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ALL RIGHT, WE ARE READY TO GET GOING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID STOLLE.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
6:01 P.M.ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT HERE.
WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'LL BE THE NEW VOTER ALERT.
FIRST TIME VOTER ALERT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
PLEASE ALLOW ME A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE THOSE OF US UP HERE ON THE DAIS.
TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
TRUSTEE. DR. HEATHER WANG TRUSTEE, DR.
LAUREN TYRA AND OUR BOARD SECRETARY, JERRY CHAMBERS.
LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US TONIGHT WHO WE ARE GOING TO INVITE TO COME UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR GUESTS FOR SERVING AS GREETERS THIS EVENING, AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE WELCOME JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE [INAUDIBLE] SCOUTS FROM CUB SCOUT PACK 200, AND THEY ARE GOING TO NOW LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS
[2. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE]
FLAG. SO IF YOU'D ALL PLEASE STAND, PLEASE, AND YOU ALL SCOUTS COME UP.SCOUT. SALUTE THOSE NOT IN UNIFORM.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU JOINING US.
KELLY HAWKINS, WHO SERVES AS CUB MASTER FOR PACK 200, IS HERE WITH US AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AINSLEY SEARS, AND I AM AN ARROW OF LIGHT CUB SCOUT WITH BSA PACK 200.
CUB SCOUT PACK 200 IS A FAMILY PACK THAT MEETS AT CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
WE WELCOME BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIFTH GRADE.
OUR PACK IS A PART OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL DISTRICT IN CIRCLE TEN COUNCIL.
WE ALSO HAVE CUB SCOUTS REPRESENTING FRISCO ISD, RICHARDSON ISD, WYLIE ISD AND SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THE MISSION OF BSA IS TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE ETHICAL AND MORAL CHOICES OVER THEIR LIFETIMES BY INSTILLING IN THEM THE VALUES OF THE SCOUT OATH AND LAW.
THE AIMS OF SCOUTING INCLUDE CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, PERSONAL FITNESS AND LEADERSHIP, AND WE GET TO GO CAMPING, PARTICIPATE IN SHOOTING SPORTS AND MAKE FRIENDS WHILE DOING ALL THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS.
YOUR WORK IS IMPORTANT AND MUCH APPRECIATED.
PLEASE ACCEPT THE YOU ROCK GIFT FROM OUR PACK.
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SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE JUST YET, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE, AT LEAST I WAS A FORMER CUB SCOUT.IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO SHARE THEM.
I HAVE A SON WHO IS AN EAGLE SCOUT.
HE'S NOW 24 YEARS OLD, AND HE TOOK A LITTLE BIT TO GET TO THAT EAGLE.
SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HANDING OUT CANDY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMEMBER TO STAY IN SCOUTS AND GET THAT EAGLE BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS YOU OUT IN YOUR FUTURE.
I WANT TO SEE YOU COME BACK AS EAGLES OKAY.
YOU ROCK. GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AN EXTRA ONE.
TRUSTEES, WELL, MY SON AUSTIN WAS IN PACK 200 AND HE WENT ON TO GET HIS EAGLE FROM TROOP 999 AND IS NOW JUST THE SPRING COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE AND LADIES HERE THAT'S EVEN MORE WONDERFUL TO SEE, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THAT YOU'RE LEARNING AND HAVE FUN IS CALLED CROSSOVER, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT COMING UP SOON? SO Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THAT EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
I WAS A CUB SCOUT MOM WITH TWO BOYS AND CUB SCOUTS AT EAST PLANO.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE.
[3.1. Board Recognitions]
SO WE ARE GOING TO WE HAVE SOME RECOGNITIONS THAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MANY TALENTED STUDENTS WINNING AWARDS AT THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL LEVELS.WE ARE PROUDLY CELEBRATING A NUMBER OF THEM.
49 PISD STUDENTS WERE ACCEPTED TO PRESENT AT THIS COMPETITION.
ALL FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE AMERICAN JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CONFERENCE, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, WHERE THEY WILL INTERACT WITH OTHER STUDENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH TO PROMINENT SCIENCE SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD THROUGH BOTH ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS.
THE 2023 AGAAS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 2ND THROUGH 5TH 2023 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO LET'S CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS, ALL THESE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION AND ADDITIONAL SUCCESS TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENING, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, JOHNNY HILL, FOR THIS INTRODUCTION.
WE ARE EAGER TO SHARE A SPECIAL STUDENT HONOR, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. MARK SKINNER, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN THIS FIRST RECOGNITION.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY WONDERFUL ROUTE SUPERVISOR BEVERLY SHANNON AND I HAVE A SCRIPT, AND TO FOLLOW TRADITION, I PROBABLY WON'T FOLLOW IT, SO I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN, BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BEVERLY.
WITHOUT HER HELP, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS RECOGNITION FOR THIS STUDENT.
SO THANK YOU, BEVERLY, VERY MUCH.
SO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.
I AM HONORED TO WORK AND I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE [INAUDIBLE], WHO ATTENDS COLLEGE ELEMENTARY.
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COME ON UP HERE, SIR. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, SO I HOPE HE HAS A LOT OF ARMS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF HONORS FOR HIM TONIGHT . [CHUCKLING] TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.[INAUDIBLE] COMPETED IN A CONTEST AND THE CONTEST IS SPONSORED EACH YEAR BY THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS COUNCIL, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION.
EACH PARTICIPATING STATE SELECTS WINNERS IN EACH AGE CATEGORY, IN WHICH IN THIS CASE IS A DIVISION ONE FOR GRADES K TWO, AND WHAT A DISH HAS DONE IS HE ENTERED A POSTER CONTEST THAT PROMOTED SAFETY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND HE HIS DRAWING ACHIEVED AWARDS THAT MOVED ON TO DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT I'LL SHARE NOW. SO OUR THEME THIS YEAR WAS BUS PLUS BUS PLUS ONE BUS PLUS ONE DRIVER EQUALS A BIG IMPACT ON EDUCATION AND [INAUDIBLE] WON THE FOLLOWING.
SO HE FIRST WON THE PLANO ISD POSTER CONTEST TROPHY NUMBER ONE.
THEN HE MOVED ON TO OUR NTAPT POSTER CONTEST, WHICH HE WON ANOTHER TROPHY , AND FOR THE...
CAREFUL, MOM AND DAD. OKAY, AND THE FINAL BIG RECOGNITION WE'D LIKE TO SHARE IS HE'S THE 2022 DIVISION ONE, SECOND PLACE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY POSTER CONTEST HOSTED FOR US BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION.
[APPLAUSE] OKAY, AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE MS. HUMPHREY COME AND SHARE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, [INAUDIBLE].
HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CARRY.
I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE] AND I'LL HOLD THE CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, CLOSER, DAD AND GET A BETTER PICTURE.
COME ON. DO YOU THINK WE CAN? YOU GOT IT. OK.
SO GIVE MOM AND DAD THE CERTIFICATE AND KEEP THE CHECK.
[CHUCKLING] SO, IN CLOSING, AGAIN, TO CONGRATULATE [INAUDIBLE], I'D LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF GULLEDGE, MISS PATRICIA HEMPSTEAD.
THANK YOU. BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS ALWAYS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, BEVERLY, DID I MISS ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. I DID IT. OKAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANKS, MARK, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
BOARD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? I'M GOING TO JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU GO, LAUREN, I'M GOING TO SAY I LOVE HEARING THE LITTLE TINY VOICE OUT THERE, SO I'M GLAD THE WHOLE FAMILY COULD COME.
SO I FEEL LIKE TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION HAS A THEME A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT THEME IS LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? IF WE GO FROM THE SCOUTS AND THE LEADERSHIP WITHIN Y'ALL'S PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL HERE IN A MINUTE, IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THEN THIS THIS IS LIKE A STATE AND A NATIONAL LEVEL LEADERSHIP AWARDS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A STUDENT FROM ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS PUTTING TOGETHER THESE POSTERS EXPRESSING IDEALS FOR SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT THAT OUR BUS DRIVERS, THE PEOPLE THAT WE TRUST TO GET OUR KIDS TO AND FROM CAMPUS EVERY DAY.
RIGHT. SO YOU ALL HAVE SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN HAS DONE HAS REALLY TAKEN, I THINK, A HUGE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR STATE, AND PORTRAYED THAT, AND I HOPE THAT, OF COURSE, TRANSPORTATION Y'ALL ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO REALLY BELIEVE IN SUPPORT YOUR MISSION.
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THESE THESE KINDS OF COMPETITIONS AND ABLE TO SHOW THE KIND OF LEADERS THAT PLANO ISD IS DEVELOPING.THANKS, AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO THE BOSS, DR.
THERESA WILLIAMS SUPERINTENDENT WILL INTRODUCE THIS ONE.
PRESIDENT STOLLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS WERE SO PROUD TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF STUDENTS, AND THAT IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IF YOU ALL WOULD ALL JUST COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND STAND LOOK OUT TO THE AUDIENCE.
I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
SO, SUPERINTENDENT, I LIKE TO SEEK INPUT FROM VARIOUS GROUPS.
EACH YEAR WE HAVE 14 STUDENTS REPRESENTING ALL THREE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ALWAYS GIVE US FEEDBACK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THEIR CAMPUS AND WE OFTEN BRING THINGS FORWARD TO OUR STUDENTS, LIKE OUR CALENDAR AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS FOR EITHER THEIR EXPERIENCE OR THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPENING AT THEIR CAMPUS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS DELIGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL, WELL SPOKEN AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEADERSHIP.
WHEN THEY COME AND JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
THEY'RE AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF STUDENTS, AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR EACH OF OUR STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME THE SCHOOL THAT YOU REPRESENT, THE GRADE LEVEL AND THEN JUST SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF, MAYBE EITHER YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL ACTIVITY OR WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER GRADUATION AND OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND LET'S START WITH PLANO EAST AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
HI, MY NAME IS WADE DENNIS AND I GO TO PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THE SECOND YEAR NOW. HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M A JUNIOR AT ACADEMY, AND THANK YOU, MISS [INAUDIBLE], FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR LISTENING TO OUR FEEDBACK.
HI, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I GO TO PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY.
I'M A SENIOR AT PLANO WEST HIGH SCHOOL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS YUSEF [INAUDIBLE].
I'M A SENIOR AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH.
I WOULD JUST FIRST LIKE TO THANK DR.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE BOARD HERE.
IT REALLY IS. THE WEIGHT OF THAT.
WHENEVER WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS, IT NEVER LEAVES OUR MIND, AND I HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE IN THIS.
I STARTED AT PLANO IN 2016, IN THE SIXTH GRADE.
NOW MY BROTHER OVER THERE AND MY STEPBROTHER NOW GO TO PLANO SCHOOL.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO REALLY MAKE IT THE BEST TO HELP REPRESENT THEM AND JUST MAKE PLANO THE KIND OF PLACE IT NEEDS TO BE, AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU, AND THANKS TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] SO MOMS AND DADS.
WE'RE ABOUT TO DO SOME PRESENTATIONS.
COME UP TO THE FRONT, TAKE PICTURES.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WILL GO TO OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MS. HUMPHREY, SHE HAS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU, AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PHOTO OP.
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PICTURES PRIOR TO, AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO FEATURED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE'RE JUST SO VERY PROUD OF NOT ONLY THE LEADERSHIP AT YOUR CAMPUS, BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDE TO ALL OF YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS EVERY MONTH WHEN YOU COME TO MEET WITH US AND DISCUSS IMPORTANT ISSUES AND TOPICS FOR PLANO ISD.ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S BEGIN WITH PLANO EAST WADE DENNIS, WHO'S A SENIOR.
ALSO FROM PLANO EAST, WE HAVE JULIA QUIROZ, AND , AND THEN WE HAD LEVI [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S A JUNIOR, AND THEN SASHA ROBERTSON, WHO IS ALSO JUNIOR.
NOW FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, YUSEF [INAUDIBLE].
WE ALSO HAVE KAM [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE], MATTHEW MOORE, AND [INAUDIBLE].
PLANO WEST BROOK [INAUDIBLE], DREW SCHWARTZ.
THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] HARRISON.
YOU CALLED HER AND REECE JOHNSON.
FROM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR BEING A PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AS WELL.
SO THE FACT THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE HAVE THE COMFORT LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPEN AND HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH THE ULTIMATE LEADER OF THE DISTRICT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YOU, AND IT IS A SERVICE THAT AS I SAID, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW VALUABLE THAT IS TO US, AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOR AS A PITCH.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL OF US UP HERE WHO ARE PLANO PRODUCTS, COME BACK TO PLANO AFTER YOU, AFTER YOU, WHEREVER YOUR JOURNEY TAKES YOU AND YOU'RE ALREADY HALFWAY TO BEING A BOARD MEMBER, YOU CAN ALREADY TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND SO AS YOU GO FORWARD, THINK BACK TO THESE DAYS.
