Jan 16, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2024.

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 WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.

SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS. DOCTOR LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, BOARD SECRETARY JERRI CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN.

AND. WHOOPS, I LEFT YOU OUT.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.

SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE MISSING ONE, I'M SORRY.

LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, DOCTOR, LET'S SEE, PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF, AND SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE PRESENTING THE PLEDGE.

RIGHT. SO IT'S US.

ALL RIGHT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEXAS FLAGS.

EVERYONE PLEASE STAND.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE.

WHICH OR ITEM, AGENDA NUMBER THREE, RECOGNITIONS.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

I THINK WE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT IN SCHOOL TODAY AND WILL NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.

THERE IS ONE OTHER RECOGNITION ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND I INVITE DOCTOR WILLIAMS TO PRESENT.

DOCTOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

TYPICALLY OUR TRUSTEES AND ENJOY, OR Y'ALL ALWAYS ENJOY RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

BUT TONIGHT WE HAVE AN EXTRA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS THIS IS JANUARY'S DEDICATED TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

AND TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOU AS OUR VERY DEDICATED DISTRICT LEADERS, AND SO, THIS JANUARY 2024 IS MORE SPECIAL BECAUSE NOT ONLY, DO WE GET TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU BOTH NIGHTS, BECAUSE I THINK THE BIG PART OF THIS IS ACTUALLY HAVING OUR STUDENTS, BE A PART OF THIS.

A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU RECEIVE ARE ACTUALLY MADE BY OUR STUDENTS, THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMS. AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ENCORE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO DO THIS AGAIN, AT THE SEPTEMBER, I'M SORRY, THE JANUARY 30TH MEETING.

SO, BUT ANYONE WHO'S EVER ATTENDED OUR PLANO ISD BOARD MEETINGS OR VIEWED THEM ONLINE, THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL, LITTLE, TEENY TINY GLIMPSE OF WHAT OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND, I THINK SOMETIMES THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING 12 AND 15 HOUR DAYS.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ELECTED POSITIONS AND NOT POSITIONS THAT ARE ON THE PAYROLL.

AND SO THEY DO ALL OF THIS AND GIVE OF THEIR TIME, EACH AND EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES EVENINGS, WEEKENDS.

AND THEY DO IT ALL FROM THEIR HEART AND PASSION FOR THE SERVICE THAT OF BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

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THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND DEDICATION IS EVIDENT BY THE TIRELESS WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP, IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES, BY KEEPING A FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, THE NEEDS OF OUR STAFF, THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES, AND JUST CONTINUING TO PROVIDE LOVE, SUPPORT, PASSION AND CARE AND ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.

EVERY YEAR.

WE OFFER THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO OUR BOARD FOR THEIR TIME AND DEDICATION TO PLANO ISD, AND THIS YEAR IS CERTAINLY NO DIFFERENT.

OUR, TRUSTEES WORK HARD, AND HAVE BEEN REALLY DEDICATED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO NOT ONLY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO THIS YEAR WITH OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING AND PLANO ISD, THEIR ADVOCACY FOR QUALITY EDUCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN A MOTIVATING SOURCE TO ENSURE STUDENTS RECEIVE THE VERY BEST INSTRUCTION POSSIBLE.

OUR STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE, AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR CHOOSING TO SERVE PLANO ISD, TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, TO SERVE OUR STAFF, AND TO GIVE YOUR ALL FOR THE GOOD OF OUR STUDENTS.

WITH EVERY DECISION AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TO HONOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM CITY OF PLANO MAYOR JOHN MUNS, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO READ FOR YOU NOW.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT MAYOR MUNS IS HE'S A FORMER TRUSTEE, AND SO HE KNOWS FIRSTHAND WHAT ALL OF YOU DO.

AND I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO QUITE THE JUSTICE THAT OUR BOARD SECRETARY DOES, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST.

PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.

WHEREAS THE MISSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS TO MEET THE DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN AND TO EMPOWER THEM TO BECOME COMPETENT, PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN AN EVER CHANGING WORLD.

AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO CHILDREN AND BELIEVE THAT ALL CHILDREN CAN BE SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, AND THAT THE BEST EDUCATION IS TAILORED TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CLOSELY WORK CLOSELY WITH PARENTS, EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE THE EDUCATIONAL VISION WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE STRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND WHEREAS LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE STRONG ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC'S EXPECTATION TO THE DISTRICT.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN B MUNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 2024 AS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH IN PLANO AND I DO HEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN APPLAUDING PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THEIR DEDICATED EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION FOR THE YOUTH IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO PRESENT SOME ADDITIONAL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION TO EACH OF YOU IN CELEBRATION OF BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, WHICH HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU AT YOUR EACH OF YOUR SEATS AT THE DAIS.

FIRST, WE HAVE AN ENGRAVED PLAQUE PREPARED FOR YOU IN APPRECIATION, FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN PLANO ISD.

AND I BELIEVE, IS IT THIS HERE? PROBABLY THIS ONE MORE THING FOR MY CATS TO KNOCK OVER.

SO. OH.

THAT'S PRETTY. OH, WOW.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF OUR 23-24 KINDNESS CARD WINNERS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND IN THIS SPECIAL BOX FOR YOU.

WELL. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR ONGOING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF IN PLANO ISD.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, ALONG WITH YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY AS WE CELEBRATE EACH OF YOU THIS MONTH.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THESE SMALL EXPRESSIONS OF OUR GRATITUDE AS YOUR HONOR TONIGHT.

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ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE YOU ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WELL, THAT'S VERY NICE.

AND, IT MOTIVATES US TO CONTINUE DOING THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR MUNS AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THESE AMAZING THINGS HERE.

DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHOSE ART WAS PICKED TO BE ON THESE KINDNESS CARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING.

IT'S REALLY GOOD. I LOVE STATIONERY.

THIS IS EXCITING.

YEAH, I THIS IS MY SECOND TERM.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY, ACTUALLY, FOR PUTTING US HERE SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THE DISTRICT THAT OUR CHILDREN GOES TO AND HAVE GONE AND GRADUATED FROM SO THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO OUR DISTRICT, HAS LOVED US.

WE ARE LOVING OUR DISTRICT BACK.

SO THANK YOU. VERY TRUE.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

AND I SEE A LOT OF THANK YOU NOTES BEING WRITTEN IN MY FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

NON-AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551 .074.

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

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

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED. FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.

WHEN YOU WERE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

DOCTOR FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.

OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CARRIE WEEDEN, PLANO ISD PARENT.

AGENDA ITEM 8.1 ON THE TRUSTEE ADVOCACY PROGRAM.

DO YOU WANT THE ONE MINUTE WARNING OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? I'LL JUST GO STRAIGHT THROUGH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

SO MY NAME IS KARY WEEDON AND I'M A PARENT IN PLANO ISD, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION CALLED RAISE YOUR KIDS, OH.

I'M SORRY RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS.

AND THE REASON WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEM IS BECAUSE THEY'RE, PUSHING FOR ADVOCACY IN AREAS THAT A LOT OF PARENTS DISAGREE WITH.

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IT WAS THE WAY THEY WERE PUSHING IT WAS THREE STAAR TEST PER SUBJECT PER YEAR.

WELL, THAT'S JUST TOO MANY STAAR TESTS FOR THESE KIDS.

AND, A LOT OF US PARENTS ALREADY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST TEACHING, THE SCHOOLS ARE JUST TEACHING TO A TEST ANYWAYS.

BUT I MEAN, THIS IS JUST OVERDOING IT.

AND THEY WERE PUSHING FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF SCARY THAT THERE WOULD THAT, PLANO ISD WOULD WANT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM CONSIDERING THIS.

AND SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE.

AND THEN, IT IS DESPITE WHAT RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS SAYS THEY ARE NOT THEY ARE VERY PARTISAN.

THEY SAY THEY'RE A NONPARTISAN BUT THEY ARE AND THAT DOES NOT.

IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, THAT WOULD BE VERY, THAT WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD ON YOU GUYS.

AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK MORE INTO THIS ORGANIZATION.

I DO REALIZE THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ATTENDING ACTIVITIES, IN PLANO ISD, SPECIFICALLY A FEW HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND, A LOT OF US ARE PARENTS ARE NOT OKAY WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE, I MEAN PLANO ISD GOALS SHOULD BE TO TEACH THE KIDS AND TEACH THEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACADEMICS, BUT THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS BEING PUSHED.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS MAY TRY TO GET THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTION YEAR ADVOCACY AND LEGISLATIVE YEAR ADVOCACY, AND THAT'S TROUBLESOME.

YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE PARENTS, NOT TO RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS OR ANY OTHER GROUP REALLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU WORK FOR, YOU WORK FOR THE PARENTS OF PLANO ISD. THANK YOU.

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

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 6:17 P.M..

ALL RIGHT.

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA AND A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, 7 TO 0.

AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO JOHNNY AND PATRICK TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW ADMINISTRATORS IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS.

WELL, I'LL JUMP IN THERE AND GO FIRST.

I APPRECIATE HER WAITING BACK THERE.

I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND COMPLIANCE.

HER NAME IS MISS ASHLEY WESTBROOK.

WAVE, WAVE REAL QUICK.

THERE SHE IS.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH ASHLEY AT ALLEN ISD, AND I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF US UP ON THIS DAIS HAS WORKED WITH HER IN PREVIOUS DISTRICTS BEFORE.

SHE'S WORKED AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL AT SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS, HIGH FUNCTIONING DISTRICTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER, I CRIED, I LITERALLY CRIED WHENEVER SHE LEFT ALLEN RIGHT BEFORE I DID.

SO, BEGGED HER NOT TO GO.

SO I'M SO EXCITED WHENEVER I SAW HER APPLYING FOR A POSITION HERE IN PLANO.

AND I THINK I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND THE BUDGET, BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND RUNNING OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

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AND JUST, I THINK SHE'LL BE A JUST A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH HER.

SO, PLEASE, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, JUST WELCOME HER HERE.

I'LL GO NEXT.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS EVENING OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.

MR. ARNIE SALMERON.

ARNIE. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARNIE.

HE ACTUALLY JOINED THE PLANO ISD TEAM LAST YEAR.

AS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT.

IN THAT ROLE, HE WAS TASKED WITH COMING IN AND HELPING TO LEAD OUR BOND INITIATIVES FROM 2022.

IN THAT CAPACITY, HIS RESPONSIBILITIES ARE REALLY TO REDESIGN AND UPGRADE AND IMPLEMENT ALL NEW NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR SYSTEMS HERE, AND TO DO THE SAME FOR OUR DATA CENTERS.

PRIOR TO COMING TO PLANO, HE SPENT THE PREVIOUS 26 YEARS, IN ALLEN ISD DOING VERY MUCH OF THE SAME, AND KIND OF LIKE, JOHNNY IS WITH HIS CANDIDATE, I'M I'VE GOT HIGH PRAISE FOR ARNIE.

HE'S, THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT HE DOES, AND AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKERS I'VE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH.

SUPPORTING HIM THIS EVENING.

HE'S GOT HIS GIRLFRIEND JULIE, WHO'S HERE WITH HIM AND FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE PAUL HORNBERGER.

MISTER CIMARRON HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, MICHAELA AND ALICIA.

ONE OF WHICH IS ACTUALLY A FIRST GRADE TEACHER OUT IN EL PASO.

SO, WHENEVER YOU GET THE CHANCE, PLEASE STOP BY TO SEE ARNIE.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD, AND HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S VERY HIGH PRAISE COMING FROM BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.1 IN DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[8.1 Acceptance of the Invitation to Participate in Trustee Advocacy Program]

AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO DANNY STOCKTON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN CALL THIS A SLIDE DECK.

I THINK IT'S TWO SLIDES, BUT AND ONE OF THEM IS THE COVER SLIDE.

BUT, SO I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS BRIEFLY TO YOU ALL AND THEN GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE YOU ALL VOTE ON, ON THIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM. SO, RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON ADVOCACY AROUND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THEY DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT EDUCATION.

THEY ENGAGE WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON A REGULAR BASIS, PROVIDE DATA TO THEM.

THEY'VE DONE, KIND OF LARGE STUDIES OF DIFFERENT ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY WORK WITH SCHOOL BOARDS ON, DEVELOPING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW INITIATIVE OF THEIRS, THIS TRUSTEE ADVOCATES PROGRAM.

AND IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP SCHOOL BOARDS DEVELOP A LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT IS CENTERED ON, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING WITH THE CONSTITUENTS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND IN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY. AND SO IT IT REALLY IS IN LINE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD FRAMEWORK FROM THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ONE OF THOSE PIECES IS ABOUT ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND IT'S ABOUT ENGAGING YOUR COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THESE ISSUES, BUT ALSO ENGAGING WITH THE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE TEA TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO THEM.

AND SO THIS TRUSTEE ADVOCACY PROGRAM THAT THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO WORK WITH EXPERIENCED, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED IN ADVOCATING AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS A IT IS A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SLOTS AND MORE PEOPLE THAN MORE DISTRICTS THAN THAN SLOTS APPLIED.

HOWEVER, IT IS FULLY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS THAT THEY OBTAIN.

SO IT IS AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR THE BOARD'S PARTICIPATION AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PARTICIPATION.

SO, THOSE WERE A LITTLE HARDER TO READ THAN THEY WERE WHEN I TYPED THEM ON MY SCREEN, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT THERE ARE FIVE MAIN COMMITMENTS THAT THE THAT THEY REQUIRE OF THE BOARD.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COHORT.

SO THE FIRST IS STABILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT LEADERSHIP FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXPERIENCE.

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SO IT'S THROUGH THE END OF THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

TWO IS COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR DISTRICT'S, STATE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.

TIME COMMITMENT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND EACH TRUSTEE FOR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPERIENCE.

COMMITMENT TO ROTATE THE TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE IN THE LEARNING SESSIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT EACH TRUSTEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE.

SO THEY HAVE THREE TRUSTEES AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SESSIONS.

AND THEY LIKE THAT TO BE DIFFERENT TRUSTEES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND THEN COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP A CULTURE AND SYSTEM OF ADVOCACY IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUSTAIN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT AFTER THE PROGRAM ENDS.

SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE KEY COMMITMENTS THAT THEY REQUIRE FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SIX SESSIONS RUNNING FROM THE FIRST ONE BEING SOMETIME THIS SPRING TO THE LAST ONE BEING RIGHT AFTER THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS, IN JUNE OF 2025.

AND THAT ONE'S ONLINE.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE HERE IN DISTRICT, AND THE REMAINDER ARE IN AUSTIN.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON HERE.

WITH THAT, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM? YES. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT OR COMMIT WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS A I'M SORRY, CAN YOU A CONTRACTOR? YEAH. DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT OR COMMITMENT WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO RAISE YOUR HAND? TEXAS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

SO IS RAISE YOUR HAND.

TEXAS, THE ONLY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WE WORK WITH? JUST GENERALLY I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE INTERACT WITH.

I KNOW THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I DON'T THINK THE ANSWER IS TO THAT WOULD BE I THINK IT WOULD BE A NO.

I THINK THERE ARE OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK WITH, NOT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE IN THIS REALM, THOUGH.

OKAY. SO WE ARE BASICALLY JUST GOING TO USE ONE ORGANIZATION FOR THIS ADVOCACY, WHICH, PLANO ISD, IS GOING TO USE ONE PROGRAM FOR OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COLLABORATE WITH.

SO SO THIS ISN'T A PROGRAM.

THIS ISN'T AN ADVOCACY PROGRAM FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT LIKE THEY DO ADVOCACY ON OUR BEHALF.

THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO GO THROUGH TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT THIS SCHOOL BOARD THINKS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DISTRICT.

SO IT'S THIS IS THIS IS LIKE GOING TO A WORKSHOP, A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE YOU LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND DIFFERENT IDEAS AND YOU AND THEY HELP FACILITATE YOU CREATING SOMETHING TOGETHER.

I WOULD MAKE IT I WOULD KIND OF IT'S MORE AKIN TO LIKE THE PROCESS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHERE YOU HAVE A FACILITATOR AND YOU DEVELOP THAT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR, FOR YOU AS A BOARD THAT WORKS FOR YOUR DISTRICT.

YOU'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU A PLAN RIGHT.

AND SO IT'S THE SAME THING HERE.

RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ADVOCACY PROGRAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT MAKES SENSE FOR PLANO ISD.

AND WHEN I LOOKED THEM UP UNDER RAISE YOUR HAND FOR TEXAS UNDER THE TRANSPARENCY USA, IT SAYS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HIRES THE LOBBYISTS LISTED BELOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR INTERESTS IN AUSTIN.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO SAY THAT THERE IS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

IT'S MOSTLY FOR THEIR INTEREST IN AUSTIN.

