Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
0:00 Thank you.
7:59 I just want to say an additional congratulations to all of our
8:06 seniors that graduated over
8:07 this past weekend.
8:08 Went to a couple of ceremonies.
8:10 They were all fantastic.
8:12 Our students, their speeches, so uplifting, so hopeful, looking
8:17 forward towards a future.
8:18 Thank you.
9:18 Thank you, thank you.
9:48 Thank you.
11:56 thank you miss Campbell and thank you miss Campbell and miss
12:04 Jenkins for attending on
12:07 behalf of the rest of the board especially since I couldn’t be
12:10 there and I really try hard to be
12:12 there but we were otherwise committed this afternoon as you know
12:16 so thank you mr. Susan
12:17 yeah so that’s great thank you so much madam chair first off I
12:23 wanted to congratulate dr.
12:26 barbara berry from O’Galley high school many of you have known
12:30 that she’s an icon over at O’Galley
12:32 high school and this past weekend or this past week previous to
12:36 this one I was able to go to
12:37 O’Galley and we were able to look at the program that she’s put
12:41 together so dr. Mullins and I we’ve
12:43 been going on these career and technical tours to give
12:45 internships and we’ve got a great robust
12:47 program moving but dr. Berry’s been doing it for like 20 years
12:51 and she’s been giving internships
12:53 to every one of her kids in all of the entire area of O’Galley
12:56 which is phenomenal what we are trying
12:59 to model she’s already doing and has been doing health first
13:02 came to the meeting and offered up over a
13:05 hundred internships to kids at O’Galley high school through five
13:07 different medians which was massive
13:09 those that program with those kids is going to be phenomenal for
13:13 them to join to but I did just want
13:15 to take a minute to say thank you to her and her organization
13:18 many of you don’t know dr. Berry if you
13:20 don’t she runs the health and wellness Academy at O’Galley high
13:23 school and is incredibly involved in many of
13:25 the community businesses that are there and their stories and
13:28 their project boards and everything else
13:30 were really cool um I I was honored to be able to be at the Vieira
13:33 Rockledge and O’Galley graduations
13:36 this week um O’Galley was last night dr. Mullins was hanging
13:40 with me for Vieira and O’Galley at O’Galley we almost got kicked
13:46 out between the two of us he was enticing some of the children
13:48 to act inappropriately
13:49 like dancing and stuff like that and I’m serious I’m not lying
13:53 to you at one point I really do qualify for hazard pay he at one
13:56 point he was trying to pay off the kids behind me to push me off
13:59 the stage so and that is true so I want to let you know uh I
14:03 really I actually uh dr. Mullins really appreciated the time we
14:07 had on the stage it was actually
14:08 Susan I was always behind you that’s protocol for graduation
14:13 ceremony come on man I just wanted to say um I’m honored to be
14:17 there with you because you brought light to that and it
14:19 and at the moment when those kids have when they’re walking
14:22 across the graduation stage they’re so nervous
14:24 because they think that we’re really popular but we’re not they’re
14:27 like oh thank you congratulations right
14:30 and we’re like we’re really not that cool and to bring levity to
14:33 that and tell them that we’re so proud of them
14:35 I can’t tell you how many times behind me dr. Mullins was saying
14:38 we’re really proud of you congratulations and to have a
14:41 superintendent doing that was really cool
14:43 um besides the fact we’re not going to be invited back to O’Galley
14:45 because I think it started the EG what behind us because of the
14:48 drum roll that we got him going
14:49 on it was pretty incredible so I want to apologize to uh Jeremy
14:53 Solomon principal right now for our behavior last night
14:55 it was in touch it was it was exacerbated by dr. Mullins um so
14:59 anyways I just want to say that but
15:01 appreciate that anytime anytime so the other thing I wanted to
15:04 say is is I met last night with many groups
15:06 um we had I had spoken before about moving forward on um doing
15:11 some things with veteran speaking projects
15:14 and all of those things so I met with the groups last night I’m
15:16 trying to create a bipartisan style
15:19 program where we support the civics inside of our schools and
15:22 that they have representatives for
15:24 each school to work with the teachers on bringing the veteran
15:27 speaking projects the um the essays that
15:31 many of these organizations have that they try to bring many of
15:33 the principals that are in the audience
15:35 understand they come at the last minute in March and they say
15:38 hey can you get a hundred kids to write
15:39 this 10-page essay for us and the heart goes out to them because
15:43 you’re like hey that was part of our
15:45 curriculum back in November and now we’re like literally testing
15:48 season and they just don’t get
15:50 that so the idea is is that we’re going to try to align many of
15:54 the programs so that they understand
15:56 when to draw those essays when to meet with staff and to give
15:59 awards to our kids at the end like during
16:02 the award ceremonies at the end they really want to do something
16:05 they just don’t know how to meander that
16:07 so I had the meeting uh last night actually before the old galley
16:10 high school and um they were really
16:12 excited many of you guys know Don Weaver great guy he’s been
16:14 running now the veteran speaking project
16:16 now for over six years um him and I started that thing years ago
16:19 I got on school board he just kept
16:21 trucking along it’s literally the largest veteran speaking
16:23 project in the United States go figure he’s
16:26 been killing it so he just said look I need some help I need
16:29 more veterans I could use some support here
16:31 to be a help to our kids so I was really honored for that and
16:34 that’s all I’ve got thank you very much
16:35 thank you Mr. Susan good stuff so I have a quick thing first I
16:42 want to give a shout out and a thank you
16:45 I was able to go to the Coco High School ribbon cutting for
16:49 their new track so I want to thank our
16:52 facilities department our city of Coco and also the school
16:56 themselves because they all banded together
16:59 to raise the money to put it together and the track is
17:03 absolutely amazing it’s a great track
17:05 so thank you for the teamwork that everybody worked together to
17:08 make this trap happen so that was on
17:11 Monday and then later that night I came here to see the
17:15 graduates of the intern graduates from the CTE program
17:20 and I think Miss Dr. Sullivan we had 15 is that about right 15
17:27 oh 21 I’m way off um 21 students graduate
17:31 um with certificates from our intern program and some of them um
17:35 Ms. Hans department I think wins the cake for hiring
17:40 um there’s a lot of our students are going to go into right into
17:44 jobs with HVAC which is great
17:46 so that was kind of fun and then on Tuesday
17:49 I was able to go to a school that I normally don’t go to um Sherwood
17:54 and it is the most kind of a bad word
17:59 but it’s a cute school because I walk in and I feel like I’m in
18:01 Sherwood forest oh my goodness and I want
18:05 to thank Principal Moreno for let him welcoming me giving me a
18:08 tour but I was there to to give two impact
18:12 elevated pins one to a bus driver Ms. Sandy and one to an IA Mr.
