Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
0:00 Thank you.
9:59 We’ll take it easy on you tonight, Ms. Sabal, all right.
10:03 That brings us to the adoption of the agenda.
10:07 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
10:09 On this evening, the agenda, we have two proclamations, three
10:12 recognitions, 32 consent items, one public hearing item and two
10:15 information items.
10:15 changes made to the agenda since it was released to the public
10:18 include the following
10:19 revised was c1 national water safety proclamation revised c2
10:25 mental health awareness proclamation
10:27 revised f2 the board’s fsba advocacy committee representative
10:32 and alternate revised f3 meeting
10:34 minutes and revised f9 administrative recommendations removed
10:39 was f15 project read that’s
10:41 moved to a may meeting also i would like to remove one of the
10:46 policies that is on the agenda under the
10:49 information item at the end under under item i proposed revisions
10:53 to policy 6320 which included
10:56 increases to spending authority as well as language changes we
11:00 don’t really see need to make any of
11:01 those changes at this time so we’re removing that from the
11:04 information agenda this evening we also
11:07 removed it from the work session earlier today so that’s the
11:10 last change thank you dr indell
11:12 do i hear a motion move for approval is there any discussion
11:17 hearing none mary joe roll call please
11:21 please welcome yvette cruz to the podium for the national water
11:31 safety month proclamation
11:32 whereas brevard county’s abundant oceans rivers lagoons and
11:42 pools make water recreation a central part of
11:47 life even as drowning remains a leading cause of accidental
11:51 death for children yet preventable through
11:53 strong water safety education and whereas national water safety
11:57 month each may raises awareness and
12:00 promotes essential skills that help protect children and adults
12:03 in and around water and whereas brevard public
12:06 schools is committed to supporting the health safety and well-being
12:09 of all students by encouraging
12:11 water safety education and partnerships with community
12:15 organizations that provide life-saving instruction
12:17 and whereas teaching students essential water safety knowledge
12:22 including swimming skills understanding water
12:25 conditions wearing life jackets when appropriate and recognizing
12:29 emergency situations empowers them to
12:32 make safe choices and reduces the risk of preventable tragedies
12:36 and whereas families educators and community
12:39 partners all play a vital role in reinforcing safe habits and
12:42 ensuring that children have access to the
12:45 resources and resources and instruction needed to stay safe in
12:48 and around water now therefore be it resolved that the
12:51 school board of brevard county florida does hereby proclaim may
12:55 2026 as national water safety month and
12:58 encourages all students staff families and community members to
13:02 promote water safety awareness participate in
13:04 educational opportunities and work together to prevent water
13:08 related injuries adopted by the members of the brevard public
13:12 school board brevard county florida at the regular board meeting
13:16 thereof held the 28th day of april 2026
13:19 and tonight we have brooke both in here from the florida
13:22 swimming pool association to accept this proclamation
13:24 hey brooke hang on we’re going to adopt the motion here real
13:33 quick all right do i hear a motion move to approve
13:36 any discussion mary joe roll call please mr trent ms wright ms
13:44 susan ms campbell mr thomas aye now the floor is yours
13:49 thank you ms cruz good evening superintendent board members and
13:52 community partners thank you for the
13:54 opportunity to speak as we recognize the upcoming month of may
13:57 as national water safety month on
13:59 behalf of the florida swing pool association also known as fspa
14:02 i’m honored to stand alongside of our
14:04 public schools as well as to bring forward this proclamation and
14:07 reinforce a message that is both timely
14:10 and life-saving as we approach the summer vacation the season
14:13 when our family spend the most time around water
14:16 around pools lakes and beaches it is critical we pause and
14:19 emphasize the importance of water safety
14:21 drowning remains the leading cause of death for our children yet
14:24 it is preventable
14:25 simply consistent habits make a difference always swimming with
14:29 supervision designating a
14:31 responsible water watcher wearing proper life jackets learning
14:35 basic water safety skills
14:36 swimming skills and understanding aquatic risk from rip currents
14:40 to pool drains water is a place of joy
14:42 but it demands respect it is unfortunate to communicate as of
14:46 today we’ve lost 28 children in our state
14:48 and last year in 2025 we lost 119. however on the bright side of
14:53 everything moving forward we have
14:55 really established our partnership with brevard public schools
14:59 and going through another milestone
15:01 nearly serving almost 10 000 students in brevard county for
15:05 water safety emergency preparation
15:07 presentations in the traditional classroom setting the
15:10 achievement is made possible through the support
15:13 of every child of swimmer our partner and our lifeline for
15:16 bringing this education to our students in
15:18 brevard county as well as our incredible first responders
15:22 included in these presentations palm bay fire rescue
15:25 melbourne fire department coco beach fire department titusville
15:28 fire department as well as rocklage fire department
15:32 their commitment to their commitment to preventing these tragedies
15:35 is a ripple effect and it is very it’s been
15:38 really beneficial to our students we are also excited to
15:42 continue the growth for phase two of our
15:44 community expansion water safety days at the pool reaching our
15:47 youngest learners this year we brought
15:49 programming to pre-k kindergarten and first grade students at
15:52 sherwood elementary
15:53 and the highlight of this is including the fire department melbourne
15:57 firefighters in the water
15:59 creating a powerful and memorable learning experience these
16:02 efforts this program is also in partnership
16:04 with the brevard child safety initiative healthy start coalition
16:07 in brevard the swimming pool the florida
16:09 swimming pool association health first our first responders and
16:12 of course provide public schools
16:13 together we are building a culture of safety that begins early
16:16 and extends through our school system
16:18 this time of the year also remarks marks an important
16:21 opportunity as aquatic activities increase also the demand
16:25 of trained professionals municipalities across the county are
16:28 actively hiring some instructors and lifeguards
16:32 there is a continued need for ocean rescue with brevard county
16:34 and i encourage older students to
16:36 explore these opportunities these roles are more than just jobs
16:39 they are meaningful ways to make a direct
16:41 impact in our community as we look ahead we are excited to
16:44 continue the growth and expanding access to
16:46 quality water safety education as well as drowning prevention
16:49 resources within our school system
16:52 thank you for this opportunity and please have a safe summer
16:54 ahead
16:54 don’t go anywhere hang on a second i’m sure everybody wants to
17:00 talk about miss brooke
17:02 um anybody want to say any nice words about her i’ll hop in so
17:05 brooke i want to thank you i had the
17:06 opportunity to attend one of the presentations that you put on
17:09 in the north end and i was just blown away at how
17:11 engaged the kids were and learning cpr and what a that is just
17:15 such a basic skill that kids that are that age that can
17:18 absolutely jump in and help and i’m going i’m sitting there
17:20 watching it just blown away honestly and
17:22 then the firefighters that were there thank you to them for
17:24 coming out um this is timely of course
17:27 obviously with it being this month but our community has
17:29 suffered and we’ve had a couple drownings that
17:31 have taken place that have made headlines and so anything that
17:34 we can do to help you in any way
17:36 whatsoever we absolutely want to do um dr rindell i had
17:38 mentioned to these this to you on on our one-on-one
17:41 and i think it’s probably worth the board maybe saying we would
17:43 love to do this and support this
17:45 but uh to give a letter of support for brooke to be able to go
17:48 into the schools and not some of the
17:49 hurdles is the permission slips right but water safety impacts
17:52 every child so every child needs to
17:54 understand the the dangers around water but also the fun around
17:57 water and how how to make sure that
17:59 they’re safe so i would love for our board to to ask dr rindell
18:02 if he would you know issue a letter
18:03 that says yes you have permission to go into the schools and
18:06 give this presentation that way if you meet
18:08 any hurdles obviously you have to you know work around schedules
18:11 and things of that nature but
18:13 uh that would be one less hurdle for you so board if you’re in
18:15 support of that i would appreciate that
18:17 but thank you brooke thank you so much yeah and we will see you
18:20 friday yes thank you we’re excited
18:21 jump in anybody else when you say jump in well well we’ll see i
18:29 will literally start the cannonball
18:30 competition you would no doubt brooke i just want to say thank
18:34 you every time i talk to you
18:36 you can just you can just feel the passion that you have about
18:39 this so it’s it’s this is your life’s
18:41 mission and we appreciate it uh every every life saved um that
18:46 you’re able to uh you know get in front
18:49 of these children and help i mean we talked about the community
18:51 that was in my community that we just
18:53 lost two two swimmers at the uh at the beach so uh we think
18:57 about that all the time but it also makes
18:59 us feel just this much better when we know we’re doing as much
19:03 as we can but obviously not as much as
19:05 you but there’s anything we can do to bring down some of those
19:08 hurdles you know you you have our
19:09 support thank you thank you very much so mr chair out if we
19:13 could do both proclamations and then new
19:17 pictures yeah yeah i wanted to say something nice about it okay
19:21 um brooke i want to give you some
19:23 compliments throughout my history as a school board member and i’ve
19:25 been up here a little bit longer
19:26 than most um i’ve seen only two individuals come through with
19:30 the passion that you have sean sima
19:33 came in and drove like all kinds of stuff related to heart
19:38 safety and everything else you are water and
19:42 i will tell you the two most prolific hard-working individuals
19:45 are you and him and that’s not to take
19:47 away from you to talk about him but i to put you on a platform i
19:50 want everybody to understand the first time i ever
19:53 met brooke she came and communicated to me hey i really want to
19:56 get some water safety done and we
19:58 deal with a lot of people right so then all of a sudden
20:00 literally 24 hours later i have senator mayfield
20:03 calling me saying hey brooke contacted you and she didn’t get a
20:07 response so what’s going on and i said
20:09 oh wow she actually went to senator mayfield and then i do want