BOARD MEMBERS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I KIND OF BOGARTED THAT ONE.
YOU HOGGED IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU PROVIDE A VOICE THAT WE NEED TO HEAR.
AND LIKE I SAID TO ONE OF YOU, I SAID, YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE CUSTOMER.
SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S A VALUABLE VOICE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR.
COME BACK TO PLANO WHETHER YOU TEACH HERE OR IF YOU JUST COME BACK TO WORK, COME AND TALK TO OUR STUDENTS THAT CAME AFTER YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SET THAT EXAMPLE FOR THEM.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT YOUR VOICE IS.
SO THE WAY TECHNOLOGY AND THE WAY THINGS MOVE SO FAST IN TODAY'S WORLD, HAVING A PULSE ON WHAT YOUR STUDENT GROUP, YOUR FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHAT YOU GUYS KNOW AND SEEING HOW FAST IT CHANGES AND HAVING THE DISTRICT, HAVING A DIRECT LINK TO STUDENTS IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT USED TO BE, AND SO WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH TECHNOLOGY, HAVING YOUR VOICE MEANS MORE NOW THAN IT EVER DID,
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AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STEPPING UP.AND AS MR. [INAUDIBLE] HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF OTHER STUDENTS AND BEING A VOICE FOR THEM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DID.
I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING LIKE, WHAT WERE MY PRIORITIES AS A STUDENT AT PLANO? SO I GRADUATED PLANO EAST, WHAT WERE MY PRIORITIES? AND ONE WAS TO NOT GET A SPEEDING TICKET ON PARK RIGHT ON THE WAY OVER THERE.
BIO II, AND SO I LOOK AT YOU GUYS, AND EVERY TIME WE SEE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACHIEVING THINGS AND WE SEE OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL LIKE THIS, I THINK Y'ALL ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME.
LIKE, I AM SO IMPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE ORDERING FROM NAPOLI'S FOR LUNCH THAT DAY OR WHATEVER IS OVER THERE THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE WORRYING ABOUT SERVING YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND SERVING YOUR CAMPUS, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING AND IMPRESSIVE THING.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO TALK ABOUT ON COLLEGE INTERVIEWS, TALK ABOUT ON JOB INTERVIEWS, AND I THINK THAT I HOPE THAT YOU LOOK BACK ON THIS EXPERIENCE REALLY FONDLY AND IT IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP, REALLY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU DO.
HEY, LAUREN, I BET THEY GO TO Q DONUT BEST DONUTS EVER.
I MAY HAVE HAD SOME Q DONUTS BACK IN THE DAY.
YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
IT REALLY IS A TREMENDOUS SERVICE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE YET ANOTHER RECOGNITION TONIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS ONE OVER TO DR.
PRESIDENT STOLLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE A WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE AN--LET ME START OVER.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME STAFF RECOGNITIONS HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR.
HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS TO MAKE THESE INTRODUCTIONS.
TYRA, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT A THEME OF LEADERSHIP, AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THIS WONDERFUL CROSS-CURRICULAR KIND OF WAFT THAT HAPPENED IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A STUDENT WIN AN ART CONTEST WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S PRETTY FANTASTIC THAT YOU THE DOUBLING UP THERE, TOO.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE STUDENTS LIKE THAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR WONDERFUL TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT, WONDERFUL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND ALSO, AS IT HAPPENS TO BE COORDINATORS AND DIRECTORS WHO ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND ARE AWARE OF COMPETITIONS WITHIN THE STATE AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AREA.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP ONE OF OUR LEADERS, MR. GREG ARP. WOULD YOU JOIN US AT THE FRONT, MR. ARP. AS A PREFACE.
SO THERE WE GO. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 15TH, THE NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS CELEBRATED ITS 2022 MTPA STARDUST AWARDS RECIPIENTS FOR LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION AT THE SOUTHFORK RANCH IN PARKER, TEXAS.
THE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMING ARTS LEADER AWARD WAS AWARDED TO MR. GREG ARP, PLANO ISD THEATER AND SPEECH COORDINATOR.
MR. ARP BEGAN TEACHING IN PLANO ISD SYSTEM IN 1996 AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL BEFORE MOVING ON TO VINES HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THEATER AND PERFORMING ARTS CHAIRMAN.
GREG HAS CREATED A LEGACY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN PLANO AND ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND IS A PERFECT CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE THE INAUGURAL DISTINGUISHED PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP STARDUST AWARD.
WE ARE MOST APPRECIATIVE OF HIS EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF PLANO ISD PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS AND THE TIME AND DEVOTION THAT HE COMMITS EVERY YEAR TO ATTENDING THEIR PRODUCTIONS AND SUPPORTING HIS TEACHERS ACROSS OUR CITY.
OUR 2022 DISTINGUISHED PERFORMING ARTS LEADERSHIP STARDUST AWARD WINNER MR. GREG ARP. GREG, IF YOU'LL STAY WITH US REALLY QUICKLY.
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NTPA ALSO AWARDED TWO OUTSTANDING PLANO ISD FINE ARTS TEACHERS AT THE STARDUST AWARDS, INCLUDING THE DISTINGUISHED HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATOR AWARD TO MISS CARMEN MCELWAIN OF SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO IS AT REHEARSAL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ONE ACT PLAY IS NEXT WEEK, Y'ALL, AND SHE COULD NOT MISS THAT AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ARTS EDUCATOR AWARD TO MR. JOSHUA BHATTI OF ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET ANYBODY SICK.HE IS ILL RIGHT NOW. SO, JOSH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD.
BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE NOMINATED BY THE PUBLIC AND AWARD DETERMINATIONS WERE MADE BY A COMMITTEE OF JUDGES, INCLUDING OUR PERFORMING ARTS LEADERS IN THE AREA, EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS ACROSS TEXAS.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY FAMILY OR SUPPORTERS OF MR. ARP OR ANYBODY ELSE AS WELL? IF YOU GUYS WOULD STAND UP, TOO, AND LET US RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU, JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE WONDERFUL LEADERS ON THEIR TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I KNEW HIM WHEN GREG AND I TAUGHT TOGETHER AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL MANY, MANY MOONS AGO, AND SO IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY FUN TO WATCH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY AND GREAT WORK YOU DID FOR STUDENTS AT WILSON BACK IN THE DAY AND THEN CONTINUING TO MAKE YOUR IMPACT WHERE YOU GO, AND SO THANK YOU, GREG, FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR LOVE FOR STUDENTS IS SO GREATLY APPRECIATED.
OH, GREG, DID YOU TAKE YOUR STUDENTS TO THE PERFORMANCE I THINK ICE MAN LAST YEAR.
YES. I'M SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST PERFORMANCE I EVER SEEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC STARTED. SO IT MADE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT IMPRESSION.
CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY MORE DESERVING.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE. IF I MAY, OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT HAS ONE ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LAURA AND MATT [INAUDIBLE] TO JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
ART EDUCATION AWARD AS PRESENTED BY THE ARTS CENTER OF PLANO.
CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM [INAUDIBLE].
SO WHILE WE HAVE PHOTO OP TIME BOARD COMMENTS, ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? BECAUSE I DO HAVE ONE MORE.
GO AHEAD. NO, I JUST APPRECIATE THE COORDINATION OF COLOR TODAY.
MORGAN BROUGHT UP SORT OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY THEME, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I REALLY LOVE SEEING, IS AS WE DO RECOGNITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE SEE RECOGNITIONS FOR ART WE SEE RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR MUSIC PROGRAMS, WE SEE RECOGNITIONS FOR THEATER, WE SEE RECOGNITIONS FOR ALL OF IT JUST SHOWING HOW STRONG OF A FINE ARTS PROGRAM WE HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WE GIVE OUR STUDENTS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT Y'ALL GIVE OUR STUDENTS AND I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR KIDS.
FROM A SCIENTIST MOM WHO HAS AN ART SON WHO WANTS TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, A YOUTUBER OR SOMETHING AT THIS POINT, BUT HE IS ART OBSESSED.
AND SO I VALUE THE EDUCATION Y'ALL ARE GIVING OUR KIDS SO MUCH.
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[INAUDIBLE]. I KNOW THEY ARE RIGHT.LIKE [INAUDIBLE] MAKES FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME FOR BEING MS. STEM, AND I'M LIKE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH ART THERE IS TO ESPECIALLY BIOLOGY OR PHYSICS.
YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF ART TO SCIENCE.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS.
I JUST WANT TO JUST TALKING ABOUT ART AND SCIENCE.
I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO LOVES ART PROJECT LIKE 3D, AND IT HELPS HER WITH BIOLOGY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LIKE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. SO I CAN DO THIS IN MY MIND, LIKE 3D.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HEARD TEAM [INAUDIBLE].
YOU'VE KIND OF SKYROCKETED FROM MAYBE WHEN YOU WERE NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
IT'S AMAZING THAT THE LEGACY THAT PLANO ISD HAS IN THE ARTS, IN THEATER, IN ART, MUSIC, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IN THEATER ESPECIALLY, IS IS JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING, BUT GREG, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR PISD AND STUDENTS, AND WELL, I'LL SAY ONE QUICK THING, ART ENGAGES THE WHOLE BRAIN, RIGHT? AND IT ENGAGES OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR LEARNING, AND SO WHEN THEY'RE CONNECTED, WHETHER IT'S BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, VISUAL THEATER, DEBATE, THEY'RE USING THEIR BRAIN AND THEY'RE CONNECTED.
SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
YOU CHANGE LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE WAY YOU INSPIRE, THE WAY YOU LEAD.
SO THANK YOU FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, AND THEN ALSO JUST WE ARE SO PROUD, PROUD OF OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT ALSO PROUD OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AS IT MANIFESTS INTO THE OUTCOMES OF OUR STUDENTS, AND SO I CANNOT THINK OF THREE BETTER PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
AWESOME. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION PORTION OF OF THE EVENING, AND SO THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO WERE IN THE RECOGNITION PORTION, THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AGENDA ITEMS]
SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION FOR AGENDA RELATED ITEMS AND WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA RELATED ITEMS. NOW, NON AGENDA RELATED ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.DR, ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA RELATED ITEMS? PRESIDENT STOLLE, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, I ASK THE PUBLIC TO ABIDE BY THE RULES AND BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.
AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS ARE HEARD AT THIS STAGE, WHILE NON AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
COMMENT CARDS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND INCOMPLETE COMMENT CARDS MAY NOT BE HONORED.
IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.
TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES EACH.
IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.
SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AS A REMINDER TO SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IT IS AN OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
THE AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO YOUR COMMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU WILL HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, 3 MINUTES.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS WILL BE CAN GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
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THE TIME WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE MONITORS AS WELL, SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EYEBALL THAT IF YOU SO DESIRE.ANDERSON, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.
I'D LIKE TO CALL SIMON SALINAS TO THE PODIUM.
SIMON DO YOU WANT THE ONE MINUTE WARNING.
ARE YOU GOOD? I SHOULD BE GOOD, BUT YES, PLEASE.
OKAY, YOU BET. HELLO, I'M SIMON SALINAS.
I'M BACKING THE BOND FOR PLANO ISD, AND I WAS REGI--OR NOT REGISTERING, BUT HELPING VOTERS OUTSIDE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL AGREE ON.
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO KNOW WHEN I HAD A FREE PERIOD IN MY SCHEDULE THAT IT COULD NOT BE FIT WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES OR MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN TIMES, AND SO I FEEL LIKE THIS COURSE IS REALLY JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INCOMING TO LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AMERICA AND TO ALSO JUST HELP THEIR MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY.
ANDERSON, AND FEEL PLEASE CALL OUR SECOND SPEAKER.
I WILL INVITE LISA SMITH TO THE PODIUM.
LISA, DO YOU WANT ONE MINUTE OR YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD. I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND START.
THAT'S OKAY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
MY CONCERN IS THAT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE ETHICAL CONCERNS THERE.
SENDING TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO A TRAINING.
CERTAINLY DOES NOT MAKE THEM AN EXPERT TO EXECUTE COUNSELING TECHNIQUES TO OUR CHILDREN.
THIS CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT OF SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION CAN HONESTLY HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT ON STUDENTS, PEOPLE IN GENERAL, AND THAT THEY START TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE SYMPTOMS WHEN ACTUALLY THEY DO NOT.
