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From YouTube: 04/19/23 Community Input Rezoning at Oak View Middle
Description
Alachua County Public Schools
A
Well,
my
name
is
Kelly
Armstrong
I'm,
the
principal
here
at
Oakview
middle
school,
so
welcome.
We
are
happy
to
host
this
event
for
our
community.
That's
one
of
the
most
beautiful
things
about
this
whole
area
is
like.
We
can
use
our
schools
for
a
lot
of
different
reasons.
I've
mentioned,
as
you
came
in,
we've
got
a
soccer
game
tonight,
or
this
afternoon
play
also
started.
Cheerleading
tryouts
on
the
other
side
of
Campus.
A
The
schools
are
alive,
so
we
were
happy
to
host
you
here
tonight,
I'm
happy
to
introduce
Miss,
Jackie
Johnson,
you
guys
get
emails
from
Miss,
Johnson
and
phone
calls
and
all
the
messages
throughout
the
days
of
getting
the
information,
our
public
information
officer,
so
I'm
a
big
we're
middle
school,
so
we
clap
for
people.
So
let's
give
this
Johnson
a
round
of
applause.
B
Thank
you,
Kelly,
and
thanks
to
all
of
you
for
taking
time
out
of
your
schedules
to
be
here
tonight
to
provide
our
School
District
staff
and
our
school
board
members
with
input
on
district-wide
rezoning.
All
of
our
board
members
are
here
tonight,
I'm
going
to
introduce
them.
That
includes
our
board
chair
Tina,
certain
our
vice
chair,
Dr,
leonetta
McNeely,
and
we
have
our
board
members,
Kay,
Abbott,
Dion,
McGraw
and
Dr
Sarah
Rockwell
superintendent,
Shane
Andrew
is
here
Shane.
Where
did
you
go
there?
He
is
Shane
Andrew.
B
We
also
have
several
members
of
our
District
staff
I'm,
going
to
introduce
two
of
them.
I
think
I
saw
Dr
Antonique
Edwards,
who
is
our
chief
of
equity,
inclusion
and
Community
engagement.
Dr
Edwards
is
over
there
and
Jenny
Weiss,
our
chief
of
teaching
and
learning
Jenny.
Where
are
you
she's
in
the
back
right
there
at
this
time?
Ms
certain
has
some
brief
remarks.
So
Ms
certain
go
ahead.
C
Good
evening
good
evening,
thank
you.
Miss
Johnson
I
want
to
thank
Mr
Armstrong
for
hosting
us
here
tonight
and
want
to
welcome
and
thank
each
of
you,
our
citizens
of
our
Alachua
County,
School,
District
and
citizens,
possibly
of
Newberry
I,
can't
just
say
Newberry,
because
the
meetings
are
open
and
we've
shared
with
our
community
that
we're
having
these
meetings
and
if
you
couldn't
make
one
that
was
closest
to
your
home
there's,
you
know
possibly
one
that
someplace
else
that
you
can
come
I
mean
to
wait.
C
B
Thank
you,
Ms
certain
before
we
get
rolling
I
do
want
to
let
you
know
kind
of
how
the
evening
is
going
to
go
as
Ms
certain
said:
Ms
Winn,
who
is
our
director
of
construction
and
planning
she
will
share
some
current
data
and
current
maps
with
you
after
Suzanne,
makes
her
presentation.
I
will
give
you
a
quick
rundown
of
the
timeline
for
for
rezoning
and
then
we'll
begin
hearing
from
you.
You
will
have
three
minutes
with
the
board.
You
can
see.
B
B
Gm.Sbac.Edu
that
email
is
then
reviewed
by
The
District
staff.
That's
going
to
be
working
on
rezoning
and
by
our
school
board
members.
We
are
recording
this
meeting
and
we
will
be
posting
it
in
a
few
days
on
our
rezoning
website.
That
website
is
www.sb
ac.edu
rezoning.
That
website
also
includes
all
the
materials
that
you'll
see
here
tonight
and
we'll
be
updating
it
as
we
get
further
in
the
process.
B
You'll
also
find
online
website
a
list
of
all
of
the
meetings,
school
board
meetings
and
Community
meetings
that
we'll
be
having
on
rezoning
this
spring
and
some
in
the
fall,
but
we
will
be
continuing
to
add
to
that
schedule
so
again,
keep
going
back
to
that
website
for
more
materials
and
more
Community
input
opportunities.
I
do
want
to
stress.
B
We
haven't
drawn
any
Maps,
we
haven't
redrawn
any
Zone
lines
and
we
are
not
going
to
until
we've
had
an
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
citizens
of
Alachua
County.
So
what
you
will
see
on
the
website
and
what
you'll
be
hearing
from
is
win
tonight.
That
is
all
based
on
current
information.
Current
Zone
lines,
current
students
numbers
current
student
numbers,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
all
of
that
was
very
clear.
So
at
this
point,
I
am
going
to
turn
things
over
to
Ms
Winn.
D
Thank
you,
Miss
Johnson,
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here
tonight
we're
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
all
of
you,
so
basically
I'm
going
to
go
through
the
current
information
that
we
have.
That
shows
the
need
for
rezoning
and
then
we'll
get
going
with
your
comments.
This
first
slide
shows
all
of
our
elementary
schools.
It
shows
the
total
enrollment
in
these
elementary
schools,
the
capacity
of
those
schools
and
the
percentage
of
the
utilization
of
those
schools.
The
highlights
in
the
red
represents
schools
that
have
utilization
over
90
percent.
D
These
next
tables
represent
our
middle
and
high
school
utilizations,
the
enrollment,
the
capacity
and
the
utilization
in
our
elementary
schools.
We
have
20
over
2500
vacant
seats
in
our
middle
schools.
We
have
about
1800
vacant
seats
and
in
our
high
schools
we
have
about
1100
vacant
seats.
This
map
shows
you
basically
the
information
without
the
actual
percentages
on
in
a
map
form.
D
So
if,
if
we
look
at
elementary
school
and
we
look
at
middle
school
and
high
school
generally,
our
county
has
a
lot
of
capacity
overcrowding,
issues
in
the
western
part
of
our
County,
and
we
have
our
older
facilities
that
we're
working
on
renovating
and
redeveloping
in
the
eastern
part
of
our
County.
So
the
other
information
that
we
have
on
these
Maps
besides,
the
color
coding
of
the
school
zones,
are
the
locations
of
the
actual
schools.
D
These
next
maps
that
we
have
show
the
student
population.
If
you're
looking
at
elementary
school,
the
dots
that
we
we
show
there
I
mean
it's
it's
hard
to
see
all
the
individual
dots.
But
basically
we
have
all
the
student
data
captured
in
our
GIS
system
and
you
can
see
where
there's
clusters
of
students
that
are
living
basically
in
our
elementary
school
zones,
our
middle
school
zones
in
our
high
school
zones
and
then
the
next
maps
that
we
have
show
active
development.
D
We
have
a
Cooperative
agreement,
the
interlocal
agreement
between
the
school
board
of
Alachua,
County
and
Alachua
County,
and
all
the
cities
within
Alachua,
County,
I'm
working
right
now
to
do
an
annual
report
which
we
do
every
year,
but
right
now,
I'm
actually
actively
working
with
the
local
governments
to
make
sure
we've
captured
all
the
active
development
and
have
that
information
correct.
So
when
we
go
through
this
major
undertaking
of
the
district-wide
rezoning,
we
can
take
those
projected
students
that
are
anticipated
to
come
within
the
next
three
years
into
account
in
our
rezoning
process.
D
So
that
map
basically
is
the
same
just
showing
the
different
numbers
of
students
that
are
projected.
There
are
different
student
multipliers
that
are
attached
to
elementary
middle
and
high
school
students
based
on
the
number
of
single
family
and
multi-family
units
that
are
proposed,
and
that's
how
we
calculate
our
the
number
of
projected
students
that
are
coming
and
that's
what's
contained
on
in
the
charts
that
we
have
associated
with
those
Maps.
