The School Board of St. Lucie County held a regular meeting in the School Board Room on December 12,
2006 at approximately 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: DR. JOHN CARVELLI, Chairman
Member Residing in District No. 3
MS. CAROL A. HILSON, Vice Chairman
Member Residing in District No. 2
MRS. KATHRYN HENSLEY
Member Residing in District No. 4
MR. TROY INGERSOLL
Member Residing in District No. 5
DR. JUDI MILLER
Member Residing in District No. 1
ALSO PRESENT: MR. MICHAEL J. LANNON, Superintendent
MS. MOLLY ROTTINGHAUS,
(Attorney sitting in for
School Board Attorney Dan Harrell)
Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts 2 selections.
nd grade students led the Pledge of Allegiance and sang musical
November 21, 2006 Re-organizational & Regular Meetings
Action: There was a motion to approve the minutes for
the November 21, 2006 regular and organizational meetings as presented (Ingersoll/Hilson/Carried 5-0).
SURPRISE RECOGNITION – MICHAEL J. LANNON, 2007 Superintendent of the Year
Superintendent Lannon had recently been recognized as the 2007 Florida Superintendent of the Year by his colleagues in the Florida Association of District School Superintendents. In honor of this distinguished accomplishment, Chairman Carvelli had coordinated special presentations for Mr. Lannon from the St.
Lucie County School Board, the St. Lucie Board of County Commissioners, the City of Fort Pierce, the City of Port St. Lucie, the St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, and the St. Lucie County Classroom
Teachers Association and Classified Unit. The following representatives were very pleased to be able to bring forth resolutions that acknowledged Mr. Lannon’s great achievement and character: St. Lucie
County Chamber President Rene Arteaga and Executive Director Linda Cox; Fort Pierce City Mayor pro tem
Eddie Becht; Port St. Lucie City Vice Mayor Jack Kelly; St. Lucie County Assistant County Administrator Fay
Outlaw, CTA/CU President Vanessa Tillman, and 9 th grade student from Lincoln Park Academy Paige
Hoskins who read the School Board’s proclamation. In addition to the many resolutions and proclamations, Chairman Carvelli also presented Mr. Lannon with a casual jacket, the logo of which appropriately read “Superintendent of the Year 2007”. Mr. Lannon, joined by his wife Pam, was very surprised, deeply honored and graciously accepted the tribute that was respectfully given.

Action: There was a motion to declare the proclamation honoring
Michael J. Lannon as 2007 Florida Superintendent of the Year as an emergency item (Miller/Hilson/Carried 5-0).
Action: There was a motion to approve the proclamation honoring
Michael J. Lannon as 2007 Florida Superintendent of the Year
(Hensley/Miller/Carried 5-0).
1. .JS St. Lucie County Scholar Athlete Recognition
Mr. Jay Stewart, District Athletic Director, introduced two scholar athletes from Treasure Coast High
School, Meghan Johnson and Paul David, who were recognized for their academic and athletic excellence by their school principal and staff members. Family members were also recognized for their support.
2. GY Accomplished Fort Pierce Central High School Student - Ryan Reif
Mrs. Genelle Yost, Area Assistant Superintendent, introduced Fort Pierce Central High School Principal John
Williams who recognized student Ryan Reif. Mr. Williams explained that Ryan had been selected for membership in the National Honor Society of High School Scholars. Ryan, supported by his parents, was recognized for his outstanding academic achievement and leadership skills.
3. ML United Way School Supplies 10 th Anniversary Recognition
Superintendent Lannon presented a plaque to Mrs. Karen Knapp, CEO of the St. Lucie County United Way, in recognition of their 10 th anniversary for the School Supplies Program. Mrs. Knapp was very appreciative of this award and thanked the wonderful volunteers and parents who worked so hard, many times after hours, to help children. Mrs. Knapp also thanked Dr. Carvelli for his recent $1,000 donation to help kick off the United Way’s new fundraising campaign for the coming year. Mr. Lannon and board members were also thanked for their support of the United Way in various ways over the years.
4. OR Curriculum Report - School Improvement Plan Presentations
The Board received written and verbal reports from Chester A. Moore K-7 School (Principal Susan Lyle),
Lakewood Park Elementary School (Principal Scott Neil), St. Lucie West Centennial High School (Principal
Gayle Pike), and Fairlawn Elementary Magnet School (Principal Patti Heffelfinger). School Improvement
Plans are presented regularly during each board meeting as determined by the superintendent and staff.