HOWEVER, NORMAL ADOLESCENTS ARE OFTENTIMES MOODY AND ARE FREQUENTLY OVERDIAGNOSED WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO INCREASED USE OF SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS, SSRIS, SUCH AS PROZAC, WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF SUICIDE IN AND OF ITSELF.
I ALSO SEE IT AS A SCREENING AND REFERRAL TOOL THAT COULD ULTIMATELY CAUSE MANY OF OUR TEENS TO BE PRESCRIBED PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER AND CAN BE DANGEROUS. THE VERBIAGE IN THE MOU THAT PROTECTS THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS PERSONNEL FROM LIABILITY, I'M CONCERNED, LEAVES OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OPEN TO PROBLEMS. AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT THE RESULTS SHARED FROM STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE PROGRAM HAD NO SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE EFFECT, AS REFLECTED ON THE UTSW WEBSITE.
SO WHY EVEN USE THIS PROGRAM? AND FINALLY, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AFFORD THE TIME IN THE SCHOOL DAY TO BE PRACTICING MENTAL HEALTH ROLE PLAYING WHEN OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE CATCHING UP FROM THE EDUCATIONAL LOSS EXPERIENCED DURING THE LOCKDOWNS.
IN GENERAL, IT IS NOT THE SCHOOL'S PLACE TO BE CARRYING OUT MENTAL HEALTH CARE AT THIS LEVEL.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE GOOD YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA RELATED ITEMS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE NON AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH AGAIN WILL COME AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU CAN HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ANGELA POWELL, CORRECT?
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ANGELA? YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATOR TO INTRODUCE AND I'M TURNING THIS OVER TO LISA.
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING.
KRISTEN EDNEY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING AND CCMR, TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTION.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BOARD PRESIDENT STOLLEY AND DR.
DURING HER TIME AS ONE OF OUR COUNSELING COORDINATORS, SHE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEXAS COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLS COUNSELING MODEL WITHIN PLANO ISD.
SHE IS A STATE TRAINER FOR THE TEXAS COUNSELOR EVALUATION SYSTEM, TCES.
PRIOR TO COMING TO PLANO, SHE SERVED AS A COUNSELING FACILITATOR AND HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN GARLAND ISD, A LEAD HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR IN IRVING ISD AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND COACH IN ROCKWALL ISD.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER AND FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER.
WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU IN PLANO ISD.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE A PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
[6. CLOSED SESSION]
SECTION 551.076.I'M SUPER BAD AT GUESSING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK, BUT THIS ONE COULD TAKE A WHILE.
SO HAVE SOME PATIENCE ON THIS ONE, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
[7. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
TODAY'S TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2022, AND THE TIME IS 8:46 P.M..THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[8.1. Public Hearing on Schools Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Rating for Plano Independent School District Presenter: Johnny Hill, Deputy Superintendent for Business and Employee Services]
OR THE FIRST RATING FOR PLANO ISD, AND WE ARE GOING TO GET JOHNNY.THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M GOING TO ASK MISS COURTNEY REEVES TO COME UP.
SHE'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
WE'VE ALWAYS EXCELLED IN THIS AREA, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO TURN THIS OVER TO MS. REEVES TO PRESENT. SHE LEADS A WONDERFUL TEAM AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
[CHUCKLING] COURTNEY, I KNOW WHERE HIS OFFICE IS.
I'LL GET HIM. WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT STOLLE.
DR. WILLIAMS. SO, I'M SUPER EXCITED.
FIRST FOR PLANO ISD OUR RATING.
SO MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT FIRST ACTUALLY STANDS FOR.
IT'S OUR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON SCHOOL.
FIRST IS IT WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH APPROVED LEGISLATION FROM OUR 76 TEXAS LEGISLATURE BACK IN 1999, AND IT WAS SENATE BILL 875 THAT REQUIRED OUR TEA COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS TO DEVELOP A RATING SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THEN TWO YEARS DOWN THE
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ROAD AND OUR 77TH LEGISLATURE IN 2001, THEY ACTUALLY THEN ADOPTED THAT AND IMPLEMENTED THAT ADMINISTRATION.SO THE FIRST YEAR FOR SCHOOL FIRST WAS 2000 TO 2002.
SO WE DO HAVE UNIFORM INDICATORS.
SO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE SAME 20 INDICATORS TO MEASURE THEIR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
SO THE LEGISLATURE REALLY WAS LOOKING FOR A SYSTEM TO PUT THAT IN PLACE TO HELP ENSURE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR QUALITY OF THEIR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. WE DO HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS UNDER SCHOOL FIRST.
ONE IS TO PREPARE OUR FIRST FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT.
SO WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF RECEIVING OUR RATING, WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO DISTRIBUTE OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT TO ALL ATTENDEES OR ANY ATTENDEES WITH THOSE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
WE ARE TO ADVERTISE OUR PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WE'RE TO HAVE A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER NOT EARLIER THAN 30 DAYS OR LATER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF OUR HEARING, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH A NOTICE POSTED TO OUR PLANO STAR COURIER ON OCTOBER 16TH, AND THEN LASTLY, OUR REQUIREMENT THIS EVENING IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR RATING.
SO THE BASIS OF THIS RATING SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE JUST SUBMITTED OUR 2022 FALL PEIMS SNAPSHOT.
SO THIS INFORMATION FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENT DATA AND OUR BUDGETED FINANCIAL DATA IS ACTUALLY BASED ON OUR FALL PEIMS SNAPSHOT OF 2020, AND THEN THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL DATA IS BASED ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE YEAR END OF JUNE 30, 2021.
WE STILL HAVE THE SAME FOUR TIER RATING SYSTEM.
SO A, OF COURSE, IS SUPERIOR AT THE HIGHEST, WHICH YOU HAVE TO HAVE 90 TO 100 POINTS, B ABOVE STANDARD, 80 TO 89 POINTS, C MEET STANDARD 72 TO 79, AND OF COURSE F FOR FAILURE, WHICH IS SUBSTANDARD AT LESS THAN 70 POINTS.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW.
IN 2020-2021, THE FIRST RATING, WE ACTUALLY WENT TO 20 INDICATORS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OF 15 INDICATORS AND A NEW CEILING INDICATOR WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED FOR OUR 2020-2021.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.
WE HAVE THE SAME 20 INDICATORS FOR 21-22 STILL WITH THAT CEILING INDICATOR AS WELL.
SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SUMMARY.
SO THERE ARE FIVE CRITICAL INDICATORS AND THEY ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY MEAN, CRITICAL INDICATORS, MEANING IF WE ARE TO NOT PASS ANY OF THOSE, WE AUTOMATICALLY FAIL OUR SCHOOL FIRST RATING. THERE'S ALSO 15 FINANCIAL SOLVENCY AND COMPETENCE INDICATORS.
THERE'S 15 OF THOSE, AND OF THOSE WE GET A MAX SCORE OF 100.
SO WE DID SAY YES TO ALL OUR CRITICAL INDICATORS AND WE SCORED A 94 OUT OF 100 FOR OUR FINANCIAL SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCY INDICATORS, WHICH GIVES US A SUPERIOR RATING AGAIN, WHICH IS AN A.
GOING TO REVIEW A FEW OF OUR INDICATORS.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME.
SO OUR FIRST CRITICAL INDICATOR IS JUST ASKING, DID WE COMPLETE OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND DID WE SUBMIT IT ON TIME? WE HAVE 30 DAYS FROM NOVEMBER 27TH, WHICH IS OUR DEADLINE TO SUBMIT OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE DID THAT ACTUALLY BEFORE THE DEADLINE ON NOVEMBER 23RD.
SO WE DID PASS THAT INDICATOR.
SECOND WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ISSUED BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR, WHICH OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR IS WEAVER AND TIDWELL LLP, AND AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WAS ISSUED. THIRD WAS THE DISTRICT AND COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS.
YES, WE PAID ALL OF OUR DEBT PAYMENTS ON TIME.
FOUR, DID WE MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TR'S, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, IRS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? AND YES, WE DID.
THERE'S ALSO A SECOND PIECE TO THE CRITICAL INDICATOR NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A CEILING INDICATOR.
JUST ASKING IF THERE WAS ANY WARRANT HOLDS FOR THE DISTRICT, AND WE DID NOT.
SO WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR AS WELL.
THE CRITICAL INDICATOR NUMBER FIVE WAS ACTUALLY NOT SCORED AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT WASN'T SCORED LAST YEAR THIS YEAR, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'LL BE SCORED AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
IT'S SPECIFIC TO OUR NET POSITION AND OUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF SOME ACCOUNTING CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY GASB AND THEY'LL BE IMPLEMENTED AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO WE PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE A FIVE SCORED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
INDICATOR SIX IS A THREE YEAR CHANGE IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
THIS ONE IS A CEILING INDICATOR AND THIS ONE IS BASICALLY JUST MEASURING THE CHANGE OF OUR FUND BALANCE TO SEE IF WE'RE DECLINING TOO QUICKLY, BASICALLY MORE THAN THE 25%, AND IF FOR SOME REASON A DISTRICT IS DECLINING MORE THAN 25%, THEY WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH FUND BALANCE TO COVER 75 DAYS OF OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES.
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WE OVER OUR THREE YEAR PERIOD DID NOT DECREASE.SO WE PASSED THIS CEILING INDICATOR.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THAT? YES, SIR? SO IF WE DON'T GET LEGISLATIVE HELP? I THINK THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND SO AS I'M READING THIS, IT IS AN EITHER OR, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. WE COULD DECREASE BY MORE THAN 25%, AND YET STILL, AS LONG AS WE MAINTAIN OUR 75 DAYS OF COVERAGE, WE WOULD STILL GET THE WE WOULD STILL PASS THIS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
OK. SO INDICATOR EIGHT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY INDICATOR.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ALL TEN POINTS ON.
WE ACTUALLY EARNED FOUR OUT OF OUR TEN.
IT'S MEASURING OUR SHORT TERM LIQUIDITY.
SO CAN WE COVER OUR SHORT TERM DEBT? SO IT'S OUR CURRENT ASSETS TO OUR CURRENT LIABILITIES.
THE HIGHER THE RATIO, THE HIGHER THE SCORE, AND AS YOU SEE, WE DID DECREASE A SLIGHT BIT FROM OUR 2019-20 OF 1.95 TO OUR RATIO OF 1.8593. WE HAD TO RECEIVE A 3.0 TO RECEIVE ALL FOUR POINTS, AND IT'S KIND OF TWOFOLD.
SO OUR CURRENT LIABILITIES, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES HERE, AND SO OUR CURRENT LIABILITIES DID INCREASE AT A HIGHER RATE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO OUR DUE TO STATE, WHICH IS OUR RECAPTURE, BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS WE ALSO HAD A DECREASE IN OUR ASSETS AND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
SO WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPRESSION ON THAT RATIO.
SO IT DID COME DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO A QUESTION THERE, THAT'S ME.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE 214 MILLION THAT WE HAD TO PAY OUT IN AUGUST FOR RECAPTURE OR WHAT THEY NOW CALL REVENUE IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT IS IMPACTING THE SCORE ON THIS INDICATOR.
YES. OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
I'M JUST REPEATING, BUT YEAH, I DON'T REALLY I MEAN, SOMEBODY SMARTER THAN ME IS GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS A REALLY VALID INDICATOR, BECAUSE AS YOU SPEND YOUR BOND DOLLARS DOWN, YOU'RE LOSING [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE'RE SPENDING THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ISSUED, AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR RECAPTURE IS GOING UP, WHICH MEANS WE WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER MEET A THREE ON THIS RATIO, AND MOST LIKELY OUR RATIO WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
I GUESS MAYBE UNLESS YOU JUST PASS A BOND AND ISSUE EVERYTHING AND COLLECT THE MONEY, RIGHT THEN.
YEAH, HAVE ALL THE CASH IN HAND.
YEAH. SO IS INFLATION AN IMPACT ON THIS AS WELL? NO, IT'S NOT MAKING OUR LIABILITIES GO HIGHER.
SO IT GOES UP AGAIN TO ALMOST 250 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
YES, MA'AM. I JUST WONDER WHO IN THE STATE DESIGNED THIS SYSTEM.
[CHUCKLING] YOUR TEXAS LEGISLATOR.
SO CAN WE GIVE FEEDBACK LIKE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T COUNT LIKE, RECAPTURE AS OUR LIABILITY.
BECAUSE, LIKE, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET A HIGH SCORE HERE IF WE KEEP DOING THIS.
