Feb 08, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET GOING.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 PM]

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

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 2022.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, I 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 STOLLE.

I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THANK YOU.

SO LET ME INTRODUCE THE CAST OF PLAYERS UP HERE ON THE DAIS.

TO MY LEFT SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, TRUSTEE DR.

HEATHER WANG, TRUSTEE, DR.

LAUREN TYRA AND BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.

SEATED TO MY RIGHT VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER IS WALKING IN ANY MINUTE. HE TOLD ME HE'S IN THE PARKING LOT.

JOHNNY HILL, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DR.

KATRINA HASLEY, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES.

DR. COURTNEY GOBER IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.

HE IS THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

DR. SELENDA ANDERSON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES. DR.

BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

AND SHARON NOWAK, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IF YOU WILL ALL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED

[ 2. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, YOU SAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

IT IS NOW TIME FOR RECOGNITIONS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WHICH

[ 3. RECOGNITIONS]

AND WE ARE PROUDLY CELEBRATING THOSE STUDENTS TONIGHT.

SIX NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WINNERS FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH AND PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH. SEVERAL SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDING NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION WINNERS FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION WINNERS FROM JASPER AND MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE AMAZING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

[APPLAUSE] WE LIKE TO DO THIS AT EVERY MEETING AND RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ACHIEVING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND IT REALLY IS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT WHAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING REALLY ON A DAILY BASIS.

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER NOW TO DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.

THEY WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL MODEL, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY SCHOOL. SO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, MR. BILL MCLAUGHLIN, WILL INTRODUCE TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION OF BOWMAN.

WHAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

WHOLE STAFF, BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL RECENTLY NAMED AS A MODEL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, OR PLC AT WORK BY THE SOLUTION TREE ORGANIZATION FOR ITS SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

BOWMAN IS ONE OF ONLY 16 MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR, AND IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS.

WE'VE HAD A FEW THINGS HAPPEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT PLANO ISD IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE.

16, WITH OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING NAMED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

NOTED IN BOWMAN'S SELECTION WAS THE SCHOOL'S SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLC PROCESS AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT OF ITS STUDENTS.

AS WAS BOWMAN'S COMMITMENT TO THE BIG IDEAS OF A PLC, A FOCUS ON LEARNING, BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND CREATING A RESULTS ORIENTATION.

YOU KNOW, SARA OFTEN WHEN SHE'S WORKING WITH THE CABINET AND TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS

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AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ABOUT BOWMAN FROM THE ORGANIZATION.

THEY NOTED THEIR TEAM WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THE STAFF HAD ACCOMPLISHED DURING THESE CHALLENGING SCHOOL YEARS, SO I'M SUPER PROUD OF BOWMAN BROOKS.

BROOKS HAS ASSEMBLED LIKE THE DREAM TEAM OF TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS AND COUNSELORS WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT THE VISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND RESULTED IN THIS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HONOR OF BEING NAMED A NATIONAL MODEL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SCHOOL COMMUNITY AT WORK.

SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK BROOKS TO COME UP HERE MIGHT SAY A FEW WORDS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK BROOKS FAMILY BECAUSE I KNOW AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL, I KNOW THE HOURS THAT IT TAKES TO ACCOMPLISH REALLY ANYTHING, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THEM AS WELL.

BROOKS. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UP HERE, IT'S LIKE BILL SAID AFTER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I THINK OUR STAFF HAS NEEDED A WIN, SO IT WAS GOOD TO BE HERE.

GOOD TO BE RECOGNIZED BY SOLUTION TREE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

WELL, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BILL.

HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE.

IT WAS HIS IDEA FOR US TO APPLY FOR THIS RECOGNITION, AND HE'S BEEN JUST AN AMAZING MENTOR ALONG THE WAY. SO THANKS, BILL.

I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE OF THIS WORK IS THAT WHEN THE ADULTS DO THE RIGHT THING, ALL OF OUR KIDS CAN LEARN AND WHEN WE CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY, WE CAN GET THERE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS, TWO OF THEM HERE TONIGHT.

REBEKAH MCFARLAND, BRIANNE REESE.

SO SUPER GLAD THEY COULD JOIN US.

BUT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WILLING TO CHANGE AND GROW ALONG THE WAY TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE, TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND THAT WE'VE BEEN TARGETED AND FOCUSED IN THE THINGS WE'VE DONE. AND IT'S NOT EASY CHANGING AND ADAPTING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE JOURNEY.

AND THEN THIRD, THIS IS A TEAM WIN HERE.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. I HAVE AN AMAZING ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.

TREESIA BRANNON AND BRITTNEY CASTILLO, THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME TO WORK WITH.

TREESIA HAS BEEN AT BOWMAN FOR SEVEN YEARS AND BRITTNEY IT'S HER FIRST YEAR, BUT WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH BOTH OF THEM AND WE ALSO HAVE AN AMAZING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM. KRISTIN ERNST OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND JORDAN SMITH IS OUR PLC FACILITATOR, AND SO THEY'VE BOTH BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING.

WHEN THINGS GET BUSY, WHEN WE'RE IN THE WEEDS, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NANCY HUMPHREY, OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, IS GOING TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE.

AND WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT SARA AND I DID SOME MATH.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M. AM I SPOILING YOU IF I? NO YOU GO AHEAD. OK, SO WE DID THE MATH ON THIS AND THERE ARE SIXTEEN HUNDRED-ISH MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE TOP ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT OF SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.

AND THAT IS AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND THE FACT THAT PLANO ISD REPRESENTS 12 PERCENT OF THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE 2 OF THE 16 IS ALSO A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK BILL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION SO GREAT WORK, EVERYBODY AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] AND I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR.

MIC] [APPLAUSE] SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO COME AND HELP BROOKS ANNOUNCE TO THE STAFF THAT THEY HAD WON

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AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, RIGHT.

AND IN LEVEL ONE SAFE AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURE, 1.4 IS THE EFFECTIVE PLC, AND IT IS CALLED THE CRITICAL COMMITMENT.

RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, YOUR HEADS ARE NODDING.

AND IT'S A CRITICAL COMMITMENT BECAUSE THROUGH EFFECTIVE PLC'S, ALL OTHER WORK IS POSSIBLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LEVEL TWO IS EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN EVERY CLASSROOM, LEVEL THREE GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM.

AND I ALWAYS ASK THEM AT MARZANO, LIKE WHY DOES LEVEL LIKE, WHY DOESN'T INSTRUCTION AND CURRICULUM COME FIRST, RIGHT? AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE ONLY THROUGH EFFECTIVE PLC'S DOES INSTRUCTION OR CURRICULUM MATTER. IT'S THE TEACHERS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH ONE ANOTHER TO BENEFIT STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE SERVING AT THEIR SCHOOL THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND IT IS A COMMITMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN FIRST.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL, YOU KNOW, TO BE A MODEL OF HOW 1.4 LOOKS IN PRACTICE, NOT BY ACCIDENT, BUT BY DESIGN AND THEN STAYING TRUE TO THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE BARRIERS AND HURDLES AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD TO OVERCOME TO KEEP THINGS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION IS JUST AMAZING, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF YOUR KIDS AND THOSE THAT YOU'RE SERVING IN THE BOWMAN COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY THEY ARE TO HAVE YOU WITH THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY OF LEARNING.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO AMAZING AND STAYING THE COURSE AND STAYING TRUE TO THE COMMITMENT TO THE PLC.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO COMMENTS BOARD ANYBODY.

I SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THE EAST SIDE.

YOU'RE AWESOME. ON THE EAST SIDE, SO YOU, I AM DEFINITELY A FAN OF YOURS.

I HAVE BEEN A FAN SINCE YOU'VE BEEN A PRINCIPAL.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR TEAM ARE AMAZING AND THAT WIFE OF YOURS, SINCE YOU, YOU KNOW, BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREATER WOMAN AND THAT WIFE BEHIND OF YOURS IS A GREAT WOMAN. OK? THANK YOU.

WELL, AS THE FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHER, FROM THIS BOARD AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SPENT TIME IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THAT IS, I BELIEVE AND I'VE BEEN IN ALL LEVELS THE MOST CHALLENGING TIME OF BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE A COMMUNITY FOR KIDS AND HAVE THEM HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING. AND CLEARLY, YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS AWARD SHOWS THAT YOU'RE FIGURING OUT SOME OF THE SECRET SAUCE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY FOR Y'ALL DOING THAT.

BILL, I APPRECIATE ALSO GREATLY YOU TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY SUPPORTING THEM AND FILLING OUT WHAT THEY HAD TO FILL OUT TO BE ABLE TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS WAY.

SOMETIMES THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S BUT IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO.

SO THANK YOU, BILL, FOR ENCOURAGING THAT.

THANK YOU ALL.

SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS ARE SPECIAL, [LAUGHTER] AND I ALWAYS SAID I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF EVERY DAY THAT I WAS NOT THE CRAZY ONE, IT'S THEM, THEY'RE THE CRAZY ONES.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO AND YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU LAUGH BECAUSE THERE'S TRUTH THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND ENJOY THE ACCOLADES AND KEEP ON DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU.

SO I WAS NOT A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, BUT I WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER.

[LAUGHTER] SO ON BEHALF OF THEM, I'M SORRY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK AND WE HAVE THE HRS AND [INAUDIBLE] REMEMBER WHEN YOU JOINED THE BOARD, THEY GIVE YOU A COPY OF MARZANO'S BOOK AND THEY'RE LIKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT READING THE THIRD OR FOURTH LEVEL.

WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON THOSE FIRST TWO LEVELS RIGHT NOW AND JUST GOING THROUGH THAT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT FRAMEWORK.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE COMMITTED TO IT AS A DISTRICT AND I HOPE IT WORKS OUT.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HERE'S THE TANGIBLE RESULTS, HERE'S THE DATA.

HERE'S THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

THAT'S WHAT TEACHERS WANT.

THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WANT.

THAT'S WHAT THE STUDENTS WANT.

YOU KNOW THAT TYPE OF PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS.

IT JUST BOOSTS THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND IT SHOWS THEM THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF MORE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU FOUND A FRAMEWORK THAT HAS WORKED FOR YOUR CAMPUS AND WORKED FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND YOUR TEACHERS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY WELL DESERVED AND HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO SEE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS ON YOUR CAMPUS. I WILL JOIN ANGELA IN THE ZEAL FOR THE EAST SIDE PRIDE, I HAVE HAD SLURPEE'S SO

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MY HUSBAND WENT TO BOWMAN AND I, OF COURSE, WE BOTH WENT TO PLANO EAST, SO I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT CAMPUS THRIVING.

I WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE THIS TO A VERY LITERAL LEVEL.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT IS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT YOU AND I LOOK AT YOUR STAFF, Y'ALL ARE A COMMUNITY, RIGHT? LIKE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ARE ALL HERE AND THAT Y'ALL ARE SHOWING UP, BRINGING YOUR A-GAME EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY FOR OUR KIDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVING THIS KIND OF RECOGNITION IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND IT DOES TAKE A COMMUNITY.

IT TAKES COMMITMENT FROM EVERY ONE OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND TO THE REST OF THE STAFF AT BOWMAN, WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE PART OF THIS, BUT MAYBE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

THE OTHER THING IN THIS IS THE PROFESSIONAL PART, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO MEET WITH ANY OF THE REST OF YOU YET. BUT BROOK'S DEFINITELY YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PRINCIPAL THAT LEADS WITH PROFESSIONALISM FROM THE TOP.

IN MY INTERACTIONS WITH YOU, LIKE EVERY TIME, ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONALISM FROM THE TOP.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ARE EXUDING THAT TO YOUR TEAM AND THAT THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT ROLE MODEL IN THAT. AND THEY'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL AND ROLE MODEL IN THAT REGARD. AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO FAMILY.

I KNOW YOU HAVE LITTLE ONES OR THEY LOOK KIND OF SIMILAR TO AGE IN MINE.

SO THANK YOU KIDS FOR BEING PATIENT.

THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR YOUR DAD.

SO THANKS FOR COMING.

I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL IN AMERICA, BUT I HAD TWO KIDS WHO WENT THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND WE REALLY AS PARENTS, AS A BOARD MEMBER, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID, WHAT YOU ARE DOING EVERY DAY FOR OUR SCHOOL.

AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU.

I SAW YOU GUYS OUTSIDE TAKING PICTURES.

I'M LIKE, WHOEVER HAS THIS GROUP IS LUCKY.

AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE YOU.

I MEAN, THANK YOU, BILL, FOR ENCOURAGING THEM TO APPLY.

I MEAN, THEY DESERVE IT AND GREAT JOB, GUYS.

GO, BOWMAN. WELL, BILL, I WOULD SAY ONE LAST THING IS THAT OTTO AND BOWMAN DO SHARE A COMMON BORDER, SO MAYBE WE CAN SPREAD SOME OF THIS TO OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GIVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE BOWMAN TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] NOW, THE REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR YOU ALL, ACTUALLY, THE AWARD IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.

SECOND, BEST NEWS IS YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE ANY LONGER.

SO TAKE THOSE KIDS TO CELEBRATE.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION'S PORTION OF THE BOARD MEETING.

AS WE SAID, Y'ALL ARE FREE TO LEAVE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA FOR AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

[ 4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

WE HAVE ONE ON AGENDA.

OK, SO WE HAVE I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THE SPEECH.

WE'LL COME BACK AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO DO THE NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT AT THAT POSTED TIME. AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED

[ 5. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 5:20 P.M.

WE'LL SEE Y'ALL IN A BIT. ALL RIGHT, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THE BOARD NOW RECONVENES IN OPEN SESSION TODAY'S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 2022 AND THE TIME

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[ 7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY REQUEST TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

I HAVE FROM THE DOCTOR DUO, I HAVE A MOTION FROM DR.

LAUREN TYRA, SECONDED BY DR.

HEATHER WANG, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION.

WELL, WE HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL THIS EVENING AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO

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THANK YOU SO MUCH, THERESA.

I'M SO SUPER EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE RETIREMENT OF LYNN OJEDA, WHO SERVED AT THE DISTRICT FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE WENT ON A SEARCH AND DID NOT HAVE TO GO TOO FAR.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO AGAIN, I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW PRINCIPAL, WHO IT'S CATHY GASCHEN AND SO CATHY, COME ON UP HERE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HER.

SO SHE SERVED 20 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR SO FAR.

AND SHE DID START HER JOURNEY HERE IN PLANO ISD IN 2001.

SHE HAS SERVED AT RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A TEACHER, A TEACHER LEADER OVER AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, OBVIOUSLY AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OVER AT ACADEMY HIGH.

SO SHE'S DEFINITELY GOT A LOT OF GIFTS.

HER STRENGTH IS IN LEADING INNOVATION AND IN STANDARDS REFERENCE STEAM INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING, AND SHE CONTINUES TO BUILD ON HER PASSION THAT SHE HAS AS WELL.

SO I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT SHE'S WORKING ON HER DOCTORAL AND SO NO PRESSURE, CATHY.

SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHING HERE SOMETIME THIS YEAR, SO NO PRESSURE WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONLY GETTING ON CAMPUS SO.

BUT SHE IS COMPLETING HER DISSERTATION IN COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO CATHY.

ALSO TONIGHT WITH HER, SHE HAS HER SPOUSE, JANA FRY, AND SHE ALSO HAS HER PARENTS, DEBBIE AND GARY BUDNIK.

SO I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE SUPER PROUD OF HER.

AND THEN SHE ALSO HAS WITH HER IN SUPPORT OF HER AS WELL.

LYNN OJEDA, CURRENT PRINCIPAL OF ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, CATHY.

[APPLAUSE] I DID I DID TELL HER THAT SHE'D MAYBE WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS, SO MIC IS YOURS FOR A LITTLE BIT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL IS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS BORN OF A COMMUNITY VISION AND HAS WALKED FORWARD WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE EXHIBITING COURAGE AND FAITH IN THE VISION AND MISSION THAT WAS AMBITIOUS, BUT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD EVERY DAY TO TRY TO ACHIEVE SO IF THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE IS THE BEST OF WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US.

I'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE IN PLANO ISD AND TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO AND TO HELP US GROW.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT.

[APPLAUSE].

THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. SO, CATHY, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR YOU AND TO SEE WHAT YOUR LEADERSHIP WILL BRING TO ACADEMY.

CARRY ON THE LEGACY THAT LYNN STARTED AND YOU'LL CARRY FORWARD AND IN YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP AND STYLE AND WAY.

SO. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, AND IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU AND TO THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT'S AHEAD.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A FULL TEAM HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND WE'RE HERE TO WALK WITH YOU AND HELP YOU ALL THE WAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

SO THANK YOU, I TOLD SARA I FELT BAD THAT YOU ALL HAD TO WAIT AN EXTRA HOUR FOR THAT, AND SHE SAID, WELL WELCOME TO ADMINISTRATION.

[APPLAUSE] SO WITH THAT, WE WILL RELEASE Y'ALL.

GO HOME, GO CELEBRATE.

NO NEED UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO STAY AND WATCH THE REST OF THE MEETING, WHICH CERTAINLY YOU'RE WELCOME TO. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OH.

SARA JUST SAID I STOLE HER JOKE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR PARENTS CAME ALL THE WAY FROM MICHIGAN FOR THIS, AND SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU PARENTS FOR COMING DOWN, CELEBRATING WITH US.

[8.1. Approval of the Recommendation to Send Notice of Proposed Termination to Chapter 21 Term Contract Employee Kenneth Hentges]

DR. BROCKMAN. THANK YOU.

ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVES TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO A CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE.

THANK YOU, BETH, ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE KENNETH HENTGES.

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I HAVE A MOTION FROM NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION OF SUPERINTENDENT TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION TO CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE KENNETH HENTGES.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OK. HEARING NONE, LET'S VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REPORTS.

[9.1. Demographic Report]

JOHNNY, YOU'RE UP.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE I'VE GOT ROCKY GARDNER, I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HIM OR KNOWS OF HIM. HE IS WITH THE COMPANY ZONDA EDUCATION, WHICH EVERYONE I THINK KNOWS THAT AS TEMPLETON DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND SO I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ROCKY AND GO THROUGH THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.

THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

YOU KNOW, YET I'M STILL ZONDA'S STILL HARD FOR ME TO SAY SOMETIMES, TOO.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE SIMPLE, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE CHALLENGING.

BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO BE IN PLANO AND VISITING TONIGHT ABOUT YOUR THIRD.

THIS IS YOUR THIRD QUARTER REPORT NOW.

THE FOURTH QUARTER DATA CAME OUT LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT EARLY ON IT. BUT I THINK THE STORIES ARE THE SAME.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED OUR PROJECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE AND WE WILL BE DELIVERING THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO GIVE GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE.

SO WITH FIRST THING WE ALWAYS DO IS KIND OF LOOK BACK AT WHERE WE WERE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.

WE'RE COMING FROM A DECLINE OF OVER 24 HUNDRED STUDENTS A YEAR AGO, TWO YEARS AGO NOW WITH COVID. WE EXPECTED A PRETTY GOOD BOUNCE BACK.

WE DID NOT BOUNCE BACK AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT WE DECLINED BY ABOUT 800 STUDENTS.

WE REALLY EXPECTED IT TO COME BACK A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THAT.

WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE NOW BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST IN PLANO, IT DIDN'T COME BACK IN RICHARDSON.

IT DIDN'T COME BACK IN ROUND ROCK AND SPRING AND A LOT OF SUBURBAN DISTRICTS, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME BACK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT SHARED THE PAIN A LITTLE BIT.