DOES ON THE WEBSITE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS HAS THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES LISTED FOR 2023.

YES. THEY ADOPT LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS AN ORGANIZATION.

SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ADOPTION OF THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME IN AND HELP US TO HELP US CREATE OURS? NO, THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

THERE, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP YOU GUYS DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY THAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT.

SO THE THE PROCESS FOR CREATING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT IT TO BE.

IT'S WHATEVER Y'ALL BUILD. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION WHERE I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT TIMELINE.

BUT RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS AND THEIR STAFF AND THEIR PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE. THEY'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW DO YOU ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TOOLS YOU CAN USE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE PROVIDING INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO LAWMAKERS? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND IT'S COLLABORATIVE, THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM TOO, IT'S NOT JUST PLANO, SO THERE'S OTHER THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL, WHO ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND LEARNING HOW TO ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

AND SO FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, DID WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM?

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO BASICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SIX SESSIONS SO FAR YOU MENTIONED.

AND THOSE SESSIONS ARE THREE HOURS EACH FOR FOR THE THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND? UNDER THE COMMITMENTS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT LENGTH OF TIME EACH OF THE SESSIONS ARE.

OH YES, THREE HOUR TRAINING.

WELL, THE FIRST ONE IS A THREE HOUR TRAINING SESSION.

I THINK THE ONES IN AUSTIN, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND UP TO THREE TRUSTEES, AND THEY DO, THEY ASK THAT WE ROTATE TRUSTEES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S FIVE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU'VE GONE OVER.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT, PLEASE? AND THESE ARE FIVE COMMITMENTS.

SO THESE ARE FIVE COMMITMENTS THAT OUR TRUSTEES ARE ACTUALLY ARE THEY FORCE REQUIREMENTS.

SO IF YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT WITH THEM YOU'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO DO THESE FIVE COMMITMENTS.

SO JUST AS A CLARIFICATION THERE'S NO CONTRACT.

THIS ISN'T A IT'S NOT A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP.

THERE'S NO EXCHANGE OF CONSIDERATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S A GRANT FUNDED.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THAT.

YES. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO AGREE TO IN ACCEPTING THE INVITATION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION USING BOARD ACTION. I HAVE A QUESTION.

NEXT WEEK, WE'VE ALL BEEN INVITED TO THE REGION TEN TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD'S GRASSROOTS MEETING.

AND DO YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT? YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO OR CAN SOMEONE ELSE ADDRESS TO SAY, HOW IS THAT THIS PROCESS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS GOING TO BE AND I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO ANSWER IT FOR ME.

I CAN PROBABLY JUMP IN ON THAT.

WHAT'S THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST? OKAY. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE THINGS.

SO THE TASB GRASSROOTS IN REGION TEN, THEY RUN THEY DO IT IN ALL THE REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE.

AND MEMBERS OF TASB COME TOGETHER AND THEY DETERMINE, AT A AT A LOCAL AREA LIKE REGION TEN, THE GRASSROOTS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

THOSE ARE THEN TAKEN TO THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COUNCIL, THE LAC, AND YOU AT THE GRASSROOTS MEETING, YOU ELECT A LAC MEMBER.

MAN, I CAN'T TALK.

AND THEN THE LAC COMES TOGETHER AND ASSEMBLES ALL OF THOSE REGIONS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES INTO ONE COHESIVE, SET OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AUTHORED BY THE SCHOOL BOARDS, COLLECTIVELY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY.

WHAT THIS IS NOT A DEVELOPMENT OF PRIORITIES.

IT'S A PROCESS TO LEARN HOW TO USE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LISTENING CIRCLES.

YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TEACH US HOW TO DO AND, LEARN HOW TO CONNECT OUR CONSTITUENCY TO UNDERSTAND OUR ISSUES THAT ARE LOCAL TO PLANO ISD.

AND WE'LL ADVOCATE TOGETHER AND BRING THE CONSTITUENTS ALONG SO THAT THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE A VOICE.

BECAUSE AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE ELECTED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE, IN A WAY, A VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO BETTER ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND I KNOW THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE SBOE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT BOARD DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR, YOU KNOW, BOARD YEAR, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WE CAME UP WITH IN OUR TRAINING OR OUR REVIEW OF OUR BOARD EFFECTIVENESS THIS PAST YEAR WAS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A AREA FOR TRACKING ACTIVITY OF THIS SORT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT DANNY HAS STARTED WORKING ON A TRACKER FOR US, BUT THIS WILL GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY, TO LISTEN, HEAR THEIR STORIES, HEAR WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING, AND IT'S OUR WAY TO, IN THAT REGARD, DEVELOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THIS IS NOT TAKING ANYONE'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND ADOPTING THEM.

IT'S A TOOL TO HELP US DO THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GATHER INPUT FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT TASB IS DOING VERSUS WHAT RAISE YOUR HAND.

TEXAS IS DOING WELL, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FOR TASB GRASSROOTS, WE'VE GONE BEFORE WITH THINGS THAT WE CARED ABOUT THAT WERE PRIORITIES FOR US.

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BUT ISN'T IT ALSO TO HELP CHARGE OUR COMMUNITY, TO GIVE THEM THE EMPOWER THEM TO HELP UPLIFT OUR DISTRICT MORE EFFECTIVELY? SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WE GET TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO BE ADVOCATING FOR.

NO ONE'S GOING TO TELL US THIS IS JUST THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING AND GROWING FROM.

IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DO THE PROCESS AND LISTENING CIRCLES, ETC.

WHATEVER TECHNIQUES, IT'S A WE'RE LEARNING TECHNIQUES.

IT'S NOT ADOPTING ANYBODY'S PRIORITIES.

SO WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO MAKE A SERMON.

WE'RE NOT BEING TOLD WHAT OUR SERMON IS GOING TO SAY.

RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S A WAY OF SAYING THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. BUT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR SELF-EVALUATION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS, AS AN AREA FOR GROWTH FOR THIS BOARD AND TO BETTER ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS.

US. AND SO THIS IS A PERFECT VEHICLE FOR IT.

AND MOREOVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS AND I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE SEVEN PILLARS OR PRIORITIES IN THEIR MISSION WORK.

THEY DO THAT BASED ON A LOT OF RESEARCH AND THEY GO OUT.

THEY HAVE UNIVERSITIES THAT COMMISSION STUDIES.

THEY DO STATEWIDE SURVEYS.

I KNOW THAT THEY HAD A WHOLE PROGRAM WHERE THEY INTERVIEWED 15,000 INDIVIDUALS IN ABOUT A 18 MONTH PERIOD, AND THEY CREATED THE MEASURE WHAT MATTERS? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A LOT OF RESEARCH.

SO WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THEIR POLICIES.

WE'RE JUST LEARNING FROM THEM HOW TO BETTER ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ADOPT THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT MIRROR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS. IS THAT, WELL, THE FAIR STATEMENT? CAN I ASK? SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHY IS THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO HAVE STABILITY AT OUR SUPERINTENDENT LEVEL, LIKE SO, IF IT WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND TEACHING US HOW TO ADVOCATE, WHY IS THAT REQUIREMENT IN THERE? YEAH, I THINK BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THIS THROUGH GRANTS AND THEY WANT TO SEE THAT WE'RE IN IT FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

AND IF WE WERE TO HAVE TURNOVER, THEY THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE, WELL, WE INVESTED IN THIS TEAM AND NOW THE TEAM ISN'T THERE ANYMORE. SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GOING TO STAY TOGETHER THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE INVESTING IN YOU BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.

YEAH. AND I'LL ADD TO THAT TOO.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD POINT OUT AND NANCY ALLUDED TO THIS AND SO DID JERI, BUT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT BOTH HELPING YOU SET UP A PROGRAM TO BRING THE COMMUNITY IN TO THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT.

BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT HELPING EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND GIVING US THE ABILITY TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO DO THAT.

ALL OF THOSE PIECES, GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF REQUIRES ADMINISTRATIVE INVOLVEMENT, RIGHT? LIKE WE'VE GOT THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

IT'S A GREAT ANALOGY WHICH THE BOARD SET UP, BUT IS BEING RUN BY ADMINISTRATION.

THE LOGISTICS, LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE COMMITMENT FROM BOTH PIECES OR IT WON'T WORK.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR FOR STABILITY IN THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND SPEAKING AS SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED IN THE LEGISLATIVE AREA WITH SCHOOL, A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TOO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE COMMITMENT FROM BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD ON THIS PROCESS, THEN IT DOESN'T WORK.

YOU CAN'T, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ASKING FOR STABILITY DURING THE PROGRAM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL.

BECAUSE YOU NEED, IT NEEDS TO BE IT TRULY NEEDS TO BE A TEAM OF EIGHT EFFORT.

SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT THIS LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY, THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE LETTER, THAT THERE IS LINES FOR EACH SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE TO SIGN NEXT TO IT.

SO THIS COMMITMENT IS THAT WHAT KIND OF COMMITMENT IS THIS? IS THIS A FORMAL COMMITMENT, MEANING, AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT A CONTRACT.

SO WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT CALLED THEN? AND THEY JUST CALL IT A PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE FROM FROM Y'ALL THAT YOU EACH WOULD SIGN AND SAY, YES, WE'RE COMMITTING TO THOSE FIVE COMMITMENTS.

AND IF THIS IS JUST A PROGRAM, BUT THERE'S FIVE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE THING IS THAT I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO

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SO WE HAVE TO SIGN THIS.

WE HAVE TO AGREE AND VOTE ON THIS COMMITMENT BEFORE WE EVEN, BEFORE WE EVEN DISCUSS THE CONTRACT, THE RECOMMENDATION NEXT MONTH.

SO THIS FIRST COMMITMENT IS FOR THE DURATION OF THE EXPERIENCE.

THE EXPERIENCE ENDS IN IN JUNE OF 2025.

YOUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY AFTER THAT EXPIRES AFTER THAT.

SO YOU'RE YOU ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH WITH DOCTOR WILLIAMS RIGHT NOW THAT ALREADY EXTENDS BEYOND THE DURATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

OKAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I ONLY RECEIVED THIS LETTER THAT YOU SENT TO ME AT 1116, AN EMAIL TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT THE DAY BEFORE.

SO THIS IS I'M READING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, AND I ALSO READ THE LETTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON TODAY TO.

THIS. THE OTHER ONE IS COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR DISTRICT, STATE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY.

NOW THAT ONE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY? IS THAT AN EMAIL FORM THAT WE'RE SAYING TO OUR PARENTS AND EMAIL FORM, OR WHAT DOES IT SAY IN COMMITMENT? HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING TO OUR PARENTS? BECAUSE THIS IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING TO OUR PARENTS? SO THE COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

RIGHT? LIKE HOW YOU INCLUDE YOUR COMMUNITY IN PLANO IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN HOW FRISCO INCLUDES THEIR COMMUNITY, OR ALLEN INCLUDES THEIR COMMUNITY.

RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IS NOT ASKING YOU TO COMMIT TO INCLUDE THEM IN A PARTICULAR WAY.

THEY ARE JUST SAYING YOU NEED TO.

THEY WANT YOU TO COMMIT, BECAUSE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS.

THEY WANT YOU TO COMMIT TO DO THAT, TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE THEM IN THE PROCESS.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT COULD HAPPEN.

IT COULD BE EMAIL NEWSLETTER UPDATES ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

IT COULD BE WEBSITE UPDATES.

IT COULD BE A COMMITTEE THAT PROVIDES FEEDBACK.

THERE'S A WHOLE THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO INCLUDE YOUR COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING.

IF YOU WERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM.

BUT THE THING IS THAT THAT WAS JUST A REALLY GENERALIZED ANSWER.

SO WE'RE USING, TAXPAYERS MONEY TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR OWN PARENTS WITH, EMAILS AND WEBSITES TO ADVOCATE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH YET, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US CREATE IT OR HELP US, WORK ON IT.

SO THE REASON IT'S GENERAL IS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY UP TO Y'ALL, RIGHT? I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY.

RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS CAN'T TELL YOU HOW YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY UP TO Y'ALL.

BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IS TRYING TO HELP SCHOOL BOARDS LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, BECAUSE IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, THE BELIEF OF RAISE YOUR HAND IN TEXAS IS THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT THOSE SCHOOL BOARDS REPRESENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS A COMMITMENT TO.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO INVOLVE THEM IN THE PROCESS.

AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS UP TO THE BOARD.

THAT'S NOT UP TO RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS.

THAT'S NOT UP TO ME, IT'S NOT UP TO ANYBODY BUT Y'ALL.

BUT ARE WE VOTING ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TONIGHT? AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT WHAT TONIGHT IS.

NO, YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THAT TONIGHT.

ALL YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PROCESS IN SOME WAY.

TO BASICALLY TO TO COMMIT TO THIS PROGRAM THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW..

IF YOU ACCEPT THIS PROGRAM, IF YOU VOTE TO ACCEPT THE PROGRAM, YOU WOULD BE COMMITTING TO INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY IN ANY LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY THAT THE DISTRICT DOES IN SOME WAY TO BE DEFINED BY THE BOARD.

OKAY. CAN I ASK FOR THE THIRD COMMITMENT FOR A REQUIREMENT, THE THIRD COMMITMENT REQUIREMENT, IT SAYS TIME COMMITTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN EACH TRUSTEE FOR ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE EXPERIENCE.

TIME COMMITMENT.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF HOURS, DAYS OR WEEKS, ARE WE COMMITTING TIME COMMITMENT TO THIS? SO THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE BOARD'S HOW THE BOARD WANTS TO SPLIT UP EACH OF THE SESSIONS.

AGAIN, IT'S A TOTAL OF SIX SESSIONS.

THE FIRST SESSION WOULD BE WITH THE WHOLE DISTRICT, BUT THE OTHER OR WITH THE WHOLE BOARD, I APOLOGIZE, THE WHOLE BOARD.

THE REMAINDER OF THE FIVE SESSIONS WOULD ONLY BE WITH THREE TRUSTEES.

SO IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT A TRUSTEE COULD CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE SESSION PLUS THE FIRST SESSION, OR IN NO SESSIONS.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE BOARD HOW THEY WANT TO DO THAT.

SO I CAN'T ANSWER THE EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO VARY FROM TRUSTEE TO TRUSTEE BASED ON EACH ONE OF YOUR DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE AND BE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM.

I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT MAYBE I'M NOT CLEAR ON, BUT THIS ALSO COMMITS US TO A LEVEL OF ADVOCACY THAT I'M NOT SURE I'M COMFORTABLE WITH AT THIS POINT.

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I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF DATES THAT I SAW.

IF WE COMMIT TO THIS PROGRAM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN.

AND I ASSUME THAT IF THE THREE OF US ARE ROTATING THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO COMMIT TERESA TO GOING DOWN THERE MORE.

IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS A LOT OF ADVOCACY FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T SEE TO BE A HUGE TON OF BENEFIT, AND IT FEELS SEMI CONTROVERSIAL AS WELL.

SO I DON'T I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF DOING THIS PROGRAM VERSUS WHAT WE ALREADY DO, AND DO WE GET MORE BENEFIT FROM DOING THIS, OR DO WE JUST END UP WITH MORE HEADACHE IN MY END? WELL, MICHAEL, I'LL JUMP IN.

I'VE BEEN DOING THE LEGISLATIVE STUFF FOR A LONG TIME ON THIS BOARD, AND I WELCOME THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO LISTEN AND HEAR, AND TEC OR TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES US TO, AS A BOARD TO BE ADVOCATES WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB.

SO I AGREE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT LEVEL.

LIKE SAYING SAYING WHAT YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT WITHOUT THIS, THEN WE'VE BEEN MEETING THE GOAL WITHOUT THIS.

YEAH. WELL WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME AND IT WOULD BE WELCOME TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD HAVE COME TOGETHER WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND WE'VE SHARED THEM AT THIS TABLE, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A REALLY ORGANIC CONVERSATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO GATHER THAT THEIR INPUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO HELP US WITH.

AND I PRESUME THAT IF 1 OR 2 MEMBERS ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH GOING TO AUSTIN OR WHEREVER THE MEETINGS MIGHT BE, THEN THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE THREE THAT ARE HAPPY TO DO IT AND WE CAN ROTATE IT.

BUT I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE BOARD WAS INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED AND OTHER BOARDS WERE INTERVIEWED AND SELECTED OR NOT SELECTED.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT TO GAIN FROM THIS.

