Pinellas County School District

The Pinellas County Schools District Strategic Plan focuses on achieving equity with excellence for all students. Key priorities include eliminating gaps in opportunity, access, and achievement, and accelerating the progress of the district's Bridging the Gap Plan. The plan aims to improve graduation rates across all student subgroups, enhance ELA and Math proficiency, increase gifted student performance, and support English Learners in science. Additionally, it seeks to promote healthy social-emotional development and significantly narrow the graduation gap for Black students, fostering an inclusive and high-achieving environment.

The session focused on defining collaborative bargaining processes, establishing the Bargaining Leadership Team (BLT) role and composition, and determining when to utilize large versus small groups for negotiations. Key discussion topics included identifying common issues such as compensation, safety, working conditions, staffing, and technology. Participants also reviewed the compensation manual regarding supplements, with an ongoing comparative review of surrounding county data.

The meeting focused on negotiations regarding multiple articles of the collective bargaining agreement between the parties. Key discussion topics included updates to contract language regarding negotiations for salary and healthcare, employee mailbox access, posting of vacancies, evaluation procedures, and training requirements. Discussions also covered updates to personal leave days, leaves of absence, retirement requirements, and the terminology for specific job classifications such as Medical Behavioral Assistant. Furthermore, a salary increase proposal of 3.25% was presented by the PCSB, and proposals regarding longevity pay and terminal pay for resignations were reviewed and rejected.

The meeting provided updates on grant-specific programs, including ESSER/ARP, IDEA, and Title II/IV. Key topics included the reimbursement process, documentation requirements for taggable items, and general guidelines regarding allocable, reasonable, and necessary costs. Additionally, the presentation covered the needs assessment process for Title II and IV amendments and provided reminders for maintaining accurate financial documentation to avoid reimbursement delays.

The committee reviewed revenues and expenditures for various school programs, including Visual Arts, Music, Technology, Elementary and Secondary Reading, and Library Media. Discussions covered the referendum supplement history, referendum plans for the upcoming school year, and an overview of the annual report timeline. Detailed financial reports by object and program for the 2020-2021 fiscal year were presented and discussed.