I GUESS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE, WE ARE SEEING SOME ELEVATED COHORTS, SO WE DO THINK THAT THINGS WILL START MOVING FORWARD NOW.

IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

I PUT THIS DISTRICT SNAPSHOT IN THERE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS FROM THE 2020 CENSUS, SO WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT I THINK IS PRETTY INTERESTING. THE DISTRICT GREW BY ABOUT 40,000 PERSONS, TOTAL PERSONS FROM 2010 TO 2020.

BUT IF YOU LOOK UP TO THE RIGHT THERE, THE BELOW AGE POPULATION DECLINED AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WENT FROM EIGHTY THOUSAND TO SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

IT'S A DROP OF FIVE THOUSAND.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS JUST AREN'T ALL HERE EITHER.

SO WE DIDN'T SEE THAT GROWTH THAT WE WOULD USUALLY SEE, WHICH OF COURSE, CAUSED A DECLINE IN HOUSEHOLD SIZE AS WELL.

A LITTLE DROP THERE FROM 2.54 TO 2.52.

INTERESTING ENOUGH, HOUSING BY QUARTER, YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, PLANO IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND OF WINDING DOWN TO SOME EXTENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ADDING OVER FIVE HUNDRED AND SIX HUNDRED HOMES A YEAR, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. THAT'S STARTING TO DROP OFF A LITTLE BIT NOW WITH INFILL.

WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME HOUSING STARTS 266 THROUGH THREE QUARTERS AND YOU'RE CLOSING TO WHERE WE'RE AT 216.

CHANCES ARE YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH 2021 WHEN THAT FOURTH QUARTER COMES IN THERE, AROUND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO FOUR HUNDRED HOMES, I THINK IT'LL BE A PRETTY HIGH FOURTH QUARTER ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INVENTORY THAT'S BEEN PENT UP.

IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER TO BUILD HOMES.

WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING HOMES SO WHERE THE ANNUAL CLOSINGS ARE JUST AS A REFRESHER, A CLOSING IS AN OCCUPIED HOME.

SO BASICALLY, THAT'S WHERE YOUR GROWTH CAME FROM THAT YOU HAVE THIS YEAR OR THE NEW STUDENTS THAT YOU DID GET FROM THE NEW HOUSING THEY CAME FROM THESE CLOSINGS AND THESE AREAS HERE. HERITAGE CREEKSIDE WAS THE ONLY ONE WAS OVER 50 CLOSINGS.

YOU CAN SEE IT DECLINES THERE.

VDL IS WHERE YOUR NEXT ROUND OF GROWTH COMES FROM VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS.

THESE ARE LOTS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND READY TO BE BUILT ON RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOME VDL.

MIDDLETON VILLAS HAS OVER 100, BUT AGAIN YOU PICK UP ON THAT KEY WORD VILLAS.

THEY'RE NOT BIG HOMES.

THEY'RE NOT CHILDREN HOMES, NECESSARILY.

THEY'RE NOT YIELDING A LOT OF STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING BUILT IN PLANO IS A LOT OF SOME TOWNHOME PRODUCT, VILLA PRODUCT THAT JUST DOESN'T YIELD A LOT OF STUDENTS.

HEY ROCKY? YES, SIR.

THAT MIDDLETON VILLAS IS THAT THE NEXT PHASE OF THE ALMA, WHATEVER THAT PROJECT IS CALLED DOWN THERE? THE HERITAGE CREEKSIDE IS THAT THE NEXT PHASE NEXT? I THINK THEY'RE DOING ANOTHER PHASE OUT THERE.

I'M NOT.

I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE MEGATEL KIND OF TOWNHOUSES ACTUALLY.

OH OK, SO CB JENI IS THE ONES THAT ARE BUILDING A LOT WITH HERITAGE CREEKSIDE.

SO I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE VILLAS ARE NORTH OF PLANO PARKWAY.

OK, BUT ON PLANO PARKWAY.

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YEAH, THEY ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE.

YES. AND, OF COURSE, FUTURE, SO WE DO HAVE ALMOST 3000 FUTURES, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, 13, ALMOST 14 HUNDRED THOSE ARE IN ENVISION OAKS AND I THINK TWO BOARD MEETINGS A GO FOR ME NOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT WE WERE HERE AT THE SAME NIGHT AS ENVISION OAKS WAS HERE PRESENTING THE BIG PLAN THAT THEY HAD, AND THAT'S KIND OF GONE QUIET.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK AND EMERGE AGAIN, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE PREDOMINANT NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY FUTURES WOULD BE IN PLANO THE NEXT ROUND.

SOME OF THE INFILL NOW IS STILL YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COLLIN CREEK, MAPLE SHADE VILLAGE, THOSE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, OVER A HUNDRED FUTURE LOTS.

WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE VDL AND THE VDL HAVEN'T BEEN DELIVERED YET, SO UNTIL THEY START MOVING DIRT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HOMES.

OK, SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S ZEROES ON THOSE VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN TO ACTUALLY BUILD A HOME.

EXACTLY. RIGHT AND A REAL GOOD RULE OF THUMB USED TO AND IT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION MARKETS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW.

BUT ONCE YOU SEE DIRT MOVING, THEN YOU USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE YOU'LL SEE YOUR FIRST STUDENT.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE.

NOW HOMES ARE TAKING THREE MONTHS LONGER TO BUILD NOW, SO IT MIGHT BE 24 TO 30 MONTHS BEFORE YOU'D SEE YOUR FIRST STUDENT NOW.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU SEE COLOR IS WHERE THEY HAVE ACTIVITY. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

THIS IS BY ATTENDANCE ZONE, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SIEGLER, HUNT, DAFFRON ALL HAVE SOME ACTIVITY. THE COLUMN I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT, THERE'S THAT INVENTORY COMMENT.

THAT'S 272 THAT REPRESENTS HOMES THAT ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR FINISHED, BUT VACANT. SO THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 60 THAT ARE FINISHED, BUT VACANT.

THAT 272 YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY WOULD SAY THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSINGS WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE NINE MONTHS NOW.

BUT SO BUT CERTAINLY BY THE TIME NEXT OCTOBER ROLLS AROUND, THAT'S TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO CLOSINGS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER COMPARED TO WHERE YOU'RE SITTING. THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR, YOU HAD ABOUT 200 OR SO CLOSING.

SO IT'S GOING TO KIND OF BE ON THAT SAME TREND.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE JUST NOT YIELDING THE STUDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO BEFORE YOU GO TO THAT.

YES SIR. I WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS WAS NOT A ROCKY SLIDE, I THINK THIS WAS A RANDY SLIDE.

SO JOHNNY, WE TOOK THIS INFORMATION AND THEN DID SORT OF A DISTRICT HOT SPOT MAP THAT SHOWED WHERE OUR EXISTING POPULATIONS WERE AND WHERE THE SUM GROWTH MIGHT OCCUR, SO THAT WE COULD WATCH FOR GROWTH AREAS.

AND SO I THINK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AGAIN.

BUT I REMEMBER THAT BEING IN THE PRESENTATION.

COULD HAVE BEEN. YEAH.

JUST A DENSITY MAP OF SORTS.

WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. A DENSITY MAP OF SORTS RELATIVE TO OUR CAMPUS SIZES, CAMPUS CURRENT CAMPUS POPULATIONS AND GROWTH IN THAT ZONE.

I VAGUELY REMEMBER PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

I CAN PROBABLY LOOK AT SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS AND FIND THAT AND PUT IT BACK IN.

YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU COULD.

OR UPDATE IT. YEAH, GET THAT UPDATED.

JUST I THINK IT'S A VALUABLE TOOL FOR US, JUST SO WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN CAMPUS.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE ANTICIPATING ANY, BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.

SURE. WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT ONE WAS WE SAW HOW GREEN IT WAS IN THE SOUTH OF PLANO. AND PART OF THAT MAP SHOWED THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE HOME AND SO MUCH BIGGER ELDERLY POPULATION IN THE SOUTH OF PLANO.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVE UP, IT GETS MORE AND MORE RED.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAD THE BIGGEST DENSITY OR HIGHEST CAPACITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND WE HAD MUCH LOWER CAPACITY OR [INAUDIBLE] CAPACITY.

BUT THE ACTUAL ATTENDANCE AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH WERE VERY LOW BECAUSE OF THAT. I'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.

I'LL CHECK THAT OUT. THIS IS NOW WE GET INTO JUST TO KIND OF LOOKING WHERE SOME OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S 22 ACTIVELY BUILDING SUBDIVISIONS.

THAT'S THE GREEN COLOR THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

20 FUTURE SUBDIVISIONS.

THAT'S THE YELLOW.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ENVISION OAKS IS THAT YELLOW RIGHT THERE IN BARRON, THAT ENVISION OAKS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO TOUCH, I THINK, THREE DIFFERENT ATTENDANCE ZONES AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

NOW WE DO HAVE GROUNDWORK UNDERWAY ON 230 LOTS, SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE MOVING FROM FUTURE TO VDL. SO WHERE YOU SEE THE RED OUTLINES THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING SOME MORE LOTS. SO THAT'S WHERE FUTURE, THAT'S WHERE YOUR NEXT ROUND OF ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR.

AND THEN GOING BACK TO THAT ONE.

SURE, SORRY, ROCKY, I HATE TO KEEP INTERRUPTING.

OH YOU'RE FINE. SO SARA ON THAT, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, WHAT'S THE BIG YELLOW ONE CALLED? ENVISION OAKS. ENVISION OAKS HICKEY. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT IN HICKEY, A LITTLE BIT IN MCCALL, A LITTLE BIT IN BARRON I THINK. TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT NOW BEFORE, BECAUSE WE DID THIS WITH ALMA, WITH THE HERITAGE CREEKSIDE, WE REZONED THAT AREA BEFORE DEVELOPMENT STARTED SO

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SO TO THE EXTENT WE NEED TO DO THAT NOW.

WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT.

