>>
>> The
>> The common meaning the order and then do the pledge of
>>
>> United
>> United States. And 2 for which it stands one nation under God, it will be a just
>>
>> Good
>> Good evening everyone, so we'd like to do a roll call roll
>>
>> Morsy
>> Morsy is absent
>> Morsy is absent and Christina here for. Okay and I'd like to know if we
have any opening comments we
could start them with you Mike.
I do not like okay,
>>
>> And
>> And so
>> And so we have to make an approval of the agenda. So with someone like to make a motion
to approve the agenda please
motion to approve the agenda.
>> From.
>> Today's meeting for today's
meeting
The
The approval of the agenda
been
been approved and emsa now we'd like to have a motion for the approval of the minutes make.
>> A motion to approve the
minutes from the August 6
education committee meeting.
>> Do we have a second by
second that all in favor aye
any opposed.
>> And we are on to old
business and at the review of
the school advisory
>>
>> Is
>> Is that how you want to know so I brought that up just to make sure everyone's OK with
their assignments if we have
anything that we'd like to
discuss from those meetings
anything they like to bring
>>
>> I've
>> I've been to 2 meetings
>> I've been to 2 meetings so far just but at polar Park they haven't come to me
directly with anything they
want to bring to the board but
they know right when I'm there
for them a liaison, so okay so
far so
>>
>> Okay
>> Okay and then we'd like to have a the discussion about the frequency of the education
committee meetings.
>> So when I brought this up I
just want to just basically
give a whole clear understand
so it's a minimum of quarterly
meeting so if we like to call
any additional meetings if
there's anything that comes up
to this
act means or are we just want
to have a workshop. We're
definitely open that so we're
just to stick to the quarterly
and if based off requests,
we'll just keep adding more
and more if need be so we can
do workshop meetings and or
these official meetings if if
we have something that was
substance to
talk about.
>> So how does that work though
we want to request it doesn't
have to be discussed so
the chair.
>> Vice chair can go ahead and
request to me I put up the
ladder and then will we can
make it happen.
>> I mean how did you all feel
about it and then we had a
little time to think about we
talked about at the last
meeting about having a few more
meetings on there. We need to
talk about like the new vision
and and the ways we want to
move forward as an education
committee I think we talked
about maybe having a workshop
in order to
do that.
>> Do we have any requests for
like how how quick do we want
this workshop, I'm open to any
day, I know our next tentative
date for the education
committees
November 5th on Tuesday, if we
like a meeting before that just
to do the quick discussion and
workshop as long as we're
within the sunshine while we
should be a-okay.
>> So if we had a meeting
before that we discuss it and
then we
would vote on anything we
discussed it just as they come
from request or from the chair,
the vice chair and then we can
make it happen doesn't have to
be entire built like we're
definitely open to a vote.
>> It's just a chair provides
all the special meeting is
to discuss remember vision and
how we want to make a new
forward as an education
committee, okay I
like it. I think it would be
great if we could plan that
date tonight so we can offer
an advance and just you know no
one to know ahead of time so we
can try to
be here.
>> And at another way we would
do it would be to do it at the
November 8th meeting
is that.
>> Yes an Expedia we could also
discuss that that next state
could be a week or 2 after that
we wanted to
just really going to the vision
statement of education
committee and maybe and it's
something that of that nature
and really decide with
education Committee wants
>>
>> Before
>> Before you mention November 8th as of November and member >> I mean I you know I think
it's a good idea for the
committee
to review what the mission as I
know there are some things that
maybe you know now
we're like post-covid that we
need to speak about things like
that so I'm open to making the
day today or
pointing to the 5th that's
>> I opened having a workshop
before. Yeah, the number 54,
yes
I am what about you guys what
do you think about before that
or just prefer to do it at the
November 5th meeting.
>> I'm I kiss it sort of
depends only
>>
>> October is like a busy busy to Iran about is that exactly yeah so
busy, especially.
>> And for you know the
committee members that are
possibly involved in their own
school and
the fundraisers and things like
that happening and what not but
I mean if.
>> If we can squeeze one
minute. Here's my concern like
can we get all the information
too. Our
committee before November 5th,
so we can think about some
things first and then
be ready.
>> Yeah I can do the same thing
we did with the SEC assignments
and just do it for the next
meeting just so I can just say
hey there's a few proposed
dates that we have availability
on Council chambers.
See if that works with the new
guys schedule and then we can
go
from there.
>> Well I think what I meant
was if we could get information
about our vision statement
and maybe. Compile some
thoughts that each of us have
into one document so we can
kind of review. It ahead of
time and then at that November
5th meeting hit the ground
running rather than just kind
of asking questions and all
of that.
>> Absolutely so everyone can
just forward then that
information to me I think about
in one document so we're under
sunshine law and then we should
be okay.
>> I mean agreement
on that.
>> And so I think that's good
because I didn't want to have
to catch up you know like
hatchery right now and rather
just be able to get some
separate competition, it was
seeking to say can we sort of
like pre
discuss it and then yeah, so if
we're a dollar thoughts on
paper things that we would
to
to see
to see and then we can submit any and then you put it in one document an Aussie ahead of
time and be prepared to discuss
at that meeting substance.
I did have one so after a
November 5th, because of
Thanksgiving weekend everything
would you guys like to me like
beginning of December when it's
not so busy for critic after
Thanksgiving, but before
Christmas gets kind of
crazy year.
>> Mike first week in December
members probably the only week
I'd be
able to and yeah we have to
kind of be the only we get
>> As long as there's
availability in the council
chambers or that or the
conference tournament there we
should be okay, I can imagine
one
of the.
>> It will be for you guys want
to pick a day so we haven't had
an a calendar that you don't
We
We could
We could be tentative at least have it so yeah, yeah that sends care are set
meetings that week the first
week of December for
example landings. As the Monday
the second I don't know if you
would consider having on a
Monday but that's a
second meeting for school so
other schools may also have
staff meetings that so.
>> James can you figure that
part out for us and then send
that in the email maybe that
would be better look at that
first week tentatively and then
see if there's
any conflicts so I will
actually have the dates right
here in front of
a microphone.
>> Season Thursday, so it
doesn't look like there's any
meetings on Tuesday so
December
December 3rd. >> Could be a good attentive date for us for now and then of
course we'll confirm that in
>>
>> Okay
>> Okay and we're on to new business that was pretty fast Us or Anthony business I wish I
had my reading glasses.
Assuming it says reduce speed,
it's a red and then school
safety
safety presentation. >> All right but I don't want to thank you, thank you Sir.
>> Good evening, education
committee I'm Nicole co time
the villages emergency
management public
safety director and we're here
tonight to talk to you about a
program that is actually going
to Council on October 8th for
approval, it's school zone
speed
enforcement cameras and we
actually have David with red
speed here who's going to
provide the presentation and
this project came to us through
our vision
0 initiative which was all
about making our roadways safer
here here in the village of
Wellington so this kind of fits
under that umbrella vision 0
and with that I'll just turn it
over to David to give us a
presentation.
?
presentation. ? >> Good evening everyone
presentation. ? >> Good evening everyone to
come a T's and gentlemen.
>> There you go just a little
bit about myself before I jump
into the presentation like
Nicole said my name is David
Dennis be
a a in June I retired from the
Miami Beach police Department I
was the assistant chief of
operations. And then shortly
thereafter Reds beat pick me up
and gave me some fancy title
may be the vice president of
client relations and sales,
mainly client relations so when
we get a contract with the city
on the one that helps them on
board and brings them on board
and does all the people working
on things that we need
?
to do.
? to do.
? to do. Come out of retirement so
quickly because I
really do believe in the
mission of red speed and what
we're trying to accomplish with
with with our systems.
Like many of you for the last 6
years I serve on my daughters.
Safety committee and school
advisory committee in Broward
County so it's very important
for me that that we accomplish
the safety aspect of
the school zones and all our
schools really I really wish
that every city would would
pick this up whether it's red
speed or somebody else there
are the vendors but with its
red speed or not just in order
to achieve that goal of
reducing and to have people
really the goal
is to.
Change driver behavior so that
when they think of a school and
they're approaching the school
they automatically slow down
because they know it's not
going to get
a ticket. Our deputies, our
police officers can't be in
every school zone every minute
of the day. But my
cameras can and so that would
presentation we're going to
show you gonna kind of go over
that I was given James at
40 minutes right.
>> And it's not
that long.
>> I have 2 short videos and
here was a 3 minute video was
just a real short PSA just as
an example and I just clicking
through here on the left I'm
James you can go and just got
it okay. So no no shocker here
Florida you know back in 2018
ranked first in the country is
having the most dangerous
school zones. Not a surprise
not a shock.
Grades for for for safety
20 Florida counties as you can
see both rural and urban.
And the fatality rate of
someone that hit by car 20
miles per hours 10%. But if you
just go up
to that 58 miles per hour now
jumped all the way up to 90% so
really this is
a no-brainer we really want we
really need to slow people down
when they're in school zones.
All right this is the short
video you'll have.
>> Florida is most
dangerous state test reasons to
address this the Florida
Legislature passed a
bipartisan law.
