[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, AND I'M, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I VERIFY I'M SORRY.
SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS, DR.
LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.
JERRY CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE CATHERINE GOODWIN.
AND I THINK MICHAEL'S ON HIS WAY.
TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK SEATED TO MY RIGHT.
LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND SHARON NOWAK, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO RECOGNITIONS.
[2. RECOGNITIONS]
IT'S TIME NOW FOR RECOGNITIONS, AND I INVITE SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS TO LEAD US IN THIS ITEM.THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WITH PART TWO OF OUR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPRECIATION MONTH.
ON JANUARY THE 16TH, WE HAD PART ONE.
AND I KNOW THAT, THE BEST PART OF RECOGNIZING OUR BOARD FOR ALL OF THEIR SERVICE AND THE TIME AND PASSION AND DEDICATION THAT YOU PUT INTO THE WORK, THE BEST PART IS OUR KIDS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE KIDS ARE ALWAYS AT THE VERY HEART OF ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
AND IT WAS A COLD, WINTRY, TUESDAY NIGHT.
AND SO, WE DID NOT HAVE THE KID'S PORTION.
SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WITH THE KIDS, WHICH IS THE VERY BEST PART.
AND I HOPE THE KIDS SINGING OUT IN THE ENTRY JUST SOUNDED AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS AS WE CONTINUE OUR CELEBRATION.
SO, TO START, THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE THE HANDS AND HARMONY CHOIR AND STUDENTS FROM THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF PROGRAM AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEXAS FLAGS, FOLLOWED BY OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND? AND STUDENTS, IF YOU'LL COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TO LEAD US.
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ONE MORE SONG TO PERFORM TONIGHT.AND OUR PARENTS ARE HERE TO CAPTURE ALSO.
DO YOU WANT THE KIDS TO TURN AROUND FOR PARENTS THIS TIME? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING AND PERFORMING TONIGHT SAYING THE PLEDGE.
YOU GO AHEAD AND Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND STAY JUST FOR A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
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AND IF, IF YOU WANT TO.IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HANDS AND HARMONY CHOIR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ENJOYING OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS.
WE DO HAVE A BRIEF CLIP FROM OUR PRE-K STUDENTS WHO THIS IS ABOUT THEIR BEDTIME.
SO, THEY PERFORM THIS FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE ACTUAL TEACHERS IN THE PROGRAM.
SO, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE SHORT MESSAGES.
HELLO, GUYS. MY NAME IS MARGARET AND I'M A TEACHER AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE I STARTED MY JOURNEY IN EDUCATION. SO, I STARTED AT DAVIS.
I WAS THREE YEARS OLD, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THE PRESCHOOL IS BACK THERE AGAIN.
AND I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M TEARY EYED.
SO, I THINK IT'S REALLY, SPECIAL FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEHIND, LIKE, WENT OUT MY TEACHER, I WANT TO BE WHERE I AM TODAY, AND I'M JUST REALLY COOL TO BE GIVING HAND TO HARMONY.
BECAUSE I USED TO BE A HAND TO HARMONY MYSELF.
SO, IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS LIKE, GIVE ME WHAT I USED TO DO.
HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS KELSEY WEAVER, AND I AM A DEAF PRE-K TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER.
BEFORE I BECAME A TEACHER IN THE DSPD PROGRAM, I WAS SERVED BY THE DSPD AS A STUDENT.
SO. SO BEING HERE BEFORE YOU AS A TEACHER OF KIDDOS, JUST LIKE MYSELF, IS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.
AND SO, I THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
AND THEN WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING AS A TEACHER IN PISD, I WAS PLACED AT PEARSON EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE THE DSPD PROGRAM WAS MOVED TO DAVIS.
THIS YEAR AT DAVIS HAS BEEN AMAZING.
THE STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SO WELCOMING TO THE PRE-K TEAM AND TO OUR LITTLE LEARNERS.
AT DAVIS, OUR STUDENTS ARE UPLIFTED AND ENCOURAGED TO BE WHO THEY ARE.
THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES FROM MY TEAM ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL SEEN AND HOW AT HOME THEY FEEL AT DAVIS.
SO, WITH GRATITUDE IN MY HEART, I THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR DAVIS ELEMENTARY AND FOR PISD AS A WHOLE AND HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT MY STUDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU.
I'LL TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR HANDS TO HARMONY CHOIR.
