Mar 01, 2022 Regular Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY CONTINUES TALKING, LET ME READ THIS.

GOOD EVENING, I AM DAVID STOLLE, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST 2022.

ON BEHALF ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME, I ASKED SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THE MEETING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

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

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND FELLOW TRUSTEE SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT, SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AND GRAND [INAUDIBLE] IN WAITING.

TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, TRUSTEE DR.

HEATHER WANG, TRUSTEE DR.

LAUREN TYRA, BOARD SECRETARY, JERI CHAMBERS.

TO MY RIGHT VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER JOHNNY [INAUDIBLE].

PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DR.

KATRINA HASLEY, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES.

DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

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

[INAUDIBLE], ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

AND SHARON [INAUDIBLE], THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. IT'S NOW ON THE THE TIME ON THE AGENDA WHERE WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? NO COMMENTS RECEIVED.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARD RECEIVED AND SO WE CAN MOVE TO ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

ALL RIGHT, SO OUR MISSING TRUSTEE IS BACK.

THE BOARD IS NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.

[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

AND SO WE WERE ORIGINALLY TO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY OUR JUNIOR ROTC STUDENTS. BUT GIVEN HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR US TO GET OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, WE LET THEM GO HOME. SO I HOPE THAT WE GET TO DO THAT AGAIN.

HOWEVER, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE OUR JROTC INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING AROUND AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE TONIGHT.

BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING, LET'S ALL STAND IN FOR THE PLEDGE.

[5. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]

PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE WITH ME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DO TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

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

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND WE HAD TO JUMBLE OUR ORDER HERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF BECAUSE WE LET THE STUDENTS GO.

SO LET ME RUN THROUGH SOME RECOGNITIONS AND THEN I WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU, GENTLEMEN, AS

[6. RECOGNITIONS]

WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE THESE STUDENTS.

PLANO ISD HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE TO FIRST PLACE AWARDS AND A THIRD PLACE AWARD AT THE DIGITAL DIVAS COMPUTER PROGRAMING COMPETITION.

COOL.

STUDENTS GARNERED SEVERAL SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDING THE 48TH ANNUAL HARVARD NATIONAL TOURNAMENT WHO THE WINNERS WERE FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

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[LAUGHTER] THE WINNERS, AGAIN OF THE 48TH ANNUAL HARVARD NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, WERE FROM JASPER AND PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION WINNERS WERE FROM JASPER AND MCMILLAN HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO PLANO EAST SENIORS [INAUDIBLE].

AND JOSEPH CARLOS [INAUDIBLE], AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOUR PARENTS IF YOU WERE WATCHING AND I MISPRONOUNCED THOSE NAMES.

THEY BECAME UIL DEBATE WINNERS, DEBATE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND WILL COMPETE FOR THE STATE TITLE IN AUSTIN IN MARCH.

AND SO IF WE GET TO ANNOUNCE THEM AS STATE CHAMPIONS, I WILL HAVE MEMORIZED THEIR LAST NAMES BY THEN AND FROM SOMEBODY WHOSE LAST NAME WAS MISPRONOUNCED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, SO I WILL DO SO.

THE FOLLOWING AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN VISUAL ARTS IN THE SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS 22 PLANO ISD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IN GOLD KEYS AND WILL MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

THREE STUDENTS HAD ARTWORK SELECTED FOR YOUTH ART MONTH, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM AND THIRTY ONE ARTWORKS BY PLANO ISD STUDENTS WILL ADVANCE TO THE STATE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN TO DR.

KATRINA HASLEY FOR A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

WE DO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING FOR OUR JROTC PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE HONOR UNITS WITH DISTINCTION AWARD AND PRESENTING DETAILS OF THIS ACCOLADE IS DR. RHONDA DAVIS.

SHE IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS AND COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS, WHO WILL SPEAK TO THE HONORS SIGNIFICANCE.

DR. DAVIS.

THANKS.

IT TOOK A BREAK, I GUESS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING.

PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS, WE ARE GLAD TO BE HERE WITHIN ARMY JROTC.

THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF DISTINCTION HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION, HONOR UNIT AND MERIT UNIT. ALL THREE PLANO ISD SCHOOLS HAVE MAINTAINED HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

AS HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION UNITS, THE INSTRUCTORS OF EACH SCHOOL ARE ALLOWED TO NOMINATE UP TO THREE CADETS PER YEAR TO ANY OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.

THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY SOURCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED FOR HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION.

SCHOOLS MUST ACHIEVE NINETY SIX PERCENT ON THE JROTC PROGRAM ACCREDITATION.

THIS IS A VERY THOROUGH INSPECTION CONDUCTED EVERY THIRD YEAR BY OUR [INAUDIBLE] FROM FORT SAM HOUSTON IN SAN ANTONIO.

THE INSPECTION IS A DAY LONG AFFAIR, WITH TWO FORMAL BRIEFINGS 100 PERCENT UNIFORM AND KNOWLEDGE INSPECTION, DRILL AND COLOR GUARD EVALUATION AND A CADET PORTFOLIO EVALUATION, AS WELL AS A CADRE PORTFOLIO EVALUATION.

ADDITIONALLY, THE SCHOOL MUST MAINTAIN NINETY SIX PERCENT ON THEIR ANNUAL JOINT UNIT MANAGEMENT REPORT, WHICH OUTLINES OUR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COMPETITIVE EVENTS SUCH AS SKILLS MEETS, SERVICE, LEARNING ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL FORMAL EVENTS SUCH AS OUR MILITARY BALL CADET LEADERSHIP CAMP PARTICIPATION CADET CHALLENGE, WHICH IS A PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST.

EACH EVENT HAS A REQUIRED NUMBER OF ITERATIONS.

ALL ARMY JROTC UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPETE ANNUALLY IN THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACADEMIC COMPETITION.

BY PARTICIPATING CADETS, LEARN THE VALUES OF CITIZENSHIP, LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC COMPETITION AND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF COMPETITION, CULMINATING IN A CHAMPIONSHIP HELD DURING THE SUMMER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS YEAR, ALL THREE SCHOOLS ADVANCED AT LEAST ONE TEAM TO LEVEL TWO.

AND HERE ARE THE RESULTS.

PLANO EAST HAD TWO TEAMS FOR TWO TEAMS FOR ACADEMIC AND ONE FOR LEADERSHIP THAT MADE IT TO LEVEL TWO. PLANO WEST HAD ONE LEADERSHIP TEAM ADVANCED TO LEVEL TWO, AND PLANO SENIOR HAD ONE ACADEMIC TEAM ADVANCED TO LEVEL TWO.

PLANO WEST LEADERSHIP TEAM IS IN THE TOP THREE PERCENT OF ARMY JROTC UNITS NATIONWIDE AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IS JUNE 24TH THROUGH 28TH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR HONOREES TO COME TO THE FRONT FOR RECOGNITION AND A PHOTOGRAPH AS I INTRODUCE YOU.

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COLONEL BARRY RODAN AND CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER DAVID LANCE.

PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SERGEANT FIRST CLASS PETE LAREDO.

SERGEANT MAJOR ANTHONY HENRY AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL BERNARD AKINS.

FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR SEAN LANKFORD, WHO HAD TO GO WITH THE KIDS BACK TO DROP THEM OFF BACK AT SCHOOL, AND SERGEANT MAJOR JOSEPH CAMACHO.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] SO WE UP HERE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO WITH OUR KIDS.

IT'S IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR THE TYPE OF RUN OF 20 YEARS OF A DESIGNATION SO HIGH.

SO I THINK YOU AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW THEY DO.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH JERI BECAUSE I KNOW JERI WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

I WANTED TO SURPRISE YOU, DAVID.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO HAVE PERSONAL MOMENT WITH COLONEL RODAN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE RETIRING SOMETIME SOON.

IS THAT THE CASE? AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT, SIR? SO I AM GRATEFUL TO HIM PERSONALLY BECAUSE HE HELPS MY SON WITH HIS PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN ADVANCE TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AT THIS POINT.

SO THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHERS RETIRING BECAUSE I WANT TO PAY PROPER HOMAGE IF THAT IS THE CASE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN BUILDING LEADERSHIP IN OUR STUDENTS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND I HOPE THAT THE TRADITION CONTINUES, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY IS TO BE COMMENDED.

THANK YOU. SO I DID JROTC AT PLANO EAST, IT IS WHERE I MET MY HUSBAND.

AND SO I WENT THROUGH THIS HONOR UNIT WITH DISTINCTION, AND I ACTUALLY THINK FOR THE DISTRICT, IT'S PROBABLY LONGER THAN 20 YEARS BECAUSE IF YOU CONSIDER ONLY SENIOR HIGH AND EAST. IT'S YEAH, BECAUSE WE WERE WE HAD THE GOLD STAR BACK IN 2002.

AND SO I.

YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT YOUR PROGRAM DOES IN HELPING KIDS JUST ATTAIN LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT IT HAS MADE FOR MY HUSBAND AND HIS MILITARY SERVICE HAS BEEN AMAZING.

I MEAN, WHEN WHEN MY HUSBAND LOOKS BACK AT OUR TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKS BACK AT THE LESSONS HE LEARNED IN JROTC AND SOME OF THE THINGS COLONEL COUGHLIN SAID AT THE TIME, OR SERGEANT MAJOR FRANKLIN SAID AT THE TIME, HE STILL COMES UP WITH THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? SO MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO MAKE LIEUTENANT COLONEL THIS YEAR, AND HE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT SERGEANT MAJOR FRANKLIN AND COLONEL COUGHLIN TAUGHT HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT AFTER, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THOSE LESSONS THAT HE LEARNED AS A TEENAGER HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, I BRING UP THE 20 YEARS BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, 40 YEARS.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU FULL CREDIT BECAUSE WEST OPENED WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. BUT I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I VALUE THIS PROGRAM FOR OUR DISTRICT MORE THAN, YOU KNOW.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I WISH I HAD A CHANCE TO DO THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

IT WAS I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND AS A TRUSTEE, I'M WILLING TO HELP YOUR PROGRAM WHATEVER WE WE CAN.

VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND WHAT I HAVE TAKEN SOME PICTURES WITH, SOME OF YOU ALREADY BECAUSE WHEN I ATTEND EVENTS AT PLANO EVENT CENTER, SOME OF YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENTS THERE PERFORMING FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT PERFORMING BUT DOING THE FLAG

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT JUST REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOLS, BUT ACTUALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU DO EVENTS TOO.

THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY THAT I HAD THE HONOR TO BE A PART OF THE CEREMONY AND THE INSPECTION A FEW YEARS BACK AT PLANO WEST, AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT WHAT THE STUDENTS DO, AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE, THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THEY DEVELOP.

AND THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW.

SO I THANK YOU FOR TEACHING OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. SO I DID DITTO TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, THANK YOU, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HONOR YOU AS A BOARD? AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF STRUCK AT WHEN I COMPARE MY GRADUATION EXPERIENCES OVER THE PAST THREE GRADUATIONS I'VE BEEN AT AS A TRUSTEE.

AND WHAT I REALIZED IS NOT EVERY GRADUATION HAS A COLOR GUARD AND NOT EVERY GRADUATION DOES A NATIONAL ANTHEM.

AND I'VE BEEN IN TALK WITH TALKS WITH THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE POLICY SO THE HONOR GUARD THAT DOES SO MUCH AND YOU KNOW, AND THE COLORS THAT DESERVE TO FLY AT AN AMERICAN GRADUATION DO FLY AND YOU KNOW, AND THE FLAGS ARE THERE NO MATTER WHAT, BUT THE COLOR GUARD, I THINK THAT MATTERS.

WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT DECIDE TO ENLIST AND I THINK THEY NEED TO BE HONORED AND WE DO HONOR THEM. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT EVERY GRADUATION SHOULD HAVE.

SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING THOSE THINGS AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE SOLIDIFIED SO WE CAN PROPERLY HONOR THE COLOR GUARD AND OUR ROTC PROGRAMS AT EVERY GRADUATION. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STAYING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US, I THINK IN A GROUP OF SEVEN PARENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE UP HERE.

YOU'VE HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON AT LEAST TWO OF OUR FAMILIES HERE WITH A SON AND WITH A PERSONAL IMPACT AND PART OF WHAT THE WHAT YOU GAVE TO US IS OR UNLEASHED UPON US, MAYBE IS [INAUDIBLE]. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND LET'S GIVE GIVE THESE GENTLEMEN ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO I'LL JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR KIDS TO FIND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND TO NOT ONLY MOLD THEM INTO ACADEMIC SCHOLARS, BUT INTO LEADERS AND GOOD CITIZENS THAT WILL CARRY OUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK OF THE WORLD THAT'S AHEAD OF THEM AND DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAYS.

AND ROTC DOES THAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE PREPARING THEM FOR.

AND SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR FINDING WAYS TO TO HELP KIDS FIND A PLACE TO BELONG.

AND THAT SENSE OF FAMILY AND CAMARADERIE AND SELF-DISCIPLINE AND CARE AND COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS IS JUST A HALLMARK OF ROTC.

AND I'VE BEEN IN A DISTRICT WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ROTC PROGRAM AND THEY WERE STRUGGLING TO GET ONE.

AND SO FOR US TO HAVE THREE EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS, AND FOR ANYONE WHO'S NOT BEEN A PART OF AN INSPECTION PROCESS THAT LEADS TO THE HONOR DISTINCTION, LET'S NOT FORGET, LIKE ONE YEAR IS TOUGH TO GET.

AND ALL OF THE WORK INVOLVED ON EVERY SINGLE PARTICIPANT IN THE PROGRAM.

THERE IS NO ROTC STUDENT LEFT BEHIND IN AN INSPECTION.

AND SO EVERY ONE OF THEM IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER EXCELLENCE.

AND SO 20 TO 40 YEARS.

LET'S NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO JUST SAY WE DO IT ALL THE TIME, BUT THE WORK INVOLVED EVERY TIME IS REAL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DELIVER EXCELLENCE AND EXPECT EXCELLENCE OF OUR KIDS.

AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WHEN I BECAME A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MY FIRST STUDENT FRIENDS ON CAMPUS WERE ROTC BECAUSE WE POSTED THE FLAG TOGETHER EVERY DAY.

I MET THOSE KIDS IN THE OFFICE AND WE WALKED FROM ONE END OF THE BUILDING TO THE FRONT, AND WE HUNG THE FLAG TOGETHER AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL EVERY DAY OF MY PRINCIPALSHIP THAT I WAS ON CAMPUS.

AND SO THEY WERE MY FIRST FRIENDS, A STUDENT FRIENDS AT THE CAMPUS, AND SO I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR KIDS.

AND THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US THIS EVENING SO WE CAN HONOR YOU.

AND PROBABLY THE NICEST THING WE COULD SAY TO YOU ALL IS YOU ARE NOW FREE TO LEAVE.

SO THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN. [LAUGHTER] WE

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[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? PRESIDENT STOLLE I REQUEST THAT ITEM 7.18 APPROVAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHAC MEMBERSHIP REVISIONS BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA.

OK, SO BOARD MEMBER CODY WEAVER HAS REQUESTED ITEM 7.18 BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS ITEM WOULD BE MOVED TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION AND WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME. THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? OK, SO TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 7.18 WILL NOW BE TEN POINT.

AN 8.3.

OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S POLICIES.

THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR NOT WEARING MY GLASSES.

8.3.

YEAH. 8.3.

OK. ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO OTHER REQUEST TO REMOVE, WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA, REMOVING ITEM 7.18.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, SECONDED BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA. REMOVING ITEM 7.18.

WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 8.1.

[8.1. Consideration and Possible Action Regarding the Level IV Appeal Brought by Peter Gailey]

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL FILED BY MR. GAILEY? I MOVE AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION AT LEVEL THREE.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE DENIES THE LEVEL FOUR APPEAL, THEREBY UPHOLDING THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION AT LEVEL THREE.

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

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[8.2. Approval of the Recommendation to Terminate Employment of Chapter 21 Term Contract Employee Kenneth Hentges]

DR BROCKMAN. THANK YOU! ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD APPROVE THE TERMINATION OF A CHAPTER TWENTY ONE TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE AS NAMED.

THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATES THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHAPTER TWENTY ONE TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE CONTINGENCE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 21ST 2022.

