Updates on the Fight for Quality Public Education in Brevard County, FL
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11:20 Previously, Ms. Winston served in this position as the content
11:30 specialist for PE and Health, but her passion for student
11:30 learning brought her back to the classroom.
11:30 She currently teaches physical education at Vieira High School,
11:33 where she also serves as the department chair.
11:36 Over the past four years, Ms. Winston has built an outstanding
11:39 PE program that reflects the very best of high school physical
11:43 education.
11:44 Her dedication to excellence and inspiring a lifelong love of
11:47 fitness in her students makes her truly deserving of this honor.
11:51 And now to present the award, it is my distinct pleasure to
11:55 introduce to you the Executive Director of SHAPE Florida, Mr.
11:58 Eric Stern.
11:59 Good morning Superintendent Dr. Rendell, School Board Chairman
12:09 Mr. Susan, other school board members, it’s an absolute pleasure
12:13 to be here.
12:13 My name is Eric Stern, I serve as the Executive Director for SHAPE
12:16 Florida.
12:17 If you’re not aware of SHAPE Florida, it is the only leading
12:20 professional organization in the state of Florida that supports
12:23 health and physical education teachers with content, with
12:25 standard based content, with a professional opportunity to go to
12:29 a conference with tools and resources.
12:31 So Rachel and Danielle have been members for a long time, and we’re
12:33 here to recognize one of your very own talented teachers here in
12:37 your county.
12:38 In fact, I was in this building 20 years ago, almost to today,
12:43 when you used to have an award called the Brevard County
12:45 Excellence in Physical Education Award.
12:47 And I actually went around to some of your schools and became an
12:49 evaluator to recognize some of your programs back a long, long
12:52 time ago.
12:53 So it brings you full circle many, many years ago, so it’s my
12:55 pleasure to be here today.
12:57 I’m here to recognize one of your very talented, your own Rachel
13:00 Winston.
13:01 She’s sitting right here in the audience, hopefully you know who
13:03 she is.
13:04 Not only is she a great educator, she is a daughter, she’s a
13:08 wife, she’s a mother.
13:10 She is somebody that cares about this community deeply.
13:13 She is a passionate educator that really supports Brevard County
13:16 and believes in their standard of excellence, which is written
13:19 right behind you.
13:20 So kudos to you, and kudos to her as well.
13:23 Just to paint you a little picture, there were about 19 high
13:27 school, no I’m sorry, there were four high school teachers in
13:31 the whole state of Florida nominated
13:32 for the Shape Florida High School Teacher Award.
13:34 And Rachel was the one that came out on top.
13:37 She then goes on to compete against 12 other educators called
13:40 the Southern District.
13:42 So 12 states that surround the eastern coast.
13:45 So 13 in total, 12 outside of Florida.
13:48 And Rachel was selected as the winner to come out of Southern
13:50 District.
13:51 And now, yeah, it’s an amazing accomplishment.
13:54 There have only been five in the history of Florida that have
13:55 come out through Southern District, so Rachel is one of the top
13:58 five.
13:59 And now she’s competing against three other educators across the
14:02 United States.
14:03 In about six weeks at the Shape America Conference in Kansas
14:06 City, Rachel will find out if she is the high school Shape
14:10 America Teacher of the Year winner, which is an amazing
14:12 accomplishment.
14:13 Just to let you know, the history of Florida have only been two
14:16 national winners, from my knowledge, of Shape America.
14:20 Both were in adaptive physical education.
14:22 So Rachel could be the only high school winner ever in the state
14:25 of Florida to be national Shape America Teacher of the Year,
14:28 which would be quite an accomplishment.
14:29 And we are rooting really, really hard for her.
14:32 So you know Rachel here is a great teacher.
14:34 She teaches right next door, as I understand.
14:36 Not a big commute today.
14:37 It took me about two hours to get here.
14:39 And as I left South Florida, I saw the temperature just dropping
14:41 and dropping and dropping on my thermometer in my car.
14:44 And I realized it’s a lot colder up north than it is down here.
14:47 But really, I want to thank the school board here.
14:49 You’ve always supported physical education from the district
14:51 level.
14:52 You’ve heard from Danielle O’Reilly.
14:54 Before her was Rachel, and before her was Valerie Harville,
14:57 which was here for a very, very long time.
14:59 You’ve committed to send teachers to the state conference year
15:01 after year after year.
15:02 And you’ve made a priority for student health and wellness and
15:05 employee wellness overall in this county.
15:07 So I want to commend you for keeping that going.
15:09 You know, we all believe in the whole child, recognizing the
15:11 whole child, the whole school, whole community, whole child
15:13 model.
15:14 And you’ve done that very, very well here in Brevard County by
15:16 recognizing your health and physical education teachers.
15:19 In closing, I just want to say that you have a very talented
15:22 teacher here.
15:23 We hope that Rachel’s talents get taken on the road a little bit,
15:25 and she wins in Kansas City.
15:27 I want you to be proud. I want you to recognize her.
15:30 I want you to think about the accomplishments where she’s come
15:33 from leaving New York 14 years ago and coming down to York
15:35 County and settling here.
15:37 And raising her two children who are products of Brevard County
15:40 Public Schools.
15:41 It’s a great milestone and a great accomplishment.
15:43 So let’s all, if you believe in the power of prayer, let’s wish
15:47 Rachel a little prayer.
15:49 Good luck moving forward in about six weeks at the Shape America
15:52 Conference.
15:53 Let’s hope she can bring home that national title of High School,
15:55 Shape America High School Teacher of the Year.
15:58 So let’s all give her a round of applause and join me in congratulating
16:04 her.
16:05 Thank you so much for your time this morning.
16:07 We have some goodies.
16:09 [Inaudible]
16:42 Thank you so much.
16:44 Thank you, Eric, for your kind words.
16:46 Thank you, Danielle.
16:47 Thank you, Ms. Legate, for being here.
16:49 Mr. Susan has come and supported me this whole way.
16:54 So thank you.
16:55 Thank you to the board.
16:56 Thank you so much, Dr. Randell.
16:58 I know he’s a big supporter of health and P.E.
17:03 I’m following the last person to stand and win this award was
17:06 actually Tim Powers,
17:07 principal of Cocoa Beach, so big shoes to follow.
17:11 But thank you so much.
17:12 I truly believe that Brevard County has some of the best health
17:15 and physical education programs in the state of Florida.
17:18 I’m hoping to bring home that national title and for Viera High
17:22 School to be the model for high school physical education for
17:26 across the country.
17:27 I love the parents.
