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ALL RIGHT.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I THINK WE ARE READY TO BEGIN IT BEING 6:00.

GOOD EVENING. I AM DAVID STOLLE, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

I CALL TO ORDER THIS WORK SESSION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2022.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AS WELL AS ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

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

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. LET ME INTRODUCE THE FOLKS UP HERE WITH ME ON THE DAIS, DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

DR. LINDA ANDERSON IS NOT GOING TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, TRUSTEE DR.

HEATHER WANG, TRUSTEE DR.

LAUREN TYRA AND BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.

TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER, [INAUDIBLE] DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

LISA WILSON DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.

PATRICK TANNER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

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

DR. BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

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

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG AND DO SOME RECOGNITIONS.

[2. RECOGNITIONS]

AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR NEWEST DISTRICT LEADERS.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME OF THEM.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.

LISA WILSON WILL INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION FOR US.

MS. WILSON THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT STOLLE. WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE A NEW GROUP OF LEADERS IN PLANO ISD THIS EVENING, AND I HAVE A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES ASSISTING IN THESE INTRODUCTIONS, SO I'D FIRST LIKE TO INVITE DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, TO ASSIST WITH THIS EVENING'S FIRST INTRODUCTION.

THANK YOU, LISA.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OUR PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BRITTNEA USSERY.

SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WORKING AS A COORDINATOR FOR ALL FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HOST IN PLANO ISD.

AND SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE JOB FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

SHE WAS SERVING AS INTERIM FROM JANUARY UNTIL JUNE AND OVER THE SUMMER, AND WE HAVE PERMANENTLY HIRED HER IN A POSITION.

SO BEFORE JOINING PLANO ISD IN 2014, BRITTANY WAS SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF ADDISON.

PRIOR TO THAT, SHE WORKED FOR BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE IN MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.

SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.

WE WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST HER.

AND SHE IS A RECENT GRADUATE OF PLANO LEADERSHIP PLANO CLASS 38.

AND SHE IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HER HUSBAND CHRIS DANIEL AND HER MOM, CAMILLA USSERY.

SO, BRITTANY, IF YOU'LL JUST STAND IN YOUR FAMILY [APPLAUSE].

AND MOM, Y'ALL STAND TOO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE SO PROUD OF BRITTNEA.

SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN PLANO FOR EIGHT YEARS AND SHE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS IN HER NEW ROLE.

AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING AS OUR NEW SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PATRICK TANNER, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, TO ASSIST WITH THE NEXT INTRODUCTIONS.

THANKS, LISA. PRESIDENT STOLLE, DR.

WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE.

I INTRODUCED SOME OF THE NEW HIRES THAT WE MADE OVER THE SUMMER.

FIRST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. ANDREW OCHOA. ANDREW, WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? ANDREW IS JOINING US FROM SOCORRO ISD.

HE SPENT THE PAST 11 YEARS WORKING IN OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. BUT HE WAS ALSO A TEAM LEAD FOR THEIR PEMS DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

AS HE JOINS OUR TEAM AS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RECORDS, HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF OUR STATE DATA FROM THE PEMS RESPONSIBILITY.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THAT IS, HE'S THE ONE WHO MAKES SURE THAT OUR DATA IS PROPERLY CODED SO THAT WE GET THE PROPER FUNDING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET.

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SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HIM AND JOHNNY HILL ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY FRIENDLY OVER OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS HERE.

ANDREW IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR STUDENT SYSTEMS AS WELL.

ANY APPLICATIONS OR ANY ENTERPRISE STUDENT SYSTEMS THAT THAT TOUCH ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

HE'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING.

ANDREW'S HERE TONIGHT, JOINING I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOT ANY GUEST JOINING.

I THINK MISS ILIANA GOMEZ WAS SUPPOSED TO JOIN.

[INAUDIBLE] I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST EXTEND A WELCOME TO HIS FAMILY WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.

THEY'RE STILL IN THE EL PASO AREA.

JERRY AND BLANCA OCHOA.

SO SHOUT OUT TO MOM AND DAD BACK IN EL PASO AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ANDREW ON THE TEAM [APPLAUSE].

AND THE NEXT.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF MISS TRACY MARTIN.

TRACY, WOULD YOU STAND? TRACY IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS. PRIOR TO TAKING ON THIS ROLE, TRACY HAS WORKED IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS AND SHE'S HELD VARIOUS POSITIONS FROM SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYSTS TO VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ROLES AND SYSTEM SPECIALIST ROLES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

IN HER NEW ROLE, SHE'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REALLY MAINTAINING OUR ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'LL INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEMS. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO BE LEADING A TEAM OF APPLICATION DEVELOPERS AND DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS TOWARDS THAT EFFORT.

JOINING HER THIS EVENING IS HER FAMILY, MORRIS AND HER DAUGHTER, TAYLOR.

SHE'S GOT ANOTHER DAUGHTER, HALEY.

SHE'S KIND OF KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

SO SHE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE THIS YEAR.

SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS LIVE OR JOINING LATER ON.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING AND CONGRATULATING TRACY MARTIN [APPLAUSE].

I NOW HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THREE NEW LEADERS IN THE LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS DIVISION FOR DR.

ANDERSON. AND I KNOW SHE'S VERY SAD SHE COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT SHE'S TAKING HER SON TO COLLEGE, SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

FIRST, I'D LIKE.

PHILIP MORGAN.

HE HAS JOINED THE PLANO ISD TEAM AS OUR NEW FINE ARTS DIRECTOR.

PHILIP HAS SERVED IN EDUCATION FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, BEGINNING AS A THEATER ARTS SPEECH AND DEBATE TEACHER, AND THEN AS A DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS IN WACO ISD, GOOSE CREEK CONSOLIDATED ISD, AND MOST RECENTLY IN WAXAHACHIE ISD.

WE HAVE ALREADY HAD GREAT BENEFIT FROM HIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK FOR OUR PLANO ISD STUDENTS.

DR. MORGAN IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE ANGELA AND HIS SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, STELLA.

PLEASE WELCOME DR.

MORGAN [APPLAUSE].

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KEVIN KEATING, WHO'S A VERY FAMILIAR FACE FOR US IN PLANO ISD.

HE HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW CHIEF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY OPERATIONS.

KEVIN HAS SERVED AS A COORDINATOR FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT PREVIOUSLY.

HE'S A RETIRED LAW LIEUTENANT FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE WORKED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS PRIOR TO JOINING PLANO ISD IN 2019.

KEVIN IS EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING HIS PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONTINUE TO CONTINUING TO DO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS.

WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE KEVIN LEAD THE DEPARTMENT HERE IN PLANO ISD.

TONIGHT HE IS JOINED BY HIS WIFE DIANA AND THEIR TWO BOYS, RYAN AND AUSTIN.

WELCOME [APPLAUSE].

AND ALSO FROM THAT DIVISION MANDY MURPHY IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM AS THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SAFE SCHOOLS. SHE IS JOINING THE PLANO ISD TEAM FROM FORT WORTH ISD, WHERE SHE SERVED AS A PRINCIPAL IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND PRIOR TO FORT WORTH ISD MANDY SPENT 14 YEARS IN ARGYLE ISD AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, COACH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL.

SHE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING HER DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AT DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.

AND HER FAMILY WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN HER THIS EVENING, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE JOINING LIVE AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO WELCOME HER TO THE PLANO ISD FAMILY.

WELCOME [APPLAUSE]. AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD THIS YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALREADY SEE SOME OF THEM HARD AT WORK.

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SO I KNOW THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN SEEM LIKE NEW FACES TO YOU ALL.

SO WELCOME TO THEM.

AND THEN I FINALLY HAVE THE PLEASURE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FROM THE DIVISION OF TEACHING LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS READINESS, DR.

KRISTIN HEBERT.

DR. HEBERT JOINED US ON AUGUST 8TH AS OUR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY ACADEMICS.

SHE IS JOINING THE ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM, MOST RECENTLY FROM ANNA ISD, WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND GIFTED EDUCATION.

KRISTEN ALSO SERVED SEVEN YEARS AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN REGION TEN AND WORKED WITH A NETWORK WITH OVER 130 DISTRICT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. PRIOR TO THAT, SHE SERVED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL IN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, AND SHE WAS ALSO A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER.

SHE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM STEPHEN F AUSTIN AND HER DOCTORATE FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.

DR. HEBERT IS ALSO A PRODUCT OF PLANO ISD.

SHE WAS A STUDENT AT SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY, WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, VINES HIGH SCHOOL AND A GRADUATE OF PLANO SENIOR HIGH.

I KNOW SHE'S REALLY EXCITED TO COME HOME.

SHE IS FULL OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLY CONTAGIOUS.

WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE HER JOIN US TONIGHT.

SHE'S JOINED BY HER FAMILY HUSBAND, COREY HEBERT, AND HER DAUGHTER, ANA HEBERT [APPLAUSE].

KRISTEN, WELCOME BACK.

WE HAVE ONE FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING FOR A VERY SPECIAL PLANO ISD FAMILY MEMBER.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR JEFF SMITH TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN THIS NEXT RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ON JULY 16TH, 2022, PLANO COACH TOM KIMBROUGH WAS INDUCTED INTO TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF HONOR.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE THCA HALL OF HONOR IS AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB OF OUTSTANDING COACHES THAT ALL HAD TREMENDOUS COACHING CAREERS IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

THIS IS TRULY ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS THAT A COACH CAN ACHIEVE IN TEXAS.

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AND SO VERY THANKFUL TO WITNESS SUCH A SPECIAL NIGHT IN WHICH FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FORMER PLAYERS AND FELLOW COACHES ALL GATHERED TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE, REMEMBERING THE CAREERS OF SEVERAL FOOTBALL COACHES WHO ALL MADE SUCH AN IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.

THE IMPACT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT ABOUT WINNING AND THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

ON THAT NIGHT, WE GATHERED ON OUR PLANO ZONE COACH, TOM KIMBROUGH.

AS YOU LOOK BACK ON COACH KIMBROUGH'S CAREER, IT SPANS OVER SEVEN DECADES AND 55 TOTAL YEARS, WITH HIS FOCUS INTENTLY ON SERVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN PLANO, TEXAS.

TRULY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LIFELONG LEGACY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN PLANO.

IT WOULD BE HARD TO EVEN MEASURE THIS AND NOT EVEN SURE THAT YOU CAN.

WHAT AN IMPACT TO GAIN A LITTLE DEEPER.

UNDERSTANDING THE TOP AND LEVEL OF COACH THAT TOM KIMBROUGH WAS DURING HIS CAREER.

ONE WOULD HAVE TO NOT LOOK TOO FAR TO FIND HIS UNPARALLELED CAREER RECORD OF 173 WINS, 27 LOSSES AND FIVE TIES, OR THE THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT HE WON WHILE LEADING THE WILDCATS.

AND HE WAS PART OF MANY MORE BESIDES THAT, THE LEGENDARY SPORTSWRITER DAVE CAMPBELL.

I HOPE YOU GUYS I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW WHO HE IS, ONCE RANKED ONCE RANKED THE TOP TEN MOST MEMORABLE COACHES IN THE PAST 50 YEARS.

THIS LIST INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL COACHES WITH SOME NAMES YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE, LIKE TOM LANDRY AND DARRELL ROYAL.

WELL, COACH KIMBROUGH WAS LISTED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS TOP TEN, WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES OF HIS IMPACT IN PLANO, TEXAS.

IN 1997.

SKIP BAYLESS TO THE DALLAS TIMES-HERALD.

YOU'LL SEE HIM ON TV FROM TIME TO TIME NOW.

WROTE AN ARTICLE WITH THE TITLE.

HEY I'D LOVE TO BEEN A OF WILDCAT.

SKIP BAYLESS AT THAT TIME WAS AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MOSTLY DID PRO SPORTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HE WAS PEOPLE WERE SUSPECTED HE MIGHT BE COMING OUT TO DIG A LITTLE DIRT UP ON THE WILDCATS.

BUT WHAT HE WITNESSED WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY.

SKIP BAYLESS SAID, I FOUND HOBBYIST COACHES WHO LIVE FOR PLANO FOOTBALL, YET WHO DEMAND FOR THEIR PLAYERS TO BE STUDENTS FIRST.

GOOD HEARTED COACHES WITH A GREAT SYSTEM.

NFL LIKE ORGANIZATION, COWBOY LIKE MYSTIQUE.

IN THAT VERY SAME ARTICLE, WILDCAT TEAM DOCTOR DR.

NEIL SMALL STATED TOMMY IS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN I'VE EVER KNOWN.

HE'S A CHRISTIAN MAN, A GOOD FAMILY MAN.

I USED TO READ HOW PHILADELPHIA EAGLES COACH DICK VERMEIL WAS A WORKER, AND I LAUGH.

THERE'S NO PLANO MYSTIQUE.

IT'S HARD WORK COACHING.

IT HAS TO BE THE MOST DISCIPLINED PROGRAM ANYWHERE, PRO OR COLLEGE INCLUDED, BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE AUDIENCE.

IT COULD BE MORE ANY MORE SOPHISTICATED OR ORGANIZED AT THIS TIME.

WE'D LIKE TO SHOW A SHORT VIDEO THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE THCA AND MODIFIED BY PLANO ISD COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM SO MUCH FOR THEIR HARD WORK FOR TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. [VIDEO]

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COACH TOM KIMBROUGH WAS BORN IN VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS, AND ATTENDED ALL 12 GRADES IN VALLEY MILLS, GRADUATING IN 1963.

HE WAS ALL DISTRICT IN FOOTBALL, ALL FOUR YEARS AS A MIDDLE LINEBACKER, HAVING THE CHOICE OF ATTENDING ALMOST ANY SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE SCHOOL ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP.

HE CHOSE TCU FOR HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAREER.

I CAN REMEMBER AS WHEN I WAS FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OLD, I CAN REMEMBER THE VALLEY MILLS EAGLES HAD THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT WAS THE LONGEST IN HISTORY, 36 GAMES AT THE TIME.

AND I REMEMBER WALKING UP TO THOSE GAMES AND USUALLY JUST GO ACROSS TOWN BY MYSELF, WALKING INTO THE BACK GATE WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY.

AND I WATCHED THE EAGLES AND I LOVED IT.

KIMBROUGH GRADUATED FROM TCU IN 1968 AND WAS HIRED BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT SAME YEAR. HE WAS HIRED BY THE LEGENDARY COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOHN CLARK, AND KIMBROUGH EVENTUALLY WORKED HIS WAY UP TO HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR THE WILDCATS BY 1976, COACH KIMBROUGH WAS PROMOTED TO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1992, AND TO THIS DAY HE IS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE PLANO ISD AS AN ADVISOR.

2022 WILL MARK 55 YEARS WITH THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, GREW UP WORKING ON A FARM AND WORKING IN AN OIL FIELD.

AND I KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY WORKED HARD.

BUT I'VE NEVER MET ANYBODY THAT WORKED HARDER THAN COACH KIMBROUGH, AND HE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING GUY I'VE EVER MET.

THE YEARS FROM 1976 TO 1991 THAT TOM KIMBROUGH SPENT AS HEAD COACH AT PLANO WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST TENURES IN TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

HIS RECORD AS HEAD COACH WAS AN INCREDIBLE 173, 28 AND FIVE.

PLANO HAD WON MORE FOOTBALL GAMES THAN ANY SCHOOL IN TEXAS HISTORY WHEN HE RETIRED IN 1991.

WELL, I THINK HE SET A STANDARD THAT REALLY WAS IT WAS REALLY HARD TO MATCH.

BUT WE ALL TRIED TO.

AND, YOU KNOW, HIS WIN LOSS RECORD IS UNBELIEVABLE.

I THINK HE LOST 17 GAMES IN HIS CAREER AS A COACH.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WATCHING HIM, IT WASN'T ABOUT THE WINS.

IT WAS ABOUT THE WAY HE CONDUCTED HIS BUSINESS AND ABOUT THE CULTURE.

CULTURE THERE WAS UNBELIEVABLE AT PLANO IS ALL BECAUSE OF HIM, I GUESS.

I'VE KNOWN HIM 30, 40 YEARS OR WHATEVER.

I'VE NEVER HEARD THE MAN USE FOUL LANGUAGE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM EVER RAISE HIS VOICE.

WHEN I WAS IN SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOL.

LATE 90S, EARLY 2000S.

MY VERY FIRST CLASS AT TEXAS A&M COMMERCE WAS A CLASS CALLED THE SUPERINTENDENCY.

AND ONE DAY IN A SATURDAY, I WALKED INTO THE CLASSROOM.

THE PROFESSOR PUT AN ARTICLE IN FRONT OF US, AND IT WAS AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING.

AND HE SAID, YOUR SUPERINTENDENT'S TO BE.

THIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM FOR EXTRACURRICULARS.

AND THE 1977 PLANO SENIOR WILDCAT TEAM IS THE EXAMPLE USED IN SUPERINTENDENT PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR HOW TO BUILD SCHOLAR ATHLETES, HAVE STRONG ETHICAL, SUPPORTIVE LEADERSHIP, AND ENGAGE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN DOING GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS THAT ALSO BUILD COMMUNITY.

AND SO I MAILED THAT TO COACH KIMBROUGH AFTER CLASS AND SAID, HEY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE THE MODEL FOR HOW TO BUILD EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND FOOTBALL PROGRAMS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

DAVE CAMPBELL'S TEXAS FOOTBALL MAGAZINE NAMED HIM ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOST MEMORABLE COACHES OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS, WHICH INCLUDED TOM LANDRY AND DARRELL ROYAL'S FIRST AND SECOND. WITH ONLY THREE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL COACHES IN THE TOP TEN, KIMBROUGH WON MORE GAMES, MORE PLAYOFF GAMES AND MORE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN ANY COACH IN THE STATE.

DURING HIS TENURE FROM 1976 TO 1991, COACH TOM KIMBROUGH CAME DOWN HERE.

I DON'T WANT HIM TO WALK OUT OF HERE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING WHO THIS GUY IS.

SEVEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HE'S BEEN A PART OF AT THE STADIUM NAMED AFTER HIM.

HE'S TAUGHT MY DAD HOW TO COACH AND MY DAD PASSED THAT ON TO US.

AND THEN MY SECOND YEAR OF COACHING COACH GAVE ME A JOB.

BUT EVERYTHING HE DID WAS EXCELLENCE, HIS PREPARATION, THE WAY HE WENT ABOUT BUSINESS AND HIS GUYS PLAYED WITH THEIR HEARTS AND SOUL JUST LIKE WE DO.

AND THEY WENT FULL TILT AND DID THINGS THE RIGHT WAY AND THE RIGHT WAY.

YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO TURN OUT PRETTY GOOD.

EVERYTHING WE DO IN COACHING WE HAVE, WE OWE TO THIS GUY.

HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION AS TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR IN 1977, 1986 AND 1987.

HE WAS THE NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR IN 1987, AND HIS TEAM WAS NAMED NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION.

TOM KIMBROUGH STADIUM WAS BUILT AND NAMED IN HIS HONOR IN 2003, HE RECEIVED TCU'S FROG OF FAME AWARD.

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IN 1988, TEXAS MONTHLY RECOGNIZED PLANO AS THE SECOND BEST FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, STATING, QUOTE, PLANO WAS A DYNASTY AND A MODEL FOR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS EVERYWHERE.

HIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN CLASS FOUR AGAINST PORT AND HS GROVES AT TEXAS STADIUM IN 1977 SET A STATE ATTENDANCE RECORD OF.

49,953. THE RECORD LASTED FOR 37 YEARS, AND IT'S STILL A STATE RECORD FOR SINGLE SITE GAMES SOME 45 YEARS LATER WHEN HE WON HIS THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1987.

HE ALSO WON THE FIRST [INAUDIBLE] AWARD FOR DEVELOPING TALENT TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE POSSIBLE.

COACH KIMBROUGH WAS THE ONLY COACH IN THE TOP CLASSIFICATION TO WIN TEXAS COACH OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES AS RECOGNIZED BY THE DAVE CAMPBELL FAB NIT AWARD.

COACH KIMBROUGH HAS BEEN MARRIED TO LINDA KIMBROUGH, A RETIRED TEACHER, FOR 54 YEARS.

THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN. KIMBERLY IS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER IN THE PLANO ISD, AND HIS SON KYLE CLARK, NAMED AFTER HIS MENTOR, IS A MORTGAGE UNDERWRITER.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE WINNING. IT'S ABOUT THE CULTURE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR KIDS.