MY SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES TERMINATES THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHAPTER TWENTY ONE TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE KENNETH HINCH'S, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 21ST 2022.

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

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 8.3.

[7.18. Approval of School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) Membership Revisions Presenters: Dr. Selenda Anderson, Assistant Superintendent for Student Engagement and District Services; Dr. Beth Brockman, Assistant Superintendent for Employee Services]

APPROVAL OF SHAC MEMBERSHIP REVISIONS.

THE ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO VOTING, AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO DR. SELENDA ANDERSON TO PRESENT THIS ITEM AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ABOUT SHAC MEMBERSHIP.

LATE LAST WEEK, WE HAD RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION AND CONCERNS ABOUT US NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPARENT MAJORITY AND AND A CO-CHAIR APPARENT CO-CHAIR.

AT THAT TIME, I INVESTIGATED AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE MEMBERSHIP ON SHAC.

BDF LEGAL DOES STATE THAT A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS MUST BE PERSONS WHO ARE PARENTS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT AND WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT.

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SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT INTO COMPLIANCE AS FAST AS WE COULD.

SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MEMBERSHIP, WE HAD EIGHT PARENTS WHO HAVE CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS AND ARE NOT EMPLOYEES.

WE HAD 70, SORRY NOT 70, SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEN 12 STAFF THAT SAID WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO BRING OUR PARENT MAJORITY RULE INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO WE SEEKED OUT.

THANKS TO DR. GOBER AND DR.

BROCKMAN, THEY WENT TO THE PTA COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ASKED IF WE COULD FIND SOME INTERESTED PARENTS TO JOIN THAT COMMITTEE RIGHT AWAY.

THOSE ARE THE FOUR MEMBER NAMES THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE ADD THOSE.

THEN WE WOULD HAVE 12 PARENT REPRESENTATIVES.

WE WOULD HAVE SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THEN WE ALSO PROPOSE TO REMOVE FOUR STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT ARE REALLY IN REDUNDANT ROLES, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE P.E.

TEACHERS AT AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, WE CAN USE ONE RATHER THAN THREE.

SO THERE ARE FOUR THAT WE ARE ASKING TO HAVE REMOVED FROM MEMBERSHIP.

THE OTHER THE OTHER PART THAT WE NEED TO COME UP TO COMPLIANCE ON IS A CO-CHAIR, A PARENT, CO-CHAIR OF THE SHAC, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT IF APPROVAL IS MADE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP TONIGHT, WE WOULD THEN SEEK TO SELECT FROM THE NEW GROUP OF 12 PARENTS, A CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN THAT WOULD PUT US INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE LAST PIECE OF CLARIFICATION THAT I THINK CAN BE CONFUSING TO MANY, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WHEN THEY VIEW THE SHAC POLICIES, IS THAT IT TALKS ABOUT A CO-CHAIR AS A PARENT AND TECHNICALLY ON THE WAY THAT WE ORGANIZE THOSE BOARD ADVISORIES.

IT APPEARS AS IF DR.

BROCKMAN AND I ARE THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE AND WE ARE NOT THE ONES DIRECTLY INVOLVED.

IT IS OUR STAFF LIAISON, STACI ANTELO, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES, AND MOLLY PIPAK, WHO IS THE COORDINATOR FOR P.E.

AND HEALTH. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE NAME THEM ON THE WEBSITE AS THE CHAIRS, ALONG WITH THE NEW PARENT AS A CO-CHAIR, AND THAT DR.

BROCKMAN AND I WOULD BE LISTED AS DISTRICT LIAISONS OR STAFF LIAISON.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I WANTED TO JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO THE SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OBVIOUSLY, WE SAID THEY ARE NOT CURRENT PARENTS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THOSE SEVEN PARENTS AND WHY PARENTS THAT ARE I'M SORRY, THOSE SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT PARENTS, WHY IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE. SO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO SHAC, AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIST OF CRITERIA THAT COULD BE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS. SO SOME OF THOSE SEVEN ARE PARENTS THAT COULD BE PARENTS, BUT THEY MAY HAVE HAD STUDENTS WHO'VE GRADUATED.

THEY MAY HAVE HAD STUDENTS WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN.

THEY MAY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY A BOARD MEMBER AND THEY AREN'T A CURRENT PARENT.

WE COULD COUNT THEM IF THEY WERE A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER.

WE CAN OR BOARD APPOINTED, WE COULD COUNT THEM.

BUT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE REVIEW OF THE NAMES IT.

IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.

SOME OF THEM ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL, SO THEY MAY HAVE HAD STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED, SO THEY WERE A PARENT, BUT NOW THEY'RE JUST CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY MEMBER. BUT THEY STILL VERY MUCH WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SHAC AND PARTICIPATE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS OUR INTENT TO HAVE PARENT VOICE.

SO WHEN WE NOTICED THIS ERROR, WE WANT TO FIX IT QUICKLY.

WELL, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEERS, BUT I THINK FOR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS, JUST IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, KNOWING THAT THE PARENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE MAYBE WHEN WE APPOINT SOMEONE MAKING SURE THEY'RE OF A CURRENT STUDENT AND THAT THE TERM THAT THEY'LL BE THERE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PARENT.

THAT'LL PROBABLY HELP OUT A LOT BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT THAT.

IT WOULD HELP, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR BOARD APPOINTEES.

DR. ANDERSON, I DO WANT TO SAY FOR CLARIFICATION.

MY APPOINTEE DOES HAVE A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT.

THEY ARE NOT ASTERISKED AS SO.

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OK, SO NOW YOU HAVE 13.

OK, EVEN BETTER.

YEAH. NO, NO, NO.

PLEASE.

DR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE A PROCEDURE LIKE IF YOU, LET'S SAY IF YOU ARE A PARENT AND SOMETHING CHANGED LIKE A DIVORCE, YOU KNOW YOU LOSE CUSTODY, THINGS HAPPEN.

SO DO YOU HAVE LIKE A PROCESS LIKE ASKING PARENTS LIKE ANY STATUS CHANGE YOU NEED, LET US KNOW WE MIGHT FALL OUT OF COMPLIANCE THAT WAY.

WE DON'T. WE DON'T ASK THEM TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR US.

SO WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT.

TRUTHFULLY, THOUGH, EVEN IF THOSE SITUATIONS HAD HAD ARISE, WE STILL WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF PARENTS.

FOR IT TO BE MAJORITY, I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE MORE THAN REQUIRED, YES, BUT YOU KNOW, IN CASE LIKE WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU. AND IF WE DON'T AUDIT IT SO WE WON'T KNOW WHETHER WE ARE LIKE EVERY YEAR.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW. WELL, AT LEAST OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE, WE KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO KEEP CHECK ON THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY STATUSES HAVE CHANGED, WE CAN ADD PARENTS AS NEEDED.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AGENDA ITEM IS NOT OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

WE KNOW WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT.

OK. NO, THIS IS JUST STRICTLY SHAC.

OK. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT ANOTHER TIME.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION WAS IN TERMS OF OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEERS.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PTA, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE SLIM LATELY AS WELL.

AND SO IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO SHAC, YOU KNOW, FOR THE 10 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS, HOW WOULD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY COULD LEARN OR IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THIS AS A PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A PARENT TO BE A PART OF THIS? WHAT PROCESS WOULD THEY GO THROUGH.

SO THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND THERE IS A FORM THERE TO FILL OUT WHEN THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER? AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T GET A TON OF PEOPLE SIGNING UP FOR THOSE.

SO COULD WE IMPROVE ON GETTING THAT OUT AND MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY TO FIND? SURE, WE CAN DO THAT.

IT IS ALSO FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN HEALTH.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE SEND THE LETTERS HOME TO RIGHT BEFORE THEY START THEIR CURRICULUM ON DATING VIOLENCE.

THERE'S A LIST OF THEM.

THERE IS A LETTER THAT GOES HOME TO GIVE A PARENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT.

THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT SHAC IN THAT LETTER FOR BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND CONTACT INFORMATION IF THEY WERE WANTING TO JOIN.

SO WE TRY TO PUT IT OUT THERE.

BUT IS THERE ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGED TO THE 10 OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TONIGHT AND OTHERS WHO MIGHT WATCH IT ON VIDEO LATER ON, ASK US, COME TO US.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR 11 YEARS, AND I CAN PROMISE YOU WITH ALL SINCERITY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO ME TO ASK TO SERVE ON A BOARD.

I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND IN 11 YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE I'M JUST NOT A VERY FRIENDLY GUY AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO APPROACH ME AND ASK.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL, IS THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS ASKED TO PROVIDE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SERVE ON SHAC AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE STRUGGLE AT TIMES TO FIND TO FILL THOSE ROLES.

AND SO TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THESE SHAC AND OTHER COMMITTEES TALK TO YOUR TRUSTEES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. I WAS ALSO GOING TO ASK JUST IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY AND MY OWN CURIOSITY.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE FOR HAVING A COACH HERE AND WHEN THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH HAVING THE PARENT RATIO? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT, CODY.

THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR IN THIS POSITION THAT OVERSEES SHAC, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK ABOUT THAT.

I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.

SELENDA, THAT THIS IS A THREE YEAR, THREE YEAR TERM, RIGHT? AND ONCE YOU ARE ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE THREE.

YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE THREE YEARS, RIGHT? WELL, SHAC DOESN'T DICTATE HOW MANY YEARS ANYONE HAS TO SERVE ON IT.

OUR LOCAL POLICY SAYS A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS.

SO WE ABIDE BY THAT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE WERE MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO STAY LONGER, WE COULD CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING IN OUR POLICY LEGAL THAT SAYS THAT THEY CAN'T STAY ON SHAC LONGER.

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HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE SO MANY ON THERE THAT WE COULDN'T GET THINGS DONE EITHER.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THIS QUESTION.

DID WE THIS YEAR EVER DENY A PARENT WHO WANTED TO BE IN SHAC, TO BE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? DID WE WHAT? DID WE HAD A PARENT WHO SIGNED UP ON THE ONLINE TO BE A PART OF SHAC THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? DID WE DENY ANY PARENT? I DON'T I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

YEAH. SO MY LAST QUESTION WAS JUST IN TERMS OF FOR PEOPLE, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING A PART OF SHAC.

IS IT A COMMITTEE THAT APPROVES THAT OR IS THAT JUST A DISTRICT PERSONNEL THAT KIND OF SAYS, OK, CHECK AND YEAH, OK.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD APPOINTED THAT THEY WILL FILL OUT THAT FORM AND THEN THAT GOES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AND THEN IT'S DIRECTED TO THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO DENY BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A RUBRIC OR A CRITERIA THAT WE ABIDE BY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN OR CAN'T BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE WHERE WE NEED TO NARROW THAT LIST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

YOU BET. OK, SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION.

I JUST HAD A COMMENT REAL QUICK BEFORE MOTION.

FIRST SIMILAR TO JERI, MY APPOINTEE IS BOTH A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND A PHYSICIAN, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE A PARENT IN THAT APPOINTED SPOT.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS FIXED AND GETTING THIS FIXED IN A IN A MANNER THAT WAS VERY QUICK AFTER THE COMMUNITY RAISED CONCERNS AND IN A DISTRICT AS LARGE AND AS COMPLICATED AS PLANO ISD AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SOMETIMES THESE THINGS ARISE.

SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND THANK YOU FOR THE DISTRICT FOR FIXING THIS VERY QUICKLY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO SAY THAT I WAS, SO I ECHO WHAT YOU SAY AND THANK YOU FOR. THIS IS THE FIRST DULY CALL BOARD MEETING SINCE WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A NONCOMPLIANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND THAT WE'RE FIXING IT IN THAT FIRST MEETING AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. DAVID, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

TO LAUREN'S POINT.

THE COMMUNITY DID BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY CAN BECOME MORE HEALTHY AND HOW THEY ENGAGE WITH US AND WE ENGAGE WITH THEM.

AND WE INVITE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND HOPE THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE INVITED TO COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS TO SO PEOPLE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN COME TALK TO ANY BOARD MEMBER AND BE ABLE TO BRING THIS TO THE DISTRICT AND FIND A RESOLUTION.

AND SO IT SADDENS ME THAT THERE'S MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T FIND THAT TO BE THE RIGHT PATH.

AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS IN THE FUTURE TO DO THAT OUTREACH AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STAKEHOLDER GROUP IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE'RE HERE AND THERE'S A TRUSTEE THEY CAN TALK TO AND THAT WHEN THEY'RE FRUSTRATED, IF THERE'S REALLY AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, WE CAN GET THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. AND SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL DEVELOP A MORE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IN THE FUTURE.

OK. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES SHAC MEMBERSHIP CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED BY ADMINISTRATION. I SECOND.

NO. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY DR.

HEATHER WANG, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[LAUGHTER] THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES SHAC MEMBERSHIP CHANGES AS RECOMMENDED BY ADMINISTRATION. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR, NANCY.

I DON'T SMOKE. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL. MOVING ON 9.1 REPORTS, OUR FIRST REPORT THIS EVENING IS A PRE-KINDERGARTEN

[9.1. Pre-Kindergarten Update]

KATRINA HASLEY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

BOARD MEMBERS WERE EXCITED TONIGHT TO PRESENT SOME OF OUR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRE-K PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMING, AND ASHLEY DAVIS IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, AND

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OK. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PRE-K PROGRAM AND THE EXPANSION AND THE GROWTH OF THAT PROGRAM.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS LAST HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

AND SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAM.

SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRE-K PROGRAM.

PRE-K IS A STATE FUNDED PROGRAM WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO SERVE OUR AT-RISK STUDENTS.

THERE ARE SEVEN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT AS LONG AS THE STUDENT MEETS AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND PRE-K FOR FREE.

AND THE MOST COMMON TWO ONES THAT WE HAVE ARE LOW INCOME, WHICH JUST MEANS THIS FAMILY WOULD QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, OR IF A LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT SHOWS THAT THEY DO NOT SPEAK OR COMPREHEND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

AND THERE'S OTHER ONES THAT ARE SMALLER, LIKE IF FAMILY IS CONSIDERED MCKINNEY VENTO, WHICH MEANS HOMELESS, BASICALLY.

AND IF THEIR CHILD OF AN ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER, OR IF THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE STAR OF TEXAS AWARD, WHICH MEANS A FIRST RESPONDER WHO HAS BEEN SEVERELY INJURED OR KILLED WHILE SERVING.

SO THOSE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

AS LONG AS THEY MEET ONE, THEN THE CHILD WOULD ATTEND PRE-K FOR FREE.

WE ALSO HAVE A TUITION PROGRAM AVAILABLE FOR OUR NON QUALIFYING FAMILIES THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AT CAMPUSES THAT HAVE AVAILABILITY, WE HAVE THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS WHO HAVE PRE-K AND ALSO SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND WE HAVE ONE HEADSTART CAMPUS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PRE-K CLASSROOMS. OUR GOAL OF PRE-K IS TO TEACH STUDENTS EARLY LITERACY AND EARLY MATH SKILLS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN A DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE, PLAY BASED ENVIRONMENT.

THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE PRE-K ARE BEATEY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, ISAACS EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, PEARSON EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, HEAD START, AND THEN HERE ARE THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT HAVE PRE-K.

SO JUST AS A QUESTION, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CHARTS THAT WE GET IN PERCENT OF CAPACITY, DOES THAT INCLUDE PRE-K? SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT PERCENT OF CAPACITY WHEN WE GET THAT FOR THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? OK, WE'LL PUT A PIN IN THAT.

IF THERE'S PRE-K ON THOSE CAMPUSES AND THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, AND WE DO USE THE CAPACITY NUMBERS TO HELP US DETERMINE WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY ADD PRE-K TO.

SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR PROGRAM.

A LOT HAS HAPPENED, BUT I PULLED OUT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IN 2018 AND 2019 WE HAVE WE HAD HALF DAY PRE-K CLASSES AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, SO ONE TEACHER WOULD TEACH AN A.M.

SESSION AND THEN THOSE KIDS WOULD GO HOME AND THEN THE P.M.

SESSION WOULD COME AND OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE FULL DAY CLASSES.

AND HOUSE BILL THREE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO BE OFFERED FULL DAY PROGRAM FOR EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ALL PRE-K WOULD BE FULL DAY.