D
Our
last
slide
kind
of
highlights
the
number
of
students
per
Zone
that
we're
projecting
in
the
next
three
years
again,
this
data
I
am
going
through
a
process
of
verifying
with
our
local
governments
to
make
sure
we've
captured
everything
accurately.
So
these
numbers
may
change,
but
we'll
have
them
correct
as
we
go
into
this
rezoning
process.
B
The
last
couple
of
slides
we
have
are
just
the
timeline
for
the
comprehensive
rezoning
process.
The
first
page
covers
the
community
inputs
sessions.
We
have
scheduled
so
far
and
I
want
to
stress
so
far.
We
will
be
adding
more
throughout
this
process.
The
five
we
have
scheduled
beginning
with
tonight's
sessions
are
what
I've
been
sort
of
calling
pre-map
sessions
before
we
have
any
Maps
drawn
before
we
have
any
new
Zone
lines
drawn.
B
The
purpose
of
these
sessions
is
simply
to
share
some
basic
information
about
our
current
situation,
with
the
public
and
get
input
before
anything
is
developed.
So
you
can
see
we
have
five
Community
input
sessions
scheduled
for
the
rest
of
this
month
and
early
May,
and
anybody
is
welcome
to
attend
any
or
all
of
those
sessions.
The
next
slide
shows
some
future
meetings.
The
plan
right
now
is
for
proposed
Maps
proposed
Zone
lines
to
be
presented
to
the
school
board.
Add
a
workshop
on
August,
16th
and
again.
B
All
of
these
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
all
of
them
will
include
opportunities
for
public
input,
you'll
see
between
August
16th
and
October
17th.
We
will
have
what
I
call
the
Post
map
meetings,
another
series
of
community
input
sessions
where
we
will
present
the
proposed
maps
and
Zone
lines
and
then
allow
the
opportunity
for
the
public
to
give
input
to
the
board
and
the
District
staff
on
those
proposed
Zone
lines.
So
those
will
happen
between
August
16th
and
October
17th.
We
will
announce
those
on
the
website.
B
I
will
be
sending
out
again
as
I
did
this
time,
skylert
messages
to
families
in
all
of
our
school
districts,
messages
to
our
elected
officials
so
on
and
so
forth.
The
regular
board
meeting
will
be
What's
called
the
first
reading,
where
the
board
votes
to
move
forward
with
a
new
plan.
New
policy
that
is
not
a
vote
on
a
final
plan
that
simply
gets
the
rulemaking
process
started
that'll,
be
on
September
19th,
again
opportunity
for
a
public
input
there,
October
17th
there
will
be
a
public
hearing.
B
The
sole
purpose
of
that
will
be
to
get
public
input
on
the
plan,
and
then
the
plan
is
for
a
final
final
zoning
attendance
lines
to
be
approved
by
the
school
board.
November
7th
and,
as
you
can
see
on
the
bottom
line,
the
plan
is
for
the
new
attendance
zones
to
take
effect
for
the
24-25
school
year.
Any
questions
about
that
timeline.
B
C
We
don't
have
Maps
right
now
and
a
lot
of
where
programs
are
located
and
programs
that
are
offered
a
lot
of
that
is
distilled
in
discussion
and
we
just
have
to
we're
going
to
have
to
work
through
some
things
so
and
we'll
have
to
have
to
know
more
about.
You
know
hear
from
the
community
we
haven't
drawn
Maps,
as
you've
said
as
you've
seen,
we
have
a
concurrency
meeting,
that's
coming
up.
C
C
B
F
F
I
haven't
heard
one
word:
my
child
is
Hospital
homebound
now,
not
because
she
has
to
be.
She
did
go
to
school
before
coven
she's,
Hospital
homebound,
because
I'm
not
going
to
put
on
a
bus,
50
minutes
every
day
over
to
Main
Street
and
16th
Avenue,
that's
a
long
haul
for
a
eight-year-old,
especially
in
a
in
a
bus
when
she's
fragile.
F
Hillsborough
County,
my
son
from
a
previous
marriage,
went
to
a
school
by
the
name
of
Pepin
Academy,
which
is
a
I,
don't
know
if
you've
ever
heard
of
Pepin.
It
is
a
special
needs,
Academy
down
in
Tampa
I'm
on
my
last
minute
here,
so
I'll
wrap
it
up,
but
I
think
there's
things
in
Florida
that
we
can
look
to
to
emulate
and
potentially
use
some
of
the
resources
we've
got
on
the
west
side
of
the
interstate,
so
these
Fragile
Kids
don't
have
to
travel
two
hours
a
day
just
to
get
an
education.
F
G
Good
evening,
thank
you
for
coming
out
here
it's
hard
for
us
to
make
it
downtown
I'm,
going
to
touch
on
a
lot
so
I'm
going
to
go
real
fast,
Crosstown,
busing
I
was
a
victim
and
I
say
a
victim
of
Crosstown
bussing
I
lived
at
39th
and
241.
in
the
70s
Alachua
County.
Somebody
on
the
school
board
thought
it
was
a
great
idea.
Let's
take
these
kids
at
241,
send
them
all
the
way
over
to
Rawlings.
Let's
go
past
Stephen
Foster,
let's
go
past
Glenn
Springs,
who
did
that
benefit?
G
Go
back
and
look
who
benefited
from
that.
Nobody
at
no
point
did
anybody
making
any
decision
take
any
of
the
kids
riding
that
school
bus
all
the
way
across
the
town
into
any
consideration
whatsoever.
How
long
our
bus
rides
were
we
weren't
hanging
out
with
those
kids
after
school?
We
got
on
a
bus.
We
came
all
the
way
back
out
to
241.
our
parents,
who
worked
all
day
were
the
ones
who
showed
up
at
our
events
at
the
school.
G
Our
moms
are
the
one
who
drove
all
the
way
across
town
for
the
parties
for
the
events,
our
Patrol
meetings.
They
were
the
ones
who
showed
up
again.
Not
a
single
person
took
the
kids
that
we're
dealing
with
this
into
any
consideration.
We
talk
about
Transportation
I,
hear
people.
We
want
to
know
what
the
cost
of
transportation
is
for
magnet
schools.
What's
the
cost
of
Crosstown
busing?
What
is
that
number
on
Transportation?
G
How
much
is
that
costing
to
Bus
kids
from
the
East
side
to
the
west
side,
kids
from
the
west
side
to
the
east
side?
How
much
time
is
that
taking
our
bus
drivers
as
traffic
has
grown
in
Alachua
County?
Where
are
those
numbers
where's?
The
concerns
for
those
financials
got
a
lot
to
go
through
magnet
programs.
You
talk
about
magnet
programs.
It
was
interesting
conversation
I
saw
on
Facebook
from
someone.
G
They
were
talking
about
Keith
Perry's
Bill,
to
create
a
local
magnet
program
in
discussing
how
awful
that
is
that
it
was
going
to
pull
High
performing
students
from
Alachua
County
Public
Schools.
When
high
performing
students
leave
Alachua
County
Schools,
they
also
hurt
District
performance
grades
and
they
removed
the
FTE
funding.
The
FTE
funding
is
directly
related
to
teacher
pay
is
linked
to
this.
G
You
want
to
take
away
magnet
programs,
you
want
to
punish
your
high
achieving
students
because
they
live
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
town
or
you're,
just
not
really
feeling
that
they
should
have
those
same
educational
opportunities.
Think
about
your
FTE
funding.
They
were
talking
about
how
Keith
Perry
is
trying
to
take
these
high
performing
students
away
from
Alachua
County
Public
Schools.
You
choose
to
start
messing
with
the
magnet
programs
taking
them
away,
moving
them
around
to
shuffle
them
for
these
students.
G
You
will
be
taking
these
kids
from
these
schools,
not
Senator
Perry,
not
anybody
else.
The
Alachua
County
School
Board
will
be
the
the
ones
removing
those
students
from
those
schools.
You've
got
a
lot
going
on
Duvall
last
night,
they're
begging
for
their
neighborhood
school
back.
They
want
their
neighborhood
school
back.
