8.1 Approval of the 2023 - 2028 Plano ISD Strategic Plan, including the Reaffirmation of the Mission and Vision and Approval of Beliefs, Strategic Pillars, and Objectives

[8.1 Approval of the 2023 - 2028 Plano ISD Strategic Plan, including the Reaffirmation of the Mission and Vision and Approval of Beliefs, Strategic Pillars, and Objectives]

APPROVAL OF THE 2023 THROUGH 2028 PLANO ISD STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING A REAFFIRMATION OF THE MISSION AND VISION AND APPROVAL OF BELIEF, STRATEGIC PILLARS AND OBJECTIVES. AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO LISA TO LEAD THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT STOLLE, BOARD TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.

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THIS IS ANOTHER JOURNEY THROUGH THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH OUR STRATEGIC ROADMAP.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE SLIDES BEFORE, BUT IN CASE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE WATCHING FROM HOME, THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME.

I WANT TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH IT.

I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY FOR MANY MONTHS NOW.

WE HAD MULTIPLE PHASES, STARTING WITH CURATION, WORKING THROUGH MANY, MANY FOCUS GROUPS AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH RESULTED IN RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN A WONDERFUL TWO WEEKS AGO, LONG EVENING WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING YOUR INPUT.

AND WE TOOK THAT INPUT AND WE'RE BRINGING OUR REVISIONS BACK TO YOU TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL.

JUST A REMINDER, WE HAD MANY INPUT SESSIONS WHICH REALLY HELPED FORM AND SHAPE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR STAFF, FOR OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, OF COURSE, TO YOU ALL WHO HELPED GUIDE THAT WORK AND GIVE US THE GREAT GUIDANCE TO GET REALLY GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEM.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE VISUALS, EVERYTHING ABOVE THE DOTTED YELLOW LINE IS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THIS STARTED FROM IT'S ACTUALLY STEMMED FROM THE CURATION SESSIONS WE HAD BACK IN DECEMBER WITH YOU ALL AND WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THOSE WORKGROUP RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FROM THE MANY, MANY FOLKS WHO HELPED US, THE EXPERT FOLKS WHO HELPED US.

ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE APPROVING.

AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE EVERY YEAR OF HEARING FROM US WITH A NEW PLAN OF WORK THAT WILL INCLUDE MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE TOWARD EACH OF THOSE OBJECTIVES.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

THE DISTRICT MISSION AND VISION.

WE'RE ASKING FOR REAFFIRMATION.

THE GROUP THAT CAME BEFORE DID SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB.

WE'D LIKE TO SUGGEST WE KEEP THOSE IN PLACE.

THE BELIEFS.

WE SPENT SOME TIME IN OUR WORKSHOP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WORKING ON THAT.

I KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE A COPY OF THOSE REVISED BELIEF STATEMENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE THINK.

WE CAPTURED YOUR YOUR WISHES IN THE REVISED BELIEFS.

PILLARS ONE THROUGH FIVE I HAVE ON THE SCREEN.

I CAN GO THROUGH THEM.

BUT WE DID TAKE YOUR INPUT AND MAKE REVISIONS ACCORDINGLY.

AND AGAIN, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE.

SO PILLAR ONE WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING, PILLAR TWO, OUR STUDENTS BEING LIFE READY.

PILLAR THREE, OF COURSE, GETTING A FANTASTIC STAFF, GETTING OUR CAMPUSES FILLED WITH FOLKS WHO CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND OF COURSE, LEADERS WHO CARE ABOUT THE STAFF SAFETY, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

PILLAR FOUR.

AND PILLAR FIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, THIS IS AS A REMINDER.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR JOURNEY.

SO THESE ARE PRETTY LOFTY OBJECTIVES, BUT WE DO HAVE FIVE YEARS TO WORK TOWARD THOSE.

JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT AND THAT EACH YEAR THAT PLAN OF WORK WILL HAVE THOSE GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS HOPEFULLY COMING TO LIFE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE ARE GOING TO I KNOW YOU'RE USED TO SEEING A PLAN OF WORK THAT HAD 11 OR 12 GOALS IN THE PAST.

WE ARE GOING TO REWORK THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WE'LL WRAP EVERYTHING UNDER A PILLAR.

SO FROM NOW ON YOU'LL JUST SEE FIVE GOALS IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND EVERYTHING WILL BE UNDER EACH EACH PILLAR.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

AGAIN, A GRAPHIC TO SHOW HOW THAT WORKS.

WE TAKE THE PILLARS AND THE OBJECTIVES, AND EACH YEAR WE LOOK FOR TARGETS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THAT YEAR.

ADD TO IT OUR PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH GOALS THAT WE WANT TO GET OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT GOES DOWN TO THE CAMPUS AS WELL IN THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

WHEN YOU GET THE FINAL AFTER YOU'VE APPROVED EVERYTHING.

AND THERE'S A WONDERFUL FINAL REPORT TO POST ONLINE FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE PIECES.

WE ARE WAITING AS A REMINDER FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE AUDIT THE FINAL REPORTS TO COME IN.

BUT WE'LL GET ALL OF THAT FINALIZED INTO YOU AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK IN A TINY NUTSHELL, ISN'T IT? THAT IS A LOT OF WORK IN A IN A TINY NUTSHELL.

BUT IT HAS BEEN IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND WE'VE BEEN A PART OF IT THE WHOLE WAY.

SO LET ME TELL Y'ALL WHAT, JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THE MOTION.

IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION AFTER THAT, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

AND THEN I WILL RESERVE TIME FOR US ALL AFTER THE VOTE.

I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER UP, BUT I WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING THIS APPROVED FIRST.

SO WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

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I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2023 THROUGH 2028 PLANO ISD STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING A REAFFIRMATION OF THE MISSION AND VISION AND THE APPROVAL OF BELIEFS, STRATEGIC PILLARS AND OBJECTIVES AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND THANK YOU.

UM. OOPS. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2023 THROUGH 2028 PLANO ISD STRATEGIC PLAN, INCLUDING THE REAFFIRMATION OF THE MISSION AND VISION AND THE APPROVAL OF BELIEFS, STRATEGIC PILLARS AND OBJECTIVES AS PRESENTED.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? LAUREN. ANY DISCUSSION? NONE NOW, I DO HAVE SOME THANKS.

SIMILAR TO YOU.

OKAY. AFTERWARDS. VERY GOOD.

HAVE HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.

WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

OKAY. THAT IS FIVE VOTES.

DR. TYLER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE MOTION? I AM IN FAVOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SIX TO NOTHING TO ZERO.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL START AND THEN OFFER THE FLOOR TO THE REST OF THE THE BOARD.

I WANT TO JUST OFFER THANKS.

I THINK, LISA, THIS HAS BEEN A MAGNIFICENT PROCESS.

YOU HEARD US EARLY ON IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR DESIRE WAS, IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY INPUT AND HEARING FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD PROCESS AND IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT.

WE DIDN'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

WE DIDN'T DO SO. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK WHAT WE HAD HONED IT DOWN INTO A PLAN THAT NOW ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, THE BOARD AND THE TEAM OF EIGHT HAVE HAVE A ROADMAP, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS.

SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THAT YOU ALL DID.

I'LL THROW IN A COMMENT AND AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.

THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PROCESS.

YOU GUYS REALLY BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER.

BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING TO THE MEETINGS AND FOR THE WORKGROUPS THAT WE HAD, THE EXPERTS THAT WE HAD, WHETHER THEY WERE PISD STAFF OR COMMUNITY EXPERTS ON THESE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE LOOKED AT, WHETHER IT WAS ACADEMICS, CTE OR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

BUT YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.

THANK YOU. I ECHO THAT GRATITUDE.

BUT ALSO I WANT TO SAY WHEN I CAME ON TO THE BOARD, I WASN'T A PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, IT WAS IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BUY IN AT EVERY POINT.

AND I SAW IT WAS MUCH EASIER FOR THE TRUSTEES THAT WERE A PART OF IT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS WHEN TWO MORE TRUSTEES ARE ON THE BOARD HERE, THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS TO REALLY BUY INTO IT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT THROUGH IT ALL AND BE ABLE TO BUY IN THE WAY THAT I THINK THE TRUSTEES THAT HAD THEIR HANDS ON THIS HAVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE I HAVE FOR FUTURE TRUSTEES.

I APPRECIATE GREATLY BEING INCLUDED.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, IT WAS JUST THREE TRUSTEES WHO REALLY TOOK THE BULK OF THE LOAD AND IT WAS KIND OF PRESENTED.

AND SO THIS PROCESS DID CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING.

BUT I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING ALL THE LISTENING WE WERE ABLE TO DO.

BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ATTEND AS MANY OF THE MEETINGS AS WE COULD.

THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE GOT IS SOMETHING REALLY SOLID AND SOMETHING WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TO AND BE ABLE TO DO SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS AND FOR TEACHERS.

HEATHER. I'M ONE OF THE TRUSTEES WHO WENT THROUGH BOTH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND I EXPRESSED MY GRATITUDE FOR BOTH PROCESSES. AND THIS IS JUST A, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, SAYING LIKE, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT BEFORE IT BECOMES REALITY. I ALWAYS LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE VISION FIRST.

SO I GOT THE PRIVILEGE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHTS JUST BECOME REALITY.

IT'S JUST KEEP COMING AND LIKE, OH YEAH, THIS IS WE DISCOVERED, DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS AND NOW IT'S THERE.

AND IT'S JUST A VERY GOOD FEELING TO SEE THINGS, DREAMS COME TRUE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DREAMING BIG AND JUMPING INTO ACTION.

AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, I CAN'T SAY YOU CANNOT YOU CANNOT COMPLAIN.

YOU ARE NOT GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINIONS.

SO WE HAVE LIKE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO SPEAK OUT.

I FEEL LIKE WE EXHAUSTED IF WE MAY BE EXHAUSTED ALL THE ALL THE OWNER JUST COME OUT YOU KNOW TELL US WHAT

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YOU THINK ALL THE LISTENING ROUNDS AND THE WORKSHOPS.

I DIDN'T GO TO MANY OF THEM, BUT I SAW THE RESULTS AND I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.

THANK YOU, LAUREN.

YEAH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THE STAFF.

I MEAN, CURATING THESE SESSIONS ALONG WITH VLK, WHO I FELT LIKE KEPT US ON ON TRACK WHEN WE STARTED TO, TO GET INTO MINUTIA OR THIS OR THAT. UM, THE STAFF, LISA, JOHNNY, TERESA, MANY OF THE REST OF THE STAFF SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, LISTENING TO THE WORK GROUPS, UM, PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER, COMING UP WITH THE PROTOCOLS, EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND.

UM, I'LL ECHO.

THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF OUR LISTENING SESSIONS OR OUR WORKING GROUPS OR OUR LISTENING ROUNDS ON CAMPUSES OR THE MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE INPUT.