SO WE BEGAN PLANNING FOR THAT.

AND WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO IMPLEMENT IT.

WE COULD GO UP TO SIX IF NEEDED, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT IN 2021 AND WE BECAME FULL DAY FOR ALL THE START OF 2020.

AT THIS TIME, WE HAD PRE-K TO 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ALONG WITH OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS. AND THIS YEAR WE EXPANDED IT TO 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

LAUREN THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT NUMBER IS INCLUDED.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? YES. WHEN WE EXPAND IT TO 15, WHICH THREE SCHOOLS DID WE ADDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? THIS YEAR, WE ADDED TO MATTHEWS, BOGGESS AND HOUSTON.

OK. CAN I SSK ANOTHER QUESTION.

YES. LAST YEAR, WHEN YOU GAVE THE REPORT, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU DETERMINE WHICH CAMPUSES QUALIFICATIONS AND MAKING SURE YOU'RE FILLING CLASSROOMS. ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? I COULD BRIEFLY GO OVER IT.

I WOULD JUST SAY FOR DR.

TYRA, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ON THE BOARD LAST TIME, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER INTERESTING. AND I THINK YOU'D FIND IT PRETTY INTERESTING.

YES, BECAUSE YOU LIKE FORMULAS AND NUMBERS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

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WHEN WHEN SHE EXPLAINED THIS LAST YEAR, IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

YES, WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT, I CAN GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THAT.

SO THIS GRAPH WILL SHOW OUR EXPANSION OF OUR CLASSROOMS. SO 2018, 2019, WE HAD FORTY EIGHT CLASSROOMS AND I DECIDED TO DO THIS BY CLASSROOMS BECAUSE IN 2018 2019, WHEN WE WERE HALF DAY AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, ONE TEACHER HAD TWO SECTIONS.

SO THIS SHOWS THE REPRESENTATION OF ACTUAL PRE-K TEACHERS THAT WE'VE HAD INSTEAD OF CLASSES GIVEN ONE WERE HALF DAY.

ONE TEACHER WOULD HAVE TWO CLASSES, BUT IT WAS STILL ONE TEACHER.

SO THIS SHOWS THE GROWTH OF OUR PRE-K PROGRAM AND THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT WE'VE ADDED.

SINCE 2018 2019 WE'VE ADDED 19 PRE-K CLASSES TO ACCOMMODATE BECOMING A FULL DAY PROGRAM AND OUR GROWING ENROLLMENT.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, DOING A PRE-K, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT FOR THOSE PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO WANT A PRE-K PROGRAM, WE WANT IT TO BE A BETTER PRE-K PROGRAM THAN WHAT THEY CAN FIND ELSEWHERE.

AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE GROWTH IS PART OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I ENVISIONED, AND I WON'T SPEAK FOR NANCY OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME.

BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I ENVISIONED WITH PRE-K THAT WE START UTILIZING THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE AROUND OUR DISTRICT TO FILL THE NEED FOR PRE-K PROGRAMS. THAT IS BETTER THAN WHAT THEY CAN GET.

THESE PARENTS WHO NEEDED PRE-K PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN GET ELSEWHERE.

WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO SEE THIS THING GROW.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM ABOUT THIS.

YEAH, THANK YOU. OK, SO I'M GOING ASK THE QUESTION.

YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER IT'S OK THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED.

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE SIXTY SEVEN CLASSROOMS OR KIDS INVOLVED ARE TUITION BASED? LIKE, ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE IN TUITION BASE TO GO TO DAVID'S POINT? PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY BECAUSE IT'S GOT A GOOD REPUTATION.

SO THE HISTORY OF OUR TUITION PROGRAM WHEN WE WERE, WE HAD IT THE LAST YEAR WE HAD IT BEFORE THIS YEAR WAS WHEN WE WERE HALF DAY IN 2018 2019 OR ACTUALLY SORRY, 2019 2020, WHEN WE BEGAN PLANNING FOR FULL DAY, WE PUT A PAUSE ON IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASE FOR FULL DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE WOULD WANT FULL DAY OVER HALF DAY.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TUITION LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAVE STARTED IT BACK THIS YEAR.

IT'S NOT A LARGE PERCENTAGE.

AN ESTIMATE WOULD PROBABLY BE FIVE TO SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE OPEN ENROLLMENT THE START OF APRIL EVERY YEAR AND WE WAIT TO START ACCEPTING TUITION SPOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SPACE FOR THEM.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERY QUALIFYING STUDENT HAS A SPOT FIRST AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER IS WHEN WE START CONTACTING THE PARENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OUR TUITION PROGRAM. AND SO THEY BASICALLY GET THIS, THEY GET OFFERED THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE LEFT.

AND SO IT'S A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF TUITION FAMILIES.

ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE SOME SPED STUDENTS IN PRE-K AND TO HAVE TYPICAL STUDENTS WHO ARE PAYING TUITION IS GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THEM.

YES. TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT THE INTERACTION IS BETWEEN PAID PRE-K OR KIDS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-K BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS YOU LISTED VERSUS THE KIDS WHO ARE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION AND ARE GETTING PRE-K BECAUSE OF THEIR ON AN IEP.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING OPTIONS.

SO TAKE OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSES.

WE DON'T HAVE OUR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, ATTEND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS BECAUSE EVERY TEACHER AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL IS TRIPLE CERTIFIED.

THEY ARE THEY HAVE THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

THEY HAVE THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR ESL CERTIFICATION.

BECAUSE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PRE-K IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION IN K THROUGH 12 IS CONSIDERED ECSE, WHICH STANDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THEY DON'T GET PULLED OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOM AT ANY TIME, AND A SEPARATE SPECIAL ED TEACHER WOULD NOT COME IN FOR SERVICES.

THEIR TEACHER IS THEIR EVERYTHING SO THEY HAVE THEIR GENERAL, THEIR ONE TEACHER IS THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

SO THAT IS WHY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.

WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF TYPES OF CLASSES.

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DO YOU WANT SOMETHING CLOSER TO YOUR HOME? DO YOU WANT SOMETHING CLOSER TO YOUR WORK? WE TELL THEM THESE ARE THE OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? AND IT CAN BE ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD.

IT CAN BE THE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.

IT CAN BE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE JUST TELL THEM WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT.

BUT ALL THE KIDS RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION TOGETHER.

SO I'LL BUILD THIS FOR A SECOND ON ON WHAT ANGELA SAID, BECAUSE I FOUND OUT MY SON WAS DEAF, AT EIGHT WEEKS OLD, I MEAN, HE FAILED THE SCREEN, FAILED THE SCREEN DID ALL THE TESTING. WE WERE TOLD AS PARENTS, MAYBE YOUR SON WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK NORMALLY IF YOU DO COCHLEAR IMPLANTS BY THE TIME HE'S EIGHT OR 10, MAYBE NOT.

AND AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE HIT IT HARD AND WE DID.

WE WERE LIVING IN DALLAS ISD AT THE TIME, SO WE DID.

WE DID ECI THROUGH DALLAS ISD.

BUT HAVING HIM IN A CLASSROOM WITH HEARING PEERS AND JUST HITTING THIS ECI HARD AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE REASON MY SON IS IN A MAINSTREAM CLASSROOM ON A 504 WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT ACCOMMODATIONS. AND I'M SORRY, I'M TEARING UP BECAUSE IT'S MY BABY, BUT .THAT'S AMAZING.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE JUST VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO, BUT THE PEER GROUP AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEER GROUPS FOR THE KIDS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO EVERYONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE HEARING PEERS GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEAF KIDS AND AND THE DEAF KIDS GET, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN WHO ARE WHO ARE LARGELY NOT LANGUAGE DELAYED LIKE MY SON WAS. YEAH. SO, YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY.

THAT'S WHAT WE WORK FOR.

WE. EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY.

AND SO WE DO TRY TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

WE TRY TO IDENTIFY THEM AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND SOME DISABILITIES, WE CAN START SEEING THEM FROM BABIES.

AND THAT'S THE ECI WORLD.

AND THEN ONCE STUDENTS ARE THREE, THEY CAN COME TO OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS FOR ECSC SERVICES. BUT THAT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL IS INTEGRATION AND LETTING THEM LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND ALSO TEACHING TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE OF OTHERS.

THIS GRAPH SHOWS JUST A BREAKDOWN SO THE CLASSES I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT EACH YEAR.

THIS GRAPH JUST SHOWS YOU THE GROWTH AT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO THE BLUE LINE SHOWS THE CLASSES EACH YEAR AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, AND THE RED LINE SHOWS YOU THE GROWTH OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE ADDED OUR CLASSES AND THERE'S A GROWTH AT BOTH.

AND THIS ONE SHOWS OUR ENROLLMENT, PRE-K ENROLLMENT AND STARTING WITH 2018, 2019.

WE DO EVERY YEAR CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ENROLLMENT.

WE SAW A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT DURING 2020-2021 AS PARENTS CHOSE TO KEEP THEIR PRE-K AGE CHILDREN AT HOME DUE TO COVID.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN STRIVING TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT TO PRE-COVID NUMBERS.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESUME OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND WE ARE WORKING HARD TO ENCOURAGE MORE FAMILIES TO ENROLL IN PRE-K.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR OUTREACH INFORMATION THAT I'LL SHARE.

IN 18-19 AND 19-20.

WE STILL HAD HALF DAY CLASSES AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.

AND SO THE THING WITH HALF DAY CLASSES IS WE KEEP OUR CLASSROOMS AROUND EIGHTEEN.

SO IF YOU HAVE ONE TEACHER WHO HAS TWO CLASSES OF 18, THAT ONE TEACHER CAN TEACH THIRTY SIX KIDS. AND SO WHEN WE WENT FROM HALF DAY TO FULL DAY, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A TEACHER, ONE TEACHER WHO COULD TEACH 18 KIDS ALL DAY.

AND SO THAT EXPLAINS KIND OF WHY IT ISN'T LIKE WE'VE GROWN A WHOLE LOT FROM 18 19, BUT THIS IS ALL FULL DAY.

THIS IS ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING FULL DAY PRE-K. SO WE ARE CONTINUING ENROLLMENT GROWTH, AND WE HAVE PLANS TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH.

SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER SEVERAL YEARS ON IMPROVING OUR PRE-K APPLICATION.

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THIS PREVENTED THEM FROM HAVING TO ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULE AND COME AND WAIT IN LINES.

NOW THEY CAN ACCESS IT ANY TIME FROM ANYWHERE.

THIS YEAR, OUR HEAD START AND K THROUGH 12 ENROLLMENT WILL BEGIN MARCH 21ST AND PRE-K ENROLLMENT BEGINS ON APRIL 4TH FOR PRE-K.

WE ALWAYS WAIT UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE NEW INCOME GUIDELINES ARE SHARED WITH US.

AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THE NEW INCOME GUIDELINES, WE CAN START PROCESSING APPLICATIONS TO SEE WHO QUALIFIES FOR PRE-K BASED ON INCOME SO PARENTS CAN ACCESS THE ONLINE APPLICATION AT ANY TIME AND NOW THAT IT'S ONLINE.

EXCUSE ME, BEFORE WE HAD TO SCHEDULE TIMES WHEN IT WAS ON PAPER, WE HAD TO SAY, YOU CAN COME IN DURING THESE DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS PAPER APPLICATION.

A GREAT BENEFIT OF IT BEING ONLINE IS THE APPLICATION.

ONCE IT POSTS, IT JUST STAYS OPEN, SO IT'S OPEN ALL SUMMER.

WE HAVE SUMMER STAFF WHO WORK TO DO LANGUAGE TESTING AND SECRETARIES WHO WORK IN THE SUMMER TO ENROLL STUDENTS, SO THAT PROCESS NEVER STOPS FOR FAMILIES.

ONCE IT OPENS, IT STAYS OPEN.

AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH OUR ENROLLMENT CENTER TO OFFER IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE.

OUR SCHOOLS ASSIST WITH THIS AS WELL.

SO IF FAMILIES NEED HELP WITH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY OR EVEN UPLOADING DOCUMENTS, THEY CAN ALWAYS GO INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE TRAINED TO HELP THEM COMPLETE THE APPLICATIONS, AND THEY CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO OUR ENROLLMENT CENTER.

SO THERE ARE WAYS FOR THEM TO COME AND GET IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE WHEN THEY NEED IT.

BUT A LOT OF PARENTS PREFER TO COMPLETE IT ONLINE AND THEN WITHOUT HAVING TO GO IN SOMEWHERE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT WITH REGARD TO THE ENROLLMENT CENTER.

WHAT? AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOTAL GUESS.

BUT YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PARENTS DO WE HELP AT THE ENROLLMENT CENTER FOR PRE-K? AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO DOUBLE THAT PRODUCTION CAPABILITY WHEN WE OPEN UP ANOTHER FACILITY AT SOME POINT.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I KNOW IT IS A LOT BASED AND I'M SURE WE CAN GET LIKE A NUMBER FOR YOU. BUT I COMMUNICATE WITH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER PEOPLE DAILY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN NEED A NUMBER.

I THINK THE WORD A LOT IS PLENTY BECAUSE THAT TO ME, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A SEPARATE FACILITY OVER ON WIND HAVEN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COVER MORE GROUND ESSENTIALLY. RIGHT.

GET MORE KIDS. YES.

MAPLE SHADE, WIND HAVEN.

THAT'S YEAH. NO, NOT WING HAVEN, MAPLE SHADE.

SORRY. YES, IT'S A HUGE NEED.

AND EVEN WHENEVER I GO TO THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO HELP OR ANYTHING, THERE'S ALWAYS FAMILIES THERE AND AND IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE THEM TO HELP ME WITH IT.

CAUSE PARENTS AREN'T WAITING ON ME, THE MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP FAMILIES, THE LESS THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED OR TO RECEIVE THE HELP THEY NEED.

SO IT'S BEEN A BIG HELP IN THE PRE-K WORLD.

SO, ASHLEY, IF A FAMILY MOVES IN TO THE DISTRICT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR A FAMILY CHANGES, THEIR MIND DECIDES THEY DO WANT TO.

CAN SOMEONE ADD, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IF THERE'S AN OPENING, WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADD KIDS UNTIL THERE'S NOT AN OPENING.

EVEN WE CONTINUE ALL YEAR.

OK, SO EVEN IF ONE CAMPUS DOESN'T HAVE AN OPENING, WE WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO SAY, OK, THIS CAMPUS IS AT CAPACITY, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT CAMPUS CLOSEST TO YOU THAT HAS ROOM, SO WE DON'T EVER CLOSE ENROLLMENT ALL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FAMILIES ENROLLING.

WE PROBABLY HAVE ON LIKE A WEEKLY BASIS.

WE HAVE FIVE TO SEVEN ENROLL.

WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WITHDRAWAL HERE AND THERE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT IT NEVER CLOSES ONCE IT'S OPEN, IT'S OPEN ALL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

OK, SO IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, THOUGH, FOR US TO GET TO FULL CAPACITY.

AND THEN WE I MEAN, LIKE, SO WHAT'S OUR AT MARCH 1ST AND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR? WHAT WHAT IS OUR HOW MUCH OPENINGS DO WE HAVE ABOUT? WE HAVE I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT SOME CAMPUSES HAVE.

SOME CAMPUSES ARE FULL OR CLOSE TO BEING FULL.

BUT THEN WE HAVE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SPACE.

WE DO HAVE HIGHER ENROLLMENT AREAS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE HIGH ENROLLMENT IN OUR LIKE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.

THAT'S WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES ENROLLING FROM THERE, BUT WE DON'T EVER TELL THE FAMILIES WE'RE FULL.

WE WORK WITH THEM ON FINDING A SPACE THAT WE DO HAVE AS CLOSE TO THEM.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES NOT THIS YEAR, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE EVEN OPENED A CLASSROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T TELL THEM WE DON'T HAVE SPACE.

WE MONITOR THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

WE SEE WHERE THE ENROLLMENT IS COMING FROM, AND WE SEE WHEN OUR CLASSES ARE ALMOST GETTING FULL AND WE START WORKING WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TO FIND SPACE AND AVAILABILITY, AND WE HAVE OPEN CLASSROOMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO

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SO THAT HAS ALSO BEEN PART OF THE PLAN FROM DAY ONE IS THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF NOT HAVING A CENTRAL BUILDING THAT HOUSES THESE KIDS INSTEAD UTILIZE THE SPACE YOU HAVE ACROSS THE CAMPUS. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WITH THE THE TARGETED IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN OR HAVE A PRE-K CLASSROOM IN EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, IF POSSIBLE.

