[1. Call to Order]
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EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12, 2022 AT 6 P.M. TO ORDER. ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW: HERE.
>> VICE MAYOR CUTLER: HERE. >> MAYOR WALKER: HERE.
>> BOB MAYERSOHN: PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER: HERE.
[4A. Broward County Schools - Boundaries]
>> A PRESENTATION BY THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS BREEN DIVISION. WELCOME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS J ESHTIONZ RMAIN FLEMING AND CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL. WHAT THAT MEANS IS I SUPERVISE ALL THE OPERATIONAL UNITS IN THE DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION, FOOD SERVICE, PROCUREMENT AND, OF COURSE, OUR BOUNDARY AND DEMOGRAPHICS DIVISION THAT WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK WHO IS PRESENT WITH US ONE OUR BOARD MEMBERS, WHO HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL AS WE MOVE THROUGH SOME ANOMALIES WE HAVE SEEN WITH ENROLLMENTS AND CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT AND THIS EVENING WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY.
I AM JOINED WITH TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY.
THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH MOST OF THE RELATION.
MISS JILL YOUNG. SHE IS A DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDENT ENROLLMENT PLANNING AND OUR DEMOGRAPHY, MR. JOE PEC K. WITHOUT ADO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM AND I WILL CHIME IN WHEN NEEDED.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CONCERNS OF THE PRESENTATION.
JOE IS THE DATA GUY AND I AM THE PLANNER PERSON INVOLVED.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO -- CAN I -- I DO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THIS? OKAY.
GOOD. WE ALSO ASKED MICHELLE KEFERT.
I AM NOT SURE IF SHE WILL BE HERE BUT SHE WILL BE HERE FOR THE 7:00 ITEM. WE WILL TALK OF THE PAST AN PRESENT ENROLLMENT AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND THE OPTIONS WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD TO MANAGE THE OVERCROWDING.
WE WILL LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AND CAPACITY AND WHAT IS IMPACTING ENROLLMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHEN I TALK ABOUT CERTAIN TERMS, WE ALL NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE TERMS MEAN. LET ME QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT THOSE TERMS ARE. FOR PERMITTING CAPACITY, WE ARE TALKING OF THE BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDINGS THAT SIT ON THE GROUND. THEY HAVE FIXED FOUNDATION.
THE WALLS ARE ATTACHED. THE ROOFS ARE ATTACHED.
AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENT STATIONS MULTIPLIED BY A SPECIFIC UTILIZATION RATE THAT IS DETERMINE BY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. AND WHEN WE SAY "FISH"IT MEANS FLORIDA. AND GROWTH CAPACITY, WOOD AND STEEL BUILDINGS THAT SIT OFF THE GROUND ON BLOCKS AND USUALLY HAVE A SKIRT AROUND THEM AND ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS. WHEN WE THINK OF THAT CAPACITY, THE COMBINATION OF PERMANENT CAPACITY AND THE RELOCATEABLES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE LEVEL OF SERVICE WHICH IN FLORIDA IS SCHOOL CONCURRENCY. WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY. BUT WE REFER TO SCHOOL CONCURRENCY WHICH THE SYSTEM FOR NEW PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH. ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE IN BROWARD COUNTY IS THE GREATER OF 110% OF THE SCHOOL'S PERMIT CAPACITY OR IF IT HAS GROSS CAPACITY 100% OF ITS GROSS CAPACITY. WHEN A SCHOOL IS NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES REQUIRED, IT DOESN'T MEET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THEREFORE WE WILL GET MORE OF THIS IN SLIDE 14 A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES.
THESE ARE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. THEY ARE USUALLY DETERMINED BY ACTUALLY BROWARD COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION CREATES THEM. WE JUST HAD A PHONE CALL FROM THEM AND THEY SAID THEY MIGHT UPDATE THEM AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS DATA COMES IN AND THEY LOOK AT THE POPULATION.
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BUT WE CALL IT TAZ. YOU HEAR TAZ A LOT.ANOTHER ACRONYM. EGRESS AND INGRESS AND BOUNDED BY A CANAL AND LARGE STREETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
LET'S SEE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SLIDE AND GUILT AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JOE
AND HE WILL SHOW YOU SOME DATA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JILL.
THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COMM COMMISSION.
THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE SEE HERE IS 15 YEARS OF ANNUAL ENROLLMENT AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SEE BECAUSE IN GENERAL STONEMAN DOUGLAS FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 2900 AND -- 2933 STUDENTS.
AND THE SPIKE WHAT WE ARE NOTICING IS INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT. ONLY PAST TWO YEARS AND MOST SPECIFICALLY THIS PAST YEAR. ENROLLMENT INCREASED FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO THIS SCHOOL YEAR BY 225 STUDENTS WITH I IS THE BIGGEST GAIN THAT THE SCHOOL HAS HAD.
AND I WILL TRY CONTEXTLIZE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR YOU THAT SHOWS THE NEXT SLIDE BETWEEN 2013 TO 2021.
2013 IS KEY BECAUSE THAT IS THE YEAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEDGE REALLY GOT GOING. ALL THE NEW HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW THE COMMISSION IS VERY AWARE OF THAT.
THE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT PARKLAND EXPERIENCED IS IN WEDGE LANDS WHICH WERE ANNEXED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SUBSEQUENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF PARKLAND.
WAS THERE A QUESTION? OKAY, I AM SORRY.
AND THE TOP GRAPH SHOWS THE ANNUAL NEW RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN THE BLUE BARS COMPARED TO THE ORANGE ENROLLMENT LINE AND THE BOTTOM GRAPH SHOW THE CUMULATIVE AND HOW MANY OF THE TOTAL COS ADDED UP EVERY YEAR UNTIL WE GOT TO 4100 COS THIS YEAR.
ONLY COMPLETING DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEDGE AND SOME MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT THERE, BUT AS FAR AS THE CITY HAS MADE US AWARE, ONLY ABOUT 153 REMAINING UNITS IN THE -- IN THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONLINE, WHICH WILL NOT INCLUDE, OF COURSE, GAINER A ACRES IN THIS YEAR'S CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY RE REPORT. THE KEY TAKEAWAY THAT ENROLLMENT IN THE TOP GRAPH DOES NOT -- OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS DOESN'T TRACK VERY WELL WITH THE NUMBER OF HOUSES BUILT IN THE YEAR AND DOES TRACK WHEN NEW HOMES BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE.
WHEN I TALK OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY EVERY YEAR THE CITY OF PARKLAND COMBINES THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A FIVE-YEAR FORECAST OF AGE RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THAT IS WHERE I GOT THAT NUMBER OF 153 REMAINING UNITS AND NONAGE RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 210 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. OKAY.
SO DR. FLEMING TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE BEGAN, BUT THERE ARE FACTORS. EVEN THOUGH STONEMAN DOUGLAS IS CROWDED, 3375 BASED ON BE BENCHMARK ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR.
AND THE ACTUAL USABLE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL IS 3076.
SO IT IS CROWDED. IT IS AT ABOUT 116% OF ITS PERMANENT CAPACITY WHICH IS NOT SET APART FROM ALL OTHER SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS AT THE UPPER EDGE OF THE SCHOOL.
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL BE SIMILAR IS FT. LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL. 115.8%.
BUT HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T OPERATE THE SAME WAY AS ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL, MOVE WITH YOUR ENTIRE CLASS FROM PLACE TO PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE HAS MUCH MORE INDIVIDUALLY DIFFERENT CLASSES AND HAVE MUCH MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR SCHEDULES. AND HIGH SCHOOL SPACES ARE USED A LOT DIFFERENTLY AND HIGH SCHOOLS ARE A LOT BETTER EQUIPPED TO MANAGE EXCESS ENROLLMENT THAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT I AM GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT SLIDE, BECAUSE I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE AVAILABLE SPACE SYSTEM IN STONEMAN DOUGLAS IS NOT CAPTURED IN THAT FISH PROGRAM THAT JOE WAS TAL TALKING.ABOUT.