AND ON THESE PLAQUES, IF YOU WROTE DOWN ALL THE THINGS THAT COACH KIMBROUGH DID FOR KIDS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A PLAQUE BIG ENOUGH.

YOU CAN GET HIS RECORD ON THE PLAQUE.

BUT WHAT HE'S DONE FOR FOR KIDS AND FOR COACHES, TOO, IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MEASURE THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LEGACY THAT I'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH THE PLAYERS, WITH THE COACHES, IS IS ONE THAT THAT SAYS IT THAT SUCCESS CAN BE MEASURED DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE'RE NOT ALL GIFTED WITH THE SAME TALENT.

THE PLAYERS AREN'T.

THEY CAN'T ALL BE QUARTERBACKS.

THEY CAN'T ALL BE RUNNING BACK.

BUT THEY CAN THEY CAN BE A BIG PART OF OUR TEAM, BUT I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT I LOVE THEM.

GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

I HAD THE BEST SUPERINTENDENTS.

I'M SO FORTUNATE THAT I CHOSE TO BE A COACH AND I'M PROUD OF BEING CALLED A COACH AND I HOPE THAT LASTS A FEW MORE YEARS [APPLAUSE].

YEAH. YEAH.

I SAID, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT [LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU, NANCY.

JUST WONDER IF WE COULD PLAY THAT AGAIN RIGHT QUICK.

THEY ASKED ME THEY SENT ME A MESSAGE FROM SAN ANTONIO COACH ASSOCIATION.

THEY SAID, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND ADMINISTRATION.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I JUST STARTED SHOOTING THAT OUT.

I WAS SO HONORED.

AND BUT THANKS SO MUCH.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST UNDER FULL DISCLOSURE HERE, REED THE LAST ONE THAT WAS TALKING THERE WITH THE WHITE HAIR AND I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE THAT WHITE HAIR.

BUT ANYWAY, A GREAT COACH.

BUT HE'S HAD TWO THINGS.

ONE, HE SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER HEARD ME USE PROFANITY.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF THE COACHES USE PROFANITY.

BUT ON THE OTHER THING, HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NEVER HEARD ME RAISE MY VOICE.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK THOSE OFFICIALS ON THE SIDELINE, IT WORKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME DURING THE GAMES.

I DON'T THINK THEY'D GO ALONG WITH THAT BECAUSE I DID RAISE THAT VOICE MANY TIMES.

ONE OTHER THING LET ME SAY THIS IS THAT I WORKED I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL OF YOU WERE FROM AS FAR AS BOARD MEMBERS.

SOME MIGHT BE FROM [INAUDIBLE], SOME MIGHT BE FROM PLANO.

YOU MAY HAVE KIDS IN THE WEST, WHATEVER.

BUT I COACHED ALL OF THEM.

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I COACHED AT ONE TIME JUST EAST KIDS.

SO SO DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M JUST PLANO.

I COACHED JUST AND THEN I COACHED AT ONE TIME PLANO AND EAST KIDS AND THEN ONE TIME PLANO AND WEST KIDS.

SO THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND HERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, LINDA AND I TOOK A TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO FOR FOR THE EVENT JEFF WAS TALKING ABOUT.

IT WAS THE BELFOUR LUNCHEON OR DINNER, RATHER, IT WAS A BANQUET.

AND ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE THERE ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO OR SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION CALLED ME.

AND HE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INDUCTED AND, YOU KNOW, I NEARLY TURNED IT DOWN.

THE REASON BEING IS THAT YOU SHOULD BE REALLY THE CRITERIA TO BE A MEMBER, TO BE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION.

I WOULD NEVER HOLD OFFICE, I'D NEVER BE A DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT, WHATEVER, BECAUSE I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS TEAM ABOUT THREE BLOCKS OVER YEAR ROUND.

AND SO BUT I DID GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT IT.

AND I. AND I DID SO AND I'M SO HAPPY I DID.

SO I SHOULD SAY THAT NOT BECAUSE IN THE BANQUET IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS SUPER.

IT WAS IT WAS FIRST CLASS THAT THE GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I GOT A NICE RING OUT OF IT, TOO, WHICH I'LL WEAR, I'LL WEAR FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

IT'LL GO ON THE SHELF SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T WEAR THEM VERY MUCH.

BUT ANYWAY, MY DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, THAT NIGHT SHE SHE GOT ON HER FACEBOOK.

AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF FRIENDS.

SHE'S GOT A GOOD MANY A LOT FROM ME.

BUT BUT BUT ANYWAY, WITHIN ABOUT TWO OR THREE DAYS.

I HEARD FROM ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE AND I HAVEN'T COACHED IN 31 YEARS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

ALL THOSE PEOPLE WERE 45 TO 70 YEARS OLD.

THEY WEREN'T THE THEY WEREN'T THE YOUNGSTERS, YOU KNOW, ROUND.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT REALLY MOVED ME.

IT REALLY DID.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, SUCH GOOD, NICE THINGS.

AND BUT ANYWAY, HERE ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

BUT LET ME JUST REAL REAL QUICK HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF HEARING ME TALK.

I WANT TO JUST REEL THROUGH SOME OF THE REASONS.

IT WAS A WE THING.

IT WASN'T A ME THING.

IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE FIRST GROUP THAT COMES TO MIND WERE MY ASSISTANT COACHES.

AND YOU HEARD WHAT JEFF HAD TO SAY ABOUT THEM.

WATCH SKIP BAYLESS AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU KNOW SKIP BAYLESS.

HE'S VICIOUS.

HE'S THE MOST HATED SPORTS ANALYSIS BY VOTE IN THE NATION.

NOW THIS IS PRO.

ONE DAY HE CALLED ME UP.

WE WERE FIXING PLAY THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND HE CALLED ME AND SAID, I'D LIKE TO COME AND VISIT WITH YOU AND I, OH, MAN, DON'T DO THAT TO ME BECAUSE I KNEW, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S GOING TO BE A FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS TOO IS IT'S GOING TO BE 60 MINUTES AND HE AND SO ANYWAY HE CAME OUT AND MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I DREADED IT ALL WEEK AND THEN FINALLY GOING TO THE GAME, ONE OF THE COACHES SHOWED ME THE PAPER AND OF ALL THINGS, HE HAD HEADLINES. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW.

HEY, I'D LOVE TO MEET HIM PLAYING A WILDCAT.

AND IT WAS THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY THING WE'VE EVER HAD.

AND IT WAS ABOUT EVERYBODY, ALL THE COACHES.

I HAD THE GREATEST COACHES STYLE AND IT WAS MOVING, BUT SOMEHOW WE BIT THE BULLET THERE.

THE SECOND THING I'D SAY IS FOR THE PLAYERS, AND PLAYERS PROBABLY SHOULD COME FIRST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WIN UNLESS YOU HAVE PLAYERS THAT GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WIN.

AND AND I HAD THEM, YOU KNOW, I HAD A FEW GREAT PLAYERS, ONE OR TWO THAT WENT ON TO PLAY PRO BALL.

BUT MOST OF MINE WERE MADE UP PRETTY GOOD PLAYERS THAT THAT JUST PLAYED WITH THEIR HEART, YOU KNOW, AND JUST GAVE EVERYTHING YEAR ROUND.

WE SENT THEM THROUGH A BOOT CAMP THAT WAS UNREAL, YEAR ROUND.

A COUPLE OF THOSE AS IT WAS ROLLING UP HERE, A COUPLE OF THOSE YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH, THE NAMES YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH.

THESE WERE KIDS THAT WERE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, ABOUT 185 POUNDS EACH.

AND THEY WOULD HAVE PLAYED SIDE BY SIDE, NOT GREAT ATHLETIC ABILITY, BUT THEY WERE SMART AND THEY WERE TOUGH AND THEY HAD GOOD PARENTS AND THEY KNEW HOW TO ACT.

THEY HAD CLASS AND THEY'D COME OUT AND THAT BLOCKED PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THEM THAT WEREN'T US, WERE MUCH BETTER THAN THEM PHYSICALLY, BUT SOMEHOW THEY'D GET THEM DOWN THAT OUTSMART THEM, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

BUT BUT ONE OF THOSE GOES BY THE NAME OF STOLLE.

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AND YES, THAT'S THE OLDER BROTHER OF DAVID HERE, RICK.

RICK STOLLE.

AND HE WAS A GOOD ONE, TOO.

AND ANOTHER ONE YOUR MAYOR, JOHN MUNS, AND JOHN ALSO WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AT ONE TIME AND HE CONTRIBUTED. I USE THOSE AS EXAMPLE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WERE PRETTY GOOD ATHLETES BUT JUST PLAYED GREAT AND TREMENDOUS PEOPLE.

ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND I SAY THANK YOU, IT'S JOHN CLARK.

WHATEVER, WHATEVER SUCCESS I'VE HAD, I SHARE WITH HIM.

AND HE WAS TREMENDOUS.

HE WAS THE ROCK FOR ME, THE FOUNDATION FOR ME, THE OTHER THAT I THINK WOULD BE MY FAMILY HERE.

I'VE GOT LINDA HERE AND I'VE GOT LINDA, MY WIFE AND KIMBERLY IS A TEACHER AT BARKSDALE.

ONE OF THEM'S WEARING THE PLANO WEST COLOR MY WIFE, AND ONE OF THEM IS WEARING AND PLANO COLOR.

SO YOU CAN TELL I'M NOT PARTIAL HERE BUT LINDA'S BEEN WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS AND SO LINDA DOESN'T AGE YOU LOOK AT HER AND YOU THINK YOU THINK THOSE ARE MY TWO DAUGHTERS.

WHEN YOU LOOK OVER HERE, LINDA DOES NOT AGE ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS WHO HAD NEVER MET LINDA.

I INTRODUCED HIM ONE TIME AND HE SAID, COUSIN, YOUR WIFE'S A LOT YOUNGER THAN YOU IN THE SAME.

I SAID, NO, RANDY, SHE'S NOT.

SHE JUST LOOKS LIKE SHE'S YOUNGER.

SHE IS A LITTLE YOUNGER, BUT NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

SHE DOESN'T AGE.

SHE JUST STAYS THAT WAY.

FOR THE 55 YEARS SHE'S BEEN GREAT AND I'VE BEEN THANKFUL FOR BOTH OF THEM.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU TOO.

NOT ONLY YOU, BUT I WANT TO THANK BOARDS OF THE PAST THAT I WORKED WITH.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HAVE COME UP HERE AND THANK YOU.

I'VE GOT A FEELING YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

COMING UP HERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THINGS ARE BEING RUN.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT I'M HERE.

I'M HERE TO THANK YOU.

AND HERE'S WHY I WANT TO THANK YOU ABOUT ONE.

I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN TRIPLE DIGIT SALARIES FOR GOING THROUGH WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.

BUT THE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOU'RE THE FOUNDATION.

YOU'RE WHAT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE STAND ON.

YOU'RE THE ROCK HERE.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN.

AND I KNOW IT MUST BE MANY HOURS YOU AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE US AND ESPECIALLY OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

I APPRECIATE THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH WITH COVID. AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

I CAN'T IMAGINE GOING THROUGH MUCH MORE OF THAT.

BUT THE MAIN THING I APPRECIATE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT YOU JUST SELECTED.

SHE'S WONDERFUL AND I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE FOR YOU AS EVERYBODY WERE.

AND SO THANKS SO MUCH, DR.

WILLIAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CALL HER THERESA ANYMORE.

I GUESS IT'S DR. WILLIAMS NOW FOR ME FROM HERE ON THAT I MIGHT SLIP IN THERESA FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT I KNOW SHE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE.

SHE'S GOT A PHD AND SHE'S BEEN AT MANY PLACES AND GAINED GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE THING I APPRECIATE SO MUCH ABOUT HER AND I'M THINKING HARD NOW, IF YOU HADN'T FIGURED IT OUT, IS THE FACT THAT SHE'S POSITIVE AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT BEING A POSITIVE PERSON.

I APPRECIATE THE LOVE AND THE COMPASSION THAT SHE SHOWS TO ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL THE STAFF.

I'VE SEEN IT AND I'VE SEEN IT WITH THE TEACHERS.

I'VE SEEN IT WITH STAFF HERE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I LOVE THEM. THE THING THAT CAME UP WITH BELIEF AND BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN SO CRITICAL TO ME, I THINK YOU CARRY THAT TO STUDENTS.

I THINK YOU CARE EVERYONE.

I KNOW THAT WHEN TIMES WERE HARD FOR ME, I'D MAKE IT BECAUSE I HAD ABOUT THREE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN ME IN MY PAST, MY COACH WAYNE HENDRICK, DR.

HENDRICK AND JOHN CLARK.

BUT ANYWAY, JEFF SMITH IS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, BUT JEFF MIGHT BE THE BEST ATHLETE IN MY OPINION.

HE IS THE BEST ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE WITH SEVERAL OF YOU WHEN WE SELECTED JEFF AND HE IS SUPER.

HE GOT THE CHARACTER INTEGRITY.

I CALL HIM A YOUNG JOHN CLARK AND JOHN WAS JUST LIKE THAT.

SO, SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO JUST I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AND JUST CLOSE LET ME SAY THIS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.

I'VE SEEN A FACILITIES FOR IT'S JUST SAID ALL THE PARTS OF SEVEN DECADES.

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I KNOW I DON'T LOOK THAT OLD, BUT THAT I HAVE.

AND AT ONE TIME WE WERE WE WERE ON TOP.

WE HAD THE BEST FACILITIES AND NOT EXTRAVAGANT, YOU KNOW, NOT ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT SEE UP NORTH OF HERE, BUT GOOD FACILITIES.

BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND PEOPLE AROUND US HAVE MOVED AHEAD OF US.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD HELP AS FAR AS AND I'M GETTING IT PASSING THIS BOND, I THINK IT WOULD HELP OUR COACHES AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO HELP.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHO IT REALLY HELPED IS OUR KIDS.

THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE SAME TYPE OF FACILITIES AS THE KIDS FROM WYLIE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT. I'M SAYING I'M NOT.

I'M SAYING IT MORE LIKE THAT.

BUT OUR LIVES FOR AND ALL AROUND, THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY, TO HAVE FACILITIES, DRESSING ROOMS AND GYMNASIUMS. AND MOST OF THIS IS NOT FOOTBALL.

MOST OF THIS IS IT'S BASKETBALL, GIRLS AND BOYS, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, TENNIS.

WE NEED TO WERE REALLY FALLING BEHIND.

AND I MAY BE AS MUCH FAULT AS ANYBODY BECAUSE I DIDN'T SUPPORT I WAS SO FRUGAL FOR A WHILE, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN PASS THAT BOND AND WE CAN COME BACK.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.

I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, COACH [APPLAUSE].

I KNOW THERE ARE.

THERE'S AT LEAST ONE TRUSTEE THAT WANTS TO SAY SOME WORDS, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS AS WELL APPEAR AT THE TABLE.

SO LET ME PAUSE AND I'M GOING TO WAIT TO THE VERY INTIMATE TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ON THAT ONE AND OPEN THIS UP TO THE TABLE.

COMMENTS, FOLKS, I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF WRITTEN, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ALL OF THAT.

FIRST, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING THE CLUMPS THERE.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME.

BUT I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF COACH KIMBROUGH, I THINK OF SOMEONE WHO'S DEDICATED, WHO'S HUMBLE AND FIRST FIRST THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND IS WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF STUDENTS FOR THE LAST I WON'T COUNT HOW MANY YEARS, BUT FOR YOU TO GET 300 COMMENTS BACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS NO FRIENDS IS AMAZING.

BUT I MEAN, I'M SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO HAND YOU THAT CERTIFICATE AND THAT PICTURE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE IMPACT YOU'VE MADE ON ON STUDENTS LIVES.

THANK YOU. IT WAS.

3000. 1000.

CORRECT THE RECORD. WELL, I'M NOT REALLY GOOD WITH NUMBERS, SAID THE ACCOUNTANT.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.

THE I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE DEFINITION OF A LIVING LEGEND, A LIVING LEGEND IS A PERSON WHO IS FAMOUS WHILE STILL LIVING TO LIVING FOR DOING SOMETHING EXTREMELY WELL.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU ARE A LIVING LEGEND TO US.

SO THANK YOU, COACH KIMBROUGH.

AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE I MET YOU.

THE EXACT DATE I MET YOU WAS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

IN 2019, YOU WERE AT THE STAR AND I WAS SITTING NEXT TO YOU AND I SAID, CAN I HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU? BECAUSE I WAS SO HONORED TO ACTUALLY MEET YOU IN PERSON.

SO I STILL HAVE THAT PICTURE OF YOU ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE [LAUGHTER].

WELL, COACH, I ALSO GOT I WIPED A COUPLE OF TEARS OUT AWAY IN HEARING IN OUR RECOGNITION FOR YOU AND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A COACHES COACH AND BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

AND THANK YOU FOR STILL COMMITTING TO OUR DISTRICT AND COMMITTING TO BE AROUND AND HANGING OUT WITH US AND HELPING OUT AS YOU CAN.

I DO THINK IT WOULD.

IT HAS TO BE SAID AND LOOKING AT THE PICTURES.

BUT LINDA, YOU WERE IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PICTURES.

AND YOU WERE BY HIS SIDE.

YOU'RE SMILING JUST LIKE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND PLEASE KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FAMILIES FOR SUPPORTING US WHILE WE ARE HERE.

BUT I KNOW WITH THE JOURNEY AND THE HARDSHIP OF A COACH'S FAMILY.

AND SO, KIMBERLY AND LINDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION AND SUPPORT FOR YOUR FATHER SO AND HUSBAND SO HE CAN BE AND PLEASE PASS THOSE THOSE WORDS OF GRATITUDE TO YOUR BROTHER AS WELL PLEASE, KIMBERLY, WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE HONORED IN THIS WAY.

AND I SUSPECT THERE'S OTHER WAYS IN OUR FUTURE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HONOR YOU.

AND AS ANGELA SAID, YOU'RE LIVING LEGACY.

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AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO NOT ALL OF US WERE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO BE AROUND IN PLANO IN THE 70S.

SOME OF US ARE LIKE 90S VINTAGE.

BUT I HAD LUNCH RECENTLY WITH RICK SINCLAIR AND MARSHALL JACKSON.

RIGHT. AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER MET RICK.

FIRST TIME I'VE EVER MET RICK.

SECOND TIME I'VE MET MARSHALL.

AND MARSHALL SPENT LIKE THE FIRST AT LEAST 20 MINUTES OF LUNCH FERVENTLY TELLING ME ABOUT WILDCAT FOOTBALL IN THE 70S. I MEAN, JUST LIKE THE ZEAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE RICK HAS HIS WILDCAT PIN ON MARSHALL WORE ONE TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S MISSING TODAY.

HE'S USUALLY GOT ONE ON.

AND SO WHAT I FIND INTERESTING IS, IS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE 90S, WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE 90S AND HAS COME BACK.

WHEN I MEET MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE GUYS SERVING THE DISTRICT ON THE BOND COMMITTEE OR THE MAYOR SERVING OUR CITY AS THE MAYOR OR, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS WHO GREW UP IN THE DISTRICT OR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO GREW UP IN THE DISTRICT.

EVERYBODY IS STILL TALKING ABOUT WILDCAT FOOTBALL FROM THE 70S, AND ALL OF THEM TALK ABOUT THIS CONSTANTLY.

AND THAT IS A LEGACY.

THAT IS YOUR LEGACY, RIGHT.

THAT THAT 50 YEARS LATER.

MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE PASSIONATELY AND ZEALOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE MENTORING THOSE OF US THAT ARE YOUNGER TO UNDERSTAND YOUR LEGACY AND TO PROMOTE ATHLETICS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR LONG TERM SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT AND WHAT YOU HAVE HAVE SET UP.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CARRIES YOUR LEGACY, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'RE JUST IMMENSELY PROUD OF THAT.

COACH KIMBROUGH THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I MET YOU, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD YOU SPEAK.

AS I LISTENED, I WAS LISTENING TO YOU LIKE I WISH I CAN.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOU SPEAK IN THE FUTURE AGAIN.

AGAIN. SO BECAUSE I FEEL YOU LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR WORDS.

SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THIS GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOUR SERVICES DEDICATED TO SERVICE WITH HEART AND SOUL.

AND YOU SAID SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I WASN'T ELECTED OR OLDER, THAT I WOULD HAVE MORE YEARS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH YOU.

