[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
I'M DAVID STOLLE, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
I CALL TO ORDER THIS WORK SESSION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6 P.M.
ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.
AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR.
THANK YOU. LET ME INTRODUCE THOSE OF US AT THE DAIS.
TO MY LEFT, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
LAUREN TYRA BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.
TO MY RIGHT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE CODY WEAVER.
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.
DR. COURTNEY GOBER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
JED REED, INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES, AND OF COURSE, THE WONDERFUL SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. NOT THAT THE REST OF YOU ALL ARE NOT WONDERFUL AS WELL.
BEFORE WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PILOTING AN ONLINE SPEAKER SIGN UP PROCESS 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.
THEY MAY ALSO, HOWEVER, 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.
TO 5:00 PM THE BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEETING.
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 MOBILE PHONE ACCESS PENDING A SUCCESSFUL PILOT.
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE 2023 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 A BOARD MEETING. DR.
ANDERSON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT? PRESIDENT STOLLE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO THEN MOVE ALONG TO CLOSED SESSION.
[3. CLOSED SESSION]
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.THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M, AND WE WILL BE BACK LATER.
[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.TODAY'S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 7:29 P.M..
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[6. DISCUSSION AND ACTION]
DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 6.1 IS APPROVAL OF REVISIONS AND OR ADDITIONS TO THE PLANO ISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NANCY IS GOING TO LEAD US ON THAT ARE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE WANT THE BOARD, WE AS A SUBCOMMITTEE WANT THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADDING TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND NANCY HAS SPEARHEADED THE EFFORTS ON ALL OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK AND THERE MAY BE MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED LATER, I PRESUME , BUT THE FIRST ONE AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF YOU.
CORRECT? THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE A-F ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, AND, YOU KNOW,
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I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE VERBIAGE.CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT PIECE OF PAPER WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE? SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
IT'S COMING. WE PICKED ON YOU ON PURPOSE.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS JUST AN UNINTENTIONAL OVERSIGHT.
WE REALLY WEREN'T PICKING ON YOU.
OKAY, SO I WILL READ THE VERBIAGE THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE ACTUAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
THIS IS WHAT WE'LL ADD TO THE PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
SO THE WORDING IS AND I'M GETTING HORSE SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
WE SUPPORT HIGH STANDARDS FOR LEARNING THAT ENSURE STUDENTS FUTURE SUCCESS, BUT IT IS UNFAIR TO OUR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS TO CHANGE THE ACCOUNTABILITY RULES, TO APPLY TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED, AND WHILE SCHOOLS ARE ADJUSTING TO THE STAAR REDESIGNED ASSESSMENT.
WAIT A MINUTE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF ME, DON'T I? THAT'S THE BACKUP.
YEAH, THE TWO PRIORITIES, AND THEN THESE WERE JUST SOME ADDITIONAL RATIONALE.
OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
I'M READING FROM THE WRONG DOCUMENT, YOU GUYS.
OKAY, THE ACTUAL WORDING THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS WE SUPPORT AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT OFFERS A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE AND AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF HOLISTIC SCHOOL QUALITY, WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, ADDING THAT VERBIAGE TO THE PACKAGE.
HOWEVER, I CAN GO INTO BACKGROUND OR PROCEDURALLY, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE NEXT ONE? WE VOTE ON IT AND THEN WE DISCUSS? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO? WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS BOTH AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON THE CHANGES TOGETHER.
SO LET'S GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSION FIRST.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO WITH REGARD TO THAT ITEM THAT AROSE, BECAUSE WE WERE NOTIFIED IN JANUARY THAT THE METRICS THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE CCMR CUT SCORE OR TARGET FOR THE STUDENTS TO MEET HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, HOWEVER, OR WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
TODAY'S FEBRUARY 21ST, WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE RULES ARE CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM , AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT THAT IS WHEN WE GET AN ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR USING THIS METRIC.
THAT METRIC IS GAUGED ON A LAGGING YEAR OF DATA.
SO IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY TO IMPACT THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GRADUATED.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THE DISTRICT CAN DO AT THIS POINT, AND THE CHANGE IN CUT SCORE IS QUITE PUNITIVE, AND IT'S WE PRESUME, GOING TO BE IMMEDIATE.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND HOW IMPACTFUL THIS CAN BE AND DETRIMENTAL TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING THAT THE DISTRICT AND MANY OTHER DISTRICTS POTENTIALLY COULD RECEIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN RUN THAT IDENTIFY, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN YOUR LITTLE HANDOUT THAT YOU JUST GOT THOSE IMPACTS.
YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE CURRENT RULES, THE DISTRICT HAS A GREAT RATING, BUT UNDER THE NEW RULES WILL DROP A LETTER GRADE, AND THAT IS NOT INDICATIVE OF ANY CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE MEASURED.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN THE RATING, AND WE'RE REALLY ASKING FOR PERHAPS A HOLD HARMLESS PERIOD OR A PHASE IN PERIOD OF THE DIFFERENT TARGETS BECAUSE IT'S JUST DETRIMENTAL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE TWO AND A HALF PAGES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED LOTS OF NUMBERS THERE, BUT DR.
WILLIAMS, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR YOU TO ADD CONTEXT TO THAT.
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I'LL ADD A FEW MORE STATEMENTS AND THEN LISA AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN CASE I MISS SOMETHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.FIRST, THERE ISN'T AN IMPACT ON THE CUT SCORES FOR STAAR, SO TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A STAAR REDESIGN, AND SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE STAAR UNDER THE NEW REDESIGN, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT COULD BE.
SO THE CUT SCORE THERE IS THE SAME.
HOWEVER, IT'S A DIFFERENT TEST.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG IMPACT.
ON THE CCMR, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE AND THAT'S THAT THERE'S TRANSPARENCY, THAT THERE'S RIGOR, AND OF COURSE WE ALL AGREE ON ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR, AND I THINK THAT WE ALL WANT THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE PROUD OF NOT ONLY WHAT PLANO ISD HAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH STUDENTS, BUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ACROSS THE STATE.
I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT ANY OTHER TIME THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN ACCOUNTABILITY, THERE HAS BEEN EITHER A HOLD HARMLESS OR A PHASE IN PROCESS, OR WE'VE KNOWN WHAT'S COMING IN A TIMELY MANNER AND AS NANCY SAID, IT'S FEBRUARY 21ST AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE UNTIL AUGUST, WHICH IS REALLY AFTER THE FACT.
SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S AS IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH A MAZE, WE'RE BLINDFOLDED AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ENDGAME OR THE END GOAL IS AT THIS POINT. I THINK THOSE ARE THETHE TWO BIGGEST AREAS.
IT'S A MOVING TARGET AND IT'S JUST LIKE OUR FINANCE.
IT'S VERY COMPLEX, AND SO TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO OUR FAMILIES OR TO REALTORS OR FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE HOW A DISTRICT TODAY IS A 91, BUT PERHAPS IN JUNE MIGHT BE A 72, AND AGAIN, THAT IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN A CUT SCORE, AND ANYTHING THAT'S ON CCAR IS ON [INAUDIBLE] DATA, THAT'S ON STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM PLANO ISD, WHO WE CAN'T GO BACK AFTER THE FACT TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AS YOU'RE PHASING IN, PERHAPS STARTING WITH AN INCOMING COHORT OF STUDENTS, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY THE NEW RULES TO THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO BUILD WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORING SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REGION TEN AND REALLY ACROSS THE STATE, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE OF ASKING FOR SOME CONSIDERATION ON ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
LISA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD.
WILLIAMS, YOU MENTIONING THE TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY I THINK IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO THINK THAT WE'VE HAD THIS SEVERE DROP WHEN THERE'S REALLY NOT BEEN A CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN THE CALCULATIONS, AND I'LL JUST UNDERSCORE AGAIN.
YEAR 23 ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE CLASS OF 22.
THOSE KIDS ARE ALREADY IN COLLEGE.
WE HAVE ZERO ABILITY TO IMPACT.
YEAR 24 ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR THE CLASS OF 23.
WE MADE A PLAN FOR THEM AND NOW THE PLANS HAVE CHANGED THE WAY [INAUDIBLE].
SO IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO THAT SEMESTER EXAM IN COLLEGE AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE GETTING ASSESSED ON, AND WE JUST WANT TO BE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT TO OUR STAFF, TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LET'S PAUSE RIGHT HERE AND THEN, NANCY, REREAD THE LANGUAGE SO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS VETTED AND WE ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THIS AS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, BUT LET'S BE VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS SO THAT YOU ALL CAN THINK THROUGH THAT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ITEM.
YEAH, AND SO WITH ALL THAT DISCUSSION, THINK ABOUT THIS WE SUPPORT AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT OFFERS A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE AND AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF HOLISTIC SCHOOL QUALITY WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON A DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.
THAT LAST PART IS WHERE I COULD SEE A SMALL CHANGE BEING MADE.
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I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES US LOOK BAD OR GIVES US SOMETHING NEGATIVE.I WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE GAME, YOU'RE CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME, AND IT'S OUT OF OUR POWER TO FIX THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS GOOD, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
IT WAS WE WERE PLAYING THE GAME OF LIFE AND NOW WE'RE PLAYING TWISTER, AND IT'S JUST HARD TO DEAL WITH, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT, LET'S LET THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE WEIGH IN AS WELL.
THOUGHTS ON THE CONCEPT ITSELF, AS WELL AS THE CONCEPT THAT'S PROPOSED HERE FROM CODY, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO CRAFT LANGUAGE IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS TONIGHT. I'LL JUST SAY FOR MY OWN PART, I AGREE WITH CODY THAT, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN SAYING PLEASE DON'T IMPACT US NEGATIVELY, I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WE MEAN BY THAT.
THE THING THAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS IS THE USE OF THE WORD HOLISTIC, RIGHT? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A PURPOSEFUL SEMANTIC CHOICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORD HOLISTIC AND WHAT THE WORD HOLISTIC MEANS IS LOOKING AT THE PARTS OF THE WHOLE AND THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE THING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING HOLISTICALLY, AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED THAT WORD CHOICE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, LIKE STAAR MATH, STAAR READING SCORES, THEY'RE CONNECTED.
YOU KNOW, STUDENT ACTIVITIES ARE CONNECTED.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THE SCHOOL THAT'S CONNECTED THAT WE'RE NOT AT THIS POINT BEING GRADED ON.
RIGHT. OR WE'RE NOT AT THIS POINT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE TRAINING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE WORKFORCE THAT ARE GOING TO GET OUR STUDENTS JOBS, THAT ARE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, THAT ARE EXTRA ACTIVITIES IN THIS SORT OF THING.
IN THIS CASE, A HOLISTIC WAS AN INTENTIONAL WORD.
WE MEANT TO DO THAT AND YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF GOES ON TO THAT.
WE WANT TO MEASURE EVERYTHING THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT INTO THIS WORLD AND BE SUCCESSFUL, AND SO WE WANT A HOLISTIC MEASURE OF THEIR EFFORTS IN SCHOOL, NOT JUST WHAT THEY CAN DO ON A STAAR EXAM ONE DAY, ONE AND DONE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INPUTS? I LOVE THE LANGUAGE.
IT'S GREAT. I LIKE HOW WE HAVE HAD REMEDIES AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE ABOUT REMEDIES, NOT PART OF THIS MOTION, BUT AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LEGISLATURES WHAT WE WOULD WANT THE REMEDY TO BE.
SO THIS WHAT WE I MEAN, YES, BUT FOR US TO BE VERY SPECIFIC, JUST LIKE WE WERE IN VERY SIMPLISTIC SO THAT WE CAN JUST SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PHASE THIS OR HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AGREEING ON RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP US GET TO US WHAT WE WANT.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, AND I THINK WE'LL ADD THAT.
WE HAVEN'T PUT THAT TOGETHER, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED AT THE TABLE HERE, BUT I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT, AND ONE OF THE REMEDIES IS EITHER HAVE A PHASE IN OR A HOLD HARMLESS, AND I THINK I KNOW A LEGISLATOR THAT I SPOKE TO TODAY IN AUSTIN WHO WAS INTERESTED IN THIS EFFORT.
WELL, AND ALSO FOR US TO BE PREPARED SINCE WE'RE GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN NEXT WEEK, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF LANGUAGE, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR TIME WILL BE SHORT AND THE FEWER WORDS WE CAN CONVEY WITH WHAT WE WANT, THE BETTER.
RIGHT AND SO WE'LL HAVE IT PRIOR TO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE POINT ON THAT.
SO OTHER COMMENTS YOU ALL? SO I'LL JUST PASSED IT DOWN TO CODY TO SEE IF HE HAD ANY THOUGHTS ON LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, TOO.
SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THIS IS WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO CHANGE IS DO NOT RATE A DISTRICT ON METRICS [INAUDIBLE] METRICS WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT EVALUATE A DISTRICT BASED ON STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED OR BASED ON FACTORS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL, INCLUDING STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED.
I DON'T WANT TO PAINT US INTO A CORNER.
I'D RATHER KEEP IT MORE OPEN TO FACTORS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN CONTROL OF THE DISTRICT.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM THE FOR INSTANCES.
YEAH, FOR THE POINT OF THIS LANGUAGE, DAVID, WHAT DID YOU HAVE?
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WELL, I WAS GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT IF WE WANT TO GO WITH THE CONTROL ASPECT THEN WE CAN I WAS GOING TOWARDS THE PHASE IN OUR HOLD HARMLESS ASPECT OF SAYING WE COULD CHANGE THE WORD A NEGATIVE, CHANGE THAT TO AN IMMEDIATE AND THEN ADD A CLAUSE WITHOUT A PHASE IN OR HOLD HARMLESS PERIOD SO THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE A PERIODIC SYSTEM.YOU COULD END WHAT YOU JUST SAID WITH DUE TO FACTORS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
OR DOES FACTORS NOT REALLY MAKE SENSE.
