Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
0:00 Thank you.
5:59 I just want to address something because over the last several
6:02 months, our public comment
6:03 time has just gotten, if I could be the most generous, I think
6:06 people are not understanding
6:08 our policy.
6:08 So I thought for the board, it’s always good for us to refresh
6:12 and for the public to understand.
6:15 So I pulled up, I just, I just, I pulled up policy 0-1, I’m not
6:18 leaving out anything that’s
6:20 I’m not leaving out anything that’s relevant to the, to what we
6:24 need to talk about today,
6:25 and people can certainly go look at themselves, but just for a
6:29 refresher, here is, here are
6:31 the relevant parts of the policy.
6:32 The board recognizes the value to school governance of public
6:35 comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing
6:38 members of the public to express themselves on school matters of
6:41 community interest.
6:42 Members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to
6:45 be heard on a proposition before the board for purposes of the
6:49 policy.
6:49 And by the way, this policy is in line with state statute.
6:52 A proposition is an item before the board for a vote and
6:55 includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all items on the
6:59 agenda noted as unfinished business, consent, and non-consent.
7:03 We should probably add action because that’s how we label it,
7:06 but action would be included under that as well.
7:09 A proposition may also include a vote on a motion to rescind or
7:12 to amend action previously taken, but does not generally include
7:15 items on the special order agenda.
7:18 This policy does not prohibit the board from maintaining orderly
7:21 conduct or proper decorum in a public meeting.
7:23 The opportunity to be heard is subject to policies adopted by
7:27 the board as follows, and then it talks about the time limits,
7:30 and so I’m going to skip over that part because everybody can
7:33 read that outside.
7:34 The presiding officer of each board meeting at which public
7:37 participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the
7:40 board for its conduct.
7:41 The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules.
7:44 I’m going to read the relevant parts.
7:46 And I think that’s sometimes confusing, because other boards
7:49 that I’ve seen and councils around the county and I’m going to
7:51 read that as well.
7:52 I’m going to read that as well, I’m going to read that as well.
7:54 I’m going to read that as well.
12:52 In the past, the student code of conduct has been in information.
12:58 That is coming up for a vote.
12:59 Those are items we’ve said yes.
13:01 If it’s information, we’re going to be voting on it later.
13:03 You can speak about it as agenda items.
13:05 It also mentions proclamations.
13:08 Those aren’t propositions before the board.
13:11 I think we need to be consistent with our policy and just have
13:14 that clear expectation.
13:15 It would probably be a good idea to share a shortened form of
13:18 this at our next evening meeting
13:20 because we do have usually a few more people who show up for
13:23 that.
13:23 It’s getting out of hand.
13:26 Here’s the truth.
13:28 We don’t have to hear public comment on anything else but that.
13:33 This board has continued to say we want to hear you, but we’re
13:38 going to do it once we take care of business.
13:40 We’re going to hear you on the things we’re going to vote on.
13:42 We’re going to vote on them.
13:43 At the end of the meeting, as long as it’s relevant to the
13:45 school board and you’re not talking about somebody’s haircut or
13:49 whatever,
13:49 if it’s under the jurisdiction of the school board, we will hear
13:52 you.
13:52 We will hear all of you.
13:53 We will hear you for the full three minutes apiece.
13:56 Everybody gets at least two bites at the apple.
13:58 If we have policies, you get more.
14:00 To say that we’re not willing to hear people is untrue.
14:04 But I just wanted to clarify that so that as we move forward
14:08 that the expectation is clear.
14:10 And I know people can do it because they do it successfully
14:12 every meeting.
14:13 People are able to form their thoughts and adapt it to what’s
14:17 actually being voted on.
14:19 And if it can be successfully done by just swarms of people, I
14:23 know that everybody can do it.
14:24 So thank you for giving me that time, Mr. Chair.
14:26 I appreciate it.
14:27 Thank you for the clarification, Ms. Campbell.
14:30 I would like to take this opportunity to remind the public that
14:32 the appropriate place for public participation in this meeting
14:35 during your individual public comment opportunity is identified
14:38 in the agenda.
14:38 Outside of your individual public comment opportunity, your role
14:41 in the meeting is as an observer.
14:42 Here.
14:43 Paul, roll call, please.
14:44 Mr. Susan.
14:45 Matt, or here.
14:46 Ms. Ryan.
14:47 Here.
14:48 Mr. Thomas.
14:49 Here.
14:50 Ms. Campbell.
14:51 Here.
14:52 Mr. Trent.
14:53 Here.
14:54 At this time, the board would like to hold a moment of silence.
14:55 I invite the audience to join.
15:11 Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.
15:12 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
15:18 and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God,
15:28 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
15:34 That brings us to the adoption of the agenda.
15:37 Dr. Rendell.
15:38 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
15:39 On this morning’s agenda, we have 45 consent items, 20 public
15:42 hearing items, one action item, and three information items.
15:46 Changes made to the agenda since it was released to the public
15:49 include the following.
15:50 Added was F3, the appointment of a District 4 school board
15:53 representative to the audit committee.
15:55 Revised was F10, administrative and professional reappointment
15:59 nominations for 2627.
16:01 F14, administrative staff recommendations, F24, a contract for
16:08 pianos and piano tuning and repairs.
16:11 G21, proposed policy revisions, public hearing two.
16:14 Deleted was F17, termination of an employee.
16:17 F27, quick claim deed to satellite beach.
16:20 F39, a Roosevelt elementary school construction management
16:25 contract related to consolidation.
16:27 And F41, a mitigation agreement with Lenar Corporation.
16:31 We’d also like to delete item F18.
16:34 It’s a contract with Ed Mentum for credit recovery.
16:38 Want to revise part of that contract and bring it back at a
16:41 future meeting.
16:42 Before I ask for – or you ask for a motion, I just want to
16:45 clarify some things in the human resources section.
16:48 Some people are being appointed and reappointed, or actually
16:52 being reappointed and then appointed.
16:53 It’s a two-step process.
