Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
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10:32 - In consideration of the current health and safety concerns
10:34 during the COVID-19 emergency guidance
10:36 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
10:38 as well as executive order 20-91
10:41 issued by Governor DeSantis,
10:43 we have modified our board meeting process to comply.
10:46 Board members and staff may be participating by phone
10:49 rather than being present in the boardroom.
10:51 The educational services facility is closed to the public,
10:53 but the board meeting audio and video
10:55 are being live streamed,
10:56 allowing public viewing through our usual channels.
11:00 Community members who wanted to make comments
11:01 were asked to register in advance on the district website.
11:04 Those who registered were called Monday evening
11:06 and their comments were recorded,
11:08 limited to three minutes each.
11:11 These comments will be replayed
11:12 under the public comment section of the agenda.
11:15 Ms. McDougall and Ms. Deskevich
11:17 will be joining us telephonically.
11:19 For transparency, Ms. Escobar will be calling
11:21 for the board’s aye or nay votes
11:23 for each item requiring a vote.
11:25 Ms. Escobar, roll call, please.
11:30 - Mrs. Belford. - Present.
11:32 - Ms. McDougall. - Present.
11:36 - Mrs. Deskevich. - Present.
11:39 - Mrs. Campbell. - Present.
11:41 - And Mr. Susan. - Present.
11:44 - The board will now hold a moment of silent reflection
11:47 and invite the viewing audience to join us.
12:01 Thank you.
12:03 We will now say the Pledge of Allegiance.
12:08 - Pledge of Allegiance to the flag
12:10 of the United States of America.
12:12 - United States of America.
12:14 - And to the Republic for which it stands,
12:17 one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
12:27 - Okay, at this time I want to offer my fellow board members
12:30 and Dr. Mullins the opportunity to recognize students,
12:33 staff, programs, and community members
12:35 for the contributions afforded to provide public schools.
12:40 Ms. McDougall, would you like to start us off tonight?
12:43 - My word, thank you, Ms. Belford.
12:45 So first I want to give a shout out
12:48 to two of our emerging rookies.
12:53 So in my district, and I don’t know if anybody else
12:55 was gonna give a shout out to theirs if they were not,
12:57 I would be more than glad to shout out for everyone who
13:02 was identified as a new emerging teacher.
13:07 And so in Cocoa Beach Junior High School,
13:11 Megan Fernandez was designated
13:15 the Rookie of the Year for the high school.
13:17 So thank you very much, Megan.
13:20 I’m so sorry I wasn’t there to meet you.
13:21 I look forward to meeting you in the fall.
13:23 And then in elementary, Cambridge School,
13:26 we have Devante Clark,
13:28 who was the Elementary Rookie of the Year.
13:31 So shout out to both of those two people.
13:34 And is anyone else gonna do the others?
13:36 ‘Cause I have the list here if nobody else
13:38 was gonna shout out with their rookie.
13:42 - I’m getting a thumbs up from the other board members
13:44 for you to go ahead and cover them all, Ms. McDougall.
13:46 - Okay, so I want to do at Jackson Middle School,
13:51 we have a Sarah White for the emerging middle school.
13:55 And then we also have, oh boy,
13:57 I hope I don’t mess this poor person’s name up.
14:00 Alexandria Mohorman, M-O-H-R-M-A-N.
14:05 I’m so sorry that I messed your name up.
14:07 So congratulations to both of you.
14:10 And that’s also at Riviera Elementary.
14:13 We have Katie Clark as another emerging rookie of the year.
14:18 So congratulations to all these new students,
14:21 I’m sorry, new teachers,
14:23 and all that they’ve done for our students
14:25 in this creative time period too.
14:28 I also want to give a shout out and a welcome,
14:30 which I might be spoiling something for Dr. Mullins.
14:34 But Candice Stone, I’m excited that she’s gonna be coming
14:39 to Audubon in the fall as our new principal.
14:43 So welcome to District 2.
14:45 And then last but not least,
14:47 I just want to give a shout out
14:48 to Principal Lott at Freedom 7.
14:50 I really enjoyed her newsletter.
14:54 And the last newsletter was really pretty spectacular.
14:57 So thank you very much to all of those people.
14:59 And congratulations to our new rookie of the year.
15:03 And that’s all I have at this point.
15:06 - Thank you, Ms. McDougall.
15:07 Ms. Duskovich, would you like to go next?
15:09 - Sure, Ms. McDougall did just mention,
15:16 I couldn’t jump in quick enough and unmute,
15:17 but Ms. Clark this morning is when they presented her
15:21 the Emerging Elementary Teacher of the Year at Riviera.
15:25 And she was so humble and so excited.
15:29 And I’ve never seen staff rally around someone
15:33 like before she came out, I guess they tricked her
15:36 and told her it was a serious meeting
15:38 and she was kind of in trouble.
15:39 And so it was super cute.
15:41 She came out in all serious.
15:43 And then her team, her family at the school there
15:46 just went crazy for her.
15:48 They were so excited.
15:49 So it was really sweet.
15:51 She’s really appreciated at that school.
15:53 And I just want to give her a huge congratulations
15:56 on top of what Ms. McDougall did.
15:58 And then second was Ms. Decker at Palm Bay Magnet High.
16:01 We headed out there last week and once again surprised her
16:05 and somehow her family got invited to that one.
16:08 So she was shocked.
16:09 She was in the middle of a meeting in her classroom
16:11 and we walked in with her family and they had balloons
16:14 and flowers and she was super grateful too.
16:18 So these teachers are the up and coming best of the best
16:21 and I just want to give them a huge congratulations.
16:24 Thank you, Ms. Belford.
16:26 Thank you.
16:28 Mr. Susan, you want to go next?
16:32 Yes, we’re good?
16:35 All right.
16:36 First off, I wanted to say congratulations.
16:39 We normally on some of these transfers in and these jobs
16:41 that these individuals get, we allow them to get up here
16:44 and they give this great speech and their family’s all here
16:46 and unfortunately they’re not here.
16:48 So I did want to just take a second
16:50 and congratulate Rachel Rutledge who’s
16:52 coming in for our district career and technical director.
16:56 Big shoes to fill.
16:57 But obviously she’s going to be well qualified
17:00 and I look forward to her working here.
17:02 And I also wanted to say congratulations to Ms. Paige
17:06 Trossett from Suntree Elementary who’s
17:08 taking over at our Sable Elementary School as principal.
17:12 And I’ve watched Ms. Trossett over the last three years
17:15 as a board member and think she’s
17:16 going to be phenomenal there.
17:17 And I look forward to working with her inside of our school
17:20 and I’m just really, really excited.
17:21 So that would be it for me.
17:23 I just want to say congratulations and looking
17:25 forward to the future.
17:26 Thank you, Mr. Susan.
17:27 Ms. Campbell?
17:28 Sure, I’ve got two.
17:29 First of all, had a great conversation with Kurt and Evan
17:33 from who we played for this last week.
17:34 And I just wanted to share with our community
17:36 that they are taking this COVID-19 seriously
17:39 and they are getting the equipment and the supplies
17:42 that they need so that when we’re ready to roll,
17:45 they have what they need to start
17:47 doing the screenings in a safe way as far as with PPE
17:51 and all of that.
17:51 So they’re excited to get back to doing
17:53 the screenings for our athletic season coming up.
