Aug 08, 2023 Regular Board Meeting

[00:00:04]

HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 2023.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.

VERY EXCITING GROUP.

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 NOTICE OF THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I VERIFIED THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.

I NEED TO SLOW DOWN.

SUPERINTENDENT DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS. DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS BOARD SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS.

TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ IS ON HER WAY AND TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN IS THERE IN THE WHITE AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.

GIVE US A WAVE AND SEATED TO MY RIGHT.

VICE PRESIDENT, DR.

LAUREN TYRA. TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL IS ON HER WAY.

AND JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING READINESS AND 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, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGES TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

AT THE START OF THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR EVERYTHING'S EXCITING, ISN'T IT? IT'S JUST A BUZZ.

THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR NEWEST CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERS IN PERSON AND AS WELL, CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR DISTRICT'S SUCCESSES THIS EVENING. OUR NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS WERE FEATURED ON THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING'S CALL TO ORDER.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES JOHNNY HILL WILL INTRODUCE OUR FIRST RECOGNITION.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM VERY, VERY HONORED THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE DR.

[INAUDIBLE] KENDALL. THIS EVENING SHE IS GOING TO BE SERVING AS OUR NEW CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

AND JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AND BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER, I FEEL LIKE WE GOT A STEAL.

SO THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES FOR FRISCO ISD AND THE 25 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

IS IT OKAY IF I SAY ALL OF THOSE YEARS? OKAY. 25 YEARS BEFORE THAT, SHE HAS BEEN WITH RICHARDSON ISD AND SHE HAS SERVED ANY, YOU KNOW, JUST A VAST NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

SHE'S BEEN A PRINCIPAL, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, DIAGNOSTICIAN, SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ED TEACHER.

SO SHE'S HELD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROLES.

AND I AM JUST THRILLED TO DEATH THAT SHE IS COMING TO JOIN OUR TEAM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU THIS EVENING [APPLAUSE].

SO I INVITE THE BOARD TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS WITH DR.

KENDALL. I'LL JUST SAY WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS FOR MEETING IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN RICHARDSON AND FRISCO.

AND WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

AND I KNOW BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND JOHNNY HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS IN TERMS OF HIRING.

AND SO WHEN I SAW YOUR RESUME, I WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH, OKAY, COOL.

SO WELCOME.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

WELL, I ECHO THAT.

THANK YOU. WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOUR EXPERTISE.

I MEAN, WE ARE A PEOPLE BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US.

[00:05:02]

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE PLANO ISD TEAM AND OUR FAMILY.

AND WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE HAVE LIKE THE EXPERT AND WE ARE SO LUCKY AND HAPPY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE JOINING US.

SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, DR.

SELENDA FREEMAN WILL INTRODUCE OUR NEXT RECOGNITIONS, DR.

FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DR.

JOY LOVELL AND MARK LETTERER.

THESE ARE FAMILIAR NAMES AND FACES TO YOU AS BOTH OF THESE TALENTED LEADERS ARE JOINING US HERE TONIGHT.

AND THEY'VE BEEN IN PLANO ISD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

DR. LOVELL MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS PRINCIPAL AT ANDREWS ELEMENTARY FOR TEN YEARS, AND PRIOR TO THAT WAS A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY AND FRANKFORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S ALSO TAUGHT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC, INCLUDING BOTH CHOIR AND BAND.

MULTI-TALENTED. SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION FROM HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S OF MUSIC FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND A DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.

SHE IS JOINED THIS EVENING BY SPECIAL GUESTS KRIS AND LYLE BENSON.

AND I BELIEVE HER FAMILY MIGHT BE ON THE HAVE LOGGED IN TO SEE IT SINCE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN.

SO THEY'RE HERE IN SPIRIT, RIGHT? CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

LOVELL [APPLAUSE]. MR. MARK LEDERER JOINS THE SLI TEAM, MOST RECENTLY SERVING FIVE YEARS AS PRINCIPAL RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO HIS PRINCIPALSHIP, HE SERVED AS CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AT SCHIMELPFENIG, MURPHEY, AND HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO JOINING ADMINISTRATION, MR. LETTERER WAS AN ESL TEACHER AND A TEAM LEADER AT CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE HOLDS A BACHELORS OF ARTS IN HISTORY FROM, LET ME GET THIS RIGHT, STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AND A MASTER OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION FROM TEXAS A&M COMMERCE.

HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO GRADUATE THIS FALL FROM A&M COMMERCE WITH HIS DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

HE HAS JOINED THIS EVENING BY HIS WIFE, LINDSEY, AND HIS SON KYLE, WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM PLANO WEST AND IS STARTING AT UT AUSTIN THIS FALL. AND YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE KYLE SINCE HE WAS UP ON THE STAGE MOST RECENTLY HELPING US OUT, AND HIS DAUGHTER KATIE, WHO IS A SEVENTH GRADER AT RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, MARK [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. I INVITE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, IF YOU HAVE ANY.

SO JUST LIKE DR.

KENDALL, WE HAVE TWO OTHER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS JOINING OUR TEAM.

SO A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.

THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU JOIN THE TEAM.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING WORK.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. SO, DR. FREEMAN, DO YOU CONTINUE? YES. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR FIRST JOB ASSIGNMENT IN A BOARD MEETING IS TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE THEY NOW THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE SLI TEAM, GET TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS THAT WE HIRED AFTER THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEM.

WE DID DECIDED IT WAS KIND OF AN INITIATION TONIGHT, OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING, AND WE GET THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING THE NEWEST PRINCIPALS TO OUR DISTRICT.

SO I'M GOING TO GET US STARTED WITH ELYSE DALY.

IF ELYSE AND HER FAMILY WILL STAND AND REMAIN STANDING [APPLAUSE].

SO ELYSE DALY WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT ANDREWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ELYSE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER AS A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER IN PLANO ISD AT BARKSDALE ELEMENTARY.

WHILE AT BARKSDALE, ELYSE TAUGHT IN THIRD AND FIFTH GRADES, AS WELL AS SERVED AS A TEAM LEADER.

JUST LIKE HER TEACHING CAREER, HER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JOURNEY BEGAN AT BARKSDALE IN 2019.

ELYSE WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT STINSON ELEMENTARY LAST YEAR AND IS NOW EXCITED TO JOIN THE ANDREWS FAMILY.

[00:10:02]

SO CONGRATULATIONS, ELYSE [APPLAUSE].

OKAY, NOW I NEED TO INTRODUCE THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS SO YOU ALL HAVE TO STAND UP ONE MORE TIME.

WE HAVE HER PARENTS, DUANE AND ALEXIA REIMER, HER HUSBAND SCOTT, THEIR SON LOGAN, AND HER SISTER, ADRIENNE [APPLAUSE].

NEXT WE HAVE NOLINE MARTIN.

NOLINE WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FORMAN ELEMENTARY.

NOLINE IS ENTERING HER 20TH YEAR IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.

SHE HAS WORKED AT ALL LEVELS AS AN ESL TEACHER, A BILINGUAL TEACHER, A SPANISH TEACHER, A READING SPECIALIST, AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND MOST RECENTLY AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AT A TURNAROUND CAMPUS IN RICHARDSON ISD.

NOLINE'S GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND FAMILIES, PROVIDING THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THEIR SUCCESS AND TO HELP OUR CHILDREN LEARN AND GROW.

SO NOW WE'D LIKE FOR YOUR FAMILY TO STAND WITH YOU AS I INTRODUCE THEM, WE HAVE HER DAUGHTER, BRIANNA MARTIN HARRIS.

WE HAVE HER FRIEND DAWSON WELLS AND FORMER COWORKERS SHERONICA HOWARD, ROCHELLE MAYWEATHER, KAREN PERKINS AND CYNTHIA FORSTER [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, WE HAVE DR. CATHERINE KELLY.

SO DR. CATHERINE KELLY WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT HIGHTOWER ELEMENTARY.

KATHY IS COMPLETING HER 23RD YEAR IN EDUCATION AND HAS SERVED AS A BILINGUAL TEACHER, INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND MOST RECENTLY, A PRINCIPAL FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS IN RICHARDSON ISD.

KATHY BELIEVES THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN AT HIGH LEVELS, AND IT'S HER GOAL TO SEE ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED AND OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLES THAT STAND IN THEIR WAY.

SO TONIGHT AND LET'S HAVE YOUR FAMILY STAND WITH YOU.

WE HAVE YOUR MOM, VICTORIA GUERRERO.

AND ALSO KATHY'S HUSBAND, ANDREW KELLY.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT, NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL.

KIMBERLY SCHRADER WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

KIMBERLY HAS WORKED WITH STUDENTS FOR 16 YEARS, RANGING IN AGE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE IN A VARIETY OF ROLES.

FOR THE PAST YEAR, SHE HAS SERVED AS A HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL.

PRIOR TO THAT, SHE HAS SERVED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AN ESL FACILITATOR, A FOURTH FIFTH GRADE BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY TEACHER IN GARLAND AND COPPELL ISD.

SHE HAS ALSO TRAINED TEACHERS TO TEACH ENGLISH OVERSEAS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

KIMBERLY BELIEVES WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT EVERY STUDENT DESERVES A QUALITY EDUCATION AND THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN THE SCHOOL AND THE FAMILIES WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR CHILDREN. TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF KIMBERLY [INAUDIBLE] HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT HE IS ON HIS WAY.

MOTHER MARGARET SCHRADER DUNCAN AND HER HUSBAND, PRINCE ALBERT DUNCAN.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

TRAVIS RAGSDALE.

TRAVIS RAGSDALE WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY FOR MR. RAGSDALE, WHERE HE BEGAN WORKING FOR PLANO ISD AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION AIDE RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.

KNOWING THAT PISD IS WHERE HE WANTED TO BE AFTER COMPLETING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE, HE ACCEPTED HIS FIRST TEACHING POSITION AS A HEALTH TEACHER AND COACH AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE SERVED THE COMMUNITY AT MURPHY AS AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, COACH AND TEACHER FOR 12 YEARS AND UPON COMPLETING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP, BEGAN HIS ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THIS PAST YEAR AT SHEPTON, AND WHERE HE LEARNED TO HOW HE CAN BEST PREPARE HIS STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO GET READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. RAGSDALE KNOWS THAT CARPENTER HAS BUILT A STRONG COMMUNITY BASED ON A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS, AND HE LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING IN THE TRADITIONS THAT ARE CELEBRATED HERE IN THE CARPENTER COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF TRAVIS ARE HIS WIFE, STACEY.

DAUGHTER, AVERY AND SONS PEYTON AND CULLEN.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

LASMA JEKABSONE-BERROUET.

LASMA JEKABSONE-BERROUET WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

[00:15:05]

MRS. BERROUET GREW UP IN LATVIA IN NORTHERN EUROPE AND RECEIVED AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP THAT BROUGHT HER TO THE STATES WHERE SHE ATTENDED FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN MIAMI, FLORIDA.

IT WAS THERE WHERE SHE PURSUED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.

IN ADDITION, SHE EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY.

MRS. BERROUET ALWAYS STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT THE SCHOOL'S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON MAINTAINING A SHARED VISION FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND IS COMMITTED TO FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT WORK AND ALWAYS DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN GROW AND MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL.

TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF LASMA JEKABSONE-BERROUET ARE HER HUSBAND, RICHARD.

AND HER TWO SONS, BENJAMIN AND COLIN.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

LASTLY, NATALIE BAUERKEMPER WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HER EDUCATION INCLUDES A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND A MASTER'S IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON.

THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR WILL MARK HER 17TH YEAR IN EDUCATION.

WITH THAT SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND A DEEP PASSION FOR HELPING STUDENTS THRIVE.

PREVIOUSLY, SHE HAD SERVED AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, AVID COORDINATOR, ESL TEACHER AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR SIX YEARS AT CLARK HIGH SCHOOL.

ADDITIONALLY, MS. BAUERKEMPER IS A PLANO ISD GRADUATE HERSELF.

SO IT IS DEFINITELY A SPECIAL HONOR TO JOIN THIS EXCEPTIONAL PISD TEAM AND BUILD UPON THE EXISTING FOUNDATION OF EXCELLENCE.

I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND DELIGHTED THAT YOU WILL BE LEADING THE WAY AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.

GO RAMS. TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF NATALIE IS HER HUSBAND, DAVID BAUERKEMPER [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATS. CONGRATS TO NATALIE.

NOW LET'S GIVE ONE MORE WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW PRINCIPALS [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS PASSED YOUR INITIATION.

GOOD JOB. I INVITE THE BOARD TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I DO. I HAVE A COMMENT BECAUSE I PERSONALLY KNOW THE RAGSDALE'S.

TRAVIS, YOU.

I KNEW YOU WHEN I WAS A PARENT AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND YOU WERE A PHENOMENAL A GREAT COACH THERE AND INSTRUCTOR AND THEN MRS. RAGSDALE I KNEW YOU FROM HICKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN YOU WERE A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER.

AND THEN YOU'RE TEACHING PE NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU YOUR FAMILY IS AMAZING INSTRUCTORS.