ALL HAVE ROOMS THAT ARE USED AND ARE NOT IN THE CAPACITY.
STONEMAN DOUGLAS HAS 38 ROOMS WITH GREATER OF 400 WITH A TOTAL OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE SCHOOL INDOORS OF 63,000.
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SO THAT INCLUDES ALL KINDS OF FACES, LIKE THE LIBRARY, WEIGHT ROOM, CAFETERIA, STAGE AND RESOURCE ROOMS THAT DO HELP TO MANAGE THE WAY THAT STUDENTS ARE ACCOMMODATED ON CAMPUS.BUT THERE IS A PERCEPTION OF CROWDING.
EVERYONE -- WE HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
I AM SURE YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT STONEMAN DOUGLAS IS CROWDED AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS.
AND THERE ARE FACTORS THAT EXACERBATE.
AND TWO OF THE ONES WE HEAR FREQUENTLY ARE THE FOOD SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION BEING BACKED UP AND BOTH OF THOSE KIND OF TIE INTO POST PANDEMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EVERYONE THE COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAV LABOR SHORTAGES IN BOTH THOSE DIVISIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO DR. FLEMING ON THAT BECAUSE HE RUNS BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. THAT IS SLOWING DOWN FOOD SERVICE SPECIFICALLY AT ST STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF STAFF OUT EVERY DAY IN TRANSPORTATION AND WE ARE SH SHORT.
SO IT IS -- IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR A CROWDED SITUATION. AND IT IS MADE WORSE BY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
I AM GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS THOUGH.
WE DID SEE THIS JUMP IN ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR THAT DR.
FLEMING MAY WANT TO SAY SOME MORE ABOUT.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFICALLY DRIVING IT.
THE POINT I AM TRYING TO GET TO, THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFICALLY DRIVING THIS ENROLLMENT INCREASE OF 225 STUDENTS WE SAW. STONEMAN DOUGLAS IS A VERY HIGHLY REGARDED SCHOOL. PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WHO LIVE IN THE BOUNDARY WHO GO TO THE SCHOOL WHICH IS THE ATTENDANCE RATE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST OF ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY, 88% OF ALL 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS WHO LIVE IN THE BOUNDARY GO TO STONEMAN DOUGLAS. IT IS ACCEPTABLE.
IT IS UP FROM LAST YEAR, INCREASED BY 1.7%.
THAT 1.7% DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR 225 KIDS.
1.7% OF THE ENROLLMENT WILL GIVE US 57 ADDITIONAL.
YES? >> SO IF I COULD OFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AROUND SOME ENROLLMENT IRREGULARITIES THAT WE SAW. SO IN 2020 WHEN WE ALL EXPERIENCED THE PANDEMIC, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD TO SWITCH TO VIRTUAL LEARNING WITH ENTIRE SCHOOL OPERATION.
UNDER THE EMERGENCY ORDER FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY AUTHORIZED US EARNING FTE FOR OUR STUDENTS EARNING THE LEARNING PER THE EMERGENCY ORDER AND CONTINUED THROUGH 2020-2021 AND BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS WAS THE LAST SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COME BACK TO F FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING.
WE DID SO I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER OF 2020, BUT ONLY 40% OF OUR STUDENTS BUT STILL BEING GRANTED PERMISSION FOR FTE TO CONTINUE IN THAT WAY. ALSO DURING THAT TIME, I THINK WE ALL EXPERIENCED FOOD IRREGULARITIES IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS HOUSING IRREGULARITIES OF SOME OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WERE HOMELESS OR SHARED HOUSING.
DURING THAT TIME -- SORRY -- WE HAVE A PROCESS CALLED SHARED HOUSING, WHERE FAMILIES COULD USE AND GET CERTIFIED THAT THEY WERE SHARING RESIDENCE WITH ANOTHER FAMILY.
NORMALLY -- SHOULD I STEP BACK. NORMALLY THAT PROCESS REQUIRES US TO VERIFY THAT IF WE WERE FACE TO FACE, BUT DURING THE PANDEMIC IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS REMOTE. SO DURING THAT TIME WE NOTICED AND MISS KEFERT TO ATTEST TO THAT THAT SOME FAMILIES HAD AN UPTICK OF SHARED HOUSING FORMS. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WAS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. STARTING THIS COOL JEER 202 2021-2022. NORMAL VERIFICATION PROCESS BECAUSE WE WERE ALL VIRTUAL AND FAMILY HAD TO RE-ENROLL AND A MORE SYSTEMATIC. AND MENTIONED NO DATA TO SUPPORT WHY THAT ENROLLMENT JUMPED AND WE DID NOTICE THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC WE SAW THAT IN CERTAIN AREAS AND VERY -- I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT HAPPENED IN SCHOOLS THAT WERE VERY POPULAR. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS BEING ONE AND CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL.
I WANTED TO BRING CONTEXT WHAT MAY HAVE DONE THAT AND THROUGH
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THE NEXT STEPS TO RECTIFY THAT. >> YOU DID A MUCH BETTER JOB EXPLAINING THAT THAN I WOULD. WHAT THAT LEADS US TO IS UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE PROJECT ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR, THERE IS NO UNDERLYING REASON TO EXPECT THAT ENROLLMENT SHOULD INCREASE. THERE IS NOT A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING DEVELOPMENT LEFT IN THE CITY.
AND THE NUMBER OF 8TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
ONLY ELIGIBLE TO GO TO STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
DOES NOT ACCEPT REASSIGNMENT AND ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL. THE NUMBER OF 8TH GRADERS LIVING IN THE BOUNDARY MULTIPLIED BY ATTENDANCE RATE OF 88% GIVES US THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING 12TH GRADERS.
THAT IS A -- THAT IS A INCREASE THAT WE SEE IN PROGRESSION.
NOT WITHSTANDING, WE DO EXPECT TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THE ENROLLMENT ANOMALIES THAT DR. POLICEMENING WAS SPEAKING ABOUT. I WILL TAP OFF TO JILL HERE.
AND WHERE WE WILL FOCUS OUR EFFORTS INITIALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THERE THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN TIGHTEN UP.
; HOWEVER, IF WE EVER DO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE SEE STONEMAN DOUGLAS'S ENROLLMENT. WHAT JILL IS TALKING ABOUT TO VET THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE REALLY LIVING IN THE BOUNDARIES. ENROLLMENTS INCREASE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL OTHER TOOLS TO RELIEVE ENROLLMENT. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR THIS AND PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION ALREADY.
THESE ARE THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES THAT MAKE UP THE STONEMAN DOUGLAS BOUNDARIES WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVING IN THE ZONE THAT ATTEND THE SC SCHOOL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT BELOW THE S SAWGRASS.
AND THAT IS THE AREA AND ALL OF THE PORTIONS OF THE AREA MOST FREQUENTLY COME UP AS POSSIBILITIES FOR A BOUNDARY CHANGE. AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF KIDS OF THE SAW GRASS IS WAY TOO MUCH. 1200 KIDS THAT WILL UNDERENROLL. YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS SOUTH THERE WHICH MIGHT ADD UP TO A REASONABLE NUMBER.
THAT IF IT COMES TO THAT, THIS MAP SHOWS THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SURROUNDING WHICH IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO ADJUST.
THE TWO THAT ARE MOST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, AT LEAST ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF WHERE THE SCHOOL SITES, CORAL HIGH SCHOOL AND CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL LOOK FULL ON MAP AND BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS REASSIGNED FROM OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY AND IF THE BOUNDARY DECISION IS EVER MADE, THAT NUMBER CAN BE TAPERED OFF TO ALLOW FOR A PHASED BOUNDARY CHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ST STONEMAN DOUGLAS. WITH BOUNDARY CHANGES AT LEAST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF DOING IT ALL AT ONCE.
IT IS A PHASE OUT, SO THAT NO ONE WHO ACTUALLY IS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL IS MOVED, BUT THE INCOMING CLASS EVERY YEAR.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE THINK THAT DON'T WANT TO GET TO INTO THE WEEDS, BUT IT IS KIND OF IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK IT COMES OUT AND GETS CONFUSED WITH -- WITH BOUNDARIES.
