Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
0:00 Thank you.
6:06 Good morning.
6:06 The October 8th, 2024, board meeting is now in order.
6:09 I’d like to welcome my fellow board members and the public.
6:11 It’s encouraging to see so many faces out in the audience that
6:13 are familiar this morning.
6:14 Good morning.
6:15 Paul roll call please. Ms. Wright. Here. Mr. Trent. Here. Mr.
6:19 Susan. Here. Ms. Campbell. Here. Ms. Jenkins. Here. All right.
6:23 At this time the board would like to hold a moment of silence
6:26 and I invite the audience to join in.
6:45 All right. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag
7:10 of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
7:13 stands. One nation under the flag of the flag of the United
7:15 States of America.
7:15 All right. I’d like to at this time offer my fellow board
7:26 members and Dr. Rendell an opportunity to recognize students,
7:29 staff, or members of the community. Does anybody want to jump in
7:31 first?
7:31 You will. All right. We’re going to keep this meeting short
7:36 because the people in this room in the back and all around have
7:39 got work to do to get us shut down and ready to go before the
7:42 hurricane gets here. But I did want to recognize
7:45 He’s not in the room because he’s one of those people who’s
7:48 doing a lot of the work. Mr. Rashad Wilson, our COO. A lot of
7:52 people out there actually think that the five of us are the ones
7:55 making the calls and I guarantee you that is not the case.
7:59 The people whose job it is and particularly the COO is over
8:03 transportation and food nutrition services and so much more that
8:07 really is just directly affected security. Those things are
8:11 directly affected by these events. And since our last board
8:14 meeting now, this is our second storm that he has supervised. So
8:17 I know he would say it’s teamwork.
8:19 But thank you to Mr. Wilson who works directly in cooperation
8:25 with the Brevard County Operations Center. And so they’re making
8:30 those decisions together. I just appreciate his lead. And I know
8:33 they do that in conjunction with the direction of the
8:35 superintendent. The day-to-day operations of the district are
8:37 your responsibility. And I just appreciate your team, especially
8:39 Mr. Wilson during times like these. So kudos to him.
8:43 Thank you.
8:45 Thank you, Ms. Campbell. Anybody else want to go next? Yeah. All
8:47 right. Ms. Jenkins. Yeah. Um, I, uh, again, I don’t want to go
8:51 too long. I do want to recognize, um, some of the pretty scary
8:56 situations that we went through recently as a community. Um, I
8:59 want to thank our staff, our administrators, uh, law enforcement
9:03 for their swift response to rocket Rockledge High School. Um,
9:08 but I do also want to just talk about, um,
9:13 Um, the fact that we can’t, we can’t ignore that even though
9:17 everything was okay in the end and we’re so grateful for that,
9:20 that this isn’t still traumatic for so many kids that went
9:22 through that experience. Um, I personally shared some of the
9:25 videos and some of the pictures because I feel like it was
9:27 really important for our community to see because we don’t often
9:30 see that side of it. Um, and I think it’s important for us to
9:34 recognize that no matter what, it was still a traumatic
9:36 experience. Um, there was a teacher. I shared that picture as
9:39 well because it just kind of gave me chills. Um, Mr. Nick.
9:43 standing there with a baseball bat at the door but I and and he
9:47 is a hero and we thank him but
9:48 I also want people to take a moment to like really take in what
9:51 was happening in that photo too like
9:52 it’s it is a shame and it is a crime that we have teachers who
9:56 have to feel like that in that moment
9:58 I’m proud of him for being brave and standing in front of his
10:01 kids but I just I don’t want us to
10:04 just like slide over that either right so just check in on your
10:06 friends and family and make sure
10:09 that they’re doing okay and they’re doing okay after that
10:12 because this is definitely still a moment
10:13 that’s going to leave an impression on some of those really
10:16 vulnerable kids thank you thank you
10:19 Ms. Jenkins all right Mr. Susan yeah thank you I I um I was at
10:23 Rockledge yesterday for their faculty
10:25 meeting in the morning and if there is anybody out there that
10:29 actually has a connection to any of the
10:31 staff there just reach out to them and say hey thank you they
10:34 were shaken up pretty good from what
10:36 happen um I do know that like Ms. Jenkins said they had a very
10:40 strong reaction and uh the result was a
10:43 very um I mean everything from how they came in how they
10:46 processed and everything else was very good
10:49 um there’s a couple of things that staff had brought up that we
10:52 could do that might be able to improve
10:54 next and that’s what we always do we always look at it and
10:56 improve on the next one um but there is a
10:59 situation over there at Rockledge that if you have a friend over
11:01 there just reach out to him and tell
11:02 him how much you care about him because it’s needed I also
11:05 wanted to take and say thank you to staff for
11:08 putting together what is our first two of our career and
11:10 technical tours that we did they were in my
11:12 area I know they’re all coming to yours too I think um Ms.
