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Approve minutes of June 27, June 29, and July 3 meetings
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Adopt the amended agenda
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Approve the 2023-2024 Code of Student Conduct
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Approve all consent items 10.1 through 10.36
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>> Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us tonight by 25th 2023 school board meeting. >> I want to >> and when here, but specifically MISS Pray, go ahead and do the district's vision and who is going to be doing indication tonight. I asked her well. >> The school district of Manatee County will be an exit. Then Arie student focused school system that develops life-long learners to be globally competitive. Like to introduce to you. Pastor filled sting from Christian Church from Christian retreat. Thank you for being here. Everybody will stand. Please. >> And having thank you so much. It we can come together and just begin. This meeting begin this evening, acknowledging you in thanking you. Find that when you. Hear our prayers, you hear as you answer, I pray tonight for wisdom, understanding. Other as our board and members in volunteers are school teachers administrators work together, father to advance this great county. The city Lord, thank you for the many people that have a heart for children. Just pray. Father is this growing county, Florida advances learned this new school year, but your presents be felt in our schools. And let there be a peace among our children. But it's race up strong men and women lord in days of prey, especially tonight, Lord, for this special board meeting. Are busting up on it. G is his name 8 >> Join me for the pledge. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America one nation under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and for all. >> All right. Some moves us to item number 5 on the agenda. Informational your date. Charter financial reports leave for JULY. 25th needed a finance reports. She statements through MAY 31st. I remember 6 on the agenda is approval of the agenda. The chairs on good cause to amend the agenda to include all items listed under agenda amendments on JULY. 25th 2023 agenda up to it on JULY. 20th 2023 and posted to the district website. Me t schools dot net. A second. We have a motion in a second. You know what to do? Any case? We can all cast our vote on the approval of the agenda. >> It was signed in and I'm not signed it anymore. They reset the system and known. >> So a parade or you can do it. You can do it really? Okay. That passes 5 to 0 item. Number 7 is approval of the minute superintendent by some. >> CHAIRMAN, I recommend approval of the minutes from the school board meeting of JUNE 27th 2023. The school board workshop on JUNE 29th 2023 in the school board special meeting on JULY 3rd, 2023. Motion and a second. >> In the face of the minutes. >> I'm joined now awesome. >> I'm going vote on the approval of the minutes recommended by Doctor Weiss on that passes 5 to 0. Van Dyne rate recognitions. MISTER Barber. Come on up. >> Thank MISTER Chair board members and Doctor Weiss on welcome. It's my privilege to be the bearer of good news for the school district. And really enjoyed being able to do that. And MISTER Tatum is on board with this thing out. Standing in the back of the room in a semi tipped for another good news story. So we have plenty of good news posted on our website. It said Manatee School sign that slashed. Good news our communications team and the and Stv team. >> Do a great job of filling out a position for a stories about her students and teachers and schools. So one of the great things about our schools and district is that we all kinds of interest. Interesting learning opportunities for our students even over the summer today. What we're going to do is we're going to introduce you to to our camps that recently took place. We're going just show these to you briefly and it will give you an idea of how are students and teachers not only take advantage of these opportunities, but they have fun doing it as well. So we'll show the first video. >> So we're currently at Green River Elementary School where we are holding our Esther Art camp for this summer. This week. We have gotten our kids split up into some groups so they can really died down into building on their strategies. They MAY already know has extra. >> think going great like the kids. They come in we ask him to make projects either by hand or sketch team. >> Making marks and then might have a break or so we left and they're doing pretty dry. So rate can all excited >> It's really interesting how each class has a completely different style like online our tech and working with filters in different things that you can cut out. >> That is the goal day. All right. The benefits to a camp like this would be they get more exposure to materials they might not be able to see in the classroom. They get more exposure to other like-minded individuals. A lot of the kids came in at the beginning campaign or the they didn't know each other by now. They have friends 3rd calling each other after camp. It's pretty cool. So >> I'm I'm I'm really proud of that. I think that's a cool thing. Beautiful. I love it. >> I lot of new people and I can make new friends and the teachers are really nice there. >> The campus fund, I I didn't expect it to be like this. I really like I really enjoy it. Everyone. Super nice to talk with the students. When you have a shared passion, really show more parts of yourself and you think. >> I'm sorry. There's a little bit of delay on the video there, I've seen it several times and we can forwarded to you so you can see it in trailer time. We have one more short video to show >> We're at Braden River, Middle School and we are having the Esser vp a summer camp here for beginners and also for band students who have already had a few years of experience at time. >> We start with a huge band where we rehearse for and then we go to sectionals where we get to expand on our parts and learn more about our instruments, individual and >> I want to learn about >> I really like going to sectionals way you get to play with your section of the instrument and go over the things that bring out instrument more and learn more about it. >> I think think. >> The kids get a chance to make music with other kids across the district that they don't they don't normally see. They MAY be friends with them but go to different schools. So get a chance to to make music altogether. Our goal is to make, you know, all of the >> being programs across the entire district, stronger. And and and I think there's a camaraderie between the faculty, the camaraderie between the students that, you know, they're going to support each other and then that same drive that we want. We want everything in Manatee County up from advanced and going to be straw. >> And those weren't. The only arts camp said we the summer and so to tell you a little bit more about we have a visual and performing arts curriculum specialist Jeremiah Bowman and Rhea Skaggs. And Jeremiah is going to tell us a little bit more Thank you. MISTER Barber. >> Good to see all of you again. Hope you had a great summer. MISTER And school board members and Superintendent Weis on. Thank you so much. The opportunity tonight to showcase the first of what we hope becomes a tradition of summer visual performing arts camps in Manatee County with your support and approval of a Nassar grant. We were able to host an art band chorus drama and strings Camp this summer for over 330 students. They range from grades 5 through 8 to help remediate learning loss from the pandemic and a jump start. Students and the arts in preparation for the upcoming school year. This was a monumental effort. And I would like to thank a few individuals, schools and departments for their support. The 76 staff members who work the camps. We had many student volunteers who supported the camps each day. Secondary curriculum director Ms Fleming and Executive Director Doctor Breslin. Bpa specialist this risk act. As you all know. Our junior accountant MISS Burton for putting in all of our orders and answering our questions. Our our camp Director, Karen Mine Berg, whose as middle school art teacher, our course, camp directors, Carey Carey, or she is the parish Community High School chorus, teacher. Our drama camp director was Roxanne Caravan whose former Lakewood Ranch High School theater teacher our strings Camp Director Cynthia his former Bay Shore High School are Bayshore elementary music teacher and also Dan Burton for his support planning the band Camp. It was a big effort for schools to undertake. So I want to thank Brian River Elementary for hosting Camp Greater Middle School for hosting a Cam Johnson Middle school hosted 2 camps and Paris Community High School hosted one camp along with our summer showcase. We also have we're thankful able to have breakfast and lunch for students each day. So thank you to food service who are incredible. Getting lunch is everywhere they needed to go and and facilities. Of course, finance. It helped out purchasing and ms tv for covering the camps and making these really terrific videos were able help showcase the arts in the district. One highlight of the camp for all of us was our summer showcase where all 330 campers came together to perform and demonstrate for one another. What they all learned highlight of that was all the kids got to ride in a charter bus. They thought that was pretty cool. >> It was an awesome experience and we're excited to see our students return to school, enthusiastic to keep learning. >> And growing with our wonderful official performing arts teachers. Thank you all very much. >> And you get job. Think you We have a question. Mission. I'm I I've been following on Facebook, all the camps and the and the videos and the photos. And just looks like it's been really wonderful. And I congratulate you. >> I do have a question. No wind. Everything is referred to as the Esser camp. What are where these camps funded solely from s are or where they funded from. >> The referendum. So we didn't find anything over the summer from referendum. >> I'm not to my not to my knowledge for the Sir Graham was specifically for our summer camps. So hopefully in the future because that's are granted only 2 years. I don't know the next summer way plans have next summer because that's grants for to 2 years. So the hope is that after that, you know, it goes well, we keep going and maybe we can use our knowledge, the funding for the future. At the Michael anyway. That's a grant we have to use by SEPTEMBER of 2024. So we have time to use it for one more summer. Okay. >> little better think. Yeah. Haha Thank you all. More questions now. Has been fun to watch on Facebook. The Thank you. Thank Thank you. You know, it's a lot of work here. Thank you. MISTER Barber, thank you, sir. >> Moved us to item number 9 public comments. We have to public comment signed up first is Chloe. Austin son. By Richard help. Good evening. My name is Chloe Austin son. I tend to just for girls in 2012, 2013 when I was 12 to 13 years old. >> I was attending a public school needed. A change is I was being bullied severely. I was accepted. And just for girls within 24 hours and was attending the next day because of just for girls, principled Iraq. I need intensive therapy and disrupt provided the therapy sessions. I needed 4 times a week while I was still receiving straight a's. MISS Ross gave me the opportunity to heal by making accommodations for mental health while going to school. They provide so many opportunities for learning communication and values as a female, strengthen yourself structure. Most importantly, to love yourself. As an all-girl school. We were distracted by boys and closer and stronger together as young women. My favorite memory just for girls was the educational field trips and especially the one on one learning as the teachers took the time to help guide each of us to everything just across created a safe place. For me at the time, which I didn't think was possible after the horrific bullying are injured. Just for girls MAY be who I am today. I believe the schools, the pinnacle of success for young women. As I'm here today, working my dream job as a registrar for ssi s just for girls gave me the confidence and support I needed to grow and adopt in the world where I wasn't getting it before. I will always 100% stand by just for girls as so many girls in my position need a place like this. I was able to achieve so many things after attending just for girls because of the tools and knowledge they gave me to succeed, not just in school, but in life. Just for girls and their staff was there for me when I needed their help. And I'm proof that it's not just school success. It's life success. Just for girls will always hold a special place in my heart and be the reason I'm still here today. I hope you find in your hearts understand that just for girls is so important for girls like me who needed that space to learn and grow. Just for girls is a very important school. And I 100% stand by them. Thank. Thank you so much. Richard Pelton. Superintendent Whysong welcome. >> It's going to be have been coming here for 20 years. I start out msa about 2002 and then started my substitute teaching in 2012 13. So I talk every middle school at Harvard, every high school as a substitute teacher. I just want to say that this is the greatest school district. I support 100% seeing some of the fact members from the jury might be Kerry and MISTER Schroeder, our Class Supplemental High School. I've had opportunity to work with quite a few people to manage the school district all over the Reese. Time up here today is because I want to make sure that everybody understands what an important asset. That substitute teachers are to our school district. You have been doing this for 10 years. The last 2 years, I get 170 days out of 180. And in the last 4, 5 years, I've done a minimum of 150 days out of 180 days in all the high schools and all the middle schools. So this year will be my 10th year because I took off one year because of covid. So what I'm here for us to let all of, you know that I know he s e a s s is doing a great job. There's no doubt about that. It's a great but he helped helm there. You've got a couple representatives here that represent the substitute teachers here in the Manatee County. And so continue, as I told the students to perform admirably and make sure the vetting process. Let's the quality substitute teachers come in that are not only qualified and they're not only have there's 2 certificates. I have 4 of them, but I love what I do is I should the beginning. I tell the kids on 27th, but I'm dyslexic love look. But I love what I do. And this will be my last and 10th year, starting a couple weeks. I just love so much. A Magic county. I've seen a lot of things happened over the last Jen years, actually, since I can substitute teaching. And I just want to say keep doing what you're doing because you're doing a great job. And I think what think I was going to say the people I've talked with a with from up there is community high school and some people are now working in the district, including Jeremiah. It's just great to see them to where they started out. There are in administration. They went to principal. Now they are with the district's. So. Anyway, thank you. Love free share. And so to teachers, I prefer being a associate guests visiting you know, because a substitute to kind of like I tell the kids, I'm like first ring. I used to say Tom Brady when I say Patrick Mahomes and you of the first ring of teaching, even though I'm an associate guests visiting teacher. Okay. Thank you very much. You know, that was my signal. Your perfect thank you very much that. That includes a public comment. >> We move to item number 10 consent super attended by some. Yes, I recommend approval of the consent agenda for JULY. 25th 2023. >> a second. Emotion in a second. If we can vote on the up approval of the consent items. That passes. To 0. Moving on to item number. flight is going to be out of gobbling and going back and forth. >> hang with me here. So I'm going to close the regular meeting. You know, put the public meeting so we can have any public comments even if you're not sign up for this item. >> You're able to comment publicly on the proposed changes to the code of conduct for the 2023 2024 school year that we previously as a board have workshop and discussed and this is anybody's chance to come up and comment on the code of conduct for 2023 2024. School year. Seeing nobody rushing to the podium. >> I'm going to close the public hearing and reconvening the regular meeting. So that now we can go to superintendent for his recommendation on the approval of adopting the minutes. >> Thank you, CHAIRMAN. I recommend approval of adopting amendments to the Code of student Conduct for the 2023 24 school year. So moved. >> a second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any comments over student coming us ms? >> Yes, wanted to have a discussion before we vote on this the item on page. 59 electronic equipment. We had we had a discussion about it and I thought we had kind of a consensus, I'm getting old and I am not dyslexic. So not telling you how old I am. That it was has to do with recording. Video recording and the paging I'm sorry. Actually looking at the old I think it's probably page 13. I'm not looking at the new and I did. >> sorry, are you talking about a student MAY run a clean record? Any? Employee, right? And it is page 59 of the Redlined copy right? >> And the concern on that and I think we had the discussion is that the students? Misdeed is not. Recording it. There misdeed is posting it. All right. And I would. I still feel strongly that to tell them that they cannot record. Is. Not good. I mean, if they would see something recorded, take it to the Dean. And don't don't post it. I don't think they should be disciplined and I would much rather see. That expressed here on electronic equipment, then saying, no, you can't post it because if they if they want. Or you can record it because if they recorded and they take it to the dea or they MAY be afraid to for fear that they're going to get in trouble. I disagree with that. >> I'm starting to get to my speakers. I see MISS Messengers that >> I don't think it reads in that way. I think it does say what you're trying to say. This is a student MAY not electronically record any employee or facility without. Written for explicit permission. And it says does not apply to Schools Asian event. A is