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HOPEFULLY, NANCY WILL JOIN US SOON.

GOOD EVENING, I AM TAMMY RICHARDS, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A

[1. CALL TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.]

QUORUM IS PRESENT. I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:01 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 12TH, 2021.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF.

I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR VIEWERS 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.

TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING IS HELD IN THE BOARDROOM WITH LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY AN OVERFLOW LOCATION IN THE LOBBY WITH LIVE STREAMING IS PROVIDED.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.

ALL PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AND PRACTICE SIX FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING.

ADDITIONALLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY GUIDANCE, THE DISTRICT HAS SCREENED EVERYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAVE COVID-19 SYMPTOMS OR TESTS CONFIRMED WITH COVID-19.

ANYONE REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE REMOVED FOR VIOLATING TRESPASSING LAWS. NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF.

WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

I VERIFY THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO A CLOSED

[2. CLOSED SESSION]

SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, SECTIONS FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN SIX FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN FOUR AND FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN TWO.

THE TIME IS 5:02 P.M.

ON TUESDAY JANUARY 12, 2021.

CLOSED SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE BOARDROOM.

SO I GUESS AT THIS TIME EVERYONE WHO'S NOT PART OF CLOSED SESSION TO PLEASE EXIT THE BOARDROOM. THANK YOU.

[3. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 12TH, 2021, AND THE TIME IS SIX THIRTY EIGHT P.M..

[4.A. School Board Recognition Month]

NOW IT'S TIME FOR RECOGNITION'S.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MANY TALENTED STUDENTS WINNING AWARDS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

UNDER CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, 15 COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS PLACED IN NOVICE AND ADVANCED COMPETITION WITH OTHER TEXAS HIGH SCHOOLS.

IN THE FINE ARTS FOR YOUNG ART, WINNERS WERE AWARDED MERIT AND HONORABLE MENTIONS AT THIS NATIONAL COMPETITION.

YOUNG ARTS IS THE NATION'S LEADING ARTS COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARTISTS IN GRADES 10 THROUGH 12. ALSO IN FINE ARTS SPEECH AND DEBATE, WINNERS FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL AND PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH.

IN SCIENCE TWO SENIORS HAVE ACHIEVED AND REACHED TOP 300 STANDING IN THE REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATH COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS NOW IN ITS 80TH YEAR OF COMPETITION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND DR.

WILLIAMS HAVE RECOGNITION, INFORMATION TO SHARE.

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER. I DO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

EACH MEETING THE BOARD ENJOYS RECOGNIZING MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND AS YOU JUST HEARD, STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THIS MONTH IS EXTRA SPECIAL.

JANUARY IS DESIGNATED AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING SEVEN DEDICATED DISTRICT LEADERS.

WE HAVE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING THIS WEEK SPANNING THE MONTH OF JANUARY TO SPOTLIGHT OUR BOARD.

WE WANT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF WHO OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE AND WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART TO EVERY DECISION MADE IN PLANO ISD.

WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THESE SPECIAL TRIBUTES ON OUR SCHOOL MARQUEES AND THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM PAGES, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

WE'VE ALSO SHARED A GREAT VIDEO TRIBUTE CREATED BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, WHICH WE CUSTOMIZED FOR PLANO ISD FOR OUR BOARD.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND WATCH THIS VIDEO.

IT IS A DELIGHT AND IT DOES REALLY GET INTO THE IDEAS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYONE DOESN'T KNOW. BUT WE CERTAINLY DO KNOW THAT YOU ARE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE ELECTED AND DO ALL OF THIS WORK FOR NO PAY.

AND YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS AND YOU CARE ABOUT FAMILIES AND YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[00:05:01]

AND SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL STARS TO US AND THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE PLANO ISD A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE AND A DISTRICT OF CARING.

SO GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DECLARED JANUARY 2021, AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH WITH A RESOLUTION AND TRIBUTE TO THE HARDWORKING BOARD MEMBERS THAT PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART IN TEXAS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

ANYONE WHO'S ATTENDED OR VIEWED OUR PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WILL HAVE JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT OUR BOARD SELFLESSLY GIVES TO OUR DISTRICT.

AND, LIKE SARAH SAID, WITHOUT PAY.

OUR PLANO ISD BOARD IS A VITAL PART OF OUR EXCELLENT EDUCATION IN PLANO ISD.

AND THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE BOARD HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, KEEPING THE FOCUS ON LEARNING, SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND JUST ENSURING THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS EVERYTHING THAT IT'S NEEDED THROUGHOUT.

I THINK EVERY YEAR WE OFFER OUR THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND ALL THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO PLANO ISD.

BUT THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE ARE AWESTRUCK BY YOUR PASSION FOR THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF PLANO. ISD NAVIGATING THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE UNDERTAKING. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A MOTIVATING FORCE AS OUR BOARD AND YOU HAVE DEDICATED JUST AS MUCH TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT IN PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE, EVEN IN THESE TRYING TIMES.

OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE OF PLANO, THE FUTURE OF TEXAS, THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION.

AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR CHOOSING TO BE HERE FOR THEM.

SO WE COULD SPEND A GREAT DEAL MORE TIME SINGING ALL OF YOUR PRAISES.

BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW GIFTS AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.

SO FIRST IF YOU'LL GET YOUR BAG; IT'S AT YOUR PLACE AND IF YOU'LL LOOK INSIDE AND IF YOU PULL OUT THE CONTENTS, OPEN THAT UP.

THIS IS A GIFT FROM SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THESE MASKS WERE EMBROIDERED BY THE FASHION DESIGN STUDENTS AT PLANO WEST UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OUR CTE TEACHER, JODI MILLER.

AND WE WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENTS FOR SHOWING YOUR APPRECIATION TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY WITH WITH THIS WORK.

OK, THOSE ARE COOL, AND I'M SLIGHTLY ENVIOUS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COMMISSION ONE NOW, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY COOL.

SO--. BUT YOU HAVE TO BE ELECTED TO GET ONE OF THESE I KNOW. OK, NEVER MIND.

OK, I'LL PAY.

SO NOW WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO OPEN THE BOX THAT'S AT YOUR PLACE AND SHARE WITH OUR AUDIENCE WHAT'S INSIDE.

SOME OF YOU HAVE OVER A DECADE OF SERVICE ON OUR BOARD AND OTHERS ARE NEWER TO THE BOARD, BUT ALL OF YOU HAVE EARNED OUR RESPECT AND OUR ADMIRATION.

THIS GIFT IS PERSONALIZED FOR EACH OF YOU AND IS PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE SPIRIT OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATED LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO PLANO, ISD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CARE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, THE KIND GIFTS.

EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T DO THIS FOR THE GIFTS OR FOR THE MASK, ALTHOUGH I'LL WEAR THIS WITH PRIDE OR EVEN THE ANNUAL TRIP TO SOME EXOTIC LOCATION LIKE PHILADELPHIA, WHICH WE DON'T EVEN GET TO DO THIS YEAR.

BUT WE DO IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WANT TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES.

AND WE ALL BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. IT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND IT HAS BEEN FOR 60

[00:10:03]

YEARS. AND SO I'M HONORED TO BE JUST A VERY TINY PART OF THAT.

BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS AND IT MAKES MY JOB A WHOLE LOT EASIER WITH THE JOB THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. SO I THANK YOU.

I'LL ECHO THAT AND ALSO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, BUT JUST NOT JUST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, BUT SERVE WITH MY BOARD COLLEAGUES AND WITH SARAH AND HER TEAM.

AND WORKING WITH THEM MAKES IT SO WE CAN DO MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND MORE THAN THE GIFTS, THE HANDWRITTEN PERSONAL CARD THAT SARAH WROTE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US GIFTS ARE GREAT, BUT GLASS BREAKS AND COTTON TEARS, BUT THAT CARD, IT'S VERY SPECIAL AND I'M SURE IT WILL OUTLAST MANY OF THESE GIFTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A VERY HEARTFELT MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN, I WAS A PTA MOM FOR OVER A DECADE AND THIS WAS THE NEXT STEP FOR ME TO DO.

YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEER FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CAME NATURALLY FOR ME TO VOLUNTEER MORE YEARS.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY HERE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT HERE ARE AMAZING TO WORK WITH.

AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] TO GET IS TO HELP ALL THE STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO ALL THE PARENTS FOR THESE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO EXPERIENCE BEING A BOARD MEMBER.

I'LL JUST ADD THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WAS ON A ZOOM CALL LAST NIGHT WITH SOME FRIENDS AND OUT OF NOWHERE AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE WOMEN I DON'T KNOW IF SHE REALLY WAS ON THE CALL WAS LIKE, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LUCKY OUR KIDS ARE TO HAVE GROWN UP IN PISD? BECAUSE LOOK AT ALL OF US AND WE HAVE OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CURRENT COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S THE LEGACY THAT WE LEAVE AND THE KIDS WE SEND OUT INTO THE WORLD.

AND IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.

BUT THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND IN THIS DISTRICT IS REALLY AMAZING.

AND IT'S JUST A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF IT.

JERI, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THESE ARE ADORABLE. AND I CHERISH THIS BOOK-SHAPED GIFT.

THIS IS AMAZING. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU, THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR, SO I'M SURE EVERYBODY THINKS, WOW, SHE'S BEEN ON THIS FOREVER SINCE SHE WAS LIKE 20.

[LAUGHTER] STOP IT, DAVID.

ANYWAY. BUT I AM SO HONORED TO GET TO SERVE WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

THIS IS AN AMAZING STAFF.

EVERYONE IN PLANO ISD CARES ABOUT THE CHILDREN SO MUCH AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO TURN INTO FOR OUR WORLD.

AND NOT JUST THE CITY, NOT JUST THE STATE, NOT JUST THE NATION, BUT FOR OUR WORLD.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE AMAZING KIDS BECAUSE OF ALL THE TALENT WE HAVE HERE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE, AND I SPEND SO MUCH TIME EXPLAINING TO MY FAMILIES IN CHINA WHAT KIND OF A JOB IT IS AND PRETTY MUCH IS HARD TO CONVINCE THEM WHY YOU WOULD TAKE A JOB THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN FOR AND THAT PAYS NOTHING AND THAT YOU SPEND CLOSE TO A THOUSAND HOURS OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS.

[LAUGHTER] AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET TO DO IT.

I CAN. THAT'S AMERICA. I CAN RUN FOR ANYTHING.

I CAN SERVE, BUT, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE IN CHINA.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING AND JUST LOVE THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS IS STILL THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. WELL, SARAH AND THERESA, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE NICE RECOGNITIONS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY GOING ALONG WITH THE OTHER STATEMENTS, PEOPLE WONDER WHY IN THE WORLD DOES ONE DO THIS? BUT I HAD A LOT OF FUN SHARING THE FACEBOOK POSTS WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

AND IT WAS FUNNY. THIS IS, I THINK, ACTUALLY IS OUR 11TH YEAR, NANCY, AND THEY SAID, YOU'RE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. I SAID, YEAH, ONLY 11 YEARS.

BUT IT IS A PRIVILEGE.

AND TO SEE WE CAN DO SOME SMALL PART TO SET CHILDREN UP FOR SUCCESS IS WHY WE ALL DO THIS. AND I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN A HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU AND THERESA.

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I'VE SERVED WITH FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS NOW AND NONE HAVE BEEN AS FINE AS YOU AND THERESA AS YOU. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING INTO PLACE AN ATMOSPHERE AND AN ATTITUDE WHERE WE CAN WORK HARD FOR ALL KIDS.

SO THANK YOU.

TAMMY, THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME.

I'M NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

SO THE NEXT PORTION ON THE AGENDA IS TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NO COMMENTS TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE WILL PLEASE STAND AND WE WILL JOIN IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE

[6. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]

UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS.

OF ALLEGIANCE] TONIGHT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED BY TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER.

[7. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

GOOD EVENING. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, MY MIND HAS BEEN FUELED WITH RAW, UNFILTERED A MOTION. I STRUGGLED TO FIND THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS, FEELINGS OF FEAR, ANXIETY, MISTRUST AND UNCERTAINTY.

ARISTOTLE WROTE, IT IS DURING OUR DARKEST MOMENTS THAT WE MUST FOCUS TO SEE THE LIGHT.

SO I CLOSE MY EYES AND I REMEMBERED A FEW TIMES I FELT THIS WAY IN MY LIFE.

I REMEMBER THE CLASSROOM PHONE RINGING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS MY CLASSMATES WERE DISAPPEARING ONE BY ONE UNTIL MY NAME WAS CALLED.

I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE BACK OF MY MOM'S MAROON CHEVY SUBURBAN WITH MY BROTHER AND SISTER LISTENING TO THE RADIO.

TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHY SHE WAS SO ON EDGE.

WHY WE NEEDED TO DROP OFF MY FATHER'S POLICE EQUIPMENT SO HE COULD HELP SECURE THE PORT IN FORT LAUDERDALE. I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE SKY AS WE DROVE PAST THE AIRPORT, BUT NOT SEEING ANY PLANES. I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE SUPERMARKET AND SEEING EMPTY SHELVES, BUT I WAS CONFUSED. THAT ONLY HAPPENED WHEN A HURRICANE WAS IN THE FORECAST AND THE SKIES WERE CLEAR. WHEN I GOT HOME, I TURNED ON THE TV.

AND WE SAW THE TRAGEDY OF 9/11 UNFOLD RIGHT BEFORE OUR OWN EYES.

I WAS 10 YEARS OLD WHEN I WATCHED HUSBANDS AND WIVES, MOTHERS AND FATHERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS JUMPING OUT OF WINDOWS FROM ONE OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.

I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I WATCHED POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RUN INTO BURNING TOWERS MOMENTS BEFORE THEY CAME CRASHING DOWN.

ON THAT DAY, MY GENERATION WITNESSED AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

AND WHEN THE DUST SETTLED IN MANHATTAN AND THE FACES COVERED IN ASH EMERGED FROM THE WRECKAGE. THERE WAS NO BLACK OR WHITE, JEW OR CHRISTIAN, RICH OR POOR, ONLY AMERICAN.

