8.1. Consideration and Possible Action on the Closed Session Agenda Item pertaining to the Robinson Fine Arts Center

[8.2. Approval of the 2022 - 2023 Employee Compensation Package and Report on the Preliminary 2022 - 2023 Budget Presenters: Dr. Beth Brockman, Assistant Superintendent for Employee Services; Johnny Hill, Chief Financial Officer ]

YEAH, GO HOME IF YOU ARE HERE TO BE ANNOUNCED UNLESS YOU JUST REALLY WANT TO ENJOY THE REST OF OUR MEETING.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE. OK DISCUSSION AND ACTION [INAUDIBLE] APPROVAL OF THE 2022 2023 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND REPORT ON THE PRELIMINARY 2022 2023 BUDGET.

WHO ARE WE GOING TO? BETH FIRST? YES.

DR. BROCKMAN, YOU'RE UP.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS AROUND COMPENSATION BEFORE WE GET TO THE BUDGET.

SO LET ME GET MY $0.02 IN THERE FIRST.

SO I THINK JOHNNY'S DRIVING THE SLIDES.

THANK YOU. THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE ASKED TASB AND OUR COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME VERY VALUABLE ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PAY SYSTEM AND OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SLIDE THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPERIENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS THIS YEAR.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING VERY CLOSELY THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS.

AND AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE OR MEDIAN MARK FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS TEN YEARS, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE. BUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE BEEN EDGING CLOSER TO 11 AND WE ARE CONTINUING THAT TREND IN THIS DATA HERE TODAY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IT'S TO A DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND ON CAMPUSES. AND WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE FORWARD WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

WE ALSO LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR NEWLY HIRED STAFF. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, 50% OF THE NEW TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS THAT WE HIRED HAD ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE.

WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE BREAKDOWN THAT WE HAVE OF ZERO YEARS, 1 TO 5 YEARS, 6 TO 10, 11 TO 15 AND 16 PLUS YEARS TO BE EXPECTED.

AND WE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHT ALONG OUR TREND.

THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I SHOW EACH YEAR ABOUT WHERE WE FALL WITH OUR TEACHER COMPENSATION.

AND ON THIS SAME PAY RANGE, YOU WILL FIND TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND NURSES.

BUT I WILL JUST REFER TO IT AS TEACHERS.

THIS BOARD APPROVED QUITE A BIT OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR PAY SCALES FOR OUR TEACHERS WITH MORE THAN SIX YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THIS LAST YEAR.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE TRENDS, WE'RE ACTUALLY APPROACHING 99 AND 100 AND 101% OF THE MARKET WITH FOR TEACHERS WITH FIVE, TEN, 15 AND 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

FOR OUR NEW BRAND NEW ZERO YEAR SALARY TEACHERS, WE ARE FALLING BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH FOR OUR PEER DISTRICTS.

WELL, HOW DID WE CHOOSE OUR PEER DISTRICTS? WE SELECTED THOSE DISTRICTS GEOGRAPHICALLY.

WE DO NOT LOSE TEACHERS OR GAIN TEACHERS FROM OUTSIDE THE METROPLEX UNLESS THEY'RE ALREADY COMMITTED TO MOVING HERE OR THEY'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE METROPLEX FOR OTHER REASONS.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PAY, WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS CLOSE KNIT AREA.

OUR STARTING PAY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR FOR TEACHERS IS $56,000.

IT IS $58,000 IF THEY'RE STARTING WITH AN ALREADY EARNED MASTER'S DEGREE.

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SO WHAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR? WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS LAST YEAR AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR THAT I BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE DEDICATION OF THIS BOARD, WE INCREASED OUR SUBSTITUTE STAFF PAY FOR THESE VERY VALUABLE FOLKS THAT SERVE OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR CLASSROOMS, AND THAT SUBSTITUTE STAFF PAY THAT WAS APPROVED WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR AND THAT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO $100 A DAY FOR NON DEGREED, $120 A DAY FOR DEGREED AND $130 A DAY FOR CERTIFIED STAFF THAT SERVE AS SUBSTITUTES IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THIS IS NOT THE LONG TERM AND A SINGLE ASSIGNMENT RATE, BUT YOUR USUAL DAY TO DAY WORK.

WE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU AND YOU APPROVED A CHANGE IN PASAR STAFF PAY EARLIER.

I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY AT THE LAST MEETING TO MOVE INTO SUMMER AND THAT'S $13 AN HOUR FOR ALL ACTIVITY SPECIALISTS.

THAT IS AN INCREASE FOR THAT VALUABLE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.

WE ALSO AT THAT SAME TIME BROUGHT FORWARD A REQUEST AND IT WAS APPROVED TO INCREASE THE RATE WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A VERY LONG TIME FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND TEACHERS ENGAGED IN CURRICULUM WRITING OVER THE SUMMER TO $30 AN HOUR FOR THOSE VERY VALUABLE PROFESSIONALS.

AND THEN FINALLY WE DID SOME WORK LAST YEAR AND THEN FOR THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR FOR BUS DRIVERS AND BUS ASSISTANCE, $21 AN HOUR FOR BUS DRIVERS WITH A SIX HOUR GUARANTEE AND $13 AN HOUR FOR BUS ASSISTANCE.

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THE SCREEN HAVE PAID OFF, IF YOU WILL, IN HELPING US WITH RECRUITING AND RETENTION IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL POSITIONS.

SO THAT BRINGS ME TO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR PROPOSED COMPENSATION FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR .

FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WE ARE LOOKING AT A 4% GENERAL PAY INCREASE ON THE CONTROL RATE FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND NURSES.

THIS EQUATES TO $2,400 FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

THAT HAS FOUND THEMSELVES IN THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND NURSES.

THAT WOULD INCREASE OUR STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS TO $58,250 FOR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE'D TEACHER WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND $60,250 FOR MASTER'S DEGREE TEACHERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE.

ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT WOULD RECEIVE A 3% GENERAL PAY INCREASE ON THE CONTROL RATE FOR THEIR PAY RANGE. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE INCREASE THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE FROM $300 A MONTH TO $315 A MONTH.

THIS COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SERVED IN OUR BENEFITS PROGRAMS WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN THEIR TRS ACTIVE CARE RATES FOR NEXT YEAR ANYWAY.

SO WE REALLY FEEL THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ACCESS THOSE INSURANCE BENEFITS.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RECOGNIZING OUR RETAINED STAFF WHEN THEY RETURN IN THE FALL, AS WELL AS OUR NEWLY HIRED STAFF.

EVERYONE THAT IS EMPLOYED AS OF SEPTEMBER ONE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS RETENTION AND NEW HIRE STIPEND, IF YOU WILL, $1,000 FOR TEACHERS AND $500 FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE DONE SOME REAL DEEP DIVES INTO AREAS OF CONCERN AND ARE BRINGING FORWARD SOME VERY STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

ONE OF THOSE IS A REQUEST TO INCREASE THE PAY STRUCTURE FOR OUR MECHANICS.

THIS IS NOT A LARGE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY ARE VERY.

THEY'RE IN HIGH DEMAND EVERYWHERE.

SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THAT PAY.

AND, OF COURSE, FOR MECHANICS, WE'RE NOT JUST COMPETING WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE'RE COMPETING WITH OTHER EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA.

WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE PAY STRUCTURE FOR OUR CAFETERIA SPECIALISTS AND CASHIERS.

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AND WHILE THIS ACTUALLY FALLS IN THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET AND NOT IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE, AS WE ALL KNOW, EVERYONE HAS A HELP WANTED SIGN OUT RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH NOT ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA, BUT OTHER EMPLOYERS IN NOT ONLY PLANO, BUT OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND WE BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP DRAMATICALLY.

WE ALSO ARE CONTINUALLY HONORED BY THE CONTINUED SERVICE OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS.

WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.

WE ARE ALSO COMPETING FOR THEM NOT ONLY WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT OTHER JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANO AND OUR NEIGHBORING AREAS.

AND WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THE PAY STRUCTURE FOR THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS.

IN ORDER TO BE MARKET COMPETITIVE FOR BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED TEACHERS WE ARE REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN THEIR STIPEND FROM $3000 TO $4000 AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN THE STIPEND FOR OUR STRUCTURED SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS FROM $2000 TO $3000.

THESE ARE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THAT SERVE IN SOME OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING SETTINGS, WITH STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY AND AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF NEEDS.

WE FEEL THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A COMPENSATION INCREASE IN THIS DISTRICT.

EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IS VALUABLE.

WE BELIEVE THAT OUR NEED TO BE STRATEGIC AND TARGET THOSE AREAS THAT ARE OF HIGHEST COMPETITION AND MOST NEED YOU WOULD FIND IN OUR STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS WHILE WE TAKE CARE OF ALL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ALL EMPLOYEES COLUMN.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PIECE BEFORE JOHNNY TAKES OVER THE BUDGET.

BETH THE PROPOSED COMPENSATION PLAN IS SO GOOD.

I'M SO HAPPY BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I THINK WE DID 2% AND THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING 4%.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE I'M SO PROUD OF US FOR MOVING FORWARD AND ALSO HAVING THE DECISION TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE TO 4%.

THAT'S DOUBLE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THE PAY STRUCTURE INCREASE FOR CAFETERIA SPECIALISTS AND CASHIERS.

I MEAN, I GET A LOT OF EMAILS FROM THEM AND TEXT MESSAGES FROM THEM AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE INCREASING THEIR PAY STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU BETH FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, DR.

BROCKMAN, I WAS GOING TO SAY IN AN EARLIER BOARD MEETING RECENTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO POSTPONE SOME OF THE BILINGUAL EXPANSION THAT, YOU KNOW, OFFERINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS ADDITIONAL STIPEND WILL HELP US WITH HIRING.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO STRATEGIC.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE, THE TEACHER SALARY PLAN COMPARISONS FOR OUR AREA PEER DISTRICTS, I GET KIND OF HAPPY WHEN I SEE WE MIGHT BE TOP OF THE LIST NOW WITH THIS NEW INCREASE.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, BUT I BELIEVE WHAT I'VE HEARD IS WE'RE BEING VERY COMPETITIVE IN A MARKET THAT IS VERY COMPETITIVE.

THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE DISTRICT'S, LET'S SAY, THE TEN DISTRICTS ABOVE US? DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION WHERE THAT MIGHT PUT US IN THE PACK? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT 11, CONSIDERING WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING.

YES. WE'VE BEEN GATHERING QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICTS ON THE LIST AND KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST AND GREATEST NEWS FROM THOSE DISTRICTS.

NOT EVERYONE HAS YET APPROVED BOARD APPROVED THEIR COMPENSATION PLAN, AND THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THE SALARY NUMBER, ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LOOK AT.

SO WE'RE SEEING OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE OUR STANDING A SMIDGE.

OK. AND JUST.

I WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER, DID WE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL UNTIL EVERYONE PASSES THEIR INCREASE? AND SO MAYBE IN A FUTURE BOARD UPDATE? YES. THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION, OH, GOSH, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT 4% AND THAT'S HALF OF INFLATION. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO DO THIS 4% TWO YEARS AGO, THAT WOULD HAVE GONE SO FAR.

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AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE THAT 4% IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER.

THAT'S AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

WE'VE NEVER DONE 4%.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE BOARD THAT LONG.

BUT IN THREE YEARS I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW. IN 12 YEARS WE'VE NEVER.

SO THIS IS A CATCH UP.

FAIRLY LARGE.

