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At a workshop presentation, Jim Lipsey, identified as the district school planner, introduced Kathy Eboe and Nick Hill of JB Pro and said the project would combine growth forecasts, enrollment analysis and broad community engagement to produce a multi‑year master plan. \"How can Hernando's public schools become their school of choice?\" Lipsey asked, citing the need to pair vision and programmatic priorities with where new capacity is built.

The consultants proposed a three‑element process — analysis, planning and confirmation — tied to a public engagement program split into three geographic engagement areas (West, Central and East). JB Pro estimated the work would take about 17 months, include multiple workshops and local events (the firm described facilitating the first event for each element in each engagement area) and produce a six‑chapter final educational facilities plan. The written estimate presented to the board totals about $435,000, with hourly rates shown in the packet for transparency.

Board members and staff pressed the consultants on technical details of the analysis. Lipsey and Eboe explained differences between state COFTI (capital outlay full‑time equivalent) projections, which the presenters said are trend‑based, and local forecasts using student generation rates from firms such as Davis/Demographics and Benesh/Tyndale Oliver. JB Pro said the latter method accounts for approved but not yet occupied residential development and can produce notably higher enrollment forecasts; the presentation cited student generation rates of about 0.5 and 0.3 students per single‑family home in different methods as an example of how projections diverge.

Board members also raised practical fiscal concerns. Presenters and staff clarified that state funding is based on actual yearly full‑time‑equivalent enrollment, that impact fees are typically collected when building permits are issued (not at project approval), and that only limited upfront mitigation payments — proportionate‑share agreements or specific surcharges in some planned developments — are available early to the district. The consultants advised that planning up front is fiscally prudent because relocation or changes after construction are costly.

Several board members said they supported the engagement approach but objected to awarding the work without comparisons. Multiple trustees asked the administration to seek additional proposals or otherwise meet purchasing requirements before contracting. The consultants said the proposal is based on a competitively bid process used by a municipality and would be tailored to a school district; board members countered that municipalities and school districts are not \"apples to apples.\" Lipsey acknowledged other, lower‑cost scopes were drafted that limited geographic engagement or staff support.

JB Pro described tools and deliverables: student generation and capacity modeling, an interactive web engagement platform, drafts of proposed boundary changes and a recommended capital improvement program with an initial five‑year schedule. The consultants said they would train district staff to run additional local events after facilitating the initial sessions, and would provide board briefings approximately three‑quarters of the way through each project element.

Board discussion also touched on recent rezoning efforts, community turnout at past meetings and the need to \"go to where people are\" for engagement — at festivals, schools and PTO meetings rather than relying solely on evening workshops. Trustees noted past rezoning efforts had failed because the process was perceived as \"number driven\" rather than community driven.

No final contract or budget authorization was recorded at Tuesday's workshop. Several board members asked staff to return with additional vendor options and to confirm whether purchasing rules require competitive bids for this scope before committing district funds.

The board generally signaled interest in pursuing a facilities master plan, but directed staff to provide comparisons and follow procurement rules before authorizing the proposed contract.

Ending: The presentation closed with the consultants offering alternate, lower‑cost scopes and the board asking staff to gather at least two additional firm proposals or otherwise justify a single‑source award before committing capital funds. The consultants will update the district with requested procurement details and revised scopes if the board directs moving forward.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Hernando School District - School Board Workshop on 2025-05-20 2:00 PM - May 20, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Consultants hired by the Hernando County School Board outlined a districtwide educational facilities master‑planning process on Tuesday that emphasizes community‑driven engagement alongside data analysis and rezoning options.","taxTitle","Hernando, School Districts, Florida","taxId",13114,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544737,"District releases 2025 staff and parent survey results; staff morale edges up, parents report schools feel safe",626,6390000,7016000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569&start=6390&end=7016","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569/thumbnail_6390000.jpg","/articles/6544737/Hernando/School-Districts/Florida/District-releases-2025-staff-and-parent-survey-results-staff-morale-edges-up-parents-report-schools-feel-safe","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544737-67b905d12d1213b221d8309ee600ff55/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151481&Signature=JewetidnLz1wIpoRMmO~OW6bgHbAGz7L-XJRLpUe-NSIDID7MrY5RGEVYJHq01Tj5AmXiANaJ-dinpWpbQVUPfMRSXwt3pK67mAVYaZ~i4b9wTEU6kRWtTy10NoU12Tm8ph~kw8E6rTxR7kI~zDPu7yo3257YOmgNJDFLKNMFmd1XC5jgHa3vPaMOQl8cro4VywIgGZYqW9rnRYkxs5a6ktydFd8im1O5RiGBMtHv3u7osc3fMe8ulUXKGuUk4yJS7Xox~UeGKSDfDQ35y~~y-axxNVL6iDVh-ZK0qC4PKzBqraz8ytp87T3tzhI7D6g0U~YkRSLxLu5OovnVhYr-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Hernando County School District staff presented results from the 2025 annual engagement surveys for employees and parents during Tuesday's workshop.

