[11.D. Approval of a Resolution of the Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees Regarding Extending Leave Provided Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act]

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGARDING EXTENDING LEAVE PROVIDED UNDER THE FAMILY'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT.

DR. WILLIAMS AND DR.

BROCKMAN WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

DR WILLIAMS. YES, THE FAMILY'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT EXPIRED DECEMBER 31ST OF 2020. SO TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE PERSONAL SICK LEAVE PROVISION OF THIS ACT UNTIL THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.

THIS EXTENSION WILL ALLOW UP TO 10 DAYS OF PERSONAL SICK LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO BECOME ILL WITH COVID-19 WITHOUT IMPACTING THEIR PERSONAL LEAVE BALANCE.

THIS RESOLUTION ALIGNS WITH OUR CULTURE OF CARING AND OUR DEDICATION TO SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES. AT THIS TIME.

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

BROCKMAN. THANK YOU.

WHILE THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT EXPIRED AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE HAVE IN CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION WITH DISTRICTS AROUND US, AS WELL AS WHAT WE FEEL IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR VERY TALENTED EMPLOYEES ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER EXTENDING THE 10 DAYS OF SICK LEAVE FOR THOSE WHO BECOME ILL WITH COVID-19.

TEACHERS OR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH LEAVE, MEANING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WITH US VERY LONG OR THEY'VE HAD OTHER IMPACTING EVENTS ON THEIR LEAVE CAN FIND THAT ILLNESS.

AN ACTUAL CASE OF COVID-19 CAN NOT ONLY WIPE OUT THEIR ENTIRE LEAVE BALANCE, BUT RESULT IN THEIR PAYCHECK BEING DOCKED FOR DAYS THAT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE GONE.

WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FOLKS THAT HAVE A POSITIVE TEST AND AND SHOW THEM THAT WE VALUE THEM SO MUCH THROUGH THIS TIME OF DIFFICULTY IN HOPES THAT THAT WILL WILL BE A DECIDING FACTOR FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO DECIDING TO STAY WITH US IN FUTURE YEARS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

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DISTRICT REGARDING EXTENDING LEAVE PROVIDED IN THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT, I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING EXTENDING LEAVE PROVIDED UNDER THE FAMILY'S FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND AFFIRMATION TO THE HARD WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO US THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT AFFIRMATION FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

SO THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

SIX RAISED HANDS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. OUR FINAL ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION IS THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD

[11.E. Approval of Board Operating Protocol Section Revisions]

OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTION REVISIONS AS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION ON JANUARY THE 12TH, 2021.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE FOLLOWING OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTIONS, PREFACE COMMUNICATION TO BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AND BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD POLICIES SUBCOMMITTEE AND PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON JANUARY 12, 2021.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

HEATHER WANG, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL SECTIONS, PREFACE COMMUNICATION TO BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD POLICIES SUBCOMMITTEE AND PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION ON JANUARY THE 12TH, 2021. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

SIX RAISED HANDS IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.

IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

[12. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT (TAPR)]

THE BOARD WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2019 2020 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, TAPR. DR.

DASH WEERASINGHE, SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION.

AND AFTERWARDS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS TOPIC.

DR. WEERASINGHE.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

BOARD PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

AS GET MY NOTES READY.

THE ANNUAL TAPR REPORT IS REQUIRED BY TEA, AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PUBLIC GETS TO GIVE COMMENTS.

AND IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING, AS YOU MENTIONED.

THEY'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END.

THE TAPR REPORT. TEXAS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT IN THE LONG VERSION IS USED BY THE TEA IN THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

THE COMPREHENSIVE TAPR REPORT PROVIDES DETAILS OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WITH FINANCIAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION ON STAFF, PROGRAMS AND DEMOGRAPHICS.

THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A HEARING FOR PUBLIC AT THE ANNUAL, WHEN IT IS PRESENTED.

SO WHAT IS NORMALLY IN A TAPR REPORT? WELL, MOST PROBABLY FIRST THING THAT CAME TO YOUR MIND WAS THERE WAS NO [INAUDIBLE] LAST YEAR. SO THE BYLAW COMMISSIONER WAS HAD THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT HE HAD TO DECLARE WHAT THE EMERGENCY UNDER.

AND SO THE DISTRICT AND THE 71 CAMPUSES OFFICIAL RATING WE GOT IS NOT RATED DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER.

JUST AS THERE WERE 71 CAMPUSES AND THAT INCLUDES THE FOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES THAT INHERITS THE SAME RATING AS THE DISTRICT.

THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION STATUS IS MEETS REQUIREMENT.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW REGARDING HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND WE MET ALL THOSE CRITERIA AND ACCREDITATION

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STATUS OFFICIALLY IS PLANO ISD [INAUDIBLE] AS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE WAS NO STAAR LAST YEAR.

SO WHAT DID THE STATE DO? SO IN THE STAAR SECTION IS ALMOST HALF OF THE REPORT ON THE TAPR, SO IT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE STAAR PERFORMANCE PROGRESS.

AND IT WILL ALSO REPORT ON PRIOR YEAR AND FAILURES AND STUDENT SUCCESS INFORMATION THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADE FIVE AND GRADE EIGHT IS A SUCCESS INITIATIVE AND IT WILL HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR BILINGUAL ESL STUDENTS AND ALSO PARTICIPATION RATES.

SO WHAT TEA DID THIS YEAR WAS THEY REPEATED THE 2019 DATA IN THE CURRENT TAPR REPORT FOR EVERY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO. SO YOU HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU READ THE REPORT FOR OUR ESPECIALLY OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THERE'S A MIX OF 2019 REPEAT DATA AND MOST OF THE COLLEGE READINESS MEASURES ARE NEW.

THAT IS FROM THE MOST CURRENT YEAR.

THE THERE ARE PARTS THAT ARE NEW THAT IS NOT REPEAT FROM LAST YEAR, THAT'S THE ATTENDANCE, GRADUATION AND DROPOUT RATES AND GRADUATION PROFILE SECTION IS NEW, COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS DATA IS NEW, CCMR RELATED INDICATORS FOR PERFORMANCE BONUSES, CCMR BONUSES IS NEW AND ALL THE POSTSECONDARY INDICATORS.

POSTSECONDARY INDICATORS SAT, ACT, AP AND IB DATA.

THEY ARE NEW. THE WAY TEA REPORTS THIS DATA IS THEY FOLLOW A GRADUATING COHORT IN MOST OF THESE INDICATORS. SO THE INFORMATION ON THE 2020 TAPR REPORT ARE THE DATA FOR THE 2019 GRADUATING COHORT.

SO EVEN HERE, THAT'S A KIND OF A MIX OF 2019 DATA FOR GRADUATED RELATED MEASURES AND CCMR AND SOME OF THE ATTENDANCE AND DROPOUT RATES ARE ALSO LAST YEAR AND THE MOST CURRENT YEAR. THAT WILL BE THE 2020 GRADUATION RATES.

SO WHAT ELSE IS IN THE TAPR REPORT? NOW, THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I MEAN, WE MOST PROBABLY HAVE GONE OVER MOST OF THIS STUFF THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATIONS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS FOR THE DISTRICT IS HERE.

CLASS SIZE INFORMATION, WHAT [INAUDIBLE] CLASS SIZES, THE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS IN THE ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.

PROGRAM INFORMATIONS.

OUR PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL ED, BILINGUAL, ESL, TITLE ONE AT RISK PROGRAMS, STAFF INFORMATION BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS, TAX INFORMATION FOR THE DISTRICT. IT IS NOT IN THE TAPR REPORT ITSELF, BUT THEY PROVIDE LINKS IN THE TAPR REPORT WHERE YOU CAN CLICK AND GO INTO THE TAX INFORMATION SECTION.

AND SO IS FUND BALANCE INFORMATION AND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE INFORMATION.

NOW, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER REPORTS IN THE PAST [INAUDIBLE] PRIOR MEETING. ONE THING THAT IS VERY UNIQUE IN THE TAPR REPORT IS I KIND OF HONESTLY, THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO TEA.

IT IS PART OF THE REQUIRED PARTS OF THE TAPR REPORT.

TEA TRACKS PLANO ISD GRADUATES.

ENROLLMENT AND AND PERFORMANCE IN TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD.

AND THEY AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT HOW DISTRICT STUDENTS PERFORM IN [INAUDIBLE] TWO YEAR AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGES IN TEXAS.

SO THIS IS AT ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS OF 17-18 WAS TRACKED TO A TWO OR FOUR YEAR COLLEGE IN TEXAS.

NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONLY 60 PERCENT WENT TO COLLEGE.

I GET ASKED THIS QUESTION.

THIS IS THOSE THAT WENT TO PUBLIC COLLEGES IN TEXAS, WHERE TEA TEXAS COULD COLLECT THE DATA AND ABOUT 56 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS EARNED A GPA OF THREE POINT OR HIGHER IN THESE TWO OR FOUR YEAR COLLEGES, AND 78 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS EARNED A GPA OF 2.0 OR HIGHER.

IF YOU ADD ALL THESE COLUMNS UP AND DIVIDE BY, YOU GET THOSE PERCENTAGES.

SO I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS RATE ON THESE TWO AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGES.

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DASH I JUST WANT TO INTERRUPT. WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS IN THE PRE READ, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. LIKE, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH I MEAN, DO WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH ANY OTHER, LIKE, DISTRICTS? I MEAN, THIS IS THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THIS IS WE HAVE, TEA RELEASES A REPORT THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LISTED.

IF YOU WANT, WE CAN I CAN SHARE THAT REPORT.

YEAH. IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE.

I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS MY SON'S CLASS NOW.

HE'S NOT IN THIS DATA BECAUSE HE'S OUT OF STATE THAT I'M LIKE, DANG, THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. YEAH.

WELL, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FROM TWO PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO ME WHO RECENTLY EITHER WERE IN COLLEGE OR ARE CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE, THAT PLANO ISD PREPARES YOU FOR COLLEGE BETTER THAN THEIR COLLEGE CLASSMATES HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THEIR SCHOOLS.

IN FACT, MY DAUGHTERS, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT WATCHING THIS, MY DAUGHTER'S ROOMMATE IS WAS NOT PLANO, WHO IS NOT A PLANO, ONE OF HER ROOMMATES, IS NOT A PLANO PERSON, AND SHE IS NOT FINDING THE SAME SUCCESS THAT MY DAUGHTER AND HER ARE THIRD ROOMMATE, WHO IS ALSO A PLANO GRADUATE ARE BOTH HAVING.

SO WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF PREPARING THESE KIDS FOR COLLEGE.

I CAN ECHO THAT I HAD TWO GRADUATES TOO AND ONE SAID, IF IT WAS THIS IS IF I WOULD HAVE STUDIED HARDER IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, BUT.

THE SO WHAT ARE THE ADDITIONAL REPORTS I MENTIONED? SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUBLICLY POST THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT THE DISTRICT USES TO PROTECT STUDENTS. AND THIS IS ON THE LINK PROVIDED.

SO THIS IS COMING FROM THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST ALL THE [INAUDIBLE] INCIDENTS IN EACH CAMPUS.

SO THERE IS A REPORT IN THIS LINK WE HAVE CAMPUS BY CAMPUS, ALL DISCIPLINARY REFERRALS ARE, INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED, AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS ALSO AND THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE REPORTED.

NOW I THINK I HAVE DONE THIS FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND I DID REALIZE.

HAVE I EVER SHOWED YOU THE WEBSITE, AND MOST PROBABLY THE ANSWER WAS NO.

SO I WAS I'M GOING TO DO IT TODAY.

THE SO IT IS HOPEFULLY IT IS EASY TO CLICK.

IT'S CALLED PISD.EDU/ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU CAN GO THERE.

AND THERE ARE DISTRICT REPORTS AND WE HAVE LIKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF TAPR REPORTS, ALL THE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS GOING BACK TO 2014.

TAPR REPORTS.

AND UNDER EACH ONE LIKE THIS IS THE LATEST POSTING HERE.

THE GUIDELINES, A GLOSSARY.

DISCIPLINE REPORTS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORTS FOR PLANO GRADUATES.

THAT'S THE ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE GPA.

AND ALL THE PRIOR ONES ARE ALSO LISTED GOING BACK TO 2014-15.

AND THEN UNDER CAMPUS REPORT ON THE TOP LEFT.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THERE AND YOU CAN GO TO ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY AND IF YOU CLICK HERE, IT'LL GIVE YOU. LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FOUR YEARS OF ALL THEIR REPORTS AND INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN GET A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF MULTIPLE YEARS OF HISTORY ON WHAT OUR PLANS ARE.

