School Board Regular Meeting

Hernando School District School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final 6:00 PM District Office-Board Room 919 N. Broad Street Brooksville, FL 34601 Tuesday, January 13, 2026 CALL TO ORDER Board Chair Kayce Hawkins Vice Chair Shannon Rodriguez Board Member Michelle Bonczek Board Member Susan Duval Board Member Mark Johnson Present: The meeting was called to order at 6:02 P.M. Also present were Ray Pinder, Superintendent; and Caroline Mockler, Staff Attorney. REFLECTION by Mark Johnson, Board Member PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE by Powell Middle School Students SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT Alex Rastatter, Principal of Powell Middle School came forward to present this item. ADOPTION OF AGENDA 1. Approval to adopt the agenda dated 1/13/2026.26-3514 RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED MOVER: Mark Johnson SECONDER: Michelle Bonczek Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: Board Chair Hawkins stated that she has reviewed the revisions to the agenda and find that there is good cause to permit the revisions to item #15. 26-3530: Approve an overnight field trip for a DS Parrott Middle School student to attend the All-State Honor Band at the Florida Music Educators Association Conference on January 15 - 17, 2026 in Tampa, Florida; and the deletion of item #11. 26-3494: Approve Field Trip for West Hernando Middle School Thespians Society’s Troupe 12068 to Orlando, Florida to Compete at the 2026 Florida Junior State Thespians Festival from February 4 - 8, 2026. Page 1 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 ELECTED OFFICIALS No one came forward to speak on this item. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD, Jaserah Abdul-Rahim 2. Student Representative, Jaserah Abdul-Rahim of F.W. Springstead High School, to Share an Update of School Related Activities and Events with the Board 26-3515 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 3. Approval of the Minutes from the Informal, Workshop and Regular School Board Meeting of 12/9/2025. 26-3516 Attachments: 12-09-25 Informal Minutes DRAFT 12-09-25 Workshop Minutes with links DRAFT 12-09-25 Regular Minutes with links DRAFT RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Mark Johnson SECONDER: Michelle Bonczek Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (WHITE SPEAKER FORMS) 4. Public Hearing and Final Approval of the Hernando County Schools Volunteer Handbook. This item received tentative approval at the December 9, 2025 Workshop. 26-3432 Attachments: ~Volunteer Handbook Strikethrough 26 342_26 3348 ~Volunteer Handbook Clean Copy for 263432_263348 budget sheet no financial impact RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Michelle Bonczek SECONDER: Mark Johnson Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: No one came forward to speak on this item. EXPULSION RECOMMENDATIONS 5. Enter a Final Order Expelling the Student in Case No. E2026-12-01 for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year with educational services. 26-3499 Attachments: Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Michelle Bonczek SECONDER: Susan Duval Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: Page 2 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 6. Enter a Final Order Expelling the Student in Case No. E2026-12-02 for one (1) year with educational services. 26-3500 Attachments: Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Michelle Bonczek SECONDER: Susan Duval Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: 7. Enter a Final Order Expelling the Student in Case No. E2026-12-03 for one (1) year with educational services. 26-3520 Attachments: Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Susan Duval SECONDER: Michelle Bonczek Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: CITIZEN INPUT ON AGENDA ITEMS (GREEN SPEAKER FORMS) 8. Citizen Input on agenda items (Green Form)26-3517 Attachments: Citizen Input Speaker Green Form 110917 ACC Ms. Mockler read the instructions for this item. The following citizen came forward to speak: Lisa Masserio - item #9. 26-3532 Approval of the Personnel Recommendations. Ms. Duval asked if the current vacancies can be listed on the personnel recommendations on the last meeting of each month. ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA (Item # 9-28) Item #16. 