[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> [BACKGROUND] I BANG THAT GAVEL LOUD, DON'T I? GOOD EVENING. I AM NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT, AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 05:30 PM ON TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2023.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
>> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DASS.
TO MY LEFT, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, BOARD SECRETARY, JERI CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.
SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT, DR. LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, ALL THINGS MONEY, 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 SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
NOW I WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION,
[3. RECOGNITIONS]
WE HAVE MANY TALENTED STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS WINNING AWARDS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.WE'RE PROUDLY CELEBRATING THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ON MAY 22ND AND 23RD, 2023, PLANO WEST COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL UIL 6A STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT HELD IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
THE WOLF PACKS OWN ETHAN FANG PLAYS SECOND OVERALL IN THE TOURNAMENT AND SHOT MINUS EIGHT FOR THE TWO-DAY TOURNAMENT, WOW.
ETHAN IS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AS HE IS PLAYING IN AN OUT-OF-STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, BUT HE AND HIS PARENTS ARE WATCHING OUR LIVE BROADCAST ONLINE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU, ETHAN.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] I BET IT'S HOT WHEREVER HIS TOURNAMENT IS.
[LAUGHTER] WE ALSO HAVE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION RECIPIENTS, ALL THIS IS BIG, 52 PLANO ISD GRADUATING SENIORS WERE AWARDED SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION.
AS THEIR NAMES SCROLL ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THESE OUTSTANDING GRADUATES.
[APPLAUSE] THIS IS ALSO BIG [LAUGHTER] INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR WINNERS.
ON MAY 18TH AND 19TH, WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE REGENERON INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, ISEF, THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL PRE-COLLEGE SCIENCE COMPETITION.
THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 1,600 HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES, REGIONS, AND TERRITORIES WERE AWARDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH.
PLANO ISD HAD 10 PROJECTS ADVANCED TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION BY THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, DRSEF, AND THE TEXAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, TXSEF, FIVE PROJECTS CAPTURED CATEGORY GRAND AWARDS,
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ONE FOURTH-PLACE AWARD, ONE-SECOND PLACE AWARD, AND THREE FIRST-PLACE AWARDS.ADDITIONALLY, SIX PROJECTS RECEIVED EIGHT SPECIAL AWARDS.
ALTOGETHER, PLANO ISD STUDENTS RECEIVED MORE THAN $200,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZE MONEY.
PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING ALL OF THESE STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE THE PRACTICUM OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STUDENTS.
ELEVEN GRADUATING SENIORS WERE HONORED BY PLANO ISD, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CTE, AND HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PLANO ISD CTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM OF STUDY.
STUDENTS WERE PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND A LETTER GUARANTEEING AN INTERVIEW AND JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT AS AN EDUCATIONAL AID OR A TEACHER IN PLANO ISD AFTER COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
SOME OF THE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED WERE ALSO HONORED FOR SIGNING UP FOR PLANO ISD'S NEW QUALITY EDUCATION FOR SUCCESSFUL TEACHING, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS QUEST PROGRAM.
STUDENTS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING THE PLANO ISD TEAM IN THE FUTURE.
LET'S GIVE THEM SOME APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] THE NATIONAL INVEST RIGHT COMPETITION.
TWO PLANO ISD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION, SIFMA.
FOUNDATION SPRING 2023, NATIONAL INVEST RIGHT COMPETITION.
FIFTH-GRADE STUDENT, TALKS MOSHE FROM WYATT ELEMENTARY, PLACED SIXTH NATIONALLY AND FIFTH-GRADER, SANTOSH KI-MOON GUTAI FROM SHELL ELEMENTARY FINISHED WITH THE TOP SPOT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
LET'S GIVE THEM A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] WE CAN CALL THEM FOR SOME FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVICE.
[LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
OVERALL LET'S GIVE THEM A LAST APPLAUSE.
>> NOW THE BOARD IS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE MORE OF OUR DISTRICT SUCCESSES THIS EVENING.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR. SELENDA FREEMAN WILL LEAD THE FIRST FEW RECOGNITIONS FOR US, DR. FREEMAN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I AM EXCITED TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE SOME OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS THIS EVENING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LAWDY LINER AND STEVE EWING TO THE PODIUM.
THEY ARE BOTH EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, FOR THESE INTRODUCTIONS.
>> BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, AND CABINET MEMBERS, LAWDY AND I ARE VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS THAT WERE SELECTED IN JUNE.
PRINCIPALS AS WE INTRODUCE YOU, PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR GUESTS.
THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF THIS EVENING IS COURTNEY WASHINGTON, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] MRS. WASHINGTON COMES FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, SO EDUCATION IS IN HER BLOOD.
SHE COMPLETED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY IN BIOLOGY AND GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE.
COURTNEY THEN COMPLETED HER MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
UNLIKE MANY OF US, COURTNEY BEGAN HER CAREER AS A TEACHER AND THEN WAS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THEN PRINCIPAL.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE WAS THE PRINCIPLE OF CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE IN PLANO ISD.
MRS. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HER COLLEGE SWEETHEART JARVIS FOR 28 YEARS.
THEY HAVE ONE FUR BABY THAT IS SPOILT TO DEATH NAMED BIVY.
BIVY WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TREATS FOR DOG, SHE IS PATIENTLY WAITING AT HOME.
PLEASE WELCOME COURTNEY WASHINGTON TO SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THE NEXT PRINCIPAL WE WILL ANNOUNCE IS JIGYASA SETHI.
SHE WILL BE OUR NEW PRINCIPAL AT HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY.
[APPLAUSE] FOR OVER TWO DECADES, MS. SETHI HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER,
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A PTA MEMBER, A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, A STUDENT TEACHER, AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND MOST RECENTLY HAS SERVED AS PRINCIPAL OF HIGHTOWER ELEMENTARY.HER VISION IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY OF EMPOWERED AND OPEN-MINDED LEADERS WHERE EVERY STUDENT GROWS ACADEMICALLY AND THROUGH THE IB LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS.
JIGYASA WOULD PLEASE STAND IN SUPPORT ARE HER PARENTS, SUKH BEER AND PRETTY MAGU, PLEASE STAND.
[APPLAUSE] JOINING US ONLINE ARE HER HUSBAND, CHAMETHANS SETHI AND HER SON, JOSH, ADDITIONALLY, HER SCHOOL FAMILY AND PRINCIPAL FRIENDS, SARAH STUART, LEANNE EARNHARDT, KRISTIN GLASSHOCK, AND BRIAN CROWSEN.
[APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PRINCIPAL WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING IS CONNIE MATHEWS, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT SAIGLING ELEMENTARY.
SINCE 1992, CONNIE HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH STUDENT, PARENT, TEACHER AND LEADER AT SKAGGS, MCCALL, AND JACKSON ELEMENTARY.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE HAS SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BEVERLY ELEMENTARY.
HER GOAL IS TO BUILD A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY AS THEY CONTINUE SAIGLING'S TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE.
TONIGHT WITH HER ARE HER PARENTS, MAURICE AND KATHY REAGAN AND HER SON, ALEX MATTHEW.
JOINING US ONLINE IS HER DAUGHTER, TAYLOR MATTHEWS.
OUR NEXT PRINCIPAL IS STEPHANIE PAHOLSKI, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY.
MISS PAHOLSKI BRINGS 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS A TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER THAT SPAN THE NATION.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THOMAS ELEMENTARY.
IT IS HER FIRM BELIEF THAT A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND FAMILIES IS THE KEY TO FOSTERING A POSITIVE AND NURTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.
WHERE TOGETHER, THEY CAN INSPIRE AND EMPOWER STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
TONIGHT, IN SUPPORT OF STEPHANIE IS HER HUSBAND, TOM, HER DAUGHTER AND FIANCE WHO ARE ALSO PLANO WEST GRADUATES, BACA AND DANIEL.
ANOTHER PLANO WEST GRADUATE, HER SON THOMAS, AND HIS FIANCE VICTORIA, HER BROTHER-IN-LAW, MICHAEL, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND CATHERINE, AND ALSO PRESENT IS ALLISON AND ZACH PRUITT FROM THOMAS ELEMENTARY.
OUR NEXT LEADER IS EMILY HARTMAN.
SHE IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT MCCALL ELEMENTARY.
[APPLAUSE] MS. HARTMAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONNECTED TO PLANO AS A STUDENT WHERE SHE ATTENDED PLANO ISD SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE, WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH.
SHE COMES TO US WITH 14 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS A TEACHER, A TEAM LEADER, AND CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS AND DYSLEXIA SPECIALISTS AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
MOST RECENTLY, SHE HAS SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ANDREWS ELEMENTARY.
HER VISION IS TOGETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT THAT LEADS TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND A LOVE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING.
TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF EMILY, ARE HER PARENTS, RANDY AND SARAH.
PLEASE STAND, AS HER GRANDMOTHER AND FORMER PLANO ISD TEACHER, MARILYN, HER BROTHER AND HIS FAMILY, ANDREWS, COURTNEY, AND NOTS HARTMAN.
CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. LASTLY, DR. KIMBERLY BLACKWELL, THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT DOOLEY ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].
DR. BLACKWELL IS A FORMER PARENT OF A DOOLEY DRAGON, AND SHE HAS EXPERIENCED HOW EXTRAORDINARY THE DOOLEY COMMUNITY IS.
HER PRIMARY GOAL IS TO BE A CHAMPION IN PARTNERING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AT DOOLEY ELEMENTARY REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
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DR. BLACKWELL COMES TO US WITH 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS A TEACHER AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HEDGECOXE MILLER, AND THOMAS.SHE HAS ALSO SERVED AS A CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR AND CENTER COORDINATOR FOR TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE, AND MOST RECENTLY AS A MIDDLE-SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN LITTLE ELM ISD.
TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF DR. BLACKWELL ARE HER HUSBAND, ARTHUR, HER DAUGHTER, MIRACLE, HER PARENTS, ARTHUR AND EMMAGN, AND SISTERS, AND LOTS OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, KISHA, TONY, CHRISTIAN, KENISHA, SHAMASH, AND DIAMOND.
CONGRATULATIONS, DR. BLACKWELL.
LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS.
>> I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE DR. PHILIP MORGAN TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
HE IS HERE TO LEAD THE NEXT FEW RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. WILLIAMS, BEFORE I START, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO SHOULD BE STANDING NEXT TO ME.
BUT RIGHT NOW, HE'S RELAXING, HAVING SOME FAMILY TIME BECAUSE IT'S GREG ARP'S BIRTHDAY TODAY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONLINE, GREGOR ARP.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE RECOGNIZING A NUMBER OF HIS STUDENTS IN HIS PROGRAMS TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GATHER FIRST AND RECOGNIZE ON OUR STUDENTS FOR PLANO ISD THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED NOT ONLY IN PERFORMING ARTS, BUT ALSO VISUAL ARTS AT THE LOCAL, STATE LEVEL AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
FIRST OF ALL, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT WORKS FOR A CHANCE AT SELECTION FOR THE COVER ART OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ANNUAL PROJECT NORTH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION REPORT.
THIS ILLUSTRATION SERVES AS THE VISUAL POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE REGION'S TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS AND HOW THEY COOPERATE TO BUILD PROJECTS IN THE DFW AREA FOR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE MOBILITY.
THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THEIR COVER ART IS PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL ART STUDENT IN QI WANG.
SHE WAS INSPIRED TO CREATE THE INTERSECTION THAT HER MOM DROVE BY EVERY MORNING ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
SHE DEVELOPED IT ON PROCREATE SOFTWARE FOR IPAD, WHICH FEATURES DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES MOVING INTO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BUSTLING ACTION OF PEOPLE INTERACTING INCLUDING A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, ILLUSTRATING WHO BUILT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND A SANITATION WORKER RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN AND SAFE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO QI WANG ON HER 2023 SELECTION AS THE NCT ECGS COVER ARTISTS FOR PROJECT NORTH TEXAS.
GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP. THERE WE GO.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS SPECIFIC PUBLICATION WILL GO TO THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, SO THEY WILL SEE MS. WANG'S WORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH TEXAS AREA.
[APPLAUSE] THE TEXAS ART EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION PROVIDES STUDENTS OF VISUAL ARTS OPPORTUNITY TO QUALIFY AT A REGIONAL LOCAL LEVEL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT ANNUALLY OR VASE COMPETITION EACH YEAR.
FROM THAT QUALIFYING EVENT, STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL ARTWORK MOVE FORWARD WHEN SELECTED TO THE STATE VISUAL ARTS CONTEST HOSTED IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR ARTWORK AND SPEAK ON ITS CREATION.
TWENTY SEVEN STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE VASE CONTEST THIS YEAR WITH THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS OF AWARDS AT THE STATE VASE CONTEST.
HOWEVER, THE COVETED GOLD SEAL, THIS SEAL REPRESENTS THE MOST ELITE ART WORK ACROSS THE LONE STAR STATE AND THIS YEAR, THREE PLANO ISD STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE HONOR AT THE STATE VASE CONTEST.
ONE COULD NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FROM SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR MELISSA PIERCE, STATE VASE GOLD SEAL, WINNER, SUHANNEE GOYAL, LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR ADRIAN ANDERSON, STATE VASE GOLD SEAL AWARD WINNER KATHLEEN MURPHY, COME ON UP [APPLAUSE].
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JOINING KATHLEEN FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ALSO WITH STUDENT WHO WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR, ADRIAN ANDERSON.NOW UNDER PHILIP FRY, VISUAL ARTS DIRECTOR.
STATE VASE GOLD SEAL AWARD WINNER ASIA GANDAMA [APPLAUSE].
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE AMAZING VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS ON A JOB WELL DONE NOT ONLY IN THE CREATION OF YOUR ARTWORK, THEY DON'T JUST SUBMIT ART, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO VERBALLY DEFEND IT AND JUSTIFY IT WHEN THEY'RE AT THE CONTEXT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TOP AWARD OF VISUAL ARTS ACADEMIA. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH.
[APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD NOTICED OR IF ANYBODY ON THE DIETS NOTICED BUT I WAS VERY CAREFUL IN HOW I CARRIED MY NOTEBOOK TO THE FRONT OF THE PODIUM THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE'RE RECOGNIZING A NUMBER OF SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS AND THEY ARE VERY JUDGY BECAUSE THEY [LAUGHTER] DO IT THE BEST.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT, JUDGE YOU IN A GOOD WAY, AND HERE'S WHY.
THE STATE UIL STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CHALLENGING TO ACHIEVE AND QUALIFY FOR ONLY THE TOP 12 INDIVIDUALS FROM EACH CONFERENCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, QUALIFY FOR THE TWO-DAY EVENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
THIS YEAR, MULTIPLE PLANO ISD STUDENTS QUALIFIED AS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS AND MADE THE TREK TO AUSTIN TO REPRESENT US AT UT FOR THE TITLE ROUNDS.
WE'LL RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.
FIRST OF ALL, A 6A POETRY INTERPRETATION STATE QUALIFIER FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COACH ROBERT SHEPARD.
CONGRATULATIONS JANELIA AGBOAR AGBOAR [APPLAUSE] NEXT A STATE YOU UIL-6A FIFTH PLACED FINALISTS FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COACHES MADISON GACKENBACH AND MIRANDA VILLANUEVA.
CONGRATULATIONS ISHIKA KOTHARI.
[APPLAUSE] YES, COME ON UP ABSOLUTELY.
AND FINALLY FROM UIL, OUR PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALL IN THE DIRECTION OF COACHES ROBY HOLLAND AND REGGIE CHAPMAN.
YOUR CONFERENCE 6A STATE FIFTH PLACE FINALIST AND EXTEMPORANEOUS PERSUASIVE SPEAKING.
CONGRATULATIONS, KARL LETTERER.
LET'S GIVE KARL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].
CONSEQUENTLY, KARL IS ACTUALLY AT UT PREPARING BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE A LONGHORN NEXT YEAR AND PREPARING FOR SPEECH AND DEBATE THERE TOO.
SO HE'S AT HIS MEETING THERE THIS EVENING.
YOUR CONFERENCE IS 6A STATE SILVER MEDALIST IN LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE.
CONGRATULATIONS SOTVIK MAHINDRA [APPLAUSE].
LINCOLN DOUGLAS IS ONE-ON-ONE SO IF HE CATCHES YOU OUTSIDE, BE VERY CAREFUL.
THESE NEXT TWO ARE VERY SPECIAL.
THE NEAR AND DEAR TO MY OWN HEART, I WAS A SPEECH OR DEBATE COACH FOR MANY YEARS AND I TELL YOU MY STUDENTS TRIED TO ACHIEVE THE PINNACLE AT THE STATE MEET BUT NEVER DID.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT I GET TO ANNOUNCE THIS AND I'M GOING TO RELISH IN IT FOR JUST A MINUTE, MAYBE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MOTION OF MY HEART.
YOUR CONFERENCE 6A STATE CHAMPION AND EXTEMPORANEOUS PERSUASIVE SPEAKING.
CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL BOW [APPLAUSE].
IF YOU SENSE THE PRIDE AND EMOTION, IT'S BECAUSE YOU ALL SAW IN PLANO ISD, WE ALL SAW IN PLANO ISD, HOLD TONE TO THE CONFERENCE 6A CHAMPION AND EXTEMPORANEOUS, INFORMATIVE SPEAKING.
CONGRATULATIONS, PHENYLIN [APPLAUSE].
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT AS WE DO HAVE STATE QUALIFIERS AND MEDALISTS WHO ARE NOT HERE, IRONICALLY THERE AT UT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS ALSO NAMED THE CONFERENCE 6A UIL STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPION, CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH ELLEN AND TO COACH CHADLINE.
YOU GUYS COME ON UP [APPLAUSE].
I CAN ATTEST THAT IT IS MANY HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER-SCHOOL POLISHING CONTEST PIECES AND GETTING THEM READY AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT ENDS UP IN A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD WITH SOME GOLD HARDWARE THAT REPRESENTS HOURS OF COMPETITION,
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PERFECTION, AND POLISHING.SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COACHES AND OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY PLANO WEST TONIGHT ON YOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE YOU GO.
SQUEEZE ON AND THERE WE GO [APPLAUSE].
THEY DON'T STOP THERE. EACH YEAR, THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION HOSTS ITS ILLUSTRIOUS NSDA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TO CROWN THE TOP SPEAKERS, NOT JUST FROM TEXAS, BUT FROM ALL STATES.
THIS YEAR, SEVERAL STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD NOT ONLY ASCENDED THE MOUNTAIN, BUT SOME ENDED UP AT THE VERY SUMMIT PROVING AGAIN THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUT INSIGHTFUL, CREATIVE, AND ACADEMICALLY BRILLIANT STUDENTS FROM RIGHT HERE IN PLANO, TEXAS.
FIRST, WOULD OUR TWO COACHES FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JOIN ME UP AT THE FRONT.
OUR TWO COACHES FROM PLANO EAST, COME ON UP.
YOU GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, ABSOLUTELY.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD SPEAKING IS A PRODUCT OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ANNOUNCE BECAUSE THIS YEAR, PLANO EAST SPEECH & DEBATE COACHES MADISON GACKENBACH AND MIRANDA VILLANUEVA RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS DIAMOND LEVEL COACHES FOR THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION.
[APPLAUSE] WE CERTAINLY LOVE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU COACHES ON YOUR CAREER MILESTONES.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE SPEECH AND DEBATE COACHES AT PISD.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP HERE BECAUSE TRAVELING WITH THE TWO COACHES TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL SEMI-FINALIST IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATES SENATE, ASHRAF BAZERBACK.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO REPRESENTING PISD IN PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A NATIONAL FIFTH PLACE FINALIST AND MEDALIST IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE HOUSE, RAGHAV RAMKI.
THE STUDENTS SHARED WITH ME OUTSIDE THAT THESE TROPHIES ARE A LITTLE HEAVY.
I HAD TO CARRY THEM THROUGH THE AIRPORT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO PLANO EAST AND NOW WE'LL PIVOT OVER TO PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ALL COACHED BY ROBBIE HOLLAND AND REGGIE CHAPMAN.
COACHES, Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND COME UP HERE TO THE FRONT TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG CELEBRATION FOR YOU BOTH.
[APPLAUSE] I SPECIFICALLY WORE MY TEXAS BOOTS TODAY JUST FOR THIS BECAUSE WE'RE REPRESENTING PRETTY HARD ACROSS THE US TONIGHT.
FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO COUNT THESE DOWN, ELEVENTH PLACE FINALIST IN DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION, AMIT KONDA.
[APPLAUSE] A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL EIGHTH PLACE FINALIST IN DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION, WALKER BLACKWELL.
[APPLAUSE] A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL EIGHTH PLACE FINALIST IN ORIGINAL ORATORY, HANIYYAH ZIA.
[APPLAUSE] THIS IS A SPEECH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
HANIYYAH, IS THAT CORRECT? IS IT ZIA? [OVERLAPPING] SAY IT FOR ME.
>> HANIYYAH ZIA. EXCUSE ME. HANIYYAH ZIA, EVERYONE.
ABSOLUTELY. A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL, SIXTH PLACE FINALIST IN PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION, MANHA, I'M GOING TO SAY IT, HAQUE.
>> IT'S HAQUE. THERE WE GO, HAQUE.
PERFECT. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS THE POINT IN THE RECOGNITION WHERE MOST HIGH SCHOOLS AND MOST DISTRICTS WOULD STOP AND CONGRATULATE EVERYONE AND BE FINISHED FOR THE EVENING, BUT A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL SIXTH PLACE FINALIST IN UNITED STATES EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, KATHERINE LEE.
[APPLAUSE] A NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL FOURTH PLACE FINALIST IN INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND YOUR STATE CHAMPION FOR UIL AGAIN, GABRIEL BO.
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HE'S HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.WE HAVE THE NATIONAL BRONZE MEDALIST, THIRD PLACE IN THE ENTIRE NATION IN DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION, MAX BLACKWELL.
[APPLAUSE] THE NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL SILVER MEDALIST IN INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, PHOENA LIN.
[APPLAUSE] BECAUSE AGAIN, HE'S NOT WITH US, HE'S AT UT, BUT THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL, THE NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION, NUMBER ONE IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES FOR UNITED STATES EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, WHO I CAN ATTEST AFTER WATCHING HIS SPEECH MULTIPLE TIMES, KNOWS MORE ABOUT MOST OF US IN ECONOMIC POLICIES AND FORECASTING FOR THE NATION, [LAUGHTER] KYLE LETTERER.
[APPLAUSE] BEFORE I FINISH WITH PLANO WEST, I DO WANT TO SAY PLANO EAST STUDENTS COMPILED SUCH NUMBERS AT THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT DEBATE SCHOOL OF HONOR, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COACHES AND OUR STUDENTS AT PLANO EAST.
[APPLAUSE] BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AND AN AMAZING YEAR OF VERY, VERY DILIGENT WORK, PLANO WEST COMPILED SUCH NUMBERS AT THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHOOL OF OUTSTANDING DISTINCTION AND WERE NAMED THE 2023 NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS.
>> PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND GET A PHOTO, PLEASE JUMP UP.
>> HE'S A NATURAL. THERE WE GO, 1, 2, 3. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
>> PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, AS YOU MENTIONED, IF WE DO HAVE PARENTS OF THESE STUDENTS IN VISUAL ARTS AND SPEECH DEBATE, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME.
[APPLAUSE] WE KNOW THAT YOU HAULED THEM TO PRACTICES ALL THE TIME.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR FORENSIC STUDENTS ON A SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL REPRESENTATION THIS YEAR AND FOR REPRESENTING PLANO ISD ALL THE WAY FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE]
>> I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, MR. JOHNNY HILL, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD THE NEXT RECOGNITION FOR US?
>> I'D BE GLAD TO. I'M GOING TO CALL MR. MARK SKINNER UP TO THIS PODIUM TO DELIVER A SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HILL. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR. WILLIAMS, DR. FREEMAN, TRUSTEES, HOW MANY BUSES DO I NEED TO TRANSPORT ALL THESE STATE CHAMPIONS IS MY QUESTION? [LAUGHTER].
>> BUT I CAN CONTINUE IN THAT.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR OUR DISTRICT.
EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS THE TAPT TEAM, HOSTS ANNUAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY RODEO FOR BOTH REGULAR, CONVENTIONAL, AND SPECIAL NEEDS BUSES AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND BUS ASSISTANTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS IN DRIVING AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS.
DRIVERS COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER USING THEIR SKILLS AND PRECISION DRIVING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAWS.
EACH EVENT IS EITHER TIMED OR MEASURED TO DETERMINE THE SCORE.
THE EVENT INCLUDES A WRITTEN TEST CHALLENGING THE CONTESTANTS' COMPREHENSION OF DRIVER CERTIFICATION, COMMERCIAL DRIVING LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
CONTESTANTS THEN GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY TO MANEUVER A SCHOOL BUS IN AND AROUND VARIOUS DRIVING OBSTACLE COURSES THAT INCLUDE BACKING, PARALLEL PARKING, RIGHT-LEFT-HAND TURNS, AS WELL AS STUDENT LOADING AND UNLOADING.
EACH EVENT IS EITHER TIMED OR MEASURED TO DETERMINE THE SCORE.
MANY HOURS OF PRACTICE ARE NEEDED TO RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS FOR EACH EVENT.
THIS YEAR IN OUR STATE RODEO, WE HIT 19 SPECIAL NEEDS TEAMS COMPETING AND 33 CONVENTIONAL DRIVERS OUT OF 34 DISTRICTS OF THE STATE.
I'D LIKE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO PLANO ISD'S AWARD-WINNING BUS DRIVERS AND ASSISTANTS WHOM I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP AS I CALL EACH OF THEIR NAMES TO BE RECOGNIZED.
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OUR SECOND-PLACE SPECIAL NEEDS DRIVER, MOHSEN AL ASAD AND ASSISTANT NABLIA AUDI, PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] KEEP IN MIND AS I ANNOUNCE THESE SCORES, A, I SHOULD SAY WE'RE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS SO LET'S REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE I WAS HERE LAST YEAR [LAUGHTER] DOING THE SAME THING.BUT NABILA IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
QUICK STORY, IN 2020, NABILA BEAT ME TO WORK BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO COME WORK FOR PLANO AND NOW SHE'S A SECOND PLACE STATE CHAMPION, WHICH IS ALSO FOR NABILA, SO CONGRATS NABILA.