That
way
they
can,
they
can
contribute.
They
can
volunteer.
I
heard
a
lot
of
dissent
over
neighborhood
schools.
Why
it's
the
closest
to
the
parents?
G
The
parents
can
be
active,
a
school
board
member
even
check
the
bus
routes
of
how
difficult
it
was
for
parents
to
go
to
a
school
to
be
a
part
of
that.
Our
superintendent
Shane
Andrew
right
now
your
house
is
on
fire.
You
have
more
fires
and
you
can
even
begin
to
put
out
messing
with
the
current
superintendent
and
trying
to
replace
them
would
be
a
big
mistake
at
this
time.
Let's
take
one
thing
at
a
time:
education
and
discipline.
Thank
you.
H
Good
evening
matter,
Madam
chair,
thank
you
Mr
Andrews,
for
coming,
even
though
he's
sitting
down.
Ladies
I
appreciate
you
coming
out
here.
My
name
is
Catherine
weitz
I've
been
a
Public
School
parent
for
17
years.
In
Continuum.
Now
all
three
of
my
kids
went
to
high
Springs
Community
School.
All
three
of
my
kids
came
to
the
magnet
program
right
here
at
Oakview
and
my
Caboose
is
finishing
up
in
the
in
the
magnet
program
at
Newbury,
High
School,
the
west
side
of
town
has
seen
an
incredible
growth
and
and
I
I
wonder
what
it
is.
H
I
know
that
in
High,
Springs
High
Springs
just
approved
recently
a
2
000
unit
subdivision
in
our
community.
That's
going
to
double
the
size
of
our
town
and
High
Springs
Community
School
is
already
over
enrolled,
but
the
school
board
granted
concurrency,
so
people
who
are
going
to
be
building
there
are
thinking
they're
going
to
High
Springs
Community
School,
but
they
won't
likely
be
going
to
High
Springs
Community
School.
There's
a
piece
of
property
in
High
Springs,
that's
already
been
designated
for
the
school
board
to
build
on.
H
Is
there
any
talk
about
adding
another
school
there
to
help
accommodate
the
growth
that's
going
there
and
in
terms
of
the
magnet
programs,
our
family
has
been
a
direct
beneficiary
of
the
magnet
program.
Here
it
is
a
huge
draw
and
Mr
Armstrong
runs
an
amazing
school
here
and
I
think
when
you're
having
conversations
about
rezoning
and
what
are
the
issues
and
what
do
we
do?
It's,
the
administrators
and
the
teachers
of
these
schools
that
you
need
to
engage
as
well.
Their
input
is
critical.
You
could
talk
to
the
SRO
I
I
saw
him
here
earlier.
H
We
need
to
be
talking
to
them.
What
are
the
issues
that
we're
having
my
older
daughter
went
to
Newbury
high
school?
She
desperately
wanted
to
go
east
side,
but
mom
and
dad
said
we
were
too
afraid
to
send
her
to
Eastside
because
of
the
issues
with
crime
over
there.
It
scared
us
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
focusing
on
discipline,
issues
that
we're
having
in
the
schools
as
well
and
if
maybe
we're
cracking
down
on
discipline
and
protecting
our
teachers.
H
I
think
a
lot
of
the
problems
with
with
the
East
Side
schools,
maybe
being
a
little
bit
less
populated,
could
be
solved
if
we
were
helping
to
encourage
the
students
to
behave,
supporting
the
teachers
making
sure
the
teachers
aren't
afraid
to
be
here.
Teaching
the
the
teachers
at
this
school
are
just
unparalleled.
They're
amazing,
if
you
walk
in
Newberry,
High
School
James
Shepherd
is
green,
every
kid
that
walks
in
that
door.
He
knows
those
kids.
Those
people
need
to
have
input
as
well
I
appreciate
as
a
parent.
H
I
Well,
I
can
speak.
We
spoke
in
the
car,
I
kind
of
drag
dragged.
My
kids
here
and
I
told
him
what
it
was
briefly
and
he
was
interested
he's
very
inquisitive
and
he
said:
oh
people
are
talking,
can
I
talk
and
I
said
sure.
What
do
you
want
to
say
and
he
said
he
loves
Newberry
Elementary
and
but
he
doesn't
want
it
to
get
too
crowded.
I
He
actually
from
his
perspective
right
now,
even
though
it's
a
hundred
and
forty
one
percent
enrolled,
he
is
very
comfortable
at
Newberry,
Elementary
and
thriving,
so
I'm,
very
proud
of
him
for
coming
and
for
speaking
up
and
I'm
happy
to
be
his
voice
here
and
is
there
anything
else
I
missed?
You
still
wanted
to
get
too
grounded.
I
I
I,
remember,
comprehensive,
rezoning
being
brought
up
and
everyone
was
actually
really
against
it
and
my
what
a
turn
now,
because
all
of
a
sudden
we
now
were
talking
about
spot
rezoning
and
everyone
is
welcoming
and
open
to
comprehensive,
rezoning
and
I.
Think
it's
a
much
more
I
think
it's
a
much
better
idea
that
we're
here
today
than
doing
it
that
way.
I
think
everyone
will
be
heard
and
we
can
do
this
in
a
One-Shot
manner.
I
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
be
looking
at
discipline
and
rezoning
at
the
same
time,
because
they
go
together
hand
in
hand
and
a
lot
of
the
families
that
you're
going
to
hear
from
that
are
having
negative
things
to
say,
are
probably
about
buses.
You
know
transportation
and
discipline.
There's
a
lot
of
fear
involved
with
the
schools
that
have
high
discipline
rate
of
moving
their.
I
You
know,
seemingly
well
behind
behaved,
thriving
child
to
a
school
that
may
have
discipline
issues,
but
if
we
can
tackle
both
it's
the
perfect
time
to
get
everybody
on
board,
everybody
in
Alachua
County
seems
to
be
listening
right
now.
So,
let's
tackle
it,
you
know
head
on
and
get
everything
done
for
the
future
for
these
kids,
because
when
we
send
our
I
mean
technically,
we
could
break
the
bank
and
send
Coast
to
a
private
school.
I
went
to
a
private
school
he's
shaking
his
head.
I
No,
he
loves
Newberry
and
my
mom
sent
me
to
a
private
school
when
I
was
little
and
it
became
difficult
for
finances
and
I
kind
of
overheard
that
my
mom
was
still
willing
to
send
me
and
I
said
no
I
want
to
try
out
public
school
and
the
reason
that
I
wanted
to
is
I
wanted
the
diversity,
so
I
think
everyone
needs
to
remember.
That
is.
I
K
and
I
can't
say
what
I
found
was
surprising.
During
the
2018-2019
school
year,
the
highest
capacity
was
oakview's
fifth
grade
at
142,
followed
by
Newberry
Elementary
at
127
and
a
half
percent
2019
2020
again
Oak
View,
followed
by
nes
143.3
percent
132.6,
respectively
2020
and
2021.
We
did
see
enrollment
drop
slightly
due
to
covid
to
130
for
oakview's
fifth
grade
and
123
and
a
half
percent
for
NES.
However,
those
numbers
did
go
right
back
up
for
the
2021-2022
and
2022-2023
years
with
NES
at
136.5
last
year
and
currently
at
141
percent.
K
These
numbers
were
the
highest
Elementary
School
numbers
in
the
county
every
year.
Obviously,
growth
is
happening
in
Alachua
County,
but
it's
not
happening
in
the
Central
and
East
parts
of
this
County.
It
is
happening
what
here,
what
was
referred
to
as
the
Wild
West
during
a
previous
school
board
meeting
by
one
of
our
own
school
board
members,
the
problem
of
overcrowding
in
these
schools
isn't
going
it's
getting
worse.
K
Two
of
our
school
board
members
oppose
the
comprehensive
rezoning.
Why
can
you
not
see
that
the
school
here
the
schools
here
are
literally
bursting
at
the
seams
and
the
other
another
board
member
who
opposed
made
it
very
clear
that
she's
been
on
this
board
the
longest
10
years,
I
believe
is
what
was
said
and
because
of
that,
we
should
listen
to.