16:55 Our employees are reappointed to their current position, and
16:58 then if they’re getting a different position for next year,
17:00 then they’re getting appointed to that position.
17:02 So some people might be on the list twice in two different
17:05 sections.
17:06 So for example, I don’t think she’ll mind.
17:09 Melissa Long is our principal at Cape View Elementary currently.
17:12 So she’s being reappointed to that position as part of contract.
17:15 But then she’s also being appointed later in the agenda to her
17:18 new position at a new school as principal of a new school.
17:21 So the difference.
17:22 So you might see people on the list twice being reappointed once
17:26 and then being appointed to their new position for next year.
17:29 It’s a two-step process.
17:31 Usually there’s a meeting in between when we do the reappointment
17:33 and the appointment.
17:34 But we’re getting it all done today.
17:36 So if there’s any confusion out there, it’s all good.
17:39 It’s okay.
17:40 Thank you, Dr. Rendell.
17:42 Do I hear a motion?
17:43 I have to approve.
17:44 Second.
17:45 Any discussion?
17:46 Paul, roll call, please.
17:48 Mr. Thomas?
17:49 Aye.
17:50 Ms. Campbell?
17:51 Aye.
17:52 Mr. Susan?
17:53 Aye.
17:54 Ms. Wright?
17:55 Aye.
17:56 Mr. Trent?
17:57 Thank you for your professional learning and development staff
18:03 recognitions.
18:04 Members of the board, Dr. Rendell, good morning.
18:06 Thank you for this opportunity to recognize a couple of amazing
18:09 individuals that were instrumental in the development of a
18:13 professional learning community for a valued and just
18:16 outstanding group, employee group at our schools.
18:22 This is much more than awesome.
18:25 I love it.
18:26 It’s about time.
18:27 This is way overdue.
18:30 Gold.
18:31 This site is amazing.
18:33 Thank you so much for sharing.
18:35 Someone thought of everything.
18:36 Oh, my goodness.
18:38 This is amazing.
18:40 These are just some of the portions of feedback that we have
18:44 received from the work that was done by a group of individuals
18:48 that support our schools every day.
18:51 I know when you start a career, you get those golden bits of
18:55 wisdom.
18:56 When you start becoming a teacher, they tell you, become friends
19:00 with the school secretary.
19:01 They run the school.
19:02 And it’s true.
19:03 I mean, out of necessity, they do so many things, right?
19:06 They are benefits coordinators.
19:08 They’re our wellness experts.
19:09 They know when the boss is happy or unhappy and whether or not
19:12 you should bring up a proposal to them.
19:14 They know which teachers are in which classrooms.
19:17 They know just about everything.
19:19 And they do so much work.
19:22 But they are alone on an island within their schools.
19:25 And when you think about how many talented individuals we have
19:28 in those positions right now, when you can pool them together,
19:32 imagine the amazing work that they can do.
19:35 So I want to thank Janet Bainbridge, Tansy Jones, Summer Nix,
19:40 Kimberly Prince, Andrea Tagg, Jennifer Lumpkin, and Terry Witzel.
19:45 Just a few of the amazing secretaries in our buildings right now
19:48 that came together and said, what if?
19:51 What if we pool together?
19:53 We can support our new secretaries.
19:55 We can mentor our new secretaries.
19:57 And we can grow together.
20:00 So out of that we created the secretary PLC and mentoring
20:03 program led by Andrea Tagg and Lisa Stanley from Professional
20:07 Learning and Development.
20:08 Their work has created meetings where small groups of secretaries
20:12 can work collaboratively with people from right here in the
20:16 district.
20:16 Bridging that gap between our district leaders, our departments,
20:20 and our school leaders within the building.
20:22 It’s in the early stages, but we’ve already had tremendous
20:25 feedback and we are excited about the potential and the growth.
20:30 Pooling these great minds together to inform the work and drive
20:34 the results.
20:35 So I want to recognize once again, Ms. Tagg and Ms. Stanley for
20:38 their outstanding work and the development of these very
20:41 important professional learning communities and congratulate all
20:44 of them.
20:44 Yeah, well, you guys got to come up.
20:55 While they’re coming up, I think I’d like in a minute to make a
20:58 motion to have Mr. Mal do all the introductions.
21:00 You guys did such a good job.
21:02 I think that’ll be coming just so you can think about it.
21:05 Anyways.
21:06 I just want to say thank you guys.
21:08 You do amazing work, not just with the secretaries, but with our
21:11 teachers and our leaders, our future leaders.
21:13 And so it’s really exciting to see that these wonderful people
21:16 in our schools who do.
21:17 I was told the same thing, Mr. Mal, except for I was told make
21:19 friends with the secretary and the custodian as a choir teacher
21:22 because those people are like your best friends.
21:24 So thank you guys for doing this work.
21:26 I’m sure that is excellent quality as everything else you guys
21:30 do is.
21:30 Mr. Chair.
21:31 Yes, sir.
21:32 I just want to say thank you because it sounds like an
21:34 incredible program.
21:35 And I think it’s something that not only will improve efficiency,
21:39 but it will also long-term improve retention.
21:42 So I just really appreciate everything you guys and your team
21:47 have done.
21:48 I echo the sentiments.
21:49 Honestly, it is true that sometimes they feel like they’re on an
21:51 island.
21:51 I think that’s true of several different positions where you’re
21:53 the only person that does that position in a school and you feel
21:56 like you’re alone.
21:56 You’re it.
21:57 So being able to collaborate with other people around the
22:00 district and really learn what works and what doesn’t work and
22:03 hopefully influence some of the things that work into your
22:05 school is tremendous.
22:06 And so thank you for bringing them all together and making them
22:09 aware of who their team is.
22:10 I think there’s definitely something to be said for having a
22:12 solid team around you.
22:13 So thank you, ladies.
22:15 Thank you.
22:16 Just a long time coming.
22:17 You know, we have been in the schools in the schools as long as
22:20 I’ve been.