OUR FIRST PLACE STATE CHAMPIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, WE HAVE STEVEN MOONEYHAM AND MOHAMMED O'MARA.
LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. STATE CHAMPIONS.
[APPLAUSE] THIRD PLACE, THESE ARE SPECIAL NEEDS WINNERS HERE.
WE HAD A THIRD PLACE FINISHING AND STATE, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN SCORES IN THE TOP 5, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 0.05S, 0.06S.
I'D LIKE TO HONOR JIM, WHAT HAS IT BEEN, 12 YEARS, ARE YOU A 12-YEAR MAN FOR THE DISTRICT? JIM HAS BEEN HERE 12 YEARS. HE'S THIRD PLACE.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
THIS MAN IS A DEDICATED DRIVER FOR OUR DISTRICT, HE IS HERE EVERY DAY AND HE'S READY TO COMPETE AND BRING IT HOME AND I KNOW HE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
KEEP TRYING, JIM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIRD PLACE.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB. JIM SAGER, EVERYBODY.
[APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR TEAM OF TRAINERS WHO EACH INVESTED SEVERAL HOURS OF THEIR UNPAID TIME TO ASSIST OUR DRIVERS AND ASSIST US IN PREPARATION FOR THIS.
HE'S ONE OF OUR TRAINERS WHO I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE AN EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE LIKE I HAVE WITH STU, WHO'S WILLING TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
CAN WE STAY LATE? WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU STU, FANTASTIC JOB.
[APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE BEVERLY, PLEASE WAVE.
[APPLAUSE] SHE'S OUR OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR AND AREA 2 DIRECTOR.
LIKEWISE SUPPORTED EFFORTS OF THE TEAM TO BRING HOME THESE HONORS FOR PLANO ISD.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES.
OUR GOAL IS TO BE SAFE AND I THINK THESE INITIATIVES HELP US MAKE IT SAFER TO GET OUR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
SINCE WE ARE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, I EXPECT TO BE BACK REAL SOON.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL INVITE COMMENTARY FROM MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND DR. WILLIAMS, I'M STALLING SO THAT DR. TYRA CAN GET UP HERE.
BUT WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH EXCELLENCE TONIGHT.
I WONDER IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AS A FORMER SPEECH AND DEBATE KID, I AM SO EXCITED.
PHILLIP IS NODDING HIS HEAD BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.
KEVIN MORRISON, IN THE BACK, HE'S A FORMER SPEECH AND DEBATE KID.
CONGRATULATIONS PLANO WEST, WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.
I STILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF MY HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE FRIENDS.
>> WELL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR WINNERS THIS EVENING AND I MADE A LIST.
FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR PRINCIPALS.
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEW POSITIONS.
I'VE TO SAY THIS GROUP, THEY BRING SO MUCH ENERGY TO THE ROOM AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEW CAMPUSES AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DO IN YOUR NEW COMMUNITIES.
TO THE TALENT OF OUR TEACHERS WHO THEN HELP PRODUCE THE TALENT OF OUR STUDENTS,
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.I THINK THE NEXT TIME THAT WE ARE INVITED TO PLAY IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE INVITING ETHAN BECAUSE WE COULD CERTAINLY USE HIM [LAUGHTER] ON OUR TEAM FOR SURE, BUT WE'RE JUST SO PROUD.
YOU EXEMPLIFY OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
YOU EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE AND IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD TO BE IN A ROOM WITH SUCH TALENT TONIGHT, BOTH TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
>> I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW PRINCIPALS, AND ACTUALLY CONGRATULATIONS TO COURTNEY WASHINGTON.
I PERSONALLY MET HER, I KNOW HER, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A GREAT FIT FOR YOU.
THEN I WANT TO SAY THAT I TAUGHT SPEECH AND DEBATE AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TEACH THAT COURSE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU DID INCREDIBLE WORK ON OUR STUDENTS.
TO OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD, I KNOW THAT YOU STUDIED AND STUDIED AND STUDIED BEFORE YOUR DEBATES AND YOUR SPEECHES, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> I'M SO PROUD OF ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF IN THIS ROOM. THIS IS AMAZING.
NEW PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS THAT HAVE INSPIRED OUR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ACHIEVED AT SUCH GREAT LEVELS, STATE AND NATIONAL AND TO FILL THIS ROOM LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD RECOGNITIONS AT THIS LEVEL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
IT'S A HUGE, IMPRESSIVE CELEBRATION TO WATCH YOU.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE INKY IS SETTING, BUT I ALREADY RECEIVED THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THE LITTLE BOOKLET THAT WE GOT MAILED TO US AND SO I'VE SEEN YOUR ARTWORK, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
YOU GUYS CAN DO WHAT YOU'D LIKE AS FAR AS TAKING PICTURES OUT IN THE LOBBY FOR PHOTOS.
WE'RE THANKING YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
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YOU'RE WELCOME. BEFORE WE HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING,[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
I REMIND EVERYONE THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S NEW ONLINE SIGN-UP PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BEGIN WITH THE AUGUST 8, 2023 BOARD MEETING AND IN-PERSON SIGN UP WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT THAT TIME.ONLINE SIGN-UP FOR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS WILL OPEN FROM 08:00 AM TO 05:00 PM, THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
FOR ALL OTHER BOARD MEETINGS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS, ONLINE SIGN-UP WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 08:00 AM TO 05:00 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 WISHING TO SPEAK WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMPUTER OR MOBILE PHONE ACCESS.
NOW WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS. COMMENTS REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS?
>> PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING REGARDING AN AGENDA ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY, BED, LOCAL.
AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS ARE HEARD PRIOR TO THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OR ACTION ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
NON-AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS ARE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
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.
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 TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074, 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'RE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO, OUR 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 IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORNING AND INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, THE TOPIC OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.
DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM?
>> THANK YOU. OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CODY WEAVER SPEAKING ON 7.27 AND 7.57.
>> DO YOU WANT A MINUTE WARNING? THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CODY WEAVER.
I DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT AND I'M SPEAKING ON 7.27 AND 7.57.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED PARENT AND CITIZEN, PARENT OF TWO FUTURE PLANO ISD STUDENTS.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.27 DEALS WITH THE APPROVAL OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY THE REPLACEMENT OF HAGGARD MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
THE CENTRAL CLUSTER IS THE ONLY CLUSTER WITH FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND NONE OF THEM ARE AT CAPACITY.
EACH ONE OF YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE PREPARED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS IF ELECTED.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
MAKE THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DECISION AND DO NOT REBUILD HAGGARD MIDDLE-SCHOOL, SAVE TAXPAYERS TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BOND DEBT.
USE THAT SITE FOR THE NEW CTE CENTER AND SAVE TAXPAYERS EVEN MORE MONEY.
FURTHERMORE, WITH CONSIDERATION TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.57, I IMPLORE YOU DO NOT ABDICATE YOUR AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO AN UNELECTED CAREER ACADEMIC BUREAUCRAT.
YOU WERE ELECTED TO NEGOTIATE, FINALIZE, AND EXECUTE THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROPERTY BY THE CITIZENS OF PLANO ISD FOR THE CITIZENS OF PLANO ISD.
I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD PRECEDENT SET THE AGENDA.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS RESOLUTION BEING ADDED, BUT YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF, WHO ADDED THIS TO THE AGENDA AND WHY?
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HAVE YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION? IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN WHAT LITTLE AUTHORITY YOU HAVE AN EXERCISE IT.PLEASE RECONSIDER AND PULL CONSENT TO AGENDA ITEM 7.27. AND 7.57.
IT IS YOUR DUTY TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF PLANO ISD.
THE CITIZENS OF PLANO ISD ELECTED YOU AND THEY EXPECT YOU TO DO YOUR DUTY.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD,
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.SECTIONS 551.071, 551.072 , 551.076 AND 551.089.
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 09:08.[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.
ITEMS 763, APPROVAL OF BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS IS BEING REMOVED FOR APPROVAL AT A FUTURE MEETING.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA, REMOVING ITEM 7.63.
>> WHO WAS THE SECOND? JERI, THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY CHAIR LANDS AND A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA REMOVING ITEM 7.63.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION PASSES 7:0 UNANIMOUSLY.
WHERE AM I? THAT'S THE WHOLE CONSENT.
[LAUGHTER] THERE WE GO. SORRY, GUYS.
THERE'S A BIG NOTEBOOK. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 8.1 PUBLIC HEARING.
[8.1 Public Hearing on the 2023 - 2024 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 2023, 2024, BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2023, 2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOHNNY HILL AFTER WHICH I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL THEN BE INVITED TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME.
MR. HILL, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND DR. WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS I CAN, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
I WILL SAY THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE IT PUBLISHED IN A PAPER AT LEAST 10 DAYS, BUT NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
ALSO IF YOU LOOK IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 44, IT LAYS OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS FAR AS GETTING A BUDGET PREPARED AND APPROVED.
WE ARE WITHIN THOSE TIMELINES.
THERE'S A BOOK THAT'S ABOUT 47 PAGES LONG.
I WILL DEFINITELY GO THROUGH THIS.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS CONCERNING THIS.
I THINK THERE'S NO SURPRISES WITH THAT.
YOU'VE GOT A HARD COPY BOOK IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH.
I'M JUST GOING TO LAY OUT THE PICTURE AND THEN JUST POINT OUT JUST A FEW FACTS.
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
IN FACT, IF YOU START WITH PAGE 5 AND GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH REALLY PAGE 15, THAT'S A NARRATIVE OF OUR BUDGET.
I THINK IT DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SPELLING OUT THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
WHAT MAKE UP THAT BUDGET? WHAT ARE THE INCREASES? MAN, THAT'S SMALL.
OBVIOUSLY IN THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS COMPENSATION.
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THE HR DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH FINANCE AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THIS YEAR WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT WITH NOT ONLY THE 3% ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT BASED ON MID POINT RAISES, BUT BASED ON ACTUAL SALARY RAISES.YOU KNOW HOW THAT WAS TARGETED, AS WELL AS US BRINGING UP THE FLOOR FOR EVERYBODY UP TO A MINIMUM OF ABOUT $15.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT THAT WAS DOING, TRYING TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE BRINGING UP OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WITH THE DISTRICT PAID PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH GOING FROM 315 TO 330, WHICH BRINGS US A LITTLE MORE IN LINE WITH OUR COMPETITORS AND THEN ALSO INCREASING SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE HAD A HARDENED NEED FILLED AREAS AND SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION, AS WELL AS BILINGUAL AND HOW WE INCREASE THOSE STIPENDS ACCORDINGLY.
AS WELL AS OUR WELLNESS WORKERS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AS WELL AS OUR NURSES.
I THINK ALL OF THAT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE DID WITH NON-PAY ROW AND HOW BASICALLY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 22% INFLATION AND YET, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, WE'VE GONE UP ABOUT 5% INSTEAD OF THE 22.
THE ZERO-BASED BUDGETING HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING COST RELATIVELY DOWN.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S DRIVEN THE COST UP FOR THOSE NON-PAYROLL ITEMS, THERE'S FIVE MAIN COMPONENTS THAT HAVE DONE THAT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING UTILITIES, HAVE GONE UP CRAZY, PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE HAS GONE UP CRAZY, OUR CUSTODIAL COSTS HAVE GONE UP.
OUR SECURITY OFFICERS HAVE GONE UP AND OUR FUEL HAS GONE UP.
THOSE ARE THE FIVE NON-PAYROLL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY SENSITIVE TO INFLATION.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JUST TRANSPARENCY THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR BUDGETING PRACTICES.
THEN IF YOU TURN OVER TO PAGE 16 AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR HARD COPY IF YOU'VE GOT IT.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I CAN READ THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS CAN OR NOT, BUT THAT IS THE OFFICIAL BUDGET.
WHAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THE VERY BOTTOM UNDER THE GENERAL OPERATING BY LAW, SO YOU GUYS WILL KNOW, WE WERE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS, GENERAL OPERATING FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE FOOD NUTRITION FUND.
YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND AND YOUR FOOD NUTRITION ARE SELF-BALANCING FUNDS, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS YOU SHOULD TAKE IN ENOUGH REVENUES OR ENOUGH TAXES TO OFFSET YOUR COST.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A NET ZERO EFFECT AT THE BOTTOM OF THOSE COLUMNS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, YOU'LL SEE A NET DEFICIT OF $24 MILLION AND WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU GO ON AND TURNOVER TO PAGE 19, AND SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT JUST THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND AND BREAK THAT DOWN FURTHER, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE IN THE FIRST COLUMN, WE STARTED OFF THIS YEAR OF THE '22, '23 YEAR WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $38.9 MILLION.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT THE AMENDED BUDGET THAT WAS AMENDED AGAIN IN MAY, HAS AN IN THE ADMITTED BUDGET DEFICIT OF $13,500.
I WILL SAY THAT'S BUDGETED AND WE FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF JUNE WE'LL EITHER BE JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE BLACK, OR JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT IN THE RED, BUT WILL BE HOVERING AROUND THE ZERO MARK IN ACTUAL AMOUNTS.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, WE'VE GOT COURTNEY RAVES, AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE BACK THERE.
HER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF LOOKING FOR AREAS THAT WE CAN BE EFFICIENT AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ONE TIME OF THE YEAR, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN BLESSED WITH INTEREST INCOME, BUT I WILL SAY HER AND HER DEPARTMENT ARE THE ONES THAT INVEST OUR MONEYS AND THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, WE ACTUALLY ESTIMATED $2 MILLION FOR INTEREST INCOME THIS YEAR AND WE ENDED GOING ABOUT ALMOST 13 OR 14 MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR ON INTEREST INCOME WITH THE RATES GOING UP.
THE RATES ARE GOING UP BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO CONTINUALLY MONITOR AND INVEST THOSE FUNDS, THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND OF COURSE WE SOLD OF ONE OF OUR EXCESS PROPERTIES THAT WE HAD IN THE SHALLOW PROPERTY.
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BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE MAJOR PROGRESS ON OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CONFLATING SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU SAID STARTING AT 38 MILLION DEFICIT AND DOWN TO 13 MILLION.
THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT'S ABOUT TO CLOSE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT IS NOT PROJECTED DEFICIT WHICH IS THE 24 MILLION THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TRANSITION THERE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CONFLATING THOSE TWO THINGS.
>>YES, MA'AM, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE IS FINISHING UP THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE NOT STARTING THIS NEXT YEAR WITH 38.9 AND THEN SOME IS THE FACT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE IN THIS YEAR TO GET US TO WHERE HAVE A PROJECTION OF 24 MILLION.
IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT IS THE 38.9 COMPARED WITH THE 24.
THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEXT YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> BUT THEN IN THIS BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE '23, '24 YEAR, WE STARTED OUT WITH A MUCH HIGHER PROJECTED DEFICIT, WHICH WAS LIKE ALSO NORTH OF 40 MILLION.
>> WE DID. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER-ISH, WE DID, BECAUSE BASICALLY AT THAT POINT, WE WERE STILL WORKING WITH THE 38.9 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND BASICALLY JUST WALKING THAT FORWARD.
PART OF OUR FEDERAL MONIES THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING OUR BUDGET WITH IS SR MONIES, THE FIRST PART OF THAT SR2 HAS GONE AWAY FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH ABOUT $9 MILLION JUST TO REPLACE SR2.
NOW WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF SR3, AND THEN THAT'LL GO AWAY TO AFTER THE '23, '24 YEAR.
THERE'S TWO HURDLES THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT INCORPORATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE THOSE COSTS.
BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> WELL, IN ONE POINT YOU MADE WAS THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE INVESTED, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT DOWN AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.
THAT'S NOT A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE EVERY YEAR.
>> LET ME BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THE INTERESTS THAT WE AREN'T ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE BOND MONIES, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE, YOU CANNOT COMMINGLE THOSE FUNDS.
>> THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY STAY IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
>> THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT.
>> IT DOES NOT. THIS IS SIMPLY WHAT WE'RE EARNING, WE HAVE WHAT'S LEFT ON OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS PRETTY HEALTHY.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FACT THAT WE BRING IN ALMOST $700 MILLION A YEAR IN TAXES.
AS SOON AS WE BRING THOSE MONIES IN, THEN WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE TO GO.
WE WERE INVESTING THOSE MONIES.
WE LOOKED AT CASHFLOWS AND WE FIGURED OUT WHAT WE NEED, THE CASHFLOW, THE DISTRICT AND WHATEVER IS EXCESS, WE ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO SOME RATE OF RETURN FOR US.
>> CAN I ASK JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT IS BEHIND THAT HUGE SAVINGS IN DATA PROCESSING?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNCTION FEE?
>> YEAH, 53, THE 1.8 MILLION-ISH LOOKS LIKE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IF I REMEMBER ON THE DATA PROCESSING IS THAT THERE'S A NEW PRONOUNCEMENT THAT'S COME OUT THAT REQUIRES US TO ACTUALLY EXPENSE SOME OF THOSE COST.
EVEN LIKE OUR COPYING MACHINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT OR HAVE NORMALLY BEEN COMING OUT OF 51.
>> WELL, NOT 71, 71 IS DEBT SERVICE.
>> IT IS. BUT COURTNEY, DO YOU REMEMBER ON THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THERE'S A GATSBY PRONOUNCEMENT ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOFTWARE.
WE WERE PAINTED OUT OF ONE FUND, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING EXPENSE IT OUT OF ANOTHER ONE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IT'S A LONG-TERM DEBT, IS WHAT IT IS.
I CAN GO BACK. [NOISE] I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT FOR SURE, MY CALL ON THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE WAY I REMEMBER BEING. DO I?
>> THEN DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OUR INSTRUCTION INCREASED COMPARES TO OTHER FOLKS? BECAUSE I KNOW, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS FROM EARLIER, I THOUGHT WE WERE WAITING TO THE END, BUT APPARENTLY WE'RE NOT.
[LAUGHTER] DO WE KNOW HOW OUR INSTRUCTION INCREASE COMPARES TO OTHERS? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THE ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE FOR STAFF AND OTHER THINGS.
>> I DON'T KNOW, $5 MILLION, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IN COMPARISON TO OVERALL INSTRUCTIONS, IT'S LIKE 1.5%.
DO WE KNOW HOW THAT COMPARES TO
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OTHER FOLKS AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE INCREASES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES?>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY COMPARABLE BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE IN FUNCTION 11, THAT INSTRUCTION IS COMING THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN RISES.
WE COMPARE OUR RISES WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AND WE'RE VERY COMPARABLE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.
REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN INSTRUCTION, 85% OF THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH NEW COMPENSATION.
THAT'S ONE THING WE DO, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN OUR PEER DISTRICTS WERE COMPETING WITH OUR PEER DISTRICT.
I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT, I'M ALMOST POSITIVE ON THE DATA PROCESSING, I'M RIGHT ON THAT.
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GATSBY PRONOUNCEMENT, IT'S WHY THAT'S SUCH A BIG SWING.
>> IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR CONTRACTS ON SOFTWARE AND SO THERE WAS A BIG SWIFT CHANGE BECAUSE OF THAT 96 PRONOUNCEMENT.
>> WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING DOWN ON OUR EXPENSES, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST RECLASSIFYING HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THOSE.
IT'S GATSBY, THEY'VE GOT WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND SO THEY'VE COME OUT WITH ALL PRONOUNCEMENTS ON THE WAY THEY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD DO IT, BUT IF WE'RE PAYING SOFTWARE OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, THEY ARE NOW CONSIDERING THAT A LONG-TERM DEBT THAT WE OWE.
BEFORE WE WERE JUST PAYING IT OUT OF THE YEAR, WE WERE SPENT IN AND OUT EVERY YEAR, NOW WE HAVE TO TREAT IT ALMOST LIKE A LOAN.
I KNOW THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION, BUT SO IT LOOKS LIKE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGE FUNCTION 91 WENT UP ALMOST 25 MILLION, DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS?
BOTTOM LINE IS, IT'S A RECAPTURE.
AS LONG AS OUR KIDS ARE SLOWLY GOING DOWN AND OUR VALUES ARE GOING UP, RECAPTURE IS GOING TO GO UP, AND SO YES, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
LET ME PUT A LITTLE CAVEAT AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL SESSION.
THEY WERE ALMOST GUARANTEED TO HAVE SOME MAJOR TAX RELIEF.
THEY'VE ALLOCATED $12-13 BILLION, I THINK AT LEAST FOR TAX RELIEF.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT GO DOWN ONE YEAR.
IT'LL GO DOWN, OUR TAX COLLECTIONS WILL GO DOWN AND REVENUE, OUR RECAPTURE WILL GO DOWN BY THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT.
PROBABLY $25-30 MILLION IN ONE YEAR.
WE WON'T GET ANY MORE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET, IT'LL JUST BE A REDUCTION IN REVENUES AND A REDUCTION IN EXPENSES, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT GO DOWN ONE YEAR AND THEN AFTER THAT, UNLESS THEY CHANGED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, MICHAEL, WHAT THEY ALLOW US TO KEEP PER KID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT $25 OR 30 MILLION GO UP EVERY YEAR.
REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, ANYTHING ELSE?
>> ONE LAST THING, JUST WHAT IS THIS OTHER SOURCES? IS THAT THE SO MONEY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER?
>> THAT'S WHERE WE SOLD THIS SHALLOW BUILDING.
>> UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY GET THAT ONE TIME AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE HAVE TO FILL THAT HOLE WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT GOING BACK OUT TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES.
WE WON'T GET INTO THIS NOW, BUT WE'LL GET INTO IT AT THE VERY END OF THE MEETING THAT EVEN IF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT GOES DOWN, IT DOESN'T PUT ANY MORE MONEY BACK IN AND THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT NOTE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT I JUST WANT GO ON THE RECORD TO POINT IT OUT AND WE'LL POINT IT OUT AGAIN BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT SPECIAL SESSION 1 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT TAX COMPRESSION AND TAX RELIEF, IT IS A SMALLER BILL, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY MORE IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. I'M GOING TO SPEED THROUGH THE REST OF THIS, THAT THIS IS THE OFFICIAL BUDGET ON THIS ONE PAGE, SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
LET ME POINT OUT ONE MORE THING BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT TOO.
AS WE COMPARE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DR. TYRONE MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT LAST YEAR THEN TRANSITION INTO THIS YEAR, IF YOU LOOK AT APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH IS DOWN BELOW THAT FUNCTION 91, THAT MICHAEL'S BRINGING UP, YOU LOOK AT TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES AND YOU LOOK AT PROPOSED BUDGET.
DOES EVERYONE SEE THE $777 MILLION? IT'S THE THIRD COLUMN ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT OUR AMENDED BUDGET IS FOR THIS LAST YEAR, THE 769.9.
IT'S AN INCREASE OF A NET OF ABOUT $7.3 MILLION.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR BUDGET GROWING FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, THAT'S LESS THAN 1%.
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THAT'S DOING THE COMPENSATION WHICH WE FELT LIKE WAS VERY COMPETITIVE, PAYING FOR THESE INFLATIONARY FACTORS.HOW WE GOT THERE IS ACTUALLY CUTTING, REDUCING IN SOME OTHER AREAS.
I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT THAT OUR APPROPRIATION BUDGET IS GOING UP LESS THAN 1% OVER THE AMENDED BUDGET.
>> I THINK THAT IS VERY TIGHT AND THAT'S THAT ZERO-BASED BUDGETING AND PROVING EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES INTO THE BUDGET, NOT JUST SAYING, OH, THAT'S WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES IN THE BUDGET HAS TO BE DEFENDED FOR ITS PURPOSE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK.
>> JUST SPEEDING UP THROUGH THIS.
IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 20, ALL THAT IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT YOU SEE ON PAGE 19 IS WITH THE OFFICIAL BUDGET.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE EVERY ONE OF THOSE LINE ITEMS BROKEN DOWN INTO A DETAILED ANALYSIS.
YOU GOT IT THAT ON 20 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT JUST A PARAGRAPH ON 21.
THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IT ON PAGE STARTING ON 22, EVEN DETAILED BY OBJECT CODE.
IF YOU'RE CURIOUS WHAT MAKES UP ONE OF THOSE LINE ITEMS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EVEN GO DIG EVEN DEEPER INTO IT.
I DO LIKE TO LOOK ON PAGE 26, I GUESS BECAUSE I LIKE TO LEARN THROUGH PICTURES, BUT THIS IS HOW WE SPEND OUR DOLLAR.
WHILE AGO MICHAEL, WAS TALKING ABOUT FUNCTIONAL 11 AND HOW MUCH THAT MAKES UP OF OUR OVERALL DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S 65% OF EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND.
FUNCTIONAL 11, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT'S SITTING IN THAT CLASSROOM.
I THINK THAT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW 65%, YOU MIGHT THINK, WOW, ONLY 65%.
IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH OUR PEER DISTRICTS, THAT'S EXTREMELY HIGH.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 61%, 62% JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE.
I WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, IF YOU LOOK AT ADMINISTRATION, HOW MUCH OF THAT PIE GOES ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS, YOU'RE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH ON ADMINISTRATION.
WE'RE 2% OF THAT PIE, AND I WOULD COMPARE THAT WITH ANY OTHER INDUSTRY OUT THERE.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMPARE THAT.
THEN THE LAST THING I'D POINT OUT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT CO-CURRICULAR, THAT'S NOT JUST ATHLETICS, THAT'S ALSO ALL OF YOUR FINAL ARTS.
OUR EXTRACURRICULARS ARE SO IMPORTANT IN ANY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF OUR BUDGET, 3%.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THOSE OUT.
>> JUST ONE MORE THING REALLY QUICKLY.
>> WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF THE LOOKS LIKE A $10 MILLION DECREASE IN THE PER CAPITA APPORTIONMENT ON THE STATE SIDE OF THINGS? IT'S THE PAGE BEFORE, SORRY, I'M A LITTLE SLOW.
>> I WAS ON PAGE 20, IT'S THE STATE SOURCES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE, STATE SOURCES, THE TOP THING PER CAPITA APPORTIONMENT.
>> I KNOW WE DIDN'T LOSE THAT MANY STUDENTS.
