Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
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2:12 Thank you.
9:12 Ms. Escobar, are you prepared for roll call?
9:14 Would you like me to hold for a moment?
9:16 Ms. Belford, would you put your mic on a little bit closer?
9:19 Yes.
9:19 Thank you, Ms. Campbell.
9:20 I’m picking you up.
9:21 Better?
9:22 Yeah.
9:23 Okay.
9:28 Thank you.
9:43 The board will hold a moment of silent reflection and invite the
9:51 viewing audience to join us.
9:56 Thank you. We will now say the Pledge of Allegiance.
10:26 Okay. At this time, I want to offer my fellow board members and
10:36 Dr. Mullins the opportunity to recognize students, staff,
10:39 programs, and community members for the contributions afforded
10:42 to provide public schools. Ms. Campbell, you want to start us
10:45 off?
10:45 Absolutely. So in cooperation with our wonderful Food and Nutrition
10:51 Services Department, who continues to just be the amazing people
10:56 that they are, and now we’ve got this new plan of how we’re
10:59 going to feed kids in the same way that we’re doing plus school
11:02 sites during summer school and things like that.
11:04 But one of our community partners, Children’s Hunger Project, is
11:08 continuing to feed students as well on the weekends to meet
11:11 those needs for the weekend meals.
11:13 But the United Way, a few weeks ago, joined with them and
11:19 offered just thousands, really, of books to be passed out along
11:25 with the meals.
11:26 And so my girls and I were doing the meal distribution a few
11:29 weeks ago, and we were able to do the books, and that’s a
11:32 perfect job for them because they’re both avid readers.
11:34 And as the parents and the students were coming through the line,
11:38 and we said, “Hey, we have books today, too.” Just the faces
11:41 that lit up.
11:41 So thank you, thank you, United Way, because it was just
11:44 wonderful to be able to give that gift, and really, we were just
11:48 the people passing it through.
11:49 But the kids and the parents, the grandparents, all the ones who
11:52 went through the line were just so excited to have that book in
11:55 their hands.
11:55 So really grateful for their partnership.
11:58 Thank you very much.
12:00 Ms. Duskevich, you want to go tonight?
12:02 Sure.
12:03 I have two.
12:04 I had one a minute ago, but I had just remembered also, I wanted
12:09 to give a congratulations to Stone Magnet Middle School and
12:12 Space Coast Junior Senior High School.
12:13 They’ve been selected by the state to be part of the Florida Civics
12:18 and Debate Initiative, which will qualify them for extra funds
12:23 for teacher development in the area of civics and debate.
12:26 They’ll be able to participate in the program to expand.
12:29 They’ll be able to compete statewide, and it sounds like there’s
12:32 even going to be a national debate, if we ever get past COVID,
12:37 some national debate that they’ll be able to participate in also.
12:40 So I’m excited for them.
12:41 And then the second one is, it starts with Dr. Stephanie
12:45 Sullivan, who came to us with the idea, with the problem,
12:49 actually, that our ROTC students that were preparing for
12:56 military careers were not being counted as career-ready by the
12:59 state in every set of metrics that they evaluate us for.
13:02 She brought that to us, and then we brought it to our
13:06 legislative delegation luncheon, if you recall.
13:09 And Representative Tyler Sorori and Senator Wright ran with the
13:15 idea and thought it was important and sponsored a bill in each
13:18 of the House and Senate, and the governor signed it this week.
13:20 So not only were our students in Brevard that are ROTC students
13:24 preparing for military career now count, we’ve changed that for
13:29 the whole state.
13:30 So great job to Dr. Sullivan for having an idea and bringing it
13:34 forward into Representative Sorori and Senator Wright for their
13:38 hard work making it happen.
13:40 Thank you very much.
13:41 Ms. McDougall, would you like to go?
13:43 Sure.
13:44 Now, I have a couple things.
13:46 One will take a little bit of time, but the first one is kind of
13:50 short and sweet, and I want to encourage everyone.
13:51 I know you’re sitting around the home or you’re kind of bored.
13:55 Well, Brevard School Foundation is along with the organization
14:02 that sponsors Run the Tide.
14:04 It’s a virtual 5K, and you can sign up at runthetiderace.com.
14:12 And basically, they give you a really cool shirt.
14:14 I think it’s a shirt, or maybe it’s a beach towel.
14:17 I can’t remember now, but there’s also like a little octopus
14:21 medal that you get for everyone who participates.
14:23 And the benefits really will help with the Brevard School
14:27 Foundation to take stock with in-shouldered programs.
14:30 So sign up, give you something to do, and help a great
14:34 organization.
14:35 So my next one is a little bit long, and that’s because I would
14:39 like to recognize the top 20 scholars of 2020.
14:46 And I think there are 20 of them from schools across our
14:50 district.
14:51 And so bear with me, and I hope I don’t mess up anybody’s name.
14:54 But these are amazing students, and 2020 has been a tough year
14:58 for a lot of our graduating students.
15:00 So we have first from Astronaut High School, Elisa Regina.
15:05 And she’s going to be – her career goal is an orthopedic
15:09 surgeon.
15:09 You’ll see the – you’ll be amazed at the career goals that some
15:14 of our students have.
15:15 They’re really amazing.
15:16 Then we have Benjamin Yost from Bayside High School, and he
15:20 wants to be a biochemist.
15:21 We have Alexandria Foley from Brevard Virtual, who’s working –
15:25 wants to work with animals.
15:27 Then we have Christina.
15:28 Christina, I hope I say your name right.
15:30 So McCary from Cocoa Beach Junior Senior High School, and she
15:34 wants to get a Ph.D. in biophysics chemistry – biochemistry.
15:39 And we go to Amber Moore from Cocoa High School, and she wants
15:45 to do tax law.
15:46 And we have Samantha Griffin, Cocoa High School, who wants to
15:50 become a marine veterinarian and work in a state aquarium.
15:55 And then my next student is from Merritt Island, and it’s Edgewood
16:00 Junior Senior High School.
16:02 I’m sorry, it’s from Edgewood Junior Senior High School.
16:04 And – I’m going to hope I don’t mess your name up – Grarish
16:10 Kenneth.
16:10 And, again, he’s from Edgewood, and he cracked me up.
16:13 He wants to retire or scale back hours as early as possible.
16:18 So – and then I have from Florida Prep, Natisha Invenko, and
16:25 she wants to become a diplomat working with the U.N.
16:28 I’m almost done.
16:29 I’m sorry.
16:30 But I didn’t want to miss out any of these kids, because these
16:32 students are amazing.
16:33 It’s been a tough year, and I just wanted to salute them.
16:36 We have Brianna Proper from Heritage High, and she – her career
16:41 goal is to be a government researcher.
16:44 We have Jake Vigren from Holy Trinity, producing innovative biotechnology.
16:50 Lauren Turney from Melbourne Central Catholic School.
16:53 She wants to be a pediatric neurologist.
16:56 And then I have Kayla Reed from Melbourne High, who wants to be
17:02 an OB-GYN.
17:03 We have Rochelle Hawks from Merritt Island High School, and she
17:07 wants to be a surgeon.
17:08 You see a theme here.
17:09 We have a lot of people who want to be in the medical field,
17:12 which is great.
17:13 We have Mikayla, also known as Midgy Panilla, from Odyssey Charter
17:20 Junior/Senior High School, and she is heading off to the Air
17:24 Force.
17:24 That’s where she wants to go.
17:26 And then I have – I’m not sure I’m going to say Dylan’s name
17:31 right – at Rock and Stalk at Palm Bay Magnet High.
17:35 And, again, this is another one – he wants to work at a job
17:39 that pays six figures and have enough time to relax.
17:42 Then I have Daphne Diaz at Rockledge High, and she wants to be a
17:47 family physician.
17:48 We have Maximus Scheiman at Satellite High, who wants to be a
17:54 biomaterials engineer.
17:56 Chris Strong from Brevard Adult Community Education, and he
18:00 would like to work in the IT field.
18:02 I have Jennifer Oroka-Gobaira from Space Coast Junior/Senior
18:07 High School, who wants to work in military intelligence or a
18:12 career in law.
18:13 I’m almost done.
18:14 Thank you for your patience.
18:15 David Lewis from Titusville, and he wants to work with NASA in
18:20 the aerospace industry.
18:21 I have Kevin Luciano from Vieira High, who wants to be a
18:26 chemical engineer working in pharmaceuticals and wants to play
18:32 the flute.
18:32 And some form of community band.
18:34 And then my last but not least is Darren Cook from West Shore
18:38 Junior/Senior High School, and she’s also amazing.
18:41 And she wants to design naval destroyers for the military.
18:44 So my hat’s off to all these top scholars in Brevard.
18:48 Nicely done.
18:49 Best of luck in your careers.
18:51 And that’s all I have.
18:53 Thank you, Ms. McDougall.
18:54 We appreciate you taking the time to recognize all of those
18:57 students.
18:57 Mr. Susan?
18:58 I did want to say, Ms. McDougall, you’re onto something.
19:00 The virtual 5K that we held at Vieira High School was
19:03 significantly better than any of the in-person ones that we did.
19:06 So you wouldn’t believe it, the amount of people that like to go
19:09 throw that T-shirt on and go run in their own community and
19:12 consider it a 5K.
19:12 It’s a good way to raise some money for some of the PTOs.
19:15 I also wanted to give a shout-out.
19:17 You had mentioned the ROTC bill.
19:19 Tyler Soroy gets a huge shout-out for that because there was a
19:23 big debate up in Tallahassee whether it was going to make it or
19:27 not.
19:27 And he stepped up to the plate and was able to push that through,
19:30 one of the education committees, and he continued to push
19:33 through.
