2019-05-28 - School Board Meeting

0:00 Good evening, I’m happy to welcome all of my fellow board

0:29 members

0:29 and call the May 28th, 2019 School Board Meeting to order.

0:33 Whether you are in attendance here or watching from another

0:36 location,

0:36 my colleagues and I are pleased that you took the time to join

0:39 us.

0:39 We appreciate and applaud your commitment to partnering with us

0:43 in support of our schools, our students, our staff, and our

0:45 community.

0:46 While the board and Brevard Public Schools staff members are

0:49 fully committed

0:50 to doing our best to ensure excellence in Brevard Public Schools,

0:53 we know that our success depends heavily on an engaged and

0:57 committed community

0:58 to work alongside us and help us to continually improve.

1:02 Thank you for being active participants in the process.

1:05 Pam, roll call please.

1:07 Mrs. Belford?

1:09 Present.

1:10 Mrs. McDougall?

1:12 Present.

1:13 Mrs. Deskovich?

1:15 Present.

1:15 Mr. Susan?

1:16 Present.

1:17 And Mrs. Campbell?

1:18 Present.

1:19 Please join us for a moment of silence as we mourn the loss of

1:23 Tim English,

1:23 a member of our Facility Services team.

1:25 Thank you.

1:38 Matt Reed, Assistant Superintendent of Government and Community

1:41 Relations,

1:42 will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

1:43 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

1:53 and to the republic for which it stands,

1:56 one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for

2:01 all.

2:03 At this time, I would like to offer my fellow board members and

2:09 Dr. Mullins the opportunity

2:11 to recognize students, staff, or members of the community.

2:14 Ms. McDougall, would you like to start us off?

2:17 Sure.

2:18 It’s been a busy week.

2:22 I want to say first, since our last board meeting,

2:25 we had the Merritt Island Community Listen-In or Town Hall with

2:30 Dr. Mullins.

2:31 We – I also was able to visit Gulfview and present a few of the

2:36 award pins,

2:38 and that was very moving.

2:39 I – I – it just – that was a very nice thing I could do.

2:43 And then I went to Emma Jewell, and Emma Jewell is our – was my

2:47 charter school.

2:48 And I did the same thing there, and the teachers were very

2:51 appreciative,

2:51 and they were surprised that I included them as them being in

2:54 charter school,

2:54 and I could see no reason why I wouldn’t include them.

2:56 I also went ahead and went to the Rookie of the Year Award at

3:05 Freedom 7,

3:06 and it was for the – I wish I could remember the name – the

3:09 counselor there,

3:10 and it was nice to see that it was given to a counselor,

3:12 a person after my own heart.

3:14 And then we had lots of graduations.

3:18 So it was fun to go to Merritt Island, Edgewood, Coco, and Emma

3:23 Jewell,

3:24 all very different, but all very well attended.

3:27 And if the class of 2019 is anything, if all our future classes

3:35 are like that,

3:36 I think there’s great hope for our country and for the world.

3:39 They were amazing students, and thanks to the students,

3:42 but also thanks to the teachers who got them to where they are.

3:45 So it was wonderful to go to the graduations.

3:48 Thank you, Ms. McDougall.

3:52 Ms. Belford?

3:52 Ms. Thank you, Ms. Duskovich.

3:55 So I had the opportunity this morning to kick off my day with

4:01 Space Coast Junior Senior High School

4:03 with just a handful of great things going on there this morning.

4:07 They had an 8 a.m. staff meeting,

4:09 and we started off the staff meeting with celebrating their

4:15 emerging Teacher of the Year.

4:18 So for those of you who may not be familiar,

4:21 our Emerging Teacher of the Year is a second-year teacher

4:26 that is just really showing great promise and having great

4:30 impact at the school.

4:31 And so Molly Forbes is our Emerging Teacher of the Year for the

4:35 district

4:35 and happens to be a teacher at Space Coast Junior Senior,

4:38 phenomenal energy.

4:40 I can certainly see why she was chosen.

4:43 Also, Francine Drabic was recognized this morning at Space Coast

4:49 Junior Senior

4:49 for being our Social Studies Teacher of the Year.

4:52 And so she now will go on and compete with other district social

4:57 studies teachers

4:58 to potentially be a State Social Studies Teacher of the Year.

5:02 So congratulations to her.

5:04 I also was able to recognize three of their team members with

5:09 our pins.

5:10 All three received the Bridge Builder Award.

5:13 And all really around just going above and beyond to support

5:18 students,

5:19 make connections for students, develop relationships with

5:22 students and with parents,

5:24 and making connections with community organizations to provide

5:27 support.

5:28 So congratulations to McKenna Diesel, Ashley Moore, and Mr.

5:32 Clark.

5:32 Mr. Clark, by the way, is their social worker.

5:36 I know we’ve had lots of feedback about the importance of social

5:39 workers in schools.

5:40 And Ashley Moore is their guidance–

5:42 Ms. M, give me her– what’s her official title?

5:46 Guidance Clerk.

5:47 And both of them have really gone out of their way to make that

5:52 connection.

5:53 And then McKenna Diesel, interestingly enough, she is a science

5:57 teacher at Space Coast.

5:59 And I left there and went to two other schools to do recognitions.

6:02 And before I could get back to my house to post recognition on

6:06 Facebook,

6:06 she had already posted that she had received the pin and she had

6:12 a picture of the card.

6:13 And she was talking about the fact that she truly loves teaching

6:16 science.

6:16 But what really means the most to her is building those

6:18 relationships with our students.

6:20 So it was great to see that enthusiasm.

6:22 When I left there, I went over to Challenger 7.

6:25 And Ms. Carol Lee Webb, who is a second grade teacher at Challenger

6:29 7,

6:30 I had– I think many of us had received an email from a father

6:34 that was really complimenting her

6:36 on her focus on building relationships among her students,

6:40 building relationships with her students,

6:43 really working in concert with parents to make sure that they

6:46 are partnering for student success,

6:48 even in situations where there might be some challenging parent

6:53 communication for various reasons.

6:55 And so I went by to see Ms. Carol Lee Webb and interrupted the

7:00 second graders going into the third grade classroom

7:03 to learn all about what is so super cool about third grade

7:06 because they’re getting ready to move up.

7:08 And so I actually got to have the third grade class and the

7:10 second grade class there.

7:11 And Ms. Webb was so incredibly appreciative of the recognition.

7:15 So congratulations to her.

7:17 Left there and went to Mims Elementary, where I had the

7:20 opportunity to recognize Ms. Tammy Madison,

7:22 who is one of our ESE teachers, our Pre-K ESE teachers, at Mims

7:27 Elementary and has been working

7:29 in that area for several, several years.

7:31 And she just really is a rock star with her students.

7:34 That was generated from a letter from a parent as well, who

7:38 commented that her child coming

7:40 into the class was absolutely nonverbal.

7:42 They utilized sign language and that was the way that they kind

7:47 of started working through things.

7:49 But Ms. Madison and, of course, the other support staff that she

7:52 works with have really gone

7:54 above and beyond to come up with creative solutions to really

7:57 help this child move forward

7:59 and find success.

8:00 And they are heartbreaking that they will be leaving Ms. Tammy

8:03 the end of this year to move

8:04 on to another classroom.

8:05 But he’s shown such promise.

8:08 So congratulations to all of them.

8:10 I also wanted to give a quick shout out.

8:13 We’ve had lots of conversations about the value and importance

8:15 of school resource officers

8:17 in our district.

8:18 And two weeks ago, I guess, we had a tragedy in my community,

8:26 the north end.

8:29 What is it?

8:30 South Jacksonville that some of you all call the north end of

8:33 the county.

8:34 Well, we had a tragedy in our community.

8:36 And we have a school resource officer that just really went

8:40 above and beyond.

8:42 And I’ve called him and thanked him personally.

8:44 I don’t want to go into an enormous amount of details, but

8:47 basically what it came down to

8:49 is this particular school resource officer heard of the

8:52 situation, was concerned that it may

8:54 impact his children, meaning the students at his school, and

9:00 started reaching out and worked

9:02 through a lot of different channels to make sure that although

9:05 the students that were impacted

9:07 by the situation were not at his school, they were students in

9:10 our schools.

9:11 And so he really went above and beyond to find all of that

9:15 information, track down the students,

9:17 and make sure that they were okay and safe.

9:20 And I think that is obviously an absolute testament to him as an

9:24 individual and how much he cares

9:25 about our students and is committed to making sure that they are

9:29 doing well.

9:30 But I think it also is a testament to the value of having school

9:34 resource officers in our schools

9:36 and the sense of community that it creates and our ability to

9:39 really work together in partnership

9:40 to make sure that our students are safe, not only when they’re

9:43 on our school campus,

9:44 but in general.

9:46 I think that’s such an important connection and so thank you to

9:50 that deputy and to all

9:51 of our SROs who work to keep all of our students safe.

9:55 Obviously, congratulations to all of our graduates and to all of

9:58 those people

9:58 that helped them to get there.

10:00 I had an awesome weekend with Astronaut High School, Space Coast

10:04 Junior Senior High School,

10:05 Titus Fall High School, and had the opportunity to be here in

10:09 the boardroom on Saturday morning

10:10 with Brevard Virtual School, which had their largest graduating

10:14 class in the history

10:15 of Brevard Virtual, 33 students.

10:18 Very nice ceremony if you’ve not had the opportunity to go there.

10:21 And then the very last thing that I will say before I pass it on

10:24 is I think sometimes we tend

10:27 to focus on the academics and the things that are going on in

10:30 our schools and our curriculum

10:32 and our instruction and all of those very specific things.

