[1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 P.M.] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, I'M TAMMY RICHARDS, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT SIX P.M. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE EIGHTH 2020. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS AND TO ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS AND IN LIGHT OF THE STATEWIDE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS, MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT 2700 WEST 15TH STREET, PLANO, TEXAS, 75075, WITH LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY AND OVERFLOW LOCATION IN THE LOBBY WITH LIVE STREAMING WILL BE PROVIDED. ENTRY TO THE BOARD ROOM IN THE LOBBY IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS AND INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE. EVERYONE PHYSICALLY PRESENT MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. WHILE GIVING A SPEECH TO AN AUDIENCE ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, EVERYONE MUST PRACTICE SIX FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR VISITS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHICH REQUIRES SCREENING OF ALL VISITORS. VISITORS WITH COVID-19 SYMPTOMS OR TESTS CONFIRMED COVID-19 MUST REMAIN OFF DISTRICT PROPERTY. ANY OFFICIAL WITH AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER MAY REMOVE VIOLATORS FOR TRESPASSING. NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF. SEATED TO MY LEFT ARE SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND SECRETARY DR. HEATHER WANG. SEATED TO MY RIGHT BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT JERRI CHAMBERS HAD A FAMILY MEMBER SHE NEEDED TO CARE FOR, SO SHE SENDS HER REGRETS FOR MISSING THE MEETING. NEXT, WE HAVE TRUSTEE DAVID STOLLE, TRUSTEE NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER AND TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO VERIFY THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THANK YOU. IT IS NOW TIME FOR OUR RECOGNITION'S. [2. RECOGNITIONS] EACH MEETING, THE BOARD ENJOYS RECOGNIZING MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. THIS EVENING, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEWLY ELECTED LEGISLATORS WHO ARE WITH US IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY SUPERINTENDENT SARA BONSER WILL INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. I'M HOPING WE [INAUDIBLE] ARE WE PULLING UP THE ZOOM? OK, SO I'LL START TALKING AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE ZOOM WILL COME NEXT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PLANO ISD DELEGATION AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON LET'S SEE, I SEE THEM OK, AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THE SUCCESSFUL REELECTION. FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCED, BUT. [INAUDIBLE] YES, IT'S ME, I'M HERE. AND ARE YOU AND WHAT WHAT IS WHAT ARE YOU, UNDER WHICH GROUP, ARE YOU? I AM THE SPONSOR AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL FOR [INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T KNOW WHICH GROUP I AM IN. WELL, TELL ME, IS IT SCIENCE OR CULINARY. OH SCIENCE? PERFECT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ARE WE READY? I THINK WE ARE ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. LET ME AND SO I'M GOING TO SORT OF WHISK YOU AWAY, HERE'S THE PART WHERE WE BREAK INTO OUR SEPARATE ROOMS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. IN A MOMENT, LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT PERSON PROBABLY WON'T BE THERE IN A MOMENT. NOTHING LIKE TECHNOLOGY. I NOTICED DO WE STILL HAVE A LINK? YEAH. AND JOIN, WE CAN TRY THIS AGAIN. FOR CONGRESSMAN [INAUDIBLE] TAYLOR. LET'S. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS. SIGN INTO ROOM ONE. LESLIE, CAN YOU GO BACK INTO THE CONTROL ROOM AND TELL HIM TO BRING [INAUDIBLE] TAYLOR AND SENATOR PAXTON BACK? [00:05:03] NOPE, I AM GOING TO. GIVE THEM ONE MORE MINUTE. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN WAVE IF YOU HEAR ME. NO WAVING. OH YES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IF YOU'RE IN ZOOM AND YOU CAN HEAR ME, CAN YOU GIVE ME A THUMBS UP OR A WAVE? NOTHING. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN THEY CAN HEAR OR SEE US. I DON'T THINK THEY CAN HEAR US. CAN YOU HEAR US? I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD EVENING, AND IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, IF YOU'LL WAVE OR GIVE ME A THUMBS UP OR SO. EXCELLENT. OK, WE ARE READY TO BEGIN. THANK YOU TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. SO GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE PLANO ISD DECEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING. WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR PLANO ISD DELEGATION THIS EVENING AND CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL REELECTION. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HARD. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN HARDER IF WE DID NOT HAVE A DELEGATION WILLING TO FIGHT FOR PLANO ISD STUDENTS IN EVERY CORNER OF GOVERNMENT WHERE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE THAT IMPACT OUR DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILIES. I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ANY ONE OF THESE LEGISLATORS WHEN THEY HAVE SOMETHING, WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH OR THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. I'M GRATEFUL WHEN THEY CALL ME BACK AND THAT THEY DO UNDERSTAND HOW POTENTIAL POLICIES MIGHT IMPACT PLANO ISD THEIR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PLANO ISD IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS DISTRICT. TONIGHT, WE ARE RECOGNIZING EACH OF THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN TO PLANO ISD AND TO DEMONSTRATE OUR DEMONSTRATE OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND PARTNERSHIP. CONGRESSMAN VAN TAYLOR JOINING US VIA ZOOM SENATOR ANGELA PAXTON. ALSO, VIA ZOOM CHAIRMAN JEFF LEACH, VIA ZOOM AND REPRESENTATIVE MATT SHAHEEN IN PERSON IN THE BOARDROOM. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CANDY NOBLE, REPRESENTATIVE CANDY NOBLE, WHO WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING. BUT IN JUST A MOMENT, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO FROM HER. THOSE JOINING US VIA ZOOM, ARE VISIBLE ON THE MONITORS. AND REPRESENTATIVE MATT SHAHEEN WHO IS HERE IN PERSON, IF YOU REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE FRONT. WHETHER YOU'RE ATTENDING VIA ZOOM OR IN PERSON, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND OUR VIEWERS. CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY TONIGHT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.. CONGRESSMAN, YOU HAVE SERVED OUR PLANO ISD COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF ROLES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR PRIORITIZING OUR PLANO ISD STUDENTS IN EVERY OFFICE, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME REMARKS FROM YOU. AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE. NOW, WELL, MAYBE NOT. CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR, WE'RE NOT HEARING, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU YET. THERE'S NO CAMERA FOR THE PISD BOARD. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU, CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR. YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A CAMERA? [00:10:03] IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE YOU. I MEAN, I CAN I COULD SPEAK TO. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CAMERA THAT CAN SHOW YOU US, BUT WE CAN SEE YOU VERY CLEARLY. VERY WELL. WELL, GREAT. I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE REALLY KIND WORDS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT AN INCREDIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, FIRST STARTING IN THE STATE HOUSE AND THEN IN THE STATE SENATE, NOW IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND, YOU KNOW, I WILL JUST SAY THAT THAT WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE ONE OF THE VERY BEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN AMERICA RIGHT HERE IN PLANO, TEXAS. AND IT IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF WHAT I THINK. AND I WANT TO SAY, AS I'VE HEARD HIM SAY MANY TIMES, OUR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE CROWN JEWELS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DO YOU TALK TO BUSINESSES ABOUT WHY THEY CHOOSE TO COME TO COLLIN COUNTY, WHY THEY RELOCATE THEIR BUSINESSES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, REALLY ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COLLIN COUNTY. THEY TALK ABOUT THE GREAT SCHOOLS IN THOSE GREAT SCHOOLS ARE THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THEY HAPPENED BY HARD WORK. AND IT'S THE HARD WORK OF A GREAT SCHOOL BOARD WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD WHO REALLY GIVE OF THEMSELVES AND WORK HARD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REALLY CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE. THE PLANO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS SO WELL KNOWN FOR. IT'S THE RESULT OF HAVING GREAT TEACHERS. A GREAT EDUCATION BEGINS WITH A GREAT TEACHER. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL REMEMBER A TEACHER THAT REALLY HELPED US TO TO GET A LEG UP IN LIFE AND REALLY GO THE EXTRA MILE AND REALLY HELP US TO BE THE BEST THAT WE COULD BE. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO PLAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, RECRUITS, TRAINS AND RETAIN SOME OF THE VERY BEST TEACHING TALENT IN THE COUNTRY. AND FINALLY, IT HAPPENS WITH INVOLVED PARENTS, PARENTS THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL PTA, PARENTS THAT READ TO THEIR KIDS AT NIGHT, PARENTS THAT HELP THEIR KIDS WITH THEIR HOMEWORK, THAT JUST GET THEM TO SCHOOL. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP OF THE PLANO SCHOOL BOARD DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT 2020. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WITH GREAT LEADERSHIP, THE PLANO SCHOOL BOARD HAS MADE IT EVEN AS REALLY TAKING A DIFFICULT SITUATION. IT MADE IT BETTER. AND SO I JUST FEEL SO BLESSED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH YOU GUYS AND SEE WHAT YOU DO AND TO BE SUPPORTIVE WHEREVER. AND HOWEVER I CAN BE SUPPORTIVE AND I APOLOGIZE. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HOP. I'VE GOT ANOTHER THING I'M DOING. BUT JUST THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU GUYS ARE TRULY, TRULY ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST CROWN JEWELS IN OUR CROWN HERE IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR. AND WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS TO HOP OFF TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. NOW, I WANT TO TURN TO SENATOR ANGELA PAXTON ALSO VIA ZOOM. SENATOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE FORGED. YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE AS CRITICAL AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS IN PLANO. I KNOW YOU ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY FROM AUSTIN, BUT THE FLOOR IS YOURS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL, I'D BE THRILLED TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. WE CAN. GREAT. WELL, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU, SARA. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY. YOU GUYS, I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR WHEN I SAY TO EVERYONE THAT'S TUNED IN THAT NONE OF US ARE SURPRISED THAT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT, SARA BONSER WAS NAMED AS THE PLANO CHAMBERS PERSON OF THE YEAR. SHE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND HER LEADERSHIP HAS SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE STAFF AND THE FACULTY TO TEACH THE CHILDREN AND CARE FOR THE FAMILIES OF PLANO. AND I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH HER AS SHE INVITED ME TO JOIN HER AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY JUST AT THE END OF LAST WEEK AND SEE THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN ACTION AS THEY WERE DOING, BOTH IN PERSON, THE ROOMIES AND THE ZOOMIES AS THEY AS THEY SAY. AND I HAD AN ADDED BONUS OF GETTING TO ACTUALLY SEE A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE, MCKENZIE MARSH, WHO IS TEACHING THERE, AND TO SEE THE KIND OF THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR AS AN EDUCATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS, PASSING THAT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE HANDS ON APPROACH, SARA, THAT YOU'VE TAKEN IN LEADING PLANO ISD THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLY CRAZY TIME. [00:15:03] AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME IN TO SEE THE TROOPS AT WORK. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO TRUE. THE SECRET SAUCE FOR A GREAT EDUCATION IS ENGAGED PARENTS AND GREAT TEACHING. AND PLANO ISD HAS BOTH. YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE GREAT TEACHERS, YOU HELP GREAT TEACHERS BECOME BETTER TEACHERS BY INVESTING IN THEM. AND YOU TEACH THOSE TEACHERS HOW TO BRING THE PARENTS IN, HOW TO ENGAGE THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE ZOO, AND HOW TO ENGAGE THE PARENTS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN. AND IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT AS I REPRESENT PLANO ISD IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND IN THE SENATE, THAT EVERYONE FAR AND WIDE KNOWS ABOUT PLANO ISD YOU ARE A LEADER NOT JUST FOR THE FAMILIES THERE IN COLLIN COUNTY, BUT YOU'RE A LEADER IN THE STATE. AND AS I SAID TO YOU EARLIER LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER, SARA, I JUST SO APPRECIATE HOW YOU TAKE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLANO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GO DEEP AND WIDE TO INVEST IN THE STUDENTS THERE AND YOU SHARE WHAT YOU LEARN TO HELP OTHER SCHOOLS IN THIS STATE. AND IT'S A WIN FOR PLANO. IT'S A WIN FOR COLLIN COUNTY. IT'S A WIN FOR TEXAS. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME REPRESENT YOU IN THE TEXAS SENATE. IT'S AN HONOR. IT IS THE JOY OF MY LIFE. AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMING SESSION. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. BUT I APPRECIATE, SARA, THAT YOU ANSWER MY CALL WHEN I CALL YOU TO. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF THAT. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE COMING UP. BUT I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP EDUCATING THE KIDS OF TEXAS AND IN PLANO ISD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR PAXTON. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE KIND WORDS. AND IT REALLY WAS FUN TO WATCH HER MEET HER GEOMETRY STUDENT WHO IS NOW A TEACHER AND AND REALIZE THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR THERE. SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE. NEXT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRMAN JEFF LEACH, WHO IS JOINING US, VIA ZOOM IN AN AWESOME SWEATSHIRT BORN AND RAISED IN PLANO. CHAIRMAN LEACH IS A GRADUATE OF PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH MAKES HIM AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR US IN AUSTIN. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENT EFFORTS TO PRIORITIZE AND SUPPORT OUR PLANO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR, DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. AND I'D LIKE TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO YOU FOR A FEW WORDS. SURE, SARA, THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US TONIGHT AND TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. GREETINGS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED TONIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO JOIN YOU AND MY LEGISLATIVE COLLEAGUES AS WELL. THERE'S ACTUALLY A BIT OF A STORY BEHIND THE SWEATSHIRT. I'M A GRADUATE, PROUD GRADUATE OF PLANO SENIOR HIGH, PROUD PLANO WILDCAT. AND I HAD MY ORIGINAL SWEATSHIRT THAT'S JUST LIKE THIS THAT SIMPLY SAID IN BIG LETTERS. GO FIGHT, WIN ON IT. CLASS OF 2001. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I WORE THAT OUT IN PUBLIC, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST ASSUMED THAT I WAS AN AGGIE, A GRADUATE OF A&M. AND SO WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY FRIENDS WHO MIGHT BE AGGIES, I HAD TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR. AND SO I GOT A NEW ONE PRINTED THAT JUST SAYS PLANO REAL BIG INSTEAD. BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE ASSESS WHERE WE ARE IN THIS STATE AND IN OUR DISTRICT AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, WE PUT THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS BEHIND US. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE ASSESS WHERE WE ARE AND LOOK TO THE EIGHTY SEVEN LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ALL OF THE GREAT CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US AS WE SEEK TO EMERGE FROM THIS HEALTH CARE, THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS, ALSO THIS EDUCATIONAL CRISIS. I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, SARA, FOR THE COMMITMENT OF YOUR BOARD OUR INCREDIBLE EDUCATORS AND OUR PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS IN PISD. YOU KNOW, IF I WERE TO TURN THIS CAMERA RIGHT AROUND RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD SEE TWO OF MY THREE KIDS, MY SEVENTH GRADER AND MY FOURTH GRADER DOING THEIR HOMEWORK. IN FACT, SENATOR PAXTON, I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH MY SEVENTH GRADERS MATH HOMEWORK. AND LET ME JUST SAY I MIGHT NEED YOUR HELP AT SOME POINT. I MIGHT NEED TO CALL IN THE SENATOR TO HELP ME WITH THE MATH. BUT AS I THINK ABOUT ALL THE FAMILIES WHO ARE AT HOME TONIGHT DOING HOMEWORK, TALKING ABOUT THEIR DAY, PREPARING FOR TOMORROW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HOLIDAYS, I THINK ABOUT ALL THE TEACHERS WHO ARE SO TIRELESSLY SERVING OUR KIDS IN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE CLASSROOM OR VIRTUALLY AND MAYBE IN THOSE SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS IN THE COUNSELOR'S [00:20:01] OFFICE, THE NURSES, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE THOSE WONDERFUL FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS. BUT I'M ALSO MINDFUL TONIGHT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT WHO MAYBE NOT BLESSED WITH THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE HAD. MAYBE THEIR PARENTS ARE STILL OUT WORKING JOBS TONIGHT. MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN SIT DOWN AND DO HOMEWORK WITH THEM. MAYBE THEY HAD A ROUGH DAY AT SCHOOL AND DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO TALK TO. MAYBE THE MEAL THAT THEY GOT TODAY AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY OR WELLS ELEMENTARY, MAYBE THAT WAS THE ONLY WARM MEAL THAT THEY WILL GET TODAY. AND I THINK ABOUT THE KIDS WHO ARE TRYING TO LEARN VIRTUALLY BUT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, DON'T HAVE BROADBAND ACCESS LIKE SO MANY OF US HAVE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT AS POLICYMAKERS, AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. AND SARA, I KNOW YOU AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULD KEEP US UP AT NIGHT AS WE PREPARE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THIS CRISIS HAS PRESENTED SOME REAL CHALLENGES, SOME REAL QUESTIONS AND HURDLES THAT WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS TOGETHER, BUT ALSO SOME INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES. I WOULD SAY GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER TOGETHER, TO SERVE THE FAMILIES OF THIS DISTRICT, TO EMPOWER OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR PARENTS, WHETHER IT'S WORKING TOGETHER TO GET RID OF THE STAAR TEST OR TO GET RID OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STAAR TEST ARE WORKING TO BOOST SCHOOL FUNDING OR INVESTING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OR SUPPORTING OUR FINE ARTS AND OUR ATHLETICS AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT AS YOUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IN WORD AND DEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO LOCK ARMS WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU, FIGHT WITH YOU, I SHOULD SAY, TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST AND STRONGEST DAYS FOR PLANO ISD ARE STILL AHEAD. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. SARA, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. I WANT TO ECHO SENATOR PAXTON'S REMARKS. IT'S GREAT TO SERVE WITH YOU. PLANO IS BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AT THE HELM DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. AND WE'RE BLESSED TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU. SO GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT SESSION. THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE LEACH. APPRECIATE THOSE KIND WORDS. AND NEXT IS REPRESENTATIVE MATT SHAHEEN. REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN HAS BEEN PROACTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, IS AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS IDEAS AND NEW LEGISLATION WITH ME AND WITH OUR TEAM AND FOR YOUR AVAILABILITY AND FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ADDRESS THE ADDRESS, THE CROWD BOTH IN THE ROOM AND AT HOME. AM I GOING TO GET KICKED OUT IF I TOOK MY MASK OFF? YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF TO SPEAK. I ASSUME I'M GETTING EXTRA CREDIT BECAUSE I'M HERE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE A PLANO SWEATSHIRT LIKE REPRESENTATIVE LEACH DOES, I THINK THE REAL STORY IS, IS HIS SWEATSHIRT FROM 2001 DOESN'T FIT HIM ANYMORE, BUT I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE REELECTED AND GET THE PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT OUR CITIZENS, OUR CONSTITUENTS IN COLLIN COUNTY, WE GET TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE. AND MRS. BONSER. IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT RETURNING YOUR PHONE CALLS. I TEXT WITH YOU, I THINK, MORE THAN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE EARLY PARTS OF THE PANDEMIC. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR STAFF, WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS HAS BEEN FOR YOU. 2020 HAS BEEN JUST AN UNIMAGINABLE CHALLENGE. AND THERE'S LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOMS AND DADS THAT PUT THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY IN YOUR HANDS. AND I KNOW THAT'S AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF HAS REALLY STEPPED UP AND I KNOW JUST HOW CHALLENGING IT IS. SO I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS IS TO BE IN EDUCATION. SO IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE, AN HONOR TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU REALLY OUTSIDE OF SESSION. AND I THINK I'VE SENT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR OR THE COMMISSIONER. IN FACT, I THINK YOU'RE PROOFREADING ANOTHER ONE. WE'D LIKE TO SEND A LETTER TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR OUR TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS AS FAR AS WHEN THE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO THERE'S A COMMISSION THAT'S BEEN FORMED TO TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO, LOOK, WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES AHEAD. I MEAN, BUT REALLY, GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR STEPPING UP. AND JUST INCREDIBLY JUST DIFFICULT TIME AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MOMS AND DADS CHILDREN'S IN YOUR HAND. AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND HOW YOU HAVE STEPPED UP. I VIEW THIS. I THINK MS. BONSER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN WE VISITED PLANO WEST, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YOU GOT A VIRTUAL ONE AND YOU GOT TO FACE TO FACE ONE. AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF CHALLENGES THERE. SO, LOOK, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HAD A GREAT SESSION FOR EDUCATION LAST LAST SESSION, OF COURSE. AND I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS SESSION AS WELL. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME MOMENTUM. YES, WE HAVE SOME BUDGET CHALLENGES. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO [00:25:03] SPEAK WITH DURING THE INTERIM, SOME OF OUR DELEGATION AND SOME OTHER NORTH TEXAS MEMBERS WERE TOGETHER LAST NIGHT. ACTUALLY, EDUCATION WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR US. AND SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M ON THE FLOOR, I CAN CALL ONE OF YOU OR TEXT ONE OF YOU. AND THAT'S JUST REALLY HELPFUL FOR US. AND WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING SESSION. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE. THERE'S JUST SO MANY GREAT THINGS, SO MANY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY FOR PLANO ISD, BUT REALLY ALL THE CHILDREN ACROSS COLLIN COUNTY. I'M JUST I'M REALLY EXCITED. SO GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. IT REALLY IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE DO TOGETHER, THIS COMING SESSION AND BEYOND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN. AND THANKS FOR AMY COMING WITH HIM. AMY WORKS WITH US FROM YOUR STAFF. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS THIS EVENING. REPRESENTATIVE NOBLE IS NOT HERE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM, BUT SHE DOES HAVE A PASSION FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR PLANO ISD HEARD HER DAUGHTER IS ACTUALLY A TEACHER IN PLANO ISD. I'VE SINCERELY APPRECIATED HER WILLINGNESS TO DOVE IN AND UNDERSTAND OUR ISSUES AND CONCERN AND HER HER STRONG DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO FROM REPRESENTATIVE NOBLE. GOOD EVENING. I SURE WISH I COULD BE THERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. I AM SO GRATEFUL SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND PLANO TRUSTEES FOR THE WORK YOU DO IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS THE WAY YOU PERSEVERE DURING THIS THIS TERRIBLE TIME WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SINCE MARCH AND IN THE WAY THAT YOU ALWAYS PUT OUR STUDENTS FIRST. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP CONTINUING IN THE DAYS AHEAD SO THAT PLANO CONTINUE TO BE THE PLACE OF EXCELLENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THE INVESTMENTS YOU MADE IN MY DAUGHTERS, WHO ARE ALL THREE PLANO EAST GRADUATES AND MY CURRENT DAUGHTER, WHO'S A PLANO ISD TEACHER. I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND FOR THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE OUR KIDS. TO ALL OF OUR DELEGATION, I WANT TO THANK YOU ONE LAST TIME FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE AND THE WORK THAT IS COMING. WE ARE HEADING INTO WHAT WILL LIKELY BE AN UNUSUAL AND POSSIBLY DIFFICULT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AND YOUR TEAMS TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF PLANO ISD AND OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF. AND I YOU KNOW, FOR THE BOARD, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE LEGISLATORS FOR BEING WITH US BOTH BY ZOOM AND ALSO THANK YOU, MATT, FOR BEING HERE IN PERSON. AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE A FEW PLANO WEST PARENT SWEATSHIRTS IN YOUR CLOSET BECAUSE WE WERE BAND PARENTS TOGETHER. BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE AS FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN UNDERSTAND THE STRESS AND STRAIN THAT THAT SERVING BRINGS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FOR THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES. HEY, GUYS, JEFF, IF YOU CAN'T SEE, THIS IS DAVID STOLLE. FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYBODY BACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN AUSTIN. I THINK WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH AN EXPERIENCED GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE ARE WIDELY RESPECTED WITHIN THE HOUSE AND WITHIN THE SENATE THAT THAT PEOPLE TURN TO. AND SO WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ALL. LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY WAY FOR US ALL TO TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR MUTUAL CONSTITUENTS AND THE KIDS AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN AUSTIN BEFORE, BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S EVER EXPERIENCED. SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SESSION. I'LL JUST SAY A QUICK THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE YOU ON SPEED DIAL WHEN WE NEED AND YOU GUYS ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO LISTENING TO WHAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING. AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING SESSION. BUT WE KNOW WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THEY'RE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. SO IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE DOUBLE BONUS THERE. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. [00:30:02] AND AGAIN, LIKE DAVID SAID, YOU GUYS ARE ALL EXPERIENCED AT THIS NOW. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT DAVID AND NANCY HAVE SAID. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST SESSION. AND GOOD LUCK ON THIS FUTURE SESSION. YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF RESOURCES HERE IN PLANO ISD. SO I HOPE YOU USE THEM LIKE YOU DID LAST SESSION. AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN GET DONE IN AUSTIN. I WANT TO THANK OUR LEADERS FOR THEIR FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION. AND I WAS ESPECIALLY THANK CHAIRMAN JEFF LEACH AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. JEFF AND MATT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE TO OUR PLANO PARENTS AND MYSELF. I'M ALSO A PARENT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS OPEN YOUR DOORS TO US. SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO SPEND WITH US THIS EVENING AND CONGRATULATIONS AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR OUR KIDS. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SESSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. NEXT, WE WILL BEGIN OUR DISTRICT RECOGNITION'S DURING EACH MEETING, THE BOARD ENJOYS RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS WHOSE ACADEMIC TALENTS AND OUTSTANDING WORK HAS BEEN HONORED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. PLEASE SEE THE POWERPOINT THAT IT DISPLAYS ON THE MONITOR. THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THE DISPLAY UP. THE GREMLINS ARE AT WORK TODAY, BUT TO RECAP THE HONORS THAT WE WOULD BE DISPLAYING, WE HAVE 35 HIGH SCHOOL ALL STATE STRING ORCHESTRA AND JAZZ STUDENT MUSICIANS. THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE AN ALL STATE MUSICIAN. WE ALSO HAVE FOUR PLANO EAST COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS WHO TOOK FIRST PLACE AT [INAUDIBLE] THEY CREATED AN APP CALLED BIRDWATCH AN AI BASED MOBILE APP THAT COMBATS SPECIES EXTINCTION THROUGH COMPUTER VISION AND CROWDSOURCING. CONNECTING WITH US VIA ZOOM ARE THREE PLANO EAST 2020 ALUMNI. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THESE FORMER STUDENTS FOR A NATIONAL AWARD. WE WILL MEET THEM IN A FEW MINUTES. DR. KATRINA HASLEY WILL INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION. DR. HASLEY. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT RICHARDS CONNECTING WITH US VIA ZOOM WE HAVE THESE FORMER CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE HERE AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR TEACHER, LOIS [INAUDIBLE] PLANO EAST CULINARY ARTS. THEY'RE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR FIRST PLACE, NATIONAL AWARD THAT WAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED OVER THE SUMMER AS A RESULT OF THE NATIONAL FAMILY, CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA KNOWN AS FCCLA COMPETITION. SO [INAUDIBLE] BERRY, OUR CTE COORDINATOR FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM AND HUMAN SERVICES, IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THIS AWARD AND THEN THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. [INAUDIBLE]? THANK YOU, DR. HASLEY. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THESE KIDDOS A LITTLE BIT OF PRAISE. THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AT THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULINARY ARTS CONTEST AND HAVE EARNED THIS. GREAT ACCOLADE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BOTH REALIZE THAT AND I WISH ALL THREE OF YOU COULD BE HERE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND NATHAN IS ON A FLIGHT TO PHILADELPHIA, SO PLEASE TELL HIM WE'RE PROUD OF HIM. A GREAT DEAL OF DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION WAS EXHIBITED BY THESE STUDENTS. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ALL THEY HAD TO DO TO WIN THIS NATIONAL COMPETITION. FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAD TO CREATE A RESTAURANT. AND SO THEY DECIDED TO CREATE A RESTAURANT CALLED TOASTIES, AND THEY HAD TO MAKE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BASICALLY A BOOK ABOUT THIS RESTAURANT THAT INCLUDED LIKE A BUSINESS PLAN WITH FINANCIALS AND MENUS AND RECIPES, STAFFING EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, FURNITURE, THE BUILDING LAYOUT AND DIMENSIONS AND CODES AND JUST EVERYTHING. ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS TO OPEN THE BUSINESS, WHICH I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE DONE. BUT THEY WORKED VERY HARD AT THIS AND THEY GOT ESPECIALLY MOTIVATED, I THINK, AFTER THEY COMPLETED THEIR JUNIOR YEAR AND THEY BECAME DETERMINED TO WIN THEIR SENIOR YEAR. AND SO THEY CAME BACK AND ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON IT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMAZING. THOSE OF YOU THAT WORK WITH TEENAGERS OR HAVE THEM ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON IT THE SUMMER BEFORE THEIR SENIOR YEAR AND THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T COMPETE UNTIL THAT NEXT SPRING. BY GOLLY, THEY WERE GOING TO WIN IT. AND THEY DID. AND THEY THE PLAN WAS TO FIRST WIN REGIONALS IN WACO AND THEN WIN STATE IN [00:35:02] CORPUS, WHICH THEY DID. AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO GET TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND PRESENT THEIR PRESENTATION LIVE AND TO SHOW THEM ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS AND PRETTY WORK AND EVERYTHING. WELL, THEN COVID HIT AND EVERYTHING WENT VIRTUAL. SO EVEN MORE DETERMINATION WAS REQUIRED AND THEY HAD TO PIVOT, AS WE SAY, AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN VIRTUAL EVERYTHING. AND SO THEY HAD TO FILM THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY, DOING THEIR PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN SPLICE ALL THAT TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT VIDEO PART READY, AS WELL AS IN THEIR BOOK OF DOCUMENTATIONS AND THEIR BUSINESS PLAN TO THE FCCLA COMPETITION AND THEN WAIT. AND THAT WAS THE HARD PART, RIGHT GUYS. AND BUT THEY WERE VICTORIOUS AND THEY WON FIRST PLACE COMPETING AGAINST ALL THE STATES IN THE NATION, FIRST PLACE WINNERS. SO WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THEY HAVE NOW GRADUATED. BUT I KNOW THEY'RE GOING ON TO GREAT THINGS. AND I KNOW THAT CTE AND FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AND PLANO ISD IS VERY PROUD OF THEM. AND BESIDES THEIR PARENTS, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON I CAN THINK THAT MIGHT BE MORE PROUD, AND THAT'S THEIR TEACHER AND MENTOR, MS. LOIS [INAUDIBLE] AND LOIS IS AMAZING. AND I THINK EVEN THE STUDENTS WILL AGREE WITH THAT. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, LOIS IS ACTUALLY RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS SEMESTER AND AFTER 15 YEARS AS A CULINARY ARTS INSTRUCTOR AT PLANO EAST. AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HER WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED AT PLANO EAST. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A MORE DEDICATED TEACHER THAT CARES MORE ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS. AND LOIS AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING EXPERIENCES SINCE THEN, OVER THE YEARS RELATED TO CULINARY THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET. SHE PROBABLY WON'T EITHER. WE WON'T GO INTO THOSE RIGHT NOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, LOIS, HAVE A WONDERFUL RETIREMENT. YOU'LL BE LONG REMEMBERED IN PLANO CULINARY ARTS. THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PATTY. WHAT EXCELLENT WORK AND WHAT A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS, STUDENTS, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE BOARD AND TELL US YOUR NAME, HOW LONG YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM AND WHAT YOUR FUTURE PLANS ARE NOW THAT YOU'VE GRADUATED. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH [INAUDIBLE]. OH, HI, MY NAME'S [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND I HOPE TO PURSUE SOMEWHAT OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECT IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE SHALL SEE. THANK YOU. I REALLY SUPPORT THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. SEVEN ENGINEERS IN OUR FAMILY. NEXT, DANNY, PLEASE, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HELLO, MY NAME IS DANNY [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M CURRENTLY ATTENDING AT THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN HYDE PARK, NEW YORK, AND I HOPE THAT THROUGH MY EDUCATION, AS AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE, TO BECOME A BETTER BAKER MYSELF AND OPERATE MY OWN BAKERY SOME POINT AT HOME IN PLANO. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU. AND MS. SUCH GOOD CARE OF US AND COOK A SPECIAL MEALS. AND HE ALWAYS MADE SURE I DIDN'T GET THE THING WITH THE GARLIC IN IT. SO THANK YOU. WELL, THAT TOOK TIME TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S NEEDS THERE. BUT YES, I HAVE BEEN REALLY HONORED TO WORK WITH THESE STUDENTS. THEY'VE BEEN DEDICATED. I POINTED THEM IN A DIRECTION AND HARD WORK. PART OF THE COURSE DEVELOPING A RESTAURANT WENT TO A BAKER AND A COOK, WHICH IS DANNY. AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S REALLY WANTING TO DO. THE TALKER IN OUR GROUP, WHO IS NATHAN, IS ON A PLANE TO PHILADELPHIA RIGHT NOW, AND HE IS MORE OF A PR GUY. HE WASN'T REAL GOOD AT THE DETAILS, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE PRESENTATION, HE REALLY COULD TAKE THE HELM. SO THE THREE OF THEM MADE A GREAT TEAM. AND I WANTED THEY ALSO COMPETED WITH SKILLS USA. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE SKILLS USA DID NOT GO VIRTUAL. SO THEY WERE YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIMITED TO COMPETE AT FCCLA WHERE THEY REALLY LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE. I'M REALLY PROUD AND PROUD TO HAVE THEM IN MY CLASS AND I CAN NOW CALL THEM FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY'VE LEFT PLANO. BUT I'M REAL PROUD OF THESE KIDS. THANK YOU, DO YOU EACH HAVE A FAVORITE RECIPE, WHAT'S YOUR SPECIALTY? [INAUDIBLE]. MY FAVORITE RECIPE PERSONALLY IS I HAVE A SECRET ONE, BUT IT'S A TRIPLE CHEESE GARLIC KNOT [00:40:02] . IT'S OUTSTANDING, SO SOFT, SO FLUFFY AND YOU JUST KEEP GOING TILL IT'S GONE. THANK YOU. AND DANNY. OH, MY. IT'S A FRENCH CLASSIC, WHICH IS [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS A SHOE PASTRY, WHAT A [INAUDIBLE] TOPPING AND PRALINE [INAUDIBLE]. WOW. VERY IMPRESSIVE. BOARD COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO JUMP IN. FIRST OFF, [INAUDIBLE], DANNY AND NATHAN, CONGRATULATIONS. A NATIONAL AWARD IS AMAZING. AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN US AFTER YOU'VE GRADUATED AND MOVED ON TO COLLEGE. AND SO BEST OF LUCK. AND DANNY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NEAT FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND HAVE A BAKERY HERE IN PLANO. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND AND, LOIS, I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW YOU OVER THE YEARS AND GOING TO THE WHAT DO WE CALL IT? I FORGOT THE. YEAH, THAT PLANO EAST BISTRO. OH, GOSH, IT'S BEEN TOO LONG THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN THERE. BUT YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS. AND I'VE ENJOYED WATCHING SOME OF THE COMPETITIONS. AND IT'S A BIG SET OF SHOES TO FILL. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR STUDENTS IN PLANO. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE. I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE SOME GREAT, GREAT STUDENTS, GOOD MOTIVATION, HARD WORKING KIDS SO MANY TIMES. ALL I DO IS I LIKE I SAID, I POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THEY JUST THEY SEEM TO TAKE OFF. THEIR GREAT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR STUDENTS, [INAUDIBLE] DANNY AND NATHAN, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER MS. [INAUDIBLE], THAT DR. HEATHER WANG AND I TOURED THE PLANO EAST CULINARY ARTS TOGETHER AND WE SAW THE KITCHEN AND WE WERE AMAZED AT HOW BIG THE PLANO ISD KITCHEN WAS AT PLANO EAST AND I THOUGHT THE FACILITY WAS FANTASTIC FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN THERE. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS. WELL, THANK YOU. I WILL MISS PLANO AND I WILL MISS ALL MY STUDENTS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS, TO [INAUDIBLE] AND DANNY AND OUR FRIEND WHO IS ON THE PLANE TO PHILADELPHIA. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD. WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU AND SO EXCITED FOR YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT FOR YOU AND MS. [INAUDIBLE], THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS IN PLANO ISD, AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU HAVE MADE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TEACH AND RUN A PROGRAM, YOU ARE LEADING. AND SO FOR YOUR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AND CAREER IN PLANO ISD, I SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU ALL, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. YOU'VE MADE AN INDELIBLE MARK WITH PLANO KIDS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE ATTENDED MANY BOARD RECOGNITIONS WITH YOUR TALENTED STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY SUCCESSES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE GENERATION OF HOSPITALITY EXPERTS AND CHEFS THAT YOU HAD HELPED RAISE. WE WISH YOU WELL IN RETIREMENT. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOUR TRUFFLES AS WELL. SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR FIVE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS AT THE TEXAS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE COMPETITION. I INVITE DR. HASLEY TO INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION AND THE STUDENTS WILL JOIN US VIA ZOOM. DR. HASLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. IN OCTOBER, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 COMPETED VIRTUALLY AT THE TEXAS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE COMPETITION, WHERE FIVE OF THE SIX GRAND PRIZE AWARDS WERE CAPTURED BY PLANO ISD STUDENTS. SECONDARY SCIENCE COORDINATOR ASHLEY CARTER WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS COMPETITION. ASHLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND CABINET FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU, DR. HASLEY, FOR THE INTRODUCTION. THE TEXAS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE IS AN ANNUAL MEETING AND SCIENCE COMPETITION THAT IS RUN BY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCIENCE OUTREACH. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS CONDUCT RESEARCH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN PRESENT THEIR RESULTS AT [INAUDIBLE]. ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCEPTED TO THE COMPETITION SUBMIT A 10 TO 20 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER AND ORALLY PRESENT THEIR WORK TO A PANEL OF JUDGES. OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN PERSON AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH FACE TO FACE. THEY DID IT VIRTUALLY. CATEGORIES RANGE FROM MEDICINE AND HEALTH TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND MANY IN [00:45:01] BETWEEN. FINALISTS ARE INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ANNUAL HONOR SOCIETY CONFERENCE, THE AMERICAN JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR PLANO ISD [INAUDIBLE] COMPETITORS AND ARE VERY EXCITED THAT OUR FIVE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS WERE ABLE TO JOIN US HERE TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ASHLEY. WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF STUDENTS, STUDENTS, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE BOARD AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND HOW LONG YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE SCIENCE FAIR. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE THREE NATURAL SCIENCE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS, [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] AND WILLIAM. HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I'M A SENIOR AND I'VE BEEN DOING SCIENCE FAIR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS WILLIAM AND I AM A CURRENT JUNIOR, I'VE BEEN STARTED DOING SCIENCE FAIR WHEN I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER, SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR FOUR YEARS. AND THEN. HI MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A JUNIOR, AND THIS WILL BE MY FIFTH YEAR DOING SCIENCE FAIR. THANK YOU. THEN THE PHYSICAL GRAND SCIENCE, EXCUSE ME, GRAND PRIZE WINNERS ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HEY, Y'ALL, I'M [INAUDIBLE], I'VE BEEN DOING SCIENCE HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, IF YOU INCLUDE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HI, MY NAME'S [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A JUNIOR AND I'VE BEEN DOING SCIENCE FAIR FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS. WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO GIVE US JUST THE TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT? AND I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SYLLABLES YOU USE FOR EVERY WORD. ANYONE? I CAN GIVE MINE. THE TITLE OF MY PROJECT WAS OVEREXPRESSION OF FOXO IN PINK ONE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION. THANK YOU. AWESOME. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEIR PROJECT. IT MAKES US ALL WANT TO GO AND STUDY SCIENCE, SO PLEASE. MINE WAS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE DECOY EFFECT CAN BE USED TO EXPLOIT COOPERATIVE DECISIONS IN SOCIAL DILEMMA SITUATIONS. HOW INTERESTING. A NICE RANGE. I'M SORRY. MY PROJECT WAS A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO PREDICT [INAUDIBLE] TARGETING FOR ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT. VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS DAY AND TIME. ANYONE ELSE? MINE WAS [INAUDIBLE] DISTRACTED DRIVING DETECTION, USING REAL TIME ALERTS. VERY IMPORTANT. [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO SEEM A LITTLE UNDERWHELMING, BUT I WAS BACKTRACK USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO TRACK [INAUDIBLE] TARGETING. WELL, WE THINK YOU ALL HAVE A BRIGHT, BRIGHT FUTURE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU PUT IN AND HONING YOUR SKILLS. AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOUR FAMILY CONTRIBUTES TO SUPPORT YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERY BEHIND, EVERY GREAT STUDENT, THERE'S A GREAT FAMILY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING UP YOUR TIME TO JOIN US TONIGHT, EVEN VIA ZOOME. I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE IN PERSON, BUT IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN. AND SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL THAT YOU CAME TO THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF YOUR OUTSTANDING AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS. IT'S ALWAYS IT'S SO INTERESTING. LIKE I WANT TO READ YOUR PAPERS YOU KNOW, AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GOING DEEP AND LONG AND WORKING HARD ON YOUR RESEARCH, BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO PUT TOGETHER AWARD WINNING PROJECTS AND SO VERY, VERY IMPRESSED AND PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU. COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS. I WANT, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, MY KIDS STARTED DOING THEIR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS AT HICKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KINDERGARTEN. SO, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT, I UNDERSTAND AND SEE HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT IT TAKES. SO I KNOW THE AMOUNT, THE RESEARCH TIME THAT, YOU KNOW FOR YOU FIVE, THE RESEARCH TIME AND THE EFFORT YOU PLACE ON YOUR PROJECTS. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR AWARDS AND THAT YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB FOR PLANO. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. I ACTUALLY DID. I STUDIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE AT TEXAS A&M, AND THAT DID NOT WORK OUT FOR ME. I DID NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF DETERMINATION OR DESIRE TO CONTINUE IN THAT. BUT SEEING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS SHORT PERIOD WITH PLANO ISD, I KNOW YOU HAVE INVESTED IN YOURSELF AND YOUR EDUCATION AND PLANO ISD HAS BEEN A PARTNER WITH YOU IN THAT. AND I KNOW WHATEVER YOU GO ON TO DO, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO WELL. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A FEW OF YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF SCIENCE FAIR LEFT. [00:50:03] SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT YEAR, WHAT YOU DECIDE TO STUDY AND RESEARCH AND HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE WITH THE SAME AWARD NEXT YEAR. I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRAND PRIZE WINNINGS, AND I'VE JUDGED SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITIONS BEFORE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF COMPETITION. SO FOR YOU TO GET WHERE YOU ARE MEANS YOUR WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND AMAZING AND WELL DONE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR DETERMINATION AND I HOPE YOU REALLY GO FAR. AND LIKE CODY SAID, WE WANT TO SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT YEAR. I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. AND THIS IS ONE OF BEST MOMENTS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE GOT TO SEE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO TELL PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WHO NEVER PARTICIPATED IN SCIENCE FAIR GET INVOLVED. AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT TOOL TO LEARN HOW TO SET GOALS. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SMART, I GUESS, YOU GUYS TO DO A SCIENCE PROJECT. THIS IS A PERFECT TOOL TO HONE YOUR SKILLS OF SETTING GOALS. YOU HAVE TO BE UNIQUE IN YOUR PROJECT. YOU HAVE TO SET SPECIFIC GOALS, MEASURABLE, WHAT IS ACHIEVABLE ARE RELEVANT AND T IS TIMELY. SO TO DO A SCIENCE FAIR, YOU ACTUALLY HELP YOUR STUDENTS LEARN SO MANY SKILLS. THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO PRACTICE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TO BE OUR BEST REPRESENTATIVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE REPEAT ATTENDERS AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. WE DO HAVE ONE FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, WE ARE PLANO ISD PROUD TO CELEBRATE OUR OWN SUPERINTENDENT, SARA BONSER WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR BY THE PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEST OF PLANO. THIS BEST OF PLANO AWARD RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING LOCAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO DEMONSTRATES LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC THINKING, A PURSUIT FOR EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY. WE THINK THERE IS NOT A MORE DESERVING LEADER THAN SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. SHE'S A DEDICATED AND CARING LEADER WHOSE HEART IS ALWAYS IN PLANO ISD. THIS IS MORE EVIDENT THAN EVER IN THIS CHALLENGING YEAR. THAT PANDEMIC HAS MADE EVERYONE'S JOB MORE DIFFICULT. SHE'S STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGES AND HAS HELPED ALL OF US DO THE SAME. I THINK WE HAVE A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CREATED BY OUR PLANO WEST FLORAL DESIGN STUDENTS TO PRESENT TO YOU. I KNOW SARA THAT I AM PRIVILEGED TO SERVE WITH YOU. AND I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND JUST THE BREADTH OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. YOU RUN AN ORGANIZATION THAT THE TOTAL BUDGET IS PROBABLY OVER EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS WHEN YOU INCLUDE OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, MORE THAN 7000 EMPLOYEES, 52000 KIDS, A COMMUNITY OF OVER 300000. AND SO YOU ARE RUNNING DEFINITELY A BIG BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING WITH INTEGRITY, WITH HEART, WITH PASSION AND WITH A CONCERN FOR KIDS. COLLEAGUES. Y'ALL WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS. SOMETIMES WE DON'T FOLLOW ORDERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS WHEN THE CHAMBER SURPRISED ME IN A ZOOM MEETING, I THOUGHT I WAS IN TROUBLE. BUT THIS IS NOT AN AWARD SOMEONE GETS BY THEMSELVES. THIS IS AN AWARD FOR FOR A TEAM. AND THAT'S THE BOARD AND MYSELF AS A TEAM WITH DR. WILLIAMS AND THE CABINET AND AND THEN FROM THERE TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE TO THE PRINCIPALS, TO THE TEACHERS. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT. THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON THAT MAKES SUCCESS, IT'S EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER, AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT EVEN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARENTS AS PARTNERS THIS YEAR HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE. OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS WHEREVER THEY FIND THEMSELVES, LEARNING HAS MADE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOR RECOGNIZING THIS. BUT I'LL CALL IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE HAVE THE FLOWERS TRAVEL FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY INDICATIVE OF TEAMWORK FOR EXCELLENCE. WELL, SARA, I LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU LEAD WITH GRACE AND YOU ARE A GENUINELY NICE PERSON. AND SO YOUR HEART IS IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND YOU ARE SMART AND YOU ARE RESPECTED IN THIS ENTIRE REGION. [00:55:04] AS A LEADER, I THINK YOUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION ALL MENTIONED HOW WELL YOU LEAD THE AREA AND WHAT AN IMPACT YOU HAVE ON NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR STATE. AND SO YOU'RE VERY HUMBLE AND I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, BUT YOU ARE AN AMAZING LEADER. YEAH, THE I'M GOING TO RESPECT THE COMMENT YOU MADE ABOUT NEEDING A GREAT TEAM AND YOU DO HAVE A GREAT TEAM, BUT A GREAT TEAM IS PUT TOGETHER BY A GREAT LEADER AND A GREAT TEAM CAN ONLY DO AS MUCH AS THE LEADER CAN TAKE THEM GO AS FAR AS A LEADER CAN TAKE THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE FOR US AS A LEADER. AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION TO TO LEAD THIS GREAT TEAM TO GREAT THINGS. AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENS BY HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. AND THE AMOUNT OF I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS YEAR STARTING MARCH 6TH OR WHENEVER SPRING BREAK STARTED, WHAT WHAT THIS YEAR BROUGHT UPON PLANO ISD. AND THE REASON THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND STILL BE STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN WITH THE BEST EDUCATION THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR TEAM. AND SO THIS IS WELL-EARNED, WELL-DESERVED. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY PROUD FOR YOU. AND SARA, I'LL ECHO THAT CONGRATULATIONS, AND I THINK IT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMAN THAT HAD THE LITTLE SIGN THAT SAID THE BUCK STOPS HERE AND ON SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY AND LEARNING AT EVERY POINT. YOU'VE SAID THE BUCK STOPS HERE AND YOU'VE TAKEN CONTROL AND RESPONSIBILITY AND WORKED WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. AND VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS YOU'VE WORKED AND COMMUNICATED WITH THE BOARD, NOT JUST FOR US TO BE INFORMED, BUT ALSO TO GET OUR INPUT ON THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ME, I THINK TO MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO TO OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT FAMILIES AND OUR VOICES ARE CONSIDERED IN THOSE BIG DECISIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP US INFORMED AND INVOLVED SO WE CAN BE GREAT BOARD MEMBERS. I WANT TO SAY, SARA IS A WELL-DESERVED AWARD, I MEAN, FOR 10 MONTHS, YOU HAVE WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK FOR STUDENTS, FOR PARENTS AND FOR TEACHERS. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. AND YOU'VE BEEN A FANTASTIC SUPERINTENDENT TO THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU. SARA, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING YOU CAN'T LEAD WHERE YOU DON'T GO, I MEAN ABOUT YOU, I APPRECIATE MOST YOU ARE THERE YOU GO FIRST. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND BUT YOUR VISION AND LEADERSHIP MADE THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THANK YOU. SARA WILL BE HONORED ON DECEMBER THE 9TH TOMORROW DURING THE PLANO CHAMBER, BEST OF PLANO EVENT. ALSO BEING HONORED AT THE EVENT, OUR VICE PRESIDENT JERRI CHAMBERS AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR. TRUSTEE NANCY HUMPHREY, AS THE ATHENA AWARDEE. AND THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEAR. SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. THIS WAS REALLY A YEAR TO SHINE. RECEIVING SO MANY HONORS DURING A PANDEMIC IS TRULY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR RECOGNIZED GUESTS, BOTH THE ONES THAT JOINED US IN PERSON AND THE VIRTUAL ONES. NOW, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW TURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS [3. CLOSED SESSION] AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES. SECTION 551.074 THE TIME IS 6:59 P.M. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2020. ONLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN CLOSED SESSION WILL REMAIN IN THE BOARDROOM. SO I ASK EVERYONE ELSE TO EXIT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE 8TH, [4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION] 2020, AND THE TIME IS 8:13 P.M.. WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL ADVISE IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. [01:00:02] THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE WILL [6. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE] STAND. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS. OF ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU BE SEATED. TONIGHT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED BY BOARD SECRETARY [7. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE] DR. HEATHER WANG. DR. WANG. IT IS EXTREMELY HUMBLING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT AFTER THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO ADDRESS MY COMMUNITY WITH AN INSPIRING MESSAGE. AND TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE. I WAS INSPIRED BY A WRITER, A PROFESSOR CALLED [INAUDIBLE]. I KNEW ABOUT HIM FROM A TEXAS EDUCATION CONVENTION. AND THIS YEAR, LAST OCTOBER, AND HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING BY BEING HAPPY, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY BY 31 PERCENT AND INCREASE YOUR BOTTOM TRIPLE YOUR BOTTOM LINE, LIKE TRIPLE YOUR PROFIT. LOOK, THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT. SO BASICALLY. WHETHER YOU'RE HAPPY OR NOT, ACCORDING TO DR. [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT UP TO YOUR GENES OR YOUR ENVIRONMENT YOU ARE IN. AND BEING HAPPY IS HAVING JOY TO MOVING TOWARD YOUR HAVING JOY IN MOVING TOWARDS YOUR POTENTIAL. AND THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE, OBVIOUSLY, BY BEING HAPPY, IT CAN MAKE YOU LIVE LONGER AND BE HEALTHIER. AND IN THESE DAYS, IN THESE DAYS, IT'S HARD TO BE HAPPY. AND I MEAN, THERE'S COUNTLESS REASONS TO BE UNHAPPY. BUT KNOWING THE BENEFITS OF BEING HAPPY AND I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THESE GOALS? AND A DOCTOR, I THINK HE'S A DOCTOR. [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED THE FIVE HABITS YOU CAN PICK UP TODAY. NUMBER ONE IS GRATITUDE. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GRATITUDE, PEOPLE MAY SAY IT DOESN'T HELP ME, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL. YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT THINGS YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR, NOT STOP AT THESE THREE THINGS EVERY DAY YOU COME UP WITH THREE MORE THINGS YOU'RE GRATEFUL. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING. I AM GRATEFUL UNTIL TODAY AND BACK WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SOMEHOW I FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS, NOBODY NOTICED. AND I WAS SCHOOL AGED AND THANKS TO A TEACHER WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE. AND LITERALLY RETRIEVED ME AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO SCHOOL AND AT EIGHT YEAR OLD AS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO COUNT TO 10. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO READ, IT'S LIKE A BLANK PAGE, BUT WHEN THE TEACHER BROUGHT ME TO SCHOOL, SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO. HOW TO BE HOW TO HAVE THAT DESIRE FOR LEARNING. YOU KNOW, SHE ACTUALLY IGNITED THIS THIS PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE AND FROM KNOWING, FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO COUNT TO TEN, I PROGRESSED TO BEING ABLE TO DO TIMETABLE'S AT SECOND GRADE LIKE. AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THAT. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE SELF-ESTEEM CAME FROM SCHIEVEMENT, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT A TEACHER CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE, AND THAT WAY THE STUDENTS GET THE GET THE PASSION TO LEARN. [01:05:02] AND THAT'S ALSO WHY I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEAM DISTRICT FOR TRYING TO RETRIEVE OUR RETRIEVE OUR STUDENTS, THAT REALLY REMINDED ME OF HOW I GOT STARTED WITH LEARNING. IF YOU HAVE THE WILL AND THE IF IF WE HAVE THERE IS A WAY AND THE CHILDREN ARE SO MALLEABLE, IT'S I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERY EFFORT WE MADE TO IGNITE THE PASSION FOR LEARNING IN OUR STUDENTS. NUMBER TWO IS DO A JOURNALING ABOUT YOUR POSITIVE EXPERIENCES EVERY TWO MINUTES, EVERY DAY. THIS ISN'T DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TIME. THAT'S WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE NO REASON TO BE GRATEFUL. WHEN YOU JOURNAL ABOUT YOUR POSITIVE EXPERIENCES AND THE NEXT MORNING YOU HAVE A REASON YOU MUST BE ABLE TO FIND 3 MORE REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL. I LOVE THAT IDEA. NUMBER THREE IS TAKE 15 MINUTES A DAY TO DO FUN, EXERCISE, CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE. IT IS HARD. BUT DO THAT 15 MINUTES IMPROVES YOUR HAPPINESS LEVEL TREMENDOUSLY, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT EXERCISE HELP IMPROVE YOUR MOOD. AND NUMBER FOUR IS TWO MINUTES OF MEDITATION A DAY. THIS KIND OF PRACTICE, MEDITATION HAS DIFFERENT KINDS, IF YOU ARE MAN OR WOMAN OF FAITH, YOU MEDITATE IN YOUR PRAYERS TO GOD. I MEAN, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES YOU ARE, HOW WHAT KIND OF DIFFICULTY YOU'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. PRAYERS WILL HELP. AND IF YOU ARE NOT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS, SECULAR WAYS TO MEDITATE, TO HELP YOU STOP YOU FROM SUFFERING FROM THOSE BAGGAGES FROM THE PAST OR UNNECESSARY WORRIES ABOUT THE FUTURE AND OPEN YOUR HEART TO CAN THIS OPEN YOUR HEART FOR ACCEPTANCE. SO THE MEDITATION IS A WAY OF LIFE. TWO MINUTES, TWO MINUTES A DAY AND A NUMBER FIVE IS THE EMAIL SOMEONE WRITE A SINGLE POSITIVE E-MAIL MESSAGE TO SOMEONE. THIS REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING SARA JUST MENTIONED IN THE CHAMBER PRESENTATION SPREAD HAPPINESS LIKE IF YOU WRITE, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST KNOW A TEACHER, A NURSE, A DOCTOR, YOU HAVE PROBABLY YOUR PTA FRIENDS AND A SUPERINTENDENT, A CABINET MEMBER, A PRINCIPAL. I MEAN, YOU NAME IT. YOU THINK THEY ALL KNOW THEY ARE THEY ARE APPRECIATED. BUT THEY DON'T GET THIS MESSAGE EVERY DAY, DO THAT, WRITE A POSITIVE E-MAIL TO ONE PERSON A DAY. AND THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY BECAUSE WHAT PEOPLE. BECAUSE YOU CAN DERIVE HAPPINESS FROM MAKING OTHER PEOPLE HAPPY, AND EVERY DAY WE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NOTHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. I WOULD GO AROUND THE HOUSE TO ASK EVERYBODY, CAN I SERVE YOU SOME FRUIT? WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SOLVE? YOU KNOW, I GO AROUND AND BOTHER MY FAMILY, SO IF AND IF I CAN'T DO ONE THING, I BRING A CUP OF TEA TO MY DAUGHTER OR A PLATE OF FRUIT TO MY HUSBAND OR I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE AND I'M HAPPY. SO I'M EVEN HAPPY FOR MAKING MY FAMILY HAPPY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON A DAILY BASIS AND PLEASE DON'T HAVE YOUR WORRY LIST SHOULDN'T BE TOO LONG. IF IT'S A MILE LONG. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY, YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR GOALS REALISTICALLY, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SMART WAY TO SET GOALS. AND END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL. I MEAN, BY BY DOING BY TAKING ACTION TO IMPROVE THE THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT AND YOU WILL BE HAPPIER, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS JUST BY PRACTICING COMMITTING TO ONE OF I MEAN, THREE OF THESE FIVE THINGS AND DO IT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, LIKE DOING IT FOR 21 DAYS. YOU WILL BE A MUCH HAPPIER PERSON AND A HAPPIER PERSON IS A PRODUCTIVE PERSON, IS A HEALTHY PERSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [01:10:05] THANK YOU, HEATHER. I THINK I'M GOING TO START A THANKFULNESS JOURNAL, IT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE WILL NOW ADDRESS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF REALLY ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED [8. CONSENT AGENDA] TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL AS ONE ACTION ITEM UNLESS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THESE ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON AT ONE TIME WITH NO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY REQUEST TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO, THANK YOU. WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL NOW CALL UPON DR. THERESA WILLIAMS TO INTRODUCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME PATRICK TANNER. HE WILL TAKE THE REINS AND SERVE AS OUR NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. AND AS A PLANO ISD PARENT, PATRICK IS COMING HOME TO PLANO ISD FROM ALLEN, WHERE HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TECHNOLOGY AND HAS SERVED IN THAT POSITION FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. PRIOR TO ALLEN, PATRICK IS COMING TO US WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR RESPONSIVE ED SOLUTIONS AND FOR CARROLL ISD. HE WAS A NETWORK ENGINEER FOR GARLAND ISD AND LED ENGINEERING TEAMS, AS WELL AS TEAMS OF DEVELOPERS AND ANALYSTS FOR SKYWARD, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND OUR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. SO LOTS OF EXPERIENCE AND NOT ONLY IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME PATRICK HOME TO PLANO ISD AND TO OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. HE IS ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE, TAWANNA, AND TWO OF HIS OF THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, AND THEY ARE ALL THREE PLANO ISD GRADS. AND SO AUSTIN AND DEVON ARE NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT KAYLA, WHO IS A PLANO EAST GRADUATE, I BELIEVE, PLANO SENIOR SORRY, AND GABRIEL, WHO IS CURRENTLY A BEVERLY BOBCAT. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE PATRICK JOINING OUR TEAM. PATRICK AND YOUR FAMILY, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? JUST WANT TO SAY HELLO AND SEE YOU OFFICIALLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I MAY BE STEALING SOME OF SARA'S THUNDER, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A GRADUATE FROM EACH OF THE THREE SENIOR HIGH'S. SO I GUESS YOUR SONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL TO ROUND IT OUT MS. BONSER. THANK YOU. PATRICK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JUST SAY HELLO TO THE CREW, TO THE GROUP AND LET THE WHAT THE TEAM HEAR YOUR VOICE AND FROM BEHIND THE MASK. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. PRESIDENT RICHARDS, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PLANO ISD. WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS NOW. AND SO WE KNOW FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE THAT I BELIEVE EXISTS THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED AND I'M HUMBLED JUST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND GIVE BACK TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS REALLY HAD SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY OWN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. AND SO FOR ME, I CONSIDER IT AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE THAT I NOW GET TO SERVE THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY OF PLANO ISD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU IN THE COMING YEARS AND CONTINUING OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND BECOMING PLANO PROUD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PATRICK. WE'RE SO THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE DISTRICT. I KNOW I GET TO HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO TO SAY HELLO. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY. WE WERE FAMILY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF HIS TIME, YOU KNOW THAT FROM THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE IN OTHER DISTRICTS. BUT THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT SACRIFICE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE JOB SEEMS SOMETIMES TO NEVER END, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WORK AS A PART OF THE WORK FAMILY SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN OUR SCHOOL FAMILY. SO WELCOME TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU KNOW, PATRICK, I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO AND I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING SPECIAL, BECAUSE I READ YOUR RESUME AND I THOUGHT IT WAS OUTSTANDING. [01:15:02] SO I'M SO GLAD YOU CAN BE PART OF THE TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND PATRICK, I WANT TO SAY, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A 10 YEAR VETERAN OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE JOINING US. MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN THE AIR FORCE. MY DAD WAS ARMY. AND HE ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU DECIDE TO SERVE, MAKE SURE YOU JOIN THE AIR FORCE. IT'S A SMART THING TO DO. SO SOUNDS LIKE A SMART MAN. A VERY SMART MAN. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND REALLY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU ALL DO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO. YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO. YOU'LL SPEND PLENTY OF TIME IN THIS ROOM LATER. ALL RIGHT, THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS THE FIRST REPORT IS THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL OF [9.A. Plano ISD Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) Update] PTA UPDATE PRESENTED BY SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. TRULY. HERE YOU COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM, GET YOURSELF SETTLED, AND I'LL TALK TO YOU WHILE YOU SETTLE IN. BUT TRULY, ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS OF MY JOB IS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE PLANO ISD PARENTS. THE COUNCIL OF PTA'S HAS PROVIDED A LEGACY OF PTA LEADERSHIP FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THIS GROUP PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TO PARENTS AND TO STUDENTS WHO BELONG TO THEIR ORGANIZATION AND TO THOSE WHO DO NOT YET BELONG TO THEIR ORGANIZATION. AND I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP. I CAN'T LIKE REALLY NOBODY KNOWS FOR ALL THE TIMES THAT I CALL THEM TO RUN THINGS PAST THEM, TO VET IDEAS. YOU KNOW, LAST LAST MONTH, IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR AND A HALF VETTING A PRESENTATION WITH THEM BEFORE BEFORE IT WENT PUBLIC SO THAT I COULD HAVE THE PARENT VOICE IN THE LENS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT PARENTS MIGHT HAVE. I I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE. TARRAH IS IN HER FIRST YEAR AS A COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I'M HAPPY AND PROUD TO WELCOME HER TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON PTA IN PLANO ISD AND FOR ALL OF OUR PTA PARENTS WHO ARE WATCHING FROM HOME. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. AND SO YOU DID A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF WHO I AM. MY NAME IS TARRAH LANTZ. I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL OF PTA'S AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN PLANO ISD. I HAVE A SIXTH GRADER AT BOWMEN AND I HAVE A FIRST GRADER AT HICKEY. SO WE WERE BUSY DOING MAP TESTING TODAY AND BUILDING DIORAMAS. BUT I LOVE WHAT TRUSTEE WANG WAS TALKING ABOUT, EXPRESSING GRATITUDE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR AND START OFF. I HAVE TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AT OUR TO OUR VOLUNTEERS, TO OUR TEACHERS, TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR SCHOOL LEADERS AND THEN TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. WE ARE A PLANO ISD COMMUNITY. AND THIS HAS BEEN I MEAN, INSERT ANY ADJECTIVE WEIRD, STRANGE, CRAZY. IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY WEIRD ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE. SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND THEN THIS IS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR TRUSTEES, TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND TO ALL OF HER DIRECT REPORTS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING A PTA. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND IT ALLOWED FOR US TO RECEIVE AN AWARD, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING. SO THE COUNCIL PTA IS IN PLANO, IS GETTING THE COUNCIL PTA, GOLDEN APPLE AWARD, AND THIS IS GIVEN TO ALL OF THOSE PTA'S THAT I JUST SAID THE LEVELS YOU GET A MEMBER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT BUYS A MEMBERSHIP AT A LOCAL PTA, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS WELL AS ALL THE DIRECT REPORTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO TO GET STARTED TONIGHT, TO JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PTA IN PLANO, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT OUR MISSION. AND I REALIZED WHEN I WAS SITTING DOWN, IT'S ALSO ON THE WALL PLANO ISD'S MISSION IS ALMOST THE SAME AS PTA'S MISSION. SO PLANO ISD MISSION IS. OUR PLANO ISD LEARNING COMMUNITY WILL EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL IN A DYNAMIC WORLD. PTA'S MISSION TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY BY ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CHILDREN. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY ALMOST IDENTICAL. AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT IS THAT OUR MISSIONS COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER. OUR PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO SUCCEED AT THE GOALS OUTLINED IN PILLAR FOUR OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR PTA'S IN PLANO DO. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 70 PTA'S IN PLANO. THAT'S QUITE A LOT OF US. WE'RE A BIG DEAL. WE HAVE PTA'S ON EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND EACH OF THESE PTA'S IS A LEGAL ENTITY. [01:20:05] SO THAT MAY NOT SOUND VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT IT MIGHT YOU MIGHT KNOW THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. EACH OF OUR PTA'S IS A NONPROFIT. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE ALL VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALL NON-PROFITS THAT SUPPORT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. AND THAT MEANS ALSO THAT OUR PTA PRESIDENTS ARE EFFECTIVELY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF NONPROFITS. I CALCULATED AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF TOTAL PTA BOARD MEMBERS REGISTERED WITH THE TEXAS PTA AND WE HAVE AN ASTONISHING FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX PEOPLE WHO SELF REGISTERED WITH TEXAS PTA AS BOARD MEMBERS. SO THAT MEANS THERE'S MORE. SO WE'VE GOT OUR 70 SCHOOLS, FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX PLUS BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN MEMBERS AS OF YESTERDAY TO OUR PTA'S. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE IS HOW MUCH MONEY OUR PTAS SPEND ON EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. SO ARE YOU READY FOR THE BIG NUMBER? I SURVEYED OUR PTA PRESIDENTS AND I ASKED THEM, HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU SPEND LAST YEAR ON YOUR CAMPUSES? HOW MUCH MONEY DID PTA PAY FOR THINGS LIKE FIELD TRIPS, CLASSROOM NEEDS. HOW MUCH DID PTA PAY FOR PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT PTAS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS? AND ONLY 20 OF THEM RESPONDED. AND WITH 20 OF THEM, WE GOT THIS LARGE NUMBER OF ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE AN OMG MOMENT, LIKE REALLY OUR PTAS DO THAT MUCH, DO THAT MUCH ON EACH CAMPUS. BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STATES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PLANO ISD, THEN YOU REALIZE WE HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF PARENTS WHO ARE COMMITTED AND THEY LOVE THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY'RE LOYAL, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS. SO IN 2018 WE HAD ONE, TWO, THREE, SEVEN SCHOOLS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL PTA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. AND THEN IN 2019 WE HAVE FIVE. AND TONIGHT I WILL BE GIVING THIS TO SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. WE DID THIS TWO YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS WE HAVE ANOTHER BLANKET FOR YOU. SO THIS IS REALLY COOL. THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE PTA'S FROM THE 2019-2021 YEAR. AND YOU CAN HANG THAT UP IN YOUR OFFICE OR HAVE IT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE HARD WORK THAT PTAS DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. THANK YOU, TARRAH. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE LEFT LEFT MY HOUSE AND NOT BEEN IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN SEEING EVERYONE FOR A MEETING. SO THAT'S THE BIG NUMBER, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT OUR PTAS ARE SPENDING ON OUR CAMPUSES AND THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEERS, AND HOW DO THEY DO WHAT THEY DO? WELL, AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL OF PTA IS. DOES THE COUNCIL OF PTA'S IS KIND OF LIKE AN EXTRA LAYER BETWEEN ALL OF OUR LOCAL PTAS AND TEXAS PTA. WE ARE TWENTY THREE BOARD MEMBERS STRONG FOR THE COUNCIL OF PTAS AND WE VOLUNTEER TO BASICALLY HELP TRAIN ALL OF THESE PTA LEADERS. SO ALL FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX PLUS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TREASURER OR SECRETARY, WE WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. TEXAS PTA HAS SOME TRAINING IN REGARDS TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND STATE AND LOCAL ADVOCACY. AND THEN WE HELP KIND OF MAKE THAT PERSONAL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. PTA IS THE REAL THING. WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, WE EDUCATE, WE ADVOCATE, AND WE PURSUE LEGISLATION THAT BENEFITS ALL OF OUR KIDS. SO THIS LAST FALL, WE HOSTED 15 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS VIRTUALLY, WHICH WAS REALLY DIFFERENT. WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE OUR NORMAL IN-PERSON TRAINING, WHICH WAS KIND OF SAD, BUT IT WAS IT WORKED OUT GREAT. SO WHEN WE COME TO YOU AND WE SAY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE A PTA MEMBER. IT MATTERS BECAUSE WE LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR MEMBERSHIP AS A VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD. SO IF WE LOOK AT PTA'S NUMBERS AND WE SAY PTA CURRENTLY THIS YEAR HAS SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN MEMBERS, WELL, LAST YEAR WE HAD TWENTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN. BUT WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 50000 STUDENTS. THAT'S A GIANT GAP OF CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED WHEN PTA GOES AND SPEAKS WITH REPRESENTATIVE LEACH OR REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN. AND SO WHEN WE ADVOCATE, WE NEED STRONGER NUMBERS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THEM AND SAY WE REPRESENT X NUMBER OF KIDS IN PLANO ISD, AND WE NEED TO SHOW UP AND BE STRONG. SO I PUT OUR PICTURE ON HERE. [01:25:01] YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN JOIN THE PTA ON THE RIGHT. IT'S THE VERY TOP BUTTON OF OUR WEBSITE. THAT'S PLANOPTA.ORG SO ANYBODY LISTENING AT HOME CAN TAKE ACTION AND JOIN THE PTA TODAY. SO WHAT'S THE VALUE OF PTA, WE'RE BIGGER THAN JUST FUNDRAISERS AND CLASS PARTIES, WE PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THAT FAMILY SCHOOL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. THE BENEFITS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP ARE EXPANSIVE, SO IF YOU HAVE SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE INCREASED TEACHER MORALE, INCREASED FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AND GREATER STUDENT SUCCESS. AND THE BOX THAT I HAVE ON THE BOTTOM, THESE ARE THE FAMILY NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT PTA'S USED TO BECOME A NATIONAL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE. THE LAST AREA OF THIS AS WE ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO PARENTS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SO WE FIGHT FOR FULL FUNDING, WE FIGHT FOR QUALITY TEACHERS AND CAPABILITIES THAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE TAP INTO THAT NATIONAL AND STATE STRUCTURE THAT EXISTS WITH TEXAS, THE NATIONAL PTA. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WALK IN AND SEE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES WERE SPEAKING THIS EVENING. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS UPCOMING. THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW. WE APPROVE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN NOVEMBER AND THEY WERE KIND OF A MESH OF LOOKING AT TEXAS PTA'S HIS PRIORITIES AS WELL AS PLANO ISD'S PRIORITIES. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE DISTRICTS. AND WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE IS THAT WE OFFER GRASSROOTS SUPPORT. SO YOU SEE OUR PICTURE, WE ARE PTA. THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR T-SHIRT. THIS YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR TWO BIG ISSUES. ONE IS TO PRESERVE HB THREE, WE NEED TO PRESERVE PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. IF YOU LOOK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, I INCLUDED RECENT LEGISLATIVE WINS. THESE ARE AREAS WHERE TEXAS HAS HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON EVERY SINGLE STUDENT. AND THIS IS NOT JUST THIS WAS WITHIN THE LAST FEW LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. SO THIS IS LASTING CHANGE. THIS IS WHAT BEING A PTA MEMBER MEANS, THAT YOU CAN OFFER LASTING CHANGE TO OUR STUDENTS. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE, THIS IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE JULY WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT, WE HELPED WITH THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIRS. THOSE WERE EXCELLENT. WE ORGANIZED A VENDOR FAIR THAT WAS VIRTUAL. WE CREATED AN ANTI-RACISM COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE RACE AND RACISM IN OUR PTA. WE HAD ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR COUNCIL BOARDS. WE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT ON THE PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE. WE PARTNER WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SYMPHONY, THE ARTS COALITION, RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS FOUNDATION AND THEN THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BOOK CLUBS THAT WE'VE RUN WHICH HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL TO JUST TALK ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH. WE ALSO HOLD OUR REFLECTIONS, OUR CONTEST ANNUALLY AND JUDGING IS TOMORROW, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. SO YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE HAVE SO MUCH, SO MANY MORE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN 2021. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW CAN I SUPPORT PTA TODAY, YOU CAN RACE, WE'RE RUNNING A SUPPLY DRIVE WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, SO SUPPLIES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE LISTENING AT HOME CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE CORE STORE BETWEEN 9:00 A.M. AND NOON ON SATURDAY. AND THEN I BRIEFLY WANTED TO MENTION AND BRING IT BACK OUT TO THE 70 PTAS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. I'VE TALKED WITH DR. [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THIS WITH NO VISITORS ON CAMPUS, NO BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, LIMITED CONTACT WITH FAMILIES, AND REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON EQUITY OF OUR FACE TO FACE AND OUR AT HOME LEARNERS. WE'VE HAD THESE OBSTACLES FOR ALL OF OUR PTAS BUT WE'RE STILL STRONG. SO AS THE QUOTE ON THE GRAPHIC SAYS, WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES, PTA OPENS THE WINDOW. AND SOME OF OUR PTA'S ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBERSHIP INCREASE, SO THE LAST LINE I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PTA'S. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. IT HAS BEEN A WILD RIDE THIS YEAR THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE CREATIVE. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. WE'VE ADAPTED, WE'VE BEEN FLEXIBLE, WE'VE PIVOTED. BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO REIMAGINE AND RECREATE AND BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE TAKE A PAUSE. SO I'M GIVING IT ALL THE PTA MEMBERS LISTENING PERMISSION TO JUST BREATHE AND PASS OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK. SO SORRY, MY VOICE WAS SO SHAKY. I'M STILL NERVOUS. BUT THANK YOU, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PTA OR WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON? IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, AND YOU DIDN'T SOUND NERVOUS AT ALL. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, THANKS. TARRAH. I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION OTHER THAN HOW DO WE GET THAT MEMBERSHIP NUMBER UP. I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE VIEWERS WHO WILL WATCH THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND SO THEY [01:30:04] CAN GO TO YOUR HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THE LINK AND JOIN A PTA OR MULTIPLE PTAS. YOU CAN YOU CAN JOIN BY THE FEEDER ZONE OR YOU CAN JOIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OR ALL PTA'S. BECAUSE WHAT YOU JUST SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE VOICE THAT THE PTA CARRIES, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE HAVE THAT MANY MEMBERS. SO I JUST WANT TO HELP YOU GET THE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS UP. AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT EVERYONE AT THIS DAIS DID JOIN THIS YEAR, SO I'M HAPPY FOR THAT. WELL, MANY OF YOU JOINED MORE THAN ONE PTA, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, AND OR ALL AT WITHIN PLANO CITY LIMITS. AND THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT YEAR SINCE WE'VE HAD A MORE PROBLEMATIC TIME REACHING TO OUR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PARENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR NEW FAMILIES, THE KINDERGARTEN PARENTS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HAD THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME REACHING BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN PTA AT WORK. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR. AND I KNOW IT'S JUST BEEN A CRAZY YEAR, BUT YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY AND PASSION. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, TARRAH, I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE FROM HICKEY. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE GREAT PTA PRESIDENT OVER THERE. AND I JUST WANNA SAY, AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE COUNCIL OF PTAS BOARD LIAISON AND I'M BEHIND THE SCENES I KNOW THAT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE 23 OF THEM THAT WORK VERY HARD AND THAT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY MEET LIKE TWICE A MONTH, ALMOST TWICE A MONTH, THE COUNCIL OF PTAS BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER MEETING AND THEN YOU HAVE A DELEGATES MEETING AND THAT BEHIND THE SCENES THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WE ALSO GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOLS TO COME, SO WE HEAR FROM PRINCIPALS, NOT JUST TRUSTEE POWELL AND SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP INFORM OUR DECISIONS AND WHERE WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS. THANKS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, TARRAH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. OK, DR. GOBER LOOKS LIKE HE'S REACHING OUT FOR THE QUILT, HE'LL GIVE IT TO ME LATER. I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM JOIN A COUPLE OF PTAS TO GET IT BACK. ALL RIGHT, NEXT, THE BOARD WILL HEAR A PLANO ISD EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE PROGRAM UPDATE [9.B. Plano ISD Employee Child Care Program Update] PRESENTED BY DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. DR. GOBER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. I'M VERY EXCITED TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE UPDATES AND UPGRADES AND THE HAPPENINGS WE HAVE GOING ON AT OUR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS. AND WITH US, WE HAVE OUR COORDINATOR FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES, STACIE BURK, AND SHE'LL GO OVER OUR PLAY CHILDCARE CENTERS AND THEN SHE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS. AND AFTER THIS PRESENTATION IS OVER, [INAUDIBLE] OUR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE OFFERED CARE TO EDUCATORS OF PLANO ISD, WHO HAVE DIRECT INSTRUCTION WITH CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE NOW OFFERING CARE TO ALL PLANO ISD EMPLOYEES, AND THAT INCLUDES SUBSTITUTES. ALSO, WE PROVIDE CARE TO CHILDREN WHO RANGE IN AGES FROM SIX WEEKS OLD TO FOUR YEARS OF AGE. AND OUR ENROLLMENT AT THE CENTERS IS LISTED ON THE PRESENTATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER ONE WE HAVE FIFTY FOUR CHILDREN ENROLLED FOR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER TWO, WE HAVE SIXTY ONE CHILDREN ENROLLED AND FOR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE THREE, WE HAVE 45 CHILDREN ENROLLED. WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE WAIT LIST. I WANT TO DESCRIBE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE CHILDREN ON THE WAIT LIST? AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS AS THOSE APPLICATIONS COME ON THE WAITLIST, OUR SITE MANAGERS, WE HAVE THREE SITE MANAGERS, ONE PER CENTER. THEY CONTACT THE FAMILIES AND THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILIES TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF THOSE FAMILIES. SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE WANTING CURRENT PLACEMENT AND WE STRIVE HARD TO PLACE THOSE FAMILIES RIGHT AWAY. SOME FAMILIES ARE NOT WANTING CARE UNTIL NEXT SEMESTER, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING AHEAD. SOME ARE WAITING UNTIL NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN WE START OUR ENROLLMENT IN EARLY SPRING AND SUMMER FUTURE PLANNING, THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR FUTURE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A FAMILY. SO THEY GET ON THE LIST AND SOME ARE WAITING UNTIL COVID PASSES. SO THERE'S A REASON WHY WE DO HAVE A WAIT LIST. [01:35:02] WE DO STRIVE, THOUGH, FOR THE ONES THAT WANT CURRENT PLACEMENT TO GET THEM PLACED BASED ON OUR STAFFING NEEDS. WE HAVE DONE MANY STAFFING ENHANCEMENTS THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THEM THROUGH THE SPRING SEMESTER. ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE IMPROVED STAFF PAY, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET RATE AND TO REDUCE STAFF TURNOVER, STAFFING RATES. WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO HIRE AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY STAFF. TO DATE, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN INTERESTED EXPERIENCED APPLICANTS FROM THE CHILD CARE FIELD, WHICH HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE, IN NOT ONLY OUR TURNOVER. WE JUST STARTED THIS, BUT WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE STAYING EVEN DURING COVID AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR RATES ARE LISTED ABOVE. WE WENT FROM $13.52 PER HOUR TO 15 PER HOUR FOR OUR CAREGIVERS AND OUR CAREGIVER AIDE ONE TWO POSITIONS ARE AT 13 DOLLARS PER HOUR. IN ADDITION TO OUR TRAINING DAYS FOR OUR STAFF, WE ADDED TWO TRAINING DAYS. THIS ENABLES US TO COMPLETE THE MINIMUM 24 HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND PLANO ISD TRAINING. BUT IN ADDITION, IT ALLOWS US TO SPEND QUALITY TIME TRAINING OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO GO AND EXCEED ABOVE THOSE MINIMUM 24 HOURS. WE ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO EXPEDITE THE FINGERPRINT PROCESS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WHAT THAT MEANS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A FINGERPRINT THAT TAKES PLACE WITH CHILD CARE LICENSING AND WE HAVE A FINGERPRINT THAT TAKES PLACE WITH PLANO ISD THROUGH TEA. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS MERGE THOSE TWO FINGERPRINTS SO THAT THE TIME SPAN OF HIRING CAN BE A LOT SHORTER. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIRING ONE MONTH, WHAT IT TAKES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET INTO THE DOOR TO A DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE TWO WEEKS, TWO MONTHS, I'M SORRY, TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS. SO THAT WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY. WE HAVE INCORPORATED ENHANCED SAFETY PROTOCOLS. WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE OUTFITTED OUR CENTERS TO ENSURE SAFETY COMPLIANCE WITH ALL DISTRICT AND TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GUIDELINES. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES, WE HAVE A DAD AND HIS PRECIOUS CHILD IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. THESE SINKS WERE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF OUR CENTER DURING THE WARMER MONTHS. NOW WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN TO THE FRONT OF OUR CENTERS. BUT THE CHILDREN HAVE ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND THE STAFF SAFE ALSO. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS LITTLE GIRL WASHING HER HANDS WITH HER FATHER. IN ADDITION, THE SCENE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN DURING THE COLD MONTHS AND THEY KNOW THE POLICY IS TO WASH THEIR HANDS. ALL THREE CENTERS RECEIVED THEIR STATE LICENSING VISIT FOR THIS SEMESTER, AND THE STATE LICENSING WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES WE HAVE PUT FORTH FOR COVID TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN SAFE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE PICTURE WE HAVE A LITTLE CHILD HAVING HIS TEMPERATURE TAKEN ALL STAFF AND CHILDREN HAVE THEIR TEMPERATURE TAKEN BEFORE THEY WALK INTO THE DOOR. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING THIS YEAR AT THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS, WE ARE TEACHING OUR YOUNG CHILDREN HOW TO SELF REGULATE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY GET TO USE THEIR WORDS. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE EASY FOR THEM TO SAY, I'M MAD, I'M ANGRY, I'M SAD, I'M HAPPY. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY'RE FEELING. SOMETIMES THEY'RE SAD, BUT THEN THEY ACT MAD. BUT THEY'RE LEARNING THROUGH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING HOW TO VERBALIZE THOSE FEELINGS. WE HAD A CHILD, TWO CHILDREN IN OUR FOUR YEAR OLD CLASS. THEY ENGAGED IN A PEACE PATH, WHICH IS PART OF OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND THEY WERE NOT WANTING TO SHARE A TOY. AND SO WITH GUIDANCE, THE CAREGIVER ASKED THEM TO ENGAGE IN THE PEACE PATH. AND THROUGH THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE WORDS THAT THEY HAD LEARNED AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT OF HOW TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO SHARE THE TOY. AND IT'S WORKING WONDERS IN OUR PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE PICTURES, TWO OF THE LITTLE BOYS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THEY'RE WORKING WHEN THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER, THEY'RE NOT FIGHTING OVER TOYS. THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO WORK TOGETHER IN A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE WORKING ON A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT THIS SEMESTER AND IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SPRING. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE REDESIGN OF OUR WEBSITE IN SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW OUR WEBSITE HAS TWO PAGES. IT'S PRETTY BASIC. IT HAS BASIC INFORMATION. BUT WHAT WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT, THIS WILL BE A FULL BLOWN WEBSITE AND IT WILL INCLUDE MANY THINGS IN OUR ENROLLMENT FORMS, INFORMATION, CAREGIVER PROFILES, UP TO DATE [01:40:03] ANNOUNCEMENTS, LICENSING INFORMATION, CURRICULUM AND OUR RESOURCES TO NAME A FEW. WE ARE ALSO UTILIZING SOCIAL MEDIA TO MARKET AND HIGHLIGHT OUR CENTERS. EACH OF OUR SITE MANAGERS AT THE CENTER. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S THREE. THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED TWITTER ACCOUNTS AND IN DOING SO THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL, WHAT MAKES THE ECC SPECIAL, AND WE WANT TO SHOW WHY FAMILIES ARE A PART OF OUR PLANO ISD EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER FAMILIES. AND IN DOING THESE TWITTER, DOING THE TWITTER ACCOUNT REALLY GIVES YOU AN INSIDE VIEW TO WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE CENTERS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON DEVISING A MASCOT AND HOPING WE'RE HOPING TO COME UP WITH A MOTTO FOR EACH CENTER. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN PROGRESS. ONE BIG PART ALSO THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IN THE SPRING CAMPAIGN WILL BE THE VIDEOS THAT WE HAVE CREATED WITH COMMUNICATIONS. AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ONE OF THOSE SHORT CLIPS RIGHT NOW. MIND YOU, THIS IS A WE JUST GOT DONE VIDEOING THESE SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. BUT THIS IS JUST A SHORT CLIP OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON. THE MINUTE I WALKED IN, I FELT THAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE. WALKING DOWN THAT HALLWAY, IT WAS JUST A WARM ENVIRONMENT, HAVING MY CHILD COME TO THE ECCC IT'S COMFORTING AND REASSURING KNOWING THAT SHE'S WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ATTEND TO HER EVERY NEED JUST LIKE WE WOULD AT HOME. THE PLANO ISD EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE CENTERS OFFER SUPERIOR CHILDCARE AT VERY AFFORDABLE RATES AND OUR SERVICES AND QUALITY OF CARE WILL OUTPERFORM ANYONE. IT'S VERY ENCOURAGED FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE AS CREATIVE AS THEY WANT TO BE. OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY NURTURE THEM, BUT TO MAKE THEM FEEL LOVED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE IS SKY HIGH AND WE JUST LOVE THEM ALL THE BABIES THAT COME INTO OUR INTO OUR CENTERS. AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE OUR BIGGEST FOCUS. I'M GETTING THE MOST VALUABLE POSSESSIONS OF MY LIFE TO THESE PEOPLE. SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT JUST THERE TO BABYSIT, BUT THEY'RE THERE TO ACTUALLY HELP ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR KIDS AND HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE REALLY ISN'T EASY. THANK YOU BYE. WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR IN THE SPRING AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU REGARDING THE ECC IS OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGN, I'M SO SORRY, OUR EXPANDING ENROLLMENT. WITH OUR EXPANDING ENROLLMENT, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PLANO EMPLOYEES. WE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY IN THE SUMMER THIS PAST SUMMER IN 29 APPLICANTS FOR THE CITY OF PLANO WERE INTERESTED IN CARE BEING PROVIDED WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO ENROLLMENT IN THE FALL THERE WAS A LOT OF HESITATION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE ARE WAITING AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO REACH BACK OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES FOR CARE TO BE PROVIDED DURING OUR SPRING ENROLLMENT FOR 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT INTO STATE SUPPLEMENTED TUITION FOR PLANO ISD STAFF THAT MEET INCOME REQUIREMENTS THROUGH CHILD CARE SERVICES. AND HOW THIS WILL HELP US, AS WE STATED IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THIS WILL ENABLE ALL EDUCATORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS TO HAVE A FAIR CHANCE AT BRINGING THEIR CHILD TO THE CENTERS. AND IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL SERVICE. WE ARE ALSO DEPLETING THE WAITLIST AS ADDITIONAL STAFF ARE HIRED IN IN ADDITION TO FILLING ANY OPEN SPOTS. THIS WILL ALSO AID US IN MOVING TO ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR 2021-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WILL BE EASY ENROLLMENT FOR OUR FAMILIES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME REGARDING THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS? DO YOU KNOW HOW. I HAVE A CURIOUS QUESTION, WHAT HOURS ARE ALL THE BUILDINGS OPEN AT THE [01:45:01] SAME TIME? BECAUSE I'VE TOURED THESE BUILDINGS, ARE ALL THE CENTERS OPEN AT THE SAME TIME AND CLOSE AT THE SAME TIME? WE ARE WE OPEN AT 6:30 IN THE MORNING AND WE CLOSE AT 5:30 AT NIGHT. THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT, AND IN THE VIDEO I NOTICED THAT THE LITTLE GIRL WHO. DIDN'T EVEN LOOK BACK WITH MOM AND DROP HER OFF. I MEAN, THAT IS THE INDICATION OF A GREAT CARE YOU GET. AS A MOM. I'M OBSERVANT LIKE THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO ALL YOU DO FOR OUR TALENT ACQUISITION AND [INAUDIBLE] YOU MAKE PISD PROUD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THE DISTRICT OFFERING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW. THIS IS SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL. ME AND MY WIFE, WE JUST SENT OUR SON TO DAYCARE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS TO DO THAT AND FOR PLANO ISD TEACHERS TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THIS DISTRICT, THAT THEY HAVE A SERVICE LIKE THAT WHERE THEY CAN NOT JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEIR CHILD'S TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR CAREER, BUT THAT THEIR CHILD'S GOING TO FLOURISH AND LEARN AND DO WELL AND BE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHEN THEY DO ENTER THE SCHOOL, BOTH WITH CONFIDENCE, THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASPECT, ALL OF THAT, YOU DON'T FIND THAT EVERYWHERE. AND SO IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE FEATURE. AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING THE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG TEACHERS THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY'RE GOING TO GO APPLY FOR AND WORK FOR TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW NOT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES. AND I THINK BASED ON THE PRESENTATION, I'M SURE MORE THAT WILL LEARN. IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM AND SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT. AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE SPENDING TIME WITH OUR GREAT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO CREATE VIDEOS AND ADDITIONAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT THAT SHORT VIDEO WE SAW WAS AMAZING. AND I'M SURE THE ADDITIONAL CONTENT THAT WE'LL SEE ROLL OUT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN INCREASING YOUR ENROLLMENT. THANK YOU. SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR LAST SLIDE ON THE EXPANDING ENROLLMENT SLIDE. ONE OF THE BUTTONS THERE WAS ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS WAS DEPLETING THE WAITLIST AS ADDITIONAL STAFF IS HIRED. I NOTICED, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE WAIT LIST EARLIER AND VARIOUS REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE ON THERE. BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY IN THESE FACILITIES. SO WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE DEPLETING THE WAITLIST AS ADDITIONAL STAFF IS HIRED, ARE WE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR CHILD THERE NOW? WE HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN OUR RATES, WE WE HAVE PEOPLE NOW FLOODING TO WANT TO WORK AT THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS. BEFORE IT WAS IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIND STAFF. BUT NOW AS WE STAFF, WE ARE GOING TO THE WAITLIST AND THE ONES THAT ARE WANTING CURRENT CARE, WE ARE ENROLLING THEM AS WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR STATE LICENSING. SO I THINK A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THERE WITH REGARD TO THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, I VIEW A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AS A REAL BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT. AND LIKE CODY SAID, YOU CAN DRAW PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND JUST LIKE WE THINK THAT WE DO EARLY CHILDHOOD BETTER THAN PRIVATE COMPETITORS, I THINK WE CAN DO THIS BETTER THAN PRIVATE COMPETITORS. SO I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO HOUSE AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN OF OUR OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PROGRAM OF EXPANDING TO CITY EMPLOYEES, THE CITY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC TO US DURING THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REPAY THAT THAT KINDNESS AND THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS EXPANDED EVEN FURTHER AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE FUNDING TO DO SO, BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF FOUNDATION, THIS TYPE OF FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS CAN REALLY SEND KIDS OFF INTO THE STRATOSPHERE ONCE THEY START SCHOOL, ONCE THEY START SCHOOL READY TO LEARN, JUST LIKE WE TALK ABOUT WITH OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM. THIS IS JUST THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING AND IT'S FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND I THINK THAT'S A IT COULD BE A TREMENDOUS DRAW. SO IN TERMS OF LIKE DON'T BE SHY ABOUT ASKING THEM FOR MORE MONEY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A WAIT LIST. I WANT THAT WAITLIST TO BE ZERO. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM, SIR. BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT. LET ME ALSO SAY, BECAUSE HE WON'T ADMIT IT TO HERSELF, THEY GET THE ANSWER TO TWO MASTERS, IF YOU WILL. THEY HAVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND SO THEY HAVE ALL THREE CENTERS HAD A LICENSE AND VISIT THIS SEMESTER AND THEY ALL RECEIVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE EQUIVALENT OF AN A. AND SO THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO THINK THIS IS AN UNUSUAL YEAR, HENCE THE LOW NUMBERS, BUT I [01:50:05] THINK CERTAINLY IT WAS AT LEAST HAS BEEN THE WILL OF THE BOARD IN PAST YEARS, THAT THESE BE SELF SUPPORTING. AND SO CERTAINLY AS WE MOVE INTO A MORE NORMAL TIME PERIOD WITH THE QUALITY OF CARE YOU PROVIDE WITH THE EXPANDED SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CITY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH THAT. AND THAT THAT'S CERTAINLY THE HOPE IN A MORE NORMAL YEAR. THAT IS EXACTLY OUR GOAL. AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PLANO. WE UNDERSTAND WHY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET ANY PLANO EMPLOYEES TO SIGN UP THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE'RE READY TO RECEIVE THEM IN THE FALL. THANK YOU. OK. DO YOU LIKE. OH, SO THE NEXT REPORT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PASAR PLANO AFTER SCHOOL [9.C. Plano After-School Academic Reinforcement (PASAR) Program Update] ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT. DR. GOBER. MS. BURK, OK. I'M GOING TO PRESENT NOW ON THE PLANO AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC REINFORCEMENT, OUR PASAR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM. WE ARE AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM, WE PROVIDE CARE FOR STUDENTS RANGING IN GRADES FROM PRE-K TO FIFTH GRADE. THIS IS A PASAR ONLINE REGISTRATION CHART. IT SHOWS A FIVE YEAR COMPARISON FROM 2016 TO 2021. AS YOU WILL NOTICE, THERE HAS BEEN A GRADUAL DECREASE IN REGISTRATION THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEAR COMPARISON. IF THIS LAST LINE IN GREEN WILL SHOW THAT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC REGISTRATION DATA FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR HAS DECREASED, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ENROLLMENT TO INCREASE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER AS WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR FACE TO FACE LEARNING. THIS IS A SLIDE FOR OUR ENROLLED AND PENDING CONTRACTS, AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE TWENTY EIGHT OUT OF FORTY NINE SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN SITES THAT ARE OFFERING CARE TO STUDENTS IN PASAR. OUR RATIO FOR PASAR RIGHT NOW FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CAREGIVERS IS 12 TO 15 STUDENTS TO ONE STAFF MEMBER IN PASAR WITHIN FIVE CONTRACTS OF BEING FULL SITES THAT MEANS WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT 12 TO 15 NUMBER WHEN WE KNOW THAT A SITE IS CLOSE TO FIVE CONTRACTS OF BEING FULL. WHAT WE DO IS WE ESTABLISH STAFFING. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING THAT WE NEED AS SOON AS WE SEE THAT AND WE ARRANGE OUR STAFFING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE CARE IN THAT SITE. THE FULL SITES, HUFFMAN, MATTHEWS, PEARSON AND THIS DATA IS FROM NOVEMBER 20TH. SO PLEASE KNOW THIS DATA DOES FLUCTUATE. THIS IS JUST A CHART THAT WE USE TO DO OUR STAFFING IN THE AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM. THE FULL SITES, HUFFMAN, MATTHEWS AND PEARSON AS OF NOVEMBER 20TH. THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAD REACHED THEIR CAPACITY 12 TO 15. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS THEY'RE FULL BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE ARE LIMITED WITH OUR STAFFING AT THIS TIME AND IN NOVEMBER. NOW, WHEN WE SEE THAT WHAT WE DO IS WE ONCE AGAIN REARRANGE OUR STAFFING TO SEE THAT WE CAN PUT THOSE SITES, WE CAN INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND INCREASE OUR STAFFING AT THOSE SITES SO THAT THEY ARE OPEN SITES. THE CLOSED SITES ARE BARREN, BIRD, ISAACS, MEMORIAL, SKAGGS AND WHYATT. THOSE ARE USUALLY CLOSED SITES BECAUSE THEY HAVE LESS THAN ONE PERSON ON THEIR WAITLIST OR THEY HAVE ZERO INTEREST AT THIS TIME. IN OUR COMBINED SITES, HEAD START AND MEADOW'S ARE COMBINED BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE SAME BUILDING. IT'S WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AND THEY DO THEIR ENROLLMENT IS NOT VERY HIGH. SO WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE CARE DURING COVID. WHAT IS A CLOSED SITE, AS I STATED BEFORE, ZERO CONTRACTS ARE PENDING. WE HAVE SIX CLOSED SITES. SIX OF THOSE SITES THAT HAVE ZERO CONTRACTS PENDING ARE BARRON, BIRD SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ISAACS ELEMENTARY UNDER 10 CONTRACTS ON THE WAITLIST IS ALSO CONSIDERED A CLOSED SITE. IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR US TO PUT STAFF IN THERE BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO STAFF MEMBERS AT A SITE. AND IN DOING SO, WHAT WE DO IS WE WAIT FOR 10 CONTRACTS TO BE ON THE WAITLIST AND THEN WE PROVIDE STAFFING. THERE'S ONE CONTRACT ON THE WAIT LIST FOR EACH OF THESE SITES. WHEN A SITE REACHES TEN, THEN STAFFING IS ESTABLISHED AND A SITE IS OPEN AND CARE IS OFFERED. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALWAYS FLUCTUATING. THIS IS THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE USE EVERY DAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVERY DAY TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE CARE. ON THE COMBINED SITE BETWEEN HEAD START AND MEADOW'S, ARE WE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN'S DAY SEPARATED BY AGE BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S THREE YEARS OLD WITH SOMEONE WHO'S 11 YEARS OLD? YES, WE DO. AND WHAT WE HAVE SET UP, KIND OF LIKE THE SCHOOLS, JUST LIKE THE SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE THEIR [01:55:01] OWN SEPARATE TABLE THAT THEY SIT AT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR ANY WORK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SEPARATED. OK. FOR SAFETY, OUR PASAR SITES HAVE BEEN OUTFITTED WITH ENHANCED SAFETY PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE THAT COVID SAFETY COMPLIANCE WITH ALL DISTRICT GUIDELINES ARE BEING FOLLOWED. ONCE AGAIN, OUR REDUCED GROUP RATIOS ARE 12 TO 15 CHILDREN PER ONE STAFF MEMBER. WHEN WE ARE FUNCTIONING WITHOUT COVID, WE FUNCTION WITH 17 TO 20 STUDENTS PER ONE STAFF MEMBER. WE DO PROVIDE CONSISTENT STAFF STUDENT GROUPS FROM DAY TO DAY. IF COVID HAS BEEN PRESENT AT A SITE OR AT A SCHOOL, WE HAVE A TRACKING SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN PINPOINT CLOSE CONTACTS AND ADDITIONAL OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES ARE INCORPORATED TO HELP FOSTER BEING OUTSIDE AND AND SPREADING OUT EVEN MORE. WE ARE WE HAVE INCORPORATED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR ABOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH PASAR BUT WE'RE ONCE AGAIN LIKE THE ECCS WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE ENHANCED SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. IT'S GREAT BECAUSE THE LESSONS ARE NATURAL AND AUTHENTIC. IT'S A NATURAL AND AUTHENTIC INTEGRATION. WHAT WE'VE DONE AND I HAVE A SCHEDULE TO SHOW YOU ON THE LAST SLIDE AS WE'VE TAKEN OUR PASAR ACTIVITY SPECIAL SCHEDULE THAT WE WORK WITH, WITH THE CHILDREN AND WE'VE INTEGRATED SCL INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES OF THAT SCHEDULE. THE STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED. THEY'RE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS NOT ONLY WITH THEIR PEERS, BUT ALSO WITH THEIR STAFF. IT'S SIMPLE, QUICK AND EASY LESSONS. WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY OUR SCL DEPARTMENT, THEY ALSO GIVE VIDEOS OF HOW TO INCORPORATE THE ACTIVITY. THEY SHOW WHAT THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THEY GIVE VISUALS AND THEY GIVE INFORMATION FOR THEY FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE THOSE RESOURCES. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED SCL STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES THAT WE DO EVERY DAY, THEY'RE INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT OUR DAILY ROUTINE HERE YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A FIST TO FIVE, EXPECTATIONS, RESPECT TREATMENT AGREEMENT, CIRCLE QUESTIONS AND ZONES OF REGULATIONS. IN THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE GIRL WRITING HER RESPECT TREATMENT AGREEMENT. AND THIS IS BASICALLY A PLEDGE OF HOW SHE'S GOING TO TREAT HER PEERS AND HER THE STAFF THAT PROVIDES CARE TO HER. IT'S A RESPECT AGREEMENT. AND THEN IN THE FIST TO FIVE YOU CAN SEE SOCIAL DISTANCING TAKING PLACE. WHAT'S NICE IS THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO OUR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. AND THEY'RE PUTTING UP A FIST FOR HOW THEIR DAY WAS. AND IT GIVES THE ACTIVITY SPECIALISTS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE CARE A QUICK GLIMPSE TO HOW THAT CHILD IS COMING INTO THE AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM. A FIST MEANS AWESOME. ONE FINGER MEANS ALL GOOD. TWO IS ALL RIGHT. AND SO ON. SO IF A CHILD PUTS UP A WHOLE HIGH FIVE, THAT'S I'M NOT DOING TOO GREAT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND SPECIAL ATTENTION WITH THAT CHILD. WE DO HAVE RECOMMENDED SCL RESOURCES THAT WE USE, PERSONAL HAND SPACE SAVERS, THESE THESE ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY COINCIDE WITH BOOKS THAT ARE READ ALOUDS THAT GO WITH CHARACTER TRAITS THE CHILDREN ARE LEARNING. THERE'S A THEME, A WEEKLY THEME FOR CHARACTER TRAITS. AND THESE RESOURCES GO ALONG WITH THOSE RESOURCES. SO THEY HAVE A HAND SPACE SAVER, ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, ROCK STAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE SEPARATED BY THE LINES. THERE'S A TIGER IN MY HEART. AND WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT THESE ACTIVITIES, IT'S ALSO THE SAME ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE LEARNING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN THE SCHOOLS DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAY. SO WE'RE REINFORCING WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING. AND THE NEAT PART ABOUT IT IS WHEN THE PARENTS PICK UP, THEY RUN TO THE PARENTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, LISTEN TO WHAT I LEARNED TODAY IN PASAR. THIS IS WHAT WE DID. WE DID OUR TIGER IN A HARD ACTIVITY AND THEY'RE TAKING THOSE ACTIVITIES HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AND ALSO THEIR SIBLINGS. THEY'RE INCORPORATING THEM AT HOME. HERE'S A CHART ON WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LOOK LIKE, THIS IS WHAT EACH SITE IN P ASAR RECEIVES AND WHAT THEY CAN DO. IT GIVES THEM THE TIME SLOT. IT GIVES OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE, WHICH IS WRITTEN IN BLACK. AND THEN THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING HAS A LINK WHICH IS IN BLUE, AND THEY CAN CLICK ON THOSE AND GET THE INFORMATION AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR DAILY SCHEDULES. THERE'S THINGS THEY CAN PICK AND CHOOSE. THERE'S THINGS WE DO EVERY DAY AND THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR ME? [02:00:07] DO THEY USE THE SAME SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN PASAR THAT THEY DO DURING THE DAYTIME OF THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE SCL DURING THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED, THEY ARE USING THE SAME INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE USING. I COULD FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT FOR YOU. BUT EVERYTHING SHARON BRADLEY AND HER TEAM WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING HAVE CREATED THIS PRODUCT. AND AS WITH THE ECCS I DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO INCORPORATING RESOURCES IN THE SCHOOLS. SO I THINK THEY'RE VERY PARALLEL, VERY SIMILAR. OK, THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU JUST DON'T WANT ONE SET OF RULES BEFORE 2:45 AND A DIFFERENT SET AFTER. RIGHT NOW. EXACTLY. IT'S THE SAME SCL STANDARDS, JUST AGE APPROPRIATE. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IF THEY HAVE HOMEWORK THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE, DO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT? WE DO. WE DO HAVE AN ACADEMIC TIME DURING OUR SCHEDULE. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY AN HOUR OF ACADEMICS THAT THEY SPEND WITH AN ACADEMIC TEACHER DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THAT WORKS AT THE SCHOOL. AND IF RIGHT NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK, IF THAT TAKES PLACE AND THEY ARE ENRICHING WITH THOSE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LESSONS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR A PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD UPDATE PRESENTED BY [9.D. Plano Attendance Review Board (PARB) Update] DR. GOBER. THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT RICHARDS AND BOARD. WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND PROUD ABOUT OUR NEW INITIATIVE THIS YEAR WITH THE PLANO ISD ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD. THIS WAS AN EFFORT THAT WE STARTED TO FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, TO DETER THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WE WERE FILING COURT CASES WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY COURT. AND TWO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF OUR OWN FAMILIES AND OUR OWN CHILDREN BY MAKING SURE WE PLACED THEM AND REFER THEM TO THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE KNOW THEY NEED. AND SO SHARON BRADLEY, OUR DIRECTOR, FIRST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS GOING TO GO OVER WHAT OUR PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD OFTEN CALLED PARB IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT RICHARDS, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS EVENING'S UPDATE ON OUR PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD. THE FINAL ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD IS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE OUR FAMILIES AND IT IS A PLATFORM FOR US TO INTERNALLY HEAR INDIVIDUAL CASES SO WE CAN IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE ATTENDANCE ISSUES PRIOR TO REFERRING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO THE COUNTY TRUANCY COURT. WHY THE PLANO ATTENDACE REVIEW BOARD? WELL, IT IS PART OF OUR MULTI-TIER SUPPORT SYSTEM TO HELP REENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES AND INCREASE DISTRICT ATTENDANCE RATES. OUR OVERALL GOAL IS TO TRANSITION OUR TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTIONS FROM A LEGAL PUNITIVE APPROACH TO MORE OF AN INEFFICIENT INTERNAL PROBLEM SOLVING SOCIAL SERVICES APPROACH. ATTENDEES AT THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD INCLUDE OUR HEARING CLERK THAT CHECKS OUR FAMILIES AND PRIOR TO THE HEARINGS, EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT TO EXPECT AND FOLLOWS UP ON THE WEEKLY PROGRESS OF THE FAMILIES AND CONNECTS THEM TO RESOURCES AND SERVICES. WE HAVE OUR MEDIATORS AND OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, DR. GOBER. HE SERVES AS ONE OF THE MAIN AND LEAD MEDIATORS, ALONG WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. THEY HEAR TO INDIVIDUAL CASES AND ISSUES DIRECTIVES, OUR TRUANCY PREVENTION FACILITATOR, MS. DENISE HAMMERSLEY. SHE PREPARES THE CASES PRIOR TO THE HEARINGS, TAKES THE MINUTES AND RECOURSE TO DIRECTIVES. OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS ARE THERE TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE EXPERIENCE AND TO LET US KNOW OF ANY POSSIBLE NEWS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ON SITE. WE ALWAYS HAVE A COUNSELOR OR SOCIAL WORKER AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE REVEALED DURING THE HEARINGS. [02:05:03] AND WE HAVE OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE THERE TO REVIEW THE ATTENDANCE CASE, GIVE BACKGROUNDS AND ANY PREVIOUS INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED. WE ALSO HAVE OUR STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SPECIALIST TO CONNECT OUR FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY AS THEY ADHERE TO THE DIRECTIVES. AND WE ALSO HAVE TRANSLATORS. THEY ALSO ARE PROVIDED IF NEEDED. WE ADHERE TO ALL OF THE HEALTH AND ENHANCED SAFETY PROTOCOLS, SUCH AS TEMPERATURE CHECKS MASS ARE REQUIRED IN THE BUILDING, HAND SANITIZER STATIONS, SOCIAL DISTANCE, AND WE ASK ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO ENTER THE BUILDING 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START TIME SO WE CAN HELP REGULATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AT ONE TIME. OUR PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD HEARINGS, THEY TAKE PLACE ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS IN THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE COX BUILDING. AND VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE, AS YOU CAN SEE, DR. GOBER, HE MEDIATED A HEARING THROUGH ZOOM AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FAMILIES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IS SOCIAL DISTANCED IN PERSON IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. SHARON, I KNOW THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY CHOOSING TO DO ZOOM FOR HEALTH REASONS, BUT IS TRANSPORTATION EVER AN ISSUE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE E SIDE SINCE IT'S ABOUT A TWO HOUR BUS DRIVE IF YOU START FROM THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT? YES, OUR TRUENCY PREVENTION FACILITATOR AND OUR HEARING CLERKS WE CONNECT ALL OF THE FAMILIES AND WE ASK THEM WHAT NEEDS DO THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE HEARINGS? WE HAVE PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION AND ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES THAT PREFER TO MEET IN PERSON FOR THEIR HEARINGS. AND SO WHETHER IT'S DART TRANSPORTATION, CARS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. SO SOME OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR THE PARB INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE MEDIATORS USE IN ORDER TO DEVISE THESE INDIVIDUALIZED PARENTS SUPPORT FAMILY SUPPORT PLANS, THOSE DIRECTIVES CAN INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COUNSELING, PARENTING CLASSES, SCL SKILL BUILDING CLASSES, MENTORING, TUTORING, ACCELERATED CREDIT RECOVERY, FREE AND LOW COST HEALTH CARE, TRANSPORTATION, MCKINNEY VENTO SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, FAMILY LITERACY SCHOOL, MENTAL WELLNESS SUPPORT AND RESOURCES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES. I AM SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES, AND ALTHOUGH OUR FIRST PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD HEARING WAS IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL SUCCESS STORIES, SUCH AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT THAT WAS HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING ON TO THE ONLINE CLASSES AND ACTUALLY WAS HAVING TROUBLE PASSING SOME OF THE SCHOOL AT HOME CLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL HEARING. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE AN INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SUPPORT PLAN AT THE STATUS HEARING, THE STUDENT IS NOW ATTENDING CLASSES AND LOGGING ON AND STAYING LOGGED ON AND ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THEIR CLASSES AND NOW PASSING ALL CLASSES. WE ALSO HAVE A 12 GRADE SCHOOL AGE PARENT WHO WAS STRUGGLING TO BALANCE CAREGIVING AND ATTEND SCHOOL. BUT AT HER PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD HEARING, SHE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE HER COURSEWORK THROUGH EDGENUITY, AND SHE HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL OF HER COURSEWORK. AND THE SUCCESS STORIES CAN GO ON AND ON. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS. BUT I AM SO EXCITED FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE COLLECTIVELY HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS RESOURCE A REALITY. SO OUR APPROACH TO TRY AND SEE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SUPPORTS THE DISTRICT'S FOCUS ON BEING DEDICATED TO CARING IN THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD HEARINGS, LIFE LESSONS ARE LEARNED, FAMILIES ARE RECONNECTING IN SUCH A SPECIAL WAY. AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT, REFINEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE PLANO ISD COMMUNITY. [02:10:06] THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW SHE WANTS TO BRAG ABOUT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR HER, WE'VE HAD A FEW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS COME AND MONITOR WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, YOU'RE GIVEN A COURT ORDER THAT MAYBE SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOME OTHER PUNITIVE THINGS, NOT TO MENTION FEES. WHEN YOU COME TO OUR COURT, WE'RE GOING TO FIRST TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT ACADEMICS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT FAMILY. AND WE'RE VERY CREATIVE WITH OUR APPROACH WITH THE KIDS. I REMEMBER ONE GIRL. SHE HAD TO HAVE A DATE WITH HER DAD EVERY FRIDAY. SHE HAD TO COOK DAD DINNER. AND WE TOLD DAD THAT IF SHE DOESN'T DO IT, LET US KNOW WHAT. WE'LL CRANK IT UP SOME MORE WITH HER. AND THEY LOVED IT. THE DAD LOVED IT. THE KID LOVED THAT. THE KID ACTUALLY STARTED WE ORDERED HER TO START PARTICIPATING WITH LAWRENCE MANN AND HIS MENTORING PROGRAM, AND SHE WAS ATTENDING EVEN AFTER SHE WAS DONE. WE DISMISSED HER. WE SAID, YOU'RE DOING GREAT. CONTINUE ON. SHE STILL IS WITH LAWRENCE MANN'S MENTORING PROGRAM. SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND VERY PROUD THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE COMING TO VISIT US. QUESTIONS, YES. YEAH, JUST A I GUESS, A COMMENT, REALLY, I'D LOVE TO SEE, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING NEW THAT'S UP AND RUNNING, BUT ESPECIALLY AS WE GET BACK INTO A NON COVID SITUATION KIND OF A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT I SUSPECT WE'RE GOING TO SEE NUMBERS BACKING IT UP, THAT WE'RE SEEING LESS REPEAT OFFENDERS, SO TO SPEAK. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS. YEAH, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A NUMBER OF YOU'LL SEE CERTAINLY THE FIRST THING I SEE IS LESS FILINGS WITH THE COUNTY COURT. THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOPEFULLY THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ATTENDED US AFTER THEY HAD THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH PARB, YOU SHOULD SEE THEIR ATTENDANCE START TO GO UP. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH BUT A SERVICE WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING THESE KIDS WITH A SERVICE TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR BEFORE IT BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE, BECAUSE ONCE IT BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE, MANY TIMES IT'S YOU'RE AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN OR YOU'RE AT THE POINT OF FEELING LIKE THERE IS NO RETURN. AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND I'M PROUD OF YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET BACK INTO REGULAR NON COVID LIFE. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND THE LAST THING ANYONE IN THAT SITUATION NEEDS IS FEES FROM THE COURT. RIGHT. CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU SERVE IN A SEMESTER? I MEAN, IS IT. SO FAR THIS SEMESTER? SURE, YEAH. SO FAR WE HAVE SERVED OVER 100 STUDENTS. ALL DAY MONDAY, ALL DAY THURSDAY. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE TRUANCY AND TRUANCY COURT AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THOSE STUDENTS AND PARENTS FACE AND TO HAVE A ALTERNATIVE, AN EARLY INTERVENTION, SOMETHING PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT THAT CAN PREVENT THAT STEP. THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITIES AND PARTS OF SOCIETY WHERE THAT IS. IT JUST GOES FROM NOT SHOWING UP TO YOU'RE IN A COURTROOM. AND FOR OUR DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS AND FOR YOU TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK IS GOING TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF NOT JUST THOSE STUDENTS, BUT THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT THAT WHOLE APPROACH IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. AND I GUESS I HAD A QUESTION SOMEWHERE. I WAS GOING WITH THIS FOR THE. I'M SORRY, I LOST IT. IF I COME BACK WITH IT, I'LL EITHER EMAIL DR. GOBER OR REACH OUT. THINK I HAD SOMETHING I SWEAR. SHARON, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, SHARON. AND THEN THE THING IS THAT IT WAS IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AND WAS ALSO VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE IT, TOO, BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM. WE UNDERSTAND THE INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR DISTRICT AND HOW IT'S HELPING OUR STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. I CAN SEE. SO YOUR VISION IS WORKING HERE BECAUSE PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE. AND WITH THIS MUCH OF INTERVENTION, I REALLY THINK WE WILL HAVE LESS FIGHTING WITH THE COUNTY COURT. AND ALSO ABOUT LAWRENCE LAWRENCE MANN TOP ACHIEVERS PROGRAM THEY ARE RUNNING [02:15:01] EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ARE MEETING ONLINE. ARE THEY STILL MEETING ONLINE? THEY'RE ALL ZOOM MEETINGS AND THEY MEET I WAS INVITED WAS TO JUST TO OBSERVE. IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS AND THE I MEAN, IS THE PLACE YOU CAN REALLY MAKE FRIENDS. I FOUND OUT THAT MOST VALUABLE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THESE KIDS ARE SO OPEN TOWARDS EACH OTHER. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THOSE ENCOURAGING WORDS. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST PROVIDING INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'LL EXPLAIN TO THE PARENT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SENDING YOU TO COURT. AND AS SUCH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE OFFERING SOME PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES OR OFFERING SOME FROM SOME FREE FAMILY THERAPY OR PARENT PARTNERING, I'M SORRY. YES. AND THEN WE DO HOME VISITS AS WELL. SO IF A KID IS NOT STILL NOT GOING TO SCHOOL, WE'LL SEND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS OUT TO THE HOUSE. AND I WENT ON ONE OF THOSE VISITS AND I'M SO GLAD I DID, BECAUSE AT THAT HOME WE FOUND A WHOLE NOTHER LAYER OF NEED AND SO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND GOT SOME NEW BEDS AND FURNITURE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR THAT FAMILY. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED TO OUR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY OUR FAMILIES, THAT ARE MOST AT RISK. SO IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. THANK YOU, SHARON AND HER TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT ON THIS. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS IMPORTANT. WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT HOW DO WE GET PARENTS TO INVOLVE WITH THEIR KIDS EDUCATION? SO WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS YOU JUST SHOW YOUR CARE. THAT'S IN FOR A LOT OF PARENTS. THAT'S ENOUGH. SOMEBODY CARES. SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. ACTUALLY, I'VE GOT ONE MORE REQUEST, ACTUALLY, JUST IN TERMS OF DATA, IF YOU COULD QUANTIFY THE NUMBER OF DAYS WE'RE SAVING WITH THESE KIDS BEING IN CLASS. AND THEN, RANDYY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE'RE SAVING BY DOING THIS PROGRAM. I MEAN, THAT THERE'S THERE'S A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT IS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF DOLLARS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF DOLLARS. SO LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SAVING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHARON. THANK YOU, DR. GOBER. THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT UPDATE [9.E. Communications Department Update] PRESENTED BY LESLEY RANGE-STANTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS LESLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS AND BOARD. I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW SHARON AS BEST I CAN, BUT A FELLOW MISSISSIPPIAN, HER VOICE IS SO SOOTHING, SHE SOUNDS LIKE HOME. SO I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AND BE JUST AS COMPELLING. SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. I THOUGHT WE'D START BY MEETING OUR TEAM OR REACQUAINTING OURSELVES WITH OUR TEAM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE BRAND NEW TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS WITH OUR NEWEST FOR ONE MONTH. SO, YOU KNOW, DEBBY HAYWARD AND GLORIANE FERNANDEZ, BARBARA MONROE, RINA NITTOLO, BR ITTNEA USSERY, GWENDOLYN KASPAREIT WHO HAS A NEW NAME THIS YEAR. ROSEMARY GLADDEN IS OUR BRAND NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. FRANCISCO TRISTAN AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR BROADCASTING. AND DYLAN KAERICHER, WHO'S WORKING AS FIRST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, HAS BEEN WITH US FOR ONE MONTH, IS OUR VIDEO PRODUCTION SPECIALIST. SO IF YOU SEE THOSE FACES AROUND NOW, YOU CAN ASSOCIATE THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. OUR PRIORITIES ARE REMAINING AROUND THE SAME WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD A SPECIAL EMPHASIS THIS YEAR WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS OUR EXTENSIVE COVID-19 COMMUNICATION. WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED BECAUSE OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WE'VE HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF ATTENTION ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS WITH COVID-19 COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE LAST JANUARY BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE SENT OUR FIRST THE DISTRICT'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS MESSAGE WAS SENT ON JANUARY 27TH. SO WE TALK ABOUT MARCH, BUT BACK UP TO JANUARY 27TH. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE SENT A DISTRICT MESSAGE THAT TALKED ABOUT COVID-19 THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL CLOSURE. AND AS WE'VE REOPENED SCHOOLS, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SENT COMMUNICATION TO OUR FAMILIES [02:20:02] AND TO OUR STAFF AS WELL AS TO OUR PRINCIPALS. AND THAT'S WITH HELP, OF COURSE, FROM OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT HELPING WITH THAT. I KNOW THE BOARD IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS ARE COPIED ON ALL OF THOSE MESSAGES. SO THE CONSIDERATIONS AROUND COVID-19 CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE OUR WORK, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EVENTS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME REORGANIZING OUR WEBSITE, WHICH SERVES AS A HUB OF INFORMATION FOR ALL RESOURCES RELATED TO COVID-19 TO THE SCHOOL REOPENING PROTOCOLS. WE MAINTAIN BOTH ALL OF OUR COVID-19 RESOURCES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF ENGAGEMENT STATS, I JUST PUT A COUPLE UP THERE FOR YOU TO SEE WITH THE WEBSITE. YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAD AN INCREASE OF FIFTY, ALMOST FIFTY ONE PERCENT IN OUR WEBSITE VISITS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THEN GROWTH OF NEW USERS. IT WAS 34 PERCENT. WITH THE WEBSITE BEING SO IMPORTANT TO STAYING IN TOUCH, I THINK THAT COULD CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT INCREASED ENGAGEMENT. SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR WEBSITE. I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR COVID RESOURCES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH WHERE FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THEM SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE EVERYONE. OUR SITE HAS BEEN MADE TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE BY OUR FAMILIES WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS SPANISH. AND ALSO YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED A CHANGE IN OUR COLOR SCHEME ON OUR WEBSITE. WE KIND OF SUBTLY DID THAT OVERNIGHT, CHANGING THE COLORS. AND THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE WE ARE WORKING ON, A BRAND STYLE GUIDE. WE'VE SHARED THIS BRAND STYLESHEET MINIMALLY WITH DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO SLOWLY ROLL THIS OUT, BUT YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT RECOLORING OF OUR PLANO ISD OUR BRAND. SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT IMPORTANT IN THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING. SO YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATIONS. YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE WEBSITE. YOU'LL SEE IT THIS AND SOME OTHER UPDATES. AND OUR DISTRICT ROADSHOW, WHICH IS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE DESIGNED AS WE GO AROUND. AND YOU GUYS COULD USE THAT AS A RESOURCE TO AS YOU GO AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY. ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN, ANOTHER CHANGE ON THE WEBSITE WE JUST LAUNCHED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THIS BRAND NEW PAGE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT WELL, RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO CLICK AND GO OUT TO THE WEBSITE TODAY. BUT IF YOU GO TO 60 TO 80, YOU COMPLAINT RESOLUTION, THIS NEW PAGE WILL HELP PARENTS NAVIGATE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. SO WE TRY TO PUT IT OUT THERE BASED ON TOPIC. SO IF YOU HAVE A TOPIC ABOUT STUDENT AND FAMILY SERVICES, IT WILL EVENTUALLY GET YOU TO SOME FOLKS ON COURTNEY'S TEAM, IF THAT'S. YOU WANT IT TO FIND OUT ABOUT BECAUSE OF OUR INCREASE IN EMAILS IN THE DISTRICT ESPECIALLY, ASK PISD I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS. BUT WE DON'T DELETE EMAILS THAT WE RESPOND TO. SO IN 2019, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 30 EMAILS PER MONTH THAT WE WERE RESPONDING TO AND THROUGH ASK PISD, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPEND ON EACH OF THOSE 30 EMAILS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE SINCE JANUARY OF 2020, UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN I RAN THIS NUMBER, IT WAS AVERAGING ALMOST ELEVEN HUNDRED EMAILS A MONTH IN ASK PISD. SO THAT IS A HUGE INCREASE THAT I THINK I PUT THE NUMBER DOWN. NOT THE BEST AT MATH, BUT IT WAS LIKE A THREE THOUSAND PERCENT INCREASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS A LOT. SO IF THIS COMPLAINT RESOLUTION PAGE IS ONE STEP THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE EXPLORING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE GETTING ALL THOSE INQUIRIES ANSWERED. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST OUR ASK PISD MAIL BOX. A LOT OF OUR MESSAGES GO DIRECTLY TO THE FOLKS AROUND THIS TABLE AND AROUND THE DATA CENTER THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVE E-MAILS TO. ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S BRAND NEW. SO WE DON'T HAVE STATS ON HOW IT'S WORKING. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'VE GOT 64 SCHOOL PR LIAISONS TO HELP INCREASE OUR FOOTPRINT AND OUR STORYTELLING FOOTPRINT. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO TELL OUR PLANO ISD STORY AND TO HELP THEM GET NEWS OUT ABOUT THEIR CAMPUSES. SO 64 CAMPUSES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AND THEY HAVE SOMEONE DEDICATED TO SHARING NEWS WITH US AND PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR, AND IT'S HARD TO SEE IT ON THAT SLIDE. BUT WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH OUR 12 DAYS OF BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT, KIND OF COUNTDOWN TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL ON AUGUST 12TH. [02:25:01] AND WE HAD A VETERANS DAY CAMPAIGN, THE THANK A PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN, PISD FIVE AND FIVE WITH VIDEOS ABOUT ONLINE LEARNING TO HELP WITH PROVIDE ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES. RED RIBBON WEEK. WE'VE GOT OUR GRATITUDE CAMPAIGN. THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AROUND THANKSGIVING. AND THERE HAVE BEEN I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO OTHERS, BUT THESE HAVE BEEN A REALLY GREAT WAY TO SHARE, TO HAVE A COMMON VOICE WITH OUR SCHOOL, WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE RESULTS OF OF WHAT OUR NEWS OR OUR MEDIA IMPRINT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR AS THAT CONTINUES. SPEAKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA, IN A YEAR WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING BECAME THE NORM. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS TAKEN ON A NEW LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE FOR REACHING THE COMMUNITY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME INCREASED ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR ON OUR THREE PRIMARY PLATFORMS. TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM IS STILL PRETTY NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT TELLS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS AND WE ARE GAINING FOLLOWERS THERE. AN INCREASE IN SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE BETWEEN JULY AND DECEMBER OF FORTY SIX PERCENT IS DEFINITELY WORTH NOTING. AND THEN MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, ANOTHER AREA WE HAVE HAD OVER A THOUSAND NEWS MENTIONED SINCE JULY. SOME OF THOSE TOP THEMES WERE, OF COURSE, REMOTE LEARNING, INSTRUCTION, STAFFING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON STAFFING, ENROLLMENT, SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND THEN OUR FIRST DAY OF IN-PERSON. THAT'S WHERE THIS PICTURE IS FROM. AND THAT IS THE GREAT NEW PRINCIPAL AT WEATHERFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB REPRESENTING PLANO ISD WITH OUR NEWS COVERAGE, ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND DR. WILLIAMS. THAT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY. AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON FUNDING AND COVID DATA. AND I HAVE TO THANK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE AND ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE. THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. WE DON'T ANSWER THESE MEDIA QUESTIONS WITHOUT YOUR HELP. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SOME OF OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS, PUBLICATIONS AND NEWS, WE CONTINUE SHARING OUR NEWS AND INFORMATION THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL NEWS AND DISTRICT DIGEST. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 40000 SUBSCRIBERS RIGHT NOW AND DISTRICT DIGEST THAT GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. VIDEO PRODUCTION, IN ADDITION TO SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE AND OUR DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS VIDEO HAS BECOME A HUGE WAY TO TELL OUR STORY, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS JUST SAW ON THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS, ONE OF SEVERAL COURTNEY HAD TO CONVINCE ME THAT HE NEEDED LOTS AND LOTS OF VIDEOS. BUT IT WAS AN EASY IT'S SUCH A FUN STORY TO TELL. AND WHEN WE MET WITH THAT TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE CENTERS, I WISH WE HAD RECORDED THAT MEETING BECAUSE EVERYBODY AROUND THE TABLE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT TELLING THAT STORY. SO, OF COURSE, THAT MADE US PASSIONATE TO. SO WITH OUR TWO BRAND NEW TEAM MEMBERS IN PLACE, THEY'VE PRODUCED 50 VIDEOS SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THERE AND IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING FROM THERE. A FUTURE INITIATIVE WITH VIDEO INCLUDES WORKING WITH OUR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH STUDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HELP PROVIDE RELEVANT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE TO SOME TO OUR AV STUDENTS WHILE THEY HELP US EXPAND OUR STORYTELLING FOOTPRINT BY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEING DEPLOYED AROUND THE DISTRICTS AND ESPECIALLY AT THEIR SCHOOLS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS THAT WE DO HAVE TO PAUSE AND TALK ABOUT OUR TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR 2019, WE GOT A BEST OF CATEGORY FOR OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE IT LAST YEAR. BUT OUR 2019 TEACHER OF THE YEAR GALA INVITATION AND THEN SEVERAL GOLD STAR AWARDS FOR OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS ESPECIALLY. WE DID NOT ENTER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION LAST YEAR JUST DUE TO COVID. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT. SO MANY OF THE COLLATERALS THAT WE WON THOSE AWARDS FOR HELP TO SUPPORT DISTRICT EVENTS. AND SO A QUICK UPDATE ON THE EVENTS. AND FOR SOME REASON, IT'S NOT ADVANCING. THERE WE GO. LAST YEAR IN 2019-2020, SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD THE CHALLENGE. WE HAD TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR EVENTS AND WE HAD TO ADJUST AS NEEDED TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AS THE BEST POSSIBLE IN NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS. AND WE MANAGED TO TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY. BUT IT WAS IT JUST LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT LAST SPRING. OUR LAST IN-PERSON EVENT LAST YEAR WAS MLK, AND THAT'S THE ONLY EVENT SO FAR THIS YEAR WE [02:30:06] HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR AND ALL THESE OTHER WAYS. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AND OBSERVING AND PLANNING FOR ALTERNATIVES AS NEEDED. BUT FOR MLK, WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND WE'RE DOING THIS VIRTUALLY. WE'RE STILL HAVING STUDENTS GET TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK OF JANUARY 18 THROUGH 20 SECONDS. SO LOOK FOR THAT. THE THEME IS PLANO ISD CELEBRATING TOGETHER. SO SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT STUDENT TALENT LIKE WE USUALLY DO WITH THAT EVENT. AND THEN SWITCHING GEARS TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PILLARS FOUR AND FIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH OUR CULTURE OF COMMUNITY AND STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE SOME SOME NEAT THINGS TO SHARE. SO THIS YEAR WE WE I HAVE MY NOTES A LITTLE BACKWARDS. SORRY. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT IS A SCREENSHOT FROM A PAGE THAT IS COMING SOON, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HUB OF THE WEBSITE. SO ON THAT SITE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR OUR NEWLY LAUNCHED VOLUNTEER APPLICATION AND SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT I'LL SHARE. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR ONE STOP SHOP, OUR CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ALL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING MENTORSHIP, SPONSORSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, VOLUNTEERING AND MORE. THE GOAL IS TO CENTRALIZE ALL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE DISTRICT. THE SITE INCLUDES EXISTING ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ALONG WITH SOME NEW INITIATIVES. I WON'T CLICK TO THAT HUB, BUT WHEN IT COMES WHEN IT LAUNCHES, WE'LL WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN A BOARD UPDATE BECAUSE WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING EVERYTHING THERE IN ONE PLACE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE HUB IS OUR NEW VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT MODULE CALLED VOLY. WE STARTED THAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST. THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS OUR CAMPUSES TO EASILY SHARE VOLUNTEER NEEDS WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ALL IN ONE PLACE. IT MAY SEEM UNUSUAL TO LAUNCH A VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DURING A TIME WHEN WE ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR VOLUNTEERS NECESSARILY, NOT AT LEAST IN A WAY THAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO. HOWEVER, IT HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMPUSES TO LEARN THE NEW SYSTEM DURING A TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A VOLUME OF USERS. ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, I DON'T KNOW HOW CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT SOME CAMPUSES HAVE EMBRACED THE RESOURCE ALREADY, SO THEY ARE ADVERTISING VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO ON THE SCREEN, YOU'VE GOT THOMAS AND CHRISTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE A VIRTUAL MENTORSHIP VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S REALLY NEAT. AND THEN JASPAR HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND OUR ROBOTICS DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERING, ADVERTISING SOME VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO IF YOU GO TO VOLY NOW, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE REAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE AND SOME OF THEM ARE VIRTUAL. SO IT'S A NEAT PLACE TO ALREADY GET INVOLVED. LOOKING AHEAD, A FEW MORE NEW INITIATIVES. WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE VOLY VOLUNTEER TO INCLUDE SOMETHING CALLED PARTNERS, THE VOLY PARTNERS MODULE. AND THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO PARTNER PARTNERS TO PAIR PARTNERS WITH NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT. SO ONCE THAT LAUNCHES, CAMPUSES WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. OUR PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE. AND HOPEFULLY THIS MODULE WILL HELP CONNECT THE NEED AND THE WANT TO BE A PART OF ANOTHER UPCOMING ENGAGEMENT AVENUE THAT WILL BE ON THAT HUB THAT YOU SAW IS OUR MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION PORTAL. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. THEY THEY HELP US IN SO MANY WAYS. I CAN'T NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THEM. BUT INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING US TRANSFER OUR CURRENT PAPER PROCESS FOR MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION TO AN ONLINE PROCESS. AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEIR KIND OF ADVERTISE WHAT THEY WANT TO ADVERTISE, BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION DOES. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PLACE THINGS IN A GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AREA AT CAMPUSES. THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AREA IS NOW ONLINE. AND RIGHT NOW THEY CAN'T GO AND USE THAT PAPER PROCESS ANY WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. YOU WILL SEE DOWN THE LINE THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME SOME CHANGES TO OUR POLICY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. BUT THIS IS OUT THERE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE, BECAUSE I WON'T CLICK [02:35:01] OUT THERE AND AND SHOWCASE IT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. BUT PEOPLE WHO USE IT, THERE WILL BE A VALUE ADD TO THEM. SO THERE WILL BE A FEE. WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE A FEE AND WE HAVE THAT FEE STRUCTURE. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. SO IT'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE JUST TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT. AND THE VALUE ADD TO THEM IS BEING ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE THERE DIGITALLY. SO WHEN YOU OPEN AN OPPORTUNITY, PEOPLE CAN SHARE IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EASY TO SHARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES MORE BROADLY. SO, LESLEY, IS THAT KIND OF LIKE THE THURSDAY PACKET OR THE GO PACK THAT GOES? IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE THURSDAY PACKET BECAUSE IN THE THURSDAY PACKET, WE DON'T PUT THIRD PARTY MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION. SO THIS IS THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION AREA. SO IT'S NOT WITH PEOPLE WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, LIKE OUR CITY ENTITIES AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT MIGHT THE PTA. SO THE THURSDAY FOLDERS MIGHT STILL GO. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE OF A DIGITAL EQUIVALENT OF THE THURSDAY FOLDER. SO A LOT OF THAT MIGHT BE DIGITAL ANYWAY, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S I'M SURE IT'S HARD TO SEND PAPER BACK AND FORTH. AND WE'VE GOT KIDS LEARNING ONLINE SO THAT THE CAMPUS NEWSLETTERS WILL STILL SERVE THAT PURPOSE IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S DOING. THIS IS REALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, OTHER ENTITIES, THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH PTA OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH. SO LESLEY. IS THIS GOING TO BE THEIR SOLE AVENUE FOR DISTRIBUTION. YES, SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WHO ARE DOING IT TO WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ON HOW THEY DO IT. SO THIS WILL BE THERE WON'T BE A PAPER PROCESS ANYMORE. OK, PERFECT. YOU KNOW, THE TABLES IN THE FRONT OFFICE WHERE YOU PUT ALL THAT STUFF AND PEOPLE CAN COME AND GET IT IF THEY WANT IT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S REPLACING. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BEFORE EVERYBODY EXCEPT THREE OF US WERE ON THIS TABLE, WE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WE HAD AN ACCESS PROBLEM. WE HAD PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. AND SO IF YOU PROVIDED ONLINE ACCESS POINT AND CHARGE A FEE AND YOU'RE CHARGING EVERYBODY THE SAME, EVERYBODY HAS EQUAL ACCESS AND CAN PUT THEIR INFORMATION THERE AS THEY DESIRE WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN OUR SCHOOL. RIGHT. IT SAVES ON THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND AND DROP OFF ALL THE FLIERS, THE COST TO PRODUCE ALL OF THE PAPER. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY. SO, LESLEY, THERE WILL BE SOME PROCESS FOR APPROVING WHO GETS TO PROVIDE FLIERS. IT'S THE SAME IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. THE APPROVAL WON'T CHANGE. IT WON'T AUTOMATICALLY BE DISPLAYED. WE WILL EITHER APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE IT, JUST LIKE WE DO NOW. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'LL DO IT ONLINE. AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND GIVE US A REVISION OF THEIR FLIER, THEY CAN JUST UPLOAD IT AGAIN. SO HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, IT'LL BE A WIN WIN, BUT THE APPROVAL PROCESS WILL IT'LL STILL FOLLOW GKD LOCAL DISTRIBUTION POLICY AND WHATEVER OTHER POLICIES OUR ATTORNEYS RECOMMEND THAT WE CHANGE. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO TASB. WE HAVE SOME THINGS OUT TO THE ATTORNEYS THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE PROCESSES. SO AND THEN I HAVE, I THINK, JUST TWO MORE KIND OF NEWISH INITIATIVES LAST YEAR WHEN WE CAME IN AND PRESENT IT TO YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LEADERSHIP AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP, OUR PRINCIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE STARTED THAT WORK. THEN WE PUT IT ON HOLD FOR COVID. BUT WE HAD GOTTEN AS FAR AS DEVELOPING THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT. AND IT IS REALLY OUR HOPE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE. SO WE'RE PLANNING CONTINGENCIES, BUT WE'D LOVE TO START THE APPLICATION PROCESS THIS SPRING FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT PROGRAM MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON OR IF WE COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE FOR HOW TO DO THAT PROGRAM. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. SO THAT IS ONE ANOTHER COMING SOON. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS HOW CAN WE COME AND SPEAK TO YOUR STUDENTS? SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO THAT THAT HUB THAT YOU SAW, THAT ENGAGEMENT HUB, A SPEAKERS BUREAU OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE A VETTED PROCESS FOR ADDING PEOPLE TO A LIST. SO IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SHARE, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF MATCHING WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER WITH THE NEED. SO IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DISCUSSION ABOUT A TOPIC THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AVID PROGRAM MIGHT HAVE A NEED FOR THAT SPEAKER, THERE'S A LIST THAT THEY CAN PULL FROM AND IT WOULD BE TOPICAL. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT'S BRAND NEW, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE SPACE FOR IT ON OUR HUB RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WITH THAT, I AM DONE UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. WELL, I JUST HAVE ONE CONCERNING THE NEW LEADERSHIP PLANO ISD PROGRAM WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WOULD IT BE INCLUSIVE FOR ANY PARENT WHO WANTS TO APPLY FOR IT? [02:40:03] IS THIS FOR ANY PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY OR IS IT FOR. ITS COMMUNITY AND PARENT. AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AS FAR, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THAT INVOLVES STAFF AS WELL. THOSE ARE MORE THAT'S MORE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. BUT IT REALLY WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT BEYOND WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE AS A PARENT OR AS A THIRD PARTY LOOKING IN. SO TO LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES, IT'S LIKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE FOR MY FELLOW CLASS 30 LEADERSHIP MEMBERS UP ON THE DAIS, BEST CLASS EVER. SO IT'S LIKE THAT EDUCATION DAY. SO ON EDUCATION DAY DURING CLASS 30, I HAD THE PLEASURE, I GUESS, OF HELPING TO PLAN EDUCATION DAY ON THIS SIDE AND THEN ATTEND IT. SO IT'S IF WE TOOK EDUCATION DAY AND REALLY EXPANDED IT, WE'RE NOT SEEING IT LASTING. AND OF COURSE, WE CAN BRING YOU MORE WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED. IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT IT AS A CONCEPT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DON'T SEE IT LASTING AS LONG A DAY EITHER AS LEADERSHIP PLANO JUST PROBABLY HALF A DAY. BUT WE'LL WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON THAT WHEN WE GET IT MORE DEVELOPED. BUT BECAUSE WE GOT SO CLOSE LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE AND I THINK WE EVEN HAVE THE APPLICATION JUST ALMOST THERE, IT WAS WORTH MENTIONING TONIGHT, I THINK. OK, WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN I'VE WANTED THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE ONE DAY THAT THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING HERE ARE ALL GRADUATES OF LEADERSHIP PISD, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO WHATEVER WE CALL IT. AND SO I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT GET GOING. OK. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A FEE STRUCTURE BECAUSE PUTTING THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS TOGETHER IS NOT AN EXPENSE IF IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO DO A QUALITY PROJECT. AND SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A FEE THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO PAY? WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO. WE DID, YOU KNOW, SET ASIDE SOME BUDGETING FOR IT FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT COST MIGHT LOOK LIKE. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED FEE STRUCTURE, BUT WE'LL EXPLORE THAT IF YOU WANT US TO. I'M SURE RANDY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT AS WELL. I THINK WE SHOULD, BECAUSE WITH THE DOLLARS BEING QUITE PRECIOUS, I MEAN, THIS IS A TRUE SERVICE BEING PROVIDED. OK. I THINK A FEE IS REASONABLE. JUST LOOK AT ALL OTHER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW A FREE ONE. YEAH. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LESLEY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT REPORT THIS EVENING IS THE 2021 2022 BUDGET CALENDAR AND GOALS. [9.F. 2021 - 2022 Budget Calendar and Goals] RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT. MR. MCDOWELL. YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO WE DO HAVE A BRIEF BUDGET CALENDAR AND GOALS UPDATE. AND SO WE TYPICALLY BRING THIS EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY STARTING A NEW BUDGET PROCESS. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, IF I'LL PULL IT UP, IS THE SO WE START WITH THE CALENDAR AND GOALS IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL TAKE JANUARY OFF. IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL BRING SOME BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND PRELIMINARY REVENUE ESTIMATES. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR THAT IS ALWAYS MORE CHALLENGING. AND SO THAT WILL BE BASED ON CURRENT LAW. THAT IS ALSO COMPOUNDED THIS YEAR JUST WITH COVERED IN THE CHALLENGE OF PROJECTING OUR ENROLLMENT IN OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S BEEN ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY BRING YOUR RANGE OR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THERE. IN MARCH. WE DO OUR PEER REVIEWS AND DO SOME ANALYSIS ON OUR EXPENDITURES. IN APRIL, WE WILL BRING YOU A BUDGET REPORT AND DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS. IN MAY, WE WILL BRING YOU A PRELIMINARY BUDGET SUMMARY. AND OF COURSE, THAT WILL BE COMING ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT HOPEFULLY A LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WRAPPING UP. AND SO WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT GOOD ESTIMATES AS FAR AS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN JUNE. WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT OUR BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO ADOPT OUR TAX RATE. AS FAR AS BUDGET GOES, FOR 21-22, THESE CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ARE VERY SIMILAR OR ALMOST IDENTICAL TO OUR BUDGET GOALS FOR 2020-2021, WE LOCKED THE GOALS. AND AGAIN, THEY THEY DO ALIGN WITH WHAT THE BOARD'S GOALS ARE AS FAR AS LEARNING AND TEACHING SUPPORT, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LEARNING BY COMMITTING RESOURCES TO OBTAIN EQUITY AND ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS. WE REALLY STRIVE FOR THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AND REFINE THAT. LIFE READY, COMMIT RESOURCES TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD AND FUTURE READY INITIATIVES, TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT AND GROWTH. [02:45:01] WE HAVE TO HAVE QUALITY EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN THOSE. AND SO IT IS ATTRACT AND RETAIN AN EFFECTIVE QUALITY WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. CULTURE OF COMMUNITIES STRATEGICALLY SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPLORE FINANCIAL RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES IN THAT. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAMPERED A LITTLE BIT JUST DUE TO THE COVID SITUATION. BUT WE WILL BE PICKING OR ACCELERATING THAT AS BEST WE CAN. STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONTINUE THE EVALUATION OF EXPENDITURES TO DETERMINE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. AGAIN, WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, REALLY GOTTEN THE WHOLE TEAM INVOLVED IN ANALYZING. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT UP A NOTCH AS WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LIKELY GOING INTO FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WHAT THE STATE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AND LIKELY WE'LL HOPE FOR THE BEST. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME WORK PLANNING FOR LESS THAN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE ENHANCED ZERO BUDGET PROCESS FOR DEPARTMENTS. THAT PROCESS HAS ALREADY BEGUN. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THEIR BUDGETS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CAMPUS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND RESOURCES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO ADHERE TO STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES. AND SO MUCH OF THAT MONEY COMES EARMARKED. IT COMES WITH RESTRICTIONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FUND BALANCE RESERVES. THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A CHALLENGING SESSION COMING UP. AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AND THEN ADJUST RESOURCES TO ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION. SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE. AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT TWENTY ONE HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM PROJECTION. WE'RE HOPING FOR A REBOUND, BUT US AND THE DEMOGRAPHER ARE CHALLENGED ON TRYING TO PREDICT WHAT THAT ENROLLMENT MIGHT BE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN LASTLY, ON THE ZERO BASED BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK THE BOARD IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. AS I TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO DIG DEEP INTO THINGS LIKE THE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS AGAIN. WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE EXPLORE TRAVEL. IT'S I MEAN, ALMOST ALL OF THAT IS ON HOLD FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SOFTWARE CONTRACTS AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE OVERLAP IN SOME OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PRODUCTS THAT WE'VE BOUGHT THAT DO THE SAME THINGS AND REALLY TRY TO FIND SOME EFFICIENCIES THERE. AND THEN ALSO EVALUATION OF FUNDING FOR SPECIAL PROGRAM ALLOTMENTS WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS. CAMPUS BUDGETS WILL REALLY BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AS YOU KNOW, WE CHANGED UP THEIR ALLOCATION AGAIN, THOSE ALIGNED VERY MUCH WITH THE STATE PROGRAMS. THEY ALSO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, HIGH BILINGUAL, IF THEY'RE HIGH FREE AND REDUCED. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE AND REFINE THOSE AS NEEDED. AND THAT IS REALLY THE PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET CALENDAR AND GOALS. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST AND WHAT THE STATE BUDGET IS UP AGAINST THIS TIME. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WELL, WE APPRECIATE HOW THOROUGH THE WORK IS AND THE DEDICATION TO THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING, AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK A COMBINATION OF RANDY AND YOU, BETH, BECAUSE AS YOU START TO WHEN IT REALLY HITS THE ROAD IS WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, BECAUSE OUR OUR BUDGET IS OUR STRATEGY. AND SO HOW WE ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES ACROSS SCHOOLS WITH VARYING NEEDS IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I KNOW THE SPREADSHEET IS LONG. I'VE HEARD IT DESCRIBED AS UGLY. I DON'T THINK SO. SPREADSHEETS ARE BEAUTIFUL. AND SO I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE'RE REALLY, TRULY GOING TO LIVE OUR VALUES. AND SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RANDY. I KNOW THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU PRESENT ON THIS LAST YEAR, YOU FOUND LOTS OF MONEY TO CUT AND THE ZERO BASED APPROACH WAS GREAT. AND YOU WENT TO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WAS A TEAM EFFORT. AND I'VE NO DOUBT THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TRAVEL EXPENSES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T MAKING SENSE THESE DAYS THAT WILL IN THE FUTURE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHATEVER THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TRIM AND TRY TO SAVE US AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES COMING AHEAD. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE THE GUY FOR THE JOB, SO THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT, AND KEVIN WORKS HARD ON THAT. EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, REPORTS OF CABINET, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUDGETS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED REALLY HARD THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE HAD SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CUTS IN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE HAD SOME MORE EVEN DEEPER, SIGNIFICANT OR OR MORE REFINED REDUCTIONS IN THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. AND SO THEY GET HARDER TO FIND. [02:50:02] BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD AND REALLY DIG DEEP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, YOU DO A GOOD JOB. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE AMAZING, THAT YOU WORK REALLY HARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR FINAL REPORT THIS EVENING IS THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE. SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, WILL START US OFF. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A VERY BRIEF REPORT WITH NO SLIDES. SO THERE YOU GO. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE JUST FOUR OR FIVE QUICK HITS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH SOME LEGISLATIVE PREPARATION FOR THE SESSION, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH TRISHA WINDHAM AND DR. WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH OUR PTA LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. AND SO THE TARRAH LANTZ AND HER PTA GROUP, WE MET AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE PTA PRIORITIES AND THE PLANO ISD PRIORITIES AND HOW WE COULD SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THE UPCOMING SESSION. SO LOTS OF OVERLAP AND A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH THIS UNUSUAL PROCESS THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING LEGISLATIVE TOURS OF SCHOOL. AND SO I'VE DONE TWO TOURS SO FAR WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHAHEEN WHEN WE WENT TO PLANO WEST AND WALKED THE CAMPUS AND WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THEN TO ACTUALLY, I'VE DONE THREE. SENATOR PAXTON WENT TO HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY ON FRIDAY. AND THEN TODAY I WALKED OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH REPRESENTATIVE CANDY NOBLE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEGISLATORS AND OUR SENATOR TO SEE WHAT SCHOOL IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALLY WALKING IN, HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO USE THEIR PHONE TO GET IN THE BUILDING AND GO THROUGH THE HEALTH PROTOCOL AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOCIAL DISTANCE AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUILDING AND WALK ONE WAY THROUGH THE HALLS, I MEAN, JUST TO SEE THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND DETAIL, YOU KNOW, EVEN TO THE TO THE LUNCHROOM WHERE THE SEATS ARE MARKED. SIT HERE, SIT HERE. I MEAN, JUST THAT I DON'T THINK IT REALLY HITS YOU UNTIL YOU GO INTO A CLASSROOM AND YOU SEE A TEACHER WITH 15 KIDS ON THE SCREEN AND EIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM OR VICE VERSA. AND THEY'RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN GO GUARDIAN AT THE SAME TIME. THEY'RE YEAH. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM IS JUST AN AMAZING THING TO SEE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO HAVE BROADBAND ACCESS AND FOR FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX TASK THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL IN PARTICIPATING IN THESE VISITS. AND I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO MORE TO GO. AND SO THEY'LL GO INTO THE SESSION, HAVING SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TEACH IN THE COVID YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD AND GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. AND THEN WE'VE BEGUN AS A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE TO HAVE OUR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH OUR DELEGATES. AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING THIS MORNING, IT WAS THAT FELT LIKE A DIFFERENT DAY, BUT IT WAS THIS MORNING AT 9:00, AND SO WE WILL FINISH THOSE, WE HOPE, BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK AND SO WE ABOUT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO SHARE THE BOARD, ADOPTED PRIORITIES WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND HAVE A LITTLE CHANCE TO EXPLAIN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND EVEN AFTER TODAY'S MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE LEACH'S RESPONSE WAS, I NEED TO DIGEST SOME OF THIS AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GO DEEPER AS WE NEED TO. SO THAT'S VERY GOOD. AND WORK THROUGH THOSE. AND THEN WE DID SEND A LETTER TO OUR DELEGATES REQUESTING THAT THEY SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THE HOLD HARMLESS THROUGH THE END OF THE FIRST SECOND SEMESTER. AND SO I KNOW THAT FOR SURE. SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY FORWARDED THAT LETTER AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT TO TO THE GOVERNOR AND TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT IN THAT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR OTHER COLLIN COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS. AND THERE'S A DRAFT LETTER IN YOUR BOARD PACKET QUITE READY TO GO. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME TO BE DETERMINED NUMBERS THAT I'M STILL WAITING FOR. BUT WE'VE COMBINED WITH OUR COLLIN COUNTY FELLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND DISTRICTS TO TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR COUNTY THAT IF THERE ARE ANY UNDESIGNATED COVID RELIEF FUNDS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED TO SUPPORT OTHER BUSINESSES OR RELIEF EFFORTS, IF THERE'S [02:55:05] UNCOMMITTED FUNDS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FEEL LIKE WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK COLLECTIVELY FOR HELP FROM THE COUNTY IF THERE'S ANYTHING REMAINING, RATHER THAN SEND IT BACK TO THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE'S NEEDS RIGHT HERE AT HOME IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT OF THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS ASK OF THE COUNTY REPRESENTS TWO HUNDRED AND TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE STUDENTS AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR EMPLOYEES. SO IT'S A VERY LARGE REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE REALLY MOVED MOUNTAINS TO TO START SCHOOL SAFELY AND KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN. AND SO ANY RELIEF OR HELP WE CAN GET OF ANY KIND WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED. SO WE'LL SUBMIT THIS LETTER ONCE I GET THE LAST TWO COVID NUMBERS THE COVID COSTS. I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE HOW IMPORTANT THIS EFFORT IS, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE COULD BE 40 MILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE, WHICH IS A REAL TRAGEDY WHEN THERE ARE NEEDS HERE. AND SO I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LETTER. I WANT TO THANK NANCY FOR GETTING SOME OF THIS BALL ROLLING. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD USE OUR INDIVIDUAL TITLES WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WE KNOW. SO I'M ANYONE HERE ON THE BOARD WHO HAS A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, WITH JUDGE HILL. THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO LEVERAGE IT. IT'S ONLY A WIN WIN IF THEY PLAN TO SEND IT BACK AND HARM THEM IN ANY WAY. SO IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS OR WITH OUR JUDGE, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO USE IT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO ASK SARA IF THERE DETAILS YOU NEED, BUT MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS. NANCY DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I WAS GOING TO SAY ON THE LETTER, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDING OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATES ON IT. WELL, WHAT WE SAID, BECAUSE THIS LETTER IS GOING OUT ON BEHALF OF ALL DISTRICTS, THAT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT ALL EXACTLY THE SAME. AND SO WE WOULD SEND THE LETTER FROM THE COMBINED SUPERINTENDENT GROUPS AND THEN EACH ONE OF US COULD LIKE TRISHA THEN WILL SEND IT TO ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES. OK, GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR THE MESSAGE BECAUSE. IT WOULD BE A LONG LIST. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS HERE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ALSO MIGHT HAVE SOME INFLUENCE WITH THE COUNTY. SURE. OK, YEAH, I KNOW THIS MORNING REPRESENTATIVE LEACH WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING THIS INFORMATION. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IF ANYONE ASKED HIM, IS THIS A GREAT THING TO DO, HE WILL GIVE A HEARTY ENDORSEMENT OF THAT. AND I THINK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AT LEAST ONE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS A FORMER PISD TRUSTEE? DUNCAN WEBB. OK, SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SUPPORT THERE. OK, WELL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OFFLINE OR WHATEVER, JUST LET ME KNOW, BUT WE HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE THAT UP BY TOMORROW. ALSO, JUST TO ECHO SARA'S COMMENTS, I THINK THE PRESENTATION WENT VERY WELL WITH REPRESENTATIVE LEACH THIS MORNING. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. HAVE WE SHARED THE FULL DATA PACK, THE DECK OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS? WE WILL THIS WEEK. WE DIDN'T FINALIZE IT UNTIL LAST NIGHT, OK? WE WERE WORKING ABOUT IT UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS WAS RIGHT AND CLEAR AND CLEAN. SO WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. THAT WAY EVERYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS. THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THERE IN DETAIL. SO AS PEOPLE ASK YOU QUESTIONS, YOU CAN HAVE A BASIS TO SPEAK FROM. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS MISSING, PLEASE LET US KNOW, TOO, BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON TOMORROW OR THURSDAY. A COUPLE MORE, A COUPLE MORE THIS WEEK. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT IS. AND CERTAINLY TO AVOID OPEN MEETINGS VIOLATIONS, YOU CAN'T ASK ONE OF THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN ASK SARA FOR AN UPDATE ON WHAT TRANSPIRED SO. RIGHT. IF NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO DISCUSSION [10.A. Approval of the Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credits for the 2020 - 2021 School Year (Recapture)] AND ACTION ITEMS. RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WILL PRESENT THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR 2020 2021 SCHOOL YEAR RECAPTURE. MR. MCDOWELL. YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I KNOW WHAT I'M UP AGAINST ON THIS ONE. THIS IS THE BOARD'S LEAST FAVORITE CONTRACT TO APPROVE EVERY YEAR, SO I'M WELL AWARE OF THAT. CHAPTER 49 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REDUCE THEIR PROPERTY WEALTH PER STUDENT TO A LEVEL THAT IS NOT GREATER THAN THE EQUALIZE OF WEALTH LEVEL AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION. THE LAW PROVIDES SEVERAL OPTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS REQUIRED PROPERTY WEALTH REDUCTION. [03:00:05] AN ELECTION WAS HELD IN PLANO ISD, IN 1993 WHEN OUR VOTERS APPROVED OPTION THREE, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FROM THE STATE OR WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS RECAPTURE. EACH DISTRICT THAT I'M SORRY. EACH YEAR, THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT WITH TEA. THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR OVER 25 YEARS. HOWEVER, HOUSE BILL THREE CHANGED THE TERMINOLOGY. AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUIZZES HERE. CHAPTER 41, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT BECAME? IT BECAME CHAPTER 49 OF THE LAW, BUT IT'S NOT REFERRED TO IN ANY DOCUMENT AS A CHAPTER 49 DISTRICT, AND SO WE'RE NOW REFERRED TO IS A DISTRICT WITH LOCAL REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL. SO WE COULDN'T BE LABELED ANYTHING THAT WE COULD REMEMBER. SECONDLY IS IT'S NO LONGER CALLED RECAPTURE. YOU CAN'T FIND THAT IN ANY OF THE NEW DOCUMENTS. IT IS NOW CALLED LOCAL REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A VERY CATCHY PHRASE AT THE COFFEE SHOP. SO JUST JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE NEW TERMINOLOGY IS AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, WE WERE NOTIFIED ON JULY 15TH THAT WE WERE A DISTRICT THAT APPEARED TO BE A DISTRICT WITH LOCAL REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT. WE HAD TO NOTIFY TEA BY LATE JULY OF OUR INTENDED OPTION AS FAR AS OUR EQUALIZED WEALTH LEVEL. THEN WE WERE NOTIFIED BACK FROM TEA THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH SETTING OUR TAX RATE. AND SO ALL OF THOSE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REQUIRED TO SEND MONEY TO THE STATE, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS THAT ARE INVOLVED THERE. SO AGAIN, WE MUST APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO TASB BY JANUARY 15TH. SO WE WILL AGAIN, THE AGREEMENT IN THERE IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS OR OPTION THREE, THAT IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL AND MOST REALISTIC FOR PLANO ISD TO ENTER INTO. AND WE WILL AGAIN OPT TO MAKE THE ONE TIME PAYMENT IN AUGUST. SO THAT WILL BE MADE IN AUGUST OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE ALONG WITH THE CONTRACT WHEN IT WHEN I HAVE TO SUBMIT IT ONLINE PRIOR TO JANUARY 15TH. I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE UPDATED DATA AS FAR AS ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, TAX COLLECTIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT ESTIMATED PAYMENT WILL BE BASED ON, IS THAT DATA THAT I SUBMIT INTO THE SYSTEM IN JANUARY. AND SO THAT IS THE PROCESS, IF THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS, THAN IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT, DELEGATE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, RANDY. CHOOSE TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT TO ASK IS THE FAILURE TO RATIFY THIS CONTRACT ON THE PART OF THE BOARD RESULTS IN THE STATE TAKING PART OF OUR PROPERTY? CORRECT. THAT HASN'T CHANGED. THEY CAN CHANGE ALL THE NAMES THEY WANT. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IF WE DON'T AGREE TO SEND THEM ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, WHATEVER IT IS, EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE PROPERTY FROM US TO TAX IT THEMSELVES. THAT'S CORRECT. OK. I CALL THAT A SHAKEDOWN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL CALL THAT. THAT'S THE NEW NAME I'M GIVING IT. RANDY, ARE THERE ANY FACTORS CURRENTLY EITHER BASED ON ENROLLMENT OR ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT? AND IF SO, IS IT AFFECTING THE POSITIVE OR THE NEGATIVE? SURE. SO SO WE BUDGETED IT WAS ALMOST IT WAS JUST UNDER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR. SO AS FAR AS THIS PAYMENT THAT THINGS THAT COULD IMPACT THAT IS IF OUR TAX COLLECTIONS ARE HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, WHICH THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR SITUATION. THE OTHER IS IF OUR ENROLLMENT OR IF OUR ADA ENDS UP COMING IN UNDER WHAT WE PROJECTED THAN OUR RECAP OR OUR PAYMENT TO THE STATE COULD COULD ALSO INCREASE. THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE LARGELY DEPENDENT ON IF WE GET THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER, IF WE DON'T IN THE SECOND SEMESTER, WE END UP BEING FUNDED ON ACTUAL ADA ACTUAL ON ALL THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAN OUR RECAPTURE WILL GO UP. SO IT COULD IT MAY APPROACH A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE MILLION, BUT IT WILL GO UP. SO THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WOULD IMPACT IT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. AND THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME FACTORS FOR NEXT YEAR. PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH. YOU KNOW, IF IT GROWS, THEN WE BRING IN MORE TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE MORE RECAPTURE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ASSUMING THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT CONTINUES, THAT WOULD ALSO DRIVE UP RECAPTURE. SO IT APPEARS THAT PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS GOING TO BE LOWER THAN WHAT IT'S BEEN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND NOW THAT THAT'S BASED ON CURRENT YEAR VALUES, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO [03:05:05] SEE AS LARGE A JUMP AND RECAPTURE AS WE SAW. HOWEVER, THAT'S PROBABLY MORE DEPENDENT ON WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE DOES EVEN THAN WHAT OUR PROPERTY VALUES TO. THIS IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT ONE TO GET A MOTION. SO MAY I HAVE ONE, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR THE 2020 TO 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT THE DELEGATES CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TEC 11.1511C4 TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER 49, SUBSCHAPTERS A AND D AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006 THANK YOU, DR. WANG, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU BOTH, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IT WITH MUCH RELUCTANCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR. HEATHER WANG, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND DELEGATES CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TEC 11 .1511C4 ONE ONE POINT ONE FIVE ONE ONE C FOUR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBLIGATING THE DISTRICT UNDER TEC 48.257 AND TEC CHAPTER FORTY NINE SUBCHAPTERS A AND D AND THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEC 49.006. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU, SIX ZERO. NEXT ITEM FOR ACTION, DR. [10.B. Approval of the 2021 - 2022 School Calendar] THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, WILL PRESENT THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS. LESLEY RANGE-STANTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS, WILL PRESENT THE CALENDAR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. OK, SO LAST MONTH AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION, WE PRESENTED TWO VERSIONS OF THE CALENDAR. CALENDARS A AND B THE CALENDAR THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL IS A VARIATION OF THAT CALENDAR A. IT'S THE ONE THAT FEATURED THE WEDNESDAY START, AUGUST THE 11TH. THE STUDENT TEACHER HOLIDAYS ARE ALL INDICATED THERE. YOU HAVE A HANDOUT THAT LISTS HOW MANY DAYS ARE IN EACH SEMESTER AND GRADING PERIOD. OUR FINAL DAY OF SCHOOL IS FRIDAY, MAY 27TH. THIS FEATURES SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU GUYS REQUESTED AND TALKED ABOUT DURING THAT LAST MEETING. WE REVISED CALENDARS A AND B, AFTER THAT MEETING WENT BACK OUT TO OUR PLANO LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OUR OUR FACULTY COUNCIL AND OVERWHELMINGLY CALENDAR A WAS THE PREFERENCE. AND SO WITH THOSE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND APPROVE TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION? WE'LL JUST NEED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT SPRING BREAK GOES FOR ONE EXTRA MONDAY, ONE EXTRA MONDAY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHANGES AND I THINK WE NEEDED A BREAK IN THERE. IT ALSO SERVES AS OUR BAD WEATHER DAY IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY EVER AGAIN. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE. IT'S MAYBE LIKE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WHERE PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE WRONG TIME AT CHURCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE BALANCED THE SEMESTERS TO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN. YOU GOT THE WINTER BREAK ALL ON ONE BLOCK. YOU GOT SEVERAL DAYS WHERE FAMILIES CAN HAVE A FOUR DAY WEEKEND IF THEY WANT TO TRAVEL TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK OR TO VISIT A COLLEGE. SO I THINK YOU'VE HIT ALL THE HIGH NOTES AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE SECOND SEMESTER ARE GREATER, BUT THAT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR ALL THE TESTING THAT TAKES PLACE. SO KUDOS. GOOD JOB. IT'S A HARD TASK. THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE IN THE ROOM ALMOST FOR HELPING ON THAT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES CALENDAR A FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. [03:10:06] I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES CALENDAR A FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, DR. [10.C. Adoption of a Resolution of the Board of Trustees Regarding Policy DNA (LOCAL) Performance Appraisal - Evaluation of Teachers] BETH BROCKMAN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES, WILL PRESENT THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING POLICY, DNA LOCAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, EVALUATION OF TEACHERS. DR. BROCKMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT RECALL THAT THIS LAST SPRING, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ACTUALLY OFFERED A WAIVER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR THOSE EVALUATIONS THAT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO COVID. AND WE SOUGHT THAT WAIVER AND IT WAS APPROVED. HOWEVER, THAT WAS ONLY VALID THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I'M COMING TO YOU THIS EVENING AND ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION TO WAIVE AN ELEMENT OF OUR LOCAL POLICY THAT INDICATES THAT TEACHERS ON A TERM CONTRACT THAT ARE IN GOOD STANDING CAN BE ON A THREE YEAR ROTATION TO HAVE A FULL EVALUATION. THAT FULL EVALUATION INCLUDES A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION. AND I CAME TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO AND SHARED SOME BEST PRACTICES FOR OBSERVING IN A VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VERSUS A FACE TO FACE CLASSROOM. OUR LOCAL POLICY ALLOWS FOR A FULL EVALUATION, INCLUDING A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION. EVERY THREE YEARS, FOUR TERM CONTRACT TEACHERS THAT ARE IN GOOD STANDING, THE INTERVENING TWO YEARS, THEY THE TEACHERS ARE STILL EVALUATED, BUT IT IS A SHORTENED EVALUATION WITH GOAL SETTING IN IN LIEU OF A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION. WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER FREQUENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THIS YEAR THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT OUR TERM CONTRACT TEACHERS THAT ARE DUE FOR A CLASSROOM OBSERVATION THIS YEAR WITH AGREEMENT OF BOTH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TEACHER THAT THAT COULD BE POSTPONE A YEAR. SO THEY WOULD, IN EFFECT, BE FOR ONE YEAR ON A FOUR YEAR CYCLE RATHER THAN A THREE. PLEASE NOTE, I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM EVALUATION, JUST THE PORTION OF THE EVALUATION THAT IS THE CLASSROOM OBSERVATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING POLICY, DNA LOCAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, EVALUATION OF TEACHERS. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANGELA POWELL. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING POLICY DNA LOCAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, EVALUATION OF TEACHERS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. SO OUR FINAL ACTION FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, OUR [10.D. Approval of Board Operating Protocol Section Revisions] FINAL ITEM, RATHER, IS THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTION REVISIONS. THESE WERE ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT OUR LAST WORK SESSION, AND SO THERE WERE NO AMENDMENTS TO THAT. DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTIONS, BOARD EVALUATION, PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA, MEETING PREPARATION, AGENDA QUESTIONS, MEETING PARTICIPATION, CLOSED SESSION REQUESTS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS AND EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON NOVEMBER 17TH 2020. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU, I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTIONS FOR EVALUATION, PREPARATION OF THE AGENDA, MEETING PREPARATION, AGENDA QUESTIONS, MEETING PARTICIPATION, CLOSED SESSION REQUESTS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS AND EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON NOVEMBER 17, 2020. I WILL SAY JUST TO ANYONE VIEWING THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL, TYPICALLY WE WERE [03:15:03] PLANNING TO DO THIS LAST SPRING AND THEN WITH THE CHANGE IN OUR ABILITY TO MEET IN PERSON, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN CHUNKS OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL, AND WE ARE REVIEWING FIVE OR SIX SESSIONS AT EVERY MEETING. RIGHT, IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SIX ZERO, THANK YOU. THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON POLICIES, DR. [11.A. Adoption of Policy BED(LOCAL) Board Meetings: Public Participation on Second Reading ] THERESA WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT POLICY BEDLOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING. DR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU. PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY BED LOCAL REFLECT CURRENT DISTRICT PROCEDURES IN REGARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT BOARD MEETINGS, INCLUDING WORK SESSIONS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER A SECOND READING. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION UNDER A SECOND READING. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION UNDER SECOND READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU. SO, DR. WILLIAMS, WE HAD NO NON AGENDA ITEM COMMENT CARDS. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 10:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE 8TH, 2020. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.