19:33 So that bill never would have happened had it not been for Tyler’s
19:36 push.
19:36 I wanted to give a shout-out to my – I was selected on the
19:40 school board from the School Board Association to be on the
19:43 COVID response team to make suggestions for all school board
19:46 members to ask their school districts over what questions should
19:49 be answered as far as moving forward.
19:50 It was put on by the, you know, members from Orange County, from
19:54 Hillsborough County, from all across the state.
19:56 There’s about six of us.
19:58 And we put together a document that’s going to come out today.
20:03 I brought that to Mrs. Moore and Student Services, the rough
20:06 draft, to give her some of the ideas and get feedback.
20:08 But I did want to give a shout-out to my COVID response team of
20:12 individuals that have been with me for the last 30 days, meeting
20:15 twice a week, going through stuff, and coming up with solutions
20:17 based upon their argument.
20:19 What they see out there.
20:21 Celina DeFilippo from Sable PTO President.
20:24 Jennifer Nagy from Sun Tree PTO Treasurer, who absolutely was
20:28 amazing because she just figured out a way to get CARES Act
20:31 money for her PTO.
20:32 She received $4,000.
20:33 And my Sable PTO, because of what we did, collaboration, the
20:37 other PTOs are applying for that same money.
20:40 Sable should be getting theirs pretty soon.
20:43 And there’s an – the way that you do it is if you’re a not-for-profit
20:46 that’s been impacted, you can apply for it.
20:48 So they figured that out and they collaborated.
20:50 So I did want to give Miss Nagy a big shout-out for that.
20:53 Tara Pagliarino from Family Promise of Brevard.
20:57 Sherilyn Diskin, who’s the choice parent with an immune-compromised
21:03 child.
21:03 Michael Braug from Heritage CTE.
21:06 He gave us a lot of the CTE issues that we were dealing with.
21:10 Lane Keith.
21:11 She’s a Health First medical expert along with a secondary
21:15 parent.
21:15 Jonathan Schumann, teacher at – and also BFT member.
21:18 Theresa Mitchell, who’s Students with Disabilities, a leader in
21:22 Students with Disabilities organization.
21:23 Samantha Nazario from Third Street Bridge and Hispanic Coalition.
21:26 And then three individuals from Transportation Athletics and
21:29 Band and Activities.
21:30 They literally worked twice a week for – through a lot of the
21:34 issues.
21:34 And we collaboratively worked with Miss Moore.
21:37 And that document should come out the next couple of days.
21:41 We’re actually finalizing it this morning.
21:43 So I did want to give a shout-out for them to spend the time
21:46 that they did to try to come together with a response.
21:49 And they deserve a lot of credit.
21:50 Thank you.
21:51 Thank you, Mr. Susan.
21:52 Dr. Mullen.
21:53 Thank you, Ms. Belford.
21:55 I want to – the board may recall that the Cape Canaveral Air
22:00 Force Association annually recognizes teachers as part of their
22:05 association every year.
22:05 And this year we have three winners.
22:08 Elementary Teacher of the Year is Ms. Jill Whitaker from West
22:12 Shore Junior Senior High School.
22:14 Yeah.
22:16 She runs the Whirly Girls, I think, program.
22:19 I got more announcement on Ms. Whitaker in a second.
22:22 South Brevard Secondary Teacher of the Year is Commander
22:26 Sergeant – I think I got the rank correct.
22:28 I apologize if I didn’t – James Stadler from Satellite High
22:32 School.
22:33 And North Brevard Secondary Teacher of the Year, Ms. Tracy Bitovich
22:38 from Merritt Island High School.
22:40 But what is especially exciting this year is one of those three
22:47 was selected as the Florida Air Force Association Teacher of the
22:53 Year.
22:53 And that is Ms. Whitaker.
22:55 Yes.
22:56 So we – she was notified by the AFA on June 15th.
23:00 And she was very excited and looking forward to working with the
23:04 AFA on expanding STEM throughout Brevard.
23:07 So we will certainly be supporting her and watching her journey.
23:11 Is that State of Florida, though?
23:13 Yeah, the State of Florida.
23:14 Is there a national one that she can go into?
23:16 She could win it nationally.
23:17 She absolutely could.
23:19 I’m not sure.
23:20 I’ll – I’ll find out and let the board know.
23:21 We’ve got to ask them to do that.
23:23 And then last, I’d just like to do a – give a shout-out to some
23:28 staff that have been working tirelessly, nonstop, on preparing
23:34 Brevard’s CARES Act grant application.
23:38 I shared with the board a couple weeks ago that we qualified for
23:43 up to $17 million to be shared with Brevard schools, charter
23:46 schools, and private.
23:46 Or non – non-public schools.
23:50 But that requires an enormous amount of paperwork,
23:54 accountability, budget, and so on.
23:56 Shireen Lukton and Robin Ward have just been absolute champions
24:02 over the last 10 days to pull together the whole process and do
24:07 the – do the day-to-day work.
24:08 But I also must give a shout-out to Dr. Sullivan and Miss Lisinski.
24:13 We both of them have been working right along with Shireen and
24:17 Robin to bring it all together.
24:19 And proud to say that we are submitting our proposal by the end
24:23 of the day today, which was the deadline, although it was a soft
24:26 deadline.
24:26 But if you turn it in after the 30th, then you’ve got to get in
24:29 line.
24:29 So just my appreciation to our team for making sure that Brevard
24:34 is front of the line.
24:36 So thank you to those folks.
24:38 Excellent.
24:39 I have just a couple.
24:40 One, I have got to thank our reopening task force and all the
24:46 work that is going on around that issue.
24:49 We have – we have obviously a board briefing coming up in a –
24:54 9, 10 days, something like that.
24:56 But I don’t know how many of the board members have had an
25:00 opportunity to log onto the site and read the comments that are
25:05 being provided from students, parents, community members,
25:07 teachers.
25:09 So just trying to wrangle all of that information, in my opinion,
25:15 is a huge undertaking.
25:17 And admittedly, I have not read all 11,000 plus comments that
25:21 are on there.
25:22 But it’s been very good for me to have the opportunity to go and
25:25 read through those and see what our community is thinking.
25:28 I know we all have a lot of communication with our community
25:31 members and parents and students on a regular basis, but
25:34 certainly not at that volume.
25:35 And so that I have been very appreciative of.
25:38 And then I want to give a huge shout out to Chris Moore and our
25:42 student services team.
25:43 For anyone who was not watching this morning, we had a workshop
25:48 where Ms. Moore presented our behavior plan for the coming year.
25:53 And I think this really has the potential to just be life-changing
25:57 as far as the culture, the energy within our schools,
26:00 and addressing some of the frustrations that our teachers have
26:03 talked about for some time with regard to student behavior in
26:06 schools.
26:06 And it is a very robust undertaking, but I think it’s going to
26:10 be really great for our schools.
26:12 So if you didn’t get the opportunity to see that this morning, I
26:15 would encourage our public to go back and watch that workshop.
26:17 And especially our teachers as well, so that they could see some
26:21 of the great things that are going to be going on in the schools.
26:23 And then I would be remiss if I didn’t throw out a thank you to
26:27 our governor for finally signing a budget for us.
26:30 Not necessarily all of the things that we were hoping for, but I
26:36 think that we could have definitely been worse off.
26:39 And so we do finally have a signed budget going into our fiscal
26:43 year, which starts tomorrow.
26:44 We did lose a couple, well, one, a couple of allocations.
26:49 So, and we’re awaiting some additional information on that, but
26:53 I think certainly it could have been much worse.
26:55 So with that, we will move on to the adoption of the agenda.
27:01 Dr. Mullins.
27:02 Ms. Belford and members of the board.
27:06 On this morning’s agenda, we have one administrative staff
27:09 recommendation, 20 consent items, which is a change.
27:13 And I’ll give more information in a moment.
27:15 Eight action items and six information items.
27:19 Again, a change that I’ll give clarification to in a moment.
27:22 Additionally, there are two items added under board reports and
27:26 discussion points, as well as an item under superintendent’s
27:29 report.
27:30 Changes made to the agenda since being released to the public on
27:34 June 23rd are as follows.
27:35 A7 on administrative staff recommendations and F8 on meeting
27:40 minutes have received revisions.
27:42 Board discussion points on teacher salary legislation and
27:47 letters to be mailed and the superintendent’s report on July
27:50 campus activity reports were additions.
27:51 As well as an amendment to move item H 35, renew the school
27:58 board’s casualty insurance policies from information to consent.
28:05 If you look at that item, it was misplaced in the information
28:10 section of the agenda when it is actually a consent item.
28:13 So I wanted to make sure I brought that to full clarity for the
28:18 board.
28:18 What are the wishes of the board?
28:19 Move to approve.
28:20 Second.
28:21 Moved by Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Campbell.
28:24 Is there any discussion?
28:26 Ms. Askebar, would you please call for the vote?
28:29 Mrs. Belford?
28:31 Aye.
28:32 Mrs. McDougall?
28:34 Aye.
28:35 Mrs. Deskovich?
28:36 Aye.
28:37 Mrs. Campbell?
28:38 Aye.
28:39 And Mr. Susan?
28:40 Aye.
28:41 The motion passes 5-0.
28:43 Dr. Mullins, will you please tell us about our administrative
28:45 staff recommendations?
28:46 Yes.
28:48 There are 10 persons under this category for the board’s
28:50 consideration.
28:50 What are the wishes of the board?
28:51 Move to approve.
28:52 Second.
28:55 Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Deskovich.
28:56 Is there any discussion?
28:57 Ms. Askebar, if you would please call the vote.
29:00 Mrs. Belford?
29:01 Aye.
29:02 Mrs. McDougall?
29:03 Aye.
29:04 Mrs. Deskovich?