CERTAINLY. AS FAR AS MULTI-FAMILY GOES, THERE ARE 750 MULTI-FAMILY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE DISTRICT, ABOUT SEVENTY FOUR HUNDRED FUTURE AND NON AGE RESTRICTED MULTI-FAMILY UNITS IN PLANNING STAGES.

THE MULTI-FAMILY THAT WE'VE SEEN BUILT IN THE LAST 5 TO 10, IT HAS BEEN VERY LOW YIELDING. I THINK WE HAVE A SLIDE HERE OF THE OVERALL YIELDS POINT TOO, BUT THE YIELD OF THESE NEW MULTI-FAMILY'S ARE LIKE .1.

THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY LOW.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER LIKE, YOU KNOW, SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED, WHEN THOSE ALL GET BUILT, THERE WILL BE A FEW HUNDRED STUDENTS COME OUT OF THERE. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE AS SIGNIFICANT IT'S GOING TO COME ONLINE IN STAGES AS WELL. I NOTICED THAT THAT MAP DOESN'T HAVE STINSON, SHELL, DOOLEY, BOGGESS, OR MILLER OR HUNT ON IT, DOES IT? THOSE ARE OFF TO THE RIGHT.

THOSE ARE FARTHER EAST? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CAMPUSES? YEAH, I THINK WE JUST ZOOM TO WHERE THERE WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE WERE ACTIVITY. OK. SO YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ACTIVE THIS IS JUST WHERE THOSE SO THEY JUST ZOOMED IN TO CATCH THEM.

IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OUT THERE IN ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES, IT WOULD HAVE ZOOMED OUT TO INCLUDE THOSE. OK. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS. AND THEN THIS IS THE COMPLETE OVERALL VIEW OF ALL YOUR MULTI-FAMILY.

SO THE DARKER THE COLOR.

WELL, THESE ARE ALL DARK COLORS IN THIS CASE, THE GREEN YELLOW, THE REAL LOW YIELD.

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING ALONG THE TOLL ROAD THERE IS VERY LOW YIELDING.

THEN YOU GET UP TO A COUPLE OF BLUE WHERE WE HAVE SOME ONE, THEY'RE YIELDING ONE.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE MANUFACTURED HOMES OR MOBILE HOME PARKS AS MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE UNITS ON ONE PLOT OF LAND IS WHY WE DESIGNATE THEM THAT WAY? THEY TYPICALLY HAVE VERY HIGH YIELDS, SO SOME OF THOSE ARE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THEN BUT YOU CAN SEE TYPICALLY OUR YIELDS ARE MOSTLY GREEN AND YELLOW THERE.

AND OVERALL YIELD A .22.

SO VERY LOW YIELDING.

AND THIS IS JUST A DENSITY MAP, I THINK IT'S JUST INTERESTING THERE'S A THOUSAND FORTY ONE STUDENTS THAT RESIDE OUTSIDE OF PISD, TYPICALLY THESE ARE PROBABLY LIKELY THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES IN MOST CASES ABOUT TWO PERCENT OF YOUR ENROLLMENT, THOUGH IT DOES LIVE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 72 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION LIVE WITHIN PLANO CITY LIMITS.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF A KIND OF COOL DENSITY MAP, I GUESS.

NEWCOMERS AND LEAVERS THIS I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS, AT LEAST TO EXPLAIN WE LOOK AT STUDENT IDS, SO WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BE WITH PLANO FOR MANY YEARS.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HISTORY.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT A STUDENT ID THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM ONE YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IF THAT STUDENT ID IS NOT IN THE SYSTEM, THEN WE'LL CALL THOSE A LEAVER UNLESS THEY'RE 12TH GRADERS. WE WANT ALL THOSE TO LEAVE, RIGHT.

AND THEN WE DO THE SAME WITH NEWCOMERS.

IF THE STUDENT ID WAS NOT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THIS YEAR IT'S IN THE DISTRICT, THEN THEY'RE CONSIDERED A NEWCOMER AND WE DON'T COUNT PRE-K OR KINDERGARTEN AS NEWCOMERS.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF WHO'S COMING AND GOING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE IN, YOU KNOW, IN 2020 2021, IT'S VERY OBVIOUS WE WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LEAVERS.

NOW THAT LEAVER NUMBER, YOU CAN SEE THAT BOTH THOSE BOUNCED BACK PRETTY WELL.

YOUR LEAVER NUMBER IS SITTING PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT WAS BACK IN 19 20 AND 18 19, MAYBE NOT QUITE AS MANY NEWCOMERS, WHICH IS AND NOW I THINK THE NEXT STEP FOR US IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IS COMPARE 2019 TO 2021 TO SEE WHO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT CAME BACK THAT LEFT, WE CAN'T REALLY SEE THAT JUST NOW, BUT THAT'S ONE THING WE'D LIKE TO DO AS WELL AND BEGIN TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS COMING BACK HOPEFULLY.

TO CLARIFY YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE THE 2019 20 COMPARED TO THE 21 22.

THE 2019 20 COMPARED TO 21 22 TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY STUDENTS COME BACK.

YES. SO FOR YOU TRACK THE ID NUMBERS.

IF A STUDENT LEAVES AND COMES BACK, DO THEY GET ASSIGNED THE SAME ID NUMBER? [INAUDIBLE] THEY DO? YEAH. YEP.

SO IF WE START TALKING ABOUT PROJECTIONS NOW, THE FIRST PLACE I ALWAYS HAVE TO STOP IS AT KINDERGARTEN, IT'S THE HARDEST GRADE TO PROJECT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN LEARN THE EXCEPTION OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BIRTHS.

WE COLLECT BIRTH DATA AT THE ZIP CODE LEVEL.

IT'S THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHY THAT WE CAN GET IT.

AND ZIP CODES DON'T SIT PERFECTLY TO ISDS, THEY DON'T.

BUT THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN CREATE A CORRELATION.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT YOU KNOW, THE BIRTHS IN 2007, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE 42 49.

FIVE YEARS LATER, IN 2012 13, WE HAD 3891 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, ABOUT A NINETY ONE

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I GUESS YOU'D CALL THAT A CAPTURE RATE THERE.

SO WE TRY TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S A CORRELATION.

IN PLANO THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN SITTING RIGHT AROUND 90 PERCENT FOR A LONG TIME.

NOW WE DID SEE IT DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2020 AND 21, 19 20 IT FELL OFF A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WAS THE YEAR PRIOR TO COVID.

AND THEN THIS YEAR IT CAME BACK A LITTLE BIT.

WE ARE PROJECTING IT TO CONTINUE TO BOUNCE BACK GRADUALLY.

WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE SOME REGENERATION IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING, SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BOUNCING BACK THE SHARE.

KEEP IN MIND THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT GROWING VERY MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT, THERE'S NOT AS MANY BIRTHS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IN 2020 THE STATE WAS DOWN TEN THOUSAND, SO WE HAD TEN THOUSAND LESS BIRTHS IN 2020 THAN 2019 STATEWIDE.

SO AGAIN, NOT JUST IN PLANO, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.

WE'RE HOPING THAT YOUR KINDERGARTEN CAN STABILIZE RIGHT AROUND 3300, THAT WOULD BE GOING FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE ADD SOME STRENGTH TO THE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE ONCE THEY WE LOOK AT COHORTS, YOU KNOW HOW MANY FIRST GRADERS BECOME SECOND GRADERS, SECOND BECOME THIRD.

IN PLANO, THE RETENTIONS THERE.

ONCE THEY'RE IN THE DISTRICT, THEY STAY.

SO WE CAPTURE THEM, THEN I THINK THAT WE CAN HOLD ON TO THEM.

FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE SHOWING A DROP OF 478 STUDENTS, SO AN ALMOST 500 STUDENT DECLINE NEXT YEAR. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR EXITING 12 CLASS 12TH GRADE CLASS IS FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS . YOUR ENTERING KINDERGARTEN CLASS IS 3300 SO YOU'RE LOSING 700 STUDENTS JUST BY ATTRITION. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY THAT 478 IS ACTUALLY IF WE WANT TO LOOK ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, IT'S A GROWTH OF 300 STUDENTS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING SOME GROWTH.

IT'S JUST THAT THE LARGE EXITING CLASSES.

AND THAT'S WHY AS THIS FORECAST GETS INTO THE LATTER YEARS AND YEARS 7 THROUGH 10, THOSE NUMBERS BEGIN TO CONVERGE.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOUR 12TH GRADE CLASS IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE SIZE OF YOUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? YES MA'AM. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR MY OWN SELF.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT, THE FIRST YEAR 2006, THAT'S THE YEAR THEY WERE BORN AND THE 2011 12, THAT'S WHEN THEY ENTERED KINDERGARTEN, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S YEAH.

ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER.

OK, SO IN, WHAT ARE WE? ARE WE SAYING THAT THAT KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS THE SAME COHORT OF STUDENTS OR CHILDREN THAT WERE BORN? SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO MAKE SURE MAKE SENSE.

BUT IN THAT FIRST LINE, THE 2006 LINE.

YES. KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT WAS THIRTY EIGHT THIRTY FOUR.

WAS THAT THE SAME NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN 2006 OR DO THEY CORRELATE? NO, THEY.

WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT CORRELATE.

WE'RE BASICALLY CREATING A CORRELATION, YOU KNOW, FROM A MATH PERSPECTIVE.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THAT FORTY THREE FORTY NINE ACTUALLY BECAME A KINDERGARTEN STUDENT IN PLANO.

BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT PLANO HAD THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THAT YEAR.

SO THE MATH WOULD SAY THAT YOU GOT ABOUT 88 PERCENT OF THOSE BIRTHS, YOU KNOW, ENDED UP IN PLANO. GOT IT.

AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF GROWTH DURING THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE BORN IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN WHERE THEY END UP ATTENDING SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE GROWING. EXACTLY. BUT WE BUILD THAT FOR ALL OF OUR CLIENTS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT CORRELATION AND AS HOMES ARE BEING BUILT THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON TOO IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE GOT SOME EXTRA, I THINK PART OF IT'S JUST ME BEING A LITTLE BIT OPTIMISTIC, WANTING YOUR KINDERGARTEN TO STAY ABOVE 3300, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

OUR RATIO THERE GETS LIKE 93 PERCENT.

IN MY MIND I'M THINKING WELL, MAYBE ENVISION OAKS IS PICKING UP.

MAYBE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME STUFF THERE AND WE'RE WANTING TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS UP THERE. SO THERE IS SOME ART MEETS SCIENCE A LOT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOGRAPHICS IT'S A CHALLENGE, SURE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SURE. SO THIS IS OUR FORECAST.

AGAIN, WE'RE STAYING RIGHT AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DROPPING DOWN TO FORTY SIX, FORTY SIX FIVE WHEN WE GET TO THE MIDDLE OF THIS FORECAST.

WE EVEN SEE SOME POSITIVE SPIN AT THE VERY END.

I'M GLAD WE GOT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND NEXT YEAR, MY HOPE IS THAT IF WE COME IN PRETTY CLOSE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE TWO POSITIVE YEARS BECAUSE WE BEGIN TO SEE THAT IF THAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT CAPTURING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THERE'S AS MANY THERE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT TO GET THEM IN PLANO ISD, RIGHT.

THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST CAMPUS SLIDES.

YOU CAN SEE SOME EBBS AND FLOWS IN SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THESE LATER, LIKE WHEN YOU CAN'T FALL ASLEEP OR SOMETHING, YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS. YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THESE, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT DROP OFF AND YOU KIND OF WONDER WHY THEY'RE DROPPING OFF.

IT AGAIN IT'S THE SAME THAT WE SEE IN OVERALL, THE CLASS SIZES BEGIN TO EXIT AND THINGS

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HANG ON ONE SECOND, IF YOU CAN GO BACK.

AS I WAS LOOKING AT THIS THIS WEEK.

IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE EIGHT, RIGHT, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT OVERVIEW HOUSING AND YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHEST ACTIVITY.

YOU KNOW THERE'S DAFFRON, WHICH WAS THIRD HIGHEST IN A LOT OF CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY TO THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT.

HUNT IS KIND OF SIMILAR, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY THERE.

SIGLER HAS THE MOST EXCESS FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

BUT GOING BACK TO THIS HEAT MAP THAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE INFORMATIVE BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE DAFFRON, WHICH IS ALREADY OUR LARGEST CAMPUS, BOTH IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND PERCENT TO CAPACITY IS STILL GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY.

YEAH, LAUREN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AND IT WAS DAFFRON AND HUNT, I THINK, WERE THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

THOSE WERE THE SCHOOLS THAT WE SAW AS A BOARD AND SAID, CAN YOU SHOW US A HEAT MAP FOR THAT EXACT SAME REASON AS WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL GROWTH THERE AT CAMPUSES THAT WERE ALREADY PACKED.

AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S A MONITORING SITUATION.

I THINK. YEAH.

AS AND JUST TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN CAMPUSES AND DAFFRON IS ONE OF THOSE. SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THE DISTRICT IS EVALUATING.

OH, I KNOW I DO CARPOOL DROP OFF EVERY MORNING.

SARA THAT WAS.

OH GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY FOR GULLEDGE, DOES THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY REFLECT THE NEW CLASSROOMS THAT WERE BUILT? DROPPED TO LESS THAN A THOUSAND STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A COVID BOUNCE BACK.

I BELIEVE IT JUST WASN'T AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE'D HOPED.

NEW HOME STARTS AND CLOSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2020 TOTALS, JUST DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABLE LOTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING IF THEY CAN KEEP PACE UP.

GROUNDWORKS UNDERWAY ON 230 LOTS, THOUGH, SO WE ARE STILL DELIVERING LOTS IN PLANO.

SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT BUILT OUT YET, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL ON THAT EAST SIDE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GROWTH.

750 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL IMPACT THE DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT COULD BE LESS THAN 70 STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, REALLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF STUDENTS.

WE THINK THAT YOU'LL ENROLL FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND JUST OVER FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, BY 26 27 AND BE RIGHT AT FORTY SIX SIX TOWARDS THE END OF THIS FORECAST.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY KINDERGARTEN.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OVER AND OVER, BUT IF WE DON'T GET THE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S DRIVEN.

THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK, I KNOW.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I WONDER WHAT YOU'RE SEEING SORT OF OVERALL, YOU GUYS WORK WITH A TON OF DISTRICTS, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OVERALL IN TERMS OF THE COVID DIP AND THE COVID BOUNCE BACK AND IF WE'RE TRENDING SIMILAR TO OTHER DISTRICTS OR HOW WE'RE LOOKING IN THAT REGARD.

WELL, YEAH. LIKE I SAID, I THINK DISTRICTS OF YOUR SIZE, I MEAN, WE SAW SIMILAR THINGS IN RICHARDSON. UNFORTUNATELY, ROUND ROCK SAW A MUCH MORE SEVERE DROP.

YOU KNOW, WE SAW SOME PLACES THAT DROPPED EVEN A LOT MORE THAN YOURS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DISTRICTS THAT ARE BUILDING A LOT OF HOMES THEY'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY BOUNCING BACK MORE THAN WE EXPECTED.

IT'S THE SUBURBAN WHAT WE'LL CALL THE SUBURBAN URBAN PLACES LIKE PLANO.

DEFINITELY, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE BOUNCE BACK RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU'D THINK YOU'D BE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WHERE THESE KIDS AT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

IF THEY'RE, IF HOME SCHOOLING, WE CAN'T GET HOME SCHOOLING NUMBERS AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF THAT'S COMING UP AND IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

WE EXPECTED FIRST GRADE COHORTS TO MAYBE JUMP THE MOST THINKING THAT YOU'D GET A LOT OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS THAT WERE COMING AND WE ALSO EXPECTED POSSIBLY TO SEE SOME SIX YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HAPPENING OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE JUST HELD THEM BACK.

BUT I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROVE THAT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE DISTRICT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF HEADWINDS IN TERMS OF CLASS SIZE, RIGHT.

THE DECREASING BIRTH RATE.

YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER POPULATION UNDER 18, YOU'VE GOT A SMALLER FAMILY SIZE JUST TO BUILD OUT THE WAY THAT OUR HOUSING PRICES ARE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY PUSHING THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE FLEEING PLANO SCHOOLS OR ARE NOT PUTTING THEIR KIDS IN PLANO SCHOOLS.

AND TO ME, I WOULD JUST SORT OF LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA AND ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ACTUAL REAL DATA DRIVEN HEADWINDS THAT ARE CAUSING SOME OF THIS FLUCTUATION IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION.

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ALL RIGHT, THANKS, GUYS. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? THANKS, ROCKY. THANK YOU.

ALWAYS INFORMATIVE. I APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS ACTUALLY ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRESENTATIONS OF THE YEAR, JUST BECAUSE I'M A NUMBERS AND MATH NERD.

I USUALLY EMPTY THE ROOM OUT PRETTY QUICK TOO.

I KNOW.

I WISH Y'ALL ALL THE BEST.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON NOW TO ITEM 9.2 OUR SECOND REPORT AND OUR FINAL REPORT IS A

[9.2. Communications Department Update]

LESLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, AND GOOD EVENING TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THE LAST TIME THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU AND OUR DEPARTMENT GAVE AN UPDATE WAS IN AUGUST, AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE HORIZON THAT WERE JUST ABOUT TO KICK OFF.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE THIS EVENING ON A COUPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. THE FIRST WOULD BE OUR LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH THE FIRST CLASS ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AND THEN OUR LET'S TALK CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR.

THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE FROM OUR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

SO OUR FIRST CLASS OF 26, SELECTED FROM A 120 APPLICANTS LAUNCHED ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, AND WE WERE JUST REALLY EXCITED WITH THE RESPONSE FOR 2021 22 THIS BEING THE INAUGURAL CLASS.

EACH CLASS SESSION IS MODELED AROUND THE PLANO ISD STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THESE ARE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE SELECTED FOR THE CLASS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS GIVES THEM A FULL PICTURE OF WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT, WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT.

ALL OF THIS IS HELPING TOWARD OUR GOAL FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF INFORMED LEADER.

SO WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PLANO ISD TO BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP.

SO THAT'S MOST OF THE CLASS IN THAT PHOTO IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER THERE.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE SIX SESSIONS, WE PLANNED SIX SESSIONS.

IN SEPTEMBER A LOT OF YOU AS A BOARD MEMBERS AND LEADERS WERE THERE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN FROM SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ALSO FROM PRESIDENT STOLLE, WHO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO WE HAD AN UPDATE ON DISTRICT OPERATIONS, GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP OVERVIEW AND A FINANCE UPDATE ON THAT DAY.

AND THEN IN DECEMBER, ON THE 9TH RESCHEDULED FROM OCTOBER BECAUSE WE HAD RAIN, WE HAD WHAT WE CALL THE DISTRICT DASH DAY, AND THAT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY WHERE THE CLASS GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN THE FORM OF A SCAVENGER HUNT.

AND SOME INTERESTING FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE GROUP, NEXT YEAR, WE'RE THINKING OF RENAMING THAT DAY DISTRICT DISCOVERY DAY BECAUSE THE CLASS EXPRESSED THAT DASHING AROUND REALLY FAST, THEY DIDN'T GET TO LEARN AND SO MAYBE REMOVE THE COMPETITION ELEMENT.

ALTHOUGH WE LOVED, WE HAD THE BEST TROPHY.

I WISH I HAD A PICTURE OF OUR TROPHY.

WE LOVED GIVING OUT THE TROPHIES TO OUR WINNING TEAM, BUT TAKE AWAY THAT COMPETITIVE PIECE AND LET THEM, YOU KNOW, ENJOY GOING AROUND AND DISCOVERING THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT WAS FEEDBACK FROM THEM, SO WE MIGHT GO FROM DASHING TO DISCOVERING ON THAT DAY.

AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, WE LOOKED AT PILLARS ONE AND TWO OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS OVER AT PLANO EAST, AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT DAY OF LEARNING WITH, THEY LEARNED ABOUT OUR CTE PROGRAMS, ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

AVID, JROTC, AND THEY ENJOYED A REALLY GOOD LUNCH AT THE PLANO EAST BISTRO.

AND THEN IN JANUARY, WE JUST HAD OUR JANUARY MEETING.

THE CLASS WAS OVER AT [INAUDIBLE] CENTER AND THAT WAS PILLARS THREE AND FIVE.

SO THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT AND GROWTH, AS WELL AS STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

THEY HEARD FROM BRITTNEA USSERY ABOUT HOW THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SOME OF OUR ENDEAVORS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

THEY HEARD FROM CFO JOHNNY HILL, A REALLY GREAT REPORT ON RECAPTURE AND DR.

BETH BROCKMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEE SERVICES TEAM TALKED ABOUT TALENT ACQUISITION AND GROWTH.

THEN IN MARCH, OUR FINAL CLASS SESSION IS GOING TO BE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THAT OVER AT THE BIRD [INAUDIBLE] ENROLLMENT CENTER.

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AND THEN ON MAY 19TH WILL BE THE GRADUATION RECEPTION.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEM AT THAT EVENT ON MAY 19TH.

AND THEN I JUST HAVE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK FIRST MARCUS MILLER WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM.

HE HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEAM BUILDING SOME ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CLASS, AND THE CLASS HAS REALLY ENJOYED THOSE REALLY INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES WITH MARCUS.

AND THEN I WANTED TO THANK OUR TEAM WHO HELPED PLAN THE SESSIONS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY GREAT GROUP. SO JOINING ME ON THAT COMMITTEE ARE DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, BRITTNEA USSERY, BRIAN LYONS, GLORIANE FERNANDEZ IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SHAUNA KOEHNE AND OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER, SHERRY LEVINE.

SO SHERI LEVINE IS TAKING OVER FOR BRITTNEA AS BRITTNEA IS TAKING OVER FOR JAMEE JOLLY AND JAMEE JOLLY ALSO SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE WHEN SHE WAS WITH US.

SO LET'S SEE.

LESLEY. YES.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PIECE OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.

OK. SO I WAS AT THE ONE AT PLANO EAST.

IF YOU GO BACK, I'LL TELL YOU WHICH DAY IT WAS.

NOVEMBER 18TH, STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE ROBOTICS KIDS WERE THERE TOO.

YES. THE ROBOTICS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THE WAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE ORGANIZED THIS IS IT'S VERY STUDENT FIRST, RIGHT? YOU HAD THE JROTC STUDENTS COME IN IN THE MORNING, YOU HAD ROBOTIC STUDENTS COME TALK TO THE CLASS.

YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS PREPARE AND SERVE LUNCH.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS WALKING THROUGH CLASSROOM SEEING IT.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST IN THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL COMMITMENT TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE 18TH, I THINK Y'ALL GOT IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU. IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GOOD SESSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS THE LEARNING AND TEACHING SESSION.

SO THAT WAS AND PLANO EAST THAT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT VENUE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FOLKS WHO ARE HOSTING US AS WELL.

SO I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR APPLICATION TIMELINE.

WHAT WE DID LAST THIS PAST YEAR DID WORK PRETTY WELL FOR US.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LAUNCHING OUR APPLICATION, MAKING IT AVAILABLE ONLINE ON APRIL 11TH, MID-APRIL, AND THEN THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IT WOULD BE MID-JUNE.

PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE NOTIFIED BY AUGUST 1ST AROUND THAT TIME AND THEN NEW THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO ADD A ZOOM INFORMATION SESSION FOR INTERESTED CANDIDATES.

AND AT THAT SESSION, WE WANT OUR CURRENT, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR CURRENT CLASS TO BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND MAYBE HELP PRESENT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE THAT CLASS AND HAVE THAT SESSION.

AND ZOOM IS PRETTY EASY TO SET IT UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PLAN BETWEEN THAT APRIL 11TH AND JUNE 13TH DEADLINE.

THERE'LL BE AN INFORMATION SESSION.

AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, SOMEBODY HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. JUST AS A REMINDER, PARTICIPATION IS FREE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT NO COST CURRENTLY.

SO. THEN THAT WAS THE END, I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO LET'S TALK NOW, SO THAT'S LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR AND.

THEN BEFORE YOU MOVE ON I'M SORRY. I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IN TALKING TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEEING FROM OTHER TRUSTEES, THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO IT IS SO WONDERFUL FOR IT TO BE STARTED.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE OUR TEAM WHO HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT TIME, BUT ALSO OUR CLASS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED AT THE LAST SESSION WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE EMPLOYEE SERVICES PIECES AND THE FINANCE.

JUST THE INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE IN THE DISTRICT ONE AND THEN THE BONDING THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THE CLASS.

SO SITTING BACK AND WATCHING THEM THIS TIME WAS THE FIRST TIME WE LET THEM CHOOSE THEIR OWN SEATS. AND SO THEY SAT TOGETHER AND AND IT WAS GREAT.

THEY'RE ALWAYS GENERATING JUST REALLY GOOD SYNERGY, SO IT'S VERY FUN TO WATCH.

HEY, LESLEY, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT JERI SAID, AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS. I KNOW YOU TRIED TO LAUNCH THIS LAST YEAR AND WE KNOW WHAT GOT IN THE WAY, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A LONG TIME THE BOARD HAS REALLY WANTED ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS, SO IT'S AMAZING.

AND HAVING BEEN ON SOME OF THOSE, I FORGET WHICH DAY I THINK I DID PLANO EAST, RIGHT? AND I WAS THERE AT THE LAUNCH, AND IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.

SO GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TOO LESLEY.

SURE. YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT WHEN WE WERE PLANNING FOR YOU TO DO LEADERSHIP, THIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, I THINK THAT NANCY HAS NAILED IT, THAT YOU HAVE EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THIS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SPREAD ALL THAT LOVE TO THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT.

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SO OUR NEXT PROJECT THAT I FEEL IS EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATING AND ENGAGING OUR CUSTOMERS SO THAT OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM, LET'S TALK. WE LAUNCHED IT IN OCTOBER.

SO FAR, WE HAVE 185 DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS TRAINED, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH PARENTS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS AS WELL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A FEW STATS WITH YOU ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND KIND OF HOW IT WORKS. SO FIRST, LET'S TALK THE WAY IT WORKS.

WE SET UP SEVERAL ENTRY POINTS ON OUR WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH LET'S TALK.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DEPARTMENT LANDING PAGE.

IT HAPPENS TO BE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

SO THIS IS A DEPARTMENT LANDING PAGE.

THAT FORM IN THE MIDDLE HAS SEVERAL TOPICS THAT PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT OR SUBMIT FEEDBACK OR COMPLIMENTS IF THEY HAVE THEM.

AND THEN THE LITTLE BUTTON IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER APPEARS ON SEVERAL PAGES, WHETHER IT'S A CONTACT PAGE OR NOT.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE TAB WHERE PEOPLE CAN CLICK AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE REALLY QUICKLY IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE TRY TO PUT THIS IN THE PATH, EVERYBODY'S PATH ON THE WEBSITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LET'S TALK LANDING PAGE THAT REALLY, IF YOU GO TO THE MAIN PAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND HIT CONTACT, YOU'RE AT THE LET'S TALK LANDING PAGE.

SO ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE LITTLE TABS OR SOME FORM OF THAT LANDING PAGE THAT YOU SEE THERE.

SO WE PUT THAT THOSE ENTRY POINTS ALL ACROSS THE WEBSITE.

AND SO AS A RESULT, WHAT YOU CAN SEE, WE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER.

WE HAD ALMOST A HUNDRED ENGAGEMENTS, DIALOGS DURING OCTOBER.

IT ALMOST WELL MORE THAN DOUBLED IN NOVEMBER, STAYED ABOUT THE SAME IN DECEMBER.

AND THEN WE SAW A BIG JUMP IN JANUARY.

SO SINCE OCTOBER, IN FOUR MONTHS AND WE'RE SLOWLY LAUNCHING, WE'VE RECEIVED 925 DIALOGS, WE'VE CLOSED 906.

OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SCORE OR FEEDBACK SCORE HOVERS RIGHT AROUND NINE AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK SCORE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TOPICS THAT I DEAL WITH SO.

[LAUGHTER] WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME FROM THE, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES CALL AND THEY WORRY ABOUT THIS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SCORE, I WAS LIKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

MINE MIGHT BE THE LOWEST ONE IN THE DISTRICT, SO IT'S OK.

AND THEN THE AVERAGE DIALOG AGE IS A DAY, SO PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THESE DIALOGS WITHIN A DAY ON AVERAGE.

SO I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, AND MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT'S NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DIALOGS.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY UNIQUE PEOPLE THAT IS OR ARE YOU HAVING REPEAT? I THINK I CAN FIND THAT OUT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT OF REPEAT DIALOGS.

SO I THINK THERE IS A STAT THAT TELLS ME THAT.

SO WHEN I FIND IT, I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I'LL SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU.

SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

HEY LESLEY. YES. SO I HAVE NEVER MADE THIS CONNECTION BEFORE, BUT I JUST HAVE HAD A PARENT REACH OUT TO ME EITHER LATE LAST WEEK OR EARLY THIS WEEK SAYING, HEY, I'M NEW TO THE DISTRICT. I REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

WHERE CAN I GO? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? I MEAN, IT WASN'T EVEN A WHERE CAN I GO IT'S A HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? I MEAN, I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT MAYBE START HERE.

