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

[1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 P.M.]

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NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT SIX P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 18TH, 2021 ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF.

I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.

DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED TO COVID-19, TODAY'S MEETING IS HELD IN THE BOARDROOM WITH LIMITED SEATING CAPACITY AND OVERFLOW LOCATION IN THE LOBBY WITH LIVE STREAMING IS PROVIDED ENTRY TO THE BOARDROOM AND THE LOBBY IS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS AND INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY AS SPACE IS AVAILABLE.

EVERYONE PHYSICALLY PRESENT MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AT ALL TIMES, EXCEPT WHILE GIVING A SPEECH TO AN AUDIENCE.

ALL VISITORS MUST BE SCREENED FOR SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19.

VISITORS WITH SYMPTOMS AND VISITORS WHO ARE TEST CONFIRMED POSITIVE WITH COVID-19 SHALL REMAIN OFF DISTRICT PROPERTY.

VIOLATORS MAY BE REMOVED FOR TRESPASSING.

ADDITIONALLY, DUE DUE TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS NOTED ABOVE, THE MEETING MAY BE CONDUCTED IN PART BY VIDEOCONFERENCE.

FURTHER, PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING MAY PARTICIPATE VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS.

NOW LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF.

SEATED TO MY LEFT, MRS. SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. TERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND BOARD SECRETARY.

DR. HEATHER WANG.

SEATED TO MY RIGHT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT JERI CHAMBERS TRUSTEE.

DAVID STOLLE TRUSTEE NANCY HUMPHREY TRUSTEE.

CODY WEAVER AND TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

I VERIFIED THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AS TEMPORARILY AMENDED BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE STAND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.

[2. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]

NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

TONIGHT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED BY BOARD SECRETARY, DR.

[3. INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE]

HEATHER WANG.

I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO SHARE THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I ARRIVED IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE EARLY 90S AND WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST AFTER LIVING HERE FOR A WHILE IS THE FREEDOM, THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

AND I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT PRESIDENT OR WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.

SO I WAS LIKE, WOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT ABOUT CLINTON.

AND I KNOW.

AND SO I WAS WONDERING, WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT? AND RECENTLY I WAS READING THIS BOOK IS BY JOHN STUART MILL.

THE TITLE IS ON LIBERTY.

SO I FOUND OUT WHY FREEDOM OF OPINION AND A SPEECH IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY WE SHOULD DO THAT.

SO HERE'S SOMETHING FROM THE SUMMARY OF JOHN'S, IS A QUOTATION BY JOHN STUART MILL.

THE AUTHOR RECOGNIZES THE NECESSITY TO THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF MANKIND AND WHICH ALL THEIR OTHER WELL-BEING DEPENDS OF FREEDOM OF OPINION AND FREEDOM OF THE EXPRESSION OF OPINION.

ON FOUR GROUNDS, WHICH WE WILL NOW BRIEFLY CAPITULATE.

FIRST, IF ANY OPINION IS COMPELLED TO SILENCE, THAT OPINION MAY BE TRUE; TO DENY THIS IS TO ASSUME OUR OWN INFALLIBILITY.

SECONDLY, THOUGH THE SILENCED OPINION BE AN ERROR IT MAY AND IT VERY COMMONLY DOES CONTAIN A PORTION OF TRUTH, AND A SENSE THE GENERAL OR PREVAILING OPINION ON ANY SUBJECT IS RARELY OR NEVER THE WHOLE TRUTH.

IT IS ONLY BY THE COLLISION OF ADVERSE OPINIONS THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE TRUTH HAS ANY CHANCE OF BEING SUPPLIED.

THIRDLY, EVEN IF THE RECEIVED OPINION BE NOT ONLY TRUE BUT THE WHOLE TRUTH, UNLESS IT IS VIGOROUSLY AND EARNESTLY CONTESTED, IT WELL BY MOST OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE IT BE HELD IN A MANNER OF PREJUDICE WITH LITTLE COMPREHENSION OR FEELING OF ITS RATIONAL

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GROUNDS.

AND IN NOT ONLY THIS, BUT FOURTHLY, THE MEANING OF THE DOCTRINE ITSELF WILL BE IN DANGER OF BEING LOST OR ENFEEBLED AND DEPRIVED OF ITS VITAL EFFECT ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT .

THE DOGMA BECOMING A MERE FORM OR PROFESSION IN EFFICACIOUS FOR GOOD, BUT COVERING THE GROUND AND PREVENTING THE GROWTH OF ANY REAL AND HEARTFELT CONVICTION FROM RAISING ALL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

SO WHEN I READ THIS.

I'M GOING TO SHARE IT SOMEDAY ON THE BOARD MEETING.

NOW IT'S SHARED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

IT IS NOW TIME FOR RECOGNITIONS.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE MANY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SLIDESHOW OF AWARDS ON THE MONITORS.

NINE SENIORS HAVE RECEIVED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY PROVIDED HIGHEST RANKING GRADUATE TUITION WAIVERS TO THE TOP GRADUATES FROM PLANO, PLANO EAST PLANO WEST AND THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLS.

FOUR WORKS OF ART, WANT A GOLD SEAL AT THE STATE VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT COMPETITION AND 18 WORKS HAVE RECEIVED AN EXEMPLARY RATING.

IN SPEECH AND DEBATE, THREE, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE SEMIFINALISTS IN THE EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AT THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.

WE NOW HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR PLANO ISD STEM TEACHERS.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES, DR.

KATRINA HASLEY WILL INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GET TO HONOR SOME OF OUR TEACHERS.

FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION AND THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PLANO ISD TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS.

FOR MAKING THESE AWARDS POSSIBLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION'S ANDY SMITH, WHO IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.

SO REPRESENTING TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS HERSCHEL CHAYA.

MR..

CHAYA IS THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER AND ALSO A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF TI.

JAMIE JOLLY, SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, IS ALSO HERE TO HELP US RECOGNIZE AND THESE DESERVING TEACHERS.

SO IF YOU BOTH WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

THE INNOVATIONS AND STEM TEACHING AWARDS ARE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION.

THE TI FOUNDATION'S TOP PHILANTHROPIC PRIORITY IS EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY STEM OR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.

AND WHAT WE CAN BE MORE IMPACTFUL THAN TO SUPPORT TEACHERS? A TEACHER WILL TOUCH HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT HIS OR HER CAREER.

THE TI FOUNDATION AND INNOVATIONS IN STEM TEACHING AWARDS IS NOW IN ITS 15TH YEAR, AND SINCE THE PROGRAM WAS STARTED, ALMOST TWO MILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO TEACHERS IN SIX LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 39 TEACHERS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM PLANO ISD, INCLUDING THE THREE AWARDEES TONIGHT.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE WHITNEY EVANS, OUR SECONDARY MATHEMATICS COORDINATOR, TO THE LECTERN.

SHE WILL INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S WINNING RECIPIENTS.

WELL, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, I KNOW YOU LOVE TONIGHT, YOU ALWAYS LOVE THIS AWARD AND.

SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, BOARD TRUSTEES, I AM THRILLED TO PRESENT YOU WITH OUR THREE WINNERS OF THE 2021 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN STEM TEACHING AWARD.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL.

THESE TEACHERS WERE ALREADY SURPRISED ON CAMPUS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BY OUR COMMITTEE AND THEIR PRINCIPALS.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'VE WON THIS AWARD.

BUT THEY'RE EXCITED TO JOIN US TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO VISIT THEIR CLASSROOMS. THEY EMBODIED I KNOW WHAT THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR OF EVERY TEACHER IN PLANO ISD THIS YEAR AND THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE.

SO WHAT WE GOT TO SEE WAS JUST A GLIMPSE OF WHAT EVERY TEACHER HAS DONE TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES.

AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

AND I CRIED AND I'M GOING TO CRY AGAIN.

SO AS I ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME, I INVITE YOU TO COME FORWARD AND EACH WINNER WILL RECEIVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AWARD PRIZES.

WINNERS WILL RECEIVE FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PERSONAL CASH AWARD AND THEIR SPOUSES ARE PROBABLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WINNERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR AWARD FOR THEIR SCHOOL TO GO TOWARD CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE ALSO HAVE A PLAQUE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS EVENING AND SOME AWARDS THAT WILL GIVE YOU OUTSIDE AS WELL.

SO IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

FIRST, WE HAVE ALEX RITTER, CTE TEACHER AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

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ACCORDING TO HER PRINCIPAL, BILLIE JEAN LEE, HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT ALEX.

AS A CTE TEACHER, ALEX CAN DO IT ALL.

HERE'S WHAT SHE TEACHES.

GET READY.

BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, DOLLARS AND CENTS.

DIGITAL MEDIA AND PRINCIPALS OF BUSINESS, MARKETING, AND FINANCE.

ALEX'S WORK DOESN'T STOP THERE.

SHE ALSO SPONSORS THE JASPER CHEERLEADERS.

SHE SERVES AS SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR FOR THE CAMPUS AND SHE TOOK A DEPARTMENT CHAIR ROLE THIS YEAR.

WAY TO GO, ALEX.

SHE'S STUDENT CENTERED, ENGAGING AND INNOVATIVE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND HER HIGH ENERGY, VIBRANT PERSONALITY AND BIG SMILE SPREAD POSITIVITY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

WHEN WE VISITED ALEX, SHE, FIRST OF ALL, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY AND WE WERE SHAMED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS WE HAD TAKEN EARLIER THAT DAY.

SHE JUST HAD SUCH A WELL DESIGN LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT ENGAGED BOTH THE LEARNERS IN HER ROOM AND THE ONES WHO ARE JOINING FROM HOME.

SHE WAS JUST SEAMLESS IN HOW SHE DESIGNED THAT LEARNING TO ENGAGE BOTH GROUPS OF LEARNERS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, ALEX.

SO OUR SECOND AWARD WINNER, TINA CONE, SHE IS THE TECHNOLOGY FACILITATOR AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

SO HER PRINCIPAL, LYNN OJEDA, SHARED THIS ABOUT TINA .

LEADING EDGE IS A TERM THAT IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU MEET TINA CONE.

SHE'S RELENTLESS IN HER PURSUIT OF LEARNING TO IMPROVE HER PRACTICE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HER LEARNERS.

HER ABILITY TO WEAVE INSTRUCTION IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENT SO THAT THERE'S A STRONG EMPHASIS ON TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING IS MASTERFUL.

MS. CONE IS AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR OF INNOVATION ON OUR CAMPUS, ALWAYS WILLING TO PILOT THE NEXT BOLD THING.

ALWAYS CURIOUS AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO USING THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR LEARNERS AND STAFF.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION.

SO WHEN WE VISITED TINA'S CLASS, IT WAS ALL VIRTUAL.

SO WE WERE JOINING WITH THEM IN A GOOGLE MEET.

AND IT WAS IT WAS SO EXCITING.

I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW IN A NORMAL YEAR THAT TEACHER STANDS AT THE DOOR AND GREETS EVERY KID THAT COMES IN.

WELL, TINA DID THAT VIRTUALLY.

SHE GREETED EVERY STUDENT AS THEY JOINED THAT GOOGLE MEET.

AND WE COULD JUST FEEL HER LOVE OF THEM AND JUST THE ENVIRONMENT SHE'S ESTABLISHED ALL YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, AND OUR FINAL AWARD HONOREE TONIGHT IS MICHELLE BAUDOIN IS SEVENTH GRADE MATH, EIGHTH GRADE MATH TEACHER AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO ACCORDING TO PRINCIPAL MARK LETTERER, WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED AND PROUD OF MICHELLE FOR WINNING THE TI FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN STEM TEACHING AWARD.

THE JOURNEY TOWARD THIS RECOGNITION STARTED LAST SUMMER WHEN MICHELLE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION TO SECURE MULTIPLE TITLE ONE FUNDING REQUESTS FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN THE MATH CLASSROOM.

IN ADDITION TO HER WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, MICHELLE LED THE CHARGE TO PROVIDE OUR STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HOW TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH BOTH FACE TO FACE AND REMOTE LEARNERS SIMULTANEOUSLY DURING A YEAR OF UNIQUE PANDEMIC CHALLENGES.

AND SHE TAUGHT STAFF HOW TO EMBRACE AND UTILIZE FORMATIVE PLATFORM, THE FORMATIVE PLATFORM TO TRACK AND MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS OVER TIME WHILE USING DATA TO ADJUST INSTRUCTION.

MICHELLE IS VERY MUCH THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER WHO POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, AND WE ARE SO GLAD THE COMMITTEE GOT TO SEE THE CULMINATION OF A YEAR LONG EFFORT AND RECOGNIZED THE QUALITY WE EXPERIENCE EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR MICHELLE'S TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP.

AND WHEN WE LEFT MICHELLE'S CLASS AFTER OUR VISIT, WE ALL JUST WERE GRINNING EAR TO EAR.

SHE HAD A ROOM FULL OF PHYSICAL BODIES WHILE SHE ALSO HAD A SCREEN FULL OF STUDENTS JOINING REMOTELY.

AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE MICHELLE JUST IN A REAL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN A NORMAL YEAR.

IT'S ALL REAL, BUT A NORMAL YEAR.

AND SHE DID NOT DROP ANY OF THOSE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES.

SHE LEARNED HOW TO ADAPT THEM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SHE EMBRACED EVERY LEARNER IN THAT ROOM.

AND JUST IN AN AMAZING WAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I MADE IT WITHOUT CRYING, SO ALSO THINKING TO ANDY SMITH AND THE TEXAS INSTRUMENT FOUNDATION, THE PLANO EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ALL THE AMAZING TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND STAFF IN PLANO ISD.

ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM? WHY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, AS A TI ALUM, TI IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY SUPPORT GREAT TEACHING, GREAT EDUCATORS.

AND SO AS ALSO A STEM PERSON MYSELF, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SEEDS YOU'RE PLANTING, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HELP ESTABLISH CAREERS THAT ARE GOING TO FLOURISH AND ARE

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GOING TO CREATE ITEMS THAT HELP PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD.

SO THANK YOU.

I FEEL COMPELLED TO ADD AS A FORMER TEACHER AND AT BEING AT WILSON AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, GREAT THINGS COME OUT OF WILSON.

RIGHT? WHITNEY AND BILLIE JEAN AND OTHERS.

YOU SAID IT'S ALL REAL, WHITNEY, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALL SAY THAT HAS BEEN A VERY SURREAL YEAR.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL, ALL OUR TEACHERS ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

BUT AS IT WAS SAID, YOU YOU CAME TO THE TIP OF THE INNOVATION.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING AND OUTSTANDING.

SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO GET A LOT OF REST THIS SUMMER BECAUSE YOU SOUNDS LIKE YOU PROBABLY NEED IT.

BUT WE THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR ENERGY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND WHITNEY, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF TELLING THEIR STORIES, SO THANK YOU.

SO JUST BEFORE WE, BEFORE YOU DASH TO THE LOBBY FOR PHOTOS, WHICH YOU'LL WANT TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH VALUE STEM EDUCATION BRINGS TO THE LIFE OF A PLANO ISD STUDENT.

AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT.

BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT LINK DIRECTLY BEYOND ACADEMICS TO BE BECOMING LIFE READY, THAT COMES FROM A QUALITY STEM PROGRAM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE CREATIVE, HOW TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH REAL WORLD PROBLEMS, WITH SOLUTIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK.

IT IMPROVES STUDENTS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH TO BE IN STEM CLASSES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING AND TI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THE WORK THAT BUILDS NOT JUST STRONG STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, BUT THE KIDS WHO BECOME LIFE READY FOR THEIR FUTURES.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

SO TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, YOU'VE BEEN A LONG STANDING PARTNER AND SUPPORTER OF PLANO ISD STEM EDUCATION AND MANY OTHER THINGS.

AND FOR THAT, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

AND TO THE THREE OF OUR HONOREES TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS SO NICE TO CELEBRATE AT THE END OF A YEAR, BUT NEVER MORE THAN A YEAR LIKE THIS.

RIGHT? IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU AND PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

OK, WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT, WE'RE GOING TO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JOIN YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES OUTSIDE IN THE ATRIUM.

THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TI FOUNDATION AND ITS GENEROSITY AND TO THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ALL YOU DO FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.

SECTION 551.074 THE TIME IS 6:18 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 18TH, 2021.

CLOSED SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE BOARDROOM.

SO AT THIS TIME I ASK EVERYONE WHO'S NOT PART OF THE CLOSED SESSION TO EXIT.

THANK YOU.

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 18TH, 2021.

THE TIME IS 7:03 P.M..

I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND MAKE A FEW REMARKS, I'M

[Additional Item 1]

USUALLY NOT LONG WINDED FROM THE MORE DAIS, BUT I MAY JUST BE A LITTLE BIT TODAY.

AFTER SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR 11 YEARS, FOUR OF THOSE AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I DECIDED NOT TO SEEK REELECTION.

ORIGINALLY THIS BOARD DAIS WAS VERY SCARY.

I REMEMBER MY FIRST FORUM AS I WAS RUNNING, THIS WAS JUST THE SCARIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD AND NOW IT'S BECOME HOME.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIAL PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT I WANT TO THANK.

I'M GETTING VERKLEMPT ALREADY.

FIRST, MY HUSBAND, MIKE DOUGLAS, AND MY CHILDREN, JULIA AND MARK DOUGLAS ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES AS THEY SACRIFICED SO I COULD SERVE.

MIKE IS THE BEST VOLUNTEER SIGN GUY IN THE BUSINESS, AND I APPRECIATE HIM SO MUCH.

OF COURSE, HE THREW AWAY MY SIGNS AFTER MY SECOND AND MY THIRD ELECTIONS AND EVEN BOUGHT A SMALLER JEEP THAT THE BIG SIGNS WON'T FIT IN HIS WISHES ABOUT MY RETIREMENT.

WE'RE PRETTY CLEAR.

MARK WAS ONLY IN THE SEVENTH GRADE WHEN I WAS ELECTED THE FIRST TIME ANGELA WAS IN 10TH GRADE.

MARK HAS NOW FINISHED HIS SECOND YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL AT SMU AND BEGINS HIS SUMMER

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ASSOCIATE POSITION TOMORROW.

AND JULIA WILL SOON CELEBRATE FIVE YEARS AS A TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT AT DELOITTE.

I KNOW AT TIMES THEY WERE SO HAPPY THAT OUR LAST NAMES WERE DIFFERENT SO THEY COULD FLY A LITTLE UNDER THE RADAR.

SO NOT EVERYONE KNEW THAT THEIR MOTHER WAS THAT TAMMY RICHARDS.

IT'S INTERESTING HOW MY NAME MORPHED OVER THE YEARS TO THAT TAMMY RICHARDS THAT JULIA AND MARK WERE ALWAYS STEADFAST IN THEIR SUPPORT.

I'M ALSO THANKFUL FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT MY PARENTS, CHARLES AND MARGARET RICHARDS, GAVE ME TO VALUE EDUCATION AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT EDUCATION TRANSFORMS LIVES AND MAKES BRIGHT FUTURES POSSIBLE.

I NOW WANT TO THANK SOME TREMENDOUS FRIENDS.

WE WERE ALL HUFFMAN PARENTS AND I'M SPORTING MY COLORS TODAY WITH MY BLUE AND MY GOLD.

SO FIRST, DANNY AND JAMIE KENT.

DANNY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT I RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD.

MIKE HAS STILL NOT FORGIVEN HIM.

[LAUGHTER] HE HELPED MIKE PUT UP A LOT OF SIGNS OVER THE YEARS AND JAMIE SERVED AS MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, TIRELESSLY CALLING AND TEXTING PEOPLE TO POST IT FOR ME AND TO GO OUT AND VOTE.

AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO LEND TO SYMPATHY, SYMPATHETIC SHOULDER WHEN THE DEMANDS OF THIS VOLUNTEER JOB FELT LIKE A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

HAS CARA MENDELSOHN MADE IT HERE YET? LET ME GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE CARA.

THE HONORABLE CARA MENDELSOHN, WHO IS NOW IN HER SECOND TERM AS A DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND SHE'S ALSO A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS WAS MY FIRST CAMPAIGN TREASURER AND USED ALL OF HER COMMUNITY CONTACTS IN MY FIRST ELECTION TO CONVINCE FOLKS THAT I WAS GOOD FOR PLANO ISD.

AND FINALLY, MY DEAR FRIEND ROSE TAPER.

ROSE HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY KITCHEN CABINET, KEEPING ME GROUNDED AND IN TOUCH WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS WHENEVER I NEEDED A SMART, THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY MEMBER TO SERVE ON A PLANO ISD COMMITTEE LIKE A BOARD COMMITTEE.

ROSE WAS ALWAYS MY FIRST CALL, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ALL OF YOU.

DURING MY 11 YEARS OF SERVICE, I HAVE BEEN AN UNWAVERING ADVOCATE FOR KIDS AND I HAVE NOT DONE THE TRUSTEE JOB THE EASY WAY.

I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE FOR A NUMBER OF KEY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE IB WORLD SCHOOL AT HUFFMAN, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A 19 YEAR PROJECT FOR ME, STARTED WORKING ON HUFFMAN WHEN MARK WAS FIVE.

THE CRITICAL RENOVATIONS FINALLY OCCURRING AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL CONCUSSION AWARENESS AND RETURNED TO LEARN PROTOCOLS FULL-DAY PRE-K FOR ALL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN TWO YEARS BEFORE THE STATE OF TEXAS PROVIDED FUNDING AND A DEEPENED FOCUS ON USING DATA TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OUR SCHOOLS AND ALL OUR CHILDREN.

I WISH IT WERE MORE; WHEELS TURN SO SLOWLY IN EDUCATION, BUT I'M THRILLED WITH THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE NOW IN PLACE WITH SARA BONSER AND THERESA WILLIAMS. I KNOW IF I HAD MORE TIME TO WORK WITH THOSE LADIES, MY LIST WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIT LONGER.

SO I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU BOTH ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH AS LEADERS IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR DISTRICT'S CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH TWO IMPORTANT POINTS.

FIRST, DURING MY ELECTION, MY FIRST ELECTION IN 2010, I RAN AGAINST TWO VERY WORTHY CANDIDATES, BART RIDLEY AND ROBERT CANRIGHT.

BART, IN ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN STUMP SPEECHES, TALKED ABOUT THE TITLE, TRUSTEE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT A POSITION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE.

WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, OUR CHILDREN, AND AT TIMES WE HAD TO TAKE A STAND THAT PLACES CHILDREN FIRST.

IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS, NOT ABOUT THE GROWN UPS.

THE ONLY CONSTITUENTS I EVER SERVED WERE THE KIDS.

VOTERS NEED TO ELECT SMART PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT AND EXPERIENCE AND WHO CARE ABOUT KIDS, AND THEN THEY NEED TO TRUST THEM TO USE THAT JUDGMENT TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

THIS VOLUNTEER JOB NEEDS TO BE THE LEAST POLITICAL OF ALL ELECTED POSITIONS.

SECOND, ROBERT WAS VERY BIG ON DATA.

HE ACTUALLY CAMPAIGNED WITH POSTERS THAT HAD CHARTS OF OUR SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE.

HE KNEW WHAT I KNEW THAT NOT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE TOP OF THE CHARTS AND IT'S TAKEN ALMOST 11 YEARS.

BUT I DO FEEL HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL CONSIDER ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE KIDS AND NOT JUST TAKE REFUGE IN OUR VERY EXCELLENT AVERAGES.

I CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT SHARING A FEW FINAL NUMBERS.

AND THAT, I HOPE, ARE A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

NINETEEN OF OUR FORTY FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE NOW TITLE ONE, THAT MEANS 19 SCHOOLS HAVE MORE THAN THIRTY SIX PERCENT OF THEIR KIDS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, ALMOST HALF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WHEN MY KIDS STARTED PLANO SCHOOLS NOT THAT VERY LONG AGO, 10 PERCENT OF THE KIDS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, 10 PERCENT.

A LOT HAS CHANGED.

BUT WE DON'T WANT THE REPUTATION OF PLANO ISD TO CHANGE, WE DON'T WANT KIDS TO LEAVE PLANO ISD WITHOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, THIS LAST YEAR AND A HALF HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY TOUGH.

LAST BOARD MEETING, WE SAW SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TAKEN FROM THE MAP ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE USED FOR YEARS.

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AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THINGS WERE NOT AS BAD AS WE FEARED.

KIDS STILL MADE SOLID ACADEMIC PROGRESS IN A ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC.

OUR AVERAGES WERE STILL SOLID.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, THEIR AVERAGES ON MATH AND READING WERE ABOUT 20 PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THE AVERAGE.

SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

OUR KIDS DON'T GRADUATE FROM THE SKAGGS ELEMENTARY ISD OR THE MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL ISD OR THE JASPER ISD.

THEY GRADUATE FROM THE PLANO ISD.

OUR REPUTATION MUST BE BASED ON ALL OUR SCHOOLS, SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT ALL OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THAT SUPPORT MUST LOOK DIFFERENT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL IF WE WANT ALL KIDS AND ALL SCHOOLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I HAVE TERRIBLE VISION.

MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER, MS. PRESCOTT--IT'S TRUE, JULIA--REALIZED THAT MY GRADES WERE DROPPING BECAUSE I COULDN'T READ THE BLACKBOARD.

AND SO MY PARENTS HAD TO GET ME GLASSES, THEY SPENT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR ON GLASSES FOR ME.

MY SISTER HAS PERFECT VISION.

SHE DIDN'T NEED THAT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR GLASSES.