20:13 to give dr rendell credit because
20:15 i’ve seen a lot of great ideas come through in previous
20:17 administrations that just didn’t get the
20:19 traction that they were supposed so brooke asked for a meeting
20:22 we held a meeting with the school board
20:25 this was prior to her getting into the schools and dr rendell
20:28 said no like this needs to happen
20:30 he was behind it a hundred percent and i was just standing there
20:33 i’ll never forget that moment
20:34 because you know me i come up with a lot of ideas right and it’s
20:37 always the superintendents are always
20:39 like oh we need to kind of sort of check this stuff out he went
20:42 full in and i think the reason behind
20:43 it is is your passion that you have for what you’re doing and
20:46 what you’re doing to save the kids lives
20:48 inside of our schools cannot be compared to many other things
20:52 and when you come in and you do that
20:54 there’s something to be said when you won’t take no for an
20:56 answer and we all have experienced it we
20:58 all have experienced her doing that and and i tell you i’m proud
21:02 of you thank you so much for doing
21:04 everything that you do for our kids from the bottom of my heart
21:07 and whatever we need to do i am in favor
21:09 of sending letters whatever we need to do to tell every school
21:12 we need to be doing this and i know
21:14 that some of our principals have packed schedules but teaching
21:17 kids to learn to swim and the safety
21:20 behind it could save their lives and that to me is very
21:23 important so wholeheartedly support your idea
21:26 and endeavor so i just wanted to say some nice things about you
21:28 thank you for taking the time i appreciate
21:30 that yeah yeah all right thank you good yes sir okay thank you
21:34 give a round of applause
21:35 she’s phenomenal all right please welcome jana jenkins to the
21:45 podium for the mental health
21:47 awareness month proclamation thank you miss jenkins thank you mr
21:51 chair members of the board dr undell
21:53 mbps family thank you for your commitment to mental health
21:57 awareness whereas since 1949 mental health
22:00 awareness month has been a national movement to raise awareness
22:03 combat stigma and provide support for
22:05 millions of individuals and families affected by mental health
22:08 conditions and whereas brevard public
22:10 schools honors the resilience found in every mental health
22:13 journey and recognizes that mental health
22:15 is essential to the overall health and well-being of students
22:18 families and staff and whereas sharing personal
22:21 experiences and fostering an open dialogue about mental health
22:25 encourages understanding empowers
22:27 individuals and helps to eliminate stigma and whereas building
22:30 resiliency in children and adults supports
22:33 emotional growth strengthens coping mechanisms and plays a key
22:36 role in navigating life’s challenges
22:38 and whereas resilience allows individuals to manage stress
22:42 recover from adversity and thrive in the face of
22:45 hardship skills that are especially vital for academic success
22:49 and personal development and whereas
22:51 brevard public schools commits to fostering a culture of mental
22:54 health wellness through education outreach and
22:57 support and encourages all students staff and families and
23:00 community members to take action
23:02 raise their voices and share stories and help change the
23:05 conversation around mental health because every
23:08 in every story there is strength now therefore let it be
23:11 resolved that brevard public schools recognizes may
23:14 2026 as mental health awareness month across the district
23:17 adopted by the members of the brevard public school board
23:20 brevard county florida at the regular board meeting thereof held
23:24 on 28th of the day of april 2026
23:27 and to receive this proclamation i would like to introduce dr lori
23:32 parsons she’s the director of
23:34 lifetime counseling center a program of the space code health
23:38 foundation and since i’ve been here since long
23:40 before i’ve been here dr parsons and her team have been a
23:43 valuable member of our
23:44 brevard schools supporting us in extended crisis responses
23:50 recovery they provided resilience instruction
23:53 remember back in covet i don’t want to trigger any of us but
23:56 when we had that long um you know time
23:58 between march and august when we all had to physically come back
24:01 in the schools they provided resilience
24:03 instruction excuse me trauma-informed practices instruction that
24:06 all of our staff provide participated in it was a
24:09 help and comfort for us to come back to school to serve our
24:12 students so i’d like to introduce dr parsons
24:19 dr parsons let me let me get this approved and then we’ll we’ll
24:22 do our um conversation so do i hear a
24:25 motion second is there any discussion hearing none mary joe roll
24:30 call please mr trent miss right
24:34 all right mr susan all right miss campbell mr thomas all right
24:38 miss parsons you have the floor all right
24:41 thank you so much chairman susan superintendent rendell and
24:44 board members i really appreciate the
24:47 opportunity to speak with you tonight to accept this proclamation
24:49 um and just really mostly want to say
24:52 that i appreciate your willingness to acknowledge how critical
24:56 it is for mental health awareness to be
24:59 spread throughout our community to reduce the stigma to help
25:01 people embrace the idea of supporting their own
25:04 mental health and each other’s mental health it’s it’s really
25:06 critical so on behalf of space
25:08 coast health foundation and of lifetime counseling center we
25:11 truly appreciate that support
25:13 at lifetime with the kind of work that we do we see the need for
25:18 mental health services every single
25:20 day right from a crisis to all kinds of different ways that that
25:24 mental health is important to our
25:26 community but one of the things that we notice is it’s not
25:30 really just about that mental health treatment
25:32 component treatment for folks who have perhaps a mental health
25:35 disorder it’s also very much about helping
25:38 people prevent mental health issues in the first place so in
25:41 addition to the treatment services that
25:43 we provide a few years ago we developed what we call our thrive
25:47 within program which was developed
25:49 specifically to help increase the availability of that
25:53 prevention and early intervention kind of services
25:57 throughout our community things like training in the community
25:59 around a variety of mental health topics
26:02 support groups throughout the community in our high schools in
26:04 our elementary schools
26:05 support for parents support for families out in the community in
26:11 ways that don’t require them to come
26:13 get treatment but instead we can take information to them to
26:17 help build resilience
26:18 to help individuals to help families to help our whole community
26:22 um really develop the skills that they need to cope with the
26:25 daily challenges that we all face so in
26:28 that i just want to say again thank you so much for that
26:30 partnership a very long-standing partnership
26:33 with our agency and also for supporting the work that we do but
26:37 also many other mental health
26:38 agencies throughout this community do as well we thank you for
26:40 that thank you so much
26:42 thank you so much we’ll take pictures in a minute
26:45 Ms. Parsons if you can head back up there because i have some
26:52 board members that want to say something
26:53 well and Dr. Jenkins too because you know ever since i’ve been
26:58 on the board and actually especially in
27:00 the years previous but ever especially since marjory stoneman douglas
27:03 right all of a sudden mental health
27:04 in our state became a focus and in that eight years there’s been
27:09 a lot of different things that you know it’s
27:12 been a priority of first lady casey de santis we’ve had
27:14 different programs come through with every
27:16 different program we’ve had to have more training and i just
27:19 thank you and we’ve our our counseling
27:21 partners that we have not just lifetime but our other ones
27:23 across that have contracted with us
27:25 because for the students who needed something outside of the
27:27 school we just appreciate you so much
27:29 but i also want to thank there’s there’s a lot of people
27:32 involved in this i you were talking about
27:34 co but i remember the site that you guys set up that had like
27:37 videos of waterfalls or if you needed to see you
27:41 know cute little puppies there was like this whole whatever is
27:43 going to help you calm down and we
27:45 have that website and the music and yoga and whatever you needed
27:48 to do to get your mind straight
27:49 all of that but it’s every teacher it’s every administrator and
27:55 you were doing our youth mental
27:57 health first aid so that every employee even cafeteria staff and
28:00 bus drivers that everybody feels prepared
28:03 to to handle you know to at least hand off a student in a crisis
28:08 or an employee in a crisis a colleague
28:11 and so i just want to thank hr the student services division and
28:15 you have been a part of that the
28:16 whole entire time that i’ve been here so i appreciate you so
28:19 much all of our employees and staff for
28:22 taking up that responsibility because it’s every single one of
28:24 our responsibilities to make sure that
28:26 our kids are are healthy in this way just just as they are
28:29 healthy in the water or healthy physically
28:31 and so thank you guys for all the work that you’ve done and
28:34 everybody who who partners with us to to
28:36 provide this for our kids and our staff thanks thank you so much
28:40 thank you so much truly appreciate you
28:47 next up we have mr mall director of professional development to
28:49 the podium for the teacher appreciation
28:51 program and the grow our own i thought we’d do photos with them
28:55 too though no okay yeah we’ll do all
28:57 photos at the end okay yep mr mall grow your own first cohort
29:01 completion recognition just so everybody
29:04 knows my first experience with mr mall was like the third week i
29:07 was a school board member i went to creel
29:09 elementary and he was the assistant principal and he was doing
29:12 an amazing job there then he became the
29:13 principal over at palm bay you’ve done a successful and an
29:16 amazing job at everything you do so i appreciate
29:18 where you are and what you’re doing just want to say that well
29:20 thank you i appreciate it but i have
29:22 to tell you that this recognition is in the hands of all these
29:25 amazing folks here i just got out of their
29:27 way members of the board dr rendell thank you for the
29:30 opportunity this evening to recognize
29:33 seven dedicated professionals seven dedicated educators two
29:37 years ago these seven brevard public
29:39 schools employees embarked on a journey to expand their sphere
29:42 of influence and deepen their impact
29:45 on the students and the communities they serve as the first
29:48 graduating cohort of brevard public schools
29:50 grow your own teacher development pathways they are celebrating
29:54 an important milestone the completion
29:57 of their degree in education and the fulfillment of the
29:59 requirements of a florida professional educator certificate
30:03 brevard’s grow your own program is a collaborative partnership
30:07 with our friends from daytona state college