I WATCH STRANGERS CARRY EACH OTHER TO SAFETY AND HOLDING EACH OTHER IN THE CRUMBLING STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY.

THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THAT DAY, THE ACTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS, THE NATIONAL UNITY, E PLURIBUS UNUM OUT OF MANY, ONE, THE AMERICAN FLAG BEING ELEVATED ABOVE THE TWISTED METAL AND SHATTERED GLASS, THE FEELING THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN THAT WHICH DIVIDES US.

THEN THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK UNFOLD, WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR NATION'S CAPITOL WAS TERRIBLE, INEXCUSABLE AND UN-AMERICAN.

WE WATCHED IN HORROR AS A RADICAL FRINGE FACTION, WHICH DOES NOT REPRESENT 99 PERCENT OF AMERICANS, ATTACKED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A FAILED ATTEMPT TO OCCUPY OUR CAPITAL AND DISRUPT OUR DEMOCRACY. FORTUNATELY, ORDER WAS RESTORED WITHIN HOURS AND THE BUSINESS OF CONGRESS RESUMED THAT EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THESE TWO TRAGEDIES ARE INCOMPARABLE, THEY BROUGHT BACK MANY OF THOSE SAME FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS AND DESPAIR THAT I FELT ON 9/11, NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL, BUT IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT.

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I MEAN, I'M REMINDED OF A QUOTE FROM DR.

VIKTOR FRANKL, WHO WRITES FROM ALL THIS, WE MAY LEARN THAT THERE ARE TWO RACES OF MEN IN THIS WORLD, BUT ONLY THESE TWO, THE RACE OF THE DECENT MAN AND THE RACE OF THE INDECENT MAN. BOTH ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE THEY PENETRATE INTO ALL GROUPS OF SOCIETY.

NO GROUP CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF DECENT OR INDECENT PEOPLE.

NOW WE FIND OURSELVES AT A CROSSROADS AND WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.

WE CAN EITHER GIVE IN TO THE LAWLESS CHAOS OF A FEW INDECENT PEOPLE AND LET A SMALL MINORITY OF LUNATIC CONSPIRACY THEORISTS HIJACK OUR COUNTRY, OR WE CAN RISE ABOVE IT AND BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

WE CAN REJECT, HATE AND CHOOSE LOVE.

WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND AND STOP DRAWING LINES IN THE SAND.

WE CAN OVERTHROW IGNORANCE AND UPHOLD WISDOM AND TRUTH.

WITH AN OPEN HEART AND AN OPEN MIND, WE CAN COME TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. WE CAN OPEN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND TAKE THE FIRST STEPS IN REPAIRING THE BONDS THAT UNITE US.

WE CAN SIT AT THE SAME TABLE AND USE OUR WORDS TO RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES.

WE CAN LEARN HOW TO APPROPRIATELY COMPROMISE, TO SERVE THOSE WHO DEPEND ON OUR DECISIONS.

WE CAN DISAGREE ON POLICY AND STILL RECOGNIZE OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS AND MORE AT NEED, NOT TAKE ANOTHER NATIONAL TRAGEDY OR SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE TO BRING US TOGETHER.

AUTHOR DONNA RAY SAYS EVEN THE SMALLEST LIGHT SHINES BRIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT WE WILL DO NEXT.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN SPREADING THE LIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CODY, FOR THOSE VERY HEARTFELT WORDS.

WE WILL NOW ADDRESS THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

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.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS 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 SEVEN ZERO, THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

[9.A. Approval of the Annual Financial Reports for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2020]

RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WILL PRESENT THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR-END OF JUNE 30TH, 2020.

MR. MCDOWELL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS YOU WILL RECALL, DUE TO COVID TA ALLOW DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A JUNE 30 FISCAL YEAR-END TO THE OPTION OF A WAIVER THAT WOULD EXTEND THE DUE DATE OF OUR AUDIT TO JANUARY 31, WHERE IT'S TYPICALLY NOVEMBER 30TH.

AND SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO FILE OUR AUDIT AT THE SAME TIME THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ON AN AUGUST 31 FISCAL YEAR END TYPICALLY FILE THEIRS.

WE DID GO AHEAD AND REQUEST THAT WAIVER, AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ALLOW US AND OUR AUDITORS ADDITIONAL TIME TO WRAP UP THE AUDIT AND DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE STIMULUS FUNDS AND OTHER TA PENDING ISSUES.

THE AUDIT WAS REVIEWED BY OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT CONSIST OF TAMMY RICHARDS, DAVID STOLLE AND DR.

HEATHER WANG. THAT GROUP MET WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AND OUR AUDITORS WITH WEAVER PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

WE DO HAVE JENNIFER RIPKA.

WITH US HERE TONIGHT. SHE IS OUR LEAD AUDITOR WITH WEAVER AND SHE IS HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT AND THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS TO THE BOARD.

WOULD YOU COME ON UP, JENNIFER, UP TO THE PODIUM? AND JENNIFER HAS A PRESENTATION PUT TOGETHER, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.

GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVERYONE, NOT VIRTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DID THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH INTRODUCTION, THE AUDIT PROCESS, SOME AUDITOR COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMMUNICATED AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT.

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SO INTRODUCTIONS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WEAVER ON THIS PAGE, REALLY THE MAIN THING I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FARM IS WE SPECIALIZE IN EDUCATION. WE'VE BEEN SPECIALIZING IN EDUCATION FOR 70 YEARS, AND WE ARE THE AUDITOR FOR MORE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAN ANY OTHER PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.

WE SERVE FIVE OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND THEN WE'RE THE AUDITOR FOR OVER 50 ACROSS THE STATE.

OUR PRACTICE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A DEDICATION TO EDUCATION BECAUSE LIKE ALL OF YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US BECAUSE MANY OF US DID GROW UP IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SYSTEM.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER RIPKA AND I'M THE PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

I THINK THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS PARTNER ON THIS ENGAGEMENT.

I WAS PREVIOUSLY THE SENIOR MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

I HAVE 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND I AM THE K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION PRACTICE LEADER FOR OUR FIRM. YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT PROCESS, IT STARTS WITH OUR PLANNING AND INTERNAL CONTROLS REVIEW AND WE MOVE ON TO THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING.

THAT'S WHERE WE DO THE BULK OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT REVIEW AND REALLY DOVE DEEP INTO THE ACCOUNT BALANCES WITH THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE FINAL STEP IS TO ISSUE AN OPINION.

AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PIECE OF THAT LARGE DOCUMENT THAT CAFR THAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDED THAT ANNUAL REPORT.

AND THAT'S THE PORTION THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT HERE AT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE PERFORM THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, AS WELL AS GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES.

AND SO THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FROM TITLE ONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, CHILD NUTRITION, ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT SINGLE AUDIT.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST AN AUDIT OF THOSE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THEN COMPLIANCE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S LAWS, REGULATIONS TO COMPLIANCE THAT ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, INCLUDED WITHIN THE EXTERNAL AUDIT.

MONITOR COMMUNICATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE MOST EXCITING PIECE OF THIS IS WE WILL ISSUE AND UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THAT'S A CLEAN OPINION.

IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE PLACED ON THE SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ALSO WILL ISSUE OUR REPORTS WITH REGARDS TO COMPLIANCE OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES TO KNOW AND NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES TO NOTE WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

AND WE'LL ALSO ISSUE OUR COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CONTROLS REPORT OVER THOSE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND WILL ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS THE CLEAN OPINION. AND THEN NO FINDINGS WERE NOTED DURING THE COURSE OF THAT TESTING AS WELL.

AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, EVERY DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IN THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT HIGHLIGHTED.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THIS YEAR TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS FUND BALANCE AND HOW WE ENDED FISCAL YEAR '20 COMPARED TO 2019.

AND THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, AND THEN ALL OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THAT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS ALL TOGETHER.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PIE CHART, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUND BALANCE, THERE'S NON SPENDABLE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PREPAIDS, INVENTORY, THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SPENT.

UNRESTRICTED, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUTSIDE DONOR RESTRICTED ITEMS, AND SO THOSE HAVE TO STAY RESTRICTED, YOU KNOW, NOTHING CAN BE DONE BY THE BOARD OR MANAGEMENT TO SAY THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT RESTRICTED.

COMMITTED FUND BALANCE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AUTHORITY. SO THIS GROUP HERE.

AND THEN ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE DONE BY MANAGEMENT.

AND SO RANDY CAN DO ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN UNASSIGNED IS EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S ALL FUND BALANCE THAT IS OPEN TO BE UTILIZED AT WILL.

AND SO FUND BALANCE TOTALED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE POINT SEVEN.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A JUMP IN ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, FROM AN AUDITOR STANDPOINT, A GOOD THING, BECAUSE A LOT OF

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TIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE TYPE OF MEETINGS AND WE'RE TALKING TO MANAGEMENT, IT'S THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR THOSE UNASSIGNED BALANCES.

IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ASSIGNED.

AND SO GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ASSIGNING THOSE FUND BALANCES AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP WE ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THIS ON THESE TYPES OF ITEMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS AS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR AS FAR AS THE GENERAL FUND, THE OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S THE OPINION UNIT.

THAT IS PROBABLY GETS THE MOST FOCUS FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXHIBIT G, DASH ONE, THAT'S THE BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL STATEMENT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT GENERAL FUND ACTUAL REVENUES EXCEEDED BUDGETED REVENUES BY FOURTEEN POINT SEVEN MILLION.

A GENERAL FUND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED ACTUAL EXPENDITURES BY THIRTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION. BUT THE DISTRICT DID IN THE FISCAL YEAR WITH A FAVORABLE BUDGET VARIANCE OF TWENTY SEVEN POINT FOUR MILLION.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM AN AUDITOR STANDPOINT, IT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU HAD MORE REVENUE THAN EXPECTED AND THEN LESS EXPENDITURES THAN EXPECTED.

CAPITAL ASSETS AND LONG TERM DEBT, TOTAL CAPITAL ASSETS INCREASED THIRTY ONE POINT THREE MILLION JUST TO ABOUT ONE POINT ONE BILLION FOR TOTAL CAPITAL ASSETS, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DRIVEN TO, YOU KNOW, FROM RENOVATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND SECURITY ACCESS SYSTEMS, THE HVAC UPGRADES THAT OCCURRED DURING FISCAL YEAR 20 AND THEN LONG TERM DEBT BONDS PAYABLE DECREASED ONE HUNDRED AND TWO POINT TWO MILLION, 12 PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND THAT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE THE DISTRICT ISSUED TWENTY THREE POINT FOUR MILLION IN SERIES TWENTY NINETEEN UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING AND REFUNDING BONDS.

SO THE REFUNDS THAT WERE IN THERE.

AS OF 6/30/2020, FORTY NINE POINT NINE MILLION IN AUTHORIZED BONDS REMAINED UNISSUED.

AND SO BUT THAT WAS THAT FISCAL YEAR 20, YOU KNOW, YEAR END.

STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE MANAGEMENT, AND THAT'S ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE THE FULL COOPERATION OF DISTRICT STAFF DISTRICTWIDE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT, THEY HELP WITH THE AUDIT TO OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT AS WELL.

BUT THEY HAVE A CLEAR AUDIT PLAN AND IT'S TIMELY THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO THIS GROUP. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IDENTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE COMPLIANCE TESTING, AND THE DISTRICT QUALIFIES AS A LOW RISK AUDITEE AND THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR IT'S TO BE CELEBRATED. BUT THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, IT'S SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF RANDY'S LEADERSHIP.

COURTNEY, ANGELA, CATHY, SARAH, EVERYONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WORK WITH, THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET THIS TO THIS POINT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE EXTERNAL AUDIT. SO WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR HELP AND GETTING US TO THE FINISH LINE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, DAVID AND HEATHER, FOR ALSO THEIR PARTICIPATION ON THIS COMMITTEE. JENNIFER, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT--YOU EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING--WHY IS THIS FINANCIAL AUDITING IS NOT A PROCESS OF CATCHING FRAUD.

RIGHT. SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBER, I WAS LIKE, YEAH, HOW BIG IS OUR CHANCE OF HAVING FRAUD IN A DISTRICT? SO CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN. YEAH.

SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE FROM AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, IT DOES APPEAR AS AN EXTERNAL AUDIT IS WHERE YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO FIND FRAUD.

AND THAT CAN BE THE CASE.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE CAN FIND FRAUD, BUT TYPICALLY FRAUD IS, YOU KNOW, FOUND WITHIN AND, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL AUDIT, THE FRAUD HOTLINE, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT DO CATCH

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FRAUD. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A BROADER PICTURE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A MATERIALITY STANDPOINT.

AND, YOU KNOW, RANDY AND ANGELA AND COURTNEY WILL ALL TELL YOU THEY DO NOT WANT US HERE FULL TIME. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, A RISK BASED APPROACH TO OUR AUDIT, LOOKING FOR THOSE TYPES OF AREAS WHERE FRAUD CAN OCCUR.

AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS DURING THE COURSE OF THE AUDIT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OPINION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CATCH EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COULD OCCUR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LEGAL PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR REPORT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO TAKE STEPS SO THAT WE CAN FIND ISSUES WHEN THEY ARE OCCURRING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT THROUGH UNPREDICTABILITY OF TESTING, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING AROUND THE ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SWITCHING AROUND MATERIALITY, DROPPING THINGS LOWER.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU TALK TO ANYBODY AT THE DISTRICT, THEY WOULD SAY THEY'RE IN EVERYTHING. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS DISTRICT IS UNLIKE A LOT OF OUR DISTRICTS AND THEY GIVE US ACCESS TO THEIR SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, WE GET DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM AND WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT THAN A LOT OF OUR OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND SO IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING TRYING TO BE HIDDEN FROM YOU.

SO. WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT YOU WORK WITH, SIMILAR IN SIZE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES WE TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW WELL-RUN PLANO ISD IS AND HOW WOULD OUR STATUS AND OUR LOW RISK AUDITEE STATUS, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO SOME OF THE LARGER DISTRICTS THAT YOUR COMPANY MIGHT AUDIT? YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THIS AUDIT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S ONLY GOTTEN BETTER, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE STARTED ON THE AUDIT AND SO YOU ALL DO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT TEAMS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THAT ON PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NONE OF MY OTHER CLIENTS ARE WATCHING.

[LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT EVERY DISTRICT OF THIS SIZE.

AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HOLD CLOSE AND, YOU KNOW, BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF.

IN THAT SAME VEIN, ARE THERE WEAKNESSES OR ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON? RIGHT. SO WE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A RISK BASED APPROACH TO AN AUDIT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK FOR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO CONTROL DEFICIENCIES THAT CAN OCCUR AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ARE COMMUNICATED TO MANAGEMENT OR TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RISEN TO A LEVEL THAT THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS GROUP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND SO ANY TIME WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE OUR, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ON SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO THIS, I'VE SEEN IT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT IT'S WORKED, THEN OF COURSE WE DO THAT, BUT TO THOSE WOULD ALL BE ORAL COMMENTS THAT WE WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, WITH MANAGEMENT OR WITH THOSE GROUPS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS IN A PROGRAM, THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT.

JENNIFER, YOU SPOKE TO THE CONSISTENCY OVER A LONG TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, SO YOU'VE WORKED WITH ME, IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SAY THE PEOPLE ARE THE MAGICAL ELIXIR AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WE HAVE.

IS THERE AN INTANGIBLE OR SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO THIS DISTRICT THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER TIME THAT CULTURALLY OR OPERATIONALLY OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PEOPLE THAT HAS JUST BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS DISTRICT THAT MAKES IT, YOU THINK, SUCCESSFUL AND UNIQUE? WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF WORKING WITH EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM, NOT MANY DISTRICTS WILL LET YOU, YOU KNOW, INTO THEIR, YOU KNOW, SOFTWARE AND DIG AROUND.

I MEAN, THEY JUST WON'T DO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF WHEN THE DISTRICT MOVED OVER TO, YOU KNOW,

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TEAMS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A CULTURE OF BEING OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING US TO DO OUR JOB AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF AN AUDIT AND HOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO GET YOU FIRED OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SO OVERALL, AUDITORS GET A BAD REP. SO BUT EVERYONE WE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, IT'S INSTILLED IN THEM, IT SEEMS. AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE CULTURE.

IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE, BUT THE CULTURE AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AT YOUR WORK.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, OPENNESS AND THIS THEY BUILD TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO IS PREPARING THIS REPORT FOR US.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION TO PARTNER, I ASSUME THAT'S IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT TITLE EARLIER, SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WE'RE PLEASED TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REQUIRED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR-END OF JUNE 30, 2020.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REQUIRED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR-END OF JUNE 30, 2020.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, NINE B HAS BEEN REMOVED AT THIS TIME.

OUR FINAL ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION IS THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL

[9.C. Approval of Board Operating Protocol Section Revisions]

SECTION REVISIONS.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS IN OUR CLOSED SESSION AND WE HAVE ATTACHED THE UPDATED COPIES.

AND IT'S OUR INTENTION AS A BOARD TO CONTINUE TO CLARIFY AND TAKE OUT DUPLICATION.

THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED WERE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, BOARD MEMBER LIAISON'S DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEES, DISTRICT VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THOSE? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE FOLLOWING BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS SECTIONS: ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, BOARD MEMBER LIAISONS DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD POLICIES SUBCOMMITTEE AND PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE FOLLOWING BROAD OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTIONS, ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD, BOARD MEMBER LIAISONS DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN ZERO, THANK YOU.

THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS, OUR FIRST REPORT IS FROM DR.

[10.A. Student Activities and Extracurricular Update]

KARY COOPER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES WITH A STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND EXTRACURRICULAR UPDATE.

DR. COOPER.

THANK YOU, MS. RICHARDS. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS PUBLICLY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE CAMPUS PROGRAM DIRECTORS, INSTRUCTORS, OUR COACHES AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE PUT FORTH SINCE LATE LAST SPRING THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, THE FALL SEMESTER, AS THEIR GROUPS PRACTICED, REHEARSED, PERFORMED AND COMPETED WHILE NAVIGATING ALL THINGS COVID-RELATED AND ALL THE PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

WE WILL BE SHARING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FALL SEMESTER AND A PREVIEW OF THE SPRING SEMESTER AS THE DISTRICT CONTINUES WITH EFFORTS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR TALENTS AND BEFORE THEY COME UP AND MR. SMITH'S ALREADY UP AT THE PODIUM.

BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK CATHY KUDDES AND THE FINE ARTS LEADERSHIP TEAM SUSAN HAYES AND HER LEADERSHIP THAT SHE PROVIDES SEVERAL SHE WEARS A LOT OF HATS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF, BUT AND NOT PRIMARILY HER ROLE IN STUDENT ACTIVITIES IS THE DANCE AND

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THEN THE CHEER AND DRILL TEAM GROUPS AND THEN JEFF SMITH AND THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE.

AND THIS IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT'S GONE IN REALLY SINCE LAST SPRING BREAK AND THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH.

MR. SMITH WILL START THE PRESENTATION AND THEN MS. HAYES WILL COME UP AND THEN MS. KUDDES WILL WRAP THINGS UP.

THANK YOU, DR. COOPER, AND JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SPECIAL MONTH AND WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO, YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

JUST WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.

ALSO JUST TO MS. BONSER, AND DR.

WILLIAMS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

AND JUST SUPPORTING US IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN JUST ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE AND JUST DR.

COOPER ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT, JUST SOME, WE HAD TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS COME MARCH WHEN THINGS STARTED HAPPENING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, THE UIL GOVERNS ALL OF OUR EXTRACURRICULARS, AND SO WE FOLLOW THEM VERY CLOSELY WITH SOME OF OUR RULES.

AND WHEN THINGS STARTED HAPPENING AND WE STARTED GETTING INTO SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED APPLYING SOME OF THESE RULES SO WE COULD PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS.

ONE OF THOSE RULES THAT WE HAD WAS JUST LIMITING CAPACITY AT OUR EVENTS.

AND ONE OF THOSE RULES WAS A 50 PERCENT OCCUPANCY.

AND SO WE IMMEDIATELY, WENT TO WORK AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES AND SAW HOW WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN. RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY, AT MOST OF OUR VENUES, HAVE 25 TO 30 PERCENT OCCUPANCY JUST SO WE CAN ALLOW ENOUGH SPACING.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE AT KIMBROUGH STADIUM RIGHT HERE ON THE SLIDE WHERE YOU SEE SOME OF OUR FANS THAT ARE SPREAD OUT.

AND WE TRIED THAT, WE USE MANY THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

WE ALSO USE ONLINE TICKETING.

THE ONLINE TICKETING FORUM, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A SECOND, GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TRACK THE NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A THRESHOLD THAT WE COULD NOT, YOU KNOW, GO OVER.

AND BY DOING THAT, WE COULD ALWAYS TRACK THOSE NUMBERS AND KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT OVER THE 50 PERCENT CAPACITY, WHICH WAS GREAT.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED MANY SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

YOU KNOW, SUMMER TAUGHT US A LOT.

I'LL BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, THE UIL PUT FORTH A LOT OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS ALL YOU GUYS KNOW, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND HEALTHY AND YET PARTICIPATE AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO THE SUMMER RULES REALLY HELPED US FROM THE UIL AND TRANSITIONING IN THE FALL.

WE'RE THANKFUL WE HAD THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE REALLY FELT LIKE IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FALL WAS MUCH SMOOTHER WITH SOME OF OUR PROTOCOLS.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU'VE SEEN IN MANY OF OUR VENUES, HAND SANITIZER, OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT QR CODES BEFORE THEY ENTER THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, FOR SYMPTOMS. WE SPRAY DOWN--OUR COACHES, TRAINERS, SPRAY DOWN EQUIPMENT ALL THE TIME, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THINGS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.

SO YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE.

AND THOSE ARE DAILY RITUALS.

SOCIAL DISTANCING, AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BAND IN THE END ZONE HERE AT KIMBROUGH AND CHAIRS SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND SPREAD OUT.

THAT WAS ONE PICTURE.

WE ALSO PUT THEM ACROSS ON THE VISITOR SIDE AT CLARK STADIUM.

WE USED ODD ROWS.

WE MARKED OFF ODD ROWS AND DID THESE THINGS.

IF YOU GO TO BASKETBALL OR VOLLEYBALL GAMES, YOU SEE OUR BENCHES ARE SPREAD OUT WITH OUR KIDS WEARING THEIR MASKS AND THEY'RE SPACED OUT.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT WE TOOK THIS FALL.

AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME HEADLINES, SOME SUCCESSES FROM THIS FALL.

FIRST OF ALL, WE COMPLETED FULL SEASONS.

AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE PLAYED A FULL FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND SENIOR HIGH TEAMS, CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM, TENNIS, FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL ALL COMPLETED ALL THEIR SEASONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND SIX TOTAL EVENTS AND WE ATTEMPTED THREE HUNDRED AND SIX, I SHOULD SAY, AND OF THOSE WE COMPLETED JUST A LITTLE UNDER EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL THOSE EVENTS THIS FALL.

AND SO THAT WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT BY OUR COACHES AND OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR KIDS.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH LEVEL IN CROSS-COUNTRY, VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL, TENNIS, GOLF AND SWIM, WE HAD SIX HUNDRED AND ONE SCHEDULED EVENTS AND WE COMPLETED ABOUT JUST A LITTLE UNDER NINETY SIX PERCENT OF ALL OF OUR EVENTS AT THOSE LEVELS.

AND SO OVERALL, ABOUT NINETY TWO PERCENT OF OUR EVENTS WENT OFF AS PLANNED.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG SUCCESS CONSIDERING THE CLIMATE WITH COVID.

KIND OF GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, ONLINE TICKETING IS A SUCCESS.

YOU KNOW, THE ALL WE WENT TO THIS JUST TO TAKE OUT THE ELEMENT OF PASSING MONEY, OBVIOUSLY, AND TRYING TO KEEP IT SAFE.

THAT WAS A REAL PLUS AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS FALL.

YOU KNOW, TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE.

USE YOUR PHONE SCAN AT THE GATE AND GO RIGHT ON IN AND FIND YOUR SEAT.

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AND SO WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GREAT ASSET THIS FALL.

IT ALSO, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, TRACKED OUR CAPACITIES.

LIVE STREAMING WAS A GAME CHANGER.

AND JUST FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE OUT OF TOWN IN OTHER STATES, FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST WORRIED ABOUT GETTING OUT AND HAVING THE AVAILABILITY TO WATCH A GAME ONLINE, LIVE IS A GAME CHANGER AND I HAVE TO GET THE DISTRICT A LOT OF CREDIT.

THIS WAS PUT INTO MOTION BEFORE I EVER ARRIVED HERE.

AND IT'S AMAZING. WE HAVE TWENTY TWO CAMERAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT SIX AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMS, WE HAVE THEM AT THE CLARK TRIPLE FIELDS, WE HAVE THEM AT CLARK STADIUM, KIMBROUGH STADIUM, OUR SENIOR HIGH GYMS AND SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL UTILIZED THAT AT THEIR STADIUMS THIS SPRING. AND SO WHAT A GREAT THING WHENEVER A PARENT CAN CAN GET A SUBSCRIPTION AND WATCH THAT GAME, IF THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN OR AT WORK OR JUST QUITE HONESTLY, JUST WORRIED ABOUT COVID.

AND SO WAS AWESOME TO SEE THAT IMPLEMENTED THIS FALL.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING CONTINUING TO USE IT.

JUST SOME POSTSEASON ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND WE HAVE A FEW ON HERE.

GOT A FEW PICTURES ON HERE.

PLANO EAST HAD ONE CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER THAT ADVANCED TO REGIONALS.

PLANO WEST HAD A CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER GO TO STATE.

YOU CAN SEE HIS PICTURE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

PLANO WEST VOLLEYBALL HAD A SOLID YEAR AND THE WENT TO OUR AREA PLAYOFFS AND THE PLANO WEST TEAM TENNIS WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE FINALS AND LOST AND WERE RUNNER UP, HAD A GREAT YEAR AND THEN OUR PLANO WEST FOOTBALL TEAM ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR AND HAD JUST A GREAT YEAR.

JUST A GREAT STORY OVER THERE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO PROUD OF ALL THOSE TEAMS. AND WE HAD MANY OTHER TEAMS THAT DID GREAT AS WELL.

LOOKING IN THE SPRING. JUST A LITTLE PREVIEW SHOT FROM WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE UIL.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER SPORTS.

SO BASKETBALL AND SOCCER ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SEASONS AND COMPETING SWIM AND DIVE HAVE DISTRICT COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND THE POSTSEASON RIGHT AFTER.

AND THEN WRESTLING HAD A DELAY.

BUT WE JUST RECENTLY GOT NEWS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEASON IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, WHICH IS EXCITING. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SPRING SPORTS, YOU KNOW, TRACK AND FIELD GOLF, TENNIS, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, ALL HAVE COMPETITIONS AND POSTSEASONS PLANNED FROM UIL.

SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE EVENTS.

AND AGAIN, JUST THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

I KNOW WE'VE THANKED A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, BUT OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, OUR NURSES AND TRAINERS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS HAVE JUST BEEN IN THE TRENCHES EVERY DAY JUST DOING A GREAT JOB. OUR COACHES, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE JUST BEEN AMAZING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO SEE THEM DOING THAT WORK EVERY DAY.

SO, AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE TIME.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

HANG ON, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

[LAUGHTER] JUST A COMMENT AND A QUESTION.

THE COMMENT IS, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE PLANO WEST FOOTBALL TEAM.

I LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF PLANO WEST AND MY SON GRADUATED LAST YEAR.

PROBABLY I THINK THEY WON ONE GAME WHILE HE WAS THERE.

MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED THE YEAR BEFORE, SO, YOU KNOW, THE STRUGGLES THAT MY KIDS WITNESSED. AND SO FOR THAT PROGRAM TO GO FROM WINNING ONE GAME OVER TWO YEARS TO BACK INTO THE PLAYOFFS IS FANTASTIC, AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT A FOOTBALL JUNKIE I AM. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT AND ALSO TO SEE THE PLANO TEAMS COMPETING AGAIN FOR PLAYOFF SPOTS. I KNOW PLANO SENIOR MISSED OUT, I THINK, IN THE LAST WEEK.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE LIVE STREAMING.