AND MY PARENTS SPENDING A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON ME DIDN'T HURT MY SISTER ONE BIT, BUT IT MEANT THE WORLD TO ME AND MY ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CHILDREN WITH ALL THEIR DIFFERENT NEEDS SO THEY ALL CAN HAVE SUCCESS.

THANK YOU.

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, YOU'RE VERY KIND.

[7. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER]

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE, SO WE'RE STILL ON THE RECOGNITION OF TAMMY RICHARDS.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THAT, I JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS.

AND ON BEHALF OF PLANO ISD AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, I HAVE THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THE RECOGNITION OF OUR OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER, TAMMY RICHARDS, BOARD PRESIDENT TAMMY RICHARDS.

TAMMY DID NOT SEEK REELECTION AFTER 11 YEARS OF SERVICE.

MIKE THREW OUT THE SIGNS.

SO TONIGHT IS HER FINAL BOARD MEETING.

TAMMY, SINCE 2010, YOU HAVE GENEROUSLY GIVEN YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENTS GUIDING THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR ALL PLANO ISD STUDENTS AND WITH OVER FIFTY THOUSAND STUDENTS, THAT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND ONE THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY.

YOU HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AS A TRUSTEE AND HAVE PROVIDED TENURED LEADERSHIP TO THE BOARD THROUGH YOUR FOUR YEARS SERVING AS BOARD PRESIDENT.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, BOARD PRESIDENTS ARE ELECTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EACH SCHOOL YEAR, AND THIS POSITION IS EARNED THROUGH THE RESPECT OF THE PEERS, THE BOARD.

OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS, YOU HAVE SERVED NOT ONLY WITH SIX OTHER TRUSTEES ON THE DAIS THIS EVENING, BUT ALSO WITH A CADRE OF FORMER TRUSTEES ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONGER PLANO ISD.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FORMER TRUSTEES THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TAKE A MOMENT OR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME.

I THINK I'LL JUMP IN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST RIGHT ALONG WITH YOU.

WE STARTED IN 2010 AND AT THAT TIME, THE TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY IN PLANO ISD, 100 SQUARE MILES WAS 32 MILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION.

TODAY, 2021, TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY IS NOW 61 BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION.

THAT'S A LOT OF GROWTH IN THIS AREA.

AND I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS DISTRICT THAT WE SEE THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.

PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.

ENROLLMENT BACK THEN WAS FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT SEVENTY FIVE.

AND IT'S DOWN.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE TO STAY HERE AND THEY'RE NOT STILL CONTRIBUTING ENROLLMENT.

LIKE MY HUSBAND I, WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL KIDS TO ADD BACK THEN.

WE WERE STILL ADMINISTERING THE [INAUDIBLE] TEST AND WE STILL HANDED OUT TRUSTEE AWARDS.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND THE DISTRICT WAS MANAGED BY EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CLUSTER.

AND WE DO A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY NOW.

WE HAD FALL BREAK.

EVERYBODY WANTED FALL BREAK BACK.

SO NOW IT'S BACK.

AND WE STARTED THE ACADEMY VISIONING COMMITTEE BACK IN 2010.

AND THEN WE CREATED THE FIRST BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN 2010.

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WE LIVED THROUGH THE FEEDER REALIGNMENT IN 2011.

AND SADLY, WE LEARNED WHAT THE TERM FINANCIAL EXIGENCY MEANT WHEN WE HAD FUNDING CUTS FROM THE STATE LEVEL AND WE HAD THE PAINFUL RIF.

TOGETHER, TAMMY AND I AND I THINK DAVID, TOO, HAVE DONE THREE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCHES.

AND WE'RE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY PLEASED WHO WE HAVE IN THAT CHAIR RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE DUG THROUGH A LOT OF DATA AND WE SHOOK A LOT OF SWEATY HANDS, BUT JOYOUSLY CELEBRATED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE SWEATY LITTLE GRADUATES.

EVERYBODY'S NERVOUS WHEN THEY'RE SHAKING HANDS.

WE ATTENDED MANY DISTRICT EVENTS CELEBRATING EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS OF THE PISD STUDENTS, TEACHER RECOGNITION'S AND CITY AND CHAMBER EVENTS.

TONS OF EVENTS, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? YOU'VE BEEN TONS OF EVENTS AND YOU TRAVELED TO NUMEROUS CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS, LEARNING AND BUILDING A COHESIVE BOARD.

AND THE BOARD WENT TOGETHER TO AUSTIN, FORT WORTH, SAN DIEGO, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA FE, NASHVILLE, AND I'M SURE OTHERS THAT I FORGOT TO FIND.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS ON THE BOARD.

AND THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THE BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ON THEIR SHOULDERS TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF MONEY AND PRODUCE POLICY THAT CREATE PATHWAYS FOR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AS WELL AS TRY TO PLEASE THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

FOR THE YEARS YOU LED THE BOARD, THE FOUR YEARS YOU'VE BEEN PRESIDENT, THE DISTRICT, THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ALL HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO MY BEST TO YOU AS YOU LEAVE THIS ROLE BEHIND AND ACKNOWLEDGE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO MOVE ON, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS.

DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING AFTER NANCY? YOU KNOW, NANCY? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO TAMMY BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN THE BEST BOARD PRESIDENT I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE THING IS, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT TAMMY HAS BEEN A VERY FAIR AND NEUTRAL SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SHE HAS HELPED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT I ALWAYS WANTED WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL TO BE RENOVATED.

SHE HAS PUSHED THAT THROUGH FOR US, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOING TO MAKE A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE BIT DILAPIDATED INTO A BETTER LOOKING SCHOOL FOR OUR KIDS.

AND THEN I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO INCREASE OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING I HAD DREAMED ABOUT FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND SHE MADE IT HAPPEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, INCREASED WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

SO THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR CARING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR CARING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS STUDENTS AND CARING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MORE COUNSELING FOR OUR KIDS AND MORE, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF HUNGER AND SO FORTH, THAT I CARED ABOUT.

THANK YOU, TAMMY, FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING SUCH A GOOD LEADER FOR OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, ANGELA.

SO I GUESS AFTER NANCY'S 11 YEARS, I'M IN SECOND WITH 10 SITTING UP HERE AT THE DAIS WITH YOU AND IT'S BEEN A LONG, STRANGE TRIP AS THEY MIGHT SAY BUT IT'S BEEN A FABULOUS TRIP AND I CAN'T BE MORE PLEASED THAN TO TAKE THAT TRIP WITH YOU STANDING RIGHT THERE SIDE BY SIDE.

SO THE COUPLE OF THINGS, TODAY THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS TODAY THAT I THINK SPEAK TO TAMMY IN WHAT SHE MEANS TO THE BOARD AND TO HER FAMILY.

TODAY, WE DID THE TI STEM AWARDS AND TAMMY HAS A LONG, RICH HISTORY WITH TI.

AND I THINK THAT COULDN'T BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAT WE ARE UTILIZING OUR OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS, TI SPECIFICALLY, TO HELP OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT'S A NICE SYNERGY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN ON THE NIGHT OF YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING.

THE SECOND THING IS THAT TODAY'S MIKE'S BIRTHDAY, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER BIRTHDAY GIFT TO GIVE TO YOUR SPOUSE [APPLAUSE] THAN TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE ON THE BOARD.

AND AS I SAID TO MIKE, I SAID, WELL, YOU GET YOUR WIFE BACK EVERY OTHER TUESDAY NOW.

AND HE SAID AND RIGHTFULLY HE SAID, IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

IT'S THE NIGHTS OF STUDYING.

IT'S THE NIGHTS OF ANSWERING A GAZILLION EMAILS WHICH WE ALL GET COPIED ON AND TAMMY HAS DONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'VE DONE IT, BUT THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM, I DON'T

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KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT TAMMY, SHE IS TIRELESS AND HER SERVICE ON THE BOARD ON TOP OF HER SERVICE IN HER PROFESSIONAL ROLE, WHICH IS A FULL TIME JOB, AND THEN SOME AND TO COME AND DO A FULL TIME JOB AND THEN SOME.

YOU'VE BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR STEM.

YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU'VE BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR STEM.

YOU'VE BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR GIRLS IN STEM.

AND THAT, I THINK, IS AN IMPORTANT LEGACY.

YOU'VE BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR EQUITY IN IN THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SERVED WITH TAMMY KNOW THAT SHE'S BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION FOR ALL KIDS.

AND I THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO MODEL A TRUSTEE'S LIFE, IT'S TO BE A CHAMPION FOR ALL KIDS.

AND SO YOU'VE SHOWN THAT WAY AND WE CAN ONLY HOPE TO LIVE UP TO THAT.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

SO WHEN A TRUSTEE JOINS THE BOARD, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK A MENTOR.

AND SO WHEN I HAD SAT IN THE BOARD MEETINGS, PRETTY COVID SO YOU COULD DO THAT.

I WATCHED ALL OF THE TRUSTEES TALK AND I DECIDED WHEN I WAS ELECTED THAT I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO TAMMY AND ASK HER TO BE MY MENTOR.

AND I SAW HOW SHE ENGAGED WITH HER BOARD COLLEAGUES AND THE QUESTIONS SHE ASKED.

AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT I SEE CONTRIBUTES TO THE INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY OF OPINION ON THE BOARD AND COMES FROM THE, YOU KNOW, STEM BACKGROUND AND UTILIZES THOSE SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOARD COLLEAGUES, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND THE DISTRICT.

AND SO WE HAD MANY LUNCHES TOGETHER, MENTORSHIP LUNCHES.

SHE ALWAYS, ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HER KIDS AND TALKED ABOUT LAW SCHOOL, TALKED ABOUT DELOITTE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A LITTLE ONE NOW, TOO.

SO I GOT SOME GREAT ADVICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT TO MENTOR ME.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT JUST OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WORKING WITH ME, BUT ALSO OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS.

11 OR 13? 11 .

100 IN DOG YEARS.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, CODY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M THANKFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES FOR GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF TAMMY AND ALL THAT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED.

I WAS THINKING TODAY OF MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT.

OH, NO.

[LAUGHTER] MY TAMMY MEMORABLE MOMENT.

AND IT WAS YOUR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE AFTER YOU ALL HAD GONE TO ANTARCTICA.

AND FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD TO QUESTION THE PHOTOGRAPHY BECAUSE IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE SHE'D STOLEN SOMETHING FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, SO THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.

THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THAT.

HER INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE WAS TO SHARE WITH US THE PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THAT TRIP.

IT WAS STUNNING.

IT WAS ALSO I SAW VULNERABILITY ABOUT YOU AND BEING COMPLETELY AUTHENTIC, AND YOU DID THAT OFTEN.

BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, I FELT LIKE YOU SHARED WITH US PART OF YOUR SOUL THAT YOU HADN'T SHARED BEFORE.

DAVID ALLUDED TO IT.

YOU GUYS ARE BLESSED TO HAVE A MOTHER WHO TRULY ADORES YOU ALL AND THAT TRIP, WE KNEW THAT YOU ALL HAD A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS SO GREAT FOR HER TO SHARE THAT WITH US BUT SHE ALSO SHARED WITH US SCIENCE AND SHE ALSO SHARED WITH US, I THINK IN A SENSE, THE FACT THAT SHE WANTS EVERY CHILD IN PLANO ISD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OF AWE AND WONDER AND BELONGING.

AND SO THAT'S MY FAVORITE MOMENT, TAMMY THAT CAPTURES FOR ME YOUR ESSENCE AND HOW YOU SHARED THAT WITH US.

TIRELESSNESS IS GREAT.

YOUR PASSION AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE CARRYING THE TORCH THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN PISD DESERVE THE VERY BEST OF EDUCATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT MODEL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR JUST COMMITMENT THAT I HOPE WE ALL CAN ASPIRE TO MODEL.

SO THANK YOU.

DURING THESE TWO YEARS IN THE BOARD, I MEAN, I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE TAMMY AS THE PRESIDENT, I MEAN, AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

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TO EXPECT.

AND I FEEL LIKE SO RESPECTED.

AND EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS IS, LIKE I SAID, IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE, LIKE SHE'S NEVER AFRAID OF ADVERSE OPINIONS.

SO WE GET TO TALK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO AND WITHOUT BEING BULLIED, I MEAN, BULLY.

I TOLD MY DAUGHTER ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, BULLIES WILL EXIST ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, BULLIES IN HIGH SCHOOL WILL GROW UP TO BE BULLIES.

[INAUDIBLE] OUT.

SO YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

AND BUT I'M SO GLAD, YOU KNOW, IN THIS BOARD, YOU BUILT A BOARD THAT'S STRONGER TOGETHER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ALSO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO PUT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FIRST.

ADD MANY MORE AGENDA ITEMS TO [INAUDIBLE] REPORTS, TO THE AGENDA I HAVE TALKED TO YOU AND ACTUALLY COMPLIMENTED YOU MANY TIMES AFTER THE BOARD MEETINGS, LIKE GREAT JOB.

I'M GLAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE REPORTS.

AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERY ONE OF US IS IS, YOU KNOW, HAVE CHILDREN IN CDS OR BE ABLE TO BE SO UP CLOSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CLASSROOM.

I MEAN, I REALLY ENJOYED AND A LOT OF TIMES IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A.

THEORY, EVEN, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING, WHICH WE WOULDN'T KNOW WITHOUT YOU WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PUTTING ON AN AGENDA AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.

ITS BOARD MEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, LEAVING.

SO TAMMY YOUR TENURE ON THE BOARD.

YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS, I'M SWITCHING THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.

YOU'VE OPENED NEW SCHOOLS, YOU'VE REDRAWN BOUNDARIES, YOU'VE HELPED ESTABLISH ACADEMIES, YOU HAVE WRESTLED WITH BUDGETS AND LED THE BOARD THROUGH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

TAMMY HAS BEEN THERE THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MORE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT FOR YEARS TO COME.

YOU HAVE GIVEN FREELY OF YOUR TIME SELFLESSLY AND YOU HAVE GIVEN US ALL OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENTS FREELY.

SERVING ON THE BOARD IS TIME CONSUMING AND TAKES PRECIOUS TIME AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

SO WE WANT TO HONOR THE TIME AND COMMITMENT BY THANKING HER FAMILY, MIKE, JULIET, MARK, FRIENDS, FOR SUPPORTING TAMMY DURING THESE LAST 11 YEARS.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

TAMMY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND MEETING THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE A HALLMARK OF THE LEGACY THAT YOU WILL LEAVE IN PLANO ISD.

WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO PLANO ISD STUDENTS, TO THE STAFF AND TO THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF PLANO ISD AND PERSONALLY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THIS GREAT DISTRICT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.

AND FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE.

BY BEING ENTRUSTED AS A LEADER OF OUR DISTRICT, THANK YOU FOR THE MANY AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANO ISD.

AND SO NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A GIFT THAT DEMONSTRATES OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO YOU.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THERE'S LITTLE MORE TO COME LATER FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FAMILIES OF PLANO ISD.

CAN YOU COULD BECAUSE YOU SPENT 11 YEARS IN THE.

WELL, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND.

GOSH, IT'S LIKE GOING TO YOUR WAKE, YOU GET TO HEAR ALL THE COOL STUFF.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE ALL BROUGHT OUR DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND OPINIONS TOGETHER TO HELP THE KIDS.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO PEOPLE HERE THAT I SERVED WITH MISSY BENDER AND [INAUDIBLE] SOLOMON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

IT WAS A JOY TO SERVE WITH YOU FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND I APPRECIATE HOW YOU CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO KIDS IN PLANO.

I ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE LEN STEVENS.

LEN IS MY FAVORITE PRINCIPAL OF ALL TIMES.

HE HELPED ME RAISE MY CHILDREN.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.

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STEVENS, FOR BEING JUST AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL, AN AMAZING CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS DISTRICT.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT VERY IMPORTANT PORTION OF THE EVENING TONIGHT, WE

[8. OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEES ELECTED MAY 1, 2021]

HAVE THE HONOR OF GIVING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE ELECTED MAY THE FIRST 2021.

THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION REQUIRES EACH ELECTED BOARD MEMBER TO SIGN A STATEMENT OF OFFICER WHICH HAS BEEN DONE.

THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ALSO REQUIRES NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING UPON ENTERING THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

THE FIRST OATH OF THIS OFFICE THIS EVENING IS BOARD TRUSTEE POSITION ONE, THE ONE I'M VACATING.

DR.

LAUREN TYRA.

LAUREN PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH YOUR FAMILY.

SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT, WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME, I, LAUREN TYRA.

I LAUREN TYRA.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THE STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS AS LAUREN SIGNS HER OATH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HER FAMILY PRESENT THIS EVENING.

LAUREN'S HUSBAND, JASON, IS HERE AS ARE LAUREN'S PARENTS, MARGARET AND DAVE [INAUDIBLE], WHO RAISED THEIR DAUGHTER LAUREN IN PLANO ISD.

SO WELCOME.

NEXT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE POSITION TWO ANGELA POWELL.

ANGELA, PLEASE JOIN YOUR FAMILY AT THE FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR YOUR SWEARING IN.

ANGELA'S OATH WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY HER FRIEND, JUDGE MIKE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S ACTUALLY [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT'S OK, EVERYBODY GETS IT WRONG.

EVERYBODY DOES.

WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

THANK YOU, ANGELA, FOR LETTING ME DO THIS FOR YOU.

IT IS CERTAINLY MY HONOR.

ALL RIGHT, ANGELA, [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU LIKE I DO, ALL THE SOME OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT I SWEAR IN WHEN I'M IN THE MILITARY, SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH, MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT LOCKED AT THE KNEES.

JUST RELAX.

ALL RIGHT? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

JUST REPEAT AFTER ME.

PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE.

I, ANGELA POWELL, I, ANGELA POWELL.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

I WILL FAITHFULLY.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THE STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK JUDGE [INAUDIBLE] FOR SWEARING ME IN TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO WISH YOUR WIFE, KIM [INAUDIBLE] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY, HER BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU.

AND.

AS TRUSTEE POWELL SIGNS HER OATH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HER FAMILY PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING, ANGELA'S HUSBAND, SIMON IS HERE ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN, WILLIAM, ROY AND

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EVELYN.

JUDGE [INAUDIBLE], THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS MOMENT WITH ANGELA AND HER FAMILY.

THANK YOU.

CERTAINLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY HUSBAND, SIMON POWELL, RIGHT HERE FOR LETTING ME RUN AGAIN WITH HIS SUPPORT, I'M ABLE TO BE HERE AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALL MY FRIENDS, TOO.

AND I WENT, I WANT TO SAY THAT MY KIDS, WILLIAM, ROY AND EVELYN INSPIRING ME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY.

AND I LOVE THEM AND I LOVE OUR CITY AND I LOVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SERVE YOU FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.

THANK YOU.

OK.

NEXT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE, POSITION THREE, NANCY HUMPHREY.

NANCY, PLEASE.

YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, JIM, IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.

MS. NOWAK WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

PLEASE PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, NANCY HUMPHREY.

I, NANCY HUMPHREY.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS,.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AS NANCY SIGNS HER OATH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, JIM, FOR THE DEDICATION YOU HAVE FOR THE DISTRICT WITH YOUR SACRIFICE OF TIME BOARD MEMBERS COMMITMENTS MADE EASIER BY THE HELP OF THEIR FAMILY.

AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALSO AN EXCELLENT SIGN GUY.

[INAUDIBLE] NEXT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE POSITION SIX JERI CHAMBERS.

JERI, PLEASE JOIN YOUR HUSBAND RICK IN FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR YOUR SWEARING IN.

MS. NOWAK WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND REPEAT AFTER ME, I JERI CHAMBERS.

I JERI CHAMBERS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THE STATE.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] BIBLE IS MY GRANDFATHER'S, AND HE SERVED AS A SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS MANY, MANY, MANY MOONS AGO.

SO IT'S A SPECIAL SPECIAL BOOK FOR ME.

SO WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE, RICK, FOR HIS SUPPORT OF JERI IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO WERE HERE TONIGHT TO WATCH THESE BOARD MEMBERS PROUDLY TAKE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE.

YOUR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT MAKES THE MOMENT EVEN MORE SPECIAL.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, I WILL GAVEL OUT FOR THE LAST TIME, WE

[9. RECESS OPEN SESSION FOR RECEPTION HONORING OUTGOING BOARD PRESIDENT TAMMY RICHARDS]

[00:55:06]

WILL NOW RECESS OPEN SESSION TO ATTEND A RECEPTION HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.

THE TIME IS 7:39 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 18TH, 2021.

THANK YOU.

IS NOW A FORMER BOARD MEMBER.

THANK YOU, TAMMY.

HAVE FUN TONIGHT.

I'M OFF THE SCRIPT ALREADY AND IS NOT PRESENT.

WELL, IT'S NOW OFFICIALLY NOT PRESENT.

SO AT THIS TIME, AS CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDING OFFICER, IN THE ABSENCE OF

[10. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

THE PRESIDENT, I ANNOUNCE THAT THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE SESSION.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 18TH, 2021, AND THE TIME IS 8:10 PM.

IT IS TIME FOR THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS STATED IN BOARD

[11. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (ELECTION OF OFFICERS)]

POLICY, THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS SHALL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING FOLLOWING THE CANVASING OF ELECTION RETURNS.

BOARD OFFICERS SHALL SERVE FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR, BEGINNING AT THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING JUNE GRADUATION, IN THE EVENT THAT AN OFFICER IS NO LONGER ON THE BOARD AFTER AN ELECTION, THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS TERM WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.

BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PRESIDE OVER THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

THE NEWLY SEATED BOARD PRESIDENT WILL OFFICIATE THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR THE REMAINING OFFICER POSITIONS.

I NOW TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

THANK YOU.

VICE PRESIDENT CHAMBERS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BDA REGULATION AND BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOL, I DULY NOTIFIED I WAS DULY NOTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS OF THEIR INTENT TO SEEK AN OFFICER POSITION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT.

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF INTENT FROM DAVID STOLLE FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT.

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF INTENT FROM CODY WEAVER, JERI CHAMBERS AND NANCY HUMPHREY.

FOR THE POSITION OF SECRETARY.

I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF INTENT FROM CODY WEAVER, JERI CHAMBERS AND NANCY HUMPHREY.

AS REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY AND PROTOCOL, I FORWARDED EACH NOTIFICATION TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND THE NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.

I NOMINATE EXCUSE ME, MY VOICE IS GONE.

DAVID STOLLE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.

SECOND.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTED DAVID STOLLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED.

NONE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

[APPLAUSE] SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ASK TRUSTEE BOARD PRESIDENT DAVID STOLLE AND TRUSTEE T YRA TO SWITCH SEATS.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET MYSELF SITUATED.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS CODY WEAVER TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2021 TO 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

WELL, HOLD ON, LAUREN.

LET'S WE'VE GOT A MOTION FOR CODY.

AND SO WE NEED TO SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND.

[01:00:02]

OH SORRY.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT.

OK.

NOW, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? OK.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

IS A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT? I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

HEATHER WANG AND SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS CODY WEAVER TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL VOTE ON THAT MOTION FIRST.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE VOTE FOR YOU, FOR CODY, FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

CAN I MOVE TO HAVE THAT AS A ROLL CALL VOTE? OK, CODY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO HAVE THAT AS A ROLL CALL VOTE IN ORDER TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, WE'LL NEED A SECOND ON THAT.

OK, ALL IN FAVOR OF HOLDING A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ELECTION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL POST.

THE MOTION FAILS THERE, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE VOTE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

WANG A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS CODY WEAVER TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

ABSTAIN.

OK.

THAT MOTION HAS FAILED.

WE HAD A SECOND MOTION FOR NANCY, FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT WAS MADE BY, MADE A MOTION BY LAUREN.

SORRY, ROOKIE MISTAKE, BUT LAUREN MADE THE MOTION, IT WAS SECONDED BY NANCY, SO WE'LL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON NANCY FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED.

ABSTAIN, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

AND THAT MOTION PASSES SIX TO ZERO TO ONE.

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

I NOMINATE OR I MOVE TO NOMINATE JERI CHAMBERS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

I SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY? DR. WANG.

AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

SECOND.

OK.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS JERI CHAMBERS TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR WILL VOTE ON THAT FIRST.

ALL IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED.

ABSTENTION.

OK, THAT MOTION CARRIED FOUR TO TWO TO ONE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD FOR THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, DR.

[12. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION]

THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL ADVISE IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING.

OK, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS, ALLOW ME, PLEASE, TO READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS LIMITED TO THE PORTION OF THE MEETING DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT ALL.

OTHER TIMES, THE AUDIENCE SHALL NOT ENTER INTO DISCUSSION ON MATTERS BEING CONSIDERED UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SUBMIT A SINGLE PUBLIC COMMENT CARD INDICATING THE TOPIC OF THE COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS MUST INCLUDE THE SPEAKER'S FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER SPEAKERS COMMENTS ARE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE IDENTIFIED TOPIC LISTED ON THE COMMENT CARD.

THE INFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT PROVIDES THE OPINION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER ALONE, NOT THE DISTRICT.

[01:05:03]

THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DECREASE THE PER SPEAKER TIME LIMIT, TAKE ITEMS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER THAN SHOWN ON THE AGENDA.

RECOMMEND THAT COMMENTS INVOLVING THE PERFORMANCE OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES BE MADE THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE POLICY REQUIRE THAT COMMENTS INVOLVING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE STUDENT INFORMATION BE MADE THROUGH THE GRIEVANCE POLICY MOVE, A MEETING OR AN AGENDA ITEM TO ANOTHER DAY IN ORDER TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE OTHER REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMING OF PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD IN THE ORDER OF THE CORRESPONDING AGENDA ITEM UNTIL ALL AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS HAVE BEEN HEARD.