Each report that is reviewed with the Board contains the previous year’s data on student demographics,
Stanford achievement results, FCAT subgroup data/student proficiency, adequate yearly progress, and strategies germane to each school’s student population for the coming year in reading, mathematics, writing, and science. Details of the data presented can be found in the supplemental minutes packet and/or at each school.
Individual board members and the superintendent give each report their undivided attention and follow-up with comments/questions.
5. ML Superintendent’s Report – WOW Presentation (Debbie Iseman )
Carla Moore and Nick Zrallack from the Professional Development Department talked about Bayshore
Elementary, a school that took on the challenge of teaching kids how to use the vocabulary of Working on the Work to show their response to the work they are given. The school’s design team had been working to make engagement the focus of their students. A video that illustrated the level of engagement at
Bayshore Elementary was viewed by the Board.
Mr. Lannon spoke about the LEP pilot program, an in-depth language immersion program, that was going to move forward in the second semester. Teacher units have already been assigned to C. A. Moore
Elementary and St. Lucie Elementary. Mr. Lannon and Principal Susan Lyle had recently met with approximately 100 parents to inform them about the pilot. Parents were very interested in seeing their children become more proficient in English at a faster rate. There were a significant number of parents who were looking to become involved themselves. Mr. Lannon offered to keep the Board updated and advised there would be an assessment of the pilot program during the second semester. The program

would be built into budget assumptions as that process begins in January. A meeting will be scheduled for St. Lucie Elementary parents following the winter break.
Regarding the December 11, 2006 special workshop on centers of excellence, Mr. Lannon thanked board members for their support of the transformation of high school programs. Staff was now moving forward since Board consensus had been reached. In summary, Mr. Lannon stated there were many exciting opportunities coming up.
President Vanessa Tillman informed the Board that the 2006-07 contract ratification by the St. Lucie
County Classroom Teachers/Classified Unit had passed with a 96% approval rate. Ms. Tillman thanked everyone who had worked with the union during the collaborative bargaining process. She appreciated the finance department’s diligence in getting retro checks out to employees by December 15, 2006 and was looking forward to the continued cooperation of both parties. Ms. Tillman again expressed her congratulations to Mr. Lannon as the 2007 Florida Superintendent of the Year.
No report. A letter notifying the Board that CWA Bargaining Unit workers had ratified the 2006-07 collective bargaining agreement on December 11, 2006 was placed on file for the permanent record.
Superintendent Lannon referred to a letter from Deborah Hawley, Chairperson of FAU-Treasure Coast
University Schools, Inc., that advised the Board that the corporation had approved the “Agreement for
Services of Supervisory, Instructional and Support Personnel and Equipment” and Resolutions on Monday,
December 11, 2006. The corporation was requesting that the Board address and approve this item at its
December 12, 2006 regular meeting.
Action: There was a motion to declare the FAU Charter 9-A Operational
Agreement for Services of Supervisory, Instructional, and Support
Personnel, and for Equipment, as an emergency item under the consent agenda (Hensley/Hilson/Carried 5-0).
Action: The superintendent recommended the Board approve consent agenda items #6 through #20 and emergency item (9A) as presented (Hilson/Ingersoll/Carried 5-0).
6. SR Personnel Agenda and Leaves
7. SR Contract Ratification for CTA, CWA and CTA/CU for 2006-07
8. SR Letter of Understanding with CTA, CWA, CTA/CU for Salary Increase
9. SR Bargaining Unit Contract Approvals for CTA, CTA/CU and CWA 2006-07
10. TB Payment of Bills
11. TB Monthly Financial Report
12. TB Board Certification and Project List for Classrooms for Kids Program, FY 2006-07
13. AL Declaration of Surplus Property - Buses
14. SW Voluntary Public School Choice Mentor District Project
15. AG Port St. Lucie Babe Ruth Baseball League, Inc. Facilities Use Agreement for Northport K-8/SW Ball Field
16. AG GMP to Jacquin & Sons for Classroom, Gymnasium & Playground Addition at Manatee Elementary
17. AG Morganti Group, Inc. GMP for Weatherproofing at Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts
18. AG Ranking for Construction Management Services for Compact K=8 School
19. AG Continuing Services Agreement for Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Engineer
20. DH Celebration Pointe Planned Unit Development Request for Termination of Agreement for
Contribution Toward School Land Acquisition
21. BS Stipulated Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Final Orders -
#944/GB/02-15-90/0201/06-07
#946/FC/12-03-89/0201/06-07
#948/ME/08-24-92/0371/06-07
#945/WB/04-11-91/0161/06-07
#947/ed/02-23-94/0371/06-07
#949/JF/07-14-92/0301/06-07

#950/IG/08-29-90/0401/06-07
#952/SJ/05-19-92/0261/06-07
#954/ST/06-14-91/0401/06-07
#956/JB/04-20-91/0401/06-07
#951/AH/04-20-91/0161/06-07
#953/KT/08-21-91/0201/06-07
#955/JW/01-31-92/0371/06-07
#957/DB/05-30-91/0161/06-07
#958/MC/12-12-93/0371/06-07 #959/WE/08-12-92/0301/06-07
#960/BE/04-22-90/0201/06-07
#962/AG/04-15-90/0411/06-07
#964/KJ/08-27-91/0201/06-07
#966/JM/12-02-91/0201/06-07
#968/KS/05-24-91/0161/06-07
#970/RS/04-11-89/0161/06-07
#972/TT/07-29-90/0161/06-07
#961/HG/09-01-92/0371/06-07
#963/DH/01-31-91/0161/06-07
#965/AL/09-15-91/0351/06-07
#967/BM/07-24-92/0301/06-07
#969/KS/08-20-93/0371/06-07
#971/CS/11-01-91/0371/06-07
#973/DW/04-13-92/0371/06-07
Action: The superintendent recommended the Board
approve Stipulated Findings of Fact, Conclusions
of Law and Final Orders #944 through #973
(Hilson/Hensley/Carried 5-0).