IS THAT NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE? WELL, DO WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR THE [INAUDIBLE]? YEAH. I MEAN, LOOK, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES, TOO, RIGHT? AND SO TO THE EXTENT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE HAVING A GOOD, VALUABLE CONVERSATION HERE AS TO EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR, AND SO THE WORDING NEEDS TO BE AROUND THAT, BUT THE ACTUAL HARD WORK WILL BE CONVEYING THIS.
SO I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT SAY WHATEVER WE WANT IN TERMS OF TYING IT TO DATA.
WELL, IF WE WANT IT TO BE ABOUT THE HOLD HARMLESS AND SAYING, LOOK, WE'RE OKAY WITH YOU CHANGING THE RULES, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ADAPT TO THEM, THEN I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO FOCUS ON THE HOLD HARMLESS BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED IN THE PROCESS.
THOUGHTS ON THAT? I THINK WE SAY BOTH.
I THINK WE SAY WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON A DISTRICTS ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WITHOUT HOLD HARMLESS OR PHASE-IN, NOR INCLUDE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTORS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL.
OKAY, RESTATE THAT SO THAT WE CAN WRITE THAT DOWN.
COME BACK TO THE RECORDING TOMORROW.
[CHUCKLING] OKAY, WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON A DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WITHOUT HOLD HARMLESS OR PHASE-IN PROVISIONS NOR USE ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE DISTRICT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE PARENTHESES.
THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED.
WE CAN'T CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR PROGRESS.
COULD THAT ALSO APPLY TO LIKE OUR FIRST RATING, LIKE WE GET DOWNGRADED BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT AND LIKE THAT IS LITERALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL? COULD THAT SORT OF ALSO BE A DUAL TALKING POINT TO THAT RATING AS WELL? INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I JUST READ THIS MORNING A BILL THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT WHICH I THINK LOOKS GREAT.
OKAY, LET ME PROPOSE SOME LANGUAGE THEN.
SO IT READS WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON A DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WITHOUT A PHASE-IN OR HOLD HARMLESS PERIOD AND DO NOT USE ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS FOR STUDENTS NO LONGER IN THE DISTRICT.
I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE STAAR REDESIGN, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE IMPACT, AND THEN THE SECOND IMPACT IS AROUND CCMR. YOU ALSO, MR. ENGLISH TEACHER GOT RID OF A DOUBLE NEGATIVE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. [CHUCKLING] DAVID, DOES THAT ADDRESS THE STUDENTS ALREADY IN 12TH GRADE? LIKE YOU REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STILL [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH, I THINK WE PASS THAT MESSAGE ALONG AS WELL.
LISA'S POINT THERE, THAT WE BUILD THAT INTO OUR MESSAGING TO OUR REPS.
SO YOU HAVE A FULL FOUR YEARS TO PUT THEM THROUGH THE PROPER COURSE OF STUDY.
YEAH. OKAY, SO LET'S DO THIS BECAUSE SHARON, I HAVE THIS WRITTEN DOWN HERE.
YEAH. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGED THIS LANGUAGE, LET'S SEPARATE THESE TWO AND DO THEM ONE AT A TIME.
THAT'S FINE, AND SO WE'VE, WE HAVE MODIFIED AND AGAIN, I'LL READ THE ENTIRE IN ITS ENTIRETY, WE SUPPORT AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT OFFERS A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE AND AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF HOLISTIC SCHOOL QUALITY WHERE PERIODIC SYSTEM CHANGES DO NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON A DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING WITHOUT A PHASE IN OR HOLD HARMLESS PERIOD AND DO NOT USE ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS FOR STUDENTS NO LONGER IN THE DISTRICT.
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THAT'S THE LANGUAGE.I MOVE THAT THE MOTION THAT YOU JUST READ BE ADOPTED INTO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AS NOTED IN THE ORDER ON THE SHEET THAT I GAVE YOU, THAT'S WHAT IS THAT BULLET TWO UNDER PRIORITY FOUR.
NO, I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISION THAT IS LISTED SECOND ON OUR SHEET HERE RELATIVE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AS WE HAVE MODIFIED THE SAME LANGUAGE HERE AT THE TABLE. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY. OKAY, SO, NANCY, TAKE HER AWAY ON THE SECOND ONE.
OKAY, JUST TO GET YOU ALL WORKED UP, AND NOW WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE EASY.
SO THE OTHER ONE HAS TO DO WITH THIS WILL GO INTO THE ADEQUATELY FUND SCHOOLS, SUBHEADING IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND IT'LL BE THIRD BULLET THERE.
THE WORDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO PROMOTE GROWTH IN TEXAS TEACHING WORKFORCE, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE GROWING TEACHER SHORTAGE IN TEXAS.
EVERY TIME WE TALK TO LEGISLATORS, THEY SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE COULD DO ABOUT TEACHER WORKFORCE? WE HAVE AN IDEA, AND THIS IS THAT.
I THINK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT GAVE US A GREAT PRESENTATION IN THE LAST MEETING, WAS IT BOARD MEETING TO HELP WITH PARAPROFESSIONALS OR EDUCATIONAL AIDES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING CERTIFIED TEACHERS .
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO FUND SOMETHING THAT IS MEANINGFUL.
IT COULD BE A ONE AND DONE GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND THEY DO, BUT THEY COULD ABANDON IT STRATEGICALLY IF THEY RAN OUT OF FUNDS, BUT IT IS A VIABLE WAY TO INCREASE TEACHER WORKFORCE, AND SO I THINK THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEKING THAT REQUIRED DEGREE AND GET THEIR TUITION EITHER GRANTED SOMEHOW OR GET A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THAT, AND I'LL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE, THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS FOR THAT, AND WE ALSO WOULD ASK FURTHER IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEGISLATORS TO HELP REIMBURSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE MANAGING THESE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS THAT WE THINK WILL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE IN THE PROCESS, AND I THINK WE HEARD THAT FROM I FORGET WHO OUR WONDERFUL PERSON WAS THAT PRESENTED THAT, BUT ANDREA. ANDREA, OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
IT WAS THE BEST PRESENTATION EVER, AND SO THIS IS A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER AND ALSO FUND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE TEACHERS THAT ARE THE ADVISORS THAT HELP MENTOR THE STUDENT TEACHER, AND THEN FINALLY, FUNDING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE PROGRESS MONITORING SUPPORT.
THAT WAS THE ONE, AND THEN I DON'T HAVE THE SECTION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE IS A SECTION IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THAT THEY ALREADY PASSED IN 2009.
THERE IS ALREADY A STATUTE ON THE BOOKS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN APPLY FOR THESE SCHOLARSHIPS, IF THEY WERE FUNDED, WOULD HAVE THEIR TUITION, YOU KNOW, SCHOLARSHIP.
SO THAT'S ONE THAT I THINK IS JUST SO EASY LEGISLATIVE ASK.
YEAH, WE FELT THIS ONE WAS AN EASY ASK BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROGRAM READY TO ROLL.
JED, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING FOR AN ADDITION THAT MIGHT BE ALSO RELEVANT OVER A SHORT TERM PERIOD WOULD BE SUSPENSION OF THE RETIREE HIGHER PENALTY PAYMENT OVER THE NEXT, SAY, FOUR YEARS, AND THEN IT BE REVISITED NOT IN JUST CORE AREAS, BUT ALL AREAS THAT WOULD GIVE A PAD BETWEEN THE TIME WE COULD GET SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THESE PROGRAMS TOWARD CERTIFICATION AND GIVE US SOME
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MORE FLEXIBILITY, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH YOU ALL.WE'LL JUST HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE VERBIAGE THAT I READ, BUT IT WILL BE PART OF THIS REMEDY AND DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM , AND I WAS DOWN IN AUSTIN TODAY, AND I DID HEAR A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES TALKING ABOUT THAT VERY ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO IT'S PROHIBITIVE COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO DO THAT TOO MUCH , BUT YEAH, THERE'S REALLY GOOD STAFF THAT WE'D LOVE TO BRING BACK, AT LEAST FOR A SHORT TERM PERIOD IF WE CAN.
SO I THINK THE LANGUAGE ACTUALLY AS CRAFTED IS BROAD ENOUGH TO ENCOMPASS THAT CONCEPT, AS LONG AS HOWEVER, I WANT TO PUNT THAT TO THE LEFT END OF THE BOARD DOWN HERE TO SEE IF YOU ALL AGREE WITH THAT CONCEPT AS WELL, AND THE LANGUAGE HERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADOPT THIS AS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY.
THE ONLY THING THAT GIVES ME A MOMENT OF PAUSE ON THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING AS A FIX IS STIPENDS FOR STUDENT TEACHERS WHO ARE IN TRADITIONAL COLLEGE BASED FOUR YEAR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM LIKE PRESIDENTS OF HIGHER ED, YOU KNOW, LIKE UNIVERSITIES IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ABOUT WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SUPPORT TEACHERS.
IT'S IT REALLY CAN BE VERY COST PROHIBITIVE TO BE PAYING TUITION, NOT BE ABLE TO WORK YOUR YOUR NORMAL JOB AND DO STUDENT TEACHING AT THE SAME TIME, AND SO MY ASK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN OUR SORT OF REMEDY LIST? BUT THEN ALSO THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN HERE, IS THAT INCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE INCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THAT ASK ? YOU KNOW, I FAILED TO READ ONE THAT WE HAD, AND IT WAS FUNDING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR STUDENT TEACHER ADVISORS EMPLOYED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE STUDENT TEACHERS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE AN INCENTIVE.
SO DEFINITELY THAT'S IN THERE.
AS THE FATHER OF A CURRENT STUDENT TEACHER, WOULD IT BE TOO FORWARD FOR ME TO ASK THIS TO BE RETROACTIVE FOR ONE SEMESTER? [CHUCKLING] YOU CAN ASK AWAY.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION AS WELL.
OTHER COMMENTS, YOU ALL? SO THIS ONE, I THINK, SHOULD BE EASIER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL MOTION.
SO DO WE HAVE A SO WE WILL TAKE THIS ONE SEPARATELY LIKE WE DID THE OTHER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION HERE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, AND I JUST HANDED OFF THE LANGUAGE, BUT I JUST READ IT.
TO ADD TO OUR PRIORITY NUMBER THREE, ADEQUATELY FUND SCHOOLS UNDER THE THIRD BULLET.
ADD THE VERBIAGE THAT ASKS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO PROMOTE GROWTH IN TEXAS'S TEACHING WORKFORCE, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE GROWING TEACHER SHORTAGE IN TEXAS.
WE ACTUALLY I NEED A MOTION FIRST.
I MADE THE MOTION TO ADD THAT TO THE POLICY.
IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU WANTED ME READ? SO I JUST HEARD YOU ACTUALLY READ IT.
I WOULD LIKE YEAH, WE NEED THE ACTUAL MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS AND OR ADDITIONS TO THE PLANO ISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING THIRD BULLET UNDER PRIORITY NUMBER THREE THAT READS PROVIDE FUNDING TO PROMOTE GROWTH IN TEXAS TEACHING WORKFORCE, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE TEACHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH TEACHER SHORTAGE A GROWING TEACHER SHORTAGE IN TEXAS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISIONS AND/OR ADDITIONS TO THE PLANO ISD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION RELATIVE TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PROMOTING GROWTH IN TEXAS TEACHERS WORKFORCE AS DISCUSSED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ON FAVOR.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
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THANK YOU ALL, AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE.THANKS, NANCY. NANCY IS DOING JUST AMAZING WORK, YOU ALL, WITH REGARD TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SHE'S JUST A WHIRLWIND OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE BUC-EE'S PARKING LOT HAIR.
[CHUCKLING] I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE REFERENCE TO BUC-EE'S PARKING LOT HERE, BUT SINCE YOU DID.
[7. REPORTS]
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO 7.1.THIS IS OUR ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT, AND JOHNNY, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE ROCKY FOR US.
I THINK ROCKY PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED AN INTRODUCTION, BUT THIS IS ROCKY GARDNER.
WE'VE GOT TO SAY ZONDA EDUCATION.
THIS IS AS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 22.
MR. HILL, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
WILLIAMS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
SO HERE I GO, AND I MIGHT HAVE THE MOST DATA DRIVEN PRESENTATION.
YOU'LL SEE THIS IS FOURTH QUARTER DATA.
WE RESEARCH AND THIS FORECAST AND PROJECTIONS COME FROM THAT.
I'LL START WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMY, I WON'T STAY VERY LONG.
WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE NOW AT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WELL BELOW WHERE WE WERE PRE-COVID.
SO WE'RE NOW LOWER THAN WHERE WE WERE PRE-COVID.
THE JOB MARKET DOESN'T TELL THE SAME STORY AS THE HOUSING MARKET.
THE HOUSING MARKET PEAKED, I THINK WAS THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2021 AT LIKE 55,000 HOMES THAT WE WERE STARTING IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH BACK THEN, FLATTENED OUT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, WE BEGAN TO SEE INTEREST RATES SHIFT, THINGS FLATTENED OUT AND THE HOUSING MARKET BEGAN TO DIP, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT BLUE LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE CLOSINGS LINE, WHICH MEANS OCCUPIED HOMES, THAT'S WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SEPARATE, AND THAT'S NOT THAT SEPARATION IS PRETTY LARGE, AND IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE HISTORY THERE, YOU DON'T SEE A SPOT WHERE THE CLOSINGS EXCEED STARTS UNTIL THIS QUARTER.
SO THIS WAS THE FIRST QUARTER WHERE THAT HAPPENED.
BUILDERS HAVE PULLED BACK ON STARTS.
MULTIFAMILY IS ALSO, MULTIFAMILY HASN'T SLOWED A BIT.
SO IT'S REALLY ALMOST GOOD NEWS THAT YOU CAN ADD 22,000 UNITS AND STILL BE AT OVER 90% MULTIFAMILY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A STRONG MARKET.
