Call Meeting to Order

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
   Minutes: The Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m.
2. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 16, 2004, AGENDA
   Vote Results: PASS
   
     Motion: Nancy Broner
     Second: Vicki Drake
   
     Martha Barrett - Aye
     Kristanna Barnes - Aye
     Nancy Broner - Aye
     Vicki Drake - Aye
     Brenda Priestly Jackson - Aye
     Betty Burney - Aye
     Tommy Hazouri - Aye
   

Invocation

1. INVOCATION
   Minutes: Reverend Mark Griffin
   Wayman Chapel AME Church

Pledge of Allegiance

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Comments from Audience

1. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE
   Minutes: Ms. Eleana Gill spoke about the FCAT test...it's too much. Grade promotions and retentions are being linked to this test. The FCAT causes undue pressure to both students and faculties. Why can't this test be used as an assessment? Everyone is not a test-taker; the whole year should be counted and not just the FCAT. Please help our students, teachers and administrators...the FCAT is leaving our children behind.
   
   Speaker:
   Mr. John C. Fryer, Jr., Superintendent of Schools
   
   Mr. Ed Griggs, a grandfather, also spoke about the FCAT being an unfair test. He plans to go to Tallahassee and speak against the FCAT. Mr. Griggs has a grandchild with a 3.8 grade point average and she is pressured to believe that she could fail a grade if she doesn't pass the test. Some things should be left as "old school". You would feel differently if your job was based on a test. How many people would still have their jobs?
   
   Ms. Rachel Moyer spoke, again, about losing her 15 year old son four years ago at a basketball game and the importance of every school having an automated external defibilator. Ms. Moyer pleaded with the Board to find a way to budget to purchase them. Students health is equally important as their education. Figure out a way to work with you community to purchase them.
   
   Ms. Gaynelle James also spoke about automated external defibilators. Our desire is to have them in every school.

Agenda
1. Board Members'

1. SWEARING IN CEREMONY
   Minutes: District 1:
   Ms. Martha Barrett was sworn in by Judge Mallory Durden Cooper
   
   District 3:
   Ms. Kris Barnes was sworn in by Judge Michael Weatherby and Judge Charles Cofer
   
   District 5:
   Ms. Betty Burney was sworn in by Reverend Charles Dailey
   
   District 7:
   Mr. Tommy Hazouri was sworn in by Judge Jim Harrison
   
   
2. EMERGENCY AGENDA ITEM: TERMINATION OF HORIZONS UNLIMITED ACADEMY, INC.
   Minutes: The Chairman declared the following item as an emergency because failure to do so would have a significant adverse effect on the welfare of Duval County students.
   
   Item 1: Termination of Horizons Unlimited Academy, Inc.
   
   Speakers:
   Ms. Vicki Drake, Board Member
   Ms. LaShanda Dawkins, Office of General Counsel
   Ms. Nancy Broner, Board Member
   Ms. Kris Barnes, Board Member
   Mr. John C. Fryer, Jr., Superintendent of Schools
   Mr. Ed Pratt-Dannals, Associate Superintendent for
   Curriculum and Instructional Services
   Ms. Martha Barrett, Board Chairman
   Ms. Brenda Priestly Jackson, Board Member
   
   Vote Results: PASS
   
     Motion: Kristanna Barnes
     Second: Vicki Drake
   
     Martha Barrett - Aye
     Kristanna Barnes - Aye
     Nancy Broner - Aye
     Vicki Drake - Aye
     Brenda Priestly Jackson - Aye
     Betty Burney - Aye
     Tommy Hazouri - Aye
   
3. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
   Minutes: Ms. Vicki Drake nominated Ms. Nancy Broner for Chairman for 2004-2005. There were no other nominations.
   
   Ms. Nancy Broner was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board for 2004-2005.
   
   
   
   
4. ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN
   Minutes: Ms. Kris Barnes nominated Ms. Brenda Priestly Jackson for Vice Chairman of the Board for 2004-2005. There were no other nominations.
   
   Ms. Brenda Priestly Jackson was unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the Board for 2004-2005.
   
   Speakers:
   Ms. Martha Barrett, Board Member
   Ms. Nancy Broner, Board Chairman
   Ms. Brenda Priestly Jackson, Board Vice Chairman
5. ESTABLISH TIME, PLACE, AND DATE OF REGULAR MEETINGS
   Minutes: The recommendation was to maintain the time, place and date of the regularly scheduled monthly meetings with the understanding that the time of the monthly workshop could change each month, based on Board member schedules.
   
   Regular Monthly Board Meetings - First Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., in the 1st floor Board Room of the Administration Building, 1701 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207
   
   Regular Monthly Board Workshops - Third Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the 3rd floor Conference Room, No. 307 of the Administration Building, 1701 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32207
   
   
   
   Vote Results: PASS
   
     Motion: Kristanna Barnes
     Second: Vicki Drake
   
     Martha Barrett - Aye
     Kristanna Barnes - Aye
     Nancy Broner - Aye
     Vicki Drake - Aye
     Brenda Priestly Jackson - Aye
     Betty Burney - Aye
     Tommy Hazouri - Aye
   

For the Record

1. FOR THE RECORD
   Minutes: Ms. Barnes said she received an email recently asking what the purpose of "For the Record" was at the meetings. I thought it was from Andy Johnson and I responded that it was so that we can talk about anything informally. Also, I asked him what he thought about the website. When he responded, he signed off his name and it was Andy Griffith, former president of Florida School Boards Association. We need to read our emails including who they are from...
   
   
   Ms. Burney visited Paxon Middle School today for Celebrity Readers and it was absolutely wonderful. The most striking thing was that Paxon had a group of young people who greeted us warmly, very professional and stressed the importance of reading and tied it right back to the FCAT.
   
   Ms. Priestly Jackson said that she, Ms. Drake, Ms. Beverly Strickland and Mr. Ed Pratt-Dannals had an opportunity to go to a conference in Chicago that was on High School Reform which was very enlightening. We ask everyone in the community to keep an open mind. One thing that was emphasized at the conference is that, unfortunately, when young people get into high school, no one claims them or owns them...so, we're trying to make certain that they are claimed and owned...it often determines what they will do with their lives and the choices they make. We're trying to address the needs of what is really our most challenged population which are our high school students.
   
   Mr. Hazouri thanked everyone and to Cindy Rounds, I thank you for helping me in the transition and during the campaign. There's alot of work ahead of us and it's all about education...the magic is in the classroom.
   
   Ms. Barrett spoke about last night the Bank of America sponsored a Neighborhood Excellence Program but one of the aspects was that we honored five student leaders and all five were from Duval County public high schools and they were all girls. Two from Stanton, one from Ribault, one from Lee and one from Fletcher. They each will receive from the bank an all paid internship with Cities in Schools (John Hayman)for next summer. This will give these students a tremendous working experience plus the bank will provide mentors for each of them.
   
   Ms. Priestly Jackson wanted to tell Coach Johnson that it's still Girls - 6; Boys - 1.
   
   Speaker:
   Mr. Tommy Hazouri, Board Member
   
   Ms. Nancy Broner attended the dedication of J. Allen Axson Montessori School last Friday. It was a wonderful ceremony and Mrs. Peyton came and contributed to the celebration and we had a great time. The school is beautiful and the children are happy to be there.

Adjournment

1. ADJOURNMENT
   Minutes: The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
   
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