Mar 15, 2022 Board Work Session

GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVID STOLLE, BOARD PRESIDENT PRESIDING OFFICER.

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[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE.

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

LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED UP HERE AT THE DAIS, I HAVE SARA BONSER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND LONE FINALIST TO BE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, TRUSTEE DR.

HEATHER WANG, TRUSTEE DR.

LAUREN TYRA. TRUSTEE, I'M SORRY.

BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.

EXPECTANT GRANDMOTHER.

MAYBE SO, YES.

I WILL BE DISTRACTED THIS EVENING AND I HOPE TO BE A [INAUDIBLE] IF NOT TONIGHT TOMORROW.

OKAY. OR A GRANNY ONE OF THE TWO.

[LAUGHTER] SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER, JOHNNY HILL, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

DR. KATRINA HASLEY IS DOWN THERE.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES.

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

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

BETH BROCKMAN. DR.

BETH BROCKMAN EXCUSE ME, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

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

[2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS. DR. WILLIAMS DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING.

IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY.

BED LOCAL.

AT WORK SESSIONS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SUBMITTING A COMMENT CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

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

IF THE SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED. FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM WHICH WILL NOT BE HEARD AT THIS MEETING.

SHOULD AN INDIVIDUAL FAIL TO ADDRESS THE ITEM LISTED ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT CARD.

I WILL STOP THE SPEAKER AND REQUEST THAT THEY MAINTAIN FOCUS ON THE TOPIC LISTED.

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

TONIGHT'S SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES.

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

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

AS A REMINDER TO SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING WITH WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

FAILURE TO LEAVE WHEN REQUESTED TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, THE AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO YOUR COMMENTS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

DR. WILLIAMS, PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER.

OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MIKE TURNER.

MR. TURNER. DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING OR ARE YOU GOOD WITH 3 MINUTES JUST GOING STRAIGHT? I NEED A ONE MINUTE WARNING AS LONG AS PRESIDENT STOLLE DOESN'T INTERRUPT ME LIKE HE DID THE LAST TWO TIMES.

AS LONG AS YOU STAY ON TOPIC.

I'M ON TOPIC. IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM.

I'M ON TOPIC.

LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN START.

REGARDING THE LONE FINALIST PROCESS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 552.126 ESTABLISHES A 21 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR DILIGENCE, DURING WHICH TIME EVERYONE CAN LEARN AS MUCH AS THEY NEED TO ABOUT THE LOAN FINALIST BEFORE HE OR SHE IS FORMALLY EMPLOYED.

WE IN THE COMMUNITY PERCEIVE THAT THE CANDIDATE WAS MORE OR LESS CHOSEN IN ADVANCE AND WHAT WAS MORE OF A SUCCESSION THAN ANY KIND OF SEARCH PROCESS, WHICH MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE A BAD THING, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE PERCEIVE.

AND THAT IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF A COMMUNITY BUY IN, THE BOARD SPENT TIME AND MONEY TO GENERATE A PARENTAL SURVEY WHEN IN FACT THE CANDIDATE WAS ALREADY CHOSEN.

SINCE THE 21 DAY WAITING PERIOD HAS STARTED, THE COMMUNITY HAS DISCOVERED SOME SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AS PART OF THE DILIGENCE PROCESS, WHICH WE BROUGHT FORTH IN GOOD FAITH TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD, THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, IT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN NOW, HAVING BEEN RESEARCHED AND SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD BY NUMEROUS CITIZENS IN ADDITION TO BEING POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

FOR THE RECORD, THE INFORMATION HAS TO DO WITH THE APPEARANCE OF EXECUTING A FAKE DIVORCE

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JUST IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS NOT WITHOUT SUBSTANCE.

INTERNAL FILES, PACER DOCUMENTS AND COURT RECORDS WHICH ARE VERIFIABLE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. SOME IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BRING THIS INFORMATION TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD.

YOU ALL ALLOWED PRESIDENT STOLLEY TO RESPOND ON YOUR BEHALF, THOUGH MANY OF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE FORM LETTERS. INTERESTINGLY HIS RESPONSE WAS BASICALLY TO SAY THAT YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND AND THAT YOU HAD MADE UP YOUR MIND BEFORE THE 21 DAY DILIGENCE PERIOD WAS CONCLUDED. HE DID NOT SHOW CONCERN OR INTEREST IN DEALING WITH THIS SERIOUS DILIGENCE ITEM, BUT RATHER HE DEFLECTED AND AVOIDED THE ISSUE EFFECTIVELY TRYING TO TIPTOE ON THE LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL TIGHTROPE.

MR. STOLLE WENT SO FAR AS TO SUGGEST THAT A LONE CANDIDATE BEING CONSIDERED WITHOUT OPPOSITION FOR THE CEO POSITION OF A NEARLY $1 BILLION DOLLAR REVENUE BUSINESS IN WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY AS MUCH A FUNCTION OF FAVORITISM AND CRONY CULTURE AS ANYTHING COULD POSSIBLY BE A VICTIM OF ANY KIND OF DISCRIMINATION.

ONE MINUTE. IS ALMOST ABSURD.

FURTHERMORE, THE FEDERAL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS REGARDING BANKRUPTCY CANNOT BE INTENDED TO PREVENT THE ACTUAL LEGITIMATE DILIGENCE OF A CANDIDATE REGARDING THEIR OVERALL FITNESS FOR THE JOB. TEXAS STATE LAW FURTHER, TEXAS LAW FURTHER STATES LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICERS CAN BE REMOVED FOR GROSS CARELESSNESS AND THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY, OR FOR INTENTIONAL OR CORRUPT FAILURE OR REFUSAL OR NEGLECT OF AN OFFICER TO PERFORM A DUTY IMPOSED ON THE OFFICER BY LAW.

I BELIEVE THAT TO NOT FOLLOW UP ON MATERIAL DILIGENCE IN THIS CASE WOULD QUALIFY AS NOT PERFORMING A DUTY IMPOSED BY LAW.

WHILE YOU CAN TRY TO TIPTOE A LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL TYPO AND IGNORE THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY, DON'T OUR KIDS DESERVE A HIGHER STANDARD? WHAT HAPPENED TO PLANO CITY OF EXCELLENCE? ARE WE NOW PLANO CITY OF CRONYISM AND EXPEDIENT SHORTCUTS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS INTERESTING.

[3. CLOSED SESSION]

SECTION 551.071, 551.072 AND 551.074.

THE TIME IS 6:07 P.M..

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD IS NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION TODAY'S TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2022

[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

WE HAVE REPORTS.

[5. REPORTS]

COURTNEY GOBER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO GIVE YOU OUR ANNUAL STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE.

I BROUGHT SOME MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM HERE TODAY AND AS THEY START TO COME UP, I'M GOING TO JUST GO OVER SOME REMINDERS FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS GRAPHIC IS SORT OF A REPRESENTATION OF ALL THINGS STUDENT, FAMILY, COMMUNITY SERVICES. WE SORT OF PUT EVERYTHING UNDER FIVE UMBRELLAS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THAT, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WITH FAMILY, STUDENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH FALLS UNDER OUR DEPARTMENT.

JUST ANOTHER QUICK REMINDER THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT REALLY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING BEST PRACTICES AS WELL, IS THAT WE PRACTICE OUR THREE TIERED MULTI-TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A UNIVERSAL SYSTEM, THAT MEANS EVERY STUDENT, EVERY FAMILY OR EVERY KID IS GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES, WHEREAS YELLOW IS A LESSER GROUP AND RED IS SORT OF THAT SEVERE OR INTENSIVE INTERVENTION.

FIRST UP, I'M GOING TO ASK STACIE BURK, OUR COORDINATOR FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS AND OUR PASAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

STACIE. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE UPDATES ON CHILD CARE SERVICES.

CHILD CARE SERVICES CONSIST OF THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS AND OUR PASAR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM WITH THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS.

WE HAVE THREE CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING 172 CHILDREN OF PLANO ISD STAFF.

AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL BE CLOSING OUR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER THREE.

THAT'S THE ONE LOCATED OFF OF OLD CUSTER ROAD.

IN DOING SO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER ENROLLMENT TO ALL FAMILIES ONE, TWO AND THREE AT OUR ECC ONES AND TWO, WHEN WE BEGIN ENROLLMENT.

OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ACTUALLY STARTS TOMORROW AT 7 P.M.

AND OUR CURRENT FAMILIES WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS TO ENROLL.

AFTER OUR TWO WEEK ENROLLMENT PERIOD, WE WILL OPEN UP ENROLLMENT TO ALL FAMILIES THAT ARE ON OUR WAITLIST AT THIS TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S ENROLLMENT.

WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR TUITION BY $100 PER MONTH PER CHILD, WHICH IS A GREAT

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AND NEXT YEAR, OUR FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING HEALTHY LUNCHES FOR THEIR CHILDREN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

WE WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING HOT CATERED LUNCHES.

A HEALTHY LUNCH WILL BE THE OPTION TO BRING.

AND THEN FOR OUR PASAR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR PASAR REDESIGN THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IN DOING SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT STAFFING SCHEDULES, WHAT OUR SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE IN OUR CARE.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UNIQUE HIRING OPPORTUNITIES.

WITH THOSE HIRING OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE ACADEMIC TIME DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THAT CERTIFIED TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN DURING PASAR FOR AN HOUR PERIOD.

AND DURING THAT TIME, IF THEY DO AN HOUR OF ACADEMICS, WE ARE ALSO OFFERING THEM TO DO AN HOUR OF SUPERVISION.

IN DOING SO, IF A TEACHER WERE TO WORK THOSE 2 HOURS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE $1,000 DOLLARS EXTRA A MONTH.

SO WE ARE REACHING OUT TO ALL TEACHERS TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

AND WE HAVE WE ARE STARTING OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT WILL START IN APRIL.

WE ARE ALSO DOING A SUMMER PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANO ACADEMY OF LEARNING WHERE DURING THE SUMMER WE'LL BE OFFERING AT TWO SITES FULL PASAR CARE AND THEN AT THREE OF OUR SITES WE WILL BE OFFERING HALF DAY CARE.

CAN I ASK WHAT IS THE SORT OF END GOAL ON THE PASAR REDESIGN? WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE REDESIGN ACTIVITIES? WITH THE REDESIGN ACTIVITIES WELL OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS STAFFING.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OBTAINING MORE STAFF TO WORK AT THE PASAR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN GET THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON OUR WAITLIST OFF OF THE WAITLIST. THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED TRAINING OR NEW TRAINING THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY REASONS AND ALSO FOR OUR CURRICULUM.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BIGGER AND BETTER THAN IT IS NOW.

SO WHAT DOES THE WAITLIST LOOK LIKE FOR BOTH OF THESE TWO PROGRAMS? FOR OUR EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS WE HAVE.

OH, LET'S SEE.

I'M SO SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.

THAT'S OK. BUT WE HAVE QUITE A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFANTS ON EACH THREE CENTERS.

AND I WANT TO SAY BETWEEN 20 AND 25 FOR EACH CENTER.

WHAT WE'LL DO WITH ECC 3 IS WE WILL TAKE THAT WAITLIST AND WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILIES FOR ECC 3 TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ECC ONE OR TWO.

AND THEN FOR OUR PASAR, WE HAVE 411 STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE WAITLIST.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 17 EMPLOYEES WITH STUDENTS ON THE WAIT LIST AND SIX AT CLOSED SITES.

AND THEN 11 CHILDREN ON THE WAITLIST WHERE OUR SITES ARE FULL.

SO I'M A HUGE FAN OF PASAR.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR WORKING PARENTS. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN GET THAT WAITLIST DOWN TO ZERO.

AND I KNOW FINANCES ARE A PROBLEM ALL ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVERYTHING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A REAL GOAL OF OURS.

ANOTHER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AT SCHOOL YEAR IS THAT WE ARE OFFERING $13 DOLLARS AN HOUR COMPARED TO THE $11 DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY SPECIALISTS. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WILL HELP US TO ALSO DECREASE OUR WAITLIST AND GET IT TO ZERO. STACIE, ARE THERE ANY CAMPUSES THAT DO NOT OFFER PASAR FOR ELEMENTARY? YES, WE HAVE FIVE SITES RIGHT NOW AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET ALL OF THOSE SITES OPEN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU.

GOT A QUESTION. ARE WE POSTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PASAR ACTIVITY SPECIALIST AT THE LOCAL COLLEGES AND TRYING TO GET ON THEIR JOB BOARDS? WE ARE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB FAIR COMING THIS THURSDAY WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND I ARE GOING TO COLLIN COLLEGE AND WE ARE REACHING OUT FOR NEW APPLICANTS THAT WAY.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE'RE ASKING JUNIORS AND SENIORS ON THE EARLY WORK RELEASE PROGRAM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK PASAR.

AND I KNOW THAT UTD IS A CLOSE ONE.

ARE WE LOOKING AT UTD? YES. OK.

AND UNT EVEN SOME OF THE KIDS COMMUTE TO UNT AND BACK.

WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT UNT ALSO.

YES. STACIE.

ONE QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE WAITLIST? I MEAN, I JUST REMEMBER WE NEVER HAD TROUBLE PUT OUR KIDS IN PASAR.

FOR PASAR? SINCE WHEN DID WE START TO HAVE WAITLISTS?

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I MEAN, HAVE WE ALWAYS HAVE WAITLIST FOR PASAR OR JUST THIS YEAR? JUST THIS YEAR, DUE TO OUR REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE, WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF THAT FOUND ALTERNATIVE POSITIONS OR WERE NOT WORKING AT THAT TIME DUE TO COVID.

AND SO WE DID HAVE A, WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT A WAITLIST DUE TO OUR STAFF TO STUDENT RATIOS.

SO DR. WANG, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A RIFF, BUT IT'S JUST THERE'S NO STAFF TO HIRE. I MEAN THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING SO MANY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES TO INCENTIVIZE OUR TEACHERS AND EVEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND GOING TO COLLEGE FAIRS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IF WE GET IF WE CAN FIND THE STAFF, QUALIFIED STAFF FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE CAN, REPLENISH THAT WAITLIST.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A STRUGGLE.

IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR US. IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO WHO QUALIFIES FOR LIKE ACTIVITY SPECIALIST? WHAT KIND OF QUALIFICATION DO YOU NEED? STACIE. WE CAN HIRE JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ANYONE WHO HAS A HIGH, REGARD, NOT INCLUDING THE JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT ANYONE ELSE WOULD REQUIRE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT CLEAR, LIKE PARENTS WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU HAVE A JUNIOR AND SENIOR.

THIS IS JUST SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK, TO THE EXTENT I KNOW, LIKE I SAID, MONEY CAN BE TIGHT.

BUT TO THE EXTENT A COUPLE OF DOLLARS AN HOUR RAISE COULD HELP IN THE RECRUITING EFFORT, AS WE DID WITH BUS DRIVERS.

I THINK YOU WOULD FIND A SUPPORTIVE BOARD BECAUSE I THINK THE VALUE YOU GET OUT OF THIS PROGRAM IS SIGNIFICANTLY OUTWEIGHS A COUPLE EXTRA HOURS AND A DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR COST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL.

AND SO THANK YOU, STACIE.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO ASK SHARON BRADLEY TO COME UP AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE HAVE SOME NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR AND SOME THINGS WE STARTED THIS YEAR.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR SHARON TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THAT PROGRESS.

GOOD EVENING.

I AM SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE FOR FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE WILL START WITH THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD.

THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD IS A WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORT APPROACH FOR IDENTIFY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT BARRIERS AS IT RELATES TO ATTENDANCE. SO THIS YEAR, OUT OF 209 TRUANCY REFERRALS, ONLY 22 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE COUNTY TRUANCY COURT.

FOUR YEARS AGO WE WERE ABOUT THIS TIME WE WERE REFERRING ABOUT 444 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO COUNTY COURTS.

SO THIS YEAR HAS ONLY BEEN 22.

AND ALSO TO DATE, THE AMOUNT OF ADA THAT HAS BEEN SALVAGED IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 180,000 DOLLARS.

WE TOOK THE DAYS THAT THE STUDENTS WERE ATTENDING PRIOR TO THIS INTERVENTION AND THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD SINCE THE INTERVENTION.

AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE COME UP WITH THAT FIGURE.

AND THEN ALSO OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN STUDENT AND ADULT WELLNESS.

THE UPSTANDER SKILL BUILDING SEL POSTERS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED IN VARIOUS CAMPUSES HAS ALSO BEEN HUGE AS WE TRY TO BUILD AWARENESS AND ALSO EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS TO BE UPSTANDERS WHEN THEY SEE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TAKING PLACE.

AND THEN THE FOCUS HAS ALSO BEEN ADULT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FILLING UP OUR TEACHERS AND TAKING CARE OF OUR TEACHERS.

AND A MORE, IT'S KIND OF MAKING THE SHIFT FROM SELF CARE TO MUTUAL CARE.

JUST EVERYONE, ALL HANDS ON DECK TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.

AND THEN ALSO WITH THE PARENT EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, THE PEEP PROGRAM, OUR ESL AND GED CLASSES WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE COLLIN ADULT EDUCATION CENTER WE HAVE HAD SO FAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OVER 2000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE CLASSES AND WE OFFER A 9:00 CLASS, A 1:00 CLASS, AND A 6:00 CLASS MONDAY THROUGH

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OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS SUCH AS CAPITAL ONE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR FAMILY SAVINGS SUCCESS SERIES.

AND WITH THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR FAMILY SAFETY SERIES AND THEN ALSO WITH THE GRANT HALIBURTON FOUNDATION, WE ARE NOW ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND PARENTING SERIES.

SO ALL SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHARON.

AND JUST A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE SORT OF REDESIGNED OUR PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM FROM PFL TO PEEP.

AND SO WE'RE SERVING A LOT MORE FAMILIES AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE GREAT WORK SHE IS DOING IN HER DEPARTMENT.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR.

HOLD ON, COURTNEY, BEFORE YOU GO.

BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, LET ME ASK A REAL QUICK.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A ONE STATEMENT AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE STUDENT ADULT WELLNESS.

I JUST WANT TO FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, FOR THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU EVER WONDER, REALLY, DO WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS DISTRICT DOING THIS JOB? THAT'S MARILYN HINTON, WHO WAS A LONG TIME TRUSTEE.

THAT'S HER BABY.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS IS BECAUSE OF HER.

SO YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

COURTNEY, THE ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD.

YES SIR. SO WE'VE KIND OF QUANTIFIED THAT AT ABOUT $180,000 DOLLARS BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT. WHAT'S OUR COST? WELL, COMING FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCE SOURCES.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

MR. EWING IS ONE OF OUR MEDIATORS, JUDGES, I SAY LOOSELY, DR.

[INAUDIBLE] IS ANOTHER JUDGE, WE BROUGHT IN SOME RETIRED ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK FOR US TO SERVE AS JUDGES. AND I THINK MR. LYONS IS ONE OF OUR MEDIATORS AS WELL.

AND SO WE WORK.

THEY DO, THEY'RE ARE JUDGES AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE JUST SORT OF REDEFINE THEIR ROLES.

SO INSTEAD OF THEM SPENDING ALL THEIR TIME AT COLLIN COUNTY COURT, THEY'RE NOW SERVING TIME. SERVING TIME.

THAT'S HORRIBLE. [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE WORKING WITH OUR FAMILIES IN OUR OWN INTERNAL TRUANCY COURT OR PARB AND SO THAT SORT OF SAY THAT OFFSETS ITSELF.

IT'S A SHIFT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.

AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME NEWER TYPE OF POSITIONS.

WE HAD TO HIRE, I THINK, ONE OTHER CLERK WE HAD TO HIRE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE A GRANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.

HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR. YES.

AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCE IS COMING FROM OUR CCEIS FUNDS.

BUT WE YOU KNOW, THE TIME SPENT, I THINK SOUNDS LIKE OTHER RATHER THAN BEING IN COURT.

OH, GOSH. YES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S TIME SAVED.

BUT I REMEMBER WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS TO US VERY FIRST TIME AND YOU WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND PROMISING RESULTS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S DELIVERED.

I MEAN, THIS IS SAVING THE DISTRICT MONEY.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO TAKE HATS OFF TO SHARON AND.

DENISE. DENISE HAMMERSLA, BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE THE ENGINEERS BEHIND IT ALL.

WELL, THANK Y'ALL. WELL, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TOUR IT AND IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, $180,000 IS A QUANTIFIABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT THERE'S UNQUANTIFIABLE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OF CHILDREN THAT'S GOING ON AND LIFTING THESE KIDS UP OUT OF A SITUATION THAT THEY MIGHT END UP IN COURT.