AND SCHOOL CONCURRENCY MENTIONED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND DEFINITION SLIDE IS A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR IMPACT ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT HAVE ANY CAPACITY TO DENY A DEVELOPER THE ABILITY TO BUILD HOMES ON LAND; HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT OR THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BUILD AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE GENERATED BY THAT DEVELOPMENT EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SPACE IN THAT AREA, THE DEVELOPER COULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY MITIGATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE NEW SCHOOL CAPACITY. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT MITIGATION FROM A DEVELOPER EXCEPT FOR ONE INSTANCE IN THE CITY OF HALLANDALE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE CONCURRENCY AGREEMENT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY ITSELF SAYS IF THERE IS NO AVAILABLE CAPACITY IN THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY WHERE THE
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DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED, YOU CAN LOOK TO THE ADJACENT SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE SAME PLANNING AREA.THERE ARE THREE ADJACENT HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES WITHIN PLANNING AREA WHICH CORRE CORRESPONDS.
THE PLANNING AREAS ARE THE SAME AS THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO EVEN IF STONEMAN DOUGLAS A ARE, WE WILL LOOK NEXT.
AND THIS IS NOT A CHOICE, BUT HOW A FEE IS ASSESSED.
WE WILL LOOK NEXT TO THE ADJACENT SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, CORPS SPRINGS, AND OTHERS. SUFFICIENT SPACE IN THOSE BOUNDARIES TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT IS PLANNED TO BE PRODUCED BY DEVELOPMENT IN PARKLAND, THEN THERELY BE NO MITIGATION COLLECTED. AND WHETHER WE TRIGGER MITIGATION OR IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT APPROVED.
THAT IS A LITTLE MESSY AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT VERY WELL, BUT CONCURRENCY IS JUST THE AGREEMENT THAT SCHOOL CONCURRENCY IS JUST THE AGREEMENT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
BROWARD COUNTY. >> JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES WHERE IT SHOWS CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. NEGATIVE 440, SHOWING 440 SPACES. IS THAT --
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT ANY MITIGATION FEES FROM A DEVELOPER SAYING PARKLAND BECAUSE THE ADJACENT SCHOOL BEING CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HAVE AVAILABLE SEATS. SO IN REALITY SOME SORT OF
SHIFT FROM STONEMAN DOUGLAS. >> BELIEVE IT TERAVELA IS ADJACENT TOCAM STONEMAN DOU DOUGLAS.
YOU CAN'T DIVIDE THE OVERAGE BETWEEN MORE THAN ONE HIGH SCHOOL. IT HAS TO ALL FIT INTO ONE.
>> HAVING CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL AND TERRABELLA HAVE 605
SEATS. >> ONE DEVELOPMENT WITH 400 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY WOULD BE USED UP AT CORAL SPRINGS AND ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT WITH 600 COULD COME ONLINE BEFORE YOU COULD START ASKING FOR MITIGATION.
>> MAYOR WALKER: YOU ASKING FOR MITIGATION FEE.
>> HAS TO GO TO INCREASING PUBLIC SCHOOL.
>> MAYOR WALKER: CAN I SNAP A PICTURE OF THAT REAL QUICK.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THE SLIDE YOU SAID EARLIER CAPACITY AT CORAL BLAKE HIGH HIGH, BUT 100% CAPACITY,00 STUD
OVER. >> TAPS ON WHAT I SAID THAT CORAL GLADES IS FULL. AND WHEN A SCHOOL HAS SPACE, FLORIDA STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT BASICALLY YOU CAN GO TO ANY SCHOOL IN THE STATE REALLY THAT HAS SPACE AVAILABLE AND THE DISTRICT IS ALLOWED TO DEFINE A PROCESS OF HOW SPACE IS DEF DEFINED. CORAL GLADES WILL NOT BE USED FOR CONCURRENCY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO MIX UP WHAT I
WAS SAYING. >> AT OTHER SIDE YOU HAD CORAL
SPRINGS. >> CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN CONCURRENCY TERMS A BIG GIANT EMPTY BUCKET THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS. FOR BOUNDARY CHANGE TERMS, YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK AT CORAL GLADES BECAUSE SO MANY STUDENTS
CAN BE REASSIGNED. >> THEY WERE TOLD THEY CAN'T GO THERE ANYMORE AND ESSENTIALLY POTENTIALLY -- I MISSTATED.
>> I KNOW A PHASED APPROACH BUT END IF THE FAMILY SAYS -- YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL AND A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF A BOUNDARY CHANGE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WERE AROUND IN 2016. A PROPOSAL TO DO THAT EXACT THING. THE TWO SOUTHERNMOST IN STONEMAN DOUGLAS. PROPOSED MOVING THOSE TWO TO CORAL GLADES. AND IT GOT VERY FAR IN THE
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
>> I THINK I WILL LET JILL DO THAT BECAUSE SHE IS THE QUEEN
OF PROCESSES. >> WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW WHAT YOUR PLAN -- SOME OF YOUR PLANS GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND POTENTIAL OTHER STEPS DOWN THE LINE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL
TAP FEW OF MY DIRECTOR. >> HI, AGAIN.
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>> I AM GOING TO BRIEFLY LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE POLICIES ARE TO DEAL WITH ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT THE ENROLLMENT AND WITHDRAWAL POLICY AND WORKING WITH PRINCIPAL PARKLAND KEFERT WHO ARE IN THE SCHOOL BUT NOT THE ATTENDANCE.
5000 THEY HAVEN'T DONE ASSIGNMENT OF --
>> HOW LONG HAVE WE NOT BEEN DOING REASSIGNMENTS?
>> BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LET IN EARLY, YES.
SO ONCE YOU GET A REASSIGNMENT, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO THE HIGHEST GRADE. WHEN MSD WAS LESS THAN THEIR CAPACITY, THAT IS WHEN THEY GOT IN.
AND THEN 17, 18 AND '19, '20. >> '19, '20 THE LAST TIME WE DID REASSIGNMENTS. OKAY.
>> SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HARD AND SOFTEN ROLLMENT TACTICS, WE ARE TALKING OF THE ULTIMATE BEING THE BOUNDARY CHANGE.
THE HARD TACTIC. NO ONE LIKES TO MOVE INTO A CITY BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEIR MORTGAGE IS TIED TO THE ATTENDANCE AREA.
WELL, IT'S NOT. IF WE WERE TO CAP THE ENROLLMENT OF MSD, NO ONE WILL LIKE THAT EITHER.
A HARD TACTIC. SOFT TACTICS, TO LOOK AT THOSE REGISTRATIONS. I CAN'T GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY WE ARE CONSIDERING A BOUNDARY CHANGE WHEN THEY KNOW DARN WELL THEY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT THEY PLAY WITH THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN THE BOUNDARY AND WE WILL DO THAT REVIEW.
WE DID THAT BEFORE WITH CYPRESS BAY AND BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY AND LET PEOPLE KNOW AND MY DEPARTMENT AND MY DEPARTMENT THAT LIVES IN THE BOUNDARY. THEY DO.
YOU CAN'T KICK OUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE BOUNDARY BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE ILLEGALLY BEING IN THE BOUNDARY.
THAT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH MICHELLE AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THAT IN DECEMBER AND CONTINUE INTO APRIL TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND LIKE DR. FLEMING SAID BEFORE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN PERIOD AND I AM SURE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DATA WE HAVE THERE AND THE ABILITY FOR PARENTS CAN GO ONLINE TO THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL FARM AND FILL OUT THEIR ADDRESS.
YOU CAN'T ASK A PARENT TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL DURING COVID TO BRING THEIR DOCUMENTATION. IT HAS BEEN KIND OF -- NOT AS TIGHT. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH SCHOOL SPACE AND SPACING KIDS OUT.
AND WE ARE KIND OF LIKE IN SURVIVOR MODE DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND NOW IT IS TIME TO GET BACK IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING THINGS UP.