IF TIME REMAINS DURING THE ALLOTTED THIRTY MINUTES, COMMENTS ADDRESSING NON AGENDA ITEMS MAY BE HEARD, NON AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS NOT HEARD DURING THE ALLOTTED THIRTY MINUTES WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

IN FACT, WE HAVE THREE COMMENT CARDS TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES TOTAL FOR AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS COMBINED.

AN INDIVIDUAL WHO COMPLETES A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD IS ALLOWED AT LEAST ONE MINUTE OF COMMENT FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. IF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AT THE MEETING EXCEEDS TEN, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE PER SPEAKER, TIME LIMIT MAY BE REDUCED.

WE WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR EACH SPEAKER TONIGHT.

A TIMER IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREENS AND IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'LL BE EXPECTED TO STOP THE MICROPHONE AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.

SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY MAY BE FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES, BUT THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.

THE BOARD MAY ALSO REFER SPEAKER TO A STAFF MEMBER IN AUTHORITY OVER THE ISSUE.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSING THE BOARD HAS ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE A MATTER ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH RESOLUTION CHANNELS ESTABLISHED BY POLICY.

IF NOT, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE POLICY TO SEEK RESOLUTION.

IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR A PERSON WITH INTENT TO PREVENT OR DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING TO SUBSTANTIALLY OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH THE ORDINARY CONDUCT OF A MEETING BY PHYSICAL ACTION OR VERBAL UTTERANCE AND THEREBY CURTAIL THE EXERCISE OF OTHERS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

IF AT LEAST ONE WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS WORDS OR HIS ACTIONS, OR REFUSES TO STOP AND LEAVE THE PODIUM WHEN INSTRUCTED, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY REQUEST FROM ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.

DR.

WILLIAMS, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MR. JONES TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF DIVERSITY AND EQUITY.

PRESIDENT STOLLE, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SHOULD I STILL PERFORMING THE DUTY OF A SECOND.

YES, YES.

THANK YOU.

DR. WANG WILL WILL PERFORM THE TIMEKEEPING DUTIES TONIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU MAY BEGIN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

WELL, MY NAME IS NOT [INAUDIBLE] JONES, BUT IT IS HOW I FELT AT THE LAST GENERAL MEETING AND PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND HOW PEOPLE SPOKE OF IT REALLY DISCREDITS ON WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY DOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND ELIMINATES DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT IS RELEVANT IN AMERICAN HISTORY TODAY.

THERE IS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE IT TO BE.

AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS.

ONE OF THE MYTHS IS THAT SOCIAL STUDIES, CIVICS, ETHICS STUDIES, TEACHERS ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

HOWEVER, THE TRUTH IS THAT CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS AN EDUCATION, A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED BY RESEARCH TO EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MARGINALIZED IN SCHOOLS.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NOT A STANDARD LEARNING OUTCOME OR ACADEMIC SUBJECT TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULA.

TEACHERS ARE NOT TEACHING STUDENTS TO HATE OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OTHERS BASED ON A RACE OR SEX.

HOWEVER, WHAT TEACHERS ARE DOING, THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND TEACH OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE DIFFERENT OF CULTURE AND APPRECIATE AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TEACHING, INTERCULTURAL RESPONSIVE TEACHING.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE MISCONCEPTION OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS NOT THE SAME AS THE REALITY OF CULTURAL RESPONSIVE TEACHING.

OVER THE YEARS PLANO OVER THE YEARS, PLANO ISD HAS BEEN PICKING UP THE [INAUDIBLE] BEHIND RICHARDSON, GARLAND, OTHER DISTRICTS ON WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURAL RESPONSIVE THINKING AND ACTIONS FOR YEARS, HOWEVER, WITH OUR NEW LEADERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST YEARS, WE HAVE THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT AND THEY ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES TO ONE DAY, HOPEFULLY BEING THE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND CULTURAL ISSUES.

AND THEY ALSO WILL BE PICKING UP OUR CRUMBS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.

IF SOME PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PLANO ISD FINALLY REPRESENTING THE TRUE DIVERSE AMERICA, THAT IT IS WELL YOU HAVE OPTIONS.

THERE ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT MAY MEET YOUR NEEDS.

PLANO ISD IS NO LONGER A WHITE DISTRICT.

PLANO ISD IS A BLACK DISTRICT AND HISPANIC DISTRICT AND INDIAN DISTRICT, ASIAN DISTRICT AND A WHITE DISTRICT.

PLANO ISD IS NOT A DISTRICT FOR ONE.

IT IS A DISTRICT FOR ALL AND ONLY ALL Y'ALL PLANO ISD.

[01:10:03]

BUT I, TOO, AM PLANO ISD, THANK YOU, AN Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. [INAUDIBLE] TO SPEAK ON MASKS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AMANDA [INAUDIBLE], AND I WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY UP THERE STEPPING UP AND SERVING THE PLANO ISD COMMUNITY, IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION NO MATTER WHEN YOU SERVE.

BUT WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND A TIME OF EXTREME PARTIZANSHIP, THERE'S A WHOLE ADDED BASKET OF DIFFICULTIES.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE PISD RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAN AND ACTUALLY SWITCHED MY CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL AT HOME TO IN PERSON BEFORE THE SECOND NINE WEEK SESSION.

YEAH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BREAKTHROUGH CASES OF COVID DURING THAT TIME, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT AND ACTED VERY QUICKLY.

DECISIONS HAVE BEEN LOGICAL AND BACKED BY DATA AND EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS.

NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT I HAVE A FIRST GRADER AND A SECOND GRADER AND THAT AGE GROUP IS NOT YET ELIGIBLE FOR COVID VACCINE.

I WAS REALLY SHOCKED WHEN I WATCHED OUR SUPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE ABOUT MASKS BECOMING OPTIONAL OUTDOORS WHEN KIDS ARE SIX FEET APART AND THAT THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, CHILDREN ARE NOT REALLY ABLE TO REMAIN SIX FEET APART WHEN PLAYING DURING RECESS.

AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO'S HAD TWO KIDS IN FRONT OF THEM AT A TIME KNOWS THAT I'VE BEEN OK WITH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.

WHENEVER I PICKED UP MY KIDS FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, I'VE SEEN THEM PLAYING, BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN MASKED.

AND TO ME, THAT MEANS THAT THE MASKS ARE WORKING AND THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, TRANSMISSION BETWEEN THE KIDDOS.

WITHOUT THE MASKS IT MAKES RECESS HARDER FOR THE TEACHERS TO POLICE, AND IT HONESTLY CREATES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO INFECT ONE ANOTHER.

AND I THINK JUST THE TIMING WAS REALLY SHOCKING AS WELL, NOT ONLY AFTER THE ELECTION THAT FELT LIKE A POLITICAL MOTIVATION, WHICH I REALLY I LOVE POLITICS.

I DON'T ENJOY HAVING MY CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FAULT ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.

I JUST THINK THAT THE TIMING OF IT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA BEHIND THAT DECISION.

AND I'M ALSO ASSUMING THAT PLANO ISD PROBABLY HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF ABBOTT'S LAST DITCH ATTEMPT AT POLITICAL RELEVANCY.

I MEAN, HIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT LOCAL ISDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REQUIRE MASKS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR NEXT YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE CDC GUIDANCE SAYS THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED CAN BE UNMASKED IN MOST SITUATIONS.

AND WHO KNOWS WHEN CHILDREN UNDER 12 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE.

ALL OF THAT TO SAY, SINCE KIDS THAT ARE BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND SECOND GRADE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU CAN'T OVERRIDE A MANDATE, BUT IF WE COULD HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT PUSHES BACK TOWARDS THE STATE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, USE YOUR POWER AS A COLLECTIVE, AS AN ISD TO REALLY BRING THAT UP TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T SEEM IT SEEMS LIKE A BURDEN ON THE CHILDREN TO HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THEIR HEALTH INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND FIVE YEAR OLDS ARE NOT CAPABLE REALLY OF DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THAT WAS MS. [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS OUR THIRD SPEAKER, OUR SECOND SPEAKER THIS EVENING WAS [INAUDIBLE] AND THIS IS A LAST CALL.

SHE MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER JUST ANOTHER CHANCE.

OK, SO JUST TWO SPEAKERS.

OK, VERY GOOD, THAT CLOSES OUT OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

[13. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE WILL NOW ADDRESS THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL IS ONE ITEM UNLESS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON AT ONE TIME WITH NO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND WAS THAT NANCY.

HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY NANCY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEVEN ZERO PASSES.

BOARD WILL NOW HEAR REPORTS FIRST, WE WILL HEAR AN UPDATE FROM SUPERINTENDENT

[14.A. Advocacy Efforts for the 87 Texas th Legislative Session]

[01:15:04]

BONSER REGARDING ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR THE SEVENTH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND BEFORE I SAY THAT, DO WE NEED TO PAUSE AFTER CONSENT FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON? OK, VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, TO THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE HAVE AN ADVOCACY REPORT ON THE EIGHTY SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND REALLY THIS IS AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE BILLS THAT ARE PENDING IN THE LEGISLATURE AS WE SPEAK.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO TRUSTEE NANCY HUMPHREY OR VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, AND SHE'S GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH A DISCUSSION OF THE BILLS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

I'M SORRY.

MY VOICE IS KIND OF ALLERGYISH.

PARDON ME.

WHO HAS THE LITTLE CLICKER? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE, I'LL SAY THAT TRICIA WINDOM WITH TRINITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS HAS PUT THE SLIDE TOGETHER.

AND I'VE TALKED WITH TRICIA, AND IT'S I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL OF THE BILLS LATELY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ALL THE ACTION.

SO WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WASN'T WORTH HER DRIVING ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE IN THE RAIN IF IT WAS GOING TO RAIN.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S 13 DAYS REMAINING IN THE SESSION.

WE DO BELIEVE IT'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION AFTER THIS TO ADDRESS THE REDISTRICTING.

BUT THE NEXT MAJOR DEADLINE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE UP THERE, IS MAY 25TH WHEN ALL THE SENATE BILLS MUST HAVE THEIR SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE OR THEY'RE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF FLURRY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO LET'S MOVE.

WELL, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MAY 31ST IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION.

[INAUDIBLE], OR HOW DO YOU SAY THAT SOMEBODY WANT TO TEACH ME LATIN? OK, GOOD ONE TOO FAR OFF.

ALL RIGHT, SO SENATE BILL 1, IF YOU SEE IT'S THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND SENATE AND HOUSE CONFEREES CONTINUE TO MEET TO DISCUSS AND MAKE A COMPROMISE ON THE BUDGET.

AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE DONE IN PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO BOTH CHAMBERS FOR THE FIRST APPROVAL OR THE FINAL APPROVAL SO THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ESSER FUNDS AND HOW THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

NOW, IF YOU MOVE ON TO HOUSE BILL 1525, THAT'S THE HOUSE BILL THREE FROM THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE CLEAN UP BILL.

AND IT CONTAINS SOME PROVISIONS THAT WE FIND A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING.

AND I BELIEVE A LETTER IS GOING OUT TOMORROW TO SENATOR PAXTON, JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE.

AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1525 HAS SOME BANKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRICTS RECEIVING THE NECESSARY FUNDS.

AND IT REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO SPEND 60 PERCENT OF THE COURSE OF THE FUNDS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS WHILE SETTING ASIDE THE 40 PERCENT TO BE SPENT AND THE TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THE CONCERN THERE IS THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO WAIT JUST TO WORK AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS THAT MAY NEED THE SERVICES SOONER THAN LATER.

WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY TO GRADE LEVEL AND WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL EXPERTISE IN THIS DISTRICT TO NOT FALL OFF THE FINANCIAL CLIFF THAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO HOLD BACK THE 40 PERCENT.

WE'VE LET SENATOR PAXTON KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPIER IF IT WAS AN 80 20 RATIO INSTEAD, OR I TALKED TO SENATOR PAXTON ON THURSDAY AND I SAID, WHAT IF WE JUST DRAW A LINE AND WE SAID ANYTHING THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO DISTRICTS THAT IS LESS THAN 50 MILLION WOULD BE NO BANKING REQUIREMENTS THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS BILL AND THE INTENT, THE SENATE INTENT CALENDAR, IT COULD BE HEARD AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

AND SO SENATOR PAXTON SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS THE BILL ISN'T PERFECT AND EXPECT TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SENATE FLOOR.

AND SO THE DISTRICT IS SENDING SUBMITTING A LETTER TO EXPRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER CONCERN AND IT'S FAILING TO STAY IN MY MIND.

SO PART OF THE CLEANUP BILL, REALLY, THE BANKING IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE THING AND, YOU KNOW, THE MONEYS WERE ALLOCATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TITLE I STUDENTS SERVED IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SOME DISTRICTS GOT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION AND OR MORE.

[01:20:05]

FOR PLANO ISD, THAT NUMBER WAS 43 MILLION, BUT THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS WITH FEWER TITLE I STUDENTS.

BUT EVERYONE IS AFFECTED BY THE IMPACT OF COVID.

IT'S NOT JUST TITLE I; IT'S ALL STUDENTS.

AND SO DISTRICTS EVEN THAT WOULD RECEIVE LESS THAN US, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT THREE MILLION DOLLARS, YOU YOU'VE GOT TO BANK, 40 PERCENT OF IT, YOU JUST CAN'T DO MUCH.

YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BANK 40 PERCENT, I FEEL VERY CONCERNED THAT KIDS WHO NEED HELP, WE DON'T HAVE FIVE YEARS.

AND SO THE LOGIC BEHIND BANKING IS THE REAL QUESTION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION THERE.

PERHAPS THE BANKING IS A WAY TO PUSH TO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT THERE THEN WOULD BE A LOCAL SUPPLANT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE OUR FUND BALANCE WOULD BE HOLDING THOSE DOLLARS.

AND SO IT ALSO GIVES PERMISSION FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRY TO GET A WAIVER FROM THE COMMISSIONER TO GET THE ENTITLEMENT THAT WE DO NOT THINK THAT THE COMMISSIONER NEEDS MORE AUTHORITY OVER HOW WE SPEND LOCAL FUNDS THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO.

AND SO WHY WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONER TO ASK FOR MONEY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SENT FOR COVID RELIEF, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THAT EXPANSION OF THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER.

AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES IN THIS CLEAN-UP BILL WHICH JUST SNUCK IN, IT'S A NEW PIECE TO THIS IS THAT IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS A SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT AND WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT WE RECEIVED ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

AND THIS BILL, THIS CLEAN-UP BILL WOULD TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US IN THE FORM OF MORE RECAPTURE SO WE WOULD LOSE OUR SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS IN THIS BILL THAT ARE A CONCERN TO THE DISTRICT.

AND WE WILL CONVEY THAT TO SENATOR PAXTON AND THE REST OF OUR DELEGATION TOMORROW.

SO ONE THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, THAT WE LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL RELATIVE TO WHAT OUR PURPOSES FOR WHICH THAT MONEY MAY BE SPENT BECAUSE CASH IS FUNGIBLE.

RIGHT.

SO IF WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE HERE AND WE HAVE AMOUNTS THAT ARE DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT.

THAT HAVE TO BE SPENT OVER TIME, OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, CAN WE SPEND UP FRONT AND THEN REIMBURSE OURSELVES FROM THOSE DOLLARS IN THE ACCOUNT AS THEY COME, AS THEY ARE RELEASED? YOU CAN UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE STATE FUNDING IS REDUCED TO THE AMOUNT OF THOSE LAST TWO YEARS.

THAT'S THE FEAR, IS THAT MOVE WILL COME LATER.

THERE'S NOT A CONFIRMATION OF THAT.

BUT THAT IS THE DISCUSSION THAT'S OUT THERE.

IT'S A VERY RATIONAL FEAR BASED ON HISTORY.

MM HMM.

AND I THINK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE'RE TRYING TO DECIPHER INTENT OF SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR STUDENTS, FOR TEACHERS, FOR DISTRICTS, AND IT'S BEING SPREAD OUT OVER YEARS WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION AS TO HOW THAT HELPS THOSE STUDENTS NOW.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO DECIPHER OR HAVE ANYBODY ADMIT OR GIVE US INTENT, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE INTENT IS PURE AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOLS ARE AT THE HEART OF THIS, ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BILLED AS.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HYPOCRISY GOING HERE WITH THE STATE PUTTING A FUNNEL ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE STATE DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUSHES BACK ON THE STATE, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS WITH OUR FUNDS.

AND SO IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING.

THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE, I'M GOING TO ADD ONE THAT ISN'T ON THERE.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 1365.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT'S THE ONE THAT WILL INCREASE THE TEA COMMISSIONER'S ABILITY TO INTERVENE WITH THE DISTRICT'S MANAGEMENT BY IMPLEMENTING SANCTIONS AND APPOINTING BOARD MEMBERS OR BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND BOARD OF MANAGERS.

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MY MISTAKE.

I THINK THAT THERE WAS CONCERN THERE, BUT I FOUND OUT LATER TODAY THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A REWRITE THAT WAS DONE ON THE FLOOR AND A SUBSTITUTE IS PLANNED FOR THE HOUSE ON THURSDAY.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE WOODS THERE.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID AND I'VE SAID IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE CONTINUE TO GIVE AN UNELECTED OFFICIAL, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, MORE AUTHORITY.

AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS PARTICULAR BILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF RESISTANCE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD ABOUT THAT, THAT WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE IS THE COMMISSIONER COULD CHANGE.

EXACTLY.

AND WE ARE GIVING MIKE MORATH, WHO IS A COMPETENT HUMAN BEING.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH HIM THAT HE IS, YOU KNOW, HAS THE BEST INTERESTS OF STUDENTS.

HE'S PROVEN THAT RIGHT.

BUT THE CONCERN IS EVERYTHING JUST SAYS COMMISSIONER.

AND SO SOMETHING HAPPENS TO MIKE MORATH AND SUDDENLY NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO COMES IN.

IT DOESN'T BODE WELL FOR THE LONG TERM PLAN.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

I'D MAKE THE ARGUMENT, REGARDLESS IF IT'S MIKE MORATH OR ANYBODY ELSE, THAT NOBODY SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH POWER, THAT POWER SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT TO A APPOINTED PERSON OF THE GOVERNOR OR ANYBODY ELSE.

AND SO I COULD CARE LESS IF IT'S MIKE MORATH OR ANYBODY ELSE.

THOSE POWERS SHOULD BE KEPT WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THAT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS JUST APPOINTED.

AND THAT COULD CHANGE AT-WILL.

EXACTLY EITHER WAY.

SO, YEAH, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN LOSING AUTHORITY AND IT'S BEEN SHIFTING TO THE COMMISSIONER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS SENATE BILL 28 AND THIS BILL WOULD REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE SBOE TO VETO THE COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL OF CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS.

SO AT LEAST, THANKFULLY, THE SENATE BILL, 28 FAILED IN THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE WHEN BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE ON TUESDAY.

BUT THERE, AGAIN, IS A PRETTY BIG EXAMPLE OF THAT AUTHORITY BEING SHIFTED FROM THE SBOE, WHO ARE 25 AREA STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO, YOU KNOW, AND GOING BACK TO AN APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THE SLIDE HERE IS SOMETHING THAT I HEAR A LOT OF INTEREST IN HERE IN OUR DISTRICT LOCALLY.

HOUSE BILL 1468, IT WOULD ALLOW VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE TO COUNT TOWARDS OUR ADA AND IT'S SLOWLY WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

AND IT'S BEEN SORT OF STALLED FOR THIS PAST WEEK.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FEEL THAT URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE ATTRACTING STUDENTS AWAY FROM THEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE SIGNED ON A LETTER, WAS IT LAST WEEK THAT PUTS OUT SOME ASSURANCES THAT IS NOT OUR INTENT AND THAT WE'RE FINE WITH BEING ABLE TO HAVE A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GRAB STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

IT WOULD BE FINE FOR US TO HAVE IT JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE IN PLANO ISD TO HAVE A VIRTUAL OPTION IF THEY SO CHOOSE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CHOICES TO OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE OUR STUDENTS.

TO THOSE WHO WANT TO CHOOSE A VIRTUAL OPTION, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT SAME HIGH QUALITY LEARNING VIRTUALLY TO THE STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE IT IN OUR DISTRICT.

NANCY, DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR ITS PASSAGE OR WHAT THE FEEL IS FOR IT? I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE SENSE IS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON IT.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW, SARA? YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE DISHEARTENING BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION IT WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, THERE'S TONS OF VIRTUAL BILLS AND THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE BROADBAND PLUS THE VIRTUAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH AS CLOSELY.

IT'S THERE'S LOTS OUT THERE.

AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS DIED EXCEPT THIS ONE.

SO THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE LEFT.

SO IF THIS DOESN'T MOVE.

THEN THERE WON'T BE ONE, THERE WON'T BE ONE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WELL, I KNOW COURTNEY TALKED TO US AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO QUICKLY IMPLEMENT THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND PROVIDE THAT CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING TO THIS MEETING TO GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO YOUR DELEGATION, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 1468 SO THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

NANCY, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE FINAL DECISION OR MOVEMENT OF THAT BILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR IT TO STAY ALIVE? MAY 25TH, A WEEK.

YEAH, WITHIN THE WEEK.

SO WE'LL KNOW VERY SOON.

YEAH.

SO TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE ON THIS ONE.

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AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT WHEN TAMMY AND I HAVE WORKED ON THE ACADEMY VISIONING COMMITTEE AND THAT IS THAT IS AN ACADEMY AND I THINK IT'S A CHOICE.

AND WE WORKED REALLY HARD HERE TO PROVIDE CHOICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

CAN YOU REMIND ME WHEN THE WINDOW CLOSES FOR THAT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR DISTRICT? MAY 24TH.

AND SO THE DAY AFTER THE APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSES, WE'LL LEARN WHETHER OR NOT IT'S MOVED FORWARD.

AND DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY INTERESTED PEOPLE THERE ARE AT THIS POINT? ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY.

OK, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE.

VERY INTERESTED TO GET THAT INFORMATION THEN.

ALL RIGHT, DO YOU MIND CLICKING THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, SO SENATE BILL 10 AND PREVIOUSLY HOUSE BILL 749, THESE WERE THE BILLS ON BANNING TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYISTS AND HOUSE BILL 749 DIED IN THE HOUSE; IT DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COMMITTEE.

SENATE BILL TEN HAS WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE SENATE AND WAS VOTED FAVORABLY OUT OF THE STATE AFFAIRS ON FRIDAY.

BUT IT PRECLUDES THE DISTRICTS FROM HIRING AN OUTSIDE LOBBYIST IF THEY DON'T DISCLOSE IT, AND THEY WOULD WANT THEM TO DISCLOSE, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FALL INTO THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.

WE WEREN'T IN IT IN THE FIRST GO 'ROUND, BUT NOW IT IS ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT COLLECT TAXES.

AND SO IF WE WANT TO HIRE A LOBBYIST OR SOMEONE WHO IS ADVOCATING AND FOLLOWING THE BILLS FOR US OR USE TASB AND TASA, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD VOTE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS A STANDALONE MEASURE.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCLOSE ANY OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS AND OR THE LOBBYIST, WHATEVER TERM WE WANT TO USE THERE, THE CONSULTANT AND POST THAT CONTRACT ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO SENATE BILL TEN IS NOW HEADED TO THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A VOTE.

AND THERE ISN'T A DATE SET AND IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW IN THE END OF THE SESSION TO GET THE SCHEDULES; THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS PREDICTABLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SENATE, BUT THEY THEN NEED A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO COMPROMISE THE SENATE AND HOUSE VERSIONS.

SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE PROBABLY ARE SOME WORKAROUNDS AND THERE COULD BE SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE ON THAT IS THAT WE DO NEED TO WATCH THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS BECAUSE THE INITIAL HOUSE BILL WAS REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS, DIED THERE.

THIS SENATE BILL HAS COME ACROSS FROM THE SENATE INTO STATE AFFAIRS AND IT WAS VOTED FAVORABLY IN STATE AFFAIRS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD EASILY SNEAK IN AT THE END OF THE SESSION.

OK, SO THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE ON THE SLIDE IS HOUSE BILL 4242, AND THAT IS THE EXTENSION OF THE CHAPTER 313 EXTENSION.

THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES THIS HAS THE SUPPORT TO PASS.

SO I KNOW THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT FOR THAT ANYMORE, BUT I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE ARRANGEMENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND IF WE DON'T PERMIT IT TO HAPPEN IN THE STATE, THEN IT'S GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAST 313 THAT WE DID.

AND WE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS.

AND I THINK THE DISTRICT GOT A GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE A 300 MILLIMETER WAFER PLANT HERE IN RICHARDSON, AND I THINK ALL THE AUTO INDUSTRIES ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE CHIPS.

SO I THINK WE'RE PRETTY LUCKY THAT WE GOT THAT BECAUSE IT BRINGS HIGH PAYING JOBS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT ONE IS POTENTIALLY A FAVORABLE GO.

AND IF IT DOESN'T GO, NANCY, WILL IT AFFECT OUR CURRENT 313 RELATIONSHIP? IT'S NOT--OK.

IT IS NOT RETROACTIVE.

OK.

NO, THANK GOODNESS.

THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE PREVIOUSLY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT THEY TOOK THAT OUT.

RETROACTIVE, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? [CHUCKLING] OK, SO HOUSE BILL 547, WHICH TALKS ABOUT UIL SPORTS FOR HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT PASSED THE HOUSE WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ONLY ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR

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HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT UIL EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS OR FINE ARTS OR WHATEVER, THEATER, ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS.

IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW IF THE DISTRICT'S BOARD APPROVED IT.

SO THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US SOME LOCAL CONTROL THERE.

THERE IS NO HEARING DATE YET, BUT IT IS REFERRED TO THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE CORRESPONDED WITH SENATOR PAXTON ON THAT AND SHE UNDERSTANDS THE POSITION THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.

ALL RIGHT, AND THE LAST ITEM IS HOUSE BILL 4545, IT'S MEANT TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING LEARNING LOSS.

IT ORIGINALLY HAD SOME OUTCOMES BASED FUNDING WHICH HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN OUT.

IT'S HARD TO SAY WHETHER THE SENATE WILL ADD IT BACK IN.

AND IT ALSO HAS SOME ISSUES THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT, SUCH AS FAILING STUDENTS, BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR TEACHERS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND SO I WOULD LET YOU SARA EXPRESS WHAT YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE LIKE IF THEY COULD CHOOSE THE TEACHER THAT THEY WANTED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE CHALLENGE OF THAT IS IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ONLY HAVE TO SECOND GRADE TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY WANTS, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN ONLY GET A CERTAIN RATIO BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAW.

AND IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO THINK THAT YOU COULD SCHEDULE EVERY STUDENT INTO THE CLASSROOM THAT THE PARENT WANTS THE CHILD TO BE IN, AND THE QUESTION IS, IN THE WAY THAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL IS WRITTEN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS CLASSROOM, WHO'S SAYING WHO THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS CLASSROOM IS.

AND SO THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL IS VERY STRANGE.

I JUST YOU KNOW, IF YOU TALK ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL BEING TAKEN AWAY, RIGHT.

I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY ODD SITUATION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT COULD HAVE SOME PARTICULAR IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THERE'RE ESL CLASSROOMS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER CUTS DOWN THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE TEACHERS FOR PARTICULAR STUDENTS.

TRUE, AND IN SOME CASES, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE TEACHER.

SO THEN WHAT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE THAT'S NOT EVEN BEING DISCUSSED.

READING THROUGH THE LINES, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE BILL, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY THEY SEEM TO THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD TEACHERS AND SOME BAD TEACHERS AND THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THAT IN LEGISLATION SO PEOPLE CAN DECIDE WHO THOSE ARE.

AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRES QUALIFIED TEACHERS.

AND IF THE TEACHER'S NOT QUALIFIED, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL REMOVE OR REASSIGN THAT TEACHER.

SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE A NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK, IF ONE SON OR DAUGHTER HAD THAT TEACHER AND YOU HOPE THAT THEIR YOUNGER SIBLING GETS THAT TEACHER TOO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT HOPE, AND IF IT HAPPENS, IT DOESN'T, LIKE I UNDERSTAND THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT WHEN IT'S I HEAR THAT'S THE SUPERIOR TEACHER.

WELL, THE GOAL IS TO GET ALL TEACHERS TO BE THE SUPERIOR TEACHER.

AND I THINK READING THROUGH THE LINES ON THAT, IT'S NOT A VERY NICE IMPLICATION THAT THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING THERE.

AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL FOR THE DISTRICT TO EXECUTE.

WELL, IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO GET THE KIDS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE RIGHT CLASSROOMS ONCE THEY'VE SELECTED COURSES? JUST THE COURSES, NOT THE TEACHERS.

SO THIS BILL HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE SENATE EDUCATION, AND IT'S AWAITING A HEARING DATE.

LIKE I SAID, THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH SENATOR PAXTON JUST THE COMPLEXITIES THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A BILL SUCH AS THAT.

SO THAT IS THE END OF THE ADVOCACY REPORT.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, I WANT TO GO BACK TO HOUSE BILL 547.

SO THE COMPANION TO THAT WAS DRAFTED BY SENATOR PAXTON IN SENATE AND IT WAS LEFT IN COMMITTEE, I PRESUME THEY LEFT IT IN COMMITTEE KNOWING THAT THE HOUSE BILL WAS ON ITS WAY AND THEN THAT SENATOR PAXTON COULD ADD TO THAT HOUSE BILL AS SHE WANTED TO MAKE IT CONFORM WITH HER BILL.

THE POINT BEING, I DON'T KNOW THAT.

EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS TO SENATOR PAXTON IS GOING TO DO US ANY GOOD.

IT'S HER BILL.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO EXPRESS A CONCERN ABOUT THAT BILL, IT NEEDS TO BE TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO DIDN'T AUTHOR THE BILL.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, DAVID.

BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE LANGUAGE DOES GIVE THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD THE

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DISCRETION ON WHETHER THEY PASS THAT OR NOT.

SO IF THAT WAS THE CASE, PROBABLY WE COULD LIVE WITH THAT.

I JUST THINK UIL IS GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING UIL CHALLENGE TO FACE BECAUSE.

YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER A HOME SCHOOL STUDENT WHO PARTICIPATES IN A TEAM, SO IF THERE'S BEEN OFF CAMPUS ISSUES, NO PASS, NO PLAY, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A STUDENT ATHLETE THAT ARE THERE MANDATORY BY UIL RULES FOR A STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, WE DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER A HOME SCHOOL STUDENT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THE REALITY OF THAT BILL IS VERY CHALLENGING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MANAGE ALL THAT ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE PROCESSES THAT A DISTRICT HAS FOR WHO CAN PLAY AND WHEN THEY CAN PLAY AND WHEN THEY HAVE TO SIT OUT, WHEN THEY COME BACK INTO UIL SPORTS TO KEEP THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL ACROSS ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ATHLETES AND THEATER STUDENTS AND UIL ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE STATE, THAT'LL BE A VERY INTERESTING CHALLENGE.

WELL, AND TO YOUR POINT, IT'S ALSO AN ISSUE OF FAIRNESS FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS.

SO IF SOMEONE WHO ISN'T PASSING THAT WEEK DOESN'T GET TO MARCH IN THE BAND SOMEONE WHO PROBABLY ISN'T PASSING, BUT NOBODY HAS THE DISCRETION TO KNOW THAT GETS TO MARCH IN THE BAND.

HOW DID THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLASSROOM DEAL WITH IT? AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN CONSIDERED OR TALKED ABOUT IS STUDENTS PERHAPS MIGHT FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO A DISTRICT AND BE HOMESCHOOLED BECAUSE THEY HAVE WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE PAST AND THEY WANT TO BYPASS THE ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS AND GET ON THE TEAM.

LOOK, IF I WAS A, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, A REALLY GREAT QUARTERBACK WITH MARGINAL GRADES, I WOULD HOMESCHOOL FOR THE FALL.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T TAKE 30 SECONDS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GAME THE SYSTEM WITH THIS BILL.

COULDN'T YOU ALSO HAVE A STUDENT WHO'S IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHO THEN STARTS NOT DOING WELL AND SUDDENLY THEY DECIDE TO HOME SCHOOL.

I MEAN, THEY COULD PULL THEMSELVES OUT AND SAY, OK, WELL, I'M GOING TO HOMESCHOOL NOW.

AND NOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL WITH THEM.

OR IF A STUDENT HAS A DISCIPLINE ISSUE, IT'S A CAN THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE SMART TO OPEN.

HAS THE UIL EXPRESSED ANY DESIRE TO TAKE ON A RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS? AS FAR AS I KNOW, DR. COOPER, YOU CAN VERIFY, I DO NOT THINK THE UIL IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I JUST SAID UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, BUT YOU SAID GAME THE SYSTEM, THAT'S BETTER.

ALL RIGHT, NANCY, THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN.

OUR NEXT REPORT IS DR.

[14.B. Return to School — Part 3: Health and Safety Protocols]

WILLIAMS WILL INTRODUCE A REPORT ON THE RETURN TO SCHOOL PART THREE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

DR.

WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

SO WE'RE BRINGING YOU BACK TONIGHT, THE THIRD PART OF OUR THREE PART SERIES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTERS THIS EVENING.

SO FIRST, WE'LL START OFF WITH MR. TANNER, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

AND THEN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE DR.

BROCKMAN, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME UPDATED HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

AND THEN WRAPPING UP PART THREE WILL BE DR.

COOPER, WITH SOME SUMMER FEEDING, TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRICT SERVICES UPDATE.

BUT BEFORE WE START, PATRICK IS MAKING HIS WAY UP TO THE FRONT.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT BONSER.

THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. SO AS DR.

WILLIAMS SAID THIS IS PART THREE OF THE REOPENING PLAN TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO TALK IN GENERAL ABOUT THIS BEING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN THIS PRESENTATION.

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE SLIDES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, THERE IS A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THE PROTOCOLS COULD CHANGE.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND AS ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING

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SAID IS WHY DOES IT KEEP CHANGING EVEN THIS LATE IN THE YEAR? WELL, YOU KNOW, THE CDC CHANGED THEIR GUIDANCE.

AND SO THEN WE GO BACK AND WE REVIEW AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND IT'S LATE IN THE YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ADJUSTING AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALL YEAR LONG.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND HOW CONFUSING THAT CAN BE FOR SURE.

AND SO, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S GOING TO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, TODAY, WE SENT OUT SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT GRADUATION AND PROM AND THE GOVERNOR ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER 36 TODAY.

AND SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ADJUSTING TO THAT.

AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 36 SAYS THAT FOR JUNE 4TH FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT YOU CANNOT REQUIRE MASKS.

SO IT WOULD ONLY BE OPTIONAL.

AND SO THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT.

AND FOR US, WE ACTUALLY BACK THAT UP BECAUSE THAT'S THE MIDDLE OF GRADUATION.

AND SO RATHER THAN HAVE SOME OF OUR GRADUATIONS DOING ONE THING AND SOME OF OUR GRADUATIONS DOING SOMETHING ELSE, WE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, STARTING JUNE ONE, ALL ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER BECAUSE, AGAIN, ADJUSTING.

SO AND THEN I WANT TO SAY THAT FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD THIS EVENING WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE REFINEMENT IN DETAILS AFTER OUR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN WE WILL PLAN TO BRING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE REOPENING PLAN.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY REVISIONS TO THE PLAN BASED ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS OR A CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF THE VIRUS THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR REVISION AND RE-APPROVAL.

AND SO ALL SUBSEQUENT CHANGES WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MR. TANNER.

CAN I ASK QUICKLY BEFORE YOU DO THAT, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME THAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL? I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO BALANCE, LIKE, GETTING IT OUT THERE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION IN REAL TIME.

YEAH, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAN TO BRING SOMETIME IN JUNE.

WE'LL HAVE ONE MEETING IN JUNE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S ENOUGH.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE REVISIONS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN AUGUST.

AND SARA, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT'S NEEDED FOR THE FOR THE BOARD TO VOTE AND TALK ABOUT IT AND GIVE THAT DIRECTION AND HAVE EVERY TRUSTEE'S VOICE BE HEARD AND SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S A DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE BY THE TRUSTEES.

AND I KNOW THE DISTRICTS HAD SOME BLOWBACK ON SOME DECISIONS THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECISIONS THAT THE TRUSTEES HAD.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING BE DOING THAT IN JUNE AND PEOPLE CAN WATCH AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED AND HERE'S WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE VOTING ON.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC AND TRUSTEE WEAVER THAT THE BOARD CAN, WITH TWO BOARD MEMBERS, CAN PUT AN ITEM ON AN AGENDA AND/OR ASK FOR THE DISTRICT TO BRING SOMETHING FOR APPROVAL.

AND SO THERE WAS NEVER AN INTENTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO WITHHOLD ANY VOTING OF THE BOARD ON ANY OF THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU, MS. BONSER, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

IN PREVIOUS RETURN TO SCHOOL PLANS THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT BROUGHT TO YOU OUR PLANS FOR RETURNING DEVICES FOR THIS COMING SUMMER AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH STUDENT DEVICES IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

TONIGHT, AS WE COME TO YOU, WE JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION AND NUMBERS AROUND ENROLLMENT AND SOME THINGS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN DOING TO HELP EASE OR FACILITATE THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

AS WE SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE, WE BEGIN OUR HEAD START ROUNDUP BACK IN MARCH ON THE 15TH, AND THAT RAN THROUGH MARCH 20TH WITH OUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT PROCESS BEGINNING ON MARCH 19TH.

A YEAR AGO, WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO AN ONLINE FORMAT, AND WE BEGAN WITH THE PRE-K LEVELS LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR, AS WE BEGAN OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS, WE ADDED CANDOR TO THAT LIST AS WELL.

AFTER WE OPEN UP ENROLLMENT FOR THIS FOR THIS YEAR OR FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

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NEW ENROLLMENT PACKAGE THAT WERE SUBMITTED AFTER WEEK ONE, WE RANGED IN A NUMBER OF ABOUT NINE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE PACKAGES SUBMITTED THROUGH THAT ONLINE PROCESS.

INCLUDED IN THAT, WE HAD ABOUT 137 HOME LANGUAGE SURVEYS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS WELL, AND WITH ABOUT 63 FAMILY FIND REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AT THAT TIME.

ABOUT A WEEK LATER, WE OPENED UP THE ENROLLMENT FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN I'M SORRY, WITH OUR PRE-K, WHICH BEGAN ON APRIL 1ST.

AND A WEEK AFTER THAT, WE RAN THE NUMBERS AGAIN TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE WERE.

OUR NUMBERS HAD PRETTY MUCH DOUBLED IN THAT TIME FRAME WITH 1830 NEW ENROLLMENT PACKETS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED, 772 HOME LANGUAGE SURVEYS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED WITH 122 THAT HAVE BEEN PROCESSED, AND ABOUT 200 FAMILY FIND REQUESTS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.

I'LL ALSO NOTE--CAN I ASK CLARIFYING QUESTION, JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT? THE FINAL TOTAL IS THE AGGREGATE OF ALL THREE HEAD START KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-K, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

OK, GOOD.

THANK YOU.

SO WE'VE OPENED UP, THAT ENROLLMENT IS STILL ONGOING AT THIS AT THIS PRESENT TIME.

OUR PLANS HAVE ALSO BEEN AS WE CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS SPRING SEMESTER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ENROLLMENT PROCESS FOR THE REMAINING GRADE LEVELS AS WELL.

SO MY TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT PIECE OF IT.

OUR TARGETED DEADLINE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETE WOULD BE THE START OF JUNE AND HOPEFULLY BY THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, WE WILL BE PREPARED TO OPEN UP ONLINE ENROLLMENT FOR THE REMAINING GRADE LEVELS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

AS OF FRIDAY, MAY 14TH, OUR NUMBERS FOR HEAD START, PRE-K AND KINDER, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 2882 NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT SUBMITTED.

WE'VE ACTIVELY PROCESSED ALMOST 1800 OF THOSE REQUESTS, MEANING THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AND READY TO GO AT THEIR CAMPUSES, THAT THEY SUBMITTED THEIR ENROLLMENT PACKETS TO.

1284 HOME LANGUAGE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND OF THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN PROCESSED.

457 FAMILY FIND REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AS WELL, WITH 350 OF THOSE BEING COMPLETED AND 33 RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

AS WE PROGRESS ON THROUGH THE SUMMER, OUR PLANS ARE THEN TO OPEN UP OUR REGISTRATION PORTAL FOR EXISTING STUDENTS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING THEIR STUDENTS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR PLANS ARE TO OPEN UP THE REGISTRATION PORTAL THROUGH THE PARENT PORTAL BEGINNING ON JULY 21ST.

THAT WILL ALLOW FAMILIES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING THEIR STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT OUR TEAMS WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT AND HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, CAN YOU KIND OF CLARIFY HOW THE FAMILY FIND REQUESTS WORK? VERY GOOD.

I WAS JUST TALKING WITH DR.

GERBER ABOUT THAT JUST EARLIER TONIGHT.

SO THE FAMILY FIND PROCESS AND YOU CAN STEP IN ANYTIME YOU WANT TO HELP CLARIFY THAT.

BUT THAT HAS BEEN OUR PROCESS OF OPENING IT UP FOR PARENTS OR FAMILIES THAT NEED SERVICES FROM OUR DISTRICT.

THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY MAY NEED, THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.

WE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THAT DURING THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS.

THEN WE FORWARD IT ON TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN BEST MEET OR SERVE THAT NEED.

THAT COULD BE TECHNOLOGY WISE, THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF ASSISTANCE IN OTHER AREAS.

BUT WE FORWARD THAT ON SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

OK, SO THAT'S PART OF THE WRAPAROUND STUFF.

OK, I WAS THINKING IT ALSO INCLUDED LOOKING FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT BE ENROLLING LIKE IN PRE-K AND K THAT HAVEN'T FOUND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL.

IS THAT NOT THE CASE? HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE? HOW DO WE MARKET.

WE STARTED WITH KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP PRE-K ROUNDUP, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANS FOR A WHOLE DISTRICT CAMPAIGN AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT [INAUDIBLE].

AND JUST ADD ON TO THAT, SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PANDEMIC THERE'RE SOME SILVER LININGS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE IT'S A SILVER LINING.

SO LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD TO PIVOT QUICKLY, THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM STARTED TO BUILD THIS WITH PRE-K.

AND THEN THIS YEAR IT WAS PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN.

AND WE MOVED THE WINDOW UP A LITTLE SOONER SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET OUR FAMILIES

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REGISTERED FOR SCHOOL IF THEY ARE NEEDING BILINGUAL OR DUAL LANGUAGE SERVICES NEXT YEAR, THAT WE CAN GET THEM TESTED.

AND THEN DR.

GOBER'S TEAM, AS PART OF THE WRAPAROUND, ADDED THE FAMILY FINE.

AND THEN THE ONLINE REGISTRATION THAT MR. TANNER WAS TALKING ABOUT IN JULY.

SO ALL THAT IS IS NEW AND AUTOMATED TO QUICKLY MAKE THE REGISTRATION OR ENROLLMENT PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT AND QUICKER FOR FAMILIES AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE OLD PAPER PACKETS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE I THINK ANECDOTALLY, WE ALL HEARD LAST FALL PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO HOLD MY KID BACK, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THEM IN KINDERGARTEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL.

IT MAY BE APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT HOW DO WE COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT NUMBERS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION, A LOT OF THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE SINCE THESE WERE DELAYED LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT INTO THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD.

SO WE DON'T HAVE GOOD NUMBERS TO COMPARE AGAINST LAST YEAR.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO BACK TO PREVIOUS YEARS AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE BOARD.

YEAH, JUST A MERE CURIOSITY, REALLY, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE TO SEE IF THE TREND IS REDUCED NUMBERS IN KINDERGARTEN, OR IF THAT WAS A ONE YEAR BLIP.

I THINK FIRST GRADE WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S MY SON'S AGE.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF KIDS THAT HE WAS DOING PRE-K WITH ON A PRIVATE PROGRAM STAYED IN THAT PRIVATE PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN END OF ONE.

THAT'S ANECDOTAL.

BUT I DO THINK THAT FIRST GRADERS ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IN TERMS OF THOSE PRE-K PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALSO ACCREDITED FOR KINDERGARTEN, WHO KEPT A LOT OF KIDS.

CAN WE BRING THOSE KIDS BACK INTO THE DISTRICT? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, CHANGING SUBJECTS.

I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH COVID POSITIVE CASES TO SET THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE FOR PROTOCOLS AND PROCESSES FOR THE FALL.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR DEBRIEF OF CASES FOR STUDENTS, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR POSITIVE CASES OF COVID; THAT'S AS OF MAY 10TH.

SO ABOUT A WEEK AGO, OUR PEAK WAS IN JANUARY AT TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN OPEN CASES.

BUT CURRENTLY, AGAIN, AS OF MAY 10TH, WE WERE AT 15.

QUITE A DRAMATIC DROP IN IN POSITIVE CASES.

WE'VE SEEN A SIMILAR TREND WITH EMPLOYEES WHERE WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND THAT'S AS OF THE 10TH.

OUR PEAK WAS 95 OPEN CASES AGAIN IN JANUARY, JANUARY 8TH.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO.

SO THESE TRENDS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING NOT ONLY WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE METROPLEX, BUT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES IN THE METROPLEX AND THE STATE AT LARGE, IT'S ENCOURAGING.

SO GIVEN THAT I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT OUR TENTATIVE PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, RIGHT NOW WE ARE ENJOYING A RATHER LOW VIRUS IMPACT, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE.

WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS JUST ON THAT REAL QUICK.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TO REVIEW THE DATA THAT COMES OUT AND A LOT OF THE PLACES THAT WE LOOK FOR SOME OF THE DATA IS STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND ALSO FEDERAL, INCLUDING THE CDC.

AND I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION ASKED BY A BOARD MEMBER PREVIOUSLY THAT THE ANSWER WAS REPLIED BACK TO ALL IN TERMS OF CLAW BACK MEASURES, MEANING IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE OR GO BACK TO IMPLEMENTING A MASK POLICY, THAT THERE WOULD BE OBJECTIVE MEASURES THAT ARE REACHED THAT SAY, OK, NOW WE THINK IT'S TIME TO DO THAT.

AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T NECESSERILY PUT THOSE IN PLACE YET, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO GET THE JUNE REPORT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SO WE WOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE OBJECTIVELY LOOKING AT TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN THE FUTURE.

THAT WAY, NOBODY IS BLINDSIDED.

AND I THINK SETTING EXPECTATIONS CAN DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR US IN THAT ARENA.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT REALLY DIVIDED THIS INTO PROTOCOLS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE,

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PROTOCOLS THAT WE NEED TO MODIFY AND PROTOCOLS THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN LET GO OF.

SO HEALTH SERVICES IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAINTAINING A AN EMPHASIS ON HANDWASHING.

ONE OF THE NICE ADVANTAGES WE'VE SEEN WITH COVID IS A DECREASE IN SOME OF OUR OTHER BUGS THAT ROUTINELY RUN THROUGH A CAMPUS.

AND IT NEVER HURTS TO WASH HANDS MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUNG CHILDREN AND WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING AND HAVE THEIR HANDS IN HAND.

WASHING MORE IS NEVER A BAD THING.

WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AVAILABILITY TO HAND SANITIZER AND ENCOURAGE THAT USAGE WHEN HANDWASHING IS NOT AVAILABLE, PERHAPS WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN FROM RECESS OR BEFORE THEY START EATING.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST HAVING IT AVAILABLE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CLEAN HANDS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IN PLACE IS A LEVEL OF CLEANING, SHARED MATERIALS AND WORKSPACES, NOT AS FASTIDIOUS AS IT'S BEEN THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S NEVER A BAD IDEA TO PERIODICALLY CLEAN A DESK THAT MULTIPLE STUDENTS USE THROUGH THE COURSE OF A DAY.

HERE ARE SOME PROTOCOLS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REVISE.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE CLEANING OUR BUSSES BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE ROUTE AND MANY OF OUR BUS ROUTES ARE TRIPLE STACKED IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REVISE THAT TO WE CLEAN THE BUS AFTER THE MORNING ROUTES.

WE CLEAN THE BUS AFTER THE AFTERNOON ROUTE SO THAT CLEANING TAKES PLACE AT THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER WHEN THEY RETURN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SPACE STUDENTS IN THE CAMPUS CLINIC WHEN WE HAVE A SUSPICIOUS SET OF SYMPTOMS RATHER THAN HAVING MAINTAINING A SECONDARY CLINIC SPACE.

THAT HAS BEEN A NECESSITY THIS YEAR.

BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MASKS OR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS MOVING THOSE TO BE AN OPTIONAL STATUS FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND VISITORS.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT, OF COURSE, JUST IN TERMS OF VACCINATION STATUS FOR STUDENTS, IS THERE AT ALL AND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S CURRENT ORDER AND, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE ORDERS CAN BE RESCINDED.

BUT IS THERE ANY THOUGHT PROCESS OR HAS ANYBODY EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR STUDENT VACCINATION STATUS TO BE PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR MASKS BEING OPTIONAL? VACCINATION STATUS HAS COME UP IN CONVERSATION, WHETHER IT'S WITH STUDENTS OR WITH ADULTS.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING SO QUICKLY AS VACCINATIONS ARE PROVED EFFICACIOUS FOR YOUNGER AND YOUNGER CHILDREN.

AGAIN, IT'S A PIECE THAT I THINK WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH VACCINATIONS IS AT ALL WHERE WE WILL BE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CAN I JUST ASK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE WORDING OF OPTIONAL RATHER THAN RECOMMENDED? AND WILL THERE BE A VACCINE, A VACCINATION STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT SAYING OPTIONAL? PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR VACCINATION STATUS OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AROUND THAT WORDING AND REFLECTING WORDING USED BY PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SUMMER WITH THE ADULTS AGAIN IS THE CONSIDER YOUR OWN VACCINATION STATUS AS YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICES.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CARRY FORWARD INTO THE FALL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ADULTS ON CAMPUS AS STUDENTS RETURN FULL FLEDGED.

THE RECOMMENDED OR PREFERRED VERSUS OPTIONAL.

AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT COME OUT, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LANGUAGE IN THOSE ORDERS, AS WELL AS THE ALMOST WEEKLY CHANGING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CDC AND OUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.

I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY COMPLEX SITUATION, RIGHT, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD EXECUTIVE ORDERS, CHANGE IN VACCINE STATUS, MULTIPLE CHANGES IN CDC GUIDANCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT ARE STILL

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MOVING AND CONTINUING TO MOVE.

