May 22, 2007 Agenda

B-3. Presentation of Recognition Plaque Volusia County Schools

Recommendation: Accept the plaque and recognize Dr. David Piccolo and other individuals for their part in the collection and dissemination of funds for the Volusia County Schools for recovery efforts in the aftermath of recent tornadoes.

B-4. Recognition of 2007 Governors Sterling Award

Recommendation: Recognize individuals for their outstanding contributions in helping the District pursue and win the 2007 Governor’s Sterling Award.

C. RESOLUTIONS/SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

C-1. Presentation of Project SEINE

Recommendation: Ginger Davis, Resource Teacher for Secondary Science and Irene Ramnarine, Resource Teacher for Secondary Social Studies, will provide the Board with an overview of Project SEINE. The project would be developed and implemented over a 3-year period for 9^th grade students.

D. PUBLIC DISCUSSION

E. CONSENT AGENDA (No Information Item at Prior Meeting)

E-1. Student Expulsion

Recommendation: Approve student expulsion(s) for failure to comply with the Stipulation/ Conduct Agreement and issue Final Orders confirming expulsion in each case presented.

E-2. Quarterly Investment Report

Recommendation: Approve the Third Quarter Investment Summary for FY 2007.

E-3. Financial Statement – July 1, 2006 through February 28, 2007

Recommendation: Approve the Financial Statement for July 1, 2006 through February 28, 2007.

E-4. Budget Amendment #7 for the Operating Fund, 2006-07

Recommendation: Approve resolution #7 to amend the Operating Fund Budget.

E-5. Warrant List – April 1, 2007 through April 30, 2007

Recommendation: Approve the Warrant List for the period of April 1, 2007 through April 30, 2007. Total expenditures were $43,738,830.92.

E-6. Surplus Property

Recommendation: Authorize the removal from inventory and disposal of surplus property according to prescribed procedures in Florida Statutes 274.05 and 274.06.

E-7. Purchasing Bids, RFPs, RFQs, Sales & Service Agreements

Recommendations:

Award the Purchasing Bids listed below:

a. #08-001/BP- Cafeteria Paper Supplies - Food & Nutrition Services – 2007/08

Re-Award the Purchasing Bids listed below:

b. #05-034/BM – Window and Store Front Systems Replacement II – Maintenance – 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07

c. #06-046/BM – Playground Surfacing Material – Maintenance – 2005/06, 2006/07

Award the RFP listed below:

d. #06009/BM – Asbestos and Lead Based Paint Abatement Services – Environmental Health and Safety – 2005/06, 2006/07

E-8. Intergovernmental Coordination and Review (ICAR) Joint Participation Agreement

Recommendation: The Board approve and sign the attached agreement between Florida Department of Transportation, the Brevard Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and other Brevard Transportation providers.

E-9. Support Staff Recommendations

Recommendation: Approve the routine support staff recommendations.

E-10. Instructional Staff Recommendations

Recommendations: Approve the routine instructional staff recommendations.

E-11. Florida Learn and Serve Special Initiatives Grant

Recommendation: Accept the submission and subsequent grant/award of the Florida Learn and Serve Special Initiatives renewal application, Project Helping Others through Personal Empowerment – H.O.P.E., & Learning in the amount of $48,669. This non-competitive RFA was due in Tallahassee on May 4, 2007 and was submitted with Dr. DiPatri’s signature on the DOE 100A. In order to expedite the receipt of these funds, the applications were signed by the Superintendent and mailed to the Florida Department of Education on May 1, 2007.

E-12. Florida Learn & Serve 2007-2008 Competitive Projects

Recommendation: Approve the writing and submission of three Pilot Projects (Suntree, Viera, and Creel) and two One-Year Renewel Projects (Jackson and Endeavour) for a combined award of $26,906.74. In order to expedite the receipt of these funds, the applications were signed by the Superintendent and mailed to the Florida Department of Education on May 16, 2007.

E-13. Permission for Future Problem Solving (FPS) Students to Travel to International Future Problems Solving Competition

Recommendation: Approve the request to travel to International Future Problems Solving (FPS) competition in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 31 – June 3, 2007.

