[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WELCOME.
WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH OUR MEETING.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID STOLLE.
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 2023.
AT THIS TIME, I ASKED SUPERINTENDENT DR.
THERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS FOR THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING NOTICE FOR THE MEETING, PRESIDENT STOLLE TO VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND THOSE OF US SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.
SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS. DR. SELENDA ANDERSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL.
TRUSTEE DR. LAUREN TYRA AND BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.
TO MY RIGHT, OUR VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY.
JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
LISA WILSON. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
JED REED, INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
AND SHARON NOWAK, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AT THIS TIME, ACTUALLY WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF FOLKS IN HERE WITH US FOR THIS MEETING.
[2. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE ]
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR FIRST GROUP, THE FIFTH GRADE SAFETY PATROL FROM ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.THANK YOU ALL. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
[3. RECOGNITIONS ]
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY JOINING WITH US THIS EVENING.PLEASE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, TAKE A MINUTE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS OUR OH, THIS IS OUR AMAZING ALDRIDGE OCELOT, OUR SAFETY PATROL.
THEY ARE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS WHEN IT'S VERY CHILLY.
THEY'RE WRAPPED UP, WHEN IT'S VERY HOT, THEY ARE OUT GREETING OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO WE'RE SO GLAD AND THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I'M ALLOWED THEM THE CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
Y'ALL COME TAKE THESE VIDEOS OF THESE KIDS.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I WORK FOR ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SAFETY PATROL.
HI. MY NAME IS WILLA JONES, AND I ALSO WORK FOR SAFETY PATROL AT ALDRIDGE.
HI. MY NAME IS MADISON [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A MEMBER OF SAFETY PATROL AT ALDRIDGE.
HELLO, I'M HELENA [INAUDIBLE], AND I AM A MEMBER OF SAFETY PATROL AT ALDRIDGE.
HELLO, I'M MILES MCDOWELL, AND I AM IN ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI. MY NAME IS ELLISON [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI, MY NAME IS ELLIE BLEVINS AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI, MY NAME IS IVY KINCAID AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI. MY NAME IS MYLA ELLIOTT AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI. MY NAME IS ELLA [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
HI. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], AND I'M A MEMBER OF ALDRIDGE SAFETY PATROL.
SO BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS, NOW'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
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YOU ALL ARE THE VERY FIRST PERSON THAT GREETS A CHILD WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT SCHOOL.IS IT 715? WHAT TIME DO YOU HAVE TO BE THERE? SOME OF THEM ARE THERE AS EARLY AS 7.
THAT'S REALLY EARLY. AND YOUR BEING THERE IS GREETING.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAY OR WHAT KIND OF EVENING OR MORNING THAT CHILD HAS HAD.
AND YOU ARE THERE FIRST PERSON TO GREET THEM AND WELCOME THEM TO SCHOOL THAT DAY.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR GETTING THERE AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS REALLY HUGE AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
THIS WON'T BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING FUN LIKE THIS THAT'S GOOD FOR OTHER KIDS AND HELPS PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN YOU ALL BECOME ACCLIMATED TO SCHOOL AND LEARN HOW TO WELCOME THEM TO THE DAY.
YOU'LL HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES AS YOU GO ON, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE DOING THIS.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS A WONDERFUL THING AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR IT.
OKAY. WE'LL INVITE YOU ALL TO TAKE YOUR SEAT.
AND THEN LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, AS A GENERAL RULE, IF YOU'RE A PARENT IN THE CROWD AND YOUR CHILD IS UP HERE IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, YOU HAVE FREE LICENSE TO COME UP AND TAKE YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT EVERY TIME.
AND I HOPE YOU ALL GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR THEM.
WITH THEM. WE HAVE CHORAL MUSIC COORDINATOR TERRENCE JENNINGS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK EACH OF THESE STUDENTS AND MR. JENNINGS ALSO TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR GROUP AND YOURSELVES.
AND IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, WE STRIVE TO TEACH TECHNIQUES OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION, PROVIDE A SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MUSIC CURRICULUM WHICH ALLOWS EACH STUDENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD MUSICAL SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF QUALITY MUSICAL EXPERIENCES.
THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL DEPARTMENT IS COMING OFF OF A BUSY FALL SEMESTER THAT INCLUDED COLLABORATIONS WITH UTD UNT AND THE PROFESSIONAL BRITISH CHORAL GROUP VOX EIGHT.
THIS AUDITION GROUP FOCUSES ON VOCAL JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC.
TONIGHT, THEY WILL PERFORM MUSIC FROM THEIR FALL CONCERT CALLED THE NIGHT OF JAZZ.
THE PLANO SENIOR CHOIR DEPARTMENT IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CLARICE PORTER.
AND KELLY MYERS, PLEASE WELCOME MUSIC CORPORATION.
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ALL RIGHT. HANG ON. WAIT, WAIT.DON'T GO ANYWHERE. NOW, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET GRILLED BY THE BOARD.
BUT FIRST, WE GOT IF WE CAN GET A MICROPHONE.
YEAH, IF YOU'LL TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR GRADE.
I'M A SENIOR AND I DO PLAN TO PURSUE IT IN SOME SORT OF WAY.
I'M ALSO SENIOR AND I HAVE THE SAME ANSWER.
I DON'T PLAN ON PURSUING MUSIC.
I PLAN INTO GOING INTO MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.
MY NAME IS JOCELYN MERCADO, AND I'M A SENIOR, AND I PLAN ON GOING INTO THE PSYCHIATRY FIELD.
I'M ALSO A SENIOR AND I PLAN ON MAJORING IN MUSICAL THEATER.
I PLAN ON MAJORING IN COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO DO SINGING ON THE SIDE.
IT WOULD BE MY DREAM TO BE A WORSHIP LEADER.
I'M A SENIOR AND I PLAN TO MAJOR IN MUSICAL THEATER.
I'M A SENIOR AND I PLAN ON MAJORING IN MUSIC EDUCATION.
I'M A SENIOR AND I HOPE TO MAJOR IN MUSIC BUSINESS.
I'M ASHLEY CASTRO. I'M A SENIOR AND I PLAN TO GO TO A&M FOR ENGINEERING.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] WOODS, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
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OH, YEAH, AND I'M ALSO A SENIOR FORGOT ABOUT THAT.I'M A SENIOR, AND I PLAN ON GOING TO TECH FOR KINESIOLOGY.
I'M CONOR [INAUDIBLE], AND I PLAN ON PURSUING A BFA IN MUSICAL THEATER.
I'M ROBBIE ENGLISH. I'M A JUNIOR, AND I HAVE NO PLAN.
[INAUDIBLE]. I PLAN ON DOING AN ACAPPELLA GROUP IN COLLEGE, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY IT.
[INAUDIBLE] BOARD MEMBERS? COMMENTS. WELL, I'LL JUMP IN.
I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
BUT NOW SHE'S A PROFESSOR AT TCU OF MUSICAL THEATER.
IF YOU NEED A CONTACT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT GOING TO VISIT TCU, CONNECT YOU.
I SEE SOME OF YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC, BUT FIND YOUR PASSION AND DO WHAT YOU ENJOY.
THAT'S FROM AN OLD PERSON LIKE ME.
YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU LOVE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PLANNING ON PURSUING OTHER CAREERS, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN DRAW ON THIS EXPERIENCE PERFORMING IN THOSE CAREERS LIKE POLITICAL SCIENCE OR STEM.
BUT WHAT I THINK IS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE ABOUT ALL OF THESE GROUPS.
YOU HAD TO TRY OUT. YOU HAD TO MAKE THE BAR.
YOU HAVE TO COMMIT LIKE I ROOMED WITH A BUNCH OF MUSIC MAJORS AT NORTH TEXAS.
RIGHT. THEY WERE THEY WERE LIKE, SO COMMITTED.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A MAD AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT REALLY TAKES.
AND I HOPE THAT THOSE IF YOU'RE GOING INTO MUSIC, YOU'LL LOVE IT AND IT'S YOUR PASSION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING.
GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING FUN.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
I COULD SING IN THE CAR FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE AND NEVER SOUND CLOSE TO THE WAY Y'ALL SOUND.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION THAT I AM GOING TO FOR THIS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
AND WE HAVE SEVEN VERY DEDICATED TRUSTEES WHO WORK TIRELESSLY.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO GET TO RECOGNIZE AND BRAG ON YOU ALL JUST A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
SO ANYONE WHO'S EVER ATTENDED A PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OR VIEWED IT ONLINE, THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL GLIMPSE OF WHAT ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEY GIVE THEMSELVES SELFISH, VERY SELFLESSLY, NOT SELFISHLY, SELFLESSLY.
AND THEY ALL DO IT FOR THE BIG BUCKS.
AND THE REALITY IS IT'S A LOT OF HOURS AND A LOT OF TIME AND NO PAY AT ALL.
OUR BOARD IS VITAL TO THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION THAT OUR DISTRICT PROVIDES TO OUR STUDENTS.
THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION TO PLANO ISD IS EVIDENT AND THEIR TIRELESS WORK AND ALL THAT YOU ALL DO AND CONTRIBUTE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS BOARD HAS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY WITH A STRONG LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES, WHILE KEEPING THE FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND STUDENT LEARNING AND SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND STAFF.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE SOMEONE TO THE PODIUM WHO HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ROLE AND THE MANY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES CARRY EACH AND EVERY DAY.
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AND OUR VERY OWN MAYOR, JOHN MUNNS, WHO HAS PROBABLY SERVED 16 YEARS HERE AT PLANO ISD AND THREE OF THOSE YEARS IS BOARD PRESIDENT.AND JOINING HIM TONIGHT, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND IF YOU'LL STAND WHEN I CAN CALL YOUR NAME.
BUT WE HAVE RICK GRADY AND SHELBY WILLIAMS AND JOINED ALSO IS OUR CITY MANAGER, MARK ISRAELSON.
SO IF Y'ALL CAN STAND UP AND WAVE, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR A SECOND.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE YOU TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENTERTAINMENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE SAY WE DO.
AND BUT THIS IS VERY NOSTALGIC TO ME.
IN FACT, THIS IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROOM.
SO IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER, ACTUALLY.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM TO BE HERE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO THIS COMMUNITY.
THE CHILDREN ALL OVER THE DISTRICT MEANS SO MUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND YOU GUYS ARE THERE TO OVERSEE THEIR EDUCATION OVER THE 13 YEARS THEY'RE HERE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE IN PLANO.
AND I, I STILL HAVE SOME PAINTED ROCKS THAT KIDS DID FOR ME AND AND LETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY WERE ALL ON TOP OF THE DAIS BACK IN THE DAY, JUST LIKE I'M SEEING NOW.
SO IT REALLY IS A COMFORTING SCENE TO SEE BECAUSE YOU ALL DESERVE THE CREDIT FOR DOING SO MUCH FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO ALL OF YOU.
PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
WHEREAS, THE MISSION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO MEET THE DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL THE CHILDREN AND TO EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME COMPETENT, PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND AN EVER CHANGING WORLD.
AND. WHEREAS, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO CHILDREN AND BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS AND THAT THE BEST EDUCATION IS TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD.
AND. WHEREAS, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATIONS TO THIS DISTRICT.
MUN'S MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY ALL OF JANUARY 23 AT SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN PLANO.
AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AND RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND IN WORKING WITH THEM TO MOLD AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF BOTH TODAY'S AND TOMORROW'S CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
BOARD MEMBERS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS, YOU MAY.
I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS LEADERS SUCH AS YOU IN THE CITY.
SO BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT OUTSIDE OF PAINTED ROCKS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CHARCUTERIE BOARD UP HERE.
SO I THINK THE GAME HAS BEEN UPPED IN MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS SINCE YOUR TIME.
BUT MAYOR MUNS, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS GRADY AND WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
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MARK, THANKS FOR COMING.IT'S A REAL HONOR FOR YOU ALL TO COME AND JOIN US TONIGHT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS HONESTLY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING.
THERESA IS GOING TO KEEP GOING JUST A MINUTE.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. YOU'VE SPENT 16 YEARS DOING THIS.
IT'S A REAL PASSION AND IT HAS TO BE A PASSION TO DO IT.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD REAL QUICK.
I'M STILL LOOKING FOR PICTURES.
I KNOW YOU ASKED ME THAT BEFORE, AND I HAVEN'T WORKED THAT OUT YET.
I MEAN, IPHONES WEREN'T REALLY A THING YET, SO WE'LL SEE.
YEAH. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND.
AND GIVING US A LEGACY TO LIVE UP TO.
I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US AND SET THE STANDARD FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE. AND I SAY, I WILL REPEAT THIS ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THIS.
AND SO BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED.
AND IT TAKES WORK AND IT TAKES GREAT COMMUNICATION AND GREAT CONNECTION.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE WORKING THAT TO CONTINUE THE LONG TRADITION.
SO IN APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO ALL THE DO THIS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT WE'VE HAD AN EXCITING YEAR.
AND CELEBRATING ALL OF YOU FOR ONE NIGHT IS VERY LITTLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXTEND THE CELEBRATION AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR TONIGHT SO CARRYING ON WITH THE RECENT ELECTION AND THE RECENT VOTER, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALREADY HAVE BEGUN CREATING OUR NEXT STRATEGIC ROAD MAP. AND THEY WILL REVIEW, PLAN, PRIORITIZE OUR NEXT STEPS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY END UP IN A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT AS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE BEGINS ITS 88TH SESSION THAT OPENED UP TODAY, OUR TRUSTEES CONTINUE THEIR WORK AND ADVOCACY FOR QUALITY EDUCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY MOTIVATING TO SEE AND A MOTIVATING FORCE TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE BEST INSTRUCTION AS POSSIBLE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE AND WE CANNOT THANK EACH OF YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE AND TO GIVE OF YOUR TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS OF PLANO, BUT ALSO TO THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THE ADVOCACY SIDE.
AND NOW FOR SOME MORE FUN IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE OUR HEADSTART DIRECTOR, [INAUDIBLE], TO THE PODIUM WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE NEXT PIECE.
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. WELL, THANK YOU.SO WITH APOLOGIES TO THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH CHORAL THAT WAS THE CUTEST SONG, THAT WE HAD TONIGHT.
TRUSTEES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY WORDS? SO CUTE.
I'VE SERVED ON POLICY COUNCIL SINCE I WAS ELECTED FOR HEAD START AND I TRY AND GIVE YOU GUYS UPDATES OR LITTLE FACTS ABOUT HEAD START AND JUST THIS IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL AND IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR THESE KIDS AND GETTING THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, STARTED AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY HERE IN PLANO ISD.
SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND NOW YOU SEE WHY THIS IS AMAZING.
AND YOU GUYS CAPTURED ME PERFECTLY.
THAT'S PERFECT. [INAUDIBLE] WELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE'VE EVEN ONE UPPED WHAT WE STARTED EARLIER.
RIGHT. MAYOR MUN'S, ARE YOUR MEETINGS THIS FUN? NO. WE'LL HAVE TO SEND SOME KIDDOS OVER THERE.
Y'ALL ARE ADORABLE AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GROW UP.
ALL RIGHT. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE OUR DIRECTOR FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, KAREN BUECHMAN, TO THE PODIUM FOR SOME MORE SPECIAL GUESTS. I THINK I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF WHERE I WAS IN THIS SCHEME OF THINGS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.
IN HONOR OF OUR DEDICATED BOARD OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OUR CURRENT TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A COUPLE OF PIECES OF SWAG, IF WE WILL SEE SWAG THAT PROVIDE EACH OF YOU WITH A FEW TOKENS OF OUR APPRECIATION.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU ALL THIS EVENING, YOU DO HAVE A CHARCUTERIE BOARD WHICH WAS MADE BY ENGRAVED AND DESIGNED BY OUR PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AG PROGRAM AND STUDENTS OVER THERE.
BUT WITH MR. BRENT LOVE, WHO'S OUR MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THOSE FOR YOU.
SO ON THERE YOU'VE GOT SOME HOMEMADE PESTO AND PICKLES, SOME BANANA BREAD, SEASONS, PECANS, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT AND THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED.
SO THE PIE IS TO REPRESENT THE PIE PROGRAM.
BUT FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK TO HELP RECOGNIZE YOU ALL AND FROM MYSELF AND MY TEAM HERE AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ON ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF CTE AND ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR US.
MY SON WAS A CTE STUDENT AND I AM ACTUALLY A FFA HONORARY MEMBER, SO THIS IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAREN, FOR THE GIFTS.
I MEAN, YOU DID AMAZING JOB AND YOUR TEACHERS DID AMAZING JOB.
SO BUT THANK YOU ALL THE CHARCUTERIE BOARDS.
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COOL. THE CUTTING BOARD IS AWESOME.I CAN'T. I DO HAVE A PLACE ACTUALLY IN MY KITCHEN FOR THAT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE RECOGNIZING.
PRESIDENT STOLLE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE NOW HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR EACH OF YOU.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH AN ENGRAVED PLAQUE.
AND SO THAT IS FROM THE DISTRICT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
SO I JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S A REAL HONOR FOR US TO DO THIS WORK.
AND WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE RECOGNITION.
BUT, BOY, THIS IS SOME REALLY GOOD SWAG, SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE FINAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR LIKE SEVEN MONTHS.
AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, OUR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, SARAH BONSER, WHO IS SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH US TONIGHT, WAS UNABLE TO ACTUALLY WHICH SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND HER FINAL MEETING WHERE I PROMISED I WAS GOING TO TRY TO MAKE HER CRY.
I THINK ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE.
WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO COORDINATE CALENDARS, BUT SHE'S BEEN ENJOYING RETIREMENT, AS SHE SHOULD, BY TRAVELING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SEEING THINGS THAT AND ENJOYING HER TIME, ESSENTIALLY.
I TRUST THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR TIME.
THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE'VE HAD TO GET SARA BACK.
AND SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND INVITE DR.
SO LIKE PRESIDENT STOLLE SAID, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BACK TONIGHT.
BUT WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR YOU AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PLANO ISD SARAH, I'M HONORED AND I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY, BUT I'M HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER, A MENTOR, A FRIEND.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR SUCCESS, YOUR MISSION, AND FOR EMBODYING THE PLANO ISD VISION STATEMENT.
BEING COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE DEDICATED TO CARING.
POWERED BY LEARNING AND PLANO ISD PROUD.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THE ARTS, AND THAT IS WHY THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IS MOST FITTING.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION OF YOUR FINAL BOARD MEETING WITH A STUDENT TEACHER ART PIECE THAT WAS COLLABORATIVE AND KNOWING HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE POTTERY. THE PLANO EAST ART TEACHER COLIN MCGRANE AND HIS STUDENT MARIA CLAUDIA CARILLO, CREATED A VERY SPECIAL PIECE JUST FOR YOU, ONE OF A KIND.
AND THEY'RE BOTH HERE JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, FIRST, I'M NOT CUTE.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO SAFETY PATROL.
AND. OH, YOU'RE SHARING THE PICTURES.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. A FLOCK OF BIRDIES HAD SAID, HEY, WE'VE HEARD YOU DO POTTERY.
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WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO THIS THING.I'VE SPENT HALF MY LIFE IN PLANO ISD AS AN EDUCATOR, AND I STARTED MY FIRST EIGHT YEARS IN ELEMENTARY, AND THEN I WAS HIRED TO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL BY SARAH BONSER AT WILLIAMS BECAUSE I WAS PULLED UP AS A ASSISTANT SWIM COACH.
SHE WALKED ME THROUGH THE HALLS AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS.
THIS IS 2008 AND I STILL REMEMBER LIKE TODAY SHE JUST HAD THIS PRESENCE ABOUT HER.