29:05 Aye.
29:06 Mrs. Campbell?
29:07 Aye.
29:08 And Mr. Susan?
29:09 Aye.
29:10 The motion passes 5-0.
29:13 We are now at public comments.
29:15 As indicated in my opening statement, persons wishing to comment
29:19 were registered in advance
29:20 on the district website.
29:21 Mrs. Belford?
29:22 I’m sorry to interrupt.
29:23 Yes.
29:24 There was a change and I don’t think it made it in your script.
29:25 I did have a superintendent’s update.
29:27 Okay.
29:28 Under presentation before we go to public comment.
29:30 I apologize.
29:31 Okay.
29:32 Then we will back up and move to presentations.
29:36 Dr. Mullen.
29:37 Thank you, Ms. Belford and members of the board.
29:49 I wanted to take a few minutes to provide the board as well as
29:54 our public an update because
29:54 a lot has occurred since we were together last, just even two
29:59 weeks ago.
30:00 Uh, you, you, the board is certainly aware, the community aware
30:04 that the governor announced,
30:05 uh, several education related initiatives or additional, uh,
30:10 grants that were made available
30:11 to K-12 education districts across the state.
30:15 And I wanted to provide the board and our community an update on
30:18 all of those activities.
30:19 So I’ll take a few minutes and go through our elementary summer
30:23 school learning programs
30:24 that includes VPK, gear, rising up kindergartens, uh, as well as
30:28 what our elementary summer school
30:29 health and safety protocols will include.
30:31 And then I’ll close with, uh, some additional summer programs at
30:35 our secondary level.
30:37 First, uh, Governor DeSantis funded, uh, a voluntary pre-K
30:43 program working with communities,
30:45 uh, VPK programs, uh, to allow in-person voluntary pre-kindergarten.
30:50 These are for students in anticipation of coming into
30:53 kindergarten.
30:54 Uh, we have, uh, identified a location, Saturn elementary school
30:59 to include five students.
30:59 This isn’t necessarily a new initiative.
31:02 Uh, it has been implemented in the past, um, and, and five
31:07 students may be sound disappointing,
31:08 but it’s actually one more student than we had in the program
31:11 last year.
31:11 So we’re pleased to be able to continue that through funding
31:14 from the state.
31:15 It will actually, uh, it began last week, uh, runs Monday
31:20 through Friday from 7:30 to 2:30,
31:21 and will actually run through the end of July.
31:23 Uh, and that came from Governor DeSantis, uh, executive order,
31:30 uh, zero four.
31:30 Then we move on to the governor’s emergency education relief,
31:37 relief act or gear.
31:39 These were dollars that the governor was given through the cares
31:42 act, uh, federal stimulus
31:44 that he allocated and earmarked just for K 12, uh, learning,
31:48 particularly over the summer.
31:50 Uh, these, uh, these funds are used to address early literacy
31:56 skill development.
31:57 Uh, very pleased to, to share that we have over 660 students
32:04 currently registered or, uh, RSVP
32:07 to participate in this program across our 14 elementary schools
32:12 that include, uh, incoming
32:14 or rising first through fourth graders.
32:17 In addition, uh, fifth and sixth graders rising fifth and six at
32:22 Endeavor and Mims Elementary
32:24 will, will, uh, be, uh, be allowed to participate.
32:28 This will be, uh, beginning July 8th and run through July 30th
32:33 in anticipation of the school year.
32:35 Um, the, the state has allocated up to $1.6 million for these,
32:41 uh, for this program to include
32:43 charter and private schools who choose to participate.
32:46 Uh, we are provide, uh, it is mandatory and required that we
32:50 provide transportation as well as our breakfast
32:53 and lunch programs.
32:54 So those departments are gearing up and getting ready to support
32:58 our kids and our community
32:59 for the early literacy skill development opportunity this summer.
33:03 And that will run, uh, it is, um, runs from, I believe, 7:30 to
33:08 2:30 as well.
33:09 So it is a, it’s a full day program for our, our kids.
33:13 Uh, another program that was funded is called Rising Up Kindergarteners.
33:19 It’s a grant offered through the Office of Early Learning.
33:22 It was, uh, a grant we had to write actually to the early, early
33:26 learning coalition, uh,
33:28 that we submitted yesterday and it’s pending approval.
33:31 Um, but we’ve already been notified or we will be notified
33:34 within three days that we would,
33:36 uh, receive the grant and it’ll allow us to extend even more
33:40 opportunities to previous VPK students,
33:44 uh, to participate in the gear program beginning July 8th,
33:48 running through July 30th.
33:50 So you can see that we have, uh, normally the month of July is a
33:56 very quiet month in our schools across the district,
33:59 but we’re actually, uh, to, to use the DOE’s analogy, dimmer
34:04 switching up our schools returning to full capacity.
34:07 The summer school health and safety protocols that, uh, we will
34:12 have in place, uh, obviously hand sanitizer
34:15 will be available in every classroom on our buses, uh, be very,
34:19 uh, uh, very available across our, our schools.
34:24 Uh, we will continue to encourage frequent hand washing.
34:27 Teachers will be pausing and sending kids to wash their hands
34:31 regularly.
34:31 We have, uh, procured touchless thermometers for all of our
34:36 schools in anticipation of, of return.
34:37 Uh, and they have those now and will be available to use in our
34:41 schools.
34:41 We’ll be utilizing the small classroom, uh, as well as social
34:46 distancing for our summer program.
34:46 Again, I mentioned a grab and go breakfast and lunch.
34:49 And, uh, we are encouraging, but face max, face masks will be
34:54 optional for our students.
34:57 But our elementary schools aren’t the only sites that we’ll be
35:01 having students reporting to them in July.
35:04 We were able to, uh, move forward with providing driver’s
35:08 education.
35:08 We, we normally provide, uh, driver’s ed course options for our
35:13 students over the summer.
35:14 So we were able to get those in place, uh, for two nine day
35:19 sessions in July at the locations you see there.
35:22 Uh, it’s a modified or hybrid program where students will
35:26 obviously driver’s education requires them to do some driving
35:29 time.
35:29 So they’ll be doing that, uh, on our campuses, uh, behind the
35:33 wheel.
35:33 And then they will also be participating in some remote learning
35:37 about three hours per day.
35:38 Uh, in addition, we, uh, were able to reinstate, uh, ACT testing,
35:44 uh, at the high schools that you see represented there beginning
35:49 on July 18th.
35:49 And we are providing an opportunity for our students to take for
35:54 the first time.
35:55 The DOE is facilitating or accommodating the, the first
35:59 administration of the algebra one EOC, which will still be a
36:04 requirement for students, uh, who were in algebra one this year,
36:07 but couldn’t take it.
36:08 The test because we were closed.
36:10 So we’re beginning, uh, an optional administration or access to
36:15 the test July 13th through the 24th in small groups, uh, at all
36:19 secondary schools.
36:20 So we’ve already received some response and, uh, feedback that,
36:24 uh, students and families would like to take advantage of that
36:27 early option for algebra one EOC.
36:32 And that’s the update I have for now.
36:34 So things are, uh, moving quickly and, uh, we’re getting things,
36:38 uh, in place to welcome our students back.
36:40 Well, we have some already here in our, our, uh, early programs.
36:43 And then July 8th, we’ll mark another wave of students who will
36:47 be coming into our schools.
36:50 Dr. Munson, if I can ask a, uh, just a quick question on the,
36:55 excuse me, on the programs for our, like the Rising Up Kindergarteners
36:59 and the VPK program.
37:01 Are those students who were already, because we have VPK
37:03 programs in all different kinds of facilities, you know,
37:06 churches and, um, daycares and around the county.
37:08 Are these, were these, uh, sent out, are these just available to
37:13 VPK students who were in, uh, BPS, VPK programs?
37:17 They, uh, no.
37:20 So Ms. Klein, she’s coming to rescue me because that’s a layer
37:24 of detail that admittedly she knows.
37:25 It’s the magic door that people who have answers walk through.
37:27 That’s right.
37:28 Ms. Klein, come on up.
37:30 To answer your question about VPK, it is, it was open to all VPK
37:47 providers.
37:50 Okay.
37:51 And we’re VPK providers.
37:53 So typically, um, we’ve offered it.
37:57 And last year, as Dr. Mullen said, we had four at Saturn.
38:00 And this year we have five.
38:01 Who’s taking that?
38:02 Same thing for the Rising Up Kindergarten.
38:04 No.
38:05 Rising Up Kindergarten would be students.
38:07 Yes.
38:08 It is open to all students, whether they attended our VPK or any
38:13 VPK.
38:13 So we are going to house the program.
38:16 But once we, um, we have identified, once we’re accepted, then
38:22 the Office of Early Learning
38:24 will extend the offer to any student who’s been in VPK to
38:29 register to become part of our
38:31 Rising Up Kindergarten.
38:32 Okay.
38:33 So we’ll be able to put, once that’s approved, we can push that
38:36 out, um, through our normal
38:37 channels.
38:38 Right.
38:39 It’ll be, uh, the Office of Early Learning will, uh, extend the
38:44 invitation.
38:44 Okay.
38:45 Because there are criteria that have to be set aside of the
38:49 students who can attend.
38:50 Right.
38:51 No, I totally understand.
38:52 I appreciate that.
38:53 Thank you.
38:54 Thank you, Ms. Klein.
38:56 Any additional questions from any of the board members for Ms.
39:00 Klein or Dr. Mullen?
39:01 Ms. McDougall?
39:02 I’m good.
39:03 Okay.
39:04 Excellent.
39:05 Thank you so much.
39:06 We appreciate the update and all the great work that’s going on
39:10 to, uh, ensure our students
39:10 can be successful in, in the fall.