17:29 I love our students.
17:30 I love our community.
17:31 And I couldn’t do it without all of them.
17:33 So I appreciate the support.
17:35 Thank you, Mr. Stern, for coming all the way from Palm Beach to
17:38 to give me my banner, which I hope we can put up in the gym.
17:41 Miss Legate and with all the other athlete banners, I get to be
17:43 up there, too.
17:44 So thank you for your time this morning.
17:47 Don’t go away.
17:48 OK.
17:55 She was also pivotal in making sure that Mr. Stern and our
17:58 organization were following the rules and regulations that you
18:01 guys follow.
18:02 And also contacting Shape America.
18:05 I think it is a national.
18:07 So she very quickly was able to put together a framework of what
18:10 our presidential youth physical fitness that we are literally
18:13 testing the kids, I think, currently through our system.
18:16 And we’ll have completed by the end of the year, according to
18:18 the Trump administration’s guidelines to move forward with it
18:21 and everything else.
18:23 And you’ve been pivotal in doing all of that.
18:25 So I wanted to not only congratulate you for being the teacher
18:28 of the year, but also for being the pivotal point of allowing us
18:31 to get to that level where we’re going to be honored.
18:33 Pretty much one of the only districts in the country to actually
18:35 bring that back and be ready for it ahead of schedule.
18:38 Also, I’ll wait a second. You guys go ahead. You guys go ahead.
18:42 You guys getting things done.
18:43 Congratulations. What a huge honor to be one of only four right
18:47 for the entire state.
18:49 And then hopefully you’ll you’ll bring back the national title.
18:51 No pressure. Right. But we know you represent Brevard very well
18:53 and we’re very, very proud of you.
18:55 So thank you for the hard work that you put in with the students.
18:57 Thank you. Same thing. You know, congrats.
19:01 You know, one out of four is awesome in the entire state.
19:04 And it just goes to show that, you know, there to be an educator,
19:07 it’s it’s it’s all types of subjects.
19:10 And it’s as important as any of the others. You bring a very
19:13 important value to our students.
19:15 And I appreciate it. Thank you so much. All right.
19:20 Just out of curiosity, Mr. Stern, you had mentioned something
19:23 about a professional excellence in education award.
19:26 We are moving in our district towards a very strong health and
19:30 wellness and everything else.
19:31 And we brought back we created the first elementary school
19:34 sports.
19:35 I mean, we’re trying to bring it all back. Is there a way that
19:37 you can work with us to possibly recreate that award if it doesn’t
19:40 already exist?
19:41 Also make recommendations to us what we could do inside of our
19:44 school district to be more along those lines of becoming what I
19:48 would like to hear.
19:49 The number one health and wellness school district in the state.
19:52 Help me out here, man.
19:54 Absolutely. It’s all the above. Absolutely. I’ll be here to help
19:56 as a resource work with Danielle and Rachel moving forward.
19:59 And we can make you whatever all those recommendations you just
20:02 spoke of. Absolutely.
20:03 Come to fruition here in Brevard County. Beautiful. And then if
20:06 Miss Winston wins at the national level, there’s no other level.
20:10 Right. No. So we can say that she’s the intergalactic health.
20:15 And what. Right. Right. Don’t make me wear a costume.
20:19 As many of you know that she was part of the mascot challenge.
20:23 She was part of all of that. She was the one who was going to
20:25 make sure that they were all healthy before they went.
20:27 And after we looked at some of the actual mascots and realized
20:29 that there was no way to qualify them for being healthy because
20:33 like the manatee has a heart rate of like five and a bunch of
20:35 other stuff that we couldn’t do that.
20:37 So thank you, Miss Winston. I appreciate it. And everything that
20:40 you do for our district and everything you do, I really
20:42 appreciate you.
20:43 And Mr. Turn, thank you for driving all the way up from us, Paul.
20:46 That’s what we do.
20:47 You can’t tell politicians not to get in the picture, Mr. Stern.
21:08 You see that.
21:24 You.
22:16 I might as well.
22:27 Yeah, it’s OK. Right. So, Mr. Chair, if we could do the adoption
22:31 and that brings us to the adoption of the agenda.
22:33 Dr. Endell on this morning’s agenda, we have one public hearing
22:36 item, twenty twenty nine consent items.
22:39 We have no action items and no information items.
22:42 Changes made to the agenda since it was released to the public
22:45 include the following added was F seven revised C one and F
22:48 eight and removed was a duplicate item F nine.
22:54 Do I hear a motion?
22:57 Paul, roll call, please.
23:00 Mr. Susan.
23:02 That’s right. Mr. Trent. Now, if we could do the proclamation.
23:18 Please invite that cruise to the podium for the Black History
23:18 Month proclamation.
23:18 Whereas Black History Month is a time to recognize and honor the
23:21 significant contributions, achievements and history of black
23:25 Americans whose resilience, innovation and leadership have
23:28 shaped the nation and enriched our diverse culture.
23:31 And whereas Black History Month provides an opportunity to
23:34 reflect on the struggles and triumphs of the black community,
23:37 celebrate the progress made towards equality and recognize the
23:40 ongoing need to foster justice, unity and inclusivity in our
23:44 schools, community and nation.
23:46 And whereas Brevard Public Schools is committed to creating an
23:49 inclusive and equitable learning environment that honors
23:52 diversity, promotes understanding and encourages respect for all
23:56 cultures and histories.
23:58 And whereas throughout the month of February, Brevard Public
24:01 Schools will honor the legacy of black Americans by promoting
24:04 educational activities, events and discussions that highlight
24:07 the rich cultural heritage and transformative influence of black
24:11 leaders in all fields, including education, science, art and
24:16 social justice.
24:17 And whereas it is important for all members of the Brevard
24:20 Public Schools community, students, staff and families to
24:23 actively engage in the study and appreciation of black history,
24:27 fostering an environment of mutual respect, empathy and
24:30 understanding.
24:32 Now, therefore, be it resolved that Brevard Public Schools
24:35 reflects on the challenges and successes of black Americans as
24:38 we deepen our commitment to creating a society that celebrates
24:42 the diversity of all people and works towards a future where
24:45 equality, opportunity and freedom are accessible to all.
24:49 Adopted by the members of the Brevard Public School Board, Brevard
24:53 County, Florida, at the regular board meeting thereof held the
24:56 third day of February 2026.
24:59 Okay, so today we have Danielle Hogan here from the Space Coast
25:11 Black Chamber of Commerce to accept the proclamation.
25:23 Good morning.
