School Board Regular Meeting — full transcript

Cleaned up for readability from two sources: a live viewer's notes for roughly the first hour, and our own transcription of the district's official YouTube recording for the rest, after our original source had a family commitment come up. Names, dollar figures, and vendor details were cross-checked against the published agenda packet and the district's public board roster and corrected where the source audio was garbled. This is not an official record; the district's own minutes take precedence. Where a speaker's identity wasn't clear enough in the recording to attribute by name, we've labeled the turn by role instead.

Part 1 — Call to order through the opening of the public hearing on policy revisions (approx. 6:00–6:52 PM)

Board Chair Persons: Board Member Giovannelli will be participating via Teams, pursuant to Board Policy 0164.1. She is not eligible to vote on items during tonight's action meeting. Are you on?
Board Member Giovannelli: I am.
Board Chair Persons: Thank you, welcome. The district's mission and vision — a reminder for the benefit of members of the public: our mission is to ensure that each student achieves his or her highest personal potential, and our vision is to be a world-class school system. As the order of business tonight: a moment of silence, Pledge of Allegiance, acknowledgments, recognitions, public comment, consent items — one under Board Office, ten under Academics and Student Services, thirteen under School Choice and Administration, one under Strategy, seventeen under Business Services, seven under Human Resources, one under Legal Services, seven under Safety, Security, and Fleet Operations, twenty-nine under Facility Operations, and one under Public Hearings — then good of the order and other business. Is there a motion to adopt the agenda?
Board Member Fisher: Motion to adopt the agenda as presented.
Board Chair Persons: Moved by Mr. Fisher, seconded by Mr. Ribble. Please record your vote. Six to zero — the motion passes. As is the custom of the board, we'll move into a moment of silence, after which I'll lead us into the Pledge of Allegiance.
Narration: Moment of silence and Pledge of Allegiance.
Board Chair Persons: The character word for July is self-control. Self-control is knowing you can, but deciding you won't — author unknown. The design on screen was created by a 10th-grade student at Estero High School.
Board Chair Persons: There are many valuable people who volunteer services in our school district every day — in classrooms, on athletic fields, with arts programs, in media centers. Each year the Florida Department of Education invites the School District of Lee County to nominate an outstanding school volunteer in three categories: seniors, adults, and youth. This year's adult Volunteer of the Year has contributed nearly 8,500 hours of service to North Fort Myers High School's band program since 2016, continuing to serve long after their own daughter graduated — coordinating transportation logistics, maintaining vehicles, making emergency equipment repairs, and even purchasing trailers to support the program. The school board and superintendent are proud to announce the Lee County, State of Florida, 2025–26 Adult Volunteer of the Year is Mr. Jimey Moad. Congratulations.
Board Attorney Dodig: Board policy provides the opportunity at this point in the meeting to address the board concerning any matter on this meeting's agenda, or any other matter relevant to the operation of the school district. Please complete a public comment card and place it in the basket provided. The board will not respond during public comment to remarks made by speakers; the school board is viewpoint-neutral during public comment. We ask that decorum be maintained — no profanity, clapping, booing, or display of temper. Speaking time is three minutes for one to twenty speakers, two minutes for twenty-one to thirty, one minute for thirty-one or more; the maximum time allotted for public comment is one hour or sixty speakers. Please state your name when you approach the microphone. Mr. Chair, there are eight speakers who wish to address the board this evening, and they'll have three minutes each.
Lou Navara — public comment: I'm a retired teacher. Tonight let's focus on the district's student FAST scores — not the media hype about A's and B's and C schools, but the actual year-over-year gains, which I think are paltry. I want the board and superintendent to return to an appointed superintendent — it's archaic for the 8th-largest school district in the state to be electing one, and I've seen the donations; you've put politics back into this. Return to two meetings a month, and expand citizens' input time back to six minutes since you've cut to once a month. One more thing: we had to put our dog Jasper down this week. He was my service dog — the only true friend I had in Lee County.
Cindy Ginsburg — public comment: I'm a retired science teacher, middle and high school, Lee County, and I want to express my strong dissatisfaction with the current leadership of this superintendent and the majority of this board. Over the past year, teachers have been terminated and students disciplined for exercising their First Amendment rights. The district incurred an unexpected $92 million deficit. The school board chair and a security officer traveled to Washington to lobby, despite the district already paying professional lobbyists. The superintendent and board members are endorsing political candidates this cycle, compromising the nonpartisan requirement of their roles. In the upcoming primary on August 18th, all registered voters — including no-party-affiliation voters — are eligible to vote in this nonpartisan race. Issues to focus on: strong neighborhood schools, responsible and child-centered budgeting, teacher recruitment and retention, mental health support for students, accountability and transparency, and respect for parents, teachers, and children.