I THINK THAT TEA DOES RECEIVE FEEDBACK.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A GROUP FROM TASBO, A COMMITTEE, IF JOHNNY WANTS TO WEIGH IN, THAT ACTUALLY GAVE FEEDBACK FOR BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES ACTUALLY, AS YOU SEE THAT THE 20 INDICATORS.
JOHNNY DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YEAR THAT THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE CHANGES.
I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR.
I CAN'T REMEMBER. I THINK IT'S THE THIRD YEAR, THOUGH.
SO IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE COVID, AND WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH TEA AND THEIR COMPLIANCE DIVISION.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY, COURTNEY AND I WERE ON THE CALL WITH HIM EARLIER LAST WEEK, AND SO WE DID LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT, BUT AS FAR AS MAKING CHANGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SLOW PROCESS, BUT THEY HAVE HEARD WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT.
SO I WOULD BET AUSTIN COULD NEVER GET TEN POINTS.
THEY WOULD GET ZERO OUT OF TEN EVERY SINGLE TIME ON THIS INDICATOR, RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO GO AND LOOK AT THEIRS, BUT I KNOW I WAS JUST TALKING ON A SIDEBAR OVER HERE WITH LISA, WHO JUST MOVED FROM HIGHLAND PARK.
SHE SAID THEY FILL IT EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR.
SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH YOUR HIGH RECAPTURE DISTRICTS.
THEY HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THIS.
YEAH, AUSTIN'S IS SO HIGH, THERE'S NO WAY THEY HAVE ENOUGH ASSETS TO COVER THIS.
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JUST THIS INDICATOR. YEAH.YEAH, THEY STILL MAKE AN A ON IT, BUT THIS ONE IS A VERY DIFFICULT ONE TO PASS.
SO INDICATOR 19 IS BASICALLY JUST ASKING IF THE DISTRICT SPENT MORE THAN IT EARNED.
INDICATOR 14 IS ACTUALLY THE DECLINE IN STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO.
SO DID THE DISTRICT NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE IN STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO OVER THREE YEARS? SO KIND OF A BETTER EXPLANATION IS IT'S ASKING IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD A DECLINE IN STUDENTS OVER THREE YEARS.
NOT IN EXCESS OBVIOUSLY, OF THIS -15.
SO WE NEEDED A RATIO GREATER THAN THE -15 IN ORDER.
SO WE DID PASS THIS THING AT THE FULL TEN POINTS WITH A -2.55%.
SO THIS IS OUR PEIMS DATA TO OUR DISTRICT FINANCIAL REPORT DATA.
SO OUR AFR DATA. SO THIS MEASURES THE QUALITY OF THE DATA REPORTED IN WHAT WE UPLOAD TO TEAMS IN COMPARISON TO OUR ACTUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, AND WE CAN HAVE A VARIANCE OF NO GREATER THAN 3%.
OUR VARIANCE WAS 0.001%, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY I HAVE TO GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, ANGELA [INAUDIBLE] COSBY, WHO IS VERY METICULOUS, AND I DID GIVE HER A HARD TIME THIS MORNING AND I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT NEEDED TO BE ZERO NEXT YEAR.
SO NO, VERY PROUD OF THAT, AND WE OBVIOUSLY PASSED THE CEILING INDICATOR.
SO 17 IS JUST BASICALLY ASKING, DID WE HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT? AND YES, WE DID, AND 18 IS ASKING IF WEAVER AND TIDWELL INDICATED THAT OUR REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LAWS RELATED TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THEY DID INDICATE THAT WE WERE FREE OF ANY INSTANCES.
SO WE RECEIVED TEN OUT OF TEN POINTS THERE.
I WAS TELLING JOHNNY EARLIER TODAY, I WISH I HAD INCLUDED A THIRD FOR 19-20, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED FROM 19-20 TO 2020-2021 IS WE ACTUALLY SAW QUITE A FEW I SAY MAYBE A HANDFUL OF DISTRICTS FALL OUT OF THAT PASSING INTO INTO FAILING, AND THERE WAS A PRETTY BIG SHIFT FROM OUR RATINGS BELOW FROM A TO B AND B TO C, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM 2020-2021 TO 21-22, THAT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE KIND OF RIGHTED THE SHIP, AND SO THOSE THAT WERE IN FAILING MOVED BACK UP TO PASSING, AND YOU SEE THAT SHIFT BACK UP TO THE SUPERIOR OUT OF ABOVE STANDARD AND MEET STANDARD.
SO JUST A LITTLE INTERESTING INFORMATION AND THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I GUESS JUST ONE SMALL QUESTION.
LOOKING AT THE DISTRICTS PASSING AND FAILING, THERE'S A 1020 DISTRICTS FOR 2020-2021, BUT THERE'S 1019 DISTRICTS FOR 21-22 DID TEXAS LOSE A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
CONSOLIDATION, PROBABLY CONSOLIDATION, I WOULD EXPECT.
ASIDE FROM THAT AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW. THANK YOU, AND GOOD WORK TO JOHNNY AND TEAM AS ALWAYS, SUPERIOR IS WHAT WE EXPECT.
WHERE ARE WE? OH, ALL RIGHT, APPROVAL OF THE.
ACTUALLY LET ME INVITE TO THE PODIUM.
YES, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEING NONE, NOBODY INDICATING AN INTEREST TO COME PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS HEARING IS CONCLUDED AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRST RATING FOR PLANO ISD. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9.1, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR
[9.1. Approval of the Resolution Adopting the 2022 Property Tax Roll Presenter: Johnny Hill, Deputy Superintendent for Business and Employee Services]
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ADOPTING THE 2022 PROPERTY TAX ROLL.SO UNDER PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 26.09, IT IS IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEW AND APPROVE THE TAX ROLL FOR THAT YEAR.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS DEPENDENT ON THE VADER ELECTION PASSING THIS NEXT WEEK.
IF IT DOES, IF IT'S UNSUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK.
THIS IS BASED ON A ROLL A TAX LEVY, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE VALUE TIMES THE RATE, AND SO THIS IS PREDICATED ON THAT, BUT IT IS STILL A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE BRING IT BRING IT FORWARD TO FOR REVIEW TONIGHT.
WE ARE RESIDENTIAL 52.1%, COMMERCIAL 39.4%, PERSONAL 7.6%, AND AG JUST A LITTLE UNDER 1%.
WE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, WE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR TAX LEVY, OUR TAX ROLL ABOUT $27.3 MILLION. THAT'S ABOUT 3.5%.
NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER THE ACTUAL VALUE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, THEY WENT UP ABOUT 9.83%, BUT BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL THREE AND THE TAX COMPRESSION US GOING DOWN 6.1 CENTS, THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE OVERALL LEVY DOWN TO ABOUT 3.5%, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
JUST OVERALL, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ROLL FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, THE OVERALL ROE TAX LEVY IS $801 MILLION, $801,182,214, AND THAT COMES FROM A TAXABLE VALUE OF JUST A [INAUDIBLE] OVER $66 BILLION.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? MAYBE JUST A CLARIFICATION.
THE $801 MILLION, THAT'S HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE RECAPTURE OR IS THAT'S BASED ON LIKE THAT'S OUR NUMBER THAT OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING AND OVER A THIRD OF THAT'S GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
OKAY, SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION, AND SO THAT WAS IN THE PACKET, AND WE WILL BE ADOPTING APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION, ADOPTING THE 2022 PROPERTY TAX ROLL.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY DR.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10.1. Maintaining a Healthy Fund Balance and Monitoring the Impact of the Legislative Session Presenter: Johnny Hill, Deputy Superintendent for Business and Employee Services]
SESSION. THIS ONE OUGHT TO BE A DOOZY, JOHNNY [LAUGHTER].ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE.
I CAN SENSE THAT EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO I WILL SPEED UP MY PRESENTATION PACE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST STRENGTH OF OUR DISTRICT, MAINTAINING A HEALTHY, FUND BALANCE AS AS SO GOES YOUR FUND BALANCE, SO GOES YOUR DISTRICT, AS I LIKE TO SAY, AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE AT LEAST FAMILIAR WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE BASICS, YOU KNOW.
HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE? AND YOU HEARD COURTNEY, MR. REEVES, A WHILE AGO TALK ABOUT INDICATOR SIX.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BASICS ON WHAT THE TEA REQUIRES US TO HAVE.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO ISD? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS? OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A JULY 1 START DATE.
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WE COLLECT IT JUST IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT AS A RISK FACTOR, AND THEN THE DREADED LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S COMING UP, AND HOW HOW MIGHT THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ON OUR FUND BALANCE? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BASICS REAL QUICKLY.
I THINK WE'RE NOW UP TO, WHAT, 96? SO THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY IN THE LAST DECADE, BUT THIS WAS RELEASED IN MARCH OF MARCH OF 2009, BECAME EFFECTIVE FOR DISTRICTS AFTER 2011, IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, BUT IT HAD AN INTENDED PURPOSE AND THAT WAS TO ACTUALLY CLARIFY, MAKE MORE SPECIFIC, HOW YOU WERE ACTUALLY UTILIZING AND CLASSIFYING AND CLASSIFYING YOUR FUND BALANCE.
I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT.
ALL OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL, YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES ACTUALLY REQUIRE GASB 54 SO THAT'S YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR GENERAL FUND, SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, DEBT SERVICE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, AND THEN YOUR ENTERPRISE AND YOUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE OUTSIDE.
THEY DO NOT REQUIRE GASB 54 REQUIREMENTS.
SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE HIERARCHY OF GASB 54, YOUR FUND BALANCE HAS TO BE PLACED INTO ONE OF THESE FIVE DIFFERENT HIERARCHY CLASSES, NON SPENDABLE FUND BALANCE. THAT'S JUST AN AMOUNT THAT'S INVENTORY PREPAID THAT BY ITS VERY NATURE YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD OUT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THE INTENDED OF THAT OF THAT MONIES HAS ALREADY BEEN SPOKEN FOR.
YOU'VE GOT RESTRICTED FUND BALANCES AND THAT IS BY THE, IT'S CONSTRAINED BY SPECIFIC EXTERNAL PARTY.
THAT'S LIKE IF YOU'VE GOT DEBT SERVICE, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T SPEND THAT ON OTHER THINGS.
IT'S GOT TO BE SPENT JUST TO PAY BACK YOUR DEBT.
IT IS IF YOU'VE GOT ANY UNSPENT FUND BALANCE, IT'S FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT YOUR BOND WAS PASSED FOR, AND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS THAT HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN'T PULL THOSE OUT AND USE THOSE FOR FOR DISCRETIONARY TYPE ITEMS. YOU'VE GOT COMMITTED FUND BALANCE, AND THIS IS THESE ARE ACTUALLY BY THE HIGHEST GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU GO BACK TO OUR LOCAL POLICY CE THAT'S CE LOCAL, THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SETTING UP OUR BUDGETS, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS ON FUND BALANCE.
INDICATOR SIX BUT WHAT DOES OUR BOARD SAY THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE IN FUND BALANCE? GUESS WHAT? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT IN THAT POLICY.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST THIS BOARD WHO AND WHO IN OUR DISTRICT CAN ASSIGN FUND BALANCE.
WELL, IT'S OUR BOARD, BUT IT'S ALSO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
IT'S ALSO THE CFO CAN ALSO ASSIGN FUND BALANCE.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO GO BACK AND KNOW THAT'S COMING FROM PART OF OUR ACTUAL POLICY ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE JUST IS JUST NOT COMMITTED EXCEPT FOR IT CAN BE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PULL OUT PART OF IT IN CASE WE HAVE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSIGN PART OF THAT, PULL IT OUT IN CASE WE HAVE TO, WE GET TO THE POINT WE MIGHT NEED THAT, AND THEN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS WHAT WE USED TO CALL PRIOR TO 2011 UNRESTRICTED.
SO THIS IS OUR FUND BALANCE AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE AT AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO.
OUR AUDITORS ARE FINISHING UP.
THE AUDITORS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CALL TEST OF SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, WHICH THEY GO BACK AND PULL.
THAT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR PURCHASE ORDER SLIGHTLY, BUT EVERYTHING IN THERE AND I THINK THIS BOARD TWO YEARS AGO REALLY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO START PULLING OUT ITEMS OUT OF UNASSIGNED AND PUTTING IT INTO ASSIGNMENTS, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WAS THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURES ACTUALLY HONING IN ON OUR ON DISTRICTS FUND BALANCE.