WOULD THIS BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A NEWCOMER, PARENT OR WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISTRICT TO START AND START ASKING QUESTIONS AND MAYBE SEE WHERE THEIR FIT IS? THEY CAN. AND THERE IS ANOTHER SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE THERE'S A PAGE ON THE WEBSITE THAT I DID NOT INSERT IN HERE, BUT IT'S PISD.EDU/COMMUNITY.

AND IF YOU GO THERE, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS YOU CAN CLICK ON TO GET INVOLVED.

AND IF WE HAVE TIME AT THE END OF THIS, I CAN PULL IT UP ON HERE REAL QUICK MAYBE.

I SHOULD HAVE PUT A SCREENSHOT IN HERE, BUT WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT PAGE, BUT THEY CAN START WITH LET'S TALK AND JUST ASK THAT QUESTION, AND THEY SELECT THE VOLUNTEERING OR WHATEVER IT'LL COME TO SOMEONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN RESPOND.

BUT FOR ANYBODY LISTENING OR WATCHING PISD.EDU/COMMUNITY WILL ALSO GET YOU SEVERAL POINTS OF ENTRY ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED.

SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, LET'S TALK.

SO BACK TO DATA, THIS IS WHY I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRODUCT IS BECAUSE WE COULD LOOK AT DETAILS LIKE THIS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 90 PERCENT OF OUR DIALOG ENTRY POINTS IS THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVEN'T ACTIVATED TEXT MESSAGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT EMAIL IS ANOTHER WAY.

SO AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU KNOW I RECEIVE AN EMAIL OR SHARON WHO RECEIVES AN EMAIL ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD FORWARDS IT TO A SPECIFIC EMAIL BOX, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY RECORDED IN

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AND THEN IT'S IN THERE JUST LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, ENTERED IT.

IT'S REALLY GREAT AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO IN AND SIGN THE INTEREST AREAS.

SOMETIMES YOU GET AN INTEREST AREA AND YOU HAVE TO REASSIGN IT, BUT THE STAFF IS SLOWLY EMBRACING IT, I THINK, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED AND THEN BEING ABLE TO BUILD KIND OF YOUR OWN FAQ FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, LEARNING THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. SO OUR CUSTOMER TYPE MOSTLY PARENTS 61 PERCENT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ARE ALSO ENGAGING AND EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN OUR TOP INTEREST AREAS ARE ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION AND THEN TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS. AND I HAVE TO SAY OUR WELCOME CENTER DIRECTOR KARINA TROTTER IS THE ONE ANSWERING MOST OF THESE, AND SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

SO I HAD TO SAY HER NAME OUT LOUD AND SAY GREAT JOB KARINA FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET DATA LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE DATA THAT'S IN THERE, BUT QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU HAD, DAVID, ABOUT HOW MANY UNIQUE VISITORS.

WE CAN FIND THAT OUT, TOO.

AND THEN SO FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TRAINING IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE, INCLUDING ENHANCING OUR ONLINE TRAINING RESOURCES. SO WE BUILT OUT THIS REALLY GREAT TRAINING RESOURCE FOR OUR VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM VOLY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR LET'S TALK.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE INTEREST AREAS AS NEEDED JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE MARKETING THIS PLATFORM.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT THROUGH CAMPAIGNS AND VIDEOS.

SO WE HAVE SOME PLANS FOR MARKETING UNDERWAY.

AND THEN A BIG NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE TRAINING CAMPUS STAFF AND BEGINNING TO LAUNCH, LET'S TALK AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

THAT'S WHEN WE CAN PROBABLY FOLD IN USING TEXT MESSAGING WHEN WE DO THAT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE LET'S TALK ASSISTANT, WHICH IS A CHAT BOT, AND I PUT A SCREENSHOT OF THAT OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KIND OF TRAIN WITH FAQS AND IT LEARNS TO TALK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND IF IT DOESN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS, IT'LL SEND IT TO A REAL PERSON.

BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY.

IT'S TWENTY FOUR HOURS.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT IMMEDIATE ANSWERS, AND SO THE CHAT BOT WORKS 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S WHAT SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS ARE WITH LET'S TALK.

SO THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION ON BOTH OF THOSE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT LET'S TALK OR LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU MY HSO ON CHAT BOT BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO TO A WEBSITE THAT HAS THOSE THINGS AND IT'S LIKE, HEY YOU WANT TO CHAT WITH SOMEBODY? I HATE IT PERSONALLY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A VALUABLE TOOL.

OKAY. SO I WOULD ONLY SAY, I GUESS AS WE USE CHAT BOT, LET'S USE IT IN A MANNER TO GET THE FOLKS TO A REAL PERSON BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE GOAL IN MY MIND OF LET'S TALK IS OPENING LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REAL PEOPLE.

AND IF THAT CHAT BOT CAN BE THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON THE RECORDED WHENEVER YOU CALL IN FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, IT'S LIKE, TELL US WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, IF THAT'S WHAT CHAT BOT DOES.

OK, FINE.

BUT WITHIN TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS, WE NEED CHAT BOT TO GET TO A REAL PERSON.

OK, WELL, I WILL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TEST IT AND SEE.

MAYBE IT'LL HELP US. I MEAN, BETA TEST YEAH, YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PUT IT OUT THERE YET.

I JUST AM EXPRESSING MY OWN PERSONAL BIASES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE CHAT BOT IS LIKE, SHE SAID, IT'S 24/7. AND IF YOU CAN TRAIN IT TO JUST ANSWER SOME OF THOSE REALLY GENERAL QUESTIONS, THEN THEY DON'T NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO A HUMAN.

BUT I DO GET YOUR FRUSTRATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT IT, WE'RE A PEOPLE BUSINESS, SO I WANT THEM TO BE CONNECTED.

BUT IF IT'S A TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING QUESTION THAT THEY CAN GET ANSWERED BY THE CHAT BOT, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

RIGHT. DAVID, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE FRUSTRATION OF YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S ALL ON THAT.

[LAUGHTER] AS FAR AS THE LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR.

GO AHEAD. YOU COULD HAVE JUST STARTED WITH, OK, BOOMER.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT NOW.

I THINK SO. THAT'S WHAT CLOSED SESSIONS FOR.

[LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T THINK DAVID WAS A BOOMER.

YES, YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I'M A BOOMER.

HE'S JUST MAD HE CAN'T YELL AT THE CHAT BOT TO GET OFF HIS LAWN.

[LAUGHTER] THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, RIGHT.

I WAS THERE WITH HEATHER AT THE LAST ONE IN JANUARY, AND I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED.

THEY WERE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED OF BETH AND JOHNNY, AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO

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WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THEIR ABILITY TO ARTICULATE THAT IN THE COMMUNITY IS SO POWERFUL WITH WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS GOING FORWARD.

AND SO I WAS JUST I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CALIBER OF THE FIRST CLASS AND THE QUESTIONS THEY WERE ASKING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO BE GOING VERY WELL FOR THEM.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COMPUTER.

I WAS GOING TO TRY TO SNEAK OUT TO THAT PAGE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, BUT NOW EVERYTHING WENT AWAY. SO I THINK THAT'S A SIGN.

LESLEY. YES.

AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, I WANT OUR AUDIENCE AND ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING TO UNDERSTAND WHO CAN APPLY FOR THAT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

WHO WILL BE A GOOD CANDIDATE? SO WHO WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE? ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT, WHO'S INTERESTED IN GROWING THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPACITY IN THE COMMUNITY? ANYONE WHO IS NOT A STAFF MEMBER WHO WANTS TO DO THOSE THINGS.

SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, WE'VE GOT SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP AND I THINK THAT THAT HAS ENRICHED EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, SO THEY HAVE AN INTERPRETER WHO SITS WITH THEM FULL TIME AND THEY HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE THEM OPENING UP AND TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGHOUT THE SESSIONS.

SO IT REALLY IS FOR ANYONE WHO, OH, LOOK, THEY PULLED UP THE PAGE FOR ME.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY OR JUST LEARNING, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE BRAND NEW PARENTS IN PLANO ISD AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE JUST MOVED HERE AND WE WANT TO LEARN MORE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE CURIOUS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE INTERESTED IN LEADERSHIP WHO WANT TO BE REALLY A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN I WOULD EXTEND THAT QUESTION TO DR.

WILLIAMS AND SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AS WELL IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE SESSION WE ATTENDED, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER AND I IT WAS REALLY FUN FOR ME BECAUSE I GOT TO SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS, ALL THE PRESENTERS.

AND IT'S A DIFFERENT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE.

AND I GOT TO SEE THAT SIDE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT'S JUST FUN.

I MEAN, YOU JUST, YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED THAT DAY.

THANK YOU. IT'S WONDERFUL.

I APPRECIATE THEM, TOO.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE SCREEN, BUT THE GUYS IN THE BACK BROUGHT UP THE SCREEN THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WEB PAGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN SHOW IT TOO. AND SO THAT'S IT.

SO WE'VE GOT OUR CUTE LITTLE KIDS, BUT THOSE LITTLE BUTTONS, THOSE SQUARES RIGHT THERE THAT SAY, GET INVOLVED, CELEBRATE WITH US, ALL OF THOSE, THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GO.

I MEAN, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH THAT PARENT OR TELL THEM TO GO TO ASK TO LET'S TALK AND ASK US, AND WE'LL POINT THEM IN THAT DIRECTION.

VERY GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LET'S TALK BUTTON HERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT GOES TO OUR DEPARTMENT. SO ONCE THEY'RE ON THAT PAGE, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE. OK, THANK YOU.

AWESOME ANYTHING ELSE FOR LESLEY.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS REALLY MORE INFORMATIVE IN NATURE, AND THAT IS LESLEY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPDATING THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH WEB PAGE.

WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AS TO PROCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH WEB PAGE WILL BE UPDATED SO THAT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO THERE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS.

YES. AND THAT WILL PROBABLY GO LIVE TOMORROW, RIGHT? WELL, THE PAGE IS LIVE NOW.

YES. SO ANY OTHER.