Katie Peterson — public comment: My daughter, Grace, attends Buckingham Exceptional Student Center. She is nonverbal, so I continue to stand before you to be her voice. Three months ago, parents and staff at Buckingham were notified of a plan to relocate Buckingham's students to Royal Palm Exceptional Center, citing low campus capacity. At the April board meeting, Dr. Savage reported that Buckingham had 77 students enrolled and Royal Palm 117; at that same time, the district's own website listed Buckingham's capacity at 90 and Royal Palm's at 150 — meaning Buckingham was actually operating at about 86% capacity and Royal Palm at 78%, far higher than the 50 to 60% figures cited to justify the move. When a community member raised this discrepancy at an April District Advisory Council meeting, a district representative said the published numbers were incorrect but offered no explanation — and the numbers were removed from the district's website the very next day. I submitted a public-records request for the source of those figures more than ten months ago and have only received Buckingham's enrollment history, which shows enrollment has steadily climbed back to the current 77 after a temporary decline. So tonight I'm again asking: what numbers are actually being used to calculate Buckingham's capacity, why were the published figures removed, and do the district's calculations account for the extra space these medically fragile students' wheelchairs, floor repositioning, additional staff, and private-duty nurses require?
Carline Saintilus — public comment: Imagine boarding a plane where the pilot announces we've reduced the crew today, but don't worry, everyone will still arrive safely — most of us would never get on that plane, yet that's what we're asking our teachers to do this year. The district has reported the non-renewal of approximately 457 positions, including 275 teachers; the students and the work haven't disappeared, they've just been placed on fewer people, which means larger classes, less individual attention, and more burnout. At the same time we're told the budget is balanced, teachers are asking our community to donate copy paper, tissues, pencils, and hand sanitizer — more than $80,000 in identified classroom needs. A balanced budget means very little if a classroom still depends on donations to meet basic needs. How do fewer teachers improve reading scores? How do larger class sizes close the achievement gap? Budgets don't educate children — teachers do.
Will Peterson — public comment: My daughter Grace is nonverbal, and we're here again about the plan to co-locate Buckingham with Royal Palm Exceptional Center. Thank you for putting the plan on hold — when we visited Royal Palm, we found the bathroom attached to the classroom we met in wasn't equipped for wheelchair-bound students and would need a full reconfiguration. I'd ask the board to withdraw the plan altogether: fiscal responsibility isn't the only consideration — there's an academic and, most of all, a moral responsibility to keep these students safe. Last year Buckingham exceeded its school-improvement-plan goals in ELA and math and earned its first-ever “commendable” state rating. I'd also ask: why did the district send people to throw away donated items at Buckingham, including bicycles donated so children with disabilities could ride them? Some of our people found out and got them out of the trash — those bikes are now safely at home with students who use them.
Chelsea Clarke — public comment: I'm speaking on agenda item L-4, which requests $4.3 million for classroom, office, and specialty furniture, and I'm asking the board to pull it off consent for further discussion. First, this is a basic student-safety matter — many classrooms still use aging desks with exposed, sharp metal edges that tear clothing and injure students; when we're spending over four million dollars on furniture, safety should be prioritized district-wide. Second, this item allocates nearly $2.8 million across just six specific schools — Estero High, Cape Coral High, and Mariner High among them — leaving dozens of schools waiting years for a set of replacement furniture. Beyond these six schools, what is the district's plan and timeline to expedite furniture replacement everywhere else, so that every student is safe from faulty furniture?
Jenn McDaigle — public comment: I want to start by acknowledging the students, teachers, and staff of this district, who earned the highest point-total increase in a decade — that's what happens when educators show up and do the work despite what they're given. In that same year, this district carried an operating deficit of over $92 million, one that only looks smaller because $45 million was moved out of the capital fund meant for our school buildings, and because 457 teachers and staff were not renewed. Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, for the third year in a row. Real success means solving the reading crisis for every child, classrooms that are safe and fully staffed, and budgets built on honesty rather than capital raids. I'm not here to take anything away from what our students and staff achieved this year — I'm here to ask this board to match their effort.