I KNOW ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS IF YOU SEE CASH FLOW REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND, BUT IF THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE NEED MINIMUM FUNDAMENTALS? DO WE NEED ACTUALLY CASH FLOW? OUR DISTRICT, IT'S ABOUT $170 MILLION WITHOUT US BEING AT THAT LEVEL.
IF WE GET EVERY DIP BELOW THAT LEVEL, WE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING OUR BILLS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
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IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T TIE THAT UP IN INVESTMENTS.INVESTMENTS, PERCENTAGE OF INVESTMENTS IS GOING UP.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT MONIES CASH FLOW AND PAY OUR BILLS, AND THEN ALSO YOU SEE JUST THESE OTHER TYPE OF JUST BEING CREATIVE WITH HOW WE CAN PULL OUT OF UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. YOU ALSO SEE THE BUDGETED DEFICIT THERE, AT LEAST A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE OVER $19.5 MILLION. I WOULDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, AND WE HAVE TALKED WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP ON FRIDAY WITH OUR AUDIT BOARD, OUR AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE TAKE THE CASH FLOW REQUIREMENT OF 170 AND PUT IT BACK INTO UNASSIGNED, MAINLY, IN MY OPINION, WHAT WE SHOULD BE SEEING IN UNASSIGNED IS OUR IS WHAT WE NEED TO CASH FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE TEA RIGHT NOW ANYWAY ARE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THEY CALL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AUDITS ON WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH YOUR UNASSIGNED.
COURTNEY THIS LAST WEEK AND I TALKED WITH DAVID MARKS, HE'S THE DIRECTOR AND TEA OF COMPLIANCE AND THEY ARE THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S AN AUTOMATIC IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE AND UNASSIGNED, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC AUDIT.
IT IS A IT'S GOING IT'S A DECREASE OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD OF I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE BUT WE WE'RE DEFINITELY THERE ON IT, AND SO WE ACTUALLY I DON'T DR.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS I DO THINK IT'S AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION WITH TEA LET THEM KNOW HOW WE FELT ABOUT IT AND SO AND WE CAME TO A NICE COMPROMISE ON IT.
SO WE ARE WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, I DO THINK IT'S AT LEAST AS OF RIGHT NOW, UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE CHANGES, I THINK IT IS HEALTHY FOR US TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE IN UNASSIGNED JUST BE WHAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY CASH FLOW THE DISTRICT, IF THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK WE TAKE OUT ANYTHING THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE NEED CASH FLOW.
THESE ARE JUST YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES.
OBVIOUSLY, I GET ASKED THIS A LOT AND THAT IS HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? AND I WILL ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE DOLLAR.
BUT THE REAL ANSWER IS IT DEPENDS, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS.
EVERY DISTRICT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU'VE GOT SPECIFIC LARGE OUTFLOWS THAT'S COMING UP, AND THEN ALSO, WHAT IS YOUR RISK TOLERANCE? YOU'VE GOT SOME DISTRICTS THAT REALLY WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MONEY THERE TO HANDLE.
I ALWAYS HEARD THIS, AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE RULE OF THUMB.
YOU ALWAYS HEARD THE RULE OF THUMB IS THREE MONTHS.
I THINK IN OUR DISTRICT THAT'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GO FROM JULY 1 UNTIL WE ACTUALLY START COLLECTING OUR TAXES, WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER MONEYS THAT WE DO GET IN THAT PERIOD, BUT I THINK A THREE MONTHS FOR PLANO ISD IS A GOOD NUMBER TO SHOOT FOR AS CASH FLOW TEA IS THEIR GUIDANCE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND YOU HEARD COURTNEY GO OVER THIS A SECOND AGO, BUT IT IS BASICALLY SO THE REQUIREMENT TO GET FULL TEN POINTS ON THE INDICATOR NUMBER SIX WOULD BE 75 DAYS.
75 DAYS I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE LOW FOR DISTRICTS LIKE US THAT RELY SO HEAVILY ON PROPERTY TAXES.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING.
OF COURSE, THE INDICATOR FOR THIS YEAR THAT COURTNEY WENT OVER WAS THE LEFT HAND COLUMN 2021.
YOU CAN SEE TO DAVID'S POINT THAT HE WAS MAKING EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US IF YOU RUN THE NUMBERS ON THE AUDIT? WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP RIGHT NOW.
YOU GO FROM 4.37% INCREASE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 2.55.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT NUMBER IS GOING DOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING UP. IT'S GOING DOWN.
SO FOR EVERY DAY WE'RE IN BUSINESS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S ABOUT $1.9 MILLION.
OUR PAYROLL ON A MONTHLY BASIS IS ABOUT $45 MILLION.
WE'RE STILL IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ON THAT.
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JUSTIFICATIONS FOR ACTUALLY BASICALLY STAYING STRONG.YOU CAN SEE THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY YOUR BILLS.
NUMBER TWO, IT RESULTS IN HIGHER BOND RATINGS WHEN REDUCED INTEREST COSTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT OR SEEN THAT.
IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT AND ISSUE DEBT.
JUST A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A TRIPLE A UNDERLYING BOND RATING.
LIKE PLANO ISD WILL BE I MEAN WILL BE AFFECTED A LOT MORE FAVORABLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT, BUT IT STILL WILL COST US.
IN OTHER WORDS, DISTRICTS LIKE US THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WILL BE ISSUING DEBT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, IT'LL STILL COST US ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO PROBABLY EIGHT BASIS POINTS , BUT THAT MEANS ON A ON A OUR SIZE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A $350,000 A YEAR, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S A LOT LESS MONEY THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE. HOW DO WE GET THESE UNDERLYING BOND RATINGS? ONE OF THE MAIN INDICATORS THEY LOOK AT IS OUR FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE A LONG WAYS FROM THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT EACH YEAR WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THAT.
I'VE WORKED IN A DISTRICT THAT I HAD TO GO TO THE BANK AND BORROW MONEY TO MEET PAYROLL.
IT'S A VERY SCARY PLACE TO BE.
WE DON'T EVER WANT TO GET THERE, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND THEN ALLOW DISTRICTS TO RESPOND TO UNFORESEEN COSTS WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS. THE MAIN ONE JUST THIS YEAR IS INFLATION.
I MEAN, IT WAS WE KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME, BUT IT HAPPENED REALLY OVER ONE YEAR.
ALSO, DISASTERS LIKE URI, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND A LOT QUICKER IF WE'VE GOT MONEY SITTING THERE NOT HAVING TO WAIT FOR STATE OR FEDERAL TO KICK IN, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, JUST ON THE SCHOOL'S FIRST REPORT, IT'S THERE IS A CASH CASH INDICATOR AN INVESTMENTS INDICATOR, AND THIS HELPS US WITH THAT.
IN OUR CASE, BEING ABLE TO DO A CASH FLOW STATEMENT WHEN WHEN THE MONIES ARE COMING IN, WHEN THE MONEYS ARE GOING OUT, SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THEN JUST RELYING ON A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SHORTFALLS, AND ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OUR INFLOWS IN, MAINLY TAXES.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE MONTHS THOSE ARE COMING IN.
IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S NOT THE DOMINANT.
YOU CAN START SEPTEMBER 1 OR YOU CAN START JULY 1.
I WORKED IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BOTH.
THERE'S PROS AND CONS AGAINST BOTH.
I'M HAPPY WITH THE JULY 1, BUT YOU DO NEED MORE.
OK MONITORING THE IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
SO I THINK THIS I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED REPRESENTATIVE HUBERTY, AND HE HAS FOR THE LAST DECADE HE'S BEEN THE FINANCE GUY, AND SO AND THAT'S GOOD AND BAD, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE WHENEVER HE SAYS SOMETHING, EVERYBODY, IT'S LIKE E.F.
HUTTON, EVERYBODY STOPS AND LISTENS, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW FINANCE GUY.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT'S GOING TO BE.
NOBODY'S ANOINTED ANYBODY YET, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I FEEL BETTER.
I MEAN, THE LAST IT WAS SCARY LAST SESSION BECAUSE THEY GOT TO, YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL 1525, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE FIX FOR IT WAS THE FIX FOR HOUSE BILL THREE. WE GET TO THE VERY END HUBERTY WHO EVERYBODY'S YOU KNOW, HE'S THE FINANCE GUY AND SO EVERYBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM AND HE BRINGS UP ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ABOUT A MONTH UNTIL THE END OF THE SESSION FUND BALANCES AND HOW SCHOOLS HAVE TOO MUCH FUND BALANCES.
AND WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO START START CUTTING THOSE, AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS, HE ACTUALLY MENTIONED HOW MUCH IS IN FUND BALANCE, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS DESIGNATED OR UNASSIGNED, AND SO AS A RESULT, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE KEEPING IN ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED.
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IS EVERY TIME THERE'S AN OBVIOUSLY THE STATE HAS ONE, WHENEVER THEY DO A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY HAVE ONE ONE GO, ONE NOT ONE GO, BUT THEY HAVE ONE REQUIREMENT AND THAT IS TO THEY'VE GOT TO PASS THEY'VE GOT TO PASS A BUDGET.THEY'RE REQUIRED BY STATE CONSTITUTION TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET IN THE STATE.
SO SALES TAX MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE OVERALL STATE'S BUDGET, OVER HALF OF IT.
SO IT'S REALLY CLOSELY TIED WITH THE ECONOMY.
I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THERE IS A THERE IS A SURPLUS, AND SO I'M NOT AS WORRIED THIS SESSION ABOUT FUND BALANCE , BUT WE STILL NEED TO BE DILIGENT ON IT BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE ECONOMY, WHICH IT ALWAYS WILL EVENTUALLY CUT BACK DOWN, WE HAVE A DEFICIT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THE LEGISLATORS CAN EASILY GO GO FOR.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS? I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THINGS BACK INTO UNASSIGNED AND THEN A LEGISLATOR IS GOING TO GO, LET'S GRAB THOSE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCES.
I CAN I'M CONCERNED THAT TEA HAS MADE THAT REQUIREMENT THAT'S GOING TO PUT YOU IN AN AUDIT POSITION.
JOHNNY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE PAGE THAT HAD THE NUMBERS ON IT? BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXACT SAME QUESTION NANCY DOES.
I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A BAIT AND SWITCH.
YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO TAKE YOUR $170 MILLION AND PUT IT DOWN ON THE SIDE AND RISK LEGISLATIVE IMPACT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE $170 AS DESIGNATED FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES ARE ARE GOOD OR GOOD NECESSARY THREE MONTHS BALANCES.
SO WHICH IS BETTER? WELL, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT ON THE RADAR, ON THE BILLS WE WATCH AND BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT FUND BALANCE BILLS.
I THINK I THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE A GOOD STORY IF WE KEEP THE UNASSIGNED, JUST WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
IT'S NOT, AND THEN I THINK THAT WE YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO DO MORE ANSWERING TO TEA ON WHY WE HAVE SUCH A LOW UNASSIGNED. SO IT IS A TRADEOFF.
LIKE I SAID, WE KNOW THE FOLKS THAT DO THE AUDITS FOR TEA WE DON'T MIND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND TO SEE IF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHENEVER THEY JUST STARTED DOING THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THEY CALL THEM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REVIEWS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR MR. MARKS WAS OKAY SO ON INDICATOR NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A TO AUDIT RIGHT THAT TEA INDICATOR SIX IS A IS A FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO USE ASSIGNED PLUS UNASSIGNED TO MEET THAT INDICATOR AND YET YOU'RE AUDIT JUST NOW SENDING US THIS AUDIT THIS DESKTOP AUDIT BASED ON JUST UN UNASSIGNED AND SO IT'S A IT'S.
YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO THIS REQUIREMENT, BUT THEN YOU'RE BINGING US BECAUSE WE DID THIS RIGHT.
CAN WE GET A WAIVER ON THAT SOMEHOW? IS THERE A WAIVER YOU CAN APPLY FOR? WHAT I WHAT I ASKED DAVID MARKS AND I THINK HE'S I MEAN, HE'S OPEN TO THIS.
HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER AND TO THEIR FOLKS INTERNALLY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CHANGE OR LOOK AT CHANGING AND ALLOWING ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO BE PART OF THAT EQUATION TOO.
WELL, AND OUR FIRST REPORT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN SUPERIOR.
SO THEY REALLY HAVE NO REASON TO DING US ON THIS, BUT WHEN WE SAY DING, THEY WOULD DING US ON THE FIRST REPORT. THEY HAVE NOT DING US ON THE FIRST REPORT.
AND SO HOW MUCH TIME FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF DOES THAT REQUIRE? I MEAN, THERE'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE RIGHT THERE ON SOMETHING THAT HASN'T CHANGED OTHER THAN A CLASSIFICATION ON A FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
IS IT GOING TO MAKE COURTNEY QUIT? NO, NO.
