School Board Informal Meeting

Hernando School District School Board Informal Meeting Minutes - Final 4:30 PM District Office-Board Room 919 N. Broad Street Brooksville, FL Tuesday, December 13, 2022 PLEASE NOTE: TIME CHANGE FOR THIS MEETING CALL TO ORDER Board Chair Gus Guadagnino Vice Chair Susan Duval Board Member Mark Johnson Board Member Linda Prescott Board Member Shannon Rodriguez Present Also present were Dennis Alfonso, School Board Attorney and John Stratton, Superintendent. The meeting was called to order at 4:31 P.M. GENERAL DISCUSSION An informal meeting of the School Board has been scheduled for general discussion among Board Members on Educational Matters Topics of Discussion: 1. Mark Johnson - FSBA master board training - after some discussion the consensus is not to proceed at this time. 2. Mark Johnson - Value Adjustment Board - Matt Mulvaney has agreed to serve on the VAB committee as the citizen appointed by the school board. 3. Susan Duval - Special magistrate for charter schools and cost for the district. Mr. Alfonso will look into the topic and provide feedback. 4. Susan Duval - Family Empowerment Scholarships and the Community Eligibility Program: Angela Kennedy, Director of Federal Programs and Sonsee Sanders, Director of Research and Accountability came forward to explain. 5. Susan Duval - Requested an update on teacher transfers for the 1st semester by school. 6. Linda Prescott - Brooksville parade; FSBA conference; Parental Rights 7. Gus Guadagnino - While at the FSBA conference, he spoke with other districts and how their Superintendent's receive travel reimbursement. He would like to give Mr. Stratton a flat [monthly] rate, as we did in the past. The Board agreed to allow Vice Chair Duval to meet with the Superintendent to discuss. 8. Mark Johnson - All star baseball game between our district and Citrus county. 9. John Stratton - Jan 12th legislative day. Shawn Foster from Sunrise Consulting will be there to represent the district. Page 1 of 2

School Board Informal Meeting Minutes - Final December 13, 2022 10. John Stratton - Redistricting will be discussed in January. The final decision will be around March and it will be put into effect next year, focusing on reducing attendance at WWK8 and possibly WWHS. 11. John Stratton - Teacher of the Year event. 12. John Stratton - Jan. 12-14th Band competition in Tampa. 13. John Stratton - Interlocal meeting is tentatively set for March 2, 2023, location TBD. 14. John Stratton - The practice of a workshop item going to the board meeting the same night. Mr. Stratton stated that at least 1 board member has an issue with that. After some discussion, Mr. Stratton stated they will do their best to put time in between the workshop and the meeting. 15. Shannon Rodriguez - Board communications: The Board should be kind and be able to talk to each other without negativity. 16. John Stratton - Workshop was canceled today due to not having any agenda items. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 5:19 P.M. _______________________________ _______________________________ Superintendent Board Chair Mission Statement The Hernando County School District Collaborates with students, parents and other community stakeholders to effectively prepare all students for a successful transition into a diverse and changing world . Page 2 of 2