>> NO. THE ENDOWMENT, WE HAVE THE AFTER, I THINK HARVARD ENDOWMENT, THE ACTUAL TEXAS ENDOWMENT IS THE PERMANENT SCHOOL ENDOWMENT IS THE SECOND-LARGEST AND I THINK IN THE WORLD ACTUALLY.
THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE SO MUCH PER STUDENT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ROBBING FROM IT FOR YEARS.
BOTTOM LINE IS THEY USE THAT TO SELF BALANCE.
THEY'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GIVE EVERY STUDENTS SO MUCH OF IT.
BUT THEN THEY ACTUALLY GO UP OR DOWN ON EVERYTHING ELSE TO COME UP WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
THE FIRST YEAR OF EVERY BIENNIUM, THEY'LL ACTUALLY TAKE OUT PART OF IT AND THEY'LL FUND WHAT'S CALLED THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT FUND, AND SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM, SMALL AMOUNT IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.
IT DOESN'T GIVE US ANY MORE MONEY.
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT STRINGS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM BECAUSE THEY'RE FUNDING THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS WHENEVER THAT GOES DOWN, THEN THEY GO UP ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT, IT GOES UP AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, IT GOES DOWN LOWER.
YOU'RE STILL GETTING SO MUCH MONEY PER KID. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S WHY IT GETS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU SEE LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE PULLING MONEY OUT OF IT TO USE IT FOR OTHER STUFF.
THEY'RE MAKING IT UP WITH THE REGULAR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND OR WITH RECAPTURE, THEY'RE BALANCING IT OUT FOR SO MUCH MONEY PER KID.
I'LL START ON PAGE 28 IS THE DEBT SERVICE.
ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON PAGE 29 IS IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING, ABOUT $165 MILLION.
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THEN IF YOU TURN TO PAGE 30, WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR OBLIGATIONS ABOUT A 142.WHAT WE'LL ACTUALLY DO BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE OUTSTANDING ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'LL SELL IN '25.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TAX RATE IS NOT GOING UP AND DOWN ON THE INS.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL BRING ADDITIONAL DEBT INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL DO WHAT'S CALLED A REDEMPTION RESOLUTION.
YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, I THINK.
IT'S BASICALLY AS PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY.
WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THAT CAPACITY BUILT UP SO WHEN WE ISSUE THAT NEXT ISSUING OF DEBT, IN '25 WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND STILL MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT TAX RATE.
WE ALSO SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PAYING OF DEBT EARLY, SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
THEN FINALLY ON FOOD NUTRITION WE'RE REQUIRED ALSO ON PAGE 33, THAT IS OUR FOOD NUTRITION YOU CAN SAY THAT IS A SELF SUPPORTING FUND AND THEN REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEDERALS MAKE UP $28 MILLION.
WE HAVE 44 CAFETERIAS AND WE BALANCE THAT.
WE'LL SAY WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BALANCE IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM.
WE DO NOT SUPPLEMENT OUR PROGRAM HERE, IT IS SELF SUSTAINING WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT OUR FREE AND REDUCED NUMBERS ARE GOING UP AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ABOUT 37% ON OUR FREE AND REDUCED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEN FINALLY IF YOU GO BACK, THERE'S SOME STATISTICAL INFORMATION STARTING ON PAGE 35.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT UNLESS YOU WANT TOO, BUT BASICALLY IT TALKS ABOUT OUR VALUES AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL ASK YOU TO SET A TASK RATE IN AUGUST.
WE'LL GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT VALUES AND WITH THAT IS DOING.
THEN ALSO STUDENTS AND WHAT THAT'S DOING, THE IMPACT OF THAT.
I WILL SAY ON OUR TAX RATE ON PAGE 40, THAT WE'RE GOING DOWN A LITTLE OVER FOUR CENTS AND I THINK THEY'LL DO TAX RELIEF.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL DO THAT THROUGH TAX COMPRESSION.
WE'RE GOING DOWN FOUR CENTS NOW, BUT IF WE GO DOWN ANOTHER 15 CENTS OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT'LL BE ON TOP OF THIS, AND WILL AMEND OUR BUDGET AT THAT POINT TO REFLECT THAT.
I AM EXPECTING THEM TO FIX THE TAX RELIEF THROUGH TAX COMPRESSION.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE'VE GONE DOWN JUST SINCE IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, WE'VE GONE DOWN ABOUT 22 CENTS ALREADY.
I THINK THAT'S MAINLY BEEN THROUGH TAX COMPRESSION.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, EVEN IF THEY REDUCE IT, ALL THAT WOULD DO, MOST WOULD BE REDUCED OR RECAPTURE. WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY GIVE ME.
>> WE WOULD NOT GET ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES INTO OUR BUDGET.
THEN WE HAVE OUR TRUTH IN TAXATION, WHICH IS TO ME, HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY PUT IT OUT THERE.
ONE THING THAT I DO THINK IS INTERESTING, AND THESE ARE BASED ON CERTIFIED ESTIMATES WHICH THE TAX APPRAISER IS REQUIRED TO GET US END OF APRIL, BUT BY THE END OF JULY WE'LL HAVE ACTUAL CERTIFIES.
BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK RIGHT NOW ON AVERAGE HOUSE, AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RIGHT AT $583,000.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN GOING UP.
WE'LL SAY THE GOOD NEWS, IF YOU WANT A SILVER LINING WITH TAX COMPRESSION, OUR TAXPAYERS WILL DEFINITELY GET A BENEFIT OUT OF THAT, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.
THEIR STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WHICH I WILL SET OUR DEMOGRAPHERS HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON TOP OF IT LAST YEAR ANYWAY, THEY WERE RUN ON TOP OF IT.
WE DO TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT INTO IT WHEN WE'RE FACTORING IN OUR BUDGET.
BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE GOING DOWN AGAIN, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I DO THIS A LOT, BUT JUST WANT TO POINT IT OUT.
THEY ANTICIPATE US LOSING ABOUT 800 STUDENTS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE FAMILIES MOVING AWAY FROM OUR DISTRICT.
IT JUST MEANS THAT WE LOSE ABOUT 4,000 12TH GRADERS, AND WE'RE REPLACING THOSE WITH ABOUT 3,000 KINDERGARTEN.
WE STILL HAVE 200 KIDS MOVING INTO OUR DISTRICT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE AGING OUT IN OUR DISTRICT AND THAT IS IT.
I WILL SAY THE BOARD APPROVES A BUDGET WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN GENERAL OPERATING DEBT, SERVICE, FOOD, NUTRITION.
WE DO HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH OUR DISTRICT.
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IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 47, WE HAVE ABOUT $68 MILLION OTHER FUNDS THAT BUDGET IS NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD.THE REASON WHY YOU DO NOT IS BECAUSE THOSE MONIES BY THEIR VERY NATURE, ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPENT A CERTAIN WAY.
THOSE MONIES ARE AUDITED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS WELL.
BUT WE DO WANT TO REPORT OUT WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE, AND HOW MUCH THOSE FUNDS ARE WORTH.
THAT'S PROBABLY MORE INFORMATION THAN I WANTED TO SHARE.
I'M SURE I'LL HEAR FROM MR. TANNER LATER.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THOROUGH REPORT.
I NOW INVITE TO THE PODIUM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2023, 2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE COMING TO THE PODIUM, SO THESE CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2023, 2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
NOW WE HAVE DISCUSSION IN ACTION.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE IT. THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE. IT'S BEHIND. HERE IT IS.
[9.1 Adoption of the 2023 - 2024 General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Food and Nutritional Services Fund Budgets]
ADOPTION OF THE 2023, 2024 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS.THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE 2023, 2024 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS. MR HILL.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HARVEY.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THIS AGAIN UNLESS YOU JUST WANT ME TOO.
THIS IS THE SHEET 19 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE ON ANY OF THIS THREE FINES.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM REGARDING WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE?
>> ONE LAST QUESTION, FIRST COMMENT.
I KNOW I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE $24 MILLION COMES FROM THAT WE ARE SHORT OF.
CAN YOU JUST GENERALLY BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THAT FOR THE PEOPLE?
BASICALLY, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN.
ON FUND ACCOUNTING, YOU HAVE TO SUSTAIN JUST FOR THAT YEAR RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES.
IF YOU CAN'T, THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE AS A RESERVE THAT'S ACTUALLY SAVED OR SET ASIDE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE'RE FINANCIALLY SECURE.
WE HAVE AROUND $269 MILLION FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW.
THIS FUND BALANCE WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPLEMENT THAT 24 MILLION IF IT WERE TO COME TO PASS THROUGH OUT THE YEAR.
MY TEA SAYS THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDED TO HAVE 75 DAYS OF OPERATING CASH.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWICE THAT IN OUR FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A DEFICIT.
WE'RE STILL WELL WITHIN WHAT TEA RECOMMENDS FOR US TO HAVE IN OUR OUTSTANDING FUND BALANCE.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023, 2024 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023, 2024 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL, NOW VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT INFO, JOHNNY, AND YOUR TEAM OUT THERE. MY GOODNESS.
WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ITEM 10.1 REPORTS,
[10.1 Board Advisory Committee Report for School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)]
WHICH IS BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT FOR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SHAC.THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE REPORT AND INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, MR. JED REED WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT.
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MR. REED, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE SHAC COMMITTEE IS REQUIRED BY STATE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED IN 1995 AND HAS BEEN AMENDED SINCE THAT STATE ACTION.
WE HAVE A VERY NARROW AND VERY SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION DELEGATED TO US BY THE STATE IN DEALING WITH REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF CERTAIN AREAS OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND THE CURRICULUM AS IT DEALS WITH POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ADDRESSING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS THROUGH THE COORDINATION OF VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
IN OUR MEETINGS, WE ADDRESSED THE TWO GOALS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND THOSE GOALS WERE TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESOURCES AND CURRICULUMS. I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER, SO WHOEVER IS IN CONTROL OF THE SLIDES.
I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS MY FIRST FORAY INTO HAVING THE POWER OF THE SLIDES.
IF YOU CAN VIEW THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO GOALS FOR 2022-2023, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ADDRESSED THIS YEAR.
A KEY ASPECT IS THAT OUR GENERAL MISSION IS TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN ENSURING THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN THE DISTRICTS HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTION.
IN REACHING AND GOING THROUGH GOALS 1 AND 2 THAT THE COMMITTEE USED THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE SLIDE THE GENERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ENCOMPASSED IN DOING THOSE ITEMS AND THE DISCUSSION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT OCCURRED.
WE HAD SEVERAL INFORMATION SESSIONS IN WHICH WE DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS DEALING WITH BOTH WELLNESS, NUTRITION, AND ALSO SOME VERY NARROW COUNSELING SERVICES.
THE OPEN DISCUSSION PROVIDED ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND IT WAS A WIDE-RANGING AND TOUCHED SEVERAL AREAS THAT WERE NOT SPECIFIC TO SHAC, BUT GAVE GENERAL OVERVIEWS OF WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING.
IN GOAL 2, DEALT WITH WELLNESS POLICY REVIEW.
EVERY CAMPUS HAS A WELLNESS PLAN.
WE ADDRESSED THE TEMPLATE, MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TEMPLATE, AND ALLOWED THOSE PROCEDURES TO BE DEVELOPED AT THE CAMPUS BASE LEVEL OF.
IN MAKING THOSE WELLNESS SUGGESTIONS, SEVERAL OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTED REQUESTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT AT NO CHARGE.
THESE WERE REVIEWED BY THE SHAC COMMITTEE AND WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO WITH AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND ALSO SERVICES DEALING WITH NUTRITION FROM THE MEDICAL CITY PLANO.
WE HAVE MET WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT WILL BE USED OR CAN BE USED BY TEACHERS ON THE CAMPUS LEVELS IN PROMOTING WELLNESS.
THESE ARE OPTIONS FOR INSTRUCTION AND OPTIONS FOR THE CAMPUS, AND THEY ARE ALSO OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED.
MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THREE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO MOVE ON FOR '23-'24, AND THAT WOULD BE A REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESOURCES AND CURRICULUM IS USED IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY.
WHEN NEW ADOPTIONS COME UP, OUR NEW CURRICULUM MATERIAL IS PRESENTED FOR DISTRICT PURCHASE.
GOAL 2, WE REVIEWED AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISTRICT HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES, TO REVIEW THE ONES THAT WE INITIATED THIS YEAR AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY TO ADD.
FINALLY, WITH LEGISLATURE AND MEETING IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT FROM LEGISLATION THAT IS OF CONCERN OR FALLS WITHIN THE AREA OF REVIEW OF SHAC THAT WE REVIEWED THAT LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.
THAT IS A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW.
WE DID MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND WE ARE WORKING ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AND COMMITTEE DATES FOR 23-24.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS.
THEY MAY NOT BE IN THE ROOM, BUT THE MEMBERS THAT SERVED ON THE SHAC COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINT AND THERE ARE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE STUFF AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY IN THIS COMMITTEE.
>> WELL, WE DO HAVE ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER PRESENT.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. ARE YOU ON IT NEXT YEAR? [LAUGHTER] YOU GET TO CHANGE ROLES.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO 2002 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE.
[10.2 2022 Bond Program Update]
JOHNNY HILL WILL PROVIDE THIS REPORT.MR. HILL, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT [INAUDIBLE] SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND CABINET MEMBERS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TONY PEARSON COME UP.
HE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.
HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB, HE'S BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THE LONG TIME, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE PASSED THE BOND IN NOVEMBER 2022, AND WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES, BUT WE WANT TO START MAKING SURE THAT WE REPORT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE AT.
THIS IS THE KICK-OFF TO THAT PROCESS AND TONY IS AVAILABLE TO GO THOUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND GIVE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, AND WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP. TONY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, JOHNNY.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TONY PEARSON I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I'M HERE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE.
VOTERS APPROVED THE PLAN OISDS 1,346,426,000 BOND PROPOSAL NOVEMBER 8TH 2022.
THIS BOND WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE FACILITIES, PROVIDE ACCESS AND EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND BUILD ON THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM.
THE LARGEST AREA OF THE 2022 BOND INVOLVES OUR FACILITIES AND INCLUDES FUNDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, CONDITION NEEDS, AND LIFE CYCLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL SCHOOLS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES NEW PLAYGROUNDS AT ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, NEW SYNTHETIC TRACKS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND FACILITY UPGRADES FOR ATHLETICS.
THE BOND ALSO ADDRESS SAFETY AND SECURITY, TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY. THERE WE GO.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SHOWING THE BOND BROKEN OUT INTO FIVE PHASES IMPLEMENTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
PHASE 1, IN PURPLE, YOU CAN SEE BEGAN IN QUARTER 2 OF 2023, IT WILL INCLUDE SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE SOME WITH ANTICIPATED MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION PHASES THAT WILL KEEP IT GOING ALL THE WAY TILL THE END.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE PHASE 2 WILL PICK UP IN QUARTER 4 OF 2023 AND THEN SO ON.
PHASE 3 IS QUARTER 4 OF 2024, PHASE 4 WILL START WITH QUARTER 4 OF 2025, AND PHASE 5 WILL BE QUARTER 4 OF 2026.
THIS PROJECT PHASING SCHEDULE IS FOR GENERAL PLANNING PURPOSES AND MAYBE ADJUSTED AS PROGRAMMING NEEDS WARRANT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO GREATER DETAIL ON THOSE.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A VISUAL TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND IT WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT'S INCLUDED IN PHASE 1 THROUGH 5.
THE FIRST BOND ISSUANCE SOLD ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023 AT 700 MILLION.
THOSE FUNDS BECAME AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, ALLOWING US TO BEGIN PHASE 1.
PHASE 1 INCLUDES, IT DEPEND ON HOW QUICK WE WANT TO BE TONIGHT.
I CAN READ ALL OF THESE OFF FOR YOU, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE WAY THAT THESE ARE GOING TO WORK IS THAT MAJOR RENOVATIONS, MINOR INNOVATIONS, THINGS BEYOND JUST WHAT WE CALL INSISTENCE AND COMPLIANCE, PLAYGROUNDS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE LISTED AT THE TOP.
ALL OF THESE ARE MORE INTENSIVE PROJECTS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT CAMPUS.
ASSISTANCE AND COMPLIANCE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE FOR CLARIFICATION, THERE ARE SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE ITEMS LINKED TO ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS AND FACILITY.
SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE INCLUDES REPLACING AND REPAIRING SYSTEMS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE TARGETED MAJOR OR MINOR RENOVATIONS.
SYSTEM IS COMPLIANCE WOULD COVER CARPET AND FLOORING, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SITE IMPROVEMENTS, JUST SOME MINOR THINGS THAT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.
AGAIN, THAT'S FOR ALL OF THEM.
THE WAY THAT THIS BREAKS DOWN AS SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE PHASE 1 IS SHOWN HERE, AND IT'S, FOR EXAMPLE, PHASE 1 SYSTEM COMPLIANCE WE'RE HITTING NINE CAMPUSES INCLUDING HICKEY, MINUTE HALL, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL TOO, SHELL BOWMAN ZIGLAR, WILSON BINDS ADMIN BUILDING, PLUS MASTER IRRIGATION CONTROLS THAT COVER ALL CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE.
PHASE 2 WILL BE ANOTHER NINE CAMPUSES AND SO ON.
AS WE GO ON PHASE 3, ANOTHER NINE UNTIL WE HAVE TOUCHED EVERYTHING.
PLAYGROUNDS WORKS IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
WE'RE REPLACING PLAYGROUNDS AT ALL 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
PLAYGROUNDS PHASE 1 LOOKS TO ADDRESS ABOUT NINE CAMPUSES, TWO PLAYGROUNDS PER CAMPUS, AND THEN PHASE 2 WILL DO ANOTHER NINE, PHASE 3, ANOTHER NINE, YOU GET THE IDEA.
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS. THERE ARE 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SO ROUGHLY THREE PER YEAR ON THOSE.
PHASE 1 IS LISTED, PHASE 2, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE PHASE 1 PROJECT'S.
IT STARTS IN QUARTER 4 OF 2023.
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[NOISE] KEEP ON MOVING THROUGH THOSE. SO JUPITER CENTER, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY ABOUT THE EXCESS PROPERTY THAT WE SOLD WITH THE SHILOH.SO THE JUPITER CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND THE MURPHY WAREHOUSE ADDITION PROJECTS ARE BOTH RESULTS FROM THE RECENT SALE, THE SHILOH CENTER.
THE SHILOH CENTER HAS THE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT CENTER AND LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES.
THOSE FUNCTIONS WILL SOON BE LOCATED TO THE JUPITER CENTER RENOVATION.
THE JUPITER CENTER INNOVATION, AGAIN TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT IN LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES, WE'RE DEMOLISHING ABOUT 3,000 SQUARE FEET OF INTERIOR OFFICE SPACE AND BUILDING BACK APPROXIMATELY 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW INTERIOR OFFICE AND DOING A NEW EXISTING FACADE IN A NEW ENTRY.
NEW ENTRY WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.
ALL THE OFFICES WILL SIT UP HERE TO THE NORTH-FACING JUPITER, UP AT THE TOP.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR LIST OF OFFICES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT LIBRARY OR LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES WILL BE OVER ON THIS SIDE.
THE REST OF IT WILL BE OPEN TO WAREHOUSE, ACCEPTING TECHNOLOGY DELIVERIES AND SENDING THEM BACK OUT.
WE DO ALREADY HAVE AN ARCHITECT INVOLVE PBK, WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT OR MCCOWN GORDON, AND WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY ON THIS PROJECT.
WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH AND WE ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER.
YOU CAN ALREADY SEE FROM THESE PROJECT PHOTOS ON THE LEFT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY ON INTERIOR WISE, THEY'RE ALREADY INTO STEEL STUD FRAMING AND DRY WALLING ON BOTH SIDES.
THE JUPITER CENTER OF INNOVATION, AS YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A BIG WAREHOUSE SPACE, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AS MUCH OFFICE SPACE AS NOW BIG WAREHOUSE SPACE.
IT WAS USED FOR THINGS BEING PREPARED FOR OXYGEN, THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE AT A CAMPUS OR ACT AS THE DISTRICT STORAGE CLOSET.
TO MAKE ROOM FOR TECHNOLOGY, DEPLOYMENT AND LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES, THOSE ITEMS IN STORAGE HERE ARE THEREFORE MOVING TO, IN ADDITION THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT PBK AS THE ARCHITECT AND TAURUS COMMERCIAL IS THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS ONE.
WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITION OF ABOUT 16,000 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE STORAGE TO THE EXISTING MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THAT WORK STARTED IN APRIL AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING COMPLETE BY DECEMBER.
RIGHT NOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE BUILDING PAD AND I BELIEVE THIS WEEK THEY STARTED DRILLING PIERS.
THE LOOK AT THAT IS BASICALLY FROM THIS LINE DOWN OVER THE LEFT HERE IS THE NEW EDITION.
YOU CAN SEE EXISTING MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTERS SITS HERE, ADDITION SITS HERE.
ONE OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WAS DISPLACED FROM THE SHILOH CELL WAS THE JROTC.
SO JROTC WILL ALSO HAVE A PLACE OVER HERE IN THE MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THEY'LL BE LOCATED HERE.
WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL PHASE 2 RENOVATION.
2016 BOND INCLUDED WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, PHASE 1, WHICH WAS ABOUT $15 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.
THOSE AREAS ARE SHOWN IN GRAY.
THOSE WERE COMPLETED UNDER THE 2016 BOND.
AGAIN, WE MOVE THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
WE DID A SPECIAL EDUCATION SUITE.
SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS HERE AND WE MOVED THEM TO THE OUTSIDE WALL.
WHEN ADMINISTRATION LEFT HERE, WE TURN THESE INTO NEW ART LABS AND THEN THEY DID A COUPLE OF GENERAL CLASSROOMS. SO WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL PHASE 2 RENOVATION IS GOING TO PICK UP ON THIS MASTER PLAN.
PBK, THE ARCHITECT DID PHASE 1, CONTINUED TO DO THE DESIGN WORK ON THIS.
WE'VE PICKED UP MCCOWN GORDON AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THEY WERE RECENTLY BOARD APPROVED HERE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE BASICALLY EVERYTHING ELSE IN COLOR RIGHT HERE.
THE MASTER PLAN TO PROVIDE ONE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
AS YOU NOTICE IN THESE DRAWING RENDERINGS, IT WILL ALSO BEGIN TO FOLLOW OUR ATHLETIC REALIGNMENT CHANGING SCHEME.
IF YOU RECALL, WILLIAMS HAS A LOT OF BLUE IN IT WITH THE WATERS IT'LL START TO FOLLOW IN WITH THE BLACK AND GOLD OF PLANO EAST.
IT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'VE GOT AGAIN, MCCOWN GORDON COMING ON AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
THEY'LL BE INVOLVED AS ANOTHER TEAMMATE TO HELP US TO FIGURE OUT THE PHASING FOR SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MULTI-PHASE PROJECTS THAT BEGINS EARLY IN PHASE 1, BUT WILL RUN FOR A LENGTH OF TIME WELL INTO THE FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'VE GOT THEM COMING ON AND THEY'LL DEVISE A WAY OF BREAKING THIS DOWN INTO SECTIONS AT A TIME THAT THEY CAN EITHER DISPLAY STUDENTS IF THEY NEED TO WORK IT COMPLETED,
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HAND IT BACK OVER, MOVE TO ANOTHER SECTION, AND WORK THEIR WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.FORTY MILLION WAS PUT INTO THE 2022 BOND FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AS AN ESTIMATE, KNOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING FROM A SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT THAT HAD YET TO OCCUR.
PBK ARCHITECTS COMPLETED THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDITING AS VISITED WITH THE BOARD AND CLOSED SESSION MULTIPLE TIMES.
THEY CONFIRM THE LIST OF AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS BY CAMPUS.
IN TRYING TO LINE OUT ALL OF THE WORK UNDER THIS BOND, OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY AND BE ON THE CAMPUS ONCE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ON A SITE FOR A MAJOR PROJECT OR SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE WORK, WE WILL ALSO HIT ALL OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPONENTS WHILE THEY'RE ON THAT CAMPUS.
THAT IS EXCEPT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDED CLASSROOM DOORS AND ENTRY RESISTANT FILM THAT WAS SEEN AS A PRIORITY.
SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PROMISED FOR A LONG WHILE, IT BECAME A PROJECT TO ITSELF.
SO LEADERSHIP INDICATED WANTED TO COMPLETE THIS ONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO WE QUICKLY RECRUITED WRA ARCHITECTS WHO SPENT SOME TIME OVER SPRING BREAK VISITING ALL THE CAMPUSES, DOING FIELD FOR VERIFICATION AND GETTING PLANS READY TO GO SO THAT IT CAN BE BID AND WE COULD BRING GLIDE AND A CONTRACTOR ON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE ARE UNDERWAY ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
THIS IS, AGAIN, PROVIDING CLASSROOM DOORS TO ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS THAT ARE STILL OPEN CONCEPT THAT DON'T HAVE DOORS.
IT IS ALSO PROVIDING INTO RESISTANT FILM, WHICH IS NOT BULLET RESISTANT FILM.
IT IS JUST TRULY ENTRY RESISTANCE TO SLOW DOWN AN INTRUDER.
THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT ON WHAT THAT IS IN TERMS OF MINUTES BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE COMING TO THE TABLE WITH OR THEIR SIZE OR PHYSICALITY OR WHATEVER.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY IT REALLY IS JUST A SLOWDOWN PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GET INTO LOCKDOWN MODE AND OR ALLOW POLICE TO GET THERE.
SO INTO RESISTANT FILM IS BEING APPLIED TO ALL MAIN ENTRIES, VESTIBULE, EXTERIOR WINDOWS, SECONDARY ENTRIES, AND ALL WINDOWS.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CHANGING THE DOOR HARDWARE TO WHAT THEY CALL STORMING FUNCTION HARDWARE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS IN THE LUCKY POSITION.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO GUESS OR PUT A KEY IN AND MOVE THE CYLINDER AROUND, DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LOCKED.
IF THE DOOR CLOSES, IT WILL BE LOCKED.
SO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF GUESSWORK OUT OF THAT.
FORTY FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WE ALSO RECENTLY ADDED BY CHANGE ORDER TONIGHT, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, PEARSON, BETTY ISAACS.
