[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.
THERESA WILLIAMS. DR. LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS BOARD SECRETARY JERRY CHAMBERS.
TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.
LAUREN TYRA TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL.
JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
I GUESS HE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY OR HE'S ON HIS WAY.
IT'S JUST TRAFFIC. I HEAR ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
HE IS OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM, THE EMPTY SEAT.
DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
CHAD REED, INTERIM ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
AND SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AS WE BEGIN OUR MEETING THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.6 AND ITEMS 5.1 AND 5.2 ARE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. AND I WILL ASK AT WORK SESSIONS.
COMMENTS REGARDING NON AGENDA ITEMS ARE NOT HEARD AT THIS MEETING.
DR. FREEMAN DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
[3. CLOSED SESSION]
THAN AT THE END OF THE MEETING.AND AS STATED EARLIER, ITEMS 3.1 AND 3.6 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
SECTIONS 551.071 551.072 AND 551.074.
[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:30 P.M.
AS NOTED EARLIER, ITEMS 5.1 AND 5.2 HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
WE'LL GO TO MOVE WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX CONSENT AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS.ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'M SEEING NONE.
MAY I ASK FOR A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I SECOND. WAS THAT ANGELA? YES. ANGELA. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT. AND I GUESS NONE OPPOSED.
NOW I'VE GOT SOME EXCITING PASSING ALONG TO DO WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME A NEW DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
JEFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM? SURE. WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALEX RIVERA.
HE BRINGS WITH HIM EIGHT YEARS OF HR EXPERIENCE IN TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
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HE IS A CERTIFIED BILINGUAL TEACHER.SO, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE.
HE BRINGS THAT VIEWPOINT OF BEING A PRINCIPAL TO THE HR FUNCTION.
HE ALSO BRINGS THAT EXPERIENCE OF FINDING AND RETAINING TEACHERS AND GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO OUR, TO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, IN COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTERACTED WITH ALEX IS THAT WHEN THEY OBSERVE HIM AT THE RECRUITING FAIRS, HE IS A MAGNET FOR CANDIDATES, AND WE WANT THAT MAGNET IN PLANO ISD.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR ALEX TO BE HERE.
I THINK ALEX BROUGHT SOME GUESTS WITH HIM THAT HE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE.
GO AHEAD, ALEX. I'M STARTING WITH MY WIFE, NICK, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY CARRYING OUR BABY DUE IN NOVEMBER, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. MY MOM, MIRIAM, AND MY SISTER IN LAW, ONE OF MY SISTER IN LAWS, ANGELINA PHAM.
SO. SO OUR PLAN IS TO ALEX TO ARRIVE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, WHICH WILL BE THE SAME DATE THAT DR.
KENDALL, OUR NEW CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES, WILL BE ARRIVING.
AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE ORGANIZING AND GETTING READY FOR THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK THINGS ARE BRIGHT IN THE EMPLOYEE SERVICES WORLD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, ALEX? I'M SUPER EXCITED.
HE STARTED THERE TRYING NOT TO LET ME GO OVER THERE.
SO, I'M READY TO GO AND JUST SUPER EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE PLANO TEAM.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
AND SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AS A PART OF THE TEAM AND ALSO PART OF THE PLANO FAMILY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A A MINUTE TO MENTION WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
[7. DISCUSSION AND ACTION]
AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL ADDRESS ITEM 7.2 BEFORE 7.1.THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERYBODY HAS LATE EVENINGS.
SO, IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE ADDRESS ITEM 72 BEFORE 71? DO I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. SO THEN WE WILL START WITH ITEM SEVEN TO CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO PROVIDING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER PERTAINING THERETO.
AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JOHNNY HILL REGARDING THE DEFEASANCE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. WILLIAMS, CABINET MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE MOVED IT UP.
GOOD EVENING. SO, A DEFEASANCE IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND SO, IT TIES BACK INTO SETTING THE TAX RATE.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAYING OFF A MINIMUM OF 12 MILLION, 15,000 BONDS.
AND THOSE BONDS ARE CALLABLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2016.
SO WE WILL BE DEPOSITING MONEY UNTIL THAT DATE AND THEN THE BONDS WILL ACTUALLY BE PAID OFF.
IT'S CONSIDERED A LEGAL DEFEASANCE, THOUGH, AS SOON AS THAT MONEY IS DEPOSITED IN THE ESCROW.
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SO ESSENTIALLY BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, IT WILL NOT BE ON YOUR BOOKS ANYMORE.SO, THAT'S THE LEGAL DEFEASANCE PART.
WE'RE TAKING THE BONDS OFF THE LONG END BECAUSE THERE'S MORE SAVINGS.
SO, THERE'S MORE SAVINGS IN TERMS OF PAYING THOSE OFF EARLIER, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND JUST A QUICK RUN THROUGH ON THE COST.
SO, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY THE 12 MILLION, 760,000 IS ESSENTIALLY THE MONEY THAT'S NEEDED TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS AND THEN THE SCHEDULED DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IS THE 16,390,000.
AND SO, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE IS THE SAVINGS.
SO, THAT 3.6 MILLION IS THE CASH FLOW SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT FOR DOING THIS.
AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR TAXPAYERS.
SO, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, HILLTOP, FOR BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
I JUST HAD TWO REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE I THINK I ASKED EARLIER, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.
SO JUST GIVEN THE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP SO HIGH, IS THERE STILL VALUE IN DIFFUSING OUR DEBT THAT IS LIKELY, LOWER INTEREST RATE DEBT? YEAH. SO THE INTEREST RATES ON THOSE BONDS ARE RELATIVELY LOW, I THINK THREE AND THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT.
SO THE INTEREST SAVINGS COMES FROM PAYING OFF THE DEBT EARLY.
YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WON'T NECESSARILY APPLY OVER THAT NEXT OUT TO 2036.
AND SO IT'S HARD TO FORECAST THAT.
BUT THE SAVINGS BY PAYING IT OFF EARLY IS REAL.
AND REALLY WE'RE JUST LOCKING IN THE INTEREST RATES ON THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING IN UNTIL THE CALL DATE, WHICH IS 2026.
SO IT'S A RELATIVELY IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE.
IT WAS NOT EXACTLY THE QUESTION, BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
I THINK THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS JUST THAT.
AND YOU CAN. BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS JUST THE ALTERNATIVE USE OF THE FUNDS.
SO. SO, YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I INTERJECT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON THE DEBT SIDE, WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
WE CAN'T CO-MINGLE THOSE FUNDS.
IT'S GOT TO STAY IN THE INS SIDE.
SO REALLY, YOU ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
YOU CAN YOU CAN CHOOSE TO LOWER THE THE TAX RATE, THE TAX RATE, OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO TO PAY OFF.
YOU COULD DO A DEFEASANCE OR A REDEMPTION TO PAY OFF DEBT EARLY, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DO.
I WILL SAY THAT A FEW YEARS AGO THE BOARD TOOK A VERY, I THINK, A VERY NOT AGGRESSIVE BUT A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH TO TRYING TO PAY DOWN DEBT EARLY.
AND THEY LAID THAT OUT IN A REGULATION CALLED CCA REGULATION.
AND THEY SPELLED OUT EXACTLY WENT THROUGH DEBT MANAGEMENT.
AND REALLY, I THINK THAT THINGS LIKE 19 PAGES LONG IS VERY IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS IT IT'S VERY PROACTIVE IN ORDER TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
THAT REGULATION SAYS, NO, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LIVE ON THE SHORT END OF THE DEBT SPECTRUM.
YOU'VE GOT TO PAY DEBT WITHIN 20 YEARS, JUST LIKE PAYING A MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE.
IF YOU PAY 30 YEARS VERSUS 15 YEARS, YOU SAVE A TON OF INTEREST.
THE SAME THOUGHT GOES INTO INTO CCR REGULATION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE SECOND ITEM ON THAT IS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, IF THERE'S EXCESS CAPACITY ON THE DEBT SIDE, THE DISTRICT WOULD PROACTIVELY PAY DEBT DOWN EARLY AS WELL, SAVING IN THIS CASE OVER $3.6 MILLION.
SO IT'S A IT'S DEFINITELY A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN.
IT TAKES A LITTLE ADDITIONAL WORK.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SAID THIS, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US MORE BOND CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE CAN'T REUSE THAT BOND MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR ANYTHING TODAY, BUT WE CAN HAVE MORE CAPACITY.
BUT HE TALKS ABOUT CREATING A DEBT SNOWBALL OR CREATING CAPACITY GOING FORWARD.
AND I GO BACK TO I DID A BOND ELECTION.
THIS IS 20 YEARS AGO AND WE WERE GOING UP $0.10 ON OUR TAX RATE WHEN WE DID A BOND ELECTION AND I HAD A CPA STAND UP IN THE BACK, BACK OF THE HALL AND REALLY GET ALL OVER ME. YOU SHOULD BE CREATING CAPACITY AS YOUR DISTRICT IS GROWING THAT WAY.
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WHEN YOU COME TO HAVE A BOND ELECTION, YOU SHOULD NEVER GO UP ON YOUR TAX RATE.AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST BOND ELECTIONS I EVER DID.
I WENT BACK AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT ACTUALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
SO AS YOUR ECONOMY GROWS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR TAX RATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THIS REALLY DOES.
THANKS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WE LOWERED THE INN'S TAX RATE LAST YEAR BEFORE THE BOND ELECTION.
WE ACTUALLY LOWERED OUR TAX RATE LAST YEAR.
SO WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, NOT WE OUR COMMUNITY PASSED A $1.35 BILLION BOND AND WAS ABLE TO ROLL THAT NEW DEBT INTO THAT AND STILL GO DOWN 3.1 $0.06 ON THE TAX RATE.
AND AND IT'S REALLY A WIN WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
TO THAT POINT, THOUGH, JOHNNY AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF OF WISH LIST OF THE BOND BEFORE? LIKE WHAT'S THE DELTA FOR WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN SPENDING ON BECAUSE OF OUR AGING FACILITIES THAT WE ENDED UP SPENDING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST SAID ANYTHING WE WANT TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FOLD INTO THIS BOND ELECTION.
AND FROM THAT AMOUNT, OF COURSE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER.
THEY WENT THROUGH EACH OF THOSE REQUESTS AND THEY COOLED THAT DOWN TO ABOUT ONE, YOU KNOW, THE 1.4.
AND OUT OF THAT 1.4, THERE WAS ABOUT 1.35 THAT ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND PASSED.
ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WE'RE ALL GOOD. GREAT EXPLANATION THERE.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH HILLTOP.
WE REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT, TOO.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS ITEM? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS. INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE PARTIAL DEFEASANCE OF SERIES 2016 BONDS.
LAUREN TYRA A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS.
INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE PARTIAL DEFEASANCE OF SYRIA'S 2016 BONDS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OPPOSE. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SO NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM 7.1, WHICH WAS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER, BUT WE MOVED IT HERE.
IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE TAX RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2023, 2024 TAX RATE.
JOHNNY THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS CABINET.
I'LL GO THROUGH THIS RATHER QUICKLY.
WE'RE GOING DOWN A LOT ON OUR TAX RATE.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS JUST A CALENDAR THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH SINCE THE EARLY SPRING, AND WE'RE FINALLY TO THE END OF THE POINT WHERE WE GET TO ASK THE BOARD TO ADOPT AND SET A TAX RATE. THIS IS THE APPRAISAL VALUE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR THEIR HOUSES ARE WORTH.
AND THEN BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EXEMPTIONS THAT GO AGAINST THAT.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPRAISAL VALUE AND THEN TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE.
AND YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, THE PRIOR YEAR ADOPTED TAX RATE, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE ON THE TOP ROW.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
THAT'S THE MOST YOU CAN GO UP WITHOUT HAVING A RATIFICATION ELECTION TO RATIFY THAT RATE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE WE PASSED THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE LAST NOVEMBER CALLED EVADER THAT WE'VE WE'VE MAXED, WE'VE MADE OUR BUCKET AS BIG AS WE CAN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS A MATCH RATE OF 8405, A RATE OF 23.73 $0.05, AND THEN FOR A TOTAL TAX
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RATE OF $1 7785.NOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN LOOK AT OVER ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS OR SO.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE AND 2019 THAT THE OVERALL TAX RATE WAS $1.43 NINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED RATE FOR THIS YEAR IS $1 779.
THAT IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT $0.36, A LITTLE OVER $0.36 IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S ABOUT A 25% DECREASE OVER ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, THE RATES ARE JUST ONE PART OF THAT CALCULATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE RESIDENCE IN PLANO ISD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TAX LIABILITY ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE THIS LAST YEAR WAS 5173.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S GONE DOWN ABOUT 800, A LITTLE OVER $850 THIS YEAR, 800 ABOUT $858 ON AN AVERAGE HOUSE TAX LIABILITY GOING DOWN FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.
SO AN AVERAGE HOUSE WOULD ON THE LIABILITY JUST FOR THE SCHOOL TAXES WOULD BE 4003 15.
SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HARD TO HARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A TAX RATE DISCUSSION WITHOUT JUST TALKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TAXES THAT COME IN AND HOW MUCH OF IT GOES OUT THAT WE DO NOT GET TO KEEP IN THE CLASSROOMS OF PLANO ISD.
THE PART THAT GOES OUT TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE FORM OF EQUALIZATION OR RECAPTURE.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT BECAUSE OF AND I COULD TALK A LONG TIME, BUT I WON'T BECAUSE DR.
WILLIAMS WOULD GET MAD AT ME. BUT I COULD TALK A LONG TIME ABOUT THAT, ABOUT TAX COMPRESSION.
BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TAX COMPRESSION HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2019.
SO. SO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE IS GOING DOWN QUITE A BIT JUST IN THE ONE YEAR.
THAT'S DOWN QUITE A BIT BECAUSE OF THE COMPRESSION LAWS AND WHAT'S HAPPENED LEGISLATIVELY.
THIS SESSION LAST YEAR IT WAS 37%.
THE ONE POINT THAT I DEFINITELY WANT EVERYBODY TO GET IS RECAPTURE IS GOING DOWN FROM APPROXIMATELY $248.5 MILLION DOWN TO $173.7 MILLION. THAT'S A LOT.
THAT'S NOT MORE MONEY IN OUR CLASSROOM.