SO IF WE ZOOM INTO PLANO ISD, THIS CHART HERE IS DEED TRANSACTION.
SO WHEN YOU SELL A HOUSE THAT DEEDS FILED WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THIS IS COMBINED TO NEW AND EXISTING HOMES AND WE CAN SEE HERE WE HAD A 2022 SLOWDOWN AND THAT WAS SEEN EVERYWHERE AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRESSED PROPERTY SALES.
YOU CAN SEE NOW THAT WE'RE WELL OVER 600.
I THINK 2022 IS A LITTLE BIT HIGH JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING DATA, AND IF YOU BOUGHT A HOME, YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR THAT HOME TO END UP ON THE APPRAISAL RECORDS, THAT MIGHT COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THAT AVERAGE, BUT STILL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A HOME IN PLANO ISD OR BE PRETTY TOUGH TO FIND ONE FOR LESS THAN ABOUT $550,000.
THERE IT IS. SO THIS IS JUST A RANKING REPORT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE REGION.
PLANO HERE HAS STARTED AND CLOSED 276 HOMES THAT STAYED RIGHT TOGETHER.
SO THAT TREND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS CERTAINLY HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX.
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SO THAT'S A COMBINATION.VDL JUST AS A REMINDER, THAT'S A VACANT DEVELOPED LOT.
THAT'S A LOT THAT'S READY TO BE BUILT ON RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE. THEY CAN START TOMORROW, KIND OF LIKE THE BLUE PIPES ARE STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE FUTURE, WHICH IS ALMOST 36--A LITTLE OVER 3600 FUTURE LOTS.
A LOT OF THESE ARE TOWNHOME COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT'S A FIRST SALE CONDO PRODUCT OR A PRETTY DENSE GARDEN STYLE PRODUCT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME STRONG HOUSING THAT'S STILL OUT THERE IN PLANO.
LAST QUARTER, PLANO HAD 93 STARTS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT INDICATIVE TO WHAT WE SAW THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
THAT'S THE MOST STARTS SINCE THE THIRD QUARTER.
NOW THAT START RATIO TURNED INTO A 91, THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WE CLOSED 91.
SO IT WOULD SEEM THAT PLANO IS KIND OF JUST STAYING CONSISTENT.
I THINK THE TYPE OF PRODUCT IS DENSER.
IT'S MORE IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE AN APARTMENT IN SOME CASES THE WAY THAT THOSE ARE BUILT.
SO THEY CAN THEY CAN BE BUILT A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
WE'LL KEEP THEM ON TREND LIKELY.
THERE'S OVER 213 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO SOME STRONG CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
INVENTORY, AGAIN, SITTING AT 262 AND YOUR VDL IS HEALTHY WITH 660 LOTS.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE AND THIS IS WHAT'S DIFFERENT TO YOUR FUTURE INVENTORY EVEN INCREASED IN MOST DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STILL DELIVERING LOTS LIKE THAT 197 THAT YOUR VDL HAS GONE UP, BUT THEIR FUTURES ARE GOING DOWN.
THEY'RE JUST DEVELOPING THE FUTURES THEY ALREADY HAVE.
SO WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH IN PLANO.
THIS CHART HERE JUST HAS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW BY ATTENDANCE ZONE.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER JUST TO UNDERSTAND, BASICALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, WHERE YOU SEE COLOR IS WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST ACTIVITY, THE YELLOW COLOR BEING THE MOST ACTIVITY, FOLLOWED BY GREEN, THE SECOND MOST, AND THEN THAT SALMON COLOR, THE THIRD MOST ACTIVITY.
SO YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE WHERE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SPREADING AROUND, BUT IT IS PRETTY YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX CAMPUSES THERE THAT ARE HAVING SOME STRONG ACTIVITY , AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALDRIDGE AND BARKSDALE, THEIR INVENTORY, THEIR VDL, THEIR FUTURE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH MORE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BUILT THROUGH VERY SOON AND THEN SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO POP UP OR BUILD QUICKER IF WE CAN SUSTAIN THE START RATES.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ON THE MAP IS WHERE YOU SEE YELLOW AND GREEN, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE INFILL, SOME REALLY SMALL, I CAN'T REALLY POINT TO STUFF, BUT YOU CAN SEE LITTLE GREEN TRIANGLES.
THOSE ARE ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS.
THERE'S 30 OF THOSE STILL, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 33 FUTURE SUBDIVISIONS.
NOW THESE ARE ANYWHERE AS SMALL AS TEN UNITS.
THEY'RE NOT SUPER BIG, BUT THEY ARE SOME INFILL AND WE THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE HAVE ON THERE HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO OUT THERE. THAT'S BEEN A YEAR OR SO SINCE WE'VE HAD ANY MOVEMENT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE THAT GROUNDWORK.
YOU HAD 93 LOTS DELIVERED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON ANOTHER 200 LOTS.
SO THEY'RE STILL DROPPING LOTS IN PLANO.
SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN KEEP UP.
OWENS FARM IS JUST ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT THE MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND THERE.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS BECAUSE I WANTED TO.
IT'S NOT A REAL TELLING; IT CAN LOOK LIKE A LOT OF DOTS.
SO THIS IS AN OVERALL SINGLE FAMILY YIELD.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN 19-20.
SO THE GREEN AREAS ARE THE HIGHEST YIELDS.
FOLLOWED BY THE YELLOW AND THE BLUE.
SO THAT'S SOME PRETTY HIGH YIELDS.
IF YOU GET DOWN THE BLUE AREA, YOU SEE WHERE IT'S DOWN TO 0.2 AND .23.
NOW, THIS IS OVERALL SINGLE FAMILY YIELD.
GO FORWARD, SO PRE-COVID, POST-COVID.
SO NOW YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF THAT GREEN WENT AWAY AT THE TOP.
THESE ARE YIELDS THAT HAVE DECREASED SINCE COVID.
NOW THAT NUMBER IS DOWN BELOW FOUR AND THESE ARE, AGAIN, STUDENTS PER HOME.
WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT CHANGE TO?
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WELL, IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.YOU KNOW, COVID HAS HAPPENED, NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE JUST NOT ATTENDING PLANO SCHOOLS.
THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING ON.
AGAIN--DID I GO BACKWARDS? WAIT. SO THIS IS THE SINGLE FAMILY, 22-23 ELEMENTARY YIELD.
I WANTED TO SHOW THE SAME THING WITH ELEMENTARY SO YOU CAN SEE HOW LOW THESE ELEMENTARY YIELDS ARE.
WE TYPICALLY LOOK FOR ABOUT 0.25 AT ELEMENTARY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD ABOUT 10,000 MULTIFAMILY IN PLANO OVER THE NEXT 7 TO 8 YEARS.
JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE PURPLE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I PUT A SLIDE IN HERE FOR MULTIFAMILY YIELD AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS OVERLOAD OR NOT, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME.
THIS IS YOUR 22-23 MULTIFAMILY TOTAL STUDENT YIELD.
SO THE BIGGER THE DOT, THE HIGHER THE YIELD, IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
SO THOSE BIG DOTS ARE YIELDING ABOUT FIVE STUDENTS FOR EVERY TEN UNITS.
NOW, I LAID THE MULTIFAMILY FROM 19-20 PRE-COVID UNDERNEATH IT.
YOUR MULTIFAMILY HAS STAYED PRETTY STEADY.
THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF RED DOTS ON THERE, AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT DFW, ACTUALLY, THAT MULTIFAMILY YIELDS HAVE STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT. I PUT A CHART HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP LATER TONIGHT, MAYBE, BUT THIS GIVES YOU OVERALL YIELDS BY CAMPUS.
SO YOU MIGHT SEE THAT LIKE BRINKER FOR INSTANCE, 4400 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, 662 STUDENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A YIELD OF ABOUT 0.15. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
SO YOUR HIGHEST YIELDING YOU SEE THERE THAT I THINK IT WAS MCCALL HAS A 0.72 YIELD.
I THOUGHT WE HAD 1.9 YIELD, BUT [INAUDIBLE].
SO IT VARIES THERE, BUT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL 0.228 AND THAT'S A REALLY PRETTY STANDARD YIELD.
SOME OF THESE NEW PRODUCTS ARE NOT YIELDING A LOT OF STUDENTS.
THEY'RE BUILDING MORE ONE BEDROOMS AND TWO BEDROOMS NOW.
SO THEY'RE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PRODUCT FROM MULTIFAMILY THERE.
SO THAT 325 AND 338 ARE NOT GOING TO ADD.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE 60.
SO WITH THAT, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROJECTIONS.
NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FORECASTING A DROP OF ENROLLMENT OF 849 STUDENTS, AND ONCE AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU LOOK WHERE THAT YELLOW IS, YOUR LARGEST CLASS RIGHT NOW IS YOUR SENIOR CLASS 4042 STUDENTS.
YOUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS IS 3057.
WE'VE GOT A 1000 STUDENT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN 12TH AND KINDERGARTEN.
NOW THAT NUMBER, 48932, I THINK OUR FORECAST WAS 48927.
I THINK WE CAME PRETTY CLOSE THIS YEAR, FIVE STUDENTS PRETTY GOOD, BUT WE MISSED KINDERGARTEN, AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF BECAUSE KINDERGARTEN HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE.
IF WE CAN'T KEEP KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THEN BECAUSE IT FEELS TO ME WHEN YOU LOOK AT COHORTS, ONCE THEY'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, THE RETENTION RATES IS RIGHT AROUND ONE, WE'RE HOLDING ON TO THEM, BUT IF WE DON'T GET THEM THERE, THEN THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH, BUT SO THIS FORECAST, ALTHOUGH DECLINING BY 850 STUDENTS, IS ACTUALLY SHOWING SOME GROWTH. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT EXIT AND ENTERING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU'RE LOSING A THOUSAND STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ATTRITION.
SO THAT NUMBER THAT 849 IS ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED STUDENTS HIDDEN IN THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GROWTH, AND ONE OTHER THING I NOTICED, PRE-K IS ANOTHER THING THAT'S BEEN NEW TO US.
I THINK THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOUR PRE K COULD GET CLOSE TO 1300.
I THINK THAT PRE K NUMBER COULD BE LOW.
I THINK THAT WE COULD THAT PRE K COULD BE A LITTLE LOW.
I JUST NOTICED THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT.
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WE HAVE CAMPUS PROJECTIONS HERE.I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THOSE PAGES.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LATER, WE'LL RESEARCH IT.
MR. HILL'S ALWAYS STAYING IN TOUCH WITH ME SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS NEEDED.
AGAIN, YOUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THESE CLASS SIZES MOVE THROUGH.
SO SOME OF THESE CHANGES, WHEN YOU SEE A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT IN A POP UP, IT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE CLASSES ARE EBBING AND FLOWING AND WHEN THEY LEAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THERE MIGHT BE A LARGE EXITING CLASS, SMALL SIXTH GRADE CLASS COMING IN STUFF LIKE THAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN.
SO NEW HOME STARTS AND CLOSINGS, THEY TALLY BELOW 300.
THEY'RE STARTING TO TURN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STARTING AS MANY.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE AN EXCUSE ANYMORE.
I DON'T THINK SUPPLY CHAIN WILL BE AN EXCUSE.
I THINK IT'LL JUST BE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN FIND GET THE BUYERS IN, AND I'VE HEARD LOTS OF DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT BUILDERS BUYING INTEREST RATES DOWN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OFFERING THOSE KIND OF CONCESSIONS, AND I THINK THEY'RE MAKING THEY'RE MAKING MONEY ON THE HOUSE SO THEY CAN DO THINGS TO TRY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING.
SO 33 FUTURE SUBDIVISIONS WITH OVER 3500 LOTS GROUNDWORK UNDERWAY ON ABOUT 200 LOTS.
WE'RE SITTING RIGHT AT THAT 46,000 NUMBER.
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS COULD DROP A LITTLE LOWER THAN THAT 45800.
WOULD THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND PRE K? YEAH, I'VE HAD WELL, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN WE HAD THAT SLIDE IN THE LAST QUARTER'S.
I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THIS QUARTER.
SO A PRE K WOULD BE LOOKING AT CAPTURE RATE FOUR YEARS LATER.
I MEAN KIND OF YOUR CAPTURE RATE FOR PLANO ISD WAS ALWAYS AROUND 90%, 87%.
THEN COVID HIT, IT'S DROPPED DOWN INTO LIKE SEVEN WANT TO SAY 79 LAST YEAR WE'RE FORECASTING THAT CAPTURE RATE GETTING BACK TO AROUND 80 TO 85%. SO, LIKE I SAID, IF WE DON'T CAPTURE THOSE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, THAT CHANGES THINGS, AND THE CHALLENGE WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS I FEEL LIKE 22-23 IS OUR FIRST IF IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO BACK TO NORMAL YEAR KIND OF RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE HAD 19-20 WAS THE LAST ONE.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 22-23 AND TRYING TO SAY, IS THIS GOING TO BE THE NEW TREND? AND IF IT IS, WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE IF IT IS THE STORIES, THE KIDS ARE COMING BACK AT FIRST GRADE, YOUR FIRST GRADE [INAUDIBLE] ARE VERY HIGH.
THEY'RE LIKE A 15% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.
IS THIS A NEW TREND AND ONE YEAR DOESN'T TREND MAKE BUT WE GOT TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
SO THAT'S THE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I KNOW THAT ACROSS THE STATE POST COVID DISTRICTS HAVE SEEN STUDENTS NOT COME BACK, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THAT TREND INCREASE AND WE'LL CATCH THEM BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THE EXTRA WORK ON THE YIELD ANALYSIS.