Her
seems
to
me
that
in
the
last
10
years,
nothing's
gotten
better
just
keeps
getting
worse.
K
To
those
of
us
living
on
the
west
end
of
Alachua
County,
it
appears
that
historically,
only
the
schools
would
Gainesville
Gainesville
zip
codes,
get
the
attention
now
it's
time
for
the
school
board
to
start
paying
attention
to
the
Wild
West
and
to
do
better
by
our
students.
Our
children
deserve
better.
Our
teachers
deserve
better.
K
Our
teachers
are
the
best
out
here.
I
have
been
so
happy
out
here,
I'm
asking
the
board
and
the
district.
When
you
draw
up
these
zone
maps,
please
do
so
carefully
so
that
the
population
of
this
county
is
spread
out
as
evenly
as
possible
and
reduce
the
burden
on
Newberry
school
zone.
It
may
be.
Maybe
we
can
get
fifth
grade
back
to
the
elementary
school.
C
L
L
The
academy
is
bringing
Excellence
from
across
the
county,
helping
represent
both
beholds
and
the
entire
School
District
at
various
competitions
on
the
state
and
National
level
for
co-curricular
activities
such
as
the
future
Business
Leaders
of
America
magnet
programs
bring
together
some
of
the
most
diverse
Minds
in
the
county
that
produce
results
worthy
of
representing
us.
For
me,
I
joined
the
Academy
of
Finance,
because
I
have
a
particular
interest
in
learning
about
the
world
of
finance
and
I
believe
it
will
help
me
with
my
career
and
my
personal
future
and
I'm
sure.
L
Numerous
students
across
the
county
feel
the
same
additionally,
because
taxpayers
pay
for
the
magnet
programs
in
the
county.
They
should
be
open
to
all
Alachua
County
students.
We
shouldn't
limit
magnet
programs
to
a
certain
region
that
only
limits
diversity
by
allowing
students
from
all
corners
of
Alachua
to
apply
for
magnet
programs.
We
give
all
children
in
the
county
an
equal
opportunity
to
join
programs.
They
wish
benefiting
that
diversity
of
vehicles
and
giving
more
opportunities
to
students
that
may
not
be
zoned
for
b-holes,
but
have
a
special
interest
in
learning.
L
If
the
school
bird
were
to
cut
off
non-zone
students
from
joining
magnet
programs
or
just
eliminate
magnet
programs
altogether,
students
who
wish
to
learn
in
these
specialized
classes
will
no
longer
have
access
to
them,
while,
admittedly,
overcrowding
is
a
genuinely
an
issue
at
B,
Holtz
moving
the
magnet
programs
away
from
beholds
would
hurt
the
students
within
the
program
and
the
school
itself
already.
There
are
limits
on
the
number
of
non-zone
students
accepted
into
the
academies
that
beer
holds.
L
The
numbers
that
were
previously
presented
make
it
appear
that
the
magnet
students
are
the
root
of
the
overcrowding.
But
this
is
not
the
case.
If
you
take
the
Zone
students
from
the
magnet
numbers,
there
are
alternative
solutions
to
fix
it
that
don't
necessitate
the
removal
of
certain
groups
of
students
from
beholds
or
even
the
entire
magnet
program.
The
academies
have
already
been
well
integrated
into
vehicles
and
have
developed
as
communities
that
are
part
of
school
personalities.
L
M
M
I
would
like
to
for
them
to
not
remove
the
zoning
exemptions
for
the
magnet
programs
in
Alachua.
County
I
would
like
to
offer
much
like
Michael
did
from
a
student's
perspective,
some
instances
of
motivation
to
keep
our
exemptions
intact.
For
my
next
few
statements,
I'll
use
my
own
program
as
an
example,
but
what
I'm
about
to
say
applies
to
most,
if
not
all,
of
Alachua
County's
magnets
and
he
offers
classes
in
personal
finance.
M
I
firmly
believe
that
students
with
interest
and
ability
should
not
be
deprived
of
the
opportunity
to
act
upon
them.
For
any
reason,
the
life
skills
a
student
learns
in
the
magnet
programs
should
not
be
segregated
to
a
select
few
simply
based
on
where
they
live.
Alf
students
learn
crucial
lessons
lessons
regarding
financial
and
economic
literacy
that
they
may
not
be
able
to
elsewhere,
and
the
benefits
of
these
skills
cannot
be
understated.
Students
learn
how
to
invest,
manage
their
money,
gain
a
thorough
understanding
of
economic
principles
guiding
our
government
and
economy.
M
These
are
the
sort
of
skills
that
allow
people
to
become
financially
stable
and
begin
building
their
long-term
wealth
and
again
I'm
using
my
own
Academy
as
an
example,
but
these
arguments
apply
for
most
of
the
or
most
of
the
magnet
programs
in
Gainesville.
However,
without
our
zoning
exemptions,
many
of
the
students
who
could
benefit
most
from
the
program
would
simply
be
barred
off
again
for
no
reason
other
than
being
on
the
wrong
side
of
town.
M
N
Hello,
my
name
is
Victoria
cow
and
I'm.
Here
to
tell
you
my
story,
you
need
to
today.
We've
heard
a
lot
about
busing
and
that
is
and
like
just
the
effect
like
the
overall
benefits
of
our
academies.
But,
let's
think
about
what
would
happen
if
these
changes
were
to
happen.
I
myself
have
changed
schools.
This
is
my
view.
Hold
is
my
eighth
school
since
elementary
school.
This
is
my
eighth
school
and
it's
really
a
home
I
found
a
home
at
buchholtz
and
the
Academy
of
Finance,
going
being
at
the
Academy
Miss
Brothers
she's.
N
I've
been
able
to
go
in
as
a
freshman
in
college
in
high
school
and
I've
been
able
to
compete
at
the
state
level.
Winning
first
place
and
I
know
that
there
are
lots
of
kids
just
like
me
that
are
going
into
high
school
that
are
talented,
that
are
smart
and
that
are
motivated
to
grow
in
these
areas
and
not
letting
kids
compete
and
have
these
opportunities
just
because
they
live,
maybe
like
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
street.
Is
that
fair?
N
That's
when
we
grow.
That's
when
we
learn
that's
the
most
important
four
years
of
our
life,
we're
kids,
we're
teens,
and
it's
really
hard
for
us
to
prepare
for
college
to
prepare
for
life.
When
you
have
to
make
such
a
huge
change
in
high
school,
where
we're
supposed
to
be
growing
and
really
I'm
sure
I
100,
I'm
I
can
guarantee
you
I
know
that
beautiful,
like
schools
like
east
side
and
Lofton
Hawthorne.
They
have
amazing
teachers,
I'm
100,
sure
of
that.
N
All
of
the
students
I
know
and
we're
all
very
successful
in
letting
kids
have
that
same
experience
being
guided
through
high
school
by
experience
by
kind
by
loving
teachers.
Administration
administrators
and
counselors
is
probably
the
best
thing
that
anyone
could
ever
have
through
their
high
school
year.
So
that's
why
I
encourage
you
to
really
think
about
what
would
happen
if
you
implemented
these
changes.
O
O
I'm,
not
I,
don't
work
in
schools.
I,
imagine
rezoning
to
be
very
complex
and
very
difficult
and
challenging
as
I
look
at
the
data
presented
here
today,
I
see
numbers
where
people
live,
but
I
know,
there's
a
lot
more
information
that
the
school
board
and
others
are
going
to
be
using
to
make
smart
decisions
for
this
community.
So
one
thing
I
would
like
to
see.
Perhaps
within
the
process
before
you
reveal
what
your
changes
will
be
is
take
the
input
that
folks
are
giving
you
and
come
up
with
goals
objectives.
O
Why
are
we
making
the
changes
that
we're
making?
Because
change
is
going
to
be
difficult
for
anybody
and
if
we
focus
only
on
what
the
change
will
be
and
not
the
why
people
are
going
to
lose
sight
of
that,
so
I
talked
about
goals
and
objectives.