IT'S A CATCH UP.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT OF IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULDN'T COME AT A MORE IMPORTANT TIME WITH INFLATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE SMALL INCREASE IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY DOLLAR GOES SOMEWHERE.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY AS WE INCREASE COMPENSATION, I THINK WE'RE INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO RESULTS.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO GOING TO LEAD TO ATTRACTING THE BEST TALENT.

AND ALSO MAYBE OTHER TALENT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT THE BEST TALENT MAY GO ELSEWHERE.

SO I THINK IT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN CONTINUING TO IMPROVE OUR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IF THE BOARD SEES FIT TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT AND IN GETTING THIS COMMUNICATION OUT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND SEEING THE IMPACT IT HAS ON NEW APPLICATIONS.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

I'LL ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I WANT TO SORT OF BUILD ON A POINT THAT NANCY MADE WHEN I DID TRUSTEE TRAINING LAST SUMMER.

I WENT TO A WORKSHOP ON DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, AND SOME OF THESE FOLKS WERE LIKE DESCRIBING THE LENGTHS THAT THEY GO THROUGH TO HAVE TO GET BILINGUAL TEACHERS.

RIGHT. IT'S REALLY HARD.

THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS AND NEIGHBORING STATES BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE BILINGUAL.

BUT THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS, IS THE DESIRE OR THE COMMUNITY DESIRE FOR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE.

AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE GOT THE PARENT SURVEY.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT THE TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE.

AND HAVING TO POTENTIALLY POSTPONE THAT BECAUSE OF STAFFING IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT FROM SOME OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOMS. AND SO I JUST I ABSOLUTELY HAPPY WE WERE ABLE TO DO 4% EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN SAID.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SPECIFIC AREA THAT IS JUST SO HARD AND COMPLICATED TO GET QUALIFIED PEOPLE, IT SOUNDS LIKE AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE STRUCTURED ANALYSIS HERE AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BETTER MEET THE NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE ON TEACHER AND RETENTION REPORT COMES OUT TO SAY.

AND HOPEFULLY THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE STATE HAS 12 BILLION WITH A B, DOLLARS SURPLUS RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THE TEACHERS IN OUR SOCIETY.

THEY ARE TEACHING OUR NEXT GENERATION AND OUR NEXT WORKFORCE.

AND IF WE DON'T MAKE IT A A LIVING WAGE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE PROFESSION.

AND THEN WHO WILL BE LEFT TO TEACH OUR KIDS? SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE PAYING OUR STAFF A COMPETITIVE WAGE SO THAT THEY ARE NOT LEAVING THE PROFESSION.

SO I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT.

SO I JUST LOOKED THIS UP 12 MONTH, YEAR OVER YEAR INFLATION AS OF THE END OF APRIL IS 8.3%.

SO THERESA, I THINK HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS JUST WANTED TO SAY, SO THIS IS PILLAR THREE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND RECOGNIZING OUR TALENT AND WE RECOGNIZED AMAZING TEACHERS.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE RECOGNIZE THE OUTCOME OF OF THE TALENT IN OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO FINDING WAYS AND WE'LL HEAR FROM JOHNNY IN A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE TO SCRUB THEIR BUDGETS, THE WORK THAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE TO SCRUB THEIR BUDGETS SO THAT WE CAN FIND DOLLARS TO ALLOCATE TO WHERE IT MATTERS THE MOST.

AND THAT'S IN WITH OUR STAFF.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK, THE MANY HOURS THAT THE TEAM SPENT AND GETTING CREATIVE AND JUST KEEPING TO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS FEEL CARED FOR AND VALUED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THEM. SO THANKS, TEAM.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT SEGUE, JOHNNY.

JOHNNY WONDER, TAKE US OFF.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, DR.

BROCKMAN. FANTASTIC JOB.

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I APPRECIATE YOU. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO STAND UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE ACCOLADES.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO COURTNEY REEVES IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

AND SHERRA MCGAHA IS OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET.

AND THESE LADIES DO ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.

AND SO IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SIT UP HERE AND LOOK GOOD.

BUT THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE.

THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY DO.

THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] SO OBVIOUSLY COMPENSATION IS FUN TO TALK ABOUT AND DEFINITELY DESERVING.

SO THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE CONSEQUENCES AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

SO WHAT DR.

BROCKMAN TALKED ABOUT WITH COMPENSATION, THAT'S ROLLED INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

AND SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK YOU TO APPROVE A BUDGET THIS NEXT MONTH.

REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU A FIRST LOOK OVER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH COMPENSATION ADDED INTO IT.

WE TALKED ALL ALONG, WE PUT A PLACEHOLDER OF THE 2% AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GOT INFORMATION WITH INFLATION, WE GOT INFORMATION WITH WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE AND WHERE WE WANTED TO POSITION OUR DISTRICT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR TO GET THE BEST TALENT THAT WE COULD.

WE ENDED UP WITH, OF COURSE, THE THREE AND THE 4%.

SO STRATEGIC PLAN WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT.

AND I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU IN THIS DISTRICT, WE PREACH IT, BUT WE ALSO WE ACTUALLY FOLLOW IT.

AND SO FOR US IN OUR DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, IT'S PILLAR NUMBER FIVE WITH STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THIS AND WE KEEP THESE IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.

AND WE EVALUATE THE EXPENDITURES TO DETERMINE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT ZERO BASED BUDGETING.

WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS IS WE SIT DOWN THE DIRECTORS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, AND EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS CAN ATTEST.

WE SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH EVERY LINE ITEM THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED AND MAKE A JUSTIFICATION.

IS THIS A LINE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE IN ORDER TO OPERATE GOING INTO THE FUTURE AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.

AND I THINK THESE GUYS CAN TELL YOU WE REALLY, REALLY SCRUBBED THE BUDGETS AND HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WHEN WE DO LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES, KEEP IT AWAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM THE STUDENTS.

WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER STUDENT DIFFERENT CURRICULUMS AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN AND THEN MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FUND BALANCES.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR FUND BALANCE.

ARE WE ABLE TO CASH FLOW? ARE WE ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS AND ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS? AND WE LOOK AT THAT WITH ALL THESE DECISIONS AS WELL.

ALSO THE OTHER STRATEGIC PLAN PILLARS TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT AND GROWTH.

DR. WILLIAMS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT LEARNING AND TEACHING AND THEN LIFE READY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO POUR OUR RESOURCES INTO THE KIDS AND TO THE STAFF TO HAVE THE BEST RESULTS WE CAN FOR PLANO ISD.

AND OF COURSE, BUILDING A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY.

I WILL SAY THIS I'VE LIVED IN ENOUGH PLACES TO KNOW THAT WHENEVER SOMEBODY MOVES INTO A COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY THEY MOVE INTO THAT COMMUNITY IS IT'S NOT FOR THE FOOD, IT'S FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ACROSS THE STATE, PLANO ISD IS THE CREAM OF THE CREAM.

OK. SO AND THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE, OUR JOB IS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT GOING.

SO LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND I WANT TO JUST REINFORCE THAT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT YOU SAW EARLIER IS INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET.

I WANTED TO LIST ALL OF THE INCREASES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT INCREASED ON REVENUE, WHAT INCREASED ON EXPENDITURES, AND THEN LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE.

THESE ARE YOUR INCREASES IN REVENUES.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT AND ASK IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT TAXES AND WHAT TAXES AND VALUES ARE DOING, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY'RE GOING UP BY QUITE A BIT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE VALUES GO UP, WE ACTUALLY DO COLLECT MORE TAXES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THAT WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND REINFORCEMENT ON THAT.

SO IN OUR DISTRICT, BASED ON THE VALUES THAT HAVE JUST CAME OUT, WE WERE ACTUALLY BASING THAT ON WHAT'S CALLED CERTIFIED ESTIMATES.

WE WON'T ACTUALLY GET OUR CERTIFIED'S IN UNTIL THE LAST OF JULY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE BASING IT ON ABOUT A 7.36% INCREASE, TAXABLE INCREASE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERATES ABOUT $13.4 MILLION DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES.

AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

IF WE GOT TO KEEP THAT, THAT WOULD REALLY BE GREAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE DON'T AND WE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LARGE RECAPTURE DISTRICT.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS RELEVANT THAT WE PUT INCREASE IN RECAPTURE RIGHT BELOW THAT JUST TO SHOW THAT NET DIFFERENCE.

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SO YOU CAN SEE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, TAXES ARE GOING UP, $13.4 MILLION DOLLARS, ESTIMATED RECAPTURE IS GOING UP RIGHT AT 14 MILLION.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY RECAPTURING MORE THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY COLLECTING.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT.

BEFORE YOU GO ON, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

THERE WAS A BUNCH OF POLLING DATA IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS THIS WEEK.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY POLLED PEOPLE ON IS INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND WHO THEY BLAME.

AND 25% OF RESPONDENTS IN THIS POLL BLAMED THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

RIGHT. WHICH IS US AND CITY COUNCIL, I GUESS.

RIGHT. AND THEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE MORE THAN OUR INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE STATE AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

IT'S DISHEARTENING.

YES.

JUST GOING ON DOWN THE LIST.

INCREASE IN AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND, THAT'S BASICALLY THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.

YOU GET SO MUCH PER ALLOCATION PER STUDENT.

AND SO THAT'S GONE UP SLIGHTLY.

INVESTMENT EARNINGS. ONE GOOD THING, THE RATES ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO EARN A LITTLE BIT MORE EARNINGS ON THAT.

SHARS REIMBURSEMENT AND OF COURSE, IS A MEDICAID PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR.

WE TAKE ADDITIONAL WE'RE ABLE TO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT OF MONIES BASED ON THAT BY FILLING OUT PAPERWORK.

TRS ON-BEHALF IS JUST OUR RETIREMENT THAT WE PAY ON ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSFERS IN.

THAT'S MONEY THAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECT OFF OF THE PASAR PROGRAM AND THE FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS. IT ACTUALLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF INDIRECT COST AND GET THAT BACK INTO OUR DISTRICT.

AND THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

OBVIOUSLY, COVID HAS CALMED DOWN SLIGHTLY.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET A LOT GENERATE A LOT MORE JUST MISCELLANEOUS TYPE REVENUES.

THAT'S BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IN THE MARKET.

SO WE INCREASE OUR BUDGETS ACCORDINGLY.

THE BABS REBATE HAS GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY.

THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE USE ON OUR DEBT SIDE, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A REBATE ON OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND AS A RESULT, IT HASN'T GONE DOWN MUCH, BUT JUST SLIGHTLY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GO DOWN SLIGHTLY.

WE'RE ALMOST NEXT TO NOTHING NOW.

THAT IS A PROGRAM ON THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE GOING OUT AND WE WERE AUDITING OUR VALUES.

WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT OF STATE MONEY BASED ON THAT, THAT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH HAVE RUN THAT COURSE.

AND SO THOSE HAVE GONE DOWN TO BASICALLY NOTHING AND THEN DECREASE IN OTHER TUITION.

THAT IS, WE WERE CHARGING A LOT OF FEES FOR KIDS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND OBVIOUSLY, DR.

GOBER AND HIS GROUP HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF ANALYZING THAT AND TRYING TO BRING MORE KIDS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY KIDS WERE NOT PARTICIPATING IN OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE WANT TO ATTRACT KIDS AND IF WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE TUITION ACCORDINGLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY REACH THE KIDS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT AMOUNT GOING DOWN.

ON THE INCREASES ON THE EXPENDITURES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE THREE AND THE 4%.

THAT'S $12.1 MILLION DOLLARS BASE PAYROLL RECONCILIATION YEAR OVER YEAR.

THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT DR.

BROCKMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ABOUT CHANGE, AND THE INCREASE IN SUBSTITUTES, THE PAY ON SUBSTITUTES, THE SALARY INCREASES, THE EQUITY INCREASES FROM STEP 6 THROUGH 20. THERE'S THE HEALTH INSURANCE GOING UP.

THOSE ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THAT.

YOU ALSO SEE INCREASE IN NON-PAYROLL BUDGETS, THE 2.4.

SO OBVIOUSLY IN OUR DISTRICT, ABOUT 86% OF OUR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY WRAPPED UP IN COMPENSATION.

WHAT'S NOT IS ACTUALLY GOING UP VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

THAT GOES BACK TO THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

HOLDING THOSE COSTS REALLY, REALLY LOW.

AND SO THE REASON I WILL SAY THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING HAS BEEN AROUND.

THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR UP UNTIL THIS YEAR THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A NEGATIVE AMOUNT.

BUT WITH THE COST OF INFLATION, THERE WERE FIXED COSTS ACTUALLY TIED IN TO SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS, CUSTODIAL UTILITIES, SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF CONTRACTS.

WE HAD NO CHOICE.

THEY WERE BUILT THEY WERE TIED IN INFLATION WITHIN THOSE CONTRACTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE THERE.

THE PAY ADJUSTMENTS THAT DR.

BROCKMAN TALKED ABOUT, THOSE ARE THE SPECIAL ED PARAPROFESSIONALS, THE MECHANICS, SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURED STRATEGIC INCREASES.

THAT'S WHERE THE 1.3 IS.

AND THEN I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL, AND THAT IS A DECREASE BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.

SO WHEN ENROLLMENT GOES DOWN TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EFFICIENT WITH OUR STAFFING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY DECREASED OUR STAFFING OF APPROXIMATELY 7%. AND HOW WE DO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE IF KIDS ARE GOING DOWN, THAT WE ACTUALLY MATCH OUR STAFFING. AS A RESULT, I THINK THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT TO YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

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WE ACTUALLY ANALYZED THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ABOUT 7%.

OUR DECREASING OUR STAFFING IS LIKE 6.9% IS REALLY EERIE HOW MUCH THOSE WERE ALIGNED.

WELL, THOSE DON'T HAPPEN HAPPENSTANCE.

THOSE HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE STRATEGICALLY WORKING ON THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO NOTE AS WELL.

HEY, JOHNNY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE DECLINING BIRTH RATE SINCE LIKE 2016 AS WELL AS.

SO OUR KINDER ENROLLMENT IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE GRADUATING OUT OF THE SENIOR HIGH CLASS .

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE STUDENTS MOVING INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE BUILT OUT, PRETTY MUCH BUILT OUT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS WE HAVE ABOUT 4000 SENIORS THAT GRADUATE ON A YEARLY BASIS.

WE ARE REPLACING THOSE WITH ABOUT 3,000 OR 3,200 KINDERGARTENS.

AND SO JUST THE ROLL UP NUMBERS, WE LOSE ABOUT 1000 KIDS JUST THROUGH ROLL UP.

IT'S JUST IT'S A SIGN OF A DISTRICT THAT'S REACHING MORE MATURITY AND BUILD OUT.

AND SO WE LOSE ABOUT 1000 KIDS.

AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED ABOUT 500 KIDS.

SO NET DECREASE OF ABOUT 500 KIDS OVER THE LAST YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRACKING AND TRYING TO BUDGET ACCORDINGLY ON.

SO I KNOW THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ THIS AND APOLOGIZE, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS GET A LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO APPROVE NEXT MONTH AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THAT.

IT WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF REVENUES.

AND OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THE BIGGEST ITEM HERE IS GOING TO BE THE VERY TOP NUMBER THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, AND THAT'S CURRENT TAXES.

AND I'M ALWAYS SHOCKED WITH DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO ISD THAT THEY HUNKER DOWN ON THE TAXES AND THEY SPEND THEY LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOUR TAXES IS GOING UP AND THEY MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THAT. BUT I JUST SHOWED YOU A SECOND AGO THAT WITH RECAPTURE, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOSING GROUND ON THIS AMOUNT.

AND THEN THOSE OTHER ITEMS ARE JUST THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE RECAP OF INCREASES, YOU SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, TOTAL INCREASES ABOUT $6.7 MILLION DOLLARS. AND OBVIOUSLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS FOUND IN CURRENT TAXES.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

THIS IS YOUR APPROPRIATIONS BY LAW.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO APPROVE YOUR BUDGET BY FUND AND FUNCTION.

THIS IS OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

AND THEN EACH FUNCTION, OF COURSE, IS SPELLED OUT THERE FOR YOU.

YOU CAN GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT LINE ITEM AND SEE THAT THE INCREASES ARE RIGHT AT $19.9 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO OVERALL, OUR APPROPRIATIONS ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP AND THAT'S ABOUT 4%.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS FOUND IN THE RECAPTURE, WHICH IS GOING UP ALMOST $14 MILLION DOLLARS.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SINCE JANUARY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND THAT IS LOOKING AT ABOUT A $40 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT $40 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT INCLUDED ABOUT A 2% COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO WORK AROUND AND ACTUALLY LOWER THAT AND INCLUDE THAT THREE AND 4% IN THAT.

AND THE BOTTOM LINE RIGHT NOW IS THE $38.9 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT TO LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A $38.9 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IN OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

SO I'LL JUST POINT OUT, YOU TOLD US THAT THE INCREASE THAT TOTAL 19.82 IS 4% INCREASE.

AND DAVID JUST SAID WHAT THE YEAR TO YEAR RATE OF INFLATION, 8.3 I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE.

SURE THAT WASN'T MARCH.

THAT'S WHAT THE INTERWEBS THE INTERWEBS JUST TOLD YOU THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS IT'S GOT TO BE TRUE THEN. YEAH. ANYWAY, THE POINT IS.

IT'LL BE MORE BECAUSE YEAH, HE CALLS IT INTERWEBS.

Y'ALL HAVE DONE THAT ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND SCRUBBED SO THAT OUR INCREASE DESPITE THOSE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE INFLATION ADJUSTED. YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB HERE TO TO HOLD THIS AT ONLY 4%.

AMAZING. SO I WILL SAY IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE FINANCE.

IT'S THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN WORKING AT THAT.

SO. YES SO THIS ISN'T A COMMENTARY ON YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE IN THIS POSITION IN A GOOD WAY BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK YOUR TEAM'S DONE.

BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE DAIS IS COMFORTABLE WITH A CLOSE TO $40 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT.

AND THAT'S NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING, OBVIOUSLY.

I MEAN, YOU SAT UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK EXPLAINING AND SHOWING THE MEASURES YOU'VE TAKEN AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE INFLATION. BUT THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER.

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AND THAT NUMBER HAS JUST GOTTEN BIGGER AND BIGGER SINCE I'VE GOTTEN ON THE BOARD.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON THE BOARD, IT WAS ALREADY TRENDING THAT WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER AND CONSIDER TEACHER RETENTION BECAUSE THAT NUMBER DOESN'T MATTER IF WE DON'T HAVE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO BUT THAT'S A NUMBER THAT SHOULD SPUR OUR LEGISLATORS INTO ACTION OR SHOULD SPUR OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES THAT HAVE ISSUE WITH PROPERTY TAXES AND HOW THEY'RE SPENT AND RECAPTURE.

THAT'S A NUMBER THAT SHOULD BE ALARMING TO THEM, AND THAT'S A NUMBER WE CAN ONLY DO SO MANY YEARS IN A ROW BEFORE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT.

THERE IS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAN PROVIDE RELIEF TO US AND THEY GO TO AUSTIN EVERY OTHER YEAR.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO PAY ATTENTION WHO THEY'RE ELECTING, WHO THEY'RE TAKING TO AUSTIN, AND WHO THEY'RE SENDING TO AUSTIN TO REPRESENT THEM. TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KIND OF THING STOPS BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE OTHER WISE TO YOUR POINT IS EVENTUALLY YOU STOP OFFERING PROGRAMS OR WORSE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION LIKE CLOSING SCHOOLS.

AND NOBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT IS THE HARD COLD REALITY OF WHERE THIS DISTRICT IS HEADED.

RIGHT. AND WE'VE GOT, WHAT, 85% GOES TOWARDS SALARY, 11% FIXED COSTS.

THERE'S VERY A VERY SMALL PORTION OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER AND THAT CAN EVAPORATE VERY QUICKLY WHEN LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET DEFICIT.

AND THAT'S REALLY SCARY BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THOSE PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS WHEN WE LOOK AT ATHLETICS AND OUR ROBOTICS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

THESE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES HAVE A CORRELATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIKE THE TICK, TICK, TICK AND THE.

WELL, AND YOU KEEP SAYING THE FOUR LETTER WORD RECAPTURE, [LAUGHTER] IT'S MORE THAN FOUR LETTERS, BUT OR REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT OR WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLING IT NOW. BUT THE REASON FOR THE RECAPTURE PROGRAM IN 1993 WAS BASED ON EQUITY.

THERE WERE DISTRICTS THAT FELT LIKE THERE WAS NOT EQUITY IN FUNDING FOR DISTRICTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE SUFFICIENT PROPERTY VALUE TO GENERATE THE MONEY FOR THAT DISTRICT TO PAY FOR ITS SCHOOL SYSTEM.

BUT NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO AN EQUITY ISSUE FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING RECAPTURE.

WE ARE NOW IN DISEQUITY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BECAUSE WE'RE GENERATING A 38.5 OR NINE.

I CAN'T READ THAT, MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, WHICH IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

AND DAVID IS RIGHT, IT IS A LEGISLATIVE ISSUE AND WE NEED TO OR WHOEVER MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS MEETING, WE NEED TO BE VERY VOCAL WITH WHAT TAKES PLACE.

NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS IN JANUARY.

THEY PRE-FILE BILLS IN NOVEMBER.

SO WE NEED TO BE ACTIVE AND VOCAL WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WHO DO REPRESENT US SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS MATTER STRAIGHTENED OUT.

BECAUSE RECAPTURE IS AN EQUITY ISSUE FOR THOSE WHO PAY IT.

NOW IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.

ONE OF THE STATISTICS, SARA, YOU KNOW, QUOTES A LOT IS WHEN SHE STARTED IN THIS DISTRICT IN 1993, OUR HIGH SOCIOECONOMIC NEED STUDENTS WAS ABOUT 6% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION, AND NOW WE'RE AT 35% OF OUR POPULATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, RECAPTURE EARLY NINETIES, SAME TIMING, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT PLANO HAS PAID IN RECAPTURE AND HOW THIS HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE.

BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND HOW OUR STUDENT POPULATION HAS CHANGED, RIGHT? THAT OUR STUDENT POPULATION HAS GREATER SOCIOECONOMIC NEED NOW THAN THEY DID WHEN RECAPTURE WENT INTO EFFECT.

AND WE'RE JUST CONSTANTLY PAYING MORE AND MORE AND MORE WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE WHATSOEVER TO CHANGES IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION OR COST OF LIVING RIGHT OR ANY CONSIDERATION OF FULLY FUNDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, 504, I MEAN, WE COULD GO ON ALL NIGHT.

WELL, AND TO YOUR POINT, WHEN YOU QUOTE 35% IS OUR CURRENT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION, THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST INVISIBLE.

IT'S MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY COMPLETES THE PAPERWORK.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.

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OBVIOUSLY, BY LAW, THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

AND SO THAT'S UP THERE FOR YOUR VIEWING AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S GOING UP.