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AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT THEY MAKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.CAN WE INTRODUCE THE KIDS REALLY FAST? SORRY. FIONA! COME BACK.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THE LAST PERFORMANCE, YOU ALL DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE? YEAH. OKAY.
WHY DON'T Y'ALL SAY YOUR NAME AND WHAT GRADE LEVEL YOU ARE IN.
MY NAME IS NATALIA AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS NOELLE AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS CALEB AND IN FOURTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS PEYTON AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS MADDIE AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS FIONA AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS MIA AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
HI. MY NAME IS TINA AND I'M A FOURTH GRADER.
HI. MY NAME IS ELIJAH AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.
I'M A FOURTH GRADER. HI, MY NAME IS KAYLEE AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
HI, MY NAME IS MILLA AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
HI, MY NAME IS ISABELLA AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
HI, I'M MICHELLE AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.
BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? JUST TO SAY, WOW.
AND THANK YOU, BOTH THE TEACHERS AND THE FAMILIES FOR BRINGING YOUR BRINGING YOUR KIDS TODAY.
I HAVE A CHILD THAT'S DEAF, AND HE DOESN'T ATTEND OUR REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM.
HE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR, IN OUR HOME CAMPUS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED VERY EARLY AFTER HE WAS BORN WAS THE VALUE OF DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND THE VALUE OF LANGUAGE, WHETHER IT IS SPOKEN LANGUAGE OR WHETHER IT'S ASL.
BUT I THINK IT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DATA ARE VERY CLEAR ON THIS, RIGHT? LEARNING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE.
AND SO, I HOPE EVERYONE APPRECIATES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT.
AND IT IS IT IS SUCH A VALUABLE BENEFIT TO YOUR, TO YOUR CHILDREN GROWING UP.
I LOVE SEEING YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR.
AND I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROGRAM THRIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NOT ONLY NEED, THEIR EDUCATION IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, BUT OUR STUDENTS THAT ALSO GET TO LEARN THE BEAUTY OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE THROUGH THEIR PEERS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PERFORMANCE IS AMAZING.
I WAS JUST CRYING THROUGHOUT THE PERFORMANCE.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRINCIPAL CUNNINGHAM.
EVEN WHEN THE TEACHER SPOKE, I WAS IN TEARS.
I WAS JUST I HAD TO HAVE THE TISSUES THERE.
SO, WHAT YOU'VE DONE TODAY WAS AMAZING.
THANK YOU. AND WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU. I REMEMBER MEETING YOU, MARGARET, A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND YOU HAD US ALL IN TEARS DURING THAT COMMITTEE MEETING.
BUT YOUR STORY AND YOUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S NOT REALLY YOUR STORY, BUT YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING A CHILD AT PLANO ISD AND THEN COMING BACK TO TEACH IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I JUST LOVE THAT YOU CAME HOME TO TEACH IN PLANO ISD AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT HEARTWARMING PERFORMANCE AND FOR BEING HERE.ALL RIGHT. SO, OUR NEXT GUESTS ARE ALSO HERE TO HONOR OUR BOARD WITH THEIR TALENTS.
OUR K-12 VOCAL COORDINATOR TERRANCE JENNINGS IS HERE TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS MR. JENNINGS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOUND INVENTION FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY ARE THE TOP JAZZ ENSEMBLE OF THE CHORAL DEPARTMENT THERE AT PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE GROUP HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1984.
THE MUSIC YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT IS FROM THE WINTER JAZZ PROGRAM.
THEY ARE HONORED TO BE INVITED TO SING AT THE PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
PLANO EAST HAS A RECORD SEVEN ALL STATERS, AND SIX OF THEM ARE IN THIS GROUP.
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YOU, STUDENTS. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.WE CAN GET THE MIC IF YOU WILL.
STATE YOUR NAME AND WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN.
I'M KYLIE AND I'M IN 12TH GRADE.
I'M FRANCINE AND I'M 12TH GRADE.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO. LET'S PAUSE.
AND IF YOU'RE A SENIOR, WHAT? YOUR PLANS ARE AFTER COLLEGE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE.
I PLAN TO GO TO COLLEGE AND STUDY SONOGRAPHY.
I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE TO DO NURSING.
THEN I'M GOING TO GO FOR A CRNA, BE AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST OR SOMETHING.
HI, I'M JULIE, I'M AN 11TH GRADE.