I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE WILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM THEM AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GO TO DIFFERENT TRAININGS WITH TASB OR WHEN WE USED TO BE A MEMBER AT NSBA, THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT OUR TRUSTEES HAVE TO BE IN TRAINING ANYWAY.

SO THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, MIRROR THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT, COMPLETION OF OUR HOURS.

SO I DON'T KNOW, I'M THRILLED ABOUT THIS, BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

WELL, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK UP, BECAUSE AS A TRUSTEE, I'VE WORKED WITH RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IN THE PAST, WHEN I WAS COUNCIL PTA'S PRESIDENT, WE HOSTED A NUMBER OF FORUMS WITH THEM TO HELP ENGAGE AND HIGHLIGHT WHO THE CANDIDATES WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL WAS A MORE ENGAGED COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT PLANO ISD.

SO BACK IN 2017, WHEN I, AS A DELEGATE, FIRST STARTED ATTENDING OUR COUNCIL OF PTA DELEGATE MEETINGS, NANCY WAS OUR LIAISON AND ONE COME AND TALK ABOUT TAXPARENCY AND TALK ABOUT RECAPTURE AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING ALL OF THE TAXPAYERS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I REMEMBER SITTING SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE WHERE I WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE.

DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE'S AN R OR A D BEHIND YOUR NAME, YOU'RE A TAXPAYER IN PLANO ISD AND YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SENT TO AUSTIN.

SO TO ME, THIS IS NONPARTISAN TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SCHOOL FUNDING.

IT'S NON PARTISAN TO BE PRO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IT'S NON PARTISAN TO TALK ABOUT TEACHER RETENTION.

AND ANGELA I BROUGHT TONIGHT I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ANY OF THESE RESOURCES.

THEY ARE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS AND A PATH FORWARD WHICH CAME OUT RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

THEY INTERVIEWED A TON OF TEACHERS ACROSS THE STATE.

I HAVE THE MEASURE WHAT MATTERS ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

AND THEN I HAVE ALSO THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, WHICH MIRROR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SO WHERE DO WE STAND ON SCHOOL FUNDING? WHERE DO WE STAND ON TEACHER WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY? AND SO MUCH OF IT MIRRORS WHAT WE ARE ASKING OUR LEGISLATORS TO DO.

AND MICHAEL, WE AREN'T MEETING OUR GOAL.

WE KEEP GOING YEAR AFTER YEAR TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR PLANO ISD PRIORITIES ARE, AND OFTENTIMES THEY'RE COMPLETELY IGNORED.

THERE'S NO REQUEST TO RAISE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THERE'S NO REQUEST TO, GIVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

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TO HELP PAY OUR..

WE'RE MORE INVOLVED. YEAH, WE JUST NEED THE EXTRA HELP, I THINK, AS TRUSTEES, TO LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT TRULY IMPACT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO I HEARD OUR SPEAKER REFER TO THEM AS A PARTISAN ORGANIZATION.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT WHERE LIKE, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT DATA IS OR WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT.

THEIR MISSION IS REALLY SIMILAR TO OURS IN REGARDS TO HELPING SCHOOL KIDS ALL ACROSS TEXAS.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT PARTISANSHIP I SEE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A WORKSHOP AVAILABLE FOR US AS TRUSTEES TO BE INVOLVED IN SO THAT WE COULD LEARN TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY MISSING THEM RIGHT NOW? CAN WE NOW I HAVE A QUESTION OVER COMMITMENT NUMBER FIVE. CAN WE GO TOWARDS THE COMMITMENT NUMBER FIVE? IT SAYS COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP A CULTURE AND SYSTEM OF ADVOCACY IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FOR YEARS AND YEARS, I THOUGHT PLANO ISD HAS A CULTURE OF ADVOCACY BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE VOTE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS MEET AS WELL, THEY'LL GET WE GET, I GUESS WE SIGN UP OR WE, BE APPOINTED TO A COMMITTEE.

AND ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES, SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES IS THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO HERE IT SAYS COMMIT TO DEVELOP A CULTURE AND SYSTEM OF ADVOCACY IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO. BASICALLY IT IS BASICALLY WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT.

I'M SORRY? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT, ANGELA, IS WHEN I STARTED, WE HAD THREE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES AND WE HAD ONE SENATOR REPRESENTATIVE.

THERE WAS FOUR THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH.

AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE NOW HAVE FIVE HOUSE REPS AND TWO STATE SENATORS.

SO THE EFFICIENCY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THAT ADVOCACY, SINCE WE NOW HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WE HAVE TO INTERACT WITH.

HOWEVER, IF WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OUR ADVOCACY, THEN PERHAPS WE NOW HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING US, AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY POWERFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN FOR OUR DISTRICT.

SO THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE WHOLE ADVOCACY PROCESS NOW HAS REALLY GROWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE WE STARTED BEING ON THIS BOARD. SO I THINK ANY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO LEARN AND GROW AND TO REPRESENT AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY BETTER IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

AND DANNY, I'M SORRY, I MAY HAVE STEPPED ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

NO, NO, NOT AT ALL. I JUST WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE THE SAME FIVE COMMITMENTS THAT RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS IS ASKING OF ANY SCHOOL BOARD THAT THEY'VE SELECTED FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS COMPETITIVE.

YOU'VE GOT DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE WHO APPLIED FOR IT.

YOU'VE GOT DISTRICTS OF VARYING SIZE AND AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

AND SO REALLY WHAT NUMBER FIVE IS ABOUT, IT'S THE SAME AS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

IF RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS IS GOING TO USE THE GRANT MONEY THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO FUND A PROGRAM THAT THAT THIS BOARD PARTICIPATES IN.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TOWARD A DISTRICT THAT IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINING THIS ADVOCACY FOR THE FUTURE.

SO IT'S NOT ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SELECTING DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT WAS COMPETITIVE.

AND THERE WERE, I THINK, MORE THAN HALF OF THE DISTRICTS THAT APPLIED DID NOT GET SELECTED.

SO, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICTS THEY'VE SELECTED ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO THIS, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THEY'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT IS.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT WE DON'T DO OR DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS.

I'LL ADD TO A COUPLE POINTS THAT, AS I'VE LISTENED TO THIS DISCUSSION, I THOUGHT WERE PARTICULARLY SALIENT.

YOU KNOW, YOU LISTEN TO THE MAYOR, TALK ABOUT HIS 16 YEARS AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYOR MUNS TALKS ABOUT IS GOING TO AUSTIN IN THE 90S TO TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT RECAPTURE. AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY YEAR IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, MAYBE EVERY OTHER YEAR, RIGHT DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE TALKED, GONE TO AUSTIN, AND WE HAVE TALKED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT RECAPTURE ..

UNTIL WE'RE BLUE IN THE FACE.

HAVE WE GOTTEN ANYTHING DONE? I MEAN, WE LITERALLY GAVE THEM WE LITERALLY.

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IT'S RHETORICAL. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT LIKE, THE POINT THAT I'M, I'M GETTING TO HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HANDED OUR REPRESENTATIVES A LIST OF VERY SIMPLE THINGS THAT WOULD NOT EVEN BE THAT COSTLY.

LIKE, WE'LL PAY YOU EARLY.

JUST GIVE US A LITTLE DISCOUNT ON OUR RECAPTURE FOR PAYING EARLY, RIGHT? YOU PAY YOUR BILLS EARLY, YOU GET A LITTLE DISCOUNT.

GREAT. WOULDN'T EVEN DO IT.

TESTIFIED ON A FEW OF THOSE.

WELL, SO MY POINT MY POINT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING UNTIL WE'RE BLUE IN THE FACE, AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVING OUR LEGISLATORS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY CONCRETE EXAMPLES CONVERTING PENNIES OR EARLY PAYMENT, YOU KNOW, DISCOUNT FOR RECAPTURE OR ANY OF THESE OTHER OH, PUTTING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE AMOUNT OF RECAPTURE ON OUR PROPERTY TAX STATEMENTS SO OUR CITIZENS CAN ACTUALLY TRANSPARENTLY SEE HOW MUCH MONEY STAYS IN PLANO ISD AND HOW MUCH MONEY GOES TO THE STATE, WHICH WAS MASSACRED.

AND I DIDN'T I DID NOT SHAVE A SHEEP 34%, BUT I WOULD.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SIT HERE AND I THINK ABOUT THIS AND I, I THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS PROGRAM COULD ENTAIL, I KEEP COMING BACK IN MY HEAD LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS BACK AND FORTH IS THAT DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS IS THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY.

AND LORD KNOWS THE TIME COMMITMENT HAS ME A LITTLE BIT WORRIED, RIGHT? I'VE GOT TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS, I DO THIS, I WORK FULL TIME.

I HAVE LIKE NEGATIVE BANDWIDTH AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, FOR EXTRA THINGS.

BUT A, YOU KNOW, I THINK ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY LISTENING AND FORMING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT I'M WILLING TO LEARN FROM OTHERS ON BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY STRENGTH.

YOU GIVE ME A SPREADSHEET AND I'M YOUR GIRL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO LEARN HOW TO FORM BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR DECADES IS NOT A QUESTION, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.

AND I, FOR ONE, AM WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BECAUSE MAYBE WE WILL GET SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

AND I THINK ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION, RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS WAS FOUNDED BY THE CEO, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF HEB.

HEB IS THE LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

RIGHT. AND SO HERE IS A COMPANY THAT BRINGS IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE INTO THE STATE.

THEY MAKE GREAT TORTILLAS.

BUT MY POINT BEING IS THAT THEY EMPLOY YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEXANS ACROSS THE STATE AND THEY WILL BE EMPLOYING OUR KIDS IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT IS PART OF WHY THEY HAVE THESE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEN THE HEB IN PLANO OPENED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID IS THEY WERE PASSING OUT FREE SAMPLE TORTILLAS ON THE TOUR THE DAY BEFORE IT OPENED. YOU KNOW, THEY WENT AROUND AND SAID, OKAY, WELL, THE PLANO STORE, YOU GUYS HAVE MORE CHEESE.

YOU HAVE A BIG CHARCUTERIE SECTION AND CUSTOM CHARCUTERIE BOARD.

YOU HAVE A CUSTOM WINE SECTION.

WE HAVE A RARE AND MAGNUM WINE SECTION.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LARGEST, LUXURY HAIR CARE PRODUCT SECTION IN THE STATE.

THAT'S WHAT WE STUDIED PLANO.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH RIGHT.

AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I DO LIKE ABOUT.

THE THE APPROACH.

AND I THINK IT COMES FROM THAT BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, FROM HEB BEING A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYER IN OUR STATE.

AND I SEE THE SAME STRATEGIES THAT THE STORES EMPLOY TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAT HAVE SORT OF TRANSFERRED TO THIS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HEB'S PRESIDENT, THAT IT IS VERY, VERY COMMUNITY BASED.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT.

AND, JUST IN THAT REGARD, I THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY A PRETTY POSITIVE THING FOR US TO BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY ONE LAST THING.

YOU YOU GAVE THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY.

AND I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD, LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN MR. MUNS AND, EVEN TRUSTEES THAT WERE BEFORE HIM, HIS PREDECESSORS, PLANO ISD, HAS BEEN A BIG ADVOCACY VOICE IN AUSTIN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE CAN HAVE OUR COMMUNITY BEHIND US, THEY, THE LEGISLATORS, PUT UP WITH ME COMING TO TESTIFY ON A CERTAIN BILL. BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT'S JUST ME, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN THAT HARD.

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OUR TAXPARENCY, THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR TRADEMARK, BASICALLY.

AND A LADY IN THE ROOM RIGHT THERE CAME UP WITH THAT TERM IN OUR MEETING IN 2015.

LESLIE, YOU GET CREDIT FOR THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROBABLY REALIZING IS THAT THE TRUSTEES NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE, BEHIND THEM TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO TEACH US THE TECHNIQUES TO GET THAT DONE AND TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT.

WE ARE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S THIS PROCESS.

AND I THINK LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, AND I'M SEEING HOW WE'RE ALREADY DOING AMAZING THINGS WITH OUR STRATEGIC ROAD MAPPING, OUR LONG RANGE FACILITIES, PLANNING MEETINGS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE, ICING ON THAT CAKE.

SO THAT'S ALL I WILL SAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YEP. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK, SORT OF LISTENING TO LAUREN, TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

I THINK IT REALLY HELPED CRYSTALLIZE MY THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I MEAN, I THINK, THAT TO ME IS THE SORT OF RISK REWARD HERE IS WE ARE ADDING A SIGNIFICANT LIFT IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BOTH THE TRUSTEES AS WELL AS THERESA, FOR WHAT FEELS TO ME LIKE VERY LITTLE REWARD.

ULTIMATELY, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE.

BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ADVOCATING, RIGHT.

WE ARE A SCHOOL BOARD.

AND IN MY MIND, AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS.

AND FOR ME, IT FEELS LIKE SPENDING A LOT OF THIS TIME ADVOCATING FOR WHAT WHAT AMOUNTS TO POLITICAL THINGS THAT ARE BEING DECIDED BY SORT OF FORCES THAT ARE NOT US.

THE SAME CONSTITUENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE ONES THAT VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THESE LAWS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS.

I MEAN, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT RECAPTURE, WE'RE NOT WE COULD BRING THE WHOLE TOWN OF PLANO THERE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REPEAL RECAPTURE.

AND SO I THINK MY CONCERN IS WHY, AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WOULD WE WOULD WE THEN TAKE WHAT I AND I'M AGAIN YOU'LL DANNY YOU'LL HAVE TO CORRECT ME. BUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE, ALMOST 30 DAYS DOWN IN AUSTIN, IF YOU COMBINE ALL THOSE DATES, WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WHY WOULD WE TAKE OUR SUPERINTENDENT AWAY FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME WHEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING AS A SCHOOL BOARD TO IMPROVE OUR OVERALL STUDENT OUTCOMES? AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE NEGATIVE VIEWS OF RAISE YOUR HAND FOR TEXAS.

I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE NEGATIVE VIEWS FOR THE ACTIONS THAT THIS IS ASKING US TO TAKE.

I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, WE ALL RAN FOR OFFICE, SO WE ALL HAD TO LOBBY OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR SOMETHING.

IT JUST FEELS TO ME LIKE THIS PROGRAM FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING ONE STEP TOO FAR IN THE, IN THE SORT OF ADVOCACY IN AUSTIN WHEN WE SHOULD BE.

THAT SHOULD BE THE 10TH THING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE SPENDING OUR PRECIOUS TIME ON AS IT RELATES TO IMPROVING OUR OVERALL STUDENT OUTCOMES LIKE THAT.

THAT, TO ME, IS WHAT I'M THINKING.

AND AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT TIME COMMITMENT.

YEAH. BECAUSE IT WHEN I LOOKED AT ALL THOSE DATES AND IT WAS LIKE THREE DAYS FOR EACH OF THE DAYS AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO CRAZY.

SO IT'S IT'S THREE DATES IS WHAT IT HAS.

I THINK IT REALLY WORKS OUT TO ABOUT TWO DAYS AND IT'S, BUT IT'S FOUR TIMES.

SO IT WOULD BE LIKE EIGHT DAYS TOTAL.

AND SO IT'S AND BECAUSE AND IT'S OVER THE COURSE OF APRIL OF THIS YEAR THROUGH APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S LIKE APRIL, SEPTEMBER, JANUARY AND APRIL AND IT'S A TWO DAY ESSENTIALLY LIKE A HALF DAY, A FULL DAY AND THEN A HALF DAY.

AND REALLY I THINK THAT INCORPORATES TRAVEL.

AND THOSE ARE IN AUSTIN.

RIGHT? THOSE FOUR ARE IN AUSTIN.

YES. INCLUDE TRAVEL AND HOUSING.

IN TERMS OF COSTS, YES.

ALL. THERE'S NO COST FOR THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT TO PARTICIPATE.

SO BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT 30 DATES.

IT WOULD ONLY BE THOSE FOUR, THOSE FOUR DATES.

THE LAST ONE I'M NOT ACTUALLY I THINK SOME OF THESE DATES TO I THINK THEY'RE GIVING US A WINDOW.

I WANT TO SAY THEY SAID IT WAS A DAY AND A HALF MAYBE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GIVING US A WINDOW BECAUSE, LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION SIX, IT'S GOT THREE DATES AS WELL.

BUT IT SAYS ONLINE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ONE DAY.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THREE DAYS ONLINE.

RIGHT. SO I THINK THEY'RE GIVING US SOME WINDOWS AS WELL.