IT'S SUCH A BETTERMENT TO THEIR LIVES.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

I APPRECIATE IT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, SHARON OR COURTNEY, EITHER ONE.

YOU SAID THERE WAS 209 IT SAYS 209 TRUANCY REFERRALS FOR THIS YEAR.

WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT WAS PRIOR TO THIS? FOUR YEARS AGO, 444 FAMILIES.

SO FOUR YEARS AGO IT WAS THAT.

YES. SO THAT SAYS.

THOSE REFERRALS WERE GOING TO COURT.

YEAH, I GET THAT.

BUT SHE'S SAYING THERE'S 209 TRUANCY LIKE.

REFERRALS COMING TO US TO PARB NOT COURT.

TO PARB I JUST SO NO THE STORY I'M HEARING AND JUST WANT TO SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT CAUSING US TO HAVE FEWER TRUANCY TO BEGIN WITH TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY BE A STORY THERE OF SOMETHING WE MAY BE DOING AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL TO NOT HAVE THIS NUMBER.

I THINK OUR CAMPUSES, FOR LOTS OF REASONS, HAVE BECOME MORE SAVVY ON WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAYING IN SCHOOL AND BEING MORE ENGAGING IN OUR CLASSES TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH MTSS.

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SOME STRATEGIES AND TOOLS WE HAVE TO HELP BETTER MONITOR ATTENDANCE BOTH AT THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEVELS.

AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER I PLAN ON GIVING YOU MAYBE NEXT YEAR THIS TIME IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY KIDS HAVE WE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR IN PARB BECAUSE I'M WANTING I NEED ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE I GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER, THOUGH.

WE WILL LOOK AT THAT RECIDIVISM.

WELL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE GOING ON IN A POSITIVE IF WE CAN PREVENT FROM THE TRUANCY TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A HUGE GAIN FOR ALL OF US AS WELL.

YES.

YOUR SUPPORT, WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS SERVING ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND SO THOSE TEN SOCIAL WORKERS DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR MOST NEEDIEST FAMILIES.

SO COURTNEY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I JUST REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLY ON AS A PROGRAM, I MEAN, THE WHOLE INTENT OF THIS OR ONE OF THE INTENT IS TO GET INTERVENE WITH THESE STUDENTS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO REFER THEM OUT TO THE COURT. AND SO, JERI, TO YOUR POINT, HOW DO WE HAVE SUCH FEWER? I THINK IT'S AN INTERVENTION COMPONENT OF IT BEFORE IT GETS SO FAR GONE THAT YOU HAVE TO REFER THEM TO COURT, CORRECT? WELL, IT'S THAT AND I THINK WE TRULY BELIEVE AND I THINK WE CAN EVEN SAY KNOW NOW, WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE COURT IN INTERVENING AND SUPPORTING AND FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY THERE.

AND I THINK WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO OUR FAMILIES, LISTENING TO THE CAMPUSES AND FINDING WHAT WORKS TO GET THAT KID BACK IN THE DESK.

WELL, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING VERY KEY THERE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD AN ATTITUDE OF PUNITIVENESS ABOUT SOMEONE BEING TRUANT RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD, LISTENING TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE, ENGAGING THE SOCIAL WORKERS.

I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN THEORY AND THERE'S WRAPAROUND A KID IN REALITY.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS AND TO BE VERY LAUDED. SO THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO COMMEND THE TEAM AND TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT.

SO THEY PRESENTED AT MID-WINTER AT TASA MIDWINTER AND THEY ALSO PRESENTED AT TO TASSP, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION FOR PRINCIPALS.

AND SO NOT ONLY IS IT A GREAT THING FOR PLANO, BUT I THINK DEMONSTRATING TO THE REST OF THE STATE, IT'S A MODEL FOR SURE THAT OTHERS WERE INTERESTED.

THE ROOM WAS PACKED AND THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND JUST VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TEAM.

JUST SHOW LEADERSHIP.

THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR PISD AND YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING IT.

THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

I MEAN, IT HELPS AT RISK STUDENTS.

IT HELPS IN ALL FRONTS WITH WHAT YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S JUST.

I THINK, SHARON, WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT WHAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED DURING THIS TIME, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICE AND THE WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE INSTIGATED SINCE COURTNEY'S BEEN HERE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING AN IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. SHARON, QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN I WAS AT THE PRESENTATION WITH LEADERSHIP PLANO, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND I THINK PRESENTING OUR PROGRAM AND THAT THERE WERE OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAD TRIED TO DO THE SAME PROGRAM OR SIMILAR PROGRAMS AND SPENT YEARS TRYING TO QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DID ON WE THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND DR.

GOBER'S TEAM DID THE FIRST CHANCE.

CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THAT WAS? I WAS IMPRESSED AT THAT TIME, AND I THINK OTHERS WOULD BE IMPRESSED NOW.

WELL, WHEN DENISE AND I WHEN WE DESIGNED THE PROGRAM, WE DID DO SOME PRESENTATIONS AND THERE WERE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED AND WE WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE IT.

SO LATELY WE'VE HAD RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW THEY'RE ASKING TO COME UNOBSERVED.

AND THEN ALSO THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH US JUST TO GET SOME DETAILS AS TO HOW TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM THE PLANNING TO THE DESIGN TO THE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WHAT YOU'VE CREATED HERE, AND DR.

GOBER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE CREATED HERE HAS BECOMING A MODEL FOR THE STATE? WE HOPE SO. WE THINK SO.

THERE'S LOTS OF POTENTIAL.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE QUANTIFYING OF THE THE RECOUP OF ADA.

BUT THE BOTTOM OF IT ALL, IT MEANS THAT A STUDENT IS IN SCHOOL LEARNING.

AND THE LEARNING THAT WE GAIN FOR THE KIDS IN THE TIME THAT THEY ARE IN SCHOOL VERSUS NOT IN SCHOOL IS THE REAL BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR PARB.

AND SO HOW YOU QUANTIFY A DAY OF ATTENDANCE IN LEARNING WITH TEACHERS IS IMMEASURABLE.

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AND CHRONIC ATTENDANCE AND ATTENDANCE ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS ARE PART OF THE INTERIM CHARGES FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE SHARE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AS A MODEL FOR THE STATE, FOR OUR LEGISLATORS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND I DID WANT TO SHARE OR TOUCH ON ONE MORE THING, AND THAT'S THE PARENT EDUCATION PART OF IT AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT.

A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS CAN START AT HOME, NOT NECESSARILY CAMPUS RELATED.

AND SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THIS HAS RESULTED IN MORE STUDENT SUCCESS.

BUT ALSO THERE WERE A LOT OF STORIES THE FIRST TIME YOU CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION ABOUT PARENTS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND THEM BEING GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO REENGAGE IN THEIR CHILD'S LIFE AND THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION AND THEN BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE CAMPUS AS WELL.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT WRAPAROUND PHRASE, THAT'S YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE PARENTS. AND SO I THINK FOR ME, AS A YOUNG PARENT, SEEING MOMS AND DADS COME BACK INTO THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WORK ON JUST AS MUCH, IT LOOKS LIKE, AS THE STUDENTS, AND I THINK THAT'S A DRIVING PART OF THE SUCCESS.

SO I COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT.

SARA, YOU SAID SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING JUST NOW BECAUSE THERE IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT OR WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE AND THE EFFORT AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO FOR THE KIDS WHO AREN'T IN ATTENDANCE.

BUT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THEM BEING THERE AND WANT THEM THERE, THAT INVESTMENT COUNTS.

AND SO THERE'S MORE MONEY BEING SPENT ON THAT DELTA OF THOSE KIDS THERE.

SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.

IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM, THAT THAT'S A VERY STRONG ARGUMENT FOR LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT OVER [INAUDIBLE].

I HAVE JUST A COMMENT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO HERE IS JUST SHOW WE CARE.

BUT WHEN WE SHOW WE CARE THAT'S WHEN PARENTS GET INVOLVED.

I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

BUT ON THE ADA, I THINK I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION MANY TWO YEARS, ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO. SO IF LIKE, LET'S SAY, IF A PARENT NEED TO TAKE A KID TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, A GOOD WAY TO SAVE US MONEY IS LIKE, DON'T DO IT LIKE IN THE MORNING.

DO IT IN THE AFTERNOON.

IS THAT STILL TRUE? DO IT IN THE AFTERNOON SO WE GET PAID FOR THE ADA.

[LAUGHTER] I'M SORRY.

TECHNICALLY, I GUESS THAT'S SORT OF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS. IT'S JUST ACCORDING TO THE ATTENDANCE KIND OF ACCOUNTING HANDBOOK, IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 4 HOURS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ADA FOR A FULL ADA FOR ONE STUDENT PER DAY.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FOUR CONTACT HOURS FOR THAT STUDENT A DAY.

PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THOUGH, WE TAKE ATTENDANCE AT WE TAKE ATTENDANCE EVERY PERIOD.

BUT WE ACTUALLY COUNT IT I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND PERIOD IS WHAT THE OFFICIAL SPEAKERS].

SO IN PRACTICAL PURPOSES YOU'RE CORRECT AND THE FACT THAT IF YOU'RE THERE FOR THAT SECOND PERIOD ATTENDANCE ACCOUNTING THEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM YOU GET COUNTED FOR THAT DAY.

SO WHAT I DID IS LIKE I ALWAYS DO AFTERNOON.

SO TO BE SURE MY KIDS IN SCHOOL THE WHOLE MORNING PLUS UNTIL 1:00, YOU KNOW, SO THERE WOULD BE. DR. WANG I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD ADVICE.

I'LL SHUT UP NOW. [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. BRADLEY WHILE WE HAVE HER UP? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHARON.

NEXT, WE HAVE DR.

KRISTYN EDNEY, OUR NEW DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING SERVICES, AND SHE HAS A NUMBER OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH US, SOME EXCITING THINGS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

EDNEY. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE JUST SOME UPDATES.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS IN COUNSELING SERVICES.

THE FIRST THING IS WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY TO RESOURCES.

THE FIRST THING WAS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE TEN SOCIAL WORKERS SPREAD ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE SERVING ALL 72 CAMPUSES.

THEY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DID WAS CREATE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EDUCATED OUR COUNSELORS, ANY ADMINISTRATORS ON WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN MENTAL HEALTH OUTCRIES AND SUPPORT AND DEPRESSION.

SO MAKING SURE OUR COUNSELORS KNEW WHAT RESOURCES WERE OUT THERE WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT.

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IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, OVER 35 COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS WELL AS INTERNAL RESOURCES.

SOME PEOPLE HERE, LIKE SHARON BRADLEY, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE PRESENT.

OUR COUNSELORS GOT TO GO IN AND THEY HAD SESSIONS THAT WE CONDUCTED AND THEN HAD ROTATING SESSIONS WHERE THEY WENT THROUGH AND WERE ABLE TO GO ONE BY ONE TO EACH OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY OFFER AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF THAT AND THE SUCCESS OF IT, WE'RE NOW PLANNING AN OUTWARD FACING COMMUNITY FACING FAIR IN THE FALL, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ALSO DUG IN AND IMPROVED OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE LIST.

OUR RESOURCE LIST WAS A LITTLE OUTDATED.

WITH COVID, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS CLOSED THEIR DOORS OR THEY LIMITED THEIR NUMBER OF BEDS OR THEIR SERVICES OR SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE HAD A FAMILY IN CRISIS, GO AND REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY RESOURCE.

WE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT THEY HAD OPEN BEDS, AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM.

IF YOU'RE IN CRISIS, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WASTE YOUR TIME GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE.

SO THEY VETTED THE RESOURCE LIST, MADE SURE IT WAS UP TO DATE.

ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT WERE REALLY CRITICAL FOR OUR COUNSELORS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO KNOW AND OUR FAMILIES.

SUCH AS DO THEY SERVE UNDER-INSURED OR UNINSURED FAMILIES? HOW MANY BEDS? WHO'S THE POINT OF CONTACT? WHERE'S THE WEBSITE? ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO FAMILIES THAT ARE IN CRISIS AS WELL AS THEY INCREASED THE LIST.

SO HOUSING INFORMATION AND FOOD SCARCITY INFORMATION MENTAL HEALTH OR JUST FAMILY COUNSELING? YOU NAME IT.

THEY ADDED IT TO THE LIST.

AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE WEBSITE AND UPDATING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWING OUR FAMILIES EVEN FASTER AND EASIER ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS THURSDAY, WE'RE BRINGING IN STAKEHOLDER VOICE, STUDENTS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, OTHER DISTRICT STAFF TO COME IN AND REVIEW COLLEGE AND CAREER PLATFORM VENDORS WHO ARE ALL COMPETING TO GET OUR BUSINESS.

SO WE HAVE WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE.

AND SO NOW WE WANT TO KNOW FROM THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS, WHAT IS YOUR USER EXPERIENCE? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO USE IT, IT'S A WASTE OF OUR TIME.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER RESOURCE WE GET AND WE IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR, THEY USE IT AND WE GET THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

THE OTHER THING IS COLLABORATING AND REFINING OUR COURSE REGISTRATION PROCESS, AND THIS MEANT WE NEEDED TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE WORKED WITH CTE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGNED OUR COURSE REGISTRATION PROCESS WITH THE CAREER PATHWAYS, MAKING SURE WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND PARENTS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THAT AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THAT DEPARTMENT, ALSO WITH HR, MAKING SURE WE LOOKED AT OUR TIMELINE.

WE ARE IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYBODY'S COMPETING FOR THE BEST TEACHERS, THE BEST COUNSELORS, THE BEST ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE NEEDED TO BE AHEAD OF THAT GAME.

AND SO WE WORKED WITH HR TO MAKE SURE WE LOOKED AT THAT TIMELINE SO THAT WE GOT THE BEST OF THE BEST AND THEN IMPROVING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS.

THE FIRST THING I ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE 10 SOCIAL WORKERS NOW WORKING NOT JUST AT ONE CAMPUS, BUT WORKING AND COLLABORATING IN CLUSTERS.

WE HAVE A WEST CLUSTER TEAM, EAST CLUSTER TEAM AND CENTRAL CLUSTER TEAM, AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING TO SUPPORT THE KIDS AND THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND THE COUNSELORS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH THE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, AND WE GOT A PROCLAMATION, A DAY OF HOPE ON FEBRUARY 17TH.

WHAT THAT DID IS IT ALLOWED OUR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE HOPE SQUAD, IT'S A PEER TO PEER ORGANIZATION, REALLY WORKING ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

AND SO THEY HAD ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.

ALSO, WE HAVE WE SUBMITTED FOR AN ADDITIONAL POSITION, WHICH WOULD BE THE MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR FOR THE DISTRICT TO REALLY TIGHTEN UP OUR SYSTEMS, REALLY LOOKING AT SUPPORTING EVEN MORE OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STUDENTS.

ALSO, WE HAVE TWO ADVISORY TEAMS WHERE WE ARE REFINING OUR SUICIDE OUTCRY PROTOCOL.

WE'RE GETTING VOICES FROM OUR PARENTS.

WE ARE GETTING VOICES FROM OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS ON HOW DO WE IMPROVE THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HELPING EVERY STUDENT WHO'S IN CRISIS AS WELL AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORTS.

ALSO WE ARE CELEBRATING AND BUILDING INTERNAL CAPACITY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE HAVING A COUNSEL OF THE YEAR AWARD.

WE HAD 79 COUNSELORS WHO WERE YES, THEY WERE.

THEY WERE PROMOTED BY THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR FELLOW COUNSELORS AND THEIR PRINCIPALS.

AND SO 79 ARE BEING HONORED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO WE HAVE FIVE HONOREES THAT REALLY CAME TO THE FOREFRONT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

WE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT JUNE 1ST AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 30 COUNSELORS WHO WE ACTUALLY HAD DOUBLED THIS, BUT WE CAN ONLY

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SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND SESSION.

BUT 30 COUNSELORS WANTED TO DO THE DARING TEAMS ROLLOUT, WHICH IS THE BERNE BROWN DARE TO LEADS. YES.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

SO MUCH MORE TO COME.

THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING IS LISTENING AND LEARNING AS WE GO AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

THEIR VOICE IS PIVOTAL.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE SERVING THEM CORRECTLY.

YOU GO FIRST. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT NATIONAL STATISTICS, IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I THINK SOME OF IT IS STRESS.

I THINK SOME OF IT IS INCREASED AWARENESS.

YOU KNOW, THE STIGMATIZATION OF OF MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES HAS COME DOWN.

BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, NATIONALLY, IT'S CLEARLY INCREASING.

WE'RE SEEING THAT IN OUR OWN DISTRICT.

AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING AN INFRASTRUCTURE YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

RIGHT. AND BUILDING UPON THAT AND SPECIFICALLY PUTTING RESOURCES TOWARDS THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS IT'S SOMETHING EVERYBODY ALL OVER IS FACING. BUT IF SIMILAR TO THE TRUANCY ISSUE, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE MORE SUPPORTIVE AND MANAGE THIS IN A BETTER WAY AND HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR DISTRICT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, AS HEATHER WAS SAYING, THAT I THINK IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY.

SO I HAVE THREE THINGS.

I'LL TRY TO GET THEM ALL AT ONCE.

ONE IS YOU TALKED ABOUT BEDS FOR FAMILIES IN CRISIS AND BEFORE COVID I WAS KIND OF STARTING TO DELVE INTO THIS BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THERE WAS NOT BEDS FOR CHILDREN WHO WERE UNDER 14 AND THAT THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DO WE KNOW IF THAT IS NOW SOMETHING THAT IS PROVIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY OR IS IT STILL A MISSING FACTOR FOR FAMILIES? SO. RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL BUFFET, SO TO SPEAK, OF RESOURCES FOR EVERY AGE, EVERY NEED.

AND SO IT MAY THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME RESOURCES HERE IN THE COLLIN AREA, BUT ALSO WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF COLLIN COUNTY.

AND SO WE'RE RESEARCHING ANY AND ALL THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THE ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IS TO HAVE A STUDENT DECLINED.

RIGHT. OKAY. WHO'S IN NEED.

YEAH, IT'S JUST TO LAUREN'S POINT ABOUT CRITICAL NEEDS WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT LIKE POLICE OFFICERS WHO GO INTO FAMILY AND THE VIOLENCE WAS THE CHILD THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH, BUT THEN THERE WAS NO SUPPORT SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S THAT TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS.

I HAPPEN TO BE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE SOME TIME TO VOLUNTEER IN ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND IN TALKING VERY CASUAL WITH ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE, SHE JUST SAID, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OUR PERSON AT FIRST.

AND SHE SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT AN INVALUABLE PART OF THE TEAM AND HOW IT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CAMPUS.

AND THIS IS A CAMPUS THAT HASN'T NORMALLY HAD ONE.

SO THAT'S AWESOME TO HEAR.

I AM VERY INTERESTED IN HOPE SQUAD AND I KNOW THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT AT SOME POINT IF WE COULD HAVE A BOARD UPDATE, A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON WHAT CAMPUSES ARE DOING HOPE SQUAD JUST MANY STORIES ABOUT THAT, THE IMPACT THAT IT'S MADE.

I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND IT SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS.

SO ANY OTHER UPDATES WE CAN HAVE ON THAT? MORE SPECIFICALLY, I DO APPRECIATE HEARING.

ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS IS SUCH CONCRETE EVIDENCE HERE OF WHAT WAS IT, HOUSE BILL THREE, THAT WAS MAKING SURE THAT 80% OF OUR COUNSELORS WORK WAS DONE, COUNSELING.

HERE'S THE EVIDENCE OF IT ALL AND ALSO HOW SMART IT IS THAT YOU ARE USING STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR SO MANY REASONS, OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I LOVE HOW YOU'RE PUTTING PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THAT CAREER AND COLLEGE PLATFORM RFP, AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE THE VENDORS A LITTLE BIT SQUIRMY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHICH PRODUCT IS THE BEST.

[LAUGHTER] SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF THAT.

THAT'S A VERY CREATIVE IDEA.

NOW, THE ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS IT? WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE WATCHING ON VIDEO RIGHT NOW.

HOW WOULD A PARENT GO ABOUT GETTING SUPPORT FROM OUR SCHOOL? WELL, IT CAN COME IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DELVING INTO AND WE FELT WAS A CRITICAL PARTNER IN THE ADVISORY WERE OUR SRO OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY'RE ALSO AN EDUCATION PIECE AND HELPING STUDENTS IN NEED AND IN CRISIS.

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AND WE'VE HAD, IN FACT, SEVERAL SRO OFFICERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED LESSONS IN THE PAST.

SO IN TERMS OF NEED, COUNSELORS CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT.

WE HAVE A TIERED SYSTEM, EVEN WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.