26-3536: Amend the approval for the Overnight Field Trip for F.W. Springstead High School Students to Attend the Florida Music Educator Association Conference in Tampa, Florida from January 15, 2026 through January 17, 2026, was pulled for discussion by Shannon Rodriguez. RESULT: APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVER: Susan Duval SECONDER: Mark Johnson Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: Page 3 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 Personnel Recommendations 9. Approval of the Personnel Recommendations26-3532 Attachments: 25-26 BOARD AGENDA JAN 13 1-13-26 CORE OOF Board Agenda 2026 Inst. Supplements & Differentiated Pay for 1-13-2026 2026 Noninst., PTS & Adm. Supplements for 1-13-2026 All Other Teaching & Learning Agenda Items 10. Approve an overnight field trip for Nature Coast Technical High Schools’ Digital Cinema Production class to attend the Student Television Network Convention on 2/28/26 - 3/3/26, in Tampa, Florida. 26-3470 Attachments: wald budget strip 12. Approval of the Early College Program Contract Between the District Board of Trustees of Pasco-Hernando State College (PHSC) and the District School Board of Hernando County (HCSB) 26-3511 Attachments: PHSC Early College Program 2026 Hernando County Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC 13. Approval of the Agreement Between Hernando County School Board (HCSB) and Suncoast Urgent Care Centers, LLC (Suncoast Urgent Care) 26-3512 Attachments: Suncoast Urgent Care and HCSB Agreement State of Florida Affidavit PUR 1355 Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC 14. Approve overnight field trip for the Central High School Band Director and one student to Tampa, Florida, for All State Honor Band at FMEA on January 15, 2026. 26-3526 Attachments: CHS All State Honor Band 011526 - Budget Sheet - AMD 15. Approve an overnight field trip for a DS Parrott Middle School student to attend the All-State Honor Band at the Florida Music Educators Association Conference on January 15 - 17, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. 26-3530 Attachments: Band Field Trip Budget Sheet Page 4 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 All Other Business Services Agenda Items 17. Approve the Affiliation Agreement with Walden University for interns.26-3503 Attachments: Walden-Hernando_County_School_District_Clean_102725 Walden Affidavit_-_Foreign_Country_of_Concern_(PUR_1355)__updated 2 Walden- Affidavit_Regarding_the_Use_of_Coercian_for_Labor_Services_u pdated_1027252 Budget Sheet - NO Financial Impact Job Descriptions 18. Approve the attached job description for Substitute ESE Therapy Provider.26-3531 Attachments: Substitute - ESE Therapy Provider - STRIKE Substitute - ESE Therapy Provider - CLEAN Substitue_Salary_Schedule_STRIKE Substitue_Salary_Schedule_CLEAN Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC All Other Support Operations Agenda Items 19. Approve Out of State Travel for Kelly Downey, Joseph Harrin, Beth Lastra, and Kelly Slusser, of the Fixtures, Furnishings & Equipment (FF&E) Committee, to Charlotte, North Carolina to attend the VS American Experience Days on February 2nd & 3rd, 2026. 26-3501 Attachments: 26-3501 Feb2-3_Experience Days STD 2026 26-3501 Approved LOA 26-3501 Budget Sheet NO Financial Impact All Other Purchase Order/Bid Agenda Items 20. Approve the Purchase of Equipment and Curriculum from zSpace for the Agritechnology Program at Hernando High School and Authorize the Issuance of Purchase Orders in an Estimated Amount of $250,000.00 26-3460 Attachments: zSpace Quote Q38255 Attorney Approved Standard Addendum to Agreements State of Florida Affidavit PUR 1355 Budget Sheet zSpace Page 5 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 21. Approve the Purchase of Certification Prep Curriculum from Knowledge Pillars Education Inc. for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs and Authorize the Issuance of Purchase Orders in an Estimated Amount of $85,000.00 26-3461 Attachments: Knowledge Pillars Quote Standard Addendum to Agreements State of Florida Affidavit PUR 1355 Budget Sheet Knowledge Pillars 22. Approve the renewal of the piggyback of Florida Buy State Cooperative Purchasing, Contract No. 24-135: Audio Visual Integration, awarded to Audio Enhancement and the purchase of audio enhancement, replacement parts and classroom amplification systems and installations for instructional use in classrooms and other areas for an estimated annual spending of up to $55,000.00. 26-3509 Attachments: 26-3509 Tabulation 26-3509 Budget Sheet 23. Approve the piggyback of Volusia County Schools, Contract No. ITB CPT-24-003CE: Electronic Recycling and Disposal Services, awarded to Vantage Point ITAD as primary vendor and Tech Smart International, LLC as secondary vendor, for the disposal of obsolete electronic equipment. 26-3522 Attachments: 26-962-31 PB Electronic Recycling (01-13-26) Budget Sheet Sept 2021 Revised NO Financial Impact ACC 24. Approve the Purchase of Online Digital Curriculum, Practice Tests, and Certification Exams from Certiport, Inc. and Issuance of Purchase Orders in an Estimated Annual Amount of $90,000.00 26-3523 Attachments: Hernando 121025 Additional Licenses Certiport Standard Addendum to Agreements State of Florida Affidavit PUR 1355 Budget Sheet Certiport 25. Approve the amendment to the contract for Bid #24-725-27: Motorola Mobile/Portable Radios: Installation and Repair Services awarded to Bear Communications, Inc. and Tri-Co Communications, Inc. and authorize the increase in expenditures for an estimated annual spending of $250,000.00. 