HI, I'M ELLA, I'M IN 12TH GRADE, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO TEXAS STATE AND STUDY PSYCHOLOGY.
HI, I'M PRIYANKA AND I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE FOR BUSINESS.
I'M GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE IN MED SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY BECOME A PSYCHIATRIST.
HELLO, I'M PETER, I'M GOING TO STUDY ACTUARIAL SCIENCE AT UTD.
NICE. HI, MY NAME IS WILL AND I'M NOT THERE YET.
11TH GRADE. HI, I'M DAMIEN, I'M 12TH GRADE AND I PLAN ON STUDYING MUSIC EDUCATION IN UNT.
HI, I'M CARTER, I'M AN 11TH GRADE.
I'M PLANNING ON GOING TO HAMPTON UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA AND MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY PRE-MED.
HI. I'M BRADEN, AND I'M AN 11TH GRADE.
TRUSTEES. I'LL JUST SAY, AS THE PLANO EAST GRADUATE OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU GUYS. I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE PLANO STUDENTS.
I ACTUALLY GRADUATED WITH YOUR PRINCIPAL.
HE AND I WERE IN THE SAME CLASS, SO, FUN TRIVIA FOR YOU.
BUT AS SOMEONE WHO CAN'T CARRY A TUNE IN THE BUCKET, I AM JUST AMAZED AT Y'ALL'S TALENT.
AND IT'S LOVELY TO SEE, YOUR VARIED INTERESTS.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S AN ACTUARY.
IT'S A FASCINATING THING, ACTUALLY.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK WOULD BE BORING, BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, THE WORK THAT HE DOES.
SO, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PRE-MED, DON'T LET HIM TAKE YOU DOWN, OKAY? STAY STRONG. YEAH, A LA PECHE.
AND MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY THERE AT PECHE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING.
ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT CRYING DURING YOUR PERFORMANCE, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARENTS FOR TAKING YOU HERE.
AND, YOU WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO IN YOUR FUTURE.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I HEARD YOU OUT IN THE ENTRYWAY, AND YOU SOUNDED AMAZING THERE, TOO, SO THANK YOU.
AND I CAN'T EVEN CARRY IT A TUNE OF WHAT? EVEN IT WOULD BE WORSE THAN CARRYING IT IN A BUCKET.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, NOT TO SAVE MY LIFE.
SO WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE THAT HAVE YOUR VOCAL ABILITIES, I'M SO IMPRESSED.
AND YOUR PARENTS GIVE THEM A BIG THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
AND YOU HAVE AMAZING TEACHERS TOO.
THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
WE LOVED IT. SO I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT MUSIC TO BE DANGEROUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE PAID ATTENTION.
WE COULDN'T. I COULD NOT TELL FROM WHERE I'M SITTING WHOSE VOICE WAS COMING OUT OF WHICH MOUTH.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE HUMBLED YOURSELF ENOUGH TO LISTEN, TO BLEND.
WHEN YOU ALL WENT UNISON, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE, AND IT IS INTENDED FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE CHILLS, BECAUSE UNISON IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE SO TOGETHER. SO I THINK IT'S A LESSON FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP OUR MOST AS INDIVIDUALS, THE BEST WE CAN.
BUT HOW MAGIC HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO LISTEN, TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR LEFT AND OUR RIGHT SO WE CAN BLEND AND MAKE TWO TRULY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THAT FOR US TONIGHT.
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VERY WELL SAID.YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND JUST BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT, SO, TRUSTEES, YOUR ADVOCACY, YOUR ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS INSPIRING.
WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR GIVING AND SERVING YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD AND GIVING OF YOUR TIME SO GENEROUSLY, AND GIVING OF YOUR ENERGY TO AND HEART TO OUR DISTRICT.
SO TO CONTINUE WITH THE FUND AND OUR DEEP GRATITUDE IN FRONT OF YOU, OUR TOKENS OF APPRECIATION FROM OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT, TO JOIN US AND THANKING ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
TODAY, OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAVE PREPARED SOME SMALL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION FROM THE PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY PROGRAM AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHEF PILOT, WHO IS UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT.
PLEASE ENJOY THE ASSORTMENT OF GOODIES THAT INCLUDE FLAVORED VINEGARS MADE FROM HERBS, GARLIC, GINGER AND PEPPERS, HOT CHOCOLATE, STIRRING SPOONS, HOMEMADE BANANA BREAD, HOMEMADE PUMPKIN BUTTER.