18:18 Carlos and that’s how they’re known
18:20 and what they both have done is work very hard develop plans
18:24 work together to work with a student
18:27 that has a difficult time connecting with other adults and can
18:32 be a behavioral problem but throughout
18:35 this year they have worked together as a team and to help this
18:39 child be successful and they went above
18:41 and beyond they didn’t have to put together a plan they didn’t
18:43 have to do what they did
18:44 and they did so I want to give a shout out to both of them I
18:47 then kind of popped over to Roosevelt
18:50 because I know the principal there is leaving should they’re
18:53 moving to another state and I wanted to
18:55 thank her for all that she’s done and then I was at it was a
18:59 busy week it was just a really a busy week
19:02 um I was back at Coco and I was asked to speak at the induction
19:07 ceremony for the new SGA
19:09 and I think our it was a great ceremony was short and sweet the
19:15 kids had um were excited and I didn’t
19:19 realize that they elect for like the next three years I did not
19:24 realize that so I guess I was able to meet
19:26 the all the electors at that meeting and then of course
19:31 graduation uh we were so lucky that it didn’t
19:34 rain um Coco we were just kind of moving along really quick near
19:38 the end because the clouds kept getting
19:40 darker and the thunder kept rolling so we missed um we missed
19:44 the rain thank goodness and then I was
19:46 lucky enough to go to Edgewood’s and then to Merritt Island and
19:50 the students in Coco do dance across the
19:52 stage um they do and we had a couple at edge at um not at Edgewood
19:59 but at Merritt Island um
20:03 it was really great it was great I think our I believe that this
20:07 graduating class is going to do great
20:09 things and I think our future looks good with the kids and the
20:13 students that have graduated so I’m very
20:15 excited for all so that was my week did you tell one of those
20:18 kids you used to have a mullet
20:19 because he did he did he did he did she’s not moving there’s
20:26 pictures of it someplace Mr. Susan
20:29 just go back to Cocoa Beach High School yearbook it is true
20:34 Ms. Jenkins you had something you wanted to circle back on sorry
20:38 I forgot something but
20:39 Ms. McDougall just reminded me um so over the past week or so I’ve
20:43 gotten a lot of emails from
20:45 to some of our amazing young female students who are attending
20:49 girls state in the next week or two
20:51 um and so you know we’ve obviously we’ve got some males going
20:54 there to boys state as well but I know
20:56 that our females are going up to Washington DC which is really
20:58 an amazing opportunity for them
21:00 um it’s a great program that they have to be nominated for and
21:03 accepted to go ahead and participate in
21:05 and it was really fun talking to some really young inspiring
21:09 females who are looking into being a
21:12 part of public service and and really digging into that so
21:15 congratulations to all of those girls that
21:17 I had a conversation with I don’t know everybody else who made
21:20 it but congratulations to you as well
21:23 thank you Ms. Jenkins Dr. Mullins thank you Ms. Belford I want
21:27 to begin by adding on to the shout outs to
21:31 our intern opportunities last last night we in the in the boardroom
21:37 here we had internship signing
21:39 for six seniors upon graduation we’ll go to L3 Harris for a full-time
21:46 paid internship for the next year
21:49 last year L3 Harris came to us and wanted uh that we nurtured
21:54 that partnership they came into the
21:56 interview process saying we’re gonna we want six interns or
22:00 excuse me eight interns they walked away
22:02 from the interview saying there were too many good ones we will
22:04 take 10. I’m so proud to share that of
22:09 those 10 from last year seven are remaining employed with L3
22:13 Harris the other three are pursuing some
22:16 post-secondary uh opportunities now but we have six more seniors
22:20 that are going to L3 Harris
22:22 uh from Bayside high schools manufacturing engineering programs
22:27 so very proud of uh our our CTE programs
22:31 across this district that continue to set the pace across the
22:36 state but also phenomenal business
22:39 partnerships just that just continue to grow L3 Harris as the
22:42 board knows has been an amazing partner with
22:45 Brevard schools for a long time but are always looking to uh
22:48 take their partnership to the next level and
22:51 uh are we’re thrilled to provide them their workforce shortage
22:55 solution so if you are out there listening
22:58 about uh listening how could a student intern benefit your
23:01 business please come and talk to us we have
23:04 amazing young men and women who are equipped prepared to uh work
23:09 in several different kinds of industries across our district
23:13 i’d also like to do a shout out to our procurement procurement
23:17 and distribution services office
23:20 kind of one of those small offices behind the scenes that has a
23:25 tremendous lift for the district
23:26 but i’m so proud of the excellence that is demonstrated in
23:31 leadership as well as in service
23:34 once again they are being recognized with the florida
23:37 association of public procurement officials award of
23:42 excellence in public procurement for 2022 they’ve been a
23:46 recipient of that for a few years now
23:49 but this year they also received one of only three best practice
23:54 awards for 2022 the best practice award was
23:58 established to recognize outstanding best practices in
24:01 procurement it recognizes agencies who have
24:04 implemented an innovative cost-saving best practice or a best
24:08 practice that benefits the community or the public
24:11 procurement profession uh miss christie rodriguez our director
24:15 of procurement just has been a pace setter
24:19 in our procurement practices the board knows that last year they
24:23 saved the district uh over two million
24:26 dollars in contract renegotiations and just so very proud of our
24:30 our strong team and procurement and
24:32 distribution services so shout out to christie and her team i’d
24:37 like to add my congratulations to our seniors but
24:40 also just a huge thank you to our principal the board has the
24:45 privilege and i do and other district staff to
24:49 spend a little bit of time with principals before the graduation
24:53 ceremony begins and i think you would agree
24:55 that the personal attention ownership and responsibility that
25:02 our principals take to put on a a ceremony of
25:07 distinction for our graduates is no small responsibility we see
25:12 all the logistics that go on but our principals do it
25:16 with such grace and such poise and such professionalism it is um
25:22 it is such a pride moment for us as
25:25 leaders of our schools but uh and that’s only simply because our
25:30 principals take such a great interest
25:33 in the graduation ceremony but it goes beyond that i heard of
25:38 stories uh from principals and
25:40 it’s not just the high school staff that come to a graduation it’s
25:45 middle school principals it’s
25:47 elementary principals come to graduation ceremonies we had uh
25:51 walkouts in our elementary schools where seniors
25:53 went back to their elementary school and walked through the
25:56 halls and set the example for our
25:58 current uh elementary students as to what is uh what they are so
26:04 proud about in graduation and the impact
26:06 that the elementary schools had had the same experience with our
26:09 middle schools it is truly
26:11 a school community experience and uh just enormously proud of
26:15 the investment that our leaders and our teachers
26:19 make uh in our students and our the student speeches that i
26:23 heard across three different graduations oh my goodness
26:27 our future is in tremendous capable hands these young men and
26:33 women are just phenomenal their insightful
26:36 reflection on what they’ve experienced as young people over the
26:41 last four years of their high school career
26:44 and how they translate that into a challenge to their peers on
26:48 stage in front of thousands of people
26:50 to then challenge them to go into their future uh my favorite
26:55 moment in graduation outside of the the
26:59 student speeches is that that moment at the end when you see
27:03 hundreds of mortar boards fly in the air
27:06 and for me it’s kind of a symbolic representation of now you go
27:12 fly you go soar you may not know the direction
27:16 it’s going to take you and you certainly may not know where you’re
27:18 going to land but the opportunity
27:21 to soar and go out and reach your potential has uh never been
27:24 greater and we’ve set you up for success so
27:27 appreciate the moment to reflect on our graduation and um have
27:31 one more request uh mr brun will uh cue up a
27:37 video but i don’t but i would suggest we do that after you’ve
27:40 had a chance to share your shout outs mrs belford
27:43 but i think it’s a nice little few minute culmination of school
27:47 year 22. thank you and and i will actually be
27:51 brief because most of what i was going to discuss has already
27:53 been discussed in one way or another
27:55 like the rest of you had the opportunity to attend multiple
27:59 graduations and you know one of the
28:00 things that i love is the uniqueness of each and every one of
28:03 them that um you know every single
28:05 one of the graduations there’s something that you can take away
28:08 that’s just special about that
28:09 that school um so and and yes thank you so much to our
28:13 principals and our staff that make all of that
28:16 happen and i know especially when we’re facing challenging and
28:20 questionable weather it makes it a little more
28:22 difficult um and and sometimes there’s some high emotions around
28:26 graduation anyway and so you know
28:28 the fact that they literally weathered the storms in a lot of
28:31 situations uh we appreciate i also had the
28:33 opportunity to attend the emma jewel eighth grade graduation um
28:37 and i if you have not had the opportunity to
28:41 go to one of those i encourage you to do so at some point in
28:43 your your tenure on the board um sweet sweet
28:46 ceremony they had 26 graduates which was their largest
28:49 graduating class eighth graders going on to ninth
28:52 grade at the various high schools um and wanted to thank dr danielle
28:56 mckinnon who was one of their
28:58 speakers um that came and spoke to provide some inspiration for
29:02 the students along with a couple of other
29:04 community leaders and so uh great great ceremony one of the
29:07 really sweet things that they do is at the end of
29:09 their their their uh ceremony they do a rose ceremony um
29:12 obviously with only 26 students you can do a lot
29:15 of things that you can’t do with 300 right um but each of the
29:18 students takes a rose and gives it to their