I'M THE ONE THAT OBJECTED TO THE DENSITY SLIDE, AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THAT DENSITY SLIDE, THERE WAS ONE DOT FOR A HOUSE THAT HAD ONE CHILD IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THERE WAS ONE DOT FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAD 50 CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AS OUR PUBLIC LOOKS AT THIS DATA, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHERE THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE, WHICH EVEN I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE THAT IN OUR BRAINS, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET.
RIGHT, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE EXTRA WORK AND PUTTING TOGETHER THAT YIELD ANALYSIS.
SO YOU CAN SEE BY THE ELEMENTARY ZONES WHAT THE ACTUAL YIELD PER HUNDRED HOUSES IS, RATHER THAN TWO DOTS THAT LOOK EQUAL BUT MEAN TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THAT ZONE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA WORK.
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DISTRICT THAT ENTIRE TIME, NOT LEAVE THE DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT NUMBER WAS LOWER, CLOSER TO 50% FOR MULTIFAMILY.I'M CURIOUS IF THOSE NUMBERS HAVE STAYED THE SAME OR IF THEY'VE ADJUSTED OVER THIS TIME.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT SCENARIO AGAIN.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT SOMEONE DID AND IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TELLING FOR US.
IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT IN THAT.
WELL, AND I KNOW PLANO ISD HAS MADE MANY EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN MULTIFAMILY, AND SO I'M JUST INTERESTED TO SEE IF SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE PAID OFF IN A DATA DRIVEN WAY THAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, IT WAS 15, NOW MAYBE IT'S 56%.
IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING STATISTIC TO BRING BACK AND ANALYZE BASED ON THE EFFORTS OF DR.
GOBER'S TEAM AND THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
WELL, I DO THINK THAT IT WAS TELLING WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT MULTIFAMILY SLIDE, COMPARING THE 19-20 YIELDS TO THE 22-23 YIELDS AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY UP OR THE SAME, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD THING IF THEY'VE MOVED ON.
I GUESS I JUST POINT OUT WHEN YOU SAID THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IS $530,000.
THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A YOUNG FAMILY WHO IS TRYING TO GET INTO A HOME, AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE HURDLES WE HAVE WITH ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE FAMILIES CHOOSE TO FIND HOMES THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF WORK, BUT BE WILLING TO TRAVEL BECAUSE THEIR HOME IS A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. I DO THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEARS AND SOME OF THAT CENTRAL CORE WHERE WE SAW THE REALLY LOW YIELDS TO SEE THOSE YIELDS COME BACK BECAUSE THAT EXISTING HOUSING IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER PRICED.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING KIND OF THE MULTIPLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, RIGHT, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING SEVERAL FAMILIES IN ONE HOME AND YOUR TEAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPECIFY THAT BETTER. WE USED TO DO A LOOK AT WHERE WE WOULD COMPARE DIFFERENT LAST NAMES AT THE SAME HOUSE JUST TO KIND OF SEE IF WE SAW THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT. I MEAN, THE PAYMENT FOR A $350,000 HOUSE WENT UP $900 IN EIGHT MONTHS.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY PRICED SOME FOLKS OUT.
ROCKY, THANKS AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S APPRECIATED, AND EVERY YEAR IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TO HAVE YOU COME AND EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS TO US ONCE AGAIN. SO APPRECIATE IT, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I THINK BEING ABLE TO DO DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESEARCH IS GOOD FOR US.
IT'S GOOD FOR OUR TEAM. SO REALLY KEEP IT COMING.
IT GIVES US THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, Y'ALL.
THANKS, ROCKY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO AGENDA ITEM 7.2.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT STOLLE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AS SOON AS WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP, I'LL START.
HERE WE GO. NO, [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
SO WE'RE PLEASED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH A PROCESS WE STARTED BACK IN THE FALL OR ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF STARTED BACK IN THE FALL AROUND OCTOBER TO DO A MIGRATION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW ERP AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM . JUST TO KIND OF BRING EVERYONE BACK UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE WERE, WE HAVE BEEN A PARTNER WITH FRONTLINE EDUCATION WHO DEVELOPS AND MAINTAINS THE CURRENT PLATFORM THAT WE'RE USING.
WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER WITH THEM SINCE THE EARLY 2000S.
THEY ARE INDEED A REPUTABLE COMPANY.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER FOR PLANO ISD FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND SO YOU MAY WONDER, WELL, IF THEY'VE BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER, YOU KNOW, WHY THE NEED FOR A CHANGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND AS WE GO THROUGH SUCH A MAJOR CHANGE SUCH AS THIS, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO
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REFLECT BACK ON WHY WE'RE TAKING TAKING ON SUCH A LARGE UNDERTAKING.SO, AND IT WAS INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH AND I TALKED TO SOME OF OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, I ASKED SOME OF OUR CAMPUS STAFF, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS OUR CURRENT STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS REALLY REVEALING AS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT IS THE ANSWER YOU GET WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION.
A QUESTION LIKE THAT IS IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO, BECAUSE WHERE THEY LIVE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THESE SYSTEMS THAT YOU SEE DISPLAYED HERE ON THE SCREEN, BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY GERMANE TO THE AREA OF BUSINESS.
WHAT IT SHOULD BE IS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME ANSWER.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FRONT LINE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ERP SYSTEM.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, BUT I THINK THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE PART THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE A DISJOINTED AND INCOMPLETE SYSTEM, WHICH REALLY PROMPTED THE NEED FOR US TO MAKE A CHANGE LIKE THIS TO BEGIN WITH, AND SO INSTEAD OF US JUST HAVING ONE UNIFIED, AUTHORITATIVE SYSTEM THAT'S MANAGING ALL OF OUR MOST CRITICAL DATA, IS THAT SYSTEM PLUS A LOT OF WORKAROUNDS AS THAT SYSTEM PLUS OTHER THIRD PARTY SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING, AND WHEN YOU REALLY STOP AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT REALLY DRIVES UP COST.
IT DRIVES UP THE COST TO MAINTAIN A SOLUTION LIKE THAT.
IT DRIVES UP THE COST TO SECURE A SOLUTION LIKE THAT, AND SO WE BEGAN THE PROCESS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TO EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEE IF THAT'S STILL THE RIGHT PATH FOR US TO BE ON AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AS WE DISCUSSED, THESE WERE SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE CAME BACK WITH.
WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND WE'LL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK WELL FOR US.
SO WE'VE GOT APPLICATION REDUNDANCY AND THAT MEANS WE SIMPLY HAVE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE PURCHASED OVER TIME THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THINGS AND WE'RE PAYING A PREMIUM FOR WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON THE ONE PRODUCT THAT WE NEED TO USE, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE OF SOME LIMITATIONS, WE'VE HAD TO GO OUT AND FIND OTHER APPLICATIONS TO KIND OF MAKE UP THE SLACK, AND WHEN YOU DOUBLE UP ON APPLICATIONS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE ALSO DOUBLING UP ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF. WE'RE DUPLICATING EFFORTS, WE'RE DUPLICATING WORK.
THEY WERE GROWING PROBABLY FASTER THAN WHAT THEIR SUPPORT MECHANISMS COULD KEEP UP WITH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT AS MANY SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING RIGHT NOW, OUR STATE REPORTING IS CHANGING FROM A PROCESS WHERE WE REPORT DATA FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
NOW THEY WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE UP TO DATE INFORMATION, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REPORTING OUR INFORMATION TO THE STATE ALMOST ON A NIGHTLY BASIS, AND SO THAT REALLY BECOMES COMPLEX IN TERMS OF TRYING TO KEEP UP AND PROVIDE AND STAY COMPLIANT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO REPORT TO THE STATE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG ONE, RELIABLE DATA FOR INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT ASKS FOR INFORMATION, WHEN JOHNNY ASKS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, HOW IS THIS IMPACTING US? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT CONSISTENT DATA THAT WE'RE REPORTING EACH AND EVERY TIME SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED, AND THEN THE LAST THREE ALL KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND WHEN YOU'VE GOT FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
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WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP DOING BUSINESS THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES? WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE OUR COSTS, OPERATIONAL COSTS? AND WE SAW THIS MOVE TO GO FROM FRONTLINE TO POWERSCHOOL AS A WAY TO CREATE SOME COST SAVINGS, AND SO AGAIN, LAST YEAR WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING AN RFP.DOING SOME DEMOS, ACTUALLY JUST RESEARCHING AND TRYING TO FIND WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE BEST PRODUCT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND POWERSCHOOL APPEARED TO BE THE SOLUTION THAT WOULD ACHIEVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE MOVING FORWARD.
AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A UNIFIED PLATFORM, AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF PULL TOGETHER ALL THOSE DISPARATE MODULES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING FOR ALL THE VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S TEACHERS, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS OR CENTRAL ADMIN PEOPLE PROVIDE A UNIFIED PLATFORM WHERE EVERYBODY CAN GO AND KIND OF CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONALLY, AND SO WE KICKED OFF OUR PROJECT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 22, AND THIS WAS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE THAT WE BEGAN WITH . THERE'RE TWO DATES THERE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE REALLY OF IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS TRYING TO PROPOSE WHEN WE WOULD GO LIVE WITH THESE TWO PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM.
THE FIRST ONE THERE IS THAT JULY GO LIVE DATE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN JULY OF THIS THIS YEAR, 2023 FOR OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JANUARY GO LIVE, WHICH IS JANUARY OF 2024, AND THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED FOR OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM TO CUT OVER FOR OUR FINANCIALS AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS.
SO I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.
WE HAD THE GO LIVE OF JANUARY 2024.
SINCE OCTOBER, REALLY WHAT WE SPENT THE PAST FIVE MONTHS DOING IS DEPARTMENT WORKSHOPS, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEPARTMENT WORKSHOPS, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE SQUARES THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, THESE ARE THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT AND WE MET IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF POWERSCHOOL, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THEN OUR INTERNAL STAFF GOING THROUGH THESE VARIOUS MODULES TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND SEE HOW THEY ACTUALLY PERFORM. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE WORKSHOPS WAS TO DO A BUSINESS PROCESS REVIEW.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE CURRENTLY DO BUSINESS, WHY ARE WE DOING IT THAT WAY AND THEN HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO? AND IF SO, WILL THERE BE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO CHANGE ALONG THE WAY TO CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES? OR WILL WE HAVE TO FIND A WORKAROUND TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH? THE POINT OF THOSE WAS TO ALSO VERIFY OR AT LEAST CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE DATES AND TIMELINES THAT WE HAD SET FOR OURSELVES, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WERE REALISTIC.
WAS IT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO ACTUALLY CONFIGURE AND GET THAT SYSTEM READY TO GO WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GETTING OUR STAFF TRAINED AND READY TO USE THAT SOFTWARE? SO THESE WERE SOME VERY IMPORTANT DATA GATHERING SESSIONS THAT WE SPENT THE PAST FIVE MONTHS GATHERING INFORMATION ON.
ONCE WE GATHERED THAT INFORMATION, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THEN, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH AND ANALYZE WHAT ARE THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE SET , AND SO AFTER EVALUATING RISKS, LOOKING AT JUST THE AMOUNT OF WORK, THE AMOUNT OF DATA AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THAT CONVERSION PUT IN PLACE COLLECTIVELY WITH POWERSCHOOL, WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL STAFF, WE MADE THE DECISION TO EXTEND THAT TIMELINE FOR THE FINANCIAL PLANNING SYSTEM, TO PUSH THAT BACK TO JANUARY OF 20, I'M SORRY, TO THE SUMMER OF 2024.
NOW THAT KIND OF IMPACTS EVERYTHING BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WORK ON OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM A WHOLE YEAR TO GET OUR INTERNAL STAFF UP TO SPEED AND WORKING ON THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WORK ON OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT RIGHT.
AND REALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT WHILE DOING A MID-YEAR CONVERSION WAS DOABLE, JUST LINING THINGS UP WITH THE FISCAL YEAR JUST SEEMED TO WORK OUT BETTER AND THAT AND THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS.
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PROBABLY SOME KEY MILESTONES THAT WE'LL LOOK AT.OUR GOAL IS NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME WHEN WE START DOING THE BUDGETING PROCESS, IS TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS INSIDE THE NEW SYSTEM IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR , AND I'LL PAUSE ON THAT PIECE OF IT IN CASE SOMEONE'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ERP PORTION OF IT, BUT I THINK WE GATHERED SOME GOOD DATA AND WE FEEL LIKE EXTENDING THIS OUT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST MOVE FOR THE DISTRICT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
THESE WERE SOME OF THE VARIOUS MODULES, PROBABLY SOME OF THE MORE KEY ONES TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT.
HOW DO WE DO THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS? THE REGISTRATION PROCESS? WHAT IS OUR PARENT PORTAL GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE MAKE THIS CHANGE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REPORTING TOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO US? HOW WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT FORMS, AND ANOTHER BIG ONE BEING THE STUDENT GRADE BOOK, ATTENDANCE AND DISCIPLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO FAR WITH THE CHANGE TO THE ERP SYSTEM, WE STILL FEEL THAT A GO LIVE DATE OF SUMMER OF 23 IS STILL THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY AS WE PREPARE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND SO OUR TIMELINES HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED VERY MUCH FROM THAT STANDPOINT, AND AS WE STAND TODAY, WE FEEL THAT OUR PROJECT IS THAT LOW TO MODERATE RISK AND THAT WE CAN STILL MEET OUR TIMELINE OBJECTIVE OF JULY OF 23.
SO WITH THAT, WE'VE GOTTEN FAR ENOUGH ALONG AS FAR AS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SYSTEM TO WHERE WE'RE AT A POINT NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO PLAN SOME MAJOR TRAININGS FOR OUR INTERNAL STAFF.