DR. TYRA, ONE OF THE THINGS AND JUST KIND OF IN RELATION TO THE CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND TRUSTEE WEAVER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED RECOMMENDED VERSUS OPTIONAL, BUT THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY EVEN IS INDIVIDUALS SHOULD CONSIDER THEIR OWN VACCINATION STATUS AND COVID RISK LEVEL WHEN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO WEAR A MASK.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE STATEMENT.

AND SO KIND OF TIES WITH THE OPTIONAL AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, HOWEVER YOU SEE, YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

AND I THINK THAT WORDING WAS VERY WISE.

I THINK THAT WORDING, YOU KNOW, ENDORSES PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A POLICY THAT'S PUT IN PLACE IN TERMS OF USING OPTIONAL OR RECOMMENDED AND SO FORTH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE BOARD SHOULD DISCUSS AND VOTE ON RATHER THAN TAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND JUST TO TOUCH ON A PREVIOUS COMMENT, I WAS NOT MEANING TO INSINUATE THAT THE DISTRICT EVER WITHHOLD HELD A VOTE TO TALK OR VOTE ON MASK POLICY.

I KNOW THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AGENDA, SO I'M NOT HOLDING THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE OR INSINUATING IN ANY WAY THAT THEY HELD OFF ON THAT BECAUSE THE BOARD AGENDA, ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS, IS CONTROLLED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

YOU BROUGHT UP RISK STATUS AND SORT OF PEOPLE'S OWN PERSONAL RISK AND ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR THAT I MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERN OVER IS STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT HAVE A VIRTUAL OPTION BUT MAY HAVE HIGHER RISK.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE OF SOME PREEXISTING CONDITION.

IS THE DISTRICT WORKING ON A PLAN SO THAT PARENTS CAN IDENTIFY THOSE CHILDREN IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY RECEIVING SERVICES FOR THAT CONDITION AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MADE FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR? YES, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR 504 PROCESSES AND ABSOLUTELY, FAMILIES SHOULD FEEL WELCOME TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CAMPUS NURSE.

OUR CAMPUS NURSES ARE EXTRAORDINARY AND HAVE BECOME WELL VERSED IN COVID AND RISK AND WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT RISK ON CAMPUS.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY OUR FAMILIES' FIRST BEST CALL.

ALL RIGHT, SO CONTINUING ON ITEMS THAT WE DO SEE AS AS PERHAPS A OPPORTUNITY TO LET GO STRATEGICALLY ABANDON, IF YOU WILL, TEMPERATURE CHECKS, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE OUR VERY BEST TO MAINTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON SHARED STUDENT MATERIALS.

WE'VE RESTRICTED THE ABILITY TO SHARE STUDENT MATERIALS, AND WE DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT RESTRICTION MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN THE MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF PLEXIGLASS, DESK DIVIDERS, GIVING CAMPUSES OPTIONS TO RETAIN THAT PLEXIGLASS WHEN THEY SEE A USE FOR IT, BUT NOT PUTTING THE EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE WE HAVE IT IN ALL OF THE PLACES.

BETH, I THINK THAT OUR ART DEPARTMENTS MIGHT HAVE SOME CREATIVE USES FOR THIS EXCESS OF PLEXIGLASS AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE PENDING, THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE.

WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WILL BE, BOTH FROM TEA AS WELL AS FROM LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW IN THE TEA GUIDANCE IS A WEEKLY SCREENING FOR STUDENTS.

WE DO THAT THROUGH ASKING PARENTS, REQUESTING PARENTS TO SCREEN THEIR THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME.

WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE, BUT IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD STRATEGY NOT TO SEND A STUDENT TO SCHOOL REQUIRED DAILY SCREENING FOR STAFF AND VISITORS.

AGAIN, THIS IS QUITE CLEAR IN THE TEA GUIDANCE THAT THIS IS A MANDATED, REQUIRED PIECE FOR OUR FACILITIES WHERE THERE ARE STUDENTS AND WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT.

CLOSE CONTACT INVESTIGATION GUIDELINES AND DEFINITIONS RIGHT NOW.

DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A CLOSE CONTACT IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON MASK WEARING AND DISTANCING.

AND WHEN YOU REMOVE THOSE TWO PIECES, WHAT IS LEFT TO BE SEEN IS WILL THE DEFINITION OF CLOSE CONTACT BE ADJUSTED? IF SO, WHAT WILL THAT BE? AND IF NOT, ARE WE GOING TO SEE A RISE IN FOLKS THAT NEED TO BE QUARANTINED? AND HOW WILL WE MANAGE THAT?

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AGAIN, IT'S STILL PENDING.

WE DO NOT KNOW.

AND FINALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED STILL TO REPORT ANY AND ALL POSITIVE CASES TO THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT IS NOT DISSIMILAR FROM OTHER CONTAGIOUS SITUATIONS.

BUT WE'RE STILL PENDING TO SEE IF THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A REQUIREMENT.

AND WE ARE REPORTING ENTITY IN THAT CASE.

YEAH.

DR.

BROCKMAN, I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT HAD A COMMISSIONER CALL FOR A MONTH AND A HALF, SO USUALLY WE HAVE ONE EVERY OTHER WEEK AND WE'VE NOT HAD THOSE, AND SO WE ARE KIND OF HOPING AND TRYING TO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD GET SOME UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENCE ON DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, ARE THE TEA GUIDELINES GOING TO GO AWAY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? INITIALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD HEARD, AND THEN RECENTLY I ALSO THEN HEARD FROM SUPERINTENDENT GROUPS THAT THEY'RE HEARING THAT TEA IS GOING TO PROLONG THE GUIDELINES INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE REALLY WE'VE HEARD BOTH.

AND SO WE REALLY WE DON'T KNOW YET.

SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CALL WITH THE COMMISSIONER SOON TO GIVE US SOME IDEA OF DIRECTION HERE OF WHAT TEA IS GOING TO DO.

SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THOSE GUIDELINES? I REMEMBER READING SOMETHING ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY ON MASKING GUIDELINES OR PROTOCOLS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A BOARD CAN VOTE ON.

BUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT, IS THAT FOR ANY OF THE GUIDELINES OR JUST MASKS? JUST THAT SECTION.

AND THERE ARE I MEAN, IF YOU GO TO TEA'S WEBSITE ON THE COVID GUIDANCE.

LIKE, IT'S A LOT I MEAN, THERE'S A TON OF IT ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR REPORTING TO THE STATE AND TO TEA AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDANCE, BUT THEN THERE'S ALL THE OTHER ACADEMIC GUIDANCE AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET.

SO SIX WEEKS WITHOUT A CALL, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE THEY'RE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL WITH US.

WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, TOO.

AND SO THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TO SAY YET, BUT WE'RE ALL VERY ANXIOUS.

SO HE'S TOO BUSY CONSOLIDATING POWER.

I WOULD BE SHOCKED, GIVEN THE POLITICS OF THIS.

I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF TEA KEPT THEIR GUIDELINES IN PLACE STARTING NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, I'LL PUT A 50 CENT BET ON THAT.

WELL, ONCE YOU GET POWER, YOU HOLD ONTO IT WITH ALL YOU HAVE, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? WE DO NEED TO REFRESH SOME SIGNAGE ON CAMPUSES, ON THE HANDWASHING THE HEALTHY HABITS LIKE COVERING YOUR COUGH AND YOUR SNEEZE AND THAT KIND OF THING.

ALL THINGS THAT NURSES ARE LIKE, YES, LET'S CONTINUE TO REINFORCE, BUT WE DO NEED TO UPDATE AND REFRESH THE SIGNAGE.

IT HAS LASTED A YEAR, WHICH IS A LONG TIME.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT PROTOCOLS THAT CONTINUE TO NEED TO BE REVISED, MEETINGS FOR ADULTS AND WITH ADULTS AND PARENTS.

WHAT ARE THOSE GOING TO LOOK LIKE? CLEANING, YOU KNOW, ABM PUT A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR CLEANING AROUND COVID.

AND SO WITH UPDATED GUIDANCE, WE MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN WHAT ARE OUR SUGGESTIONS AROUND THE HAND SANITIZER AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE, ENCOURAGING USE.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC STEPS IN PLACE FOR HOW WE NOTIFY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HOW WE KEEP TEA NOTIFIED.

AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED AS THE GUIDANCE GETS ADJUSTED.

SO THAT IS SOME OF OUR SUMMER WORK.

SO, BETH, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT THE SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL GO AWAY.

SO DON'T WE HAVE A LOT OF SIGNAGE ON THE FLOORS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GET SCRAPED UP AND THAT WON'T BE REPLACED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE DO ENVISION REMOVING ANY SIGNAGE WE NO LONGER NEED, BUT REFRESHING THAT WE DO WANT TO STAY IN PLACE.

SO IT'S KIND OF A WE CAN GO THROUGH THE CAMPUS AND REMOVE IT ALL.

AND THEN REFRESH THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO STAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DR.

COOPER.

THANK YOU.

NANCY, ON THAT LAST QUESTION, THE WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN, LIKE WITH THE FLOOR DECALS AS EACH YEAR ABM GOES THROUGH, WHEN THEY STRIP ALL THE WAX AND SO THEY'LL TAKE ALL THE ADHESIVE SIGNAGE UP AND THEN SHINE ALL THE FLOORS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, AND THEN ANY

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KIND OF NEW SIGNAGE CAN COME BACK.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS.

GOOD EVENING, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AREAS.

AS YOU RECALL FROM OUR RECENT BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER WITH CAMPS AND OUR GROUPS GOING TO THE DIFFERENT, LIKE OUR CHEERLEADERS AND DRILL TEAM, PARTICIPATING IN SUMMER CAMPS THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE YOUNG STUDENTS WITH THE SUMMER SPORTS CAMP OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN OUR STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FOR OUR OLDER STUDENT ATHLETES.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS EVENING IS JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NOW THE FROM THE FALL STANDPOINT, THE MOST RECENT INDICATIONS FROM THE UIL IS THINGS ARE GOING BACK TO, I KNOW THE WORD NORMAL IS KIND OF OVERUSED, BUT PRE-COVID TIMES.

SO WE SEE THAT OCCURRING WITH WITH ALL OF OUR GROUPS FROM AN ATHLETIC SEASON STANDPOINT AND KIND OF A DOMINO AND A BIG, BIG PART OF FRIDAY NIGHTS IS WHEN OUR PERFORMING GROUPS GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR OUT OF TOWN CONTESTS.

SO OUR MARCHING BANDS AND DRILL TEAMS AND COLOR GUARDS AND THE CHEER SQUAD SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THOSE AS WELL.

AND I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST A SMALL PIECE, BUT A BIG PIECE TO THOSE GROUPS AND DEFINITELY THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS.

FROM AN ATHLETIC SEASON STANDPOINT, THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS.

THIS CURRENT YEAR, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FROM A TOURNAMENT STANDPOINT.

AND WITH SOME SEASONS, TOURNAMENTS ARE BIG PORTIONS AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY DURING THE NON DISTRICT TIMES FOR LIKE VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL AND OVER THE HOLIDAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR THEM TO GET A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL GAMES IN.

SO, WE'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED THIS NEXT YEAR.

WE DID HAVE OUR STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE MEETINGS THIS YEAR AND WE HAD MANY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DAY AND OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW PROTOCOLS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB AT THE CAMPUSES.

WE DO THINK THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID NOT FORM JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WERE DOING THE VIRTUAL LEARNING AND FOR OTHER OTHER REASONS.

SO WE THINK THAT IS GOING TO PICK BACK UP THIS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS A GREAT THING BECAUSE IT GETS KIDS PLUGGED IN AND HELPS THEM BE INVOLVED AND CONNECTED TO THEIR CAMPUS.

SO THOSE WILL OCCUR.

THE OTHER THING THAT GOT PROBABLY LOST A LITTLE BIT IN THE CONVERSATION IS THOSE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND CLUBS, THERE ARE SOME ANNUAL EVENTS THAT ARE BIG, BIG EVENTS AND BIG EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM JUST A COUPLE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM A PLANO SENIOR HIGH, THEY HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST BLOOD DRIVES AROUND.

I DEFINITELY PROBABLY IN THE STATE, IF NOT PROBABLY IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT THEY HOST ON CAMPUS.

AND THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO OCCUR THIS YEAR.

AND I THINK THEIR STUDENT CONGRESS SPONSORS THAT.

AND IT'S GONE ON FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY OCCUR THIS NEXT YEAR AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE OLDER THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE SENIOR HIGHS, WHERE THEY BRING THE FOOD TRUCKS AND KIND OF HAVE SOME CELEBRATIONS EITHER DURING THE FALL OR THE SPRING, SOMETIMES THEY'RE REFERRED TO [INAUDIBLE].

BUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WILL BE JUST IMPORTANT TO THE EXPERIENCE THE KIDS GET TO HAVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR PERFORMING GROUPS, THEY THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THIS YEAR.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WITH MANY OF THE STUDENTS STAYING AT HOME AND CHOOSING NOT TO PARTICIPATE, SO MANY OF THEIR PERFORMANCES AND THOSE REHEARSALS AND GETTING BACK INTO A NORMAL ROUTINE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, GETTING BACK TO A REGULAR PROCESS.

FROM A MEAL STANDPOINT, THE MEAL SERVICE SHOULD BE A REGULAR PROCESS BACK IN THE CAFETERIA.

OBVIOUSLY, THE DISTRICT, THE SERVING OF MEALS, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, THAT'S WHERE THAT DID OCCUR.

MANY OF THE CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WERE REALLY KEEPING THE KIDS SPREAD OUT AND MANY ARE EATING BACK IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE SOME COMMON AREAS.

AND THAT'S ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO THEY'LL ALSO GET BACK TO WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A REGULAR SITUATION IN AUGUST AND SUMMER FEEDING, I DID MENTION AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT FINAL PLAN HAD NOT BEEN CONFIRMED

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YET, BUT AS OF JUNE THE 1ST, WHICH IS A TUESDAY THAT TUESDAY AFTER MEMORIAL, THE MEMORIAL HOLIDAY, THAT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE SUMMER MEAL DISTRIBUTION AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THREE CAMPUSES, OBVIOUSLY GEOGRAPHIC ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THERE'LL BE A LOCATION AT SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THE REASON IT'S BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BECAUSE WILLIAMS, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT, WILL BE GOING THROUGH A MAJOR RENOVATION.

AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO TRY TO PREPARE MEALS.

SO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AND THERE'LL BE A MORNING OPTION AND A LATE AFTERNOON OPTION FOR FAMILIES TO COME PICK UP.

AND IT WILL BE A BUNDLE SITUATION LIKE WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THERE'LL BE A WEEK'S WORTH OF BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN THAT BUNDLE.

THEY PICK UP ON TUESDAYS AND THEN CAN TURN AROUND AND COME BACK ON THAT FOLLOWING WEEK.

SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE FROM A SUMMER FEEDING STANDPOINT.

WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE LAST FEW PRESENTATIONS WE GET FROM YOU AND I KNOW YOU AND YOUR TEAM WITH THE MEALS, WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENED, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MEALS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DELIVERED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.

ASHLEY HIPP, AND HER TEAM DID A GREAT JOB.

THAT WAS NOT ME.

SO THERE'S MANY FAMILIES THAT THEIR CHILDREN DIDN'T GO TO SLEEP HUNGRY BECAUSE YOUR TEAM WORKED SO HARD.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, THEY DID.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR THE BOARD WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER COMPONENTS THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION OR FURTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE CRAFTING THAT PLAN? I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT TO KNOW WE MISSED OUR PTA AND VOLUNTEERS BEING ABLE TO BE ON CAMPUSES.

AND HOW'S THAT GOING TO LOOK AND WHAT'S THE NORMALCY OR WHAT WILL THAT PLAN BE IN TERMS OF HAVING VISITORS? WE DID NOT PRESENT THAT TONIGHT, BUT THAT IS THE PLAN TO HAVE OUR PARENTS AND OUR VOLUNTEERS BACK, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THE DETAILS.

YEAH, IT'S IMPLIED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT BACK ON CAMPUS.

AND SO WE WILL BE ROLLING VOLLEY AS WELL.

SO TO HELP WITH ALL OF THAT AND I THINK TRAINING IS TAKING PLACE AS WE SPEAK.

SO I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT VISITORS.

ARE PARENTS ALLOWED NOW TO HAVE US HAVE LUNCH WITH THEIR KIDS AS IN NORMAL TIMES? WE DID NOT CHANGE ANY VISITOR GUIDELINES FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

DR. WANG, I THINK WERE YOU ASKING PRE-COVID WERE WAS THAT PERMITTED? NO, IT USED TO BE THE CASE, WE CAN GO HAVE LUNCH WITH OUR KIDS AND DURING THE COVID, WE NEVER CHANGED THAT GUIDELINE? SO PARENTS CAN HAVE A MEAL WITH THEIR KID? NO, THEY'D NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO EAT ON CAMPUS WITH KIDS.

BUT WILL THAT CHANGE? FOR NEXT YEAR? YES.

SORRY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE, TEAM? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT REPORT.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL REPORT, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOPIC, WE'VE GOT CHIEF

[14.C. Preliminary 2021 – 2022 Budget Report]

FINANCIAL OFFICER RANDY MCDOWELL PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

RANDALL.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO, YES, WE ARE HERE FOR THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET REPORT.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROCESS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END.

THIS IS ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IN LEGISLATIVE YEARS AS WE TRY TO ALSO STAY TUNED IN TO WHAT CHANGES ARE COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE.

AND SO WE WE'VE GONE OVER THESE BUDGET GOALS; I WON'T READ THESE AGAIN.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THESE ARE THE ONES--REALLY THESE AREN'T JUST IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THESE ARE BELIEFS THAT WE HAVE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET FROM DEPARTMENT BUDGETS AND ON UP.

THESE REALLY ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND SO, AGAIN, JUST TO POINT OUT, THE ZERO BASE BUDGET PROCESS, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT IT EVERY YEAR.

THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THESE BUDGETS EVERY YEAR, PRIMARILY THOSE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

ALSO, ANOTHER ONE IS TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FUND BALANCE RESERVES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AS WE ALSO HAVE FOR THIS CURRENT

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YEAR.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP AN EYE ON AND THAT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOR SURE DISCUSS AND LASTLY, ADJUST RESOURCES TO ADDRESS DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO FACE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

WE HAD A MAJOR SETBACK THIS YEAR AS FAR AS OUR ADA AND WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS DONE WITH COVID, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A REBOUND.

IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO PREDICT WHAT THAT REBOUND IS GOING TO BE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR GOALS, TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORTING GROWTH, LEARNING AND TEACHING AND LIFE READY CULTURE OF COMMUNITY.

SO THIS LOOKS PRETTY FAMILIAR FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO OUR BUDGET, OUR MAIN DRIVERS IN OUR BUDGET, OF COURSE, ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE'RE PROJECTING THOSE TO BE DOWN.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

OUR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS GOING UP.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSERILY MEAN ANY MORE REVENUE.

THAT TYPICALLY JUST MEANS HIGHER TAXES AND MORE RECAPTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE, WHICH THAT IS WHY IT'S GOING UP, IS BECAUSE THE TOP TWO ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO ANY TIME YOUR ENROLLMENTS GOING DOWN, THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE UP RECAPTURE.

ALSO, ANY TIME YOUR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH IS GOING UP, THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE UP RECAPTURE.

AND SO THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO IS REALLY WHAT'S HAVING THE GREATER IMPACT ON THE RECAPTURE NUMBER.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF MANY OF THE ITEMS, AS YOU KNOW, LAST MEETING, WE REALLY BROKE DOWN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE YEAR REDUCTION NOW, BUT THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, AGAIN, FOR THE COMING YEAR WITHIN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, THIS BUDGET, WE'RE BUDGETING 1284 ADA LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS CURRENT YEAR.

SO WE STILL HAVE AMENDMENTS TO DO IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE TO WATCH HOW WE TURN OUT ON THE HOLD HARMLESS ON THE ADA, HOLD HARMLESS, BUT JUST THAT REDUCTION IN ITSELF.

WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGET TO BUDGET AND REDUCING TWELVE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR STUDENTS, THAT'S ALMOST NINE POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION THAT WE'RE REDUCING OUT OF REVENUE.

WE'VE ALSO REDUCED OUR SHARS REIMBURSEMENT, OUR FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SHARS.

THAT NUMBER WAS FOUR MILLION AND I'M SORRY, FIVE MILLION IN THE CURRENT BUDGET AND REDUCED TO FOUR MILLION.

THE REIMBURSEMENTS ON THAT TYPICALLY LAG A YEAR BEHIND.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAVE LESS FACE TO FACE CONTACT WITH STUDENTS, THE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS THAT WE GENERATE THOSE FUNDS OFF OF.

AND SO THAT REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE DOWN.

SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT DOWN TO ABOUT 20 TO 25 PERCENT.

REDUCTION IN STATE AID IS DOWN ABOUT TWELVE POINT TWO MILLION.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, WE RECEIVE LESS AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND.

THE SECOND ONE OF THOSE IS A LITTLE MORE TRIVIAL.

AND THAT IS THIS CURRENT YEAR WE PROJECTED ABOUT ONE POINT TWO MILLION IN STATE AID DUE TO THE COPPER, I'M SORRY, DUE TO THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD.

AND SO WE HAVE EIGHT PENNIES THAT ARE GOLDEN PENNIES.

THIS IS A LITTLE TECHNICAL, BUT THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO YIELD NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY SIX CENTS PER WEIGHTED STUDENT PER PENNY OF THOSE EIGHT PENNIES.

AND SO OUR WEALTH PER WEIGHTED ADA WAS BELOW THAT YIELD.

AND SO FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND SO WE WERE PROJECTING ABOUT ONE POINT TWO MILLION.

BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, AGAIN, OUR ENROLLMENTS GOING DOWN, OUR ADA IS GOING DOWN, OUR VALUES ARE GOING UP.

AND SO OUR WEALTH PER WADA IS PROJECTED TO SURPASS THAT YIELD THAT NINETY EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY SIX CENTS.

AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT COMPONENT OF STATE AID WILL GO AWAY NEXT YEAR.

NOW THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS THERE'S NO RECAPTURE ON THOSE EIGHT PENNIES.

AND SO FROM NOW ON, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE PROPERTY, IF THE SAME THINGS CONTINUE, AS WE GET MORE PROPERTY WEALTHY, AT LEAST THOSE EIGHT PENNIES, WE DON'T HAVE RECAPTURE ON THOSE.

SO WE WILL GENERATE MORE ON THOSE EIGHT PENNIES THAN DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT PROPERTY WEALTHY.

OK, SO THAT'LL BE A BENEFIT UNDER CURRENT LAW.

ALSO, THE INCREASE IN LOCAL TAXES, PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ARE ABOUT A ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT VALUE INCREASE AND AT THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WILL GENERATE ABOUT SIX POINT FOUR MILLION MORE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE KEEP THAT.

REALLY ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO GO FOR ADDITIONAL RECAPTURE.

HEY, RANDY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THE GOLDEN PENNIES? SO IS THE INTENT OF THAT TO SLOW THE GROWTH OF RECAPTURE? THAT WOULD BE ONE COMPONENT OF THAT.

YES.

OK.

OK, NOW, AS WE MOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE ESTIMATED SALARY INCREASE THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET CURRENTLY IS A TWO PERCENT GENERAL PAY INCREASE AS WE'VE BEEN

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SURVEYING DISTRICTS AROUND US INFORMALLY BECAUSE MOST FEW, IF ANY, HAVE TAKEN ACTION.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT WHERE WE THINK OUR NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO THAT APPEARS TO BE PRETTY COMPETITIVE.

AS SARA MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT ARE GETTING NEARLY HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OF STIMULUS MONEY, OTHERS THAT ARE OUR SIZE THAT ARE GETTING TWO TO THREE TO FOUR TIMES WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

WE ARE SEEING SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ON SALARY INCREASES IN SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

IT IS PRELIMINARY, BUT YOU MAY HEAR SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THAT, BUT THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN WE ARE IN.

AND THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT ARE GETTING LITTLE TO NO STIMULUS MONEY.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT THIS REALLY WIDE VARIATION OF THIS OF THIS INJECTION OF STIMULUS FUNDS WHILE WE'RE ON THAT REAL QUICK START TO REGRESS.

BUT THERE WAS THE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THE BILL THAT'S CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE HOUSE AS FAR AS STIMULUS AND MAYBE THE LIMITATION.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THAT.

WE KIND OF TALKED AROUND THIS, BUT IT JUST WAS NEVER SAID.

AND SO MAYBE A VIEWER DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.

BUT UNDER THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF THAT STIMULUS MONEY, THE 43 MILLION DOLLARS BY THE END OF JULY OF 2024.

OK, SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A 40 PERCENT HOLD BACK, THAT IS NOT OF THE FEDERAL MONEY, WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF THE FEDERAL MONEY.

WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE IS WE HAVE TO TAKE 40 PERCENT OF THAT AMOUNT, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 25, 26 MILLION DOLLARS OF GENERAL FUND MONEY.

AND WE HAVE TO BANK THAT INTO OUR FUND BALANCE.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

I'M SURE THE VIEWERS DIDN'T, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A HARD CONCEPT TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S KIND OF LUDICROUS ABOUT THE BILL, IN MY OPINION, IS IT'S NOT EVEN HOLDING BACK THE FEDERAL MONEY.

IT'S SAYING, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE LOCAL MONEY AND SET IT ASIDE SO YOU CAN SPEND THAT THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WERE BEING CRITICIZED BY AT LEAST ONE KEY LEGISLATOR EARLY IN THIS SESSION WHO WAS TRYING TO PUSH FUND BALANCE LIMITS AND TELLING US THAT WE DIDN'T NEED EXCESS FUND BALANCE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD BE CONFUSED, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED.