YES. SO HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT SUBSCRIPTION WORK, IS IT.

ARE WE SUBSCRIBED TO A PROGRAMMER WHO PROVIDES THAT STREAMING SERVICE FOR US? AND ARE WE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? ARE WE GETTING PAID PER STREAMING? YES, SIR.

LIVE STREAMING THEY DO PAY A SUBSCRIPTION UP FRONT, AND THEY WORK WITH US IN SCHEDULING, MAKING SURE WE GET ALL OF OUR SCHEDULES INTO THE SYSTEM WAY AHEAD OF TIME.

THE DEAL THAT WE SIGNED IN OUR DISTRICT.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY PRETTY MUCH GAVE US THE CAMERAS, WHICH WAS A LARGE EXPENSE UP FRONT.

AND THEN SO PART OF THE REVENUE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THE STREAMING IN THE VIEWING, I THINK WE HAD ALMOST THIRTY THOUSAND LIVE VIEWS THIS FALL AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THAT REVENUE, I BELIEVE, IN YEAR FOUR, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF PAYING THOSE CAMERAS INTO EFFECT.

BUT YEAH, IT'S AROUND NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY FIVE CENTS FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S FOR THE FULL YEAR. YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING.

AND NFHS IS GREAT BECAUSE THE UIL USES IT AND YOU CAN WATCH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING ANYWHERE.

AND SO IT'S BEEN REAL POSITIVE.

YEAH. MY BOYS AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE PLAYOFFS THROUGH THAT.

BUT AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE USING

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THE SERVICE ON A GO FORWARD BASIS.

THIS IS NOT A COVID ONLY SITUATION.

THAT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE GATE YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN FROM LIVE IF YOU CAN REPLICATE THAT OR NOT.

BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S A BOOST OR MAYBE MORE.

MAYBE WE'RE GETTING SOME--I MEAN, I KNOW LIVE CROWDS HASN'T BEEN, THE GATES AREN'T AS BIG AS THEY USED TO BE 10, 20 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY SO.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT TOOL.

AND YOU KNOW, THE UIL DID KIND OF LAXED A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE RULES WITH STREAMING, WITH FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND SPECIFICALLY, WHICH WAS GOOD THIS YEAR.

AND I THINK JUST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A TOOL WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND ONE THAT WE'RE PROUD OF.

AND AS HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THIRTY THOUSAND VIEWS THIS FALL AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE THIS SPRING THAT SAYS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND IT'S A BENEFIT.

SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

JEFF, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YES, MA'AM, RIGHT HERE.

SO--. I'M SORRY NO, NO I WANT TO SAY THAT I DID GO TO A PLANO EAST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AT THE KIMBROUGH STADIUM, I THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR THERE WERE VERY GOOD.

AND THEN IT ALSO WENT TO A VOLLEYBALL GAME AT PESH AND I ALSO THOUGHT THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THERE WERE EXCELLENT; YOU HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF ORGANIZING IT.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, CREDIT GOES TO AGAIN, TO A LOT OF COACHES, A LOT OF TRAINERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE WERE WORKING ON THOSE QUITE A BIT THIS SPRING, IN THE SUMMER, OUR WHOLE TEAM.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE AND KEEP KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE.

JUST MY REAL QUICK QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM WE'RE LEARNING SO MUCH, THE VIDEO BEING ABLE TO RECORD THE GAMES LIVE STREAMED IN FOR PEOPLE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

WHAT IS THERE ANY OTHER "AHA" OR THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS DISRUPTION THAT WE WILL TAKE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF COVID THAT WILL MAKE THINGS BETTER THAT YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT HOW THE [INAUDIBLE] WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SURE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT REPLACES FACE TO FACE INTERACTION WITH KIDS AND WITH ONE ANOTHER.

WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE GAINED SO MANY TOOLS TOO . YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I GAVE ONLINE TICKETING OR STREAMING AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT EVEN EVEN BEING ABLE TO MEET OUR KIDS VIRTUALLY OUR STAFF VIRTUALLY.

DO THINGS, YOU KNOW WATCH VIDEO VIRTUALLY.

IT'S REALLY STRETCHED US TO PLACES WE WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE WITHOUT THIS UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THAT SITUATION, WE'VE GAINED SO MUCH FROM THAT IN HOW WE UTILIZE OUR TIME, HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT, HOW WE CAN REACH OUR KIDS IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT PUT OUR HANDS ON THEM AND HUG THEM AND HIGH FIVE THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME OF THOSE TOOLS TO REACH KIDS IN SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT WAYS, I THINK IS JUST GOING TO HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT AND BE BETTER, YOU KNOW. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE SAW THIS YEAR.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU SEE THE COMMUNICATION IMPROVE IN SO MANY WAYS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AND THE TEAMWORK THROUGH THE PROTOCOLS AND THE THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE. AND SO REAL PROUD OF OUR TEAM.

AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HANG ON TO MOVING FORWARD. REAL QUICKLY ON THE ONLINE TICKETS, HOW MUCH MORE DO THEY COST THIS SEASON VERSUS LAST? AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT BEING PROHIBITIVE FOR SOME OF OUR LOW SOCIOECONOMIC FAMILIES. YES, MA'AM, IT'S ABOUT A DOLLAR AND THIRTY SOMETHING CENTS PER, YOU KNOW, PER TICKET PER TRANSACTION RIGHT NOW.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN UP CHARGE.

WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THOSE UP CHARGES.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THOSE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE USE HOMETOWN TICKETS AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND THOSE ARE THE COMPANY WE LANDED ON.

THEY'VE BEEN GREAT. THEY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OUT FOR THEIR SIDE AND THEN THEY HAVE THE CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION FEE THAT COMES IN AS WELL.

AND SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ON WHEN WE SAY THE TICKET PRICE ARE FIVE AND THREE, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME UP CHARGES.

THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP.

WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPOSITE OF MAN, HEY, I'LL BUY THESE ALL DAY.

AND BUT I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR CERTAIN.

JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THERE'S THE TICKET PRICE.

THERE'S THE UPCHARGE FOR IT BEING ONLINE AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR-- YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT.

OK, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO FOUR CHEER AND DRILL, GOSH, I HAVE WORKED WITH THESE COACHES AND DIRECTORS FOR I WAS

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SITTING BACK THERE, I THINK IT'S 13 YEARS THAT I'VE DONE THIS.

I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK NOW.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, LIKE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT OUR TEACHERS, THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMITTED AND DEDICATED FOLKS THAT WE HAVE STUFF THAT THEY DO OUTSIDE OF THE DAY RIGHT? THEIR NIGHTS ARE LONG AND THEY'RE LATE.

AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS YEAR WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR THESE TWO GROUPS OF KIDDOS WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE'D EVER HAVE MATCHING MASKS FOR DRILL TEAM UNIFORMS AND UNIFORMS. RIGHT, BUT WE DO SO LIKE JEFF SAID, WE PUT LOTS OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO DEVELOPING THE PROTOCOLS FOR THESE GROUPS.

AND I WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH KARY AND JEFF AND HIS TEAM AND CATHY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS WERE REALLY IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY GROUPS DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN BAND WAS DOING. AND SO WE SPENT LOTS OF TIME WITH EACH OTHER TO WRITE THESE DOCUMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE CLEAR AND EASY TO FOLLOW AND PARENTS CAN UNDERSTAND THEM AND PROTOCOLS THAT WOULD WORK FOR CLASS TIME AS WELL AS PRACTICE AND THEN GAMES.

I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE NEVER SPENT AS MUCH TIME WITH A MEASURING TAPE OVER AT OUR STADIUMS. JEREMY [INAUDIBLE], AND I, THE INSTRUMENT MUSIC COORDINATOR, WENT TO EVERY STADIUM AND TAPED OFF SEATS WITH STICKERS SO OUR KIDDOS KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO SIT SO THEY COULD ARRIVE, GET INTO THE STANDS SAFELY AND NOT HAVE TO WONDER WHERE THEY WERE.

SO I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD DO THAT, BUT HERE WE ARE.

SO I WILL SAY THAT OF THE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR KIDS WERE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND, 99 PERCENT OF THEM HAPPENED.

AND IF SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPENED, IT WAS USUALLY BECAUSE THE EVENT WAS CANCELED.

AND SO WE ENDED UP TRYING TO FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE GIRLS AND GUYS TO PERFORM AT. SO THEY CERTAINLY HAVE HAD, I THINK, MORE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES THAN THEY ANTICIPATED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BACK IN JULY AND AUGUST.

AND THINGS REALLY DID WORK OUT FOR THEM.

AND OUR KIDDOS HAVE STAYED SAFE.

YOU'LL SEE HERE THESE TWO PICTURES THAT WE DID HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT COMPETED LAST FALL IN DECEMBER. ONE WAS PLANO EAST CHEER AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A FACE TO FACE COMPETITION THAT THEY ATTENDED AND PLACED THIRD OVERALL AT THAT ONE.

AND THEN CLARK CHEER THAT YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, THEY HAD SIGNED UP FOR A FACE TO FACE. BUT NCA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL CHEERLEADING ASSOCIATION, ACTUALLY MOVE THAT TO A VIRTUAL. SO THEY ENDED UP COMPETING VIRTUAL LAST SEMESTER.

AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT THIS SEMESTER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IS PROGRAM RECRUITMENT FOR THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF KIDS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY THEY'RE DOWN ON CAMPUSES.

THEY'RE GETTING TO DO PEP RALLIES.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING TO GO TO CLASSES, THEY'RE ATTENDING ASSEMBLIES OR DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO WITHOUT THAT, WE HAVE BEEN IN LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. HOW DO WE GET THESE GIRLS' AND GUYS' FACES DOWN IN FRONT OF THOSE FEEDER SCHOOLS SO KIDS KNOW ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VIDEOS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SENDING A COUPLE OF MAYBE DRILL TEAM GIRLS DOWN IN UNIFORM TO STAND OUTSIDE WITH A BIG QR CODE THAT, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS CAN SCAN FROM A DISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRY OUTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO JUST DOING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE CAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, OUR TRYOUT MEETINGS WILL BE ZOOM, OBVIOUSLY, AND MAKING SURE THAT I'M JUST REACHING ALL OF ALL OF THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, USING OUR SENIORS AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THEIR INDIVIDUAL FACEBOOK PAGES OR TWITTER ACCOUNTS, JUST TO GET WORD OUT THERE THAT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WILL WORK.

COMPETITIONS, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT ARE COMPETING THIS SEMESTER, BOTH IN THE CHEER WORLD AND THE DRILL TEAM. WE HAVE IN FACT, TWO TOMORROW ARE COMPETING AT THE UIL SPIRIT COMPETITION IN FORT WORTH.

AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A FACE TO FACE COMPETITION WITH REALLY STRICT RULES.

EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SPECIFIC ENTRY TIMES AND EXIT TIMES LIKE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY.

AND SO AND THEN THE AWARD CEREMONIES WILL BE DONE VIRTUALLY.

SO OUR GROUPS AREN'T HANGING OUT.

THEY'RE ABLE TO GET BACK.

DRILL TEAM, MANY OF THEM HAD SIGNED UP FOR FACE TO FACE COMPETITIONS AND THOSE ARE CHANGING DAILY. I HAD IN FACT, I GOT A NEW TRAVEL REQUEST TODAY FROM PLANO EAST DRILL TEAM BECAUSE THAT COMPETITION HAS BEEN NOW MOVED TO A VIRTUAL COMPETITION.

SO THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING TOGETHER IS FOR THOSE VIRTUAL COMPETITIONS DOING LIKE A SHOWCASE FOR PARENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN COME IN SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN THEIR GYM AND GET TO SEE ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE PIECES THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD HAVE SEEN IF THEY WERE GETTING TO ATTEND A COMPETITION FACE TO FACE.

AND THEN TRYOUTS, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR NEXT JUST BIGGEST HURDLE THIS SEMESTER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT WE ENDED UP LAST YEAR, OUR DRILL TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR TRYOUTS FACE TO FACE BECAUSE THEY WERE DONE BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

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CHEERLEADING WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.

THOSE WERE THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.

AND SO WE ENDED UP RUNNING OUR CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS IN A 100 PERCENT VIRTUAL SETTING.

AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WE LEARNED A LOT.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE DO AGAIN THIS YEAR, I THINK WE'RE ULTIMATELY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT AND EVEN REPLICATE THAT IN THE DRILL TEAM WORLD IF WE HAVE TO.

THE CONVERSATIONS I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE DIRECTORS AND COACHES IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT TO WHERE IT'S THE MOST SAFE EXPERIENCE AND IT'S EQUITABLE ALSO.

LOTS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN IF WE HAVE SOME KIDS FACE TO FACE AND SOME KIDS GET TO SUBMIT A VIDEO AND RIGHT, THERE'S SO WE'RE JUST HAVING SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AND HOPE TO HAVE THOSE DECISIONS, HOPEFULLY BY NEXT WEEK OF WHAT OUR PLANS ARE GOING TO BE.

AND THEN THEY'RE CULMINATING EVENTS FOR THIS SEMESTER WOULD BE OUR SPRING SHOWS THAT OUR DRILL TEAMS PUT ON EVERY YEAR.

NANCY, I KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER WAS A GOLDEN GIRL.

AND SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WOULD WE HOLD THOSE, THE CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS OUR STAGE SPACES THAT CAN WE FIND OR CAN WE USE OUR GYM FLOORS, BECAUSE THAT DOES PROVIDE MORE SPACE FOR OUR DANCERS TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT THAN ON OUR STAGES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE USING THE NEW FINE ARTS CENTER FOR SOME OF OUR SHOWS AT THE END OF APRIL, IF THAT'S AN OPTION.

BUT WE WILL FIND A WAY, AS WE HAVE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE DONE THIS SEMESTER, TO LET THESE STUDENTS PERFORM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DESERVE.

SO. THAT'S CHEER AND DRILL.

SO, YEAH, I'VE GOT A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THE TRY OUT COMPONENT, SO I KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR TEAMS IN PLACE PRETTY MUCH BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN START GOING TO SUMMER CAMP AND WORKING OUT.