YES, THAT HELPS WITH OUR EXPANSION.

I MEAN, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO YOUR POINT.

KIDS CAN BECOME HOMELESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

RIGHT. KIDS CAN MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND NEED LANGUAGE SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING THEM WAIT UNTIL ENROLLMENT IN THE FALL.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST AT RISK KIDS THAT WE SHOULD GET INTO PRE-K.

AS SOON AS WE CAN. RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WE SEE HOMELESS KIDS COMING TO ENROLL.

WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE JUST MOVING IN OUR LANGUAGE CENTERS, ALWAYS GOING.

THEY'RE TESTING KIDS EVERY DAY FOR LANGUAGE.

WE IT'S ALL THE ELIGIBILITY THAT WE GET, BUT WE KEEP IT OPEN.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR MOST AT RISK STUDENTS, AND THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM INTO SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO WE DON'T EVER WANT TO CUT THAT OFF AND STOP THAT.

WE FIND A SPOT FOR THEM.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IS PLAYING MY VIDEO, IS SOMEONE IN CONTROL OF THIS OR DID I PRESS PLAY. I HAVE A VIDEO THAT SHOWS KIND OF A GROUP EFFORT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR TO SHOW THE BENEFITS OF OUR PRE-K PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FEW MINUTES.

TO A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. THE OVERALL GOAL OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL IS TO MEET EACH CHILD WHERE THEY ARE AND PROPEL THEM TO THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SUCCESS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING. PREKINDERGARTEN IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE FOUR YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THEY'RE ATTENDING PRE-K. SO OUR PRE-K PROGRAM IS VERY CHILD CENTERED.

WE KEEP THE STUDENTS ENGAGED AND ACTIVE AND MOVING AND LEARNING.

WE FOCUS ON EARLY LITERACY SKILLS, EARLY MATH SKILLS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

BUT EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH PLAY.

SO WHEN YOU WALK INTO A PRE-K CLASSROOM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CENTERS SET UP.

THAT TO A STUDENT IS A LOT OF FUN.

THEY LOVE TO BE IN THE CENTERS AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE LEARNING WHILE THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE WE SET IT UP IN A WAY THAT'S CATERED TO THE STUDENT.

WITH OUR PRE-K WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER TO STUDENTS.

ONE IS THE IH PROGRAM AT OUR IB CAMPUS.

ANOTHER ONE IS THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

EACH CLASSROOM HAS A CERTIFIED TEACHER AND A PARAPROFESSIONAL.

THE STAFF TO STUDENT RATIO IN ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS IS VERY SMALL, SO THAT MAKES THE DYNAMICS IN THE CLASSROOM VERY PERSONALIZED FOR EACH STUDENT.

PARENTS START TELLING US AT THE BEGINNING COUPLE OF MONTHS WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEY'RE SEEING IN THEIR CHILD.

THEIR CHILD HAS MORE SELF-CONFIDENCE.

THEIR CHILD IS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE LETTERS AND COLORS AND HOW MUCH IT IS SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE AND MOVE ON TO KINDERGARTEN.

IT IS A GREAT DAY.

WE ARE READY TO START EVERY DAY AT HEAD START WITH OUR BRAIN SMART START.

I LIKE TO SAY THAT HEAD START IS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH.

EACH MORNING IS A JOY TO WELCOME EVERY SINGLE STUDENT OFF THE BUS AND OUT OF THEIR CARS, TELLING THEM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE YOU TODAY.

HEAD START IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ENCOMPASSES SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, WITH THE GOAL IN MIND TO HELP FAMILIES COME OUT OF POVERTY.

WE OFFER UNIQUE SERVICES THAT TARGET CHILDREN AGES THREE AND FOUR BY THE TIME SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR COMES AROUND.

PLANO ISD HAS A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, AT HEAD START.

THAT MEANS WE TEACH BOTH LANGUAGE.

SPANISH 90 PERCENT AND ENGLISH 10 PERCENT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CELEBRATE THE CULTURE OF THE STUDENTS.

WE ALSO LEARN FROM THE DIVERSITY AND THEY ARE LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH EXPERIENCES IN THE CLASSROOM GAMES PLAY AND ALSO EXPANDING THEIR VOCABULARY.

THE THING THAT STANDS OUT MOST IS THAT WE'RE A FAMILY.

ONCE YOU ENTER INTO THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE LOCKED INTO THE COMMITMENT, THE COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE HERE TO STRIVE TO MAKE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

THE PRE QUALIFIERS FOR KINDERGARTEN ARE SIMPLE.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE FIVE YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST AND LIVE WITHIN THE PISD ZONE.

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SO EVERYTHING HAS GOT LITERACY, MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES BUILT IN.

BUT REALLY, THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WE'VE GOT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

YOU'VE GOT VERY INTENTIONAL PLAY.

THEY EXPERIENCE SORT OF THE SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LEARNING.

THEY GET TIME WITH THEIR TEACHERS, SMALL GROUP WITH KIDS, ONE ON ONE.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S A REALLY BUSY, FUN DAY.

THE REALITY IS, YOU GET A CHANCE TO BE WITH OTHER STUDENTS, WITH TEACHERS WHO LOVE YOUR CHILD, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR FIRST GRADE FOR SECOND GRADE. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE OUR KIDS NEED TO GO AND HOW TO GET THEM THERE.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHILD IS SEEN.

IS LOVED. IS HEARD.

WE'LL CREATE THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS AND THEY'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.

THE GROWTH IS ASTOUNDING THAT YOU SEE AND THE STAFF, THEY THINK OF THESE CHILDREN AS THEIR OWN.

YOU SEE, THEY GET MORE SECURITY AND SELF-ESTEEM AND YOU SEE ALL THE PROGRESS, THE FOUNDATION OF A CHILD.

WE GET ONE SHOT AT THIS AND KINDERGARTEN EARLY CHILDHOOD PRE-K.

THOSE ARE THE THE AGES WHERE WE CAN REALLY HELP A CHILD FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN A SCHOOL SETTING, HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LEARNING HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S THE BEST TIME.

THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DESERVE ALL THAT WE HAVE.

WE STAND AS ONE AND WE ARE A FAMILY.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO BEFORE I CAN GIVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT IT, SO WE SAW OUR ENROLLMENT DIP LAST YEAR AND WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF PRE-K, SO WE WORKED WITH AND ALSO KINDERGARTEN. WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE THIS VIDEO WAS A PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR, SO WE MADE SURE TO INCLUDE KINDERGARTEN AS WELL.

AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HELPED US PUT THAT TOGETHER, AND WE SHARED IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT HAD A LOT OF VIEWS.

AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE THINGS THAT WE DO JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT PRE-K IS THERE, HOW TO APPLY FOR PRE-K, HOW TO START PRE-K, AND THAT THEY KNOW THE BENEFITS OF STARTING SCHOOL SOONER.

OUR ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN, OUR ADVERTS, SO THE ADVERTISING PART OF IT WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH. WE UTILIZE OUR CAMPUS COMMUNICATION A LOT OF ALL FORTY FOUR OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO WE DON'T JUST USE COMMUNICATION AT THE 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PRE-K.

WE ASK ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO SEND OUT COMMUNICATION.

WE SEND OUT PAPER FLIERS.

WE UTILIZE THIS CAMPUS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS.

WE PUT THE INFORMATION ON OUR MARQUEES.

WE PUT OUT YARD SIGNS, DOOR HANGERS.

WE EVEN HAVE A RADIO AND TV COMMERCIALS THAT WE DO.

SO WE TRY EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE WITH THE BENEFITS OF PRE-K AND THEN HOW TO ENROLL IN PRE-K.

ARE WE DOING THAT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THE VIDEO WE DID NOT, WE HAD SPANISH SUBTITLES FOR IT.

WE WEREN'T ABLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO BACK AND SOME OF US DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, BUT WE DID DO THE SPANISH SUBTITLES ON IT, BUT ALL THE OTHER MATERIAL, YES, BESIDES THAT ENROLLMENT VIDEO ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

EVEN OUR YARD SIGNS, ONE SIDE IS ENGLISH, THE OTHER SIDE IS SPANISH.

AND SO FOR TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT HOW WE DECIDE WHERE TO ADD PRE K TO, WHENEVER WE ARE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR, LIKE FUTURE PLANNING, WE GATHER OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

AND WE ALSO WE LOOK AT AREAS THAT WERE HIGH ENROLLMENT AREAS AND WHAT WE'RE CLOSE TO FULL OR WERE FULL. AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD START WITH.

THE YEAR THAT WE USED THE MAP.

WE DID A VERY EXTENSIVE FORMULA WORK WHERE WE POOLED INFORMATION FROM OUR CURRENT KINDERGARTNERS AND WE FOUND WHICH ONES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-K AND WHICH ONES WERE ELIGIBLE AND DIDN'T ATTEND.

AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT AREAS THEY WERE IN.

AND SO WE TARGETED THOSE AREAS TO ADD PRE-K TO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE DO A LOT OF ANALYTICAL WORK WHEN IT COMES TO FIGURING OUT WHERE TO ADD PRE-K TO.

BUT THEN SOMETIMES IT'S EASY AND IT'S JUST WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF APPLICATIONS COMING IN FROM THIS AREA, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE PRE-K CLASSES THERE.

SO WE DO THE LONG TERM PLANNING AND WE ALSO DO THE QUICK WHERE DO WE NEED CLASSES NOW.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU WORK WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER? I KNOW THEY TRACK BIRTH RATES AND SO YOU COULD PROBABLY PREDICT A PRE-K STUDENT IN A

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YES, THERE'S A DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT GETS THE DEMOGRAPHER INFORMATION, AND WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT AND IT HELPS.

THE ONLY THING THAT KIND OF CAN THROW IT OFF AS PEOPLE WHO MOVE IN TO OUR ZONE.

BUT WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT AND CONSIDER IT.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

HOW IS THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE PROGRAMS? SO OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THERE, THEY FOLLOW THEIR OWN PARENT PROCEDURES, THEY HAVE PARENTS LIKE THEY GOT THEIR PARENTS TO BE ON THEIR COMMITTEES, THEY HAVE CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS.

SO THE PRE-K ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, THEY WOULD JUST FOLLOW THE VISITOR AND VOLUNTEER. WE INVITE THEM SAME THING AS THEY DO FOR THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS, AND WE ALSO DO AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.

SO WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

WE INVITE THEM IN SO WE INVOLVE THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH EVENTS AND SHARING INFORMATION AND AND ASKING FOR THEIR INPUT WHENEVER WE HAVE COMMITTEES AND SUCH BECAUSE IN SOME BACK THEN.

SO PARENTS FIGHT TO BE THE CLASSROOM.

A CLASSROOM PARENT.

THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING, RIGHT? YES. YES. I'M NOT.

I'M KIND OF REMOVED FROM THAT.

I THINK THE PRINCIPALS ARE THE ONES WHO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.

BUT YES, ESPECIALLY AT THE YOUNGER AGES, THEY YEAH, THEY LIKE THAT.

I WOULD THINK THAT PARENTS OF OUR PRE-K CHILDREN MIGHT NOT BE AS WELL VERSED IN HOW SCHOOL WORKS BECAUSE IT'S THEIR VERY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN MANY CASES.

ARE THEY ENCOURAGED TO JOIN A PTA AT THE CAMPUS? YES, WE DO.

AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY CAN BE ON THEIR ELEMENTARY PTA AND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS ALSO HAVE A PTA.

THE CHALLENGE OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL CAMPUS IS FACED WITH THEIR PTA IS THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR LONG. AND SO OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY THEY DO FACE SOME CHALLENGES WITH KEEPING MEMBERS. IF YOUR CHILD IS ONLY THERE FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THEM HAVE OLDER SIBLINGS THAT ARE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY'RE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT PTA.

BUT WE DO HAVE PTAS AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET MEMBERS AND TO INVOLVE THEM.

BUT WE ALSO DO OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF PTA.

WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A LOT OF THEIR FIRST CHILD IN SCHOOL, AND SO WE DO HELP THEM.

WE EXPLAIN PROCESSES IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TO THEM.

WE GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ASSUME THAT THEY KNOW WHAT A PARENT WHO'S BEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A WHILE KNOWS.

SO WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT IN PRE-K.

WE USE THE CIRCLE PROGRESS MONITORING IS THROUGH OUR CLI PROGRAM OUT OF UT HEALTH AND AUSTIN. WE ASSESS OUR STUDENTS THREE TIMES A YEAR BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END, AND THE FOCUS IS ON THEIR GROWTH.

WE LOOK AT WE HAVE MULTIPLE AREAS THAT WE COVER AND THE TEACHERS LOOK AT EACH TIME THEY'VE TAKEN THE TEST, THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY'VE GROWN.

THESE ARE THE SKILLS THAT WE ASSESS THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND WE USE THE RESULTS TO INFORM OUR INSTRUCTION WITH OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.

SO WE DO SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION WITH THEM BASED ON THEIR STRENGTHS AND THEIR IN THEIR NEEDS. SO REALLY, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN IN PRE-K, WE'RE TRACKING THEIR GROWTH. AND IF WE'RE SEEING THAT THEY'RE NOT GROWING AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD BE, WE DO SOMETHING TO INTERVENE AND ADJUST TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE CALL IT WAVE ONE AND WAVE TWO AND WAVE THREE.

THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF YEAR, MIDDLE OF YEAR AND END OF THE YEAR.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU OUR RESULTS SO FAR FOR WAVE ONE AND WAVE TWO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AS A TEAM AND WE MEET WITH OUR TEACHERS ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO SEE THIS DATA ON AN INDIVIDUAL TEACHER LEVEL, A CAMPUS LEVEL.

AND THEN THIS IS A PROGRAM LEVEL.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT DIP THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND EARLY WRITING, BUT WE GET DATA FROM THAT.

WE ASK OURSELVES WHY AND WHERE IS SUPPORT NEEDED.

AND WE DO OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AROUND THIS AND WE TALK TO OUR TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT SUPPORT THEY NEED.

SO WE LOOK AT OUR GROWTHS, WHICH ARE OUR STRENGTHS, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR MORE AREAS OF NEED AND WE MAKE A PLAN FOR THAT.

SO IS THERE A WAY TO COMPARE THIS DATA TO THE MAP DATA? OR IS IT APPLES AND ORANGES? JUST GO AHEAD.

NO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I ACTUALLY WORK WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT EXTENSIVELY ON THIS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT THEY THEY DID PUT SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER AND THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME, BASICALLY.

THEY TOOK TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS AND THEY ARE.

THEY INCLUDED US IN THE DISTRICT FIVE YEAR PLAN TO GET STUDENTS TO THIRD GRADE MASTERY ON

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AND SO THEY ARE KIND OF WORKED BACKWARD AND SAID IF A STUDENT IN PRE-K SCORES THIS ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND MATH, THEN THEY WOULD BE ON TRACK TO MEET PROGRESS IN KINDERGARTEN AND THEN ALSO THE THIRD GRADE STAAR TEST.

SO THEY THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND INCLUDING OUR PRE-K DATA IN THE LONG TERM PLAN OF HELPING STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, NOT NECESSARILY IN A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, BUT LOOK AT THE DATA OF THOSE KIDS WHO ARE IN PRE-K, THEIR GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR, INCLUDING FROM PRE-K TO TO KINDERGARTEN AND ON UP THROUGH YOUR FIRST LEVEL OF STATE LEVEL TESTING AND SEE WHAT THE SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS YIELD.

BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE IF YOU GET YOUR KIDS INTO PRE-K, YOU GET THEM STARTED EARLIER IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.

IT HAS AN EXPONENTIAL IMPACT ON THEIR GROWTH.

RIGHT. AND SO TO THE EXTENT OUR BELIEF IS SUPPORTED BY DATA, I'D LOVE TO GET THAT DATA OUT. TO OUR SCIENCE MINDED PARENTS TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, AND I THINK AGAIN, IT GETS BACK TO THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO PROVE UP THAT WE THINK OUR PROGRAM IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOUR PRE-K CHILD COULD ATTEND.