WE ALSO HAVE FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CHRIS I'VE, FLORAL DESIGN TEACHER, AND SOME OF HIS STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TALK ABOUT THE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME IS DR. GORDON. ALL RIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO MAKE PARTY AND EVENT PLANNING AS A AS A FLORIST.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENT LOOK NICE, YOUR TABLE LOOK NICE.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. HELLO, MY NAME IS NUVI KNIFE AND I AM A SENIOR AT PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ALSO AN ADVANCED FLORAL DESIGN.
I HAVE LEARNED SO, SO MUCH IN MY TWO YEARS IN FLORAL DESIGN.
I'VE LEARNED THE BASIC OF FLORAL ARRANGING WITH ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF FLORAL DESIGN.
I HAVE LEARNED TO CREATE BALLOON ARCHES, TOWERS AND GARLANDS.
YEAH, I ALSO LEARNED ABOUT HOCO MUMS AND GARTERS.
THIS IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
IT IS JUST AS MUCH PART OF FLORAL DESIGN AS ARRANGING FLOWERS.
THE MOM SHOP IN PLANO STARTED AT A TABLE OF AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH PLANO HIGH.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO VISIT HER SHOP FOR A TOUR LATER THIS SPRING FOR A JOB SHADOWING.
I HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND SPEND TONS OF MONEY ON FLOWERS.
YOU CAN USE WHAT'S AROUND YOU AND IN YOUR BACKYARD.
WHILE I MIGHT NOT BECOME A FLORIST, I HAVE LEARNED LIFE SKILLS THAT WILL HELP ME MORE PRODUCE AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS SOCIETY. THANK YOU.
I'M A SENIOR, AND I'M ALSO AN ADVANCED FLORAL.
AND IT THEY ARE ALL UNIQUE AND THEY ARE MADE BY AND WE WERE TAUGHT HOW TO USE UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS, THROUGHOUT OUR ALL OTHER PROJECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, WE HAVE A THERMAL CUP, A STANLEY CUP THAT WE, THAT YOU CAN ALL REUSE ONCE THE FLOWERS HAVE ALL ROTTED AWAY.
IT'S. YES, YOU CAN ALSO DRY THEM.
I'M NOT. WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU GUYS DO WITH IT, BUT, THE, SORRY,
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THE CUPS ARE ALL, VERY, VERY GOOD.AND LIKE, ACTUALLY HAVING PLANO EAST DO ALL THESE THINGS FOR OUR SCHOOL AND OUR DISTRICT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING OUR FLORAL DESIGN PROGRAM.
WHEN I STARTED SEVEN YEARS AGO AT PLANO ISD.
WE HAD ABOUT 116 STUDENTS AT PLANO EAST.
WE'VE GROWN THAT TO ALMOST 300 STUDENTS IN SEVEN YEARS.
AND SO, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TRUSTEES. I LOVE THESE FLOWERS.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT IN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY, SO MAYBE YOUR LIFE MIGHT TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE SKILL THAT YOU CAN LEAN BACK ON, TO EARN MONEY AND, BALLOON ARCHES.
AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER SKILL THAT YOU CAN USE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.
AND THEN I HOPE ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO SANG BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A VOICE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU USE THAT VOICE IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT IS AS YOU AS YOU GET OLDER AND GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S JOINING A COMMUNITY CHOIR, A FAITH GROUPS CHOIR, YOU HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS WITH THE SKILLS THAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS, WHENEVER THE DISTRICT HAS EVENTS LIKE TEACHER OF THE YEAR OR SERVICE PIN BANQUET OR ANY OF THESE OTHER BANQUETS, THE FLORAL DESIGN STUDENTS ALWAYS DO ALL THE CENTERPIECES.
AND SO I GET REALLY EXCITED WALKING TO THE BANQUETS JUST TO SEE HOW THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT TO DO FLORAL DESIGN THAT MATCHES WHATEVER THE THEME IS FOR THAT BANQUET, WHETHER IT'S IT'S A TEACHER OF THE YEAR OR SKI PLANO OR WHATEVER EVENT THAT'S GOING ON.
AND I LIKE I WAIT AROUND AND KIND OF JUST SEE LIKE, OKAY, IS THERE AN EXTRA ONE? LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO GRAB ONE IF THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO TAKE IT, BUT I, I LITERALLY WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE ALL GONE.