additionally students MAY not post to the Internet recordings of fighting acts of bullying, assault or battery weather stage or real regardless of time or location. I think it is saying what you mean in the end, it doesn't even say that they can't record like a fight, which is conversation that MISTER Came and brought up. It doesn't say they can't record that. It's amazing. You can't record an employee or the facility which is really a safety and security issue. If you don't want recordings of the facility out so I think it is saying what you're saying, but maybe I don't understand it that I read as what you're saying is that you can't post it. It's not saying you cannot record those events. It's saying you can't record employee without they're saying it's ok as way to make this more clear. So that. I get what you're saying now about security. >> And >> and that's probably okay. But if a kid is getting beat up in the at the gate. Okay. Is that a security things? >> It's not we record that. I mean, I think they just want don't want them walking around with a camera like and here's the hallways and classrooms like me. They don't want to like I think the point is they don't want that out there, which is completely reasonable to And as an employee, I believe that I would not want you to record my less centers in the without me knowing you're recording my lesson. I think that also completely fair and appropriate for our educators. Our costumes are not a gotcha. But that's not what this is saying. It's not saying you can't report a fight. It's not say you can't record bullying. It's just can't post it. That is what it's saying. That's how how I read it. How the war principles. Interpret that they had input on this. Doctor Isom, do you want? I mean, obviously, MISTER Strides here, if you would like to come up in. That was uk with it. Certainly >> Good evening board members, Superintendent Weis on thanks for having me. Think for me. Opportunity. I absolutely understand your many, many times in my career is principal assistant principal students came for for some sort of video that showed in the act. But they should they did it with with the good cause with a good understanding to demonstrate these negative actually going were taking place so that we could we could assist and then we could step in and we can intervene. Those 2 would never be punished. Those children, those children are celebrating appreciated. It's very common in the school for students to come to school administrator with a video tape act. Because they want something done about it. And that's never going to get punished offense at all. What we're trying to avoid in and what it's very common is students will much like this. MISTER Said record a fight. Upload and then ridiculed the victim. And oftentimes what that causes is either a another larger disturbance in the school or causes that student who want to leave school dropout. So the essence of of this is not at all for the student who was coming forth with information through video. Pictures are taping for us to intervene in the situation. It's merely to provide assistance students for not being humiliated, harassed and bullied as victims. That's all it is. The principle is every deals with this daily we have. So we'll press was our committee who a very active longtime members and they absolutely agree with this. And we in secondary and elementary part of our committee as well as assistant principals. >> Okay. Is there some things that we can and because we do say this does not apply to school sanctioned events or activities. >> That MAY warrant such recording. Can we add a sentence that we should clear that they can record and not upload >> We I think we probably can, we certainly could add a sentence that says recordings that are used. To show evidence of negative negative actions that help with student safety would never be punishable. If that's agreeable to the board and like that, ok, we can do that very easily. They say that again, we could put something in as to the effect of any sort of video recordings that student share that are in are to support school safety, for instance, showing some student bnb bullied showing that 2 administrations, the administration can intervene is not punished for will not be consequence by any means. It's very common in our schools. >> So to be clear that they're sharing it with administration and not with another kid. Absolutely. We can words the Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah, I'm okay. I mean, I think it's to me personally. It's second on written ruled. If you keep came and said, hey, this is happening in the locker room fight. You are going to get in trouble recorded to but it is good at it. I mean, sure. Here as long as we're making sure that. I even add. One that you're showing it to the administration. But also then delete it. Right. So they key tale. I showed it now posting on Twitter. Good Good point. Or or you can also get to some. I don't want them to say at Manatee schools posted on Twitter, a fight saying at meaty schools and they're going to say, well, I've reported it to the school. The handle of the 2 schools. I mean, you know, we cover is something we could cause some to fix of directly to an administrator. Yeah, because the reality of the situation in schools, it's normally one or the other. >> They do the absolute right thing and come to the administrator or they do the absolute wrong thing. And it just posted in and But that's a great point. We could put spec taken directly to a school. School-based administrators, staff. Sorry. I'm sure there are speakers MISS Pray. >> The problem I have with this whole. Cell phone policy is. It's an r. Policy not to even have on from the time. The bell rings in the morning to time it. Stops in the afternoon you're not supposed to have your phone when classes are going on. And I understand the concern. Ms Foreman has there's things that do go on. And after the hallway, I mean, there's not I can be eyes That's for sure. So kids are are doing that and I guess it just messaging to our students. You cannot do this. It could be criminal. And that would be to, you know, the red line, no pun intended. They don't need to process because it could. I mean, you're putting so many people at risk when you do that. The kid this and again incident or the one as the victim of the incident. So but I would encourage more. The messaging on. You're not supposed to have her cell phone, put it in your backpack, put in your pocket wherever. That's where I lean toward. All right. I know we had extensive that, you know, trying to stop cellphones completely. You know, there's schools out there that just do not allow them period. And if that could be the model that we use and all of our schools, what a great place that would big. But again, there are cases that maybe we do need to look at that video. We didn't get the angle from our district video or whatever, but and that could be beneficial. That I understand concerned about posting And and and >> please remember each case at every school is individual basis. You know, we consider everything individually, right student aid and and incidents change. They have different different varieties of situations and we consider each one on individual basis. >> Britain and that's that's If it's working at one school. And there's no. Ports and or for Earls at one school. But there are a lot of this school is because of the phone. Is it because of this? What was going on? So I think funds are huge distraction speaking for myself, I have 1, 2, It was all a sudden have until, but then we have the younger generations. That's all they've You know, you go to a grocery store where you see a child in a car. They're being entertained by phone. It's open box of cereal and give to kids when I was shot. So it's a different climate. I I understand farmers concerns and maybe we just need to make the language a little stronger. What are not? I guess that adverse effect it could have and I don't know if there's kind of a legalities. But I think that need to have some kind of consequences. If somebody does that, that would be in line. The language I would Yes, ma'am. There are consequences. Signed to our Matrix. >> Right. For uploading and Smith. Anything like that and students are well aware of it because it's gone over and student group meetings, you know, grade level grade level sympathies. Administrators go throughout the classrooms and schools and speak with classes. Both small group in large They're they're very well where we make them aware. It's very clear in our code of conduct. >> Recording report this man. That would be the message. I would say if there's something in a big record record and report. Teachers, there are. Okay. Go ahead. Thanks, >> o is for and how you, sir. Nice to see too. We have this conversation also about. Additionally, students MAY not post of Internet recordings of fighting exit polling sought a better weather staged regardless of >> time or location. And that's probably a good idea. It was also, you know, I like these analogies like to tell stories so. Back in the spring of 2020 down the Miami city Miami, Dade County. They put a curfew on everybody, shut down businesses and said basically you have to stay home like a 6 or 8 week period from mid-APRIL through MAY. And during that period, there were no murders. It was the first time in like since like 1955, or something that they hadn't had any murders. Like a good idea like, well, we'll just if you tell people that you can't go places and you can't do things. Basically we're going restrict or liberty without due process of law. You can make things happen. We can violate people's constitutional rights and we can come up with some objective that we would like to achieve. Telling children anybody any citizen of the United States of America, you cannot take a video media product on your personal device and upload it to your social media Criminal law that's been passed by the state that year. There's some criminal law that you're violating just the mere fact of we the school system are going to punish you because you're sitting at your house and the video that you took on campus. We're going to punish you for uploading it to social media might be a good idea. You're right. It create it. Leads to Mike bullying. So whatever. But it's not constitutional. We cannot tell. And I've talked to. So with a number of words we have one sitting right here, too. And they can get his opinion on what we can have. We can't tell Citizens United States of America, you're not allowed to upload things your social media account because we don't think it's a good idea. Unless it's violating some criminal law or something. So I mean, if we want to like the and if the rule above that, MISS Prayer brought up says that you will not use. To put my plus is back on. If you're in possession of a non-district issued electronic items at school. They MAY only be used before the morning. Bell rings an after school unless your school has adopted a policy further allowing restricting the use of personal electronic devices. So we have we have the policy right there that says keep him from the time. The bell rings until the time. It rains in the afternoon can have on a list. Of course you can turn them on. To court to fight as as ms Foreman says, and I'm not necessarily against that. So while we won't enforce the policy, you know, that's not what it says. So we've just gotten ourselves wrapped into these legal. Issues here where well, you really have to you can't turn them on. And that's what the policy says. But if you turn them on. To record a fight, you turn to the principle that will be okay. Want enforce the policy? But if you turn it on and you record a fight and you turn to the principal. That's okay. But if you turn on the record of fighting taking home an uploaded social media and that's a problem and we're going to punish you it's just it's just a to me is just a legal mess. And I know it's unconstitutional. Out. Need to be a lawyer to tell people that they can't upload things that they've recorded on their personal media devices to their social media with. We just don't have the legal authority that the constitutional legal authority to do that. So as much as I would like to. Find a way to keep pulling from happening. We just can't put rules out there like this that say, well, we're going to tell you can't do it because it's a bad idea. So this whole section and I kind of I kind I kind of. So the myself just let it go because we have the discussion and there didn't seem to be. A lot of what i support for that position about the constitutional issue because we want to stop bullying. But this whole section really just. Is not well written. And I see it leading to problems where we have contradictory policies. Again, some lawyers that I've talked to has said that you can't tell people they can't a blow things on social media unless they're violating some criminal law. I'm just I'm not going to support that supported this because that this whole section, I think, needs to be reworked correct me if I'm wrong, what we're doing tonight is night as we're we're proving it right or not. We've already put out for public comment or actually they're approved it or not approve it. So okay. So I guess we could get MISTER Dies. I liken the rolling on 2 questions. If if he would, which, again, just because. I respect MISTER Does legal opinion, but just because he says something doesn't necessarily mean it is the constitutional air answer the legal opinion. But first like that to the question. Is it legal for the in your opinion? Is it constitutional for the school system to tell a student? Sitting at his home who has recorded something on campus, not that he did it. But to actually is it? In your opinion, would be constitutional for the school system to tell a student recorded that on campus. You're sitting at your house. You're not on school property. You can't uploaded to social media and less. He's here. She is violating some state statute for something like Good evening, everybody. So I didn't work on the drafting of this just so everybody knows >> But I was here when we discussed it at the workshop. Question a second. But the her I think probably more helpful to avoid the constitutional issue. In focus more on making the section re better because I agree with you. It's not a with its draft is got problems. Regardless of the constitutional because it's pointed out. And so so as so we've got We've got a rule that they going to be turned off. Build a bell. Unless there's some conditions to Unless there's administrator gives permission. Use the device will. That's that's. To me. Hard to prove or enforce or it's it's too subjective. What what happened in particular instance So exception. You have this rule that would be easy to enforce. But then you start having these exceptions to it. And given messy situation, it's it will be all kinds of opinions of what what happened, whether it was permitted or not and where I think this is going in the state is is. Not allowing use of the the cell phones during school hours. That's where they get heading we're not there yet. And most people But I think that's worth having. Because we all certainly got through without them right? We did. We go through most of our. Career with in the pretty recent. Just watch Seinfeld. And there's are the flip ups or whatever, you know, not that long ago. Was it? I guess it is with but then you get down to that we're really focusing is the is the red line. >> I reading this with there's there's problems with that language because it is you're already kind of banning it up at the top of the section. And then it doesn't really identify that this is an exception. To the rule. Because you've got it doesn't apply to school sanctioned events that MAY warrant such recording. What are those? Those listed? That's like a exemption right? You know you I didn't understand. I wasn't supposed to be a recording that or whatever and then you get into the one. We're really we're really focusing on the acts of fighting bullying. MISS A messenger saying with generally prohibit that well. I guess if you're administrator says for your particular school, you're allowed to film that Otherwise they're being built about. So that there's problems in the the we don't even get into whether you have a right to post something in general. We talked a little bit about. So. People under the age of 18 children don't have the same rules as everybody. Until you're an adult. And especially when you're in businesses or government buildings or a solutions. There's a whole nother set of rules that you have to abide by we had that, you have to go through the metal detector coming here. Second Amendment right is for right? So schools have rules that affect your your rights. I guess and. You know, this isn't a definitive answer. Kind of on the fly, but that I I think you could a prohibition on posting something that you film while in school. I think that you could be a rule that you violated that could be enforceable you know, another thing is people are people use we talk about bullying. But people use the video aspect of their phone is going to protect themselves. From the bully. So it's not just being used. But bad actor. Who wants to post it to then sort of harm somebody else, but that people now are using it as self-defense that there. You're taking that away. The there. Showing that they're being bullied. It's a complex, very complex. But I agree this red line section, I think has problems. I think it's inconsistent. With the general Build a bell. Unless it's clarify that that these are these are exceptions to the rule. I think you're going if you get into these situations and they're they're common. But I think legally that you've got you've got issues of of trying to enforce it. Okay. So. No, that was that was very good. So is there a difference in your mind between the active? >> Recording on school property and then uploading it later on sitting in here. Home or are those 2 things in your mind? Equally? School system has an ability to prohibit like if someone comes in here, for instance, unit with student comes in here and and this actually is a school facility and records. A school board meeting and then for whatever reason doesn't like wants to show the world what happened is that not? >> Is that not prohibited >> dc employer facility and then uploaded to the Internet. Punish a student that that for coming in here. And this would be a sanctioned event or activity. Yes, that ok, if you're going to say there's there are appropriate times I would as a lawyer rather than the listed. >> So standards to it awards ceremony. Yes, recognition. You know, another one