SO TIER ONE IS THOSE GUIDANCE LESSONS THAT EVERY KID GETS.

SO WE HAVE GUIDANCE LESSONS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION.

EVERY STUDENT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND BE PROVIDED THAT BY THEIR COUNSELORS.

THEN TIER TWO WOULD BE MAYBE A KID WHO YOU'RE STARTING TO GET SOME SIGNS, SOME YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORRIED THAT MAYBE THEY MAY BE DABBLING.

THE COUNSELORS CAN COME IN AND DO SMALL GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL GROUP INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE COLLABORATION AT THAT TIER TWO LEVEL WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE ALL BEING EDUCATED IN THIS.

WE ALSO HAVE GARY CARTER, WHO IS AT THE GUINN CENTER, WHO'S ALSO SERVING AS A RESOURCE.

AND SO HE'S ON THE ADVISORY TEAM.

THAT TIER THREE LEVEL IS WHERE THE SOCIAL WORKER WILL COME IN AND THEY MAY ASK TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO GET THEM REFERRED TO DIFFERENT SERVICES.

AND SO START WITH THE COUNSELOR OR A TEACHER OR A PRINCIPAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE ADVICE.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THE HOPE SQUAD.

AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WHEN I WAS RUNNING IN 2019, WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOPE SQUAD.

SO I WAS LOOKING INTO THAT.

I MEAN, THE CAUSE AND ALL. I KNOW.

I'M GLAD WE HAVE IT NOW.

SO I WANT TO UPDATE ON THAT.

LIKE HOW MANY CAMPUSES, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THE PROGRAM IS HAVING.

WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THAT.

IT IS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGHS AND IT'S GROWING AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND HALLIBURTON JUST RECENTLY SAID THAT THEY HEARD DR.

GOBER'S REQUEST FOR CAN YOU HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT? AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE REDUCING THE COST.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

CAN I ALSO ASK ALL THESE WONDERFUL RESOURCES, WHERE CAN WE FIND IT? LIKE WEBSITE, EASY TO REMEMBER WEBSITE.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME RESOURCES ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE DID DO, BECAUSE WITH THE WEBSITE WE WANTED SOMETHING VERY QUICK THAT WE COULD QUICKLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO.

SO WE HAVE A GOOGLE DOCUMENT WITH TABS AND YOU BASICALLY GO TO WHATEVER TAB BASED ON THE TOPIC THAT YOU OR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED.

AND IT IS UPDATED EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

AND SO RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS AVAILABLE TO INTERNAL STAFF.

I'M JUST WONDERING.

IN AND SAY, I NEED HELP.

OUR MCKINNEY VENTO STAFF, THEY ALSO SHARE IT OUT TO OUR PARENTS WHO NEED HELP.

CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER? YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO A COUNSELOR MAYBE I JUST WANT TO.

NO, NO. AND THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ON THE WEBSITE.

AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE ACTIVELY THEY'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE REQUEST.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PUTTING ALL THE CATEGORIES.

THEY'VE ALREADY SENT IN THE SCHEMATICS FOR IT.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING IT IN.

SO WORKING PROGRESS.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

EDNEY. AND WE'LL BE SURE TO GET SOME FOLLOW UP ON THE HOPE SQUAD AND EVEN OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. WE PLAN ON DOING A FUTURE UPDATE FOR THAT.

AS MR. EWING IS COMING UP, HE'S GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR PLANO UP INITIATIVE.

WE'RE IN YEAR TWO OF THAT.

AND BEFORE HE STARTS, I JUST WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND I GUESS REMIND EVERYONE THAT ANGELA POWELL, OUR VERY OWN TRUSTEE, IS VERY WAS AND IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL FOR US HAVING THIS PROGRAM. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU.

AND BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR VISION FOR WHAT IT COULD BE HERE IN PLANO, THAT WE HAVE IT, WE'RE IN OUR SECOND YEAR SERVING, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK 400 PLUS KIDS.

HE'LL GIVE US THE EXACT NUMBERS IN A MINUTE.

BUT THANK YOU, MS. POWELL.

SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M VERY THANKFUL TO GIVE THIS UPDATE.

AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT PLANO UP CERTAINLY IN THE PAST, BUT THIS UPDATE IS REALLY PHENOMENAL. YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE INCREASED FOCUS ON WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND ACCESS.

SO ARMSTRONG, BOWMAN, WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, WE WORKED ON A GRANT THROUGH TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE, CERTAINLY NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND OUR AWESOME PARTNERS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE OUR AWESOME PARTNERS, THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE ASSISTANCE CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY, LIFE PATH SYSTEMS, MINNIE'S FOOD PANTRY AND UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER.

AND THEN I PUT I ACTUALLY MEGAN WAS I PUT MEGAN'S PICTURE ON HERE BECAUSE I WANTED A PICTURE IN HER NAME.

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SHE'S A PHENOMENAL LEADER.

WE CURRENTLY SERVE AGAIN, ARMSTRONG, BOWMAN, AND WILLIAMS. AND WE ARE SCREENING FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

AND IF A STUDENT QUALIFIES ON THEIR SCREENER, THEN THEY QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SCREENED 171 STUDENTS, OF WHICH 106 OF THESE STUDENTS WERE QUALIFIED AND SERVED.

THESE STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED BASED ON DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT MAYBE A TEACHER SEES OR COUNSELOR SEES WHEN THEY VISIT WITH THEM.

WE ARE EXPANDING THESE SCREENERS INTO MORE UNIVERSAL TYPE SCREENERS.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS MENTAL HEALTH DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE A PICTURE OR IT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGN NECESSARILY. SOMETIMES AND MANY TIMES, THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO YOU AND TELL YOU THAT I FEEL DIFFERENT.

I FEEL SOMETHING'S WRONG.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROGRAM. THE GRANT WILL END AS FAR AS THE THR FUNDING IN DECEMBER.

HOWEVER, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION TO THE DISTRICT FOR APPROVAL AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM AND EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM.

AND I WILL SAY THIS, THAT VAST MAJORITY OF THE 106 STUDENTS THAT HAVE QUALIFIED HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO I LOOK AT THAT AS LIKE PHYSICAL HEALTH.

IF WE WORK OUT, WE EAT RIGHT, WE GET BETTER.

AND IF WE WORK ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WE WORK OUT AND WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH, WE CAN GET BETTER AS WELL.

AND THAT'S THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR THAT, THAT WE HAVE DATA THAT PROVES THAT SO.

[INAUDIBLE] ORIGINALLY THIS GRANT WAS FOR 7TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS STUDENTS WELL OUR SEVENTH GRADE THROUGH WILLIAMS. YOU WERE ABLE TO ADD SIXTH GRADE AT SOME POINT IN THAT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO ANY STUDENT THAT ATTENDS ARMSTRONG, BOWMAN, AND WILLIAMS AND ALSO FROM THOSE SCHOOLS, WHEN THEY MOVE ON UP TO, LET'S SAY, PLANO EAST, FOR EXAMPLE, OR MCMILLEN, WE CAN SERVE THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL AND FOLLOW THEM SO THAT WE JUST DON'T STOP SERVICES.

PERFECT. SO, AS I RECALL, THAT'S ME.

I'M SORRY. THIS WAS FOR ZIP CODE 75074 WHEN TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES PRESBYTERIAN INITIATED THIS GRANT. DO YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON SCALING THIS TO OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND PERHAPS FIND AN AVAILABLE GRANT FOR OTHER AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SIMILAR NEED? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY BEEN AN INCUBATOR FOR SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WITH THAT THOUGHT, JUST IN FACT, JUST THIS LAST WEEK I MET WITH LIFE [INAUDIBLE] DR.

EDNEY AND I MET WITH LIFE PATH SYSTEMS AND WE'RE EXPLORING, FOR EXAMPLE, A NEW $400,000 DOLLAR GRANT FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND EXPANSION AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

THAT IS CORRECT. THE NEED IS NOT CERTAINLY 75074 ONLY.

WE KNOW THAT.

MENTAL HEALTH DOESN'T HAVE A ZIP CODE, RIGHT.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT.

THUS THE EXPANSION OF SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM.

THUS THE FOCUS ON THE ASK A MODEL FOR COUNSELING.

SO WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH IN PLANO.

SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 171 OR THE 106 STUDENTS.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE SCHOOL AT HOME VERSUS ON CAMPUS OR HYBRID? YES, THE MAJORITY OF THESE STUDENTS, THEY WERE AT CAMPUS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE THE NEEDED ACCESS FOR THE CARE THAT THEY NEEDED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES.

IT HELPS STUDENTS, FAMILIES THAT BARRIERS EXIST.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE STUDENTS WERE AT SCHOOL, AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY. JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, MY HUNCH IS LIKE WE SERVE WAY MORE STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

YES. CAN YOU QUANTIFY THAT OR JUST GENERAL? YEAH, I CAN'T QUANTIFY.

AND THE FACT THAT THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE SERVING MORE STUDENTS.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.

IT'S ABOUT TWICE. IT'S ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH.

CORRECT. BUT I THINK OUR COUNSELORS WOULD ECHO THE FACT THAT WE DO SEE MORE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION DUE TO THE VERY OBVIOUS.

AND VERY OBVIOUS BEING COVID AND THE ISOLATION THAT IT BROUGHT.

CERTAINLY, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW, WHETHER IT BE COVID OR

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ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE TEXAS HEALTH IMPACT COUNCIL, THE THING WAS THAT WE OPENED UP FROM 12 TO 19 YEARS OLD.

IS THAT STILL GOING ON WHERE THE ELIGIBILITY IS FROM 12 TO 19 YEARS OLD? I'M SORRY IS IT FROM STILL FROM 12 YEARS OLD, STARTING AT AGE.

FOR THIS GRANT FOR THIS PROGRAM? YES.

AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW UP IN THOSE.

SO LIKE THROUGH PLANO EAST, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GIVING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY IF AS LONG AS THEY ARE STILL WITH US THROUGH THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YES, MA'AM. AND DO YOU HAVE THE ALSO THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SERVICING FOR THE 171 STUDENTS? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM ARE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS? THE VAST MAJORITY.

THE VAST MAJORITY, YES.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PERCENTAGE, BUT IT IS THE VAST MAJORITY.

SO YOU COMMENTED ON SCREENING METHODOLOGY ON TEACHERS LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS, COUNSELORS LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO SELF-IDENTIFY AND IS LITERATURE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM GOING OUT TO PARENTS SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN HELP A STUDENT SELF IDENTIFY THAT PERHAPS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM? YES, MA'AM. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO ONE OF OUR 425 STUDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE YOUTH AWARE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT EXPANSION BECAUSE THAT DOES, YOU KNOW, YOUNG STUDENT, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, MANY TIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD IN THIS AWARENESS, THE SELF AWARENESS, SO THAT IF YOU ARE IN TRAUMA, IT'S OKAY TO GO AND FIND HELP AND ASK FOR HELP.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CURRICULUM DOES HERE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMING.

AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT INTO OUR HEALTH CLASSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHAT OUR STUDENT POPULATIONS ARE AT THESE CAMPUSES RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE'RE HELPING HERE.

AND I KEEP COMING BACK AROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS MAY BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 10% OF A CAMPUS POPULATION, WHICH, QUITE FRANKLY, IS PROBABLY LOW RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ACTUALLY DO SUFFER FROM ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

BUT JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT CAN BE IN ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF OUR DISTRICT. SO THE STUDENTS SCREENED AND STUDENTS SERVED.

THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR FACTUAL NUMBERS TONIGHT.

BUT WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE SEEING STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT THEIR ANXIETY OR THEIR DEPRESSION, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE SEEING WE SEE THAT IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND IT'S AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE MILDLY ANXIOUS OR DEPRESSED.

AND OUR COUNSELORS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THEM.

THEY REALLY DO OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND THEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE MUCH MORE ANXIOUS AND DEPRESSED.

AND WE HAVE AND WE'RE WORKING ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE OUTSOURCE RESOURCES AS WELL.

AND ONE OF THE ANOTHER ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, EVEN WE'RE LOOKING EVEN AT OUR EXTREME MEASURES.

SO KIDS IN OUR PSYCHOSIS AND BEING ABLE TO TREAT THEM IN HOUSE, IN SERVICE AND REMOVE BARRIERS FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS WELL.

WELL, I THINK THAT THE CHANGE IN APPROACH OR THE GROWTH IN APPROACH, I SHOULD SAY, IN JUST A GENERATION FROM A GRAY HAIRED GUY LIKE MYSELF TO MY OWN CHILDREN AND SEEING THEIR PEERS WHO WOULD FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.

AND THE APPROACH WE TAKE FROM WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AND JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, WHICH CAN REALLY BE DEBILITATING.

SO THIS I WOULD LOVE TO SCALE THIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO DO IT. I THINK TEXAS HEALTH REALLY WHEN THIS ALL STARTED, THE FOOD INSECURITY WAS THE ROOT RIGHT, THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DATA SHOWING THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM AND YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED NUTRITION, IT CHANGES YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

AND SO FOR TEXAS HEALTH TO PUT THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND THEN PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ALONGSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADDRESS BOTH ISSUES SIMULTANEOUSLY IS PROFOUNDLY IMPACTING.

IF TEXAS HEALTH IS WATCHING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION.

WE HAVE AMAZING PARTNERS.

I HOPE THEY'RE WATCHING AND I'M DEFINITELY ADVOCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IF YOU ARE WATCHING. [LAUGHTER] BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO THREE FOOD DRIVES EVERY MONTH AT THESE SCHOOLS.

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OUR STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES VOLUNTEERS ALONG WITH THE CAMPUS STAFF.

IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PARTNERSHIPS.

IT'S MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE STAFF AND THE FAMILIES. I THINK YOU HAVE ROTARY PARTNERS, TOO, DON'T YOU? YES, MA'AM, WE DO. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ROTARY AND THEY SHOW UP CERTAINLY THERE, THEY ALMOST EVERY TIME AND THEY ENJOY IT.

YES, MA'AM. A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW. YEAH, IT IS FUNDED BY THIS GRANT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, DO PARENTS HAVE ANY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSE TO PARTICIPATE? NO, MA'AM. NO. TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

FIRST ONE, YOU SAID SOME STUDENTS DON'T QUALIFY.

IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE UNIVERSAL SCREENERS THEY HAVE LEVELS.

AND SO AND I'M GOING TO USE THIS NUMBER, IF THEY SCORE A 5 OR 6 TO 10, THEN THEY'RE MORE OF AN EXTREME MEASURE. RIGHT.

IF THEY SCORE IN A 1, 2, 3 LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN REALLY WE'RE GOING TO ENTRUST OUR COUNSELORS TO WORK AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THEM AS WELL.

SO NO STUDENT, NO MATTER WHERE THEY SCORE ON THE SCREENER, WHETHER IT'S A ONE OR IF IT'S A TEN, WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES.

OK. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, JUST IN TERMS OF ANY STUDENTS OR PARENTS THAT HAVE I DON'T WANT TO SAY CONCERNS BUT WANT TO HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF SOME, YOU KNOW, A MEDICAL NEED.

AND COULD YOU JUST TOUCH ON THE CONFIDENTIALITY ASPECT OF THAT? ABSOLUTELY. EVERY STUDENT THAT WOULD LIKE AND FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, THEY DO SIGN OFF ON CERTAIN THINGS TO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROFESSIONALS, THE FAMILIES, THE SCHOOL ARE ALL IN THE RIGHT AS FAR AS ANY KIND OF GUIDELINES GO FERPA, ETC.. WE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES.

WE'RE VERY STRICT. WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PAPERWORK IS IN LINE.

THANK YOU. YES.

WELL, THANK YOU, MR. EWING.

AND AS HE'S TRANSITIONED, I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO OUR STUDENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

OUR DIRECTOR FOR THAT IS JANICE [INAUDIBLE].

SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO I'LL GO THROUGH HER MATERIAL HERE.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR FIRST COHORT OF SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORTS TRAINING FOLKS AND PRIMARILY ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE CAMPUSES AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT THEY'VE BUILT.

THIS UPCOMING SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO START OUR SECOND COHORT OF ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN THE THIRD YEAR, WE'LL GET OUR THIRD GROUP OF SCHOOLS AND HAVE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, PRIMARILY THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE CAMPUSES, FULLY TRAINED IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOR OR PBIS.

AND THAT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE THING.

I JUST WANT THAT'S SORT OF AN ONGOING THING.

BUT THEY'LL GET THE FOUNDATION THROUGH THIS FOUNDATION TRAINING.

OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING TRAINING ON INTERVENTIONS.

OUR TEACHER ENCYCLOPEDIA, TIER TWO BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, TOUGH KID DISCIPLINE AND SECONDARY CLASSROOM ABSENTEEISM AND TRUANCY.

THESE ARE ALL CLASSES COURSES THAT WE HAVE FOR TEACHERS TO SIGN UP FOR.

THEY ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR AND EVEN OFFERED ON SATURDAY AND THEY'RE SHOWING UP FOR THAT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE SOME BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONISTS AND THOSE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONISTS WORK DIRECTLY WITH CAMPUSES AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE VARIOUS NEEDS THAT THE CAMPUS WOULD ASK US FOR SUPPORT.

WE'VE SERVED ABOUT 80 KIDS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

I KNOW THAT NUMBER DOESN'T SOUND VERY LARGE, BUT THE INTERVENTION THAT IS NEEDED IS AND SO VERY EXCITED THAT WE COULD SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES IN THAT WAY.

AND AND SO THAT'S OUR STUDENT MANAGEMENT REPORT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR.

NO, I JUST I NOTICED THE EMPHASIS ON THE NOT A VERY LARGE NUMBER.

AND THE NUMBER IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S LOW.

IT'S EXACTLY GREAT THAT IT'S LOW.

YES. THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT.

I WAS WONDERING WHAT KIND OF WHAT WOULD PROMPT A CAMPUS TO ASK FOR THIS KIND OF SUPPORT AND WHAT KIND OF PLANS AND METHODOLOGIES ARE BEING USED TO HELP THOSE CAMPUSES WITH THESE 80 STUDENTS? SO IT'S HARD TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT ANSWER, BUT IF I'M A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND I'VE EITHER EXHAUSTED MY RESOURCES OR I JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DEDICATE TO SERVING THIS STUDENT AND IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR SOME HELP.

I'M GOING TO OR I NEED SOMEBODY WITH MORE EXPERTISE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED ALL WE CAN, AND SO WE NEED SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HAS A DEEPER TOOLBOX

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AND SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT COULD VARY TO PLACEMENT OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE CLASSROOM, TO PUTTING SOME PEER GROUPS TOGETHER ONE ON ONE COUNSELING TO IT WOULD VARY DEPENDING ON THE GRADE AND AGE.

I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

SIPES TO COME ON UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT ANOTHER NEW PROGRAM WE STARTED LAST YEAR, ITS VERY SECONDARY BASE AND CREDIT RECOVERY BASED AND THAT'S CALLED ILEAP AND THEN HE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME EXCITING THINGS GOING ON THIS SUMMER IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

OUR ILEAP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS. OUR ILEAP PROGRAM IS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGHS, AND IT ALIGNS OUR COLLABORATIVE TEAM FRAMEWORK OF WHAT DO WE DO WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR TIERED APPROACH.

AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO HELP KIDS WHO MIGHT BE UNSUCCESSFUL IN OUR GRADING PERIOD OR IN A SEMESTER COURSE.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR DATA FOR LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD OVER ALMOST 1900 COURSES COMPLETED.

THOSE ARE SEMESTER COURSES.

AND THEN SO FAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT ABOUT 1,500.

AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF COURSES IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO RECOVER, CREDITS ACCELERATE IF THEY ARE CREDIT DEFICIENT AND STAY ON CAMPUS WITH THEIR GRADUATION COHORT AND WITH THEIR PEERS.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THEM, GET THEM CAUGHT UP AND THEY CAN GRADUATE ON TIME. AND WE WERE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT LAST SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE STARTED AT MIDWAY. AND THEN THIS YEAR THE SAME IMPACT WITH ILEAP.

AND SO OUR CAMPUSES DO A GREAT JOB OF IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE CREDIT DEFICIENT OR WHO ARE UNSUCCESSFUL.

AND IT'S JUST A GREAT, PROACTIVE WAY TO RESPOND IN THE MOMENT.

CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT GRADE RECOVERY AND THEN CYCLE RECOVERY AND THEN ONTO THE COURSE RECOVERY ASPECT.

AND THEN SUMMER SCHOOL WE'LL OPEN REGISTRATION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL HAVE 15 PROGRAMS SPREAD OUT ACROSS 16 CAMPUSES.

WE'RE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THAT.

SO WE'LL POST THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK AT SOME POINT.