25:28 On behalf of the Space Coast Black Chamber of Commerce,
25:31 President and CEO Victoria Jones and our board of directors, we
25:35 appreciate the acknowledgement from Brevard County Public
25:38 Schools.
25:39 Please acknowledge our members who came here this morning, Miss
25:43 Stacy Martin, as well as Mr. Trevor Enos and Bishop Gary Feltzer,
25:48 right?
25:49 Okay. On behalf of the Space Coast Black Chamber of Commerce, we
25:59 receive this with deep gratitude and with responsibility to
26:01 continue creating pathways where black excellence, innovation
26:03 and opportunity can truly thrive.
26:05 This moment is not only about remembering our history but about
26:09 courageously shaping what is possible for the next generation.
26:13 We are honored to stand in partnership with you as we build a
26:16 future rooted in equity, dignity and shared success.
26:20 Thank you.
26:22 Is it okay if we get a group picture as well?
26:25 Absolutely.
26:26 I’m going to adopt the proclamation first.
26:27 Oh, yes.
26:28 Okay.
26:29 Do I hear a motion?
26:30 Move to approve.
26:31 Second.
26:32 Is there any discussion?
26:33 Paul, roll call please.
26:34 Ms. Campbell?
26:35 Aye.
26:36 Mr. Susan?
26:37 Aye.
26:38 Ms. Wright?
26:39 Aye.
26:40 Mr. Trent?
26:41 Aye.
26:42 Before we take a recess, Mr. Trent, can I just say one quick
26:42 thing really fast?
26:43 I want our students and our families to know that during Black
26:45 History Month, there are several opportunities with the Florida
26:47 Department of Education to obtain, they’re doing right now, they’re
26:50 doing a survey, I’m sorry, not a survey, an art contest, an
26:54 essay contest, as well as an education award.
26:57 And there are some significant prizes for our students, so if
26:59 our families, our teachers are watching out in the community,
27:01 please go on to the Florida Department of Education.
27:04 One of them, one of the prizes is a two-year prepaid college.
27:08 There’s a $2,500 gift reward.
27:11 There is State Park passes, there are gift cards, all kinds of
27:13 stuff there for our students.
27:15 And we’ve actually been represented very well in Brevard County
27:17 historically, so we’ve had students that have gone and been
27:20 invited to the Governor’s Mansion to participate in this, so I
27:22 just want our families to know this is available.
27:25 So please, please, please participate in the deadline to submit.
27:28 Your information is on February 9th, which is coming very
27:32 quickly for us.
27:34 Ms. Hogan, I would also like to say that we have an initiative
27:37 coming out for student entrepreneurship in March and April.
27:40 I would love to work with you on assisting some of our students
27:42 in making sure that they can be supported and stuff like that by
27:45 some of the business leaders in the community.
27:48 Absolutely.
27:49 Alright, thank you.
27:50 Let’s go take a picture.
27:53 We’re not recessing them. We’re not recessing them at all. We’re
27:55 just rolling them out.
27:56 Okay, cameras are going to stay on today.
28:02 Alright, do you have a puppy in the car?
28:04 Puppies in the car.
28:07 (inaudible)
29:34 Alright, please welcome Rachel Rutledge to the podium for Career
29:37 and Technical Education Month Proclamation.
29:39 Good morning, members of the board, chairman, assistant, and Dr.
29:42 Rendell.
29:43 Thank you for having me this morning. I hope you don’t mind my
29:45 casual.
29:46 This is one of my personalized shirts from one of our CTE
29:49 programs today, so happy CTE Month.
29:52 Whereas Career and Technical Education provides students with
29:55 the academic knowledge, technical skills, and real-world
29:58 experiences necessary to succeed in high-skill, high-wage, and
30:01 in-demand careers,
30:03 and whereas Brevard Public Schools is committed to preparing
30:05 students for the future workforce by offering high-quality CTE
30:08 programs that align with regional industry needs and support the
30:12 economic vitality of Brevard County,
30:16 and whereas Brevard Public Schools offers 49 diverse CTE
30:19 programs across its middle and high schools, providing students
30:22 with opportunities in fields such as aerospace, engineering,
30:26 health sciences, digital media, manufacturing, culinary arts,
30:30 cybersecurity, automotive technology, and more,
30:32 and whereas students in Brevard Public Schools have access to
30:35 over 91 different industry certifications, ensuring they
30:38 graduate with recognized credentials that demonstrate mastery of
30:41 essential technical skills,
30:43 and whereas partnerships with local businesses, industry leaders,
30:46 higher education institutions, and community organizations
30:50 strengthen Brevard’s CTE programs by providing students with
30:53 internships, apprenticeships, mentorships, and hands-on learning
30:57 experiences,
30:58 whereas Brevard Public Schools continues to expand and enhance
31:02 its CTE offerings by opening new programs that respond directly
31:05 to workforce needs in Brevard County,
31:08 including emerging fields tied to the region’s aerospace,
31:11 defense, healthcare, and technology sectors.
31:14 Now, therefore, be it resolved that the School Board of Brevard
31:17 County recognizes February as Career and Technical Education
31:20 Month,
31:21 Brevard Public Schools encourages all students, families,
31:25 educators, and community members to recognize the vital role CTE
31:30 plays in shaping a skilled and prosperous future for our region.
31:35 I would like to call up Pam Percy from Congressman Herradopoulos’
31:43 office to accept this.
31:46 Would you like to say a few words? Thank you. So thank you,
31:54 Rachel. And good morning, friends. I’m sorry the Congressman
31:54 cannot be here.
31:54 If you are following the news, you know that both are scheduled.
31:57 He’s in Washington, D.C.
31:58 But on behalf of Congressman Mike Herradopoulos, I want to thank
32:01 you for allowing us to partner with you as you continue this
32:04 ambitious and forward-thinking vision, bringing it to life.
32:08 As you’ve seen as recently as last week, Congressman Herradopoulos
32:11 is both excited and proud of the Brevard County Public Schools’
32:14 continued quest for excellence.
32:17 And he fully supports the cutting-edge CTE programs as you’re
32:20 preparing our youth not just for jobs, but to strengthen our
32:24 business economy and our national defense.
32:26 So again, I thank you on behalf of your Congressman, Mike Herradopoulos,
32:30 and Dr. Endell, School Board members, and your leadership team
32:33 seated around.
32:34 We applaud you all and keep up the great work. Thank you.
32:39 Thank you. Ms. May, do you want to talk about the great thing
32:41 they did at Space Coast?
32:42 I do. Pam, thank you so, so much. You guys have been just a godsend.