Eighth speaker — public comment: This week the district released a graphic proudly announcing Lee County ranks 4th in average teacher pay among a carefully selected group of districts — impressive until you remember we're in a state consistently near the bottom of the country on teacher compensation. The superintendent is right that financial incentives successfully attract teachers to hard-to-fill vacancies — but what happens when that one-year, $10,000 incentive disappears? The teacher goes right back to a salary below the local living wage, and the district acts surprised all over again. This year the district offered employees $500 to $800 raises for the whole year, before taxes — that's not a serious response to years of salary compression. Instead of repeatedly finding ten or twenty million dollars for temporary incentives, put that money into a transparent five-year compensation plan that addresses compression directly. Our teachers have been clear — the question is when this district will finally listen.
Board Attorney Dodig: Mr. Chair, that concludes public comment this evening.
Board Chair Persons: Documentation for consent items is made available to board members seven business days prior to the meeting. Board members, are there any agenda items you wish to pull for discussion?
Board Member Fisher: I have no items.
Board Member Giovannelli: I have none.
Board Member Ribble: I have none.
Board Member Jordan: I've changed my mind — I do have one: Business Services, L-4.
Board Member Langford-Fleming: I have none.
Board Member Chaviano: I have none.
Board Chair Persons: And I have none either. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda items, minus L-4?
Board Member Langford-Fleming: I move to approve.
Board Chair Persons: Moved by Ms. Langford-Fleming, seconded by Mr. Fisher. Please record your vote. Motion passes, six to zero. Superintendent Carlin, would you introduce the administrators in attendance who have new assignments approved under the consent agenda?
Superintendent Carlin: I'd like to introduce the following administrators approved as of this evening: Steven Thorp, Assistant Principal, Riverdale High School; Casey Harding, Assistant Principal, Lemuel Teale Middle School; Gary Schneider, Assistant Principal, Cape Coral High School; our new Assistant Principal at Veterans Park Academy; Amanda Webster, Assistant Principal, Gateway High School; Kyle Yingovic, Assistant Principal, Gateway High School; Darcia Burrell, Assistant Principal, Fort Myers Middle School; and Paul Maxine, Director of Athletics and Activities, Gateway High School. Congratulations to all of our new school leaders.
Board Chair Persons: We have one pulled item to address, L-4. Superintendent Carlin, would you read your recommendation?
Superintendent Carlin: Approval to increase the expenditure for ITB #B247488DG — Furniture, Classroom, Office, and Specialty. Two actions are recommended: first, an increase to the previously approved $1,200,000 by $300,000, for up to $1.5 million, for the period of July 22 through October 22, 2026, requested due to growth in grant-funded projects and increased utilization by the Grants Department. Second, approval of the expenditure for the third year of the base contract period, for up to $4,000,000, awarded to eighteen vendors under the same terms and conditions previously approved by the board.
Board Chair Persons: You did fabulous, but that one vendor is in Conway, Arkansas, not Arizona.
Superintendent Carlin: Thank you for catching that — it was a long list, and small print.
Board Chair Persons: Is there a motion to approve Dr. Carlin's recommendation?
Board Member Langford-Fleming: Motion to approve.
Board Member Fisher: Second.
Board Chair Persons: Moved by Ms. Langford-Fleming, seconded by Mr. Fisher. Is there discussion?
Board Member Jordan: I apologize for pulling this at the last minute, but I sent in questions last Thursday and only received a partial response yesterday — I still don't have a school-by-school breakdown of this spending, or a clear definition of what counts as “specialty” furniture. When I look at the six schools listed here, I don't see evidence that every school has actually been assessed. I'm not trying to keep any school from getting what it needs — I just can't vote on an amount this large without knowing exactly what it's for. And I know, Dr. Savage — thank you so much — I know you came in and spoke with me a little bit ago to try to help me understand the grants side of this.
Board Member: This is an expenditure up to $300,000, and our operations team conducted the site visits and prioritized the list — I have no reason to question their integrity. We've asked operations and capital planning to prioritize where the need is greatest given a finite budget, and I'm confident in that process.
Board Member Fisher: This is essentially an addendum to a contract we've already reviewed. Some of these schools have 1,800 to 2,000 students, so they naturally have a lot of furniture. On safety — I hope any reported issue with a desk has been reported and followed up on, and I want to make sure we're doing that.