I JUST CAME ON IN 2019, BUT I'VE INTERACTED WITH YOUR LEGACY OFTEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, WITH MAYOR MUNS AND THROUGH JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE IMPACTED OVER THE YEARS AND A LEGACY NOT JUST AS A GREAT COACH, BUT AS A GREAT HUSBAND, AS A GREAT FATHER, WHICH I'M SURE TO YOU IS JUST AS IMPORTANT A LEGACY TO LEAVE BEHIND, BUT KNOW THAT EVEN THE SEASONS YOU HAD SEVEN WINNING SEASONS, THE SEASONS YOU DIDN'T WIN.

WE'RE STILL WINNING SEASONS BECAUSE YOU WERE PUMPING OUT LEADERS AND GREAT STUDENTS DURING THAT TIME.

AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAME BACK AND HAVE SERVED AND MADE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND THAT YOUR YEARS OF COACHING THAT TURNED OUT SUCH GREAT LEADERS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT, COACH KIMBROUGH.

SO I ALSO HAD SOME NOTES WRITTEN DOWN, AND I'M GOING TO GO OFF MY SCRIPT.

SO WE'VE HEARD LIVING LEGEND, AN ICON, AN ICON FROM A SENSE OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO A DIFFERENCE MAKER. AND YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY LIVES THAT YOU'VE TOUCHED.

SO STUDENTS, THOSE THAT HAVE WORKED WITH YOU AND COACHED WITH YOU, YOU'VE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CULTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, 50 YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE LEGACY OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THAT IS WHAT IS A TRUE DIFFERENCE MAKER.

AND COMING IN TO PLANO ISD IN 2018, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I GOT TO MEET AND SIT WITH.

AND IT NEVER FAILS THE DAYS WHERE I NEEDED WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY THE THE TWO YEARS THAT WE NAVIGATED OR TWO PLUS YEARS THAT WE NAVIGATED THE PANDEMIC.

JUST OUT OF THE BLUE.

THE RIGHT WORDS, THE RIGHT EMAIL, THE RIGHT PAT ON THE BACK CAME.

AND SO EVEN THEN AND NOW YOU CONTINUE TO MENTOR AND COACH AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL, SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU FOR THE PAST.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR PRESENT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. SO.

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IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME.

WE MOVED TO PLANO IN THE MID 70S AND MY BROTHER PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR COACH KIMBROUGH, AS HE MENTIONED, AND MY BROTHER WAS ONE OF THOSE 185 POUND OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. AND I WANTED TO BE A PLANO WILDCAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL I WANTED IN LIFE.

AND MY FAMILY MOVED AWAY AND WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THAT, BUT THE NIGHT I GOT ELECTED OR I GOT ONE OF THE FIRST NIGHT I GOT BROUGHT ONTO THE BOARD.

I WAS WHAT'S THE WORD? NOT INAUGURATED. I WAS SWORN IN OR WHATEVER.

AND I LOOK IN THE BACK AND COACH KIMBROUGH IS STANDING BACK THERE, NOT BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED BEFOREHAND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT BECAUSE HE KNEW ME.

HE KNEW MY BROTHER. HE KNEW WHO I WAS.

AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PLANO WILDCAT FINALLY, AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS.

AND YOUR LEGACY EXTENDS BEYOND THE KIDS YOU COACHED AND EXTENDS BEYOND.

THE PEOPLE UP HERE AT THE BOARD.

IT EXTENDS TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANTED TO BE SOMETHING FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLE YOU SET.

I KNEW MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME LESSONS THAT YOU TAUGHT HIM.

HE PASSED THOSE DOWN TO ME.

AND YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF YOUR THE SON OF A OF ONE OF YOUR COACHES WHO THOSE LESSONS PASS ON EXPONENTIALLY.

THAT'S YOUR LEGACY.

THAT'S THE INFLUENCE YOU'VE HAD IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE INFLUENCE YOU'VE HAD IN THE STATE.

THAT'S THE INFLUENCE YOU'VE HAD ON FOOTBALL IN YOUR FAMILY.

THAT'S IMMEASURABLE.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I TRY TO LIVE WITH PASSION AND HEART, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A SIX YEAR OLD KID OR SEVEN YEAR OLD KID, I WENT AND WATCHED THE WILDCATS PLAY.

AND I BELIEVED THAT THEY COULD.

AND I FIND IT IRONIC THIS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, BELIEVE IS OUR IS OUR FEELING.

AND THAT WAS INSTILLED IN ME IN 1977 WHEN I WENT AND SAW PLANO BEAT HIGHLAND PARK.

COMING BACK FROM IT WAS JUST THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL GAME I'VE EVER SEEN.

BUT THAT INSTILLED IN ME A BELIEF THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND ANYTHING CAN BE DONE.

AND WHEN I STARTED PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE MID 80S IN SMALL TOWN EAST TEXAS, MY COACH ASKED ME, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE? WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? I SAID, I WANT TO BE THE FIRST GUY THAT'S OVER SIX FEET TALL, WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN.

BUT I SAID, I WANT TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THIS WAS A TOWN THAT HADN'T WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE THE MID 60S.

AND HE SAID, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? I SAID, BECAUSE I CAN. I'VE SEEN IT DONE.

I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. I KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN.

I BELIEVE IT CAN HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S I'VE TAKEN THAT BELIEF.

THAT'S JUST HOW I LIVE MY LIFE.

I BELIEVE WE CAN DO ALL DO GREAT THINGS WHEN WE COME TOGETHER.

SO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEGACY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE INFLUENCE YOU'VE HAD ON MY BROTHER AND ON ME AND ON MY FAMILY.

AND WE LIVE HERE BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT YOU DID.

SO I THANK YOU.

NOW, THE FINAL COMMENT I'M GOING TO MAKE IS IN THE VIDEO I HEARD THAT YOU LOST 28 GAMES, 23 GAMES AND 17 GAMES.

SO I THINK IF YOU KEEP COMING BACK LONG ENOUGH, WE COULD PROBABLY GET THAT DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, COACH KIMBROUGH.

Y'ALL ARE FREE TO LEAVE.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THE EVENING.

AND AS COACH IS LEAVING ONCE AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE FOR THE RECOGNITION, YOU ALL ARE FREE TO GO UNLESS YOU JUST LIKE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF OUR MEETING.

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ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'VE ALL GATHERED OURSELVES UP HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR MEETING.

OKAY. WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

THIS EVENING, WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WILSON DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? PRESIDENT STOLLE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD THIS EVENING.

OKAY. EXCELLENT. SO IF OUR SPEAKER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE WAY UP TO THE PODIUM, I'LL READ THE THE ORDER OF EVENTS.

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

AT WORK SESSIONS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ONLY AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS ARE HEARD PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OR ACTION ON THE AGENDA ITEM.

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

COMMENT CARDS ARE NONTRANSFERABLE AND INCOMPLETE.

COMMENT CARDS MAY NOT BE HONORED IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.

FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM WHICH ARE NOT 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 AND 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.

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AS A REMINDER TO SPEAKERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.

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

SO WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME, THE AGENDA ITEM RELATING TO YOUR COMMENT, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

WITH THAT, LISA.

I'D LIKE TO CALL NATHAN WU TO THE PODIUM.

SO AS NOTED, YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES.

SECRETARY CHAMBERS WILL KEEP THE TIME.

AND IF YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING, SHE CAN GIVE YOU THAT.

OH, I'M GOOD. OKAY.

THE PODIUM IS YOURS. HI.

MY NAME IS NATHAN WU, AND I'M A STUDENT AT PLANO WEST.

I BELIEVE THAT PLANO NEEDS THIS BOND IN ORDER FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MODERNIZE OUR FACILITIES AND ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AS AS OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOND IS THE FIRST STEP IN REVITALIZING PLANO AND GIVING OUR TEACHERS AND COACHES WHAT THEY NEED SO STUDENTS LIKE ME CAN EXCEL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.

AND IF THERE ARE NO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION.

WE HAVE A VERY SHORT, CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, SO STICK AROUND.

I SAID THAT LAST TIME, BUT I REALLY MEAN IT THIS TIME.

SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE SECTION 551.072.

[4. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 6:54 P.M..

WE'LL BE BACK SHORTLY.

15, 20 MINUTES.

OK. SO THAT WAS LONGER THAN 15 OR 20 MINUTES, BUT NOT AS LONG AS I MISSED LAST TIME I MADE A PREDICTION.

[5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

SO WE ARE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

AND LET ME FIRST LET ME START BY APOLOGIZING TO YOU GUYS FOR MAKING Y'ALL WAIT THIS LONG.

I THINK THERESA AND I WERE TALKING WE WE MAYBE SHOULD HAVE DONE CONSENT RIGHT BEFORE WE HAD HEADED IN.

BUT WE HAVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

AT ANY RATE, CONSENT AGENDA CONSIST OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

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

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY LAUREN TYRA, I BELIEVE.

IS THAT CORRECT? SECOND BY LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE REASON FOR MY APOLOGIES TO BEGIN, WE HAVE THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE LISA.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

WE ARE SO PLEASED TO WELCOME THREE MORE NEW STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WELCOME, FIRST OF ALL, TO OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, MACKENZIE CASALL.

MACKENZIE [APPLAUSE] MACKENZIE IS AN EXPERIENCED SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR WITH 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SHE JOINED THE PLANO ISD TEAM LAST YEAR AS THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

BEFORE THAT, SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN DUNCANVILLE AS A COORDINATING PRINCIPAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR IN IRVING ISD AND EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN IN DESOTO ISD AND A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN GARLAND ISD.

SHE HOLDS MASTER'S DEGREES IN BOTH EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.

MACKENZIE HAS BEEN A TRUE SPARKPLUG OF POSITIVITY IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SUPPORTING STAFF AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO TO LEAD THE WORK IN THIS NEWLY EXPANDED SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SHE IS JOINED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN AND HER CHILDREN, JESSA AND HOLDEN.

SO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS, MACKENZIE [APPLAUSE].

I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING AND CMR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS.

BUT THAT'S A REALLY LONG TITLE.

DR. KRISTYN EDNEY.

[APPLAUSE] DR.

EDNEY IS A VETERAN ADMINISTRATOR, CURRENTLY SERVING AS OUR DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES IN PLANO ISD, WHICH SHE BEGAN IN 2021.

SHE HAS SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND SUCCESS FOR DALLAS COUNTY PROMISE, AN ADVANCED ACADEMICS, ADMINISTRATOR AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER FOR GARLAND ISD, AND A PRINCIPAL AND DEAN OF INSTRUCTION AT RICHLAND COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS.

SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS, MASTER OF SCIENCE AND DOCTORATE OF EDUCATION DEGREES FROM TEXAS A&M.

DR. EDNEY BRINGS A PASSION FOR STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND PLANO ISD.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER LEADERSHIP IN COUNSELING CMR AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

SHE IS JOINED THIS EVENING BY HER HUSBAND DOUGLAS AND HER DAUGHTER ASHLEY.

AND HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, BROOKE, JUST MOVED INTO HER DORM AT TEXAS TECH.

SO SHE IS WITH US IN RED RAIDER SPIRIT TONIGHT.

SO WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

EDNEY [APPLAUSE]. AND FINALLY, LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST FROM OUR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS DIVISION, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, RYAN STEELE.

RYAN MAY LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU ALL AS HE SERVED IN PLANO FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL.

HE TAUGHT FIFTH GRADE AT STINSON ELEMENTARY AND SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING AND PACE AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO BECOMING AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN AT HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, RYAN WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY AND LATER BECAME THE PRINCIPAL THERE.

HE MOVED TO SERVE MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY AS PRINCIPAL.

RYAN HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN READING AND A MINOR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND HE HOLDS TWO MASTER'S DEGREES IN TEACHER LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM LAMAR UNIVERSITY.

WE KNOW THAT RYAN IS VERY EXCITED TO BEGIN SUPPORTING CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN PLANO.

HE'S HERE TONIGHT WITH HIS WIFE, JULIE.

WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, RYAN [APPLAUSE].

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

AND AGAIN AND I APOLOGIZE FOR FOR HAVING YOU ALL WAIT THAT LONG, BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD AN

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ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCEMENT GET A STANDING OVATION.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO IT, I GUESS.

BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AS BEFORE WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS, YOU ARE FREE TO GO HOME AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR SCHOOL BOARD FUN BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF RELATED TOPICS TO RUN THROUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO FIRST START WITH 7.1, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022-23 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

[7. PUBLIC HEARING]

WE BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOHNNY HILL, AFTER WHICH I'LL INVITE BOARD MEMBERS TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS.

THE PUBLIC WILL THEN BE INVITED TO THE PODIUM.

WHERE'S OUR PODIUM? WHERE DID IT GO? I GUESS WE'LL COME UP HERE.

YOU'LL BE INVITED TO COME UP HERE TO THIS PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

SO, JOHNNY, STEP ONE.

ALL RIGHTY. PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WHAT YOU FIRST SEE IS A BUDGET AND RATE AND TAX RATE CALENDAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY END OF THIS OF THE ADOPTION PHASE.

AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE POSTED HAS BEEN PROPERLY POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD A LOT IN THE MEDIA THIS YEAR ABOUT THE INCREASE IN VALUES.

AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON.

YOU'VE GOT THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUES AT THE VERY TOP AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT EXEMPTIONS AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] THAT COME OFF OF THAT TO GET YOU TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO HAVE ON TAXABLE VALUE.

WE HAVE GONE FROM $61.9 BILLION TO $68 BILLION.

THAT IS A 9.83% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN POSTING IN TRUTH AND TAXATION THIS EVENING.

BUT ONE THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MIND, AND THAT IS WHAT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE IS DOING YEAR OVER YEAR.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE TOP ROW THE 2122 ADOPTED RATE.

IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT UPPER RIGHT BOX, YOU SEE THAT THE RATE FOR 21-22 IS $1.32075.

YOU CAN SEE THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH IS $1.22815.

WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S THE LARGEST.

THE TAX RATE CAN GO UP WITHOUT CALLING A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

AND THEN THIS EVENING, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 22-23 IS $1.25975.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE YEAR OVER YEAR, THE ACTUAL TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN 6.1 CENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.

ACTUAL TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN 6.1 CENTS.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THE TAX RATE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE TAX RATE, THE $1.25975 AND COMPARE THAT WITH JUST FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS A $1.430 IS GONE THE TAX RATE, OVERALL TAX RATE HAS GONE DOWN, JUST A HAIR UNDER $0.18 JUST RIGHT AT $0.18 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT REASON, OF COURSE, IS BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF HOUSE BILL THREE WITH TAX COMPRESSION.

SO OF COURSE WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT, WELL, TAX RATES GOING DOWN.

BUT OF COURSE TAX LIABILITY, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE LIABILITY, MEANS WHAT I'M PAYING ON MY CHECK BACK TO THE TAX ACCOUNTING OFFICE.

THIS IS THE SCHOOL PORTION OF THAT BASED ON AN AVERAGE RESIDENCE IN PLANO ISD.

SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR, THE AVERAGE LIABILITY ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE AN AVERAGE HOUSE IN PLANO ISD IS A LITTLE OVER $508,000.

THAT THE LIABILITY OF THE SCHOOL LIABILITY ON THAT IS $5,161.

IF YOU IF YOU COMPARE THAT JUST OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS JUST WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A WHILE AGO, GOING DOWN $0.18, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THE FISCAL YEAR 19.

YOU SEE IT WAS $5,104.

SO BASICALLY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD WHEN THE TAX RATE WENT ACTUALLY DOWN ALMOST $0.18, THE ACTUAL LIABILITY BECAUSE OF INCREASES IN THE VALUE IS GOING UP ABOUT $57 OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT COMPARISON BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT VALUES GOING UP.

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YES, I UNDERSTAND TAX RATES GOING DOWN, BUT MY VALUES ARE GOING UP CRAZY.

BUT PRETTY MUCH YOU CAN SEE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT THE DECREASES IN RATES PRETTY MUCH OFFSET THE INCREASES IN VALUE OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

THE NET DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT $57 ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE AND PLANO ISD AVERAGE HOUSE AND PLANO ISD IS A LITTLE OVER $508,000.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND PLANO.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF RECAPTURE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE AND WE DID HAVE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT HAS GONE UP BECAUSE OVERALL THE VALUE HAS GONE UP.

BUT ONE THING IMPORTANT TO SEE, THE ESTIMATED RECAPTURE FOR THIS FOR THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR IS JUST A HAIR UNDER $248 MILLION, $248 MILLION.

IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW MUCH THAT IS ON A DOLLAR LEVIED, IT'S A LITTLE OVER 37%.

THE PRIOR YEAR, IT WAS 34%.

AND IF YOU GO BACK, WHAT IS THAT, SEVEN YEARS, SIX, SEVEN YEARS? YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS 27%.

SO WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY HEADED UP AT A PRETTY GOOD STEEP INCLINE ON THE PERCENTAGE OF RECAPTURE OF OUR OF OUR TAX LEVY.

JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE M&O TAX RATE THAT THE DISTRICT GETS TO KEEP AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE M&O TAX RATE THAT IS SENT BACK TO THE STATE.

WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THAT BLUE AREA.

THAT'S A PERCENTAGE OF OUR M&O TAX RATE THAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO KEEP.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S STEADILY GOING DOWN.

IF YOU KNEW THE PERCENTAGE OF THE M&O RATE, YOU WOULD GET RIGHT AT THE 37% THAT YOU SAW ON THE ON THE TAXES JUST A SECOND AGO.

SO A LOT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE EFFECTS OF SENATE BILL TWO.

OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS PART OF THE 86TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL TWO.

AND IT'S A POINT OF DISCUSSION BECAUSE SENATE BILL TWO ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT AS A TRANSPARENCY AND SIMPLIFICATION BILL.

AND SO BUT IT'S EXTREMELY CONFUSING FOR OUR FOR OUR REALLY OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CALCULATIONS THAT MUST BE MADE AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL TWO.

THE FIRST CALCULATION IS WHAT'S CALLED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THIS IS SIMPLY WHAT WE USED TO KNOWN AS BE KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, WHICH IS EVERYTHING ELSE BEING EQUAL.

WHAT WOULD THE TAX RATE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES WHAT I HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT WE ALL KNOW IS EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.

IT'S NOW CALLED NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THAT CALCULATION NOW MUST BE DONE.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS A LOT OF YOUR OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

THE SECOND RATE THAT NEEDS TO BE CALCULATED IS WHAT'S CALLED THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE OR THE VATR.

THAT IS SIMPLY WHAT THE THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE IS THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE.

PLUS THE PRIOR YEAR TIER TWO PENNIES PLUS THE I&S REQUIREMENT, THAT IS THE MAX YOU CAN GO UP ON A TAX RATE WITHOUT TRIGGERING A VATR A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

AND SO THAT RATE MUST BE CALCULATED AS WELL.

ONCE YOU CALCULATE THOSE TWO RATES, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A PROPOSED TAX RATE.

YOU CAN SEE JUST WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A WHILE AGO.

THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 22023 IS 6.1 CENTS LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD THE LAST YEAR, THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THAT'S ACTUAL TAX RATE.

ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

YOU SEE THAT THAT'S A $1.1919.

THAT'S LESS THAN WHAT OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS FOR, FOR 22-23.

BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY KIND OF STATE OFFSETS.

WHEN I SAY WHEN, I MEAN STATE OFFSETS, I'M TALKING ABOUT MAINLY RECAPTURE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO IT'S BASICALLY IF YOU HAD NO RECAPTURE, THIS IS WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD BE TO IN ORDER TO LEVY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS YOU HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO THAT.

IF YOU PROPOSE A RATE OVER THAT AMOUNT.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IS THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A CERTAIN MOTION WHERE YOU ACTUALLY APPROVE THE ADOPTED TAX RATE? IF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WHICH IF YOU'LL REMEMBER A $1.25975 IS MORE THAN THAT.

NO NEW REVENUE, TAX RATE.

THEN YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY IN YOUR MOTION SAY I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1.25975, WHICH IS

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EFFECTIVELY A 5.69% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THAT'S SIMPLY TALKING ABOUT THE ADOPTED RATE AS COMPARED WITH A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THAT'S WHAT THAT MOTION IS ACTUALLY SAYING.

THE 5.69% IS SIMPLY THE DIFFERENCE, THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT $1.25975 AND THE $1.1919.

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

THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE ACTUAL TAX RATE IS GOING UP.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE ADOPTED TAX RATE OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS GOING UP.

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

COMFORT WISE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IN TERMS OF THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION BECAUSE WE PAY RECAPTURE.

AND SO WE'RE OUR TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE WOULD BE GETTING WOULD BE COMPARED TO SOMETHING THAT IS COMPARABLE.