32:45 I told Congressman Herradopoulos this.
32:47 When he goes and he tours the schools, I am just so floored to
32:49 see him stand before a classroom, which he is very comfortable
32:52 in.
32:53 But he was able to talk to many of our students. He was at Space
32:56 Coast last week.
32:57 And, you know, he’s so devoted to Brevard County that he is
33:00 making sure that he is securing federal appropriations back here
33:04 to invest in the next generation of students that are going to
33:06 go into the career force.
33:07 So from the bottom of my heart, representing the North End and
33:09 him specifically working on an appropriation for one of the
33:12 North End schools, please make sure that he knows that we
33:14 appreciate him and we are so grateful that he is where he’s at.
33:17 And thank you for coming today and speaking on his behalf as
33:19 well.
33:20 Good. Do I hear a motion? Move to approve. Second. Is there any
33:26 discussion? Hearing none, Paul. Ms. Campbell? Aye. Mr. Chisholm?
33:30 Aye. Ms. Wright? Aye. Mr. Drenk? Aye.
33:33 We’ll take a picture? Should we take a picture? Yeah.
34:03 Okay.
34:31 We are now on to the public comments portion of the meeting. We
34:45 have three speakers, all of which will receive three minutes.
34:52 Our attorney will call the speakers in order, which they are
34:54 assigned to speak. Mr. Gibbs, please call the first or all three
34:57 speakers.
34:58 If you guys can go down to the corner over there, that’d be
35:00 great. If you’re going to speak that way, when they call your
35:02 name, we’re ready to go.
35:04 And that’s it. Here we go.
35:07 Bill Perlman, Bernard Brian, Paul Rauch. Good morning. I’m Bill
35:26 Perlman. Today, I’d like to address item B1 on the agenda for
35:28 the proclamation for Black History Month.
35:30 And first and foremost, I really want to emphasize that I love
35:35 this proclamation. I love that you took time to recognize the
35:41 contributions, achievements, and history of black Americans by
35:45 proclaiming February as Black History Month.
35:49 And the language of the proclamation is inspiring. As a reminder
36:05 of what you just passed, let me quote some of the language you
36:12 adopted. It proclaims that Brevard Public Schools, quote, is
36:14 committed to creating an inclusive and equitable learning
36:14 environment that honors diversity, promotes understanding, and
36:14 encourages respect for all. Love it.
36:15 It also says, quote, you will foster an environment of mutual
36:19 respect, empathy, and understanding. And I want to congratulate
36:25 you on embracing your inner wokeness.
36:30 Being woke ensures policies focused on diversity and equity, and
36:40 that’s exactly what your proclamation demands. It’s a new day in
36:48 Brevard Public Schools. From now on, as the proclamation states,
36:48 we will encourage respect.
36:48 So gone are the days when Mr. Trent will announce to the public
36:52 on his hot mic that he– Mr. Perlman, Mr. Perlman, can you
36:57 please explain why this has anything to do with Black History
36:59 Month?
37:00 Stop my clock. You owe me 10 seconds, please. Can you please
37:03 explain that to me? Can we do that? You are eating my time,
37:08 illegally removing my time. I’ll give you another three minutes
37:11 at the end.
37:12 We’re trying to speak to the– If you’ll reset the clock to
37:15 three minutes, I’ll be happy to respond. At the end, we’ll give
37:18 you another chance.
37:18 Mr. Chair, can you please finish, because he’s talking about the
37:20 agenda, whether we like it or not, and he’s talking about Black
37:23 History Month.
37:24 Thank you, Mrs. Campbell. You just ended.
37:28 You don’t want to engage in another lawsuit where you lost $570,000
37:34 to a First Amendment lawsuit. I’ll wait for you to reset the
37:38 clock, and I’ll begin again.
37:40 Please keep going, Mr. Perlman.
37:42 Under no circumstances will I allow you to steal my three
37:44 minutes.
37:45 You have three minutes. Go ahead.
37:47 The clock doesn’t show it.
37:49 Keep going.
37:50 No, sir. Reset the clock, please. We will begin again. You
37:53 unnecessarily interrupted me.
37:55 No, I was just asking you to get to the point of order.
37:57 I very clearly made my point, waiting for the three minutes to
38:02 reset. I will not allow you to steal my time.
38:04 You have three minutes at the end of the meeting.
38:06 No, sir. This is agenda-related.
38:08 We’ve already passed the proclamation that you’re speaking to.
38:11 Correct. It is on tonight’s agenda. Please consult with Attorney
38:14 Gibbs as to whether or not you are violating my rights.
38:17 Thank you.
38:18 No, sir.
38:22 All right. Next speaker.
38:24 Good morning. I’m Bill Perlman. I’d like to address item B.
38:29 Mr. Perlman, please sit down for the next person. Nobody’s been
38:37 violated. Nobody has violated.
38:40 Mr. Perlman, please sit down so the next person can speak.
38:43 No, sir.
38:44 All right. Can we have staff come over here and explain to him
38:47 the next step?
38:48 You are moving me illegally. You are violating my rights.
38:50 Nobody’s illegally moving you. You have an opportunity to
38:52 address any issue.
38:53 I have three minutes of public comment. That’s all I ask. What
38:56 are you afraid of?
38:57 Mr. Perlman, you have an opportunity at the end to address.
38:59 You’re speaking to an agenda item that has already been passed.
39:08 Resetting the clock resets it for longer than the three minutes.
39:12 Mr. Gibbs, I implore you to prevent another expensive lawsuit.
39:17 Mr. Perlman, please, for the sanctity of our board, can you
39:22 please sit down so other people can speak?
39:26 I will take my time at the end when it is longer.
39:29 Yes. And that’s totally fine. And we’ll give you your other
39:31 three minutes.
39:32 You are violating my rights.
39:33 Nobody’s gender related. Come on, man. Yeah, okay, thank you.
39:36 Thank you, Mr. Wilson.
39:38 Bernard Bryant.
39:39 Unbelievable.
39:40 Yes, you need to speak up.
39:42 Ten seconds.
39:43 I think the audience needs to be able to be quiet and speak to
39:46 each one of the agenda items through public comment.
39:49 Please don’t yell out while we’re having those people speak.
39:57 Good morning. Good morning, everybody.
40:00 My name is Bernard Bryant, and I’m a community partner, and I
40:03 represent the South Brevard branch of the NAACP,
40:06 as long as the concerned citizens of South Brevard.
40:13 At the last school board meeting, I saw a lot of pain in your
40:17 faces.