Board Chair Persons: Having led schools for 18 years myself, if a teacher ever reported a safety issue to me, it was swapped out immediately. I have full faith in our principals to handle that, and to reach out to our team if they need support.
Board Member Langford-Fleming: As a former teacher, I don't think we give our building supervisors and maintenance staff enough credit — they're on top of broken furniture and equipment. These are very large schools that need new equipment, and I fully support this item.
Board Member Jordan: I didn't pull this so schools wouldn't get what they need — I pulled it because we don't have this conversation often enough. When you're buying something for your home, you look at the specs of everything you're purchasing; when I don't know something, that's why I'm asking.
Board Chair Persons: My understanding is this furniture replacement runs on a rotational basis with a set life expectancy per set. That doesn't mean every desk elsewhere is broken, but if principals let us know about a dangerous piece of furniture, we should be able to swap it out in the meantime, ahead of their scheduled turn. Any further discussion? If not, roll call vote.
Board Member Giovannelli: Can I ask a question? One of them is my school in Allen Park. So when will they get the new furniture? Does anybody know when it's scheduled for? Is it this summer?
Superintendent Carlin: I don't have the exact date on hand, but we'll provide that to you and the board.
Narration: Roll call vote on Item L-4: Fisher — aye; Ribble — aye; Jordan — aye; Langford-Fleming — aye; Chaviano — aye; Chair Persons — aye. (Giovannelli did not vote, per the remote-participation note above.) Motion carries, six to zero.
Board Chair Persons: Dr. Carlin, please present your recommendation for this evening's public hearing.
Superintendent Carlin: Our public hearing this evening is for approval to adopt revised board policies, in compliance with changes to related rules, regulations, and statutes, to adopt best practices and promote transparency and accountability. The effective date of this adoption shall be July 22, 2026.
Board Chair Persons: We'll now recess the regular meeting and open a public hearing. The time is 6:51 PM. Is there anyone who'd like to address the board on the revised policies — we'll take them by chapter: 1000 (Administration), 3000 (Instructional Staff), and 4000 (Support Staff).
Narration: Seeing no speakers, the Chair closed the public hearing and reconvened the regular meeting at 6:52 PM.

Part 2 — Restated policy-hearing recommendation through adjournment (approx. 6:52–7:19 PM), transcribed by us from the district's official YouTube recording

Board Chair Persons: Dr. Carlin, please restate your recommendation for this evening's public hearing item.
Superintendent Carlin: Approval to adopt revised board policies, in compliance with changes in related rules, regulations, and statutes, to adopt best practices and promote transparency and accountability. The effective date of this adoption shall be July 22, 2026.
Board Chair Persons: Board members, is there a motion to approve?
Board Member: Motion to approve.
Board Member Langford-Fleming: Second.
Board Chair Persons: Is there any discussion? Seeing none, please record your vote.
Narration: The motion passes, six to zero.
Board Chair Persons: Next is Good of the Order — board member comments and reports. We'll start with Ms. Chaviano, instead of making her go last, as always.
Board Member Chaviano: Thanks. I guess we're counting down the days until school starts. Thank you to all of our teachers and admin for a successful end to the year with our grades and our improvements — we're two points away from where we want to be, but I know that's the direction we're heading for next year. Florida's back-to-school sales-tax holiday started on the 20th and runs through the month, so hopefully everyone takes advantage of it — I have two kids myself, so I understand that one. We have one more meeting in two weeks before the school year starts. Thank you to all of our parents for holding through the summer, and thank you to the Y and all of our community partners running affordable summer camps in our schools — I've used them myself for my kids. Excited for the new school year and the work ahead.
Board Member Langford-Fleming: Before I continue with my own comments, I wanted to address a couple of things brought to our attention this evening, and give the superintendent the opportunity to discuss them publicly, since we don't respond to public comment during the comment period itself. My understanding is there were multiple reasons behind the decision about what was best for students and families in the move from Buckingham to a different location, and I don't think it was only about low attendance — could you address that?
