2026-10-13 - Charter School Board
Summary
Uploaded (human-made) English captions; minor errors are possible, and no speakers are labeled. Captions begin at 2:14, so the call to order is the first thing captioned.
Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):
| Topic | Minutes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other business | 27 | 22% |
| Charter School Website Platform Replacement | 19 | 16% |
| Staff Holiday Bonus | 18 | 15% |
| Oasis Elementary South Academic Progress | 18 | 15% |
| Interventionist Teacher Position | 10 | 8% |
| School Library Book Compliance | 8 | 7% |
| Finance Committee Board Representative | 8 | 7% |
| Media Coordinator Position | 5 | 4% |
| School HVAC Replacement | 4 | 3% |
| Governing Board Vacancies | 3 | 2% |
| Title IV Federal Grant Funding | 2 | 2% |
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m., Council Chambers.
- The Charter School Board approved four resolutions without opposition (new website platform, a high school interventionist teacher job, a media coordinator job, and a Title IV grant), reached a consensus for the largest of three staff holiday bonus options, and heard a principal's report.
- Adjourned at about 2:03:34 into the recording.
- No recesses or closed sessions appear in the recording.
Charter School Website Platform Replacement
7:11-25:41
- Superintendent Jackie Collins asked approval of Resolution 41-26: a three-year, $52,900 contract for a new website platform, driven by poor support from the current vendor, 15-year-old sites, and an April 26, 2027 accessibility deadline.
- Board questions covered hiring timing, how the contract years run, the notice of non-renewal for the current platform (one member suggested legal review of the wording), and a quote about $10,000 lower.
- Approved by voice vote, no opposition.
Interventionist Teacher Position
25:44-36:03
- Resolution 45-26 creates an interventionist teacher classification at teacher pay, first for the high school, to give small-group help to the lowest performers and students with disabilities. Approved.
Media Coordinator Position
36:04-39:20, 43:16-44:08, 47:45-48:08
- Resolution 46-26 creates a 210-day media coordinator job (website, social media, accessibility), paid above paraprofessionals. Approved.
School Library Book Compliance
39:20-43:16, 44:08-47:45
- The superintendent said principals are now accountable for keeping titles on state and district removal lists out of libraries; the middle school media center is on hold until a scanning system is in place. No vote.
Title IV Federal Grant Funding
48:09-50:18
- Resolution 48-26 accepts $64,690.66, in line with prior years. Approved.
Staff Holiday Bonus
50:20-1:08:03
- Three options were presented ($1,500/$1,000, $1,800/$1,300, or $2,000/$1,500 for teachers/other full-time staff) from the $2.6 million added to reserves. Board members and parent representatives all favored Option 3, about $620,000; a resolution comes in November for a December payout.
School HVAC Replacement
1:10:48-1:15:05
- Crystal Feast, standing in for Mark Mason, and a project manager said about $1.8 million for a middle school chiller and an elementary air handler awaits City Council approval; the chiller takes about 30 weeks. A high school fire alarm panel failed and a fire watch is in place.
Finance Committee Board Representative
1:15:15-1:22:47
- With Board Member Michaels leaving, the board agreed to pick a board representative (not a chair) to the monthly finance meeting at the next meeting, by nomination and vote.
Governing Board Vacancies
1:25:56-1:28:40
- Three seats (one business, two at-large) open; applications are due November 20, and City Council appoints.
Oasis Elementary South Academic Progress
1:38:06-1:56:29
- Principal Mary Beth Creswick reported a school grade of A (73 percent of points, up 4), strong science and math, and reading gains for the lowest quartile as the focus; also reading and run clubs and a $72,000 parent-group fundraiser.
Other business
2:14-7:11, 1:08:10-1:10:48, 1:22:53-1:25:56, 1:28:43-1:38:06, 1:56:32-2:03:34
- Opening: roll call (five of six voting members present at first, one excused, one arriving late), minutes approved, no citizens input, and consent item 9A (Resolution 44-26) approved.
- City report: phones moved to a cloud system, 900 Chromebooks and 11 smart boards deployed, and the fiscal year 2026 audit issued on September 30; results at the next meeting.
- Chair: the Cape Coral Youth Council will join the board on the dais November 10, with a mental health presentation.
- Foundation report: a quarter auction, a November 21 craft fair, and Lighthouse Awards sponsorships needed (about $27,000 to stage); a pending $20,000 STEM grant.
- Closing comments: a board member asked about the baccalaureate curriculum and library lists and suggested a student website internship; the chair praised the bonus decision.
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02:14ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GATHERED
02:16HERE IT IS 5:00 PM AND WE ARE
02:18IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 101 FIVE
02:21CULTURAL PARK BOULEVARD.
02:22I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
02:26WE WILL START OFF WITH A MOMENT
02:28OF SILENCE, PLEASE.
02:42THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:43NEXT WE HAVE OUR DISTINGUISHED
02:45COLOR GUARD TO PRESENT US WITH
02:46THE COLORS.
02:47PLEASE RISE.
02:48THE COLORS.
02:53RIGHT FIRST.
02:56FORWARD MARCH!
03:09OH, GOD.
03:10OH!
03:13MY FACE!
03:15RESET ARMS.
03:19I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
03:21OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
03:23AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
03:25IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD
03:29,INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
03:30JUSTICE FOR ALL.
03:32>> OR HER ARMS.
03:37RIGHT FACE.
03:41FORWARD MARCH!
04:22COLOR GUARD.
04:23COLOR.
04:27OR COLORS.
04:32THAT IS.
04:32>> LET ME SEE.
04:35THANK YOU TO OUR DISTINGUISHED
04:36COLOR GUARD.
04:41AND MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
04:43CALL THE ROLL?
04:45YES.
04:45>> BEFORE I CALL THE ROLL I
04:46WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT
04:48MEMBER HILL RAIN WILL BE
04:49ARRIVING AFTER ROLL CALL.
04:51CHAIR JACKSON.
04:53PRESENT MEMBERS AT TO SALLY
04:58PRESENT.
04:58CAPTAIN.
04:59PRESENT.
05:01>> MICHAELS.
05:01>> PRESENT.
05:02SANTOS.
05:04UH FIVE PRESENT ONE EXCUSED.
05:07AND FOR THE PARENT
05:09REPRESENTATIVES.
05:10REPRESENTATIVE GIBSON.
05:12PRESENT.
05:12HUGH.
05:13GLEN.
05:15UM.
05:16I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT PARENT
05:18REPRESENTATIVE RIZZO MAY ARRIVE
05:19AFTER ROLL CALL AND THAT PARENT
05:22REPRESENTATIVE SHADE WAS UNABLE
05:23TO ATTEND TODAY.
05:26THANK YOU.
05:27THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
05:29MOVING ON TO STUDENT STAFF
05:31RECOGNITION.
05:32DO WE HAVE ANY TODAY, MRS.
05:33COLLINS?
05:34THANK YOU MA'AM.
05:36MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF THE
05:39MINUTES.
05:40I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
05:42APPROVE THE MINUTES.
05:45TO APPROVE.
05:46SECOND, WE HAVE MISS MICHAELS
05:48WITH THE MOTION AND MISS AFTER
05:51SELLING WITH THE SECOND.
05:52ALL IN FAVOR?
05:53AYE.
05:54>> ANY OPPOSED?
05:55HEARING NONE.
05:56MOTION CARRIES.
05:58MOVING ON TO CHANGES OR
06:00ADOPTIONS TO THE AGENDA.
06:04WE HAVE ANY CHANGES OR
06:05ADOPTIONS TO THE AGENDA THAT
06:06ANYBODY WISHING TO.
06:11PULL OR CHANGE.
06:14HEARING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO
06:18OUR CITIZENS INPUT TIME WITH A
06:20MAXIMUM OF 45 MINUTES.
06:22ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK CAN
06:24STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.
06:29SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
06:30CITIZENS INPUT TIME AND MOVE ON
06:33TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
06:35WE HAVE ITEM NINE A ON OUR
06:38CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION 4426
06:43I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
06:44APPROVE.
06:46A MOTION TO.
06:47APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS
06:49PRESENTED.
06:49IS THERE A SECOND?
06:51SECOND.
06:53>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR.
06:55SALIH AND A SECOND BY MISS
06:57MICHAELS.
06:57ALL IN FAVOR?
06:58AYE.
06:58>> ANY OPPOSED?
07:00HEARING NONE.
07:01MOTION CARRIES.
07:04MOVING ALONG TO UNFINISHED
07:06BUSINESS ITEM TEN.
07:08WE HAVE NONE.
07:09MOVING ALONG TO NEW BUSINESS.
07:11WE HAVE RESOLUTION 41 DASH 26.
07:18AND MISS COLLINS.
07:19YES.
07:20>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE JACKIE
07:21COLLINS SUPERINTENDENT.
07:23UM.
07:25>> I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TALK A
07:27LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
07:28RESOLUTION.
07:29UH, WE ARE SEEKING YOUR
07:30APPROVAL.
07:31UH, THIS IS FOR A NEW WEBSITE
07:33PLATFORM THE CURRENTLY WE USE
07:36UM, DIGITAL BILL OTHERWISE
07:38KNOWN AS PANTHEON AS OUR
07:39DIGITAL WEBSITE PLATFORM.
07:42WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT,
07:43SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY GETTING
07:45TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM DIGITAL
07:46BELL UM, AND UH IN OBTAINING
07:50TIMELY UM ASSISTANCE WHEN WE
07:52NEED IT.
07:52AS YOU KNOW THAT IT WE HAVE A
07:55COMPLIANCE DEADLINE COMING UP.
07:56WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR OUR
07:58WEBSITES AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
08:00ADA COMPLIANT BY APRIL 27TH
08:02EXCUSE ME APRIL 26TH, 2027.
08:05UM, SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO
08:07START THINKING ABOUT A NEW
08:08PLATFORM FOR OUR SYSTEM.
08:11IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
08:12EXISTING PLATFORMS, OUR
08:13WEBSITES THEY'RE OUTDATED.
08:15WE'VE HAD THEM FOR ABOUT 15
08:16YEARS.
08:16THEY'RE TIRED.
08:17THEY DON'T, UM ADEQUATELY
08:19REFLECT THE QUALITY OF OUR OF
08:21OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PROGRAMING,
08:23OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT DON'T
08:25REFLECT A HIGH PERFORMING
08:26K-THROUGH-12, UH, CHARTER
08:27SCHOOL SYSTEM.
08:28AND IN ADDITION, ONE OF OUR
08:30STRATEGIC PLANS GOAL 3.1 WAS TO
08:32STRENGTHEN OUR OASIS BRAND AND
08:34THIS FALLS INTO THAT GOAL, UM,
08:37WHERE IT'S TIME TO STRENGTHEN
08:39OUR ONLINE APPEARANCE BECAUSE
08:40AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN
08:41PROSPECTIVE PARENTS TRY TO SEE
08:43WHAT THE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE OR
08:45BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
08:47PARTNERS UM, THEY'RE GOING TO
08:49THE WEBSITE FIRST.
08:50SO THIS IS THIS IS YOU KNOW,
08:52OUR FIRST POINT OF.
08:53CONTACT AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT
08:54LOOK GOOD AND WE REALLY REFLECT
08:55WHO WE ARE.
08:57IN ADDITION LIKE I SAID WEBSITE
08:59ACCESSIBILITY CREATES A MORE
09:01IMMEDIATE NEED.
09:02WE HAVE FOUND UM THIS PLATFORM
09:05THIS COMPANY THAT WILL WILL
09:07MIGRATE ALL OF OUR EXISTING
09:08INFORMATION OVER TO A NEW
09:10PLATFORM.
09:11BUT WHEN THEY MIGRATED THEY
09:12WILL MAKE IT ADA COMPLIANT.
09:14SO AS WE ADD THINGS TO THE THE
09:16WEBSITE AND WE MIGRATE THINGS
09:19OVER, EVERYTHING WILL BE IN
09:20COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WHEN THEY
09:21BUILD THE PLATFORM THAT'S WHAT
09:23THEY THAT'S PART OF THE
09:24CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THEY DO.
09:27SO I THINK UM WHEN WE CONSIDER
09:30ALL THOSE ASPECTS IT'S IT'S A
09:32GOOD TIME FOR US TO MOVE
09:34FORWARD AND THIS IS A GREAT
09:36VENDOR, UM, THAT WE RESEARCHED
09:38WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT OVER THE
09:39LAST MONTH OF SEPTEMBER PRETTY
09:41EXTENSIVELY.
09:42WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS UM, TO
09:45LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL
09:46ISSUES, SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
09:48UM, DO WE MEET THEIR NEEDS?
09:49CAN THEY SUPPORT US IN THIS
09:51PLATFORM IF NEED BE?
09:52AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
09:53AND THEY DO CONCUR THAT THIS IS
09:54THE BEST SYSTEM UM WEBSITE
09:56PLATFORM FOR OUR SYSTEM.
10:00SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU I'M
10:01GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE UM
10:03TIDBIT ABOUT WHAT WE SAW.
10:05THIS IS WHAT WE LIKED.
10:06THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
10:09KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
10:12HERE WE GO.
10:13THIS IS THE NASHVILLE
10:15COLLEGIATE PREP WEBSITE.
10:17UM STARTS WITH SOME OVERALL
10:22VIDEO OF STUDENTS OF THE CAMPUS
10:25OF STAFF WHAT THE BUILDINGS
10:26LOOK LIKE JUST VERY GENERAL.
10:28AND THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL
10:29FILM THIS FOR US.
10:36UM, IF YOU GO DOWN BELOW WE
10:39HAVE SOME INFORMATION POINTS
10:41HERE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO
10:43AND APPLY PER SCHOOL RIGHT
10:46HERE.
10:47UM, THE I'M SORRY THERE'S A
10:49LINK THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE
10:51WEBSITE WHERE FAMILIES CAN JUST
10:54COME ON AND APPLY.
10:55THEY CAN START THEIR
10:57APPLICATION HERE.
10:58CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR PAGES
10:59THAT ARE PDFS.
11:00THEY HAVE DOWNLOAD THE PAGES
11:01THAT FILL THEM OUT AND THEY
11:03HAVE TO SEND THEM TO THE
11:05INFORMATION SPECIALIST.
11:05IF THEY'RE NOT CAPABLE OF
11:07SCANNING AND SENDING THEN THEY
11:08HAVE TO COME IN AND BRING THEIR
11:10DOCUMENTS TO US OR THEY CAN
11:11FILL OUT A GOOGLE APPLICATION
11:12THIS IS RIGHT HERE ON THE
11:14WEBSITE WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE
11:15THEY CAN START TO LOG IN AND
11:17FILL OUT THEIR PAPERWORK HERE,
11:18WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A REALLY
11:20NICE SECOND ASSET.
11:27UH OKAY.
11:28LET'S SEE LET ME.
11:29GO BACK ONE MORE STEP.
11:33SO AS YOU CAN SEE I'M SORRY I'M
11:36NOT USED TO WORKING WITHOUT A
11:37MOUSE.
11:44AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE.
11:47LET'S GO BACK UP.
11:51>> THEY LIST OFF FOR SCHOOLS
11:53AND THESE ARE LINKS TO EACH
11:54SCHOOL IN THIS, UM, CHARTER
11:55SCHOOL SYSTEM.
11:57UH AND IT'LL GO TO EACH
11:58SCHOOL'S LINK WHICH I THOUGHT
12:00WAS KIND OF NEAT AND VERY
12:02ACCESSIBLE.
12:03WE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT
12:05MORE.
12:08WE HAVE A AREA FOR OUR VISION
12:10AND MISSION STATEMENT AND SOME
12:12OF OUR BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES.
12:15WE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE MORE.
12:16WE HAVE A MESSAGE FROM OUR
12:17PRINCIPAL WHICH I THINK IS NICE
12:19GIVES US A KIND OF UNIQUE
12:21FAMILY TOUCH THAT WE, YOU KNOW
12:23,PRIDE OURSELVES ON.
12:26LET'S GO.
12:27>> DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND
12:29WE HAVE A SNAPSHOT HERE OF ALL
12:31OF OUR ATTRIBUTES 100%
12:34GRADUATION COGNIA CERTIFIED WE
12:35GO K THROUGH 12 TO 12 STEM
12:38PROGRAM OUR AWARDS.
12:44AND THEN THINGS THAT EACH
12:45WEBSITE WOULD LIKE TO FEATURE
12:46THIS THIS PARTICULAR WEBSITE
12:48FEATURES ATHLETICS CLUBS AND
12:50ACTIVITIES SOME ACADEMIC
12:52PROGRAMS.
12:52THIS IS WHERE WE CAN FEATURE UM
12:55AVID UM THE ACE CURRICULUM AND
12:59SO FORTH.
13:05AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME STUDENT
13:06FEATURES DOWN BELOW.
13:07WHAT WE'D LIKE TO THE TOP WAS
13:09THAT UM ALL OF OUR NOW WE WOULD
13:12CHANGE THIS THIS TOP BAR HERE.
13:15UM BUT EVERYTHING IS RIGHT
13:17HERE.
13:17WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE
13:20LINKS.
13:20THEY'RE ALL LINKED FOR US ON
13:21THIS WEB PAGE STUDENT HANDBOOK
13:24SCHOOL SUPPLIES ONLINE SCHOOL
13:25STORE WHICH WOULD BE MY SCHOOL
13:26BOOKS.
13:27WE CAN GET INFORMATION FOR THE
13:29BEFORE AND AFTER CARE PROGRAM.
13:29YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE BEFORE
13:31AND AFTER CARE PROGRAM RIGHT
13:32HERE ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE.
13:33SO IT'S KIND OF A ONE STOP SHOP
13:35FOR EACH SCHOOL AND THEN WE
13:37WOULD HAVE AN OVERALL SYSTEM
13:38WIDE WEBSITE LIKE WE DO NOW.
13:40UM THAT WOULD FEATURE THE BOARD
13:44UM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
13:46ALL OF OUR COMPLIANCE ISSUES
13:47THAT WE HAVE.
13:48SO WE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING
13:51THAT WE RESEARCHED THAT THIS
13:52WAS PROBABLY THE BEST, MOST
13:55USER FRIENDLY AND MOST UM
13:59ATTRACTIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW,
14:01AUTHENTICALLY SHOWED WHAT OUR
14:02SCHOOLS WERE LIKE AND UM WE
14:04FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS
14:05KIND OF PLATFORM.
14:08WE ALSO FOUND THAT THE PRICE
14:09IT'S A IT'S A NEWER COMPANY AND
14:12THEY'RE LOCATED OUT OF MIAMI
14:13AND WE THOUGHT THE PRICE UM WAS
14:15RIGHT WAS WAS SPOT ON WASN'T
14:16TOO LOW WAS IT REAL HIGH.
14:19UM SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS
14:21APPROVAL OF THIS A IT'S A THREE
14:24YEAR TERM.
14:24THE TOTAL COST IS $52,900.
14:28THE FIRST YEAR IS 19,900.
14:31WE ADDED SOME EXTRA, UM,
14:35ACCESSORIES IF YOU'LL CALL THEM
14:36TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
14:37COMPLIANT.
14:38UM, SOME ARE CAPTIONS, SOME ARE
14:41EYE CHECKS SO THAT WHEN WE
14:41UPLOAD SOMETHING WE HAVE AN
14:43AUTOMATIC CHECK TO MAKE SURE
14:44THAT IT IS EYE COMPLIANT.
14:45IF IT'S NOT, IT'LL FLAG IT AND
14:47WE CAN FIX IT.
14:49I COMPLIANT COULD BE COLORS IT
14:50COULD BE CAPTIONS, IT COULD BE
14:51FONT SIZE IT COULD BE
14:53BACKGROUND COLOR.
14:54SO YOU'RE ONE IS 19,900.
14:57UM YEAR TWO IS 16,500.
14:59IF WE FIND OUT THOSE THAT THOSE
15:01ACCESSORIES THAT WE ADDED ON UM
15:03ARE NOT WORTH IT.
15:05UM THEN WE CAN GO DOWN TO UM WE
15:08CAN GET RID OF THEM AT ANY TIME
15:09BUT THE MAINTENANCE IS FOR YEAR
15:11TWO.
15:11IN YEAR THREE IS 16,500.
15:15WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH UH, ONCE
15:18APPROVED A TEMPORARY SITE AND
15:20THAT'S JUST A VERY SIMPLE
15:21MIGRATION.
15:21SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO THAT
15:23PEOPLE CAN GO TO WITH OUR
15:24ALREADY EXISTING EMAIL
15:25ADDRESSES THAT WE HAVE AND IT
15:28TAKES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MONTHS TO
15:30LAUNCH ALL FIVE OF OUR WEBSITES
15:32,WHICH IS PRETTY SHORT.
15:34I THINK I MEAN I THOUGHT IT WAS
15:35GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT
15:36LONGER.
15:36SO THEY ARE VERY CERTAIN THAT
15:38BY THE 88 UM COMPLIANCE
15:40DEADLINE DATE OF APRIL WE
15:42SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING AND
15:43AND IN COMPLIANCE.
15:44NOW THERE IS ANOTHER PORTION TO
15:46THIS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE
15:47GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER.
15:49IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO
15:50HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE WEBSITE
15:52BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONE
15:53PERSON IN ALL FOUR SCHOOLS THAT
15:55UPLOAD DOCUMENTS.
15:56UM WE WILL HAVE TO HIRE
15:59SOMEBODY THAT THEIR JOB WILL BE
16:00TO UP TO UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTS,
16:03MAKE THEM ADA COMPLIANT, WORK
16:04WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE
16:06THAT EVERYTHING IS IN
16:07COMPLIANT.
16:07WE DON'T HAVE BROKEN LINKS.
16:09EVERYTHING IS WORKING.
16:11UM AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST
16:12YEAR THAT PERSON WILL BE VERY
16:14BUSY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING.
16:15>> TO BE A.
16:16VERY THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG
16:17JOB.
16:17IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF
16:18TECHNICAL SKILLS LIKE UM A
16:20WEBMASTER IT REQUIRES.
16:21SOME TEDIOUS SKILLS.
16:22UM, BUT THIS PERSON WILL BE
16:24DEDICATED TO HELPING US MOVE
16:26EVERYTHING TO THE WEBSITE AND
16:27MAKING SURE THAT IT IS
16:28COMPLIANT.
16:29THAT'S THAT'S A CONVERSATION
16:30WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN JUST A
16:32LITTLE WHILE.
16:32BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU
16:34TO PLEASE APPROVE OUR ABILITY
16:36TO MOVE TO A NEW WEBSITE
16:38PLATFORM.
16:39UM, AND WITH A THREE YEAR
16:40CONTRACT THREE YEAR TERM FOR A
16:43TOTAL PRICE OF 52,900.
16:45ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
16:46YEAH SO I'LL START IT.
16:48SO I AGREE THAT THE WEBSITE IS
16:52PROBABLY THE FIRST POINT OF
16:53CONTACT FOR MANY PEOPLE WITH
16:54OUR SCHOOL.
16:55SO IT IS A REFLECTION OF WHO WE
16:56ARE AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT
16:58IS PROFESSIONAL AND
17:00STREAMLINED.
17:01UM I THINK THAT THE WEBSITE
17:02THAT WE HAVE NOW IS A LITTLE
17:04BIT ANTIQUATED AND IS A LITTLE
17:06HARD TO WORK THROUGH.
17:07UM, ALL OF US PARENTS HAVE
17:09PROBABLY GONE THROUGH IT AND
17:11HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND THINGS
17:13I'M SURE.
17:14SO UM I THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD
17:16IDEA THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO
17:17SWITCH UM, WE PROBABLY DO IT
17:19NOW.
17:20UM, AND IT IS IN OUR STRATEGIC
17:22PLAN TO DO SO.
17:23UM, IF WE DO HIRE SOMEBODY TO
17:27UM, BACK FEED THIS AFTER THE
17:29LAUNCH, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE
17:31TO GET THEM ON BOARD AND HIRED
17:32IN TIME FOR THE LAUNCH OF THIS?
17:34WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST.
17:37DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND
17:40ALREADY.
17:40WHERE WE'RE NOT?
17:41NO.
17:42>> NO.
17:42COULD WE MAYBE POSTPONE THE
17:44LAUNCH OF IT UNTIL THAT TAKES
17:46PLACE?
17:46OR IS THAT WHAT.
17:47I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT
17:48UH, I THINK WE NEED TO GET
17:50STARTED.
17:50I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
17:54MEET THE DEADLINE.
17:56UM, THE PRINCIPALS AND I ARE
17:57ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DESIGNING
17:57THE FORMAT.
17:58WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THE
18:00LAYOUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A
18:03COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR US TO GET
18:04THAT LAYOUT AND TELL THEM WHAT
18:05FEATURES WE WANT AND WHAT KIND
18:07OF, UM, YOU KNOW, BUTTONS WE
18:09WANT AT THE TOP SO THAT THEY
18:10CAN ACCESS ALL THE INFORMATION
18:11THAT THAT THE PERSON THAT WE'RE
18:12GOING TO HIRE TO MAINTAIN IT IS
18:14GOING TO COME IN LATER AND JUST
18:15MAKE AND DO A LITTLE TRAINING,
18:16GET SOME TECHNICAL TRAINING BUT
18:17MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN UPLOAD
18:19AND KEEP ALL OUR DOCUMENTS IN
18:20COMPLIANCE.
18:21SO THAT DOESN'T.
18:22NECESSARILY HAVE TO START RIGHT
18:23NOW AND YOU REALLY DON'T WANT
18:24TO POSTPONE IT.
18:24I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED.
18:26IT'S A BIG PROJECT IF WE RUN
18:28INTO ANY ISSUES.
18:29WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD
18:31WINDOW OF TIME TO CORRECT THEM
18:32BEFORE WE NEED TO MEET OUR
18:33DEADLINE.
18:34SO I THINK WE'LL BE JUST FINE.