AND THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.

THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, I FEEL LIKE, VERY GOOD PROCESS WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AND COMPROMISING AND, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE FITS OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT OF TOWN FOR A VERY IMPORTANT REASON, BUT I'M GLAD THAT I'M AT LEAST ABLE TO JOIN REMOTELY TONIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS JUST THE CULMINATION NOT ONLY OF A YEAR OF WORK, BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE PRIOR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES AUDIT EVERYTHING ELSE.

THIS IS MULTIPLE YEARS OF WORK SORT OF COMING TO FRUITION IN THIS ONE, UM, THIS ONE DOCUMENT.

AND SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT MOMENT.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO DID PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AND I HOPE THAT IT SERVES OUR STUDENTS WELL GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT, RIGHT, IS THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER ACADEMIC FUTURE FOR THE ALMOST 50,000 STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN DOES.

IT PUTS OUR STUDENTS FIRST.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK ALL THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED.

WE HAD 118 POINTS OF ENTRY AND FEEDBACK AND A LOT OF VOICES, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE ALL OF THE VOICES AT THE TABLE. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD.

YOU DIDN'T JUST COME ONE TIME.

SOME OF YOU CAME ON SATURDAY, EARLY SATURDAY MORNINGS, AND LATE DURING THE WEEK AFTER YOU'VE BEEN TO EITHER WORK OR MULTIPLE THINGS ALL DAY LONG.

SO YOUR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT WAS REALLY HUGE.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF HOURS AND HELPING PLAN AND SUPPORT AND PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I KNOW IT PROBABLY FELT LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER A WHOLE OTHER LIT REVIEW, HAVING TO CODE ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WAS THOSE WERE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS.

THE NOTES THAT WERE TAKEN DURING LISTENING, LISTENING ROUNDS AGAIN WERE WERE NOTES.

AND SO PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER TO CODE PROBABLY TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED.

BUT YOU ALL DID THE WORK AND I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO NOT ONLY GET TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM, BUT ALSO TO GET TO WORK WITH THE TEAM OF EIGHT.

I LIKE HEATHER.

THAT WAS MY VERY FIRST YEAR IN THE DISTRICT AND IT WAS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO IT WAS SUCH A GREAT ENTRY POINT INTO PLANO ISD FROM SEEING THE KIDS WRITE AND DEVELOP THE MISSION STATEMENT TO WHAT'S BECOME OUR VISION STATEMENT AND OUR LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.

SO HAVING THAT, IT IT HELD US THROUGH THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME TOUGH TIMES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

BUT WHEN THE TIMES GET TOUGH AND YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND THE EVERY STUDENT LIKE THAT, WE WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE FIRE FOR EVERY STUDENT AND OUR VISION STATEMENT THAT KEEPS US AS NOT ONLY AS STRONG PILLARS, BUT AS BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK AHEAD.

LIKE LAUREN, THIS HAS BEEN NOT JUST PLANNING THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, BUT WE DID WORK PRIOR TO THAT IN PLANNING FOR OUR BOND AND NOW IT'S TAKING THAT WHAT WHAT OUR VOTERS HAVE SAID. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US FROM A BOND STANDPOINT AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS SAID.

THIS IS WHAT WE DREAM ABOUT AND WANT FOR PLANO ISD AND NOW SPENDING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS MAKING THAT HAPPEN FOR KIDS AND NOTHING IS MORE EXCITING THAN THAT.

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY.

[9.1 Career and Technical Education Board Advisory Committee Report]

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON NOW TO OUR REPORTS.

WE HAVE FOUR REPORTS TONIGHT.

YEAH, FOUR REPORTS.

AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.

SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND EVERY YEAR WE TASK THOSE COMMITTEES WITH A PROJECT.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND SOMETIMES ADVICE IS GIVEN, SOMETIMES RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN.

BUT THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES IS TO HELP US WITH SPECIFIC TASKS AND PERHAPS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SO WITH THAT, LISA MAKING INTRODUCTIONS.

THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT STOLLE, TRUSTEES.

DR. WILLIAMS, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE KAREN BEEKMAN.

SHE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LISA.

DR. STOLLE SORRY.

PRESIDENT STOLLE, DR.

WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK THAT OUR GROUP HAS DONE THIS YEAR.

AND IT WILL BE TO ME, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT THE THINGS YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR GROUP WORKED ON AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE WILL KIND OF MIRROR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH THE STRATEGIC VISIONING AND I DID NOT LEAD THEM.

I DID NOT PUSH THEM IN ANY DIRECTION.

IT'S JUST WHERE THEY REALLY NATURALLY ENDED UP.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME THAT THEY KIND OF FELT THE SAME WAY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, START BY THANKING ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE WHO IS VERY WELL ROUNDED, HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND JUST PROVIDES A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS TO HAVE THEM AND LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD WHILE WE DO THAT WORK.

AND SO WE HAD FOUR MEETINGS THIS YEAR.

WE KIND OF TOOK EACH ONE OUR GOAL AND KIND OF SPLIT IT UP AND DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AT EACH ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WERE REALLY THE LAST MEETING.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU ALL.

SO A REMINDER THAT OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR WAS TO REVIEW CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL INNOVATIVE CTE PROGRAMS BASED ON WORKFORCE NEEDS, INCLUDING EXPLORING MIDDLE SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, AND ALIGNING, OF COURSE, OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, WHICH WERE ADJUSTED THIS YEAR WITH TA BRINGING OUT A NEW LIST FOR US.

SO AS WE'VE DONE OUR WORK THIS YEAR, OUR TEAM HAS KIND OF ADOPTED THIS VISION THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON.

AND SO THROUGH LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND INNOVATIVE AND RIGOROUS CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

PLANO ISD, CTE STUDENTS WILL BECOME LEADERS READY TO IMPACT THE GLOBAL WORKFORCE AND HIGH WAGE AND HIGH DEMAND CAREER PATHS.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE VISION THAT WE TOOK FORWARD AND DID OUR WORK TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE DOING.

SO OUR FIRST MEETING, WE STARTED OFF WITH THESE QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMITTEE.

FIRST ONE IS WHAT EXPERIENCES SHOULD A STUDENT LEAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH? WHAT DO WE WANT MIDDLE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE STUDENTS THROUGH CTE AND KIND OF AS A WHOLE? SHOULD EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT CTE OPPORTUNITIES? DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL AND THAT WOULD BE INTEREST OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES? SHOULD WE CONSIDER CHANGES IN OUR COURSE OFFERINGS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT ALIGN TO HIGH WAGE AND HIGH DEMAND JOBS? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM INDUSTRY TRENDS AND NEEDS THAT WERE FORECASTED? AND WE REALLY KIND OF HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND LET OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FRIENDS KIND OF HAVE THAT PROVIDE US WITH THAT FEEDBACK OF WHAT ARE THEY SEEING NOW? BUT WHAT IS FORECASTING FOR THE FUTURE? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS CHANGING CONSTANTLY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PREPARED WITH WHATEVER WE DO.

SO WITH THAT, WE KIND OF CAME BACK AFTER THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION AND THE COMMITTEE FELT PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, IS THAT WHEN WE WALK AWAY FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, WE WANT KIDS TO KIND OF HAVE THE TIME TO EXPLORE EVERY TIME WE TALK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE CONVERSATION WAS KIDS NEED TO EXPLORE.

THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

IT SHOULD BE CAREER FOCUSED AND IT SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL STUDENTS.

SO SPECIAL ED 504 OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL KIDS BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT HAS A PLACE IN CTE AND WE WANT TO WELCOME THEM THERE WITH OPEN ARMS. WE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE TOOK SOME OF OUR PRINCIPLES COURSES.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, PRINCIPLES COURSES ARE LEVEL ONE COURSES THAT WE OFFER KIDS.

WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE TO BRING THOSE COURSES DOWN INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL SO A STUDENT CAN START THAT EXPLORATORY PIECE PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL IN NINTH AND 10TH AND THEN REALLY START THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY BECAUSE WE KNOW DURING NINTH AND 10TH GRADE YEAR AND WE'RE WORKING ON THIS WITH SOME COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING, BUT WE SEE A LOT OF KIDS GO AND START GETTING THEIR THEIR REQUIRED GRADUATION COURSES OUT OUT OF THE WAY.

AND SO CAN WE GET STUDENTS INTERESTED? CAN WE EXPAND THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PURPOSE?

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BUT ALSO THE PURPOSE THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO SENIOR HIGH, THEY CAN GO OUT AND PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND THEY CAN HAVE WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT LEARNING OCCURS IS WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT JOB HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE.

ANOTHER PIECE THAT IS ON HERE THAT OUR COMMITTEE FELT PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT, AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL, WHY IS THIS ON HERE? BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CTE IS PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CTE.

ACTUALLY, PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IS A CTE COURSE.

BUT HERE IN PLANO ISD, IT JUST HAPPENS TO LIVE UNDER FINE ARTS.

SO WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY, THEY SAW PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OF COULD WE MOVE THAT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE IT COULD MAYBE GO WITH HEALTH OR IT COULD JUST BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A PRINCIPLES COURSE.

IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A YEAR LONG OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WAS WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY AND CURRICULUM LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE STUDENTS? WHAT WOULD BE THE GPA IMPLICATION OF MOVING COURSES? THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REVIEWING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, WHICH OUR TEAM VERY MUCH HAS HAD ON THE RADAR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON THE RADAR AND THEN CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL THAT OTHER EDUCATION, WHICH FOR US IN CTE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT AND IF YOU WERE ON ANY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC VISIONING, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS WAS WHAT PROGRAMS OF STUDY SHOULD WE EXPAND? WHAT SHOULD WE CONSIDER ADDING THAT WOULD BE NEW AND WHAT SHOULD WE CONSIDER ON? I HAVE REMOVING.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE SAYING STRATEGIC ABANDONMENT.

MAYBE THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND THEN WHAT DOES THE FEEDBACK ON INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS AGAIN LOOK LIKE? AND SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH AGAIN YOU HAVE SEEN THESE, IT'S INTERESTING, LIKE I SAID, TO SEE THESE COME UP AGAIN, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN EXPAND AUTOMOTIVE, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TURNING STUDENTS AWAY FROM THAT PROGRAM.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE HEARING FROM INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT OUR KIDS NEED TO BE WORKING AND TURNING A WRENCH AND WORKING ON CARS PRIOR TO 11TH GRADE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE THEY'RE MARKETABLE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE IF THEY HAD THAT EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

SO WE HAVE AUTOMOTIVE ARTS AND I'VE MOVING AWAY FROM A CLASSROOM IN A GREEN SCREEN THAT HANGS ON THE WALL AND HAVING A REAL ARTS AND I'VE PROGRAM.