10:36 But in addition to the wonderful outreach from the deputy that I

10:39 referenced earlier,

10:40 had another situation recently in our community where some of

10:44 our students were impacted outside

10:47 of school.

10:49 But I am just continually amazed at how our school communities

10:52 come together to take care

10:54 of our families regardless of what it is that’s impacting our

10:58 students.

10:59 And not only just the students, but the families as well.

11:04 And really just making sure that we are doing everything that we

11:07 can to take care of them

11:08 as a whole.

11:09 I know a lot of people have heard us reference our crisis teams

11:12 that go out to schools in

11:14 the event of a crisis.

11:15 But, you know, also just making connections for families and

11:18 ensuring that they have what

11:20 it needs – what they need to be successful regardless of the

11:23 challenge that they’re facing.

11:25 So, many thanks to all of you that do the tough jobs of making

11:28 sure the gates are locked

11:30 and that students are learning and all of those things.

11:32 But also thank you to those of you who are dealing with much

11:36 deeper issues with some

11:37 of our kiddos and making sure that they’re okay.

11:39 I appreciate it.

11:40 Thank you.

11:41 Thank you, Ms. Belford.

11:43 Mr. Susan.

11:44 First off, I want to say thank you to everybody else that’s out

11:47 in the crowd that’s either

11:48 had an impact on me as a teacher and a former instructor or just

11:51 as a friend of the district.

11:53 I see Mr. Solomon back there who is my principal.

11:56 I drove crazy for a couple of years.

11:57 I see a couple of other individuals.

11:58 I see Owens over there.

11:59 I used to coach football with.

12:01 But I really appreciate everything that you guys have done for

12:03 me in my life.

12:04 And I just want to take a second and say that.

12:06 Next thing is, is that I wanted to say, I think I saw Todd from

12:09 the Vieira company back

12:10 there.

12:11 There he is.

12:12 We have one of the most important agenda items tonight in recent

12:15 history for Vieira.

12:17 We’re going to be taking over the land for the new elementary

12:19 school.

12:20 And that’s a huge opportunity for us to grow as a community and

12:23 put another one of our schools

12:24 on the map.

12:25 And I really appreciate everything you’ve been doing with us and

12:27 working with us throughout

12:28 the years, Todd.

12:29 You’ve been a great partner with all the crazy things that we do

12:31 with fireworks and everything

12:32 and parades.

12:34 But you’ve been great.

12:35 And so I want to say thank you to that.

12:37 I did have the, you know, there was a meeting last week with the

12:41 security specialist to go

12:43 over some things, some ways to improve.

12:45 And I did want to send a shout out to Mr. Novelli for working

12:49 with them on that and coming

12:50 together.

12:51 You talk about security.

12:52 That’s another piece that we’ve been getting huge, huge

12:57 compliments for and working on their

12:59 growth and the improvement in that area.

13:02 Mr. Novelli, I really appreciate you reaching out to them and

13:05 working with them.

13:06 I did get an opportunity also to go to some of those graduations,

13:08 O’Galley, Vieira, Rockledge,

13:10 Edgewood.

13:11 Those were all really cool.

13:12 And I did want to say, I talked to a school board member over in

13:14 Hillsborough County and

13:15 what they do is, is they actually have everybody go to the fairgrounds.

13:18 And they have them go every hour or every two hours, they just

13:20 have them pump in and out.

13:22 And I think we in Brevard do it this way and it is amazing.

13:26 Because every single one of those graduations is different.

13:29 O’Galley has the huge American flag and then you have Edgewood

13:31 that has everybody playing

13:32 bands.

13:33 And then Vieira is out on the field and Rockledge is out on the

13:36 field.

13:36 Just some amazing things.

13:37 And what we do is more people friendly, more towards the

13:41 students and faculty.

13:43 And I just, it really shows how much we care.

13:47 I did want to also say that a big shout out to Harbor City and

13:50 Croton Elementary for their

13:51 third grade ELA scores.

13:53 I mean, they were, they knocked it out of the charts.

13:55 I mean, they were, they moved up on the chart and it’s very hard

13:58 for some of our title one

14:00 schools to do what they do and for them to step up and do it was

14:03 just phenomenal.

14:04 I have to give them a shout out.

14:05 Those third grade teams are tight.

14:07 When you go visit those schools and you kind of walk into the,

14:09 you walk into the staff meeting

14:11 rooms and stuff like that, they look at you and they, they kind

14:13 of go get out of our way.

14:14 We’re trying to do some work here.

14:15 And that’s the reason is, is they’re showing those improvements.

14:17 I also wanted to say, talk about some of the things that we don’t

14:20 talk about very often

14:22 is, is that Vieira softball went to regionals and baseball went

14:25 to regionals.

14:26 And also shout out to O’Galley in the back room, O’Galley beat

14:30 Rockledge to then go

14:32 to the regionals.

14:33 So huge baseball, when you start talking about multiple teams

14:36 reaching regional playoffs, that

14:38 is phenomenal for what we do for athletics.

14:40 I would argue to say, and I do know that central Florida, we

14:42 have more state championships in

14:44 central Florida than anywhere else going across the state.

14:47 If you look at how many we have for football, there’s nobody

14:50 else all the way through orange

14:52 and all the way through, we have more of them.

14:54 And that leads me to another comment.

14:56 Which one of you guys represents cocoa?

14:57 That’s you, McDougal, right?

14:58 Well, there’s something called the barbecue bowl that I want to

15:02 talk to you about.

15:03 It’s Rockledge versus cocoa.

15:04 So I want you to start thinking about what we can bet against

15:07 each other.

15:07 Okay.

15:08 So who’s going to win that game, all right?

15:09 All right.

15:10 I mean, I’m talking like washing cars or something like that.

15:11 No gambling, Mr. Susan.

15:12 What?

15:13 No gambling.

15:15 That’s not gambling.

15:16 There’s no money.

15:18 Gambling is money.

15:19 I didn’t say money.

15:20 Did you say money?

15:21 You said betting.

15:22 I didn’t hear money.

15:23 She’s always the rule follower, this one.

15:24 But I also go to Croton and give out awards for Rotary.

15:27 And that’s it.

15:28 That’s all.

15:29 Thank you, sir.

15:30 Ms. Campbell.

15:31 All right.

15:32 I think I’m actually going to go backwards and start with

15:35 tomorrow.

15:35 Because tomorrow in this room from 3:00 to 5:00 will be the

15:40 graduating senior job fair.

15:41 And I know I’ve tried to push it out there.

15:44 I hope you guys will share that, too.

15:46 I believe there’s going to be at least 40 companies represented.

15:49 So if you know a graduating senior who needs a job, and I’m

15:53 assuming that would be probably

15:53 for this summer or just for the next coming years, get them here.

15:56 Because I saw companies like some retail shops like Bass Pro

16:00 Shop.

16:00 But I also saw some other businesses on there long term, the

16:04 city of Palm Bay.

16:05 So encourage your graduating seniors to come.

16:08 There is a place online at Eventbrite where they can RSVP.

16:11 But I don’t think pre-registration is required.

16:13 But it is encouraged.

16:14 So hopefully we’ll have a big crowd turn out tomorrow.

16:17 As far as graduations go, you know, it was lots of fun.

16:20 I only got to go to one because all mine were at the same time.

16:24 So I had to pick.

16:25 But that one was really awesome.

16:26 But I wanted to just highlight one thing that I think we all saw.

16:30 And that was the students who were committed to going into the

16:34 military.

16:35 Especially coming off of Memorial Day yesterday.

16:38 I just – my heart is touched and stirred.

16:41 I know it’s a great opportunity for our students as far as, you

16:45 know,

16:46 a job for the next four years and the benefits of, you know, the

16:51 GI Bill,

16:51 getting part of your education paid for.

16:53 But that four-year commitment, I mean, they’re committing at 18

16:58 for the next four years of their lives.

17:00 This is what they’re going to be doing, where they’re going to

17:02 be living.

17:02 They’re not going to have control over where they’re going to go

17:04 and what they’re going to do and the uncertainty in the world.

17:07 Who knows?

17:08 So that commitment means a lot to me.

17:09 And I just want to thank those students just like I try every

17:14 time I see an actor,

17:14 you know, a former or a current member of the military to thank

17:18 them.

17:18 I just want to thank our students for making that commitment

17:20 here on the front end.

17:21 Because I – do you remember the numbers you sent us out across

17:25 the district?

17:25 How many have committed?

17:26 But it’s – you know, at Mel High alone, the numbers, you know,

17:30 were at least three dozen names that were called off.

17:32 And so just – I’m so thankful for those students.

17:37 And then just last Friday – this will be my last one.

17:40 Last Friday, I was able to go on a tour of the air conditioning

17:44 systems

17:44 for the Meadow Lane Central Row.

17:46 Those three schools operate off of one system.

17:49 It’s quite a challenge and has been quite a challenge this year.

17:51 But I just wanted to give my thanks to Dave Celanti, who did the

17:55 tour.

17:56 He was so helpful and so knowledgeable and was able to

17:59 communicate to us.

18:00 And that included myself, City Councilman Dan Batchelder from

18:06 the City of West Melbourne,

18:06 and the three principals.

18:07 You know, we’re not air conditioning techs, but he made it where

18:10 we could understand it.

18:11 And thank you, Sue, for sending him.

18:13 It was – you know, it was – we actually got to walk into the

18:18 guts of the system.

18:18 I took some pictures because I probably won’t ever get to go in

18:21 there again.