SO THAT'S THE LOGIC OF THEIR ARGUMENT IS, IS WE GAVE YOU FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH YOU SPENT, AND WE REQUIRE YOU TO HOLD BACK FUND BALANCE.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE EXTRA FUND BALANCE, WE CAN HOLD BACK STATE DOLLARS OF AN EQUAL AMOUNT.

IT'S A LOCAL SUPPLANT.

YEAH, THAT'S OUR CONCERN.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS TO KIND OF ON THE SALARY INCREASE THING, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL CLIFF, YOU KNOW, USING ESSER FUNDS TO FUND PAYROLL IS A VERY BAD IDEA BECAUSE THAT IS A CLIFF.

AND I KNOW IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO THINK THAT WAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU ONCE YOU PUT A PAY INCREASE IN PLACE, YOU HAVE IT FOREVER.

AND IT HAS RIPPLE EFFECTS AND TEACHER RETIREMENT AND CONTRIBUTION AND ALL THOSE ALL THOSE PIECES.

SO, YEAH, I THINK WE WE NEED TO REALLY KIND OF.

WE WANT TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN'T CREATE A SITUATION WHERE LATER WE'LL HAVE TO CUT STAFF IN ORDER TO AFFORD WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT POINT.

I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S APPROACH TO THAT, BECAUSE I AGREE.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW UNSUSTAINABLE THE CURRENT RECAPTURE MODEL IS.

AND THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO WITH ESSER FUNDS IS CREATE AN UNSUSTAINABLE SALARY MODEL FOR OUR TEACHERS.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY WISE AND PRUDENT DIRECTION.

WELL, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS NEARBY THAT ARE GOING TO GET MORE ESSER FUNDS AND I'VE HEARD TALK THAT SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO DO RATHER LARGE STIPENDS, AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE FORESIGHT TO UNDERSTAND THAT CAN'T BE ROLLED INTO A PAY INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE.

WELL, WE USED TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE PAST.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THE ONLY THING, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE STIPEND, BUT WHEN IT GOES AWAY, THERE'S USUALLY NOT A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE.

SO THAT CAN RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS DOWN THE ROAD.

THERE'S SOME LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS, FOR SURE.

OK, SO, SORRY, BACK TO THIS SLIDE, AFTER I REGRESS BACK TO ESSER THREE, BUT AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IN RECAPTURE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S PROJECTED AT ABOUT EIGHT POINT ONE MILLION OVER THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

WE DID PUT RECENTLY WE ADDED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN HERE FOR THE CAMPUS EQUITY INITIATIVE.

WE WORKED WITH SARA ON THAT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAKING PART OF OUR STIMULUS PLAN AVAILABLE FOR THAT SAME INITIATIVE AS THAT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE IS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THERE.

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ALSO, WORKER'S COMP SAVINGS, YOU TOOK BOARD ACTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE WHERE TWO MEETINGS AGO, DR.

BROCKMAN IS TELLING ME THAT WE DID BID THAT OUT.

AND SO PREVIOUSLY WE WERE SELF-INSURED ON WORKER'S COMP.

AND SO THAT CAME WITH OVERHEAD.

IT CAME WITH STAFF.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REALLY BIG BENEFITS IN OUTSOURCING THAT WHICH WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT WE COULD FIND THAT WAS STILL DOING THAT IN-HOUSE.

THE BIGGEST BENEFIT, ONE IS THE OVERHEAD THAT WE HAD.

TWO IS WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD WORKER'S COMP NETWORK.

AND SO WE WERE PAYING A LOT HIGHER HEALTH CARE COST AND DIDN'T HAVE THE NETWORK, THE BROAD NETWORK OF SPECIALISTS THAT WE NEEDED FOR MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RAN INTO.

SO THAT'S REALLY A WIN-WIN.

BUT WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO SAVE US OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

SO A BIG DECISION THERE.

BUT THAT ONE LOOKS VERY BENEFICIAL FINANCIALLY.

AND I THINK TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO END UP WITH A WORKER'S COMP CLAIM THAT THEY WILL GET BETTER SERVICE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE ATTRITION OF STAFF FOR ENROLLMENT DECLINES, SO WE HAVE REDUCED CLASSROOM STAFF AND OTHERS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH WHAT OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IS.

AND SO THAT'S JUST OVER 10 MILLION DOLLARS.

NO ONE IS GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT WON'T BE REFILLED THROUGH ATTRITION.

THE REDUCTION IN DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, WE WENT THROUGH THAT IN DEPTH LAST TIME.

THAT IS THE SAME NUMBER THAT WE LOOKED AT, AND THAT'S JUST OVER NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT'S GONE ON IN ALL THOSE AREAS.

YOU'VE GOT THE BREAKDOWN HERE AS FAR AS REVENUES.

JUST TO POINT OUT AND I'M SORRY IT'S SO SMALL.

TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THERE, AGAIN, LOCAL TAXES, WE HAVE THOSE GOING UP BECAUSE OF THAT SAME TAX RATE.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT ABOUT A ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT VALUE INCREASE, THAT'S REALLY THE BIG CHANGE UP IN LOCAL REVENUES.

WE ARE MAKING A COUPLE OF OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, LIKE IN TUITION RENTALS AND THEN ALSO GIVE SOME BEQUESTS JUST DUE TO SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE HAD UNDER COVID, WE DID SEE THOSE DOWN.

AND SO WE'RE NOT PROJECTING THOSE TO REBOUND TO 100 PERCENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE AID IN THAT NEXT SECTION BEING DOWN SO THAT YOU SEE THERE THE PER CAPITA, WHAT WE CALL AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND.

THAT ONE IS DOWN BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, THAT NUMBER IS ALWAYS DOWN.

I'M SORRY, THAT WAS TWO POINT ONE MILLION AND IN TIER TWO FUNDING.

I THINK I SAID IT WAS ONE POINT TWO, AND SO WE'RE NOT PROJECTING THAT FOR THE COMING YEAR DOWN THERE, THE SHARS REDUCTION FROM FIVE MILLION TO FOUR MILLION.

AND FURTHER DOWN YOU SEE THE TRANSFERS IN.

AND SO NORMALLY OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS PRETTY PROFITABLE FOR THE DISTRICT.

A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR OUR SPACES AND THEY'RE PAID FOR OUT OF OTHER AREAS.

AND SO WE DO WELL THERE.

THE CURRENT YEAR, OBVIOUSLY WE WERE DOWN, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO REBOUND TO 100 PERCENT OR NOT NEXT YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TRANSFER BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND TO BE DOWN FROM ABOUT TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOWN TO ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE.

BUT AT THE END, WE MAY COME IN STRONG AND THAT COULD BE PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO HISTORICAL NUMBER.

OK, ON THE SO THEN WE SEE THE ON THE TOP OF THIS PAGE, WE SEE THE TOTAL REVENUES PULLED OVER HERE AS WELL.

SO LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND THE TRANSFER FROM PASAR SO TOTAL REVENUES DOWN ABOUT SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION.

AGAIN, THE MAJORITY THAT IS THE STATE FUNDING.

AS WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, WE DO SEE FUNCTION 11 IS DOWN.

THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF THE STAFF THAT WAS REDUCED FROM FROM LESS ENROLLMENT IS CAMPUS STAFF.

AND SO THAT'S ABOUT TEN POINT SIX MILLION.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE WORKED HARD WITH ON HR IS REALLY TRYING TO TRUE UP OUR SALARY NUMBERS.

AND SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT AS MANY EMPLOYEES AS WE HAVE, EVERYBODY'S NOT HERE 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

AND SO THROUGH THE YEAR, YOU MAY GET SOMEONE THAT LEAVES AND IT TAKES A WHILE BY THE TIME YOU POST THAT JOB AND YOU TRANSITION SOMEONE ELSE IN.

YOU'VE ALSO GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ON LEAVE THAT MAY NOT HAVE LEAVE.

YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

SO YOU DON'T TYPICALLY MEET YOUR FULL PAYROLL BUDGET.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK DONE OF TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR PAYROLL BUDGET.

BUT IF EVERYBODY WAS HERE 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME.

BUT WHAT IS IT? WHAT DO WE THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE? AND SO THIS WAS REALLY ONE OF THOSE EFFORTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IS TO BUDGET A 19 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND COME IN AT A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO IF YOU'RE BUDGETING WELL, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO DO

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BETTER THAN BUDGET.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

AND SO THAT THAT WAS A BIG EFFORT.

AND AGAIN, H.R.

WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.

A LOT OF WORK'S GONE ON.

SOME OF THESE OTHERS, YOU'LL SEE PLUSES AND MINUSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IS UP ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION.

ALSO, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS UP ABOUT ONE POINT FOUR.

BUT YOU'VE GOT ADMINISTRATION DOWN SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE AND YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER CHANGES.

A LOT OF THAT WAS IN DR.

[INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT.

WE DID A REORG IN THE WAY THAT WE CODED THINGS.

AND SO A LOT OF THAT WAS SHIFTING OF EXPENDITURES, TRYING TO GET THEM INTO A BETTER CATEGORY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING AND COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THAT WAS ALSO UP AND FUNCTION 11.

AND SO IT WAS JUST A REDISTRIBUTION.

THE OTHER LARGER INCREASE, AS YOU SEE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND.

PART OF THAT IS A SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR SOME OF OUR TRADESPEOPLE.

THE REST OF THAT IS THE COST INCREASES FOR OUR LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR, CUSTODIAL CONTRACT AND THEN ALSO THE AIR FILTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DUE TO THE COVID ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.

OK, SO THEN WE GO ON DOWN, WE SEE AGAIN THE RECAPTCHA GOING UP AND WE SEE THAT WE SEE TRANSFERS.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE BUDGET ON THE PRELIMINARY IS A NINETEEN POINT SIX SIX MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

AND IN THE DATA PROCESSING IS CONSISTENT IN SEVEN POINT FOUR MILLION TO SEVEN POINT ONE MILLION.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MONEY IS SPENT ON? AS FAR AS THE REDUCTION? NOT REALLY.

OVERALL.

WHAT IS.

SO THE DATA PROCESSING THAT'S PART OF OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE THINGS THAT ARE INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED, WE END UP PUTTING IN FUNCTIONAL 11 AND THE THINGS THAT AREN'T INSTRUCTIONAL RELATED, WHICH A LOT OF THIS MAY BE OUR FIBER COST.

IT'S A LOT OF OUR NETWORK COSTS THAT AREN'T IT'S NOT JUST INSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S FOR THE WHOLE ENTITY.

AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COSTS GO INTO DATA PROCESSING OR FUNCTION 53, THAT'S AN OLD TERM.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN 80S TERM.

THAT'S ONE TEA HASN'T UPDATED, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S MORE DISTRICT WIDE TECHNOLOGY.

THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR INSTRUCTION.

INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ANYTHING THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO INSTRUCTION.

SO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS, IF WE CAN TIE THEM DIRECTLY TO INSTRUCTION, THEN THEY WOULD BE FUNCTION 11.

BUT ANYTHING THAT JUST IT'S TOO BROAD TO, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOCATE IT OUT, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE IN FIFTY THREE.

GOOD QUESTION.

SO RANDY, LET ME ASK THE 19 MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION HERE, LAST YEAR YOU BUDGETED A NINE MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND WE HAD ABOUT A NINE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ATTRITION, 10 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ATTRITION.

AND I RECALL LAST YEAR YOU SAYING THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DONE THIS.

WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE WHERE WE WE BUDGETED A NEGATIVE NUMBER.

WE COVERED IT WITH ATTRITION.

THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF ATTRITION.

AND WHAT YOU SAID, YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING TO SCARE ME, WHICH IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET 19 MILLION LOST DOWN TO A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR LOSS, WHICH MEANS WE HAD TO COME UP WITH FIVE MILLION DOLLARS SOMEWHERE.

SO IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEAR, A BUDGET THAT IS TRULY A NEGATIVE BUDGET THAT WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL CASH AS OPPOSED TO A PLAN WHEREBY ATTRITION OR OTHER COST SAVINGS CAN COVER THAT 19 MILLION OR SO.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG UNKNOWNS IN THIS BUDGET.

ONE IS, WHAT'S OUR ENROLLMENT REALLY GOING TO COME IN AT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BUDGETED THAT TO BE DOWN.

SO IF WE COME IN STRONGER, OF COURSE, WE MAY HAVE TO ADD SOME STAFF BACK.

ALSO, IF WE COME IN REAL STRONG, BECAUSE WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO ADJUST DOWN TO STAFFING RATIO CLOSER TO WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING.

SO THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME VARIABLES HERE.

THE OTHER IS ALSO THE ESSER AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE ESSER BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLANT SOME OF THAT TO TRY TO CARVE OUT SOME COSTS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET AND PUT THEM OVER INTO THE ESSER FUNDS, WHICH IS TOTALLY ALLOWABLE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING ELSE BEING CONSTANT, I DO BELIEVE WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO GET THIS BUDGET TIGHTER.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS A MONTH OR SO AGO, THIS NUMBER WAS NORTH OF 25 MILLION.

AND SO WE'VE JUST CONTINUE TO TRY TO TOP THAT DOWN.

IF NOTHING CHANGES AND UNLESS ENROLLMENTS UP AND UNLESS SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAPPENS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT NINETEEN POINT SIX WILL END UP BEING A, YOU KNOW, AN ADD TO FUND BALANCE BY ANY MEANS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT.

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WE'RE TRULY LOOKING AT A FAIRLY SOLID DEFICIT BUDGET HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A WHILE, I WAS KIND OF ENCOURAGED WHEN I SAW THOSE PRE-K AND K ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED OR WHATEVER, AND WE WERE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO LAST YEAR.

BUT PERHAPS PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC IS KIND OF MITIGATING A LITTLE OF THE, YOU KNOW, SPREAD.

BUT THAT WOULD BE I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO OUR PROJECTIONS ON ENROLLMENT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL OF THAT ON THE CURRENT YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? WELL, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT WE'RE ENROLLING FOR NEXT YEAR.

IT'S REAL, I'D SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON KINDERGARTEN AND SOME OF THOSE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS, WE'RE HOPING SOME OF THOSE YOUNGER GRADES THAT WE DIDN'T SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT WEREN'T ENROLLED THIS YEAR, MAYBE THEY WERE HELD, MAYBE THEY WERE INCOMING KINDERGARTNER AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO START THEM A YEAR LATE.

YEAH, GOT OUR FINGERS CROSSED.

WE'LL SEE A REALLY BIG KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR.

THAT'LL BE LIKE A MAKEUP GRADE OF, YOU KNOW, COMBINED.

AND A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM IN 12 YEARS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'LL ALL BE BIGGER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT WE'RE BUDGETING ON SIX HUNDRED ADA LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD IN 19-20.

SO WE REALLY JUST SKIP THIS YEAR BECAUSE THIS YEAR IS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO TREND OUT ON IT.

AND SO WE'VE JUMPED THIS, WE REALLY JUST LOOK BACK TO 19-20 AND WE'RE BUDGETING SIX HUNDRED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE LOWER THAN THAT NUMBER.

AND I THINK THE GREATEST, I MEAN THE OTHER GREATEST THREAT TO, TO THE NUMBERS FOR ENROLLMENT IS IF, IF THERE ARE A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FAMILIES WHO WANT VIRTUAL.

AND WE DON'T WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE IT FOR FUNDING FOR THAT'S FUNDED AND THEY GO LOOK FOR VIRTUAL SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER THING.

I MEAN, WE'VE LOST IT AGAIN.

SO LIKE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S HOUSE BILL 1468, IF ANY, ANYBODY STILL WATCHING THAT, WE WANT YOU TO HELP US GET.

YEAH, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION.

AND ARE YOU TALKING WITH TEMPLETON OR [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT ENROLLMENT OR JUST LATER ON.

YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT THERE'S NO THE DEMOGRAPHERS ARE STRUGGLING LIKE WE ARE.

THEY'RE USED TO TREND DATA THEY CAN LOOK AT BIRTH RATES.

THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL THIS WHEN THEY PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.

THIS CURRENT YEAR DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

RIGHT, BECAUSE OF COVID.

AND WE JUST HAVE STUDENTS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

RIGHT.

AND SO THEY'VE NEVER PROJECTED HOW DO YOU COME OUT OF A PANDEMIC? SO THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY HAVE SOME EDUCATED GUESS AS THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING.

BUT NEXT, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT BETTER ESTIMATES.

IT'S JUST HARD TO PREDICT.

BUT I MEAN, JUST, RANDI, TALKING, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC PRETTY RAPIDLY NOW.

AND SO I'M HOPING WE REALLY SEE A RESURGENCE OF OUR STUDENTS COMING BACK.

OK, I HOPE SO, TOO.

SO, RANDY, I KNOW WE'RE NOT NEARLY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE PAST TWO YEARS AS A TRUSTEE, SEEING YOU IMPLEMENT INCREMENTALLY THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND JUSTIFYING EVERY DOLLAR, WORKING WITH REORGANIZATION, WITH DR.

GOBER, WORKING WITH BETH AND ALL THE OTHER TEAMS AND SPENDING THE HOURS IN THESE MEETINGS TO GET THE BUDGET RIGHT.

I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND EVERYBODY'S TAKEN MONEY OFF OF THIS BUDGET.

AND IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, YOUR EFFORTS ARE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATED.

AND IT SEEMS WE'RE ALSO UP AGAINST A.

LEGISLATIVE FORMULA THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AND BUT YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.

AND I THINK THE ADMINISTRATORS THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, THE CABINET YOU'VE WORKED WITH, ARE DOING AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT JOB.

YOU'RE COMING UP WITH WAYS TO CUT AND WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND REORGANIZE FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS.

AND I THINK ALL OF THAT IS AMAZING.

BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT AS WE DO THAT TO SLOW THE DEATH OF A THOUSAND CUTS, WE'RE STILL GETTING CLOSE TO AN EDGE THAT IS NOT OF OUR OWN MAKING AND A FORMULA THAT EVENTUALLY WILL RUN OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND A DEFICIT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, REGARDLESS OF HOW FINANCIALLY PRUDENT WE ARE, IT'S IT'S COMING.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME OR CHANGE IN LEGISLATURE.

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AND HERE'S REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING THAT.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'RE TRYING TO ADJUST OUR STAFFING AND ALL THESE OTHER COSTS FOR OUR ENROLLMENT RISE.

WE'RE DECLINING.

WE'RE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SO WE CAN GIVE FAIRLY NEUTRAL WITH HARD WORK ON STAFFING.

BUT THE CHALLENGE IS THERE'S NO INFLATIONARY FACTOR IN STATE FUNDING.

SO EVEN WHEN OUR VALUES GO UP, WE DON'T GET ANY MORE MONEY, OUR RECAPTURE GOES UP ACCORDINGLY.

THERE IS NO INFLATIONARY FACTOR.

SO NOW WE'VE COME TO A SESSION THAT STARTED OUT LOOKING REALLY BLEAK.

NOW IT'S TURNED AROUND.

AND I MEAN, THE STATE ACTUALLY THINKS THEY HAVE A SURPLUS FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM AND COMING OUT OF THIS ONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANY MONEY BACK TO US.

SO THEY'RE STILL WINNING ON THIS PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.

MORE MONEY IS GOING TO THE STATE ON PROPERTY, WEALTHY DISTRICTS ON PROPERTY, POOR DISTRICTS ARE GETTING LESS FROM THE STATE BECAUSE STILL THEIR VALUES ARE GOING UP.

SO THE STATE'S WINNING.

THERE'S NONE OF THAT MONEY BEING HANDED BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU TRY TO GIVE YOUR EMPLOYEES A SALARY INCREASE TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THAT COSTS YOU SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OR SO.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, HOUSE BILL THREE PASSED.

WE HAVE TWO YEARS OF OF THAT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE INTO ANOTHER SESSION.

IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY MORE STATE MONEY.

THEY'RE NOT INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR INFLATION.

SO NOW YOU'RE BEING FUNDED AT HOUSE BILL, THREE LEVELS FOR A FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

RIGHT.

SO WE'VE SHOWN THIS WHEN WE LOOKED AT A LONG, LONG RANGE FORECAST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

BUT IF YOU GIVE A TWO PERCENT RAISE IN YEAR ONE, THAT'S SEVEN MILLION.

RIGHT? IF YOU GIVE IT AGAIN IN YEAR TWO, THAT'S ANOTHER SEVEN.

BUT YOU'VE GOT THE SEVEN THE YEAR BEFORE.

SO NOW WE'VE GOT A SEVEN, SEVEN AND A SEVEN.

THAT'S TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

IT COST ME NOW WHEN I GO TO THE NEXT YEAR JUST KEEPS COMPOUNDING RIGHT.

SO NOW I'M A FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

I'VE GOT NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

ALL MY ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WEALTH HAS GONE TO THE STATE.

I'VE TRIED TO GIVE RAISES BECAUSE THERE'S INFLATION.

WE'RE TRYING TO STAY COMPETITIVE.

AND OVER THAT FOUR YEAR PERIOD, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY, JUST A TWO PERCENT RAISE COST.

AND THAT'S REALLY A NOMINAL SALARY INCREASE.

I MEAN, IT'S GENEROUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S NOT A BIG RAISE.

THERE'S OTHERS DOING MORE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S REALLY THE DRIVING FACTOR IN ALL THIS.

IF IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING WITH THE LEGISLATIVE I'M SORRY, WITH AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR FROM THE LEGISLATURE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

AND I THINK THIS STRUCK ME AS THE WILDEST PART ABOUT IT, OR MAYBE NOT THE WILDEST.

BUT WHEN I WAS RUNNING, FINDING OUT THAT DISTRICTS THAT ARE RECIPIENTS OF, WHAT'S CHAPTER WHATEVER NOW, 49.

49.

49 DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVED THE MONEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT THEY CAN TAX THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO YOU'VE GOT US AND TELL ME IF LEGISLATIVELY THAT'S CHANGED.

BUT YOU'VE GOT DISTRICTS LIKE US TAXING LEGALLY, OUR CONSTITUENTS TO THE MAX AND PEOPLE RECEIVING OUR DOLLARS ARE NOT TAPPING INTO THE FULL TAX BASE OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY'RE GETTING OUR DOLLARS.

IS THAT STILL ACCURATE OR AM I? HAS THAT BEEN YOU'RE STILL REWARDED BASED ON TAX FRAUD.

AND SO THE HIGHER YOUR TAX RATE, THE MORE EACH STUDENT IS WORTH.

AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN IF A DISTRICT'S NOT TAXING IT A DOLLAR FIVE AND OR TAXING AT 101, THEN EACH STUDENT IS WORTH LESS.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED NOW WITH TAX COMPRESSION, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT MAY HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO REDUCE, BUT THEIR TIER ONE IS STILL WORTH WHAT OURS IS.

BUT THAT ONLY MATTERS IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT PAYS RECAPTURE, IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY RECEIVING RECAPTURE THAN YOU COULD BE TAXING LESS.

IT'S STILL THE CONCEPT OF YOUR TAX RATE DETERMINES HOW MUCH EACH STUDENT IS WORTH THE TAX RATE.

IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS IN HOW MUCH EACH STUDENT IS WORTH.

I GUESS THAT I MAY BE CONFUSED ON THIS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

SO IF I LIVE IN A DISTRICT THAT'S CHAPTER 49 THAT RECEIVES FUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM THAT I COULD BE TAXED FOR ISD IS, LET'S SAY, A DOLLAR THIRTY.

BUT I CHARGE, YOU KNOW, MY SCHOOL BOARD VOTES THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO TAX FOR M&O DOLLAR.

DO THEY DOES DOES THAT HAPPEN? THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAX THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM AND THEN STILL RECEIVE DOLLARS BASED ON IF THEY DID.

YEAH.

AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IN TIER ONE, THE MOST YOU CAN TAX IS NINETY ONE DOLLARS AND SIXTY FOUR CENTS.

NOW THAT WAS A DOLLAR, IT WAS COMPRESSED TO NINETY THREE AND THEN STATEWIDE IT WAS COMPRESSED TO NINETY ONE SIXTY FOUR.

BUT IF A DISTRICT GROWS MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF PERCENT THEY COMPRESS MORE.

BUT BUT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS PER ADA AND TIER ONE.

AND SO IF YOU'RE DISTRICT THAT HAD TO COMPRESS TO EIGHTY FIVE CENTS YOU'RE STILL GETTING THE SIXTY ONE SIXTY.

OK, SO NOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IS HOW MANY TIER TWO PENNIES ARE THEY TAXING ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S THE SAME IN TIER ONE.

AND SO THAT DISTRICT THAT'S AT A DOLLAR OR TWO MAY HAVE A LOT OF TIER TWO PENNIES IN THEIR NEIGHBOR MAY BE ADDED TO AND NOT HAVE NEAR AS, THEY MAY ONLY HAVE 11 THE

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LESS THAN 11 TIER TWO PENNIES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? RANDY.

IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

LET ME JUMP IN TO AND SAY THIS, THAT IF THEY THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A SURPLUS, THE STATE HAS A NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE WITH ONLINE SALES TAX.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE TIME FOR US TO TRY AND CUT A DEAL.

AND WE NEED AS A BOARD TO FOCUS ON STARTING JUNE ONE, THE TWENTY, TWENTY THREE SESSION.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND THERE'S NO BETTER THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR US.

IF WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC AND THEY HAVE A SURPLUS, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE A BETTER TIME FOR US TO TRY AND GET SOMETHING DONE HERE.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT STARTING DAY ONE, JUNE ONE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO TO GET WITH.