WHAT DOES CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LOOK LIKE WITH KIND OF COUPLED TOGETHER CARPENTRY, ELECTRICAL, HVAC AND PLUMBING WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TRACKS FOR ALL OF THEM, BUT KIND OF SOMETHING THAT ENCOMPASSES AND GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ALL OF THAT.

CULINARY ARTS IS A BIG THING THAT STUDENTS AND AND OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS HAD INTEREST IN AND THAT CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE THAT AT ONE SCHOOL, REALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A NEW CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM THAT IS PREPARING KIDS FOR WORKFORCE AND THEN JUST TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT IS LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES LOOK LIKE AND OFFERING WELDING. AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE LIKE AN AG MECHANICS CLASS THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A FULL BLOWN WELDING PROGRAM THAT IS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME. SO THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE LOOK TO EXPAND OR ADD AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUNSET.

THESE ARE JUST TWO PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT AGRIBUSINESS, IT'S UNDER OBVIOUSLY OUR AG UMBRELLA AND WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE INTEREST IN THAT PROGRAM THAT SO THERE'S JUST NOT A NEED AT THIS TIME TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT CLASSES.

AND THEN EARLY LEARNING, THE TEACHING AND TRAINING PROGRAM OF STUDY IS EXACTLY PRETTY MUCH IT MIRRORS EARLY LEARNING.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF STICK TO THAT TEACHING OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE KIDS.

AND THAT THE COURSE IS UNDER EARLY LEARNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED TO KIDS.

WE JUST WON'T HAVE THAT AS AN OFFERING FOR THAT.

AND THEN TWO INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAD A NEW LIST THAT WAS RELEASED THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT LIST AND CONTINUE TO EXAMINE SOME OF THE NEW CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE OUT.

AND THEN ALSO TO IS REVIEWING CURRENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

SO WHEN WE GET THAT NEW CHANGE, WE WILL COME BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AGAIN.

SO THESE ARE OUR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AWESOME AND SERVED ON OUR COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.

WE AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.

WE'VE GOT INDUSTRY PARTNERS, WE'VE GOT PARENTS, WE HAVE STUDENTS, WE HAVE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE KIND OF HELPED US.

WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME HIGHER ED PARTNERS THAT JUST WERE AT THE TABLE AND HAD THESE REALLY RICH CONVERSATIONS WITH US.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO OFFER PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT HIT THE HIGH WAGE AND HIGH DEMAND THAT THEIR STUDENT NEEDS AND THAT WE CAN ALSO PARTNER WITH INDUSTRY TO REALLY KIND OF MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS.

AND WHETHER THAT'S A MENTORSHIP OR JOB SHADOWING OR JUST ANY TYPE OF WORK BASED LEARNING, I'M EVEN UP FOR THEM COMING IN AND HIRING OUR KIDS BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER SO THAT THEY

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CAN START A JOB WITH THEM IN JUNE.

AND SO HOW CAN WE WORK ON THAT WITH OUR COMMITTEE? SO LOOKING FORWARD, I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD PROPOSE PRETTY STRONGLY WITH THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

AND SO OUR PROPOSED GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO REALLY WORK ON MARKETING PLAN.

WE'RE COLLABORATING RIGHT NOW WITH COUNSELING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR DOCUMENTS LOOK LIKE, HOW DO WE GET OUT THERE AND COMMUNICATE FOR A SIX YEAR GRADUATION PLAN AND THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THESE STUDENTS AT AN EARLIER AGE AND REALLY KIND OF PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND JUST KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE. AND THEN AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS AND ADDING THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR CTE CENTER.

WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMITTEE ON THAT? BECAUSE WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM EVERYONE AND KIND OF ON THERE.

AND ONE THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT THESE ARE OUR TWO PROPOSED GOALS.

BUT PRESIDENT STOLLE, I WON'T FORGET THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS ABOUT GOALS.

HE WAS LIKE, WE SHOULD EVERY YEAR BE LOOKING AT HIGH WAGE AND HIGH DEMAND PROGRAMS OF STUDY.

AND I SAID, YES, SIR, THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

AND SO YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON HERE, BUT THAT WE DO THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED FOR OUR STUDENTS.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, KAREN.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I REMEMBER IN THE PAST, OBVIOUSLY THE TEA SUNSET THE MICROSOFT.

MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION.

YES. EXPERT IS STILL ON THERE.

YES. OKAY. SO EXPERTS, EXPERTS STILL ON THERE.

BUT SPECIALIST IS NOT.

OKAY. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHAT CAREER PATHWAY THAT WE CAN STILL OFFER THAT TO HAS APPROVED WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE SENSE THAT MOST STUDENTS COULD BENEFIT FROM IT.

AND ALSO IT WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATES.

YEAH, SO WE'RE STILL OFFERING THAT BUSINESS.

IT'S ALL UNDER OUR BUSINESS MARKETING AND FINANCE CAREER CLUSTER.

AND SO WE ARE OFFERING THE EXPERT CERTIFICATION.

WE CAN STILL DO THE SPECIALIST THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, BUT AFTER THAT THOSE WILL BE SUNSETTED AND WE CAN ONLY GIVE EXPERT.

SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY WITHIN OUR STAFF TO WORK.

IT'S NOT AN EASY TEST.

AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS RATE IN THERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO AT THIS MOMENT PROVIDE THAT EXPERT CERTIFICATION THAT IS TIED TO MICROSOFT OFFICE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THAT WE'RE KIND OF EXPLORING, BUT THAT IS REALLY SERVING OUR STUDENTS IN THAT BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE, BECAUSE IT TIES DIRECTLY TO OUR BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COURSE.

AND ON AVERAGE, IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM AND NUMBER OF YEARS, HOW LONG IS THAT PATHWAY TO UNTIL A STUDENT IS TYPICALLY PREPARED TO TAKE THAT EXPERT TEST? IT KIND OF IS WHEN A STUDENT COMES IN, LIKE IT DEPENDS UPON WHEN A STUDENT COMES IN, IF THEY TAKE THE BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COURSE.

TODAY, THIS YEAR, THEY CAN BE PREPARED TO TAKE THAT TEST.

THE CURRICULUM ALIGNS WITH IT AND THAT'S WHAT CAN BE TAKEN AT THAT TIME.

I WILL SAY WITH THE EXPERT AND THE ROLLOUT OF WHAT A COMPLETER IS AND HOW THAT ALIGNS TO CMR, WE MAY SEE THAT CERTIFICATION TIED TO A CLASS THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE SOME OF THE MORE ADVANCED CURRICULUM THAT'S TAUGHT IN THAT PROGRAM.

SO BUT IF THEY'RE IN THE CLASS, THEY SHOULD BE LEARNING THE CURRICULUM TO TAKE THE CERTIFICATION.

SO AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER FROM WHAT WAS REPORTED TO US ABOUT TIA, IS THERE AN EXTENT LIKE THE PATHWAY TO A INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATE THEY'RE NOW MAKING THAT WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THE PATH? YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE THE CMR, THEY DO NOT TO TAKE THE CERTIFICATION, BUT TO BE CMR TO HIT AN INDICATOR.

THEY HAVE TO BE A COMPLETER, WHICH IS THREE CLASSES FOR FOUR OR MORE CREDITS.

THAT WILL BE IT'S A ROLLOUT.

SO THAT'S THE END GOAL AND TAKE AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.

SO THIS YEAR THEY JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE CERTIFICATION.

BUT THREE YEARS FROM NOW, THAT WILL BE WHAT THEY HAVE TO.

SO IT'LL BE THREE YEARS NO MATTER WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.

AND SO BY MOVING IT DOWN TO EIGHTH GRADE, POTENTIALLY THEY CAN FINISH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT OPENS THEM UP TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH. OR JUST ANOTHER OPEN SPOT IN THEIR SCHEDULE TO TAKE ANOTHER COURSE.

YEAH. KAREN, THANKS SO MUCH.

AND JUST AS AN FYI, WHEN YOU GET THE LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES GOING, IF YOU WANT A FREE FORUM LOOKING FOR PARTNERS, WE HAVE A PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM WE'RE ROLLING OUT. SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO HAVE LAWYERS.

YEAH, A GUEST SPEAKER JOB SHADOWING SOMETHING.

SO I KNOW LOTS OF LAWYERS.

OKAY, SO HOW ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WE CAN GET YOU SOMEBODY? THERE YOU GO. WE'LL REACH OUT.

THANKS, KAREN. THAT WAS A GOOD RESPONSE THERE.

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A FAST RESPONSE.

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KAREN.

[9.2 Special Education Board Advisory Committee Report]

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR SECOND REPORT IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.

AND THIS INTRODUCTION HERE GOES THE SAME WAY.

THIS IS, AGAIN, OUR BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THEY REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO, LISA, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU. I'D NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE MACKENZIE CASSEL AND BETHANY ROGERS FROM OUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THIS SPECIAL EDUCATION BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND TRUSTEES.

SO I'M GOING TO REVIEW THIS EVENING THE WORK OF THE SPECIAL ED BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO WE HAVE HERE LISTED THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE PARENTS, FORMER STUDENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE SARA ROBINSON, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST, IS HERE WITH US SUPPORTING AND BETHANY ROGERS AS PART OF THIS COMMITTEE.

AND THIS GROUP HAS BEEN OH, HANG ON, ZOOM.

THE MEETING HAS BEEN ENDED.

THAT'S LAUREN. SHE HAD TO.

OKAY. YEAH.

YEAH. I GUESS JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE, LAUREN IS OUT OF TOWN FOR A FAMILY EMERGENCY, AND SHE DOES HAVE HER TWO KIDS WITH HER, SO SHE HAD TO DROP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.

OKAY, SO THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMITTEE, GAVE LOTS OF FABULOUS INPUT ON ALL OF THE PIECES RELATED TO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR.

SO FOR A REMINDER, OUR GOAL FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR WAS TO ORGANIZE, DELIVER, COMMUNICATE AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PARENT AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.

AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BETHANY ROGERS, WHO IS GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR.

FOR THE SPED HERO EXPO, NOTICE WE ARE WEARING CAPES.

MACKENZIE AND I ARE THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR HEROES, OUR PARENTS AND OUR GUARDIANS FOR OUR FAMILIES.

YOU CAN SEE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT.

WE HAD TEN DIFFERENT SPEAKERS.

WE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS COME IN AND SET UP TABLES.

WE HAD LIVE PATH, TEXAS WORKFORCE, REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DOWN SYNDROME GUILD, PLANO PARKS AND REC AND SO ON.

AND WE HAD THE BEST TIME.

WE PARTNERED WITH REGION TEN.

WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THERE WHO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH US TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT.

AND THEY ALSO SUPPORT US WITH OUR PARENT NAVIGATOR SITE.

THAT WILL SHOW IN A MOMENT.

BUT WE NOTICED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PISD SIGN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT SESSIONS WITH THE SPEAKERS.