SO IT MAY LOOK LIKE A FEW MORE DAYS THAN IT REALLY IS.

BUT BUT YEAH, IT'S FOUR TRIPS TO AUSTIN, IS WHAT IT WOULD BE OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A YEAR.

AND TWO OF THOSE ARE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

YEAH. NO, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

BUT I MEAN, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR ME, IT'S REALLY ABOUT, WHERE IS THE VALUE OF OUR TIME BEING SPENT THE MOST?

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I DON'T THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T VALUE EDUCATION.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY DON'T VALUE THE OR SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I DO THINK THAT MAYBE WE CAN REACH A FEW MORE PEOPLE WITH THIS GRASSROOTS EFFORT, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO MAKE A MATERIAL CHANGE.

WELL, I DO, I DISAGREE, AND I THINK THAT, BUT IF I COULD JUST FINISH OH I'M SORRY.

AND AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT THIS ALSO AND AGAIN THIS SIGNIFICANTLY COMMITS, THERESA TO DOING MORE OF THIS ADVOCACY AND LESS OF THE STUFF THAT I THINK WILL ACTUALLY REALLY CHANGE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND SO FOR ME, I AM BOTH CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO THE BOARD, BUT I THINK I'M EVEN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING THERESA MAKE TO AUSTIN AND ADVOCACY, BECAUSE HER TIME IS A ZERO SUM GAME.

AND IF SHE'S DOING THAT, THEN SHE'S NOT DOING THE STUFF THAT I THINK WILL REALLY HELP US IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SORRY. THAT'S IT.

AND MY MY GENERAL VIEW OF THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR RAISE YOUR HAND, TEXAS.

BUT THE THING IS THAT THIS IS MORE A POLITICAL IT'S MORE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

AND ADVOCACY IS VERY POLITICAL.

AND AND THE THING IS THAT OUR OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS. AND SO I FEEL AS IF WE'RE THIS IS A LOT OF TIME COMMITMENT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A LOT OF TIME COMMITMENT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF GENERALIZATION OF THESE COMMITMENTS.

WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MUCH COMMITMENT IS INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ADVOCATE IN.

FOR NUMBER TWO, THERE IS A LOT OF THERE'S THERE'S OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS IN THESE COMMITMENTS.

AND THE THING IS THAT OUR FOCUS AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO ADVOCATE.

THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY WE WE GOT ELECTED FOR ADVOCACY.

AND THE THING IS THAT WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR ADVOCACY.

AND SO ALL THESE YEARS WE HAVE DONE ADVOCACY.

BUT THE THING IS THAT FOR US TO GO TO AUSTIN AND BE STATE REPS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

AS TRUSTEE AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, OUR FOCUS SHOULD, AND I AGREE, OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CLOSING THE STUDENT GAP AND AND ACADEMICS IMPROVING THE ACADEMICS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

I MEAN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY HER TIME SO THAT SHE CAN SO THAT SHE WOULD BE DOING ALL OF THESE COMMITMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

DANNY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPTS THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRUSTEE ADVOCACY PROGRAM.

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

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE CATHERINE GOODMAN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPTS THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRUSTEE ADVOCACY PROGRAM. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT REALLY QUICK AND IT'S MORE A STATEMENT THAN DISCUSSION, IS THAT RAISE YOUR HAND.

TEXAS IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION.

THEY'RE PRO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND THAT MIGHT BE WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION LIES AROUND WHETHER THEY'RE PARTISAN OR NONPARTISAN.

BUT I JUST I AM I'VE WORKED WITH THIS GROUP BEFORE.

I'M VERY EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO IF WE PASS, BEING PART OF THIS PROGRAM, FOR OUR NOT JUST FOR US AS TRUSTEES TO LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES AND LEARN HOW DO WE REACH AND TALK TO THE 70% OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN? THAT'S ONE HUGE GAP THAT WE'RE MISSING.

A COUPLE OF US UP HERE STILL HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS, SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL WIDE CAMPUS.

AND OTHER TRUSTEES KNOW BECAUSE YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE SCHOOLS.

BUT I, FOR ONE, AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

I'LL JUST MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT TOO, AND THAT I THINK THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOME, LIKE RAISING TEACHER PAY, WITH WHICH THE LEGISLATURE ABSOLUTELY IGNORED THIS YEAR WHEN WE HAD A $32 BILLION SURPLUS.

OR, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE SENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE STATE AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT.

CLOSING SOME OF OUR OWN CAMPUSES AND WHETHER THAT IS SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY IS HAPPY ABOUT OR NOT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THE POINT ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT.

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AND. WELL, PERIOD.

NO. AND, WELL, I WAS GOING TO I'LL ECHO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADVOCATED FOR, NUMBER ONE, IS SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY FUNDED FOR THAT. NUMBER TWO IS FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THE ADVOCACY WILL, I'M SURE, BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE DO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEHIND US.

SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2 AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.1 REPORTS, WHICH IS

[9.1 Pipeline and Hiring Process - Investing in Our Leaders]

AND I WILL INVITE DOCTOR LINDA FREEMAN TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I KNOW YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT WE HAVE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH HOLDSWORTH FOR THE LAST THREE PLUS YEARS, AND THEY HELPED US DEVELOP OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN A GREAT DEAL OF STUDY ABOUT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR PIPELINE.

AND I HAVE TWO OF THE MOST AMAZING LEADERS IN THIS PROCESS WITH US TONIGHT TO PRESENT AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN PLANO. SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IVAN CANTU, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, AND RYAN STEELE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, TO GIVE US THIS UPDATE.

THEY THEY ARE THE ONES WHO REALLY LEAD ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

SO THANKS, GUYS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, CABINET MEMBERS.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP PIPELINE AND OUR LEADERSHIP HIRING PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO TO ENSURE THAT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF WISHING TO MOVE ON UP, HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND LEARN AS FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT OR CURRENT LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR HIRING PROCESS HERE IN PLANO.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF WHAT HAS SUPPORTED THIS WORK IN THE PAST.

SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR WORK WITH HOLSWORTH.

A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO, WE ENTERED AN 18 MONTH PROGRAM, WITH THE HOLSWORTH LEADERSHIP COLLABORATIVE.

THIS WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DEVELOPING A STRONGER PIPELINE, AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH IDENTIFYING LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES AND REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS ARE FACING AS A DISTRICT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN STAFF, TO TAKE ON PRINCIPAL ROLE, FOR EXAMPLE. PART OF THAT WORK LED TO THE CREATION OF OUR LEADERSHIP PROFILE.

IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 70 STAFF MEMBERS FROM ALL LEVELS, ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT GOT TOGETHER THROUGH SEVERAL MEETINGS, LED BY, THREE OF OUR LEADERS AT THE TIME. AND.

WHAT THEY DECIDED WAS THAT THERE WERE NINE COMPETENCIES THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE FELT WERE ESSENTIAL IN IN DEVELOPING IN OUR LEADERS.

THESE ARE THE NINE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK FOR AND AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHER LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOLID LEADERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT.

THIS HAS SERVED AS A GUIDING POINT FOR US AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR LEADERS.

AGAIN, FROM ALL LEVELS, WHETHER THEY ARE LEADING OTHERS, LEADING SELF, TWO OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED USING THIS LEADERSHIP PROFILE, IN ORDER TO CREATE ACTIONS FOR OR I'M SORRY, LOOK FOR OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THAT'S THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO OTHER AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ATHLETICS LEADERSHIP.

AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT WE TAKE THOSE NINE COMPETENCIES THAT, AGAIN, IN PLANO, WE FELT WERE ESSENTIAL TO LEADERSHIP.

WE TAKE THOSE NINE AREAS, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE POSITION AND WHAT THAT POSITION SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR.

IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, FOR EXAMPLE, AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, WE WANT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT, SERVE, CULTIVATE, STRATEGIZE, IMPACT AND TO EXPECT EXCELLENCE.

SO WE DO THEN, IS WE ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR SYSTEM PRINCIPALS IS HELPING THEM BUILD THOSE COMPETENCIES.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T FOCUS ON ALL NINE OF THEM.

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BUT IT'S SO SIX THAT WE FEEL ARE ESSENTIAL TO THAT ROLE.

AGAIN. WE STILL WORK ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER ONES, BUT IT'S AGAIN, THOSE NINE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT ROLE.

THE OTHER ROLES THAT I MENTIONED MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE THAT IT IS BUILT TO SUPPORT ALL LEADERSHIP ACROSS ALL OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.

SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE EVENING.

AND THAT'S CAMPUS LEADERSHIP READINESS.

SO OUR GOAL WITH ALL OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARING OUR FUTURE LEADERS IN PLANO ISD.

WE WANT TO HAVE A BENCH THAT IS JUST FULL OF LEADERS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING ON THAT PRINCIPAL ROLE WHENEVER IT'S NECESSARY.

SO FOR TEACHERS OR OTHER STAFF WHO WANT TO BECOME APS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE RPA, OUR ASPIRING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACADEMY.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE 20 PARTICIPANTS.

THESE ARE MOSTLY TEACHERS, OTHER ROLES AS WELL.

THESE ARE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WANT TO TAKE ON THE AP ROLE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA, WHERE WE'VE GOT TO RECRUIT MORE FOLKS.

WE NEED A BIGGER COHORT, I THINK, FOR RPA, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE DOING, FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR FOR ALL.

ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT ROLE FOR ALL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, OUR GOAL IS TO JUST PREPARE THEM THROUGH COACHING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO ENSURE THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE APS, THROUGH COACHING.

BUT WE ALSO THIS YEAR, WE ALSO REDEFINE THE WAY WE DO OUR AP MEETINGS.

IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN JUST COME LEARN, GET THE INFORMATION AND MOVE ON.

THIS YEAR WE'RE DIFFERENTIATING.

WE'RE BRINGING IN OUR NEW APPS EARLY.

WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION, A NEW AP SESSION WITH THEM.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIALIZED TRAINING BASED ON LEVEL, BASED ON NEED BASED ON INTEREST.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR GENERAL MEETING WITH THE REST OF THE AP.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET ALL APPS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR LEVELS.

NOW, IF I'M AN AP WHO I THINK I'M READY FOR THAT PRINCIPAL ROLE SOON.

WE HAVE OUR ASPIRING PRINCIPAL ACADEMY, OUR APA.

WE HAVE 20 FOLKS IN THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RYAN AND I DESIGNED AND LEAD TOGETHER.

COMPLETELY REDESIGNED FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE PAST.

IT'S BEEN A ONE YEAR PROGRAM REALLY FOCUSED ON THE TEXAS PRINCIPAL STANDARDS.

THIS YEAR, WE'VE REDESIGNED IT TO BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM.

WE ARE TRYING TO MARKET THIS TO OTHER SYSTEM PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPLY FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

WE WANT THEM TO TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM, PARTICIPATE FOR THE TWO YEARS AND REALLY GET IN THERE.

IT'S IT'S REDESIGNED BASED AROUND EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN JUST ALL ABOUT THE TEXAS PRINCIPAL STANDARDS.

WE'RE STILL DOING THAT, BUT WE ARE ALSO ASKING THEM TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO GROW.

AND THEN THEY THEY TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE CAMPUS, MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL, AND THEY SAY, LET ME LEAD THIS PROJECT SO THAT I CAN GAIN SOME NEW EXPERIENCES.

SO IT'S ALL AROUND LEADING.

IT'S ALL ABOUT CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE LEADERSHIP.

THEY COME BACK, THEY TALK TO THEIR COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT.

THEY GET FEEDBACK FROM THEIR COLLEAGUES ON ON THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED PROJECT.

AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON ON THEIR READINESS LEVEL.

THE FEEDBACK THIS YEAR FROM OUR APA PARTICIPANTS HAS BEEN SO GREAT.

OUR PRINCIPALS ARE LOVING WHAT THE APS ARE DOING WITHIN THIS PROGRAM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS OUR PRINCIPLE READINESS SURVEY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR AS PART OF OUR HOLDSWORTH PROGRAM.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR APPS.

WE ARE ASKING THEM TO.

NOT RATE THEMSELVES, BUT REALLY LOOK AT THEIR READINESS LEVEL.

SO LOOK AT YOUR SKILLS AS AN AP.

LOOK AT YOUR READINESS AS AN AP.

AND THINK ABOUT HOW READY ARE YOU TO TAKE ON THAT PRINCIPAL ROLE.

SO I'M NOT SELF EVALUATING AS AN AP.

I AM SELF EVALUATING AS IF I WAS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED AS THE PRINCIPAL OF A CAMPUS IN THE COMING YEAR.

RIGHT. SO TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS IS THE AP, THAT IS A SELF IDENTIFIED PIECE THAT IS BASED ON THE TEXAS PRINCIPAL STANDARDS, REALLY LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF THOSE AND KIND OF GOING THROUGH WHERE ARE MY STRENGTHS.

WHERE ARE MY WEAKNESSES? IF I WAS GOING TO BE THE PRINCIPAL VERY SOON.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSE.

ONE THING THAT WE DID NOT DO LAST YEAR, THAT WE REALIZED RIGHT AWAY THAT WE SORT OF MESSED UP ON, WAS THAT THE PRINCIPALS ALSO HAD TO COMPLETE THIS SURVEY WITH THAT SAME LENS FOR THEIR APS.

SO AS AN AP, OF COURSE, I THINK I'M READY.

RIGHT. A LOT OF OUR APS FEEL THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE GETTING SUPPORT.

THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

THEY WANT TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

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CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? OF COURSE. REAL FAST.

SORRY, I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT TILL THE END, BUT, OUR ELEMENTARY, OUR AP TO PRINCIPAL RATIO IS 1 TO 1.

RIGHT. BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL IT'S TWO AP'S TO ONE PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH IS OFTEN HIGHER RIGHT.

AND SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS I WAS LIKE, THE PRINCIPAL'S NOT FILLING THIS OUT FOR THEIR PEOPLE.

LIKE I WAS LIKE I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE NUMBERS.

BUT THEN I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THIS RATIO THING.

SO CAN YOU, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS, WOULD YOU JUST TOUCH ON THAT, PLEASE? SO PRINCIPALS HAVE NOT COMPLETED THIS JUST YET.

SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE.

THEY HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.

LAST I CHECKED, THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S VERY LITTLE.

SO THEY HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY TO COMPLETE THIS.

AT THAT TIME WE'LL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSE AND THE AP RESPONSE.

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALIGN.

RIGHT. AND AGAIN THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL THAT IF THEY DON'T ALIGN THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE AP AND THE AND THE PRINCIPAL REGARDING WHY DON'T THEY ALIGN RIGHT. IF THE AP SAYS, I'M READY, THIS IS WHY I FEEL I'M READY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PRINCIPAL SAY, I'M NOT SEEING THAT.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY NOT.

RIGHT. BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AP TO SAY, MAYBE I'M NOT READY AND I DON'T FEEL READY BECAUSE OF THIS.

WHAT EXPERIENCES CAN YOU PROVIDE FOR ME AS A PRINCIPAL TO ENSURE THAT I GET THAT RIGHT? I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF A SECONDARY AP WHO SOMETIMES MIGHT FALL OR SOMETIMES BE, MIGHT BECOME THE DISCIPLINARY AP.

RIGHT? THEY DEAL WITH DISCIPLINE, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE NOT LEADING A LOT OF INSTRUCTION.

RIGHT? DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T WANT TO.

IT'S JUST MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SEEN AS THAT'S THEIR STRENGTH.

THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE AP TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND FIND SOME, SOME GAPS THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY.

RIGHT. SO AFTER FEBRUARY, THOSE NUMBERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, SHOULD SHOULD BE SHOULD CHANGE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT RATIO HOPEFULLY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT. THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE'S FOUR APS AND THERE'S EVEN MORE.

SO THERE THERE ARE FAR MORE APS AND PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT THERE EVERY PRINCIPAL SHOULD BE.

DOING A SURVEY FOR EVERY ONE OF THEIR APPS THAT HAS DONE THAT SURVEY FOR THAT APP.

YES, IT'S DONE OKAY, BUT THEY MAY BE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

CORRECT? YEP.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS SLIDE, CAN I MAKE AN OBSERVATION? OF COURSE. YOU SAID, WHICH WE SCREWED UP, SCREWED UP ON.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW GREATLY I APPRECIATE US REALIZING.

AND YOU'RE HAVING THE VULNERABILITY TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY AND THAT WE FIXED IT.

AND, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY VALUABLE TO ME.

AND I THINK IT'S THE VALUABLE TO THE REST OF OUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE OUR KIDS GREW UP.

AND IF WE CAN MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT, THEY CAN IMPROVE.

SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THAT TO SAY THAT FOR US, TO US, WE WANT TO CONTINUE MAKING THESE PROGRAMS BETTER, AND WE REALIZE THAT WAS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT IMMEDIATELY.

JUST ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION, SINCE WE'RE DOING IT NOW.

ON THIS, BOTH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE AP KNOW THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE A PRINCIPAL.

IT'S JUST THAT THE AP THINK THAT THEY'RE MEETING ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WHEREAS THE PRINCIPALS DON'T THINK THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.

IS THAT IS THAT THE GAP? IT'S A IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

PART OF IT TOO IS WHEN.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE FIRST DID THIS RESPONSE.

WE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS REALLY KIND OF HOW READY ARE YOU? WELL, PART OF THE REASON WHY HE SAID WE SCREW UP WAS IF WE'RE BEING REALLY HONEST, IF YOU ASK 100 PLUS SYSTEM PRINCIPALS, HOW READY ARE YOU FROM DISTRICT LEADERS WHO HIRE PRINCIPALS? THERE'S AN INNATE RESPONSE OF, YES, I'M READY.

EVEN IF I MAY NOT BE. I DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS LIKE I MAY NOT BE.

SO WE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT DATA WASN'T NECESSARILY ACCURATE.

SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE INCREASING THIS PIECE OF HAVING PRINCIPALS THEN DO THE SAME WORK IS THAT WE WANT TO FORCE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT THERE CAN BE THIS, ONE THERE'S A SELF THOUGHT LIKE, I'VE GOT THIS DOWN, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, AND THE PRINCIPAL MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE FOUND IS THAT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ON ONE CAMPUS FOR SIX YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN WITH YOU AS A PRINCIPAL FOR TWO.

SO I MAY HAVE DONE MANY THINGS THAT YOU'RE REALLY NOT AWARE OF.

AND SO AS THEY COME TOGETHER, THEN WE REALLY WANT THAT CONVERSATION.

SO THAT WAY THE PRINCIPAL CAN SAY, HEY, I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T SEEN YOU WORK IN THIS AREA.

TELL ME WHY YOU RATED YOURSELF HIGHLY ON THAT.

AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THAT DIALOG, BECAUSE REALLY, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, OUR PRINCIPALS, WHILE THEY DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEIR WITH THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THEY

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SO WE'RE BUILDING THIS IN.

SO WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR MIDDLE OF YEAR, TEST, TEST EVALUATIONS WITH THEIR PRINCIPAL, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

IT GIVES THEM SOME STRUCTURE AS THEY GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPAL STANDARD AND REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GROW, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCES THAT THE PRINCIPAL IS JUST UNAWARE OF.

BUT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND WE DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE OUR APPS ARE JUST RATING THEMSELVES TOO HIGH.

MAYBE WHEN THEY'RE NOT READY, RIGHT? SOMETIMES IT'S OPPOSITE, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO EVALUATE YOURSELF.

SO YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY HARD ON YOURSELF, RIGHT? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR APS ON IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE SELLING THEMSELVES APPROPRIATELY, AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS AS WELL.

RIGHT? SO IF IF I'M RATING MYSELF TOO LOW, THEN I MIGHT NEED SOMEONE TO SAY, NO, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO MEET PRINCIPAL STANDARD ONE OR PRINCIPAL STANDARD TWO. I'VE SEEN YOU DO THE FOLLOWING.

I'VE SEEN YOU LEAD THE FOLLOWING.

YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THIS.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR OUR APS TO HEAR.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MAYBE I'M RATING MYSELF TOO HIGH WHEN I'M NOT REALLY THERE.

I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT RATING MYSELF TOO LOW WHEN I KNOW I'VE DEMONSTRATED SOME OF THESE SKILLS.

OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS SEEING THAT IN ME AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO SELL THAT JUST YET.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THAT GROWTH AS WELL.

THIS IS OUR PIPELINE TRACKING.

SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHO ARE WE HIRING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR APS WE HIRED FOR I'M SORRY FOR OUR PRINCIPALS.

WE HIRED ONE EXTERNAL SEVEN INTERNAL.

AND OUT OF THOSE SEVEN INTERNAL, SIX OF THOSE HAD PARTICIPATED IN SOME SORT OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM HERE IN PLANO ISD, WHETHER IT WAS, OUR APA OR SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE. THIS IS A THIRD YEAR OF APA.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE.

THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SOME SORT OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 23-24.

WE HIRED FOR EXTERNAL 11 INTERNAL.

AND OUT OF THOSE 11 THAT WERE HIRED INTERNALLY, NINE HAD COMPLETED SOME SORT OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, PLANO ISD.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THAT LAST COLUMN BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS AND ARE THEY WORKING? THEY MIGHT NOT WORK IMMEDIATELY, AS IN, MAYBE I DON'T GET HIRED NEXT YEAR, BUT I MIGHT GET HIRED DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A, SOME PICTURES OF OUR ARPA PROGRAM.

THIS WAS OUR INTERVIEW DAY, AND I THINK OUR APPS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

REALLY, REALLY LOVE THIS DAY.

WE HAD DISTRICT, OFFICE FOLKS AND CAMPUS PRINCIPALS JOIN US ON THAT DAY TO HELP INTERVIEW REPS.

MOCK INTERVIEW.

AGAIN, THIS IS A COMPLETE REDESIGN THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR APA PROGRAM, REALLY FOCUSING ON WHERE CAN WE FIND, EXPERIENCES TO FILL IN THOSE KNOWLEDGE GAPS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT SITTING AND GETTING, IT'S ABOUT LEARNING A LITTLE BIT AND THEN GOING OUT AND DOING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS.

SO YOU COME IN, YOU LEARN A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU LEAD THROUGH PROJECT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT.

AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO YEAR PROGRAM FOR OUR AP'S.

IF THEY GET A JOB NEXT YEAR AFTER YEAR ONE, AWESOME.

IF THEY DON'T THEY CAN CONTINUE LEARNING FOR YEAR TWO.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD THING FOR US.

IT'S ALL DESIGNED AROUND THE 70-20-10 LEARNING MODEL.

SO IT USED TO BE THAT WE USED TO SAY, YOU COME INTO A WORKSHOP, YOU LEARN YOU'RE READY TO GO DO.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT REALITY, RIGHT? RESEARCH SAYS THAT'S NOT REALITY.

REALITY SAYS OR RESEARCH SAYS THAT THE TRUE REALITY IS THAT IT'S ALL AROUND JOB EXPERIENCES.

AND THAT'S HOW WE LEARN.

SO IT KIND OF FLIPS IT A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S THAT 10% IS YOU GOING INTO A WORKSHOP LEARNING.

RIGHT. AND THEN YOU MIGHT LEAVE THAT WORKSHOP AND THAT'S WHERE THAT 20% IS.

THIS IS YOU HAVING CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES OR MAYBE THE PRESENTERS REALLY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, KIND OF TRYING TO PROCESS THAT INFORMATION AND GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, FROM OTHER PRINCIPLES OR OTHER APPS.

BUT THAT 70% THAT IS REALLY ON THE JOB LEARNING.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S THOSE ARE THE GAPS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL, TRYING TO FILL IN THIS, PIPELINE GRAPHIC THAT WE HAVE HERE.

RIGHT. SO WE MIGHT BE HIRED AS AN AP.

WE ARE LEARNING AS APS, BUT IT'S THAT.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING BETWEEN THAT AP ROLE AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT'S REALLY PREPARING YOU TO TAKE ON THAT PRINCIPAL ROLE IN A SUCCESSFUL WAY.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THROUGH THESE, THESE PROGRAMS. ALL THIS IS DESIGNED AROUND THE VACANCY CYCLE.

SO WE FORECAST WHAT IS OUR VACANCY GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR? WHO DO WE KNOW IS GOING TO RETIRE? WHO HAS BEEN TALKING TO THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF POSSIBLY LEAVING AND THEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY, OKAY, WE KNOW THAT X NUMBER OF PRINCIPALS ARE GOING TO LEAVE.

WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE SCHOOLS? RIGHT. AND ONCE WE IDENTIFIED THOSE NEEDS WHO DO WE HAVE THAT WE CAN FURTHER DEVELOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SELECT AND SUPPORT THE RIGHT PRINCIPALS THE RIGHT WAY.

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SO FOR EVERY VACANCY, WE WANT TO HAVE TWO APPS READY TO TAKE ON THAT PRINCIPAL ROLE.

THAT TAKES SOME TIME.

HOLDSWORTH HAS TOLD US THAT THAT TAKES WELL OVER FIVE YEARS AT TIMES TO REALLY GET TO THAT.

RIGHT. OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS LET'S GET TO THAT 1 TO 1.

RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HIRING EXTERNALLY IF THOSE ARE THE NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS.

BUT IF WE HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP INTERNALLY THAT WE CAN DEVELOP TO TAKE ON THAT CAMPUS, AND LET'S DO THAT RIGHT.

LET'S LET'S GROW OUR LEADERS WITHIN PLANO.

LET'S, LET'S HIRE THOSE FOLKS AND MOVING ON UP.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

SO RIGHT NOW OUR IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO HAVE A STRONG 1 TO 1 PIPELINE.

EVENTUALLY WE WANT TO GET TO A 1 TO 2 PIPELINE.

OKAY. SO ONCE WE'VE DEVELOPED OUR LEADERS AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE HIRING PROCESS LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGED IT A LITTLE BIT GOING INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND REALLY THE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'VE CHANGED IS REALLY OUR TIMELINE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JANUARY, WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR PRINCIPAL ELIGIBILITY HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

SO WE REALLY IT STARTS NOW MID-YEAR.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO WE BELIEVE ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A FINAL INTERVIEW TO BECOME A PRINCIPAL IN PLANO ISD.

SO IF I SAY PRINCIPAL ELIGIBILITY OR ASSISTANT ELIGIBILITY, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I MEAN.

IT'S INTERVIEWING TO FIND THOSE THAT WE'VE REALLY IDENTIFIED AS, OKAY, THEIR NEXT SO IN JANUARY AND IN APRIL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS TO CAPTURE PRINCIPALS.

AND THEN ALSO FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WE'RE GOING TO BE CAPTURING IN FEBRUARY IN MAY.

SO KIND OF EVERY MONTH WE'RE DOING INTERVIEWS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST LEADERS IN PLANO.

REALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THERE'S A PAPER SCREENING REALLY BASED ON THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA THAT WE BELIEVE A STRONG LEADER LOOKS LIKE.

AND THAT PART OF THAT PROCESS, A PAPER SCREENING, IS REALLY DONE WITH EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT.

THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB REALLY SCREENING THROUGH ALL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS.

WE THEN HAVE A VIDEO SCREENING.

IT'S THINK OF IT AS A ONE WAY VIDEO INTERVIEW.

AND SO THEY ANSWER SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

IT'S RECORDED, IT'S SENT.

AND THEN THAT SCREENED BY DISTRICT LEADERS AS WELL AS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION.

AND THEN IF THEY GET THROUGH THOSE TWO ROUNDS AND THEY HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW, AND THAT'S DONE WITH SLY SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND ALSO KEY LEADERS ACROSS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'VE GOT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, EMPLOYEE SERVICES, STUDENT SERVICES, SPECIAL ED.

SO IT'S A BIG ROOM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATION FROM EACH DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHO DO WE FEEL COULD BE A STRONG APPLICANT IN PLANO ISD TO BE A PRINCIPAL? REALLY, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY, WE'RE LOOKING KIND OF IN FIVE AREAS.

SO ONE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR CRITERIA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THAT'S DONE THROUGH EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

WE IDENTIFY THE QUALITIES.

PART OF THAT IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THOSE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION PIECES.

ONCE WE'VE GOT THAT DONE, WE COMMUNICATE OR REALLY WE'RE POSTING OUR JOB POSTINGS.

IT'S POSTED NOW FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

SO FOR ALL OF YOU WATCHING OUT THERE WHO WANT TO BE A LEADER, IT'S POSTED.

WE'RE BUILDING A CAMPUS PROFILE.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT.

AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE GOT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO TRULY WHO ENDS UP BEING ON THAT CAMPUS WHEN BUILDING A CAMPUS PROFILE.

REALLY, THIS IS TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INPUT AS WE CAN FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS KNOWS THAT.

SO WHEN A PRINCIPAL, LEAVES, GETS PROMOTED, RETIRES, WHATEVER THE REASON MAY BE, WE TRY TO GET FEEDBACK IN A LOT OF WAYS.

SO WE'VE GOT A PARENT SURVEY THAT GOES OUT.

WE HAVE A STAFF SURVEY THAT GOES OUT THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT REALLY QUALITIES, NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIFIC PERSON, BUT WHAT TYPES OF NEEDS DOES YOUR CAMPUS HAVE THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BENEFIT YOUR TYPE OF LEADER, BENEFIT YOUR CAMPUS? THEN THEIR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVER THAT CAMPUS ACTUALLY SITS DOWN WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND KIND OF THE SAME THING.

SO INSTEAD OF A SURVEY, JUST A TIME TO TAKE NOTES, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT IT IS AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT YOU KNOW YOUR CAMPUS NEEDS.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME GAPS THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE CLOSED? WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS YOU HAVE? WE ALSO BREAK DOWN DATA LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE.

AND THEN WE ALSO GET DISTRICT LEADERSHIP INPUT.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO CREATE WHO IS THE TYPE OF LEADER THAT WE WANT ON THAT CAMPUS.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE HAVE THAT LIST OF ELIGIBILITY.

WE BEING THE, SLY SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION WE GO THROUGH.

WE LOOK AT THE RUBRICS.

HOW DO THEY DO IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS? WE LOOK AT THEIR RESUMES, WE LOOK AT THE CAMPUS PROFILE, AND THEN WE SELECT FINALISTS FROM THOSE WHO GO TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND HER TEAM ULTIMATELY DOES THE FINAL INTERVIEWS FOR THAT CAMPUS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT IS BOARD APPROVAL FOR PLACEMENT ON THAT CAMPUS.

AND THEN ONE THING WE DID WANT TO NOTE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT SELECTED, IF WE'VE GOT APPLICANTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE REMEMBER, OUR GOAL IS 2 TO 1.

HONESTLY, OUR GOAL IS BIGGER THAN THAT.

WHAT WE LIKE TO DREAM ABOUT IS WE WANT OUR MISSION TO BE THAT EVERY OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS WE CAN'T KEEP OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN PLANO BECAUSE THEY KEEP GETTING HIRED AS PRINCIPALS, LIKE SELF LIKE THAT'S REALLY OUR GOAL.

WE WANT THEM ALL TO BE THAT GOOD.

AND THAT'S A RECRUITING PIECE TOO.

WE WANT TEACHER LEADERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS TO WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE GROW LEADERS.

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AND THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR SISTER PRINCIPALS WHO'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

IF THEY WERE SEEKING FEEDBACK, WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE? WHAT AM I MISSING? WE AS OUR DEPARTMENT, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OFFERING THAT TO YOU IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE BUILDING THE BEST LEADERS WE CAN FOR PLANO AND OUR KIDS.

AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO DO PEOPLE VOLUNTEER FOR THESE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, I GUESS, HOW DO PEOPLE GET INTO THE ASPIRING PRINCIPAL ACADEMY? YES, SIR. SO WE PUT OUT AN APPLICATION THAT USUALLY COMES AROUND AROUND MARCH OR APRIL THAT WE START ADVERTISING FOR THAT FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR.

WE OPENED UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ASPIRING PRINCIPAL.

WE ASK THEM THAT THEY BE IN THE ROLE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY APPLY.

THAT CHANGED THIS YEAR TO ONE YEAR, SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THEIR SECOND YEAR BEFORE THEY APPLY.

AND THEN PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATION IS THE OTHER THING THEY RECEIVE.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT? I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE CHALLENGES FINDING DIVERSE TEACHERS.

I THINK WE HAVE SIMILAR CHALLENGES WITH THE DIVERSE PRINCIPALS, THOUGH.

I ACTUALLY DID PRETTY GOOD LAST YEAR.

ARE WE, I GUESS HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE PROCESS, MAKES SURE THAT WE ARE AT LEAST HOPEFULLY FINDING ENOUGH PRINCIPALS THAT SORT OF REFLECT OUR STUDENT POPULATION? SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET, RIGHT? WE KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THAT THERE IS A A HUGE GAP IN IN WHAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS LOOK LIKE IN OUR STUDENT POPULATIONS LOOK LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IN WE WERE REALLY PUTTING THIS OUT THERE.

WE'RE ASKING OUR PRINCIPALS TO RECOMMEND THEIR APS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE PEPSI AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT FOLKS.