22:21 We know the importance of the secretary and of course the custodian
22:24 as well.
22:24 The two people you need on your side for sure.
22:26 But we appreciate all your efforts.
22:28 When I became a teacher in 2005, Ms. Christie was the secretary
22:32 for Space Coast High School.
22:34 And I was going through some of the stuff and I noticed that her
22:37 husband was like an area supervisor.
22:39 And I was extremely started to understand the flow of how those
22:43 school secretaries are not only working very hard but connected
22:48 to everybody inside the system.
22:49 And they do so much that is never even understood or even
22:52 recognized.
22:53 And every award that’s ever given or any other thing that goes
22:57 on, they are never honored for that.
22:59 So I am so happy that this is able to come to light.
23:02 And I appreciate all your work.
23:04 Because even just saying to them thank you for all the stuff
23:07 that they do on a regular basis is definitely needed, too.
23:10 So thank you so much.
23:11 I appreciate you.
23:12 Dr. Rendell.
23:13 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
23:14 A couple comments.
23:16 Number one, Mike, if you could read the names of those secretaries
23:20 again that you said were kind of like the nucleus of this PLC.
23:25 Absolutely.
23:26 They were invited to come in and participate and just build this
23:29 program and share their wisdom, their many years.
23:32 So Janet Bainbridge, Tansy Jones, Summer Nix, Kimberly Prince,
23:39 Andrea Tag, Jennifer Lumpkin, and Terry Witzel.
23:45 Yeah, I know some of those names.
23:47 Those are rock stars in our school secretary position.
23:50 I often joke when I go visit schools when I see the secretary, I’m
23:53 like, oh, this is the person really running the show.
23:55 And I’m not really joking because in a lot of ways that’s the
23:58 person that makes all the things go.
24:00 And, you know, I worked with Lisa Pellequin at Cocoa Beach
24:03 Junior Senior recently.
24:05 She’s a rock star.
24:06 She’s really, really good at her job, knows all the things.
24:09 Like you mentioned earlier, they’re not just the school
24:11 secretary.
24:12 They’re kind of the benefits manager.
24:15 They know all the different things and how people – that’s
24:18 where people with questions, employees with questions, that’s
24:21 where they usually go to as the school secretary because they
24:23 know all the answers.
24:24 And I know when I became a principal at Taisville High in 2001,
24:27 Kathy Woodall was the secretary.
24:29 And basically I said, show me what I’m supposed to do.
24:32 I’m just kidding.
24:34 But Kathy, you know, and then came to the district office and
24:37 was a valuable employee up here.
24:39 But the fact that there was a need that was being unmet and you
24:44 guys did that is fantastic.
24:46 Thank you for doing that and supporting these people who don’t
24:49 seem to get a lot of other support.
24:51 So thank you.
24:53 Are we doing a picture or no?
24:56 Do we do a picture?
24:57 Picture, Dr. Rendell.
24:58 No?
24:59 Okay.
25:00 Certificate.
25:01 Thank you, Dr. Rendell.
25:02 We are now on to the public comments portion of the meeting.
25:05 We have two speakers and each will receive three minutes.
25:07 Our attorney will call the speakers in the order which they
25:10 signed up.
25:10 Mr. Gibbs, please call the first of the two speakers.
25:14 Bill Pearlman followed by Sean Griffiths.
25:15 Hang on, Mr. Pearlman.
25:15 Let me get all set up up here.
25:15 It is.
25:15 It’s like commanding the Starship Enterprise here.
25:15 All right.
25:16 Let me make sure I get him.
25:17 Okay.
25:18 Mr. Pearlman.
25:19 Good morning, Dr. Rendell and school board.
25:20 I’m Bill Pearlman.
25:21 This morning, I’d like to address items F-10 through F-16.
25:24 I have a few words about the support personnel, the teachers,
25:25 and the staff, and the staff.
25:25 I have a few words about the support personnel, the staff, and
25:26 the staff, and the staff.
25:26 I have a few words about the support personnel, the staff, and
25:27 the staff.
25:27 I have a few words about the support personnel, the staff, and
25:28 the staff, and the staff.
25:28 I have a few words about the support personnel, the staff, and
25:29 the staff.
25:29 I have a few words about the support personnel, the staff, and
25:30 the staff.
25:30 I have a few words about the staff.
28:09 You are working tirelessly in spite of your failings as a board.
28:14 Let’s hope the voters show up in August to make their feelings
28:18 known for the three seats
28:19 on the board.
28:20 Mr. Perlman.
28:22 Our support staff.
28:23 Mr. Perlman, hang on a second.
28:24 We are not talking about elections.
28:25 I have two sentences left.
28:26 I have two sentences left, Mr. Susan.
28:27 That’s fine.
28:28 But I want you to know, for future use, we don’t talk about
28:32 elections and stuff like that
28:34 when we’re related to administrative recommendations.
28:37 Okay?
28:38 You got it?
28:39 I got it.
28:40 All right.
28:41 Thank you.
28:42 Thank you for stopping my time this time.
28:43 Go ahead.
28:48 The voters will make their voice heard.
28:50 Okay.
28:51 Our support staff, our administrators.
28:52 I have two sentences left, Mr. Susan.
28:54 Mr. Perlman.
28:55 I just asked you to stop talking about it.
28:56 You forgot to stop the clock.
28:57 Please.
28:58 I’ll leave that.
28:59 May I make my final comments, please?
29:00 Well, this is the second time.
29:03 So, if you mention anything about politics and everything else,
29:06 I’m going to ask you to sit
29:06 down.
29:07 All right.
29:08 But go ahead.
29:09 Go ahead.
29:10 Did you appreciate any of the other comments that I made, Mr.
29:14 Susan?
29:15 Okay.
29:16 Our support staff, our administrators, and our teachers, all of
29:20 Brevard deserve better.
29:22 There you go.
29:23 Thank you.