SO THAT'S THE ONE PIECE OF IT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND STAFF.

WELL, YOU MOST PROBABLY HEARD ON TV THE COMMISSIONER AND THE GOVERNOR SPEAKING ABOUT STAAR. WELL, STAAR IS ON AND WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF GIVING THE STAAR ONLINE FOR EVERY STUDENT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THAT IS MOST PROBABLY IT'S AN OPTION THAT WE WILL MAKE USE OF JUST WHAT IS STAAR ONLINE. TAKE IT STUDENTS TAKING IT ONLINE.

THE STAAR ONLINE VERSION OF STAAR HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST FOUR OR FOUR YEARS.

MOST STUDENTS THAT RECEIVE SOME VERSION OF ACCOMMODATION, SO QUITE A BIT OF OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS THAT RECEIVE LANGUAGE SUPPORT AND ALSO SOME STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE CONTENT SUPPORT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING STAAR ONLINE FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS TO VARIOUS DEGREES.

NOW, FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, IF A STUDENT HAS TO TAKE STAAR, FOR EXAMPLE, AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, AND IN THE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, WE GAVE A BILINGUAL DICTIONARY TO THAT

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KID. WELL, NOW IT IS VERY DIFFERENT NOW WHEN THE ITEMS AND THE TEST [INAUDIBLE] IF A STUDENT DOESN'T KNOW THE MEANING OF THAT WORD IN ENGLISH, THEY CAN CLICK ON IT AND IT'LL GIVE YOU A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT WORD IS OR EVEN EVEN A TRANSLATION.

SO THAT'S HOW MOST OF A LOT OF OUR BILINGUAL ESL STUDENTS AND SPECIAL ED STUDENTS WHO NEEDED ACCOMMODATIONS TOOK THE TEST.

WELL, THIS YEAR, TEA HAS EXPANDED IT TO EVERY STUDENT AND [INAUDIBLE] WHEN WE EVENTUALLY GIVES TIME, WE MOST PROBABLY WILL MAKE USE OF THAT ACCOMMODATION WITH COVID, THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING. AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO KNOW MATERIAL HANDLING.

I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT A PALLET SIZE IS.

WE GET ELEVEN PALLETS OF MATERIAL FROM TEA AND EACH ONE HAS ABOUT 30 TO 50 BOXES OF PAPER BOXES. SO WE THOUGHT THE OPTION WAS PROBABLY OF ONLINE, MAYBE COVID FRIENDLY TO SOME DEGREE, SO THAT MOST PROBABLY WE WILL MAKE USE OF THAT THOSE OPTIONS IN SPRING.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED OBVIOUSLY TO FACE TO FACE STUDENTS.

WE ARE WE HAD TO MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT TO TO TRY TO ADMINISTER THE TEST TO THE STUDENT, AS WELL AS GIVE THEM MAKEUPS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE REMOTE TESTERS, SCHOOL AT HOME STUDENTS, TEA'S GUIDANCE WAS WE HAD TO MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT TO BRING THEM TO SCHOOL AND GIVE THE TEST. THE ONLY OPTION IS PRETTY MUCH GIVE A FACE TO FACE TEST PROCTORED BY A PISD TEACHER. WE NOW WE DO HAVE OPTIONS TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE GIVE A LARGE GROUP LIKE IN [INAUDIBLE] TEA RECOMMENDS TESTING IN HOTELS.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT WE WILL PLAN IS TO BRING MORE STUDENTS, DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO BRING THE REMOTE KIDS IN SCHOOL AND TEST THEM FACE TO FACE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.

SO YOU MOST PROBABLY HEARD THAT WHEN TEA ANNOUNCED COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WON'T BE ACCOUNTABILITY THIS YEAR.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS CAVEATS TO THAT STATEMENT.

SO WHAT IS NOT THERE AND WHAT IS THERE REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY? ALMOST ALL NUMBERS THAT'S GOING TO BE CRUNCHED.

TEA IS GOING TO. COMPUTE ALL THOSE NUMBERS FOR DOMAIN ONE, TWO AND THREE.

AND ONLY THING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO IS CONVERT THAT NUMBER TO A 0 TO 100 SCALE SCORE AND PUT A LETTER GRADE ON IT.

SO THEY AREN'T GOING TO PUT A LETTER GRADE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SAY PUT THAT SCORE TO SAY 92 IS AN A, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUBLISH THAT 92, BUT EVERYTHING UP TO THAT POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO COMPUTE AND PUBLICLY POSTED IN AUGUST.

OK, SO ANYBODY WHO HAS THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL.

THAT WILL INCLUDE DALLAS MORNING NEWS COMMUNITY IMPACT, ANY NEWSPAPER.

ANYBODY WHO IS AWARE OF IT CAN TECHNICALLY TAKE THAT DOMAIN 1 SCORE, GO TO A LOOK UP TABLE AND SAY 67 TRANSLATES TO A 90 IF ANYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

OK, SO TEA OFFICIALLY IS NOT PRINTING THE A, BUT THERE'LL BE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL OFFICIALLY BE UNOFFICIALLY PRINTING THAT A.

SO THAT'S THAT IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THERE WAS OTHER PIECES OF IT ON ACCELERATED TESTERS.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PLANO.

ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS TAKE ALGEBRA ONE IN EIGHTH GRADE OR SOME OF THEM IN SIXTH AND SEVENTH TOO. THESE STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE A MATH ASSESSMENT IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12.

SO. AND THIS WAS NOT.

SO [INAUDIBLE] REQUIRES A MATH ASSESSMENT IN NINE THROUGH 12.

SO THE TEA'S SOLUTION IS STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE A MATH ASSESSMENT, THOSE WHO TESTED IN ALGEBRA ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHO DO NOT HAVE A MATH ASSESSMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE GOING TO USE THE S.A.T.

AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ALGEBRA ONE ALL ACT.

AND THAT USING THE SAT OR ACT, THEY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE STUDENTS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, MEET'S LEVEL OR APPROACHING LEVEL AND WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE INTO THE BIG BOX OF TEST SCORES AND A ATTRIBUTE THOSE SCORES TO THE 12TH GRADE CAMPUS.

SO THIS WILL BE GREATLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR 12TH GRADE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THESE ARE KIDS WHO

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ARE PERFORMING VERY HIGH.

SO MOST OF THESE STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE MEETS OR MASTERS LEVEL.

AND NOW IF THEY TOOK ALGEBRA ONE, THEY WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE 9-10 CAMPUS.

BUT THIS IS A UNIQUE PLANO ISSUE AND THE OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE THIS COMBINATION.

SO THIS IS THIS WILL BE GREAT NEWS FOR OUR SENIOR HIGH CAMPUSES AND THE ACADEMY, AS WELL AS FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

IF I DID A ROUGH COMPUTATION ON THIS, WE MOST PROBABLY WILL.

OUR SENIOR HIGHS MOST PROBABLY WILL GET THE DOMAIN ONE WILL INCREASE THEIR DOMAIN TWO A RELATIVE 2 B, RELATIVE PERFORMANCE WILL INCREASE.

AND RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES ARE LIKE AN 89.

THERE WERE AN 89, 88.

SO THEY MAY GET INTO THE 90S.

THE SOME REAL TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS.

THIS IS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

WE IN DOMAIN THREE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAILS INTO DOMAIN THREE, WHICH IS THE [INAUDIBLE] COMPONENTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

LAST YEAR WE WE DIDN'T PLANO, FOR EXAMPLE, DIDN'T DO VERY WELL ON THE GRADUATION COMPONENT, EVEN THOUGH OUR GRADUATION WAS LIKE 96, 97 PERCENT, BECAUSE THERE WAS A RULE IN THERE THAT SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW HIGH IT HAS TO INCREASE BY POINT ONE PERCENT EVERY YEAR. SO WELL, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, SO TEA GOT A WAIVER FROM IN THE AMENDMENT FROM [INAUDIBLE] THAT SAID IF YOU GET TO 94 PERCENT, YOU ARE KIND OF YOU ARE GOING TO GET FULL CREDIT FOR DOMAIN THREE.

AND IF YOU ARE BETWEEN NINETY AND NINETY FOUR PERCENT, YOU HAD TO INCREASE POINT ONE PERCENT UNTIL YOU REACH 94.

AND IF YOU ARE BELOW 90 PERCENT, YOU HAD TO REDUCE THE GAP TO THE LONG TERM TARGET BY 10 PERCENT. SO THIS WILL BE A HAVE ALSO A VERY LARGE IMPACT FOR OUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE DISTRICT. SO THAT'S KIND OF A QUICK WRAP UP OF THE SOME OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES AND TO REMIND YOU, AGAIN, OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION ON THE STAAR AND ON THE ADMINISTRATION? BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ONLINE.

RIGHT. BUT THEN I THINK I ALSO HEARD YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING OUR REMOTE LEARNERS IN. SO THEY ARE WE BRINGING OUR REMOTE LEARNERS IN TO DO AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE TEST.

OK. YEAH.

SO, OK, SO NOW MY NEXT QUESTION IS.

LET ME BACK UP, AM I SUPPOSED TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

YES, AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OK, VERY GOOD. [LAUGHTER] SO MY NEXT QUESTION, I PERSONALLY SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO DO BETTER ON THIS ON AN ONLINE VERSION THEN VERSUS SITTING DOWN WITH A PIECE OF PAPER, BECAUSE THESE KIDS, THAT'S HOW THEY DO EVERYTHING THESE DAYS.

AND SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE IF THAT IF MY THEORY FOLLOWS THROUGH.

SO I'D LIKE FOR US WHEN WE ANALYZE THE DATA TO THINK TO SEE IF THERE ARE BUMPS AND IF THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THREE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT MAKING AS A PERMANENT CHANGE? I GOT TO SEE.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE COVID SITUATION TO BE A PERMANENT CHANGE THAT THEY'LL START TESTING ONLINE GOING FORWARD.

RIGHT. IS THAT THE PLAN ALREADY IN MOTION? OK. THAT IS THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT TO TEA TO PLAN FOR A COMPLETE ONLINE TESTING BY 23-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PAPER TESTING BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO TEST ON PAPER, BUT TEA ALSO RELEASED A REPORT THAT THEY COMMISSIONEED THROUGH TEXAS A&M ON THE READINESS OF DISTRICTS TO TEST ON COMPLETELY ONLINE.

AND THAT WAS, I THINK, A VERY POSITIVE REPORT TO GO COMPLETELY ONLINE.

WELL, I MEAN, MY COMPLETELY UNSCIENTIFIC THEORY HERE IS THAT IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS WHO, YOU KNOW, WITH ACCOMMODATIONS WHO ARE ABLE TO HOVER OVER WHERE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND SEE A REPRESENTATION TO MAKE THEM TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BENEFIT FROM THE EXACT SAME FROM THE SAME TOOL.

AND SO I THINK YOU MIGHT SEE SOME VERY MINOR INCREASES THERE.

BUT IT MAY I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, LET ME JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING IF I DIDN'T STATE IT VERY CLEARLY.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS YOU NEED TO QUALIFY FOR IT.

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NOT EVERY STUDENTS, EVEN IF THEY TAKE IT ONLINE, NOT EVERY STUDENT WILL GET THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS. SO THAT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF THE ONLINE PRESENTATION OF THE TEST.

UNLESS THE STUDENT NEEDS IT.

CORRECT. UNLESS THERE'S A.

I MEAN, SO WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THAT'S JUST NOT A FUNCTION OF THE TEST THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO 100 PERCENT OF STUDENTS.

IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH ACCOMMODATIONS.

SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO ONE BY ONE ENABLE SAYING JIM NEEDS THE ACCOMMODATIONS BUT JANE DOESN'T.

FORGET MY THEORY.

WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY BLOWN UP, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I'D BE INTERESTED IN THE WE TEST THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST.

DASH THERE ARE SOME TOOLS ON EVERY TEST, LIKE THE DICTIONARY, THE CALCULATOR.

THERE ARE SOME ONLINE TOOLS, THE HIGHLIGHTER.

HIGHLIGHTER THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERY CHILD.

IT'S THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT ARE TECHNICALLY ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE SEPARATE.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WITH OUR MATH TESTING TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, THESE STUDENTS ON THE COMPUTER ALREADY, IT SHOULD BE, I THINK YOU MAYBE DIFFERENT RATIONALE.

BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, DAVID, THAT THE KIDS, OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO DO REALLY WELL.