IT IS. IN OTHER WORDS, SENATE BILL TWO FOR DISTRICTS THREE RECAPTURE IS IS VERY, VERY CONFUSING AND IT'S NOT REALLY RELEVANT. BUT WHAT I THINK IS MISLEADING ABOUT IT, I MEAN, THIS IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE MISLEADING ABOUT THIS.

BUT THE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS TO GENERATE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION.

AND SO INFLATION HAS GONE UP EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT.

SO YOUR COST SIDE HAS GONE UP EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT.

BUT WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING IS, OH, NO, NO, YOU HAVE TO TELL THE VOTERS THAT YOU'RE YOU WANT A TAX RATE THAT GENERATES THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS LAST YEAR WITH LESS BUYING POWER. AND IF YOU WANT TO GENERATE MORE, MORE REVENUE, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO AND READ THIS DISINGENUOUS LANGUAGE.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO NOTHING NOTHING WITH INFLATION, NOTHING WITH RECAPTURE IS FIGURED INTO THAT CALCULATION.

SO TO BUILD ON THIS POINT, LET'S SAY WE DID AS A DISTRICT, ADOPT A NO NEW.

NO, NO, NO, NO, SORRY, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

SAY THAT SIX TIMES FAST PEOPLE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

IF WE ADOPTED THAT KIND OF TAX RATE, WOULD WE PAY LESS AND RECAPTURE WOULD WE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TO DO RUN THE DISTRICT OR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO BASICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU REMEMBER ON THE TIER TWO PENNIES, WE HAVE WE HAVE THOSE COPPER PENNIES, SO WE WOULD PAY LESS THAN RECAPTURE, BUT WE'D ALSO TAKE A PENALTY IN NET AMOUNTS THAT WE GET TO KEEP IN OUR IN OUR TIER TWO PENNIES, WHICH IS ABOUT FOR EVERY PENNY IT GOES DOWN.

IT WOULD LOSE ABOUT A NET OF ABOUT $3 MILLION.

SO RECAPTURE WOULD GO DOWN.

BUT THE RECAPTURE PLUS WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO KEEP WOULD GO DOWN TO THE NET AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE PENALIZED IN THE DISTRICT IS ABOUT $3 MILLION PER PENNY.

YOU SAW THAT THERE WAS $1.2575 AND THEN THE $1.1919, THERE'S ABOUT $0.06 THERE.

SO $0.06 TIMES $3 MILLION.

WE WOULD TAKE WE'D HAVE A PENALTY OF ABOUT $18 MILLION HERE.

IF THAT IF THAT HELPS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SCREEN? OK. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION.

I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT IN A LITTLE WHILE WHEN WE ASK THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE, THEY WILL BE ADOPTING THE TAX RATE OFF OF THIS RESOLUTION.

AND THEN THE VERY LAST PARAGRAPH YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD HAS PRIOR TO THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT'S WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE APPROVING ON THE RESOLUTION.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT EVEN SAYS THERE BEING LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ACTUAL RATE.

AND THEN IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT THE $1.25975 AND THEN IT BREAKS IT DOWN BETWEEN M&O TAX RATE AND I&S TAX RATE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE USED TO.

THE ONE ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT'S ADDED IN TO THIS RESOLUTION IS RIGHT ABOVE IT.

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAY, SEE THERE THAT IT SAYS THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.19% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION ON A $100,000 HOME BY A -2940. OKAY.

LET ME JUST REAL QUICKLY.

I MEAN, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, BUT I'LL JUST I WON'T GET INTO TOO MUCH, BUT BASICALLY THE SAME THE SAME CALCULATION THAT APPLIED TO THE OVERALL TAX RATE, THEY'RE NOW BREAKING IT DOWN INSTEAD OF OVERALL TAX RATE.

THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE M&O TAX RATE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE THE NO NEW REVENUE M&O TAX RATE AS COMPARED WITH THE M&O ACTUAL TAX RATE.

AND THAT PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE IS THE 3.19%.

JUST LIKE THE 5.96% A WHILE AGO THAT IT'S DOING THE EXACT SAME CALCULATION.

BUT JUST WITH THE SUBSET OF JUST THE M&OA THEN IT SAYS ON $100,000 HOUSE, WHICH I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY $100,000 HOUSES ANYWHERE AROUND HERE,

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BUT THAT'S WHAT SENATE BILL ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT.

IT'S SIMPLY SAYING THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR TAX RATE IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

SO THE DECREASE ON THE M&O TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN.

THE 2.9%.

THAT $100,000 HOUSE IS A -2940.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY SAY THAT AMOUNT.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT RESOLUTION, BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RATIONALE THERE.

AND THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW AS LONG AS YOUR OVERALL TAX RATE, YOUR ADOPTED TAX RATE IS MORE THAN THAT NO NEW REVENUE, TAX RATE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT IN THAT RESOLUTION.

YOU'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT IN THE MOTION LANGUAGE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO ON AND FINISH UP FOR YOU GUYS THAT LOVE THE NUMBERS.

I HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE CALCULATIONS IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE THE PERCENTAGES ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM.

THE 5.69%, THE 3.19%, AND ACTUALLY THE -2940, THOSE ARE WHERE THE CALCULATIONS ARE MADE FROM.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THAT.

THE LABOR THAT BUT THAT IS THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

AND THEN THAT IS THE HEARING, THE PRESENTATION.

SO I HAVE A COMMENT, IF I MAY KIND OF TO ELABORATE ON WHAT DAVID SAID.

CAN YOU ROLL BACK TO PAGE 76? IT'S THE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT THE RED AND BLUE.

THAT'S IT. I THINK THAT HAS THE M&O TAX RATE.

YES. AND SO WHAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT BUYING POWER, THAT PURCHASING POWER.

AND SO ALL OF THIS MUMBO JUMBO THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH DOES NOT TAKE INTO EFFECT THE ALMOST 9% INFLATION THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND THE COMPETITION WITH OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS FOR PERSONNEL.

AND IT MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT PERSONNEL.

AND IT IT'S SHOWING IN LIKE [INAUDIBLE] PERSONNEL, BUS DRIVERS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BLUE LINE AND YOU CARRY IT BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 18, OUR BUYING POWER HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT 10%.

YEAH. SO I THINK THAT SHOWS IT VERY WELL THERE.

AND THAT RECAPTURE AMOUNT IS, YOU KNOW, I KEEP SAYING THIS, WE'RE BEING FLEECED SO OUR TAXPAYERS ARE BEING FLEECED AND WE'RE TAXPAYERS HERE.

I HAD AN EMAIL. I THINK MAYBE THE REST OF THE BOARD GOT IT, TOO, THAT SUGGESTED LAST WEEK THAT WE WE NEED TO GO OUT AND PAY MORE.

WE NEED TO GIVE A RAISE TO BUS DRIVERS TO GIVE THEM MORE BETTER.

BETTER. PAY BETTER.

EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING AN EMPLOYEE.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, AM I GOING TO GO OUT BACK AND SHAKE THE MONEY TREE? AND BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY A RAISE.

BUT WHEN YOU ASK WHY WE CAN'T, IT'S THIS.

IT'S LIKE THE STATE IS SHAKING US FOR OUR LUNCH MONEY, LIKE A BULLY AT LUNCH, SHAKING US FOR OUR LUNCH MONEY.

SPEAKING OF SHAKING MONEY OUT OF OBJECTS, THINGS.

ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE WE CALL THE PUBLIC UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, ANY FINAL FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, QUERIES, CONCERNS.

JUST WE'VE GOT A BROKEN FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND PLANO ISD IS TRYING TO OPERATE WITHIN THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

AND IT'S EVERY YEAR I'VE SAT ON THIS BOARD, IT'S GOTTEN TO BE A MORE DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL OUR LEGISLATORS CAN KIND OF WAKE UP TO IT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTION THAT.

AND WHEN I DO TALK TO LEGISLATORS, THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT IN 2019 AND THAT SHIP HAS SAILED BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THAT TREND LINE, AS JOHNNY POINTED OUT, THAT RECAPTURE TREND LINE IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE.

37% IS IS JUST FLAT OUT UNAFFORDABLE.

IN SLIDE SIX, IT SHOWED THAT DIP IN 2020-2021 TAXES PAID.

AND THAT'S AN ARTIFICIAL DIP DUE TO HOUSE BILL THREE, WHERE THEY JUST PAID A LITTLE BIT OF THE RECAPTURE IN THE BIENNIUM.

AND THAT REALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

IT CAME AND WENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN JOHNNY SAYS IN FIVE YEARS IT'S ONLY GONE UP X IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S SO MUCH LOWER, IT MAKES YOU THINK, OH, WELL, IF YOU GO ON FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONE UP A LOT AND IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT WAS A COMPLETELY ARTIFICIAL PAYDOWN AND NOW IT'S GONE.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY THINK IT'S DONE.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT POLITICIANS.

AND NOT TO SOUND I MEAN, THIS IS AT ALL NOT TO SOUND CYNICAL OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SOME TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY.

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AND THE LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY VERY CONVOLUTED AND CONFUSING.

AND SO TO PUT IT IN SIMPLE TERMS, IT'S LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S TAX OVERALL TAX RATE COMPARED TO THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED OVERALL TAX RATE.

AND IT'S A REDUCTION OF $0.06, 6.1.

CORRECT. THAT'S IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN WE START LOOKING AT OUR M&O, WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND 86% OF OUR BUDGET IS IS PERSONNEL.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK OF INFLATION, WHEN WE THINK OF THE HAVING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS, BUS DRIVERS, AIDES, EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICTS, WE WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH EVERYONE ELSE AROUND US, TOO.

AND SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR.

SO THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT TAX RATE BEING LOWER, BUT OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE IN TAXES BECAUSE THEIR VALUES HAVE GONE UP. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THOSE DOLLARS, THOSE ADDITIONAL TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PAYING ARE NOT COMING TO PLANO ISD.

SO THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT HIGHER TAXES AND WHAT THEY'RE PAYING, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

BUT WE'RE NOT EVEN SEEING THOSE DOLLARS GOING TO OUR OWN CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S THE BIGGER PROBLEM AS THE VALUES GO UP, RECAPTURE GOES UP BY MORE.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND IT HAS BEEN AS LONG AS BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

SO THAT IMPACTS US AS WELL.

WELL, IT'S HARDER TO AFFORD A HOME IN THIS AREA AS THE VALUES RISE.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, RECAPTURES GOING UP.

AND GUESS WHAT? ALL OF THAT RECAPTURE IS NOT NECESSARILY SPENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SO IF WE ARE WRITING A CHECK THAT WE KNOW THE PORTION IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO PISD AND WE FIND OUT THAT 37% OF IT IS GOING TO RECAPTURE. AND THEN YOU REALIZE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT RECAPTURE? IS IT BEING SPENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION? WELL, NO. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST BIENNIUM, 26% OF DOLLARS THAT WERE RECAPTURED, WHICH WERE ABOUT $6 BILLION, WENT INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND WAS NOT SPENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SO IF THAT ISN'T DISINGENUOUS, IF THAT ISN'T FLAT OUT NOT LEGAL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING RECAPTURE DOLLARS AND NOT SPENDING IT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IT GOES INTO A GENERAL FUND AND IT GETS FLUSHED AROUND AND THEY DOLE IT OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND OUR FAMILIES ARE NONE THE WISER BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND I THINK IT'S COMPLEX BY DESIGN.

ALL RIGHT. LAST COMMENT, I PROMISE.

SO WE JUST WROTE A CHECK FOR $214 MILLION LAST WEEK, YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY.

AND WE'RE EXPECTED WE'RE LOOKING AT A BILL OF $247, 48 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.

DO YOU AT LEAST GET TO WRITE ONE OF THOSE GIANT CHECKS, ONE OF LIKE, IS IT PROPORTIONAL? JOKING ASIDE, I JUST I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR, LIKE YOU SAID, TRANSPARENCY AND PUTTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

AND JOHNNY, YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE VERY, VERY COMPLEX, CONVOLUTED AND IN SOME CASES, I THINK PURPOSEFULLY COMPLICATED TOPICS LIKE THIS.

BREAK IT DOWN NOT ONLY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, BUT SO THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE IN THAT.

AND LIKE COACH KIMBROUGH SAID, PROBABLY NO ONE'S TELLING US THANK YOU.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND TELL YOU THANK YOU, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS IS CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE POIGNANT AND PASSIONATE POINTS.

LET'S PAUSE NOW AND OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC.

SO LET ME OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC COMPONENT.

I ONLY GET TO USE THIS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.

SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT, WE HAVE MOVED THE PODIUM BACK UP.

SO AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT AT OUR HEARING, YOU'RE FREE TO DO SO.

I KNOW. I HATED THAT WE DREW WE DRAGGED THAT PODIUM BACK OUT.

ALL RIGHT, SEEING HEARING NO COMMENTS.

THIS CONCLUDES THE.

ON THE 2022-23 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

OK. SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOUR OR FIVE ITEMS IN A ROW HERE IN DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH ARE ALL RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.

THE FIRST IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 8.1 CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT,

[8. DISCUSSION/ACTION]

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INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER PERTAINING THERETO.

SO LET ME PAUSE AND ASK JOHNNY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT ALL MEANS.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A DISTINGUISHED GUEST IN OUR IN OUR IN OUR MIDST.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT LAURA ALEXANDER, WHO IS WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

THESE GUYS ARE THE BRAINS AND THEY RUN LOTS OF CALCULATIONS AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF PATIENCE WITH ME BECAUSE I HAVE LOTS OF WHAT IFS.

AND SO I WANTED TO POINT HER OUT.

SHE'S HERE, IF THERE'S ANY.

IF IT GETS TOO TECHNICAL FOR ME, SHE'S THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO ASK.

BUT THEY DO. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A LOT OF YEARS.

SO I WANTED TO POINT HER OUT.

FIRST OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REDEMPTION AND THEN YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE THE DEFEASANCE.

I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT BOTTOM LINE, IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THE I&S RATE AT WHERE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN IT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WE NEED TO BRING IN DEBT AND PAY DEBT OFF EARLY. THIS IS IN LINE.

WE HAVE A REGULATION CALLED CCA REGULATION.

IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2019.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PRACTICES WAY, WAY BEFORE THEN.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE BOARD CHOSE TO DO A POLICY OUT OF THAT BACK IN 2019.

ONE OF THE STEPS IS FOR FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE STEPS IS TO ACTUALLY, WHENEVER APPROPRIATE, GOING AND PAY DEBT DOWN EARLY, AGGRESSIVELY. IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT LIKE JUST PAYING OFF YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MORTGAGE.

YOU SAVE LITERALLY AND YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND SAVE LOTS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY PAYING DEBT OFF EARLY, JUST LIKE PAYING OFF YOUR MORTGAGE EARLY.

SO REDEMPTION, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU ISSUE DEBT, WHEN THE DISTRICT ISSUES DEBT, THERE'S A CALLABLE DATE ON IT AND IT'S NORMALLY TEN YEARS.

I'VE SEEN THEM A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

BUT I THINK THIS THIS DEBT IS TEN YEARS.

AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THE CASH REDEMPTION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE, FIRST, YOU SEE THAT IT'S FOR THE SERIES 2013.

BUT THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT IN FEBRUARY OF 2013, 2023, IT'LL BE TEN YEARS.

WE CAN WE CAN PAY OFF THAT DEBT.

AND SO WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE 2013 ISSUE AND TRYING TO GET IT PAID OFF.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PAY OFF EARLY OUT OF THE 2013 ISSUE, $31,935 935,000.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW THAT WILL ACTUALLY JUST GO OFF INTO THE THE VARIOUS YEARS AND PAY OFF THE PRINCIPALS IN THOSE YEARS TO COME UP WITH THAT $31.9. AND THEN I LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR FOR ME, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE REDEMPTION OR THE BASICALLY THE PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY OF THE $31,935.

IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT ANY ACCRUED INTEREST AND COST OF ISSUANCE.

THUS THE COST OF US ACTUALLY DOING THIS IS A TOTAL COST OF $32,605,087.

WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING OFF THE DEBT.

OUR DEBT PORTFOLIO IS $43,218,625.

SO WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT US PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY AND SAVING TAXPAYER MONEY ON THIS AMOUNT RIGHT HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $10,613,538 IN SAVINGS.

INTEREST SAVINGS BY PAYING THAT DEBT OFF EARLY.

IT ADDS UP.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD DEAL FOR OUR TAXPAYERS TO PAY THAT OFF EARLY.

OKAY. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, REDEEM IN THIS CASE THE THE SERIES 2013, PAY IT OFF EARLY FOR A NET SAVINGS OF OF WHAT YOU JUST SAW OF THE $10.6 MILLION.

MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE REDEMPTION OF OUTSTANDING DEBT.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER PROVIDING THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE REDEMPTION OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS.

AND I SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE ADOPTS THE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE REDEMPTION OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION SURPRISINGLY PASSES UNANIMOUSLY [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 8.2, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO PROVIDING FOR THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER PERTAINING THERETO.

JOHNNY, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN TO ALL WHAT A DEFEASANCE IS.

ALL RIGHT. FOR YOU GUYS THAT HAVE TOLD ME OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO THAT DEFEASANCE IS NOT A WORD.

IT IS. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT PRESIDENT STOLLE ACTUALLY I MEAN, HE WAS INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO HE DOES IT IN HIS BUSINESS, WHICH IS GREAT.

SO A DEFEASANCE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A REDEMPTION.

A REDEMPTION IS YOU'VE GOT CALLABLE DEBT.

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YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU PAY IT OFF AND YOU'RE DONE WITH IT.

AND IT'S GREAT IF YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND YOU'VE GOT DEBT THAT YOU NEED, THAT YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY REDEEM OR PAY OFF, AND IT'S NOT CALLABLE YET.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? SO YOU CAN SET UP THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SET UP AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND THAT ESCROW ACCOUNT YOU FUND THE ESCROW ACCOUNT, IT SITS THERE UNTIL THAT DEBT BECOMES CALLABLE. THAT IS THAT IS WHAT A DEFEASANCE IS.

SO OBVIOUSLY A TEN YEAR DEBT.

YOU'VE GOT 20, I THINK 15 AND 16 AND THIS DEFEASANCE, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE GOT AN ESCROW THAT'LL SIT THERE FOR ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND THEN IT WILL PAY OFF DEBT WHENEVER THAT BECOMES CALLABLE.

YOU DO THAT. YOU ONLY DO THAT IF YOU CAN STILL, OF COURSE, HAVE A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENTS OR SAVINGS TO THE TAXPAYERS.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS THAT'S BEEN DONE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO ABOUT $28.2 MILLION.

YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE WHERE THE ISSUES ARE COMING UP ON THE DEBT OR ON THE DEBT TIMELINE.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE BASICALLY THE CLOSING STATEMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE $28.2 MILLION, THE ACCRUED INTEREST.

SO THE ACCRUED INTEREST A WHILE AGO YOU SAW WAS QUITE A BIT LESS THAN THAT.

THE REASON WHY THIS IS MORE IS BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY HAVING TO PAY INTEREST FOR THOSE COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED TRANSACTION COST, THE TOTAL COST OF THE DEFEASANCE, THE PRIOR DEBT THAT YOU'RE TAKING OFF THE DEBT PORTFOLIO AND YOU STILL HAVE A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT OF OVER $4 MILLION.

STILL A REALLY, REALLY GOOD DEAL.

SO THIS IS THE DEFEASANCE PART OF REDEEMING OR PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY.

BOTTOM LINE, I MEAN, IF YOU ADD THE TWO TOGETHER, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IT'S ABOUT PAYING OFF ABOUT $60 MILLION EARLY, $60 MILLION EARLY AND SAVING ALMOST $15 MILLION OF INTEREST BY DOING THAT.

SO YOU'RE SAVING THE $60 MILLION AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO SAVING INTEREST EXPENSE.

IT'S OVER BETWEEN $14 AND $15 MILLION.

I'LL STOP THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

HERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT A DEFEASANCE IS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENTS AND RELATED TO THE DEFEASANCE OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS.

AND I SECOND ANGELA.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE DEFEASANCE OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS.

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

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OK 8.3 DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2022-2023 TAX RATE.

JOHNNY.

ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE HEARING EARLIER, WENT INTO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SETTING THE TAX RATE. THE ONLY THING I WILL POINT OUT HERE IS THAT THE OVERALL TAX RATE THEY ADOPTED OR PROPOSED ADOPTED THE RATE WAS $1.25975.