Here
are
mine,
I'm
in
an
area
where
it's
likely
that
my
kids
will
have
to
go
to
a
new
school
or
a
different
school
I
may
have
to
drive
farther,
but
I
want
it.
If
so,
I
want
it
to
matter,
I
want
it
to
serve
a
higher
purpose.
O
The
things
I
would
like
to
see
happen
with
this
rezoning
effort
is
that
we
blend
our
communities.
We
don't
perpetuate
the
invisible
walls
that
exist
within
Alachua
County.
We
do
it
in
a
common
sense
way
that
Working
Families
can
be
at
their
school
of
their
children
to
take
part
in
events
pick
them
up
if
they
need
to
be
involved
in
their
community.
O
P
Expansion
rezoning,
our
community
school
alone
is
not
going
to
relieve
the
severe
and
immediate
need
for
facilities,
expenditures
and
expansion
to
meet
the
long
overdue
relief
needed
by
Newberry
schools.
I'd
also
like
to
present
the
fact
that
your
data
is
skewed
right
now
on
your
Maps,
you
list
elementary
schools
and
Newberry
Elementary
at
141
capacity.
We
have
a
fifth
grade:
it's
not
at
Newberry
Elementary
School.
It
is
an
elementary
grade
if
you
add
that
back
in
Newberry
elementary
school
goes
from
141
capacity
to
170
percent
capacity.
P
So
our
elementary
school
began,
our
elementary
school
students
begin
eating
their
lunch
at
9
45,
because
our
lunchroom
is
too
full.
It's
too
small.
We
have
too
many
students.
That's
not
something!
That's
going
to
be
drawn
by
lines
on
a
map.
In
fact,
when
we
look
at
the
141
percent,
the
amount
of
elementary
school
students
that
are
zoned
for
Newberry
is
860
some
odd.
We
only
have
660
at
school
right
now,
so
at
in
our
fifth
grade
is
150
and
we're
back
up
to
900..
P
J
J
The
lyceum
program
also
has
a
high,
an
Ela
class
that
has
encourages
higher
level
reading,
including
Shakespeare
and
many
things
that
schools
don't
usually
cover
until
High
School,
which
and
in
Lincoln
also
prepares
you
for
the
IB
program
in
east
side,
which
is
where
I
plan
to
go,
but
also
It
prepares
for
many
other
many
other
schools
so
dissolving.
If
you
do
decide
to
dissolve
the
magnet
program,
I
hope
you
find
a
good
alternative
that
will
benefit
everyone.
Thank
you.
Q
Hi,
my
daughter,
so
she
goes
to
Lincoln.
So
a
couple
of
things
like
you
know,
I,
have
followed
this
discussion
and
I
was
trying
to
figure
out
why
we
are
doing
it,
the
underlying
question
and
how
we
are
doing
it,
why
we
are
doing
it
because
we
have
more
students
in
certain
schools.
I
was
looking
at
the
schools
and
I
saw
a
pattern
that
you
know
these
schools
happen
to
be
good
schools
generally
or
they
are
in
a
higher
income
area.
Q
So
when
people
come
here
are
coming
to
Gainesville
or
Elijah
County
to
settle,
you
know
there
is
a
contract
there
signing
they
have
a
certain
ideas
of
where
their
kids
are
going
to
be.
They
buy
homes.
There
growth
happens.
So
it's
it's
a
simple
phenomena
which
happens
everywhere
in
the
world.
So
now,
suddenly,
after
four
or
five
years
of
buying
their
homes
paying
the
premium,
you
want
them
to
Simply,
you
know
rezone
and
it
will.
It
will
have
a
negative
effect.
One
now
rezoning
is
important.
Q
Why
not
actually
invest
in
those
schools
where
we
see
less
enrollment,
why
we
are
not
talking
about
that
so,
rather
than
not
celebrating
the
Excellence,
we
are
just
punishing
the
you
know,
High,
achieving
kids
I'm,
not
even
going
towards
a
magnet
at
this
point
of
time,
but
in
general
these
schools-
we
are
talking
about
especially
Elementary.
They
are
in
a
better
socio-economic
districts.
Okay,
we
need
to
do
something
about
that.
Rather
than
simply,
you
know
the
go
through
the
obvious
solution.
The
easiest
solution
is
fine.
Q
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
Rob.
Baker
I
have
two
students
here
at
Oakview
middle
they're,
both
well
one
is
in
the
cat
program
now
she's
the
one
I
refer
to
as
my
little
girl
and
when
I
refer
to
her.
That
way,
I
sometimes
get
a
little
backlash.
She
reminds
me
she's
no
longer
little
and
I
remind
her
that
little
girl
is
a
title.
R
That
I
know
that
you're
going
to
be
making
over
the
next
six
months
and
I,
don't
envy
any
of
you,
some
of
the
blowback
you're
going
to
get
over
the
next
six
months
over
these
decisions.
I
know
this
is
going
to
be
a
very
difficult
period
for
everybody,
including
perhaps
me
maybe
I,
will
come
back
before
you
in
November
and
tell
you
that
I
cannot
believe
that
you're
making
zoning
decisions
that
I
don't
agree
with
and
that
you
know
that's
possible
I.
Doubt
it,
but
I
appreciate
this
board
undertook
comprehensive
rezoning.
R
It
needed
to
happen
not
five
years
ago,
not
10
years
ago,
but
close
to
15,
and
now
we
are
left
with
what
is
a
crisis
in
our
schools
and
all
these
people.
A
lot
of
what
we
hear
from
other
people
who
are
talking
is
fear,
they're,
afraid
that
the
result
of
the
rezoning
process
is
going
to
be
all
those
students
from
view
Holtz.
You
heard
from
they're
afraid
they're
magnets,
going
away.
R
S
Good
evening
board
members,
my
name
is
Jordan
Marlow
I'm,
a
teacher
at
Newberry,
High,
School
I'm,
married
to
a
teacher
here
at
Oakview.
I
have
a
son
at
Archer
Elementary
and
a
daughter
right
here
at
Newberry
and
I
currently
serve
as
the
mayor
in
the
City
of
Newberry,
a
job
which
I
guess
no
one
else
even
really
wants
to
to
have
right
now,
but
I'm
honored
to
do
the
work
and
I
appreciate
I
want
to
add
my
thanks
to
you
guys
coming
out
here
to
talk
to
our
community.
S
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
the
fifth
grade
building
here.
It's
a
beautiful
facility,
and
we
appreciate
that
I
want
to
keep
my
comments
focused
on
the
map,
the
zoning
because
I'm
not
quite
sure
if
the
magnets
are
I,
don't
know
really
where
that
is
for
the
board
that
maybe
an
issue
it
may
not
be
an
issue.
I
also
heard
a
comment
about
the
superintendent
I.
Don't
know
if
that's
an
issue
or
not
I
had
a
lot
of
late
meetings.
S
Last
night,
so
I
don't
know
what
happened
at
last
night's
board
meeting,
but
I
do
want
to
take
just
a
second
to
say
if
that
is
a
consideration.
I
think
that
that's
that's
something
that
we
should
table
for
right
now.
I
believe
that
Providence
has
a
hand
in
putting
us
all
exactly
where
we
need
to
be
in
the
moment
that
we
need
to
be
there
and
I
I
have
to
say
that
I
think
we
have
a
superintendent
that
has
a
heart
for
our
community.
That
knows
our
schools
and
knows
our
communities.
S
It
breaks
my
heart
to
hear
people
talk
about
I,
don't
know
that
if
our,
if
we
grow
in
our
community,
that
we'll
be
able
to
have
kids
in
our
community,
I
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
conversation
about
the
numbers.
But
I
also
think
that
it's
going
to
be
a
conversation
about
being
as
least
disruptive
to
communities
as
we
can't
be
and
I
think
that
our
superintendent
right
now
is
the
person
that
can
help
balance
the
numbers
and
that
Hartford
Community.