WELL, I KIND OF AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DAVID, BECAUSE TO HAVE A DICTIONARY SITTING ON A TABLE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO RATHER THAN JUST CLICKING AND HOVERING AND SEEING THE DEFINITION, THEY ARE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY TO LOOK AT THAT DEFINITION AND USE THAT TOOL MORE LIKELY BECAUSE IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE TEST.

IT'S NOT A PIECE OF PAPER OR A BOOK.

SO DASH, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN WHO ARE DOING SCHOOL AT HOME TO COME AND TAKE THE TEST, IF THEIR PARENTS REFUSE, THEN WHAT? THEN THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED ABSENT.

WE ARE THE TEA GAVE US A SPECIAL CODE TO MARK THEM.

AND THEIR RESULTS WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THIS IN ALL OUR REPORTS AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO REGARDING ACCOUNTABILITY, ONLY THING THAT WE MAY SEE AN IMPACT IS THAT THERE'S A FEDERALLY REQUIRED PARTICIPATION RATE AND THAT'S WHY TEAS ASKING US TO USE A SPECIAL CODE FOR THESE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN ASK FOR A WAIVER FROM THE 95 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE THAT IS PART OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

DID THEY, THEY ALREADY APPLIED FOR THAT WAIVER.

THEY ALREADY APPLIED FOR THAT WAIVER, YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT? SINCE THERE ARE NONE.

THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS, OUR FIRST REPORT IS A COLLEGE CAREER AND

[13.A. College Career Military Readiness (CCMR) Dashboard Update]

MILITARY READINESS CCMR UPDATE.

DR. KATRINA HASLEY WILL INTRODUCE THIS UPDATE.

DR. HASLEY. YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS REPORT TO YOU.

TWO OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE PRESENTING.

WE'LL START WITH DR. RHONDA DAVIS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND CCMR, SHE'LL START WITH A LITTLE REVIEW OF WHAT CCMR COMPONENTS ARE AND THEN TELL YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR STRATEGIES WE PUT IN PLACE THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ADVISOR, STACY SINGLETON, AND HE WILL WRAP UP BY SHOWING YOU OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THE NEW CCMR DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

DR. DAVIS. WELL, GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT RICHARDS, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND CABINET.

WE'RE VERY PLEASED TONIGHT TO COME BACK TO YOU AFTER TWO OR THREE MONTHS, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT PILLAR TWO, AND SO WE'VE DONE SOME UPDATES IN THAT TIME AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING YOU SOME INFORMATION ON CCMR PROGRESS, AS WELL AS A DEMONSTRATION OF OUR NEW DASHBOARD FOR CCMR IN [INAUDIBLE].

YOU SAW THIS SLIDE THREE MONTHS AGO, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN, AS A REMINDER, THE CCMR SYSTEM, THAT WAS A LATE LAUGH, WHOEVER THE LAST ONE WAS.

OK, AS A REMINDER, THE CCMR SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE STATE HAS TWO BROAD PATHWAYS.

THERE'S THE COLLEGE READINESS PATHWAY IN THE CAREER READINESS PATHWAY AS WELL.

YOU SAW THIS SLIDE ALSO, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, WHICH WE SHOWED THIS AGAIN IN OUR PILLAR TWO PRESENTATION AND THOUGH THE COHERENT SEQUENCE, THE ONE IN BLUE W

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ILL NO LONGER BE AN INDICATOR, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM SUBMITTED NEW COURSES THAT WILL REPLACE SOME OF OUR LOCAL CREDIT COURSES, AS WELL AS OUR [INAUDIBLE] COURSES, AND BETTER ALIGN TO MEANINGFUL CURRICULUM AS WE LOOK AT POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR STUDENTS.

THESE EIGHT CLASSES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EVIDENCE WITH EMPLOYABILITY AND SELF-HELP SKILLS ON THE MAROON INDICATOR IN THE CHART ABOVE.

AND I'VE GOT THE COURSES LISTED FOR YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE ELECTIVE OPTION COURSES NOW AVAILABLE TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THESE CLASSES CONTRIBUTE TO EVIDENCE FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING UNDER THE 04, 05, 54 OR 55 PLANS WITH EMPLOYABILITY AND SELF-HELP SKILLS.

NEXT, YOU ALSO SAW THIS SLIDE, BUT THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT WE HAD FOR OUR STRATEGIES TO INCREASE CCMR. WE HAVE UPDATES FOR THE TWO THAT ARE IN BLUE TONIGHT.

FIRST, THE TSIA.

I KNOW IT'S LISTED SECOND OF THE BLUE, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT FIRST, WHICH IS THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT PLAN HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT AND OUR CAMPUSES HAVE REALLY CHAMPIONED IT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE TAKEN ON AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR KIDS. EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE DESIGNATED ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NOW AS A CCMR ADMINISTRATOR.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A TSIA TESTING SITE COORDINATOR FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL.

HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGH'S.

THE SITE COORDINATORS RECEIVED TRAINING IN DECEMBER.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGHS ARE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THIS.

EACH CAMPUS HAS PROVIDED US WITH THEIR SPRING TESTING DATES AND HAVE AT LEAST THREE CAMPUS EMPLOYEES SERVING AS TEST ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.

MY TEAM'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS NEW INITIATIVE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ROLL SOMETHING OUT NEW, YOU DON'T. ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR LIKE THIS, YOU WANT TO DO AS MUCH WORK ON THE FRONT END AS YOU CAN AND JUST GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE TEST ADMINISTRATORS.

SO MY TEAM, STACY SINGLETON AND AMY BATES, HAVE DEVELOPED A GOOGLE FORM FOR STUDENTS REGISTRATION AND TESTING DATE SIGN UPS THROUGH SIGN UP GENIUS, GETTING STUDENT VOUCHERS TO THE SITE, COORDINATORS PROVIDING FLOWCHARTS TO COUNSELORS WITH REGISTRATION QR CODES, VIRTUAL TESTING AND PRACTICE TESTING, SCHEDULING, SITE MANAGER TRAINING AND PROCTOR TRAINING AND PROVIDING ALL OF THE LINKS FOR THOSE MEETING WITH THEM ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO ENSURE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE PROCESSES MANAGING TIMESHEETS FOR SITE MANAGERS AND PROCTER'S AND CREATING THE CHECKLIST AND THE SCRIPTS FOR TESTING DAY. BECAUSE COLLEGE BOARD DOESN'T JUST PROVIDE A HERE'S A TESTING SCRIPT FOR YOU.

THEY'RE GREAT IN CASE ANYONE IS WATCHING, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, IS JUST KIND OF LEFT UP TO TO YOUR DISTRICT TO MANAGE THAT.

SO THE SECOND UPDATE.

IS THAT WE NOW HAVE A CCMR TRACKER.

DASH, THE [INAUDIBLE] TEAM, STACY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. IT BECAME FUNCTIONAL IN EARLY JANUARY AND IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT IN PHASES.

AND STACY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PHASES.

WE HAVE DONE AN INTRODUCTORY SESSION FOR OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS JUST LAST WEEK ON HOW TO USE IT FOR CCMR. AND WE WILL ALSO ALSO OFFER HELP SESSIONS BEGINNING THIS MONTH FOR CAMPUSES AND DISTRICT STAFF FOR THOSE WHO NEED MORE ASSISTANCE WITH DRILLING DEEPLY INTO THE DATA.

NOW, I'M GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO STACY SINGLETON.

AS MY WONDERFUL BOSS TOLD YOU, HE IS OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ADVISOR, AND HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES OF [INAUDIBLE] FOR CCMR. AND SO HE'S HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR STAFF.

AND THOUGH HE'S A RAZORBACK, HE IS DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

AND.

OF COURSE.

THAT'S NOT IN MY NOTES.

I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT. SO ANYWAY, STACY SINGLETON.

THANK YOU, DR. DAVIS, FOR THAT LOVELY INTRODUCTION, I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

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GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLOUT.

AMY BATES, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO OFFER THE TSI ASSESSMENT AT ALL SENIOR HIGH'S ACADEMY AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

BETWEEN THE 10 CAMPUSES WE'LL BE OFFERING 30 PLUS TEST.

ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE TSIA.

TESTS WILL OCCUR ON MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS TO ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS SCHEDULES OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS. STUDENTS WHO WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE EXAM WILL BE PRIMARILY OUR SENIORS AND OUR SOPHOMORES.

OUR SENIORS WE ARE TARGETING ARE THOSE WHO ARE COLLEGE BOUND AND HAVE NOT MET TSI REQUIREMENTS. WE WANT TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER COLLEGE WITHOUT NEEDING TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TSI MET.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEWLY ENROLLED DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS WILL BE CURRENT SOPHOMORES, COST FOR THE EXAM FOR OUR STUDENTS WILL BE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE TSI INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOUND ON OUR PLANO ISD COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS WEBSITE.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF TOUR OF THAT PAGE RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS IS OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS WEBSITE.

IT GIVES BASIC INFORMATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COLLEGE READY.

IT PROVIDES SPECIFIC SAT, ACT AND TSIA SCORES THAT STUDENTS MUST MEET IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED COLLEGE READY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROVIDE ARTICLES RELATED TO COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

THERE'S A FANTASTIC ARTICLE THERE ON KHAN ACADEMY AND THE USAGE OF KHAN ACADEMY AND HOW IT CAN INCREASE STUDENT SCORES ON THEIR SAT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE PAGE FOR COLLEGE READY TEST PREP.

THESE ARE FREE TEST PREPARATION OPTIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FOR THE SAT, ACT AND TSIA.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, OUR CAMPUSES ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO EDGENUITY.

SO WITH EDGENUITY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MATT SIPES TO UTILIZE EDGENUITY FOR SAT, ACT, TSIA, PSAT AS WELL AS ASVAB.

SO STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELF ENROLL INTO EDGENUITY AND PREPARE FOR THESE TESTS PRIOR TO TAKING THESE EXAMS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH MATT AND HIS TEAM TO ROLL THAT OUT AS WELL.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE OUR TSI RESOURCES PAGE.

THIS PAGE IS REALLY A Q&A PAGE FOR PARENTS AND FOR STUDENTS.

IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS TSI, THEY CAN CLICK ON OUR TSI INFORMATION HERE AND IT WILL AND IT WILL PROVIDE THEM INFORMATION ON TIS IF THEY WERE CURIOUS WHAT IT WAS GOING TO COST.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR STUDENTS.

FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A FEE WAIVER FOR THAT. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE OUR TSI TESTING SITES AND DATES LOCATED ON OUR WEB SITE, SO IF A STUDENT AT SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS WONDERING WHEN THEY COULD TAKE THEIR TEST, THEY CAN CLICK ON THEIR TAB, FIND OUT THE DATES AND TIMES FOR THEIR TEST.

COUNSELORS HAVE ALL THE TEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

THEY HAVE LINKS TO NOT ONLY THE REGISTRATION, BUT AS WELL, BUT THE TEST PREPARATION AS WELL. SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT.

CAN I STOP YOU RIGHT THERE? YES, SIR, BECAUSE I CAN BARELY SEE THAT I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES TONIGHT.

I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING.

SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THAT SAYS IS THAT SHEPTON HAS LIKE FOUR TESTING TIMES IN THE MARCH, APRIL TIME FRAME.

AND SO IS THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TEST THESE, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THESE SOPHOMORES OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE THE TEST ON CAMPUS PRIOR TO JUNIOR YEAR STARTING WHEN THEY'RE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS WOULD HAVE STARTED.

CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

AS THE FATHER OF KIDS WHO RAN ALL OVER COLLIN COUNTY TO TRY AND TAKE THIS THING, I APPRECIATE THIS GREATLY.

WELL, AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY NEXT MY NEXT THING.

ONE OF THE MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF US ADMINISTERING THE TSIA IN-HOUSE IS THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE THIS TSIA, A DATA FOR OUR STUDENTS.

PREVIOUSLY, WHEN A STUDENT WAS RUNNING AROUND TO COLLIN COLLEGE OR TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO TAKE THIS EXAM FOR DUAL CREDIT PURPOSES OR FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE, WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE THEIR SCORES FOR FERPA .

SO UP UNTIL NOW, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRACK THIS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

SO I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHENEVER WE GET INTO OUR EDGERTON'S TRACKER AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR DATA AND WHAT WE CAN TRACK.

SO, STACY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT SLIDE OR THAT WEBSITE.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY SIGN UP AND REGISTER FOR THE TEST ONLINE, OR DO THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEIR COUNSELOR AND GET A PIECE OF PAPER? THEY GO TO THEIR COUNSELOR. THE COUNSELOR IS ALSO PROVIDED OUT.