Superintendent Carlin: I'll do my best, my level best — though Dr. Savage or other staff could probably explain it better than me. We're always looking at what's the best environment for our students, and I'm a parent myself, so I understand how jarring it is to even talk about the possibility of moving a school — we get attached to our buildings, our teachers, our routines. One reason we paused was to make sure all the questions had been answered to my satisfaction; hearing directly from families generates more questions for me too. Capacity was certainly brought to me as a concern — when a school is reported to me as sitting half-empty or less than three-quarters full, that gets my attention, and it's worth looking at, though other factors were involved too. We are just not in an era where we can sit with schools half full, so that gets our attention as fiscally responsible elected officials. Beyond that, consolidating some of our itinerant staff — occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists — lets us provide a higher level of service, especially given a national shortage of speech-language pathologists of something like 6,000, which every one of my colleagues across Florida and the country is dealing with too. Any time we can consolidate programs to make sure every child gets the highest level of service, that plays a role. To be clear, I made the call to pause that action to get answers to questions I had after a board meeting.
Board Member Langford-Fleming: Thank you for that clarification. As a suggestion, staying in my lane here — I think it would benefit the district and the board to hold a town hall to really hear these parents' conversations and concerns; I first suggested this back in April when it came up, and I think it's important the public knows we're listening. I was able to spend the very last day of school this year at the Buckingham Exceptional Center, and it was the best last day I can recall — I got to see students who've been there since they were very young leave for the summer; they call it home, and it's their comfort place. I'm glad we got to talk about it tonight. On furniture — grants are an opportunity for teachers and schools to get funding for things like broken furniture or flexible seating; I filled out plenty of those as a teacher myself, not always for safety reasons but because I felt my students would benefit. Maybe that's a future workshop item — understanding what grants we participate in for our students. And to our teachers who'll be asking their principals for their classroom keys by Monday: please enjoy the last few days of summer with your families. These scores are something to celebrate. Thank you to everyone behind the scenes for an amazing workshop today, and I look forward to Lee County — not just Florida, but the nation — watching what we do next year.
Board Member Jordan: Buckingham's already been covered, so that's off my list. At the workshop today we discussed the Riverdale food court pilot program starting in January — I want to highlight Sprouts and their ongoing donations and partnership with us; the executive director of Sprouts and the Healthy Community Communication Foundation considers Lee County to have one of the top-five farm-to-table programs in the nation, referring to our school gardens, which is so important. I had the chance to help build one of those gardens myself, and it's not easy work — it also helps kids understand what healthy food does for them, so I hope we can keep that sustainable. I also want to make sure all of our classroom furniture — chairs, whatever our kids and teachers need — is taken care of, and that we're using our money wisely, since some of this is part of a grant. And through the chair, to the superintendent — I would still love to know what the “specialty” items are in this furniture contract; I don't know what that is, and I'd really like to understand what we're approving. I'm excited for our six new principals joining this year, and for all the new teachers we keep getting welcome emails about. Wishing everyone a wonderful start to the school year — I can't wait to get back out visiting schools.
Board Member: Through the chair — I think I have an answer for Ms. Jordan. Going back into item L-4, the first sentence under the invitation to bid defines classroom, office, and specialty products as including classroom furniture, office furniture, and then specialty — which the rest of that sentence lists as cafeteria furniture, science and STEM furniture, media furniture, outdoor furniture, and miscellaneous furniture available for schools. So that first sentence provides the definition; happy to talk more if that doesn't fully answer it.
Board Member Ribble: I'll be quick. As you know, I'm on the district's insurance task force, which would be notified if anyone in our district were injured by faulty furniture. I have every confidence in our operations staff who are out in the schools every day, and I'm sure they'll go back to their principals and take a quick look. I'm glad we didn't do a knee-jerk reaction and hold up this contract tonight over an allegation about a desk in poor repair — but I do think we need to follow up, because if something's wrong, we need to fix it, and I trust our team will. Separately — we're in negotiations with TALC, the teachers' union; I don't want to get into the pay issue that came up in public comment tonight, but I talked to our HR team earlier this week, because we discussed last year putting the dollar amount of insurance coverage each employee gets, and its cost, on their paycheck stub — a lot of companies do that. I got the final number this morning: the benefit is $9,213 a year for a single employee, plus another $4,000 for dependents if there's a family — so a family covered by our insurance costs the district $13,213 a year. That's a solid benefit a lot of people don't get from their jobs, and I want people to be aware of it — I'm not saying anyone should be paid less, just that we should appreciate some of the good things about working here. We also fixed the code of conduct, so I'm not hearing complaints anymore about teachers or staff feeling threatened — it seems like we have a safe workplace now. There are a lot of good things we do here, and I like it when people come and tell us the good along with what needs fixing.