>> HB 67 just an egregious
speeding in school zones
statewide lawn.
Speed may be in force only when
schools
and see.
>> And in a half-hour before
classes start during and a half
hour after school ends. Cameras
can only be place in
designated schools, it's a
?
violations are issued for
speeds exceeding posted speed
limit by 10 miles per hour.
And signs will be posted prior
to the
camera location. The
municipality or County must
conduct a public awareness
campaign and issue warning for
a period of 30 days prior to
commencing enforcement. It's a
$100 civil penalty.
>> Red speed speed cameras can
mentally for speed. But
also provide your Police
Department with invaluable
video and license plate
recognition capability used for
purposes of determining
criminal or civil liability for
incidents captured by the speed
detection system incidental to
the permissible use of
the speed action system recipe
uses either a 3 D tracking
radar Orleans, specific light
are above ground not invasive
detection method Lane, specific
identification and speed
triggers that
?
record accurate speeds within
the plus or -1 mile per hour.
Our cameras powerful
?
enough to simultaneously track
250 objects in its field of
view. In addition to
issuing speed violations
comprehensive speech statistics
are compiled by the system it
can help scientists determine
if there's a need for
additional enforced, but this
is to perform the daily star
?
to calibrate just started force
but only after all check
surpassed successfully.
Wind speeds speed cameras
working on weather conditions
and can be configured
?
to work simultaneously with
video with an independent lpr
component.
The Reds
beat system provides a video
archive that can be used for
incidental criminal and
civil enforcement we'll time
video streaming 45 day video
access via any device, it's
consistent with state law for
determining simple will
criminal liability for events
captured instead ultimately
force Mont other as users
can access HD video from any of
the overview and late specific
video camera.
>> Streams to find the time of
interest and download the video
of the directly on
?
>> their device.
Elaine specific video cameras
or zoomed in to provide clear
identification of vehicle
features
?
features ? caller
features ? caller asked.
>> We make.
? caller asked. >> We make. Models.
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And license plate in this is
for all lanes of enforcement.
A combination of overview video
at least specific video allows
for crime investigators to not
only trace the vehicle through
?
the intersection it also reads
placed.
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placed. ?
placed. ? License plate recognition.
?
The license plate recognition
module is a real-time license
plate identification system.
A centralized place archive
across all
?
lpr enabled cameras that work
simultaneously with the speed
enforcement system.
PR modules, a real-time license
plate of the occasion system
with the central was played
archive across all lpr enable
cameras that work in
?
the past really up to speed
enforcement system.
Supports real-time amber
alert functionality
?
text or email notifications to
individual or groups of
authorized recipients. PR
can imports.
>> Existing state and federal
help us generate custom
helpless and export played
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>> arcade databases third-party
applications already in use by
the
>>
>> So
>> So along with the main goal of reducing speed in school zones because really I
think that has to be the main
goal but as you can see by the
video there's a lot of other
benefits and from the law
enforcement perspective.
The license plate readers and
those and that technology that
is part of what we provide
is invaluable. The ability to
have immediate hits on for
example wanted vehicles or
let's say somebody has to
away
away or
away or from from this particular School of that that's registered in there.
Then deputies that have that
system and what we offer is
flock which is the system that
Palm Beach sheriff's office
uses. They'll get that instant
notifications so there's
tremendous benefit besides the
main goal which is to reduce
the speed. It also does provide
revenue, you know I like to say
this is not about money because
the the first of all the fine
is a $100.
I left for each of you a little
pamphlet and in there is the
breakdown of what the fine is
like. So it's not a tremendous
amount of money as matter of
fact of one of the deputies
write you a ticket for an
equivalent miles per hour over
you're probably looking at
about $400 for that ticket
plus points.
Art is a civil violations that
only $100 no points. No impact
on the it wasn't about
the money. But all of the money
that the village will
receive from it can be used and
can only be used for public
safety initiatives. So it has
to come back into the village
for for
those purposes, I'm sure the
education committee also note
that $12.12 1% of that $100
fine goes back to the school
district and again they need
the use that money only for
improvements of
for example. Pedestrian
improvements sidewalk safety
issues that that those kinds of
things are very kind of
restricted on what the can use
it doesn't go into a general
fund of the
school district. So that's
that's a that's a benefit for
for the school district in Palm
Beach. And then the
the best part I think for for
the municipality and for the
villages that it's 0 cost for
them.
0 people ask how
much is this costing nothing we
install everything we go
through the permitting process
we do the construction. We put
up the equipment and then what
we do is from the $60 that the
village gets
we get $21 of that $60 and
that's how we get our our our
payment from from the
A
A couple
A couple of other just benefits we kind of talked about liberating the force multiplier
aspect of this so the captain
here
in Wellington can now redirect
resources to other areas as
opposed to having motor man or
deputies, sitting in school
zones, nice to pull cars
Coming
Coming up
Coming up you agree with me. >> 2 maybe 3 at a time for
that's already getting
dangerous.
The cameras will pick up
everyone that's going over the
speed limit 10 miles 11 miles
over the speed limit.
>> So it's a
force multiplier they can be
redirected to things that are
that are other things that that
are
of importance and then as that
officer safety officer safety
come one of that I like to add
because.
One of the most dangerous
things we do as law enforcement
to the 2 most dangerous things
we do want to traffic and the
other is domestic violence
call so by eliminating that
need to have that interaction
with the drivers that's an
officer safety component for
the Palm Beach sheriff's
office. And that was the
last thing is the
video archiving if there's an
incident also so the
system can be used to speed
system cannot be used for
active surveillance so there's
that they're not allowed to sit
there and watch and you know to
do drug bust in that kind
of thing however if there's an
incident that occurs and it's
incidental to the surveillance.
They will have access to go
back into
the system we restored for 45
days, they'll be able to go
back into the system and pull
that video out for the purposes
that's huge when it comes to
investigations, God forbid you
have a serious accident or
homicide and robbery any of
those things and if the camera
captured it they'll be able to
use it as evidence and that's I
think huge I can tell you from
my experience in Miami Beach.
You know sleepy little town
with not much happens that the
cameras were a very
instrumental in our success in
solving crimes.
One of the things that we
recipe do is we provide and we
assist the village with the
public say the public awareness
campaign which is required by
law and so one of the things we
do is we produce a public
service announcement. Along
with Flyers and you know a lot
of other things a question and
answer for
their website. The village will
get its own dedicated
toll-free website. So that when
somebody has a question they
can call the toll-free number
folks at our customer service
know that it's Wellington and
based on rules
that we you still have to go
through once once hopefully
this gets approved by Council.
They'll know how to
answer whatever the question is
so they'll have what we believe
will have its own dedicated
toll-free number.
Whoever gets a violation
hearing the here in the
village.
All right so this is an example
and these PSA is can be
tailored to however
the village however, the client
wants I have clients where it's
been the chief of police that
does the whole thing. I have
clients where the chief of
police. Introduces and a man or
motor woman in one case
does does remainder this case I
like the uses the example
because they play Chris when a
little bit creative they
actually involved principals of
schools
in there PSA and so I just
really think they did a good
job of it, but we produce is
we've we tape it we feel meant
we have a company that puts us
together he hit my fact that
was with him yesterday we were
doing a plantation. Video and
he does a fantastic job.
>>
>> School
>> School zone speed cameras have been proven to reduce speeds and
improve safety around our
schools, our speed enforcement
cameras are located at our
Publix schools and at Gulliver
preparatory camp I mean to
North Academy and ramp and a
school at Temple
Beth am.
>> We want our students and our
families to know that we are
watching out for our children
and we're doing that in all
aspects while they're out of
school coming to school and
inside East.
>> Drivers will be notified
with signs that code
enforcement is being utilized
in the area. School cameras are
active whenever school
is Inc enforcement hours begin
30 minutes before the start of
the
school day and continue until
30 minutes after school ends
drivers traveling in excess of
10 miles per hour
will be cited the notice of
violation is a civil penalty it
will be mailed to the vehicles
registered owner and it
includes a $100 fine a driver's
license and not incur
any points and one factor
insurance eye the village of
pine Crest will retain 60% of
the funds to administer the
speed detection
system program.
>> It's just going to build a
safer and better the lives of
pie crust be part of the team
that's going to make this
community bigger better
and safer.
>> Pine Crest Police Department
encourages all drivers
especially in school zones to
put down their phones pay
attention
?
attention ? to the road wins and be a
responsible
>>
>> So
>> So how
>> So how do we know it works which is always a good question.
We've been in operation in
Georgia, which has a very
similar law to Florida affect
Florida's law was modeled after
the Georgia law we've been in
Georgia for over 5 years almost
6 years now.
We have about 70% of that
market and in terms
of clients. And we've seen
repeatedly 90% reduction from
when we do the speech study at
the beginning before we
installer systems to the
first year after completion and
then we see 25% reductions year
after year beyond that we only
see about a 10%
recidivism meaning you know the
one thing only about 10% get
another fine once they get the
first finding usually learned
her lesson. So we know
it works and and so you know
the goal then is to do that and
replicate that here in Florida
I I'll say this just in will be
lasting as an open up for
questions. Now the state of the
in Tallahassee theirs.