AND WE KNOW THAT HR IS ALSO WORKING ON NEW STRATEGIES TO RECRUIT.

WE. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE.

WE KNOW THAT WE.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS.

I BELIEVE HR HAS HAS SOME STRONG STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE WANTING TO IMPLEMENT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE RECRUITING AND WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT FOLKS.

TO THE ROLE. I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S MORE TO.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT IS A GOAL. THAT'S A GOAL.

WE WANT OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS TO REFLECT OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS.

ABSOLUTELY. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES TO GROW OUR OWN.

WHAT WHAT IS OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF OF HAVING OUR OWN AS OPPOSED TO HIRING SOMEBODY INTO A ROLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO DO WE HAVE A GOAL NUMBER? GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW.

I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WANT THE BEST LEADER IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS AND THAT HAS TO BE NUMBER ONE.

THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ALWAYS.

AND SO WHEN WE OPEN UP OUR APPLICATIONS AND WE'LL BE DOING INTERVIEWS, WE'LL BE INTERVIEWING BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.

REALLY THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IS IF WE'VE GOT LEADERS IN PLANO ISD THAT WANT TO BE THE VERY BEST LEADERS, WE'VE GOT TOOLS, AND WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING TOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GROW THEM LIKE CRAZY.

THAT BEING SAID, IF SOMEONE EXTERNAL APPLIES AND THEY'RE THE RIGHT FIT FOR THAT CAMPUS, WELCOME TO PLANO ISD AND WE'RE GOING TO COME AROUND THEM AND SUPPORT THEM TOO.

SO REALLY THERE'S NOT A CLEAR CUT GOAL.

IT'S IT SEEMS KIND OF A BLANKET STATEMENT, BUT WE JUST WANT THE VERY BEST LEADERS AND SOMETIMES OTHER THEY'VE HAD EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN PLANO ISD.

THEY'VE BEEN OTHER PLACES, MAYBE EVEN A PRINCIPAL IN ANOTHER CAMPUS, A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE.

AND THEY WANT TO COME HERE.

WE WANT THEM THERE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT OUR KIDS.

SO I DON'T THINK I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION WELL, BUT, ULTIMATELY, IF WE CAN DEVELOP OUR PRINCIPALS INTERNALLY AND HAVE A BUNCH READY, THAT'S A PREFERENCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, THAT'S BUT WE SPENT TIME WITH OUR APA PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR ON THAT VERY TOPIC.

AND RYAN EARLIER MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD AND BAD OF HAVING THE 2 TO 1, RIGHT, OR THE ONE VACANCY TO APS READY TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE IS ONE OF THEM IS NOT GOING TO GET A JOB RIGHT. BUT IT'S REALLY.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE CAMPUS AND THE CAMPUS NEEDS.

SO EARLIER I SAID, NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH HIRING EXTERNALLY.

THERE TRULY ISN'T. IF THAT'S TRULY WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT CAMPUS, RIGHT.

SOMETIMES WE MIGHT NEED THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO.

THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GO.

BUT IF WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE LEADERS LIKE, LIKE RYAN AND THE OTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, TO DEVELOP OUR PRINCIPAL, OUR APS IN-HOUSE, AND LET'S DO THAT AND LET'S GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.

SO THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS, ARE WE WORRIED THAT IF WE DO SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT WE HAVE MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN TWO PER OPENING THAT

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IT'S POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT WHAT WE DO AND WE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S THERE ARE FAR MORE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS, RIGHT.

IF WE'RE DEVELOPING THEM. WELL, AND PLANO ISD IS A PLACE THAT WE WANT PRINCIPALS TO STAY.

IF YOU'VE GOT OTHER ASPIRATIONS, GO FOR IT.

BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE WANTED HERE.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DEVELOP STRONG LEADERS THAT BENEFIT OUR KIDS WHILE THEY'RE HERE, BUT THEY GO AND BE A PRINCIPAL SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN THAT DISTRICT IS LUCKY AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST AND WE HOPE THEY COME BACK.

BUT, AND LET US BE THE DISTRICT THAT OTHER DISTRICTS LEARN FROM AND, AND AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE ONE DAY.

YEAH. YEAH. I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE LET THEM COME BACK.

HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, INVITED TO GO TO ANOTHER DISTRICT AND THEN THEY STAY THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE GET THEM BACK.

SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT WORKS, TOO.

YOU CAN FIND THAT. I HAD A QUESTION ON THE LAST POINT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT FEEDBACK AFTER, SOMEBODY INTERVIEWS AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SELECTED BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THAT COULD BE SOME SORT OF DEFICIENCY IN, IN THEIR, SKILL SET OR THEIR CV THAT THEY CAN LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL.

IN OTHER CASES, IT MAY BE NO DEFICIENCY IN THEIR SKILLS.

IT MAY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF ON THE CAMPUS PUT TOGETHER A PROFILE, A LEADERSHIP PROFILE THAT WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THAT PERSON HAS.

AND SO IN TERMS OF GIVING OUR APS FEEDBACK OR ANYBODY FEEDBACK, YOU SAID IF THEY'RE SEEKING THAT SO IT'S NOT BEING DONE SYSTEMICALLY THEN, RIGHT? SO IF ARE WE GIVING EVERYBODY FEEDBACK.

AFTER THEIR INTERVIEWING AT EVERY STAGE.

OR IS IT IT'S REALLY JUST ON THE CANDIDATE, IT'S REALLY ON THE CANDIDATE.

AND THERE'S A SOME HR REASONS FOR THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THE FEEDBACK ALSO JUST TO BE KIND OF CLEAR, IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT SPECIFIC TO THE INTERVIEW.

IT REALLY IS KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, THAT WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT THAT WE COULD DEVELOP AS A SCHOOL.

AND SO REALLY IDENTIFYING HERE, HERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK TO.

SO A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS IF I'M A HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND MY PRIMARY FUNCTION HAS BEEN SCIENCE ALPHABET LETTER, THIS MIGHT BE TRUANCY.

AND THERE WERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT CAMPUS REALLY NEEDED SOMEONE WHO HAD STRENGTH AND LITERACY.

THAT WAS JUST THAT WAS A NEED.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WAS A NEED.

AND I JUST COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

WELL, THAT THAT'S KIND OF A BLIND SPOT THAT MAYBE YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF, BUT WE CAN DEVELOP THAT.

SO REALLY IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHAT CAME THROUGH AND WHAT DID WE RECOGNIZE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT, WOW, WE CAN REALLY HELP THIS PERSON GOING FORWARD.

IF WE JUST FOCUS ON THESE COUPLE OF THINGS, THEN IT'S ON US AS A TEAM TO THEN WORK WITH THAT PRINCIPAL COACH, WITH THAT PRINCIPAL COACH, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND MAKE SURE THERE'S A MATCH ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE AFTER THREE YEARS AND THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO ACTUALLY BE MOVED.

AND SO WE'RE ALSO FOR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

AND SO IT COULD BE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CAMPUS FOR FIVE YEARS.

I REALLY UNDERSTAND THESE THESE DEMOGRAPHICS, THIS CAMPUS NEEDS THIS COMMUNITY.

BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF CAMPUS.

WELL, THEN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL LOOKING AT OUR LEADERS AS INDIVIDUALS, MUCH LIKE WE WANT OUR TEACHERS LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS, WE LOOK AT OUR LEADERS INDIVIDUALLY.

JUST WHERE DO THEY NEED TO GO? WHAT DO THEY NEED? HOW CAN WE FILL THOSE GAPS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE READY? AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT JUST IF THEY HAVE A BLIND SPOT OR AN AREA OF WEAKNESS THAT THEY JUST THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF, WE CAN FILL THAT.

OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU INTERVIEW, YOU JUST YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

AND SO WHEN THAT COMES TO LIGHT WE CAN THEN PROVIDE THAT.

SO AS YOU ALL PROGRESS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW WE GET UPDATES ON IT IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE AP ACADEMY ARE PROMOTED WITHIN AND HOW MANY LEAVE.

AND THEN ALSO THIS SORT OF THIS ISSUE OF FEEDBACK, BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, I COULD SEE SOMEBODY WALKING AWAY FROM NOT GETTING A PRINCIPAL JOB THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CAMPUS, MAYBE RATHER THAN THEIR SKILL SET, IF THEY DON'T SOLICIT THAT FEEDBACK, FEELING LIKE, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO APPLY AGAIN OR I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT, I'M JUST I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE FEEDBACK VERSUS IF ONLY THE CANDIDATE CAN ASK FOR FEEDBACK.

WELL, PART OF IT TOO IS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AS WELL.

LIKE THERE'S THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE JOB AS WELL.

IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT WE'RE GROWING, IT'S APPA THAT LENDS ITSELF MORE TO FEEDBACK, WHETHER THEY ASK OR NOT, VERSUS SOMEONE WHO APPLIED EXTERNALLY THAT MAYBE NOT DIDN'T GET THE JOB AS WELL. RIGHT? SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF IT AS WELL.

IT'S SORT OF THE FEEDBACK IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPING LEADERS AS OPPOSED TO JUST BLANKET.

HEY, THANKS FOR INTEREST IN PLANO.

YOU DIDN'T GET IT. LET US TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE THAT THOSE ARE SOME SLOPES WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO DOWN.

ABSOLUTELY. WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU MOVED, PARTICIPANTS ARE OR APPS FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER.

DO YOU ALSO CROSS TRAIN THEM FROM ONE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SO THAT THEY GET CROSS TRAINED AT DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS.

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THERE ARE SOME. WE DON'T DO THAT INTERNALLY.

WE DON'T FORCE THAT, THAT PIECE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE EXPRESSED TO US.

I WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'D LOVE TO GO TO ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S PRIMARILY IN ELEMENTARY.

HE'S CURRENTLY AT A HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO WHEN THEY WHEN A WHEN AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL REQUESTS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH THEM TO SEE BECAUSE THAT IS I WAS ONE WHO WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND A TEACHER BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I LEARNED A LOT IN BOTH.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING IF SOMEONE'S INTERESTED IN THAT.

WE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR SURE.

NOW FOR OUR APA PARTICIPANTS, WE DEFINITELY DO.

SEAT THEM APPROPRIATELY, RIGHT? SO IT WON'T ALWAYS BE ELEMENTARY FOLKS IN THIS CORNER OF THE ROOM AND SECONDARY FOLKS IN THIS CORNER OF THE ROOM, WE DO TEND TO MIX THEM UP AND FORCE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.

AND USUALLY THEY'RE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH THEY'RE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.

IT'S BECAUSE AFTER READING THIS, YOUR PRESENTATION, IT SAYS MOST OF IT IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.

SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THEM ON THE CAMPUS AND THEY'RE LEARNING ON THE JOB.

SO THEREFORE WHEN YOU MOVE THEM FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO SENIOR HIGH THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEEDED.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT THAT PROJECT IS MORE OF A VEHICLE TO LEARNING.

RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE CHANGE LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT PIECE, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU RALLY THE TROOPS BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE BIG CHANGES AT A CAMPUS? AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON HERE.

YES, WE ARE LEARNING SKILLS, WHETHER IT'S IMPLEMENTING A NEW INTERVENTION PROGRAM AT YOUR CAMPUS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO I INVOLVE MY STAKEHOLDERS, HOW AM I COMMUNICATING THIS? HOW AM I PLANNING ACCORDINGLY? AND THEN HOW TO BRING THE TEACHERS IN AND ON THIS.

SO IT'S REALLY A LOT ON THAT.

AND I WANT TO JUST JUMP IN ON THAT AS WELL.

SO IN SOME DISTRICTS PEOPLE ARE REALLY IF THEY'VE, THEY'VE KIND OF CREATED THESE CHANNELS.

OKAY. YOU'VE YOU'RE AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER.

SO REALLY THE ELEMENTARY LEADERSHIP PATHWAY IS YOUR IS THE WAY YOU GO.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IS ONE TO NOT HAVE, THOSE DEFINED PATHWAYS, BUT TO REALLY ALLOW, AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER, MAYBE AN EXCELLENT MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

I'LL DOCTOR FREEMAN HERSELF WAS AN ELEMENTARY TEACHER WHO BECAME A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, FROM A STATE STANDPOINT, IS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME PRINCIPAL STANDARDS, REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL.

AND SO PART OF THE PROGRAM, AS THEY'RE LEARNING THESE PRINCIPAL STANDARDS, IT'S GIVING EXPERIENCES.

AND PART OF THE LEARNING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS MAY LOOK LIKE AT AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS VERSUS A SECONDARY CAMPUS, SO THAT THE LEARNERS IN THE ROOM ARE KIND OF GETTING BOTH PERSPECTIVES.

AND THEN JUST ONE THING I WANT TO ECHO FROM A RESEARCH AND DATA STANDPOINT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST FACTORS TO STUDENT OUTCOMES, IS HAVING AN EXCELLENT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM WITH STUDENTS.

AND SECOND TO THAT IS HAVING A GREAT LEADER AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

AND SO PART OF OUR WHY AND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK IS IT'S WE DO A LOT OF THINGS, IN OUR DISTRICT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO INVEST IN OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND OUR OUR TEACHER LEADERS WHO ARE ASPIRING TO BECOME ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THAT HAVING STRONG LEADERS AT OUR CAMPUSES WILL ALSO IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES.

I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND FOR A WHILE.

ARE OUR PRINCIPLES LIKE YOU SAID, THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ASKED IF THERE'S A VACANCY? LIKE, WHAT ATTRIBUTES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A PRINCIPAL? IS THERE ANY WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK AT A SPECIFIC SCHOOL ABOUT THEIR PRINCIPAL ON AN ANNUAL LEVEL? VERSUS WHEN THERE'S A VACANCY.

IT'S WORTH IT, I THINK. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE CULTURE OF OUR SCHOOL, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUS.

AND THAT CAMPUS LEADERS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE FAMILIES COULD BE IMPORTANT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FORMAL RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY, SLY AND I AND PROBABLY COURTNEY AND HIS DEPARTMENT TIME TO TIME.

WE DON'T WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING FEEDBACK FROM FROM FAMILIES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

LIKE, WE I DO FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT VOICE THEIR OPINION, RIGHT.

OR GIVE THAT FEEDBACK IF THEY WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY OR FORMALLY ASKED.

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I THINK WE WE DO GET SOME FORMAL AND SOME INFORMAL.

SO I'M GOING TO ADD AND BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING OF WITH SLI AND I'M LOOKING OVER AT LISA WITH, WITH HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOLS AND SO WITH HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOLS, WE DO PROVIDE NOT ONLY FEEDBACK FROM OUR, PARENTS THAT'S FORMAL, BUT ALSO TO FROM OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.

AND SO WE HAVE THREE DATA SETS.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING THE SAME SET OF QUESTIONS, FROM THE STUDENT, THE PARENT AND THE TEACHERS AT A CAMPUS.

AND YOU'RE ABLE TO TRIANGULATE THAT DATA.

AND WHERE DO YOU HAVE DISCREPANCIES? OR, YOU KNOW, ARE THE PARENTS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS IN ON THE SAME PAGE WITH HOW THEY SEE THINGS VERSUS THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENT, OR IS THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT, MORE ALIGNED VERSUS WHAT THE TEACHERS AT THE CAMPUS ARE SAYING? AND SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ASK ABOUT, DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO? DO YOU FEEL SAFE? DOES YOUR LEADER DO X, Y, Z? SO WE DO HAVE, THAT SURVEY DATA THAT'S FORMAL, THAT COMES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

I FORGET THE TIMELINE THAT WE AND I GUESS WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS NOW.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK ON AN INFORMAL, I KNOW OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE HAVE LISTENING, CIRCLES WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR DISTRICT LEADERS, I WOULD GUESS THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR PRINCIPALS PROBABLY SEEK, FEEDBACK, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THEIR PTA OR THEIR TEACHERS AS WELL. AND THAT WOULD BE THE INFORMAL COMPONENT.

I THINK IN MY MIND I USED THE WORD MESSED UP.

BUT IF I USE THE S WORD THEN I APOLOGIZE.

I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SWEAT SINCE THEN.

YEAH. I'VE BEEN.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, GREAT REPORT.

VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKEY DOKEY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.2 OF OUR REPORTS.

[9.2 Long Range Facility Planning Website Overview]

AND MR. JOHNNY HILL WILL PRESENT THIS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

I WILL BE BRIEF.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT WE ARE DOING A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN, AND I GET ASKED THIS QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THAT IS AND THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, HOW IS IT GOING? WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? YOU KNOW, JUST SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

AND I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE I CAN ACTUALLY POINT THEM.