THIS IS NOT A RECAPTURED FUND.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S GOING UP ABOUT 4.42%.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES FUND OUR [INAUDIBLE].

YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT AT 27.2.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A SELF SUPPORTING FUND.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE NET RESULT AT THE BOTTOM IS ZERO.

YOU CAN LOOK AT PROPERTY VALUES.

AND ONE THING I WILL SAY, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NOTICE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT PRIOR TO THE PROP ONE AND PROP TWO THAT PASSED WAS THAT JUST THIS LAST SATURDAY? THAT OUR VALUES WERE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 9% NET TAXABLE IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT WENT DOWN TO 7.36% AS A RESULT OF THE EXEMPTIONS OBVIOUSLY COMING OFF OF THAT NET TAXABLE. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND, TOO, IS THAT THE TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION. AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT THESE ARE WHAT THE NET TAXABLE VALUES AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS GONE UP AND UP OVER TIME.

AND BECAUSE OUR BUDGETS DO NOT ARE NOT INDEXED FOR INFLATION, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO GROW UNLESS LEGISLATIVELY THEY ACTUALLY INCREASE THE ADJUSTED BASIC ALLOTMENT. THE ONLY OTHER PLACE FOR THAT VALUE TO GO IS INTO OUR DISTRICT AND THEN BACK OUT TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE OR EXCESS REVENUE.

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE I THINK MR. WEAVER BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

AND THAT IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE.

WE DO. IT IS ALARMING THAT WE HAVE A LARGE DEFICIT.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WE NEED TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN FOR IT.

AND ONE WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT, WE'VE TALKED WITH THIS BOARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS IT'S CALLED A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

MOST PEOPLE WILL JUST CALL IT A TRE.

IT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN CALLED FOR YEARS.

AND SO I DO THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE RELEVANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS AND ACTUALLY PURSUE THIS TO BRING MORE MONEY INTO OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET JUST TO OFFSET THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE JUST BECAUSE OF INFLATION, IF NO OTHER REASON.

OH, MAN. THAT DID NOT COME OUT VERY WELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION I'M GOING TO TRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS.

BUT THAT THAT THAT SLIDE ACTUALLY DID NOT COME OUT VERY WELL.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, IN ORDER TO DO A VATR, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR TAX RATE.

AND SO WE KNOW BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION, BASED ON CERTIFIED ESTIMATES, WE EXPECT OUR TAX RATE TO GO DOWN 0.04140 CENTS. IF WE ARE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE OUR PENNIES BY LAW, WE ARE ALLOWED ON ENRICHMENT PENNIES TO ACTUALLY GO UP $0.17 OVER THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL ABOUT 3.2 CENTS SHORT OF THAT.

IF WE ACTUALLY MAXIMIZE OUR PENNIES ON THE M&O SIDE THROUGH TIER TWO PENNIES, WE CALL THEM COPPER PENNIES, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS US GOING BACK UP TO 3.2 CENTS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE OUR I&S PENNIES ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CAPACITY.

IT'S A NON RECAPTURED FUND.

WE CAN REDUCE IT ACCORDINGLY.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF TAX COMPRESSION TO OUR TAXPAYERS.

AND WE CAN GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL $9.2 MILLION DOLLARS AS A RESULT.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS JUST HARD TO READ.

THAT'S EASIER. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS I THINK THIS IS A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND READ.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE.

BUT NO, REALLY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK THIS GOT BROUGHT UP BY PRESIDENT STOLLE LAST MONTH, AND THAT IS JOHNNY SHOW US WITHOUT A VATR WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH THE VATR? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THAT'S WHAT THE TWO COLUMNS YOU SEE.

AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE FIRST COLUMN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE 38.9.

AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] $38.9 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

SORRY AND IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT A VATR WOULD DO FOR OUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD TAKE THAT DEFICIT ALL THE WAY DOWN LOWER THAN $30 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE THOSE MONIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME FIX.

IT IS AN ANNUAL INFLUX.

AND TELL ME IF I HAVE THIS CORRECT, IF IT DID NOT PASS AND IF IT DID PASS THE TAXES THAT OUR TAXPAYERS WOULD PAY ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WOULD BE THE SAME.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IF IT DID PASS, WE WOULD SAVE $9 MILLION DOLLARS.

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SO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.

SO, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE NOT EXCHANGING, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING WE'RE ACTUALLY SHIFTING OUR PENNIES FROM OUR I&S BUDGET AND THOSE 3.2 CENTS, AND WE'RE MOVING THEM OVER TO OUR M&O BUDGET.

OVERALL, THE TAX RATE IS EXACTLY THE SAME WITH OR WITHOUT.

RIGHT? BASICALLY, YOU'RE STILL SHOWING THE TAX COMPRESSION.

YOU'RE STILL GAINING OR REDUCING YOUR TAX RATE BY WHAT THE TAX COMPRESSION LAW, SAY, WHICH THEY'RE REDUCING THEM BY 04.14 CENTS.

BUT YOU ACTUALLY BY MAXIMIZING YOUR PENNIES, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GENERATING $9.2 MILLION DOLLARS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE IF THE VATR ELECTION IS UNSUCCESSFUL, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR I&S RATES WOULD ACTUALLY STAY LOW, THE 3.2 CENTS LOW, AND YOUR M&O RATE WOULD ACTUALLY GO BACKWARDS TO 3.2.

SO THAT IS I MEAN, THAT IS A LIABILITY OF THIS NOT PASSING.

BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WAY FOR THEM TO MAXIMIZE THE M&O PENNIES AND BRING MORE MONIES INTO THE DISTRICT.

I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MARKET THAT IS KEEP THE MONEY HERE AND NOT IN AUSTIN.

YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO DO YOU WANT IT IN PLANO CLASSROOMS OR DO YOU WANT IT IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS, RIGHT.

AND THAT STATE GENERAL FUND, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET SPENT ON EDUCATION WHEN IT GOES THERE.

ALMOST NEVER. WELL, LIKE, WHAT IS IT, 24% OF THE LAST CONTRIBUTION OF ALL THE RECAPTURE IN TWO YEARS, THE BIENNIUM, 24% OF IT DID NOT GO TO PUBLIC ED.

THAT'S THAT 1.4 BILLION.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY BUDGET IT LOW AND THEN THEY SUPPLEMENT IT INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF.

IT USED TO YOU COULD DO WHAT'S CALLED A SWAP, WHICH MEANS IF IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD GO THE I&S AND M&O WOULD GO EXACTLY BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS.

NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW AND NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE.

WE'RE LOWERING THE TAX RATE AND WE'RE GENERATING ADDITIONAL $9.2 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT IT DOES NOT REVERT BACK.

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD REVERT BACK WITH AN UNSUCCESSFUL ELECTION WOULD BE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL SIDE.

YEAH, JOHNNY, YOU KNOW, WE THE BOARD HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.

THE LAST TIME WE NEEDED TO DO A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, WE TOOK INCREASED ONE AND DECREASED THE OTHER.

AND WE WERE VERY UPFRONT AND OPEN WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WHAT THE PLAN WAS AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO HELP THE DISTRICT.

AND WE INSTITUTED EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT LAST ELECTION PASSED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY RATE.

IT WAS OVER 75%, SOME 70 SOMETHING PERCENT, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF FOR A TRE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SMART VOTERS WHO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMPLICATED ISSUE.

AND IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD WITH A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME EXPLANATION.

BUT I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR VOTERS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS SIMPLY, AS YOU SAY, CODY, IT'S A MATTER OF DO YOU WANT TO YOU'LL STILL GET A REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL TAX RATE, BUT DO YOU WANT TO KEEP $9 MILLION DOLLARS HERE AS OPPOSED TO SENDING IT ELSEWHERE TO BE SPENT BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND SO I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR CITIZENS HERE IN PLANO ISD UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY OUR PAST AND WHAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE IN THE PAST AND THE WAY THIS BOARD HAS BEEN A STEWARD OF DOLLARS, HAS EARNED US SOME TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO.

WELL, DAVID, AND I'LL EMPHASIZE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT VOTER CONFIDENCE AND THE TRUST THAT THEY HAVE IN US.

I THINK PART OF THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS IS THE CAPACITY EXISTS TO LOWER THE RATE BECAUSE OF THE PRUDENT POLICIES THAT THIS BOARD HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DEBT.

AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD RIGHT THERE BUILD CONFIDENCE IN OUR VOTERS.

IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT ON OUR M&O SIDE OF THE BUDGET, WE'RE BECAUSE THERE IS RECAPTURE ON THAT SIDE THAT WE'RE LITERALLY STARVING ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUDGET.

AND YET BECAUSE THE I&S IS NOT RECAPTURED FUND THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITIES ON THAT SIDE.

SO THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE BUDGET HOLISTICALLY AND MAXIMIZING THE PENNIES THAT WE DO HAVE AND STILL GIVING OUR TAXPAYERS THE BENEFIT OF THE TAX COMPRESSION LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS?

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THAT IS THE REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I COMMEND YOU THAT YOU THOUGHT THE LAST SLIDE WAS THE EASIEST SLIDE TO EXPLAIN AND IT WAS BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

BUT THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

BE MINDFUL THAT WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM REGARDING THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

AND SO THE BOARD DOES NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED? YES, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2022-23 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU IS THERE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2022-23 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YOU BET. I ASKED WHERE IT WOULD PUT US COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS IF WE WERE TO DO A 2%.

AND KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER DISTRICTS, HOW FAR BEHIND THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD IT PUT US? WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT ARE CONSIDERING A 2%.

THEY'RE IN THE MINORITY.

WE'D BE FALLING.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 8.3 AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO

[8.3. Authorization of the Advertisement of Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss the Budget and Proposed Tax Rate Presenter: Johnny Hill, Chief Financial Officer ]

DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

WE'LL HEAR AGAIN FROM OUR CFO FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, JOHNNY.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRY TO BE QUICKER ON THIS ONE.

OKAY. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BY LAW THERE IS NOTIFICATIONS OUT THERE CALLED TRUTH IN TAXATION NOTICE.

AND BY LAW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU SET THE BUDGET AND TALK ABOUT YOUR TAX RATE.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE IT.

AND SO WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO GET AUTHORIZATION TO DO THAT.

BY LAW, BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HOLD THE HEARING, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY PUBLISH IT IN A PAPER.

AND IT'S GOT TO BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST TEN DAYS, BUT NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THAT PUBLIC HEARING TAKES PLACE.

AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING IS TO GO THROUGH GIVE YOU A FIRST LOOK OF WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, AND THEN GO ON AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GO ON AND GET IT TO THE PAPER SO WE MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

SO ON THE 21, 22 ACTUAL THAT IS THE CURRENT TAX RATE, YOU'VE GOT MAINTENANCE & OPERATION INTEREST & SINKING FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE RIGHT NOW OF $1.32O75.

BECAUSE OF THOSE TAX COMPRESSION LAWS.

AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN REAL QUICKLY THAT'S GOING DOWN THAT ESTIMATED $0.0414 CENTS.

BUT WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEANS WITH TAX COMPRESSION IS ANYTHING OVER THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO LOWER OR COMPRESS THOSE RATES. SO WHEN I TALKED A WHILE AGO ABOUT THE $0.736 CENTS, IT'S JUST SIMPLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 7.36 CENTS MINUS THE 2.5 AND BASED ON THE PRIOR YEARS COMPRESSION RATE.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH, THE 7.6% GROWTH IN VALUES? RIGHT. COMPARED TO THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, WHICH THEY ARBITRARILY SELECTED AT THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY DID. AND SO AND SO I WILL SAY THIS.