29:20 person whether it’s mom dad aunt grandma whoever um super super
29:26 sweet i was with uh alberta wilson and i
29:29 sat on stage together and there was not a dry eye in the house
29:33 by the time it was all over and done with and
29:35 uh alberta said thanks for crying with me today and i was like
29:38 hey you know i’m i’m all about the tears
29:40 this weekend so um so yeah very very sweet and thank you thomas
29:43 cole and your team for allowing me
29:45 to join you it’s not uh our traditional graduation but still a
29:49 great opportunity so uh with that oh as
29:52 mr brun is approaching i’m gonna say just one more thing thank
29:55 you thank you thank you to all of the
29:56 parents that completed your parent survey we had a great
29:59 workshop earlier today uh where mr brun shared a
30:02 lot of the parent survey feedback with us and if you didn’t get
30:05 an opportunity to see it i encourage
30:07 you to go back and take a look at it but thank you to all the
30:09 parents that took the time to share that
30:11 very valuable feedback because it was lots of great data for us
30:15 to work on going forward so thank you with
30:17 that mr brun
30:26 so
31:38 you
31:51 so
31:51 you
34:27 just to add context a few weeks ago dr green and her morale team
34:57 put out a call for show your school spirit and uh kind of just
35:01 put it out there and we uh
35:03 to our schools and they came together and obviously you can see
35:06 the fun they had and
35:07 coming together as a school family and uh demonstrating their
35:14 school pride and uh then we
35:16 rewarded very hard selection I think we’re only going to
35:19 recognize a handful of
35:21 schools but we know 10 10 of the entries with ice cream for the
35:25 whole faculty and
35:26 staff and so we’ve been delivering ice cream over the last
35:29 couple weeks across
35:30 our award recipients and I just want to use this opportunity as
35:35 we close the
35:37 final days of school year 22 but to serve a superintendent with
35:43 an army of
35:44 men and women who are the epitome of real life superheroes we
35:52 need not look to
35:53 movie trailers billboards or comic books we have real-life men
35:57 and women all
35:59 across this community serving in our schools making life-changing
36:05 life-saving
36:06 impact in the children of Brevard County
36:11 thank you to our teachers our staff our administrators our teams
36:16 across so
36:17 many vast departments for bringing us through
36:20 unquestionably the most challenging year we faced in education
36:24 in our lifetime
36:26 thank you very proud of you thank you miss Belfort
36:32 all right that is going to bring us to the adoption of the
36:41 agenda Dr. Collins
36:44 mrs. Belfort and members of the board on this evening’s agenda
36:46 we have
36:47 administrative staff recommendations two recognitions 15 consent
36:51 items two public
36:52 hearings five action items and two information items changes
36:56 made to the
36:57 agenda since released of the public include the addition of
37:00 items B9 GIS
37:01 volunteer for facility services and F20 approved memoranda of
37:06 agreement with
37:07 Brevard federation of teachers revisions were made to items a
37:11 seven
37:12 administrative staff recommendations F16 reappointment
37:15 nominations of annual
37:16 contract teachers for the 2022 23 school year F17 administrative
37:23 and professional
37:24 reappointment nominations for the 2022 23 school year F18 reappointment
37:31 nominations of
37:33 support personnel and school safety and security specialists for
37:37 the 2022 23 school year and I 34
37:39 I 34 administrative procedures use of district facilities board
37:46 policy 7510
37:48 also the Vieira height excuse me administrative procedure 7510
37:54 also the
37:55 Vieira high school classroom addition design build services item
37:59 was deleted what are the
38:02 wishes the board moved by miss McDougall seconded by miss
38:07 Campbell is there any
38:07 discussion all in favor please signify by saying aye aye any
38:12 opposed same sign
38:13 motion passes 5-0 dr. Mullinsby please let us know about the
38:17 administrative staff recommendation this evening miss Belfort
38:20 and members of the
38:21 board there are 17 items for your consideration what are the
38:24 wishes of the
38:24 board second moved by mr. Susan seconded by miss McDougall is
38:28 there any
38:29 discussion all in favor please signify by saying aye aye any
38:33 opposed same sign
38:34 motion passes 5-0
38:38 dr. Mullins so I’d like to take this opportunity to recognize
38:44 and
38:44 congratulate the following individuals who are I believe with us
38:48 this evening we
38:49 are thrilled to welcome you into the administrative arm of BPS
38:54 family for
38:56 the reclassification from assistant principal at Fairglen
38:59 elementary school to
39:00 principal at Apollo elementary school miss Amy DeLago
39:04 congratulations mr.
39:06 Boone mr. Boone is bringing you a microphone
39:12 thank you dr. Mullins mrs. Klein and the school board thank you
39:30 for this
39:31 opportunity to continue in my leadership role as the principal
39:34 of Apollo elementary
39:35 thank you to the many Brevard leaders who helped and guided and
39:38 supported me along
39:39 the way in my leadership journey thank you to Katherine Murphy
39:43 and Kristi Mraz for
39:44 showing me showing me examples of what a true leader looks like
39:50 I thank you for your continuous support and your support that
39:55 you will provide me for
39:56 months to come in advance I thank you I also want to thank the
40:02 team Fairglen team who will always have a piece of
40:05 peace of my heart and finally my family I wouldn’t be here
40:08 without them and I look forward to serving the families and the
40:14 staff of Apollo Elementary thank you
40:16 and now I want to congratulate Miss Jennifer Rosado reclassed
40:28 from assistant principal at Cocoa High School to assistant
40:29 principal at Jackson Middle School congratulations Miss Rosado
40:29 Thank You Dr. Mullen’s and board members for allowing me to
40:42 obtain this position I am eternally grateful I just want to show
40:46 my gratitude and you know just
40:46 happiness because it’s been a long journey I took a leap of
40:57 faith coming from Osceola County
40:59 I uprooted my family and moved closer to be at Cocoa High School
41:03 in the middle of COVID so I just want to say thank you to my
41:08 family my husband my daughters
41:10 for indulging me in that and Mr. Wilson for opening his doors to
41:14 me at Cocoa and becoming a part of the Brevard family I’m just
41:21 eternally grateful and now thank you
41:21 Thank you to Miss Susan for taking a chance on me and allowing
41:34 me to take on this position by her side becoming her right hand
41:34 Dr. Sullivan Miss Vega the board members Mr. Mullins I am eternally
41:35 grateful thank you so much
41:36 You are very welcome
41:38 And now a huge congratulations to Miss Clarissa Kirk who is reclassed
41:47 from teacher at Brevard Virtual School to assistant principal of
41:51 our Brevard Virtual School congratulations Miss Kirk
41:55 Thank you thank you Dr. Mullins thank you board members thank
42:01 you Dr. Sullivan um you guys are all professionals at this I’m
42:05 gonna get real good I think that’s gonna be my number one task
42:08 uh start with is speaking um as an administrator I want to first
42:13 thank you for this opportunity having me here my family
42:16 I want to thank Dr. Squam who proofread several of my papers
42:31 before submitting them through the masters that I just
42:35 accomplished uh two years ago and signed up for my masters a
42:39 week before spring break of 2020 and thought this is a great
42:43 idea and we all know that was the hardest two years
42:45 Especially for provide virtual school what we went through on
42:49 top of a masters so
42:52 Um on top of that I want to thank my fearless leader I’m not
42:55 going to look at her because I’ll tear um principal Heather
42:59 Price she has been a fantastic role model mentor um she has
43:03 encouraged me to take this leadership leap um two years ago and
43:07 here I am standing in front of you so I’m keeping my tears in
43:14 and my family
43:14 definitely not looking at them but they have put had to deal
43:19 with a mom that um was taking on a lot of tasks and wore a lot
43:25 of hats for our program and I don’t even know the titles of
43:28 those hats but
43:29 we made that happen and my kids were there my husband and my
43:34 oldest who was a Navy SEAL and he used to tell me full send mom
43:37 make it happen so uh that’s what I did and I want to thank the BVS
43:42 team
43:43 We may not be under the same roof everyday virtual school but we
43:47 are 56 united BVS family and you will never believe how tight we
43:53 are so I am excited to be their leader and administrator and um
43:58 this past year has given me administrative endurance so game on
44:10 here we go
44:10 all right
44:13 do you want to say anything
44:15 all right see they already know so I want to just extend my
44:19 congratulations again to our newly appointed administrators in
44:23 your role but also extend my thanks to the family members that
44:26 are here not only to support them this evening but the journey
44:30 you’ve been on with your loved one to get them to this place and
44:33 the journey you’ll be on as we move forward because being an
44:36 administrator is not for the weak at heart and I
44:39 and I commend you and thank you for being there for our leaders
44:44 to serve our community so thank you to the families as well
44:46 thank you Dr. Mollens and congratulations to all of you all
44:46 right you are up again Dr. Mollens with our recognitions for
44:47 this evening all right as our first item is to acknowledge the
44:47 programs and teachers recognized by the Florida Music Education
44:47 Association the John Phillips Sousa Foundation and the American
44:49 String Teachers Association and the American String Teachers
44:49 Association and to
44:49 thank you so thank you so much for joining us and thank you so
44:54 much for joining us and thank you so much for joining us thank
44:56 you Dr. Mollens thank you Dr. Mollens and congratulations to all
44:56 of you all right you are up again Dr. Mollens with our recognitions
44:56 for this evening all right
44:56 our first item is to acknowledge the programs and teachers
44:56 recognized by the Florida Music Education Association the John
44:57 Phillips Sousa Foundation and the American String Teachers
44:57 Association and to give us more information and introduce our
44:57 awardees Dr. Stephanie Sullivan assistant superintendent of
44:58 secondary leading and learning Dr. Sullivan thank you Dr. Mollens
44:58 for
44:59 All right, our first item is to acknowledge the programs and
45:05 teachers recognized by the Florida Music Education Association,
45:09 the John Phillips Sousa Foundation, and the American String
45:13 Teachers Association.