WE HAVE AN OUTWARD FACING WEB PAGE, A WEBSITE JUST DEDICATED TO THIS WORK.

AND SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING ABOUT TRYING TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, THIS IS HOW WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS HOW WE'RE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES.

I HOPE THIS WORKS.

THIS IS OUR WEBSITE, OBVIOUSLY.

THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS TO GET TO THIS, BUT THE EASIEST WAY IS EVERYONE KNOWS OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS PISD.EDU.

IF YOU CAN JUST DO A FORWARD SLASH AND DO FACILITY PLAN.

OUR FACILITY ROADMAP.

EITHER ONE WILL GET YOU RIGHT HERE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THE OVERVIEW IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BODY OF THIS WEB WEBSITE, BUT IT ANSWERS SIMPLY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK. AND NOT ONLY WHY ARE WE DOING THIS WORK, HOW ARE WE DOING THIS WORK, WHICH I BELIEVE WE OWE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S ALSO JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

IF YOU GO THROUGH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS WORK.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE TRY TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE PUT IT, WE PUT IT OUT IN THE FORM OF AN FAQ.

THIS IS ON THE SIDE RIGHT OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.

YOU CAN SIMPLY JUST CLICK FAQ.

AND THEN QUESTIONS ARE THEMES THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING US, THAT WE WANT TO TALK INFORMATION ABOUT IS LISTED IN THIS GROWING LIST OF FAQS HERE.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, GO ON THIS WEBSITE.

IF YOU'VE GOT A SPECIFIC QUESTION I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THROUGH THIS FAQ.

IT'S IT'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS THERE WHEN YOU GIVE US FEEDBACK, WHICH YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK ON THIS RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS UNDER FAQS.

IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, IF YOU'VE GOT A CONCERN, IF YOU'VE GOT FEEDBACK, PLEASE FILL THAT OUT AND GIVE IT TO US.

WE'RE USING THAT INFORMATION TO DEVELOP THIS FAQ FOR FOR EVERYONE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING LET ME GET BACK.

[01:55:08]

AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THIS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S STUDYING THIS, A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, BUT THERE IS CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT THAT COMMITTEE IS USING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SET UP CALLED THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE FOR ALL TO SEE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS USING TO DO THIS BODY OF WORK.

THIS INFORMATION STARTED WITH THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP PLAN THAT WAS DONE THIS LAST SPRING.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, PART OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND HOW WE WERE OPERATING THE DISTRICT AND JUST REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.

YOU GUYS ACTUALLY TOOK THAT INFORMATION, AND YOU DID A RESOLUTION ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THE FINDINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT THAT THAT RESOLUTION IS THERE FOR YOU TO READ THROUGH AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT I THINK YOU'LL ALL ENJOY.

I'M JUST JOKING, I DID.

I DID A LOT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

SO BUT ANY KIND OF PRESENTATIONS WE DID ON THIS SUBJECT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND VIEW, SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY SHORT, SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

BUT IF YOU'VE GOT AN AFTERNOON THAT YOU JUST WANT TO.

KILL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEOS.

PROBABLY THE BEST BUTTON ON THIS ENTIRE THING IS RESOURCES.

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT.

WELL, THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING THROUGH AND THEY'RE USING THIS EFFICIENCY WE CALL EFFICIENCY FRAMEWORK, RIGHT.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND EVALUATING EVERY CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME, WHAT CAMPUSES ARE YOU HONING IN ON.

AND I'M SAYING ALL OF THEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, WHAT LIST, WHICH ONES ARE YOU LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING AWAY WITH? AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE STILL DOING THE WORK.

THOSE DECISIONS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AT ALL.

SO BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THIS RESOURCES TAB.

AND THE REASON WHY I SAY WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE DO AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT.

EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION THAT OUR COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT TO DO THE EFFICIENCY FRAMEWORK CRITERIA, THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT'S DONE RIGHT HERE BY OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR CAPACITIES BY CAMPUSES.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES IS LISTED HERE RIGHT HERE.

NOT ONLY IS IT LISTED RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT FOR TEN YEARS.

AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORES AND HOW WE CAME UP WITH THOSE SCORES BY EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND EACH ONE OF OUR COMPONENTS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO RIGHT THERE AND LOOK HOW WE ARE EVALUATING THE SHAPE THAT EACH ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE IN.

YOU CAN GO DOWN AND LOOK AT OPERATING COSTS.

WHAT DOES IT COST TO OPERATING EACH ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES BY STUDENT? ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS THERE.

IT'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW AND BE TRANSPARENT, TOTALLY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON WHAT WE'RE USING TO EVALUATE IT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE RESOURCES TAB.

SO HOW IS THIS THE TIMELINE OF THIS WORK BEING DONE? THE BOARD ACTUALLY SET UP THE TIMELINE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

THE TIMELINE, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG WHERE WE'RE AT, IT'S LISTED OUT FOR YOU RIGHT THERE.

WE ARE HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD THREE SO FAR.

THOSE ARE LISTED PRAYER MEETINGS ON THE RIGHT.

UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS LISTED ON THE LEFT.

YOU CAN LOOK TO THE NEXT ONE IS FEBRUARY THE 10TH.

WELL, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? IT'S GOING TO BE AT WILLIAM WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP.

PLEASE PARTICIPATE. I WILL SAY THAT EACH ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY WELL ATTENDED.

I WOULD SAY THIS LAST ONE, WE HAD OVER 70 MEMBERS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, TO GET 70 MEMBERS TO COME OUT ON A WEEKDAY IS IS A IS IT CAN BE A CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

THIS NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE IN SPANISH.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ON A SATURDAY, FOR THOSE THAT WORKED IN THE WEEK AND DON'T REALLY WANT TO COME OUT ON A WEEK NIGHT, WE'RE GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT ON THE WEEK END. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT.

HEY, JOHNNY, CAN I JUST ADD THAT ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN GO TO THAT WILLIAMS MEETING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT HAS TO BE YOUR FEEDER HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU CAN GO TO IT IF YOU LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND ONE THING I WILL SAY WE'VE HAD, IT WAS SO ENCOURAGING.

THIS LAST MEETING WE HAD JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO.

WE KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE'VE HAD BOARD MEMBERS AT EACH ONE OF THESE MEETINGS TO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO LOOK OVER AND SEE, MICHAEL COOK OVER THERE HAVING DEEP CONVERSATION WITH, WITH SEVERAL FOLKS AND, AND I LOOK ACROSS THE ROOM.

MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THE COMMUNITY LOVES HEARING FROM YOU GUYS.

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AND SO I THINK EVERYONE'S ALL IN ON ON HAVING A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, FINALLY IS JUST THIS IS THE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ONES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD ON THE LEFT AND THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP ON THE RIGHT.

I WILL SAY WE HAVE 70.

IT'S RIGHT AT 70 MEMBERS.

EACH ONE OF THESE MEETINGS SO FAR WE'VE HAD THREE, WE HAVE ABOUT 70 MEMBERS.

AND I WOULD SAY AT EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS SO FAR, WE'VE HAD AT LEAST 65 PARTICIPANTS AT EACH MEETING.

THAT'S AMAZING.

AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

THEY'RE TAKING IT VERY, VERY SERIOUS.

WE'VE HAD HARD QUESTIONS, BUT GOOD QUESTIONS.

AND AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S BEEN A I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN A PART MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE TWO OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEFORE.

AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES THAT I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF.

BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE THOROUGHNESS, BUT ALSO JUST THE OPENNESS OF IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, IF YOU'VE GOT CONCERNS, LET'S LET'S HEAR THEM.

LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT THE BEST APPROACH WE CAN.

WE CAN TAKE AND, AND BASICALLY STUDYING OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY AND OUR PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

SO I KNOW THAT'S REALLY QUICK.

I JUST WANTED TO RUN YOU THROUGH I SAW A FRIEND ON SATURDAY, AND SHE'S A BOARD MEMBER AND A SURROUNDING, SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MORRIS.

I SAW HER AT HER FUNERAL, ACTUALLY, WHICH IS TERRIBLE, BUT, AND SHE PULLED ME ASIDE AND SHE SAID, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU GUYS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR PLANNING ON YOUR WEBSITE.

SHE SAID, THAT IS SO AMAZING.

I'M TELLING MY, MY SUPERINTENDENT HERE THAT THEY NEED A THEY NEED A FOLLOW UP PLAN I WAS DOING WITH THEIR WEBSITE.

AND I'M THINKING I'M THINKING, ALL RIGHT, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY, KEEPING UP WITH THIS, I SAY THAT I'M NOT TO BRAG OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO SAY OUR COMMUNITY, DEPARTMENT HAS PUT THIS TOGETHER. THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN THE COMMITTEE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS, WITH THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, WE'VE TRIED OUR VERY, VERY BEST TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.

PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, FOLLOW ALONG.

THERE'S EVEN A WAY FOR YOU TO GIVE US QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL.

SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'RE WATCHING OR LISTENING, PLEASE GO ON.

IT'S PISD.EDU.

EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO OUR WEBSITE FORWARD SLASH AND JUST FACILITY PLAN.

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

WELL, JOHN, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS AND SEE YOU INTO ACTION.

SEE YOU IN ACTION. AND YOU DO A FABULOUS JOB.

YOU'RE A GREAT TEACHER.

I KNOW THAT WASN'T YOUR PATHWAY ALONG THE WAY, BUT YOU COME FROM AND THE GENES ARE VERY STRONG FOR YOU ON THAT.

IT IS VERY, GREAT TO SEE THE TREMENDOUS, TRULY TREMENDOUS TURNOUT.

IT'S ALL ALSO REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE OUR STAFF WHO ARE REALLY PRESENT, INTENTIONAL, EITHER WRITING NOTES OR ADDING NOTES IN THE COMPUTER. AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY DEMANDING THAT WE BE TRANSPARENT.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS, INCLUDING THE FACILITY RATINGS, THE THE CAPACITY RATINGS, ALL THE THINGS. SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SO THEY CAN SEE.

IT'S PRECIOUS TO SEE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FREQUENT FLIERS THEY'VE COME TO ALL DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, THEY'RE COMING TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND, AND, I IT IT IT SHOWS A GREAT COMMITMENT OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY TO CARE.

AND, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD.

THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO BE VERY PROUD ON HOW WE ARE HANDLING THIS.

I KNOW THAT COME JUNE, SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME OUT AND SAY, YOU DIDN'T TELL US THIS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS WEBSITE IS EVIDENCE ENOUGH THAT THEY WERE IN A CAVE HIDING, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND INCLUDED.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD POINT, IS THE YOU DIDN'T TELL US THIS AND I, FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, US IN THE NEWS.

WE GET THIS IN THE BOARD UPDATE WHEN WHENEVER WE'RE IN NEWS STORIES.

AND I'VE LITERALLY HAD PEOPLE, LIKE, TEXT ME A PICTURE FROM COMMUNITY IMPACT WHERE I THINK, JOHNNY, YOU MAY HAVE DONE AN INTERVIEW OR SOMETHING WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONDING TO MEDIA REQUESTS ABOUT THIS, MAKING SURE THOSE NEWS STORIES ARE GETTING OUT THERE.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CAMERA CREW AT THE FIRST ONE AT JASPER THAT THAT I WAS AT, INTERVIEWING PARENTS.

AND, I HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THROUGH ALL OF THE TRANSPARENCY, THE COMMUNITY REALLY UNDERSTANDS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. THESE ARE THESE ARE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND AND OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR INPUT IS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.

I WILL POINT OUT WE DO DEMOGRAPHY EVERY YEAR IN FEBRUARY.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S COMING UP.

AND A LOT OF THIS DATA WE GET YEAR AFTER YEAR IS TRUSTEES IN THE DEMOGRAPHY PRESENTATION.

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SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP.

ALSO FOR ANYONE WHO MAY WANT TO JOIN US FOR A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION IN FEBRUARY FROM, FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER, BUT, I'LL JUST ECHO JERRY'S COMMENTS THAT I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THESE MEETINGS, WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH.

THE DATA, SOLICITING FEEDBACK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IS LISTENING AT THESE MEETINGS AND SEEING OUR, OUR STAFF JUST KIND OF TYPING AWAY, CAPTURING ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS, IS BRILLIANT.

SO, KEEP COMING.

SHOW UP. COME TO THEM.

THEY'RE FUN.

BE HEARD.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE AT THE MEETING AND I'D SAY, HEY, CALL ME, LET'S TALK.

SO I'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALIZE THAT'S ONE PERSON THAT I'M HAVING A PHONE CALL WITH, BUT THAT PERSON IS PROBABLY TALKING TO TEN FRIENDS.

AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS, AND I DO.

I, I TOLD THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT I SPOKE WITH ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO COME TO SOME OF THE FUTURE MEETINGS, GO TO THE WEBSITE, SEE IF YOU CAN COME, AND IF NOT, AT LEAST GO TO THE WEBSITE.

BUT I LIKE YOUR THEORY.

THEY MIGHT BE LIVING IN A CAVE IF THEY SAY IN JUNE THAT THEY WEREN'T TOLD.

BUT IT'S VERY VALUABLE INPUT AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TO THE MEETINGS.

GOOD TURNOUT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. JOHNNY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO CONTINUE, AS WE ARE INTERACTING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND AFFIRM THAT NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

THEY ARE WELCOME TO LOOK AT THE DATA.

WE HAVE THE SAME THEY HAVE THE SAME DATA THAT WE HAVE.

AND IF THEY WANT TO MAKE, GUESSES OR SUPPOSITIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT'S ON THEM.

THAT'S NOT ON US.

WE ARE TRULY WAITING TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS ON IN MAY WHEN WE ARE GIVEN A PRESENTATION.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL, DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THAT FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF EVERYBODY.

I THINK TO REITERATE ON THAT, UNTIL THERE IS A PLAN APPROVED IN AN OPEN MEETING BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THERE IS NO PLAN.

AND IT'LL HAPPEN IN AN OPEN MEETING BECAUSE ALL OF THIS HAPPENS IN OPEN MEETINGS.

VERY GOOD POINT.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, THREE OF REPORTS, WHICH IS OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

[9.3 Legislative Update]

THANK YOU. Y'ALL PROBABLY THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH THESE FROM ME, BUT I GOT ONE MORE FOR TO WRAP THINGS UP AND AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, START THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT IS NOW LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY.

SO, JUST REAL QUICK, WE'VE GOT A FEW UPCOMING KEY DATES THAT I WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO.

SO THE 88TH LEGISLATURE CONCLUDED ITS FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION, AT THE END OF, END OF NOVEMBER, VERY BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE.

BUT WE'RE I'M NOT EXPECTING THEM TO BE CALLED BACK AGAIN.

THEY WERE. THEY BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST DAYS IN SESSION.

AND THIS, THIS PAST YEAR OR SO, WE DO THINK THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY DONE AT THIS POINT AND THAT EVERYTHING HAS MOVED ON TO, CAMPAIGNING. THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT MAYBE THEY'D GET CALLED BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR THE MONTH BEFORE THE PRIMARY.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY TO ME.

I'M NOT SURE THERE'D BE A QUORUM ANYWAY, AND THE GOVERNOR SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED ON TO CAMPAIGNING AND TO NOT MOVED ON FROM THE ISSUE, BUT MOVED ON TO TO THE NEXT PART OF HIS STRATEGY AND WHICH IS WHICH IS CAMPAIGNING IN THESE PRIMARY RACES.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE PRIMARIES COMING UP.

AND IN TEXAS, WE HAVE PRIMARILY NON COMPETITIVE RACES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR OUR TEXAS HOUSE AND TEXAS SENATE SEATS. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW SEATS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMPETITIVE, FOR EITHER PARTY.

SO THE PRIMARIES ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT REASON.

AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PRIMARY CHALLENGERS THAN THERE USUALLY ARE, PARTICULARLY AGAINST INCUMBENTS.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS PLAYING INTO THAT.

ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THIS THE SCHOOL VOUCHER DEBATE AND THE GOVERNOR'S DECISION TO BECOME INVOLVED IN PRIMARIES.

HE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HE RECEIVED A SINGLE DONATION OF $6 MILLION FROM A PENNSYLVANIA BILLIONAIRE.

IT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THAT'S FROM A PENNSYLVANIA BILLIONAIRE WHOSE PRIMARY ISSUE IS SCHOOL VOUCHERS.

AND THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE IN AN ACCOUNT THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T GENERALLY USE FOR HIS OWN REELECTION.

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SO WE'VE GOT THAT GOING ON.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BEING VERY INVOLVED IN THE PRIMARIES, ENDORSING CANDIDATES AGAINST HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH HIM.