THIS IS BUILT ON A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE WHICH CAME OUT THE LAST PART OF APRIL.

OUR CHIEF APPRAISER ACTUALLY GIVES US THAT THIS WILL BE REPLACED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SET THE TAX RATE WITH A CERTIFIED VALUES.

AND SO THAT COULD GO UP A LITTLE BIT AND COULD GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

NORMALLY, IT GOES IT ACTUALLY THE COMPRESSION GOES A LITTLE BIT EVEN MORE BASED ON WHAT THAT IS.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AS OF RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS BASED ON INTEREST & SINKING FUND, STAYING EXACTLY THE SAME.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT 4.14 CENTS DECREASED.

I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THIS WOULD MAKE A TOTAL DECREASE OF ABOUT $0.16 IN THE OVERALL TAX RATE, $0.16 OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THAT'S ABOUT 11.1% DECREASE, WHICH I THINK IS WORTH NOTING.

OK. SO CURRENT YEAR RATES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS A RATE OUT THERE CALLED VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.

VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE IS SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR LAST YEAR OR WHAT YOUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE IS, PLUS YOUR YOUR TIER TWO PENNIES.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE $1.27935.

THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSED RATE WOULD BE IF WE SET THAT RATE OVER THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER A TRE OR A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATES OVER TIME.

ONCE AGAIN, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE $0.16, YOU CAN SIMPLY LOOK AT THE THE 2018, 2019 OVERALL RATES OF A DOLLAR 43

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9. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S DECREASED $0.16 JUST OVER THOSE FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD TAX COMPRESSION.

I THINK PEOPLE DO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FACT OF TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR APPRAISED VALUES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE, THAT'S ABOUT AN 18 AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE TAXING OFF OF THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE TAX OFF OF THE APPRAISED VALUES, THE MARKET VALUES WE TAX OFF OF THE TAXABLE VALUES BECAUSE OF YOU KNOW THERE'S CAPS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE 10% CAPS.

THERE'S ALSO EXEMPTIONS AND FROZEN LEVIES AND STUFF THAT COME OFF OF THAT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE 66 POINT BASICALLY 5 BILLION TO THE 62 FROM LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE 7.36% INCREASE.

NOW, DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT JUST PASSED? IT DOES. IT'S ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THAT.

OKAY. THANKS. BOTH PROP A ONE AND PROP 2.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT TAXES ON AVERAGE RESIDENCY'S, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE GOING UP.

AN AVERAGE RESIDENCY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS ABOUT $504,000 IS AN AVERAGE RESIDENCE IN PLANO ISD.

THAT'S ON AVERAGE ABOUT 388 INCREASE IN TAX LIABILITY YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S GOING, IT'S GOING BACK TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS IS EVEN A BETTER PICTURE OF THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN RECAPTURE AND THEN WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO KEEP.

WHAT WE KEEP IS IN THE GREEN.

AND IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK IN THE GREEN OF THE 30, THIS IS ON AN AVERAGE HOME, A 34, 88 IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING TO KEEP THIS NEXT YEAR AND JUST ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK. EVEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, WHAT WE WERE KEEPING FOR AVERAGE RESIDENTS JUST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, IT'S ACTUALLY GONE DOWN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, THE 1937, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE RECAPTURE AND DIVIDE THAT BY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, IT'S RIGHT AT 36% OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S LEVIED IS SENT BACK TO THE STATE.

AND I WILL SAY THAT'S THAT'S A PERCENTAGE THAT'S ON THE RISE.

PERTINENT DATES THAT ARE COMING UP.

OBVIOUSLY, NOTICE OF BUDGET.

AS SOON AS YOU GUYS APPROVE TONIGHT, WE'LL GO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE ADVERTISING IN THE PAPER.

WE'LL PLAN ON DOING THE HEARING ON THE 21ST OF SETTING OR HAVING THE HEARING AND SETTING THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WE'RE EXPECT TO GET THE CERTIFIED VALUES, THE 25TH OF JULY AND ADOPTING THE TAX RATE ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST, WHICH IS AS SOON AS WE CAN DO IT, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEN AND 30 DAY NOTICE.

THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT I CAN ADDRESS WITH YOU? THANKS, JOHNNY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, AND IT'S WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A ROUTINE ACTION ITEM RELATIVE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 21ST AT 6:00 PM, WHICH INCLUDES PROPOSED TAX RATES CONSISTING OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AT A DOLLAR POINT ZERO ONE ZERO THREE FIVE INTEREST AND SINKING RATE AT 0.269 AND PROPOSED TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.27935.

SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 21ST AT 6:00 P.M., WHICH INCLUDES PROPOSED TAX RATES CONSISTING OF MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS OF $1.0135 DOLLARS INTEREST AND SINKING AT $0.269 DOLLARS AND TOTAL PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1.27935 DOLLARS. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 8.4 APPROVAL OF PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 2022.

[8.4. Approval of Proposed Resolutions for the 2022 - 2024 Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Advocacy Agenda Presenters: Board Legislative Subcommittee (Nancy Humphrey, Angela Powell, and Dr. Heather Wang) ]

2024 THIS SAYS IS THAT 2023.

THERE'S IS A TWO YEAR [INAUDIBLE] SO SHARON WAS RIGHT ONCE AGAIN.

[LAUGHTER] HEATHER WANG WILL PRESENT THIS AGENDA ITEM.

NANCY, KICK US OFF.

YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO SUBMIT RESOLUTIONS TO TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS WHO WILL ADVOCATE

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POSITIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED BY DISTRICTS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH I SERVE ON IN AUSTIN, WHEN I GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.

SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE LAC PROVIDES, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I THINK ARE MORE PERTINENT TO PLANO ISD THAT MAYBE AREN'T WIDELY HELD BY ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, BUT STILL MERIT OUR BRINGING IT FORWARD.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE ADVOCACY RESOLUTION.

AND HEATHER AND ANGELA HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ME AND THERESA AND TRICIA AND WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARD IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH RECAPTURE.

AND LIKE I SAID, NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAS THIS MESSAGE TO CARRY FORWARD.

SO WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS THIS.

AND WE'RE ASKING TASB TO ADVOCATE FOR A REMEDY, TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUS INEQUITIES CREATED BY EXCESSIVE RECAPTURE PAYMENTS THAT DEPRIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF LOCALLY COLLECTED TAXES NECESSARY TO SERVE THEIR STUDENTS.

AND AS DR.

TYRA POINTED OUT, MANY OF WHOM ARE DISADVANTAGED.

WITH THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, TEACHERS AND PROGRAMING RECAPTURE PAYMENTS SHOULD BE CAPPED TO ENSURE THAT NO DISTRICTS ARE FORCED TO PAY MORE THAN THEY CAN REASONABLY AFFORD.

AND ANY EXCESS REVENUE FROM RECAPTURE SHOULD FUND AN INCREASE BACK TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, TAXPAYERS DESERVE TO SEE THE AMOUNT THEY PAY IN RECAPTURE DELINEATED ON THEIR TAX BILLS.

AND I WILL NOTE THAT IN 2015 WE BEGAN AN EFFORT CALLED TAXPARENCY.

WHERE'S LESLEY? SHE'S GONE OUT.

SHE CAME UP WITH THAT GREAT NAME.

SO THE THE STATEMENT OF REASON FOR THAT IS 10% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH WE ARE INVOLVED IN, 10% OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAY MORE THAN 60% OF TOTAL RECAPTURE.

AND THAT TOTAL RECAPTURE IS ABOUT $3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

AND THAT CREATES ACUTE INEQUITIES.

HOUSE BILL THREE ONLY PROVIDED TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM ESCALATING RECAPTURE PAYMENTS.

IN PLANO ISD BALLOONING RECAPTURE PAYMENTS FORCED THE DISTRICT TO PASS A DEFICIT BUDGET EACH YEAR, DIPPING INTO A DWINDLING RESERVE TO COVER NECESSITIES.

AND AS I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER, THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE MODEL AND WE JUST NEED TO BEAT THE DRUM REALLY HARD ON THIS SO THAT THEY WILL LISTEN TO US. ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY OR AS A PACKAGE? NO WE WILL.

AS A PACKAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

LADIES, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FROM OUR DISCUSSION IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE? NO. WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT OUR PRIMARY ADVOCACY GOALS WERE, IT WAS BASICALLY LOCAL CONTROL AND TO HAVE RECAPTURE CAPPED.

SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT FOR EVERY OTHER DISTRICT, BUT IT'S FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE ONE OF THE 10% THAT PAYS INTO RECAPTURE THE MOST. IT'S TRUE.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT RESOLUTION.

BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHIME IN ABOUT THE RECAPTURE RESOLUTION? LET ME, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT AND IT THE TAXPARENCY ANGLE OF THIS.

SO. I KNOW WE FOUGHT FOR THIS.

WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR THIS BEFORE.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT.

I MEAN, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATIVES FLAT TOLD US WHY WOULD I AGREE TO PUT THAT INFORMATION ON THE TAX BILL WHEN IT JUST MAKES ME LOOK BAD? BECAUSE. YOU MEAN, WHY WOULD THEY BE TRANSPARENT? YEAH. SO POINT BEING, WE REALLY NEED WE REALLY, REALLY NEED RELIEF IN RECAPTURE.

I WOULD PUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE LANGUAGE REGARDING TAXPARENCY, WHILE IMPORTANT, IS SIGNIFICANTLY ON A SECONDARY LEVEL FOR ME PERSONALLY.

I DON'T CARE WHAT MY TAX BILL SAYS, I NEED MORE MONEY IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND SO I DON'T MIND ADOPTING THIS LANGUAGE AS IS.

BUT IF WE GO INTO TASB THIS FALL AND WHOEVER OUR DELEGATE IS, IF THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO COME OUT IN ORDER TO GET THIS THING PASSED, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE THAT TRADE.

I'LL LIVE WITH THAT.

I DO THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET IT AND IF WE CAN GET THEM TO ADVOCATE FOR IT, IT OPENS THE EYES OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET THEIR TAX BILL AND THEN THEY SEE

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36% OF EVERY DOLLAR I PAY THAT I WRITE A CHECK TO PLANO ISD OR THE TAX ASSESSOR THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO PLANO ISD IT IS TRULY NOT BEING SPENT NECESSARILY ON EDUCATION.

IT WOULD MAKE ME MAD.

YEAH, AND I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT.

IT CERTAINLY IS GOING TO MAKE US ALL MAD.

I'M JUST SAYING, REALISTICALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT FROM THE LEGISLATURE WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE A SLIVER OF A CHANCE OF GETTING SOMETHING FROM RECAPTURE.

THAT WAS THAT'S THE ONLY QUIBBLE I HAVE WITH THE LANGUAGE.

AGAIN, I DON'T MIND PASS.

I SUPPORT THIS.

I WILL SUPPORT IT AS WRITTEN.

BUT THAT'S IF I WAS QUIBBLING WITH LANGUAGE, THAT'S WHAT I'D PUT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE WE STARTED THE TAXPARENCY IS NOW DALLAS AND HOUSTON, WHICH ARE VERY LARGE URBAN DISTRICTS, ARE NOW FINDING THEMSELVES IN RECAPTURE.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF VOTERS.

SO IT MAY POSSIBLY FIND ITS WAY IN.

BUT, YES, I WOULD ACQUIESCE ON THAT.

THIS AND AGAIN I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT AS IS WE KEEP CITING THIS 10% AND I'VE ASKED FOR THIS BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE 5.5 MILLION KIDS IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN DISTRICTS THAT PAY RECAPTURE? RIGHT. THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT WAY TO BUILD ALLIES WITH TASB, BECAUSE IF YOU SAY 10%, THAT'S A SMALL GROUP.

BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 5.5 MILLION KIDS IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I THINK WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, OTHER TRUSTEES IN OTHER DISTRICTS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WILLING TO LISTEN IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREATER MAJORITY OF THESE FUTURE TEXANS.

RIGHT. OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT IS WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT LIKE HOW IS THAT INCREASE OVER TIME, THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS PAYING RECAPTURE? RIGHT. FROM 1993 UNTIL NOW? IT'S A LOT RIGHT. PROSPER WHEN YOU GET BIG THEY'LL COME FOR YOUR TAXPAYERS EXCESS PROPERTY TAX OR YOU KNOW THESE DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T PAYING RECAPTURE NOW.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE STATE'S ARE NOT GOING TO COME AFTER THEIR EXCESS REVENUE WHEN THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE.

WELL, DR. TYRA, THAT IS A VERY RELEVANT POINT THAT YOU MADE.

AND I'D LIKE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THIS AFTER WE KNOW THAT NUMBER.

SO I'LL ASK FOR THE BOARD TO GIVE ME THAT LATITUDE TO ADD THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

THERE ARE TEN DISTRICTS THAT FUND 60%, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 110 DISTRICTS OR ABOUT 10% OF THAT 110 THAT ARE PAYING THAT. BUT, YES, LET'S FIND THAT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THESE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PAYING RECAPTURE AND PERHAPS THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGE OF THOSE.

IF WE CAN FIND THAT, THAT MAY BE TOO HARD, I THINK THOSE WOULD BE COMPELLING ADDITIONS.

SO THANK YOU. SO AT TASB TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE REPRESENTATION THERE IS BY SCHOOL BOARD, RIGHT? EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REPRESENTATION THERE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR SIZE, BUT JUST THE DISTRICTS THAT SHOW UP.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE WAY MORE DISTRICTS THAT AS WE'RE WRITING THE CHECKS, THEY'RE CASHING THEM.

AND WE MAY BE MAD, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE WAY MORE TRUSTEES THERE THAT ARE NOT MAD.

NOW, I SUPPORT THIS AS IT'S WRITTEN, BUT I AM NOT OVERLY OPTIMISTIC THAT AT TASB SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING TO PASS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE SITTING IN CHAIRS THERE THAT ARE TAKING OUR DOLLARS THAN ARE PAYING.

BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY ARE FALLING INTO THE WEALTHY STATUS.

AND IF WE ARE ASKING THAT EXCESS RECAPTURE THAT $1.3 BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE LAST BIENNIUM, INSTEAD OF THAT BEING REFUNDED PERHAPS TO THE DISTRICTS THAT PAID IT AND LINING BACK OUR POCKETS, IF YOU WILL, WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY PUT THAT BACK INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BECAUSE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FLOATS ALL BOATS. I MIGHT MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE DISTRICTS DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PROPERTY WEALTHY, THAT MAYBE THIS IS PARED DOWN TO SPECIFICALLY JUST TALK ABOUT MONEY THAT IS COMING IN FROM RECAPTURE THAT DOESN'T GO TO PUBLIC EDUCATION GOES BACK INTO THE BASIC LIKE JUST THAT BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER THINGS I CARE ABOUT I SUPPORT.

BUT IF IT'S ABOUT CONVINCING THE OTHER PEOPLE TO GET ON BOARD AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, I'D PARE IT DOWN TO JUST THE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY AGREE WITH, THAT THERE'S NO SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THEM.

BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS NOT THAT ALL THE MEMBER DISTRICTS THAT BELONG TO TASB APPROVE OR DENY THE RESOLUTION. IT GOES BEFORE THE TASB BOARD.

SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR RESOLUTION WILL STAND AS IS.

AND SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MAKEUP OF THE TASB BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKELY BE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY DENY ANY RESOLUTIONS UNLESS THEY'RE JUST CRAZY.

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AND THIS IS NOT CRAZY.

AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS EVEN IN RURAL DISTRICTS WHERE OIL AND GAS REVENUES CAUSED THEM TO SPEND BACK MONEY OR SEND BACK MONEY TO THE STATE, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR BILLS.

SO THEY'RE FINDING THEMSELVES IN THE SAME BOAT THAT WE'RE IN.

FAIR ENOUGH. SO LET ME LET ME CIRCLE THIS BACK, BECAUSE BEING THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY STARTED THE IDEA OF QUIBBLING ABOUT LANGUAGE, SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT IN ORDER AND IT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO TASB BY JUNE 15TH IN ORDER TO BE TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND SO WE CAN'T, WITHOUT HAVING ANOTHER MEETING, GO AND CHANGE LANGUAGE.

WE HAVE TO EITHER ADOPT THIS OR NOT ADOPT THIS.

AND SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE SECOND ONE.

SO THEN WE CAN TAKE ACTION.

BUT DO WE NEED TO.

WE CAN TAKE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHARON AND I'D ASK PROBABLY THIS QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT REALLY THAT WE CAN LEAVE A BLANK IN A RESOLUTION WITH INFORMATION TO BE FILLED IN.

I'M GOING TO I WILL.

LET ME DEFER TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.

DO WE HAVE HEAD NODS ON? YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE INFORMATION IN THE STATEMENT OF REASON, NOT THE ACTUAL PROPOSED RESOLUTION.

CORRECT? IT'S IN THE STATEMENT OF REASONS.

AND IT'S TO MAKE DR.

TYRA'S POINT THAT 10% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAY MORE THAN 60% OF TOTAL RECAPTURE, REPRESENTING X NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

THAT'S NOT THE ACTUAL. IT'S NOT CHANGING THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTION.

ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT APPROACH GANG? OKAY ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO OUR HOMEWORK ON THAT.

THE SECOND ADVOCACY RESOLUTION.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS ARGUING AGAINST LOCAL CONTROL, BUT THIS ONE IS IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL CONTROL.

AND IT READS TASB ADVOCATES FOR INCREASED LOCAL CONTROL, PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS TO BETTER SERVE EACH COMMUNITY'S UNIQUE NEEDS.

AND THE STATEMENT OF REASONS INCLUDE PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH LOCAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS. MANY ONE SIZE FITS ALL STATEWIDE MANDATES ONLY UNDERMINE THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL VOTERS BY FURTHER DISTANCING DECISION MAKING IN SCHOOLS FROM THE VIEW AND INPUT OF LOCAL PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INITIALLY GOT US TO FOCUS ON THE LOCAL CONTROL WAS WHEN I THINK IT HAPPENED HERE ON THE BOARD TABLE, WE TALKED ABOUT SUBSTITUTING A PSAT SCORE IN EXCHANGE FOR AN EOC EXAM SCORE.

AND ALTHOUGH THAT IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE RULE, THAT IS MORE LIKE TEA.

IF WE CAN ADVOCATE HOLISTICALLY FOR MORE LOCAL CONTROL, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN TAKE THAT PSAT SCORE.

WE CAN ADVOCATE TO TEA AND ASK FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR LOCAL CONTROL TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ELECT US ASK US TO TAKE FORWARD IN OUR DISTRICT AND KEEP THE DECISION MAKING LOCAL.

SO I'LL LET YOU ALL MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT.

COMMENTS. I THINK THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN TOTALLY REFLECTS WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.

SO I'M HAPPY WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT.

OK.

THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR LITTLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND WE THOUGHT THAT ACCORDING TO WHAT WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR GOALS JUST FOR THIS DISTRICT, THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS WAS THE BEST FIT.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, DAVID.

OK. SO LET ME PROPOSE THIS, BECAUSE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO AMEND THIS RESOLUTION TO INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO AMEND THE FIRST RESOLUTION.

AND I WILL TAKE THE UNUSUAL STEP OF MAKING A MOTION HERE.

I MOVE THAT FOR THE FIRST ADVOCACY REVOLUTION IN THE STATEMENT OF REASON WE WHERE IT READS 10% OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE PAUSE AND WE INSERT THE PHRASE REPRESENTING BLANK STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

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PAY MORE THAN 60% OF TOTAL RECAPTURE WITH THE BLANK BEING OFF WITH NANCY AND THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE BEING AUTHORIZED TO CONFIRM THAT NUMBER AND PLUG IT IN.

I SECOND. OK.

SORRY. IT'S SO WEIRD FOR YOU TO MAKE A MOTION.

I KNOW. WE'RE ALL SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY DAVID STOLLE, A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, TO AMEND THE ADVOCACY RESOLUTION TO READ IN THE STATEMENT OF REASONS TO READ 10% OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTING BLANK STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WITH THE AUTHORIZATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE TO FILL IN THAT NUMBER, PAY MORE THAN 60% OF TOTAL RECAPTURE.

WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE CAN GO TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADVOCACY RESOLUTIONS AS AMENDED.

AND DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 20 OR AMENDED PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 2022 2024 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, TASB ADVOCACY AGENDA AS AMENDED.

AMENDED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE AMENDED PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 2022 2024 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS ADVOCACY AGENDA AS AMENDED.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OK. IT'S 8:45.

WE STILL HAVE REPORTS TO DO SO.

LET'S TAKE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.

BE BACK AT 8:50.

[9.1. State of the Plano ISD Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for the School Year 2021 – 2022 Presenter: Tarrah Lantz, President of the Plano ISD Council of PTAs ]

YOU CAN TELL IT'S THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. HERE WE GO.

I'M BRINGING THE GROOVY FUN FOR TONIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT OUR PTA IS DOING ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO I WENT AHEAD AND HAD SOME FUN WITH THE SLIDE SHOW, AND THOSE BLUE WAVES REMINDED ME OF SUMMER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH.

THIS IS A STATE OF THE PTA ADDRESS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS DECEMBER 2020, IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR PTAS WERE WERE STRUGGLING.

I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME MOTIVATION.

SO I HOPE THAT IN THIS LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE AS A GROUP OF PARENTS TO COME TOGETHER ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND REALLY BRING BACK THAT PTA SPIRIT TO OUR CAMPUSES.

SO I WANT TO GIVE A GIANT SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PTA MEMBERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

WE HIT THE NUMBER OF 20,000 JUST THIS LAST WEEK.

SO THAT IS AWESOME NEWS.

YOU CAN STILL JOIN PTA AT JOINPTA.ORG.

MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND, SO I HAVE TO PLUG THAT.

BUT I STAND HERE TONIGHT AS B1 PTA REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

BUT I THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS ACROSS OUR ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE PTA BOARD MEMBERS, MY BOARD MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL OF PTA, ALL OUR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF, PRINCIPALS, DISTRICT STAFF, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR MISSIONS ARE ALIGNED AND THIS IS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE FIT IN WITH THE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY IN PILLAR FOUR.

SO OUR MISSION IS VERY SIMILAR TO PLANO MISSION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE WALL OVER HERE BEHIND DR.

BROCKMAN. OUR PTAS MISSION IS TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY BY ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

SO WE'RE A PTA DISTRICT FOR A REASON.

WE CAN TAP INTO A LARGER NETWORK TO START ADVOCATING FOR ALL KIDS, NOT JUST OUR OWN KID AT OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THIS IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.

WE COULD CHOOSE TO HAVE PTOS, WHICH ARE JUST PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS.

THESE WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE LIKE BOOSTER CLUBS FOR SCHOOLS.

PTAS ARE NOT JUST BOOSTER CLUBS FOR SCHOOLS.

WE ARE PARENTS WHO CAN TAP IN TO THIS MUCH BIGGER NETWORK.