THE STATE DID NOT CHOOSE TO ACTUALLY GIVE US MORE MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT THAT THAT NEW MONEY IS SIMPLY OFFSET WITH A REDUCTION IN TAXES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS CLEAR ON THAT.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST OUT OF THE THE $0.84 OF THE NO TAX RATE.
SO THIS IS A LOT SIMPLER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE TAX COMPRESSION LAWS AND HOW MUCH IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN, EVEN THOUGH OUR VALUES WENT UP ABOUT 12% IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OVERALL, EVEN THE NO NEW TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS A NEW CALCULATION THAT'S ACTUALLY EVEN EVEN GOING DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT EFFECTIVE RATE.
EFFECTIVE RATE IS. BASICALLY, WHAT TAX RATE DO I HAVE TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONIES AS I HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR? THAT'S THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS.
IF YOU CALCULATE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE VALUES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THE TAX RATES ARE GOING DOWN SO MUCH THAT THE STATE THE AMOUNT OF TAX RATE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE IN ORDER TO BREAK EVEN, IT WOULD BE $1.10 5026.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING DOWN THE $1 7785 BECAUSE OF THAT.
BUT WE SAID IT WAS IT WAS THERE WAS IT WAS AN INCREASE IS BECAUSE THAT NO NEW TAX REVENUE ACTUALLY WAS WAS UP, WAS UP OR WAS LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE SETTING THE TAX RATE THIS YEAR.
IT'S A LOT MORE SIMPLIFIED BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION.
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AND WHEN I SAID A WHILE AGO THAT IT WAS GOING DOWN A LITTLE OVER $0.18, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE WHERE IT'S GOING DOWN.AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ABOUT $0.36 SINCE 2019.
THIS IS THE LANGUAGE AND ALL THE WEIRD LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE CODE IS SECTION 26.05 B AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT APPLICABLE, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE. YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT IT.
IT HAS TO BE IN THE ACTUAL THE MOTION THAT YOU SET.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THERE.
SO I HOPE THAT'S NOT CONFUSING.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE GOING DOWN UNDER THE TAX RATE A LITTLE OVER $0.18.
I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION IN A WAY.
CAN YOU SORT OF CLARIFY HOW THE STATE DOES THIS COMPRESSION OF THE TAX RATE? HOW DO THEY MAKE SCHOOLS WHOLE? AND IS IT COINCIDENTAL THAT WE HAD A $34 BILLION SURPLUS IN THE STATE BUDGET THIS YEAR? AND GOING FORWARD, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME SURPLUS IN A FUTURE YEAR, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A COMPRESSED TAX RATE? SO I MEAN, SO THE STATE COMPRESSION OR BUYING OUT WHAT WE CALL BUYING DOWN THE DEBT IS NOT ANYTHING NEW.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
AND SO, I MEAN, ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS IT'S GREAT WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOING GOOD, BUT THE STATE HAS ONE ONE THING THEY'VE GOT TO DO WHENEVER THEY MEETING IN AUSTIN EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND THAT'S BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THE ECONOMY IS GOING GREAT, THEN IT'S EASIER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THE ECONOMY TAKES A DOWNTURN, THEN OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE CUT.
AND THE AND MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 1000 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
STATE OF TEXAS, ABOUT 80% OF THOSE OVER 800 OF THOSE ACTUALLY GET RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE RECAPTURE BACK TO THE STATE.
IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THEY LOWER THE RECAPTURE AMOUNT.
SO THEY THEY THEY DON'T GET AS MUCH MONEY IN INTO THE STATE BUDGET.
SO I WILL SAY IT'S A LITTLE NERVE WRACKING BECAUSE THEY HAVE AGGRESSIVELY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TRIED THEIR BEST TO TO WHAT WE CALL PAY DOWN OR BUY DOWN THE DEBT.
BUT THAT COMES WITH A HUGE PRICE TAG, BILLIONS UPON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND SO IF THE ECONOMY EVER DOES TURN IN THE FUTURE, THEN THEY HAVE ONE JOB.
REMEMBER, THAT'S THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND IRONICALLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN A BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE SINCE THAT YEAR.
SO NOW I WILL ASK BOARD SECRETARY JERRY CHAMBERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT ANYBODY OFF.
I HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY.
AND THIS THIS KIND OF GETS TO YOUR YOUR POINT.
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, WHICH I MEAN, OUR TAX BILLS ARE LITERALLY GOING TO SAY, IF THIS ISN'T APPROVED, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SECOND BILL. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT THEY WANT THAT.
SO THAT'S DURABLE, RIGHT? THAT'S SORT OF NOW AND FOREVERMORE ON THE STATE BUYING DOWN AND COMPRESSING THE TAX RATE.
CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN LIKE HOW DURABLE IS THAT IN TWO YEARS? ARE OUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS GOING TO JUMP BACK UP? ARE IS OUR RECAPTURE GOING TO JUMP BACK UP OR ARE WE SORT OF PERMANENTLY DEPRESSED AT THAT RATE? AND IT'S JUST PROPERTY VALUES AND LIKELY TO SEE COMPRESSION AGAIN? I'M JUST I'M KIND OF WONDERING, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN IN THE NEXT BIENNIUM FOR OUR TAXPAYERS? SO, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE ON THE DAIS WITH ME.
AND SO YOU GUYS, I'M SURE, HAVE ALL OPINIONS, BUT IT'S THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? SO IF YOU I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IN AN UNPRECEDENTED, UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD OVER BASICALLY A DECADE NOW, ALMOST THAT WE'VE IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
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AND IN TEXAS, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD.BUT I DO KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT THERE'S ALWAYS IT'S CYCLICAL IN NATURE, WHICH MEANS WHAT GOES UP NORMALLY GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT AT SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
I WILL SAY FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL, YOU ASK ABOUT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AS LONG AS THE VALUES ARE GOING TO GO UP MORE THAN 2.5%, THERE WILL BE COMPRESSION.
BUT ON YOUR HOUSE, AS AS VALUES GO UP AND I WILL SAY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS COMPRESSION INDIVIDUALLY, OVERALL, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN YOUR YOU HAVE SEEN YOUR YOUR OVERALL LIABILITY CONTINUE TO GO UP.
WE SAW THAT ONE BAR GRAPH ON THAT.
SO I WILL SAY THIS IS A NEW RESET.
THERE'S $850 FOR AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER.
SO IT'LL RESET AND THEN YOU'LL SEE YOUR VALUES, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TO GO UP IN THE FUTURE, BUT JUST NOT AS A AS A FASTER RATE BECAUSE OF THAT 2.5% OFFSETTING THAT SOMEWHAT HAVING THAT OFFSETTING EFFECT TO IT.
SO WHAT I WILL BE SAYING HAS BEEN APPROVED AND HOW YOU SAY THE NUMBERS PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2023, 2024 TAX RATE, WHEREAS ON JUNE 20TH, 2023, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MET IN OPEN SESSION.
SORRY. AND I SHOULDN'T SAY 2020.
JUNE 20TH, 2023, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MET IN OPEN SESSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR 2023, 2024, AFTER WHICH THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.
THE ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR ORDER SETTING THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE STATEMENTS ABOUT TAX INCREASE TAX INCREASE AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 26.05 B OF PROPERTY TAX CODE.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE TAX RATE FOR THE YEAR 20 2324 BE SET AT $1 0.07785 PER $100.
VALUATION 0.08405 DESIGNATED TO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND 0.23735 DESIGNATED TO DEBT SERVICE BEING LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ACTUAL RATE AND FURTHER THAT TAXES ARE HEREBY LEVIED ON ALL PROPERTIES NOW OR HEREIN AFTER ON THE ROLLS OF SAID DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 20 2324 ADOPTED THIS 22ND DAY OF AUGUST 2023 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE APPROVES THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2023 2024 TAX RATES.
THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 2023 TAX RATE AT $1 0.07785.
THIS RATE IS COMPRISED OF THE TAX RATE OF 0.84050 AND THE INN'S TAX RATE OF 0.23735. AND I SECOND.
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THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES NOT EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 2023 TAX RATE AT $1 0.07785.
THIS RATE IS COMPRISED OF THE TAX RATE OF 0.84050 AND THE INS TAX RATE OF 0.23735. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW VOTE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TO CALL FOR ANY OPPOSED.
AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN THREE FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
THE SIS AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO PATRICK TANNER REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND K THROUGH 12 STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. PATRICK THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD THIS EVENING AN UPDATE AND RECOMMENDATION FOR A LONG STANDING PROJECT THAT WE'VE HAD UNDERWAY WITH OUR ERP AND SIS IMPLEMENTATION.
THESE ARE THE DATABASES THAT HOUSE OUR FINANCIALS, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. AND SO THIS IS WHERE THAT DATA IS HOUSED.
YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR EXISTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY RUN BY FRONTLINE, THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED CERTAINLY SOME INEFFICIENCIES AND THINGS THAT HAVE MOVED US TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S TIME TO MAKE A MIGRATION OFF OF THAT SYSTEM.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS TO TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ERP OR SIS JUST SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO NATIVELY.
AND SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE PROCESS BEGAN.
WE INITIATED AN RFP PROCESS IN THE SPRING OF 2022 WHERE WE PUT OUT OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
WE HAD SEVERAL K 12 VENDORS COME BACK AND PROVIDE PROPOSALS FOR THE SOLUTION.
DURING THE SUMMER OF 22, AND WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH POWERSCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT THEIR SOLUTION HERE FOR PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT PROJECT GOT KICKED OFF IN OCTOBER OF 22, PRIMARILY CONSISTING OF DISCOVERY PHASE.
WHAT THIS DISCOVERY PHASE WAS DESIGNED TO DO WAS TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND UNDERSTAND OUR BUSINESS PROCESSES, HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING BUSINESS, HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD ALIGN WITH THE POWERSCHOOL SOLUTION, AND HOW WE WOULD EITHER NEED TO MASSAGE OUR PROCESSES, CHANGE OUR PROCESSES, OR ADAPT NEW PROCESSES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK WITH THE POWERSCHOOL SOLUTION.
BUT AT THE END OF THAT SIX MONTHS, IT HAD BECOME AWARE TO US THAT THE SOLUTION THAT WAS PROMISED WAS NOT ALIGNING WITH THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
AND SO IT WAS AT THAT TIME WE PUT A PAUSE ON THAT PROJECT.
WE BROUGHT POWERSCHOOL OFFICIALS TO THE TABLE SO WE COULD DISCUSS OUR FINDINGS AND WHAT WE HAD DISCOVERED AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH WITH THEIR ENGINEERS AND COME UP WITH RESOLUTIONS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.
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YEAR AND A HALF. AND SO THAT WOULD CERTAINLY PUT US OFF IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS OF MIGRATING OVER TO A NEW SOLUTION.AND SO AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH POWER SCHOOL OFFICIALS, WE TOOK WHAT WE LEARNED, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED, AND THEN WE REENGAGED WITH SKYWARD AS PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION PROCESS, BROUGHT THEM TO THE TABLE AS WELL AND JUST SAID, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED.
HERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE CONTINUE TO RUN INTO.
WORK WITH US AND DEMONSTRATE TO US HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
THAT PROCESS GOT STARTED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
AND TIME AND AGAIN, THE SKYWARD TEAM WAS WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN TERMS OF TELLING US HOW THEY COULD EITHER SOLVE OUR SOLUTIONS OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD NOT SOLVE THOSE SOLUTIONS. AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY A REFRESHING EXPERIENCE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND AND REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING, WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER PIVOT OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE WE'VE PROBABLY AMASSED, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY ALMOST 40 HOURS OF TIME WHERE WE WE SPENT WITH THEM JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR SOLUTION AND SEE IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE DISTRICT.
I WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE EVALUATING AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES? I THINK WHEN WE HAD GONE THROUGH SOME PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING A SOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO BE BETTER FOR PLANO ISD? AND I THINK WHEN ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS THAT THAT CERTAINLY PUT US AT EASE IN TERMS OF ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SKYWARD, THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THAT SOLUTION IS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP FOR THE K 12 ENVIRONMENT.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, THAT'S THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROBLEMATIC FOR HOW WE WERE DOING BUSINESS AS THE SOLUTION IS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE LEARNED IN MANAGING K 12 ENVIRONMENTS.
SO THIS SOLUTION IS BUILT BY SKYWARD, IT IS SUPPORTED BY SKYWARD, IT'S IMPLEMENTED BY SKYWARD.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH SOMEONE WHOSE SOLE FOCUS, WHOSE SOLE, WHOSE SOLE BUSINESS IS K 12 ERP AND SIS SOLUTIONS. AND SO WHAT WE DID AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH A LOT OF OUR DISCOVERY PHASES WITH THEM AND DEEP DIVES WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINES THAT WE COULD CONSIDER.
YOU KNOW WE SPOKE WITH SIMILAR DISTRICTS OF OUR SIZE WHO HAD JUST GONE LIVE WITH SKYWARD.
PATRICK, JUST SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN KNOW.
SO LIKE PARENTS, WHEN THEY GO TO ENROLL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY GO LOG INTO THEIR PARENT PORTAL.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS NEXT, NEXT SUMMER.
NEXT BACK TO SCHOOL TIME, PARENTS WILL LOG IN AND THERE WILL BE A NEW SYSTEM DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A CUT OVER PERIOD. SO THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE SUMMER, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE OF 24, IT WOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND THEN FROM THERE, ANYONE ENROLLING OR REGISTERING WOULD SEE A NEW SYSTEM.
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SO THIS WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING CENTRALIZED FOR PARENTS.ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS COMPANY AND THIS PRODUCT IS THE COMPANY OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS WHETHER THEY ARE USING ONSHORE OR OFFSHORE DEVELOPERS TO WRITE THIS JUST FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT.
SO COULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THAT? YES, I CAN.
SO THE SKYWARD TEAM IS HEADQUARTERED IN WISCONSIN.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FROM THE START.
ALL OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE IN WISCONSIN.
SO EVERYTHING IS DEVELOPED, SUPPORTED AND MAINTAINED RIGHT HERE IN THE US.
THERE ARE PARTNERS THAT WE WOULD USE TO HOST.
THIS SOLUTION IS ALSO A US BASED COMPANY.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS AMERICAN MADE.