OTHER TACTICS WOULD BE DUAL ENROLLMENT OF INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCHOOL CHOICE.
SCHOOL CHOICE SEATS. AND I THINK I GOT ALL OF THOSE.
SO LET ME MOVE ON. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE WHAT YOU THINK CHECKING THE RESIDENCY, WHAT THAT COULD --
>> WE PROVIDE PRINCIPAL K EFERT WITH BENCHMARK DATA AND WE WANTED THEM TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HER STAFF HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH THE LIST -- WE GO BACK IN THE SYSTEM TO SEE HOW THEY CHANGE IT.
THEY MAY CHANGE IT TO UPDATE THE ADDRESS AND OR THE ASSIGNMENT CODE IF IT IS AN EMPLOYEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
BUT AS FAR AS AN ESTIMATE, WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE THE 88TH DAY ENROLLMENT WHICH OCCURRED JANUARY 4 WHERE ADDRESS MATCHED ALL THE STUDENT ADDRESSES AND SENT THE SCHOOL IS A REPORT OF LISTING OF BAD ADDRESSES. AND POTENTIAL CODING AREAS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEG NET AND YOU CODING THE MAGNET, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG AND SCHOOLS HAVE TO START CLEANING UP THAT.
OKAY. SO -- DO YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING? >> I WILL JUST MENTION -- I WANT TO COMMEND OUR SCHOOL BOARD, BECAUSE IN OCTOBER, THEY APPROVED AN AGENDA ITEM AND I FORGET A NAME OF THE SOFTWARE.
CALLED CLEAR PRO THAT ACTUALLY DOES A NATIONAL SEARCH AND ADDRESS MATCH. SO HOUSING FORMS SAY JILL AND JERMAIN ARE SHARING A RESIDENCE.
ONCE WE USE THE SOFT WARE. MIGHT DETERMINE THAT JERMAIN
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HAS A HOMESTEAD IN ANOTHER LOCATION AND HOW WILL BE LIVING WITH JILL'S RESIDENCE. WE ARE USING THAT SOFTWARE AND PILOTING IT AT MSD AND ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS SHOULD HELP US AS WELL. OUR HOPE IS WHERE A MARKETING EFFORTS LETTING EVERYONE KNOW WE ARE DOING THIS AND RE-E RE-ENROLLING. THAT WE HAVE SOME FOLKS TO SELF-IDENTIFY AND FOLKS THAT MIGHT SAY, HEY, JILL IS NOT -- AND DON'T WANT SCHOOL TO BE TRUSTED IN THAT SENSE.I DON'T KNOW IF MISS KEFERT. >> DR. FLEMING, IS THAT SOFTWARE SUPPOSED TO COME ON LINE?
>> WE DID A TRAINING -- MAYBE TWO WEEKS -- FEW WEEKS AGO WITH HER TEAM. SO IT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
YOU WANT TO SHARE? >> THE SHARED HOUSING IS SOMETHING WE SEE QUITE FREQUENTLY.
TO BE CONCERN OF THAT, INDICATING MY FAMILY IS LIVING WITH THE WALKERS. I MEET PRIVATE WITH THE WALKERS IF THERE IS ANY FRAUDULENT INFORMATION IS FOUND AND IF THE SOFTWARE PRINCIPLES UP NEWS. WE DO NOT ACCUSE EVERYBODY OF WRONGDOING AND A PROBLEM AND OVERENROLLED AND INVESTIGATED.
I HAD SOME WHO SAID IT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY THING AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY MOVING OUT. I HAD OTHERS WHO WERE STEADFAST THEY ARE LIVING WITH ME 100%. YOU CAN COME INVESTIGATE.
AND VISIT. I MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNER RATHER THAN THE FAMILY. ENROLLED KID DO WE KNOW OF THE PROCESS OF WHAT DOUGLAS IN THE BOUNDARY AND WHAT IT YIELDED AT OTHER SCHOOLS AS IT REDUCED CAPACITY BY X PERCENT.
HOW MANY ARE OVERENROLLED THAT ARE BEYOND THE BOUNDARY THERE?
>> WE DON'T HAVE HARD DATA. OUR HOPE BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE, WE WILL GET FROM MSD AND OTHERS THAT ARE USING AND IT HAS YIELDED A PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT WE FOUND ARE NOT LIVING IN THE CORRECT ADDRESS. AND IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, WE CAN SORT OF PROVIDE THAT INCREMENTALLY AS
WE GET IT. >> MAY I ALSO ASK, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE CHANGING CAPACITY OF CORAL GLADES, TERRAVIL LA.
SOMETHING WHERE MSD IS INCREASING AND EVERYTHING ELSE
IS DECREASING? >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN UNDER AT
CORAL SPRINGS -- >> COMMISSIONER BRIER: I DON'T MEAN UNDER OR OVER BUT INCREASING.
MORE PEOPLE COMING TO PARKLAND, AND THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE
INFLUX. >> IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHERE THE KIDS ARE GOING. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OR DECREASE. THE INCREASE IN PARKLAND WE DON'T BELIEVE AN ACTUAL PEOPLE COMING TO PARKLAND.
>> BASED ON THAT COMMENT AND WHAT YOU HAD SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE SHARED ADDRESS, YOU DO BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO DO NOT BELONG IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT MSD.
>> LIKE 100. >> I MEAN YOU CAN'T GIVE A NUMBER, BUT BASED ON WHAT COMMISSIONER JORDAN ISROW JUST SAID, THE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE FLAT.
>> STONEMAN DOUGLAS IS DRAWING. AS JILL AND DR. FLEMING SHARED, WE DON'T HAVE HARD DATA HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE DONE THIS EXERCISE BEFORE WITH TWO EXTRA SCHOOLS WITH BAYVIEW AND CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL WHICH WAS BOTH ON PRECIPICE OF BOUNDARY CHANGE.
WE WERE THERE AND THROUGH THIS WORK WHICH IS A LOT AND TOOK UP, STUDENT WERE REMOVED AND ENROLLMENT CORRECTED ITSELF THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND A CHILLING EFFECT IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER PEOPLE. WHEN THERE IS A CULTURE THAT SAYS WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS, IT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND START CHECKING PEOPLE'S ADDRESSES AND PEOPLE START INFORMING ON EACH OTHER THAT WE SAW WITH THOSE SCHOOLS. IF YOU ELEVEN IN THE AREA AND PERIPHERAL AND YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING BOUNDED OUT OF THE SCHOOL THAT YOU BELONG IN. EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T LIVE
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THERE, YOU GO TO THE HOUSE THAT IS NOT IN THE CITY.THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IN THE INVESTIGATION AND ALL THESE THINGS, WE SAW ENROLLMENT AT BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS CORRECT
THEMSELVES. >> HOW MANY STUDENTS -- SO CYPRESS BAY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE AND SIMILAR TO DOUGLAS IN TERMS OF OVERCAPACITY. HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE REMOVED OR FOUND TO BE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY IN THAT PROCESS?
>> I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU.
I KNOW THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD MEMBER FOR THAT DISTRICT WE IDENTIFIED A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN ACTUALLY ASKED TO LEAVE. THE DECISIONS WERE MADE TO ALLOW 12TH GRADERS AND 11TH GRADER TO STAY AND MORE THAN COUPLE HUNDRED STUDENTS IDENTIFIED.
>> HAVE WE STARTED THAT PROCESS AT DOUGLAS, IDENTIFIED STUDENTS
OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY? >> THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM IS VERY NEW AND JUST ORIENTED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT AND STAFF WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ADDRESSES AND ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON SHARED HOUSING.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN.
THE SHARED HOUSING WHERE THEY CLAIM THEY LIVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THAT MAY NOT BE ACCURATE.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WE ARE HONING IN ON.
IT IS VERY EASY TO PROVE IF THE BRIER FAMILY OWNS A HOME IN PARKLAND, YOU HAVE THE HOME. PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE HOMES.