11:15 Campbell you had one at Bayside that got
11:17 canceled because of something and um but yeah last one we’re
11:20 just starting to rack them up but I did want
11:23 to say that um what Bill McGinnis is doing over there at the Aviation
11:26 Center and what our staff is doing with the um
11:29 um with the boot camps and stuff like that in summer in Richmond
11:32 is just incredible many people that may not know but
11:34 we’re putting together boot camps for firefighters for this
11:37 summer and uh Ms. Rachel Rutledge is putting in in a year and a
11:40 half um a career and technical fire school up in Cocoa so we did
11:44 a thing on that at the firehouse and then the next one we
11:46 went to was at the Aviation Center at O’Galley where they
11:49 unveiled all of the things that we’re doing and
11:51 people may not know but they have a hundred percent placement in
11:54 that program and that’s what all of
11:55 our career and technical programs should do is find out that
11:58 every kid is either going to go to college
12:00 go into the military or go into the career that they choose but
12:03 they have to have a job so big cahoots out
12:05 for those individuals and that’s it for me thank you thank you
12:08 Mr. Susan Mr. Trump
12:10 to honor the time um that we have we try to want to keep it
12:15 short great great job um on what all of
12:19 you have said so far uh I just want to say there’s lots we could
12:22 have shout outs out there over the
12:24 last week of what’s happened but uh I’ll keep it short uh
12:27 praying for everyone in that’s in the uh in the
12:30 path of this storm and uh and and do what you need to do to stay
12:35 safe we’re good yeah thank you again
12:39 don’t want to do the the taking the time amount but I want to
12:41 say this one thing that happens when
12:43 we have a tragedies or an emergency like a hurricane is we get
12:46 to see the best of our community and I
12:48 think North Carolina is experiencing that uh right now I can
12:50 speak personally from what’s going on there
12:52 but um I’m praying that that’s what we see in Brevard County
12:55 that our community comes together that we
12:56 help our neighbors that all of the differences the division that
12:59 we see in our country
13:00 completely is gone and we are out there tarping roofs helping
13:03 cut down trees whatever it is it
13:04 needs to be done so Brevard County make us proud check on your
13:07 neighbors love on your neighbors
13:09 provide any kind of resources you can help everyone and then we’ll
13:11 get through this storm and get to
13:13 the other side of it and hopefully become you know come out on a
13:15 stronger end of things so
13:17 Dr. Rendell do you have any thank you madam chair just quickly
13:20 yes Mr. Wilson’s not in the room
13:22 right now our chief operating officer because he’s on a call
13:24 with the Brevard emergency operations center
13:27 we have periodic calls with them scheduled throughout the day in
13:30 the days leading up to an event like
13:32 this and through the event and then after the event so we’re
13:36 making our decisions based on the
13:38 information they provide us and what their needs are what their
13:40 projections are and things like that so
13:42 we’re going to keep the community informed as we move forward
13:46 you know right now early release today
13:48 closed Wednesday and Thursday hoping to be open Friday but we’ll
13:53 make a determination on that when
13:54 we see the path of the storm and how much we our community is
13:57 impacted and we’re going to use all
13:59 kinds of communication tools websites text messages emails and
14:05 of course the media
14:08 you know when we put me put word out so just keep watching the
14:11 communications and we’ll let you know
14:13 what our next steps are thank you Dr. Rendell that’ll bring us
14:16 to the adoption of the agenda sorry I
14:18 apologize I just want to ask a question and Dr. Rendell I’m
14:19 sorry for putting on the spot if you don’t
14:21 have a solid answer for this but I I want to say Mr. Wilson had
14:25 sent something about potentially some of
14:28 our schools being used for special needs shelters is that a
14:32 definite and if if it is can we make sure we put that
14:35 information out there too so it’s coming from multiple sources
14:37 not just correct right now we haven’t been
14:39 asked to use any of our buildings for shelters there are two
14:43 elementary schools that we use in the
14:45 past for special needs shelters Sunrise Elementary and Williams
14:49 so we’ve been in discussions about those
14:51 if needed okay right now none of our schools are opening thanks
14:55 all right so that will bring us to
14:57 the adoption of the agenda Dr. Rendell thank you madam chair on
15:03 this morning’s agenda we have
15:05 one proclamation administrative staff recommendations 21 consent
15:09 items two action items and two information
15:12 items changes made to the agenda since released to the public
15:15 include the following f21 was added
15:18 approval of a 2425 Gardendale separate day school recruitment
15:21 and retention pay for support staff
15:23 revised for b7 parental rights and appreciation month proclamation
15:28 c8 administrative recommendations