that comes to mind. The problem with this section there's this ban on. Recording. A school district employee or facility. Without written permission if you're recording anything. You're recording the facility right? That's where you are. There's another problem with that sentence. So if you're saying can't report facility that they shouldn't because it might show are. Security system or the something in of early that's that's problematic. There. >> What if you're recording a a sporting event? A fight breaks out. So it's a sanctioned event in the fight, breaks out say here's what happened in football game. You know that someone uploaded to their social media. We're going to record them for going to post them for main opposed to the Internet recordings of Fighting x and pulling assault or battery, whether stage career regardless of time or location. What if the media comes to them and says, hey, I like, you know, you look, you're the only person that has this recording of of this huge fight that happened at the football game or maybe there was a fight and then there was a shooting and somebody in the media goes too a person and says, hey, we'd like to get the this is so many problems with but case by case personal to address that, though, the sporting event could be sanction right? >> But if you then focus on some fight in the stands and then you post that social media can see where that violates policy. And I think back in our day we didn't have we can have an Internet post things to it. But let's say you were bullying because you and your. We're calling on the phone to some kids, health and bullying in that way. We're sending notes or whatever you know that used to be You know, back when people read things on paper or whatever but in the you get punished for that. Even though you're at you're in school. You were you were bullying this other kid or whatever, maybe not billing. But harassing So it's it's it's a little bit the same to my mind of that. Yes, you can. You can have rules. Against doing I think there's what would think there's problems in the in the Would you recommend that we do that? >> Would you like work this section that made it legally? This or or are what would you recommendations? Because we're stuck here. Well, I don't if that's not we don't road. I think you can pass the overall I make an amendment in further review this and just don't pass these changes. >> Because I think this needs a little more. Just electronic device part of think needs more work. Where you can pass it and still work on it. >> going update. Yes, you could comment. I think I think it needs more. >> So we could put your 1, One option is to make an amendment to say we will approve the student code of conduct. Absent the electronic. Quitman section which is about looks like a half a page or so. And then what would happen at that point that the current policy would just stay in place? With the current policy stay in place until such time as we until funding decisions or until a fun and then come back at another time with the with some better wording for that. >> Well, section. >> It that one paragraph. I think the real. Problem one with all the redlining that's the one that I. I don't think it's doing you any. Good how it's written right right now. Okay. >> So we know we have a workshop on this already. One What are your thoughts on how to get to a solution? Because we worked out the and then kind of thought we had a consensus. But I actually walked out of that meeting, not really thinking there was a good consensus that some of these things have been because foreman said she thought what she was going to see. It was something different. The words got rewarded. We came back. It almost seems like we're going to workshop this. We ought to at the end of that meeting, there ought to be. Words that we all when it comes to the board again, for a vote that the we've all agreed on, the wording so that we don't have to do this and maybe even again one more time. So what I was thinking is that procedure is to make an amendment. Will maybe a second, but kind of bouncing off this offer. You make an amendment. To prove this with without the electronics section. Whatever the rules right now would stay the same. That then we would workshop this. That's not part of the of the memo that they would work shopping and come to some worry that we can all before we bring it back to the board to avoid having to have this discussion once again. One more time. Or maybe you have the mother or somebody another. This this is such a relevant issue, an important issue that I think just. >> Your policy on cell phone usage. Warrants. Probably another workshop. And you probably you look at maybe with some other districts have done. It. Just pope. Just that one piece out and workshop. Just This comes as we don't see. It's complicated >> But for tonight, we had that we want to code of conduct before when kids start in less than a month. So in my opinion, we've got something in here. This not be the end. All be all. But we've got something to start. AUGUST 10th. For me personally, I would be ok with starting with this and moving. In AUGUST to workshop. It and figure out the remainder where to go. We're never going to get away from certain situations. Cell phones and the cell phones are not campus. We're not a lot of your book bags or purses, period. If we allow them anywhere, any time out, you're going to always have a situation like, well, what if this or what is that? We're going, we there's no, I just I don't feel like there's going to be away that here is a board. We go through every single event and every single potential thing that can happen and put in this policy at some point, an administrator who we've trusted to hire. It's going to have to make a call. On something. And unless we say cell phones are gone and you can have a cell phone out period. The end. But which we I mean, we had that discussion. It will it will be a it will be a good one. They'll be a lot of public comment will be a lot of lot of concerns. A lot of moms, a lot of people in here and that's okay that that's our that's that's what we're here for I know is is is that a constitutional right taking away someone cell phone to have that access? I don't know. So I think we get into with this situation. We get into a lot of gray area. Either way we slice it. Do you think then that we could pass this tonight with kind of the >> understanding amongst the board that we will. We worked this section of workshop in the near future. Then. >> I would do it. Yeah. So that there is at least some policy in place to go forward with. That you might get. We've got all is the second week of AUGUST. The second workshop of is wide open. So be still relatively beginning of school. >> But I fear. That we don't have a student would not anything ready to go. We can't about anything to the students like that. That's that's that's like my own as well as I get questions. Stay Leon. >> When will 23 24? Code of conduct be ready for it? So that weekend and former parents either has issue something in the code of conduct rather than nothing when it comes to recording etcetera. So I mean. >> Yeah. But thinking live with this, tell you refine it and make it better. >> The doctor was >> CHAIRMAN, thank Were members good discussion? I think one thing to remember is that the language that was came from a group of educators rate. The people dealing with these challenges every day. Certainly they are responding to the feedback they're getting in the real challenges of running a school every day. Are the board wants to accept the changes for now? And then workshop or strike and run with the policy with the rest of the language. I do want to be sure we allow enough time to go back to that group of educators. Who can certainly listen to the discussion that that you've had as policymakers and then bring to that workshop. Multiple options for you to look at. So that. They can get play some of these real world situations that that that we're talking about to the CHAIRMAN's point, we could probably do it. Prescribe a lot of things. But then you end up with a 200 page code of conduct that nobody can decipher rate. So it's all about the balance of Lincoln clarity and administrative discretion so I I think we can go either route, but I just want to be sure that we have enough time for people in the trenches dealing with this to to weigh in and to give you some options that they think would be viable so that we're not here trying to do it craft language that then MAY not work in the field. So. I want him it. That's a that have some actual people during the workshop. >> Because lot of times what happens. My sense in the workshop is there's a there's a pre-determined way of doing something. It's been discussed by the staff. The person who is representing that position comes to us and says, here's what we want to do. And it's like and then then the option is do or don't do it or we figure out some different way of doing it up here, what I would rather have during a workshop is. When I you know, in the air for in the military MAY be organizations That's my reference point, is it the leader would come with Co as >> option. Number one, option number 2, number 3. And then that was it was a variety, you know, from this is the most expensive one to this is the least expensive. Want to hear something in between and you know, this could be something like here's the least restrictive. Here's the most restrictive something in between this. This addresses your constitutional issues about, you restricting children's behavior off campus because they're really not local and prevent this anymore. Once they're off campus and and have the experts in the room to have that discussion with us. Instead of just. Here's our proposed wording, kind of take it or leave it or fix it yourself. So if we have a workshop would be nice to really have a discussion with experts and Co's. But we can look at, as you suggested, doctor was something. So, you know, let's CHAIRMAN, I MAY, if if you would have that type of workshop, you would you would want to keep it for the 23. 24 school year to this narrow topic. >> Because what we don't want to do is make a major shift. After AUGUST 10th rate clarification. It's something we can deal with but making a major policy shift once the school year has started. Is really challenging, you know, for our principles. Our teachers. But the conversation about that provision that could change a little bit. 23. 24 then illuminates what the future steps or looking forward. 24, 25 what the board wants to do with as MISTER Dai major question that impacts a lot of stakeholders. Really implying that next workshop, 2 weeks in a school. >> Preventing cell phones, vase of that's that's and I do. I do want make sure, you know, MISTER Streit. To MISTER Tatum's and Doctor Rice and brought it up. You it wasn't like just you coming up with these with us when you're in working behind the scenes with other staff, had to get would be a disaster was parents all school-based after week. >> We starting JANUARY gathering information. Looking at trends and let's see what people have to say. And then we come together as a group and start trying to make some decisions. And then, of course, goes to that superintendent up to you all. My our focus is number one is always going to be safety for students. We have to have the safes learn environment possible for all of our children. So this is where this is based in. And I understand that there's that there's rights and all that. But we will have to secure safe environments for students. That's that's the spirit of this. MISTER, Great. You are king. I got to keep going back to the first line, guess. >> If you are in possession of a non-district issued electronic item at school. They MAY not be used before the bell or after the school last your school. Has adopted a policy. So the right here, I want to stop there unless your school are adopting policies for all of our schools right here. My correct. Or as a school. Creating their own policies beyond what we're doing so that that line bothers me a little bit. There. You this principle or this administration to school says. No cellphones whatsoever. I know what the policy says that the district level, but at this school, it's no self whatsoever. But this school says, oh, yeah. Take out your cell phone and Google the definition of this work. >> There would be no situation would be no cell phones altogether. Schools differ slightly on what they allow for usage, depending on the principle depend on what the in amiss. There are times when I've been in schools where cell phones could be used in the cafeteria been schools where they couldn't. I've been in school so they could be used between class outside the building, not inside buildings. So there is a degree of flexibility from school to school. There would never be a situation that I've been involved in where there were absolutely no cell phones allowed on campus. >> all are instances they are to be kept turned off. And out of sight on school grounds. Last in a straighter again to MISTER Dies Point. Is there. Do we ever have an attorney look at this policy to see absolute. Okay. And trying figure out just saying as our constitutional looks at to MISTER Story, a school board. He was part of our community part of this us we would always have legal representation on our committee. >> Right. Right. But then. MISTER Tatum's point, their student just different kinds of attorneys as constitutional >> Their civil attorneys, theirs criminal attorneys, general counsel, as our general counsel, which it was MISTER Title Palm and MISTER Okay. Because this language to me is a little messy because that first that's just one of the policies that I looked When I first got here just it's just 2 on to me that we're saying you cannot half you know, down, airfares, emergency, even. Students are not up to call their students. If there's a mass event at school, don't be calling your students. Well, they're going to call their child to see if they're ok, you know, so. I would almost say. Chair, you know, I thought the policies with the exception of this section. To be I mean, we can always the ball to the old policy is not the red line. >> We're going to fall to that and just workshop. This word a word. And all of us get on the same page of what it should be. >> The cause I just keep going back to the same thing up. First line. And then you start adding all these exceptions except that sanctioned event except on. But you can't do it on school property. So it's just. It's what is it? So? We're adults imagine a student reading national might want an apparent, ok, go back to the first line. So maybe we need to redefine the first line. Maybe school funding. But every school, you know, from the beginning of the year and what the what the rules are. Still principal, our principal does not. They know. >> Assembly every year. You know. >> During passing, you're allowed to have a headphone in or not. So they know they can't say this conduct. They know from the school they didn't. It's announced. >> They will have grade level building a symbol leads. Like I administrators will go class to class and most schools. I were in your first week. The expectation is that you get in each and every classroom and you discuss topics and so phone usage is that he's always going to be a hot topic in a school, especially a high school middle school as well. So they're very, very aware that also keep in mind, there's there's a point of time when there are when there's council in Warren, we're talking to him in the hallways. Hey, no, that's not the policy so they can grow into the pa says the school year as the school year moves on. So they're very well aware because it like I said, it's a very, very hot topic. It is aunt. >> And MISTER K point. Individual rights. Real have rules and every environment we're in. You know, it's just got to go to that, too. And mostly high schools, middle high school and don't think. >> You know, mostly middle and high. >> Middle and high. And I would even say, ok, which even high which grades are more prop prone to problems, middle probably the higher in the middle of the kids just came out aumentar they're going into middle school says probably, you know, the 8th grade then high school Concow. Zach goes out you. So I just think that we should pull this policy and rework it and get. The players in here with us. I didn't any of the meetings for policy was written. It was just presented to us as a workshop here. This is what it is. We were emailed I pull imprinted. Okay. I'm not sure. But that was the one always caught my eye attention was the cell phone. Ms Harman, thank you for bringing it there's a lot of a lot of debating on this. Not only here and the community MISTER Tatum is the backup Messenger Department. All right. More thank you. Doctor was song has been your stuff goes back and looks at this is. >> The part where it says neither the school nor school staff members are responsible for any such items that their last hole and broken or damaged. That basically means that they're confiscated. So again about this up in the workshop. But taking people's private property. With the government taking that just well, we lost we stepped on it and broke your $1000 Apple Cell phone. Sorry about That your it's your fault because you pulled it out of school. I I just again, you know. If we confiscate some buddies, personal property, we as a government, we have a duty to return it to them in the same state that we found it in and it will be and that it well, you know, you pull out your cell phone and took a selfie of yourself. We grab your phone and then, you know, we drop to and somebody stepped on it year, $1200 iPhone that you got for Christmas doesn't work anymore. Sorry. That's the punishment you get because you yourself and take a selfie a school or something. I. Real problem with that, too. So that's just that's the confiscation of property without. What I would call. Due process of law returning it back to, you know, people in the way we have a duty, confiscate people's property to return it back to them and state that we found it. So I'm just making a point and I would like that to be a part of the discussion that we eventually have go. >> Absolutely. Yes, sir. And we have very clear protocols, though. So you aware of when we confiscate and the steps in and the measures that we take for that not to happen >> well, maybe we could have the word in there that says the school system is responsible for returning confiscated property and the condition which we found it. Heard say the open. Yeah. If we break it or drop it or throw it in the drives down or step on brake it sorry. That's