18:36UH, THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS
18:37ALREADY CREATED.
18:38WE'RE JUST WE NEED YOUR
18:39APPROVAL.
18:40UM, BUDGET HAS FOUND THAT, UM,
18:43THIS IS AFFORDABLE.
18:44>> WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
18:45SO I THINK WE'RE READY TO TO
18:46RUN WITH IT.
18:46OKAY.
18:47>> I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS
18:50FROM BOARD MUSCATINE.
18:53MISS COLLINS, I WAS LOOKING AT
18:55THE.
18:55DATES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED HERE
18:57IN THE RESOLUTION AND I'M NOT
18:59SURE I'M CLEAR ON WHAT THAT
19:01TIME FRAME SAYS.
19:02SO WE HAVE YEAR ONE YEAR.
19:03>> TO.
19:04YEAR THREE AND I KNOW IT SAID
19:08YEAR ONE BEGINS ON THE DATE OF
19:10LAUNCH.
19:11WHICH IS YET TO BE DETERMINED
19:14SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO
19:15THAT WE CAN MEET THE COMPLIANCE
19:17DEADLINE BY APRIL.
19:19THE DATE OF LAUNCH IS THE DATE
19:21THAT WE SAY OKAY, IT'S TIME
19:23WE'RE GOING TO PAY YOU $3,000
19:25TO START BUILDING THE WEBSITE.
19:27THAT'S THE DAY OF LAUNCH.
19:28SO THAT COULD BE TOMORROW.
19:30YEP.
19:30>> SO MY QUESTION IS I SEE IN
19:35THE.
19:37I SEE THERE'S A PART B IN THE
19:39RESOLUTION REGARDING BECAUSE IT
19:43WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
19:47AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
19:50SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND A NOTICE
19:51OF NON-RENEWAL FOR FISCAL YEAR
19:532028 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2027
19:562028.
19:57SO THAT IS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
20:01I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE HAVE
20:02YEAR ONE, TWO AND THREE BUT
20:04THEN WE'RE OVER THE ISSUE
20:07SETTING YOU UP TO BE ABLE TO
20:08SEND THAT NON-RENEWAL.
20:08IT TYPICALLY WEBSITE PLATFORMS
20:11WORK IN THREE YEAR CONTRACTS.
20:13SO WE'RE GOING TO IT'S WE'RE
20:15KIND OF WE'RE NOT STARTING AT
20:16THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR JULY
20:171ST LIKE WE NORMALLY DO.
20:18UM BUT A THREE YEAR CONTRACT IS
20:20A VERY TYPICAL THING THAT WE'VE
20:21ALWAYS ENGAGED WITH WITH
20:23DIGITAL BELL.
20:23THIS CONTRACT WILL JUST SO
20:25HAPPEN TO START AFTER THE FIRST
20:27OF THE YEAR.
20:28IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME?
20:29SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS YEAR
20:32WHICH WILL BE YEAR ONE AND THEN
20:34WE'LL GO INTO 20 2620.
20:35WE ARE IN 26, 27 2720 2829.
20:38ARE THE ARE THE.
20:39YEARS WRONG IN THE RESOLUTION?
20:42I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU'RE
20:43ASKING ME.
20:44WELL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M
20:45INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY SO
20:47IT SAYS YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR
20:48THREE.
20:48SO I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING
20:49YEAR ONE IS NOW.
20:51NOW WHEN WE START AND THEN YEAR
20:53TWO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE START
20:55NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ROUGHLY AROUND
20:57WE'RE SAYING JULY 1ST.
20:58WELL THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE
21:00START OUR CONTRACTS BUT THAT'S
21:01NOT GOING TO APPLY TO THIS ONE.
21:02WE'RE GOING TO START IN
21:03NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER FOR THIS.
21:05ONE A YEAR FROM WHEN WE START.
21:06YES.
21:06MHM MHM.
21:07SO I'M I'M WITH YOU ON THAT
21:09PART.
21:10SO MY QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT
21:12WHERE WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE
21:14SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND A NOTICE
21:16OF NON-RENEWAL FOR FISCAL YEAR
21:182028.
21:19SO THAT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR.
21:23IF WE DECIDE THAT THIS.
21:24OKAY HERE COMES THE EXPERT.
21:26IF WE DECIDE THAT THIS PLATFORM
21:28IS NOT GOING TO MEET OUR NEEDS
21:29WE CAN CANCEL IS WHAT I'M
21:31ASSUMING.
21:32BUT I WONDER WRITES THIS
21:33LANGUAGE SO I'M GOING TO WANT
21:34TO EXPLAIN WHEN THE PROCUREMENT
21:36MANAGER UM FROM READING THIS
21:39CURRENTLY THERE'S A PLATFORM
21:41AND NORMALLY SOFTWARE IS PAID
21:42IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL
21:45YEAR WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
21:46JULY.
21:48UM 26.
21:49>> WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 27.
21:51SO WE WANT TO ENSURE TO CLOSE
21:52ALL THE LOOPS AND LET THEM KNOW
21:54WE'RE NOT CONTINUING WITH THEM
21:55WITH THE CURRENT PLATFORM.
22:00THAT'S WHY IT'S 2728.
22:04OKAY THEN MAYBE I AM MISREADING
22:06US.
22:07SO THE NOTICE OF NON-RENEWAL IS
22:09NOT FOR WHERE THE AUTHORIZATION
22:11IS FOR THIS CURRENT PLATFORM.
22:13AND UM AS YOU NOTICE I'M NOT
22:15SAYING THE NAME ONLY BECAUSE OF
22:16THE EXEMPTION UH DELINEATED
22:18WITH IT BUT IS FOR THE CURRENT
22:20PLATFORM THAT WE ALREADY PAID
22:21AND THEY.
22:22HAVE RIGHT NOW.
22:23WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE
22:25TRANSITIONING TO THE NEW ONE.
22:26OKAY.
22:27>> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE
22:28REFERENCING THE NOTICE OF
22:30NON-RENEWAL IS BEING SENT
22:31REGARDING OUR CURRENT CURRENT
22:34PROVIDER.
22:34OKAY I JUST DON'T SEE THAT
22:36DIFFERENTIATION IN HERE.
22:37SO THAT'S WHERE MY MY.
22:38CONFUSION AND AND I BELIEVE IT
22:40EXPIRES THIS YEAR.
22:41THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT
22:43THERE'S NO ISSUES LATER ON OF A
22:45PROVIDER SAYING I DID NOT KNOW
22:47YOU WERE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE
22:49WITH US.
22:50SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KIND OF
22:52CLOSE THAT LOOP.
22:52OKAY.
22:56>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
22:58SO IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE NEEDS A
23:02REVIEW BY LEGAL POSSIBLY.
23:05I MEAN IF THEY INTERPRET IT THE
23:08CORRECT WAY AND.
23:08WE WE.
23:09>> HAVE A PROGRESSION.
23:10OKAY.
23:12>> OKAY.
23:14WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
23:17FROM THE BOARD?
23:19SHE ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT
23:20THE FISCAL YEAR 28.
23:21I DID HAVE A ONE MORE QUESTION.
23:23THE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
23:24PROPOSAL IS ABOUT $10,000 IN
23:26DIFFERENCE AND IT STATES THAT
23:27IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE OF UH,
23:29THE CRITERIA I BELIEVE ONE OF
23:31THE SECOND UM LOW ACCEPTABLE
23:34QUOTE BASED ON A BROADER SCOPE
23:35AND A STRATEGIC FIT.
23:36WELL, I GUESS I MEAN THAT'S A
23:39THAT'S A BIG JUMP.
23:40$10,000.
23:41YEAH.
23:41WHAT WAS.
23:42>> THE DIFFERENCE FACTOR?
23:43I GUESS THERE'S ABOUT.
23:4430 503,030 $500 TO UH THAT WE
23:47HAVE TO PAY INITIALLY FOR THE
23:48SETUP AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO
23:50OPTIONS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING
23:51TO TRY OUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR
23:52AND THAT THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
23:54BETWEEN THE 65 AND THE 99.
23:57THANK YOU MA'AM.
23:58>> UM.
24:02TO EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS.
24:05UH, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION
24:06WOULD BE REGARDING THE NEW
24:09STAFF MEMBER WE WERE DISCUSSING
24:11THAT THIS WOULD BECOME THEIR
24:13FULL TIME JOB MOSTLY THEIR FULL
24:14TIME JOB MAINTAINING AND
24:17UPDATING THE WEBSITES ON A
24:18REGULAR BASIS.
24:19UM, IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE
24:21SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THIS NEW
24:24PROVIDER THAT WOULD HAVE THEM
24:27TRAINED PROVIDING TRAINING FOR
24:28THIS NEW EMPLOYEE?
24:29THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
24:30THEY WILL.
24:31FOR SURE WORK WITH THEM.
24:33UM ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE
24:34LIKE THIS COMPANY IS BECAUSE
24:35THEY PROVIDED A GOOD AMOUNT OF
24:36CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TRAINING
24:38FOR US WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES.
24:39THEY WILL IN SOME CASES THEY
24:42WILL UM CORRECTED THEMSELVES.
24:43BUT EVENTUALLY WHEN WE GET A
24:45PERSON UP AND RUNNING THEY WILL
24:46ADVISE THIS OUR PERSON AS TO
24:48HOW TO CORRECT IT IF HE CAN DO
24:49IT OR SHE CAN DO IT.
24:51UM SO WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN
24:53AND MAINTAIN IT ON OUR OWN OVER
24:56TIME.
24:56GREAT.
24:57>> SO WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO JUST
24:58TRAINING OF THE ADMINISTRATION
25:00WHEN WE'RE FIRST GETTING INTO
25:02THIS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST
25:03WITH THE TRAINING OF THIS NEW
25:04EMPLOYEE.
25:05RIGHT.
25:05>> PERFECT.
25:06>> THANK YOU.
25:10PERFECT.
25:11>> SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
25:13FOR A RESOLUTION 41 DASH 26 FOR
25:16THE PURCHASE OF A THREE YEAR
25:17WEB BASED DEVELOPMENT AND
25:20CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
25:21SUBSCRIPTION AND THE TOTAL
25:22AMOUNT OF 52,900.
25:26YOU HAVE A MOTION.
25:27MOTION TO APPROVE.
25:28DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
25:30SECOND.
25:32>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR.
25:34KELLY AND A SECOND BY MR.
25:36SANTOS.
25:36ALL IN FAVOR?
25:37AYE.
25:38>> ANY OPPOSED?
25:39HEARING NONE.
25:41MOTION CARRIES.
25:44MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 45 DASH
25:4926.
25:56THIS IS FOR OUR
25:59INTERVENTIONISTS FOR THE, UH,
25:59TEACHER POSITION AT THE HIGH
26:01SCHOOL SCOUTS?
26:03YES.
26:03>> THE HIGH SCHOOL IS
26:04RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING, UH,
26:06FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE HIRING
26:07OF AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER.
26:09UM, THIS PERSON WOULD BE AN
26:12INTERVENTIONIST.
26:12THIS IS AN INTERVENTIONIST
26:14POSITION.
26:14WHAT WE FOUND.
26:16I WANT TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT
26:17OVER TIME.
26:17WE MET AT THE VERY END OF LAST
26:19YEAR.
26:19WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT OUR EFC
26:21AND OUR INTERVENTIONIST
26:23POSITIONS UM THEY VARY FROM
26:24SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
26:26WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF UM MTS
26:30ESD TEACHERS AND
26:31INTERVENTIONIST AT OUR
26:32ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SOMETIMES AS
26:33MANY AS 6 TO 7.
26:34THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A
26:37REALLY NICE SUPPORT GROUP NOW
26:38TOO.
26:39THEY HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SC
26:41TEACHERS, MTS TEACHERS AND
26:43INTERVENTIONISTS THAT WORK IN
26:44SMALL GROUPS, SMALL CLASSES AND
26:46PULL OUTS WITH THE STUDENTS
26:47THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.
26:49WHAT WE FOUND AT THE HIGH
26:50SCHOOL WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T
26:52THEY HAD UM TWO TEACHERS.
26:55THEY PUSHED INTO THE CLASSROOMS
26:57THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY PULL
26:59OUT IN SMALL GROUPS.
27:00AND WHAT RESEARCH TELLS US AND
27:03WHAT WE HAVE FOUND WITH OUR OUR
27:05OTHER MODELS IS THAT WHEN YOU
27:06HAVE INTERVENTIONISTS THAT CAN
27:07GO IN AND NOT ONLY MAKE SURE
27:11THAT THE STUDENTS ARE KEEPING
27:12UP THE CURRICULUM THAT IS
27:13EXISTING IN THE CURRENT YEAR OF
27:15SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE IN, BUT
27:16THEY'RE.
27:17ALSO ABLE TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS
27:19THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
27:21TIME THAT TEND TO WIDEN OVER
27:23TIME IF THEY'RE NOT FILLED IN.
27:25UM, SO.
27:27THEY'RE THEY'RE FINDING THAT
27:29THEY.
27:30THEY HIRED A NEW TEACHER THIS
27:32YEAR.
27:32THEY'RE FINDING THAT IN THE
27:34CLASSES THAT THEY CAN GO INTO
27:36AND WORK WITH SMALL GROUPS,
27:38THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN
27:40THE OLD METHOD WHICH WAS I'M
27:41JUST GOING TO PUSH INTO A
27:42CLASSROOM.
27:43WHATEVER THEY'RE WORKING ON I'M
27:44GOING TO HELP THEM MASTER THAT
27:46CONTENT.
27:46I'M GOING TO HELP THEM PASS THE
27:47TEST.
27:48UM AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE
27:52CLASSROOMS THAT THIS IS
27:53HAPPENING WHERE THEY'RE
27:53ACTUALLY GOING IN AND WORKING
27:54WITH SMALL GROUPS.
27:55ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
27:56THEY'RE MAKING MORE GAMES.
27:57THEY CAN SEE IT ALREADY AND
27:59THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS FOR
28:01ALL THE CLASSROOMS THAT NEED
28:02THIS TYPE OF COVERAGE.
28:03AND IT MAKES SENSE TO US
28:05BECAUSE LIKE I SAID THE OTHER
28:07UM SCHOOLS HAVE MORE OF THIS
28:09LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND THEY'RE
28:11MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE
28:12AREAS.
28:13SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD UM, AN
28:16INTERVENTIONIST TEACHER THAT
28:17WOULD TARGET THE STUDENTS THAT
28:19WE'RE TARGETING FOR OUR
28:20ACCREDITATION WHICH ARE THE
28:21LOWEST.
28:22WE CALL THEM THE L TO FIVE
28:23PERFORMERS.
28:23THEY'RE THE LOWEST PERFORMERS
28:25PERFORMING STUDENTS AND THE
28:27STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
28:28OUR GOAL SYSTEMICALLY IS TO
28:31CLOSE THOSE GAPS AND YOU NEED
28:33TO WORK VERY HARD TO DO THAT.
28:35YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN AND LIKE I
28:37SAID, WORK ON THE CURRICULUM
28:38THAT'S BEING PRESENTED AT THAT
28:39MOMENT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN
28:42YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU'RE
28:43MISSING SOMETHING IN ALGEBRA
28:44YOU HAVE MISSED QUITE A BIT
28:46OVER TIME IN YOUR MATH COURSES
28:49SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
28:50SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK,
28:52FILL IN THOSE GAPS AND AT THE
28:54SAME TIME GET OUR STUDENTS TO
28:55DO WELL IN THE COURSEWORK THAT
28:56THEY'RE TAKING NOW.
28:57IT'S KIND OF TWOFOLD.
28:59UM, WE DISCUSSED ADDING AN
29:02EXTRA TEACHER WITH FINANCE.
29:05UM, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS
29:06MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THIS AND
29:09UM, THAT WE THE BUDGET IMPACT
29:12UM IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
29:13AFFORD AND THEY CAN ADJUST IT
29:14IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
29:15THE PERSON COULD START NOW SOON
29:16AS WE GET READY TO HIRE AND
29:17POST THE POSITION.
29:18IT WOULD JUST BE REFLECTED IN
29:20THE BUDGET AT THE FIRST BUDGET
29:22AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD HAPPEN IN
29:23JANUARY.
29:24ANY QUESTIONS?
29:27SO I THINK IN YOUR PRESENTATION
29:29THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US AT OUR
29:30LAST MEETING, THE DATA
29:33CERTAINLY SHOWED THAT THIS IS
29:34WHERE UM WE WERE UH NEEDING THE
29:38MOST HELP FOR SURE.
29:39UM, THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT
29:41PROBABLY NEED THE MOST ADVOCACY
29:43AND THE MOST HELP.
29:44UM, SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT
29:46UPON US TO, UH, GIVE THEM THAT
29:49HELP.
29:49YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION STATEMENT
29:50SAYS THAT WE'RE A SCHOOL FOR
29:52ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SO WE DO
29:54NOT NEED TO LEAVE ANY OF OUR
29:56STUDENTS BEHIND FOR SURE.
29:57SO I THINK FOR ME, UM, THIS IS
30:00A NO BRAINER.
30:00IF IT TAKES ANOTHER TEACHER IN
30:03THE CLASSROOMS TO HELP LIFT
30:05THESE STUDENTS OUT OF THE.
30:07UM DEFICIT THAT THEY'RE IN,
30:09THEN THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO
30:10BECAUSE UM, AS I SAID, THEY'RE
30:13THE STUDENTS THAT PROBABLY NEED
30:15THE MOST HELP.
30:17UM.
30:17>> AND THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST
30:18DEFICIT.
30:19SO LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS VERY
30:20HARD TO BACKFILL.
30:22UM, THE FUNDAMENTALS AND THE
30:24BASICS THAT THEY'VE MISSED
30:25THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
30:26SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY LEARNING
30:27THE NEW STUFF, THEY'RE TRYING
30:29TO LEARN THE STUFF THAT THEY
30:29HAVE NOT RETAINED OR LEARNED
30:31FROM YEARS PAST AND THAT'S
30:33INSURMOUNTABLE SOMETIMES.
30:34SO YEAH FOR FOR ME IT'S A.
30:37YES BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
30:40DISCUSSION.
30:40SO I'LL START WITH OUR PARENT
30:41REPORT ON AT THE END.
30:43SO FOR CLARIFICATION IS THIS
30:45IN.
30:45ADDITION TO THE.
30:46EOC AND INTERVENTIONISTS THAT.
30:47ARE THERE.
30:48>> NOW AND.
30:49>> YOU'RE CREATING A NEW.
30:49ROLE OR.
30:50>> ARE WE LOOKING.
30:51TO ADD A THIRD.
30:51AND HOW DOES THE.
30:52DESCRIPTION CHANGE BASED ON
30:54THAT ROLE.
30:54THERE'S NO.
30:54INTERVENTIONIST THERE
30:55CURRENTLY.
30:55THEY HAVE TWO.
30:56TEACHERS AND A TEACHER THAT
30:58THEY HIRED THIS YEAR TO DO THE
31:01MTS PAPERWORK.
31:02UH AND.
31:02>> GOAL DEVELOPING MTS IS WHEN
31:04YOU ARE BEHIND YOU'RE NOT AN SC
31:07STUDENT BUT YOU ARE FALLING
31:09BEHIND AND WE HAVE A TIERED
31:10SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE
31:11PROVIDING TO STUDENTS THAT NEED
31:13EXTRA HELP TO PREVENT THEM FROM
31:16BECOMING A C STUDENT AND
31:18SOMETIMES WE CAN DO THAT.
31:19SO WE ARE HIRING AN
31:21INTERVENTIONIST AT THE HIGH
31:22SCHOOL THAT WILL ASSIST THOSE
31:24TEACHERS IN MEETING STUDENTS IN
31:28SMALL GROUP SETTING.
31:29UM AND THAT'LL BE OUR.
31:31FOURTH PERSON AND THAT WILL BE
31:34ASSISTING OUR STUDENTS AT THAT
31:35AT THAT LEVEL.
31:36IN OUR ACCREDITATION, OUR GOALS
31:39FOR OUR STUDENT PERFORMANCE
31:40ANALYSIS IS TO BE CONSISTENT
31:41ACROSS SCHOOLS.
31:42WE CAN'T.
31:43REALLY BE CONSISTENT WHEN WE
31:45HAVE A VERY SMALL GROUP OF
31:47STUDENTS TRYING TO HANDLE A
31:48VERY LARGE POPULATION WHEN WE
31:50HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF TEACHERS
31:52AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
31:54HANDLING A SIMILAR POPULATION.
31:55SO IN ORDER TO BE.
31:56CONSISTENT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE
31:58THE STAFF UM THAT CAN MAINTAIN
32:00THAT CONSISTENCY.
32:01SO THIS REALLY SOLVES A LOT OF
32:02OUR ISSUES.
32:03FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS
32:05UM.
32:06>> BUT I.
32:07>> THINK WE'RE REALLY GOING TO
32:08SEE SOME SOME PROGRESS WITH
32:10ANOTHER BODY THAT'S GOING TO
32:12TEACHER TEACHING BODY THAT'S
32:13GOING TO HELP TARGET THESE
32:15STUDENTS.
32:16>> MHM.
32:16THANK YOU.
32:17>> MUSCATINE.
32:21I THINK I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP
32:23ON HER QUESTION.
32:24UM WHAT EXACTLY IS DIFFERENT IN
32:26THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
32:29UM BECAUSE I SEE THAT WE'RE
32:30CREATING A NEW JOB DESCRIPTION
32:33AND CLASSIFICATION.
32:36SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE HAD IS
32:37WE'VE HIRED TEACHERS WE'VE
32:39HIRED INTERVENTIONISTS AND.
32:40CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG CHRISTY
32:42THROUGH THE TEACHER WE JUST
32:43WE'VE HAD A TEACHER JOB AND
32:44WE'LL SAY WHEN THEY COME IN FOR
32:45AN INTERVIEW THIS ISN'T A
32:46CLASSROOM TEACHER POSITION.
32:47THIS IS AN INTERVENTIONIST
32:49POSITION WHERE YOU WILL NOT
32:50HAVE YOUR OWN CLASSROOM, BUT
32:51YOU WILL SERVICE STUDENTS FROM
32:53A VARIETY OF CLASSROOMS.
32:54SO WE FINALLY SAID SINCE WE
32:55HAVE SO MANY OF THESE POSITIONS
32:57WE NEED WE.
32:57NEED A POSITION THAT SAYS YOU.
32:59ARE AN.
33:00INTERVENTIONIST AND THEN WE
33:01JUST CREATED THIS.
33:02THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE
33:04HIGH SCHOOL.
33:05THIS IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR
33:06OUR INTERVENTIONIST TEACHERS
33:08MOVING FORWARD.
33:09OKAY SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT
33:13ARE ALREADY FILLING THIS
33:15INTERVENTIONIST INTERVENTIONIST
33:18POSITION THEY'RE CURRENTLY
33:20CLASSIFIED.
33:22AS TEACHERS TEACHING.
33:24POSITION RIGHT.
33:25TEACHERS WE'RE JUST.
33:26>> IT'S A DIFFERENT.
33:27TYPE OF TEACHER.
33:29IT'S A CERTIFIED.
33:30TEACHING POSITION.
33:30YOU HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED.
33:32UM, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
33:34EDUCATION IS MAKING US
33:35DETERMINE WHO IS ACTUALLY IN A
33:37CLASSROOM AND WHO IS NOT
33:39ASSIGNED TO A CLASSROOM BUT
33:40ALSO A TEACHING IN A TEACHING
33:42POSITION.
33:42IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR
33:44REPORTING PURPOSES THAT WE
33:45IDENTIFY THEM AS TRULY AN
33:47INTERVENTIONIST OR A CLASSROOM
33:47TEACHER.
33:48SO DO YOU NOW HAVE TO RE
33:50CLASSIFY THE POSITIONS OF THOSE
33:52INDIVIDUALS?
33:52ARE THEY FILLING THE
33:53INTERVENTION?
33:54THEY'LL STILL BE TEACHERS.
33:56IT'S JUST THEY FALL UNDER THE
33:57INDIVIDUALS.
33:57MHM.
33:59IT'S FOR HIRING.
34:00IT'S JUST FOR HIRING PURPOSES.
34:02THERE'S THE PAY GRADE ON THIS
34:04POSITION LINE UP.
34:05WITH SAM AS A TEACHER.
34:07MHM.
34:09>> YEP SAME PAY.
34:10>> I THANK YOU.
34:11>> MHM.
34:13JUST FOR.
34:14YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE A
34:17BETTER SCHOOLS IN THE MIDDLE
34:19SCHOOL YOU WILL HAVE THESE
34:21INTERVENTION POSITIONS ALREADY.
34:22THEY DO.
34:23WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH
34:25SCHOOLS.
34:25CORRECT.
34:28AND WHERE TO ASSUME THAT THIS
34:30INTERVENTION LIST IS GOING TO
34:32HAVE SOME KIND OF EXPERTISE IN
34:34YES HE STUDENTS AND HOW TO
34:37INTERVENE AM I CORRECT IN THIS?
34:40UM IT'S YES.
34:41>> IT'S HOPEFUL.
34:42IT IS.
34:43>> HOPEFUL SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
34:44HAVE A SPECIALIST IN A CERTAIN
34:45AREA LIKE MATH THAT MAKES A BIG
34:48DIFFERENCE.
34:49>> TOO.
34:49SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
34:50TO HAVE ESD ASSISTANCE.
34:52BUT IF YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN THE
34:53CONTENT AREA AND CAN BREAK IT
34:55DOWN TO ITS BASIC ESSENTIAL
34:57LEVELS WHEN YOU'RE EXPLAINING
34:58IT AND TEACHING.
34:58IT, THAT'S.
35:00IMPORTANT AS WELL.
35:01SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO.
35:02FIND A WELL-ROUNDED PERSON THAT
35:04HAS EXPERIENCE FOR THE HIGH
35:06SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR IN THE
35:07CONTENT AREA.