YES, AND RIGHT NOW WE DO TRACK IT TO KINDERGARTEN.

WE TAKE OUR KINDERGARTEN READINESS TEST AND WE LOOK AT HOW MANY OF THEM INCLUDED PRE-K, AND WE ANALYZE IT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVEN FARTHER UP HOW FAR THE RESULTS GO.

YEAH. ONE OBSERVATION ON THIS THIS MORNING I WAS IN A PTA COUNCIL MEETING AND THERE WERE PRINCIPALS IN THE MEETING AS WELL.

AND IT WAS IT WAS QUITE TELLING BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE SEEING AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL PIECE.

AND I SEE IT HERE IN THESE NUMBERS, AND IT'S IT'S PROBABLY ACROSS THE BOARD THAT OUR STUDENTS BEING ISOLATED IN THE PRIOR YEAR HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES COMING UP, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE FUNDING FOR THIS PIECE TO HELP SHORE UP THAT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE.

BUT I SEE IT RIGHT HERE IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD.

YES. SO IT IS A NEED THAT WE DISCUSSED AND ARE AWARE OF AND WE HAVE WE HAVE AN SEL CURRICULUM THAT WE USE, BUT IT IS A NEED TO CONTINUE TO HELP STUDENTS WITH THOSE SKILLS AND. WE ALSO HAVE A COACHING AND SUPPORT PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, WE HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS.

WE HAVE EACH OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, HAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST AT THE CAMPUS AND THEN WE HAVE A DISTRICT INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST AND THEY HAVE A COACHING PLAN THAT THEY USE TO SUPPORT THEIR TEACHERS.

WE GO INTO THE CLASSROOM MONTHLY AND WE TALK WITH THEM AND WE DISCUSS HOW THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED. WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHAT DO THEY NEED FROM US? WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, AND WE ALWAYS ARE FOCUSING ON GROWTH OF OUR PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE A HIGH RELIABILITY PROGRAM. AND WE ALSO HELP THE TEACHERS ANALYZE THEIR DATA.

ONE MORE SHORT VIDEO FOR YOU.

THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY THINK.

THIS IS JUST A 50 SECOND VIDEO THAT SHOWS AN ACTUAL GLIMPSE INTO A PRE-K CLASSROOM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO OUR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.

STUDENTS ARE IN CENTERS, SO THERE'S A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU AN ACTUAL PEEK INSIDE A CLASSROOM.

DO I MAKE IT CLICK PLAY OR? AND EVEN FROM THAT VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WORK SEL INTO EVERYTHING WE DO, EVEN

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SO WE TRY TO EMBED IN SEL STUFF INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

IN ADDITION TO BEING SCIENCE MINDED, I'M ALSO COST CONSCIOUS AND PAY FOR DAYCARE FOR AN ALMOST THREE YEAR OLD.

SO IF I WANTED TO ENROLL MY DAUGHTER IN IN PRE-K AS A FOUR YEAR OLD, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR MARKET? SO WHEN WE WERE PLANNING FOR OUR TUITION COSTS, WE WANTED TO BE CAREFUL OF OFFERING SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR FAMILIES.

BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR OWN EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER.

AND SO WE GATHERED THE PRICE OF EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER, WHICH IS I THINK LIKE 630 TO 530. AND WE ADDED IN THE PRICE OF PASR FOR PARENTS WHO WORK AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR PASR AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND TUITION.

BASICALLY, IT'S FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH WITH A $100 A MONTH DISCOUNT FOR EMPLOYEES, SO EMPLOYEES WOULD PAY 450 A MONTH.

AND WE ADDED THAT WITH PASR AND IT EQUALED ALMOST THE SAME PRICE AS THE FULL DAY DAYCARE PROGRAM. BUT THAT'S THE PRICE OF IT IS 550 A MONTH.

SO 550 A MONTH IS THE TOTAL COST FOR FULL DAY PRE-K.

YEP. THAT IS ABOUT HALF OR LESS OF WHAT I'M PAYING, I MEAN THAT THAT IS A VERY, VERY.

YEAH, WE TOOK THE.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS.

YEAH, WE TOOK THE HOURS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT ALSO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. LAUREN, THAT ALSO WAS BY DESIGN THAT WAS THAT IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE WE WANT A BETTER PRODUCT AT A BETTER PRICE AND WE WANT TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME TO US.

AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BASIC ECONOMICS.

WE THINK WE CAN DO BETTER AT A CHEAPER PRICE.

THAT'S RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

THANK YOU. PHENOMENALLY GOOD JOB.

AND I WAS A PTA MOM AT ISAACS EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL AND ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN WENT THROUGH ISAACS. SO I KNOW THAT OUR PRE-K PROGRAM IS VERY, VERY GOOD COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS WE'RE EXCELLENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR PRE-K TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY'RE READY TO ENJOY THESE KIDS.

YEAH, THANK YOU. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I WAS HERE ALONG WITH YOU WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THIS, AND I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS VALUED THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND WE DID IT BEFORE THE STATE EVER GAVE US THE FUNDING FOR IT.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WE BELIEVED IN IT.

AND I CAN REMEMBER I SEE DASH OUT THERE.

HE DID GIVE US SOME NUMBERS EARLY ON.

THEN WE SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF OUR STATE LEGISLATORS IN OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO PLANO ISD FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO DO THIS, AND I'M THANKFUL THAT WE DO GET THE FUNDING NOW FOR IT.

BUT BEFORE WE WERE STRUGGLING TO OFFER THIS WITHOUT THE STATE FUNDING PRIOR TO WHAT WAS IT? WAS IT HOUSE BILL THREE? YEAH, YEAH. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD I STILL REMEMBER YOU TRY TO GET THE MONEY BACK FROM THE STATE WHEN WE WE MAY WHEN THE STATE WANTED, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATED LIKE, WE NEED TO OFFER THAT LIKE WE ALREADY DID.

CAN WE GET MONEY BACK? I WANT TO. I WANTED PAY BACK.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE WE ARE ALL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND AND THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK HERE.

OK, SO THAT'S ONE REPORT DOWN.

LET'S DO THE SECOND REPORT.

[9.2. Student Engagement Update]

SO AT LEAST MAYBE I CAN RECOVER FROM ASHLEY'S REALLY CUTE PRESENTATION.

SO WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TONIGHT BRINGING YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, CHEER AND DRILL.

AND THESE NUMBERS MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR.

I BROUGHT THEM IN OCTOBER.

WE'VE UPDATED THEM ACCORDINGLY.

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I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE DATA UP HERE DOES NOT REPRESENT EACH STUDENT.

IT COULD BE STUDENTS COMBINED.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE COULD BE A STUDENT WHO IS ENROLLED IN BAND AND ALSO THEATER, AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS LIKE THAT.

YOU MIGHT ALSO NOTE ON THIS SCREEN THAT YOU DON'T SEE SIXTH GRADE REPRESENTED.

AS A REMINDER, WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO PROVIDE A COURSE OF FINE ARTS IN SIXTH, SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE, AND WE SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT BY HAVING OUR STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE ELECT A MUSIC EITHER BAND, ORCHESTRA OR CHOIR.

THIS HELPS, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK IT CONTRIBUTES TO RETENTION, AND YOU SEE SOME OF THESE STUDENTS CONTINUING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE IN THESE PROGRAMS. IN ATHLETICS, THIS ONE MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE FAMILIAR TO YOU AS WELL, THIS IS A RECAP OF OUR FALL SPORTS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN THOSE AREAS. AND THEN I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS.

SO FOR OUR IN-SEASON PARTICIPATION NUMBERS THIS WINTER, WE HAD BASKETBALL AT BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOCCER AND WRESTLING AT NINE THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ARE OUR BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS COMBINED FOR EACH OF THOSE.

DID IT GO? OH, HERE WE GO.

WE ALSO HAD THIS SPRING SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS PARTICIPATING IN SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. AND WE HAVE TRACK AND FIELD AT BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY TEAMS ARE IN-SEASON THIS SPRING AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN THE FALL. SO YOU SAW THOSE NUMBERS ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE.

IN TOTAL FOR OUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS FOR SEVEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE STUDENTS.

WE DO NOT HAVE DATA YET THAT SHOW HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ATHLETICS AND THE FINE ARTS OR THOSE TYPES OF CROSSOVERS, OR HOW MANY OF THEM MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN EVEN MULTIPLE SPORTS.

BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE SOME TYPE OF METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS SO THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FUTURE.

AND WE REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS SOON.

WE CANNOT FORGET OUR CHEER AND DRILL TEAM GROUPS, OUR CHEERLEADERS AND DRILL TEAMS HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY THIS PAST YEAR OR REALLY RECENTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SEASON RECRUITING FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THESE COACHES SHARE VIDEOS THEY HAVE FACE TO FACE AND ZOOM MEETINGS.

THEY OFFER CLINICS.

AND WHILE SUSAN HAYES COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, SHE HAD REPORTED THAT THE COACHES OF THESE TEAMS HAD BEEN CONTACTING HER TO LET HER KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN STUDENTS ATTENDING THESE CLINICS AND MEETINGS FOR INTEREST.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME BIGGER DRILL TEAMS AND CHEER TEAMS AS WE GO FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY ARE CURRENTLY GETTING READY TO KICK OFF THEIR TRYOUTS AND GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR. AS I MENTIONED, SUSAN IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, SO SHE SAID THAT I GOT TO GO THROUGH CHEER AND DRILL UPDATES.

I HAVE A GREAT AND AMAZING TEAM HERE THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT ALL OF THE FUN STUFF ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.

AND SUSAN SAID SELENDA READ THE SCRIPT, SO I WILL DO THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO MESS ANYTHING UP IN CHEER.

MANY OF OUR CHEER SQUADS WERE ABLE TO COMPETE THIS YEAR, AND THEY DID VERY WELL.

A FEW WERE HIGHLIGHTED UP HERE ON OUR SLIDE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEER SIGN UPS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

JUST TO NOTE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE NOT TRYOUTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

THOSE ARE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE.

CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS FOR 9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE ARE THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK, SO IT'S

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MANY OF OUR DRILL TEAMS HAVE ALSO FOUND THEMSELVES BACK ON THE COMPETITION FLOOR AND COLLECTED MANY AWARDS THIS SEASON.

THE PLANOETTES COMPLETED 15 ROUTINES AND FIVE SOLOS AND WALKED AWAY WITH A GRAND CHAMPION TEAM. THE CLARK COUGARETTES WERE AWARDED GRAND CHAMPION JV TEAM WITH INDIVIDUAL OFFICER AWARDS. THE ROYALS OF PLANO WEST WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING HIGH SCHOOL DRILL TEAM AT THEIR CONTEST, AND MANY AWARD WINNING SOLOS, DUETS AND ENSEMBLE PIECES WERE PERFORMED.

AND THEN OUR PLANO EAST GOLDEN GIRLS WON FIRST PLACE IN THEIR IN ALL OF THEIR OFFICER TEAM, AN ELITE TEAM ROUTINES.

SO THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR IN THAT PROGRAM, AND DRILL TEAM TRYOUTS ARE GOING TO BE CONCLUDED THIS WEEK.

I AM GETTING READY TO TURN THIS OVER TO SOME AWESOME TEAMMATES OF MINE, LAURA GRUNDLER, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR, IS OUR COORDINATOR FOR VISUAL ARTS.

JEREMY KONDRAT IS OUR COORDINATOR FOR MUSIC ORCHESTRA BAND.

AND THEN FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE JEFF SMITH, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING IN THOSE AREAS.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PARDON ME.

IT'S DELIGHTFUL TO BE WITH YOU HERE HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS THUS FAR THIS YEAR.

LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THOSE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT TO START WITH.

AS AS SELENDA SAID, WE'RE KIND OF STANDING IN ALSO FOR KATHY KUDDES, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, AND GREG ARP, WHO IS OUR COORDINATOR OF THEATER.

SO LAURA IS GREG ARP FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND I WILL BE GREG ARP FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND I'LL ALSO BE KATHY KUDDES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT ANY COSTUMES ON FOR YOU.

SO. SO OUR GREAT GREAT NEWS TO START WITH.

JUST RECENTLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD 47 STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD THAT WERE INVITED TO PERFORM WITH THE ALL STATE ENSEMBLES AT THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION AND CLINIC.

THOSE STUDENTS WERE IN BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA AND SPENT SOME LOVELY TIMES DOWN AT TMEA AND DR. ANDERSON AND DR.

WILLIAMS AND SUPERINTENDENT BONSER WERE ABLE TO JOIN US DOWN THERE AND SAW WHAT A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE THAT IS FOR KIDS.

SO. WE ALSO HAD TWO GROUPS THAT WERE INVITED GROUPS TO PERFORM AT THE STATE MUSIC CONVENTION AND THOSE WERE THE PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIXED CHOIR AND THE RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL TREBLE CHOIR.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOTH WERE REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES AND BROUGHT TEARS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EYES, FRANKLY.

AND I THINK THAT OUR UPPER ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY GOT A SPECIAL SERENADE FROM THE RENNER LADIES LIKE OUT IN FRONT OF MCDONALD'S OR SOMETHING.

THAT WASN'T THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES DOWN THERE WAS THAT THE THE PLANO EAST CHOIR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME OF OUR TEACHERS AND WE HAD A COUPLE OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS THAT PLAYED ONE OF THE PLANO EAST ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS PLAYED ONE OF THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS PLAYED JOHN BRENNAN, WHO'S THE BAND DIRECTOR AT PLANO EAST, PLAYED AS WELL.

AND IT WAS A HUGELY BEAUTIFUL, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

SO I'M SORRY IF YOU MISSED THAT PERFORMANCE, BUT THERE ARE SOME PERFORMANCES COMING UP THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT.

HEY, CAN I JUMP IN? OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATOR ASSOCIATION IN SAN ANTONIO.

YES. FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TMEA WAS.

OH, SORRY. THAT IS. NO, IT'S OK.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT ACRONYMS AROUND ALL THE TIME.

AND WE HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND THOUSAND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT CONVENTION. AND HONESTLY, IT WAS AN ENORMOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US TO HAVE THAT THIS YEAR LIVE AND IN PERSON, AND I THINK IT WAS BETTER THAN EVER.

SO WE'RE GLAD THAT OUR KIDS AND TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT.

AND IT'S SO RARE WHEN YOU GO.

IF TEACHERS GO TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO SESSIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT THE KIDS ARE THERE AND SO YOU WALK AROUND AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THE EXHIBIT HALL OR WHATEVER, LIKE THE KIDS ARE INTERACTING WITH THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SELLING INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS ARE STANDING RIGHT THERE AND THEY'RE INTERACTING

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AND IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT IN OTHER PLACES.

AND I'LL TELL YOU TO AT PLANO SENIOR, PLANO EAST PERFORMANCE.

IT WAS A REALLY TOUCHING MOMENT BECAUSE THE CONDUCTORS GET INTRODUCED BY SOMEBODY AND THE AM I RIGHT ABOUT? YES.

HE WAS INTRODUCED BY HIS OWN TEACHER.

YEAH, HIS TEACHER.

AND AND SO THEY CAME FULL CIRCLE BECAUSE THE FIRST SONG THAT PLANO EAST PERFORMED WAS A SONG THAT HE PLAYED UNDER THE OTHER DIRECTORS.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE, THEY PLAYED THE SAME PIECE OF MUSIC AND IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT.

I MEAN, IT WOULD BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE MOMENTS HAPPEN FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS AND EVEN GROWN-UP KIDS.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO QUICK QUESTION IS THE PRE TMEA CONCERT? IS IT ALREADY OVER? YES. YEAH, IT WAS BEFORE THE CONVENTION ABOUT A WEEK BEFOREHAND.

YEAH, BUT WE HAVE SOME UIL PERFORMANCES THAT ARE HAPPENING TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND THEN A BUNCH AFTER THAT, WHICH I'LL GIVE YOU THOSE DATES AS WELL.

WE HAD FANTASTIC NEWS.

A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, THE PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND WAS INVITED FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO PERFORM AT THE ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON COMPETITION, WHICH IS AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM IN MAY.