18:21 But it was good to take a look and just to figure out.

18:26 And I just want our public to know, because air conditioning has

18:29 been a sensitive topic.

18:30 And we live in Florida.

18:31 It’s always going to be a sensitive topic because it’s hot.

18:33 But I do – I was encouraged that our employees are really doing

18:37 the best they can

18:38 to try to make sure that our students and our employees are –

18:41 their needs are being taken care of.

18:43 And even if it means a really noisy, temporary chiller being

18:48 parked on the backside

18:48 of middle and middle and intermediate, they’re doing what –

18:51 they are doing that,

18:51 so that our students and our teachers can be comfortable,

18:53 especially during this last month of the year.

18:55 And then also looking forward to the future solutions,

18:59 what we’re going to have to do for a long term.

19:01 But I just really appreciate the tour and our maintenance crew

19:06 for what they do.

19:08 Thank you, Ms. Campbell.

19:09 Dr. Mullins.

19:11 Thank you, Ms. Deskovich.

19:13 I want to start by expressing my appreciation to rolling readers.

19:17 I had the opportunity – Mike is the executive director

19:20 and was able to participate in a fundraiser called Art and Soul

19:24 Brevard.

19:25 It was a wonderful event.

19:26 It was at the Fusner Art Museum, a fantastic demonstration of

19:31 artists around our community

19:33 that have their artwork on display, but also had a great cover

19:37 band.

19:37 And they’re raising money for rolling readers’ rights and

19:40 rolling readers’ draws,

19:42 bringing together writing and illustration students.

19:46 And I would encourage all of us to participate next year.

19:48 I told Mike I’d really put a plug in for it next year because it

19:52 was a great event.

19:53 I’ve had the privilege of spending my morning at Southwest

19:57 Middle School last Thursday,

20:00 Thursday or Friday, Thursday I think, with Carrie Friday, who is

20:05 the media specialist.

20:06 And she is just an energetic inspiration.

20:11 She has turned her media center into a hub for the entire school.

20:16 She collects data on the number of students who are coming in to

20:20 check out books,

20:20 how many books they’ve checked out, how many classrooms have

20:23 been there.

20:23 She works with teachers to facilitate hands-on learning.

20:26 She’s made her media center, maker space, 24/7.

20:30 It was – I had to wear running shoes to keep up with her that

20:35 morning.

20:36 And then on top of that, the culture that she’s created in the

20:40 media center was so positive

20:41 and so impressive.

20:42 I had the opportunity to work with a U.S. history class, with Mr.

20:47 Blake’s class,

20:47 and then also a supported level class.

20:50 And the love and the engagement and the inspiration she provided

20:57 those –

20:57 our students there was absolutely phenomenal.

21:00 So shout out to Carrie Friday.

21:02 I want to give you some numbers of – we all attended graduations

21:09 last week.

21:09 I was fortunate to attend five different graduations.

21:12 But just to let you know how many we graduated collectively, 5,073

21:19 graduates.

21:20 2,050 of those students graduated with honors.

21:25 434 graduated with their AA or AS degree from Eastern Florida

21:32 State College.

21:33 That’s a 20% plus increase from last year of 356 students.

21:39 That is phenomenal.

21:41 Strong, outstanding.

21:44 Last year, it’s over $4 million in college tuition savings, if I

21:48 remember correctly.

21:49 So, great job to Eastern Florida.

21:52 Yeah, let’s do that.

21:53 Thank you.

21:57 We had over 900 students who earned Bright Futures Scholarship.

22:02 And like Ms. Campbell, the graduations I went to, first to Mr.

22:09 Susan’s point, the tradition that is represented at our graduations

22:14 really makes them a very personalized ceremony.

22:18 So impressive from every graduation I attended.

22:21 But my heart was filled with the recognition and appreciation

22:25 for our students who are committing to the military.

22:28 They stand, we recognize them, and I’m so proud that our

22:34 district represents our armed services, all branches, with our

22:40 students.

22:40 And then our graduating class of 2019 earned over $50 million in

22:48 scholarships this year.

22:50 So, not to mention, I’m waiting to get the statistic on the

22:56 percent of students who graduated with an industry certification.

23:03 If it’s anything like last year, over 40%.

23:06 So, very excited to see the accomplishments of our students.

23:11 Congratulations to our elementary schools for a district-wide

23:15 improvement in our grade 3 ELA scores, an improvement of 1%.

23:20 I want to do a couple personalized shout-outs.

23:24 First, Darren Bolton and John Belaz in our print shop.

23:29 Our staff discovered very late last week, one of our high

23:33 schools, the program that they have printed.

23:37 It’s a customized program.

23:39 Discovered that they had misrepresented or missed the student’s

23:42 name in some of the recognitions.

23:44 And the school staff worked feverishly to get it corrected.

23:48 And Darren Bolton and his staff member came in over the weekend,

23:52 worked, I don’t know how many hours or how late in the night, in

23:56 the morning.

23:57 But they got the programs reprinted and delivered to Titusville

24:01 High School so that all of the attendees could have the correct

24:04 program.

24:04 Just a valiant effort on the part of our staff and really a

24:08 representation of what Team BPS is about.

24:11 So, thank you Darren and John for your commitment.

24:14 And finally, I want to share, if you haven’t read an article in

24:19 the Space Coast Daily titled, “Coco High School Afforded Me Outstanding

24:24 Teachers Opportunities,” written by Jordan Rocco, a graduating

24:27 senior at Coco High.

24:29 And I want to do a shout-out to – I was so impressed with the

24:34 quality of the writing of this young man.

24:37 And he gave personal appreciation to one of his English teachers,

24:42 Miss Vanessa Skipper.

24:43 And Miss Skipper, I want to thank you for your leadership to

24:46 help our students.

24:47 This was just a great testimony of your great work with our

24:51 students and representation of his accomplishment as well and

24:56 representation of our – of Coco High School.

24:58 So, if you haven’t read it yet, you need to. It’s a – it was

25:00 great. So, thank you.

25:02 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

25:07 I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention graduation myself.

25:13 I want to thank the teams that put together each of these graduations.

25:17 I feel like I was a little closer to one particular school this

25:21 year because I had my own graduate.

25:22 And I really saw – and they also have a new principal.

25:25 And just seeing what goes into all the work and the stress and

25:29 what they’re doing to pull off a graduation for parents and for

25:33 students to enjoy.

25:34 So, thank you to all our secondary teams that are working hard

25:38 not only to get your students to graduation.

25:40 It seems like there’s so much panic and finagling this last

25:43 couple months of students missing a credit or needing this to

25:46 graduate to getting them through and across that finish line.

25:48 So, to thank you to all of them.

25:51 I also – since the military seems to be a topic – Satellite

25:56 High had two students recognized on Saturday.

25:59 One for a Naval Academy appointment and one for Air Force

26:02 Academy appointment.

26:03 And those are – military is awesome, but that is like beyond,

26:08 beyond awesome.

26:09 And I also attended their awards ceremony.

26:11 And I think that the value of that is somewhere between $150,000

26:15 and $200,000.

26:16 Maybe the Naval was even $400,000 by the time they’re done with

26:19 all their training, their investing in the students.

26:22 So, super impressive.

26:24 We got news during West Shore’s graduation while we were

26:29 standing there on stage that –

26:31 You remember last school board meeting?

26:33 I told you they were on their way to Monaco for a mousetrap car

26:37 race.

26:37 Four students were on their way.

26:39 They were invited, all expense paid, to compete in this global

26:43 contest with these mousetrap cars that they designed.

26:45 While we were there at graduation, we were told that out of 500

26:49 teams globally –

26:50 We had four kids there, two teams.

26:53 One team placed second in one category and one team placed third

26:56 in another category.

26:57 Wow.

26:58 So, we are – Brevard Public Schools is on the map in Monaco.

27:03 So, I want to give a shout-out to Adrienne Lafarge.

27:07 She is the music teacher at Hoover.

27:09 And she was presented with one of three Emerging Teacher Awards.

27:12 So, as Ms. Belford mentioned, one of the other teachers.

27:15 She’s a new teacher.

27:16 She’s the band teacher – director?

27:20 I’m not sure if I’ve got the terminology right.

27:22 But we were able to show up in there with the HR team that went

27:28 in and balloons.

27:28 And the students were excited.

27:30 And she was extremely grateful to be recognized.

27:33 So, thank you for all her hard work and dedication to her

27:36 students.

27:37 I want to give a shout-out to Kim Donovan.

27:39 She’s the reading coach at Indy Atlantic Elementary School.

27:41 They had a reading celebration, an end-of-year celebration.

27:44 Students that met certain milestones.

27:46 And we were out under the pavilion, literally silly stringing

27:49 and dancing and crazy costumes and hats.

27:53 And the kids had a fantastic time.

27:56 And last, Surfside Elementary School ESE team.

28:00 The – Ms. Masterson, the principal there, recognized and put

28:05 them forward to receive the Bridge Builder pins.

28:08 And so, we have three categories of pins we give out in awards.

28:11 They’re Bridge Builder, Excellence Achiever, and Big Dreamer.

28:14 Each school board member and Dr. Mullins was given 25 pins at

28:17 the beginning of the year to award as we saw fit.

28:20 And I’m happy to say that I am out of Bridge Builder pins, but I’m

28:24 not out of the other two categories.

28:25 So, it seems like – and I see, as you guys mentioned, it seems

28:28 like we have a lot of Bridge Builders within our community.

28:30 And that was the theme that Dr. Mullins set out for us for this

28:34 year.