SHE WALKED DOWN THE HALLS AND SHE WAS SO KIND.
SHE WAS TELLING ME EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL IN THE PROCESS.
AND WE KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS GO TO WILLIAMS BY NAME.
WHY ARE YOU NOT IN CLASS? DAH DAH DAH. GO TO, YOU KNOW, AND COMES RIGHT BACK TO ME, SMILING LIKE IT WAS SO FLUID.
AND SO THE BOWL AS SIMPLE AS THE BOWL MIGHT SEEM, IF YOU REALLY DO THINK ABOUT IT, IT IS A SENSE OF GIVING, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING YOU PUT STUFF IN THE BOWL TO GIVE.
IT'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WE SHARE.
WE BREAK BREAD WITH OUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS FOR THINGS THAT WE PUT IN THE BOWL.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO DO IT WITH A STUDENT TO SHOW HER HAND ON THIS ENTIRE DISTRICT, FROM EDUCATORS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO THE STUDENTS, TO THE UPCOMING FUTURE BRIGHT LITTLE, CUTE STUDENTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE [APPLAUSE].
I DON'T REMEMBER WALKING THE HALL.[LAUGHTER] THAT'S OKAY.
[INAUDIBLE] ON ME, NOT ON YOU.
YEAH. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK US? YES. SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? ACTUALLY, NO. LET'S START.
YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR STUDENT, AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE? MY NAME IS MARIA AND I'M HIS STUDENT.
WELL, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU. WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE PLANS? I STILL DON'T KNOW.
ITS ALL GOOD. HOW MANY HOURS DID YOU SPEND ON THIS BOWL? SIX. THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. WE'RE REALLY GOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT TOOK WAY LONGER.
BUT IF YOU WOULD DO ANOTHER ONE FOR THE SKI PLANO AUCTION, THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
I KNOW SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BID ON IT.
SARAH WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO I DON'T WANT TO DROP THIS.
SO IT'S LIKE A FULL CIRCLE, ISN'T IT? RIGHT. SO I'M PRETTY SURE MINE WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT I'M GOING BACK TO SCHOOL TO LEARN.
SO INSPIRED BY THE ARTS AND WOW, THAT IS SOMETHING TO LIVE UP TO, RIGHT? SO WE'LL DO A BEFORE AND AFTER AND KEEP COMPARING MINE TO YOURS.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? ABOUT THE BOWL, ABOUT SARA, WHATEVER.
I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP A DRY EYE.
HERE I GO. THE BOWL IS BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY.
AND I TOOK A POTTERY CLASS, WHICH WAS WAY ACROSS CAMPUS.
AND SO WHEN I GOT THERE, I WAS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE.
SO I GOT THE NOT THE ELECTRIC WHEEL.
AND SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT MY POTS LOOK LIKE ANYWAY? IT WAS FUN, BUT OKAY, SO NOW I'VE KIND OF STRAIGHTENED MYSELF OUT HERE.
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YOU SINCERELY CARE FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.YOU SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AND RECOGNIZE THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU DO IS THROUGH A LENS OF WHAT IS RIGHT FOR KIDS.
I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT A MILLION TIMES.
WHAT IS RIGHT FOR KIDS? AND SO WHEN WE NAMED YOU AS OUR LONE FINALIST, THERE WAS A HUGE AUDIBLE SIGH OF RELIEF IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF ALREADY KNEW THE WONDERFUL SARAH BONSER.
AND I'M PROUD TO POINT OUT YOU WERE OUR FIRST FEMALE SUPERINTENDENT.
NOT THAT MATTERS, BUT IT'S TRUE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IN YOUR INTERVIEW WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS I DON'T HAVE IT COMPLETELY QUOTED, BUT YOU SAID, WE NEED TO TEACH SKILL, TEACH SKILLS SO THAT THE STUDENTS GRADUATE FUTURE READY? WE DON'T DO IT BY ACCIDENT AND WE DO IT BY DESIGN.
AND SO YOU BROUGHT A CLEAR VISION TO THE DISTRICT AND YOU HAD A PARTNER THAT HELPED YOU WITH THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN PLANO ISD AND THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAD ON ALL THE KIDS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS YOUR PATH AND THE TEACHERS THAT YOU'VE INSPIRED.
SO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SEVEN MONTHS AGO, I PUT TOGETHER THIS, LIKE, REALLY LENGTHY ANALYSIS ON LIKE THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN YOU STARTED IN PLANO ISD AND THE SIZE OF THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THEN I READ THIS BOOK ON BREVITY AND I'M WORKING ON IT.
SO I WILL GIVE YOU TWO FACTS FROM THIS ANALYSIS.
WHEN YOU STARTED AND PLANO ISD IS AS A TEACHER, THE NUMBER ONE SONG OF THE YEAR WAS WHITNEY HOUSTON I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT BECAUSE SOME OF THE OTHER SONGS IN THE NINETIES I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO READ UP HERE.
AND THE MOST POPULAR MOVIE OF THE YEAR WAS JURASSIC PARK, AND YOURS TRULY WAS AT HERRINGTON ELEMENTARY, WHERE? CRAIG MCKINNEY I DON'T KNOW IF CRAIG'S HERE.
HIS MOM WAS MY TEACHER AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY.
RIGHT. AND MR. MCGRANE IS PROOF OF THAT, RIGHT? LIKE AS A SECONDARY PRINCIPAL, BOTH FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE IMPACT YOU HAD ON WILLIAMS EVEN BEFORE THE IMPACT YOU HAD ON THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE AND REALLY BENEFITED FROM THE EXCELLENT EDUCATION HERE AND THINKING ABOUT YOUR LONGEVITY AS A LEADER IN THE DISTRICT WELL BEFORE YOUR TIME AS A SUPERINTENDENT, I THINK YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT YOU'VE HAD ON THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF KIDS AND THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY GOING BACK TO WHEN WE WERE ALL SINGING I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU IN OUR CAR, YOU KNOW, IN THE DROP OFF LINE ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.
SO I JUST I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU NOW A FRIEND AND A MENTOR AND A COLLEAGUE.
AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND YOU EARNED MY RESPECT THROUGH THE YEARS.
AND I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
SARA ALSO DID WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID.
AND BECAUSE I WENT TO LEADERSHIP PLANO AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT OUR CITY.
ONE OF THOSE VISITS WAS TO THE COLLIN COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, AND I WAS INSPIRED TO WORK WITH SOME OTHER LEADERS TO CREATE THE COLLIN COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER FUND AT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS AND THAT TYPE OF GOOD AND PROVIDING MORE RESOURCES TO OUR INCARCERATED CHILDREN. THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU DIDN'T PUSH ME TO GO TO LEADERSHIP PLANO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT RETIREMENT IS TREATING YOU WELL.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, LIKE I'M AT THE END OF MY TERM ALMOST.
I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED.
SARA IS THERE AND HELPED ME GET FAMILIARIZED WITH EVERYTHING.
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GREAT JOB WITH ONBOARDING AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME WITH YOU TO THE TRAINING AND YOU KNOW, YOUR LONG TERMS OF SERVICES IN THIS DISTRICT MADE A DIFFERENCE.I MEAN, THAT'S PROOF OF HUMAN GRADE.
OKAY. SO YEAH, I ENJOY THE ART CLASS AND HAVE AN EVEN BETTER 23.
SUPERINTENDENT, A CHALLENGING JOB AND YOU HAD SOME CHALLENGING MOMENTS, BUT THE GRACE AND THE DIGNITY WHICH YOU CARRIED YOURSELF AND CARRIED US HONESTLY WAS.
UNIMAGINABLE AND SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO, LARRY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF HER.
AND EVERY GREAT PERSON DOES HAVE A GREAT PARTNER.
AND YOU ARE THAT GREAT PARTNER TO SARA.
AND, SAM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAD TO YOU GOT TO PUT UP WITH.
AND WHEREVER LARA KATE IS, SHE'S WATCHING.
YOUR CHILDREN MEAN THE WORLD TO YOUR MOTHER? YOUR MOTHER? YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO YOUR MOTHER? AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HER TO MODEL THAT FOR ALL OF US THAT WE CAN REMEMBER.
REALLY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE A PART OF AN EDUCATION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT OF THE DAY.
IT'S OUR FAMILIES THAT MEAN THE MOST.
AND I APPRECIATE AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU MODELING THAT FOR US.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.
YOU'RE AWESOME. YOU'RE AN AMAZING PERSON.
YOU'RE A GREAT COLLEAGUE UP HERE.
YOU'RE A GREAT FRIEND TO THIS DAY.
YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR IS PHENOMENAL.
BUT AS JERI SAID, BEING A SUPERINTENDENT IS HAS ITS CHALLENGES.
AND THERE'S NOBODY I'D RATHER BE IN THE FOXHOLE WITH EXCEPT PERHAPS DR.
WILLIAMS. RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR PISD.
I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.
WE'VE SAT HERE FOR AN HOUR AND WE'VE WATCHED LOTS OF THINGS.
WE'VE GOT FIFTH GRADERS WHO ARE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THEIR EDUCATION.
AND ALL OF THAT IS WHAT YOU BUILT AND THAT IS YOUR LEGACY OR THESE CHILDREN.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID.
AND WE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD BYE FOR SUPERINTENDENT WORK RELATIONSHIP, AS I SAID, IT'S GREAT TO STILL CALL YOU FRIEND AND LOOK FORWARD TO A LIFETIME OF THAT.
THEY PROMISED ME THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROAST.
MY GOODNESS. IT'S A HUMBLING MOMENT.
I GOT STRUCK DOWN BY COVID FOR MY LAST MEETING.
HOW IRONIC WAS THAT? AND THAT IS WHY I COULD NOT BE HERE SO BUT SO THANKFUL TO HAVE WORKED IN PLANO ISD ALMOST A LIFETIME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE RAISED OUR FAMILY, HAD OUR CHILDREN WORKED
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AND NOW RETIRED AND STILL HAVE NO PLANS TO LEAVE.SO JUST QUIETLY LIVING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIFE RIGHT NOW AND WAIT TILL YOU GET THERE.
YEAH. HEY, NO, DON'T SAY THAT.
NO, I'M. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND A TREASURE TO HAVE EVERY ONE OF YOU IN MY LIFE, IN MY HEART.
SOMETIMES IN MY HOME AND ALWAYS IN MINE OF WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND TO HAVE SERVED IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.
I DON'T MISS EMAIL, BUT I MISS YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE STOOD BY ME.
AND I'VE ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE IN RETIREMENT TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WITH THEM.
SO SOME OF YOU KNEW THAT SHE WAS NOT DOING WELL AT THE TIME, BUT SHE'S DOING MUCH BETTER NOW.
AND SO HAD I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME WITH HER AND THAT'S JUST BEEN A BLESSING IN MY LIFE.
AND SO I LOVE YOU ALL AND I LOVE PLANO AND CONGRATULATIONS, KIDS WHO DID GREAT TONIGHT.
IT JUST WARMS MY HEART TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS.
AND I WILL PROBABLY STILL WALK DOWN HALLS AND DO CRAZY THINGS LIKE A PRINCIPAL BECAUSE YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF THE SCHOOL, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SCHOOL OUT OF THE GIRL.
REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR SQUIGGLY HEAD START KIDS AND FIFTH GRADERS WHO ARE READY TO ROLL.
THAT'S THE END OF OUR RECOGNITION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TURN YOU ALL LOOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
YOU CAN. YOU CAN GO OUT IN THE LOBBY, TAKE SOME PICTURES.
THE RECOGNITIONS WERE AMAZING, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THE REST OF OUR BOARD MEETING.
AND SO THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ESCAPE.
OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHILE FOLKS ARE FILING OUT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FORMALITIES OF OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
DR. ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? PRESIDENT STOLLE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.
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ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT TO BACKTRACK.SO WE ARE PLANO ISD IS SHIFTING THE WAY WE DO SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY ]
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT OR AT LEAST THE SIGN UP BEFORE WE START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL PILOT AN ONLINE SPEAKER SIGN UP PROCESS BEGINNING WITH THE JANUARY 24TH BOARD WORK SESSION BEGINNING ON JANUARY 24TH AND THROUGHOUT THE PILOT PERIOD.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT A BOARD MEETING MAY CONTINUE TO OBSERVE OUR CURRENT PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS BY SIGNING UP IN PERSON WITHIN ONE HOUR LEADING UP TO THE START OF THE MEETING. BUT THEY ALSO MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NEW ONLINE PROCESS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE AS FOLLOWS.
THE ONLINE SIGN UP PERIOD FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 A.M.
FOR ALL OTHER BOARD MEETINGS ONLINE SIGN UP WILL BE AVAILABLE 8 A.M.
THE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO A SCHEDULED MEETING AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DURING THE ONLINE SIGN UP PERIOD FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AND WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMPUTER OR ACCESS TO A MOBILE DEVICE.
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, BOTH THE ONLINE SIGNUP FORM AS WELL AS THE CURRENT IN-PERSON PAPER CARDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT BOARD MEETINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL PILOT FOR THIS NEW TOOL AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL BRING EFFICIENCY AND CONVENIENCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS.
AND SO AS WE GOT LOST IN THE DIN, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
AND SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEM.
[5. CLOSED SESSION ]
AND SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION ]
WOW. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ORDER TO APPROVE AND INTRODUCE A NEW ADMINISTRATOR WILL THEN ADDRESS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA.SO LET ME BEFORE WE EVEN DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
[8. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ARE THERE ANY REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY THE DOCTORS LAUREN TYRA AND A SECOND BY HEATHER WANG THAT.
I WAS TOO CAUGHT UP IN MY DOCTOR'S JOKE.
YEAH. THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE VERONICA COUSINS TO YOU THIS EVENING.
VERONICA, WOULD YOU MIND STANDING UP ALL OF THE.
BILL YOU WANT TO STAND UP TOO IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
SO ALL OF THE FOLKS, OF COURSE, BEHIND VERONICA ARE HERE TO SUPPORT HER THIS EVENING.
AND I JUST GOT TO TELL A LITTLE STORY REAL QUICKLY.
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SO WHENEVER I REALIZE THAT MR. OR JOHN OR WHO'S ALSO IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WAS GOING TO RETIRE, I MEAN, I WAS I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS A LITTLE DEVASTATED.AND SO I SIT DOWN WITH WITH JOHN AND WE TALKED AND HE SAID, HEY, I CAN SAVE YOU A LOT OF TROUBLE.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU NEED TO HIRE.
SHE'S ONE. HE WENT ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
AND IT KIND OF LIKE PUT ME ON A BACK A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO I CAN'T DO THAT.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE DISTRICT.
I NEED TO I NEED TO HAVE A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS.
I'VE GOT TO GO FIND THE VERY BEST CANDIDATE I CAN.
WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS.
WE WENT THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF VERY, VERY INTENSIVE INTERVIEWS.
AND AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, GUESS WHAT? IT WAS FAR AND AWAY.
WE HAD ONE VERY CLEAR CANDIDATE.
AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VERONICA.
SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
AND PURCHASING IS A REAL KIND OF A NICHE PROFESSION.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO IN THERE AND LEARN IT AND JUST DIG, GRIND THROUGH AND LEARN THE LAWS AND SO FORTH.
YOU BOTH YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC.
BUT VERONICA IS SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND INTRODUCE YOU THIS EVENING.
WHO DO YOU HAVE WITH YOU TONIGHT? WELL, I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL, AMAZING PEOPLE JOINING ME TONIGHT.
THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN THE 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH PLANO ISD.
I PROMISED MR. [INAUDIBLE] THAT I WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL WHEN I WAS WORKING AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT INSPIRED ME TO CONTINUE MY GROWTH WITH PLANO ISD. SO I DID TAKE HIS ADVICE.
I HAD THE PURCHASING TEAM HERE THAT THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE.
AND LINDA MADDEN, WHO WAS MY BOSS WHEN I WAS IN FINANCE, KRISTIE TATE WORKED WITH.
WE HAVE SOME OFFICE MANAGERS HERE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT MY YEARS OF THE DISTRICT.
AND OF COURSE, SUSAN HAYES IS HERE WHO OVERSEES THE WAREHOUSE, AND JOHN ORR IS HERE AND AP IS HERE.
HERE WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF TREMENDOUS SUPPORT.
AND WHEN JUNE MELVIN, WHO I WORKED WITH IN H.R., STEVE IS A PRINCIPAL AND HE.
I THINK I PROBABLY WORKED ALMOST WITH EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT IN MY CAREER IN THIS ROOM.
HOWEVER, I WILL SAY IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOU THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ARE RETIRED AND THEN WHO SAT THROUGH OUR, STUFF THAT WE JUST HAD TO DO IN CLOSED SESSION FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOU AS WELL.
JUST QUICKLY, I THINK ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S A CLEAR SIGN OF WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU.
PEOPLE MATTER, THE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER.
AND YOU HAVE SUCH A LOVE AND CARE FOR OUR DISTRICT THAT IT REALLY EXEMPLIFIES OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, WHICH IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING, POWERED BY LEARNING AND PLANO ISD PROUD.
AND WE COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF YOU.
OF COURSE, WE LOVE THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO YOU TOO.
Y'ALL ARE JUST A GREAT TEAM, I'M SURE, AT HOME.
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THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO ESCAPE.SO WE'RE GOING ABOUT TO POWER THROUGH THE REST OF OUR MEETING.
WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR REPORTS AND SOME AND POLICIES TO LOOK AT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO START NOW WITH SECTION WITH AGENDA ITEM 7.1.
[7.1 Public Hearing on the 2021 - 2022 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) ]
WE MOVED FROM 6 TO 8 IN ORDER TO DO THE APPOINTMENT.WE'RE JUMPING BACK NOW TO 7.1, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021 2022.
TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT OR THE TAPER.
AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DASH.
GOOD EVENING. SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE TRUSTEES.
THE LAST TIME I DID IT, I FORGOT WHAT APR STAND FOR.
AFTER DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS.
TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.
THE REPORT OFFICIALLY COMES OUT FROM TEA ABOUT IN MID-DECEMBER AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING, A PRESENTATION, AND A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
SO WHAT DOES THE TAPR REPORT CONTAIN? MOST PROBABLY ALMOST ALL THE INFORMATION HERE YOU HAVE SEEN IN ONE VERSION OR THE OTHER, OR THE STAAR DATA WE'VE SEEN FROM THE SUMMER ACCOUNTABILITY DATA FROM FROM AUGUST.
MOST OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS MR. HIL HAS SHARED ON THESE.
IT HAS THE ACADEMIC GROWTH REPORTS, PERFORMANCE OF BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE STUDENTS NOW REFERRED TO AS. EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
THANK YOU. STAFF PARTICIPATION.
ATTENDANCE. GRADUATION AND DROPOUT RATES.
A GRADUATION PROFILE FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO THIS DATA IS PRIMARILY 21-22 DATA.
SOME OF THE CCMR INDICATORS ARE FROM 21 GRADUATING CLASS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE FROM THE 2021.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AT EARLIER BOARD MEETINGS.
SO AS A DISTRICT, WE RECEIVED OVERALL B, BUT BY CALCULATION WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN A DUE TO SOME.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY YOU KNOW, THEY DIG US IN SOME OTHER WAYS THAN THAT WE CAN THINK OF.
AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL DETERMINATION AFTER A SPECIAL ED DATA REVIEW AND THAT MEETS REQUIREMENT.
AND OFFICIALLY THE DISTRICT HAS AN ACCREDITATION STATUS.
I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER IT.
MR. HILL CAN ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON IT.
SO WHAT DOES THE FINANCIAL STANDARDS REPORT CONTAIN? BY THE WAY, THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE TEA WEBSITE AND THERE ARE LINKS ON OUR WEBSITE TO GET TO THESE TOO.