ARE YOU STILL GOING TO USE A TRYOUT SCHEDULE WHERE IT'S A SET BY A SET DATE AROUND SPRING BREAK, OR ARE YOU GOING TO TRY AND SAY TRYOUTS WILL BE THROUGH THE SPRING SEMESTER IF YOU GO ALL VIRTUAL OR TRYOUTS ARE THROUGH THE SPRING SEMESTER TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER? AND THEN ESTABLISH THE TEAM AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS STILL RUNNING OUR SCHEDULE, HOW WE NORMALLY DO RIGHT AROUND SPRING BREAK. AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE ORDER TIMELINE IN ORDER TO ORDER CAMP WEAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR THE GIRLS AND HAVE IT IN AND GET OUR TEAMS REGISTERED FOR CAMP.

SO IF WE WERE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE SEMESTER, IT MAY IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN PLACE.

I GUESS WHERE MY CONCERN LIES IS IN NUMBERS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE PAST YEAR'S EXPERIENCE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WITH OUR VIRTUAL TRIAL LAST YEAR FOR CHEER, WE HAD MORE GIRLS TRY OUT AND MAKE IT THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT A VIRTUAL TRIAL PROVIDES A KIDDO, AND THAT WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THERE BEING ANY DECLINE AT ALL.

I THINK FOR KIDDO'S THAT THIS IS THEIR PASSION AND THEIR PATH, THAT THEY WILL TRY OUT.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE OF IT IS VIRTUAL, THERE IS A VIDEO COMPONENT THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO VIDEO THEMSELVES.

AND SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SETTING UP SIGN UP TIME, SO IF A STUDENT NEEDS ACCESS TO A SPACE TO VIDEO BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE IN SMALLER, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS OR MAYBE JUST DON'T HAVE A SPACE THAT THEY COULD SIGN UP FOR A SAFE TIME WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND USE A SPACE AT THE CAMPUS TO VIDEO.

SO. WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. SURE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH WHAT IS PART OF A VIRTUAL TRYOUT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF IT? OBVIOUSLY A VIDEO AND WHAT ELSE SO, FOR CHEERLEADING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

WE USED THE EXACT SAME SCORESHEET AS WE WOULD IF IT WAS A FACE TO FACE IN FRONT OF A LIVE JUDGE. SO WE HAVE CHOREOGRAPHY THAT IT STARTS WITH A VIRTUAL CLINIC.

SO THE CANDIDATES ATTEND, YOU KNOW, VIA ZOOM AND THEN WE RELEASE THE VIDEO LINK TO THEM AFTER THAT FIRST DAY OF CLINIC.

SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN.

THE VIDEO INCLUDES A FRONT VIEW AND A BACK VIEW.

SO THAT WAY THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, MIRROR THE PERSON.

AND THEN WITH CHEERLEADING, WE USE OUR OUTGOING SENIORS.

AS FOR BETTER LUCK OF TERMS BUDDIES WHERE WE ASSIGN THEM TO OUR CANDIDATE.

SO THEN WE HAD REALLY EVEN SMALLER GROUPS OF KIDS.

SO IN A NORMAL SETTING, IN A CLINIC, YOU KNOW, THAT WE YOU MIGHT HAVE A SENIOR WORKING WITH FIVE GIRLS. RIGHT. AND SO YOU'RE REALLY CLEANING MOTIONS.

AND SO WE STILL DID THAT JUST IN A ZOOM TYPE OF SETTING.

AND THEN OUR COACHES SET UP PRIVATE ZOOM SESSIONS FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL.

SO IF YOU WERE A JV CANDIDATE, THIS WAS YOUR TIME.

AND SO THE COACHES WERE ON AGAIN JUST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GIVE AS MUCH FEEDBACK, AND THEN THAT THE STUDENTS RECORDED A SERIES OF VIDEOS.

SO THEY HAD A VIDEO FOR THEIR JUMPS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS ON THE SCORESHEET.

THEY HAD A VIDEO THEY SUBMITTED FOR THE DANCE, A VIDEO THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR THE CHEER.

THE ONE THING THAT WE DID TAKE OUT LAST YEAR WAS THE TUMBLING COMPONENT, OBVIOUSLY, JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR AGAIN AS WELL.

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AND THEN THE VIDEOS ARE UPLOADED AND WITH CHEER, THEY ARE JUDGED BY NCA STAFF, JUDGES, AND THEN THE SCORES ARE ENTERED AND SENT BACK.

YEAH.

CREATIVE.

SO, SUSAN, QUICK FUN FACT, I WAS A CHEERLEADER SPONSOR FOR TWO YEARS, MY FIRST TWO YEARS TEACHING, SO I'VE HAD A LITTLE LIKE HORROR OF ALL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND [INAUDIBLE] BABY. AND SAME QUESTION I ASKED JEFF, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR ANSWER MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? AND DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DONE AGAIN? WHAT DID WE LEARN THAT YOU'LL TAKE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PANDEMIC? I WOULD SAY FOR THIS, I HAVE LEARNED THE FACT THAT OUR DIRECTORS AND I SAY DRILL TEAM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW A DRILL TEAM DIRECTOR, THEY ARE VERY RIGID IN THEIR WAYS, NOT A BAD THING, RIGHT? IT'S DISCIPLINE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE TEACH IN THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY ARE SO INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE, RIGHT, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD TO BE.

I SAID, I THINK TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] ONE DAY LAST SEMESTER BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD THAT TERM PIVOT USED SO MUCH, I SAID, I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT TERM USE SO MUCH IN LIKE THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA.

RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S A DANCE TERM.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, JUST THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PIVOT WITH THE BEST OF THEM.

AND I THINK THAT WITH THESE PROGRAMS, SOMETIMES WE GET INTO OR CAN START TO HAVE A LENS OF IT'S GOING TO BE THIS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANDIDATE THAT WE WANT TO SEE OR WHO MAKES IT. AND I THINK LAST YEAR WITH THE CHEER TRYOUTS, THEY REALLY SAW WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE CHANGE OUR APPROACH OF WHO WE HAVE THOUGHT IN THE PAST MIGHT BE A CHEERLEADER OR WHO MIGHT BE A DRILL TEAM, I WILL SAY.

AND IF I CAN DO IT WITHOUT CRYING.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A CANDIDATE AT ONE OF OUR SENIOR HIGH.

SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER AND CHEERLEADING CANDIDATE.

AND WE HAD A TIMELINE LIKE IT HAD A DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE VIDEOS BY 11:59 ON THIS DATE.

WELL, BECAUSE IT WAS COVID AND THEY WEREN'T IN SCHOOL AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND WERE DOING VIRTUAL. HER MOTHER IS A TRUCK DRIVER AND SHE WAS ON THE ROAD WITH HER MOM AND THEY PULLED OVER AT A TRUCK STOP.

AND THIS YOUNG LADY RECORDED HER TRYOUT YEAR NEXT TO A BIG OLD SEMI, AND SHE MADE IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF A KID LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OTHERWISE, RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE'VE LEARNED A LOT.

WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN MEET OUR KIDS, WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THINGS FACE TO FACE THAT, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USED TO. BUT LOOK, WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL, SO.

SUZANNE, THANK YOU. SURE.

SO WERE YOU ABLE TO ALSO DO THE OFFICER TRYOUTS BEFORE SPRING BREAK? I THOUGHT THOSE TYPICALLY CAME FOR DRILL TEAM RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK.

SO OFFICER TRYOUTS WERE AFTER AND THAT WAS A MIX OF VIRTUAL AND SOME FACE TO FACE.

JUST AN INDIVIDUAL, ONE GIRL AT A TIME.

OK, YES, I REMEMBER SPENDING THE ENTIRE SPRING BREAK HELPING COLLATE SOME NOTEBOOK ABOUT DANCE. [LAUGHTER] I THINK THE PLANO WEST DRILL TEAM ROYALE.

YES. YES. YES.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU ALL. CATHY.

AND SHE DID MAKE IT. THERE WE GO, OH, WHAT IS THAT? YIKES. THERE WE GO.

SO JUST BRINGING UP THE REAR WITH SOME FINE ARTS UPDATES, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST BIG COVID ACTIVITY OF THE FALL WAS MARCHING BAND.

SO FOLLOWING DETAILED GUIDANCE FROM UIL AND THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF THE COLLABORATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT, WE WERE ABLE TO START THAT ACTIVITY IN THE LATE SUMMER AND USING LOTS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING MASKS, BELL COVERS ALL OF THE THINGS LIMITING SHARED USE OF EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.

AND ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH CAMPUSES PARTICIPATED IN THE REGION MARCHING CONTESTS THIS YEAR.

WE HOSTED IT LIVE AT KIMBROUGH STADIUM AND ALL OF THE PLANO ISD BANDS RECEIVED FIRST DIVISION RATINGS.

SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL HONESTLY, IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLY OH, THIS ALMOST ALMOST FEELS NORMAL KIND OF DAYS.

OUT AT THE STADIUM, MARCHING BANDS ON THE FIELD LIVE AND OUT ON A BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY FALL DAY. IT REALLY SORT OF FELT LIKE THE OLD DAYS.

IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL KIND OF TIME.

USING SOME OF THE PLATFORMS THAT WERE DEVELOPED LAST SPRING OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENTS HAVE ALL TURNED VIRTUAL.

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THEY DID THAT VERY QUICKLY LAST SPRING AND THEY'VE CONTINUED ALL THROUGH THE FALL.

SO ALL OF OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE AND SUPER SUCCESSFUL ALL THROUGH THIS SEASON AND THEY CONTINUE INTO THE SPRING.

WE DID BOTH OUR KINDNESS CARD AND OUR MLK ART CONTESTS VIRTUALLY THROUGH GOOGLE CLASSROOM, WHICH ALLOWED BOTH OUR FACE TO FACE AND OUR AT HOME STUDENTS TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S WORKED OUT REALLY SUCCESSFULLY.

FOR PERFORMANCES INCLUDED EVERYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE AND MORE.

THERE WERE VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS OUTDOOR CONCERTS, DRIVE-IN THEATER SHOWS, LIVE STREAMED PERFORMANCES, EITHER WITH WITH A LIMITED AUDIENCE OR WITH NO AUDIENCE AT ALL.

SEVERAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS WERE ACTUALLY STUDENT WRITTEN AND THEN PRODUCED AND LIVE STREAMED TO AVOID ALL OF THE COPYRIGHT ISSUES OF DOING COPYRIGHTED THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS. SO THE STUDENTS CREATED THEIR OWN.

TMEA CONDUCTED ALL OF ITS ALL REGIONAL AUDITIONS VIA A NEW VIRTUAL PLATFORM THAT OUR STUDENTS TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF AT EACH LEVEL AND DIVISION OF COMPETITION.

AND WHILE WE KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF JAZZ AND STRING ALL STATERS, THE FINAL ROUND OF VIRTUAL AUDITIONS IS CONCLUDING THIS WEEK, SO WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ALL STATE NUMBERS SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE HOPE.

[INAUDIBLE] YEAH, THANK YOU, MATT.

THERE WE GO. SO AS WE TURN TO THE SPRING, ANTICIPATING SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S TYPICALLY HAPPENING IN JANUARY IS THAT FIFTH GRADERS ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO THE MUSIC PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS SIXTH GRADERS AT THEIR DESIGNATED MIDDLE SCHOOL, RATHER THAN TAKING LARGE GROUPS OF FIFTH GRADERS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THOSE CONCERTS, WHICH IS OUR TRADITIONAL FORMAT FOR THIS, MY DEPARTMENT CREATED AN INTRODUCTORY VIDEO THAT WE SENT TO ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO ADD THEIR OWN GREETINGS. THE STAFF AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL PUT A LITTLE TAG AT THE END SO THAT THERE WAS A PERSONALIZED TOUCH AND THE STUDENTS ARE VIEWING THOSE DURING THEIR PLANNED FIFTH GRADE MUSIC LESSONS WITH THEIR ELEMENTARY SPECIALIST DURING THIS MONTH.

SO THAT'S HAPPENING AS WE SPEAK.

OUR ART COMPETITIONS CONTINUE TO BE VIRTUAL AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO, YOUTH ART MONTH AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SPONSORED BY TEXAS ART EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION. OUR VIRTUAL VISUAL ARTS IS A REALLY EASY TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL COMPETITION BECAUSE YOU JUST NEED AN IMAGE OF THE STUDENT WORK.

SO IT WORKS REALLY WELL.

AND SO ALL OF THEIR SPRING EXHIBITS ARE GOING TO BE VIRTUAL AS WELL.

THE VIRTUAL SPEECH TOURNAMENTS CONTINUE AND EVEN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL CONTINUE VIRTUAL THIS NEXT THIS NEXT JUNE, AS IT DID LAST YEAR.

UIL WILL EVENTS ARE BEING OFFERED BOTH IN ALIVE AND A VIRTUAL FORMAT, WHICH ALLOW THE DIRECTORS TO SELECT THE FORMAT THAT REALLY SUITS THEIR PROGRAM AND LEVEL BEST.

THE LEAGUE HAS A NUMBER OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, AS THEY DID WITH ATHLETICS AND ADJUSTING.

THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONCERT AND SIGHT READING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COVID HAS BROUGHT TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.

SO THEY HAVE ADJUSTED A LOT OF THE LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY, AS IT WERE, FOR A LOT OF OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS. AS THEY LOOK AT THEIR SPRING COMPETITION, UIL ONE ACT PLAY IS GOING FORWARD AS A LIVE EVENT, BUT AGAIN WITH SIGNIFICANT PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, MUCH LIKE WHAT SUSAN WAS DESCRIBING RATHER THAN SEVERAL DAYS OF GOING-- TYPICALLY A ONE ACT PLAY IS A COUPLE OF DAYS OF AN EVENT.

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THE FIRST DAY WOULD BE LOADING IN ALL OF YOUR PROPS AND COSTUMES AND SPIKING THE STAGE AND SO ON. AND YOU'D HAVE A TECH REHEARSAL AND THEN YOU COME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND ACTUALLY PUT ON YOUR PRODUCTION.

AND SO THEY'VE ADJUSTED SO THAT ALL OF THAT HAPPENS.