THANK YOU, PATRICK, FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE.
THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS HOW WILL IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS OF SKYWARD BE MEASURED AND VERIFIED? SO TIMELINE YOU HAVE IS REALLY GOOD, BUT HOW ARE YOU VERIFYING EVERY TIME THEY HIT THAT MARK BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE? SO WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH SKYWARD.
BUT A TIMELINE, AGAIN, THE ONE THAT I JUST DISPLAYED FOR YOU IS JUST A TEMPLATE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT TIMELINE COULD LOOK LIKE.
WE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT OUR MILESTONES ARE ONCE WE SIT DOWN WITH SKYWARD AND WE PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US, WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE IN PLACE WHEN WE GO LIVE WITH THE SYSTEM.
AND WE WOULD DEVELOP THOSE TIMELINES AND THOSE MILESTONES TOGETHER.
SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US, AS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE WHAT THE LEARNING AND SUPPORT RESOURCES WILL BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF? GREAT QUESTION.
CERTAINLY THERE'S INFORMATION AND A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PUT INTO PLACE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN TO EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS. THE SCOUR TEAM HAS A VAST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VIDEO LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION, SO THINGS THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY GET OUR INTERNAL STAFF TRAINED ON AND WE WILL BE CONDUCTING TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT ONCE WE GET READY FOR GO LIVE, THAT OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS, EVERYONE WHO WOULD NEED TO WORK IN THESE SYSTEMS WILL HAVE ALREADY PUT IN QUITE A FEW HOURS OF TRAINING TIME TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.
AND CERTAINLY WE WILL PUT UP A WEBSITE THAT'S GOT THE INFORMATION IN IT WHERE WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE TIMELY INFORMED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS AND PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW FOR JUST IN TIME.
SOUNDS LIKE THOSE ARE ALL OUR QUESTIONS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND K-12 STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FROM SKYWARD INC UTILIZING SC REGION 19 ASC CONTRACT NUMBER 17 DASH 7247.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PURCHASE OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND K THROUGH 12 STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FROM SKYWARD INC.
USING SC REGION 19 ASD CONTRACT NUMBER 17 DASH 7247.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL ALL NOW VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 7.4 FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN REGARDING STUDENTS AND POSSESSION OF E-CIGARETTES.
COURTNEY GOBER. YOU WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
SORT OF WRAPPING UP SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE 88TH LEGISLATURE.
AND ONE OF THOSE WAS A NEW BILL ENTITLED HOUSE BILL 114.
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THAT BILL MANDATED THAT STUDENTS IN POSSESSION OF E-CIGARETTE OR VAPE HAVE A MANDATORY PLACEMENT IN OUR DEEP, NOT OURS, BUT ANY DISTRICTS, DEEP DISCIPLINE AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT.WE CALL THAT GWEN SPECIAL PROGRAMS. WE CAN MODIFY THAT USING OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN.
DISTRICT LEADERS HAVE MET AND TALKED ABOUT IT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND WE DO WANT TO MODIFY SENDING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ON A FIRST OFFENSE WITH A VAPOR E-CIG TO DEEP.
INSTEAD, WE WANT TO HAVE A SORT OF A TWO STRIKE SYSTEM.
BUT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.
OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN WAS VOTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN MARCH OF 2021.
IT BECAME EFFECTIVE IN JUNE OF 21 AND WILL LAST UNTIL JUNE OF 26.
TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES OUTLINED IN THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO GET TOGETHER, PUT TOGETHER WHAT THAT PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD BE, AND THEN BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
SO OUR PROPOSED SO FIRST OF ALL, OUR DISTRICT COMMITTEE DID GET TOGETHER.
IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE THAT WE SHOULD ADD A 10TH AMENDMENT.
SO THIS WOULD BE ADDING A 10TH AMENDMENT TO OUR DISTRICT INNOVATION PLAN.
AND THAT AMENDMENT WOULD READ AS THE DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CAMPUS BASED DISCIPLINE WITH AN EDUCATION COMPONENT FOR A FIRST OFFENSE OF SELLING, GIVING, USING OR POSSESSING AN E-CIGARETTE.
ANY SUBSEQUENT ANY SUBSEQUENT INFRACTIONS WOULD RESULT IN A MANDATORY DAP PLACEMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION 3709 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, WHICH IS COMING OFF OF HOUSE BILL 114.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU, I PUT A HANDOUT JUST EXPLAINING THAT PROCESS, EXPLAINING THE LAWS THAT ALLOW US TO DO THIS AND EXPLAINING WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU HELP ENLIGHTEN US ON THE RATIONALE FOR THIS AMENDMENT? YES. IF WE WERE TO USE LAST YEAR, LAST SCHOOL YEAR'S NUMBERS, WE HAD 384 STUDENTS IN VIOLATION OF BEING IN POSSESSION OF AN E-CIG OR VAPE.
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT 900.
MULTIPLIED OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN GWEN GWEN SPECIAL PROGRAM CENTER.
SO ONE, THERE IS A CAPACITY ISSUE AND I SHOULDN'T CALL THAT ONE.
I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT NUMBER TWO BECAUSE ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISRUPTING STUDENTS LEARNING.
DON'T THINK I'M THINKING LIGHTLY OF THIS.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A PRETTY SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING THAT FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ON CAMPUS.
WE HAVE SOME ONLINE LEARNING MATERIALS THAT OUR COUNSELORS HAVE DEVELOPED ON VAPING, E-CIGARETTES AND THE DANGERS THEREOF THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AS A PART OF THEIR CONSEQUENCE.
ALSO LAST YEAR, THIS LAST PIECE OF DATA, 384 STUDENTS WERE IN POSSESSION AT LEAST ONCE.
ONLY 22 WERE IN POSSESSION TWICE.
SO THIS NEW INNOVATION, IF THAT WAS IN EFFECT LAST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE ONLY SENT 22 STUDENTS TO AP FOR THIS OFFENSE INSTEAD OF 384.
AND WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN THE SECOND OFFENSE.
LAST YEAR. THIS WAS NOT A LAW LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE GENERAL CONSEQUENCE FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR SECOND OFFENSE? IT'S HARD TO TELL YOU.
YEAH, IT COULD HAVE LED TO DAP.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, IT COULD HAVE BEEN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE PARAMETERS OF THAT INFRACTION.
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IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE WENT WITH ONE AND THEN TWO GOES DIRECTLY TO THE AP? I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IF YOU'RE VAPING TWICE, IT'S MORE OF AN ADDICTION ISSUE THAN A.I THINK THE ISDS THAT ARE SORT OF AROUND OUR AREA.
SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE IN OUR AREA THAT'S LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW AS IT IS.
YOU'RE IN A POSITION, YOU GO AND THE STATE DOES NOT MANDATE THAT YOU HAVE AN EDUCATION COMPONENT THEY RECOMMEND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY REQUIRE IT IN OUR INNOVATION PLAN.
THE AP AS AN OPTION AT ALL? WELL, HONESTLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE STATE.
WE DON'T WANT TO DRAW THAT KIND OF ATTENTION.
THERE DOES NEED TO BE A CONSEQUENCE.
VAPING IS SORT OF A GATEWAY DRUG TOBACCO TO MUCH BIGGER AND WORSE THINGS.
SO WE DO NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE CONSEQUENCE.
NO, I AGREE. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE FELT THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME 22, SORT OF WE GOT 390 OR WHATEVER, THAT NUMBER WAS DOWN TO 22, THEN PERHAPS IF WE SAID THIRD OR FOURTH OFFENSE, BECAUSE I'M JUST WONDERING AGAIN, THE THIRD OFFENSE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WAS THREE, THREE STUDENTS LAST YEAR HAD A THIRD OFFENSE.
YEAH. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, AT SOME POINT IT WOULD SEEM LIKE I WOULD THINK THAT IF OUR GOAL WAS TO EDUCATE AND REHABILITATE THAT GIVING THEM MORE EDUCATION ABOUT WHY IT'S BAD AND ACTUALLY GETTING THEM TO STOP WOULD BE BETTER THAN SENDING THEM TO A LIGHTWEIGHT JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY.
WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.
I DON'T WANT THAT THAT EVEN THAT THOUGHT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE IT'S REALLY A SCHOOL.
IT'S A SCHOOL. WE HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PROGRAMS THERE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPECTING KIDS, BABIES PROGRAMS THERE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDER AGE AND OVER I'M SORRY, OVER AGE AND UNDER ACCREDITED.
AND YES, WE HAVE A DISCIPLINED PROGRAM THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY PROGRAMS THAT'S THERE.
THE STUDENTS, WHEN THEY DO GO TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS, DO RECEIVE SERVICES.
WE HAVE DRUG COUNSELORS THERE.
SO THEY'RE GETTING MORE THAN SORT OF A CONSEQUENCE OR A PUNISHMENT.
THEY'RE GETTING SOME SOME REMEDIATION AND SOME SOME SORT OF REEDUCATION OF WHATEVER BROUGHT THEM THERE, AS WELL AS THEIR ACTUAL COURSES THAT THEY TAKE IN THEIR HOME CAMPUS.
THEY WILL STILL GET THAT WHEN THEY GO, WHETHER IF IT WAS THEIR FIRST OFFENSE OR SECOND OFFENSE.
AND I DON'T MEAN TO USE WORDS THAT ARE CHARGED.
AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK THAT, YES, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT OLDER STUDENTS OR STUDENTS THAT HAVE SOME OTHER CHALLENGES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. BUT I'M WONDERING, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO LUMP A CHILD THAT HAS A VAPE ADDICTION IN THERE WITH THOSE OTHER THINGS, PARTICULARLY IF THEY CAN FUNCTION IN SCHOOL? DOES IT MAKE SENSE? I GUESS I'M STILL JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT OF WHY DID WE CHOOSE THE FIRST OFFENSE OR THE SECOND OFFENSE? WHY NOT THE THIRD? WHY NOT THE FOURTH? WHY WAS ONE THE NUMBER AND WHY CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING MORE THAN ONE? BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET DOWN FROM, AGAIN, THE 380 NUMBER YOU MENTIONED TO TWO, THEN I WOULD FEEL EVEN BETTER THAN 22 BECAUSE 22 IS STILL, YOU KNOW, ADDING 3 OR 4% TO THE GAP.
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YEAH, I CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE YOU AN ANSWER OF HOW YOU LAND ON, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND ONE VERSUS THE THIRD ONE.I CAN TELL YOU HOW WE LANDED ON THE SECOND ONE VERSUS THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE 384, I THINK EVERYBODY FELT WAS WAS ONE TRULY A CAPACITY ISSUE. BUT TWO, WE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THOSE KIDS ON THAT SPECIFIC THING WITH A ONE ON ONE EDUCATIONAL PIECE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET.
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GET EXPOSED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO GUIDANCE LESSONS FROM OUR COUNSELORS ON DRUGS AND SEXUAL EDUCATIONAL THINGS AND BULLYING AND A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
SO THEY DO HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING A LESSON, IF YOU WILL, ON VAPING.
IT'S A COUPLE HOURS WITH VIDEOS AND TESTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE AFTER THEY HAVE THIS EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE 22.
IT COULD BE VERY MUCH LESS THIS YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT LAST YEAR.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN REGARDING STUDENTS AND POSSESSION OF E-CIGARETTES.
I SECOND. I DIDN'T HEAR WHO THAT WAS.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY JERRY CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN REGARDING STUDENTS AND POSSESSION OF E-CIGARETTES.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE THAN ONE.
I THINK THAT SENDING A CHILD TO DIEPPE FOR VAPING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE A VOTE ON THIS.
CAN I ADD A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? THE STATE IS WHAT IS REQUIRED THAT STUDENTS, ONCE THEY HAVE ONE INDICATION OF VAPING, THEY HAVE TO GO TO A DP SITUATION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL 114, WE WOULD HAVE DONE NORMAL CAMPUS DISCIPLINE.
CORRECT. SO THE FACT THAT THE STATE HAS MADE THIS REQUIREMENT, WE ARE ACTUALLY AN EXCEPTION TO POLICY, BUT WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE AND THIS IS THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S APPROVED. CORRECT? LIKE WE SEND THIS TO THE STATE AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE OUR INNOVATION PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT AN EXCEPTION TO POLICY, AN EXCEPTION TO LAW EXCUSE ME, LAW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING MORE BLUNT.
YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THIS INNOVATION AMENDMENT.
CORRECT. SO WE SO BY US TRYING TO DO EVEN MORE, WHICH I RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE WANT OUR KIDS IF THIS IS A SIGN OF SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM AND WE WANT CERTAINLY ALL THAT WE DO TO WRAP AROUND OUR KIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE BEST THEY ARE.
BUT IF WE WERE TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WE RISK MORE IN TERMS OF MORE LENIENCY OR FEWER TRIPS OR WHATEVER WE DO, WE RISK EVEN GREATER CHANCE OF THE STATE SAYING NO, AND WE WILL REQUIRE X NUMBER OF STUDENTS, WHICH YOU SAID WAS OVER 300, TO DO THE DP.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT'S WE ARE ASKING AN EXCEPTION TO LAW AND IT MAY NOT EVEN WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING WILL PASS.
CORRECT. AND I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE TO THE COMMISSIONER.
SO THERE'S A PROCESS THAT FOLLOWS AFTER AFTER THIS THIS VOTE, I HAVE ONE REQUEST BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF TEEN SMOKING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, IT WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
AND THEN JEWELL AND OTHER VAPING COMPANIES STARTED AND IT'S GOING UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, RIGHT.
AND CANCER RATES COMMENSURATE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY ONE WOULD EXPECT.
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AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT LONG TERM PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE FOR OUR CHILDREN.AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART OF THE INTENT OF THE LAW.
BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS EDUCATION PIECE.
SO COULD YOU PUT IN A BOARD UPDATE AT SOME POINT, JUST KIND OF OUTLINE WHAT THAT EDUCATION PIECE IS GOING TO BE SO THAT WE HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF TRAINING THEY ARE DOING TO TRY AND KEEP THEM OUT.