WE WERE AT SOCKWELL.

WE TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMITTEE ON LOCATION.

PLEASE MARK THE CALENDARS.

OCTOBER 4TH, WE WILL BE AT CLARK HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN PLANNING FOR THAT, WORKING WITH OUR DIFFERENT SPEAKERS AND THINGS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE PLAN THIS TO BE AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR US.

AND SO WHAT WAS REALLY EXCITING TOO IS OUR PARENT NAVIGATOR SITE DURING THIS TIME HAD 900 HITS.

THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD AND THAT TRAJECTORY JUST CONTINUED.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT IN LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID WITH THE SPED HERO EXPO.

AND SO ONE THING, OH, LET'S MAXIMIZE THAT.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO ONE THING TO NOTICE IS WE HAD A VIRTUAL EXPO IN 2021 THIS PAST YEAR, WAS IN PERSON IN 2022.

AND SO THIS INFORMATION IS HERE FOR FAMILIES TO ACCESS.

THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FROM OUR FAMILIES AND FROM THE PARENTS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU CLICK ON DYSLEXIA SERVICES, YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED.

NOW NOT EVERY GROUP HAD THAT SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE THE CONTEXT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THAT IS A RESOURCE.

JAMES, IF YOU'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.

AND WITH THAT, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DID RECEIVE WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

AMAZING TOOLS TAUGHT, AWESOME SPEAKER, THEY WERE KIND AND HELPFUL, WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THE FOCUS HELPED US WITH OUR OWN CHILD AT HOME.

IT WASN'T JUST GENERAL INFORMATION, EXTREMELY USEFUL, GREAT PRESENTATIONS, TIMELY INFORMATION AND SO FORTH.

AND OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FELT THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE SIMILAR TOPICS FOR NEXT YEAR ON OCTOBER 4TH.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

NOW THE PARENT NAVIGATOR, YOU EXISTING MEMBERS AND THINGS HAVE SEEN THE PARENT NAVIGATOR SITE.

AND ON THIS SITE WE MAINTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENT FROM THE STATE.

SO IN LOOKING AT THIS SITE, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THE IMPORTANT FOR FAMILIES RESOURCES.

DIGITAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE HERO EXPO INFORMATION.

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THE ARD PROCESS.

TRANSITION SUPPORTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER HERE.

AND OUR COMMITTEE NOTICED THAT, AGAIN, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS PAID OFF BECAUSE THEY HAD BEGUN SEEING THINGS, SENT HOME, THINGS IN DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS AND SO FORTH.

SO THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS REALLY WORKING AND THAT FAMILIES WERE GETTING THE INFORMATION.

SO ON OUR NEWSLETTER, FOR EXAMPLE, IN APRIL, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE SEND OUT.

IT ALWAYS TAKES THEM RIGHT BACK TO THE PARENT NAVIGATOR SO THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES.

AND THEN WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW OUR UPDATES, INFORMATION ON TRANSITION, INFORMATION ON PARENT NAVIGATOR, THE ARD PROCESS, AND WE ALSO INCLUDED OUR DEFINITELY NOT DIFFERENT FIVE K FUN RUN FROM OUR REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND SO IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.

ALL RIGHT, JAMES, IF YOU'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.

KINSEY'S NEXT.

OKAY. WE ALSO GREW OUR PARTNERSHIP THIS YEAR WITH UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS AND UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY ADVOCATES FOR INCLUSIVE CULTURES ON CAMPUSES.

AND SO THEY DO THIS THROUGH THINGS SUCH AS UNIFIED SPORTS, INCLUSIVE YOUTH LEADERSHIP, WHOLE SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO BRING SOME THINGS INTO PLANO ISD IN ORDER TO GROW OUR INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALSO BROUGHT WADE WILCOX OUT FROM UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS TO TALK TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIP COULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT PLANO ISD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING HERE, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON, IS A SPRING EVENT CALLED UNIFIED STAY DAY.

SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGHS HAVE STAY DAYS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO FIELD DAY TYPE EVENTS WHERE PE AND PAL AND STUDENT COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY ALL COMES TOGETHER WHILE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS TO TRY TO PILOT THIS WITH MAYBE ONE SCHOOL FOR THE SPRING TO TRY TO BRING IN MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WITH THE HOPE THAT NEXT YEAR WE CAN EXPAND THAT TO MORE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGHS. WE ARE ALSO IN OUR PLAN OF WORK FOR THE DISTRICT IS UNIFIED FINE ARTS.

SO WE'RE ALSO SAYING HOW CAN UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS HELP US WITH THAT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO BE BRINGING NEXT YEAR TO SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IS SOME FINE ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHERE IT'S ALMOST LIKE OUR PARTNERS.

PE BUT WE HAVE A UNIFIED FINE ARTS FOR CHOIR AND THEATER AND VISUAL ARTS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN HAVE A VOICE AND CHOICE IN WHAT THEY TAKE IN THEIR ELECTIVES.

AND THEN OUR PROPOSED GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO REALLY JUST EXPAND ON THIS MORE AND TO PLAN AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S JUST A CONTINUED FOCUS ON THAT PARENT AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT.

WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMITTEE ON THAT ON THE HERO EXPO ON.

THEY SAID KEEP MAKING CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND LOOK FOR FURTHER WAYS TO BE INCLUSIVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, Y'ALL. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. I GUESS I WOULD ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN YOU DID THE SUPERHERO DAY, DID YOU WORK WITH PTA AT ALL? ARE THEY ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT OR VOLUNTEERS? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, NANCY.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND WORKING WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT.

THEY THEY WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MESSAGING OUT.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY CAN ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THINGS FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WILL GROW.

WE HAD MORE PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR IN PERSON.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONTINUING IN PERSON.

SO. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, Y'ALL.

THANK YOU. SO I ACTUALLY NEGLECTED TO DO THIS AFTER THE FIRST COMMITTEE REPORT, BUT ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO STUCK WITH US THROUGH THIS LONG? THANK YOU. WE WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND YOU ALL TRULY THAT THIS IS INFORMATION THAT'S FANTASTIC FOR THE BOARD AND DOES GUIDE POLICY AND PLANNING ON A GO FORWARD BASIS.

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

OKAY. MOVING ON NOW TO OUR THIRD REPORT, THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION REPORT.

[9.3 2023 - 2024 Employee Compensation Report]

TURNING THIS OVER TO JOHNNY WONDER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT STOLLE, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD OUR HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF COME AND PRESENT.

SINCE THAT TIME, OF COURSE, WE WERE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED LEGISLATIVELY WITH FUNDING, ALSO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THOSE FEEDBACKS INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JERI TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE NOT SOME OF BUT I THINK ALL OF IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF THE AIR STAFF AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO MR. CHRIS LILLY TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

SO GROUP, LET'S COME ON DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW IN CASE THERE'S QUESTIONS OR THERE WON'T BE THE LONG WALK OF SHAME IF THERE ARE ANY.

COME ON, ALL OF YOU.

YES. JILL.

COME ON. A LITTLE DEFENSIVE MECHANISM.

BOARD SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE INTRODUCTION.

AS THE SCHOOL YEAR WINDS DOWN, THE HIGH SEASON BEGINS IN H.R., ESPECIALLY WITH RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION AND CLOSING OUT THE YEAR AND BEGINNING, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR AND ALSO LOOKING AT COMPENSATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU ALL THAT THIS IS A STRONG GROUP.

I'M EXCEPTIONALLY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE.

I'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF HR TEAMS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST GROUPS.

THEY TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY.

THEY ASK FOR MORE, THEY ENGAGE, THEY ASK QUESTIONS.

I TRY TO STAY OUT OF THEIR WAY, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS DISTRICT IS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS GROUP OF EMPLOYEES IN THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT, SINCE WE DEAL WITH 86% OF YOUR FUNDS AND ALSO TRYING TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH OUR STUDENTS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS AND REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT AND PROTECTING OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY, AND THAT'S OUR KIDS.

SO WE HAVE, AS MR. HILL SAID, TAKEN YOUR ADVICE AND YOUR DIRECTION, AND WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT I THINK IS COMPETITIVE. IS PLACING US IN A GOOD POSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. LILLY, AND HE'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE GROUP IN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION.

BUT SHOULD THERE BE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? WE HAVE THE ENTIRE GROUP HERE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE.

THEY HAVE A LAPTOP THAT THEY CAN DRAG DATA OUT OF TO LOOK AT.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, MR. REID AND MR. HILL AND PRESIDENT SALEH, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US REPORT TONIGHT.

SO JUST GOING BACK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE JUST PASSED OUR NEW ONE, SO WE WILL ADJUST THIS.

BUT AGAIN, YES, 86% OF OUR BUDGET DOES RELATE TO STAFFING AND THAT RELATES TO OUR PILLARS IN 3.11 AND THEN ALSO 5.22.

SO TONIGHT WE'LL JUST GO BRIEFLY GO OVER TO REINTRODUCE OUR TEACHER EXPERIENCE, SOME PEER DISTRICT REVIEW, AND THEN OUR ULTIMATE COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO LOOKING AT OUR STAFF, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 3600 TEACHERS, 3681 TO BE EXACT.

TEACHERS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS.

AND THEN THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THEIR CURRENT EXPERIENCE AS OUR STAFF SITS AT THIS TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO HAVE A VAST NUMBER OF YEARS OF EMPLOYEES IN OUR DISTRICT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER TEN YEARS, WE HAVE OVER 50% OF OUR STAFF OVER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.

WE RETAIN OUR STAFF HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

HERE IS WHAT WE HIRED LAST YEAR.

SO LAST YEAR WE HIRED 654 NEW TEACHERS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

WITH THE OVERWHELMING, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NEW TEACHERS 0 TO 5 YEARS.

THAT IS VERY COMMON TREND ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THAT IS OUR DATA FROM THIS LAST YEAR ON OUR HIRING.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT SALARY SCHEDULE COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMPETITORS AND OUR BIGGEST COMPETITORS IN THE DFW AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE, PLANO IS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. AND THEN WE HIGHLIGHTED JUST A DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF DAYS BECAUSE OF COURSE NEXT YEAR WE ARE TRANSFERRING TO 186 DAYS.

SO THAT WILL ASSIST IN RAISING OUR DAILY RATE FOR OUR STAFF.

SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF REFERENCE, YOU CAN TELL JUST RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK AND THIS DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER RETENTION STIPENDS OR ANY OTHER SORT OF STIPENDS A DIFFERENT DISTRICT MIGHT HAVE.

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THIS IS JUST STRICTLY THE STARTING SALARY FOR THE DISTRICT.

HERE'S SOME COMPARISON WITH JUST SOME ADDITIONAL STIPENDS THAT WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING HERE.

WE DID ADD THIS SPED STRUCTURED STIPEND IN THE SPED STIPEND.