I really get the exact number
but it's about a 120 elected
officials between the Senate
and the House there's only 9 to
sense for this for
this law which to me says in
the environment we're in this
book and I read this bipartisan
support for this law.
Israeli to cause a no-brainer
I
I will
I will thank you for listening to me I gave this presentation couple weeks ago to the public
safety committee as well I
think it was well received it
was well received
I made it out without getting
arrested and I know that I'm
coming back in a month or so
for the senior.
In your advisory committee and
I've had one on ones with a lot
of the
council members. Most appear to
be very supportive of this but
anybody has any specific
questions maybe I didn't cover
that I can answer.
>> I think it's great I'm I'm
so happy to hear that it's free
for for the village of
Wellington then you know, I'm
assuming there's going to be
those that just aren't paying
attention and will continue to
do it does it does it go to
collections or how
does it. If they don't pay yeah
if they're constantly like had
to writes OK so if someone gets
a violation.
>> And they completely ignore
it.
>> Yeah.
>> It can it will
turn eventually into a uniform
traffic citation now they still
won't get any points. But then
it goes into the clerk of
courts process.
Now if they go to let's say the
elect
for hearing. Right they got the
civil fund a civil violation
they elect
for hearing. You know they do
not show up or they show up in
their found guilty and then
don't pay it within the 30 days
after that can then go to
collections.
Who runs the hearing. It would
be the magistrate for here for
for
the bill which yeah so there's
2 things that the village has
to has to provide one is a
magistrate for those hearings
now I'll tell you that again
just utilizing the data that we
have from Georgia only 2% of
people. The good violations
request hearings. I think
there's a certain amount of
embarrassment to come in front
of someone I was doing 50 miles
an hour.
In our and then only one
percent actually show up so
it's very minimal a number of
people that actually request
these hearings. But so that's
one thing that villages to
provide a magistrate in order
to adjudicate these these of
these hearings and then
a traffic enforcement officer,
whether it's from Palm Beach or
could be a code officer that
specially trained to actually
do the review before we mail
out the violation so we review
it twice back in our offices.
We pull all the information in
terms of that the registered
owner information we put into
our system and then it comes
here to
the village where someone has
to go through and you know I
can say this because I was a
cop for almost 30 years the
system is cop proof it's a
green button and a
red button and it's a
the presumption is it's a
rebuttable presumption in the
end it was built in the debate
into the law meaning as long as
my equipment is functioning
right there is no rebuttal to
it. It's assume that to be that
you were speeding.
And so it's it's a very easy
system
for them 2 to approve those are
the 2 things that the village
has to provide we handle
the rest.
>> Okay and the say that the
citation that's issued is that
issue but the village of
Wellington is that.
How how walk me through that if
you get the ticket
for you.
>> The that's all the branding
is village of Wellington
there's there's nothing on
anything that we send out to
violators that says
red speed not even the final
administrative order let's say
they go to a hearing and
they're found guilty.
>> What will prepare and what
mail it out, but all
of that.
>> Is village of Wellington
it's got the village Crest it's
got the village branding yeah,
it's from the village of
Wellington there. The village
is contracting with us to
perform this function for
That's
That's why we have to pass an ordinance in order to. Be allowed to do this to
actually codify to be able to
to be able to do it OK.
>> In the in these the funding
aspect, I'm sorry. And in the
funding aspect.
>> The $12 that goes to the
locals
school districts is that going
to the Palm Beach County school
district or is that coming to a
separate fund here in
Wellington so that's one of the
Palm Beach County. School
district. I'll tell you this
just and I'm not going to I'm
going to say who but I
know that when you're elected
council members did bring up
and we're
looking into having
conversations with the school
district to see if that those
funds can be.
Dedicated to the service here
in Wellington but that's
something we have to work out
is that that would be nice
to do. For all the cities that
right and that anyone with a
lot
of doubt are there other
municipalities here in Palm
Beach County that are utilizing
us at this point so we have
Alexa hat she'd Grove which is
getting ready to put it in
front of their counsel we've
been doing presentations with
them
Delray Beach.
>> Is getting ready go in front
of Council you all might be the
first just based on the
calendar to actually
approve it. We're north
of 20 plus throughout the state
I can tell you you know the big
ones that
we have miami-dade County is
about
230 schools. Tallahassee city
of Tallahassee manatee County
Hillsborough County. South
Miami pine Crest from Miami
gardens West Miami. Plantation
coconut Creek Deerfield.
High Springs Lottie
And
And on
And on this a couple, I know So yeah we've we've we've got quite a few.
>> Okay and then the.
>> Last on last probably not
>> They
don't yeah they the the camera
and
PR out there are only
enforcing during a time period
but are they running throughout
24 7. Yes, the cameras are
running
24 7.
>> However, we are only
triggering the enforcement
aspect of this the half hour
before the half hour after
throughout the day. Okay
they're not triggered when
there's no school vacation days
off weekends, they're not
they're not triggering
violations but they
are running.
>> And are they the and you may
you may not know the answer
this but the LP Ares going to
be hooked up to the same system
lpr is that we currently have
yes, okay, yes, flock. Flock
systems, okay.
>> We've been working with a
captain that's in the the
traffic division with pbso
really the goal would be
All
All of
All of the contract cities would fall into the same just to make it easier for PBS
elves that there's not multiple
systems that they're working
off of that really it would
be ideal. But that's up to each
individual municipality to
decide whether or not they can
do that great thank you.
Yes, Sir.
>> I've been chomping at the
bit over here. I think this
is incredible. I'm on board
entirely so I think we all have
unique perspective,
you know and wherever we are in
life 20 years from now I'll
have an entirely different
perspective and passion, but
right now in from the
perspective of a mother of
school-age children who sits in
school lines. And.
It is really a need and
I'm so grateful to see
this car up today because I've
been sitting in the school
lines and I've been personally
experiencing the chaos.
So I think this is this is
amazing for the safety of the
students and I also had a
question for you about so when
I was in the school line on
September 4th.
I was actually witness to a car
accident that was a road rage
type of car accidents. So my
point is with these cameras
also be able to be used if the
accident happens in the school
during these hours could those
cameras be used to
then help and you know it could
if if the camera captures it
captures action that could be
used for for okay Yep I and I I
really believe in this I think
that just the awareness people
seen
adults behavior. Well calm down
just by knowing they're there I
think you're going to see.
I I'm not just hope I think it
will.
>> How I definitely I mean 90%
reduction in Georgia, you know
year later that's the entire
state that's over 70 clients
that we have in Georgia, so
that we know the data shows
that it's going to help it's
going to reduce speed. You
know, 10% are probably people
that you know don't go through
there all the time the goal
really like I said at the
beginning. We're trying to
change driver
behavior now don't know if you
all are aware miami-dade so
miami-dade County there's a
city called about Harbor.
Nobody speeds to about Harbor.
Why because they know it's only
one road. It's 5 walks and
there's a motorman
ways and so they fly through
city
city North. And then when they get to it and 91st Street will starts room.
>> They sold out why because
the condition and so my hope is
that eventually all school
zones have these.
Just drivers will become
condition that when they think
school how fast a mile and the
slowdown.
10 miles per hour 11 miles per
hour because really we're only
worse after hit 11 miles per
hour. So think about that 20
mile per hour school zone
they're not getting it taken to
the
hit 31. That's way too fast.
Now that's the law so that then
we can to change it. I think
it's why he got such bipartisan
support because of many factors
and I think that's one of
And
And when
And when that speed zone turns into 40 miles per hour. During the day regular you're
talking about 51 miles per hour
through a school that is way
too fast when I was out writing
tickets in school zones.
I only gave him 6 miles they're
hitting their vehicle hit 6
miles over this. The was
flashed in front in the head 6
miles over there getting a
ticket because it because it is
that's how important it
I
I mean
I mean this business for a while we've seen ugly accidents that. Yeah that yes the worst
I.
>> Think also because I mean
the main is to slow people
down. But and this is a
question not just a
comment that that I think it
will also him
prove behavior even at 3 or 4
miles an hour because what I'm
seeing is not just
sometimes regularly. Cars going
into oncoming traffic lanes to
cut somebody off to go around
to almost hit a child to run
over you know if there's a lot
of that going on to that's
happening at a very low speed
maybe 1, 2, to 5 miles
an hour. So I was just
wondering if this system won't
just help capture some of those
or.
You know I
think it will help with
behavior, you know generally
that yeah. I mean you know as I
hope that that
that it.
>> It makes people put their
phones down yeah, there's not
that that irks me more than I
would help in my daughter's
school in the mornings and.
And my 2 and a Catholic school
and meet the Press one time
payments because David Daniel
with
the parents.
>> And I got a father, I'm a
I'm a cop is known I still yeah
you're not uniform, you can't
you can't do the parents.
We've got to put the phones
down. So yes, hopefully the
idea would be that it would it
would also impact those kinds
of behaviors.
>> Nicole you can we get some
of these numbers
out yeah. So we did that we did
studies for your schools, right
beforehand and. And this one
elementary school. One day
there's a one-day study.