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT ANY OF THESE KIDS GOING TO DEEP AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN? I WOULD JUST LIKE MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
ABSOLUTELY. YES. AND I WOULD ADD, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING AS PART OF WHAT KIND OF CURRICULUM THEY'RE GETTING ABOUT THIS FROM THE GET GO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THERE'S ANY INFRACTION. WHAT ARE ALL STUDENTS GETTING ON THIS TOPIC? YES. AND HOW LONG WILL THEY BE IN DEEP AFTER THE SECOND INFRACTION? THAT WOULD BE DECIDED BY THE.
WE DON'T PREDETERMINE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WAS INVOLVED, THE INTENT AND, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS, WE DON'T DO THAT. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A SET AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF DAYS WE TAKE IN TO EACH CASE AND EACH STUDENT CASE BY CASE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND HEARING NO MORE DISCUSSION.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 1.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO REPORTS.
AND 8.1 IS THE COLLEGIATE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
AND I WILL REMIND THE BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF THE PRESENTER.
AND WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND LISA WILSON.
[8. REPORTS]
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND TRUSTEES.I'M VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE DR.
AND WE ARE ANNOUNCING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLIN COLLEGE AND A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
AND DR. EDNEY IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS.
IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON? YEAH, JUST. OH, WELL, GOOD.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT, DID YOU? OKAY, I'M GOING TO START OVER.
SO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BOARD MEMBERS, CABINET MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON A VERY EXCITING NEW PROGRAM FOR PLANO ISD, THE PLANO WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
THESE ARE ALL FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND THE SCENES HELPING TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM, DESIGN THIS PROGRAM.
SO IT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT LET YOU KNOW WHO IS HELPING WITH THIS ENDEAVOR.
SO FIRST, WE HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SLI, STEVE EWING.
AND WE HAVE PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JEFF BANNER.
VINES HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KENISHA ROBERTSON.
AND OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS COORDINATOR, ASHLEY STEPHENS.
AND THEN FROM COLLIN COLLEGE, OUR PARTNER IN CREATING THIS AMAZING PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE DR. MARY BARNES TILLEY, THE PROVOST FROM THE COLLIN COLLEGE PLANO CAMPUS.
SHE IS THE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT THE PLANO CAMPUS.
SHE'S THE DIRECTOR FOR DUAL CREDIT, THE PLANO CAMPUS.
SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE COULD NOT COME AFTER ALL.
AND THEN WE HAVE RAUL MARTINEZ.
HE IS ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OF PRE P THROUGH 12 PARTNERSHIPS.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST USE THE CLICKER.
SO LET'S START WITH WHAT IS A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY? FIRST, IT'S A UNIQUE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE WHERE STUDENTS ARE IMMERSED IN A COLLEGE PROGRAM WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALREADY HAVE A ROBUST DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLIN COLLEGE AS WELL.
HOWEVER, STUDENTS WILL PICK AND CHOOSE THE DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT FIT INTO THEIR SCHEDULE.
THEY CAN PICK BETWEEN DUAL CREDIT.
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COMPLETE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.SO THEY'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY EARNING THE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AND THE DUAL CREDIT.
IT'S LIKE A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL, AND IT'S TAUGHT BY COLLIN COLLEGE CREDENTIALED PROFESSORS WHO MEET THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD STANDARDS TO BE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.
AND THEN IT REALLY SERVES AS THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
THE BENEFITS OF A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ARE MULTIFACETED.
STUDENTS CAN START THEIR MASTER'S PROGRAM EARLIER.
SO SHE'S SAVING TIME AND MONEY, WHICH OF COURSE, PARENTS WILL LOVE THAT PIECE OF IT.
AND THEN THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMPLETE.
ALSO, THE ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS THAT COLLIN COLLEGE HAS WITH ALL THE UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, THOSE ALLOW THE STUDENTS THE COURSE THAT THEY TAKE WITH COLLIN COLLEGE TRANSFERS IN AS THE COURSE AT THOSE COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY HAVE THAT ARTICULATION AGREEMENT.
THERE'S NO GAMING SOMETIMES WITH AP AND IB.
COLLEGES WILL PLAY GAMES WITH THAT.
THEY'LL GET SOME KIND OF CREDIT. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW WHAT CREDIT YOU WILL EARN.
TRADITIONAL DUAL CREDIT COURSES CHARGE STUDENTS FOR TUITION AND TEXTBOOKS.
HOWEVER, IN THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PROGRAM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE ARE GOING TO COVER THOSE COSTS FOR THE STUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT NO COST.
A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY WILL LOOK LIKE HERE IN PLANO ISD.
FIRST OF ALL, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED OUR ESTEEMED PARTNERS OVER HERE, COLLIN COLLEGE.
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PLANO ISD AND COLLIN.
IT PROVIDES A PATHWAY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EARN THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY DONE INTENTIONALLY IS ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ASSOCIATE OF ARTS OR AN ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE, SOME COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PROGRAMS. YOU ONLY GET ONE OPTION AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FLEXIBLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY GET THE MOST VALUE WHEN THEY LEAVE AND MOVE ON TO THAT FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION.
SO TWO TEAMS FROM PLANO ISD STAFF AND COLLIN COLLEGE LEADERSHIP VISITED THE COLONY HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IN LEWISVILLE ISD, WHICH IS A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY THAT COLLIN SUPPORTS AND HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
I THINK IT'S LIKE SEVEN, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER.
THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS.
THE CRITERIA AND PROFILE OF A COLLEGIATE STUDENT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, STUDENTS NEED TO APPLY AS AN EIGHTH GRADER.
IT'S OPEN ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO ANY EIGHTH GRADER CAN APPLY FOR ENROLLMENT.
NOW, THAT IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.
IN TEXAS, YOU MUST MEET TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE CRITERIA EITHER ON SAT ACT OR TSA IN ORDER TO EVEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR COLLEGE COURSES.
AND THEN ADDITIONAL CRITERIA MAY BE INCLUDED AS THE DESIGN TEAM FINALIZES PROGRAM EXPECTATIONS.
THE IDEAL STUDENT, WELL, THEY NEED TO BE PROACTIVE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE INITIATIVE AND DRIVE.
GRIT IS ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY THEY NEED TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TAKING REALLY HIGH RIGOROUS COURSES, YOU MIGHT FALL, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
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WE NEED TO REBOUND AND KEEP GOING.SO GRIT AND DETERMINATION AND DRIVE ORGANIZATION, THEY ALSO NEED TO ATTEND SCHOOL REGULARLY.
AND IF YOU DO LOSE CREDIT, WE HAVE CREDIT RECOVERY PROCESSES.
WITH COLLEGE, THERE IS NO CREDIT RECOVERY.
SO IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND REGULARLY.
AND OVER 70% OF OUR KIDS ARE AT THAT.
WITH THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY HERE IN PLANO, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COHORT MODEL.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE CLUSTERED TOGETHER.
YOU BECOME REALLY CLOSE TO YOU BECOME LIKE A FAMILY.
AND SO THEY ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER.
WE WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF EXPERIENCE FOR THESE STUDENTS SO THEY'LL BE SCHEDULED TOGETHER.
WE WILL HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS COME IN AND COLLEGE VISITS.
THERE WILL BE A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY COUNSELOR AND ADVISOR SUPPORTS.
AGAIN, THAT REALLY INTRUSIVE AND INTENTIONAL PLANNING IS KEY TO SUCCESS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
HANG ON. DID I? THE COURSE PROGRESSION, PROGRESSION AND GRADUATION PLAN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL WILL DO IN NINTH GRADE, THEY COULD HAVE 2 TO 3 COURSES.
IT DEPENDS ON THAT STUDENT'S PLAN.
AGAIN, EVERY KID, IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED, BUT 2 TO 2 TO THREE COURSES.
SO IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 9 CREDIT HOURS, 10TH GRADE, IT INCREASES TO FOR 11TH GRADE.
WE SO EACH YEAR IT'S INCREASING IN THE NUMBER OF THOSE COLLEGE COURSES THAT THEY TAKE.
SO A KID COULD THAT 11TH GRADE YEAR DEPENDING ON IF THEY'RE READY FOR THE MATH, COULD TAKE BETWEEN 18 TO 25 COLLEGE HOURS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR AND 12TH GRADE BETWEEN 20 AND 27 TO EARN THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SIDE, THEY WILL EARN THE DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN MULTIPLE ENDORSEMENTS AND THAT PERFORMANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR DUAL CREDIT.
BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THAT PROGRESSION AND THEN ALSO SHOWING YOU WHERE THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO PUT IN THOSE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO THOSE ELECTIVES THAT ARE EITHER FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS OR A PASSION.
EACH YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 125 STUDENTS AND IT WILL GROW.
AND SO IN 24, 25, WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN 125 STUDENTS.
THEN THE NEXT YEAR, 25, 26, 10TH GRADE WILL BE ADDED.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS RECRUITING.
AND SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PLANO ISD ACADEMY TIMELINE AND THE ACTIVITIES.
AND SO WE'RE PLANNING CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THOSE OTHER ACADEMY PROGRAMS. SO AUGUST 17TH, WE ALREADY MET WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAD COUNSELORS JUST TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING, BUT ALSO TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. WHAT ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WOULD HAVE? WHAT ARE THE PAIN POINTS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXPLICIT ABOUT? SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT.
IT WILL BE HOSTED AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PLAN THAT.
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SO JANUARY WE WILL HAVE A WELCOME NIGHT AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL.THAT'S WHERE THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS CAN MEET AND GREET.
WE'LL HAVE TESTING FOR TSA IN MARCH.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TESTING IN MAY AND JUNE.
AND THEN JULY WE'LL HAVE OUR BRIDGE CAMP.
THAT IS WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL BE.
SO THOSE SKILLS STRATEGIES, THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT YEAR.
AND THEN AUGUST WE WILL HAVE A COLLIN COLLEGE WELCOME WEEK WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN SEE THE CAMPUS AND LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THE AMAZING RESOURCES THAT ARE AT THE PLANO COLLIN CAMPUS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.
AND SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE PLANO ISD WILL PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION TEXTBOOK SUPPLIES.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON EMBEDDED FACULTY AND PROVIDING THAT THAT SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM, WE WOULD HAVE TO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY COUNSELORS, ONE AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES AND THEN A COORDINATOR.
THESE WILL ALL ROLL IN AS THE PROGRAM GROWS.
THIS IS CONTINGENT ON US HAVING EMBEDDED FACULTY THAT IT WOULD BE NO COST TO THE STUDENTS, THEIR SHARED MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WE WILL ALL COLLABORATE ON.
AND THEN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE COLLIN COLLEGE HAS THE COLLEGE CAREER.
COLLEGE CAREER COUNSELORS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND IT'S SHOWING THE THE INCREASES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCUR.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH TEXTBOOKS, THIS IS BASED ON COLLIN COLLEGE FACULTY PROVIDING THE INSTRUCTION WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO BUY TEXTBOOKS EACH FOR EACH OF THE CLASSES. HOWEVER, WITH EMBEDDED FACULTY, THAT COULD BE REDUCED BECAUSE WE COULD LOOK AT A THREE YEAR ADOPTION OF THOSE TEXTBOOKS.
THE SUMMER BRIDGE, WE'RE ESTIMATING $15,000.
THAT WOULD BE FOR THE THE STAFF AND FOR RESOURCES AND PLANNING.
WE WANT TO HAVE FIELD TRIPS EACH YEAR, SO EVERY CLASS WILL DO FIELD TRIPS BOTH AT COLLIN COLLEGE AND THEN ALSO AT COLLEGES OR OTHER OTHER FIELD TRIPS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE STUDENTS.
WE DON'T WANT ANY STUDENT TO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT AND MISS OUT AND THEN REGRET.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MARKETING THAT INFORMS OUR ENTIRE POPULATION.
ALSO BUILDING PREP THAT WOULD BE AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL JUST TO GET US GEARED UP.
THIS FIRST YEAR WE HAVE A REPURPOSED COUNSELOR POSITION THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH JUST THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY STUDENTS AND THIS FIRST YEAR PREPPING AND HELPING US RECRUIT AND WORK WITH THE KIDS AND PLAN.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE THE ONE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME IN IN 24, 25.
SO THOSE NUMBERS COULD ACTUALLY BE BE ELIMINATED IF IT'S A REPURPOSED POSITION.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, THEY WILL BE EARNING THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
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AND THIS IS THE PART THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT.IT STRENGTHENS OUR PARTNERSHIP, OUR COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR TWO INSTITUTIONS.
SO WE WANT TO TIGHTEN THAT RELATIONSHIP.
ALSO, I TALKED ABOUT THE KIDS.
IT CREATES COLLEGE READY AND COLLEGE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS.
IT WOULD PARENTS NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT PLANO ISD IS GOING TO WORK ON TRANSPORTATION. ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE PARENTS WHO WOULD HAVE STUDENTS GOING TO PARENTS WHO WANT TO GO WHO WANT THEIR CHILD TO GO TO PLANO SENIOR FOR THIS PROGRAM? WOULD THEY HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR OWN STUDENT TO THE SCHOOL? SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION, EARLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT BEING SET UP, KIND OF LIKE THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM AND FOLLOWING A SIMILAR BUSSING SCHEDULE IN TIME OR BUSSING ROUTES.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THAT.
OKAY. BUT I CAN GET MORE CLEAR INFORMATION ONCE WE FINALIZE THAT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PARENTS WILL BE ASKING IF MY IF MY CHILD DOESN'T GO TO THE VINES, WOULD WOULD HOW WOULD I TAKE MY CHILD TO SCHOOL? WELL, ALONG WITH KIND OF WHAT ANGELA IS ALREADY ASKING, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALREADY.
HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION.
THIS WOULD PUT US UNDER PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO.
FULFILL THOSE THINGS AT A CERTAIN WE'RE TALKING, WHAT, 24, 25? SO WE BASICALLY WOULD HAVE ONE ACADEMIC YEAR TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER BASICALLY TO SUPPORT THIS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? I KNOW THAT WE WERE ALREADY OR ARE WORKING ON THIS.
WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THIS CAN ACTUALLY FACILITATE THIS NEED.
SO WE HAVE A YEAR TO ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES.
AND SO I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
OKAY. I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY, GUYS. NO, THAT'S OKAY.
SO MY CHILDREN GRADUATED BEFORE WE HAD ANY OF THESE ACADEMIES, SO I'M NOT AS CLEAR ABOUT HOW THIS HOW THIS WORKS SO SPECIFICALLY.
THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE AT VINES AND THEY HAVE HOME SCHOOLS FOR SENIOR HIGH WHERE THEY WOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THOSE WOULD BE THEIR CAMPUSES.
OKAY. SO HOW DOES THIS IS THIS A FORMALIZATION OR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING THAN THAN STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY DOING DUAL CREDIT WITH THE IDEA THAT I'M GOING TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME WHEN I GRADUATE? RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A ROBUST DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM AND STUDENTS CAN KIND OF PICK AND CHOOSE.
BUT THIS ALLOWS A STUDENT TO BE VERY FOCUSED ON EARNING THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, GETTING THAT TWO YEAR DEGREE COMPLETED WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN TRANSFERRING ALL OF THAT TO AND THEY WILL ALWAYS APPLY AS A FRESHMAN.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY DAUGHTER, SHE MET WITH HER ACADEMIC ADVISOR.
SHE ALREADY HAD COMPLETED THE CORE CURRICULUM.
SHE ALREADY COMPLETED ANOTHER YEAR.
SO SO SHE WAS ALREADY MOVING INTO THAT JUNIOR YEAR TYPE COURSES.
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SHE WAS STILL CONSIDERED A FRESHMAN.SO THIS IS ALLOWING KIDS TO BASICALLY, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAREER PATHWAYS THAT REQUIRE A MASTER'S AT THIS POINT.
SO FOR THOSE KINDS OF SITUATIONS, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR THEM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT LEVEL OF ACCELERATION AND THAT MANY COLLEGE CREDITS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO PLAY AND THEN DUAL CREDIT IS THE BEST THING FOR YOU.
YOU CAN PICK A COUPLE OF COURSES, YOU CAN WORK, YOU CAN BE IN MULTIPLE ELECTIVES, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU HAVE A KID WHO'S EXPLORING EVERY KIND OF OPTION, DUAL CREDIT PROBABLY IS THE BEST THING FOR THEM.
OKAY. I THINK THE OTHER DIFFERENTIATOR IS THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ARE BUILT IN IN THIS COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, THE COHORT THAT SHE MENTIONED, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IF YOU COMMIT TO THIS FOUR YEAR COHORT, IT IS TUITION FREE, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE FOR THE STANDALONE DUAL CREDIT.
OKAY. SO WHAT I'M GETTING FROM THIS ALSO THEN IS THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF RIGOR AROUND THE RULES THAT PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE AND STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO THIS, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.
SCHEDULE. SO ANY STUDENT WHO ISN'T REALLY READY, I CAN JUST SEE A LOT, A LOT OF PARENTAL.
THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WHAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT NOW IS A LOT OF PARENTAL PUSHBACK ON.
BUT OH, SALLY REALLY WAS SICK ON WHATEVER AND GOSH, CAN'T SHE MAKE THIS OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S WHY THE SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE LISA WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE SO CRITICAL.
IT STARTS WITH THAT SUMMER BRIDGE.
THAT'S QUITE A BUSY A TOUGH SCHEDULE.
I'D BE REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY SPOTS ARE GOING TO BE LOSING OUT.
HOW MANY CHILDREN? KIND OF LIKE THIS IS THE PART THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO TO BECOME A DOCTOR OR IN MY CASE, I'VE EXPERIENCED A VETERINARIAN.
THAT UNIVERSITY IS IS HOLDING THOSE FOUR THOSE SPOTS OPEN FOR THAT STUDENT AT A TUITION AT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU AREN'T SUCCESSFUL, THAT CREATES AN OPEN SPOT.
WELL, TYPICALLY YOU START WITH 100.
WE'RE DOING 100, 125, KNOWING THAT WE NEED THAT CUSHION IN THERE, DROP OFF.
BUT MY HOPE WE BUILD THESE SUPPORTS.
WE MAKE IT TO WHERE THE STUDENTS HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH THAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY COUNSELOR LOOKING AND MONITORING, WITH THE COORDINATOR LOOKING AND MONITORING, WE DO EARLY INTERVENTION, SUPPORT THOSE KIDS THROUGHOUT AND WE MAKE ALL 500.
THAT'S MY GOAL. I NEVER WANT ANY CHILD LEFT BEHIND, EVER.
BUT KNOWING THAT 100 WAS THE ACTUAL EXPECTATION.
OKAY. I NEED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF OR GIVE A BALLPARK OF HOW MANY COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES THERE ARE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? BECAUSE THIS IS THERE ARE A TON.
THEY'RE JUST NOT NECESSARILY THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT FOR MANY OF US.
YEAH. AND SO HOW TO EXPLAIN HOW WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND FOR DELIVERING SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS CALLING COLLEGES EXPERIENCE.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT LEWISVILLE IS ALREADY A PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS FOR THIS? SO THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST RODEO OF SORTS, AND THAT ONE IS ON THEIR CAMPUS.
SO YOU ALL ARE MAKING THAT SERVICE IN LEWISVILLE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO A CALL COLLEGE CAMPUS AT ALL.
IT'S COMPLETELY AND THAT'S THE CASE WITH THIS, TOO.
THEY WILL BE ON CAMPUS AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH THE WHOLE TIME.
THERE'S NOT TRANSPORTATION TO THE PLANO CAMPUS.
THEY JUST HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AT THE PLANO CAMPUS.
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IS THAT. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF TAKE THAT.
SO IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING THIS FOR THE 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND IN 2005 I WAS NAMED FOR A MOMENT IN TIME THE PRINCIPAL ORIGINAL COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I WAS ONLY THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT IT WAS THAT 2005 THAT THEN THAT REALLY BECAME WHEN IN A WORLD WHEN ACROSS THE STATE AND DR. EDNEY WAS WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT RICHLAND FOR FOR EIGHT YEARS.
AND DURING THAT TIME AND I MEAN IT JUST REALLY HAS AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT RICHLAND WAS THE FIRST IT YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. SO REALLY FOR 20 YEARS, THIS HAS BEEN A GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I WANT TO SAY MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO, THE STATE THEN PUT IN AN EARLY COLLEGE MODEL.
SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MODELS.
THERE'S THE EARLY COLLEGE, THERE'S ALSO THE COLLEGIATE MODEL.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS TO THIS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THESE ARE COLLEGE COURSES AND THERE IS AN AGREEMENT.
THERE'S THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD AND ENGLISH 1301 IS ENGLISH 1301 AT ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE TAKING THIS AT AT AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS AN AUTOMATIC COURSE AND AN AUTOMATIC TRANSFER TO EVERY STATE AND EVEN AT SOME OF OUR OUT OF STATE AND EVEN SOME OF OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TAKE THESE.
THESE ARE OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTED COURSES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL.
YOU KNOW, THE THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THEY'RE AT HOME WITH MOM AND DAD.
THERE'S STILL THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS ON.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR HOMEWORK OR ARE YOU STUDYING THERE IN THE COHORT? AND IT REALLY HELPS WITH THE PERSISTENCE WHEN STUDENTS THEN DO GO TO A&M OR TEXAS TECH OR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OR WHEREVER THEY THEY END UP TRANSFERRING TO OR AND GETTING ADMITTED AS AS FRESHMEN OR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE OF I'VE MADE IT THROUGH 63 HOURS.
I'VE GOT THIS AND I KNOW HOW TO STUDY.
DUAL CREDIT. THE SUCCESS FOR COLLEGIATE MODELS.
EARLY COLLEGE, TIME AFTER TIME.
I THINK IT CHANGES THE LIVES FOR MANY STUDENTS AND FOR MANY FAMILIES AND FOR COMMUNITIES.
YOU ASKED LIKE HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE? I CAN TELL YOU THAT FORT WORTH, EVERY SCHOOL HAS SOME TYPE OF OTHER HHS OR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. DALLAS ISD, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT.
IT'S VERY IT'S LARGE AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S A COUNSELOR AT A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND BRYAN COLLEGE.
AND BRYAN. BRYAN AND THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD OR COMMENT TO MAKE IS WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS TO RICHLAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, AND WE ARE ALSO LOSING STUDENTS TO TAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT BECAUSE IT IS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTENT IS, I JUST KNOW THAT ANECDOTALLY THAT WE ARE LOSING STUDENTS BECAUSE WE AREN'T PROVIDING THIS KIND OF SERVICE.
YOU'RE CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, I SEE KIMMY AT THE BACK.
SHE'S SHE HAS A DAUGHTER THAT'S GONE THROUGH ACTUALLY RICHLAND COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
KRISTEN'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS A GRADUATE OF A COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND MY OLDEST SON ALSO HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO I LEAD OFTEN WITH MY MOM HAT.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK ALL THE TIME WITH MY MOM HAD IT ALWAYS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OF DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS, I WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE CHOICE.
TO TO TO SEEK THE PATH THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OR THAT WILL BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO THEM.
SO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH ANOTHER AVENUE, I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
YEAH. WILL THIS IMPACT DUAL CREDIT ON THE WEST OR THE EAST CAMPUS? WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE THE HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY THAT OFFERS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE TO STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT PROGRAM AT PLANO EAST.
I YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST.
AND SO WE'LL WE'LL EMBARK ON ON THIS JOURNEY WITH WITH OUR CENTRAL FEEDER.
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AND THEN I THINK THAT WE WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AND CONSIDER ANOTHER PATHWAY THAT MAYBE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR WEST AFTER AFTER WE GET OUR FIRST ONE UP AND RUNNING OR OUR SECOND ONE UP AND RUNNING.I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE GOOD PRINCIPAL TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
BUT THE THING I WANT TO KNOW IS IF STUDENTS THAT WE PICK FOR 125 STUDENTS WE PICK AND A FEW OF THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT A RIGHT FIT, HOW DO WE ADJUST BASED ON THE IMPACT TO OUR STUDENT OUTCOME? HOW ARE WE IF THERE AFTER THREE, THREE MONTHS THAT THEY'RE INTO THE PROGRAM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADJUST SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MANY 125 STUDENTS STAY IN THE PROGRAM AND IMPROVE OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES.
WE WANT TO CREATE THAT FAMILY.
AND SO SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MY MY EXPECTATION AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR BOTH PRINCIPALS, THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT THAT WE ARE WE KNOW OUR KIDS.
NOW, IF THERE'S A KID THAT JOINS THIS PROGRAM AND THEY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, LIKE IT JUST AFTER INTRUSIVE AND VERY INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL SUPPORTS AND CONVERSATIONS, IF IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL CAMPUS, WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE HAVEN'T IRONED OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE DESIGN TEAM IS DOING RIGHT NOW.
BUT BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WANT TO START WITH 125.
I WANT TO END WITH 125 PER CLASS.
OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE SLIDE.
IT SAYS STUDENTS MUST TAKE AND PASS THE TSC.
WHEN? WHAT? WHAT GRADE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO PASS AT THE END OF EIGHTH GRADE OR BY NINTH GRADE? SO THEY NEED TO BE TSC.
THEY MET IN READING AND WRITING BEFORE THEY START NINTH GRADE.
OKAY, SO THE READING AND WRITING.
THE MATH, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETE OR MET ON THE TSA MATH BY OR BEFORE THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE READY THAT JUNIOR YEAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS? SO HOW ARE WE CHOOSING THE STUDENTS AGAIN? SO THEY APPLY ITS OPENING APPLICATION.
THEY HAVE TO BE AN EIGHTH GRADER.
WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUT WHAT THE IDEAL IS.
THEY. BUT BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY HAVE TO PASS THE TSA READING AND WRITING.
THAT'S THE ONE CRITERIA THAT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE BECAUSE THAT'S STATE.
AND THEN I GUESS, WHY ARE THEY REQUIRING THEY GET A FOUR YEAR DEGREE? WHAT IF WHAT IF PEOPLE JUST WANT LIKE A TERMINAL ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND WANT TO BE DONE AND BASICALLY BE TO START WORK, BUT WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE? WELL, AND THEY CAN I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP A KID WHO WANTS TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR PATHWAY LEADS THEM TO.
BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT IF THEY'RE COMING IN AND GETTING AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT CORE AT THE FOCUS, THAT THEY WOULD MOVE ON TO THAT FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION. BUT EVERY EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT.
THEIR STORY IS DIFFERENT. THE PATHWAY IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHERE THE COUNSELOR IS GOING TO BE ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT TO TALK TO THAT STUDENT AND PEEL BACK THE LAYERS OF WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE PLAN, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE UPON GRADUATION? AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HELP THEM BUILD THAT FOUR YEAR PLAN THAT MEETS THAT STUDENT'S NEEDS.
BUT WILL THEY BE I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY IN THE EIGHTH GRADE SAYS, I WANT TO BE A WELDER AND I NEED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE TO BE A WELDER, WOULD THEY BE DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS FREE.
AND I KNOW SOME STUDENTS HAVE TO PAY FOR DUAL CREDIT.
IS THERE GOING TO BE A NEEDS BASED ASSESSMENT HERE OR IS THIS LITERALLY JUST WHOEVER APPLIES? FOR. SO BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS FREE, WE'RE ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS THAT THERE'S NOT A COST TO THEM THAT ARE IN THIS PROGRAM.
ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER FOLKS WHO ARE ON A NEED BASIS OR NOT?
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WELL, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPEN APPLICATION AND INVITING ALL EIGHTH GRADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM TO COME IN.NO, WE HAVE NOT PUT ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO THAT.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THIS AS WELL? BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME AND AGAIN, PLEASE CORRECT ME, THERESA, OR WHOEVER ELSE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE DOING THIS THIS A SIMILAR WAY THAT WE'RE DOING SORT OF OUR OTHER THINGS, I GUESS, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THAT ALL STUDENTS APPLY? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS THAT RIGHT NOW THE STATS SHOW THAT PLANO IN PARTICULAR HAS FEWER OF OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC KIDS TAKING AP CLASSES. HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM? OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ACADEMY PROGRAMS IS FULL.
AND SO WE'VE MET WITH THE COMMS DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT MARKETING, MARKETING, MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING EVERY STUDENT, EVERY PARENT, BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE LISTENING ROUNDS, WE HEARD SOME STUDENTS AND PARENTS SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE VERY ROBUST.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE LAYERS OF MARKETING, MULTIPLE TAPS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GOT IN FRONT OF THOSE.