WITH THE UPDATES? SO ADDITIONAL UPDATES WILL BE ADDED TOMORROW.

YEAH. OK, VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, LESLEY.

OK. THOSE ARE OUR REPORTS MOVING ON TO POLICIES, SO EVERYBODY BUCKLE UP, WE HAVE A

[10.1. Approval of Policy DBA(LOCAL) Employment Requirements and Restrictions: Credentials and Records on First Reading]

DR. WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

SO WE'RE BRINGING A WHOLE SERIES OF POLICIES TO YOU THIS EVENING.

ALL OF THESE POLICIES WENT TO TASB REVIEW, AND THEY COINCIDE WITH OUR NEWLY ADOPTED DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.

AND SO PART OF THAT PROCESS, AS ONCE THE PLAN IS THEN ADOPTED, THEN OUR POLICIES THEN ARE ADJUSTED TO THEN ALIGN WITH THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.

[01:15:02]

BROCKMAN. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DBA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FROM JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DBA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, LET'S VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.

10.2 POLICY, DC(LOCAL) EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ON SECOND READING, DR.

[10.2. Adoption of Policy DC(LOCAL): Employment Practices on Second Reading]

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DC(LOCAL) UNDER SECOND READING.

I SECOND.

THANK YOU, I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DC(LOCAL) UNDER SECOND READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10.3. Approval of Policy DCA(LOCAL) Employment Practices: Probationary Contracts on First Reading]

WILLIAMS. THIS IS IN ADDITION OF A POLICY DCA(LOCAL) AND IT'S RECOMMENDED BY TASB AND TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN, AND IT'S PRESENTED UNDER FIRST READING AND SUBMITTED BY DR. BROCKMAN.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DCA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS.

SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DCA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. LET'S PROCEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

10.4 POLICY DK(LOCAL) ASSIGNMENT AND SCHEDULES ON 1ST READING DR.

[10.4. Approval of Policy DK(LOCAL) Assignment and Schedules on First Reading]

BROCKMAN. THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPROVES POLICY DK(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES POLICY DK(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

POLICY DNA(LOCAL) PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EVALUATION OF TEACHERS ON FIRST READING.

[10.5. Approval of Policy DNA(LOCAL) Performance Appraisal: Evaluation of Teachers on First Reading]

BROCKMAN AND PRESENTED UNDER FIRST READING.

THANK YOU DR.

BROCKMAN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I FEEL LIKE AS THE BIOLOGIST ON THE TEAM, I'LL TAKE POLICY DNA(LOCAL).

OK, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DNA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

SECOND.

OH TIME.

NO JERI GOT IT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DR. LAUREN TYRA.

SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DNA(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UP NEXT, IS POLICY EB(LOCAL) SCHOOL YEAR ON FIRST READING.

[10.6. Approval of Policy EB(LOCAL) School Year on First Reading]

BROCKMAN IN SUPPORT OF DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES EB(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY EB(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. ALL RIGHT.

ONE OF THE PARTS IN HERE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE AND THINK BEARS JUST READING IS THAT THE SCHOOL CALENDAR MAY BE PREPARED TO MINIMIZE CONFLICTS WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OF ALL FAITHS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, GREAT THAT IN POLICY WE'RE ENSHRINING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS

[01:20:03]

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THIS IS BEING ADDED TO THE POLICY AND I APPRECIATE SEEING IT HERE TODAY. YEAH, I THINK CODY JUST TO ECHO THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN PLANO, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THAT IN WRITING IN POLICY.

SO THIS IS VERY WELL RECEIVED.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? OK, WE WILL NOW VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS POLICY EC(LOCAL) SCHOOL DAY ON FIRST READING.

[10.7. Approval of Policy EC(LOCAL) School Day on First Reading]

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED IN A FIRST READING AND SUBMITTED BY DR.

BROCKMAN. VERY GOOD.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY EC(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING. I SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY EC(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UP NEXT IS EIC(LOCAL) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING ON SECOND READING, DR.

[10.8. Adoption of EIC(LOCAL) Academic Achievement: Class Ranking on Second Reading]

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY EIC(LOCAL) UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ADOPTS POLICY EIC(LOCAL) UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I THINK, HEATHER, YOU VOTED FOR IT.

IS THAT RIGHT? OH, YEAH.

OK, THANK YOU.

YOU WERE TOO QUICK, FINAL POLICY IS FO(LOCAL) STUDENT DISCIPLINE ON FIRST READING DR.

[10.9. Approval of Policy FO(LOCAL) Student Discipline on First Reading]

THIS POLICY IS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICES.

IT'S BROUGHT UNDER FIRST READING AND IT WAS SUBMITTED BY DR.

BROCKMAN. THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FO(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING. OK.

IS THAT JERI DOWN THERE DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FO(LOCAL) UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

WE'LL NOW VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR POLICIES, SO WE MOVE NOW TO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PUBLIC

[11. CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

OK, SO LET ME.

BEAR WITH US AS WE GO BACK TO OUR REQUIRED READING.

AT BOARD MEETINGS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SUBMITTING A COMMENT CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

COMMENT CARDS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND INCOMPLETE COMMENT CARDS MAY NOT BE HONORED.

IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED. FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED THIS IS A NON AGENDA ITEM AND MAKES IT [INAUDIBLE] AT THE LAST MEETING.

SO OUR SPEAKERS WHOM? WE HAVE KATIE REINHART, OK, KATIE REINHART, ARE YOU HERE? OK, VERY GOOD. I'LL CONTINUE READING JUST KNOWING THAT YOU'RE HERE.

SHOULD AN INDIVIDUAL FAIL TO ADDRESS THE ITEM LISTED ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT CARD, IT WILL STOP THE SPEAKER AND REQUEST THAT THEY MAINTAIN FOCUS ON THE TOPIC LISTED.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC LISTED ON THEIR COMMENT CARD ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO ARE OUT OF ORDER, AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.

AS A REMINDER TO SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING. IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING WITH WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, THE AGENDA ITEM

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DR. WILLIAMS. SO OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT IS KATIE REINHART.

KATIE, I'LL BE DOING THE TIMER.

DO YOU WANT A MINUTE WARNING OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO JUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? I'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH.

OK, IT'S ABOUT RIGHT AT THREE MINUTES.

OK, GREAT. THANKS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KATIE REINHART AND I'M A PISD PARENT.

I STARTED TWO DIFFERENT BOOK CHALLENGES BACK IN OCTOBER WITH TWO DIFFERENT PISD LIBRARIES TO REMOVE OBSCENE BOOKS.

WHILE I AM GRATEFUL THAT ONE LIBRARY CHOSE TO REMOVE LAWN BOY.

THE PROCESS HAS PROVEN THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, PISD DOESN'T FOLLOW ITS OWN POLICIES, PER EF(LOCAL), THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEE. THREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THREE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE PRINCIPAL OF EACH SCHOOL LIBRARY IN QUESTION.

ONE LIBRARY HAD A PISD SUBSTITUTE TEACHER LISTED AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, GIVING FIVE STAFF MEMBERS AND ONLY TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER LIBRARY ONLY HAD FIVE TOTAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OF WHICH ONLY TWO WERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

YOU MAKE THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN FOLLOW THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES, BUT YOU YOURSELVES ARE NOT. WHY IS THIS? THE PROCESS HAS SHOWN PARENTS THAT IT IS BASED ON NOTHING MORE THAN THE PISD SELECTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS PERSONAL BIASES AND BELIEFS.

IT LACKS ANY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, AND IT IS NOT ESTABLISHED IN IMPARTIALITY, CHILD SAFETY OR EDUCATION.

IT IS CLEAR BY THE INACTION OF THE DISTRICT WHEN THEY WERE FIRST NOTIFIED OF SUCH BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES BACK IN OCTOBER, THAT YOU HAVE NO MORAL COMPASS DIRECTING YOUR DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO ADVOCATING FOR OUR CHILDREN.

SOMEONE WHO PROFESSES TO WANT THE BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN WHILE DOING NOTHING AND ALLOWING THESE KINDS OF BOOKS TO REMAIN ON THE LIBRARY SHELVES CANNOT POSSIBLY HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CHILDREN OR ANY CHILD IN MIND.

ACTIONS OR INACTIONS ALWAYS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

PARENTS ARE DOING WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING, MAKING SURE THE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ARE PROTECTED FROM THESE TYPES OF BOOKS THAT SEXUALIZE CHILDREN, NORMALIZE RAPE, INCEST, PEDOPHILIA AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL DEGRADATION THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR ANY MINOR. THE PARENTS ARE WORKING TO REPLACE THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES THAT ISOLATE AND SILENCE THE PARENTS FROM HAVING A VOICE IN THE SCHOOLS AND MAKING SURE PARENTS SIT ON SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND HAVE AN EQUAL SAY IN WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT AND TOLD TO OUR CHILDREN.

WE WILL WORK TO REPLACE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE NO VESTED INTEREST IN THE CHILDREN OF THE DISTRICT WITH PARENTS WHO DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURES.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE PISD FOLLOWS ITS OWN POLICIES AND WE WILL HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR APPROVING, ORDERING, BUYING, ALLOWING AND PLACING THESE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARIES BECAUSE THEY ARE BREAKING THE DISTRICT'S OWN POLICY ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY NOT BEING ALLOWED ONTO THE CAMPUSES.

THIS DISTRICT HAS NOT ONLY FAILED TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN POLICIES, THEY HAVE FAILED THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE FAILED THE PARENTS.

BUT MOST SADLY, THEY HAVE FAILED THE CHILDREN.

THE PARENTS WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE CORRECT ALL THESE ISSUES.

AS YOU SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT THE PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO YOU TO SELECT NEW OUTSIDE LEADERSHIP OF SOMEONE WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF TRULY ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN AND ONE WHO WILL CORRECT THIS ISSUE AND MANY OTHERS LIKE IT THAT ARE DISTRICT WIDE.

THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED, THE TIME IS 9:05 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.