39:13 At this point, we are moving on to public comments.
39:16 As indicated in my opening statement, persons wishing to comment
39:20 were registered in advance
39:20 on the district website and were then called and the comments
39:24 recorded.
39:24 We will listen to the recorded messages at this time.
39:27 Later on, we will be holding a public hearing for policies.
39:30 If anyone called to address those policies, his or her comments
39:32 would have been heard during
39:33 this time as well.
39:34 Consequently, there were no public comments related to the
39:38 policies for which we will be,
39:39 we will be taking a vote later on.
39:41 Mr. Francisco.
39:43 Good afternoon, everyone.
39:44 My name is Sue Han and I’m the assistant superintendent for
39:51 facility services.
39:55 In consideration of the current health and safety concerns
39:58 during the COVID-19 emergency guidance
39:59 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as
40:03 executive order 2091 issued by Governor
40:04 DeSantis, it has been necessary to modify our procedures for
40:08 public comment.
40:09 Tonight, your comments will be recorded and we will play them
40:13 back under the public comment section
40:13 of the board meeting tomorrow.
40:15 Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
40:17 Our moderator will keep track of your time and ask that you
40:20 conclude your comments when you have reached three minutes.
40:22 Always keep in mind that reason is expected at all times.
40:26 Please keep your comments appropriate for our children who may
40:29 be watching or listening from home.
40:31 Before speaking, please state your name, the organization you
40:35 represent, if any, and identify the topic you will be discussing.
40:38 We won’t be answering questions on tonight’s call, but our staff
40:41 will follow up with you if you need a response.
40:44 Thank you.
40:45 All right.
40:46 And with that, we’ll go to Scott.
40:48 Scott, go ahead with your comments.
40:51 Good evening.
40:53 My name is Scott Rook and I reside in District 4.
40:56 During May 26th school board meeting, memorandums of
40:59 understanding with the Brevard Sheriff were presented
41:01 for approval for STOMP training and district security personnel
41:04 to include school resource officers.
41:07 The posted comment for F-16, the MOU related to district
41:11 security and SROs with DCSO, was heavily redacted.
41:14 In the past two years, this information has not been so in any
41:18 of the 11 different SRO MOUs with law enforcement.
41:22 My questions are, why was the MOU redacted now?
41:26 What’s different?
41:27 And will all SRO MOUs be redacted going forward?
41:32 Comparing the last two years MOUs against the current years, it’s
41:38 not difficult to identify some of the missing text.
41:40 In light of the school board’s responsibility to transparency, I
41:44 failed to understand why the rank of officers assigned to the
41:47 district office,
41:47 a major, a lieutenant, and two deputy sheriffs to name a few,
41:51 are security sensitive.
41:52 Or why the major will, quote, provide consistent direction,
41:56 coordination, collaboration, and training to all safe school
42:00 officers and school resource officers, end quote.
42:05 Provide line supervision and direction for the school security
42:09 program and security staffing.
42:11 staffing, end quote, needs redaction. Please explain how these
42:15 generic
42:16 assignment descriptions require redaction. While some may claim
42:20 that
42:21 security is a redaction, it’s easy enough for parents to look
42:24 around and see a
42:25 police car and/or a uniformed officer at school to know whether
42:28 an SRO or a
42:29 school security specialist is assigned. In fact, many BPS
42:34 schools list their
42:35 assigned SRO in their faculty directories, so their placement is
42:40 clearly not security sensitive. In the interest of transparency,
42:43 parents
42:44 deserve to know whether they will have a sworn law enforcement
42:47 officer at their
42:47 school or a security specialist. For some, this knowledge may be
42:52 a determining factor.
42:55 Finally, understanding how many SRO are provided aids in
43:00 understanding how the
43:01 budget supports this piece of BPS spending. With the cost of SROs
43:05 identified in each MOU, it’s easy enough to do simple math to
43:08 figure out
43:08 how many officers are provided by each MOU. As to why it’s redacted
43:13 when the dollar
43:14 figures are not. I would ask the board to stop the policy of redacting
43:18 SRO MOUs going
43:19 forward. It breeds distrust in BPS and the school board in
43:23 particular. Thank you.
43:24 Thank you very much. Next we’re going to go ahead and go to
43:28 Anthony. Anthony, go ahead with your
43:31 comment. My name is Anthony Colucci. I’m the President of the
43:35 Brevard Federation of Teachers.
43:37 As you all are aware, the spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19
43:41 is the schools an extremely difficult proposition. If Brevard
43:48 County residents do not change their behavior, there is simply
43:52 no reason why COVID-19
43:54 cases will decline in our county. The days until August 10th are
43:59 ticking away while the number of positivity rates are ticking up.
44:04 Tuesday afternoon, the county commission is considering making
44:08 masks use mandatory in businesses in Brevard. The mandatory use
44:13 of masks is our only hope for declining COVID cases come August
44:18 10th.
44:18 The decision that the county commission makes will directly
44:22 impact the decisions you have to make about reopening. You must
44:26 employ employ your county commission to support mandatory masks.
44:31 Schools and communities are not island. Decisions in one sector
44:37 will affect the spread of COVID in others.
44:40 While we understand that at the minimum, your reopening plan
44:45 must include a traditional start with safety measures in place
44:50 and the continuity of remote learning, we urge you and the
44:53 coronavirus task force to add options. Options such as staggered
44:58 scheduling would present a safer environment than a traditional
45:02 schedule while offering valuable face time with students that
45:05 remote learning does not.
45:07 There are several options of staggered schedules and flexible
45:10 scheduling that this district should be considering. Ultimately,
45:15 having more than two options available will allow the district
45:20 to be responsive to circumstances.
45:22 I realized the difficulty of the decisions that this board must
45:26 make about reopening. The bottom line is these are likely life
45:31 and death decisions for some in Brevard County. With that said,
45:35 I’m asking you to err on the side of caution when implementing
45:38 your plan.
45:39 Inconvenience, discomfort or politics must not be the reason why
45:44 this board chooses to avoid the proper safety measures. If you
45:49 are asking staff and students to return to campuses, every
45:53 safety measure available must be put in place. You must ensure
45:57 the health of our students and staff. As always, feel free to
46:01 call me if you want to discuss this issue further. Thank you.
46:04 Thank you.
46:05 This is Sue Hamm. I’d like to thank both of our speakers tonight
46:08 for your comments. As I mentioned earlier, tomorrow morning’s
46:12 board meeting under the public comment section. Thank you
46:14 everyone for joining us tonight.
46:16 All right. Did any board members wish to respond to any of the
46:20 speakers for today’s public comment? Can we, can you put
46:27 together a response to Mr. Roof as to why we redact all those SROs?
46:30 I don’t want to give him direction unless everybody else, but
46:32 just a follow up email. I mean, that’s standard. We have a
46:36 standard email as to why we redact things. I think we can just
46:39 follow up on that. That’s me asking. Please don’t think that’s
46:43 board direction. Are we okay with that?
46:44 I don’t think that’s a board action. I think it’s okay to ask
46:47 our attorney.
46:48 Yeah. I mean, it would be the same thing as if he’d send us an
46:50 email and we asked Mr. Gibbs to respond.
46:52 Okay. That’s all.
46:53 I don’t have a problem.
46:54 Thank you.
46:56 You’re welcome. Thank you. All right. That takes us to the
47:00 consent agenda, Dr. Mullins.
47:02 There are 20 agenda items under this category.
47:06 Thank you, Dr. Mullins. Does any board member wish to pull any
47:10 item from the consent agenda?
47:12 All right. Hearing none, I will entertain a motion to accept the
47:16 consent items as presented.
47:17 Move to approve.
47:18 Second.
47:21 Mr. Susan. Seconded by, we’re going to give that one to Ms. McDougall
47:24 because there’s a time delay.
47:27 Thank you.
47:28 Any discussion?
47:30 All right. Ms. Escobar, if you would please call the vote.
47:34 Mrs. Belford.
47:35 Aye.
47:36 Ms. McDougall.
47:37 Aye.
47:38 Mrs. Deskovich.
47:39 Aye.
47:40 Mrs. Campbell.
47:41 Aye.
47:42 And Mr. Susan.
47:43 Aye.
47:44 And the motion passes 5-0.
47:46 We will move on to the action agenda.
47:48 Dr. Mullins.
47:49 Ms. Belford, members of the board, there are eight items under
47:54 this category.
47:55 The first action is for procurement solicitations.
48:00 What are the wishes of the board?
48:01 Move to approve.
48:02 Second.
48:03 Moved by Mr. Susan.
48:04 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
48:05 Is there any discussion?
48:07 Please vote.
48:08 Mrs. Belford.
48:09 Aye.
48:10 Ms. McDougall.
48:11 Aye.
48:12 Mrs. Deskovich.
48:13 Aye.
48:14 Mrs. Campbell.
48:15 Aye.
48:16 And Mr. Susan.
48:17 Aye.
48:18 The motion passes 5-0.
48:19 Dr. Mullins.
48:20 Next, our department school initiated agreements.
48:23 What are the wishes of the board?
48:24 Move to approve.
48:25 Second.
48:26 Moved by Mr. Susan.
48:27 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
48:28 Is there any discussion?
48:29 Please vote.
48:30 Mrs. Belford.
48:31 Aye.
48:32 Ms. McDougall.
48:33 Aye.
48:34 Mrs. Deskovich.
48:35 Aye.
48:36 Mrs. Deskovich.
48:37 Aye.
48:38 Mrs. Campbell.
48:39 Aye.
48:40 And Mr. Susan.
48:41 Aye.
48:42 The motion passes 5-0.
48:43 The next five items are in reference to policies.