28:34 And I think that your district is proving to be Bridge Builders.

28:38 So, quickly, their names of their whole ESE team is Faith Bowman,

28:43 Mark Singleton, Sue Stocks, Nadine Willett, Joe Lesher, Brie Lawhorn,

28:48 and Holly Srin.

28:49 And they – Ms. Masterson just couldn’t be more grateful for

28:53 them.

28:53 She said they’re a cohesive team who’s really putting all the

28:56 supports in place for their students.

28:57 And she just – she saw their level of services go up

28:59 tremendously this year with this team.

29:01 And that concludes the board shout outs.

29:05 And that brings us to the adoption of the agenda, Dr. Mullins.

29:11 Ms. Deskovich and members of the board.

29:15 On this evening’s agenda, we have administrative staff

29:18 recommendations, one presentation, one recognition,

29:21 28 consent items, two action items, and three information items.

29:25 You also have the yellow supplemental agenda, which are changes

29:28 made to the agenda since being released to the public on Tuesday,

29:32 May 21st, 2019.

29:33 Items A7 on administrative staff recommendations.

29:37 F11 on meeting minutes.

29:39 F12 on student expulsions.

29:41 F19 on reappointment nominations of annual contract teachers for

29:45 2019-2020 school year.

29:47 F20 on administrative and professional reappointment nominations

29:50 for 2019-2020.

29:53 And G40 on purchasing solicitations received revisions.

29:57 Item C9 on general fund balance overview.

30:01 F16 on district 5 superintendent’s insurance advisory committee

30:06 representative.

30:07 F21 on ratification of the 2018-19 collective bargaining

30:11 agreement between the school board of Brevard County

30:13 and the international union of painters and allied trades.

30:16 Local 1010.

30:17 And item F22 on salary increase and enhancements for non-bargaining

30:21 personnel.

30:21 2018-19 are additions.

30:24 What are the wishes of the board?

30:26 Move to approve.

30:27 Second.

30:28 Motion by Mr. Susan.

30:29 Second by Ms. Belford.

30:30 Okay.

30:31 Please vote.

30:32 Any discussion?

30:33 Please vote.

30:34 Motion passes 5-0.

30:35 Dr. Mullins, will you please let us know about the

30:46 administrative staff recommendations?

30:51 Madam Chair, there are 12 persons on this agenda item for the

30:54 board to consider.

30:55 What are the wishes of the board?

30:58 Second.

31:00 Motion by Ms. Belford.

31:01 Second by Mr. Susan.

31:02 Please – any discussion?

31:03 Please vote.

31:04 Motion passes 5-0.

31:05 Dr. Mullins.

31:06 At this time, I would like to welcome and congratulate – where

31:13 is she?

31:13 Dr. Karen Ivory.

31:14 There she is.

31:15 On her reclassification – yeah.

31:16 On her reclassification of transfer from the position of

31:23 principal at Sherwood Elementary School to the position of

31:26 Director of Elementary Leading and Learning.

31:28 Congratulations, Dr. Ivory.

31:43 Thank you, Dr. Ivory.

31:44 Thank you, Dr. Mullins and thank you, Mrs. Klein and Dr.

31:50 Sullivan and my new team.

31:53 And I want to thank my old team and the team that makes it

31:53 possible, my daughter, my mother, and my old assistant principal,

31:54 Mrs. McDonough, and Mrs. Ray, who was – I met her as my

31:54 daughter’s kindergarten teacher and she’s been one of my biggest

31:55 cheerleaders.

31:56 So thank you, and thank you, Board, for giving me this

32:08 opportunity.

32:11 And I see my sixth-grade teacher in the house, so thank you, Mrs.

32:15 Bayer, also.

32:16 All right.

32:21 That’s not her, like, current sixth-grade teacher.

32:25 That was when she was in sixth grade.

32:27 Yes.

32:28 Fran Day.

32:29 Wow.

32:30 Who was also Teacher Union President.

32:31 Yes, ma’am.

32:32 Yes, sir.

32:33 And a bunch of other great things.

32:34 That’s what I just want to clarify.

32:35 That’s all.

32:36 All right.

32:37 I’d also like to congratulate Ms. Theresa Benson on her reclassification

32:42 and transfer from the position of Assistant Principal at Vieira

32:46 High School to the position of Principal at West Melbourne

32:49 Elementary School for Science.

32:55 This is such a great honor.

32:57 Thank you so much, Board, Dr. Mullins, the Cabinet staff.

33:01 Thank you so much.

33:03 I – to be named the principal at West Melbourne Elementary is

33:08 such an honor, not only to – because of the School for Science

33:12 component, the technology component, being able to create those

33:16 partnerships.

33:16 I’m so excited.

33:17 I want to thank my family, first of all, for moving to Brevard

33:21 County.

33:22 I’m so grateful.

33:23 I’m so glad my husband liked the house that I bought through

33:26 FaceTime.

33:27 That was so nice.

33:28 But just being here and being part of this county has been

33:34 wonderful.

33:35 I have so many mentors to thank, not only in Broward County,

33:38 where I was a teacher, Union County, where I was a principal,

33:41 but here in Brevard County.

33:43 I have Miss Finstead at McCullough Elementary.

33:47 She’s my mentor principal.

33:48 I have Wes Harreld at Williams Elementary, where I did a

33:52 teaching position there.

33:54 Mike Alba, Sarah Robinson, my admin team at Vieira High School.

33:59 Heather Smith is representing them tonight.

34:02 I’m so happy that you guys are here.

34:03 Thank you.

34:04 But just being here and being a part of Brevard and knowing that

34:10 no matter where my life was taken, I was born and raised in

34:16 Florida.

34:16 I knew I was going to come back to Florida.

34:18 And I’m so glad that Brevard County is my home.

34:20 Thanks so much for this honor.

34:26 Congratulations are also in order for Miss Cherie Cochran on her

34:30 reclassification and transfer from the position of teacher on

34:34 assignment at Cambridge Elementary School to the position of

34:36 assistant principal at Apollo Elementary School.

34:40 Congratulations.

34:41 Thank you, Dr. Mullins and members of the school board for this

34:45 opportunity to serve the students of Apollo as an assistant

34:47 principal.

34:48 I couldn’t have done this without the support of my family.

34:50 I’ve got here tonight my mom and dad, my three children, my

34:53 sister who’s also a teacher with BPS.

34:55 She’s a resource teacher here at the district.

34:57 My husband, Brian.

34:58 Thank you to my current admin team at Cambridge, Dr. Spear and

35:03 Miss Tejie.

35:04 Thank you to Mr. O’Leary and I look forward to working with you

35:07 and Miss Wise and the Apollo team and go Eagles.

35:15 We want to recognize and congratulate Miss Jamie Miner on her

35:18 reclassification and transfer from the position of teacher on

35:22 assignment at Coquina Elementary School to the position of

35:25 assistant principal at Coquina Elementary.

35:28 Congratulations.

35:29 Thank you.

35:30 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

35:31 Thank you to the board.

35:32 I want to start off by thanking everyone that’s here with me

35:35 tonight.

35:36 My boyfriend, Chris, and one of my best friends, Michelle.

35:38 They have been my cheerleaders and my supporters along this

35:42 journey.

35:42 To my principal, Blair Lovelace, and to my assistant principal,

35:47 who sadly we are losing, Kim Harris.

35:49 They have been amazing.

35:51 They have thrown everything at me that they could possibly think

35:55 of to get me ready for this.

35:56 And I can’t thank you enough for that learning opportunity and

35:59 allowing me to grow each and every day.

36:01 Thank you to Miss Sylvester and Miss Klein for believing in me.

36:05 I am absolutely honored to be the assistant principal at Coquina

36:09 Elementary School.

36:10 And thank you to Dr. John Harris for encouraging me to come over

36:15 to Brevard County and being an amazing mentor.

36:18 Thank you so much.

36:19 All right.

36:24 Next, we congratulate Miss Erica Back on her reclassification

36:28 and transfer from the position of teacher on assignment at Fairglen

36:31 Elementary School to the position of assistant principal at Dr.

36:35 W. J. Creole Elementary.

36:37 Thank you.

36:38 I consider it an honor and privilege to be here tonight.

36:42 The appointment of assistant principal is something that I don’t

36:45 take lightly.

36:46 I’m fully committed to seeing students succeed.

36:50 And I’m excited about working with a team that’s passionate

36:54 about it.

36:55 I have had an amazing team that has been with me along the way.

37:00 My husband’s my rock.

37:02 I have parents who are unconditionally supportive along the way.

37:07 My children who have put up with me not cooking dinners and

37:11 things of that sort.

37:12 And understanding and being patient.

37:14 And just my whole entire family.

37:17 That’s on the home front.

37:19 As far as work is concerned, I’ve had amazing leaders over the

37:24 years who have truly pushed me to where I am today.

37:28 It starts from Jane Klein who pushed me many years ago when I

37:33 was a bookkeeper to follow my dream and my passion of being a

37:37 teacher.

37:37 And then from being a teacher, I’ve had leaders like Blair Lovelace,

37:43 Angela Owens, Catherine Murphy, Amy DeLago, who have pushed me,

37:47 Stephanie Hall, to be where I am today.

37:50 My poor current admin team has put up with me asking endless

37:55 questions, has truly supported me when I maybe have doubted

37:59 myself.

38:00 And then I’m extremely excited for my new admin team who is

38:05 willing to give me the chance to lead and guide alongside of

38:09 them.

38:09 And I couldn’t be more happier and proud.

38:12 And thank you board for appointing me this evening.