35:08IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE
35:10TERRIFIC EVEN BETTER.
35:10BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A
35:13REQUIREMENT.
35:13YOU JUST HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD
35:15AT YOUR CONTENT.
35:18AND TEACHING YOUR CONTENT.
35:19>> OKAY SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A
35:25MOTION FOR RESOLUTION 45 DASH
35:2826 AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF
35:28A JOB CLASSIFICATION JOB
35:31DESCRIPTION AND PAY GRADE FOR
35:32THE INTERVENTIONIST TEACHER FOR
35:33POSITION AT OASIS HIGH SCHOOL.
35:35DO WE HAVE A MOTION.
35:36MOTION TO APPROVE 4526.
35:38DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
35:42SECOND?
35:44>> FURTHER DISCUSSION.
35:48ALL IN FAVOR?
35:48AYE.
35:49>> ANY OPPOSED?
35:51HERE.
35:52I'M SORRY WE HAD MR. SILLY AS
35:55THE MOTION AND WE HAD MR.
35:58SANTOS'S ACCEPTANCE.
35:59UM.
36:01>> HEARING NONE.
36:01>> MOTION CARRIES.
36:04BRINGS US TO ITEM C, RESOLUTION
36:0846 DASH 26.
36:09THIS IS FOR APPROVAL OF A NEW
36:12JOB DESCRIPTION AND PAY GRADE
36:13FOR THE MEDIA.
36:14COORDINATOR POSITION.
36:16I'M GOING TO.
36:17>> EXPLAIN A LITTLE.
36:18>> BIT.
36:18ABOUT WHAT THIS POSITION
36:19ENTAILS.
36:20UM.
36:21AND THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL ITS
36:24DEPARTMENT HAS RECOMMENDED
36:26DEDICATED STAFFING.
36:27FOR UM.
36:29THE MOVE.
36:30TOWARDS ADA COMPLIANCE FOR OUR
36:33SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AND OUR
36:35WEBSITE PLATFORM.
36:37THE CITY HAS HIRED A WEBSITE.
36:39EXCUSE ME HAS HIRED A WEBMASTER
36:42POSITION.
36:43THE CITY HAS 7000 PAGES THAT
36:45HAVE TO BE CONVERTED UH, AND A
36:47MULTITUDE.
36:48>> OF.
36:48DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND.
36:50THEY FELT.
36:51>> THAT THE WEBMASTER POSITION
36:51WAS BEST SUITED FOR THEIR
36:53NEEDS.
36:54WHAT WE'RE FINDING BECAUSE THAT
36:56POSITION REQUIRES A LOT OF
36:57TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND THE
36:59SALARY RANGE IS SIGNIFICANT.
37:01WE'RE TALKING SIX FIGURE
37:02SALARY.
37:03UM OUR POSITION IS A LITTLE BIT
37:05DIFFERENT.
37:06THIS IS MOSTLY A TECH NOT A UM.
37:10A BASIC.
37:12TECHNICAL POSITION THAT WE FEEL
37:14THAT SOMEBODY THAT'S A MEDIA
37:16COORDINATOR.
37:16>> COULD DO.
37:17>> IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THIS
37:18LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.
37:19IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A LOT OF
37:21CODING.
37:21IT REQUIRES SOME.
37:22BASIC CERTIFICATIONS IN ADA
37:25COMPLIANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER
37:28SMALLER EASIER PLATFORMS SO
37:30THAT THEY CAN HELP MANIPULATE
37:32OUR PLATFORMS SO THAT THEY ARE
37:36COMPLIANT.
37:37UM.
37:40SO OUR.
37:41RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE
37:42ESTABLISH A POSITION TO DESIGN
37:43FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND
37:46ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATION.
37:48UM, THIS UH.
37:50WOULD REQUIRE SOME TECHNICAL
37:51KNOWLEDGE AND CAREFUL ATTENTION
37:52TO DETAIL BUT WOULD INVOLVE
37:55LITTLE TO NO CUSTOM CODING.
37:57THE EMPLOYEE.
37:57>> WOULD HANDLE.
37:58ROUTINE TIME CONSUMING CONTENT
38:02REVIEWS UPDATES WHICH WOULD.
38:03ALLOW OUR ADMINISTRATORS.
38:05AND OUR.
38:05>> TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON THEIR
38:06PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
38:07BECAUSE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE
38:09STAFF DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO
38:12TAKE TO.
38:12>> TO GO THROUGH.
38:13EVERY PAGE THAT WE HAVE CHANGE
38:16AND MAKE IN COMPLIANT EVERY
38:18DOCUMENT THAT WE UPLOAD WE
38:19UPLOAD HUNDREDS OF THEM EVERY
38:21YEAR.
38:23UM.
38:27LET'S SAY.
38:28WE KNOW FOR THE FIRST YEAR THAT
38:30THIS.
38:31PERSON IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR
38:32VERY BUSY.
38:33THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR
38:34TRAINING.
38:34THEY HAVE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE
38:35FIRST 30 DAYS.
38:37THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH THE
38:39WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
38:40UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
38:42UH THEIR GO TO PERSON.
38:44UM THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
38:45YOU.
38:45KNOW.
38:46>> THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF WHAT
38:47IT ENTAILS UPLOADING
38:49DOCUMENTATION, FIXING BROKEN
38:51LINKS, MAKING THINGS ADA
38:52COMPLIANT.
38:53THIS IS A 210 DAY POSITION
38:56BECAUSE WE GET REAL BUSY WITH
38:58OUR WEBSITES AT THE END OF THE
38:59SCHOOL YEAR UPLOADING DOCUMENTS
39:02FOR ENROLLMENT.
39:03UH, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED
39:04SCHOOL UM HANDBOOKS, UM, SUPPLY
39:08LISTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
39:09SO WE MADE THEM A 210 DAY
39:11POSITION SO THERE WERE A COUPLE
39:12EXTRA WEEKS.
39:14WE DON'T KNOW HOW BUSY THIS
39:16PERSON MIGHT BE YEAR TWO.
39:18AND THERE'S A WHOLE.
39:20>> NOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE A
39:21RUSTING UPON OUR SHOULDERS.
39:23UM, THAT THE NEW COMMISSIONER
39:24OF EDUCATION HAS PLACED UPON
39:25PRINCIPALS AND THAT IS MAKING
39:28SURE THAT ALL THE MATERIALS IN
39:30THE MEDIA CENTERS AND CLASSROOM
39:32LIBRARIES ARE UM.
39:36ARE NOT UH, DESIGNATED FOR UM
39:39BOOK BANNING BECAUSE THEY
39:40CONTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT
39:42CONTENT IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER
39:44SO WE GOT A NEW MEMO THAT CAME
39:46OUT THAT SAID PRINCIPALS THIS
39:47IS GOING TO BE ON YOU IF THERE
39:48IS A PARENT THAT GOES TO A
39:50BOARD AND SAYS I DON'T KNOW WHY
39:51THIS BOOK WAS IN MY LIBRARY OR
39:53MY CLASSROOM LIBRARY.
39:54UM, IT'S GOING TO FALL ON THE
39:56PRINCIPAL.
39:57BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL.
39:58SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THAT
39:58CONTENT WAS ON THE LIST THAT
40:01WASN'T UH, SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
40:02PLACED IN A LIBRARY AND THEY
40:04ARE THREATENING TO HOLD FEDERAL
40:06FUNDING IF THAT HAPPENS.
40:08NOW I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS
40:09TARGETED TO BIG SCHOOL
40:10DISTRICTS AND NOT LITTLE
40:11CHARTER SCHOOLS LIKE OURS.
40:12BUT IN ANY CASE, WE STILL HAVE
40:13TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
40:14COMPLIANT WITH BOOKS THAT HAVE
40:16BEEN PUT ON A LIST BY THE STATE
40:18OF FLORIDA THAT SHOULD NOT BE
40:20UM IN OUR SCHOOLS LIBRARIES.
40:24THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE
40:25FOR ONE.
40:25PERSON TO GO THROUGH.
40:26EVERY CLASSROOM LIBRARY AND
40:28MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BOOK IS
40:30COMPLIANT, BUT WE HAVE SOME
40:31IDEAS AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO
40:32DO THAT BECAUSE WE WILL UM, SO
40:35WE WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS.
40:37WEBSITE PERSON IN THEIR
40:39DOWNTIME IF THERE IS ANY THAT
40:40THEY COULD IN FACT UM, GO
40:44THROUGH THE MEDIA CENTER BOOKS
40:46AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING
40:48IS COMPLIANT AND MAINTAIN A
40:50LIST OF AND HELP MAYBE PERHAPS
40:53SCAN CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS SO
40:55THAT WE CAN TELL IF THERE'S
40:57SOMETHING IN A CLASSROOM.
40:57LIBRARY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
40:59BE NON-COMPLIANT THAT WE'D HAVE
41:00TO PULL.
41:01UH, MARY BETH, PRINCIPAL OF
41:03OASIS SOUTH IS LOOKING INTO A
41:05PROGRAM THAT IS A SCANNING
41:06SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND.
41:08SCAN EVERY BOOK AND SHE WILL
41:11PUT IN ALL THE BOOKS ON THE
41:12LIST THAT ARE SHOULD NOT BE IN
41:13A CLASSROOM LIBRARY.
41:14OR IN A.
41:15>> MEDIA CENTER LIBRARY AND IT
41:16WILL READ RED FLAGGED THOSE
41:17BOOKS.
41:18THIS PERSON COULD.
41:19POTENTIALLY DO THAT FOR THE
41:20MEDIA CENTERS.
41:21UM THIS IS SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE
41:24THAT WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO
41:26CLOSE DOWN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
41:27MEDIA CENTER AT THE AT THIS
41:29TIME UNTIL WE GET THIS UM,
41:32SCANNING SYSTEM AND THE ABILITY
41:34TO SCAN WHAT'S IN THE MEDIA
41:35CENTER IN PLACE.
41:37UM, AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO
41:39GO TO THE LIBRARY TO CHECK OUT
41:40BOOKS MEDIA CENTER BOOKS.
41:42UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE
41:43ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
41:45UM, WE'VE DONE THIS ALREADY.
41:48WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BOOKS
41:49WE'VE LOOKED AT MOVE EXAMINED
41:51BUT WE'VE DONE IT.
41:52WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WITH A FINE
41:53TOOTH COMB LIKE WE NEED TO.
41:55AND NOW THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE
41:56BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, WE NEED
41:58TO GO THROUGH THESE BOOKS WITH
41:59A FINE TOOTH COMB GOING THROUGH
42:01A CLASSROOM, LIBRARIES A LITTLE
42:02DIFFERENT UH, AT THE ELEMENTARY
42:04LEVEL MOST BOOKS.
42:05>> ARE GOING TO.
42:06>> BE FINE.
42:08UM TEACHERS.
42:09GENERALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF
42:10WHAT'S IN THERE AT AT ALL
42:11LEVELS IN THEIR CLASSROOM
42:12LIBRARIES, BUT.
42:13WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT
42:15BOOKS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE LIST
42:17THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THIS
42:19SCANNING SYSTEM IS GOING TO
42:20HELP US.
42:20THIS PERSON THAT CAN CHECK FOR
42:22US.
42:23IN THEIR SPARE.
42:23TIME WILL HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY
42:26IF WE HAVE TO GET PARENT
42:27VOLUNTEERS TO COME IN AND HELP
42:28CHECK CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.
42:30WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
42:31SO WE'RE EXAMINING THE PRICING
42:33FOR.
42:33THE SCANNING SYSTEM.
42:36WE'RE ALSO EXAMINING UM WHAT
42:40ELECTRONIC LIBRARY WOULD LOOK
42:41LIKE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
42:42LEVEL.
42:43I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THE
42:45FACT THAT THERE WOULD BE AN
42:46ELECTRONIC LIBRARY BECAUSE.
42:46IT WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
42:47IT WOULD NOT ALLOW BOOKS THAT
42:49ARE ON THESE LISTS TO TO BE
42:51ABLE TO BE CHECKED OUT.
42:52BUT AN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY MEANS
42:54THAT STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR
42:55THEIR DEVICES.
42:5724 SEVEN.
42:58>> AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET
42:59AWAY FROM.
43:00BECAUSE RESEARCH IS.
43:01SHOWING US THAT BEING ON A
43:02DEVICE 24 SEVEN IS NOT HEALTHY
43:03FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND.
43:05>> FOR LEARNING.
43:06SO WE'RE EXAMINING BOTH ANGLES
43:08THAT'S COMING UP.
43:09WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT TO
43:10YOU WHEN WE HAVE OUR FINDINGS
43:12AND WE HAVE OUR DOCUMENTATION
43:15FINALIZED.
43:16UM BUT WE THINK.
43:17THAT THIS PERSON THAT'S.
43:18>> WHY WE.
43:19>> CALL.
43:19THEM A MEDIA.
43:20COORDINATOR COULD HANDLE
43:20BECAUSE THEY COULD.
43:21HANDLE OUR MEDIA.
43:21PRIMARY WOULD BE THE WEBSITE
43:23AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
43:25SECONDARY WOULD BE MEDIA
43:27CENTERS AND POTENTIALLY
43:29CLASSROOM LIBRARIES IF
43:31NECESSARY.
43:33THIS PERSON WOULD BE.
43:36PRIMARILY UM A HIGHER PAID UM.
43:40PROFESSIONAL UM LISTEN AND
43:43TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
43:44UM PARAPROFESSIONAL.
43:46THEIR SALARY WOULD BE A LITTLE
43:47HIGHER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY
43:48PAY.
43:48>> OUR LEVEL TWO PROFESSIONAL.
43:50PARAPROFESSIONALS BECAUSE THERE
43:51IS SOME TECHNICAL TRAINING THAT
43:53IS INVOLVED.
43:54UH, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO
43:55THIS PERSON FOR FREE IN THE
43:57FIRST 30 DAYS.
43:58SO THE THE SALARY.
44:00HIRING SCHEDULE IS A LITTLE
44:01HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE
44:02IN A REGULAR PARAPROFESSIONAL.
44:04QUESTIONS?
44:05>> I'LL OPEN UP TO THE BOARD
44:08FOR QUESTIONS.
44:10SO SO JUST SO THAT UM THAT I'M
44:13UNDERSTANDING UM WHEN WE FIRST
44:16GET IN THIS VIDEO PERSON ON THE
44:18BOARD THEIR FOCUS IS GOING TO
44:19BE.
44:20WEBSITE CORRECT.
44:21AND MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING LATER
44:24ON THAT THEY.
44:25>> CAN HELP OUT WITH.
44:25MAKING SURE LINES ON THE BOOKS.
44:27IF THERE'S DOWNTIME WHICH THERE
44:29COULD POTENTIALLY BE BUT WE'RE.
44:32>> JUST NOT.
44:32SURE YET.
44:33WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW BUSY
44:35THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE
44:36MAINTAINING THE WEBSITE.
44:37THERE COULD.
44:38>> POTENTIALLY BE DOWNTIME AND
44:39IF THERE IS WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
44:40THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP US
44:42THAT THIS PERSON COULD DO.
44:43YES WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS
44:47SORT OF.
44:48TASKED WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
44:50>> IN TERMS OF GOING THROUGH
44:51THE CENTER.
44:52I KNOW YOU SAID.
44:53MIDDLE SCHOOL.
44:53IT'S THE COST OF THAT DOWN.
44:56BUT IS.
44:57THERE IS.
44:57>> THERE A.
44:59PERSON THAT.
44:59>> IS.
45:00DOING THIS RIGHT.
45:00NOW IN THE SCHOOLS?
45:02ACCORDING TO STATUTE, THE ONLY.
45:04PERSON THAT CAN DECIDE TO GO IN
45:06AND PULL A BOOK REMOVE A BOOK
45:07IS THE MEDIA SPECIALIST.
45:08WE HAVE ONE WHO RECEIVE
45:10SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND A
45:11PRINCIPAL SO WE DON'T HAVE
45:13ANYBODY RIGHT NOW THAT IS
45:15CURRENTLY WORKING ON WE DON'T
45:16HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO HAVE
45:18SOMEBODY DO THIS.
45:19UM WE JUST RECEIVED FROM THE
45:21SCHOOL DISTRICT A LIST THEIR
45:22LIST OF BOOKS THAT NEED TO BE
45:24REMOVED AND WE HAVE THE STATE'S
45:26LIST OF BOOKS NOW THAT NEED TO
45:27BE REMOVED.
45:28WE DO HAVE OUR OWN POLICY IN
45:29PLACE.
45:30UM, IF A PARENT COMES TO A
45:33PRINCIPAL AND SAYS I DON'T
45:35THINK THIS BOOK IS APPROPRIATE,
45:36IT'S.
45:37>> IN THE MEDIA.
45:37CENTER OR IT'S IN MRS. TAYLOR'S
45:40CLASSROOM LIBRARY.
45:41UM, THE PRINCIPAL WILL SIT DOWN
45:42AND REVIEW THE BOOK WITH THE
45:43PARENT, LISTEN TO THE PARENT'S
45:45REQUEST AND THEY WILL HANDLE
45:46THE REMOVAL OF THE BOOK.
45:48UM, IF IT ESCALATES AND.
45:50THE THE PRINCIPAL SAYS THAT
45:51WE'RE NOT REMOVING THE BOOK, IT
45:53ESCALATES TO ME.
45:54ON A RARE OCCASION.
45:56WOULD IT EVER COME IN FRONT OF
45:57THE BOARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
45:58WE CAN HANDLE THAT INTERNALLY.
46:00UM, WE WE WHEN IT COMES TO.
46:03CURRICULUM WE GO WITH AND EVERY
46:05TIME WE ADOPT A CURRICULUM WE
46:06GO WITH WHAT THE STATE
46:07RECOMMENDS.
46:08SO WE KNOW OUR CURRICULUM AND
46:10THE THE THE NOVELS ASSIGNED TO
46:12>> GO.
46:13WITH OUR.
46:13READING CURRICULUM.
46:14>> SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE
46:15SAFE.
46:15SO THE.
46:15>> STATE APPROVES.
46:16IT.
46:16>> THOSE TEXTS ARE APPROVED AND
46:18THEY WILL HAVE LISTS OF OF
46:20NOVELS THAT GO WITH THE READING
46:22TEXTBOOKS THAT WE CAN USE.
46:24THE QUESTION NOW IS MEDIA
46:26CENTERS AND CLASSROOM
46:27LIBRARIES.
46:29TO.
46:32>> YES.
46:33>> SO CURRENTLY THE.
46:34OASIS MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY IS
46:36SHUT DOWN OR THAT'S A.
46:37FUTURE OPTION.
46:38TO CONSIDER.
46:39WE'RE DECIDING RIGHT NOW TO BE
46:41SAFE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT
46:43ON HOLD.
46:43WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE AND THE
46:45TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE THEIR
46:46CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.
46:46THEY CAN CHECK OUR BOOKS IN THE
46:47CLASSROOM OR THEY CAN GO TO THE
46:49LIBRARY AND CHECK OUT A BOOK.
46:52SO HOW.
46:53DOES THAT.
46:53>> CHANGE IF IT'S SHUT DOWN
46:54IT'S JUST NOT.
46:55FREE WILL.
46:56TO CHECK OUT A BOOK IT'S
46:57CONTROLLED.
46:58SO THE.
46:58THE BOOKS ARE.
46:59STILL AVAILABLE BUT THROUGH.
47:02>> A DIFFERENT SYSTEM WHERE.
47:03THEY HAVE TO BE CHECKED OUT
47:05AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IF WE FEEL
47:07SAFEST BY PUTTING THAT ON HOLD
47:09AND CHECKING THOSE BOOKS IN THE
47:10LIBRARY.
47:10AND FOR OASIS HIGH SCHOOL THEY
47:12DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A
47:14LIBRARY WHERE STUDENTS ARE
47:15FREELY ACCESSING THE BOOKS.
47:16THOSE ARE THEY.
47:17DO NOT GO THROUGH.
47:18>> THE CLASSROOM.
47:19SO THEY DON'T HAVE CLASSROOM
47:20LIBRARIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE A
47:21MEDIA CENTER ANY LONGER.
47:23SO THEN THIS PARTICULAR MEDIA
47:25COORDINATOR WOULD FOCUS FIRST
47:26ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN
47:28THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
47:30CORRECT SPREAD OUT TO CLASSROOM
47:31LIBRARIES.
47:32IS THAT CORRECT?
47:32IS THAT THE ORDER OF OF IT I
47:34GUESS IMPORTANCE OF OF MAKING
47:36SURE THERE'S COMPLIANCE OKAY.
47:38>> RIGHT RIGHT.
47:41ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
47:45>> ALL RIGHT.
47:45I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR
47:47RESOLUTION 46 DASH 26 THE
47:50CREATION OF A JOB
47:51CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION
47:52AND PAY GRADE FOR THE MEDIA
47:53COORDINATOR POSITION.
47:55MOTION TO APPROVE.
47:56WE HAVE A SECOND.
47:58SECOND.
47:58>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR.
48:01KELLY AND A SECOND BY MISS
48:03MICHAELS.
48:03ALL IN FAVOR?
48:05I ANY OPPOSED?
48:06HEARING NONE.
48:08MOTION CARRIES.
48:09MOVING ON TO ITEM D 48 DASH 26
48:12RESOLUTION.
48:13WE'RE ASKING THE GOVERNING.
48:15>> BOARD TO APPROVE TITLE FOR
48:17GRANT FUNDING.
48:18WE RECEIVE THIS EVERY YEAR.
48:19UH, IT'S FOR STUDENT SUPPORT
48:21AND ACADEMIC UM FUNDING.
48:23TYPICALLY WE RECEIVE ABOUT
48:25$15,000 PER.
48:26SCHOOL EVERY.
48:26>> YEAR AND WE DIVIDE IT UP
48:29BETWEEN, UM, TECHNOL TECHNOLOGY
48:31NEEDS AND THE ARTS AND STEM UM
48:35PE MUSIC.
48:35UM.
48:36THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC.
48:37CATEGORIES IN WHICH WE CAN
48:38SPEND THIS MONEY.
48:39WE STICK WITH THE CATEGORIES.
48:40I THINK IT'S IN YOUR BACK UP UH
48:41,INFORMATION UM AS TO HOW THEY
48:44CAN BE SPENT AND WE GO TO THE
48:46TEACHERS AND SAY OKAY, UM FOR
48:48THIS CLASS WHAT IS IT THAT YOU
48:49NEED?
48:49AND WE'LL ORDER WHAT.
48:51>> YOU NEED FROM THIS GRANT
48:52FUNDING AND IT WORKS OUT
48:52BEAUTIFULLY EVERY YEAR.
48:54SO THIS IS NOTHING NEW.
48:55THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO
48:56EVERY YEAR.
48:58UM.
48:59,AND.
48:59WE'D LIKE YOU TO APPROVE.
49:01THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $64,690.66.
49:07I THINK THERE'S MUCH DISCUSSION
49:09ON TAKING MONEY.
49:10RIGHT?
49:13SO IS THERE A MOTION UH,
49:15RESOLUTION 48 26 TO RECEIVE US
49:18DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TITLE
49:20FOR FUNDING?
49:21YES, MA'AM.
49:22PLEASE.
49:22SORRY.
49:23YEP.
49:24>> SURE.
49:25>> MISS COLLINS, I'M JUST
49:27WONDERING HOW THIS AMOUNT THIS
49:3064,006 90 IF THAT LINES UP WITH
49:31YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
49:33AMOUNT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING.
49:35IT DOES.
49:36IS IT IN LINE WITH, UH, PRIOR
49:39YEAR?
49:41IT'S GENERALLY.
49:41ABOUT THE SAME EVERY YEAR.
49:43IT FLUCTUATES A TINY BIT BUT
49:45YES.
49:45AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT
49:47WE GET.
49:47WE DON'T BARGAIN.
49:49WE DON'T NEGOTIATE.
49:50THIS IS WHAT WE RECEIVE BASED
49:52ON ENROLLMENT.
49:53MARYBETH, AM.
49:54>> I RIGHT?
49:54YEAH IT'S ABOUT THE SAME.
49:55MHM.
49:56>> THANK YOU.
49:58OKAY.
50:00>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO
50:02RECEIVE TOTAL FOR FUNDING.
50:04MOTION AND SECOND.
50:05SECOND.
50:06>> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION
50:09PRESENTED BY MR. SANTOS AND
50:11SECONDED BY MISS MICHAELS.
50:12ALL IN FAVOR?
50:13AYE.
50:14>> ANY OPPOSED?
50:15NONE.
50:15MOTION CARRIES.
50:18AND WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM
50:2012 THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
50:22YES.
50:23>> JACKIE COLLINS,
50:25SUPERINTENDENT.
50:25UM, MY REPORT IS.
50:27GOING TO FEATURE.
50:28UM.
50:28>> ARE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR
50:30THE HOLIDAY BONUS THAT WE'D.
50:31LIKE TO.
50:32>> OFFER OUR STAFF THIS YEAR?
50:34UH, WHAT.
50:35>> WE HAVE.
50:35>> FOUND IS THAT WE.
50:36PUT $2.6 MILLION BACK INTO FUND
50:38BALANCE THIS YEAR.
50:40UH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
50:41WE PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK
50:42INTO FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR AND
50:44DID A HOLIDAY BONUS.
50:45UM, SO WITH THAT EXCESS FUNDING
50:48THAT WE WEREN'T COUNTING ON, WE
50:50WOULD LIKE TO OFFER HOLIDAY.
50:51BONUSES TO ALL STAFF.
50:52NOW REMEMBER WE CAN'T PAY
50:54TEACHER SALARIES OUT OF FUND
50:56BALANCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
50:58REOCCURRING BUT WE CAN PAY
51:00TEACHER BONUSES.
51:01WE'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER HOLIDAY
51:03BONUS ONE MORE YEAR.