AND THE AND THAT ACTUAL DECREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR, AS SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS SAID, WAS A DECREASE OF 6.1 CENTS, AN ACTUAL DECREASE OF 6.1 CENTS.

MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE TAX RATE.

SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE TAX RATE HEARING WE JUST CONCLUDED.

AND THAT DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2022-2023 TAX RATE.

FURTHERMORE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1.25975, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 5.69% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THANK YOU, SIR. A SECOND.

[INAUDIBLE] SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY.

A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2022-2023 TAX RATE AND APPROVES THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1.25975, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 5.69% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OK 8.4.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL RELATED.

CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO CALLING AN ELECTION.

RATIFYING A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE TO BE HELD BY PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER PERTAINING THERETO.

ONCE AGAIN, JOHNNY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.

I'LL GO THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY.

I WILL SAY WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS ABOUT A VATR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION.

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BUT I DO WANT TO JUST HIT ON A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN, JUST REAL QUICKLY, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

OBVIOUSLY, THE M&O I&S THE TAX RATE IS MADE UP OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ONCE AGAIN, THE OVERALL ACTUAL TAX RATE IS GOING FROM A $1 .32 OR HAS GONE FROM A $1.3275 TO THE $1.25 975. THAT IS A DECREASE OF 6.1, AN ACTUAL DECREASE OF 6.1 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT DECREASE IS COMING FROM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT AT THE VERY TOP THAT IS KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THE TAX RATE COMPRESSION LAWS IN PLACE.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

THE GOOD NEWS WITH ADOPTING A TAX RATE OVER THE KNOWN THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS THE FACT THAT BY DOING THIS, WE'RE ABLE TO GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION INTO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET NET $9 MILLION INTO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET NOT JUST ONE TIME, BUT EVERY YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN EFFECT OF THAT OF WHAT YOU SAID, PRESIDENT STOLLE, ABOUT INFLATION AND TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF PROPERLY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW WAYS WE STILL CAN DO THAT.

THE NEXT SCREEN, ONCE AGAIN, SENATE BILL TWO IS COMING UP AND REARING ITS HEAD.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL BALLOT LANGUAGE.

I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO JUST EXPLAIN QUICKLY HERE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE OF THE $38.6 MILLION, THAT IS THE OVERALL TAXES THAT'S COMING IN YEAR OVER OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND TAX AND TAX REVENUE.

ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ONCE AGAIN INFLATION, OUR RECAPTURE.

BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT WE GET TO KEEP OUT OF ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT $9 MILLION.

$9 MILLION IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY GET BACK INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE ACTUAL BALLOT.

I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. YOU ALSO SEE THE ACTUAL RATE THAT WAS ADOPTED AT $1.25, 975.

ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE BALLOT LANGUAGE? SO JUST TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER WAY, THE TOTAL TAX INCREASE THAT WILL BE PAID BY CITIZENS WILL BE 38 MILLION, 650,000 820.

AND OUT OF THAT, THE DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP ABOUT 9 MILLION.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THE OTHER 27 MILLION IS GOING TO BE GOING BACK.

IT IS. NOW, ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONLY ABOUT 17 MILLION OF THAT WAS GOING TO GO UP.

JUST EXCLUSIVE, EXCLUSIVE OF THIS ELECTION, JUST BECAUSE THE VALUES HAVE GONE UP ANYWAY, EVEN BEFORE THIS ELECTION, VALUES GOING UP, AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ELECTION, THAT'S JUST MONEY IN AND THE MONEY RIGHT BACK OUT ANYWAY.

BUT THE OTHER THING TO SAY IS THIS 9 MILLION WILL NOT PUT US AT.

ZERO. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET.

THIS JUST MAKES THE DEFICIT BUDGET LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE.

THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THE TOOLS AND THE TOOL BELT, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MANAGE GOING FORWARD.

THE DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL SIDE.

YES, MA'AM. THE NEXT SCREEN ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE CALCULATIONS ARE COMING FROM. MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIT WITH YOU LATER AND GO OVER THOSE, BUT THOSE ARE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY COMING FROM IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CALCULATIONS ARE.

THAT'S JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY.

SO MAKE SURE IT'S OUT THERE.

AND THEN THE NEXT SCREEN IS THERE IS A CALENDAR OF EVENTS THAT MUST TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO DO A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

AND WE ARE ON COURSE TO FOLLOWING UP ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURES.

WHAT YOU SEE GRAYED OUT IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHAT'S STILL BELOW THAT IS WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING.

AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE THREE.

OKAY. SO THIS IS A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SIX, SEVEN MONTHS HERE.

ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER CALLING AN ELECTION, RATIFYING A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE TO BE HELD BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY LAURIE TYRA IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER CALLING AN ELECTION RATIFYING A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE TO BE HELD BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. LET'S VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ONE FINAL MATTER THAT IS RELATED TO EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE GONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE TONIGHT. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT.

AND RELATED TO CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER PERTAINING THERETO.

ONCE AGAIN, JOHNNY.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'VE GOT JUST A VERY SHORT FEW SLIDES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BOND TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THE CHAIR PEOPLE, AND THOSE GUYS HONESTLY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

ITS MY SEVENTH PROCESS TO GO THROUGH AND I WILL PUT THIS NUMBER ONE OUT OF ALL OF THEM.

THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

A REALLY A GOOD GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER AND THEY ACTUALLY RAN THE PROCESS.

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION WAS THERE FOR SUPPORT AND WE TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHY.

WHY DO WE NEED TO HAVE A BOND ELECTION? WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE MAIN REASONS, YOU CAN JUST START AT THE TOP LEFT AND GO THROUGH AND JUST READ EACH OF THOSE REASONS.

SUPER IMPORTANT THAT IF WE WANT TO BE A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS THE CTE AND OTHER INITIATIVE PROGRAMS, THE TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY AND SECURITY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ABOUT A A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEAR PROCESS WITH THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT THAT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THAT WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO FIND OUT THAT WE WERE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS EFFICIENTLY ON THE FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WITH OUR EXTRACURRICULAR FACILITIES AND BRINGING THOSE UP BACK UP TO A STANDARD THAT WE WOULD BE PROUD OF.

AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TAKING CARE OF TRANSPORTATION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY JUST TAKING CARE OF THOSE KIDS, MAKING SURE THEY GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

SO THAT'S THE WHY.

THAT'S WHY THE FUNDING THAT THEY CAN HIT ALL OF THOSE AREAS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR FOR US.

AND THEN ONE THING THAT I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THE COMMITTEE AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS IS THEY ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS AND BELIEFS THAT THE BOARD HAS SET THE PARAMETERS, THE PRIORITIES.

EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE, THEY ACTUALLY BOUNCED IT OFF AGAINST, WELL, IS THIS IS THIS A PRIORITY OR PERIMETER THAT WAS SET BY THE BOARD? AND AND THEY STAYED WITHIN THAT.

I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF STAYING WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.

AND THEN WHATEVER IS ALL SAID AND DONE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF SENATE BILL, SENATE BILL 30 THAT ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT IN THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ALSO WAS THE FACT THAT SOME ITEMS CANNOT BE PUT ON A GENERAL PROVISION THAT WOULD BE SEPARATED OUT BY LAW.

AND SO THE BOND COUNCIL DID A GREAT JOB.

WE WENT THROUGH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE ITEMS SEPARATELY TO FIND OUT LEGALLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE PUT IN PROP A, WANTED TO BE PUT IN A SPECIAL PROVISION PROPOSITION. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MEETING ALL OF THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.

BOTTOM LINE IS YOU'VE GOT A MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING THE THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT WILL GO IN A PROPOSITION A WHICH IS JUST A GENERAL PROVISION PROPOSITION.

YOU HAVE TO SPELL OUT YOUR PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY DEVICES THAT'S IN PROP B.

PROP C IS AN EVENT CENTER THAT WAS VERY MUCH COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

THE BOND TASK FORCE HAD BROUGHT THAT UP AND WANTED TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT TO A VOTE OF THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

AND YOUR PROPOSITION D IS A STADIUM RENOVATIONS.

ANYTHING THAT HAS A STADIUM WITH MORE THAN 1000 SEATS BY LAW HAS REQUIRED TO BE PULLED OUT AND VOTED ON SEPARATELY.

I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOND TASK FORCE.

THEY CAME AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON AUGUST THE SECOND, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT WE HAD ONE MORE RUN THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAD THE BOND COUNCIL HAD TO COME UP WITH THE ACTUAL BOND ORDER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEEDED TO VOTE ON IN ORDER TO BRING THIS TO AN ELECTION.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT DID COME UP IN THE CONVERSATION.

WAS TURF.

ARTIFICIAL TURF OR A STADIUM, ATHLETIC STADIUM WAS ALL PUT INTO ONE PROPOSITION.

BUT ONCE WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH, IT STARTED GOING THROUGH AND REWORKING IT ONE MORE TIME.

WE REALIZED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN ATHLETIC STADIUM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS COME OUT WITH AN OPINION WHICH BASICALLY SAID IF IT'S EVEN IF IT'S AN ATHLETIC STADIUM, IF IT'S SEATING OF LESS THAN THE 1000 SEATS, THEN IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR IT TO ROLL INTO A GENERAL PROVISION OF PROPER PROPERTY.

SO AFTER HAVING CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE BOND COUNSEL WE RECOMMENDED, WE RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT THEY PULL OUT

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THE THE SOFTBALL AND THE BASEBALL ARTIFICIAL TURF, BECAUSE THOSE STADIUMS ACTUALLY ARE LESS THAN 1000 SEATS.

AND WE PULL IT OUT AND PUT THAT IN A PROPOSITION, A, BECAUSE IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE, IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WOULD RECOMMEND.

AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO MAKE THAT ONE LITTLE TWEAK.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE BOTTOM LINE AT ALL.

IT'S A NET ZERO EFFECT TO THE OVERALL BOND.

WHAT IT SIMPLY DOES IS TAKE PROP EIGHT FROM ONE 1,164,000,003 71,000 TO THE 1 BILLION AND 172,000,009 76,000. AND IT TAKES PROP D, WHICH WAS 27,817,000 TO THE 19,000,212.

BOTTOM NET EFFECT, AGAIN, IS JUST ZERO AND.

OH, SORRY.

YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. I'LL LET YOU FINISH.

SORRY GO AHEAD. AND SO BASICALLY IF YOU JUST LOOK AT ALL THE PROPS, WHAT THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE AND WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOMB TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS 1,495,638,000.

I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS.

SO GLAD THAT LAURA IS HERE THIS EVENING, BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD WE RAN LOTS OF LAST YEAR AROUND, LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, SHE'S BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR A LOT OF YEARS.

BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THIS GROUP IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A REGULATION CCA, WHICH IS IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY. IT VERY MUCH IS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, AND SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOND TASK FORCE FALLS WITHIN WHAT WAS SET UP AS PARAMETERS UNDER CCA AND UNDER CCA.

REGULATION NUMBER ONE IS THE STATE ALLOWS YOU TO PAY OFF DEBT OVER 40 YEARS.

CCA REGULATION SAYS NO, NO, NO, MUST DO IT OVER HALF THAT PERIOD OF 20 YEAR PERIOD.

SAVE LOTS OF INTEREST BY DOING THAT.

ALSO, IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO MANAGE ON A YEARLY BASIS THE REDEMPTIONS, THE DEFEASANCE IS REFUNDING REFINANCINGS.

ALL OF THOSE ARE SPELLED OUT IN THAT AS WELL.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOND TASK FORCE FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT THIS BOARD SET UP, WHICH IS WHICH ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN NATURE.

AND IT'S ONE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS ALLOWS US THE $1.495 BILLION ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO SET A TAX RATE THAT YOU GUYS SET THIS EVENING, BASICALLY DO THE BOND ELECTION, DO THE VATRE ELECTION, AND ACTUALLY GO DOWN 6.1 CENTS ON THE OVERALL TAX RATE.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CIRCUMSTANCE.

IT HAPPENS. NUMBER ONE IS WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE VALUES HAVE GONE UP, THE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE DOWN, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AGGRESSIVELY.

I LIKE HOW DR. WILLIAMS PUTS IT HYPER AGGRESSIVELY PAID OFF DEBT EARLY, WHICH WE HAVE.

I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE STEPS GO IN HAND, IN HAND IN ORDER TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LAYER THIS DEBT IN AND STILL BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND YET GET WHAT WE FEEL LIKE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF ARE DESERVING OF AND A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL JUST STOP THERE.

I'VE SAID PROBABLY MORE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANT TO STOP THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE.

ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MIGHT HAVE? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WHO WAS IT? LAUREN SAID KUDOS TO YOU FOR ALL OF THE TAX WRITE ANALYSIS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE WORK OF THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENTS.

THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WAS STUDIED IN THIS ASSESSMENT OF ALL 91 FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AMAZING, AND IT LOOKS AT EVERY SYSTEM AND UNDERSTANDS WHAT KIND OF WARRANTIES ARE LEFT ON THE THE SYSTEM AND HOW MUCH USEFUL LIFE IS LEFT ON IT. DOWN TO REALLY THE DOLLAR, THE PENNY AND THE I HAVE TO SAY, KUDOS TO THE BOND TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS AN AMAZING REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM THE WEST CLUSTER TO THE CENTRAL TO THE EAST, FROM PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, CITIZENS, GRANDPARENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS.

A GREAT COMMITTEE CAME TOGETHER AND STUDIED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND CAME UP WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HEARD IN OUR AUGUST 2ND BOARD MEETING.

SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THE STUDY.

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AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS BIG DOCUMENT HERE THAT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AS WELL.

BUT TO MAINTAIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE, I THINK THAT THE BOND TASK FORCE COMMUNITY LED BOND TASK FORCE PROVIDED A GREAT PROPOSITION OR PROPOSAL FOR US.

SO JOHNNY, I WAS GOING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION BUT AN ASK.

WE DO A LOT FOR TRANSPARENCY, BOTH FOR THE TAXES AND FOR THE BOND.

THE BOARD, I THINK EVERY BOARD MEMBER SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR WITH YOU AND THERESA GOING OVER THAT FACILITY'S ASSESSMENT AND SEEING HOW EVERYTHING WAS BROKEN DOWN AND DISTILLED TO THE CRITICAL NEEDS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST BENEFICIAL PROCESS THAT I HAD IN THE IN ALL OF THIS, TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND WHY THE NUMBER IS WHAT IT IS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO VOTING IN NOVEMBER TO HAVE A VERSION OF THAT, TO SEE WHAT WE SAW. I KNOW IT'S A WORKING DOCUMENT, SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'D NECESSARILY RELEASE AN INTERNAL WORKING DOCUMENT, BUT A DISTILLED VERSION THAT SHOWS THOSE LINE ITEMS. I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.

OKAY, YOU GOT PLAYGROUNDS. WHICH SCHOOLS? YOU HAVE FACILITIES.

WHAT'S BEING BROKEN DOWN? I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT WITHOUT BEING CONFUSING AS WE CAN.

WE'LL SAY THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING LESLIE STANTON AND HER GROUP AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE WORKING WITH WITH A COMPANY TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH A BOND WEBSITE THAT WILL HAVE A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION AND ALSO HAVE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF WHAT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL LAUNCH THAT.

WE ARE KNOW WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL ADD TO THAT AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO NOVEMBER, WHEN WE GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, IF THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS WEBSITE.

I MEAN, HOW CAN I FIND THIS OUT? YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT AND WE'LL GROW THAT WEBSITE AS WE GET CLOSER TO NOVEMBER.

SO I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT, TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND EXACTLY THE MAYBE THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR GETTING THERE.

WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE IN ORDER TO DO THAT RIGHT.

AND I THINK THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR PROP EIGHT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN THE JUSTIFICATIONS OF PROP C.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO OVER THOSE AND TO OFFER THAT INFORMATION.

BUT ALSO, I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WENT THROUGH THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT EXPLAINING WHAT A CRITICAL NEED IS COMPARED TO THE OTHER NEEDS.

AND I THINK REESTABLISHING THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT JOHNNY HILL KNOWS HOW TO COMMUNICATE SO EFFECTIVELY, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SAY A CRITICAL NEED, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY MEAN BY THAT? GOOD FEEDBACK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE PROPOSITION RECLASSIFICATION GRADE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT MORE INTO ITEM A, WHAT IS THE BULK REMAINING IN PROPOSITION D AND WHAT IS THAT THE BULK OF IT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO OBVIOUSLY IT GOES DOWN TO 19 MILLION.

I WILL SAY THAT ABOUT 12 MILLION OF THE 19 MILLION IS PAVING CLARK STADIUM.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE OTHER SEVEN? AND SO, I MEAN, I CAN ANSWER THAT, TOO.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT SOME SECURITY LIGHTING ON THAT CLARK STADIUM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU I MEAN, SO THE PAVING IS JUST THE 12.

THE IT IS IT'S VERY I MEAN, IT'S EXPENSIVE TO DO IT RIGHT.

BUT SO YOU'VE GOT THE PAVING YOU ALSO HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING ON THAT PARKING LOT.

I MEAN, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARKING ON THAT A COUPLE OF MORNINGS IN THE DARK THIS LAST WEEK.

AND IT'S PITCH BLACK.

RIGHT. AND SO IT'S NOT VERY SAFE.

AND THEN WHAT I WOULD SAY YOU'VE GOT SOME SECURITY FENCING AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TURF REPLACEMENTS AT CLARK STADIUM.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OF MAYBE THE TRIPLE FILLS OVER AT CLARK STADIUM REPLACEMENT OF THOSE FIELDS.

SO THAT'S THE MAJORITY.

THE VAST MAJORITY IS PARKING LOT AT CLARK STADIUM.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ADD A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WITH THE LANGUAGE SAYING STADIUM, YOU'RE THINKING SOMETHING INTERNAL THAT WOULD BENEFIT PLAYERS AND FANS IN WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, WE JOKED ABOUT IT BEING THE MOON CRATER.

CRATERS ON THE MOON, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW BAD THINGS ARE UNTIL YOU START TO THINK ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S A VERY IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PARKING LOT.

AND IT'S REALLY SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAS TO SAY IT DOESN'T BELIE WHAT IT REALLY IS.

SO TO CODY'S POINT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A SMALL ITEM, I COULD SEE SOMEONE COMING ALONG GOING, OH HO STADIUM AND AND THEY'RE NOT THINKING WHAT IT

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REALLY IS, THE SAFETY THAT'S CRITICALLY NEEDED.

THANK YOU. AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING CLARK STADIUM IS NAMED AFTER COACH CLARK, WHO IS COACH KIMBROUGH'S MENTOR? AND I'LL JUST THROW OUT A HOT SPORTS OPINION THAT DOES NOT DO HIS LEGACY JUSTICE THAT PARKING LOT CURRENTLY.

SO I'LL THROW THAT OUT THERE.

SO I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FREAK OUT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

AND I'M I'M JUST GOING TO ADMIT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY STRESSED OUT AND CONCERNED OVER NOT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS BOND, BUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE NEXT BOND AND THE BOND AFTER THAT.

BECAUSE AND I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SLIDE 50 ON AUGUST 2ND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS VERY CONVINCING THAT WITHIN OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.

AND WITHIN OUR 20 YEAR DEBT PAYOFF POLICY.

WE HAVE CAPACITY TO DO THIS BOND RIGHT.

AND THEN USING THE FACILITY DATA AS YOU GAVE FACILITY DATA, YOU GAVE US AND AND ALL OF THIS OTHER THESE MINI SPREADSHEETS.

BY MY COUNT, WE HAVE 18 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE TODAY AT LEAST 35 YEARS OLD.

SO WITHIN THE NEXT 15 YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO REACH THEIR 50 YEAR, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM LIFETIME OR FUNCTIONAL LIFETIME MARK.

AND THOSE 18 IN PARTICULAR DID NOT GET RENOVATION ON THE 2008 BOND, DID NOT GET RENOVATION ON THE 2016 BOND. ARE NOT GETTING RENOVATION ON THIS BOND.

YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE GETTING SYSTEMS OF COMPLIANCE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, FIRE ALARMS, HVAC, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT NOT MAJOR RENOVATIONS.

AND SO THIS PROMPTED FOR ME SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S THE NEXT CYCLE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN UPGRADING, PARTICULARLY THESE OLDER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN ANY LOVE IN THIS CENTURY.

AND SO I KNOW I'M GLAD LAURA IS HERE, TOO.