S
So
again,
I
don't
know
if
that's
even
really
an
issue,
but
I
did
I
heard
it
and
I
just
wanted
it
to
take
that
opportunity.
I
like
to
approach
this
with
Occam's
razor
simple.
The
solution
is
the
best
and
I
get
the
privilege
of
doing
that,
because
I
only
have
to
worry
about
Newberry.
You
guys
have
to
worry
about
the
whole
District.
It's
my
belief,
but
my
numbers
are
old.
I
need
y'alls.
S
I
need
y'all's,
updated
numbers
that
we
could
shift
the
Western
Line
a
mile
or
two
more
West
and
take
jonesville's
growth,
which,
if
you
think
Newberry,
is
growing
fast.
When
I
was
a
kid,
Jonesville
was
a
gas
station
and
Rosie's
Now
jonesville's
population
is
higher
than
that
of
the
city
of
newberries
so
and
in.
If
you
shift
that
line
just
two
miles,
west
I,
don't
know
if
it's
two
one
and
a
half,
you
have
three
schools
to
williger
and
two
elementary
schools
in
Alachua
that
are
all
under
capacity.
S
Those
are
all
either
closer
to
those
residents.
Those
students
are
there
in
close
proximity,
but
I
also
think
that
the
gentleman
who
said
we
need
facilities,
there's
just
no
getting
around
that
shift
in
that
line.
A
mile
or
two
West
that
catches
us
a
breath,
but
we're
going
to
need
those
facilities.
So
the
last
I
heard
Newberry
Elementary
was
getting
new
buildings
in
2030.
I
think
we
need
those
in
2023
2024..
S
T
T
Although
we
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
magnet
information
in
the
packet
that
was
provided,
I
definitely
think,
maybe
in
future
meetings
there
needs
to
be
some
more
information
about
magnet,
enrollment
and
what
that
entails,
simply
because,
without
it
I
think
it's
going
to
be
hard
for
people
to
understand
some
of
the
decisions.
You
know
that
are
being
made.
T
The
other
point
I
had
was
it
sounds
like
this
is
going
to
be
for
the
2024-2025
year.
My
daughter
will
be
my
oldest
daughter
will
be
a
senior
you
know,
obviously
moving
schools.
You
know
at
that
sort
of
time.
You
know
in
their
life
is,
is
not
going
to
be
an
easy
thing.
If
that's
possible
and
I
guess
that's
why
I'm
saying
it
would
be
nice
to
have
all
the
options
on
the
table.
T
The
other
option
I'd
like
I,
don't
know
if
this
is
possible,
but
has
there
been
any
consideration
for
building
another
school,
especially
for
high
schools?
I
mean
you
look
at
the
high
schools
that
we
have
around
here.
We
don't
seem
to
have
that
many
they're
all
kind
of
spread
around
we.
You
know
the
packet
talks
a
lot
about
the
growth
on
the
west
side
of
the
county.
T
U
's
in
the
Academy
of
finance
and
I'd
like
to
speak
specifically
to
the
to
the
academies
at
bucholts
and
just
to
say
that
the
really
their
Assets
in
a
portfolio
of
of
academies
and
magnet
programs
that
you
have
here
in
the
county,
they're,
not
a
problem
they're
but
they're
of
particular
value.
I
know
that
I
have
spoken
with
professors
at
the
University
of
Florida
speaking
about
students
who
have
come
through
the
finance
and
entrepreneur
programs,
and
they
have
been
very
complimentary
about
their
preparedness
to
pursue.
U
U
It's
it's
classes
that
the
students
mentioned
earlier.
There
are
participatory
events.
There
are
competitions.
The
the
ninth
graders
are
certified
to
do
volunteer
tax
work
for
the
community,
that's
something
that
is
unique
to
this
program.
That
is
would
be
diffused
if,
if
it
were
attempted
to
be
replicated
in
any
other
location,
the
Community
Bank
that
is
housed
in
the
in
the
finance
program
is
also
an
infrastructure
piece
that
is
part
and
parcel
of
the
program.
There
have
been
so
many
students
that
have
come
through
this
program.
U
It
is
part
of
the
personality
of
the
school.
It's
something
that
that
kids
look
forward
to
that.
They
relate
to,
and
at
this
point
in
in
their
lives,
it's
it's
something
that
that
they
can
feel
part
of,
and
you
know
some
people
might
join
a
team
or
they
might
have
another
extracurricular
activity.
For
for
my
son,
that's
that's
all
that
he's
involved
with
at
school
I
mean
is
the
finance
program,
the
FBLA.
U
There
are
officers,
there
are
opportunity
communities
through
internships
to
to
be
involved
with
the
community,
particularly
through
the
banking
and
then
some
UF
other
opportunities.
So
it's
not
it's
not
just
a
class
to
be
replicated.
There's
infrastructure,
there's
the
the
FBLA
for
finance
the
teachers.
Miss
Brothers
is
the
heart
and
soul.
U
V
Good
evening
my
name
is
Keith:
Myers
I
have
two
children
in
the
school
system.
One
is
a
junior
at
buholtz
in
the
finance
program
and
the
other
is
a
eighth
grader
who's
planning
to
attend
B
Holtz
next
year.
Also
in
the
Academy
of
Finance,
both
of
my
children
went
to
Queen
of
Peace
Academy
for
their
elementary
and
middle
school.
We
chose
to
put
them
through
Catholic
Education
that
was
important
to
us,
but
as
they
got
into
the
high
school,
we
wanted
to
move
them
into
a
larger
environment
and
a
more
diverse
environment
as
they
prepared.
V
V
This
applies
to
a
lot
of
kids
programs
like
and
I
want
to
talk
about,
Finance,
simply
because
I
think
it's
it's
almost
impossible
to
disentangle
zoning
and
the
discussions
that
have
already
taken
place
with
the
school
board
about
the
magnet
programs
and
so
another
value
to
these
programs.
Particularly
these
academies
is
I
know
for
my
kids,
coming
from
a
small
school
going
to
a
place
where
bugles,
where
there's
well
over
two
thousand
kids,
having
kind
of
a
home
base
within
the
school.
V
You
get
this
value
that
they're
uniquely
interested
in
finance,
but
also
someone
to
help
them
kind
of
navigate
that
place
and
and
almost
a
family
within
the
school
that
they
can
connect
to
and
is
built
in
right
away
as
they're
trying
to
find
their
way
amongst
a
larger
population.
You
know
these
again,
I
think
that
probably
goes
for
all
of
the
academies
across
all
of
the
schools
high
schools,
but
our
our
experience
has
been
fantastic.
V
One
of
the
things
that
I
also
wanted
to
talk
about
is
you
know
in
when
you
look
at
the
number
of
kids
or
the
capacity
at
the
schools
as
you're.
Making
these
decisions,
I
I,
don't
have
the
numbers,
but
as
I
understand
it,
the
data
that's
presented
about
buhold,
specifically,
it
maybe
pertains
to
the
permanent
space
and,
as
I
understand
it.
There's
like
11
Portable
Buildings
outside
that
add
a
tremendous
amount
of
capacity
that
aren't
accounted
for
in
these
percentages
that
are
presented
about
the
overpopulation
there.
V
So
I'd
ask
you
to
consider
and
validate
that
information.
I'd
also
ask
you
to
think
about.
We've
heard
a
lot
of
people
talk
about
overcrowding
in
Newberry
and
needing
to
have
growth
and
expansion
of
the
schools.
Here.
Why
aren't
we
having
any
discussion
about
growth
and
expansion
of
West
Side
High
Schools,
adding
a
new
high
school
or
making
some
permanent
expansion
to
places
like
view
Holt,
where
there
is
tremendous
growth
on
this
side
of
town
I,
think
that
should
be
looked
at
and
I
think?
V
At
the
end
of
the
day,
there
was
a
comment
made
at
a
school
board
meeting
about
people
wanting
exclusivity
and
I.
Don't
think
that's
the
case.
I
think
what
people
want
is
an
opportunity
for
a
good
education.
I
think
everyone
here
wants
it,
whether
it's
east
side
or
west
side.