E-14. Transfer of Educational Facilities Impact Fees

Recommendation: Approve the attached recommendations for the use of Educational Facilities Impact Fees. Authorize the Superintendent to request the transfer of Impact Fees from Brevard County to the School District as recommended by the Educational Facilities Impact Fee Benefit District Advisory Committees for Benefit Districts 1, 2, 3, 4.

F. CONSENT AGENDA (Information Item at Prior Meeting)

F-1. Television Contracts With Brevard Community College

Recommendation: Approve the renewal contracts with Brevard Community College for television services for the next five years.

F-2. Appoint School Board Member to Florida School Boards Association Board of Directors

Recommendation: Appoint a School Board member to serve on the Florida School Boards Association Board of Directors.

F-3. Appoint School Board Member to Brevard Schools Foundation Board

Recommendation: Appoint a School Board member to serve on the Brevard Schools Foundation, Inc. board.

F-4. Renewal of Consulting Agreement with Robert L. Donaldson, Sr.

Recommendation: Effective July 1, 2007, engage the services of Robert L. Donaldson, Sr. to mentor approximately seven to thirteen new, second year and third year principals during the 2007-2008 school year at the rate of $500 per day, plus travel, for up to fifty days.

F-5. 2007-2008 Staffing Plan Recommendations

Recommendation: Approve the revision to the Staffing Plan for 2007-2008. As you recall on February 27, 2007, you voted for the 2006-2007 school year, status quo, on the Staffing Plan Committee recommendations for the 2007-2008 school year plan. Attached are the Staffing Plan Committee recommendations along with the Superintendent’s recommendations for the 2007-2008 school year.

F-6. Best Practices for Safety and Security Self-Assessment - OPPAGA

Recommendation: Accept the Superintendent’s recommendations based on review of findings from the 2006-2007 Best Practices for Safety and Security Self-Assessment.

F-7. Advanced Placement Vertical Teaming Workshop for Science

Recommendation: Approve the training of 30 science teachers by College Board of Vertical Teaming for AP. College Board will furnish the trainer and the materials for this one-day workshop August 7, 2007.

F-8. Consultant Agreement between The Children’s Forum/Jenn Faber and the Office of Adult/Community Education

Recommendation: Approve the consultant agreement between the Office of Adult & Community Ed/School Age Child Care and The Children’s Forum/Jenn Faber for two half day workshops for School Age Child Care workers.

F-9. Consultant Contract – Office of Title I for Mary Rose

Recommendation: Approve the consultant agreement between Title I and Mary Rose for thirty (30) sessions at a total cost of $21,000.00, which includes all expenses.

F-10. Approve Contracted Services Agreement for Dr. Bradley Greene, Quality School Trainer

Recommendation: Approve the Contracted Services Agreement for Dr. Bradley Greene, senior faculty member of the Glasser Institute, in the amount of $53,500.00.

F-11. Interagency Agreement with Eckerd Youth Alternatives

Recommendation: Authorize the Superintendent to enter into an agreement with Eckerd Alternatives to provide the Hi-Five program at Cambridge, Endeavour, Riverview and Sherwood Elementary Schools.

F-12. Department of Juvenile Justice 2007-2008 School Calendar

Recommendation: Approve the 2007-2008 School Calendar for the Juvenile Justice Sites.

F-13. School Board of Brevard County and Hurricane Island Outward Bound, Contract for Educational Services

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Hurricane Island Outward Bound in the amount of $103,350.00.

F-14. School Board of Brevard County and Space Coast Marine Institute, Contract for Educational Services

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Space Coast Marine Institute in the amount of $212,902.00.

F-15. School Board of Brevard County and Infinity Schools, Inc. for Educational Services at Brevard Group Treatment Home

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Infinity Schools, Inc. (for services at Brevard Group Treatment Home) in the amount of $190,157.00.

F-16. School Board of Brevard County and Infinity Schools, Inc. for Educational Services at Frances Walker Halfway House

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Infinity Schools, Inc. (for services at Frances Walker Halfway House) in the amount of $166,878.00.

F-17. School Board of Brevard County and Kids Medical Club

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board of Brevard County and Kids Medical Club in the amount of $60,000.00.

F-18. School Board of Brevard County and the National Deaf Academy

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and the National Deaf Academy in the amount of $161,512.50 for residential placement of one Brevard County student.