15:31 f10 travel approval to the fsba fads joint conference and the
15:35 minutes for the last meeting f12 removed due to
15:40 hurricane milton was our entertainment for tonight a5 and our
15:43 museum passport recognition which was a7
15:47 do i hear a motion move to approve second any discussion paul
15:51 roll call please miss jenkins
15:53 hi miss campbell hi miss wright hi mr trent hi mr susan bye
15:58 thank you we are all now on to the
16:00 proclamations dr rendell thank you madam chair yes today’s proclamation
16:04 is the parental rights and
16:05 appreciation month proclamation our chair mrs wright will be
16:08 reading the proclamation
16:10 all right thank you all right can i ask a question yeah yes go
16:15 right ahead um may i discuss something
16:19 before you read it i just want to make the discussion would
16:23 happen after because we would have to i’d read
16:26 the proclamation and then we’ll we would take the i’d make the
16:28 motion you can say no i just want to say
16:30 something to make it a little clear i just want to make you
16:33 aware of something so can we wait until
16:35 afterwards and then we’ll i just wanted to give you the
16:37 opportunity to know that i’m not blindsiding
16:39 you okay thank you all right so the parental rights and
16:42 appreciation month whereas parents and
16:45 guardians are in the best position to know their own child’s
16:47 needs and circumstances and therefore
16:49 should maintain authority over all decisions that impact the
16:51 health and well-being of their children
16:53 and whereas the fundamental right of parents and guardians over
16:56 the upbringing of their children
16:57 have been unequivocally established in the united states and
17:00 whereas the brevard county
17:02 public schools recognizes florida statute one zero one four
17:05 point zero one three point zero six
17:07 entitled the parents bill of rights whereas the brevard public
17:11 school board recognizes its duty under florida
17:13 statute one zero zero one point four two to quote adopt
17:17 procedures for notifying a student’s parents
17:20 guardian or guardian if there is a change in the student
17:23 services or monitoring related to the student’s
17:26 mental emotional or physical health or well-being and the school’s
17:29 ability to provide a safe and
17:31 supportive learning environment for the student in order to
17:34 reinforce the fundamental rights of the
17:36 parents and the guardian to make decisions regarding the
17:38 upbringing and control of their children
17:40 as described in florida statute one zero zero one point four two
17:43 whereas the brevard public school board
17:45 believes that all academic success begins by embracing these
17:48 fundamental parental rights in our education
17:51 and whereas it is essential that parents and guardians voices
17:54 are respected and incorporated into the
17:57 development of academic curricula to ensure that the that their
18:00 children are receiving an appropriate
18:02 education and whereas the brevard public school believes that
18:06 education must focus on academic
18:08 subjects and without exception should not include personal bias
18:11 personal political opinion or indoctrination
18:14 and therefore be it resolved that the brevard public school
18:17 board affirms our commitment to honor and
18:19 celebrate the rights of parents to direct the well-being and
18:22 education of their children and all employees will
18:25 uphold the traditional partnership between the teachers students
18:28 and parents by directly communicating with and
18:30 involving parents in the education of their children now it be
18:33 proclaimed that the school board of brevard designates the month
18:36 of october as parental
18:37 rights and appreciation month adopted by the district or sorry
18:40 by this district
18:41 school board of Brevard on this eighth day of October 2024 all
18:46 right do I have
18:47 a motion any discussion go ahead Miss Jenkins okay so you’re
18:55 gonna see why I
18:56 asked to say it beforehand I just I didn’t want to wait to the
18:59 end and make
18:59 it look like I’m blindsiding you but I get it so traditionally
19:04 when we have
19:04 proclamations there usually is either like a person or an
19:09 organization standing
19:10 beside it that you know comes to talk about it almost in like a
19:14 form of unity
19:15 or or whatever the blood disorders month military family things
19:22 of that nature so
19:25 this this verbatim proclamation was sent to us via email in June
19:30 and I wondered to
19:31 myself like why why would they send us in June and ask us to do
19:35 it in October and
19:37 then I realized why so this was sent to us by the Citizens
19:43 Commission on Human Rights
19:44 of Florida and that’s just the Florida chapter but there’s a
19:47 whole one and
19:48 there’s an international one and Thursday is World Mental Health
19:53 Day so this is
19:55 important because this is an organization that claims that they
20:00 exist to expose
20:01 psychiatric abuse but when you dig down deeper this is an
20:05 organization closely tied
20:07 to the Church of Scientology and it is anti psychiatry it
20:11 believes that psychiatric
20:14 disorders are not real diseases and their labels to justify