AND THEN I, I SNAG ONE FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I JUST LOVE HAVING YOUR FLOWERS IN MY HOME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS SO APPRECIATED.
AND THE THE YOU KNOW, WHAT IT BRINGS TO THOSE EVENTS, IS IMMEASURABLE.
WELL, I THINK YOUR FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I HAVE TO HIDE THEM FROM MY KITTENS TONIGHT.
I'LL PUT THEM IN MY OFFICE WITH THE DOOR SHUT, OR ELSE WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO THESE YUMMY GOODIES AND WE ARE ALWAYS SO HONORED! THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF OUR BOARD MEETING IS HAVING THE STUDENTS PERFORM AND HONORING THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS THAT WE GET TO HONOR AT RECOGNITIONS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT VIEWERS CAN'T SMELL THE FLOWERS, BUT BUT THEY SMELL FRAGRANT.
FOR THE YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN YOU, YOU YOU ARE SO TALENTED THAT.
OH, YOU. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOUR STUDENTS LIKE YOU.
I KNOW THAT STUDENTS LOVE YOU.
LOOK AT THEM. THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR THEIR HEADS.
YES, YES, BECAUSE YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEACHER.
THIS IS NOT NORMALLY MY PORTION OF THE MEETING.
IT IS PRESIDENT HUMPHRIES AND I DID NOT ASK WHAT YOUR PLANS WERE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE MIC BACK AND IF Y'ALL CAN SHARE WITH US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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ALL RIGHT. SO MY NAME IS MIGUEL ARZOLA, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.SO SCHOOL REALLY IS NOT KIND OF MY PLAN AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I DO PLAN ON GETTING MY CDL, MY COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND IF THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK OUT. BUT I KNOW IT WILL BECAUSE MY BROTHER, MY BROTHER, HE'S A TRUCK DRIVER AND I'M AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I'M ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CLASSES.
I'M. I LIKE SCHOOL, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT REALLY FOR EVERYBODY.
I HAVE BIG PLANS, SO HOPEFULLY I GET TO THEM.
HELLO. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EARLIER, I'M THE LEAST TAURUS.
I'M PLANNING TO GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE, NEARBY PLANO EAST, AND, EVENTUALLY TRANSFER AND BECOME A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR AND WORK MY WAY UP FROM THERE INTO SCHOOL, AREA.
HI, MY NAME IS NAVEEN KNIFE AND AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I PLANNED TO BE A ULTRASOUND TECH.
YEAH, I'M SECOND GENERATION, SO I WANT TO MAKE MY PARENTS PROUD.
WELL, I WILL SAY ALL THE STUDENTS THAT MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO EDUCATION.
THERE WAS ONE EARLIER I, MUSIC EDUCATION.
OKAY. YOUR RESUME IS GOING TO GO AND STOP ON TOP OF THE STACK.
OKAY. JUST REMEMBER THAT IN PLANO ISD.
YOU'VE ALL MADE THIS RECOGNITION EXTRA SPECIAL BY SHOWING OUR BOARD MEMBERS HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR DEDICATED LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE IN PLANO ISD.
PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
DOCTOR WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS THE OLD ADAGE GOES, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
I'M JUST KIDDING. I JUST WANT A LITTLE LEVITY.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU CRY, ANGELA.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, LIKE, ON POINT TONIGHT.
KIND OF FOLLOW SOME COATTAILS HERE.
ON WHAT JERRY CHAMBERS SAID EARLIER WAS ABOUT THE, THE IDEA OF THE COLLABORATION.
THE ART PIECE WAS ACTUALLY CHOSEN BY A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY CHOSE THIS PIECE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS 1000 WORDS.
BUT WITHIN THE 1000 WORDS HERE, IT'S MY JOB AS AN ADVOCATE OF THE ART TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
HEY, THIS ARTWORK IS MORE THAN JUST A CHESSBOARD.
AND AS THE GIFT TO YOU GUYS, I THINK YOU HOPEFULLY ARE GETTING SOME OF THE ANALOGY OF THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE, IN A WAY, MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD IN A SIMILAR WAY.
AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT AS ONE PERSON MIGHT WALK BY IN A GALLERY AND SEE A CHESSBOARD, I'M HOPING YOU SEE THE ANALOGY TO WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, AS YOU GUYS ENJOY THIS PIECE AT HOME.