THE I KEEP SAYING EIGHTH GRADE, BUT THE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAD COUNSELORS, WE GOT IN FRONT OF THEM TO SAY, HELP US, MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET, WE REACH EVERY KID. HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT ARE WE MISSING? HOW ARE WE NOT REACHING THESE KIDS? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON A ROBUST MARKETING PLAN FOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, CERTAINLY, BUT FOR ALL THE ACADEMY PROGRAMS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT KIDS TO KNOW WHAT OPTIONS THEY HAVE IN PLANO ISD AND WE WANT THEM TO FIND THE ONE THAT IS RIGHT FOR THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE.
WE WANT EVERY KID TO KNOW AND TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE AND I KNOW THERESA, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT IT ALSO GOES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY GREAT ADVISING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, LOOKING AT THOSE SIX YEAR PLANS, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS ARE THINKING ABOUT AND THOSE COUNSELORS ARE HELPING THEM THINK THROUGH WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL AND THEN WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THE PATHWAYS THAT WILL GET YOU TO THE GOAL THAT YOU WANT.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH COUNSELING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT NOVEMBER 1ST IS A BIG EVENT FOR US.
SO MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, MULTIPLE LAYERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMING EVERYBODY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ONE, PLAN THE TIMELINE.
I'M GETTING IN FRONT OF THOSE COUNSELORS MULTIPLE TIMES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RATHER THAN SORT OF SAYING, OH, THIS IS JUST OPEN TO EVERYBODY, THEY JUST WAIT FOR THEM TO APPLY, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT PROACTIVELY SUGGESTING THIS TO SOME KIDS AS WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAKING HONORS CLASSES OR EVEN KIDS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT CLASSES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE MONEY OR SAVE TIME? WELL, SO THE EIGHTH GRADE GROUP, I MEAN, 70% OF OUR KIDS ARE AT THE MEETS AND BEYOND AND STAR.
OCEAN OF KIDS THAT WE WANT TO BRING IN.
ALL OF THEM TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
AND IF ALL OF THEM WANT TO APPLY.
THAT'S AWESOME. AND THE LAST THING IS, IF WE DO A LOTTERY, HOW WILL THE LOTTERY WORK? SO RIGHT NOW, THE LOTTERY WILL BE SCHEDULED ON A CERTAIN DATE.
ALL THE ACADEMIES WILL WILL HAVE A DAY THAT THEY CONDUCT THAT LOTTERY.
THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT.
WE ALL HAVE AN ASSIGNED SCHOOL THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
I'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEN IT'S RANDOM.
ALL RIGHT, KRISTEN, I'VE GOT JUST ONE QUESTION.
IT'S SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS, A GREAT CHOICE IN EDUCATION.
QUICK QUESTION ON THAT BRIDGE.
IS THAT JUST THE EIGHTH GRADERS COMING INTO NINTH GRADE EVERY YEAR? THAT'S IT'S NOT FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY.
THAT'S JUST TO GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS INTO THE PROGRAM.
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IT'S TO GET THOSE EIGHTH GRADERS READY FOR THAT NINTH GRADE YEAR.AND ALSO IN CASE THEY NEED ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO GET OVER THAT HUMP.
I KNOW THAT I WAS ON THE ACADEMY VISIONING COMMITTEE IN 2011, AND THIS IS THIS FALLS I LOOKED I WENT BACK TO MY DOCUMENTS TODAY AND I LOOKED AT ALL THE CRITERIA THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN FUTURE ACADEMIES.
AND I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO BRAG THAT WE HAVE THIS MANY CHOICES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THANK, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE.
IT'S TEXAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
ARE YOU ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC DEGREE FIELDS THAT MAY BE A BETTER OR NOT AS GOOD OF A FIT FOR THIS PROGRAM? OR IS IT SORT OF WIDE OPEN? IT'S WIDE OPEN, AND WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM.
OKAY. UM, THIS QUESTION MAY SEEM A LITTLE ESOTERIC, BUT I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I'M ASKING IT.
WHO EMPLOYS THE INSTRUCTORS? COLIN IS GOING TO CREDENTIAL THEM.
WHO DO THEY ACTUALLY GET A PAYCHECK AND A W-2 FROM? SO IF THEY'RE EMBEDDED FACULTY, THAT WOULD BE US.
AND WILL THEY BE CHAPTER 21 EMPLOYEES? IF THEY ARE EMPLOYED AS FULL TIME INSTRUCTORS IN THE HPISD, THEY WOULD BE TEXAS TEACHERS CERTIFIED.
THEY WOULD MEET THE EMPLOYMENT AND CREDENTIALING EXPECTATIONS OF A.
AND SO THEY WOULD BE PAYING TEACHERS.
THEY WOULD RECEIVE ALL THE BENEFITS.
THEY WOULD BE PART OF OUR STAFFING NUMBERS.
SO THEY WOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS OF HIRING ANYONE.
GOT IT. SO THE REASON THE REASON THAT I ASK AND I'M SURE THE COLIN FOLKS KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH MASTER'S AND PHDS TEACHING AS ADJUNCT FACULTIES AT FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES WHICH COME WITH UNRELIABLE SCHEDULES.
I KNOW COLIN HAS A DIFFERENT MODEL, SO I'M NOT MAKING ANY ACCUSATIONS TO YOU GUYS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ADJUNCT FACULTY, A LOT OF THEM HAVE UNRELIABLE SCHEDULES, UNRELIABLE HEALTH CARE, SO HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO ARE WIDELY CONSIDERED AS ACADEMIA'S WORKING POOR. THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, ADJUNCTING IS LIKE.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO OFFER PEOPLE WHO TEACH COLLEGE AND AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT, THAT INCLUDES BENEFITS, RETIREMENT, THAT SORT OF THING, THAT COULD BE A REALLY POWERFUL RECRUITING TOOL, PARTICULARLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING TO TRY AND STRING THREE, FOUR COURSES TOGETHER AT A TIME.
WHERE DOES THIS FIT IN THE GPA GAME IN TERMS OF ITS.
OKAY. THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS INFORMED ME.
WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD IN ANOTHER MEETING.
SO I WILL PUT A PIN IN THAT AFTER AFTER THAT REACTION.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT WHERE THAT'S GOING TO FIT IN.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SAY, I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS A COLLEGE COURSE, SO IT'S NOT A COURSE THAT WILL PREPARE A STUDENT FOR COLLEGE OR A COURSE THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE AND HOPE THAT THEY GET A COLLEGE CREDIT.
WE HAVE TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
AND SO WE'LL THAT IN ITSELF IS A WHOLE OTHER BOARD PRESENTATION.
SO THAT WAS WHY I SAID WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AT A DIFFERENT MEETING.
SO I'M JUST TYING YOU UP HERE.
I MEAN, WELL, BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING ELSE, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND THEN CERTAINLY OUR WILDCAT NATION FOLKS, THAT WILL BE BRINGING THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE DISTRICT.
IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.WELL, JERI, THAT WAS A PERFECT SEGUE TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO OFFER.
IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE OR YOUR IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS JUST ABOUT THIS AMAZING PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME FORWARD.
DR. BARNES. TILLY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO? NO PRESSURE.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS INTIMATELY, SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE PUT ON THE SPOT.
THIS IS BEING FILMED, RIGHT? I'M JOKING. I'M JOKING.
THANK YOU, JERI FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
WE DO HAVE, AS KRISTEN HAS MENTIONED, A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND A GREAT DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY, THAT'S GREAT, TOO.
THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IB CLASSES, AB.
AP SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS GIVES THEM THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AND I'LL JUST SAY I'VE RAUL CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS, BUT WE'VE HAD CEREMONIES WHERE WE'VE HONORED THESE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH THEIR COLLEGE DIPLOMA.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT'S HEARTWARMING.
AND THEN IN TWO WEEKS THEY'RE GOING TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR US.
AND SO WE'RE THRILLED TO BE A PARTNER IN THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO WHAT IS TO COME.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SAYING SOMETHING OR AM I PUTTING YOU TOO MUCH ON THE SPOT? DR. INNOCENT AT ALL.
THAT'S FAIR. I WILL SAY WE SO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND OUR PRINCIPALS ENTHUSIASM.
AND SO I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, THE WORK.
AND I CANNOT THINK OF TWO BETTER LEADERS TO BLAZE THE TRAIL IN PLANO ISD WITH THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY GOOD.
DR. ANY AND THE TIMELINE IS REALLY AMAZING FOR, FOR THE TEAM, FOR THE COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATION TO COME OUT WITH THIS TIMELINE AND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 8.2, WHICH IS THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE.
AND SO, JOHNNY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE OVER ON THIS? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
I'M GOING TO INVITE MR. TONY PEARSON TO COME UP.
ONE THING WE DO WANT TO DO, ONCE WE PASS THE BOND, THE COMMUNITY PASS THE BOND IN NOVEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY WITH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOND PROGRAM, THE UPDATES.
AND SO I AM GOING TO ASK MR. PEARSON TO COME ON A ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO UPDATE THE BOARD.
I KNOW HE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THIS BOND PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, JOHNNY. GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE STILL TRACKING ON THE FIVE PHASES DESIGNATED HERE.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, OUR BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN EACH OF OUR PHASES.
GETTING INTO THE MEAT OF IT. WE GOT THE JUPITER CENTER RENOVATION THAT'S STILL AIMING TOWARDS A NOVEMBER COMPLETION, WHEREUPON TECHNOLOGY, DEPLOYMENT AND LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES WILL MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING.
DRYWALL INSTALLATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS WRAPPING UP AND THEY'LL SOON BE PAINTING THOSE WALLS.
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CEILING GRID IS GOING IN STOREFRONT ENTRANCES.THAT'S A LOWER PICTURE AND WINDOW FRAMES ARE BEING INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR AND TILE FLOORING IS BEING LAID IN THE RESTROOMS. THE MURPHY DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THE GUYS ON THE FINISH SLAB WRAPPING UP AND THEY'LL SOON BE GOING VERTICAL WITH THE WALLS.
THAT'S STILL ON A ROAD TO COMPLETION IN DECEMBER.
SO THE ELECTRICAL AND DATA FOR THOSE HIGHLY SPECIFIC AND AREAS ARE PROVIDING THE RIGHT LOCATIONS.
THE CONTRACTOR RECENTLY PROVIDED THE CONTRACTORS, MCCOWN GORDON THEY RECENTLY PROVIDED THE FIRST DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATE AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN BUDGET AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT, A LOT OF NUMBERS CURRENTLY BUILT INTO THAT AS WELL.
THE CONTRACTOR IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING PLAN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE MULTI PHASE PROJECTS THAT WILL LAST A COUPLE SUMMERS.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL JUST KIND OF BE MOVING AROUND THE BUILDING.
THOSE PHASING PLAN DISCUSSIONS ARE, OF COURSE, TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PRINCIPALS, TALKED ABOUT WITH WITH JILL ENGELKING AS WELL AS WE'LL GET THAT IN FRONT OF TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AND OUR FACILITIES GROUP JUST MAKING SURE THAT MAJOR BUILDING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY STILL OPERATE THROUGHOUT ALL THE PHASES AS THEY'RE TAKING DOWN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING AND BUILDING IT UP.
JUST IF THE DOOR IS SHUT, IT LATCHES, IT IS LOCKED.
DOORS STARTED TO ARRIVE ON AUGUST 14TH TO THE CONTRACTOR'S WAREHOUSE AS DOORS ARRIVED.
THEY ARE IDENTIFYING WHICH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND ARE RECONCILING DOOR COUNTS.
TO DATE, THEY HAVE COMPLETED EIGHT SCHOOLS.
TALKING TO THE CONTRACTOR. TODAY HE'S COMPLETED EIGHT SCHOOLS, HE SAID TEN AFTER TONIGHT.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING SATURDAYS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR RATE OF COMPLETION.
SO UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT DELIVER THE PALLETS BY CAMPUS.
THE DOOR CREW SORTED AND IS SORTING DOORS BASED ON CAMPUS.
SO THE FIRST SORTED AND CLOSEST TO THE ROLL UP SHOP DOOR AS THE SHOP IS VERY IS VERY FULL.
CURRENTLY HAS BEEN THEIR FIRST OUT THE DOOR.
THIS HAS PLACED THEM IN EAST CENTRAL WEST CAMPUSES AT DIFFERENT IN VARIOUS TIMES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS UPPER UPPER WINDOW, THEY PUT THE GLAZING ON.
THE GUY IN THE UPPER RIGHT IS CLEANING IT, PROVIDING THE SOLUTION, GETTING IT NICE AND SMOOTH.
AND THE GUY DOWN HERE, HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S SQUEEGEE IN THE WINDOW.
HE'S ACTUALLY APPLYING THAT FILM AND GETTING ALL THE BUBBLES OUT.
THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE CAULKING.
THEY'VE GOT TO CAULK AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THAT WINDOW FROM THE GLAZING TO THE WINDOW FRAME.
AND SO THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE STILL GOING BACK TO CAMPUSES AND COMPLETING THAT.
AND THAT WILL COMPLETE THE ENTRY RESISTANT FILM SYSTEM.
THEY ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACTOR, THERE ARE ABOUT 55% COMPLETE WITH THE CAULKING.
AS THEY COMPLETE THE DOORS, THEY WILL GO BACK AND COMPLETE THE BASE AND TOUCH UP PAINT WHERE NEEDED.
THEY THEY FEEL THEY ARE STILL ON TRACK.
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AND TRENDING AHEAD TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE IN NOVEMBER.ARRIVING. THERE'S LOWER LEFT IS THEM IN THE WAREHOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT THE LOWER TWO PICTURES ARE ABOUT.
RECENT CHANGE ORDER. JUST AS A REMINDER THAT TO THE THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS AND THE TWO CHILD CARE CENTERS WERE ADDED ON AS A LATE AS A LATE ADD. SO THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED AFTER THEY'RE COMPLETE WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT STILL GOING TO BE COMPLETE BY NOVEMBER.
PLANO EAST AND WEST TRACK FENCING.
WE'VE GOT ROBINSON FENCE COMPANY ON THOSE.
THEY ARE SIGNED UP, THEY'VE GOT CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF ORDERING MATERIAL.
