Matters pertaining to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind., including Private Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind 9:15 AM in the President’s Office Moore Hall FSDB campus St. ...  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

    The Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

    DATE AND TIME: Saturday September 20, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

    PLACE: Center for Leadership Development, Moore Hall, FSDB Campus, St. Augustine, Florida

    GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Matters pertaining to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, including Private Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind 9:15 a.m. in the President’s Office, Moore Hall, FSDB campus, St. Augustine, Florida. With L. Daniel Hutto, Interim President, Sidney F. Ansbacher, Esquire, General Counsel, Charles Weatherly, special counsel to the school. The following members of the Board of Trustees are expected to attend the meeting. Mary Jane Dillon, Herschel H. Parrish, Jr. Edgar M. Turner, Maria T. Rojas, Christopher Wagner and Gerald W. Weeden. A court reporter and three sign language/oral interpreters will also be in attendance at the meeting. This meeting will constitute a private attorney-client session, as authorized by Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes. The meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations and litigation expense strategy pertaining to the lawsuit(s) between W.A. vs the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Case No. 07-0060E, and HP vs the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Case No. 07-5617E.

    The regular meeting shall re-convene in the CLD Room, in the Moore Hall, at the conclusion of the private meeting.

    A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: L. Daniel Hutto, Interim President, Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, 207 N. San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, FL 32084.

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

    If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

    For more information, you may contact: L. Daniel Hutto, Interim President at the above mentioned address.