51:04THIS IS NOT A.
51:05BONUS THAT'S GUARANTEED EVERY
51:06YEAR BECAUSE WE PUT MONEY BACK.
51:07INTO RESERVES BECAUSE
51:08EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO START
51:09THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS
51:10THAT THAT FUND UH, THOSE FUNDS
51:13CAN CAN GO TOWARDS.
51:14BUT IF YOU.
51:16>> WOULD UM, LOOK AT YOUR
51:18BACKUP INFORMATION.
51:19LAST YEAR, UH, WE GAVE A $1,500
51:22BONUS TO TEACHERS AND A $1,000.
51:23BONUS TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS.
51:25THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SUBS.
51:27THESE ARE ALL FULL TIME
51:28EMPLOYEES.
51:29UH, AND IT WAS A BIG HIT AND
51:31OUR STAFF WAS.
51:32VERY.
51:32>> VERY THANKFUL.
51:33BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THREE
51:34OPTIONS TODAY.
51:36AND I WANT TO TALK.
51:37>> ABOUT.
51:38THE THREE.
51:38>> OPTIONS SO THAT WE CAN COME
51:39UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION IN
51:41NOVEMBER.
51:41UH, WE CAN WRITE A RESOLUTION
51:43FOR THAT.
51:43ONE OPTION THAT THE BOARD
51:44DECIDES ON.
51:45>> AND.
51:45WE CAN.
51:46>> APPROVE IT IN NOVEMBER.
51:46UH, FOR A PAYOUT IN DECEMBER.
51:49OPTION NUMBER TWO IS.
51:51UM EXCUSE ME, AN $1,800 BONUS.
51:54FOR TEACHERS AND 1300 FOR.
51:56>> ALL.
51:56OTHER STAFF FULL TIME.
51:58OPTION NUMBER THREE IS A $2,000
52:00TEACHER BONUS.
52:01AND A.
52:01>> $1,500 STAFF BONUS.
52:03IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE.
52:05BOTTOM OF.
52:05YOUR SHEET UM.
52:07IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE.
52:08TOTAL EXPENSES WITH FIRE AND
52:11ALL THE EXTRA.
52:12BENNIES WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTION
52:14ONE.
52:14UH.
52:15>> YOU KNOW, A LITTLE UNDER A
52:16HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
52:17OPTION TWO IS HALF $1 MILLION.
52:19OPTION THREE IS ABOUT 620.
52:25620 $400,000.
52:28ANY AMOUNT IS.
52:29APPRECIATED BY OUR STAFF.
52:31I WANT YOU TO.
52:32REMEMBER THAT WE ARE IN THE
52:33MIDST OF BEGINNING.
52:34>> OUR EVERGREEN STUDY FOR.
52:36>> TEACHER SALARIES.
52:37WE MET WITH FINANCE TODAY AND
52:39WE TALKED ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH
52:41WE CAN.
52:43REORGANIZE OUR.
52:43>> OPERATIONAL SPENDING BECAUSE
52:45WE SPEND ABOUT 56% OF OUR
52:48EXPENDITURES ON SALARIES WHICH.
52:49I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IS A
52:50LITTLE BIT LOW.
52:51SO I'D LIKE TO INCREASE THAT.
52:53AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING
52:55IS THAT WE ARE BEHIND LEE
52:56COUNTY.
52:56WE KNOW IT.
52:57WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE.
52:58SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND LEE COUNTY
53:00AND WE'D LIKE TO REALLY PUT
53:01SOME SOME FUNDING INTO THE
53:03TEACHER'S SALARY.
53:04THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT MORE
53:05BECAUSE THAT GOES TOWARDS.
53:06RETIREMENT FOR SURE.
53:09UM BONUSES DO NOT UM BUT IT'S
53:11ALWAYS NICE TO RECEIVE
53:12SOMETHING THAT LETS THEM KNOW
53:13THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM.
53:14SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD.
53:15TO PLEASE CONSIDER.
53:17UM OPTION ONE OPTION TWO,
53:18OPTION THREE TO HAVE A
53:20DISCUSSION AND THEN IF YOU
53:21COULD UH, COME UP WITH.
53:23>> A PLAN THAT WE CAN MOVE
53:24FORWARD WITH AT THE NOVEMBER
53:25MEETING.
53:28OKAY.
53:29>> SO WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS
53:32THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM.
53:34AND UM SO IF WE CAN COME TO OUR
53:37NOVEMBER MEETING PREPARED TO
53:38DISCUSS THOSE THREE OPTIONS AND
53:39WHAT WE THINK IS THE, UH,
53:41FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO
53:43DO.
53:43CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE TO DISCUSS
53:45TONIGHT SO THAT WHEN WE WE
53:47UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING
53:49COME NOVEMBER.
53:49SO IF TO MAKE A DECISION
53:50TONIGHT.
53:51WE'RE VOTING TONIGHT OR WE'RE
53:53DISCUSSING AND PUTTING ON THE
53:54AGENDA FOR NEXT.
53:56UM.
53:57>> MARK, CAN.
53:58>> YOU CLARIFY THIS SO THAT WE
53:59KNOW WHAT TO DO MOVING FORWARD
54:01INTO NOVEMBER?
54:04THAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM THAT
54:06RESOLUTION THAT WE.
54:08OKAY.
54:09>> SO WE ARE VOTING ON WHAT THE
54:10PAY OR THE BONUS WOULD BE
54:12TODAY.
54:13COMMUNITY CONSENSUS.
54:17FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BRING
54:18BACK A RESOLUTION UM
54:21MEMORIALIZING OF THE BOARD'S
54:22DESIRE.
54:25OKAY SO IT'LL BE BONUS ONE 2 OR
54:293.
54:30OKAY.
54:30>> RIGHT.
54:33UM, DO WE HAVE A.
54:37DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THE AGENDA
54:40IN FRONT OF THEM?
54:44IS IT POSSIBLE?
54:45MRS..
54:45UM, COLLINS TO PUT A SLIDE UP
54:50WITH THE ONE, TWO AND THREE.
55:05THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
55:08OKAY.
55:09>> SO AS YOU CAN SEE.
55:10>> WE HAVE OPTION ONE.
55:11>> TWO AND THREE.
55:12THIS IS.
55:12>> THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IT'S
55:13GOING.
55:14TO UM.
55:16COST THE SYSTEM FOR.
55:18>> EACH OPTION.
55:19AND WHAT WAS IF YOU CAN REFRESH
55:22MY MEMORY WHAT WAS THE BONUS WE
55:24GAVE LAST YEAR FOR THE.
55:25THE BONUS WE.
55:27>> GAVE LAST YEAR WAS OPTION
55:28ONE.
55:29AND HOW MUCH DID WE PUT IN
55:31RESERVES LAST YEAR?
55:35I BELIEVE WE.
55:36>> PUT IN 3 MILLION.
55:53I CAN REMIND THE.
55:54BOARD ABOUT UM WHEN WE GO
55:56THROUGH THE YEAR WE DO HAVE
55:58OTHER BONUSES.
55:59>> THAT WE.
55:59GIVE OUR TEACHERS.
56:00IF THEY'RE IN A SCHOOL THEY
56:01RECEIVE THE A RECOGNITION BONUS
56:03ALTHOUGH THOSE AMOUNTS ARE.
56:05DECLINING OVER THE YEARS.
56:06THEY'RE NOT WHAT THEY.
56:07>> USED TO BE.
56:07WE GET LESS AND LESS FUNDING
56:09FOR THOSE BONUSES.
56:12UM, IF YOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL
56:14TEACHER AND YOU TEACH AN.
56:14ACE COURSE.
56:16YOU DO GET A BONUS DEPENDING ON
56:19HOW MANY OF YOUR STUDENTS PASS,
56:20WHICH IS ALSO VERY NICE.
56:22UM, SO THEY THEY WILL HOPEFULLY
56:25THIS YEAR THEY WILL RECEIVE
56:27THOSE BONUS AMOUNTS AS WELL.
56:33SO WE'RE PUTTING 2.6 MILLION
56:35BACK INTO THE GENERAL REVENUE
56:36FUND.
56:37WE KNOW THAT THIS IS KIND OF
56:39OUR WAY OF PAYING OUR TEACHERS
56:42BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO GET
56:44CONSISTENT FUNDING TO PAY THEM.
56:47UM AND THAT ANNUAL SALARY.
56:49SO THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR
56:50WORK AROUND UM TO PAY OUR
56:53TEACHERS A LITTLE BIT EXTRA AND
56:55GIVE THEM A HOLIDAY BONUS WHICH
56:56I KNOW HAS BEEN UM, A BIG BOOST
57:00FOR MORALE IN THE PAST FOR SURE
57:02UM AND I THINK IN TODAY'S UM
57:06ECONOMY AND WITH LEE COUNTY
57:10PAYING THEIR TEACHERS EVEN MORE
57:11THAN THE LAST TIME WE GAVE THIS
57:13BONUS.
57:14UM.
57:15>> I THINK EVERY LITTLE BIT
57:16HELPS.
57:17I THINK THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE
57:18THE UNSUNG HEROES.
57:19THEY'RE THE ONES WITH OUR
57:20CHILDREN EIGHT, NINE, TEN HOURS
57:22A DAY.
57:23THEY'RE THE ONES PUTTING IN THE
57:24WORK FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY.
57:28UM, SO FOR ME, THE MORE MONEY
57:29WE CAN GIVE THE TEACHERS THE
57:31BEST.
57:31BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
57:32PRUDENT ABOUT THIS, RIGHT?
57:34THIS IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
57:36THIS IS, UM, MONEY THAT WE HAVE
57:39TO BE STEWARDS OF AND WE HAVE
57:42TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT.
57:44SO YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, A
57:48CONFLICT IN MY MIND.
57:49I WANT TO GIVE THEM THE WORLD.
57:51I WANT TO PAY THEM EVERYTHING
57:51THAT I THINK THEY DESERVE.
57:52BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE I
57:54SAID, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD
57:55STEWARDS AS WELL.
57:55SO THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO
57:57OPEN IT UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OF
57:58DISCUSSION.
57:59IT LOOKS LIKE THE DIFFERENCE
58:00BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND THREE IS
58:03ABOUT $167,396 GIVE OR TAKE A
58:06LITTLE BIT UM THAT'S A
58:11SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT BUT THE
58:13DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1500 AND
58:152000 FOR A TEACHER TO BE ABLE
58:17TO MAYBE BUY SOME CHRISTMAS
58:18PRESENTS, PUT SOME GAS IN THE
58:19TANK AND MAYBE UH, GO ON A
58:22LITTLE BIT BETTER.
58:22VACATION IS ALSO SUBSTANTIAL TO
58:24US, SO YOU.
58:26>> HAVE TO KEEP THOSE FACTORS
58:27IN MIND AS WELL.
58:28UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, LIKE I
58:30SAID, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR
58:31DISCUSSION.
58:31MISS MICHAELS PLEASE.
58:32SO, UH, ON THE RESERVE
58:34CURRENTLY IS 2.6 THAT CORRECT?
58:37I MEAN YOU CAN THAT'S.
58:40>> WHAT.
58:40WE PUT.
58:40INTO RESERVES.
58:42AT THE END OF 2026.
58:43AND THESE THIS GETS.
58:45>> PAID OF THE.
58:45CHURCH CORRECT?
58:46YES.
58:46>> SO THEN BASICALLY IF WE WENT
58:48WITH.
58:48OPTION THREE THERE WOULD.
58:49BE APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION.
58:52THAT'S RIGHT.
58:52UM.
58:56MY QUESTION IS THAT LAST YEAR
58:58YOU SAID WE PUT JUST OVER 3
58:59MILLION AND THIS IS 2 MILLION.
59:02HOW HOW MUCH ARE YOU NORMALLY
59:03PUTTING IN RESERVES I GUESS
59:05ESTIMATED OVER THE PAST FEW
59:07YEARS IS THAT IT'S BEEN GOING.
59:08>> DOWN.
59:09PRETTY SIGNIFICANT A COUPLE A
59:11COUPLE MILLION.
59:12EACH YEAR.
59:12>> WE BUDGETED 99%.
59:14SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE
59:15NOT.
59:15BUDGETING AT 100% AND THAT
59:17HELPS.
59:18UM IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE FROM
59:21BUDGET THAT CAN.
59:22>> ANYBODY WANT TO.
59:24I MEAN I THINK IT'S.
59:27WE HAVE UM THE.
59:27DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HERE AT
59:29CRYSTAL FEAST.
59:31UM, NO.
59:31>> I THINK YOU SAID IT
59:33PERFECTLY.
59:33UM.
59:33>> THE INTENT.
59:35IS WE.
59:35BUDGETED AT 99% SO IT.
59:37IT AUTOMATICALLY AH NATURALLY
59:38CREATES A FUND BALANCE EACH
59:39YEAR.
59:40UM, IT'S A CONSERVATIVE
59:41APPROACH THAT MOST UM SCHOOLS
59:44USE UM AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO
59:47USE.
59:47THANK YOU MA'AM.
59:51PLEASE.
59:53>> UM.
59:54MISS COLLINS, WHEN IS THE
59:56EVERGREEN STUDY EXPECTED TO BE
59:57COMPLETED WHERE THOSE.
59:58TEACHER SALARIES.
1:00:00WOULD POTENTIALLY SEE AN
1:00:00INCREASE?
1:00:01WE JUST.
1:00:02DID OUR.
1:00:03KICKOFF MEETING, UM, IN THE.
1:00:05BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
1:00:06WE'RE THINKING.
1:00:07JANUARY CHRISTY.
1:00:08THAT IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
1:00:11>> OKAY.
1:00:12FROM A PARENT REPRESENTATIVE
1:00:15PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK
1:00:15WE'VE EVER SAID WE WANT TO GIVE
1:00:16OUR TEACHERS LESS FROM A
1:00:18PARENT.
1:00:19WE ALWAYS SAY WE WANT TO GIVE
1:00:19OUR TEACHERS MORE.
1:00:21UM, AND SO I'M OF THE POSITION
1:00:23THAT I THINK WE SEE IT VERY
1:00:26CLEARLY WITH SUCH A SMALL
1:00:27DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE
1:00:28AMOUNTS THAT I WANT TO GIVE OUR
1:00:29TEACHERS THE MOST.
1:00:31I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY
1:00:32SAYING WE KEEP SAYING TEACHERS
1:00:34TO AND IT'S ALSO FOR SUPPORT
1:00:36AND I THINK WE'RE FAILING TO
1:00:39UM, RECOGNIZE THAT YOU AND I'VE
1:00:40DONE THE SAME THING AND I
1:00:42APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT
1:00:43IS NOT JUST TEACHERS, IT IS
1:00:45SUPPORT STAFF WHO WE COULD THE
1:00:48THE TEACHERS COULD NOT DO THEIR
1:00:49JOBS WITHOUT SUPPORT STAFF.
1:00:50THE SCHOOL COULD NOT RUN WITH
1:00:51THAT SUPPORT STAFF.
1:00:52SO I DO NOT MEAN TO MINIMIZE
1:00:54SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE THEY UM
1:00:58HELP THE SCHOOL RUN AND ARE
1:00:59JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYBODY
1:01:00ELSE.
1:01:00SO UM LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND
1:01:02BECAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE JUST
1:01:04DONE THE SAME THING SO I
1:01:05APOLOGIZE.
1:01:05SO PLEASE I'M SORRY.
1:01:08WE HAVE MORE COMMENT FROM THE
1:01:10BOARD.
1:01:12PLEASE.
1:01:14>> SUPERINTENDENT
1:01:16SUPERINTENDENT COLLINS LOOKING
1:01:17AT THIS IF.
1:01:18WE WENT.
1:01:19WITH THE OPTION THREE IT'S
1:01:21LOOKING LIKE WE WE MIGHT BE IN
1:01:25IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PUT IN
1:01:27RESERVES WE WOULDN'T BE AT THAT
1:01:282 MILLION MARK THAT WOULD
1:01:30ACTUALLY BE BELOW CORRECT.
1:01:31>> BE A LITTLE.
1:01:32BELOW BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
1:01:34OUR.
1:01:34RESERVES OUR FUND BALANCE.
1:01:37IS VERY HEALTHY.
1:01:39THERE'S A MINIMUM OF 5% THAT WE
1:01:40HAVE TO KEEP IN RESERVES AT ALL
1:01:41TIMES AND WE FAR EXCEED THAT.
1:01:44AND YOU MENTIONED THE
1:01:46POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL
1:01:48RAISES.
1:01:48WHERE WOULD WE BE PULLING THAT
1:01:49MONEY FROM?
1:01:50WOULD IT BE FROM FROM RESERVES
1:01:51AS WELL?
1:01:52NO THAT RAISES I APOLOGIZE
1:01:53RIGHT I MEANT BONUSES IF
1:01:55POSSIBLE.
1:01:58UM THIS IS REALLY THE PLACE TO
1:02:00PULL IT FROM I'M SURE AT THE
1:02:01END OF THE YEAR IF THERE WAS.
1:02:02MONEY THAT WAS WE HAD.
1:02:04BUDGETED THAT WE DIDN'T.
1:02:05SPEND WE COULD TALK TO FINANCE
1:02:06ABOUT USING THAT AS A BONUS.
1:02:07BUT TYPICALLY THIS IS THE
1:02:09EASIEST PLACE TO PULL IT FROM
1:02:11BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE AMOUNT I
1:02:13KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE PUTTING IN
1:02:14THERE.
1:02:14UM AND IT DOESN'T USUALLY THE
1:02:16BONUSES DON'T EVER EXCEED WHAT
1:02:18GOES INTO UH FUND BALANCE.
1:02:21THANK YOU.
1:02:24>> MISS MICHAELS.
1:02:25ESPECIALLY BEING OUR FINANCE
1:02:27COMMITTEE CHAIR.
1:02:27I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO HEAR
1:02:29HEAR.
1:02:29YEAH.
1:02:30>> OKAY.
1:02:30YEAH.
1:02:30THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO
1:02:31WEIGH IN ON.
1:02:31I WAS IN THE, UM, FINANCE
1:02:32MEETING THIS MORNING.
1:02:33SO, UM, THE EVERGREEN STUDY IS
1:02:34TAKING PLACE.
1:02:35UM, AND THE FINANCE TEAM HAS
1:02:37LOOKED AT AND THEY CAN WEIGH IN
1:02:38MORE ON THIS BUT.
1:02:39THEY'VE LOOKED AT.
1:02:40THE BUDGETING.
1:02:41I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE
1:02:41SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET
1:02:43NEXT YEAR.
1:02:43SO THAT YOU CAN'T PAY RAISES.
1:02:46OUT OF FUND BALANCE OUT OF
1:02:47RESERVES.
1:02:48UM SO.
1:02:49>> THEY.
1:02:49BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE
1:02:50ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
1:02:51TO THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR THAT
1:02:52WILL.
1:02:53ACCOMMODATE RAISES.
1:02:55WE'LL SEE.
1:02:55WHAT THE EVERGREEN STUDY SHOWS
1:02:57BUT THERE IS AN ABILITY TO.
1:02:59>> MAKE SOME CHANGES IN WHERE
1:03:01WE'VE HELD MONEY THAT WE.
1:03:02AREN'T SPENDING ANYMORE AND
1:03:04CONVERT THAT MONEY INTO UM,
1:03:05SALARIES.
1:03:06SO FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE
1:03:08THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND
1:03:09AGAIN THEY CAN WEIGH IN.
1:03:10UM THEY.
1:03:11SEEM UH CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE
1:03:13ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE RATES OF
1:03:14SOME FORM NEXT YEAR ONCE WE GET
1:03:16THAT EVERGREEN STUDY BASED ON
1:03:17JUST SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
1:03:18BUDGET.
1:03:19UM, AND THEN JUST KEEP IN MIND.
1:03:21THAT WITH A FUND BALANCE OR.
1:03:22RESERVES THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE
1:03:24OPERATING AT 99%.
1:03:25THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO.
1:03:27REPLENISH OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
1:03:29SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE.
1:03:30TAKING AWAY AT THE 2.5 MILLION
1:03:32AND.
1:03:32THAT MONEY IS JUST GOING TO
1:03:33CONTINUE TO DECREASE.
1:03:35IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE
1:03:36REPLENISHED WITH THAT 1% EXTRA
1:03:38THAT WE'RE NOT OPERATING ON
1:03:39WITH OUR BUDGET AND.
1:03:41THAT'S FOR THINGS LIKE.
1:03:42THIS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.
1:03:44UM, SO IT'S IT'S UH YOU KNOW,
1:03:47WHILE WE WILL GET MAYBE A
1:03:48LITTLE BIT BELOW 2 MILLION WITH
1:03:49THE BUDGET TODAY THAT SHOULD
1:03:50REPLENISH SOME THROUGH THE NEXT
1:03:52FISCAL YEAR.
1:03:53AND THAT'S NOT ALL THE MONEY WE
1:03:54HAVE IN THERE AT THE MOMENT.
1:03:56RIGHT RIGHT.
1:03:56>> THAT'S JUST WHAT WE PUT IN
1:03:59THIS YEAR RIGHT?
1:04:03THAT'S WHY I LOVE HEARING FROM
1:04:04THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
1:04:06IT'S BEEN REASSURING.
1:04:08I HAVE A QUESTION ON AT THE END
1:04:10PLEASE.
1:04:11SO I THINK FROM A FINANCIAL.
1:04:14PERSPECTIVE IF IT.
1:04:15DOESN'T AFFECT ANYTHING THEN
1:04:17WHY WOULD.
1:04:17WE NOT GIVE OUR TEACHERS.
1:04:19AS MUCH.
1:04:19>> AS WE POSSIBLY CAN?
1:04:21UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN
1:04:23WE KNOW THAT.
1:04:23YOU KNOW.
1:04:24>> THEY'RE BEHIND.
1:04:25AND LEE.
1:04:26COUNTY AND.
1:04:27>> I FEEL LIKE FROM A PARENT'S
1:04:29PERSPECTIVE THEY DO SO MUCH
1:04:30MORE THAN LEE COUNTY.
1:04:32I MEAN I FROM LAST YEAR WHAT
1:04:34OUR TEACHER DID FOR CHRISTMAS
1:04:37WHICH YES, PARENTS CHIP IN AND
1:04:39PARENTS HELP WITH SOME OF THE
1:04:40THINGS BUT THE PICTURES THAT
1:04:41SHE WAS SENDING I KNOW PARENTS
1:04:43DIDN'T CHIP IN FOR AND YOU KNOW
1:04:45THAT'S MONEY THAT'S COMING OUT
1:04:46OF THEIR POCKET.
1:04:47SO NOT ONLY DOES YOU KNOW THIS
1:04:49BONUS HELPS THEM FOR THEIR OWN
1:04:51FAMILIES, IT'S GOING RIGHT BACK
1:04:52TO OUR KIDS TO TO HELP THEM
1:04:55EXPERIENCE MORE IN THE
1:04:56CLASSROOM.
1:04:56SO I'M DEFINITELY TEAM OPTION
1:04:59THREE GIVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE
1:05:01CAN.
1:05:02MICHAEL UH.
1:05:03>> I WOULD MAYBE RECOMMEND.
1:05:05>> THAT WE ASK EACH BOARD
1:05:06MEMBER TO RECOMMENDED OPTION
1:05:09AND THEN SEE I LIKE MY THREE.
1:05:14AND I WOULD LIKE THE FEEDBACK
1:05:15OF UM THE CURRENT REPS AS WELL
1:05:18EVEN THOUGH THEY WON'T.
1:05:19BE OFFICIALLY VOTING BUT I
1:05:22WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE
1:05:23OPTIONS ARE AS WELL.
1:05:24SO WE'LL START WITH MISS RIZZO
1:05:25ONE THROUGH THREE.
1:05:28OH PLEASE I'M SORRY I APOLOGIZE
1:05:30YOU DON'T HAVE A BUTTON I
1:05:32APOLOGIZE.
1:05:32IN THE PAST, UH, WE HAVE
1:05:36EXPERIENCE GIVING BONUSES FOR A
1:05:37YEAR AND THEN YEAR AFTER BEING
1:05:40UNABLE TO WORK TEACHERS AND
1:05:44SUPPORTING.
1:05:45WE'VE GIVEN.
1:05:46>> DIFFERENT TYPES OF BONUSES.
1:05:47OVER THE COURSE OF THE.
1:05:48THE YEARS.
1:05:49WE USED TO GIVE A.
1:05:50LONGEVITY BONUS.
1:05:51UM, BUT WHEN WE ADJUSTED
1:05:52SALARIES WITH THE.
1:05:53LAST EVERGREEN UM.
1:05:56COMPENSATION SCHEDULE WE GOT.
1:05:58RID OF THOSE BONUSES.
1:05:59BONUSES ARE JUST THAT THEY'RE
1:06:01NEVER GUARANTEED.
1:06:01>> EVERY YEAR.
1:06:02WE JUST HAVE TO COMMUNICATE
1:06:04THAT VERY CLEARLY TO THEM THAT
1:06:05SOME YEARS THEY MIGHT NOT GET A
1:06:08BONUS.
1:06:09IF IN 2028 THEY GET A SALARY
1:06:12INCREASE THERE.
1:06:13PROBABLY WON'T BE A CHRISTMAS
1:06:14UH HOLIDAY BONUS JUST DEPENDS
1:06:16ON HOW AND WHAT COMES UP
1:06:19THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
1:06:19FOR EXAMPLE UM.
1:06:21WE NEED TO START THINKING.
1:06:22ABOUT IN IN THE PORTABLES AND
1:06:24THE PORTABLES ARE.
1:06:25YOU KNOW.
1:06:26THEIR LONGEVITY.
1:06:27THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE
1:06:28FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
1:06:29I'M THINKING MAYBE TEN UM WE'VE
1:06:32GOT.
1:06:32ISSUES WITH THE ROOF.