SO I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT YOU ARE A PRINCIPAL NOW IN ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN YOUR KIDS ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM, I'VE SEEN THEM GROW UP.

AND SO THE THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OUR PRINCIPALS WHO GOT HIRED OVER THE SUMMER, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THE THING IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PART OF THE PLANO ISD.

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PLANO ISD FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU ACTUALLY THIS IS THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE WE SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN WITH PLANO.

I THINK PART OF YOUR COMMENT, ANGELA, THAT THAT IS REALLY SALIENT IS THAT EACH OF US HAS SPECIAL MEMORIES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO CERTAIN CAMPUSES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, NATALIE IS IS FILLING MARK'S SHOES.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE FOLKS SWAP OUT BETWEEN CAMPUSES, I MEAN, I KNOW ALSO ALSO PRINCIPAL RAGSDALE, I WENT TO CARPENTER AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE HOW LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS A VERY TRANSFORMATIVE TIME FOR ME.

AND THAT'S LIKE SO I'M VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE THESE SPECIAL ATTACHMENTS TO OUR CAMPUSES THAT WE THINK ABOUT AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT.

AND JUST IN HEARING YOUR COMMENT, I THINK EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS THAT, RIGHT.

AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS STEPPING INTO REALLY AMAZING SHOES, BIG SHOES TO FILL, RIGHT.

AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO SEE YOU GUYS BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY IS ARE JUST AS EXCITED AND HAPPY TO EMBRACE EACH ONE OF YOU AS WE ARE

[00:20:06]

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR.

I'LL JUST REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID IT'S REALLY INTERESTING HOW IT IS AN EMOTIONAL TIME, ESPECIALLY I KNOW EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I TAUGHT, I PROBABLY WON'T SLEEP TONIGHT AS NEITHER WILL MANY OF YOU.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US HERE TONIGHT AND WELCOMING FAMILIES AND KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY TO YOUR BUILDINGS TOMORROW.

AND IT IS A SPECIAL TIME.

AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE THAT'S OUT THERE THIS YEAR.

I'M FEELING A LOT OF SENSE OF THAT FOR PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT HOPE FOR YOUR CAMPUSES AND HOPE FOR FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ARRIVING AT A PLACE THAT'S SAFE, A PLACE WHERE THEY HOPEFULLY WILL FEEL THE BELONGING THAT WE WANT THEM TO FEEL.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU NOT SLEEPING TONIGHT AND ALL THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

AND BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS AND YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND IT IS GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SO I ECHO ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW PRINCIPALS.

ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT PRINCIPALS THAT WE STOLE FROM OTHER PLACES.

AND WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR PLANO ISD TEAM THAT THIS WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH OUR PIPELINE AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT PIPELINE WORK.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU.

WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.

AND I WOULD I HAVE TO MAKE THIS COMMENT.

AND SO SORRY, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF YOU THAT ARE CONNECTED IN OTHER WAYS BECAUSE YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

AND SO I SEE DAVID ON THE FRONT ROW AND NATALIE AND I AND I KNOW AT LAUREN AND THE THREE OF YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN THE SAME GRADUATING CLASS FROM PLANO EAST.

AND THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

SO AGAIN, WHAT'S GOING ON IN 2003, IN PLANO, I'M JUST SAYING.

SO WE HAVE PRODUCTS OF PLANO ISD, WE HAVE PRODUCTS OF THE PLANO ISD LEADERSHIP PIPELINE, AND WE HAVE NEW FAMILY MEMBERS TO WELCOME TO OUR TEAM.

SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

IT'S A HAPPY TIME.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

IT'S REALLY IT REALLY IS SPECIAL.

EACH OF EACH ONE OF YOU IS A VALUABLE ASSET TO YOUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE PLANO ISD FAMILY.

WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND TO THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU WILL BE DOING WITH YOUR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES.

SO HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST YEAR EVER AND I WILL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A SPECIAL STUDENT.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT PERSONALLY, BUT I'M EAGER TO SHARE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR STUDENT TONIGHT.

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE PTA COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSS CORNELL TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD THIS RECOGNITION.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

THIS IS WORKING OKAY.

AND ALSO TO THE DISTRICT STAFF.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TAKE TO LET US HAVE THESE RECOGNITIONS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH THE PTA.

I'M GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

I'M SURE WITH A ROOM FULL OF WHAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE SUPER QUALIFIED EDUCATORS, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH, BUT FOR OVER 50 YEARS, THE NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED MILLIONS OF STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOGNITION IN AND ACCESS TO THE ARTS.

EACH YEAR, PTAS AND PTSAS AT ALL LEVELS ENCOURAGE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TO CREATE AND SUBMIT ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART IN THE MEDIUM OF THEIR CHOICE THAT REFLECT ON THE ANNUAL THEME.

THESE MEDIUMS INCLUDE DANCE OR CHOREOGRAPHY, FILM PRODUCTION, LITERATURE, MUSIC, COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY AND VISUAL ARTS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE JUST A SECOND HERE AND MENTION THAT THE REFLECTIONS THEME FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IS "I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE..." AND WE WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF ANY INTERESTED STUDENT IN PLANO ISD.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS JOIN THE PTA AS I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO AND CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PTA FOR MORE INFORMATION.

REFLECTION SUBMISSIONS ARE COLLECTED AND REVIEWED BY PTA VOLUNTEERS AT LOCAL CAMPUSES AND ENTRIES ARE ADVANCED TO THE PTA COUNCIL FOR JUDGING.

A FURTHER ROUND OF JUDGING OCCURS AND EXCEPTIONAL ENTRIES ARE SENT TO STATE PTAS.

AT THE STATE LEVEL ENTRIES ARE REVIEWED BY ARTS EXPERTS, AND STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ARTISTIC TECHNIQUE AND INGENUITY IN BRINGING THE CURRENT THEME TO LIFE.

[00:25:07]

NATIONWIDE, APPROXIMATELY 300,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE THROUGH THE PTA OR PTSA OF THEIR CAMPUS.

IN PLANO, ALMOST 250 REFLECTIONS ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL OF PTA FOR JUDGING, AND OF THOSE ENTRIES, 20 RECEIVED AN OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND WERE ADVANCED TO TEXAS PTA.

ULTIMATELY, 18 OF THESE 20 ENTRIES RECEIVED AWARDS FROM TEXAS PTA.

IN TOTAL, THOUGH, TEXAS PTA RECEIVED OVER 800 ENTRIES FOR STATE LEVEL JUDGING.

BUT ONLY 37 OF THOSE ENTRIES FROM OUR STATE ARE ADVANCED TO THE NATIONAL PTA FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.

TWO OF THOSE ENTRIES WERE FROM PLANO ISD PTAS JIN LEE HUGO FROM WYATT ELEMENTARY PTA AND ANUSHKA SRIDHAR FROM PLANO EAST HIGH SCHOOL PTSA.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE TALENT OF THESE STUDENTS THAT THEIR ENTRIES BOTH SURVIVED THE GANTLET OF JUDGING TO MAKE IT TO NATIONAL PTA, AND WE CONGRATULATE THEM BOTH. SO FIRST, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BOTH OF THOSE [APPLAUSE].

AND ALTHOUGH THE COMPETITION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS FIERCE AND NOT ALL ENTRIES RECEIVE AWARDS, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO PRESENT ANUSHKA SRIDHAR.

IF YOU WOULD STAND, PLEASE.

A STUDENT AT PLANO EAST HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE NATIONAL PTA FOR HER TALENT AND CREATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE THEME SHOW YOUR VOICE IN THE 2022-2023 REFLECTIONS STUDENT ART PROGRAM.

ANUSHKA'S ARTWORK TITLED SHOW YOUR VOICE UNMASKED, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH AN AWARD OF MERIT IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY AND HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION [APPLAUSE].

SHE'S JOINED TONIGHT EXCUSE ME.

SHE'S JOINED TONIGHT BY HER PARENTS, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND.

AND ALSO THE REFLECTIONS CHAIR FOR PLANO EAST AND THE INCOMING PLANO EAST PTSA PRESIDENT JERI DUNCAN.

IF YOU ALL WOULD COME UP FRONT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. I INVITE THE BOARD TO MAKE ANY CONGRATULATORY COMMENTS FOR ANUSHKA ON HER NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS AWARD.

I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. AS THE FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT PARTICIPATING IN THE REFLECTIONS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE MY CHILDREN TO DO.

MY SON WOULD NOT DO IT, SO MY DAUGHTER DOES.

BUT I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT SHOW YOUR VOICE MEANT TO YOU AND THEN WHICH FORM OF ART YOU CHOSE.

I JUST THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I THINK IT IS JUST BEYOND EXCITING THAT YOU WERE SENT TO STATE PTA AND THEN TO NATIONALS.

SO A BIG CONGRATULATIONS.

BEING A BIG PTA FAN MYSELF, I WANT TO ADD TO TARRAH'S COMMENT THAT WITH OUR NEW REFLECTION TOPIC, IT WHAT GIVES ME HOPE IS THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF VOICE AND SPEAKING OUT.

SO I ASK ALL OF YOU TO JOIN THEM AND RAISE YOUR VOICES FOR OUR KIDS.

JOIN OUR PTAS AND PLEASE, PLEASE GO VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT US.

WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, ANUSHKA, YOU'RE NO STRANGER HERE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE WITH OTHER COMPETITIONS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ONE.

THIS SHOWS YOUR HIGHLIGHTS, YOUR CREATIVITY.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO VERY SMART SCIENTIST TOO, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR AS A SENIOR THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. SO, DR.

FREEMAN, I'LL LET YOU START.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL CAMPUS RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

[00:30:04]

JOY LOVELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, BACK TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN THIS RECOGNITION.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET.

I AM VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY'S RECOGNITION AS A MODEL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PLC AT WORK SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PRINCIPAL SARA STEWART, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT WITH THE AMAZING CENTENNIAL LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND WOULD ALL OF YOU, PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND WHILE I KEEP TALKING ABOUT YOU.

SO CENTENNIAL'S JOURNEY HAS RESHAPED THE WORK TEACHERS DO TO DRIVE STUDENT SUCCESS.

THE CENTENNIAL STAFF REGULARLY COMES TOGETHER TO SHARE THEIR LEARNING, AND COLLABORATIVE TEAMS UNDERSTAND WHICH PROCESSES HAVE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON STUDENTS LEARNING AND ANY NEEDED CAMPUS ADJUSTMENTS.

THEIR STAFF REMAIN COMMITTED TO REFLECTION, REFINEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR PRACTICES TO POSITIVELY IMPACT ALL STUDENT LEARNING AND GROWTH.

CENTENNIAL TEACHERS DEEPLY UNDERSTAND AND OWN THAT A PLC IS NOT WHAT THEY DO, BUT IT'S WHO THEY ARE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF CENTENNIAL IN RECEIVING THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD AND BEING RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL PLC AT WORK SCHOOL.

I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT FROM SOLUTION TREE WITH A FEW WORDS ALSO FOR US AND THE CENTENNIAL STAFF.

KEEP STANDING.

DR. WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND TRUSTEES, I'M HONORED TO BE BACK WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESS OF CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SOLUTION TREE IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH PLANO ISD AND CELEBRATE THE GROWTH OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, TEACHERS LEADERS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR STUDENTS.

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ONE OF ONLY 100 MODEL PLC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONE OF AROUND 533 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ONE OF FOUR IN PLANO ISD.

THE VERY FOUNDATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AT WORK IS TO BUILD A LASTING CULTURE OF LEARNING WITH A DAILY FOCUS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PRINCIPAL STEWART AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE JUST THAT.

BECAUSE OF THEIR FOCUS ON COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WITHIN THEIR COLLABORATIVE TEAMS THEY HAVE INCREASED CAPACITY IN BOTH THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS.

CENTENNIAL TEACHERS HAVE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THEIR COLLABORATIVE TEAM AND A COMMON SCHOOL WIDE MISSION TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND EMPOWER ALL STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

AND BEFORE YOU ARE SEATED, WE'D LOVE TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR SOLUTION TREE REPRESENTATIVE, TO COME UP FOR A CERTIFICATE AND A PICTURE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I INVITE THE BOARD TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS WITH THE CENTENNIAL LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WHO ARE RIGHT THERE.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SARA AND THE CENTENNIAL TEAM AND ACTUALLY THE REST OF YOUR STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE YEARS TO GET TO THIS LEVEL.

I KNOW AT ONE OF MY VISITS GOING INTO YOU ALL HAVE A DATA ROOM AND EVERY STUDENT IS MONITORED ON ON GROWTH.

AND I KNOW HOW HARD YOUR TEACHERS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING AND ACHIEVING.

AND SO THIS IS THIS IS HUGE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

IT'S DEFINITELY PAYING OFF.

AND ANUSHKA, I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR BRINGING YOUR TALENTS FORWARD AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE AND RECEIVING THIS NATIONAL RECOGNITION. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WE KNOW THAT EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM ARE THE NUMBER ONE.

IT'S THE NUMBER ONE, ONE OF THE GREATEST FACTORS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THEN SECOND IS ITS LEADERSHIP.

AND SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE OUTCOME OF HAVING GREAT TEACHERS AND GREAT LEADERS AND TO CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING.