30:09 and is one of only a few programs recognized by the florida
30:12 department of education
30:14 it provides current bps employees with multiple pathways to earn
30:19 a degree in education including
30:21 high field high need fields such as exceptional student
30:24 education through rigorous academic coursework and
30:28 real-time clinical experience participants meet the prerequisites
30:32 for admission to daytona state college
30:34 including a conferred associate of arts degree required prerequisite
30:38 coursework
30:39 and an approved temporary internship certificate issued by the
30:42 florida department of education
30:44 once enrolled participants receive tuition assistance and
30:47 mentoring through brevard public schools
30:49 along with academic support and clinical instruction through daytona
30:52 state college
30:53 tonight we are proud to recognize brevard public schools first
30:57 graduating cohort of the grow your own program
31:01 before i recognize these graduates i would like to acknowledge
31:03 our partners from daytona state
31:05 college for their collaboration and commitment to this work dr
31:07 anna blane dr aaron davis and dr margie hensler
31:12 i would also like to recognize our community partners who have
31:22 generously provided gift bags filled
31:23 with classroom supplies and gift cards to help support these
31:26 future educators with their teaching careers
31:28 first watch restaurants brevard schools foundation supply zone
31:33 ocean view internal medicine southern caramel gourmet handmade
31:38 caramel
31:39 samantha hunt at state farm insurance in melbourne
31:42 finally i’d like to thank the members of the professional
31:45 learning and development and recruitment and retention
31:48 teams right here at brevard public schools that were
31:50 instrumental in the development of this initiative miss lisa
31:53 stanley
31:57 miss susan kirk
32:00 and miss tori huss
32:03 now it’s my honor to recognize our graduates
32:09 brianna barbaro at university park elementary a gyo teacher
32:13 denise daniels at viera high school
32:24 a paraprofessional to teacher program recipient
32:31 molly howell at sea park elementary a teacher apprentice program
32:35 marina piette at ogalley high school teacher apprentice program
32:39 michael sabbia jupiter jupiter elementary
32:45 michael sabbia jupiter elementary gyo teacher
32:50 alicia snyder christina mcauliffe elementary gyo teacher
32:53 and britney vasik and britney vasik at james madison middle
33:01 teacher apprentice program
33:06 i’ll see you in the next one
33:08 board members dr rendell mr dufrayne and school leaders and
33:13 mentors who supported these
33:14 graduates throughout their journey thank you for your continued
33:17 commitment to the students and
33:18 staff of brevard public schools and to the graduates families
33:22 thank you for your sacrifice and
33:25 support to make their dreams a reality graduates thank you for
33:30 your dedication to serving all
33:32 students with excellence of the standard congratulations on this
33:36 outstanding achievement
33:46 and i’ll see you in the next few years
38:28 and please come to the podium for the recognition of the brevard
38:48 schools foundation 30th anniversary golf tournament sponsors
38:51 miss janice was also a school board chairperson
38:54 and well respected among our community
38:56 thank you mr james thank you mr chair
38:58 yes ma’am well good evening um superintendent randell
39:01 chair susan and board members
39:03 thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight
39:05 it’s our pleasure to join you
39:07 and celebrate a very special milestone
39:09 for brevard schools foundation
39:11 our 30th anniversary golf invitational
39:16 so this year was truly one for the record books
39:19 thanks to the incredible support of our community partners
39:22 some of whom you’re going to meet tonight
39:25 we raised more funds than ever
39:26 i think it was a hundred and seven thousand dollars
39:30 benefiting brevard students and teachers across brevard public
39:36 schools
39:36 i’m going to introduce nina moser to share a little bit more
39:41 information
39:42 that kind of success doesn’t happen by chance
39:46 it happens because of strong partnerships and generous sponsors
39:49 who believe in our mission and in the power of public education
39:54 tonight we are excited to recognize our top sponsors whose
39:57 leadership and commitment
39:58 help make this our most successful tournament yet
40:01 your support is making a real and lasting impact in our schools
40:05 we would like to invite dr rendell mr susan and school board
40:09 members to join us in recognition of each sponsor
40:12 to commemorate this special recognition
40:14 let’s go please come forward
40:15 our title sponsor and golf committee member with herd
40:21 construction andy day
40:27 our a sponsor with w and j construction mr rick cofer
40:42 our birdie sponsor with wharton smith matt passerella and kurt
40:59 vieira
40:59 our bloody mary sponsor with scorpio construction mr drew bodrick
41:21 and nathan turley
41:21 our lunch sponsor with hub international mr brent olsofsky
41:48 our breakfast sponsor with blue wave management mr ray flueger
42:15 our beverage cart sponsor with strategic services ben nelson
42:22 that’s been and yon our putting contest sponsor community credit
42:29 union clinton hatcher daniel kelly
42:29 heather hickman and michael barnhart
42:36 and michael barnhart
42:43 our putting contest sponsor community credit union clinton hatcher
42:50 our guest sponsor with wellbro corporation miss angela flueger
42:57 our guest sponsor with wellbro corporation miss angela flueger’s
43:02 and our official tournament photographer and golf committee
43:09 member with dean steward photography
43:09 the pin sponsor with Wellbro Corporation, Ms. Angela Fegers. And
43:16 our official tournament
43:27 photographer and golf committee member with Dean Stewart Photography,
43:31 Dean Stewart and Luke Stewart.
43:39 We are so grateful for your continued partnership, your
43:47 enthusiasm, and your investment in our
43:49 students. You are truly helping us create opportunities that
43:53 change lives. Thank you
43:55 again for helping us mark 30 years of impact and for being such
43:59 an important part of our success.
44:02 Thank you.
44:15 Our next recognition is to acknowledge the programs and teachers,
44:28 recognizing the
44:29 Florida Music Education Association. Please welcome Ms. Minnie
44:36 Orr, K-12 Music Content Specialist
44:36 to the podium to introduce our amazing honorees. Thank you.
44:42 All right.
44:44 Thank you, Mr. Susan, Dr. Rendell, members of the board, and
44:52 both our visiting audience and those at home.
44:56 You guys are down kind of early. That’s okay. Okay. All right.
45:03 No worries. On behalf of Ms. Tara Harris, Assistant
45:07 Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, and Ms. Molly Vega,
45:11 Director of Secondary Programs, I am pleased to present to you
45:14 the 2026 honorees who represent a history of excellence in Brevard
45:18 Public Schools.
45:19 The impact of music education on children’s lives cannot be
45:24 overstated. We are fortunate to provide music education for all
45:28 students, where they learn to become musically skilled and literate,
45:32 develop empathy, appreciate music in all its forms, and respect
45:36 the lifelong challenging process of learning an instrument or
45:40 learning to sing.
45:42 Becoming not just singers of songs or players of a tune, but
45:46 thoughtful, expressive musicians.
45:49 We are deeply grateful for the board’s continued support of
45:52 music for all students, and we honor our community for
45:56 continuing to value this investment.
45:59 This commitment to music education has recently been recognized
46:02 at the national level, as Brevard Public Schools was honored
46:06 with the Best Communities for Music Education Award from the
46:09 National Association of Music Merchants Foundation.
46:12 This distinction reflects the strength of our programs and the
46:16 breadth of opportunities available to students across our
46:20 district.
46:21 Earlier this month, at the All-County Jazz Concert, Ms. Katie
46:25 Campbell shared that we had recently watched the Artemis
46:28 astronauts.
46:30 They had a clear mission with a defined beginning and end, but
46:34 along the way, they faced unexpected challenges, solved problems
46:39 creatively, communicated with the audience back home,
46:43 experienced moments of incredible beauty, and navigated both the
46:46 exciting and difficult parts of the journey.
46:50 I appreciate that correlation, and I echo the sentiment as it
46:54 mirrors the experience of our music students, who through
46:57 rehearsal and performance, collaborate, communicate, and persevere
47:02 through exciting and challenging moments.
47:05 Thanks to our dedicated educators, these experiences come to
47:08 life, helping students feel valued, not just for their musical
47:12 abilities, but for who they are as individuals.
47:16 With that in mind, tonight, we recognize schools that continue
47:19 to offer programs that engage students in meaningful music
47:23 experiences and sustain strong participation in music education
47:28 across our district.
47:30 The Florida Music Education Association – I missed my two
47:33 minutes.
47:35 It’s back on.
47:36 Okay.
47:37 The Florida Music Education Association promotes quality,
47:40 comprehensive music education for all Florida students.
47:43 Accordingly, they annually recognize schools that serve a
47:46 significant percentage of students with music.
47:49 Dr. Rendell and Mr. Susan and all the board members, thank you
47:52 for joining us down here.
47:54 And we’re going to present the following awards to our honorees
47:58 who are with us today.
48:00 Receiving the 2026 FMEA Middle School Music Education Enrollment
48:05 Award for having 64% of their school population enrolled in a
48:09 music class.
48:10 Delora Middle School Principal Tina Susan.
48:13 Band Director, Bailey Hatzel.
48:14 Chorus Teacher, Callie Gleacher.
48:16 Orchestra Teacher, Amelia Lohman.
48:18 And String Specialist, Mariana Aguilera.
48:20 Receiving the 2026 FMEA Middle School Music Education Enrollment
48:39 Award for having 65% of their school population enrolled in a
48:44 music class.
48:45 Jefferson Middle School Principal Miratron.
48:47 Band Director Shane O’Leary, Chorus Teacher Lisa Hartley,
48:51 Orchestra
48:51 Teacher Bobbie Jo Butler, String Specialist Denny Miller.
49:17 Also receiving the 2026 FMEA Middle School Music Education Enrollment
49:24 Award for having
49:25 56% of the school population enrolled in a music class, Johnson
49:30 Middle School Principal
49:32 Marina Middleton, Band Director Mason Taylor, Chorus Director
49:37 Charlotte Walters, Orchestra
49:39 Director Aaron Dreyer, String Specialist Jackie Bishop, Paul
49:43 Jackson.
49:43 Receiving the 2026 FMEA Middle School Music Education Enrollment
49:54 Award for having 61% of their
49:58 middle school student population enrolled in a music class this
50:02 year.
50:02 Vieira Middle School Principal Catherine McNutt, Assistant
50:06 Principal Jennifer Hughes, Band Director
50:08 Caitlin Klingberg, Chorus Director Jacqueline Knappenberger,
50:12 Orchestra Director Marcy
50:13 Spur, String Specialist Dr. Thomas Silliman.
50:17 Receiving the 2026 FMEA Middle High School Music Education Enrollment
50:35 Award for having 32% of
50:37 their high school student body enrolled in a music class this
50:40 year.
50:41 It is Heritage High School who could not be with us tonight due
50:45 to open house.