Mr. Marty Sanders, Executive Director of Growth Mgmt/Land Acquisitions/Intergovernmental Relations, referred to his memorandum dated December 12, 2006 which described a temporary school site lease. On
December 4, 2006, the Port St. Lucie City Council unanimously approved moving forward with the negotiation of a lease for five years at the Winter Lakes site. Also, the Indian River Community College
Board of Trustees conceptually agreed to move forward with a lease agreement with the School Board for a site on the IRCC/St. Lucie West campus for five years. Both sites were now available to the School Board.
Mr. Sanders stated he was continuing to work with the City of Port St. Lucie to set out the terms of a formal lease. See supplemental minutes packet for details of the memorandum dated December 12, 2006 from Mr. Sanders.
Mr. Ingersoll had questions about the length (five year) of the lease. It appeared the district would be putting a lot of improvement on the land and it may want to use the site a little bit longer than five years.
Mr. Lannon agreed that the district would like to have full title to all of its property but for now, with the population explosion in St. Lucie County, staff was forced to look at every opportunity to be able to house children. If the district did not use a temporary site, it would still have to make site preparation somewhere, possibly in scattered areas. Since this site could house a whole school community, one that would be moving within a year to the Copper Creek site (into a brand new school), staff did not want to lose a year in bringing the school together. Down the road, the district may ultimately find that the City would like the Board to have a permanent site on that property. As of this date, Mr. Lannon stated this lease was the best deal for the district
Mr. Sanders was to continue with negotiations--the best option was a lease purchase of the properties for a cost of about $1.3 million - $1.5 million a year. After 54 months, the term would reach purchase option.
If the property was no longer needed, the district would cease its payment/occupation. The location would primarily be a K-8 type within the heavily occupied red zone. Cost could be controlled by minimizing total expenditures. On a final note, Mr. Lannon indicated that some improvements
(playgrounds) would be left on property which was good public policy. It would also demonstrate that the school district and city could work together.
No report.
No report.
No report.

Mrs. Hensley mentioned there were several upcoming meetings, namely, Regional Planning Council- a multi planning meeting next week, and the Treasure Coast Legislative Conference on February 12-14,
2007 in Tallahassee.
Mrs. Hensley and Dr. Carvelli indicated they both had received letters pertaining to the Board’s legislative liaison. It was noted that a response had recently been sent out.
Mrs. Hensley advised members that she expected to receive more copies of the Greater Florida
Consortium’s legislative priorities at which time she would distribute them to everyone.
Regarding the Unitary School System Committee, Mrs. Hensley asked board members to provide two names of nominees who were interested in filling two vacancies on the committee. It was noted that the names of Samuel Gaines and Idalia Vittorio had been mentioned as possible members. Mr. Lannon suggested that board members provide two more names for nomination to the committee. The Board would then make a final decision on who would fill the vacancies.
Mr. Ingersoll asked if Master Board Training dates had been scheduled yet. Dr. Carvelli indicated he was working on getting the information into FSBA as soon as possible.
Mr. Lannon asked that board members supply him with workshop items/topics for future meetings.
After conducting all business scheduled to come before the Board, Chairman Carvelli adjourned the regular December 12, 2006 meeting at approximately 8:50 p.m.