17:55 So those who’ve been waiting, our coaches and our athletes,
17:58 they’ll be ready when you guys, when we are.
18:01 Also, last week on Thursday, I believe, was Destination Mars.
18:06 You know, we’ve had to cancel so many things–
18:09 graduations, proms, events.
18:11 And I was really, really excited that we
18:14 would have, among some other events,
18:15 that we could have this event virtually.
18:17 And so our teams at our elementary schools
18:19 that have been doing their Destination Mars
18:22 projects from the beginning of the year on, after school
18:25 clubs and things like that, they were able to submit
18:29 their competition materials, not the same way
18:32 that they had done before, but they
18:34 had done a lot of the work before this nine week started
18:36 and the rest of it they did virtually.
18:38 And so it was really exciting.
18:40 We had a real live astronaut who was there during the meetings.
18:44 And so I just really want to thank a few people.
18:46 First of all, thank you to our students.
18:49 This was above and beyond your remote learning.
18:52 And so many of them took the challenge.
18:54 And to their parents who allowed them to do that.
18:57 To their coaches from each school and the extra work
19:01 that they did in that.
19:02 Also, our resource teachers were a big part of organizing this.
19:06 The Brevard School Foundation, for their support.
19:08 Our sponsors, especially Boeing, who
19:10 provided a big chunk of the funding for it.
19:13 And then our judges who came in to judge.
19:15 But it was really, really fun event.
19:17 And like I said, I’m glad that we
19:19 were able to do that for our Destination Mars teams.
19:23 That’s it.
19:25 Ms. Campbell, Dr. Mullen.
19:28 Thank you, Ms. Belford.
19:30 You know, I paused for a moment because normally we’d
19:40 be a little extra tired this evening at this board meeting.
19:45 Because we would have just been coming off
19:47 of about a five day stretch of 16 graduations
19:51 across our awesome district.
19:53 And it is certainly with some bittersweet reflection
19:57 that we reflect on the fortitude and the tenacity
20:03 and the resilience and the strength of our seniors
20:06 to work through a very unanticipated end of the school
20:11 year.
20:12 But also celebrate that they have made graduation nonetheless.
20:16 And just want to take this moment and acknowledge them.
20:21 And appreciate the hard work that they
20:23 put into finishing strong and to their teachers
20:27 and administrators and the families around them
20:30 that helped them through this time as well.
20:32 You know that we spent last week really celebrating
20:35 our seniors.
20:37 I know we all enjoyed some of the baby photos that
20:39 were posted on our social media page.
20:44 And the words of wisdom that were provided to our seniors.
20:48 And just it was a different way of celebrating them.
20:54 But it was neat nonetheless.
20:55 And we are still hopeful of having an in-person graduation
20:59 over the summer.
21:00 And we’re working toward that.
21:02 But I didn’t want to miss the opportunity
21:03 to give one more shout out to our graduating class of 2020.
21:07 Great job.
21:07 Proud of you.
21:10 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.
21:12 On that note, I think obviously it’s
21:15 been a tough couple of months in lots of different ways
21:18 for various reasons and differently
21:21 for different people.
21:22 But I think if there’s anything good that has come out of this,
21:25 it’s the fact that we have found creativity again.
21:28 And we have seen that in so many different ways
21:33 as we have done our best to have some sense of normalcy
21:36 and still celebrate those who needed to be celebrated
21:39 and people really going above and beyond to make sure
21:42 that we have not missed those opportunities.
21:44 So challenging most certainly, but I
21:48 think we have to look at the good that’s come out of it too
21:51 and the way that we’ve not only come together as a community,
21:54 but the way that we have learned to think outside the box
21:58 again and tackle some of those challenges.
21:59 And so I think that’s been good.
22:02 A couple of individuals that I’ll
22:04 recognize for pretty consistently thinking
22:08 outside the box, but I think especially during this time.
22:11 I don’t know if you all saw the article in Florida today,
22:13 but our media specialist at Southlake
22:17 developed a library in her community
22:21 so that kids could come and get books, exchange books.
22:24 And that was a huge hit with all of the students
22:26 and really going above and beyond
22:29 and finding a way to keep kids reading
22:31 even when they’re at home.
22:32 So congratulations, Missy Slack, our media specialist
22:36 at Southlake.
22:38 And then I think sometimes we forget.
22:42 So many times our public is focused
22:44 on the majority of the student experience.
22:49 And obviously, that’s important.
22:50 We want to make sure the majority of our students
22:52 are doing well.
22:53 But I think sometimes those students in the minority that
22:56 have really special challenges, considerations, concerns,
23:02 the majority of our public doesn’t know about them.
23:04 And so I think it’s important to note that not only have
23:08 our teachers and our staff members done a phenomenal job
23:11 on meeting the needs of the masses of the students
23:14 in Brevard County, but in many, many instances,
23:17 people are going so far above and beyond
23:21 to meet those challenges that most people are not
23:24 even aware of.
23:26 The students, for example, who are
23:28 living in situations with no electricity and no water,
23:30 and we’re still working to find a way to not only feed them
23:34 as everyone’s been hearing about the feeding,
23:36 but also to make sure that they’re getting instruction
23:39 and support academically during these times.
23:43 There are one individual, and I won’t name him just
23:46 for privacy reasons, but one of our teachers
23:49 who came to me through the grapevine
23:52 and was trying to reach out and assist
23:55 a student in a really difficult situation who
23:58 was hundreds of miles away from Brevard County
24:01 and no longer had access to internet for his education.
24:05 And they just went above and beyond
24:08 to make sure that he could get as much of his academics
24:11 done as he could possibly get done.
24:13 And he’ll have some summer school to work out,
24:15 but the progress that he made in that time
24:18 by his entire team of teachers working with him
24:21 to help him be successful is just really–
24:25 I think those are the things that people don’t realize.
24:27 It’s beyond what most of us are experiencing.
24:30 So many of our team members are stuck there.
24:32 So I will just say thank you to all who
24:36 have gotten us through this.
24:37 We are almost there.
24:38 We have our official end of school
24:40 is, what, 48 hours, not even 48 hours away,
24:44 like maybe 40 hours away.
24:46 And so many congratulations to everyone for getting us there,
24:52 and certainly to the parents and the students
24:54 for all of their hard work to get there.
24:59 All right, that brings us to the adoption of the agenda.
25:01 Dr. Mullen.
25:03 Ms. Belfort and members of the board, on tonight’s agenda,
25:05 we have administrative staff recommendations,
25:08 one presentation, 15 consent items, four action items,
25:12 and three information items.
25:14 Changes made to the agenda since being released to the public
25:16 are as follows–
25:18 A7 on administrative staff recommendations,
25:21 and item F13 on reappointment nominations
25:23 of annual contract teachers for 2020-‘21 received revisions.
25:29 Item F15 on the 2020-‘21 MOU with Brevard County Sheriff’s
25:35 Office for Brevard Public Schools specialist school
25:38 safety and security.
25:41 Item F16 on 2020-‘22 MOU district security and SROs
25:48 with Brevard County Sheriff’s Office,
25:50 as well as item G25 on equitable application of salary
25:54 placement schedule for BFT employees.
25:57 And item G26 on pre-kindergarten teachers
26:00 and instructional assistants are additions.