1:06:33WE'VE GOT WATER ISSUES.
1:06:35I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
1:06:36MAKE IT.
1:06:36SO YOU KNOW MOVING FORWARD WE
1:06:38MIGHT WANT TO INCREASE OUR FUND
1:06:40BALANCE, UM, EARMARK SOME OF
1:06:43THOSE EXCESS FUNDS THAT WE PUT
1:06:44IN EVERY YEAR FOR THE
1:06:46REPLENISHMENT OF THE PORTABLES
1:06:47SO THAT OUR DEBT SERVICE TOO
1:06:49WHEN WE, UM, BUILD A BRICK AND
1:06:51MORTAR EXTENSION AND GET RID OF
1:06:52THE PORTABLES IT WILL HELP
1:06:53OFFSET THE DEBT SERVICE.
1:06:55SO A BONUS IS NEVER GUARANTEED.
1:06:58UM, AND I THINK IT'S IT'S ALL
1:06:59ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE THAT
1:07:00IT'S A NICETY WHEN WE DO IT WE
1:07:02CAN DO IT.
1:07:03UM, BUT IT'S NOT GUARANTEED
1:07:05FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
1:07:06AND I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND
1:07:07THAT.
1:07:07I THINK THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO
1:07:08GET THE BONUS WHEN THEY CAN
1:07:10WHEN THEY WHEN THEY DO GET IT.
1:07:12BUT I.
1:07:13>> THINK THEY UNDERSTAND DON'T
1:07:14COUNT ON IT EVERY YEAR.
1:07:16SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IF.
1:07:20PROVIDING OPTION THREE WILL NOT
1:07:23NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOU WILL
1:07:25RESPECT YOUR FOR THE TEACHER IN
1:07:28THIS WAY IS NOT THAT I HOPE.
1:07:34THREE.
1:07:37>> UH OPTION THREE.
1:07:42THREE I'M A THREE.
1:07:45OPTION THREE.
1:07:52I'M IN FAVOR.
1:07:55OF OPTION THREE.
1:07:55>> BUT UH THREE.
1:07:59OKAY THANK YOU.
1:08:00YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTIVE.
1:08:03I HAVE MY DIRECTIVE.
1:08:03THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:08:08ALL RIGHT.
1:08:08>> NEXT WE HAVE OUR CITY
1:08:10MANAGERS.
1:08:10I'M SORRY, MISS COLLINS.
1:08:11ARE YOU FINISHED?
1:08:12I AM OKAY.
1:08:13WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER'S
1:08:14REPORT.
1:08:15LOOKS LIKE, UH, CRYSTAL, YOU'RE
1:08:15GOING TO GIVE THAT TO US
1:08:16TONIGHT?
1:08:17YES.
1:08:17THANK YOU MA'AM.
1:08:18FOR THE RECORD, CRYSTAL FEAST
1:08:20FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
1:08:22STANDING IN.
1:08:22FOR MARK MASON, ASSISTANT CITY
1:08:25MANAGER.
1:08:25UM.
1:08:26>> SINCE THE LAST MEETING WE
1:08:27HAVE MADE QUITE A, UH QUITE A
1:08:29BIT OF PROGRESS IN A NUMBER OF
1:08:31AREAS.
1:08:31SO I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE, UM,
1:08:33REALLY QUICKLY.
1:08:34UM, I'LL START WITH IT AND OUR
1:08:37TECHNOLOGY SERVICES THAT WE
1:08:39PROVIDE UM, ALL PHONES WERE.
1:08:41MOVED TO THE NEW WEBEX.
1:08:42CLOUD BASED SOLUTION.
1:08:44UM, SINCE THE LAST MEETING OUR
1:08:46RISK WEBSITE UM WAS OPTIMIZED
1:08:49FOR ALL DIRECT ACCESS FOR
1:08:51CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND
1:08:53THAT WEBSITE IS UM, SET UP NOW
1:08:56FOR UM EMPLOYEES TO REPORT
1:08:59INCIDENTS, INJURIES AND THINGS
1:09:01THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO START
1:09:03UM ANY POTENTIAL LIKE WORKER'S
1:09:05COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND THINGS
1:09:06LIKE THAT.
1:09:07SO WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE SET UP
1:09:08AND UM, OPTIMIZED FOR UM
1:09:11EMPLOYEE ACCESS.
1:09:13UM, THE ANNUAL SECURITY
1:09:15AWARENESS TRAINING WAS
1:09:16COMPLETED FOR ALL STAFF.
1:09:19900 NEW CHROMEBOOKS WERE
1:09:20INVENTORIED, CONFIGURED AND
1:09:22DEPLOYED UH FOR USE SINCE THE
1:09:24LAST MEETING AND.
1:09:2611 NEW LINE SMART BOARDS FOR
1:09:29CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS WERE
1:09:30INSTALLED, CONFIGURED AND
1:09:31READIED FOR USE.
1:09:33SO THAT IS FROM UM OUR IT GROUP
1:09:36UM AS IT RELATES TO FACILITY
1:09:38WORK THAT WAS DONE UM PUBLIC
1:09:40WORKS REINFORCED UM PLAYGROUND
1:09:45BORDERS THEY CLEARED BLOCKED
1:09:47SITE DRAINAGE UH REPLACED
1:09:50DETERIORATED.
1:09:51OOPS ROOFTOP EXHAUST FANS UM
1:09:56AND A FAILING DOMESTIC UH WATER
1:09:59HEATER AND REBUILT CORRODED
1:10:00COLUMN BASSES AT THE AIR AND A
1:10:04MAXIMUM UM.
1:10:06AND THAT'S IT A LONG LIST BUT
1:10:10THAT IS IT UM AND AS FROM UH
1:10:12OUR FINANCE GROUP UM, WORKING
1:10:15WITH MALDEN AND JENKINS, THEY
1:10:16WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE
1:10:17FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR
1:10:1926.
1:10:20UM, THAT WAS COMPLETED UM, AT
1:10:23930 THEY ISSUED UH THE REPORT
1:10:25DATE WAS 930, WHICH MET THE
1:10:28DEADLINE BY THE FLORIDA STATUTE
1:10:29AND UM OUR UM SCHOOL BOARD.
1:10:32SO THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
1:10:33UM, AND YOU CAN EXPECT AN AUDIT
1:10:36PRESENTATION OF RESULTS NEXT
1:10:38MEETING.
1:10:38ALL RIGHT.
1:10:39>> I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
1:10:43ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR..
1:10:47>> OKAY.
1:10:48I KNOW THAT WE UM, EARMARKED
1:10:51SOME FUNDING FOR THE UH
1:10:52BOLLARDS DID DO WE KNOW OR IS
1:10:55THAT MORE OF A QUESTION FOR FOR
1:10:58THE BOLLARDS THAT ARE WE'RE
1:10:59GOING TO PUT INTO PLACE FOR UM
1:11:02I KNOW FOR THE CAR PICKUP LINE
1:11:03AND STUFF IS THAT THAT'S.
1:11:05>> FROM A SAFETY AND SECURITY
1:11:07ALLOCATION.
1:11:07WHEN DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHEN
1:11:09THAT'S GOING TO START GETTING
1:11:11INSTALL.
1:11:12>> NO.
1:11:16I DO.
1:11:17HAVE ONE.
1:11:17>> QUESTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING
1:11:18ABOUT UPDATES I'M WONDERING.
1:11:20>> DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE.
1:11:21ON THE UM.
1:11:23HVAC SYSTEMS I DON'T KNOW WHO
1:11:26WOULD BE.
1:11:27THE APPROPRIATE PERSON.
1:11:28WE HAVE LAURIE, OUR PROJECT
1:11:30MANAGER HERE.
1:11:30RORY WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE.
1:11:33YOU KNOW WANT TO TALK ON THAT
1:11:34MRS. RORY ALVAREZ.
1:11:37SO PLEASE, MANAGER.
1:11:38UH, THE ONLY UPDATE WE HAVE
1:11:40RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WAITING FOR
1:11:41A LOT OF THOSE APPEALS TO GO TO
1:11:43FINANCE AND GET APPROVED AND I
1:11:44BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE 21ST TO
1:11:46THE COUNCIL.
1:11:47SO ONCE THAT THEN WE'LL GET ALL
1:11:48THE BIDS AND GET WORKING ON IT.
1:11:50SO EVERYTHING IS SOMEWHAT
1:11:52FUNCTIONAL AS OF NOW.
1:11:54UM THERE'S LOTS OF NEW ISSUES
1:11:56THAT COME UP A LOT.
1:11:58SO THAT'S ON THE SUPERINTENDENT
1:11:59WORK ON THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
1:12:00>> SO THE COUNCIL.
1:12:03>> IS GOING TO APPROVE.
1:12:04$1.8 MILLION I BELIEVE AT THE
1:12:06END OF THE MONTH SO THAT WE CAN
1:12:07PURCHASE.
1:12:07>> OUR CHILLER FOR.
1:12:08THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IS IT THE
1:12:11AIR HANDLER.
1:12:11AT THE ELEMENTARY.
1:12:12SCHOOL THAT NEEDS TO BE
1:12:13REPLACED?
1:12:13YEAH.
1:12:13THESE ARE THESE YOU.
1:12:15KNOW, BIG PROJECTS.
1:12:16THEY WERE IN THE BUDGET I
1:12:18BELIEVE.
1:12:18FOR THIS YEAR.
1:12:20UM SO ONCE THEY GET APPROVED
1:12:22WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
1:12:23WITH REPLACING THOSE ITEMS.
1:12:24SO WE SHOULD BE IN MUCH BETTER
1:12:26SHAPE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
1:12:28HOWEVER THE CHILLER TAKES 30
1:12:29WEEKS TO BUILD.
1:12:30UH AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE
1:12:32SOME TIME.
1:12:33UM, I'M ANTICIPATING SUMMER
1:12:35INSTALLATION FOR THE CHILLER.
1:12:36YOU'RE ANTICIPATING SUMMER
1:12:38INSTALLATION FOR THE CHILLER?
1:12:38YES.
1:12:39>> YEAH.
1:12:40DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT
1:12:42AIR HANDLER FOR THE ELEMENTARY
1:12:43SCHOOL?
1:12:44THEY'LL ALL BE ABOUT THE SAME
1:12:44TIME SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF BE
1:12:46ROLLING THROUGH THERE.
1:12:47WE ALSO HAD A FIRE ALARM PANEL
1:12:48FAILED THE HIGH SCHOOL.
1:12:49YEAH, THE ELEVATORS FAILED AT
1:12:50THE HIGH SCHOOL.
1:12:51YEAH YEAH THE THE HITS JUST
1:12:53KEEP COMING NONSTOP SO WE.
1:12:55>> GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND
1:12:56THINGS GET FRIED OVER AND OVER
1:12:59AGAIN.
1:13:00THAT'S WHY WE'VE WE'VE HAD OUR
1:13:01ISSUES WITH THE.
1:13:02>> WITH.
1:13:02THE HVAC AND THE FIRE.
1:13:06SUPPRESSION UNITS.
1:13:07AT THE.
1:13:08>> HIGH SCHOOL.
1:13:09I THINK MISS MICHAELS HAD A
1:13:10QUESTION FOR EVERY YEAH WE
1:13:13HAVE.
1:13:14WE HAVE THEM.
1:13:15IN THE LOCKER ROOMS.
1:13:16YES I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT
1:13:19WAS A FOLLOW UP FROM THE SPRING
1:13:20MEETING.
1:13:20UM.
1:13:26>> UH, WHERE WE I'M NOT SURE I
1:13:29REMEMBER THAT'S BEEN A FEW.
1:13:33I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT.
1:13:36I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY
1:13:38MISINFORMATION.
1:13:39SO WHAT I.
1:13:39>> CAN.
1:13:40DO IS.
1:13:40GET A CLEAR RESPONSE AND I CAN
1:13:42EMAIL THAT TO THE
1:13:43SUPERINTENDENT.
1:13:44>> AND THEN SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE
1:13:45THE.
1:13:45EMAIL TO ALL OF YOU.
1:13:46I JUST DON'T.
1:13:47I DON'T WANT TO GIVE.
1:13:48YOU ANY MISINFORMATION.
1:13:49TOTALLY FINE THANK YOU.
1:13:50I DID GET AN UPDATE TODAY FROM
1:13:53WANDA.
1:13:54UM THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
1:13:55>> THE PROCESS.
1:13:56>> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
1:13:57PROCESS ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN IT TO
1:13:58YOU.
1:13:58BUT THEY'RE BUT.
1:14:00THEY'RE ALSO.
1:14:00THERE THEY IT HAS NOT BEEN
1:14:01IGNORED.
1:14:02THEY'RE IN THE NEXT STEP THE
1:14:03NEXT PHASE.
1:14:04UM, THE CITY HAD TO ANSWER SOME
1:14:06QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS
1:14:07TO GO.
1:14:08>> OUT.
1:14:08TO TO BID UM, SO THEY'RE
1:14:11THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
1:14:11IT'S JUST.
1:14:12A SLOW PROCESS.
1:14:14ARE WE STILL ON OUR TIME FRAME
1:14:17OR ORIGINAL TIMELINE?
1:14:19OUR ORIGINAL TIME FRAME?
1:14:20NO, THAT'S A MARK MASON
1:14:23QUESTION AS TO WHAT TIME FRAME
1:14:24WE'RE ON NOW.
1:14:26>> I'LL HAVE A RESPONSE TO BOTH
1:14:28OF THOSE.
1:14:28PERFECT.
1:14:29>> THANK YOU MAYOR.
1:14:32I JUST HAD ONE FOLLOW UP.
1:14:34DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE CURRENTLY
1:14:36WITH THE FIRE SUPPRESSION
1:14:37SYSTEM AT THAT SCHOOL.
1:14:39THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM?
1:14:40YES.
1:14:40WE'RE ON FIRE WATCH.
1:14:41WE'RE GETTING IT IN PLACE
1:14:43CURRENTLY.
1:14:43SO YES.
1:14:45THE FIRE OKAY.
1:14:46YES I REMEMBER THAT THINKING.
1:14:47WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM IN.
1:14:49PLACE FOR IT.
1:14:51YEAH THE TEMP CHILLER I MEAN
1:14:54ALL THAT STUFF'S ALL IN PLACE
1:14:56ALL WORKING FIRE ALARM WE HAVE
1:14:57FIRE WATCH WE HAVE YOU KNOW
1:15:00EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND TOOK
1:15:02CARE OF SO.
1:15:05THANK YOU SPEAKING FOR OH
1:15:09GREAT.
1:15:09UM, NO COUNCIL MEMBER REPORT
1:15:12TONIGHT.
1:15:12THAT BRINGS ME TO THE CHAIR'S
1:15:15REPORTED A COUPLE OF THINGS
1:15:16THAT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER.
1:15:19UM, I'LL START OFF WITH, UM,
1:15:22JUST A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT
1:15:24OUR, UM, FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE
1:15:27CHAIR POSITION.
1:15:28UM, MRS. MICHAELS IS GOING TO
1:15:31BE COMING OUT WITH US UH,
1:15:33RELATIVELY SOON UNFORTUNATELY
1:15:36BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE
1:15:37LOSING AN AMAZING ASSET BECAUSE
1:15:39SHE UNDERSTANDS CONTRACTS AND
1:15:41FINANCE TOGETHER, WHICH IS A
1:15:44VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO AND
1:15:46WE'RE GOING TO BE LOSING THAT,
1:15:48UH, NICHE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY
1:15:51UNFORTUNATE.
1:15:51AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT
1:15:54WE'RE GOING TO DO WITHOUT THAT.
1:15:55UM, WE'VE GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO
1:15:56FILL THERE.
1:15:57UM, SO I WANT TO START TO THAT
1:16:00DISCUSSION TONIGHT SO THAT AT
1:16:01OUR NEXT MEETING WE CAN
1:16:05HOPEFULLY DECIDE ON A NEW
1:16:06COMMITTEE CHAIR, UM, FOR OUR
1:16:10FINANCE COMMITTEE.
1:16:12UM, I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT
1:16:14WE KIND OF IMPLEMENTED THIS
1:16:15ORIGINAL COMMITTEE CHAIR SEEMED
1:16:18TO BE, UH, UH, RATHER
1:16:20ADVANTAGEOUS WAY TO DO IT.
1:16:21IT WAS KIND OF ORGANIC.
1:16:22IT WAS A ONE MAN SHOW WHERE WE
1:16:24KIND OF DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
1:16:25TOO MUCH ABOUT THE SUNSHINE LAW
1:16:27UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TOO
1:16:29MANY FINGERS IN THE PIE AND WE
1:16:32HAD SOMEBODY WITH CONTENT
1:16:33KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON
1:16:35THERE THAT WAS KIND OF OUR
1:16:37WATCHDOG THAT SAT AT THE TABLE
1:16:38AND LOOKED OUT FOR THE SCHOOL'S
1:16:40BEST INTEREST AND HAD A VOICE
1:16:42AT THE TABLE AND THEN COULD
1:16:44COME BACK AND EXPLAIN THINGS TO
1:16:45US, UM, WHEN WE NEEDED AND UH,
1:16:50YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO US AND IN
1:16:53PLAIN TERMS IN ENGLISH FOR
1:16:55THOSE OF US THAT NEED IT.
1:16:57UM, SO I THINK THAT ANYBODY
1:16:59THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN
1:17:00THAT SAME POSITION AT THE NEXT
1:17:02MEETING, IF YOU COULD LET THAT
1:17:04BE KNOWN WHEN WE START THE
1:17:05PROCESS.
1:17:06BUT UM, LIKE I SAID, I THINK
1:17:08THAT THE WAY WE KIND OF
1:17:09ORGANIZED IT WORKED RELATIVELY
1:17:11WELL WHEN WE CAN HAVE THAT
1:17:13CONVERSATION AT THE NEXT
1:17:14MEETING AND ABOUT REORGANIZING
1:17:16THAT COMMITTEE.
1:17:17BUT I THINK THAT IT WORKED
1:17:17WELL.
1:17:18BUT MISS MICHAELS, WOULD YOU
1:17:20MIND KIND OF JUST DISCUSSING A
1:17:21LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR TIME AS
1:17:23THE FINANCE CHAIR, WHAT IT
1:17:25ENTAILED AND WHAT UH, YOU KIND
1:17:26OF TOOK FROM IT AND WHAT WERE
1:17:28SOME OF THE THE PROS AND CONS
1:17:30THAT YOU FOUND OF IT?
1:17:31SURE.
1:17:31>> UM.
1:17:32>> I ATTEND THE MONTHLY.
1:17:35FINANCE MEETING.
1:17:35UM, THAT ENDED UP TURNING INTO
1:17:37A STAFF MEETING AFTER THAT.
1:17:39UM AND SO THE IT'S A VERY LIKE
1:17:41ORGANIC NATURAL DISCUSSION UM,
1:17:44ON ON ALL THINGS LIKE
1:17:46PROCUREMENT AND WHAT'S MISSING
1:17:48AND WHAT THINGS AREN'T WORKING
1:17:49WELL AND WHEN WHEN WE'RE IN THE
1:17:52TIMES WHERE BUDGET IS COMING UP
1:17:54WE'LL GET PREVIEWS OF THE THE
1:17:56BUDGET OR BUDGET AMENDMENTS
1:17:56DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR.
1:17:58UM AND SO THEN I JUST HAVE A
1:18:00PERSPECTIVE OR A LENS FROM.
1:18:01THE BOARD.
1:18:02WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS WE WILL
1:18:04HAVE THINGS WE MIGHT THINK
1:18:05ABOUT.
1:18:06UM AND JUST MY BACKGROUND IN IN
1:18:07FINANCE AND AND LAW UM AND I'LL
1:18:10SOMETIMES ASK QUESTIONS IN
1:18:11THOSE MEETINGS TO BETTER
1:18:13UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED OR
1:18:14WHAT'S COMING WHAT'S GOING TO
1:18:15HAPPEN.
1:18:16UM SO BUT THAT'S BASICALLY THE
1:18:19EXTENT OF IT EXCEPT FOR SORT OF
1:18:20AN OCCASIONAL THING MARK
1:18:23MORIARITY AND I AND MARK MASON
1:18:25ONCE UPON A TIME NEGOTIATED
1:18:26SOME LANGUAGE FOR THE LEASE
1:18:28THAT WE ENDED UP APPROVING.
1:18:29SO I HELPED WITH THAT AND JUST
1:18:30PROVIDED SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.
1:18:32UM, BUT GENERALLY IT'S
1:18:33ATTENDING THAT MEETING AND UM,
1:18:35JUST BEING PREPARED TO HAVE
1:18:36QUESTIONS AND THEN BRINGING
1:18:37INFORMATION BACK.
1:18:38SO IT'S.
1:18:38>> NOT A HUGE COMMITMENT.
1:18:40UM, BUT THERE IS A THE MONTHLY
1:18:41MEETING.
1:18:42I THINK WAS INVALUABLE AND DID
1:18:44YOU FIND UM COST BENEFIT WAS
1:18:46THERE TO HAVE THIS POSITION FOR
1:18:48OUR BOARD AND TO SIT DOWN IN
1:18:49THESE MEETINGS?
1:18:50>> YEAH.
1:18:51I THINK UM I.
1:18:51MEAN I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY
1:18:53MORE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.
1:18:54HAVE YOU FOUND IT TO BE
1:18:55BENEFICIAL?
1:18:55THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE
1:18:56BROUGHT THAT.
1:18:57I HAVE CERTAINLY FELT MUCH MORE
1:18:59AT EASE SITTING HERE WITH
1:19:01SOMEBODY ON THAT SIDE OF THE
1:19:02TABLE THAT KNOWS UM, YOU KNOW,
1:19:06THE UH, LEGALESE IN THE JARGON
1:19:07AND AND HAD OUR BEST INTERESTS
1:19:10AT HEART SITTING ON THE TABLE I
1:19:11FELT MUCH MORE AT EASE AT THE
1:19:13SIDE OF THE TABLE FOR SURE.
1:19:14YEAH.
1:19:14>> AND AND I THINK THAT, UM
1:19:17THAT JACKIE THAN MISS COLLINS
1:19:18HAS APPRECIATED.
1:19:19UM.
1:19:20>> HAVING THAT LENS AS WELL.
1:19:22SO I THINK REALLY AGAIN IT'S
1:19:23MORE YOU KNOW I HAVE MY
1:19:25PERSPECTIVE BUT THE PERSPECTIVE
1:19:26OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE UM A
1:19:29PART OF IT IS IS UM PROBABLY.
1:19:30>> MORE IMPORTANT.
1:19:32AND I KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THIS
1:19:34COMMITTEE WE HAD UM CREATED IT
1:19:36TO BE AN ONGOING COMMITTEE WITH
1:19:38NO END DATE.
1:19:40SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
1:19:41WE'RE JUST CHANGING A CHAIR.
1:19:44WE'RE NOT REINVENTING A
1:19:46COMMITTEE OR REAPPOINTED
1:19:47COMMITTEE.
1:19:48WE'RE JUST REAPPOINTING A
1:19:49CHAIR, UM, AS SHE, UH, TERMS
1:19:52OUT OF HER HER POSITION HERE ON
1:19:54THE BOARD WITH US.
1:19:55SO, UM, SO LET'S, UH, JUST FOOD
1:19:59FOR THOUGHT.
1:19:59LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT OUR
1:20:00NEXT MEETING THAT, UM, WE
1:20:02SHOULD BE REAPPOINTING, UH, OUR
1:20:04NEW FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR SO
1:20:06IF THERE'S INTEREST IN IT, UM,
1:20:08YOU KNOW, PLEASE MAKE THAT
1:20:09KNOWN AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND
1:20:10WE'LL GET THAT ON TO THE AGENDA
1:20:12AND, UH, DISCUSS WITH THAT.
1:20:13I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D CALL THAT
1:20:14POSITION.
1:20:15CHAIR POSITION.
1:20:16I THINK IT'S JUST A BOARD
1:20:18REPRESENTATIVE.
1:20:18WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
1:20:20I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY JUST A
1:20:23COMMITTEE, BUT, UM.
1:20:24YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT WAS FOR ME.
1:20:25BECAUSE THIS PERSON THE.
1:20:27BOARD MEMBER DOES NOT CHAIR THE
1:20:28MEETING, RIGHT?
1:20:29THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
1:20:30WELL KNOW WHAT I THINK?
1:20:31WELL, TYPICALLY A COMMITTEE HAS
1:20:35A CHAIRPERSON AND SAYS THERE'S
1:20:36ONLY ONE PERSON.
1:20:37I THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT WE
1:20:38SHOULD UH AND.
1:20:40SO I RUN THE MEETING AND THEN
1:20:42UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT
1:20:43DEPARTMENTS REPORT ESSENTIALLY
1:20:45CORRECT.
1:20:46>> BUT SHE SHE'S THE COMMITTEE
1:20:47OF OUR BOARD.
1:20:49SO I THINK IT JUST ENDED UP AS
1:20:50A.
1:20:54WE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE AND I
1:20:57,I DON'T I THINK YOU WERE
1:20:59SEPARATE AS A DIRECTOR I DON'T
1:21:00THINK YOU'RE A PART OF THE
1:21:02COMMITTEE.
1:21:02YOU'RE A DIRECTOR FOR THE.
1:21:04>> SCHOOL.
1:21:04I.
1:21:05THINK IT'S EVOLVED INTO MORE OF
1:21:06A THAT WE WE REALLY NEED TO
1:21:08MEET WITH THE FINANCE
1:21:09DEPARTMENTS MONTHLY BECAUSE WE
1:21:11HAVE QUESTIONS AND BECAUSE WE
1:21:13HAVE NEEDS AND WE REVIEW THE
1:21:13MONTHLY STATEMENTS UH AND WE
1:21:16HAVE BUDGET QUESTIONS AND I SO
1:21:17I THINK IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
1:21:19WE WOULD DISMANTLE JUST BECAUSE
1:21:21A BOARD MEMBER COULDN'T COME.