HOPEFULLY WE ARE PARTNERING WITH PASAR AS STACIE MENTIONED.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR PAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS AIMED AT K THROUGH 5 THAT WE'VE HEARD, IS THAT PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY NEED AN ALL DAY CARE OPTION.

AND SO ADDING PASAR ON IT AFTERWARDS JUST ADDS THAT AFTERNOON CARE THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE ASKED FOR AND NEED.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TO OFFER IT AT ALL FIVE LOCATIONS.

AND THEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR OUR EOC WILL PROVIDE TARGETED INSTRUCTION BASED ON CONTENT AREA AND WE'LL ALIGN THAT ON A WEEKLY SESSION BASIS.

SO STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO COME FOR THE CONTENT AREAS THAT THEY NEED AND THOSE HOURS WILL ACCUMULATE TOWARDS THE HOURLY REQUIREMENT IN HOUSE BILL 4545 IF THEY'RE UNSUCCESSFUL ON A STAAR EOC. SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY LESSEN THE BURDEN THAT OUR CAMPUSES FEEL IN TRYING TO ACCUMULATE THOSE HOURS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ILEAP.

WHEN DID WE START THAT? SO WE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE YEAR OF COVID, THE SPRING OF 2020.

WE DID SOME CYCLE RECOVERY AND THEN REALLY GOT RAMPED UP HALFWAY THROUGH LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN IT WAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY NON-COVID DATA TO COMPARE THIS TO.

AND MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU EXPECT THESE NUMBERS TO GO DOWN AS WE PROGRESS OUT OF THE UNFINISHED LEARNING THAT WAS CAUSED BY COVID? I WOULD HOPE SO.

I WOULD THINK SO. AS WE RECOVER THOSE CREDITS, AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE STUDENTS TRANSFER IN WHO ARE CREDIT DEFICIENT OR STUDENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK INTO INSTRUCTION WHO MAY BE ABSENT OR TRUANT.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WE ARE SERVICING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.

THEY ARE COMING BACK IN.

THEY ARE GETTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH TEACHERS FACE TO FACE WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE THE EFFECTIVE SIDE OF LEARNING AS WELL.

OK. LET ME JUST REMIND YOU THAT THESE ARE NUMBERS OF COURSES.

SO ONE KID COULD BE TAKING FIVE COURSES OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT STUDENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT COURSES.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD CREDIT RECOVERY IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND MANNERS.

OUR LARGEST PROGRAM WAS AT THE GUINN CENTER, THE GUINN'S SPECIAL PROGRAM CENTER.

AND REALLY, ILEAP TOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT 4 TO 500 KIDS AND ALLOWED THEM TO STAY ON CAMPUS AND STILL GRADUATE WITH THEIR CLASS, THEIR HOME CAMPUS CLASS.

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I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF COURSES AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE LARGE CLASSES, GRADUATION CLASSES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE KIDS GETTING COURSES.

THESE ARE KIDS RECOVERING THEIR CORE CREDITS.

WELL, THAT EXPLAINS A LOT RIGHT THERE.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE BACK AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS RATHER THAN AT THE GUINN CENTER IS SO MUCH MORE NORMAL FOR THEM, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. YES MA'AM. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THE STUDENT TO FAIL AND WAIT TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE'RE ABLE TO INTERVENE EARLIER.

AND SO ONE IT KEEPS THEM WITH THEIR CLASS ON THEIR CAMPUS, ELIMINATES THE NUMBERS AT GUINN AND THEN HOPEFULLY ELIMINATES NUMBERS OF STUDENTS NEEDING SUMMER SCHOOL.

SO KNOW THIS IS A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM, OR AT LEAST ILEAP IS AND SUMMER SCHOOL TRADITIONALLY HAS KIND OF SERVED THAT SAME ROLE.

DO WE HAVE IS THERE A MARKET? IS THERE A NEED OR A DEMAND FOR A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN AN ACCELERATION CONTEXT OF MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO GET THROUGH SCHOOL IN THREE YEARS AS OPPOSED TO FOUR? IS THAT OH YOU JUST MADE DR.

SIPES' DAY. HE CAN TALK ABOUT E SCHOOL NOW.

GO AHEAD. SO WE DO HAVE E SCHOOL, WHICH IS A SUPPLEMENTAL ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS CAN TAKE ONLINE COURSES TO ADVANCE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TRACK AND THEY REGISTER AND SIGN UP. IT IS TUITION BASED, BUT WE DO WORK WITH CAMPUSES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED TUITION ASSISTANCE AND SO, WE'LL COVER COURSES IF WE NEED TO FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ADVANCE. SO WE DON'T WANT COSTS TO BE A BARRIER.

AND WE ALSO ARE USING OUR ILEAP PROGRAM TO SUPPLEMENT COURSES WHERE WE MAY NOT OFFER THAT IN OUR E SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO, WE TRY NOT TO LET OUR COURSE OFFERINGS OR COST BE A BARRIER IN THAT.

BUT STUDENTS DO HAVE THE ACCESS TO ADVANCE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

IS THERE EVER A SITUATION WHERE A STUDENT IS TAKING A COURSE ON CAMPUS AND ALSO HAS ACCESS TO BE DOING ILEAP ON THAT SAME COURSE.

LET'S SAY THEY'RE NOT DOING TOO WELL IN THE CLASS.

AND THEY'RE I DON'T WANT TO SAY HEDGING THEIR BETS, BUT DOING BOTH.

NO. CAMPUSES WOULD IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO IF THEY'RE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST SEMESTER AND THAT GRADE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'LL BE ABLE TO BE RECOVERABLE WITH MAYBE AVERAGE PASSING OR IT'S A SECOND ATTEMPT OR THIRD ATTEMPT AND IT CAN'T AVERAGE PASS.

THEN WE'LL PUT THE STUDENT IN A LEARNING LAB IN AN ILEAP LEARNING LAB AND ALLOW THEM TO ACCELERATE THAT WAY AND GET BOTH SEMESTERS.

THEY WON'T EVER BE ABLE TO DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

NO, SIR. JUST ILEAP I KNOW IT'S A PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO A SOFTWARE PLATFORM.

WHAT IS THAT LIKE ILEAP IS IT SHORT FOR SOMETHING.

IT JUST STANDS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS.

IT IS AN ACRONYM. OKAY.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING.

[LAUGHTER] NOT THAT. LEAP FROG.

NO. SO.

SO THIS PROGRAM COSTS.

DOES IT COST OUR DISTRICT MONEY? YES, MA'AM. IT DOES COST OUR DISTRICT MONEY.

WE PARTNER WITH EDGENUITY TO PROVIDE COURSES IN THE PLATFORM.

SO WE ARE USING EDGENUITY AS A CURRICULUM.

WE ARE USING THAT CURRICULUM.

WE USE EDGENUITY'S CURRICULUM.

AND THEN OUR SCHOOL COURSES THAT WE USE FOR ADVANCEMENT ARE BUILT IN-HOUSE OR AGAIN, WE USE EDGENUITY'S COURSES TO FILL IN ANY COURSE DEFICIENCIES WE HAVE IN OUR CATALOG.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, DR.

SIPES. NEXT REPORT AND I'LL TRY TO SPEAK SOME THINGS UP HERE FOR US IS FROM OUR OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

MR. LYONS AND HE'S BEEN THIS IS HIS FIRST FULL YEAR ON THE JOB.

REMEMBER LAST YEAR HE CAME IN MID BY ABOUT MID-YEAR, I PROBABLY SAID IT WAS ABOUT FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.

AND SO HE'S BEEN VERY BUSY THIS YEAR WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES AND COLLABORATING ON WAYS TO PROMOTE AND INVEST IN A CULTURE OF BELONGING ON EACH CAMPUS, EDUCATING OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS ON TITLE 9 ISSUES AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT MATTERS.

HE WORKS, HE IS OUR PRIMARY LIAISON WITH OUR DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THEY HAVE TWO GOALS THIS YEAR TO RESEARCH THE STRATEGIES RESEARCH STRATEGIES TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENTS IN ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR FROM THOSE LISTENING ROUNDS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES WE CAN LEARN AND USE THIS YEAR FROM THAT FEEDBACK.

AND LASTLY, HE WORKS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICES GROUP TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES ON CREATING A DIVERSE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.

SO THAT'S FROM MR. LYONS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT'S SIMON SINEK THAT HAS THE FIND YOUR WHY.

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YES. AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL UPDATE THAT WE GET ON THESE COMMITTEE GOALS.

YEAH, I WANT TO SAY APRIL OR MAY.

NEXT. I'M VERY EXCITED.

AND YOU SHOULD BE, TOO, BECAUSE THEY CAME BEARING GIFTS.

AND THIS IS MS. KARINA TROTTER, OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR NEW WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

MS. TROTTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

AND I'M VERY HONORED TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE FOR OUR WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAD A VERY SOFT OPENING IN JULY, EXACTLY A WEEK AFTER I STARTED WORKING HERE IN PLANO ISD.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH OUR NUMBERS, THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS THERE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES EACH DAY WHEN THEY COME IN NEEDING THAT SUPPORT.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN ACCESS THEIR EDUCATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR NUMBERS, WE HAVE ASSISTED OVER 4500 STUDENTS SINCE WE OPENED IN JULY. AND I WANTED TO SHARE THE DISTRICT WIDE ENROLLMENT DATA FOR YOU GUYS.

SO FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, THE DISTRICT WIDE WE'VE RECEIVED, THAT WAS OUR NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK. WE'RE WELL OVER 7000 ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT OUR CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE.

AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TOP FIVE ENROLLMENT PROCESSING CAMPUSES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE JACKSON ELEMENTARY, SHEPTON, RENNER, PLANO WEST AND DAFFRON.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS, THOSE FIVE CAMPUSES ALONE ARE CLOSE TO 20% OF OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY JUST CHECKING. SO THOSE THEY CAME TO THE ENROLLMENT CENTER? NO. OR THEY WERE PROCESSED AT THEIR CAMPUS? THEY WERE PROCESSED AT THE CAMPUS.

OKAY. MS. TROTTER LET ME JUST. MS. CHAMBERS, I THINK ARE YOU SEEING LIKE THE JULY NUMBERS, THE 352, ARE YOU ASKING IF 352 LITTLE FEET CAME THROUGH THOSE DOORS? YES.

COME TO THE ENROLLMENT CENTER FOR SUPPORT WITH ENROLLMENT OR TRANSFERS.

SO THE 287 IS JACKSON ON THE JACKSON CAMPUS? YES. 287 ARE ENROLLMENTS THAT JACKSON ELEMENTARY PROCESSED AND APPROVED.

THOSE ARE NOT FEET THROUGH THE DOOR, THOUGH.

MAY NOT BE. THEY COULD HAVE STARTED THERE.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS AND SEEING THOSE ARE ALL WESTERN KIND OF CAMPUSES AND LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE SERVICING THE WESTERN CAMPUSES. SO, YES, THEY MAY BE PROCESSING ON THEIR CAMPUS.

I'M CURIOUS, COULD THEY NOT GET TO THE CENTER TO DO THE FEET, AS YOU SAY? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION. BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT THOSE THAT CLEARLY SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE THE MAPLE SHADE FACILITY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT AREA HAS A GROWING POPULATION OF NEWCOMERS AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS FOR THAT, THOSE CAMPUSES DO COME THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER BECAUSE THEY DO NEED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT WITH ACCESSING THE COMPUTER AND HAVING SPANISH SPEAKERS AS WELL TO ASSIST THEM.

SO YOU SHOW 4533 COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.

AND THEN YOU SAID THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENROLLMENT WAS CLOSER TO 7000.

DISTRICT WIDE. DISTRICT WIDE [INAUDIBLE].

ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH.

SO THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE DIRECTLY ON THE CAMPUSES.

YEAH. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THE NUMBERS OF IDENTIFIED STUDENTS.

THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN TRANSITION OR HOMELESS POPULATION, BUT WE LIKE TO CALL THEM STUDENTS.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER 752 STUDENTS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT NUMBER IS AS OF? AS OF LAST WEEK, AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

LAST YEAR, WE FINISHED THE ACTUAL SCHOOL YEAR, LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH 462 IDENTIFIED STUDENTS. AND WE'RE ALREADY AT 752.

SO HAVE WE EVER SEEN A NUMBER HIGHER? I MEAN, I'M JUST MAKING IT FITTING IN CONTEXT.

THE HIGHEST I'VE EVER SEEN IS I GET NERVOUS WHEN IT'S IN THE 600S.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 752.

AND IS THERE A PREDICTION OF WHAT THAT NUMBER WILL LOOK LIKE COME MAY? I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT COSTS IN THE 800 THRESHOLD, IT SOUNDS LIKE.

JERI, I THINK SOME OF THAT DEPENDS ON THE ECONOMY, HOUSING, RENTS.

JUST THERE'S INFLATION.

GAS COSTS.

I MEAN, YOU JUST EVERYTHING.

IT'S A CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT NUMBER.

AND I THINK YOU ALL CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT QUALIFIES, BUT TRANSIENT.

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SOME ARE DOUBLED UP.

TRIPLED UP FAMILIES.

ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS NUMBER ARE DOUBLED UP FAMILIES RESIDING WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR.

SO FOR THE ONES THAT ARE DOUBLED UP.

OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE DOUBLED UP, BUT THAT'S A TEMPORARY FINANCIAL DECISION THAT THEY'RE POSSIBLY MAKING RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMEBODY HAS A PLACE AND THEN THEY'RE STAYING THERE COULD BE THAT TWO FAMILIES ARE SPLITTING THE COST AND THAT'S AN OPTION THEY'VE TAKEN.

SO THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE INFLATED NUMBERS.

IT'S STILL A DIFFICULT POSITION AND QUALIFIES THEM, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE PERSON IN A GOOD SITUATION HELPING SOMEBODY IN A BAD SITUATION.

IT'S TWO PEOPLE IN A BAD SITUATION HELPING EACH OTHER.

WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? THAT'S VERY ACCURATE.

SOMETIMES IT ISN'T.

THE MAJORITY COULD ALSO BE OUR NEWCOMER FAMILIES.

THEY JUST GOT ARRIVED HERE TO THE UNITED STATES.

THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.

SO THEY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT ALLOWS THEM TO STAY THERE UNTIL THEY CAN GET A JOB AND FIND A PLACE TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN AS WELL, TOO.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THE FACT THAT THE ENROLLMENT CENTER HAS OUR MCKINNEY-VENTO TEAM ON STAFF AS WELL TOO, AND THE FACT THAT THE STUDENT RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE IS PART OF THE ENROLLMENT PACKET, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHECKING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE THAT COMES THROUGH AND THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH IDENTIFICATION.

THE NUMBERS, TO BE HONEST, SHOULD PROBABLY BE A LOT HIGHER THAN THIS BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE PARENT FILLS THAT STUDENT RESIDENCY QUESTION.

STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE AND I KNOW WHEN WE WERE IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LARGE NUMBER OF VENEZUELAN FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE DISTRICT.

IS THAT A PRIMARY DRIVER OF THAT NUMBER WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE SAME IN A SINGLE APARTMENT OR I MEAN, WHAT IS DRIVING THAT GROWTH? IS IT IDENTIFYING WE'RE JUST BETTER AT IDENTIFYING THESE KIDS? OR IS IT THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN POPULATION, SUBPOPULATION THAT'S GROWING.

I MEAN, WHAT IS IT THAT IS CAUSING THAT NUMBER TO RISE? THE MAJORITY ARE DOUBLED UP.

BUT I CAN ALSO SAY WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR SHELTERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER OF HOTELS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE HURRICANE THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST AS WELL, TOO.

SO THERE IS SOME COMPONENT TO THE DOUBLED UP, THAT BEING THE REASON.

BUT WE'RE SEEING A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF ACTUAL HOMELESS FAMILIES THAT ARE NEEDING SHELTER OR RESETTING AT A HOTEL AS WELL.

IS THAT ARE YOU SEEING THAT GROWTH IN THE NEW FACILITY IN DALLAS JUST OFF OF PRESTON? YES. OK I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE LITERALLY WALKING DISTANCE TO OUR NEW FACILITY ON MAPLE SHADE. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S A BICYCLE RIDE, IT'S NOT WALKING DISTANCE.

I ASKED THAT QUESTION.

[INAUDIBLE] SAID, YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT AND SARA, PLEASE SPEAK TO THIS IF I'M NOT SPEAKING ACCURATELY, THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD AND I'M GOING TO SAY PRE-COVID BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS PRE-COVID WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN IF A CHILD WAS HOMELESS IN MAY, WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN THEM IN THE ROLLS AS HOMELESS WHEN THEY STARTED IN AUGUST. AND THEN THE RULES CHANGED AT SOME POINT ON THIS SO THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK TO ZERO. SO THAT SO IN COUNTING, LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE FROWNING.

SO MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO RESET HOW WE IDENTIFY HOMELESS IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT USED TO BE YOU HAD TO START OVER AT ZERO AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR PRIOR TO THIS AT SOME PERIOD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND SO THAT SPEAKS ALSO TO THE GRAVITY OF THE NUMBER BEING SOMETHING THAT IF WE'RE STARTING AT ZERO COME AUGUST, WHATEVER, AND THEN WE'RE HAVING THAT GROW.

AND CONVENTION HAS BEEN THAT A HOMELESS COUNT NUMBER THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS IS PROBABLY UNDERCOUNTED TO THE MAGNITUDE OF 5 TO 6 TO 7 TIMES.

SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 5 TO 6 TO 7 TIMES.

THIS IS REALLY A SERIOUS CONCERN WE SHOULD HAVE.

ABSOLUTELY. KARINA, YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? SO ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE DO START FROM ZERO.

WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE FAMILIES ALL OVER AGAIN.

THANKFULLY, WE HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FORMS, OUR REGISTRATION PACKET, THAT INCLUDES THE STUDENT RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE ON THERE AS WELL TOO.

SO THAT HELPS US REVIEW ALL OF OUR STUDENT SRQ'S AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL OVER FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR. ONE MORE THING.

SO I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS OR HEARD SOME RUMBLINGS ABOUT BEING FRUSTRATED WHEN THE ENROLLMENT PAPERS ASKED ABOUT THEIR ECONOMIC STANDING OF THE FAMILY, THAT FAMILIES WERE OFFENDED THAT THAT KIND OF QUESTION WAS ASKED.

I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT THAT'S AN OPTIONAL QUESTION, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TOUCH POINTS THAT WE CAN HAVE TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO A FAMILY FROM THE DAY THAT SCHOOL STARTS.

AND SO HELPING TO EDUCATE OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE NOT IN THAT SITUATION AND LET IT PASS AND

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I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STARTS RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT CENTER AND YOU CAN BE THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE THE FIRST FACE THAT SOME OF THESE FAMILIES SEE TO HELP ESTABLISH WHERE CAN I HAVE SUPPORT AND ALL THE SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS THE GENESIS OF IT.

SO IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET AS MANY OF THESE FAMILIES WHO NEED THIS, THOSE SUPPORTS THROUGH THE DOORS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT AUGUST AND YOU RUN 1600 KIDS THROUGH THE DOORS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT'S 25% OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE YEAR TO DATE IN ONE MONTH.

AND YOU GET THEM IN AND GET THEM INVOLVED WITH THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED, THAT IT PAYS DIVIDENDS ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THIS WORK IS CRITICAL.

YEAH, JERI, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE FORM THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE FREE MEALS FROM TDA, BECAUSE OF COVID THAT EVERYONE ATE FOR FREE, WE DID NOT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO USE THE REGULAR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FORM, WHICH MEANS YOU COULDN'T WE COULDN'T ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION IN THE TYPICAL WAY WE DID IT, BUT WE STILL HAD TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF FREE AND REDUCED KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT IN SOME WAY IN ORDER TO SECURE TITLE ONE FUNDING AND TO IDENTIFY THE PERCENT OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS ARE VERY NECESSARY TO THE DISTRICT. SO THE WAY THAT TEA MANAGED THAT AND THE DISTRICTS DID IS THAT WE HAD TO DO A LOCALLY DEVELOPED IDENTIFICATION FORM THAT TOOK THE PLACE OF THE TRADITIONAL FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FORM, WHICH EVERYONE IS VERY ACCUSTOMED TO.

AND SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS MAY HAVE BEEN NOT AS MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE HARDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS ATYPICAL, BUT THAT IS THE REASON THAT WHY WE HAD TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT . IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FREE MEALS WILL END THIS SUMMER AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK TO TYPICAL IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

YES. SO DO WE STILL.

WILL WE STILL HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ASKED THROUGH ONLINE ENROLLMENT IN THE COMING YEAR, SCHOOL YEAR? THIS QUESTION IS FOR TO DECIDE OF A FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM.