THEY'LL BEGIN MOBILIZING ON SITE, INSTALLING THE FENCE AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES, AND THEN WE'LL BE COORDINATING THAT WORK WITH ATHLETICS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE USE OF THE FIELD AND PORTIONS OF THE TRACK AS THEY PUT THAT FENCE UP.
PLANO, EAST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF AND PLANO, WEST BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TURF.
WE'LL GET TO SEE WHICH ONE DOES BETTER.
SO THE NEXT TIME THEY COME UP FOR A FIELD, WE'LL KIND OF BE ABLE TO MAYBE MORE EASILY PICK ONE THAN THE OTHER OR BETTER EXPLAIN TO THE OTHER GUY THAT DOESN'T GET IT WHY WE DIDN'T CHOOSE YOU THIS TIME.
SO THE IDEA THAT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WILL START BACK UP LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT.
VLC FOR HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT.
WE ARE STARTING INITIAL DATA, INFORMATION GATHERING AND DESIGN MEETING WITH THOSE FOLKS.
AND I GUESS THE BIG ONE FOR THESE FIVE PROJECTS IS WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY SOLICITING PROPOSALS.
OPEN BID PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
SO THAT'S THE CONTRACTORS FOR THESE PROJECTS.
A LOT OF A LOT OF CONTRACTORS COMING TO THE TABLE FOR ALL OF THESE FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS, TOO.
WE AT LEAST HAD FIVE, SIX, SIX OR MORE CONTRACTORS COMING TO EACH EACH ONE.
BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF INTEREST.
PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR RENOVATION THAT WINS WITH CORGAN.
BUT WE'LL BRING IN A GROUP OF OF SCHOOL FOLKS, LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT KIND OF WILL HELP START TO MOLD THIS INTO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL KITCHEN DINING EDITION THAT'S GOING TO GLENN PARTNERS.
SO THAT'S KITCHEN AND DINING EDITIONS AT BD ISAACS AND PEARSON.
THE BOARD APPROVED GLENN PARTNERS JUST HERE RECENTLY AT THE AUGUST 8TH BOARD.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THOSE FOLKS SOON AND THEN GO VISIT CAMPUSES AND AND START TALKING TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THEIR KITCHEN AND DINING EDITION COULD LOOK LIKE. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE'RE GIVING THAT ONE TO STANTEC.
WE DID HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM.
THEY WERE ALSO PROVED HERE RECENTLY IN AUGUST 8TH.
REALLY, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL BUMP OUT IS THEY HAVE A FREEZER AND COOLER UNIT CURRENTLY IN THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN THAT BUMPS OUT TO AN ADDITION THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM INSIDE TO REMODEL OR REWORK KIND OF THE OFFICE SPACE AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DRY STORAGE.
A PROJECT LIKE THIS, ACCORDING TO STANTEC.
CORK HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION THAT WENT TO CORRIGAN AGAIN JUST RECENTLY PASSED ON AUGUST 8TH.
WE'RE BEGINNING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
WE'LL HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THEM SOON TO ADDRESS SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES THERE AT CLARK.
THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER THAT'S WITH HUCKABEE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT FROM THEM BEING APPROVED ON 620, WE'VE STARTED A EVERY MONDAY KIND OF A DISCUSSION MEETING WITH THEM TO KIND OF SIT DOWN WITH WITH WITH WITH DISTRICT STAFF AND SOME OUTSIDE DISTRICT.
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BUT JUST PARTICIPATION FROM FROM A GROUP THAT'S GOT A GOT GOT AN UNDERSTANDING AND A READINESS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE ARCHITECT TO BUILD WHAT THIS PROGRAM NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THIS WHAT THIS BUILDING ULTIMATELY NEEDS TO BE.THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD SO FAR, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND GET THAT RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE THERE ON A SCHEDULE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING A PATH WHERE THIS THIS THIS BUILDING INTENDS TO BE OPEN AND WORKING FALL 2026.
PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH BUILDING A RENOVATION AGAIN, GLENN PARTNERS.
WE DID HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THOSE THOSE FOLKS RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD A LARGE GROUP COME IN TO OUR SERVICE CENTER AND SIT AROUND A TABLE AND DISCUSS AND SEE THEIR PRESENTATION. AND THAT WENT WELL.
PLANO EAST ARCHITECTS RECENTLY PASSED WILL BEGIN KICK OFF MEETINGS WITH THEM SOON.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY INFORMATION GATHERING, WALKING, WALKING THE CAMPUSES, USING THEIR HIGH TECH CAMERAS AND STUFF TO TO TO BASICALLY SITE THE BUILDING, GET ALL THE INTERNAL DATA SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO US AND START AND START THOSE PROGRAM DISCUSSIONS.
AND THEN THE THE SLIDE THAT I LEFT OUT, THE SLIDE THAT I LEFT OUT LAST TIME JUST WANTED TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE HOW MANY PROJECTS WE GOT GOING WAS THE ASSISTANCE AND COMPLIANCE PHASE ONE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S MISSING THE ADMIN.
THE ADMIN BUILDING IS ALSO ON HERE AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON NINE BUILDINGS, MENDENHALL AND SEC.
SO WE'VE GOT ARCHITECTS RECENTLY APPROVED ON ALL OF THESE ARCHITECTS AND OR ENGINEERS.
WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS COMING ONLINE HERE SHORTLY.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT SIX OTHER PLAYGROUNDS, UPPER AND LOWER WITH ROCK ENGINEERING.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS.
WE'RE DOING MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS AT BOWMAN, WILSON AND ROBINSON.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO RECENTLY ADD AS PART OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDIT THAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER, WHERE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS OR SPORTING FIELDS AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE FENCED.
SO THEY'LL DO A NEW SYNTHETIC TRACK.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF THIS IS A PICTURE OF BOWMAN FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'LL JUST TAKE A SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH SOME GATE ACCESS FOR FOR MOWERS AND FOR PEOPLE AND JUST KIND OF PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF SECURITY FOR THESE THESE PLAY AREAS AND PLAY FIELDS THAT OUR STUDENTS WORK ON IN THE EVENINGS AND AFTER SCHOOL HOURS.
THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE RENOVATING OUR PLAYGROUNDS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR OUR YOUNG STUDENTS, OUR LITTLE KIDS.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE CHOSEN SOMETHING THAT IS FOR ALL STUDENTS, WHICH IS ADA COMPLIANT.
BUT NONE OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
CORRECT. BRINKER IS A TITLE ONE.
OKAY. I WAS BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THIS.
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I JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT THAT AS WE'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE WE'RE ORGANIZING THESE SCHOOLS IN A RATIONAL WAY AND A RATIONAL REASON THAT IS NOT FAVORING OR DISFAVORING.CAMPUSES FOR ANY PARTICULAR REASON, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES DONE IN A WAY THAT IS THAT CORRELATES WITH THEIR QUANTITY IN THE DISTRICT.
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALPHABETICAL.
I WANT TO SAY THAT INITIALLY WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR FACILITIES GROUP AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT ONE TO ANSWER ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ANY PLAYGROUNDS WERE MORE IN NEED THAN OTHERS. MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT FOLKS.
SO UNLESS THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF WAS FALLING APART, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY WERE MOST LOOKING AT.
SO THESE WERE CERTAINLY ON MY GOOGLE SHEET WHEN FIRST PLUGGED IN.
THE SCHOOLS WERE ALPHABETICAL, BUT THEN I THINK IT WAS A BREAKDOWN PHASE ONE THROUGH FIVE TO TRY TO ATTEMPT TO GRAB, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOING TEN A YEAR, IT WAS LIKE 3 OR 4, FOUR AND THREE, WHATEVER THE NUMBERS WERE TRYING TO GRAB FROM EAST WEST AND IN CENTRAL CLUSTER.
THE SECOND ROUND OF PLAYGROUNDS ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING TOWARDS TOWARDS THAT.
BUT THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO BE ALPHABETICAL.
REALLY QUICK QUESTION. IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK FENCING, IS THAT A CHANGE ORDER? NO, IT IS GOING TO BE AN ADDENDUM.
SO. SO THE CONTRACT IS ALREADY OUT FOR BID.
YOU KNOW, WE BID IT AND WE WEREN'T POSITIVE EXACTLY THE EXTENT OR PERIMETER OF THE FENCE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET IT IN BY ADDENDUM SO THAT IT WILL BE THERE PRIOR TO BID.
SO IT WILL NOT BE A CHANGE ORDER.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETITIVELY BID IT.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD, THOROUGH REPORT.
THE FINAL REPORT THIS EVENING PERTAINS TO HOUSE BILL 1416 AND THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PLAN.
AGAIN, LET'S HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TO THE END.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AND LISA WILSON WILL KNOCK OFF OR KICK OFF THIS PRESENTATION.
DON'T KNOCK IT OFF. I'M SORRY. HERE WE GO.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, HOUSE BILL 4545 RINGS A BELL.
AND SO IT BRINGS SOME NEW GUIDANCE FOR US.
I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THESE CHANGES WITH HOUSE BILL 1416 WHAT OUR PLAN LOOKS LIKE TO ADDRESS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS SO THAT OUR KIDS, OUR KIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE EQUIPPED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
SO THIS IS ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION AS DEFINED BY HOUSE BILL 1416.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.
I THINK THAT GUIDANCE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
BUT WE KNOW THAT RESEARCH TELLS US THAT INTENSIVE TIME AND SUPPORT WITH HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING OR VARIED SETTINGS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH MASTERY OF SKILLS AND AND WITH CONTENT AND CLOSING STUDENT GAPS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS AND WITH ACCESSING THOSE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS WITHIN VARIOUS SETTINGS FOR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PURPOSES. SO HERE'S THE NEW GUIDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1416.
ACTUALLY, WE DO GET TO BREATHE A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE STATE HAS MADE.
YOU SEE, THERE'S NO MORE THAN TWO SUBJECTS PER YEAR.
THEY WANT US TO PRIORITIZE MATH AND READING.
THEY'VE REVISED THE NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
IT CAN BE PROVIDED TO A STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY OR IT USED TO BE NO MORE THAN THREE.
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WE REALLY LIKE THIS.AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THAT THEY HAVE THAT CHOICE.
THERE WERE SOME KIND OF TRICKY AND AND DIFFICULT SITUATIONS LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, A STUDENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABSENT AND WE HAD A MULTITUDE OF DATA THAT WOULD HAVE SAID THAT THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT MAYBE DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE THAT ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
NOW, WE HAVE SOME CHOICE WITH THAT AND PARENTS HAVE SOME CHOICE WITH THAT.
UM, THEY REMOVED THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE REQUIREMENT, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE SCORES WHEN THEY CAME, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET ALL OF THOSE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAPPENING.
AND THEN THEY A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE SHIFT HERE.
THEY REVISED THE AP, WHICH WAS IN ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PLAN.
WE JUST GOT SOME MORE DATA YESTERDAY FROM AAP SO THAT I SPENT A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THAT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF HOW ARE OUR KIDS DOING.
SO THOSE STUDENTS WOULD GET 15 HOURS PER SUBJECT.
IF YOU'VE GOT A KIDDO WHO FALLS INTO THE LOW, DOES NOT MEET CATEGORY OR THEY'RE A THIRD GRADE STUDENT WHO THEY DON'T APPROACH GRADE LEVEL OR HIGHER, THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED 30 HOURS, AT LEAST 30 HOURS PER SUBJECT AREA.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT IEP THAT ACCELERATED EDUCATION PLAN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A KID KIDDO PASSES READING OR LR AND BUT THEY DON'T PASS MATH AND LET'S SAY THEY THEY ALSO WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL ON SCIENCE, THEN THAT PARTICULAR CHILD WOULD RECEIVE SOME ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IN MATH AND SCIENCE.
SO WHAT? NOW WHAT? SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE KIND OF ADJUSTING AND PUTTING IN PLACE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND ULTIMATELY OUR STUDENTS.
SO THE CHANGES AND EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE TIME WITH THEM AGAIN TOMORROW AT OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING.
DAVIS HAVE SOME PLANS, SCENARIO EXPERIENCES FOR THEM TO WALK THEM THROUGH JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHEN THEY HAVE TO PROBLEM SOLVE OR MAKE A DECISION, WHICH MIGHT BE A UNIQUE SITUATION.
WE HAVE UPDATED THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE.
WE'VE HAD THAT IN PLACE THE PAST TWO YEARS.
SO WE'VE ADJUSTED THAT BASED OFF OF THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND STRENGTHEN THAT AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT'S OFFERED TO THEM FOR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THEM, ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON HOW TO DOCUMENT PROGRESS OF STUDENTS IN ADJUTANTS, BECAUSE THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FROM US THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THAT PROGRESS. WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGED WITH THE DATA THAT WE'VE STARTED TO ANALYZE DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT OR THE COURSE IN GRADES FOUR THROUGH ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ENGLISH TWO, AN ALGEBRA, WE ARE SEEING A A KIND OF AN EXIT BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCCESS ON STAR THIS YEAR BETWEEN 25 AND 64% OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PROMISING AND.
OKAY, SO RESOURCES AND TIMELINES.
OUR GOAL IS FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS AND RESOURCES, TRAINING FOR THOSE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, AND NOT JUST TRAINING ON HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM, BUT THERE ARE DATA REPORTS THAT COME WITH THESE SOFTWARE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE ESSER FUNDS TO PURCHASE FOR THEM.
SO WE WANT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THOSE REPORTS TO PROGRESS, MONITOR, TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AT THE CAMPUS AS OF AS TO HOW THEIR STUDENTS ARE DOING THAT TRAINING AND SUPPORTS THE WORK OF OUR COORDINATORS AND SPECIALISTS.
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THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY DO.AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE USED ESSER FUNDS THE PAST TWO YEARS TO PURCHASE THOSE PLATFORMS AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, AS, AS I SAID, TO GENERATE SOME REALLY POWERFUL DATA REPORTS FOR THE PROGRESS MONITORING PIECE.
WE HAVE DREAMBOX MATH FOR ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE MY PATH FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FOR READING.
AND WE'VE EXPANDED THE LICENSE ON SOME OF THOSE SECONDARY PIECES.
SO WE HAVE TEACHERS AND THOSE USING THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS, THEY HAVE EVEN EVEN MORE ACCESS TO THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN SMALL GROUP.