40:18 When you were closing Cape View Elementary School due to low
40:22 enrollment.
40:24 When I saw that pain, I realized that the market is shifting.
40:31 There are a lot of growth in the charter school market,
40:36 and we saw this year around 3,000 students that we lost in the
40:40 public school market.
40:42 So when I look at the agenda item that deals with the recertifying
40:50 of a contract for the Horizon Charter School,
40:56 I was a little bit worried about that.
40:58 And the reason why I was worried is because, you know, cutting
41:02 staff, losing people,
41:04 I’ve had a chance to do that before in my career, and I know how
41:08 painful that is.
41:10 So when I saw that this charter school contract is being renewed
41:14 to increase its capacity,
41:17 it kind of bothered me a little bit, because now we are losing
41:20 market share to another charter school by renewing this contract.
41:27 I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know the detail of that.
41:32 But one thing I do see is that losing schools are providing a
41:37 capacity of a charter school who’s our competitor,
41:41 to me, doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.
41:44 And basically what I was trying to say is that you are arming
41:49 our charter school to do more damage to our public school.
41:54 Like I said, I don’t understand the law per se.
41:57 But by giving our charter schools more capacity,
42:02 and we need to gain capacity in our public school, is a threat
42:07 to our public schools.
42:10 So I’m asking this board, what is the thinking behind that?
42:14 When you are increasing the capacity of a charter school,
42:18 it really tells me that now the charter schools are going to
42:22 have another competitive advantage over the public school.
42:27 I’m not sure whether that’s making any sense, but it’s just like
42:30 playing football, all right?
42:32 If I give this other team my best quarterback, which is a
42:35 competitive advantage, it puts me in a disadvantaged situation.
42:41 So when you allow this charter school to grow and have greater
42:44 capacity, it’s really a threat against the public school.
42:49 So that is my thinking. That’s where my heart is.
42:52 And I hope that that doesn’t happen because I love Brevard
42:57 Public Schools.
43:00 All around.
43:09 So I will be speaking to B1, the Black History Month
43:15 proclamation again.
43:18 To echo Bill, no, no objections, whatever. Terrific proclamation.
43:25 I would love to see in the coming year before next year’s Black
43:28 History Month, some evidence of meaning any of it, living up to
43:35 it.
43:37 When we have people bringing forth, bringing to this board in
43:42 the past,
43:43 evidence of unequal discipline and punishment to black students
43:48 and students of color.
43:51 And having that dismissed, there’s the head shake because we don’t
43:54 like data here.
43:56 That doesn’t measure up with that proclamation.
44:00 Suggestions to expand, improve, make it a priority to expand
44:07 access to VPK and other supportive services, particularly in
44:12 heavily minority and black districts.
44:15 No action, a nod, thanks. No living up to that.
44:20 Absolute obedience bordering on genuflection to the our current
44:25 state Department of Education standards, which make it almost a
44:31 crime,
44:32 possibly a fireable offense, literally, to actually teach about
44:36 the effects of black history and the ongoing systemic effects of
44:42 race and relations in this country.
44:45 And we have a board member, a former chair who campaigned on
44:47 making sure we’ll never, ever, ever talk about those things.
44:51 No, sirree, Bob. So it’s a lovely proclamation.
44:58 And all available evidence says it is an empty proclamation.
45:05 I loved every word of it. I fear if Mr. Trent held it, it would
45:10 burst into flames.
45:12 Thank you. It concludes agenda items, only public comments.
45:19 We thank you for taking time out of your schedule to address the
45:21 board with your concerns and suggestions.
45:23 I’d like to remind the public that the board is accessible for
45:26 further conversations outside of the business meeting through
45:28 scheduling a meeting.
45:30 We are now at the consent agenda. Dr. Rendell. There are twenty
45:33 nine items under the agenda under this category.
45:37 Thank you, Dr. Rendell. Does any board member wish to pull any
45:41 items? None.
45:43 All right. I’ll entertain a motion to accept the consent items
45:47 on tonight’s agenda.
45:49 Any discussion? Yeah. Just just because I wanted to address the
45:52 concerns of Mr. Bryan about the charter school expansion.
45:55 This is if you take a look at the documents, this is our very
45:57 smallest charter school. He has about one hundred and thirty
46:00 five students currently.
46:02 They’re looking at adding a few classrooms that will still be
46:05 the smallest charter school in the county.
46:09 And to be honest, I appreciate your efforts and I do not conflate
46:13 the two because the enrollment things that we’re that we’re
46:17 dealing with are kind of sideways correlated with some of our
46:21 charter school growth, but not always directly.
46:23 And in fact, especially in the south area of the county where
46:26 you and I live, frequently the charter schools that have that
46:30 have been planted have actually provided some release for
46:35 growing population when we could not build fast enough or
46:39 inexpensively enough.
46:41 And charter schools actually took some of the pressure off,
46:43 especially in the Meadow Lane area, which is this school is very
46:45 close to.
46:46 So, you know, Brevard, we actually work in pretty good
46:49 partnership with our charter schools. And this is one that I don’t
46:54 get a lot of phone calls and e-mails.
46:56 I can probably tell you in my seven and a half years on the
46:58 board, I’ve probably gotten one e-mail or phone call about this
47:01 charter school.
47:02 And that’s a good sign. That means parents are happy with the
47:04 education they’re receiving. It’s a different it’s a Montessori
47:06 program.
47:07 It’s a different it’s that’s what choice is about. Parents
47:09 getting a different environment.
47:10 So I hear your concern. But just so you know, this is a pretty
47:13 small expansion of a pretty small school that and who is doing
47:17 good work in the West Melbourne area.
47:20 So I’m going to keep an eye on it. Happy to have more
47:22 conversation with you after the meeting.
47:24 Thank you.
47:27 All good.
47:30 All right. Paul, roll call, please.
47:31 Ms. Campbell?
47:32 Aye.
47:33 Mr. Sheehan?
47:33 Aye.
47:34 Ms. Wright?
47:34 Aye.
47:35 Mr. Trent?
47:35 Aye.
47:36 We’ll now hold a public meeting on textbook adoption K-12
47:39 English language arts and 7 through 12 intensive reading.
47:43 We will in accordance with the law, Florida law, accept public
47:45 comments.
47:46 Paul, please call the first speaker.
47:49 This is open.
47:50 Yeah, I know.
47:51 Any speakers?
47:52 Second call.
47:53 Any other speakers?
47:55 All right.
47:56 Is there anyone present who wishes to address these items?
47:58 Hearing none.
48:00 Do I have a motion?
48:01 Second.