THEY'VE DONE CALL OUTS THROUGH THE CAMPUSES.

THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT MAINLY THEY'RE BEING TARGETED DURING LIKE SOPHOMORE CONFERENCES.

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WHENEVER THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR COURSES.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN UP FOR DUAL CREDIT COURSES, THE COUNSELORS PROVIDE THEM THE REGISTRATION LINKS. AT THAT TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A DUAL CREDIT COURSE.

YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE TSIA.

SO HERE IS THE LINK FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO DO THE PRE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY.

THIS IS THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE FOR THAT.

LET'S GET RID OF THE PAPER AT SOME POINT.

I WANT PARENTS NOT TO HAVE TO NAG THEIR CHILD TO GO TO AN OFFICE AND PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER. OH, I COMPLETELY AGREE.

THERE'S QR CODES THAT ARE THERE FOR THEM TO SCAN AND FOR THEM TO LOG TO GET TO THE REGISTRATION. YES, MA'AM.

BUT EVEN HAVING TO GO TO A PLACE TO DO THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR KIDS WHO HAVE BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON OUR BIG CAMPUSES.

AND SO I DON'T SEE HOW THAT ADDS MUCH VALUE HAVING TO GO TO A PLACE.

OK. YES, MA'AM.

SO, STACY, ON THAT PAGE HERE, IT SAYS, IN SOME CASES, YOUR SAT OR ACT SCORES MAY QUALIFY YOU.

TSI I KNOW IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT.

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHEN IT IS WHEN THOSE SCORES WILL EXEMPT YOU FROM THE TSI? SO FOR EXEMPTION FROM TSI, IF THEY'VE TAKEN THE ACT OR SAT AND THEY'VE MET THOSE COLLEGE READY SCORES, THEN THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE TSI.

BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE SAT AND ACT AS SOPHOMORES.

AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY MOST.

MOST KIDS DON'T TAKE IT THEN.

MOST KIDS DON'T NO, I HAVE A SOPHOMORE, MY OWN AND SHE'S AN OVERACHIEVER.

SHE TOOK SHE'S TAKING THE ACT.

SHE'S TAKING THE SAT ALREADY.

SO SHE DOES HAVE THOSE SCORES.

BUT TYPICALLY MOST STUDENTS DON'T DO THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OFFERING THE TSIA.

SO THEY HAVE THAT AVENUE.

SO CAN I GO BACK TO TAMMY'S QUESTION AND JUST KIND OF MARRY IT WITH MY QUESTION/ SO SCENARIO IS KID GOES IN TO REGISTER 10TH GRADER GOES IN TO REGISTER FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND SAYS, I WANT TO DO DO I WANT TO DO DUAL CREDIT COURSE.

COUNSELOR SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS TEST.

HERE'S FOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE IT.

AT THAT POINT, DOES THE CAN THE COUNSELOR ASSIST THE KID TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THOSE FOUR TIMES TESTING OR IS IT THE REGISTRATION FORM IS ONLINE.

THE REGISTRATION FORM IS THROUGH A GOOGLE FORM.

SO THE KID HITS THAT QR CODE AND ONCE THEY HIT THAT QR CODE, IT TAKES THEM STRAIGHT TO THAT REGISTRATION FORM.

THERE'S SOME STEPS IN THERE THAT THE STUDENT HAS TO TAKE.

THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE A PRE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY.

THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THE TSIA.

THAT'S TEXAS, TEXAS WIDE.

THAT'S NOT JUST US, THAT'S EVERYBODY.

SO THEY HAVE ABOUT A TWENTY TO THIRTY MINUTE PRE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY.

THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE. THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THEIR INFORMATION AS FAR AS NAME I.D., THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH AND DO THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.

AND WE FROM THE REGISTRATION FORM, WE SEND THEM STRAIGHT OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE PAYMENT THAT GENERALLY THE PARENTS ARE WITH THE STUDENT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS TO MAKE SURE. YES. SO I THINK I THINK THE TAMMY'S POINT, WE'RE TELLING THEM, HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT THEN THERE IS A STEP THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE A LATER TIME FOR THE PARENT AND THE STUDENTS TO TAKE STEPS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

YES. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT AWAY AT THE TABLE WITH THE COUNSELOR.

CORRECT. OK, BECAUSE OF THE PAYMENT.

YEAH, I GET THE PAYMENT PART, BUT I MEAN, YEAH, THE EASIER THE BETTER ON THAT THAT THING.

I THINK. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS INFINITELY EASIER THAN WHAT WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH MY OWN KIDS AND BUT HAVING ONE.

WE DEFINITELY WELCOME THE FEEDBACK AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES.

WELL, THIS THIS IS I WILL SAY THIS IS BETTER BY TENFOLD THAN WHAT MY SENIOR WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR HAD TO DO JUST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

STACY, THIS IS ANGELA RIGHT HERE.

OH, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, THAT'S FINE.

AND I THINK THE TSI IS VERY GOOD.

AND MY SON WAS IN DUAL CREDIT.

BUT THE THING IS, IF I WANT TO I WANT TO GO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE COMPONENTS SLIDE. AND UNDER CAREER WHEN IT BRANCHES OUT, THERE IS A COMPONENT, SAYS GRADUATE WITH COMPLETED IEP AND WORKFORCE READINESS.

NOW WITH THE WORKFORCE READINESS, ARE WE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTION FOR THESE STUDENTS? SO.

THIS IS WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADUATE WITH COMPLETED IEP AND WORKFORCE READINESS, THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION.

RIGHT/ ARE WE WORKING WITH THE.

OK. YES, WE ARE.

YES. YES.

SO YOU'RE HELPING THE STUDENTS REGISTER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, MY SON IS GOING THROUGH IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S SPED AND THE THING IS THAT

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THEY RE EVALUATE THE STUDENTS.

SO THEY GIVE A STUDENT THE TEXAS SOLUTION, TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTION.

THEY GIVE THEM A FREE DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AND THEN EVALUATE THEM.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS THEY PLACE THEM IN EMPLOYMENT.

SO WHEN WE WORKING WITH THESE STUDENTS, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? WE'RE HELPING THEM FILL OUT THE FORMS FOR THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTION.

I. CAN I? I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

THE INFORMATION THAT I WOULD I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT FROM EITHER JANA OR DJ, BUT I'M GLAD TO DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ANGELA.

OK. TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT WE DO WORK WITH TEXAS WORKFORCE, BUT THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT IS PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE WORKFORCE DUAL CREDIT THAT YOU WOULD OBTAIN THROUGH COURSES.

SO BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THAT.

OK, GREAT. AND UNDER COLLEGE AND THE COMPONENTS SECTION IN COLLEGE WHEN IT GOES, COMPLETE DUAL CREDIT COURSES.

THE THING IS THAT IF I NOTICE IS THAT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOT DOING WELL WHEN THEY DO DUAL CREDIT AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PARENT PORTAL.

SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS GO TO [INAUDIBLE], FOR INSTANCE, WITH PARENT PORTAL, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE GRADES BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO TO THE CLASSES AT [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS GET A NOTICE.

WE WANT TO HAVE A NOTIFICATION OF OUR STUDENTS GRADES.

BUT WHEN THEY GO TO DUAL CREDIT AND THEY GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE, PARENTS DON'T GET THROUGH PARENT PORTAL GRADES FROM YOUR STUDENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COLLIN COLLEGE IS THERE ANYWAY THAT PARENTS WOULD GET NOTIFICATION.

THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS IF YOUR STUDENT SIGNS OFF ON THE THE FERPA RELEASE FORM TO RELEASE INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE ONCE THEY ARE IN A COLLEGE CREDIT BEARING CLASS, THEY ARE CONSIDERED THEIR OWN PERSON, I MEAN, LEGAL ADULT, I GUESS, FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND YOU CANNOT YOU WON'T GET IT UNLESS YOUR STUDENT SIGNS OFF ON IT, BUT THERE IS A FORM FOR THAT THAT THEY CAN SIGN OFF ON.

BECAUSE THE THING WITH THAT IS THAT EVEN IF A PARENT SIGN OFF ON THEIR FORM, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT GETTING SUBMISSION OF THEIR STUDENTS GRADES.

SO THE PARENT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE, THEIR CHILD'S WEBSITE, AND SIGN UNDER THEIR CHILD'S NAME TO SEE WHAT WHAT GRADES OR HOW THEIR STUDENTS ARE DOING.

RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT, AND THE COMPLETE DUAL CREDIT COURSES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THE YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THOSE THE THREE IT'S THREE IN ENGLISH OR THREE IN MATH OR NINE OF A COMBINATION OF OTHER COURSES.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT STATEMENT AS WELL.

OK, THANK YOU.

CAN I JUST TO CLARIFY.

A QUESTION THAT ANGELA JUST ASKED, SO IF AND I TOTALLY GET THE IDEA THAT IF IT'S THROUGH COLLIN COLLEGE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH COLLIN COLLEGE TO GET THE GRADES.

BUT IF IT'S A DUAL CREDIT COURSE AND WE ARE HOUSING THE PROGRAM HERE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR AND THE STUDENT SIGNS OFF ON THE FERPA RELEASE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR A PARENT TO ACCESS ANY OF THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THE PORTAL, THROUGH PISD? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I CAN FIND OUT, BUT THAT'S NOT CUSTOMARY IN ANY PLACE THAT I'VE BEEN. BUT DR WILLIAMS MAY KNOW MORE.

SO NOT CURRENTLY.

I THINK INITIALLY WHEN WHEN WE ESTABLISHED DUAL CREDIT IT WAS COLLIN PROFESSORS.

AND SO WE'VE CARRIED ON WITH THAT TYPE OF AGREEMENT AND THEN WITH FERPA AND THE WAY THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR GRADES ARE POSTED AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, BUT NOT POSTED EVERY NINE WEEKS INTO THE PARENT PORTAL.

SO THIS IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION, NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION, BUT SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE FERPA RELEASE IS THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ADULTS, LEGALLY ADULTS. SO THEY HAVE TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE WITH A 16 OR 17 YEAR OLD WHO IS TAKING A DUAL CREDIT COURSE. AND SO I WOULD QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT TYPE OF THAT, THAT THE RELIANCE ON THE COLLEGE IS PART TO SAY I'M NOT RELEASING ANY INFORMATION UNLESS THE STUDENT SIGNS OFF ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HOLDS UP IN THIS SITUATION FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.

AGAIN, THAT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME.

BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO THAT, BECAUSE CERTAINLY IF OUR PARENTS COULD ACCESS A SINGLE A SINGLE WEBSITE ON THE PORTAL TO CHECK HOW THEIR 16 YEAR OLD SOPHOMORE OR JUNIOR, RATHER, IN HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING AND THEIR DUAL CREDIT COURSE, IT'S INFINITELY EASIER THAN THAN HAVING TO GO TO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND MAKE SURE YOUR KID HAS SIGNED OFF ON A

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RELEASE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO NOT AGAIN, NOT FOR TONIGHT.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO SOLVE TONIGHT.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BUT THE THING IS, THIS IS A THIS IS A CONCERN OF MINE, TOO, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A DUAL CREDIT STUDENT.

AND THE THING WAS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW HIS GRADE UNTIL THE VERY END.

SO THE THING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A PARENT CHECKING PARENT PORTAL, WE HAVE TO GO ONTO THE COLLIN COLLEGE WEBSITE AND THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY PARENT IS GOING TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

SO THERE IS THEIR STUDENT IS LIKE 16, 17 YEARS OLD.

I AGREE. BUT THE THING IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THE PARENT OR THE STUDENT ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF THE ALL THE GRADES THAT GO THROUGH COLLIN COLLEGE.

AND THEY DON'T KEEP UP JUST LIKE THE WAY THEY DID WHEN THEY HAD PARENT PORTAL.

THE STUDENTS ARE KEEPING UP, BUT NOT WITH COLLIN COLLEGE.

WELL, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH COLLIN AND YOU'RE IN A A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE, I MEAN, IT'S A DIFFERENT SYSTEM ALTOGETHER.

SO WHEN THEY SIGN OFF ON THAT FERPA THEN THEY GET THEIR COUGAR ID, THE STUDENTS COUGAR ID, WHICH IS THEIR SIGN IN FOR THE PORTAL AT COLLIN,I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY UNLESS YOU SOMEHOW CAN CONNECT THE TWO SYSTEMS, WHICH I FIND THAT THAT WOULD BE COMPLEX.