26:03 What are the wishes of the board?
26:08 Move to approve.
26:10 Moved by Ms. Campbell and seconded by Ms. Deskevich.
26:15 Is there any discussion?
26:20 All right, Ms. Esquivel, if you would like to call for the vote.
26:22 Ms. Belfort?
26:23 Aye.
26:24 Ms. McDougall?
26:27 Aye.
26:28 Ms. Deskevich?
26:29 Aye.
26:30 Ms. Campbell?
26:31 Aye.
26:33 And Mr. Susan?
26:33 Aye.
26:35 And the motion passes 5-0.
26:38 Dr. Mullins, will you please let us
26:39 know about our administrative staff recommendations?
26:42 There are seven persons on this evening’s agenda for the board
26:45 to consider.
26:46 What are the wishes of the board?
26:48 Second.
26:49 Moved by Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. Campbell.
26:52 Any discussion?
26:56 All right.
26:56 Ms. Esquivel, if you would please call the vote.
26:58 Ms. Belfort?
26:59 Aye.
27:00 Ms. McDougall?
27:02 Aye.
27:03 Ms. Deskevich?
27:05 Aye.
27:07 Ms. Campbell?
27:08 Aye.
27:09 Mr. Susan?
27:10 Aye.
27:12 And the motion passes 5-0.
27:14 Dr. Mullins, will you please provide us
27:16 with an update regarding the state and the district
27:18 at this time?
27:32 Thank you, Ms. Belfort and members of the board.
27:37 It’s been a little while since I’ve
27:41 been on this side of the microphone.
27:43 Normally I’m up there, but I appreciate the opportunity
27:45 to provide the school board and our community
27:48 an overview of our anticipated last quarter of the school year
27:52 as well as the next steps that we are taking as a district
27:55 to prepare for summer opportunities for our students
27:58 as well as preparing for the 2021 school year.
28:05 As we will likely not soon forget,
28:09 on the Friday before spring break,
28:12 we received the announcement that schools
28:14 would be closing for essentially the next two weeks
28:17 as some districts were going into spring break like we were.
28:20 And then they’d be closed the subsequent week, ultimately
28:22 in preparation to launch the unprecedented first time
28:27 distance learning statewide for the state of Florida.
28:33 During this time, during this two weeks,
28:36 we ultimately prepared to stand up the instructional continuity
28:41 plan for students pre-K through 12th grade
28:45 as well as our adult education students.
28:48 We transitioned 5,000 teachers from the classroom
28:52 to distance learning in under two weeks.
28:54 As leading and learning, our division of instruction
28:58 put pull teams together to prepare lesson plans
29:01 and also to provide guidance and assistance for teachers
29:04 as they anticipated this new way of work.
29:08 We moved approximately 1,000 employees
29:11 to a work remote environment.
29:13 We also rallied 600 food and nutrition service workers
29:18 to begin the preparation and delivery of meals
29:21 for our students even during closure.
29:25 We developed an off-site professional development plan
29:28 and program and ultimately reduced
29:30 our on-site essential staff to approximately 30%
29:34 of our normal capacity, all doing so without disruption
29:38 to service to our students.
29:40 And I’m very pleased to say without having
29:42 to place any employees on furlough or layoff.
29:49 In preparation for distance learning,
29:51 we distributed over 15,000 computers and devices
29:55 to students and teachers across our district,
29:58 securing over $100,000 from business partners
30:02 across our community to support the acquisition of hotspots
30:06 so that students in remote areas or without internet access
30:10 would be able to have continuity of instruction.
30:20 At the same time, we established 13 original sites
30:23 expanding to 27 that provided meal service
30:26 to our students and families as they
30:29 were able to come through our different sites,
30:32 ultimately serving over 1.7 million meals
30:36 during our period of closure and over 42,000 children per week.
30:42 In addition, bus drivers delivered 310 meals a day
30:47 to students in transition across our district
30:50 at remote locations.
30:52 And we will continue our meal distribution [AUDIO OUT]
31:02 As of June 1st, [AUDIO OUT]
31:15 In addition, preparing [AUDIO OUT]
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31:45 But in addition to preparations for learning,
31:47 we also tackled our facilities and our classrooms
31:52 and our school buildings, cleaning and sanitizing
31:54 every building during the closure.
31:58 We continued work on over 17 major capital projects
32:02 during COVID-19, which included the ongoing construction
32:05 of the area elementary school and our new construction
32:08 of the advanced manufacturing building at Clear Lake Learning
32:12 Center, all while maintaining work
32:14 on our 37 sales surtax projects across the district,
32:19 including seven food service projects.
32:25 It may have seemed like the world stopped for a moment,
32:29 but I assure you that Brevard Public Schools and our employees
32:33 were still very, very busy.
32:35 As we take a look at the summer landscape and the calendar
32:39 going into the next several weeks,
32:42 you’ll see that we are, as mentioned, already
32:45 in the closing of the 2019-20 school year.
32:48 And we are preparing for the launch of our summer learning
32:51 opportunity for students in pre-K through 12th grade,
32:54 as well as our adult education learning center as well.
32:59 You’ll see at the bottom of the calendar
33:00 that– I’ll reference this more later in the presentation–
33:04 that we have a task force that is specifically
33:07 focused on reopening the school year in August working already
33:11 and have for a couple weeks now in preparation
33:14 for likely a different but new school year in a few weeks.
33:21 And there will likely be other milestones over the summer
33:24 as we receive additional direction from the state
33:27 or the governor’s office, as well as budget updates
33:31 and so on that will be added to this calendar as we go along.
33:34 And we’ll certainly be keeping the board, of course,
33:37 and our community apprised as new milestones come along.
33:43 The reality is that COVID-19 may have thought
33:47 it was going to alter our focus and our priority
33:50 on academic and operational pursuits, activities,
33:54 and our success over the last two months.
33:57 But I would propose that it hasn’t even come close.
34:01 We have remained focused and prioritizing
34:05 our strategic plan to mission.
34:06 And as you look at the pillars of our strategic plan,
34:09 our goals of academic excellence,
34:11 exceptional workforce, community connection,
34:14 and operational sustainability, each of those pillars
34:17 became critical in the management, oversight,
34:21 and sustainability of our distance learning program.
34:24 And I’m very proud of the efforts of our team
34:26 who have maintained that focus.
34:29 These will continue to be our guiding principles in all
34:31 that we do, including our plan to reopen in August.
34:38 So back to our task force.
34:40 As I shared in a recent publication,
34:42 our task force is formed.
34:44 It is working specifically on reopening in August.
34:47 And it is focused on four primary areas of concern–
34:52 educational, health and safety, operations,
34:57 and social-emotional concern.
34:59 A 14-member cross-functional task force
35:03 that is specifically focused on solutions
35:07 is meeting essentially weekly to tackle these four areas
35:11 and prepare our district, our students, our employees,
35:15 and our community for the return to school in August of 2020.
35:22 Representatives from all relevant and critical function
35:25 areas include leading and learning, student services,
35:29 educational technology, facilities, athletics
35:32 and activities, transportation, district security,
35:36 and, of course, two additional representatives from the Florida
35:39 Department of Health.