Triggered
that over
11 miles per hour and that one
day 1156 violators.
Another elementary school
different elementary school
1003.
And then it kind of drops
another elementary school for
69 which still way too high.
4.27. 3 89 3.72 to 73 tool 6
for us anything over 200.
>> It's very bad
1156 violations of people going
over 20 miles an hour over well
at
3110 plus over 38. It was 20
they were doing 30 member this
all day so depends on what time
of day they were driving by
it's 10 over there going 10
miles over the speed limit
where the speed limit is at the
time that they got capture if
you had 1156 in that one
elementary school.
>> I see any chance you want to
tell us which school it was we
want to say was going.
>> I do know this is a public
good, but it will be now.
Binx forest
And
And it
And it was on banks forest drive that that approach you but I'm sorry I don't know your
>>
>> Yeah
>> Yeah actually I did have as many. I guess it to partner.
>> So what each school may get
the one unit.
>> No it depends on the
school's on so some schools
and may have multiple zones,
right
and then pending you know if we
put one pull up that means
we're going to be able to
install bi-directional cameras,
but it depends on the location,
there's a lot of variables
where is the power source
coming from that all has to be
worked on the engineering side
of this once once we
get going. They got a look at
the exact location figure out,
but you ideally you want to get
them coming and going right so
we might be or what I at the
beginning of the school zone
one at the other end of the
school zone to get both you
either North or South or East
West. Whichever so and then
>> We're really just talking
about. Sending
violations for for automatic
violations for speeders
correct. It's not like gay.
You know during
At
At our
At our school for example that the intersection there's like I know right on
red during school hours and
that one is by far the
most like. I guess violated
right safety, you know
>>
>> So
>> So although we do do many red speed. Red light cameras
do
do that
do that that is not what's before you and that is not what's before the council
and you know read like program
and I started to read like
program program in Miami Beach
15 years
Connotation to it has a different feel to it. The distribution of the funds was
different. So.
The transfer question know this
is strictly speed. It's not
automatic.
Because have
to go through 3 levels of
review before it issued so.
Attic they want to trigger to
trick triggers automatic, yes,
it triggers automatically.
Yes, it's only speed on the
speed.
>> Which is so good it was just
yes, no it is jeriann and I'm
not if you
could only and this is a
problem here is that would be
great public hearing. I'm not
saying that red light cameras
are.
>> Good because we've had a
Miami Beach for many years and
they're very successful in
reducing crashes at those
intersections there's a there's
a value
to it. The issue always was
just the language in the
statute were some magistrates
winter putting a certain way
you know the right turn
on red California rolls you
know, he's the love that he did
a California Rob we were not in
California, you know right now
anyways.
>> So yeah I want to give that
impression anti read like
Amazon. The country that's I
think it's got
value to it and if down the
road to the village wants to
explore that we can but what's
before the council today.
Well when it comes up in
October is the speed.
>> I think this is great I'm
all
for it, I'm a parent at banks.
I've seen it I think anything
to keep our
kids safe. I love how they
included principles in the
public service announcement I
think that really makes it more
personal. I think it's great.
>> Yeah, and if if the
council approves. It will
work with Nicole and the rest
of the team to figure out what
that PSA will look like.
Whatever they want really.
>> I also think it's great
I do have a question so does
that mean that that we're not
going to have police officers
out at the schools
at all.
>> I doubt that in fact in fact
we have a process in place in
to get a ticket by a police
officer and also got a ticket
by one of
my cameras. The driver would
have to fill out an affidavit.
Send it to us along the copy,
the ticket. Their tickets take
priority over ours we would
dismiss ours they're getting
points and a lot more expensive
ticket with them than they are
with us so they're not going to
be happy about that one right.
But we have process not only
for that we have process, let's
say someone's car got stolen
and the cars fly.
Affidavit give us the police
report on it was stolen
dismissed the ticket so we're
very. You know we're very open
understanding when it comes to
those kind of scenarios.
But it does fall on the
violator on the registered
owner. Because you know
It's
It's someone's car, but they left it to their mother law then they got a snitch. The
mother lout if they don't want
to
pay it. So they can but then
we'll be sending that person
the violation.
>> That's good I feel more
comfortable having a police
presence there
Zach for having for reasons
like you already had a few
minutes James, and yes that you
cannot replace that
that that is one of fantastic
that sense of of you know just
just having them there that
presence is invaluable because
you know my son just to pull
the camera on it.
>> Serves a purpose, one more
question. I'm when you said it
has to be approved possibly an
a tobar when would roll out be
would it be this school year or
is that some and that takes
time and it would be next to
where we were talking about
that so.
>> If it gets approved.
The call when you think it
would get approved
>> Right now we're looking at
an October 8th contract
approval, and
if so we're looking maybe 60 to
90 days out from the issuance
of the permit so
ideally if that's January we
start the 30 day warning
period. I mean that's kind of
roughly it if we can get it in
for the school year. Yeah, I
would love to try to get it.
>> Well you know when they get
back from winter break. That
would be ideal. We do have to
do a 30 day by law 30 day
warning period. So people get
warnings in the mail. If they
get caught and then after that
30 days it will go live.
And that 30 days also is a good
opportunity for
us to to tweak the cameras that
you know because this
technology so
sometimes the lasers pointing
somewhere words capturing 2
lanes and not one light so we
use that time period.
Fix all those those issues.
I've got I've got.
South Miami city 24th, South
Miami goes live tomorrow and
pine Crest goes life.
The 30th. With their systems
they've already gone through
their 30 day warning periods.
>> To that Sir you do I can you
can you tell I enjoy what I do
now you have it's important
work it is I want to thank you
so do we have to many saying
this is just informative for
a store okay great if we could
if we go to the council meeting
and say hey we want this is
that a good thing or so that
your your committee
that matter.
>> I'm only we're going back to
my time in Miami Beach they
can't make a motion to support
this conceptually to there to
the council do they
do that.
>> A motion to I don't think
there's a motion and I know
you're welcome to do that.
But it's not required for this
item I did have one more
question before we
do that.
>> okay so you did
mention that.
>> Requests can be made for I
guess either a
copy or or I guess proof of the
violation in other words by the
person that I guess got the
citation but. You know can the
principal of the school
maker requests us for some kind
of like what information of the
archive
>>
>> I
>> I don't think of the footage they would be under public records law entitled to it
That's
That's a
That's a quick questions are asked a question before you know what gifts so when someone
gets a violation they'll get a
Web you know you get a link so
where you can go to and you'll
see that photo of the car,
the tag, you know all the
information of how fast they're
going all
that stuff right they don't get
the video don't get the video.
>> Yeah I think you did say
that someone could
request that and police can
request a leased for okay if
they needed for evidence
purposes right and that would
usually require
a subpoena.
>> Okay which we do we do all
the time we get course we
fulfill those on time but.
Like I guess maybe not even for
like speeding. Not
even for like a speeding
situation for some other
kind of.
>> You know off the wall, you
know a good Julian things
happen in this world and like
the principal has to know OK
who was driving this car met
such
and such.
>> I know you're you're you're
going to that you know you're
getting really close to the
ledge of that privacy issues
right. You know
every year. By law we're
required to produce a millage
is required to pass, but we do
it for him a
report that.
>> Says how many violations
that you know how many paid but
there's no individual violator
informational name address
phone number car, none of that
tough because
of privacy concerns so I cannot
imagine I have to ask but I
just
cannot imagine that principle
would be able to say I want to
know how fast you know the
blue BMW with Florida tag blah
blah blah blah was gone, we
would not provide us we had a
quarter. We would provide.
To the Police Department if
they're investigating something
yeah absolutely we would.
So that's a crime associated
with that the particle that
would have to go through the
Police Department to do it.
>> Okay, yeah I guess said was
kind of like and where I was
going with that is just you
know
wouldn't it. Police report have
to be filed and then it would
be OK
to serve.
>> Of because you know at least
get the ark I feel that see
just information so that's very
very
protected so even you know it's
very different when I started
almost 30 years ago today we
meaning law enforcement
you can't run a tag unless you
have a specific reason as to
why you're running a tag and
when you run that tag you're
putting it in the running its
tackle that pull him over.
the law long gone are the
days where I did you know, I'd
be driving and I just be like
up to that in just running tags
randomly you can't do
that anymore.
>> It's just against all kinds
of sieges policies and
protections.
Has changed has it and 6 month
>> And I would
just imagine that the
principals don't necessarily
want that and put it.
>> No no you know speaking of
like you know a fun.
>> A vendor a hit and run or
something like that you
know and in the person you're
in the middle you're trying to
drop your kid off and somebody
taps you on the back but then
does doesn't decide to pull
over anything and they go off
and then you're like OK.
What do I do now do I go to the
crossing guard duy khanh try to
contact
the school. Well you have all
the time to call it is what
saying
saying so
saying so you know then if not on the run that's exactly do you know if you
file a police report and
everything like that than they
would still be able
to access.
>> You know any archive for a
win for great they would be
able would they would be able
to access it and but even look
at it and you know download the
clip we did it for their for
their action investigation
exactly they would be able to.