YOU SHOW UP IN COSTUME, YOU SPIKE YOUR SHOW, YOU RUN YOUR TECH REHEARSAL, THE JUDGE COMES IN AND WATCHES YOUR PRODUCTION, AND THEN YOU STRIKE AND OFF YOU GO.

SO THEY'VE REALLY REVAMPED THE FORMAT OF THAT TO ALLOW IT TO STILL BE A LIVE PERFORMANCE, BUT WITH A MINIMAL AUDIENCE, [INAUDIBLE] ADJUDICATOR AND IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE ARE ADJUSTING OUR INTERNAL ONE ACT PLAYS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SIMILAR FASHION.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE ABOUT THE CREATIVITY THAT IT HAS TAKEN TO FIND A PATH FORWARD FOR A LOT OF OUR PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS.

IN THIS TIME, THOSE TEACHERS AND SPONSORS HAVE GONE WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND TO FEEL AS MUCH LIKE REAL MUSIC MAKING AND THEATER AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS YOU CAN IN A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC.

ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO STREAM LIKE WE DO WITH OUR SPORTS? THEORETICALLY, YES.

TECHNICALLY WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION WITH ALL OF THE CAMERAS, ET CETERA. NO ONE GIFTED US THE ALL OF THAT.

NFHS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, BRING IT ON! THE OTHER PROBLEM, THE CHALLENGE IN LIVE STREAMING IS THAT SO MUCH IN THE PERFORMING ARTS SPECTRUM IS COPYRIGHTED AND CONTROLLED VERY CLOSELY.

AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF COPYRIGHT CHALLENGES THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, COME WITH DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT SO MANY OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUPS ENDED UP WRITING THEIR OWN SHOWS, BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS, BUT A LOT OF ESPECIALLY IN THE THEATRICAL WORLD, BUT IN MUSIC AS WELL, A LOT OF THOSE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, SOME WERE VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR PERMISSIONS, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH.

YEAH, REALLY ONE ACT IN THEATER, WHAT I WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY FAMILIES WHO AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME AND WATCH THEIR KIDS OR THEIR GRANDKIDS PERFORM THAT MAYBE A LIVE STREAM COULD HAVE COVERED.

BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE COULD DO THAT.

WE DON'T QUITE YET.

I MEAN, WHEN THE FINE ARTS FACILITY IS FINISHED, WE'LL HAVE THAT CAPABILITY FROM THERE.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT CURRENTLY IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS.

DON'T WANT JEFF AND SUSAN TO THINK I LET YOU OFF THE HOOK.

OK, I ANTICIPATED YOUR QUESTION.

[LAUGHTER] WHEN'S THE ART CENTER GOING TO BE DONE? I'M JUST KIDDING. WE HOPE CLOSE TO EARLY APRIL.

OK, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS? WELL, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED TO BE SUPER FLEXIBLE, AS I THINK SUSAN MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY REIMAGINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO IN KIND OF THE OLD SCHOOL WAY BECAUSE IT WAS THE WAY WE'D ALWAYS DONE IT.

SO I DO THINK WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME NEW TOOLS IN OUR TOOL SHED.

I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I THINK IN THE PERFORMING ARTS FIELD, WE JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE LIVE AGAIN WITH EVERYONE.

BECAUSE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS FOR MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, JUST NOT HAVING ALL OF THE STUDENTS TOGETHER AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO DO IT LIKE IT LIKE WE FEEL LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE. BUT I CAN'T COMMEND THE TEACHERS HIGHLY ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THEIR CREATIVITY.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BECOME EXPERT VIDEO EDITORS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO.

AND I TRY TO BE THEIR ADVOCATE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE VIRTUAL CHOIRS AND THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON FACEBOOK ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF VIDEO EDITING THAT THOSE THAT

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THREE MINUTES TAKES YOU FOREVER TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND MANY OF THEM HAVE PICKED UP THAT CHALLENGE AND JUST RAN HEADLONG INTO IT.

OTHERS HAVE FOUND STUDENTS WHO HAD THOSE SKILLS AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE TABLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THINGS AND I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT OF HYBRID KINDS OF PRODUCTIONS AND PERFORMANCES IN THE FUTURE.

KEEPING ON THAT VEIN, WE HAVE SUCH A RICH PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS AND SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS GO ON TO PERFORM, PERFORM OR DO THE ACTING AND WHATEVER IN COLLEGE.

DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BECOME A LEVEL SET, BECAUSE IT'S ALL VIRTUAL AT LEAST THIS YEAR, SO THAT KIDS AREN'T BECAUSE THE KIDS WHO TRY TO DO THAT, TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD FROM THE UNIVERSITIES, BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE JOURNALS AND THINGS IS THAT MUCH LIKE THE AUDITION PROCESSES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE AUDITIONED KIDS LAST SPRING VIRTUALLY.

THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PERFORMANCE AUDITIONS JUST FOR THEIR PLACEMENT IN THEIR RELATIVE ENSEMBLES. SO, YEAH, I THINK SOME OF THAT MAY VERY WELL BECOME JUST THE STANDARD THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO EVERY UNIVERSITY OR CONSERVATORY THAT YOU'RE APPLYING TO.

YOU CAN SUBMIT A VIDEO PACKAGE WHICH COULD BE HELPFUL TO GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF SOME HOUSEHOLDS FOR SURE, LIKE CATHY.

LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH ONE THING, JERI SAID, JUST MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISUNDERSTANDING.

SO WE'RE NOT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY LIVE STREAM.

BUT FOR OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES, WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO RECORD THOSE, EDIT THOSE, GET THOSE OUT TO PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, ETC..

YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL YEAR.

OK, GREAT, THANKS.

YEAH. GOOGLE CLASSROOM IS OUR FRIEND BECAUSE WE CAN WE CAN POST ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN THEIR GOOGLE CLASSROOMS. SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT LIVES.

BUT WE CAN'T PUT IT OUT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB FREE OF CHARGE WITHOUT BRINGING THE COPYRIGHT PEOPLE DOWN ON US.

I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING FREE OF CHARGE, [LAUGHTER] BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY STUFF FROM US. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

CATHY. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, NANCY OVER HERE.

I KNOW I TOOK THIS OFF.

AS FAR AS 3D ART GOES, HOW WELL DOES AN IMAGE TRANSLATE TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO COMPETE ON A 3D ART LEVEL? AN IMAGE TO ME SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE LIMITING.

THEY'LL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS THEY CAN SUBMIT A VIDEO SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DO KIND OF AN ALL AROUND ON ALL SIDES OF A PIECE. IT'S A GREAT POINT.

OR THEY TAKE MULTIPLE IMAGES FROM VARIOUS ANGLES AROUND THE ART.

I'LL ADMIT 3-D DOESN'T TRANSLATE QUITE AS EASILY AS TWO DIMENSIONAL ART, BUT THEY'RE MAKING IT WORK. OK, WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. GREAT QUESTIONS.

CATHY, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME TIME PERIOD IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHEPTON.

THEY ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING WHERE THEY FILMED THE KIDS AND THEN PUT IT TOGETHER INTO A VIDEO AND THEN ACTUALLY SHOWED IT AT ONE OF THE LOCAL THEATERS.

DID YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? ONLY INSOFAR AS, SOME OF THE LOCAL THEATERS, MOVIE THEATERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT DOING A LOT OF ACTUAL MOVIES, RENTED THEIR SPACE, AND SO SOME OF OUR CREATIVE STAFF GOT WIND OF THAT. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND IT'S IN A CONTAINED SPACE, THEY RENTED THAT SPACE AND SOLD TICKETS THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE AT THE MOVIE THEATER WITH LIMITED CAPACITY.

AND SO, YEAH, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.

ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS LITERALLY DID A DRIVE-IN PRODUCTION, SO FAMILIES DROVE IN AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEY DID THE PLAY ON THE CURB OUTSIDE.

SO THEY'VE COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING WAYS TO PRESENT THEIR CRAFT.

WELL, I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

I THINK IT WAS SHEPTON, THAT DID THAT, THEIR KIDS, WHERE THEY PLANNED TO PERFORM FOR THEIR CAREER. IT'S THEIR PASSION AND THEIR FUTURE CAREER.

AND THEY WERE VERY WORRIED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MISS OUT IN IMPORTANT TIMES IN DEVELOPING THEIR SKILL SET.

SO IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT TYPE OF CREATIVITY COMING TO THE FOREFRONT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THAT OUT THERE.

SARAH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I JUST YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. AND I'M JEFF AND SUSAN, CATHY AND YOUR COACHES AND YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR TEAM'S.

YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THIS STARTED, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING

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ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXTRACURRICULARS, ARE WE NOT? AND THERE WAS NEVER A QUESTION OF NO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE EXTRACURRICULARS BECAUSE OUR KIDS NEED THEM MORE NOW THAN EVER.

THEY NEED TO FEEL JOY AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY EXCEL AT, WHATEVER THE AREA THAT MIGHT BE, IN ADDITION TO THE ACADEMICS.

AND SO THIS TEAM NEVER WAVERED ON YES, WE ALL AGREE WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY AND THAT PERSISTENCE AND THAT TENACITY ON BEHALF OF KIDS.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE REASON, RIGHT? IT WAS ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT FOR THE KIDS.

AND SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR FINDING WAYS TO DO IMPOSSIBLE THINGS AND MAKE THEM POSSIBLE FOR KIDS, BECAUSE IN A YEAR WHERE KIDS HAVE LOST A LOT, THEY DIDN'T LOSE THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY SAYS, JEFF AND ALL OF YOU HAVE SAID WE COMPLETED SEASONS. I CAN'T TELL YOU, LIKE I KNOW HOW HARD THAT HAS BEEN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO'S COVID POSITIVE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP AND DO CONTACT TRACING AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO REVAMP WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYBODY ELSE GOING SO THAT EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP AND THEN KEEP GOING.

AND SO FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR PASSION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO KIDS, I LOOK, I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL FROM ALL OF US, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

THANKS FOR YOUR INSPIRATION TO DO THAT.

AND I'LL ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.

I THINK EVEN CALLING IT EXTRA-CURRICULAR DOESN'T REALLY GIVE IT ITS FULL DUE.

SHOULD BE PROBABLY MORE CO-CURRICULAR.

AND I KNOW WE'VE RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS BY DR.

D. THAT SHOWS THAT KIDS WHO DO AN EXTRA CURRICULAR FOR FOUR MORE YEARS, IT LEADS TO INCREASE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AS WELL.

AND SO YOU HAVE BOTH BETTER ACADEMICS AND YOU HAVE BETTER ATTITUDES.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO WITH OUR KIDS AS A RETIRED DRILL TEAM, A DANCE MOM AND BAND MOM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR KUDOS WE'D LIKE TO SHARE? NO, THIS IS THE FUN STUFF WE GET TO TALK ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SUPERINTENDENT BONSER REGARDING ADVOCACY

[10.B. Advocacy Efforts for the 87th Texas Legislative Session]

EFFORTS FOR THE EIGHTY SEVEN TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

THANK YOU. I HOPE I DON'T KNOW IF MY CLICKER'S WORKING.

I'M GOING TO. TRY I DON'T KNOW WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

OK, YEAH, OK, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT, WE'LL TRY.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE AN ADVOCACY UPDATE AND I GUESS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS TO SAY TODAY IS THAT THE EIGHTY SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION HIT THE GAVEL TODAY STARTED AND THEN THEY NAMED THE SPEAKER, [INAUDIBLE].

AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE SAY HIS NAME.

AND THEN AND THEN HE THE SPEAKER, THE NEW SPEAKER JUST MET OR ADJOURNED THE HOUSE AND THEY'LL COME BACK ON THE TWENTY SIXTH OF JANUARY.

SO IT HAS BEGUN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE JUST A QUICK UPDATE, WE DID AS A LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH IS PRESIDENT RICHARDS, BOARD MEMBER STOLLE , AND NANCY HUMPHREY WE AND STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH EACH ONE OF OUR DELEGATES DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

AND SO WE GAVE QUITE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION TO EACH ONE OF OUR DELEGATES.

AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A DISSERTATION.

NOW, IT FEELS LIKE ONE WHERE WE'VE TAKEN THE PRESENTATION AND THEN ADDED ALL OF THE TALKING POINTS, DOLLAR AMOUNTS, IMPACTS, AND WE'RE FINALIZING THAT RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THEM AS KIND OF A BLUEPRINT GOING INTO THE SESSION WHERE IF THEY SAY WE'RE CONSIDERING LEGISLATION ON THIS AND IT'S TIED TO A PLANO ISD PRIORITY, WHAT'S THE STORY? AND IT GIVES THE RATIONALE AND THE STORY AND THE POSITION OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT TIME WITH OUR DELEGATES AND CREATED ALMOST A A HANDBOOK, SO TO SPEAK, OF THAT INFORMATION.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO CLOSE TO READY ON THAT.

BUT TONIGHT, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THREE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE RELATED TO OUR PRIORITIES AND SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD, THE CABINET AND THE PUBLIC.

AND WE'LL TRY TO DO THIS THROUGH EACH ONE OF OUR ADVOCACY REPORTS, AS WILL TAKE A PIECE OF

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IT AND BRING IT FORWARD FOR CONVERSATION.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK TO OUR DELEGATES ABOUT WERE ALMOST THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED MOVEMENT BEFORE THE SESSION.

AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS, YOU KNOW, IF THE SESSION MEETS IN JANUARY AND THEY DON'T MAKE A DECISION UNTIL MAY STAAR TESTING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING IS ALREADY DONE.

AND SO WE CAN KIND OF CHECK THE BOX ON ONE OF THESE.

AND THAT'S THAT THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE AN A-F RATING FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

HOWEVER, STAAR TESTING WILL CONTINUE, BUT IT WILL ONLY CONTINUE FOR KIDS WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN A BUILDING. SO IF A STUDENT COMES INTO THE BUILDING ON A STAAR TESTING DATE AND THEY'LL BE TESTED, AND IF THEY DON'T COME IN AND THEY'RE A SCHOOL AT HOME STUDENT, THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO COME IN.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW.

THERE MAY STILL BE SOME CHANGES HERE.