Santi Sanders, director of research and accountability, and Aaron Ehrman, director of communications, summarized key findings. Sanders said staff responses showed a small positive trend: overall positive agreement increased 1.38 percentage points from 2024 to 2025 and 7.31 points since 2022. She noted two new safety questions added this year — whether drills prepare staff and whether the campus feels overall safe — each returned roughly 95 percent positive agreement.

The staff survey also recorded high marks for supervisor visibility, celebration of success and willingness to recommend the district as an employer. The lowest‑scoring staff area was among non‑instructional/confidential employees; the single lowest substantive question was whether workload is reasonable, which scored about 71.5 percent positive agreement.

Ehrman reviewed the parent results. The parent survey recorded 2,222 respondents; respondents reported 90 percent positive agreement that their child's school is safe and 92 percent saying school routines and processes run safely and smoothly. Parents indicated ParentSquare as a preferred channel for school information (86 percent) followed by text messaging. Ehrman said the district will share survey results with principals so they can form school‑level action plans and will explore ways to increase response rates in future cycles.

District staff said they will analyze qualitative answers, distribute results to school principals for local action plans, and review survey administration to improve participation in future rounds. The presentations closed with a request from trustees to compare parent response rates and outreach strategies with other districts that achieve higher participation.","Hernando County School District staff presented results from the 2025 annual engagement surveys, reporting modest gains in staff sentiment and strong parent perceptions of safety and timely communication.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544740,"Human resources presents minor updates to 2025–26 staff handbook; AI guidance, payroll updates noted",272,5991000,6263000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569&start=5991&end=6263","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569/thumbnail_5991000.jpg","/articles/6544740/Hernando/School-Districts/Florida/Human-resources-presents-minor-updates-to-202526-staff-handbook-AI-guidance-payroll-updates-noted","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544740-e2a9724e3d7a3f08dd6b6ee56d9fe7e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151481&Signature=oBQSjSW1aQEOEdThUSXzrYqfr4ZSL80cQejiHOYDzNtMnp07IOaAU3XKQZIvbqUnIpLitXJ0ioPw1ORj2QoI~DGSSa4gcas3X17997X82nFHi7ZN6wEjGQF4z2i9vK3TaCqb4JkDlzjp6U5THHlYW9~FVixSUKFonteysfkqcDz0kqxYgbqWwwUbY5-0wCzwOkyeQlVzNFOZ0UoRzCy2kr8WyWGUJBB~nj90xmhpOWPZg7I3XIFutqx6StsPGG-0GVMR3C54shI4qB8n5~dErD1MHkpjWDfcDygHUT5FTIfAEqiTa88sVuSzFHUaEdX1fZzLTKl6PlO6YeL3ZaJ1KQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Alexis Brown, the district's director of human resources, and Rachel Becker, coordinator of human resources, presented a summary of proposed updates to the staff handbook intended for the 2025–26 year.

Brown said the changes are largely operational — for example, updating payroll deduction language because the district no longer issues paper checks — and that the handbook goes through an internal review process with department representatives and union/association input. \"Most of the updates are, like payroll deduction information. We don't give out paper checks anymore,\" Brown said.