45:15 And to give us more information, introduce our awardees, Dr.
45:18 Stephanie Sullivan, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Leading
45:22 and Learning. Dr. Sullivan.
45:24 Thank you, Dr. Mullins, Ms. Belford, and members of the board.
45:29 And both our visiting audience and those at home, I am pleased
45:33 to present to you this year’s award recipients who represent a
45:38 history of excellence in Bavard Public Schools.
45:42 The importance of music in the development of a child is well
45:46 known.
45:47 Music positively impacts academic performance, supports the
45:51 development of social skills, and provides an outlet for
45:56 creativity and expression.
45:58 We do not take for granted the board’s continued support of
46:02 music for all students, and we celebrate our community for
46:07 continuing to value this investment.
46:11 As a quote attributed to Plato, it is said that music is a more
46:15 potent instrument than any other for education, because rhythm
46:22 and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
46:26 As a lifelong educator and former band mom, I can tell you from
46:31 first-hand knowledge that music fuels passion in ways that I don’t
46:35 believe we will ever fully understand.
46:38 The impact is different for every child, but that word harmony
46:43 comes back to me when I think about the power of collective
46:47 sound and the indiscriminate way that it brings people together.
46:53 Tonight, we recognize schools and individuals that, in the midst
46:56 of expanding options, continue to offer exemplary programs that
47:01 draw in students to participate in the immersive experience of
47:06 music.
47:07 But before we get started, I do need to recognize two
47:09 individuals that couldn’t be here tonight for medical reasons.
47:13 First, Miss Minnie Orr, our content specialist for K-12 music,
47:19 and Miss Molly Vega, our director of secondary leading and
47:23 learning for acceleration and enrichment.
47:26 I know they want to be here today to recognize these leaders
47:29 themselves.
47:30 So I wanted to thank them for their contribution as well.
47:33 Dr. Mullins and Miss Belford, would you please come forward to
47:37 present the award to our honorees who are with us today?
47:42 The Florida Music Education Association, affectionately known as
47:51 FMEA, promotes quality, comprehensive music education for all
47:55 Florida students.
47:57 Accordingly, they annually recognize schools that serve a
48:00 significant percentage of students with music.
48:03 Receiving the FMEA middle school music education enrollment
48:08 award for having 50% of the school population enrolled in a
48:13 music class, Central Middle School.
48:24 I would like to specifically recognize Principal Todd Shear,
48:28 Band Director Daniel Lee, Guitar and Keyboard teacher Yvette Lopret,
48:35 Orchestra Director Robin Morris,
48:38 Coral Director Robert Washington, and String Specialist Nancy
48:43 Jackson.
48:54 Congratulations again to Central Middle School.
49:06 I can’t help but throw in an additional comment when you
49:16 consider that Central Middle School is our largest middle school.
49:20 And imagine over 50%, that is over 500, 600 students
49:25 participating in music.
49:27 Pretty incredible.
49:28 Also receiving the FMEA Middle School Music Education Enrollment
49:33 Award for having 49% of their school population enrolled in a
49:39 music class, Jackson Middle School.
49:42 Joining us today, Principal Tina Susan, Band Director Megan Doyle,
49:55 Chorus and Orchestra Teacher Alexandria Rietz, and our Spring
50:02 Specialist Marcy Spurr.
50:12 Congratulations, Jackson.
50:13 Thank you very much.
50:17 Now I have to mention the threshold was 40%.
50:18 So these schools not only achieved it, they leapt past the
50:18 expectation for excellence.
50:19 Very proud.
50:20 Thank you very much.
50:26 Now I have to mention the threshold was 40%.
50:32 So these schools not only achieved it, they leapt past the
50:38 expectation for excellence.
50:41 Very proud.
50:42 Now before I mention the high school award, I want to emphasize
50:47 how prestigious this is because
50:50 we know of the abundance of options we give our high school
50:52 students.
50:53 We actually take pride in the abundance of options we give them.
50:57 So in the state of Florida, there were only three schools
51:00 statewide that were recognized as
51:03 high schools receiving the award.
51:05 receiving the FMEA High School Music Education Enrollment Award,
51:10 Titusville High School.
51:20 I’d like to recognize Principal Jennifer Gonzalez, Chorus
51:26 Teacher Brian Rohrer, Band Teacher Ian Schwent,
51:32 Orchestra Teacher Jennifer Zahn, String Specialist Marcy Spur.
51:37 Congratulations Titusville High School.
52:02 I’m going to put Mr. Schwentz in an awkward spot.
52:15 The John Philip Sousa Foundation established the Band World
52:19 Legion of Honor Award to recognize the
52:22 finest band directors in the nation.
52:27 The criteria for this award is as follows.
52:29 The recipient must have at least 15 years of teaching experience.
52:33 The recipient must have consistently maintained a high quality
52:37 concert band program.
52:39 And must have contributed significantly to the profession
52:42 through dedication to bands and band music.
52:45 This year’s honoree is Mr. Ian Schwentz.
53:00 He has served as band director of Titusville High School for
53:03 over 20 years.
53:04 Mr. Schwentz believes that every student has the right and
53:07 privilege to learn about and participate in music
53:10 at all levels of education regardless of social factors,
53:15 economic barriers, or cognitive or physical limitations.
53:19 Further, Mr. Schwentz believes music education must be of the
53:22 highest possible quality.
53:25 And it must meet students at their level of proficiency and
53:28 challenge them to achieve significant personal growth.
53:33 Mr. Schwentz, congratulations to Mr. Ian Schwentz for receiving
53:37 the John Philip Sousa Band World Legion of Honor Award.
53:58 Thank you.
54:03 Congratulations, Mr. Schwentz.
54:08 Although it has been mentioned in board meetings, we could not
54:19 discuss excellence in music without a formal recognition of Mr.
54:23 Eric Bryan and the O’Galley High School Chamber Orchestra.
54:27 They earned the grand national champion title at the American
54:31 Strength Teachers Association National Conference, which was
54:34 held in Atlanta, Georgia this past March.
54:37 Ensembles invited to participate in the National Orchestra
54:40 Festival are carefully selected from a rigorous application and
54:44 audition process.
54:46 Students not only competed to be recognized as the best high
54:50 school orchestra in the United States, but also received
54:54 valuable comments from leading adjudicators and participated in
54:57 a personalized post performance clinic with renowned clinicians.
55:02 Mr. Bryan, Mr. Bryan and the O’Galley Chamber Orchestra are the
55:06 first orchestra in the state of Florida to be recognized as
55:09 grand national champions.