50:46 So we have Principal Steven Link, Band Directors Colby Hollingsworth
50:50 and Megan Ramsey, Chorus
50:51 Director Jennifer Rock, Orchestra Director Sam Felber, and String
50:56 Specialist Nancy Jackson.
50:58 Receiving the 2026 FMEA High School Music Education Enrollment
51:07 Award for having 34% of their high school
51:10 student body enrolled in a music class this year.
51:12 String Director Satellite High School Principal Courtney Landy,
51:15 Assistant Principal Candace Della Rocco, Band
51:19 Director Joseph Laitis, Chorus Director Kevin Albright,
51:22 Orchestra Director Christopher Simons,
51:25 String Specialist Mariana Aguilera.
51:27 And finally receiving the 2026 FMEA Music Education Enrollment
51:37 Award for having 46% of the middle school
51:42 population enrolled in a music class and 33% of the high school
51:47 population enrolled in a school music class.
51:48 Edgewood Junior Senior High School Principal Jacqueline Ingrata,
51:54 Assistant Principal Jay Sopke, Band
51:57 Director Andy Kropp, Chorus Director Lisa Sinatra, Orchestra
52:01 Director Joseph Franco, String
52:03 Specialist Denny Miller.
52:33 Thank you.
53:33 I want to just take a few moments.
53:41 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
53:43 This is my jam.
53:44 I just told the chair, he said, this is my jam.
54:04 This is totally my jam.
54:05 Not only am I a musician, a former music teacher, but I am a
54:08 total music mom, all the things, right?
54:11 But I just have to say, I…
54:13 She also talks about you all the time to us.
54:16 I do.
54:16 Just so you know.
54:16 I do.
54:17 She is your biggest supporter.
54:19 Like, made sure you guys were taken care of during COVID, like
54:23 everything.
54:24 Ms. Campbell is the true supporter of you.
54:27 I had to give her that.
54:28 So it’s not just her saying it.
54:30 It’s true.
54:31 I just am so proud of the way Brevard does music.
54:35 And I have to tell you guys, first of all, we have a lot more
54:39 schools that have this award,
54:41 but it lasts for three years.
54:42 So these are just the ones who are rolling either onto it again
54:45 or for the first time for these three years.
54:47 So congratulations to if you’re a middle school.
54:49 This is only your, you know, you’re just getting started, right?
54:51 Only the second full year in existence.
54:53 So I want to say a couple of things.
54:56 First of all, other districts do arts differently, right?
55:00 Not just, they not do it as well as we do, but they do it
55:02 differently.
55:03 They have like fine arts academies.
55:05 And that’s amazing.
55:06 And I go to Allstate and I’ll see, you know, this fine arts
55:09 academy, that fine arts academy.
55:11 They’ll have a whole bunch of students.
55:12 And that’s one way to do it.
55:14 But I have to tell you guys, what that doesn’t allow is for
55:18 every single school to have a high quality program.
55:21 And so in those districts, the only kids who really get that
55:24 super high quality of music program
55:27 are the kids whose parents can get them there, who have the time,
55:29 the ability.
55:30 And so the fact that we can have band, orchestra, choir in every
55:34 secondary school,
55:35 it’s just not done that way.
55:37 And you guys need to know that.
55:39 And we need to continue to support it because when we have, when
55:42 we have All County in January
55:43 or when we have clinicians who come in for MPA, I hear them
55:46 again and again and again.
55:47 And let me, let me tell you, I know the difference between
55:49 someone who comes in and says,
55:51 oh, I love it when I come to Brevard, you’re so great.
55:52 And they say that to everybody.
55:54 I know the difference between when they say it here, because
55:56 when they say it here, they really mean it.
55:57 It’s just amazing.
55:58 They know they can walk into Brevard and they’re going to be
56:00 prepared with excellence because our teachers are so great.
56:03 But the other thing that I, so I, so please keep doing it that.
56:06 And I, Fine Arts Academy are great, but the way we do it where
56:08 every single kid and every single secondary school can have this
56:11 excellent program is just so amazing.
56:14 And, but I have to say there’s people who, who aren’t part of
56:18 this award, who really are part of this award.
56:21 And that is our elementary music teachers, because the secondary
56:25 programs are only as good as what’s being fed into them by our
56:28 amazing music teachers who are starting in kindergarten.
56:32 Some, some of them pre-K and they’re going all the way up
56:34 through sixth grade, the string specialists who start in
56:36 elementary school at fifth and sixth grade.
56:39 And then those, they transition those kids into middle school
56:41 and high school.
56:42 So that is also not something that’s done that way around the
56:45 state.
56:45 So I’m super proud.
56:46 I hope that tradition continues because our elementary school
56:49 teachers really are part of this award.
56:51 All the feet are changed.
56:52 They do an amazing job.
56:53 And our students have so many opportunities that other students
56:56 around the state just don’t get.
56:58 So I’m proud of you guys.
56:59 I’m proud to be here in Brevard.
57:00 I’m proud to have one more year after this as a band mom.
57:04 And, you know, and maybe, maybe I’ll just come to all county
57:07 concerts just for kicks and grins after that.
57:09 I don’t know.
57:09 You can hire me to be a pianist later.
57:11 I don’t know.
57:12 But we just, we just have it good.
57:16 And I just don’t, I want everybody, not just the board, but
57:18 everybody in the community to understand how good we have it.
57:21 And I hope it continues.
57:22 Thank you.
57:23 Okay, y’all can go now.
57:33 Thank you, everybody, for everything that you guys do.
57:36 We appreciate you.
57:37 I think we should name this night Katie Campbell night and have
57:40 her come back since this is it.
57:42 And she can give you all the awards next year.
57:44 You guys good for that?
57:44 Okay.
57:46 All right.
57:46 That’s good.
57:47 We hear it.
57:47 Good.
57:48 They like you.
57:48 They do.
57:49 Good job, Katie.
57:50 You’re amazing in that area.
58:03 The public comments portion of the meeting.
58:09 We have nine speakers and we’ll each receive three minutes.
58:13 Our attorney will call the speakers in the order which they
58:16 signed up to speak.
58:17 Mr. Gibbs, please call the first three speakers.
58:20 I’m sorry, Ms. Mary Jo.
58:22 Mary Jo, I’m going to change that.
58:24 Completely my fault.
58:25 Okay.
58:26 Thank you, Mary Jo.
58:27 Sorry.
58:34 Bill Perlman, Anthony Colucci, and Bernard Bryan.
58:41 He’s also on this one.
58:46 Okay.
58:50 Scratch him down.
58:50 That’s eight.
58:51 That means I didn’t.
58:52 Do you have the timer?
58:56 I do.
58:58 Oh, you know what?
58:59 I’m sorry.
58:59 Oh, wrong list.
59:01 Sorry.
59:01 Oh, sorry, Mr. Perlman.
59:03 We have another list.
59:03 He’s fine, though.
59:04 We apologize.
59:05 If you could sit down for a second.
59:06 He can go first on the next list.
59:06 Bill Perlman, Keith Schatger, and Amy Raub.
59:14 If you can kind of mention what you’re going to speak about
59:16 prior, that would be great.
59:17 Thank you.
59:18 Could you turn my mic on, please?
59:19 Yeah, in just a second.
59:20 I’ve got to get things set up.
59:21 We all good?
59:22 Good to go?
59:23 All right.
59:24 There you go.
59:27 Good evening, board.
59:27 Dr. Rendell.
59:28 I’m Bill Perlman.
59:29 Tonight, I’d like to address policy 6320, procurement and
59:34 contracting.
59:35 We pulled that.
59:36 Mr. Perlman, I apologize.
59:37 We pulled that off.
59:38 You did pull it probably seconds before this meeting.
59:41 I picked up an agenda outside today at 5 p.m., and it’s still on
59:45 there.
59:46 But fortunately for me, it’s also listed under F3.
59:49 It’s in the minutes from your work session from April 14th.
59:55 Okay, you can speak to me.
59:55 So I know that you tried really hard to shut me up.
59:58 No, no, no.
59:58 I haven’t got to start yet.
1:00:00 Go ahead.
1:00:00 Already, I’ve got half a minute gone.
1:00:01 Can we reset the clock, please?
1:00:03 No.
1:00:03 You go ahead.
1:00:04 A little grace, please.
1:00:05 Can you reset the clock?
1:00:06 No, we’re okay.
1:00:07 You interrupted me.
1:00:08 You stole my time.
1:00:09 Please, a little grace.
1:00:10 Ready?
1:00:11 No, sir.
1:00:12 Okay, I’m going to start it.
1:00:13 Reset the clock, please.
1:00:14 You interrupted me unnecessarily.
1:00:16 All right, I’m going.
1:00:17 You go.
1:00:18 Oh, wow.
1:00:18 So you’ve cut me 30 seconds off.
1:00:20 No, no, sir.
1:00:20 No, sir.
1:00:21 You pulled it at the last minute, but I do have comments related
1:00:27 to policy 6320.
1:00:29 You were going to change the $5,000 maximum limit that can be
1:00:35 spent without getting competitive
1:00:39 quotes, and you intended to replace that very simple, easy to
1:00:43 understand $5,000 limit with
1:00:47 something called the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which, by
1:00:51 the way, is 15,000 words, no kidding,
1:00:53 and 42 pages long, just an example of making things more
1:00:57 complicated than they need to be.
1:00:59 But instead of the $5,000 maximum, you wanted to use something
1:01:04 called the Federal Micro Purchase
1:01:06 threshold, which for most purchases would be $15,000.
1:01:10 So that means you would have allowed expenditures of up to $15,000
1:01:16 with no competitive bid.
1:01:18 So I’m glad you pulled it.
1:01:20 That, by the way, would have all been done with the
1:01:23 superintendent’s discretion.
1:01:25 So I think we should consider, thankfully it was pulled, but we
1:01:29 should consider that in
1:01:30 the face of an operational audit that was done by the state,
1:01:33 released in December, that showed
1:01:35 a number of concerning issues.
