Remarks by Danny Espino
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Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · Sep 2, 2026
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“Pass. I'm kidding. A lot has been said today. I just don't think we need to continue to pile up on it. I think we are all committed to a delivery process. I look forward to the superintendent's work.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I mentioned this to Walter yesterday. There have been a couple incidents in my district where, whether it's a vehicle or an e-bike, the battery has been punctured and resulted in an uncontrollable fire. Actually, two children passed away tragically because they weren't able to get out of the car in time. And so it's beginning to have a conversation around the safety of our facilities when you have these electronic batteries, these components that are incendiary devices. The reason why they tell us not to keep them on your person on an airplane, not to store it on a...…”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Colleagues, I brought this up a couple of times. This is the commemoration of the anniversary of the October 7th, 2023 attacks on the state of Israel and remembrance of the victims. In my adult life, I don't know that I've seen the level of anti-Semitism that I'm seeing recently, especially on social media. It's almost become fashionable. It's disgusting. And so, you know, whatever we can do to make everyone feel safe, let alone victims of a state where this occurred, and their families and members of that community, then we should do so. So this essentially…”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · Sep 2, 2026
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“This is the one on the 612s, right? Yep. Okay, so colleagues, I would just like to say that first and foremost, THE COMMUNITY IN MIAMI SPRINGS HAS RESPONDED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL TO THE CONVERSION OF MIAMI SPRINGS SENIOR HIGH TO THE MIAMI SPRINGS PREPARATORY ACADEMY. AND SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN THE NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN ENROLLED. SECOND HAS BEEN ANECDOTAL, WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, Miami Springs families diverted from their priors education plans because they wanted to put their child on a path where they're academically and baseball could be successful. And the idea is, you know, it's a very successful…”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · Sep 2, 2026
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“I appreciate your leadership in this space. Just today, we held meetings at GEM, Global Empowerment Mission, as well as a press conference to identify the kind of support that we can provide the Colombian community state of Colombia, the country of Colombia, the various areas of Colombia, the communities in Colombia, because unlike Venezuela that had so much devastation in one area, this was much more diffused throughout the country. And Colombia is in a much different position from a government perspective to actually mobilize assistance for themselves. So what they're looking for is…”
School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. First and foremost, thank you for bringing this item forward. Anything that we can do to improve our facilities while taking a look at what we're installing them, what we're constructing on them, especially when there's health and environmental implications, I think it's important. And Madam Chair, I appreciate the extensive contributions. I know that my wife, as a former parks professional that designs and constructs parks, she would be very impressed if she was watching. I hope she's not watching. But no, seriously, with four young boys at home that are constantly on…”
School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Vice Chair Colucci, thank you again for the item. It's a wonderful item, and I think it's important for us to always have our North Star and to know where we're headed. One of the things that I find challenging, I, like you, always want to push for improved standards. I mean, I push my kids all the time. You got a B, could you have gotten an A? What could you have done differently? Et cetera, et cetera. And I'm also for pushing our district to do better and our schools to do better. But at the end of the day, Mike, I have a concern, not with your item, but just sort of…”
School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's very rare for us before lunch. To the Facilities and Construction Committee meeting for Wednesday, August 5th. May I have a motion on the minutes, please?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. May I have a motion on bringing the F items to the floor, please?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Colleagues, comments, questions? Seeing none, F2, please.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Colleagues, any final comments? Entertain a motion to approve the F items.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“May I have a motion to bring each item to the floor? Excuse me.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Board Member Alonso. Listen, for my part, I think you did a great job capturing the conversation we've been having. and we're going to take it to the next level because it's, you know, the piecemeal approach always will result in questions. If there's a guiding policy for it, then the public knows and the consuming public, the people that are going to approach us with an ask, they kind of have a framework for it. So I'm supportive of the item as amended. I'd love to cosponsor. Any other comments, colleagues? Yes, Madam Chair.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yeah. Who could possibly do the hypothetical for us?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“And before I will just say that, While we may not have a big base of work precedent on this, Miami-Dade County does, whether it's one of their development loans with conditions and covenants that travel with it or the development on their own properties, which they've sponsored quite a bit, even the city of Miami. So we can potentially take a look at that and see how they've structured some of these things and some of the teeth that they've put in the agreement. Madam Vice Chair.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“May I have a motion for co-sponsorship on H-7? Move it. All in favor?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Motion to move the item as amended? Moved. Do we have a second?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. I think that's everybody. H-12, well, Vormer Geller's not here. He asked to just advance it along. I wonder whether the board had an appetite to support it. I mean, essentially it is saying to look at comprehensively the review of synthetic turf as a result of not only its prevalent use, but also the public health and environmental concerns that are being expressed in it. The item's pretty straightforward. Do you want to transmit it with a recommendation or do you want to vote it up? What's the will of the board?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“I entertain a motion to transmit without a recommendation. Move it. Second. All in favor? Aye. That exhausts all formal business facilities and maintenance comprehensive update.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Carl's going to become an air conditioning expert. After NBCPS, the biggest air conditioning company in the state, he's going to have it.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Follow-up? Board Member Alonso, you have a follow-up? You're good? Madam Chair.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026