I SEE HER HYPERVENTILATING BACK.
COURTNEY LOVES WORKING FOR ME.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S I DON'T LIKE TO USE THAT WORD.
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I WOULD SAY THIS.I MEAN, HONESTLY, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, I MEAN, I THINK THE DING FOR US WILL BE WHENEVER THEY REVIEW OUR AUDIT REPORT, WE WILL ALWAYS GET A COMMENT ON OUR ON OUR VERY LOW UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
SO AND I WE ACTUALLY HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
I THINK WHENEVER I SAID US, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET AUDITED ON IT AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK WE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS WITH THOSE GUYS WHENEVER WE TALKED WITH THEM.
IT'S CALLED THE GAMING SYSTEM POLICY.
I WOULD SAY I'M OPEN TO THIS BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THIS BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING IT UNASSIGNED.
WHAT IF THEY GOTCHA? LOOK AT THE SITUATION.
WE CAN TAKE IT BECAUSE WE PUT IT IN THE ASSIGNMENT.
WE TRY TO PUT AS MUCH ASSIGNMENT AS POSSIBLE.
IS BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF THOSE UNASSIGNED AMOUNTS WILL ATTRACT EYEBALLS, BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO REVERSE THAT, AND NOW YOU HAVE A HUGE POT OF MONEY SITTING IN UNASSIGNED ACTUALLY IS ASSIGNED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS SAYING I'M COMFORTABLE WITH.
TELL ME, IS IT CURRENTLY IN ASSIGNED OR IT'S CURRENTLY AN UNASSIGNED? YEAH, WELL, I KNOW IT'S UP THERE, SO IT'S CURRENTLY ASSIGNED.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FINISHING UP THE AUDIT REPORT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW IT'S SITTING IN AN IN AN ASSIGNMENT AND I'D BE COMFORTABLE KEEPING IT THERE AS WELL.
I MEAN, I'D RATHER RISK AN AUDIT THAN LOSING THE MONEY TO THE LEGISLATOR.
I WILL SAY THIS. WHEN THE LEGISLATORS LOOK AT THIS, THEY THEY NORMALLY GO RIGHT TO THE UNASSIGNED.
YEAH. THEY DON'T GO TO ANY OF THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES.
THE REPORTS THAT THEY'RE GETTING AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS FREE.
I MEAN, NOT FREE MONEY, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S JUST.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, MONEY'S THAT'S, THAT'S GOING UP AND UP AND UP IS THE UNASSIGNED.
THAT'S NOT US. HE'S A HE'S A GOOD GUY.
I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND ASK A COUPLE OF EXPLICIT QUESTIONS, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND OUR TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHERE DID THIS MONEY COME FROM IN THE FUND BALANCE? WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM IN THE FIRST PLACE? YEAH. SO SO PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE, A LOT OF THERE'S ONE BIG AMOUNT THAT RECAPTURE WAS PAID ON IN A SUBSEQUENT YEAR. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAD WHENEVER YOU HAD THESE INCREASES IN VALUE, THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO RECAPTURE THOSE TAXES FOR THAT ONE YEAR RECAPTURE WAS ALWAYS ONE YEARS IN ARREARS, AND I ALWAYS CALL IT RIDING THE WAVE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAD AN ADVANTAGE.
IT WAS LITERALLY ABLE TO GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS A RESULT OF WHEN VALUES WERE GOING UP THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY YOU GOT THE TAXES, THE HIGHER TAXES, BUT YOU'RE PAYING RECAPTURE ON THE LAST YEAR'S VALUES, AND SO WITH HOUSE BILL THREE, THAT WAS BUTTONED UP AND IT WAS YOU WENT TO STRICTLY CURRENT YOUR VALUES, AND SO THAT WENT AWAY US ACTUALLY BUILDING UP AND JUST HAVING THESE BIG FUND BALANCES.
THE GROWTH AND FUND BALANCE IS EXTREMELY HARD TO DO AFTER HOUSE BILL THREE.
SO THIS IS MONEY THAT PLANO ISD TAXPAYERS PAID.
OKAY, AND WHEN YOU SAY THE LEGISLATORS ARE SAYING WE NEED TO CUT THE FUND BALANCE, ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING US TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO OUR TAXPAYERS OR ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THAT MONEY GOING TO THE STATE? I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLICIT ABOUT.
SO IN YEARS LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE SHORTCHANGING THEIR OBLIGATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS TO SHORTCHANGE THAT IS, WELL, IF A DISTRICT IS ALREADY SITTING ON, YOU KNOW, X NUMBER OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FUND BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM PARTNER WITH US, AND PART OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO PAY FOR OUT OF THEIR FUND BALANCE, AND WE'LL PICK UP THE OTHER PART.
THAT IS THAT'S THE CONVERSATION.
SO I'M NOT SURE I WOULD CALL THAT PARTNERING, BUT I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
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DAY OR FOR EDUCATION OR FOR WHATEVER, FOR CASH FLOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE OF WE NEED TO CUT FUND BALANCES.I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR TAXPAYERS UNDERSTAND EXPLICITLY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD LIKELY MEAN THIS MONEY GOING TO THE STATE AND NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO EDUCATION.
YEAH, IT'S A GRAB AND IT'S RECAPTURE ON TOP OF RECAPTURE.
SO CAN I CAN I PUT SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT ON THIS, TOO? SO THIS WAS THIS WAS RICHARD [INAUDIBLE] PLAN FROM A DECADE PLUS BACK BECAUSE RICHARD SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL WITH RECAPTURE, HE KNEW RECAPTURE WAS GOING TO GROW. SO HE SAID WE NEED TO INCREASE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO WIN WHEN WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OPERATE ON A NEUTRAL BUDGET ANYMORE.
WE HAVE CASH TO SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE THERE THAT WAS THERE WAS A RESULT OF SOME LEGISLATION, A LEGISLATIVE GRAB POTENTIALLY, BUT IF YOU DO SOME VERY QUICK MATH ON $269 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, LESS $170 MILLION, WHICH IS OUR 90 DAY RUNWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO BE GOOD FISCAL STEWARDS, THAT LEAVES YOU ROUGHLY $100 MILLION AT A $40 MILLION DEBT DEFICIT THAT GIVES YOU TWO AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE THE STUFF HITS THE FAN, AND THAT IS THE RUNWAY THAT THIS DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE POTENTIALLY THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE NOW STARTING TO SPEND THE DOLLARS THAT MAKE US A TRIPLE-A RATED DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE RED FLAG.
NOW, THIS IS WHAT RICHARD PLANNED FOR.
THIS WAS HIS PLAN, AND SO WE DO HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO US THAT IS GOING TO FLOW TO US.
AND WE HAVE VIEWS OF THAT MONEY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO FLOAT THE NEGATIVE, THE BUDGET DEFICITS WHERE WE'VE NEEDED IT, BUT OUR DEFICIT IS MASSIVE RIGHT NOW AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT BUDGET WITHOUT DIPPING INTO FUND BALANCE ANYMORE, AND SO TWO AND A HALF YEARS IS A VERY SHORT WINDOW BEFORE WERE IN A VERY, VERY BAD SPOT.
AND JOHNNY, EARLIER IN THE SLIDES, YOU SAID OUR DAILY EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT IS $1.889 MILLION.
YES, MA'AM, AND IT WENT UP FROM $1.839 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR, AND THAT'S REALLY A FACTOR OF INFLATION, CORRECT? IT IS INFLATION, AND SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE 0.75 INCREASE IN THE FED RATE AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR OVERALL ECONOMY, BUT I DON'T THINK OUR INFLATION IS GOING TO BE DIPPING DOWN ANY TIME REAL SOON.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT THE BRAKES ON IT.
I THINK MOST EXPERTS AGREE WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF INFLATION COMING.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LIKE I SAID, THAT ONE WAS A DOOZY.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE START DATE OF THE BUDGET ON SLIDE 14.
JUST HAVE A CURIOSITY ABOUT THAT, AND WHY IS IT THAT ONLY 25% OF THE [INAUDIBLE] THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THAT THE OTHER PIECE IS, ISN'T IT, IF YOU HAVE A SEPTEMBER START DATE.
AND YOU'RE HIRING TEACHERS TO START A SCHOOL YEAR THAT STARTS IN AUGUST, A MONTH BEFORE THAT.
IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THE PHENOMENA OF A FIRST YEAR TEACHER, HAS THEIR FIRST YEAR PAYCHECK DIVIDED TO 13 MONTHS? YES. SO THAT SEEMS TO BE REALLY ONEROUS.
SO WHY DO SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE SEPTEMBER START DATE? BECAUSE UP UNTIL SO UP UNTIL ABOUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A DECADE NOW.
IT'S IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.
I MEAN, IT'S I'VE GONE THROUGH THE CHANGE.
I'M GOING THROUGH THE CHANGE TOO [LAUGHTER].
SO THERE'S THERE ARE PROS AND CONS.
YOU'VE GOT A STAFF THAT STARTED THE VERY 1ST OF AUGUST, AND UNLESS YOU.
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SO THAT'S HOW THEY RESPOND TO THAT BUT THERE ARE I MEAN, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS WITH BOTH.SO IF YOU HAVE THAT, WHERE DO YOU GET THE RESOURCES TO PAY THAT MONTH OF AUGUST? IS THAT WHERE THE FUND BALANCE COMES IN, AS YOU HAD TO USE FUND BALANCE MONEY TO COVER THAT MONTH OF AUGUST? WELL, I MEAN, SO SO YOU DON'T I MEAN, UNLESS YOU PAY YOUR 13 CHECKS, IT'S A THAT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT.
YOU DON'T ACTUALLY PAY THEM TILL SEPTEMBER, THE MAJORITY OF THEM.
SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET A PAYCHECK UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
I MEAN, YEAH, UNLESS THEY COME AND THEY REQUEST OR YOU'RE A DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY DOES THE THIRD THING CHECK, THEN IN SOME CASES THEY COULD GO 6 TO 8, EIGHT WEEKS WITHOUT A PAYCHECK. SO YEAH, AT THE HARDEST TIME OF STARTING AS A FIRST YEAR TEACHER, I MEAN, IT'S JUST I JUST REMEMBER BEING VERY EXCITED.
SO YEAH, BECAUSE YOU ANNUALIZE YOUR PAYCHECK AND I CAN I CAN LOOK AT THE EDUCATORS UP HERE AND HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAD TO VERY FIRST TIME YOU STARTED? I MEAN, IT WAS A IT WAS A CRUNCH.
A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU BORROW MONEY FROM YOUR PARENTS OR OR YOU ATE BEANS FOR A MONTH.
WELL, I JUST THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO BE AWARE OF, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THE MINORITY, AND I'M SORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ON A JULY 1ST, UNLESS IT HAS SOME LONGER TERM EFFECTS, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO CHANGE THIS.
NO, I THINK I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN WE CHANGED.
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
SO. ALL RIGHT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, SORRY THAT THIS TOOK SO LONG.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE THIS LONG, SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
I JUST LOOKED IT UP. JUST AS I'D LIKE TO REMIND OUR LEGISLATORS WHO ARE WATCHING US, IF THEY WANT TO TRY AND GRAB OUR FUND BALANCE, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A $13.6 BILLION RAINY DAY FUND THAT'S JUST SITTING AROUND DOING NOTHING.
YES, AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THEM THAT WE HAVE A $27 BILLION STATE SURPLUS THIS YEAR, AND $14 BILLION OF THAT IS FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THE SOURCE OF THE REMAINING IS PROBABLY SALES TAX, GASOLINE TAX AND WHATEVER.
ALL RIGHT, JERI, ANY OTHER UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, ON TO, I THINK, MORE HAPPIER THINGS.
[10.2. Review of 2023 2024 Academic Calendar Drafts Presenter: Lesley Range Stanton, Chief Communications Officer]
YEAH, MORE FUN THINGS, LESLIE.MIC] OK. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING TO OUR TRUSTEES.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME BACK LAST.
LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE DID KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE CALENDAR PLANNING, AND TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DRAFTS TO LOOK AT, AND SO WE'VE GOT AN A, B AND A C, AND SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH THAT HERE THIS EVENING.