OKAY. SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE EITHER A PART OF OUR ADOPTION RESOURCES OR SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULAR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THAT I MENTIONED TRAINING FOR USE OF THOSE RESOURCES OR PROGRESS MONITORING THE DOCUMENTATION PIECE.
OUR COORDINATORS AND SPECIALISTS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME TRAINING OVER THE SUMMER.
WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING SESSIONS COMING UP.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS OFFERING REFRESHERS AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THOSE RESOURCES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR IS ADD A LAYER OF MONITORING BY THE DISTRICT THAT'S ACADEMIC SERVICES, THAT'S R.P, THAT'S SLI FOR THESE HOUSE BILL 1416 STUDENTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS TOMORROW.
LIKE I TOLD LIKE I LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO KIND OF PROVIDE THEM SOME SCENARIO SITUATIONS SO THEY CAN HELP PROBLEM SOLVE ANY OF THOSE UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT POP UP ON THEIR CAMPUS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT CAMPUSES, WHICH IS AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE, TO MONITOR THESE STUDENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, PULL THOSE DATA REPORTS AND MONITOR EVERY FOUR WEEKS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL EVERY NINE WEEKS AND AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE STUDENTS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CAMPUSES ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS SPACES LIKE WHERE IS THIS HAPPENING? AND WE WE WE HAVE IN OUR GUIDANCE AND OUR TRAINING FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHERE THIS PARTICULAR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION MIGHT HAPPEN AND HOW TO ACCESS THESE HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS.
IT VARIES BY CAMPUS AND BY LEVEL.
SO DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL, THE COURSE OR THE SUBJECT, THOSE I OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE SPECIALIZED READING AND MATH SUPPLEMENTAL COURSES, SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION DURING THE MATH OR THE LITERACY BLOCK.
THAT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND OR A COURSE DURING THE I AND E TIME THAT EXISTS ON BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES NOW. SO THOSE ARE THOSE WOULD BE WHERE SOME OF THIS ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION WOULD BE HAPPENING.
AND AS FAR AS TEACHERS ANALYZING DATA AND LOOKING AT STUDENT PROGRESS, OUR WORK CONTINUES WITH THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY WORK OR WHAT YOU HEAR ARE OUR STAFF OFTEN SAY COLLABORATIVE TEAMS. ACTIONS OF THESE TEAMS WILL ALWAYS INCLUDE RESPONDING TO THE DATA, ADJUSTING THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION.
REFLECTING ON INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY, THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE TEACHER NEEDS TO BE REFLECTIVE.
IS WHAT I'M DOING EFFECTIVE? IS IT REALLY MOVING THE STUDENT? AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE CHANGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE FAILED STAAR OR ARE STRUGGLING.
THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, EVEN IF IT'S STUDENTS THAT NEED ENRICHMENT.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THOSE COLLABORATIVE TEAMS. SO I MENTIONED THE DATA CHECKS.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK ON PROGRESS OF ALL STUDENTS.
AND IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE.
I'M GOING TO PREACH ABOUT THIS FOR JUST A SECOND.
BUT I THINK I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THE MOST IMPORTANT MINDSET WE CAN HAVE IS THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN A STATE ASSESSMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE SAME CONTENT AREA FOR TWO OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, IT'S REALLY WHAT'S THEIR STORY? I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY GETTING DOWN TO STUDENTS STORIES.
NOW, YOU HEARD DR. EDNEY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
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SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE ALONG THE WAY TO REALLY KNOW THEIR ACADEMIC HISTORY, ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILY AND APPROACH THEIR SUPPORT FROM A WHOLE CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE? I REALLY THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS THAT ARE UNSUCCESSFUL ON A STATE TEST MORE THAN ONE YEAR, YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO DIG AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE STORY THAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO I LOVE THAT WE SUPPORT THAT.OUR STUDENTS ARE MUCH MORE THAN A NUMBER.
THIS IS NEVER GOING TO BE A BLAME GAME.
CHANGE IT AGAIN IF NECESSARY, UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM.
AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, YOU'LL HEAR A REPORT ABOUT EARLY LITERACY AND NUMERACY.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, SO WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY AROUND WHAT OUR MODELS AND OUR FRAMEWORKS ARE, HOW OUR K TWO CLASSROOMS FOR LITERACY AND NUMERACY SHOULD LOOK AND THE RESOURCES WE USE FOR PLANNING INSTRUCTION AND FOR MONITORING PROGRESS WITH OUR K TWO KIDDOS.
SO THAT WAS QUICK, BUT WHAT QUESTIONS MIGHT YOU HAVE FOR ME? LAURIE, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PTSD FROM COVID.
YEAH, HEARING THE WORDS DREAM BOX.
OH, YEAH, BECAUSE I HAD A FIRST GRADER DURING COVID.
WE HAD TO DO DREAM BOX EVERY DAY.
YES. ARE THESE SORTS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE ONLINE NOW? I KNOW NOT EVERY CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER AT HOME.
BUT ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS BILL, BUT IN FULFILLING THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT JUST FOR ALL KIDS AND FOR FAMILIES LIKE THINKING ABOUT THIRD GRADERS NEEDING TO LEARN MATH FACTS, LEARN WORKING ON THEIR WRITING SKILLS, THEIR COMPREHENSION.
DO WE HAVE MATERIALS FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT THEY CAN ACCESS AT HOME TO HELP THEIR KIDS WITH THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? WHETHER THIS IS A KID WHO'S MASTERING OR A KID WHO IS NOT MEETING THEIR GRADE LEVEL.
WHEN ANYBODY BRINGS UP MARCH OF 2020, IT'S JUST LIKE.
BUT MY TEAM WAS SO AMAZING AND I WAS JUST IN THE ELEMENTARY WORLD THEN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS QUICKLY CURATE WHAT IS EVERY POSSIBLE RESOURCE WE HAVE THAT STUDENTS CAN ACCESS, THAT FAMILIES CAN ACCESS? OF COURSE, YES, THEY HAD TO HAVE HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO DO IT.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT REALLY NOT HAVING A DEVICE OR WI-FI SHOULD NOT BE AN OBSTACLE FOR ANY OF OUR KIDS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PATRICK'S TEAM, THROUGH MATT FREI, THEY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALL ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS IF IF THEY NEED IT AND IF WE IF WE'RE AWARE OF IT.
SO THAT SHOULD SHOULDN'T BE AN OBSTACLE.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS CURATE A MASSIVE LIST FOR PRE K AND AGAIN I'M SPEAKING ELEMENTARY, BUT I KNOW SECONDARY DID THE SAME THING FOR PRE K THROUGH FIVE AND THEN AGAIN FOR SECONDARY SO THAT OUR FAMILIES HAD CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO VARIOUS RESOURCES THAT WE FELT LIKE WERE HIGH QUALITY, EASY TO ACCESS THINGS. BUT AS FAR AS HANDS ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE INTERNET, I WOULD HOPE AND THINK THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ON CAMPUS WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE SUGGESTED RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AND THINGS THAT WOULD WOULD GO HOME WITH KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE ADOPTION RESOURCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE THAT I WOULD HOPE AND THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND MANY, MANY RESOURCES HOME WITH KIDS.
YEAH. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. YES. OKAY.
LORI, I'M WONDERING, RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS FOCUSED ON THE LEGISLATION, BUT WHAT IS THE EARLIEST POINT THAT WE ARE INTERVENING WITH EXTRA INSTRUCTION? PRE-K.
PRE-K. YEAH. I MEAN, PRE-K IS THE ULTIMATE INTERVENTION WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'S INTERVENTION ALL DAY FOR KIDS, REALLY, AND IT GIVES THEM A LEG UP.
THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT PRE-K, BUT KINDERGARTEN AS WELL.
I MEAN, WE HAVE RESOURCES, MATERIALS, GUIDANCE, TRAINING AND ACCESS TO WE ARE SO RESOURCE RICH HERE.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO PUT A RESOURCE OUT THERE, THAT THERE'S QUALITY TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT FOR THE TEACHERS ESPECIALLY SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO PASS THAT ON TO THE FAMILIES.
SO WE CAN WE INTERVENE AS EARLY AS PRE-K KINDER.
BUT WE'RE GOING A STEP BEYOND THAT, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, MAP.
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TRYING TO PREEMPT KIDS FROM EVEN GETTING TO THAT POINT.YES, THAT'S BEEN A PART OF OUR PRACTICE.
WHEN THIS CAME ALONG, IT KIND OF FELT LIKE, DID THEY CREATE THIS FOR PLACES THAT DON'T DO THIS FOR KIDS? RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT FELT LIKE.
AND WE DO THIS FOR KIDS AND WE HAVE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I HEARD WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE TEAMS AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING I HEARD WAS THAT YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE STUDENT'S STORY, AND I THINK THAT IS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO PROPERLY INTERVENE.
STUDENT YEAH, EVERY KID HAS A STORY AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT, SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH. THANKS. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, DOES THIS APPLY TO SPECIAL EDUCATION KIDS AS WELL? YES, IT DOES.
OKAY. AND THEN SO THIS I GUESS HOW I GUESS HOW IS IT? IS THIS IN THEIR IEP? IS IT HOW DOES IT I GUESS HOW DOES IT WORK FUNCTIONALLY? YOU KNOW, I NEED TO GO BACK AND CHECK MY NOTES.
I KNOW LAST YEAR IT WAS A PART OF THE IEP.
TYPICALLY WHAT WE WE LIKE THEM TO DO IS DISCUSS IT IN THE COMMITTEE.
SO THE ART COMMITTEE IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PLAN IS.
SO IT'S PART OF A LARGER PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT STUDENT.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION.
THAT WAY. WE'RE NOT CONFINED JUST TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR THAT CHILD.
AND THE THING IS THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR DISTRICT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS WITH THE THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WITH SMALL GROUP DURING YOUR ENRICHMENT CLASS TIME BLENDED LEARNING, ARE WE SPENDING LIKE 30 MINUTES ON EACH SMALL GROUP FOR THE SMALL GROUP IN THE CLASSROOM? ARE YOU SPEAKING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ELEMENTARY? ELEMENTARY? TYPICALLY IT'S A 30 MINUTE BLOCK OF TIME.
OKAY, ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS AT ELEMENTARY IS THEY PUT ALL THE KIDS TOGETHER ON A GRADE LEVEL.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHEDULE.
BUT I KNOW YOU ARE ANSWERING IT.
RIGHT. BUT THE THING IS THAT DON'T SOME SCHOOLS IN ELEMENTARY LEVEL OFFER BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT? THEY DO. I MEAN, THERE'S IT'S NOT JUST CONFINED TO THAT 30 MINUTES OF I TIME.
SO WE HAD TEACHERS THAT WORKED WITH GROUPS OF KIDS OR MAYBE 1 OR 2 KIDS BEFORE SCHOOL.
START BRING YOUR BREAKFAST IN HERE.
SO THE ELEMENTARY STRUCTURE IN AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING LENDS ITSELF TO THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY CAN. THERE'S TUTORING THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, DURING ADVISORY TIME.
YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT THE I TIME NOW.
SO THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THAT INTERVENTION OR ENRICHMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR OUR ENGLISH OR MATH TEACHERS TO DO BEFORE AFTER SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY REQUIRED.
IT IS A DECISION BASED OFF OF THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE AND WHEN THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO YEAH, THEY HAVE TO TUTOR IF KIDS ARE ARE FALLING BEHIND AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
THAT'S JUST A PART OF TO MAKE THE REQUIRED 30 HOURS THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE STUDENT.
THAT'S WHY THE DOCUMENTATION PIECE AND EVIDENCE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS.
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AND THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET BETTER ABOUT THIS YEAR.YOU KNOW, OUR ELEMENTARY FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE AND ARE QUITE USED TO THAT.
AND OUR SECONDARY FOLKS ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION OF GETTING 100% OF THEIR INTERVENTIONS OR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IN THOSE IEPS DOCUMENTED IN EVIDENCE AND THEN THE PROGRESS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
THAT'S PART OF OUR LEARNING TIME WITH THEM TOMORROW DURING LEADERSHIP MEETING TO GO OVER KIND OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND JUST KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN CALL.
I MEAN, WE'VE LISTED CONTACTS ON EVERYTHING THAT WE GIVE THEM.
WELL, I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE.
YEAH, THERE YOU GO. WE DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS.
AND IT'S JUST CHECK A BONUS BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT TIA EXPECTS US TO DO.
SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. YEAH.
SO I TOTALLY GET THAT WITH THE NANNY.
YES, GUYS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT KIND OF SUCCESS RATE WE HAVE WITH ENGAGING OUR PARENTS WITH THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEIR KIDS AND HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF PUSHBACK ABOUT IT THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO SIT THEM IN THAT CHAIR.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT STANCE.
AND IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE ABSENT.
AND WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF OTHER FORMS OF DATA TO SAY THIS CHILD REALLY DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED THE ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, RIGHT? SO IT'S MOSTLY FOR THOSE SITUATIONS, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD A TON OF PUSHBACK WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF YOU HAVE A LEGACY OF STEPPING IN AND HELPING KIDS IN WHEREVER THEY ARE AND SUPPORTING THEM AND MOVING THEM, USUALLY YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUSHBACK. NOW WE WANT TO ADD AND WE'VE ADVERTISED IT TONIGHT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO WAVE A SIGN AND SAY YOUR KID DOES NOT HAVE TO DO ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION BECAUSE HONESTLY, IF IF THEY FAILED OR THEY'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO TESTS CONSECUTIVE, THAT WORRIES ME.
RIGHT. AND THAT THAT WORRIES ALL OF US.
SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SORT OF. YEAH.
YEAH, IT DID. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I SEEM TO RECALL THE WHOLE HOW DISAPPOINTED THAT SOME TEACHERS WERE THAT THAT PARENTS DON'T PARTICIPATE IN, SAY, OPEN HOUSE, AREN'T INTERESTED IN RETURNING CALLS ABOUT TEACHER CONFERENCES.
IT'S JUST MAYBE THERE'S LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE COMMITTED.
GOOD POINT. AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON OUR PART FOR SURE.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE DATA AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LAURIE, THANK YOU.
GREAT REPORT. GREAT DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT SECTION NINE.
ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2023.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.