THE TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION, CHRISTY BROWN AND WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE FOLLOW UP ON JUNE 9TH, AND I CAN PITCH THAT AS A TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION IN THAT MEETING, BECAUSE THAT IS ALL OTHER CHAPTER.

FORTY NINE DISTRICTS.

I THINK WE I THINK WE HAVE TO GO HARD IN THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE CHANCE IT NEVER COME AGAIN.

OK, MOVING ON TO A COUPLE OF OTHER FUNDS HERE REAL QUICK ON THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT CURRENT YEAR DEFICIT BUDGET.

WE WILL PROBABLY COME IN BETTER THAN THIS BUDGET, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE.

WE KNEW THAT GOING IN.

WE DID A LARGE REFUNDING.

WE PULLED A LOT OF PRINCIPAL UP.

AND SO WE KNEW WE WERE OVERCOMMITTING A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD FUND BALANCE AND DEBT SERVICE TO COVER THAT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR AT THE SAME TAX RATE AND A ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT VALUE INCREASE, YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL REVENUES GO UP AT THE SAME TIME, OUR DEBT PAYMENTS WE HAVE THIS IN HERE IS A PLACEHOLDER AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE MILLION JUST TO MAKE IT A BALANCED BUDGET ON PRELIMINARY.

OUR DEBT, AS YOU KNOW, KEEPS TAPERING OFF.

WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANOTHER FUNDING OF TECHNOLOGY, ABOUT 14, 15 MILLION.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANOTHER REFUNDING AND PULL UP A LOT MORE PRINCIPAL.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER.

WHEN WE ADOPT THE RATE.

WE'LL KNOW MORE AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL KNOW WHAT BOND RATES ARE LOOKING AT LOOKING LIKE.

BUT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PULL A LOT, PULL A LOT OF PAY IT OFF REALLY FAST, EVEN DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, AND KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME.

SO NICE OPPORTUNITY THERE.

ON THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET, THE FANS BUDGET, I WILL TELL YOU, THE CURRENT BUDGET IS GOING TO RECEIVE A LARGE AMENDMENT WHEN WE COME NEXT MONTH JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE WE ADOPTED THIS BUDGET.

IT'S BEEN MOVING A LOT AND DEVELOPING AS WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT TOTAL REVENUE IS PROBABLY PRETTY ACCURATE.

BUT IS IS KARY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WE ARE DOING THAT SUMMER SEAMLESS, SEAMLESS SUMMER FEEDING OPTION SSO.

NO CHILD WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REGULAR MEAL.

AND SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN NEXT YEAR.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LOCAL SOURCES NO GO DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO A STUDENT WOULD ONLY HAVE TO PAY IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE AN A LA CARTE ITEM.

BUT IF THEY'RE JUST RECEIVING THE REGULAR TREY, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 100 PERCENT.

AND SO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME PRETTY BIG ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT THAT TOTAL REVENUE IS PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE.

BUT THIS ONE IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND SO THAT ONES, WE HAVE DEPLETED THE MAJORITY OF THE FUND BALANCE, THAT WAS IN THAT THROUGH COVID, BECAUSE AS WE KEPT STAFF MEMBERS ON, BUT WE HAD WE WEREN'T SERVING ANY MEALS OR MANY MEALS AND SO WE WERE OPERATING AT A LOSS.

AND SO THAT ONE, WE'VE USED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT FUND BALANCE.

AND SO WE MAY HAVE TO START HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT BACK IN THE BLACK FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

OK, AND JUST A QUICK HISTORY, NANCY TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER ABOUT OUR WHAT OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE DONE, BUT JUST THE HISTORICAL LESSON HERE.

SO IN 2012, THEY WERE AT THIRTY THREE POINT EIGHT BILLION.

THIS PAST YEAR, THEY WERE AT SIXTY POINT THREE BILLION.

AND THE LATEST NUMBER THAT WE HAVE ON A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FROM OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS ABOUT SIXTY ONE POINT TWO BILLION.

THERE ARE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE VALUES UNDER APPEAL.

AGAIN, THAT'S NO SURPRISE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT A ONE POINT TWO PERCENT INCREASE.

ANY QUESTIONS THERE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

[03:00:03]

BROCKMAN ON THE PAY SYSTEM REVIEW.

THANK YOU.

WE WORKED WITH TASB AGAIN THIS YEAR AS OUR PARTNERS IN OUR PAY SYSTEM OR COMPENSATION SYSTEM, AND I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD SOME SLIDES OF INFORMATION THAT HAVE BEEN OF INTEREST FOR THE BOARD IN THE PAST.

THIS IS AN OUTLINE OF OUR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS ONLY AND THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF OUR EXPERIENCE LEVELS ARE AT 10 YEARS AND LESS.

THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON AND THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT.

YES, THAT'S NOT ONLY CONSISTENT FOR US, BUT THAT IS CONSISTENT EVEN AMONG OUR OUR NEIGHBORS.

THIS IS A COMMON PIECE.

NEXT, THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION OF EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, AND THAT IS OUR STAFF CURRENTLY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 23 PERCENT ARE ONE TO FIVE YEARS, FIVE PERCENT ARE AT ZERO YEARS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG CHUNK AT SIX TO 10 YEARS AT 22 PERCENT.

AND THAT REALLY IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWING THAT THE THE HEALTHY AMOUNT OF OUR STAFF ARE AT ZERO TO 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHEN WE'RE HIRING NEW PEOPLE? THIS THIS CHART SHOWS THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR NEWLY HIRED TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, THE FOLKS WE HIRED FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 45 PERCENT OF THEM WERE AT ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

BETH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OF COURSE.

JUST OFFHAND, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE RATIONALE OR REASON THAT THE 21 TEACHERS THAT ARE 16 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHY TEACHERS WITH THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE WOULD TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DISTRICT? SO THOSE ARE OFTEN TEACHERS THAT ARE IN A CERTAIN PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO AFTER THE BEST BAND DIRECTOR OR THE BEST COACH, THEY TEND TO COME WITH A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE.

OK, I JUST INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEY THEY DO HAVE EXPERIENCE RIGHT.

SO THAT'S AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE THAT LOYALTY.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM HERE.

THE OTHER THE OTHER PLACE WHERE WE GET IT, WE ARE ADVANTAGED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST ECONOMY IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA WITH COMPANIES MOVING HERE ALL THE TIME.

AND WE ARE BLESSED TO GET WONDERFUL PEOPLE, WELL EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE BECAUSE THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

AND AND WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL.

FOR MANY DISTRICTS WHEN THEY NEED TO HIRE A TEACHER MID-YEAR, IT'S A SOMEONE WITH NO EXPERIENCE, PERHAPS SOMEONE IN AN ALT CERT PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, PEOPLE BRINGING QUITE THE RESUME BECAUSE THE SPOUSE GOT TRANSFERRED.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.

YES.

I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

SO LAST BUT NOT NOT LEAST ON MY SLIDES, IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR SALARY COMPARISON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOW YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT OTHERS MAY BE OFFERING AS A POTENTIAL COMPENSATION INCREASE OR RAISE.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

OUR STARTING PAY FOR NEW HIRES WAS ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, IS 55000 IN THIS CURRENT YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMPETITION.

THIS IS OUR COMPETITIVE GROUP.

WE JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE FORMED THIS GROUP BASED ON WHERE WE LOSE TEACHERS TO AND NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

SO THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH KATIE ISD AND IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

SO THESE ARE OUR LOCAL FOLKS.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BELOW THE 16 HIGHLAND PARK IN DALLAS COUNTY, THERE'S A PLANO ISD NEW HIRES ONLY IN BLUE, AND THEN THERE'S A PLANO ISD ACTUAL SALARIES THAT'S IN BLACK.

WE DO HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF THOSE WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF YEARS EXPERIENCE, BUT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR THOSE YEARS, ACTUALLY MAKE A LITTLE MORE THAN THE PEOPLE WE HIRE IN WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SO A 15 YEAR VETERAN TEACHER WHO'S WORKED WITH US FOR 15 YEARS MAKES MORE THAN

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SOMEONE WE HIRE IN AT 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? I WOULD SAY THAT THIS DIRECTLY LINKS BACK TO WHAT RANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH A COMPENSATION INCREASE, THOSE AROUND US ARE ARE CONSIDERING A COMPENSATION INCREASE, WHETHER IT BE TWO PERCENT OR A LITTLE LESS OR A LITTLE MORE.

AND TEACHERS WILL MOVE FOR TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THEY'LL GO TO THE DISTRICT THAT BORDERS OURS.

SO THERE THERE IS A NEED TO TRY AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

BETH.

YES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT THEY WILL MOVE FOR SALARY.

BUT ARE OUR BENEFIT IS JUST TO RECAP, ARE OUR BENEFIT IS IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER ARE BETTER THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS NEARBY.

DID WE COMPARE THAT? SO THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH INSURANCE AT THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH, THAT WAS AN INCREASE TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO.

AND THAT REALLY GOT US CLOSER TO BEING COMPETITIVE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANCILLARY BENEFIT OPTIONS THAT WE DON'T PAY FOR AS A DISTRICT, BUT ARE UP TO THE EMPLOYEE DISCRETION, WHETHER IT BE VISION OR DENTAL, THOUGH, THOSE OPTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE.

OK, THANK YOU.

WELL, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE OPTIONS, SO THAT'S A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS, IT'S A BELOW MARKET RATE FOR THEIR CHILD CARE, FOR A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT.

IT IS.

IT IS ANOTHER BENEFIT.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT, IS ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS.

[15.A. Authorization of the Advertisement for Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

RANDY.

OK, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST THE NOTICE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND SO WOULD JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH WHAT THE CALCULATIONS ARE.

THIS YEAR IS PROBABLY AS SIMPLE AS I'VE EVER SEEN.

PRETTY EASY TO CALCULATE.

SO THE CURRENT RATE IS $1.05475 ON M&O AND $0.269 ON I&S.

THAT 0.269 HAS BEEN THE RATE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AT ONE POINT ZERO SIX FOUR SEVEN FIVE.

ONE POINT SIX JUST OVER THAT.

AND IT WAS COMPRESSED BECAUSE TIER ONE WAS COMPRESSED STATEWIDE TO THE NINETY ONE POINT SIXTY FOUR.

AND SO OUR CURRENT TOTAL RATE IS ONE POINT THREE TWO THREE SEVEN FIVE, WITH OUR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH PROJECTED AT ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT BELOW THE TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT THRESHOLD, THAT WOULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL TAX COMPRESSION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

AND SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE.

SO WE WE EXPECT THAT OUR IMMINENT RATE WILL STAY THE SAME AT THE ONE IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN THERE, THE ONE POINT FIVE FOUR SEVEN FIVE.

THE GOOD THING IS WE CAN REMEMBER WE CAN ALWAYS POST A RATE HIGHER.

AND THEN IF VALUES DID COME IN, WHEN WE GET FINAL CERTIFIED ABOVE TWO AND A HALF, WE CAN ALWAYS GO DOWN AND WE JUST CAN'T INCREASE THE RATE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE POSTED.

SO WE ALWAYS WANT THE AIR ON THE SIDE OF OVER POSTING THE RATE IF EITHER.

SO AGAIN, THE INTEREST AND SINKING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT AT TWENTY SIX POINT NINE CENTS AGAIN FOR THE COMING YEAR.

AND WE'LL WE'LL HAVE SOME OPTIONS ON THAT AND ON REFUNDING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE KNOW MORE BEFORE WE SET THE ACTUAL TAX RATE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING THE SAME TOTAL TOTAL TAX RATE, THE REQUIRED RATE COMPARISON.

THIS IS IN THE NOTICE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL THE SAME NUMBERS ON CURRENT YEAR RATE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS PROPOSED ALSO WHAT THEY CALL THE VOTER, THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.

THAT IS THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME TOO.

SO THAT'S PRETTY EASY.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE BLUE, THIS IS THE M&O RATE HISTORICALLY BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 12, THAT NUMBER DID GO UP IT CAPPED, YOU KNOW, IT HIT A DOLLAR THIRTY SEVEN I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT DOWN TO A DOLLAR FOUR AND THEN WE'VE SEEN THAT FURTHER COMPRESSED AND UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE AND THEN THE GREEN NUMBER OR THE GREEN PART REPRESENTS OUR I&S RATE.

AND THAT HAS BEEN AT ALMOST THE SAME RATE FOR MOST OF THOSE YEARS.

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BUT WE'RE GOING ON LIKE YEAR SIX OR SEVEN NOW AT THE SAME TWENTY SIX POINT NINE RATE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THERE.

SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE BROKEN OUT.

AS FAR AS APPRAISED VALUES, THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS JUST UNDER SIXTY EIGHT BILLION.

THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SEVENTY ONE POINT FOUR BILLION.

AND WHEN WE TAKE OUT ALL THE EXEMPTIONS AND ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS, THE THE TAX ADJUSTMENTS, THE CURRENT YEAR IS SIXTY POINT THREE ON OUR LATEST.

THAT WASN'T THE ORIGINAL CERTIFIED AND THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE IS THE SIXTY ONE POINT TWO BILLION.

HEY RANDY CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.

JUST THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE AND WHAT [INAUDIBLE] SAID IN THE PAST AND TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AGE WISE OF PLANO AND THE SOUTH BEING A LITTLE OLDER AND PEOPLE NOT NECESSARILY SELLING THEIR HOUSES OR MOVING ON A LOT OF ORIGINAL OWNERS OR SECOND OWNERS STICK AROUND.

I WOULD THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING EACH YEAR MORE AND MORE SENIOR EXEMPTIONS, WHICH IS GOING TO FREEZE A LOT OF THOSE TAXES.

DOES THAT ALSO FREEZE THEIR ISD TAXES? YES, IT DOES, YES.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPLICATIONS AS VALUES GO UP, THE TAXABLE VALUES WON'T NECESSARILY GO UP.

SO WHEN I TALKED ABOUT EXEMPTIONS, I'M INCLUDING THAT AGE EXEMPTION.

TO OUR DISTRICT.

I THINK BASED ON JUST MY EXPERIENCES, RICHARDSON KIND OF HAS THAT, TOO.

BUT I THINK PROSPER WOULD HAVE LESS OF THAT BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE DOING.

AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AS LARGE OF AN AGING COMMUNITY AS WE DO.

I THINK THAT'S A FAIR ASSUMPTION.

YES.

THANK YOU.

OK, AS WE LOOK AT TAXES ON THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS AND SO FOR NEXT YEAR AT THE SAME TAX RATE BECAUSE THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE HAS GONE UP, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

THE TAXES AT THE SAME RATE ARE PROJECTED TO GO UP FROM FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO DOLLARS TO FIVE THOUSAND AND THIRTY SIX DOLLARS.

AND SO WE ARE SEEING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

AND ONE OF OUR TAXPARENCY SLIDES, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU MORE TAXPARENCY INFORMATION IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOL TAXES, SO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET OF THERE OF THAT HOMEOWNERS, THAT AVERAGE HOMEOWNERS TAX IS THREE THOUSAND IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND THREE DOLLARS WOULD STAY IN THE DISTRICT.

ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE WOULD GO TO RECAPTURE.

AND FOR NEXT YEAR, WE PROJECT ON THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS OF THEIR TOTAL TAXES THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS WOULD STAY WITH THE DISTRICT AND ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE WOULD GIVE US RECAPTURE BACK TO THE STATE.

SO, RANDI, BACK ON THAT SLIDE, IF I JUST DID SOME LITTLE.

NOTES THE CHANGE FROM 2021 BUDGETED TO THE 2022 PROJECTED THAT WE RETAIN THAT DOESN'T GO BACK TO THE STATE, THAT GROWTH IS ONLY TWO POINT SEVENTY SIX PERCENT.

AND I JUST LOOKED UP WHAT INFLATION RATE WAS.

AND THE ANNUAL INFLATION RATE FOR THE UNITED STATES IS FOUR POINT TWO PERCENT FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED APRIL TWENTY ONE.

SO WE ARE NOT EVEN RETAINING ENOUGH TO COVER OUR RATE OF INFLATION.

JUST A LITTLE SIDE COMMENT THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ON THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE CALENDAR AND SO THE NOTICE THAT WE WILL LOOK AT HERE IN JUST A SECOND, THAT HAS TO BE POSTED SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY 23RD AND JUNE 12TH.

WE HAVE TO RUN THAT 10 TO 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING WHERE WE ACTUALLY ADOPT THE BUDGET AND HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING.

SO WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED ON JUNE 22ND ON BUDGET ADOPTION.

JULY 25TH IS WHEN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

WE HIGHLY EXPECT THAT TO BE A PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED AND NOT THE OFFICIAL CERTIFIED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF VALUES THAT ARE UNDER APPEAL.

AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL PROBABLY COME LATER IN AUGUST.

IN SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE AFTER WE RECEIVE THE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER BOND ISSUANCE AND PROBABLY REFUNDING ON THAT I&S THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

FOR JULY ONE DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT GOING AFTER TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION AND CODY, BACK TO YOUR COMMENT EARLIER.

THE DISTRICT, COULD WE STILL HAVE ABOUT THREE POINT ONE PENNIES BECAUSE OUR TIER TWO IS COMPRESSED SO WE CAN TAKE OUR TIER TWO BACK TO 17 PENNIES.

AND SO WE HAVE THREE POINT ONE SOMETHING PENNIES THAT IF THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO DO ANOTHER TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, WE COULD DO THAT.

SO THAT IS BUT THIS TIMELINE IS ASSUMING NO TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

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AND I'M SORRY I FORGOT TO POINT THAT OUT EARLIER.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL REVENUE EACH ONE OF THOSE PENNIES WOULD BRING IN OR NOT REVENUE, BUT OR MAYBE JUST REVENUE, BUT HOW MUCH MORE THE DISTRICT WOULD KEEP OR THE IMPACT? REALLY, WHAT MATTERS IS THE IMPACT ON THE DEFICIT? SORRY, I'M GOING TO MY CALCULATOR.

THE FACT THAT YOU CAN DO IT ON THE FLY IS IMPRESSIVE.

THAT'S WHY HE GETS THE BIG STATE AWARDS FOR HIS ABILITIES.

SO THOSE ARE WORTH JUST OVER THREE MILLION PER PENNY.

AND YOU SAID HOW MANY THAT WOULD HAVE THREE POINT ONE.

SO IT WOULD BE WORTH JUST BETWEEN NINE AND 10 MILLION.

THAT'S SOMETHING TO KNOW.

THANK YOU.

SO, RANDY, ON THE THE NOVEMBER DATE FOR THE ISSUING OF NEW BONDS, IS THAT TIED TO WHEN THE REFUNDS, WHEN OUR BONDS BECOME REFUNDABLE, OR IS THAT JUST A BEST GUESS? BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT THAN WE ARE NOW IN NOVEMBER.

I'D TO HAVE TO GET BACK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER.

BUT I BELIEVE THE CALL DATE IS ON DOING IN ADVANCE REFUNDING.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN AS SOON AS WE CAN DO THAT, I THINK IT'S OK.

WE CAN TAKE THE ACTION.

THEY DON'T ACTUALLY REFUND UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR, BUT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND GO AHEAD AND SET OUR TAX RATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT.

OK, THE DISTRICT'S DONE THAT ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE AND I THINK EVEN SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE I CAME.

OK, AND THEN JUST A QUICK TIMELINE HERE.

THESE ARE MANY OF THE DATES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, SO WE HAVE TO POSTPONE JUNE 20TH AT THE LATEST ON THE TAX NOTICE LAST DAY TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR A JULY ONE FISCAL YEAR DISTRICT IS JUNE 30, JULY 18TH THROUGH AUGUST ONE IS TAX COLLECTION RATES FOR TIER ONE DISTRICTS.

WE DO HAVE TO NOTIFY TEA BY AUGUST 5TH OF WHAT WE EXPECT ARE OUR M&O RATES TO BE FOR THAT COMPRESSED RATE CALCULATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE EITHER SEPTEMBER 30TH OR 60 DAYS AFTER WE RECEIVE THE FINAL CERTIFIED TO ADOPT A TAX RATE.

AND SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP AGAINST THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE AND WILL LIKELY ADOPT THERE IN LATE SEPTEMBER.

OK, EVERYONE, IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE TAX NOTICE.

AND SO ON, IT IT'S REALLY PRETTY SIMPLE, IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE COVERED, SO WE'RE SAYING THAT THE BUDGET HEARING WILL BE AT SEVEN P.M.

ON JUNE 22ND.

THE PROPOSED RATES ARE THE 1.04 SORRY, IS THAT IN YOUR PACKET.

IT'S IN BOARD BOOK, I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S REALLY ALL THE NUMBERS JUST WANTED TO HIT THOSE REAL QUICK.

THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF POINT TO ONE.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE INCREASE IN RECAPTURE DEBT SERVICE IS AN INCREASE OF 1.47 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF 0.45.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RATES, REALLY THE ONE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, SO THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS, THE CURRENT YEAR IS THREE HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND THREE FOURTEEN.

AND FOR THIS COMING YEAR, THAT'S PROJECTED AT 4.5 FOUR HUNDRED.

SO THAT'S UP ABOUT 14000 ON THE AVERAGE, RESIDENTS WITHIN PLANO ISD.

SO THE THE ADDITIONAL TAXES AT THE SAME TAX RATE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT THE TAX NOTICE SHOWS.

AND AGAIN, ARE IF WE ADOPT A RATE OVER ONE POINT THREE, TWO, THREE SEVEN FIVE, THEN THAT'S OUR VOTER [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A TRE IF WE ADOPTED A RATE ABOVE THAT.

AND OUR FUND BALANCE NUMBERS THAT ARE PROJECTED BECAUSE WE GET IT BACKED OUT 30 DAYS OF OPERATING COST, 150 MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POINT EIGHT MILLION ON THE GENERAL FUND AND EIGHTEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION ON INTEREST AND SINKING OR THE DEBT SERVICE.

SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WILL BE IN THE NOTICE.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RANDY? NO, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT FOR YOU, DAVID, TO PUT ON OUR FUTURE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

LET'S GET A TAXPAYER AND SEE BILL PASSED SO THAT WE HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS ON OUR PROPERTY TAX STATEMENTS AND THEY CAN SEE HOW MUCH IS GOING BACK TO RECAPTURE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET SOMEBODY TO WRITE THAT BILL FOR US AND GET IT PASSED.

THERE IS ZERO LEGISLATORS WHO WOULD WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK BAD.

I THINK THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT WE GOT FROM THEM.

I KNOW, BUT IT'S WRONG.

I AGREE WITH YOU IN CONCEPT THAT I MEAN, WE DO WE DO NEED.

AND THEN I THINK ALSO ON OUR THINGS TASK FOR NEXT TIME IS AN INFLATIONARY COMPONENT TO

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THE FUNDING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT, SO.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S NOT DIGRESS FROM THAT.

NO, IT'S OK.

GOOD.

GOOD QUESTION.

GOOD POINT.

ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RANDY? SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, AN ACTION ITEM, AND SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MOTION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE ATTACH.

NOTICE A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22ND AT 7:00 P.M., WHICH INCLUDES PROPOSED TAX RATES CONSISTING OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF 1 .

05475 INTEREST AND SINKING AT 0.269 WITH A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 1.32375.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND.

I SECOND.

ANGELA YES.

AND HEATHER, WE'VE GOT A TIE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22ND AT 7:00 P.M., WHICH INCLUDES A PROPOSED TAX RATES CONSISTING OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF 1.05475 DOLLARS.

INTEREST AND SINKING AT 0.269 DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 1.32375 DOLLARS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, RANDY.

OUR SECOND ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION IS THE APPROVAL OF THE

[15.B. Approval of the Renewal of the Plano ISD District of Innovation Plan]

RENEWAL OF THE PLANO ISD DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN AND DR.

WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

SO WE ARE BRINGING BACK OUR OUR FINAL DISTRICT OF INNOVATION RENEWAL PLAN.

AS YOU RECALL, PART OF OUR PROCESS, WE BEGAN PLANNING THIS AND DISCUSSING IT IN JANUARY.

WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE STEPS REQUIRED BY TEA.

THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DISTRICT TO BEGIN THE RENEWAL PROCESS IN MARCH.

PART OF AFTER THAT, THE TEAM WENT TO WORK.

IT'S BEEN VETTED THROUGH VARIOUS TEAMS AND IT WAS APPROVED AT OUR DISTRICT BASED AT OUR DBIC COMMITTEE THAT WAS HELD YESTERDAY.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THE PLAN FORWARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

BROCKMAN, WHO WILL GO OVER THOSE EXEMPTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS PRESENTATION REALLY WERE FOR YOUR BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE.

AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME LOCAL CONTROL.

AS WE ARE ALLOWED TO, THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF LAWS THAT WE COULD EXEMPT FROM.

OUR CURRENT EXEMPTIONS ARE LISTED HERE, OUR PLAN, CURRENT PLAN EXPIRES JANUARY 1ST OF 22/ AND IT IS NOT CONVENIENT FOR THESE THINGS TO EXPIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THE RENEWAL NOW.

WE HAVE COMPLETED STEPS ONE, TWO AND THREE IN RENEWING THE PLAN BASED ON BOARD DECISION THIS EVENING.

WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON WITH STEPS FOUR AND FIVE REGARDING PROVIDING A COPY OF THE CURRENT PLAN TO TEA AS WELL AS POSTING ON OUR WEB SITE.

A REFRESHER ON OUR TIMELINE.