I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO, IS MAYBE JUST INFORM PARENTS OF THE PROCESS IF THEY WANT TO SEE THE PROGRESS THEY HAVE TO DO THE FERPA AND GET THE COUGAR ID.

I JUST WANT TO THANK ANGELA FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

I MEAN, FOR ME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO KNOW THE PROGRESS OF THE KIDS AND IT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN PARENTS KNOW EARLY ON.

SO I KNOW, NANCY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.

BUT IF WE CAN SOLVE THIS FOR PARENTS, IT WILL BE A GREAT HELP.

WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY GO BACK AND REVISIT JUST OUR CURRENT PARTNERSHIP AND CONTRACT AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAT WE CAN DO TO TO HELP SUPPORT OUR PARENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STACY.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. JUST AS AN FYI, JUST LOOKED UP THE FERPA AND IT DOES SAY, THE FEDERAL LAW SAYS THAT 18 IS WHEN THE RIGHTS TRANSFER TO THE STUDENT, THE RIGHT TO THE PRIVACY OF THAT EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.

SO THEY'RE NOT 18.

THEY DON'T BELONG TO THE STUDENT. THEY BELONG TO THE PARENTS.

WELL, THEY DON'T BELONG TO THE PARENTS, BUT THE PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND THAT'S THE ARGUMENT MOST OF THE TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE OR WHAT IT'S UNDER, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDER 18 AND ONCE THEY'RE ENROLLED IN A DUAL CREDIT COURSE, THAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE STUDENT.

ALL RIGHT, OK.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SLIDE.

SO AN INCREDIBLE TOOL WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING A SOFT LAUNCH WITH IS OUR NEW COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS TRACKER, WHICH IS EDUGENCE.

DASH HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH EDUGENCE.

WE HAVE SO MANY EDGU THAT IT'S HARD TO KEEP KEEP TRACK OF THEM SOMETIMES.

SO DASH HAS WORKED WITH EDUGENCE AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM TO DEVELOP THE CCMR TRACKER FROM THE GROUND UP. THIS TOOL WILL PROVIDE DATA AT THE FINGERTIPS OF OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE BEFORE.

HAVING THIS DATA COMPILED IN ONE LOCATION IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE FOR OUR CAMPUS AND OUR DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS.

I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY THAT WHENEVER I FIRST CAME ON LAST FALL, IT WAS TAKING ME A WEEK TO COMPILE DATA FOR CAMPUSES AND GET THEM INFORMATION THAT I CAN NOW RUN IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE NEW TOOL.

DATA WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO DOVE INTO INCLUDES TSI READ, WHICH IS YOUR SAT ACT TSI SCORES, DETERMINING IF OUR COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS ARE TSI MET AND ENSURING THEY WON'T BE IN NEED OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTAL, ENGLISH AND MATH CLASSES ONCE THEY TRANSITION INTO COLLEGE. COLLEGE READY INFORMATION ON AP SCORES, DUAL CREDIT, ASSOCIATE DEGREES, ON RAMPS AND TSI MET ASSOCIATE DEGREE INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER GRADUATION OF COURSE. CAREER READY INFORMATION.

THIS INCLUDES OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH CTE.

OUR INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS AND OUR ARMED FORCES ENLISTMENT.

TYPICALLY OUR IEPS AND ARMED FORCES INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL ALL STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OVER INTO THE EDUGENCE PLATFORM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEW TOOL. SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR JUST A SECOND WHILE I LOG IN.

IF I WOULD HAVE LOGGED IN EARLIER, IT WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED.

ALL RIGHT, SO OUR LANDING PAGE FOR CCMR IS WHAT'S CALLED THE ANALYTICS PAGE, AND IT GIVES

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US AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE CCMR DATA AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE SEE ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT SO IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER HERE.

THAT'S A LITTLE TOO FAR. SO WE SEE ALL 10 OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR HIGHS AND ACADEMY HERE, AS WELL AS GRADES NINE THROUGH 12.

WHENEVER A CAMPUS WAS LOOKING WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS.

THEY WOULD SEE JUST THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING GRADE LEVELS.

I WON'T SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE THERE IS STUDENT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM. AND FOR PRIVACY REASONS, I DON'T WANT TO SHOW THAT INFORMATION.

BEFORE WE REALLY LOOK AT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR ANALYTICS PAGE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF OUR CCMR TRACKER.

WE HAVE THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION SECTION AND OUR PROGRAM OF STUDY SECTION.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

I CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK OF OUR CTE IBC SECTION.

DASH AND KAREN BUECHMAN ARE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT DATA IS CORRECT. SO THE DATA YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS NOT 100 PERCENT CORRECT.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ALGORITHMS BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT CORRECTLY. BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THIS IS GREAT DATA THAT'S GOING TO TELL US HOW MANY CTE COMPLETERS, CONCENTRATORS AND PARTICIPANTS WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THOSE LEVEL ONE THROUGH LEVEL FOUR COURSES.

IT ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ON A NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ENDORSEMENT'S, CAREER CLUSTERS, SEQUENCE AND COURSES.

THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION FOR CAMPUSES SO THAT THEY CAN FIND OUT WHERE OUR STUDENTS INTERESTS LIE AS FAR AS COURSES ARE CONCERNED.

SO LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUT TO CAMPUSES.

ONCE AGAIN, THE DATA THAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT 100 PERCENT ACCURATE.

IT WILL BE ROLLED OUT SOON, THOUGH.

DAYS IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.

PROGRAM OF STUDY. THIS SHOWS WHENEVER A STUDENT IS IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND WHAT COURSES THEY'RE CURRENTLY TAKING, I CAN'T JUMP OVER INTO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD SHOW STUDENT INFORMATION, BUT THAT IT SHOWS THE PROGRAM OF STUDY AND WHAT COURSES THEY HAVE TAKEN TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY.

SO GOING TO JUMP BACK OVER TO THE ANALYTICS PAGE REAL QUICK, AND I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW OUR SYSTEM WILL WORK.

EARLIER, I MENTIONED HOW OUR TSIA DATA IS NOT CURRENTLY IN-HOUSE.

SO IF WE LOOK UNDER OUR TSIA OR TSI READY SECTION, I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THERE IS NO DATA FOR TSI, NO TSIA DATA, I SHOULD SAY.

SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.

TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WHENEVER OUR CURRENT SOPHOMORE'S HAVE TAKEN THIS AND THE NEXT YEAR'S FRESHMAN AND THEN THE 8TH GRADERS, THEY'VE TAKEN IT FOR DUAL CREDIT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DATA IN-HOUSE AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THE DATA WE NEED TO REALLY TRACK THIS.

THE TSI READY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT MOVING BACK UP.

THIS IS A VERY INTERACTIVE PROGRAM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY DRILL DOWN THROUGH THE DATA AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE CAN DRILL DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL, WE CAN DRILL DOWN BY CAMPUS, WE CAN DRILL DOWN BY CCMR MET, NOT MET.

I'LL JUST SHOW YOU THAT FUNCTIONALITY REAL QUICK.

IF I CLICK ON THE GRADE 12, THE INTERACTIVE CHARTS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WE WENT FROM SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS TO FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS.

I CAN CHOOSE A HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS WILL DROP DOWN TO ABOUT FOURTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS KIND OF OUR OVERALL CCMR INFORMATION AT THE TOP, IT SAYS RIGHT NOW THAT THE SIXTY SIX PERCENT MET CCMR PLANO WEST.

NOW REMEMBER THAT DATA IS A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TSIA INFORMATION IN THE IN THE DISTRICT. SO THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

IT COULD BE AT 70 PERCENT, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CAREER READY INFORMATION, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS OUR IEPS AND OUR ARMED FORCES.

SO CURRENTLY SENIORS AT PLANO WEST, THERE'S ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN SENIORS WITH AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT GENERALLY SENIORS TAKE AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION THEIR SPRING SEMESTER OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR, SO THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE AS WELL.

SO OUR CAREER READY INFORMATION WILL GO UP, IEP INFORMATION AND ARMED FORCES WILL CHANGE ONCE STUDENTS GRADUATE.

AND THAT'S THAT DATA IS ENTERED IN.

FOR COLLEGE READY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS THAT HAVE SCORED A THREE OR HIGHER ON THE AP, OUR DUAL CREDIT INFORMATION, ASSOCIATES DEGREE.

OF COURSE, NOBODY'S EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE YET, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TSI DATA.

ON RAMP'S IS ALSO ON HERE BECAUSE IT IS A CCMR ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATOR.

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BUT IT IS WE DON'T CURRENTLY OFFER ON RAMPS IN PLANO ISD.

FOR TSI READY, WE HAVE OUR TSIA, ACT, SAT, AND THEN OUR COLLEGE PREP COURSES FOR OUR SENIORS. WE CAN ALSO BREAK DOWN DATA BY ETHNICITY, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED ENGLISH LEARNERS AND SPECIAL ED.

SO ONCE WE BREAK THIS INFORMATION DOWN, IF WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT CCMR MET CAMPUS COULD CLICK ON THE NO, AND THEY COULD FIND THOSE FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE STUDENTS.

AND THEN A CAMPUS COULD USE UTILIZE THIS SPREADSHEET.

THEY COULD THEY COULD DOWNLOAD A SPREADSHEET AND UTILIZE THIS TO TARGET THESE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

WHICH ONES OF THESE STUDENTS ARE IN A CTE COURSE THAT ARE GOING TO IN EARN AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION? WHICH ONE OF THESE STUDENTS CAN WE PUT IN A TSIA EXAM SO THAT THEY CAN BE COLLEGE READY PRIOR TO TRANSITIONING TO COLLEGE? SO THERE'S THERE'S A GREAT WAY THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THIS TOOL THAT WAY.

ADDITIONALLY, ACROSS THE TOP, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PAGES FOR DUAL CREDIT AP, AP POTENTIAL, I WON'T GET INTO ALL THESE PAGES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT AS LONG AS THIS ONE.

AND WE'D GO STRAIGHT TO SOME STUDENT STUDENT INFORMATION.

BUT THE DUAL CREDIT, WHAT IT SHOWS IS STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT, AS WELL AS STUDENTS THAT HAVE EARNED A DUAL CREDIT SO WE CAN TRACK AND SEE WHO'S ON ON TRACK TO BE CCMR MET.

AP SHOWS THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE AP TESTED AND IT SHOWS SCORES OF ONE THROUGH FIVE SO CAMPUSES CAN UTILIZE THIS DATA TO SEE WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE TESTING AND HOW THEY'RE DOING ON THOSE AP TESTS.

AP POTENTIAL PULLS IN COLLEGE BOARD DATA ON THE PSAT SO THAT WE CAN FIND THOSE STUDENTS.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR AP COURSES AND WE CAN PLACE THOSE STUDENTS IN THOSE AP COURSES. THEN WE HAVE OUR COLLEGE READINESS EXAMS. THE ONES THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, OF COURSE, IS OUR PSAT SAT SUITE.

SO WE HAVE THE PSAT NINE WHERE THE STUDENTS TAKE THE TEST, THEN WE HAVE THEM TRANSITION INTO THE PSAT 10 NMSQT AND THEN FINALLY OUR SAT SCHOOL DAY, WHICH IS GOING TO COME UP IN MARCH. CAMPUSES CAN REALLY UTILIZE THIS INFORMATION TO TARGET THOSE STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE READY WHENEVER THEY TAKE THOSE SAT TESTS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP OVER TO THE PSAT NMSQT PAGE FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY. EXCUSE ME, POTENTIALLY UTILIZE THIS, SO THIS IS ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE PSAT NMSQT, BUT IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT JUNIORS THAT ARE ABOUT TO TAKE THE SATS.

WE COULD DIVE DOWN TO OUR JUNIORS.

AND I'M GOING TO GO TO PLANO WEST AGAIN.

SO THIS IS ALL OF OUR PLANO WEST STUDENTS, THIS TELLS US, IF IT'S GREEN, THAT THEY MET THOSE COLLEGE READY AND COLLEGE READY CUTOFF SCORES.

IF IT'S RED, THEY DID NOT MEET THOSE COLLEGE READY TO CUT OFF SCORES.

SO IF WE WANTED TO DIVE INTO THIS INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT DATA RIGHT THERE AND WE COULD PULL THIS LIST OF STUDENTS.

WE COULD REALLY GIVE THEM SOME TARGETED INSTRUCTION, GIVE THEM SOME BEFORE SCHOOL TUTORIALS, AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIALS, SOME SATURDAY BOOT CAMPS, REALLY FOCUS ON SOME SAT PREP PRIOR TO THAT MARCH SAT SCHOOL DAY SO THAT THEY WILL BE ON TRACK FOR FOR COLLEGE READINESS WHENEVER THEY TAKE THAT SAT.