We
all
want
our
kids
to
be
in
an
environment
where
they
can
learn
and
they
have
good
opportunities
to
do
that.
Let
me
just
ask
you
to
consider
thank
you.
W
Thank
you,
hello,
I'm,
Khadijah,
Kamps
I
have
five
students
in
the
Alachua
County
Public
Schools
tour
at
the
Einstein
school
one
is
at
Gainesville
High
School
in
10th
Grade,
the
other
one
of
them
is
here
at
Oakview
in
the
seventh
grade
cat
program.
One
is
that
is
in
second
grade
at
Newberry,
Elementary
School.
We
love
it
here.
We've
been
here
for
a
year
and
a
half
we
live
about
two
miles
from
the
school
and
the
rezoning
could,
you
know
ultimately
affect
us
and
not
in
a
positive
way.
W
I
have
two
main
questions.
The
first
question
is:
is
there
a
plan
to
revitalize
existing
schools
that
will
get
access
to
particular
areas
and
or
provide
much
needed
relief
to
existing
schools?
There
are
there's
Prairie
View,
there's
Duvall,
who
I
heard
someone
mentioned
earlier
and
there's
also
Terwilliger.
Is
there
a
plan
to
revitalize
those
schools
to
allow
those
parents
and
families
to
have
access
to
schooling
in
those
areas
without
disrupting
the
lines
too
much?
The
second
question
is:
as
these
areas
grow
and
again
this
was
already
mentioned.
W
Will
there
be
a
plan
to
build
more
schools
to
accommodate
the
growth
we've
been
here
for
a
year
and
a
half
but
there's
several
other
neighborhoods
going
up
now
in
this?
At
this
present
time,
I
taught
as
a
teacher
in
Alachua,
County
I'm.
Sorry
in
Alachua,
at
Alachua
elementary
school
and
I
really
love
that
model
there.
They
have
a
K-2,
and
then
they
have
a
three
through
five
school
to
get
our
fifth
graders
back
into
Elementary
School.
W
Is
there
a
plan
to
consider
building
a
second
Elementary
School,
a
three
through
five
school
to
accommodate
those
students
so
that
they
can
no
longer
be
here?
My
middle
schooler
says
that
she
is
late
to
class
A
lot
because
there's
so
many
students
passing
through
the
hallways
here
that
she
came
to
me
at
the
class
on
time
because
they
can't
walk
on
the
grass
and
they
have
to
get
to
a
place
in
four
minutes
which
they
took
off
a
minute
from
transition
from
the
last
time
she
was
here.
W
She
also
said
they
have
to
behave
a
little
different
because
they
have
Elementary
School
students.
Here.
Is
there
a
way
to
give
these
students
back
their
middle
school
and
make
make
our
fifth
graders
safe
at
an
elementary
school
in
their
level?
This
also
may
affect
my
elementary
school
student,
who
will
be
in
fourth
grade
in
the
Years
proposed
she's
little
and
Tiny
I
would
feel
very
nervous
about
her
being
at
a
middle
school
in
an
elementary
school.
W
So
I'd
ask
for
you
guys
to
consider
all
of
the
input,
because
our
voices
matter,
we
put
you
in
places
to
make
decisions
for
us,
so
please
consider
all
of
the
input
that's
been
said
to
keep
our
children
safe
to
not
disrupt
the
lines
too
much.
This
could
affect
my
my
middle
schooler,
going
to
Newberry
High
School,
my
senior
at
ghs
in
the
coming
year.
So
please
consider
our
voices
and
what
we
want.
Thank
you.
X
Hi
Betsy
Reilly
I
am
the
mother
of
a
10
month
old,
and
that
is
all
I
am
Dr.
Betsy
Riley
I
have
dual
phds:
I
have
two
master's
degrees.
I've
got
a
BA
in
psychology
from
Wellesley
College,
which
is
a
elite
IBA
at
least
almost
Ivy
League
school
on
the
East
Coast.
It
is
that's
cool
is
everything
that
people
want
when
they
think
about
schools,
extraordinary
teachers,
Advanced
curriculums,
bright
students
And.
X
Yet
when
I
went
to
Wellesley
College
the
absolute
number
one
thing
that
I
took
away
from
it
was
not
the
coursework,
it
was
the
diversity
it
was.
That
is
something
that
would
not
have
made
any
sense
to
me
as
a
high
schooler
or
a
middle
schooler.
I
wouldn't
have
understood
the
value
of
diversity
until
I
was
there
and
I
saw
it,
and
so
I
went
thinking
about
the
future
of
of
my
child
coming
into
the
school,
so
it'll
be
in
these
school
systems.
I
just
want
to
say
if
you
need
to
bust
her
somewhere.
X
Y
Good
evening
I'm
Leslie
Hayes
I'm
from
Newberry
I
graduated
from
Newberry
High,
School
purposefully
bought
a
home
out
in
Newberry
because
the
schools
were
so
great
and
we've
loved
the
community
for
such
a
long
time.
I
actually
ended
up
in
Newberry
for
one
of
the
magnet
programs
for
the
criminal
justice
program.
I
was
at
Westwood
Middle
School,
so
these
are
coming
here.
My
family
ended
up
buying
a
house
out
here
and
I'm
continuing
because
it's
a
great
Community.
Y
My
son
is
going
to
be
in
elementary
school
next
year
and
looking
at
these
numbers,
it's
scary,
it's
they're,
huge
they're,
high
growth
is
going
to
continue
to
happen
in
Newberry,
and
we
want
that.
We
love
that,
because
again,
people
want
to
move
out
here,
because
it's
great
so
I
feel
like
we
need
to
be
looking
at
more
expansion,
not
just
the
Zone
lines.
Alachua
County
has
some
of
the
highest
taxes
in
the
state,
and
so
how
are
we
excuse
me?
Y
How
are
we
allocating
those
funds
to
make
sure
that
our
students
are
not
suffering
from
this
or
have
too
high
classes?
Two
high-class
numbers
fifth
graders
with
8th
graders.
Those
are
very
two
different
groups
of
people.
The
transition
to
middle
school
is
very
difficult.
One
you're
putting
10
year
olds
11
year
olds
in
with
13
year
olds.
We
need
to
get
those
kids
back
over
there.
We
need
to
get
them
in
actual
buildings.
If
it's
raining,
they
can't
go
from
class
to
class
easily.
So
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
things.
Y
Z
Hi,
my
name
is
Anna
white,
I
kind
of
just
wanted
to
speak
on
this
because
I've
gone
to
all
over
crowded
schools,
I
went
to
high
Springs
Elementary,
School
and
I
went
to
Oakview
middle
school
and
then
I
went
to
Newberry
High,
School
I,
don't
know
the
last
time
you
guys
have
walked
the
Halls
like
during
transition,
but
it's
like
insane.
The
kids
in
there
are
so
big
and
like
they're
scary,
and
it's
really
scary
for
me,
because
I'm
scared
of
like
running
into
people-
and
it
really
is
scary,
like
I'm
being
genuine.
Z
The
Halls-
are
way
too
small
for
the
amount
of
kids
we
have,
and
it
is
extremely
clear
to
me
just
by
attending
my
school,
that
there
are
way
too
many
kids.
There
I
recently
had
the
privilege
to
go
to
Bartram
trail
High
School
in
Jacksonville
for
State,
Salon,
Ensemble
and
looking
at
their
school
and
comparing
it
to
any
of
our
schools
and
I'm
aware
that
Bartram
Cheryl's
population
is
extremely
different,
but
it's
very
clear
that
they
care
about
their
kids.
Z
They
had
a
whole
9th
Grade,
Academy
and
I
wish
that
that
attention
could
be
paid
to
schools
like
Newberry,
because
we
have
great
kids
and
we
have
incredible
teachers,
and
if
we
had
the
facilities
to
support
those
kids
and
teachers,
I
think
that
we
wouldn't
see
the
overcrowding
that
we
do.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
pay
attention
to
all
schools
equally,
including
the
ones
on
the
east
and
west
sides.