1:21:22IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR.
1:21:24>> ALL OF.
1:21:25US TO.
1:21:26HAVE A MEETING OF THE MINDS
1:21:27ONCE A MONTH.
1:21:29UM.
1:21:30I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S.
1:21:31YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT?
1:21:32THE BEST WAY TO DO.
1:21:33IT IS TO AND THE ORDINANCE.
1:21:35TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE AND.
1:21:38>> CREATE.
1:21:38WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
1:21:39THAT'S WOULD.
1:21:41TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE
1:21:43AMBIGUITIES OR THE NUANCES THAT
1:21:45THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT
1:21:46NOW.
1:21:47CAN THERE JUST BE THOUGH A
1:21:49BOARD REPRESENTATIVE.
1:21:50THAT YES.
1:21:51YES WHICH.
1:21:52>> MIGHT WHAT WE SETTLED UPON
1:21:54ON MY.
1:21:55>> RIGHT.
1:21:55OKAY I THINK I SEE IT.
1:21:56OKAY.
1:21:58SO THEN THAT'S THAT'S THE ROUTE
1:22:00THAT WE'RE BEING COUNCIL TO
1:22:01TAKE IS THAT A BOARD MEMBER
1:22:05WOULD BE THE REPRESENTATIVE
1:22:06FOR.
1:22:07>> THE BOARD.
1:22:07YEAH OKAY.
1:22:09ALL RIGHT SO THAT'S WHAT I
1:22:11THINK WE SHOULD UM CHOOSE AS A
1:22:13BOARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON
1:22:14WHO THAT REPRESENTATIVE WOULD
1:22:16BE.
1:22:16DOES THAT SOUND OKAY AND DOES
1:22:21THAT WOULD THAT REQUIRE AN
1:22:23AGENDA ITEM AND A VOTE AT OUR
1:22:26NEXT MEETING?
1:22:28YES.
1:22:30>> SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION I
1:22:32THINK THAT THE BOARD SHOULD
1:22:33TAKE IF WE'RE IN AGREEANCE.
1:22:35IF MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE A
1:22:37NOMINATION LIKE ANY.
1:22:38OTHER SO THAT THAT'S HOW WE.
1:22:40WOULD APPROACH IT OKAY.
1:22:42NOMINATIONS AND THEN HAVE THE
1:22:43BOARD VOTE ON.
1:22:45AN OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM.
1:22:46YEAH GREAT.
1:22:47THANK YOU FOR THAT SIR OKAY.
1:22:53ALL RIGHT.
1:22:54AND UM MY NEXT.
1:22:57ORDER OF.
1:22:58BUSINESS IS.
1:22:59UH, JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT A
1:23:01REMINDER THAT AT OUR NEXT
1:23:02MEETING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO
1:23:05HAVE THE, UH, CAPE CORAL YOUTH
1:23:08COUNCIL COME SHADOWS.
1:23:09UM, THE, UM.
1:23:11>> DAIS, UM, KIND OF AS THEY
1:23:15HAVE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
1:23:16YEARS HAS KIND OF BECOME A
1:23:17THING UH, PET PROJECT OF MINE
1:23:19THAT I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF
1:23:21ENJOYED.
1:23:21I HOPE IT APPEARS THAT WAY TO
1:23:23ME.
1:23:24UM.
1:23:26THIS, UM, WILL BE I THINK THE
1:23:29THIRD MAYBE FOURTH TIME THAT
1:23:30WE'VE DONE IT.
1:23:31I THINK WE ALL HAVE SEEN THE
1:23:33CALIBER OF STUDENTS THAT SIT ON
1:23:34THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
1:23:36UM, SO YOU KNOW THERE'S NO WAY
1:23:38FOR ME ON THAT.
1:23:39UM, OF COURSE WE WILL ALWAYS
1:23:42PREFACE IT, UM, AS COUNCIL
1:23:44ALWAYS LIKES US TO DO SO THAT
1:23:46THEY'LL BE SPEAKING AS
1:23:47INDIVIDUALS AND NOT ON BEHALF
1:23:48OF THE YOUTH COUNCIL.
1:23:50UM, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO, UM TO
1:23:53PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS THEY
1:23:54CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT KIND
1:23:57OF CROSSING THAT LINE BUT ALSO
1:23:59FEELING UM, AS IF THEY ARE ALSO
1:24:02PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS
1:24:03WELL BECAUSE IF NOTHING ELSE,
1:24:06WHY ARE WE SITTING UP HERE?
1:24:07IT'S FOR THE STUDENTS
1:24:08THEMSELVES.
1:24:09RIGHT.
1:24:09UM, WE'RE ALWAYS OVER
1:24:11REPRESENTED UM, AT OASIS AND
1:24:13THE YOUTH COUNCIL AS WELL.
1:24:15SO I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL
1:24:16TO HAVE THEM SIT ON THE DIAS
1:24:18WITH US AS WELL.
1:24:19UM, I THINK THE TOPIC AND
1:24:22WHAT'S UM FRONT OF MIND FOR
1:24:24MOST OF THESE STUDENTS AT THE
1:24:25MOMENT IS KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH
1:24:27UM, I THINK THAT THAT BECAME
1:24:30VERY PASSIONATE FOR SOME OF OUR
1:24:31OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE MRS..
1:24:32AT SALLY MUSCATINE.
1:24:34SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE
1:24:36IT ORGANICALLY FLOWED THAT WE
1:24:37WILL KEEP IT MAYBE TOP OF MIND
1:24:40AND MAKE THAT KIND OF THE.
1:24:41THE THEME FOR THE STUDENTS FOR
1:24:43THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
1:24:45SO UM I'M OPEN FOR ANY
1:24:48SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS
1:24:50FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING IF
1:24:51THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
1:24:52THINK COULD MAKE IT MORE
1:24:54INTERESTING OR MORE FUN, WE ARE
1:24:55GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION UM
1:24:58,FROM OUR COUNSELOR ON UM
1:25:01MENTAL HEALTH THAT DAY AS WELL.
1:25:02IT WAS SCHEDULED EARLIER BUT WE
1:25:04POSTPONED IT'S JUST FOR THAT
1:25:05PARTICULAR MEETING AS WELL.
1:25:07UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE PART OF
1:25:09IT.
1:25:09SO UM.
1:25:11IF THERE'S LIKE I SAID ANY
1:25:12RECOMMENDATIONS OR UM,
1:25:14SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYBODY IN THE
1:25:15BOARD TO MAKE IT MORE FUN OR
1:25:17INTERESTING OR IF THERE'S
1:25:18SOMETHING YOU THINK WE COULD DO
1:25:19A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHILE WE
1:25:20HAVE THE YOUTH SIT UP HERE WITH
1:25:21US, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET
1:25:24PEOPLE KNOW.
1:25:25FEEL FREE TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
1:25:37OKAY.
1:25:39>> AND THAT'S ON OUR UM
1:25:42NOVEMBER 10TH MINUTE.
1:25:43SO UM PLEASE TRY TO MAKE IT
1:25:45BECAUSE THAT'S HARD TO FIND
1:25:46EVEN WHEN THEY SIT UP HERE WITH
1:25:47US AND I KNOW THEY APPRECIATE
1:25:48THE MORE OF US SITTING UP HERE
1:25:50THE BETTER AS WELL.
1:25:51SO OKAY AND THEN LASTLY ON MY
1:25:56AGENDA.
1:25:56IS OUR OPEN POSITIONS.
1:25:58FOR THE BOARD.
1:26:00UM WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE.
1:26:02OPEN POSITIONS COMING UP.
1:26:04UM WE HAVE ONE.
1:26:07BUSINESS AND TWO AT LARGE
1:26:09POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
1:26:10OPENING UP.
1:26:10UM WHEN ARE WE.
1:26:13>> GOING TO REOPEN THOSE
1:26:14POSITIONS?
1:26:15DO WE KNOW.
1:26:16TO PUT APPLICATIONS BACK IN?
1:26:18UH, WE HAVE THIS CLOSED SO WE
1:26:22YOU HAVE SOME.
1:26:27YES.
1:26:28THEY ARE.
1:26:28>> AVAILABLE ONLINE ADVERTISED
1:26:31AND THEN WE'LL GO UH, IN THE
1:26:33NEWSPAPER STARTING NEXT WEEK
1:26:35AND THE APPLICATION IS CLOSED.
1:26:39NOVEMBER 1ST, 2020 OKAY.
1:26:42SO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED
1:26:43ANYBODY THAT'S AT HOME
1:26:44LISTENING, ANYBODY IN THE
1:26:46AUDIENCE, ANY PARENT
1:26:47REPRESENTATIVES.
1:26:48LISTENING NOVEMBER 20TH.
1:26:50IS GOING TO BE THE DEADLINE.
1:26:51TO PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION.
1:26:54UM I THINK THAT UM.
1:26:57IT IS A.
1:26:58FANTASTIC WAY TO GIVE BACK TO
1:27:00THE COMMUNITY.
1:27:01UM I THINK IT'S AN.
1:27:02AMAZING WAY ESPECIALLY.
1:27:04>> IF YOU HAVE STUDENTS UM,
1:27:05THAT GO TO.
1:27:06>> THE SCHOOL.
1:27:07UM, BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE
1:27:09OWNERSHIP IN THE SCHOOL IN THE
1:27:12PROCESS AND.
1:27:13UM.
1:27:14>> I FOUND IT EXTREMELY
1:27:16REWARDING.
1:27:17IT IS NOT AS TIME CONSUMING
1:27:18UNLESS YOU'RE SITTING IN MY
1:27:20POSITION AS IT IS SITTING IN
1:27:21THE OTHER POSITIONS, YOU KNOW
1:27:24YOU CAN PUT IT IN WHAT YOU YOU
1:27:25WANT.
1:27:26UM, YOU CAN SHOW UP TO.
1:27:27THE MEETINGS THAT WE.
1:27:28DO ASK THAT YOU BE PREPARED AND
1:27:29READ THE AGENDAS AND FOLLOW THE
1:27:31BUDGETS BUT UM YOU KNOW.
1:27:33IT IT'S IT CAN BE A LOT OF FUN
1:27:35WE GO.
1:27:35>> TO.
1:27:36FUNCTIONS.
1:27:36>> WE GO TO UH, THE MAYOR'S
1:27:38BALL, WE GO TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
1:27:40AWARDS.
1:27:40WE HAVE SOME FUN.
1:27:41WE DON'T JUST SIT UP HERE.
1:27:42IT'S NOT SO STUFFY ALL THE TIME
1:27:44SO AND HONESTLY, THERE ISN'T A
1:27:46LOT TO IT.
1:27:47LIKE I SAID, UNLESS YOU'RE IN
1:27:48KIND OF THE CHAIR'S POSITION,
1:27:50UM, AND YOU GET A LEARNING
1:27:51CURVE, YOU JUST KIND OF WATCH
1:27:53AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
1:27:54SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY OUT
1:27:56THERE THAT EVEN.
1:27:56HAS A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.
1:27:57YOU CAN COME TALK TO ME OR MRS.
1:28:00COLLINS ABOUT THE POSITIONS AND
1:28:02WE'D BE HAPPY TO FILL YOU IN
1:28:04AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT THAT
1:28:05APPLICATION.
1:28:06AND UH, IT IS APPOINTED BY CITY
1:28:09COUNCIL.
1:28:09UM, YOU KNOW, COME GIVE A
1:28:11LITTLE.
1:28:11>> BIT.
1:28:12OF A UM TWO MINUTE SPEECH TO
1:28:13THEM AT THEIR MEETING AND THEN
1:28:16THEY WILL.
1:28:16DECIDE AND UH, VOTE ON WHO THEY
1:28:19UM.
1:28:20>> WANT TO SIT IN THOSE SEATS.
1:28:22BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE IS
1:28:24THREE.
1:28:24OPEN POSITIONS.
1:28:25ONE IS A BUSINESS LEADER.
1:28:27SO IF YOU.
1:28:27OWN A BUSINESS.
1:28:29OR ARE.
1:28:30UM INVOLVED.
1:28:31>> IN A BUSINESS IN SOME
1:28:32HIGHER.
1:28:32LEVEL THAT IS OPTIMAL AND THEN
1:28:34WE HAVE TWO AT-LARGE POSITIONS
1:28:37AND ALL.
1:28:39>> RIGHT SO.
1:28:40THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THE
1:28:42NIGHT.
1:28:42WE'LL MOVE.
1:28:43ON I.
1:28:43>> SEE MR..
1:28:45UH CERNY OUT THERE.
1:28:47UH IN.
1:28:48READY TO GIVE.
1:28:50I HAD A LOT OF CONFLICTS OF
1:28:52INTEREST I'LL TAKE.
1:28:53>> OFF MY HAT BUT I'M GOING TO
1:28:54PUT NO YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU
1:28:55KNOW WHAT I STAPLED TO MY HEAD.
1:28:57SO YOU WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY?
1:28:59UM, GARY.
1:29:00SORRY.
1:29:01>> UH, PRESIDENT.
1:29:01FOUNDATION THAT'S ON MY
1:29:03GLASSES.
1:29:03HOW ARE YOU?
1:29:04HELLO.
1:29:05VOLUNTEER DO GOODERS.
1:29:07UM, THE, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF
1:29:09THINGS I KNOW JEN HOPE CAME UH,
1:29:11LAST, UH, LAST MEETING AND GAVE
1:29:13A PRETTY DECENT UPDATE ON ON
1:29:15EVERYTHING BUT UM, A WE'RE KIND
1:29:18OF TRUCK ALONG.
1:29:19WE ARE KIND OF REINVENTING
1:29:20OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT JUST
1:29:20BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF
1:29:21GET HOW MANY RESOURCES DO YOU
1:29:23HAVE?
1:29:23HOW MANY EXPENDITURES DO YOU
1:29:24HAVE YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAD A
1:29:27LITTLE LESS SUPPORT LAST COUPLE
1:29:28OF YEARS, UM, IN THE MONEY
1:29:30MAKING VENTURES BUT THE
1:29:31EXPENDITURES ARE STILL THERE.
1:29:32IT'S FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS JUST
1:29:34LIKE REAL LIFE.
1:29:34UM BUT UM SO UH, TONIGHT WE DO
1:29:38HAVE A QUARTER AUCTION.
1:29:39ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO THERE,
1:29:40WE HAVE A FEW TABLES.
1:29:41TABLE IS LEFT.
1:29:42IT'S JUST A NEW THING THAT WE
1:29:44WE'RE TRYING THIS YEAR
1:29:45SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
1:29:45IT'S AT 6:00 AT UM AT UM.
1:29:50OH MY LORD, WHY AM I NOT SEEING
1:29:53THIS AND WHY AM I.
1:29:54FORGETTING THE ISLAND GRILL?
1:29:55THANK YOU.
1:29:56YEAH, I WAS ALMOST GOING TO
1:29:58JUMP TO THAT FLIER THE SAME.
1:29:59DAY MY PICTURE.
1:30:00IS ON MY BRAIN WORKS, UH, CRAFT
1:30:03CRAFT FAIRS ON NOVEMBER 21ST.
1:30:04UH, AT THE SCHOOL.
1:30:05IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL.
1:30:06UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH
1:30:07,VENDORS TO JOIN US IF YOU
1:30:09KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, UH,
1:30:13I GUESS SPREAD THE WORD FOR ANY
1:30:14VENDORS IF YOU KNOW A CRAFT OR
1:30:15SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UM, YOU
1:30:18KNOW, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
1:30:20UM, AND UH, ALSO, UH, THE
1:30:23LIGHTHOUSE AWARDS THAT'S THAT'S
1:30:24UH, SPEAKING OF EXPENDITURES,
1:30:25UM, EVERYTHING'S GETTING MORE
1:30:26EXPENSIVE AND SPACE IS
1:30:27DEFINITELY ON THAT LIST.
1:30:28I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT 27 GRAND
1:30:30TO ACTUALLY PUT THE EVENT ON.
1:30:32UM, SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SORT OF
1:30:34WHY WE HAD TO START CHARGING A
1:30:35LITTLE BIT FOR THE NON EDUCATOR
1:30:39UM SIDE OF THINGS LAST YEAR.
1:30:41UM IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE
1:30:41VENTURE AND WE'RE JUST NOT
1:30:43BRINGING IN THE MONEY THAT WE
1:30:44USUALLY WOULD.
1:30:44WE ARE HELPING SOME PEOPLE WITH
1:30:46SOME GRANTS THAT THEY QUALIFY
1:30:47FOR BUT WE QUALIFY FOR VERY FEW
1:30:49WE'RE IN THIS WEIRD SPOT WITH
1:30:51THE CHART BEING A CHARTER
1:30:52SCHOOL AND ALL THAT REALLY
1:30:53WEIRD SPOT.
1:30:54UM, WE DID JUST APPLY UH, HELP
1:30:56UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE
1:30:58BUT CHRIS A DOCTOR THERESA
1:31:00THOMAS HAS ABOUT A $20,000.
1:31:02UM, UM, UH, GRANT FOR STEM THAT
1:31:07WE JUST APPLIED FOR AND IT IS
1:31:08LOCALLY BASED IS BASED IN UM
1:31:10FORT MYERS WHICH TO ME IS A
1:31:11VERY GOOD THING BECAUSE LOCAL
1:31:13IS YOUR CHANCES ARE MUCH BETTER
1:31:15SO WHO'S.
1:31:15GIVING THAT GRANT OUT?
1:31:17UM, IT'S THE HENRY.
1:31:18UM.
1:31:19HOLD ON, LET ME JUST DIG
1:31:21THROUGH MY EMAIL.
1:31:22SORRY.
1:31:22>> GIVE CREDIT WHERE.
1:31:23>> CREDIT MY BRAIN.
1:31:24ALL THIS MEDICAL STUFF IS FRIED
1:31:26MY BRAIN.
1:31:27I'M SORRY.
1:31:28UM.
1:31:28HOLD ON.
1:31:29UH.
1:31:30HEY.
1:31:31>> BEAR WITH ME A SECOND.
1:31:34UM.
1:31:35>> IT, UH.
1:31:37>> OR AREN'T YOU FOR AREN'T YOU
1:31:42GLAD YOU ASKED OR.
1:31:43YEAH.
1:31:44>> I'M IT'S TOTALLY ESCAPING ME
1:31:46EVEN THOUGH WE JUST FELT LIKE
1:31:47TWO HOURS ON IT.
1:31:48UH, HENRY.
1:31:50IT'S GOOD.
1:31:51GOD, I'M SO SORRY.
1:31:54UM.
1:31:57>> LET ME JUST EMAIL YOU.
1:31:59IT'S HENRY SOMETHING I IT'S
1:32:00IT'S SOMEWHERE IN HERE I SHOULD
1:32:02KNOW BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT IN
1:32:03FRONT OF ME FOR THAT'S FINE I I
1:32:04WAS I APOLOGIZE.
1:32:05WE CAN.
1:32:06>> GET THAT NAME AFTER.
1:32:06THAT'S FINE.
1:32:07YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH.
1:32:08OR I CAN DO IN A SECOND.
1:32:09UH YEAH.
1:32:10ANYWAY UM AND THEN UM.
1:32:13THE TO DO.
1:32:14SO YEAH LIGHTHOUSE AWARDS UM SO
1:32:16WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
1:32:17LIGHTHOUSE SPONSORS AND IT
1:32:18REALLY IS IT MAKES A HUGE
1:32:20DIFFERENCE SO ANY ANYTHING THAT
1:32:22HUNDRED BUCKS THOUSAND BUCKS
1:32:2310,000 IS EVEN BETTER YOU KNOW
1:32:25WE'LL TAKE IT ALL UM AND UH, SO
1:32:27BUT WE WILL HAVE IT AT LEVIN'S.
1:32:29YEAH.
1:32:29AGAIN WE WERE LOOKING AT
1:32:30ALTERNATE VENUES AND A COUPLE
1:32:31OF THEM RAN OUT ABOUT TIME WE
1:32:32MADE A DECISION ANYWAY.
1:32:33BUT HONESTLY, EVERYBODY'S SO
1:32:35EXPENSIVE AND LIVINGS YEAH,
1:32:36KNOWS WHO WE ARE.
1:32:37IT'S LOCAL.
1:32:37IT'S CLOSE.
1:32:38RUSTY'S IS NEXT DOOR.
1:32:39GOOD TIMES FOR EVERYONE.
1:32:41SO, UM.
1:32:42AND NOMINATIONS DO OPEN
1:32:45NOVEMBER 1ST SO WE WILL BE
1:32:46DOING THAT.
1:32:47UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE REGARDLESS
1:32:49OF THE GIANT EXPENDITURE, I
1:32:51THINK LIGHTHOUSE AWARDS IS
1:32:52SOMETHING HUGE AND FOR THE SAME
1:32:53REASONS WHY YOU JUST AWARDED
1:32:54THOSE BONUSES.
1:32:55UM, I IT'S ABSOLUTELY
1:32:58IMPERATIVE THAT WE PAY THESE
1:32:59TEACHERS BECAUSE I OWN A
1:33:00BUSINESS AND I KNOW OUR
1:33:01EMPLOYEES WE THROW BONUSES AT
1:33:02THEM ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE DO
1:33:03NOT WANT TO LOSE THEM BECAUSE
1:33:04GUESS WHO'S WAITING FOR A JOB
1:33:06SOME OF YOU DO NOT WANT WORKING
1:33:07FOR YOU.
1:33:08UM, IF ANYBODY AT ALL AND
1:33:10ANYBODY THAT RUNS A BUSINESS OR
1:33:12ANY OF OUR BUSINESS KNOWS THAT
1:33:13UM ANYWAY SORRY I WENT OFF.
1:33:14ON A LITTLE TANGENT THERE.
1:33:16UM AND THEN UM SO, UH DID YOU
1:33:18HOW CAN THE BOARD HELP, UH,
1:33:20SHARE THE CRAFT FAIR
1:33:21INFORMATION?
1:33:22UH, INVITE FRIENDS, FAMILY,
1:33:23COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND
1:33:24SOME OF OUR EVENTS.
1:33:25UM, LIGHTHOUSE SPONSORS HUGE UM
1:33:28AND IF YOU HEAR OF ANY GRANTS
1:33:29AS ALWAYS, WE'RE WILLING TO
1:33:31FILL THEM OUT.
1:33:31WE JUST LITERALLY THERE ARE
1:33:32NONE THAT WE COULD SEE THAT WE
1:33:34ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR.
1:33:35UM WE ARE 583 SO WE CAN HELP
1:33:38BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY
1:33:40QUALIFY FOR A LOT OF THOSE.
1:33:41SO UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM
1:33:43DO WANT A PROJECT SO WE DON'T
1:33:44ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT
1:33:46SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR
1:33:47GENERAL FUNDS AS OPPOSED TO
1:33:48SOME TARGETED MONEY.
1:33:49YOU KNOW THOSE ARE ALL THE
1:33:50LITTLE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS.
1:33:52BUT WE ARE ONBOARDING ABOUT 3
1:33:54OR 4 NEW PEOPLE TO BE ON OUR
1:33:56BOARD BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME OF
1:33:57THEM ARE KIND OF SOME OF US ARE
1:33:58KIND OF AGING OUT IF YOU WILL.
1:33:59UM, I STILL HAVE ONE CANDIDATE
1:34:00LEFT IN THE SCHOOL BUT THAT
1:34:02WILL UH.
1:34:03YOU'RE AWESOME.
1:34:04THANK YOU.
1:34:05THAT IS THE HARPER STEM
1:34:07FOUNDATION.
1:34:07LOOK AT THIS TEAMWORK.
1:34:08>> OUR STEM RIGHT.
1:34:11SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
1:34:13>> BUT.
1:34:14ANYWAY HARPER FOUNDATION.
1:34:14YEAH.
1:34:15SO AND UM.
1:34:16BUT ANYWAY.
1:34:17YEAH, IT'S, UM REALLY, REALLY
1:34:18GOOD.
1:34:18UM REALLY GOOD.
1:34:20UM, UH, FIND FROM DOCTOR.
1:34:23CORRECT.
1:34:23UH, THE DUMMIES I ACTUALLY HAVE
1:34:27I.
1:34:28>> DO.
1:34:28NOT PRONOUNCE THE YEAH OMRI SO
1:34:30VERY GOOD FIND AND I THINK
1:34:31SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKING ON SOME
1:34:32OTHER STUFF SO I THINK SHE
1:34:33SEEMS LIKE SHE MIGHT BE A GOOD
1:34:34ASSET FOR THIS, UH, SCHOOL
1:34:36SYSTEM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
1:34:38UM, THAT'S.
1:34:39UM PEOPLE THAT, UM.
1:34:42YEAH, I CAN YOU WANT TO JUST
1:34:44EMAIL THAT OUT AND JUST COPY.
1:34:45YEAH YEP YEP YEP WE DO UM ALL
1:34:48THAT HELPS AND AGAIN IT'S I I
1:34:50WOULD HATE THE LIGHTHOUSE TO GO
1:34:51AWAY BUT I MEAN LUCKILY WE'RE
1:34:52GOOD WITH OUR MONEY.
1:34:53WE HAVE SOME RESERVES BUT THOSE
1:34:55RESERVES ARE DWINDLING.
1:34:56UM, SO YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE
1:34:57NEED A.
1:34:59YOU KNOW.
1:35:00WE NEED SOME HELP.
1:35:03SO THAT'S IT.
1:35:03>> ANY QUESTIONS?
1:35:04OKAY.
1:35:04>> YES.
1:35:06I WAS WONDERING DOES THE
1:35:08FOUNDATION HAVE REGULAR
1:35:10MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD THAT
1:35:11ARE OPEN?
1:35:12UH, THEY'RE NOT REALLY OPEN.
1:35:14UM, I MEAN YOU CAN SHOW I MEAN
1:35:17JUST EMAIL ME.