35:42 The task force is committed to engaging teachers and staff
35:46 to gain employee perspectives by leveraging our relationship
35:50 and ongoing involvement with our school advisory committees
35:53 across our district–
35:54 or excuse me, across our schools,
35:56 as well as cross-district representation
35:59 and parent perspective–
36:01 by providing a portal to our community
36:03 where they can provide input and feedback that
36:05 will be accessible through our website
36:07 and be available in the coming days.
36:10 In addition, I have already reached out
36:12 to my 300-plus community ambassador members
36:17 that I have met with periodically
36:19 throughout the year.
36:20 And we will be providing them updates as well as opportunity
36:23 to provide input and feedback as we take every consideration
36:29 in mind in preparation for the new school year.
36:38 What does the academic future look like for our students?
36:41 Well, most immediately, our summer
36:42 distance learning opportunities are up and ready to go.
36:46 Our pre-K through fifth grade have extended learning
36:50 opportunities through distance learning.
36:52 Our leading and learning elementary
36:54 instructional continuity plan website
36:57 to support our students and school leaders
36:59 are reaching out to parents and students individually
37:02 for those that need to specifically
37:04 focus on particular areas for the coming school year.
37:09 In addition, our Brevard virtual school platform program
37:13 is ready to launch and support our students
37:16 in sixth through 12th grade.
37:18 And I want to let our community know
37:20 that Brevard virtual school is run, hosted, and staffed
37:26 by our teachers, our staff right here in Brevard Public School.
37:31 And ultimately, our tax dollars in Brevard
37:35 for our public schools stay in Brevard
37:38 when our parents choose Brevard Virtual School.
37:48 In consideration of operational planning,
37:51 obviously maintaining a safe work
37:53 environment for all of our employees is our ongoing priority.
37:58 We are following CDC and other federal, state,
38:00 and local authorities guidelines and directives
38:03 very closely to ensure that we maintain a safe work
38:07 environment.
38:08 We’ve already begun to procure safety items
38:11 based on what we believe our needs will
38:13 be in the coming year.
38:15 We don’t have issues or get behind in the supply chain
38:19 challenges that could exist across
38:22 the state and country.
38:23 Some of these items include sanitizer for our classrooms, masks
38:27 to have on hand for
38:29 use in sensitive areas, the purchase of touchless thermometers
38:33 as well as preparations for cleaning
38:36 between class periods and other safety protocols that will be
38:40 determined by our task force
38:41 in the coming week.
38:47 Certainly budget concerns are high on our mind as we are all
38:51 anticipating challenging
38:52 times with the economic impact of COVID-19.
38:56 We continue to evaluate budget line items, item line by line to
39:00 capture savings and prepare
39:02 for ultimately the new and unfunded costs related to additional
39:06 safety measures for
39:08 the fall.
39:09 So, some of the expected savings that come from this school year
39:13 from being closed for
39:14 nine weeks include fuel savings, utilities and of course
39:18 substitute teachers.
39:20 But at the same time we have anticipated expenses that we have
39:24 not had in the past, supplies
39:26 such as the hand sanitizer, cleaning agents, masks, etc. as well
39:30 as we are looking at what
39:32 furniture needs might we be required to put in place to
39:36 accommodate distancing as well
39:38 as portables, buses and new devices.
39:42 And as the Board knows, some of the challenges that we face
39:45 ahead with the financial unknowns
39:47 include anticipation of a state budget, just a reminder to our
39:51 community that the Governor
39:53 has not signed the budget that came out of the legislature this
39:56 year, so we are still
39:57 awaiting a final decision from the Governor for our 2021 budget,
40:03 as well as what impact
40:05 might there be with enrollment as we move forward.
40:09 Certainly I will be keeping the Board and the community apprised
40:12 as we work through
40:13 some of the dissipated challenges ahead related to funding.
40:20 Before I move on to talk about the CARES Act, I want to give the
40:22 Board and the community
40:24 an update on what we know about the CARES Act for federal
40:27 funding.
40:28 But back to the COVID related expenses and savings, we have
40:32 actually established a COVID
40:34 related expense line item so we can quickly track and monitor
40:38 all of the expenses related
40:39 to COVID, particularly as we anticipate some direction on the
40:46 CARES Act.
40:47 We’ve all heard that the federal CARES Act relief is coming to
40:51 the states, it’s actually
40:53 been announced that the guidelines have been provided to the
40:57 state.
40:57 We are awaiting direction from the state, it was our
41:00 understanding that it was provided
41:02 to state at the end of April, so we are anxiously anticipating
41:07 further direction on how we as
41:10 a school district may apply for those funds.
41:14 For Brevard, we are anticipating approximately 12 to 15 million
41:19 dollars.
41:20 It is based on Title I status and Title I funding.
41:24 So based on that understanding, however, it will, the allocation
41:29 will include consideration
41:31 of both charter and private schools, so that won’t be just for
41:34 Brevard Public Schools,
41:36 but it will be the allocation for all schools in Brevard County.
41:40 And we will be forming a team to respond to what the
41:46 requirements are for the CARES Act
41:51 as we look to utilize those funds to support our programming.
41:54 You may ask what are some of the anticipated uses of the CARES
41:59 Act funding?
42:00 Again, we have not received definitive guidance or direction,
42:04 but we anticipate they can be
42:05 used for academic support needs, unanticipated costs, as well as
42:11 supporting workforce needs
42:13 for our students.
42:19 As I begin to close, just want to go through our next step.
42:24 As we close out our school year and we focus our transition on
42:28 our priorities, we again
42:29 maintaining a safe work environment for our employees that will
42:33 remain adaptable to further
42:35 direction and guidelines.
42:37 Summer distance learning opportunities for our students,
42:41 maintaining our extended meal
42:43 service for our students and our families and community,
42:47 continued planning for the
42:49 reopening in August 2020, as well as preparing for budget impact
42:55 when we hear more from the
42:57 state.
42:58 I want our community and the board to know that we are
43:01 absolutely committed to keeping
43:03 our families and community informed on an ongoing basis moving
43:07 forward.
43:07 I will continue to use my time in board meetings to address
43:10 these issues and will provide updates
43:12 along the way, as well as I will be launching a biweekly update,
43:17 which you will receive
43:19 and the community will receive via email.
43:22 These will be sent at the end of each week, beginning June 5th.
43:32 In closing, I could not be more proud to be a 25 plus year
43:37 member of this community, but
43:40 also a 25 plus year member of this educational community that
43:46 has tackled adversity, tackled
43:50 challenge, tackled serving our kids with an enormous commitment
43:57 of dedication, thoroughness,
44:01 attention to detail, to seek out every T that needs to be
44:05 crossed, every I that needs to
44:08 be dotted, and continue to serve our kids in an exemplary way.
44:13 As I said in my op-ed article, the road ahead is going to
44:17 continue to have some challenges
44:20 and some bumps inevitably, as life will certainly present.
44:25 And maintaining our sensitivity toward one another will be
44:28 essential as we make positive
44:30 progress and prepare for the start of a new yet different school
44:34 year.
44:35 I want our community to know that we’re committed to serving you,
44:39 serving our kids.
44:40 We are planning, and we will be prepared.
44:43 Thank you.
44:44 » Thank you very much, Dr. Mullen, for that very informative
44:47 update.
44:48 I know that many in the community will appreciate that
44:52 information.
44:53 Do any board members have any questions, comments?
44:55 Mr. Susan, you look like you have something to say.