But you would go to I would go
to the principal for
>>
>> I'm
>> I'm excited
>> I'm excited excellent very excited. Fantastic. Thank you all for having the
presentation may
Would
Would it
Would it be all right if we have come up and speak now, and you see
You
You know
You know while they're doing that I would I would I don't know we can't make a motion but
I would I agree with Melissa,
I'd love for the principals to
be in the video
I agree.
>> I don't know if care is
possible, but if we can have
some principles be involved the
video I think that would really
make a
>>
>> Thank
>> Thank Good evening,
share
share all
share all all right and education committee and again in March and use your school
board member saying to you
thank you for all that you do
for the school district of
Palm Beach County and I joined
the presentation, I mean really
keeping our children safe
means everything to all of us,
especially the school district
of Palm Beach County parents
communities. This is gets good
news and House bill 6.57 is a
great
deal. So I hope that we'll be
hearing more from our
communities to do this.
But I want to bring you
greetings from the
superintendent in all of the
school board members and we've
had a wonderful start of this
school year it has been
absolutely fabulous I want to
commend my administration out
here the central region you are
awesome making it happen, but
it really starts in this school
center with all of our
wonderful teachers and
principals and leaders right
here in the village of
Wellington our school district
is an a rated school district
again was so excited and it's
all because of us working
together to make our schools
grade and we are your best
choice with in Palm Beach
County school district. So I do
bring you greetings from all
school board members and the
superintendent we are truly
happy that we have again and I
want to tell you the a rating
comes from all of us
working together. You know we
have
to have a penny sales tax
that's on the ballot. But I
think you all for passing the
penny sales years ago is
getting ready the sunset and we
have to keep our schools
really safe we're talking about
safety on the road that we're
talking about safety in general
when we think about Palm Beach
County. You know we had a real
bad situation in Georgia
we
we live
we live us we lost employees we lost students and a lot of us people were
injured because of a safety
issue someone doing something
bad within our schools and I
looked at them using the Saint
teacher. Pay but
that's something when you pass
that penny sales tax we have
the money to get this within
our school district all of our
schools have at least one
police officer sometimes too
depending on the size of the
school. So when we think
about investing. We here in
Palm Beach County have done the
investments I like the idea of
talking to the superintendent
and getting that money
right back to Wellington so I
will be out is taking some
copious notes so I could share
with him because it really is
all about working with him.
Our district within our village
in helping our children so
we're hoping that
you remember us in November,
when we think about the half
since we're talking about
security is a
big piece upgraded that
facility is making sure after
so it is a great have buses.
We have many many buses on the
road every single day and to
keep the best buses that are
in shape. That's going to keep
our children safe that money
goes
toward that a maintenance
buildings facilities Tech
knowledge e everything has to
do with technology. So when we
think about that
ballot initiative all of that
comes into that penny sales tax
that you did before and that
one cent just keeps us
moving starting January 2026
all the way too.
2035, so you know you gotta
keep it going for long time so
that is
truly important but we're
pretty excited that our
principles are in place we
haven't had much change here in
the village of Wellington and
I think the region will tell
you that we love keeping our
teachers and principals and
taking care of our children
making sure that they're safe.
They're happy and they loved
going to school every day
sometimes
in Mason.
>> 1, 1, of the school money
yes, they do want to go to
school every day
because school.
>> Is a wonderful place for
education uplifting as well as
making sure they
feel well mental health is a
big issue, it's still a bit
case you think about the
pandemic and it's gone.
But a lot of still suffering
there's a lot of unfinished
learning that we're still
working on so when we
think about all the things that
we need to do it takes all of
you sitting here it takes us
listening
to you. It takes all of the
schools doing great things
every day not leaving any
children back and so it gives
me pleasure always to tell you
thank you, I'm waiting on the
keys finale grants that's
coming up and up principles of
putting that money to good use
to take
care of all of our children so
I don't know if you have any
specific questions from am
always here for you. Any
questions.
>> I do have one quick
question. Yes.
Still on track to open this
fall or. Yes, this coming
?
? And
? And will that be
>>
>> Require any redistricting that was going to affect any of the Wellington students that we
know of right now.
>> Well it will always be some
redistricting any time we open
a new school we have to open up
that hole process
and so that whole process will
open now you know you have
pretty close to about 600
children sitting right there
things far it's
been overcrowded. So long so
many cars coming in there
because they're coming from
everywhere not just here in the
village with that programs that
take place
at beings. But then just from
the community right down the
street at the out there and
they're coming in here.
So yes it's going to be
redistrict and so we're going
to look at what we have to do
you do.
>> That process will start.
Yeah we'll
probably start.
>> Probably near I'm thinking
after the new year you do have
your
new principal, Dunmore Ross, I
don't know if you don't know
her.
Yes she's awesome she was the
principal at Everglades
elementary school which is
really not too far from here
one of our
neighboring schools and she
actually opened Everglades so
she's actually opening this art
into school hasn't been named
yet is just sitting in the area
of the development called are
done but that's something that
has to be dad.
The district will be working
on the planning and
redistricting of students and
looking at who will go there
and so we're moving right on we
have another school coming up
in Westlake in the next few
and another high school out
here off of North Lake so the
whole place is exploding.
What new schools, but anytime a
new school
is opening. We will be looking
at that process.
How are the discussions going
with changing the
school times. Well we've been
going all over the county
you've had one right here in
Wellington and actually they
routed glades central line
they're going to fire a seal
but you're in that is what's
important we don't make the
decisions within the school
district of Palm
Beach County. Unless we listen
to the community. The parents
and so it is legislation that's
out and we know what the plan
that we
would like but your voices
will help the school board
decide which way to go now we
would hope that you know that
the Legislature might say whoa
we don't want to do this is
going to really be a
big deal with blessing and
logistics so we don't know
exactly what they're going to
do but if they don't do
anything we have to be
proactive and get the voices of
the community so
we're hearing a lot of
different voices about what
they would like and so will
come together and make some
decisions.
>> One is that
decision going to visit
scheduled for the 2026 is
one
one the.
one the. >> Of change. Yes, yes, yes, and this is why we're working
closely right now and the
probably the superintendent is
going out in
the field and they've had so
much and put online and
and so once they put all that
tabulation at data together
then they will be another
discussion and then it'll
probably end up going to the
superintendent which will make
a recommendation to the entire
school board.
That's a big deal to me a
big deal and so is that
what year is this mission is
coming but the Legislature will
get back in session too so we
don't know what they want to do
this is what they want said
they wanted these high school
kids to get a little bit more
sleep, you know and we're
talking about busing in all of
the buses that we have and it's
a state of Florida, not just
Palm Beach County.
So it's impacting everywhere so
we have to logistically look
and see how to do that do it.
Well and make sure that we hear
the voices of the
parents and the communities
before the school district
makes a final
It's
It's a
It's a great year we're excited about being an a rated distant we're excited to be in the
village of Wellington we're
excited that you help our
schools financially with all
kinds of support not just with
the case but nearly all of the
programs that you
have here. 4 runners of helping
students succeed you our model
I tell you that all the time I
have 41 schools in
district 6 and Wellington has a
few in my area so when I see
the things that you do I share
that information with the other
areas to let them know you
don't have to recreate the
wheel. We have some wonderful
things happening within our
school district in right here
in the village of Wellington so
always appreciate being a
school board member and keeping
you informed, thank you so much
thank
I
I just
I just want to make sure that. The fresh
OK
OK and
OK and so
OK and so we are
Good
Good evening from central region are center region office and I am here with my team this
evening we.
>> Have a doctor Vivian
green who. Support since
supervises, the elementary
schools and then this is Carol
Watts wet Wetzel who supervises
or
secondary schools. Our middle
and high schools. I hope I do
better when I get to the
medical portion you'll see of
the
presentation later and better
than that but better than your
last name is what so I'll try a
little
harder. So this evening last
time we met we
talked about the key least Ben
Ali Grant and now we're back
again. Sharing some of the
great things happening in our
village of Wellington schools
but before we get started I
just want to shout out it is
national Hispanic heritage
month.
And and we do appreciate all
this
this you
this you know all of our contributions of are Hispanics and of Hispanic descent and so
we celebrate them
this month and you're around as
we celebrate all people year
round so and I just wanted to
shout
that out. Again just to
reiterate we are very happy to
have an a rated school district
again, and we will work
diligently to continue that
wonderful grade
of a everything that we do is
incurred on our strategic
plan we are currently still
working through the strategic
plan plan that sunsets in
2027. And so I just always want
to make sure that we know that
that is what anchors our
And
And then
And then moving into our starting with our elementary schools. With
thanks forest. They had a grand
opening. So we call it grand
because its grand because it's
a very large
school nowadays. A grand
opening of over 1200 students
in
the school and as you had
mentioned earlier asking about
the new school at West
15
15 e
15 e that
15 e that school is under the central region and so I have been you know it
actually today it was the first
meeting that I held with a
different apartments to begin
the run of show as we prepare
to open up
15 E and August of
2025 which this coming August,
so this is probably one of the
quickest schools to be built on
record but
it is on schedule and is due to
open on time as far as we know
so far so
with that said we do work with
the multiple departments and
just
ensuring that do you know the
supplies are available that the
dip Hartman to providing all
the necessary information so
that we can continue forming
our families in regards to the
Those meetings should start
meeting and then
around mid-october and like
missus inches indicated we do
expect to have some
sort of information regarding
the from the committee and
hopefully school board
approval, somewhere later in
the school year like around
March ish or so March or April
so that parents can can plan
accordingly so that's where we
are with the new school or at
West Anchorage, 15 E and I know
that Mister one run.