48:46 A policies work session was held on May 12th with a rule
48:49 development workshop on June 16th,
48:50 which was the public’s first opportunity to make comments.
48:53 Today would be the public’s second chance to comment before the
48:56 board takes action.
48:57 As I stated earlier, there were no recorded comments regarding
49:00 any of the policies on this evening’s agenda.
49:02 I will now call for the motion to approve the revisions to board
49:07 policy 5-7-7-1, search and seizure.
49:10 Move to approve.
49:12 Moved by Ms. Campbell.
49:13 Seconded by Mr. Susan.
49:14 Any discussion?
49:15 Ms. Escobar.
49:16 Ms. Belford.
49:17 Aye.
49:18 Ms. McDougall.
49:19 Aye.
49:20 Mrs. McDougall.
49:21 Aye.
49:22 Mrs. Deskovich.
49:23 Aye.
49:24 Mrs. Campbell.
49:25 Aye.
49:26 And Mr. Susan.
49:27 Aye.
49:28 The motion passes 5-0.
49:29 Is there a motion to approve the revisions to board policy 7-440.01,
49:34 protection of personnel and property?
49:35 Move to approve.
49:36 Second.
49:37 Move by Mr. Susan.
49:38 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
49:39 Any discussion?
49:40 Ms. Escobar.
49:41 Mrs. Belford.
49:42 Aye.
49:43 Mrs. McDougall.
49:44 Aye.
49:45 Mrs. Deskovich.
49:46 Aye.
49:47 Mrs. Campbell.
49:48 Aye.
49:49 Mr. Susan.
49:50 Aye.
49:51 The motion passes 5-0.
49:52 Let’s move on to policy 8-4-0-6, reports of suspicious activity
49:57 and potential threats to schools, facilities, students, and
50:00 employees.
50:00 Do I have a motion?
50:01 Move to approve.
50:02 Move by Mr. Susan.
50:03 Seconded by Ms. McDougall.
50:04 Any discussion?
50:05 Ms. Escobar.
50:06 Mrs. Belford.
50:07 Aye.
50:08 Mrs. McDougall.
50:09 Aye.
50:10 Mrs. Deskovich.
50:11 Aye.
50:12 Mrs. Campbell.
50:13 Aye.
50:13 Mrs. Campbell.
50:14 Aye.
50:15 Mrs. Campbell.
50:16 Aye.
50:17 And Mr. Susan.
50:18 Aye.
50:19 The motion passes 5-0.
50:20 Do I have a motion to approve the revisions to policy 8-410,
50:23 crisis event intervention and response?
50:25 Move to approve.
50:26 Ms. Deskovich.
50:27 Moved and seconded by Ms. Campbell.
50:28 Any discussion?
50:29 Ms. Escobar.
50:30 Mrs. Belford.
50:31 Aye.
50:32 Mrs. McDougall.
50:33 Aye.
50:34 Mrs. Deskovich.
50:35 Aye.
50:36 Mrs. Campbell.
50:37 Aye.
50:38 And Mr. Susan.
50:38 Aye.
50:39 The motion passes 5-0.
50:40 Next is board policy 8-410.01 on critical incident response.
50:42 Do I have a motion to approve?
50:43 Move to approve.
50:44 Second.
50:45 Move by Mr. Susan.
50:46 Second.
50:47 Moved by Ms. Susan.
50:48 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
50:49 Any discussion?
50:50 Ms. Escobar.
50:51 Mrs. Belford.
50:52 Aye.
50:53 Ms. McDougall.
50:54 Aye.
50:55 Mrs. Deskovich.
50:56 Aye.
50:57 Mrs. Campbell.
50:58 Aye.
50:59 Mr. Susan.
51:00 Aye.
51:01 The motion passes 5-0.
51:02 Our last motion passes 5-0.
51:03 Aye.
51:04 Ms. McDougall.
51:05 Aye.
51:06 Mrs. Deskovich.
51:07 Aye.
51:08 Mrs. Campbell.
51:09 Aye.
51:10 Mr. Susan.
51:11 Aye.
51:12 The motion passes 5-0.
51:13 We’re now at our information items.
51:14 Ms. Belford.
51:15 Can I pause?
51:16 Can you pause for a second?
51:17 Dr. Mullins, didn’t you say we needed to the first information?
51:19 5-0.
51:20 The motion passes 5-0.
51:21 We’re now at our information items.
51:22 Ms. Belford, can I pause for a second?
51:24 Dr. Mullins, didn’t you say we needed to the first information?
51:25 5-0.
51:26 The motion passes 5-0.
51:27 We’re now at our information items.
51:28 Ms. Belford, can I pause?
51:29 Can you pause for a second?
51:30 Dr. Mullins, didn’t you say we needed to the first information?
51:32 5-0.
51:33 The motion passes 5-0.
51:36 We’re now at our information items.
51:37 There will be no action on these items this morning.
51:38 They may be brought back to the board for action at a later time.
51:42 Does any board member wish to discuss any of the items on the
51:46 information agenda?
51:47 Okay.
51:48 We’re now at board member reports and discussion points.
51:49 Before we move on to our discussion points, does any board
51:50 member have any questions?
51:50 The motion passes 5-0.
52:09 The motion passes 6-0.
52:10 The motion passes 5-0.
52:33 The motion passes 6-0.
52:34 The motion passes 5-0.
52:55 The motion passes 6-0.
52:56 The motion passes 5-0.
53:19 The motion passes 6-0.
53:20 The motion passes 5-0.
53:22 And that responsibility in many parts is not so much on the
53:26 schools.
53:27 And if I can explain a little bit better is that we have some of
53:32 the most amazing social services through United Way, Family
53:35 Promise of Brevard.
53:36 They are so interconnected that if you dial 2-1-1, bam, they
53:39 find you the right information.
53:41 They get you supported, right?
53:43 We have, arguably, we just had one of the best presentations on
53:46 how to deal with discipline in the future.
53:48 And we’re doing our part.
53:50 And the cities have all these different programs where you have
53:54 after-school parks and rec and all these other issues that they
53:57 have.
53:57 And they have supports inside their housing departments and
54:00 their developments.
54:01 And we have Boys and Girls Clubs.
54:02 And we have DOC.
54:03 And we have the Meadows.
54:04 We have all of these organizations that are amazing at what they
54:07 do.
54:07 But we don’t pull them all together under a house and
54:10 collaborate and talk about what we can do from beginning to end
54:15 for our students.
54:16 How we can collaborate our resources.
54:18 How we can – how we can help drive kids to the DOC.
54:23 Drive kids to the Boys and Girls Club.
54:25 Drive programs to the Meadows.
54:27 Not us.
54:28 Because we ask too much on our shoulders.
54:31 We don’t – we put too much on our school system.
54:34 I think it behooves us to have – engage our community partners
54:38 for the support in the community that we need.
54:41 And allow them to do the work, basically.
54:43 Have Rotarians giving mentorships.
54:45 Have the American Legions and the VFWs working with our ROTCs on
54:50 the career pathways that they’re doing.
54:53 Have a lot of our different organizations, not-for-profits, the
54:57 churches working with our families.
54:59 It’s not connected the way that we could.
55:02 So when we’re sitting here and we’re – and we listened to Mrs.
55:05 Moore give that presentation.
55:06 And I was real quiet.
55:08 And it just kind of woke me up.
55:09 And it just – you start trying to get moving on how can we fix
55:13 these children.
55:14 And every time one of those children comes into the school, they’re
55:17 – the issue that they’re having,
55:19 nine times out of ten, did not originate inside the classroom.
55:22 It originated at home.
55:23 So what are we doing to help the organizations at home develop
55:26 the issue – fix the issues?
55:28 We have students that get up every day.
55:30 And some of the places that we had over the feed and services,
55:33 students – one place didn’t have a door on a trailer.
55:36 Another place had a leaky roof.
55:38 Another place where there’s ten kids in one little room.
55:41 Those are issues that they bring.
55:42 That’s not our fault.
55:43 We’re trying to do what we can.
55:44 But we need to engage our community partners, I think.
55:47 And we need to do a better job as school board members.
55:49 And I’ll tell you what I was going to do is I’m going to create
55:52 a coalition inside the O’Galley area to do exactly that.
55:56 And then I hope that through forming the coalition between
55:59 churches, not-for-profits, the city of Melbourne,
56:02 and a bunch of the other agencies, maybe we can help those
56:05 principals in a support.
56:06 Not to put more work on the teachers, the principals, or our
56:09 district, but to bring our community into line.
56:12 To support our students and our families in the community better.
56:16 Because I’ll tell you, when I was knocking on those doors, when
56:18 we were going through those food services, and I was finding all
56:20 those kids over the COVID break.
56:22 You know who was right behind me?
56:23 Our social workers.
56:24 Our guidance counselors.
56:25 They were there.
56:26 I saw Mr. Sejic, the one from the ALC.
56:29 He was across at one of my housing developments talking to one
56:34 of the students.
56:36 They were there.
56:37 We just need to pull everybody together.
56:39 Those same kids that he was going to see also go to the Boys and
56:42 Girls Club.
56:43 And I asked them, I said, are we connected?
56:45 No.
56:46 So we just need to help connect them.
56:47 We as school board members.
56:48 And I’m going to try to create that.
56:50 And a lot of that happens in Tallahassee or Titusville.
56:53 You guys do an amazing job up there.
56:54 It’s a big family.
56:55 I would like to try to recreate that here and then move from
56:58 there.
56:58 That was all.
56:59 It was my spin from what we had a conversation earlier.
57:01 That’s all.
57:02 That’s a great segue, Mr. Susan, for me to just throw a reminder
57:06 out to the board members
57:07 that the community mapping project that we had discussed
57:12 previously, it’s kind of the center focus.