IT HAS ALL THE REVENUE EXPENDITURE BY EACH OBJECT.
SO ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY SIDE, HOW DID WE GET TO OUR RATINGS? JUST TO KIND OF A BRIEF REVIEW, BECAUSE LATER TONIGHT THERE'S ANOTHER WHOLE ACCOUNTABILITY PRESENTATION THAT WE KIND OF DIG DEEPER INTO THIS.
AND THIS IS DISTRICT LEVEL, BY THE WAY.
EVERY CAMPUS GETS A TAPR REPORT, TOO, AND THAT'S POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE VERY FIRST STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS CALLED DOMAIN ONE.
STAFF PERFORMANCE IS 40% OF THAT DOMAIN, AND WE HAD GOT A GRADE OF 90.
THEIR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS IS 40% OF THAT DOMAIN AND GOT A GRADE OF 93.
AND OUR GRADUATION RATES, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR 20%, WE GOT A GRADE OF 90 IN A 0 TO 100 SCALE.
SCHOOL PROGRESS AND SCALE SCORES.
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HOW THE DISTRICT PERFORMED OVERALL ON STAAR COMPARED TO DISTRICTS WITH SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS, PRIMARILY ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RATES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER RATES AND THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT.CLOSING THE GAPS ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN THAT IS DOMAIN THREE AND THAT SERVES TWO PURPOSES.
AND IT HAS SIX INDICATORS IN THERE.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN TARGETS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO MEET ON EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO AN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT STATUS AT THE MEET STANDARD DISTRICT MADE 88% OF THE TARGETS.
THESE WERE FOR READING AND MATH ON GROWTH.
WE MET 83% OF THE TARGETS, GRADUATION STATUS.
WE MET 44% OF THEM ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY STATUS.
WE MET 100% OF THOSE TARGETS, STUDENT SUCCESS STATUS.
WE MET 93% AND SCHOOL QUALITY WE MET 92.
THERE'S ONE NUMBER THAT STANDS OUT, THE GRADUATION STATUS.
LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ON IT.
THE GRADUATION STATUS IS A 94 FOR EVERY STUDENT GROUP.
AND EVEN IF YOU ARE IF YOU GO DOWN BY 0.1, THEY DING IT AS NOT MET.
PARTICIPATION IS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD NEWS.
I PUT IN 18-19 NUMBERS HERE FOR REFERENCE BECAUSE THAT IS THE PRE-COVID YEAR.
SO WE HAD TECHNICALLY WHEN YOU ROUNDED IT, WAS 100% OF OUR KIDS TOOK STAR OTHER THAN A HANDFUL.
AND 2021 WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE GAVE STAAR AFTER COVID.
WE HAD AN 87% PARTICIPATION RATE AND THEN LAST YEAR WE ARE BACK TO 99%.
SO GOOD PROGRESS ON STUDENT PARTICIPATION.
AND IT HAS MULTIPLE INDICATORS.
AND JUST FOR COMPARISON, I PUT IN OUR NUMBERS AND THE STATE'S NUMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SO TOPIC COMING ON WITH FUTURE ACCOUNTABILITY RULES.
WE DO. OBVIOUSLY, WE AS A COLLEGE GOING DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE DO VERY WELL ON SATURDAY.
IT'S HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE STATE MET CRITERIA AND API APB, 44% OF OUR STUDENTS MET THE CRITERIA FOR COLLEGE READINESS AND COMPARED TO THE STATE, THEN THE OTHER TWO DUAL CREDIT AND IBC.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A GREAT EMPHASIS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT WAS LIKE 9% THE YEAR BEFORE.
NOW IT'S 14 ON DUAL CREDIT AND IBC IS HAS GONE UP ALMOST DOUBLED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ARE PLAYING A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON.
EARNING A LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE.
IN ADDITION TO EARNING AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, THIS IS EARNING A CERTIFICATE ON TOP OF IT.
ON RAMPS. WE ARE TECHNICALLY ZERO BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT APPLICABLE FOR PLANE OR ON RAMPS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM OFFERED BY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
IT'S THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT'S LIKE DUAL CREDIT, BUT THROUGH ONRAMP COURSES.
AND IT'S A PARTICIPATION THING SOME DISTRICTS DO, SOME DISTRICTS DON'T.
SO STATEWIDE IT IS 4% AND THEN THE GRADUATED WITH THE COMPLETED IEP.
THEN THE LAST ONE ALSO SPECIAL ED STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH AN ADVANCED DIPLOMA PLAN.
SO THAT IS RECOGNIZED FOR A DISTINGUISHED PLAN.
SO THAT'S HOW THE COLLEGE READINESS INDICATORS ARE COMPUTED OVERALL.
SO WE GOT OUR STUDENT CAN FULFILL THESE ANY WAY THEY CAN.
A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DO IT IN MULTIPLE WAYS THAN JUST ONE.
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THREE COHORTS OF GRADUATION IN THIS WAY WITH THE BOARD.WHEN THEY PICK THE GRADUATION RATES, THEY PICK THE BEST OF CLASS OF 2021 OR CLASS OF 2020 OR CLASS OF 2019. NOW.
REMEMBER, THE CLASS OF 2021 IS AT OUR LOT.
NOT OBVIOUSLY THE KIDS WHO GRADUATED LAST SUMMER, BUT SOMEWHERE BEFORE.
CLASS OF 2020 ARE THE KIDS WHO GRADUATED THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
BUT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE STILL CONTINUING FOR THE FIFTH YEAR AND THEY ARE GRADUATING.
SO THAT NUMBER KEEPS GOING UP EVERY YEAR.
AND CLASS OF 2019 ARE PRIMARILY KIDS WHO ARE GRADUATING ON THEIR SIXTH YEAR.
SO THAT NUMBER KEEPS GOING UP TO EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM TO PICK THE BEST OF IT.
AND THAT IT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE ALMOST OF 2% MORE KIDS.
THEY RELEASED THIS REPORT, WHICH WAS A NEW ADDITION TO THEIR GRADUATE TRACKING TO THIS.
BY LAW, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO A GRADUATION REPORT WHICH THEY DO ABOUT TWO YEARS BEHIND THE GRADUATING CLASS BY ANALYZING ALL THE DATA OF HOW OUR KIDS GRADUATED, WHAT THE GRADUATION PLANS ARE, WHICH COLLEGES THEY ATTENDED.
SO THEY DID THIS STUDY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME FOR THE 15-16 CLASS OF GRADUATES.
NOW, REMEMBER, THESE ARE GRADUATES LIKE SIX, SEVEN YEARS TO WHEN THE REPORT WAS WRITTEN.
SO THEY TRACKED USING NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE DATA WHERE ALL THE KIDS WENT.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN FROM OUR 15-16 GRADUATING CLASS OF ALMOST 4000 STUDENTS HOW MANY WENT TO FOUR YEAR TEXAS INSTITUTIONS, TWO YEAR TEXAS INSTITUTION.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS FIRST TIME ENROLLMENT.
OKAY. SO THEY COULD HAVE GONE.
IT'S JUST VOLUNTARY OUT OF STATE ENROLLMENT, NOT ENROLLED, BUT WORKING IN TEXAS AND NOT ENROLLED, NOT FOUND WORKING IN TEXAS. AND THERE WERE 318 STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT TRACKABLE DUE TO LIKE NAME CHANGES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ISSUES.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF A NICE TRACK OF THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS, WHERE THEY COMBINE IT WITH WORKFORCE READINESS AND TRACKING OUR KIDS TO WORKFORCE.
THE TEXAS INDEPENDENT, THEN YOU SAID THAT COULD BE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
THANKS. THEN HOW WE ENDED UP ON DOMAIN ONE, THE STOCK COMPONENT.
MASTERS IS THE HIGHEST STANDARD.
MEET STANDARD IS THE COLLEGE VERY CLOSE TO THE COLLEGE READINESS STANDARD? AND THAT'S WHAT WE SET ALL OUR DISTRICT AND BOARD GOALS AND ALSO CAMPUS GOALS SET AND APPROACHING STANDARD IS WHAT WE NORMALLY REFER TO AS PASS.
THEN WE HAVE A WINDOW THAT'S IN A STUDENT CLEARING HOUSE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY VENDOR IN THE COUNTRY THAT DOES THIS.
SO FROM THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM DECEMBER 8TH, WE TRACKED WHERE OUR 2021 PLANO GRADUATES ARE ENROLLING, AND THIS IS THE TOP 20 COLLEGES THAT THEY'RE ENROLLING.
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OUT OF OUR CLASS OF ALMOST 3800 STUDENTS, COLLIN COUNTY IS BY FAR THE LARGEST.DALLAS IS THE BIGGEST, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 2000 UNIVERSITIES THAT OUR KIDS GO TO FOR YEAR AND TWO YEAR COLLEGES, SOME OF THEM ONE TOO.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER THE FIRST 20 IT IS AFTER BELOW EIGHT.
THANK YOU. SO WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO THIS IN THE [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION.
DOES THIS FOR US IN COORDINATION WITH THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD.
THEY TRACK OUR GRADUATING CLASS AND HOW WELL THEY ARE DOING IN TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE AT THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, THEY REPORT THE GRADES THAT THE KIDS GET, ABCD AND THE GPA RATE FROM FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR.
SO THEY ARE ABLE TO COMPUTE THIS.
SO IN A SCALE OF A BEING A FOUR, B, A THREE, C, A TWO AND D, A ONE.
SO OUR GRADUATING CLASS IS 3971 STUDENTS AND OUT OF THAT, 1245 ARE IN A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION AND 1128 ARE IN A TWO YEAR INSTITUTION FOR THE FIRST TIME ENROLLMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR HOW WELL THEY ARE PERFORMING.
THOSE WHO WOULD GO TO FOUR YEAR COLLEGES.
ALMOST 59% ARE SCORING AT A 3.5 OR HIGHER.
THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU THE LEVEL OF RIGOR OF OUR GRADUATES.
THAT THE TAPR REPORT AT I BELIEVE IT IS SOMETHING LIKE 27 PAGES LONG AND IT HAS AT THE TAPR PRESENTATION. WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PUBLICLY STATE WHERE WE GET OUR.
HOW WE PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AND THE POLICY.
EACH OF THE CAMPUS REPORTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THAT LINK.
AND THAT IS A SUMMARY OF OUR IPR REPORT AND.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'VE GOT TO TAKE.
I WAS GOING TO ASK ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE ON THE SLIDE FOR THE COHORT GRADUATION RATE AND STUDENTS BY CLASS.
YEAR FIVE SECOND DOWN ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS AND IT'S AT 95.9.
AND THEN THERE'S AN INCREASE FROM 483 STUDENTS TO 490.
WELL, BECAUSE IT'S THE CLASS SIZE IS DIFFERENT FOR 2021 VERSUS 2020.
THERE ARE NO STUDENTS IN COMMON BETWEEN THE FIRST ROW, SECOND ROW AND THIRD ROW.
IT IS A TWO, THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES.
OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION JUST ON ADDITIONAL REPORTS ON THAT, ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES THERE, JUST WHEN I HAD CLICKED THROUGH THAT LINK ON THE PRESENTATION, I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS OR FIND ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME TO DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION.
AND I'M WONDERING IS THAT? IT IS OKAY I WILL EMAIL YOU THE DIRECT LINK.
YOU HAD TO GO UNDER 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND FIND IT OKAY AND NOT 22-23.
THANK YOU. I HAD ONE QUESTION AND IT WAS ABOUT THE COLLEGE PERFORMANCE.
DO WE KNOW HOW WE COMPARE WITH OTHER PEER DISTRICTS OR COMPARABLE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF SIZE FROM THE 2016 COHORT DATA, THAT'S MORE THAN 70% OF KIDS GOING TO COLLEGE FROM THAT GRADUATING CLASS.
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DO WE KNOW HOW WE COMPARE WITH PEER DISTRICTS AND THEN HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH THE STATE? THIS REPORT THAT TEA RELEASES HAVE ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE LISTED, AND I CAN GET THAT REPORT TO YOU.SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL HAVE AN INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.
I DID JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR JERI.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT ONE MORE STUDENT WENT TO A&M THAN UT.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC NOW, AND I'M GOING TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2021 TO 2022 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.
GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE OK SOLD.
WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021 2022 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9.1, WHICH IS OUR FIRST OF FOUR REPORTS.
[9.1 Partners in Education ]
THIS IS A REPORT ON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION AND LESLEY RANGE-STANTON IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS REPORT TO US.OK. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE AND GOOD EVENING.
AND LET ME START THE SLIDE SHOW HERE.
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION IS A WAY TO DREAM BIG FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE'RE ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUILD A PATHWAY TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE, ONE OF PLANO ISD CORE BELIEFS IS TO EMBRACE FAMILIES, STAFF, STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN.
PUTTING OUR BELIEFS INTO ACTION.
WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW AND COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE NAMES, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS FITTING THAT WORKING ON THIS RENEWED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TAKES A PARTNERSHIP THAT SPANS OUR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THIS CROSS FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, THEY'RE LISTED HERE FOR YOU TO SEE SOME REALLY GREAT FOLKS LISTED THERE INCLUDES OUR FRIENDS IN THE ACADEMIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY CTE AND C CCMR, THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND HUMAN RESOURCES, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, REPRESENTING OUR CAMPUSES, STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ALONG WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
THIS COLLABORATION IS PART OF THE SHARED PLAN OF WORK ACROSS OUR THREE AREAS.
SHE'S GOT A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE SPRING WITH ALL THAT.
SO SHE'S GOT PIE AND SHE'S GOT EVENTS AND GRADUATION AND ALL THAT.
SHE IS GOING TO SHARE THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING.
SO I'M ALSO GOING TO MENTION THAT ALSO JOINING US TONIGHT.
AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS ACCIDENTAL.
WE'VE GOT BRITTNEA USSERY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND OUR DIRECTOR FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, KAREN BUECHMAN. THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET MEMBERS.
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INTERNALLY, WE AFFECTIONATELY SHORTEN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION TO THE ACRONYM PIE.WE WANT EVERYONE IN PLANO TO GET A PIECE OF THE PIE IN ORDER TO SYNERGIZE OUR EFFORTS.
WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR A RESET.
AND SO WITH THE RESET, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE AND TO RESHAPE OUR PIE INITIATIVE.
THE RESET WILL ACCOMPLISH FOUR C'S CLARITY, CONTINUITY, COLLABORATION AND CONSISTENCY.
CONTINUITY TO CENTRALIZE AND STANDARDIZE THE COORDINATION EFFORTS OF THE PLANO ISD PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION, PROMOTE BETTER PLANNING, MINIMIZE REDUNDANCY, ENHANCE VISIBILITY, MEASURE PROGRAM SUCCESS, AND MAKE QUALITY DECISIONS AMONG STAKEHOLDERS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
COLLABORATION TO MOBILIZE BUSINESSES, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS, DEVELOP LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, AND TO CULTIVATE SUSTAINED GIVING BY HOSTING RECURRING CONVENTIONAL EVENTS FOR PLANO ISD PARTNERS AND EDUCATION, FEATURING EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT PROGRAMS. BUILDING ALLIANCES AND PROMOTING TEAMWORK WILL HELP US TO BUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AS PARTNERS SUPPORT OUR MISSION, WE WANT TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO NURTURE THESE RELATIONSHIPS, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR DISTRICT NEEDS AND ALLOWING CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY CAN BECOME A MATCH FOR OUR PROGRAMS. CONSISTENCY TO FORMALIZE AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR PLANO ISD PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE MONETARY DONATIONS, SPONSORSHIPS, IN-KIND SUPPORT AND SERVICE HOURS.
ONCE WE BUILD TRUST WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE MUST MAINTAIN IT.
RECOGNIZING OUR PARTNERS REGULARLY IS KEY.
BASED ON THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS NEEDS CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERS CAN SUPPORT THE MISSION IN THE AREAS LISTED HERE, ALL THE WAY FROM PROGRAM SUPPORT TO WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, IDEAL OUTCOMES, CREATION OF A COORDINATED, ROBUST RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR DISTRICT PARTNERS IN EDUCATION THAT SUPPORTS LONG TERM PARTNER RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR DATA DRIVEN OUTCOME REPORTING.
FORMALIZED PIPELINE FOR CMR PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS, INCREASED NUMBER OF STUDENT INTERNSHIPS, WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND FINALLY, LAUNCH OF SUPERINTENDENT, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE.
OUR NEXT STEPS, HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT WE WILL DO IN Q4 OF 22.
WE UPDATED THE PIE WEBSITE AND CREATED A CURRENT PARTNER INVENTORY.
RESPONSES ARE DUE JANUARY THE 20TH.
WE WILL ADD PARTNERS TO OUR CURRENT PARTNER INVENTORY.
ALSO, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL DESIGN A PARTNERSHIP TOOL KIT.
BY THE SUMMER, WE WILL HOST OUR FIRST PIE RECOGNITION EVENT, AND IN THE FALL WE WILL ROLL OUT PIE TO OUR CAMPUSES AND HOST THE FIRST INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE.
THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS OUR CURRENT AND TOP PLANO ISD PARTNERS.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR CURRENT AND TOP PARTNERS.
AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE HAVE 105 CURRENT PARTNERS.
THIS NUMBER WILL INCREASE AFTER THE CAMPUSES COMPLETE THEIR SURVEY THIS MONTH.
OUR 105 PARTNERS SPAN OVER 19 INDUSTRIES.
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6.6% AND RETAIL AT 4.7.ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNERS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION.
WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, BOARD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
I LOVE THAT YOU'VE GOT A STRATEGY TO COMBINE ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.
SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE ONE CAMPUS THAT HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE INDUSTRY PARTNER, AND THIS WAY YOU'RE SEEING THE WHOLE PICTURE AND BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THAT ONE RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STRATEGY.
THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, WE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TWO DAYS AGO AND THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE ASKING WHY DOESN'T PLANO ISD LEVERAGE SOME OF THEIR RESOURCES LIKE THE PLANO ISD FOUNDATION AND THE CONNECTIONS THEY HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO CREATE MORE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO, BUT HERE WE ARE HAVING THIS PRESENTATION TWO DAYS LATER AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY TO WATCH THIS OR IF HE'S WATCHING NOW TO SEE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, ARE THESE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION GOING TO HAVE A I'M SURE THEY HAVE AN INVITATION TO SUPPORT SKI PLANO, BUT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO HAVE SEATS TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE ROOM FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED? OKAY, GOOD. WELL, JUST [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE WAS, I HOPE THAT WE GET TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY RECOGNITION IN JUNE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND BE A PART OF THAT.
THE BOARD RECOGNITION WASN'T ENOUGH? TO YOUR POINT, WHAT DAY IS THAT SKI PLANO EVENT? [INAUDIBLE]. FEBRUARY 4TH? YES. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS.
AND JERI, YOU ALL ABSOLUTELY WOULD BE THERE.
WE REALLY WANT TO DO THIS AND DO IT WELL.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THIS WOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE WE FORMALLY RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS. MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STEP UP AND RECOGNIZE THEM.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE OR SAY PUBLICLY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE AND WE NEED OUR PARTNERS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK THEM.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE PARTNERSHIP TOOL KIT.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IS THE WHO ARE WE ANTICIPATING UTILIZING THAT TOOLKIT? IS IT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? IS IT ANYBODY THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TASKED WITH GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY OR HOW DO WE ENVISION IMPLEMENTING THIS TOOLKIT? I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERSATILE ENOUGH THAT IT COULD BE I'M MEETING SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR IF IT'S A CAMPUS BASED OR PERHAPS JEFF'S GOING TO MEET WITH SOMEONE THAT IT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE.