55:12 Mr. Bryan and the members of the orchestra could not be here
55:15 tonight, but we wanted to share a short clip of their
55:19 performance to close out the recognition
55:49 so
56:19 that’s twice in this presentation i’ve gotten goosebumps now and
56:41 we will certainly extend the
56:43 appreciation of the board and the district to mr brian and his
56:47 students and they are hoping to
56:49 come in person to perform in the fall and so thank you all very
56:53 much for joining me in saluting
56:55 excellence in music in brevard public schools thank you dr sullivan
57:03 thank you dr sullivan and again congratulations to our exemplary
57:08 music programs across brevard
57:11 we again are state pace setters in music excellence in the state
57:17 of florida
57:18 i could go on giving evidence to that beyond just tonight maybe
57:23 we lead the state in the number of
57:26 exemplary programs plus but just so very proud of the work of
57:31 our music educators
57:32 our next recognition is to recognize a young man who we are
57:41 extraordinarily proud of and quite frankly
57:45 feel blessed across brevard schools to have the privilege to get
57:48 to know
57:48 teach mentor and so on this young man julian juan an edgewood
57:56 junior senior high school senior
57:58 has dedicated over six years to our district miss sue han
58:03 assistant superintendent of facilities will
58:06 we’ll provide more information on his service this almost needs
58:10 a drum roll but i’ll let you take over
58:12 we have some music folks here right so uh good evening uh madam
58:16 chairman members of the board dr mullins
58:19 sue han the assistant superintendent of facility services and
58:23 this is such a rare opportunity for me because
58:25 in facilities we don’t often get to recognize students so super
58:30 excited to be here and honor a student that as dr mullins said
58:34 has been with us for six years as a
58:34 volunteer and i wanted to invite mr lindeman our director of
58:40 planning and project management and miss karen black
58:44 who is our manager of planning and intergovernmental
58:47 coordination they have worked very closely with our
58:50 student miss mr hulian juan and want to say a few words and then
58:54 invite him to receive his award
59:00 good evening uh thanks for having us uh we’re honored to uh
59:03 recognize julian juan juan tonight um kind of a
59:08 short story i’ll tell back in uh 2016 i was at a geographic
59:14 information system professional meeting and uh eastern florida
59:19 college was in the uh audience with their um representatives and
59:24 i and i made a plug like hey it would be great
59:27 for us to take on a gis intern you know if there’s any college
59:31 students out there that would be terrific
59:34 and um after the meeting uh mr lee sing huang aka julian’s
59:41 father came up to me and said um you know my
59:46 son’s really interested in gis and potentially he might uh want
59:50 to volunteer i said oh wow that’s great
59:53 yeah i’d love to meet him uh he said yeah and um he’s going to
59:57 be starting seventh grade in the fall
59:59 so we’re like okay well that’s that’s what we do our mission is
1:00:03 to serve the students so
1:00:05 he came in and we found a tremendously motivated and
1:00:10 tremendously intelligent student who just stepped
1:00:14 right in at the time we were trying to get the word out to the
1:00:18 public about all the great stuff we were
1:00:20 doing with the uh sales surtox referendum um we wanted to to to
1:00:24 make sure that we were
1:00:26 showing the good work um and julian built a online mapping
1:00:33 program that actually showed all the
1:00:35 schools on the map a list of all the different items that were
1:00:38 part of the construction project
1:00:41 whether those things were completed whatever the status was um
1:00:45 the year that they were planned for
1:00:47 and uh got that out to the public he was recognized at the
1:00:51 independent citizens oversight committee for
1:00:54 this work and uh then he went into eighth grade so we were like
1:01:00 i mean the work that he did for us over the
1:01:04 last few years has been tremendous another great project he
1:01:07 worked on was um informing the community
1:01:10 about the construction status of the new viera elementary school
1:01:14 we had drone videos we had meetings we had
1:01:17 all kinds of information and of course maps of where the local
1:01:21 school was located and he put that together
1:01:24 in a arcgis online story map which you can see linked on our
1:01:28 website throughout the years just tremendous
1:01:33 amount of advanced professional technical mapping skills that he’s
1:01:37 provided to our department and
1:01:39 and we’ve been thrilled to have him uh we know that whatever he
1:01:43 does in the future it’s going to be
1:01:45 um very successful and uh we’d like to thank him and recognize
1:01:50 him today with a plaque um karen black our
1:01:54 manager of facilities planning and myself and we invite julian
1:01:58 to come up would um like to ask you for a photo if that’s okay
1:02:15 i haven’t been out of the way it was weird
1:02:45 uh dr moose you
1:03:15 so just quickly uh not that volunteering for six years is a
1:03:35 prerequisite to being offered a paid internship
1:03:39 but julian i think we could find a place for you in a paid
1:03:43 internship so you keep us in mind are you
1:03:46 heading off to college well i wish you that but have you what’s
1:03:50 your school choice
1:03:51 all right all right losing one of our best to uh well it’s all
1:03:58 right we’ll get you back we will get
1:04:00 you back but uh keep us in mind as you continue your education
1:04:05 journey we would love to have you come
1:04:07 back and join team bps you’ve already made an overwhelmingly
1:04:12 positive impression thank you
1:04:14 for your years of service mom dad thank you so much for the
1:04:18 investment you’ve made in this young man
1:04:20 uh i know you’re tremendously proud of him and so are we and
1:04:24 thank you for entrusting him to us
1:04:26 not only at edgewood but also at facility services thank you um
1:04:31 i also wanted to say um thank you to um
1:04:36 mr david linman and miss karen black for giving me the
1:04:39 opportunity to um to be able to work with them
1:04:42 um i can say with certainty that i have learned a lot from my
1:04:45 from this experience and um also um thank
1:04:50 you to my parents for being um uh good mentors and um
1:04:57 introducing me to um this opportunity
1:05:01 Dave, can he do it remotely?
1:05:08 Look, University of Florida, man, don’t matter.
1:05:13 That’s right.
1:05:14 He’s graduating.
1:05:15 He’s going to get paid.
1:05:18 All right, we are now at the public comment portion of our
1:05:21 meeting on agenda items.
1:05:23 Specifically, we have two speakers on agenda items this evening.
1:05:26 Therefore, each speaker will receive three minutes.
1:05:29 Please note that the time is per speaker, not per agenda item.
1:05:32 Topics not specific to agenda items will be moved to the non-agenda
1:05:35 portion of the meeting.
1:05:36 We have a clock in front of me to help you keep track of your
1:05:38 time.
1:05:39 When your time is over, you will be asked to stop and allow the
1:05:41 next speaker his or her turn.
1:05:44 Always keep in mind that reasonable decorum is expected,
1:05:46 and your statement should be directed to the board chair.
1:05:49 The chair may interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant’s
1:05:51 statement when time is up,
1:05:53 it’s personally directed, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant.
1:05:57 Should an individual not observe proper etiquette, the chair may
1:06:00 request the individual to leave the meeting.
1:06:02 For the audience, please remember that outside of your personal
1:06:05 public comment period,
1:06:06 your role is as an observer.
1:06:09 Therefore, I would ask that you please not disrupt the meeting
1:06:12 by interjecting comments or noises during public comment.
1:06:16 Our speakers for agenda items this evening are Katie Delaney and
1:06:20 Anthony Colucci.
1:06:22 If you all would please approach.
1:06:24 Good evening board.
1:06:38 I’m here today to speak about the, I believe it’s F13, about the
1:06:44 finances.
1:06:46 As I was looking through these, and I do appreciate, you know,
1:06:55 the budget being presented to the public.
1:06:59 But these budgets that are presented, they don’t really tell us
1:07:03 anything.
1:07:04 They tell us a general, you know, section where money is spent
1:07:09 or where money comes in.
1:07:11 We’re not seeing where the dollars and cents are going.
1:07:15 And when we’re talking about a millage, you know, being
1:07:19 presented to the voters.
1:07:22 It’s not really fair to ask us for more money when we’re not
1:07:26 being told where our money is going.
1:07:28 There are multiple sections in this budget that are under the
1:07:34 section of other.
1:07:36 Well, other, we don’t know what other means.
1:07:41 There’s, you know, probably close to $100 million worth of other
1:07:46 in this general fund budget that was presented to us.
1:07:51 So that could pay a lot of teachers.
1:07:54 That could give them a lot, a big raise.
1:07:57 And so what I’m asking in the future, if, even if it’s just once
1:08:05 a year, you know, just show us where the dollars and cents are
1:08:10 going.
1:08:10 We shouldn’t have to spend a million dollars on a forensic
1:08:13 budget, or I’m sorry, a forensic audit to know where the money
1:08:18 is going.
1:08:19 And I was at the last audit meeting, and where RSM was there,
1:08:28 and in the materials that we were presented, the basic math was
1:08:34 even off.
1:08:36 You know, they gave us a list of all the audits that were done
1:08:40 since 2017.
1:08:41 Never once has a forensic audit been done.
1:08:44 And the other audits that were done, they, they weren’t, they
1:08:48 pull random sampling.
1:08:50 So that doesn’t necessarily tell us anything.
1:08:53 You know, I just, I, I’m asking for more transparency and for
1:08:58 the public to be able to see the dollars and cents without
1:09:03 having to pull public records requests.
1:09:05 Thank you.
1:09:06 Thank you, Ms. Delaney.
1:09:08 Mr. Kluge.