29:25 Sean Griffiths good morning my name is Sean Griffiths I want to
29:47 start by reading
29:48 directly from Brevard Public Schools policy 5780 which states
29:51 federal and
29:53 state law prohibit the board from adopting any policy or rule
29:56 that infringes
29:58 upon or waives the rights and freedoms afforded to the students
30:01 by the United
30:01 States Constitution that is not vague language that is a direct
30:06 limitation on
30:07 the power of this board and that is exactly why this proposed
30:10 policy is so
30:12 concerning the policy to which I am referring is the revisions
30:15 to policy 5520
30:17 disorder and demonstration the policy defines disorder so
30:21 broadly that even
30:22 peaceful protests can qualify if it disrupts normal operations
30:26 which is
30:26 quite literally the point of a protest every meaningful protest
30:31 in American
30:32 history disrupted normal operations at some point civil rights
30:36 protests disrupted
30:37 normal operations student movements disrupted normal operations
30:40 that is not
30:41 a flaw in democracy that is part of democracy but instead of
30:46 narrowly
30:46 targeting actual threats violence harassment or unsafe behavior
30:51 this
30:51 proposal uses language like any other purposeful activity and
30:55 ties student
30:56 demonstrations to disciplinary labels like gross insubordination
31:00 let’s be honest
31:01 about what that means this policy is not aimed at accidental
31:05 disruption it is aimed at
31:06 deliberative collective action in other words protests you say
31:11 students have the right to
31:13 assemble peacefully then immediately walk it back by saying they
31:16 cannot interfere
31:17 with operations that is not a protected right that is permission
31:21 that can be revoked
31:22 whenever the speech becomes inconvenient and nowhere in this
31:25 proposal do you
31:26 clearly define what interference actually means and that matters
31:30 because vague policies do not get
31:33 enforced evenly they get enforced selectively one group gets a
31:37 warning another gets punished not because of behavior but
31:41 because of what they are saying we already have laws and disciplinary
31:45 policies for genuine disruption and safety concerns we do not
31:49 need broad subjective language that risks chilling student
31:52 speech before it even happens
31:53 schools schools schools are supposed to prepare students for
31:57 civic participation in a democratic society they are supposed to
32:00 teach students how to engage with power not teach them that
32:04 exercising constitutional rights will be treated as insubordination
32:07 and again your own policy already states that this board cannot
32:11 adopt rules that infringe upon constitutional freedoms so I
32:15 would simply ask how does redefining peaceful protests as
32:19 disorder not conflict with that principle if this policy is
32:23 truly about safety then write a policy clearly focused on safety
32:28 but if the real goal is controlling students expression and
32:30 discouraging protests then at least be honest about that because
32:34 the current language doesn’t see the exact opposite of
32:36 protecting student rights thank you thank you mr.
32:39 brithas appreciate your time for coming out that concludes the
32:44 agenda items only for public comments we thank you for taking
32:47 time out of your schedule to address the board with your
32:48 concerns and suggestions I would like to remind the public that
32:51 the board is accessible for further conversations outside of our
32:53 our business meeting through scheduled meeting we are now on to
32:56 the consent agenda dr.
32:57 and though thank you dr. and Dell does any board member wish to
33:04 pull any of the items hearing none I will entertain a motion to
33:09 accept the consent items on today’s agenda and just to clarify
33:12 dr.
33:12 and Dell pulled the f18 correct yeah so it’s still listed on
33:18 here though so we just need to make sure said it’s 45 items just
33:21 making sure everybody is
33:23 yeah that’s what i meant it meant it all right we’re good okay i
33:29 will entertain a motion to accept the consent item items on
33:32 tonight’s or today’s agenda
33:33 move move for approval second okay any discussion paul roll call
33:39 please mr.
33:40 thomas aye miss campbell mr susan aye miss right aye mr.
33:44 trance
33:47 okay in accordance with the florida sunshine law we are here to
33:50 to hear that from anybody who wishes to speak on the policies
33:54 under consideration
33:54 each speaker will be given three minutes proposed policy revisions
33:58 policy 2111
34:00 and do i hear is anybody here wishes to address these items
34:05 anybody here wishes to address these items
34:06 do i hear a motion move to approve second any discussion paul
34:13 roll call please mr.
34:13 thomas aye miss campbell aye mr susan aye
34:16 mr wright aye mr trent aye
34:18 policy 2125 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
34:23 items is there anyone present who wishes to address these items
34:24 is there anyone present who wishes to address these items move
34:27 to approve sorry no go go go i love it
34:31 any discussion paul roll call please mr thomas aye miss campbell
34:37 aye mr susan aye
34:38 miss fred aye mr trance aye
34:40 policy 2261
34:42 is there anyone present who wishes to address these items anyone
34:45 present who wishes to address these items move to approve
34:48 any discussion paul roll call please mr thomas aye miss campbell
34:55 aye mr susan aye
34:56 miss wright aye mr trent aye
34:58 policy 2261.02 is there anyone present who wishes to address
35:02 these items is there anyone present who wishes to address these
35:06 items
35:06 move to approve second any discussion paul roll call please mr
35:12 thomas aye miss campbell aye
35:14 mr susan aye miss wright aye mr thomas aye
35:16 miss wright aye mr thomas aye
35:18 i’m sorry mr trent got it we’re all having some stuff going up
35:22 here
35:22 policy 2266 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
35:26 items
35:26 is there anyone present who wishes to address these items move
35:29 to approve
35:30 second any discussion paul roll call please
35:34 mr thomas aye miss campbell aye mr susan aye
35:38 mr wright aye mr trent aye
35:40 policy 2371 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
35:44 items
35:44 who wishes to address these items move to approve