48:03 Any discussion?
48:05 I just want to thank the ELA curriculum team over there.
48:08 I had spent the better part of last week going through all these
48:12 ELA documents in case they came up or there was concerns or any
48:15 kind of e-mails.
48:17 I’ve got none.
48:18 And it’s just, again, to the team over in the curriculum
48:20 department, you guys are doing an amazing job, obviously,
48:23 and vetting some good curriculum that’s going to go before our
48:25 students.
48:26 So thank you for your hard work there.
48:30 All right.
48:31 Paul, roll call, please.
48:32 Ms. Campbell?
48:33 Aye.
48:35 Ms. Wright?
48:36 Aye.
48:37 Mr. Tran?
48:38 Aye.
48:39 Dr. Rendell Lee, please let us know about the items under the
48:39 action portion of today’s agenda.
48:41 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
48:42 There are no action items.
48:43 There are also no information items, so you can move straight to
48:45 your board member recognitions.
48:47 All right.
48:48 Thank you.
48:49 Anybody have any board member recognitions they want to talk
48:51 about?
48:52 Ms. Campbell?
48:53 Yes.
48:54 You want to go first?
48:55 I’m sorry.
48:56 So I wanted to thank Supervisor of Elections Tim Bobanek for the
49:01 most recent Your Vote Is Your Voice assembly that he held at
49:05 Mill High.
49:05 It was a great opportunity, and he motivated the students with
49:11 real-life examples of why they want to especially vote in their
49:15 local elections.
49:17 I’ve had to do cell phones.
49:19 But I appreciated that.
49:22 A few Saturdays ago, I attended – Dr. Rendell was there as well
49:25 – the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, and there were
49:31 some – I won’t – I’m not going to – they have some new awards.
49:35 They have a student of the year, which I am hoping that we can
49:37 get GCR to recognize at a future meeting of a student from
49:40 Heritage, and then also a volunteer of the year for their
49:43 organization, which is kind of a – supports the schools that
49:47 they are their own organization, but I think that it’s worth
49:49 recognizing.
49:50 But I wanted to particularly recognize the two inductees into
49:53 the Business Hall of Fame.
49:55 Frequently, the Business Hall of Fame inductees aren’t
49:58 necessarily – they’re just – they have contributed to the
50:01 business of our county and to the success of our county.
50:05 But these two inductees this year have special relationships
50:08 with our school district.
50:10 One is Keith Winston, who is the executive director of the zoo,
50:13 Brevard Zoo, and obviously we’ve had great partnerships with
50:16 them through the year and will continue to have partnerships,
50:19 especially as the aquarium moves forward.
50:22 And the other one is Kendall Moore, who has been someone that
50:25 has brought counsel to our superintendents in the past and to
50:30 board members in the past, and he is a product of Brevard Public
50:34 Schools.
50:35 And so I just wanted to congratulate both of them, Keith Winston
50:38 and Kendall Moore, for their recognition and their induction
50:41 into the Business Hall of Fame for Junior Achievement.
50:44 Oh, Saturday – this last Saturday were the three all-county
50:47 concerts.
50:48 They were amazing, one of my favorite days of the year, and I
50:51 just wanted to give a special shout-out to the middle school
50:54 choir because that was probably the best middle school choir
50:58 performance that I’ve ever seen.
51:00 It was just – and it had a lot to do with who they had as the
51:02 guest clinician, but they were just truly outstanding, and it’s
51:05 not just because I was a middle school choir teacher.
51:07 They really truly were outstanding, and it was one of my
51:10 favorites of the day.
51:11 As a report, I wanted to give you guys an update.
51:15 You know, I went to FSBA Day in the legislature last week, so I
51:18 wanted to give you just a report back on that.
51:21 I was able to meet with all seven members of our delegation.
51:25 Senator Wright had a meeting at the time of my meeting, so I
51:27 talked with his staff, but then when we got done, we sat and chatted
51:31 like he always is so kind to do.
51:34 I wanted to publicly thank all seven members of our delegation
51:37 because any time I’ve gone to Tallahassee, their doors are open,
51:40 their ears are open, they are listening to our concerns.
51:44 They ask questions back of me, of what do we need, what do I see
51:47 as the problem with what we’re asking.
51:50 For example, I was talking to Senator Mayfield about attendance.
51:53 You know, we want to give districts more flexibility so we can
51:56 start getting on when students are chronically absent.
51:59 We can start earlier than the ten days mandated by state. Our
52:02 hands are tied until then.
52:04 And so she asked me, you know, my thoughts on what is causing
52:06 this, and so I just appreciate those questions back.
52:09 Just to give you an update, in the first week of session, the
52:12 Senate passed Senate Bill 318, which is related to the
52:16 educational scholarship programs.
52:18 And I very much appreciate Senator Gates’ leadership on this.
52:21 They passed it unanimously in a bipartisan way.
52:24 All of the members of the Senate passed this, and what this will
52:27 do is it will address the findings in the Auditor General’s
52:32 report from last fall
52:34 that listed out the problems and recommendations for shoring up
52:39 the system that is causing school districts to lose money
52:43 because the numbers are not reported accurately.
52:47 It’s causing private schools also to lose money, parents to be
52:49 left out in the cold.
52:51 And so it establishes – it is basically asking to pull all of
52:55 the family empowerment scholarships out of the FEFP to be its
53:00 own categorical.
53:02 Like I said, the Senate has already passed it. The House is not
53:04 moving on it, but it is my understanding from the conversations
53:07 that we had that it will probably be part of negotiations when
53:10 we get close to the end.
53:11 So that is good news, and I made sure I let all of our House
53:14 members know, hey, we would really like this because this helps
53:17 districts.
53:18 It also helps the families. It also helps the private schools if
53:21 we can shore this up and define it, right, so the money is
53:26 fairly distributed.
53:28 I also had good conversations with all of them about schools of
53:30 hope, made sure they understood the implications of schools of
53:33 hope if we were to have one here in Brevard.
53:36 Our security issues, which we have all expressed concerns with,
53:39 of trying to secure a campus with two schools, two sets of rules,
53:44 possibly two different calendars, as well as our concerns about
53:47 code of conduct issues if they don’t have to follow a code of
53:51 conduct.
53:52 I also shared some of the financial things when it had to do
53:55 with transportation and feeding students and the calendar issue,
53:59 and so they were all appreciative of that information, and I
54:02 think there are some things moving also on attendance on the
54:06 House side with Representative Tribolci.
54:09 There’s a piece of language in her House Bill 1071 that talks
54:12 about giving school districts that flexibility, and so I talked
54:16 to our senators about, hey, please look at that.