1:09:09 My name is Anthony Kluge.
1:09:25 I’m the president of the Brevard Federation of Teachers.
1:09:27 The vote on the 2021-22 memorandums of agreement was conducted
1:09:32 from May 16th through May 20th at nearly every work site in the
1:09:37 district.
1:09:38 There were 2,408 votes cast for yes, and there were 134 votes
1:09:43 cast for no.
1:09:44 Thus, the bargaining unit ratified the MOAs with a 95% yes vote.
1:09:50 Our membership clearly saw the increases for many supplements,
1:09:54 premium pay, paid COVID leave, and the leapfrogging correction
1:09:58 as positives and steps in the right direction.
1:10:00 But I need to make it clear that there will be nothing
1:10:06 acceptable to our membership next year than a substantial
1:10:11 recurring raise that is not wiped out by massive health
1:10:13 insurance premium increases being proposed by SIAC.
1:10:18 I will remind you once again that Florida’s teachers rank 48th
1:10:22 in the nation in average pay and Brevard is $1,000 behind the
1:10:28 average Florida pay.
1:10:30 The fact is our teachers are among the lowest paid teachers in
1:10:34 the entire country.
1:10:36 That’s correct.
1:10:38 Our teachers in Brevard are among the lowest paid in the entire
1:10:43 country.
1:10:44 We’ve already seen some districts providing substantial raises
1:10:49 next year.
1:10:50 Yet, while I’m seeing these substantial raises in other
1:10:53 districts, I’m seeing 25% proposed health insurance premiums for
1:10:56 those with families.
1:10:58 Let me say that again, 25% proposed premium increases on our
1:11:03 employees with families.
1:11:06 Come on now.
1:11:08 There’s no way our employees will be able to afford thousands of
1:11:12 dollars in health insurance increases while gas hovers at $5 a
1:11:15 gallon and grocery bills and housing costs soar.
1:11:19 And there’s no way BFT will support those type of health
1:11:22 insurance increases.
1:11:24 Although we’re appreciative of the non-recurring premium pay,
1:11:28 our teachers will not be fooled into supporting recurring health
1:11:32 insurance premium increases from their checks.
1:11:35 School board members in all school districts are facing the same
1:11:38 issues that you are, and many have found ways to deal with those
1:11:43 challenges.
1:11:44 We are hopeful that by June 2nd, when we return to the
1:11:47 bargaining table, you found a way to do so other than on the
1:11:50 backs of our teachers.
1:11:52 Over 800 teachers left or did not return to BPS this year.
1:11:56 If you do not act quickly and appropriately at the bargaining
1:11:59 table, we believe that BPS may be unable to open some schools
1:12:04 next year due to an unprecedented number of vacancies.
1:12:09 I implore you to be prepared to offer a substantial raise and
1:12:13 reasonable increases to health insurance.
1:12:16 Thank you.
1:12:17 Thank you, Mr. Colucci.
1:12:19 All right.
1:12:20 That is going to conclude public comments on agenda items.
1:12:23 We thank you for your willingness to address the board.
1:12:26 And with that, we will move into our consent agenda.
1:12:30 Dr. Mullins.
1:12:31 Madam Chair, members of the board, there are 15 items under the
1:12:35 consent agenda.
1:12:37 Okay.
1:12:38 Does any board member wish to pull any item from the consent
1:12:43 agenda?
1:12:44 So yours is actually further down.
1:12:48 It’s going to be on H32?
1:12:50 Yep.
1:12:51 Okay.
1:12:52 Thank you.
1:12:53 So consent is good unless there’s something else that you all
1:12:55 need to pull from the consent agenda.
1:12:58 All right.
1:12:59 Hearing none, I’ll entertain a motion to accept the consent
1:13:01 agenda as presented.
1:13:02 So approved.
1:13:03 Second.
1:13:04 Moved by Ms. McDougall.
1:13:05 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:13:06 Is there any discussion?
1:13:07 All right.
1:13:08 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:13:11 Aye.
1:13:12 Any opposed?
1:13:13 Same sign.
1:13:14 Motion passes 5-0.
1:13:16 All right.
1:13:21 We are now at the public hearing portion of the agenda.
1:13:23 First is to hold a hearing and approve item G-27.
1:13:25 Is there anyone present to address the board regarding the
1:13:27 renewal charter contract, Pineapple Cove Classical Academy?
1:13:31 Is there anyone present to address the board regarding the
1:13:35 renewal charter contract, Pineapple Cove Classical Academy, West
1:13:40 Melbourne?
1:13:42 All right.
1:13:44 Then I will entertain a motion from the board.
1:13:45 Moved by Ms. McDougall.
1:13:46 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:13:47 Is there any discussion?
1:13:48 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:13:49 Aye.
1:13:50 Any opposed?
1:13:51 Same sign.
1:13:52 Motion passes 5-0.
1:13:53 Next is to hold a hearing and approve item G-28.
1:13:54 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:13:55 Aye.
1:13:56 Any opposed?
1:13:57 Same sign.
1:13:58 Motion passes 5-0.
1:13:59 Next is to hold a hearing and approve item G-28.
1:14:01 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:14:03 Aye.
1:14:04 Any opposed?
1:14:05 Same sign.
1:14:06 Motion passes 5-0.
1:14:07 Next is to hold a hearing and approve item G-28.
1:14:10 Is there anyone present to address the board regarding renewal
1:14:13 charter contract, Emma Jewel Charter Academy?
1:14:17 Is there anyone present to address the board regarding renewal
1:14:20 charter contract, Emma Jewel Charter Academy?
1:14:23 Hearing none, I’ll entertain a motion.
1:14:25 Moved by Ms. McDougall.
1:14:27 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:14:28 Is there any discussion?
1:14:29 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:14:32 Aye.
1:14:33 Any opposed?
1:14:34 Same sign.
1:14:35 Motion passes 5-0.
1:14:38 Dr. Mullins, will you please let us know about items under the
1:14:40 action portion of tonight’s agenda.
1:14:43 The first item, H-2029, is for Mr. Matsusen’s FSBA FADS travel
1:14:49 confirmation.
1:14:51 What are the wishes of the board?
1:14:53 Can I talk real quick even though I can’t vote on it?
1:14:56 Once after I get a second.
1:14:58 Yes, you can.
1:14:59 Was that a second, Ms. McDougall?
1:15:02 Yes.
1:15:03 And Mr. Susan, you can vote on your travel.
1:15:05 I know.
1:15:06 I just, it’s crazy because like I don’t even have, you guys know
1:15:09 that I stay usually in that other hotel room, right?
1:15:12 But this time I was like, hey, you know what, try to be a part
1:15:15 of the team because I’m on the leadership and all that stuff.
1:15:17 And we don’t even have a hotel room for me.
1:15:19 But yet I’m trying to get approved.
1:15:21 Yeah, no, it’s completely full.
1:15:23 So I’m getting approved for a hotel room that I haven’t even
1:15:26 gotten yet.
1:15:27 And I normally go down the street for half as much, which would
1:15:29 mean that I don’t do this.
1:15:30 So we’ll, you know, if it gets amended, we’ll just come back and
1:15:32 make an action or something.
1:15:33 But it’s just a screwy situation the way it plays out.
1:15:35 But you got to do it in order to get approved for it, but I’m
1:15:37 probably not even going to be there.
1:15:39 It’s just weird.
1:15:41 Well, Mr. Susan, if you need my room, let me know.
1:15:43 I can always find someone to stay with in the Tampa area.
1:15:45 Because I’m pretty sure that Tammy did get me a room at the
1:15:48 conference hotel.
1:15:49 Because I have to go over for our committees and a couple of
1:15:52 board things.
1:15:53 Yeah, it’s okay.
1:15:54 I’ll just just…
1:15:55 Yeah, they’re supposed to open up at the last minute.
1:15:58 I was just talking about hypocrisy of the whole thing, right?
1:16:01 That’s all.
1:16:03 Yeah.
1:16:04 So are you voting now?
1:16:05 All right.
1:16:06 So any additional discussion?
1:16:10 Okay.
1:16:11 I’ll see in the script on that.
1:16:12 Okay.
1:16:13 We’re shooting from the hip without our…
1:16:14 We…
1:16:16 Yeah.
1:16:17 Is that correct?
1:16:18 We don’t…
1:16:19 Okay.
1:16:20 Well…
1:16:21 We need…
1:16:22 What’s the matter?