44:58 » I just think it was a good presentation.
45:00 Good job.
45:01 You’re expressive.
45:02 You’re using your hands.
45:03 You’re into it.
45:04 I mean, this is something that takes a lot of work to get a lot
45:09 of the credit.
45:10 Everything that everybody’s been doing behind the scenes, nobody
45:13 realizes how much work
45:16 you’re doing, and I’m proud that you’re leading our ship and
45:18 that you’re doing a great job,
45:19 and thank you for giving a good presentation.
45:23 » Well, thank you.
45:24 But I would be remiss if I took any other credit.
45:26 There is a legion of incredible employees and leaders across
45:30 this district that made
45:31 that happen, and it couldn’t happen as soundly and consistently
45:35 without great leadership
45:36 across our district.
45:37 So I pass the acknowledgement along to them as well.
45:43 » Any other board members wish to make any comments?
45:47 Any other board members wish to make any comments?
45:49 Starting Dr. Mullen’s presentation before we move on.
45:53 » Ms. Belford.
45:54 » Yes, Ms. Belford.
45:55 » I just wanted to join in.
45:56 Just getting a lot of questions and concerns from the community,
46:05 wanting to know what we’re
46:08 doing and what the plans are, and we appreciate the update.
46:13 It also might be a good time to plug the workshop that we had
46:18 earlier.
46:19 It ties into everything he just presented on the possibility of
46:24 a sales tax renewal.
46:25 I know our workshops don’t get as much coverage as our school
46:28 board seems, so I’m hoping that
46:30 everyone will go back and watch that workshop.
46:32 There was some great discussion on some of our challenges we’re
46:35 going to face with capital
46:37 projects coming up, and we’ve got some big decisions to make,
46:40 and I think we need community
46:41 input and the community to be engaged and involved, as we’re
46:45 probably going to have
46:46 a vote in June, maybe at the June 4 meeting on if we’re going to
46:50 move forward with extending
46:53 the sales tax.
46:54 So I think it’s important that the community watches that and
46:58 sees the discussion.
47:00 We brought forward some suggestions to possibly delay the
47:04 collecting of the funds for a year
47:07 and the concerns that that would have or the benefits or the
47:11 concerns.
47:12 I don’t want to rehash the entire hour and a half meeting, but I
47:16 just want to encourage
47:17 everyone to go look at that, along with Dr. Mullen’s
47:19 presentation, so they can be up on
47:22 all the decisions that are going to be made for our community
47:24 here in the near future.
47:25 Thank you.
47:26 Thank you, Ms. Duskovich, and I would second thought for anyone
47:31 who wasn’t able to watch
47:33 the workshop earlier today.
47:34 I think it would be very valuable for our community to see and
47:38 hear some of the information
47:39 that was presented by, once again, the awesome team leading BPS,
47:44 making sure that we are
47:45 staying informed.
47:46 So thank you.
47:47 Ms. McDougall, are you good?
47:52 I am good.
47:53 Thank you.
47:54 All right.
47:55 Super.
47:56 Then we are now going to be at public comment, as indicated in
48:00 my opening statement, persons
48:02 wishing to comment were registered in advance on the district
48:06 website and were then called
48:07 and the comments were recorded.
48:09 We will listen to the recorded messages at this time.
48:14 Consider and safety concerns during the COVID-19 emergency,
48:23 guidance from the Centers for Disease
48:28 Control and Prevention, as well as Executive Order 20-91, issued
48:32 by Governor Santos, has
48:33 been necessary to modify our procedures for public comment.
48:37 Now your comments will be recorded and we will play them back
48:39 under the public comment
48:40 section of the school board meeting tomorrow.
48:43 Each speaker is limited to three minutes.
48:45 Our moderator will keep track of your time and ask you to
48:48 conclude your comments when
48:49 you have reached three minutes.
48:51 Always keep in mind that reasonable decorum is expected at all
48:54 times.
48:54 Please keep your comments appropriate for our children who may
48:57 be watching or listening
48:58 to the call.
48:59 Before speaking, please state your name, the organization you
49:02 represent, if any, and identify
49:04 the topic you will be discussing.
49:06 We won’t be answering questions on tonight’s call, but our staff
49:09 will follow up with you
49:10 if you have a question or need a response.
49:12 Thank you.
49:13 My name is Sue Han.
49:14 I’m with Brevard Public Schools and welcome to our public
49:17 comment recording tonight.
49:18 Okay.
49:19 So go ahead and press zero now to get through to make your
49:22 public comment and Christina
49:24 will just get your name quickly and then put you right through.
49:28 So go ahead and press zero now, please.
49:31 Joy, you are on the phone.
49:32 Go ahead and start.
49:33 Hi.
49:34 I’m calling to ask the school board to take into consideration
49:38 to open the pools at Brevard
49:39 County Schools.
49:40 With all guidelines currently in place being followed, the distancing
49:44 and sanitizing masks
49:46 and so forth, the state of Florida governor just recently lifted
49:50 the restrictions on youth
49:51 sports and said that he trusted parents and local government to
49:54 do what is right for the
49:55 kids.
49:56 Sheriff Wayne Ivey of Brevard County has said that we have to
49:59 look at what our governor
50:00 lists as essential and exercise and recreational activities are
50:04 essential.
50:05 I believe that we need to keep the kids active, especially with
50:08 summer here.
50:09 I’m asking that you allow the kids to participate in lap
50:12 swimming to be allowed to do so.
50:14 This is the type of swimming that is involved with swim teams.
50:17 Not referencing the pool to be open for free swim.
50:20 Lap swimming is a structured and very controlled sport.
50:23 For the last three months, these swimmers have been forced to do
50:26 dry land practice.
50:27 The vice principal of Merritt Island High has been given
50:30 guidelines we would be willing
50:31 to adhere to in reference to social distancing, hand sanitizing,
50:35 masks and so forth.
50:36 And these guidelines are per the USA swimming, which is being
50:39 referenced by many pools and
50:40 swimmers now.
50:41 These kids have been doing all of these for the last three
50:43 months during their practices,
50:45 not to mention their everyday life like you and I are
50:47 participating in.
50:48 The city of Cocoa Beach has opened up their pool along with
50:51 health plexus just to mention
50:53 a few.
50:54 Please allow the school to open their pools to these kids so
50:57 that they can start back
50:58 to something they love and are dedicated to.
51:01 You have to start somewhere and why not with a sport that is
51:04 outside in the sun, non-contact
51:06 and can be social distanced.
51:08 The CDC has said that chlorine and bromamine, which is used in
51:12 swimming pools to maintain
51:13 the water, should inactivate the virus.
51:16 There is no link to COVID-19 to a swimming pool.
51:19 Great.
51:20 Thank you, Joy.
51:21 All right, Anthony.
51:22 My name is Anthony Clichy.
51:23 I’m the president of the Brevard Federation of Teachers.
51:27 At the last meeting, I encouraged the board to discuss
51:29 preparations for the 2020-21 school
51:32 year.
51:33 I want to thank the board for having some discussion on the
51:35 topic.
51:36 Since last meeting, I’ve had several conversations with Dr. Mullins.
51:40 I am confident that BPS is doing everything it can to prepare
51:43 for next school year.
51:45 I’m also pleased that Dr. Mullins shared some of his thoughts
51:48 about returning to school
51:49 in a guest column in the floor today.