AND I HAD SORT OF ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL MODELING BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT SLIDE, WE SAID THIS BASE CASE SCENARIO, THIS IS WITH NO CHANGE IN APPRAISALS. THIS IS WITH THE SAME TAX RATE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS.

RIGHT. AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST QUESTIONS WAS.

DO WE NEED TO SEE SOMETHING ASTRONOMICAL, LIKE A 10% YEAR OVER YEAR TAX RATE IN ORDER TO DO A DECENT BOND WITHIN THIS DECADE AGAIN, FOR SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS.

SO I WAS HOPING YOU COULD KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE MODELING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE THAT ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO OVER THE NEXT TEN, 15 YEARS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE SCHOOLS? SO FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT MAKES US GO BACK.

AND I MEAN, I'M THINKING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, OKAY, SO I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT BOND ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING THOSE ABOUT EVERY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO.

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I'M THINKING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING REGRESSIVE.

WE HAVE THIS GREAT DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY.

WE'RE PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY.

WE KNOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE PRETTY GOOD VALUE INCREASES.

SO IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I'M THINKING, I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.

BUT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND SAID, I NEED TO I NEED TO SEE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

I MEAN, EXACTLY. TELL ME THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I REALLY DIDN'T STOP AND READ THE SCENARIO.

SO, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

I DO THINK THAT THIS BOND IS IS HEAVY WITH SENIOR HIGH AND WHICH MAKES IT AN EXPENSIVE IT'S ALSO A CERTAIN AMOUNT A CATCH UP ON ON SOME CERTAIN ITEMS. SO I DO NOT FEEL LIKE BONDS GOING FORWARD WILL BE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ONE IS IF WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GO THROUGH THIS.

AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE ARE THAT WE CAN GET MORE INTO A JUST A MAINTENANCE TYPE EVERY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

AND SO WHEN WE DID RUN THE I JUST RAN WITH I SAY I THANK YOU LAURA.

[LAUGHTER].

WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM MY FRIENDS WE DID SOME MODELING.

SO JUST TO YOUR POINT, VERY CONSERVATIVE AND I MEAN VERY CONSERVATIVE JUST LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, 2% INCREASES BEING SAYING THAT THE RATES KEEP GOING UP AND THEN PAYING OFF DEBT WHERE WE COULD BASED ON OUR REGULATION CCA, WE COMFORTABLY HAVE OVER $700 MILLION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE STATE THE SAME 20 YEARS WITHIN THE SAME TAX RATE.

AND SO I THINK THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE SHOULD BE IN A GOOD SHAPE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS NOW TO ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOND TASK FORCE COMMITTEE TO GET READY FOR A SUBSEQUENT ONE.

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AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE THE EXTRA MODELING WORK.

I'M A REAL BIG TRUST BUT VERIFY KIND OF PERSON.

I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL ARE ABOUT TO FALL OUT OF YOUR CHAIRS AND I'M QUOTING RONALD RONALD REAGAN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S REASONABLE AND FEASIBLE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT WISHFUL THINKING OR ASTRONOMICAL PROPERTY GROWTH, SOMETHING WITHIN WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IS REASONABLE AS A FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACILITY SCORES AND CODY, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AND, YOU KNOW, THIS DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO RENOVATING SCHOOLS.

SO, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE NEXT TEN YEARS, LOOKING AT THE NEXT 15 YEARS, THE FACILITY SCORES WERE NEW FOR THIS BOND.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ARE GOING TO BE USED GOING FORWARD TO EVALUATE OUR CAMPUSES AND HOW OFTEN THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE. IS IT GOING TO BE A FIRE DRILL? EVERY TIME WE'RE HAVING A BOND, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FORESIGHT MAYBE IN IN OUR FACILITIES GOING FORWARD? SO ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE RIGHT BECAUSE HISTORICALLY AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO THIS, THEY PUT BUILDINGS ON A ROTATION, HEY, EVERY 20 YEARS YOU'RE GONNA GET A MINOR RENOVATION.

EVERY 40 TO 50 YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MAJOR RENOVATION.

IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY OTHER COMPONENT, IT'S BASED JUST ON AGE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT BUILDINGS I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH NOW TO KNOW THAT BUILDINGS DON'T AGE AT THE SAME PACE.

YOU'VE GOT SOME BUILDINGS THAT ACTUALLY HOLD UP INCREDIBLY WELL AT 50 YEARS.

THEY CAN GO ANOTHER 50 YEARS.

YOU'VE GOT SOME BUILDINGS THAT, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

I MEAN, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

AND SO ONE THING THAT I DO REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR FACILITY STAFF IS THIS NEW APPROACH THAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

AND SO, I MEAN, JASON [INAUDIBLE] ALMOST ALL GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID AND WE'VE GONE OVER IT WITH THIS BOARD, BUT THEY ACTUALLY TOOK AN APPROACH NOT ONLY AGE, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS ONE FACTOR.

THEY ALSO LOOKED AT HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING TO MAINTAIN THIS THIS BUILDING, THE LIFE COMPONENTS OF THIS OF THIS BUILDING? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE ACTUALLY SPENDING TO KEEP THIS THING UP? AND THEN THEY DID PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS.

THEY HAD A GROUP OF EXPERTS WENT OUT THERE AND PHYSICALLY EXPECTED THE FOUNDATION AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND THE HVAC SYSTEM AND THE CONTROLS AND ALL OF THAT.

THEY ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY DID A PHYSICAL VISUAL INSPECTION AS WELL.

THEY ACTUALLY MADE THE COMPONENTS OUT OF ALL THREE OF THOSE.

NOW, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERY SIX YEARS? THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO. IT TOOK US WHEN I SAY US, IT TOOK THOSE GUYS A YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS TO COME UP WITH THIS.

THE WORST THING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO NOW IS TO LET IT SIT ON THE SHELF FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS.

SO THIS WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND IT WILL ROLL INTO WHAT WE CALL A LONG RANGE FACILITY MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'LL ACTUALLY ALREADY KNOW.

OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES ARE TRENDING WHERE THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY BE RENOVATED IN THE NEXT.

THEY'RE AGING A LOT WORSE.

THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN THIS NEXT BOND CYCLE.

THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN NOT THE NEXT ONE, BUT THE ONE AFTER THAT.

AND YOU START SLOTTING THESE NOT ON AGE, BUT ON ACTUAL NEED.

IT'S A LOT MORE STRATEGIC WAY OF SPENDING.

OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IS BASED ON NEED, NOT ON JUST AGE.

I FEEL LIKE ONE THING THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY HELPFUL TO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS WHEN YOU DO LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE AGING UNIQUELY POORLY, GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS, ETC., ETC., AND MAKING SURE THAT.

WE'RE CHOOSING THE RIGHT FOLKS.

WHAT I MEAN. YES, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, JUST SAYS EXPERIENCE, TOO.

I MEAN, ONE JASON MIGHT DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

I MEAN, THAT'S ONE THING YOU'VE NOTICED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE DELIVERY METHOD OF PERFORMING THESE CONTRACTS.

I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DO A WHAT'S CALLED A CSP OR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY JUST TAKING SUBCONTRACTORS, WHATEVER THEY HAVE.

AND A LOT OF TIMES SUBCONTRACTORS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DELIVERY METHOD CALLED A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET YOU ACTUALLY HANDPICK THE SUBCONTRACTORS YOU'RE USING.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT SAY ONE IS MORE EXPENSIVE THE OTHER, BUT THERE IS SOME STRATEGY AND HOW YOU ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A DELIVERY METHOD.

BECAUSE I'LL SAY, I MEAN, IN THE PAST YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME BLUEPRINT OF A BUILDING AND YET YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT'S AGING DIFFERENTLY THAN THE OTHER ONE.

WELL, I MEAN, WHY IS THAT? WELL, YOU REALLY NEED TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.

AND I WOULD SAY A LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU'LL FIND OUT IS THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THAT WORK.

SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH NOTING.

IT'S A GOOD POINT. I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE FACILITY STAFF AND THE BOND TASK FORCE AND AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE 70 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE DONE, AS WELL AS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.

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AND FOR THE EXTRA MODELING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST PORING THROUGH THESE SPREADSHEETS, LOOKING AT WHAT ALL IS ON HERE, A LOT OF IT IS VERY CRITICAL. AND I.

YOU OPEN IT UP THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS IN THE LAST WEEK.

AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DALLAS SCHOOLS BEING REBUILT.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DENTON HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, OPENING EITHER A REBUILD OR A MAJOR RENOVATION AT DENTON HIGH SCHOOL.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.

AND MY HUSBAND HAD ARMY RESERVE DUTY THIS WEEKEND UP IN DENTON.

AND SO I DROVE UP THROUGH FRISCO, THROUGH PROSPER, LITTLE ELM.

SO KIND OF DROVE THROUGH A LOT OF OUR OTHER COLLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE WAY TO TAKE MY KIDS UP TO HAVE LUNCH WITH THEM AND SEEING ALL OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SEEING WHAT THOSE SCHOOLS DISTRICTS ARE BUILDING AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, I DO VERY MUCH BELIEVE THAT.

WE AS A DISTRICT IN THIS REGARD NEED THIS BOND TO STAY COMPETITIVE AND TO NOT FALL BEHIND OTHER DISTRICTS.

AND ONE THING THAT I IN PARTICULAR DON'T LIKE HEARING FROM THE STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE TOLD ANY OF YOU ALL THIS, BUT IF I ASK OUR STAFF, RIGHT, IF I ASK QUESTIONS AND SAY, IS THIS PROPERLY RESOURCED OR DO YOU NEED MORE ATTENTION TO THIS PROGRAM OR SOMETHING? AND THE ANSWER COMES BACK, WELL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS AS COMPARABLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

I HATE HEARING THAT BECAUSE I FOR MY OWN PART, JERI'S LAUGHING AT ME FOR SOME REASON.

FOR MY OWN PART, I WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR US AND WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR OWN DISTRICT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARABLE.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU NEED A NEUROSURGEON, DO YOU WANT THE AVERAGE GUY? YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK, DO YOU WANT THE E.R.

DOCTOR THAT'S TAKING CARE OF YOU THAT NIGHT TO BE COMPARABLE? YOU KNOW, AND SO, I REALLY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET OVER MY OWN CONCERNS ABOUT CAN WE STICK WITHIN THE 20 YEAR, YOU KNOW, STICK WITHIN TAX RATE, REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND REASONABLE GROWTH, AND MAINTAIN THAT FISCAL CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF HOW WE PAY FOR THIS.

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING AND JUST MY OWN CONVICTION THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE COMPARABLE, I WANT TO BE EXCELLENT.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN. MY CHUCKLE IS THE COMPARABLE I MEAN, I KNEW WHERE YOU WERE HEADED WITH IT BECAUSE WE ARE A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE OR A COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE.

AND SO WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ALONG THIS JOURNEY SOMEONE SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING MORE WITH LESS.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE WITH MORE.

IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT WE HAVE KIND OF STARTED THE MEETING OFF REFLECTING ON THOSE WHO'VE COME BEFORE US IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT THEY HAD ON KIDS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE HEARTBEAT OF WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE AND I JUST WAS REFLECTING ABOUT THINKING ABOUT AND DAVID MCCALL WHEN HE GAVE HIS HISTORY SPEECHES ON THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF. AND I'M TOUCHED BY THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED AND DONE VERY WELL A LONG TIME AGO.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT VERY WELL A TIME AGO THAT WE'RE IN THE FINANCIAL SITUATION FOR WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.

AND I'LL USE THERESA'S HYPER AGENCY OR HYPER DEBT REGULATION ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THIS POSITION TODAY.

SO I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING GRATITUDE OUT THERE TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION ABOUT THE HEART OF OUR DISTRICT, IS KIDS WHO SET THE STANDARD THAT WE ARE A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE AND WHO ALSO, THOUGH, WERE THINKING FORWARD THINKING.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, DR.

TYRA, BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS NOVEMBER, WE'RE COMING BACK AT YOU IN MAY AND WE'RE COMING BACK AT YOU WITH IT.

I MEAN, WE'RE COMING BACK.

THIS IS NOT A OH, DARN IT, WE DIDN'T GET THIS DONE.

THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IN SIX YEARS, WE ARE COMING BACK.

AND THE NUMBERS SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

AND IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AND WE ARE GOING WE THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN DONE WITH GREAT EXCELLENCE AND EFFICACY.

AND SO I'M SO PROUD OF THAT.

AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DELIVER THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WONDERFUL FOR SOMEONE 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TO BE THANKFUL FOR US FOR PUTTING THE SEEDS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TODAY.

LAUREN, IF I COULD TOUCH BASE ON SOME OF THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE IN TERMS OF BOND CAPACITY, I THINK ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER, AND WE ALL KNOW THIS, OUR ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY.

AND SO THERE'S A HIGH POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THESE BOND DOLLARS, IF APPROVED, NEVER GET ISSUED.

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AND SO THAT KEEPS THAT BOND EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT MEAN THERE'S SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS FOR THIS BOARD AND TOUGH DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD FOR FUTURE TRUSTEES.

BUT IF THIS IS PASSED, I THINK IT'S FIVE YEARS THAT THIS IS EXPECTED FOR THESE BOND DOLLARS TO ROLL OUT.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AND THE DIRECTION THE DISTRICT'S GOING IN AND FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES DOING MORE WITH LESS.

IT COULD BE AN OPTION THAT STILL BENEFITS STUDENTS.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S THE CALL WE MAKE.

BUT THIS DOESN'T GUARANTEE NOTHING WE'RE DOING TONIGHT COULD GUARANTEE THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT.

IT'S ON TRUSTEES LIKE US AND FUTURE TRUSTEES THAT WILL SIT ON THIS DAIS.

TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DISTRICT AT THAT TIME AND WHAT SCHOOLS NEED WHAT.

BUT I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BECAUSE I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WE WON'T END UP SPENDING OR ISSUING EVERY BOND DOLLAR THAT GETS PASSED.

I THINK I JUST WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING YOU SAID WHICH IS BENEFITING STUDENTS, RIGHT? I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOND COMMITTEE BELIEVES AND THE DISTRICT BELIEVES AND I HOPE THAT WE ALL BELIEVE, ALTHOUGH THAT'S WHAT I SUPPOSE WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT, IS MAKING THIS COMMITMENT THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BEST BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT SOMETHING.

YOU MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.

IN 2016, WE HAD A BOND APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT WAS APPROVED OVER, OH, GOODNESS, 76%.

IS THAT CORRECT? 78% FOR SURE.

OKAY. SO SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK.

BUT MY POINT IS IN THAT BOND INITIATIVE, THERE WAS THE PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE DETERMINED WE DIDN'T NEED.

BUT IT WAS IN THAT INITIATIVE ORIGINALLY.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD ABOUT 50 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT, THAT WE NEVER ISSUED FROM THE 2016 BONDS AND IN GOOD FAITH WE DIDN'T.

NOW, I THINK LEGALLY WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE ISSUED SOME OF THOSE BONDS AND SPENT IT AS LONG AS IT WAS ON A SCHOOL BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THAT BOND INITIATIVE, EXPECTED THAT TO BE SPENT ON A PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND SINCE IT WASN'T THERE, WE DIDN'T SPEND IT.

WE DIDN'T ISSUE THOSE BONDS AND ENCUMBER THAT DEBT.

AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THIS BOARD IS, YOU KNOW, KNOWN TO SPEND WITH FIDELITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTERS INFORMATION.

WHAT'S IN THIS INFORMATION HERE THAT THE VOTERS WILL SEE ON THE WEBSITE IS HOW THE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED AS THEY ROLL OUT IF THEY ARE APPROVED.

BUT IT'S ALL DONE WITH FIDELITY AND WE WOULDN'T DO A BAIT AND SWITCH.

SO TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED IS TO REVIEW THE BOND PROPOSAL AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO SEND THIS TO THE VOTERS WHO WOULD THEN VOTE ON THE BONDS AND WHICH WOULD THEN ENTRUST THE DUTY UPON THE BOARD TO THEN ISSUE THE BONDS AS NEEDED THIS BOARD.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 11 YEARS AND NANCY'S BEEN ON 12 YEARS, HAS BEEN THIS BOARD HAS A HISTORY.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE MANAGED OUR DEBT IN MY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT IT GOES BACK BEYOND THAT.

I CALL IT THE MAKIN MODEL.

RICHARD MAKIN DID ALL OF THIS YEARS AGO.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE AGGRESSIVELY, HYPER AGGRESSIVELY MANAGE OUR DEBT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO COME NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE FOR 35, 40 YEARS, THIS WAS A FAST GROWTH COMMUNITY THAT ISSUED BONDS TO BUILD NEW BUILDINGS.

WE'RE NOT THAT ANYMORE.

WE'RE DIFFERENT NOW.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT USES OF THE DOLLARS, HOWEVER.

I GO BACK TO THE TRACK RECORD AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR VOTERS WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRUST US TO USE THESE DOLLARS THE WAY THAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

AND WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE REPAY THE DEBT.

AS YOU SAW TONIGHT, WE REPAID AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE'VE PUT THAT INTO POLICY THAT WE WILL REPAY OUR DEBT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO WITH THAT.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, QUERIES, CONCERNS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO

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SUCH ELECTION. AND I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER, CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD BY THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION.

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

ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO LET ME BRIEFLY JUST THANK WE HAVE OUR CHAIRS OF OUR BOND COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, GENTS, FOR BEING HERE.

WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR WORK.

LAURIE, THANK YOU FOR HILLTOP SECURITIES AND ALL OF THE ADVICE THAT YOU ALL GIVE US.

IT'S BEEN IT'S NOT JUST THE MAKIN MODEL, I GUESS IT'S THE MAC AND SLASH HILLTOP MODEL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL HAVE DONE FOR US.

OK SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.

AS I MENTIONED, THEY WERE ALL RELATED AND HERE WE ARE AT THE END AND YOU SEE THEY WERE ALL RELATED.

WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO REPORTS ITEM NUMBER NINE POINT.

PRESIDENT STOLLE. OH, I'M SORRY.

SORRY. WE HAVE ONE MORE. I'M SORRY.

YEAH, WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE.

AND IT'S STILL RELATED CONSIDERING ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION PERTAINING THERE.

TO JOHNNY, JUST REAL QUICKLY AND THERE'S NOT A PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BOND FUNDS.[INAUDIBLE].

BECAUSE OF A TIMING ISSUE, WE NEED TO GO AND GET STARTED ON THE DRAWING SCHEMATICS OF RENOVATIONS TO JUPITER DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND ALSO MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTER, JUST SOME ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO WHAT WE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY EXPENSE ANY MONEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SO WE CAN COVER THOSE OR REIMBURSE THOSE WITH WITH FUTURE BOND DOLLARS.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANT TO DO THIS, OBVIOUSLY, IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY RECAPTURE ON THOSE FUNDS.

IT'S A WAY FOR US TO GO AROUND BASICALLY BEING ABLE TO DO SOME MAJOR RENOVATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY RECAPTURE ON THOSE TAX DOLLARS.

AND IT'S THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.

PREIDENT STOLLE AND BOARD MEMBERS IS GOOD FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS.

OKAY, VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOHNNY ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, SECOND BY POWELL, THE SECOND BY LAWREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, THAT REALLY DOES CONCLUDE DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR REPORTS.

[9. REPORTS]

WE HAVE THREE REPORTS TONIGHT.

THE FIRST REPORT IS OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR UPDATE.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DR.

COURTNEY GOBER.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, COURTNEY, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M EXCITED TODAY TO WELCOME SHARON BRADLEY UP WHO WILL PRESENT TO YOU OUR PRESENTATION.

WE HAD OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR ON JULY 25TH.

IT WAS WELL, IT STARTED OFF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PLANO.

THEY HAD TO WITHDRAW FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT THEY DID ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO USE THE PLANO CENTER.

BUT ALL OF THAT TO SAY THAT THIS EVENT WAS BY FAR OUR LARGEST BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR EVENT AND ALL OF THAT.

I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO SHARON BRADLEY, WHO PULLED ALL THAT TOGETHER.

SHE'S TOO HUMBLE AND TOO SELFLESS TO GIVE HERSELF THAT KIND OF ACCOLADE.

BUT SHARON, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU.

AND THERE'S ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE ACROSS THIS CITY AND DISTRICT THAT ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU AS WELL.

SO GO AHEAD, SHARON. THANK YOU, DR.