38:19 Congratulations to Melanie Nelson on her reclassification and

38:23 transfer from the position of guidance services professional at

38:27 Kennedy Middle School to the position of assistant principal at

38:30 Pinewood Elementary.

38:31 Congratulations.

38:32 Thank you.

38:33 Thank you to the board.

38:34 And thank you, Dr. Mullins, for the opportunity.

38:36 I want to thank Jane Klein for hiring me 14 years ago when I

38:41 came to Brevard County.

38:43 I want to thank Ms. Tomlinson, my current administration for her

38:48 guidance.

38:48 this year along with several others in this room.

38:52 And I thank my kids for being patient with me, Brielle and Bryce,

38:56 as I’ve ventured out on this journey.

38:58 So.

38:59 And thank you to Ms. Robinson for giving me the opportunity.

39:02 I’m super excited to serve the Panther community.

39:06 I’m super excited to hit the ground running at Edgewood.

39:07 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

39:07 Thank you to the board.

39:08 I appreciate the opportunity.

39:09 Big thank you to Ms. Ingrada for believing in me.

39:10 I’m super excited to hit the ground running at Edgewood.

39:11 Big thank you to Ms. Majeskovic who has guided me over the last

39:14 couple of years and given me lots of professional

39:15 growth opportunities, PGOs as we call them.

39:19 So thank you.

39:20 And a huge thank you to my support here.

39:22 my lovely wife, Katie, and my two angels, Avery and Olivia.

39:25 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

39:26 Thank you to the board.

39:27 I appreciate the opportunity.

39:29 Big thank you to Ms. Ingrada for believing in me.

39:31 I’m super excited to hit the ground running at Edgewood.

39:34 Big thank you to Ms. Majeskovic who has guided me over the last

39:37 couple of years and given me lots of professional

39:40 growth opportunities, PGOs as we call them.

39:43 So thank you.

39:44 And a huge thank you to my support here, my lovely wife, Katie,

39:49 and my two angels, Avery and Olivia.

39:52 All right.

39:58 Congratulations to Mr. John Roosh on his reclassification and

40:02 transfer from the position of 10-month assistant principal

40:04 at O’Galley High to the position of 12-month assistant principal

40:08 at O’Galley High School.

40:09 Go Commodores.

40:11 Thank you, Board.

40:12 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

40:13 I want to thank Dr. Sullivan for hiring me in Brevard County.

40:16 And then thank you to Ms. Vega for giving me the opportunity and

40:21 also for Mr. Solomon to let me continue in Brevard Public

40:25 Schools to the next step.

40:26 Thank you.

40:27 We also want to congratulate Ms. Angela Owens on her reclassification

40:36 and transfer from the position of 10-month assistant principal

40:40 at Merritt Island High

40:40 to the position of 12-month assistant principal at Palm Bay High.

40:44 Thank you, Dr. Mullins and school board.

40:46 It is definitely an honor to be able to serve Brevard County

40:49 Public Schools.

40:50 To my husband, who does it all behind the scenes, he’s been my

40:54 rock through it all, and he’s made many sacrifices so that I can

40:58 continue upon my educational leadership journey.

41:01 To my former principals, and there’s a few of you in here today,

41:05 to the elementary and secondary directors, and to Ms. Klein and

41:10 Dr. Sullivan, thank you for everything you’ve put in place for

41:14 me to be where I am today.

41:15 You guys have inspired me, you guys have guided me, and taught

41:19 me all the great aspects of a leader.

41:21 To Mr. Ramer, it’s been one great year together.

41:25 It’s sad at the same time, but you have believed in me, and you

41:29 have given me so many opportunities to grow as an educational

41:33 leader, and for that I’m so thankful.

41:35 Finally, to Mr. Kaminsky, I am very excited for this opportunity,

41:39 and to be able to serve alongside your administrative team, and

41:42 I look forward to serving the community, the parents, and the

41:46 faculty, and of course the students at Palm Bay Magnet High

41:49 School.

41:49 Thank you.

41:56 And last, but certainly not least, congratulations to Jamie

42:00 Russell on his reclassification transfer from the position of 10-month

42:04 assistant principal at Astronaut High to the position of 12-month

42:08 assistant principal at Astronaut High School.

42:11 I’d like to first off thank Dr. Mullins and the board for the

42:17 opportunity.

42:19 I’d like to also thank Mr. Novelli, Dr. Sullivan, and Mrs. Bowman

42:26 for being my mentor, for helping me for the last four years in

42:30 the position I am, and to just, you know, be there for me when I

42:34 needed you guys to be, and thank you very much.

42:36 I also want to thank my principal, current and going to be

42:40 continuing, Mrs. Miller, for pushing me, for helping me be the

42:44 leader that I continue to be, and hopefully to continue to push

42:48 me and be who I need to be.

42:48 Lastly, I want to thank my wife, who’s about there with my four

42:53 little children.

42:55 We’ve had a fun ride, but, you know, she’s there, and I couldn’t

43:02 do it without her, and thank you very much, and I just look

43:06 forward to the opportunity. Thank you.

43:09 I’ll just note that there was no shortage of PGOing out there,

43:22 professional growth opportunities, so good job principals, way

43:24 to give them opportunities, and keep delegating.

43:28 Thank you.

43:29 Ms. Deskovich?

43:30 Yes, Ms. Belford?

43:31 May I take just one second?

43:33 I just want to point out, while Jamie Russell did give his wife

43:38 due appreciation, and I’m sure that she appreciates that, his

43:42 wife, Jamie Russell, also happens to be a member of the Pinewood

43:46 team.

43:46 So, not only is she, like, rock star wife, supporting him and

43:49 his growth in the district,

43:51 district and two twins new twins how old are they now two and a

43:59 half month old

44:00 twins and and a firecracker member of the Pinewood team so thank

44:04 you both to

44:05 all that your family does for the district

44:09 thank you miss Belford and I just add that’s quite a large

44:16 amount of new

44:17 administrators and administrators that have moved into new

44:20 positions and we

44:21 know the value of good leadership so we’re expecting and hoping

44:26 and supporting

44:27 and planning on you setting a good tone in your schools and and

44:31 supporting our

44:32 staff our teachers and our students we’re depending on you so

44:36 thank you all

44:37 very much we are now time it’s now time to move on to our

44:42 recognition portion of

44:43 our meeting dr. Mullins thank you miss Tescovich I’d like to

44:47 welcome miss

44:48 Marsha Booth founder and president of recycle Brevard who will

44:53 be making a

44:54 presentation to Robert Louis Steven Stevenson Elementary School

44:58 for being

44:59 selected to receive the League of Women Voters of the Space

45:03 Coast recycling award

45:05 Ms. Booth thank you Dr. Mullins well today I’m representing the

45:13 League of Women Voters I’m

45:15 coordinator of the recycling awards for the league and the

45:20 league is honored to be

45:22 here and offering and having the opportunity to once again

45:25 present this the

45:26 award at the school board meeting to recognize the school and

45:30 efforts of our

45:31 schools here thank you to Charles Mackenmohan and Joseph Montemarino

45:38 Bruce

45:39 Lindsay and Sue Han for the support this year’s award so just to

45:46 give you a little

45:47 history of the award so it started in 1997 and the League of

45:53 Women Voters of the

45:54 Space Coast recycling awards incorporation with Brevard Public

45:57 Schools has has

45:59 presented reward schools with a challenge have students come up

46:03 with ways to

46:04 improve recycling practices and educate others on the importance

46:08 of recycling with

46:10 the goal of encouraging reflection and further and now action

46:13 about recycling

46:14 efforts the award program recognizes schools whose projects best

46:19 represent their

46:19 knowledge and experience with recycling three volunteer judges

46:24 helped select this

46:25 goal of the opportunity to do so thank you for all the help the

46:26 schools that participated in the program this year we had five

46:26 applications and three submissions in the end we very much

46:27 appreciate your efforts in learning and

46:27 practicing recycling and recycling and recycling and recycling

46:33 and recycling and

46:33 so thank you for all the help I would like to also thank the

46:46 schools that participated in the program this year we had five

46:46 applications and three submissions in the end we very much

46:46 appreciate your efforts in learning and practicing recycling and

46:46 recycling and your participation in our program so now i would

47:01 like to invite our current president

47:05 to join me to present the award so the elementary school

47:18 selected to receive the award this year was

47:21 Stevenson Elementary principal mr. Mark principal Cornell

47:33 project leader miss

47:37 Rivera great the class of a sixth grade class they planned the

47:43 whole project and

47:44 it was a very involved project they had a skit the video they

47:48 filmed they did a

47:50 project a fundraiser and you know it was some research and

47:54 survey in the school

47:55 so it was a very impressive project so and the project was

47:59 titled the great

48:00 garbage project

48:20 mm-hmm

48:25 - Thank you.

48:57 - Nice.

48:58 - Thank you.

49:17 - That’s true.

49:18 - Did you watch the video of the flyover?

49:20 - Thank you.

49:31 - Miss Deskovich, if I may, since we have Stevenson Elementary

49:35 School in the house,

49:37 I missed this earlier.

49:42 So Mr. Corneau received word on Saturday that their fourth grade

49:47 Odyssey of the Mind team,

49:50 the youngest students to compete at World Championship received

49:54 their rating placing them at 18th in

49:57 the world against over 60 other countries competing at World

50:01 Championships.

50:02 Congratulations.

50:03 - Thank you.

50:11 - So we talked about Brevard being represented across the world,

50:14 and that’s true through Odyssey

50:15 of the Mind as well.

50:16 Great job, Stevenson.

