Remarks by Mari Tere Rojas
241 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, is that all, ma'am? Member Geller?”
School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. So anyways, it's a pleasure. Good luck to everyone. Have a great opening of schools. And we look forward to seeing you again at our next board meeting. Thank you. And this meeting has now concluded. Thank you, ma'am.”
School Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Board Member Alonso. Again, absolutely, very timely. And I, too, support the item. Even though I've said many times, we gotta proceed with tremendous caution as well. And we do need policy, because transparency and accountability and public notice is critically important so they know what is happening. But I say proceed, with caution because, as I've said many times in the past, the pendulum moves back and forth in Miami-Dade County public schools. I've been able to witness that throughout the years and with reference to selling properties, which is not anything related to the…”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, he has air conditioning that he can cool off.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you through the chair. Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. And I appreciate everything that you do, but let me ask you a follow-up question. the ones that we've had where a solution would be having that air conditioning scenario taking place during the weekend so when they come in on Monday, a pod school that has zero windows, it's very difficult for those principals and for the students and the stakeholders there. And we talked about this. There's gotta be a solution to that one.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Through the chair, I have two more questions. One would be the mold. I want to make sure that all of our schools, when we open up, that the teachers and the administrators and all of the members of the workforce at those sites are not in a situation where they need to worry that there might be in rooms where there is mold. Has that been...”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Through the chair. So at school sites and also in all of our buildings that we have personnel at. So I hope we're monitoring that everywhere. And then the structural integrity of our schools, as I proffered a board item quite some time ago, there's nothing more important than that. Do we have any schools with any structural integrity issues this year? I know I had to deal with some last year.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, and that would include, through the chair, buildings like this one where we're at right now, with reference to the structural integrity?”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, and the last question was the elevator. Sorry, but just two days ago, or was it a day ago, We had two of them almost, at first it was a flicker and boom, boom, boom, and then all of a sudden not operational. Absolutely.”
Facilities and Construction Committee · Aug 5, 2026
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School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. Superintendent Dutris, do you have any comments, sir, that you would like to make at this time?”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“Superintendent, I don't want to interrupt you, but I've been advised that we are not streaming live right now. You're having some difficulty. Just for a moment.”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“Yes, of course. One moment. Madam Chair? Yes.”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“Yes, go ahead, sir, while we're waiting. Thank you.”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“Thank you. So given that information and also based on the question which was posed by Board Member Geller and responded to by our general counsel, at this point we shall proceed. Go ahead, sir.”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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“No, that's fine. I want you to continue right where you're at.”
School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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School Board · Jul 29, 2026
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School Board · Jul 29, 2026