51:51 Planning for the various scenarios that may occur because of COVID-19
51:55 is no easy task,
51:56 but one that will be easier if we are working collaboratively.
52:00 We are ready to work with the district to ensure the suggestions
52:03 of teachers and instructional
52:05 personnel are part of the conversation.
52:07 Right now, we still don’t know if the state will make cuts to
52:10 the education budget because
52:12 of the pandemic.
52:13 But what we know is that they’ve already created a huge mess for
52:17 this district.
52:18 They’ve increased FRS contribution rates without sending the
52:21 money to cover them.
52:23 They sent money for raises, but once again, did so in a manner
52:26 that is confusing and contentious.
52:28 They relied on the definition of classroom teachers to send the
52:32 money for raises.
52:33 Although they did add pre-K, it leaves out so many other
52:36 resource teachers, counselors,
52:38 instructional coaches, social workers, media specialists, and
52:42 more.
52:42 And on top of that, they sent a disproportionate amount of money
52:45 for classroom teachers making
52:47 less than $47,500.
52:50 We may be looking at a situation where some teachers received
52:53 close to $8,000 raises and
52:55 many received nothing.
52:57 Another horrible scenario that may occur is that we have two
53:00 separate pay scales, one
53:02 for classroom teachers and one for everyone else.
53:04 I know this board didn’t create this mess, but teachers are
53:07 counting on you to work with
53:08 us to come up with a fair resolution to a problem that the
53:11 governor and legislature
53:13 created in what Governor DeSantis declared the year of the
53:17 teacher.
53:18 Perhaps Governor DeSantis should have called it the year of the
53:21 classroom teacher as defined
53:23 under Florida Statute 1012.012(a) and making less than $47,500.
53:30 Additionally, we know that you most likely have some serious
53:34 budget decisions ahead in
53:35 the next couple of years.
53:37 Many of us were here when that happened about a decade ago and
53:40 watched that board and superintendent
53:42 balance budgets on the back of teachers.
53:44 We’ve just started rebounding from those decisions and we can’t
53:48 let that be the path for this
53:49 board as well.
53:50 Thank you.
53:51 Thank you, Anthony.
53:52 I’d like to say thank you to our speakers tonight and your
53:54 comments will be played back
53:56 to the school board at their meetings tomorrow evening Tuesday,
53:59 May 6th, starting at 5.30
54:01 p.m.
54:02 If any board members would like to respond in any direction,
54:06 clarify any comments from
54:07 the board.
54:08 Ms. Belford.
54:09 Ms. Bescovitz.
54:10 I know this is a little unorthodox but I have a parent I emailed
54:19 to a little bit earlier.
54:22 She actually voice recorded a public comment but submitted it
54:25 too late to make it onto
54:27 the agenda.
54:28 So I listened to it and I can paraphrase it in 20 seconds.
54:32 I’m not going to do her justice but I just want her voice to be
54:36 heard also.
54:37 Her name is Karen Colby.
54:38 She has a rising senior on the football team attending Satellite
54:43 High and she’s asking
54:45 for immediate restoration of access to the field.
54:48 She goes on to explain that they need time and permission to be
54:53 prepared for the season.
54:55 She talks about the governor’s recommendation on Friday and
55:00 hopes that we will follow it.
55:03 She references the 70 teams that the county allowed to play out
55:08 at the Space Coast Stadium
55:10 and then she asks that we open all outdoor sports throughout the
55:14 district now.
55:15 I think that pretty much summarizes it.
55:18 Again, it’s not said maybe as eloquently as she says it in the
55:21 mail but at least I’m allowing
55:23 her voice to be heard.
55:27 Thank you.
55:30 » Thank you all for providing your comments.
55:40 That is going to move us into the consent agenda.
55:43 Dr. Mullins.
55:44 » There are 15 agenda items under this category.
55:48 » Thank you, Dr. Mullins.
55:49 Does any board member wish to pull any item from the consent
55:52 agenda?
55:52 Seeing none, I’ll entertain a motion to accept the consent items
55:58 as presented.
56:00 Moved by Mr. Susan.
56:03 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
56:06 Is there any discussion?
56:07 All right.
56:08 Ms. Escobar, if you’ll please call the vote.
56:12 » Mrs. Belford.
56:13 » Aye.
56:14 » Ms. McDougall.
56:15 » Aye.
56:16 » Ms. Deskevich.
56:17 » Aye.
56:18 » Ms. Campbell.
56:19 » Aye.
56:20 » And Mr. Susan.
56:23 » Aye.
56:24 » And the motion passes 5-0.
56:25 » Ms. Belford, if I may?
56:27 » Yes, Ms. Deskevich.
56:29 » I just want to thank you publicly for all your hard work on
56:40 this.
56:42 I appreciate your effort this time around.
56:52 » Thank you, Ms. Deskevich.
56:55 Pleasure.
56:56 All right.
56:57 We will now move on to the action agenda.
56:58 Dr. Mullins.
56:59 » Ms. Belford, members of the board, there are four items under
57:03 this category.
57:04 The first action item is on department school initiated
57:07 agreement.
57:07 » What are the wishes of the board?
57:09 » Second.
57:10 » Moved by Mr. Susan.
57:11 Seconded by Ms. Campbell.
57:12 Is there any discussion?
57:13 Ms. Espar, if you would please call the vote.
57:17 » Mrs. Belford.
57:18 » Aye.
57:19 » Ms. McDougall.
57:20 » Aye.
57:21 » Ms. Deskevich.
57:22 » Aye.
57:23 » Ms. Campbell.
57:24 » Aye.
57:25 » And Mr. Susan.
57:26 » Aye.
57:27 » And the motion passes 5-0.
57:28 » Next we have procurement solicitations.
57:29 » What are the wishes of the board?
57:30 » Move to approve.
57:31 » Second.
57:32 » Moved by Ms. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Susan, is there any
57:42 discussion?
57:44 Ms. Espar, if you would please call the vote.
57:48 » Ms. Belford.
57:49 » Aye.
57:50 » Ms. McDougall.
57:51 » Aye.
57:52 » Ms. Deskevich.
57:53 » Aye.
57:54 » Ms. Campbell.
57:55 » Aye.
57:56 » And Mr. Susan.
57:57 » Aye.
57:58 » And the motion passes 5-0.
57:59 » Our next action item is on equitable application of salary
58:09 placement schedule for BFT employees.
58:11 » What are the wishes of the board?
58:12 » Move to approve.
58:13 » Second.
58:15 » Moved by Mr. Susan.
58:16 We’re going to toss that one to Ms. Deskevich with a second.
58:17 Ms. Campbell, if you don’t mind.
58:18 Any discussion?
58:19 All right.
58:20 Ms. Espar.
58:21 » Ms. Belford.
58:22 » Aye.
58:23 » Ms. McDougall.
58:24 » Aye.
58:25 » Ms. Deskevich.
58:30 » Aye.
58:34 » Ms. Campbell.
58:35 » Aye.
58:36 » And Mr. Susan.
58:37 » Aye.
58:38 » The motion passes 5-0.
58:39 Dr. Mullins.
58:40 » Our last action item is on prekindergarten teachers and
58:43 instructional assistants.
58:44 » What are the wishes of the board?
58:46 » Move to approve.