50:17 Very proud of you.

50:18 - Yeah.

50:19 - Good job.

50:20 - Fantastic.

50:21 Young lady, are you part of the Odyssey of the Mind team?

50:26 Congratulations.

50:27 That’s a big accomplishment.

50:28 Where was it held this year?

50:29 - Philadelphia.

50:30 - Michigan.

50:31 - In Michigan.

50:32 Did you have a good trip?

50:33 That’s wonderful.

50:34 I don’t think she goes to the picture with her.

50:35 - They raised $1,000 in less than three weeks.

50:38 - Wow.

50:39 - Oh, wow.

50:40 - That’s important.

50:43 - Where did Mike go?

50:44 Mike, are you behind the curtain?

50:46 No, not Corneau.

50:48 Mike, there you go.

50:49 Come back out with your camera.

50:50 Let’s at least get the school represented for another picture.

50:53 Mr. Corneau, Dr. Corneau, come on back up here.

50:55 - The school board meeting going home.

50:56 - How cool.

50:57 - We’re going to clean it up.

50:58 - Yeah.

50:59 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:00 - Yeah.

51:01 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:02 - Yeah.

51:03 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:04 - Yeah.

51:04 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:05 - Yeah.

51:06 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:08 - Yeah.

51:09 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:14 We’re going to clean it up.

51:15 - We’re going to clean it up.

51:17 We’re going to clean it up.

51:25 - Nice.

51:26 - Okay.

51:51 We are on to the presentation portion of our meeting.

51:55 I have asked Dr. Mullins and Ms. Zerker

51:59 to prepare an explanation about our general fund balance,

52:03 a little bit more of a breakdown overview.

52:05 So Dr. Mullins.

52:08 - Ms. Zerker, chief financial officer,

52:10 is here to provide us with the general fund balance overview.

52:14 Ms. Zerker.

52:15 - Thank you, Dr. Mullins.

52:17 Good evening, board.

52:19 As stated at the request of the superintendent,

52:22 this presentation is to provide information regarding the 2017-18

52:28 ending fund balance.

52:32 Fund balance is a nonrecurring funds that are the result of an

52:36 accounting equation.

52:38 It takes the revenues net of expenditures added to the beginning

52:42 fund balance.

52:43 And beginning fund balance is the ending fund balance from the

52:46 previous year.

52:47 Fund balance is made up of nonrecurring dollars.

52:51 While it may fluctuate by the net difference of revenues and

52:54 expenditures,

52:55 and the mix may fluctuate, once they are spent, they are gone.

53:00 Our current, for 17-18, our percent of total revenues to fund

53:06 balance was 10.66%.

53:11 Fund balance reporting for financial statements is governed by

53:15 the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,

53:17 commonly known as GASB, Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting

53:23 and Governmental Fund Types.

53:25 Per the standard, we are required to report our fund balances as

53:29 non-spendable, inventories and prepaids.

53:33 Restricted, which are funds that have external restrictions on

53:37 the usage.

53:38 Committed, which are funds that the board, through action,

53:42 restricts their uses or commits their uses to a specific item.

53:47 Assigned, which are funds that are planned to be used for a

53:51 specific purpose.

53:53 And unassigned, are all line items within the fund balance that

53:57 do not fit into the other four categories.

54:00 In addition, the Department of Education measures the financial

54:04 stability of school districts with the financial condition ratio.

54:09 So, there is penalties according to Florida statute 1011.051

54:16 guidelines for general funds if the fund balance dips below 3%.

54:24 Across the state, per the DOE information, the financial

54:29 condition ratios range from 0% to 22.65%,

54:35 with a median of 8.15% statewide.

54:41 The sum of the assigned and unassigned fund balance divided by

54:45 total revenues equals the financial condition ratio.

54:49 For Brevard County Schools, it is 8.26% as of the end of fiscal

54:55 year 17-18.

54:57 Taking a look for transparency’s sake and desire at a line item

55:05 breakout of the budget, we see the different items that actually

55:13 get put into fund balance.

55:15 In preparing for this presentation, it came to our attention

55:19 that in a previous presentation encumbrances had been slightly

55:22 overstated and the carry forwards included reserves.

55:27 Tonight, we’re going to work with the correct breakout of the

55:31 total fund balance.

55:33 Starting with inventory on hand, we are going to look at each

55:40 item individually and provide explanation of what makes that up.

55:45 Inventory on hand is an accounting of consumable supplies and

55:49 repair parts.

55:51 The warehouse maintains consumable supplies for use by schools

55:55 and departments.

55:57 Some examples of what they hold are paper goods, markers, and

56:02 binders.

56:03 Facilities and maintenance maintains a supply of construction

56:06 and repair parts.

56:07 Some of those would be plumbing materials, electrical supplies,

56:12 spools of wire, refrigerants and antifreeze, cabinetry materials,

56:18 etc.

56:19 And lastly, the Transportation Department maintains a supply of

56:23 bus and vehicle repair parts.

56:25 Include engine parts, batteries, tires, headlights, taillights,

56:30 bus paint, oil, lubricants, etc.

56:33 These are all items on hand and would be expensed as used.

56:41 Moving on to prepaid expenses.

56:44 Within our prepaid expenses is our property and general

56:48 liability insurance premium.

56:50 The annual insurance premium is due April 1st.

56:54 The contract runs from April 1 through March 31st.

56:58 According to generally accepted accounting principles, a portion

57:03 of that premium should be recognized in the current year for

57:08 months April through June.

57:11 A portion for the next fiscal year, July through March, are

57:15 placed on the balance sheet as a prepaid asset.

57:19 And then a portion of fund balance is recognized as the prepaid

57:25 asset.

57:26 This is a holding place for the payment of monthly P&G insurance

57:31 premium.

57:32 And that monthly premium is $396,000.

57:36 This line item will be fully expended at the end of March.

57:46 Moving to state categoricals.

57:49 This is funding through the state that is not discretionary, but

57:54 mandated by the state on how these funds must be spent.

57:58 All of these funds are spent in support of our schools.

58:02 Some of the examples that are included in state categoricals

58:05 include the mental health allocation, safe schools, schools of

58:10 hope, reading allocation, DJJ supplemental allocation,

58:15 instructional materials, teacher classroom supply assistance,

58:19 digital classroom allocation, school recognition, adult

58:24 education or workforce, and our voluntary pre-K program.

58:27 These are externally required by the state on how we must spend

58:33 them.

58:36 Moving to the committed fund balance, began in fiscal year 17-18,

58:42 recommended by the superintendent and approved by the board to

58:45 take nonrecurring dollars totaling almost 5.9 million and pay

58:50 for 16 instructional coaches, 7 social workers, school security

58:56 resource officers,

58:56 centralized internal accounts, and athletic assistance over

59:02 three years, 17-18, 18-19, 19-20.

59:05 At the end of 17-18, there was $3.9 million still in committed.

59:11 1.9 of that or approximately half of it will be used in the 18-19

59:17 year to cover these expenses.

59:20 The remainder will be used in the 19-20 year.

59:26 Moving to encumbrances, these are open purchase orders for goods

59:33 and services that were still outstanding as of June 30, 2018.

59:40 Some of the purchase orders that were included in this listing

59:43 is supplies, computer hardware, subscription fees for software,

59:49 furniture, fixture, and equipment, specialized services of

59:53 contractors that provide maintenance for our facilities,

59:57 remodel and renovation contracts, oil and grease purchases, tire

1:00:01 and tubes, and bank charges.

1:00:05 So, carry forwards are remaining balances and accounts that can

1:00:11 carry forward into the new fiscal year.

1:00:14 Some examples include, but are not limited to, adult ed,

1:00:20 advanced placement, ACE program, art education, AVID, CAPE, DJJ,

1:00:28 driver’s ed, elementary math program, facility use fees

1:00:33 collected at the school,

1:00:34 gifted, Hennigar arts, international baccalaureate program, lacrosse,

1:00:41 legacy club, positive behavior, school advisory council, science

1:00:43 education,

1:00:43 Schlossberg funds and suicide prevention.

1:00:53 Looking at the reserve for medical insurance.

1:00:56 This was a reserve that was set up as part of fiscal year 2015-16

1:01:00 budget reductions.

1:01:02 It was presented at a school board workshop by Dr. Bingley on

1:01:08 March 31, 2015.

1:01:11 This reserve annually creates a $3.1 million reserve out of lapsed

1:01:17 general funds.

1:01:19 When I first came to the district and was looking at this, there

1:01:22 was some initial misunderstanding on my part that this reserve

1:01:28 was set aside in case we got in trouble on the health insurance

1:01:32 trust fund.

1:01:34 The staff has clarified for me and provided copies of the

1:01:38 presentation by Dr. Bingley that this was actually created to

1:01:42 avoid having to budget for a premium increase in the health

1:01:46 insurance trust fund in 2015-16.

1:01:51 This reserve pays a portion of the health insurance trust fund.

1:01:56 The reserve pays a portion of the health insurance premium for

1:01:59 the next year.

1:02:00 School operations.

1:02:01 These are funds remaining specifically identified for school

1:02:06 operations.

1:02:07 They do include school specific savings accounts for special

1:02:12 projects, marquees, playgrounds, shade covers, and security

1:02:17 cameras.

1:02:18 In addition, it covers classroom technology, custodial supplies,

1:02:22 furniture, fixture, and equipment, and instructional materials

1:02:25 or library books, among other items.

1:02:28 The state required contingency is a board-directed item from

1:02:35 fiscal year 2007-8 and established by the board at that time.