20:17 harmful treatment they have
20:21 been quoted as saying psychiatry is an industry of death that it
20:25 that psychiatrists have drugged veterans and active military
20:29 members which has caused the increase of suicide rates they
20:33 believe and spread disinformation that Osama bin Laden was a
20:37 part of 9-11 because his psychiatrist drugged him not simply
20:42 because he’s a terrorist
20:43 and I’m very uncomfortable co-signing something that is verbatim
20:51 sent by this organization because I believe it gives them
20:54 validity and and why I believe that is because in the very email
20:58 that they sent to us they did the same exact thing they said oh
21:01 by the way Indian rivers did this just the other month or
21:01 already signed up to do it I don’t remember verbatim but they
21:01 tried to justify it with with another school board doing it and
21:01 and I have I have concerns just because I believe it’s just
21:01 I believe we’re co-signing with their mission I think we’re
21:07 giving them validity to use our name that we that we put out
21:08 there exactly what they sent us and I just I think it’s wrong I
21:08 think it’s wrong in a world where we claim that we need more
21:08 mental health supports to potentially give
21:08 validation to an organization that’s clearly anti-mental health
21:15 mental health
21:15 my personal opinion is we should write our own if we feel very
21:23 strongly about this and put it on the next agenda I’m not
21:25 comfortable in saying that we should write our own if we feel
21:27 very strongly about this and put it on the next agenda
21:28 I’m not comfortable in saying that we should write our own if we
21:33 feel very strongly about this and put it on the next agenda I’m
21:34 not comfortable in saying that I think we’re giving them
21:35 validity to use our name that we put out there exactly what they
21:35 sent us and I just I think it’s wrong I think it’s wrong in a
21:36 world where we claim that we need more mental health supports to
21:36 potentially give validation to an organization that’s clearly
21:37 anti-mental health
21:37 my personal opinion is we should write our own if we feel very
21:40 strongly about this and put it on the next agenda
21:44 I’m not comfortable putting my name to that I don’t know why
21:48 anyone who would even potentially be thinking about writing for
21:51 office want to be putting their names on that
21:53 it’s just weird to me I don’t like it
21:58 yeah I can’t I really think we should be writing our own at a
22:01 minimum and just put it on the next agenda
22:04 all right are you done
22:06 yep
22:15 okay I’ll respond at the end I want to give everybody else a
22:17 chance if there is any more discussion on this any other
22:20 discussion
22:20 Ms. Jenkins when you get that kind of information if you can
22:25 forward it to us in an email that would be helpful ahead of the
22:28 meeting
22:28 I’m aware I’m not going to lie to you that’s why I came in very
22:31 quickly and said Ms. Wright can I discuss it beforehand
22:33 because I just just started seeing this yesterday and then I
22:37 really like the like validated it this morning because I didn’t
22:41 want to pass it on otherwise
22:42 but that’s why I wanted to bring it up ahead of time because I
22:44 didn’t if you choose to hear what I’m saying
22:46 I didn’t want you voting on something reading something without
22:50 having that information
22:51 sure thank you
22:52 all right
22:53 go ahead
22:54 I hear you and I don’t necessarily disagree with the idea that
23:01 there’s been other proclamations that have come from
23:04 organizations that I personally wouldn’t support
23:05 but I will say having read through every word of this proclamation
23:08 I don’t believe there’s anything that I’m seeing this objectionable
23:13 in the proclamation itself and it certainly doesn’t have any
23:15 other organization’s name attached to it I do think it’s a good
23:19 idea for most things for us to you know edit through proclamation
23:21 itself and it certainly doesn’t have any other organization’s
23:22 name attached to it I do think it’s a good idea for most things
23:22 for us to you know edit through proclamation itself and it
23:23 certainly doesn’t have any other organization’s name attached to
23:23 it I do think it’s a good idea for most things for us to you
23:23 know edit through proclamation itself and it certainly doesn’t
23:23 have any other organization’s name attached to it I do think it’s
23:23 a good idea for most things for us to you know edit through proclamation
23:23 or create our own if we if we need to we don’t it’s not always
23:27 necessary but I’m I am today when I vote I’ll be voting on the
23:31 proclamation as it is and not in support of any one particular
23:35 organization but for us you know recognizing the importance of
23:40 parents in their child education thank you thank you for
23:44 bringing your concerns forward Ms. Jenkins just want to just to
23:47 clarify so yes we did receive an email with this template on
23:49 there this template actually that they sent to us is a little
23:51 bit different it actually is changed
23:53 changed on our proclamation versus the one that they sent to us.