SO A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD.

I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO SAY POWERED BY LEARNING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BUT WE ESPECIALLY WANT IT FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS GET TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT LEARNING IS, IS BY WATCHING US BE LEARNERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR CONTINUING TO WANTING TO GROW AND IMPROVE.

AND ESPECIALLY THIS IS A HUGE RECOGNITION AND TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO TO ACHIEVE IT.

[00:35:06]

JUST STARTING IT OFF.

RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR KIDS AND THE MARK YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ON THEM.

AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND DR.

FREEMAN, I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION.

I DO, TO CONTINUE WITH SOME MORE WONDERFUL RECOGNITIONS.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT RECOGNITION THIS EVENING AS WELL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LESLEY RANGE-STANTON, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE'RE TURNING THE TABLES ON THEM.

THEY'RE USUALLY THE ONES HELPING US ORGANIZE THIS.

BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO COME TO THE FRONT.

EACH YEAR THE NATIONAL SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THOSE WHOSE EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE HAVE HAD A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS HONORS THE VERY BEST WORK IN SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS. THIS PAST JUNE, WINNERS OF THE 2023 NSPRA [INAUDIBLE] PUBLICATIONS AND DIGITAL MEDIA EXCELLENCE AWARDS WERE ANNOUNCED, AND OUR OWN PLANO ISD COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WALKED AWAY WITH A TOTAL OF FIVE NATIONAL AWARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES [APPLAUSE].

OF THOSE AWARDS, THERE WAS A VIDEO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE BELIEVE THAT VIDEO THEME ANNOUNCEMENT TWO VIDEO AWARDS OF MERIT, PLANO ISD CONVOCATION 2022-2023 AND THERESA'S TAKE ON UNITY AND TWO SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AWARDS OF MERIT WHY I LEAD WEDNESDAY AND MISSION MONDAYS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS DEPARTMENT I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED FIVE AWARDS AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS PAST FEBRUARY, AS WELL AS FROM THE TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION TSPRA, INCLUDING THREE GOLD STAR AWARDS AND TWO SILVER STAR AWARDS FOR VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS.

THEY ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM FOR SURE, AND UNDER LESLEY RANGE-STANTON'S FEARLESS LEADERSHIP, THEY ARE DOING SOME COMMENDABLE WORK.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, TEAM [APPLAUSE].

AND LESLEY, IF YOU WANT TO GRAB THE MIC AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

WE SEE THEM HERE ALL THE TIME BUT.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.

AND THIS IS A GOOD MANY OF US BECAUSE WE ARE SMALL, BUT A FEW OF US HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING ONE OF US WHO HAD THEIR VERY FIRST EVER MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT THIS EVENING AS A BRAND NEW PRESCHOOL PARENT.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR SHAUNA KOEHNE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MILLICENT HAYNES, OUR COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE, MITCHELL JACKSON, AND OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR BROADCASTING AND VIDEO ATAKAN BERKMEN [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ALL THE PICTURES TAKEN? WE'VE DONE THAT. OKAY.

WELL, I INVITE THE BOARD TO SHARE COMMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

ALL RIGHT DON'T CRINGE ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.

OH, AND YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOK AS A BOARD FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.

AND WE ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND OTHER SCHOOLS OF OTHER FLAVORS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT MARKETING BUDGETS.

AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY TO ATTRACT STUDENTS, PERHAPS A WAY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE ASKED THE TEAM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING OUR STORY.

AND THEY LEVELED WAY UP.

SO GRATEFUL.

WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PEOPLE AND STORIES AND AND PIECES OF PISD AND WE JUST NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT.

SO OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'VE DONE THAT AND NOT ONLY HAVE THEY DONE IT WELL, BUT IT'S SO COOL TO BE ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR IT.

SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE REALLY DID.

[00:40:03]

SO THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THIS.

I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE TEAM PITCHES IN ON EVERYTHING.

YOU GUYS ARE BEHIND THE SCENES SO MUCH, AND I'M EXPECTING ANOTHER AWARD NEXT YEAR AFTER THE CONVOCATION AND OUR ROLE IN THE VIDEO THAT WE HAD THIS.

YES, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF US, HONESTLY.

WELL, YOU HAD THE STARRING ROLE, BUT EVERYONE PITCHES IN.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, IS THAT YOU DO A GREAT JOB TELLING OUR STORY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

IF WE DON'T TELL OUR STORY, SOMEONE ELSE WILL TELL IT THE WRONG WAY.

SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DOES AN AMAZING JOB DOING THAT.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TALENTED AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. I HAVE TO JUMP IN THERE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE I REALLY COULD CARRY ON ALL NIGHT.

BUT LESLEY, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS JUST OUTSTANDING, PHENOMENAL.

AND EVERY SINGLE TEAM MEMBER IS OUTSTANDING.

PHENOMENAL. AND I MEAN THAT FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

AND IT'S NOT Y'ALL DON'T SET OUT TO JUST GET SOMETHING DONE.

YOU SET OUT TO DO IT AND DO IT THE BEST THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE DONE.

YOU EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, HARDWORKING SERVANT HEARTS, AND YOU SET OUT TO DO THINGS WITH PRECISION.

AND LIKE THESE WERE OUR BIG INITIATIVES FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR.

AND LOOK WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE YEAR.

I MEAN, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

AND IT'S IT'S A SMALL GROUP, BUT A MIGHTY, MIGHTY, MIGHTY, MIGHTY GROUP.

SO ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.

I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR TEAM AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND POURING YOUR HEARTS OUT INTO YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT. OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS, WILL INTRODUCE OUR FINAL RECOGNITION.

DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

WE'RE PLEASED TO SHARE JUST ONE MORE SPECIAL DEPARTMENT RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, AND MEMBERS OF HIS DEPARTMENT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, HERE WITH US THIS EVENING TO COME ON UP TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

THIS IS ANOTHER VERY MIGHTY TEAM.

I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

SO FOR THE 40TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

40TH. 40TH.

SO 40TH YEAR, THE PLANO ISD FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA.

THIS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GO BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PREPARE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT EVIDENCE, THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND FULL DISCLOSURE.

WHILE PLANO ISD HAS A LONG STANDING AND A VERY PROUD HISTORY OF RECEIVING AND MAINTAINING THIS AWARD, WE KNOW IT IS NOT EASILY EARNED.

NOR DO WE EVEN TAKE A MOMENT SOMETIMES TO RECOGNIZE WHAT'S BEEN GRANTED.

SO WE COULD NOT BE PROUDER THAN OUR TO RECOGNIZE OUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHNNY HILL AND AND AGAIN, 40TH YEAR.

AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS TALENTED TEAM FOR THIS TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.

LET'S GIVE THEM [APPLAUSE] AND THEN, JOHNNY, IF YOU WILL, TAKE JUST A MINUTE, WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PHOTO OP TO COME AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM MEMBERS.

THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. I COULD TALK ABOUT THESE GUYS ALL NIGHT, BUT I'LL TRY NOT TO.

AND I THINK SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THESE GUYS ARE HERE PERIODICALLY WHEN WE HAVE OUR AUDIT AND WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET.

SO I'M SO BLESSED TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS.

WE HAVE IN RED, WE HAVE WE HAVE COURTNEY REEVES, WHO'S OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

AND THEN IN PURPLE, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, AND THIS IS ANGELA MARKS- COSBY. AND THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING.

SO VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.

I'M PROUD OF YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL [APPLAUSE].

OKAY I INVITE THE BOARD TO SHARE COMMENTS WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

[00:45:01]

AND THESE ARE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS THAT AUDIT US EVERY YEAR AND REALLY HEARING HOW FROM THEM, RIGHT, FROM THESE EXTERNAL FOLKS, HEARING HOW AMAZING OUR TEAM IS AND PREPARING AND WORKING FOR AUDITS.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL DISTRICTS ARE THE SAME.

THEY'RE JUST NOT.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENTLY REINFORCED WHEN WE HAVE I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE HAVE TO MEET, PARTICULARLY WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS LIKE THIS, WHERE THEY'RE AUDITING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE, THAT'S THEIR SPECIALTY.

AND THEY COULD NOT HAVE BETTER THINGS TO SAY TO THE BOARD ABOUT THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR.

SO I THINK WHAT JOHNNY MEANT TO SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT COURTNEY IS WEARING GRYFFINDOR COLORS THIS EVENING, SO I'LL JUST MAKE THAT ONE SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE TO THE SCRIPT THERE.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS.

I REALLY I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON AUDIT.

IT'S HARD TO MAKE BUDGET WORK AND AUDIT WORK ENTERTAINING, BUT I REALLY DO ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THE OUTSIDE VALIDATION AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE LIKE MAGICAL FAIRIES THAT SOMEHOW MAKE IT ALL WORK BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE STATE'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUR BUDGET DECREASE OVER THE YEARS. SO WHATEVER YOU DO WITH YOUR MAGICAL PIXIE DUST TO MAKE IT ALL WORK, I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA HOURS, THE LATE NIGHTS, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE OUR BUDGET TO WHERE WE CAN TRY TO GET IT BACK TO A BALANCED BUDGET AT SOME POINT.

THERE'S HOPE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR.

WE'RE HOPEFUL. BUT I JUST REALLY I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO CONTINUING OUR RICH HISTORY AND LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAID THE NUMBER 40, I WAS LIKE, WOW, THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVING THIS SINCE 1982.

I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING IT INTO CONTEXT, HOW GREAT OF A DISTRICT WE ARE AND WHAT THAT WHAT THAT MEANS TO HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE.

AND YOU CAN YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, SO TARRAH I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE WITH HOW OLD I WAS IN 1982.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT TO CONTINUOUSLY EARN THIS LEVEL OF RECOGNITION.

OUR COMMUNITY IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A ACCOUNTING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES AN AMAZING REPORT.

I FIND IT ENTERTAINING.

ACCOUNTING IS AMAZING.

IT'S ENTERTAINING.

IT'S FUN. ANYWAY, I SAY THAT AS A FELLOW BEAN COUNTER.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS NOT JUST A BALANCE SHEET INCOME STATEMENT, ET CETERA.

IT'S IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

SO HONESTLY, IT'S A GOOD READ.

IT TRULY IS. IT'S GOT THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS IN THE FRONT, ALL THE FINANCIALS AND IN THE BACK THERE ARE ALL THESE SCHEDULES THAT YOU REALLY LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND FOR THEM TO COMPILE THIS EVERY YEAR, IT'S QUITE AN AMAZING FEAT.

SO, SO KUDOS TO THE WHOLE TEAM.

LIKE I SAID FROM A FELLOW BEAN COUNTER, I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THIS OTHER SMALL AND MIGHTY TEAM AGAIN, I MEAN THE BEST OF THE BEST RIGHT HERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND I'M SPEAKING TO EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN THE ROOM, YOU ALL ARE SO SERVICE ORIENTED AND YOU FIND A WAY AND I TRULY SEE THE MAGIC AND LIKE, HERE'S A NEED AT A CAMPUS AND YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO FIND A WAY AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES ARE THROWN OUR WAY THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL SOMETIMES, YOU CONTINUE TO TO TO LEAD THROUGH IT, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESOURCED LIKE WE NEED TO BE.

AND I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER DEPUTY OVER BUSINESS EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY ANTSY BECAUSE TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

YOU'RE EACH WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS TO THE LOBBY FOR PHOTOS.

AND MANY THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

[00:52:02]

DR. FREEMAN DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. 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 ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW SIGN UP OR THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION SHOULD NOT BE USED TO CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN BOARD POLICY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS.

AN INDIVIDUAL MUST FIRST SEEK RESOLUTION ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH DESIGNATED CHANNELS ESTABLISHED BY POLICY.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL HAS ATTEMPTED TO SOLVE A MATTER ADMINISTRATIVELY AND IF NOT, WILL REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE APPROPRIATE POLICY TO SEEK RESOLUTION.

SPEAKERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO NAME A SPECIFIC PERSON OR STUDENT.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

IF YOU ARE 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 ARE OUT OF ORDER AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

AS A REMINDER TO ALL, IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO ATTEMPT 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 UPON TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, THE TOPIC OF YOUR COMMENTS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT. DR.

FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.

OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CODY WEAVER AND TOPICS INCLUDE 7.19 APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE 23-24 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN 7.22 ADOPTION OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR 7.24 APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS.

8.3 SAFETY AND SECURITY HB 3 UPDATE, 9.1 CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE REQUIREMENT OF HB 3 AND 10.1 APPROVAL OF POLICY BE LOCAL.

[00:55:04]

WILL THE BOARD PUBLICLY EXPLAINED PRECISELY WHAT IS ROUTINE ABOUT TRANSFERRING THE AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE PROPERTY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT? YOU ALL VIOLATED BOARD POLICY, PAST PRECEDENT AND PUBLIC TRUST BY CONCEALING THIS ITEM IN CONSENT AGENDA.

FURTHERMORE, YOU DID NOT MAKE THE RESOLUTION PUBLIC UNTIL WEEKS LATER.

A SIMPLE THEME OR A SIMILAR THEME OF CONCEALMENT CAN BE FOUND ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEM 7.24 APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS.