IS BRAND NEW TO PLANO ISD FROM CUBA.
SO I'M GOING TO INVITE HELEN MUNOZ AND HER TEACHER, MELISSA PIERCE, FROM SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND. WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY WONDERFUL.
WE'LL SEE WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY OR NOT, BECAUSE.
HELEN, HOW DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ENGLISH? NOT TOO MUCH, BUT I'LL TRY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
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I'M HELEN, FROM CUBA, AND I'M IN 10TH GRADE.AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK, IT'S FINE.
YOU CAN DO IT IN OTHER WAY OR YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.
SHE'S FINE. SHE'S REALLY COOL.
THANK YOU. AND HER ACTUAL PIECE IS OVER HERE.
YOU GUYS CAN SEE WITH THE CHARCOAL.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT SHE CREATED WITH WHITE CHARCOAL AND BLACK PAPER, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO A LOT OF ERASING AND MOVING THINGS AROUND AS MUCH. SO IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR BEING ONLY IN 10TH GRADE AND JUMPING INTO OUR ART TWO HONORS CLASS AT SHEPTON.
I'M JUST VERY, VERY PROUD OF HER AND ALL THE WORK SHE PUTS IN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE A PAIN, BUT CAN WE GET A SHARPIE AND HAVE HER SIGN OUR ARTWORK BECAUSE HER SIGNATURE IS NOT ON THIS? SO THAT ONE DAY WHEN YOU ARE AMAZING AND FAMOUS AND DOING GREAT THINGS, WE CAN SAY WE HAVE, THE ORIGINAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO ADD ABOUT TONIGHT IS WE TALK A LOT.
YOU KNOW, THIS JOURNEY OF THAT WE EXPERIENCE HAS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE DELIGHT OF YOUR ARTWORK.
THANK YOU FOR THE DELIGHT OF THE FLOWERS.
AND WE WANT THAT BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
AND I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ALL TRY TO REMEMBER ABOUT OUR SCHOOLING EXPERIENCE.
SO THANK YOU ALL. OTHER COMMENTS.
TRUSTEES. ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR ONGOING DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, OUR STAFF.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR COMMUNITY.
LET'S GIVE OUR BOARD ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL VERY HUMBLED BY THIS AND, WE ARE WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CARRY ON WITH YOUR EVENING.
AND IF YOU NEED TO TAKE MORE PICTURES OUTSIDE, THAT'S FINE.
MANY THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
THE BOARD'S GOING TO LEAVE THEIR, PRINTS UP HERE, SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE AUTOGRAPH.
OH, AND SHAWNA HAS A PEN, SO WE'LL GET THOSE AUTOGRAPHED WHEN WE GO UPSTAIRS.
DO WE GO TO THREE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING UPSTAIRS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT AT WORK SESSIONS.
THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
[4. CLOSED SESSION]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO CLOSED SESSION.[00:50:01]
SECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, 1.0715, FIVE, 1.07255, 1.07655, 1.087, AND 551.129.RODDY. RODDY. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE.
[5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS 9:42 P.M..WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA CONTAINS ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY DOCTOR LAUREN.
TYRA. A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE ALL ARE IN FAVOR, SO I WON'T CALL FOR OPPOSED.
AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[7. DISCUSSION AND ACTION]
DISCUSSION AND ACTION.AND THE ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE 2025 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
AND I WILL AND THERE'S LESLIE RAINES STANTON AT THE MICROPHONE.
OKAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
AND TRUSTEES AND CABINET, I AM HAPPY TO RETURN TO PRESENT OUR 2025 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CALENDAR DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER.
YOU ALL APPROVED THE 20 2425 CALENDAR.
AND, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO VET THIS CALENDAR OR REALLY JUST FOR AWARENESS PURPOSES.
SHARE, THAT THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER IN THE YEAR IS BEING APPLIED FOR 25, 26, AND THAT WE'D BE TAKING SOMETHING TO THE BOARD.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE FIVE PLUS INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ADDED AN EXTRA FIVE MINUTES AND WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER A CALENDAR FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT'S 171 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AND 185 TEACHER DAYS.
SO APPLYING THAT TO THE 2526 CALENDAR, IF THIS FEELS ANYTHING LIKE DEJA VU, IT'S BECAUSE IT IS.
THIS IS THE ALMOST EXACTLY THE CALENDAR THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED FOR 2425.