1:16:23 What did I do?
1:16:24 Did I do something?
1:16:25 No, we’re fine.
1:16:26 So the question was, it recommends an opportunity for public
1:16:37 comment.
1:16:40 But there was public comment in the agenda speakers on any of
1:16:44 the agenda items.
1:16:46 All right.
1:16:47 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:16:48 Aye.
1:16:49 Any opposed?
1:16:50 Same sign.
1:16:51 Motion passes 5-0.
1:16:52 Dr. Mullins.
1:16:53 Next is item age 30, department school initiated agreement.
1:16:54 What are the wishes of the board?
1:16:55 Second.
1:16:57 Moved by Ms. Campbell, seconded by Ms. McDougall.
1:16:58 Is there any discussion?
1:16:59 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:17:00 Aye.
1:17:01 Any opposed?
1:17:02 Same sign.
1:17:03 Motion passes 5-0.
1:17:04 Dr. Mullins.
1:17:05 Next is item age 31, procurement solicitations.
1:17:07 What are the wishes of the board?
1:17:08 Move to approve.
1:17:09 Second.
1:17:10 Moved by Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:17:11 Is there any discussion?
1:17:12 Second.
1:17:13 Moved by Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:17:14 Is there any discussion?
1:17:15 Ms. Campbell?
1:17:16 Yes.
1:17:17 There has, you know, whenever we have air conditioning issues,
1:17:19 it’s always, it’s a big deal.
1:17:20 Because it makes it hard to learn and teach and work and all
1:17:21 those things.
1:17:22 I just wanted to point and thank, as well as the procurement
1:17:24 department, Ms. Handel and
1:17:25 - Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Campbell, is there any discussion?
1:17:29 Ms. Campbell?
1:17:30 - Yes, there has, you know, whenever we have air conditioning
1:17:33 issues, it’s always, it’s a big deal, ‘cause it makes it hard
1:17:38 to learn and teach and work and all those things.
1:17:41 I just wanted to point and thank, as well as the procurement
1:17:44 department, Ms. Han and her department, for making this
1:17:47 proactive contract that we’re going to be seeing more of,
1:17:51 of establishing BPS as a priority customer and being,
1:17:54 doing the preventive maintenance, and I think this is going
1:17:58 to be a continuation of HVAC improvements, which of course
1:18:03 we were able to do a lot of that through this half cent
1:18:05 sales surtax, and then just continuing on.
1:18:07 So thank you to both departments for getting this done for us.
1:18:11 - Anyone else?
1:18:16 All right, all in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:18:19 - Aye.
1:18:20 - Any opposed, same sign.
1:18:22 Motion passes 5-0.
1:18:24 - Dr. Mullins.
1:18:26 - Next is item H32, reappointment nomination of annual
1:18:29 contract teachers for the 2022-23 school year.
1:18:33 - Mr. Susan and Ms. Jenkins have a conflict of interest
1:18:36 with this item and will be abstaining from the vote.
1:18:37 Mr. Susan, please verbally advise that you are abstaining
1:18:40 and provide the reason.
1:18:42 - I’m abstaining from the vote due to a conflict of interest
1:18:44 as it resolves–
1:18:46 - Your mic is not on.
1:18:47 - Involves–
1:18:47 - I get it anyway.
1:18:49 I’m abstaining from the vote due to a conflict of interest
1:18:51 as it involves the reappointment of my wife.
1:18:54 - Thank you, Mr. Susan.
1:18:55 Ms. Jenkins, please verbally advise that you’re abstaining
1:18:58 and provide the reason.
1:18:59 - I’m abstaining from the vote due to a conflict of interest
1:19:01 as it involves the reappointment of my husband.
1:19:03 - Thank you, Ms. Jenkins.
1:19:04 Do I hear a motion?
1:19:06 - I move.
1:19:06 - Second.
1:19:07 - Moved by Ms. McDougall and seconded by Ms. Campbell.
1:19:09 Is there any discussion?
1:19:12 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:19:14 - Aye.
1:19:15 - Any opposed, same sign.
1:19:18 The motion passes three to zero with two abstaining.
1:19:22 - Get one more teacher person on the board,
1:19:24 we’re gonna be in trouble.
1:19:24 - Right?
1:19:25 - Like, hopefully.
1:19:27 - Yeah, we won’t have a majority.
1:19:30 - We’ll have a forum.
1:19:30 - We’ll have to do them all separately.
1:19:31 - You guys are gonna have to get divorced or something.
1:19:33 I don’t know because I am.
1:19:35 All right, the last action item is H33,
1:19:38 the district app, oh, Dr. Mullins, I’m reading yours.
1:19:42 - You’re doing it so well.
1:19:43 - Thanks.
1:19:44 - The last action item is H33,
1:19:46 the district application for Title I, Part A.
1:19:48 - What are the wishes of the board?
1:19:50 - Second.
1:19:51 - Moved by Ms. McDougall,
1:19:53 moved by Ms. McDougall, seconded by Ms. Jenkins.
1:19:56 Is there any discussion?
1:19:58 All in favor, please signify by saying aye.
1:20:00 - Aye.
1:20:00 - Any opposed, same sign.
1:20:02 Motion passes five zero.
1:20:07 All right, we will move on to the information agenda,
1:20:09 which includes items for board review
1:20:11 and may be brought back for action at a subsequent meeting.
1:20:14 No action will be taken on these items tonight.
1:20:16 Dr. Mullins.
1:20:17 - There are two items in the information category.
1:20:20 - Mr. Susan, I believe you indicated
1:20:23 that you wanted to speak to I-34.
1:20:25 - Yeah, and I know that this isn’t for action today,
1:20:28 but I’ll just be honest with you guys,
1:20:30 our schools are in bad need of revenue.
1:20:33 And what this is doing is,
1:20:34 is reducing the amount of revenue that goes to them,
1:20:36 even though it’s increasing by 20%,
1:20:38 it’s almost keeping it the same, if that makes sense.
1:20:40 And I truly believe that with the amount of revenue
1:20:44 that we have coming into the district,
1:20:46 the functionality of facilities being used at the schools
1:20:50 don’t always pertain to increase in the fees.
1:20:54 Now, I do know that electricity, say for instance,
1:20:56 needs to be increased, right?
1:20:59 That’s included in the 20% increase.
1:21:01 You start looking at some of them
1:21:03 and to increase the district’s portion of the facility use
1:21:07 while decreasing the facility use portion for the schools,
1:21:11 while increasing the overall by 20%.
1:21:14 I think, I don’t, you know, I know it’s coming back,
1:21:18 but I just wanted to view my point
1:21:19 that I don’t think I’ll approve that portion of it
1:21:21 and I’d like to start working with staff on it.
1:21:23 But the idea is, is that this is money
1:21:26 that our schools need and to increase it by 20%, great.
1:21:30 But there’s gotta be a huge justification
1:21:32 for the district to take a portion of our schools away.
1:21:34 That’s all.
1:21:35 And I don’t wanna have staff come up and explain it
1:21:37 ‘cause I can get with them before it comes to action,
1:21:39 but I just wanted to make a statement, that’s all.
1:21:41 Yeah, it’s just information, so that’s all.
1:21:46 - Well, just for the board’s clarification,
1:21:48 we’re happy to provide any clarification of the details
1:21:50 of the increase in the building use agreement.
1:21:53 Just for clarification, we are moving towards the procurement
1:21:57 of a online management software program
1:22:00 for building use agreements that will alleviate work
1:22:04 on the school’s part as well as on district staff,
1:22:07 but it does come with a cost.
1:22:09 And 10%, at least 10% of the cost increase
1:22:12 is going just to cover the cost of that tool.
1:22:16 The additional increase is to offset growing expenses
1:22:20 to the district related to facility use,
1:22:23 but we were cognizant of any reduction in revenue
1:22:26 to the schools themselves.
1:22:29 So there is no anticipated reduction of revenue
1:22:32 to the schools based on past utilization
1:22:36 of outside entities using our buildings.
1:22:40 That’s assuming they continue to use them
1:22:42 at the same rate, obviously.
1:22:44 So just for the board’s discussion,
1:22:45 happy to provide more information to the board
1:22:47 between now and the next meeting if there are questions.
1:22:50 Mr. Susan, I’ll certainly follow up with you as well.
1:22:53 - Okay, yeah, we’ll follow up.