WE'VE BEGUN TO BREAK OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS ROLES THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP TRAINING FOR? BASED ON YOUR ROLE, IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF TRAININGS THAT YOU'LL NEED TO ATTEND JUST IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR THE NEW SYSTEM CUT OVER, AND SO WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN COMMUNICATING THIS TO THE STAFF, AND THEY'RE MAKING PLANS AND PREPARING TO GET THEIR STAFF UP TO SPEED AND READY TO GO.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR FIRST TRAININGS COMING UP BEGINNING EVEN IN MARCH.
SO WE'RE ALREADY AT A POINT TO WHERE WE'RE READY TO START TRAINING OUR STAFF.
THE FIRST ONE WE'VE GOT COMING UP IS OUR POWERSCHOOL BASICS TRAINING.
JUST REALLY IN A NUTSHELL, THIS IS WHERE WE PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO UNDERGO THIS TRAINING WHERE THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE SYSTEM, LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PROCESS, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS MODULES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND WE FEEL THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST STEPPING STONE TO GETTING PEOPLE ACCLIMATED TO THE SYSTEM ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING.
WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT AND TEST ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PRACTICE AND WORK THROUGH HOW THEY WILL CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS ONCE THEY MOVE INTO POWERSCHOOL.
SO WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST HOW WE'VE GOT OUR TRAINING LINED OUT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET TRAINED.
WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THREE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL.
WE'VE GOT THREE LOCATIONS WITH TWO SEPARATE TRAINING DATES PER DAY.
SO WE'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED.
THIS IS ALSO A TRAIN TO TRAIN MODEL AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
SO WE'RE IDENTIFYING KEY PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUSES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP MOVE THIS TRAIN ALONG WHEN NEW TEACHERS COME INTO THE DISTRICT OR WHEN THEY COME BACK AFTER THE SUMMER BREAK.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT CAN KIND OF QUICKLY HELP PEOPLE GET UP TO SPEED.
A LOT OF THIS TRAINING IS GOING TO BE PUT INTO A TRAINING LIBRARY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ON DEMAND ACCESS WHEN THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND DO REFRESHER TRAININGS, BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY THAT ARE COMING.
WE PLAN AND ANTICIPATE THAT THIS TRAINING WILL GO STARTING IN MARCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY AS FAR AS IN-PERSON FACE TO FACE TRAINING, TO GET THEM THE HANDS ON TOUCH AND FEEL THAT THEY WILL NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.
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IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GO AND DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTATION OR SEE THINGS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THEIR PARTICULAR AREAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THEM.SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE CONDUCT TRAINING FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND EITHER ASK QUESTIONS OR SEE WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY CAN GO AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR RELIGIOUS HELP US TO CUSTOMIZE THIS TO KIND OF MEET THEIR NEEDS FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL , AND THIS IS JUST ONE ONE PHASE OF IT.
WE'VE CERTAINLY IDENTIFIED THESE OTHER AREAS AS SOME VERY KEY MODULES THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
OUR TEAM RIGHT NOW IS DEVELOPING OUR TRAINING VIDEOS.
THIS WILL EXTEND NOT JUST TO OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, BUT ALSO WITH A VIEW FOR PARENTS.
HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT PARENTS COMING TO REGISTER THEIR KIDS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? OR HOW IS IT GOING TO AFFECT NEW PARENTS COMING INTO THE DISTRICT? SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF ONLINE VIDEOS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT Q&A AREAS FOR THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS. ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THE POWERSCHOOL PLATFORM IS THAT WE ALSO GET A HELP DESK THAT THEY MAN TO HELP.
SO IF PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO I DO THIS, HOW DO I GET IN AND DO ENROLLMENT? WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL, AND POWERSCHOOL IS GOING TO HELP US TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED.
OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TO ENSURE THAT IS WORKING WITH DR.
GOBER'S TEAM AND THE ENROLLMENT CENTER TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM UP TO SPEED AS WELL, SO THAT PARENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND TO OUR FACILITIES LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE WORKED WITH POWERSCHOOL TO MAKE THEIR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AVAILABLE TO US.
WE'VE KIND OF MADE SOME INTRODUCTIONS WITH THAT TEAM AND LESLIE AND HER TEAM FOR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WORKING OUT A COMMUNICATION PLAN. BASICALLY, IT'S A COMBINATION OF MARKETING VIDEOS SHOWING PEOPLE, HEY, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING.
HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THIS OUT TO PARENTS? WHEN DO WE START THAT PROCESS? SO WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP OUT THAT SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT OUT AND PEOPLE CAN BE INFORMED AND IN THE KNOW AND READY TO GO, AND THAT IS OUR UPDATE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS YOU ALL? OUR CURRENT PARENT PORTAL IS VERY EASY FOR OUR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.
SO AM I GOING TO ASSUME THAT WHEN WE WE INTEGRATE THIS NEW POWERSCHOOL, IT'S GOING TO BE AS EASY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING NOW TO SEE HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH OUR INTERNAL PARENT PORTAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DELAY IN PEOPLE GETTING THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO.
ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE GOT SOME MEETINGS PLANNED JUST THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT, TO TALK ABOUT PARENT PORTAL AND TO LOOK AT THE INTEGRATIONS, NOT JUST WITH SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT WE'VE GOT DESIGNED IN OUR OWN, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MOBILE APP.
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS AS WELL? SO WE'RE STILL DOING SOME CUSTOMIZATIONS THERE, BUT WE CERTAINLY INTEND TO PROVIDE THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY.
OKAY, THANK YOU. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY AGILE SYSTEM IF FOR THE PARENT PORTAL, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED TO UTILIZE IT TO WHERE A PARENT COULD SEE WHAT A TEACHER COULD SEE FOR 504 DOCUMENTATION, IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THAT CAN BE A COMPONENT? I'M ALSO THINKING OF LIKE LIBRARY.
YOU KNOW, IF A KID CHECKS OUT A BOOK AND THE PARENT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PAYING FEES, THEY KNOW WHAT BOOK WAS CHECKED OUT AND WHEN IT'S DUE BACK, LIKE HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THE, YOU KNOW, HIGH FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS SYSTEM TO BENEFIT THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT AND THE TEACHER AND CREATE THOSE KIND OF NEXUSES TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT SOME OF THE BUILT IN FUNCTIONALITY THAT POWERSCHOOL ALREADY PROVIDES.IDEALLY, WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND NOT HAVE TO CUSTOMIZE THE SOLUTION, BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS, YOU KNOW, THIS TOOL IS VERY INTUITIVE WITH A LOT OF DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE AT THE FINGERTIPS, NOT JUST FOR PARENTS, BUT ALSO FOR TEACHERS, FOR PRINCIPALS.
WE REALLY WANT TO PUSH THAT FUNCTIONALITY, THAT SELF-SERVICE MECHANISM, INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THE INFORMATION, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REALLY LEVERAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN THE REPORTING CAPABILITIES THAT ARE BUILT NATIVELY IN THE SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S A CORE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT A PARENT COULD GO IN AND ACTUALLY RUN ON THEIR STUDENT? THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
THEN THERE'S THE CUSTOMIZABLE THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED AT A LATER DATE.
ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
COOL. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE BOTH SORT OF BUDGET RELATED.
THE FIRST IS DO WE KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IMPACT OF THE EXTENDED TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR EXTRA SIX MONTHS? THE BUDGET PIECE OF IT IS NEUTRAL FOR EXTENDING OUT.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WORK WITH THEM TO PUSH BACK WHEN OUR FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE FOR THAT SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT.
WE PLAN FOR AN EXTENDED IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE INITIAL COST.
GREAT. THE SECOND IS THAT THERE ARE SOFTWARE PACKAGES THAT YOU CAN GET THAT MONITOR YOUR SAAS SPEND.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE BUYING SOME TYPE OF SAAS SOFTWARE AND YOU BUY 100 SEATS, BUT ONLY 50 OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED, AND OF THOSE 50, ONLY 30 PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THEIR SEATS.
YOU CAN CUT HALF THESE SEATS OR YOU'RE NOT USING THE SOFTWARE EFFECTIVELY.
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS KIND OF THIS POWERSCHOOL INTEGRATION WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THAT KIND OF WORK? OR DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS POTENTIALLY VALUE IN CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT HOW ARE WE USING SOFTWARE RESOURCES AND ARE WE BEING WASTEFUL IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE USING SOFTWARE RESOURCES? SORT OF WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH THESE TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING.
BY AND LARGE, ERP AND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS K-12 ENVIRONMENTS, MOST OF THE TIMES THE LICENSING IS BASED OFF STUDENT COUNT.
SO A LOT OF IT WEIGHS VERY HEAVILY ON WHAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT, AND SO FOR A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS AND MODULES, AS LONG AS WE'RE CLOSE IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT, THEN THE STAFF PIECE THAT THEY NEED TO MANAGE IT, THERE'S NO SEAT COST FOR THAT PIECE OF IT.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, LET'S SAY IF JOHNNY NEEDS SOME SPECIFIC MODULES FOR REPORTING TYPE THINGS, THEN WE LOOK AT THE FTE PORTION OF THAT TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE THAT WE NEED.
OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, PATRICK. THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE GOOD WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING HERE.
YOU BET. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON THEN TO REPORT SEVEN THREE.
THIS IS THE 2023-24 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION REPORT, AND WE'RE TURNING THIS ONE OVER TO JOHNNY.
I DO WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE OF OUR HR STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION HR REPORT AND WE'VE GOT THE BRAIN TRUST OF THE GROUP THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT AND TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR RISING STARS, MR. CHRIS LILLIE IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.
I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, JUST GOING BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, PILLAR NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS TALENT ACQUISITION, AND IF YOU DIG INTO THAT TALENT ACQUISITION AND GO TO STRATEGY 3.11, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS DEVELOP A FOCUSED AND INTENTIONAL TALENT ACQUISITION PLAN THAT ATTRACTS THE HIGHEST QUALITY CANDIDATES IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET, AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS IN AN ATTEMPT TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, NOT ONLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR TAXPAYERS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR STAFF.
SO WE'RE EXCITED, REALLY EXCITED, TO BRING THIS REPORT TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. LILLIE TO GO THROUGH THE REPORT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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YES, SO AS MR. HILL WAS REFERENCING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR MAIN PILLARS WE FOCUS WITH HERE IN H.R.IS DEVELOPING OUR FOCUS TASK FORCE, OUR TEACHERS, AND THEN ALSO AS WELL WITH COMPENSATION IS OF COURSE, THE COMPENSATION PIECE, AND THAT IS, OF COURSE, PILLAR FIVE , PARTICULARLY 5.22, AS WELL AS MANAGING OUR STRATEGIC RESOURCES APPROPRIATELY.
SO TODAY WE'LL JUST SHARE SOME OF OUR TEACHER EXPERIENCES.
I THINK THAT'S VITAL TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND TO KNOW AND THEN SOME PEER DISTRICT REVIEW AND THEN SOME COMPARING SOME DIFFERENT COMPENSATION MODELS AND THEN SOME COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
SO WITH OUR TEACHING STAFF, ROUGHLY, WE HAVE 3681 TEACHERS.
HERE'S JUST KIND OF A PIE GRAPH OF HOW THAT EXPERIENCE BREAKS DOWN IN THE DISTRICT.
ANOTHER INTERESTING STAT IS NEW HIRES.
SO ROUGHLY WE AVERAGED PRIOR TO COVID, ROUGHLY ABOUT 400 NEW TEACHERS PER YEAR.
THAT IS A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS.
IN OUR DISTRICT, WE RECRUIT VERY WELL.
WE HAVE AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
SO IT'S A GREAT STATISTIC THERE.
NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE MOVING TO 186 DAYS BASED ON THE CALENDAR THE BOARD PASSED A FEW MONTHS BACK.
NOW, THIS DATA ALSO, OF COURSE, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY STIPEND INFORMATION.
THIS IS STRICTLY THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING SALARY FOR TEACHERS.
SO WE EXPAND THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE MASTER'S DEGREE, THE STARTING SALARY, THE MASTER'S DEGREE, A BILINGUAL STIPEND, AS OF COURSE, THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD AREA TO FILL, AS WELL AS SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPENDS JUST FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT.
WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRALIZED STIPEND, WHICH IS 3000.
SO THIS TYPE IN HERE IS ROUGHLY WHAT THEY HAVE IN NON CENTRALIZED CLASSROOMS. SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT OFFER THAT IN THE MASTER'S STIPED AND THEN OUR BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION AS WELL, WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE AND THEN WHAT OUR PEER DISTRICT CONTRIBUTES.
SO JUST SOME EXPANSION OF THOSE NUMBERS.
SO PARTICULARLY RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.
IN THE PAST, WE ALWAYS HAVE GONE OFF OF A MID-POINT RAISE TEST BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THAT IS TO OF COURSE NOT TO EXTEND OUT THOSE MINIMUM MAXIMUMS. SO WE JUST BUILT OFF THIS A 3% MIDPOINT RAISE.
SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MODELS THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $7 MILLION.
RELATING BACK TWO YEARS AGO, HOUSE BILL THREE PASSED.
SO NEXT SLIDE, I'LL GET INTO SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE DELTA IS REFERENCING.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO TRY AND GO TO A STREAMLINED DELTA.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A $250 DELTA WOULD BE IF WE HAVE 60,000 FOR YEAR ZERO.
YEAR ONE WOULD THEN BE $60,250.
SO WITH THAT, THOUGH, A 3% RAISE ON $58,250, IT'S ROUGHLY LIKE $59,996.
SO OF COURSE, WE WILL EQUITY ADJUST.
EVERYONE THAT IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WILL ALWAYS MAKE MORE OR EQUAL TO WHAT A CURRENT HIGHER IS.
SO THAT'S WHAT AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT ESSENTIALLY DOES.
SO IF WE DID THAT OFF OUR CURRENT DELTAS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TO EQUITY ADJUST ROUGHLY 72% OF OUR CURRENT TEACHING STAFF, AND SO WE DO CALCULATE THAT INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET COST, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 600,000, AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE DELTA IS THERE.