AND YOU CAN DO THE EXACT SAME THING WITH OUR MATH.

CAN I STOP YOU FOR A SECOND? YES, MA'AM.

AND IT'S A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

AND SO ARE WE STILL OFFERING PRE SAT IN 9TH GRADE FOR FREE TO ALL STUDENTS? YES. AND THEN FOR JUST CONFIRMING THAT THE 11TH GRADE SAT ARE ALSO FREE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

YES, MA'AM. OK. AND 10TH GRADE AS WELL, THE PSAT 10 NMSQT.

NOT THE NMSQT.

WAIT A MINUTE ARE WE.

SO IT'S ALL NINTH GRADERS, ALL 10TH GRADERS, AND THEN 11TH GRADE, THEY TAKE SAT AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE QUALIFYING PSAT TEST, THEY WOULD SELF SELECT AND PAY FOR THAT ADDITIONAL TEST.

THEN AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR SENIORS WHO ARE NOT HERE AND TAKE THE WHO DIDN'T WHO ARE NOT TAKING THEIR SAT SENIOR YEAR, THEY CAN ALSO TAKE THE TSI TEST ON SENIOR YEAR.

OK. SO THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN UTILIZE THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME TARGETED INSTRUCTION AND REALLY KIND OF CLOSE THOSE GAPS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT AREN'T QUITE THERE FOR THAT COLLEGE READINESS.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE STUDENTS MEETING THAT COLLEGE READINESS SCORE ON THOSE SATS WHENEVER

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THEY'RE JUNIORS. SO, STACY.

YES, MA'AM, QUICK QUESTION, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THIS TOOL IS THAT THE COUNSELORS SO CURRENTLY ALL SENIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

LIKE DR. DAVIS SAID, WE DID SHOW THIS TO THE PRINCIPALS LAST WEEK.

I'M GOING TO BE SITTING IN A FEW COUNSELOR MEETINGS THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.

SO I'LL SHOW THEM THIS TOOL AS WELL SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PULL DATA.

AND I'LL HAVE A FEW TRAININGS LATER IN FEBRUARY AS WELL FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE CAPABLE TO DO FOR OUR CAMPUSES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT CAN BE PULLED FROM THIS TO TO REALLY BOOST OUR STUDENT SCORES. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I GUESS I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM. AS FAR AS THE EDGENUITY THAT'S MORE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THEY CAN GO IN AND PREPARE. IT'S LIKE A TEST PREP.

YES. SO HOW DO THEY ACCESS THAT? AND IS THAT PART OF THE FEE THAT'S INVOLVED IN TAKING THE TSIA OR IS THAT JUST AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENT WHO.

IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENT? OK, AND IS THAT SOMEHOW CONNECTED THROUGH THEIR [INAUDIBLE] OR IS THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENT? IT'S NOT THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] NO, MA'AM, IT'S PART OF THE ONE THEY HAVE, IT'S PART OF THEIR SIGN IN. EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO IT.

MATT SIPES IS CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM TO DEVELOP THE SIGN UP AND HOW STUDENTS ARE GOING TO ACCESS THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST GO IN.

AND THESE ARE THE LIST OF COURSES AVAILABLE.

MAYBE YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THIS PIECE, BUT YOU'RE NOT AS GOOD AT THIS PIECE.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO CHOOSE TO WORK ON THIS SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT COURSES THEY WANT TO TAKE.

SO DO YOU THINK WE WILL HAVE A GREATER PARTICIPATION THEN IN OUR DUAL CREDIT COURSES AND THEN ALSO GREATER TSI READY KIDS THAT ARE HEADED OFF TO COLLEGES? THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE GOAL.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL THAT I SEE IS, YOU KNOW, US HOUSING THE TSIA ON OUR CAMPUSES, WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO REALLY REACH THE KIDS WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO TAKE IT.

SO IF WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY AND WE HAVE RESOURCES TO REACH THESE STUDENTS, THEN I THINK WE WILL HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAT HAVE THE OPTION T DO DUAL CREDIT.

I REALLY DO. QUICK QUESTION, A QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING TSI, WILL THEY BECAUSE IT'S NEW AND WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT THIS YEAR. WILL THEY HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS.

SO IF ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO NEED TO TAKE TSI AND THEY NEED A READER, WILL WE BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THEM A READER? I WOULD HAVE.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT COLLEGE BOARD AND SEE WHAT WHAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS SAY FOR THAT.

I KNOW EXTENDED TIME IS PART OF THAT.

THERE ARE CERTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE THROUGH COLLEGE BOARD, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU.

OK, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

JUST A COMMENT. VERY PLANO ISD PROUD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU GUYS GOING BACK TO BASICS AND DOING WHAT'S NEEDED TO BE DONE TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED.

I'M VERY TOUCHED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU. I'M VERY PLANO PROUD RIGHT NOW, TOO.

I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS PROBABLY ACTUALLY FOR SARA AND THERESA.

SO THAT INFORMATION THAT THAT DATA AGGREGATOR IS AWESOME AND THAT WHERE YOU CAN DRILL DOWN TO THE ACTUAL STUDENTS WHO DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA IS AMAZING.

SO IS THIS GOING TO BE A TOOL IN A CAMPUS'S TOOLBOX OR IS THE PLAN TO I MEAN, AND JUST A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX? OR IS THE PLAN TO SAY YOU PRINCIPAL NEED TO ASSIGN A PERSON WHO IS IN CHARGE OF LOOKING AT THIS DATA AND FIGURING OUT WHO THESE KIDS ARE? SO STACY MENTIONED EARLIER THAT EACH HIGH SCHOOL HAS A CCMR ADMINISTRATOR, AND THAT'S FOR THIS VERY THING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TOOLS TO OUR COUNSELORS AND TO OUR PRINCIPLES FOR THEM TO GET DOWN TO THE HERE'S ELEVEN HERE ARE THE ELEVEN STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT MET THEIR CCMR INDICATOR OR TEN OR NINE AND AND THEN ON TOP OF JUST IDENTIFYING THE STUDENTS, THEN THAT WILL HELP DRIVE WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE. AND SO AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING NOW, WE'VE NOT OFFERED BEFORE. SO FREE SAT PREP OR PSAT PREP AND OUR PARTNERSHIP OR OUR RESOURCES WITH EDGENUITY, THERE'S SOME PERSONALIZED COURSES ALSO GETTING KIDS CONNECTED [INAUDIBLE] THAT

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THEY ALSO HAVE SOME PERSONALIZED COURSES.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SUMMER PROGRAMING.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO THIS SUMMER TO HELP PREPARE STUDENTS? AND WE HAVE NOT PUT THIS OUT THERE, BUT IT IS IN DISCUSSION.

SO STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO GOING INTO THE NATIONAL MERIT RUNNING.

WHAT CAN WE DO BETWEEN THEIR 10TH GRADE YEAR AND THEIR ELEVENTH GRADE YEAR WHEN THEY TAKE IT AGAIN TO HELP BOOST THEIR POTENTIAL THERE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT WE CAN REALLY HONE IN ON TARGET AS A RESULT OF HAVING THIS TYPE OF TOOL AND ACCESS.

SO AND I WOULD SEE THIS MORE THAN JUST PROGRAMMATIC.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHERE YOU NEED TO INSTALL PROGRAMS. BUT WHAT I THINK THE VALUE OF THIS IS YOU CAN DRILL DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND GET TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEED AND ASSIGN AND HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL TEACHER WHO IS THERE TO MENTOR AND HELP. AND SO TO YOUR POINT, IF YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR NATIONAL MERIT TYPE KIDS AS WELL, ON THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE, THIS IS INVALUABLE, THIS TOOL, BUT WE GOT TO USE IT. IT'S A PERSONALIZED ENRICHMENT, BUT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY.

RIGHT. DO WE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO DO WE ALSO LIKE IN THE SUMMER? DO WE HAVE LIKE A LIKE A COURSE, LIKE A SAT COURSE REVIEW FOR STUDENTS? WE OFFERED THAT LAST SUMMER, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK AT SOME POINT MAYBE NEXT MONTH WILL BE OR WHAT OUR SUMMER OFFERINGS WILL BE AS WE MOVE INTO SUMMER OF 21.

OK, AND DO YOU KNOW, WILL WE BE BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING INTO THE TSI AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE MOVING IS REALLY THIS IS FORWARD THINKING, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUR STUDENTS TSI OPTION TO TAKE ON CAMPUSES.

BUT THE THING IS, ARE WE GOING TO ALSO PROVIDE JUST LIKE A SAT REVIEW A TSI REVIEW FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE SUMMER SO THEY CAN TAKE THE THE TSI REVIEW SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE TSI EXAM IN THE FALL.

ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT TOO? YES, MA'AM, IT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION.

OK, OK, GOOD.

GREAT. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENALLY GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SINGLETON, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

DAVIS, FOR THIS. AS YOU CAN TELL, THE BOARD HAS AN INTENSE INTEREST IN THIS AREA, AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.

SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT REPORT IS ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR THE 87TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

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

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE UPDATE FOR YOU TODAY.

AND AND SO I'VE ASKED RANDY MCDOWELL, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO COVER OUR FIRST TOPIC, WHICH IS PART OF PRIORITY ONE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND SO RANY'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

RANDY, TAKE IT AWAY. SO THIS PRIORITY, IT SAYS MAINTAIN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND NEW FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH HOUSE BILL THREE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS, AS WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT, AND ALSO THE FORMULA TRANSITION GRANTS.

AND SO ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT, AS YOU KNOW, IS WE WENT INTO THIS SESSION, AT LEAST RIGHT BEFORE THE SESSION THINGS WERE LOOKING PRETTY BLEAK WITH THE STATE BUDGET LIKE IT WAS.

AND FORTUNATELY, WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS, YOU KNOW, THERE ABOUT THE WEEK THAT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTED WHEN THE COMPTROLLER CAME OUT WITH HIS NEW BUDGET AND HIS NEW REVENUE ESTIMATES.

AND SO I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MIGHT NOT BE QUITE AS MUCH ON THE RADAR AS THEY WERE A MONTH AGO.

BUT THIS ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSE BILL THREE, DID CHANGE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND IT CHANGED IT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND SO PREVIOUSLY, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS.

THAT WAS ADJUSTED, THOUGH, PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE BY THE COST OF EDUCATION INDEX ADJUSTMENT IN PLANO ISD HAD, BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER THERE, PREVIOUSLY HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COST OF EDUCATION INDEX ADJUSTMENT.

AND THAT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS A FACTOR THAT SAID, IT DOESN'T COST THE SAME TO EDUCATE A STUDENT EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE, THAT THERE'S SOME AREAS SUCH AS PLANO, AUSTIN, HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, THAT IT DOES COST MORE AND OBVIOUSLY MANY PLACES OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT I JUST NAMED.

BUT THE COST OF EDUCATION INDEX ADJUSTMENT PREVIOUSLY WAS BETWEEN A TWO PERCENT ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND A 20 PERCENT ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT.

AND THEN THAT WAS FACTORED DOWN WITH ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT THAT WE WON'T GET TOO COMPLICATED ABOUT. BUT OURS WAS PREVIOUSLY 1.13.

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AND SO WE WERE ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT.

SO OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS JUST ADJUSTED UP BY ANOTHER FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX DOLLARS, WHICH MADE OUR ADJUSTED BASIC ALLOTMENT FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.

SO INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF PLANO'S BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASING TRULY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS PER STUDENT, IT REALLY ONLY INCREASED ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR DOLLARS PER STUDENT. AND SO WE WERE REALLY JUST TRYING TO LAY THE FRAMEWORK AS WE THOUGHT THEY WERE LOOKING AT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CUTS AND THEY MAY STILL BE, WE'RE NOT SURE.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, A 10 PERCENT CUT TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WOULD APPEAR THAT WE WERE STILL BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO THE HOUSE BILL THREE.

BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR COST OF EDUCATION INDEX ADJUSTMENT, A 10 PERCENT CUT WOULD BE 5544, FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR DOLLARS PER ADA AND SO THAT IS LESS THAN WE PREVIOUSLY GOT WITH THE COST OF EDUCATION INDEX ADJUSTMENT AT $ 5614. SO AND JUST TO PUT IT ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE, ABOUT A 10 PERCENT CUT TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WOULD COST PLANO ISD ABOUT FORTY MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO WHILE THAT MAY NOT SOUND BAD UNTIL YOU REALLY CARRY IT OUT AMONG, YOU KNOW, THE MANY ADA THAT WE HAVE, IT IT DOES BECOME QUITE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE NEW CCMR OUTCOMES BONUS FUNDING THAT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR PLANO ISD.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO HANG ON THAT AS WELL.