1:01:36 And notably, BPS did not release the findings of that unfavorable
1:01:40 audit.
1:01:41 So I would like to suggest that hiding an unflattering audit
1:01:45 causes the public to lose trust.
1:01:47 So some might even say it’s another example of how you, as Mr.
1:01:52 Trent put it, how you forking
1:01:54 hate transparency.
1:01:55 The reasoning you previously provided for that policy that this
1:02:00 is how other districts do it,
1:02:02 that’s really flawed reasoning because other districts didn’t
1:02:05 hire a superintendent that resigned
1:02:08 his previous job before being fired for, among other things,
1:02:12 fiscal mismanagement.
1:02:15 Let me emphasize we should be increasing controls, not
1:02:19 increasing spending thresholds.
1:02:21 A final concern about policy 6320, you intended to add language
1:02:26 that allows you to debar or suspend
1:02:28 any vendor that makes defamatory statements.
1:02:32 I’m really glad you chose not to do that.
1:02:34 I’m very concerned you might bring it up again.
1:02:36 Sorry you stole 30 seconds of mine.
1:02:39 I had other comments.
1:02:40 I’ll make them at the end of this meeting.
1:02:42 Thank you, Mr. Perlman.
1:02:44 Keith Schachner.
1:02:47 Just for point of clarification, we didn’t hide an audit and we
1:02:51 pulled the item and the school
1:02:53 board in itself did not promote those lengths or those limits.
1:02:58 So thank you.
1:02:59 Nor did we bring it forward.
1:03:00 That’s it.
1:03:02 There we go.
1:03:02 I promise I won’t be adversarial.
1:03:14 There you go.
1:03:16 My name is Keith Schachter and I’m choosing to speak on agenda
1:03:20 item number four, which is the
1:03:22 student expulsion process.
1:03:24 Taxpayers are upset about exorbitant legal bills.
1:03:29 I won’t get into the specifics, but we all know what they are.
1:03:32 Okay.
1:03:33 So as a concerned citizen, I want us to, as a board and school
1:03:39 district, to avoid future
1:03:41 legal bills based on inappropriate responses to public events.
1:03:46 Is legal bills on our thing?
1:03:48 But it has nothing to do with legal bills.
1:03:50 The student expulsion.
1:03:52 Am I permitted to speak?
1:03:53 There you go.
1:03:54 Thank you.
1:03:54 The student expulsion process protects a student’s right to due
1:04:00 process.
1:04:01 And that due process requires that all the people up on the
1:04:05 stage there follow certain
1:04:07 roles.
1:04:08 The school board members are elected officials and they’re
1:04:12 supposed to render judgment when
1:04:15 expulsion is recommended.
1:04:18 The superintendent and his staff is supposed to actually be the
1:04:21 ones that execute or enforce
1:04:23 the policy.
1:04:24 Uh, recently in the student walkout situation, uh, on school
1:04:29 board letter, on superintendent
1:04:32 letterhead, uh, Mr. Susan decided to write a letter to the
1:04:37 public in which he was, um, basically
1:04:41 saying that students are going to be disciplined if they partake
1:04:44 in that.
1:04:45 This is an, a pattern that needs to stop.
1:04:48 Um, similarly in the news media, Mr. Susan also, uh, threatened
1:04:53 disciplinary actions against
1:04:56 students, uh, if they were to do the walkout.
1:05:00 He also threatened in the news media, uh, during the Vieira hazing
1:05:05 incident, he spoke to, uh,
1:05:07 issues related to kids that were going to get expelled.
1:05:11 I stopped your time.
1:05:12 Go ahead.
1:05:12 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
1:05:18 This isn’t about, I understand that the speaker was talking
1:05:21 about the expulsion process, but
1:05:22 now we’re talking about other comments and this agenda item is
1:05:25 specifically the expulsion of
1:05:26 these students, which doesn’t have anything to do with the
1:05:28 speaker.
1:05:29 So I’m recommending this move to be moved to the non-agenda part
1:05:32 of that meeting.
1:05:32 Yep.
1:05:33 Okay.
1:05:34 If you can move to the non-agenda.
1:05:35 Thank you.
1:05:35 Who’s next?
1:05:39 Ms. Mary Jo.
1:05:40 Amy Raub.
1:05:41 And then you want me to read the.
1:05:50 Yeah.
1:05:50 And the next two will be Christine Cruz and Cecilia Trotter.
1:05:59 Hi, Amy Raub.
1:06:01 Um, before I get started, I just want to say with Katie loving
1:06:05 the music program with BPS.
1:06:08 Love that.
1:06:10 Too bad the rest of the board.
1:06:11 Can you, um, get to a topic here, Ms. Raub?
1:06:14 Thank you.
1:06:14 Appreciate you getting to a topic.
1:06:16 But anyway, back to what I was talking about.
1:06:17 Rendell, when you were, um, trying to triple your limit that you
1:06:22 can spend without Jean’s favorite
1:06:24 words from San Francisco, um, you wanted to triple it and then
1:06:28 it dropped to double it.
1:06:30 And now it’s off the agenda.
1:06:31 Why?
1:06:33 Why did you want to do that?
1:06:35 Um, I’ve got a few theories.
1:06:38 One of them involves Byron Donalds, who’s running to be our
1:06:43 governor.
1:06:44 There’s, uh, pictures of Megan, Jean, Matt, and Mark with him
1:06:48 all over the internet.
1:06:49 Ms. Raub, I’ve stopped your time for a second.
1:06:51 Listen, nobody’s taking it away.
1:06:52 Stop trying to silence the public.
1:06:54 Um, I need you to start speaking about.
1:06:59 I need you to start.
1:07:00 No, I mean, governors and everything else is not part of it.
1:07:03 So if you can’t control yourself, then we’ll ask you to speak
1:07:06 during your allotted time.
1:07:07 Okay.
1:07:08 Are you going to start talking to a topic?
1:07:11 Or do I need to make you?
1:07:14 I have been.
1:07:14 Are you going to be a listener?
1:07:15 No, you haven’t.
1:07:15 Actually, you have not.
1:07:16 Are you going to listen with your ears and eyes?
1:07:17 Should we just ask her to come back?
1:07:19 Turn the mic back on and give her a little more chance.
1:07:21 All right.
1:07:21 Is that a warning?
1:07:22 There you go.
1:07:22 Go ahead, Ms. Raub.
1:07:24 Okay, I believe in you.
1:07:26 You can listen this time.
1:07:27 Okay, Ms. Raub, get to the point.
1:07:28 Um, okay, so pictures of Megan, Jean, Matt, and Mark with Byron
1:07:33 Donalds all over the internet.
1:07:35 You can come back during non-agenda.
1:07:37 If you could just be patient, I would get to my point.
1:07:38 No, you’re not.
1:07:39 Go ahead and come back during non-agenda.
1:07:40 That’s non-agenda talking about governors.
1:07:42 Ms. Raub, I’m asking you to come to non-agenda, please.
1:07:47 Thank you.
1:07:47 Next up, Ms. Mary Jo, read the next person.
1:07:50 Christine Cruz.
1:07:52 Okay.
1:07:58 Tell me when I can speak.
1:08:02 Absolutely, Ms. Cruz.
1:08:03 Go ahead.
1:08:03 Hello, my name is Christine Cruz.
1:08:05 I reside in Rockledge in District 2.
1:08:07 My son was recently put into the Better Without It, um,
1:08:11 diversion program.
1:08:12 I’m going to show you the criteria that we were given.
1:08:15 We were only given this one-page paper on what the students are
1:08:18 to do.
1:08:19 I’ve asked for the curriculum under the Parents’ Bill of Rights,
1:08:21 and I have not received it.
1:08:23 In addition, my son has an IEP.
1:08:26 He has a disability, several, and he was put in the diversion
1:08:30 program because his MDR proved
1:08:32 that it was not from his disability, which we highly disagree
1:08:35 with.
1:08:35 My big problem with the Better Without It program and what you
1:08:39 guys are doing with-
1:08:40 Ma’am, hang on just a second.
1:08:41 Is Better Without It.
1:08:43 It’s part of the agenda, and I’ll read to you where it is.
1:08:46 Just hang on, hang on, hang on.
1:08:47 If you have an agenda item.
1:08:49 Yes.
1:08:50 It’s I-2, removal of out-of-school suspension, disciplinary
1:08:54 placement, which that’s what the
1:08:56 diversion program is.
1:08:57 Right, but if you can-
1:08:57 Okay.
1:08:58 Policy.
1:08:59 I may speak?
1:09:00 Yes, ma’am.
1:09:00 Go ahead.
1:09:01 The school’s district closed the ALCs in 2025, leaving parents
1:09:05 with very few options for code
1:09:07 of conduct, disciplinary issues with alcohol, drugs, such as
1:09:10 marijuana and vaping.
1:09:11 You are grouping all of these students in the Better Without It
1:09:15 program, regardless of the
1:09:16 infraction, alcohol, vaping, and marijuana, and you’re putting
1:09:20 elementary school students
1:09:22 in the program with high school students, which is highly
1:09:26 inappropriate and a serious safety
1:09:28 issue.
1:09:28 My son is a sixth grader.
1:09:30 The banding issue is disciplinary issues are banded in the code
1:09:34 of conduct from K through
1:09:36 six and seven through 12.
1:09:38 So it’s an unacceptable program to have all these kids grouped
1:09:41 together.
1:09:42 Now, there’s a PowerPoint presentation on the Brevard Public
1:09:45 School District for the Better
1:09:46 Without It program from 2023, 2022 to 2023.
1:09:51 And at that time, there were 11 elementary school students out
1:09:55 of 467 students that were
1:09:57 in violation of the drug policy of Brevard County School
1:10:00 District.
1:10:00 I have been told the reason that the Brevard Public School
1:10:03 District is grouping elementary school
1:10:05 students and seniors high school students together is because at
1:10:08 that time, they weren’t aware
1:10:10 they were going to have elementary school students.
