In the past 10 years, Port Salerno Elementary went from 59% Hispanic to 79% Hispanic. Then comes the PPO, which has the greatest employee payroll deduction, followed by the HDHP (High Deductible Health Plan) which had no cost to cover for employee-only coverage. Probably not in all ways except politically. Defenthaler stated that the district can also provide the services that the new academy can. It isnt one treatment option fits all but rather one policy that can fit all. There were 5 calls from parents and 4 emails. Apparently, it is so confusing that Florida universities and colleges do not bother to even look at those scores and rebuild the average some other way when considering candidates for admittance. I think that is a good idea. Board Members District 1: Christia Li Roberts District 2: Marsha Powers District 3: Jennifer Russell District 4: Amy Pritchett District 5: Michael DiTerlizzi Meetings Thursday, February 23, 2023 THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MARTIN COUNTY - 5:00 PM - CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT COMMITTEE MEETING Code of Student Conduct Committee Tuesday, February 21, 2023 If you are going to teach a health curriculum as dictated, then the money must come from somewhere. The second was when the state reduced the millage allowed for capital improvements from 2% to 1.5%. Anthony Anderson loses Martin County School Board to Amy Pritchett, Jennifer Russell takes District 3 Thomas Weber; Melissa E. Holsman 0:00 0:48 MARTIN COUNTY Voters Tuesday selected. The answer is no! Since it is retroactive to last year, no money was saved. She also narrowed it down to Licata and Millay. You can find the districts entire explanationhere. This would be the time to make sure it is designed to meet state mandates and be used by the public. It should not be this hard for lay people to understand what the school district is proposing and doing. Winter Break will beginSaturday, December 17,2022, and concludeTuesday, January 3, 2023. The Martin County School Board voted 3-2 Tuesday to appoint Dr. John D. Millay to become the new superintendent of schools. Schools should be looked at as community centers. You can view the maps, options, and agenda item here. There is not only a shortage of drivers but in all support positions. The district projects to have 18,942.4 students this school year. Even with their proportional share of the fund being $3.4 million, the district will have to kick in another $860,000 for increases. Most students attend public school. It doesnt believe in textbooks as much as original sources. Once discussion was held, the workshop was adjourned, and a special meeting began. Im Amy Pritchett, wife, mother, and grandmother, running in District 4 for the Martin County School Board. Copyright 2023 Martin County School District. Ms. Roberts and Ms. Defenthaler both understood what was being said and were sympathetic to the point of view of the committee. Allocation of the pot of money for teacher salaries is a negotiated item between the union and the board. The district will follow a voluntary mask policy as recommended by the Florida Department of Education in 2021/22 school year. It needs to stop behaving as if this is 1960. Asking political boards to write evaluations is usually not helpful to ascertaining what each board member really thinks about the superintendent or manager. Ms. She will explain how you or your business will be featured in the newsletter and on our websites. The board has said that they do not have the funds to bus children that live less than 2 miles from schools. No surprise that Florida ranks 46thout of 51 states and DC on per capita educational spending. In other words, if a student wants to go there regardless of where the student is zoned, the student will be able to do so. Dr. Millay introduced some tweaks to his organization chart. I would suspect that maybe half of these will be built. I also believe strongly that parental involvement in education is crucial to our childrens success. He thought there needed to be an agent of change hired. During public comment, a woman thanked the board for not imposing a mask mandate. I think that trend will continue. Another consideration was where to fuel the busses. From June 29th (the day after the meeting) until the morning of July 5th nothing was on the website that I could find. She will be the last elected superintendent in Martin County. Naturally, no one was in support including Commissioner Ciampi who is the supposed champion of affordable housing. In some ways, it is a good thing she is not running for re-election. A question was raised as to whether the candidates with the fewest votes would choose to come to Martin County since they were not high up on the School Board Members list. There were two things that were passed by the board at this meeting in a matter of seconds. The kid that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo shouting absurdities about being afraid that white people were being marginalized shows how deadly speech and ideas can be. The agenda items need to be on the website prior to the meetings for the public to view. The Board continued to discuss which candidates to interview for over an hour. There is an opportunity for parents to request changes in status going forward. Though money alone will not produce better scores either. The School Board met to finalize Dr. John Millays contract to be the first appointed Superintendent in Martin County history. If I were rating Millay, I would give him an incomplete at this point. Turrell was instrumental in establishing an Arts District downtown. This meeting should have been reported to you in the last newsletter. There are the meal programs, administration, and a variety of other things that are not part of any money that goes into the classroom. I like the idea that the lessons are streamed, and I hope it continues. Should he have organized an event for students that was not school sanctioned? I would love to see it. They have not yet voted to accept the alleged perpetrators resignation. While the district is making progress there is still a lack of both teachers and support staff for Martin County schools. Im the only Martin County School Board Member with that qualification. Anthony George, the boards attorney, wrote a memo laying out the facts uncovered by him and related below. I am mom, experienced leader, and passionate advocate for education. Chair. At Ms. Roberts suggestion, of the anticipated $13.7 million that will be collected from the referendum millage, $10 million will go to teachers pay. Millay has a steep learning curve when it comes to Florida and especially Martin County. You can see the entire presentationhere. This is the type of meeting where Li Roberts shines. It was a theme he returned to a few times in his remarks. You can see the proposed revisions under the Martin County Commission Section. I just