Board Member Giovannelli: I'd like to congratulate everyone on tonight's promotions. I'm excited about the upcoming school year — I think we're heading in a good direction, and getting out in front of the community about our school grade is important. I'm thankful for all our dedicated teachers and staff for the B grade we earned this year and all the hard work behind it — their efforts make a real difference for our students, and I want them to know they're valued. Building on what Ms. Jordan brought up — could we get an update on the school-garden collaboration, how many schools have one and which don't, and on the grant funding behind it, which I understand may be in its last year? Maybe that's a future workshop item. And for our teachers — if you need classroom supplies, my number is 239-470-7487. I've already been buying uniforms and I'll gladly buy supplies too — I like to shop the deals, so please call me.
Board Member Fisher: I don't normally do this, but on health, safety, and welfare — there was a mention tonight of the school district changing immunization requirements. I want to be clear that's not our domain; it's governed by the state, the Department of Health, and local health authorities, and nothing has changed on our end — that's dangerous information to have out there uncorrected. Second, I want to clear up a misconception about a security officer traveling to D.C. with the board chair. That was Chief Dave Newland — a decorated former police chief who's put his life on the line for this community, and who focuses every day on the safety and security of our students, teachers, administrators, and schools. He's become an influential voice on safety and security at the local, state, and even federal level, and has helped this district achieve real results — I wanted that on the record, why he went and what his role is. On a happier note — thank you to our amazing teachers, staff, and administrators for the achievements we celebrated at the workshop today; we're not there yet, but it's special, and I'm looking forward to more. Administrators are back soon for orientation — wishing everyone the best.
Board Chair Persons: Thank you. I got to see the walls going up for the new Alva School — very exciting, they're moving fast. I'm looking forward to the Teacher of the Year gala in Orlando; a few of us are going to support Lee County's finalist, Laurel Blackburn, one of the top five in the state, and we're hoping she takes the top spot. It's been a great year, and we're already making plans for the first day of school — Jada was talking about the last day, now we're on to the first. I'll personally be at the Buckingham bus barn at 5 a.m. that morning if anyone wants to join the bus drivers getting ready to go. Attorney Dodig, your turn.
Board Attorney Dodig: I don't have much, other than to remind everyone the next meeting is only thirteen days away, since it falls on a Monday — and since I always bring up sports, this is our last meeting before NFL training camps open.
Superintendent Carlin: First, I want to commend the board for your relentless focus on the work — there's a lot that can pull us off our game, and I want to recognize that. We did a lot today at the workshop: we looked at student achievement and celebrated with our schools and staff; we talked about school safety as our very first item; and we talked about fiscal responsibility, including our RSM audit — we successfully cleared a finding from 2021, which predates me as superintendent and took about five to six years, so that's a real victory, and we addressed a number of items from 2023 as well. Huge appreciation to Dr. Cupid McCoy for her work leading our audit follow-up — in my twelve years at the district office, I don't remember a dedicated role for following up on audits before; what matters isn't just addressing findings but sustainably addressing them, building them into standard operating procedure, so the next time RSM comes in, it shows up as a strength instead. Beyond that, huge appreciation to our school staff, teachers, principals, assistant principals, support staff, students, and families for everything behind our improved student achievement. I have no doubt this is going to be a great year. We set a high bar — becoming an A district next year and eliminating C schools — and I know how hard that work is, having spent 22 years in schools myself, but I believe in our team. And I want to be clear with the public and the board: becoming an A isn't about an accolade for the board or the superintendent — it's about more children walking across the graduation stage, more children proficient in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies including civics. When we hit that mark, we've opened the door to the American dream for our kids. We're also very proud of our Teacher of the Year finalist, Laurel Blackburn, who I know would say she represents every teacher in Lee County. We're crossing our fingers for her this week. That concludes my comments — as always, it's a privilege to serve as your superintendent.
Board Chair Persons: I'll add one thing to that — beyond the follow-up on our own audits, every third year the state sends a full team down here to go through many areas of the district in a very thorough report; we just started that cycle, and I met with them. The real difference is that our RSM audit each year is board-directed into specific areas, while the state comes in and looks wherever they choose — and we welcome that. Our next board meeting will be Monday, August 3, 2026. Seeing no other business and no objection, this meeting is adjourned.
Narration: The meeting adjourned at 7:19 PM.

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