>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ONE YEAR AFTER THE DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PITCHED A HALF-CENT SALES
TAX TO FIX JACKSONVILLE’S AGING
SCHOOLS WITH THE SUIT SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT THE ISSUE WILL
SOON GO TO VOTERS
TO DECIDE MAYOR LENNY CURRY
DOES HAS SIGNED THE BILL
YESTERDAY WATCHED IT LIVE HERE
ON AIR ADDING THE REFERENDUM TO
THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
JOINING US NOW IS
SUPERINTENDENT OF DUVAL COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DOCTOR DIANA
GREENE DOCTOR GREENE THANKS FOR
JOINING US. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
>>LAUREN VERNO: GOOD MORNING. SO I GUESS WE COULD SAY BETTER LATE THAN NEVER THIS HAS BEEN A
LONG DRAWN-OUT FIGHT.
>> WELL WE’RE JUST VERY EXCITED AND WE PARTICIPATED IN THE SIGNING YESTERDAY.
>> AND WE NOW HAVE A PATH
A WAY.
>> FORWARD TO THE NOVEMBER,
3RD.
>> SO LOUDLY. WE OF COURSE REMEMBER THE DISTRICT RELEASED VIDEO OF OF THE REASONS THAT
THIS MONEY IS NEEDED SEVERAL
MONTHS AGO SHOWING THE
DETERIORATION IN SOME OF OUR
LOCAL SCHOOLS CAN YOU EXPLAIN
NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS
GOING TO GO TO VOTERS IN
NOVEMBER. AT IF IT
IS APPROVED HOW DO YOU PLAN TO
PRIORITIZE THE SCHOOLS THAT GET
THE FIRST REPAIRS.
>> WELL ACTUALLY OUR
PLAN AND PRIORITIZATION IS
ACTUALLY POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE
HOUR
SCHOOLS DUVALL, OUR DEW ALL
SCHOOLS DOT ORG. AND THE
PRIORITIZATION IS BASED ON
AND THE WHAT WE
CALL SCI THE FACILITY’S
CONDITION AND ACTS AND THE
HIGHER
THE NUMBER THE HIGHER THE
PRIORITY OF THAT SCHOOL WILL BE
AND SO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
REALLY HIGH FCI NUMBERS.
WELL WE PRIORITIZE BY US.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
TO STRAIGHT TO GO THROUGH 3
PHASES
STATES ONE. ALL SCHOOLS WILL
HAVE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY
ADDRESS WITHIN THE FIRST 3
YEARS AND THEN THOSE SCHOOLS
THAT HAVE REALLY HIGH AND SEE
EYES. THE FIRST 5 YEARS THEY
WOULD BE IN PHASE ONE THEN
SCHOOLS THAT HAD
SO THAT THE NEXT LEVEL SE EYES
IN THE SECOND PHASE, THE NEXT 5
YEARS AND THEN SCHOOLS THAT
HAVE A VERY
LOW SCI WITH THE AND BAY STREET
WHICH WOULD BE THE LAST 5 YEARS
AT DOCTOR GREEN FOR OUR VIEWERS
WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS THIS ISSUE AS CLOSELY AS
WE HAVE HERE CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT
AND AND MAYBE YOU
KNOW DESCRIBE.
>> WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE LIKE
BECAUSE THE IMAGES THAT WE HAVE
BASED ON WHAT WE’VE HEARD FROM
TEACHERS AND
OTHER EDUCATORS WE DON’T SHOW
HOW SEVERE SOME OF THE
CONDITIONS ARE AT SOME OF THE
SCHOOLS.
>> WELL FIRST AND FOREMOST I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS
ARE SAFE OR STUDENTS TO OCCUPY.
OUTSIDE OF COVID-19 ALL OF OUR CILLA T WISE STUDENTS CAN ATTEND
THOSE SCHOOLS. BUT THE ISSUE IS
THAT DUVAL COUNTY HAS SOME OF
THE OLDEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA. OVER A 120 OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE AT LEAST 60 YEARS MINIMALLY 60 YEARS OLD. WE
EVEN HAVE A SCHOOL THAT’S CLOSE
TO A
120 YEARS OLD. SO IT’S A LOT
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
THAT MAKE US A SCYLLA TEASE
WORKS THAT IS THE 8 BACK
OR ELECTRICAL KLUM ME.
OUTDATED SYSTEMS THAT
YOU CAN NO LONGER GET PARTS FOR
SO WHEN THAT SYSTEM BREAKS
IT BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING.
WE HAVE TO GENERALLY GO OUT AND
GET CUSTOMIZED PARTS TO FIX
THAT SYSTEM OR
ROOFING SYSTEMS WHERE THE GROUP
HASN’T BEEN IN 30 YEARS,
IT’S WORKING BUT WE’RE
CONSTANTLY HAVING TO COME IN
AND HACK OR.
PARTIALLY FIX THE
BREW WHERE IN A NORMAL WEAR AND
TEAR THOSE RIGS SHUT UP AND
COMPLETELY REPLACED.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO THERE WAS
AT UNF POLL THAT WAS CONDUCTED
IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR
WELL BEFORE THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC 75% OF THOSE POLLED
SAID THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF
A HALF-CENT
SALES TAX CONSIDERING NOW WHAT
OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COUNTY OF
DUVAL COUNTY HAS GONE THROUGH
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IF NOT MORE
OUT
OF JOBS. HAVING TROUBLE MAKING
THEIR RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGES.
WHAT IS THE DISTRIC GOING TO
DO NOW NOW AND HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT THAT
SUPPORT MAY NOT BE AS STRONG
CONSIDERING NOW YOU’RE ASKING
PEOPLE ARE WILL BE IN NOVEMBER
TO AGREE TO PAY MORE ON PRETTY
MUCH EVERYTHING THAT THEY BUY.
>> WELL THIS ACTUALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY OR OWN ECONOMIC STIMULUS TO
OUR COMMUNITY. THIS REFERENDUM
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING JOBS
TO OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERY SENT THAT IS
RAISED STAYS AND OUR COMMUNITY
IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO.
>> A BUILDUP OR.
>> E I AND PREVENTING UPPER TEENS NOW MORE THAN JUST KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE IN.
21ST CENTURY FACILITIES, IT’S ABOUT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY GETTING BACK TO WORK AND GET
BACK TO A SENSE OF NORMALCY
THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS
A COMMUNITY.