NATIONAL PTA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 125 YEARS, SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I LOVE TO SAY THAT PLANO ISD IS A PTA DISTRICT.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALL OF OUR PTAS ARE NONPROFITS.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS AS PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR PTA VOLUNTEERS ARE BUSY BEHIND THE SCENES RUNNING AN EFFECTIVE PARTNER ORGANIZATION TO THEIR CAMPUS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE.

THESE ARE OUR PTA PURPOSES.

BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THAT PTA HAS A MISSION.

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IT HAS PURPOSES, AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU THE VALUES IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT SOME OF THESE ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE WHAT NANCY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT LAST ONE, WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS AND OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SUPER, SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING, TARRAH.

IS THIS THE PTA PURPOSES OR THE GENERIC NATIONAL ONE, OR IS THIS MADE UP PRIMARILY FOR OUR OWN DISTRICT? NO, THIS IS ALL FROM NATIONAL.

IT'S FROM TEXAS PTA AND IT'S IN ALL OF OUR TRAINING MATERIAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR PTA VALUES AND THESE COME FROM NATIONAL AS WELL.

THIS IS ABOUT WE WORK WITH THESE VALUES.

WE VALUE COLLABORATION, WE VALUE COMMITMENT.

WE VALUE DIVERSITY, RESPECT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

PTA IS A NONPARTISAN, NONCOMMERCIAL, NONSECTARIAN ORGANIZATION WHERE MEMBER BASED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AND WE WORK FOR ALL KIDS.

AND SO WITH A BIG, ALL ENCOMPASSING MISSION LIKE THAT, OUR PTA PARENTS ARE A COMPLETELY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY CHILD AND WE'RE INCLUSIVE.

WE HAVE 70 PTAS IN PLANO ISD WITH 546 PLUS BOARD MEMBERS.

I WENT AND CALCULATED IN THE BIG TEXAS PTA SPREADSHEET, AND THEN AS OF LAST WEEK WE HAD THAT OVER 20,000 MEMBER MARK.

OUR COUNCIL OF PTAS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1988 HELPING OUR PTAS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO WE'RE 34.

THE PURPOSE THAT WE SERVE AS A COUNCIL OF PTAS IS TO BE THAT PRIMARY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL FOR OUR NETWORK WITHIN PLANO ISD, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM INFORMATION, INSPIRATION, WE SUPPORT AND GUIDE THEM AS THEY DO THE WORK OF RUNNING THEIR NONPROFIT ON THEIR CAMPUS.

SO WE DO LEADERSHIP TRAINING.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEER TRAINING SPECIFIC TO THEIR POSITION.

WE HELP TO ADVANCE TEXAS PTA GOALS, AND THEN WE DO OUR OWN PROGRAMING AND INITIATIVES.

SO OUR PRIORITIES ARE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCALS, CONDUCT THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL AND PROMOTE NATIONAL PTA IN TEXAS PTA WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DO THIS THROUGH TRAINING.

WE HOLD A LOT OF ROUNDTABLES.

WE DO CELEBRATIONS.

LIKE THE LAST TIME YOU MET, WE WERE AT THE STOCKWELL CENTER HONORING ALL OF OUR REFLECTIONS WINNERS.

IT WAS SUCH A NEAT CEREMONY WITH LIKE 300 PEOPLE.

AND WHEN WE CONDUCT THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL, WE PROMOTE BEST PRACTICES TO OUR PTAS.

SO WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING OUR LEADERS LEARN OUR PARENTS HOW TO BECOME GOOD LEADERS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE THAT KEY LINK BETWEEN OUR LOCALS TO THE STATE AND NATIONAL.

PTAS ON CAMPUSES ARE VITAL.

THEY'RE NECESSARY.

WE BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE FAMILY, THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER.

SOME OF OUR PTAS THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ALL SUMMER AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR CAMPUS STAFF AND THEY'RE WORKING TO COME UP WITH GOAL SETTING FOR NEXT YEAR AND SO THAT THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE PARTNERS ALONGSIDE THE CAMPUS.

WE HAVE EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK OF THESE SCHOOLS.

THEY WON THE PTA NATIONAL AWARD CALLED NATIONAL PTA SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.

SO TO GET THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND TO GET THIS AMAZING RECOGNITION, THEY HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ENTIRE YEAR LONG PROCESS WHERE THEY SURVEYED PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WORKED ON THEIR ROADMAP TO EXCELLENCE, AND THEN THEY HAD TO SHOW PROGRESS AT THE END.

SO THOSE SCHOOLS ARE: BRINKER ELEMENTARY, HICKEY ELEMENTARY, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHEPHERD ELEMENTARY, SKAGGS ELEMENTARY, WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WYATT ELEMENTARY.

SO THIS I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT ADVOCACY TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS THE ROLE THAT I WILL MOVE INTO AFTER I LEAVE MY POST AS PRESIDENCY.

WE ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE TAKE OUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE FOCUS ON.

WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WORK WITH TEXAS PTA, AND THEN WE COME UP WITH WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH TRUSTEE HUMPHREY.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON ADVOCACY PRESENTATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE OUT, THAT INFORMATION OUT TO MORE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

WE PARTNER WITH THE PLANO ARTS COALITION.

WE PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EDUCATION FOUNDATION EDUCATION FUND.

WE DO OUR OWN SCHOLARSHIPS.

WE'RE HELPING GET SOME OF OUR LEADERS TO OUR TRAINING WITH TEXAS PTA OVER THE SUMMER.

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WE HOSTED A GREAT VENDOR FAIR ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH.

OUR LIFE MEMBER BANQUET WAS AMAZING.

WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY CIRCLES EVENT THAT HAD BART ROSEBURE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, ALONG WITH A TON OF THE SROS AND THE POLICE AT PLANO ISD OR THE CITY OF PLANO.

AND WE HAD PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME OUT TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SO WE DID THE COAT DRIVE LAST FALL.

I HEARD DR. TYRA TALK ABOUT THAT AND I REACHED OUT.

AND SO WE MADE SURE THAT HAPPENED.

AND DARA, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR AT HEAD START, FOUND ME A TEACHER OF THE YEAR ON THURSDAY AND IT'S LIKE I MEAN, IT'S MAY, IT'S LIKE 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND SHE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT GETTING ALL OF HER KIDS COATS.

AND SO I'LL PASS THAT ON AGAIN THAT SHE WAS JUST SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL, KIND OF JUST HURRICANE-ING INTO ACTION AND MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE NEEDIEST KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAD PROPER WINTER CLOTHING.

WELL, THANK YOU. I WILL PASS THAT ALONG BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY FUN TO JUST JUMP IN AND BE ABLE TO HELP.

I ONLY COMMITTED BECAUSE I KNEW WE COULD DO IT.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR BIG ADMINISTRATIVE LUNCHEON THAT WE HOST EVERY YEAR AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM THAT BROUGHT IN AN ADDITIONAL 670 MEMBERS TO OUR LOCAL PTAS.

TARRAH YEAH. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH THE PLANO ARTS COALITION, WHAT EXACTLY DOES A PTA DO WITH THE PLANO ARTS COALITION? SO BECAUSE THEY'RE A PARTNER ORGANIZATION THAT WITH THE AS A COALITION, IT'S MADE UP OF DIFFERENT ARTS GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY.

SO WE WORK WITH THEM.

IT'S KIND OF BEEN ON HOLD OVER COVID AND DURING MY PRESIDENCY, BUT THINGS LIKE IF THEY HOST, THEY HOSTED AN ARTS EVENT IN DOWNTOWN PLANO AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TABLE THERE.

BUT THEY ASK THAT WE HAVE WE COME TO THEIR BOARD MEETINGS AND SIT AS A LIAISON SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY. SO REALLY WHAT A LOT OF WE CAN DO IS PARTNER TO HELP AMPLIFY VOICES, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PTA MEMBERS WHO ARE WATCHING AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING ON THESE AMAZING EVENTS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS A HUGE PORTION OF YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, THIS IS WHAT PTA DOES.

WE DO ALL THOSE FUN THINGS THAT AREN'T FOCUSED ON THE LEARNING BUT SOMETIMES ARE ABOUT THE LEARNING BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT MAKING SCHOOL AND INVITING, WELCOMING, WARM PLACE FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO BE.

SO THINGS LIKE SPIRIT WEAR ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BUILDING THAT CONNECTION AND THAT THAT IDENTITY ABOUT BEING PART OF THAT SCHOOL AND FEELING LIKE YOU BELONG.

SO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE PTAS WORKING ON OUR CAMPUSES SO HARD AND DEDICATING, I DON'T EVEN I DON'T THINK I CAN QUANTIFY THE EXACT NUMBER OF HOURS FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.

BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR NEXT YEAR.

PTAS STAY BUSY IN THE SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINANCIAL RECONCILIATION PARTY HERE ON JULY 13TH, WHICH IS LIKE A MINI AUDIT.

NOBODY GETS IN TROUBLE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE BETTER NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS SUMMER, GOING TO CONVENTION, WORKING ON WRAPPING UP THE YEAR AND THEN BEGINNING FOR THE NEW.

WE HAVE THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD PTAS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESS THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE SAYING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT 100% ACCURATE.

WE HAVE THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, ALL WITH THEIR OWN PTAS AT THE MOMENT.

THESE PTAS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND THAT'S FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.

BUT REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE IS THAT THE PARENTS JUST AREN'T ENGAGED.

THE PARENTS AREN'T COMING INTO THE SCHOOL AND WANTING TO BE REALLY INVOLVED.

SO WE'VE HAD IT'S BEEN HARD FOR THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP THAT GOING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND SO BACK IN EARLY APRIL, WE MET WITH THERESA, WITH DR.

WILLIAMS, JILL STOKER FROM THE SLI TEAM, ALL THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD PRINCIPALS, AND THEN SEVERAL OF US FROM THE COUNCIL OF PTAS.

AND AS WE TALKED, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS IS JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR THESE SCHOOLS.

IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER IF WE WORK WITH THOSE FAMILIES TO HELP THEM TRANSITION TO ELEMENTARY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE PART OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS PTAS.

AND SO RUNNING A NONPROFIT IS A YEAR LONG THING.

SO WHEN YOU ARE ENROLLING YOUR KID IN AUGUST AND YOU LEAVE IN MAY AND THEN YOU'RE OFF TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU DON'T HAVE A NEW BOARD TO PASS INFORMATION TO.

AND SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE ELECTIONS IN THE FALL, HOW DOES THIS WORK? AND SO REALLY OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELPING IMMENSELY AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM, BUT THIS JUST ISN'T SUSTAINABLE AT ALL.

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AND TARRAH, WHEN I READ THIS, I WAS VERY HEARTBROKEN, ONLY BECAUSE 11 YEARS AGO I WAS A PTA MOM AT ISAAC'S EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I WAS A PTA MOM AT AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.

AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S YOU'RE ONLY THERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO JUST FOR THE PRE-K STUDENT, AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE THERE FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

SO BUT IT'S VERY HEARTBROKEN TO ACTUALLY READ THIS AND TO SEE IT HAPPENING.

YEAH, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, HEY, I'M THE PRESIDENT THAT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PTAS IN PLANO ISD BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE HAD TO EVALUATE, IS HOW DO WE WORK SMARTER AND HOW DO WE DO THIS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR FAMILIES.

BECAUSE WHAT WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT GO TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS IS THAT THE PARENTS PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERING IS THEIR KIDS ARE THERE FOR GETTING SERVICES, THEY NEED THE BREAK.

THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS WORK ON CREATING A BUDGET AND HOLDING MEETINGS MONTHLY WHERE THEY HAVE TO RUN A NONPROFIT.