OUR OTHER MODEL WE HAVE THERE IS A STRAIGHT RAISE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU MAKE $70,000, LET'S SAY A TEN YEAR TEACHER, THEN THAT 3% WOULD STRAIGHT BE $2,100 VERSUS A MIDPOINT RAISE, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL COST IS NOT VERY DIFFERENT AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THAT AVERAGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS
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ROUGHLY 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.SO OF COURSE THE TASB MODEL 0 TO 15 YEARS, IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET OVER 20 YEARS, THE LINEAR GOES UP INCREASING FOLD.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF A DIFFERENT NUMBER THERE.
SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS A STRAIGHT RAISE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, GETTING INTO MORE STATISTICALLY SO A THREE YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE TEACHER, WE TAKE THAT MIDPOINT AND IF WE ACTUALLY DID THAT MIDPOINT TO A THREE YEAR MASTER'S TEACHER YEARS ONE, TWO AND THREE, IT'S 3%.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
PERFECT. I'LL EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR YOU.
SO ON A THREE YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE, IT'S $62,551 ON THAT FAR RIGHT COLUMN.
SO WE BASE THAT OFF OF A MIDPOINT, CORRECT? THE MIDPOINT MIGHT BE IT WILL BE ABOUT $333.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT $333 WE BASE A 3% RAISE ON, BUT THAT TEACHER IS ACTUALLY MAKING $334 PER DAY.
SO IF WE GO A 3% OFF $333, THAT'S LOWER THAN $334.
SO THAT TEACHER IS ACTUALLY NOT GETTING A FULL 3% BECAUSE IT'S BASED OFF THE MIDPOINT VERSUS A STRAIGHT RAISE, THEY ARE GETTING THAT BASED OFF OF THE $334.
SO YOUR INITIAL THOUGHT MIGHT BE, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY AS A DISTRICT, CORRECT.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR DELTAS ARE BUILT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GREATER COST BECAUSE THE LINEAR AFTER 15 YEARS GOES UP DRAMATICALLY OFF THIS.
ONCE WE GET TWO YEARS TEN, FOR EXAMPLE, 15 AND 20 AGAIN, BASED OFF HOUSE BILL THREE, THOSE REQUIRED.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE DELTAS SKYROCKET QUITE FREQUENTLY.
HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T COST SO MUCH BECAUSE OUR AVERAGE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IS 12 YEARS.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE I ONLY DO REALTOR MATH.
SURE. WHEN YOU SAY STRAIGHT RAISE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN COHORTS, NOT STRAIGHT RAISE FOR EACH YEAR? FOR EACH PERSON, FOR EACH PERSON BASED OFF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, NOT BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY GETTING PAID RIGHT NOW? IT IS WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER, WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID RIGHT NOW IS BASED ON THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
THAT IS OUR CURRENT SALARY SCHEDULE.
YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
CORRECT. IT'S MORE THAN THE $350, THOUGH.
[INAUDIBLE] IF IT WAS DIFFERENT IF EVERYBODY'S MAKING DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
YES, AND IT WOULD BE THAT 3% MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN 350.
YES, IT IS. I GOT YOU, TRUSTEE WEAVER.
SO THIS CURRENT DELTA ON $350 AS WE CAN SEE HERE, ZERO IS 60,000.
SO THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS HOW WE BASE OFF OF MIDPOINT.
THE DELTA DIFFERENCE HERE IS OFF OUR HIRING SCHEDULE.
SO IT'S TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. [INAUDIBLE]. YES, SIR? THESE ARE NEW HIRE SCHEDULES.
THIS IS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES COMING INTO THE DISTRICT? CURRENT EMPLOYEE, IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE FOR THE EVENING, THIS COULD NOT BE USED TO CALCULATE YOUR FUTURE SALARY.
THIS IS A PLACEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE ONLY.
THIS IS NEW HIRE ONLY? NEW HIRE ONLY.
THIS IS NOT FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
CORRECT? THAT MAKES IMMENSELY MORE SENSE, THANKS.
CURRENT EMPLOYEES, SHOULD THE BOARD MAKE A DECISION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, CURRENT EMPLOYEES WITH A STRAIGHT RAISE WOULD TAKE THEIR CURRENT BASE SALARY AND ADD 3%.
BASE SALARY WITHOUT STIPENDS, WITHOUT ANY OTHER TRAVEL OR PHONE OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY'RE GETTING.
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THEIR BASE SALARY STRAIGHT RAISE WOULD BE 3%.A MIDPOINT RAISE OR A RAISE ON THE CONTROL POINT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE ABOVE THE CONTROL POINT OF EXPERIENCE, RECEIVE LESS, AND THOSE BELOW RECEIVE MORE, AND THAT IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION TO PROVIDE, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT STATUS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, WITH THE SPREAD WITHIN THE SALARY RANGES THIS YEAR, WE COULD DO A STRAIGHT RAISE.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ADVISABLE OR POSSIBLE TO DO A STRAIGHT RAISE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON THE RANGE FROM THE MINIMUM TO THE MAX, AND SO WE'RE AT A KIND OF A SWEET SPOT WHERE WE COULD DO THIS TO BENEFIT OUR EMPLOYEES, ALSO TO BENEFIT THE NEW HIRE SCHEDULE AND BRING THAT BEGINNING SALARY UP TO $60,000 TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE OR WITHIN THE RANGES OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. WAS THAT CLEAR AS MUD? NO, THAT PROVIDED THE CONTEXT THAT I WAS MISSING.
YES. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT CAN AN EMPLOYEE WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS EARLIER BE MAKING LESS THAN A NEW HIRE? NO. SO A CURRENT EMPLOYEE WILL ALWAYS MAKE MORE THAN A NEW HIRE.
THIS SCHEDULE, IN MY OPINION, DOES TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT ACTUALLY PUTS A LOT MORE VALUE ON OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT VALUES THEIR EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED IS THIS MIDDLE COLUMN, THE GREEN COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT IT DOES, IT ALLOWS INTEGRITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE HEALTHIEST SYSTEMS YOU CAN HAVE IS WHENEVER THEY HAVE THE SAME INCREMENTS BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THESE HIRING STEPS.
SO THIS ACTUALLY GETS US WITH ABOUT THE MOST INTEGRITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE CAN.
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, BUT THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US TO ALLOW TO HAVE AN INTEGRITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM AND ALSO VALUE THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH OUR DISTRICT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO OUR OTHER 3000 EMPLOYEES WE ROUGHLY HAVE IN THE DISTRICT ARE NON TEACHER COMPENSATION.
SO COMPARING THE TWO DIFFERENT MODELS THERE AS WELL AS THE MIDPOINT AND THE STRAIGHT RAISE .
MANY OF OUR NON TEACHER BASE ARE NOT AT THE MIDPOINT OR THE CONTROL RATE, SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER OVERALL AS A DISTRICT COST TO DO A STRAIGHT RAISE VERSUS A MIDPOINT RAISE. SUPPORT STAFF.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW THAT MIGHT WORK, A CAFETERIA WORKER, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE MAKING $14.20 AN HOUR CURRENTLY, SO THAT'S $0.80 PER HOUR TO GET THEM TO $15.
WE WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY IN THAT PAY RANGE AT LEAST AN 80 CENT RAISE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN AND ONE HALF PERCENT RAISE WHEN WE DO THAT.
SO WHEN WE RAISE THAT UP TO 15, WE WOULD GRADUALLY GO THROUGH UP THE ENTIRE PAY RANGE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE LOWER END THAT IS MAKING THE $15.
EVERYONE IN THAT PAY GRADE GETS THAT RAISE, AND THEN SO WITH THAT THOUGH, SO WE'RE PROPOSING A $15 MINIMUM WAGE, BUT THEN NOT AN ADDITIONAL 3% ON TOP OF THAT.
SO ESSENTIALLY NOT A DOUBLE RAISE.
SO IF WE RAISE THAT UP, THEY'RE GETTING $0.80, NOT AN ADDITIONAL.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 1 MILLION IS SAVINGS THERE.
THE TOTAL COST OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE ROUGHLY 4.3 MILLION.
HEAD OFF A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IS OUR BUS DRIVERS.
OUR BUS DRIVER, WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST SALARIES IN THE AREA.
THEY'RE AT ROUGHLY $22 AN HOUR.
SO THEY WOULD AT LEAST GET THE 3% RAISE BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOVE THAT $15.
SO EVERY EMPLOYEE WILL AT LEAST GET THE 3%, IF NOT MORE.
SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING A $1,500 SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPEND, INCREASING OUR BILINGUAL STIPEND FROM 4 TO $3000, AND THEN TO INCREASE I'M SORRY, 4 TO 5.
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I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. HILL.SO THEN THE OVERALL COMPENSATION MIGHT BE ADJUSTED ON THAT.
SO THEREFORE, WE'RE PROPOSING, IF THEY'RE ON THAT BILINGUAL CAMPUS, TO CREATE THAT PIPELINE OF BILINGUAL ADMINISTRATORS ON THOSE CAMPUSES, WE ARE PROPOSING A STIPEND FOR THOSE CAMPUSES.
IF THEY ARE BILINGUAL CERTIFIED, THAT WOULD BE 5000.
IF THEY'RE ON A BILINGUAL CAMPUS, THAT WOULD BE 3000.
OUR BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION CURRENTLY WE DO PROVIDE $315 PER MONTH.
THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, OF COURSE THEY MAKE QUITE A BIT MORE THAN OUR NURSES HERE.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING $2,000 TO TRANSFER THEM INTO THE 830 PAY GRADE, WHICH IS A 2000 DIFFERENCE.
SO WE HAVE A RECRUITMENT TOOL THERE, AND SAME THING WITH SOCIAL WORKERS.
SO THEY REQUIRE A MASTER'S DEGREE AS WELL.
THAT IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT TO INCREASE ONE PAY GRADE TO HELP US WITH RECRUITMENT IN THAT.
ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ADD ROUGHLY TOTAL ABOUT $1.8 MILLION.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE OUR RECOMMENDATION, SO A 3% STRAIGHT PAY RAISE FOR THAT, THAT IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET AT LEAST 3% ON EVERY CURRENT EMPLOYEE SALARY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY, OF COURSE, A MINIMUM OF $1,750 FOR EVERY TEACHER.
MANY OF THEM WILL BE GREATER THAN THAT, OF COURSE, AND ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR NON TEACHERS.
SO EVERY OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE A 3% PAY RAISE WITH THAT SUPPORT STAFF, OF COURSE, INCLUDING THAT TO A MINIMUM OF $15 IN RAISING THOSE DELTAS THROUGHOUT THE PAY GRADE. AND THEN ALL OF THOSE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL OFF THAT LAST SLIDE, THE TOTAL THERE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $14 BILLION.
SO THEN WE ARE PROJECTING A SAVINGS THROUGH THOSE EFFICIENCIES OF ROUGHLY 4.3 MILLION FOR A TOTAL BUDGET IMPACT OF $9.8 MILLION, AND THAT IS OF COURSE PENDING STATE LEGISLATION, WHATEVER THE STATE LEGISLATION SAYS WE HAVE TO DO.
WE WOULD, OF COURSE, READDRESS THIS AT A LATER DATE.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I'M REALLY GLAD, AND FINALLY, THAT WE ARE GIVING OUR SPED TEACHERS A STIPEND OF $1500.
I WANT TO BUILD ON THAT COMMENT ACTUALLY, QUICKLY, IF I COULD, BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE COMPS, WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS ARE SPED STIPEND IS 2000-2500 ISH.
RIGHT, AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT SETTING UP COMPENSATION, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING.
IT'S NOT MARKET AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT VERY COMPETITIVE.
RIGHT, AND SO I'M CURIOUS HOW THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.
ESSENTIALLY LOWER THAN THAN MARKET FOR AN AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A REALLY VALUABLE AREA IN AN AREA THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME HIRING.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION COME IN SO LOW BELOW MARKET.
IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN RECONSIDER AND MOVE IT UP TO 2000? YES. WE ARE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
[CHUCKLING] WE DO OPERATE THAT WAY.
KEEPING IN MIND THE DEFICIT, KEEPING IN MIND THE DECREASE IN STUDENT POPULATION, WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT HITTING AS MANY AREAS WITH AS MUCH ENHANCEMENT AS WE CAN AND MAINTAIN SOME SENSE OF BALANCE. SO WITH THE TOTAL PRICE OF WHAT WE PRESENTED AT 14 MILLION PLUS MINUS OUR HOPEFUL SAVINGS IN STAFFING REDUCTIONS DUE TO THE DECREASE IN POPULATION AND LOOKING AT THE ADVERTISEMENTS USED IN THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE VATRE OF $9 MILLION, WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT MARKET OF BEING SOMEWHAT BALANCED IN LOOKING AT MORE EFFICIENCIES AS WE GO THROUGH CARRYOVER EFFICIENCIES
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FROM THIS YEAR. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE END OF THE BUDGET AND FACTOR IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CURRENT EMPLOYMENT RATES AND 100% BUDGETARY FOR EMPLOYMENT RATES, THERE'LL BE REDUCTIONS IN THE PROPOSED DEFICIT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE WE WILL PROPOSE A PLAN FOR WHATEVER THE BOARD SHOWS INTEREST IN DOING.I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE MATH, RIGHT, IT WAS LIKE 550,000 TOTAL FOR THIS SPED ALLOTMENT.
IF YOU TOOK IT UP TO MARKET, LET'S SAY 2250, RIGHT FROM 500, THAT'S ADDING 50% ON.
