,947 --> 00:50:47,948
>> thank you

1658
00:50:47,948 --> 00:50:48,949
very much. I'd like to close

1659
00:50:48,949 --> 00:50:49,950
with this. We're the sixth fastest

1660
00:50:49,950 --> 00:50:51,950
growing

1661
00:50:52,953 --> 00:50:54,953
county

1662
00:50:54,955 --> 00:50:55,956
in the state of florida. That's a reality.

1663
00:50:55,956 --> 00:50:58,356
we're I believe the

1664
00:50:58,959 --> 00:51:00,961
31st in the nation. Am

1665
00:51:00,961 --> 00:51:01,962
I close? 46, I'm sorry. I'm exaggerating.

1666
00:51:01,962 --> 00:51:03,962
the 46th out

1667
00:51:04,965 --> 00:51:07,965
of 3,100 counties in the nation.

1668
00:51:07,968 --> 00:51:10,971
and I know that when folks relocate

1669
00:51:10,971 --> 00:51:12,973
for work or for life

1670
00:51:12,973 --> 00:51:13,974
change, the first thing they do is look

1671
00:51:13,974 --> 00:51:15,976
at the schools before they figure out

1672
00:51:15,976 --> 00:51:16,977
where they're going to buy their house

1673
00:51:16,977 --> 00:51:19,913
or relocate to. So the

1674
00:51:19,913 --> 00:51:20,914
challenges are there for both of you.

1675
00:51:20,914 --> 00:51:21,915
recently we

1676
00:51:21,915 --> 00:51:22,916
had a joint meeting with the city.

1677
00:51:22,916 --> 00:51:24,918
here we are now with the

1678
00:51:24,918 --> 00:51:25,919
joint meeting with the school board.

1679
00:51:25,919 --> 00:51:27,921
we are one nassau.

1680
00:51:27,921 --> 00:51:28,922
everybody is working together on these

1681
00:51:28,922 --> 00:51:31,322
tremendous challenges, and I

1682
00:51:31,925 --> 00:51:32,926
think that as public servants we are

1683
00:51:32,926 --> 00:51:33,927
completely

1684
00:51:33,927 --> 00:51:34,928
transparent in the efforts that we

1685
00:51:34,928 --> 00:51:36,930
put forth for the

1686
00:51:36,930 --> 00:51:37,931
citizens of nassau county. If you

1687
00:51:37,931 --> 00:51:39,931
don't know

1688
00:51:39,933 --> 00:51:40,934
the numbers and you don't see the

1689
00:51:40,934 --> 00:51:43,934
data, you're just not looking.

1690
00:51:43,937 --> 00:51:44,938
so, folks, we're out here serving

1691
00:51:44,938 --> 00:51:45,939
for you and I

1692
00:51:45,939 --> 00:51:47,941
think we're doing good work, and we're

1693
00:51:47,941 --> 00:51:48,942
going to keep plugging forward

1694
00:51:48,942 --> 00:51:51,311
to improve nassau county for everybody.

1695
00:51:51,311 --> 00:51:53,981
and on that, I am going to adjourn.

1696
00:51:53,981 --> 00:51:59,000
thank you very much, dr. Burns and school board.