JUST A RECAP OF FROM LAST TIME YOU SAW A SLIDE THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, BUT WE'VE ADDED THE IDEA.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF INCREASING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY BY 5 MINUTES, AND SO THE CALENDARS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE A REFLECTION OF DOING THAT , AND THAT, AGAIN, THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH LOOKING AT THE FLEXIBILITY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, EXTENDING THE DAY ACROSS ALL LEVELS BY 5 MINUTES, THAT WITHOUT CHANGING THE CAMPUS WORKDAY, STARTING IN TIMES NO IMPACT ON ON FOOD SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS DURING THE DAY AND THEN MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT PERHAPS IN THE AFTERNOON TO THE TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE.
SO THE CALENDAR DROPS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO CALENDAR A IS A VERSION AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSION.
WE'VE PLAYED AROUND WITH DIFFERENT THINGS HERE AND WE'VE TALKED TO OUR STAFF AND TO PTA AND TO STUDENTS, TO YOU GUYS LAST MONTH, AND SO NOW WE'RE INTERNALLY ON VERSION FOUR, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
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SO CALENDAR A IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS MOST LIKE THE CURRENT YEAR'S CALENDAR, AND THIS IS EVEN WITH THE INCREASED 5 MINUTES INCREASING BY 5 MINUTES, WE RECOUPED TWO DAYS OF INSTRUCTION THAT COULD NOW BE USED FOR STAFF, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.SO THAT GOES BACK TO SOME TEACHER PLANNING TIME, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT CALENDAR A, WE'VE GOT.
WE'VE GOT AT LEAST ONE STAFF DAY, I THINK, IN EACH INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT THE WINTER BREAK, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAD LAST TIME WAS WILL WE HAVE SOME PLANNING TIME EVERY SIX WEEKS? I THINK, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN, AT LEAST ONE PLANNING DAY, EVERY GRADING PERIOD ACROSS ALL THREE CALENDARS.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS ASKED WAS ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE VISITS ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS BEST, AND I DID DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND ACCORDING TO THE COLLEGE BOARD, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, THOSE ARE BETTER DAYS FOR COLLEGE VISITS.
FRIDAYS ARE A LITTLE UNPREDICTABLE AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
AND SO SO IF WE HAVE THOSE YELLOW DAYS IS WHAT WE CALL THEM, AS WE'RE PLANNING THE CALENDAR, IF WE HAVE THOSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS ON MONDAYS OR EVEN A HOLIDAY ON A MONDAY, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BETTER DAYS FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO ON THOSE CAMPUS VISITS.
SO ACROSS THE BOARD YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES CALENDAR B IS THE KIND OF OBLIGATORY MONDAY START AND BY HAVING A MONDAY START WE WERE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME DAYS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT GIVES A FULL WEEK OFF FOR A FALL BREAK WHERE STAFF AND STUDENTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TIME, BUT YOU'RE EXTENDING YOUR START DAY AND YOUR ENDING ON MAY 24TH, AND SO THERE ARE SOME SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT THEY PREFER OR DON'T PREFER, AND A MONDAY START IS NOT ALWAYS FAVORABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE ON CALENDAR B AND THEN BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENT TEACHER HOLIDAYS ON THAT FIRST LINE.
IN THE FIRST GRADING PERIOD, YOU'VE GOT SIX DAYS IN CALENDAR B AND THEN YOU MOVE ON OVER TO CALENDAR C, YOU'VE GOT THREE DAYS AND WHAT YOU HAVE ON CALENDAR C IS MORE OF THAT MINI FALL BREAK THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
SO YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE FRIDAY THE 6TH AND MONDAY THE 9TH, AND THEN A COUPLE OF MORE DAYS OFF FOR STUDENTS WHERE STAFF CAN HAVE THAT TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
SO YOU GET SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE DAYS BREAK FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEN STAFF.
THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TOGETHER AND PRODUCE THAT MINI FALL BREAK.
EACH OF THESE VERSIONS HAS THE 7TH NOVEMBER 7TH, WHICH WOULD BE THE ELECTION DAY, SMALL ELECTION DAY NEXT YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, BUT EVERY OTHER YEAR, OF COURSE, THE DIFFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, 6 TO 8 CAMPUSES BEING USED FOR ELECTION VERSUS LIKE 26 THAT WE'LL HAVE NEXT NEXT TUESDAY.
SO BEING OFF ON OR STUDENTS NOT BEING IN THE BUILDING ON THOSE DAYS MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND KIND OF QUELLS THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY WITH ELECTION DAY.
AND THEN CALENDAR C AND THEN GOING BACK TO CALENDAR A THAT HAS THE MORE TRADITIONAL TIME THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR OUR WINTER BREAK STARTING ON DECEMBER 18TH, CALENDARS B AND C LOOK MORE LIKE WHAT OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE SAYING THEY ARE DOING AND HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED IN A LOT OF CASES WHERE THAT'S GOING TO START.
IT PUTS FAMILIES AND STUDENTS COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER SO THAT 22ND THROUGH THE 5TH IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT CALENDAR C THE WAY THAT'S DRAFTED, THAT IS DEFINITELY THE MOST WELL, CALENDARS B AND C ARE A LITTLE MORE BALANCED ACROSS SEMESTERS.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THOSE FEATURES, THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES ACROSS THE THREE CALENDARS, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO, WELL, THAT'S IT. SO DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAFT? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IN THE SECOND SEMESTER WE ALWAYS HAVE STAAR TESTING AND A LOT OF THE AP TESTS AND ALL OF THAT.
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ABOUT HOW MANY DAYS ARE YOU ESTIMATING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY FIRST SEMESTER HAS FEWER DAYS VERSUS THE SECOND SEMESTER, HOW MANY DAYS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING FOR THAT CUSHION? WELL, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF TESTING DAYS.LISA, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.
THEY ARE SPREAD OUT. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A TWO WEEK PERIOD, BUT NOT EVERY STUDENT TESTS ON EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, EACH SEMESTER, AND YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT SEMESTER EXAMS. THERE ARE ALSO EOC EXAMS IN FIRST SEMESTER.
SO SOMETIMES THAT BALANCES OUT AS WELL.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE CALENDARS AND WHEN YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE DOING DRAFT B WITH THE OCTOBER FALL BREAK, I THINK THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ASKED THROUGH THE YEARS AND WE'VE CONSIDERED BRINGING IT BACK, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO CONSIDER BRINGING BACK THE FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER.
MY ONLY THING WOULD BE LOOKING AT DRAFT A AND JUST SEEING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE STAFF DAYS AND WHAT THAT WOULD GIVE THEM FOR MID-SEMESTER REASSESSMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLCS.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER BALANCE FOR THE STAFF IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE BOTH.
THEN I'D LOVE THAT, BUT I THINK KIND OF BALANCING THAT OUT FOR THE STAFF SHOULD BE A PRIORITY.
WELL, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, I WAS SITTING HERE WONDERING IF WE KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STAFF HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT THAT WOULD REQUIRE CHILD CARE ON THOSE DAYS, BECAUSE IF WITH THE FALL BREAK, IT'S A BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHER AND YOU'RE NOT PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE BURDEN ON THE STAFF, THAT THEY'VE GOT TO FIND COVERAGE FOR THEIR OWN KIDS FOR THOSE TWO DAYS IN OCTOBER, AND WOULD THAT BE PREFERABLE? SO, YES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF STAFF WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT OR I MEAN STAFF IF THEY DON'T HAVE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT WITH STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
I MEAN, THE MID-WEEK START DATE IS, I THINK, SO IMPORTANT, AND IF WE CAN GIVE THAT, THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN GIVE TO TEACHERS, AND I'VE ONLY GOTTEN FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. IF THAT'S CHANGED, THEN I'D WANT TO KNOW THAT, BUT THAT MIDWEEK START.
THE OTHER THING I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT IS AND SEE THAT EXTENDED, NOT EXTENDED, BUT THE WINTER BREAK EXTENDING INTO JANUARY, AND IF THAT IS PREFERABLE TO HAVING THE WINTER BREAK STARTING EARLIER, IT SEEMS TO ME FROM A TEACHER STANDPOINT AND THE SPRING SEMESTER IS SUCH A SLOG AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A SMALLER, MAKE IT MORE BALANCED AS FAR AS NUMBERS, IT JUST MAKES IT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO NAVIGATE. YES, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS DRAFT C 4AND A 4.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME STAFF RESPONSE EARLY ON FROM [INAUDIBLE]AND FROM PRINCIPALS WHO SAW VERSIONS OF THE CALENDAR AND THE C CALENDAR KIND OF WON OUT OVER AS FAR AS PREFERENCE.
SO THEY DID EXPRESS A PREFERENCE FOR THAT LATER.
IT'S JUST THAT IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A BREAK, THE MULTIPLE BREAKS.
THE TRADE OFF A FEW YEARS BACK WAS TAKING THE FULL WEEK OF FULL FALL BREAKOUT AND INSTEAD GIVING A FULL WEEK AT THANKSGIVING AND THAT AND I HEAR THE IDEA.
ANGELA, YOUR IDEA ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE FULL, FULL WEEK OF FALL BREAK, BUT TO ME, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU'D HAVE A FULL WEEK IN OCTOBER, A FULL WEEK IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN OF TWO FULL WEEKS IN DECEMBER, WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, PROBABLY LIKE EIGHT, TEN WEEKS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING FOUR OF THOSE OFF.
THAT'S A LOT OF TIME OFF THAT MAYBE THERE'S MORE BENEFICIAL WAYS TO MOVE THOSE DAYS AROUND.
JUST I WOULD GIVE YOU MY TWO CENTS ON THE REST OF THESE.
I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF THE WEDNESDAY START DATE, SO THAT KIND OF MAKES NEGATES BE A LITTLE BIT.
I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF BALANCED SEMESTER DAYS WHICH NEGATES A NEGATIVE MARK ON A.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS DID YOU GET REAL POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON TAKING THE AN EXTRA DAY AROUND LABOR DAY THIS THIS YEAR? YES, YES.
THERE WAS POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THAT.
I QUESTION THAT LAST YEAR JUST WHEN WE FIRST DID THAT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, GOSH, THAT'S RIGHT, SCHOOLS JUST STARTING AND YOU'RE TAKING AN EXTRA DAY, BUT I THINK THE COMMENT WAS THE TEACHERS NEED TO THEY NEED THAT DAY TO GATHER THEMSELVES, AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN A REAL POSITIVE.
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RIGHT. RIGHT, AND EVEN IN THE FEEDBACK WITH PRINCIPALS AND OUR [INAUDIBLE] GROUP, SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE SURROUNDING KEEPING SOME TIME OFF IN THERE, AND DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK ON FRIDAY, THE FRIDAY BEFORE, VERSUS THE TUESDAY AFTER? I DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANY I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANY NOTES ABOUT THAT I CAN RECALL RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN LOOK AND SEE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ASK.SO THESE VERSIONS OF THE CALENDAR WILL GO BACK THIS FRIDAY TO OUR LEADERSHIP GROUP, THE BIGGER GROUP, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK ABOUT THAT . OUR STUDENTS GAVE US SOME OF THE STUDENTS DID GIVE WHAT THEY LIKE.
THEY PREFER TO HAVE THE FRIDAY AND MONDAY.
YEAH, JUST PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY EASIER IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRAVEL THAT WEEKEND TO TAKE THE FRIDAY BEFORE AS OPPOSED TO THE TUESDAY AFTER THE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF FOOTBALL SEASON AND BANDS AND FOOTBALL TEAMS AND DRILL TEAM OR ARE WE ABLE TO DO THE SCHEDULE SO WE HAVE A THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES.
WELL I MEAN THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS AND THEY WEREN'T ALL HERE BUT THEY I MEAN THAT WAS PART OF THEIR DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF THEM ARE INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR AND THEIR PREFERENCE WAS STILL FRIDAY TO MONDAY.
I THINK PART OF IT, TOO, IS IS JUST TRAVEL AND HAVING A I THINK PROBABLY FOR PARENTS TO HAVING A FRIDAY AND A MONDAY VERSUS HAVING TO GO INTO THE NEXT WEEK, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE PREFERENCE FROM A KIDS PERSPECTIVE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WINTER BREAK.
IF WE GO TO A DRAFT C 4 WE'RE KIND OF CHANGING THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, AND SO I WONDER, HAVE WE TALKED TO FAMILIES OR DID PTA GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE WAY WE'RE SHIFTING IT MORE INTO JANUARY.
YEAH. WE CAN SEND NOW THAT WE HAVE DRAFTS, ALL DRAFTS.
WE CAN SEND THESE AROUND AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR PTA COUNCIL.
I WILL SAY THIS AS FAR AS FEEDBACK ON THAT, THE FEEDBACK IS OUR KIDS ARE COMING BACK EARLIER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT A THE LAST DAY BEING DECEMBER 15TH FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGH'S THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING EXAMS AND SO THEN THEY'RE IN HALF DAYS.