that's just your let your slap on the hand for pulling out here. >> As you then it. But then if a student has and this is that the what is that? One of the students a cracked screen, he says I didn't have a cracked screen and then we had parents and the teachers say that, yes, you did. I saw it. We go back. And I mean, no, I but I hear you saying I think we'll be able to what if everything. Every possible thing there is we have to recreate unless it's one thing. That's a limiting MISS Messenger. You're that in this morning. >> He's feeling curry debating everything on this page again. I'm just looking for a pathway forward so that we can move forward. There's no reason to keep debating this. It's like we've already had this debate. We've already been given a pathway forward. Let's just move forward. And and and we can have this conversation a different day. It seems like we already have a pathway forward. We do need to keep giving our opinion on this >> to me, it seems. >> Not with this board would want to remove this policy. Number one or to revert back to the old policy because policies actually more restrictive than the current one in front of us. That does not make sense. It does not seem representative what this board wants to do or is going towards to do either one of those 2 options. The best option to me seems like we proved what's in front of us. And then as Doctor Weiss on has said he can bring options to us. We can have another discussion later on about the wording of this. However, attorney weigh in on it. That to me. But I don't we don't need to keep hashing out what we like or we don't like about this. There will always be something we want to change about. Anything that comes before us. That's what happens when you get a bunch of politicians sitting up here. We all want to just talk about whatever it talk about MAY's and child or whatever, like wording about something we just need to find a way to move forward at this point, I think and not keep hashing this out because we can have a time leader. We hashed out so I don't want question. Misses 4 months talk. But I'm I'm this close because we have a way forward. We can move forward with this. We can have a discussion at a different time and and hash this out again. If we need to hash out again, refined the language more, which it really is to me just to me, some refining as Gere said, a lot of this is a case by case by administrator, by the teachers using common sense. You seem like it. We trust them. We rely on them to do that and they do that. That we have wonderful administrators that will do that. So so it's a thank you. >> You like what I had to say. >> And that is. >> This was is what was published with the agenda for the public hearing. >> And I think we are. At this point obligated to vote up or down on the whole thing and then say and they come back later as doctor Isom said, and I I love the idea of the people, the people in the trenches. Let them tell us the. Well as the options and the scenarios that could happen. And, you know, so just get their input. So, yes, I think they were the ones >> Thank you. Think they were the ones that require they were absolutely to reiterate, this committee has principals, assistant principals. >> Parents, teachers, members of the community on this on this committee. And we start in JANUARY likes of gathering information. The changes that you that were referencing here, the spear that is from the actions that were taken this school year. So what happens is actions happened during the school year and then that flows into it. Our work in the code of conduct. But it's always like MISTER Cho sent. It's all as a group effort. It's all people in the trenches. That's that's exactly the people that we We withdrew
Page 1 Minutes July 25, 2023 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, and Leasing Corp - 5:00 PM Manatee County School District 215 Manatee Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34205 www.manateeschools.net Times Indicated Are Approximate 1) CALL TO ORDER Attendee Name Status Dr. Jason C. Wysong, Superintendent Chad Choate, Chair Cindy Spray, Vice-Chair Gina Messenger, Board Member Mary Foreman, Board Member Richard Tatem, Board Member Stephen Dye, Board Attorney Rachel Sellers, Deputy Superintendent of Business Services Joe Ranaldi, Deputy Superintendent of Operations Present Minutes: Chair Choate called the Meeting to order at 5:00 PM. 2) READING OF THE DISTRICT'S VISION Minutes: Vice-Chair Spray read the District’s Vision. 3) INVOCATION | Pastor Phil Derstine Minutes: The invocation was given by Pastor Phil Derstine. 4) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Minutes: Chair Choate led the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. 5) INFORMATION ONLY (No Board Action Required) 5.1 Year-to-Date Charter School Financial Statement Summary Through May 31, 2023 5.2 Leaves for July 25, 2023 5.3 Year-to-Date Financial Statements Through May 31, 2023
Page 2 6) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 6.1 Agenda Amendments Minutes: The Chair found good cause to amend the agenda to include: Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to move item, Approval of MCR Health Facility at Daughtrey Elementary School - Construction Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, Amendment 1 in the Amount of $209,490.70, No Financial Impact, from Consent Items to New Business (Non-Consent Items) and update Executive Summary. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to update attachment to Consent Agenda item, Approval of Tara Elementary School - Campus Renovations and Addition - Pre-Construction Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc., Amendment 4, in the Amount of $6,437,439.82. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to add New Business (Non-Consent Items) item, Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Elementary School Alternative Education Program, and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to add New Business (Non-Consent Items) item, Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Middle School Alternative Education Program and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to update Executive Summary and add attachments to Public Hearing item, Approval of Public Hearing 2023-2024 Tentative Millage and Tentative Budget. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to update Title and Executive Summary and add attachment to Public Hearing item, Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Millage Rate of 6.4210. Agenda amended on Thursday, July 20, 2023, to update Title and Executive Summary and add attachment to Public Hearing item, Approval of Adopting the 2022-2023 Tentative Budget, in the Amount of $1,358,701,090.00. RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem 7) APPROVAL OF MINUTES 7.1 Approval of the Minutes of the June 27, 2023 School Board Meeting, June 29, 2023 School Board Workshop, and July 3, 2023 Special Meeting for the Swearing in of Superintendent Dr. Jason C. Wysong RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem 8) RECOGNITIONS 8.1 Good News Moment
Page 3 Minutes: Mr. Mike Barber, Director of Communications, Family, and Community Engagement, shared the following two videos to showcase two ART camps that occurred over the summer. 1. Visual & Performing Arts Camp - Art 2023 2. Visual & Performing Arts Camp - Band 2023 Following the videos, he introduced the District's Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Specialists, Mr. Jeramiah Bowman and Ms. Rhea Skaggs. Mr. Bowman highlighted all the Arts summer programs held this year and shared his vision for future programs. Board Member Foreman inquired about the funding for the camps. Mr. Bowman stated that the summer programs were funded by an Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) grant. 9) PUBLIC COMMENTS (UP TO 30 MINUTES) Minutes: Public Comment as follows: 1. Chloe Marie Ostenson 2. Richard Pelton 10) CONSENT ITEMS 10.1 Approval of the Purchase of TeachTown Curriculum Products and Licenses, SDMC No. 24- 0043-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $90,000.00 10.2 Approval to Purchase Advanced Via Individual Determination (AVID), SDMC No. 24-0047- BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $150,000.00 10.3 Approval of the Appointments, Change of Assignments, Promotions, Reappointments, Reassignments, Resignations, Retirements, Suspensions, Terminations, and Transfers 10.4 Approval of the Report of Teachers Out-of-Field Content, Reading, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), and/or Long-Term Substitutes 10.5 Approval to Purchase Certiport Subscriptions, SDMC No. 24-0058-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $250,000.00 10.6 Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) 2023-2024 Student Handbook Code of Conduct, No Financial Impact 10.7 Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and All About Kids Pediatric Dentistry for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Dental Assisting Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 10.8 Approval of the Home Education and Private School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year
Page 4 10.9 Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education, in the Amount of $95,206.00 10.10 Approval of the New Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and HCA Florida Blake Hospital for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing, Paramedic, Surgical Technology, and Pharmacy Technician Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 10.11 Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Adult General Education, in the Amount of $617,662.00 10.12 Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Sarasota Bay Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Sarasota Point Rehabilitation Center for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 10.13 Approval of the Charter School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year 10.14 Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) Career Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement for the 2023-2024 School Year 10.15 Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Change Order 1 - Final, to the Agreement Between Owner and P.J. Hayes, Inc. d.b.a. Tandem Construction, Reducing the Construction Manager's (CM) Contract, in the Amount of $9,770.16 10.16 Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Substantial Completion, No Financial Impact 10.17 Approval of Manatee High School - Painting & Roofing - Agreement Between Owner and Williamson Dacar Associates, Inc., in the Amount of $137,879.00 10.18 Approval of Tara Elementary School - Campus Renovations and Addition - Pre- Construction Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc., Amendment 4, in the Amount of $6,437,439.82 10.19 Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. - Pre- Construction Services, in the Amount of $25,500.00 10.20 Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Long and Associates Architects/Engineers, Inc., in the Amount of $125,800.00 10.21 Approval of Parrish Community High School - Temporary Construction Easement, No Financial Impact 10.22 Approval of Southeast High School - Permanent Utility Easement 10', No Financial Impact 10.23 Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), North County Middle School
Page 5 10.24 Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, in the Amount of $227,500.00 10.25 Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Harvard Jolly, Inc., in the Amount of $3,127,162.00 10.26 Approval of East County K8 - Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, in the Amount of $288,540.00 10.27 Approval of East County K-8 - Agreement Between Owner and HKS Architects, Inc. in the Amount of $4,598,600.00 10.28 Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), Manatee Technical College Adult Classroom Wing Addition 10.29 Approval of Manatee Technical College - MTC Campus Expansion - Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc. - Pre-Construction Services, in the Amount of $45,250.00 10.30 Approval to Renew the Contract Between Pace Center For Girls, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year 10.31 Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the Title 1, Part D, Subpart II: Local Programs for Neglected and Delinquent Grant Application for the 2023-2024 School Year, in the Amount of $204,541.00 10.32 Approval to Renew the Contract Between The Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year, Not to Exceed $30,000.00 10.33 Approval of the Renewal Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Florida Inc., (YMCA) to Provide Before-School and/or After-School Programs for Middle School Students During the 2023-2024 School Year, No Financial Impact 10.34 Approval of the District, Food Service and School Internal Accounts Petty Cash Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $1,450.00 10.35 Approval of the Request for Proposal on National School Lunch Program - Fresh Delivered Pizza, SDMC No. 24-0003-KD, Continued Procurement of Commodity, Estimated in the Amount of $550,000.00 Annually 10.36 Approval of the Food Service and School's Internal Accounts Change Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $35,200.00 RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem 11) PUBLIC HEARING
Page 6 11.1 Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023- 2024 School Year Minutes: Chair Choate recessed the Regular Meeting to open the Public Hearing at 5:20 PM. There were no requests for Public Comment. Chair Choate closed the Public Hearing and reconvened the Regular Meeting at 5:21 PM. 11.2 Approval of Adopting Amendments to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023-2024 School Year RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Gina Messenger SECONDER: Cindy Spray AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Following the motion, Board Member Foreman inquired about a previous discussion and expressed concern regarding the language used in Section VII Important Policies and Procedures, Electronic Equipment, located on page 59 of the redlined copy of the Code of Student Conduct. After discussion, Chair Choate invited Mr. George Schrier, Director of Student Services, to speak regarding the language within Section VII of the Code of Student Conduct. Mr. Schrier stated that a sentence could be added to the document that would convey that students would not be punished if the recording was connected to school safety and security and noted that consequences would be assigned only per the discipline matrix. Chair Choate requested that the additional language include that the recording should be deleted once shared with an administrator. He noted his concern with sharing it with an administrator and then sharing it on social media. Board Member Tatem expressed his concern about confiscation and the possibility of constitutional rights being violated regarding personal property. His concern was also noted about possible contradiction in the language of the section; he asked Mr. Stephen Dye, School Board Attorney, to provide a legal opinion on the topic. Mr. Dye stated that he was not involved in the drafting of the document and recommended that the section in question be redrafted as he too feels there are contradictions. Board Member Tatem asked for Mr. Dye’s opinion regarding students’ recording and sharing to social media. Mr. Dye spoke regarding sanctioned and unsanctioned events. He noted that the Board could approve the 2023-2024 Code of Student Conduct and omit Section VII Important Policies and Procedures, Electronic Equipment, until the Board can hold a discussion in a Workshop. Chair Choate stated the importance of the Code of Student Conduct being in place for the first day of school. He recommended approving the 2023-2024 Code of Student Conduct as presented and then discussing the section in question at a Workshop in August. Superintendent Wysong spoke regarding the discussion and requested that the Workshop discussion be limited to only this section so there is not a major shift after the first day of school on August 10, 2023. Chair Choate agreed with Superintendent Wysong to limit the Workshop discussion to only the cellphone section.
Page 7 Board Member Tatem asked Superintendent Wysong to have District staff review the language regarding confiscating items and the responsibility to return the items in the same condition as when taken. Board Member Messenger agreed with approving the document presented and allowing Dr. Wysong to bring back options for the concerns raised. She also noted that the previous Code of Student Conduct was more restrictive. Board Member Foreman was also in agreement and said she would like for the Committee who originally worked on the document to work on the revisions requested. 11.3 Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Student Progression Plan for the 2023- 2024 School Year Minutes: Chair Choate recessed the Regular Meeting to open the Public Hearing at 6:15 PM. There were no requests for Public Comment. Chair Choate closed the Public Hearing and reconvened the Regular Meeting at 6:16 PM. 11.4 Approval of the 2023-2024 Student Progression Plan for Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and K-12 Virtual Education Minutes: Superintendent Wysong noted a scrivener error in the title of the published agenda and stated the agenda item was for the Approval of the 2023-2024 Student Progression Plan for Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and K-12 virtual Education rather than 2022-2023. 11.5 Public Hearing 2023-2024 Tentative Millage and Tentative Budget Minutes: Chair Choate recessed the Regular Meeting to open the Public Hearing at 6:17 PM. There were no requests for Public Comment. Chair Choate closed the Public Hearing and reconvened the Regular Meeting at 6:17 PM. 11.6 Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Millage Rate of 6.4210 Minutes: Ms. Rachel Sellers, Deputy Superintendent of Business Services, provided information regarding the tentative millage and tentative budget. Ms. Sellers discussed the following and shared the details of the millage and budget process: • Statutory Requirements/Timelines • Roll-Back Rate • Proposed Tentative Millage • Proposed Tentative Budget • Adoption of Tentative Millage Rate RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Gina Messenger SECONDER: Cindy Spray AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem
Page 8 • Adoption of Tentative Budget Ms. Sellers noted the various stipulations made by the State of Florida for school district funds. Board Members made inquiries and held discussion during the presentation. 11.7 Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Budget, in the Amount of $1,358,701,090.00 Minutes: Board Member Messenger highlighted that the Board held several Workshops on the topic and thanked Ms. Sellers and the staff for their assistance through the process. Board Member Tatem asked Ms. Sellers if the amount of the budget included federal grants. Ms. Sellers stated that the total budget includes the following funds: General, Capital, Debt, Special Revenue, Internal Services, and Trust and Agency. She noted that federal grants are included in the Special Revenue Fund. Board Member Foreman requested the quarterly ESSER report is due to be presented to the Board. Ms. Sellers stated they will be able to do it once year-end is closed. Board Member Foreman also inquired about the ESSER funds used for the Summer Programs and requested a report be provided to the Board on the budget and spending of the referendum. Board Member Tatem inquired about year-end balances. Ms. Sellers noted that the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year was being closed and that she will provide the General Fund and Reserve Fund balance for the 2022- 2023 Fiscal Year after final numbers were available. Vice-Chair Spray spoke regarding a request for the Citizens’ Financial Oversight Committee; Ms. Sellers noted that the report could not be provided until after the year-end closing. 12) MEETING OF THE LEASING CORPORATION 12.1 Call to Order of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation Minutes: President Choate recessed the Regular Meeting to open the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation at 6:46 PM. 12.2 Approval to Install Superintendent Jason C. Wysong, Ed.D. as the New Secretary/Treasurer and Registered Agent for the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation Minutes: President Choate read the following statement following the motion: Under the Articles of Incorporation for the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation, the members of the not-for-profit corporation are the members of the School Board. The Articles of Incorporation provide that the Board of Directors, unless changed by the membership, are the members of the School Board. The RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem
Page 9 officers are the President, Vice-President, and Secretary/Treasurer. The Articles also provide that the Chair of the School Board is the President, the Vice-Chair is the Vice-President, and the Secretary/Treasurer is the Secretary of the School Board, which is the Superintendent. 12.3 Adjournment of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation Minutes: President Choate closed the Meeting of Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation and reconvened the Regular Meeting at 6:47 PM. Chair Choate recessed the Regular Meeting at 6:47 PM and reconvened at 6:55 PM. 13) PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS 14) NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT) 15) NEW BUSINESS (NON-CONSENT ITEMS) 15.1 Approval of the Budget Amendments for May 2023 RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Gina Messenger SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Ms. Rachel Sellers, Deputy Superintendent of Business Services, provided an overview of the Budget Amendments for May 2023. 15.2 Approval of the New Job Description and Position of District Threat Management Coordinator RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Cindy Spray AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Superintendent Wysong provided an overview of the position and shared that it would be necessary to support the upcoming changes by the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE). Chair Choate inquired about Charter School compliance and if additional funding was provided by the legislature. Superintendent Wysong stated that the District is required to ensure the charter schools are complying with the threat management responsibilities that are in State Statute and that training will be provided to support their efforts. He noted the funding is included in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP). Vice-Chair Spray inquired about which department the new position would report to. Superintendent Wysong stated that he and his Cabinet will review the leadership organization chart to best align Safety & Security with what is offered by the Student Services team, so all resources are aligned to prioritize safety. 15.3 Approval of MCR Health Facility at Daughtrey Elementary School - Construction Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, Amendment 1 in the Amount of $209,490.70, No Financial Impact
Page 10 RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Gina Messenger SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Vice-Chair Spray spoke regarding her concerns with MCR Health and inquired about the process for students visiting the clinic. She shared her concerns about liability and inquired if Mr. Stephen Dye, School Board Attorney, had reviewed the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between the School District and MCR Health. Mr. Dye stated that it was his understanding that the review of documents was handled by the District’s General Counsel. Chair Choate asked Mr. Kevin Chapman, Executive Director of Administration, to speak about the process for students using the clinic, and Vice-Chair Spray also asked for him to speak about the cost of the project and legality issues. Mr. Chapman stated that MCR Health is liable for students when they are using MCR Health facilities. He explained the process and parental consent forms required by State Statute for students being treated by the school nurse and for students visiting the MCR Health clinic. Vice-Chair Spray asked for data to be provided on the usage of the facilities at Manatee Elementary School and Southeast High School. Mr. Chapman also shared that Community Partnership Schools require a health clinic on campus. He noted the needs assessment completed for those communities and one of the top three needs for those families was healthcare. Mr. Joe Ranaldi, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, confirmed that the District is paying the utilities at Manatee Elementary School and Southeast High School health clinics. He also spoke about the costs of construction. Board Member Tatem inquired about what action would be taken if there is a life-or-death situation and there was no parental consent form. Mr. Chapman stated that the question has been legally opined, and the Good Samaritan Law would come into effect. Board Member Tatem inquired about the location of the clinic and if it is enclosed in the District’s security perimeter. Mr. Ranaldi and Mr. Chapman responded regarding the location of the three clinics. Board Member Tatem also asked Mr. Ranaldi about the payment for the project and what the District is responsible for. Mr. Ranaldi clarified that the District purchased the portable and MCR Health is responsible for the build-out. Board Member Tatem inquired about liability and stated he would like to see it in writing. Board Member Foreman clarified that the Liability language is included in the MOU in the Insurance and Indemnification section. Board Member Tatem asked for an update on an employee clinic at Wakeland Support Center, and asked how the funds are received from grants. Mr. Chapman responded. Board Member Tatem expressed his concerns about expanding past education and stated that he would have preferred the District not pay for the infrastructure. He also asked that more consideration be given before extending the core mission of education in the District and suggested caution when drafting the language used in agenda items regarding the financial impact. Chair Choate clarified that the item before the Board for approval tonight has no financial impact and inquired if the funding for this project is included in the 5-year Capital Budget. He also stated that he understands the concern about going beyond the scope of education but spoke to the value being brought to the students and the surrounding community. He noted that the wraparound services are connected
Page 11 to providing education and the positive results by the current Community Partnership Schools in the District. Vice-Chair Spray inquired about the MCR Health organization. Mr. Chapman clarified that they are a not- for-profit entity. Board Member Foreman inquired about Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), services provided at the clinics, and what would happen to the Community Partnership School status if the Daughtrey Elementary clinic does not open. Mr. Chapman responded. She also spoke to the statement in the agreements regarding liability. Board Member Messenger stated that she was in agreement with Chair Choate’s statements, and that she has seen the good that a Community Partnership School does while she was teaching in Orange County. Board Member Tatem asked for Superintendent Wysong’s input on Community Partnership School models. Superintendent Wysong shared his experience. 15.4 Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Elementary School Alternative Education Program, and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Gina Messenger SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Public Comment as follows: 1. Becky Canese Board Member Tatem asked Superintendent Wysong to speak about the performance measures added to the agreement to monitor instruction. Superintendent Wysong shared that a performance metric was negotiated and added to the agreement. He noted there will be a performance metric based on learning growth and a longitudinal performance metric. He noted this will give the Board two different data sets for review. Vice-Chair Spray requested historical data from the last four and five years and for it to include how the students perform in the District’s high schools after leaving middle school. 15.5 Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Middle School Alternative Education Program and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Chair Choate called for Public Comment. Ms. Becky Canese declined the opportunity to speak. 16) NEW BUSINESS (NO SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION)
Page 12 16.1 Acceptance of Resignation of Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) Member, Ms. Sandra Holley RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Chair Choate thanked Ms. Holley on behalf of the Board for her services. 16.2 Approval of the Reappointment of Member of the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC), Ms. Susan Harrigan RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Chair Choate stated the Board was glad to have Ms. Harrigan continue to serve on the committee. 16.3 Recommendation for Replacement of Vacancy on the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Vice-Chair Spray stated that she met with Ms. Holly Johnson. Board Member Foreman inquired if the Chair of the Citizens’ Financial Oversight Committee had met with the candidate. Vice-Chair Spray confirmed that she did. 16.4 Approval of District Superintendent Membership and Dues for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, Estimated in the Amount of $25,000.00 RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Mary Foreman AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Vice-Chair Spray noted that this is part of the Superintendent’s contract, and she reviewed past expenditures. 16.5 Approval of School Board Member Representative for the Children's Services Advisory Board (CSAB) RESULT: No Vote Minutes: Board Member Messenger stated that her term was expiring in September, and she wanted to inquire if Vice-Chair Spray was still interested in applying for the Children’s Services Advisory Board.
Page 13 Vice-Chair Spray noted that she had a conflict of interest and would not be able to serve. Board Member Messenger stated that she would reapply if the Board so chose. Board Member Foreman made a motion for Board Member Messenger to reapply to be the School Board Member Representative for the Children’s Services Advisory Board (CSAB) and Vice-Chair Spray seconded the motion. 16.5a. Motion for Board Member Messenger to Reapply to be the School Board Member Representative for the Children’s Services Advisory Board (CSAB) RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mary Foreman SECONDER: Cindy Spray AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem 16.6 Approval of Travel Expense Associated with the School Board Member's Attendance at the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards (GFCSB) Meeting, August 16-18, 2023, at the Reefhouse Resort and Marina, Key Largo, FL, Not to Exceed $950.00 RESULT: Adopted [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Cindy Spray SECONDER: Gina Messenger AYES: Chad Choate, Cindy Spray, Gina Messenger, Mary Foreman, Richard Tatem Minutes: Board Member Foreman noted that all Board Members can attend. 17) WORKSHOP ITEM REQUESTS Minutes: Chair Choate asked Board Members if they would like to reschedule the Legislative Update topic scheduled for the Workshop on Thursday, July 27, 2023, to August 11, 2023, or return at 1:30 PM following the Tiger Bay Luncheon where Superintendent Wysong will be speaking. Board Members by consensus agreed to move the Legislative Update to the August 11, 2023, Workshop. Chair Choate and Board Members discussed topics for the August 11, 2023, Workshop as follows: • Legislative Update • Follow-up Topics from Board Training on August 3, 2023 • Sales-Tax Language with Charter Schools • Homelessness Presentation • Superintendent Evaluation Goals Board Member Messenger suggested moving the Superintendent Evaluation Goals topic be moved to the second Workshop in August. Chair Choate asked Board Members to share Workshop request topics with Superintendent Wysong during their briefings. 18) CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT (IF NECESSARY) 19) UPDATES
Page 14 A. Legal Department Update Minutes: Mr. Stephen Dye, School Board Attorney, did not have an update. B. Operations Update Minutes: Mr. Joe Ranaldi, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, updated the Board on the following: Human Resources – recognized the Human Resource team and highlighted the outcomes of recent job fairs. Food Service – expressed appreciation for the 151,000 meals that Food Service has served this summer. He noted a 5% increase year over year. He also noted that School Café, a new app-based software, will be offered this year to parents. Construction Services – shared updates on Haile Middle, Freedom Elementary, Sugg Middle, Manatee High, Palmetto High, Samoset Elementary and Palm View K-8. The Board asked questions regarding the updates. Vice-Chair Spray asked about the process for offering fruit to students. Mr. Ranaldi stated that he will inquire about the procedures and provide an update. Board Member Tatem asked for a status update on Lakewood Ranch High School’s addition. Mr. Ranaldi stated that they are expecting a mid-year opening to late January. C. Instructional Update Minutes: Superintendent Wysong updated the Board on the following: Initiatives – shared three examples of instructional initiatives taking place during the summer: • Soar in 4 and MCR Health partnered to host a back-to-school bash, • Soar in 4 Storytime being held twice a month at local libraries, • Summer Early Learning was offered at four VPK Summer Classrooms operated throughout the summer with a focus on kindergarten readiness in reading and math. Superintendent Wysong noted that Mr. Derek Jensen, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, will be at the next Board Meeting on August 8. 20) SUPERINTENDENT REMARKS Minutes: Superintendent Wysong updated the Board on the following: Thank You – thanked the Board Members for their assistance and support during his first month. He expressed appreciation for introduction to community members. Community & Employees – noted he is scheduling meetings with community groups and prioritizing meeting employees by going to the support sites and has had one-on-one meetings with Cabinet Members. Professional Learning – stated that the summer 2-day leadership conference was held for district and school leaders focusing on supporting learning for all students. He noted the number of trainings that
Page 15 teachers are currently attending, an ESE Conference, New Teacher Orientation, Guy Harvey Curriculum Group, and many book studies. Board Meeting – thanked Board Members for the discussions held during the Board Meeting and highlighted the important items on the Consent Agenda and thanked them for approving it. 21) BOARD COMMENTS Board Member Tatem Safety – encouraged all to use the word “Safety” as much as possible. Board Member Foreman Shout Outs– praised Deb Estes, Director of ESOL, for being appointed to the Board of the Manatee Community Foundation, and Mr. Omar Edwards, Associate Director of Strategic Planning Initiatives, as he will be doing a TEDx for Bradenton. Teachers – thanked them for their hard work, welcomed them back for the new school year, and asked them to reach out to Board Members if they can be of assistance. Board Member Messenger Thank You – expressed appreciation to Dr. Wysong, Chair Choate, and Board Members for the Meeting. Vice-Chair Spray Retirements – highlighted retirements approved during the Meeting. Thank You – expressed appreciation for teachers and all support staff. Board Briefing – thanked Dr. Wysong for an informative Board Briefing. Volunteer – spoke regarding the conflict of interest she would have by being on the Children’s Services Advisory Board, noting the connection to an event for foster kids. Citizens’ Financial Oversight Committee – expressed excitement for the new member to join. Just for Girls – wished them the best of luck and stated her hopes for improved performance. Chair Choate Thank You – expressed appreciation to staff for coverage of the Board Office and Board Meetings. 22) ADJOURNMENT Minutes: There being no further business to come before the Board, Chair Choate adjourned the Meeting at 9:14 PM.
Page 16 ______________________________ ______________________________ Dr. Jason C. Wysong, Ex Officio Secretary Chad Choate, III and Superintendent of Schools Chairman NOTICE Any person who desires to appeal any decision made by the School Board with respect to any matter considered at the above-mentioned meeting will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which an appeal may be based. School Board meetings are held in accessible locations. Auxiliary aids will be provided, upon written request received at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, to participants with disabilities.