Moore has been working already
diligently on some of the pack
operations
for it, including than naming
committee that she's already
starting to work on
coordinating that and also
having some open House
opportunities that is being
housed at things for the sacred
school 15 e so that is all
in progress. So that was just
my little commercial break
because of going back
to banks and curriculum night
for kindergarten through second
grade was held on September 4th
and for grades
3 through 5 was held on
September 11th the school
Advisory council meeting was
held
also on September 11th at
03:00PM and then there
was a Luke Perry glow party
that was held on August 30th
for students to finish their
summer reading challenge.
We're also starting. There's
this school year with a fresh
coat of paint inside. And you
saw it in the field and it's
thank you to there's the have
penny sales right and so we see
the
fruit of of the moneys that are
coming into the district from
our taxpayers and it is showing
out in many of our schools and
then a huge thank
you to the village of
Wellington for helping with
traffic planning and digital
signs so it's been very very
helpful at banks.
With elbridge kale elementary
some of the recent highlights
curriculum night were actually
held on different nights for
each grade level and each grade
level had their
own night. Gator starting soon
and it's starting with sports
art coating
science chest and many more and
those are starting soon if some
have already actually started
that day was held on
September 16th Sten day with
parent participation was held
on September 19th. The book
fair started yesterday, the
23rd and tonight I think we
might have just about missed
it, but the food truck. I was
there this evening from 5 to
The
The question trails cut curriculum nights were also held on August 27th and 28th
school Advisory council
was
was held
was held September 4th and then multiple club starting and are the better
plude chess positivity academic
games Robotics 3 D printing put
your club teachers
of tomorrow for us our and
cheerleading so many different
opportunities for students to
be able to feel like they're
part of the community
and then they also received a
generous generous parent
donation to improve their
school gardens so that was very
very nice with think that
parent new horizons
elementary school. They've
actually participated today in
our international Spanish
Academy meeting that we had
with leadership today. I just
know that because I
was there. They also hosted a
mix and mingle with a new staff
and the community that began
the
watchdog's program with the
male role models which is has
the watch dogs program is
growing throughout the
different schools here in the
village of Wellington which
great to see and then
curriculum night was held in
September 4th from 4.30 to 8
grandparents day was second
grade was held on September 9th
and then their Hispanic
heritage celebrations
will be coming up in September
September 30th for grades
kindergarten through second
grade and October first for
grades 3 through 5. Their next
school Advisory
council meeting is also
scheduled for October 7th.
Panther
run elementary. They had a
great start to the new year
remember we went through
administrative change.
And so they had as smooth a
super Smith year
to start we also welcome to our
new assistant principal Natalie
Trejo said think that
you know, Natalie a dry has
quite well and so she has
joined the
Panther Ryan in a straight of
team as their assistant
principal. This school is also
recently awarded as the F l d
o e suicide
prevention certifies school
curriculum night will was also
held on
September 4th. And also the
school Advisory council meeting
was held on September 11th.
That day was also September 6
stand and the new cafeteria
furniture arrived.
And the run received quite a
bit of improvements as well
through the summer and leading
into the opening of the school
year. And then the first family
spirit night, it's a silly an
oven was a huge success and
then they're initiating the
character traits of the month
book connecting it to a school
white theme of building each
other up.
Wellington elementary some of
their recent highlights
kindergarten, Roman projected
number was a 119 which is an
additional
the enrollment at Wellington
elementary school
is increasing over 110 parents
attended the Wellington
elementary school volunteer
breakfast, which I love to see
so many parents being involved
in the school and then also
FL dot name them a suicide
prevention certify school as
well curriculum night was
held on August 28 for all
grades and then the first
school Advisory council meeting
was also held on
September 4th and then walk
or bike to school day is
scheduled for October 9th.
Emerald Cove
middle school, some of their
recent highlights. They had a
successful club brush that was
held on August 27th.
And then students wear
encouraged to participate at
least one
extracurricular activity
knowing that students are
involved in school and in
school activities will you know
will prevent
getting themselves into issues
are feeling some sort of
isolation right so we really
are encouraging all of
her students to participate at
least one extracurricular
activity not only an emerald
coast but in all of our
schools, fall sports tryouts
are underway for baseball and
softball teams curriculum night
was held in September
12 and then there was a special
sacked meeting that was held on
September 12 and they're
regulars school advisory
committee meeting was also held
on the 19th.
For polar Park baseball and
softball teams are also being
selected and ready to represent
the stallions the season,
robotic teams are currently
holding a tryout and preparing
for this new season sack
meeting was
held on the September 12th and
then curriculum night is
scheduled for September 26
coming up. Wellington landings
there highlights
great 6 in new students were
all sorted into their houses
August
August 23rd and we had our first House meetings on August 28th, so the entire school is
super excited to have the RCA
how system back.
More from
Wellington landing South on
baseball tryouts also concluded
so now we're going to have 3
middle schools with great
baseball and softball.
Teams after-school clubs and
activities also began on
September 9th and then open
house was also held on the
Moving
Moving on
Moving on to Palm Beach Central High School. Some of their recent highlights Herff Jones
was there a September
3rd 43rd sack meeting was held
in the September 10th in the
open house was held on
September 17th and they're
working
diligently to. You know,
especially our seniors to get
ready for some of their
seniors. Preparation as
they're preparing. 2 words
graduation you know that really
starts in August. It doesn't
start. In April like a start
in August with all the things
that they have to do so over at
Comedy Central. There are 2
students that just
absolutely exceeded
expectations of many of us.
And let's take a look at Palm
essential senior Jennifer Hine
she completed her internship at
the University of Florida
Scripps Institute for
biomedical innovation and
technology was she presented
her to her project which was
title long-term behavioral and
neural effects of prenatal
opioid Mosher which focused on
brain development and
risk-reward choices across
generations. Jennifer worked
under doctors.
Saraya in the Mueller lab and
is part of the experimental is
science program at Palm Beach
Central High School.
Imagine
Imagine I
Imagine I mean just that and how massive yeah. >> And I was in Kenya, which
you hear that but our
next student. So another
student from Palm Beach Central
high senior Emma Alyson she
completed her internship
at the Max Planck Florida
Institute for neuroscience she
presented her project which
was titled the up to a genetic
induction of says synaptic plus
to city and a single spine.
Worked under the know under Dr.
Ted su'a what are the in the
yes to
the lab and part of the
expanded the spare the
experimental science program.
She is actually part of the
experimental science program at
Palmer Central High School
so imagine the amazing work
that these high school seniors
are ready and barking taken on
amazing right so. Sky's the
limit for students. Wellington
high School a recent highlights
to see if we can play this
video.
Time to get
Cheerleaders are super happy So club brush was on September 10th and 11th.
We have over 56 clubs and honor
societies this year again it
goes back
to saying the more the students
are involved the more they feel
like they're part of the
community the better
they do socially emotionally
and
academically so. We are
thrilled to have all of these
opportunities for students that
go beyond
the classroom, prevent students
hands-on learning on how to
perform a biopsy using checkin
me.
And then more highlights from
Arlington high School junior
achievement career fair for
seniors was held on September
13th open house was also held
in said number 17th the fall
pep rally took place on
September 20th which you saw
the video and
then campus celebrations, some
of them included Constitution
day was held on September 17th
and celebrate
freedom week will be set at
what's happening this week
September 23rd through the 27
and then the pbso
canine unit. Our friend was
speaking to are their students
and you know canine canines can
So those are the highlights
some of the highlights from our
schools here in the village of
Wellington and I'm here to
entertain any questions you may
I
I got
I got excited every time you do a presentation. What we
amazing
amazing stuff and you know, I'm so proud of the work that's being done at the village of
Wellington schools are
administrative teams or
teachers
or students. They work so hard
and our parents, you know
it doesn't. It when you say
takes a village it really does
but it's at
parent partnership with our
schools and and it's just it's
it's the perfect next right and
so I think that that's why our
schools in the village work
well
well together and and and why their students perform so well. So that's you know kudos to you
as a village.
>> And thank you to all of you
who educate our children, thank
you to all of you who educate
our children.
>> Yes, yes, all right. Thank
you,
>>
>> Big
>> Big it
>> Big it to ready to get back on track. That with the presentation by
the palm Beach County Sheriff's
Office on traffic at Wellington
schools.
>> It's
good evening. Deputies lights
with the village of Wellington
district 8 traffic unit.
I'm here to give you a small
report started the joy center
guards, he apologize he
couldn't come. But at the start
of school year the village of
Wellington provides. 2 weeks
where we have 13 designated
deputies which is a lot.