1:02:43 It is a fixed amount that was set at that time, and the purpose

1:02:47 was to ensure that fund balance would never fall below the 3%.

1:02:54 With the amount being fixed, however, the percent does decrease

1:02:59 as total revenues increase over time.

1:03:03 We can see at the beginning of ‘18-‘19 or end of ‘17-‘18, the $19,880,369

1:03:12 was 3.6% of total revenues.

1:03:19 Nonrecurring funds.

1:03:22 These are nonrecurring lapse funds that fell out at the end of

1:03:25 the year of ‘17-‘18, and they were intended at the time to

1:03:29 provide bonuses to employees in the ‘18-‘19 school year.

1:03:34 The FEFP reserve is funds that have been set aside initially at

1:03:41 a higher amount over the years and reduced as calculations of

1:03:46 the Florida Education Finance Program have caused losses of

1:03:51 revenue.

1:03:52 The district receives five calculations throughout the year. The

1:03:57 first two are based on projected student enrollment. Calculation

1:04:02 three is done after the October student survey and adjustments

1:04:06 are typically made downward for the difference between actuals

1:04:10 and projected.

1:04:11 Calculation four occurs after the February student survey. In

1:04:16 many cases, we do gain some back, but not completely what we

1:04:21 lost. In the current fiscal year 18-19, the third calc, we lost

1:04:27 $1.7 million in the funding.

1:04:30 We anticipate about half of that to be coming back from the

1:04:33 fourth calculation. The fifth calculation occurs in late summer

1:04:38 and gives us the final counts in proration from the state.

1:04:45 And lastly is miscellaneous reserves. These are an amount of non-recurring

1:04:51 lapsed dollars that are set aside to be able to handle unforeseen

1:04:56 or higher than expected expenditures.

1:04:59 Two examples of this for this year was our SAT testing for all

1:05:03 of 100% of the juniors across the district. That came in higher

1:05:08 than expected by about $100,000. The second was dual enrollment

1:05:15 textbooks. The costs were much greater than the money that had

1:05:18 been allocated and those funds were taken out from this miscellaneous

1:05:23 revenue.

1:05:28 Thank you.

1:05:29 Anyone wishing to gain additional information on fund balance, I

1:05:32 would direct them to the comprehensive annual financial report

1:05:36 on the district’s website at the link provided. Our CAFRs, which

1:05:42 they’re commonly called, are audited by Moore, Stevens, and Lovelace

1:05:46 annually, and the audit report for that can be found in the CAFR

1:05:50 on page one.

1:05:51 Additional information on fund balance is available in the

1:05:56 balance sheet on page 20, the statement of revenues and

1:05:59 expenditures and changes in fund balance on page 24, and the

1:06:03 footnote to the financial statements number 20, fund balance

1:06:07 reporting page 79.

1:06:10 I also welcome anyone reaching out to my office for additional

1:06:15 information. We’d be happy to share any of the details that are

1:06:20 behind the numbers presented tonight. And that concludes my

1:06:23 presentation to the board.

1:06:23 Thank you, Ms. Zirker. If anybody has any follow-up questions,

1:06:28 please contact Ms. Zirker, make an appointment with her, and go

1:06:33 through the presentation with her. We are now on to the public

1:06:37 comments portion of our meeting.

1:06:40 The school board policy 0169.1 limits to 30 minutes, the portion

1:06:44 of the meeting during which public is invited to participate.

1:06:48 The policy further provides that the time limit may be extended.

1:06:52 We have three public speakers tonight.

1:06:56 Each speaker is limited to three minutes. We have a clock in

1:06:59 front of me to help you keep track of your time. When your time

1:07:02 is over, you’ll be asked to stop and allow the next speaker his

1:07:04 or her turn.

1:07:05 Always keep in mind that reasonable decorum is expected at all

1:07:08 times, and your statement should be directed to the board

1:07:10 chairman. The chairman may interrupt, warn, or terminate a

1:07:14 participant’s statement when time is up, personally directive,

1:07:17 abusive, obscene, or irrelevant.

1:07:20 Should an individual not observe proper etiquette, the chairman

1:07:23 may request the individual leave the meeting. Let’s all

1:07:26 encourage an environment appropriate for our children who may be

1:07:28 present or watching at home.

1:07:30 Let’s begin with our speakers. We have Anthony Colucci, Ronald

1:07:33 Bradley, and Vanessa Skipper. Before speaking, please state your

1:07:38 name, the organization you represent, and the topic that you

1:07:41 will be discussing. Mr. Colucci.

1:07:49 Good evening, everyone. My name is Ron Bradley.

1:07:52 Mr. Bradley. Sorry, Mr. Colucci, you can go second. Is that okay?

1:07:57 Oh, I’m sorry.

1:07:58 That’s okay. Go ahead, Mr. Bradley.

1:07:59 Well, he might want to hear what I hear too, so. Anyway, I am

1:08:02 here to talk to you about some things that’s really on my heart.

1:08:10 I think they’re spending a lot of money on a lot of things that

1:08:16 don’t need to be spent.

1:08:19 I started in air conditioning in 1962. Some of you weren’t even

1:08:24 born. I worked on equipment that you never heard of.

1:08:30 When you go to buy equipment for the school system, it’s not

1:08:35 first cost. It’s how long it lasts.

1:08:39 You got schools around here that you got a 100-acre school. Some

1:08:45 of the air conditioning equipment you buy, you can’t set it by

1:08:48 the school.

1:08:49 You got to set it out in the pasture and pipe the chill water

1:08:54 from one school across a turnip patch to the other school.

1:09:00 Now, that don’t sound very economical to me. If one unit goes

1:09:05 down, you got two schools go down. If you got three schools and

1:09:12 got a chill package on a system, you got three schools down.

1:09:18 Now, if that makes sense, I don’t know. I’ve worked in four

1:09:25 different school systems and it’s all basically the same. First

1:09:32 cost.

1:09:33 I’m going to find some more information out, but when you got a

1:09:38 control system and got three or four different systems on and

1:09:41 they won’t interface, then you got a problem.

1:09:45 You got to go out of one and get in another one. Go out of this

1:09:49 and get another one.

1:09:50 Then you bid on a job. The guy lowballs you. He gets equipment

1:09:54 in. After it’s over with, you don’t have anybody to work on it.

1:09:59 You don’t have any people in-house that can do the work, but you

1:10:05 can spend thousands of dollars having people come in and do the

1:10:09 job that you could do in-house.

1:10:12 Now, another thing I’d like to say, everybody here tonight,

1:10:16 thank everybody for what they do.

1:10:19 When you get to a school system where you do more mentoring and

1:10:24 less paperwork, you have a far better school system. I’ll tell

1:10:28 you that. Thank you.

1:10:30 Thank you, Mr. Bradley.

1:10:37 Mr. Colucci.

1:10:39 My name is Anthony Colucci. I’m the President of the Brevard

1:10:56 Federation of Teachers.

1:10:57 Tonight, I’m requesting that you review the facts presented by

1:11:00 the Special Magistrate, a magistrate who has ruled on at least

1:11:04 40 cases and was one of your high-paid counsel’s top choices.

1:11:09 So let’s examine what Magistrate Young concluded. The state

1:11:13 requires a fund balance of 3%. The board policy requires a

1:11:19 minimum of 3.5%. The district fund balance has consistently been

1:11:24 5% above these required minimums.

1:11:27 It is most respectfully submitted that this conservative fiscal

1:11:31 strategy described above results in the underutilization of

1:11:36 funds generated at the state, federal, and local level, funds

1:11:39 that are intended to be applied toward the education of children.

1:11:44 The record establishes an unbroken pattern of conservative

1:11:48 fiscal strategy to maintain each year a fund balance of between

1:11:53 8.23% to the current projected 9.68%.

1:11:57 It is submitted that this practice results in funds that are no

1:12:01 longer non-recurring. As the result of the district’s

1:12:04 conservative budgeting practices, these non-recurring funds

1:12:08 recur each year.

1:12:10 It is respectfully submitted that the evidence of record does

1:12:13 not support the conclusion that funding the BFT proposal would

1:12:17 jeopardize the district’s long-term financial stability.

1:12:20 It is concluded that there are sufficient funds available to

1:12:24 fund the BFT final proposal.

1:12:26 With teacher shortages afflicting school districts statewide and

1:12:29 nationwide, the labor market for teachers is a seller’s market.

1:12:34 It seems axiomatic that the Brevard County School District would

1:12:38 seem to put itself in a more favorable, competitive position to

1:12:42 attract and retain quality teachers,

1:12:44 and that this would be in the best interest of children and the

1:12:48 public it serves.

1:12:49 It is concluded further that funding the BFT proposal will have

1:12:53 a positive impact on the interest and welfare of the children.

1:12:57 At the outset of this discussion, it is respectfully observed

1:13:02 that there are always funds available to provide for increases

1:13:06 such as the ones proposed by BFT.

1:13:09 It is a question of priorities, of choices. The superintendent

1:13:14 recommends a budget that is full of choices, and the school

1:13:18 board reviews the recommendation and adopts a budget.

1:13:19 The budget is a living document capable of being amended during

1:13:23 the fiscal year as circumstances and priorities change.

1:13:26 I just handed you 6,129 signatures on a petition called Brevard

1:13:34 Public Schools, accept the special magistrates’ recommendation.

1:13:38 These people and so many others believe you must prioritize Brevard

1:13:42 County teachers’ pay.

1:13:43 Enough is enough. The facts from a neutral party tell you what

1:13:47 the right thing to do is.