26-3527 Attachments: 26-3527 AMEND Motorola Portable Radios 24-725-27 26-3527 Budget Sheet 26. Approve the 2025-2026 Dual Enrollment Agreement Between Saint Leo University (Saint Leo) and the Hernando County School Board and Issuance of a Purchase Order in an Estimated Annual Amount of $80,000.00 26-3533 Attachments: Hernando County Public Schools Dual Enrollment St Leo Budget Sheet St Leo Page 6 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 All Other Safe Schools Agenda Items 27. Approve out of state travel for Angel Pagan to attend the SAFE Customer Advisory Board Power User Summit scheduled for February 23-25, 2026, in Salt Lake City, Utah.. 26-3506 Attachments: SAFE AGENDA 26 3506 2026 Pagan leave for SAFE conference budget sheet _pagan out of state travel SAFE All Other School Board Agenda Items 28. Approval Requested for out of state travel for a School Board Member to attend the 2026 COSSBA National Conference & UBA Preconference Day from March 11-16, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky that may exceed $500 per Board Member. 26-3528 Attachments: COSSBA 2026 - Agenda COSSBA 2026 Conf- Cost Breakdown Budget Sheet COSSBA ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR ACTION 11. Approve Field Trip for West Hernando Middle School Thespians Society’s Troupe 12068 to Orlando, Florida to Compete at the 2026 Florida Junior State Thespians Festival from February 4 - 8, 2026 26-3494 Attachments: Budget Sheet 26-3494 This item was deleted from the agenda. 16. Amend the approval for the Overnight Field Trip for F.W. Springstead High School Students to Attend the Florida Music Educator Association Conference in Tampa, Florida from January 15, 2026 through January 17, 2026. 26-3536 Attachments: SHS Budget Sheet - FMEA Conference 2026 This item was pulled from the agenda by Mrs. Rodriguez. Dana Pearce, Principal of Springstead High School came forward to answer questions addressed by the Board. Much discussion took place on the cost of the hotel room. The board recessed at 6:48 P.M. and reconvened at 7:10 P.M. Mrs. Hawkins announced that they will move on to citizen's input and come back to item #16 at the end of the meeting. ADDENDUM ITEMS CITIZEN INPUT ON GENERAL TOPICS (PINK SPEAKER FORMS) 29. Citizen Input on Hernando County School issues on which the School Board customarily takes action (Pink Form - non-agenda items) 26-3518 Attachments: Citizen Input Speaker Pink Form 031424 ACC Ms. Mockler read the instructions for this item. The following citizen came forward to speak: Kimberly Mulrooney. Page 7 of 8

School Board Regular Meeting Minutes - Final January 13, 2026 INFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEMS 30. Deductive Change Order 002 to the contract with J.E. Dunn Construction Co. for the 30 Classroom Addition for Winding Waters K-8 and Weeki Wachee High School is provided for the Board’s information. No board action is required. 26-3505 Attachments: 26-3505 WWK8 30 Classroom Addition Change Oredr 002 26-3505 Budget Sheet NO Financial Impact (Continued) ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA FOR ACTION 16. Amend the approval for the Overnight Field Trip for F.W. Springstead High School Students to Attend the Florida Music Educator Association Conference in Tampa, Florida from January 15, 2026 through January 17, 2026. 26-3536 Attachments: SHS Budget Sheet - FMEA Conference 2026 RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED MOVER: Michelle Bonczek SECONDER: Mark Johnson Hawkins, Rodriguez, Bonczek, Duval, JohnsonAYES: Mrs. Rodriguez provided an update on this item. Mrs. Pearce came forward to explain the details of this trip after speaking with the band director. Ms. Duval was able to find out that there is $3,600 in the principal's internal account and stated that this payment should not come out of the band booster fund. Mrs. Pearce stated that it seems like a fair way to handle this. Mr. Johnson made a motion to approve this item with payment coming out of the principal's internal account. Second by Michelle Bonczek. Motion passes 5-0. GENERAL COUNSEL SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT This meeting adjourned at 7:34 P.M. _______________________________ _______________________________ Superintendent Board Chair Mission Statement The Hernando County School District Collaborates with students, parents and other community stakeholders to effectively prepare all students for a successful transition into a diverse and changing world . Page 8 of 8