35:48 second
35:50 discussion paul roll call please
35:52 mr thomas aye
35:52 ms campbell aye
35:54 ms susan aye
35:54 ms wright aye
35:56 ms trant aye
35:58 policy 2421 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
36:00 items
36:00 anyone present who wishes to address these items
36:04 move to approve
36:06 second any discussion paul roll call please
36:08 paul roll call please
36:10 mr thomas aye
36:10 ms campbell aye
36:12 ms susan aye
36:12 ms wright aye
36:14 ms trant aye
36:16 policy 2450 anyone here present who wishes to address these
36:18 items
36:18 anyone here present who wishes to address these items
36:22 move to approve
36:24 discussion
36:26 ms thomas aye
36:26 ms campbell aye
36:28 ms susan aye
36:30 ms wright aye
36:32 ms trant aye
36:34 policy 3129.01 is there anyone present who wishes to address
36:38 these items
36:38 is there anyone present who wishes to address these items
36:40 move to approve
36:54 ms thomas aye
36:54 ms campbell aye
36:55 ms susan aye
36:56 ms wright aye
36:57 ms trant aye
36:58 policy 5330.01 anyone present who wishes to address these items
37:03 anyone present who wishes to address these items
37:05 move to approve
37:06 second
37:07 any discussion
37:08 ms thomas aye
37:09 ms campbell aye
37:10 ms susan aye
37:13 ms wright aye
37:14 ms trant aye
37:16 okay
37:17 policy 5330.03 anyone present who wishes to address these items
37:22 anyone present who wishes to address these items
37:24 move to approve
37:25 second
37:26 discussion
37:27 ms thomas aye
37:29 ms campbell aye
37:30 ms susan aye
37:31 ms wright aye
37:32 ms trant aye
37:34 policy 5350 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
37:37 items
37:37 second
37:38 ms trant aye
37:42 second
37:43 any discussion
37:44 paul roll call please
37:45 ms thomas
37:46 aye
37:47 ms campbell
37:47 aye
37:48 ms susan aye
37:49 ms wright aye
37:50 ms trant aye
37:51 policy 5460 is there anyone present who wishes to address these
37:55 items
37:55 ms trant aye
37:58 Is there anyone present who wishes to address these items? Move
38:02 to approve. Any discussion? Paul, roll call, please. Mr. Thomas.
38:07 Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye. Ms. Wright. Aye. Mr.
38:11 Trent. Policy 5517.01. Anyone here who wishes to address these
38:17 items? Anyone here who wishes to address these items? Move to
38:21 approve. Second. Any discussion? Paul, roll call, please. Mr.
38:26 Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan.
38:28 Aye. Ms. Wright. Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye. Policy 5520. Is there
38:32 anyone present who wishes to address these items? Is there
38:35 anyone present who wishes to address these items? Move to
38:38 approve. Second. Any discussion? Yes. Yes. I don’t want to go
38:43 back in the same discussion because we’ve already had it
38:45 multiple times, but since we had someone talk about during
38:48 public comment time, I’d refer you back to our last meeting
38:51 where we had this conversation last work session because our
38:55 freedom of speech does not guarantee us any place,
38:58 any time, any time. And so we do have a responsibility to keep
39:02 people safe. And we do recognize students’ ability. And I’m
39:06 thankful that through the years, students have found a way to
39:11 exercise their rights in a way that does not just disrupt campus.
39:14 And I think that we are well within our means to make sure that
39:17 our campuses are safe while still allowing students the
39:21 creativity to express their voices in ways that will not provide,
39:28 not create
39:28 disruptions on campus on campus regardless of their views. So I’ll
39:31 just leave it at that and refer to how we talked about it longer
39:34 previously. Thank you. Any other discussion? Paul, roll call,
39:38 please.
39:38 Mr. Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye. Ms. Wright.
39:43 Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye.
39:43 Policy 5530. Is there anyone present who wishes to address these
39:47 items? Anyone present who wishes to address these items? Move to
39:51 approve. Second.
39:52 Any discussion? Hearing none, roll call, please.
39:54 Mr. Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye. Ms. Wright.
39:56 Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye.
39:59 Policy 5610. Removal out of suspension, disciplinary and expulsion
40:06 of students. Is there anyone present who wishes to address these
40:09 items? Is there anyone present who wishes to address these items?
40:11 Move to approve. Second.
40:12 Mr. Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye. Ms. Wright.
40:21 Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye.
40:24 Policy 5771.001. Is there anyone present who wishes to address
40:28 these items? Anyone present who wishes to address these items?
40:31 Move to approve. Second.
40:34 Any discussion? Hearing none, Paul, roll call, please. Mr.
40:38 Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye.
40:40 Ms. Wright. Aye. Mr. Wright. Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye.
40:45 Policy 5772. Is there anyone present who wishes to address these
40:50 items? Is there anyone present who wishes to address these items?
40:52 Move to approve. Second.
40:55 Any discussion? Hearing none, Paul, roll call, please. Mr.
40:57 Thomas. Aye. Ms. Campbell. Aye.
40:59 Mr. Susan. Aye. Ms. Wright. Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye.
41:03 Policy 5780. Is there anyone present who wishes to address these
41:08 items? Is there anyone present who wishes to address these items?
41:08 Is there anyone present? Move to approve. Second.
41:13 Any discussion? Paul, roll call, please. Mr. Thomas. Aye. Ms.
41:17 Campbell. Aye. Mr. Susan. Aye.
41:19 Ms. Wright. Aye. Mr. Trent. Aye. Dr. Rendell, would you please
41:23 let us know about the items under the action portion of today’s
41:25 agenda?
41:25 Thank you, Mr. Chair. There’s only one action item. It’s H1, the
41:29 Code of Student Conduct, proposed revisions for 2627.
41:31 Do I hear a motion?
41:32 Second.
41:34 Okay.
41:35 Did you get that second?
41:36 Yep.
41:37 Who was it?
41:38 Mr. Thomas.
41:39 Oh.
41:40 Okay.
41:41 Just checking.
41:42 Any discussion?
41:43 All right.
41:44 Hearing none.
41:45 Paul, roll call, please.
41:46 Mr. Thomas.
41:47 Aye.
41:48 Ms. Campbell.
41:49 Aye.
41:50 Mr. Susan.
41:51 Aye.
41:52 Ms. Wright.
41:53 Aye.
41:54 Mr. Trant.