THIS IS ANOTHER BREAK FROM PRECEDENT AS THE CURRENT BOARD QUIETLY ADDS THIS NON ROUTINE ITEM TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IN PRIOR YEARS WAS PART OF DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

NO DISCUSSION, NO QUESTIONS, NO AMENDMENTS.

HOW CAN ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES AGREE BEFORE EVER LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS? IF THIS ITEM IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, FOUR OF THE SEVEN TRUSTEES DID NOT SEE THIS DOCUMENT UNTIL IT WAS ALREADY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I AM CALLING ON THE BOARD TO MOVE ITEM 7.24 TO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION SECTION OF THE MEETING.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.19 IS AN AMENDMENT THAT VAGUELY DESCRIBES CHANGES TO THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN.

THIS HAS A $4.3 MILLION BUDGET IMPACT.

I FIND THAT NUMBER VERY INTERESTING SEEING HOW AT THE JULY 18TH SPECIAL CALLED MEETING THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED A $3 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY TO ALL CAMPUSES AS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL 3.

THIS HAS ME WONDERING WHAT YOU SPENT THREE HOURS IN CLOSED SESSION TALKING ABOUT.

THE BOARD CAN FIND FUNDS TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $4.3 MILLION FOR UNKNOWN EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION, YET CAN'T FIND FUNDS TO MEET HOUSE BILL 3S REQUIREMENTS FOR ARMED SECURITY ON EVERY CAMPUS BY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE BOARD HAS REMAINED SILENT ON THIS ISSUE.

PUBLICLY YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, NO DISCUSSION, NO DELIBERATION.

YOU HAVE STALLED AND WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO ADDRESS STUDENT SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS.

SO I AM HERE TONIGHT ASKING EACH BOARD MEMBER TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 3 AND STATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING ARMED SECURITY TO ALL CAMPUSES.

IF YOU ARE SILENT ON THIS, I WILL ASSUME YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THESE MEASURES AND MAY BE WORKING TO UNDERMINE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE STATE REQUIRED SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES.

LASTLY, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.22 APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT DIMINISHES PARENTAL RIGHTS AND ENDANGERS STUDENTS.

THIS UPDATE ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO INTERROGATE YOUR CHILD WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.

IF YOU APPROVE OF THIS, YOU ARE VOTING TO FURTHER DEGRADE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

074, 551.

076 AND 551.089.

THE TIME IS 6:58 P.M..

Y'ALL READY? Y'ALL READY? OKAY. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE THE OPEN SESSION.

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

CONSENT. LET'S SEE.

WE'RE DOWN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS.

THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR A BACK TO SCHOOL REPORT.

[8.1 Back to School Report]

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, TRUSTEES.

I AM EXCITED TO SHARE THE FIRST REPORT.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CHUCKLE AT THAT, WITH YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

[01:00:04]

SO I'LL GO QUICKLY BECAUSE I DO KNOW IT'S LATE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CLICKER WORKS.

THERE WE GO. WE'RE GOING TO TALK JUST QUICKLY ABOUT SOME CALENDARS AND SCHOOL HOURS, JUST TO REMIND YOU, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VISITING SCHOOLS TOMORROW.

VISIT BRIEFLY ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR LEVEL UP THEME THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHERE OUR FAMILIES CAN FIND RESOURCES.

JUST AS A REMINDER, TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WE HOPE OUR KIDS ARE ALL IN BED GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S REST, BUT WE DO HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS IN ATTENDANCE AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE GOOD ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. AND IF PARENTS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ENROLLMENT OR TRANSFERS RIGHT NOW, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR CHILD'S CAMPUS BECAUSE WE ARE BACK TO ENROLLMENT ON THE CAMPUSES. SO THAT WILL WORK FOR THAT.

JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE ADDED TEN MINUTES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY THIS YEAR THAT WILL HELP US WITH NOT ONLY TEACHING AND LEARNING, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO BANK A FEW EXTRA DAYS AND HAVING AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT TEACHER HOLIDAY.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME INCLEMENT WEATHER WIGGLE ROOM.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN, I CERTAINLY WILL NOT READ TO YOU, BUT AS YOU'LL NOTICE, OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS START AROUND 7:55.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BRIGHT AND EARLY AT 7:40.

MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LITTLE LATER AT 8:25.

AND THEN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OR THE HIGH SCHOOL IS A LITTLE BIT LATER.

SO IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THEY CAN CERTAINLY CHECK THE WEBSITE.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THANKS, LISA.

SO WE USE THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL HERE IN PLANO ISD, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS IS WITHIN THOSE FIRST TEN DAYS OF CLASSES, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH CAMPUS TRAINS AND CONDUCTS THOSE DRILLS WITH STUDENTS AND WITH STAFF.

THE FOUR DRILLS THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON IN THE FIRST TEN DAYS, IT WILL BE AN EVACUATION.

THAT'S A FIRE DRILL.

BUT THEN SHELTER LOCKDOWN AND SECURE PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING SOME COMMUNICATION IN AUGUST REGARDING THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL. AND ALSO A LINK WILL BE IN THAT COMMUNICATION SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN MORE, REVIEW IT THEMSELVES, OR BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT WITH THEIR STUDENTS OR CHILDREN SHOULD I SAY.

THESE DRILLS ARE ALSO PRACTICED YEAR ROUND.

THEY DO FIRE DRILLS MONTHLY AND THEY DO LOCKDOWNS MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

EACH CAMPUS, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS AN EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, AND THEY HAVE TEAMS AND COMMITTEES THAT HELP DEVELOP AND OVERSEE THEM.

SO EACH PLAN ADDRESSES THESE FIVE PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEN OUR DISTRICT MULTI-HAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT ONE, IS APPROVED ANNUALLY THROUGH THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.

AND THEN OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE CAMPUS EMERGENCY PLANS FOR EACH CAMPUS EACH YEAR.

WE ALSO COMPLETE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDITS ON A THREE YEAR CYCLE AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

AND THEN OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM ALSO COMPLETE COMPLETES UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS AT CAMPUSES REGULARLY AND CAMPUSES COMPLETE, COMPLETE WEEKLY DOOR CHECKS.

OKAY. COMPLETE WEEKLY DOOR CHECKS OF EXTERIOR DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE LOCKED.

CAMPUS CAMPUSES DOCUMENT THESE AND SUBMIT THESE REPORTS TO SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WELL.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DO THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL HERE IN PLANO.

THAT'S THE WHOLE SECURE LOCKDOWN EVACUATE AND SHELTER.

STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE HIGHLY TRAINED ON THIS.

AND WE DO CONDUCT THOSE DRILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

GOBER. HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THESE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.

WELL, ON LAST WEDNESDAY, MY GOD, TIME IS GOING BY SO FAST.

WE HAD IT'S HARD TO TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR, BUT IT WAS BY BEST ESTIMATES FROM THE PLANO CENTER, ABOUT 6,000 FOLKS CAME IN AND OUT OF THERE THAT EVENING, SAW MANY OF YOU, AND WE APPRECIATED YOUR HELP AND PRESENCE.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS.

I PUT THESE IN OUR LAST BOARD UPDATE, BUT SOME GREAT, GREAT NUMBERS FROM HAIRCUTS TO IMMUNIZATIONS TO BACKPACKS AND, OF COURSE, BOXES OF FOOD.

WE SAW A LOT OF FAMILIES, GAVE A LOT OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT, GREETED AND MET SOME NEW FAMILIES.

AND A GREAT EVENT.

HERE IS THAT EVENT IN PICTURES.

[01:05:03]

HAIRCUTS, JUST HAPPY KIDS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WORK ON IMPROVING, BUT I THINK NEXT YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON THEIR WAY OUT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAUL AROUND THOSE BOXES OF FOOD.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SMALL LITTLE LOGISTICAL THINGS, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.

OF COURSE, OUR CITY OF PLANO WAS OUR PARTNER WITH THIS.

OUR MAYOR CAME OUT, SOME CITY COUNCIL FOLKS CAME OUT.

IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS OF THAT EVENT.

IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.

I WANT TO GIVE SOME BIG PRAISE AND KUDOS TO SHARON BRADLEY AND HER TEAM, JAMES THOMAS AND DAPHNE WARREN, WHO WERE REALLY THE SPEARHEAD OF THAT.

AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

SO ON THE 28TH OF JULY, WE HAD A NO FRILLS JOB FAIR AT THE STOCKWELL CENTER.

IT WAS PUT TOGETHER RATHER QUICKLY TO ACCOMMODATE NEEDS AND WISHES OF THE CAMPUSES.

WE HAD 40. IT WAS VOLUNTARY FOR THE CAMPUSES.

40 CAMPUSES.

ESTIMATED NUMBER 200 PLUS.

WE DID NOT HAVE THEM SIGN IN BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LINES.

IT WAS HOT AND WE WANTED TO GET THEM INTO THE PRINCIPLES.

WE HAD NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THE FAIR.

IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, WE HAVE TWO COMMENTS FROM CANDIDATES THAT I RECEIVED, AN EMAIL RESPONSES AND ALSO A COMMENT FROM A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL THAT WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATES THAT SHOWED UP.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HAVING A JOB FAIR IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LONG TERM SUB ISSUES AND POSSIBLY GETTING OUR CERTIFIED TEACHER RANKS FILLED WITH THAT.

STEPHANIE RAMOS WAS ON TV A LOT OVER THIS JOB FAIR.

WE GOT SOME GREAT PUBLICITY IF YOU WANT TO CLICK THE ARROW.

STILL POSITIONS TO FILL IN A LOT OF THEM.

OLIVIA LEACH WENT TO PLANO ISDS JOB FAIR EARLIER TODAY TO LOOK AT THE CREATIVE INCENTIVES THAT SOME DISTRICTS ARE USING TO ATTRACT POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

PRIYA RAJAGOPAL IS LOOKING FOR A NEW CAREER, SO WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT PLANO ISDS JOB FAIR, SHE MADE A PLAN TO GET THERE.

I WALKED IN LOOKING FOR A CLASSROOM ASSISTANT POSITIONS BECAUSE I AM NOT QUALIFIED IN THE EDUCATION AREA.

A MAJOR DRAW A LIST OF BENEFITS AND PAY INCREASES CAUGHT HER EYE.

STARTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT PLANO ISD, ALL SUPPORT STAFF WILL MAKE A MINIMUM OF $15 AN HOUR AND ALL EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A $1,000 STIPEND. A $1,000 STIPEND THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED.

THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY A BONUS.

YES, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS, HAVING QUALITY STAFF IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE STARTING TEACHER SALARY FOR TEACHERS WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IS $60,000, UP FROM $58,250 LAST YEAR.

NEW TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES WILL MAKE $62,000.

STARTING PAY FOR NEW TEACHERS IN MCKINNEY ISD IS $60,450.

IN RICHARDSON ISD $60,000 AND IN FRISCO ISD $59,000.

I KEEP TELLING THIS TO EVERYBODY.

TEACHERS NEED TO BE COMPENSATED VERY WELL.

PLANO ISD IS ALSO OFFERING ADDITIONAL STIPENDS FOR HARD TO FILL POSITIONS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL ROLES, AND A PROGRAM THAT HELPS CURRENT EMPLOYEES GET CERTIFIED TO TEACH. WITH DISTRICTS ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME POOL OF APPLICANTS.

DISTRICTS ARE HOPING THEIR INCENTIVES WILL LURE PEOPLE IN.

I SAW THE PACKAGE.

IT WAS VERY LUCRATIVE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT ME HERE.

IN PLANO, OLIVIA LEACH, CBS NEWS, TEXAS.

SO THAT IN A FEW WORDS, IS A LOT OF FREE PUBLICITY FOR OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO IT WAS QUITE A SUCCESSFUL JOB FAIR.

SO IT'S EXCITING THAT WE'VE HAD EVENTS FOR FAMILIES, WE'VE HAD EVENTS TO TRY TO GET STAFF, AND WE ALSO THEN TURN AROUND AND GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO GET SCHOOL STARTED.

AND IT'S ALWAYS AN ENERGIZING TIME TO DO BACK TO SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

WE STARTED WELCOMING OUR BRAND NEW TEACHERS, THANKS TO IVAN CANTU AND HIS TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO WITH THE THEY'VE CALLED IT POWER THIS YEAR FOR THE NEW TEACHERS THEY'VE EVEN PUT TOGETHER.

I BROUGHT A SAMPLE TO SHOW YOU THIS REALLY SLICK POWER PACK FOR NEW TEACHERS WITH ALL THE CRITICAL THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED AND THEY WELCOMED THEM.

AND WE APPRECIATED MARKET STREET HAVING A LOVELY RECEPTION FOR THEM AT THE PLANO FINE ARTS CENTER, BUT REALLY TOOK SOME TIME TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE BRAND NEW

[01:10:03]

SO THEY OFFERED SOME DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING FOR THEM AND HAD JUST A GREAT TIME WITH NEW TEACHERS.

WE ALSO TURNED AROUND AND DID PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WITH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHEN THEY GOT BACK.

AGAIN, ENERGIZING GETS GETS FOLKS FIRED UP FOR THE YEAR.