WILL WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT? IF THEY'RE ENROLLING WITH US FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, YES.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT IF WE'RE HAVING IT ON THERE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FORM? THE THE PLANO ISD MODIFIED THE ONE WE CREATED.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT ON THERE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

WE DON'T START THAT BACK TO SCHOOL FORMS UNTIL LATER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

UNTIL JULY. YEAH.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS LIKE THE QUESTIONS THE FORM WE DESIGNED.

IT DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT'S ON THE TEA FORM SO.

YES. YEAH, IT WAS MORE OR LESS THE SAME.

IT LOOKED DIFFERENT FOR SURE.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS, IT DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

YES. IT HAS FOR THE SAME.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TO PARENTS TOO LIKE, YOU KNOW.

YES. IT'S REALLY NOT DIFFERENT.

IT LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT DIFFERENT.

IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE'S A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS WITH THE DATA FROM THAT.

SO, YES.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I WANTED TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

WHEN I CAME IN TOWARD THE WELCOME CENTER, YOU GAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING WITH YOU GUYS ON CERTAIN INITIATIVES.

AND SO I JUST WAS HOPING YOU WOULD KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT THERE TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND THEN IT STRUCK ME THAT THERE WERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO COME IN AND HELP WITH THIS EFFORT.

SO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT OUT THERE OR CALL OUT THE NEED IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP SUPPORT THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO IN THE VOLY SYSTEM FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COME OUT TO THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR NEW PARTNERS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT US.

I WOULD THINK IN THE NEXT UPDATE THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE AS WELL TOO ON THE CARING PLACE AS WELL TOO.

IT'S OUR FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY THAT WE HAVE AT THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER FOR OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

WE HAVE GRACE CHURCH THAT VERY GRATEFULLY PROVIDING THE FOOD AT THIS TIME.

WE HAVE SO MANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ASSISTING US.

SO WE'VE ALREADY KICKED OFF OUR ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, MARCH 21ST. OUR HEAD START ENROLLMENT OPENS AS WELL AS K 12 ONLINE ENROLLMENT.

AND WE KNOW WE HAD SOME KINKS TO WORK OUT AND WE BELIEVE WE WORKED MOST OF THOSE OUT

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AND WE PRIMARILY THE ONLY TRANSFERS WE'LL WORK WITH THEN OUR NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WANT TO BRING THEIR KIDS WITH THEM TO WORK SO TO GO TO SCHOOL IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

AND DURING THE SUMMER, WHEN OUR STAFF IS AWAY, THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TAKES OVER 100% OF THE ENROLLMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

AND REMEMBER, LAST YEAR THEY OPENED IN JULY, I THINK THEY HAD ABOUT THREE OR 400, 350 IN JULY. BUT AUGUST CAME AND THAT BRAND NEW CENTER THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE FULLY FURNISHED OR FULLY STAFFED SAW 1600 FAMILIES AND SO.

AND THAT JULY NUMBER IS ONLY FOR FOUR DAYS [INAUDIBLE].

THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED COUNTING SO.

THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE THE CAMPUSES CAME BACK THE CAMPUSES CAME BACK TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST.

SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, KARINA, THANK YOU.

AND YOUR TEAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR A NEW INITIATIVE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND SO AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE LITTLE GIFTS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD.

AND BEFORE YOU TAKE DEPART, BECAUSE I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE NURSING CAPACITY.

WE YOU SPEAK TO WHAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR FAMILIES STARTING THIS YEAR THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GAME CHANGER.

YES. SO WE HAVE OUR ENROLLMENT CENTER CLINIC IS ALSO GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT UPDATE WE PROVIDE TO YOU.

WE ARE AN ON SITE TEXAS VACCINE FOR CHILDREN'S LOCATION SO THAT AS THE STUDENTS COME IN TO ENROLL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING IMMUNIZATIONS.

AND THAT IS A BARRIER FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES.

SO OUR NURSE MANAGER, LIZ [INAUDIBLE] IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THE LAST HURDLE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE TEXAS VACCINE FOR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.

AND VERY SOON, WE'RE HOPING BY THE MONTH OF APRIL TO BE ABLE TO BE AN ONSITE VACCINATION LOCATION. SO AS OUR STUDENTS COME IN FOR ENROLLMENT, THEY NEED SHOTS.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK ON IN WITH MOM AND GET THEIR IMMUNIZATION FROM OUR NURSE SO THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, TOO.

SO I JUST SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS ALREADY HAPPENED.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS NOT LONG AGO.

AND BECAUSE I REMEMBERED I HAD TO HELP STUDENTS DRIVING THEM TO COLLIN COUNTY HEALTH WAY IN MCKINNEY SOMEWHERE IN THE STRIP MALL.

I JUST REMEMBER THIS PLACE LIKE I TOOK PERSONALLY TOOK STUDENTS THERE TO GET THEIR SHOTS.

BUT NOW WE CAN DO IT HERE.

YES. SO IT'S UNDER THE TEXAS VACCINES FOR CHILDREN.

SO THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS.

SO MOST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO ARE GOING TO BE YOUR UNINSURED STUDENT OR UNDERINSURED.

IF THEY'RE ON MEDICAID, THEY CAN GET IT AS WELL, TOO.

I UNDERSTAND I DIDN'T TAKE MY KIDS THERE.

I JUST SAY I'M HELPING OTHERS.

OH, YES. THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. TROTTER.

AND NOW WE HAVE KIMMIE CONLON COMING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH SECTION 504 SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES.

MS. KIMMIE CONLON.

THANK YOU, DR. GOBER.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT 504 SERVICES.

WE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, BUT WE SERVE OVER 3000 STUDENTS IN SECTION 504.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THEIR NEEDS WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL PLANS FOR SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SELF ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY TEAM BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT TO SIX 504 CAMPUS COORDINATORS TO HELP US AUDIT AND IMPLEMENT OUR ASSESSMENT.

THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND IT ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR CAMPUS COORDINATORS SO THAT THEY COULD THEN BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THEIR PEERS WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO COACH THEM OR HELP THEM WITH ANY INCONSISTENCIES THAT THEY SAW IN THE PLANS OR PAPERWORK.

FROM THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED TO FOCUS OUR TRAINING ON FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

WE'VE DECIDED TO HAVE A BOOT CAMP IN AUGUST FRONTLINE, WHICH IS OUR SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR OUR RECORDS IS BEING UPDATED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN OUR BOOT CAMP TO TRAIN EVERYBODY ON FRONTLINE AND THE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO FOLLOW.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH OF LEGAL UPDATES BECAUSE THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE BETTER YOU DO.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT BUILDING THAT CAPACITY AND THEN TEACHING NEWCOMERS OR NEW

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AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THEN TRAIN OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF OR BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRAIN THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS ON HOW TO ALSO DO THEIR SELF ASSESSMENTS AND SELF AUDITS JUST SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ALIGN ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND BEDS AND SUCH.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN MY DEPARTMENT IS WE HANDLE OR WE SERVICE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HOMEBOUND FOR GENERAL EDUCATION.

SO GENERAL EDUCATION, HOMEBOUND SERVICES, THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND I THINK WE'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND I WILL BE HONEST, WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR A HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND BECAUSE WE WERE COMING OFF OF COVID WHERE WE HAD REMOTE CONFERENCING OR REMOTE SERVICES.

AND SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE HIDDEN BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES AT HOME.

SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THIS YEAR IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT WE SERVICE THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL PROGRAMS. WE WORK WITH ERC LEGACY, THAT'S THE EATING RECOVERY CENTER, LEGACY EATING RECOVERY CENTER, BAYLOR, CHILDREN'S AND THE CENTER OF DISCOVERY, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS AND PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AS WE CAN. BECAUSE OF THIS.

YOU HAD A QUESTION, I BELIEVE, ABOUT BEDS.

SO THEY ARE OPENING UP MORE BEDS AT THE EATING RECOVERY CENTER.

SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE MORE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS.

DR. GOBER WAS ABLE TO TOUR THE FACILITY WITH ME ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND SO HE'S GOING TO BE HELPING US STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES ONE MORE TIME IN THIS AREA TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR INPATIENT STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING PARTIAL, HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAMS. I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT.

WE DO HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE AS YOUNG AS THIRD GRADE IN THESE EATING RECOVERY CENTERS, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE OPENING UP MORE BEDS.

BUT IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF OUR TIME AND OUR FOCUS, AND HOPEFULLY DR.

GOBER WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US NAVIGATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW WORLD.

YES. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. JUST I'M GOING TO SHOW MY IGNORANCE HERE.

WHAT FRONTLINE? WHAT IS FRONTLINE? FRONTLINE IS LIKE? FRONTLINE IS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

IT'S OUR IT'S OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

SO WE COME IN, IT'S WHERE WE STORE ALL OF OUR ELECTRONIC RECORDS.

IT FOLLOWS STUDENTS FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT IF THEY HAVE FRONTLINE IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED.

OKAY. I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT.

SO HOW LONG HAVE WE USED THIS? MR. STOLLE, IT'S PRIMARILY WHAT WE USED TO CALL IT TEAMS. NO, IT WAS ESPED, SO IT WAS ESPED.

SO SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS.

FOR 15 YEARS, BECAUSE I USED IT WHEN I WAS AT WILLIAMS. FRONTLINE FOR SECTION 504 HAS ONLY BEEN IN PLANO.

I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR.

OK. SO WE HAD A TRANSITION FROM WHAT WE FONDLY CALL THE YELLOW FOLDERS TO FULL BLOWN ELECTRONIC RESOURCES.

OK. SO. SO THIS IS GETTING TO THE CRUX OF THE QUESTIONING.

THE LINE OF QUESTIONING IS BECAUSE THERE WAS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A HOLE IN OUR TRANSITIONING FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER CAMPUS IN THESE FOLDERS FOLLOWING.

THIS, I'M HOPING WE'LL PLUG THAT HOLE.

THIS IS PLUGGING THE HOLE.

OKAY. [LAUGHTER] NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE IT'S A PERFECT STORM.

AND SO WE'RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN JUST THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS WITHIN FRONTLINE IS BEING REEVALUATED AS WELL.

WE HAVE HAD THE JOY OF SCANNING THOSE YELLOW FOLDERS SO THAT THEY GO FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN GET RID OF THEM.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S A PAPER COPY, YOU CAN LOSE A FOLDER.

AND SO STREAMLINING IT.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THEN WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT? IS EVERY CAMPUS EMPLOYEE DOES EVERY TEACHER HAVE ACCESS TO THIS? OR IS IT JUST IT'S THE COORDINATOR? THE COORDINATOR AND THE PRINCIPAL AND THE COUNSELORS HAVE LIMITED INFORMATION.

WHAT WE DO IS WE ENTER IT ALL INTO FRONTLINE.

AND THEN THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN SHARE OUT CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PAPERWORK DIRECTLY

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SO IT'S NOT IT'S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, SOMETHING THAT WE PROTECT.

YEAH, WELL, THAT'S FAIR POINT.

I GUESS I WAS REALLY I WAS REALLY GOING MORE FOR THE ACTUAL PLAN AND WHAT THE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW WE'RE GETTING THEM THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THIS FRONTLINE SYSTEM.

CORRECT? THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND THAT WE CAN TRACK IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT.

WE ARE OFFERING MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION BECAUSE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE DISABILITY, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE ACCOMMODATIONS, RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THEY'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

OK. THIS IS AWESOME.

SO HAVING BEEN A PARENT WHO WENT THROUGH THIS, I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SEE THIS AS YOU GO FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS WORKS OUT.

AND KIMMIE, I WOULD SAY WITH SAME GOES FOR DAVID AND I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS 504 SERVICES AND TO IMPLEMENT FRONTLINE.

OH, WELL I WILL TELL YOU THAT I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT KATIE FLORES AND KATE [INAUDIBLE] WERE THE ONES WHO STARTED IT.

I'VE JUST INHERITED AND GOT THE UPDATE.

SO IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUT THANK YOU.

AND I LOVE KATE [INAUDIBLE], TOO.

I LOVE HER. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

GO AHEAD. DOES THIS MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR THE TEACHERS? I MEAN, LIKE IN TERMS OF PAPERWORK, LIKE, DOES IT HELP MORE WITH LIKE REDUCING THE PAPERWORK? IT'S IF I UNDERSTAND HAVING THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS IN FRONTLINE, IT DOES MAKE IT EASIER.

IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO RETRIEVE IT, EASIER FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO ACCESS IT WHEN THEY NEED TO ACCESS IT, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS, WHEN WE NEED TO GIVE IT TO THEM.

SO YES.

THE ANSWER IS YES. SO LIKE, IF I'M A TEACHER, I CAN GRAB THE YELLOW FOLDER.

BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER OR IPAD, RIGHT? WHEN YOU NEED INFORMATION FAST ABOUT WHAT STUDENT? YES.

SPEAKERS] AND HOPE THAT OFFICE DOOR'S OPEN AN THE RIGHT PERSON, IS IN THERE TO GET YOU IN THAT CABINET TO GET THAT YELLOW FOLDER.

IF ANOTHER TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE THAT YELLOW FOLDER.

BUT ON FRONTLINE, YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPER ACCESS TO FOR THAT STUDENT'S INFORMATION.

SO WHEN THE TEACHER GETS EMAILED THE PAPERWORK, IT COMES IN AS A PDF.

SO IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO DOWNLOAD IT, PUT IT IN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE. SO IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK, IT COMES AS A PDF, BUT IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING THE INDIVIDUAL TEACHER AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO QUESTION IF YOU'RE THE TEACHER WHO'S HAVING TO DOCUMENT YOUR 504.

ACCOMMODATIONS. ACCOMMODATIONS.

ARE YOU PUTTING THOSE OR YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THOSE INTO FRONTLINE OR ARE YOU? IS THERE A WAY? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU YOUR NOTES THREE TIMES A WEEK? THE LATTER. THREE TIMES A WEEK.

YOU'RE PREFERENTIAL SITTING.

I'M DOING I'M GIVING YOU THESE ACCOMMODATIONS.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S STILL TEACHER DRIVEN.

SO HOW THE TEACHER WANTS TO KEEP TRACK OF IT.

WHEN WE GO IN TO DO THE MEETING, THAT'S WHEN WE RELY ON THE TEACHER INFORMATION.

OK. I HAVE AN IPAD FOR THE EACH OF THE COORDINATOR TO HAVE AN IPAD.

I MEAN, REALLY, I IMAGINE JUST THE VISUAL, IF YOU WANT TO WORK, PUT INFORMATION DIGITALLY INSTEAD OF WRITING ON THE NOTE.

AND FOR ME, THAT'S ADDING WORK TO THE TEACHER.

IF I HAVE TO WRITE A NOTE AND THEY SCAN IT, THAT'S NOT REDUCING MY WORKLOAD.

SO DO WE HAVE LIKE, AN IPAD FOR THE TEACHER, LIKE TYPING WHAT I'VE DONE? TIME STAMP IT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING EASIER? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO.

BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING HERE IN A MINUTE THAT I THINK WE'LL GET CLOSER TO AN ANSWER. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I PROMISE. OKAY.

SO.

GO. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION JUST IN TERMS OF THE SHARING ACROSS CAMPUSES AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

SO YOU SAID THE PERSON THAT HAS ACCESS TO A 504 IS GOING TO BE THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND THE 504 COORDINATOR.

ACCESS TO FRONTLINE TO PULL THE INFORMATION.

RIGHT. AND THEN IF A STUDENT TRANSFER OR NOT TRANSFERS, LET'S SAY A STUDENT GOES FROM WILLIAMS TO EAST AND THE 504 ACCOMMODATIONS ARE GOING TO BE HONORED OR NEEDED AT EAST WOULD THE ACCESS TO THOSE FILES WILL NOW LEAVE THAT PRINCIPAL AND THAT COORDINATOR AND GO TO THE? THEY FOLLOW. EXACTLY.

THEY FOLLOW THE STUDENTS ID.

OK. SO IF I GO FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT, IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTS OVER TO THE NEXT

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THAT NEW STUDENT WILL SHOW UP.

OK. AND SO WITH IT BEING TRANSFERRED INTO THAT NEW CASELOAD, THE PREVIOUS CAMPUS WILL NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.

RIGHT. NO. IT ROLLS UP WITH THE STUDENT AND IT GETS REASSIGNED TO THE PERSON IN THE ROLE THAT NEEDS THE ACCESS.

OK. AND IF A STUDENT, LET'S SAY, HAS A 504 AT WILLIAMS FRESHMAN YEAR, SOPHOMORE YEAR, THEY DON'T NEED IT. THEN THEY GO TO EAST AND THERE THEY ARE AT 11TH GRADE AND THEY NEED A 504 AGAIN. DOES THE HISTORY OF THEIR 504 NEEDS IN FRONTLINE POPULATE AND PULL TOGETHER.

IT FOLLOWS. IT ALL FOLLOWS.

IT ALL FOLLOWS THEM. SO IT'S REALLY JUST THAT ONE PLACE TO GO.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH.

AND I CAN TELL YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

I APPRECIATE IT. CAN YOU TELL? BECAUSE I REALLY AM PASSIONATE.

NO, I CAN TELL. I CAN TELL.

I APPRECIATE IT. I'LL JUST.

OH, GO AHEAD. OH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I'LL JUST SAY TOO AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT WHO CURRENTLY HAS A 504, WHEN I PULL HIS TEST SCORES, LIKE IF I PULL HIS ACADEMIC RECORD AND LOOK AT HIS MAP SCORES AND THAT SORT OF THING, THERE'S A LITTLE THING ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THAT HE HAS A 504 PLAN AND LIKE THE COUNSELOR'S NAME IS ON IT.

RIGHT. AND SO, LIKE, I AS A PARENT CAN SEE THAT THE 504 DOCUMENT, PDF DOCUMENT IS LINKED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I CAN SEE THAT IT'S BEING HANDLED.

SO JUST AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW, DAVID, YOU SAID YOU WENT THROUGH THIS.

I'M GOING THROUGH THIS.

AND MY SON'S TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS DEFINITELY LIKE READY WITH IT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I'M.

EACH TEACHER HAS TO SIGN OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SAYING THEY RECEIVED IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. YEP.

SO ONE OTHER THING, DR.

GOBER, BEFORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT, BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME.

[LAUGHTER] WE DID START A PARENT ENGAGEMENT NIGHT FOCUS GROUP.

I FORGOT TO ADD IT TO MY SLIDES.

BUT WE DO HAVE ONCE A MONTH A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE OUR THOUGHT PARTNERS, LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE, IDENTIFYING WHAT WE NEED TO ADD, WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT, ACTIVITIES, TRAINING.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED THIS MONTH AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO I CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT WILL BE HELPFUL OF THE SEVERAL ELEMENTARY BIRTHDAY PARTIES THAT I HAVE BEEN TO IN THE LAST MONTH.

THIS IS A FREQUENT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG MOMS AN ELEMENTARY KIDS, BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED WITH DYSLEXIA AT THAT POINT, OR MAYBE THEY NEED TO GET INTO SPEECH AT THAT POINT. IT'S A VERY ACTIVE I MEAN, I'M SURE ALL OF OUR GRADES ARE ACTIVE, BUT IT'S A NEW ENTRY POINT FOR A LOT OF PARENTS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND THE ATTEMPTED PARENT OUTREACH BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT PARENTS WANT TO KNOW.

TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, CODY, PARENTS WANT TO KNOW AND THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THEIR KIDS EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN DO THAT IS JUST SUPER HELPFUL.

YES. SO WE ARE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING NEXT YEAR IS THE NEW TO THE SYSTEM EDUCATION NIGHTS.

I HAVE SORRY I CAN TELL THE WHOLE BOARD IS KIND OF PRETTY PASSIONATE LIKE YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO THE YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ENROLLING THEIR KIDS IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? I MEAN, TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WILL MY KIDS BE LABELED.

WILL THIS RECORD FOLLOW THEM FOREVER.

DO YOU GAIN SOMETHING BY ME JOINING, YOU KNOW, BY ME ENROLLING IN 504.

I GOT ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS AND I WANT TO FOR BECAUSE I'VE GOT EXPERTS HERE.

SO JUST TO YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ELIMINATE PARENTS CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING THEIR KIDS HELP? WELL, FIRST, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. AND SO 504 IS A GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND IT'S TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS THE ACCOMMODATIONS THEY NEED TO TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CLASS.

SO WE'RE NOT MODIFYING THE CURRICULUM, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE TEST OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. WE MIGHT GIVE THEM MORE TIME ON THE TEST, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT THEY LEARN. WE JUST MIGHT GIVE MORE ACCOMMODATIONS IN HOW THEY ACTUALLY LEARN IT.