AGAIN, YOU JUST SAW A PRESENTATION ON THAT, SO THAT WAS TIMELY.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA.

YOU MAY COVER THIS ONE, SARA.

OK. SO, AGAIN, MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM BASIC ALLOTMENT, THE INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOTMENTS, WE HAD INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOTMENTS, WE HAVE MORE INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOTMENTS, BUT ALSO THE TAX COMPRESSION. AS YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL THREE NOW COMPRESSES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TAX RATE ANY TIME THAT THERE'S PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH OVER TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.

THE DISTRICT VERY MUCH SUPPORTS THAT TAX RATE COMPRESSION.

IT'S VERY GOOD FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

IT ALSO HELPS THIS TO LIMIT THE THE RECAPTURE FROM GROWING AT AN ASTRONOMICAL RATE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

OUR RECAPTURE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, BUT THEN ALSO FOR PROPERTY POOR DISTRICTS, IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT WHERE THE STATE SHARE KEEPS DECLINING AND THE LOCAL SHARE KEEPS GROWING AT SUCH A FAST RATE.

SO WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

OUR POINT HERE WAS IF THERE DOES HAVE TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAN WE WERE ASKING OUR LEGISLATORS TO HOLD OFF ON TAX COMPRESSION OR SUSPEND THAT FOR WHATEVER TIME PERIOD IT NEEDED TO BE, BECAUSE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND NOT PENALIZE THEM BY CUTTING THE BUDGET AND THE THE TAX RATE COMPRESSION FOR EVERY PENNY COST ABOUT 300 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE BUDGET.

AND SO JUST THE LAST YEAR, JUST COMING INTO THIS YEAR, THAT COST THE STATE ALMOST 900 MILLION DOLLARS JUST FOR THE TAX COMPRESSION AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO, AGAIN, IF MONEY WAS TIGHT, WE WERE JUST ASKING OUR LEGISLATORS TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT BEFORE, SEE IF THEY COULD SUSPEND THE TAX COMPRESSION.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THAT, THE LACK OF TAX COMPRESSION OVER THE PAST MULTIPLE YEARS THERE AS OUR RECAPTURE GREW AT A PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL RATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO SLIDES BEFORE WE MOVE ON REGARDING BASIC ALLOTMENT OR TAX COMPRESSION.

ANYBODY WANT TO CHIME IN ON THAT? YEAH. SO RANDY IS YOUR FEAR THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS WILL NOT HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE HB3 FORMULA AND THE IMPACT OF TAX RECOMPRESSION WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME OF THESE BUDGET DECISIONS? I GUESS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS JUST THE OUTLOOK WAS PRETTY GRIM COMING INTO THE SESSION.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT APPEARED WE WEREN'T SURE HOW WILLING THE STATE WAS TO DIP INTO THEIR STATE STABILIZATION FUND.

ALSO, OF COURSE, WAS TALK GOING ON ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY LEGISLATORS OF, HEY, LOOK HOW MUCH FUND BALANCE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO AFTER SOME OF THAT.

SO THERE WERE THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF TALK THAT WAS RAISING OUR CONCERN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW THAT.

I MEAN, THE LEGISLATURE GAVELED IN AND THEY'RE OUT, I THINK, UNTIL FEBRUARY 9TH.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY NOT SURE WHICH DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING TO GO.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET FROM AUSTIN UP TO THIS POINT, BUT THERE WERE DEFINITELY A LOT OF

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INDICATORS THERE PRIOR TO THE SESSION THAT WERE VERY CONCERNING.

RANDY, DIDN'T THE SENATE ALREADY RELEASE, THOUGH, IF NOT A PRELIMINARY BUDGET, AT LEAST PRELIMINARY FUNDAMENTALS? AND IT SAID THEIR BUDGET MAINTAINS HOUSE THAT MAINTAINS THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, I BELIEVE.

BUT THEY ALSO SAY WE DON'T WANT TO TAP INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

BUT IS THAT CORRECT? THEY DID SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

YEAH, I BELIEVE BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS ARE SOMEWHAT TRYING NOT TO GO AFTER THE RAINY DAY FUND AND ALSO TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE FORMULAS THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE BILL THREE.

WELL, I THINK I THINK PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF THE FIVE POINT ONE BILLION DOLLAR INFUSION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

YEAH. AND I WILL SAY ON THE SENATE BILL, WHEN WE MET AS TEXAS COALITION LAST WEEK, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SENATE BILL, PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS THE ONLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS NOT IN THE RED THAT THEY HAD PUT FULL FUNDING BEHIND.

SO FOR FROM A FIRST LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPTIMISTIC.

WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WASH.

BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, GAVE EVERYONE SOME HOPE.

WELL, I THINK WE'VE ALL LEARNED AND BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH OF THESE BATTLES TO KNOW WATCHED, YOU KNOW, JUST WATCH THE PIG GOING INTO THE FACTORY.

RIGHT. YOU GOT TO WATCH HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE.

SO LET'S BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

I'M FROM EAST TEXAS, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, THERE WE GO. I'M FROM WISCONSIN.

WE WOULD HAVE SAID HOW THE CHEESE IS MADE.

SO I GET IT.

I GET IT. SO TALKING ABOUT THE COVID FEDERAL RELIEF, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST ROUND WE HAD ONE ONE POINT TWO SEVEN DOLLARS BILLION CAME INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEN THROUGH THE [INAUDIBLE] ALLOTMENT, WE ALL KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE STORY WAS THERE FOR PLANO ISD.

AND THAT HOW THAT NETTED OUT IS THE STATE BUDGET FILLED.

THEY FILLED THE STATE BUDGET AND AND THEN THERE WAS NO SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS EXCEPT FOR OPERATION CONNECTIVITY.

THAT WAS REALLY WHERE WE GOT SOME PPE AND WE GOT SOME TECHNOLOGY RELIEF.

BUT THE SECOND ROUND OF RELIEF LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT FIVE POINT FIVE BILLION FOR TEXAS.

AND SO THE QUESTION WILL THEN BE, IS, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLANTING OF THE STATE BUDGET FIRST AND YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE HOLD HARMLESS THING IS SPINNING OUT THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN WHAT WILL COME AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE DISTRICTS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS OF LATE LAST WEEK AND EARLY THIS WEEK, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DIRECTION OR EVEN A HINT OF HOW THAT IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

BUT I MEAN, THE QUESTION REALLY WILL COME DOWN TO, ARE THEY GOING TO WILL THE HOW MUCH WILL THEY SUPPLANT TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR EDUCATION RELIEF WITH THAT MONEY VERSUS HOW MUCH EXTRA HELP WOULD SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET AND SO WE'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, CHIME IN AS WE NEED TO AND. YEAH.

WAIT AND SEE. SO.

AND THEN I FEEL COMPELLED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS FROM FRIDAY AND MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, BUT LAST FRIDAY, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS RAN A STORY THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOLD HARMLESS.

AND THE IMPACT ON PLANO ISD WOULD BE FOR THIS SPRING.

HOLD HARMLESS EXPIRED IN DECEMBER AND IT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED.

AND THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO LOSE ABOUT TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO.

SPEAKER PHELAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, I WOULD SUPPORT HOLDING ISDS HARMLESS, PROVIDED THAT I ALSO FELT COMFORTABLE THAT ALL EFFORTS WERE MADE AND ALL DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE IN REACHING OUT TO THE MISSING STUDENTS.

SO WE KIND OF TOOK THAT AS A RALLY CRY TO TELL THE PLANO ISD STORY THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE. BUT THEN IT'S OUR JOB TO TALK TO THE DECISION MAKERS, THE LEGISLATIVE DECISION MAKERS, AND SHARE WITH THEM WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS EFFORT. SO WE DID DRAFT A QUITE LENGTHY LETTER BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY TO RECOVER AND ENROLL KIDS IN PLANO ISD.

AND SO I WILL JUST I KNOW THE STUDENT AND FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER DR.

GOBER'S LEADERSHIP AND I MEAN TECHNOLOGY.

AND I MEAN EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, THE PEOPLE FROM THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR

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EVERY CHILD. SO IN THE SUMMER, WE STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS, SO WE DEVELOPED AN ENROLLMENT RECOVERY PLAN.

AND THE FIRST STEP WAS, LET'S CALL EVERY PARENT OF A CHILD CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT AND CHECK IN.

AND SO THE COUNSELORS MADE OVER 50000 PHONE CALLS.

AND FROM THAT WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF ABOUT THREE THOUSAND, NOT ABOUT, THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE NAMES OF THOSE WE COULD NOT REACH.

SO THEY WENT ON A SEPARATE LIST AND THEN THEY DUG EVEN HARDER OF HOW DO WE FIND THESE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS AND LIKE THE PHONE TREE, LITERALLY LIKE DO YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND.

AND THEN WE CREATED A HOME VISIT TEAM.

AND SO WE REPURPOSED, WE REALLOCATED STAFF AND WE REALLOCATED A DISTRICT VEHICLE AND WE DID TRAINING FOR THESE STAFF MEMBERS.

AND SO PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUS TEAMS AND CENTRAL OFFICE TEAMS OF REPURPOSED STAFF MADE OVER I THINK THEY MADE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN HOME VISITS DURING COVID TO TRY TO BRING FAMILIES BACK. AND SO WE'VE RECOVERED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FROM PROJECTED ENROLLMENT TO ACTUAL ENROLLMENT, WE WERE SHORT THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE KIDS. AS OF JANUARY, TWENTY SECOND, WE HAD RECOVERED ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE OF THEM BACK TO PLANO ISD.

THAT INCLUDES EARLY ED PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, SO IT'S THE THE ARE SCHOOLS SAFE.

SHOULD WE COME BACK? YES, WE'RE COMING BACK.

AND SO WE'VE RECOVERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE.

AT THE SAME TIME, TWO OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

ONE, WE'RE DOING DROPOUT RECOVERY.

WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

WE GO LOOK FOR OUR KIDS AND TRY TO FIND KIDS WHO ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR.

AND PART OF THAT IS, ARE THEY ENROLLED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL OR HAVE WE BROUGHT THEM BACK SO WE CAN CLEAR THEM? IN OCTOBER, EARLY OCTOBER, THERE WERE SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR KIDS ON THAT LIST THAT WE WERE TRYING TO RECOVER.

AS OF THIS WEEK, IT WAS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

SO, I MEAN, I LIKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS A STORY LIKE I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S STORIES.

AND SO I'LL TELL YOU, THE PLACE WHERE THE STORIES HAVE THEN EMERGED IS HOW IS OUR ATTENDANCE? AND WHAT ABOUT KIDS WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY WERE COMING BACK, THEY'RE NOT ENGAGED.

SO THEN YOU HEARD DR.

GOBER AND HIS TEAM'S REPORT ON THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD PARB AND AND GETTING FAMILIES EITHER IN PERSON OR REMOTELY INTO THE ROOM SO THAT WE CAN WRAP AROUND THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT CAN WE DO, LIKE COMPASSIONATELY AND IN A CARING WAY.

HOW DO WE HELP YOU, HELP YOUR CHILD BE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AND FINISH THIS? YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THEM BACK.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN CLOSING DEALS ON THAT ALL YEAR LONG.

AND I THINK THEY'VE SEEN ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FAMILIES IN THE PLANO ACADEMIC REVIEW BOARD. AND IT'S STARTING TO BECOME A MODEL FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND ACROSS THE STATE.

I ACTUALLY DID AN ARTICLE WITH A NEWSPAPER, WITH A MAGAZINE WITH DALLAS ISD AND AND M ESQUITE ISD AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE USED TO TRY TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT WE KNOW IT IS TO GET EVERY CHILD BACK IN SCHOOL.

EVERY CHILD NEEDS TO BE IN SCHOOL.

WE CAN'T LOSE KIDS.

AND SO I YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET TO OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

WE GOT BUSY. RIGHT? NOT HERE. NOT HERE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT.

WE HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT, I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE MOM GET A JOB SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET UP AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THE OLDER CHILD WAS HAVING TO GET THE YOUNGER ONES UP BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T COMFORTABLE COMING FACE TO FACE.

SO THAT MOM NOW HAS A JOB WHERE SHE CAN WALK TO WORK AND THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.