AND THEN ALSO THE ECC 2 AND 1 AND 2, WE ADDED THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY THEY HAVE DOORS, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE INITIALLY INCLUDED.
WE'RE FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THE DOORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE FILM AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS IN THOSE EARLY CHILDCARE CENTERS AS WELL.
SO 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ROUGHLY ABOUT 730 DOORS, 126,000 SQUARE FEET OF FILM.
WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT AT WORK DOING WORK ON THIS NOW, GLIDEN WAS APPROVED MAY 16TH.
AND SO THEY ARE BASICALLY DOORS AND HARDWARE LONG LEAD ITEMS. THEY PUT THE ORDER IN, BUT THEY'RE 12-14 WEEKS OUT FOR DELIVERY, SO THEY ANTICIPATE DOORS STARTING TO ARRIVE MID AUGUST.
SO THESE ARE FINISHED PICTURES FROM A SECURITY GRANT THAT THEY DID PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE AGAIN, WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ADDING 2,3 DOORS TO A POD THAT WE COULD.
SO THESE ARE WHAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT WILL LOOK LIKE.
IN THE OPEN CONCEPT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU BASICALLY DON'T HAVE A WALL FROM HERE TO HERE, LET'S SAY.
SO GLIDEN IS TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR DOORS TO STEEL FRAME AND STUD UP THE OPENING, INSTALL THE FRAME AND PUT EVERYTHING IN EXCEPT THE DOOR, AND THEN THEY CAN DO ALL THE WINDOW GLAZING.
THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING ALL THE INTERIOR RESISTANT FILM ON BY THE START OF SCHOOL.
IT'S THE DOORS THAT'LL BE THE LAST PIECE AND THEY'LL BE SPENDING WEEKENDS AND AFTER HOURS GETTING THEM IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
PLANO EAST AND WEST TRACK FENCING.
THIS WAS A REQUEST BY ATHLETICS.
WE'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR APPROVED TONIGHT. ROBERT FENCE.
THIS WAS A REQUEST BY ATHLETICS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING FOUR-INCH CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND OUR TRACKS AND FOOTBALL FIELDS AT PLANO EAST AND PLANO WEST AND PUT A SIX-FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT WILL LOOK MORE LIKE THIS.
THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN FROM A NEIGHBORING CAMPUS.
THE IDEA AGAIN, IS THAT THESE FIELDS WITH THE ARTIFICIAL TURF ARE BEING USED NOT BY PISD, BUT PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, TRAINING AND STUFF AND THEY'RE WEARING DOWN THE FIELDS.
THE ATHLETICS WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL.
IT'S NOT TO LOCK OUT THE PUBLIC, IS JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OF WHO IS IN AND OUT ON THESE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING MIDDLE-SCHOOL SYNTHETIC TRACKS.
WE CAN PUSH ANY WALKERS OR A RUNNERS OR THOSE FOLKS TO THOSE THAT ARE NOT GATED,
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AND PROTECT MORE OF THE COMPETITIVE PROFESSIONAL FIELDS.SO WE'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR, AGAIN RECOMMENDED TONIGHT, SO WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETE WITH THIS BY DECEMBER.
IT WANTS THE SAME THING, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL THAT RIGHT NOW IS ROLLED INTO THAT PROJECT.
SAME WITH THESE PLANO EAST BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TURF AND PLANO WEST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF, PLANO SENIOR WANTS THE SAME THING, BUT WITHOUT HAVING A DESIGN OR AN ARCHITECT ON BOARD YET AND HAVING THOSE DESIGN DISCUSSIONS, WE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW HOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS SITE PLAN WOULD LAY OUT AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BASEBALL FIELDS WOULD MOVE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE PULLED OUT EAST AND WEST.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THEY'VE GOT SYNTHETIC TURF ON THE INFIELD, REAL GRASS ON THE OUTFIELD AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
AT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, IT'S OPPOSITE.
IT'S DIRT ON THE INFIELD, SYNTHETIC ON THE OUTFIELD.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO TURN EVERYTHING SYNTHETIC WHERE THEY'LL HAVE THE CHOCOLATE RUNNING LINES AND STUFF AND THE PITCHING MOUND.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THAT TWO TONE CROSS CUT AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT MOWED GRASS IN THE OUTFIELD WITH THE MASCOT, THE SENIOR HIGH MASCOT THE PANTHER OR THE WILDCAT ARE IN PLACE THERE.
WE'RE AIMING AT GETTING THAT CONTRACTOR APPROVED AT THE AUGUST 8TH BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, TURF SHOULD PULL UP AND GO DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS OR HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, WE SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS INTERVIEWING SEVEN ARCHITECTS FOR FIVE OF OUR LARGER PROJECTS OR MORE KEY PROJECTS, THE HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT BEING ONE OF THOSE.
WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TONIGHT AND THE ARCHITECT WAS HERE SITTING OVER THERE BY US, ELK ARCHITECTS.
THEY'RE EXCITED FOR THE WORK AND BASICALLY, HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AGAIN A REPLACEMENT CAMPUS.
WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AT MENDENHALL AND I BELIEVE MITCHELL AS WELL, A MEMORIAL.
BASICALLY, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL SITS HERE.
IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO KEEP THE EXISTING SCHOOL IN OPERATION WHILE THE NEW SCHOOL IS BUILT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SHOEHORN BETWEEN THE SOFTBALL FIELD STUFF.
SOFTBALL FIELD IS TENTATIVELY ON THE TABLE FOR BEING MOVED, WHICH IS WHY AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HITTING PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE TURF JUST YET.
BUT BASICALLY, SCHOOL WILL STAY IN SESSION ALL THE WAY UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE, THEN THE OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL GO DOWN, THEY'LL REDO DRIVES AND FRONT ENTRIES AND PAVING AND WHATNOT TO GET IT OPERATIONAL.
THE SYNTHETIC MIDDLE-SCHOOL TRACK IS ALSO PART OF THE HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL WORK.
HAVING AN ARCHITECT APPROVED TONIGHT IS A BIG STEP.
WE'LL OPEN UP DISCUSSIONS WITH ELK HERE SOON AND START DESIGN AND WE'LL GET ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ROOM AND START DISCUSSING PROGRAM AND WHAT THIS WANTS TO BE AND LOOK LIKE.
PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR RENOVATION.
THE BIGGEST PROJECT ON THE BOND.
AGAIN, RECOMMENDED AN ARCHITECT TONIGHT, CORGAN.
THEY WEREN'T WITH US TONIGHT, BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK.
THEIR INTERVIEW PRESENTATION WAS PRETTY NICE LOOKING IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SAW VISIONING-WISE FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO START WORK WITH THEM.
WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE PROJECTS WITH THEM WITH GREAT SUCCESS.
THIS PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR RENOVATION IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS [NOISE] ALL THE BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS, 465,000 SQUARE FEET OF EXISTING BUILDING, ROUGHLY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING ABOUT 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITION FOR TWO NEW GYM FLOORS LOCATED POSSIBLY NEAR ITS EXISTING GYM, MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
THERE'S ROOM OR SQUARE FOOTAGE IN TERMS OF HOW OUR ESTIMATE WAS BUILT, AN IDEA OF ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO PROVIDE A NEW ENTRY APPEARANCE THAT MAY TIE BUILDINGS TOGETHER.
AGAIN, NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE JUST YET.
I THINK WE GOT THE RIGHT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO START DISCUSSING WHAT THIS COULD LOOK OUT AND GIVE IT A NEW FACE LIFT AND BRING SOME EXCITEMENT TO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MODERNIZING ALL THE BUILDINGS, IMPROVING THE BUILDING SYSTEMS, DOING MAJOR REMODELS AT THE KITCHEN AND DINING AREA.
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THE CAMPUS WILL ALSO RECEIVE THOSE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, AS PART OF THAT ROLLED INTO IT.SITE CONSIDERATIONS FOR ATHLETICS INCLUDE A LOT OF THINGS.
THERE'S TENNIS COURT REPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE NOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO RELOCATE ALONG WITH STORAGE AND RESTROOMS NEAR THE TENNIS COURTS.
THEN THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF REPLACEMENT, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THIS.
THAT SIX-FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE WILL GO AROUND THE TRACK AND AUXILIARY FIELD LIGHTS.
AGAIN, ARCHITECT APPROVED ON THIS.
WE'LL START TALKING AND WE'LL START OUR DESIGN MEETINGS WITH THEM.
WE'LL LATER BRING ON A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK.
THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK PART WILL BE WHEN WE REALLY START TO IDENTIFY THE PHASING OF THIS PROJECT.
BUT AGAIN, WE SEE THIS AS A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT THAT WILL, STARTING IN PHASE 1, WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ALL THE WAY.
COULD TAKE THREE SUMMERS WORTH OF WORK.
IT'S A BIG CAMPUS, AND A LOT OF TIME.
THE TWO ARCHITECTS FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS WILL NEED TO GET ALONG AND WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE SAME PROPERTY. THIS PICTURE SHOWS IT.
YOU'LL HAVE ONE ARCHITECT WORK IN THIS, YOU'LL HAVE ONE ARCHITECT WORK IN THIS SITE.
THERE'S SOME CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'LL NEED TO JUST COORDINATE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING IS MISSED, THAT THERE'S NO GAPS BETWEEN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
BUT TALKING WITH ELK, THE ONE THAT WAS HERE TONIGHT, HE SAID HE CAN DO IT.
HE'S READY. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM ADDITIONS.
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS, BEATY, ISAAC'S, AND PEARSON DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A FULL KITCHEN, THE ABILITY TO COOK, AND DELIVER FOOD OUT TO THE STUDENTS THERE.
THESE ADDITIONS WOULD PROVIDE FULL KITCHENS.
IN DOING SO, THEY ALSO USE THE ACTIVITY ROOM AS DINING SPACE, SO DEPENDING ON HOW LARGE, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DINING ROOM SIZED THING, BUT IT WILL BE A FULL KITCHEN AND A DINING ROOM.
THIS IS SHOWING ISAAC'S, WHICH IS THE OUT-LANDER.
BEATY AND PEARSON BOTH SHARE A SIMILAR FOOTPRINT, BUT ISAAC'S IS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD A CORRIDOR OUT TO THESE SPACES OFF THE ACTIVITY ROOM.
THE OTHER ONES, YOU CAN REALLY JUST BUILD RIGHT OFF, USE A SECTION OF THE ACTIVITY ROOM AND BUILD YOUR KITCHEN OFF OF IT AND STUFF. BUT WE'LL GET THAT.
KNOWING WHERE THESE FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS HAVE LANDED WITH ARCHITECTS IS GOING TO HELP US DETERMINE WHO WE WANT TO RECOMMEND AS ARCHITECTS IN AUGUST AND THEN WE'LL START THOSE UNDERWAY FOR DESIGN.
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KITCHEN RENOVATION, ADDITION.
NOT THE MOST GLAMOROUS OF THINGS, BUT IT IS PHASE 1.
TALKING WITH FANS, SHE REALLY ONLY WANTS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF KITCHENS DOWN AT ANY ONE TIME BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CATER IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOOD FROM LOCATIONS, SO WE GOT TO DROP SOME.
IF WE'RE MESSING WITH THINGS AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OR PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OR WILLIAMS FOR THAT MATTER, AS PHASE 2, WE CAN ONLY HIT ONE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT.
CENTENNIAL IS THE ONE SHE IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE FIRST ONE TO LOOK AT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A FULL REMODEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN INTO ONE RECENTLY, BUT LIKE HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOT A FULL KITCHEN GUT.
ITS ALL NEW KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, YOU LOOK AT THE SPACE.
MORE TIMES THAN NOT, THE FREEZER COOLER SPACE FINDS A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE TO A SMALL ADDITION TO MAKE ROOM FOR A REVISED AND A MORE LAYOUT THAT FLOWS WITH HOW THE KITCHEN WANTS TO WORK.
I IMAGINE WE'LL GET IN THERE AND DO THAT AS PART OF THIS WORK AS WELL.
AGAIN, WHAT WAS DESCRIBED FOR SYSTEM COMPLIANCE AND THE SECURITY, HAVING A PROJECT HERE AT CENTENNIAL WE'LL ALSO ROLL IN SECURITY.
ANY SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE THE GLAZING DONE, THE ENTRY RESISTANT AND THE DOORS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING EXTERIOR DOOR POSITION CONTACTS WHICH JUST INDICATES BY MONITOR.
IT'S GOING TO BE PUT ON ALL EXTERIOR DOORS AND THEY'LL KNOW IF A DOOR IS AJAR, IT'LL SEND AN ALARM.
IF THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, IT WILL SEND A SIGNAL.
WHO THAT SIGNAL GOES TO IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND SEE WHO'S ACTUALLY GETTING THOSE MESSAGES.
WE'RE ALSO ADDING TWO SINKS AT THE ART ROOM AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AM I MOVING THROUGH THIS FAST ENOUGH? CLARK HIGH SCHOOL STRUCTURAL REPAIR RENOVATION.
THERE'S SOME STRUCTURAL REPAIR ISSUES HAPPENING AT CLARK.
IT'S THERE OFF OF SPRING CREEK AND I GUESS THAT'S BEEN THE LEGEND ALWAYS THAT IT'S BUILT ON A CREEK OR A SPRING OR SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING IT TO SINK A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN IT SHOULD.
THERE ARE SOME CONCRETE SAGGING.
THE GYM FLOORS ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES.
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AGAIN, THAT WILL WORK WITH THE ATHLETIC REALIGNMENT HAPPENING FOR CLARK.WHEN WE GET IN THERE AND REDO FLOORS HERE, IT'S GETTING DOWN TO THE TAKING THE SLAB AWAY, GETTING DOWN TO THE GRADING, REBUILDING THE SLAB, REDOING THE FLOOR AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT NEW LOGOS INTO THAT.
THEN THERE'S JUST A FEW ODDS AND ENDS AROUND THE BUILDING.
SOME INTERIOR STAIRS THAT NEED SOME WORK, SOME SIDEWALKS, A RAMP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN, JUST WAITING FOR THOSE FIVE PROJECTS TO GO AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ARCHITECT RECOMMENDATION IN AUGUST AND THEN START HEAVY ON DESIGN AND GETTING THAT OUT FOR BID.
THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER AWARDED TO AN ARCHITECT TONIGHT.
I HAVEN'T MEMORIZED THESE YET.
HUCKABEE, THEY WERE ALSO PRESENT AS WELL.
THEY WERE THE GROUP, WHEN YOU ASKED PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU THOUGHT THAT WHOLE MOB WAS COMING TO THE PODIUM, BUT THEY WALKED OUT THE BACK DOOR INSTEAD.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO WORK.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE DISTRICT 18, 20 YEARS OR SO, I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE HUCKABEE.
THEY CAME INTO THE PRESENTATION, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS PROVIDED A GOOD INTERVIEW, HAD SOME GOOD VISIONING FOR WHAT THIS COULD BE AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM.
THEY'VE GOT A FEW FAMILIAR FACES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE DISTRICT UNDER DIFFERENT ARCHITECTS BEFORE AND SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH A FEW OF THE FACES AS WELL.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.
THIS IS A BIG DIAMOND IN THE BOND AS WELL, JUST AN EXCITING PROJECT TO DO THAT'S UNIQUE TO THE ISD.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THIS UNDERWAY AS WELL.
AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF HANDS-ON STAKEHOLDERS, DESIGN MEETINGS TO GET THIS WHERE IT WANTS TO BE, A LOT OF TALKS AND STUFF.
BUT NOW WITH AN ARCHITECT RECOMMENDED, WE'LL START THOSE DESIGN DISCUSSIONS.
PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH BUILDING A RENOVATION.
IT'S BUILDING A RENOVATION, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING THE TWO GYM FLOORS EDITION AS WELL, PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. LET'S SEE.
THIS IS NOT TO CHANGE THE MANDATORY, NO.
BUILDING A AT PLANO WEST IS THIS BUILDING HERE AND INITIALLY THE BOND WAS BUILT AROUND RENOVATING THAT WILL GO IN THERE AND TOUCH-UP PAINT FLOORING FINISHES.
IT'S GOT HERE LISTED, POSSIBLY ELEVATOR REPLACEMENT.
THEN THERE'S A FEW SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE SAYING SOME OPERABLE PARTITION WALLS THAT ARE EITHER NOT WORKING OR NO LONGER NEEDED AND BUILDINGS A AND B WILL TOUCH UPON THOSE.
SOME HVAC CONTROLS AND THE CHILLER PLANT, THOSE TWO NEW GYM FLOORS, AGAIN, SOMEWHERE ATTACHED TO THE GYM AREA WILL ADDRESS SAFETY AND SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT TIME.
THEN SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, SOME TENNIS COURT REPLACEMENTS AND RELOCATIONS BASEBALL DUGOUT WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH THE TURF.
THEN WE'VE GOT SOME THEATRICAL RIGGING UPGRADES AND FINE ARTS.
PLANO EAST BUILDING D IS THE SMALL BUILDING HERE SO IS RENOVATION OF BUILDING D. IT'S GOT SOME SYSTEM COMPLIANCE ITEMS LISTED FOR THAT AS WELL SOON CEILING AND LIGHTS.
BUILDING D IS A COMPLETE RENOVATION, IT HAS A LOCKER ROOM SPACE AS IT EXISTS NOW.
BUT THEN SEALING COMPLIANCE TOUCHES UPON SOME OTHER BUILDINGS AT THE CAMPUS SO WILL BE B1 AND B2.
B3 AND B4 FOR CEILING AND LIGHTS WERE UPGRADING THE CHILLER PLAN HVAC CONTROLS.
THIS WILL ALSO GET THE TWO NEW GYM FLOORS AND THEN THE TENNIS COURTS AND AGAIN, SOME ATHLETIC SITE COMPONENTS.
THERE IS SOME CTE NEEDS ON THIS CAMPUS AS WELL THERE'S MENTION OF A CONSUMER SCIENCE LAB CLASSROOM.
FINE ARTS HAS A MARCHING BAND TOWER EXPECTED TO GO OUT THERE NEAR THEIR BAND PRACTICE FIELD RIGHT THERE.
AGAIN, TRYING TO RULE IN, GOES BACK TO THAT WHEN WE HAD MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A MAJOR PROJECT, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO ROLL IN EVERYTHING THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT INTO ONE PROJECT SO WE'RE ON THAT SITE AT ONE TIME.
WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT ENGINEERS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ATTACKING NINE AT A TIME.
PHASE 1 WITH CEA ENGINEERS, WE'VE GOT THREE AT ALDRIDGE STINTS AND WYATT.
HE'S STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO ADVERTISE THIS SUNDAY, I THINK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTRACT OR RECOMMENDATION TO THE AUGUST BOARD AND START SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
THIS IS JUST THE UPPER PLAYGROUNDS THAT LOWER UNIT PLAYGROUNDS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THESE THREE CAMPUSES,
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THAT THEY WERE ALREADY BEING DONE BY CUI, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING CUI AGAIN TO COMPLETE THE WORK.THESE ARE ALL NEW, ALL WHETHER ADA ACCESSIBLE, UPPER UNIT PLAYGROUNDS WITH SUNSHADE CANOPY.
IF YOU'VE BEEN BY ALDRIDGE ALREADY, I DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T LIVED PICTURE OF ALDRIDGE, BUT IT'S ARTIFICIAL TURF, ARTIFICIAL GRASS AS YOUR FAULT SURFACE NOW.
IT'LL COME IN FROM A SIDEWALK OFF THE SCHOOL.
YOU'LL HAVE A RAMP AND YOU'LL HAVE ACCESSIBLE AREAS OF PLAY ALL AROUND THE AREA.
THEY CAN GO UP RAMPS AND STUFF.
YOU'LL HAVE A SUNSHADE CANOPY OVER THE TOP FOR PROTECTION AS WELL.
THIS IS HAPPENING TO AN UPPER AND A LOWER AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PART OF PHASE 1 WITH ROK, THESE ARE UPPER AND LOWER UNIT PLAYGROUNDS.
WE'VE GOT BETHANY, BEVERLY BARKSDALE, BOGUS CARLYLE AND BRINGER.
AGAIN, HE'S JUST A SLIGHTLY BEHIND AND SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF WHEN HE'S GETTING OUT FOR THOSE, BUT WE'LL WE'LL GET THOSE OUT, FORBID.
GET A PLAYGROUND VENDOR ON BOARD, AND THEN LOOK TO JUST GET AFTER ONE AT A TIME AND JUST KEEP KNOCKING THEM OUT.
I THINK THAT'S OKAY. THEN MIDDLE-SCHOOL TRACKS.
PHASE 1 HAS THREE TRACKS: BOWMAN, WILSON, AND FRANKFURT FRANKFURT.
IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS DEALING WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH PERMITS PERMANENTLY ON THEM.
FRANKFURT'S IS LOOKING TO BE REPLACED WITH ROBINSON MIDDLE-SCHOOL.
FRANKFURT IS GOING TO PUSH OFF IN THE TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT LONGER SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BOWMAN AND WILSON ON TRACK AND TO KEEP WITH THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THREE A YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUT FRANKFURT WITH ROBINSON.
AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO PUT A 400 METER FOR LAYING TRACK.
BUT WE ARE, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS BOWMAN.
THERE ARE INSTANCES AT SOME OF THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SOME OF THESE 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE WHERE THE SITE CONDITIONS JUST DON'T ALLOW A 400 METER TRACK.
THIS IS AN OVERLAY OF THE 400 METER AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GOES ACROSS A FIRE LANE, THEN CONNECTS TO THE MEMORIAL PROPERTY.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD DROP THAT FILING OUT AND WE TECHNICALLY COULD THE FILING DOES WRAP AROUND THIS BUILDING AND MEETS MEMORIAL AND BOWMAN, FINE.
BUT THIS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING EITHER ROBUST PATH THAT'S VERY USEFUL AND OR A TRAFFIC FLOW THING FOR PARENTS OR STUDENT DROP-OFFS THAT, WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPROMISE.
I BELIEVE ATHLETICS IS TALKING WITH JEFF ABOUT IT.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND SO THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO 300 METER TRACK MIGHT BE INVOLVED.
AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE SYNTHETIC.
SAME MATERIAL, SAME EVERYTHING.
HE FELT THAT BECAUSE THESE AREN'T REALLY COMPETITION, THAT THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
THERE'S PROBABLY FIVE OUT OF THE 13 THAT MAY HAVE A SMALLER ONE, JUST BASED ON WHERE IT IS BUT WHERE WE CAN WE'LL PUT THE 400-METER, THE LARGER TRACK.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THOSE THREE AND THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN NOVEMBER AND THEN RUN UNTIL FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS PROBABLY WON'T BE MY LAST TIME TO BOARD PRESENTING STUFF TOO SO BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING INTO PHASE 2 STUFF YET.
BUT WHEN WE DO, WE'LL START TO CHANGE COLOR TO MATCH WITH THE BAND THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS, THE TIMELINE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THESE PHOTOS.
THIS IS WHAT I INTEND TO GIVE.
THIS IS THE LAYOUT THAT OUR 2016 QUARTERLY REPORT TOOK THAT WAS UPDATED ON OUR PISD WEBSITE EVERY THREE MONTHS TO SHOW CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE SENDING COMMUNICATIONS WITH UPDATED PICTURES EACH TIME.
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMELINE IF NEEDED.
BUT BASICALLY, THE STATUS WILL CHANGE, UPDATING YOU ON WHERE THINGS ARE AND THAT WILL BE A CONTINUOUS THING THAT CAN BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE.
AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS POINT?
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THEN JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT, YOU KEEP BRINGING UP LIKE CARPET AND PAINT AND THOSE SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE THINGS THAT WE GET NOW AND THEN.
I'M WONDERING IF ON SOME OF THESE MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY WHERE FLOORING IS BEING REPLACED OR RECONSIDERING OPTIONS THAT MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE NOW BUT MORE DURABLE AND NOT NEED THOSE SAME SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE REPLACEMENT CYCLES SO THAT OVER THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING, OVER THE LIFE THAT FLOORING OR WHATEVER,
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INSTEAD OF REPLACING VINYL TILES EVERY 15 YEARS OR WHEN THEY BREAK OR SCRAPE UP, WE HAVE A BETTER FLOORING? I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION.>> ABSOLUTELY. NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS NOW CURRENTLY HAVE A ROLLED CARPET.
I THINK, CARPET IS GOING TO WEAR AND TEAR YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET 10-12 YEARS OUT OF IT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CARPET IT'S NO LONGER ROLES AT SQUARES.
OUR DISTRICT GUIDELINES NOW IS TO PUT SQUARES DOWN.
I THINK IN TERMS OF LONG-LASTING, IF YOU'VE GET A STAIN ONE, YOU CAN JUST POP IT UP AND POP IT BACK DOWN AND MAYBE THAT WILL ALLOW OVERALL YOUR CARPET TO LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER IF YOU'RE ABLE TO REPLACE THE SQUARE ROOT OF TIME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'RE NOT DOING ROLLED GOODS ANYMORE, KNOWING THAT IF THAT GETS DIRTIER OR EVEN A SMALL SPOT, YOU'RE TAKING THE WHOLE THING UP, BUT NOW WE'RE DOING SQUARES SO IF ONE PARTICULAR SPOT GETS DIRTY, YOU JUST HAVE TO HIT THAT ONE AREA AND PUT THAT DOWN.
IN TERMS OF THE VCT, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF LVT, WHAT THEY CALL IT LUXURY VINYL TILE AND IT TAKES OUT THE WAXING AND THE WET MOPPING.
WELL, I'M SORRY, YOU USE A WET MOP FOR IT, BUT IT TAKES OUT THE WAXING PROCESS WHICH SAVES SOME MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT MEETS HER BEATS VCT. IT DOES BEAT IT.
THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US BY OUR ARCHITECT HERE ON SOME RECENT PROJECTS.
THAT'S WHAT'S BECOMING OUR DISTRICT GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF ANY NEW FLOORING CARPET SQUARES AND LVT.
>> GOT IT. JUST ON THE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
THIS WAS HUGE AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THESE SLIDES AND PACKET REVIEW THIS WEEK AND IT'S SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SEVERAL MARQUEE PROJECTS.