1. CALL TO ORDER 2. READING OF THE DISTRICT'S VISION 3. INVOCATION | Pastor Phil Derstine 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. INFORMATION ONLY (No Board Action Required) 1. Year-to-Date Charter School Financial Statement Summary Through May 31, 2023 2. Leaves for July 25, 2023 3. Year-to-Date Financial Statements Through May 31, 2023 6. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 1. Agenda Amendments - added after publishing 7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of the Minutes of the June 27, 2023 School Board Meeting, June 29, 2023 School Board Workshop, and July 3, 2023 Special Meeting for the Swearing in of Superintendent Dr. Jason C. Wysong 8. RECOGNITIONS 1. Good News Moment 9. PUBLIC COMMENTS (UP TO 30 MINUTES) Public comment is not an open forum to discuss matters unrelated to education, to support or oppose candidates for public office, or to engage in commercial speech attempting to sell a service or product to the School Board or public. Also, public comment is not a forum to attack individual school system employees or Board Members. Any such complaints should be submitted in writing to the Superintendent for appropriate handling. Finally, this is not a forum for addressing issues involving individual students. Because of privacy concerns, such issues should be submitted in Agenda School Board Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Meeting of the Leasing Corporation Revised July 20, 2023 July 25, 2023 School Board of Manatee County Regular Board Meeting - 5:00 PM Walter Miller School Support Center Board Room Times Indicated are Approximate 1
writing to the Superintendent for appropriate handling. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to address the Board. Speakers must stand at the podium and not approach the dais. This is a business meeting of the School Board and the public expects that we conduct it in an orderly, efficient, effective and dignified manner. We request that speakers keep this in mind when making your comments. We also request that the audience keep that in mind and not demonstrate approval or disapproval of what a speaker has said by clapping or booing. The Board appreciates the public's input and will listen attentively, consider each comment, and usually will not respond, enter into debate, or answer questions during comments on agenda items or during the public comments section. PUBLIC INPUT INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Before you begin speaking, please provide any handouts to the Agency Clerk. 2. Please identify yourself only by your full name for the record. 3. You have no more than three minutes to speak. Please stop speaking when the bell rings. 4. Florida Law requires all citizens to conduct themselves in an orderly fashion at public meetings. 5 . WARNING: Any individual who interferes with the expeditious or orderly process of a School Board meeting, will be subject to removal from the meeting pursuant to Section 1001.372(3) Florida Statutes at the discretion of the Chair. Orderly fashion is deemed as, at a minimum (1) no profanity (2) no vulgar language (3) no discourteous, disrespectful, or disparaging conduct. 10. CONSENT ITEMS All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by a Board Member, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered later in the agenda. 1. Approval of the Purchase of TeachTown Curriculum Products and Licenses, SDMC No. 24-0043-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $90,000.00 2. Approval to Purchase Advanced Via Individual Determination (AVID), SDMC No. 24- 0047-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $150,000.00 3. Approval of the Appointments, Change of Assignments, Promotions, Reappointments, Reassignments, Resignations, Retirements, Suspensions, Terminations, and Transfers 4. Approval of the Report of Teachers Out-of-Field Content, Reading, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), and/or Long-Term Substitutes 5. Approval to Purchase Certiport Subscriptions, SDMC No. 24-0058-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $250,000.00 6. Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) 2023-2024 Student Handbook Code of Conduct, No Financial Impact 7. Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and All About Kids Pediatric Dentistry for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Dental Assisting Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 8. Approval of the Home Education and Private School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year 9. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education, in the Amount of $95,206.00 10. Approval of the New Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and HCA 2
Florida Blake Hospital for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing, Paramedic, Surgical Technology, and Pharmacy Technician Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 11. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Adult General Education, in the Amount of $617,662.00 12. Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Sarasota Bay Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Sarasota Point Rehabilitation Center for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 13. Approval of the Charter School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year 14. Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) Career Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement for the 2023-2024 School Year 15. Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Change Order 1 - Final, to the Agreement Between Owner and P.J. Hayes, Inc. d.b.a. Tandem Construction, Reducing the Construction Manager's (CM) Contract, in the Amount of $9,770.16 16. Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Substantial Completion, No Financial Impact 17. Approval of Manatee High School - Painting & Roofing - Agreement Between Owner and Williamson Dacar Associates, Inc., in the Amount of $137,879.00 18. Approval of Tara Elementary School - Campus Renovations and Addition - Pre- Construction Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc., Amendment 4, in the Amount of $6,437,439.82 19. Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. - Pre- Construction Services, in the Amount of $25,500.00 20. Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Long and Associates Architects/Engineers, Inc., in the Amount of $125,800.00 21. Approval of Parrish Community High School - Temporary Construction Easement, No Financial Impact 22. Approval of Southeast High School - Permanent Utility Easement 10', No Financial Impact 23. Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), North County Middle School 24. Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, in the Amount of $227,500.00 25. Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Harvard Jolly, Inc., in the Amount of $3,127,162.00 26. Approval of East County K8 - Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, in the Amount of $288,540.00 27. Approval of East County K-8 - Agreement Between Owner and HKS Architects, Inc. in the Amount of $4,598,600.00 28. Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), Manatee Technical College Adult Classroom Wing Addition 3
29. Approval of Manatee Technical College - MTC Campus Expansion - Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc. - Pre-Construction Services, in the Amount of $45,250.00 30. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Pace Center For Girls, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year 31. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the Title 1, Part D, Subpart II: Local Programs for Neglected and Delinquent Grant Application for the 2023-2024 School Year, in the Amount of $204,541.00 32. Approval to Renew the Contract Between The Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year, Not to Exceed $30,000.00 33. Approval of the Renewal Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Florida Inc., (YMCA) to Provide Before- School and/or After-School Programs for Middle School Students During the 2023-2024 School Year, No Financial Impact 34. Approval of the District, Food Service and School Internal Accounts Petty Cash Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $1,450.00 35. Approval of the Request for Proposal on National School Lunch Program - Fresh Delivered Pizza, SDMC No. 24-0003-KD, Continued Procurement of Commodity, Estimated in the Amount of $550,000.00 Annually 36. Approval of the Food Service and School's Internal Accounts Change Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $35,200.00 11. PUBLIC HEARING 1. Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023- 2024 School Year 2. Approval of Adopting Amendments to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023-2024 School Year 3. Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Student Progression Plan for the 2023- 2024 School Year 4. Approval of the 2022-2023 Student Progression Plan for Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and K-12 Virtual Education 5. Public Hearing 2023-2024 Tentative Millage and Tentative Budget - updated July 20, 2023 6. Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Millage Rate of 6.4210 - updated July 20, 2023 7. Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Budget, in the Amount of $1,358,701,090.00 - updated July 20, 2023 12. MEETING OF THE LEASING CORPORATION 1. Call to Order of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 2. Approval to Install Superintendent Jason C. Wysong, Ed.D. as the New Secretary/Treasurer and Registered Agent for the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 3. Adjournment of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 4
13. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS 14. NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT) 15. NEW BUSINESS (NON-CONSENT ITEMS) 1. Approval of the Budget Amendments for May 2023 2. Approval of the New Job Description and Position of District Threat Management Coordinator 3. Approval of MCR Health Facility at Daughtrey Elementary School - Construction Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, Amendment 1 in the Amount of $209,490.70, No Financial Impact - updated July 20, 2023 4. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Elementary School Alternative Education Program, and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year - added July 20, 2023 5. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Middle School Alternative Education Program and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year - added July 20, 2023 16. NEW BUSINESS (NO SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION) 1. Acceptance of Resignation of Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) Member, Ms. Sandra Holley 2. Approval of the Reappointment of Member of the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC), Ms. Susan Harrigan 3. Recommendation for Replacement of Vacancy on the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) 4. Approval of District Superintendent Membership and Dues for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, Estimated in the Amount of $25,000.00 5. Approval of School Board Member Representative for the Children's Services Advisory Board (CSAB) 6. Approval of Travel Expense Associated with the School Board Member's Attendance at the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards (GFCSB) Meeting, August 16-18, 2023, at the Reefhouse Resort and Marina, Key Largo, FL, Not to Exceed $950.00 17. WORKSHOP ITEM REQUESTS 18. CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT (IF NECESSARY) 19. UPDATES A. Legal Department Update B. Operations Update C. Instructional Update 20. SUPERINTENDENT REMARKS 21. BOARD COMMENTS 22. ADJOURNMENT 5
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1. CALL TO ORDER 2. READING OF THE DISTRICT'S VISION 3. INVOCATION | Pastor Phil Derstine 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. INFORMATION ONLY (No Board Action Required) 1. Year-to-Date Charter School Financial Statement Summary Through May 31, 2023 2. Leaves for July 25, 2023 3. Year-to-Date Financial Statements Through May 31, 2023 6. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 1. Agenda Amendments - added after publishing 7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of the Minutes of the June 27, 2023 School Board Meeting, June 29, 2023 School Board Workshop, and July 3, 2023 Special Meeting for the Swearing in of Superintendent Dr. Jason C. Wysong 8. RECOGNITIONS 1. Good News Moment 9. PUBLIC COMMENTS (UP TO 30 MINUTES) Public comment is not an open forum to discuss matters unrelated to education, to support or oppose candidates for public office, or to engage in commercial speech attempting to sell a service or product to the School Board or public. Also, public comment is not a forum to attack individual school system employees or Board Members. Any such complaints should be submitted in writing to the Superintendent for appropriate handling. Finally, this is not a forum for addressing issues involving individual students. Because of privacy concerns, such issues should be submitted in Agenda School Board Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Meeting of the Leasing Corporation Revised July 20, 2023 July 25, 2023 School Board of Manatee County Regular Board Meeting - 5:00 PM Walter Miller School Support Center Board Room Times Indicated are Approximate 1
writing to the Superintendent for appropriate handling. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to address the Board. Speakers must stand at the podium and not approach the dais. This is a business meeting of the School Board and the public expects that we conduct it in an orderly, efficient, effective and dignified manner. We request that speakers keep this in mind when making your comments. We also request that the audience keep that in mind and not demonstrate approval or disapproval of what a speaker has said by clapping or booing. The Board appreciates the public's input and will listen attentively, consider each comment, and usually will not respond, enter into debate, or answer questions during comments on agenda items or during the public comments section. PUBLIC INPUT INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Before you begin speaking, please provide any handouts to the Agency Clerk. 2. Please identify yourself only by your full name for the record. 3. You have no more than three minutes to speak. Please stop speaking when the bell rings. 4. Florida Law requires all citizens to conduct themselves in an orderly fashion at public meetings. 5 . WARNING: Any individual who interferes with the expeditious or orderly process of a School Board meeting, will be subject to removal from the meeting pursuant to Section 1001.372(3) Florida Statutes at the discretion of the Chair. Orderly fashion is deemed as, at a minimum (1) no profanity (2) no vulgar language (3) no discourteous, disrespectful, or disparaging conduct. 10. CONSENT ITEMS All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by a Board Member, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered later in the agenda. 1. Approval of the Purchase of TeachTown Curriculum Products and Licenses, SDMC No. 24-0043-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $90,000.00 2. Approval to Purchase Advanced Via Individual Determination (AVID), SDMC No. 24- 0047-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $150,000.00 3. Approval of the Appointments, Change of Assignments, Promotions, Reappointments, Reassignments, Resignations, Retirements, Suspensions, Terminations, and Transfers 4. Approval of the Report of Teachers Out-of-Field Content, Reading, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), and/or Long-Term Substitutes 5. Approval to Purchase Certiport Subscriptions, SDMC No. 24-0058-BS, Continued Procurement with Vendor, Estimated in the Amount of $250,000.00 6. Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) 2023-2024 Student Handbook Code of Conduct, No Financial Impact 7. Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and All About Kids Pediatric Dentistry for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Dental Assisting Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 8. Approval of the Home Education and Private School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year 9. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education, in the Amount of $95,206.00 10. Approval of the New Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and HCA 2
Florida Blake Hospital for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing, Paramedic, Surgical Technology, and Pharmacy Technician Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 11. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the 2023-2024 Adult Education Grant Application for Adult General Education, in the Amount of $617,662.00 12. Approval of the New Affiliation Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Sarasota Bay Rehabilitation Center, LLC d/b/a Sarasota Point Rehabilitation Center for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical College (MTC) Nursing Students for the 2023-2026 School Years, No Financial Impact 13. Approval of the Charter School Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement with Manatee Technical College (MTC) for the 2023-2024 School Year 14. Approval of the Manatee Technical College (MTC) Career Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement for the 2023-2024 School Year 15. Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Change Order 1 - Final, to the Agreement Between Owner and P.J. Hayes, Inc. d.b.a. Tandem Construction, Reducing the Construction Manager's (CM) Contract, in the Amount of $9,770.16 16. Approval of Manatee Technical College - Lift Improvements - Substantial Completion, No Financial Impact 17. Approval of Manatee High School - Painting & Roofing - Agreement Between Owner and Williamson Dacar Associates, Inc., in the Amount of $137,879.00 18. Approval of Tara Elementary School - Campus Renovations and Addition - Pre- Construction Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc., Amendment 4, in the Amount of $6,437,439.82 19. Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. - Pre- Construction Services, in the Amount of $25,500.00 20. Approval of Manatee Elementary School - Auditorium Exterior Renovations & Re- Roofing - Amendment 1 - Between Owner and Long and Associates Architects/Engineers, Inc., in the Amount of $125,800.00 21. Approval of Parrish Community High School - Temporary Construction Easement, No Financial Impact 22. Approval of Southeast High School - Permanent Utility Easement 10', No Financial Impact 23. Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), North County Middle School 24. Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, in the Amount of $227,500.00 25. Approval of North County Middle School - Agreement Between Owner and Harvard Jolly, Inc., in the Amount of $3,127,162.00 26. Approval of East County K8 - Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, in the Amount of $288,540.00 27. Approval of East County K-8 - Agreement Between Owner and HKS Architects, Inc. in the Amount of $4,598,600.00 28. Authorization to Negotiate Construction Management At-Risk Services (CM), Manatee Technical College Adult Classroom Wing Addition 3