SO BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION THERE IN FEBRUARY, WE'VE ALWAYS OFFERED FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS A SPED STRUCTURED STIPEND.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, IN ADDITION TO MOVING INTO 23-24 AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPEND FOR OUR RESOURCE BASED TEACHERS, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT OFFER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING A SPECIAL EDUCATION STRUCTURED STIPEND.

SO WE JUST PUT A PLACEHOLDER AS A 3% RAISE IF WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OUR OTHER DISTRICTS, ASSUMING THEY ALSO DO A 3% RAISE WHERE WE WOULD APPROXIMATELY BE, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK AS WELL IF WE CONTINUE WITH THAT 3% RAISE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 3% STRAIGHT RAISE TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WOULD BRING THAT STARTING SALARY TO $60,000 AND THEN CREATING THAT DELTA, WHICH THAT DELTA IS A STEP BETWEEN EACH YEAR OF EXPERIENCE, KEEPING THAT CONSISTENT TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

SO ZERO YEAR THROUGH 25 YEARS FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES.

SO THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT STAFF AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF, BUT 3% STRAIGHT RAISE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

THE SUPPORT STAFF WOULD BE RAISING THAT UP TO A $15 MINIMUM WAGE.

SO ANY EMPLOYEE THAT IS BELOW $15, THEY WOULD GET A MUCH GREATER PERCENTAGE OF RAISE TO AT LEAST GET THEM TO THAT $15.

AND THEN THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE DISTRICT, WE WILL CONTINUE THEIR DELTAS UP.

SO THEY WILL ALSO BE ABOVE $15 AS WELL.

THE AVERAGE OF THAT PROCESS THERE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 8.2% FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN THOSE SUPPORT STAFF.

THAT'S THAT'S THEIR AVERAGE OF RAISE FOR THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.

SOME CONDITIONS, SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, AGAIN, BASED ON Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK FROM FEBRUARY, WE HAVE INCREASED THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER STIPEND TO $2,000.

SO WE'VE ALSO THE VICARIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO INCREASE THE SPED STRUCTURED STIPEND AS WELL, SINCE WE DO OFFER THAT.

BUT SINCE WE'RE TO AGAIN DIFFERENTIATE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS TO INCREASE THAT TO 3500 AND THEN OUR BIS STAFF, SO OUR BEHAVIOR INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST STAFF, WE WOULD INCREASE THAT STIPEND AS WELL BASED ON THAT DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPENDS.

AND THEN INCREASING THAT BILINGUAL STIPEND, IT'S CURRENTLY 4000, SO INCREASING THAT TO $5,000 A NEW STIPEND MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE BILINGUAL ADMINISTRATOR'S STIPEND AND IS AGAIN A RECRUITMENT PIECE FOR OUR BILINGUAL CAMPUSES AND TO DIFFERENTIATE THAT COMPENSATION ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

AND WE HAVE 14 BILINGUAL CAMPUSES.

SO THAT'S JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST BASED ON OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATORS AND INCREASING OUR BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION BY $15 TO A TOTAL OF $330 PER MONTH NEXT YEAR.

AND OUR NURSES, WITH JUST THE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE MARKET IN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY, INCREASING THEIR NURSE'S SALARY TO THE 830 PAY SCALE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A $2,000 INCREASE FOR ANY NURSE THAT HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THAT MASTER'S DEGREE, THEN OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AS WELL, EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE MARKET WITH THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH IN SOCIETY. AND NOWADAYS WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO INCREASE THEIR SALARY AS WELL BECAUSE WITH THAT PRIVATE MARKET IT IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE TO RECRUIT THEM AS WELL.

THAT TOTAL COST FOR ALL OF THOSE STIPENDS IS ROUGHLY 2.1 MILLION.

SO IN JUST OUR SUMMARY OF ALL THOSE.

SO AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS ROUGHLY A TOTAL OF 15.5 MILLION.

WE ARE HAVE EFFICIENCIES IN THE DISTRICT BASED ON OUR LOWER STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME EFFICIENCIES IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAVINGS, WHICH THEN CREATES A TOTAL BUDGET IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT OF ROUGHLY 9.8 MILLION.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS PENDING ANY STATE LEGISLATION.

AS MR. REID AND MR. HILL STATED, WE HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR VIEW.

HOWEVER, AS WE KNOW, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE DO HAVE DIFFERING BILLS.

SO PENDING WHATEVER LEGISLATION IS, WE WOULD WE, YOU KNOW, ADJUST BASED ON WHATEVER LEGISLATION IS PASSED BY THE STATE.

SO PROVIDE SOME.

SO IF I COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION JUST TO FOCUS ON THE CONCEPT OF THE STRAIGHT RAYS VERSUS THE MIDPOINT RAYS.

HISTORICALLY, MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO A MIDPOINT RAYS.

SO YOU ESTABLISH WHAT THE MIDPOINT OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE IS.

THOSE BELOW WOULD TYPICALLY RECEIVE A LARGER AMOUNT THAN THOSE ABOVE THE MIDPOINT BY DOING A STRAIGHT RAYS.

THAT'S BASED UPON THEIR CURRENT BASE SALARY AS YOU MOVE UP THE SALARY SCHEDULE.

THOSE WITH GREATER LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND GREATER SALARY WOULD RECEIVE A GREATER PERCENTAGE INCREASE.

THIS WILL BENEFIT OUR ESPECIALLY ON THE TEACHING SIDE, WILL BENEFIT OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

IT WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A RECRUITMENT ASPECT BECAUSE IT WILL IMPACT THE RECRUITMENT SALARY SCHEDULE.

SO THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.

AND THEN OUR CURRENT STAFF.

THAT PERCENTAGE WILL BE BASED ON THEIR CURRENT YEAR SALARY.

SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT.

CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCE VERY CLEAR TO OUR STAFF.

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AND SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN HISTORY PAST.

ANY QUESTIONS OR OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD.

I WOULD JUST SAY I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THE STRAIGHT RAYS AND I THINK A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THAT IN ONE OF OUR BUDGET MEETINGS.

SO I THINK I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

IT'LL GET US IN LINE WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS DUE TO LOWER ENROLLMENT, IS THAT JUST NOT FILLING SPOTS THAT ARE MOVED OUT FROM ATTRITION? CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO NO EMPLOYEE WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT REASSIGNMENT PROCESS AS WE SPEAK.

WE'RE ABOUT 90% DONE.

WE'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF PARTICULAR SPECIALIST POSITIONS, BUT CORRECT.

THAT WOULD BE THROUGH ATTRITION BASED OFF THAT LOWER ENROLLMENT.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

WHAT'S THE TIMING ON OUR COMPETITORS HERE IN THE MARKET IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE THEIR RAISES? THEY USED TO WAIT ON US.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE WAITING ON US ANYMORE.

SURE. SO TO THE EAST, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY PASSED THEIR SALARY SCHEDULES LAST WEEK.

THEY'RE ROUGHLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 61,000.

TO OUR SOUTH HAS RECOMMENDED LAST WEEK ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 4 TO 6 RAISE.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE LOWER THAN US CURRENTLY, SO THEY'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING BETWEEN A 59 AND $61,000 STARTING SALARY.

AND THEN OUR NORTH AND OUR WESTERN NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT YET.

THEY HAVE NOT MET YET. SO I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER BECAUSE OF PENDING LEGISLATION.

YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK MAYBE AFTER JUST AS A POSTMORTEM AFTER ALL OF THE.

COMPENSATION PACKAGES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

MAYBE. MAYBE IN A FRIDAY UPDATE OR SOMETHING.

JUST CONFIRM WHERE WE ARE RELATIVE TO OUR PEERS.

I MEAN, WE WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST DECADE TO TRY AND GET OUR PAY RAISES, OUR PAY UP TO BE THE TOP.

AND IT JUST HAS PROVEN VERY DIFFICULT GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN.

WELL, I WANT TO ALSO ADD, I MEAN, I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID A 4% PAY RAISE AND THAT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO INFLATION AND 3%, AGAIN, NOT GOING TO BE CLOSE TO INFLATION.

AND SO AND YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE NUMBERS, WE SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND WE SEE WE'RE OPERATING IN A BUDGET DEFICIT.

AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY AN EASY THING TO DO.

IT'S A NECESSARY THING TO DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WANT TO PAY THE TEACHERS MORE.

BUT ALSO THEY'RE STILL BRINGING HOME OR THEIR MONEY'S NOT GOING AS FAR AS IT USED TO.

AND SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WELL AS WE CAN, BUT.

IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.

AND SO AND SO OUR NEIGHBORS MR STOLLE SO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST PAST THAT 3% RAISE.

THEY WERE CURRENTLY ABOVE US IN 3%.

BUT WE ARE GAINING GROUND.

WE'VE GOT A MULTI YEAR PLAN TO EVENTUALLY SURPASS THEM.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP THAT INTO THOUGHT.

EXCELLENT. YES, MA'AM.

IT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS, JOHNNY.

THANKS, JED. ALL RIGHT.

[9.4 Board Member Liaison, Subcommittee, and Committee Updates]

OUR LAST REPORT OF THE EVENING IS THE ESTEEMED MISS HUMPHREY WITH A BOARD MEMBER LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

SHE PROMISED ME THIS WOULD TAKE TWO MINUTES.

I DID NOT PROMISE THAT.

WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT SNIDE REMARK WAS THAT? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOT HAVE AS MUCH TO REPORT THIS TIME AS I DID LAST TIME BECAUSE WE KIND OF YOU KNOW, THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH GOING ON.

WHO HAS THE LITTLE CLICKER THINGY? THANK YOU.

I NEVER KNOW WHICH WAY IT GOES, HUH? WAIT A MINUTE. DID IT GO OKAY? YEAH. SO I'VE GOT TO DO MINE TOO.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

WE HAD CAPITAL VISITS, WE HAD THE LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR CLASS TO GO DOWN TO AUSTIN.

THEY WENT ON A BUS AND THEY HAD A LOT OF PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS DOWN IN AUSTIN.

AND LESLIE, WOULD YOU SAY THEY HAD A GREAT TIME? OKAY. I THINK THEY LEARNED A LOT AND I THINK IT'S PART OF BUILDING THEM AS AMBASSADORS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GO DOWN THERE AND TALK TO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST US GOING.

IT'S ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ARTICULATE MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY WHO'VE GRADUATED FROM THAT CLASS.

SO I WAS THANKFUL THAT THEY WENT.

WE HAD WE PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT PRESS EVENT ON MONDAY.

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I THINK THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.

AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AND WE ALSO HAD THE AMAZING DOUG MCDONALD.

HE'S WITH THE CITY IN THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT VOICE TO SHARE THE BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE OF HOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ED IN THE FUTURE WORKFORCE.

BY THE NUMBERS.

I THINK WE SHOWED YOU THAT SLIDE LAST TIME, SO I WON'T GO OVER THOSE DATES.