41:55 Aye.
41:56 We will move on to the information agenda, which includes an
41:59 item for board review and may
42:00 be brought back to action in a subsequent meeting.
42:02 No action will be taken on these items today.
42:04 There are three items under this category.
42:05 Does any board member wish to discuss any of these items?
42:08 Just briefly, we’re going to be voting on the two of them later.
42:13 Sorry.
42:14 Thank you.
42:15 We’ll be voting on the other two later meeting.
42:18 It represents so much work by so many staff members, but I did
42:21 want to just highlight the
42:23 ICMO report because it was just great information on how the
42:28 district is spending the millage
42:30 funding.
42:31 And for anybody who has questions or want to know how we’re
42:34 spending exactly, I would encourage
42:36 you to dive in.
42:37 It’s just tons of great information.
42:39 And I appreciate not only the staff members who work on it, but
42:44 our ICMO, our Independent
42:46 Citizens Committee for Millage Oversight, I remember that one,
42:50 and all the people who volunteer
42:51 as well for those positions.
42:53 And so good job, everyone.
42:55 But it’s really great information.
42:56 I encourage the public to take a look.
42:58 Okay.
42:59 Anybody else?
43:00 All right.
43:01 We are now on to board member recognitions, reports, discussions,
43:06 and points.
43:06 Who wants to go first?
43:07 I only have two.
43:08 I’ll go.
43:09 Board members, each of you should have received in your little
43:14 slot this magazine.
43:18 It’s called The Reporter.
43:19 It’s not a magazine that most of us would ever take a look at if
43:23 you’re not in a certain
43:24 field, but it’s the American Public Works Association magazine.
43:28 And in it is an article about the students at Jupiter, their
43:34 dream to build a bridge and
43:37 to solve an engineering problem on their campus, the STEM
43:40 students, with Ms. Machada.
43:42 But it was written by our own Sue Han.
43:44 And I was fascinated by the article.
43:46 And I’m like, wait, who wrote this article?
43:48 And I went, she wrote it.
43:49 So great job, Sue.
43:50 The pictures are amazing.
43:51 And, of course, I got to be their C part of it.
43:53 But the finished product is so fun.
43:56 And they’re actually solving a problem of traffic congestion on
44:00 the campus.
44:01 And then they got that fun little decorative bridge just to let
44:03 them learn a building project.
44:04 And what you guys should know is that either this week or next
44:08 week – is it next week?
44:10 Yeah, Monday.
44:11 They’re actually going to bus some of these students from
44:14 Jupiter to Bayside so they can
44:16 wear their construction hats again and go see the construction
44:18 going on in the new building.
44:20 So these kids are bought in.
44:21 But thanks, Sue, for highlighting this.
44:23 And now in this national publication, this wonderful story about
44:28 public works staff working with
44:30 students and inspiring the next generation, I just thought was
44:33 really exciting.
44:34 And I’m glad they published your article.
44:35 So good job, Sue.
44:36 Sue Han, facilities, finance, author.
44:39 I know it.
44:41 Next, she’s going to be working in GCR.
44:44 So, you know, write and copy for their stories.
44:47 The other thing I wanted to share with you is really by way of a
44:52 report is we have had a
44:54 few organizations in the last few years that the board has waived
44:58 their impact fees because
44:59 of the type of organization that they were.
45:01 And I wanted to share with you because I actually had the
45:04 ability, two of them in the same day,
45:07 to see the fruit of those results.
45:09 One of them was St. Stephen’s Way.
45:11 If you guys remember, they were building housing for homeless
45:14 families.
45:14 And they asked us to waive the impact fees because they weren’t
45:17 adding any students.
45:18 They were just going to be providing housing for students that
45:20 we already have.
45:21 And I was able to go to a breakfast.
45:23 It was a fundraiser breakfast for St. Stephen’s Way a few weeks
45:27 ago.
45:27 And they gave a report of the lives that are being changed.
45:30 And it’s such amazing work.
45:32 The students are range from, you know, babies all the way up to
45:35 high school.
45:36 And they’re able to be supported, not just for housing, but they’re
45:40 providing tutoring
45:41 and other opportunities, coaching.
45:43 And so they’re just doing great work.
45:44 And I want you to know if we’re going to waive those impact fees,
45:46 this is a great benefit.
45:47 But then we had another organization that was a little different.
45:49 And that was the Teal.
45:51 If you remember, that was the organization that was going to
45:53 come in and take, also in the
45:56 South End, an old hotel that would have otherwise sat there and
45:59 become an eyesore.
46:01 And they were going to repurpose it.
46:03 They’ve done a beautiful job.
46:05 For those in the public who want to know where it is, it’s on 192.
46:08 It’s behind what used to be an IHOP.
46:10 It’s been a couple of different things.
46:12 But down towards Sam’s.
46:14 But they have turned this, this hotel, motel into affordable
46:20 housing for, you know, for either singles.
46:25 You could have a married couple or maybe a single parent with a
46:28 child.
46:28 But because in their whole book of business, they only have like
46:31 two children across all the units that they do.
46:33 They also asked us the way of impact fees.
46:36 I went to their ribbon cutting.
46:37 It is gorgeous.
46:38 They have lots.
46:39 I say this also by way of announcement.
46:41 They have properties.
46:42 They have rooms available.
46:44 And a lot of our, if you have, if we had a single teacher or a
46:48 paraprofessional or someone else who, you know, has that, you
46:52 know, has limited income.
46:53 You have to have a certain amount.
46:54 But most of our employees, you know, it would be a great place
46:57 for them in that area.
46:58 And they, he actually offered on the spot.
47:00 He said, I’d love to talk to your HR guy to see what we could,
47:02 what kind of partnership.
47:03 Ryan’s shaking his head.
47:04 I was able to help connect them so that we could be a preferred
47:07 employer.
47:08 And they still have, definitely have rooms available.
47:10 But I wanted you guys to know the fruit of our decisions because
47:13 both those, they just happened to be on the same day.
