Remarks by Danny Espino
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 8
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“Good answer. Solid answer. Yeah. Number one on the board.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. You had a question.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you so much. For my part, just thank you. Thank you so much for all that you've done over the summer, the entire team, to get our schools ready for back-to-school, especially those schools that are undergoing significant transformation. It's welcome. The community is responding, and they like to see the investment. So thank you so much. Seeing no further comments before 1 o'clock, I entertain a motion to adjourn.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think we can all celebrate this record.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. And sort of connected to Vice Chair's item, this is the second year we bring forward what we call American Founders Month and September Civic Observances, which includes Patriot Day, as now we know, September 11th. As I mentioned last year, a young man named Daniel Ferrer approached me at an event and said to me, you know, it was very compelling to hear a young man say, we don't do enough in our civics to teach the founding fathers their history and how they made our country. And I just finished watching. I was binging. I was binging a lot of Netflix on the founding of…”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. Everyone, I want to just share some tragic news that affected one of our schools. Earlier this morning, I was called to be advised that the school resource officer, which is a city of Doral police officer for one of our district-managed schools, which happens to be my kid's school, downtown Rural Charter, lost his life suddenly, tragically this morning. So we can have a moment.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“And so that community was reeling at the end of the school year, recovering in the summer, and now to have this tragedy, and the officer's kids actually even go to that school. We just have a moment of silence for him, please. Officer Erwin Fernandez. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Colleagues, we've talked about marketing our schools. extensively in order to not only showcase what each one of them is doing, but also to be part of our recruitment plan for teachers and students alike. We've been looking at, and we have policies on the books that establishes a number of practices that are tailored to their schools, such as brochures, automated communications, open houses. We're looking at holistically social media policies and schools, century school planning, as Board Member Santos' item proffered recently. But this item looks to build on that by working to examine…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“I've also filled out the paperwork. I'll be abstaining from F4 and F5 as my wife is on the Hialeah Housing Eight Authority Commission Board. So it's not an actual conflict, but just in case I'm recusing myself from both items.”
School Board · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Let me just pass it this way and pass these this way. Colleagues, as I said during committee, it's an honor to have worked with a group to initiate and propose a renaming of Hialeah Elementary to Lincoln Diaz-Balart Hialeah Elementary. in recognition of a man whose life was defined by public service, unwavering principles, and a deep love for our community and our country. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart devoted decades of his life to serving the people of South Florida. He was a tireless advocate of freedom, democracy, educational opportunity, and the values that made…”
School Board · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. And Board Member Blanco, thank you for bringing up those comments because really this is the first time we've had an opportunity to discuss it after we passed the strategic plan, which I don't know if you all recall, but we had a specific conversation on this very issue that we adjusted from the days where key result three and objective four, I just pulled it up again, that says develop a transparent facilities reinvestment framework to be presented and adopted by the school board that guides how resources generated through school re-envisioning, consolidation,…”
School Board · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair, and I just wanna echo some of the sentiments I said during committee. First of all, thank you for bringing this forward. This earthquake has been felt in Miami, perhaps not literally, but certainly figuratively because of the number of families that have family members still in Venezuela and Caracas. I WILL TELL YOU, AS I MENTIONED IN COMMITTEE, DISTRICT FIVE, SPECIFICALLY DORAL BECAME THE EPICENTER OF THE DISASTER RELIEF. THAT'S WHERE GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION GEM IS LOCATED AND THE CITY OF DORAL WITH ITS LEADERS, MAYOR FRAGA, OUR OWN SCHOOL MEMBER EMPLOYEE,…”
School Board · Jul 22, 2026
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School Board · Jul 22, 2026
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“Just a comment on the 6 through 12. I think that was... Board Member Gallin's parting gift to us last month, which is to explore the feasibility of 612. So, I mean, I don't know if these reports are going to come back together or separately, but I'm saying at the same time or not, there'll be separate reports, but I'm saying we'll be getting reports on both.”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. Just very briefly, two comments. First, I'd like just to request a separate briefing to understand who's running point on the development of materials and tracking and things like that. So we can talk about that here. And secondly, the weekly update where the standards are going to teach in the pacing guide, there's a link that lets you follow it. And when you click on it, unless you have Schoology, there's a wall that doesn't let you see exactly that. So that's just a technical thing. But otherwise, we'll have a sidebar about it. But thank you for the information.”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yes, thank you so much. Thank you for the preface, Madam Chair. It was a privilege to, along with residents of my district initiate this process for an honor that I think is very fitting, probably not as much as he deserves, but what we can do as a school district to recognize the life, the service of Lincoln Diaz-Balart. It's interesting because he was a friend, I know his family, and they're all individuals of character, integrity, and service. You've got the very large ticket items that Lincoln Diaz-Balart does in Congress that affects entire communities represented in Miami-Dade and…”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. Colleagues, this is something we've discussed over an extended period of time as a result of the health care procurement. I think that none of us questioned that the policies were followed. We just questioned the merit of some of the policies where we can't fully understand how this election committee had voted upon them. And as the ultimate decision makers up here, I think that that's something that we should have as decision makers, but also for the sake of transparency. I've done a lot of procurement law in my career, and it's not uncommon to have a metric against…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“So this is for all procurement recommendations that fit the box of where we have this selection criteria that travels to a presentation. I highlight it. I mean, we discussed it pretty significantly last one where the health care one was the impetus behind it. It hadn't been an issue for us before that because we've been able to track and understand. especially when it becomes based on both quantitative and qualitative issues. When it's quantitative in its values and its ITBs and RFPs that are very clear, we follow the numbers, right? Even like on food, when we did the food approvals, we saw…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair, Madam Chair. Thank you so much for bringing this item. As we say, you know, District 5 of the City of Doral became the epicenter not just of the relief efforts with the Global Empowerment Mission located in the city of Doral, but also because of the community that's there and the ties. Many people from that community have family that were affected by it. And I spoke to Jeff, the COO of Global Empowerment Mission, and he said to me that he's never seen a community mobilize for a disaster like this one, like has happened for Miami-Dade County. And that's something that we…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Welcome to facilities for June 10, 2026. Entertain a motion to approve the minutes from 8-6.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Entertain a motion to bring the F items to the floor.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“To start, I just want to let you know that there's a significant amount of pressure on us. Even though you have more items than usual, I expect us to perform.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Colleagues, any questions on F1? F2, please.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Jun 10, 2026