29. Approval of Manatee Technical College - MTC Campus Expansion - Agreement Between Owner and Creative Contractors, Inc. - Pre-Construction Services, in the Amount of $45,250.00 30. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Pace Center For Girls, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year 31. Approval to Apply, Accept, and Expend the Title 1, Part D, Subpart II: Local Programs for Neglected and Delinquent Grant Application for the 2023-2024 School Year, in the Amount of $204,541.00 32. Approval to Renew the Contract Between The Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, Inc. and The School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year, Not to Exceed $30,000.00 33. Approval of the Renewal Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Young Men's Christian Association of Southwest Florida Inc., (YMCA) to Provide Before- School and/or After-School Programs for Middle School Students During the 2023-2024 School Year, No Financial Impact 34. Approval of the District, Food Service and School Internal Accounts Petty Cash Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $1,450.00 35. Approval of the Request for Proposal on National School Lunch Program - Fresh Delivered Pizza, SDMC No. 24-0003-KD, Continued Procurement of Commodity, Estimated in the Amount of $550,000.00 Annually 36. Approval of the Food Service and School's Internal Accounts Change Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in the Amount of $35,200.00 11. PUBLIC HEARING 1. Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023- 2024 School Year 2. Approval of Adopting Amendments to the Code of Student Conduct for the 2023-2024 School Year 3. Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Student Progression Plan for the 2023- 2024 School Year 4. Approval of the 2022-2023 Student Progression Plan for Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and K-12 Virtual Education 5. Public Hearing 2023-2024 Tentative Millage and Tentative Budget - updated July 20, 2023 6. Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Millage Rate of 6.4210 - updated July 20, 2023 7. Approval of Adopting the 2023-2024 Tentative Budget, in the Amount of $1,358,701,090.00 - updated July 20, 2023 12. MEETING OF THE LEASING CORPORATION 1. Call to Order of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 2. Approval to Install Superintendent Jason C. Wysong, Ed.D. as the New Secretary/Treasurer and Registered Agent for the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 3. Adjournment of the Meeting of the Manatee School Board Leasing Corporation 4
13. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NEW BUSINESS ITEMS 14. NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT) 15. NEW BUSINESS (NON-CONSENT ITEMS) 1. Approval of the Budget Amendments for May 2023 2. Approval of the New Job Description and Position of District Threat Management Coordinator 3. Approval of MCR Health Facility at Daughtrey Elementary School - Construction Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, Amendment 1 in the Amount of $209,490.70, No Financial Impact - updated July 20, 2023 4. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Elementary School Alternative Education Program, and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year - added July 20, 2023 5. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Manatee County Girls Club, Inc. d/b/a Just For Girls Middle School Alternative Education Program and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2023-2024 School Year - added July 20, 2023 16. NEW BUSINESS (NO SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION) 1. Acceptance of Resignation of Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) Member, Ms. Sandra Holley 2. Approval of the Reappointment of Member of the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC), Ms. Susan Harrigan 3. Recommendation for Replacement of Vacancy on the Citizens' Financial Oversight Committee (CFOC) 4. Approval of District Superintendent Membership and Dues for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, Estimated in the Amount of $25,000.00 5. Approval of School Board Member Representative for the Children's Services Advisory Board (CSAB) 6. Approval of Travel Expense Associated with the School Board Member's Attendance at the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards (GFCSB) Meeting, August 16-18, 2023, at the Reefhouse Resort and Marina, Key Largo, FL, Not to Exceed $950.00 17. WORKSHOP ITEM REQUESTS 18. CONTINUED PUBLIC COMMENT (IF NECESSARY) 19. UPDATES A. Legal Department Update B. Operations Update C. Instructional Update 20. SUPERINTENDENT REMARKS 21. BOARD COMMENTS 22. ADJOURNMENT 5
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5.1 School Board of Manatee County July 25, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting Title Year-to-Date Charter School Financial Statement Summary Through May 31, 2023 Executive Summary Unaudited year-to-date financial statements of the Charter Schools are submitted to the District each month or quarter, depending on each school's reporting requirements. These reports are filed in the District's administrative offices and are available upon request. The District reviews and summarizes the financial statements; however, cannot certify as to their accuracy. The summary data is provided for information only purposes. Each charter school's Board is responsible for the accuracy of the monthly financial statements submitted to the District. Note: Annual financial audits are conducted by independent CPAs for each Charter school following the fiscal year end. Contact Submitting Department: Business Services Initiated By: Cathy Miley Attachments: Charter Schools Financial Rpt Summary 2022-2023 - Consolidated 05.2023 6
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN 2101 - Manatee School for the Arts & Sciences Fund Balance July 1, 2022 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ 1,217,452.00$ Revenue 66,788.00 165,986.00 352,139.00 352,139.00 465,406.95 582,669.60 707,063.98 811,810.74 919,441.68 1,029,670.00 1,116,718.00 Expense (15,619.00) (135,248.00) (380,084.00) (380,084.00) (545,761.13) (647,251.02) (716,213.72) (799,871.78) (908,560.22) (1,014,842.00) (1,091,355.00) Transfers 48,104.00 Fund Balance, Ending 1,268,621.00$ 1,248,190.00$ 1,189,507.00$ 1,189,507.00$ 1,137,097.82$ 1,200,974.58$ 1,208,302.26$ 1,229,390.96$ 1,228,333.46$ 1,232,280.00$ 1,242,815.00$ 2102 - Team Success* Fund Balance July 1, 2022 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ 3,083,485.00$ Revenue - 2,613,802.00 5,707,286.00$ 8,426,423.00 Expense - (2,733,886.00) (4,981,418.00) (7,432,315.00) Transfers - (326,986.00) (446,730.00) (1,279,167.00) Fund Balance, Ending -$ -$ 2,636,415.00$ -$ -$ 3,362,623.00$ 2,798,426.00$ 2104 - Manatee School for the Arts Fund Balance July 1, 2022 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ 6,348,188.00$ Revenue 1,187,447.00 2,709,960.00 4,264,840.00 5,809,782.00 7,587,627.00 9,051,567.00 10,527,387.00 12,011,530.00$ 13,574,470.00 15,768,791.00 17,430,222.00 Expense (514,140.00) (1,868,338.00) (3,455,079.00) (4,780,437.00) (6,324,089.00) (7,599,010.00) (8,855,680.00) (10,136,846.00) (11,511,516.00) (12,840,798.00) (14,163,507.00) Transfers Fund Balance, Ending 7,021,495.00$ 7,189,810.00$ 7,157,949.00$ 7,377,533.00$ 7,611,726.00$ 7,800,745.00$ 8,019,895.00$ 8,222,872.00$ 8,411,142.00$ 9,276,181.00$ 9,614,903.00$ 2120 - Rowlett Middle Academy* Fund Balance July 1, 2022 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ Revenue 530,790.97 1,140,666.38 1,677,650.61 3,827,206.64 4,586,878.52 5,089,126.84 5,602,893.09 6,172,054.11 Expense (644,383.59) (1,195,471.61) (1,686,630.77) (3,409,166.58) (3,872,686.12) (4,393,301.75) (4,892,673.01) (5,451,056.25) Transfers (180,814.53) (194,267.60) (180,814.53) (356,303.72) (572,133.01) (620,269.61) (572,318.99) (707,231.13) Fund Balance, Ending (246,462.15)$ (201,127.83)$ (141,849.69)$ 47,945.00$ 47,945.00$ 109,681.34$ 190,004.39$ 123,500.48$ 185,846.09$ 61,711.73$ 2121 - Manatee Charter School Fund Balance July 1, 2022 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ 43,038.00$ Revenue 319,261.60 839,694.36 1,400,934.77 1,753,236.59 2,236,372.60 2,783,964.72 3,201,013.90 3,610,915.38 3,939,696.77 4,501,396.28 4,786,639.88 Expense (175,265.37) (572,578.14) (968,501.68) (1,317,556.33) (1,724,901.61) (2,182,382.27) (2,509,194.98) (2,828,859.83) (3,069,716.55) (3,540,887.10) (3,665,693.22) Transfers (90,946.97) (181,893.94) (272,840.91) (363,787.88) (454,734.85) (545,681.82) (631,740.73) (722,812.70) (813,884.67) (909,816.76) (1,000,888.73) Fund Balance, Ending 96,087.26$ 128,260.28$ 202,630.18$ 114,930.38$ 99,774.14$ 98,938.63$ 103,116.19$ 102,280.85$ 99,133.55$ 93,730.42$ 163,095.93$ 2122 - Oasis Middle School Fund Balance July 1, 2022 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ 264,889.00$ Revenue 44,022.00 103,443.00 145,142.00 182,539.00 231,460.00 269,160.00 325,630.00 464,422.00 562,987.00 626,953.00 650,051.00 Expense (59,996.00) (134,445.00) (224,666.00) (293,470.00) (375,608.00) (440,035.00) (509,695.00) (580,207.00) (671,614.00) (739,180.00) (813,472.00) Transfers Fund Balance, Ending 248,915.00$ 233,887.00$ 185,365.00$ 153,958.00$ 120,741.00$ 94,014.00$ 80,824.00$ 149,104.00$ 156,262.00$ 152,662.00$ 101,468.00$ 2123 - Imagine Charter - North Manatee Fund Balance July 1, 2022 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ 550,279.00$ Revenue 474,487.34 935,992.80 1,497,792.68 2,003,261.79 2,602,376.05 3,102,685.45 3,604,179.64 4,112,183.48 4,639,401.89 5,684,613.19 6,233,816.17 Expense (176,933.59) (680,714.33) (1,158,850.93) (1,769,098.75) (2,092,908.57) (2,724,754.39) (3,439,029.28) (3,902,740.15) (4,345,525.56) (4,818,884.51) (5,298,136.48) Transfers (65,627.09) (302,194.53) (317,616.66) (572,368.95) (413,663.53) (255,950.67) (124,774.01) (461,726.84) (418,847.75) (591,174.78) (461,726.84) Fund Balance, Ending 782,205.66$ 503,362.94$ 571,604.09$ 212,073.09$ 646,082.95$ 672,259.39$ 590,655.35$ 297,995.49$ 425,307.58$ 824,832.90$ 1,024,231.85$ 2124 - Imagine Charter- Lakewood Ranch Fund Balance July 1, 2022 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ 11,407.00$ Revenue 380,058.01 753,790.03 1,369,166.33 1,369,166.33 2,388,962.34 2,774,888.86 3,184,031.58 3,638,536.92 4,027,095.65 4,429,341.04 4,860,693.26 Expense (273,254.49) (690,051.47) (1,085,020.72) (1,085,020.72) (2,031,570.14) (2,583,562.18) (2,924,180.95) (3,338,738.43) (3,666,813.27) (4,361,101.52) (4,606,542.82) Transfers (4,221.87) 38,120.26 57,257.39 57,257.39 49,610.30 80,688.32 4,785.70 98,368.34 (29,867.94) 192,206.70 237,379.76 Fund Balance, Ending 113,988.65$ 113,265.82$ 352,810.00$ 352,810.00$ 418,409.50$ 283,422.00$ 276,043.33$ 409,573.83$ 341,821.44$ 271,853.22$ 502,937.20$ 2131 - Palmetto Charter School* Fund Balance July 1, 2022 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ 952,892.00$ Revenue - - 1,486,060.54 3,018,263.93 4,405,752.34 Expense - - (1,403,226.72) (2,662,171.09) (3,990,729.87) Transfers Fund Balance, Ending -$ -$ 1,035,725.82$ -$ -$ 1,308,984.84$ 1,367,914.47$ 2141 - State College of FL Collegiate School* Fund Balance July 1, 2022 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ 2,033,364.00$ Revenue - 942,675.00 2,022,080.00 3,118,009.00$ Expense - (613,847.00) (1,535,316.00) (2,737,332.00) Transfers - Fund Balance, Ending -$ -$ 2,362,192.00$ -$ -$ 2,520,128.00$ 2,414,041.00$ 2161 - Visible Men Academy Fund Balance July 1, 2022 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ 794,236.49$ Revenue 79,108.08 156,239.67 254,270.38 344,859.12 438,986.07 542,034.89 665,630.09 764,183.53 821,908.37 1,001,385.19 1,088,343.40 Expense (124,742.40) (286,130.67) (417,583.67) (596,016.85) (748,926.71) (873,382.55) (1,036,688.46) (1,187,181.82) (1,290,610.09) (1,429,207.47) (1,568,208.04) Transfers Fund Balance, Ending 748,602.17$ 664,345.49$ 630,923.20$ 543,078.76$ 484,295.85$ 462,888.83$ 423,178.12$ 371,238.20$ 325,534.77$ 366,414.21$ 314,371.85$ 2171 - Rowlett Academy for Arts - Elementary* Fund Balance July 1, 2022 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ 1,089,570.00$ Revenue 2,128,429.19 4,501,746.82 6,673,620.30 Expense (2,236,492.83) (4,550,482.70) (6,690,703.19) Transfers (124,066.69) (333,967.96) 77,726.27 Fund Balance, Ending -$ -$ 857,439.67$ -$ - 706,866.16$ 1,150,213.38$ 2181 - Parrish Charter Academy Fund Balance July 1, 2022 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ 958,269.00$ Revenue 390,603.00 438,035.00 1,317,780.00 1,784,265.00 2,722,607.00 3,233,397.00 3,653,365.00 4,078,862.00 4,511,116.00 4,948,880.00 5,445,421.00 Expense (483,597.00) (463,719.00) (1,344,006.00) (1,817,698.00) (2,596,971.00) (3,080,886.00) (4,294,024.00) (4,784,134.00) (5,582,103.00) (5,136,170.00) (6,108,996.00) Transfers (226.00) 5,531.00 (19,915.00) 9,888.00 24,802.00 37,024.00 31,635.00 37,132.00 37,368.00 38,609.00 38,595.00 Fund Balance, Ending 865,049.00$ 938,116.00$ 912,128.00$ 934,724.00$ 1,108,707.00$ 1,147,804.00$ 349,245.00$ 290,129.00$ (75,350.00)$ 809,588.00$ 333,289.00$ 2182 - Lakewood Ranch Preparatory Academy Fund Balance July 1, 2022 -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Revenue 402,208.80 1,676,682.78 2,614,576.30 2,951,314.00 3,747,924.79 4,525,126.44 5,237,705.87 6,072,393.40 6,637,496.49 7,986,948.66 9,353,191.08 Expense (400,639.93) (908,629.77) (2,173,025.37) (2,635,627.00) (3,455,018.32) (4,231,068.48) (4,938,590.45) (5,773,411.20) (6,342,460.54) (7,500,354.63) (8,858,656.00) Transfers Fund Balance, Ending 1,568.87$ 768,053.01$ 441,550.93$ 315,687.00$ 292,906.47$ 294,057.96$ 299,115.42$ 298,982.20$ 295,035.95$ 486,594.03$ 494,535.08$ *Quarterly Reports/High Performing NOTE: This is a summary of the unaudited financial statements of the Charter Schools. For audited financial statements, please refer to the Florida Department of Education. Rowlett Middle Academy recorded beginning balance without Audit adjustment - made correction in December 2022 Fiscal Year 2022-23 School District of Manatee County Summary of Charter School Financial Reports 7
AGENDA ITEM NO. 5.2 School Board of Manatee County July 25, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting Title Leaves for July 25, 2023 Executive Summary The list of personnel on leave due to child care, illness, illness in the line of duty, military duty, personal without pay, sick leave bank, and worker's compensation is attached for review. Contact Submitting Department: Human Resources Initiated By: Richard Bailey Attachments: LOA July 25 2023 8
Employee ID Name Type of Leave Department Absence Period 303685 TA PERSONAL LEAVE Jain Middle School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 306071 SA PERSONAL LEAVE Ballard Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 302119 OA PERSONAL LEAVE Palmetto Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 243461 MA PERSONAL LEAVE Tara Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 154288 MB PERSONAL LEAVE Stewart Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 302306 TB PERSONAL LEAVE Tillman Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 300324 MB PERSONAL LEAVE Daughtrey Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 214732 SB PERSONAL LEAVE Gullett Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 302180 CB PERSONAL LEAVE Willis Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 102951 TB PERSONAL LEAVE Gullett Elementary School 2023-08-02 To 2024-05-28 164
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>> Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us tonight by 25th 2023 school board meeting. >> I want to >> and when here, but specifically MISS Pray, go ahead and do the district's vision and who is going to be doing indication tonight. I asked her well. >> The school district of Manatee County will be an exit. Then Arie student focused school system that develops life-long learners to be globally competitive. Like to introduce to you. Pastor filled sting from Christian Church from Christian retreat. Thank you for being here. Everybody will stand. Please. >> And having thank you so much. It we can come together and just begin. This meeting begin this evening, acknowledging you in thanking you. Find that when you. Hear our prayers, you hear as you answer, I pray tonight for wisdom, understanding. Other as our board and members in volunteers are school teachers administrators work together, father to advance this great county. The city Lord, thank you for the many people that have a heart for children. Just pray. Father is this growing county, Florida advances learned this new school year, but your presents be felt in our schools. And let there be a peace among our children. But it's race up strong men and women lord in days of prey, especially tonight, Lord, for this special board meeting. Are busting up on it. G is his name 8 >> Join me for the pledge. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America one nation under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and for all. >> All right. Some moves us to item number 5 on the agenda. Informational your date. Charter financial reports leave for JULY. 25th needed a finance reports. She statements through MAY 31st. I remember 6 on the agenda is approval of the agenda. The chairs on good cause to amend the agenda to include all items listed under agenda amendments on JULY. 25th 2023 agenda up to it on JULY. 20th 2023 and posted to the district website. Me t schools dot net. A second. We have a motion in a second. You know what to do? Any case? We can all cast our vote on the approval of the agenda. >> It was signed in and I'm not signed it anymore. They reset the system and known. >> So a parade or you can do it. You can do it really? Okay. That passes 5 to 0 item. Number 7 is approval of the minute superintendent by some. >> CHAIRMAN, I recommend approval of the minutes from the school board meeting of JUNE 27th 2023. The school board workshop on JUNE 29th 2023 in the school board special meeting on JULY 3rd, 2023. Motion and a second. >> In the face of the minutes. >> I'm joined now awesome. >> I'm going vote on the approval of the minutes recommended by Doctor Weiss on that passes 5 to 0. Van Dyne rate recognitions. MISTER Barber. Come on up. >> Thank MISTER Chair board members and Doctor Weiss on welcome. It's my privilege to be the bearer of good news for the school district. And really enjoyed being able to do that. And MISTER Tatum is on board with this thing out. Standing in the back of the room in a semi tipped for another good news story. So we have plenty of good news posted on our website. It said Manatee School sign that slashed. Good news our communications team and the and Stv team. >> Do a great job of filling out a position for a stories about her students and teachers and schools. So one of the great things about our schools and district is that we all kinds of interest. Interesting learning opportunities for our students even over the summer today. What we're going to do is we're going to introduce you to to our camps that recently took place. We're going just show these to you briefly and it will give you an idea of how are students and teachers not only take advantage of these opportunities, but they have fun doing it as well. So we'll show the first video. >> So we're currently at Green River Elementary School where we are holding our Esther Art camp for this summer. This week. We have gotten our kids split up into some groups so they can really died down into building on their strategies. They MAY already know has extra. >> think going great like the kids. They come in we ask him to make projects either by hand or sketch team. >> Making marks and then might have a break or so we left and they're doing pretty dry. So rate can all excited >> It's really interesting how each class has a completely