WE KEEP HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY HEAVY PUSH FROM A LOT OF FOLKS ALL AROUND, INCLUDING US, OF WHAT IS THE VALIDITY OF THE TEST IF ONLY CERTAIN SUBSET OF KIDS ARE TAKING IT.

YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING CERTAIN CONVERSATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, BY TWENTY, TWENTY TWO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FULLY ONLINE TESTING.

AND THIS WOULD BE A YEAR TO PILOT ONLINE TESTING FOR KIDS THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.

SO YOU COULD DO THAT.

AND SO IT'S A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY AND TESTING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON OF RESULTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE AN ANOMALY YEAR.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE OUR LOCAL CONTROL TO USE MAP AS OUR PRIMARY ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ASSESS LEARNING, TO ASSESS GROWTH AND NEEDS FOR INTERVENTION OR ENRICHMENT.

AND SO WE ALSO ARE ADVOCATING FOR APPLYING FOR ALL NECESSARY WAIVERS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE. AND SO WE DO KNOW THAT TEA DID APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL WAIVER AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND THAT WAS GRANTED.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS TO COME.

BUT FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE BOARD AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, JUST I WANTED EVERYONE TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS STILL IN THE WORKS FOR MORE DISCUSSION.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

SO THE STAAR TEST IS BEING ADMINISTERED AND I AM A REMOTE STUDENT.

DOES THAT MEAN I COULD SHOW UP TO TAKE IT-IF I CAN SHOW UP THE DAY OF THE TEST, IF I WANT TO, IF I'M REMOTE, IF I'M A FACE TO FACE STUDENTS AND I DON'T SHOW UP NO HARM, NO FOUL AND I JUST HAVE AN ABSENCE.

HOW IS THAT? WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT.

WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPATION WILL NOT BE HELD AGAINST US.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF KIDS PARTICIPATE TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST RATINGS.

AND SO NOW PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN WAIVED BASICALLY.

SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

SARAH, IT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE ON THE DAY OF STAAR, WE HAVE ZERO ATTENDANCE.

WELL, WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING THAT BECAUSE WE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR MONEY AND WE WANT KIDS IN SCHOOL FOR LEARNING AND THE STAAR TEST DOESN'T TAKE ALL DAY.

SO WE WANT KIDS IN SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S WHERE THEY BELONG EVERY DAY.

ALL DAY. NO, I'M YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I JUST THINK WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS AND ADVOCATE FOR HOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESULTS WILL BE USED IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER THIS YEAR, BUT TWO YEARS FROM NOW AND THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THIS THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT FOR A LONG TIME ON ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. SO WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON LONG TERM IMPACTS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PART, THE SECOND ONE IS THE HOLD HARMLESS, AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR THIS.

AND THE HOLD HARMLESS WAS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID OR TEA DID IN THE FIRST TWO, SIX WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY HELD US HARMLESS AND USED PRIOR YEARS ATTENDANCE TO FUND US AND INSTEAD OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND THEN THEY EXTENDED THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER.

BUT THAT HAS EXPIRED.

THAT ENDED ON DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER.

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AND SO NOW WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED TEA, DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR? AND TECHNICALLY, WE BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER HAS THE AUTHORITY.

THE COMMISSIONER IS SAYING HE IS GOING TO RELY ON THE LEGISLATORS TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THIS. IN THE MEANTIME, WE DON'T HAVE A DECISION ABOUT HOLD HARMLESS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW THAT TWO THOUSAND FORTY FIVE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE BELOW PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND 41 PERCENT OF THAT IS IN PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN, THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING.

THE SECOND SEMESTER, THAT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO US FOR THROUGH ATTENDANCE FUNDING, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT FOUR PERCENT OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET OR TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

AND IF YOU'RE THINKING OF THAT IN PERSONNEL UNITS, IT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO TEACHERS. SO OUR RATIONALE AND OUR POSITION IS THAT WE THINK THAT THE STATE SHOULD FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WE ARE OPEN, ALL THE BUSSES ARE RUNNING, ALL THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING, ALL THE LIGHTS ARE ON. ALL THE TESTS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE KIDS WHO ARE THERE THAT DAY WILL BE GIVEN.

WE'RE PAYING ALL THE BILLS AND ALL THE SALARIES IN THIS VERY UNUSUAL YEAR.

AND WE NEED TO BE HELD WHOLE FOR THAT.

AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PENALIZED FOR THAT.

WHAT IS THERE TO CLARIFY FOR THAT? THESE TEACHERS ARE UNDER CONTRACT.

WE CAN'T LET THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO LET ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TEACHERS GO MIDSTREAM. SO I THINK THAT'S THE POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE WE ARE HELD TO A CONTRACT STANDARD, SHOULD THE STATE ALSO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT SAME.

WE ARE OUR TEACHERS ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND HONESTLY RIGHT NOW AND ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THIS AND OUR LEGISLATORS WALKED THE BUILDINGS AND THEY CLEARLY SAW THIS WHEN THEY WALKED WITH US. THERE'S NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT GIVEN TWO HUNDRED PERCENT EVERY DAY ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH SUBS TO COVER THE QUARANTINES.

AND SO WE NEED EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND THEN SOME TO GET THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO, SARAH, I WOULD SAY I'M THANKFUL THAT JEFF LEACH AND MATT SHAHEEN BOTH WROTE LETTERS TO THE COMMISSIONER ON BEHALF OF FUNDING THROUGH THE HOLD HARMLESS, FUNDING THE HOLD HARMLESS THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER.

BUT ALSO WE I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE THAT WROTE LETTERS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR.

AND I MAY HAVE LEFT SOMEBODY OUT, SOME OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT I MAY NOT KNOW HAVE ALREADY CORRESPONDED.

AND SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT, TOO.

BUT I THINK THAT I'M SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED THAT COMMISSIONER MORATH IS KIND OF PUSHING HIS RESPONSIBILITY OFF ON HE CALLED IT THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S WAITING ON, BUT WE NEED AN ANSWER SOON.

YES, WE DO. AND THEN THE THIRD THING WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE AND BUDGET IN THE AUDIT DISCUSSION TODAY, IS TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND FUND BALANCE AND OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY RELATED TO THAT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES OVER TO RANDY MCDOWELL, AND HE'S JUST GOING TO KIND OF TALK US THROUGH WHAT FUND BALANCE IS AND WHAT IT'S NOT.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLANO ISD PICTURE RELATED TO FUND BALANCE.

YES, THANK YOU, SARAH. SO THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF TALK ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND IT REALLY STARTED WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF BOTH OF OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEES, THE ONE IN THE HOUSE AND THE ONE IN THE SENATE WHEN THEY STARTED EYEING HOW MUCH FUND BALANCE THERE IS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S AS MUCH IN SCHOOL FUND BALANCE AS THERE IS IN THE RAINY DAY FUND.

AND SO THAT GOT SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT ALARMED.

AND SO, US, WITH OTHER SCHOOLS STARTED LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE REALLY WHAT IS FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN JUST MONEY THAT'S SET ASIDE.

IT'S MORE THAN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE'S RAINY DAY FUND.

SO WE'VE GOT A CASH FLOW HERE.

SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS AND IT'S DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT IT IS FOR PLANO ISD IS ITS CASH FLOW.

AND SO WE'RE A JUNE 30 OR JULY 1 FISCAL YEAR.

WE'RE PROPERTY WEALTHY.

WE'RE THE SECOND HOUSE RECAPTURE DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

AND SO ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF OUR IMMEDIATE TAXES GO BACK FOR RECAPTURE.

WELL, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE GIVE VERY LITTLE STATE AID AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF CASH FLOW TO GO FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR ON JULY ONE, IN THE FIRST MONTH

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THAT OUR REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY GREATER THAN OUR EXPENDITURES IS DECEMBER.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ON THE RIGHT, THE RED REPRESENTS OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THOSE ARE HIGHER ON THE TAIL END JUST DUE TO RECAPTURE.

AND THE BLUE REPRESENTS OUR REVENUE SOURCES.

AND SO WE GET VERY LITTLE REVENUES IN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, OUR TAXES DO START COMING IN IN NOVEMBER.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT TAKES ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR CASH FLOW UP TO THE POINT THAT OUR TAXES REALLY START COMING IN.

PROPERTY POOR DISTRICTS GET A LOT OF STATE FUNDING IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

THEY GET THAT FRONT LOADED.

AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT FUND BALANCE, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE A NUMBER AND SAY THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT A SCHOOL NEEDS.

ALSO, IT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR THINGS LIKE EMERGENCIES, LIKE CATASTROPHIC.

IF WE HAVE A HAIL STORM, WE HAVE TO MEET.

WE HAVE TO PAY OUR DEDUCTIBLES.

THOSE DEDUCTIBLES KEEP GOING UP, UNFORTUNATELY.

IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR BOND RATINGS.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PLANO ISD CARRIES THE HIGHEST BOND RATING FROM TWO RATING AGENCIES IS BECAUSE OF OUR FUND BALANCE AND OUR MAINTAINING THAT FUND BALANCE OVER TIME.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IN OUR FIRST RATING AND THEN ALSO OUR TAXPAYER TRANSPARENCY.

OUR TAXPAYERS LIKE TO KNOW THAT, OR I BELIEVE THEY LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESERVES. AND A BIG SPIN DOWN OF THAT I THINK WOULD BE A RED FLAG TO OUR BOND RATING AGENCIES, BUT ALSO TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GRAPH THAT ALSO SHOWS THAT SAME INFORMATION, MAYBE IT SHOWS IT BETTER, BUT AGAIN, THE BLUE REPRESENTS OUR REVENUES AND SO THERE'S REALLY THREE MONTHS THAT THOSE REVENUES ARE HIGHER.

BUT AGAIN, EXPENDITURES ARE FAIRLY STEADY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND TO JUST MORE QUANTIFY THAT, SO OUR DISTRICT ENDING FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS JUST UNDER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION.

AT THAT TIME WE HAD SIX POINT SEVEN MILLION THAT'S ASSIGNED THAT WAS FOR THINGS LIKE PURCHASE ORDERS AND ALL THINGS THAT WERE ON ORDER THAT WERE CARRIED OVER.

AND SO WE REALLY ONLY HAD AN AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE AND THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO MILLION.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BIG NUMBER AND THAT IS A BIG NUMBER.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK THERE'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO MILLION OF THAT WE NEED JUST FOR CASH FLOW, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AGAIN, THERE'S MORE TO THAT STORY.

ONE THING WE DID IN THIS LAST AUDIT THAT WE POINTED OUT IN THE AUDIT WAS THE ADMINISTRATION DID ASSIGN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE FOR THINGS LIKE TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL BUSSES, FACILITIES, CASH FLOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND SO IF OUR FUND BALANCE IS LOOKED AT IN OUR LATEST DATA, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CLEAR PICTURE OF REALLY WHAT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE LOOKS LIKE.

AND THEN YOU SEE SOME POINTS OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT.

I THINK WE'VE COVERED MOST OF THOSE.

AND AGAIN, MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOL BOARD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AND NOT THE STATE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN, YOU KNOW, ONE ILLUSTRATION THAT WE DID WITH THIS, IT WOULD BE ALMOST LIKE ASKING OUR TEACHERS IF THEY DID COME AFTER A FUND BALANCE, OK, BRING IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE WHAT YOUR SALARY IS GOING TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW FAIR IT IS TO SAY, WELL, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FUND BALANCE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOU, YOU KNOW, A LARGE AMOUNT WITHOUT LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, THESE OTHER FACTORS THAT GO IN TO TELL THE STORY OF THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FUND BALANCE. I HOPE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE COMPTROLLER YESTERDAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS PRESSURE FOR THESE THINGS BEING LOOKED AT.

YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BACK IN THE FALL, I GUESS WAS BACK LATE SUMMER, WAS ABOUT A FOUR POINT SIX DOLLARS BILLION DEFICIT FOR THE CURRENT BIENNIUM TO WRAP UP IN HIS NEWER NUMBERS, ABOUT ONE BILLION DEFICIT.

STIMULUS MONEY DID HELP THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, SALES TAXES AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE PICKED UP HIGHER THAN PROJECTED. ALSO, THE NEXT BIENNIUM BUDGET, THE REVENUES ARE PROJECTED ABOUT A SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION OVER THE CURRENT BIENNIUM.

BUT ACTUALLY, IT APPEARS TO BE BETTER THAN THAT FROM WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN BUDGET CUTS.

OF COURSE, IF PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THEN THAT ALSO HELPS THE STATE HAVE TO SEND LESS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THERE'S OTHER FACTORS.

BUT REALLY WE'RE HEARING NUMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A HALF A PERCENT OR A PERCENT REDUCTION FROM THE CURRENT BIENNIUM ONCE YOU REALLY LINE THINGS UP.

OR, OF COURSE, IT'S A PROJECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T EVEN START, YOU KNOW, FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND SO THERE'S MORE TO THAT.

BUT AT LEAST IT IS MORE OPTIMISTIC AFTER THE LATEST PROJECTIONS FROM THE COMPTROLLER.

HEY, RANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION, PART OF THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING HERE IS TO PAY FOR COVID EXPENSES.

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YES, AND I KNOW WE APPLIED FOR SOME OF THE OPERATION CONNECTIVITY.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON, ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE THAT OR WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THERE? I THINK IT WAS LIKE 983 OR SOMETHING.

SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE WHAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR AS FAR AS CONNECTION, OPERATION CONNECTIVITY.

THERE'S ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

I BELIEVE IT'S I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT NUMBERS, BUT OVER FOUR BILLION.

AND SO THE LAST [INAUDIBLE] MONEY THAT CAME TO TEXAS WAS ABOUT ONE POINT THREE BILLION.

THIS ONE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR OR FIVE.

I'VE EVEN HEARD THE NUMBER AS HIGH AS FIVE POINT THREE BILLION.

AND SO THAT COULD BRING SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF AS WELL, DEPENDING ON IF THE STATE USES THAT LIKE THEY DID ON [INAUDIBLE] TO FILL THEIR HOLE IN DISTRICT STAY NEUTRAL OR IS REALLY, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO FLOW TO DISTRICTS AS SUPPLEMENTAL MONEY.