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, THE FOUNDATION.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WE HAVE VARIED FORMS OF IT AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE TEAM AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT PERHAPS THERE'S DIFFERENT VERSIONS THAT LESLEY WOULD USE OR BRITNEY WOULD USE OR KAREN SAY, APPROACH.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE REALLY I DON'T THINK OUTSIDE OF JERI PROBABLY IS THE MOST BUSINESS CONNECTED OF THE SEVEN OF US UP HERE RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE ALL HAVE CONTACTS AND TO THE EXTENT Y'ALL NEED TO USE US, PLEASE DO SO.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
SO PART OF THAT TOOLKIT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE JUST A ONE PAGE LIKE WHO ARE WE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOMETIMES OUR SOMETIMES OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND OUR PROFILE.
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TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE COULD USE SUPPORT IN AS WELL.SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND THE PLAN AND THE STRATEGY.
I JUST WANT TO SORT OF EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT DR.
WILLIAMS MADE. I SAW IN THE NEWS A LARGE CORPORATION WITH ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN PLANO DEVELOPED A STEM PROGRAM WITH A DISTRICT THAT IS NOT PLANO.
AND SO I WANT TO JUST REEMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN BETTER LEVERAGE. AND PART OF THAT IS ON US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE TABLE TO DECIDE WHAT WE NEED.
BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE MONEY THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. IF WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY SOLICITING THAT AND SEEKING THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I'M NOT INTENDING ON CALLING ANYBODY OUT, BUT, YOU KNOW.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY A SALIENT POINT THAT YOU MADE.
JUST ONE LAST THING WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE, OF COURSE, VALUE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN PLANO AND THE COMMUNITY WE WANT OUR KIDS TO COME TO WHEN THEY LEAVE, THAT THEY'RE READY FOR COLLEGE AND THEY'RE READY FOR WORK, AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WANT TO STAY AND BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT MEANS WE WANT TO BE THE WORKFORCE.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO REPORT NUMBER 9.2.
[9.2 Athletic Program Alignment Update ]
THIS IS AN ATHLETIC PROGRAM ALIGNMENT UPDATE AND CYLINDER.ARE YOU GOING TO PITCH IT? ALL RIGHT, SELENDA, TAKE HER AWAY.
THANKS. PRESIDENT STOLLE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
JEFF AND I ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS ALIGNMENT PROGRAM UPDATE.
DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? ATHLETIC PROGRAM ALIGNMENT UPDATE TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
THIS HAS BEEN OVER THREE YEARS NOW WHERE WE HAVE, I SHOULD SAY, WE, JEFF AND HIS TEAM EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO REALLY ALIGN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH.
SO TONIGHT, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE AND KIND OF SOME HISTORY AND BACKGROUND SO THAT WE CAN ALL REFRESH AROUND WHERE WE STARTED WITH THIS AND THEN REALLY OUR PLANS TO SEEK SOME SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE BOARD.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEFF.
AND THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE, TRUSTEES, ALWAYS AN HONOR TO GET TO SEE YOU GUYS AND SPEAK.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU'S.
AND I KNOW ON BEHALF OF FINE ARTS ATHLETICS, WE SURE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THAT WE DO.
YOU GUYS KNOW WE'VE GOT KIDS COMPETING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN, WATCHING OUR KIDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO GET TO SEE OUR KIDS THAT ARE SO TALENTED AND WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT YOU.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
AS DR. ANDERSON SAID, IT'S EXCITING FOR US TO TALK ABOUT OUR ALIGNMENT ATHLETICALLY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ON AND SO EXCITED TO BE HERE, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT EXCELLENCE AND WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE EXCITING IN THE FUTURE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO BE EXCELLENT AT WHAT WE DO.
ANDERSON ALLUDED TO, TO KIND OF FILL YOU IN.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS HISTORY VERY, VERY WELL.
SO I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VISION, WHAT WHAT WE'RE SEEKING IS FOR SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET GOING HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST IN THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 18, 19, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE BEGAN TO SEE SOME SOME SOME SHORTCOMINGS, SOME PROBLEMS ARISE IN SOME OF OUR ALIGNMENT.
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YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE SEEING SOME THINGS THAT THINGS WERE BEING BROUGHT TO US THAT THAT WERE CONCERNING AND JUST QUESTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE DOING OUR VERY, VERY BEST EVEN BACK IN 1819? AND I KNOW, MAN, WE'VE GOT SUCH A RICH TRADITION IN PLANO ATHLETICALLY AND FINE ARTS.YOU KNOW, WE, WE WE HAVE BEEN DOMINANT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
BUT RECENT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE LOOK AT OURSELVES VERY CLOSELY.
YOU KNOW, WE STUDY OURSELVES AND WE TRY TO FIND WAYS TO BE BETTER.
WE DO NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, AS YOU CAN READ ABOUT, THEY'RE ATHLETIC.
WE WE REVIEW OUR PROGRAMS VERY DILIGENTLY.
AND IN 1920, WE DUG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND AND TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME CHALLENGES.
BUT BEFORE I DIG INTO THESE CHALLENGES, SPECIFICALLY, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OF THAT HISTORY.
YOU GUYS KNOW, WHEN WE BROKE OFF AND HAD THE 910 CAMPUSES IN OUR 1112 CAMPUSES, THE SYSTEM THAT WAS SET UP MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND ROLLED ALONG QUITE WELL FOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, ATHLETICALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATHLETIC ALIGNMENT HERE.
THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE BEEN VERY GIFTED, THEY NEVER PLAYED AT THE SENIOR HIGH LEVEL.
THEY PLAYED IT IN NINTH GRADE, 10TH GRADE.
THAT CHANGED IN THE YEAR 2000.
SO IN THE YEAR 2000 AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD MY STORY.
AND I GOT TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE LEVELS AND THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND AND THEN I WENT AWAY AND WENT TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND GAINED SOME AND SAW SOME OTHER PROGRAMS. AND NOW I'M BACK. AND NOW I'M SEEING OUR ALIGNMENT NOW MODERN A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN IN THE 2020S AND AND SO ON.
SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW FOR ME PERSONALLY.
BUT SO IN 2000 WE BEGAN TO USE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES ON VARSITY ONLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME REALLY THE WHY, WHY DID WE DO THAT? BECAUSE WE HAD SOME REALLY TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT PLAYING ON OUR VARSITY TEAMS. AND SO WE MADE THAT SHIFT AS A DISTRICT IN.
THOUSAND AND 2005, WE DECIDED TO BRING FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES UP TO THE JV AND THE VARSITY TEAMS. OC WHICH, YOU KNOW THAT THAT KIND OF CHANGED OUR DYNAMIC A LITTLE BIT.
OUR 9/10, OUR NUMBERS WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, WE STARTED BRINGING MORE PEOPLE UP TO COMPETE ON THE JV AND THE VARSITY.
WHY DID WE DO THAT? BECAUSE OUR JV NUMBERS WERE DIPPING.
THEY WERE THEY WERE GOING DOWN.
WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE BIGGER SPORTS OF FIELDING TEAMS. IN SOME IN SOME WAYS WE NEEDED THE DEPTH.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE OUR TEAMS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
BASKETBALL, GIRLS, BASKETBALL, SOME OTHER TEAMS. WE WERE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING TEAMS THAT ARE NINE, TEN CAMPUSES.
AND SO WE WERE HAVING SMALL TEAMS AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO PLAY AND PARTICIPATE AT EVERY LEVEL 18, BE TEAM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BASKETBALL, WHATEVER. AND SO WE SAW THAT THAT WAS A CHALLENGE.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE TRYING WHAT DO WE DO? WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HERE.
ARE WE GOING TO COMBINE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT JUST IN A FEW CAMPUSES.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SAW.
I'M GOING TO BE REAL HONEST. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING IMPACTED BY THE HEAD COACH.
YOU KNOW, THE HEAD COACH HAVING HIS OR HER IMPRINT ON GRADES REALLY SEVEN THROUGH 12, ELEMENTARY THROUGH 12 THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS A HEAD COACH AT ONE TIME IN MY CAREER AND MY DAY.
I LOVE SEEING MY SEVENTH GRADERS, MY EIGHTH GRADERS SEE MY FUTURE NINTH GRADERS AND SEEING MY KIDS.
YOU WANT YOU WANT TO TOUCH EVERY ONE OF YOUR KIDS AS A HEAD COACH OF ANY PROGRAM.
AND SO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE BEHIND IN PLAYER DEVELOPMENT, TO BE HONEST AND HAVE BEEN.
AND SO THAT'S IMPROVING AS OF REACH.
AND AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT SCHEDULE AND CHALLENGES.
NOBODY HAS THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S UNIQUE AND IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE VERY, VERY WELL.
AND SO WHEN WE SCHEDULE WITH LEWISVILLE OR OTHER DISTRICTS, IT'S COMPLICATED AND THEY'VE GOT TO KIND OF ACCOMMODATE OUR, OUR SET UP AND THEY DO AND THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS AND, AND IT WORKS, BUT IT IS CHALLENGING.
THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER DEAL WITH OUR SAME ALIGNMENT.
LEWISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS SIMILAR, YET THEY ARE ALL FARMERS AND ARE ALL MAROON.
THEY ARE SIMILAR, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY SCHOOL IN LEWISVILLE LIKE THAT.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S UNIQUE, SO IT DOES MAKE IT CHALLENGING.
STAFF RECRUITING SOMETIMES OUR ALIGNMENTS A LITTLE BIT DAUNTING.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WERE LIKE, MAN, WHAT IS THIS? AND DO I REALLY, YOU KNOW, IS THIS IS THIS A JOB I WANT? BECAUSE HOW DO YOU TOUCH ALL YOUR KIDS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE CAMPUSES AND THESE CAMPUSES?
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HOW CAN I BE EVERYWHERE? SO THESE WERE JUST CHALLENGES THAT POPPED UP AND AND ONES THAT WE RECOGNIZE.YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW, HEY, WE'VE GOT IT.
WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE WE'VE GOT TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.
AT THE TIME, THAT WAS DR. COOPER.
YOU KNOW, I WAS WORKING WITH HIM.
I JUST I GOT TO HEAR IN JANUARY OF 2020.
AND SO WE KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.
WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.
BUT WE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF ZOOM MEETINGS ABOUT THIS.
FEEDBACK SLEE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE SHUTTLES CHANGE.
YOU KNOW WE HAD MANY INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS JUST ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF THIS AND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND YOU KNOW AND JUST GOT TO GET A PULSE OF WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS A DEFINITE SHIFT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INITIAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE TALKED TO.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JV TO LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN 2020, I KIND OF WENT THROUGH 2000, 2005 AND FAST FORWARD 2020, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT TO 2000, THE SPRING OF 2020, THE JV TWO INITIATIVE OR IMPLEMENTATION BEGAN.
AND WHAT IS JV TWO? WELL, I REFERRED BACK, WE HAVE NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS.
WE HAD NINTH GRADE TEAMS AND 10TH GRADE TEAMS FOR A LONG TIME.
NOBODY ELSE REALLY HAD 10TH GRADE TEAMS. WE WERE THE ONLY ONES LEFT STANDING THAT KIND OF DID THAT.
OUR 10TH GRADE TEAMS WERE DWINDLING.
WE'RE GETTING SMALLER. AND SO, IN FACT, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
IN THE SPRING OF 2020, OUR BASEBALL COACH APPROACHED US FROM PLANO EAST AND SAID, HEY, I'VE GOT A TEAM OVER HERE AT WILLIAMS THAT'S GOT ABOUT FIVE KIDS ON IT AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I MEAN, CAN WE COMBINE THEM WITH MCMILLEN AND PLAY TOGETHER? CAN I BRING HIM TO PLANO EAST? WHAT DO WE DO HERE? WE TALKED TO THE WILL, SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE? WHAT CAN WE DO HERE TO WE DON'T WANT TO TELL THESE FIVE KIDS THEY CAN'T PLAY.
THAT WOULD BE CREATING TAKING TWO TEAMS, COMBINING CREATING AN UNFAIR ATHLETIC EVENTS.
THEY SAID WE COULDN'T DO THAT.
SO WE HAVE FIVE KIDS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUT OF LUCK THE WAY WE HAD IT SET UP.
BUT WE WENT BACK AND SAID, WHAT IF WE HAD A JV TWO TEAM THAT PLAYED AT PLANO EAST, PRACTICED AT PLANO EAST? THEY WERE PLAYING THE WE SCULLERS THEIR THEIR SOPHOMORE TEAM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME FRESHMAN BECAUSE IT WAS BASEBALL AND THEY AGREED TO THAT AND THAT WAS WHAT BEGAN THE BALL ROLLING OF THAT JV TWO CONCEPT WHEN WE DUG DEEPER AND SAID, HEY, THIS COULD BE VERY INFLUENTIAL FOR ALL OF OUR CHALLENGES WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK AT FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
SO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS GOT TOGETHER.
WHAT DOES PHASE ONE, THAT'S FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL.
ALL RIGHT. SO OUR TEAMS, SO OUR SOPHOMORE TEAMS THAT WE HAD AT THOSE 9/10 ALL CAME UP TO PLANO SENIOR EVERY SOPHOMORE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAW WAS YOU WOULD HAVE SOME SOPHOMORES AT THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE CENTER. SOME AT THE SENIOR HIGH.
DOES COACH WANT ME TO COACH NOW? YOU KNOW, WHERE AM I? WHERE DO I FIT INTO ALL THIS THING? WE SAID, LET'S BRING THEM ALL.
LET'S GET THEM OVER HERE AND LET'S PUT THEM TOGETHER AND LET'S MAKE A JV TWO.
AND SO WE DID THAT AND WE DID FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL OUR FIRST YEAR.
AND IT WAS IT WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL IN EVERY WAY.
AND I'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE WAYS IN A SECOND.
BUT THE COACHES HAD MORE CONNECTION WITH THEIR KIDS.
ALL THOSE AREAS THAT I TOLD YOU THAT WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH WERE BETTER.
SO THEN THE NEXT PHASE WAS PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS 21 TO 22.
IN THAT YEAR WE DID BASKETBALL.
WE DID WE HAD SOME NON TEN TENNIS.
WE WANTED TO BRING OUR TENNIS OVER AND CREATE A TRUE JV TEAM AT OUR SENIOR HIGHS.
IT'S NOT A JV TWO, BUT IT'S A JB WE DIDN'T HAVE A JV TENNIS TEAM.
WE BROUGHT THEM OVER. WE CREATED A JV TENNIS TEAM WITH THOSE KIDS.
NINTH GRADE BOYS TRACK HAD A PROGRAM.
WE BROUGHT THEM OVER BASEBALL.
WE OFFICIALLY BROUGHT EVERYBODY OVER AND MADE JV TWO TEAMS. SO IN ESSENCE, ALL SOPHOMORES WERE ON JV TO JUNIOR VARSITY AT EVERY SENIOR HIGH LOCKER.
THEY WERE WILDCATS, PANTHERS AND WOLVES.
AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE LEAVING OUR FRESHMEN COMPETING AT OUR 19 CAMPUSES.
SO THAT'S WHAT A JV TWO TEAM LOOKS LIKE.
THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS IN SOCCER.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE WE DON'T HAVE FRESHMAN TEAMS IN SOCCER.
SO OUR JV TWO ARE MOSTLY FRESHMEN.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY ARE SOPHOMORE TEAMS. THE LAST PART ON THIS SLIDE, THE ATHLETIC PERIOD VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IMPLEMENTATION, KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT.
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WHEN YOU THINK OF ALIGNMENT, GOOD ALIGNMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COACHES ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.THEIR IDEOLOGIES ALL MATCH UP.
AND WITH OUR STRUCTURE, IT'S IT'S CHALLENGING AT TIMES.
BUT ANOTHER STEP AND THAT WAS JUST LINING UP OUR ATHLETIC PERIODS TO OUR HEAD.
COACHES CAN GET DOWN AND GET TO KNOW THOSE FRESHMEN.
IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, FOR MANY YEARS, OUR FRESHMEN PRACTICE THE SAME TIME AS OUR OLDER TEAMS, OUR VARSITY'S IN OUR JVS, OUR HEAD COACH COULD NEVER GET DOWN AND GET TO KNOW THE FRESHMEN BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A SEPARATE CAMPUS.
SO WE ALTERNATED AND ROTATED THOSE TOGETHER AT OPPOSITE ENDS.
THE DAYS WHERE OUR VARSITY COACHES CAN GO DOWN AND VISIT OUR FRESHMEN.
SO THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HEARING SOME GOOD THINGS.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW LITTLE CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY, BUT FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JV TO WHAT'S OUR WHY, WHAT'S OUR PURPOSE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS BIGGER THAN ATHLETICS.
I MEAN, IT REALLY IS. IT'S BIG.
IT GOES BIGGER AND WIDER THAN ATHLETICS.
IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT THE BRAND.
AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO THIS NEXT SLIDE.
AND THAT'S AND THAT'S THIS THAT THE LONG TERM GOAL WAS VERTICAL UNITY AND BRAND.
THAT'S THEIR GOAL, YOU KNOW? YEAH, THEY'LL BE A ANY PANTHER OR WHATEVER AND THIS AND THAT.
THE THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE DREAM.
AND SO PART OF THIS, A BIG, HUGE PART OF THIS A VISION, PART OF THIS IS ARE NOT THROUGH WOLVES LOOK IN THE SAME YOU KNOW AND SAYING THE SAME AND HAVING THE SAME MASCOTS AND THE SAME COLORS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VERTICALLY, CLARK AND VINES GO TO PLANET SENIOR HIGH.
OUR FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES WEREN'T ALL GOING TO PLANO TO COMPETE.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ON THEIR CAMPUSES STAYING WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE COMING OVER AND COMPETING.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO ONE OF OUR 910 CAMPUSES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS WORN MAROON BECAUSE THEY THEY PLAY UP AT THE SENIOR HIGH AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS WHO ARE IN PURPLE BECAUSE THEY PLAY DOWN THERE AT THAT NINE, TEN.
AND IT'S KIND OF A MIXTURE OF COLORS AND AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLORS, MASCOTS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN.
I GUESS THE CHARGES AND THE VISION IS, IS LET'S LET'S GET THEM TOGETHER.
LET'S LET'S LET'S PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND LET'S LET'S ALL BE MAROON AND WHITE.
AND THAT WAY WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY.
WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FAMILY.
AND THERE'S UNITY IN THAT, COHESION IN THAT.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SPIRIT AND PRIDE IN THAT.
SO LET ME LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SPRINGS IS TO KIND OF THE 20 TO 23 PLAN OF WORK AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT THAT THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE LED, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE WHERE WE ARE HERE WITH WITH THIS PLAN OF WORKED AND CONDUCTING INSIDE MEETINGS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THIS LONG TERM GOAL OF COLORS AND MASCOTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I'M SHOWING YOU TONIGHT, WE'VE HAD SOME INSIGHT MEETINGS WITH WITH NINE, TEN AND SENIOR HIGH PRINCIPALS, YOU KNOW, SLA LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
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WE'VE HAD INPUT MEETS WITH THE COMMUNITY.WE TALKED TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE TALKED TO FACILITIES AND FINANCE.
WE TALK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THIS.
THERE'S A LOT, AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DEPTH TO THIS ATHLETIC AND BOOSTER CLUB PARENTS.
AGAIN, WE TALK TO PARENTS INFORMALLY, SOMETIMES FORMALLY, YOU KNOW, AND AND WE WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS SOMETIMES AND WHAT IFS AND AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TO GET A PULSE, TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY FEELS.