1:13:49 End this right now and accept the special magistrates’ decision.

1:13:53 It is past time to fix this blight on our community.

1:13:58 Thank you, Mr. Colucci.

1:14:03 Ms. Skipper.

1:14:05 Good evening, Dr. Mullins, members of the board.

1:14:08 Chapter 7 of Bill Strickland’s Make the Impossible Possible

1:14:11 focuses on the power of passion.

1:14:13 He says passion isn’t blunted by defeat. It isn’t tamed by

1:14:17 common sense or conventional expectations.

1:14:20 He was able to find an unconventional way to finance his flight

1:14:23 hours so that he could achieve his dream of being a commercial

1:14:25 pilot.

1:14:26 On its face, funding a raise with non-reoccurring dollars isn’t

1:14:30 conventional.

1:14:31 I’m sure you’ve heard people say that it’s just not common sense.

1:14:35 But as I’ve said before, I do truly believe that you chose to

1:14:38 run for office because you are passionate about education.

1:14:41 Every single one of you campaigned on wanting to significantly

1:14:44 improve teacher salary.

1:14:46 Teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions.

1:14:49 Now is your chance to not allow yourself to be blunted by defeat

1:14:53 or tamed by common sense or conventional expectations.

1:14:57 There will be people who tell you not to dip into reserves for

1:15:01 recurring raise.

1:15:02 It’s common sense.

1:15:03 It’s a conventional expectation that you wouldn’t do that.

1:15:06 But what you’re not being told is that while you might have to

1:15:09 dip the first year and a little less by the second year,

1:15:12 By the third year, this raise that a third party neutral special

1:15:16 magistrate agreed that should be paid will no longer be reoccurring

1:15:22 due to the simple concept of attrition.

1:15:24 Using data obtained through public record requests, it was

1:15:27 learned that the district was not experiencing the actual cost

1:15:31 of the raise given.

1:15:32 I want to thank you for taking the time to speak with us and

1:15:35 regularly asking questions about the magistrate’s decision.

1:15:39 I want dedicated teachers to stay in this county.

1:15:43 As I mentioned in my email to you all last week, I implore you

1:15:47 for students like Javier, whose note I sent you,

1:15:50 And Rocco, who wrote an amazing piece about Coco High for Space

1:15:53 Coast Daily, deserve to have a caring, experienced educator for

1:15:58 my son, for your children,

1:16:01 who deserve to have a teacher that is 100% invested in his or

1:16:04 her classroom and not exhausted from working two and three side

1:16:08 jobs to make ends meet.

1:16:09 And for all the students in Brevard who by our own mission, we

1:16:12 seek to serve with excellence as a standard to accept the magistrate’s

1:16:17 decision.

1:16:18 There is a line from the decision that is on autoplay in my head.

1:16:22 It is most respectfully submitted that this conservative fiscal

1:16:26 strategy described above results in the underutilization of

1:16:30 funds generated at the federal, state, and local level.

1:16:34 Funds that are intended to be applied toward the education of

1:16:38 children.

1:16:39 Teachers’ working conditions are our students’ learning

1:16:44 conditions.

1:16:45 And as I have mentioned several times before, I don’t want my

1:16:49 child, nor than I can imagine any other parent in this county,

1:16:54 sitting in an algebra class without a teacher all year, or

1:16:57 sitting in a biology class without a teacher all year,

1:17:00 because they have left to teach somewhere else, or they have

1:17:03 left for another profession.

1:17:05 We have the chance to do something really right here. Let’s do

1:17:09 it.

1:17:09 Thank you.

1:17:11 Thank you, Ms. Skipper.

1:17:12 That concludes our public speakers.

1:17:25 Does anyone have any comments before we move on?

1:17:28 Ms. Belford.

1:17:29 Just a quick comment. I think I have been, to some extent, a thorn

1:17:34 in Mr. Colucci’s side, because all weekend long I was emailing

1:17:38 and texting,

1:17:38 asking, “Can you please send me this? Can you please send me

1:17:41 this?”

1:17:41 Because you guys know I like digging into data.

1:17:44 And he has been wonderful about getting back with me, even

1:17:49 throughout the weekend when I was digging through it all.

1:17:52 And I know that he was out doing things with his daughter.

1:17:55 Congratulations on her big dance wins, Anthony.

1:17:59 But I do appreciate your willingness to work to get that

1:18:03 information to me, especially as quickly as you did.

1:18:05 So thank you. And I’ll try not to be too much of a best.

1:18:09 Thank you, Ms. Belford. Anyone else have any comments?

1:18:13 That concludes the public comment portion of our meeting.

1:18:18 We are thankful for everyone that takes their time to come and

1:18:22 speak to us.

1:18:23 Moves us on to the consent agenda, Dr. Mullins.

1:18:26 There are 28 agenda items under this category, two with prior

1:18:31 information.

1:18:33 Prior to the vote, with the board’s permission, Ms. Neskovich, I

1:18:36 would like to ask Ms. Debbie Greco,

1:18:39 the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 1010

1:18:43 Business Representative,

1:18:44 to provide us the results of the recent Local 1010 vote.

1:18:48 Ms. Greco?

1:18:50 Thank you.

1:18:51 My name is Deborah Greco.

1:18:53 I am the Business Representative for the soon under, to be

1:18:58 forgotten, quickly forgotten, support staff that worked for Brevard

1:19:04 County.

1:19:06 We had 3,250 eligible voters in the bargaining unit.

1:19:12 We, this year we did a little bit better than last year.

1:19:19 We had a 19.5% turnout.

1:19:22 Which is really kind of shocking to me because I was up here in

1:19:27 the afternoon.

1:19:29 And we probably had one third of the people that work in this

1:19:34 building, I guess, willing to walk to the front of the lobby to

1:19:39 vote.

1:19:39 Which seems to be what happens everywhere.

1:19:43 One year we had the voting at every location and we still didn’t

1:19:48 get above the 15% turnout.

1:19:51 So I don’t know what to do to make it any better.

1:19:54 Perhaps I should get in my car and drive and personally carry

1:19:58 the ballot box around to every support staff person to see if

1:20:02 they’re interested enough, you know, to vote.

1:20:06 It just amazes me that 85% of the people that allow 15% to make

1:20:12 the decisions for them.

1:20:14 We even had my admin assistant, Ms. Varney, had personally

1:20:19 visited 21 facilities in the north area, going around personally

1:20:24 explaining to support staff and especially food service folks

1:20:30 what was being voted on in the contract.

1:20:32 We emailed everyone.

1:20:35 Mr. Morton and HR worked with us to get things out to each

1:20:39 individual site and asked that the principals or the supervisors

1:20:45 on duty to put the information out so all of the support staff

1:20:52 could review it.

1:20:54 It’s just people just, I don’t know if it’s because for so many

1:20:57 years they haven’t gotten anything that they’re just so, you

1:21:00 know, they just don’t care anymore.

1:21:02 I don’t know what it is.

1:21:04 But if anybody has an idea of how to get a vote out of every

1:21:08 person, could you please call me and let me know?

1:21:12 Because frankly it’s a lot of work to have such a poor turnout.

1:21:17 Granted, we do have some folks that continually work against us.

1:21:22 So, you know, I don’t know what else to do.

1:21:26 Except maybe just retire and let somebody else do it.

1:21:33 Anyway, we had out of the 630 people that voted, overwhelmingly

1:21:41 we had a yes vote.

1:21:43 583 yes votes, 47 no votes, and zero voided votes.

1:21:52 So, we ask that you please consider putting the contract as it

1:21:58 was ratified by its employees.

1:22:01 And please, let’s get rolling on to let it go to payroll so the

1:22:04 folks can get the money before they get out of school.

1:22:08 Thank you.

1:22:09 Thank you very much.

1:22:10 Thank you.

1:22:11 Thank you, Ms. Greco.

1:22:12 I believe if we approve it tonight, Ms. Zirker, can you, or

1:22:17 maybe even Dr. Mullins, can you confirm when that’ll go into the

1:22:20 paychecks?

1:22:21 I believe Ms. Zirker, if it’s approved tonight, the bonus and

1:22:27 the impact or the effect of the recurring will go in June 15th.

1:22:33 And the retro will be distributed on June 30th.

1:22:37 Thank you.

1:22:39 Just so those watching can know when to expect it.

1:22:44 Does any board member wish to pull any of the consent agenda

1:22:51 items?

1:22:52 What are the wishes of the board?

1:22:54 To approve.

1:22:55 Second.

1:22:56 Did somebody first it?

1:22:58 I did.

1:22:59 I’m sorry.

1:23:00 I forget to use the microphone all the time.

1:23:03 I feel moved.

1:23:05 Motion by Ms. McDougall, second by Ms. Belford.

1:23:07 Is there any discussion?

1:23:08 Please vote.

1:23:09 I didn’t hear.

1:23:10 They’re out first.

1:23:11 Question passes five-zero.

1:23:12 Thank you, Ms. Greco.

1:23:12 We will move on to the action agenda, Dr. Mullins.

1:23:12 First is item G-39 on department school initiated agreements.

1:23:12 What are the wishes of the board?

1:23:13 Moved to approve.

1:23:14 Second.

1:23:15 Motion by Mr. Susan.

1:23:16 Second.

1:23:16 Motion by Mr. Susan.

1:23:17 Second.

1:23:19 Motion by Mr. Susan.

1:23:20 Second by Ms. Belford.

1:23:21 Second.

1:23:22 Any discussion?

1:23:22 Mr. Susan, were you really excited to have a motion to approve?

1:23:23 I think it was a motion to approve.