IF I GO BACK TO A COMMENT I MADE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT I WANTED TO BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THAT LITTLE EQUITY SLIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE KIDS AND THE TREES AND THE APPLES AND THE BOXES AND WE ALL KNOW THAT EQUITY SLIDE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I SAID, EVERY SLIDE I SEE I ALWAYS ASK, DO I BELIEVE THIS? JUST NATURALLY SKEPTICAL PERSON AND OUR FACILITIES, WE'RE NOT HOLDING TRUE TO THAT SLIDE RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS BOND IS MEANT TO ADDRESS AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD, EXCITED TO SEE PLANO SENIOR HIGH BROUGHT UP TO THE SAME JUST STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE AT PLANO EAST IN PLANO WEST, EXCITED TO SEE THE PLAYGROUNDS WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND ACCESS ON THE PLAYGROUNDS.
THE CTE CENTER, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS I'M SUPER SUPER EXCITED FOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE OUT OF THE TEAM IS THE QUICKNESS AT THIS ALL HAS BEEN DONE WITH.
WE SOLD THE BONDS, WHICH IS VERY FUN MORNING, AND YOU ALL STARTED LINING THESE PROJECTS UP, SLIDING THEM, TRYING TO HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION, EVERYTHING ELSE.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
THERE IS JUST SO MUCH WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THE EXPEDIENCY IN WHICH YOU-ALL HAVE DONE IT IS REMARKABLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THIS STUFF AND YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENTS.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON IT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO GET GOING.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
[OVERLAPPING] I AM WONDERING HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL START SCHOOL WITH JUST A DOOR FRAME AND THEN LIKE TWO WEEKS LATER THEY COME BACK AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL DOOR, AND I'M WONDERING IF STUDENTS WILL NOTICE THAT? [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY WILL WALK INTO IT, TIARA.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD? WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY?
>> THANK YOU. EXCELLENT REPORT.
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THE A-F ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH REPORT.DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT LISA WILSON WILL GIVE US AN A-F ACCOUNTABILITY RESEARCH REFRESH REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
NOTHING LIKE AN ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE AT 10:27 PM AND I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
BEFORE ANTOINE SPENCER, OUR DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY GETS UP HERE, I WANT JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTARY ABOUT THE A-F ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH UPDATE.
YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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IN 2017, WE HAD LEGISLATION COME ACROSS THAT ASKED FOR AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT WAS CONSISTENT OVER AT LEAST FIVE YEARS SO THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD BEGIN TO COMPARE THEIR GROWTH OVER TIME TO A CONSISTENT MEASURE.THEN IN FIVE YEARS, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT A REFRESHING PLACE.
WELL, WHAT THEY DIDN'T COUNT ON WAS A PANDEMIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT REALLY IMPACTED THINGS.
THIS REALLY DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD CONSISTENCY FOR FIVE YEARS HAVING SAID THAT.
THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND WILL RESULT IN LOWER RATINGS EVEN IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE.
ANTOINE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THE DETAILS.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS, COMPARING FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR, YOU LIKE TO HAVE APPLES TO APPLES, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW APPLES AND ORANGES WHEN WE COMPARE LAST YEAR TO THIS NEW YEAR.
THE FRUSTRATION FOR US THIS YEAR IS THE RULES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY CHANGING ALL THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IN FACT, WE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE A FINAL BUT THEY CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A STAAR REFRESH, SO WE DID THE BEST WE COULD TO PLAN FOR IT.
WE DIDN'T SEE SAMPLE QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR HAD ALREADY BEGUN, BUT YET AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE STUDENTS HAD THAT NEW REFRESH.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A GUESS AS TO WHAT KIDS WERE GOING TO SEE, AND ALTHOUGH I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF, WE STILL DON'T HAVE RESULTS.
WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY EOC RAW DATA.
WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY STAAR RESULTS THAT INCLUDES A RATHER LARGE ZONE OF UNCERTAINTY, THEY'VE CALLED IT BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE THE SLIDE RULE IS GOING TO LAND.
I WANT TO PREFACE IT BECAUSE WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR POSITIVITY, BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF OUR FRUSTRATION IN THAT I DON'T WANT OUR PARENTS TO BE DISCOURAGED IF SCORES COME OUT LOWER YET OUR DATA SHOWS US WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING, WHICH IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY.
WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE WELL INFORMED.
WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO INFORM OUR PARENTS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES, TO INFORM YOU ALL ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
ALL OF US ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVEMENT.
ALL OF US ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES AND GROWTH MEASURES FOR STUDENTS.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THAT.
BUT IT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING WHEN THE RULES CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FINAL RESULT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE HOW THOSE NEW STAAR RESULTS WILL LAND.
HAVING SAID THAT, ANTOINE IS A MUCH MORE POSITIVE PERSON THAN I SO I WANTED TO SIEVE A LITTLE BIT.
>> WHILE ANTOINE IS GETTING READY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS.
FIRST, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AND TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION ALL ALONG THE WAY.
TEA HAS SAID, AND THE COMMISSIONER SAID, THERE ARE THREE THINGS.
WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE WANT AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT IS RIGOROUS, AND WE WANT IT TO BE FAIR AND WE COULD NOT AGREE MORE ON THOSE THREE STATEMENTS.
HOWEVER, WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS SOME LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE DARK MOST OF THE TIME NOT KNOWING REALLY WHAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN.
THE RIGOR COMPONENT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AGREE UPON FOR KIDS.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, THERE'S LACK OF TRANSPARENCY THERE.
PART OF THE RIGOR ALSO IS ON KIDS THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE ENROLLED BECAUSE THEY'VE GRADUATED.
SO THE RIGOR HE'S REFERRING TO AS CCMR, WHICH IS LAGGING DATA AND WE CAN NO LONGER HAVE AN IMPACT ON KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED, SO THAT'S A MISALIGNMENT.
THEN FAIR, AND HOUSE BILL 22, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE OPERATING, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2017, IT WAS INTENDED TO NOT HAVE INCREMENTAL CHANGES, BUT TO GO FIVE YEARS AND THEN RAISE THE BAR.
I WANT TO ALSO BE CLEAR THAT WE MISSED A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD THREE YEARS DISRUPTION PANDEMIC, ONE YEAR WHERE WE DID NOT EVEN HAVE STAAR RESULTS FOR KIDS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY FAIR AND OUR ASK HAS BEEN THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE TIME THE PANDEMIC, THAT YOU GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
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THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALLY GO ON THE RECORD AND SAY, WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO GROW AND MAKE GROWTH THAT'S BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE MAP AS A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR KIDS TO ENSURE RIGOR, TO ENSURE GROWTH, TO ENSURE THAT KIDS ARE READY EACH GRADE LEVEL WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING TO GO TO THE NEXT AND THEN I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT BUT I WON'T.
>> THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT DR. WILLIAMS AND ANTOINE, WILL TALK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES.
BUT THE OTHER FRUSTRATING PART FOR US WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THE VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF MEASURES THAT GO INTO IT AND THEN YOU ADJUST THE RULES.
WE'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN FOR PROBABLY THE 15TH TIME.
YOU ADJUST THE RULES WITH KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE UNDER ANOTHER SYSTEM.
VERY FRUSTRATING, BUT ANTOINE IS VERY POSITIVE.
HE IS GOING TO TELL US ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH.
>> THAT'S MY JOB TONIGHT IS TO UPDATE YOU ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL, DR. WILLIAMS, THE CABINET, AND BOARD.
IT'S VERY GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TOO AND I'M CHANNELING DASH.
THE A-F SYSTEM IS A TOOL TO HELP MEET CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE GOALS FOR STUDENTS.
THE INTENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS IS TO INFORM THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THE A-F ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS IN PLACE TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, ELIMINATE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, AND ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF WEIGHT AND OF COURSE, ENERGY PUT IN TO MAXIMIZING OUTCOMES ON STAAR, WE HAVE OTHER DATA POINTS IN THE DISTRICT, WE ARE DATA RICH THAT WE USE TO INFORM STUDENT PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT.
YOU HAVE THE LIST THERE, MAP, COGAT, DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS, SEMESTER EXAMS, PSAT/SAT ASSESSMENTS, AND AP EXAMS. IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND AS WE SPEAK WITH THE CAMPUSES AND CAMPUS LEADERS, WE CONSISTENTLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK AT MORE THAN ONE MEASURE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AS WELL.
FOR THIS YEAR, EVALUATING PERFORMANCE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
WITH THE A-F REFRESH, EVALUATING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES WILL NOT BE THE SAME.
THE A-F REFRESH IS NOT THE COMPLETE PICTURE AS OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE TESTS HAVE CHANGED.
SO COMPARING 2022 AND 2023 RATINGS WILL GIVE YOU AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS CHANGES TO THE STAAR AND EOC ASSESSMENT ITSELF.
>> BEFORE YOU START YOUR NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO JUST MAKE A POINT.
BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IF RATINGS.
ALL OF THESE NEW RULES THAT WE FINALLY NOW DECIDED ON AFTER THE REST OF THE YEAR ARE GOING TO RESULT IN WHAT IF RATINGS HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THE STATE HAS SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING SO YOU CAN COMPARE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO GIVE THAT COMPARISON RATING AND IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT APPLES TO APPLES, AND I'M GOING TO SAY AT BEST IT'S A FUJI AND A GRANNY SMITH BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY VARIABLES THAT ARE CHANGING ALL AT ONCE.
>> SOME OF THOSE VARIABLES ARE THE REFRESH TO CUT POINTS FOR CCMR, WHICH WE KNOW ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
ACADEMIC GROWTH DOMAIN TO BE THOSE CUT POINTS ARE DIFFERENT AS WELL AS THE CUT POINTS FOR CLOSING THE GAPS.
WITH THOSE CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, IT REALLY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON.
IN ADDITION, IT'S HIGHLY POSSIBLE A CAMPUS WITH AN A RATING IN 2022 MAY DO BETTER IN 2023 AND HAVE A LOWER RATING, THEY MAY DROP TO A B.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR WHAT IF RATINGS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M REALLY GETTING TO GIVE YOU THIS NEWS TONIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR PRELIMINARY WHAT IF RATINGS.
TEA RECALCULATED THE 2022 RATINGS USING 2023 METHODOLOGY.
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SO IT'S OUR 2022 ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE FILTER OF THE CHANGES THAT THEY'VE MADE FOR 2023.SO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO IS COMPARE THOSE TWO SIDE BY SIDE.
BUT YOU CAN'T COMPARE THEM SIDE BY SIDE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT TEST.
HOWEVER, FOR NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL FINALIZE THE 2022 RATINGS ALONGSIDE THE 2023 FINAL RATING.
TEA SAYS THAT WE CAN'T COMPARE THOSE TWO RATINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE BASED ON THE SAME METHODOLOGY.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, AS WE'VE SAID, WITH ALL THE CHANGES TO THE ASSESSMENT, IT REALLY IS STILL NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
IT REALLY IS MORE OF A BENCHMARK RESET OF WHERE WE ARE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE AF REFRESHED LOOK LIKE STATE-WIDE OF 5,924 CAMPUSES IN THE STATE, 66% OF THOSE CAMPUSES STAY THE SAME APPLYING THE 2023 METHODOLOGY TO THE 2022 SCORES.
TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE SAW A DECREASE IN LETTER GRADE, WHERE 6% 575 CAMPUSES SAW AN INCREASE IN LETTER GRADE.
>> BEFORE YOU SKIP PAST THAT INTUNE.
I ASKED THE INTUNE HOW IN THE WORLD DID ANYBODY GO UP? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CAMPUS WHO MAYBE WAS ON THE EDGE AND HAD SOME HIGHER GROWTH RATINGS BECAUSE THEY'VE WAITED THOSE GROWTH RATINGS MORE THAT MIGHT BUMP SOMEBODY UP.
EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY 66% STAY THE SAME, THEY MAY HAVE STAYED THE SAME LETTER GRADE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE DROPPED FROM, LET'S SAY, AN 89 TO AN 80.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T GO DOWN AND JUST WANT TO REITERATE FOR THOSE STILL WATCHING AT HOME AT 10:39 PM THAT IS THE EXACT SAME DATA, EXACT SAME STUDENT PERFORMANCE JUST CALCULATED WITH THE NEW.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOUR TEACHER, WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH-SCHOOL CLASS THAT I'M GOING TO GRADE ON THIS 80-89 IS A B.
THEN AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER THEY GO, JUST JOKING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU AN 85 TO GET A B.
>> THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM ARE IN CCMR AND IN MEASURING STUDENT GROWTH FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
THE CAMPUSES THAT ALIGN IN A WAY THAT THE METHODOLOGY EITHER FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY DEPENDING ON THEIR SCORES, THOSE CAMPUSES WERE SEEING MORE MOVEMENT.
>> LET'S LOOK AT HOW PLANO ISD WELFARE BASED ON THE REFRESH.
YOU SEE THE DOMAINS AND THE OVERALL SCORE AND THE FIRST COLUMN, THE 2022 SCORE, IS WHAT WE HAD UNDER 2022 ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE OVERALL SCORE IS AT 89 BECAUSE WE HAD CAMPUSES WITH A D OR AN F IN ANY DOMAIN.
BUT OUR OVERALL SCORE WITHOUT THAT EXCEPTION WOULD HAVE BEEN A 91 FOR DOMAIN 1.
IN OVERALL WOULD BE A 90, BECAUSE OF THAT RULE, WE CANNOT BE HIGHER THAN A B, SO WE WERE AT 89.
>> I SEE SOME FOLKS LOOKING AT THEIR PAGES.
THE 89 WAS THE OFFICIAL SCORE AT THE STATE, BUT WITH THE ACTUAL CALCULATION WAS WAS A 91 OR A 90.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED HIM TO SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE ACTUAL CALCULATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> THEN WHAT IF SCORE IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE THIRD COLUMN.
FOR DOMAIN 1, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WHAT CHANGED, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, ARE THOSE CUT POINTS FOR 2B AND FOR DOMAIN 3.
IN DOMAIN 2A, THERE ARE UPDATES, SOME METHODOLOGY TO CAPTURE GROWTH FOR MORE STUDENTS AND INCLUDES LEARNING ACCELERATION. THAT'S A BONUS.
CAMPUSES CAN RECEIVE CREDIT FOR STUDENTS THAT SHOW HIGHER THAN WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPICAL YEAR GROWTH OR SHOWING ACCELERATED GROWTH.
THE CHANGE FOR 2B IS IN NEW CUT POINTS FOR CCMR.
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THERE'S NO CHANGE FOR ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN 2B.AS I'VE SAID, DOMAIN 3, THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES.
THE MINIMUM SIZE MOVE FROM 25 STUDENTS TO 10 STUDENTS.
INSTEAD OF A YES-NO IN DOMAIN 3, IT'S NOW A 0-4 GRADED METHODOLOGY TO SHOW DIFFERENTIATION AND PROGRESS TOWARDS THE LONG-TERM GOALS.
CAMPUSES WILL NOW RECEIVE CREDIT FOR MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS INTERIM GOALS.
THE OVERALL CALCULATION OF THE CAMPUS OR DISTRICT RATING HAS NOT CHANGED.
IT'S STILL THE BEST DOMAIN 1 OR DOMAIN 2A OR 2B, THE 70% AND THEN DOMAIN 3 IS 30%.
>> ON DOMAIN 3, IT SAYS FOCUSING ON JUST THE STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST IN NEED.
>> TEA IS GOING TO IDENTIFY THE TWO LOWEST PERFORMING GROUPS FOR EACH CAMPUS.
>> THOSE WILL BE THE STUDENTS MOSTLY NEITHER IS ALSO A HIGH FOCUS GROUP.
>> WHAT IS THE HIGH FOCUS GROUP?
>> THE HIGH FOCUS GROUP WILL BE MIGRANT STUDENTS, HOMELESS STUDENTS.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO ARE LONG-TERM IN SPECIAL.
THAT'LL BE AT THE HIGH FOCUS GROUP.
>> THEN I GUESS, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IN NEED GROUPS IN OUR DISTRICTS?
>> TYPICALLY IN PLANO ISD, WHAT WE SEE ARE LOW SOCIOECONOMIC, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC.
BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER THOSE GROUPS ARE MEETING THOSE TARGETS FOR DOMAIN 3.
SOME CAMPUSES AREN'T MEETING THEIR ASIAN TARGET.
THAT COULD BE THEIR HIGH FOCUS GROUP IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THOSE TARGETS.
EACH DIFFERENT GROUP HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF TARGETS THAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MEET.
>> THEIR TARGETS ARE BASICALLY THE STATE TARGETS FOR THAT PARTICULAR GROUP ON STAR SCORES? I GUESS, WHEN YOU SAY TARGETS, CAN YOU BE MORE [OVERLAPPING]?
>> DOMAIN 3 ARE THE FEDERAL TARGETS.
>> THAT'S THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
>> THOSE ARE DIFFERENT BY DEMOGRAPHIC.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? LET'S LOOK AT HOW OUR CAMPUSES ARE FAIRING WITH THE REFRESH.
HERE'S OUR ELEMENTARY BREAKDOWN WHERE WE WERE IN 2022 OVERALL COMPARED TO THE 2022 WHAT IF WITH THE AF REFRESH.
WE TALKED ABOUT THERE ACTUALLY THE BREAKDOWN THERE ARE FOUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES MOVED FROM A B2 AND A, WHICH IS WHY I DROVE THAT OVERALL NUMBER OF INCREASE OF ONE, THAT SOME CAMPUSES DROPPED 2B AND YOU SEE SOMEONE.
>> YOU SAID FOUR MOVED FROM A B TO AN A. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> BUT SOME OF THE A'S DROPPED. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING BACK TO THAT GROWTH BECAUSE THE FOCUS OF THE REFRESH WAS TO REALLY PUT A LASER FOCUS ON CAMPUSES SHOWING GROWTH.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HAD A HIGH-PERFORMING CAMPUS THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE HIGH GROWTH SCORES.
>> THEN THE F HERE WOULD BE NO GROWTH AND BAD PERFORMANCE GENERALLY? [NOISE]
>> I WOULD SAY WE WOULD CALL THAT MORE SYSTEMIC THAT ONE CAMPUS.
>> SIR, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
>> IF WE WERE JUST CHANGING THE METHODOLOGY, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT THEY REDESIGNED THE STAR TASKS.
I CAN REMEMBER IN YEARS PAST WHEN WE'VE HAD A REFRESH TO THE STAR, CHANGE AND RIGOR OR WHATEVER, WE CAN COMPARE.
BUT WE KNEW WHAT AREA HAS CHANGED IN THE TEST.
BUT THEN YOU MIX THAT IN WITH THIS METHODOLOGY CHANGE THAT YOU PRESENTED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE.
IT REALLY DOES MAKE IT COME CLOSE TO ZUCCHINIS.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY?
>> YES. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SAY FROM 22 TO 23, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY AT WHAT THE GROWTH LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE PROGRESS LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHANGES, IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT WAS.
WHERE YOU MOVE FROM A B TO AN A, YOU IMPROVED, DOESN'T QUITE LOOK THE SAME.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS, I KNOW WE SOUND DEFENSIVE.
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IT WILL BE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS ANDREW MENTIONED, WE ARE VERY DATA-RICH HERE.
WE LOOKED AT DATA OF ALL KINDS.
WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO REPORT TO THE BOARD HOW WE BELIEVE WE'RE DOING.
I KNOW MAP WAS ONE THING DR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED.
IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING THAT IT'S NOT VERY TRANSPARENT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
>> ANOTHER EXAMPLE, WE WON'T HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL, THE FINAL ONE UNTIL THE SUMMER.
THAT HAS ALL OF OUR RULES THAT WE WILL BE JUDGED BY FOR THIS YEAR.
>> WE'LL BE TEACHING OR TRAINING OUR TEACHERS WHAT TO TEACH IN THE NEXT YEAR AND WE JUST ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT WE JUST DID.
>> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I'M SORRY.
YOU'VE ALLUDED TO SEVERAL TIMES CHANGES THE DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE TEST.
IS IT ACROSS THE BOARD? SO WE WERE JUST DOING ELEMENTARY.
WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES LIKE I KNOW IT HAS TO DO WITH FILLING THE BUTTON? CAN YOU JUST GO OVER SOME OF THOSE SO WE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES. GENERALLY, TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED ITEMS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TEST THAT WERE NOT THERE BEFORE.
>> LIKE DRAG AND DROP IS ONE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY CHOOSING FROM VARIOUS ANSWERS INSTEAD OF PICKING ONE CORRECT ANSWER.
STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE THE ANSWERS ALMOST LIKE A TIMELINE IN ORDER
>> BECAUSE IT'S ALL ON COMPUTER NOW.
>> BECAUSE IT'S ALL ON COMPUTER NOW.
>> ALL ON COMPUTER UNTIL LAST YEAR IN 2022.
THAT'S. WHAT WE WERE ALSO TRANSITIONING.
>> LAST YEAR WAS ALL ON COMPUTER.
IT WAS ALL IN COMPUTER. THIS YEAR IS ALL IN COMPUTER, BUT THEY ANSWER FORMATS ARE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
LIKE ISN'T THERE SOME FILL IN THE BLANKS? I MEAN ESSAY.
>> QUESTIONS FILL IN THE BLANK.
THE DRAG AND DROP, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS.
>> IS THAT ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS OR DOES IT GET MORE COMPLEX AS A STUDENT IS OLDER?
>> THIS IS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.
I WILL; L SAY DOES BECOME MORE COMPLEX
>> [OVERLAPPING] BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MORE READING MULTIPLE TEXTS INSTEAD OF ONE.
THERE ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE THROWING AT KIDS THAT THE GOOD NEWS IS IT SHOULD MATCH WHAT WE DO IN CLASS MORE.
IT'S JUST SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT THAT INTO A TECHNOLOGY FORMAT, HAVING A CLASSROOM DISCUSSION WITH THE TEACHER IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN TRYING TO ARRANGE THINGS IN IT DRAGGING AND DROPPING.
PARTICULARLY WOMEN WITH A THIRD GRADER WHO HAS EVEN KNOW HOW TO DRAG AND DROP SO A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
>> SEE, MIDDLE SCHOOL IS RELATIVELY STABLE.
>> UNLESS WE CAN GET INTO OUR HIGH-SCHOOL DISCUSSION AGAIN ABOUT OUR 910 DON'T HAVE THE SAME SET OF DATA THAT 912 COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE.
THEY'RE USING JUST THE ALGEBRA AND BIOLOGY TESTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE GRADUATION RATES TO GO IN, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GO IN, AND A 912 COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WELL, THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS MORE LIKE WHAT IT DOES IT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> WELL, OUR KIDS TAKING ALGEBRA IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT COUNTS TOWARDS THE 910 [OVERLAPPING] FEEDER SCHOOLS THAT GOES UP TO THE SENIOR HIGH.
>> IT'S NOT JUST THE SPLIT HIGH SCHOOL FOR THAT THEN TO IT'S ALSO THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE ACCELERATED [OVERLAPPING] IN MATH, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT'S A DISADVANTAGE ACCORDING TO THE STATE.
>> IT JUST CONFUSES US. [OVERLAPPING].
>> SENIOR HIGH, WE KNOW THE BIG CHANGE IN OUR SENIOR HIGH RATINGS IS CCMR.
>> JUST A REMINDER BECAUSE IT'S LATE.
THIS IS NOT GUESSING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS YEAR.
THIS IS JUST TAKING LAST YEAR'S AND PRE-CALCULATE IN IT.
>> ENCLOSING. WE HAVE OUR TIMELINE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EARLY WE ARE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION.
WE HAVE RECEIVED INITIAL RAW DATA FOR EOCS, THE FINAL DATA WITH THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS FOR EACH STUDENT, BUT NOT OVERALL SUMMARY SCORES.
WE WILL SHARE THE FINAL REPORTS FROM THE EOC AND STAAR 3-8 WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM.
REMEMBER, ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS WHAT TEA TELLS US.
WE WILL RECEIVE THEM IN RP ON SEPTEMBER 26TH.
WE WILL GET THOSE OUT AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEM,
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AND THEN THEY WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC TWO DAYS LATER.>> HOW MUCH LATER IS THAT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS?
>> WE TYPICALLY HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN FIRST PART OF AUGUST.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY TWO MONTHS?
>> VERY LATE. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR TEA, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING THEIR TIMELINES GENERALLY SPEAKING.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TRANSPARENCY COMMENT FROM EARLIER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEACHERS AND MISS COMMON STANDARD PRACTICES, WHEN I COME BACK IF THEY'VE HAD STUDENTS THAT RETESTED IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL OR THEY START TO MAKE THEIR PLANS BEFORE STUDENTS START SCHOOL.
WE WILL HAVE ALREADY STARTED SCHOOL AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE HAD THE TRADITIONAL TIME DURING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR THAT STAFF DEVELOPMENT WEEK TO START TO MAKE THEIR PLANS FOR INTERVENTION FOR STUDENTS.
LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T RECEIVE INFORMATION ON WHAT REDESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL HAD STARTED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TIME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TO START TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WE'RE GOING TO START ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR WITH GETTING THE INFORMATION LATER THAN IDEAL SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY AND ADEQUATELY PLAN FOR STUDENTS.
>> INTERNS BEING KIND ON THE NOT ALWAYS MEETING TIMELINES.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET THESE WHAT-IF RATINGS BACK STARTING IN NOVEMBER IS WHAT THEY TOLD US, AND WE RECEIVED THEM ON MAY 31ST.
>> DOES THAT THROW US BACK IN TIME TO THE HOUSE BILL? WHAT DOES HOUSE BILL 3 WHERE WE HAVE TO SET OUR GOALS FOR THE COMING YEAR? ARE WE AT A SHORTFALL?
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. YES. TYPICALLY, WE RECEIVE OUR RESULTS SOMETIME IN JUNE.
OUR CAMPUSES, THEY START DOING THEIR COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE SPRING.
IT CONTINUES AND THEY START TO MAKE THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
OF COURSE, WE DO THE SAME IN THE SUMMERTIME.
WE WORK ON STRATEGIES AND WE USUALLY TRY TO HAVE HOUSE BILL 3 GOALS AND OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, AND OUR CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
SOME TIME END OF AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER, THIS WILL THROW US BEHIND ON THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.
OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE OLD HOUSE BILL 3, WE HAVE A NEW HOUSE BILL 3 BUT ALL HOUSE BILL 3 THAT REQUIRES [OVERLAPPING] GOALS IS FOR READING AND MATH OR THROUGH N FOR CCMR. BECAUSE THOSE ARE REQUIRED, WE DO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS DATA TO MAKE THOSE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST ARBITRARILY PICKING A TARGET.
>> TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, OF OUR FIRST NINE WEEK, WE WILL HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT OF IT AFTER WE KNOW OUR SCORES.
ONE-FOURTH OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE OVER BASICALLY BEFORE WE KNOW.
ONE-FOURTH OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE OVER BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MEASURES WE DO HAVE AND THAT'S WHAT CAMPUSES ARE DOING NOW IS DIGGING INTO THE DATA THAT WE DO HAVE AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO PLAN THE BEST WE CAN.
BUT GUESSING THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT AND HOW WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES WE WILL BE FLYING THE PLANE AS WE BUILD IT.
>> AS A PARENT I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER LOOKING FOR MY CHILD STAAR RESULTS ON JUNE 23RD, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
FOR THE PARENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO ARE WONDERING WHEN THE SCORES ARE GOING TO COME IN AND NOW WE CAN TELL THEM.
AFTER SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND LOOK THAT WEEKEND AFTER AND THE WEEK FOLLOWING, WHAT KIND OF REASSURANCES HAS TEA GIVEN US? HAVE THEY SENT THE DISTRICT ANY REASON WHY THIS IS ALL HAPPENING SO LATE?
>> WELL, THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NEW TESTS AND THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE US LIKELY TO PASS, LIKELY TO NOT PASS ZONE OF UNCERTAINTY.
RECALL, WE ALSO HAVE HOUSE BILL 45-45 THAT REQUIRES US TO GIVE SUMMER INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS WHO FAILED THE TEST.
WE DON'T REALLY EVEN KNOW WHO FAILED THE TEST.
>> THEY NEED TIME BUT WE THE DISTRICT HAVE ANOTHER TIME.
>> WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SERVE STUDENTS THAT WE PREDICT.
>> IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY JUST WAVE THE STAAR FOR A YEAR.
IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THEY NEED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NUTS.
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>> WE DID ASK FOR A HOLD HARMLESS AS TRANSITIONS WERE MADE AND THAT WAS NOT CONSIDERED VERY FAVORABLE.
THE RESPONSE WAS, WE'VE DONE SO WELL IN TEXAS, AND SO NOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE RIGOR.
LET'S CONTINUE AND REALLY SAT IN THE HOUSE BILL 22 THAT WAS PASSED IN 2017 AS THE DRIVER FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS FIFTH YEAR ALL ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE.
>> I'M JUST WONDERING, OTHER DISTRICTS WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL THOUGH, TOO, RIGHT?
>> WHEREAS IT MAY APPEAR THAT WE'RE NOT DOING AS WELL, OTHER DISTRICTS WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE.
NOT THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IS THAT JUST A COMMENTARY ON HOW, BY CHANGING THE RULES AS WE GO, IT'S JUST MAKING PUBLIC EDUCATION LOOK WORSE AND NOT NECESSARILY SERVING ANY OF OUR KIDS FOR OUR DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, YOU MAKE A REALLY VALID POINT.
WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT FOR THE MOST PART.
I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S HARD BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO WEIGH MORE THAN JUST THIS MEASURE IN THE SCORE.
WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING OTHER METRICS LIKE MAP OR STUDENTS ENGAGED, WHAT ARE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS? WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DECIDED IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
WE CANNOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF OF THOSE THINGS.
WE CAN'T COMPLETELY IGNORE THIS EITHER BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL ALWAYS COME BACK AND JUDGE.
IT'S A BALANCING OF YES, WE KNOW, WE ACKNOWLEDGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS AND WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE DEPENDABLE TO TELL US WHETHER STUDENTS ARE GROWING.
HOW CAN WE MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS AND WE REALLY NEED TO SPEND OUR FOCUS THERE AND NOT GET COMPLETELY WEIGHED DOWN BY WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> GREAT. I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES, BUT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THOSE IN OUR DISCUSSION.
BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO BUILD ON SOMETHING THAT DR. WILLIAMS SAID AND I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME EYEBROW RAISES.
NOW THAT I SIT LIKE ABOUT THREE PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, I HOPE I DON'T GET TOO MUCH OF AN EYEBROW RAISED FOR SAYING THIS.
BUT WHEN I WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL, I WROTE GRANTS AND I WROTE AN NIH FELLOWSHIP AT THE SAME TIME AS I WROTE A NSF FELLOWSHIP.
YOU GET THESE CRAZY REVIEWS BACK.
ONE OF MY NIH REVIEWERS CALLED ME THE WRONG NAME, THE ENTIRE REVIEW, WHICH MAKES ME QUESTION THEIR QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS.
BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
WHEN I GOT THIS GRANT REVIEW BACK, IT WAS SCORED BUT NOT BELOW THE PAY LINE SO IT WASN'T GOING TO BE FUNDABLE.
I WAS VERY UPSET AND MY THESIS MENTOR GAVE ME SOME OF THE BEST ADVICE I'VE EVER GOTTEN IN MY CAREER.
HE SAID, OKAY, PRINT IT OUT, READ IT.
THEN GO PUT IT IN THE SHREDDER AND GET BACK TO WORK.
I THINK THAT YOUR POINT IS SALIENT IN THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING SPIRALING ABOUT THIS.
THAT WE ARE AT THE SAME TIME IS SAYING, OKAY, YEAH, THIS IS MESSED UP.
THIS IS PERHAPS NOT FAIR, THE TIMELINES HAVE BEEN BUSTED.
OUR COMMUNITY IS AGITATING FOR THEIR STAAR SCORES AND WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING SURE WE'RE HELPING THE RIGHT KIDS THAT WE NEED TO BE HELPING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING THEM BASED ON THEIR.
THERE ARE ALL OF THESE COMPLICATIONS TO IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING IRREGARDLESS OF ALL OF THIS, WE HAVE SOME REALLY SERIOUS WORK TO DO FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS DISTRICT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE PRINT OUT OUR STAAR SUMMARY AND PUT IT IN A SHREDDER AND THEN GET BACK TO WORK.
I'M BEING A LITTLE FLIPPANT, BUT I DO FEEL VERY STRONGLY BEING A DATA-RICH DISTRICT AND HAVING THIS UNDERSTANDING AND WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE PAINFUL.
WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF I HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR TIME AND OUR ENERGY AND OUR EMOTIONAL ENERGY ON.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY NEGATIVE CONVERSATION,
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AND PERHAPS RIGHTFULLY SO.WE KNOW THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
THE NSF FUNDED MY GRANT, WHICH ENDED UP BEING BETTER.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO LIKE WE HAVE THAT MAP DATA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE GROWING IN READING A MAP.
WE NEED TO USE IT AND LET THAT BE.
THAT'S A STATIC MEASURE. ARE KIDS HAPPY? ARE THEY ENGAGED? ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT BRING THEM JOY? ARE THEY ALIGN TO THEIR PASSION? THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE WAYS TO MEASURE THAT TOO.
WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY AND WORK THERE.
YES, THIS IS A PART OF IT, BUT NOT GET SUCKED INTO SPIRAL BECAUSE OF IT.
>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY IT'S FAIR, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS ACTUALLY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I MAY BE THE LONE VOICE HERE, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON GROWTH RATHER THAN ABSOLUTES.
I THINK THAT THIS JUST POINTS OUT THAT MAYBE ONE OF OUR AREAS OF NEED AND WEAKNESSES.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY PAINFUL TO HAVE THAT TRANSITION SHOW US THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON IT.
BUT HOPEFULLY THAT THIS WILL HELP US POTENTIALLY MAYBE CHANGE OR FOCUS MORE ON THE OPPORTUNITY GAPS BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE REAL INCENTIVE TO CHANGE IT.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WORSE.
>> FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WE'VE ASKED FOR AN EXAM THAT MEASURES GROWTH.
BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY WE BEGAN THIS MEETING, THE ROOM WAS FULL OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS MAINLY STUDENTS WHO ARE SUCCEEDING AT A STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL WHO STARTED AND GRADUATED OR ARE STILL IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT, THAT'S THE POINT IS YOU'RE SAYING THE 22 NUMBERS ARE RECONFIGURED BASED ON A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY.
THE STUDENTS ARE HAVING THE SAME OUTCOME AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY AND REALIGNING.
BUT I HAVE TO LOOK AT MEASURING WHAT MATTERS.
I TAKE THAT TERM FROM RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS.
I LOOK AT WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE REALLY EXCELLING.
YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL.
WE NEED TO WORK ON THOSE GAPS AND WHERE WE'RE MISSING THE MARK, BUT I DON T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT GRADE YOUR DISTRICT BASED ON THIS A THROUGH F, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE'RE FEARING THAT WE WILL BE LABELED FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ACT, SAT AND WE'RE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, HOW MANY 52 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS THAT THEY GOT MONEY? THAT'S THE POINT IS, IT'S NOT SHOWING A CLEAR REFLECTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS DISTRICT.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE WORK AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THE WORK.
THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM.
BUT IT IS A DISINGENUOUS RE-CALIBRATION WITHOUT SAYING HANG ON.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON PAUSE FOR ONE YEAR.
THEY'RE GOING TO JUST THROW US INTO THE FIRE WITH THIS.
THERE'S AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE, I'M AFRAID.
>> MICHAEL AND LAUREN, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT GROWTH.
WE CANNOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
WE BELIEVE GROWTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SOMETIMES IN A HIGH-PERFORMING DISTRICT, PEOPLE FORGET THAT GROWTH OF ALL STUDENTS IS IMPORTANT AT EVERY LEVEL.
THAT'S WHY WE DEPEND SO MUCH ON THOSE MAPS SCORES BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT'S A VALID MEASURE OF GROWTH AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THIS SUMMER WITH THE ABSENCE OF STAAR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, HOUSE BILL 45, 45.
THE LAW DOESN'T SAY STUDENTS WHO HAVE LOW GROWTH OR LOW PERFORMANCE AND MAP, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW TO PINPOINT THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT INSTRUCTIONS.
>> NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> WE WILL MOVE ON, TAKE A BREATH.
[10.4 Grade Point Average (GPA) Committee Report]
10.4 REPORTS THE GRADE POINT AVERAGE GPA COMMITTEE REPORT.AGAIN, LISA WILSON WITH THE GPA COMMITTEE REPORT, WILL YOU TAKE THIS ONE?
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>> YES, I WOULD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD, WE'RE STILL HERE.
I HAVE KEVIN MOORE AT THE SCREEN THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE GPA COMMITTEE UPDATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF DR. EDNEY IS GOING TO JUST CHEER YOU ON FROM THE SIDES, SO THANK YOU KEVIN.
>> THANKS, THIS IS THE TIME OF THE MEETING WHERE WE LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND IT SAYS, ARE YOU STILL WATCHING AND WE ALL CLICK YES, WE ARE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR. WILLIAMS, TRUSTEES.
I'M HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE WORK OF COMMITTEE DISTRICT WIDE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND CAMPUS LEVELS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON REVIEWING OUR GPA COMMITTEE, POLICY EIC, ILLEGAL LOCAL AND REGULATION, AND EXHIBITS.
I'M GOING TO START WITH THE CONTEXT AND THE CHARGE THAT GOVERNED OUR WORK OVER THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR.
WE BEGAN THE 1920 SCHOOL YEAR WITH A REVISED EIC LOCAL POLICY THAT REALLY CHANGED UP HOW WE EVALUATED GPA ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT CAME INTO PLACE.
THAT WAS NOT THE FIRST YEAR THAT THIS WORK WAS DONE.
THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF COMMITTEE WORK, A LOT OF DISCUSSION IN THIS ROOM, A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE THAT WENT INTO THE CREATION OF THAT POLICY, AND IF YOU WERE PRESENT FOR ANY OF THOSE BOARD MEETINGS, THEN THEY'RE PROBABLY STILL VIVID IN YOUR MIND.
REALLY THE BIG PICTURE OF THE WAY THAT THE GPA POLICY CHANGED AS WE MOVED FROM A SINGLE CALCULATION WITH WEIGHTED COURSES FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES THAT WENT INTO ONE BIG GPA FOR ALL COURSES THAT YOU TOOK.
WHAT WE MOVED TO WAS A DUAL GPA SYSTEM WHERE WE KEPT THAT SAME SYSTEM AND THE CALCULATION OF A STUDENT'S CUMULATIVE GPA AND THAT CUMULATIVE GPA WAS CALCULATED FOR ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF RANK IN CLASS AND THAT EXISTS ON THEIR TRANSCRIPT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A SECOND LAYER OF GPA, WHICH WE CALL A RANKING GPA.
THE RANKING GPA IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN COURSES IN THE FOUR CORE CONTENT AREAS, MATH, SCIENCE, ENGLISH, AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
THAT IS ONLY REPORTED FOR STUDENTS THAT END UP IN THE TOP 10% OF THE GRADUATING CLASS.
ONLY THE TOP 10% OF STUDENTS RECEIVE THAT RANKING GPA.
ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE CUMULATIVE GPA.
THE UNDERPINNING BELIEF THAT WENT INTO THE REVISION OF THE POLICY IS THAT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF COURSES THAT WENT INTO A RANKING GPA AND CREATING THE WHOLE RANKING GPA SYSTEM TO BEGIN WITH WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO PURSUE COURSES THAT BELONG TO THEIR PASSION, AREAS OF INTEREST, INSTEAD OF SEEKING OUT COURSES SIMPLY BASED ON THEIR WEIGHTED GPA.
THAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND IT.
WHAT WE WERE CHARGED WITH WAS EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THE REVISIONS TO THE POLICY REALLY SUCCEEDED IN ALLOWING STUDENTS TO PURSUE THOSE COURSES OF INTEREST.
IN ADDITION, WE WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THE CHANGES TO THAT POLICY CREATED ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT POPPED UP NOW THAT WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST GRADUATING CLASS UNDER THIS NEW POLICY IN 2023 THAT WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE FORESEEN WHEN WE CHANGED THIS POLICY TO BEGIN WITH.
THEN FINALLY, ARE THERE ANY AREAS OF EIC LOCAL THAT MIGHT BE IN NEED OF REVISION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
WE WORKED WITH A COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND UPDATE YOU ON THE WORK THAT WE DID OVER THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE SURVEYED BASICALLY ANY GROUP WE COULD.
WE SEND SURVEYS TO STUDENTS, TO PARENTS, TO TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL IN ADDITION TO OUR HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS.
WE HAD ABOUT 1,000 RESPONSES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND PARENTS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO.
WE HAD ABOUT 100 TEACHERS AND DEPARTMENT RESPONSES.
THOSE WERE TARGETED GROUPS SO WE DIDN'T SEND IT TO ALL STAFF, AND THEN WE HAD SIX RESPONSES FROM HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS, AND MOST OF THOSE SCHOOLS WERE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE THE TOP SCHOOLS THAT WE SEND THE MOST NUMBER OF OUR GRADUATES TO.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LEAD FOCUS GROUPS WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, LEAD COUNSELORS, THE SECONDARY ACADEMICS DEPARTMENT FROM ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS CTE, SPECIAL ED 504, FINE ARTS, STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM AS MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO HAD A STAKE IN THIS POLICY AS POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LOOKED AT SIMILAR POLICIES FROM DISTRICTS FROM THE METROPLEX AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE WHERE OUR POLICY ALIGNED WITH THEIRS IN TERMS OF HOW GPA WAS CALCULATED, THE COURSES THAT WERE INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED FROM CALCULATIONS OF GPA, AND HOW COURSES WERE WEIGHTED DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
SOME BIG PICTURE ITEMS OF WHAT WE LEARNED WAS FIRST OF ALL, THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS NEED VERIFICATION THAT THEY ARE IN THE TOP QUARTER OF THEIR GRADUATING CLASS.
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A LOT OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AND A SPECIALIZED HONORS PROGRAMS IN CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES NEED VERIFICATION THAT A STUDENT IS IN THE TOP 25% OR SOME GRADIATION WITHIN THE TOP 25% THAT UNDER OUR CURRENT POLICY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE, SINCE WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF THE TOP 10%.SECOND, WE LEARNED THAT WE NEED MORE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND OUR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE CALCULATE GPA AND CLASS RANK.
A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT FILTERS ITS WAY TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR IS BASED ON THINGS THAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY'VE HEARD, SOME THINGS THAT ARE CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS POLICY.
IT MIGHT NOT BE BASED IN ACTUAL FACT OR TRUTH ABOUT WHAT OUR CURRENT POLICY ENTAILS.
ONE OF THE FINAL THINGS WE LEARNED IS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF TRANSCRIPTS.
WE SEE THAT STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING MATH AND SCIENCE COURSES AT A HIGHER RATE OVER OTHER COURSE OPTIONS.
IT'S BECAUSE IN OUR EXHIBIT AND THE LIST OF COURSES BASED ON THE FOUNDATIONAL GRADUATION PLAN, THERE ARE SIMPLY MORE COURSES IN THOSE CONTENT AREAS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE WEIGHTED MORE SO THAN OTHER CONTENT AREAS.
THIS IS THE CONTEXT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THESE ARE REALLY THE QUESTIONS THAT GUIDED OUR WORK AS A COMMITTEE AND ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH OUR FOCUS GROUPS.
WHAT REVISIONS TO POLICY, IF ANY, WOULD BEST ADDRESSED THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS? SECOND, WHAT REVISIONS MIGHT ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPLORE COURSES EARLIER IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY WITHOUT THE IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO GPA? FINALLY, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE IN THE CURRENT POLICY THAT IS IN NEED OF REVISION? THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO CONSIDER, TO MULL OVER.
I KNOW IT'S LATE, SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO THIS AND LOOK AT IT LATER WHEN YOU HAVE FRESH EYES AND WE WILL COME BACK IN AUGUST WITH SOME SPECIFIC REVISIONS TO POLICY BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE A METHOD TO COMMUNICATE A TOP 25% RANKING TO STUDENTS.
AS I SAID, OUR CURRENT POLICY ONLY ALLOWS CLASS RANK TO BE REPORTED FOR THE TOP 10%.
THAT IS AGAIN, IS FOR OUR RANKING GPA.
MANY SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIPS REQUIRE VERIFICATION WITHIN THE TOP 25%.
WE WOULD CREATE BASICALLY A FORM LETTER THAT COULD BE CREATED EASILY ON THE CAMPUS THAT WOULD VERIFY THE PLACEMENT WITHIN THAT TOP QUARTER WITHOUT EXPRESSING A SPECIFIC RANK, WE WOULD KEEP THAT IN PLACE WHERE YOU WOULDN'T GET A SPECIFIC CLASS RANK, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO VERIFY TO A SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION, FOR EXAMPLE, YES, WE CAN VERIFY THE STUDENT IS WITHIN THE TOP 25%.
WE WOULD NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC PERCENTILE.
WE WOULD SAY WITHIN THE TOP 25%, THIS WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENT UPON REQUEST.
THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT THIS IS WHAT I'M APPLYING FOR.
THIS IS WHO I NEED YOU TO SEND IT TO AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THOSE SO WE'RE NOT PLACING AN UNDUE BURDEN ON OUR CAMPUS STAFF.
OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO UPDATE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSE WEIGHTS.
OUR CURRENT COURSE WEIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN EIC EXHIBIT, WE HAVE BASICALLY FIVE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT ARE RATED CURRENTLY BEGINNING AT A 3.5 AND ENDING AT WEIGHTS THAT ARE BELOW A 4.0 AND THOSE ARE DISTINGUISHED, HONORS, REGULAR, MODIFIED, AND THEN THE REST.
SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS RE-DESIGNATED THE WAYS THAT THEY CLASSIFY THEIR COURSE LEVELS.
THEY ARE MOVING TO THESE THREE CATEGORIES OF COURSES.
THEY HAVE GENERAL EDUCATION MODIFIED, RESOURCE MODIFIED, AND ALTERNATE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CONSOLIDATE OUR WEIGHTING CATEGORIES FROM 5-3.
THERE WOULD STILL BE A WEIGHTED 5.0 SYSTEM, SO IT WOULD BASICALLY BE, WE WOULD HAVE KEEP DISTINGUISHED, THAT WOULD BE AT 5.0.
WE WOULD KEEP HONORS THAT WOULD BE WEIGHTED AT 4.5, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE WEIGHTED AT 4.0.
WE DON'T WANT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WITH A GPA LESS THAN A 4.0.
WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THAT 4.0 AND THIS IS WHAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD DO.
OUR THIRD RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CLEAN UP SOME VERBIAGE FOR CONSISTENCY.
OUR COMMITTEE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENCY OR SOME REDUNDANCIES OF LANGUAGE, PARTICULARLY IN TWO AREAS.
IN SOME AREAS OF THE POLICY, WE LIST ALL ESCHOOL ONLINE AND VIRTUAL COURSES, BUT IN OTHER PLACES IN THE POLICY WE ONLY MIGHT SAY ONLINE AND VIRTUAL, BUT NOT ESCHOOL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT CONSISTENT SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION FOR OUR FAMILIES OR FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE CHOOSING THE METHOD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EARN THEIR COURSE CREDITS.
THE SECOND AREA IS RELATED TO DUAL CREDIT.
REALLY THERE'S JUST SOME EXTRA LANGUAGE WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY THAT.
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THIS POLICY IS VERY EXTENSIVE AS IT IS, AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SIMPLIFY IT WHEN WE CAN.WE'RE NOT SACRIFICING ANYTHING THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE POLICY.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE POLICY RELATED TO THESE AREAS.
WE'RE REALLY JUST CLEANING UP THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.
THE FOURTH RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY TO COUNT FOR RANKING GPA WITH TWO COURSES.
CURRENTLY, ANY HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSE TAKEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNTS TOWARDS CUMULATIVE GPA.
STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING HEALTH, STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING MATH COURSES, STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING SOME OF OUR EARLY PROJECT LEAD THE WAY COURSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'RE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE THEIR CUMULATIVE GPA, POSSIBLY IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO LIMIT THE COURSES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DRINKING GPA TO ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY TAKEN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ONLY.
ALL OF THOSE EXPLORATORY THINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING, PARTICULARLY IN CTE, THEY ARE FREE TO EXPLORE WITHOUT THOSE GPA REPERCUSSIONS.
IF THEY GET SCARED AWAY WHEN THEY GET A BAD GRADE AS A 13-YEAR-OLD, THEY'RE NOT TURNING AWAY FROM THAT PATH OF STUDY BECAUSE THEY ARE FEARFUL OF HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR GPA BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE.
WE BELIEVE THAT SINCE MATH STUDENTS ARE ALREADY ON AN ACCELERATED PATHWAY BY NATURE OF TAKING ALGEBRA OR GEOMETRY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO EARN THAT RANKING GPA ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE GRADES.
OUR NEXT STEPS INVOLVED IN THIS WOULD BE FIRST TO REALLY PUT A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN TOGETHER, WHICH IS ALREADY BEING GENERATED BY OUR COUNSELING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THIS WOULD BE INVOLVED IN EVERY STEP OF OUR ADVISING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE 23,24 SCHOOL YEAR.
IS IT GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR SIX-YEAR PLANS THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? THERE'LL BE FOLLOWED UP UPON IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ADVISING PROCESS AND CARRY ALL THE WAY THROUGH GRADUATION SO STUDENTS ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING AS THEY'RE MAKING COURSE SELECTIONS, WHAT MIGHT IMPACT THEIR GPA CLASS RANK, WHAT MIGHT NOT SO THEY'RE REALLY MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS SUPPORTED BY THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE MEETING WITH, WHICH WOULD BE THEIR COUNSELORS.
SECOND, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS COMMITTEE WORK.
WE WILL CONTINUE THESE FOCUS GROUPS TO EVALUATE ANY REVISIONS THAT WE DO END UP MAKING TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THOSE AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ANY POSSIBLE FUTURE REVISIONS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS POLICY, KNOWING THAT ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAKE WILL NEED TO BE ROLLED UP BEGINNING WITH AN INCOMING FRESHMEN CLASS.
FINALLY, AS WE BEGIN OUR COURSE REVISION PROCESS AND NEW COURSE COMMITTEES BEGINNING IN AUGUST OF 2023, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE IS ALIGNED TO ANY REVISIONS WHEN MAKING POLICY SO THAT ANY CHANGES OR NEW COURSES THAT WE APPROVE AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS IT'S ONTO YOU ALL FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED TO THOSE POLICIES WELL, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S AT STAKE WITH ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU SAID CHANGES TO THE POLICY WOULD NEED A ROLL-UP WITH A FRESHMEN CLASS.
THE ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS THIS LETTER FOR STUDENTS AND THE TOP 25% OF THEIR CLASS THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO WAIT FOUR YEARS AND LEAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
LIKE THE CHANGES TO WHAT COUNTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING THERE ON WAITING FOR A ROLE AT FRESHMEN CLASS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 25% LETTER, WHICH CATEGORY IS THAT?
>> SINCE THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY TYPE OF CALCULATION OR REPORTING, I THINK THAT REVISION COULD TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY DEPENDING UPON OUR ABILITY TO CREATE THAT LETTER IN OUR SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING THAT LETTER.
>> YEAH, I THINK IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OUR TOP 25%, WHEN YOU LOOK STATEWIDE IS MASSIVELY COMPETITIVE AGAINST A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICT'S TOP 10% OR EVEN TOP FIVE PERCENT, AND THAT IN PARTICULAR, AS A STUDENT WHO PAID FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MY OWN COLLEGE, IF MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT LETTING ME GET SCHOLARSHIP MONEY, THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS AS THEY LEAVE US.
I THINK THAT THAT ONE CHANGE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT.
>> KEVIN, FOR NUMBER 2, UPDATES SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSE WEIGHTS.
I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
>> CURRENTLY, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCE MODIFIED WEIGHT? IS IT 3.0 OR IS IT 3.5?
>> OKAY AND THEN WHEN WE'RE PROPOSING,
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HOW SOON CAN IT BE? DID YOU SAY IN A YEAR OR TO GO TO 4.0?>> IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT WE WOULD MAKE ANY REVISIONS INTO HOW GPA WAS CALCULATED, THAT THAT WOULD BEGIN WITH A NEW NINTH-GRADE CLASS.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE WAY GPAS ARE CALCULATED MIDWAY THROUGH A STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL CAREER, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BEGIN WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF A NEW GPA.