BUT YOU DO SEE MAY 8TH IS LOOMING.

SO THAT'S THE LAST DAY FOR BILLS TO GET THROUGH OR FOR COMMITTEE REPORTS TO GET THROUGH THE HOUSE, LAST DAY FOR THE HOUSE TO CONSIDER BILLS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GO ALL OVER THOSE DATES, BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THINGS ARE MOVING AT A LIGHTNING SPEED RIGHT NOW.

135 BILLS HAVE PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE, 107 OUT OF THE ORIGINATING CHAMBER, FOUR OUT OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE SECOND CHAMBER, AND THREE HAVE PASSED OUT OF SECOND CHAMBER.

AND SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THERE WERE ABOUT 7000 BILLS FILED IN THIS SESSION.

SO YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.

YOU SEE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET A BILL THROUGH.

AND ONE BILL HAS BEEN SENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS WHOLE SLIDE, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE YOU A NUTSHELL.

HOUSE BILL THREE IS THE THE SCHOOL SAFETY BILL, AND IT'S DUSTIN BURROWS OUT OF LUBBOCK.

AND IT PROPOSES A $1.6 BILLION AMOUNT IN SAFETY MEASURES.

SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT ASKS FOR EVERY CAMPUS TO HAVE AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ARMED ESSER SROS AT EVERY ONE OF OUR SECONDARY IF I COULD GET THE WORDS OUT OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, BUT THAT WOULD LEAVE US HIRING FOR ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IF IF THIS BILL PASSES.

NOW, THEY DO OFFER $100 PER ADR.

THAT'S AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

SO THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $4.9 MILLION TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT TO HIRE THE.

SECURITY OFFICERS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS MEASURE.

AND IT'S GOT TO BE DONE BY AUGUST OF 2023.

SO THAT'S VERY QUICKLY.

IT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4.2 MILLION JUST IN SALARIES.

THAT ISN'T TRAINING, THAT ISN'T ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

AND SO IT WOULD IT WOULD EAT UP A LOT OF THAT $100 PER ADA.

BUT I THINK THE THE BIGGEST QUESTION REALLY IS THE CAPACITY TO FIND THOSE ACTUAL EMPLOYEES THAT COULD TAKE THOSE POSITIONS. SO IT'S THIS BILL HAS A LOT.

A LOT OF CONCERN AS FAR AS JUST THERE'S NO RAMP UP PERIOD FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO FIND 42 DULY TRAINED ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS FOR EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY AUGUST OF 2023 IS A BIG HILL TO CLIMB.

NOW, THE BILL ALSO DOES HAVE $15,000 PER CAMPUS ALLOTMENT, AND THAT WOULD HELP ALSO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE WINDOW FILM OR DOORS OR ANY KIND OF HARDENING SUPPLIES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PUT ONTO THE BUILDINGS.

BUT THIS ONE HAS PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IT'S BEEN RECEIVED BY THE SENATE.

SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT ONLY BECAUSE IT REALLY PUTS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A TOUGH POSITION AS FAR AS HIRING GOES AND HAVING THIS GOING READY.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES HAVE IS A IT'S AN ALMOST VOUCHER, I THINK, BECAUSE IF A CAMPUS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE MEASURES THAT ARE IN THIS BILL, THEY THE STATE WILL PROVIDE A GRANT FOR THE STUDENTS ON THAT CAMPUS TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

NOTHING ELSE IS DESCRIBED IN THERE AS FAR AS DOLLARS OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S A I THINK IT'S A SLIP IN THE DOOR.

SO WE'RE WATCHING THIS BILL VERY CLOSELY.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO HOUSE BILL 13.

AND THAT ALSO INCREASES SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT, AND THAT IS ANOTHER $100 PER ADA AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. THIS BILL DOES PRESERVE LOCAL CONTROL IN THE DISTRICT, AND SO THERE'S MORE DISCRETION ON HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT, BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS DOESN'T FIT A COOKIE CUTTER MOLD.

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SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US SOME LOCAL CONTROL ON THAT, THAT MEASURE.

AND IT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $4.8 MILLION FOR PLANO ISD.

IT DOES REQUIRE.

IT REQUIRES MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING FOR STAFF WHO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS.

SO THERE THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING MEASURES THERE.

FENTANYL ABUSE, POISONING, AWARENESS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND THAT HAS PASSED 125 TO 21 OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IT'S GOING TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR HEARING YET, BUT WE'RE WATCHING THOSE.

SO HOUSE BILL 13 IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS FAR AS LOCAL CONTROL ON THOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES.

AND HOUSE BILL 100, THAT IS THE ONLY BILL THAT HAS BEEN FILED THAT WILL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS THE MEASURE BY WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED.

SO CURRENTLY WE RECEIVE OR GET TO KEEP OF OUR TAX LEVY $6,160 AND THIS BILL WILL INCREASE THAT OVER TWO YEARS.

IT'LL INCREASE IT $90 IN THE FIRST YEAR IN 2024, AND IT WILL GO ANOTHER $50 UP IN THE IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR, 2025. AND THAT WILL GET US TO A $6,300 BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN PLANO ISD.

IT DOES REQUIRE THAT THE 50% OF THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR INCREASED COMPENSATION.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE'RE THERE.

WE'LL MEET THAT 50%.

WE JUST HAD A REPORT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN IT DOES HAVE THIS IS A NICE FEATURE OF THIS BILL.

IT HAS AN INFLATION ADJUSTMENT GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS BIENNIUM.

IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THIS BIENNIUM, THE TWO YEAR PERIOD OF THE BUDGET, BUT IN THE NEXT YEAR 25-26, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR TO INFLATION FOR THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

I THINK WE CAN WE CAN BE HAPPY THAT THEY'RE THINKING IN THAT TERM.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THIS YEAR WAS TO TIE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO INFLATION BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY HIT HARD WITH INFLATION AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT IN ALL OF OUR BUDGET UPDATES.

BUT IF YOU TRULY WERE TO HAVE TIED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO INFLATION FROM 2019 UNTIL THIS YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE RISEN TO $7,000.

SO HOUSE BILL THREE GETS US TO $6,300.

AND SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

YOU NEED TO FULLY FUND EDUCATION.

IF WE COULD GET THEM TO THAT $7,000 BASIC ALLOTMENT, THAT WOULD AT LEAST GET US TO, YOU KNOW, EQUIVALENT WITH INFLATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR FIXED COSTS, FIXED COSTS THAT ARE TIED TO INFLATION.

A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO OPERATE A BUSINESS WHEN YOU HAVE FIXED REVENUE AND RISING COSTS.

ANOTHER GOOD PART OF THIS BILL IS IT INCREASES THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT TO $1.54 PER MILE FOR REGULAR TRANSPORTATION, AND IT'S $1.67 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN THIS BILL WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, THEIR SPECIAL ED TRANSPORTATION COST WAS ONLY $1.24.

AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO I THINK THEY CORRECTED THAT IN THEIR SUBSTITUTE.

SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE ALL WATCHING THAT.

THAT WILL PROVIDE AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT FOR PLANO ISD 1.4 MILLION IN PLANO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL COVER OUR FUEL COST INCREASE, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET US THERE.

IT'LL HELP. SO $1.54 IS WHAT THE IRS REIMBURSES RIGHT NOW.

SO THEY'RE BRINGING US UP TO THAT LEVEL.

AND THIS IS THE ONE THIS WAS SO FUN TO WATCH THIS BILL GET PASSED ON THE FLOOR.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR DISCUSSING IT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN THROUGH COMMITTEE.

AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, THEY COME UP AND THEY OFFER US AN AMENDMENT.

AND ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE TO SAY, IT WASN'T REALLY A LOUD AMENDMENT, BUT IT GOT IN AND IT GOT VOTED.

AND WE WERE SO HAPPY BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND IT CREATES AN EARLY PAYMENT CREDIT OF 4% FOR DISTRICTS THAT PAY RECAPTURE. AND SO IN PLANO ISD, THAT'S ABOUT AN $8 MILLION SAVINGS AND RECAPTURE.

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OH, I GUESS I FAILED TO NOTE THAT.

OKAY. SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

IT TAKES EFFECT IN THAT NEXT BIENNIUM, KIND OF LIKE THAT INFLATION AND I GUESS WE.

CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT IT STAYS RIGHT.

ANYWAY, A COUPLE OF THE ALLOTMENTS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED ON ARE GOING TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING. CURRENTLY, EVERYTHING WE GET, INCLUDING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IS BASED ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND WHEN WE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE BASING THAT THE COST, YOU KNOW, STAFFING AND ALL OF THE OTHER SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENROLLED.

AND SO WHEN WE ARE REIMBURSED OR PAID ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH OUR TRUE COSTS.

SO MOVING SOME OF THESE CERTAIN ALLOTMENTS TO ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING IS A VERY STRONG MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT DOES NOT TIE UP TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE TOO COSTLY FOR THE STATE THIS GO ROUND.

BUT IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TEXAS IS ONE OF ONLY SIX STATES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT STILL FUNDS BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PARENTHESES IT'S BY BILINGUAL AND SPECIAL ED CAREER TECHNOLOGY, P-TECH AND NEW TECH.

IF WE HAD THAT WE DON'T PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANTS, FACILITY FUNDING PROGRAMS AND EARLY EDUCATION, THOSE WILL BE BASED ON ENROLLMENT RATHER THAN ATTENDANCE. AND SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST.

OH, YEAH. THE LAST ONE THAT WOULD REALLY MAKE SENSE FOR US HERE IN PLANO IS THEY ALLOW US SIX GOLDEN PENNY WITHOUT VOTER ELECTION.

NOW, I WILL SAY THAT PLANO ISD OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M CLICKING IT ON MINE.

YOU ALL AREN'T YOU ALL AREN'T ABLE TO SEE.

I APOLOGIZE.

TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? ME AND TECHNOLOGY.

PISD VOTERS ALREADY PASSED THIS WITH THE IN 2016.

IT WAS THE TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

WE JUST DID A VADER WHICH IS THE NEW TERM.

ANYWAY, SO THIS HAS PASSED.

IT'S ENGROSSED AS THEY SAY.

AND ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE PART OF THE BILL AND IT'S HEADING TO THE SENATE.

SO WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THAT GOES BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ADDITIONAL BASIC ALLOTMENT FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS IN EITHER CHAMBER. THE SENATE SENATE BILL TWO DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

SO I THINK WHEN IT GETS OVER TO SENATE HOUSE, IT'S GOING TO MAYBE LOBBY A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE THEY'LL GET THE SENATE TO SUPPORT US ON THE FUNDING. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A JUST A ARTICULATION, A GREAT GRAPHIC THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER.

BUT THESE ARE THE AREAS WE WHEN I TALKED ABOUT INFLATION AND HOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET AS FAR AS FUNDING, IF WE'RE FUNDED ON AT 63 HUNDRED AND 7000 PER ADA WOULD HAVE GOTTEN US EVEN WITH INFLATION.

THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE SO PROBLEMATIC THAT ARE INFLATED THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. SO LIKE I SAID, FUEL.

LOOK AT THAT 81% INCREASE.

AND WE RUN THREE BUS ROUTES EVERY DAY AND WE HAVE 100MI².

I THINK WE GO TO THE MOON AND BACK IN A YEAR, IS THAT RIGHT? IN THE BUS. AND SO 81% INCREASE, YOU CAN TELL HOW EXPENSIVE THAT IS.

PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE, AND THAT CONTINUES TO RISE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO RISE A LITTLE MORE.

CONSTRUCTION IS NOT ANY CHEAPER THAN IT WAS BEFORE HEALTH INSURANCE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

UTILITIES, CUSTODIAL, THE SECURITY OFFICER COSTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT NUMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE 4.2 MILLION IN THAT HOUSE BILL THREE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING HIT HARD HERE AND FOOD SERVICES. SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE EGGS COST AT THE GROCERY STORE.

WE'RE ALL FEELING IT.

SO WE'RE FEELING IT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND SO BILLS ON THE MOVE, THIS ONE I'M REALLY KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT.

AND TODAY WE SENT A LETTER TO EVERYONE IN THE CALENDARS COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GET THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

BOOM. SO HOUSE BILL 3555 THAT'S OUR TAXPARENCY BILL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TRANSPARENCY AND TAXATION FOR SINCE 2015, SO THIS IS A SOFT SPOT FOR ME.

THIS HAS BEEN REFERRED OUT OF WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND A VOTE OF 9 TO 2.

I ACTUALLY GOT TO TESTIFY ON THAT BILL AND I FELT SO GOOD GETTING TO DO THAT.

AND SO CALENDARS COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THEM TO MOVE THIS BILL FORWARD AND OUR TAXPAYERS WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING WHEN THEY WRITE A CHECK TO THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR AND IT'S IN THE NAME OF PLANO ISD.

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I WANT OUR TAXPAYERS, MYSELF INCLUDED, TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE TAX BILL IS TRULY STAYING HERE AND FUNDING PLANO ISD AND HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING BACK TO THE STATE.

AND I COULD GET REALLY IN THE WEEDS HERE.

BUT I WILL JUST SAY IN THE LAST BIENNIUM, 26% OF ALL OF THE RECAPTURE CONTRIBUTED BY ALL OF THE RECAPTURE DISTRICTS WENT BACK TO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL. AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SPENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SO THERE'S SOME DISINGENUITY THERE.

SO ANYWAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT.

SO JOINT BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SEATED IN THE HOUSE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONFEREES ARE ON THE RIGHT THERE, GREG BONNEN, MARY GONZALEZ, JACEY JETTON, GARY VANDEAVER AND ARMANDO WALL, AND THEN THE SENATE CONFEREES, JOAN HUFFMAN, BRANDON CREIGHTON, LOIS KOLKHORST, ROBERT NICHOLS AND CHARLES SCHWERTNER.

AND SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY MEETING.

AND IT'S THESE ARE UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT OPEN MEETINGS.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK AND CONFER AND SORT OF DUKE OUT THE BUDGET SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE A FINAL BUDGET TO BRING FORWARD FOR BOTH CHAMBERS TO PASS.

THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT THE LEGISLATURE MUST DO BY THE CONSTITUTION.

THEY HAVE TO PASS A BUDGET.

SO I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WANT TO WAGER ANY BETS ON IF THEY CAN GET THE BUDGET PASSED OR ARE WE GOING TO GO TO SPECIAL SESSION ON SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

JUST JUST GUESS IN THERE.

I'M NOT A BETTING GIRL, BUT ANYWAY, SO.

THAT IS IT FROM ME FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY? WHAT? UH, OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR.

YOU SAY IT. WHAT IS IT? QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

COMPLAINTS. QUERIES. CONCERNS.

I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE HOUSE BILL THREE AND TRYING TO GET POLICE OFFICERS OR ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS INTO EVERY SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND THEY'VE GOT FUNDING ATTACHED TO IT, WHICH I'M GLAD IT'S NOT ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT SCHOOLS LIKE OR DISTRICTS LIKE US CAN'T AFFORD. SO GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE.

AND I THINK PARENTS ARE GOING TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DROPPING THEIR STUDENTS OFF AT SCHOOL, KNOWING THAT THERE'S A TRAINED ARMED SECURITY GUARD OR POLICE OFFICER THAT'S THERE TO PROTECT THEIR CHILD.

I AGREE. I THINK THAT SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAMP UP TO THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY I HOPE THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUND IT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

BUT BUT VERY GOOD POINT.

NANCE, THANKS SO MUCH.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER TRUSTEE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT DOES MORE WORK ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAN OUR OWN NANCY HUMPHREY.

AND IT'S IT'S A HEAVY LOAD, HEAVY LIFT.

AND YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

THANK YOU. Y'ALL DON'T SEE ALL THE ALL THE WORK SHE DOES BEHIND THE SCENES.

IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE.

AND SOMEHOW SHE'S MANAGED TO GET TAXPARENCY THROUGH.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT I'M HAPPY FOR IT.

HOWDY DOODY.

I HOPE IT MAKES IT WE.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT BILL GET THROUGH, GO ASK CALENDARS COMMITTEE TO GET IT INTO THE SENATE SO THEY WILL PASS IT BECAUSE GUESS WHAT IN 2017, THE SENATE DID PASS IT.

IT DIED IN THE HOUSE.

WELL, THEY SHOULD NICKNAME THAT ONE, NANCY [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THAT'S OUR REPORTS.

MOVING ON TO POLICIES THAT REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS WE HAVE POLICIES TO CONSIDER WE ARE HAVE A FEW TONIGHT ON SECOND READING ON

[10.1 Adoption of Policy CE(LOCAL) Annual Operating Budget on Second Reading CE(LOCAL)]

ITEM 10.1 IS ADOPTION OF POLICY CE LOCAL, ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET ON SECOND READING.

SELENDA, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT STOLLE.

THE PROPOSED REVISION TO POLICY CE LOCAL UPDATES THE TITLE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES. THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE SECOND READING.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY CE LOCAL ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET UNDER SECOND READING.

I SECOND. OH, GIVE IT TO HEATHER.

OKAY. YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER A SECOND BY DR.

HEATHER WANG THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY CE LOCAL ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET UNDER SECOND READING.

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

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 5 TO 0.

[10.2 Adoption of Policy GKA(LOCAL) Community Relations: Conduct on School Premises on Second Reading GKA(LOCAL)]

ITEM 10.2, ADOPTION OF POLICY GKA LOCAL, COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES ON SECOND READING.

SELENDA. THE PROPOSED REVISION TO POLICY GKA LOCAL UPDATES THE TITLE OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT

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SERVICES TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

THIS IS PRESENTED UNDER I'M SORRY, PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKA LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES.

UNDER SECOND READING.

I SECOND.

DON'T GO ALL AT ONCE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY.

AS THE TWO LADIES DOWN HERE WERE ARGUING OVER WHO WAS GOING TO SECOND.

A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY GKA LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES UNDER SECOND READING.

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

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 5 TO 0.

OH, THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO. OKAY, SO WE ARE NOW AT THE NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE

[11. CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

FIVE SPEAKERS.

AND SO AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT, LET ME READ THE RULES AND THEN WE WILL CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN POLICY, BOARD POLICY, BED LOCAL AT BOARD MEETINGS.

THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING NON AGENDA ITEMS. AT THE END OF THE MEETING, INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY BY SUBMITTING A COMMENT CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

COMMENT CARDS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND INCOMPLETE COMMENT CARDS MAY NOT BE HONORED.

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

FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA.

THESE ARE NON AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC LISTED ON THEIR COMMENT CARD ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074 FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, NO INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON MAY BE SHARED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STOP.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO ARE OUT OF ORDER AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AS A REMINDER TO ALL IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.

IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED.

WHEN YOU'RE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

THE TOPIC OF YOUR COMMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

SECRETARY CHAMBERS WILL KEEP THE TIME FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM, SHE'LL ASK IF YOU'D LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING.

YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE THAT ONE MINUTE WARNING OR NOT.

AND WITH THAT SELENDA, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CARRIE WEEDEN.

CARRIE. DO YOU WANT YOUR ONE MINUTE? NO, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, GREAT.

I LIVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO ANSWER? I FEEL LIKE. I DON'T.

I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU JUST SAID IT.

THE THE TOPIC OF YOUR COMMENT.

OH, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY.

SO I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT.

THE CURRICULUM. OKAY.

I THANK ALL OF YOU BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING OF YOUR EXTRA TIME TO MAKE PLANO ISD GREAT.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF DEDICATION AND TIME TO DO WHAT YOU DO.

WITH ALL THE GOOD YOU DO, I KNOW YOU DON'T MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS AND OFTEN TIMES YOUR HANDS ARE TIED AND YOU MUST BE OVERWHELMED.

I KNOW I WOULD BE, FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS ABOUT THE 2023-24 MANDATED SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CLASS CALLED INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT.

ALONG WITH ME, THE COUNSELORS AND PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED AT THE LACK OF INFORMATION THEY HAVE RECEIVED REGARDING THE CLASS.

I DON'T GET THE VIBE THAT THIS COURSE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE BOARD, AND I EXTEND GRACE AND COMPASSION TO YOU ALL.

WHAT I AM SINCERELY ASKING ALL OF YOU IS THAT YOU WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THOSE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS CLASS TO SHARE WITH THE PARENTS IN DETAIL THE INE CLASS CURRICULUM BEFORE THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SOME PARENTS ARE STRESSED OUT ABOUT THIS AND ARE CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING THEIR CHILDREN FROM PLANO ISD SCHOOLS.

THE BEST REMEDY IS SPEEDY TRANSPARENCY.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, I AM ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO SEEK AND FIND A PATHWAY FOR PARENTS TO OPT THEIR KIDS OUT OF SEL SHOULD THEY WANT TO.

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THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WHO WANT TO RAISE THEIR OWN KIDS, INCLUDING ME, AND DO NOT AGREE WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM.

LET THE PARENTS WHO WANT TO HAVE SEL FOR THEIR KIDS HAVE IT AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, A WAY TO OPT THEIR KIDS OUT.

I KNOW TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT PLANO ISD BECAUSE OF THE SEL CURRICULUM AND PARENTS WHO HAVE PULLED THEIR KIDS OUT OF PLANO ISD FOR THE SAME REASON.

MANY PARENTS DO NOT KNOW SEL IS TAUGHT DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE BEST REMEDY IS SPEEDY TRANSPARENCY AND GIVING CHOICE TO PARENTS.