That's more than any other
municipality can provide at
all. And what we do is we
provide
to 2 at bare minimum to
deputies per school during
school hours or I'm sorry
during school zones at the
beginning today at the end of
the day. And we were there for
the first 2 weeks for high
visibility patrols and things
of that nature just to make
sure the kids fell couple,
parents feel comfortable.
Given everything going on in
the world. And we've now moved
on to what are commanders
calling
maintenance phase. At which
point we're now doing
enforcement.
Choosing random schools.
We do have a schedule I
shouldn't say rain and we have
a schedule. Where we are
going to different schools and
different times different days
so that we're not giving one
school more tension than any
other.
Our numbers have been cut down
a little bit.
Given the issues with the world
that the share his office and
asked to provide.
But
that is the basic gist of hear
more to answer questions as far
as I can answer the questions
without it being above my
that
that so
that so any any questions you guys have for me that I can answer I'd be happy to do so.
>> I have a question of to
visibility issues so if we
concerns in an area where we're
driving and it's not
just schools. But it just
happens to be a school where
it's hard to see maybe kids
coming on a sidewalk or those
types of things and we've had
some near misses who do we
report that to you and how do
we
get that.
>> So so you're asking so much
as a an issue of like say
there's a shrub in the way and
you can see kids point out that
would be a village
issue okay. I would contact the
village may be missed coats
would be a good idea for
that one and she can relate
down the proper channels
whether it becomes a safety
issue and then it could come to
us because we work with his
coat on a routine basis think
so.
>> Is there anything
being done to cut back on like
the eagle discharge is
specifically at like Wellington
high school just the dangerous
situation in
the morning.
>> Absolutely we have our
motorman because those are the
guys that can get in and out
the easiest it's hard for me,
I'm a big truck given the
I'm
I'm in.
I'm in. But they go out and they have a big issue down a flick Wall Street and the back
roads back there and they're
offloading in people's
driveways they're blocking
people's personal residences
which is a no-go and they're
out there, they're out there as
best as I can and again.
We do apologize. The
With
With the
With the you know the former president has pulled a couple of us out.
>> There was a planned there
still is a plan we do hit it as
hard as we can. People don't
seem.
As much as we write.
We have people that pull
up as we write the citations
and the run-up grab their kid
leaf.
Knowing that we're sitting
there conducting a traffic stop
for offloading passengers on a
roadway. They'd know that this
time they're not getting
caught.
DOE run up grab their kid in
leaf and just hope and pray
that we're not there. The next
day and if they are they just
drive up a little bit off the
road pull off the next Road and
do it again. We can only be in
one place at one time
unfortunately, but we do try
best.
>> What would be us.
And idea for a solution that's
a hard one isn't it because you
can't police everyone all the
time.
>> The solutions.
>> That we believe would help
specifically say Wellington
high school. They have access
to a back area and that's been
discussed at length between our
command, the school board
school itself. If you could get
more people off of the roadway
and onto school property.
I think that would cut
down all of the people waiting
in line blocking that Lane on
Greenview shores. All of the
offloading you don't have to
wait is long and remove
people from you know the
neighborhoods people personal
residences blocking driveways
blocking sidewalks people can't
get in or out going to or from
work.
That is something that again
the command and the schools all
have to come together and.
>> It is shocking my kids with
Comedy Central so that
entrance and exit was rather
easy flow. And recently I had
to pick someone up from
Arlington high school
and I have picked anybody from
high school in a very long
time, but I was flabbergasted
that back.
>> I how that worked Wellington
stuff I will say that central
has done a good
job they've listen to a couple
concerns not only from us but
from parents and the civilians
and
I think they're actually adding
a second entrance. If I if I
remember correctly don't
quote me. But they are at least
listening to everybody and
they're doing their best to
mitigate this the issues out on
the roadway.
>> And they don't have all the
houses and harassing
>> It is a lot more dangerous
out there yet because of the
higher speeds off forest Hill.
lot of that is just the design
issue and the
timing yet and the right there
was not a yes I
didn't want.
>> Blame it on willing
mentioned that I do recognize
that it's the new high school
student more debt, yes, yeah,
yeah, and so that's yeah,
it's a.
>> It's a problem I I know the
schools high schools working
with the principal can address
it with parents and things like
that, but ultimately you know
parents are and kids have to
make those decisions
you can leave them the water
you can't force them to dry
exactly I know it's I know it's
always been an issue all the
all the principles of always
said that they they raise it
with the parents, you know
parents are you know concerned,
but yeah there also
yeah, more concerned about
getting in and out quickly
that's yeah fortunately wants
to weigh in
exactly.
>> I wonder though if if I
don't know if the schools at
capacity or a totally
Okay
Okay so
Okay so if they weren't at capacity it might inspire some action because I think that
they're well
I know because I'm one of them
I may or may not decide to send
my children to Wellington high
school based on those safety
concerns and I think that
there's of the parents to that
talked about it that it's.
You know you you want to send
your kid to the safest place
and it starts with that even
getting them
there safely. So yeah I think
that is something to
consider with the talk about
Alec out
how to encourage trafficker
open flow or fix it because it,
you know people like me are
going well. Where should I send
my kids to make sure that
they're safe.
>> I mean my kids are young,
but they do all that and
Wellington schools able to come
on to school so I get it I see
it I hope and pray that
somewhere along the line that
gets mitigated by the time they
get there.
>> But.
>> I would suggest maybe
speaking to the principal and
speaking to the school board
about it because we can
enforce. We can't force them to
do anything.
We can only enforce the things
that are provided to us so when
it comes down to that current
and then the
in the neighborhoods and things
like that.
We're more than happy to do
enforcement there we put
signage up every year to make
sure that everybody knows
during that initial 2 weeks.
We try to provide people give
warnings you will be as lenient
as humanly possible and then
again when we go in and conduct
actual enforcement citations
and.
You can only catch
so many at a time if and quick
I can do one in 5 minutes.
Like I said you then you'll get
15 other people hope and pray
that I don't finish by the time
they get up and get their can
leave.
>> I think maybe you know the
consideration for these parents
should also be that the safety
of their children's lives mean
I'm I'm creeping through their
driving just maybe trying to
get by the high school. I'm
going sometimes just 5 1000
hour and I'm having to stop for
kids. And the middle of the
street.
Regularly so it just is it
scary for the kids.
Because they're just their
children even though they're
young adults are still chilled
and correct they're not
thinking like adults, you know,
it's the parents and the adults
jobs to really kind of.
Keep in mind so that thank you
thank you for your help there,
I know it's hard it was tough
situation. So you're saying
>>
>> People
>> People are I guess the driver will drop off their high schooler on that the side of
being the shorts have
been there.
>> Crossing they just might
stop right there on the road or
maybe in the middle lane.
We did this. I
apologize over they drop them
off everywhere everywhere, so
they'll drop.
>> I mean unfortunately we have
to concede that right lane to
them. We can't force. 200
people off of the road
right right and forced them
into the school in the schools,
not prepared for it.
>> But we don't
let them offload we don't let
them load in the afternoons if
we catch them we can we can
address it. However.
You know it's only 1, 1, dot
and Cary is if you have a
suggestion
>>
>> Okay
>> Okay we're
>> Okay we're team. Specific to Wellington high school. It's been about
2 years that we have worked on
this diligently in partnership
with the sheriff's
office right.
>> And in partnership with our
school district folks this well
with school police to be able
to mitigate as much as
we could what we noticed and
all really started with the new
facilities with a new
facilities open and the shift
the change of where the in
out
out was
out was and then the light and then everything just kind of became a perfect storm, but I'm
gonna tell you that the
willingness, I know MS. Andrews
is even there are mornings, you
know checking to see incoming
and
outgoing traffic. The
willingness of our school
administration and Wellington
high school to even hey Steph
extra hours to to open the
gates as early as 6
45 am which is very unusual
other high schools really don't
do that Wellington high school
does they have gone above
and beyond to be able to find
solutions
and ways because of the mere
layout like you mentioned the
layup on the scent you can't
compare the layout is
completely different but the
layout of Wellington
high school. It is a challenge
right and then you have parent
behavior so for us it was more
about targeting and working
through our parents, it's it's
all.
Nnadi pan parent behavior.
There's no other way to put it,
you know a student is going to
do students
gonna do we try with between
that the dads that are they're
volunteering crossing.
Kids because we don't you know
have crossing guards for high
school students. But you know
there are all these different
strategies that they put in
place even with parental
support.
With crossing guards and what
not to be able to help the
situation. But at the end of
the day it is not going
to get better until the parent
behavior changes and when the
parent is telling a student get
in the car it get in the car,
you know this child's gonna
listen and you're right or
young adults, even 1716,
whatever 15 years old.
They're going to listen to you
know jumping into the car the
running have an apparent
weight.
It really is all about parent
behavior and I know that
they're doing their best.
Out on the street to make sure
that there.
Reducing or eliminating those
type of really illegal right
they're not supposed to drop
off or jumped they are a load
or unload and moving traffic
but.