SO WE'VE GOT THESE TWO DIFFERENT DYNAMICS.

SOMETIMES THOSE ALIGN, SOMETIMES THOSE OPPOSE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THREE CANDIDATES, ONE THAT'S ENDORSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ONE BY THE GOVERNOR, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WHO'S WHO'S IN THE RACE AS WELL AND MAY BE SUPPORTED BY HOUSE LEADERSHIP. SO IT'S IT'S A VERY, COMPETITIVE AND INTERESTING DYNAMIC FOR THESE PRIMARIES.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE DEADLINES AND BE INVOLVED IN THOSE ELECTIONS.

REGARDLESS OF YOUR VIEWPOINTS, YOU NEED TO BE VOTING.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE VOTING.

SO THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE PRIMARIES IS FEBRUARY 5TH.

THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IS FEBRUARY 20TH.

AND IN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU CAN VOTE IN ANY POLLING LOCATION.

WE HAVE ONE HERE USUALLY, AT THAT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

AND THEN THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING WILL BE MARCH 1ST AND PRIMARY ELECTION DAY WILL BE MARCH 5TH.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR.

SO WE ALSO POTENTIALLY HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN TERMS OF WHETHER THAT, I MEAN, THERE WILL BE A PRIMARY, BUT WHETHER THAT'S A COMPETITIVE PRIMARY OR NOT.

SO THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.

SO JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THOSE OF THOSE DATES.

SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, OH, I KNEW I PUT THE DATE IN HERE.

SO THE SPECIAL SESSION DID END ON DECEMBER 5TH WITHOUT ANY FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS THE $2.3 BILLION SHORTFALL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING.

AND THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT AS A RESULT OF, A FEDERAL AUDIT THAT'S GOING TO DECREASE SOME, SOME FUNDING FOR US, SOME REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING FOR US, NOT US, NOT PLANO ISD BY 300 MILLION, BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS BY 300 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THERE'S ALSO A NEARLY $700 MILLION FUNDING GAP FOR SCHOOL SAFETY, INCLUDING THE NEW ARMED SECURITY GUARD REQUIREMENT THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED.

THERE WAS NO NO FUNDING FOR TEACHER RAISES AND NO FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE MORE THAN 18% INFLATION THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS INCREASED IN 2019. A BILL TO ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE ISSUES COULD HAVE PASSED THE HOUSE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR REFUSED TO CONSIDER THOSE ITEMS UNLESS SCHOOL VOUCHERS PASSED OR WERE PART OF THAT BILL.

SO THAT THERE WAS A BILL THAT HAD SCHOOL VOUCHERS ATTACHED, SCHOOL VOUCHERS WERE STRIPPED OUT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND THE BILL FAILED.

IT WASN'T ACTUALLY VOTED ON.

THEY PULLED IT. SO SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ENDED THE SESSION.

NOW, AGAIN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING READY TO START THINKING ABOUT THE 89TH SESSION, WHICH WE'LL BEGIN IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

AND SO I HAVE A TIMELINE FOR Y'ALL OF JUST KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO DO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR TO PREPARE IN ADVANCE OF THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND THIS MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AS A DISTRICT.

SO, BUT IT'S BASED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS ALMOST FULL TIME FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR THIS PAST YEAR, AND THAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTERIM AND HOW MUCH THEY DO.

AND THEN ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING EFFECTIVE WITH OUR TIME AND OUR RESOURCES, AND WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING DIFFERENT THINGS AND BEING PREPARED TO, TO SHARE THOSE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. SO, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE A BOARD LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE TO KIND OF SET THE TONE FOR ALL OF THIS, THAT THE MAJOR THEMES THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THEN KIND OF FROM MARCH THROUGH JULY, WE'LL BE WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTERIM.

Y'ALL PROBABLY ALL KNOW USUALLY THERE'S INTERIM CHARGES THAT COME FROM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE SPEAKER TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEES.

AND THEN THEY HAVE INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEY GATHER FEEDBACK AND THEY PUT TOGETHER THESE REPORTS.

THE PAST COUPLE OF SESSIONS, THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT LESS NORMAL BECAUSE OF COVID AND SPECIAL SESSIONS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, WE HAVE NOT THERE HAVE BEEN NO INTERIM CHARGES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED YET.

NOW, THE HOUSE HAS ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK, FROM SOME, SOME GROUPS ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT DURING INTERIM, THE INTERIM, BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T ISSUED INTERIM CHARGES.

AND SO WE'RE SEVERAL MONTHS BEHIND ALREADY ON THAT GIVEN ALL THE SPECIAL SESSIONS.

SO IF THERE ARE INTERIM CHARGES, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE COMMITTEES HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THOSE INTERIM CHARGES WILL BE MINIMAL, PARTICULARLY GIVEN HOW COMPETITIVE THE PRIMARIES ARE THIS YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING CAMPAIGNING.

SO, BUT WE'LL BE WATCHING IT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE SO THAT THEY CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

AND THEN IN AUGUST, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN INITIAL DRAFT OF SOME LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 89TH SESSION.

AND THEN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT AND COMMUNITY INPUT IN THAT.

AND WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT COULD WORK.

AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL TALK ABOUT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO BE DOING THAT KIND OF IN THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER RANGE, WITH THE HOPE THAT WE COULD BRING YOU ALL A RECOMMENDATION FOR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IN OCTOBER.

WHICH IS IS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL TIMING WISE.

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IT'S BEFORE PRE FILING ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

SO IT SETS US UP REALLY WELL TO BE KIND OF READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING RIGHT AFTER ELECTION DAY.

RIGHT AS PRE FILING STARTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION.

SO ONE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T HAVE ON THIS SLIDE THAT I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO YOU ALL.

YOU'LL YOU'LL PROBABLY ALL KNOW THAT IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE, I WAS INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND, LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND AS THEY IMPACT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO AS A DISTRICT.

NOW HERE AS I'M HERE IN THIS ROLE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO DO, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO OUR AREA DISTRICTS.

HEARING KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WHAT DO THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, TO REALLY BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN IN HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HEARING A CONSISTENT MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS NEED.

SO I THINK.

THAT'S IT. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, DANNY.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO POLICIES.

[10.1 Adoption of Policy BDAA(LOCAL) Officers and Officials: Duties and Requirements of Board Officers on First and Final Reading]

DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD OFFICERS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

READING. DOCTOR LINDA FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESENT THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

POLICY BDAA LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BDAA LOCAL OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD OFFICERS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

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

ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BDAA LOCAL OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF BOARD OFFICERS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP.

SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 10.2 POLICIES.

[10.2 Adoption of Policy BE(LOCAL) Board Meetings on First and Final Reading]

DOCTOR FREEMAN, CAN I ASK YOU TO PRESENT PLEASE POLICY BE LOCAL HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED TO PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE. THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHTY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY BE LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I'M COUNTING SEVEN VOTES, SO NO NEED TO ASK FOR THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.3.

[10.3 Approval of Policy FDA(LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers on First Reading]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

LET ME FIND THE CLICKER HERE REAL QUICK.

OH, TO BE BRIEF, HERE WE HAVE TWO POLICIES FDA LOCAL, WHICH IS OUR INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS INTERDISTRICT, MEANING THAT THESE ARE STUDENTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT TRYING TO TRANSFER INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, MOST OF WHOM ARE OUR STAFF MEMBERS STUDENTS.

WE ALLOW THOSE TRANSFERS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE ARE REALLY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE OURSELVES MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE TRANSFER WINDOW.

RIGHT NOW, THAT WINDOW IS FROM APRIL TO JUNE.

WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP.

REALLY, WE WANT TO OPEN UP RIGHT NOW EARLIER.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RESTRICT IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY EXPAND IT.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, LIMIT OURSELVES, TAKE AWAY THE LIMIT THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES FOR THIS, TRANSFER WINDOW.

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THIS HAS TO DO WITH ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS.

WE DON'T USE ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS FOR INTER, THAT IS DISTRICT TO DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

THAT IS VERY, VERY, VERY RARE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A DISTRICT TO DISTRICT TRANSFER.

USUALLY THOSE ARE ONLY PROGRAMMATIC THINGS LIKE, JJAEP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S THE FDA LOCAL CHANGES.

THAT'S INTER DISTRICT CHANGES.

NOW THE INTRA, WHICH IS FDB LOCAL, THAT'S THE THE TRANSFERS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU MAY WANT TO WAIT TILL YOU GET TO THAT ONE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OVER FDA? ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON FDA LOCAL? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS.

INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS ON FIRST READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OH, THAT WAS JERI.

SORRY, I THOUGHT I SAW CATHERINE GOING FOR THE MIC.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA, AND A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY F D A LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS ON FIRST READING.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, I'M COUNTING SEVEN HANDS.

AND SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND, DOCTOR GOBER, LET'S TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR TEN POINT FOR POLICIES, APPROVAL OF POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA

[10.4 Approval of Policy FDB(LOCAL) Admissions: Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments]

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND FDB AGAIN IS THE INTRA WHICH IS DISTRICTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT'S CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

AND WE DID ADD CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM.

AGAIN THE FIRST CHANGE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE TRANSFER WINDOW.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LIMIT OURSELVES.

WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE LIMITS THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES BY OPENING THAT WINDOW WHEN WE NEED TO.

AND WE'LL ALWAYS POST THAT WINDOW ON THE WEBSITE.

THE SECOND CHANGE THERE AND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THERE.

AGAINST THIS PART OF THE WINDOW.

THE THIRD PARAGRAPH IS TALKING ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN OR HOW WE CAN SUSPEND OR REVOKE WE.

WE AGAIN, SORT OF, LIMITED OURSELVES IN SAYING THAT, THE THE STUDENT COULD, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSFER AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND SO TO THE NEXT FEEDER SCHOOL.

THIS, BY THE WAY, IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF THIS POLICY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF IT.

IT'S REALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT, ON THE SCHOOL SIDE THAN IT IS THE PARENT SIDE.

I THINK THE PARENTS WILL FIND IT MORE FRIENDLY AND USEFUL.

WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE PARENT DOES NOT NEED TO APPLY FOR A TRANSFER EVERY SCHOOL YEAR IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO STAY IN THE SAME FEEDER. SO IF I TRANSFER TO MENDENHALL, I THEN WILL NOT NEED TO DO ANOTHER TRANSFER TO GO TO BOWMAN AND THEN ANOTHER TRANSFER TO GO TO, WILLIAMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

I CAN STAY IN THAT FEEDER.

HOWEVER, ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO TREAT, YOU'LL KNOW YOU'RE ON A TRANSFER, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR ANNUAL ACCEPTANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, AND IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE DYNAMICS OF THAT FEEDER WHERE WE NEED TO START CLOSING, YOU'LL BE REVOKED FROM THAT TRANSFER.

SO, LONG STORY SHORT, THE CHANGE TO THIS IS WE'RE OPENING UP THE WINDOW IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, AND WE'RE HELPING PARENTS BY NOT HAVING THEM APPLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR TRANSFER WITHIN THE SAME FEEDER THAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BEGIN WITH.

I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO. BUT IT CAN BE REVOKED IF THE CAMPUS HAS TOO MUCH CAPACITY AS ITS ENROLLMENT IS EXCEEDING CAPACITY? IT CAN BE REVOKED OR SUSPENDED FOR THAT AND FOR ANY OTHER REASON IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DISCIPLINE OR ATTENDANCE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ONE OTHER SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S NO CHANGE THAN WHAT YOU ALREADY HAD WITH THAT REGARD.

NO CHANGES OTHER THAN A CONVENIENCE FOR THE PARENTS.

RIGHT. ANOTHER PART OF THIS IS WE HAD SOME PRE-K LANGUAGE IN THERE.

WE TOOK THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S ADDRESSED IN ANOTHER POLICY.

AND WE TOOK OUT SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S ADDRESSED IN OTHER POLICIES.

WE DON'T PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSFERS, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

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THIS HAS SORT OF BEEN, IN PRACTICE, NEVER REALLY WRITTEN.

SO WE HAVE IT IN HERE.

THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INVESTIGATE AND APPROVE A TRANSFER OF A STUDENT FROM ONE CLASSROOM TO ANOTHER ON THAT CAMPUS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST SORT OF A TASB UPDATE THAT WE ALL ADDED.

IT SAYS SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE, CAN AUTHORIZE THESE TRANSFERS.

THAT IS FTB LOCAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR FOR POLICY FDB LOCAL, AS PRESENTED BY DOCTOR GOBER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY.

FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS ON FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND.

AND WAS THAT TARRAH? OKAY, THANKS. I JUST COULDN'T HEAR.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS ON FIRST READING.

NOW, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

WE WILL NOW VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHTY, SO WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

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

AS NOTED EARLIER THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY B-D LOCAL.

JUST AS A REMINDER INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THAT THEY LISTED ON UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.07 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING A NAMING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

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

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED.

THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.

FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT A PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.

WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT, AND BOARD SECRETARY JERRY CHAMBERS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE TIME.

SO SHE MAY ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

AND SO, DOCTOR FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LILAC BOTBOL.

NOT HERE. OKAY.

SO OUR LAST SPEAKER WOULD BE MICHAEL CONWAY, PLANO ISD NONRESIDENT TOPIC BOOKS.

MR. CONWAY, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE OR ARE YOU GOOD TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? ONE MINUTE. WARNING.

OH. NO.

I'M GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD. FIRST, LET ME GET A MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLARIFICATION.

I CAN'T TELL IF THE MIC IS ON OR NOT.

THERE IT IS. LAST MONTH, THE PARENTS SPOKE AND SAID WE CAN'T CENSOR WHAT WE DON'T LIKE OUR KIDS TO SEE.

WE ABSOLUTELY CAN.

AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION IN GUIDING THE CHILDREN AND BLOCKING WHAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR EYES.

I ROUTINELY TURNED MY HEAD AFTER SEEING SOME STUFF IN PUBLIC THESE DAYS, AND IF I'M WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I LOOK TO PROTECT THEIR EYES AS WELL.

I'VE WORKED WITH YOUTH, BOTH SECULAR AND IN THE CHURCH.

YOUTH KIDS OFTEN GET CONFUSED BY THE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS.

IN TURN, IT AFFECTS THEIR BELIEF AND IDEOLOGY.

OFTEN DEPRESSION KICKS IN, WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.

HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

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IT'S GIVING. LOOK AT THE STATISTICS.

YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER.

HAVE OVER 40%.

YOU KNOW THE RATES. 40% ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

AND ALSO WHEN I HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING, I APPRECIATED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT SPOKE OUT ON RAISE YOUR HAND.

I GREW UP HERE, IN THE SHORT VERSION, WHEN I LEFT IN THE EARLY MID 90S, THE TESTING THAT WAS GOING ON WAS ALREADY STRESSING THE TEACHERS OUT.

I WOULD SAY FOCUS ON TEACHING RATHER THAN TESTING.

YOU GET MORE TEACHERS WHO HAVE MORE KIDS.

WITH DOING ALL THESE TESTING.

I MEAN, I HEAR ROUTINELY TEACHERS ARE EXHAUSTED.

YOU HAVE MATH, READING, WRITING THE BASICS.

WORK WITH THESE STUDENTS, BE WITH THE STUDENTS, AS OPPOSED TO FOCUSING ON THE TESTING AND PACIFYING AUSTIN AND GETTING ALL LEGALISTIC.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT FOCUSED ON SPIRITUALITY VERSUS LEGALISM, MY FAITH GREW.

SAME APPLIES IN SCHOOLS.

WHEN YOU FOCUS ON ALLOWING THE KIDS TO GROW, THEY GROW.

YOU FOCUS ON TESTING, YOU'RE GOING TO STUNT THE GROWTH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN AND HEARD THAT THE CONCERN WITH RAISE YOUR HAND REGARDING THAT.

TAMMY HAS SIGNIFICANT ISSUES TOO, BUT I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE OUT IN OPPOSITION ABOUT QUESTIONING IT, CHALLENGING IT.

FOCUS ON THE KIDS. FOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS.

TEACHER RETENTION IS NOT HAPPENING.

IT'S WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE TEACHING KEEPING TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXHAUSTED.

THEY LOVE HELPING KIDS.

THEY LOVE HELPING STUDENTS.

LET'S COME ALONGSIDE THEM.

HAVE MORE KIDS IN SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GRIPE ABOUT THE HOME SCHOOLING.

OH, WELL, YOU'RE NOT FOCUSED ON EDUCATING.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR WE'RE AT ITEM 12, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS 11:01 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.