different style like online our tech and working with filters in different things that you can cut out. >> That is the goal day. All right. The benefits to a camp like this would be they get more exposure to materials they might not be able to see in the classroom. They get more exposure to other like-minded individuals. A lot of the kids came in at the beginning campaign or the they didn't know each other by now. They have friends 3rd calling each other after camp. It's pretty cool. So >> I'm I'm I'm really proud of that. I think that's a cool thing. Beautiful. I love it. >> I lot of new people and I can make new friends and the teachers are really nice there. >> The campus fund, I I didn't expect it to be like this. I really like I really enjoy it. Everyone. Super nice to talk with the students. When you have a shared passion, really show more parts of yourself and you think. >> I'm sorry. There's a little bit of delay on the video there, I've seen it several times and we can forwarded to you so you can see it in trailer time. We have one more short video to show >> We're at Braden River, Middle School and we are having the Esser vp a summer camp here for beginners and also for band students who have already had a few years of experience at time. >> We start with a huge band where we rehearse for and then we go to sectionals where we get to expand on our parts and learn more about our instruments, individual and >> I want to learn about >> I really like going to sectionals way you get to play with your section of the instrument and go over the things that bring out instrument more and learn more about it. >> I think think. >> The kids get a chance to make music with other kids across the district that they don't they don't normally see. They MAY be friends with them but go to different schools. So get a chance to to make music altogether. Our goal is to make, you know, all of the >> being programs across the entire district, stronger. And and and I think there's a camaraderie between the faculty, the camaraderie between the students that, you know, they're going to support each other and then that same drive that we want. We want everything in Manatee County up from advanced and going to be straw. >> And those weren't. The only arts camp said we the summer and so to tell you a little bit more about we have a visual and performing arts curriculum specialist Jeremiah Bowman and Rhea Skaggs. And Jeremiah is going to tell us a little bit more Thank you. MISTER Barber. >> Good to see all of you again. Hope you had a great summer. MISTER And school board members and Superintendent Weis on. Thank you so much. The opportunity tonight to showcase the first of what we hope becomes a tradition of summer visual performing arts camps in Manatee County with your support and approval of a Nassar grant. We were able to host an art band chorus drama and strings Camp this summer for over 330 students. They range from grades 5 through 8 to help remediate learning loss from the pandemic and a jump start. Students and the arts in preparation for the upcoming school year. This was a monumental effort. And I would like to thank a few individuals, schools and departments for their support. The 76 staff members who work the camps. We had many student volunteers who supported the camps each day. Secondary curriculum director Ms Fleming and Executive Director Doctor Breslin. Bpa specialist this risk act. As you all know. Our junior accountant MISS Burton for putting in all of our orders and answering our questions. Our our camp Director, Karen Mine Berg, whose as middle school art teacher, our course, camp directors, Carey Carey, or she is the parish Community High School chorus, teacher. Our drama camp director was Roxanne Caravan whose former Lakewood Ranch High School theater teacher our strings Camp Director Cynthia his former Bay Shore High School are Bayshore elementary music teacher and also Dan Burton for his support planning the band Camp. It was a big effort for schools to undertake. So I want to thank Brian River Elementary for hosting Camp Greater Middle School for hosting a Cam Johnson Middle school hosted 2 camps and Paris Community High School hosted one camp along with our summer showcase. We also have we're thankful able to have breakfast and lunch for students each day. So thank you to food service who are incredible. Getting lunch is everywhere they needed to go and and facilities. Of course, finance. It helped out purchasing and ms tv for covering the camps and making these really terrific videos were able help showcase the arts in the district. One highlight of the camp for all of us was our summer showcase where all 330 campers came together to perform and demonstrate for one another. What they all learned highlight of that was all the kids got to ride in a charter bus. They thought that was pretty cool. >> It was an awesome experience and we're excited to see our students return to school, enthusiastic to keep learning. >> And growing with our wonderful official performing arts teachers. Thank you all very much. >> And you get job. Think you We have a question. Mission. I'm I I've been following on Facebook, all the camps and the and the videos and the photos. And just looks like it's been really wonderful. And I congratulate you. >> I do have a question. No wind. Everything is referred to as the Esser camp. What are where these camps funded solely from s are or where they funded from. >> The referendum. So we didn't find anything over the summer from referendum. >> I'm not to my not to my knowledge for the Sir Graham was specifically for our summer camps. So hopefully in the future because that's are granted only 2 years. I don't know the next summer way plans have next summer because that's grants for to 2 years. So the hope is that after that, you know, it goes well, we keep going and maybe we can use our knowledge, the funding for the future. At the Michael anyway. That's a grant we have to use by SEPTEMBER of 2024. So we have time to use it for one more summer. Okay. >> little better think. Yeah. Haha Thank you all. More questions now. Has been fun to watch on Facebook. The Thank you. Thank Thank you. You know, it's a lot of work here. Thank you. MISTER Barber, thank you, sir. >> Moved us to item number 9 public comments. We have to public comment signed up first is Chloe. Austin son. By Richard help. Good evening. My name is Chloe Austin son. I tend to just for girls in 2012, 2013 when I was 12 to 13 years old. >> I was attending a public school needed. A change is I was being bullied severely. I was accepted. And just for girls within 24 hours and was attending the next day because of just for girls, principled Iraq. I need intensive therapy and disrupt provided the therapy sessions. I needed 4 times a week while I was still receiving straight a's. MISS Ross gave me the opportunity to heal by making accommodations for mental health while going to school. They provide so many opportunities for learning communication and values as a female, strengthen yourself structure. Most importantly, to love yourself. As an all-girl school. We were distracted by boys and closer and stronger together as young women. My favorite memory just for girls was the educational field trips and especially the one on one learning as the teachers took the time to help guide each of us to everything just across created a safe place. For me at the time, which I didn't think was possible after the horrific bullying are injured. Just for girls MAY be who I am today. I believe the schools, the pinnacle of success for young women. As I'm here today, working my dream job as a registrar for ssi s just for girls gave me the confidence and support I needed to grow and adopt in the world where I wasn't getting it before. I will always 100% stand by just for girls as so many girls in my position need a place like this. I was able to achieve so many things after attending just for girls because of the tools and knowledge they gave me to succeed, not just in school, but in life. Just for girls and their staff was there for me when I needed their help. And I'm proof that it's not just school success. It's life success. Just for girls will always hold a special place in my heart and be the reason I'm still here today. I hope you find in your hearts understand that just for girls is so important for girls like me who needed that space to learn and grow. Just for girls is a very important school. And I 100% stand by them. Thank. Thank you so much. Richard Pelton. Superintendent Whysong welcome. >> It's going to be have been coming here for 20 years. I start out msa about 2002 and then started my substitute teaching in 2012 13. So I talk every middle school at Harvard, every high school as a substitute teacher. I just want to say that this is the greatest school district. I support 100% seeing some of the fact members from the jury might be Kerry and MISTER Schroeder, our Class Supplemental High School. I've had opportunity to work with quite a few people to manage the school district all over the Reese. Time up here today is because I want to make sure that everybody understands what an important asset. That substitute teachers are to our school district. You have been doing this for 10 years. The last 2 years, I get 170 days out of 180. And in the last 4, 5 years, I've done a minimum of 150 days out of 180 days in all the high schools and all the middle schools. So this year will be my 10th year because I took off one year because of covid. So what I'm here for us to let all of, you know that I know he s e a s s is doing a great job. There's no doubt about that. It's a great but he helped helm there. You've got a couple representatives here that represent the substitute teachers here in the Manatee County. And so continue, as I told the students to perform admirably and make sure the vetting process. Let's the quality substitute teachers come in that are not only qualified and they're not only have there's 2 certificates. I have 4 of them, but I love what I do is I should the beginning. I tell the kids on 27th, but I'm dyslexic love look. But I love what I do. And this will be my last and 10th year, starting a couple weeks. I just love so much. A Magic county. I've seen a lot of things happened over the last Jen years, actually, since I can substitute teaching. And I just want to say keep doing what you're doing because you're doing a great job. And I think what think I was going to say the people I've talked with a with from up there is community high school and some people are now working in the district, including Jeremiah. It's just great to see them to where they started out. There are in administration. They went to principal. Now they are with the district's. So. Anyway, thank you. Love free share. And so to teachers, I prefer being a associate guests visiting you know, because a substitute to kind of like I tell the kids, I'm like first ring. I used to say Tom Brady when I say Patrick Mahomes and you of the first ring of teaching, even though I'm an associate guests visiting teacher. Okay. Thank you very much. You know, that was my signal. Your perfect thank you very much that. That includes a public comment. >> We move to item number 10 consent super attended by some. Yes, I recommend approval of the consent agenda for JULY. 25th 2023. >> a second. Emotion in a second. If we can vote on the up approval of the consent items. That passes. To 0. Moving on to item number. flight is going to be out of gobbling and going back and forth. >> hang with me here. So I'm going to close the regular meeting. You know, put the public meeting so we can have any public comments even if you're not sign up for this item. >> You're able to comment publicly on the proposed changes to the code of conduct for the 2023 2024 school year that we previously as a board have workshop and discussed and this is anybody's chance to come up and comment on the code of conduct for 2023 2024. School year. Seeing nobody rushing to the podium. >> I'm going to close the public hearing and reconvening the regular meeting. So that now we can go to superintendent for his recommendation on the approval of adopting the minutes. >> Thank you, CHAIRMAN. I recommend approval of adopting amendments to the Code of student Conduct for the 2023 24 school year. So moved. >> a second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any comments over student coming us ms? >> Yes, wanted to have a discussion before we vote on this the item on page. 59 electronic equipment. We had we had a discussion about it and I thought we had kind of a consensus, I'm getting old and I am not dyslexic. So not telling you how old I am. That it was has to do with recording. Video recording and the paging I'm sorry. Actually looking at the old I think it's probably page 13. I'm not looking at the new and I did. >> sorry, are you talking about a student MAY run a clean record? Any? Employee, right? And it is page 59 of the Redlined copy right? >> And the concern on that and I think we had the discussion is that the students? Misdeed is not. Recording it. There misdeed is posting it. All right. And I would. I still feel strongly that to tell them that they cannot record. Is. Not good. I mean, if they would see something recorded, take it to the Dean. And don't don't post it. I don't think they should be disciplined and I would much rather see. That expressed here on electronic equipment, then saying, no, you can't post it because if they if they want. Or you can record it because if they recorded and they take it to the dea or they MAY be afraid to for fear that they're going to get in trouble. I disagree with that. >> I'm starting to get to my speakers. I see MISS Messengers that >> I don't think it reads in that way. I think it does say what you're trying to say. This is a student MAY not electronically record any employee or facility without. Written for explicit permission. And it says does not apply to Schools Asian event. A is additionally students MAY not post to the Internet recordings of fighting acts of bullying, assault or battery weather stage or real regardless of time or location. I think it is saying what you mean in the end, it doesn't even say that they can't record like a fight, which is conversation that MISTER Came and brought up. It doesn't say they can't record that. It's amazing. You can't record an employee or the facility which is really a safety and security issue. If you don't want recordings of the facility out so I think it is saying what you're saying, but maybe I don't understand it that I read as what you're saying is that you can't post it. It's not saying you cannot record those events. It's saying you can't record employee without they're saying it's ok as way to make this more clear. So that. I get what you're saying now about security. >> And >> and that's probably okay. But if a kid is getting beat up in the at the gate. Okay. Is that a security things? >> It's not we record that. I mean, I think they just want don't want them walking around with a camera like and here's the hallways and classrooms like me. They don't want to like I think the point is they don't want that out there, which is completely reasonable to And as an employee, I believe that I would not want you to record my less centers in the without me knowing you're recording my lesson. I think that also completely fair and appropriate for our educators. Our costumes are not a gotcha. But that's not what this is saying. It's not saying you can't report a fight. It's not say you can't record bullying. It's just can't post it. That is what it's saying. That's how how I read it. How the war principles. Interpret that they had input on this. Doctor Isom, do you want? I mean, obviously, MISTER Strides here, if you would like to come up in. That was uk with it. Certainly >> Good evening board members, Superintendent Weis on thanks for having me. Think for me. Opportunity. I absolutely understand your many, many times in my career is principal assistant principal students came for for some sort of video that showed in the act. But they should they did it with with the good cause with a good understanding to demonstrate these negative actually going were taking place so that we could we could assist and then we could step in and we can intervene. Those 2 would never be punished. Those children, those children are celebrating appreciated. It's very common in the school for students to come to school administrator with a video tape act. Because they want something done about it. And that's never going to get punished offense at all. What we're trying to avoid in and what it's very common is students will much like this. MISTER Said record a fight. Upload and then ridiculed the victim. And oftentimes what that causes is either a another larger disturbance in the school or causes that student who want to leave school dropout. So the essence of of this is not at all for the student who was coming forth with information through video. Pictures are taping for us to intervene in the situation. It's merely to provide assistance students for not being humiliated, harassed and bullied as victims. That's all it is. The principle is every deals with this daily we have. So we'll press was our committee who a very active longtime members and they absolutely agree with this. And we in secondary and elementary part of our committee as well as assistant principals. >> Okay. Is there some things that we can and because we do say this does not apply to school sanctioned events or activities. >> That MAY warrant such recording. Can we add a sentence that we should clear that they can record and not upload >> We I think we probably can, we certainly could add a sentence that says recordings that are used. To show evidence of negative negative actions that help with student safety would never be punishable. If that's agreeable to the board and like that, ok, we can do that very easily. They say that again, we could put something in as to the effect of any sort of video recordings that student share that are in are to support school safety, for instance, showing some student bnb bullied showing that 2 administrations, the administration can intervene is not punished for will not be consequence by any means. It's very common in our schools. >> So to be clear that they're sharing it with administration and not with another kid. Absolutely. We can words the Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah, I'm okay. I mean, I think it's to me personally. It's second on written ruled. If you keep came and said, hey, this is happening in the locker room fight. You are going to get in trouble recorded to but it is good at it. I mean, sure. Here as long as we're making sure that. I even add. One that you're showing it to the administration. But also then delete it. Right. So they key tale. I showed it now posting on Twitter. Good Good point. Or or you can also get to some. I don't want them to say at Manatee schools posted on Twitter, a fight saying at meaty schools and they're going to say, well, I've reported it to the school. The handle of the 2 schools. I mean, you know, we cover is something we could cause some to fix of directly to an administrator. Yeah, because the reality of the situation in schools, it's normally one or the other. >> They do the absolute right thing and come to the administrator or they do the absolute wrong thing. And it just posted in and But that's a great point. We could put spec taken directly to a school. School-based administrators, st
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