23:57 And the part about the concern that you have actually was
24:03 eliminated. So if you look at the original proclamation versus
24:06 the one that we have today, when it comes to the mental health
24:08 aspect of it, it’s not in our proclamation. It’s been removed
24:11 out. And I’ll have to find the exact quote on where it’s at, but
24:13 you can see it from your email. So again, this came about just
24:17 full transparency after talking with some people with Parental
24:20 Rights of Florida and just hearing what they’re doing
24:23 and understanding that the role a parent plays in a child’s
24:25 education and upbringing and well-being is so significant that
24:28 this is an initiative they would love to see every school
24:31 district take to say, hey, we value our parents. We value our
24:33 guardians. We believe that they are such a crucial role in a
24:36 child’s upbringing that we want to make sure that they
24:39 understand that we are a partnership, that we are not trying to
24:42 replace them. We are not trying to overstep boundaries that we
24:46 are partnering with them. So that’s why I brought this proclamation
24:49 forward. I support this proclamation. So I understand your
24:53 concerns and I hear what you’re saying and
24:53 if you’re voting against it, that’s your prerogative to do so.
24:56 So hearing no further discussion, Paul, can you give us a roll
24:59 call, please?
25:00 Ms. Jenkins?
25:00 Nay.
25:02 Ms. Campbell?
25:02 Aye.
25:03 Ms. Wright?
25:04 Aye.
25:04 Mr. Trent?
25:05 Aye.
25:05 Mr. Seaton?
25:06 Aye.
25:06 All right. We are now at the staff recommend, or sorry, the
25:10 administrative staff recommendations. Doctor, or sorry, do I
25:12 hear a motion? Jeez, I’m jumping ahead all over myself.
25:14 Move to approve.
25:15 Thank you.
25:15 Second.
25:16 Any discussion?
25:17 Woohoo!
25:19 No, woohoo, yeah.
25:20 All right. Paul, roll call, please.
25:22 Ms. Jenkins?
25:23 Aye.
25:23 Ms. Campbell?
25:24 Aye.
25:24 Ms. Wright?
25:25 Aye.
25:25 Mr. Trent?
25:26 Aye.
25:26 Mr. Seaton?
25:27 Aye.
25:27 Dr. Rendell?
25:28 Thank you, Madam Chair. This morning, we’d like to celebrate the
25:31 promotion of Justin Armstrong from the position of Assistant
25:34 Director of Student Services to the position of Director of
25:37 Student Services.
25:38 Justin, congratulations.
25:40 All right.
25:41 Thank you, Madam Chair.
25:51 Dr. Rendell and school board members. I would like to first
25:55 thank God for blessing me with this great opportunity. I would
25:58 also like to thank my beautiful wife for being my biggest
26:01 supporter and source of strength in all endeavors I pursue,
26:04 including this one.
26:06 I would also like to thank my family, both near and far. I would
26:09 then like to thank all the mentors and great leaders I’ve had
26:12 the opportunity to work with and for throughout my educational
26:15 career.
26:15 This includes my former colleagues at Seminole County Public
26:18 Schools, Orange County Public Schools, and, of course, my
26:21 current colleagues in Brevard Public Schools.