1:10:12 2022, you guys were aware that there were elementary school
1:10:15 students that were possibly going to
1:10:16 be in the diversion program.
1:10:17 This is highly detrimental for children, developmentally, oops,
1:10:21 for younger children being with seniors or
1:10:24 high school students because they all have, they’re all
1:10:26 different, they’re all different,
1:10:28 different developmental eight stages.
1:10:31 So my son has a disability and I feel like you guys are
1:10:34 violating his rights under the IDEA.
1:10:36 I also feel like it’s a violation of a fair, appropriate
1:10:40 education under FARP.
1:10:41 So we’ve asked for him to be removed from the program and put
1:10:46 into a group with elementary school students
1:10:48 and they have yet to do it.
1:10:49 The district is paying approximately $150,000 per the PowerPoint
1:10:55 presentation and I think you guys
1:10:57 saved a lot of money by saving, closing the ALCs, but you’ve
1:11:00 made the Code of Conduct disciplinary
1:11:03 contract in your favor.
1:11:04 So if my son gets a level one infraction, two level one infractions
1:11:08 as a child with a disability,
1:11:09 he’s expelled from school without the right to a hearing in
1:11:12 front of the Board of Education.
1:11:14 How is that fair for any parent with a child with a disability?
1:11:18 Thank you.
1:11:19 Thank you, ma’am.
1:11:20 Cecilia Trotter.
1:11:22 I’m going to go ahead and read the next couple too.
1:11:28 Oh, she’s the last one.
1:11:29 Okay.
1:11:30 Good evening, Dr. Rendell and school board members.
1:11:34 My name is Cecilia Trotter, District 5.
1:11:37 Tonight I’m speaking on Agenda F 23, 24, and 25.
1:11:42 We’re providing the gym acoustical panel projects at the Laura
1:11:46 Middle, Southwest Middle, and O’Galley
1:11:48 High School.
1:11:50 Together these projects total nearly $750,000.
1:11:55 While facility improvements have value, this level of spending
1:11:59 is hard to justify when our
1:12:01 district is simultaneously cutting reading coaches or forcing
1:12:05 them to split between schools, closing
1:12:07 Cape View Elementary, and facing declining enrollment across Brevard
1:12:14 Public Schools.
1:12:16 Families and educators are being told that our resources are
1:12:19 tight, yet large capital projects
1:12:21 continue to move forward without a clear explanation of why they
1:12:26 take priority over direct instructional
1:12:30 support.
1:12:32 At a time when students are losing essential reading
1:12:35 intervention and schools are being consolidated,
1:12:39 spending three quarters of a million dollars on gym acoustics
1:12:42 does not reflect the urgency
1:12:44 of our academic needs.
1:12:47 I urge the Board to reconsider these expenditures and realign
1:12:50 our priorities with what most directly
1:12:53 supports students and restores public trust.
1:12:57 Thank you.
1:13:02 Mr. Trotter.
1:13:03 Is that it?
1:13:04 That’s it.
1:13:05 We good?
1:13:06 Okay.
1:13:07 There should be one more.
1:13:08 For agenda?
1:13:09 I’m not sure.
1:13:10 But my handwriting is garbage, so that’s probably on me.
1:13:11 We’ll just do non-agenda.
1:13:12 Do you have an agenda?
1:13:13 Okay.
1:13:14 Do you have anything?
1:13:15 That’s fine.
1:13:16 All right.
1:13:17 That concludes agenda items, only public comments.
1:13:31 We thank you for taking time out of your schedule to address the
1:13:34 Board with your concerns, and I
1:13:35 would remind the public that the Board is accessible for further
1:13:37 conversations outside a business
1:13:39 meeting through our regular scheduled meeting.
1:13:41 We are now on to the consent agenda.
1:13:43 Dr. Rendell.
1:13:44 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
1:13:45 There are 32 items on the agenda under this category.
1:13:48 Thank you, Dr. Rendell.
1:13:49 Does anybody want to pull any of these items?
1:13:52 Hearing none, I will entertain a motion to accept the consent
1:13:55 items on today’s agenda.
1:13:57 Move to approve, I heard you say.
1:14:00 Here, let me turn all these back on.
1:14:02 Sorry.
1:14:03 All right.
1:14:04 Gene had a move to approve in a second.
1:14:07 Okay.
1:14:08 Any discussion?
1:14:09 Yeah.
1:14:10 Okay.
1:14:11 Yeah.
1:14:12 Just real quickly.
1:14:13 I’d just like the superintendent, if he can explain the
1:14:17 justification for F23, 24, and
1:14:19 25, just for the public’s edification.
1:14:23 It’s the acoustics.
1:14:24 It was just brought up a public comment.
1:14:24 It would be appropriate for him to be able to share with him why
1:14:28 we’re moving forward.
1:14:38 These are part of the identified capital plan.
1:14:42 We do this capital plan five years out.
1:14:45 We constantly upgrade our facilities.
1:14:48 These are normal upgrades to our facilities.
1:14:51 Capital money can only be used on capital projects.
1:14:53 So the speaker mentioned other things that they could use the
1:14:57 money for, not capital money.
1:14:58 We could only use them for these types of things.
1:15:00 Right.
1:15:01 Plus, I’d like to add to the tail end of that, just so everybody
1:15:03 understands.
1:15:04 We approved this as a board, I think about six months ago, as
1:15:08 part of the package that she brought forward.
1:15:10 I checked on it with Miss Hand to make sure.
1:15:13 But yeah, no, we already approved it.
1:15:15 It’s part of the capital projects.
1:15:16 It’s not to be used with the general revenue for the other
1:15:19 things the speaker talked about.
1:15:20 Yep.
1:15:22 And just to clarify, I didn’t have a problem with it.
1:15:23 I just thought that.
1:15:24 Yeah.
1:15:25 No, I appreciate you.
1:15:26 Good to clarify.
1:15:27 Well, I was going to bring that up too, because one of the
1:15:29 things that we need to recognize,
1:15:31 and I understand some people, education finance is complicated
1:15:34 and most people don’t understand it.
1:15:36 And the difference between capital in general.
1:15:38 So the sales or tax in particular, and any other capital funding
1:15:41 that we get having to be spent on buildings,
1:15:44 that’s what it has to be spent on.
1:15:46 And thank you, Dr. Randolph, for clarifying.
1:15:48 But I want to talk about this particular project.
1:15:50 A project can be a safety issue.
1:15:52 I don’t know if any of your buildings, your schools that you
1:15:54 guys have been into have been like this,
1:15:55 but I’ve walked into some that the panels are literally about to
1:15:58 fall off the wall,
1:15:59 and we’ve got student safety issues.
1:16:01 And just to clarify, it’s called acoustical paneling, but it’s
1:16:04 not about making the gym sound good.
1:16:06 We, we use those gyms for multiple events.
1:16:09 We use them for, most of the time for, what’s the word I’m
1:16:14 looking for?
1:16:15 When we all get together.
1:16:17 We all have assemblies.
1:16:18 Assemblies.
1:16:19 Thank you.
1:16:20 Sorry.
1:16:21 My brain’s all, I need more coffee.
1:16:22 For assemblies, some schools use their gyms for concerts.
1:16:25 And so it is capital and it’s, I don’t have a problem supporting
1:16:29 it because, like I said, Dr. Rendell mentioned,
1:16:32 when we do our needs assessment, we go around and the schools
1:16:34 that are literally about to fail,
1:16:36 things are about to fall apart.
1:16:37 We’re, we’re, we’re fixing those and they need to be fixed for
1:16:40 the safety of our students and to make their overall experience
1:16:44 a good one.
1:16:44 And if anybody’s ever been in O’Galley’s gym, you’d understand
1:16:48 that since I was a teacher there, it’s been needed.
1:16:49 So thank you guys.
1:16:50 Appreciate that.
1:16:51 Anybody else?
1:16:52 We’re all good.
1:16:53 Okay.
1:16:54 Uh, Mary Jo.
1:16:55 Roll call, please.
1:16:56 Mr. Trent.
1:16:57 Aye.
1:16:58 Ms. Wright.
1:16:59 Aye.
1:17:00 Mr. Susan.
1:17:01 Aye.
1:17:02 Ms. Campbell.
1:17:03 Aye.
1:17:04 Mr. Thomas.
1:17:05 Aye.
1:17:06 Mr. Thomas.
1:17:07 Aye.
1:17:08 Okay.
1:17:09 The public hearing is now open to public comments.