WE DID PRESENT THE PLAN TO THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE FOR A VOTE LAST NIGHT, WE DID THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PUBLIC MEETING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR A RENEWAL OF THE DOI PLAN THAT DID PASS.

IT'S A SIMPLE MAJORITY AND WE HAD MORE THAN A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS APPROVING THE DOI PLAN.

HERE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE DOI COMMITTEE, AND WE DID VET IT THROUGH SEVERAL GROUPS, PLEC, OUR PLANO LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH THIS.

WE DID SHARE AND SEEK FEEDBACK FROM OUR FACULTY COUNCIL GROUP AND THEN OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OTHER DISTRICT LEADERS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON OUR PROPOSED EXEMPTIONS.

AND HERE THEY ARE, EXEMPTION REQUESTS NUMBER ONE, THIS IS CURRENTLY IN OUR DOI PLAN, AND THAT IS AN EXEMPTION FROM THE UNIFORM START DATE FOR THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR BY EXEMPTING OURSELVES FROM TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.811 A, IT ALLOWS US TO WORK

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COLLABORATIVELY TO DESIGN AN ACADEMIC CALENDAR BASED ON THE NEEDS AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN HAVING TO START SCHOOL ON A PARTICULAR WEEK.

EXEMPTION REQUESTS NUMBER TWO, AGAIN, IS A IS AN EXEMPTION THAT IS IN OUR CURRENT PLAN AND THAT IS MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, 25.081 WAS REVISED TO REPLACE THE REQUIREMENT OF 180 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION WITH A REQUIREMENT OF SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION.

BY EXEMPTING OURSELVES FROM THIS PARTICULAR CODE, IT ALLOWS US TO ADJUST THE LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAYS, EARLY RELEASE DAYS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS WITHIN THE CONSTRAINT OR BUCKET OF SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES.

EXEMPTION NUMBER THREE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS ACTUALLY A NEW EXEMPTION.

THIS IS IN THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.0012 REQUIRES THAT EACH CAMPUS NAME A SINGLE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR, TYPICALLY THE PRINCIPAL.

HOWEVER, AN EXEMPTION IN THIS AREA WOULD ALLOW OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO DIVIDE AND OR DELEGATE THAT CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTIES TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS NEEDED.

SO IF YOU CONSIDER A SECONDARY CAMPUS THAT HAS MULTIPLE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, IT MAKES SENSE THAT EACH ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SERVES AS THE CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR FOR THEIR SECTION OF STUDENTS, WHETHER THAT'S ALPHABETICALLY BY GRADE LEVEL, ETC..

EXEMPTION REQUEST NUMBER FOUR IS A NEW REQUEST.

THIS IS PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

THIS IS OUTLINED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.102B AND RIGHT NOW, THE REQUIREMENT IS IF WE HIRE IN SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL TEACHER, COUNSELOR OR LIBRARIAN NURSE FIVE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THEN WE CAN BRING THEM IN ON A SINGLE YEAR OF PROBATIONARY CONTRACT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO FLIP TO A TERM CONTRACT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT TO BE A SECOND YEAR OF PROBATIONARY CONTRACT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS EXEMPTION.

WE WANT TO RETAIN THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE AND SOMETIMES WE NEED JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO BE RETAINED.

AND THIS WOULD ALLOW OUR PRINCIPLES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

OUR PRINCIPALS, THE FEEDBACK THEY PROVIDED, THEY'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO WORK WITH NEW TO THE DISTRICT TEACHERS A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

EXEMPTION REQUESTS NUMBER FIVE, AGAIN, IS AN EXEMPTION IN OUR CURRENT PLAN.

WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND.

THIS IS UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.003 AND 21.057 OUTLINING CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS TO FAMILIES REGARDING TEACHERS NOT CERTIFIED IN A SPECIFIC CONTENT AREA THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO TEACH.

NO EXEMPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR ESL, BILINGUAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATIONS.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

WE'RE NOT ASKING TO BE EXEMPT FROM THOSE WE CAN'T BE.

BUT EXEMPTING OURSELVES FROM THE OTHER AREAS OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS DOES PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO ISSUE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING PERMIT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATION BUT WE FEEL ARE THE BEST CHOICE TO TEACH IN A PARTICULAR AREA.

WE DO THIS NOW EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WITH A TEACHER THAT'S PERHAPS COMING OUT OF INDUSTRY IS A GREAT MATCH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE CONTENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED.

WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS EXEMPTION FOR LOTE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH, CTE AND SOME OF OUR OTHER UPPER LEVEL COURSES, IT IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WHEN A HIGH SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR HIGH OR EVEN A MIDDLE SCHOOL NEEDS A TEACHER THAT IS VERY SPECIALIZED IN READING INSTRUCTION TO WORK WITH STRUGGLING READERS.

AND THOSE FOLKS, GIFTED PEOPLE, TEND TO HAVE ELEMENTARY READER READING CERTIFICATIONS AND NOT A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH CERTIFICATION.

AND WE WANT TO MATCH PEOPLE TO THE NEEDS THAT STUDENTS HAVE.

OK, REQUEST NUMBER SIX IS A CURRENT EXEMPTION IN OUR PLAN, AND THAT IS MINIMUM ATTENDANCE FOR CLASS CREDIT.

TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.092 REQUIRES A STUDENT TO PHYSICALLY OR I GUESS VIRTUALLY BE PRESENT IN CLASS 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME IN ORDER TO GET CREDIT FOR THAT CLASS, TO

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EVEN BE ELIGIBLE TO GET CREDIT.

AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER MORE THAN JUST SEAT TIME IN DETERMINING WHETHER A STUDENT HAS MASTERED THE LEARNING AND IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

REQUEST NUMBER SEVEN AGAIN IS AN EXEMPTION IN OUR PLAN.

THIS IS AROUND TEACHER APPRAISALS.

YOU WILL FIND THIS INFORMATION IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.3351 AND 21.352 REQUIRING THE USE OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA IN THE APPRAISAL OF TEACHERS.

IN PLANO ISD, WE HAVE ADOPTED A DIFFERENT APPROACH.

OUR TPGSLO APPROACH COUPLES TOGETHER, A TEACHER PERFORMANCE GOAL WITH AN INTENDED STUDENT OUTCOME THAT MAY OR MAY NOT DIRECTLY RELATE TO A DATA POINT FROM A TEST.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT WORK.

EXEMPTION NUMBER EIGHT, AGAIN, IS A CURRENT EXEMPTION ON OUR PLAN TEACHER PLANNING AND PREPARATION TIME TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.404.

THIS REQUIRES THAT TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO 450 MINUTES, AT LEAST FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MINUTES OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION TIME OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

THE CAVEAT BEING, IT NEEDS TO FALL WITHIN THE STUDENT SCHOOL DAY.

WE HAVE USED THIS EXEMPTION IN THE PAST FOR 1/2 DAY PRE-K PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS TEACHERS THAT ARE [INAUDIBLE] ADULT TRANSITION CENTER.

THEY NEED TO BE SUPERVISING THEIR STUDENTS DURING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE DAY AND HAVE THE TIME THEN FOR PLANNING OUTSIDE THE STUDENT DAY.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT EXEMPTION BECAUSE IT ALSO ALLOWS US A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO COLLABORATIVE TEAM PLANNING.

NUMBER NINE.

IS A CURRENT EXEMPTION IN OUR PLAN, AND THIS IS CLASS SIZE K THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, AS YOU KNOW, TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.112 REQUIRES AND SETS A MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE AT 22 STUDENTS WITH ONE TEACHER.

INTERESTING TO NOTE, THERE IS NO REQUIRED MAXIMUM SIZE FOR PRE-K.

WE CAN GO ABOVE THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO SEEK A WAIVER IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES WITH WAIVERS IN THE PAST.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE A MORE FLEXIBLE CLASS SIZE APPROACH.

SO WHEN A STUDENT MOVES IN, IT MAY BE THE TWENTY THIRD STUDENT IN A CLASSROOM WITH A TRAINED TEACHER AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE A GT STUDENT, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT RATHER THAN PLACING THEM IN A CLASS THAT HAS LESS STUDENTS BUT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE THE TEACHER TRAINED ON WHAT THEY NEED.

IT ALSO PROVIDES US FLEXIBILITY ACCORDING TO THE TIME OF YEAR.

WE ALL KNOW WE REACH A POINT IN THE YEAR WHEN IT IS IN NOBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO DIVIDE A CLASS BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS BONDED.

SO THIS ALLOWS US THAT FLEXIBILITY.

EXEMPTION REQUESTS NUMBER 10 IS A NEW EXEMPTION FOR US, AND THIS IS TRS ACTIVE CARE HEALTH INSURANCE TAX EDUCATION CODE 22.004.

AS YOU KNOW, ONCE A DISTRICT GETS IN TO ACTIVE CARE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE, WE CANNOT GET OUT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE THE VERY BEST HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BOTH WITH REGARDS TO EXPENSE AS WELL AS COVERAGE.

WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW IF THE NORTH TEXAS MARKETPLACE WOULD ACTUALLY AFFORD US BETTER COVERAGE OPTIONS THEN TRS ACTIVE CARE.

BUT WE CAN'T SERIOUSLY LOOK UNTIL WE HAVE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THIS REQUIREMENT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THIS ONE REAL QUICK, JUST BECAUSE I SORT OF LIVE IN THIS WORLD, THESE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

SO IF WE GET THIS EXEMPTION AND YOU DO THIS RESEARCH AND YOU FIND OUT THAT TRS ACTIVE CARE ACTUALLY IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE OPTION, THE DISTRICT IS NOT PRECLUDED FROM REMAINING WITH TRS ACTIVE CARE.

IT JUST GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE OPTIONALITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHOPPING BENEFITS APPROPRIATELY FOR OUR TEACHERS.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T EVEN SERIOUSLY INVESTIGATE THE MARKETPLACE BECAUSE THOSE WHO WOULD BE PROVIDING US WITH INFORMATION KNOW THAT WE'RE STUCK.

SO IT IT'S DIFFICULT.

THIS ALLOWS US TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE TO BE STUCK.

SO HELP US FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE IN THE BEST SITUATION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE EXEMPTION EVEN IF WE REQUEST IT.

BETH.

YES.

WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF BEING APPROVED FOR THE EXEMPTION FOR [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE DOI PLAN, THEN THERE IS NO OTHER LEVEL OF EXEMPTION APPROVAL.

WE INFORM THE COMMISSIONER AND TEA, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEKING THEIR APPROVAL TO OUR EXEMPTIONS.

OK.

[03:35:02]

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE ONE LAST ONE EXEMPTION REQUEST NUMBER 11, AND THIS IS A NEW EXEMPTION REQUEST ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT MEASURES.

TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 101.6001 REQUIRES THAT WE USE A STATE SPONSORED ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS NOT MEETING THE PASSING STANDARD ON SIXTH GRADE STAAR READING.

AND THAT ASSESSMENT IS THE TEXAS MIDDLE SCHOOL FLUENCY ASSESSMENT.

AND WE NEED AND WANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO USE SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS A BETTER FIT FOR US IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH MAY BE MAP OR OTHER FLUENCY MEASURES AND INSTRUMENTS THAT BETTER ALIGN WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS WHILE I TAKE A BREATH.

SO MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION IN THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE ALL OF THESE EXEMPTIONS AND WHAT I SEE IS PLANO SAYING AS A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, WE DESERVE AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE MORE LOCAL CONTROL.

WE KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

WE KNOW WHAT OUR FAMILIES NEED AND WHAT OUR TEACHERS NEED AND HOW TO RUN OUR DISTRICT.

AND THE STATE HAS RULES IN PLACE THAT SAY OTHERWISE OR HOW THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE.

AND WHAT THIS DISTRICT OF INNOVATION REALLY IS, IS A WAY TO GAIN MORE LOCAL CONTROL.

AND THESE EXCEPTIONS ARE THE WAY ABOUT GOING ABOUT OR TO GO ABOUT THAT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR NEW EXEMPTIONS THAT WILL HELP OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND ALSO RENEWING SOME OF THE CURRENT ONES.

THEY THEY ARE WHAT GIVE US A COMPETITIVE EDGE.

AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF FAMILIES UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION STATUS FOR DISTRICT MATTERS AND WHAT FLEXIBILITY IT GIVES US AND HOW IT MAKES US COMPETITIVE TO OTHER DISTRICTS.

SO I'M VERY GLAD WE HAVE THIS DESIGNATION.

I'M VERY GLAD IT'S REVIEWED OFTEN.

AND WE LOOK FOR NEW EXEMPTIONS TO HELP OUR DISTRICTS AND GET MORE LOCAL CONTROL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.

AND CODY, WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS AND WHAT WAS A 2015, IT WAS IT WAS A WAY TO GET THE LEVEL, THE PLAYING FIELD A LITTLE MORE LEVEL WITH NOT OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO PROTECT THIS.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE TO PUT ON THE LIST, DAVID.

BUT THEY TRY TO CHIP AWAY AT IT EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED THIS TIME.

BUT WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS DOI IS SO IMPORTANT AND AFFORDS US THE FLEXIBILITIES AND THE LOCAL CONTROL THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE TO OFFER THE SERVICES THAT THIS DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

I LOVE THAT TRS ACTIVE CARE.

WAS THAT YOUR BRAINCHILD? NO, WE WERE A COUPLE OF BRAVE DISTRICTS IN THE WEST TEXAS AREA THAT DISCOVERED AN OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE LIST OF YOU CANNOT EXEMPT FROM AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LEVERAGE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

BETH, CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING EXEMPTION REQUEST NUMBER 9.

SET THE MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE FOR A KINDERGARTEN TO FOURTH GRADE.

SO EVER SINCE WE ADOPTED THIS DOI EXEMPTION HOW WHAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER YOU HAVE EVER GONE SO FAR? I WANT TO KNOW.

SO IF WE TAKE THIS YEAR OUT OF THE EQUATION WITH SCHOOL AT HOME CLASS SIZES, SO IF I CAN TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION, WE REALLY HAVE A KIND OF A SLIDING GUIDELINE, IF YOU WILL, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS VERSUS NON TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

AND WE ALSO LOOK AT GRADE LEVEL.

WE TRY AND KEEP WE REALLY PRIORITIZE KEEPING THE KINDER, FIRST, SECOND GRADE SMALLER THAN THAN THIRD AND FOURTH.

WE HAVE IN THE PAST GOTTEN TO 25 LATER IN THE YEAR.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND WHEN WE GET LARGER, WE DO LOOK AT WHAT SUPPORT IS NEEDED.

DO WE NEED TO BRING IN AN ASSISTANT TO HELP ACROSS A GRADE LEVEL? WE ALSO LOOK AT THE CLASS SIZES ACROSS THE GRADE LEVEL.

OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GIFTED AT FIGURING OUT WHICH STUDENTS CAN BE TOGETHER IN A CLASSROOM SUCCESSFULLY AND IN WHICH PARTICULAR STUDENTS NEED TO BE DIVIDED UP.

SO THEY MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF CLASSES AT TWENTY FOUR AND ONE AT 20 BECAUSE OF THE THE MAKEUP OF THE GROUP.

AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL FOR THEM IN OTHER PLACES WHEN THEY'RE SITTING AT TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY FOUR.

IT'S JUST NOT A TENABLE SITUATION.

AND WE LOOK AT ADDING AN ASSISTANT, BRINGING IN A SUB TO HELP.

[03:40:06]

WE HAVE ADDED TEACHERS IN THE PAST, SO THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM ADDING A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL MEMBER OF THE STAFF PARTWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

IT JUST ALLOWS US TO TAKE A CASE BY CASE APPROACH.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MONITOR AND ADJUST YOUR STAFFING FOR THE BIGGER CLASSES.

SO THE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, I'M AFRAID, LIKE IF ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ABOVE THE RIVER, AS WE USED TO CALL IT, AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE THE FUNCTION BETTER PERFORM BETTER AND THEN THEY'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE] INTO BIGGER CLASSES.

AND THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR HELPING THE KIDS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

AS LONG AS WE TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN THAT WAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE EACH ONE IS CHALLENGED.

I'M GOING TO DO WITH IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND AND YOU WOULD FIND THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS REALLY CENTER MORE AROUND THE ABILITY AND THE TALENTS OF THE TEACHER THAN THE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.

I'M CHOOSING TO PUT TWENTY FOUR AND TWENTY FOUR BECAUSE OF THESE SUPER TEACHERS CAN CAN MANAGE THAT WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND AND STILL STRETCH THEIR KIDS, WHEREAS THIS GROUP OF 20 IS MUCH HIGHER NEED.

PERHAPS STILL A GIFTED TEACHER, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF EVERY CHILD.

YEAH.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A SECOND GRADER WHO CAN READ VERY WELL TO BE PUT IN THE CORNER TO READ ALL DAY LONG, YOU KNOW, IS THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

NONE OF US WANT THAT.

OK.

THANK YOU.

HEY, BETH, CAN I GO BACK TO NUMBER SIX? AND THAT WAS THE SEAT TIME ISSUE.

SO I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS LIKE CONVENTION OR JUST KICKING AROUND A CONVERSATION, BUT THERE WAS TALK AT ONE POINT ABOUT LIKE, COULD YOU SET UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL? THAT IS AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM, HAS AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM WHERE IF A KID COULD FINISH ALL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF THREE.

YOU PUT THEM IN THAT KIND OF PROGRAM AND THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT, AS SOON AS THEY MASTER SOMETHING, THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AND SO THAT THEY MAY BE CUTTING OFF A YEAR OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION.

I'M CURIOUS, IS ANYBODY LEVERAGING THIS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? TO CRAM THREE YEARS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO TWO.

NO, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

I DO THINK DISTRICTS USE THIS VERY CREATIVELY WITH STUDENTS THAT NEED TO EXCEL.

STUDENTS THAT HAVE COMMAND OF THE SUBJECT AND OTHER FACTORS ARE KEEPING THEM FROM BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT ALL THE TIME.

SO.

A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT GO DOWN THE PATH HAVE INCLUDED THIS AS ONE OF THEIR EXEMPTIONS, YOU CAN READ ALL THE DISTRICT PLANS ON THE TEA WEBSITE.

THIS IS ONE THAT'S VERY COMMON BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE WITH STUDENTS THAT NEED THIS FLEXIBILITY ARE THE SAME CHALLENGES OTHER DISTRICTS FACE WITH CHILDREN.

OK.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR BETH.

OK, SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, AND SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RENEWAL OF THE PLANO ISD DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN EMPHATICALLY.

I SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, SECOND BY DR.

HEATHER WANG, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RENEWAL OF THE PLANO ISD DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO POLICIES THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER CONSIDER ACTION ON POLICIES,

[16.A. Approval of Policy FDA(LOCAL)]

DR WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT POLICY, FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA DISTRICT, INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO FIRST POLICY THAT WE HAVE IS FDA LOCAL AND IT'S BEEN MODIFIED WITH A CHANGE IN TIMELINE, REMOVAL OF THE FIFTY DOLLAR APPLICATION FEE AND CHANGE OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL WHO WILL OVERSEE THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED UNDER FIRST READING AND REVISIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY DR.

GOBER.

QUESTIONS, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND IT'S JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE NONRESIDENT STUDENT WHOSE FAMILY HAS A CONTRACT TO BUILD A HOME IN THE DISTRICT

[03:45:01]

IT SAYS THEY MAY ENROLL, PROVIDED THE STATED CLOSING DATE OF THE CONTRACT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE STUDENT IS APPLYING FOR ENROLLMENT.

SO MY QUESTION IS, IF THE STUDENT IS APPLYING TO ENROLL IN AUGUST OF A SCHOOL YEAR, DOES THE CLOSING HAVE TO BE BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER? OR IS IT CAN IT BE THE END OF THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR? I JUST WAS UNCLEAR ON THAT BECAUSE I'M THINKING SOMETIMES IT TAKES LONGER TO BUILD A HOUSE.

ALMOST GOES AWAY THEN? OK, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF PARENTS WERE CONSIDERING BUILDING, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA BUILDING, BUT.

OK, THANKS.

OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER FIRST READING.

I SECOND.

WHO WAS THAT, JERI? YEAH, SORRY ME.

THAT'S OK.

I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ON FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO.

THERESA.

OK, SO THE NEXT POLICY IS POLICY FDB LOCAL, AND IT PROHIBITS OUT OF DISTRICT

[16.B. Approval of Policy FDB(LOCAL)]

INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, THE POLICY HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO ALLOW INTRA TRANSFERS, PROVIDING A TIMELINE AND GUIDELINES FOR TRANSFERS.

AND AGAIN, THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED UNDER FIRST READING AND SUBMITTED BY DR.

GOBER.

QUESTIONS.

OK, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, LET'S VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, THERESA, ONE MORE TIME.

[16.C. Adoption of Policy FNCA(LOCAL)]

ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL POLICY.

I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MAYBE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT IT IS FNCA LOCAL AND IT IS A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, DRESS CODE AND REVISION.

AND THEN THIS PROPOSED REVISION TO POLICY IS FOR STUDENTS, SECONDARY STUDENTS ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS.

HANG ON A MINUTE.

REQUIRES STUDENTS ATTENDING SECONDARY LEVEL CAMPUSES TO WEAR AN APPROVED STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD.

AND THEN THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED UNDER A SECOND READING BY DR.

COOPER.

ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FNCA LOCAL STUDENT CONDUCT DRESS CODE UNDER SECOND READING.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, SECOND BY DR.

HEATHER WANG THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FNCA LOCAL STUDENT CONDUCT DRESS CODE UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE, THEN LET'S VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN ZERO.

WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TO DISCUSS AND I TURN IT OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

[Additional Item 2]

SO THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I ASK FOR A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AND IT'S LATE, SO I WON'T KEEP ANYONE LONG.

BUT I DO NOT WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DR.

KARY COOPER FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.

TONIGHT IS HIS LAST BOARD MEETING IN ATTENDANCE WITH US.

AND SO, KARY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR SERVICE TO PLANO ISD YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU'RE AN AMAZING TEAM MEMBER AND THE CARE THAT YOU HAVE FOR STUDENTS AND FOR YOUR TEAM AND FOR OUR TEAM IN THIS COMMUNITY IS IS BEYOND MEASURE.

[03:50:02]

AND SO YOU KNOW, KARY IS A HUMBLE MAN AND HE'S A FAMILY MAN.

AND HE DOESN'T PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE CARE HE PUTS INTO AND NECESSARILY THE WORK THAT HE DOES AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN THIS DISTRICT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND IF YOU GO AROUND THIS DISTRICT WITH KARY, DR.

COOPER, AND YOU WALK INTO A BUILDING.

HE KNOWS EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM AND THEY LOVE HIM, AND I'M GOING TO MISS YOU AND I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.

BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO PLANO ISD.

SO I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK THE REASON HE KNOWS EVERYBODY IS BECAUSE HE'S GOT 12 CLONES.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT WHEN HE WAS PRINCIPAL AT OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WOULD SEE HIM IN THE MORNING AND THE PICKUP LINE AND THEN I'D SEE HIM IN THE HALLWAYS AND EVERYWHERE HE WAS EVERYWHERE.

AND SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THE SERVICE YOU'VE GIVEN TO PLANO ISD AND ALL THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

AND SOME OF THE STUFF IS KIND OF NOT FUN STUFF, BUT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS.

SO THANK YOU, SARA FOR A CERTIFIED JUMP THE GUN.

EARLIER I TRIED TO PULL BACK WHEN I WAS READING THE ROOM ON THAT AND TRY TO PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT KARY, I GOT TO MEET KARY REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PRINCIPAL GOLF SCRAMBLE AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO TALK TO HIM.

AND MY WIFE HAD JUST HAD OUR BABY.

AND SO I WAS GETTING A BREAK FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE HAD HIS KIDS AND REALLY JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT REALLY LIKED HIM.

RANDY WAS THERE TOO.

AND JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO BETWEEN HELPING SUPPLY MEALS AND COORDINATING THAT AND STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL AND EVERYTHING THAT YOUR JOB ENTAILS, YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG ROOF THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES COVERED SUCH GREAT TERRITORY.

AND THE TEAM UNDER YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND I'VE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED THE HELP YOU HAVE WHILE YOU HAVE IT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD TO SEE YOU GO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO THE PERSON THAT'S SUPPOSED TO FILL YOUR SHOES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

KARY, YOU HAD A REALLY THIS IS ANGELA, YOU HAVE A REALLY HARD YEAR TO FEED KIDS THIS PAST YEAR, I MEAN, DURING THE PANDEMIC, I MEAN, YOU HAD TO, I WOULD SAY THINK OF NEW WAYS TO FEED YOUR STUDENTS, YOU PACKAGED MEALS AND SO FORTH.

AND, AND I YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WAS A NEW BOARD MEMBER TO FOUR YEARS AGO IN 2017.

AND AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, YOU HAD TO BE TRAINED BY YOU TO GO THROUGH A TRAINING PROCESS.

AND ONE OF THE TRAINING PROCESS IS THAT A NEW BOARD MEMBER HAS TO SIT WITH EACH ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AND LEARN FROM THEM AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT AND WITH YOU, YOU KNEW ALL YOUR ANSWERS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR PLANO ISD.

SWING WILL BE MISSED AT THE PRINCIPAL'S SCRAMBLE, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GETTING PLENTY OF USE OF IT.

WELL, KARY IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE WE ALL APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IN THE ROLE OF A PRINCIPAL OR AN ADMINISTRATOR HERE IN THE CENTRAL.

IT'S AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, IT'S YOUR SHOES, WE'LL HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

SO.

ANYTHING ELSE GANG? ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL IT NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD.

THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 11:08.

WHO HAD THAT TIME?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.