>> EVEN WITH THE SPECIAL ED KIDS?
>> THAT'S GOOD. QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER 1, SO WOULD YOU PUT IN THE POLICY A TIME FRAME FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE REQUESTING THIS SO THAT THEY CAN'T JUST DROP IT OFF THAT MORNING AND REQUEST TO PICK IT UP THAT AFTERNOON? BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> YES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DOABLE ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.
>> DID YOU CONSIDER ANY PASS-FAIL OPTIONS? THIS MIGHT BE TOLD BEFORE AND I MAY BE WAY OFF FROM WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
CLASSES LIKE DRIVER'S ENDS UNTIL THESE OTHER CLASSES THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY, YOU NEED TO TAKE, THERE WAS PASS-FAIL, SO IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY COUNT TOWARDS YOUR GPA, BUT YOU COULD STILL TAKE IT.
WE HAD THOSE OPTIONS AND A LOT OF OUR CTE COURSES AS WELL.
>> WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY AUDITOR PASS-FAIL OPTIONS.
WE HAVE SOME LOCAL CREDIT COURSES AND THOSE ARE EXCLUDED FROM GPA CALCULATION UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY SO THINGS LIKE STUDENT AID WOULD NEVER BE CALCULATED IN GPA.
THERE ARE SOME COURSES THAT WILL NEVER COUNT TOWARDS GPA UNLESS THERE'S A CHANGE TO POLICY AND SO THAT THOSE LOCAL CREDITS, BUT IN TERMS OF THE COURSES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN CUMULATIVE OR RANKING, THERE'S NO PASS-FAIL OR AUDITS AVAILABLE.
>> A STUDENT COULDN'T JUST SAY, I'M INTERESTED IN AUTOMOTIVE, AND COULDN'T TAKE THE AUTOMOTIVE CLASS WITHOUT HAVING TO GET CREDIT ONE.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT DUAL CREDIT CLASSES REMIND ME, WHAT'S THE WEIGHT?
>> WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR THAT?
>> THERE'S A SYSTEM IN EIC EXHIBIT THAT IS LISTING A SET OF CRITERIA THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR A COURSE TO MEET THAT DISTINGUISHED WEIGHT AND THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY HINDERING DUAL CREDIT FROM BEING INCLUDED AT 5.0 IS AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE AP AND IB COURSES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN 5.0.
>> ANOTHER THING IS THAT FOR A PARENT, WE'RE EXPLAINING IT NOW DURING THIS MEETING, BEFORE A PARENT, WHERE DO THEY GO ONTO THE WEBSITE TO FIND WEIGHTS FOR THEIR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN DETERMINE BETWEEN DUAL CREDIT TO AP?
>> IN THE COURSE CATALOG, WHICH IS THERE'S PAPER COPIES AND IT WILL BE ALL ONLINE NEXT YEAR.
THEN THEY CAN LOOK THAT UP THERE AS WELL.
THEY CAN LOOK IT UP IN POLICY IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT THE EASIEST PLACE IS GOING TO BE IN THE COURSE CATALOG.
IT'S PRINTED RIGHT THERE ON PAPER WITH THOSE DISTINGUISHED IN HONORS CATEGORIES AND THE SPECIFIC COURSES ARE LISTED THERE AS WELL.
>> ONE THING I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT ON THE DUAL CREDIT IS WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM DR. BOTKIN TO CONSIDER LEVELING THE GPA FOR DUAL CREDIT IN AP AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN WE MOVE TO AN EMBEDDED FACULTY MODEL.
IF IT'S OUR TEACHERS WHERE WE HAVE AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOR SURE CONSIDERING BECAUSE IT IS AN ACTUAL COLLEGE COURSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRANSCRIPT.
>> OUR HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS DID CONFIRM THAT THEY WHEN THEY LOOK AT A STUDENT'S TRANSCRIPT THROUGHOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY ARE TREATING DUAL CREDIT ON THE SAME LEVEL AS AP AND IB IN TERMS OF RIGOROUS COURSEWORK.
>> EXCELLENT REPORT, THANK YOU.
NOW, MOVING ALONG, I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK AND I WILL MAKE A PROPOSITION, [LAUGHTER] JOHNNY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME WITH THE BET IN MIND.
GIVEN THE LIGHT HOUR, I WOULD ASK IF THE BOARD APPROVES TO MOVE ITEMS 10.5 AND 10.6,
[10.5 Student, Family, and Community Services Update]
[10.6 RisingUp! Update]
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE COULD MOVE THOSE TWO ITEMS TO THE AUGUST 8TH MEETING.>> NO OBJECTION, EXCEPT THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TOPIC BECAUSE IT BALANCES OUT THE CONVERSATION.
>> OH, YOU MEAN WHAT THE ACTUAL ITEM IS?
>> YES, IS 10.5 AND 10.6, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EMPHASIS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, IN MY HEAD, I KNEW THIS WAS COMING, THAT WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT HAVE GREAT NEED AND THAT BALANCES OUT.
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THERE'S NOTHING, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE CAN MOVE IT TO AUGUST IF WE NEED TO.>> I HAVE ONE OTHER POINT, I THINK DR. GOBER WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS PRIOR TO OUR AUGUST 8TH MEETING.
>> MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT IF WE'RE CHANGING.
>> THE THING IS THAT, CAN YOU DR. GOBER GO THROUGH THESE PRESENTATIONS VERY QUICKLY?
>> [LAUGHTER] IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD, LET'S POWER THROUGH THEM.
I FELT LIKE EVERYBODY WAS GETTING GROGGY.
[LAUGHTER] LET ME GET TO MY, THERE WE GO.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM 10.5, WHICH IS STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE FROM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, DR. COURTNEY GOBER. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR. WILLIAMS, AND BOARD.
WE'RE GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH HERE.
THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT; STUDENT SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES, FAMILY, HEALTH AND CHILDCARE.
WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE FIVE UMBRELLAS IN CHILDCARE SERVICES.
AS YOU RECALL LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE CENTERS, WE CLOSED ONE.
HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE TWO REMAINING.
LONG STORY SHORT, LAST YEAR WE HAD 172 KIDS AT ALL THREE CENTERS, THIS YEAR WE HAVE 157, SO IT'S A 15 KIDS DIFFERENCE AND WE CLOSED ONE OF THE FACILITY, SO REALLY IT WAS A GOOD DECISION.
IN PASAR, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR STAFF THERE AND DOING LOTS OF CREATIVE THINGS TO KEEP THAT PASAR ENROLLMENT UP.
I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE OPERATING IN THE BLACK AGAIN, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE LOTS OF PROGRAMS FOR OUR PARENTS AND ADULTS.
HERE'S FIVE VERY POPULAR PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY EARNING GEDS, PARTNERING WITH OUR PARENT, LIAISONS.
WE HAVE EVEN GRANDPARENT CLASSES, GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN IS ONE OF MY MORE POPULAR CLASSES.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CARE TEAM, WHICH IS THE CHARACTER, ATTENDANCE AND RESTORATIVE EDUCATION TEAM.
THIS TEAM DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
ONE OF THE BIG INITIATIVES THEY HAD THIS YEAR WAS A STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
RECEIVED THE LETTER OF RECOGNITION FOR THAT, EVEN WON A STATE AWARD FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.
THIS IS ALSO THE TEAM THAT OVERSEES OUR ATTENDANCE DISTRICT-WIDE AND HAS THE POWER PER THE PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD WHERE 163 KIDS WENT TO PARB, THOSE KIDS WOULD HAVE NORMALLY WENT TO COUNTY COURT, BUT INSTEAD, THEY CAME TO OUR LITTLE INTERNAL COURT AND AS A RESULT, WE ONLY HAD TO SEND 22 STUDENTS TO COUNTY COURT.
WE ALSO STARTED SOMETHING CALLED THE GRAD LAB, 45 KIDS WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE THROUGH THAT GRAD LAB AND I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING IN THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT HERE AT THE END.
ATTENDANCE RATE THIS YEAR, WE ENDED WITH 93.97%.
THAT IS OUR OFFICIAL END OF YEAR ATTENDANCE RATE, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
PROBABLY WONDERING HOW DID WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH ATTENDANCE RATE RIGHT AFTER COVID OR REALLY IN THE HEART OF COVID.
THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF ALTERNATIVE WAYS THAT THE STATE WAS ALLOWING US TO ACCOUNT FOR ATTENDANCE.
DR. WILLIAMS, MY MIND IS ESCAPING ME WHAT WE'D CALL THAT LITTLE PROGRAM, WE HAD SPECIAL PROGRAMS, BUT WE HAD ALTERNATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD TAKE ATTENDANCE AND WE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE FOR EVERY SINGLE WAY WE COULD.
NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF ABOUT 94.
NEXT YEAR JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOALS SET FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS IS EXPECTED TO HIT THE 96% MARK.
STUDENT MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE LOTS OF TRAINING GOING ON.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT TRAINING, BUT WE PRIMARILY WORK ON POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORTS.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF THAT TRAINING.
WE CONSTANTLY TRAIN ON THREAT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WHEN STUDENTS REACH A TIER III, WE GIVE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN THOSE CAMPUSES.
OUR WELCOME & ENROLLMENT CENTER, THIS IS SOME FUN DATA TO LOOK AT.
REMEMBER LAST YEAR, THAT IS '21-'22 SCHOOL YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WAS OPEN, SO '22-'23 THIS PAST YEAR WAS OUR SECOND FULL YEAR.
THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD 6,200 KIDS GO THROUGH THAT WELCOME CENTER AND THIS YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 6,600 STUDENTS GO THROUGH THERE AND SO WERE ARE BOOMING.
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JULY AND AUGUST ARE THE PEAK SEASONS FOR THE WELCOME & ENROLLMENT CENTER.OTHER THINGS WE DO THERE ARE GUARDIANSHIP, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE THINGS WE DO THERE.
ONE THING I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE REAL QUICK IS THE PRE-K ENROLLMENTS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 1,283 PRE-K STUDENTS.
WE'RE PROJECTED UP TO 1,320 AND RIGHT NOW, AS OF LITERALLY YESTERDAY, THERE WAS 952.
THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR EVER THAT WE HIT 1,000 STUDENTS THAT QUALIFIED AS A MCKINNEY-VENTO OR A HOMELESS STUDENT.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAD 1,000 ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT WE HAD 1,000 COME IN AND OUT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ENROLLMENT CENTER ALSO HAS A CLINIC.
WE'RE ONE OF VERY FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE THAT HAS A CLINIC AND OURS IS CERTIFIED AND LICENSED BY THE TEXAS VACCINES FOR CHILDREN, WHICH WE RECEIVED AN AUDIT BACK IN FEBRUARY.
FOR THE TOTAL SCHOOL YEAR, 744 STUDENTS, THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS, RECEIVED OVER 2,000 VACCINATIONS SAVING THOSE FAMILIES OVER $120,000.
OUR CLINIC RECEIVED A VERY HIGH RATING OF EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, AND SO WE'RE CERTIFIED AGAIN THROUGH THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE LOTS OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR CAMPUSES AND PRINCIPALS WITH THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING WITH IS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES WITH OUR HR TEAM TO CREATE A DIVERSE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
QUICK UPDATE ON THE MAPLESHADE PROPERTY FOR THE HOME OF WELCOME CENTER WEST OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO NAME AND THAT IS JUST A NAME I JUST CAME UP WITH.
JUST AGAIN, TO REMIND YOU OF WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT NORTHWEST CORNER, LONG STORY SHORT, OUR PLANO ISD TEAM IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU READ THESE BULLETS AND YOUR UPDATES WEEKLY, I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THEIR PROPERTY.
LASTLY, THANK YOU TARA FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS, SET ME UP.
BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH AT THE PLANO EVENTS CENTER.
THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING OUR FAMILIES TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE EVENT.
THEY CAN CLICK ON THAT QR CODE AND WE HAVE VARIOUS LINKS AND THINGS ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY NEED TO PRE-REGISTER IN ORDER TO GET A BACKPACK.
IF THEY DON'T PRE-REGISTER, THEY CAN CERTAINLY STILL ATTEND BUT WE WILL NOT PROMISE OR A GUARANTEE THAT A BACKPACK WILL BE WAITING FOR THEM.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE. THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR DR. GOBER? WELL, THANK YOU FOR POWERING THROUGH THAT SO EXPEDITIOUSLY THERE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 10.6, THE RISING UPDATE AND LISA WILSON, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US THIS REPORT?
>> YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME DR. EDNEY AND LAURA ZIMMER, OUR DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, WHO WILL GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK EVENING UPDATE ON RISING UP.
>> CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, QUICK. [LAUGHTER] BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT HUMPHREYS, DR. WILLIAMS, AND OUR CABINET MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT RISINGUP.
I WANT TO START WITH SOME GRATITUDE THOUGH.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME FOLKS WHO HELPED MAKE PLANOUP, WHICH WAS THE INITIAL GRANT HAPPEN AND THAT IS ANGELA POWELL, DR. GOBER, STEVE EWING, AND MEGAN CEILING.
THESE FOLKS HELPED US GET THE PLANOUP GRANT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
RISINGUP IS THE SECOND VERSION OR THE SECOND-GENERATION OF THAT GRANT.
IT ADDRESSES MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE BEHAVIORS BEGIN TO FORM, AS WELL AS SUSTAINING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH PLANOUP.
IT IS CRAFTED WITH CAPACITY-BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY AT THE HEART OF THE PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ONE ZIP CODE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE TAKING ALL THE LEARNING THAT WE'RE GAINING FROM THOSE CAMPUSES SO THAT WE CAN APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND SUPPORT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
ANOTHER FOCUS OF THE GRANT IS TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN THE PROGRAM.
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WE REALIZED THAT PARENTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THEIR STUDENTS.THE GRANT ALLOWS US TO PARTNER WITH THE PARENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO STUDENTS BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME.
LAURA ZIMMER IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES AND SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW AND BE VERY QUICK ABOUT RISINGUP.
>> YES. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS ALONG.
THANK YOU, DR. EDNEY. I APPRECIATE IT.
FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR OUR PROGRAM, AND ALSO WHAT THAT REFERRAL PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
WE WERE REALLY THRILLED WHEN THROUGH TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES, WE'RE GIVING A GRANT OF ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP SERVE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HERE IN PLANO ISD.
THE GRANT ENCOMPASSES THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN AND THEY'RE TARGETED IN THAT SPECIFIC ZIP CODE. WE'RE MOVING.
HERE WE GO. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT HELP BRING THIS GRANT TO LIFE.
THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE LIFEPATH SYSTEMS'.
THROUGH RISINGUP THEY SERVE STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS APPROVE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
WHEN STUDENTS ARE REFERRED TO THE PROGRAM, WE REACH OUT TO THEIR PARENTS, EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM TO THEM, AND THEN NO SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO FAMILIES OR TO THE STUDENTS UNTIL WE HAVE THAT SIGNED PARENT PERMISSION FORM.
LIFEPATH SERVES OUR STUDENTS DURING THE DAY.
THEN OUR SECOND PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN DALLAS.
THEY PROVIDE PARENT AND STAFF TRAININGS AND SUPPORT THAT REINFORCE THE BEST PRACTICES FOR STUDENTS AND MAKING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME.
WE HAVE THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.
PARENT EDUCATION NIGHTS ARE OFFERED WHERE PARENTS CAN CONNECT AND FORM SUPPORT GROUPS, AND LIKE DR. EDNEY SAID, THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT WAS MISSING FROM OUR PLANOUP GRANT IS TO BRING THAT HOME COMPONENT IN AND BRING THAT PARENTS SUPPORT.
ALSO ALONG WITH THAT, THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS AS A MENTORING AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT AND RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
OUR THIRD PARTNER, MINNIE'S FOOD PANTRY, IS HELPING US IN ADDRESSING THE FOOD INSECURITIES.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE IN PLANO ISD AS EVIDENT FROM OUR RISING RATES OF HOMELESS STUDENTS THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.
IT STARTS WITH ADDRESSING OUR MENTAL HEALTH, AND BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS, AND MEETING THOSE COUNSELING NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON BUILDING STUDENT RESILIENCY AND SOCIAL SKILLS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS BEFORE THEY BECOME THE TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS.
WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT PUSHING THIS GRANT AND THESE SUPPORTS DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE'RE BUILDING THAT CAPACITY INTO OUR STUDENTS.
THE NEXT IS THE FOCUS ON BUILDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN OUR OWN STAFF.
IT'S SO VITAL BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO THRIVE.
KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP, SUPPORT OR MAYBE SOMETHING'S NOT QUITE RIGHT, HOW CAN THEY SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS AND THOSE PARENTS, BUT ALSO HOW CAN THEY HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN FRONT OF THOSE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEN FINALLY, HELPING TO BUILD STRATEGIES AND SUPPORTS WITH OUR PARENTS ALLOWS US FOR THAT CONTINUITY OF CARE.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH THE STUDENTS AT HOME AS WELL.
OUR REFERRAL PROCESS IS VERY SIMPLE.
AS STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND REFERRED TO THE PROGRAM, PARENTAL CONSENT IS FIRST RECEIVED AND STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT THROUGH LIFE PATH.
OR THEY CAN ALSO RECEIVE SERVICES THROUGH SOME OF OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CAMPUSES.
THEN PARENTS ARE ALSO REFERRED THROUGH THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY.
ONCE A STUDENT BEGINS PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY OFFER THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY SUPPORTS, THE FAMILY SUPPORTS.
BUT YOUR STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE PARENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS.
THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT NOT JUST AT THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE WANT TO OFFER THAT TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT WHILE THERE WILL BE HOSTED AT THOSE CAMPUSES,
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WE WILL OPEN THE DOORS UP TO ANYBODY IN THE DISTRICT THAT WANTS TO COME AND BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. CHECK.>> YOU CAN THANK DR. GOBER WITH THE CLICKER FOR PUSHING LAURA A LOT. [LAUGHTER] NICE JOB.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE AGE OF REFERRAL NOW? AT WHAT AGE CAN A COUNSELOR REFER A STUDENT? DO YOU HAVE THAT AGE RANGE?
>> ANY AGE, PRE-K UP THROUGH, I BELIEVE WHEN WE GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE A CAP AT 15.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT.
CHICAGO'S WHAT'S IT CALLED AGAIN?
>> THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
>> YOU SAID YOU'RE TRYING TO OFFER THAT TO PARENTS DISTRICT-WIDE, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID?
>> IS THAT VIRTUAL OR DO WE HAVE AT CAMPUS?
>> THIS GRANT JUST ROLLED OUT STARTING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD A FEW VIRTUAL SESSIONS THAT WE'VE JUST TARGETED THE AUDIENCE OF THOSE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES MOVING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL MAKE IT BIGGER AND OFFER IT TO ALL CAMPUSES, THERE WILL BE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL.
THEY CAN ALSO OFFER ONE-ON-ONE COACHING TO PARENTS AND STAFF.
>> YES. THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS WORKING REALLY WELL.
HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM THEIR MODEL AND HOW CAN WE BUILD OUR CAPACITY TO EXPAND THAT DISTRICT? WHY DIDN'T CONTINUE THAT AFTER THIS GRANT IS OVER?
>> NOW IS THE PARENT'S SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL FAMILY MEETING ONE-ON-ONE, OR IS IT ALSO OFFERED AS GROUP, PARENTAL SUPPORT? IS THERE A GROUP?
>> FOLLOWING ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THEN WE WANT TO MOVE THIS BEYOND JUST THE GRANT PERIOD? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY I PARTICIPATED SLIGHTLY WITH PREVIOUS PROGRAM WITH PLANOUP AND THAT WAS FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
I KNOW WE STOPPED GETTING TO DO THAT IN JANUARY BECAUSE THIS NEW GRANT WAS FOR THIS, WHICH I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW AT LEAST FOR ME PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU MOVED ALONG YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? Y'ALL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> I THINK WE ALL SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR WORK FOR OUR KIDS.
>> CAN I ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUILDING THIS? BECAUSE AS I'M LISTENING IS A PRESENTATION AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING STRATEGIES, AND I THINK BUILDING BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR RATIONALE FOR STARTING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
BUT IF YOU'RE A STUDENT AT WILLIAMS, WHICH IS IN 74 BUT NOT COVERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S A LOT HARDER TO STRATEGIZE YOURSELF OUT OF FOOD INSECURITY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN YOUR CORPOREAL FORM TO BE ABLE TO DO YOURSELF.
I'M CURIOUS ALSO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT THESE OTHER POCKETS OF THE DISTRICT THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM CLONING THIS PROGRAM.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT TO HAVE TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE PERFECTLY WELCOME TO IF YOU'D LIKE.
BUT IN TERMS OF MOVING THIS UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR HIGH, OR MOVING IT OUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT OR BOTH.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THERE AND DO YOU NEED CERTAIN PIECES OF IT ELSEWHERE.
OR IS IT REALLY THE WHOLE PACKAGE THAT ARE LIKE THREE LEGS OF A STOOL AND YOU TAKE ONE LEG AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE EFFICACY OF THE PROGRAM?
>> YEAH. PART OF THE STIPULATION OF THE GRANT IS THAT ONE LAYER WAS FOOD AND SECURITY.
THAT WAS PART OF THE ASK OF THE GRANT AND WE ADDED THAT LAYER TO IT.
IT IS JUST ONE ZIP CODE AREA IN PLANO THAT THIS GRANT COVERS, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE WORK THAT DR. GOBER WAS TALKING ABOUT IN OUR ROMAN CENTER, THEY HAVE A FOOD PANTRY AND THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
IF THERE IS FOOD AND SECURITY OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE COVERED, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN WE CAN COVER THAT THROUGH THE FOOD PANTRY THAT WE HAVE AT THE ENROLLMENT CENTER.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE THREE LEGS OF THE STOOL, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALL SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS.
THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS,
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ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS COULD ACTUALLY BE INDEPENDENT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THEM ALL TOGETHER, THEN YOU'RE REALLY HELPING WITH THAT WHOLE CHILD, AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL.BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE NEED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST WITHIN THIS ONE ZIP CODE.
>> YES, AND ALSO OUR FOCUS ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS YES, GET ON THAT PREVENTATIVE SIDE.
FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND EVEN OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS, WERE VERY REACTIONARY, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THE PREVENTION SIDE TO IDENTIFY AT-RISK STUDENTS, AND HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THEM THE SUPPORTS EARLY ON.
BUT THE SUPPORTS AREN'T JUST TO THAT ONE STUDENT, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THAT FAMILY SYSTEM.
WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND ARMSTRONG OR STUDENTS THAT ATTEND MENDENHALL AND THEY HAVE SIBLINGS THAT ARE MAYBE IN HIGH-SCHOOL OR SENIOR HIGH, THOSE FAMILIES ARE STILL GOING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST THAT STARTING OFF POINT.
WE DO GET OVER 200 BAGS A MONTH FOR MINNIE'S FOOD PANTRY FOR THAT FOOD INSECURITIES, AND WE HAVE EXTENDED SOME OF THOSE BAGS OUT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF JUST THOSE CAMPUSES.
WE DO KNOW THAT OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE THINGS LIKE BRIGHT BUYS AND SOME OTHER FOOD PROGRAMS, AND SO IT'S REALLY MAPPING OUT WHAT SERVICES ARE ALREADY OFFERED WHERE AND THEN WHERE DO WE HAVE GAPS, AND HOW CAN WE FILL IN THOSE HOLES.
>> LAUREN, I WAS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST GRANT.
THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE THAT ZIP CODE WAS IT HAD THE MOST NEED IN THE DISTRICT AND IT WAS A TEST SAMPLE OF THIS ZIP CODE.
THEN FROM THERE, WE WERE HOPING THAT ONCE WE GIVE YOU AN INITIAL GRANT, THAT OUR DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND AFTER THE TEST PERIOD.
>> CAN YOU ALL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE DATA COLLECTION AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THR, WITHIN COMMUNITY IMPACT, AND HOW THEY ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU, AND HELP YOU WITH EFFICACY FOR THIS?
>> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.
>> IN THE GRANT APPLICATION WE HAD OUTLINED THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT JUST THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SERVED, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CHECKING IMPACT.
WE WANT TO KNOW IS THIS IMPACTFUL? SO THERE ARE SOME DATA MEASURES THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE GRANT PROPOSAL.
>> I WANTED TO SAY TO ANGELA'S POINT, THR IS MAKING THIS INVESTMENT NOT JUST IN 75074, BUT 7569 AND MCKINNEY IS ALSO BEING AFFECTED, THEY HAVE ZIP CODE IDENTIFIED ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS.
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE IS WHAT PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT COLLABORATIVE PIECE THAT ARE SHOWING GOOD METRICS NOT ONLY JUST TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT COMMUNITY, BUT THEN TO EXPAND THE PROJECT.
TO YOUR POINT, ANGELA, NOT JUST IN THE DISTRICT, BUT ALL ACROSS THE MULTIPLE AREAS THAT THEY'RE SERVING.
I SERVE ON THE IMPACT COUNCIL AND I CAN SAY WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT THE PLAN TO UP GRANT WAS REALLY PRAISED AS DOING REALLY WELL WITH THAT, AND IT EXPLAINED THE PIVOT TO MEETING THE YOUNGER AGE AND HOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT, AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW WELL THIS GOES, BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU'RE NOT JUST PLANTING SEEDS FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR DISTRICT, BUT YOU'RE REALLY PLANTING SEEDS FOR A POSSIBLE PROJECT THAT CAN BE PICKED UP WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SO I WISH ALL THE BEST FOR YOU ALL TODAY IN THAT POSSIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS AN AMAZING REPORT, AND I'M SORRY THAT WE RUSHED THROUGH ALL THIS.
NO DISRESPECT AT ALL, BECAUSE YOUR SUBJECT MATTERS ARE AMAZING, AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS INCREDIBLE, SO THANK YOU.