WE WERE ABLE TO LIFT THAT UP AND PUT IT DOWN AND OVERLAY IT ON 2526.
THE CALENDAR FEATURES ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
ONE IMPORTANT PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT ON BOTH THE 2526 AND THE 2425, IS THAT WE'VE GOT, A LATER DATE FOR, CHRISTMAS DAY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT THAT IS THE 25, 26 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR.
AND IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE WORKING ON THAT CALENDAR AND THEN PEOPLE WALK INTO THE OFFICE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, WHAT YEAR IS IT? SO, ONCE WE GET THIS APPROVED, I CAN COME BACK TO 2024 AND, AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE APPROVING ONE SO FAR OUT.
IF THERE IF ANYTHING DOES COME UP RIGHT AND AND YOU GUYS MAY HAVE NEED.
MAY I INTERRUPT YOU? I'M SORRY. WE WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN DO DISCUSSION.
THAT'S MY FAULT THAT I DIDN'T ASK FOR A MOTION YET.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION FOR THE CALENDAR AND THEN WE'LL OPEN DISCUSSION? I APOLOGIZE, I HAD A QUESTION.
WELL, I THINK THAT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE OUR PRACTICE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A MOTION, IF I MAY, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE DISCUSSION.
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I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2025 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR AS PRESENTED.IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
NOW, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I OPEN IT UP FOR THAT.
IF YOU COME BACK AND NEED TO ADJUST AND NEED TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE TIMELINE IN WHICH THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE? IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED? WELL, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE, BUT WE DO LEAVE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THE CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
IT'S ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO, WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN AND THINGS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO AS FAR AS THE, THE TIMING GOES, I THINK THAT BY HAVING IT APPROVED THIS FAR IN ADVANCE, I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE IN MIND, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE COULD, STILL APPROVE IT, OR MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS UP UNTIL EVEN THIS TIME NEXT YEAR IF NEEDED.
IF THERE WERE SOMETHING, SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MERITED IT.
BUT I THINK MANY YEARS AGO, FROM WHAT I HEAR, WE WE HAVE DONE THAT.
ARE WE GOING TO START DOING TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE IN THAT CASE? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I AND I AM PICTURING DOING, ONE YEAR AND THEN WE'RE STILL TWO YEARS AHEAD.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD TRY TO DO TWO YEARS THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL TRY TO TAKE TWO AT A TIME, BUT I THINK THAT IN IN THERE, THERE WILL COME THIS TIME A YEAR FORWARD GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT YOUR AHEAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOCK IN IS GRADUATION AND GRADUATION DATES.
AND SO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE BRINGING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAYBE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT. AND THEN A LOOK AHEAD FOR 20, 26, 27 I THINK IT'S IT'S HARD TO EVEN PUT THOSE YEARS.
I KNOW I KNOW TO THINK THAT FAR AHEAD.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD PLANNING AND FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
FIRST, BEING ABLE TO PLAN OUR GRADUATION.
I WAS JUST HOPING WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FREE UP SOME TIME ON LESLIE'S SCHEDULE.
BECAUSE THIS IS HOW MUCH TIME.
HOW MUCH TIME. AND DO YOU PUT INTO THIS? IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, BUT IT IS A LOT OF TIME.
THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, THE VETTING AND AND REALLY REVIEWING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET.
IT WILL HELP US INFORM 2526 BECAUSE THOSE CALENDARS ARE SO SIMILAR.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THOSE DATES STAND FOR IN SOME DOCUMENT, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE GRAPHICS THAT'S THERE, BUT IN AN ADDENDUM OR SOMEPLACE JUST SO THAT FAMILIES CAN GO, WHAT WHAT HOLIDAY THAT IS.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION ON OUR PART TO MAYBE SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE IT A PART.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CALENDAR ITSELF, BUT WE'LL FIND SOME ROOM ON THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2025 2026 ACADEMIC CALENDAR AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I TELL YOU WHAT, AS AN AUDITOR, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN THE PAST.
SO I GET YOUR CALENDAR QUANDARIES.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 8.1 AND REPORTS.
[8. REPORTS]
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IT'S THE MID-YEAR MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.OUR MAP SCORES FOR THE 2023 2024 YEAR.
AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO LISA WILSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE IS OUT OF TOWN TONIGHT.
SO I WILL BE THE SUBSTITUTE PRESENTER FOR THE EVENING.