BUT BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND IF THIS, YOU KNOW, COULD THAT IMPACT THIS AND HOW DO WE USE THIS? AND SO THERE WERE SOME OF THESE MEETINGS.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT'S NOT BUT THERE'S THERE'S A FEEDBACK ELEMENT THAT WE'RE I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IN A SECOND, BUT IF YOU WERE TO PHASE THIS OUT, DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK THAT IT COULD, IT COULD CHANGE THE SPEED OF SOME OF THESE PHASES, QUITE HONESTLY.
OUR CHEERS COULD ALL BE WEARING, YOU KNOW, THE COLORS THAT MATCH THE SENIOR HIGHS.
THOSE MASCOTS ALL CHANGE TO THE SENIOR HIGH MASCOTS.
THAT COULD ALL HAPPEN AND BE DESIGNED AND PURCHASED.
TEAM NAMES CHANGE TO SENIOR HIGH'S MASCOT CHANGE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN 2324 COULD FACE TO FUTURE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE TALKING WE KNOW HEY YOU KNOW COACH SMITH THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED.
AND IT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE ALL UNITED THE SAME COLOR ALL IN.
THE SAME. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BANNING DRILL, THAT COULD BE A FUTURE.
WE KNOW THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BIG THINGS AS WELL.
AND THEY COST MONEY AND DESIGN AND PURCHASE.
AND THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S A FEATURE ELEMENT TO THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO LINE UP AS WELL AS FACILITIES.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO FACILITIES, THERE'S, THERE'S YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A ROTATION.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AN IMMINENT ROTATION ROTATION.
OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH IT.
WE HAVE GYM FLOORS THAT ARE EVER SO OFTEN THAT WE REDO.
WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO ON A ROTATION, BUT BUT ALSO WITH BOND, POSSIBLE BOND MONEY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FACILITIES COULD SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY BE OR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE TIME TURNED TURNED IN COLOR AT THE 910 LEVEL.
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE ARE NO IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING BECAUSE I KNOW QUESTIONS COME UP WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS, LONG TERM VISIONS AND PLANS.
BUT OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMING WILL NOT CHANGE, THE ALIGNMENT WILL NOT CHANGE.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR.
WHEN YOU GO ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BAND AND AVON'S BAND AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FANS AND FOR THE TEAM, FOR, YOU KNOW, SAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SO THAT OUR CONDUCTORS AND SPONSORS ARE ALL GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE.
THAT'S NOT FINE ARTS, OKAY? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT.
IS THIS THE EXISTING STAFF WOULD NOT THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TOO HEAVILY.
BUILDING UPDATES AND REFURBISHING REFURBISHMENTS ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN, WORKING WITH THEM IN ROTATIONS AS WELL AS WITH WITH BOND MONEY AND LOOKING AT IT.
AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ABOVE MY HEAD.
BUT, BUT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE A STRATEGY TO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE WALKED EVERY ONE OF THOSE SIX BUILDINGS AND TOOK PICTURES AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING, MURALS AND COLORS.
AND WE'VE DONE ALL THAT AND LOOKED AT THAT AND AND TRIED TO TAKE A LOOK.
YOU GUYS KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER.
IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
IT'LL BE OPEN FOR A TWO WEEK WINDOW FROM JANUARY 12TH TO JANUARY 26TH.
AND SO WE'LL COLLECT RESPONSES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK.
YOU KNOW, SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE BOARD MEETING ON THE SEVENTH.
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SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.QUESTIONS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING.
JEFF THANKS. THIS IS GOOD STUFF.
QUESTIONS YOU ALL. I JUST KIND OF HAVE A COMMENT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE HERE.
WHO'S LAUGHING? I, I IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 910, 11, 12 CONFIGURATION, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, WAS NOT ABOUT FOOTBALL. IT WAS ABOUT OFFERING ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO OFFER AP COURSES AND PRETTY MUCH THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF AP COURSES IN THE 1970S SO THAT STUDENTS WOULD STAY IN SCHOOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE 4X4.
AND I MEAN I'M GOING TO DATE MYSELF HERE.
BUT WHEN I GRADUATED IN THE SEVENTIES, I ONLY HAD TO TAKE ENGLISH MY SENIOR YEAR.
AND SO IT WAS THE VISION OF THAT BOARD AND DR.
HENDRICK AT THAT TIME TO TRY TO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
YES. NOW, MY TENURE ON THE BOARD, I CAN REMEMBER GOING BACK TO 2010, 2011, AND WE WOULD HEAR FROM PARENTS OF BOOSTER CLUBS SAYING WE NEED TO DO WHAT IS IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE LITTLE PREGAME IN THE PARKING LOT, WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? A TAILGATE. TAILGATE.
I HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TAILGATES FOR THE 910 AT THE SENIOR HIGH GAMES SO THAT THEY FELT THAT COHESION AND AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.
AND AND MAN, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT BOOSTER CLUBS ARE AND HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
AND FOLLOW SUIT WITH OUR WITH OUR JV TWO.
BUT YOU'RE I'VE HEARD THE SAME AS FAR AS OUR ALIGNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THAT AS WELL.
SO I VIVIDLY REMEMBER THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO, JEFF, LEADING UP TO THE FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING, MY ASK WOULD BE MAYBE IF WE CAN GET THE KIND OF RAW DATA OF THE SURVEY RESULTS AHEAD OF TIME, JUST TO REVIEW, I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US KIND OF A SUMMARY.
YES. BUT WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GET A LOT OF COMMENTS AND A LOT OF IT CAN GET WORDY, BUT SOMETIMES TRUSTEES LIKE TO GET IN THE WEEDS ON THAT AND IN A MEETING IS NOT THE PLACE TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU CAN GET THAT TO US BEFOREHAND, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO RAISE MONEY TO DO THE PROGRAM FOR THE PIECES, WHICH I HAVE, IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE BECAUSE BINES IS COMPETING WITH THE SAME VENDORS, RESTAURANTS, WHAT HAVE YOU, AS CLERK, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE SAME ONES THAT ARE COMPETING WITH PLANO SENIOR HIGH. AND THEN YOU THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SPORTS THAT ARE ALL COMPETING FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME COHESION AND COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT.
THE VENDORS WON'T BE GOING, OH DEAR HEAVENS, DON'T COME NEAR MY DOOR, BUT HOW CAN I NOW HAVE A BIGGER SPLASH AND A BIGGER PIECE OF THE PIE? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY HAVING THE BASKETBALLS.
I MEAN, FOOTBALL HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IT.
BASKETBALL IS GOOD BECAUSE THE BOYS AND THE WOMEN, THE WOMEN AND THE MEN DID THEIR PROGRAM TOGETHER.
MY QUESTION IS, FOR INSTANCE, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED BONDS AND CLARK, WOULD WE EVER BE IN A SITUATION WHERE A KID WOULD SAY, I GO TO PLANO? I MEAN, YOU DON'T SAY PLAYING A SENIOR HIGH, BUT CLARK CAMPUS OR VINE'S CAMPUS, I MEAN, HOW HOW DOES THAT KIND OF WORK SO THAT A KID HAS ALL THE KIDS WILL WANT TO HAVE THIS IDENTITY? HAVE WE HAD SOME THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OR IS THAT PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE WANTING TO GET BACK FROM PEOPLE TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD MATRICULATE? YOU CAN TALK ABOUT I MEAN, WE CAN I CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE THE INTERNAL BECAUSE I'VE NOT BEEN IN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY IN A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE.
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IT WAS REALLY AROUND LIKE THE ELEMENTARY MASCOT.IT'S ALIGNING TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LIKE, YEAH, LIKE TIGERS.
AND THEN THEY MADE THE SWITCH.
SO WE'RE I MEAN, TRULY, LIKE, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE KIND OF AN OUTLIER.
WE'RE WE'RE YOU KNOW, THE THE GROWING CONTINUES TO GO UP NORTH AND OUT.
RIGHT. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU'RE.
PLAYING. OUR KIDS ARE AT A GAME SITTING IN TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.
AND SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, DO I CHEER FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL OR DO I CHEER FOR THE SENIOR HIGH? AND, YOU KNOW, AND AND I WILL SAY JUST LAST WEEK, IN TALKING TO ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO IS A PRODUCT OF PLANO ISD AND, YOU KNOW, HIS PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE HE'S LIVED IT AND HE'S AND HE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR CURRENTLY IN OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, SAID, SO WHERE'D YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL? AND RIGHT OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS LIKE PLAYING OUR SENIOR.
AND I SAID, NO, NO, WHERE DID YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL? AND HE'S LIKE, PLAYING A SENIOR. I'M LIKE, THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR I THINK OUR KIDS ARE THERE FOR A TWO TO YEAR PERIOD AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND SO SO I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT AT THIS POINT.
SHE NEVER BUT SHE ALSO FELT VERY FUNNY.
AND THERE WAS AN IDENTITY CRISIS OF SORTS AS TO, YOU KNOW, WEARING THE WEARING THE MAROON AT VINES.
WHEREAS THE GIRLS THAT HER FRIENDS THAT WERE PLAYING STILL AT VINES, IT KIND OF CAUSED NOT A BUILDING OF COMMUNITY AT ALL, BUT IT KIND OF WAS A DISINTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS A REAL PROBLEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, AND I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT, JEFF, BECAUSE I MARKED AT LEAST TWO AND I THINK YOU SAID THREE TIMES AND I REALIZED FINE ARTS ISN'T INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT THE PARTNERSHIP I'M GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE PUBLICLY, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD WITH FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS, I THINK IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AND COMMUNITY BUILDER.
HOWEVER, THE BAND PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR FOREVER.
I MEAN, THE BAND PROGRAMS HAVE HAD THE FRESHMEN KIDS, THE DRUMLINE, WHATEVER.
THEY'RE GOING TO SENIOR HIGH IN THE SUMMER.
THEY'RE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEY'RE A PART OF THE TWILIGHT CONCERT.
THEY ALREADY ARE A PART OF THAT.
THEY JUST MIGHT BE WEARING A DIFFERENT COLOR UNIFORM NOW.
THEY HAD LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 910.
THEY WOULD HAVE 1112 WITH STUDENT COUNCILS AND ALL ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES.
BUT. WE ALREADY WE'VE THIS IS THIS ISN'T A SWITCH.
IT IS BEEN A LONG, SLOW TRANSITION.
AND I'M THRILLED TO SEE YOUR PASSION.
AND I'M THRILLED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE THE SURVEYS GO.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY SOLIDIFY OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO THANK YOU. WELL, AND YOU SAID IT, THOUGH HE'S NOT UP HERE STANDING UP HERE.
WE'RE WE'RE LOCKED ARM IN ARM, HE AND I SO IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DO A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER.
SO HE'S HE'S BEEN KNEE DEEP IN THIS AS WELL AS ME.
AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S HE'S JUST GOT HERE.
SO HE'S GETTING UP TO SPEED, BUT HE'S ALREADY MAKING A HUGE IMPACT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE WE OUR PROGRAMS WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF HIS PROGRAMS AND OUR PROGRAMS AND IT'S ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO IT'S IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST PART OF OUR OF WHAT WE GET TO DO IS WATCH HIM.
AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE THAT BETTER? THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE OF HOW WE MAKE IT EVEN BETTER, YOU KNOW, AND I'M EXCITED, EXCITED ABOUT THE THOUGHT AND THE VISION OF THE OPPORTUNITY. SO, JEFF, FOR YOU, BILL, IS THERE A COMPONENT TO THIS WHERE THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, WHETHER IT A DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON WITH WILL IN ORDER TO HAVE STUDENTS BE ABLE TO PLAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR NINTH GRADE BEFORE, HEAVILY IN FOOTBALL AND SOME OTHER THINGS AND AND LOOKED AT SOME DATA WHERE OUR TEAMS ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S BEEN VERY CHALLENGING TO THAT'S PART OF THAT THAT DEEP DIVE.
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BUT THE WILL HAS SOME EXPLICIT RULES AS FAR AS AS FAR AS HOW THEY VIEW OUR CONTENTS.THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COLORS, THEIR OWN MASCOTS.
IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A STEP UP FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THEIR EYES.
AND PER RULE, COMBINING TWO OF THOSE TO GO PLAY.
ANOTHER ONE IS CREATING AN UNFAIR ATHLETIC ADVANTAGE.
WE'VE WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UL ABOUT THIS.
HOWEVER THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME SOME SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND I THINK THIS COLORS MASCOTS ALIGNING SHOWING UNITY IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WILL SEES.
WE WANT TO DO WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
AND SO WE ALWAYS BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF THEM TO SAY, HEY, IS THIS ARE WE GOOD? AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR PROGRAMS, IF WE NEED TO SHIFT THINGS TO MAKE THEM BETTER AND MORE COMPETITIVE AND BETTER FOR KIDS AND BETTER FOR OUR DISTRICT THAN WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE INCREASING ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO THERE'S SOME TYPE OF REALIGNMENT AT THE HIGHER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, TO SATISFY YOU.
WILL THAT'S A CONVERSATION IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING.
YES. LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
NO. AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THIS.
SO I HAVE A HANDFUL OF THINGS.
THAT CONVERSATION AND JERRY'S QUESTION ABOUT ALIGNING SCHOOLS AND CAMPUSES WITH THE SENIOR HIGH.
AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS WILL INPUT WHAT JEFF'S INPUT WILL BE REGARDING WHAT WILL WILL ALLOW US TO DO, HOWEVER, PUT A PLACEHOLDER ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. TERESA MAKES THE FOURTH SUPERINTENDENT IN A ROW THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS WITH BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR TO ME AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ALL THEY WANT TO BE.
AND THAT'S THE FUNCTIONALITY OF BEING IN A SINGLE SCHOOL TOWN.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE SET UP TO WHERE WE CAN CREATE SINGLE SCHOOL IDENTITIES FOR ALL THREE OF OUR SENIOR HIGHS TO CREATE THAT SINGLE SCHOOL SMALL TOWN FEEL WITHIN A BIG TOWN.
YOU KNOW, I SEE THIS AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRIDGE THE GAP, TO REALLY GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS OF THE NINE, TEN, AND 1112 CAMPUSES WHERE WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE ACADEMIC THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THOSE DOUBLE CAMPUSES LIKE THAT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE COULD CREATE A FOUR YEAR HIGH, A FOUR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THOSE THREE CAMPUSES.
THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY STEP ONE.
AND SO WHEN YOU IDENTIFY WHEN YOU CREATE A SINGLE IDENTITY.
THEN YOU START CREATING COMMUNITIES, AS JERRY SAID.
AND WHEN YOU CREATE COMMUNITIES, THEN YOU CAN START CREATING SUCCESS.
I WILL TELL YOU, AS THE FATHER OF LIKE, LOOK, I PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
BOTH OF MY SONS PLAYED IN NINTH GRADE AND ONE PLAYED IN 10TH.
THEY WEREN'T PROGRESSING, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'LL PLAY IT AS A SOPHOMORE AT SHEPTON AND THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR I THINK, THAT THEY WERE WEARING WEST UNIFORMS FOR AWAY GAMES, HOME GAMES EVERYWHERE, AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN IDENTITY.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
OKAY, ONE MORE THING. CAN YOU GET A SLIDE FIVE? YES, MA'AM. STAR ACCOUNTABILITY.
SORRY. KEEP EVERYONE ON THEIR TOES AND LOOKING AT SLIDE FIVE.
YES. YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT OUR WHY GO BACK TO IT'S THE OUR WHY ONE.
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THE. THAT WAY OK THAT ARE WHY I AM NEVER BEEN AN ATHLETE.GOD LOVE ANYONE WHO EVER WANTED ME TO BE.
HOWEVER, I LOVE ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE ON HERE.
AND THEY'RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT WINNING IS ALSO IMPORTANT, AND I THINK WE SAW THAT LAST NIGHT WITH TCU.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE WINNING AND THEN BECOMING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOOTBALL TEAM.
IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND EVERYTHING I READ WAS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO BE A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM. AND WE WANT THIS IS ALL THAT I'M SAYING THIS.
WHEN HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL SENT OFF, WHAT TEAM WAS IT? SOCCER. THEY DID THEIR LITTLE WHATEVER FOR THE NATIONAL.
THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER THAT THEY.
SO THIS IS JUST I WANT TO WE WANT WINNERS AND IF THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE WINNERS AT WHATEVER LEVEL IN ALL THE SPORTS, THEN EVEN THOUGH ACADEMICS AND, YOU KNOW, SAT SCORES AND AP CLASSES AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND WHAT COLLEGE YOU GO TO, IMPORTANT, IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF A WINNING TEAM. YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE DR.
WAYNE HENDRICKS SPEAKING THROUGH YOU.
HE WOULD SAY THAT TO ME ALL THE TIME.
SO I, I MAY BE IN THE MINORITY ON THIS, BUT AS A FORMER CLARK COUGAR AND PLANO EAST PANTHER, THIS IS EMOTIONALLY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, RIGHT.
TO MAKE A LEGACY LIKE A CHANGE IN LEGACY OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
BUT AS I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO YOU GO THROUGH THE RATIONALE, RIGHT, AND SAY, OKAY, OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER OPPORTUNITIES, OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER DEVELOPMENT, BETTER PIPELINE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE MAGNET DISTRICTS FOR SPECIFIC ATHLETIC TEAMS, PARENTS THAT MOVE INTO THOSE DISTRICTS TO GET THEIR KID INTO A TRAINING PROGRAM OR PIPELINE, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT THE POINT ABOUT WHO'S WEARING WHAT COLORS IT HAS, YOU KNOW, IT CLARK ON FRIDAY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE KIDS MORE REASON TO PICK ON OTHER KIDS IS SORT OF MY FEELING.
AND THEN IF I LOOK AND I'M LIKE, OH, THAT GUY'S A ROCK STAR AND THESE GUYS ARE STILL IN THE CLARK COLORS, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BETTER OR THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S THERE'S THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT TO THIS AND THAT IN THAT AREA, TOO.
SO I WOULD I WOULD JUST ASK THAT IN IN DOING THE SURVEY AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO USE PROFESSIONAL GROUP OR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, BUT PLEASE BE VERY INTENTIONAL COMMUNICATING TRANSPARENTLY AS YOU'VE DONE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS AND HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS? BECAUSE MY EMOTIONAL DISCOMFORT AT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, RIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT THING.
BUT JUST AS IS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE, IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
AND YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT TONIGHT.
AND I I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE SURVEY DATA.
SO THIS MAKES US THIS GIVES US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO WIN, THEN.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMPLAINTS, QUERIES, CONCERNS.
JEFF, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO POWER THROUGH, LIKE I SAID, WHERE ARE WE AT 930? WHERE ARE WE? NOT WHERE WE AT?
[9.3 Proposed Texas Education Agency (TEA) Changes to the Academic Accountability System ]
SORRY. ALL RIGHT, DASH, WE ARE 9.3.9.3 PROPOSED TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY CHANGES TO THE ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
I THINK LISA IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS TOPIC.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLEY AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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SO WE HAVE ENCOURAGED DASH TO BE QUICK AND SUCCINCT.SO WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO TO MOVE SWIFTLY.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
I BROUGHT MY BOTTLE OF WATER, TOO.
AND SO JUST TO SET SOME STAGE HERE, I'M GOING TO COVER MULTIPLE TOPICS.
SO AT THE END OF EACH SECTION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE TOPIC MIGHT CHANGE AND IT MAY BE KIND OF BEEN THE WRONG PLACE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK MANY THINGS TODAY ABOUT THE STAR REDESIGN, SOME ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ESTIMATED ON THE IMPACT OF PLENARIES.
MOST PROBABLY YOU ALL HAVE SEEN A VERSION OF THIS FROM TIA OR TACITUS.
SO THE WORK STARTED A WHILE BACK.