26:24 Some of those people being Pam Dampier, Lena Weibel, Misty Bland,
26:28 Dr. Patricia Fontan, Dr. Karen Ivory, Chris Reed, and Julie Kasten-Smith.
26:33 I look forward to the opportunity to serve Dr. Rendell, the
26:36 school board, and our students and families of Brevard County in
26:39 this role, and will give them my very best each day to rise to
26:42 the challenges I will encounter.
26:44 Thank you.
26:46 Congratulations.
26:47 Congratulations, Justin.
26:53 I guess the people that are watching online can’t tell that you
26:55 have an entire fan club that’s in the room today.
26:57 So just to let you know, make noise so they can hear you.
27:01 A lot of people that are supportive of you, so very, very
27:03 excited about this next chapter for you.
27:06 All right, we are now at the public comments portion of the
27:09 meeting.
27:10 How many?
27:10 We don’t have any.
27:11 All right, so we are moving on to the consent agenda.
27:15 Dr. Rendell.
27:16 Thank you, Madam Chair.
27:17 There are 21 agenda items under this category.
27:19 Thank you, Dr. Rendell.
27:21 Does any board member wish to pull any of the items?
27:22 Hearing none, do I have a motion?
27:26 Move to approve.
27:27 Second.
27:29 Any discussion?
27:30 Nope.
27:32 Paul, roll call, please.
27:33 Ms. Jenkins?
27:34 Aye.
27:34 Ms. Campbell?
27:35 Aye.
27:35 Ms. Wright?
27:36 Aye.
27:36 Mr. Trent?
27:36 Aye.
27:37 Mr. Susan?
27:38 Aye.
27:38 Thank you.
27:39 Dr. Rendell, will you please let us know about the items under
27:41 the action portion of today’s agenda?
27:43 Thank you, Madam Chair.
27:44 The first action item is H32, Department and School Initiated
27:47 Agreements.
27:48 Do I hear a motion?
27:49 Move to approve.
27:50 Second.
27:50 Any discussion?
27:51 Paul, roll call, please.
27:53 Ms. Jenkins?
27:54 Aye.
27:55 Ms. Campbell?
27:55 Aye.
27:56 Ms. Wright?
27:56 Aye.
27:56 Mr. Trent?
27:57 Aye.
27:57 Mr. Susan?
27:58 Aye.
27:59 Dr. Rendell?
28:00 Thank you, Madam Chair.
28:01 The last action item is H33, Procurement Solicitations.
28:05 Do I hear a motion?
28:06 Move to approve.
28:07 Second.
28:08 Any discussion?
28:09 No.
28:10 Paul, roll call, please.
28:11 Ms. Jenkins?
28:11 Aye.
28:12 Ms. Campbell?
28:12 Aye.
28:12 Ms. Wright?
28:13 Aye.
28:13 Mr. Trent?
28:14 Aye.
28:14 Mr. Susan?
28:15 Aye.
28:15 All right.
28:16 We will move on to the information agenda, which includes two
28:19 items for the board to review
28:21 that may be brought back for action in a subsequent meeting.
28:23 No action will be taken on this today.
28:24 Does any board member wish to discuss either of these items?
28:26 Hearing none.
28:28 All right.
28:29 We are now at board member reports.
28:30 Does any board member have anything further to report or discuss?
28:33 I have a request, and I kind of put in an email, but then, you
28:38 know, it crosses the line of talking
28:40 about it too much.
28:41 We have staff that have asked for us to put bullying prevention
28:47 awareness, I might be using
28:49 the wrong words for what they’re calling it, proclamation on the
28:52 agenda for the month
28:54 of October, especially because it wasn’t in there last year, and
28:57 because we’re seeing a
28:58 rise in bully incidents in Brevard Public Schools, and it’s
29:01 important to them, and I
29:02 told them that I would bring it up.
29:03 Okay.
29:04 All right.
29:05 I have not got any requests for that, so aside from when you had
29:08 mentioned and asked the question
29:10 on why it wasn’t there, and so thank you for bringing it up.
29:12 I don’t, board, do you have anything to add or say about that?
29:16 I mean, obviously, this is something that we need to talk about.
29:18 Do you want to have it on the October?
29:20 We have two more board meetings this month, the 15th and the 22nd.
29:24 Correct.