THAT PICTURE IS NOT VERY CLEAR YET.

NANCY, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT COVID COST IS WHEN YOU BACK OUT THE OPERATION CONNECTIVITY AND THE HELP THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITY, THEN OUR COVID EXPENSES SIT SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE POINT FOUR.

BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE CAFR TODAY, TODAY'S REPORT, IF YOU LOOK IN THE SUMMARY PAGES IN THERE, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF MISSING FROM THE PICTURE ARE LOST REVENUES.

OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS ABOUT RUNNING A TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOSS.

OUR ATHLETIC YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING A LOSS.

OUR FOOD SERVICE IS RUNNING AT A LOSS.

SO PLACES WHERE WE WERE GETTING REVENUE THEY'RE GONE, LIKE THOSE STREAMS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DRIED UP.

AND SO THERE'S DIRECT COST, BUT THEN THERE'S INDIRECT COSTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO SOME SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, SO NET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRAVELING LIKE WE WERE IN OUR YOU KNOW, SO OUR BUDGETED TRAVEL IS LESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO NET THAT OUT.

BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK AT DOLLARS THAT WE'VE SPENT, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT THREE POINT FOUR MILLION UNCOVERED.

SO, RANDY, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION MORE FOR SARAH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THE FUND BALANCE AND.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO WITH HB THREE AND WE'VE GOT LAWMAKERS THAT, YOU KNOW, PASSED CERTAIN LAWS AND MADE CERTAIN DECISIONS LIKE GOING TO CURRENT YEAR VERSUS PRIOR YEAR VALUES AND MAKING CERTAIN DECISIONS, NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE PREPARING OR EDUCATING OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS? SO WHEN IT DOES COME UP, THEY CAN BE THE WISDOM IN THE ROOM AND EDUCATE THEIR COLLEAGUES ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT'S USED FOR.

AND MAYBE NOT EVERY DISTRICT USES IT THIS WAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT DO AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THOSE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION WE'RE PROVIDING OUR REPRESENTATIVES--.

THE SLIDES THAT YOU'RE SEEING THE SLIDES THAT WE SHARED WITH THEM ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND THEN CALLED IT THE DISSERTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE TEASINGLY CALLED IT, HAS A WHOLE SECTION ON FUND BALANCE.

OK, GREAT. AND I THINK EACH OF THE LEGISLATORS IN THE SESSION HAD THEIR AIDES AND THEIR ASSISTANCE AND THEIR POLICY ADVISERS WITH THEM.

AND SO THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE INFORMATION THEY WANTED TO REVIEW AND THEY WERE GOING TO ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

AND SO I THINK WE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF GETTING GIVING THEM SOME CONTENT AND SOME AMMUNITION.

CURIOUS, HAVE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS BEEN MADE? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

OK, JUST IF OUR LEGISLATORS END UP IN A COMMITTEE THAT CAN PROVIDE SOME INFLUENCE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN EQUIP THEM WITH WHAT THEY NEED.

SO, YEAH, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THIS PRESENTATION, YOU CAN CONNECT SOME DOTS IN HERE. THERE'S A HUGE RED FLAG.

WHEN YOU SAY THAT COMMISSIONER MORATH HAS SAID, I'M GOING TO LOOK TOWARDS LEADERSHIP TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO REGARDING HOLD HARMLESS.

AND YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP COMING INTO THE SESSION SAYING, HEY, THESE DISTRICTS HAVE THESE HUGE FUND BALANCES.

SO CLEARLY TO ME WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THIS IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD HARMLESS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH MONEY IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.

SO IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CODY, TO YOUR POINT THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES OR MAYBE TAMMY, YOU MADE THIS POINT THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT FUND BALANCE IS.

AND I THINK Y'ALL DID A GOOD JOB AND I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND IT.

I THINK THAT THE MEETINGS WENT VERY WELL.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE THAT THEY MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND THAT WE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF SEVEN TRUSTEES AND STAFF MONITOR EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE

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THIS SESSION IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE FLUID THAN ANY OTHER SESSION ANY OF US HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY HOLES TO FILL AND THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BUCKETS TO GATHER STUFF TO FILL THE HOLE.

AND DAVID, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THE DRUMBEATING ON IS RECAPTURE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE BEFORE HB THREE, WE WERE GOING TO PAY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE MILLION. WE WERE ALREADY PAYING THIRTY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR M&O AND THEN HB THREE CAME AND IT WENT DOWN TO ONE SIXTY SIX.

SO WE'RE AT TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT OF TAX COLLECTIONS.

WELL THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 180, SO IT'S GOING BACK UP.

IF THE HOLD HARMLESS DOESN'T GET COVERED, RECAPTURE GOES UP.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THAT'S PART OF WHAT HAPPENS AND OUR RECAPTURE'S GOING TO GO UP TO 182. COULD BE AS HIGH AS LIKE 188.

188, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TIP OVER INTO THE UP TO THE 30 PERCENT RECAPTURE MARK AGAIN.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CONCEPT, ALL THESE FINANCIAL PIECES, KIND OF HOW THEY FIT TOGETHER IN THE CONVERSATION IS WHY DO YOU NEED FUND BALANCE? BECAUSE WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST RECAPTURE DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

AND IT'S GOING TO BANKRUPT US AND WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE AS A BOARD AND AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT DAY WE SAW THE CLIFF AND HB THREE RESET THE CLOCK, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THE CLOCK. IT RESET THE CLOCK, BUT IT'S STILL TICKING.

AND SO WE'RE STILL HOLDING FUND BALANCE LIKE A LIFE RAFT FOR THE RECAPTURE DAYS THAT ARE COMING AHEAD. AND THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL COMING.

ESSENTIALLY, PLANO ISD IS NOT IN CHARGE OF OUR FINANCIAL DESTINY BECAUSE OF THE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED BY OUR LEGISLATORS.

AND THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN FROM ONE POCKET.

NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING FROM THE OTHER.

AND UNTIL THEY TRULY REALIZE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO TO SLOW OUR PATH TO THE CLIFF.

BUT IT'S STILL THERE AND IT'S OF THEIR MAKING.

AND THIS LOCALLY ELECTED BOARD.

VOTES ON HOW TO USE THE RESOURCES OF THIS DISTRICT AND YOU ALL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME HAVE SAID THIS IS THE BUDGET THE DISTRICT CAN OPERATE ON AND THIS IS THE FUND BALANCE WE WILL MAINTAIN TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE REASONS THAT WE NEED IT.

FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND BASICALLY REDUCE OUR FUND BALANCE THAT'S AN ISSUE OF LOCAL CONTROL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE MADE THAT DECISION.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS IT'S THE SECOND FORM OF RECAPTURE.

ITS RECAPTURE ON TOP OF RECAPTURE, BUT NOW IT'S RECAPTURE OF FUND BALANCE.

SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOMEONE COMING IN AND TELLING A LOCAL BOARD, I DON'T CARE IF YOU VOTED FOR THAT'S HOW YOUR BUDGET'S GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ANYWAY.

WELL, ON ANOTHER PIECE OF THE FUND BALANCE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST MEETING, THEY CHANGED THE WAY BOND ELECTIONS HAVE TO BE SEPARATED BY ITEM, CORRECT? YES. AND SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF EVERY ISSUANCE OR EVERY PROPOSITION IS, WE SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE THAT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIDN'T GET SOME OF THEIR PROPOSITIONS PASSED.

AND SO YOU NEED THAT FUND BALANCE IN CASE YOU ARE IN THE NEED OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU CAN'T GET FUNDED THROUGH THE DEBT.

WELL, NANCY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE THAT BEFORE.

THIS BOARD EXTENDED THE LAST BOND THAT WE HAD FOR AN EXTRA FOUR YEARS, CORRECT? BECAUSE WE SHIFTED COST OVER INTO FUND BALANCE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID THROUGH BOND PROCEEDS.

AND SO THIS PARTICULAR BOARD ACTUALLY HAS A HISTORY OF DOING THAT, EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUT OF NEED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY FUND BALANCE IS A NEED FOR A DISTRICT AND NOT NECESSARILY A LUXURY.

AND THE PROBLEM IS THEY, IN AUSTIN, SEE IT AS A LUXURY, WHEREAS WE, IN PLANO, SEE IT AS AN ABSOLUTE NEED.

COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON OTHER ADVOCACY EFFORTS, BUT THAT CONCLUDES THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY UPDATE. WELL, THANK YOU, SARAH, AND I THINK THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, I

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THINK THE PRESENTATIONS DID GO QUITE WELL AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS AND ALSO SHARE THE SUBTLETIES OF A NUMBER OF THESE SITUATIONS.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AND FINAL REPORT.

[10.C. Annual Announcement of Board Member Required Continuing Education]

OUR FINAL REPORT IS THE ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOARD MEMBER REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION . UNDER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE, COMPLETING REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION EACH YEAR IS A BASIC OBLIGATION EXPECTATION OF ANY SITTING BOARD MEMBER.

AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I'M REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF EACH MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, IS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

ON AUGUST THE 10TH 2020, TEXAS EDUCATION COMMISSIONER MIKE MORATH WAIVED BOARD TRAINING REQUIREMENTS UNTIL JANUARY 31, 2021.

THE SUSPENSION PERIOD PROVIDED BOARD MEMBERS ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD MAY ONE, 2019, TO APRIL 30, 2020, DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS.

ADDITIONALLY, BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALLOWED TO SEEK UNLIMITED CONTINUING EDUCATION ONLINE.

THERE ARE SEVEN TRAINING AREAS FOR BOARD MEMBER CONTINUING EDUCATION, LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TEAM BUILDING ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION, EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.

IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE, TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN.

TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OR DEFICIENCY AS TO REQUIRED TRAINING.

THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR FIRST YEAR LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION: DR. HEATHER WANG AND CODY WEAVER, ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED THIS TRAINING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF BOARD SERVICE.

THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR FIRST YEAR ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TRAINING DR.

HEATHER WANG AND CODY WEAVER.

ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED THIS TRAINING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF BOARD SERVICE.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TRAINING. ALL BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED THE ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING TRAINING FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD ON AUGUST 7TH, 2019.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIENNIAL TRAINING ON EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE BIENNIAL TRAINING ON IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING. ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING. NO BOARD MEMBERS ARE DEFICIENT IN THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING.

UNDER THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE THE FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THE FRAMEWORK IS ATTACHED IN BOARD BOOK AND A PAPER COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS TAKE THEIR TRAINING VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE'RE FORTUNATE IN PLANO TO HAVE A TRAINING BUDGET WHERE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE IN A NORMAL TRAVEL YEAR WITH BOTH STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL TRAINING.

THIS MAKES US BETTER AT OUR JOB.

AND SO I'M PLEASED THAT EVERYONE HAS A COMMITMENT TO BEING A CONTINUAL LEARNER AS WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR SKILL SO WE CAN BE BETTER TRUSTEES.

SO THANK YOU ALL. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON BOARD TRAINING? I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT I JUST WANT TO NOTE HEATHER AND JERI ARE BLOWING OUT TIER THREE WITH 87 HOURS AND 72 HOURS; THAT'S INSANE.

THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE COVID.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE SILVER LINING OF IT.

[LAUGHTER] I WAS STUCK AT HOME AND-- HEATHER, WATCH OUT, I'M GOING TO TRY AND CATCH UP WITH YOU NEXT YEAR.

WELL, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER LEADERSHIP TASB.

THAT'S A WAY TO GET A LOT OF HOURS.

[11.A. Adoption of Policy CPAB(LOCAL) Office Communications: Mail and Delivery on First and Final Reading]

ALL RIGHT, THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON POLICIES.

DR. THERESA WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT POLICY CPAB LOCAL, OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS, MAIL AND DELIVERY FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY CPAB LOCAL REFLECT THE REMOVAL OF REFERENCES TO POLICY GKD LEGAL AND LOCAL AND THE ADDED REFERENCE AND PROPOSED POLICY JKDA LOCAL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MAY HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY, CPAB LOCAL OFFICE, COMMUNICATIONS, MAIL AND DELIVERY UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY, CPAB LOCAL OFFICE, COMMUNICATIONS, MAIL AND DELIVERY UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

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SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN ZERO.

[11.B. Adoption of Policy GKDA(LOCAL) Nonschool Use of School Facilities: Distribution of Nonschool Literature on First and Final Reading]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS POLICY GKDA LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE, DR.

WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT THE POLICY FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

THIS POLICY HAS BEEN CREATED TO ADDRESS THE MANAGEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE. THE POLICY REPLACES CONTENT PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED IN JKDA LOCAL AND DEFINES THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS THE DISTRIBUTION AREA FOR NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTIES ADOPTS POLICY JKDA LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE UNDER FIRST, READING FIRST AND FINALLY READING.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, THE SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY JKDA LOCAL NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTION OF NON-SCHOOL LITERATURE UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME IN THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF OUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES WANTING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR INFORMATION OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL UPGRADE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS ELECTRONICALLY NOW SO THAT WE CAN LET ALL OF OUR FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO I'M GLAD THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BROUGHT US TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN GET TO THIS. WELL, JERI, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT.

WHAT IS THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

SO GOOD QUESTION YOU HAD.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

IS THERE A MOTION? I'M SORRY, THERE IS ALREADY.

OK, WE WILL NOW PROCEED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

I DIDN'T EAT MY COOKIE YET. I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.

LET'S SEE, THE FINAL POLICY OF THIS EVENING IS POLICY GKD LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS,

[11.C. Adoption of Policy GKD(LOCAL) Community Relations: Nonschool Use of School Facilities on First and Final Reading]

SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

DR. WILLIAMS. SO REVISION SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION TO THIS POLICY REFLECT THE REMOVAL OF POLICY LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS TO STUDENTS BY NON DISTRICT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING PARENTS OR THIRD PARTIES.

MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION IS ADDRESSED IN THIS PROPOSED POLICY GKDA LOCAL.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKD LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS, NON-SCHOOL USE SCHOOL FACILITIES UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKD LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS, NON-SCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO, THANK YOU.

THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND SO NOW WE MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 8:44 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 12TH, 2021.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.