IN FACT, SOME OF THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION SINCE LIKE JULY 19TH IN 2019, EVEN BEFORE COVID, SOME OF THE CTE, IBC CERTIFICATES, PROGRAMS OF STUDY, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW. NOW WE ARE REALLY WE'VE JUST STARTED THE SPRING OF 2023 AND RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, ON JANUARY 2ND TO.
RELEASED A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION THAT THAT WE WILL COVER TODAY OR SO.
SO THE BIG QUESTION IS THERE'S THIS THING CALLED STYLE REDESIGN.
RIGHT. BUT HOW BIG IS THE IMPACT OF IT? SO THESE SLIDES ARE FROM T A I DIDN'T MAKE THEM, BUT I KIND OF LIKE THEM BECAUSE IT KIND OF EXPLAINS IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T DRINK ALL THE KOOL AID.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT.
SO HOW THE STAR TEST IS MADE IS THEY TEST ITEMS EVERY YEAR IN EVERY STATE TEST.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE FIELD TEST ITEMS. WHAT REALLY TEST ITEMS ARE ARE A SET OF ITEMS THAT THEY WRITE AND THEY'RE TESTING IT OUT TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE STATE TESTS.
SO THERE ARE SMALL NUMBER FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX ITEMS FOR EACH KID THAT THEY PUT FIELD TEST ITEM AND CERTAIN BATCHES OF STUDENTS GET DIFFERENT FIELD TEST ITEMS. AND SO THE TEST THAT THAT LISA IS TAKING MAY HAVE SIX FIELD TEST ITEMS THAT ARE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN DAVID TAKES IT, HE DOESN'T SEE THEM AT ALL.
RIGHT. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED HOW THESE ARE DESIGNED SO AND FROM THAT FIELD TEST ITEMS THEY THEY THEY DETERMINE WHAT IS THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF EACH ITEM IS SOME ARE EASY, SOME ARE HARD.
SO AND BASED ON THAT DISTRIBUTION, EVEN BEFORE AN ITEM APPEARS ON A STUDENT'S.
A THIRD GRADE READING TEST BOOKLET.
SO IF I TAKE OUT A VERY EASY ITEM THAT 80% OF THE STUDENTS GOT RIGHT, I'M GOING TO REPLACE THAT WITH ANOTHER NEW ITEM THAT WE KNOW ABOUT 80% OF THE STUDENTS GET.
RIGHT. JUST TO KEEP IT BALANCED FROM EAR TO EAR.
SO IN IN WHEN THE TEST IS MADE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE EASY ITEMS, MEDIUM ITEMS HAD ITEMS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPLICATION ON TOP OF ITEM DIFFICULTY.
THAT WE HAD TO TEST EVERY CONTENT AREA IN OUR STANDARDS.
THEY ARE CALLED STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AND THERE ARE IN THIRD GRADE READING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENT EXPECTATIONS, BUT NOT EVERYONE GET TESTED EVERY YEAR.
SO THERE ARE SOME KEY ONES THAT ARE TESTED REPEATEDLY YEAR IN, YEAR OUT.
THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT THEY TEST WITH ONE OR TWO ITEMS ONE YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THAT PARTICULAR NARROW TOPIC.
SO NOT ONLY THAT THEY HAD TO BALANCE ITEM DIFFICULTY, THEY HAD TO BALANCE CONTENT OF THE TEST.
THE WHOLE TEST IN MATH CAN'T BE JUST SUBTRACTION, RIGHT?
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THEY HAD TO DO DIVISION, YET YOU HAD TO TEST THE BROAD BREADTH OF THE CURRICULUM.SO THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT THEY TRY TO BALANCE OUT.
SO. THE SO IN THE STAR TEST, THERE ARE DIFFICULT DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE THE SIZE OF THE THE SPHERE. AND THEN THE COLORS REPRESENT DIFFERENT CONTENT AREAS THAT ARE TESTED IN ANY ONE SUBJECT.
SO WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT THIS? WELL, WITH THE STAR REDESIGN.
THE TYPE OF ITEMS THAT ARE POSED TO STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN MIX AND MATCH.
THEY CAN DRAW A GRAPH AND PUT A DOT WHERE THE WHERE THE POINT SHOULD BE.
YOU HAVE TO PICK BOTH IN ORDER TO GET FULL CREDIT.
RIGHT. SO ALL THAT IS CHANGING, BUT THE CONTENT OF WHAT WE STUDY OR WHAT WE TEACH DOESN'T CHANGE.
WHAT CHANGES IS HOW IT IS ASSESSED.
YOU HAVE TO GRAPH THE ANSWER OR YOU MAY HAVE TO PUT THE ANSWER IN A TABLE.
KNOW DIFFERENT WAYS OF ANSWERING THE EXACT SAME THING.
SO THESE ITEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TODAY IN THIS IN THIS SPRING'S STATE TEST, ALL THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN FIELD TESTED BY OUR KIDS. NOT NECESSARILY PLANO KIDS.
KIDS ALL OVER THE STATE LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.
SO WHEN AN ITEM IS SINCE THIS IS KIND OF MY FIELD HERE, I WILL TRUST AEA AND THE COMPANY THAT IS HELPING, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, BY THE WAY THE BOARD BECAUSE TESTING VENDORS ARE IN THIS ETS AND PEARSON ARE THE ONES THAT THEY ARE MAKING THE TEST.
CAMBIUM IS THE NEWEST COMPANY JUST DELIVERS THE TEST.
THEY ARE WORLDWIDE COMPANIES AND SOME PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY THAT THEY WILL ENSURE THAT THE DIFFICULTY OF THE TEST IS MADE EQUIVALENT FROM EAR TO EAR, EVEN THOUGH THE TYPE OF ITEM IS DIFFERENT.
RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S HOW IT IS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS IT'S LIKE SOME DARK SIDE OR THE AGNOSTIC MAY BE MANIPULATING THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT WE'LL TRUST THAT HOPEFULLY THE OVERALL DIFFICULTY OF THE TEST DOESN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH WHEN THE STAR REDESIGN COMES OUT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING, PLEASE ASK.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT REDESIGNING THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
HE DOESN'T CALL IT A REDESIGN.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY STARTED POST-COVID.
AND ONE OF THE OUTCOMES YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE VERY LAST THREE BULLETS HERE.
WE WILL ONLY SEE THE FINAL SET OF RULES IN DRAFT FORM, END OF MARCH, AND THEN THEN IT WILL GO FOR THAT COMMENT PERIOD AND THEN IT WILL GO TO THE TEXAS REGISTRY.
FINALLY, MOST PROBABLY IN JUNE OR JULY WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADOPTED.
BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINAL VERSION YET.
WE HAVE SEEN BITS AND PIECES OF IT AND CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF IT, BUT THINGS ARE STILL CHANGING AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF THE THIS REDESIGN IS GOING ON AND ACCOUNTABILITY RESETS ARE GOING ON TOO, ESPECIALLY ON ONE BIG PIECE WHICH IS ON THE STUDENT GROWTH MODEL.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS GOING TO BE A ONE MONTH LATE AND EVEN THE STAR RESULTS OR THE FINAL MASTER'S MEETS APPROACHES THAT IS GOING TO COME LATE IN THE SUMMER AND IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR 3 TO 8.
IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AS NORMAL IN JUNE.
IN JUNE, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET ESTIMATED PASS FAIL RATES, BUT NOT THE.
SO. SO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY RESET? ONE OF THE BIG THINGS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A PROBLEM, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS A PROBLEM IN AUSTIN, INCREASING ALIGNMENT OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS
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ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.AND I WILL GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS A PROBLEM UNTIL I GUESS IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR SOMEBODY LEARNING ACCELERATION AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT AND UPDATE ON CMR. AND THAT'S A BIG ONE.
IMPROVE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE GROWTH AND THAT IS A GOOD ONE AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD AND NARROW.
NOW THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF A STICKY WICKET HERE.
THEY ON JANUARY 2ND THEY RELEASED THE CUT POINTS FOR A THROUGH F SKILLS FOR DOMAIN ONE THAT WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND DOMAIN TO BE WHICH IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
BUT WHEN THERE WERE SOME DISTRICTS THAT POST COVID, THEIR PERFORMANCE WENT UP, BUT IT DIDN'T GO UP THAT MUCH TO BALANCE EVERYTHING OUT. SO THAT'S AND I'M SURE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND IF FEASIBLE, INCORPORATE EXTRACURRICULAR LEADERSHIP.
NOW, THIS LAST TOPIC HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
IT'S IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
LIKE. LET ME GO SOME THINGS ONE BY ONE.
SO THIS IS THE PERCEIVED PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY SOMEBODY HAS FOUND OUT THE SO.
SO THESE ARE ACTUAL DISTRICTS.
THESE ARE CAME DIRECTLY FROM A DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, ELEMENTARY, THREE DISTRICTS, TWO THREE CAMPUSES, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
SO ALL CS IN SECONDARY ALL THESE IN ELEMENTARY BY THE DISTRICT ITSELF GOT TO BE.
UNDER THE PLAN, THE RULES CORRECTLY.
OK DISTRICT B, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A ONE ELEMENTARY ONE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
SO IT'S A PK SIX SEVEN, 12, TWO CAMPUS, DISTRICT C AND A B, AND THE DISTRICT GETS A NAME.
AGAIN. AND THIS TRIXIE IS A IT'S A IT'S A MODERATELY LARGE CAMPUS.
REMEMBER, WHAT WE CALL LARGE IN TEXAS IS MORE THAN 10,000 STUDENTS.
NOT 20, 30, 40, 10,000 IS LARGE.
SO WE ARE IN THAT LARGE CATEGORY.
SO YOU CAN SEE OVERALL, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED A B, BUT THEN.
KNOW WHAT ONE A AND THREE B'S, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WAY, YOU CAN PERCEIVE THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING NOT RIGHT, BUT WHAT'S NOT RIGHT? IT'S NOT THAT WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
IT IS HOW THE RULES ARE APPLIED.
CMR, 40% STAR, 20% GRADUATION.
SO AN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE 60% OF THAT.
THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE 40% CMR. THEY DON'T HAVE GRADUATION RATES.
SO ONLY THING COMMON BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THAT 40% START.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
SO BUT WE WE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS SOME THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IN IT.
BUT THERE ARE APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN WE ARE TASKED WITH EDUCATING KIDS AT WHATEVER LEVEL THEY COME IN AND ENSURING THAT THEY GRADUATE.
THAT'S WHY AS A DISTRICT, 40% IS CMR AND 20% IS GRADUATION, BECAUSE STAR IS IT IS NOT BEYOND STAR.
THEY ARE PAST THE IOC'S RIGHT.
SO THE WHOLE CHARGE FOR THE DISTRICT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE.
THE PART BUILDING THE PARCEL THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD UP THE CAMPUSES TO GET THE DISTRICT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME LEGISLATORS THAT DON'T LIKE THIS ALIGNMENT, ESPECIALLY FROM FROM SMALLER DISTRICTS WHERE THEY CAN.
IN PLANO, IT IS HARD TO FIND THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE 67 CAMPUSES WITH GRADES.
BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE CAMPUSES, IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS, RIGHT? SO THE METHODOLOGY I EXPLAINED IT THEN WHAT HE IS IS IS PROPOSING
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IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IF THERE ARE FIVE SCHOOLS.LET'S SAY ONE GOT AN 85, ONE GOT A 72, ONE GOT 85, ONE GOT A 77 AND ONE GOT A 67.
SO SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE MATH OF IT.
IF THERE ARE FIVE CAMPUSES, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ENROLLMENT IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12.
THEY ARE NOT COUNTING GRADES K ONE TO ENROLLMENT.
AND THEN WHATEVER THE GRADE THEY GET.
SO CAMPUS ONE WILL CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY 13.8% OF ITS GRADE TO THE OVERALL DISTRICT GRADE.
AND SO ON BASED ON THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS.
SO THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS IF YOU HAVE THE FIVE CAMPUSES WITH THE ENROLLMENT AND THEY HAVE ON THE SCORE COLUMN, IS THERE IS THERE A THROUGH 0 TO 100 SCALE SCORE? AND YOU WEIGH THAT BY THE PROPORTION OF STUDENTS IN IT AND THAT 85 WILL CONTRIBUTE 11.7.
I HAVE A TYPO SOMEWHERE THERE.
AND THEN 77 WILL CONVERT TO IT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SMALL CAMPUS CAMPUS THREE.
IT WILL ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO 2%.
AND WHEN YOU AVERAGE THE WAY THE WEIGHTED ONES AND YOU END UP WITH THE 79 INSTEAD OF.
THE CAMPUS. ALMOST INVARIABLY ALL THESE CAMPUSES EARNED MORE THAN A 79 UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SECONDARY CAMP, THE CMR AND GRADUATION ALWAYS BENEFITS THE DISTRICT.
AND IF ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT OTHER THAN LIKE LIKE 15% OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WILL BE IMPACTED AND IT WILL RESULT IN A LOWER EIGHT WAVE SCALE SCOPE.
IT DOESN'T DROP MORE THAN ONE IN MOST CASES THEN MOST PROBABLY A ONE LETTER GRADE DROP IS EXPECTED FROM THIS CHANGE FOR ABOUT 80% OF THE DISTRICT'S.
THE. THE OVERALL METHODOLOGY AFTER THAT IS THE SAME.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS THE MAIN ONE.
AS SCHOOL PROGRESS IS A AND B PARTS ONE IS GROWTH.
PART B IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE TO YOUR DISTRICTS.
AND IT IS REALLY THE BEST OF THOSE TWO.
SO THE DOMAIN SCHOOL PROGRESS DOMAIN, YOU GET THE BEST OF 84 AND 72, WHICH IS 84.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP, YOU GET THE BEST OF 84 AND THE 89, AND THAT IS 70% OF THE WEIGHT.
AND THOSE ARE THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THERE.
AND CLOSING THE GAP CONTRIBUTES TO 80%.
THAT'S BEEN THE RULE SINCE 2019.
SO. THE BIG SHIFT IN THE PHILOSOPHY ABOUT IBCS AND WHY IBC SUPPORT TEAM NECESSITY IS TO ALIGN STUDENTS TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT IS A SEQUENCE OF COURSES.
IN THE OLDEN DAYS WE USED TO CALL IT COHERENT SEQUENCE OF ONE, TWO AND THREE COURSES.
NOW IT'S CALLED PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND THERE ARE 16 PROGRAMS OF STUDIES THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM.
AND IF YOU COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY, THE CULMINATION POINT IS GETTING AN IBC.
OR IN SOME CASES YOU HAD TO BE OVER 18 OR YOU HAD TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA TO GET SOME IBCS.
BUT THEY ARE ALIGNING PROGRAMS OF EARNING THE IBC CREDIT INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICATE TO HAVING COMPLETED A PROGRAM OF STUDY OF TWO OR THREE COURSES. AND THERE ARE THERE ARE CATEGORIES OF ONCE YOU COMPLETE IT, IF YOU COMPLETE THE WHOLE COMPLETE SEQUENCE, YOU ARE CALLED A CONCENTRATOR.
IF YOU COMPLETE ALL BUT ONE, YOU ARE CALLED A COMPLETER.
SO THE SO THERE ARE STAGES OF IT NOW TO WAS GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT RULE THAT IN ORDER FOR AN IBC TO COUNT YOU, YOU HAD TO HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PROGRAM OF STUDY THIS SCHOOL YEAR RETROACTIVELY TO LAST YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS BECAUSE CMR IS AN EHR BEHIND.
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NOW ON JANUARY 2ND AMENDMENT TO THEIR PROPOSED RULES, THEY SAID THEY ARE DELAYING IT THE IMPLEMENTATION BY ONE YEAR.SO AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY.
NOW, JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND THIS.
IN THE CURRENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
YOU CAN TAKE A LIST OF IBCS ARE PRETTY LONG.
LIKE, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AT GOOGLE ANALYTICS.
BUT TECHNICALLY, ANY KID IN PLANO HAVE NOT TAKEN A SINGLE CTE CLASS CAN TAKE THE GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND GET AN IBC CREDIT. RIGHT.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING AWAY COMPLETELY.
NOW, PLANO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PRACTICE OF PUSHING EVERY KID TO TAKE UP.
AND ABC. WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING.
WE HAD TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KID.
THE STUDENT IS COMPLETING A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND THEN TAKING AN ABC.
SO THIS RULE CHANGE WILL NOT IMPACT US THAT MUCH.
BUT WHAT WILL IMPACT US IS SELF SUNSETTING OF SOME IBCS COMPLETELY.
SO. YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF THAT, THE CCMA CUTS COURSE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR GETTING AN ABCD IS CHANGING.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE OLD SYSTEM, IF YOU IF YOUR CAMPUS WAS 60% OF YOUR KIDS WERE CCMA READY.
THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GET AN A.
IF 53% OF YOUR CAMPUS OR THE DISTRICT WAS READY, THAT RESULTED IN A, B AND SO ON.
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO BE AN 88.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE, PLANO IS AT 71.
THEY ARE NOT ONLY HOLDING DISTRICTS FOR PRODUCING COLLEGE READY GRADUATES.
UNDER THE NEW PHILOSOPHY FROM THE IEA, THEY ARE HOLDING DISTRICTS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY ENTERING COLLEGE BUT FOR KIDS BEING PERSISTENT FROM FRESHMAN TO SOPHOMORE, WHICH I THINK IS NOT OUR JOB.
IT SHOULD BE HIGHER ED'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.
COMMISSIONER, HE EXPLAINED THE MATH OF IT.
MATH IS TRUE, RIGHT? BUT THEN HOLDING K-12 DISTRICTS FOR ENSURING THAT KIDS IN FRESHMAN YEAR LEARNS WELL ENOUGH THAT THE RETURNS FOR THE SOPHOMORE YEAR.
IT'S A THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
HE SAID THAT 82% OF TEXAS STUDENTS PERSIST FROM FRESHMAN TO SOPHOMORE.
AND THEN HE AND IN ORDER TO MEET THE 60 BY 30 PLAN WHERE WE GUARANTEED 60% OF OUR GRADUATES WILL HAVE AN IBC OR OR AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR HIGHER.
OBVIOUSLY NOT TO EARN ASSOCIATE DEGREE, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO COLLEGE THE NEXT YEAR.
SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOW HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERSISTENCE FROM FRESHMEN TO SUFFER.
AND LET ME SAY, THE IMPACT OF THIS IS IS IS BIG.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TILL THE END, BUT I CAN'T.
WE LEARNED EARLIER THAT MORE THAN 70% OF OUR KIDS WERE GOING TO COLLEGE.
RIGHT. AND DOING SUCCESSFULLY IN MANY CASES.
AND THEN OUR CURRENT R RATE IS 61%.
OKAY, THAT'S MY MISUNDERSTANDING.
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I KIND OF EXPLAIN IT IF YOU HAVE 100 KIDS.THE OLD RULE WAS ALL THE ALL THE GREEN STUDENTS WAS THE 60% OF IT.
THAT'S THAT 88% THAT WE NEED TO MEET.
NOW, THE IMPACT OF THIS ONE IS THIS IS THIS IS STATEWIDE 47% OF DISTRICTS WITH AN A RATING IN 2022, THE ONE THAT WE JUST HAD, THEY WILL DROP ONE LETTER GRADE OR MORE.
SO 47%, ALMOST HALF THE DISTRICTS THAT EARNED A E ON CMR WILL NOT GET THAT AID.
OKAY. AND SO 6 TO 41% OF THE DISTRICTS FROM 6 TO 41% IS THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT WILL EARN A D OR AN F. IN CCMA LETTER GRADE.
HOPE IS THAT THE CCMA RATE ACROSS THE STATE WILL GO UP.