AND SO AND THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS, OF COURSE, THE ACCOMMODATIONS BEING THE PRIMARY ONES.

AND SOME OF THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY FOLLOW THEM TO COLLEGE AND IS WHERE THEY MAY NEED THEM IN COLLEGE. SO THERE'S MANY OTHER MORE, MORE OTHERS AND I'M SCARED TO LOSE HER AND LET HER GO AND TELL YOU ALL ALL OF THEM.

I CAN TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED TO KNOW.

IS THIS MIC STILL WORKING? BUT IT'S ABOUT EQUAL ACCESS.

THAT'S ALL IT'S REALLY ABOUT.

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ONE OF THE PARENTS ALSO MENTIONED THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING.

ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT.

LIKE I JUST WANT PARENTS TO KNOW, LIKE, IT'S REALLY IT'S ABOUT GETTING YOUR KIDS HELP.

IT REALLY IS. AND I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP.

I REALLY AM. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET PAST THAT.

WE NEED TO GET PAST ADULT FEELINGS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT OUR KIDS MAY NEED.

AND SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WELL, THE OTHER THING THAT'S NICE IS OUR COLLEGES ARE NOW RECOGNIZING IT.

SO IF YOU DO NOT KEEP THAT 504 AND HAVE IT GO WITH YOU TO COLLEGE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY BE HURTING THAT INVESTMENT, THAT DEAR NOW PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE IN COLLEGE WHERE THEY COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AND, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED TIME.

I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER HAD A BRAIN TUMOR AND THEN THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND DANDY. BUT IN COLLEGE, SHE WAS ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO USE HER 504 BECAUSE SHE'D HAD THAT EXPERIENCE A LONG TIME AGO.

BUT IT HELPED HER GET THAT JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SHE NEEDED TO HELP HER WITH HER COLLEGE CLASSES. SO IT IS NOW BECOMING MORE OF A LONGEVITY THING VERSUS A.

JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST AT THIS AGE.

SO JUST LET ME LET ME PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.

LIKE, I WOULD JUST SAY, DR.

GOBER, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO GAIN? WHY ARE YOU PUSHING ME TO GET MY KIDS ENROLLED IN 504? WHY ARE YOU SO INVESTED IN IT? I MEAN, DO YOU GET PAID FOR THAT? AND DOES THE DISTRICT GET PAID FOR THAT? SO DOES YOUR CAMPUS GET PAID FOR THAT? THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THAT.

YEAH, ADDITIONAL MONEY.

THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONEY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

NO. WELL, AND REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY.

YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE ACADEMIC OR PHYSICAL NEED FOR AN ACCOMMODATION BEFORE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE IT.

SO YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, I WANT TO ENROLL IN 504.

THERE HAS TO ACTUALLY BE A NEED.

I'M TALKING YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT PARENTS WHO ARE REACHED.

YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOL REACHED OUT TO THE PARENTS ASKING THEM.

SO THE SCHOOL MAY HAVE SUSPECTED OR IDENTIFIED A NEED.

YES. BUT THEN THE PARENTS BRAIN START, YOU KNOW, SPINNING THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO GAIN? IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU ANSWER NO TO ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. CONLON. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.

AND I PROVIDED A TIMELINE HERE JUST TO HELP US SORT OF NAVIGATE THIS.

AND LAST JULY, YOU KNOW, WE HIRED KIMMIE CONLON, AND SHE GOT BUSY ALIGNING OUR DISTRICT SYSTEMS AND CREATING A HANDBOOK.

AND THEN WE THIS PAST SUMMER FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIRED SOME INTERVENTIONISTS TO HELP WITH ALL THIS WORK. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DESIGNING OUR WEBSITE, FINALIZING THAT HANDBOOK I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND NOW LITERALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE GOING TO UNVEIL TO ALL PLANO ISD STAFF THIS SUMMER.

AND AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE PLAN TO DO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HERE.

SO WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY FOLKS, OUR COUNSELORS, OUR ACADEMIC FOLKS, REALLY JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS DISTRICT WE'VE WORKED WITH.

AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, SORT OF LIKE A DASHBOARD FOR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO USE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO MAY BE SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING AT RISK, WHETHER IT'S ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR OR ACADEMICS.

AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU A SNEAK PEAK OF THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND HERE, OUR HANDBOOK I TOLD YOU WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.

OUR INTERACTIVE SUPPORT AND SERVICE FINDER REALLY MAKES A COMPLICATED PROCESS A LOT EASIER. SO IF I'M A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR OR A COUNSELOR AND I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPES OF SERVICE OR SORRY INTERVENTIONS MY STUDENT MAY NEED, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THIS INTERACTIVE CALCULATOR, IF YOU WILL, WHERE THEY CAN TYPE IN.

YOU KNOW, ME PICK ON NANCY.

NANCY HAS NINE ABSENCES.

SHE'S FAILING TWO CLASSES AND THEN 15 REFERRALS.

AND SO WE'LL PUT THAT IN AND SORT OF HELPS THE CAMPUS PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR HER.

NANCY. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

SO THESE THIS IS MTSS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY DIFFERENT TIERS OF SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THOSE WE CALL THEM UNIVERSAL SUPPORTS OR FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORTS.

BUT SOMETIMES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING

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IT IS SORT OF HARD TO FIND THE KID THAT HAS THAT EARLY INDICATOR OF SOME KIND OF AT RISK BEHAVIOR. AND SO DEVELOPING THE TOOLS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH DASH'S GROUP AND PATRICK'S GROUP AND REALLY EVERYBODY HERE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO LAUNCHING THAT EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

AND I LIKE TO CALL IT THE DASHBOARD, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHY IN A SECOND.

OKAY. SO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED ON, YOU KNOW, HAVING STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM MEETINGS, TO DEVELOP STUDENT SUPPORT PLANS.

AND SO THAT WILL BE SORT OF OUR NEW LANGUAGE.

AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO HOW THEY PROGRESS, MONITOR THOSE KIDS.

SO A SNEAK PEEK NOT FULLY OPERATIONAL.

THIS IS A STAGNANT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE REAL THING IS ACTUALLY INTERACTIVE.

YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND ACTUALLY SEE KIDS NAMES.

BUT IF I'M A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR WHOMEVER, I WOULD HAVE THIS DASHBOARD.

AND IN THIS EXAMPLE, YOU SEE ATTENDANCE AND THEN DISCIPLINE, AND THEN YOU SEE THE FOUR CORE SUBJECTS FOR ACADEMICS.

AND I WOULD YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PAY ATTENTION TO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO, IF AS A PRINCIPAL.

BUT I WOULD CLICK ON MAYBE THAT LITTLE RED SLIVER AT THIS CAMPUS, AND THAT RED WOULD TELL ME, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF KIDS AND THEIR ACTUAL NAMES AND ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED ABOUT THEM OF WHY THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH ATTENDANCE AND WHAT DAYS THEY'RE MISSING.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP AND WHAT KIND OF THINGS NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN A PLAN FOR THAT STUDENT? THE SAME THING FOR DISCIPLINE AND ACADEMICS.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO GETTING THAT WRAPPED UP. THAT'S MTSS HANDBOOK.

IT'S A MONSTER, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIKE A DAY TO DAY THING.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A REFERENCE GUIDE.

AND SO THIS KIND OF INFORMATION YOU'LL SEE IN THERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS TALKS ABOUT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THAT CAMPUS.

AND IT SORT OF GIVES THEM JUST BULLETS OF SORT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT OF THEM IN THIS MTSS PROCESS ON THE CAMPUS, ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD AGAIN.

AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, THIS LITTLE BAR GRAPH THAT'S SORT OF THE DISTRICT VIEW OF OUR ABILITY TO LOOK ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND SEE HOW WELL OUR CAMPUSES ARE PROGRESS MONITORING STUDENTS THAT HAVE OF TRIGGERED, IF YOU WILL, THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. SO WE HAD TO PUT A CHECK IN SO THAT WE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL CAN HELP THE CAMPUSES MONITOR IT.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE AND THAT'S A VERY QUICK, FAST VIEW AT THE MULTI OR MTSS.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO CLOSE, I PROMISE, WITH AN UPDATE ON MAPLE SHADE PROPERTY.

SO BEFORE I GO THERE, ANYTHING ABOUT MTSS? OK MAPLE SHADE.

HERE IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF MAPLE SHADE.

I BELIEVE THE TOP OF THAT PICTURE IS NORTH.

SO TO THE LEFT IS THE PRESTON ROAD.

AND THEN RIGHT ABOVE THAT RENDERING OF A BUILDING TOP IS MAPLE SHADE.

AND SO YOU SEE THE TRIANGLE PROPERTY.

NOW, WE DON'T OWN THAT.

WAS THAT THE EAST PART OF THAT TRIANGLE? BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT EAST PART OF THE TRIANGLE WE OWN.

SO FROM THE TOP OF THAT RENDERING OF THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT TRIANGLE IS PLANO ISD PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT BUILDING SORT OF FITS IN THAT WHOLE SCHEME OF PROPERTY THERE.

THAT'S SORT OF A SIDE VIEW OF THAT.

SO THAT'S THE FRONT DOOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU PULL UP.

OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM HAS BEEN VERY BUSY ABOUT 95% DONE WITH THE DOCUMENT PHASE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND THIS JULY, WHICH MEANS IT MAY VERY WELL OPEN THE FOLLOWING JULY OF 2023.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR.

GOBER AND TEAM.

AND FOR ONE, I MEANT TO SAY THIS EARLIER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE IN WAITING FOR US WHILE WE WERE IN CLOSED.

AS YOU CAN TELL, THAT WAS A TWO HOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU'VE GOT A BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO'S VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO IT IS AMAZING AND IT REALLY HAS A REAL IMPACT ON KIDS.

SO WITH THAT YA'LL ARE FREE TO GO HOME.

[LAUGHTER] GANG, IT'S 10:00.

WE HAVE TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS.

DO WE WANT TO TAKE A REALLY QUICK IF WE'RE TAKING AT 10:05, WE'RE GOING TO START THIS

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THANK YOUR TEAMS FOR ALL YOU ARE REPRESENTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO PLEASE SHARE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, 10:05 CHATTY CATHY IS BACK THERE.

LET'S GO.

WE HAVE A QUORUM UP HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM. IT'S 5.2.

THIS IS OUR BUDGET 2022 2023 BUDGET UPDATE.

JOHNNY, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, SIR. PRESIDENT STOLLE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I WILL GO THROUGH THIS QUICK.

I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY COME UP.

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU HEARD OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN A VERY POSITIVE, VERY, VERY WELL

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THIS IS JUST THE BUDGET UPDATE.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS WE ACTUALLY CAME AND DID A PRELIMINARY BUDGET UPDATE IN JANUARY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TWO MONTHS WITHOUT AT LEAST GOING BACK AND REINFORCING WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN BASICALLY UPDATING WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF RIGHT NOW.

SO JUST THE BUDGET CALENDAR AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN MARCH.

IF YOU LOOK AT JANUARY, OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT ASSUMPTIONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT PRELIMINARY BUDGET ESTIMATES AND THEN TONIGHT AFTER THIS BUDGET UPDATE, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME TRENDS AND SOME PEER REVIEWS.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS JUST TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE WITH NOT ONLY THE DISTRICTS AROUND US, BUT ALSO HOW WE COMPARE WITH OTHER STATE DISTRICTS AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, COMING UP, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S COMING UP DOWN THE ROAD.

IN APRIL WE'LL ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN AND START LOOKING AT BUDGETS IN TOTALITY.

AND I STARTED LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE, TOP NUMBERS AND THEN, OF COURSE, MAY AND THEN JUNE WILL LEAD US INTO THE HEARINGS AND OF COURSE, IN SETTING THE BUDGET.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, SEPTEMBER IS ADOPTING THE TAX RATES.

SO UNDERLYING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

THESE ARE WHAT WE HAD VISITED WITH YOU GUYS BACK IN JANUARY.

THIS IS HOW WE HAVE BUILT THE BUDGET UP TO THIS POINT.

OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME MAJOR DRIVERS OF THE BUDGET AND THESE ARE WHAT THOSE ARE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER.

THEY PROJECT OUR ENROLLMENTS TO GO DOWN SLIGHTLY, APPROXIMATELY, JUST A LITTLE UNDER 500 STUDENTS. NOW, I WILL SAY THIS.

IF YOU REMEMBER OUR SHIFT FROM 12TH GRADE TO KINDERGARTEN, NATURALLY WE'RE LOSING, DROPPING OFF 4,000 12TH GRADERS, WE'RE ADDING ABOUT 3,000 KINDERGARTENS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DROP OF 478 STUDENTS, THAT MEANS WE ACTUALLY ARE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN OUR DISTRICT OF ABOUT 500 NEW STUDENTS COMING IN AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WORK WITH OUR CHIEF APPRAISER IN COLLIN COUNTY, AND WE ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE ABOUT AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 2% TO OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THE ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT, PROPERTY VALUES IN.

RECAPTURE OUT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TAX RATE COMPRESSIONS.

THIS IS THROUGH HOUSE BILL 3 THAT'S CAME ABOUT IN 2019.

THIS IS GOOD FOR OUR TAXPAYERS BECAUSE BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK OVER JUST THE LAST SINCE 2019, WE'VE DROPPED THE OVERALL TAX RATE ALMOST $0.15.

WE'RE PROJECTED TO DROP IT AGAIN, ABOUT $0.02 FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

WHY IS THAT IS BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE GET THE GREATER OF STATE OR LOCAL IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVELY HAS ALREADY SET THAT NUMBER FOR THIS NEXT YEAR AT 4.36%.

SO WE WILL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, ANYTHING OVER TWO AND A HALF PERCENT. YOU'RE ABLE TO COMPRESS UP TO THAT 4.36 CENTS THAT IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT MEANS ABOUT 1.93 CENTS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

OK. WE ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION THAT WILL FLOW THROUGH THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE PER CAPITA ALLOTMENT THAT WE GET.

TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY SETS THOSE AMOUNTS THROUGH TEA.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THOSE WILL ACTUALLY GO UP QUITE A BIT THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR, OF COURSE, THEY TAKE OFF AN ALLOTMENT TO PAY FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.

SO WE KNOW THAT WILL GO UP FROM ABOUT $400 DOLLARS PER KID UP TO ABOUT $650 PER KID.

ONCE AGAIN, WE REPORT THAT IN STATE MONIES AND IT GOES OUT THE BACK DOOR IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE AS WELL.

OK. BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY BOOK IT.

RECAPTURE OF COURSE IS BASED ON AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES OF APPROXIMATELY 2% INCREASE, WITH A 1% DECREASE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, COMPENSATION WE'LL COME AND VISIT WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN I BELIEVE APRIL.

IS THAT RIGHT, DR.

BROCHMAN? WE'LL COME AND VISIT WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN APRIL.

BUT WE HAVE A 2% PLACEHOLDER AT THIS TIME THAT'S REFLECTED INTO THE BUDGETS.

AND THEN FOR NON-PAYROLL BUDGET REFLECTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT A PLACEHOLDER OF 3% AND I SAW A COUPLE OF YOU GUYS ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME WHENEVER I BROUGHT THAT UP BACK IN JANUARY.

AND SO WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE BUDGETS AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS. AND SO I'LL UPDATE THAT FOR YOU HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT STAFFING BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT JUST SINCE 2019 HOW REALLY OUR ENROLLMENTS BEEN GOING DOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT JUST SINCE 2019, OUR ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN AT RIGHT AT 7%.

SINCE 2018 19, OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN ABOUT 7%.

I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE STAFFING HISTORY AS WELL, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 7,015 AND THE 6,537, AND YOU GET THAT DELTA AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT PERCENTAGE WE HAVE DECREASED OUR STAFF, IT'S RIGHT AT 6.81%.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ACTIVELY AS OUR STUDENT HAS DECREASED, OUR

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WE OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A VERY, VERY ACTIVE JOB OF TRYING TO MIRROR THAT WITH OUR STAFFING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT OUT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE AND EMPHASIZE THAT THOSE DECREASES IN STAFFING HAVE TOTALLY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH ATTRITION, AND THAT REALLY IS A PRODUCT OF OUR SIZE AND THE ABILITY TO PLACE EVERYONE AS WE HAVE SHIFTING ENROLLMENT.

I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, IN A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, WE HAVE A NORMAL TURNOVER.

IS AT 11, OR 12%? AND SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN A DISTRICT WITH 6,500 STAFF MEMBERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT AS FOLKS COME AND GO.

GOOD POINT. AND THEN OF COURSE THESE ARE THE BUDGET EFFICIENCIES IN THE NON PAYROLL.

YOU CAN SEE OVER THOSE SAME THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO CUT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $4.5 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF OUR NON PAYROLL BUDGETS AS WELL, AND THAT'S USING THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, I BELIEVE.

DR. WILLIAMS, HAS THAT BEEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO? YES. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS 5.2 IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS FOR NOT ONLY STAFFING, BUT ALSO FOR BUDGETING.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF OUR TEAMS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SO. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

AND I WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH 28 YEARS OF BUDGETING AND I'VE DONE ZERO BASED BUDGETING BEFORE.

BUT I WILL SAY HERE, IT'S EXTREMELY INTENSIVE.

AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY LINE OUT OF BUDGET.

I THINK THESE GUYS CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

THEY NO LONGER TALK TO ME IN THE HALLWAYS.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A VERY THOROUGH JOB OF GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE BUDGETS AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE STARTING TO COMPILE ALL OF THOSE BUDGETS AND PRESENT IT. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT READY FOR YOU IN APRIL.

SO LET'S JUST RUN THROUGH THIS IS WHAT YOU SAW IN JANUARY.

THIS IS JUST A REFRESHER.

BUT THIS IS OUR REVENUE.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE WHENEVER I SAID THAT WE'RE GOING UP 2% IN OUR PROPERTY VALUE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE TAXES WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN MORE TAX REVENUE.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR BOTTOM LINE BUDGETS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS ONCE YOU'RE TAKING THE RECAPTURE INTO EFFECT.

OUR NET REVENUES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR ARE ESTIMATED TO GO DOWN.

OUR NET REVENUES ARE ANTICIPATED TO GO DOWN ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

OK. EVERYONE FOLLOW THAT? EVERYBODY EXCEPT THE PUBLIC.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO THIS IS ON THE APPROPRIATION SIDE OF THE BUDGET.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE COMPARING EVERYTHING BACK TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

21-22 AMENDED BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE THE BASELINE UP AT THE VERY TOP.

AND THEN WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ADD WHAT THOSE UNDERLYING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, BACK IN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING RECAPTURE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING FOR COMPENSATION INCREASES.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLANTING HAVING TO PUT BACK THAT SUPPLANT THAT WE DID WITH ESSER 2 FOR THE 21-22 YEAR BUDGET.

TRS ON BEHALF CONTINUES TO GO UP AND THEN THAT 3% THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON THE NON INFLATION JUST THE INFLATIONARY FACTORS OF NON-PAYROLL GOING UP THAT'S THAT 3%.

YOU TAKE IT BACK TO RECAPTURE TO GET NET OF RECAPTURE AND COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OF ESTIMATED REVENUES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHANGE PROJECTED CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE AS OF THE END OF JANUARY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A $40 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT NUMBER.

YES. SO QUICK QUESTION.

SURE. ABOUT THAT 3%.

WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH INFLATION RECENTLY AND I THINK WE'RE HEDGING TOWARDS OR EDGING TOWARDS 10% NOW.

AND WE HIT IT? TODAY. I THINK I SAW THAT.

OUR FUEL COST JUST TO DRIVE THE BUSSES IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE.

HOW ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT IN THIS 3%? OKAY, GREAT POINT.

THIS IS AS OF JANUARY.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT REALLY LEADS ME UP.

THANK YOU FOR SETTING ME UP FOR THIS LAST SHEET.

THIS IS BASICALLY AT THE VERY TOP.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN JANUARY, THE 40 MILLION.

BUT HERE IN A SECOND, I'LL GET TO YOUR POINT BECAUSE DOING THAT ZERO BASE GOING LINE BY LINE THROUGH OUR BUDGETS AND ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, I WAS I'M VERY NAÏVE WITH THE 3%.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR THE 3%.

OK.

SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY WHENEVER I GO THROUGH THIS.

BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT GOING JUST WALKING US THROUGH BASICALLY JANUARY 25TH WHEN WE TALKED BEFORE AND THEN LEADING US UP UNTIL TONIGHT.