1:17:12 We will, in accordance with Florida law, accept speakers for the
1:17:15 textbook adoption, K-6 music,
1:17:17 7-12 theater, 7-12 world languages, 9-12 career in technical
1:17:21 education, and 9-12,
1:17:22 education and 9 through 12 hope and personal fitness is there
1:17:25 anyone present who wishes to
1:17:27 address this item is there anyone present who wishes to address
1:17:31 this item do i hear a motion
1:17:33 any discussion mary joe roll call please mr trent you said i no
1:17:41 i’m sorry miss wright
1:17:44 mr susan hi miss campbell mr thomas hi we’ll move to the
1:17:49 information agenda which includes
1:17:51 an item for board review and may be brought back for action at a
1:17:54 subsequent meeting no action will
1:17:56 be taken at this time there are two items under this category
1:17:58 does any board member wish to discuss
1:18:00 these items okay we are now on to board member recognitions
1:18:03 reports and discussion points does
1:18:06 anybody does anybody wish to speak this is you know who wants to
1:18:09 go first miss wright you want to go
1:18:11 first tonight okay i mean i’m ready ms campbell ms campbell
1:18:15 always goes first thank you always
1:18:17 we have two tonight but one’s long okay uh was so happy uh i get
1:18:22 to participate in the judging of
1:18:24 the senior projects for edward and west shore junior senior
1:18:28 highs uh they have such amazing projects i
1:18:30 just have to um i’m going to mention one particular name because
1:18:34 she’s come and spoken to us before i
1:18:36 think it was back earlier in the year and we’re talking about
1:18:38 laptops and ipads her name is uh
1:18:39 twisha vodhacharya and she she presented research that had to do
1:18:44 with you know dna of leukemia cells
1:18:48 and and like this mathematical computation model and that
1:18:52 literally is going to be used by a professor
1:18:55 at uf and she’s going to get credited in the research and so it
1:18:59 was just one and she was the first one of
1:19:01 the day so it just these students do amazing work they give us
1:19:04 hope for the future and it was it was just
1:19:06 awesome to be a part and i know several of us got to be a part
1:19:09 of that as well but i just wanted to
1:19:11 give a shout out to edgewood and west shore for inviting us to
1:19:14 get to see these students and their
1:19:15 great work okay board last meeting at our workshop we had the
1:19:20 robotics teams come and give a demonstration
1:19:23 and uh they sent us a video link so that we could watch the
1:19:26 competition and i intended to just get
1:19:28 on there for a little bit and watch part of it but it was so
1:19:31 fascinating ended up watching the whole
1:19:32 entire uh from the final rounds all the way to the end so i
1:19:35 wanted to give you a report for the first
1:19:38 robotics competition of in tallahassee the tallahassee regional
1:19:42 these uh we had four teams make it to
1:19:44 the final alliances which is and so that was horsepower from the
1:19:48 merritt island schools pink team from
1:19:50 the rockledge area schools voltage from the melbourne area
1:19:53 schools and combat from the titusville area
1:19:56 schools and i’m saying area because each team was a combination
1:19:59 and they worked together and i don’t have
1:20:01 all the schools written down but they those four teams made it
1:20:03 to the final alliances um combat
1:20:05 was a regional finalist voltage uh won the impact award for the
1:20:12 video they put together and all the
1:20:14 materials they have to do it’s not just about building the robot
1:20:17 they pretty much have a they have to do their
1:20:19 own marketing plans and finding sponsorships and things like
1:20:23 that and because of their impact award they
1:20:25 actually get to advance to the world uh level competition which
1:20:29 is uh upcoming up this next
1:20:31 month uh the wingspan team from the vera area won the
1:20:35 sustainability award uh the pink team won the
1:20:38 quality award and they also advanced to worlds because of their
1:20:41 standing in that tournament
1:20:43 horsepower won the team spirit award and then hasini s from the
1:20:47 pink team as an individual student won the
1:20:50 first leadership award and so they were very well represented
1:20:55 and we’re super excited to see how the
1:20:57 pink team and uh voltage end up doing at the next level that’s
1:21:03 incredible so basically we were the best
1:21:06 school district there that’s all it needs to be said we were we
1:21:08 were definitely as far as i could tell
1:21:10 what you what are the uh the only school districts that have
1:21:12 that many high level teams and bring back the
1:21:14 hardware anybody else i’ll go mr thomas so you know every uh
1:21:18 meeting i try to recognize one of my schools
1:21:20 but tonight i’d like to recognize somebody who kind of flies
1:21:23 under the radar
1:21:24 a lot of the success we’ve had academically as a district
1:21:27 is because of this person she’d be the first person to
1:21:32 say it’s because of her team but i will tell you that the team
1:21:37 only follows the direction of the leader
1:21:39 and that’s miss tara harris our assistant superintendent of
1:21:42 curriculum of curriculum and instruction
1:21:44 for those of you who don’t know she drives our strategy she
1:21:51 oversees all the curriculum
1:21:53 she helps the principals i mean all of a lot of our academic
1:21:56 success
1:21:56 gets traced right back to her and i know she’s not happy with
1:21:59 our success she’s not gonna be happy until
1:22:01 we’ve blown off the roof on all of our test scores but we’ve
1:22:04 made a lot of progress and i just wanted
1:22:06 to say thank you for all you do and all your team does so thank
1:22:09 you thank you miss harris okay mr gene
1:22:12 all right i have a little bit more to go here so uh i’ll start
1:22:19 out um congratulating uh principal
1:22:22 tim powers coach brian johnson over coco beach uh high school
1:22:26 with their victory and the uh regional
1:22:30 baseball game uh it was at home game and they beat i believe it
1:22:33 was wakeland or we beat them so i don’t
1:22:37 have to remember their name too much but it was a very good game
1:22:40 it was six nothing in the six i think
1:22:41 we wound up winning six two but now they’re on to the semi-finals
1:22:45 um of the regionals it is now a
1:22:47 three-game series and they have to travel to lakeland uh so this
1:22:51 will also be a little pitch that if uh
1:22:53 you feel so inclined to uh donate some money to uh coco beach
1:22:56 high school to help those kids get over
1:22:58 there and get some uh refreshments and things uh that was
1:23:01 requested online so i said i would repeat
1:23:03 it here but i believe it was six or seven years ago since the
1:23:06 last time they got this far uh the uh the
1:23:09 turnaround that that team has made under coach brian johnson
1:23:13 super or uh he’s got a world series ring if
1:23:15 you guys did not know that for the boston red sox wow but uh
1:23:19 there the place was packed and it was a
1:23:22 good sportsmanship on the other side they all applauded the coco
1:23:25 beach players once they got done
1:23:27 with the game even though they they just lost and traveled all
1:23:30 the way here so it’s it’s really good
1:23:31 to see that um let’s see something else it’s not really in the
1:23:35 schools i mean if you looked if you’re
1:23:38 online at all you see every elementary school uh middle school
1:23:41 high school their calendars are packed
1:23:44 they’re doing something almost every single night and um in
1:23:48 between all this recognition shout out to
1:23:50 uh the teachers we’ve got what less than 20 days left uh keep
1:23:54 your head up get some sleep i mean the
1:23:57 testing is going i was talking to a couple testing coordinators
1:24:00 this week and it is uh it’s go time
1:24:02 for them so uh really excited for the finish but there’s
1:24:05 something that’s not necessarily on our on
1:24:08 our radar is the uh i attended the ribbon cutting for the
1:24:11 veterans memorial amphitheater
1:24:12 in merritt island uh from what i what i hear this is a 10 year
1:24:17 project from thinking to execution to
1:24:19 having it uh come to fruition and it’s a beautiful facility
1:24:22 there so i think that was a uh a joint
1:24:26 project between the merritt island redevelopments uh agency and
1:24:29 the partnership with uh the brevard county
1:24:32 parks and recs department it’s a beautiful facility it was
1:24:36 originally slated to have 500 homes there
1:24:39 and they uh and they saved it and made a park out of it so it’s
1:24:42 beautiful you’re going to be hearing
1:24:44 and seeing things uh uh there throughout the summer concerts uh
1:24:49 events so please uh it’s it’s over there
1:24:52 at 400 south uh skies creek parkway behind the um it’s called
1:24:56 the museum the military museum uh it’s right
1:25:00 back there so uh also uh mr derrick reed math teacher at kennedy
1:25:06 middle school what an exciting classroom he
1:25:10 has and he was featured on spectrum news as someone you you
1:25:14 should know and uh he did not play it up to the
1:25:17 the cameras i’ve been in his classroom before and that’s exactly
1:25:20 how he holds every single class so
1:25:23 uh thank you uh mr reed for your enthusiasm and um your your
1:25:29 your knowledge that you give to these
1:25:31 children and and the hope that they can as a math teacher myself
1:25:34 you just have to instill that hope that
1:25:36 students can achieve and then they will do so a lot of good
1:25:40 going on over at uh kennedy middle and then
1:25:43 save the best for last officer congrats to officer chris hadaway
1:25:48 for me and named the florida school
1:25:50 related employee of the year what an amazing amazing day uh we
1:25:54 were over there and uh you know awarded him
1:25:58 the award took the pictures he was excited our schools are
1:26:01 stronger because of leaders like
1:26:04 officer chris hadaway the school board is incredibly proud to
1:26:08 see his work recognized
1:26:09 at the highest level in our state he uh exemplifies all we would
1:26:15 think of as a
1:26:16 as a mentor and a leader in that position so uh chris uh
1:26:21 congratulations you deserve it
1:26:23 and um you know it could have went to any of the finalists but
1:26:26 we’re happy to have it here in brevard
1:26:28 thank you
1:26:29 mr trent just so you know i tried to look up to donate while you
1:26:36 were talking and i couldn’t find
1:26:37 it so if you find it and you text me i’ll donate already all
1:26:40 right all right all right thank you mr
1:26:42 right all right uh i want to give a shout out and a thank you to
1:26:46 congressman herodopoulos he
1:26:48 took the opportunity to invite our school board to his
1:26:50 congressional art competition to be a judge
1:26:53 i’m not exactly sure how i i drew the uh stick there to be the
1:26:56 judge because i don’t believe
1:26:57 that i’m qualified to but uh it was an amazing opportunity to go
1:27:00 down and see some artwork that
1:27:02 our youth has provided and just want to thank him for that
1:27:04 opportunity thoroughly enjoyed looking at
1:27:06 all the amazing artwork that our kids are doing um also want to
1:27:09 give a shout out and a thank you to
1:27:11 some of our good partners with brevard uh fire rescue we were
1:27:14 invited to attend the award ceremony
1:27:16 several of the elected officials in brevard attended that mr trent
1:27:19 you were there with us as well
1:27:20 um just want to thank them for their you know unwavering
1:27:23 dedication to our community for being