WE USED OUR THEME LEVEL UP AND YOU'LL NOTICE A LITTLE MARIO IN THE PICTURE.

SOME OF US GOT A LITTLE EXCITED.

WE DID CONTENT AREA SESSIONS.

WE ALSO OUTLINED EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOMS AND REALLY JUST WORKED THROUGH.

AND YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL. I WON'T READ THEM TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S LATE, BUT YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THE TOPICS THAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COVER DURING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

A FEW MORE PICTURES PRE K TEAM WAS REALLY QUITE LOVELY IN THEIR MARIO DRESS AND READY TO GO, BUT LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOWED ANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA OR NOT, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF FUN THINGS THAT WE SAW HAPPENING IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO START THE YEAR. WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

WE TRIED SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.

WE WORKED WITH THEM BOTH IN JUNE AND IN JULY AND IN JUNE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION AND OUR ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAMS WORKED WITH PRINCIPALS, REALLY ALL ABOUT INSTRUCTION, BROUGHT IN EXPERTS FROM LEAD FORWARD AND WITH THE WITH THE HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOLS AND WORKED REALLY SEVERAL DAYS WITH THEM ON INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN CLASSROOMS AND HOW TO REALLY LEVEL UP TO THAT.

AND IN JULY WE TALKED ALL ABOUT SYSTEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT LEVELING UP OUR SYSTEMS, MAKING SURE SYSTEMS WERE IN PROCESS OR IN PLACE FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT INCLUDED IVAN AND HIS TEAM HOSTING A NEW ADMINISTRATOR BOOT CAMP.

SO THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO PLANO OR JUST NEW TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, WERE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE EXTRA BOOT CAMP SESSION.

SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO'VE WORKED EXTRA TO GET ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZED AND READY TO GO, AND THAT WAS NOT ALL TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAD AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO LESLEY.

CONVOCATION. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WILL GO QUICKLY HERE.

MOST OF YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR CONVOCATION 2023-24.

WE LAUNCHED THE YEAR EXPANDING ON OUR THEME LEVEL UP.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PLANO ISD? IT MEANS HONORING OUR HISTORY, LIVING OUR LEGACY, AND ADVANCING OUR FUTURE.

WE WERE ABLE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE AND HAVING A LIVE STREAM EVENT FROM THE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER, WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR CAMPUSES TO STAY ON CAMPUS AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER, SAVE SOME TIME WITH COMMUTING AND RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE WHERE THEY WERE.

IT WAS A TRUE COLLABORATION AND HAVING BEEN OUT FOR PART OF THE SUMMER, COMING BACK TO EXPERIENCE IT, I WAS VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD A FEW TECHNOLOGY BAUBLES THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED IT TO BE, BUT WE LEARNED A LOT AND LEVELED UP.

AS WE PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, THE LIVE STREAM, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TRIVIA GAME, WAS A HIT, SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS IN FINE ARTS AND ACADEMIC SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, SERVING AS THE EMCEES FOR THE GAME SHOW.

THEY WERE REALLY GREAT.

WE HAD OUR INSPIRATIONAL REMARKS FROM SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

AGAIN, WE HAD PRIZES FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH WAS GREAT, AND THEN SOME PRE-SHOW ACTIVITIES FOR THE FOLKS AT ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER, BUT ALSO SOME GIFT ITEMS, A LOT CONTRIBUTING FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR OUR OUR STAFF ON THE CAMPUSES. SO THE INTERACTIVE WATCH PARTIES WERE MADE EVEN MORE FUN BY THAT.

THE WHOLE EVENT WAS CAPTURED ON AND IT CAN BE PLAYED ON DEMAND SO IT CAN BE WATCHED AGAIN.

SO JUST MANY THANKS TO ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.

I FELT A LITTLE MORE LIKE A SPECTATOR THIS YEAR, BUT I'M STILL VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER.

AND THEN HERE ARE SOME PICTURES YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF YOURSELVES.

WE'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES FROM THE CAMPUSES, SO EVERYBODY KIND OF BAND TOGETHER TO LEVEL UP AND ENJOY THIS YEAR'S THEME.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES.

AND I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE PROVIDING A BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN THAT CAN BE VIEWED OR DOWNLOADED ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ARE STAYING IN TOUCH WITH OUR FAMILIES THROUGH LET'S TALK THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP AS WELL.

JUST WAYS TO CONNECT.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO OUR DISTRICT UPDATES FOR PLANO ISD FAMILIES.

WE ARE WORKING ON A WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OR AT THE END OF OUR COUNTDOWN TO BACK TO SCHOOL ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN OUR WEBSITE.

[01:15:03]

YOU CAN ACCESS THAT BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN AND YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE DISTRICT UPDATES FOR OUR FAMILIES.

WE INCLUDED A NICE MESSAGE TODAY OUT TO FAMILIES ABOUT SHOWING UP AND BEING ON TIME, I BELIEVE ATTENDANCE BEING IMPORTANT AND THEN JUST LOTS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE THAT YOU CAN FIND AT PISD.EDU/BACK TO SCHOOL.

AND THAT IS IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LESLEY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AMAZING REPORT.

WE'RE EXCITED THAT SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 8.2 REPORTS, LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES AND CALCULATED TAX RATE.

[8.2 Legislative Update, Certified Property Values and Calculated Tax Rate]

FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO TALK ABOUT SENATE BILL 2 OUT OF THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR HOMEOWNERS.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET OUR OUR LEGISLATORS RECEIVED OUR TAX RELIEF.

AND SO WHAT THEY DID WITH THE FIRST BULLET HERE IS THEY REDUCED WHEN IT SAYS MCR, IT'S TALKING ABOUT MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HAD SINCE HOUSE BILL THREE OF 2019, WHICH IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, AS VALUES GO UP, TAX RATES SHOULD GO DOWN.

AND SO AN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL CURRENT LAW COMPRESSION, THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 10.7 CENTS TO THAT COMPRESSION.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S SUBJECT TO THE 90% EQUITY BAND, WHICH IS SIMPLY MEANS ALL OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE TO STAY WITHIN A 10% INTERVAL.

THE INCREASED MANDATORY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS TO UP TO $100,000.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT $40,000.

AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS AS WELL.

AND THEN THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO US, THE THIRD BULLET.

BUT IF YOU OFFER AN ADDITIONAL LOCAL OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, YOU CAN NOT CHANGE THAT UNTIL 2028.

ALSO AND THIS IS A GOOD NEWS AND I WANT TO POINT OUT PRESIDENT HUMPHREY ON THIS ONE, AND THAT IS IT INCLUDED AN KNOW AND HONEST HOLD HARMLESS.

WE CALL THAT ASAHI ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND THAT'S BIG BECAUSE AT THE LAST MINUTE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WORKED WAS WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME HOLD HARMLESS IN PLACE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY INCORPORATE OUR LAST BOND ELECTION THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND GOING ON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE THAT WON'T ACTUALLY START TILL THE 2024 YEAR, 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT THIS IS ON NON HOMESTEAD RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT THERE IS A CAP, AN APPRAISAL CAP OF 20%.

IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PROPERTY VALUED AT LESS THAN THE FIVE, THE $5 MILLION.

AND ALSO THAT $5 MILLION THRESHOLD IS INDEXED FOR INFLATION FOR THAT THREE YEAR PILOT PERIOD.

AND THEN EXPANDS APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW IF YOU'RE IN A COUNTY OF MORE THAN $75,000.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE.

THEN THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL THREE AT LARGE SEATS ON THE APPRAISAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO YOU ON THAT.

ALSO IN THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, THERE WAS SENATE BILL 3, WHICH IS JUST INCREASING FRANCHISE TAX EXEMPTIONS TO $2.47 MILLION.

AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE RATIFIED IN NOVEMBER AND THAT WILL BE WITH HJR 2 I CAN'T IMAGINE FOLKS NOT BEING IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE RATIFIED IN NOVEMBER.

GOING ON TO WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR TAX RATES, WHICH IS COMING UP RATHER QUICKLY.

WE'VE SET WE'RE LOOKING TO SET TAX RATES ON THE 22ND OF AUGUST.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE TAX RATES THE ACTUAL TAX RATES WERE FOR THIS LAST YEAR.

JUST A HAIR UNDER A $1.26.

AND WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THROUGH THE BUDGET PERIOD IN THE CURRENT LAW, BASED ON OUR OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO ABOUT A $1.21. BUT OUR ESTIMATE WAS BASED ON A JUST A HAIR UNDER 8% AND OUR ACTUAL INCREASES WERE ABOUT 12.37. ONCE THE CERTIFIED VALUES CAME OUT AT THE END OF JULY AND THEN ALSO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL 10.7 CENTS UNDER SB 2 TOOK THE RATES ALL THE WAY DOWN BY 18, A LITTLE OVER $0.18 THIS YEAR.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO OUR PROJECTED TAX RATES WILL GO FROM $1.25975 ALL THE WAY TO $1.7785.

THAT'S THAT'S 18 A LITTLE OVER $0.18 THIS ONE YEAR.

AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT $0.36 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

[01:20:03]

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SHOW WHAT THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE IS.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT'S GOING.

WHAT WE DO IS SHOW ON THIS IS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS IF YOU GO OVER THAT $1.7785, THEN IT THROWS US INTO A VADER ELECTION, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY MAXED OUT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ON THE SECOND ROW AND THE THIRD ROW, THOSE BEING THE EXACT SAME, WE'VE MAXED OUT WHAT THAT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT TAX RATE.

THIS IS JUST A BAR GRAPH OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADE.

AND JUST LOOKING YOU CAN SEE JUST THAT FIVE YEARS AGO, 20 YOU KNOW, THE THE 2019, THE TAX RATE WAS $1.4390 AND THEN ESTIMATED TAX RATE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO $1.779.

THAT'S THE $0.36 THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THESE ARE JUST THE APPRAISAL VALUES, THIS IS THE APPRAISAL VALUE AND THEN THE NET TAXABLE VALUE.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GONE UP A LITTLE OVER 12% IN ONE YEAR IN VALUE.

AND THAT'S THAT'S OVER A PRETTY BIG NUMBER ANYWAY.

SO GOING UP 12% WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS IS A VERY, VERY VIBRANT ECONOMY.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VERY TOP THAT'S ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE.

AN AVERAGE HOUSE IN IN PLANO ISD IS ABOUT 500, I THINK ABOUT $585,000.

AND TAXES, WHAT THEY WERE THIS LAST YEAR ON THAT AVERAGE HOUSE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO THIS NEXT YEAR IT'S ABOUT $850 DECREASE.

THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

THIS IS JUST WHAT I LIKE TO CALL A TAXPARENCY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE, BUT ONE THING THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AND IT IS JUST A ONE YEAR, THEN IT WILL PROBABLY GO BACK UP AGAIN.

BUT YOU CAN SEE IN 2023, OUR PERCENTAGE OF RECAPTURE ON THE ON OUR M&O SIDE IT WAS ABOUT ALMOST 38%.

IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GOING UP RAPIDLY, 38%.

THAT'S THAT BLUE SECTION.

AND WITH THE SENATE BILL 2 WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT 27% FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S 27% OF EVERY EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S LEVIED WILL GO INTO RECAPTURE.

OKAY. WHAT THAT MEANS OVERALL, IF YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT OUR ESTIMATES, WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT LAW OF A RECAPTURE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $252 MILLION.

THAT TAKES IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT $170 MILLION THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISINTERPRET THAT, TO THINK THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY IN OUR CLASSROOMS, THAT DOESN'T THEY'VE ALSO REDUCED OUR TAX REVENUES BY THAT SAME AMOUNT.

SO THEY TAKE IT OFF OUR REVENUES AND TAKE IT OFF OUR EXPENSES.

AND THEY'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE REDUCED RECAPTURE, BUT IT'S NO NEW MONEY INTO OUR INTO THE BUDGET FOR OUR CLASSROOMS AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR.

WE HAVE DONE ALL THE NECESSARY POSTINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION AND THEN JUST A VOTE BY YOU GUYS ON THE 22ND TO ADOPT OUR TAX RATE.

AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

I'LL STOP THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE REPORT AND PRETTY GOOD NEWS.

HOMEOWNERS ARE GOING TO SAVE A LITTLE ON THEIR TAX BILLS.

THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD THING.

WE'RE AT SECTION 8.3.

[8.3 Safety and Security House Bill 3 Update]

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

SELENDA FREEMAN WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

HOUSE BILL THREE UPDATE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CHIEF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, KEVIN KEATING, UP TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. I'LL ALSO TRY TO GO PRETTY QUICKLY.

I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE.

SO HOUSE BILL 3 CAME OUT OF THE 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

I WON'T READ THAT TO YOU.

WE'VE BEEN OVER THAT A FEW TIMES.

IT HAS TO DO WITH ENSURING PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY.

A QUICK TIMELINE WAS FILED IN MARCH, SIGNED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN MAY 29TH, SENT TO THE GOVERNOR, BECAME LAW AND SIGNED INTO LAW ON THE 14TH, AND IT IS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO. SPECIFICALLY SECTION TEN IN HB 3 IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

AMENDS SECTION 37.0814 BOARD MUST ENSURE AT LEAST ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER IS PRESENT DURING REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS AT EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS.