57:15 Like that’s where we need to get.
57:16 We’re taking baby steps with just identifying our groupings, if
57:20 you will, at this point.
57:22 So if you all would not mind trying to send a little reminder
57:26 for yourself this week.
57:28 And just to clarify, I’m not asking you to populate.
57:31 I’m just asking you to identify groupings at this point.
57:35 And then we can move forward.
57:36 Because, Mr. Susan, as you mentioned, one of the things that I
57:39 am working toward in the
57:41 North Area is a community action coalition.
57:44 Partly from the book that Dr. Mullins gave to each of you to
57:49 read.
57:49 And partly from the book that you mentioned earlier, Ms. Duskovich,
57:52 the upstream book.
57:53 Whereas if we can address some of these issues before they
57:55 become issues, we save tons of money.
57:58 So just to clarify, Ms. Belford, you’re asking for types of
58:01 organizations, not specifically the names of the organizations
58:04 yet.
58:04 Not yet.
58:05 Okay.
58:06 Yes.
58:07 I just want to make sure that we have our –
58:08 I told you mine in the meeting.
58:09 Yes.
58:11 So –
58:12 I’ll email it to you too.
58:13 I will send out a reminder to you all just to make sure that you
58:16 all have had the opportunity
58:18 to review those and get back to me before we set up an online
58:20 form for us to begin to populate.
58:22 And we did receive the information from Dr. Mullins regarding
58:27 community partners and that sort of thing.
58:29 So we can – once we have our format set, not to say it won’t
58:33 change as we go, but I think that’s a starting point for us.
58:36 And then we can start populating.
58:37 So thank you, Mr. Susan, for that passionate advocacy for
58:42 collaboration.
58:43 I think it’s important as well.
58:44 Okay.
58:45 Ms. Campbell, you asked to have teacher salary legislation
58:48 placed on as a discussion item.
58:50 Would you like to –
58:51 I did.
58:52 And I think Dr. Mullins, Ms. Leszczynski has –
58:55 Yes.
58:56 Dr. Thetty is prepared to come and make a short presentation
58:59 just with some general information about the teacher allocation
59:03 legislation.
59:03 Let’s see if she comes out the magic door.
59:06 The magic door.
59:07 Well, I – while she – while we’re waiting on her, I’d just
59:10 love to set this up.
59:11 I just – you know, we’re – as Ms. Belford already shared, we’re
59:14 grateful to have a signed budget here the day before – you know,
59:18 it was signed yesterday, the day before the last day of the
59:20 fiscal year.
59:21 And I know that the governor had announced that the teacher
59:25 salary allocation, which was one of his proposals from the fall,
59:30 that the legislature passed back in March, would not be cut.
59:33 And he signed a bill – I think it was House Bill 641 last week.
59:39 And so – but there – because of that, there’s been a lot of
59:42 stirrings.
59:43 And it’s, you know, there’s some confusion as to how is it going
59:46 to work out.
59:46 And just kind of stirs back up some of the – the positive end
59:50 and the negatives.
59:51 So on the outset, it – you know, everybody said, okay, all
59:53 teacher salaries are going to make at least $47,500 in the state
59:57 of Florida.
59:57 And it’s not quite that cut and clear, you know, clear.
1:00:00 And then a lot of our veteran teachers are saying, great, I’m
1:00:03 not going to see a penny of that.
1:00:04 So I had – I didn’t actually ask for the staff to do any work.
1:00:09 I wanted them to not do – but in typical fashion, they did put
1:00:12 together something for us.
1:00:14 So I just – I don’t know.
1:00:17 There’s a couple – there’s, you know, there’s some pros and
1:00:19 cons.
1:00:19 And, you know, I think if I – I’m going to let Dr. Seide give
1:00:24 kind of the information.
1:00:25 And then I’d like if I could have the back for just some talk
1:00:29 through some of that.
1:00:30 I didn’t see in your presentation that you sent us real quick
1:00:34 over the weekend.
1:00:35 Did you include the amount from the FEFP?
1:00:37 Because I have that – I have that here.
1:00:40 I did not.
1:00:41 So the Brevard – in the FEFP, because the Florida Education
1:00:45 Finance Program was – it was –
1:00:47 when it was passed, that was not changed.
1:00:49 So the allocation for Brevard is $12.6 million.
1:00:54 But everybody needs to understand that out of that comes –
1:00:58 well, our charter schools will get their proportionate share
1:01:02 first, right?
1:01:03 So it’s not BPS will get $12.6 million.
1:01:05 But that is our Brevard total, all the public schools in Brevard
1:01:08 number.
1:01:09 So then out of that comes what Dr. Seide is about to share some
1:01:12 with us.
1:01:13 So –
1:01:14 So before I even start, I’d like to clarify the $12.6.
1:01:17 It’s based on projected FTE.
1:01:19 Right.
1:01:20 So that’s something to really be very cognizant of because that
1:01:24 projection may change.
1:01:26 And if it changes, our allocation will also change.
1:01:28 So that’s why you did not find it in my presentation.
1:01:30 Okay.
1:01:31 But that is what is published, $12.6.
1:01:32 And just to clarify, that number would change based on if our
1:01:34 enrollment drops.
1:01:35 Correct.
1:01:36 Okay.
1:01:37 Yes.
1:01:38 Thank you.
1:01:39 Thank you, Mrs. Belford, board members, Dr. Mullins.
1:01:41 I just wanted to give you a quick overview of House Bill 641,
1:01:45 the teacher salary increase allocation.
1:01:48 And by way of setting the stage, just so you know, statewide, it’s
1:01:52 a $500 million allocation
1:01:54 with $400 million for raising the minimum base pay for full-time
1:01:59 teachers – classroom teachers,
1:02:01 clarify classroom teachers – and $100 million to raise the
1:02:04 salaries of Florida’s veteran teachers
1:02:06 and other instructional personnel.
1:02:08 the $500 million.
1:02:10 The $500 million and $400 million are really important because
1:02:12 that’s where the 80/20 comes in that you hear about, but is not
1:02:16 specifically delineated in the statute.
1:02:21 That bill repeals the former best and brightest, so that program
1:02:25 is gone as a result of this.
1:02:26 It amends section 1011.61 and creates that categorical called
1:02:31 teacher salary increase allocation.
1:02:34 Of that allocation, 80% plus any remaining funds, if it doesn’t
1:02:39 take 80% to get where we need to be, although we have not
1:02:43 determined where we’ll be at this point,
1:02:46 we have to use it as specified in the statute 1011.62, which is
1:02:51 the section of statute that deals with the funding for the
1:02:55 operation of schools.
1:02:56 And I do want to repeat again that our funding is based on
1:02:59 projected enrollment, so that 12.6 allocation minus the charter
1:03:04 school’s proportionate share is based on our enrollment for next
1:03:08 year.
1:03:09 In the allocation of funds – let me go back up one – eligible
1:03:15 instructional staff earning less than $47,500.
1:03:21 The purpose is to increase the minimum base salary to at least $47,500
1:03:26 or the maximum amount possible, which is an important caveat,
1:03:30 for the following instructional staff.
1:03:32 Full-time K-12 classroom teachers, as defined on the next slide,
1:03:36 and certified pre-K teachers funded in the FEFP.
1:03:40 Those pre-K teachers who are funded in the FEFP are pre-K ESE
1:03:45 teachers.
1:03:46 This does not include those funded through Head Start or Title I
1:03:51 programs.
1:03:52 Based on numbers from last year, from 2019-20 – so these are
1:03:57 estimates only, and they’re just for our planning purposes –
1:04:00 there were 2,043 classroom teachers, as defined in the statute,
1:04:05 with a base salary under $47,500.
1:04:09 There are 278 non-classroom teachers with a base salary under $47,500,
1:04:15 and 2,509 instructional personnel with base salaries above $47,500.
1:04:20 Keep in mind, those are – based on last year – they are
1:04:24 subject to change.
1:04:25 But it’s just a place to start.
1:04:28 The definition of classroom teacher in statute 1012.012A is a
1:04:36 staff member assigned to the professional activity of instructing
1:04:40 students in courses in classroom situations,
1:04:43 including basic instruction, exceptional student education,
1:04:47 career education, and adult education.
1:04:49 Another really important caveat here is, even though the statute
1:04:52 speaks to substitutes in that particular section,
1:04:55 this House bill does not include substitute teachers.
1:05:03 What’s the definition of minimum base pay?
1:05:05 The definition of minimum base pay is the lowest annual salary
1:05:10 reported on the salary schedule for a full-time classroom
1:05:12 teacher.
1:05:13 And the interpretation of the base pay is that it’s the base
1:05:17 salary plus the pay for performance differentials, but not
1:05:21 including advanced degree supplements.
1:05:25 The first 80% – in step one, the first 80% of the allocation
1:05:29 must be used to raise the base salary for classroom teachers to
1:05:32 be as close to $47,500 as possible.
1:05:36 If there are funds left over in that first 80%, the remaining
1:05:40 funds may be used to provide salary increases for full-time
1:05:44 classroom teachers,
1:05:45 as defined on the previous slide, funded in the FEFP, who do not
1:05:49 receive an increase,
1:05:51 or who received an increase less than 2% under the initial
1:05:54 parameters that I talked about just a minute ago.
1:05:57 And then followed by other instructional personnel is defined in
1:06:02 1012.01 to B through D.
1:06:05 And I’ll talk a little bit about who those people are in just a
1:06:08 minute.
1:06:08 The teachers who are not included in Part A, that classroom
1:06:12 teacher piece,
1:06:12 those are certified school counselors, our school social workers,
1:06:16 our media specialists, primary specialists, instructional
1:06:19 trainers, etc.