1:35:18I MEAN.
1:35:19>> WE YEAH, WE HAVE REGULAR
1:35:20MEETINGS.
1:35:20THEY'RE USUALLY AT ONE OF OUR
1:35:21HOUSES BECAUSE WE TECHNICALLY
1:35:22CAN'T REALLY HAVE THEM AT THE
1:35:23SCHOOL REGULARLY.
1:35:24THAT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP
1:35:25YEARS AGO UM, THAT UH WE CAN'T
1:35:29TAKE TOO MUCH DIRECTION FROM
1:35:30THE SCHOOL SINCE FOR A SEPARATE
1:35:31ENTITY OR ELSE IT BECOMES VERY
1:35:32IT'S A LEGALLY THAT'S LITERALLY
1:35:34HOW THAT WORKS.
1:35:35SO UM, MAYBE THIS GENTLEMAN CAN
1:35:38YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT
1:35:40YEAH.
1:35:42SO ANYWAY, UM BUT.
1:35:44UH YEAH, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN
1:35:46WELCOME TO ATTEND ONE.
1:35:47UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ONLY
1:35:48THING WE WHEN WE VOTE ON LIKE
1:35:51OUR GRANTS THAT WE GIVE OUT
1:35:52BECAUSE WE JUST DID THAT
1:35:53YESTERDAY ACTUALLY, UM, AND
1:35:54THINGS LIKE THAT WE WE TRY TO
1:35:56BE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WITHIN
1:35:59OUR OWN LITTLE.
1:36:00GROUP JUST BECAUSE IT STARTS.
1:36:01GETTING KIND OF WEIRD WHEN WE
1:36:03DISCUSS UH UM.
1:36:08ALTHOUGH THERE AREN'T WE'RE NOT
1:36:09INUNDATED WITH GRANT
1:36:10APPLICATIONS TO BE HONEST WITH
1:36:11YOU.
1:36:12WE USED TO GET LIKE 20 OR 30 OF
1:36:13THEM EVERY TIME AND WE ACTUALLY
1:36:14ONLY HAD LIKE FOUR.
1:36:16SO THERE'S.
1:36:17YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY SHOULD
1:36:19HAVE SAID THAT AT THE VERY
1:36:20BEGINNING OF THE MEETING
1:36:21BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE
1:36:21DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO.
1:36:22UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S
1:36:25A SENSORY OVERLOAD ON EVERY
1:36:26LEVEL.
1:36:27I THINK PARENTS, TEACHERS,
1:36:28ADMINISTRATORS JUST EVERYBODY
1:36:30KIDS THEY'RE THEY'RE
1:36:31OVERLOADED.
1:36:31LIKE I JUST TOTALLY GOT OFF
1:36:32SOCIAL MEDIA.
1:36:34>> I'M NOT.
1:36:34>> AGAIN NOT TO PREACH I I'M
1:36:35NOT WATCHING NEW MAINSTREAM
1:36:37NEWS.
1:36:37I JUST GET MY BULLET POINTS
1:36:38FROM IT'S.
1:36:39TOO MUCH.
1:36:40>> AND.
1:36:40GUESS WHAT.
1:36:41>> MY STRESS LEVEL HAS GONE WAY
1:36:42DOWN.
1:36:42UM AND I THINK THIS IS
1:36:43HAPPENING TO THE KIDS WHETHER
1:36:44THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT IT'S TOO
1:36:45MUCH TOO MUCH INFORMATION, TOO
1:36:47MUCH EVERYTHING.
1:36:48SO UM ANYWAY, THERE'S MY
1:36:51TANGENT.
1:36:53SO I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE I UM
1:36:55I HAD A PARENT ASK ME THE OTHER
1:36:56DAY ABOUT MY POSITION ON THE
1:36:59BOARD AND WHAT WE DO AND THEN
1:37:00WE ALSO STARTED TALKING ABOUT
1:37:01THE FOUNDATION AND SOME OF THE
1:37:02THINGS YOU DO.
1:37:04AND I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE.
1:37:05OUR REGULAR.
1:37:06MEETINGS AND.
1:37:07I WASN'T REALLY.
1:37:08>> SURE WHAT TO SAY TO THE
1:37:11PARENT ON.
1:37:11HOW THEY COULD.
1:37:12POTENTIALLY GET.
1:37:13>> INVOLVED WITH THE FOUNDATION
1:37:14OH EMAIL US.
1:37:15YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY
1:37:16DEFINITELY INTO BRINGING PEOPLE
1:37:19ON BOARD LIKE THAT.
1:37:19I JUST MEANT I GUESS WHAT I
1:37:20MEANT IT WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT
1:37:21THE FOUNDATION MAYBE TEN YEARS
1:37:22AGO WE USED TO LIKE AMY COLLINS
1:37:25REMEMBERS AND SOME OF THESE
1:37:26PRINCIPLES REMEMBER THAT WE'RE
1:37:27HERE.
1:37:27WE'D HAVE LIKE 20 OR 30.
1:37:29PEOPLE IN THESE MEETINGS AND IT
1:37:30BECOMES VERY UNPRODUCTIVE.
1:37:32UM.
1:37:33I'M SURE.
1:37:33YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
1:37:34SO WE TRY NOT TO LIKE OPEN OPEN
1:37:36IT BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE NOT
1:37:37WELCOME.
1:37:37YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF LIKE A
1:37:39COME HANG OUT, DRINK SOME
1:37:40COFFEE, HAVE SOME
1:37:41CONVERSATIONS.
1:37:42NOT 20 PEOPLE TALKING TO EACH
1:37:43OTHER TRYING TO YOU KNOW
1:37:45EVERYBODY HAS AN ARM CHAIR YOU
1:37:46KNOW POSITION KIND OF DEAL.
1:37:48DOES THAT MAKE SENSE.
1:37:49YES YEAH.
1:37:50I'M SURE YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT
1:37:52YOURSELVES ON SOME LEVEL BUT
1:37:54THAT'S IT.
1:37:55OKAY THANK YOU.
1:37:56NO PROBLEM.
1:37:57AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE YOUR.
1:37:58PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOUNDATION
1:38:00IN.
1:38:00SPORTS THAT MUCH.
1:38:01APPRECIATE LIKEWISE.
1:38:02THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
1:38:03MAKE SURE THAT.
1:38:04>> COME BACK WITH.
1:38:05THAT OKAY.
1:38:06THAT BRINGS US TO OUR STAFF
1:38:08REPORT.
1:38:08I THINK MR. CHRIS ROCK HAS A
1:38:10PRESENTATION FOR US.
1:38:41GOOD EVENING.
1:38:42MARY BETH CRESWICK PRINCIPAL OF
1:38:43OASIS ELEMENTARY SOUTH TONIGHT
1:38:46I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU
1:38:48OUR ACADEMIC PROGRESS SOME OF
1:38:50OUR INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS AND HOW
1:38:53FAMILY AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
1:38:54LOOKS AT OASIS SOUTH.
1:38:57SO TO START WITH THIS IS OUR UM
1:39:02A COMPOSITE OF OUR SCHOOL GRADE
1:39:04THAT WE GOT AT THE END OF THE
1:39:05YEAR LAST YEAR AT THE FAR LEFT
1:39:08IS OUR OVERALL RATING.
1:39:09THAT'S A IT'S AN A IT'S A 73%
1:39:12OF THE POSSIBLE POINTS UM LAST
1:39:15THIS IS A 4% INCREASE FROM THE
1:39:17PRIOR YEAR.
1:39:17WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUILD
1:39:19THAT UP.
1:39:20IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALL THE
1:39:22DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT MAKE
1:39:23UP THE GRADE STARTING AT THE
1:39:25FAR RIGHT, OUR SCIENCE GRADE
1:39:26WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
1:39:28>> IT'S A 78%.
1:39:29OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PROFICIENT
1:39:31THAT'S BASED ON A FIFTH GRADE
1:39:32TEST.
1:39:33WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO DO
1:39:34MORE LABS AND TO BUILD UM
1:39:37SCIENCE SKILLS IN OUR STEM
1:39:39CLASSES.
1:39:39AND ALSO OUR FIFTH GRADE
1:39:40TEACHERS WORK REALLY HARD ON
1:39:42THAT.
1:39:43ANOTHER STRONG CATEGORY FOR US
1:39:44WAS MATH.
1:39:45UM 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE
1:39:48PROFICIENT.
1:39:49WE HAD 81% LEARNING GAINS AND
1:39:52OUR LEARNING GAINS FOR OUR
1:39:54LOWEST 25% WERE 71%.
1:39:57ELA IS ALSO SOLID.
1:39:58OUR THIRD GRADE WAS 76%.
1:40:00OUR OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT WAS 75,
1:40:03OUR LEARNING GAINS WERE 71 AND
1:40:05YOU CAN SEE AN AREA OF FOCUS
1:40:07HERE ARE LEARNING GAINS FOR OUR
1:40:08LOWEST 25% IS 54% OF OUR
1:40:11STUDENTS MADE LEARNING GAINS.
1:40:13SO ONE THING I WANT TO CALL
1:40:14YOUR ATTENTION TO SO THIS UM
1:40:16GRAPH CAME FROM THE SCHOOL
1:40:18DISTRICTS OF LEE COUNTY'S DATA
1:40:21DASHBOARD.
1:40:21WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT
1:40:23THEY SHARE THIS INFORMATION
1:40:24WITH US.
1:40:25IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DATA THAT
1:40:27WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET
1:40:29TO.
1:40:30UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUESTION
1:40:32HOW DID YOUR SCHOOL PERFORM
1:40:33ACCORDING UM IN THE STATE
1:40:36ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL AGAINST
1:40:36GROWTH EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR
1:40:39COMPOSITION OF STUDENTS?
1:40:40SO THE RED LINE THAT YOU SEE
1:40:43THERE THAT INDICATES BASICALLY
1:40:45THEY TOOK THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
1:40:46OUR KIDS HOW MANY STUDENTS WITH
1:40:49DISABILITIES UM RACE AND
1:40:52ETHNICITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC
1:40:53STATUS AND THEY THEY THOUGHT
1:40:55ABOUT LIKE LIKE STUDENTS AND SO
1:40:57THE RED LINE INDICATES WHERE
1:40:59THEY EXPECTED US TO PERFORM
1:41:01BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.
1:41:03AND YOU CAN SEE WE DID REALLY
1:41:05WELL IN MOST CATEGORIES.
1:41:07UH, WE EXCEEDED THE
1:41:09EXPECTATIONS SO WE WERE REALLY
1:41:10PROUD OF THAT.
1:41:11BUT BASED ON THAT DATA WE ENDED
1:41:14UP CREATING SOME GOALS AND SOME
1:41:17INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR THIS
1:41:18YEAR ONE OF WHICH YOU PROBABLY
1:41:21GUESSED WAS ELA L2 FIVE AND OUR
1:41:23THIRD GRADE PROFICIENCY.
1:41:24THAT'S WHERE WE SAW THE BIGGEST
1:41:26OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE.
1:41:27GAINS AND ALSO WHEN WE DRILL
1:41:29DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS
1:41:30WITH DISABILITIES, WE NOTICED
1:41:32THERE WAS A BIG AREA OF
1:41:34OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US AS FAR
1:41:35AS THEIR LEARNING GAINS AS
1:41:37WELL.
1:41:37SO SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES THAT
1:41:39WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THIS
1:41:40YEAR IS IN MATH AND ELA.
1:41:42WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR
1:41:44COLLABORATION WITH RESOURCE AND
1:41:45ESR TEACHERS, BUT WE'RE GOING
1:41:47TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE
1:41:48FREQUENT AND A LITTLE MORE
1:41:50CONSISTENT.
1:41:50AND THE SAME GOES WITH ALIGNING
1:41:52THE LESSONS SO THAT IN THE
1:41:54GENERAL CLASSROOM WHEN THE
1:41:56RESOURCE TEACHER WORKS WITH
1:41:57STUDENTS AND WHEN THE TEACHER
1:41:59WORKS, THEY'RE ALL FOCUSED ON
1:42:01THE SAME STANDARD AT THE SAME
1:42:02TIME.
1:42:03IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF LAST
1:42:05YEAR AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
1:42:07REALLY HONE IN ON THAT.
1:42:07AND FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I WAS
1:42:09WALKING AROUND IN CLASSROOMS
1:42:10THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN A FIFTH
1:42:12GRADE ROOM AND THEY WERE
1:42:13WORKING ON A STANDARD IN MATH.
1:42:15I WALKED INTO THE RESOURCE
1:42:17TEACHER'S ROOM.
1:42:17SHE WAS TEACHING IT A DIFFERENT
1:42:19WAY AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE
1:42:20OOPS WHEN I WENT TO THE EOC
1:42:22ROOM UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT
1:42:25HAPPENED HERE.
1:42:25WHEN I WENT TO THE EOC ROOM SHE
1:42:27WAS TEACHING IT STILL A WHOLE
1:42:29NOTHER WAY.
1:42:30UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT
1:42:32HAPPENED.
1:42:33THERE WE GO.
1:42:34UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING
1:42:36TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
1:42:37THEY WERE TEACHING THE SAME
1:42:39STANDARD.
1:42:39AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S
1:42:41REALLY GOING TO MAKE A
1:42:41DIFFERENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS
1:42:42WITH DISABILITIES.
1:42:43AND FINALLY, UM, IF ATTENDANCE
1:42:46IS AN ISSUE, WE WERE GOING TO
1:42:47COME UP WITH A PLAN UM, WITH
1:42:48THOSE FAMILIES ESPECIALLY THE
1:42:50STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO
1:42:51NEED TO BE THERE EVERY DAY SOME
1:42:54OF OUR UM, STRATEGIES FOR OUR
1:42:57LOWEST 25% AND ELA AND GRADE
1:42:59THREE IS LAST YEAR.
1:43:01WELL FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS
1:43:02WE'VE BEEN USING A PHONICS
1:43:03PROGRAM CALLED YOU FLY WHICH IS
1:43:05THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
1:43:07LITERACY INITIATIVE.
1:43:08IT'S BASED ON THE LATEST AND
1:43:10GREATEST SCIENCE OF READING AND
1:43:11IT'S THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF
1:43:13FLORIDA.
1:43:13IT'S AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM IT
1:43:15OUR K THROUGH TWO DO IT EVERY
1:43:17SINGLE DAY.
1:43:18THAT'S THEIR PHONICS PROGRAM.
1:43:19BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS OUR
1:43:21STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING LEVEL
1:43:22ONE AND LEVEL TWO AND ELA THEY
1:43:24WERE PERHAPS MISSING SOME OF
1:43:26THOSE PHONICS PIECES WHEN THEY
1:43:27GOT TO REALLY HARD WORDS.
1:43:29THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK
1:43:30IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY COULD
1:43:31BREAK DOWN A ONE SYLLABLE WORD,
1:43:33BUT WHEN IT GOT TO 2 OR 3
1:43:35SYLLABLES THEY REALLY STRUGGLED
1:43:37SO WE'RE BUILDING SMALL GROUPS
1:43:38WITH THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH
1:43:40GRADERS WHO STILL NEED HELP
1:43:41WITH THAT.
1:43:41AND THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY
1:43:43EXCITED.
1:43:44THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HAS A
1:43:45NEW PROGRAM CALLED WORD ORIGINS
1:43:47AND IT'S UM EXPLICIT MORPHOLOGY
1:43:50INSTRUCTION.
1:43:51WHAT'S THE ROOT WORD?
1:43:52WHERE DID THIS WORD COME FROM?
1:43:53WHAT DOES THE PREFIX MEAN?
1:43:55WHAT DOES THE SUFFIX MEAN AND
1:43:56REALLY LIKE DIVING INTO A WORD
1:43:58AND ITS MEANING AND WE BELIEVE
1:44:00THAT'S GOING TO REALLY MAKE A
1:44:01DIFFERENCE.
1:44:02AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO
1:44:03CONTINUE OUR CLASSROOM READ
1:44:05ALOUDS AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT
1:44:07READING.
1:44:08SO UM WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
1:44:10PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
1:44:11COMMUNITIES, BUT I JUST WANTED
1:44:12TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE
1:44:13SNIPPET ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY DO
1:44:16WE TALK ABOUT IN THERE.
1:44:17SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE UM
1:44:19IT HAS P THREE DATA FROM LAST
1:44:21YEAR.
1:44:22HOW DID THEY END UP THE SCHOOL
1:44:23YEAR AND ONE DATA THAT'S THE
1:44:26DATA THAT THEY GOT AT THE
1:44:27BEGINNING OF THIS THIS SCHOOL
1:44:28YEAR.
1:44:28AND SO THE TEACHERS CAN KIND OF
1:44:30COMPARE IT'S A LITTLE SMALL BUT
1:44:31IN THE FIRST COLUMN IS HOW THEY
1:44:33DID LAST YEAR AND HOW THEY'RE
1:44:35DOING THIS YEAR.
1:44:36AND IT'S A WAY TO KIND OF SEE
1:44:38LIKE WHAT DO WE STILL NEED TO
1:44:39WORK ON AND WHERE ARE WE GOING
1:44:41AND AND WHAT OVERALL ARE OUR
1:44:43STUDENTS WEEKEND AND WHAT ARE
1:44:44THEY STRONG AND AND IT'S A
1:44:45GREAT STARTING POINT.
1:44:47UM AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE
1:44:49DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IT'S GREAT
1:44:51TO LOOK AT DATA.
1:44:52IT'S GREAT TO EVEN DIVE IN
1:44:54FURTHER BUT THEN WHAT DO YOU DO
1:44:55WITH THAT INFORMATION?
1:44:55SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
1:44:58EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS THAT WE
1:44:59DISCUSS AT OUR PLC MEETINGS TO
1:45:02REALLY UM, HELP THE TEACHERS
1:45:03GUIDE THEIR LEARNING AND WHERE
1:45:04THEY'RE GOING.
1:45:05AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT
1:45:07INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, UM, MISS
1:45:09HANLEY IN THIS FURY WHO LEAD
1:45:10THESE PLCS AND IT'S IT'S REALLY
1:45:12MADE QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
1:45:13THE TEACHERS WORK REALLY HARD
1:45:15BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO
1:45:17ALL THE PREP THAT'S REQUIRED UM
1:45:19FOR A PLC.
1:45:20SO MISHANDLING IS VERY WORK ON
1:45:21THAT.
1:45:22AND WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON
1:45:25BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS OUTSIDE
1:45:26OF SCHOOL.
1:45:26SO THESE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES
1:45:28ONE IS OUR MILLIONAIRES CLUB
1:45:31AND THIS IS RECOGNIZING
1:45:33STUDENTS WHO HAVE READ A
1:45:34MILLION WORDS BY THE END OF THE
1:45:35SCHOOL YEAR.
1:45:36AND SO WE HAVE A BROKEN DOWN
1:45:38INTO 250,000 500,000 AND A
1:45:41MILLION WORDS AND EVERY TIME
1:45:42STUDENTS HIT THAT CATEGORY
1:45:43THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED ON THE
1:45:45NEWS, THEY'LL GET A SPECIAL
1:45:46SHIRT AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
1:45:48WEAR IT ON CERTAIN DAYS SO
1:45:49EVERYBODY CAN CELEBRATE THEIR
1:45:51ACHIEVEMENTS.
1:45:52AND IN ADDITION TO READING, WE
1:45:54REALLY BELIEVE THAT UM,
1:45:56STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY
1:45:57HABITS IS ALSO PHYSICALLY
1:45:59HEALTHY BECAUSE THAT ALSO HELPS
1:46:00WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
1:46:01AND WE'VE STARTED AN OASIS
1:46:03FAMILY RUN CLUB SO THEY'RE
1:46:05GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF
1:46:06RUNNING AND WALKING AT HOME AND
1:46:07TRACKING THEIR PROGRESS.
1:46:08AND THEN ONCE A MONTH WE'LL BE
1:46:10MEETING AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY
1:46:11AND KIND OF CELEBRATE THOSE
1:46:14ACHIEVEMENTS AS WELL.
1:46:16AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OASIS
1:46:18STARTS WITH KINDERGARTNERS.
1:46:20SO THESE ARE OUR UM
1:46:23KINDERGARTNERS WHO WENT TO
1:46:24KINDER CAMP OVER THE SUMMER.
1:46:26THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.
1:46:27IT WAS ABOUT FOUR DAYS AND THEY
1:46:28JUST LEARNED HOW TO GET
1:46:29COMFORTABLE AT OUR SCHOOL, OUR
1:46:31PROCEDURES.
1:46:31THEY GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF STAFF
1:46:33AND JUST A KIND OF ALLEVIATE
1:46:35SOME OF THOSE NERVOUS FEELINGS
1:46:37ABOUT STARTING A BIG KID SCHOOL
1:46:40AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR UM,
1:46:42INITIATIVE ON READ ALOUDS AND
1:46:43READING MORE, WE SENT ALL OF
1:46:45OUR LITTLE KINDERGARTNERS OFF
1:46:46WITH A CLIFFORD GOES TO
1:46:47KINDERGARTEN BOOK AND IT WAS
1:46:49JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR
1:46:50READING JOURNEY SO THAT WE
1:46:51THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE WAY TO
1:46:52END IT.
1:46:53AND THESE ARE SOME OF OUR UM,
1:46:56WAYS THAT WE ENGAGE OUR
1:46:57STUDENTS AND AND HELP THEM
1:46:59LEARN THAT, UM, IT'S FUN TO
1:47:03HAVE FUN DAYS LIKE WE DID A
1:47:04DOLLY PARTON DAY WHICH IS
1:47:05SPREADING KINDNESS, BUT WE ALSO
1:47:07WANTED TO TIE SOMETHING
1:47:09SIGNIFICANT TO IT.
1:47:10SO WE ASKED STUDENTS IF THEY
1:47:11DRESSED UP TO ALSO BRING A BOOK
1:47:13TO DONATE TO GOLISANO
1:47:14CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
1:47:15SO WE COLLECTED MORE THAN 300
1:47:18BOOKS FOR THAT JUST IN ONE DAY
1:47:20WAS JUST AN IDEA TEACHER HAD
1:47:21AND SO IT KIND OF TOOK OFF AND
1:47:22IT WAS REALLY FUN.
1:47:24AND THESE ARE SOME OF OUR
1:47:26LEADERSHIP CLUBS AND OUR
1:47:27STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CLUBS.
1:47:29WE HAVE A STUDENT LEADERSHIP
1:47:30CLUB WHERE THEY UM ARE VERY
1:47:32CIVICALLY ENGAGED.
1:47:34THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR
1:47:35VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY WHICH
1:47:36WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
1:47:38THEY ALSO WORK WITH CAPE CORAL
1:47:40POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DO FILLED
1:47:41THE BOAT A TOY DRIVE AND THEY
1:47:43DO A VARIETY OF THINGS
1:47:45THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON THE
1:47:46RIGHT WE ALSO HAVE OUR KIDS
1:47:49THEY UM ARE WORKING WITH THE
1:47:51CAPE CORAL CARING CENTER AND
1:47:52THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A
1:47:53FOOD DRIVE AND THEY ALSO
1:47:56RECEIVED FROM KONA AS A
1:47:57DISTINGUISHED CLUB CERTIFICATE.
1:48:00IT WAS BASED ON ALL OF THEIR UM
1:48:02ACTIVITIES AND HOW THEY RUN
1:48:03THEIR CLUB.
1:48:04AND IN THE CENTER YOU SEE WE
1:48:06HAVE A NEW UM PLAY COMING UP.
1:48:08WE JUST ANNOUNCED LITTLE
1:48:09MERMAID AND WE'RE DOING
1:48:11AUDITIONS BUT ALSO MISS BLACKIE
1:48:12,OUR AMAZING MUSIC TEACHER
1:48:14WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU
1:48:16THAT WE HAVE ONE TWO, THREE
1:48:18FIVE STUDENTS WHO EARNED
1:48:20ALL-STATE ELEMENTARY CHORUS.
1:48:22VERY FEW STUDENTS FROM LEE
1:48:23COUNTY WERE AWARDED THIS UM
1:48:25ACHIEVEMENT AND THEY'LL
1:48:26PARTICIPATE IN THAT CHORUS.
1:48:28AND THEN WE HAVE TWO THAT UM
1:48:30ARE PARTICIPATING IN ALL-STATE
1:48:32ORFF ENSEMBLE AND SHE TOLD ME
1:48:34WHAT ORFF MEANS BUT I JUST
1:48:35CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS RIGHT
1:48:36NOW.
1:48:37UM, AND OVER THE SUMMER MISS
1:48:40AVIS, MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
1:48:41AND I MET WITH OUR PTO BOARD
1:48:43WHO THEY'RE PHENOMENAL.
1:48:44THEY'RE THEY'RE SO COMMITTED TO
1:48:46HELPING OUR SCHOOL AND WE
1:48:47TALKED ABOUT MAYBE SHRINKING
1:48:49DOWN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND
1:48:51MAKING THEM MORE MEANINGFUL TO
1:48:53FAMILIES.
1:48:54SO FOR INSTANCE, WE DID A VERY
1:48:56SHORT PTO MEETING BUT THEN WE
1:48:57DID BINGO AFTERWARDS WE HAD A
1:48:59BIG TURNOUT FOR FAMILIES AND
1:49:01THEN WE ALSO WE HAVE SEVERAL UM
1:49:04EVENTS WHERE WE INVITED
1:49:06FAMILIES TO GO TO A CAPE CORAL
1:49:08PARK WITH SO MANY BEAUTIFUL
1:49:09PARKS AND CAPE CORAL AND SO WE
1:49:11DO PANTHER PARK PLAYDATE AND WE
1:49:14WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT
1:49:15EVEN THOUGH OUR FIRST ONE WAS
1:49:17SO HOT IT WAS LIKE THE END OF
1:49:18AUGUST BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE
1:49:20PICTURES MADE A WONDERFUL
1:49:21TURNOUT.