But it's still going to take
work it's not going to get
better and to the parent
behavior changes. And that's
just at you know and we do work
with their students in school
too and letting them know with
the safety expectations are of
them. They do not supposed to
jaywalk I mean that's just
illegal right so our schools
still work with their students
agree my name and reminding
them of that but
kids will be kids sometimes and
it's not okay, but it does
happen. I go back
to saying it goes back to the
adult behavior and if our
adults model for the students,
the right way as parents then
the students we'll be doing
what's best for them and
staying
safe right so one of the things
with that we had asked for is
SP essays village has done a
beautiful job at creating
developing in actually showing
this P
8 p essays and reminding our
parents of the expectations.
We as a school center we still
send notification out
communication out to the
parents reminding them
of that and we can certainly
put that back in place we will
remind the parents again we're
seeing an uptick of illegal
drop-off
and pick-up please know that
we're working closely with our
sheriffs office to ensure that
it has reduced
and eliminated for the you know
the safety of your child so we
can certainly and do that you
know again, Ashley you know
every maybe once a month type
of communication. We can
certainly put that in place and
continue working in
collaboration with the with the
sheriff's office. But it sounds
like it really needs
to be.
>> And something that the
parents are mad enough about
that they do something correct
like a grassroots kind of
effort with the parents going
out and
educating it whether it's
pretty handing them a liar
while it's happening right or
something a nice
to come we're going to be
organic that that is just not
the behavior that's allowed.
I cannot drop off and
pick up. You know at I
10 e Street, I'm gonna tell you
it's not unique to Lincoln High
Should never meet my office is
that outside of John Leonard.
Yeah, you know it's it's it's
like frog or you know if you
remember back in the day.
Yeah, I'm aging myself, but you
know the game.
It's not OK right and
I still put down my window and
educate the students and they
don't know I am yeah you know,
but it all about safety.
Our students safety but it
starts with the adults death.
Thank you thank you, thank
you Beth.
>> Absolutely there any further
questions anything I can answer
for any other schools before I
go.
Okay fantastic, thank you Sir,
thanks for all your efforts as
you
>>
>> Can't
>> Can't believe it's time for public comments to have any public comments.
>> All right the moment to
think we're transitioning right
over the staff. We're going to
get all right guy. So we've got
a few
updates here so first and
foremost we got our youth
Council coming back up to
Wellington and it's going to be
our registration day ends on
October 1st which is next
on
on Tuesday. The only requirements needs you have to be a Wellington resident and go
to high school in Wellington
well it's not to be one, I'm
sorry little clarification and
we do have some kids to go to
Suncoast that go to when that
live reside in Wellington
absolutely and feel free to
join
as well. So right now we're
getting a lot of interest in
that and believe we have about
14 applicants right now from
all
our schools. If you know any
kids they're looking to apply
please don't go well into the
FL dot gov look up our youth
counselor applications online
and I would receive it
directly.
Our swag program so we will be
of course continue with our
crowd throws a Wellington we're
really happy excited about that
week we got our schedule out
with our winds and high School
in Palm Beach central where
we're going to be doing are
in school. Sessions starting on
October 23rd, it was in high
school and starting our
Saturday sessions which are
mentoring sessions for
high schoolers and on October
26 and will be conducting
in
in school. Sessions in the auditoriums of both schools rather than classroom. So we
can get more kids and get more
out that the word out there for
us where program. Our civics
one o
one program. We're really
excited about that we've made
changes on this every single
year and this year we're.
Being a little bit more
innovative where we're
introducing all of our high
school sits which we have a 160
high school kids from was in
high school in Palm
Beach central and tending our
civics 1 one program on October
first next week on Tuesday, and
we should get the meat every
single one of our
one departments. Pbso fire
rescue in our community
partners and which
they got engaged and former
sessions see what careers you
can get into really really
understand that all aspects of
of local government. And we're
also adding one more aspect to
it which Nicole coat, here's
helping us out. We are
basically teaching
the kids what would happen when
the Wellington employee's
responsibilities for the
community if there was a
natural disaster. So we're
going to have him go through a
whole emergency scenario we
have a hurricane Coleman coming
in and we get to really explain
how wanted prepares have the
cover how we get out of our
instant command as well.
So some cool things that really
trying to
teaches kids and Wellington and
then we have update with her
hype after-school
tutoring program. So due to the
21st century grant that the
boys and girls Club got some
for the next 5 years ago have
funding to basically.
Really engage these kids with
academic recovery. I believe
they have about 7 teachers that
they're hoping to
really engages kids during
after-school hours so we're
going to be partnering them by
providing an additional
transportation systems to
new horizons with a new 21st
century grant it somehow put a
new horizons on the back and
logistically to get into the
club. So we're going to provide
help for about 27 kids there
and your eyes and to get them
they're more on time I think
it's taken about 3040 minutes
extra to get there currently
but not only that were good
Mark our building space of our
community service building
right next to the boys and
girls Club. Provide additional
tutoring space for them so we
didn't want to just have our
program there on the side while
they're trying to fit 7
teachers and and get all their
kids in the boys and girls Club
in a in a quiet room by
allowing them use our building
as well.
And that we have our Kealy
Spinelli check presentation
which is going to be on October
8th please feel free to come on
by and show your support run
have aller principal there's
onsite and of course on our
school board. And then of
course we've mention the
tentative date of the next
education Committee on November
5th so I'll go ahead and lock
that in one side can now go
ahead and let you guys know
when she email and I will also
follow up with the December 3rd
day for our workshop date as
well.
And does anyone have any
questions for gardai are staff
report. Thank you James, thank
you guests.
>> All right so it's time for
closing comments and we'll
start at this end one year and
okay.
Very unfortunate formative
thank
>>
>> Now
>> Now of
>> Now of course first I want to apologize for missing last beating us with my parents up
in Cape Cod the but I was that
it's the best meeting of a kind
it about it is about
I could miss it I want to thank
the school district for being
here for all of
our meetings. I did a 10 might
last curriculum nights
a year. Although 11 straight
years as Henri them is just
around the corner and Shiite I
should get some dirt on a
diploma from Suncoast for get
it from being there for 11
straight years, but but it's
really it it's the kind
of you watching the curriculum
lights thing sees everything
that's that's been going
through and all the great
things that you have the
village of Wellington does but
the school district as a whole
and set it on to just thank
everybody there. And then just
for our own benefit. I
think the we want to just kind
of keep on top of the school
rezoning and redistricting is
that process
goes through the new one called
art and the West acreage
15 the school. You know because
that that will we know past
rezoning
you know there's there's
probably going to be some
movement among Wellington
parents
if not you know out to that
school at least within their
own schools and so we want to
make sure there's a kind of
a minimal that cause that's all
it's raised some hackles so and
to the the new members welcome
it's a pleasure to meet you
think.
>> I just want to give kudos to
James he's a rock
star Lake your e-mails are sold
on tap reminders everything and
just a
recommendation of from us last
time when we asked for
videos for for everyone for
for traffic and stuff and you
know Wellington like the
council they've done an amazing
job I saw tons of videos and I
think that was very helpful and
I know that you're a part of
U.S. well and attendance, I
know that beings for Sonoma
listen I go and we receive
newsletter and I know
they're up I think I got an
e-mail saying that we are
attendance as close to 95%
which is great.
So those videos are working and
I really appreciate I want to
thank red speed. The
representative for coming, I'm
so excited to tell
my firm ands and mom friends
about like the
fact that at least the schools
that I see where I agree I've
seen so many crazy
drivers just speed through I
can't wait for for things to
change and in our
village and.
>> I think that's I will you
know to the.
>> Crew over here. Sanders, I
we are very blessed to have you
on some very grateful to sell
I'm
excited about. October 8th is
October
8th or not staff when we get to
see everyone receive the check
presentation is so excited to
see that that's really fun.
Thank you.
>> And I also would like to
thank all of our guests this
evening for sharing just such
relevant and important
information with us. So
exciting to hear the great
things that
are being accomplished through
our education Department and
our schools here in Long Island
N and certainly in the county
as well and I too am excited to
see red speed coming at fingers
crossed everything goes,
according to our idea right
that it passes
and and and just you know my
concerns with continuing to get
the pick parents on board and
following
the rules and I know I mean I'm
a parent of 4 so I know that
it's sometimes you're in a
crunch, but.
You know 5 minutes late as 5
minutes late versus someone
being seriously injured or
killed so whatever we can do
help
help support. >> And maybe in our SEC meetings we can
talk to them about ideas of
ways that we can get parents
PTA set committees involved and
educating the parents and maybe
doing some sort of grass mood
roots movement
to get.
>> Come on board, I love the
video idea as well for us to
continue maybe, yeah amending
them, yeah, I think the videos
were have been great that our
Council people have been
that's
that's wonderful. I don't know how many people see them that's my only concern which is why I
think
like whenever we see them we
need to be sharing them on our
own social media accounts and
and you know tagging
as many people in it as we
can who it affects so thank you
and James, you know I think
you're a rock star, your whole
team
is amazing. We're all we're all
one big team, yeah everybody so
so amazing
so I this is a great meeting I
apologize for being late I was
talking with a parent and we
got
a little Boston time so
apologize for that I will not
happen again but I would like
to have a motion to adjourn
the meeting.
>> So moved okay any second
second it and can I use