SO WHENEVER YOU DO A RECONCILIATION ONCE A YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF OUR REVENUES IN OUR PAYROLL AND ACTUALLY DO WHAT'S CALLED A RECONCILIATION THAT'S BASICALLY TAKING EVERY ONE OF OUR POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

WE CALL THOSE PCN'S AND WE ACTUALLY SAY OK BASED ON THE PCN WE CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW

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WE COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE IN OUR BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO SHORE THAT UP. WE HAVE TO RECONCILE THAT.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THE $2.88 MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS BASICALLY GOING FROM WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW FOR ALL OF OUR PCN'S, OUR POSITIONS AND WHAT THE SALARIES ARE RIGHT NOW AND COMPARING THAT WITH WHAT WE HAD FROM THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR PAYROLL, OUR COMPENSATION BUDGET JUST A LITTLE UNDER $3 MILLION DOLLARS.

OK. YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AND WE MADE DECISIONS ALSO ON OUR SUBSTITUTES.

IF YOU REMEMBER, DR.

BROCKMAN CAME AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE HAD 50% OR EVEN LESS IN OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL AND TRYING TO FIND SOME WAY TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT.

ONE WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO ADD ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.

THAT'S THAT $2 MILLION DOLLARS YOU SEE THERE.

THERE'S ALSO SOME BENEFITS THAT WE LOOK AT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WORKER'S COMP IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S BASICALLY JUST FORECASTING OUT AND BASICALLY AND TO SEE WHETHER WORKER'S COMP IS GOING UP OR DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S $120,000 DOLLARS.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE STATE HAS MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO INCREASE CONTRIBUTIONS, TO TRS TO GET IT, TO MAKE IT MORE FULLY FUNDED.

AND SO THAT HAS THE EMPLOYER PORTION OF THOSE RATES HAVE GONE UP PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS.

THIS IS SIMPLY TO PUT IT ON AN AFFORDABLE NOT AFFORDABLE, BUT YEAH, AN AFFORDABLE PLAN.

DR. BROCKMAN CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS RIGHT NOW OUR CONTRIBUTION IS $300 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH. THIS WOULD RAISE THAT TO $315 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH.

THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLAN GOING FORWARD.

AND THERE'S CALCULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. DR. BROCKMAN, YOU WANT TO? WELL, WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL AFTER THE NEW RATES FOR TRS ACTIVE CARE ARE ANNOUNCED.

AND THEY TELL US THAT WILL BE IN APRIL.

SO THAT IS A PROJECTION RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL SHORE THAT UP ONCE WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, RECONCILIATION.

THESE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR FUNDING OUR FORMULAS FOR STAFFING.

WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OUR ONCE AGAIN, OUR REDUCTION OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE STAFF ACCORDINGLY. APPROXIMATELY 46 POSITIONS IS OUR BEST GUESS AS OF RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF JUST RIGHT AT $3 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

A RECONCILIATION OF THE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT.

THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT THE 2% WOULD BE NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE BETTER NUMBERS A LITTLE.

SHORING THOSE NUMBERS UP 2% WOULD BE MORE LIKE $6.7 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A POSITIVE VARIANCE AS WELL.

AND THEN ON THE NON-PAYROLL BUDGET, THIS IS WHERE I WAS NAÏVE BEFORE.

GOING THROUGH THIS WHENEVER I THOUGHT, WELL, EVERY YEAR I'VE DONE 3% AND THAT'S ALWAYS WORKED IN THE PAST.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE'VE HIT 30 YEAR HIGHS IN OUR INFLATIONARY FACTORS.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD LIKE OUR OUTSIDE VENDORS TO KEEP THEIR COSTS DOWN, THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT. AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THOSE ARE LOOKING MORE LIKE AROUND 7% IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION DOLLARS THERE.

OK.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF ESSER 2 THAT WE CAN SUPPLANT THAT IS TAKING THE REMAINDER OF THAT ESSER 2 AND SUPPLANTING IT INTO OUR BUDGET, APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION DOLLARS. WE'LL ZERO THAT OUT.

IF WE DON'T USE IT THIS NEXT YEAR, WE WILL LOSE IT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT INSERTED IN THERE.

WHICH BRINGS US AS OF TONIGHT WITH APPROXIMATE DEFICIT OF RIGHT AT $36.59 MILLION DOLLARS. I WILL SAY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING REQUESTS FOR COMPENSATION. THAT'S NOT REFLECTED ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT COULD CHANGE THIS NUMBER SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

BUT I WANTED JUST TO UPDATE YOU.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TWO MONTHS WITHOUT AT LEAST HAVING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU WHERE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT AND THAT YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS ON THIS INFORMATION. SO I'LL STOP THERE AND OPEN IT UP.

WOW. YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S IT'S PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, REDUCTIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 46 STAFF MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT UNDERSTAND AND WHAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE'VE CHOSEN TO INCREASE THE DEFICIT AND MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AS OPPOSED TO REDUCING SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS A MEANS OF

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BUT THERE IS A DAY OF RECKONING COMING.

WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

NEXT YEAR. IF YOU TAKE THE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU TAKE OUT THE ESSER 2 FUNDING, WHICH IS A ONE TIME ONLY FUNDING, YOU KNOW, REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 45 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE NO LONGER HAVE ESSER FUNDS.

AND SO THERE IS A RECKONING COMING LATER.

BUT IT MAY BE AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SERVICES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO DO.

AND SO PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

OUR PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, QUERIES, CONCERNS.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST REPORT.

OH, EXCUSE ME. NOT THE LAST REPORT.

WE HAVE THE PEER STAFFING REVIEW, AND THIS IS JOHNNY AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. SO ONCE AGAIN, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS INFORMATION QUICKLY.

I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND I THINK ONCE WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH THE OTHER DFW SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO PROVIDE TOP NOTCH SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR STAFFING.

AND SO I THINK THAT WILL BECOME PRETTY EVIDENT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AT LEAST PERIODICALLY TO GET A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME EVEN THIS WEEK AND TALK ABOUT OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENT RATIOS, OUR STUDENT TO STAFF RATIOS? AND THEY'RE ASKED QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO SHARE OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY DO A VERY, VERY NICE JOB IN PLANO ISD OF WITH OUR TEACHERS TO STUDENT RATIOS AS WELL AS OUR COUNSELING AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SERVICES.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.

PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

I WILL SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS OUR I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHO ARE WE COMPARING OURSELVES TO? THIS IS THE SAME DISTRICTS WE'VE COMPARED OURSELVES TO THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE TRY THESE, WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING FOR STAFF.

THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED OUR COMPETITORS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE I WAS JUST I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING.

I LOOKED AT IT TODAY.

BUT RIGHT NOW AND THE GREATER DFW, WE ARE THE SIXTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE GREATER DFW, WE ARE THE SIXTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT OVERALL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WE'RE NOW THE 17TH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT OUT OF 1,016 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE'RE NUMBER 17.

SO WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY TOP SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE COMPARING WITH, THEY'RE ALSO IN THE VERY, VERY TOP 30 OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

ALSO, STATEWIDE PEER GROUPS.

THESE ACTUALLY ARE MORE LIKE US OR HOMOGENEOUS WITH OUR ECO DIS NUMBERS AS WELL AS OUR ELL NUMBERS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T COMPETE WITH STAFFING WITH THESE DISTRICTS, BUT THEY ARE MORE LIKE OUR SISTER DISTRICTS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE COMPARE WITH BOTH.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE ENROLLMENT STORY, THIS IS WHY ENROLLMENT IS TURNING DR.

BROCKMAN'S HAIR GRAY.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY, DR. BROCKMAN.

SO I MEAN AND SO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT SHOULD I? IT'S A LITTLE BIT THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK THERE, MR. HILL. IS MY HAIR TURNING GRAY? IT JUST HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TURN HER HAIR GRAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO FROM I WILL, I BETTER BEHAVE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. [LAUGHTER] SO AS WE ACTUALLY AS WE GO THROUGH BUT OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE WHEN WE COME TO STAFFING AND WE LOOK AT CLASS TO CLASS YEAR TO YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DROPPING OFF A 12TH GRADE CLASS OF 4,000 AND BRINGING IN A KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 3,000.

YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGES IN STAFFING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY DON'T GO UP, A NICE EVEN WAY.

YOU'VE GOT BIG CLASSES AND SMALL CLASSES.

AND SO HER AND HER STAFF ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO TRY TO MOVE STAFF AROUND TO ACCOMMODATE AND BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

BUT IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE.

YOU'RE REALLY SPEAKING TO HER FLEXIBILITY AND AGILITY.

YES. ON THIS.

VERY MUCH SO. IT IS A CHALLENGE.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, ESPECIALLY SINCE 2018, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIAL POPULATION AREAS THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH DR.

GOBER'S GROUP. I MEAN, WHY ARE WE HAVING, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS? YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND SEE THE ANSWER TO THAT.

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AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ELL AND THE SPECIAL ED IS JUST SOME NUMBERS TO KEEP, SOME TRENDS THAT JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON.

EACH TIME YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP, THERE'S ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES INVOLVED WITH THAT.

AND THEN THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

THIS IS OUR PERCENTAGE OF HOW WE SPEND OUR OBJECT CODES.

BUT YOU CAN SEE 87.42% IN PAYROLL.

WE'RE ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FUNCTIONS, WE'RE AT 85%.

WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE DOING ARE JUST LOOKING WHERE YOU HAVE A TRUE COMPARISON ACROSS OUR PEER GROUPS. AND SO WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT FUNCTIONAL 11 THROUGH 61, THEY DROP OFF CAPITAL EXPENSES AND ANY KIND OF RECAPTURE EXPENSES.

AS A RESULT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT RUNS OUR NUMBERS UP JUST SLIGHTLY.

OK.

THEY DID THAT BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO LOOK AT TRULY OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS SO THEY CAN DO A COMPARISON BY COMPARISON ANALYSIS.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT.

BUT YOU SEE HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY COMPARE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE STATE ON OUR PAYROLL.

AND ONE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN A VERY COMPETITIVE AREA, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, 850 OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE IN RURAL AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, JUST DON'T PAY AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE COMPETITION FOR STAFFING AS WHAT WE DO.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS RUN UP JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMPENSATION PART OF THAT. SO THIS IS TOTAL EXPENDITURES ACROSS ALL OF OUR FUNDS.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S LOOKING AT FUNCTION 11 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 61, AND IT DOES NOT TAKE IN ACCOUNT FUNCTION 81, WHICH IS CAPITAL OR 91, WHICH IS RECAPTURE.

OKAY. SO, JOHNNY, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

RICHARDSON, CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, IRVING.

TO BE CLEAR, YOU SAID THIS EXCLUDES RECAPTURE.

IT DOES. SO ARE THOSE RECAPTURE DISTRICTS.

ARE YOU AWARE? NO, THEY'RE NOT.

RICHARDSON IS. IS RICHARDSON RECAPTURED? OK.

SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE I DON'T KNOW, IT'S SUPER LATE, BUT I'M JUST SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THIS THINKING, YOU KNOW, OK SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WELL, PLANO IS SPENDING LESS THAN PER STUDENT THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT I THINK WE ARE ALSO SPENDING EXCEPTIONAL AND EXCEEDINGLY MORE LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY ON RECAPTURE. WE HAVE RECAPTURE DOLLARS WE COULD SPEND ON OUR KIDS THAT ARE INSTEAD GOING TO THE STATE. AND IT'S SUPER FRUSTRATING THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THEY THIS IS THE DIRECT IMPACT RIGHT HERE.

WE COULD SPEND MORE PER KID IF WE COULD KEEP MORE OF OUR OWN MONEY.

SO ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT HERE, WHENEVER I SAY THESE ARE TOTAL FUNDS, YOU ALSO HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS BUILT INTO THIS AS WELL.

AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A DISTRICT THAT AS RICHARD, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THEIR ECO DIS IS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE MUCH HIGHER THAN WE ARE.

SO PART OF THESE DOLLARS IS ACTUALLY WITH FEDERAL MONIES AS WELL, WHICH WOULD RUN UP THOSE COSTS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT US WITH CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH WITH IRVING AND PLANO AND LOOK AT OUR ECO NUMBERS COMPARED WITH THESE DISTRICTS, THAT'S IN MY OPINION, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR DIFFERENCES.

YEAH. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE PRIOR SLIDE TOO AND YOU SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING 87% OF OUR COSTS ON PEOPLE, STAFF VERSUS 84 ON THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND ON AVERAGE PER STUDENT, YOU KNOW, $400 DOLLARS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PER STUDENT AT THE STATE LEVEL IS GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

RIGHT. ON PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD MORE MONEY, WE WOULD SPEND IT ON MORE PEOPLE.

AND IF WE HAD MORE PEOPLE, WE COULD DO MORE FOR OUR KIDS.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT THE HEART OF THE BOARD IS TO, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. YEAH.

AND SO IF WE HAD MORE MONEY THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR DRIVERS FOR SURE.

AND THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE ALL 55% LOW SOCIOECONOMIC OR HIGHER, AND WE'RE SITTING RIGHT AT 35 PERCENT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR DIFFERENCES IN THAT COST.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THOUGH, MR. STOLLE. AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS IS HOW WE COMPARE WITH THE STATE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE AS WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE REALLY CLOSE. THIS IS OUR STATE PEER GROUPS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH US ON OUR ECO DIS NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE GO UP ON THIS NUMBER.

WE'RE A LOT HIGHER IN COMPARISON WITH THE OTHER STATE NUMBERS.

SO LET'S JUST GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT SOME OF OUR ROLE ID'S.

THESE INFORMATION'S FROM THE 2021 YEAR WHICH IS OUR TAPR, THEY'RE GETTING THIS FROM THE TAPR NUMBERS THAT WE TURN IN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THIS IS THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE WITH TAPR.

I THINK 21-22 COMES OUT IN APRIL.

IS THAT CORRECT, GUYS? I THINK. SO WE'RE PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO AWAY FROM ACTUALLY HAVING THIS ACCESS FOR THE 2021, 22 YEAR.

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BUT WHAT ABOUT DEFICITS? THEY ALL DO. I MEAN, I'M TALKING WITH THOSE OUR PEER GROUPS ARE RIGHT AROUND US.

WE HAVE A YEARLY TASBO CONVENTION.

I TALK WITH THESE GUYS QUITE A BIT.

THEY'RE IN THE SAME BOAT WE ARE AS FAR AS THE DEFICIT BUDGET, THEY'RE IN THE SAME BOAT WE ARE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT DISTRICTS THAT ARE I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO I THINK IT'S OKAY TO BRING UP A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT THAT'S LARGELY WITH US THAT HAS FAST GROWTH. THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GET ADDITIONAL MONIES IN.

I MEAN, I'M TALKING OVER 20 MILLION, $23 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH KIND OF HELPS THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET.

BUT IN ADDITION, EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT, THE REST OF THEM ARE BASICALLY IN THE EXACT SAME SHAPE THAT WE'RE IN.

WOW. SO.

AND AS OUR GRADUATING CLASSES ARE LARGER THAN OUR INCOMING KINDERGARTEN CLASSES OUR RECAPTURE GOES UP BECAUSE THE DENOMINATOR IS SMALLER.

AND SO THAT IN COMPARISON OR IN ACCUMULATION WITH THEIR FAST GROWTH.

ALLOTMENT. ALLOTMENT.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM.

RIGHT. IT'S AN ADEQUACY ISSUE.

IT'S DEFINITELY BECOME SINCE HOUSE BILL THREE, WE HAVE AN ADEQUACY ISSUE AS FAR AS JUST BEING ABLE TO KEEP OUR OWN MONEY IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO OKAY LET'S GO THROUGH THESE ROLE ID'S.

WE'LL START OFF WITH TEACHERS.

THIS IS OUR DFW PEERS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO IS WITH OUR COMPETITORS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE WITH WITH THE STATE.

SO AS FAR AS US TAKING CARE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, I THINK WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT. YOU CAN LOOK AT COUNSELORS, WHICH GOES TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS IN OTHER AVENUES BESIDES THE CLASSROOM.

YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE WITH OUR DFW PEERS.

ONCE AGAIN, VERY FAVORABLY.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE IS, IS ONE COUNSELOR FOR EVERY 355 STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE RIGHT AT ONE COUNSELOR TO EVERY 313 STUDENTS.

AND THEN ALSO COMPARE US WITH OUR STATEWIDE PEERS ALSO WE COMPARE VERY, VERY WELL.

NURSES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK WITH OUR AVERAGE NURSE TO STUDENT.

AND THEN HOW WE COMPARE STATEWIDE.

PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M GOING TOO FAST.

EDUCATIONAL AIDES OR SUPPORT.

MOST OF THESE EDUCATIONAL AIDS, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS AIDES.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACKED WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL AIDES.

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ABOVE AVERAGE.

ON THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED.

BUT I WILL SAY WE'RE JUST A HAIR ABOVE AVERAGE.

WE STILL ARE PRETTY FAVORABLE, I BELIEVE.

AND IF YOU TAKE OUT THE FAR ONE ON THE LEFT, WE WOULD FALL RIGHT AT AVERAGE.

CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION.

OF COURSE, HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPALS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE WE PROVIDE GOOD SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS ADMINISTRATIVELY AT THE CAMPUS SITES.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK FOR THIS IS WE DO A GOOD JOB EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LOTS OF CAMPUSES.

WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE WITH STILL ALLOWING A PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, EVEN NO MATTER THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS.

AND THEN STATEWIDE.

HOW WE COMPARE. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS THIS BUILDING.

AND THIS GOES FROM COORDINATORS ALL THE WAY UP TO SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE RIGHT AT AVERAGE WITH OUR DFW PEER GROUP.

AND THEN A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE, OR A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE, I GUESS, WITH THE ENTIRE STATE. AND THEN FINISHING UP WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

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THE AVERAGE IS 5.3 STUDENTS TO TEACHER RFTE.

AND WE'RE RIGHT AT 4.7.

AND THEN STATEWIDE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION REALLY QUICK, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME ON THIS.

BUT AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH SORT OF THE PEER DISTRICTS AND OUR SIZE AND SOME OF THE SIZE OF THESE OTHER PEER DISTRICTS, AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT RECAPTURE, WE OFTEN HEAR IT TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS IN RECAPTURE DISTRICTS VERSUS THE NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

RIGHT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MANY KIDS OF THE LIKE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION KIDS IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BEING EDUCATED IN RECAPTURE DISTRICTS VERSUS HOW MANY ARE BEING EDUCATED IN THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE RECEIVING JUST AS SORT OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO FRAME HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT RECAPTURE AND THE IMPACT ON THE STATE GOING FORWARD IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LOT OF THE LARGE DISTRICTS IF WE'RE ALL IN THIS BUDGET DEFICIT SITUATION AND IT'S A LOT OF OUR KIDS STATEWIDE.

IT IS SO. SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE LARGEST TWO DISTRICTS, WHICH OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE HOUSTON AND DALLAS, THEY'RE BOTH RECAPTURE DISTRICTS NOW.

AND THEN YOU GET, OF COURSE, AUSTIN ISD, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PAY OVER $700 MILLION DOLLARS IN RECAPTURE THIS YEAR.

I'VE TALKED WITH THEIR CFO QUITE A BIT.

THEY HAVE A 60, I THINK LAST TIME I CHECKED, A $60 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT BUDGET THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

SO, YES, IT'S IRONIC THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IT GOES BACK TO AN ADEQUACY ISSUE.

THOSE ONES THAT HAVE RAN OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING ALL OF THEIR THEY'RE LOCKED DOWN ON WHAT THEIR BUDGET THEY CAN ALLOW PER BUDGET.

AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE COMING IN IS GOING RIGHT OUT RIGHT OUT THE DOOR THROUGH RECAPTURE. THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMILAR AS WHAT WE ARE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK THE TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION PROBABLY KEEPS UP WITH THAT INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD SAY I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE IT, SO I'LL GET THAT BACK WITH YOU DR.

TYRA. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WELL, I'D SAY THE CRUEL IRONY OF THAT SITUATION IS DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, THAT HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENTS.

THIS BILL, THIS RECAPTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS IS HURTING THEM THE MOST. YEAH.

RECAPTURE HAS TURNED INTO OUTSIDE OF THE OUTLIERS, THE MINERAL RICH DISTRICTS OR YOUR FACTORY, YOUR REFINERY DISTRICTS ON THE COAST.

IT'S BECOME AN URBAN VERSUS RURAL ISSUE BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES ARE SKYROCKETING IN THE URBAN AREAS AND NOT SO MUCH IN RURAL AREAS.

AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY THEY'VE BUILT THIS SYSTEM AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU, CODY.

IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME WHEN YOU SEE THE TWO LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS SERVING THE MOST KIDS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS WITH LOW SOCIOECONOMIC KIDS THAT ARE INSTEAD THEIR LOCAL RESOURCES ARE BEING FARMED OUT TO THE STATE TO DO WHATEVER THE STATE WANTS TO DO WITH IT.