29:25 We were actually looking at the 22nd.
29:26 22nd?
29:27 Okay, perfect.
29:27 And I know I had pulled up the one we had last year that didn’t
29:30 get read and asked Dr.
29:31 Rundell if we could do actually what Ms. Jenkins mentioned, can
29:33 we revise it and make it our
29:34 own?
29:35 Okay.
29:35 So I think if we can, I would be in support of that.
29:38 Okay, perfect.
29:39 Ms. Jenkins, would you like to read that proclamation when it
29:41 comes forward?
29:41 Yeah, that’s fine.
29:42 But, and I don’t care about making changes to it, but I believe
29:46 the staff wrote it.
29:47 So if we can make sure that they’re involved in that process so
29:49 that their voice isn’t
29:50 taken out of it.
29:51 Correct.
29:51 Because I’m pretty sure they’re the ones who wrote it originally.
29:54 Okay?
29:55 I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure.
29:56 Okay.
29:57 Perfect.
29:58 One little thing.
29:59 All right.
30:00 Sure.
30:01 Go ahead.
30:02 We’re going to get out in 30 minutes.
30:03 So I just thought I’d take just a quick minute to let you guys
30:04 know about, you know, when
30:05 we do our reports of where we, where we’ve been representing the
30:08 board.
30:08 It was in Fort Walton Beach at the FSBA board of directors and
30:13 committee chair of the leadership
30:15 week in training.
30:17 And I just wanted to share one thing.
30:19 I won’t share anything except for this one thing.
30:20 One of our guests was representative Pat Maney, who represents
30:24 Citrus County area.
30:25 And he talked about a particular bill that he got across the
30:28 finish line this last year
30:30 that somehow in our radar, I just don’t, it didn’t.
30:32 It was the first time I’d heard of it because we were tracking
30:35 all those education bills.
30:36 Um, but this one was specifically related to Baker acts and
30:39 Baker at the Baker act process
30:40 has needed to be really just revolutionized overhauled for many,
30:45 many years.
30:46 And one of the things he pointed out to us is as of July 1st, I
30:48 know our staff knows this,
30:49 but I guess it was the first time that it’s hit, you know, my
30:52 awareness.
30:52 And that is, um, judges, when it comes to Baker act someone
30:56 judges have discretion, doctors
30:58 have discretion, but law enforcement has not.
31:01 And as of July 1st, they do have discretion because there are
31:04 times when they are, we have
31:05 students who are Baker act because of, um, you know, thoughts of
31:09 harm or, you know, they go
31:10 through the process, but then quite frequently, those children
31:14 have to be handcuffed and put
31:16 in the back of a police car to be taken to the facility.
31:18 And that is no, they’re, this is brought about all kinds of
31:22 reforms.
31:22 And so in addition to other things that aren’t related to school,
31:25 but that one little piece
31:26 that’s related to our students in our schools, because that’s
31:28 happened in our schools,
31:29 and it’s very traumatic for the child.
31:31 It’s not deescalating, if anything, it’s escalating.
31:34 So I appreciate, um, representative Maney’s work on that.
31:37 And he said, he’s continuing to go back.
31:38 And he would like, the reason why I bring it up too, is he said,
31:41 there’s, there’s more work
31:42 to be done.
31:43 It took him three sessions for the house, you know, to get on
31:46 board with him to get it done,
31:48 because it was such a huge process that touched so many agencies.
31:52 But he did say, if anybody has, um, staff or boards across the
31:56 state have input as to how it can be
31:58 further refined, he is totally open to that input.
32:00 And so, uh, again, that’s representative Pat Maney’s a former
32:03 judge.
32:04 So he was familiar with that process and he represents Citrus
32:06 County.
32:07 So he wants to hear from all over the state.
32:08 So Dr. Rendell, if any of your staff have any input of how we
32:11 can further refine this process,
32:13 especially when it comes to our students, um, I would be happy
32:16 to be the person to get that
32:17 information to him and his staff.
32:19 But it’s really important work and hopefully that he can make
32:23 some further progress on that.
32:24 Awesome.
32:25 Thank you for that update.
32:26 All right.
32:27 Anybody else?
32:28 Go ahead, Mr. Susan.