GOBER. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND TRUSTEES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

ON JULY 25TH, THE CITY OF PLANO AND PLANO ISD KIND OF JOIN FORCES AND RESOURCES TO CONNECT WITH THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE PLANO EVENT CENTER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE APPROXIMATELY 100 VOLUNTEERS, 70 COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SEVERAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO COLLABORATED TO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE.

SO THE PLANO EVENT CENTER ON THAT DAY, IT WAS JUST FILLED WITH SMILING FACES AND INCREDIBLE ENERGY AS WE WORK TOGETHER

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AS ONE WITH ONE MISSION IN ORDER TO EQUIP OUR FAMILIES WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR ALL IN ONE LOCATION.

WHAT WAS SO WONDERFUL IS THAT FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO ENROLL AND REGISTER TO SCHOOL.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, THE MOBILE UNIT.

AND WE HAVE STATIONS INSIDE THE PLANO EVENT CENTER.

WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 2000 FIELD BACKPACKS WITH SUPPLIES AND OVER 2500 BOXES OF SHELF SAFE FOOD. AND OF COURSE, STUDENT WELLNESS IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR OUR DISTRICTS.

SO THERE WERE FREE DENTAL AND VISION SCREENINGS, THERE WERE FREE HAIRCUTS, IMMUNIZATIONS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THIS WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE HEALTHY, HAPPY AND WHOLE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

BUT WE DID NOT FORGET OUR PARENTS.

THERE WAS A JOB FAIR THAT WAS IN FULL EFFECT AND EMPLOYEE OPPORTUNITIES FROM EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS, THE FANS DEPARTMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, PASAR.

IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

SO SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PLANO INDEPENDENT EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS LOVE PACKS, MANY FOOD PANTRIES, NTTA DATA METHANEX, FIRST UNITED BANK AND THE POWER WITHIN.

THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY EVENT SPONSORED BY SOME INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. SHARON.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB PULLING IT TOGETHER.

AND I ALSO SAW SOME BOY SCOUTS THERE.

THERE WAS A GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS HELPING DELIVER OR HAND OUT, I THINK THE FOOD.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED US.

AND IT WAS AMAZING.

SEVERAL BOY SCOUTS HELPING CARRYING BACKPACKS AND FOOD BOXES TO CARS.

IT WAS WONDERFUL, ALONG WITH OUR ROBOTICS DEPARTMENT AT THE ACADEMY.

THEY WERE ALSO THERE.

IT WAS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, SHARON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS BRADLEY? LIKE A COMET SHARON YOUR'E AMAZING, YOU'RE AMAZING ORGANIZER.

THANK YOU.

SHARON. THANK YOU TO YOU.

AND ALL OF THE HELPING HANDS THAT PITCHED IN TO MAKE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL.

AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE BUT HEARD LOTS OF WONDERFUL FEEDBACK.

AND I KNOW THAT IN TALKING TO DR.

GOBER IT WAS LIKE 9:00 AND HAIRCUTS WERE STILL HAPPENING.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT AND ALL OF THE HANDS THAT THAT CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

YEAH, IT TAKES A TEAM.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHARON. CLEARLY, I COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE HAIRCUT.

MAYBE.

[LAUGHTER]. OK. REPORT 9.2 COMMUNICATIONS FROM OUR BACK TO SCHOOL UPDATE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO LESLIE RANGE STANTON, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

WHO IS COMING UP TO THE PODIUM AS WE SPEAK.

SO, LESLIE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I LOVE THE BREVITY.

I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN MATCH THAT, SHARON.

OKAY. SO BACK TO SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME GEARING UP FOR AUGUST THE 10TH.

IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT JUST A FEW THINGS REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT, RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.

OUR BACK TO SCHOOL COUNTDOWN AND THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

SO BACK TO SCHOOL STARTS WITH REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY STARTS IN THE FALL.

SO IN THE FALL WE START HELPING ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE DISTRICT PROMOTE REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT BY HAVING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS.

SO FOR THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY THAT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, WE STARTED IN OCTOBER FOR THE ACADEMY PROGRAMS OF PLANO, THE IB WORLD SCHOOL AT HUFFMAN WAS NOVEMBER.

AND THEN IN THE SPRING WE LAUNCHED AN ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN FOR PRE-K THROUGH 12.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE KIND OF COMBINED THOSE EFFORTS TO THE WHOLE INTER-DISTRICT ENROLLMENT STARTED IN APRIL, ON APRIL 18TH.

AND SO THAT IS ALSO WHERE THIS PAGE COMES INTO PLAY AT WWW.

PISD DOT EDU SLASH ENROLLMENT.

THIS IS KIND OF THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR NEW AND NEWLY ENROLLING AND RE ENROLLING ANNUAL REGISTRATIONS RIGHT HERE ON THE WEBSITE.

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SO OUR TEAM HAPPILY PUTS THIS TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S A PORTAL AND INFORMATION ALL IN ONE PLACE.

OUR SECOND SECTION OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.

SO OVER THE SUMMER WE START BUILDING LIKE REALLY GEARING UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AND ON THROUGH AUGUST THE 10TH.

SO WE HAVE THIS ONE PAGE ON THE WEBSITE WHICH IS OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PAGE IS WHAT WE CALL IT, WHERE A LOT OF THE RESOURCES THAT PARENTS AND FAMILIES NEED ARE CURATED RIGHT HERE ON THIS SITE. AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE PUT IT IN A FORMAT LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S EASY TO USE FOR ALL FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND STUDENTS. WE ALSO REENGAGE OUR VOLUNTEERS AS PART OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL GEAR UP.

SO AS WE'RE RAMPING UP, WE'RE ALSO WANTING OUR VOLUNTEERS TO COME BACK AND WE ALSO WANT TO PUSH SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE SO WE CAN GET NEW VOLUNTEERS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF WHAT WE DO HERE FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN THIS YEAR WE SENT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BACK TO SCHOOL UPDATE TO FAMILIES THAT WAS FULL OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF WHICH WAS FOUND IN OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN.

BUT IT WAS A PREVIEW, BRIEF STATEMENTS, LOTS OF LINKS SO THAT OUR FAMILIES COULD HAVE THAT ALONG WITH THAT BACK TO SCHOOL PAGE.

SO THOSE TWO ACTED KIND OF AS ACTIVE TOGETHER TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER WE SENT OUT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN.

IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT KIND OF WAS BORN OUT OF COVID.

BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES WHICH IS HELPFUL TO OUR FAMILIES.

IT'S ALSO HELPFUL TO OUR STAFF.

SO THAT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT PISD.

EDU BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN.

WE MAKE SURE TO HAVE OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

THEN WE SENT OUT A BACK TO SCHOOL VIDEO MESSAGE THAT WAS FULL OF INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH WAS ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OUR FAMILIES. AND ON LET'S SEE, AUGUST 1ST, OUR BACK TO SCHOOL COUNTDOWN BEGAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE LAUNCHED WELL BEFORE THE BACK TO SCHOOL COUNTDOWN STARTED.

WE DID LAUNCH A VIDEO ANNOUNCING OUR THEME.

THANK YOU, DR. TYRA BELIEVE.

SO THIS VIDEO WENT OUT THERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY.

BUT FOR THAT REASON, BELIEVE IS OUR THEME FOR THE YEAR.

SO AFTER THAT VIDEO, BEFORE THE BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN STARTED IN EARNEST, WE HAD OUR COMMUNICATIONS INTERN, MATTHEW YU, WHO IS HEADING TO PLANO WEST THIS YEAR TO GIVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN.

AND THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM, SOME GRAPHICS AND INFORMATION GEARING UP FOR BACK TO SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OURSELVES IN THE PATH OF ANYWHERE OUR AUDIENCES MIGHT BE LOOKING.

SO ALL OF THAT LED UP TO THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL WHICH BEGAN FOR US WITH CONVOCATION.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR CONVOCATION WATCH PARTY HERE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME PRESENTING A VIDEO CONVOCATION TO OUR TEAM.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SECTIONS. SO WE ENCOURAGED OUR CAMPUSES AND WE DID SO HERE IN OUR BUILDING TO HAVE CONVOCATION WATCH PARTIES.

SO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER THE WATCH PARTY BAGS.

THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER A LEARNING ACTIVITY FOR OUR STAFF HERE IN THIS BUILDING.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AN HOUR'S WORTH OF CREDIT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

AND I THINK WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR EMBRACING THE THEME FOR COMING OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION STAFF THERE, COMPLETE WITH THEIR TED LASSO MUSTACHES.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE CONVOCATION VIDEO ITSELF, THERE WAS A KIND OF A STANDALONE VIDEO THAT WE SNUCK IN THERE AND THEN WE PULLED THAT OUT AND PUSHED THAT OUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

JUST AS A REMINDER OF THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, IT'S A GREAT VIDEO.

IT'S AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE ALSO SENT IT OUT IN OUR FAMILY UPDATE.

IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, SO IT'S AVAILABLE THERE.

AND THEN WE HAD SOME GREAT MEDIA COVERAGE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ROLLED AROUND AND NBC FIVE CAME OUT TO HAUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO KIND OF CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE FIRST DAY IS ALL ABOUT.

WE ALSO IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY VIDEO, THE BACK TO SCHOOL VIDEO THAT DR.

WILLIAMS HOSTED THAT WAS USED BY AT LEAST TWO NEWS STATIONS, THEY PULLED INFORMATION OUT ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS SO INTERESTED IN

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IT. AND WE HAD IT PACKAGED THERE FOR THEM.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THEY USED OUR INFORMATION.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE HAIRCUTS HAPPENING THERE FROM THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR, THAT GOT SOME GOOD MEDIA ATTENTION, TOO, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GRAPH IS ALL ABOUT.

I PULLED THIS AND I JUST FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO SPIKES ON THE MEDIA EXPOSURE.

SO ON JULY 25TH, THAT GREEN SPIKE IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THAT WAS WHEN WE PUSHED OUT INFORMATION ABOUT JOB FAIRS AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE SAW A LOT OF HAPPENING ON THAT DAY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, AUGUST 10TH, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS ANOTHER DAY.

AND ON AUGUST 10TH, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE SPIKING A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S BROADCAST. SO THERE WERE SOME TV MEDIA THERE TOO.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

AND THEN ALL OF THAT WORK CULMINATED IN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT.

SO I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE WITH THIS VIDEO AND SHARE THIS HERE FOR YOU GUYS.

WELCOME PLANO ISD FAMILIES, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO KICK OFF THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ARE OFF TO A GREAT START.

IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PHENOMENAL DAY WATCHING ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS SHOW UP TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH PLANO ISD TEACHERS AND STAFF.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE TODAY HAPPEN.

WE WISH YOU THE BEST WEEK AND THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT VIDEO IS ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THIS IS THE EXPANDED VERSION.

WE PUT A FEW EXTRA CLIPS IN FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, ALL OF THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT.

LOVE TO SEE ALL THOSE VIDEOS.

I LOVE HOW YOU PUT EVERYTHING CENTRALLY FOR PARENTS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, WOULDN'T YOU SAY? I AGREE. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THAT IT'S ALL TIME TO JOIN PTA.

SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE.

I DONE. I'VE DONE IT.

YOU'RE DONE. I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET BECAUSE I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN AT MY COMPUTER.

BUT I'M GOING TO STRONG ARM EVERYBODY TO JOIN AT LEAST ONE PTA AND I'M PRETTY SCRAPPY.

SO WATCH OUT, NANCY.

YOU SHOULD BE LIKE US AND JOIN SOME PTAS.

I DO WANT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAYLIST FOR ALL THE SONGS THAT HAVE BELIEVE IN THEM.

IT MAKES FOR A GREAT, YOU KNOW.

DRIVE AROUND THE DISTRICT MUSIC.

I LOVE THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

YOU ALL HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, LOTS OF LONG HOURS AS ALWAYS, BUT YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND THERE'S SOMETHING ALMOST EVERY DAY THAT'S FISHED OUT.

AND SO A LOT OF GREAT WORK, A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF CREATIVITY.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS. GANG, WE HAVE ONE FINAL REPORT THIS EVENING, AND IT IS THE 2021-22 REVIEW OF THE PLAN OF WORK SUMMIT TO REVIEW.

AND SO, LISA WILSON, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HOST US FOR THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? I AM.

THANK YOU. NOTHING LIKE FOLLOWING ALL THESE GREAT FOLKS.

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BUT THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STORLIE AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I AM SO PLEASED TO PRESENT THE SUMMATIVE REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN OF WORK FROM THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

OF COURSE, THIS ALL OF THIS WORK IS THE RESULT OF A LOT OF GREAT LEADERS AT BOTH THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS LEVEL AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

SO I'M REALLY HERE, HONORED TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM AS I SHARE WITH YOU THE INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR.

AS YOU KNOW, A GREAT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND AS LEADERS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIND WAYS TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT, TAKING IT FROM REALLY THE BOARDROOM DOWN TO THE CLASSROOM AND REALLY MAKING THE WORK AND MAGIC HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALLOWS US TO DO.

REALLY? PILLARS, THE FIVE PILLARS GIVE US THE FIRST FIVE GOALS OF OUR PLAN OF WORK, AND THEN YOU'LL FIND SOME ADDITIONAL GOALS COMING FROM OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO FOR EACH STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS ACTION PLANS, STRATEGIES, THINGS THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THEN HOUSE BILL THREE, OF COURSE, CAME ALONG AND ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL GOALS.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT INTO ONE PLAN OF WORK FOR THE DISTRICT.

AS A VISUAL REMINDER, THOSE FIRST FIVE GOALS ARE THOSE STRATEGIC PILLARS THAT YOU'LL SEE OVER AND OVER.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE BOND COMMITTEE USE THOSE IN THEIR WORK AS WELL, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FROM THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, FOCUSING ON THE CORE AREAS AND OF COURSE GRADUATION RATES AND COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS AND ALL OF THAT WORK THAT HAPPENS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL REALLY GOES DOWN TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL AS WELL.

SO THEY MAKE THEIR OWN PLANS AND ACTION PLANS AND STRATEGIES THAT ALL TIE BACK TO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS AND THE STRATEGIC WORK OF THE DISTRICT.

AND OF COURSE, EACH CAMPUS AND THE DISTRICT TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FORMATIVE REVIEWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AND SEE WHAT TYPES OF CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN.

I'LL TRY TO DO A QUICK REVIEW OF EACH PILLAR, AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET A REALLY DETAILED HANDOUT THAT HAS EVERY STRATEGY OUTLINED FOR YOU. AND FORTUNATELY FOR YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT THEY ARE THERE FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, OF COURSE.

PILLAR ONE ONE.

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PAGE. PILLAR ONE DOES FOCUS ON LEARNING AND TEACHING, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE CORE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND IT'S OUR GOAL THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT CULTURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND THOSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT REALLY ARE ENGAGING AND PERSONALIZED AND REALLY GET THE BEST OUT OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO IN PILLAR ONE, THERE WERE EIGHT STRATEGIES AND THOSE COVERED THREE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES REALLY DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS TO MEET THE LEARNING NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.

THOSE TYPES OF THINGS INCLUDED TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE READING ACADEMIES, STAFF PROVIDING ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOUSE BILL 4545, AND EVEN DESIGNING A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS TO PUT IN PLACE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE IN PILLAR ONE.

SOME OF THAT WORK, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE IT WAS A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE FOR PILLAR TWO.

WE REALLY FOCUSED ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO BE FUTURE READY CITIZENS AND LEADERS, AND SO DESIGNING THOSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY ENABLE OUR STUDENTS TO BE LIFE READY AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THOSE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES THAT WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AS THEY LEAVE PLANO ISD AND MAYBE EVEN COME BACK TO SERVE PLANO ISD IN THE FUTURE.

BEYOND CORE ACADEMICS IN PILLAR TWO, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE LEARNER PROFILE, THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, AND ALSO THE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THE ONE OF THE REALLY EXCITING THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR WORK WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PRE ATHLETICS COURSE FOR SIXTH GRADERS.

THAT IS THAT'S BEING OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

AND WE'VE HEARD REALLY GREAT RESPONSE ABOUT THAT.

SO THE SPAN OF THIS WORK, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GETTING EVEN MORE ENGAGED HERE, HAD TEN STRATEGIES AND SEVERAL OF THOSE WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT GREAT STAFF AND YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED IT SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, THE IMPORTANCE OF GREAT STAFF.

AND SO PILLAR THREE, OF COURSE, FOCUSES ON THAT TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT AND GROWTH.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR 19 STRATEGIES, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY BIT OFF THIS YEAR.

OUR LAST YEAR REALLY LED THOSE EFFORTS TO HIRE REALLY RETAIN THE MOST EFFECTIVE STAFF AND TALENTED WORKFORCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS TYPE OF WORK IN THIS PILLAR INCLUDED CONDUCTING STAY INTERVIEWS, EXPLORING COMPETITIVE PAY STRUCTURES, AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON AROUND US AND REALLY

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TRYING TO BE CREATIVE WITH INCENTIVES FOR STAFF, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE REALLY PAID OFF FOR US.

SO THESE STRATEGIES IN THIS PILLAR ALSO FOCUSED ON CONTINUED STAFF TRAINING AND EVEN STAFF WELLNESS, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THOSE WERE COMPLETED AND YOU SEE THEY ACCOMPLISHED QUITE A FEW, THERE ARE STILL SOME THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR NEXT YEAR.

PLANO ISD, OF COURSE, EMBRACES THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK, AND PILLAR FOUR FOCUSES ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

SO THIS, I GUESS, PILLAR FOUR WAS TRYING TO OUTDO EVERYONE ELSE.

THEY HAD 28 STRATEGIES IN PILLAR FOUR WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF THINGS, VERY ACTIVE, INCLUDING ITEMS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS FIELD, ITEMS WHERE WE WERE BRANDING THE WORK, LOOKING AT WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS AND ALSO WITH COURTNEY AND HIS TEAM, DEVELOPING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO WELCOME STUDENTS LOOKING AT FAMILY SUPPORT, STUDENT WELLNESS.

ALL OF THOSE PIECES WERE COVERED IN PILLAR FOUR.

SOME OF THE KEY PROJECTS THAT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THAT HAVE EMERGED FROM PILLAR FOUR WERE THE LET'S TALK SYSTEM, THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTERS, AND OF COURSE, THE MTS WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

SO LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN PILLAR FOUR AND STILL LOTS TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR IN PILLAR FIVE, WE TURN OUR ATTENTION TO JOHNNY HILLS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH WOULD BE THE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND REALLY ENSURING THAT ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES ALIGN WITH THE DISTRICT GOALS AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.

AND JOHNNY MENTIONED THIS EVENING EARLIER THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING PRACTICES THAT WAS PART OF THE WORK IN THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR, REALLY EXAMINING OUR ALLOCATION MODELS, MONITORING BUDGET TRENDS AND KEEPING A CLOSE EYE.

AND I THINK YOU'VE CERTAINLY HEARD EVIDENCE OF ALL OF THAT TONIGHT.

WE ALSO IN THIS PILLAR, WE'RE EXAMINING METHODS TO MAYBE INCREASE LONG TERM COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO CONTINUE THROUGH.

SO LOTS OF WAYS THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE USE OF FUNDS FOR ULTIMATE STUDENT BENEFIT.

WHEN WE GET TO GOALS SIX THROUGH 11 OF THE PLAN OF WORK, WE'RE REALLY ENCOMPASSING THE WORK THAT DASH AND HIS TEAM DO WITH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND SETTING THOSE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES IN A VARIETY OF AREAS.

SEVERAL OF THOSE ARE DRIVEN BY HOUSE BILL THREE WITH SOME REQUIRED GOALS.

BUT OF COURSE WE ARE A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE AND WE ARE NOT A DISTRICT OF MINIMUMS. AND SO WE GO BEYOND THOSE HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS IN SETTING THOSE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.

GOALS SIX THROUGH NINE ARE SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THEY COVER CONTENT AREA WORK TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES.

GOAL TEN SPECIFICALLY LOOKS AT GRADUATION RATES AND OF COURSE THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE AND GOAL 11 FOCUSES ON INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MEET THE STATE METRIC OF COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS.

AND WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE COMPLETED WORK, THAT OF COURSE THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE.

AND SOMETIMES THAT CCMR METRIC IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET AT THE STATE.

SO WE HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND MAKE SURE WE ADJUST TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DESERVE.

SO I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN SOME DATA.

AND THIS IS KIND OF JUST SOME PRELIMINARY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW DATA.