58:47 » Second.
58:49 » We’re going to give that one to Ms. McDougall.
58:53 » Seconded by Mr. Susan, seconded by Ms. McDougall.
58:56 Is there any discussion?
58:57 All right.
58:58 Ms. Espar.
58:59 » Ms. Belford.
59:00 » Aye.
59:01 » Ms. McDougall.
59:02 » Aye.
59:03 » Ms. Deskevich.
59:04 » Aye.
59:05 » Ms. Campbell.
59:06 » Aye.
59:07 » And Mr. Susan.
59:08 » Aye.
59:09 » The motion passes 5-0.
59:10 We are now at our information items.
59:11 While board action will not be taken on these items this evening
59:12 they may come back at a
59:12 later time for a vote.
59:13 Does any board member wish to discuss any of the information
59:24 items?
59:26 All right.
59:34 Does any board member have anything further to report?
59:37 Ms. Deskevich, I believe you requested a discussion point.
59:41 » Yes, I don’t know about you all, but I received many
59:47 notifications on my Facebook
59:51 message, emails, districts, phone calls, texts, the last 48
59:56 hours starting after the governor
59:59 filmed.
1:00:00 From families that want our field to open, I’ve had everything.
1:00:05 You heard the public comments, I believe you were asking about
1:00:08 the pool, I’ve had a pool
1:00:09 of people, so I think move forward quickly, obviously, carefully
1:00:18 but quickly to help get
1:00:21 out running on our track, doing activities in a safe way that
1:00:27 are still out.
1:00:29 I know I’ve had requests too even before our work out seems to
1:00:32 be open and maybe this has
1:00:34 been a phased approach that we’ll start bringing it back in, but
1:00:37 our initial announcement that
1:00:38 we’ll close June, I think the governor’s statement on Friday,
1:00:45 maybe we start with fields and
1:00:48 the track.
1:00:54 » Dr. Mullins, would you like to address, I know you and your
1:01:04 team have been working,
1:01:07 having discussions since the announcement on Friday.
1:01:10 » Sure, yes, we have, we made it, I made the district decision
1:01:17 to keep our schools
1:01:18 closed through the month of June, given the guidance and the
1:01:22 direction that we had been
1:01:24 provided by the state and the governor up until last week.
1:01:28 The governor’s announcement on Friday afternoon obviously
1:01:31 provided new direction lifting restrictions,
1:01:33 but it came with no prior notice or indication that that was
1:01:36 coming.
1:01:37 So that was, I would suggest late on a Friday afternoon, I did
1:01:41 discuss with staff this morning
1:01:43 some of the impacts of that decision as well as what it means
1:01:47 for us as an organization.
1:01:49 We are looking at and reviewing what that would, what the
1:01:52 impacts would be for an organization.
1:01:54 I will say that we’re committed to reviewing the guidelines and
1:01:58 the directives but also
1:02:00 ensuring a safe and responsible response.
1:02:04 So we will continue to look at what guidelines there are from
1:02:08 the CDC, as well as the governor
1:02:10 referenced in his announcement that there would be more
1:02:12 guidelines coming related to
1:02:14 summer camps, student activities and athletics.
1:02:17 So we’ve been looking for those and anticipating them but have
1:02:20 not seen or received them yet.
1:02:22 But we are continuing to look at that and we’ll keep the board
1:02:26 apprised potentially
1:02:27 by the end of the week.
1:02:30 Thank you, Dr. Mullins.
1:02:34 I just wanted to put a couple of things on Dr. Mullins and I did
1:02:40 want to say that there’s
1:02:43 other issues having in the field that many of these coaches are
1:02:49 these kids men have many
1:02:53 of our our athletic areas and many of our other things that are
1:02:58 going on the these kids
1:03:00 and when they don’t have their coach and they don’t have that
1:03:03 team they end up going to
1:03:04 another sometimes another individual for that I’ve seen it
1:03:09 before.
1:03:10 Also we have a situation where we have what we call street
1:03:14 coaches in that they these
1:03:16 individuals are hosting workouts to charge kids money and
1:03:20 selling them supplements to
1:03:22 get commissions off that doing things I’ve asked not as far as
1:03:26 the way we train our kids
1:03:28 and what hold our coach and the dangerous situation those guys
1:03:38 also right now our kids
1:03:40 are getting caught out on the fields anyway so many of our kids
1:03:43 are practically together
1:03:44 without a more dangerous out also know that many of the other
1:03:51 outside organizations are
1:03:53 a lot of our soccer coach what happened some of our athletic and
1:04:02 telling them that they
1:04:07 have their kids are going to be there and for the other so I
1:04:11 appreciate your your work
1:04:13 Dr. Mullins know that you’re going to our kids number one know
1:04:17 that the tough thing
1:04:18 the top vision that’s going to bring back kids along with
1:04:28 management insurance I think
1:04:28 governor will probably start opening up because there are others
1:04:33 having practice they’re not
1:04:35 in our central Florida area kind of a slippery slope try to make
1:04:39 quickly but I didn’t want
1:04:41 everybody else know that a lot of our kids no I just you know it’s
1:04:55 complicated issue
1:04:56 and already off of this and I from state you know I if it was
1:05:05 just a matter of hey we have
1:05:09 it usually when schools are off so it’s more so I know that
1:05:19 whatever way we’re going to
1:05:20 do it right now already on miss McDougal speak to the discussion
1:05:35 point I I also want to discuss
1:05:38 all the things that are being proactive and look at okay how can
1:05:41 we just so it’s safe
1:05:42 for our I have a question from our mr. Gibbs mr. Gibbs it’s when
1:05:49 we reopen this and what
1:05:52 do we have any risk involved when I say this if some this whole
1:05:57 team I hope this never
1:05:59 happened good both the virus or what’s our risk you have any
1:06:09 risk to us that would work
1:06:13 again short yes I mean you’re always gonna run the risk of being
1:06:19 sued have tragic getting
1:06:22 COVID student all student passed away you’re like bring out
1:06:29 lawsuit that’s one of the issues
1:06:32 around the state is getting some sort of you know immunity on
1:06:38 all of this thing back up
1:06:40 if you’re around the state are you insulated no we do have
1:06:45 sovereign immunity from the
1:06:47 patient I on some degree but you’re still going to run the risk
1:06:52 being in the paper dude
1:06:53 and I’m with point finger can I come down on us we’re open our
1:07:01 facility thank you you
1:07:03 know I I do think it’s important but I don’t there’s some force
1:07:07 that like here for social
1:07:09 distancing others but I think you and your team are really
1:07:15 looking at this and as you
1:07:18 say putting our students first and their safety and our coaches
1:07:21 their safety also well thank
1:07:23 you mr. Susan Gibbs thank you wouldn’t that also be the same
1:07:31 auspices us holding graduations
1:07:33 and classes if the teacher was this spread or if there was a all
1:07:37 of those things falls
1:07:38 under the same rights right athletics or anything we all were
1:07:42 vulnerable to all even if we reopen
1:07:44 in the fall if somebody gets in any time happens you get a bus
1:07:48 in an accident lawyers are gonna
1:07:49 come out and they’re gonna file a lawsuit you’re gonna run that
1:07:53 risk it’s just another
1:07:54 avenue that you run the risk of doing and you have to decide
1:07:58 whether that risk is acceptable
1:08:00 to the district thank you mr. again and thank you dr. Mullins I
1:08:08 had shared earlier based
1:08:11 on the request about our schools I have gotten some information