A SECURITY OFFICER DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION A MUST BE A SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICER.

A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR A COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED A SECURITY, WHICH MEANS US HIRING AN OFF DUTY OFFICER LIKE WE DO FOR SOME AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS.

[01:25:07]

THE BOARD OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHOOL DISTRICT CLAIMS A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MUST DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD WITH WHICH THE DISTRICT CAN COMPLY.

THAT CAN INCLUDE A SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, OR A PERSON WITH WHOM THE DISTRICT CONTRACTS WITH, WHOSE COMPLETED SCHOOL SAFETY TRAINING UNDER SECTION 411.1901 AND CARRIES A HANDGUN ON SCHOOL PREMISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH WRITTEN REGULATIONS OR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF THE DISTRICT UNDER SECTION 46.03.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST ALSO DEVELOP, MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION IF THAT'S CLAIMED.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT BRIEFLY THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANO ISD.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HIRING 55 ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS.

YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THAT BREAKS DOWN THERE.

WE HAVE 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD, ADULT TRANSITION, BIRD, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW 6 FOR BACKFILL FOR WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT SICK OR HURT OR EVEN AN SRO THAT'S OUT AT A SECONDARY CAMPUS.

SOME OF THE COMPLIANCE OPTIONS.

THE WAY WE CAN COMPLY WITH HB 3 WOULD BE, LIKE I MENTIONED, A SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICER.

WE DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE THAT AT THIS TIME.

OR OFF DUTY OFFICERS.

LIKE I SAID, WE HIRE FOR SOME SPORTING EVENTS AND AFTER SCHOOL STUFF WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY HIRE THE AMOUNT WE NEED ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS TO COMPLY WITH HB 3.

OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE STANDARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SCHOOL MARSHAL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT OR THEY MUST POSSESS AN LTC, WHICH IS LICENSED TO CARRY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THEY MUST PASS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE AN 80 HOUR COURSE WITH 16 HOURS OF TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS.

RECERTIFICATION TRAINING.

SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS A GUARDIAN PROGRAM.

THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY A TERM IN THE LAW, BUT IT'S PRETTY WIDELY KNOWN.

OR A PERSON WITH WHOM THE DISTRICT CONTRACTS THAT WOULD BE LIKE AN OUTSIDE PRIVATE SECURITY TO PROVIDE UNIFORMED ARMED SECURITY TO OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY MUST ALSO POSSESS AN LTC.

THEY MUST COMPLETE A SCHOOL TRAINING PROGRAM.

BUT THAT'S ONLY 16 HOURS.

SOME OF THE DOWNSIDES THEY'RE CONTRACTING WITH OUTSIDE PRIVATE SECURITY GIVES US VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER WHO WE'RE PUTTING INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THERE'S A REAL LACK OF QUALITY CONTROL THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW THE HIRING STANDARDS FOR A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY, AND THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH TURNOVER RATE.

BRIEFLY ON SECTION 32, THERE'S AN INCREASE OF $0.28 PER ADA AND 15,000 PER CAMPUS, WHICH FOR US COMES TO ABOUT $1.1 MILLION.

PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO COST US AROUND $4 MILLION.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STATE DID NOT CHOOSE TO FULLY FUND THIS MANDATE.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO PLANO ISD RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD WOULD BE THAT WE UTILIZE A GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION AND ADOPT AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD DUE TO THE PERSONNEL AVAILABILITY OR LACK THEREOF.

AND THAT ALTERNATIVE STANDARD WOULD BE THE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.

WE WOULD HIRE NEW PERSONNEL FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

WE STRICTER REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING IF WE WENT OUTSIDE FOR IT.

IT'S LICENSED AND REGULATED BY TCOLE, WHICH IS THE SAME AGENCY THAT LICENSES ALL POLICE OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE COULD SET OUR OWN HIRING PARAMETERS IN THIS CASE.

YOU KNOW, PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PREFERRED, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD NEED TO BE A YEAR ROUND POSITION AND THEN THEY WOULD BE DEPLOYED TO EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF RATIONALE BEHIND THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS LICENSED THROUGH TCOLE.

THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE AN LTC.

THEY MUST PASS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AS 80 HOURS OF INITIAL TRAINING REQUIRED BEFORE THEY CAN GET A MARSHAL SCHOOL MARSHAL LICENSE.

AND THAT HAS TO BE RENEWED EVERY TWO YEARS WITH 16 MORE HOURS AND ANOTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL.

IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE PLANO ISD WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAINING ONCE THEY WERE OUR EMPLOYEES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. SOME OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

THEIR MAIN DUTY AS A MARSHAL ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS WOULD BE TO RESPOND TO AND IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS ANY ACTIVE THREAT INCIDENT ON CAMPUS.

CONTINUALLY PATROL AND I SAY PATROL ON FOOT, ASSIGN CAMPUS AND BE VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ESPECIALLY PASSING PERIODS, LUNCH PERIODS, DROP OFF, PICK UP RECESS BECAUSE THE KIDS WOULD BE MORE VULNERABLE THAN UP BEHIND A LOCKED DOOR.

THEY'RE NOT IN A CLASSROOM DOOR. THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT.

SO THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, WE WANT EXTRA VISIBILITY AT THAT TIME.

ASSISTANT EMERGENCY DRILLS THAT PROMOTE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE CAMPUS.

SO AS DR. FREEMAN MENTIONED BEFORE, WE CONDUCT DRILLS AT ALL CAMPUSES.

THE MARSHALS WOULD BE THERE TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE DRILLS, CONDUCT EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS TO ENSURE DOORS ARE LOCKED AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND CONDUCT SAFETY AND SECURITY INSPECTIONS AT ASSIGNED CAMPUSES.

[01:30:02]

MARSHALS WILL NOT PERFORM ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES UNLESS THE DUTIES PERFORMED IN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY DO POSE A THREAT OF DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A STUDENT, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL ON DISTRICT PROPERTY.

CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WILL NOT ASSIGN SCHOOL MARSHALS TO PERFORM DUTIES RELATED TO SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS OR REGULAR DIRECT CONTACT WITH WITH STUDENTS.

SO FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, CURRENT SAFETY AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATORS.

SO MYSELF, OUR TWO COORDINATORS, OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BECOME LICENSED SCHOOL MARSHALS AS WELL.

WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE SRO PROGRAM WE HAVE IN PLACE AT ALL SECONDARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR HIGHS.

WE WOULD ALSO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN PLACE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE WE GET VISITS FROM ON DUTY AND OFF DUTY OFFICERS.

NONE OF THAT WOULD CHANGE.

AND WE CONTINUE WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW.

AGAIN, DR. FREEMAN MENTIONED THE DRILLS, THE SRP TRAINING, THE CAMPUS SAFETY TEAMS, THE SAME ALL THE SAME PROTOCOLS THAT WE STILL HAVE NOW.

IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.

IT WOULD REQUIRE THE BOARD TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTION.

WE WOULD POST FOR THE 55 POSITIONS AND THEN WE'D PREPARE FOR ONBOARDING TRAINING.

WE'D ALSO CONDUCT TRAINING WITH PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS SO THEY UNDERSTOOD THE EXACT ROLES OF A SCHOOL MARSHAL AND THAT THEY CANNOT BE ASSIGNED ANY TASKS FROM THOSE ADMINISTRATORS IN TERMS OF DAY TO DAY SCHOOL STUFF.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WOULD BE THERE FOR.

AND IN TERMS OF A HIRING TIMELINE, IF THE BOARD WAS TO PASS THAT RESOLUTION TONIGHT, WE COULD POST THIS POSITION AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

THERE'S A FORM THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FILLED OUT BY THE BOARD.

I WOULD SEND THAT INTO TCOLE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE INTENDED TO GO THIS DIRECTION.

AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO THE CALENDAR, AFTER A TWO WEEK POSTING PERIOD, TWO WEEKS WORTH OF SCHOOL DAYS, WE COULD LOOK TO START INTERVIEWS ON THE 28TH AND THEN SELECT CANDIDATES FROM THERE.

WE'D SEND THEM FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL THEY'D HAVE TO PASS OUT BEFORE WE WOULD GIVE THEM A JOB OFFERING.

AND THEN ONCE CANDIDATES ARE HIRED, THEY'D BE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL MARSHAL TRAINING COURSE WAITLIST, WHICH IS THROUGH TCOLE.

AND THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT, KEVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REALLY INFORMATIVE REPORT.

I HOPE I DIDN'T GO TOO FAST, BUT I KNOW.

NO, YOU DID JUST FINE.

AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC AND I THINK THAT YOU COVERED IT VERY WELL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN? I HAVE A COUPLE. I KNOW.

SORRY, KEVIN. NO, NO, I HAVE SEEN YOU PROBABLY MORE THAN I'VE SEEN MY WIFE THIS WEEK.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

NO, NO, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

THE NEW YORK ACCENT REALLY REMINDS ME OF HOME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY DISCIPLINARY RESPONSIBILITIES.

I GUESS HOW WOULD I GUESS HOW DO YOU PLAN ON I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO REPORT TO YOU AND NOT REPORT TO THE PRINCIPALS.

I GUESS HOW DO YOU PLAN ON ENSURING THAT THAT HAPPENS? BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS ALWAYS CERTAINLY YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE THERE WITH AUTHORITY AND A GUN.

HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T? SO I THINK IT'S I'M SORRY, NO.

HOW DO WE ENSURE THEY DON'T? SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A TRAINING COMPONENT, RIGHT? WE'LL DO TRAINING WITH THE WITH THE PEOPLE WE HIRE TO BE MARSHALS.

AND I WILL DO TRAINING WITH THE PRINCIPALS.

RIGHT. WE HAVE LEADERSHIP MEETINGS AT [INAUDIBLE] THAT I GO THROUGH ANYWAY AND TALK ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC GOING FORWARD.

SO I THINK IT'S A TRAINING COMPONENT ON BOTH ENDS, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE WE HIRE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WHAT THIS PERSON IS THERE FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR.

AND THEN CONTINUAL FOLLOW UP, WHETHER THAT BE BETWEEN MORE TRAINING AND REMIND THEM MEETINGS AND VISITING CAMPUSES.

AND THEN WHAT'S YOUR PLAN SINCE I GUESS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE BY SEPTEMBER 1, I'M ASSUMING WE CAN'T JUST MAGICALLY HIRE 55 PEOPLE TOMORROW.

WHAT'S THE PLAN TO SORT OF IS THERE SOME PLAN TO BRIDGE THE THE GAP OR IS IT JUST SIMPLY WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO HIRE? SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S BOTH.

I THINK WE WILL DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ON THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO THE GOAL.

AND THEN I MENTIONED AGAIN, I WENT VERY QUICKLY, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT I MENTIONED THAT WE'LL KEEP THE PLANS WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW.

RIGHT? SO WE HAVE SROS AT ALL SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE VISITS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES THROUGH THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS. AND THOSE WILL STAY IN PLACE WHILE WE IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, HOW IS OUR PLAN SORT OF COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS? BECAUSE SINCE EVERYBODY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THIS, WHAT ARE OTHER DISTRICTS DOING? HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT OUR PLAN VERSUS, SAY, FRISCO OR MCKINNEY OR ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE AROUND US? OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE'S DOING, BUT I'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER SECURITY DIRECTORS AND WHATNOT.

RIGHT. AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS.

[01:35:01]

THAT'S ONE OPTION, RIGHT? LIKE ABC SECURITY COMPANY OR WHATEVER.

THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE GUARDIAN ROUTE, WHICH IS THEY'RE HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS PLAN PROPOSES AND SENDING THEM TO THE TWO DAYS OF TRAINING AND DOING IT THAT WAY, THE 16 HOUR CLASS.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THIS ROUTE, THE MARSHAL ROUTE.

AND THEN I THINK THE SECOND PART OF HOW DO YOU THINK HOW DO I THINK OUR PLAN COMPARES TO OTHER DISTRICTS? I THINK WITH THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS, THIS IS OUR BEST PLAN BECAUSE I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT IF WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, THAT AN ON DUTY, FULLY TRAINED POLICE OFFICER WOULD BE OPTION ONE.

BUT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. THEY DON'T EXIST.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THEM.

SO WE ARE LIMITED BY THE BY THE LAW ON ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

AND THERE'S ONLY LIMITED OPTIONS ON HOW WE CAN GET THERE.

I THINK ONCE YOU ELIMINATE A ON DUTY, FULLY TRAINED POLICE OFFICER, NOT BY CHOICE, BUT BY THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T EXIST, I THINK THIS IS THE BEST OPTION.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. YEP.

FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, KEVIN, CAN YOU.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS IN THE PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW SCHOOL MARSHALS MAY BE DONE IN OTHER CAMPUSES VERSUS OURS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN KIND OF THE CONTINUUM OF THAT? LIKE HOW OURS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE SCHOOL MARSHALS? BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THE ADMIN OR THE SCHOOL NURSE COULD BE A SCHOOL MARSHAL.

COULD YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE VERY CLEAR ON.