OFF HOME IN FT. LAUDERDALE AND THEY ARE RENTING A PROPERTY IN PARKLAND. AN APARTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THT. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO STAY AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BILLS IN THEIR NAME THE SHARED HOUSING
IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR US. >> WILL WE SEE A CHANGE OF ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
A PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN FRONTS OR A PROCESS THAT WILL
HAPPEN IN YEARS. >> I WILL SAY I AM SORRY JUST SPEAKING OF THE PRINCIPAL. FROM A PRINCIPAL PERSPECTIVE.
CHILD IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CHILD TAKES PRECEDENT AND LET THE CHILD FINISH THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WE WOULDN'T BE ASKING THAT BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.
>> CORRECT. >> THE NEXT YEAR THEY WOULD NOT BE GOING TO THAT SCHOOL IF WE IDENTIFY SOMEONE IS NOT IN THE
BOUNDARY. >> WE IDENTIFIED A FEW.
WHEN I SAY "A FEW" A HANDFUL. BEFORE WHAT I WOULD DO IS LET THEM FINISH THE SEMESTER OUT WITH A WITHDRAWAL DATE STARTING FOR SECOND SEMESTER. JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN START
FRESH. >> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF SHARED -- WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF KIDS,
I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT 99 LAST YEAR AND
124 THIS YEAR. >> WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARED HOUSING STUDENTS? NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN RECLASSIFIED BUT IN TOTAL, IN AGGREGATE.
>> AGGREGATE. >> ARE YOU SAYING 99 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SHARED HOUSING WHO SHOULD NOT
BE THERE? >> NO, 99 WITH SHARED HOUSING.
>> I WANT TO COMPLETELY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR WALKER.
YOU HAVE TWO THINGS HAPPENING IN TANDEM.
SOMETHING THAT PRINCIPAL KEFRET.
AND TWO YEARS OF NOT DOING YOUR TYPICAL REGISTRATION PROCESS.
VERIFYING ADDRESSES WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE ACCURATE PERSON WHO IS LIVING THERE.
YOU WILL SEE THE CORRECTION OF ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS AND FACE TO FACE AND ASKING MORE QUESTIONS.
WE DO ANTICIPATE SEEING A CORRECTION IN THAT AND DEFINITELY FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE FOR KIDS. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN MARCH, WE ARE NO GOING TO PUT A KID BACK TO A HOME SCHOOL AND WAIT
UNTIL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >> MAKES SENSE AND CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DO. AND COME NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED WHERE AT LEAST 225 STUDENT OVER CAPACITY. OBVIOUSLY THAT IS AN ISSUE.
THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE STARTED THE PROCESS.
IT SOUNDS TO ME -- I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE
EXPLANATION THAT I WAS GIVEN. >> IS THIS A PROCESS THAT IS JUST FOCUSING ON THE IGH SCHOOL? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ACROSS THE CITY SO THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, THE ELEMENTARY SCH SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR ARE WE JUST FOCUSING ON HIGH
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SCHOOL. >> THE SOFTWARE PILOT FOR THESE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WE MENTIONED. REGISTRATION THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT HAPPENS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY. WHAT I AM DESCRIBING IMPACTED ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ENROLLMENT BUMPS IN SOME SCHOOL AND YOU PROBABLY READ AND HEARD THAT THE DISTRICT LOST ENROLLMENT COLLECTIVELY AND AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC. THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE SAW AN ENROLLMENT INCREASE IMPACTING THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL, WE ARE DEFINITELY PRIORITIZING THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T
AREN'T A PRIORITY. >> I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW MY WIFE IS A SC SCHOOLTEACHER AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND ONE CLASS WITH 40 KIDS IN THERE.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT OVER CAPACITY ON SOME OF THESE CLASSES. SOME OF THE CORE CLASSES, THEY ARE STICKING TO THE LOWER NUMBERS THAT ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE, BUT A LOT OF THESE ELECTIVES, THE TEACHERS ARE BEING SLAMMED BY THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN THEIR CLASSES.
I MEAN, IT'S REDING US WILL. >> THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE HERE TONIGHT MINIMALLY 225 OVER CAPACITY.
NOW ONE MORE THING ON THE CAPACITY.
WHAT -- WHAT BUILDINGS -- BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT GROSS AND TEMPORARY CAPACITY. WHAT FIGURES -- WHICH BUILDINGS ARE WE USING FOR MSD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WITH THE -- IF THE NEW INFORMATION, DOES IT HAVE THE SAME CAPACITY AS THE -- CAN
WE GO OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. >> SURE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. IN THE CASE OF STONEMAN DOU DOUGLAS. THE GROWTH AND THE PERMANENT
CAPACITY IS THE SAME NUMBER. >> THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK OF STONEMAN DOUGLAS ARE CONSIDERED PERMANENT?
>> THERE ARE NO MORE PORTABLES, ARE THERE?
SO -- >> SO THE 1200 BUILDING IS-OFF LINE. TILL COUNTED BY THE STATE IN CAPACITY. WE DON'T USE IT TO PLAN HOW THE SCHOOL WORKS AND WE DON'T CONSIDER IT WHEN WE THINK OF OVERCROWDING AT STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
AND INCLUDED IN THE POINT WHERE IT IS RELEASED BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND IT IS DEMOLISHED.
AS LONG AS IT IS STANDING, FISH INCLUDES IT; HOWEVER, TALK OF THE CAPACITY OF STONEMAN DOG ALSO A.
THE TOTAL OF ITS PERMANENT BUILDINGS IS 3077.
>> DOES NOT FACTOR IN THE 1200 --
>> INCLUDES BUILDING 15 AND NOT THE 1200 BUILDING.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. >> THAT NUMBER WAS 3055.
>> 77. >> HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE
NOW? >> AS OF THE BENCHMARK DATE,
>> WAIT. I CAN -- REMEMBER BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE I SPOKE ABOUT HOW SCHOOLS HAVE EXTRA SPACE.
THAT IS WHERE WE GET TO THAT 10% THAT HIGH SCHOOLS CAN EASILY FUNCTION UP TO 110 OF CAPACITY.
ALMOST 3400 STUDENTS. SO THIS WHOLE HISTORY IN THE PAST 15 YEARS WHEN ENROLLMENT BOUNCED BETWEEN 3900 AND 3300 AND LAST YEAR 3350 THERE WAS NO PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT IS IN THAT MANAGEABLE. ONCE WE GO ABOVE THAT 110, 3350
IS WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. >> I THINK THERE WAS.
A LOT LESS STUDENTS SHOWING UP LAST YEAR.
> WE HAD MORE THAN 3,000 STUDENTS IN PRIOR YEARS BEFORE COVID. AND IT HAVEN'T TRIGGERED THIS
VISCERAL RESPONSE. >> MORE THAN 3,000.
>> I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I AM SORRY.
I AM JUST KIND -- THIS ONE IS FOR DR. FLEMING.
YOU MADE THE COMMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE BOARD DID NOT PERFORM THE SAME VALIDATION PROCESS IT NORMALLY DOES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY? >> IT WAS JUST GOING INTO VIRTUAL SPACE. WE JUST COULD NOT.
WE WEREN'T SET UP TO RECEIVE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ONLINE, TO VERIFY, YOU KNOW -- WE HAD FAMILIES THAT COULDN'T SCAN INFORMATION IN BECAUSE WE WEREN'T PERSONALLY IN --
>> THE LACK OF OF THE F FACE-TO-FACE --
>> CORRECT. >> NORMALLY A REGISTRAR AT EVERY SCHOOL AND WHEN THEY ENROLL THEY COME AND BRING OFFICIAL RECORDS. NOW OFF REGISTRAR SITTING THEME MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGY TO INTERACT WITH A FAMILY WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTS AND THIS ENVIRONMENT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
ANYONE PLANNED FOR. >> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BUT LIKE WE KIND OF OPENED THE FLOODGATE AND LET EVERYBODY IN AND THE HARD PART IS GETTING THEM OUT.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POINT THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ROOM AT 110% CAPACITY. I WILL ASK WHAT IS YOUR
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DEFINITION OF "LEVEL OF SER SERVICE?">> LET ME JUST GO BACK. PERFECT.