54:19 I also was able to talk with them about our Brevard-specific
54:22 request, appropriations request for the Firefighting Academy at
54:26 COCO, as well as the adult ed program.
54:29 So please continue to follow on the Florida channel if you want
54:32 to see what they’re up to and just get updates so we can call
54:36 them in between, because a lot of things are going to happen
54:39 between now and our next board meeting.
54:41 They’re getting closer and closer to the end of session.
54:44 There also will likely be a special session about the property
54:48 tax reform, but it looks like – and, of course, no telling what
54:53 will happen, but it looks like the majority of the bills that
54:59 are moving forward would exempt public school taxes to maintain
55:06 a stable base for education funding in the state of Florida.
55:10 So more on that as we move forward.
55:15 I think that this week, tomorrow, maybe, is Brevard Day at the
55:18 Capitol, not able to make that one, but it’s coming up soon, and
55:20 I know they’re going to be representing us well, and I think Dr.
55:23 Rendell is heading up there in the very near future.
55:27 So anything that we want to share with them as they get into the
55:30 next round, I’m sure he’d be happy to take that message forward.
55:34 Thank you, Mr. Chair.
55:37 All right. So as we all know, last week was literacy week in our
55:43 schools, and I had the pleasure to join Congressman Herodopoulos
55:47 at Delora.
55:48 We were out of town, so I filled in there.
55:51 And he spoke to a group of middle schoolers in the library, and,
55:55 you know, just like we had mentioned being up at Space Coast and
55:59 how comfortable Congressman Herodopoulos is in front of our
56:03 students.
56:05 It’s the same when he’s talking about CTE or just life in
56:08 general.
56:09 He is a former teacher and has written many books, and that’s
56:14 his comfort level is being in front of our students or any
56:18 students.
56:19 And it was a pleasure to watch.
56:22 He interacted so well with those kids.
56:24 They were asking questions back and forth.
56:27 Many of it was just had nothing had to do with literacy on some
56:30 of them, but it was they were really good when you get when you
56:34 get 10, 12, 12 year old, 13 year old kids asking questions.
56:37 He just answered them all, and they had to they had to pull them
56:40 off the off the stage, basically, because he could sit there all
56:43 day long talking to these kids.
56:44 So it was it was a pleasure being there.
56:47 And then we always, you know, mentioned things that we have done.
56:51 But, you know, some of the times we mentioned things that we’re
56:54 going to do in this week, we’re going to have a groundbreaking
56:56 on our Gardendale separate day school.
56:59 So if you had that on your list, you do you could take that off
57:01 there.
57:02 So that’s going to be on the grounds of Kennedy Middle School
57:06 here locally.
57:08 And it’s a special time.
57:10 This is a school that we’re being able to build for our most
57:16 severe students in need with disabilities.
57:20 And we’re going to give these students everything we could
57:24 possibly have so they can have success in whatever they do in
57:28 the future.
57:30 So it’s an exciting time. You might have already driven by and
57:33 seeing that there is ground breaking started, but we’re
57:36 officially going to do it this week.
57:37 So we’re excited to have that as a project here in Brevard.
57:42 So, yeah, it is.
57:46 So we’ll have that, but we want to keep that that houses what
57:49 about 100 students or so.
57:52 And it’s it’s centrally located now. So it’s going to be easily
57:55 accessible from the north and the south.
57:57 So they had a lot to do with that. So we’re we’re very excited
57:59 about that project.
58:00 So it’ll be good. Mr. Chair. Thank you.
58:04 All right. Well, I’m going to go next. I’m going to talk about
58:07 the Gardendale separate day school, but I’ll wait and do that at
58:10 the end.
58:11 I want to thank Sue Han and the facilities department. This week
58:14 we had the great polar blast of Florida that has never happened
58:17 before.
58:18 So there’s a lot of challenges. And I laugh. She said she sang a
58:21 song last Christmas, a Christmas carol of all the different
58:23 things that happen in facilities.
58:25 Well, one of them I bet you’re not banking on in Florida is
58:28 frozen pipes or boilers not working to provide heat because it’s
58:31 been so cold.
58:32 So thank you for the teams that are out there making sure that
58:33 our classrooms are up and running.
58:35 I know that was a little bit of a challenge. Still is a bit of a
58:37 challenge when you’re maintaining as many facilities as we are.
58:40 We see you. We recognize the hard work your team is doing. And
58:42 we thank you for all of all of the work that you’re putting in
58:44 around the clock.
58:46 I’m going to talk also about the separate day school, because I
58:49 think something that’s very, very, very unique for this board is
58:52 that just today we passed that we are going to allocate the
58:55 educational impact fees from the north and the south.
58:59 There’s always this misconception, the community that, oh, you
59:01 know, Vera is getting all of our tax dollars for.
59:04 No offense, Matt, but that’s what everybody always says. Like,
59:06 our schools aren’t getting repaired because Vera is getting the
59:09 best schools.
59:10 Everyone says that. That’s just the way it is. But this is
59:13 really showing a unified effort from our entire county from the
59:16 north to the south to invest our funds, our educational impact
59:20 funds into a school that is going to serve our most vulnerable
59:23 population.
59:24 One of the things I am extremely, extremely proud of this board
59:26 for doing is that we were able to build the middle school debt
59:29 free.
59:30 We are on track to build this school debt free. That’s huge in
59:33 this day and age.
59:34 So thank you so much to the committee there that made the
59:37 recommendation to allocate those funds. That’s a huge commitment.
59:40 And again, this serves all of Brevard County, so we’re extremely
59:42 grateful there.
59:43 I already touched on Congressman Herradopoulos and thanking him
59:46 for the appropriation at Space Coast.
59:49 And then the other thing, Matt, are you going to do teacher of
59:51 the year? Somebody has to do teacher of the year.
59:54 Okay. All right. We have to acknowledge our teacher. I know.
59:57 Will you go last and then by the time you get there?
1:00:00 No, no, no. No, no, no. Go, go, go, go, go.
1:00:03 All right. Well, I’ll acknowledge our Teacher of the Year event.
1:00:06 So that is always just a fun kind of red carpet celebration.
1:00:10 And really, it’s a fill your cup up evening. And so when we
1:00:13 listen to our teachers come and talk about why teaching is
1:00:15 special to them, what they love about it, it just reminds
1:00:18 everyone this is the mission, this is the why.
1:00:21 So to Michelle Haines, thank you so much for all you do. You are
1:00:23 a Teacher of the Year. We are extremely proud of you.