I ONLY KNOW OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF WHAT I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE, SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IN ABSOLUTES THAT THIS IS FOR SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE A YOU CAN USE A SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEND THE SCIENCE TEACHER AND THE GYM AND THE GYM COACH AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THROUGH THE SCHOOL MARSHAL TRAINING.

AND THEY CAN BE WHAT I WOULD CALL DUAL ROLE, RIGHT? THEY CAN BE A SCIENCE TEACHER AND A SCHOOL MARSHAL.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S AS GOOD AS AN OPTION AS THIS OPTION BECAUSE I THINK THOSE PEOPLE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND I DON'T THINK I THINK THIS IS TOO MUCH TO PUT ON THEM.

IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE A SCIENCE TEACHER OR YOU'RE A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER, THAT'S YOUR JOB AND YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

AND YOU KNOW, BUT THERE IS THAT OPTION IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS MIGHT CHOOSE THAT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THEIR RIGHT AND THEIR DECISION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION OR.

JUST MAKING SURE THE EMPHASIS OF THIS IS A SINGLE ROLE.

WE WOULD HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES.

THERE WOULD NOT BE CURRENT EMPLOYEES.

WE WOULD HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES AND THEY WOULD HAVE VERY SPECIFIC DUTIES AND THEY WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH DAY TO DAY CAMPUS STUFF LIKE.

SO THEY WOULDN'T BE TEACHERS, THEY WOULDN'T BE THE JANITOR, THEY WOULDN'T BE THE COACH, THEY'D BE THE SCHOOL MARSHAL, THEY'D BE A NEW EMPLOYEE.

AND TO THE QUESTION EARLIER, THE DISTRICTS I'VE TALKED TO AROUND HERE THAT ARE LOOKING AT, THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD AS WELL.

BUT YOU COULD DO IT THE OTHER WAY, BUT I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.

THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO CLARIFY A POINT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A MORE COST EFFECTIVE ROUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE THE DUAL ROLE. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY GOING A ROUTE THAT YOU BELIEVE IS IS GOING TO GIVE THE MARSHAL FOCUS ON THIS SORT OF SINGULAR DUTY AND NOT HAVE ANY CROSSING BETWEEN DUTIES.

UM, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXTRA COST IT IS TO THE DISTRICT WHICH IS WHAT WAS IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN APPROVAL FOR TONIGHT WAS THAT ADDITIONAL EXTRA COST FOR THIS.

IT IS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S A COMPONENT OF DECISION MAKING FINANCIAL BUT I THINK LIKE LIKE DR.

FREEMAN MENTIONED SRP BEFORE AND WE DO TRAINING WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS AND ALL STAFF MEMBERS.

BUT TO LOCK DOWN WITH THEIR STUDENTS IF THERE'S A THREAT.

RIGHT? SO IF THAT TEACHER WAS THE WENT THROUGH THE MARSHAL TRAINING AND NOW THEY'RE CARRYING WEAPONS, ARE THEY LEAVING THEIR STUDENTS BEHIND IN THAT THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM AND GOING OUT TO ADDRESS THE THREAT? BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE OPENING THEIR CLASSROOM DOOR AND EXPOSING MORE MORE STUDENTS TO POTENTIAL DANGER.

SO YOU'RE CORRECT.

IF WE DID THAT, IT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THOSE PEOPLE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT AND JERI'S COMMENT ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.

THE DILIGENCE IN WHICH YOU GUYS WORK WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK, COULD YOU KIND OF LET OUR PUBLIC KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERT SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD, YOU BEEN WORKING WITH WHO YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO REALLY IN AN EFFORT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, THANK THE CITY OF PLANO, FOLKS, THANK THE CITY OF MURPHY, FOLKS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE MET WITH, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A TON OF WORK AND A TON OF MEETINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S USUALLY WHO I DEAL WITH IN THE CITIES, RIGHT? WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM ALL.

[01:40:02]

THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTIVE. THEY JUST THEY DON'T HAVE THE OFFICERS IN TERMS OF AN SRO PROGRAM.

THEY JUST DON'T EXIST. RIGHT.

THEY HAVE STRUGGLES TO HIRE OFFICERS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS ALREADY.

SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT THAT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION IN TERMS OF THE SRO PROGRAM.

SO WE'VE MET WITH THEM, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, WE'VE GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

I THINK. I THINK WITHOUT FALTER THEY ALL AGREE THAT OF THE LIMITED OPTIONS, THIS IS THE BEST OPTION.

THE SRO PROGRAM IS NOT AVAILABLE.

I THINK THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE ROUTE OF PRIVATE SECURITY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE THERE, I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO WE HAVE WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS, MULTIPLE MEETINGS ABOUT THESE OPTIONS AND WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD.

AND IF WE PUT SCHOOL MARSHALS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, GETTING THEM TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE POLICE OFFICERS.

AND SO THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.

AND THE BEAT OFFICER GETS TO KNOW WHAT WHAT MARSHAL IS IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND VICE VERSA.

SO THOSE ARE ONGOING THINGS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE.

I MEAN, I TALK TO OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL ON THE SAME DAY, BUT EVERY DAY.

SO IN THAT CONTEXT, IT REALLY IS THAT OUR CITIES ARE BOTH HAVE WEIGHED IN ON THIS AND GIVEN FEEDBACK AND HELPED YOU GUYS SHAPE THIS PLAN AND ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, IN CONCERT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

KEVIN AND KEVIN FROM.

THIS IS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION AND IT EXPLAINS A LOT TO OUR PARENTS NOW AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCHOOL MARSHAL IS BUT HOW WE CAN WE ENSURE OUR PARENTS THAT THE 55 SCHOOL MARSHALS THAT WE CHOOSE WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION WILL BE WHERE WE WOULD HIRE THE MOST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND IT'LL BE A PROCESS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, HEY, LET'S FIND THE FIRST 55 PEOPLE WE CAN GET.

WE'VE DRAFTED A JOB DESCRIPTION AND THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS AND SOME PREFERENCES BUILT IN THERE WHO WE THINK WAS BEST SUITED.

AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A PROCESS.

AND WE WILL NOT WE WON'T DRAG OUR FEET, BUT WE WILL NOT RUSH TO FILL THESE POSITIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAN WE GET THE PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.

IN THE HIRING PROCESS.

WE LOOK AT THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

WE LOOK AT THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED.

WE HAVE WE CHECK THEIR REFERENCES VERY CLOSELY.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, IF THEY WORKED IN PREVIOUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR THE RETIRED OFFICER, WE DEFINITELY REACHED OUT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS FOR ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE BOTH LEGALLY AND ABLE TO PROVIDE.

AND THEN THE KEY COMPONENT IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM THAT OCCURS BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL AND FINAL HIRE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW PROCESS.

AND SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO DO MULTIPLE STAGES.

WE WOULD HAVE INTERVIEW GROUPS DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING.

WELL, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THAT GIVES PARENTS AN UNDERSTANDING REASSURANCE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HIRE ANYBODY QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE DEADLINE.

NO, I THINK THIS IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TOO.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'LL GO AS QUICKLY AS IT ALLOWS US.

BUT I THINK IT'S FAR TOO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAN WE GET IT DONE BY A CERTAIN DATE.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I WOULD APPROACH IT SO.

I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THESE OFFICERS OR THESE MARSHALS AFTER THEY'VE EVEN QUALIFIED.

YEAH. SO SO I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S, THERE'S 80 HOURS REQUIRED TO INITIALLY.

AFTER THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THERE ARE 16 HOURS AGAIN AND AN ADDITIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND AS A DISTRICT, WE WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T OWN AN OPEN SETTING.

HOW MUCH EXACTLY? WHEN WE WANT TO GET INTO WHAT TRAINING? TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, WE WILL TRAIN WITH THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I WILL SAY THAT. SO WE'VE TALKED TO CHIEF DRAIN AND HIS PEOPLE AND CHIEF CHRISTENSEN AND DISCUSSED DOING TRAINING TOGETHER, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

IF WE WANT TO SAY EXACTLY EVERYTHING IN OPEN SESSION.

IS THAT. SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO ASK QUICKLY.

WE MET BACK IN, WHAT WAS IT, JULY TO HEAR AND START TALKING ABOUT THIS.

SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD IS STILL A QUESTION TODAY.

[01:45:01]

I HAVE NOT ON THE ON THE TEA WEBSITE.

FORGIVE ME. I FORGET THE DATE.

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IT TO DR.

FREEMAN MAYBE. I DON'T REMEMBER.

THERE'S A POSTING ON THE TEA WEBSITE OF A VIDEO THAT'S COMING OUT ON A DATE THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.

IT'S IN AUGUST DATE AND THERE'S A LINK FOR IT AND I'LL WATCH IT WHEN IT COMES OUT.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

CLEARLY, I WOULD HAVE WATCHED IT BEFORE THIS MEETING IF IT HAPPENED.

IT'S LATER IN AUGUST AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'LL WHAT IT'LL ENTAIL, BUT I'LL WATCH IT, OBVIOUSLY.

WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN HEAR THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD IN PLANO ISD TO FOLLOW THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT IS.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD, BUT SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS UP TO OUR STANDARDS, THAT IS UP TO OUR LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT WE EXPECT.

BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL AGREE, AS YOU SAID, THAT AN SRO PROGRAM WOULD WORK, BUT WE JUST CAN'T MAGICALLY SNAP OUR FINGERS AND FIND 55 PEOPLE.

AND PLUS THERE'S SO MUCH TRAINING.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THAT WORK, YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

TARRAH I THINK THE WORD YOU WERE SEARCHING FOR WAS HERCULEAN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, KEVIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT MANY HOURS OF PREPARATION HAVE GONE INTO THIS.

AND SELENDA AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS HAS CONTRIBUTED.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 9.1.

[9.1 Consideration and Possible Action regarding the Requirements of House Bill 3]

WE WILL CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 3.

DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU START US OUT? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

AND REALLY THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TOO.

THIS HAS BEEN IT HAS BEEN A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO DILIGENT IN YOUR QUESTIONS AND OUR SET UP AND OUR RESEARCH AND OUR STUDY EVEN FROM OUR SPECIAL CALLED IN TONIGHT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND STUDY IT SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION.

HAVING HEARD AND CONSIDERED THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR CHIEF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, KEVIN KEATING, WE DO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING ARMED SECURITY ON EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS, ACCORDING TO SECTION 10 OF HOUSE BILL 3.

ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO BE READ.

AND I WILL CALL ON SECRETARY JERI CHAMBERS TO PLEASE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LATE HOUR AND I WANTED TO SAY THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I READ THE WHOLE THING IS WITH GREAT EFFICACY.

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 FROM THE 88TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS ON EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZES SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS IS PARAMOUNT.

WHEREAS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ENROLLED HOUSE BILL 3, HB 3, WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER DURING SCHOOL HOURS AT EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS, INCLUDING A SCHOOL DISTRICT PEACE OFFICER, A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OR SRO, OR AN ARMED COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED SECURITY PERSONNEL UNDER SECTION 37.081 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY SECURITY OFFICER.

WHEREAS HB 3 OUTLINING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 37.0814 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO DECLARE A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION IF THE DISTRICT IS NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SECURITY OFFICER TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING OR PERSONNEL WHO QUALIFY TO SERVE AS A SECURITY OFFICER.

WHEREAS HB 3 ALLOWS FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD WITH WHICH THE DISTRICT CAN COMPLY.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $24 MILLION FOR THE 2023 -2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS 73 DISTRICT CAMPUSES.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS 27 SROS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND NEEDS 55 ARMED SECURITY POSITIONS TO COMPLY WITH HB 3. WHEREAS THE APPROXIMATE COST OF HAVING A SECURITY OFFICER WOULD BE $65,000 TO $90,000 PER SECURITY

[01:50:02]

WHEREAS THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING NUMBERS TO FULFILL THE REQUIRED SECURITY OFFICER POSITIONS.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT DOES NOT MAINTAIN AN INTERNAL PLANO ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVED SOLELY BY SECURITY OFFICERS.

RATHER, THE DISTRICT MAINTAINS A SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT SERVED BY COMBINATION OF ACTIVE OR RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED ONE THAT THE FINDINGS OF RECITALS IN THE PREAMBLE OF THIS RESOLUTION ARE HEREBY FOUND TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT, AND ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED, TWO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FINDS THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF HB 3 DUE TO BOTH THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AS WELL AS LACK OF PERSONNEL PERSONNEL QUALIFIED AS A SECURITY OFFICER AND DECLARES GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR AN EXCEPTION TO HB 3S REQUIREMENTS.

IN DECLARING A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION EXISTS.

THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPTS A REQUISITE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD AUTHORIZING AUTHORIZING A MINIMUM OF ONE SCHOOL MARSHAL PER CAMPUS UNDER SECTION 37.0811 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

UNTIL THE DISTRICT IS ABLE EXCUSE ME, FOUR UNTIL THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AND STAFF THIS NEW PROGRAM AS REQUIRED UNDER HB 3.

IT WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT PRACTICE TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR SHARED AGREEMENTS.