SO NOW MAYBE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 800,000 ISH INSTEAD OF 551 ON A $50 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET OR WHATEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I MEAN, TO ME PERSONALLY, JUST MY OPINION, THAT SEEMS LIKE BEING A LITTLE BIT TOO CONSERVATIVE IN THAT AREA WHEN WE'RE ALREADY HEMORRHAGING CASH EVERYWHERE, AND I MEAN, AND THE THING IS THAT I'VE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE I THINK EACH YEAR WE INCREASE IN SPED STUDENTS AND SO OUR VALUE IN OUR TEACHERS SPED TEACHERS WE SHOULD SHOW THEM ACCORDING TO OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, FISCAL IS GIVING THEM 2000.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLEN IS, BUT RICHARDSON'S GIVING THEM $2,000.
PLANO SHOULD BE GIVING THEM $2000.
SO CAN I OFFER A PLACE TO NEUTRALIZE THAT MOVE? IF YOU WERE TO SUPPORT THIS IDEA OF GOING UP TO $2000, BUMPING UP THE BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION TO $330 MONTHLY, WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ANNUALLY FOR LIKE THE LAST SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR STAFF UTILIZES HEALTH INSURANCE FROM PISD, AND SO YOU ARE INCREASING THAT AT $15 A PERSON FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF OF OUR STAFF POPULATION, NOT 100%. SO MY POSITION ON THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME, WHICH IS I'D RATHER MOVE THIS MONEY OVER TO SOMEWHERE WE'RE BENEFITING ALL OF OUR STAFF EQUALLY INSTEAD OF JUST A PORTION OF THE STAFF.
NOW, THAT SAID, LET ME ASK, IS THAT A IF YOU DON'T INCREASE I LOOKED AT THE PEER COMPENSATION AND, YOU KNOW, 315 IS PROBABLY LOWER ONE THIRD, IF YOU BUMP IT UP, YOU MIGHT BE CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE.
IS THAT AS IMPORTANT A RECRUITING TOOL AS, SAY, $2000 FOR SPED TEACHERS? SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S GOT TO BE AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE.
IT'S GOT TO BE AN AFFORDABLE PLAN WHICH ACTUALLY AS OUR SALARIES GO UP, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF WHAT'S CONSIDERED A QUALIFIED PLAN. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE STARTED LAST YEAR TO GO UP $15 LAST YEAR [INAUDIBLE]. WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR; REALLY OUR THOUGHT WAS TO DO THAT OVER ABOUT A FOUR YEAR PERIOD TO GET US IN WHERE WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY IFFY RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WE WERE REALLY IN TROUBLE OF NOT HAVING AN AFFORDABLE PLAN.
IT WAS THAT LOW, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT, JUST GETTING THAT BACK UP INTO INTO MARKET.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT I MEAN, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE EARLY IN THE PROCESS SO WE CAN HAVE THIS BACK AND FORTH AND JUST TRY TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
THE QUESTION CAME UP EARLIER IS WHERE DID WE GET THE 1500? IT WAS OKAY, HOW CAN WE STRATEGICALLY SPEND OUR MONEY THAT WE HAVE BASED ON WHAT WE PASSED VATRE THE VOTER AND WHAT OUR BUDGET WOULD ALLOW WITHOUT US BALLOONING UP OUR DEFICIT? AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE POINTS THAT, OH, WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH SPECIAL ED.
IT WAS BASICALLY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BACKING INTO A NUMBER THAT WE FEEL LIKE WAS PALATABLE AND STILL WOULD NOT REWARD, BUT BASICALLY GIVE CREDENCE TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA OF SPECIAL ED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE CAME UP.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE BUDGET.
IN MARCH ON THE 14TH, I'M GOING TO PRESENT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET PROCESS.
MR. REED, A WHILE AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SAVINGS OF 4.3.
SO I WILL JUST TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESSES AND HAD A BIG LONG MEETING TODAY GOING THROUGH COMPENSATION, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE PROCESSES WITH OUR STAFF ABOUT REDUCING TO TO GET TO THAT 4.3 THAT'S FIGURED INTO THOSE.
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THAT'S A LOT HARDER CONVERSATIONS THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK.THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN FREELY. SO THERE'S THERE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN DOING THAT.
SO WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING ON MARCH THE 14TH AND WE'LL WE'LL ACTUALLY TAKE WHAT YOU GIVE US TONIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR PAIN POINTS ARE, THE AREAS THAT WE FALL A LITTLE SHORT.
WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE 4.3, THAT'S THROUGH JUST NOT REPLACING ATTRITION.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 60% PARTICIPATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 3700 EMPLOYEES OFF THIS YEAR, ABOUT 65.
OKAY, SO PERCENTAGE WISE, YES, MA'AM, ABOUT 60 TO 65%.
OKAY, THANKS. SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON LAUREN'S POINT.
I THINK EARLY WHEN YOU JOIN THE BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS DRILLED INTO YOU IS TO ASK THE QUESTION, HOW DOES THIS IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES? AND WE HAVE A FINANCIAL DECK STACKED AGAINST US RIGHT NOW THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING ON FINDING LEGISLATIVE REMEDIES, MANY OF WHICH WE HAVE PROPOSED TO HELP FIX OUR BUDGET AND MAKE IT TO WHERE WE CAN PAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE PAID, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT OUR STUDENTS OR OUR TEACHERS CAN WAIT FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN, FOR US TO MAKE THE DECISION TO TO START INCENTIVIZING TEACHERS TO STAY AND INCENTIVIZING TEACHERS TO COME HERE, AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF CATCH 22 WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE'RE HEADED TO A FISCAL CLIFF, I'D LIKE TO DO AS MUCH GOOD AS POSSIBLE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS UNTIL WE GET THERE, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE WON'T GO OVER THAT CLIFF, COOLER HEADS WILL PREVAIL, AND SO IT'S BEST TO MAKE POLICY THAT'S BEST FOR THE FUTURE.
YEAH, I MEAN, MY POINT IS VERY SIMILAR, I WOULD SAY, IN THAT $250,000 TO TAKE CARE OF A VERY, YOU KNOW, A VERY COMPLEX GROUP OF STAFF BASED ON THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THE RISK THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION PRESENTS TO US AS A DISTRICT WHEN OUR STAFF DON'T GET THIS RIGHT OR IF THEY THEY HAVE STRUGGLES LIKE $250,000 AIN'T GONNA FIX OUR BUDGET DEFICIT.
RIGHT, BUT I PERSONALLY THINK BEING CHEAP FOR $250,000 FOR THIS, I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT.
SO I GUESS WHEN YOU BRING THAT PRESENTATION BACK IN MARCH, YOU CAN PUT THAT OPTIONAL PIECE IN THERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON OUR PEER GROUPS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMPENSATION.
I DO WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS TO THAT THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT WITH HIS LIST OF EMERGENCY ITEMS. ONE OF THOSE WAS TEACHER COMPENSATION, AND OUR LEGISLATORS CAN BE A LITTLE DEFENSIVE ON HOW THEY ACTUALLY WRITE THE LAWS FOR COMPENSATION, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE GUARDED WITH HOW WE ASK YOU TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON COMPENSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE LEGISLATIVELY, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST, I'D SAY TWO SESSIONS.
THREE SESSIONS. YEAH, THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE SESSION, HOUSE BILL THREE, THEY DID COMPENSATION, BUT THEY DID IT A CERTAIN WAY THAT, HEY, IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONE YOUR COMPENSATION, THEN YOU CAN FIGURE THIS INTO IT.
A COUPLE SESSIONS BEFORE THAT THEY SAID, NO, WHATEVER YOU SET, YOU'RE GOOD, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD WHATEVER WE TELL YOU TO ON TOP OF THAT, AND SO WE JUST WE STILL WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A LARGE DEFICIT THAT WE NEED TO CONTROL GOING FORWARD, AND WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS OF THAT, AND SO WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE'RE THINKING
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COMPENSATION WISE, AND WE WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE BOARD, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE VERY WE ALSO WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE SESSION GOING ON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING THE DISTRICT AS WE ASK YOU TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTUALLY ASK NOT RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ACTUALLY TO VOTE ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADMINISTRATION.SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
THE THING WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON ALL THE OTHER BOARDS ARE MAKING THESE SAME DECISIONS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ALL DEFICIT AND SPECIAL ED TEACHERS, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THEY COULD BE EVEN UPPING THEIR OWN STIPEND.
SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT SHOWS OUR VALUE OF WANTING TEACHERS WHO ARE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION.
THAT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS FOR A TEACHER TO HAVE TO GO AND PAY FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE COMMITMENT THAT IS AND THEN THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAVING THAT KIND OF EXTRA EDUCATION PROVIDES FOR A CAMPUS, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF, THAT WE'RE LEADING THE PACK IN THAT AND KEEP THAT IN MIND ALSO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, TO THE EXTENT TO JERI'S POINT ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND LAUREN'S POINT ABOUT THIS BEING COMPETITIVE MARKET, THAT TO THE EXTENT WE KNOW WHAT OUR OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, THAT BE BUILT BACK INTO THIS PEER REVIEW MODEL SO THAT WE CAN THEN MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON NOT ONLY WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STAFF, BUT REALLY WHAT'S COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET.
WELL AND THIS POINTS OUT SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE LOST WHEN THEY CREATED HOUSE BILL THREE.
WE LOST THAT CEI INDEX, WHICH GAVE US THAT DIFFERENTIAL FOR THE COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET.
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT COST US MUCH TO HIRE A TEACHER IN A RURAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING ISN'T SUCH THAT IT IS HERE AND RENTS ARE VERY HIGH HERE , AND I JUST THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE CERTAIN WITH OUR LEGISLATORS THAT THEY FUND THE SCHOOLS SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY PAY OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING THE PROFESSION AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO FULLY FUND EDUCATION.
THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE, AND WE HAVE A $33 BILLION SURPLUS IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK SOME OF THAT IS WE CAN'T SPEND IT ALL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SPEND MORE THAN 2% PLUS INFLATION OR INFLATION PLUS THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH, BUT THAT LOCKS THEM IN AT ABOUT 15 BILLION OF THAT 33, BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET, AND WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SENATE BILL ONE HAS ZERO INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
THAT'S HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED, AND THEY'RE NOT ADDING AN INCREASE.
WELL, AND IT'S CALLED BACK TO OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHAT THE AVERAGE HOUSE PAYMENT IS, WHAT THE AVERAGE HOUSE COST IS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE FAMILIES BE HERE. WELL, THEN HOW THE HECK IS THE TEACHER SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY IF WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE RIGHT COMPENSATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? RIGHT, AND THE LAST TIME THEY INCREASED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS WITH HOUSE BILL THREE IN 2019.
SINCE THEN, THERE'S COMPOUNDED INFLATION AT 14.5%.
SO A BUSINESS CANNOT RUN A DEFICIT BUDGET, AND SO BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR REVENUE, WHETHER THEY, YOU KNOW, CUT EXPENSES OR THEY RAISE PRICES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RAISE OUR REVENUE WITHOUT THE ACT OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
WELL, THAT'S THE TRICK. WE ACTUALLY DO RAISE OUR REVENUE.
IT JUST ALL GOES TO THE STATE.
[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS HERE? ALL RIGHT, THANKS, GUYS.
OUR FINAL STAFF DRIVEN REPORT TONIGHT IS THE STRATEGIC ROAD MAP UPDATE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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STRATEGIC PILLARS AND OBJECTIVES, AND THEN SOME LONG RANGE DELIVERABLES, INCLUDING GOALS AND STRATEGIES.SO STARTING WITH TWO COMPLETED ITEMS FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP PUT TOGETHER THE MISSION AND VISION FOR PLANO ISD, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE FEEL THAT IS STILL VERY REASONABLE FOR US TO KEEP AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE MISSION AND VISION REMAIN THE SAME FOR THIS NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.
I CERTAINLY WILL NOT READ THOSE TO YOU.
THEN WE MOVE TO OUR STRATEGIC PILLARS AND WE TALK A LOT AT THE DAIS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PILLARS THAT CERTAIN WORK IS WRAPPED UNDERNEATH, AND WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL PROPOSED NAME CHANGES, REALLY THAT'S BASED ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS YOU ALL HAVE HAD AT YOUR CURATION MEETING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE'RE TOYING WITH SOME POTENTIAL NAME CHANGES FOR THOSE PILLARS TO INCLUDE THE CONCEPT OF SAFETY IN PARTICULAR, AND BEING MORE EXPLICIT ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SOME TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS.
ALSO IN THE WORKS, WE WILL BE COMPILING ALL OF OUR INPUT TO PROPOSE NEW OBJECTIVES FOR EACH STRATEGIC PILLAR, WHICH WE WILL BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AT A LATER TIME.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE LOOK AS THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT WORK THAT WE DO, KIND OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING THAT EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL DO, AND AGAIN, I WILL NOT READ TO YOU ALL OF THOSE BULLETS, BUT THEY INCLUDE SOME OF THE PLANNING PIECES THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH THESE FORUMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND SOME OF IT THAT'S JUST PART OF THE WORK MAYBE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STARTED, LIKE THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE WORK OR SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN LAUNCHED, LIKE THE ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS BRANDING.
SO JUST SOME LONG RANGE TYPES OF THINGS, AND THESE ARE THE ADDITIONAL THREE PILLARS WITH ADDITIONAL LONG RANGE PIECES LIKE OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN, TECHNOLOGY PLAN, DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE TO MOVE THE WORK FORWARD.
WE'LL ALSO BRING TO YOU EACH YEAR OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF ANNUAL GOALS, AND THOSE WILL BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE GOALS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH EACH PILLAR THAT WE'LL CALL OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR PLAN OF WORK THAT WILL OUTLINE EACH YEAR WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MEASURE FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL PUT TOGETHER STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS THAT WILL HELP US TO REACH EACH OF THOSE GOALS. JUST TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE MORE SIMPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE, KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE COMMUNICATION, AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UNDER EACH PILLAR IS THAT OBJECTIVE THAT WE ARE STILL DESIGNING AND GATHERING INPUT TO FORMULATE THOSE NEW PILLAR OBJECTIVES, WHICH YOU WILL AS A BOARD YOU WILL APPROVE AND GUIDE.