1:06:27 The second part of the allocation is the 20%, and that’s the
1:06:31 full-time classroom teachers and certified pre-K teachers,
1:06:34 and I just probably got ahead of myself and talked about this
1:06:37 already,
1:06:38 who are funded by the FEFP who did not receive an increase or
1:06:42 received an increase less than 2%.
1:06:49 And again, you can see the definition of who those are.
1:06:52 This is taken directly from the statute.
1:06:54 The statute required – the House Bill 641 requires us to
1:07:03 maintain a minimum-based salary.
1:07:06 We are not to reduce that salary in any subsequent year unless
1:07:10 authorized in the General Appropriations Act.
1:07:12 We have to develop a salary distribution plan pursuant to the
1:07:16 bill,
1:07:16 and we have to submit that to the school board for approval.
1:07:19 And then we have an approval process or a submittal process
1:07:22 through the state.
1:07:23 By October 1st, we have to submit our plan, including the
1:07:27 charter school plans, to the DOE.
1:07:29 We will have to bring our plan to you for approval prior to the
1:07:32 October 1st deadline.
1:07:34 Charter schools will have to bring their plan to their charter
1:07:37 school governing boards prior to the October 1st deadline,
1:07:39 but we will submit hours in charter schools together.
1:07:43 The submittal includes the amount of the increase to the minimum-based
1:07:47 salary, our salary schedule from the prior fiscal year,
1:07:51 and our – I didn’t have it on here – but our salary schedule
1:07:55 for this fiscal year as well.
1:07:57 By February 1st, the DOE is going to submit a statewide report
1:08:03 to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
1:08:05 and the Speaker of the House.
1:08:06 And then by August 1st, 2021, we have to provide a final report
1:08:11 to the DOE of expenditures for the prior –
1:08:13 for this fiscal year, for the fiscal year 2021.
1:08:16 So that’s just a really brief overview of the language, and I’m
1:08:21 here to take any questions.
1:08:23 And I have Mrs. Lisinski in the back also if there are any
1:08:26 financial questions, too.
1:08:28 Good. Thank you.
1:08:29 Thank you for putting all that together.
1:08:31 I think it’s important to – I mean, people could even go – you
1:08:34 can go online and Google this bill,
1:08:37 and it’s now law, and you can read through it, but it’s – some
1:08:42 of it is kind of clear as mud.
1:08:44 But thank you for going through that.
1:08:47 I just think it’s really important to – because I want people
1:08:50 to understand that this is not going to happen
1:08:52 with your first paycheck out of, you know, out of the gate.
1:08:58 Because, one, it has – to my understanding, it has to go
1:09:01 through bargaining.
1:09:02 One of the things that we have as part of our contract with our
1:09:05 teachers’ union is that starting pay schedule,
1:09:10 and that is something that, you know, also has to be a piece of
1:09:14 that.
1:09:14 So just thinking about positives and negatives, I just – first
1:09:18 of all, even though it’s – in a way,
1:09:20 it’s been kind of a controversial bill, I have to say,
1:09:23 considering our current crisis with the COVID pandemic,
1:09:27 I was so happy to see that this $500 million pot of money didn’t
1:09:38 get pushed off to next year.
1:09:39 Because it very easily could.
1:09:40 I mean, the governor had to cut a billion dollars.
1:09:43 There’s half of it right there.
1:09:45 He could have just said, hey, let’s cut this.
1:09:48 And so that he did – you know, we did have our priority in
1:09:51 education,
1:09:51 even though it may not be exactly how we wanted it, that the
1:09:53 priority was still there.
1:09:55 So I’m grateful, first of all, to have the $500 million when it
1:09:59 really could have easily said, hey,
1:10:00 you know what, we really want to do this, but we’ll do it next
1:10:03 year.
1:10:03 No, we’re going to do it now.
1:10:04 Another thing that’s positive about this is our teachers have
1:10:08 been crying out for us to recognize –
1:10:10 for our legislature to realize we need salary, not bonuses, and
1:10:13 we are doing away with best and brightest,
1:10:17 who I – every now and then I’ll see someone say, oh, I really
1:10:21 – I wanted that bonus program.
1:10:22 But, you know, we – salary goes towards retirement.
1:10:25 It goes towards – it’s not taxed the same as heavily as bonuses,
1:10:30 and so we have that.
1:10:31 And, you know, even though this is not the way that I ever would
1:10:35 have imagined it happening,
1:10:36 I have been wanting us to get our starting salary over $40,000
1:10:40 since before I got on the board.
1:10:41 And, you know, we’re going to get over $40,000.
1:10:45 So it helps with our recruiting, which leaves us with fewer vacancies,
1:10:51 fewer classes to cover.
1:10:52 It helps just all of that that we’re being – that we’ve been
1:10:56 working on.
1:10:57 And I am happy to see, even though it doesn’t include all of our
1:11:01 pre-K teachers,
1:11:02 it’s a step in the right direction of including some of them,
1:11:05 and that has really been a point of contention in a lot of
1:11:07 legislation.
1:11:08 Now, there’s also some problems that we’re going to have to work
1:11:11 through.
1:11:12 One, it does create an inequity for our veteran teachers, who –
1:11:17 some of them may be making $47,501.
1:11:19 I don’t know if we have anybody exact at that number, but I’m
1:11:22 like, it would really be a bummer if you’re just –
1:11:24 you know, you’re right there at that number.
1:11:26 And, you know, I understand and so appreciate the frustration
1:11:29 for some people who, you know,
1:11:31 we’re going to create a – this creates a compression issue.
1:11:36 And it also is, again, one more instance of where – how the
1:11:43 definition of classroom teacher is causing problems
1:11:47 in the progress that we’re trying to make, because then we have
1:11:50 our media specialists,
1:11:51 our counselors, our social workers, our school psychologists,
1:11:53 and all our resource teachers,
1:11:55 our coaches, whose work is so valuable and important, yet it
1:12:01 seems, when things like this come out, that it’s not.
1:12:04 And so I am – I know that I have on my task list for the next
1:12:10 – in the next few weeks to personally contact
1:12:13 each of our legislative members from our delegation and just
1:12:17 thank them for the work that they did,
1:12:19 but just continue to put a bug in their ear that we’ve got to
1:12:22 rewrite some of this so that we don’t keep coming back
1:12:25 to this, and especially when I think about our counselors and
1:12:30 our social workers and our psychologists,
1:12:33 there’s never been a more – a greater emphasis on mental health
1:12:38 than there have been in the last couple years.
1:12:42 And yet here we are with all the great work that we talked about
1:12:45 in our workshop this morning on behavior and, you know,
1:12:48 discipline and how we’re going to wrap our arms around our
1:12:51 students in a different way, and yet they don’t have the same
1:12:54 recognition.
1:12:54 And that’s a problem. And we have such an important –
1:12:59 especially right now with the pandemic,
1:13:03 and trying to catch kids up from, you know, the way we had to do
1:13:07 learning in this last quarter.
1:13:09 And we need our media specialists and our reading coaches and
1:13:12 all those people to be able to – and yet here we are once again
1:13:16 not recognizing them in the same way.
1:13:18 And I say we – I mean, as a state, our legislature. And so I
1:13:22 just want to – us to continue to advocate with our wonderful
1:13:27 delegation.
1:13:27 I love our delegation. I think they, you know, they’ve done a
1:13:29 lot of great things.
1:13:30 But just continue to put that bug in their ear that we need to
1:13:34 fix that piece that is discriminatory towards pre-K,
1:13:38 discriminatory towards these other instructional employees who
1:13:43 may not have a class of, you know, 18 to 25 assigned to them
1:13:47 each period,
1:13:48 that are doing great work. And it really just – it makes things
1:13:54 difficult.
1:13:55 So again, I’m really excited for this that it happened because
1:13:58 it is – it’s showing that we’re moving in the right direction.
1:14:00 But there’s still a lot of work to do. And we as school board
1:14:03 members have great opportunities.
1:14:04 And we have a great delegation who listens to us. And so just –
1:14:08 we continue to work on that.
1:14:10 But I thank you for putting that out there. And I just want to
1:14:13 make sure we address it because the stirrings are happening.
1:14:15 So that’s all I have, Dr. Haye. Thank you.
1:14:19 Any other board members have comments, questions for Dr. Thetty?
1:14:21 Ms. Deskovich?
1:14:22 I don’t have a question for Dr. Thetty, but I just wanted to
1:14:24 build on what Ms. Campbell said.
1:14:26 I really appreciated your comments, especially calling out the
1:14:29 guidance counselors and social workers
1:14:31 and the work we need to do there. But I just wanted to add an
1:14:34 emphasis there also with our media specialists
1:14:37 because I received a couple calls this week after the signing
1:14:40 from our elementary media specialists who do have classrooms.
1:14:44 They may not have a roster, but, you know, six, seven classes
1:14:48 and then their one planning period.
1:14:50 They have to run a library. Like, that’s even more work
1:14:52 sometimes.
1:14:53 So somehow we’ve got to communicate that and get that fixed at a
1:14:58 higher level than us.
1:14:59 Because it’s – they’re going to leave because they can now hop
1:15:05 over and potentially make thousands more with, you know, doing
1:15:06 –
1:15:06 and the media specialists I talked to love their job. They love
1:15:13 the environment they’re in.
1:15:14 It’s the same for our social workers and our guidance counselors.
1:15:16 And they are certified teachers, so they easily could just hop,
1:15:20 ship, and go to a classroom.
1:15:22 And especially with us looking at reducing the budget with their
1:15:25 assistance, they’re going to have even more work
1:15:27 and yet be on the lower end of the scale. So thank you.
1:15:31 Thank you, Dr. Thede.
1:15:33 I’m sorry, Mr. Susan, did you want to speak for you?