IF THAT HAPPENS, THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MITIGATED, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO UP THAT MUCH BECAUSE CMR IS A LONG TERM PLAN AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH LAST YEAR'S GRADUATES.
SO CCMA, THAT WILL BE USED IN AUGUST.
ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WILL BE OUR 2022 GRADUATES.
WE CAN MAKE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE RETROACTIVELY CHANGING THE RULES.
THEY'RE CHANGING THE RULES WITHOUT THE KIDS TO TO BE ABLE TO TO WORK WITH THEM.
SO ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE PROPORTION OF DISTRICTS THAT EARN A, B, C, D, SO LIKE 40, 60, 67% OF THE GREEN IS HOW MANY EARNED AN EARNED CMR UNDER THE OLD RULE.
UNDER THE NEW RULE, IT WILL BE ABOUT 20% IF EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME.
SO DOWN THIS AND WE'RE BOTH COMMENTING.
SORRY DAVID, BUT IT BECOMES A BELL CURVE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST DOING IT, WHICH IS AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION, WHICH MEANS.
WE'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN THE GREATER SUCCESS.
IS THIS IN ANY WAY SOME TYPE OF MONEY GRAB? BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY IN FUNDS THAT ARE TIED TO THIS, SO.
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT MONEY NOW? THIS FEELS LIKE A TO MONEY GRAB.
WHO'S TELLING MCGRATH? HEY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE THAT MONEY OR WHY ARE WE YOU KNOW LOOK HOW MUCH OR IN A GETTING ALL THE MONEY MAYBE THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING.
WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME.
LET'S KEEP GOING AND THEN WE'LL HOLD QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO TO PLANO IF EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME? IF I WERE SICK AND MY RATE REMAINS THE SAME THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WE WERE A WE ARE A 71.
SO THAT WAS OVER IN THE 6200 RANGE AND THE STATE WAS A 65.
UNOFFICIALLY, UNDER THE NEW RULES, IF YOU ARE 71 REMAINS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A C.
SO THAT'S THAT'S THE OUTCOME WITHOUT NOTHING CHANGING, JUST CHANGING THE SCOPE.
AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON EACH OF OUR FOUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE A GRADUATING CLASS AND THEY INDIVIDUALLY GET CME RATINGS? WE GOT A'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE WERE PLAYING A SENIOR, WAS A 65, PLANO EAST WAS 71, WEST WAS 77, ACADEMY WAS 80.
THAT ALL THOSE ALL TRANSLATED TO A'S.
UNDER THE NEW CUTS COURSE ACADEMY WILL TRANSLATE TO A B AND THE REMAINING THREE WILL BE CS.
TO REMEMBER, THE CHANGE HERE IS NOT HOW KIDS EARN CMR. THIS IS THE CHANGES.
HOW T IS TAKING THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WHO ARE CMR AND CONVERTING THAT TO A, B AND C, AND SO THIS THIS SLIDE SHOWS 40% OF A DISTRICT'S GRADE AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH.
YEAH. SO IF, IF THIS WERE FOR DISTRICTS ALL FOR DROP ONE DROP SOME DROP MORE THAN THE OTHERS.
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OUT OF THE DOMAIN.ONE SCORE, WHAT OFFICIALLY GETS REPORTED IS THE DOMAIN ONE SCORE.
THOUGH, WHEN YOU DIG DEEPER, YOU CAN SEE THE LETTER GRADE FOR CMR TWO.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE DISTRICT, IF NOTHING ELSE CHANGES, IF OUR STAR RATES REMAIN THE SAME, OUR GRADUATION RATES REMAIN THE SAME, OUR CMR RATES REMAIN THE SAME. THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM IS THE CMR SCORE CHANGING.
WOULD I BE WHERE 91, WHICH GAVE AN A FOR US LAST YEAR, THAT SAME 91 WILL BE AN 84 BECAUSE NOW THAT 93 A THAT WE GOT FOR CMR THAT TRANSLATES TO A 75 AND THAT 75 IS 40% OF OUR DOMAIN ONE GRADE AND THAT THAT THAT FORMULA GIVES AN 84.
SO IT NOT ONLY IMPACTS OUR CMR. RETROGRADE, THIS IMPACTS OUR DOMAIN.
ONE LETTER GRADE TWO FOR EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO.
AND AS WE'VE PUT UP THERE, SAME RAW SCORES, DIFFERENT RATINGS.
AND THAT WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE THE CASE.
AGAIN, WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN A OR FORGET ANY OF THAT, THE MESSAGING IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHANGE IN CALCULATIONS, THIS IS THE SAME NUMBERS PUNCHED INTO THE CALCULATOR WITH A DIFFERENT FORMULA.
I THINK THAT I MEAN, I THINK YOU SAID THAT REALLY WELL, LISA.
LIKE MY TEAM KNOWS AND OUR TEAM, LIKE, EVERY DAY WE COME WITH WHAT IS BEST FOR KIDS AND HOW CAN WE BETTER FOR KIDS AND HOW TO HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT AND WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GROW AND IMPROVE.
IF WE DID NOTHING AT ALL AND WE TOOK A NAP ALL YEAR LONG.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.
I MEAN, WE WANT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
WE WE'RE I'M FINE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.
LET'S LET'S MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORK.
BUT TO BE JUDGED ON SOMETHING THAT WE ONE, DON'T KNOW THE RULES.
SO LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE DIDN'T GET WHAT THESE SCORES ARE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUT EVERY SECOND YEAH SO AND IT'S WE HAVE THE LAGGING DATA OF KIDS THAT ARE GRADUATED. WE CAN'T GO BACK AND HAVE THE KIDS COME BACK.
I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S LONG GONE BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU CALCULATE ON LAGGING DATA.
THEN GOING FORWARD, IF YOU GO BACK TO I MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO IT, BUT ON THE SLIDE IN OUR TIMELINE, LIKE WE WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THE NEXT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM UNTIL AUGUST.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR PRACTICE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HONE IN IS IS DURING THE SUMMER.
THAT'S THE TIME WHEN WE START TO DIG IN ON WHERE WHERE DO KIDS NEED WHERE DO WE NEED TO FILL THE GAPS WHEN KIDS COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IT'S IT'S HARD.
OUR TEACHERS WORK HARD AND EVERYBODY CARES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'VE THAT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT AND LAUNCHING IS TELLING OUR STORY BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE MORE THAN A SCORE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL.
BEING ENGAGED IN SCHOOL IS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THIS IS ALWAYS IF YOU'RE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON SOMETIMES WHAT FEELS LIKE A GAME YOU CAN'T WIN OR YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RULES TO, IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPETE AND IT CAN BE A REAL DOWNER.
AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, I MEAN, NOT NOT ALL OF THIS IS SET IN STONE, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH, IT'S REALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS, KEEPING THE ATTENTION ON, YES, WE WANT TO GROW AND IMPROVE KIDS.
USING MAP TO ITS FULLEST BECAUSE THAT KIND OF CAN KEEP US STATIC.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE FOR FOR, I DON'T KNOW, OVER A DECADE IN PLANO ISD.
IT IS A NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT TO MEASURE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY CRITICAL.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS INTENTIONALLY DEMORALIZING.
IN A TIME. WE DON'T NEED TO BE DEMORALIZED.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WEIGHING IN WITH T.A.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHEN THEY'VE ASKED FOR INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING SOME T.A.
PRIORITIES THAT WE WILL WANT TO CARRY FORWARD, BUT WHAT DO WE DO TO PUT THE BRAKES ON IT OR
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MAKE IT FAIR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.I MEAN, AND IT'S NOT A LEGISLATIVE ASK PER SE.
WELL, RIGHT NOW THE COMMISSIONER UNDER THE CURRENT LAW HAVE.
COMPLETE AUTHORITY TO SET THE SCALES COST AND CUT COSTS AND EVEN DESIGN THE SYSTEM.
LIKE. LIKE I DON'T MIND HIGH STANDARDS, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER TO ENSURE THAT FRESHMEN ENTERING COLLIN COUNTY ARE GOING TO RETURN AS SOPHOMORES.
I MEAN, I MEAN, OTHER THAN GETTING THEM ENTRY INTO THE UNIVERSITY, BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH QUALIFICATIONS TO ENTER INTO COLLEGE.
AND NANCY, I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK DR.
WE NEED TO KEEP FOCUSED ON OUR KIDS AND THEIR GROWTH.
BUT I WOULD ADD THAT IT'S REALLY OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE AND THEY'RE HAPPY.
THEIR KIDS ARE GROWING AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HERE.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE SAYS, WE WANT TO RELOCATE OUR BUSINESS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS.
THEY'RE NOT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT IS.
AND THAT'S, TO ME, IS A REAL SHAME, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, AS A COMMUNITY, ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME COMPANIES TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
AND SO THAT TO ME IS A, YOU KNOW, A LONGER CONSEQUENCE THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.
YES. TO YOUR POINT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF KIDS.
BUT THE WAY THIS LOOKS THEN, FROM SOMEONE COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, THAT'S THAT'S THE CONCERN.
RECOGNIZING ACCELERATED LEARNING.
AND LET ME KIND OF BOIL DOWN WHAT THIS MEANS.
THIS IS ABOUT HB 4545 STUDENTS AND HOW WELL THEY ARE SUCCEEDING AND GROWING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO IN THE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS YET THE EXACT RULES, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THEM ARE PROPOSED.
CREDIT IN THE SENSE OF FOR GROWING STUDENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME CREDIT ON A 0 TO 100 SCALE AND THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE BONUS POINTS FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT, EACH SCHOOL FOR ENSURING THAT ITS B 45 STUDENTS, THAT'S THE STUDENT THAT FAILS EOC ARE A STAT TEST TO GET THEM TO THE APPROACHING STANDARD.
AND SO THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS YOU CAN'T LOSE POINTS ON THIS.
EVERY KID THAT WE TRANSITION FROM FAIL TO PASS, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US 0.25 CREDIT.
RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LITTLE SLIGHT GOOD THINGS HERE IN THERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT GIVES AN ABILITY NOT ONLY TO CONCENTRATE BECAUSE THOSE KIDS ARE THE MOST NEEDIEST IN OUR DISTRICT, MAKING GIVING THEM THAT TRANSITION TO THE HIGHER STANDARD.
NOW WHERE WE MEASURE GROWTH IS CHANGING.
AND THERE AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BENEFITS FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.
STUDENTS WHO TRANSITION FROM FROM SPANISH IN OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL PROGRAM THAT ARE LIKE BY THIRD GRADE, SOME ABOUT HALF THE KIDS WILL TAKE THE STATUS IN SPANISH IN FOURTH GRADE.
MOST PROBABLY THEY WILL TRANSITION INTO ENGLISH, OR IT MAY BE THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.
SO IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, KIDS WHO TRANSITION FROM SPANISH START READING TO ENGLISH START.
THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR GROWTH CALCULATION AT ALL.
THERE IS NO GROWTH MODEL FROM START READING TO ENGLISH ONE IN NINTH GRADE.
THERE'S GROWTH FROM ENGLISH ONE TO ENGLISH TWO.
THAT'S GROWTH FROM GRADE SEVEN READING TO GRADES EIGHT READING.
BUT THERE IS NO GROWTH FROM GRADE EIGHT TO ENGLISH ONE.
AND AT THIS SYSTEM, GROWTH FOR THAT WILL ALSO CAN BE INCLUDED.
SO THIS IS THE OLD SYSTEM AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND YOU HAD TO COUNT FOR INDIVIDUAL KIDS HOW MANY SCALE SCORE POINTS, HOW MANY ROSCOE'S THAT THE KID GOT RIGHT OR WRONG BUT UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
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THEY ARE. IT'S ABOUT THIS IS CALLED A TRANSITION TABLE APPROACH.SO THEY ARE TAKING KIDS WHO FAILED.
AND THEY'RE BREAKING DOWN INTO TWO GROUPS.
LOW FAIL, HIGH FAIL KIDS WHO ARE IN THE PASSING APPROACHING STANDARD.
ANY KID THAT TRANSITION A BOUNDARY GETS CREDIT FOR GROWTH.
SO CREDIT FOR THE REASON THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS, INCLUDING ME, IT IS VERY TRANSPARENT.
RIGHT. THERE ARE IT IS BASED ON THE STANDARD.
EVEN CLASSROOM TEACHERS CAN UNDERSTAND THIS WITHOUT GETTING DOWN INTO TAKING A CALCULATOR OUT.
THE AND THE OTHER THING IS THIS TRANSLATES DIRECTLY INTO KIDS.
PERFORMING HIGHER AT APPROACHES, MEATS AND MASTERS.
SO IF YOU DO WELL UNDER THIS SYSTEM, KIDS WILL TRANSITION OVER A FIVE YEAR PRE.
SO AND THESE ARE THE ADVANTAGES I JUST AND THEN THE BIG PIECE HERE IS UNDER THIS SYSTEM, KIDS WHO REPEAT THE TEST IN EOC. THIS.
YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK ENGLISH WON, THEY FAILED.
THEY HAD TO RETEST AGAIN FOR GRADUATION.
AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE IS IS BASICALLY A GRAPH.
IT'S A SYSTEM WHERE YOU TAKE THE STUDENTS, THE CAMPUSES STAR AND CMR COMPONENT AND YOU COMPARE IT TO HOW YOUR OTHER DISTRICTS DID OR OTHER CAMPUSES DID.
AND BASED ON HOW WE DID, YOU GET AN ABCD ON THAT ONE.
IT IS EXACTLY IDENTICAL SCORES.
EVERYTHING IS IDENTICAL AS IT IS PROPOSED TODAY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AT AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, THE WHITE STUDENTS HAS TO BE AT 60% MEETS.
RIGHT. SO EVERY STUDENT GROUP HAS ITS OWN TARGET.
AND WE ARE REMEMBER ON MY PR PRESENTATION I SAID 88% OF.
THIS IS HOW MANY OF THEM ARE RIGHT SO UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
THAT. WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVES ABOUT THIS? VERY LIKELY STUDENT COULD BE COUNTED AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AS SPECIAL ED AS EMERGING, BILINGUAL AND ALSO AS. THAT'S ASIAN.
SO A KID CAN BELONG TO FOUR OR FIVE EVEN MORE GROUPS IN THEIR RIGHT.
SO A KID GET IF IT'S A PASSING KID, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT IF IT'S A FAILING KID, IT GETS COUNTED IN FIVE DIFFERENT COLORS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S CALLED YOU GETTING MANY TIMES BY ONE KID.
IF YOU MEET THE TARGET, YOU GET ONE.
IF YOU MISS THE TARGET, YOU GET ZERO.
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, YOU GET A GRADUATED GRADE.
IF YOU GET IF YOU MEET THE FULL TARGET, YOU GET FOUR POINTS.
IF YOU WENT 75% OF THE WAY, YOU GET THREE POINTS.
IF YOU WENT HALF THE WAY, YOU GET TWO POINTS.
SO YOU HAVE ABILITY TO EARN PARTIAL CREDIT KIND OF IN HERE.
SO THAT IS GOOD. THE OTHER ONE IS.
THEY ARE TAKING THIS ALL THESE STUDENT GROUPS AT THE TOP THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR I BELIEVE THERE ARE 14 IN THERE AND THEY ARE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO A GROUP CALLED.
ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO GET GROUPED INTO AND AND FALL INTO ONE GROUP CALLED HIGH FOCUS GROUP, AND YOU WILL BE ONLY COUNTED ONCE WITHIN THAT GROUP AND BASED ON PRIOR YEARS DATA.
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CALCULATION. NOT NOT EVERY RACE AND ETHNICITY GROUPS.SO DOING THAT AND THAT VERY LAST ONE, THE ONE IN GREEN.
CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW, BECAUSE UNDER CURRENT STATE LAW, IT SAYS CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLED STUDENTS HAS TO HAVE ITS OWN GROUP IN DOMAIN THREE. SO THAT'S WRITTEN IN LAW.
SO WITH THIS CHANGE, WE ARE GOING FROM 14 GROUPS TO FOUR FOR STUDENT GROUPS.
AND GETTING PARTIAL CREDIT IS ALSO A GOOD THING.
BUT THERE IS THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THEY ARE GOING TO RAISE THE STANDARD A LITTLE BIT.
IN ORDER TO EARN A FOUR, BUT STILL YOU CAN GET PARTIAL CREDIT.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD KIND OF LOOK LIKE WHEN THE REPORT COMES.
SO. SO THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AS OF JANUARY 2ND.
THIS IS LIKE OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM TO.
IT IS STILL THINGS ARE STILL CHANGING.
THEY SAY THAT BY MARCH THEY WILL HAVE EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH FINAL.
YOU SAW SOME OF THE CHANGES TO AND THE IMPACT FOR OUR NEW RULES.
STILL, MOST PROBABLY WILL BE IN C RANGE ON CMR AS A DISTRICT LEVEL.
SO SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE SUMMARY.
AND THEN YOU WILL ASK SOME QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, DASH QUESTIONS, GANG.
FIRE AWAY. I HAVE ONE KIND OF SPECIFIC QUESTION.
WE HAVE SOME. REALLY? INTERESTING NUANCES IN OUR DATA THAT ARE KIND OF UNIQUE TO PISD RIGHT? AND PART OF THAT COMES FROM HAVING THIS REALLY LARGE POPULATION OF KIDS THAT ARE ACCELERATED.
RIGHT. AND ANOTHER PART OF THAT IS THE SPLIT HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO LAUNCH A DISCUSSION ABOUT SPLIT HIGH SCHOOL ALIGNMENT, BUT IF YOU COULD SORT OF EXPLAIN HOW THOSE TWO THINGS IMPACT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING UNDER THEIR CURRENT SYSTEM AND JUST WITH THE REDESIGN, IS THAT STAYING THE SAME? IS THAT EXACERBATING OR ARE WE ARE WE GETTING SOME HELP THERE WITH EITHER OF THOSE OR OTHER UNIQUE FEATURES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE SOME NUANCE IN OUR DATA THAT OTHER OTHER DISTRICTS MAY NOT? WELL, THERE ARE DEFINITELY NUANCES.
AND I THINK EVEN WITH THE CMR CHANGE OR INCREASING OF THE STANDARD FOR A I THINK THE SENIOR HIGHS MOST PROBABLY HAVE AN EASIER PATH TO A HIGHER SCALE SCORE THAN OUR 9/10.
FOR THE THERE ARE FIVE YEAR CS AND ALGEBRA, ENGLISH ONE, ENGLISH TWO BIOLOGY.
THEY'RE ALL GIVEN IN GRADE NINE OR TEN.
AND AND MOST OF OUR KIDS DO PASS EITHER NINTH OR BY 10TH GRADE.
SO VERY FEW KIDS WHO ARE TAKING THOSE FOUR IN SENIOR HIGHS THAT VERY FEW KIDS.
NOW THE ONLY IOS TEST AVAILABLE FOR OUR 1112 CAMPUSES IS THE US HISTORY, AND THAT HAS THE HIGHEST PASSING RATE ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT ONLY IN PLANO, ACROSS THE STATE.
BY HIGH I MEAN BY 1015 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER.
HIGHER PERFORMING US HISTORY WOULD HELP A 912 CAMPUS.
NOW OUR 9/10 DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
IF THE ACCELERATED TEST IS OUR ALGEBRA ONE KIDS.
ALMOST ABOUT 45% OF OUR KIDS TODAY TAKE ALGEBRA ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A MATH TEST AT ALL IN 912.
NOW, THAT WAS AGAINST THE FEDERAL RULES NOT TO HAVE A MATH TEST IN 912.
SO SO TIA IMPLEMENTED THIS WORKAROUND.
ANY KID IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 WHO DOESN'T HAVE A STATE.
MATH TEST, WHICH IS ALGEBRA ONE.