32:29 Yeah, I, um, I wanted to, on the tail end of, uh, Mr. Dufresne’s
32:35 professional testing,
32:36 where we have the way that they can be, um, basically, you don’t
32:41 have to pass your test
32:42 within the time amount allotted and we can have them still stay
32:44 a part of our schools as they
32:46 become adjuncts and stuff like that.
32:48 Yeah.
32:48 Um, I’ve been working very closely with a lot of the teachers
32:50 that are in there.
32:51 Um, and some of them are the most dynamic teachers that I know.
32:54 I, I physically know, um, that they are teachers of the year and
32:58 there’s other people in there
32:59 that I know have changed their community, um, through the doc
33:03 and other individual or other
33:04 organizations like that.
33:05 So what I wanted to just let you guys know is, is that I’m going
33:08 to, when I was a teacher,
33:10 I had some of the highest scores for the, um, advanced placement.
33:14 And one of the things I did was I very, I was very good about
33:17 teaching to the standards
33:18 and stuff like that.
33:19 Um, what I’m hearing from some of the teachers that are taking
33:22 the test is that the test is
33:24 not what is being given to them from the state to study for,
33:28 that the study guides are not indicative
33:29 of what is on the test.
33:31 And there seems to be a very big cloud over what is, um, allowed
33:35 to be viewed, um, when
33:37 we access some of the school, some of the tests.
33:40 So with that, I just wanted to let you guys know that I’m going
33:42 to, I’m probably going to
33:43 get involved in trying to hold some accountability to see if
33:47 what they’re doing as far as testing
33:49 is in line with what is inside the books so that we know.
33:52 And if it’s not, I’m going to make recommendations through the
33:54 legislature.
33:54 And I just want to let you guys know if you see that, that’s
33:56 what I’m doing.
33:57 That’s all.
33:57 Um, the other thing is, is that as an update, I had requested
34:01 that we look at giving, um,
34:03 instructional assistance, uh, arrays, um, that was furthered by
34:06 the board as far as looking into it.
34:08 And, um, so that we could get those supports to those teachers,
34:11 especially in elementary school
34:12 and other places, ESC.
34:13 Um, I do want to let you guys know that Pam Dampierre has gotten
34:17 her information.
34:18 I’m still waiting for the information to come over from Mr. Dufresne’s
34:21 office.
34:21 And then I would like to bring that back to you guys for further,
34:24 but we’re, they’re moving along
34:25 pretty good as far as finding and identifying that information.
34:28 And then the last piece that I wanted to do is, is it seems we
34:31 got an email, um, on 1010,
34:33 but there’s a contract that’s been agreed to, or some sort of a
34:36 agreement.
34:37 I would like to have a closed session to review that 1010
34:40 contract information
34:41 prior to it coming to a, a, um, a meeting.
34:44 That’s all.
34:44 All right.
34:45 Thank you.
34:45 That’s a, that’s a conversation topic.
34:47 I think that we had yesterday, didn’t we not?
34:49 Do we need some direction?
34:51 Yes.
34:51 Dr. Randall and I spoke about this yesterday.
34:53 So, um, okay.
34:54 Um, Mr. Trent, we’ll go in order.
34:56 Do you have anything that you need to respond?
34:57 Okay.
34:58 So you covered the one that I had.
34:59 So I, I had discussed this with Dr.
35:01 Randall yesterday on our one-on-one and asked for the closed
35:03 session.
35:03 Uh, so Dr. Randall, will you be able to get that scheduled for
35:06 us all next week, possibly?
35:08 So, Madam Chair, that was going to be my closing question to the
35:11 board was,
35:11 next Tuesday, we have a business meeting scheduled at 9:30 a.m.
35:15 just for policies.
35:16 Okay.
35:17 And so would the board be willing to stay after that for a
35:20 closed session to review the 1010 negotiations?
35:23 Yes.
35:23 I am in favor.
35:24 Board, are you in favor?
35:25 I, yeah, I should be able to do that.
35:27 Okay.
35:28 It looks like you have.
35:28 Immediately after.
35:30 Immediately following the conclusion of the, of the business.
35:32 As long as, as long as Ms. Wright reads quickly.
35:34 I was going to say, I’m just going to have to work on my auctioneer
35:36 voice, right?
35:37 I just get talking really, really quickly.
35:39 Okay.
35:39 All right.
35:40 Um, being that there’s no further business that I hear this
35:43 meeting is now adjourned.
35:44 Woohoo!
35:45 Thank you.