1:22:55 I just, if we’re gonna be moving to an online system,
1:22:57 then that should reduce the amount of workforce
1:22:59 that’s needed, we might be able to offset the cost there.
1:23:01 I just know how much that means to some of the schools,
1:23:03 that’s all, thanks.
1:23:04 - All right, does any board member wish to discuss
1:23:08 any other item on the information agenda, Mr. Susan?
1:23:12 - I think I passed you over a note.
1:23:13 Sorry I was giving you those notes like that.
1:23:15 Did you give it to her, McDougal?
1:23:17 You threw it away?
1:23:18 - We are not to board discussion quite yet.
1:23:21 I just need to close out information first
1:23:22 and then I’m coming to you on the other note
1:23:25 that you passed me, Mr. Susan.
1:23:26 Any board member wish to discuss
1:23:29 any of the other information items?
1:23:31 Okay, all right.
1:23:32 Then that is going to move us into board member reports
1:23:35 and discussion points.
1:23:36 Any board members have information to report or discuss Mr.
1:23:39 Susan?
1:23:40 - Yeah, no, I just wanted to talk about there’s,
1:23:43 and this is something that I was just gonna throw out there
1:23:46 and I might go to staff, but I wanted to give you a heads up.
1:23:48 So a lot of our tracks are being built right now
1:23:50 and Ms. Hand has been working really hard
1:23:51 to make sure that they get built for our schools
1:23:54 and innovatively she was able to figure out
1:23:57 that we could, you know, reduce the width of the tracks
1:23:59 and they’ve been working really good hand in hand.
1:24:01 But some of our schools are running into a situation
1:24:04 where some of the other things, the pits
1:24:07 and the long jumps and all that stuff,
1:24:09 cost a little bit more money to do.
1:24:10 And they’ve all been told ahead of time
1:24:13 that they would have to fundraise on their own
1:24:14 and that’s pertinent, that’s respectful.
1:24:17 But one of the things that I might go ask Sue is,
1:24:19 hey, would they be allowed to do a loan for that section
1:24:24 so that they could actually do that, that’s all.
1:24:27 And I’ll go to her then I’ll come back,
1:24:29 but I was just letting you guys know
1:24:31 that I was gonna move on that because I think it’s kind of nice
1:24:34 to be able to, while they’re there doing it,
1:24:36 to be able to allow them to do it.
1:24:38 Some of these schools can’t fundraise quick enough to get it.
1:24:40 And so they’re gonna have like the rubberized track,
1:24:42 but they’re not gonna have the other pieces to it.
1:24:44 So it’d be nice to be able to allow them to take out a loan
1:24:47 in some sort of fashion.
1:24:49 So I might just meet with them and do that,
1:24:50 give them that opportunity, that’s all.
1:24:52 If nobody else is against me going to ask about it,
1:24:55 to bring it back as a conversation point maybe.
1:24:58 - I would just encourage you to have the conversation
1:25:00 with Dr. Mullins and then go from there
1:25:03 so that you can know the ins and outs
1:25:05 and make sure that all the ayes are dotted
1:25:07 and keys are crossed for the conversation.
1:25:08 - Yeah, basically they should be able to loan money
1:25:11 so that they can pay for their pits, that’s all.
1:25:13 - Just because we’ve spoken into existence
1:25:16 to the concept of a loan, I need for the public to understand
1:25:19 we cannot loan schools revenue or money to do projects.
1:25:24 We can pay for the project
1:25:29 and they can reimburse the district over time.
1:25:31 But it is not a loan, there are no agreements
1:25:34 and that sort of thing.
1:25:34 The district has done that in the past,
1:25:36 we’ve moved away from that intentionally,
1:25:37 but if the board wants us to reconsider that,
1:25:40 that’s something we can bring back to the board.
1:25:42 But it’s not a loan, it’s–
1:25:44 - We’re not charging interest.
1:25:45 - There’s no interest, it’s a, it’s, we are paying
1:25:49 for the project with expectation and some agreement
1:25:53 that the school would repay it, but we don’t have,
1:25:56 it’s not a formal loan.
1:25:58 We can’t, we are not a financial institution
1:26:01 to be able to do things like that.
1:26:03 - And what Dr. Mullins is not saying
1:26:04 is that there were some loans that were given out to things
1:26:06 that they, we ended up having to pay off
1:26:08 because they couldn’t pay them back and stuff like that.
1:26:10 And I get, I know where this conversation’s going.
1:26:12 - So for clarification, we didn’t have to pay off
1:26:14 because there was no official loan.
1:26:16 - You know, I don’t know why you guys get caught
1:26:19 in the semantics.
1:26:20 We, we, we basically let the schools pay us back,
1:26:24 but we had to assume it.
1:26:25 But there’s just an opportunity here.
1:26:26 So I’m just trying to figure out
1:26:27 if there’s an opportunity, some way to make it happen.
1:26:29 That’s all.
1:26:30 Whether it’s not a loan, whether it’s, you know,
1:26:33 some other things, so.
1:26:34 - Well, perhaps school matching funds.
1:26:37 - There you go.
1:26:38 But a special school matching, a special school matching.
1:26:41 - No, but I know that facilities has that program
1:26:45 that you can match the funds.
1:26:47 - But it’s only up to a certain amount.
1:26:48 - Well, yes, it’s equal for everybody at every school.
1:26:53 - School matching fund was made for like, you know,
1:26:56 playgrounds and small stuff.
1:26:58 - I’m not $60,000 worth of other stuff.
1:27:03 We used to have a large match, if you remember,
1:27:06 or we were talking about it.
1:27:07 That might be, something.
1:27:10 - Potentially could be.
1:27:11 - There it is.
1:27:12 - All right, any additional board member discussion points?
1:27:16 I want to share with you all just before we get
1:27:21 into our last public comment, I think you all are aware,
1:27:25 but I’m not sure, Dr. Mullins and I,
1:27:27 along with the chair of our audit committee
1:27:30 and our financial services team had to meet this afternoon
1:27:33 with the auditor general, who, as you know,
1:27:36 is coming in to do their every three years audit
1:27:39 that they do of the district.
1:27:40 And so we had our entry meeting this afternoon for,
1:27:45 they’re coming in to do both an operational audit,
1:27:48 as well as a financial and federal funds audit.
1:27:50 Looking to finish those up probably July, but it’ll take some
1:27:55 time for us to get the report on the operational,
1:27:57 and then probably November, I think, on the financial and
1:28:02 federal funding one.
1:28:04 There again, it’ll take some time for them to actually complete
1:28:07 the report after the audit is completed.
1:28:08 But I just wanted to share with you all, I know there’s, we talk
1:28:14 all the time about the fact that they come and look at all of
1:28:17 these things,
1:28:17 but so in our last audit, and they actually provided this to me
1:28:23 today after we met with them because I thought it was important
1:28:25 for you all to know exactly what it is that they’re looking at.
1:28:28 So information technology policies and procedures to determine
1:28:33 whether policies and procedures address certain important IT
1:28:37 control functions such as security system development and
1:28:39 maintenance network configuration management systems, backup and
1:28:43 disaster recovery.
1:28:44 District procedures for maintaining reviewing employee access to
1:28:47 IT data and resources.
1:28:49 Selected operating system database network and application
1:28:53 security settings to determine whether authentication controls
1:28:56 were configured and enforced in a course.
1:28:58 In accordance with IT best practices, district procedures for
1:29:01 protecting the sensitive personal information of students,
1:29:05 including social security numbers.
1:29:08 The general fund total unassigned and assigned fund balances to
1:29:13 determine whether the total was less than the 3% of the funds
1:29:16 revenues as specified in Florida statutes, which you all are
1:29:19 familiar with.
1:29:21 And analytical procedures to evaluate the district’s ability to
1:29:25 make future debt service payments.
1:29:27 The population of expenditures from nonvoted capital outlay tax
1:29:33 levy proceeds, public education capital outlay funds, sales tax,
1:29:37 and other restricted capital project funds.
1:29:46 Expenditures for workforce education program funds.
1:29:52 Expenditures for workforce education programs.
1:30:15 Expenditures for workforce education program.
1:30:16 Expenditures for workforce education programs.
1:32:20 Expenditures for workforce education.
1:32:21 Expenditures for workforce education programs.
1:32:34 Expenditure for workforce education programs.
1:41:36 Expenditure.
1:41:37 Expenditure for workforce education programs.
1:50:39 Thank you.