1:08:16 from personal friend who
1:08:18 is in in medicine that while yes chlorine will eventually kill
1:08:25 the virus it may not
1:08:27 kill it right away so there’s so potentially a chance of
1:08:31 transmission in chlorine and I’m
1:08:33 sure that all of you have heard which is a primary concern for
1:08:36 me and my other hot as
1:08:38 a swim instructor about the inflammatory response that they’re
1:08:43 seeing in children associated
1:08:45 with COVID so it’s into we’re not necessarily symptomatic for COVID
1:08:50 but develop approximately
1:08:53 four to six weeks after exposure to COVID they’re developing a
1:08:57 multi-system multi-organ
1:08:59 inflammatory response and more than a handful of kids have died
1:09:06 from it one of them was
1:09:07 13 14 15 years old something like that so you know yes
1:09:12 absolutely I want to get everyone
1:09:15 out there as soon as we can but I also want to make sure that we
1:09:17 are doing it in the safest
1:09:18 environment that we can and incorporating all of the accurate
1:09:23 information from the scientists
1:09:26 not just that the sound bites in the media so I appreciate you
1:09:30 dr. Mullins and your team
1:09:31 taking the time to dig into it and look at all of the the
1:09:35 potential benefits and costs
1:09:37 as we move forward and making sure that the the safety of our
1:09:40 students and our staff now
1:09:42 at this time but also when it comes time to be prepared to open
1:09:46 in the fall that those
1:09:47 are patient so thank you any other board members have additional
1:09:52 discussion points for this
1:09:53 evening mr. Susan I ever you were talking about who we play for
1:10:02 on the screenings right
1:10:04 and I think it’s okay and Gibbs if you can do it valuation on it
1:10:09 I think they’re okay
1:10:11 to do screenings off campus long as it’s not in conjunction with
1:10:15 a class and the parents
1:10:16 want to screen because there was an issue that was dealing with
1:10:23 like also athletic forms
1:10:25 and everything else being signed by certain dates but I don’t
1:10:28 think as long as they’re
1:10:29 not with our school district they can perform screenings at
1:10:32 health first or wherever those
1:10:33 places are at that what are we talking like health screen yes
1:10:37 those heart screenings that
1:10:39 who we play for does they usually do them in mass screenings and
1:10:43 I don’t know if they’re
1:10:44 actually looking to do this at all but I think that that would
1:10:47 be in the event that we continue
1:10:48 to move forward with social distancing and closing the schools
1:10:52 we run up against a situation
1:10:53 where they’re trying to sign forms and get things taken care of
1:10:56 where they have to go
1:10:56 out and get a physical doctor I think who we play for being a
1:10:59 separate organization
1:11:01 perform those screenings at a separate location I’m not asking
1:11:04 for your opinion right now
1:11:06 but I was wondering just on the horizon something we might want
1:11:08 all right I’ll take a look at
1:11:09 you Mr. Susan I want to acknowledge Kurt reached out to me a
1:11:14 couple weeks ago to just give
1:11:17 an update on where they’re at who we play for and providing ECG
1:11:21 screening we were supposed
1:11:22 to meet virtually Thursday or Friday last week I messed up I
1:11:27 admittedly I think I canceled
1:11:29 the meeting inadvertently but we’ve got it rescheduled for this
1:11:33 week but I believe he’s
1:11:34 been in contact with Miss Moore did you want to provide any
1:11:37 additional information Miss
1:11:39 Moore or is it more appropriate to wait
1:11:42 the inflammatory heart issue that’s coming up in in young
1:12:11 and it’s causing not just problems now death now but the impact
1:12:19 that it could cause later
1:12:20 so they are very very aware they have some research that they’re
1:12:24 supposed to be sending
1:12:25 me that backs all of that up they are planning on scheduling
1:12:30 some screenings off site they
1:12:32 are working with us on that we want to work together and be a
1:12:36 team we certainly don’t
1:12:38 want to send students into a situation that could potentially
1:12:43 cause harm but they’ve I
1:12:45 mean they know what they’re doing they’ve got it together they’re
1:12:47 setting up the proper
1:12:48 protocols and procedures they’re training their people the right
1:12:52 way and as always our
1:12:53 parents have a choice where they go this will be one option and
1:12:57 choice but I’m really impressed
1:12:59 with the fact that they are thinking through they’re reading
1:13:03 current research and they’re
1:13:04 working with us so as soon as we both get together and we have a
1:13:09 chance to talk to Dr.
1:13:11 Mullins and we have a chance to look at what’s going to happen
1:13:14 through the month of June
1:13:15 we’ll be able to publish and push that out for our family yeah I
1:13:18 just my main concern
1:13:19 was just like there’s a lot of other providers also do the
1:13:23 screening just wanted to make
1:13:24 sure that who we played wasn’t inhibited because we’re allowing
1:13:27 the other people to perform
1:13:29 the same doesn’t sound like that’s the place they wanted to hold
1:13:31 their own screenings at
1:13:32 an offsite location they work with us or whatever as long as
1:13:36 that doesn’t get yeah they would
1:13:38 always be allowed to hold their own screenings that to their to
1:13:43 their I would say to their
1:13:44 their integrity they want to work with us and hold them in
1:13:47 conjunction with us which
1:13:49 is really appreciate I really appreciate it because it gives us
1:13:51 an opportunity number
1:13:52 one for us to plan together and make sure we’re on the same page
1:13:56 even just having common
1:13:57 language so we’re not confusing parents and students when we
1:14:00 start talking about things
1:14:01 but number two they have some access to some research that I
1:14:05 haven’t seen yet and so they’re
1:14:07 getting that for us so that we’re able to read through it again
1:14:11 we don’t want to inhibit
1:14:12 parents from going other places but if they they are not and
1:14:16 they do work well with us
1:14:17 and we want to make sure that we’re supporting them all right
1:14:20 any other board members have
1:14:25 any discussion points this evening yes miss McDougal you’re
1:14:34 gonna okay I received a the
1:14:37 request from one of our community members and they couldn’t get
1:14:43 through on the Facebook
1:14:45 live ask the question is this the appropriate place to read this
1:14:49 question and that we could
1:14:51 provide him with an answer and I’m I think we have you mean he
1:14:56 can’t post the question
1:14:58 on Facebook live let me see what he said let me see let’s see I
1:15:06 I attempted to ask why
1:15:07 I don’t know what’s going on there miss McDougal okay hold on
1:15:14 just one second are you standing
1:15:17 close to a microphone with your phone or oh you know what how’s
1:15:23 that is that better I
1:15:24 mean I don’t think but my phone I haven’t done anything
1:15:27 different we’re getting horrible
1:15:29 feedback yeah mr. Cheatham is coming to try to rescue us miss
1:15:39 McDougal I’m going to suggest
1:15:40 that you encourage that individual to reach out via email and
1:15:44 then we can pass that along
1:15:45 to the appropriate person if you don’t mind okay okay all right
1:15:50 right dr. moans do you
1:15:53 have anything else you wish to add this evening all right there
1:15:55 being no further business
1:15:56 this meeting is now adjourned have a great evening
1:16:15 you you