1:00:26 And this board is cheering you on and cannot wait to see the
1:00:28 amazing things that you do in the future. And that is all that I
1:00:30 have.
1:00:31 Thank you, Miss Wright. I wanted to just say thank you to Miss
1:00:35 Han.
1:00:36 So I want to officially give you the polar bear award for what
1:00:39 you did and your staff.
1:00:41 But I couldn’t get you to grab them to come to this one.
1:00:44 So I’d like to do it at the next board meeting and talk about
1:00:47 because we were getting text updates before school started from
1:00:50 you telling us which schools were opening, which schools weren’t
1:00:53 and stuff like that.
1:00:54 And the and the the amount of coordination that went into that,
1:00:58 the amount of push that the members of the families were able to
1:01:01 get out of their families, come to work, get those things taken
1:01:04 care of.
1:01:05 We don’t even fathom up here because we don’t know the work that
1:01:08 you did.
1:01:09 So I would love to have your polar bear club come and tell us a
1:01:12 little bit of fun stuff about it, because what you did was
1:01:14 everything short of amazing.
1:01:16 So I want to say thank you to that and your team, because, you
1:01:18 know, you never give credit to yourself.
1:01:20 You always try to get it to the team. So I want to say thank you,
1:01:23 Miss Han.
1:01:24 I also want to say thank you to Congressman Herodopolis for the
1:01:27 two million dollar program.
1:01:29 I, I, I taught at Space Coast for six years and I was never more
1:01:33 proud of a CTE program than that one, because the backbone of
1:01:37 the space industry’s workforce is at is in Port St. John.
1:01:42 And being the fact that I taught there for six years, I knew a
1:01:44 lot of the families.
1:01:46 There are families in Titusville. Yes, they are. That is also a
1:01:48 backbone.
1:01:49 They have space mechatronics and some other things.
1:01:51 But I think setting up that direct pipe to Kennedy Space Center
1:01:53 through that program is going to be everything short of amazing.
1:01:56 And it’s something that generationally we will look back and
1:01:59 find that parents who are working out at Space Center are
1:02:03 encouraging their children to stay and work out of the space
1:02:05 center through that program.
1:02:07 That is what we do the best is, is generational occupancy of
1:02:10 these workforce.
1:02:11 So I want to say thank you to Senator, maybe one day,
1:02:14 Congressman Herodopolis.
1:02:17 I also wanted to talk about the separate day school.
1:02:19 I was on the phone with some of the contractors, some of the
1:02:21 stuff yesterday, just making sure everything’s going to be on
1:02:24 pace.
1:02:25 It looks like it’s going to be like a December 1st like open and
1:02:28 then not officially until January 1st.
1:02:31 And there’s a whole bunch of roll out and stuff like that.
1:02:33 But what I would like to do is speak to them about having some
1:02:35 of the students with disabilities families start to see it ahead
1:02:39 of time so they can understand it.
1:02:41 I’d also like there is a huge amount of students with
1:02:44 disabilities families that are out there that would really love
1:02:47 to see us moving in this direction.
1:02:49 And I think that that behooves us to allow them to come see it
1:02:51 also so that they can see that the direction that we’re going.
1:02:54 And you had spoken before about the first time this has ever
1:02:57 happened with north and south impact fees.
1:03:00 It’s because we’re servicing the entire county and it’s awesome.
1:03:03 And I think that being centrally located, we were talking about
1:03:05 a lot of the factors.
1:03:07 I mean, you can get to Kennedy off of 95 in less than five
1:03:10 minutes.
1:03:11 And so when you talk about a county that’s 72 miles long, to be
1:03:13 able to move that way is pretty incredible.
1:03:17 And that’s pretty much all I have.
1:03:19 So thank you very much.
1:03:20 Does anybody else have anything?
1:03:21 Dr. Rendell.
1:03:22 Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, I want to follow up a little bit on
1:03:24 the Teacher of the Year celebration.
1:03:25 So thank you to Janice Kershaw and the Education Foundation for
1:03:28 throwing such a great celebration.
1:03:31 It was last Tuesday at the Radisson at the port.
1:03:34 All of our Teachers of the Year were recognized and honored.
1:03:36 It was really a great event.
1:03:38 Michelle Hannes, the teacher from Melbourne High School, she’s
1:03:41 an English for Speakers of Other Language teacher.
1:03:45 She’s an ESOL teacher.
1:03:46 She works with students who are new to America and new to our
1:03:49 country and new to the English language.
1:03:52 And she does a phenomenal job of helping them learn the English
1:03:54 language and be acclimated into our schools and be successful.
1:03:58 So a really worthy choice.
1:04:01 All six of the finalists were awesome.
1:04:03 Any one of them could have been Teacher of the Year and we would
1:04:05 have been very proud.
1:04:07 But Michelle is doing a fantastic job.
1:04:09 I do want to shout out two of the sponsors for the event.
1:04:12 Community Credit Union is one of our best, most reliable
1:04:16 sponsors.
1:04:17 And they were the keynote sponsor, key platinum sponsor,
1:04:19 whatever, the big sponsor for the event.
1:04:22 And we wouldn’t have the event without them.
1:04:24 And they’re always coming to our aid whenever we need some
1:04:26 support.
1:04:27 And so thank you to Community Credit Union.
1:04:29 But also Starling Automotive Group.
1:04:32 They are new to Brevard County.
1:04:34 They took over some dealerships up in Titusville.
1:04:36 And so they have provided Michelle with a new car for a year.
1:04:40 One of the other local automotive dealerships was supposed to do
1:04:43 that and they backed out at the last minute.
1:04:46 And Starling did not hesitate to come in as a new community
1:04:49 partner and provide that.
1:04:51 They also donated a brand new F-150 to the Titusville High Automotive
1:04:55 Program a couple weeks ago.
1:04:57 So the students of the Titusville High Automotive Program are
1:05:00 going to be working on a brand new vehicle.
1:05:02 Getting them ready for a career in the automotive service
1:05:05 industry.
1:05:06 They’re not working on old hobby cars.
1:05:09 They’re working on brand new vehicles and doing the diagnostics
1:05:11 and things they would do in a dealership.
1:05:14 So we appreciate the support from the Starling Automotive Group
1:05:17 and Community Credit Union.
1:05:19 And again, congratulations to Michelle Hannes, our Teacher of
1:05:21 the Year.
1:05:22 Thanks.
1:05:24 Thank you, Dr. Rendell. Anybody else have anything?
1:05:26 All right, we’re going to take a brief recess.
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