SO IT'S FRUSTRATING.

IT IS FRUSTRATING INDEED.

I DID HAVE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE SLIDES THEMSELVES.

I KIND OF LOOK AT THESE SLIDES, JOHNNY, AS AN EFFICIENCY METRIC, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAVE RELATIVE TO STUDENTS OR SERVING STUDENTS, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT LOW END OF THAT METRIC.

AND TO ME, THAT JUST GOES MORE AGAIN TO THE IDEA THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM. WHEN YOU SEE HOW LOW WE ARE IN TERMS OF STAFFING RELATIVE TO TEACHERS AND SOME SUPPORT STAFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK MY DESIRE IS THAT I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WELL, AND SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR QUESTION, LAUREN, WE PAY, THE STATE COLLECTS ABOUT 3 MILLION, SORRY 3 BILLION.

I GOT MY M AND MY B MIXED UP IN RECAPTURE.

RIGHT? WE DO, YEAH.

AND IF WE DO THAT IN A BIENNIUM, THAT'S 6 BILLION.

IT IS. AND IN THE LAST BIENNIUM, I THINK WE'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST CAN'T HELP RINGING THE BELL AGAIN.

THE STATE PUT OF THAT 6 BILLION PUT 1,000,000,004 BACK INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL

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SO THAT'S A REAL SCARY FEATURE IN THIS WHOLE RECAPTURE THING.

THEY'RE FUNDING OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE BUDGET THROUGH OUR TAXPAYERS WHO ARE WRITING A CHECK AND THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO PLANO ISD AND IT IS NOT.

AND THAT IS DISGRACEFUL.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT.

IT'S TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

LET'S JUST CALL IT THAT.

WELL, IF WE CAN'T FIX RECAPTURE, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS TO FIX PROPERTY TAXES.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THIS FROM.

AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME REALLY POOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BY THEM NOT WANTING TO ADDRESS THIS, THAT SOME OTHER POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO GET IN AND MAKE SOME REAL BIG CHANGES. AND THEY COULD HAVE FIXED RECAPTURE AND LEFT THIS ALL ALONE AND THEY GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. WE ALL KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION TO JOHNNY OR ANYBODY ELSE IS, WHAT DO WE THINK THE STRAW THAT'S GOING TO BREAK THE CAMEL'S BACK IS GOING TO BE? AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN THE SENSE OF THE BUDGET FINALLY COMING TO A BAD PLACE IN THAT DAY OF RECKONING. BUT OUR COMMUNITY WAKING UP? WHAT PROGRAM ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT RELUCTANTLY THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WAKE UP AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE CUTTING THIS PROGRAM? WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL? JUST SHUT IT DOWN.

THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. THAT WOULD WAKE SOMEBODY UP.

I THINK MR. STOLLE ACTUALLY WAS CORRECT WHAT HE SAID EARLIER.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SHOWING THESE DEFICITS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER AND BIGGER PROBLEM. AND WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OR YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

I MEAN, TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF THAT FUND BALANCE OR YOU RUN OUT OF THE KNOW, YOUR DEFICIT GETS BIG ENOUGH, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CUTTING INTO, IS THOSE QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR KIDS.

I MEAN, THAT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'VE GOT A FINITE NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE OUT. AND SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME SOME KIND OF HELP LEGISLATIVELY.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS BOARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY MAXIMIZING ADDITIONAL M&O DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, AS WE GO ALONG, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE WE'VE MAXIMIZED ALL THE DOLLARS WE CAN, THEN WE'RE INTO THE POSITION OF HAVING TO GO BACK AND EVALUATING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIZING THOSE PROGRAMS. I'M A SIMPLE MATH GUY.

I LIKE SIMPLE MATH.

AND SO TO NANCY'S POINT, IF YOU TAKE WHAT THEY PUT BACK INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET RELATIVE TO WHAT THEY TOOK.

THAT'S ABOUT 25%.

IF THEY LET US KEEP 25% OF OUR RECAPTURE, [INAUDIBLE].

THAT'S $50 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD 100% COVER THE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT US AND ALLOW US TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS.

SO HELL JUST GIVE US THE MONEY BACK THAT YOU TOOK FROM US THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID I DO THINK THAT AND I KNOW MS. BONSER IS AND I KNOW DR.

WILLIAMS ARE VERY AND I KNOW OUR BOARD IS VERY ACTIVE LEGISLATIVELY.

I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY PIVOTAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION BECAUSE THERE IS EXCESS SURPLUS AND MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE ALREADY VYING, DIFFERENT VYING, I GUESS, OPINIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY.

AND SO OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO TRY TO INTRODUCE OR HELP INTRODUCE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACTUALLY CURB THE EFFECTS OF RECAPTURE.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN FIX IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S I THINK SEVEN LAWSUITS HAS PROVEN THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE TSA GROUPS, WITH THE TEXAS COALITION. THOSE ARE VERY POWERFUL GROUPS THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME TRACKS IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL LEARNING MOMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL, FOR THEM TO WATCH POLITICIANS TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH EXTRA MONEY.

AND FOR THEM TO REALIZE WHAT THAT MONEY IS, IS TAX DOLLARS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT USED FOR THE INTENDED LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE, THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

AND I HOPE THAT'S A LESSON THAT THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN THIS COMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THE OTHER THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IS LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING PRESENTATION WISE.

YOU KNOW, OUR BOND RATING, WE'RE ONE OF FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAS THE HIGHEST RATINGS. AND SO YOU CAN'T BE CRITICAL OF THE WAY WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT WE GOT WE ARE A MODEL.

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WHERE WE END UP IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS VERSUS OTHERS, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING SO VERY WELL.

IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING THAT WE'RE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING PUNISHED FOR BEING EXCEPTIONAL. IN A SENSE.

THAT'S.

WHAT? IT JUST REMINDED ME OF LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE SO GREAT AND WE'RE BEING PUNISHED.

I JUST FOUND THAT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, THE LEGISLATION PUNISHES DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S OUT THERE PUNISHING PLANO.

BUT LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S NO INCENTIVE STRUCTURE TO DO WELL.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM. LIKE WE DO SO WELL BECAUSE OUR INCENTIVE STRUCTURE IS NOT TIED TO LEGISLATION. IT'S TIED TO HELPING OUR KIDS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT'S OUR INCENTIVE STRUCTURE.

BUT WHAT WE'VE GOT AT HAND IS A VERY POOR INCENTIVE STRUCTURE TO DO WELL, TO BE EFFICIENT, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, TO BE ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE. THAT INCENTIVE STRUCTURE DOES NOT EXIST RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN WITHOUT IT, WE STILL DO THE RIGHT THING IN PLANO AND OTHER DISTRICTS DO THE RIGHT THING IN THEIR DISTRICTS, AND THEY'RE BEING PUNISHED.

AND WE'RE BEING PUNISHED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE THAT WE SHOULD BE SENDING THE KIDS, OUR COMMUNITY OR ANYBODY.

I WILL TELL YA, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

AND WE ALL NEED TO PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON AND PULL UP OUR BOOTSTRAPS, BECAUSE MANY THINK THAT HOUSE BILL 3 FIXED SCHOOL FINANCE, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

THE SECOND ONE IS WE GOT ESSER DOLLARS THAT WERE USED FOR COVID LEARNING LOSS, RECOVERY, AND GETTING US THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WILL LAST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. AND THEN WILL BE GONE.

AND EVERYBODY GOT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BASED ON THEIR TITLE ONE, FREE AND REDUCED NUMBERS.

AND SO SOME PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

SOME PEOPLE GOT A MEDIUM AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND SOME PEOPLE GOT BUCKETS AND BUCKETS OF MONEY. AND WE WERE NOT ONES WITH BUCKETS AND BUCKETS, BUT WE HAD WE HAD $43 MILLION DOLLARS. AND SO AND WE'VE BEEN USING IT TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS AND TAKING CARE OF KIDS AND TAKING CARE OF TEACHERS.

BUT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO AWAY.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHY WOULD DISTRICTS NEED MORE MONEY? WE FIX SCHOOL FINANCE AND YOU GOT ESSER DOLLARS, SO QUIT BEGGING FOR MORE.

AND SO RECAPTURE AND FIXING RECAPTURE IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

AND WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY RECAPTURE THE WORST ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT PROBABLY GOT THE LEAST ESSER DOLLARS AND THEY ARE NOT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE GETTING TONS OF TITLE MONEY AND THEY ARE NOT FIXED BY HOUSE BILL THREE. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO RALLY AROUND ON THIS AND GET SMART AND GET STRONG TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

AND I SEE THAT'S THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE ARE FACING IN THE NEXT SESSION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH ONE COMMENT ABOUT THIS ACTUAL DATA.

I WAS STRUCK REVIEWING THESE SLIDES THIS WEEK, HOW CONSISTENT IT IS FROM FUNCTION TO FUNCTION. RIGHT? WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT AVERAGE LINE.

WE DON'T HAVE MAJOR OUTLIERS EITHER, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN WE LOOK AT EITHER OUR LOCAL PEER GROUP OR OUR STATE PEER GROUP.

AND SO I, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE DATA SET, I WAS SORT OF IMPRESSED BY THE CONSISTENCY OF IT, THAT THERE'S NOT ANY ONE FUNCTION THAT'S LIKE TOTALLY OUT OF BOUNDS WITH ANY OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY A POSITIVE MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE SOME BALANCE.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO DR.

BROCKMAN AND HER TEAM.

YES. I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY HAPPENSTANCE.

THAT'S STRATEGIC. SO YEAH, I THINK WELL AND SEVERAL OF US HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND LAUREN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE MEETING HAS HAPPENED YET WHERE YOU GO BEHIND AND DIG INTO ALL THIS STAFFING ALLOCATION AND THE REASONING BEHIND IT.

I MEAN, IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND HOW DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A CERTAIN PROGRAM ON A CERTAIN CAMPUS, WE HAVE THE STAFFING ALLOCATED SPOT ON WITHOUT ANY EXCESS ANYWHERE AND THAT'S PART OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING AS WELL.

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BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE WITH THE WAY THE FUNDING IS GOING.

BUT YOU WILL BE SO AMAZED WHEN YOU SEE THAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS SPOT ON.

WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING ALLIES AND TO FIGHT THIS.

IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE, BUT TASB DEFINITELY IS NOT ON OUR SIDE.

WE REMEMBER NANCY AND JERI WE WERE AT THE GRASSROOTS EVENT.

THE RECAPTURE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE PRELIMINARY LIST.

JERI MADE A MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE LIST.

I GUESS WE THREE PROBABLY ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR IT.

IT'S LIKE, FORGET IT.

SO THAT'S A MICROCOSM OF THE WHOLE STATE RIGHT THERE.

IT WAS CRICKETS. CRICKETS.

AND LOOKING AT US LIKE AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DISTRICTS, LIKE YOU'LL SAY, ARE YOUR RECAPTURE DISTRICT AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL THEN YOU'RE NOT. YEAH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

TO MR. STOLLE'S POINT. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 165 OUT OF 1016 DISTRICTS THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

IT'S A VERY BIG OR VERY SMALL MINORITY.

YEAH. IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS IT IS A SMALL MINORITY.

BUT IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, IT IS GROWING.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN MAKE HAY IS WITH FOLKS IN THESE URBAN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING ADDED IN, WHERE THEY HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN LIKE HOUSTON AND DALLAS.

WELL, AND THEN THAT JUST MAKES THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS EVEN THAT MUCH GREATER OF A CHALLENGE. SO WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE 165, IT'S NOBODY'S THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, TIP THE FORCE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME.

AND THIS MAY, THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED AT ANOTHER TIME AND DATE AND TOPIC. BUT THAT GOES INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE WANT TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S ADVERSE TO OUR INITIATIVES? YOU KNOW, IT'S I KNOW THERE'S BENEFITS AND THERE'S ALSO COSTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO GO AGAINST OUR BIGGEST, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN AFFECT OUR STUDENTS THE MOST, WHAT CAN AFFECT OUR TEACHERS THE MOST.

YOU KNOW HOW FOR THEM NOT TO EVEN CONSIDER AND PUT THAT ON THERE, HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT US? I'M ON THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

WE'LL GET IT ON THERE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING, LAST THING, IS IT IS INTERESTING, WE'VE GONE FROM THREE STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES TO NOW FIVE, AND SO THAT IS AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO US.

AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT CAN ALSO BE IT'S A LITTLE RAY OF HOPE.

IT'S SMALL BUT IT'S A LITTLE.

THAT'S MY POINT, IS THAT THE POPULATION LEVEL, THE POPULATION NOT OF JUST OF STUDENTS, BUT THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE GOING TO FALL UNDER THESE RECAPTURE DISTRICTS IS GROWING.

WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S IMPACTING THEM NOW, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN.

WE'VE SEEN IT HOW IT GROWS.

AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WE CAN TELL EXACTLY WHAT THE ROAD MAP IS.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTION, LAST QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CLAIMS, QUERIES, CONCERNS FOR JOHNNY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES. SINCE EVERYBODY'S [INAUDIBLE]. AND WHAT IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO? YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH A BUDGET CUT IN OUR DISTRICT LIKE DRASTIC ONES.

SO YOU GUYS WENT THROUGH IT LIKE WHAT IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO? YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW. WELL, IN 2011, WE LOST.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER? 54 MILLION.

IN THE STATE WE LOST 5 BILLION.

5 BILLION. BUT HERE LOCALLY, I THINK IT WAS 54 MILLION.

I CAN NEVER SAY THAT.

AND IN THAT REGARD, WE ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

THAT'S VERY PAINFUL.

AND IT'S TAKEN US YEARS TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THOSE RATIOS THAT YOU JUST SAW IN THOSE STATEWIDE AND LOCAL PEER GROUPS.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN.

YEAH. AND THAT TO ME IS THAT'S THE RISK.

THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WHEN I SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF PROGRAMS. HOW YOU GET RID OF PROGRAMS IS YOU GET RID OF TEACHERS WHO TEACH PROGRAMS. SO. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THAT WAS CHEERY. THANK YOU, JOHNNY.

[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE HAVE AN UPBEAT REPORT, TWO UPBEAT REPORTS TO FINISH TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH NANCY.

OK I WILL TRY TO GO QUICKLY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE HOUR IS.

IN FACT, I CAN DEFER IF YOU WANT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

NO. OKAY.

I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOUR DISCRETION.

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[LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO READ REALLY FAST.

OKAY, I'M THE LIAISON TO THE PTA COUNCIL AND OR THE PLANO COUNCIL OF PTA'S.

HOW ABOUT THAT? AND SO I ATTEND THE COUNCIL BOARD MEETINGS AND THE DELEGATE MEETINGS TO PROVIDE UPDATES ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

AND I WRITE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OR I HAVE AN ADDITION TO THEIR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, AND I REALLY TRY TO PUT A PERSPECTIVE OF A PARENT'S VIEWPOINT IN THAT.

AND I DON'T DWELL ON LIKE CONSENT AGENDA OF THIS OR THAT, BUT I BRING OUT THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.

SINCE MY LAST LIAISON REPORT IN OCTOBER, REMEMBER OMICRON VARIANT DISRUPTED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE PTA'S ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THE MEETINGS BEGAN ON ZOOM, BUT NOW THEY'RE IN PERSON HAPPILY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEXT DELEGATE MEETING.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT COMING SOON.

AND THEN ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I THINK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THEY LOVE THEIR MEETINGS WITH OUR DR.

GOBER EVERY MONTH ON THE THIRD THURSDAY THEY SAY YOU CRACK EVERYBODY UP.

[LAUGHTER] BUT IN A GOOD WAY.

YOU'RE VERY HIGH PRAISED FROM THE PTA AND THEY'RE WELL ATTENDED.

SO COMING UP, LOCAL PTA'S ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WILL BE HOLDING ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, SOME AS EARLY AS THIS MONTH.

THEY ARE ENCOURAGING ALL PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED AT ALL LEVELS.

THE COUNCIL OF PTA'S HAS ALMOST FILLED THEIR SLATE OF OFFICERS AND THEIR COMMITTEE CHAIRS. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO PRESIDENT TARA LANCE.

SHE'S PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF PTA'S IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. NEXT WEEK.

MARCH IS NEXT WEEK ALREADY, MAYBE I'VE GOT YEAH.

MARCH 22ND IS THE ANNUAL HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP BANQUET.

AND THAT EVENT IS TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE HONOREES WHO ARE RECEIVING THE TEXAS PTA HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP OR THE TEXAS PTA EXTENDED SERVICE AWARD.

AND THEN MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

APRIL 30TH IS THE 27TH ANNUAL VENDOR FAIR FROM 10:00 A.M.

TO 2 P.M.

AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH.

IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ANY ORGANIZATION BEYOND THE PTA THAT WORKS WITH CHILDREN K THROUGH 12.

THERE IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE PLANOPTA.ORG WEBSITE OR EMAIL VENDORFAIR@PLANOPTA.ORG.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 18TH.

AND SO REMEMBER, EVERYONE WANTS TO ALSO JOIN THE PTA.

THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO REALLY PAIR THIS ONE DOWN.

I'M ALSO THE LIAISON TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND WE ATTENDED SEVERAL OF US ATTENDED THE. ARE YOU MAKING FACES AT ME? [LAUGHTER] WE ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON JANUARY 26TH.

THE THEME WAS MAKING RICHARDSON HOME, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CITY NAVIGATED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND WINTER STORM URI AND ALL OF THE GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE CITY. UPDATE ON THE WORK ON THE $190 MILLION DOLLAR BOND THAT THEY PASSED.

ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.

A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'VE MET WITH SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN I MET WITH THE INCOMING AND OUTGOING CITY MANAGERS.

INCOMING IS DAWN MAGNER.

OUTGOING IS DAN JOHNSON.

BOY, SAY THAT TEN TIMES FAST.

AND MAYOR PAUL VOELKER.

AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.

WE WILL LIKELY A LINE IN A LOT OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WHEN WE WORK THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO KIND OF SETTING UP THAT RELATIONSHIP.

A COUPLE OF AREAS IN THE CITY THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GREAT REVITALIZATION.

THERE'S THE CORE DISTRICT AND THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF AREAS IN RICHARDSON.

A LOT OF POSITIVE GENTRIFICATION, YOU MIGHT SAY.

AND THEN THERE'S THE RICHARDSON IQ.

THAT'S THE INNOVATION CORRIDOR.

AND IT JUST OPENED IN FEBRUARY.

IT INCLUDES ITS HEADQUARTER, THE CITY'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, AND FIVE NEWLY CREATED RESEARCH CENTERS THAT ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS VENTURE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

AND MAYOR VOELKER TOLD ME THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT SPOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE INTERNSHIPS AND PARTNER WITH ALL THAT GREAT BRAIN TRUST GOING ON THERE.

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WE RHONDA DAVIS AND I BOTH SIT ON THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER'S EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE, AND WE MET TODAY AND TALKED ABOUT IDREAM, AND THAT'S A PROGRAM IN RICHARDSON ISD, AND WE DO A SIMILAR PROGRAM IN PLANO ISD, WHICH PROVIDES VARIOUS CAREER PROFESSIONALS TO STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN SELECT THEIR CAREER PATHWAY IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. BINGO.

DONE. THANKS, NANCE.

ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST REPORT IS GOING TO BE LAUREN GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THE HEAD START PARENT POLICY COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE REAL QUICK.

DR. GOBER'S TEAM DID ME A SOLID AND COVERED MY FIRST BULLET POINT, WHICH IS THAT HEAD START, OF COURSE, I'M THE LIAISON TO HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL.

BUT HEAD START IS DOING A ROUND UP EVENT TO FIND STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM STARTING MARCH 21ST.

SO JUST REWIND IF YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND LISTEN TO HIS TEAM TALK.

THE SECOND IS REALLY A SHOUT OUT TO THE HEAD START TEAM HERE IN PLANO, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE THESE 146 FUNDED SPOTS AND THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEAD START HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DARA, WHO'S OUR HEAD START COORDINATOR HERE IN PLANO, AND ASKED WHY WE ARE ABLE TO PROCESS KIDS OFF THE WAITLIST MUCH BETTER THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE REGION THAT WE CONSISTENTLY HAVE 100% OF OUR SPOTS FILLED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND THAT IS NOT THAT IS NOT THE STANDARD IN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HEAD START PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S A SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM THERE AND I'M DONE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, LAUREN.

THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR THE DILIGENCE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REPORTS.

IT'S A LONG NIGHT, BUT YOU CAN TELL YOU HAVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC BOARD.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 11:02 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH.

PEACE OUT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.