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
pay
attention
to
them
because
no
side
matters
more
than
the
other.
Thank
you.
AA
My
name
is
David
away
and
I'm
a
father
for
three
kids.
We
for
the
past
10
years.
We
already
went
with
the
Wilds
on
Williams,
Lincoln
and
Bill
Hall
and
currently
I
serve
on
the
parents,
advisor
Council
for
the
pure
School
Board,
so
I
think
you
guys
already
heard
a
lot
for
the
input
on
the
marketing
program.
Refer
to
your
first
question,
you
raise
up
so
as
a
parent's
representative
from
Bill
Hall,
especially
from
the
magnet
program
we
seriously
request.
We
have
a
special
input
section
for
a
magnet
program.
AA
Excuse
me,
the
reason
is
I
think
we
heard
a
lot
of
feedback,
because
my
role
as
the
parents
representative,
we
heard
from
a
student
we
heard
from
the
parents
I
think
regarding
last
time.
The
feedback,
especially
the
opinion
from
the
board
members,
give
negative.
Okay,
I,
don't
know
you,
you
guys
really
talk
with
the
students.
Talk
with
the
teachers,
talk
with
the
principles
or
just
based
on
your
personal
opinion
on
that,
for
example,
I
just
speak
out
for
Bureau.
We
talk
about
school
in
school.
Please
visit
Bill
Hall.
Can
you
tell
anybody?
AA
AA
The
only
thing
is
bringing
more
curriculum
opportunities,
that's
developed
by
Mrs,
Brothers,
okay,
very
successful.
You
guys
can
check
there
about
the
district
news
regarding
all
the
kids
bring
and
more
is
diversity.
Okay,
possibly
beautiful
is
the
most
diversity
school.
We
talk
about
it.
If
you
look
into
all
the
district.
AA
Another
thing
is
we
talk
about
this
kind
of
opportunities?
Our
description
is
very
special
because
our
money
is
not
distributed
based
on
the
zoom.
Our
money
collects
and
distribute
it
to
all
the
schools.
So
that
means
magnificent
program
is
supported
by
everybody's
money.
What
does
that
means?
No
matter
I'm
from
North
West,
South
East.
Everybody
should
have
the
opportunity
to
go
to
an
American
program.
AA
AB
AB
Maybe
the
citizens
would
benefit
from
someone
going
over
some
reasoning
why
we
have
capacity?
We
don't
have
capacity
why
we
can't
build
how
the
Portables
are
affecting
that
how
Elementary
I
was
able
to
come
because
of
the
affordables
were
supposed
to
leave.
Maybe
some
education
on
that,
because
I
agree
with
everybody,
the
west
side
is
booming
and
I
know
we
were
told
to
buckle
up,
but
I
think
everybody
in
the
district
needs
to
buckle
up,
and
we
need
to
figure
this
out
because
we're
a
mess
Behavior
to
mess.
Everything
is
a
mess.
AB
I've
already
talked
to
you
guys
about
elementary
a
little
bit
about
high
school,
but
maybe
I
came
here
a
couple
months
ago
and
I
believe
principal
Armstrong
said
there
was
300
folders
for
the
cap
program.
Thank
you
and
they
gave
every
single
one
of
them
out.
Why
are
we
not
opening
another
cat
program
somewhere
closer
to
town?
AB
Another
thing
that
I
wanted
to
talk
about
was
behavioral.
Do
we
have
a
behavior
Matrix
and
are
we
sticking
to
it?
Is
that
something
that
we
could
Implement
for
next
year?
You
guys
keep
saying
what
can
we
do
next
year?
Well,
we
could
open
another
magnet
program
next
year
from
middle
school.
We
could
do
a
behavioral
Matrix
next
year
and
actually
implement
it.
AB
I
came
in
late
and
heard
some
stuff
about
superintendent
search,
I,
don't
know
where
people
stand
if
they're
happy,
if
they're
not
happy,
but
if
you
guys
are
unhappy,
you
guys
have
been
in
these
seats
since
November
and
since
November
you
could
have
started
a
nationwide
search
and
it
is
now
almost
May
and
you
guys
are
just
doing
this
and
it
is
a
full
six
to
eight
month
process,
so
I'm
not
sure
where
this
all
came
from,
but
I
feel
like
we've
had
months.
You
guys
have
had
months
and
that
could
have
been
initiated.
AB
Also
during
this
watching
all
these
meetings,
it
almost
seems
like
our
staff,
not
my
staff,
but
you
know
I,
guess
it's
us
because
we're
all
taxpayers
it's
like
they
have
six
bosses
here.
It's
my
understanding
that
the
superintendent
is
the
boss
of
the
of
the
county
and
that
he
is
to
see
you
guys
for
guidance
and
whatnot
and
I'm,
not
a
county
member
I.
Don't
know
I'm,
not
speaking
for
anybody.
It's
just
what
my
assumption
that
I
see
it
seems
like
the
direction
is
everywhere,
and
maybe
there
was
a
gentleman
last
night.
AB
That
said,
we
need
to
come
together
and
work
together
and
have
one
leader
Distributing.
What
needs
to
happen
if
we're
going
to
succeed
sometime
in
Fall
and
last
I'll
take
my
last
20
seconds
because
I
know
Miss
McNeely
said
it
at
the
last
meeting
and
I
just
want
to
remind
I.
Am
a
Terwilliger
family.
I
have
been
here
from
the
beginning:
I
am
zoned,
my
neighbors
are
and
I
come
every
meeting.
I
might
not
be
the
right
and
the
ones
that
you
want
to
hear
from,
but
I
am
twilliger.
AB
B
All
right,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
again,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
tonight.
We
will
be
posting
this
meeting
on
our
rezoning
website
in
just
a
few
days
and
remember
we
do
have
our
next
input
session
will
be
on
April
25th
at
Wiles,
Elementary
School,
also
at
5
30..
So
again,
thank
you
all
very
much.
Oh.
AC
My
name
is
Tim
Martin
I'm,
a
City
Commissioner
here
in
Newberry
I've,
been
referred
to
as
the
destroyer
of
publication
of
public
education
by
the
chairman
of
the
board.
We
have
heard
very
dispersion
disparaging
comments
from
this
board
before
I.
Don't
appreciate
it
on
behalf
of
myself
or
my
community
at
all.
AC
AC
AC
Archer
to
Terwilliger
is
7.5
miles.
Archer
to
Newberry
is
actually
9.9
miles.
Jonesville
to
Newberry
Elementary
is
7.8.
Miles
Jonesville
to
Irby
is
8.6.
Jonesville
to
Terwilliger
is
actually
only
4.6.
Jonesville
to
Meadowbrook
is
4.5,
so
it
does
make
a
lot
of
sense.
Mathematically
from
what
he's
talking
about
to
pull
some
of
those
Jonesville
students
out
of
our
program,
Newberry
Elementary,
obviously
is
141
percent
I,
don't
know
if
that
number
actually
includes
the
fifth
graders
that
we
have
over
here
at
Oakville.
AC
I
also
wanted
to
publicly
at
this
point,
in
the
interests
of
cooperation,
I'm
willing
to
extend
an
olive
branch
to
the
school
board.
If
you
are
willing
to
work
with
me
and
my
community
I'm
more
than
willing
to
work
with
you
and
I'm
willing
to
put
the
past
in
the
past,
and
we
can
try
to
work
together
and
stop
the
the
bickering
in
the
back
and
forth
if
you're
willing
to
do
that,
I
also
wanted
to
publicly
complement
member
Dion
McGraw.
AC
At
this
point,
I
haven't
heard
every
meeting
she's
been
the
only
member
who
has
been
willing
to
talk
about
Behavior
I
can
mentor
I
thank
her
for
willing
to
address
this
issue
because
I've
been
very
critical
of
her
in
the
past
as
well,
but
when
I
want
to
stand
up
here
and
be
critical,
I
also
want
to
call
balls
and
Strikes
and
when
I
think
Compliments
are
due
I
want
to
give
them.
So
thank
you
very
much,
Miss
McGraw.
Thank
you.