I ASK THAT PLANO ISD REMEMBER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 26 PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN THEY ARE MAKING DISTRICT WIDE DECISIONS? IT'S BEST THAT PLANO ISD STICK TO ACADEMICS.

I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO MISUNDERSTAND ME.

I'M FINE WITH TEACHERS HAVING CLASSROOM RULES THAT TEACH RESPECTING TEACHERS AND PEERS AND THOSE WHO BREAK THE RULES SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED.

BUT I JUST DON'T WANT PLANO ISD RAISING MY KIDS.

OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN VECCHIO.

MEGAN, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? YEAH, THAT'D PROBABLY BE GOOD, I GUESS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO SO.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY AND I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT WE HAVE TO SIT HERE TILL 11:00 TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL.

IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.

I HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT, MA'AM, SO THANK YOU.

CAN YOU STICK TO YOUR COMMENT THAT WE HAVE TO YOUR TIME IS RUNNING LONG? IT'S JUST REALLY DISRESPECTFUL.

UM, SO I'M HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT CLASS.

I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE OF THIS EIGHT PERIOD DAY, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS TRYING TO REQUIRE TWO FINE ARTS CLASSES.

THEY'VE SINCE DROPPED THAT.

BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT CLASS.

WE CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE CAMPUSES CAN'T GET ANSWERS FROM THE DISTRICT.

IT'S MAY 2ND, SCHOOL'S OUT IN A FEW WEEKS.

SO AS A PARENT, I'M JUST FRUSTRATED THAT THERE'S NOT MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT THIS CLASS ENTAILS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT AND HOW LIKE WHO GETS WHAT AND HOW THAT'S DECIDED. I WOULD IMAGINE THE TEACHERS ARE STRESSED BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TEACH THIS NEXT YEAR AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CLASS EITHER.

SO I WANT TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE BOARD THAT THESE CHANGES TO THIS EIGHT PERIOD DAY AND WHATNOT WOULDN'T EVEN BE POSSIBLE IF THE SCHOOL DAY HADN'T BEEN EXTENDED BY THE TEN MINUTES.

IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE MINUTE EXTENSION IT GOT A FEW YEARS AGO.

SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT IT WAS VERY HONEST OF THE DISTRICT TO DO THAT EXTENSION OF THE DAY AND NOT EXPLAIN THAT THIS WOULD ALSO LIKE COME WITH THAT.

ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THESE CONCERNS, I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH Y'ALL ABOUT LOCKERS.

THE KIDS IN THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES DON'T HAVE LOCKERS.

THEIR BAGS ARE REALLY HEAVY.

I KNOW SOME PARENTS WHOSE KIDS HAVE BEEN IN CHIROPRACTIC CARE BECAUSE THE BAGS ARE SO HEAVY.

THE BAGS GO I PRINTED OUT THE BAGS GO IN DIRECT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY THEY CONTRADICT YOUR OWN BAG POLICY WITH THE STADIUM'S. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE'VE HAD LOCKDOWN ISSUES AT CAMPUSES ON OUR SIDE OF TOWN DUE TO WEAPONS OR LIKE MAYBE MISTAKES THINKING KIDS ARE BRINGING WEAPONS.

THEY COULD HAVE GUNS, KNIVES, DRUGS IN THE BAGS.

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD.

AND I WANTED TO BE HERE IN PERSON TO HAVE A COMMENT ON PUBLIC RECORD ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY BECAUSE THIS REALLY ISN'T SAFE.

AND I THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD CONSIDER PARENTS OBJECTIONS TO THIS.

ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST THINK THIS IS REALLY FRUSTRATING.

I DON'T REALLY LIKE HAVING TO COME HERE AND SIT THIS LONG TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT HOW TO DO YOUR JOB.

THAT'S NOT MY PLACE AS A PARENT, BUT I'M JUST FRUSTRATED THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT ANYBODY WILL EVEN REMOTELY LISTEN TO US.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANNON AYRES.

I HAVE REALLY RIVETING HANDOUTS.

WOULD I GIVE THOSE TO.

OKAY.

SHANNON, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? YES. WHOEVER ASKED ME THAT.

ME? IT'S ME. DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? SURE. OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS. SO, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SHANNON AYRES.

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I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TITLE NINE.

AND I'M THE COLLIN COUNTY EDUCATION DIVISION LEAD FOR CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM OR CDF? I'M HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO EACH OF YOU REGARDING TITLE NINE, THE RECENT PROPOSED RULE CHANGE TO TITLE NINE THAT BROADENS ITS LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.

WHILE SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FOLLOWED THE MISLEADING GUIDANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S 2021 NOTICE OF INTERPRETATION FOLLOWING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN BOSTOCK V CLAYTON COUNTY, BOTH HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MISINTERPRETED AS IT WAS MADE CLEAR BY THE COURT THAT THE LATTER WAS A TITLE SEVEN ISSUE THAT DID NOT APPLY TO TITLE NINE OR ANY OTHER LAW.

THE SUPREME COURT IN BOSTIC EMPHASIZED THAT SEX BASED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CONSISTENT WITH TITLE SEVEN WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BUT IT EXPLICITLY REFRAINED FROM APPLYING THEIR RULING TO TITLE NINE.

AS SUCH, THIS RENDERS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S NOI AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER NULL BECAUSE IT EXPRESSLY CONTRADICTS SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT.

IF THIS WASN'T ENOUGH, THERE'S BEEN A HANDFUL OF CASES FURTHER DEMONSTRATING THE INAPPLICABILITY OF THE BOSTIC RULING TO TITLE NINE ISSUES.

ALL OF THESE CAN BE FOUND IN THE HANDOUTS THAT I'VE PROVIDED, BUT THEY DO INCLUDE A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN TEXAS AFFIRMING THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY ARE NOT PROTECTED CATEGORIES BECAUSE TITLE NINE MUST BE READ IN THE ORIGINAL CONTEXT IN WHICH IT WAS DRAFTED IN 1972.

WHERE SEX WAS UNDERSTOOD TO BE BIOLOGICAL AND BINARY.

A FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT COVERING FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND ALABAMA JURISDICTIONS ALSO FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE, RULING THAT A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD'S BATHROOM POLICY DID NOT VIOLATE TITLE NINE BECAUSE TITLE NINE CONFORMS TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF SEX CONSISTENT WITH THE SOCIETAL UNDERSTANDING OF SEX AT THE TIME OF ITS DRAFTING.

BEYOND THIS, APPLYING ANY DIRECTIVE THAT NEITHER CONFORMS TO THESE RECENT RULINGS NOR TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE NECESSITY OF RECEIVING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL BEFORE MAKING A CHANGE TO FEDERAL LAW IS ITSELF AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACT.

IN BOSTOCK V CLAYTON COUNTY, THE SUPREME COURT STATED THAT THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES ARE THE ONES WHO MUST MUST AMEND TITLE NINE, THEREBY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR NON CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TO ASSUME CHANGES TO TITLE NINE IN THE ABSENCE OF APPROVAL TO AMEND IT, A POWER RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY BY CONGRESS.

THIS KIND OF RULE CHANGE REQUIRES A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

AS STATED IN MY EMAIL THAT I SENT, THE ADOPTION OF THIS CHANGE WILL HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS ATHLETICS.

SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PUBLICLY AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU AND EVERYONE LISTENING TO GO TO CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM.COM/PROTECT CHILDREN BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF MAY 15TH FOR THE LINK TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INPUT ON THIS TOPIC.

NOT COMMENTING IS IN AND OF ITSELF A COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA SMITH.

LISA, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS LISA SMITH AND I AM A PLANO ISD RESIDENT AND MY CHILDREN HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I AM SEEING SPIRALING DOWNHILL.

I'M SAD TO SAY I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIBRARIES.

I FOUND THIS VERY SHOCKING.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT MYSELF.

I DID A DEEP DIVE, STARTED RESEARCHING.

I'M ALSO SHOCKED THAT OTHER PARENTS HAVEN'T COME UP HERE AND SPOKEN ABOUT IT VERY MUCH IN THESE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

AND ALSO THAT PARENTS REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW OR THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT.

WHAT I'M FINDING IS REALLY DESPICABLE.

IT'S BEYOND BELIEF.

AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE NOT CLASSIC BOOKS.

I'M HEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PULL CLASSIC BOOKS.

THEY ARE NOT. IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF THESE BOOKS HAVE ONLY BEEN IN PRINT A FEW YEARS, SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT MANY OF THEM JUST A FEW YEARS.

SO THESE ARE NEWER TYPE BOOKS.

OUR TASB AND PLANO ISD BOARD POLICY MANUAL SAYS THAT LIBRARY MATERIALS SHOULD INCLUDE, SHOULD NOT INCLUDE HARMFUL MATERIAL AS DEFINED BY TEXAS PENAL CODE 43.24 OR OBSCENE MATERIAL AS DEFINED BY THE TEXAS PENAL CODE 4321. THESE BOOKS ARE DEFINITELY IN VIOLATION OF THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEXAS PENAL CODE 4324 IS, TO SPELL IT OUT, IT'S REGARDING HARMFUL MATERIAL,

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WHICH MEANS MATERIAL WHOSE DOMINANT THEME TAKEN AS A WHOLE APPEALS TO THE PRURIENT INTEREST OF A MINOR IN SEX, NUDITY OR EXCRETION IS PATENTLY OFFENSIVE TO PREVAILING STANDARDS IN THE ADULT COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IS SUITABLE FOR MINORS IS UTTERLY WITHOUT REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE FOR MINORS.

AND THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CASE OF THESE BOOKS.

AND IT GOES ON.

A PERSON WHO COMMITS AN OFFENSE.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK FAST.

WE HAVE THIS ONE BOOK THAT I PULLED JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.

THIS ONE IS CALLED THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN.

IT'S IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

IT DOES IT CONTAINS SEXUAL ACTIVITIES, NUDITY, IT HAS PROFANITY, HAS THE F-WORD IN IT.

I THINK ABOUT 20 TIMES.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO READ IT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ABOUT, WHAT I'M SEEING.

THEY FELL ONTO THE BED AND HE MOUNTED HER AND SHE PULLED HIS PANTS DOWN TO HIS ANKLES.

AND HAVING REMOVED HER SHIRT AND UNDERGARMENTS, THE WAY HER BREASTS FELL ACROSS HER CHEST, THE SMELL WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME AN ERECTION IF I STILL HAD TESTICLES.

SHE WAS A TEENAGER WHO HAD A FULL SET OF BREASTS FOR MILKING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

THIS IS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND I AM A TAX PAYING CITIZEN, AND I KNOW THAT MY TAX PAYING DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THIS GARBAGE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS.

LILACH BOTBOL.

WE ANNOUNCED THAT NAME AGAIN.

LILACH BOTBOL.

OKAY. THAT WAS OUR LAST.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 11:17 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

May 02, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

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