IN LIEU OF THAT MISSING ALGEBRA.
THE SUBSTITUTION OCCURS WHEN THE KID IS IN 12TH GRADE.
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SO WHO BENEFITS FROM THAT? ONLY THE LEVEL 12 CAMPUSES.SO OUR 1112 CAMPUSES NOW GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT S.A.T..
REMEMBER THESE ALGEBRA ONE KIDS MOVE ON, GO ON TO MAKE VERY HIGH SAT SCORES.
RIGHT. AND SO THEY BENEFIT FROM IT.
MOST PROBABLY THEIR SCORES ARE DEFLATED IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF CMR, THOUGH CMR IS NO MORE A BENEFIT UNDER THE NEW CUT SCHOOLS AND THEY DON'T GET TO BENEFIT FROM THE SUBSTITUTION.
LIKE IN OTHER DISTRICTS, OUR 11/12 GET TO BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO IF YOU AVERAGE IT OUT, IT MOST PROBABLY COMES OUT EVEN.
THANKS. AND I. I FEEL LIKE THIS SOME OF THESE SUBTLETIES ARE NOT WIDELY KNOWN.
AND AS WE DO GO INTO VISIONING, I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING IT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK LAST MONTH IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE STATE IS IMPACTING WHAT OUR RATING IS GOING TO BE.
BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPACT OUR RATING? TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH LISA AND TERESA ABOUT WE HAVE TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS.
AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT GAMING A SYSTEM.
BUT I WILL AGREE WITH NANCY THAT IT'S KIND OF DEMORALIZING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 70% OF OUR KIDS GO TO COLLEGE, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE STATEWIDE, YOU KNOW? AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A C FOR CMR. I MEAN, I DON'T I.
BUT IT SEEMS REALLY HARSH, PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PHASED IN AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD PIVOT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHENEVER WHENEVER THESE RULES ARE ARE SOLIDIFIED AND.
THAT'S TOUGH. I THINK WE NEED TO BE PARTICULAR PARTICULARLY HARSH IN OUR.
WHY IS THIS THE CASE? WHY ARE YOU IN 85? AND WE NEED TO SAY, WELL, THERE'S A COMMISSIONER THAT'S APPOINTED, NOT ELECTED, THAT MADE A DECISION BY HIMSELF.
AND PRIOR TO THAT DECISION, WE WERE IN 91, AND NOW WE'RE IN 85.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ASK WHAT IS IT, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME SIMPLE ANSWERS.
AND WE NEED TO NOT JUST FROM AN OPTICS, BUT FROM AN HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE, LET THEM KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE TO BLAME AND THAT THAT'S BAD.
TO JERRY'S POINT, FOR OUTSIDE OPTICS, FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW OUR DISTRICT AND THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO HOLD OUR DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE TO A HIGH STANDARD AND TO REPRESENT.
AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
WELL, I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PLANO ISD.
NOT INTERNALLY, BUT EXTERNALLY, TO JERRY'S POINT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S A VERY BAD THING.
SO I'M GOING TO CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
I MEAN, I AGREE 100% THAT THIS IS THIS HAS THE FEEL OF IN LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION OF ONE PERSON, AN UNELECTED STATE BUREAUCRAT WHO LOOKED AT THIS SCORES AND SAID, THERE'S TOO MANY A'S, SO LET ME FIX IT.
AND HE FIXED IT BY CHANGING THE RULES BECAUSE HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
NOW, THEN YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHY DOES ONE PERSON HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT? AND THIS IS GOING TO TIE INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, OUR NEXT REPORT.
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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THE LEGISLATURE HAS ABDICATED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY HERE, AND THEY'VE GIVEN THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO A SINGLE PERSON.THEY CAN CHANGE THE LAW TO TAKE THIS BACK, TO TAKE THIS POWER BACK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED, WE TALKED WE MET WITH ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
NANCY AND THERESA ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID IS WE DON'T MIND AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE FAIR.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE, FOR ONE, THE PRIOR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WASN'T FAIR BECAUSE YOU YOU HAVE ONE DOMAIN THAT CAUSES YOUR 91 DISTRICT, A, TO GO DOWN, B, DROP DOWN TO A B, THAT'S NOT IN AND OF ITSELF FAIR.
WHAT THE COMMISSIONER DONE IS NOT ONLY NOT FAIR, IT'S ALMOST MALICIOUS WHEN YOU YOU THE STAT YOU SAID IS THAT 85% OF DISTRICTS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SCORE THAT'S GOING TO DROP DOWN A FULL LETTER GRADE.
THAT'S THAT'S A RIDICULOUS THERE'S THAT IS AN UNREASONABLE POSITION FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO SAY, I'M GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES, TO DROP EVERYBODY IN THE STATE DOWN EXCEPT FOR 15%.
I'M GOING TO DROP THEM DOWN A LETTER GRADE BECAUSE I CAN.
THERE'S THIS MADNESS IS WHAT THAT IS.
SO HOW DO WE FIX IT? THE FIX IS AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.
ALL OUR REPS SAY, YOU STARTED WORK TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT YOUR COMMISSIONER IS DOING TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE AND YOU ALL NEED TO FIX THIS.
WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOW SHE SAID EARLIER THE CURRENT STATUTE I WROTE THIS DOWN.
THE CURRENT STATUTE GIVES THE COMMISSIONER THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE SCORES.
IT'S IT'S A SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS THAT SOLE AUTHORITY.
THERE'S REALLY NO OVERSIGHT BY THE BOE WHO ARE ELECTED.
BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO APPOINTS HIM AND MAKE THAT QUESTION WHO'S HOLDING THE THE STRINGS.
BUT I WILL SAY, I KNOW THE EXPERTISE THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AND IN OUR DISTRICT, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE, AND I KNOW THAT WE KNOW A LOT MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THAT YOU JUST GAVE US IN A VERY COMPLEX PRESENTATION.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WORLD OF HURT WHEN THE DISTRICTS WHO DON'T HAVE SUCH A SOPHISTICATED TEAM TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS AND INTERPRET THIS ARE GOING TO FIND THEMSELVES WITH A LETTER GRADE LESS THAN WHAT THEY'VE DULY EARNED.
AND SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THIS THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THIS TABLE FOR BEING ABLE TO INTERPRET ALL OF THIS AND AND LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN BE THE ONES ALSO TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE BACK TO OUR LEGISLATORS.
I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A CHANGE IN OUR PRIORITIES.
MAYBE AN ODD SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS ON FRIDAY.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN 3 MINUTES.
THIS AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR OUR CFO, NO.
SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THIS WILL IMPACT US FINANCIALLY? CC I AM THEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, DROP OFF.
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AS FAR AS FINANCIALLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO.
I THINK IT'LL BE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON US MONEY WISE.
SO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE OPTICS IS MORE AND MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT WE DON'T THINK THE CMR IS I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU CHIME IN.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MINIMAL IMPACT FINANCIALLY TO US.
SO UNDER THE IT SHOULD BE HOUSE BILL THREE, THAT WAS THE LAST LEGISLATIVE.
THIS ENGINE CUTS CO IS THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF KIDS.
THIS IS JUST A SCALE OF CONVERTING THAT 71%.
SO WE GET FUNDING BASED ON THAT 71% OF KIDS EARNING CMR. I THINK THE IMPACT IS KIND OF A POTENTIAL.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE EARNING AT A GREATER NUMBER, NOW THOSE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE IF WE DON'T HAVE NEW CERTIFICATIONS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF WHAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY EARNED.
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CRITICAL. AND SO HAVING THE TURNAROUND TIME TO DO THAT IS IS WE'RE AT A POTENTIAL RISK.BUT WE HAVE ONE YEAR RIGHT TO SUNSET THOSE COURSES.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A REPLACEMENT WITHIN A YEAR.
SO WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE 71%.
THEN THAT'S THE IMPACT COMES IN.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT LAG, TOO.
SO EVEN IF YOU'RE READY TODAY, I GOT.
OKAY. THIS WAS EXTRAORDINARILY FRUSTRATING.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR DASH? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DASH.
AND AS ALWAYS, THE INFORMATION IS SPOT ON, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR IT.
SO WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO NINE.
[9.4 Update on the 88th Legislative Session ]
FOUR IS OUR LAST REPORT.NANCY HAS PROMISED ME IT'S GOING TO BE 5 MINUTES OR LESS, AN UPDATE ON THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I MADE NO SUCH PROMISE IN SPIRIT.
THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES PRESIDENT DAVID STANLEY, MYSELF AND TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER, HAVE MET WITH ANGELA PAXTON. CANDY NOBLE, MATT SHAHEEN MET ON DECEMBER ONE, REPRESENTATIVE ELECT, WHICH I THINK SHE'S NOW BEEN SWORN IN.
SO MIKAYLA PLAZA, DECEMBER 5TH, AND REPRESENTATIVE JEFF LEACH AND SENATOR BOB HALL ON JANUARY 3RD.
SO WE GO THROUGH WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO REALLY BLOW THROUGH THEM QUICKLY.
NOTICE EACH ONE HAS THE BENEFIT DOLLAR BENEFIT TO PLANO ISD AT THE HEADING.
AND WHOOPS, LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
WE WON'T TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
BUT LET ME GO DOWN MY NOTES HERE.
REALLY, I THINK EVERYONE HERE PROBABLY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX LEVY HAS TIER ONE, WHICH IS ENTITLEMENT REVENUE, AND THAT'S BASED ON BASIC ALLOTMENT AND TIER TWO, WHICH HAS IT'S THE ENRICHMENT TIER AND WE HAVE EIGHT.
SO A GOLDEN PENNY YIELDS A LOT MORE, DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT A COPPER PENNY YIELDS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DO I NEED TO AM I GOING? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? WHAT'S FUNNY IS I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT IN SENSE.
BUT BASICALLY IN HOUSE BILL THREE IN 2019 THAT WAS SWEEPING AND HISTORIC CHANGES TO SCHOOL FINANCE AND IT WAS CLEARLY MEANINGFUL TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT OUR LEGISLATORS HAD IN THIS MAJOR EFFORT.
HOWEVER, IN 2019, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, ALTHOUGH IT INCREASED, WAS STATIC, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO TIE IT TO THE RATE OF INFLATION.
AND SINCE 2019, INFLATION HAS GROWN BY 14.5%.
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AND THE COMPTROLLER, WHO RELEASED HIS REVENUE ESTIMATES YESTERDAY, ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL GROW BY ANOTHER 5% IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.SO. THE PURCHASING POWER OF OUR DOLLARS IS SO MUCH LOWER SINCE 2019 AND WE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY COULD TIE IT OR INDEX IT TO AN INFLATION RATE.
WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A MORE EFFICIENT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AND MEASURE.
SO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD THEIR. OKAY.
AND IF IF THAT WERE THE CASE AT 4%, WHICH IS THE OLD RATE OF DISCOUNT, WE WOULD BENEFIT $4.9 MILLION, ALMOST 5 MILLION. AND SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE THEIR TAX REVENUES, PRETTY MUCH 95% OF OUR REVENUES COME IN BY JANUARY, AND THAT WOULD PERMIT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REMIT TO THE STATE OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT, THE RECAPTURE TAX BEFORE BEFORE IT'S DUE IN AUGUST.
AND THE STATE ALSO REWARDS EARLY REMISSION OF SALES TAX RECEIPT WITH A DISCOUNT.
AND SO IT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO GET PAID EARLY.
AND WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THEY REINSTATE THAT.
I HAVE TO SWITCH MY LITTLE THING BECAUSE I HAVE NOTES.
ALL RIGHT. REMEDY NUMBER FOUR.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN, BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT ANY AMOUNT COLLECTED AND RECAPTURE THAT IS MORE THAN THE ARTICLE THREE BUDGET IS EXPECTING FOR RECAPTURE REVENUES BE PUT BACK INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. CURRENTLY, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AND THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE DISTRICT $9 MILLION ANNUALLY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT THE THE STATE IS LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT SURPLUS.
IT WENT FROM 27 MILLION UP TO 30 TO 32.7 I'M SORRY, BILLION.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
SO NOW THE SURPLUS IS $32.7 BILLION.
BUT BASICALLY IN THE PRIOR BIENNIUM, THE STATE REDUCED ITS OBLIGATION BECAUSE IT HAD EXTRA RECAPTURE COLLECTED.
SO IN A TWO YEAR BIENNIUM LAST BIENNIUM, THEY COLLECTED $7.4 BILLION IN RECAPTURE AND YET THEY ONLY BUDGETED 6 BILLION.
SO THAT 1.4 BILLION WAS A SAVINGS FOR THE STATE.
AND SO WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT INSTEAD OF THAT BEING SET BACK INTO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, THAT THE STATE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY PUT IT BACK INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL RAISE REVENUE FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT WILL KEEP US OUT OF THE EQUITY ISSUE THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD SINCE RECAPTURE BEGAN.
BUT AM I RAMBLING OR AM I MAKING SENSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL. A LITTLE BIT OF A RAMBLE.
I'M ALLOWED. IT'S 1136 AND I'M PAST MY 5 MINUTES, I THINK.
AND IN PLANO ISD THAT WOULD BENEFIT US $18 MILLION.
AND WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY KIND OF IRONIC IS SEVERAL OF IN FACT, MOST OF THE LEGISLATORS WE MET WITH AGREE THAT ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING IS A BETTER METHOD OF FUNDING THAN ATTENDANCE BASED FUNDING.
AND WE THEY THEY THEY LET US KNOW THAT THIS IS GAINING TRACTION IN THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATORS SAID, WOW, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS I KNOW.
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I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO GAIN SOME TRACTION THERE.ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WHEN YOU YOU KNOW, WE BUDGET BASED ON ENROLLMENT.
ALL RIGHT. NUMBER SIX, CREATE LOCAL DISCRETION FOR STATE MANDATED MANDATED PROGRAM PERCENTAGES.
DO I NOT HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT ONE? I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF MOVING.
YEAH. SO IRONICALLY, THE STATE MANDATES THAT, AS YOU SEE IN THAT LIST, THEIR DYSLEXIA, SPECIAL ED, BILINGUAL CAREER AND TECH SERVICES, EARLY EDUCATION, GIFTED AND TALENTED AND BONUS FOR THE CMR. WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE COULD HAVE, I THINK, BETTER FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY IF WE WERE ABLE TO USE THOSE.
I MEAN, MEET THEIR ALLOCATIONS BUT BE ABLE TO PUT THEM WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED.
AND SO WE WILL PROBABLY NOT NEED TO SPEND RIGHT AWAY AS MUCH IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND COULD PROBABLY BENEFIT FROM USING THOSE FUNDS IN ANOTHER AREA LIKE SPECIAL ED OR BILINGUAL SERVICES.
SO JUST GIVING US THAT LOCAL CONTROL IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS WE JUST DID OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
WE TOLD OUR PRESIDENT WE WANTED, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY GIVE HIM A HOWL REMEDY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WE WANTED TO DO.
WE HAD SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THOSE REMEDIES.
ONE, WE WANTED THE THE SOLUTIONS TO BE SOLUTIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT GET RID OF RECAPTURE SOMETHING THAT'S UNREALISTIC, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALISTIC THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT WOULD IMPACT KIND OF IT WOULD RISING TIDES, RAIDS, ALL BOATS OR WHATEVER.
IT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHER DISTRICTS TO OUR BENEFIT.
IT IT IT IMPACTS EVERYBODY EQUALLY.
AND SO WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR REPS.
SENATOR BOB HALL LATCHED ON TO A BUNCH OF THESE AND REALLY WANT TO DIG IN ON SOME OF THOSE.
AND SO THAT'S A NEW ALLY THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD.
HE'S PART OF HIS DISTRICT NOW COMES TO US, SO I THOUGHT THE MEETINGS WERE ALL VERY POSITIVE.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD ASK THE BOARD IS IF.
RELATIVE TO OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, IF FEEL LET THE THREE OF US PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER ON FRIDAY, WE'RE MEETING TO COME UP WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE TO OUR AND WE'LL BRING THAT AMENDMENT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
BUT ALL IN, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD REMEDIES THAT WOULD REALLY, REALLY BENEFIT US.
THE INFLATION THING WOULD WIPE AWAY OUR DEFICIT, BASICALLY.
SO I'D SAY I'VE TALKED TO TRUSTEES IN SIX DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND I WAS SURPRISED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS SURPRISED.
BUT THEIR NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE ASK WAS THE INFLATION INDEXING OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
THAT'S SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
JOHNNY SMART, BUT I GUESS THERE'S OTHER SMART CFOS OUT THERE TOO.
AND SO I WAS SUPER GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
AND THEY SAID, WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RECAPTURE ALL THE TIME.
NOBODY'S EVER TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE COULD GO TO OUR LEGISLATORS AND GO TALK ABOUT.
AND SO AND ONE OF THEM SAID AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, HE'S LIKE, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST START WITH THE INDEXING INFLATION? THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO THEIR LEGISLATORS AND BRINGING THIS UP.
AND IT'S A GOOD MESSAGE TO BE OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS BACK.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATURE STARTED TODAY AND I REALLY WANTED TO SEND AROUND THE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK. THIS IS A BILL VIDEO BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I LOVE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, BUT I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO THAT.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR LEGISLATORS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE? CAN YOU RESPOND TO THIS? IF THIS IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP ALL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS AND THERE'S A $32 BILLION SURPLUS, WHY WOULDN'T YOU DO THIS? WHY WOULDN'T YOU INDEX TO INFLATION? YOU KNOW, THE COMMENT WE GOT WAS THIS IS THE YEAR TO ASK FOR THIS TYPE OF THING.SO BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO INDEXED TO INFLATION, IT BECOMES A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING.
AND SO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I, I THINK THAT I FOUND THIS IN THE COMPTROLLERS.
WELL, SO. SO THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY IT'S GOING TO INCREASE PLANO ISD, I'LL PULL BACK.
THE 32 MILLION? YEAH. MILLION. MILLIONS, MAN.
THERE YOU GO. BECAUSE WE WERE.
WE WERE TALKING. I MEAN, AND THIS WOULD.
I MEAN, DAVID'S RIGHT. THIS WOULD WIPE OUT OUR DEFICIT, BUT WE WERE TO THE STATE.
SO 6160, THAT WOULD RAISE IT ABOUT $700 FOR FOUR FOR IDA.
SO, YEAH, AND SO EVERYTHING STARTED TODAY.
WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU ALL HADN'T SEEN THE REMEDIES.
AND HOPEFULLY, LAUREN, TO YOUR POINT, WE CAN TAKE WHEN BILLS GET FILED, WE CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE THEN PUT OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS SO THEY CAN START CALLING. SO WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS, YOU KNOW, I DID WRITE A LOT OF TEXT AFTER EACH ONE.
THAT'S PROBABLY ALL ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW.
BUT IF THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE, I'VE EXPLAINED IT IN A LOT OF DETAIL BELOW IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE AT YOUR AT YOUR PLACE WHERE YOU'RE SITTING.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE USED AT OUR MEETINGS.
AND IT'S ALSO JUST GIVES YOU A HARD COPY THAT YOU CAN CARRY AROUND.
AND WE'LL HAVE ALSO COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBLE ONCE OUR WEB PAGE IS UPDATED.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD CONVERSATION TO BEAT MIDNIGHT.
WE HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS A POLICY.
[10.1 Approval of Policy COA(LOCAL) Food and Nutrition Management: Procurement on First Reading ]
POLICY SEO LOCAL HAS BEEN REVISED AND RECOMMENDED BY TAVI TO REFLECT CURRENT DISTRICT PRACTICE.THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY CO A LOCAL ON FIRST READING? SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT HEARING NONE. WE WILL VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR THE EPIC NATURE OF THE NIGHT.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.