OKAY -- >> I SEE -- I SEE IT SAID THAT ADOPTED LEVEL IS 110%. WHAT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE IN TERM OF A EDUCATIONAL SERVICE TO STU STUDENTS? HOW DO YOU DICTATED THAT.
WHEN YOU SAY ADDITIONAL SERVICE FOR STUDENTS AND WEIGHT ROOM AND RESOURCE ROOMS AND A STAGE. I FIND THAT KIND OF CONCERNING.
>> SPEAKING AS A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AND FORMER BAND DIRECTOR WHO ALWAYS SAID I WANT 300 KIDS IN MY CLASS BECAUSE WE CAN OCCUPY THAT.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT SPACE USAGE AND I THINK MENTIONED HOW HIGH SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED. IF I AM A THEATRE TEACHER, I AM USING THE STAGE AS MY CLASSROOM.
IF I AM WEIGHTLIFTING COACH, I AM USING THAT SPACE AS WELL.
>> YOU ARE COUNTING THAT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IF KIDS AREN'T IN WEIGHTLIFTING OR AREN'T IN
DRAMA, IF YOU WILL. >> THOSE ARE AVAILABLE SPACES.
NOT MEANING EVERY SINGLE KID -- >> COMMISSIONER ISROW: I AM JUST TRYING UNDERSTAND ALLOW 100% CAPACITY BUT NOT ATTR ATTRIBUTING THAT TO DIFFERENT CLASSROOM BUT OTHER SPACES THAT AREN'T KIND OF INTEGRAL TO THE EDUCATION PROCESS.
>> I WOULD CONTEND THAT THEY ARE.
THOSE SPACES ARE INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT THE STUDENTS' NORMAL SCHEDULE IS. 110 --
>> COMMISSIONER ISROW: BEING TAUGHT MATH AND ENGLISH IN
THESE STAGES. >> TAUGHT IN MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR CORE CLASSES BUT THOSE ARE FOUR OF EIGHT CLASSES THEY
ARE SCHEDULED IN. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW: HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THE CORE COMPETENCIES REALLY WHAT THE THRUST OF EDUCATION IS AND COMMISSIONER CUTLER'S POINT. 40 IN THOSE CORE AND 10 IN THE WEIGHT ROOM, I FEEL LIKE OUR PRIORITIES HAVE A LITTLE
BACKWARDS. >> I AGREE AND I CAN SPEAK HOW SCHEDULING IS DONE. I DID IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I DON'T SEE IT.
I WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND A COURT ROOM 35 STUDENTS USING THAT SPACE AND LANGUAGE ART STUDENTS, 22 IN THE SPACE. IT IS HOW THE SPACE IS
CONFIGURED. >> IF I MAY, I HAVE CONCERNS SOUNDS LIKE 498 STUDENTS OVER CAPACITY AT DOUGLAS ALTHOUGH ONLY 200 SOMETHING OVER THE 110%.
WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 500 STUDENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ASSESSMENTS WHETHER WEST GLADES IS OVERCAPACITY AS WELL?
>> YES, WEST GLADES IS IN CAPACITY.
>> WHAT WE KEEP HEARING AS COMMISSIONERS, RESIDENTS AND PARENTS -- I HAVE A SENIOR THERE.
ALL WE HEAR ABOUT HOW CROWDED DOUGLAS IS.
HOW MORE FAMILIES ARE MOVING INTO THE PARKLAND AREA AND USUALLY WITH YOUNGER KIDS AN NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
AND HOW WE HAVE GOT AT LEAST FOUR WITHIN PARKLAND AND STUDENTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF PARKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE FEEDING INTO BOTH WEST GLADES AND WEST GLADES INTO DOUGLAS. OUR CONCERN WHEN STUDENTS WERE STAYING HOME, THAT THE PROBLEM IS ONLY GOING TO GET EXACERBATED AT DOUGLAS, NOT BETTER.
THE CONCERN WE HAVE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROBLEM THAT IS PRETTY BAD NOW, BUT ON THE CUSP OF BEING BEYOND, YOU KNOW, HANDLING. I KNOW MISS KEPERT DID AN AMAZING JOB AND WE ARE TO THE THAT THE TO HAVE HER AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF 500 STUDENTS AND WITHIN WHAT WE CALL A DEPRESSED YEAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH COVID, I THINK IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
>> PARTICULAR. BECAUSE I HEAR HIS CONCERNS AND I HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS FROM COMMISSIONER BRIER.
I WANT TO ADDRESS AND REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID AND CONFIRM TO ME IF THAT IS ACCURATE.
ONE OF THINGS YOU SAID IS PARKLAND HAS 88% OR% OF OUR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND THOSE SCHOOLS WHICH IS A HIGH -- WHICH IS A HIGH NUMBER. WITH THAT BEING SAY SAID.
IF THEY MOVE IN, AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT CAPACITY, YOU HAVE DONE A STUDY THAT SAYS THE 8TH GRADE CLASS IS SIMILAR TO THE
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12TH GRADE CLASS AND TELLS US NEXT YEAR IF WE DROP THE NUMBER DOWN SOME, WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION NEXT YEAR THAN THIS YEAR. HAVE WE GONE BACK TO 7TH GRADE? I KNOW THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO COMMISSIONER BRIER'S POINT AND LOOKING FORWARD IF NOT NECESSARILY ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS. IF WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS AT WEST GLADES EVEN 7TH AND 6TH GRADE WILL ALLOW US TO SEE HOW PROACTIVE WE NEED TO BE AS A CITY AND OBVIOUSLY SEEING WHAT HAPPENS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WILL GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS THE NEXT STEPS. BUT HAVING 88%, 89% OF OUR RESIDENTS ATTENDING OUR SCH SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT IS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL, TELLS ME THAT THE NUMBERS WILL COME FROM OUR RESIDENTS.IT WILL NOT -- THAT IS WHERE IT SHOULD COME.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE --
>> HISTORICALLY THAT'S WHERE IT HAS BEEN.
>> MAYOR WALKER: NOT GOING TO 95%.
I AM SURE YOU WOULD LIKE IT IF IT DID, IT WON'T NECESSARILY GO THERE. I AM ASKING IF WE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE INTO 7TH AND 6TH GRADE TO EVOL WAIT AS A COMMISSION WHERE WE ARE AT AND AS FAR AS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS CONCERN, THAT IS KIND OF A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LATER BEC BECAUSE, LIKE MY CHILDREN ARE IN COLOR GUARD AND BAND. SO BAND IS ONE OF THEIR CLASSES. SO THAT CLASSROOM IS IN THE BAND CLASSROOM. SO IT IS NOT A TYPICAL CLASSROOM PER SE, BUT AN ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOM THAT HAS 100 KIDS, 50 KIDS, WHATEVER THAT IS.
THAT IS A CLASSROOM. SO I DO UNDERSTAND TO SOME -- I DON'T LIKE HAVING 40 KIDS IN A CLASS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DECA IS A POPULAR ELECTIVE OR CLASS OR WHATEVER IT IS, THOSE CLASSES WILL HAVE BIGGER NUMBERS UNLESS YOU HIRE ANOTHER DECA TEACHER OR IF THE TEACHERS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY ARE, LESS PEOPLE WOULD GO TO CLASSES TOO.
I UNDERSTAND THE ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOMS TO SOME DEGREE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LEVEL OF SERVICE, THAT NUMBER IS ONE THAT BROWARD COUNTY COMES. THAT IS WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES LEVEL OF SERVICE 110%. IS THAT A FLORIDA NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT 110% COMES FROM.
>> THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGLEAM THROUGH THE 27 MUNICIPALITIES, THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BO BOARD.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE 10.
MR. BECK, THE 110% IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMANENT CAPACITY AND GROSS CAPACITY, DOES THAT NUMBER INCLUDE THE 1200 BUILDING OR DOESN'T INCLUDE THE 1200 BUILDING.