AND I WILL TELL YOU ALL THAT THIS THIS FESTIVAL IS LIKE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE BAND WORLD AND THE JAZZ WORLD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THEY LOOK AT THIS AS KIND OF THE SUPER BOWL OF HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ.

AND SO THIS IS AN ENORMOUS HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FOUR TIMES IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

WYNTON MARSALIS IS THE FAMOUS JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYER THAT CONCEIVED THIS FESTIVAL, AND IT IS PROBABLY THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER SEEN FOR KIDS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS IN FINE ARTS.

IT'S SET UP NOT NECESSARILY AS A COMPETITION, BUT A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC AND LEARNING, AND THE STUDENTS GO TO CLASSES WITH THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER.

THE PLAYERS THAT ARE THAT ARE PLAYING THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA THERE AND THEY HAVE MENTORS THAT THEY WORK WITH AND REHEARSE THE BAND AND WYNTON MARSALIS DOES A Q AND A I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND SO HAPPY THAT PRESTON PIERCE OVER THERE AND THOSE KIDS AT PLANO WEST GET TO EXPERIENCE JERI WASN'T YOUR DAUGHTER IN A BAND THAT WENT THERE? NO.

YEAH.

MAN, I MISSED ON THAT ONE, DIDN'T I? SHE WAS AN AMAZING JAZZ PIANO PLAYER THOUGH.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATE. IT'S THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY.

IT'S LIKE THE FOURTH THROUGH THE SEVENTH.

JEREMY, THIS IS A PRETTY ELITE GROUP.

YOU HAVE TO BE SELECTED TO GO RIGHT? SO THEY ARE LIKE, THEY'RE ONE OF THE TOP 10.

THEY ONLY SELECT 10 JAZZ BANDS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO, YEAH, I'M GOING TO MAKE PTA REALLY HAPPY RIGHT NOW, BUT AT THE PTA LIFE MEMBERSHIP BANQUET COMING UP ON MARCH 22ND, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE JAZZ ENSEMBLE WILL BE PERFORMING, SO THAT IS A REASON FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND.

WELL, THESE KIDS, THESE KIDS DON'T SOUND LIKE KIDS.

CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? SO THIS IS THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE FINALIST DESIGNATION, SO FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS THEY'VE BEEN A TOP 10 JAZZ ENSEMBLE IN THE COUNTRY.

YES, SIR. THAT'S AMAZING.

YEAH, YEAH. AND THEY PARTICIPATED IN IT LAST YEAR REMOTELY TO FULFILL THAT.

YEAH, INCREDIBLE.

THESE KIDS ARE AMAZING. OOPS.

[INAUDIBLE] GET TO GO BACK THERE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.

NICOLE BROWN IS OUR ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, AND SHE WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE DIRECTOR OF DISTINCTION BY THE TEXAS ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

AND SHE'S ACTUALLY, I THINK, GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING SO YOU MEET HER IN PERSON DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AT ARMSTRONG AND THEN ANN SMITH IS LEADING OUR ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS THE ORCHESTRA VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION.

AND THIS YEAR SHE WAS ACTUALLY NAMED THE ALUMNI OF THE YEAR FROM HER UNIVERSITY THAT SHE ATTENDED THE WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.

YEAH, I THINK OH, AND YES, YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR KIDS

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IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING OUT AND SEEING ANYTHING, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL ME, I'LL HOOK YOU UP WITH THE SCHEDULES AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS PERFORMS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE CHOIR JUST COMPLETED TODAY, ACTUALLY, AND ORCHESTRA GOES TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO LOTS OF GREAT UPCOMING PERFORMANCES.

WE'D CERTAINLY LOVE TO SEE ANY OF YOU THERE.

I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO THE ART COORDINATOR, LAURA GRUNDLER.

THANK YOU, JEREMY.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE ON JEREMY'S LAST SLIDE THERE WAS A HEART AND THE MONTH OF MARCH IS ACTUALLY FINE ARTS MONTH.

IT'S THE MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS, THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE YOUTH ART MONTH.

SO IT'S A BIG CELEBRATION IN THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR ALL OF THE FINE ARTS.

SO IT'S ESPECIALLY SPECIAL THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU ON THE FIRST MARCH.

I'M STARTING WITH SOME OF THESE THAT YOU'VE SEEN, BUT THEY'RE ALL FAIRLY RECENT RECOGNITIONS. WE RECENTLY HAD SIX WORKS FROM PLANO ISD SELECTED TO GO INTO THE NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY EXHIBIT, AND THERE WERE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND WE HAD SIX OF THOSE.

SO THE OTHER BIG THING, AND I HEARD PRESIDENT STOLLE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS EARLIER FOR THIS, BUT WE HAD RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL DIVISION FOR THE SCHOLASTIC ARTS AWARDS AND THOSE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SCHOLASTIC ARTS AND WRITING, THEY STARTED IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS.

IT'S A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD CEREMONY AND WE HAVE TWENTY TWO GOLD KEYS AND A GOLD KEY MEANS THAT YOUR WORK AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCES TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE NATIONAL JURY.

AND IF YOU WIN IN NEW YORK CITY, YOU GET A VERY LARGE MEDAL AT CARNEGIE HALL.

IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

AND WE HAD TWENTY FIVE SILVER MEDALIST AND TWENTY THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS, SO WE DID VERY WELL. AND IT WAS IT'S VERY EXCITING AND WE'LL FIND OUT USUALLY IN THE END OF APRIL WHEN ABOUT OUR NATIONAL WINNERS.

THIS WE JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK WE HAD PLANO WEST STUDENT, YUJI YASUDA, AND I HOPE I SAID IT RIGHT, AND HE WON THE HERSCHEL SUPPLY CO.

DESIGN COMPETITION A TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIP, AND IT WAS ALSO SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR HIS ORIGINAL BACKPACK DESIGN.

AND NOT ONLY WILL HE HAVE THAT TEN THOUSAND SCHOLARSHIP, HE IS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THIS WEEK.

I'M LEAVING THERE TOMORROW OR LEAVING HERE TO GO THERE TOMORROW, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. BUT BEYOND THAT, HERSCHEL IS GOING TO FLY HIM TO VANCOUVER TO WORK WITH THEIR DESIGN TEAM, SO HE WILL HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THAT DESIGN TEAM.

JUST IN EARLY FEBRUARY, WE PARTICIPATED IN OUR REGIONAL VASE.

VASE STANDS FOR VISUAL SCHOLASTIC ARTS EVENT.

IT'S A HUGE.

OUR REGION IS HUGE.

IT IS THE LARGEST REGION IN THE STATE OVER USUALLY OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED PIECES OF ARTWORK SUBMITTED. WE HAVE THIRTY ONE OF OUR PIECES GOING ON TO THE STATE LEVEL AND THEY WILL BE ON. I THINK IT'S APRIL TWENTY NINTH THAT WILL BE IN SAN MARCOS WITH THOSE STUDENTS.

AND THAT IS A LIVE EVENT.

IT'S WHERE THE KIDS GET TO GO, DO ALL KINDS OF WORKSHOPS.

THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE POSSIBILITIES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

THEY DO DESIGN CHALLENGES, ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THEIR WORK IS JURY TO GET A STATE AWARD.

SO IT'S YOUTH ART MONTH AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND THEY PUT ON A STATE CAPITAL EXHIBIT FOR YOUTH ART MONTH AT THE BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM.

AND THERE'S TYPICALLY 100 PIECES SELECTED FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE IN THIS SHOW.

AND WE HAVE THREE.

TWO FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH AND 1 FROM PLANO EAST.

AND THAT IS GOING UP ACTUALLY THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.

SO THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A FEW.

SO IT'S YOUTH ART MONTH.

WE DO CELEBRATE BIG ART DAY, WHICH IS THIS WEEK.

IT'S A STATEWIDE CELEBRATION OF ART, AND A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES DO SOMETHING AT OPEN HOUSE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT FALLS ON OPEN HOUSE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LOCAL YOUTH ART MONTH EXHIBITS, WHICH ARE GOING UP THIS WEEK AS WELL, SO THOSE WILL BE ON EXHIBIT AT SOCKWELL AND AT COURTYARD THEATER IN DOWNTOWN PLANO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING BY AND SEEING THOSE, THEY'RE OPEN DURING REGULAR BUSINESS

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AND THEN WE HAVE OUR AP SENIOR EXHIBIT COMING UP AND JUNIOR VASE, WHICH IS OUR SIXTH GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE VERSION OF VASE AND THEN STATE VASE.

AND I AM GOING TO DO THEATER, TOO.

I'M GOING TO BE GREG ARP. SIDE NOTE, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'M A THEATER MOM. MY SON IS IN.

HE'S AT CLARK. HE'S A FRESHMAN.

SO AND HE LIVES AND BREATHES THEATER.

IF YOU KNOW THEATER KIDS THAT THEY ARE, IT'S LIKE THEY THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE.

WE HAVE HAD JUST AMAZING MUSICALS.

I THINK I HEARD DR.

YES, IT WAS HEATHER THAT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.

WE'VE HAD SOME AMAZING PRODUCTIONS THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

MOST OF THEM ARE IN FEBRUARY, AND THESE DIRECTORS HAVE OVERCOME SO MUCH WITH THE COVID SURGE AND ICE, WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE SEVERAL SHOWS AND THEY JUST KEPT TROOPING ON AND GOING. AND THESE, IF YOU EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THESE THEATER PRODUCTIONS, THEY ARE BAR NONE UNBELIEVABLE.

FROM FROM THE SETS TO THE KIDS AND THE ACTING AND THE SINGING.

AND IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MUSICAL THEATER IN PARTICULAR IS THAT WE SEE OUR CHOIR TEACHERS AND OUR DANCE TEACHERS AND OUR THEATER TEACHERS ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND OUR ART TEACHERS WORKING ON THE SET. IT'S REALLY THE TIME WHEN WE REALLY COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL.

AND I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE TO YOU, BUT IT'S REALLY A GREAT THING.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A KIDS' PRODUCTION AT SAIGLING ELEMENTARY, SO I DID NOT GET TO SEE IT, BUT I HEARD IT WAS AMAZING.

THAT'S THE ONE I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT.

THAT'S AMAZING THAT I MEAN, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAD ELEMENTARY KIDS AND WE'VE ALL SEEN THE TURKEY SHOW WHATEVER, FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY PUT ON A MUSICAL WITH A STORY AND SONGS AND EVERYTHING. PUTTING ON PRODUCTION IS AMAZING.

AND THEY BUILT THE SETS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, I KNOW MY KIDS WENT TO STINSON AND THEY DID A PLAY EVERY YEAR THERE, SO IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A MUSICAL, BUT.

TURKEY SHOW DOESN'T COUNT.

NO, NO.

TYPICALLY, AT STINSON THEY DO A MUSICAL AS WELL.

YEAH, SO I DIDN'T SEE HENDRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS DIRECTED BELOVED FAIRY TALES.

IS IT THERE? I DON'T THINK SO.

I DID NOT.

I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE. I WAS THERE UNLESS I WAS GONNA SAY HALLUCINATING.

MAYBE IT'S THE UIL.

IS IT UIL? IT'S THEATER PERFORMANCE.

STUDENT DIRECTED IS AT HENDRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I DON'T.

YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE IT.

SORRY, THAT'S OK.

MY KIDS GO TO HENDRICK, SO.

AND THEY ALSO DID WIZARD OF OZ EARLIER THIS YEAR, HENDRICK DID SO, YEAH.

SO IN TERMS OF THEATER PRODUCTIONS, IT'S NOT JUST MUSICALS, WE HAVE ONE ACT PLAYS AND THE ONE ACT PLAYS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE HAD SHEPTON TAKE FIRST PLACE, PLANO EAST IB TAKE SECOND PLACE AND CLARK TAKE THIRD PLACE.

AND THEN THE UIL SENIOR HIGHS ARE COMING UP THIS WEEK AND WE'D LOVE YOU TO BE THERE FOR THAT TOO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

ARE THOSE THE UIL PLAYS? YES. SO IB HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE PRODUCTION? BECAUSE THEY'RE NINE THROUGH.

YEAH, YEAH. OH, INTERESTING.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. IN FACT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T LIST ON OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, BUT WE DO AN IB SHOWCASE FOR THE FINE ARTS.

IT'S IN THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL, AND IT'S WHERE THE DANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE IB DANCE, IB ART AND IB THEATER, AND WE DO A SHOWCASE WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER, THOSE KIDS AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE NIGHT. AND WE HAVE A BIG RECEPTION, USUALLY AT THE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AT THE COURTYARD THEATER THIS YEAR.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, YOU'RE NOT, GREG.

I'LL DO MY BEST. ISN'T THAT THERE'S A HUGE AWARD CEREMONY THAT USUALLY HAPPENS LIKE IN MAY WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE THE TOP MUSICAL, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.

WHEN DO WE FIND OUT WHO'S NOMINATED OR I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. RIGHT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE FIND OUT, BUT I FEEL LIKE USUALLY IT'S LATE SPRING. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, OK? WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW WE DID, SINCE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEATER? THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR SPEECH.

SO I'M GREG ARP NOW.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FEW SPEECH SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. JOSEPH CHARLES, FORGIVE ME IF I IF I DON'T SAY THIS CORRECTLY, D'ANTUONO AND RAHUL PENUMETCHA OF PLANO EAST ARE UIL CX DEBATE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND ARE ON THEIR WAY TO UIL

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WE HAD 89 HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT, AND THAT WILL BE MARCH 9TH THROUGH THE 13TH. CAN SEE THEIR LOVELY PICTURES.

YOU'RE STILL GREG NOW, RIGHT? I AM STILL GREG, SO CAN YOU ASK THE OTHER, GREG, JUST IN TERMS OF WHEN I WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL A VERY LONG TIME AGO, I MET ONE OF THE SPEECH TEACHERS THAT DOES THE DEBATE AT JASPER AND TOLD ME ABOUT KIND OF THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT HE EXPERIENCED AND THE DEBATE TEAM. AT LEAST THERE AND I GUESS ON THE WEST SIDE, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A DEBATE STORY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, EAST, WEST, SENIOR, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

I ONLY REALLY HEARD ABOUT THAT PROGRAM THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAN GO IN A BOARD UPDATE LIKE THE WEEKLY UPDATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'VE GRADUATED UP.

I KNOW IT WENT FROM NOT A LOT TO GOING TO NEW YORK FOR NATIONALS.

RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS PLANO DIDN'T DO THAT NOW.

PLANO DOES THAT, AND THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

AND JUST KIND OF TELLING THE STORY.

WE TALK ABOUT ROTC EARLIER TODAY AND THAT HISTORY OF SUCCESS AND LEGACY OF SUCCESS.

THERE'S A LONG LEGACY. AND I THINK THE DEBATE IN PLANO PLANO ISD HAS A HISTORY AND A LEGACY OF SUCCESS AT ITS BUILDING, AND I'D LIKE TO NOT JUST TELL THAT STORY, BUT KNOW THAT STORY MYSELF. SURE, WE'LL DEFINITELY PASS THAT ON TO MR. ARP. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO IN LOOKING AND I, HEATHER, MAYBE YOU HAVE THIS ANSWER AND FINDING BECAUSE WE DO ALL OUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW FOR OUR PERFORMANCES, CORRECT? THAT'S JUST PAID PERFORMANCES, RIGHT? NOT ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCES.

FREE FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. IT HAD TO HAVE.

I MEAN, OUR WEBSITE IS SO FULL AND RICH.

THE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE EASY ACCESS TO KNOW IS IT'S CALLED HOMETOWN.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. THAT'S WHERE YOU GO BUY ALL OF YOU SEARCH PISD, ALL THE SHOWS SHOW UP.

THANK YOU. YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

WE ALSO HAD SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH HONORS, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOSTS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT.

FIRST PLACE SWEEPSTAKES WENT TO RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 2ND PLACE WAS MURPHY.

THIRD PLACE WENT TO ROBINSON.

WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE ALSO HAD A TOURNAMENT THAT THEY HOSTED AND THE FIRST PLACE WENT TO RICE. SECOND PLACE WENT TO MURPHY AND THE THIRD PLACE WENT TO ROBINSON AND SCHIMELPFENIG.

AND THEN SCHIMELPFENIG HOSTED AN EVENT LIKE THAT AS WELL.

AND RICE, MURPHY, SCHIMELPFENIG WERE THE TOP THREE PLACES THERE.

PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT WILL BE COMING UP ON MARCH THE 19TH, SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE.

BEFORE WE GET TO ATHLETICS.

I JUST I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY EAGER, AREN'T YOU, JEFF? I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU ALL FROM OUR DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO LEAD THE DISTRICT AND LEAD ALL OF US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT BEEN THANKED ENOUGH FOR YOUR ENERGY IN YOUR TIME AND YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS.

SO FROM ALL OF US, THANK YOU.

I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE IS THAT OUR KIDS ARE TOGETHER AND THEY ARE PERFORMING EVERY DAY IN REHEARSALS AND THEY ARE PERFORMING CONCERTS.

AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A NEW REFRESHED JOY AND SINCERITY IN WHAT THEY DO AND THOSE GROUPS AND THE LOVE THAT THEY HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE LOVE THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE ART THAT THEY CREATE. SO WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME SUCCESSES.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

AND THIS IS JEFF SMITH.

OH, I HAD ONE OTHER THING.

SORRY, THIS IS THIS IS MY SEGUE INTO THE JEFF SMITH STORY.

SO I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR KIDS THAT STARTED IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY PAVED THE WAY AND THOSE WERE OUR ARE MARCHING BAND STUDENTS.

SUSAN HAYES, DRILL TEAMS AND CHEER TEAMS. AND JEFF SMITH'S FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND AP ART.

BUT THOSE TEACHERS AND THOSE STUDENTS WERE WARRIORS OVER THE LAST TWO SUMMERS, AND THEY SET UP A LOT OF SUCCESS AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A LOT OF THINGS TO MAKE THE YEAR WORK.

SO THANKS TO YOU.

HE WAS A GREAT GUY TO CALL AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

YEAH. WELL, I CAN SAY TO TO REITERATE THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST ALLOWING US TO COME AND BRAG ON OUR KIDS AND BRAG ON OUR PROGRAMS. AND THOSE WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU AND ALLOWING US TO DO WHAT WE LOVE TO DO AND WORK WITH KIDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOUR SUPPORT.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE SAID, WHAT JEREMY SAID THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING. NO BETTER PLACE THAN IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY NEED THEM NOW MORE THAN EVER.

AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN SO MANY LIFE LESSONS.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF AWARDS ON THESE SLIDES IN DIFFERENT ACCOLADES.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY BUILD IN THEIR JOURNEY, ABOUT LEARNING TO BECOME A YOUNG MAN OR YOUNG LADY.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

WE TRULY WANT TO CREATE BETTER ATHLETES, BUT BETTER PEOPLE, BETTER MUSICIANS, BETTER THEATER PEOPLE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH.

JUST A FEW THINGS TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO TALK ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR AND WE'RE STILL GOING.

I'VE BEEN GETTING TEXTS TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GAMES GOING ON TONIGHT.

WE'VE GOT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AT PLANO WEST AND A DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS TONIGHT IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND BELIEVE MURPHY HAD A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT, SO MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD A GOOD NIGHT TONIGHT.

SO A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON THERE AND WE LOVE TO PLAY THOSE AT OUR SENIOR HIGH SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET A CHANCE, WE GET EVERYBODY OUT TO CHEER ON THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SOCCER GAMES GOING ON TONIGHT.

WE'RE IN THE KIND OF THE BACK END OF SOCCER SEASON, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.

SO A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF BACK UP, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF REVIEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, BUT GOING BACK TO EVEN VOLLEYBALL SEASON AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

SO WE WILL KIND OF GO BACKWARDS AND WORK OUR WAY AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME DATES AT THE END. BUT WE REALLY IMPROVED A LOT IN VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR.

JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT SPORT PARTICULAR.

ALL THREE OF OUR TEAMS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT.

THE TWO TEAMS THAT I HAVE ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE ARE PLANO SENIOR, WHO REALLY INCREASED THEIR WIN TOTAL THIS YEAR.

THEY FINISHED 20 AND 16 AND ENDED UP TYING FOR FOURTH.

AND WHEN YOU TIE FOR A FOURTH PLACE IN DISTRICT PLAY, YOU HAVE TO EITHER FLIP A COIN OR PLAY A GAME. YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE THE TOP FOUR TEAMS IN ATHLETICS TO THE POSTSEASON.

AND SO WE FINISHED FOURTH AND WE ENDED UP PLAYING A GAME FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT, AND PLANO LOST THAT GAME, BUT JUST A GOOD YEAR BY THE WILDCATS AND THEIR VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR. PLANO WEST HAD ANOTHER GREAT YEAR, GOING THIRTY ONE AND EIGHT OVERALL.

THEY WERE THE DISTRICT 6-6A CHAMPS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF OURS.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, IS JUST DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT OUR DISTRICT IS VERY HARD.

YOU GUYS KNOW WE'RE IN 6-6A AND WE PLAY GREAT PROGRAMS. US BEING ONE OF THEM WHEN WE PLAY OURSELVES.

BUT WE PLAY THE LEWISVILLE SCHOOLS, WE PLAY COPPELL AND THEN WE MATCH UP IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST THE ALLEN DISTRICT AND THE MCKINNEY'S AND PROSPER.

SO YOU GUYS KNOW, COLLIN COUNTY AND OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES ARE OUTSTANDING IN ATHLETICS OVERALL. OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM ENDED UP LOSING THE REGIONAL QUARTERFINAL.

THEY WERE THE QUARTERFINAL CHAMPS, BUT THEY LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS.

AND SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT YEAR FOR BOTH OF OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS. CROSS COUNTRY ALSO A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, WE HAD ALL THREE SENIOR HIGHS HAVE REPRESENTATION AT THE REGIONAL MEET, WHICH WAS OUT IN LUBBOCK.

THAT'S A GREAT TRIP.

WHENEVER YOU QUALIFY TO I'VE DISTRICT TO GET TO THE REGIONAL MEET, YOU GO OUT TO LUBBOCK AND OUR KIDS DID VERY WELL OUT THERE.

WE HAD GRACIE LADNER FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH THAT QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS AND SHE PLACED EIGHTH OUT THERE. WE HAD TWO YOUNG LADIES FROM PLANO EAST THAT ALSO QUALIFIED AND GOT TO TAKE THE TRIP OUT TO REGIONALS AND THEN PLANO WEST.

OUR BOYS TEAM REALLY SHOWED GREAT PROMISE AND WE WERE THE 6-6A CHAMPS IN THE BOYS DIVISION. THEY WERE ALSO THE REGIONAL CHAMPS, AND THEN THEY FINISHED SEVENTH OVERALL IN THE STATE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SILVER MEDALIST, HUDSON HEKKINEN WHO HAD QUALIFIED THE YEAR BEFORE IN STATE AND GOT A CHANCE TO COME BACK THIS YEAR.

AND HE ENDED UP GETTING THE SILVER MEDAL AND HAD A GREAT GREAT FINISH TO HIS SENIOR YEAR.

TEAM TENNIS, WE CELEBRATED THESE GUYS EARLIER THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THAT WAS A VERY FUN RIDE BY THIS TEAM AND A LOT TO CELEBRATE A STORIED PROGRAM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT HAS SUCCESS EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

EXCITED ABOUT THE SPRING.

YOU KNOW, WE PLAY FALL TEAM TENNIS IN THE FALL AND THEN WE PLAY INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, TENNIS IN THE SPRING WHERE YOU'LL SEE EACH EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY COMPETING IN THE SINGLES OR THE DOUBLES, BUT EXCITED ABOUT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND WHAT THEY

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OUR GIRLS BASKETBALL, YOU GUYS I KNOW, HAVE PROBABLY BEEN FOLLOWING A LOT OF THE BASKETBALL SCORES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CITY, AND IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BOTH ON THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS SIDE.

A LOT OF SUCCESS IN BASKETBALL AND WE JUST FINISHED THAT UP, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PAST WEEKEND. BUT LOOKING BACK ON IT, ALL THREE OF OUR GIRLS TEAMS WERE TREMENDOUS THIS YEAR ALL DID MADE HUGE IMPROVEMENTS.

PLANO SENIOR HIGH FINISHED TWENTY SIX AND 10 OVERALL AND WERE BI-DISTRICT CHAMPS AND THEN PLANO EAST FINISHED 25 - FIVE OVERALL AND WERE THE DISTRICT 6-6A CHAMPS, SO WE HAD TWO TEAMS FROM PLANO ADVANCE TO THE PLAYOFFS.

PLANO EAST WERE AREA CHAMPS AND THEY ENDED UP LOSING TO DENTON BRASWELL ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WHO IS PLAYING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

BUT A GREAT SEASON BY BOTH OF THESE TEAMS AND BOTH PROGRAMS. ON THE GUYS SIDE, I TOOK THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THIS WE PLAYED HERE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO UP AT ALLEN FOR THE FOR THE BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST PROSPER.

BUT PLANO SENIOR HIGH OF OUR THREE SENIOR HAS EMERGED AS AS A VERY HAD A GREAT YEAR AND A TEAM THAT WAS UNDEFEATED, HAD AN UNDEFEATED SEASON UNTIL THE VERY LAST GAME THEY PLAYED, WHICH WAS LAST WEEKEND.

AND, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVED A NUMBER SEVEN STATE RANKING.

THEY WERE ALSO DISTRICT 6-6A CHAMPS WITH AN UNDEFEATED SEASON AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAD QUITE A TURNOUT. WE WENT AND PLAYED LAKE HIGHLANDS THIS PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND LOST BY TWO POINTS. AND THEY'RE PLAYING TONIGHT, ACTUALLY AGAINST MCKINNEY.

IF YOU FOLLOW COLLIN COUNTY BASKETBALL, WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE TOP RANKED TEAMS IN COLLIN COUNTY, ALL IN OUR AREA, THE RICHARDSON SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOLS, THE MCKINNEY SCHOOLS.

AND SO IT'S A SHAME THAT WE ALL HAVE TO PLAY EACH OTHER AND BEAT UP ON EACH OTHER BEFORE WE GET DOWN TO AUSTIN. BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT IS UP HERE IN DFW, BUT REALLY PROUD OF THE WILDCATS.

INCREDIBLE SEASON.

COACH CHRISTIAN, HIS STAFF DID A GREAT JOB AND WE WERE DISTRICT CHAMPS AND BI-DISTRICT CHAMPS, BUT CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT AGAINST LAKE HIGHLANDS, BUT EXCITED ABOUT OUR FAN BASE . THEY WERE AWESOME. THEY CAME OUT AND REALLY SUPPORTED AND PACKED OUT THE GYM.

WE PLAYED AT LOWE'S FIELDHOUSE DOWN IN DALLAS LAST WEEK AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD I'VE SEEN IN THERE IN A LONG TIME.

WRESTLING, YOU GUYS.

WE GOT TO ALSO CELEBRATE SOME DISTRICT WRESTLERS LAST YEAR, SOME STATE CHAMPION STATE CHAMPION LAST YEAR'S RECALL.

WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE KIDS BACK THIS YEAR AND REALLY ALL THREE PROGRAMS QUALIFIED KIDS FOR REGIONALS. PLANO SENIOR HAD ONE STATE QUALIFIER YOUNG LADY THAT WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. THAT DID VERY WELL DOWN THERE IN HER FIRST YEAR WRESTLING, PLANO EAST HAD A REALLY A BREAKOUT YEAR OF ALL THREE SENIOR HIGHS IN THE BOYS TEAM, WERE THE DISTRICT RUNNER UP, WE HAD 15 REGIONAL QUALIFIERS, THREE STATE QUALIFIERS AND [INAUDIBLE].

WE FINISHED FIFTH AT THE STATE MEET JUST LAST, I GUESS TWO WEEKENDS AGO.

AND SO AND THEN PLANO WEST, WE DID CROWN STATE CHAMPION.

FARIED MOBARAK WON HIS WEIGHT CLASS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHICH WHICH IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE, YOU KNOW, A STATE CHAMP IN ALL OF TEXAS IN 6A.

AND THEN BROOKE ZEJDA WAS A SILVER MEDALIST AND JUST CAME UP A LITTLE BIT SHORT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. BUT AGAIN, PLANO WEST HAD ANOTHER GREAT YEAR, BUT WE QUALIFIED MORE WRESTLERS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE, AND YOU LOOK AT OUR PARTICIPATION NUMBERS EARLIER.

WRESTLING IS ONE OF THOSE SPORTS THAT'S REALLY GROWING IN TEXAS, AND OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING UP. THE GIRLS OUR GIRLS PROGRAM IS GROWING.

OUR BOYS PROGRAM IS GROWING AND COACHES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH IN WRESTLING.

SWIM AND DIVE. ALL THREE SENIOR HIGHS AGAIN, OUTSTANDING JOB THIS YEAR.

PLANO SENIOR HAD SIX REGIONAL QUALIFIERS, ONE STATE QUALIFIER EMMA HRASKO.

SHE DIDN'T.

LAST YEAR DURING COVID, THEY ONLY TOOK SO MANY BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIONS THEY ONLY LET SO MANY ADVANCE. SO, SO EXCITING THIS YEAR FOR SOME OF THE KIDS THAT DIDN'T GET TO GET OUT LAST YEAR. GET GET TO THE STATE MEET.

PLANO EAST HAD 11 REGIONAL QUALIFIERS TWO STATE QUALIFIERS.

GIO LINSCHEER WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 500 FREE, SO HE'S JUST AN OUTSTANDING SENIOR, OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN AND REALLY DID A GREAT JOB FOR PLANO EAST AND FINISHED STRONG. AND THEN PLANO WEST HAD A STATE CHAMPION RELAY TEAM, THE 200 MEDLEY WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WON BY A COUPLE OF SECONDS.

IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.

SO YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO MEET THOSE THAT TEAM HERE PRETTY SOON.

AND VERY EXCITING.

ALMOST BEAT THE STATE RECORD.

THE 6A RECORD WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THE 6A TIME, BUT THEY BROUGHT A WHOLE TEAM OF 12 WELL, 12 TO THE REGIONAL AND SIX TO THE STATE MEET.

AND THEN WATSON WIN.

NGUYEN WATSON, I HAVE THAT BACKWARDS.

HE'S ACTUALLY WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 100 METER BREASTSTROKE, SO WE FINISHED SWIM

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A LOT LIKE THESE COMPETITIONS THAT YOU'VE HEARD OF.

PRETTY AWESOME WHEN WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND SEE THAT IN PERSON, IT'S A PRETTY AWESOME EVENT.

SEEING OUR KIDS COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND JUST SOME UPDATES TO AS FAR AS WHAT'S COMING WITH WINTER AND SPRING.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOCCER.

WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD SOCCER TEAMS IN TOWN.

PLANO SENIOR HIGH BOYS ARE IN FIRST PLACE RIGHT NOW.

PLANO WEST GIRLS ARE IN FOURTH THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR ONE OF THOSE PLAYOFF SPOTS.

PLANO EAST AND PLANO WEST BOYS ARE IN THE PLAYOFF MIX, SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT FOUR GAMES LEFT, SO WE'VE GOT THE PLAYOFFS TO START AROUND MARCH TWENTY FIFTH, SO BE A GREAT CHANCE TO COME AND CHECK THEM OUT.

TENNIS WE START DISTRICT AROUND MARCH THE 30TH AND 31ST.

THAT'S OUR DISTRICT MATCH AND SO THEY STILL HAVE A FEW MORE MATCHES TO GO TILL WE GET TO THAT GOLF THEIR DISTRICT MEET, THOUGH THEY'RE PLAYING TOURNAMENTS RIGHT NOW.

THE GIRLS ARE APRIL SIX AND EIGHT AND THE BOYS ARE THE 28TH AND TWENTY NINTH OF MARCH, SO THAT'S SOME BIG COMPETITIONS COMING UP FOR THEM AND THEN SOFTBALL.

WE BEGIN DISTRICT ON MARCH THE 8TH AND BASEBALL MARCH THE SIXTEENTH AND TRACK AND FIELD.

WE HAVE TRACK.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO BIG MEETS AT KIMBROUGH STADIUM, WHICH IS A GREAT TRACK COMPLEX.

AND I WOULD SAY THIS I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH THE APRIL 6TH AND 7TH.

WE HAVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL MEET.

WE'LL HAVE ALL 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS OUT THERE.

SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING AWESOME APRIL, APRIL 6TH AND 7TH, WATCHING ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE COMPETE IS PRETTY FUN TO WATCH.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE WE HAVE OUR PISD MEET ON APRIL, THE I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH TWENTY NINE AND WE HAVE OUR TRACK MEET FOR DISTRICT ON APRIL 13TH AND 14TH.

SO SOME EXCITING THINGS COMING.

WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HOW WE FINISH THE SPRING.

AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEAMS AND ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF QUICK.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST HAVE A COMMENT, I'M SO IMPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW ALL THAT YOU DO ABOUT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND SPORTS THAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S QUITE AN ARRAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE HOW WE CALLED THIS THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND I KNOW DASH, YOU'RE OUT THERE.

YOU'VE GIVEN US NUMBERS IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IMPROVES AND PROVIDES HIGH ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMICALLY.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL THREE FOR THIS.

AND GREG, IN HIS ABSENCE, RIGHT, WE'LL GET BACK AT HIM.

BUT THIS IS AMAZING STUFF, AND I'M PROBABLY TALKING TOO MUCH ON THE OTHER BOARD.

MEMBERS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS ENGAGEMENT AND ESPECIALLY NOW AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TO SEE THESE KIDS ACCOMPLISH.

WHAT THEY HAVE IS TRULY AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE REPORTS.

THIS WAS AMAZING STUFF.

THANK YOU. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID IT.

IT BRINGS A LOT OF JOY.

AFTER COMING OFF OF COVID SEEING OUR KIDS WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES COMPETING OR NO MATTER IF IT'S AT A FINE ART COMPETITION OR AT AN ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY AWESOME TO SEE FRIDAY NIGHTS STADIUMS FULL GYMS FULL OF PEOPLE EXCITED, CHEERING ON, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S BEEN COOL TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME OUT AND GET BEHIND THESE TEAMS AND ALL THESE GREAT STUDENTS IN FINE ARTS AND SUPPORT THEM.

AND AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.

WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, I, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE FINE ARTS AND THE ATHLETICS AND THEATER AND EVERYTHING, ALL THREE CLUSTERS ARE KILLING IT.

RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, FROM PLANO EAST AT THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHOIR PERFORMING AT THE STATE COMPETITION TO PLANO WEST TENNIS CHAMPIONS.

AND THEN THE REMARKABLE SEASON THAT PLANO SENIOR HIGH BASKETBALL HAD YOU LOOK ACROSS THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT.

IT'S NOT ISOLATED IN ANY ONE AREA.

IT'S ACROSS ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GIVING STUDENTS A SENSE OF BELONGING, RIGHT, AND EVERY CLUSTER HAS SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF AND ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY LOOK UP TO MIDDLE, LOOK UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, MY SON CAN SEE THE SUCCESS OF THE PLANO WEST TENNIS TEAM WERE ZONED FOR WEST.

[INAUDIBLE] PLANO WEST SENT A TEAM THAT'S INSPIRING, RIGHT? THAT'S INSPIRING TO THE YOUNGER KIDS AND IN THOSE CLUSTERS AND THE SUCCESS OF THOSE CLUSTERS. SO GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT JOB TO YOU GUYS AND OUR TEACHERS.

OH, YEAH. OUR TEACHERS, OUR COACHES, THE BOOSTERS AND THE PARENTS, RIGHT, GETTING TO AND

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WONDERFUL. LOVE THAT ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, YOU GUYS ARE KILLING IT AND THE TEACHERS.

I AM GOING TO BE SENDING YOU.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IN THE NEXT BOARD UPDATE.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME PIECES IN A SLIDESHOW.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE OFFICE OR I'M GOING TO BE DOING THIS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AS WELL, THEY'VE ASKED, THEY'RE GOING TO SELECT SOME PIECES AND WE'RE GOING TO PRINT THOSE BECAUSE THE KIDS GET TO RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL WORK.

BUT WE CAN MAKE PRINTS AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE THAT MATTED AND HUNG.

YES.

NANCY, I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU SAID, THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION.

THEY ACTUALLY COMPILE THE AVERAGE SAT SCORES AND THEN THEY PRESENT WHAT THE AVERAGE SAT SCORES ARE FOR EACH OF THE ENSEMBLES.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING DATA THAT PROVES HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT BEING IN FINE ARTS HAS IMPACTS THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH ANY OF YOU.

WELL, VERY TRUE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, MUSIC IS MATH.

IT TRULY IS.

AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETIC.

YOU KNOW, SPORTS THAT OUR KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN, ENGAGES THEIR BRAIN, AND THEY LEARN THEY'RE OPEN TO LEARNING AND THEY'RE ENGAGED WITH THEIR FRIENDS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO I'VE.

I CURRENTLY HAVE A JV TENNIS PLAYER, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, JEFF, YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AT ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE COVERED SO MANY SPORTS IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, THAT YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENALLY GOOD JOB OF ACTUALLY HAVING MORE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THIS YEAR. AND I WANT TO SAY OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, MY SON WAS IN BAND AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND THE THING IS THAT OUR PROGRAM IS AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE FINE ARTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT JUST IN TERMS OF A COMMON THEME THAT I NOTICED AMONG THE THREE OF YOU. AND THAT'S THE HUMAN TOUCH, THE ENGAGEMENT, SOMETHING THAT WAS LACKING FOR SO LONG, NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR SEEING AND THE TEACHERS ARE SEEING SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN STUDENTS SUCCESS AND DEMEANOR AND OVERALL HAPPINESS BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPETE AND BE AMONG THEIR PEERS AND GET BACK TO HOW THINGS SHOULD BE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE, AND THAT'S SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE OF HOPE TO, I THINK, TO US AS TRUSTEES KNOWING THAT THAT'S SUCH A HUGE PART.

AND I THINK PART OF THE PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT IS THE KIDS THAT ARE NOT ENGAGED IN THESE TYPE OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

HOW DO WE GET THEM INVOLVED? AND THEN FOR THE ONES THAT JUST AREN'T, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THEM TO HELP THEM B ECAUSE WE KNOW, AS NANCY TALKED ABOUT, THAT THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN INVOLVEMENT IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND HIGHER TEST SCORES AND PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HIGHER HAPPINESS AND BEHAVIORAL CORRELATION THERE AS WELL.

AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO DO THAT, BUT I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE AMONG THEIR PEERS AND THE TEACHERS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE TOGETHER, AND THAT JUST MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE.

SO, JEREMY, A MINUTE AGO YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE THE SAT SCORES, AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE, I WONDER IF YOU COULD SAY THAT AGAIN.

SO THAT'S ON THE RECORDING.

THANK YOU. IS THIS ON? YES. SURE, I JUST MENTIONED THAT THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION COLLECTS ALL OF THE SAT SCORES OF EVERY STUDENT THAT'S INVITED TO PERFORM AS AN ALL STATE MEMBER EACH YEAR, AND THEN THEY COMPARE THAT TO THE AVERAGE TEXAS SCORE AND THE AVERAGE NATIONAL SCORE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE TMEA WEBSITE.

IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER ADVOCACY.

IT'S REALLY POWERFUL DATA.

THANKS FOR SAYING THAT AGAIN.

YOU BET. THANK YOU. I BASICALLY REMEMBER WHEN OUR KIDS ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR AND THE BAND DIRECTOR.

YOU KNOW, WE MAY TRY TO RECRUIT THESE KIDS.

ACTUALLY, KIDS DO GET THOSE INFORMATION LIKE THEY PERFORM ABSOLUTELY BETTER ACADEMICALLY WHEN THEY ARE MORE ENGAGED IN OUR ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW LIKE HOW THANKFUL I AM.

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LIKE, YOU KNOW, OURS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU LOSE SOMETHING, HAVE YOU OR HAVE LESS ACCESS TO SOMETHING AND THEN YOU COME TO APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE IT EVEN MORE. SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY HELP YOU NEED.

PLEASE SPEAK UP.

AND WE WANT MORE KIDS TO GET INVOLVED AND WE KNOW THE BENEFIT OF IT AND WE WANT MORE KIDS. I MEAN, I'M SERIOUS.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THE QUESTION.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A FIFTH GRADE PARENT, YOU KNOW, AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AT HICKEY. AND I THINK THAT WE HAD OUR BAND FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL COME TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ARE WE STILL DOING THAT TO SHOW OUR KIDS WHAT THEY DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY EITHER THE BAND CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS EITHER HAVE THE ELEMENTARY FIFTH GRADERS COME TO THEIR CAMPUSES OR VICE VERSA, BUT MORE SO IT'S THE FIFTH GRADERS ARE COMING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE SPACE.

BUT THAT IS HAPPENING.

STILL. IT'S GREAT.

SO I'M GOING TO I THINK SARA WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I'LL END THIS, I'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF COMMENTS.

JEFF, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, SARA LEANED OVER TO ME AND SAID HE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE KIDS. HE WAS TALKING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BY NAME, THAT CONNECTION, THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION IS WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT CREATES BONDS FOR A LIFETIME. AND THAT THAT HAPPENS ACROSS THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S ATHLETICS, WHETHER IT'S FINE ARTS.

THAT'S THE ENGAGEMENT IS THE KEY.

AND SO SELENDA, TO YOUR ONE OF THE THINGS WAY BACK WHEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU WERE SAYING, WELL, YOU WANT TO DISAGGREGATE THOSE NUMBERS SO YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY KIDS ARE ENGAGED AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT.

BUT I LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAW INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENTS, AND IT MAY BE THAT A KID IS A FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING, THEY'RE DOING UIL.

AND SO THEY'RE COUNTING TWICE.

BUT THOSE ARE ENGAGEMENTS TWO DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENTS THAT THAT KID HAS.

AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TO LEARN HOW TO WORK IN A TEAM AND TO DO PROBLEM-SOLVING.

ALL THE THINGS THAT COME ALONG, ALL THE BENEFITS, THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF OF EITHER AN ATHLETIC PROGRAM OR A FINE ARTS PROGRAM.

AND SO PLANO DOING THOSE AS WELL AS WE DO IS PHENOMENAL.

LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN FIND A HOME FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR KIDS, EITHER AS AN ATHLETE OR AS A MUSICIAN OR AS A AS A THEATER KID OR ALL OF THEM.

YOU KNOW, I WAS, YEAH, I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS INVOLVED IN ONE ACT PLAY. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

I KNOW IN BIG PLACES LIKE PLANO, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DO HAVE TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE OUR KIDS.

YOU CAN DO IT ALL, GET IN THERE AND JUST DO IT ALL.

IT'S THIS IS THIS.

I LOVE HEARING THIS STUFF.

I LOVE HEARING THE SUCCESSES.

BUT WHAT I REALLY HEAR LOVE HEARING IS, IS THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATING IN THESE EVENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TO ME, IT'S ALL ABOUT.

SO I'LL JUST.

I KNOW SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID, BUT I KNOW SUSAN'S NOT HERE.

SUSAN HAYES AND GREG AND KATHY AND FOR YOU ALL YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEVOTION TO FINDING WAYS TO ALLOW KIDS TO ENGAGE AND THEN TO COME BACK THIS YEAR WITH A RENEWED ENERGY TO PUT THE KIDS BACK INTO THE ROOM TOGETHER AND AND DO GREAT THINGS. AND TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE WATCHING AND SPONSORS AND COACHES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FOR PARENTS TO TO COME AND HELP REBUILD THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND THAT TRULY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO ENGAGE BACK IN TO PLANO ISD BECAUSE WE ALL YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THAT STEP BACK COME TO A GAME LIKE GO TO A PLAY, COME SEE THE ARTWORK.

LIKE IF YOU WANT TO FEEL THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY, COME AND SHARE IN THE SUCCESS AND THE TALENTS OF OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO TO BE EXCELLENT AND WE WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE JOY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS HOW MUCH WE CAN APPRECIATE OUR KIDS. AND THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS IS HUGE.

I WAS AT THE GAME LAST WEEK AND ELLEN HAD TO OPEN UP THE ENDS OF THE STADIUM TO ADMIT

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AND THE OTHER TEAM, MY SUPERINTENDENT FRIEND IN PROSPER IS GOING TO BE THEY ARE OVER THERE AND WE WERE ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE AND IT WAS POWERFUL.

IT WAS. IT WAS AMAZING.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT THERE AND AND CELEBRATE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE A COMMUNITY WITH OUR KIDS.

YOU WILL FEEL BETTER FOR IT AND SO WILL THE KIDS KNOWING WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR HARD WORK AND OUR TEACHERS.

SO SO THANKS FOR THIS REPORT.

AND SELENDA, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS REPORT TO THE TABLE.

THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WE NOT WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE KIDS SUCCESS.

AND SO IT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU. JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.

SO AT SHEPTON.

THEIR TICKETS RUN OUT, AND I LOOK AT MY PHONE LIKE I DIDN'T BUY IT IN TIME, SO I WENT THERE, I WAS LIKE, YOU'RE SOLD OUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A TICKET.

SO THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE JUST HAD TABLES YOU CAN BUY NOW, AND I OPEN THE APP.

SURE ENOUGH, THE APP LIKE.

SO THEY HAD TO ADD CHAIRS, SO LET ME YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE MORE PEOPLE THAN EXPECTED SHOWED UP.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW EXCITED THE COMMUNITY IS READY LIKE TO TO ROLL.

SEE A SECONDARY MARKET FOR TICKETS ON FOR PISD EVENTS, I LOVE IT.

WELL, THANK YOU. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS YOU ALL FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

FANTASTIC. OK, WE GOT IT'S 9:56.

WE HAVE SEVEN POLICIES TO GO THROUGH.

SO YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY.

ALTHOUGH YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO THE END, YOU MIGHT AS WELL.

IT'S THE GRAND FINALE.

ALL RIGHT. POLICIES.

THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON SEVERAL POLICIES.

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

ON SECOND READING.

DR THERESA WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

THIS WILL NOT BE NEAR AS EXCITING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THE LAST TWO PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE'RE BRINGING BACK SEVEN POLICIES THAT ARE ALL CONNECTED TO OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED AND WILL BE IN PLACE, I GUESS, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNLESS WE MAKE ANY CHANGES OR REVISIONS TO THAT DISTRICT OF INNOVATION.

AND THESE ARE ALL COMING BACK AS A SECOND READING, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN SUBMITTED TO TASB. AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING BACK AS FAR AS POLICIES THAT NEED TO NEEDED SHIFTS TO COINCIDE WITH THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION EXEMPTION.

SO THE FIRST POLICY THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD IS DBA LOCAL FOR EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, CREDENTIALS AND RECORDS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE ADOPTS POLICY DBA LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DBA LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. LET'S VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TO GO.

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

THANK YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DCA LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY LAUREN TYRA, SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DCA LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

10.3. THIRD POLICY IS DK LOCAL.

[10.3. Adoption of Policy DK(LOCAL) Assignment and Schedules on Second Reading]

THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DK LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

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

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. OH, YOU FAKED ME OUT.

HEARING THEN.

ALL IN FAVOR, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

10.4 DNA LOCAL COVERS PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS, EVALUATION OF TEACHERS.

[10.4. Adoption of Policy DNA(LOCAL) Performance Appraisal: Evaluation of Teachers on Second Reading]

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OK, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY LAUREN WAS GOING TO DO THAT DIDN'T CATCH THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY LAUREN TYRA, SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY DNA LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

10.5.

[10.5. Adoption of Policy EB(LOCAL) School Year on Second Reading]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY EB LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING. I SECOND.

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

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES.

YOU VOTED RIGHT, CODY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IN MY HEART. 10.6.

[10.6. Adoption of Policy EC(LOCAL) School Day on Second Reading]

THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE A MOTION..

I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY EC LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

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

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE EITHER DELIRIOUS OR WE'RE NERDS IF WE'RE DOING POLICY JOKES.

ALL RIGHT. FINAL POLICY.

[10.7. Adoption of Policy FO(LOCAL) Student Discipline on Second Reading]

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FO LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FO LOCAL UNDER SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER JERI WAS HERE UNTIL SHE SECONDED.

IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I TAKE IT.

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT. I FEEL LIKE IF THERESA TALKED FASTER, WE MIGHT HAVE BEAT 10 O'CLOCK, BUT 10:01 . WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.