FIVE, THAT IT IS HEREBY FOUND, DETERMINED AND DECLARED THAT SUFFICIENT WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND SUBJECT OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED, WAS POSTED AT A PLACE CONVENIENT AND READILY ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE TIME REQUIRED BY LAW PRECEDING THIS MEETING, AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE MEETING HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AT ALL TIMES, DURING WHICH THIS RESOLUTION AND THE SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED AND FORMALLY ACTED UPON.

THE PLANO ISD BOARD FURTHER RATIFIES, APPROVES AND CONFIRMS SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE AND POSTING THEREOF.

SIX, THIS RESOLUTION WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. CHAMBERS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? I'M ON A ROLL. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 FROM THE 88TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS ON EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS. ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

WHO WAS THAT? I'M SORRY.

TARRAH. TARRAH. THANK YOU.

I JUST COULDN'T HEAR.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 FROM THE 88TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THE REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS ON EACH DISTRICT CAMPUS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MY MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD NOW, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX ISSUES THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED, AT LEAST IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR COUNTLESS HOURS AND THEIR DILIGENCE.

YOU KNOW, SELENDA PUT IT VERY KINDLY.

I FEEL LIKE IN SOME WAYS WE HAVE PROBABLY PUT YOU ALL THROUGH THE WRINGER IN IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE NOT MARCHING INTO THIS BLINDLY WITHOUT HAVING CONSIDERED SAFETY IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERYONE ON THAT CAMPUS FROM THE STUDENTS TO THE FACULTY TO THE MARSHAL THEMSELVES, TO RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS, HEAVEN FORBID, SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

YOU KNOW, WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO, AS WELL AS CHIEF DRAIN.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SPENT SEVERAL MORE HOURS WITH THE POLICE CHIEFS FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING MURPHY AND RICHARDSON.

SO SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM.

AND I SINCERELY AM

[01:55:06]

SO IT IS IT IS, I WOULD SAY, NOT LIGHTLY THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS ACTION.

AND THESE HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE MOST SERIOUS MEETINGS I THINK, THAT WE HAVE HAD AND SOME OF THE MOST QUESTIONS WE HAVE PROBABLY ASKED IN A ONE MONTH TIME SPAN.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.

WE APPRECIATE THE EXTRA WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

AND ENSURING THAT WE AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THIS PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD.

AND WE HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY ALSO FEELS COMFORTABLE AND THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.

AND THE PLAN CAN BE ADJUSTED AS AS NECESSARY OR AS REQUIRED IF WE START RUNNING INTO ANY CONCERNS.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO I WANT TO AGREE WITH LAUREN THAT TO REITERATE THAT WE THIS WAS A SERIOUS DECISION, THAT WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH POLICE CHIEF DRAIN AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THAT OUR BOARD MEMBERS REALLY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH OUR STAFF.

AND THEN WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE WE CAME FORTH TONIGHT.

SO I WANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF HERE IN PLANO ISD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE THOUGHT THIS THOUGHT THIS CAREFULLY WITH THIS HOUSE BILL 3, AND THAT WE PUT A LOT OF RESEARCH AND THOUGHT AND CONVERSATIONS IN IT.

I HAVE SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S LATE.

AS A PARENT, I WANT TO REASSURE OTHER PARENTS OUT THERE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE A FOURTH GRADER AND I HAVE A KID GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL, SO HE'LL ALREADY BE UNDER THE CARE OF AN SRO. HE WAS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THAT LAYER OF SECURITY AT ALL OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

BUT HAVING AN ARMED MARSHAL AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND TO JUST SPEAK TO THE PARENTS OUT THERE, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

WE HAVE PUT FORTH A TON OF QUESTIONS, AND I AM I AM VERY CONFIDENT AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS.

VERY HESITANT TO ACCEPT THAT WE HAD TO DO THIS.

I'M TRYING TO BE VERY PC HOW I SAY THIS.

I JUST KNOW THAT WE AS A DISTRICT ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND OUR HANDS ARE OUR OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HANDS ARE VERY TIED AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I SECONDED THIS AS A MEASURE TO REASSURE OTHER PARENTS OUT THERE THAT LAUREN SPOKE AS A PARENT OF THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE OTHER PARENTS THAT HAVE HAD KIDS IN THE DISTRICT OR OUR CURRENT PARENTS, AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO WORK.

AND WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SET IN STONE AND SHOULD NOT BE QUESTIONED.

SO I HOPE THAT OTHER PARENTS OUT THERE GO TO THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS AND REQUEST THAT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS GET FULLY FUNDED BY THE STATE, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE AT A HUGE COST TO OUR DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

SINCE WE SPOKE FOR PARENTS I WANT TO SPEAK FOR AS A FORMER TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, AND THIS GAVE ME A LOT OF PAUSE AND WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IMAGINING WHAT IT'D BE LIKE TO BE ON AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS AND HAVE THIS AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT WE WORK FOR.

I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE THAT TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE JOBS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF KNOWING THAT THEY ARE BEING PROTECTED AND PROVIDED WITH THE KIND OF SECURITY THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS WITHOUT FEAR.

AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY HUGE THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO OUR STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE THING THAT WE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING.

THE IMPLICATION THAT PLANO ISD IS NOT PLANNED OR BUDGETED FOR HOUSE BILL 3 AND THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW NEGLECTED THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

I THINK WE'RE HEARING AND SEEING AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS DELIBERATING THIS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SECURITY.

[02:00:07]

HOUSE BILL 3 WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON JUNE 14TH, AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION, WE HOSTED A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING LAST MONTH IN JULY, AND DURING THAT MEETING WE HAD IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH PLANO PD, AS WE WORK TO EVALUATE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS NEW LEGISLATION.

AND WE HAVE ALSO MET AND COLLABORATED WITH RICHARDSON, MURPHY, ALLEN, DALLAS AND PLANO TO DISCUSS AND PLAN OUR IMPLEMENTATION.

THE RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT WILL ENABLE PLANO ISD TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM ON THESE CAMPUSES THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGE IS TIMING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION IN REGARD TO THE AVAILABILITY OF POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO TRAIN NEW OFFICERS TO FULFILL THIS REQUIREMENT WITH AN EXPANDED SRO PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S JUST NOT A POSSIBILITY.

THE HIRING AND TRAINING CYCLE FOR EACH NEW OFFICER IS APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS TO FULFILL OR TO FILL THE ESTIMATED 50 REQUIRED POSITIONS WITH SROS COULD TAKE UP TO 2 TO 4 YEARS.

WE ANTICIPATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARSHAL PROGRAM BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT WILL ALLOW US TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW LAW IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER AS WE WORK TOWARD FULLY IMPLEMENTING AND STAFFING THE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING SHARED AGREEMENTS.

OUR DISTRICT IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT PROTECT AND SERVE OUR 73 SCHOOLS ACROSS FIVE CITIES PLANO, RICHARDSON, MURPHY, DALLAS AND ALLEN.

THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR PARTNERS IN SCHOOL SAFETY.

SORRY MY FINGERS ARE DRY REGARDING FUNDING.

HOUSE BILL THREE WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 PER CAMPUS AND AN INCREASE IN THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT OF ONLY $0.28 PER AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. AND THAT WILL RESULT IN AN ESTIMATED $1.1 MILLION GAIN FOR PLANO ISD.

HOWEVER, THE COST OF HIRING, AS WE HEARD EARLIER AND MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OFFICERS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF APPROXIMATELY $4.1 MILLION TO PLANO ISD, WHICH WAS APPROVED AS A CONTINGENCY IN TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA.

DESPITE THE POLICE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND BUDGETARY CHALLENGES, PLANO ISD AND OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES REMAIN COMMITTED TO COLLECTIVELY PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND I ECHO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID HERE AT THE TABLE THANKING OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TO GET US WHERE WE ARE SINCE THIS LAW WAS SIGNED INTO ACTION ON JUNE 14TH.

AND SO WE WILL AWAIT MORE GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW.

WE'RE WORKING AND DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE KNOW AT THE TIME.

SO I WILL NOW.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NO MORE COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. AND THERE ARE NONE OPPOSED.

I SEE THAT THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM 9.2.

[9.2 Approval of Board Member Liaisons, Board Subcommittee Appointments, and Committee Appointments 2023 - 2024 Board Member Liaisons Committees and Subcommittees]

AND LET ME SEE WHERE I AM FOR THE THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD NO LATER THAN AUGUST OF EACH YEAR.

SO EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED A SUMMARY OF THE APPOINTMENTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBER LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AS PRESENTED FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBER LIAISONS, SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS, AND THE COMMITTEE

[02:05:06]

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE THAT THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0.

NONE OPPOSED.

WE WILL MOVE QUICKLY ON TO ITEM 9.3.

THE APPROVAL OF THE ENDORSEMENT OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

[9.3 Approval of the Endorsement of a Candidate for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors]

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.

SORRY. IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR US TO DISCUSS FIRST BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION.

WELL, WE HAVE TO GET IT ON THE TABLE AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT.

[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

BUT I MEAN, THE QUESTION WAS, IS.

WELL, GO AHEAD.

WELL, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND THEN IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AND THEN HAVE THE MOTION.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S FINE, THEN.

I JUST WANTED TO LEAN ON YOUR ON YOUR EXPERTISE.

NANCY, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW FOLKS BETTER THAN WE ARE.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE SOMEONE FROM MCKINNEY, AND WE HAVE SOMEONE TO CHOOSE FROM AT MESQUITE.

ONE HAS BEEN DOING THIS ROLE FOR MANY YEARS.

THE OTHER ONE IS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR WHO LIVES IN A COMMUNITY CLOSE TO US.

I'M KIND OF AT A DRAW BECAUSE THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE VERY QUALIFIED, HONORABLE PEOPLE.

AND SO YOU ARE NAVIGATE IN THE CIRCLES WITH THESE FOLKS MORE THAN WE DO.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW BOTH THE GENTLEMEN AND THEY ARE BOTH VERY QUALIFIED AND IT IS ALMOST A DRAW.

AND I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS KEEPING THE INCUMBENT BECAUSE HE HAS THE EXPERTISE.

HE HAS SERVED IN MANY ROLES ON TASB.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO RECREATE THE WHEEL.

AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

A FANTASTIC JOB.

HE HAS ALSO OF THE TWO CANDIDATES, HE SENT A LETTER TO US.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION I WOULD LEAN IF YOU WERE ASKING ME.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I CAN MAKE A MOTION NOW.

OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IMPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF KEVIN CARBO TO FILL REGION TEN POSITION D ON THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I MOVE OR I.

THERE IS A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF KEVIN CARBO TO FILL REGION TEN POSITION D ON THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE WE HAVE 7 TO 0 VOTE AND THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S A HARD DECISION, I WILL SAY BOTH GENTLEMEN ARE STAND UP GUYS.

AND I HATE THAT WE HAD TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.

THEY'RE BOTH GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON QUICKLY TO POLICIES.

AND ITEM 10.1 IS THE APPROVAL OF THREE.

[10.1 Approval of Policy BE(LOCAL) Board Meetings on First Reading]

FREEMAN, WOULD YOU GET US GOING ON THAT, PLEASE? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY POLICY BE LOCAL HAS BEEN REVISED TO MATCH CURRENT DISTRICT PRACTICE AND TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY BE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? DON'T GO.

I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT WAS KATHERINE.

OKAY. SORRY DOWN THERE I CAN'T SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN, TYRA AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY BE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

[02:10:01]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE NONE OPPOSED.

SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO POLICY 10.2 AND THIS

[10.2 Approval of Policy DMA(LOCAL) Professional Development: Required Staff Development on First Reading]

FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE FILL US IN.

THE REVISION TO DMA LOCAL CLARIFIES THE REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THE PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM AND DIFFERENTIATE SUPPORT FOR NEWLY HIRED STAFF WITH TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND THOSE WITH NO PRIOR TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

EXPERIENCED TEACHERS NEW TO THE DISTRICT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A MINIMUM ONE YEAR INDUCTION PROGRAM, AND TEACHERS NEW TO THE PROFESSION WILL COMPLETE A TWO YEAR INDUCTION PROGRAM.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DMA LOCAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED STAFF DEVELOPMENT UNDER FIRST READING.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY DMA LOCAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED STAFF DEVELOPMENT UNDER FIRST READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL ALL VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

NONE OPPOSED.

I SEE. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.3.

AND THIS IS POLICY EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING ON FIRST READING, DR.

[10.3 Approval of Policy EIC(LOCAL) Academic Achievement: Class Ranking on First Reading]

POLICY EIC LOCAL IS PRESENTED FOR YOUR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE POLICY EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING UPON UNDER FIRST READING.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY KATHERINE GOODWIN AND A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE A UNANIMOUS VOTE, 7 TO 0.

THE MOTION PASSES AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.

DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING?

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

ACCORDING TO POLICY BED LOCAL AN INDIVIDUAL'S COMMENTS TO THE BOARD SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE MINUTES PER MEETING.

SO THE SPEAKER MADE COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION FOR AGENDA ITEMS EARLIER TONIGHT.

THEREFORE, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM 12 IS ADJOURNMENT AND IT'S 11:58.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 11:58 P.M.

AND IT'S STILL AUGUST 8TH, 2023.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.