EACH YEAR WE'LL UPDATE THE IMPROVEMENT GOALS, WHICH ONCE AGAIN WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD EACH YEAR FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO OUTLINE WHAT THOSE STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS SO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF CAN SEE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING UNDERNEATH THAT.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST A SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
FOR US TO DIG A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY.
SO THAT BROUGHT ON PHASE TO TWO, WHICH INCLUDES PHASE 2A, WHICH ARE SOME FOCUS GROUPS OF THOSE EXPERT GROUPS THAT INCLUDE STAFF OUTSIDE INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE A GROUP WORKING ON CAREER IN TECH ED, ONE ON ACADEMIC PROGRAMING AND ONE ON INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR OPERATIONAL GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE THAT AND THEN WE HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE, AN IMPORTANT PHASE, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY AND STAFF INPUT, AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A MINUTE, AND THEN THOSE WILL
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BRING ABOUT ALL THE INPUT THAT WE'LL BRING TO YOU, WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE OBJECTIVES FOR EACH OF THOSE PILLARS WHICH YOU WILL HOPEFULLY HELP US CRAFT AND APPROVE, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO GET TO WORK PLANNING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN.THE TIMELINE. OF COURSE, THE CURATION PHASE IS OVER.
WE'RE NOW IN THE VISIONING AND ACTION PLANNING PHASE, AND I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE KIND OF DEEP DIVE INTO THIS LITTLE FOURSQUARE, IF YOU WILL. A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
SO IN FEBRUARY, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A JUST SO YOU'LL HAVE A SCOPE OF THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TO YOU--YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BACK IN COLLEGE--BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOU INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY HELD THREE OF THOSE IN FEBRUARY.
WE WILL HAVE FACILITIES WILL BEGIN WORKING SOMETIME THIS MONTH AND INTO NEXT MONTH AND THEN OVER VARIOUS DATES, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANNED STAFF COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS.
THOSE WILL OCCUR ON EVERY CAMPUS WHERE THEY'LL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND VISIT WITH A CABINET MEMBER AND SHARE THEIR INPUT FOR THE ROADMAP, AND WE ALSO HAVE OPENED A FORM ONLINE FOR OUR STAFF TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.
SO LOTS OF WAYS TO HEAR FROM OUR STAFF.
AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE LOTS OF MEETINGS, BUT IN MARCH WE'LL PICK UP AND FINISH THE CTE WORKGROUP.
WE WILL THEN BRING TO YOU ON MARCH 14TH A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR FROM THE CTE GROUP, BECAUSE THAT GROUP WILL BE KIND OF WINDING DOWN AND WE'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF FINDINGS FROM THAT GROUP.
WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS AFTER SPRING BREAK AND THEN WE WILL LAUNCH INTO THE ACADEMICS WORKGROUP, WHICH WILL MEET FROM THE MID MIDDLE TO THE END OF MARCH. IN APRIL, WE'LL BRING TO YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE ACADEMICS GROUP.
WE'LL LAUNCH THAT INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WORKGROUP FOR A COUPLE OF SESSIONS.
WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU ON APRIL 18TH A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF AND PRINCIPAL INPUT BY THAT POINT AND WE WILL WE WILL PREPARE SUMMARIES OF ALL OF THAT FOR YOU TO COME BACK ON THE 19TH BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPEND TWO EVENINGS WITH US IN A WEEK SO WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU.
YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR IT ALL, PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AND THEN COME BACK AND WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU, AND FINALLY, ON MAY 2ND, WE HOPE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, YOU'VE GUIDED US IN A DIRECTION WE WILL BRING TO YOU THE MISSION, VISION, BELIEFS AND PILLARS TO REAFFIRM, IN ESSENCE, THEN TO APPROVE THE NEW OBJECTIVES FOR THOSE STRATEGIC PILLARS AND REVIEW THOSE DELIVERABLES THAT WE'VE OUTLINED, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT IS THE PLAN OF WHERE WE ARE SO FAR.
WILLIAMS? SO QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE ATTENDED QUITE A FEW OF THESE AND HAVE REALLY LEARNED A LOT AND JOY JUST FROM OBSERVING THE CTE FOCUS GROUPS AND JUST ONE COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT I WANT TO SAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I LOVE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS AND I IMPLORE THE THOUSANDS YOU SAID THAT ARE WATCHING OUR MEETING TONIGHT THAT YOU AT LEAST, AT LEAST FIND A DAY BECAUSE WHO OWNS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? IT'S THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE REALLY WELL DONE AND THERE'S ALSO OPEN INPUT.
I THINK JUST ONE THING TO ADD THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WHEN YOU TOTAL UP ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING INPUT AND FEEDBACK THAT IT'S WELL OVER 100, AND SO BETWEEN PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL OF OUR EXPERT GROUPS THAT'S A LOT OF INPUT OF REALLY CONSIDERING WHAT IS THE FUTURE, WHAT'S
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IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN COMING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK, AND THOSE AREN'T ONE HOUR MEETINGS, THEY'RE MULTI HOUR MEETINGS.SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TIME, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, MR. STOLLE, YOU'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT GIVING CREDENCE TO PEOPLE WHO'VE COME BEFORE US TO LAY THE FOUNDATION.
DO YOU REMEMBER? SO WE CAN GIVE THEM ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR HAVING LAYING THIS FOUNDATION? I WAS STILL AROUND. FROM LIKE 19-20? NO, FROM WHEN WE FOUND THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN IT STARTED.
OUR CURRENT ONE? YES, THE ONE WE'RE WORKING OFF OF, THEY MET AT HAGGARD PARTY BARN.
YOU KNOW, THEY FIGURED THAT OUT.
WHO ALL WAS THE--I THINK HEATHER WAS THERE, [INAUDIBLE], MISSY, A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
I'M STILL HERE. [CHUCKLING] SO IT WAS MISSY.
WAS THAT WHEN SHE WAS STILL AROUND OR WAS THAT TAMMY? [INAUDIBLE] MISSY WAS PRESIDENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR IN PLANO.
SO IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A MUCH NEEDED PROCESS AND THERE WAS SO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING IN THAT PROCESS, AND I THINK WE CAME OUT WITH SUCH A GREAT PRODUCT, THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A BETTER AND IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I THINK THEY'LL NEED TO BE ANOTHER HEAVY LIFT, YOU KNOW, VISIONING, AND SO MAYBE THIS WILL BE IN EVERY OTHER FIVE YEAR THING.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE COOLEST THING IS STILL THAT OUR KIDS WRITE OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND WE HAD KIDS AT THE MEETING AND WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED INPUT FROM OUR STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP, AND SO I THINK HAVING STUDENT VOICE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
SO THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF GOT TWO BITES AT THE APPLE HERE IN TERMS OF OUR INPUT ON HOW THE VISION COMES ABOUT, WHICH IS EACH OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE, THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE OF THOSE.
SO WE'LL GET A SUMMARY OF THOSE.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REPORTS TELL US, WHAT STAFF IS TELLING US, AND THEN WHAT WE BELIEVE AND WHAT WE WANT, WHAT WE ENVISION, AND THEN THE SUMMATIVE ON THE 19TH.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO ADD THAT ONE MEETING IS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A SUMMATIVE REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO THAT WE HAVE ONE FINAL PUSH IN TERMS FROM A BOARD OF WHAT OUR STAMP ON THIS LOOKS LIKE AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, AND OF COURSE, AS LISA POINTED OUT, THESE WILL BE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH GOALS, AND EVERY BOARD IN THE FUTURE WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE BASED ON THE VISION, WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR THE YEAR AND WHETHER THOSE GOALS MORPH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNTIL THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THIS IS THE IDEA OF THE VISION.
THE VISION THAT HOPEFULLY WILL YIELD GOOD THINGS, BUT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME.
I MEAN, FIVE YEARS AGO WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE A PANDEMIC.
SO WE WILL ADAPT AND OVERCOME TO ALL SITUATIONS, BUT ANYWAY, LISA, THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION AT A COMMENT.
SO JUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I FEEL LIKE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES ARE PAYING MCKINSEY LIKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, AND WHILE I REALIZE WE DO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION SPECIFIC GROUPS LIKE VLK PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS FOR THEIR EXPERTISE, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY HEAVY LIFT , AND I FEEL LIKE AT A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT.
I JUST A COMMENT ON THE STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PILLAR RENAMING.
THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN BECAUSE THE STRATEGIC AND THE MANAGEMENT I KNOW I'M GIVING YOU ALL WHIPLASH BECAUSE I JUST TOLD YOU NOT TO BE CHEAP ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND THIS MAY SEEM DIFFERENT, BUT MY POINT IS THAT I FEEL LIKE WITH THE STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND THIS FEEDS INTO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT IS A STRATEGIC AREA OF INTEREST, CAN WE FIND COST SAVINGS SOMEWHERE ELSE TO COVER $250,000, WHICH IS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, RIGHT, BUT BY TAKING THE WORD STRATEGIC AND MANAGEMENT OUT OF THERE, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FEELING ON THAT PILLAR IN TERMS OF REALLY TRYING TO REALLY TRYING TO FUND THE NEED FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES, DATA DRIVEN STUDENT OUTCOMES AS CODY BROUGHT UP EARLIER AND SO I'M JUST THROWING OUT AN OPINION THERE THAT I'M NOT I'M NOT SUPER CRAZY ABOUT THAT PILLAR NAME CHANGE, BUT I LOVE THE REST OF THE WORK.
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I THINK I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY LEAVE IT IN THERE, AND THAT WILL BE FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE.I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND RESOURCES AS PART OF THAT SO IT CAN BE EITHER A LONG OR EXTENDED NAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ACCOMPLISHED THE STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PIECE BY CREATING THE FRAMEWORK, AND THEN SO THAT IS ONE PILLAR THAT WE REALLY DID A HEAVY LIFT LIKE YEAR ONE.
SO I THINK THAT IF WE KEEP IT, WE JUST NEED TO ADD SOME MORE DETAIL TO IT.
STRATEGIC RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY PARTNER MANAGEMENT.
I LIKE THE WORD STRATEGIC BEING THERE.
COMMUNITY PARTNER IS ACTUALLY IS IN THE PILLAR OF A CULTURE OF COMMUNITY.
SO WE DISCUSSED HEAVILY ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SO IF YOU ASK LESLIE AND IT GETS HER PILLAR, IT ENDS UP BEING IN TWO PLACES, AND SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES IN ONE PILLAR AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ALL STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ANOTHER PILLAR, AND SO I THINK THAT THE NAME CAN BE WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT WE DO NEED TO CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP.
OUR FINAL REPORT IS FROM OUR VERY OWN NANCY "BUC-EE" HUMPHREY.
THAT'S AN OFFICIALLY NICKNAME.
YEAH, I'VE GOT LIKE A 30 MINUTE REPORT; IT'S NOT TOO LONG.
[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M SO PROUD TO TALK ABOUT THE PTA.
THEY DO SUCH GREAT WORK AND THEY ARE OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT TO WORK WITH PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND REALLY HELP US MOVE THE NEEDLE ON STUFF IN CAMPUSES.
PTA RALLY DAY AT THE CAPITOL IS THIS COMING MONDAY ON THE 27TH.
I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT 25 STUDENTS AND 25 ADULTS GOING ON A BUS.
THEY'RE GOING TO DEPART FROM THIS BUILDING WHEN IT'S STILL DARK IN THE MORNING TO GET DOWN TO AUSTIN, AND THEY HAVE QUITE A DAY PLANNED AND I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ONE OF THOSE ON THAT BUS, CHECK WITH I THINK IT'S TARA LANCE THERE OR ROSS CORNELL IF THEY HAVE ROOM ON THE BUS. PTA IS CURRENTLY ACTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THOSE ALIGN A LOT WITH OURS.
SHE'S THE IS SHE CHAIR OF SBOE OR VICE CHAIR.
VICE CHAIR. VICE CHAIR OF SBOE, OUR VERY OWN LOCAL PAM LITTLE, AND SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT AN SBOE MEMBER DOES IN THEIR POSITION THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD HERE IN THIS ROOM ON MARCH 23RD FROM 7 TO 8 P.M, AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME. THAT'LL BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION I THINK.
PTA LIFE MEMBER BANQUET IS APRIL 3RD.
THE NEW FORMAT WILL INCLUDE THE VENDOR FAIR, SO PLEASE BUY TICKETS TO GO TO THEIR PTA LIFE MEMBER BANQUET AND SUPPORT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK SO HARD IN OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEN THEY'RE CURRENTLY HELPING WITH THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR BANQUET AND THAT WILL BE HELD ON MAY 11TH TO CELEBRATE THE AMAZING TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT.
I WILL SWITCH GEARS AND TALK ABOUT MY LIAISON WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
OH, LET ME BACK UP. PTA, IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED, YOU CAN STILL JOIN.
THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS REALLY STRONG THIS YEAR, SO JUST PUSH THEM OVER THE LIMIT.
SO STATE OF THE CITY WAS ON JANUARY 25TH.
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THOSE COLLIN COUNTY TAXES.THEY HAVE A BOND THEY'RE OFFERING FOR ELECTION.
THEY RECENTLY OPENED THE INNOVATION QUARTER, THE IQ, AND IT'S AN ON SITE PARTNERSHIP WITH U.T.
I THINK ONE OF OUR TRUSTEES WAS THERE TWO WEEKS.
OKAY, YOU'VE BOTH VISITED, SO I NEED TO GET DOWN THERE.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CELEBRATION FOR THIS 150 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND THEY ALSO DID A RECENT SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATION.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THE TIME IS 9:47 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.