>> SO FOR PLANNING, WE DO NOT INCLUDE THAT.
SO 110% OF 3077 WOULD BE THE SCHOOL'S TRUE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT BETWEEN 33 AN 24 STUDENT IS THE MAXIMUM
AVAILABLE SPACE AT THIS POINT. >> THAT 3,000 NUMBER.
HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THAT? >> THE 3,000 NUMBER?
>> YEAH, 3,000 STUDENTS. HOW DO YOU CALCULATE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS. IF YOU WERE NOT INCLUDING THE 1200 BUILDING, STILL KIND OF A MISNOMER THAT YOU ARE SAYING IT IS NOT BEING COUNTED AND DIVIDING THE SAME NUMBER TO THE
SMALLER SPACE. >> NO, LET ME EXPLAIN.
I THINK COMMISSION PROBABLY UNDERSTANDS AND TOP ME IF I AM BEING TOO INTO WISE. THE 1200 BUILDING OFFLINE BIN 25018 HAS BEEN PLACED ONE BY ONE CAPACITY BY THE 1500 BUILDING. 712 STUDENTS ARE FISH FOR THOSE BUILDINGS. THEY ARE EQUIVALENT.
IN THE STATE'S CALCULATION, THE 1200 BUILDING IS REDUNDANTLY BEING COUNTED REPLACED BY THE 1500 BUILDING AND REMAINED AS FAR AS THE STATEHOUSE IS CONCERNED UNTIL IT IS DEM DEMOLISHED. THE STATE DOES NOT DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND OUR DECISION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECISION AND MUNICIPALITIES DECISION TO NOT HAVE THE AGREEMENT. PALM BEACH COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE CURRENCY. AND THE 3077 IS THE CAPACITY OF THE USABLE -- THE ACTUAL ROOMS AT THE SCHOOL.
CALCULATED BY THE STATE. >> BUT THAT IS INCLUDED --
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SWORDRY, JORDAN, OR COMMISSIONERS, BUT INCLUDINGTHE 1200 BUILDING. >> THE CAPACITY WITH THE 1200
BUILDING IS OVER 3700. >> GOTCHA.
>> WE ARE NOT USING THAT NUMBER BUT WE WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE THAT WE KNOWN FROM THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS, THAT THAT BUILDING DID NOT HAVE STUDENTS IN IT.
>> THAT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE BECAUSE WHEN RESIDENTS SEE THE NUMBER -- SORRY I WANT TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
A LOT OF PARENTS ARE WATCHING THIS AND I AM SURE THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED AND I AM ONE OF THEM.
THE ACTION PLAN THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, I THINK, IS A START. BUT THE TRUE ROOT CAUSE AND I CAN AGREE. IF YOU BULL UP PRESIDENT ACTUAL BOUNDARY. AND PULL UP THAT MAP AGAIN.
IN. >> SLIDE 12 IS WHAT IT WAS.
>> JOHN IF YOU WERE FAMILIAR WITH GERRYMANDERING.
I AM QUESTIONING WHY IS IT SUCH AN IRREGULAR SHAPE IF NOT ONLY THE BOTTOM -- I WILL CALL IT THE ARM BLEEDS INTO CORAL SPRINGS NEXT TO CORAL SPRINGS HIGH AND MAKES A ADJACENCY BETWEEN MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS AND 'O OPPOSED TO SAYING REMOVE THE KIDS THAT SHOULDN'T BE HERE BUT REMOVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO BE HERE.
>> WHEN THE BOUNDARIES ARE CREATED THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIGN THE CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE NUMBER TO SCHOOL.
CORAL GLADES I BELIEVE IS OPEN FROM 2004 TO 2006.
STONEMAN DOUGLAS OPENED IN THE EARLY 1990S.
CORAL GLADES IS CARVED OUT WHAT USE TO BE STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
AND AT THE TIME THE BOUNDARY WAS SET -- AN OLD BOUNDARY FOR 15 YEARS ASSIGNED THE CORRECT NUMBER OF STUDENTS TO STONEMAN
DOUGLAS. >> THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO.
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING NOW GOING FORWARD?
>> JILL SAID OF THE SOFT TA TARGETS OF PROVIDING ADDRESSES AND SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T MOVE OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND FORGET TO TELL THE SCHOOL STAFF.
THROUGH THAT PROCESS IF WE ARE COMING THAT IS ABOVE THE COOL'S CAPACITY WE LOVE TO THE HARDER TACTICS WHICH IS EVALUATING THE BOUNDARIES. WE DO NOT HAVE -- I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE A UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE DO NOT HAVE CITY SCHOOLS. WE HAVE -- THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PARKLAND.
A STRONG EDUCATIONAL PARTNER IN PROVIDING SCHOOL CAPACITY AND KEEPING PEOPLE. AND CORAL SPRINGS AND PARKLAND HAVE EQUAL RIGHT TO BE IN ST STONEMAN DOUGLAS IN THE HIGHS
OF BROWARD COUNTY. >> TIME FRAME-WISE SO I UNDERSTAND IT. THE SOFT TACTICS ARE A TWO-YEAR PROCESS AND THEN AFTER. THE SOFT TACTICS THIS YEAR AND WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE FALL TRIGGER A HARDER TACTIC.
IF THE SCHOOL COMES BACK AT 3700 STUDENTS.
THAT IS NOT TENABLE. WE WILL NEED TO --
>> CAN WHICH GET VICE-MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER MAYORSOHN.
>> BOB MAYERSOHN: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING HERE, JILL, JOE, DR. FLEMING.
I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE WORKING IN THE BOUNDARY PROCESS.
WORKING WITH JILL AND JOE. YOU WON'T FIND ANYBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS THE BOUNDARY PROCES AND IS WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY THAN JILL AND JOE.
I MEAN, THROUGH THE BOUNDARY PROCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JOE HAS BEEN WORKING 24 HOURS AND SAME THING LIKE JILL.
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY. SECOND THING, A LOT OF LAYERS TO IMPACT. COMMISSIONER JORDAN ISROW WAS TALKING ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES, AGAIN, CORAL GLADES ENTERED INTO THE PROCESS AND PEOPLE GOING TO DOUGLAS WENT TO CORAL. AND NOT TO BE LONG-WINDED ABOUT IT, BUT THE WAY I SEE IT. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IS YOU ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CAFETERIA USAGE.
AND I THINK COMMISSIONERS WERE TALKING BEING A LEVEL OF SERVICE WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS COMING IN AT 7:40 AND EATING AT 9:40, LUNCH, THAT IS A PROBLEM. ONLY WAY I SEE THIS THROUGH THE
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BOUNDARY PROCESS. I KNOW THAT THERE BOUNDARY PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FOR TWO YEARS.I AM TRYING TO THINK 14, 15, 16 TO KIND OF CUT OFF THAT BOTTOM PIECE OF WHERE IT WAS SHOWN ON THE MAP THOSE TWO ZONES.
>> PAGE 12 I THINK IT WAS. THAT IS JUST MY OPINION FROM SEEING THIS OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS AND THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO CURE THIS BECAUSE, AG AGAIN, IT IS JUST FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT ALONE. AND, AGAIN, EDUCATING THE CHILD. WHEN YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDER CAPACITY AND UNDERENROLLED, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE IT OUT AND THE WEST WAY TO DO IT.
>> AND COMMISSIONER MAYORSOHN'S POINT.
WE KNOW WE ARE AT 225 STUDENTS TODAY.
WE ARE OVERCROWD AND. WE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT.
YOU GO TO THE TWO TAZS. AND NOTHING THAT IS CORAL SPRINGS, PARKLAND. THAT IS WHERE THEY LIVE.
THAT IS WHERE THEIR FRIENDS ARE.
THAT IS WHERE THEY PLAY SPORTS. THAT IS WHERE DO ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR FRIENDS IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND MOVING THEM OUT OF A SCHOOL IS NOT NECESSARILY DISSERVICE, BUT WHAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF PARKING IS WE ARE OVERCAPACITY BY A MINIMUM ACKNOWLEDGED FACT OF 225 STUDENTS.
