Remarks by Danny Espino
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 8
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“It'll be on the 13th as a good cause item. If not, we'll just browbeat her. Okay, I think that exhausts the items for the personnel committee meeting. May I have a motion to adjourn?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Do I have a second? All in favor say aye. Aye.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Tiffany. Thank you, Alex. This has certainly been a great experience. think this this plan is really a roadmap to make us a stronger market participant which at the end of the day is what we have to do is compete we welcome the competition and without the competition we may have done things a certain way now in light of the competition we got to shift and do things a little bit differently and there's a resonating provision on there that says smarter footprint stronger schools which is at the core of at least what i'm trying to do in the district with the…”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · May 6, 2026
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Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you all recall, the state of Florida adopted a Victims of Communism Day, which we furthered by doing a Victims of Communism Week, and after its first year, I'm proud to say that there were activities throughout the county with speakers and activities, videos. I can tell you that the level of engagement with Armando Ayalares and Miami Springs Senior High or the roundtable conversation we had at SAS West was, it was better than I thought. I really had, you know, I have kids and I know how much they care about stuff or don't care about stuff, especially the older boys,…”
Academics, Innovation, Evaluation, and Technology Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Colleagues, first of all, I want to thank you, Mr. Chair and Board Member Santos, for the action items you have on nutrition in the past. I can tell you from my experience with my own kids as well as the feedback I get when I visit schools that one of the critical factors of how the kids perceive the school is the food that they eat. And so while our food service is a great job and we're doing a great job especially under the circumstances, at what point do we take a look at some of these items that are ITBs and provide the lowest cost and look at the offerings? Because I…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · May 6, 2026
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“I'm going to call it afternoon because I'm not going to concede that it's evening yet. I'm your relief pitcher. May I have a motion to approve the minutes of March 4th? Do I have a second? All in favor?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Entertain a motion to move the F items to the floor?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Colleagues, comments, questions, concerns? No. Seeing none, F2, please.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Board Member Santos, these are all in your neck of the woods. Any comments?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Board Member Santos. Any other questions, comments, concerns? F3, please.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Any other comments, questions, concerns? Okay. F4?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“And at the time, the superintendent specifically told me that items dealing with property in a school board member's respective district is run through that member at the initiative. And without you knowing, your confirmation that you did not know that this was happening is essentially putting a property in your district, well, being responsive about a property in your district to a third-party government agency, which we have said we don't do.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“If I can interject, and I don't mean to step on you for any, but I mean, we like to say we're Miami-Dade County Public Schools and nobody tells us what to do. And this item seems to reward the behavior that we don't want to encourage, even from people that we know, because this is a small community of elected officials. But essentially what this item does is say, if a government takes an initiative to decide to develop on our property without consultation, we will entertain it. We will entertain it. And those conversations should be happening. The city of Miami, a commissioner should approach…”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“So, Madam Vice Chair, what you're saying is this is a standalone resolution for that property?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. Madam Chair, you had a comment?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. To wrap up, Board Member Gallin.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Board Member Gallin. F26, please.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you. May I have a motion to recommend the F items except F7? So moved. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“All opposed? Any new business colleagues? I'm sorry.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Facilities and maintenance comprehensive update.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026
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“Seeing none, entertain a motion to adjourn. Second? All in favor? Aye. We're done, 6.05. Thank you, everybody.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Apr 15, 2026