F-19. School Board of Brevard County and Crosswinds Youth Shelter, Contract for Educational Services

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Crosswinds Youth Shelter in the amount of $23,628.00.

F-20. School Board of Brevard County and Crosswinds/Rainwater Center for Girls, Contract for Educational Services

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Crosswinds/Rainwater Center for Girls in the amount of $117,825.00.

F-21. School Board of Brevard County and Devereux Foundation

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement between the School Board and Devereux Foundation in the amount of $886,665.00.

F-22. Space Coast Early Steps/Local Education Agency (LEA) Interagency Agreement

Recommendation: Approve the Early Steps/Local Education Agency Interagency Agreement.

F-23. Space Coast Early Steps/Brevard Public Schools Reimbursement Agreement

Recommendation: Approve the Reimbursement Agreement between Space Coast Early Steps and Brevard Public Schools.

F-24. School Board of Brevard County and Behavioral Educational Services, Inc.

Recommendation: Approve the expenditure to Behavioral Educational Services, Inc. in the amount of $7,506,271.00.

F-25. Approve the 2007-08 Cooperative Agreement with Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)

Recommendation: Approve the Cooperative Agreement between the School Board of Brevard County, Florida and Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D “learning through listening”) not to exceed $37,000.00.

F-26. Edgewood Jr/Sr High School – Amendment No.2 Certificate of Final Completion

Recommendation: Approve the attached Amendment No. 2 for a deduct to the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) in the amount of < $2,361,733.93> and an extension to the Contract Time to April 21, 2006 for Substantial Completion and May 21, 2006 for Final Completion to the A.D. Morgan Corporation contract for Design-Build services for additions, remodeling and renovations at Edgewood Jr/Sr High School. Accept the project as complete and authorize the Superintendent to sign the attached Certificate of Final Inspection.

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G. ACTION AGENDA

H. INFORMATION AGENDA

H-1. City of Titusville Application for Safe Routes To School (SRTS) Infrastructure Project

Recommendation: Approve the City of Titusville Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Infrastructure Project Grant Application.

H-2. Renew the School Boards Casualty Insurance Policies

Recommendation: To grant the Superintendent authority to bind the School Board’s Casualty insurance policies in an amount not to exceed $730,379 on or before July 1, 2007.

H-3. Addition of Positions School Accounting/Property Control

Recommendation: Approve the additional positions in the School Accounting/Property Control department.

H-4. Change and addition to Policy #8600 – Transportation

Recommendation: Recommend the School Board accept the changes and additions to Policy #86000 – Transportation

H-5. School Bus Lease Agreement with Sculptor Charter School, Odyssey Charter School and River Edges Charter Academy

Recommendation: Approve agreements to lease one (1) bus to Sculptor Charter School, four (4) buses to River’s Edge Charter Academy and four (4) buses to Odyssey Charter School.

H-6. “Storey-Taylor Stadium” Astronaut High School

Recommendation: Astronaut High School would like the School Board to approve the dedication and naming the new athletic stadium “Storey-Taylor Stadium”.

H-7. “Donnelly Field” – Astronaut High School

Recommendation: Astronaut High School would like the School Board to approve the dedication and naming the new athletic field “Donnelly Field”.

H-8. 2007 Smaller Learning Communities Grant

Recommendation: Approve the writing and submission of a 2007 Smaller Learning Communities grant for our largest high schools for up to the maximum allowable district award of up to $17,500,000 over the 60 month grant period. This grant is anticipated to be due in Washington

D. C. on June 23, 2007.

H-9. Safe Schools/Healthy Students – PROJECT WOR²K! Working On Raising Resilient Kids!

Recommendation: Approve the writing and submission of a Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant for up to the maximum allowable district award of $2,250,000 per year or up to a total of $9,000,000 over a 48 month period. This grant is due in Washington D.C. on June 11, 2007.

H-10. Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Entitlement Grant for 2007-2008

Recommendation: Approve the proposal for expenditures of $15,085,570.00 from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Entitlement Grant for 2007-2008 and $492,399 from the Pre-School Entitlement Portion.

H-11. 8^th Grade Project SEINE

Recommendation: Approve the planned Project SEINE for implementation on a pilot basis in 2007-08.