47:15 It showed me that we made the right decision and we’re impacting
47:19 the community in a positive way.
47:20 And could potentially also be impacting our employees with one
47:23 of those decisions with some, some affordable housing.
47:26 So just wanted to report back to you guys on that.
47:29 Does that mean?
47:30 Great.
47:31 Okay.
47:32 Anybody else?
47:33 I’ll go quickly.
47:34 Obviously this month is the month of military everything.
47:36 So we’ve been doing all kinds of fun activities in the community
47:38 with the military.
47:39 And I just want to highlight one organization, the Moonlight Quilters.
47:42 I got to go to the JROTC awards at Space Coast.
47:45 And the, this organization, the Moonlight Quilters, makes
47:48 handmade, they’re very unique and specific to each child that
47:52 has enlisted.
47:52 And I say child, young adult that’s enlisted in the military.
47:55 And they presented them to, to these students at the JROTC award.
47:58 They’re all different.
47:59 They’re gorgeous quilts.
48:00 And it just was really something very tangible and impactful.
48:03 And it was one of those moments where every time a quilt was
48:05 held up, it was like, oh my gosh, that’s beautiful.
48:07 And it was, you know, reflective of the branch they were going
48:10 in.
48:10 Very, very cool thing that they did there.
48:11 So I want to thank them.
48:12 And then just encourage everyone.
48:13 Hey, we are on the home stretch.
48:14 We are at the end of the school year.
48:16 So guys, hang in there.
48:17 A few more days.
48:18 You know, testing’s taking place right now.
48:20 But just give it your best.
48:22 Leave everything on the table.
48:23 That way you can walk away knowing I did the very best I
48:25 possibly could to our teachers as we wrap up the school year.
48:27 I hope that you find meaningful moments with your students in
48:29 these last couple weeks that we have them before they go off
48:32 into the next grade level.
48:33 And we just thank you for all that you’ve done to contribute to
48:35 all of our children in this county.
48:37 So, good work.
48:42 I’ll pick up where you left off.
48:44 We’re there.
48:45 We’re really close.
48:46 About 10 days.
48:47 So, you know, just a big shout out to everyone that’s involved.
48:51 From the administrators, the teachers, the students, the parents,
48:55 the testing coordinators right now that’s coordinating all these
48:59 end of the year tests.
49:00 We’ll not forget the custodians who make the testing coordinators
49:05 job a lot easier by making sure there’s enough seats and tables
49:10 for these testing times to be successful.
49:14 So, this year went by fast.
49:17 I mean, this is it.
49:18 We will not have another board meeting and we’ll be at the end
49:20 of the school year.
49:21 The graduations will be coming up very soon.
49:24 We support you.
49:26 Teachers, thank you for hanging in there.
49:28 We know May is your favorite month.
49:31 And we’re here for you.
49:33 Hopefully, you’re getting enough rest that the time will come
49:36 where you can reflect on this wonderful year that we’ve had in
49:39 Brevard Schools.
49:40 And we look forward to the best is yet to come.
49:44 So, thank you.
49:45 Awesome.
49:46 I just wanted to take a second and say thank you to Ms. Sue Hand
49:49 for all of the construction projects that we are working on.
49:52 I’ve got my tool belt ready.
49:54 So, I’m getting my list and we’re going to get to work over the
49:57 summer.
49:57 I know that staff really likes when I get to turn my tools on
50:01 the job site.
50:02 But I did want to say that if you guys, I know Ms. Campbell and
50:06 I know you guys always do, but I was going to remind you to
50:08 check in with your job foreman’s to see what’s going on.
50:10 It might be an opportunity for you guys to help promote them in
50:13 their construction jobs.
50:14 Plus, our contractors and others always like when we show up to
50:17 support them with what they’re doing.
50:19 I also started seeing some things coming out about pre-K through
50:24 three about taking away devices.
50:27 Some of our school districts in the state are looking at doing
50:29 that.
50:29 There’s been some research behind it and stuff like that.
50:32 I’m not advocating for or against it.
50:34 I was just saying you guys might want to put an eye on it.
50:37 There is some positives to it.
50:39 Again, not advocating to do anything right now, but just take a
50:43 look at it as an item that’s growing inside of our communities.
50:46 The little sports, I went out and purchased the awards that are
50:50 going to be and they’re coming in today to finalize the entire
50:53 thing.
50:53 So you guys get an email on a date and time.
50:55 And for those that don’t know what we’re talking about, that’s
50:57 for the students all the way from like three years old,
51:00 all the way to like six, seven years old that are going to be
51:04 competing in an Olympic style competition right at the end of
51:07 the year.
51:07 And they get gold, silver and bronze awards.
51:11 And it’s going to be the cutest darn thing.
51:13 The Vieira High School leadership team have all like completely
51:18 they’re in.
51:19 So they’re going to be helping support the entire operation.
51:22 It’s going to be a really cool thing.
51:23 So I’ll send you guys the dates and hopefully you guys can make
51:26 that.
51:26 I was talking to Dr. Rendell and we have a lot of the different
51:30 pieces to CTE that are kind of out there and they’re doing great.
51:33 We have the greatest programs.
51:34 But one of the things we talked about possibly doing is creating
51:38 a CTE alignment so that now there’s a plan for every kid in
51:42 every elementary school that they have some sort of connection
51:45 to the CTE programs that are in the high school.
51:47 Then the middle school to the high school and then the high
51:50 school to the college and following that path along with an
51:53 industry board that supports the entire vein.
51:55 So that will come when we come back from summer and stuff like
51:59 that.
51:59 But I wanted to let you guys know it’s a really good thing that
52:02 if a kid in elementary school can see a future in something that
52:05 they can work towards that rather than trying to see it when
52:08 they’re in high school.
52:08 Because it’s one of the hooks that we can get those students to
52:11 stay in school with.
52:12 I did want to tell you that we had talked before and gotten the
52:17 green light to name our STEM classrooms after astronauts.