1:27:25 brave for jumping into just some of the worst case scenarios and
1:27:28 and being truly heroes they are a good
1:27:31 partner for us and we appreciate them and love them and we’ll
1:27:33 support them however we possibly can so
1:27:35 thank you for always including us to be a part of those award
1:27:38 ceremonies so we can cheer them on
1:27:39 as their their brave individuals get their awards i am also want
1:27:43 to give a shout out which i’m sure
1:27:45 you’re going to talk about this i would imagine but the enlistment
1:27:48 ceremony that took place
1:27:49 um that you know mr susan i will say the first year that you
1:27:52 have this this idea i thought wow i’m not
1:27:55 really sure how that’s going to go if i’m going to be quite
1:27:57 honest but you know two years in a row now
1:28:00 i am humbled i am just absolutely blown away by the bravery of
1:28:04 these young men and women who are standing up there
1:28:06 willing to defend our country and and i just want to thank each
1:28:09 one of them and their families that
1:28:10 came out to support that there’s moving moments and when you
1:28:13 watch those kids and i say kids because
1:28:15 they are walk across the stage you can’t help but to as a parent
1:28:19 visualize it that could be my child
1:28:21 that could be you know that’s somebody’s child so it’s just it’s
1:28:23 a very moving moment and there’s
1:28:25 times where you’re going oh my goodness um but thank you to
1:28:27 those brave individuals that are willing to
1:28:29 make that sacrifice for our country and my last one is going to
1:28:32 go to the titusville city council so
1:28:35 every year they have a student award ceremony in titusville and
1:28:38 they invite all the schools in the
1:28:40 north end to come and be a part of this it is an amazing event
1:28:44 that is crowded and packed i mean
1:28:46 they did 250 plus awards in a record amount of time less than an
1:28:50 hour but it’s a great moment for
1:28:52 students to be recognized that maybe it doesn’t necessarily have
1:28:55 to be tied to academics it could be
1:28:56 something that their teacher or their principal has seen in them
1:28:59 and they want to acknowledge them so
1:29:01 a lot of times our awards are tied to how well they’re doing
1:29:04 academically or a sport or things
1:29:06 of that nature this is an award opportunity that is a little bit
1:29:09 different but it’s very unique and
1:29:11 it’s a one night that we all come together and we celebrate and
1:29:14 um it just cheer on kids and so i just
1:29:16 thank them for putting that that award ceremony on it’s gone on
1:29:18 for over 30 years it’s an honor and a
1:29:20 privilege to be a part of it and it’s a great way to recognize
1:29:23 some students that are doing exceptional
1:29:25 things and that is all that i have oh well i mentioned it
1:29:30 earlier so so what’s the update
1:29:31 yeah they’re not winning right now but what’s the score i did
1:29:36 get an update i don’t know it’s not
1:29:38 right now all right i know we have space coast flag football so
1:29:41 i i talked about it earlier i’ll talk
1:29:42 about it again but our girls are um from space coast are
1:29:46 traveling right now and they are playing and
1:29:49 they’re playing their hearts out i got a couple parents that are
1:29:51 texting me they’re not doing so great
1:29:52 right this minute but i believe in them and they we might be a
1:29:55 second quarter kind of team so we’re
1:29:56 cheering them on here from from brevard and hoping that they’ll
1:30:00 pull a uh win out so they’re not doing
1:30:01 the greatest right this minute but stay tuned hey that’s what
1:30:05 they’re all about they’re doing better
1:30:08 than any other team to even get there right for brevard county
1:30:10 so there’s that so let’s not take that
1:30:11 away from them and i would argue and it might be something we
1:30:14 might want to check but our um female
1:30:17 participation in sports has risen so much between wrestling
1:30:21 between flag football between volleyball
1:30:23 between track it has been incredible what kevin robinson and our
1:30:27 schools and our principals and
1:30:28 our staff have been able to pull off um and it kind of segues
1:30:32 right into mine which is we just recently
1:30:34 had the elementary school sports we had a couple of uh many
1:30:38 championships so we had the first one was that
1:30:41 the city of melbourne had a track championship where elementary
1:30:44 schools from around the county went in
1:30:46 and participated and it was some of the most incredible things
1:30:49 you’ve ever seen where you have
1:30:50 all of these little kids trying to sprint out and win their
1:30:53 races and everything else it was the coolest
1:30:54 thing but remember these are getting kids ready for those sports
1:30:59 in the forward so now kids when
1:31:01 they go to middle school it won’t be so foreign to try to run
1:31:04 track they’ll feel like they’ve actually
1:31:05 been a part of a track meet so they will be more to participate
1:31:09 in those um we had a mini basketball
1:31:11 one that went off with the elementary school sports and then i
1:31:13 did want to talk about the golf one
1:31:15 because it was incredible we had parents who were caddying their
1:31:20 kids playing for the championship and
1:31:23 they were going around and they had a leaderboard out at viera
1:31:26 east viera east gets a big shout out for
1:31:29 doing what they did they covered the entire thing there were
1:31:32 trophies given out and these kids
1:31:34 legitimately in elementary school and middle school were
1:31:37 actually playing for the championship and
1:31:39 they gave out awards at the end it was incredible and just to
1:31:42 see i had so many parents come and say
1:31:44 this is amazing thank you so much for giving the elementary
1:31:47 school sports we we’ve heard about
1:31:49 all the other things that we’re doing between basketball between
1:31:52 all of the rest of them that
1:31:53 we’ve put in flag football and the rest and we’ve actually done
1:31:56 a great job so that’s that’s huge
1:31:58 and i did want to tell you that we do have one more event and
1:32:01 this might be the coolest one
1:32:03 because it has kids that are like sort of in elementary school
1:32:07 it’s the preschool mini olympics
1:32:09 all right so there’s it’s going to be the cutest thing in the
1:32:14 world so what we’re doing is um coach
1:32:16 reed is going to host them it’s going to be in line with many of
1:32:19 the things that we’re doing for
1:32:21 the presidential youth physical fitness and we’re going to see
1:32:24 those little kids compete so there’s
1:32:25 going to be awards and everything and if you’ve never met coach
1:32:28 reed he’s um a giant man that is so
1:32:31 much energy and he is so amazing he does so many great things he’s
1:32:34 like one of the most positive
1:32:36 people i’ve ever dealt with and he’s going to host them so as
1:32:38 soon as i get that date i’m sorry i
1:32:39 didn’t have that you guys got to come because it’s going to be
1:32:42 at the viera high school gym and i think
1:32:44 that we were almost going to cry at some of the stuff that goes
1:32:46 on um all right enlistment ceremony
1:32:50 all the cahoots you know that was originally came out of the ecac
1:32:55 committee a lot of a lot of credit
1:32:57 goes to those we have two star generals we have all kinds of
1:33:01 participation inside that committee that
1:33:03 comes up with things that can honor not only our rotc programs
1:33:07 and other things and it is probably the
1:33:10 toughest group to try to manage because you have elected
1:33:13 officials and you have military type a
1:33:16 personalities and the person that runs the entire thing is miss
1:33:19 yvette cruz because she runs a tight
1:33:21 ship and she yells at us all and gets us all in line and does a
1:33:25 great job and if anybody was a part
1:33:26 of that they realized that how good of a job she did and big
1:33:30 shout out to you miss cruz for everything
1:33:32 that you’ve done and i’d like to sort of announce it now even
1:33:35 though it’s not going to become official
1:33:37 until august but we are going to name our stem labs inside of
1:33:41 our elementary schools after astronauts
1:33:45 and so there’s a this the astronaut memorial foundation along
1:33:50 with um lockheed martin and
1:33:52 some of the other partners are all going to come together and we’re
1:33:54 going to try to put together a
1:33:55 naming of each one of our stem labs by one of those those uh
1:33:59 astronauts which is going to be really cool
1:34:02 and they’re already finding out who lives locally who lives in
1:34:04 the state who’s going to come and
1:34:05 everything else so really cool stuff but i’ll let you guys know
1:34:08 about the mini olympics when they come
1:34:10 and that’s what i got dr indell thank you mr chair i have a
1:34:14 couple uh recognitions and thank yous i
1:34:17 want to point out so i want to thank the military officers
1:34:20 association of cape canaveral moac is
1:34:23 is the acronym they go by it’s a bunch of retired military
1:34:26 personnel and they do a lot to support our
1:34:28 jrtc programs and our programs in general i’m don weaver and the
1:34:31 good deeds foundation they do a lot
1:34:34 recently they had a luncheon where they honor all of our high
1:34:38 school jrtc units and they select one
1:34:41 high school jrtc unit to be the unit winner you know the
1:34:45 championship unit or the top rated unit out of
1:34:47 brevard county public school jrtc units and i want to
1:34:51 congratulate sergeant major de young and his team
1:34:55 down at palm bay magnet senior high school they won the award as
1:34:58 the most outstanding rrtc unit in the
1:35:01 in the area they are also the national champion marksmanship
1:35:04 team and that kind of thing so great
1:35:06 program down there marine program at palm bay but i want to
1:35:10 thank moac for for supporting the high
1:35:13 school jrtc programs and giving them that award this coming
1:35:17 month the moac luncheon will feature all of
1:35:20 our soon to be graduates who have received appointments or rotc
1:35:24 scholarships so that’s another great luncheon and
1:35:26 i want to thank them in advance for recognizing these young
1:35:29 people and then the last thing is last friday
1:35:31 i was able to go to india atlantic elementary school to honor
1:35:35 their second grade class their second grade cohort
1:35:38 because they won the superintendent’s reading challenge so this
1:35:42 is a district-wide reading
1:35:44 challenge for all 56 schools that have second grade so 56
1:35:48 elementary schools with second grade
1:35:50 and the second grade cohort second grade class at india atlantic
1:35:55 read the most hours during the
1:35:57 superintendent’s reading challenge they read over 70 000 minutes
1:36:02 during the challenge it’s quite an
1:36:04 accomplishment india atlantic actually won this award last year
1:36:08 so their current third graders won it last
1:36:11 year as second graders so the challenge to the india atlantic
1:36:14 first graders this year is can you make
1:36:16 it a three-peat and win the superintendent’s reading challenge
1:36:19 next year but it was a lot of fun a lot of
1:36:22 support over there we had a big ceremony a lot of parents out
1:36:25 there to recognize the hard work of
1:36:27 their kids so congratulations to the second grade class at india
1:36:30 atlantic for being the champions of the
1:36:33 superintendent’s reading challenge and that’s it anybody else do
1:36:38 you gotta with that we’re gonna adjourn
1:36:42 whatever you know what i mean um
1:37:03 you
1:37:33 Thank you.