WE MOVE ON TO THE LAST UPDATE TONIGHT,
[10.7 Update on the 88th Texas Legislative Session]
AND IT'S 10.7, THE UPDATE ON THE 80TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION,.[03:36:22]
>> 1.6 BILLION FOR A ONETIME SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUITY PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN TRS RETIREES.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN BEHIND FOR YEARS, 3.4 BILLION TO PROVIDE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT I BELIEVE THAT IS A ONE YEAR ADJUSTMENT AND THEN 3 BILLION FOR A LONG TIME INVESTMENT FOR THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY FUND.
AGAIN OVER ALL ON THE RIGHT 1.5 BILLION FOR BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND TELECOM SERVICES 650 MILLION TAX INCREASE FOR NEW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FUNDINGS FOR MILLERS AND THOSE I BELIEVE BASED ON OUTCOMES SO THOSE ARE NEW FUNDING MODELS FOR THEM AND 1 BILLION FOR THE TEXAS WATER FUND AND 700 MILLION FOR THE SEMI-CONDUCTOR INNOVATION FUND TO DRIVE BUSINESS TO TEXAS.
SO REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE 17.6 BILLION AS A PRETTY BIG CHUNK OF THAT, THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY COME THROUGH THE TAX RATE COMPRESSION.
AND IT DOES MAKE THE STATE'S SHARE OR PERCENT OF FUNDING INCREASE ON PAPER, BUT IT DOESN'T PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE CLASSROOMS. AND IT'S BECAUSE THE LOCAL RATE IS COMPRESSED AND BOGGED DOWN BY THE STATE.
NANCY, CAN I JUST JUMP IN THERE ON THAT LAST SLIDE? SURE, JUMP IN.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE 17.6 AND THE 12.3, THAT'S THAT TIER 2 MONIES THAT WHEN THEY INCREASE THE VALUE AND BUILD THE PENNIES, THAT'S THAT DIFFERENCE THERE.
SO WE WERE ALREADY GUARANTEED THAT BUT THEY'RE TAKING CREDIT FOR IT, SO SAME POINT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
POINT. SO ON THIS PAGE, WE BORROWED THIS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL COALITION, CHRISTY ROME AND HER TEAM PUT THIS TOGETHER.
BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE AT THE TOP THEY TALK ABOUT THIS BUDGET $8.7 BILLION AND NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT HOUSE BILL 1 YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEFT COLUMN ALL OF THOSE COLUMNS ARE ADDING UP TO 8.7 BILLION.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH LEGISLATION, IT'S IN COLUMN 2.
THEN OF THAT MONEY, THE ONLY NEW FUNDING IS IN THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT.
WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS 8.7 BILLION IS NEW MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
BUT TRULY ONLY 3.9 BILLION IS.
MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN FOR 24, 25 ARE RESTRICTED FOR A SPECIFIC USE, AND I THINK AS GIANNI MENTIONED, INCREASING THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD PROVIDES MORE REVENUE WITHOUT RECAPTURE.
THE VOTERS APPROVED MAXIMIZING THE PENNIES IN NOVEMBER OF 22.
[LAUGHTER] THERE'S A LOT ON THIS SLIDE TO POINT OUT.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO SEPARATE AND SOMETHING I'LL COME BACK TO IT.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WE'RE WORKING OUT THEN WHATS LEFT REALLY.
AS $8.7 BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 3.9 MILLION IS THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE SESSION THAT THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME SURPLUS $33 BILLION.
AND WE SHOUT AND BRAG, BRAGGING RIGHTS AND WE SHOULD, BRAG THAT WE'RE THE NINTH LARGEST ECONOMY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT 40,
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WE'RE 41 OR POSSIBLY 43 OUT OF 50 STATES.SO WE'RE AT THE TOP AS FAR AS IN ECONOMY AND WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM FOR FUNDING THE EDUCATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN THE CONTEXT.
I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS UPDATE IS THAT WE'VE NOT HAD AN ADJUSTMENT SINCE 2019 TO OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, YET WE'VE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 14-17% INFLATION INCREASE.
IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO INCREASE OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT THIS YEAR FROM 6,130 TO ABOUT $7,100.
SO REALLY $1000-1,200 BASIC ALLOTMENT WOULD HELP US AND NOT JUST PLAN OISD, BUT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH REGARDS TO ADEQUATE FUNDING THAT HAS UP TO SPEED WITH INFLATION.
I THINK THE LAST PART THAT I WANT TO SAY THERE IS JUST HOUSE BILL 100, WHICH WAS PLANNED TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT DID NOT PASS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WERE HOPING UNTIL THE VERY END.
NOW WHERE ARE WE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD OR JOHNNY, PLEASE ADD TO THAT NARRATIVE.
BUT I THINK THAT WHEN I SEE THE 3.9, AND WE KNOW THE EXCESS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE THINK ABOUT INFLATION, I WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE DUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
>> WELL, AND IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 3 THERE, THE FORMULA FUNDING INCREASES AND TEACHER COMPENSATION IN HOUSE BILL 100.
YOU SEE COLUMN 2 AND 3 MIDDLE AND RIGHT, THOSE ARE ZEROS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS YET TO CALL A SESSION FOR THIS SUMMER THAT WILL TALK ABOUT FUNDING, AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT ON BEING THE NINTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, AND WE'RE FUNDING EDUCATION WHERE IT'S A RACE TO THE BOTTOM TO BE 50TH I THINK, AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE STATE.
WE HAVE AMAZING THINGS GOING ON HERE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE TO SUSTAIN THAT ROBUST ECONOMY THAT THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF.
I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GOING TO SAY AND I KIND OF LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
WELL THE FIXED COSTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CONTRACTED SERVICES AND YOU BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE BUDGET EARLIER, THERE'S JUST NO WAY WHEN YOU HAVE FIXED REVENUE AND INFLATED COST, HOW WE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IS BEYOND ME.
>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, AND DR. WILLIAM POINTED THIS OUT A WHILE AGO, IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING OURSELVES BACK TO JUST BASICALLY EVEN WITH WHAT THE FUNDINGS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE IN 2019, IN THE HOUSE BILL 3, BASED ON INFLATIONARY FACTORS WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED ABOUT $32 MILLION JUST TO HOLD US OR HONOR US TO WORK.
THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE HAD BACK IN 2019, I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT.
I WAS HOPING FOR MAYBE $20 MILLION.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF WHAT ACTUALLY PASSED, IT'S ABOUT 3.9 BILLION STATE-WIDE.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT PLANO IST? BUT WE GOT ABOUT $4 MILLION ON THE RICHMOND OR THE TIER TWO PENNIES, AND ABOUT 1.1 ON HOUSE BILL 3 WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY.
WE RECEIVED ABOUT 5.2 TOTAL OF THAT 3.9 BILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT 5.2 OUT OF WHAT HELD US HARMLESS WAS ABOUT 32 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE FEEL A LITTLE SHORT.
>> THESE ARE SOME GOOD VISUALS.
I THINK THESE ARE OUT OF OUR BUDGET REPORT.
BUT JOHNNY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU COMMENT ON THIS ONE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> NO PROBLEM AT ALL. THIS IS JUST HOW WE ACTUALLY GO ABOUT AND LOOK AT OUR FUNDINGS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I'LL POINT OUT FIRST.
THIS IS REVENUE, HOW WE RECEIVE OUR MONIES.
YOU SEE, I MEAN WE'RE OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY WEALTHY, WE'RE DRIVEN BY OUR TAXES.
THAT'S HOW WE FUND OUR LOCAL EDUCATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE STATE FUNDING, THE 6.8. THAT'S A MISNOMER.
WE PAY BACK A LOT MORE MONEY TO THE STATE THAN THEY EVER PAY US.
BUT BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO BOOK IT ON THAT PER CAPITA OR THAT AVAILABLE SCHOOL THAT MICHAEL IS ASKING ABOUT EARLIER.
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WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT AS REVENUE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET THAT, THEY OFFSET IT WITH THE RECAPTURE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO RECORD IT.NINETY ONE PERCENT IS LOCAL TAXES.
YOU SEE WE'RE ALMOST NO FEDERAL OR OTHER SOURCES.
WHEN YOU SAY, WHAT THE HECK IS OTHER SOURCES, WHAT MAKES IT UP? OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT INTEREST INCOME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME GATE RECEIPTS, WE RENT OUT OUR FACILITIES WHEN WE CAN.
IT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
ON THE LEFT SIDE IS BASICALLY THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT BUT WITH RECAPTURE SPELLED OUT SEPARATELY.
YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE RECAPTURE IS 34.2.
THAT'S NOT HOW MUCH WE ARE RECAPTURING ON EVERY DOLLAR WE LEVY.
IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE RUNNING THAT UP ABOUT 37, 38%.
THIS IS THE RECAPTURE OF THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE STATE, YOU'VE GOT FEDERAL INCLUDED IN THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE LEVY ON OUR TAXES OUT OF THAT 91%, THEN THAT'S ABOUT $0.37-$0.38 ON EVERY DOLLAR.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE ENTIRE BUDGET, THEN IT'S ABOUT 34%.
IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND I'M GOING TO LET TERESA TAKE THIS.
[11.1 Adoption of Policy BED(LOCAL) Board Meetings: Public Participation on Second Reading]
>> AS WE MOVE ON THROUGH THESE, THESE WERE THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
WE'VE GOT LITTLE X'S AND CHECKMARKS.
SOME OF THE CHECKMARKS WE GAVE IT MAYBE SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE CREDIT.
WE TRIED TO GIVE CREDIT ON WHERE THERE WERE BILLS THAT THEN SUPPORTED THOSE PRIORITIES.
STARTING OUT WITH PRIORITY NUMBER 1, WHICH WAS EXPANDING OUR FUNDING FOR SAFETY SECURITY INCLUDING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT HOUSE BILL 3, AND WE CAN FLIP TO THE NEXT ONE, IS WHERE WE RECEIVED SOME INITIAL FUNDING.
A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE BILL 3, AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT MORE DETAILS.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK BRIEF OVERVIEW BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT HERE TO UNPACK AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ALL THE RULES AND EXPECTATIONS AND THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES.
BUT BASICALLY IT ESTABLISHES AND OFFERS SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY AT TEA.
IT WILL REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER AT EACH CAMPUS.
FOR PLANO IST, WE HAVE AN SRO MODEL.
WE HAVE MEETINGS COMING UP OVER THE SUMMER WITH CITY OF PLANO, CITY OF RICHARDSON, CITY OF MURPHY, AND CITY OF DALLAS ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO COLLABORATE ON MAKING THIS A POSSIBILITY AT SOME POINT AND I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
THIS HOUSE BILL 3 ALSO INCREASES THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT FROM $9.72 TO $10.
SO WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL $0.28 PER ADA, ALONG WITH $15,000 FOR CAMPUS AND THAT TOTALS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.
HOUSE BILL 3 ALSO REQUIRES EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS TO SERVE AS A SCHOOL SAFETY RESOURCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND IT WILL REQUIRE MENTAL STAFF TO COMPLETE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING.
ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO GO BACK UP TO THE HOUSE BILL 3 WITH REGARD TO A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION THAT WILL PROVIDE TO US.
WHEN YOU TAKE IN DIRECT COST AND SO FORTH TO REACH OUT TO OFFICERS ABOUT 100,000, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BUDGET, TIMES 44 AND MINUS THE ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION OUT OF, WE ARE LOOKING AT A SHORTFALL OF $3.2 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.
THAT'S IF WE WERE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY HIRE OFFICERS AND THEY WERE READY TO GO.
BUT THE REALITY IS THE TRAINING PROCESS FOR OFFICERS IS ABOUT AN 18 TO 24 MONTH FROM HIRING, TRAINING TO ACTUALLY DEPLOYED.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN THE SAME BOAT.
WE'RE SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR US.
THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS, JUST LIKE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.
THERE'S ALREADY A SHORTAGE, AND NOW THE STATE WITH HOUSE BILL 3 HAS IMPOSED ANOTHER DEMAND ON THAT SHORTAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK AND PROBLEM-SOLVE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS REQUIREMENT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CELINDA WITH SENATE BILL 30.
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>> THERE WERE A FEW OTHER BILLS THAT WERE PASSED.
SENATE BILL 30 GAVE NEW FUNDING, $1.1 BILLION FOR SCHOOL SAFETY FORMULA GRANTS.
NOW, I'LL USE THE TEA TERM HERE AND SAY WE'RE IN THE ZONE OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL QUALIFY FOR PLANO FOR THAT GRANT.
BUT I'M HOPING WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT SOON.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN THOUGH, THAT PARTICULAR GRANT, THOSE PURCHASES WILL NEED TO MEET MINIMUM COMPLIANCE TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF OUR TEA SAFETY STANDARDS.
SENATE BILL 838 IS THE PANIC ALERT DEVICES, WHICH WE DO HAVE SOME ON THE CAMPUSES.
BUT THIS ONE IS GOING TO BRING IT TO WHERE ALL DEVICES, PANIC ALERT DEVICES NEED TO BE IN EVERY CLASSROOM.
WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH OUR PROCESS ON THAT.
THEN THE LAST ONE, HB 3908, DIRECTS LOCAL SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, SO.
SHAC. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL GET TO WORK ON NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FENTANYL AND DRUG POISONING AWARENESS.
THEN THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES A FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AS WELL.
>> CELINDA, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT SENATE BILL 838, PANIC ALERT DEVICES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FUNDING FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE SO WE CAN CHALK IT UP TO THAT.
THEN THAT SENATE BILL 30 IS A ONE TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I GET TO DO THIS ONE, RE-CAPTURE.
[LAUGHTER] I HAVE A REALLY LONG REPORT HERE.
WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES OF RECAPTURE AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF X'S.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY MOVEMENT ON ANY OF THE BILLS AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY THAT ANY OF THE GOVERNOR'S CALLS FOR FUTURE SPECIAL SESSIONS HERE THIS SUMMER.
WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA AND YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TACK THINGS ON TOO MANY BILLS.
WE'RE MOVING ON, RECAPTURE DIDN'T HAPPEN.
PROPERTY TAX BILLS PASSED, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN, IT'S A DISCLOSURE ITEMS, SO IT'S NOTHING REALLY ALL THAT YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.
>> SURE, SO NON-EFFECTIVE THIS NEXT YEAR IT'S EFFECTIVE THE YEAR AFTER.
BUT WHEN YOU DO NO NEW REVENUE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE SET THE TAX RATE AND HOW CONFUSING IT IS, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ONLY AFFECTS TAXES, IT DOESN'T THE STATE OFFSET.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEANUP, I THINK YOU'LL ACTUALLY HELP.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT EFFECTIVE FOR 2023/2024, ITS EFFECTIVE 2024/2025.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND THEN YOU SEE THAT SENATE BILL OF 1998, TRUTH AND TAXATION.
WHOOPS, I GOT VETOED A LITTLE POLITICS THERE.
THEN BECAUSE THAT WAS SENATOR BETANCOURT AND SO I THINK THE GOVERNOR WAS TRYING TO GET HIS WAY WITH THE HOUSE.
HOUSE BILL 3273, NO MORE POSTCARDS.
THAT'S JUST THE TAXING AUTHORITIES ARE MOVING TO AN ONLINE NOTIFICATION, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAILING THINGS, SO THAT'S ABOUT IT THERE.
WELL, YOU SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS THERE THAT HAVE RED X'S ON THEM AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL HAVE A CALL FOR A NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND BRING BACK UP THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD IN HOUSE BILL 100.
BUT ONE GOOD THING IS WITH THE GREEN CHECKMARK, WE FULLY FUNDED THE TRS SYSTEM WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THERE?
>> HE CAN ANSWER THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> WELL, THAT'S A LOT MORE DETAILED THAN WE NEED TO GO INTO, BUT THAT'S ONE GOOD THING SO SOME OF OUR RETIREES AND THEN CURRENT TEACHERS HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ASSESSMENT PIECE.
>> LISA. [OVERLAPPING] JUMP IN.
>> PRIORITY 4 WAS HOPING TO GET A MORE MEANINGFUL AND FAIR ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IN DETAIL TONIGHT.
BUT OF NOTE, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE TO CLEAN UP HOUSE BILL 4545, WHICH GAVE DISTRICTS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
IT MOVES TO 30 HOURS DOWN TO 15.
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OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS, BUT IT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PLAINTIFF SUGGESTION, IT ALLOWED PARENTS TO CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF HOUSE BILL 4545 IF THEY WANTED TO.CURRENTLY, THERE WAS NO PROVISION THERE SO IF THEY TAKE, LET'S SAY AN ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT INSTEAD OF THE EOCEO INSTEAD OF A STAR ASSESSMENT, IT ALLOWED THE PARENT TO REMOVE THE CHILD FROM THE EXTRA TUTORING.
SO OTHERWISE, NOT MANY CHANGES THERE.
THERE WERE SOME CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION BILLS PASSED QUITE A BIT ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
THIS IS AGAIN, THAT'S A ZONE OF UNCERTAINTY FOR US, I'LL USE THE LINDA'S PHRASE.
A LOT OF THINGS FOR US TO UNPACK IN THIS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BILL HAS A LOT TO DO WITH RIGHTS OF TEACHERS, RIGHTS OF PARENTS.
THERE'S A LOT WRAPPED UP IN 1605 ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND THEN THERE'S ALSO QUITE A BIT OF REFERENCE TO THE USE OF STATES SELECTED MATERIALS.
THERE'S A SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS THAT IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL THINGS, DOES NOT ALLOW A VENDOR TO SELL SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO A SCHOOL LIBRARY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LOOKING AT MY LIBRARY PERSON.
>> WELL, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARENTAL CONSENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE EBOOKS IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPES OF MATERIALS ARE CONTAINED IN THOSE AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER BILL THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO.
I THINK IT WAS SENDING HOUSE BILL 18 THAT'S TOUCHING ON SOME OF THOSE PARENTAL CONSENT THINGS FOR SOFTWARE AS WELL.
WE'RE STILL ON UNPACKING THE ONES FROM THE LIBRARY TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
>> SENATE BILL 2124 IS ACTUALLY AN EXCITING ONE, IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL STUDENTS WHO MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA IN AN HONORS CLASS AT THE SIXTH GRADE MATH LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS, PARENTS WILL STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCITED THAT TO GET SOME MORE RIGOR GOING AND DISCUSS THE CLEANUP BILL ALREADY.
CAREER INVESTIGATION DAY JUST ALLOWS US TO EXCUSE AN ABSENCE FOR A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO DO A CAREER VISIT DURING THE DAY AND IN INSTEAD OF JUST REQUIRING CPR INSTRUCTION, WE WILL NOW REQUIRE CPR AND AED INSTRUCTIONS.
OUR TEAMS WILL BE WORKING ON HOW WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1605 AND THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN 1605.
IF YOU USE THE STATE ADOPTED MATERIALS, AND SO THERE ARE LOTS OF STRINGS ATTACHED AND SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN SO IT REALLY TAKES AWAY THE LOCAL CONTROL THAT WE'VE REALLY ADVOCATED FOR.
>> THEN WE HAD PRIORITY 5 TO PRESERVE THE LOCAL CONTROL TO FACE THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SIGNALS THERE.
IF YOU SEE WE HAVE THREE OR TWO GREEN CHECK MARKS AND THEN WE HAVE TWO LITTLE YELLOW CAUTIONARY DASHES THAT INDICATES SOME MOVEMENT THERE, BUT NOT 100%.
WHO WAS IT THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOUSE BILL 18? WAS THAT YOU? IS PATRICK? PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION HOUSE BILL 18, THE LIBRARY USAGE, EBOOKS, THAT THING.
PRESERVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATIONS.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S BEEN WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTED IN ANY SPECIFIC BILLS, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN TORN DOWN EITHER.
CONTINUE TO ALLOW LOCAL CONTROL OVER ELECTIONS, WHICH THANK GOODNESS THAT REMAINS THE SAME AND SO SENATE BILL 1252, AND SENATE BILL 2205, WE CAN PROBABLY STILL HAVE OUR ELECTIONS IN MAY.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN FORCED TO GO TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS CYCLE AND THEN PRESERVE AND EXPAND DISTRICT OF INNOVATION FLEXIBILITIES.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THEY DIDN'T TAKE THAT AWAY, BUT IT WAS IN THE TARGET, THE CROSS HAIRS BUT THE BILL THAT WAS GOING TO CHIP AWAY AT OUR DOI DID NOT LIVE SO SOME BAD BILLS TO I2.
>> SURE. THE HB 2482 IS ABOUT BEING KIND TO REFEREES.
THIS IS ALSO JUDGES OR ANYBODY ELSE IN AN EXTRA CURRICULAR THAT A SPECTATOR OR ANYONE ELSE WHO ATTACKS A JUDGE OR A REFEREE OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF OFFICIAL IN ACTIVITY WOULD BE BANNED FROM FUTURE UIL EVENTS.
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THEN THE LAST TWO REALLY ARE ALLOWING FOR EASIER TRANSFERS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES OR CHILDREN OF PEACE OFFICERS INTO THEIR DISTRICT.>> I THINK, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, I THINK THAT 1959 WAS AUTHORED BY CANDY NOBLE AND 2892 WAS AUTHORED BY MATT SHAHEEN SO LOCAL SHOUT OUT THERE.
NOW WHAT, GOVERNOR ABBOTT WILL CALL NUMEROUS SPECIAL SESSIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS FOR ANY UNRESOLVED ISSUES AS HE DEEMS NECESSARY.
SESSION 1 FOCUSED ON PROPERTY TAXES AND BORDER SECURITY.
THE 17.6 TAX RELIEF DOESN'T MEAN MORE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT.
IT DOES GIVE ALL OF US AS TAXPAYERS RELIEF ON OUR PROPERTY TAX BILL AND WE APPLAUD THAT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DOESN'T PUT MONEY IN THE CLASSROOMS. THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE CREATED TO CONSIDER EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IS DUE AUGUST 11TH.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? THAT IS THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE.
I FORGOT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON IT.
YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT, AREN'T YOU WONDERFUL? THERE'S ALL THE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERIM REPORT THAT'S DUE AUGUST 11TH, AND THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS NAMED THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE AND WE'RE NOT CERTAIN IF THEY WILL BRING UP ESAS, BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT IN THE TITLE.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL MODERNIZE ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SUPPORTING EDUCATORS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
THEN ENSURE THAT ALL YOUTH ENJOY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE FREEDOM TO OBTAIN A QUALITY EDUCATION.
BUT ANYWAY WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL GET ON THE DOCKET ON THE GOVERNOR'S AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN SEE SOME MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC AD.
ANY COMMENTS? ANY CLOSING REMARKS FROM ANYONE? [LAUGHTER] I LOVE IT.
WELL, THAT IS THE END OF THE MEETING AND I WILL ADJOURN.
>> I FORGOT ABOUT IT, BUT POLICIES, RATS.
I KNOW I TOTALLY DON'T HAVE MY AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME.
11.1 POLICIES AND THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THREE POLICIES TONIGHT.
THEY'RE ALL ON SECOND READING, THE FIRST POLICY IS BED LOCAL, DR. FREEMAN, SORRY, I DID THAT TO YOU.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING BOARD MEETINGS, AN ONLINE SIGN-UP PROCESS WAS PILOTED THIS YEAR, BEGINNING WITH THE JANUARY 24, 2023 BOARD WORK SESSION UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PILOT, THE TARGET DATE FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NEW PROCESS WAS SET FOR AUGUST 2023.
DURING THE TEST PERIOD, THERE HAVE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE UTILIZATION OF THE ONLINE FORM AND A DECREASE OF IN-PERSON SUBMISSIONS WITH ONE IN-PERSON SIGN-UP RECEIVED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 21ST AND MAY 16TH, BOARD MEETINGS.
PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE POLICY BED INCORPORATING THE NEW ONLINE SIGN-UP PROCESS ARE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
IF APPROVED PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN UP, WILL MOVE TO A PERMANENT ONLINE PROCESS BEGINNING WITH THE AUGUST 8TH BOARD MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION UNDER THE SECOND READING.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY DR. LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS POLICY BED, LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION UNDER THE SECOND READING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW ALL VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[11.2 Adoption of Policy FDA(LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers under Second Reading]
DR. FREEMAN, THIS IS ABOUT FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS AND INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS ON SECOND READING.THIS POLICY CHANGE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING AND IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO ALLOW
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A NON-RESIDENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE THE OPTION TO BRING THEIR GRANDCHILD TO THE DISTRICT TO ATTEND SCHOOL AT THEIR ASSIGNED CAMPUS OR THE DESIGNATED FEEDER PATTERN FOR THEIR WORK LOCATION.THE CURRENT POLICY ALREADY ALLOWS FOR FULL-TIME DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN.
THE PROPOSED REVISION ALSO INCLUDES UPDATES FOR THE REVOCATION OF TRANSFERS AND THE SUSPENSION OF TRANSFERS AND APPEALS.
>> THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A POLICY, FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING.
>> WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY DR. LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A POLICY, FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I SEE NO OPPOSITION.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WAIT, I SHOULDN'T SAY FINAL BEFORE I SEE WHERE I AM.
[11.3 Adoption of Policy FDB(LOCAL) Admissions: Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments under Second Reading.]
ADOPTION OF POLICY FDB, LOCAL ADMISSIONS AND TRUCK DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS ON THE SECOND READING, DR. FREEMAN.>> THIS PROPOSED POLICY REVISION INCLUDES UPDATES TO THE TRANSFER REQUEST DATE FROM JUNE 15TH TO THE 4TH FRIDAY OF JUNE AT A PROVISION FOR RESIDENT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TO ALLOW FOR TRANSFERS FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, IF THE CAMPUS IS CLOSED FOR TRANSFER AND THE TRANSFER WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE DISTRICT TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS.
ADDITIONALLY, UPDATES WERE MADE TO THE REVOCATION OF TRANSFERS AND APPEALS SELECTION OF THIS POLICY.
THE POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE POLICY FDB, LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER SECOND READING.
>> I THINK WE'RE DONE DOWN HERE.
>> THAT'S THE ANGELA AND LAUREN SHOW.
I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY DR.
LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FDB, LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS UNDER SECOND READING, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN-0 AND ITEM 12 IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY NON-AGENDA-RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING?
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND IT'S 12:25 AM ON WHAT DAY? [LAUGHTER]
>> WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21ST. THERE YOU GO.
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