1:15:36 Just if we can get a consistent message, right now is the time
1:15:40 for us to hit our legislators.
1:15:41 And I’ll just tell you, one of the things with pre-K, we’re
1:15:45 doing a statewide initiative with all pre-K teachers
1:15:47 throughout the state, educating all the legislators in each one
1:15:50 of the prospective districts.
1:15:51 And one of the issues that we have found is that our legislators
1:15:54 are so busy with everything else inside the budget
1:15:57 that it’s difficult for them to understand the minutiae of what
1:16:00 we do.
1:16:00 So I would say let’s get a little white paper out real quick and
1:16:03 start – and go and allow our voices of our employees,
1:16:07 because it’s not only the media specialists, it’s our
1:16:09 transportation folks, it’s everybody, right?
1:16:11 Education needs more funding.
1:16:13 So how that looks and how we move forward, I’m on board.
1:16:16 I’m ready. Thank you. That’s all.
1:16:19 Just a point of clarification, Dr. Thede.
1:16:22 Could you give me those numbers again when you threw out the
1:16:24 number of employees in the different categories,
1:16:26 understanding it’s from last year and may change, but –
1:16:29 I sure can. Hold on just a second.
1:16:31 Thank you.
1:16:32 So based on 2019-2020 numbers and salaries from that year, there
1:16:38 were 2,043 classroom teachers,
1:16:40 as defined in section 1012.012A, with a base salary under $47,500.
1:16:49 There were 278 non-classroom teachers with a base salary under $47,500.
1:16:55 And there are 2,509 instructional personnel with base salaries
1:17:00 above $47,500.
1:17:02 All based on last year’s numbers, all subject to change.
1:17:06 Okay. Thank you.
1:17:08 And with regard to what Ms. Deskevich brought up with the media
1:17:11 assistance, understanding that all of this has to be bargained,
1:17:14 right?
1:17:16 But under best and brightest, we were able to find a way to
1:17:21 include our media assistants who have a roster of students –
1:17:25 Media specialists.
1:17:28 I’m sorry, media specialists who had a roster of students
1:17:32 assigned to them.
1:17:33 Like, they clearly had a classroom of students they were serving.
1:17:36 Is the same flexibility – does it apply in the statutory
1:17:41 language for this teacher salary allocation,
1:17:43 or have they closed that loop?
1:17:45 I don’t have that kind of guidance from the state yet.
1:17:48 Okay. Very good.
1:17:49 And then you said we have to submit our plan by October 1st.
1:17:54 That’s correct.
1:17:55 And I’m guessing that all of that has to be bargained prior to
1:17:59 it being sent to the state, or –
1:18:01 So there are a couple of different things there.
1:18:03 The allocation, and directly out of the language in line 260 of
1:18:08 House Bill 641,
1:18:09 although district school boards and charter school governing
1:18:12 boards are not precluded from bargaining over wages,
1:18:14 the teacher salary increase allocation must be used solely to
1:18:17 comply with the requirements of that section.
1:18:20 So we have to submit the plan that meets the requirements of
1:18:23 this section.
1:18:24 The other pieces will be separate from that.
1:18:27 Okay.
1:18:28 Thank you very much for that clarification.
1:18:30 Just to clarify what you said, we – because our – our count,
1:18:36 official count, doesn’t happen until October,
1:18:38 after this first date.
1:18:39 So the plan will not have any numbers on it, or they’ll be very
1:18:43 preliminary.
1:18:44 They will be preliminary because it – we have to submit before
1:18:49 October FTE.
1:18:50 Okay.
1:18:51 Good coach.
1:18:52 Ms. Belford.
1:18:53 So does the plan have to be approved before we can – we have to
1:18:56 – do we have to be settled with BFT on that to submit the plan?
1:18:58 Ms. We have to have the plan based on this allocation approved
1:19:04 by you prior to the October 1st deadline for submittal to the
1:19:08 state.
1:19:08 So by October 1st, you have to figure it out with BFT, and you
1:19:13 all have to bring it to us, and we have to vote on it?
1:19:15 Ms. We have to bring this portion of the – because remember,
1:19:18 this is a very specific allocation, and it’s very specifically
1:19:22 identified.
1:19:23 So that plan is about this.
1:19:25 It’s not about all of the other pieces that go into negotiations
1:19:29 each year.
1:19:30 Ms. So technically, negotiations with BFT could run past October,
1:19:34 but as long as this portion of it is settled?
1:19:36 It seems like it’s kind of a package – there’s going to be give
1:19:39 and take, and it’s going to –
1:19:40 Ms. We are required to have approved by you this part of the
1:19:44 plan.
1:19:44 Ms. Thank you, ma’am.
1:19:46 Ms. Does anyone else have any additional questions for Dr. Thetty?
1:19:51 Ms. You’re welcome.
1:19:52 Ms. Thank you so much, Dr. Thetty, for very quickly putting
1:19:54 together some information for us.
1:19:55 Ms. You’re welcome.
1:19:56 Ms. We appreciate you.
1:19:57 Mr. Susan, I believe you have requested discussion about letters.
1:20:02 Mr. Yeah, we – it could have been a discussion point in a board
1:20:07 workshop or whatever it is,
1:20:07 but currently we have our funding every year that we talk about
1:20:12 for – we had a discussion over professional development
1:20:14 and all these other things, and at the end of the year,
1:20:17 sometimes we have some money fall to the bottom line,
1:20:18 but one of the issues that we have this year is today is the
1:20:21 last day before the budget sort of starts sinking in,
1:20:25 and I took the opportunity to say that if we were able to take
1:20:29 the remaining funds that are left over
1:20:31 and allocate also for sending out letters to graduates, to
1:20:37 individuals inside our community as board members to support our
1:20:41 schools,
1:20:41 I wanted to be able to do that because there’s a lot of times
1:20:44 where I’ll come here and I’ll write a couple of letters to
1:20:47 people that are doing stuff in the community,
1:20:48 and I just bring my stamps in and I go.
1:20:50 The problem with that is, is that like – I don’t know – like
1:20:53 the mayor of West Melbourne, Hal Rose, he said,
1:20:57 “Hey, Matt, I’d like to send a thank you out to all of your
1:20:59 graduates.”
1:21:00 So that’s great. So he requested the scope and he got it.
1:21:03 Melbourne did the same thing. County commissioners did the same
1:21:06 thing.
1:21:06 We don’t have that opportunity to do it.
1:21:08 So what I’d like to do is take the remaining funds that we have
1:21:11 left over from Deskovich and everybody else
1:21:12 and be able to utilize that for postage. And just like we do a
1:21:17 lot of the other accounts that we already set precedent,
1:21:19 we transfer back and forth, we have rollovers, we have
1:21:22 everything else, we could utilize it for that.
1:21:24 So what I would like to do is roll the existing funds that we
1:21:27 have left over and utilize portions of that for postage if any
1:21:32 of us want to.
1:21:33 Ms. Escobar, what is the date, do you recall, of our – we have
1:21:40 a discussion –
1:21:41 we have a discussion around the board budget scheduled coming up
1:21:44 this coming month, right?
1:21:46 14th of July?
1:21:49 Correct.
1:21:50 Okay.
1:21:51 We maybe want to ask Ms. Lisinski, I don’t know about the
1:21:55 possibility of keeping the dollars that are left in there.
1:22:00 Because we’ll be in the new fiscal year left over.
1:22:04 We do it every year we roll millions of dollars over, so this is
1:22:08 not a – this is not setting precedent in any way.
1:22:10 Yeah, just for the public that may be watching, there’s not
1:22:13 millions of dollars rolling over in our –
1:22:15 No.
1:22:16 – in our actual board account.
1:22:17 There’s –
1:22:18 It’s only a couple thousand.
1:22:19 – a few thousand dollars maximum, yeah, that we’re – we’re
1:22:22 discussing here.
1:22:23 So I – I will say, Mr. Susan, I feel like that’s going to be
1:22:26 part of the overall conversation that we’re having on July 14th
1:22:30 as to how dollars are allocated as well as what we should do
1:22:34 with any dollars that were left in the board budget from this
1:22:37 current fiscal year.
1:22:38 So is this something that you feel needs to have action taken on
1:22:41 it today, or can we discuss that on the 14th?
1:22:43 It’s not – yeah, it’s not something that absolutely has to be
1:22:48 done today.
1:22:49 You know what I mean?
1:22:50 It’s not.
1:22:51 I just – I would like to start the process of every other
1:22:53 elected board in this county sends letters to their constituents,
1:22:55 lets their students, their people, everybody know.
1:22:58 And they do – they have a little fund for that.
1:23:01 And I think that if we don’t travel, if we don’t do the things
1:23:04 that we have a budget for, then we should be able to utilize
1:23:06 those funds for those other things.
1:23:08 And I think that that also gives us our connection to our
1:23:11 community and, you know, goodwill.
1:23:13 So that was all – that was the main reason behind it.
1:23:15 Okay.
1:23:16 So if you guys want to think about it and bring it back on the
1:23:18 14th, that’s fine with me.
1:23:19 Okay.
1:23:20 Super.
1:23:21 Thank you.
1:23:22 Any other board members have any discussion points before we
1:23:25 move on to Dr. Mullins?
1:23:28 Ms. McDougall, are you still doing good out there?
1:23:30 And –
1:23:31 I am still doing good.
1:23:32 Yeah, thank you.
1:23:33 Excellent.
1:23:34 All right.
1:23:35 Dr. Mullins, do you have a superintendent’s report?
1:23:36 Actually, we moved that up to the beginning, so I don’t have
1:23:39 anything else.
1:23:40 All right.
1:23:41 There being no further business, I will call this meeting adjourned.
1:23:43 Have a great day.