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Brevard School District board meeting, Sep 22, 2026

2 h 32 min · 2 videos · 2 public speakers

Safety, weapons and police ▶ 13:33

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Part 1 · 1 h 17 min

Brevard school board members discuss $100 million tax anticipation note 41:32

  • The board also heard a report on annual school safety compliance inspections and a presentation on Parish Healthcare's work with Brevard Public Schools. 13:19
  • Roll calls were held on the consent agenda and on later motions, but no results were announced on the record. 41:03
  • One board member announced a no vote on the district taking on debt, and another board member said $100 million was about 7% of the district's total budget. 41:32

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Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and agenda adoption 11:07
    • A staff member said the agenda had 2 presentations, 28 consent items, 1 action item and 1 information item. 12:30
    • The staff member said a school safety inspection presentation and a Parish Healthcare presentation were added, and items F6 and F16 were revised. 12:30
    • The chair called for a motion and a roll call on adopting the agenda. 13:05
  2. Annual school safety compliance inspections 13:19
    • The district school safety coordinator said the Office of Safe Schools inspected 34 schools last school year, with 30 having no safety requirement deficiencies and all 34 in compliance after reinspection. 13:33
    • The coordinator said the district inspected 102 schools, 88 had no deficiencies, or 86%, and 11 of the 14 with deficiencies involved unlocked and propped doors. 13:33
    • Megan Wright asked that future reports identify charter schools separately from traditional schools, and a staff member said that could be done going forward. 16:41
  3. Parish Healthcare community impact presentation 18:20
    • A presenter said the hospital put AEDs in every North Brevard school and youth sports league and made a $14,000 investment in Guardian caps for the Titusville High School and Space Coast High School football teams. 19:15
    • The presenter said the hospital's foundation has awarded nearly $570,000 in scholarships since 1990 and that the work shared equaled more than a $300,000 in named investment. 19:15
    • Two board members thanked the hospital, and they said the sports physicals were offered to families at a reasonable cost. 26:39
  4. Public comment on agenda items 34:02
    • A speaker at public comment asked how the district would ensure item F12 complied with state law on access to digital materials, whether access was filtered by age or grade level and whether student search activity data was collected. 34:34
    • A speaker at public comment said a public records request showed high vacancy rates for ESE paraprofessional positions, said the current vacancy rate had fallen to about 13% and asked how the district would retain those hires. 37:19
    • The same speaker said ESE paraprofessional allocations went from 392.5 positions last year to 341.7 this year. 37:19
  5. Consent agenda 40:19
    • Megan Wright pulled items F4 and F12 from the consent agenda. 40:42
    • John Thomas moved approval of the consent agenda minus F4 and F12, and a roll call was held. 41:00
  6. Tax anticipation note 41:13
    • One board member said they had never been a proponent of debt and would be voting no, while acknowledging property tax revenue does not arrive until December. 41:32
    • Katye Campbell said the $100 million note was about 7% of the total budget and that Martin County uses a similar note of about $34 million. 42:36
    • One board member said the board should work with the FSBA to ask the state to change how it disburses money to districts. 50:21
  7. Item 52:50
    • Megan Wright asked whether the library resource was collecting data and what was being done with that data. 53:01
    • A staff member said the resource is state-approved and said more research was needed on how access is limited by grade level outside of school. 53:53
    • Megan Wright moved to table the vote, and a roll call was held. 1:03:22
  8. Code of Student Conduct 1:03:39
    • A staff member said the action item was H1, the Code of Student Conduct for 26⁠-⁠27, and a motion and second were made with no discussion. 1:03:53
  9. Information item and board member reports 1:04:10
    • No board member asked to discuss the one information item. ~1:04:10
    • Katye Campbell described 9/11 ceremonies in schools and You Matter Day hosted at Merritt Island High School. 1:04:49
    • John Thomas said Palm Bay High School is starting a media production class, and Megan Wright said FP&L STEM lab reveals are coming on the 24th and the 29th. 1:06:35

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Part 2 · 1 h 15 min

Brevard school board weighs public comment changes, plans October 6th workshop follow-up 2:04

  • Board members discussed proposed changes to the public speaking policy, including when non-agenda comments are heard, time limits per speaker and whether all public comment should be livestreamed and archived. 2:04
  • Board members also discussed holding recorded community conversations where board members and the public could talk back and forth. 10:07
  • The meeting's leader said the topic would go on the October 6th workshop, and the board then reviewed staff recommendations on contract terms from an earlier offsite. 1:03:26

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Item by item (7)
  1. Opening and agenda overview 0:48
    • The workshop session opened with a roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:48
    • The agenda had two topics: a public speaking policy discussion and a follow-up on contract terms from the offsite. 1:27
  2. Public speaking policy proposals 1:27
    • One board member proposed moving non-agenda comments before the consent agenda, giving speakers 3 minutes when there are 15 or fewer and 2 minutes when there are 16 or more, and livestreaming and archiving all comments. 2:04
    • One board member said all comments should be publicly recorded, archived and televised live, and another board member suggested an hour of public comment, or 20 speakers at 3 minutes. 11:42
    • One board member suggested either combining comment periods or keeping the current split and turning the cameras back on, and said the board should keep the right to adjust in extraordinary circumstances. 19:59
  3. Legal questions on public comment 30:18
    • A staff member said the district has a definition of prohibited profanity and the chair can stop speakers whose remarks fit it. 30:51
    • Asked whether speakers could be stopped from naming staff, the staff member cited the 11th Circuit and said defamed staff would have to file their own lawsuits. 31:12
    • The staff member said the board can place public comment wherever it wants and can adjust time under extraordinary circumstances in policy. 34:35
  4. Timing and placement of public comment 38:03
    • One board member suggested an hour of non-agenda comment at the start of the meeting with the business meeting at 6:30. 39:35
    • One board member said separating agenda and non-agenda comment would not solve disputes over which category a comment belongs in. 40:49
    • One board member said if a pre-meeting comment period were used, it should start no earlier than 5 with the meeting at 6. 43:55
  5. Community conversations 47:46
    • One board member said the sessions should be called community conversations, held at the district and recorded for the YouTube channel. 48:38
    • A speaker said five town halls held in a past year had a maximum attendance of 18. 50:33
    • One board member suggested trying the sessions as practice rather than policy and setting a date in January. 50:48
  6. Next steps on policy 54:21
    • One board member said keeping non-agenda comment at the end and turning the cameras on was preferred. 56:01
    • A staff member said the board would have to vote to change or override the policy for a meeting to turn the cameras on. 59:45
    • John Thomas said being absent on October 6th, and a staff member said a written position could be shared at the workshop. 1:02:57
    • The meeting's leader said the topic would be placed on the October 6th workshop. 1:03:26
  7. Contract terms follow-up 1:03:44
    • A staff member said recommendations on contract terms by tier were prepared with procurement after the offsite. 1:04:29
    • Katye Campbell asked about data protection as a Tier 2 term, and a staff member said changes are vendor specific and background checks apply only to vendors with people on site with children present. 1:06:02
    • One board member said automatic renewal without notice should be non-negotiable. 1:11:45
    • The meeting's leader said everybody felt comfortable with the staff recommendations. 1:12:40

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