1:49:22UM AND WE'RE DOING PICNIC LUNCH
1:49:24AT SCHOOL UM, PERIODICALLY FOR
1:49:26OUR FAMILIES.
1:49:27THIS ONE WAS AFFILIATED WITH
1:49:28OUR BOOSTER THON.
1:49:29SO WE KIND OF WANT TO LIKE JUST
1:49:31SHRINK THINGS DOWN A LITTLE AND
1:49:33JUST MAKE THEM NOT JUST THESE
1:49:34BIG, YOU KNOW, ELABORATE EVENTS
1:49:36BUT JUST SMALL SIMPLE THINGS SO
1:49:38PARENTS CAN GET TO KNOW OTHER
1:49:39PARENTS AND INTRODUCE THEIR
1:49:42FRIENDS AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
1:49:43JUST SOME OLD FASHIONED
1:49:44ENGAGEMENT.
1:49:46AND AGAIN I MENTIONED OUR PTO
1:49:48WE JUST DID OUR FUNDRAISER AND
1:49:51WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL WHICH WAS
1:49:54$50,000 BY 145% WE OUR PROFIT
1:49:58IS 72,000.
1:49:59WE DID A COLOR RUN.
1:50:00YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF SO
1:50:01FUN ALL KINDS OF COLOR GOING
1:50:04AROUND AND MUSIC PLAYING AND
1:50:06OUR PTO DID A GREAT JOB.
1:50:08BUT THIS IS THE MOST MONEY THAT
1:50:09WE'VE RAISED SINCE I'VE BEEN
1:50:10HERE IN NINE YEARS.
1:50:12SO UM SHOUT OUT TO OUR PTO WE
1:50:14HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT COMING UP
1:50:17OCTOBER 23RD AND WE DO HAVE THE
1:50:18MOST AMAZING FALL FEST
1:50:20CHAIRPERSON BRITTANY GIBSON
1:50:21WHO'S PREPARING OUR FALL FEST.
1:50:24UM I THINK THAT'S IT.
1:50:26YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
1:50:28I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT.
1:50:304% INCREASE.
1:50:32>> IS PHENOMENAL.
1:50:33THANK YOU.
1:50:34HARD TO KEEP UP.
1:50:36YES BUT YOU SET THE BAR HIGH
1:50:39SO.
1:50:39THANK YOU.
1:50:40>> UM THAT IS PHENOMENAL
1:50:42INCREASE FOR SURE.
1:50:43UM I LOVE SEEING ALL.
1:50:44THE ACTIVITIES AND KEEPING THE
1:50:46FAMILIES ENGAGED.
1:50:47UM IT JUST IT FEELS LIKE
1:50:49COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW?
1:50:50ALL RIGHT.
1:50:51AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
1:50:53FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT'S
1:50:55OUR NICHE.
1:50:55THAT'S THAT THAT'S.
1:50:56WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.
1:50:57AND YOU'VE JUST.
1:50:59SO ELOQUENTLY JUST.
1:51:00PUT THAT ON THAT IN THOSE
1:51:01SLIDES THERE.
1:51:02RIGHT.
1:51:02SO UH AND.
1:51:04>> I LOVE SEEING HOW ENGAGED
1:51:05THE KIDS ARE WITH ALL OF THESE
1:51:07ACTIVITIES.
1:51:07UM, WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY
1:51:09SCHOOL I WAS TAKING NAPS AND
1:51:10EATING GLUE.
1:51:11SO THIS IS A MUCH, MUCH.
1:51:13DIFFERENT APPROACH AND I LOVE
1:51:15SEEING IT ALL SO.
1:51:16IT'S GOING TO PAY.
1:51:17OFF IN DIVIDENDS.
1:51:18THESE KIDS ARE JUST GOING TO
1:51:19THRIVE.
1:51:20SO THANK YOU FOR ALL.
1:51:21>> THE CARE MISS MICHAELS.
1:51:23UH I.
1:51:24>> WAS.
1:51:24INTRIGUED BY.
1:51:25THE.
1:51:25>> UH, THOUSAND.
1:51:27>> OR A MILLION WORDS.
1:51:28>> AND LIKE.
1:51:30MAY I I KNOW IT DEPENDS ON.
1:51:31>> THE BOOK WE WE'VE BEEN
1:51:33TRYING TO CALCULATE.
1:51:33BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE TWO
1:51:35FOURTH GRADERS WHO HAVE ALREADY
1:51:37READ HALF A MILLION WORDS.
1:51:39SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THEIR
1:51:40RECORD THE THING IS THEY'RE
1:51:41READING LIKE HARRY POTTER BOOKS
1:51:43SO YOU CAN GET THERE A LOT MORE
1:51:45QUICKLY IF YOU READ A HARRY
1:51:46POTTER BOOK.
1:51:47UM, BUT A LOT OF OUR SS Y OUR
1:51:49BOOKS WHICH OUR MEDIA
1:51:50SPECIALIST PUSHES THEY'RE THE
1:51:51STATE OF FLORIDA BOOKS.
1:51:52UM, THOSE ALSO HAVE A BIG WORD
1:51:55COUNT.
1:51:55SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE
1:51:56GRADE LEVEL.
1:51:57UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS OUR
1:51:59HIGH END READERS WHO YOU KNOW,
1:52:01THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THEIR
1:52:03THING, THEY'RE READING THEIR
1:52:03BOOKS AND WE JUST WANTED TO
1:52:06CELEBRATE THEM LIKE THEY'RE THE
1:52:06QUARTERBACK ON THE FOOTBALL
1:52:08TEAM BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE
1:52:09CELEBRATED THAT WAY.
1:52:10AND SO IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF.
1:52:11THE KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED.
1:52:14THAT'S AWESOME.
1:52:15>> THANK YOU.
1:52:18YEAH I'M SORRY I'M JUST
1:52:19ACTUALLY PERFECT.
1:52:22SO FIRST OFF.
1:52:23AMAZING SLIDES.
1:52:24WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THEM I
1:52:26WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE
1:52:27STARTED WE GOT THIS UH NEWS
1:52:29ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE
1:52:30THESE WEBSITES BECAUSE.
1:52:32ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS
1:52:33ARE HAPPENING.
1:52:34WE WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY
1:52:36KNOW, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EASIER
1:52:37FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT ALL THAT
1:52:39INFORMATION OUT THERE.
1:52:39AND AS I WAS LOOKING AT ALL OF
1:52:40THE SLIDES I WAS THINKING HOW
1:52:42WONDERFUL IF YOU GUYS HAD
1:52:43ASSISTANCE TO TAKE WHAT WE'RE
1:52:45SEEING HERE AND JUST PUT THAT
1:52:46UP ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE
1:52:48COULD SEE THE DATA ALONG WITH
1:52:49ALL OF THE FUN.
1:52:50IT JUST IT LOOKS SO AMAZING AND
1:52:52I'M VERY HOPEFUL AND LOOKING
1:52:53FORWARD TO WHEN WE CAN SHARE
1:52:55THAT MORE EASILY WITH WITH THE
1:52:57COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK
1:52:58THAT'S GOING TO LET EVERYONE
1:52:59KNOW WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.
1:53:00YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A
1:53:01WONDERFUL SYSTEM HERE.
1:53:03UM, AND JUST IT'S IT'S JUST SO
1:53:05AMAZING.
1:53:05THANK YOU.
1:53:08THIS IS MY FAVORITE.
1:53:09PART OF THE MEETING.
1:53:10IS WHEN WE.
1:53:11>> HEAR WHAT'S.
1:53:11HAPPENING IN THE.
1:53:12>> SCHOOLS AND WHAT I REALLY
1:53:13LOVED ABOUT WHAT'S.
1:53:14HAPPENING AT.
1:53:15OASIS ELEMENTARY.
1:53:15SOUTH IS.
1:53:16YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE WHOLE
1:53:18STUDENT.
1:53:18WE HEARD ABOUT ACADEMICS.
1:53:19>> AND ATHLETICS AND SO MANY
1:53:21WAYS.
1:53:21>> THE.
1:53:21ARTS HOW YOU'RE.
1:53:22>> REACHING THE STUDENT BUT
1:53:23REALLY COMMUNITY AND HONING IN
1:53:24ON UM THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND
1:53:26BRINGING THE FAMILIES IN AND
1:53:27REACHING OUT TO OUR OUR.
1:53:29CITY PARKS.
1:53:29>> IS REALLY AWESOME.
1:53:30THAT'S SOMETHING.
1:53:31NEW I THINK.
1:53:32OH YEAH.
1:53:32SO THAT WAS REALLY.
1:53:33>> COOL.
1:53:34TO HEAR ABOUT.
1:53:34AWESOME.
1:53:35LOVE IT.
1:53:36>> THANK YOU THANK YOU.
1:53:38OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
1:53:41MISS CHRIS.
1:53:41AND THEN.
1:53:43OKAY SIR.
1:53:45AS MUCH AS I LOVE ALL OF THE
1:53:47STUFF THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON
1:53:48THIS YEAR.
1:53:48BECAUSE SOME.
1:53:49>> OF THESE ITEMS ARE FANTASTIC
1:53:52,I'VE NEVER HEARD OF AN
1:53:53ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUTTING ON.
1:53:54A RUN CLUB.
1:53:57I WAS HOPING YOU COULD CLARIFY
1:53:58WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS A LITTLE
1:53:59BIT MORE.
1:54:00YEAH, WE JUST STARTED IT.
1:54:02UM SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO
1:54:05CLUBS AND STUFF BUT A LOT OF
1:54:06PARENTS HAVE COMPLETELY
1:54:08DIFFERENT SCHEDULES THAT DON'T
1:54:09ALIGN WITH THE ONE TIME THAT WE
1:54:10CAN HAVE A CLUB.
1:54:11AND SO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
1:54:13OF MEETING MONTHLY BUT TRACKING
1:54:17THAT SO LIKE THE PARENTS WOULD
1:54:19COME UP WITH A GOAL THEY SET
1:54:21THEIR GOAL SO THEY COULD EITHER
1:54:23TRACK MILES UM TIME LIKE HOW
1:54:26MUCH TIME THEY SPEND WALKING OR
1:54:27RUNNING OR FREQUENCY SO THAT'S
1:54:29UP TO THEM AND THEN THEY SET A
1:54:30GOAL FOR WHAT THEY'D LIKE AND
1:54:32THEY DID IT ALL IN A LITTLE
1:54:33GOOGLE FORM.
1:54:33AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER FORM
1:54:34WHERE THEY SAY OKAY LIKE THIS
1:54:36WEEK WE WALKED TWO MILES OR
1:54:38NEXT WEEK WE WALKED FOUR MILES
1:54:40AND THEN WE'LL MEET AT THE END
1:54:42OF THE MONTH AND KIND OF
1:54:43CELEBRATE OH THIS FAMILY WALKED
1:54:44THIS MANY MILES ARE THESE ARE
1:54:46THE PEOPLE WHO MET THEIR GOALS
1:54:48IN A FUN WAY AND THEN WE'LL DO
1:54:50LIKE A GROUP RUN AROUND OASIS.
1:54:52I HAVE TWO PLANS TO DO TWO
1:54:54EVENTS AT A PARK.
1:54:55THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK UP IN
1:54:57NORTHWEST CAPE CORAL.
1:54:57I THINK IT'S CRYSTAL PARK THAT
1:54:58HAS DIFFERENT PATHWAYS AND
1:55:00STUFF.
1:55:01SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO
1:55:02THAT AND THEN FOR OUR PEOPLE
1:55:04WHO ARE RUNNING JUST AS THEIR
1:55:06THING WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO
1:55:07SOME FIVE KS.
1:55:08THERE'S UM STRIDES FOR.
1:55:09EDUCATION.
1:55:10>> THERE'S A TURKEY TROT AND I
1:55:11THINK A JINGLE JOG WE'RE
1:55:12LOOKING AT SO KIND OF LIKE HITS
1:55:14ON DIFFERENT LEVELS AND IF YOU
1:55:16JUST WANT TO WALK WITH YOUR
1:55:17FAMILY A COUPLE OF TIMES AND
1:55:18COME TO OUR MEETINGS ONCE A
1:55:20MONTH, THAT'S GREAT TOO.
1:55:21LIKE ALL OF IT IS GOOD.
1:55:23THAT'S FANTASTIC.
1:55:24THANK YOU.
1:55:25UM, I KNOW OUR FOOD.
1:55:27SERVICE MANAGER WILL BE.
1:55:28GLAD THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER
1:55:30ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS SHE
1:55:31CAN TACK ON TO OUR.
1:55:33OUR ANNUAL WELLNESS UM,
1:55:35WELLNESS RIGHT PLAN.
1:55:36YEP.
1:55:37UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
1:55:39I KNOW IN YEARS PAST YOU HAVE
1:55:42PUT ON DIFFERENT EVENING EVENTS
1:55:45FOR UM.
1:55:48I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON WHEN.
1:55:49LIKE OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
1:55:51NIGHTS.
1:55:52YES, WE HAD A FEW PARENT NIGHTS
1:55:54FOR UH, DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.
1:55:55UM, WE DID HAVE ONE THAT WAS
1:55:58GOING TO HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER
1:55:59FROM A LATE DNA UM, JUST LAST
1:56:01WEEK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY
1:56:03CANCELED.
1:56:03I THINK THEY WERE SICK.
1:56:04THEY CANCELED AT THE LAST
1:56:05MINUTE.
1:56:05SO WE WE ARE STILL HAVING THOSE
1:56:08ONGOING.
1:56:08UM, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD TOO
1:56:10MANY OF THEM JUST YET.
1:56:11BUT WE STILL PLAN ON HAVING
1:56:12THOSE.
1:56:13OKAY, GREAT.
1:56:14I KNOW THEY WERE SUCH, UH.
1:56:16>> AN ENGAGING.
1:56:16UM, TOPIC.
1:56:17YEAH.
1:56:18>> AND WE DID UM, THE DIGITAL
1:56:20THE DIGITAL LEARNING ONES TOO.
1:56:21OKAY, GREAT.
1:56:23>> I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
1:56:24THOSE ARE KEEP GOING.
1:56:24THANK YOU.
1:56:28THANK YOU.
1:56:29>> THANK YOU GUYS.
1:56:30HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
1:56:30YEAH.
1:56:31ALL RIGHT.
1:56:32BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL BOARD.
1:56:35COMMENTS AND WE WILL START WITH
1:56:37MISS SO DOWN.
1:56:38DOWN BELOW.
1:56:41UM I DO A LOT OF COMMENTS OR
1:56:43QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO YOUR
1:56:46WORK ON THESE INTERIM ARE THERE
1:56:48BUT AGAIN PRESENTATION AND I
1:56:51KNOW THERE WAS UH FOCUS MORE ON
1:56:54THE KIDS WHO.
1:56:56I IT WAS UM A CATEGORY OF YOU
1:56:58KNOW THE L 25.
1:57:00MHM.
1:57:01UH CATEGORY WHERE TO IMPROVE
1:57:05THE HEALING THE FOCUS FOR US UM
1:57:08AND INCREASING GAMES WITHIN THE
1:57:12COMPUTER SCREEN.
1:57:15>> SO THE L FIVE IS A CATEGORY
1:57:17FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
1:57:18IT MEANS THE LOW WAS 25% OF
1:57:21STUDENTS AT THAT SCHOOL SO LIKE
1:57:25SO TOTAL THIRD FOURTH AND FIFTH
1:57:26GRADE I HAVE ABOUT 450 STUDENTS
1:57:29SO LITERALLY IT'S LIKE THOSE
1:57:30STUDENTS ARE SORTED IN THE LA
1:57:32AND WHOEVER IS THE 25% LOWEST
1:57:35STUDENTS THAT'S CONSIDERED OUR
1:57:36L FIVE AND SO THE STATE
1:57:39RECOGNIZES THAT NOT THE
1:57:40STUDENTS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO
1:57:41REACH PROFICIENCY IN ONE YEAR.
1:57:43SO THEY MEASURE BY LEARNING
1:57:45GAINS.
1:57:45AND SO THERE'S LEVEL ONE LEVEL
1:57:46TWO LEVEL THREE LEVEL FOUR
1:57:48LEVEL FIVE AND WITHIN LEVEL ONE
1:57:49AND LEVEL TWO THEY'RE
1:57:51SUBCATEGORIES.
1:57:52SO THE HOPE IS THAT THE
1:57:54STUDENTS AND UM THE L2 FIVE
1:57:56WILL AT LEAST GO UP A LEVEL.
1:57:59UM AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY TRACK
1:58:01THOSE STUDENTS DOES THAT OKAY
1:58:04GOOD.
1:58:05OKAY.
1:58:06>> UM MISS GIBSON.
1:58:10YES I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT
1:58:13PARENTS WILL BE VERY EXCITED
1:58:14FOR THIS NEW WEBSITE BECAUSE
1:58:16LOOKING AT THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU
1:58:18PROVIDED THAT WOULD COVER ABOUT
1:58:2295% OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GET
1:58:23VIA EMAIL EVERY DAY FROM
1:58:25PARENTS UM, ESPECIALLY THAT
1:58:27APPLY NOW BUTTON IS PHENOMENAL.
1:58:29UM SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
1:58:31EXCITED I AM UM ON BEHALF OF
1:58:33MYSELF ANSWERING THE EMAILS AND
1:58:35ALSO ALL THE PARENTS THAT WILL
1:58:36GET TO EXPERIENCE UM, HOW GREAT
1:58:39THAT WEBSITE WILL BE.
1:58:42UM AND.
1:58:46READY TO SEE IT I WANT TO SEE I
1:58:47WANT TO SEE THE NEW WEBSITE.
1:58:48I'M READY FOR ALL THE NEW
1:58:49CHANGES.
1:58:50RIGHT.
1:58:50WE'RE WE'RE WORKING IN THE
1:58:51PROCESS.
1:58:52UM, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
1:58:53THINGS IN THE HOPPER RIGHT NOW
1:58:54AND I'M EXCITED TO KIND OF SEE
1:58:55SOME OF THOSE THINGS COME TO
1:58:57FRUITION.
1:58:57UM, I KNOW I'VE ONLY BEEN ON
1:58:59THIS FOR JUST OVER A YEAR NOW,
1:59:01BUT WE WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THAT
1:59:02TIME AND WE'RE STILL NOT DONE.
1:59:04SO EXCITED.
1:59:05THANK YOU.
1:59:06THAT'S MY COST.
1:59:07NOTHING MORE FOR ME THANKS SIR.
1:59:10NO FURTHER COMMENT.
1:59:10>> CONTENT YES I DO HAVE A FEW
1:59:15NOTES I HAVE CHATTED DOWN HERE.
1:59:16UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE BANNED
1:59:18BOOKS THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS
1:59:20WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
1:59:21REGARDING THAT.
1:59:22I KNEW WE HAD THE COMMUNICATION
1:59:24COME DOWN THAT THIS ONUS WAS
1:59:27NOW BEING PUSHED ONTO OUR
1:59:28PRINCIPALS, THAT THEY ARE GOING
1:59:30TO HAVE MORE OF A
1:59:31RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING
1:59:34WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE
1:59:37STUDENTS AT ALL OF OUR LEVELS.
1:59:38YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A
1:59:40LIST FROM.
1:59:41>> THE STATE AS WELL.
1:59:42>> AS.
1:59:43LEE COUNTY HAS THEIR.
1:59:43>> OWN SEPARATE LIST.
1:59:44IS THAT CORRECT?
1:59:45OKAY.
1:59:45I'M WONDERING IF THE ACE
1:59:48CURRICULUM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
1:59:50LEVEL, ANY NOVELS THAT THEY ARE
1:59:55BEING INCLUDED IN THAT
1:59:56CURRICULUM IF THOSE ARE.
1:59:57HAVE BEEN CHECKED AGAINST.
1:59:58THOSE LISTS.
2:00:00I CAN'T.
2:00:01ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
2:00:02I THINK THE.
2:00:03ACE IS A BACCALAUREATE
2:00:04CURRICULUM.
2:00:04>> I THINK THEIR CURRICULUM IS
2:00:05PROTECTED.
2:00:06I DON'T THINK WE.
2:00:06CAN PICK.
2:00:07>> AND CHOOSE WHICH ITEMS.
2:00:09WE WANT.
2:00:10>> AND DON'T WANT.
2:00:10FROM THAT CURRICULUM.
2:00:11>> SO I THINK IT'S EXEMPT FROM
2:00:12THE BOOK BAN.
2:00:14BUT THAT'S A PRINCIPAL CORE.
2:00:16QUESTION AND I CAN GET.
2:00:17>> AN.
2:00:17ANSWER FOR YOU.
2:00:18I CAN EMAIL YOU THOUGH I JUST
2:00:20WASN'T SURE IF WE.
2:00:20WOULD BE RUNNING INTO.
2:00:21LIKE YOU SAID IF IT'S EXEMPT,
2:00:25IF WE WOULD BE RUNNING INTO A.
2:00:26PROBLEM ANY PROBLEMS REGARDING
2:00:29THAT?
2:00:30UM MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD HAVE
2:00:33BEEN FOR DOCTOR ON RACE.
2:00:34UM BUT IF YOU CAN PASS THIS
2:00:36ALONG WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE
2:00:38UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE, IS
2:00:40THERE AN OPPORTUNITY.
2:00:41FOR ANY.
2:00:42OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE HIGH
2:00:43SCHOOL LEVEL TO MAYBE HAVE.
2:00:46A ON THE JOB TYPE OF.
2:00:48INTERNSHIP TO ALSO LEARN HOW TO
2:00:52DEVELOP THE WEBSITE AND DO SORT
2:00:54OF THAT DAY TO DAY?
2:00:55WE CAN CERTAINLY.
2:00:57PURSUE THAT IDEA.
2:00:58UM, WE DON'T REALLY.
2:00:59HAVE MUCH OF AN IDEA OF WHAT
2:01:01THE TRAINING.
2:01:01LOOKS LIKE.
2:01:02>> FOR THE PERSON THAT WE'RE
2:01:03GOING TO HIRE.
2:01:03SO I.
2:01:04>> THINK ONCE YOU GET.
2:01:04THAT THAT.
2:01:05PERSON IN PLACE.
2:01:06WE CAN.
2:01:06SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
2:01:07FOR A STUDENT.
2:01:08TO HELP BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE
2:01:10IDEAL.
2:01:10YEAH.
2:01:11SO YEAH I'LL TAKE THAT INTO
2:01:12CONSIDERATION.
2:01:13SURE.
2:01:13OKAY.
2:01:14>> UM AND THEN UH MR. MORIARTY,
2:01:18YOU MENTIONED THE SPECIFIC
2:01:20ORDINANCE FOR THE FINANCE
2:01:21COMMITTEE.
2:01:22I WAS WONDERING WHERE I CAN
2:01:23FIND THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO
2:01:25REVIEW IT.
2:01:26UH UH, IF YOU WANT IN CHAPTER
2:01:3226 THERE IS NOTHING.
2:01:33THAT'S WHAT INFORMALLY
2:01:36TEXTBOOKS.
2:01:37OKAY, THAT WAS MY.
2:01:39MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I
2:01:41THOUGHT YOU WERE.
2:01:41SAYING THAT THERE.
2:01:42WAS A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE
2:01:44ALREADY IN PLACE.
2:01:45THAT WAS MY POINT OF CONFUSION
2:01:47OKAY.
2:01:47THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
2:01:49OKAY.
2:01:51>> THANK YOU.
2:01:52I'M SORRY.
2:01:56YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NOTHING
2:01:59IN CHAPTER 26 ABOUT COMMITTEES?
2:02:00UM.
2:02:01>> UH, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS
2:02:05CONTAINED, ASKED FOR THE
2:02:09FINANCE COMMITTEE SECTION IN
2:02:10CHAPTER THERE IS THERE AREN'T
2:02:13NO.
2:02:14THERE IS A SECTION ABOUT
2:02:15COMMITTEE.
2:02:16CORRECT.
2:02:17>> UM.
2:02:20BUT THE PARAMETERS OF THE
2:02:24FINANCE COMMITTEE DOES NOT.
2:02:31OKAY.
2:02:32SO.
2:02:38>> NOTHING TO OKAY.
2:02:39ALL RIGHT.
2:02:40SO THAT BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL
2:02:42COMMENTS.
2:02:42UM I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE.
2:02:43YOUTH COUNCIL.
2:02:44JOINING US AT.
2:02:46>> OUR NEXT MEETING AND I AM
2:02:48EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT WE GET
2:02:49TO GIVE.
2:02:49OUR TEACHERS.
2:02:51UM, OPTION NUMBER THREE WHICH.
2:02:53>> WAS THE HIGHEST BONUS.
2:02:54UM, AGAIN, I WISH THAT WE COULD
2:02:55GIVE THEM MUCH MORE UM, BUT WE
2:02:59HAVE TO BE PRUDENT AT THE SAME
2:03:00TIME AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE
2:03:02BUDGET.
2:03:02BUT UM, THAT IS THE HIGHEST
2:03:04THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM YET AND I
2:03:05HOPE THAT IS THE, UM IT.
2:03:08UM SHOWS THEM THAT WE VALUE
2:03:13WHAT.
2:03:13THEY DO, UH, ALONG WITH THE
2:03:14SUPPORT STAFF AND IT'S THE
2:03:16LEAST THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I
2:03:18HOPE IT SHOWS THEM, UM, THAT WE
2:03:20VALUE THEM.
2:03:21SO IF.
2:03:21YOU'RE OUT THERE LISTENING, UH,
2:03:23PLEASE.
2:03:24FEEL SUPPORTED.
2:03:26>> AND APPRECIATED BECAUSE WE
2:03:27SO DO.
2:03:27SO THAT BEING SAID.
2:03:29>> DO WE.
2:03:30HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
2:03:33WE HAVE A SECOND.
2:03:34SECOND MEETING ADJOURNED.