YEAH, THEY'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WEEKS BETWEEN THANKSGIVING BREAK AND WHEN EXAMS WOULD START, IT'S LIKE A TWO WEEK PERIOD VERSUS B CALENDAR B AND C GIVES YOU THREE WEEKS BETWEEN THANKSGIVING BREAK AND EXAMS. SO IT'S ALMOST IN A WAY, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE PREFERENCE, AND ALSO, AS LESLEY SAID, B AND C ALIGN BETTER WITH WHAT OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE DOING, AND THAT WAS EXCITING TO ACROSS ALL THE AUDIENCES, THE PARENTS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS LIKE THE IDEA OF ALIGNING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, AND THEN THIS I WOULD PRESUME THIS ALIGNS WITH COLIN.
YES. SO COLIN, SPRING BREAK IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO ALIGN WITH COLIN, AND SO THAT DOES ACROSS ALL THREE CALENDARS, AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE A DRAFT B THAT STARTS ON A MONDAY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL DECIDED THAT A MIDWEEK START IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
YES, WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS PREFER THE MID-WEEK START FOR SURE.
HEY, LESLEY ON OCTOBER ON THIS DRAFT C OCTOBER 6TH IS A HOLIDAY.
SO. SO THAT'S THE, AND THEN THERE'S THE MINI FALL BREAK THE WEEK AFTER THAT.
YOU COULD ALMOST TAKE THAT OCTOBER 6TH DAY AND MOVE IT.
THAT'S A FREEBIE THAT YOU COULD MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE EVEN INTO THE SECOND SEMESTER IF YOU WANTED TO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW BUT TO JERI'S POINT, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES ON FRIDAYS, AND SO TO THE EXTENT YOU'VE GOT A STUDENT HOLIDAY ON A FRIDAY IN THE FALL, THAT'S A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MOVE THAT DOWN TO THE NEXT WEEK TO THE 12TH, THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE WHOLE WEEK OFF, RIGHT? SO MAYBE TAKE THAT DAY.
YEAH, APRIL HAS A LOT OF A LOT OF TIME IN THERE WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT.
I DON'T KNOW. TO ME, THAT'S A FREE DAY THAT YOU COULD WORK WITH IF YOU NEEDED TO.
SO WE'LL KIND OF WORKSHOP THAT WITH OUR OTHER VETTING GROUPS AS WELL.
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THE APRIL 29TH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY ON CALENDAR C, THERE MIGHT BE POTENTIAL.THE ONLY THING IS YOU LOSE THAT PLANNING DAY IN THAT LAST SEMESTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED IN THAT LAST GRADING PERIOD COULD BE MOVED TO THE 8TH WHERE STAFF STILL HAD A PLANNING DAY BEFORE THE STUDENTS CAME BACK OF JANUARY 8TH.
I MEAN, SO THAT'S ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ASK.
YEAH. I'M SORT OF IN SAYING THAT I'M SORT OF SURPRISED THAT YOU HAVE THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE GOING SO FAR INTO JANUARY.
I FEEL LIKE JUST AS A WORKING MOM, THERE IS MORE OF A PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATION FOR ME TO BE BACK IN THE OFFICE LIKE JANUARY 2ND OR 3RD THAN THERE IS BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN WE'RE SORT OF WINDING DOWN FOR THE YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INDUSTRY SPECIFIC, BUT THEN GOING INTO THE 8TH, LIKE NANCY'S PANICKING ME A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY KIDS? IT'S LIKE EIGHT DAYS INTO THE YEAR.
I'M ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN A CONFERENCE THAT WEEK, AND SO I JUST FEEDING BACK ON THAT POINT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE PARENT FEEDBACK ON THAT AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE TO THAT, WHY THEY'VE GONE TO THAT AND HOW THAT WORKS, BECAUSE IT JUST IS A MOM OF YOUNG KIDS.
I LIKE THE A BREAK BETTER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE OUTVOTED.
SO I ACTUALLY LIKE THE OCTOBER 6TH WHERE IT IS.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY OPINION FAMILIES DO LIKE FRIDAYS OFF OVER A MONDAY.
THAT'S TRUE, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FRIDAY FOOTBALL GAME AND YOU'VE GOT THE BAND THE DRILL TEAM AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM, THAT'S A LOT OF SHUFFLING EXTRACURRICULARS, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE POINTS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD KIDS IN BOTH ACTIVITIES, I DIDN'T HAVE A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
KIDS HAVE ALL THE ACTIVITIES ON THE FRIDAY.
I MEAN, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAMILY TO GO ANYWHERE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT SPRING IS SUCH A SLOG THAT TOWARDS THE END, WELL, YOU COULD PUSH THAT IF WE'RE DOING THAT OCTOBER 6TH, FRIDAY, SWAP IT WITH APRIL 5TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY, AND THEN YOU GET YOUR FRIDAY AND YOU GET YOUR RELIEF IN THE SPRING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT RUNS INTO THE APP TESTS AND THE EOS AND ALL OF THE TESTING.
ALL RIGHT ASIDE FROM PTA, ARE THERE ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR PARENTS TO GIVE INPUT OTHER THAN EMAILING TRUSTEES? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S IF WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO A QUICK SURVEY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE 15TH FOR APPROVAL.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF PARENTS DO WANT THAT OCTOBER BREAK, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHOLE WEEK, BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE PARENTS A YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER'S GOOD, THAT WOULD GIVE PARENTS A GOOD TIME TO ACTUALLY PLAN A TRIP.
I WAS GOING TO SAY WE WE DID A SURVEY, TOO, EITHER LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO MAYBE.
CAN YOU SHARE THOSE RESULTS AGAIN WITH THE BOARD? YES, WE CAN.
OR THE THANKSGIVING THE MINI BREAK? YEAH. WHAT WE SETTLED ON LIKE YOU SAID, EVERYBODY ASTOUNDINGLY WANTED THE FULL WEEKEND THANKSGIVING SO WE GAVE THEM THAT AND WENT TO THE MINI FALL BREAK.
AND I THINK LIKE YOU SAID, IN A SPAN OF EIGHT WEEKS, WE'VE GOT HALF OF THEM OFF.
SO MAYBE PUSH SOME OF THAT INTO THE SPRING SEMESTER.
SO PART OF WHAT WE CAN DO THIS WEEK IS GO BACK TO THE OTHER SURVEYS.
WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF THAT AND A LOT OF INPUT AND SEE IF THAT IF WE CAN PULL SOMETHING FROM THERE FROM THE DIFFERENT AND WE HAVE STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE VETTING GROUPS LISTED.
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FEEDBACK FROM TONIGHT, GO BACK TO THE SURVEY, DO SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKING, AND WE CAN EITHER IF WE'RE NOT READY FOR APPROVAL, WE'LL BRING BACK WHAT WHAT HAS WHAT THE REWORK IS FROM THE INPUT FOR EITHER A VERSION FIVE OR TWEAKING AND THEN OR X, Y, Z, OR X, Y,Z, BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT KEEPS BACK TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.SOME OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WERE ESTABLISHED FROM THE SURVEYS.
I THINK IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE.
I'LL ADMIT I WASN'T VERY PREPARED FOR THIS PARTICULAR TONIGHT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE LIKE THE PDFS.
I COULDN'T READ THESE BECAUSE IT WAS IN ONE SLIDE, AND SO BEFORE WE DISCUSS THIS AGAIN, CAN WE GET THE ACTUAL PDFS, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, JUST GET THOSE IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN DIVE INTO IT A LITTLE DEEPER AND BE MORE PREPARED.
YES. WELL, THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS IF WE HAVE A LOT OF TESTING IN APRIL AND MAY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE NEED THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT WE HAVE YOU GOT THE AP EXAMS, YOU KNOW, IN MAY, AND THE TEACHERS HAVE TO PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS FOR THOSE AP EXAMS IN APRIL.
YES. SO AS THESE WERE DEVELOPED, NOT ONLY DID WE USE THIS THE TESTING DATES OR CALENDAR FROM TEA, BUT ALSO FROM COLLEGE BOARD, AND WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT, AND THAT'S THE THING AS FAR AS, IS IT TEN DAYS OR IS IT 15 OR IS AT 12? IT REALLY IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE OUROUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS, THEY MAY HAVE LESS STATE TESTING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGHER AP TESTING DATES, WHEREAS AND THEN OUR PRIMARY STUDENTS HAVE LESS AND THEN THE KIDS THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH.
I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF DIFFERENT TESTING REQUIREMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
SO BUT THAT'S THAT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OF ALL THREE CALENDARS.
THANK YOU. SEE WAY MORE FUN THAN FUN BALANCE.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS.
[11. CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION NON AGENDA ITEMS]
WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO HAVE ONE NON AGENDA RELATED TOPIC, AND SO I'LL REMIND OUR SPEAKER, YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES.THE TIME WILL BE, I THINK DISPLAYED UP HERE.
SO AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM AND FEEL STATE YOUR NAME THE SUBJECT MATTER OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT, AND AS A REMINDER, A NON AGENDA ITEMS, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO REPLY TO YOU AT ALL.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU WANT THE ONE MINUTE WARNING FROM JERI, I'M GOOD.
IT'S ALL YOU. ALL RIGHT? MY NAME IS TERRI HAMILTON.
I FEEL COMPELLED TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT I AM NOT SPEAKING THIS EVENING IN MY CAPACITY AS A PLANO ISD STAFF MEMBER, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LABEL MY TOPIC THIS EVENING, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF IT FEELS LIKE A WINDING ROAD TO GET TO MY POINT.
AS A TAXPAYER, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING PIECE OF THIS INITIATIVE.
EVERY BOARD MEETING I HEAR ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STRAITS AND RECAPTURE WOES, WE'RE BEGGING FOR VOTERS TO PASS THE PROPS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WE STRUGGLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TEACHERS.
WE HAVE OPENED POSITIONS ON NEARLY EVERY CAMPUS TO THIS DAY.
WE CAN'T AFFORD COMPETITIVE PAY RAISES OR REASONABLE STIPENDS IN FINE ARTS.
WE DON'T FUND OUR THEATER PROGRAMS APPROPRIATELY OR MAINTAIN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STAGES, BUT SOMEHOW WE'RE READY TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THOSE TEACHERS HAVE TO SERVE ON A SHOESTRING, WE'RE TOLD WE'RE GOING TO JUST FIND THE MONEY FOR THE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, FACILITIES AND STAFFING NEEDED TO PULL THIS OFF FOR GROWING ART AND THEATER PROGRAMS. MUSIC PROGRAM ENROLLMENT WILL SHRINK WHILE THE FIXED TIME COSTS OF RUNNING A PROGRAM DON'T CHANGE, AND FINE ARTS STAFFING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MESS IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORRY OURSELVES ABOUT IT.
IT ISN'T SET IN STONE, BUT THEN NO ONE PUTS IT ON THE AGENDA FOR EVEN A DISCUSSION
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AFTER OUTCRY FROM STAKEHOLDERS.TEACHERS AND STAFF IN THE TRENCHES EXPRESS THAT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS NOT COMMUNICATING OR PROVIDING ANSWERS OR EVEN EMPATHY, AND THE DISTRICT RESPONDS BY ALLOWING THOSE SAME UPPER ADMINISTRATORS TO ADMONISH AND INTIMIDATE THEM FOR SPEAKING OUT.
THE SELECTIVE LISTENING IS DIFFICULT TO TAKE AS A PARENT AND A TAXPAYER.
CAMPUS BASED TEACHERS AND STAFF.
EARLIER TONIGHT, YOU SAID, COME BACK TO PLANO.
YOU'LL BE A LEADER. I DID, BUT WHERE DID IT GET ME? I'M HERE TONIGHT AS AN ALUM AND A PARENT SHOUTING INTO THE WIND, BUT I AM HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T CARE TO BE SILENCED, AND THANKFULLY, MY ROLE AS A PARENT AND TAXPAYER PROTECTS ME SOMEWHAT FROM RETALIATION.
HOW CAN THE DISTRICT CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT AND GROWTH WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING CALLOUS TO TEACHERS WHO EXPRESS CONCERN? ANY ORGANIZATION WHO ALLOWS THEIR WORKERS TO BE INTIMIDATED INTO SILENCE TOLD TO TOE THE COMPANY LINE IS A TOXIC WORKPLACE AND WILL UNDERSTANDABLY HEMORRHAGE STAFF.
WHEN TEACHERS ARE SCARED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS.
WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED FOR PLANO ISD? THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.