AND I JUST WANT TOO ADD TO THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL SHARE THAT SENTIMENT.

I THINK EVERYONE IN THE GROUP SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED AND TRIED AND TRIED IN EVERY WHICH WAY TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK.

I THINK THE IT'S REALLY FALLEN A LOT ON THE TEACHERS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT.

BUT I THINK EVEN OUR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD PRINCIPALS WERE IN FAVOR OF A LOT OF OUR PARENTS ARE ALREADY THEY ALREADY BELONG TO THE OLDER SIBLINGS PTA.

AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON FINDING WAYS TO PARTNER WITH THEIR ELEMENTARY PTA SO THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR OUR PARENTS.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

WELL, AND TARRAH, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADD TO THAT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE THE 9-10 HIGH SCHOOL AND THE 11-12 SENIOR HIGH.

AND BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY IN THAT SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS, IT DOES MAKE THAT TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

SO IF YOU'RE REALLY ONLY IN THE PRE-K SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR, IT REALLY PUTS A LOT OF WORK ON THE THE BACKS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TEACHERS AT THAT ONE CAMPUS.

AND SO I THINK I THINK YOU'RE WORKING SMARTER TO GET THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE PARENTS INVOLVED THERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE LONGER.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA EXCUSE ME.

THAT'S THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD JOIN THEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO AND TO FORM CONNECTIONS THAT WAY.

WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PERSPECTIVE THAT THESE ARE PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND WORKING TOWARDS THESE EFFICIENCIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE LIMITED TIME, LIMITED ENERGY, THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS DIFFICULT DECISION WAS TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT AND POTENTIALLY MAKE AN EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER IMPACT THAN THE CURRENT SITUATION IS ALLOWING.

SO I'M SURE IT'S DIFFICULT TO LOSE THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE IMPACT AND INFLUENCE OF OUR PARENT VOLUNTEERS IS NOT GOING TO BE DIMINISHED BY THIS DECISION, IT SOUNDS LIKE.

NO, IF YOU WANT TO. OH, SORRY.

IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER AS A PARENT ON AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUS, YOU STILL CAN.

AND NOT ONLY PARENT VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHO'S ON THE ECI CAMPUSES, PARENT VOLUNTEERS THAT MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW NOT ONLY GETTING SERVICES THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT MAYBE DOING SPEECH THERAPY OR MAYBE DOING OTHER KINDS OF THERAPY ON THE SIDE.

AND SO IT'S HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE DEFINITELY TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT, YOU KNOW, QUALIFIES FOR THESE PROGRAMS OR HAS SPECIAL NEEDS, THAT YOUR BANDWIDTH IS JUST SO CONSTRAINED BY EVERYTHING ELSE INVOLVED IN IN DAY TO DAY FOR THAT CHILD.

AND SO I'M I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN.

YOU KNOW, DROPPING THIS COMPLETELY YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR THOSE PARENTS.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF THOSE DISSOLUTION MEETINGS.

I WAS JUST AT ISAACS EARLIER TONIGHT AND THAT MEETING I BELIEVE IS JUNE 16TH AND I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND OUT WHEN THE OTHERS ARE.

BUT THIS IS FOR THE MEMBERS TO DECIDE.

THE MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON IT, AND I'M JUST HOPING WE CAN GET THOSE TEN MEMBERS TO COME BACK ONCE SCHOOL IS OUT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE HARDEST PART, IS THAT WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A ROLLING PROCESS TO PTA.

WE HAVE TO DO THOSE FINANCIAL RECONCILIATIONS.

WE HAVE TO SWITCH BANK ACCOUNT SIGNERS.

WE HAVE PROCESSES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

AND THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KEEPING PEOPLE AROUND OVER THE SUMMER.

AND THE OTHER CHALLENGE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE IS THEY ACCEPT ENROLLMENT ON A ROLLING BASIS.

SO YOU COULD BE IN A RANDOM WEEK AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR NEW KIDS SHOW UP.

AND THOSE ARE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO WANT SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SPIRIT WEAR, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG PTA TO DO THAT.

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AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CAMPUS TO TAKE OVER THAT AND RUN THAT THROUGH THEIR CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUND.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH SMOOTHER PROCESS.

AND WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING HOW PTAS WILL HELP OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO THAT OUTREACH.

AND SO THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE A FULL SLATE OF OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG, A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.

SO NEXT YEAR SHOULD BE AMAZING.

WE ARE IN OUR ELEMENT THIS YEAR, BUT WE'LL BE EVEN BETTER NEXT.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG KUDOS AND YOUR TEAM AND THE PREVIOUS PTA COUNCIL LEADERS, I MEAN, YOU GUYS CONTINUE ALWAYS TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES, SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL WELCOME.

AND A LOT OF TIMES A PARENT FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE SCHOOL IS THROUGH THEIR PTA LIKE PACKET PICKUP IN THE SUMMER.

AND SO THE OUTREACH THAT YOU PROVIDE AND THE THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU BUILD, I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH AS THE LIAISON.

I SEE YOU GUYS TWICE A MONTH, DON'T I? IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS BRIDGE THAT GAP.

AND I NOTICED YOUR BRIDGING CONNECTIONS.

CONNECTION SLIDE REALLY TELLS IT ALL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S A WAY FOR PARENTS TO BE CONNECTED AND GET TO KNOW THEIR TEACHER BETTER. AND THEY HAVE CLASSROOM PARTIES AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT THE PTA PUTS ON.

AND THE TEACHERS APPRECIATE THE LOVE YOU GIVE THEM WHEN YOU ALL BRING LUNCH TO THE CAMPUS ON TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK OR WHATEVER.

AND WHEN YOU COME TO THIS BUILDING AND YOU HAVE A LUNCH FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, IT'S IT'S THE STUFF THAT CAN'T REALLY GET DONE, YOU KNOW, IN A IN A SCHOOL THAT ALL FILL IN ALL THAT STUFF THAT REALLY LIFTS PEOPLE'S SPIRITS.

AND YOU HELP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS.

AND THAT WAY TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR BEST WORK AND PARENTS CAN ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILD THE BEST.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU WHEN I GO TO ALL YOUR MEETINGS, YOU ARTICULATE EVERYTHING SO WELL AND I'M JUST IMPRESSED.

SO KUDOS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO TARRAH, WHEN DOES MEMBERSHIP OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR? AUGUST 1ST.

OKAY. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO REMIND THE PEOPLE UP HERE AND I WILL CHALLENGE EVERY ONE OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN AT LEAST ONE PTA NEXT YEAR.

YEAH, THE WORK THAT WE DO ON OUR CAMPUSES IS INVALUABLE AND MEMBERSHIP IS AS LOW AS $6 ON SOME CAMPUSES AND GOES UP TO 420 ON SOME CAMPUSES.

YEAH. AND YOU GUYS LIFTED THROUGH THE WHOLE PANDEMIC AND REALLY GOT PEOPLE CONNECTED BACK TO THEIR CAMPUSES.

SO THANK YOU. SO YEAH, I WILL IMPLORE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO JOIN AT LEAST ONE PTA.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT DIDN'T COST MUCH.

I HAVE TWO THINGS I REMEMBERED.

ANGELA, ONE OF THE OTHER PARTNERS WE PARTNER WITH IS THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND THAT'S A LIAISON SEAT ON THEIR BOARD.

SO AS PRESIDENT, I GO TO THEIR BOARD MEETINGS EVERY MONTH TO JUST TALK ABOUT PTA AND THE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE MAKING ON THE DISTRICT.

THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, I CAME OUT WITH A BIG NUMBER.

I REMEMBER MY SLIDE HAD ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF $1,000,000, AND THAT WAS THE 2019-20 NUMBER THAT I GOT FROM 20 OF OUR 70 PTAS TO TELL US HOW MUCH VALUE THEY WERE BRINGING, BRINGING IN PROGRAMING TO CAMPUSES.

AND I COULDN'T DO THAT THIS TIME BECAUSE COVID'S GOING TO THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SKEWED BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN THE BUILDING AND WE WEREN'T IN THE BUILDING FOR THE BEGINNING PART OF THIS YEAR.

IT WAS REALLY AFTER FEBRUARY 4TH THAT OUR PTA COULD GET BACK INTO THE BUILDING.

AND ON SOME CAMPUSES IT'S STILL HARD.

OH, AND THE THIRD THING I WANT TO THANK DR.

GOBER SORRY.

THE NEXT PRESENTERS LAUGHING AT ME.

I WANT TO THANK DR. GOBER FOR GIVING MONTHLY COFFEE CHATS WITH OUR PTA PRESIDENT.

IT'S LIKE HAVING THAT ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD IN REGARDS TO BUILDING OUR TRUST AND MAKING PLANO SCHOOLS EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TARRAH.

MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YEAH. FIRST, YOU NEVER HAVE TO APOLOGIZE IF YOU'RE TAKING TIME TO THANK ME FOR ANYTHING [LAUGHTER].

BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU REALLY, SO YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN OUR PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND I DON'T THINK REALLY OUR BOARD, THE OTHER PTA PRESIDENTS, OUR PRINCIPALS AND REALLY OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU REALLY WORKED ON BEHALF OF ALL STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, ALL PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND REALLY EVEN ALL STAFF IN THIS DISTRICT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

PLEASE KEEP MY NUMBER.

AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE [APPLAUSE].

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THANKS, DR.

GOBER. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO SECTION 9.2, ITEM 9.2, WHICH IS REPORTS.

[9.2. Board Advisory Committee Reports for Gifted and Talented, Diversity, and School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Presenters: Dr. Katrina Hasley, Assistant Superintendent for Academic Services; Dr. Courtney Gober, Assistant Superintendent for Student, Family, and Community Services; Dr. Selenda Anderson, Assistant Superintendent for Student Engagement and District Services ]

AND WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE REPORTS UNDER THIS UNDER THIS HEADING FOR OUR GIFTED AND TALENTED BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DIVERSITY BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE SHAC COMMITTEE. AND SO WE ARE STARTING THIS EVENING WITH GIFTED AND TALENTED.

AND SO DR. HASLEY IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE I'M GOING TO INVITE KEVIN MOORE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

KEVIN IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AND HE'S THE STAFF LIAISON WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THIS BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE THE REPORT OF THEIR WORK TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, DR.

WILLIAMS AND TRUSTEES FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE GT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS DONE THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE OUR DISTRICT'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

PLANO ISDS PACE PROGRAM HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED LEGACY OF PROVIDING EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, BOTH AS STUDENTS AND AS YOUNG PEOPLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MISSION OF PACE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PLANO ISD MISSION STATEMENT THAT SEEKS TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PACE SPECIALISTS AND TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO OVER THE PAST TWO CALENDAR YEARS NOW HAVE MET A LOT OF OBSTACLES REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND THE SERVICE DESIGN.

AND THEY HAVE NOT MISSED A BEAT THROUGH SCHOOL CLOSURES, TEACHER AND STUDENT ABSENCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE HURLED THEIR WAY AND ALL THE ADDITIONAL HATS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKED TO WEAR. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

HERE'S SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU.

IN TERMS OF OUR FORMALLY IDENTIFIED STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE, WE HAVE JUST OVER 9000 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN FORMALLY IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED AND TALENTED. OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE SERVED THROUGH A SPECIALIZED ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM DELIVERED THROUGH A PULLOUT MODEL AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS ARE SERVED THROUGH PACE SOCIAL STUDIES, HUMANITIES AND AMERICAN STUDIES COURSES IN ADDITION TO AP AND IB COURSES.