I MEAN, I JUST LIKE, HOW DO YOU TELL THOSE STORIES? AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE THE LETTER WE SENT TELLS SOME OF THE STORY, BUT NOT JUST THAT THE STRATEGIES THAT EQUAL RESULTS BECAUSE ALL THE STRATEGIES IN THE WORLD ARE NO GOOD.

IF THE KIDS ARE NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL SOMEWHERE AND HOPEFULLY IT'S HERE WITH US, BUT WE NEED THEM IN SCHOOL. SO, YOU KNOW, THANKS THANKS TO THE TEAM, PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, THE DRUG SPECIALISTS WHO'VE HAD THEIR CHEESE MOVED THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE WORK THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE, TALLE, MULTILINGUAL TEAM, YOU KNOW,

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JUST REALLY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT.

AND IF THAT RESULTS IN US EARNING BACK THE HOLD HARMLESS MONEY, IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THEN THIS IS THE STORY TO TELL.

SO I JUST I FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO, LIKE, PUT THAT OUT THERE, BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY TO THE LEGISLATORS, BUT I DON'T WANT OUR STAFF TO HEAR THINGS WHERE PEOPLE DOUBT THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR WORK OR THE THEIR WORK ETHIC, OR DID THEY CARE ENOUGH TO GO FIND KIDS? BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY.

THIS TEAM CARED ENOUGH TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND IS STILL DOING IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE HAD ONE. WE LOST THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND THEM AND BRING THEM BACK AGAIN.

SO PERSISTENCE IS PART OF THE KEY.

SO I FEEL REAL STRONGLY ABOUT IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT WE'RE SHARING OUR STORY AND WE HOPE THAT THE RESULT WILL BE THAT THE DECISION MAKERS CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

WELL, SARA, I JUST AM SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT A RECORDING OF THIS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED GO TO SENATOR LARRY TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE QUESTIONING THE DISTRICT'S EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HOLD HARMLESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN RANDY AND HIS TEAM CREATE A BUDGET, THEY WORK WITH BETH AND HER TEAM TO DETERMINE THE THE TEACHERS THAT WE NEED TO EMPLOY BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHERS ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WHICH, RANDY, AREN'T THEY WITHIN LIKE POINT FIVE PERCENT ACCURACY? THEY'RE VERY CLOSE.

AND SO FOR COVID TO HAVE HIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE ARE HELD HARMLESS ON THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE CANNOT LOSE THOSE AMAZING STAFF, TEACHERS THAT ARE STANDING READY TO TEACH THESE STUDENTS.

BUT BECAUSE COVID HIT, THE STUDENTS HAVEN'T COME BACK.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

I WANT I KNOW THE LETTER THAT WENT TO SENATOR PAXTON.

AND ALL OF OUR DELEGATES.

THANK YOU. OK, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREATER LETTER.

AND THE EXAMPLE THAT PLANO ISD IS SETTING ON THE PARB, THE I MEAN, JUST REACHING OUT TO GET OUR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO BE HELD HOME, HELD HARMLESS ON ALL OF THIS.

AND I THINK THE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE A FUND BALANCE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THAT RIDICULOUS DECISION.

DO I JUST CUT THE BUDGET, WHICH MEANS CUTTING STAFF OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I DO? DO I CUT PROGRAMS? SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID WE WILL HAVE ON TAPE AND I ENCOURAGE OUR LEGISLATORS TO VIEW THIS MEETING BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

I COMMEND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

THIS IS AMAZING. YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WE'RE I WANT TO REASSURE THE STAFF, LIKE WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT LESS PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDINGS. THE NUMBER OF QUARANTINE'S THE NUMBER OF I MEAN, WE'VE HAD TO PUT PERMANENT SUBS IN OUR BUILDINGS.

LIKE, WE CAN'T LET PEOPLE GO.

LIKE, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.

IT IS NOT AN OPTION TO REDUCE STAFFING RIGHT NOW.

WE WE WILL WE WILL HURT KIDS IF WE DO THAT, WE CANNOT DO IT.

SO WE CANNOT.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THIS QUOTE.

IS HE SAYING HOLDING INDIVIDUAL ISD'S HARMLESS OR HOLDING ISD'S AS A WHOLE HARMLESS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD BOTH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE.

I'VE HEARD BOTH SIDES OF THAT EQUATION, SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

OK, SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DRIVE HOME WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES TIED TO THE LETTER THAT YOU SENT AND THE VIDEO OF THIS OF YOUR IMPASSIONED SPEECH, BECAUSE WE DID WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE DID. WE DISPLAYED ALL DUE DILIGENCE WITH ALL DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE TO RECOVER THESE STUDENTS. AND SO NOW TO THEN COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, I KNOW PLANO ISD DID ALL THAT WORK, BUT GRANBURY DIDN'T AND WEATHERFORD DIDN'T.

AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID HEAR, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I HEARD IT WAS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A WAIVER WITH TEA THAT IF YOU SUBMIT WHAT YOU WHATEVER THEN THE COMMISSIONER COULD APPROVE THE WHATEVER.

I BUT I YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST THIS I HEARD THAT.

WELL, I MEAN, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH ISSUE FOR US THAT I THINK THIS IS TIME WELL

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SPENT, WHETHER IT'S A WAIVER, WHETHER THE STATE COMES DOWN AND SAYS THESE ISD CAN GET IT, THESE CAN'T OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE DONE THIS AND TO GET YOUR HOLD HARMLESS AND NOT THIS.

SO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE EFFORTS, CONTINUE TO PROVE UPS.

AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE HAMMERING HOME WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. DO NOT PUNISH US FURTHER.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONVERSATION BY EMAIL WITH DAVID THOMPSON LAST WEEK, AND I WAS I DON'T WANT TO GET GRANULAR ON STUFF, BUT I HAD ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS THIS MECHANISM CALLED A MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT THAT IS IN THE ESSER ACT, WHICH IS THE ELEMENTARY SECONDARY STUDENT EMERGENCY RELIEF.

AND THE ESSER 2 IS THE ONE THAT JUST GOT APPROVED.

AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, IS THIS MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT SOMETHING THAT CAN COMPEL THE STATE? AND SO I REACHED OUT TO DAVID THOMPSON AND HE BASICALLY LET ME KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOUR CALCULATIONS THAT THE STATE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE IF THEY REQUIRE OR IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THAT MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

AND SO THEY IN TECHNICALITY, THEY DO.

BUT BEYOND THAT, THE THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S COMING, THE FIVE POINT FIVE, FIVE POINT ONE BILLION THAT'S COMING, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE THAT HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, CONTINUE TO EMPLOY THE AMAZING STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO GET THESE KIDS THROUGH WHO HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN HURT BY THE THE COVID, YOU KNOW, SLIDE, IF YOU WILL.

WE NEED ALL OF THE STAFF THERE TO SUPPORT THESE KIDS.

SO BASICALLY, HE KIND OF THOUGHT WE WOULD HEAR SOMETHING MID-FEBRUARY ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER THERE.

BUT IF YOU SAW THE QUOTE THAT YOU HAD UP THERE FROM DADE PHELAN, PERHAPS WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC.

BUT I DON'T YOU KNOW, I'M SCARED TO BE OPTIMISTIC, BUT PERHAPS WE WILL BE HELD HARMLESS.

I'M JUST HOPING WE ARE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO HOLD US HARMLESS.

THAT AND I REALLY I HAVE MET WITH THE REGENT 10 SUPERINTENDENT ROUNDTABLE GROUPS AND TALKED WITH THEM AND JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO TO DO THE SAME.

AND I SHARED THE LETTER WITH TSA AND WITH TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION AS AN EXAMPLE, SO THAT IF OTHERS ARE THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, THAT WE HAVE A UNIFIED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SARA. AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] WAS WANTING TO DEFER THE ACTION ON HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER TO THE LEGISLATURE.

AND NOW WE'VE GOT THIS QUOTE FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SO YOU THINKING THIS POSSIBLE WAIVER COULD BE HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE WILL OF THE LEGISLATURE? YEAH, I THINK THE POLICYMAKERS MIGHT ADVISE THE COMMISSIONER POTENTIALLY, IF IT IF THEY DON'T WAIT FOR A LEGISLATIVE DECISION.

BECAUSE THIS IS WITHIN HIS POWER.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

SARA, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SPEAKER PHELAN SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL EFFORTS WERE MADE AND ALL DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE.

I KNOW OUR DISTRICT DID A GOOD JOB, BUT WE REALLY CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER DISTRICTS, THOUGH, SO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] MORE, MORE COMPLEX WAYS THAN JUST A HOLD HARMLESS FOR ALL.

THERE MUST.

I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT THOUGH, IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOME BAD DISTRICTS, IF THEY GET GET HELD HARMLESS AND THEN DECIDE, WELL, WE GOT THE MONEY.

AND SO WE DON'T MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO TRY SO HARD TO RECOVER STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR I MEAN, OUR DISTRICT, WE DID OUR JOB, BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING.

YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO SUBMIT A PLAN FOR ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING.

WE HAD TO SUBMIT A PLAN FOR ANY TIME.

WE DO A WAIVER. WE SUBMIT A PLAN.

SO THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD SUBMIT OUR ENROLLMENT RECOVERY PLAN IS NOT, TO ME AN EXTREME STRETCH OF HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AND HERE'S THE RESULT.

YOU KNOW, IN TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN OUR REGION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SHARED OUR STRATEGIES. SO I FEEL LIKE AROUND HERE ANYWAY, EVERYBODY'S PRETTY GUNG HO TO GET KIDS BACK. BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ON EVERY DISTRICT TO TELL THEIR OWN STORY TO THEIR OWN DELEGATES SO THAT THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR DISTRICT. THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH. WELL, SARA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS EFFORT AS WE LOOK AT JUST THE FINANCES OF

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ITS 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN HOLD HARMLESS PLUS WHATEVER RECAPTURE THEY THEN INCREASE ON US.

SO IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT MONEY FOR PLANO ISD IN ANY OF THESE TIMES OF CHALLENGE GOOD THINGS CAN ALSO COME.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE BARRIERS, THE HURDLES THE KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING HERE WILL MAKE US BETTER AT SERVING THEM.

AND SO AT LEAST THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SILVER LINING IN THE CLOUD, THE INFORMATION THEY WERE GOING TO GATHER THAT'S GOING TO HELP KIDS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE, I THINK AS A SCHOOL FAMILY, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY? WELL, I HAVE ONE THAT'S EXTRANEOUS, IT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS TOPIC, BUT I JUST IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN CHAIRMAN TAYLOR, SENATOR TAYLOR TALKED ABOUT THE VIRTUAL SCHOOLS AND THE TEA'S VIRTUAL SCHOOL PLAN, AND HE MENTIONED THAT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION HE TRIED TO EXPAND, THAT HE HE WROTE A BILL.

AND SO HE SAID HE THINKS THAT A BILL IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE WIND BEHIND IT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF A QUOTE OUT OF HIS PODCAST THAT I WATCHED.

AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AN EFFORT ON MAKING SURE OUR LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PARTICIPATING ON THE SAME LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AS OTHER VIRTUAL SCHOOL NETWORKS ARE.

SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP, KEEP THAT ON THE RADAR, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING HIM TO HIS WORD THAT THIS BILL WILL GET A LOT MORE WIND BEHIND IT.

YEAH, I THERE'S SEVERAL BILLS IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW ON THIS.

I KNOW ONE IN PARTICULAR, I TALKED TO DR.

[INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK AND ONE IN PARTICULAR IS GETTING SOME PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD READ. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DRAFT BILLS RIGHT NOW.

AND SO AS WE SEE THOSE EMERGE, THEN WE CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO SUPPORT. BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE WIND THAN IT EVER HAS.

WE HAD A COMMISSIONERS CABINET MEETING CALLED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, A SPECIAL CALLED ONE. AND IT WAS JUST ON THIS TOPIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO KIND OF FILL THE COMMISSIONER'S EAR ON WHAT WE THINK AND THAT WAS GOOD, SO.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND SITTING ON THE COMMISSIONER'S CABINET IS QUITE AMAZING AND GIVES PLANO ISD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SPOTLIGHT, AND IT SHOULD BECAUSE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FINAL ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 8:32 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 2ND, 2021.

THANK YOU ALL. OH, AND EVERYBODY, BOARD MEMBERS.

IS IT OK, DAVID AND EVERYBODY THAT TAMMY KEEPS THIS IS JUST A CARD FOR ALL OF US AND IS OK, WE JUST LET YOU KEEP IT.

EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT.

THOSE ARE THANK YOU'S OK.

CERTAINLY I WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

3. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION

4. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE

5. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE

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