EVERY SURROUNDING SCHOOL IS UNDER CAPACITY.
THAT IS. SO GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH CORAL CORAL SPRINGS. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHO GOES TO THE SCHOOLS, BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE NUMBERS OF MSD TO THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS, WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL OVER CAPACITY. AND THAT -- TO ME, A DISSERVICE TO OUR TEACHERS, TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND TO OUR RESIDENCE. SO TO COMPASSION MAYORSOHN'S POINT. IS GREAT AND WE DON'T WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR JUST TODAY BUT FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. BECAUSE KIDS COMING UP ARMOR
KIDS COMING IN. >> BEARS NOTE WILLING THAT STONEMAN DOUSE ALSO A OPENED IN 1990 AND THOSE WHO LIVED IN PARKLAND THEY BROUGHT IN KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY TO FILL THAT SCHOOL UP. MY CONCERN OVER THE LAST 32 YEARS, HOW MANY BOUNDARY CHANGES OR BOUNDARIES HAVE YOU HAD. THE LAST ONE IS 15, 16 YEARS AGO. WE HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THIS AREA. TO YOUR POINT YOU MENTIONED THE -- WE VICE PRESIDENT KEPT UP WITH THAT GROUP.
THE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN CHANGED PROBABLY LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES IN THE LAST 32 YEARS WEDNESDAY THE CITY OF PARKLAND IN THAT TIME HAS GONE FROM 1,000 RESIDENTS TO 35,000 RESIDENTS. AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THAT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A CHALLENGE AND THAT THE VETTING PROCESS WITH THE OVERCROWD BE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO 290 SOMETHING.
WE LOOK AT IT AT 100%. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL YIELD SOME HELP AND IT IS A CONCERN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND A CONCERN FOR MISS KEPERT AND CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND PARENTS,
NOT SURE THAT IT WILL SOLVE IT. >> AND I REMEMBER CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL WAS AT CAPACITY OR CLOSE TO BEING OVERCAPACITY.
SAME THING WITH TERRA VILLA. CORAL GLADES, SAME SITUATION.
ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HA THE SAME PROBLEM.
>> NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THESE OTHER SCHOOLS BUT CORAL SPRINGS HAVING 440 LESS ENROLLMENT WILL CERTAINLY HELP THEM BECAUSE MAY BE PROGRAMS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING. THOSE ARE THINGS WE LOOK AT AS WELL. WHAT BENEFITS THE OTHER SCH SCHOOLS. WE TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND CORAL SPRINGS MIDDLE IS UNDERENROLLED BY 50%, 40%. SO -- THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE WE ARE NOT GETTING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MTE FUND THAT IS A DISSERVICE. THE BALANCE.
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A LOT TO UNPACK AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.I THINK WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT SOMEWHAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, MY OPINIONS IS THE BOUNDARY PROCESS. AND BAKE YOU BET ERR FOR
EVERYTHING. >> IT WILL AFFECT WEST GLADES AND AFFECT ALL THE SCHOOLS. WEST GLADES ALTHOUGH IT WON'T BE OVERENROLLED NOW BUT COMMISSIONER BRIER, THERE ARE MORE KIDS COMING AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. NOT JUST TODAY.
THAT WON'T GET US TO THE END GAME.
>> SO THE TRADITIONAL BOUNDARY PROCESS IS NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2022-'23 COOL YEAR?
>> CORRECT. IF YOU ALLOW MISS YOUNG TO WALK THROUGH WHAT THE PROCESS WAS SO THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR IT AS
>>> ON THIS SLIDE HERE, I HAVE A REAL ABBREVIATED VERSION OF IT STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 5. ARE WE GOING TO USE THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY COMMITTEE AND CONSIDER CERTAIN SCHOOLS OR REPURPOSE CLOSURE, BOUNDARY CHANGE AND WHATEVER.
AND THEN START WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY IF, IN FACT, WE DO THE TYPICAL BOUNDARY PROCESS FROM MAY TO OCTOBER TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THE PROPOSALS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN OCTOBER. AND IF WE DO HAVE A COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE AT THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN HEAR THE COMMUNITY INPUT ON IT, AND EVENTUALLY, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WHAT THE COMMITTEE -- WHAT COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND ULTIMATELY THE SOUP MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS IN JANUARY SO WE CAN ADVERTISE TWO READINGS NOR PUBLIC HEARING, ONE IN FEBRUARY AND ONE IN MARCH AND IF NEED BE, A THIRD ONE IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS MADE.
>> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, THAT MEANS THAT ASSUMING IT GETS ADOPTED WHICH IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE BOUNDARY GETS ADOPTED IT WOULDN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL BASICALLY THE FALL OF 2023.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THAT BOUNDARY WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF WHAT THIS VETTING PROCESS YIELDS? OR IS IT THE BOUNDARY REVIEW PROCESS SLATED TO HAPPEN NO
MATTER WHAT. >> I WENT TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER AND THEY SAID GO FORWARD AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS FOR INPUT.
SO, YES. SOME KIND OF PROCESS.
>> SOMETHING IN THAT REGARD, SOMETHING THAT A RESIDENT IN PARTICULAR COMMUNITY CAN TO DO TRIGGER THE PROCESS NOT WITHSTANDING THE PROJECTED TIME FRAME DOING SOMETHING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. AN APPLICATION FOR IT? SOME PROCESS THAT A RESIDENT CAN UNDERGO TO TRIGGER THE BOUNDARY PROCESS SHORT OF YOUR TIME FRAME?
>> NO, WE JUST MET WITH THE BOARD IN DECEMBER AND THEY LIKE THE 11-MONTH PROCESS AND GET FULL COMMUNION INPUT NOT JUST THIS AREA BUT ENTIRE BROWARD COUNTY.
AND JILL AND I ARE THE STAFF. -- JOE AND I ARE THE STAFF.
>> WE WILL CONDITION WITH REASSIGNMENT.
THAT WILL HELP SOME MSD. AND WHILE WE ARE IN THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE REBOUNDARY PROCESS BUT BASED ON WHAT THE BOARD ALREADY SAID WE WILL GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE BOUNDARY PROCESS AND YOU WILL REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT HAVE Y YOU, FOR INPUT WHETHER OURS, CORAL SPRINGS. WE WILL MOVE THAT PROCESS FORWARD. WHAT WE CAN DO AS COMMISSION OR CITY, LET US KNOW, BUT -- RIGHT --
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK I KNOW WE HAD TOUGH QUESTIONS.
>> ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOU ARE INPUTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROCESS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR BUT BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO MEET, THAT PAUSED THE PROCESS. NORMALLY ANNUALLY THIS PROCESS ALWAYS HAPPENS. COMMUNITY ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND S SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND GOES THROUGH THE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE.
JUST AS YOU ARE AWARE EACH MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY SENDS A MEMBER TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SAY ON WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
>> MAYOR WALKER: TO VICE-MAYOR CUTLER'S POINT, NOTHING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN TO DO MAKE SURE THIS PROCESS IS MOVING
FORWARD. >> WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WE HEARD FROM YOU LOUD AND CLEAR BUT TO BE PROACTIVE.
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>> MAYOR WALKER: I WANTED TO CONFIRM WHAT VICE-MAYOR CUT LISHINGZ ASKED. IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED
TO DO. >> I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THAT, YOU KNOW.
>> IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE NUMBER OR E-MAIL OR
WHATEVER. >> WE WILL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND INVESTIGATE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
>> MAYOR WALKER. THANK 3 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IN AN EFFORT FOR TIME, I AM GOING TO CANCEL THE -- NOT ME,
WE WILL POSTPONE. >> WE WILL DEFER IT TO OUR WORK SHOP IN FEBRUARY. NO IT IS A WORKSHOP ITEM AND I THINK THROUGH OUR ONE ON ONES. I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER IT TO THE FEBRUARY WORKSHOP IF THAT IS OKAY.
>> MAYOR WALKER: WITH THAT SAID.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.