cannot help but wonder if trying to save an old building is serving the arts in Martin County, the taxpayers, and the organization well? 30510Email:RobertsCL@martinschools.org, Martin County Children's Services Council Board, Clark Advanced Learning Center Management Advisory Board, Area: District 2 - StuartPhone: (772) 219-1200, Ext. I do think the Board, staff and all students would be served by diversity training. Apparently, Mr. Anderson does not like it when this newsletter writes about the public comments he makes from the dais. Campaigns for public office benefit the most when members of the community join together to support those who share their values. Waters and the Arts Council attorney will be working out the particulars to be presented at the February board meeting in two weeks. My impression is he thinks that Defenthaler is correct, but he realizes the uselessness of fighting. We are deeply aware of the hurt and pain this photograph has caused our community, especially our Black American residents and students. The Insurance Committee of the board meets monthly for most of the year to find plans that are good for board employees but also affordable for the taxpayer. The district still needs to fine tune it and there are more meetings scheduled. These children committed a heinous act. Get the right information. Beginning next year, charter school approvals will no longer come before school boards. He did so here by making sure he had rounded up the PTA and other concerned citizens to speak out for Palm City. His accomplishments are not because of or despite his sexuality. Under our current VPK system, requiring teachers to have college degrees would make the program cost prohibitive to families. How long should that take? Since this is an advisory committee, the board will make the final decision. Last evening the School Board reviewed and discussed an eighteen-page spreadsheet prepared by Staff regarding ESSER II and priorities. They plan on submitting a final site plan next year. Traditional public schools need not bother so much with the families consuming their product. If you have a few minutes over the next few weeks, I would greatly appreciate hearing all of the initial ideas, input, feedback and suggestions you may have. No one has made that clear. Mr. Andersons comments can be found at 2 hours and 30 minutes using this link here, You can find the options for high school re-districting here. It is so profoundly anti-American that we, as a nation, should be ashamed of those acts. Like Mr. Anderson, I long for those simpler times. One such bright spot is that Martin County High School student Sophie Araque Liu was chosen as the national winner of this years Google For Doodle contest. This was mostly in response to overcrowding at Martin County High School which is at 135% of capacity. The state already dictates to districts how much millage to charge and recaptures part of it to distribute to other districts. The Council now needs to get into the building to see the physical condition and what needs to be remediated. Committee Chair Ciampi explained that, once again, the committee did not want to create any new enclaves. Doing so would take innovation and changesomething that seems improbable. As the district introduces better accounting concepts, these huge discrepancies should go away. The board uses the auditor to gather information for the board and to serve as a supposed check on the district staff. He had been receiving calls and emails regarding masks. His comments can be found starting at 1:20 of the school board recording of the meeting here, The next meeting will be December 7, 2021. A few weeks ago, there was a proclamation that was championed by Victoria Defenthaler regarding LGBTQ+ month in October. If everything goes according to plan the Arts Council will be there in 2025. The district is not in the rental apartment business. I know each of our teachers, administrators and employees truly wants to be the very best they can be. What many do not understand is there is an approved COVID plan in place for the remainder of this school year. The school board took up the matter of redistricting. The district will no longer be providing paid leave for Covid exposure and infection. The entire presentation can be foundhere. Obviously, the more education one has in any subject, the better your understanding of the subject matter. Sophie will be on NBCs Lester Holts broadcast. If the district can convince parents that they can provide the same level of service, then children would not be going to charters. It was not just the board that could not move onto other subjects but the public speakers also. It has never been part of the curriculum in Florida schools and now Tallahassee has weighed in that it never will. For the less than two weeks remaining in this school year, it is not possible. However, I do believe that they are woefully underpaid. They are learning fundamentals so that when older, there can be informed interpretation. It seems that DiTerlizzi and Powers want to make sure that LGBTQ+ students are covered but, if necessary, every other non-LGBTQ+ student with a problem would also be taken care of. During the budget portion, CFO Carter Morrison made almost the same presentation as in the last meeting because many of his state figures are not yet set. These six kids are not exposed to diversity living in most of Palm City. A vanity project or needed housingwhat do you think? Ron DeSantis. At this point, I have not decided how I will vote. The staff has sent out approximately 1500 letters to the homes of students that may be affected by changing the boundaries for high school. Please click here to email the Martin County School Board. If another sister school to TCCA opens, then will the district lose a thousand students to the new charter going by the name Classical Academy North? This video was made when she had won the state contest and now, she has won nationally. For years, the rhetoric of racism was just below the surface of American life. It probably would be a lesson on why you do not want to find yourself sitting on a bar stool at 2 pm on a weekday. It was seconded by Anderson. Our schools should stick to the fundamentals like reading, writing, and arithmetic, and leave the political agendas out. That tax was for a term of seven years and will expire in 2025. If another charter school were opened, you would probably see another 500 kids leave. The English Language Arts Standards will be implemented in 2021/22 year and the math in 2022/23 school year. The language is slightly different than in 2018. When security is considered, the only possible available site would be on the headquarters site on Federal Highway. (You can see ithere. For every mass in the year, it had one side of the page in Latin and the other side was in English. This very important factor is something that most of the public has not grasped.