52:22 So I went to the Astronaut Memorial Foundation with Mr. I forget
52:29 who they put.
52:32 No, I mean Senator Altman is one, but the team that’s there.
52:35 They are more than ecstatic to be a part of it.
52:37 There’s seven astronauts that are currently living here in Brevard.
52:41 And there’s a huge opportunity to show off our STEM classrooms
52:45 and what they’re doing by naming an astronaut after them.
52:48 Dr. Rendell had said that one of the things that would be really
52:51 good is as we’re naming them to have one of our STEM partners,
52:54 Boeing, Lockheed, or somebody to support some of the activities
52:57 that are going on inside there.
52:59 So great opportunity for some great stuff coming out.
53:02 I do know that we have some principals that I asked if this was
53:05 a good idea that already we had one principal who lives next
53:09 door to an astronaut.
53:10 So she was like, can I name that one?
53:12 And I was like, I don’t know.
53:13 So anyways, just as an idea, it’s off to the races.
53:16 But Thad Altman and them are going to give – his team are going
53:19 to give us a list of all the astronauts that live in the area.
53:22 And then the ones that live in the state, the ones that are
53:24 active, they’re going to put all that together.
53:25 And then we can go through the nomination process and do
53:27 something there.
53:28 So that’s pretty cool.
53:29 I also wanted to let everybody know we had spoken about bringing
53:33 the AI policy to this workshop here, but we weren’t quite ready.
53:38 So I think at the next day, next workshop, we’ll be able to
53:40 bring the AI policy and start moving on it.
53:42 Again, you guys, we have a – we’re ramping up towards the end
53:45 of the school year.
53:46 So we need to kind of give direction as to what that’s going to
53:49 look like prior to our things.
53:50 So I just wanted to kind of make sure that you guys knew that.
53:53 Also, I’ve been meeting with some of the SAC members and looking
53:57 at some of the minutes of some of the others throughout my
54:00 district.
54:00 And one of the things that’s coming up at the end of the year is
54:02 the absences.
54:03 A lot of students have a lot of absences, right?
54:06 And they were trying to figure out is there a way of
54:09 notification or holding them accountable that we can come up
54:11 with that might be able to reduce some of those absences.
54:14 So I started working on some ideas, and I’ll work with Dr. Rendell
54:18 on it.
54:18 But if you guys aren’t hearing that, great.
54:20 But if you are, it might be something we look at.
54:23 And then I think that’s all I have.
54:26 And that’s it.
54:27 Everybody good?
54:28 Dr. Rendell.
54:29 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
54:30 I want to share some breaking news.
54:31 We’re just breaking records.
54:33 So a couple months ago, we announced that our graduation rate
54:38 for last school year was the highest it’s ever been.
54:41 We have a couple other data points that are in a high school
54:45 grading formula.
54:46 One of them is what’s called CCA, College and Career Acceleration,
54:50 or CCR, College and Career Readiness.
54:52 That’s the percent of the graduating senior class who have
54:58 either taken and passed a college level course, such as dual
55:02 enrollment, advanced placement, IB or Cambridge, or who have
55:06 earned an industry certification.
55:08 And so we finally got the data for last year, so this is last
55:12 year’s seniors.
55:14 Similar to the graduation rate, this takes a lot of time to
55:18 match the students and make sure that the data is accurate.
55:22 So we just got the CCA percentage for last school year, and it’s
55:28 74.6%, so that’ll round up to 75%.
55:32 So three out of every four graduates in last year’s class either
55:36 took and passed a college course or earned an industry
55:39 certification.
55:40 That’s the highest percentage that we have ever achieved, so
55:44 breaking records again.
55:46 And now, full disclosure, a couple years ago we were at 74.3%,
55:51 but that rounded down to 74%, so 74.6% gets us to 75%.
55:56 That’s the highest it’s ever been.
55:58 So this really is a high school measure.
56:01 When I talk about the graduation rate, I want to say that it’s a
56:04 K-12 measure if the kids don’t get to ninth grade with the
56:07 skills they need.
56:08 This one is really on the high schools.
56:11 And a lot of it’s the high school counselors, the college and
56:15 career specialists, the assistant principal, the principal.
56:18 Making sure that these students have these opportunities.
56:22 Is this a student that could take and pass a college course?
56:25 Let’s get them enrolled in an AP class or dual enrollment.
56:29 Is this someone who maybe is more career oriented?
56:33 So let’s make sure they’re in a three year CTE sequence that
56:36 leads to a certificate.
56:38 Now this work has been led really by the school leadership
56:42 department.
56:43 James Raymer, chief of schools, and Sherry Bowman, one of our
56:47 directors.
56:47 That’s kind of been her bailiwick the last couple of years.
56:50 So Lena Weibelt, one of our other secondary directors,
56:53 was really working with the schools on graduation rate.
56:56 Well Sherry has been really working with them on the CCA or CCR.
56:59 And so, you know, I want to applaud the counselors, the college
57:04 and career specialists,
57:05 the administrators, assistant principals, the teachers that have
57:09 been involved.
57:09 But really Sherry and under, you know, James’s leadership have
57:13 really made this a priority.
57:14 So that’ll help all these high schools in their school grade and
57:19 it’ll help us in our district grade.
57:21 But really it helps these kids leave high school with either
57:25 some college credit in there already in their belt under their
57:29 belt or a certificate which they can go right to work.
57:31 So kudos to our schools for getting that done last year.
57:35 This year we’ve been focused on it as well.
57:37 So probably even a higher number next year.
57:39 So thank you to the school leadership department.
57:42 Thank you to all those schools who did all that great work.
57:45 That’s it.
57:46 It’s a big deal.
57:48 Big deal, Dr. Rendell.
57:49 All right.
57:50 We’re going to take a minute before we go to the board member,
57:52 or I’m sorry, to the non-agenda public comments.
57:55 Appreciate your time.
57:56 Thank you.
57:57 You can take a minute or we only have two.
58:16 We’ll see you next time.
58:18 Bye.
58:46 Thank you.