BUT IF YOU'LL RECALL, LAST YEAR, THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR, I THINK THAT WAS ALL OF YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT SET KIND OF SOME RESET GOALS AFTER COVID.

SO WE HAD SOME COVID DIPS.

THOSE HAPPENED ACROSS THE STATE.

PLANO ISD LOOKED AT SOME RESET GOALS FOR THE 2022 DATA, AND YOU CAN SEE IN LITTLE ITTY BITTY PRINT ON THAT SCREEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

THOSE WERE THE RESET GOALS FOR BOTH THE HOUSE BILL THREE AREAS, WHICH WOULD BE GRADE THREE MATH AND GRADE THREE READING AND ALL OF THE EXTRA GOALS THAT THE DISTRICT TOOK ON, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THOSE SHOULD BE PART OF IT AS WELL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE GRADUATION RATE AND CCMR REQUIREMENTS THAT THAT COMES FROM HOUSE BILL THREE.

I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SLIDE, AND THAT IS OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HEAR STATE SCORES, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS WHO MEET IN THE APPROACHES CATEGORY, WHICH IS REALLY THE STATE LEVEL CATEGORY FOR PASSING RATE.

PLANO HAS SET ITS GOALS AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL STANDARD, WHICH IS A MUCH HIGHER, MORE RIGOROUS STANDARD.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE PERCENTAGES, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A HIGHER STANDARD THAN WHAT SOME WILL REFER TO.

SO IN READING, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT THIS.

WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE DID.

WE WANT TO LOOK. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF NARRATIVES HAVE GONE AROUND THE STATE ABOUT COVID LOSS AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN

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WORRIED ABOUT. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SEE HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING RELATED TO THOSE POTENTIAL PANDEMIC LOSSES. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BOTH BY GRADE LEVEL AND THEN ALSO BY COHORT GROUP TO REALLY GET A HIGH LEVEL OF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DATA POINTS THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS REALLY A HIGH LEVEL VIEW.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE ON THE LEFT, IN THE BLUE CHART IS THAT PLANO STUDENTS REALLY HAVE STARTED TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC LOSSES IN READING.

IT'S REALLY A VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THE BLUE CHART ON THE LEFT, THIS COMPARES STUDENTS IN THE SAME GRADE LEVEL ACROSS YEARS, WHICH WOULD NOT BE THE SAME NECESSARILY SET OF STUDENTS, BUT COMPARING THE SAME GRADE LEVELS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK IN 18-19, 60% OF THE THIRD GRADERS MET THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL STANDARD IN READING.

THEN WHEN STAAR WAS ADMINISTERED IN 2021, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A 2020 STAAR WHEN IT WAS ADMINISTERED THEN AFTER THE 18 MONTHS OF COVID ISSUES OF COVID INTERRUPTIONS, THE THIRD GRADERS HAD DROPPED TO 52% AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S AN ASTERISK IN THAT YEAR, NOTING THAT THERE WERE SOME IMPACTS TO THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE TEST.

SO THAT CAN HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE DATA AS WELL.

THEN YOU SEE THE RESET GOAL IN THE THIRD COLUMN THAT THE DISTRICT SET AND WAS HOPING TO MEET TO BEGIN TO REBOUND FROM THOSE COVID LOSSES.

AND THEN FINALLY, SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS IN THAT FOURTH COLUMN.

YOU'LL SEE HOW STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE THIRD GRADERS, EVEN THOUGH THE RESET GOAL WAS SET TO 59, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 67% OF THE THIRD GRADERS ACTUALLY SCORED AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL CATEGORY OR ABOVE, WHICH REALLY EXCEEDED BOTH THE RESET GOAL AND WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE IN THE 18-19 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.

AND WHILE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE FOR EVERY GRADE LEVEL, YOU WILL SEE IF YOU NOTICE OUTSTANDING GROWTH IN ALL GRADE LEVELS FROM THREE THROUGH EIGHT FROM THE 2021 STAAR, WHICH IS IN THE SECOND COLUMN TO THE 2022 STAAR, WHICH IS IN THE IN THAT FINAL COLUMN.

SO YOU'LL SEE GROWTH IN IN READING IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS AS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

IT'S SOMETIMES NICE TO LOOK AT A COHORT GROUP BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE SAME KIDDOS A LITTLE CLOSER TO APPLES, TO APPLES TO SEE HOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE GROWING.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, LAST YEAR'S FOURTH GRADERS, SO THE CURRENT FOURTH GRADERS WITH THIS DATA, THEY DIDN'T TAKE A STAAR EXAM IN 18-19 BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE FIRST GRADE. AND FIRST GRADERS DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A STAAR EXAM.

HOWEVER, IN THE SECOND GRADE, THEY WERE IN THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEY ALSO, ALTHOUGH THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ONE, THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE ONE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

BUT THEY WERE PROJECTED BASED ON THEIR MAP PERFORMANCE IN STAAR IN THE WINTER BEFORE COVID CLOSURE.

SO WHEN EVERYTHING WAS STILL NORMAL, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THEY WERE PREDICTED TO FOR 55.4% OF THOSE STUDENTS TO SCORE AT MEET'S GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE.

OF COURSE, AFTER COVID, WHEN THOSE SAME STUDENTS TESTED AS THIRD GRADERS, THEY WERE AT 52% AND THEN COMING BACK AS FOURTH GRADERS WITH ANOTHER YEAR UNDER THEIR BELT AND CLOSING SOME GAPS.

YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE BACK UP TO 66%.

THAT'S. LISA CAN I PAUSE REAL QUICK.

SURE. I JUST VIOLATED MY OWN RULE BECAUSE I SAID I'M SORRY.

KEEP GOING. I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS AND ASK A QUESTION AT THE END.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SAME PATTERN REALLY HOLDS TRUE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, EXCEPT FOR LAST YEAR'S CURRENT SIXTH GRADERS WHO SCORED JUST BELOW WHERE THEY WERE PRIOR TO COVID. BUT REALLY, THEY DON'T FLUCTUATE AS MUCH AS THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS DO.

SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT EVERY PIECE OF READING DATA THAT WE HAVE.

BUT AS A HIGH LEVEL, THIS METRIC ENCOURAGES US THAT THAT WE'RE CLOSING GAPS AND CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE AREA OF READING.

AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES FOR INTERRUPTING YOUR PRESENTATION.

SO THE 2021.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE. ONE IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COVID YEAR.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YEAR THAT NOT ALL KIDS TOOK THE STAAR BECAUSE WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO WERE AT HOME WHO WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE STAAR EXAM. CORRECT.

AND SO IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD AS IMPORTANT IT IS TO SEE THIS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR A COHORT GROUP REAL VALUABLE TO EVEN PUT MUCH INTO THAT 2021.

BUT WOULD IT BE RIGHT FOR ME TO LOOK AT FOR EXAMPLE THE THE 19-20 WINTER MAP TO STAR PROJECTION VERSUS 2021 I'M SORRY, 21-22 STAR.

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WOULD THAT BE A MORE COMPARABLE COMPARISON TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING? THE ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT IS THAT STAAR PROJECTION WAS TAKEN IN THE WINTER, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MIDYEAR, SO IT WOULDN'T BEEN AGAIN.

THERE'S ALSO A PROJECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE GET.

BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE OR REALLY TO LOOK AT THE 18-19 STAAR PERFORMANCE IN A GRADE LEVEL AND THEN LOOK AT THE 21-22 STAAR IN THAT SAME GRADE LEVEL. THAT WOULD BE COMPARISON.

DOES THAT HELP? OKAY.

WELL, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

SO THE 21-22 STAAR SCORES, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BASE OUR NEXT YEAR'S GOALS ON, CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

AND AS DASH WOULD PROBABLY WANT ME TO POINT OUT, THIS IS AND DASH, PLEASE SHAKE YOUR HEAD.

IF I'M CORRECT, THIS IS ALL STUDENTS WHO TESTED NOT NECESSARILY THE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP.

SO WHEN THEY SEE NEXT YEAR'S TAPER, IT COULD LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

BUT THIS IS ALL STUDENTS WHO TESTED.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS.

AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF CELEBRATION, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN MATH IS THAT OUR PERFORMANCE IS A LITTLE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU SAW ACROSS THE STATE. THE DIPS IN MATHEMATICS WERE A LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN THE DIPS IN READING ACROSS THE STATE.

AND THAT REBOUND SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR US AS WELL.

WHILE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, CERTAINLY IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX ALL INCREASED IN PERFORMANCE FROM THE 21 STAAR TO THE 22 STAAR.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, PRESIDENT STOLLE, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT GROUP BECAUSE THERE WERE FEWER TAKING IT.

BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ENCOURAGED BY THOSE THIRD THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS WHO ARE SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT.

AND WHILE IT'S NOT AS FAR AS WE WOULD WANT, WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT GRADE SEVEN, BECAUSE NO ONE CAN LOOK AT THAT CHART WITHOUT EYES ZONING IN ON GRADE SEVEN, LOOKING AT 22%.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MOMENT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21-22, OUR SEVENTH GRADE HONORS STUDENTS TOOK THE EIGHTH GRADE STAAR EXAM INSTEAD OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STAAR EXAM. SO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING THE EXAM WAS SMALLER.

AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE WHO ARE HIGH PERFORMERS IN MATH WERE THOSE WHO WERE REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CLOSEST COMPARISON.

DASH AND I PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT, THE CLOSEST COMPARISON TO TRY TO SHARE WITH YOU SO THE STORY DOESN'T LOOK QUITE THAT HORRIFIC IS TO TAKE ALL GRADE SEVEN AND GRADE EIGHT MATH STAR TESTS AND AVERAGE AND COMBINE THOSE TOGETHER.

SO TO DO THAT, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS IN 21, 42% OF ALL SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STAAR EXAMS WERE AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE.

AND IN 22, 46% OF ALL SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STAR EXAMS WERE AT THE MEET GRADE LEVEL ABOVE.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER PICTURE.

AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE I'M TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS JOHNNY HILL, BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT EQUATIONS FOR SURE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SEVENTH GRADE MATH COHORTS, AGAIN, JUST VERY QUICKLY ON THE RIGHT, HAD SOME BRIGHT SPOTS AND YOU DEFINITELY CAN SEE WE ALSO HAVE SOME PLACES WHERE WE HAVE OUR WORK THAT IS DEFINED FOR US AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO NEXT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE THING TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STAR EXAMS, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I LOOK AT THIS REPORT AND WHILE THE 46 LOOKS BETTER, I STILL SAY TO MYSELF, BUT THAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE THIRD TO SIXTH GRADE.

SO TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, SO WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AND GOT STAAR EXAMS AND GOT THE 46%.

BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT 1600 OF OUR EIGHTH GRADERS TAKE THE ALGEBRA EOS.

SO NOW YOU'RE SKIMMING OFF THE TOP, PERFORMING EIGHTH GRADERS THAT ARE STILL MISSING FROM THAT EQUATION.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR PERFORMANCE, THE SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS WHO TOOK THE ALGEBRA EXAM, 96% OF THOSE WERE AT THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL.

SO IF YOU PUT THAT NUMBER AND PUT IT BACK INTO THAT OVERALL, YOU'RE GETTING BACK WHERE THAT 22 REALLY BEGINS TO TAKE SOME SHAPE THAT YOU SEE THAT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT I COMPLETELY CONFUSED? SO IS THERE A WAY FOR FUTURE GOAL SETTING THAT WE COULD BREAK THIS OUT TO BE MORE ACCURATE, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE HAVE THAT TOO GENERAL OF A GOAL, IT'S NOT CAPTURING THE NUANCE OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE TESTING.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE GOALS FOR EACH PARTICULAR TESTING GROUP.

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I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD TAKING A LOOK AT A RESET GOAL ON HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WAS TRULY I MEAN, GOAL SHOULD BE REALISTIC.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALISTIC MEASURE THAT WAS SET.

AND THEN I THINK TAKING IT FURTHER, LOOK AT STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THAT ARE ACCELERATING AND LOOKING AT THEM AND NOT LUMPING THEM INTO JUST SEVENTH GRADE MATH OR EIGHTH GRADE MATH, BUT BREAKING IT DOWN FURTHER WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL.

SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU ALL WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO SET THESE GOALS, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE DESIRED OUTCOME HERE IS TO LOOK AT A GRADE LEVEL OR A COHORT OF CLASS TAKERS.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SET THIS UP TO WHERE YOU'RE EIGHTH.

YOU'RE SAYING ALL EIGHTH GRADERS WHO TOOK A TEST PASS THAT MET AT THIS PERCENTAGE AND THAT TEST COULD BE THE STAAR TEST.

IT COULD BE THE AP TEST.

IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TEST IS.

SO ARE WE LOOKING AT HOW ARE OUR KIDS, ANY PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL DOING OR ARE WE LOOKING AT HOW ARE ALL OF OUR KIDS WHO ARE TAKING THIS PARTICULAR TEST, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE SOME MIGHT BE EIGHTH, SOME MIGHT BE NINTH GRADERS TRY TO FIGURE OUT OR DETERMINE WHAT'S MORE VALUABLE IN THAT ANALYSIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TRANSPARENCY TO THAT AS WELL AS, TO ME, JUST I'M JUST THROW MY $0.02 IN.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW OUR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE DOING IN MATH.

I DON'T REALLY IF OUR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE PERFORMING LIKE NINTH GRADERS, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A DING OUR EIGHTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS FOR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING COUNTED IN THEIR TEST RESULTS.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW ALL OF OUR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE DOING IN MATH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU JUST TAKE THE STAAR REPORTS AS PRESENTED BY THE STATE, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE IS A DING IN EIGHTH GRADE AND SO AND NOW IN SEVENTH GRADE.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO JUST A FOLLOW UP ON THIS POINT AND YOU KIND OF ALREADY STARTED TO GO THERE, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE NUANCES THAT IMPACT OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY OR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAY BE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY AS A DISTRICT.

RIGHT. LIKE THIS GROUP REALLY LAYING THOSE OUT AND SPELLING THOSE OUT SO THAT, A, WE CAN STILL LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH A LENS OF WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND PRESENT THAT TRUTHFULLY AND TRANSPARENTLY, BUT THEN ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IS JUST VERY CLEARLY.

SO I IT'S BUILDING ON THE POINTS THAT YOU TWO HAVE ALREADY MADE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, A TOPIC FOR PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME.

BUT EVEN THE NUANCES OF HOW ALGEBRA TEST TAKERS IN OUR SENIOR HIGHS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT GOES ALL INTO THAT KIND OF CONVOLUTED EQUATION AND GETS THE INTRICACIES ARE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THE DATA.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE OUR EOC SCORES.

AND AGAIN, HOUSE BILL THREE DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO SET GOALS AND REPORT ON THESE, BUT WE BELIEVE THESE STUDENTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE.

2021, AS WITH THE OTHERS, WERE IMPACTED BY LOWER PERFORMANCE WITH HAVING IT AS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT.

WE PROBABLY GOT A LITTLE BETTER PARTICIPATION THAN OTHERS.

SO BUT THESE WERE NOT CERTAINLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE HOPED.

BUT IT DOES HELP US OUTLINE OUR WORK FOR NEXT YEAR.

CCMR AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT A REQUIREMENT OF HOUSE BILL THREE IS TO SET A GOAL FOR CCMR. AND THE STATE OF COURSE PROVIDES US A LIST OF WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO BE DESIGNATED AS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS A LAGGING MEASURE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR 2022 SCORE IS BASED ON OUR CLASS OF 2021.

AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE SENIORS IN 2021 HAD AN END OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR THAT WAS SHUT OFF AND THEN A VERY DISRUPTED SENIOR YEAR.

AND WHEN YOU NOTICE THE DIPS IN STAAR SCORES, THIS IS THAT SAME SENIOR CLASS TRYING TO TAKE ACT TESTS, SAT TESTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD GET THEM CCMR READY.

ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T MEET THE TARGET, WE CERTAINLY HAD HOPED.

THERE IS SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ON THIS SLIDE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS PLANO'S BEEN TRYING TO FIND ADDITIONAL WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE CCMR METRIC AND ONE OF THOSE IS IN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

AND I KNOW OUR TEAM'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO FIND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE JUST IN FIVE YEARS WE'VE INCREASED THAT NUMBER FROM 3% TO 15%.

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SO THAT IS A REALLY NICE METRIC.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT ANY TIME THE STATE STARTS TO REFINE THE METRIC, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOTTOM LINE, IT BEGINS TO TO MESS WITH THE OVERALL NUMBER.

SO IT'S KIND OF IT'S A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET TO HIT, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO PROVIDE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READY AND ENDING ON A VERY POSITIVE NOTE, THE DISTRICT RESET THE GRADUATION RATE FOR 94% AFTER ALL OF THE DISRUPTIONS.

AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY THE FOUR YEAR GRADUATION RATE FOR THAT CLASS OF 21, ALSO THIS IS A LAGGING MEASURE, WAS 95%.

AND THEN THE CLASS OF 20, THAT CLASS ABRUPTLY HALTED DUE TO COVID.

IT WAS ACTUALLY UP TO 97.3% AS A FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE.

AND THEN THE SIX YEAR GRADUATION FROM 19 IS UP TO 97.8.

SO REALLY GOOD NEWS ON GRADUATION RATES.

AND FINALLY, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU A FEW NOTES ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE STATE HAS NOW FORMALLY RAIDED BOTH DISTRICTS AND EVERY CAMPUS WITH A LETTER GRADE.

AND EACH CAMPUS AND DISTRICT RECEIVES LETTER GRADES IN A MULTIPLE DOMAINS.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A BEST OF FORMULA THAT THEY USE TO PROVIDE AN OVERALL LETTER GRADE.

AND WHILE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS RATINGS ARE BASED ONLY ON STAAR SCORES, THOSE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDE A RATIO OR A CALCULATION OF STAAR AND CCMR PIECES.

SO I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF A DISTRICT OR IF ANY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT RECEIVES EVEN A DOMAIN OR OVERALL RATING OF WHAT WOULD BE CALLED NOT RATED THIS YEAR BECAUSE ANYTHING BELOW A 70 WAS CONSIDERED NOT RATED, THAT DISTRICT IS NOT ALLOWED TO SCORE ANY HIGHER THAN AN 89.

SO EVEN THOUGH THE SCORES COULD BE HIGHER THAN AN 89, THE STATE WILL ROLL IT BACK TO AN 89.

IF ANY CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED ANY RATING IN ANY SUBCATEGORY BELOW A 70.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE SUMMATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN OF WORK AND THE DISTRICT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES FOR 21-22.

AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW WE'RE ALREADY BUSY PREPARING OUR STRATEGIES AND WORK FOR THIS YEAR'S PLAN OF WORK.

SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD, WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH A STRATEGY.

AND GOALS FOR THE FIRST FIVE PILLARS AND THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING WILL BE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE.

I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT.

WHEN I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY EARLIER ON.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE OF GOING BACK UNDER PILLAR TWO.

Y'ALL MENTIONED THE PRE ATHLETICS COURSE.

AND SO ON OUR FIRST DAY OF CAMPUS AT THE SCHOOL, DR.

ANDERSON AND I WENT AND VISITED THE PRE ATHLETICS, AND IT WAS HAPPENING WHEN WE WERE THERE ON CAMPUS.

AND IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT 60% OF THE SIXTH GRADERS AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM.

SO IT WAS A GREAT ENTHUSIASM TO SEE THAT HAPPENING, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT GOES.

IS THAT REALLY IN GETS KIDS REALLY INVOLVED? SO THAT WAS A COOL THING.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT IN PILLAR FOUR YOU SAID YOU DISCONTINUED SOMETHING AND THAT WAS SAID TO DO WITH CONTACTING PEOPLE AND IT WAS REPLACED WITH THE LET'S TALK APP.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S ANOTHER INDICATION.

WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE BOND THAT WE CHANGE THINGS WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE BETTER OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO SOMETHING.

AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO ONE THING AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A MUCH BETTER OPTION AND THE LETS TALK APP IS AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO OUR TOOLBOX OF BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE OR CARE FOR PEOPLE.

AND SO I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE DISTRICT AND HOW WE FUNCTION.

IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

I THINK THEY CALL THAT STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT.

ONE OF THE WHATEVER WE CALL IT, CRSS, WAS THE TRAINING THAT I LEARNED SOMETHING GOOD.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JERI, FOR FOLLOWING THE RULES.

ALL OF US NEED A REMINDER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE OF WHAT THEY ARE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? THANK YOU ALL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING PLAN OF WORK.

AND WITH THAT, THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 9:41 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.