Trustees asked whether staff and teachers receive the handbook annually and whether any discipline for staff would address misuse of artificial intelligence. Brown said the handbook update is published online and distributed through the district's electronic processes as part of annual procedures. Officials said allegations of staff misuse of AI would be addressed under existing discipline procedures and that district guidance on AI use for both staff and students is being developed and shared through training.

No formal action was recorded at the workshop; Brown said the usual process includes committee review and bargaining‑unit consultation before presentation to the board for formal adoption.","Human resources staff summarized proposed operational updates to the 2025–26 employee handbook, including payroll deduction changes, annual distribution and wording referencing artificial intelligence use for staff. Presenters said most revisions were modest following larger edits last year and that bargaining units had input during the committee",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544747,"Board reviews revisions to 2025–26 student code of conduct; cellphone language added to match new law",840,5186000,6026000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569&start=5186&end=6026","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3409824-534c162ead50ed3dad1b5d6d8c417569/thumbnail_5186000.jpg","/articles/6544747/Hernando/School-Districts/Florida/Board-reviews-revisions-to-202526-student-code-of-conduct-cellphone-language-added-to-match-new-law","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544747-399b8a8f54ad7ad39e227f6b8e842ede/orig.mp4?Expires=1771151481&Signature=CgMvHJUQI44g6szqg~6LG09-eP44vaAoMQjnUNyUx4CQETJpxgvdnqNzWJzXYlEJb7I5LdZAscqSxsZWyTSvtzXyJnc-F3CtB8Sxo9nTtzT2mUTTwbgGPjBNIHqekm1JC5hnCd75EkftX46R467Gbg5jR1YW6VTV83TYcyjC4C~Bp7yusSVbCXrJjwnWglpR-0S2Srdtevuz0rzyWsV~o~cCwmsIB1teeANf7-wrpwYHHbktymIfdL0eBz1yfB0DNQ5GX4kNtVEOf05z6VKkSGmAPfo396N4VG-3qm3UPpeFni-dm9hf8wdRQRy6N87a~e9n27lJlBwKquM2GFiMZQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jill Colossa, director of student services, presented recommended updates to Hernando County Schools' student code of conduct at the board's May 20 workshop, including new language required by recent legislation and changes intended to reflect developmental differences for younger students.

Colossa told trustees that the proposed draft adds K–2 rows to the discipline matrix for a subset of codes and incorporates the text of House Bill 1105 (effective July 1, 2025) regarding cellphones and wireless communication devices. \"What you see there under cell phone and wireless communication devices is verbatim what's in the law,\" Colossa said.

Board members pressed staff on how the matrix handles repeat minor misconduct. Trustee Johnson said he was concerned that some behaviors’ consequences do not escalate until the fourth or fifth occurrence, which he said could normalize misbehavior. Ryan Wilson, the district's discipline hearing officer, explained that some codes (for example, classroom disrespect combined with insubordination) were combined for counting purposes and that cumulative counts could reach a fourth offense only after multiple incidents of either behavior.

Colossa and administrators said the matrix is designed to progress through corrective steps — including parent contact, in‑school suspension and short‑term out‑of‑school suspension for repeated conduct — while also requiring consideration of interventions and supports before moving to the most severe penalties. The presenters noted that major safety‑level infractions continue to carry strict consequences and that data show a decline in major infractions year to year.

Trustees requested a clarifying edit to the draft in one place that refers to notifying a valedictorian or salutatorian who commits a major infraction; they asked staff to explicitly identify which codes constitute \"major infractions\" (the presentation identified levels three and four as majors). Trustees also asked staff to correct instances where the interim superintendent title and other names were outdated in the packet.

No final vote was recorded; Colossa said staff would make the clarifications and return the revised text for the board’s consideration.","The district presented recommended changes to the 2025–26 student code of conduct, including K–2 adjustments to the consequences matrix and statutory language added to reflect House Bill 1105 (effective July 1, 2025) on cell phones. Trustees questioned the timing and severity levels for repeat minor misconduct and asked for clarifications to the","actionData","errors"]

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