H-12. Approve Agreement with Agencies for Adults with Disabilities Services

Recommendation: Approve the Agreements between Bridges BTC, Inc. [formerly Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC)], Easter Seals Florida Inc., East Coast Contract Industries (ECCI), Behavior Services of Brevard, Inc. (BSBI) and the School Board of Brevard County for $211,300.00 for services to adults with disabilities.

H-13. Approve Agreement with Brevard Achievement Center (BAC) for Adults with Disabilities

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement with Brevard Achievement Center (BAC) and the School Board of Brevard County for $240,250.00 for services to adults with disabilities.

H-14. 2007-2008 Agreement with Brevard Achievement Center (BAC) to serve Exceptional Education Students

Recommendation: Approve the Agreement with the Brevard Achievement Center (BAC) to provide services to eligible ESE students in the amount not to exceed $447,638.00.

H-15. Approve the 2007-2008 Contracted Services Agreement with Bridges BTC, Inc. [formerly Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC)] for the Family Liaison Program.

Recommendation: Approve the Consultant Agreement with Bridges BTC, Inc. for the Family Liaison Program to provide parent liaison services to eligible exceptional student education parents in the amount of $70,000.00.

H-16. Agreement with Horizon Software Systems for 2007-2008

Recommendation: Approve the agreement with Horizon Software Systems to file for Medicaid reimbursement on behalf of Brevard Schools for services rendered to students in the amount of $81,042.00.

H-17. Supplemental Educational Services Provider/ District Contract

Recommendation: Approve the updated FY2007-2008 Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Provider/District Contract and authorize the Superintendent to sign contracts with individual SES providers on behalf of the Board.

H-18. History Unfolding Workshop Consultant Agreement

Recommendation: Approve the History Unfolding Consultant Agreement.

H-19. Title I Consultant Agreement with Mychal Wynn

Recommendation: Approve the consultant agreement between the Title I Office and Rising Sun Publishing for consultant services by Mychal Wynn.

H-20. Contracted Services Agreement with Dr. Carol Flexer for District Inservice, September 17, 2007

Recommendation: Approve contracted services agreement in the amount of $900.00, plus travel expenses for Carol Flexer, Ph.D. to provide staff development training entitled “Creating Accessible Home and School Environments for Listening, Literacy and Learning” to be held on September 17, 2007.

H-21. Susan Hall DIBELS Training

Recommendation: Susan Hall, author of ”I’ve DIBELED Now What”, will conduct a workshop on July 17^th, 2007 from 8:00 – 3:30 for the Challenger 7 and Gardendale Elementary School faculties. The attached agenda includes the topics to be covered. Challenger 7 and Gardendale Elementary Schools will equally split the cost. Challenger 7 will be paying it in full and being reimbursed by Gardendale whose source of funding is Title I Staff and Development. The source of the funding for Challenger 7 as indicated above, is Day Care. The $4,750.00 includes $2,000 for professional fees ($250/hr for 8 hours), $750 for travel expenses, and $2,000 for materials ($20 per participant).

H-22. Field Trip – Rockledge High School – Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. - Viera High School Robotics Team FIRST Robotics Team Competition in Hawaii

Recommendation: Approve this request for approximately 45 Rockledge High School, Viera High School, and Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High Students, one Rockledge High School teacher and four registered chaperones (one female, four male) to attend the Hawaiian Regional Competition on March 26 through April 1, 2008. The competition will be held at the University of Hawaii, Manoa at the Stan Sheriff Arena. Students will miss 5 days of school.

H-23. Amendment No. 2 to Agreement for Additions and Renovations at Johnson Middle School

Recommendation: Approve attached Amendment #2 to Heard Construction, Inc. to increase the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) in the amount of $754,121 for additional work at Johnson Middle School.

H-24. Construction Manager-at Risk Selection for New High School “CCC”

Recommendation: Authorize Facilities Services to contract with the #1- ranked firm to provide Construction Manager-at Risk Services for New High School “CCC” for a Guaranteed Maximum Price not to exceed $65,000,000.

A. OPENING EXERCISES

A-7. Adoption of Agenda

B. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS/GUESTS - AWARDS