REALLY AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE WHERE WE ARE MIDSTREAM IN INSTRUCTION AND WHAT HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
MAP IS PRESENTED IN BOTH ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH SCORES.
ACHIEVEMENT PERCENTILE IS IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE IT TELLS US WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE LANDING COMPARED TO OUR THEIR NATIONAL PEERS, BASED ON WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION AND THEIR GRADE LEVEL.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THE MAP DATA IS IT INCLUDES REALLY MILLIONS OF DATA POINTS, AS THEY HAVE HAVE NORMED THIS TEST ACROSS MILLIONS OF TEST EVENTS FROM MANY, MANY SCHOOLS.
FOR OUR WINTER ASSESSMENTS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE MY NUMBERS HERE YOU CAN SEE THE MIDLINE OF 50TH PERCENTILE.
THAT WOULD BE AN AVERAGE PERCENTILE IN THE GREEN BARS.
YOU HAVE THE SCIENCE SCORES AND YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE DON'T BEGIN UNTIL GRADE THREE.
THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE MATH SCORES AND THE GOLD BARS REPRESENT THE READING SCORES.
THOSE ARE THE MEAN ACHIEVEMENT PERCENTILES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THEY DON'T CORRELATE EXACTLY TO THIS DATA, SO WE DON'T COMBINE THOSE.
BUT WE DO HAVE LUCKILY WE YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PERCENTAGES ARE AVERAGE.
PERCENTAGES ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL NORM.
WE ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BREAK THAT DATA DOWN AND LOOK AT IT BY STUDENT POPULATION, TO SEE WHICH STUDENTS WE NEED TO SEE IF THE GROWTH IS GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE IS FROM FALL TO WINTER, WE LIKE TO SEE AN UPTICK IN THE RIT SCORE FOR EVERY PARTICULAR STUDENT POPULATION.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO WORK TOWARD.
AND I MIGHT ALSO POINT OUT, AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT I'LL JUST REMIND YOU, IN CASE YOU IT IS CONCERNING TO YOU THAT OUR UPPER GRADE LEVELS SEEM TO GROW LESS THAN OUR LOWER GRADE LEVELS.
THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE NORMS. YOU HAVE MUCH GREATER GROWTH IN A MUCH GREATER SPAN OF THE RIT GROWTH IN THE LOWER GRADES.
SO THAT IS JUST PART OF THE THE TEST ADMINISTRATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE READING ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SHARED WITH YOU MATH ACHIEVEMENT.
JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS DATA.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT GROWTH.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GROWTH IN MAP, WE TALK ABOUT CONDITIONAL GROWTH.
SO COMPARED TO STATISTICALLY SIMILAR PEERS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT GROWTH, A STUDENT WHO STARTS MUCH LOWER HAS A GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IN TERMS OF LARGE NUMBERS THAN SOMEONE WHO'S STARTING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
THIS GROWTH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN JUST A MOMENT IS OUR WINTER TO WINTER GROWTH.
SO THIS IS A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WHEN WE SHOWED YOU THIS DATA IN THE FALL WE SHOWED YOU FALL TO FALL.
WE SHOWED YOU A SIMILAR YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH.
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GROWTH. SO ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE 45TH AND 55TH PERCENTILE AS THE MEAN OR AS THE MEDIAN INDICATES TO US THAT WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ABOUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH WITH THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF STUDENTS.NOW, THE GREAT PART IS YOU CAN TAKE THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STUDENT, BECAUSE YOU GET AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH PERCENTILE FOR EVERY CHILD, WHICH IS WHAT OUR TEACHERS WOULD BE DOING. BUT AS WE LOOK AT DISTRICT WIDE DATA, WE'LL SHOW YOU THE THE MEDIAN STUDENT PERCENTILE.
SO THESE ARE OUR GROWTH SCORES FOR WINTER.
SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO MOVING OUR STUDENTS FORWARD LIKE WE WOULD WANT TO BE DOING.
I'VE GOT TO LOOK. FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE A LOOK AT SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE DOCTOR.
TYRA. I'M SURE YOU NOTICED THAT ONE.
SO WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE ALSO LIKE TO USE THIS DATA TO DO THE BEST EDUCATED GUESS WE CAN ABOUT WHERE OUR STUDENTS WILL LAND, COMPARED TO OUR DISTRICT GOALS THAT WERE SET IN THE FALL FOR OUR FOR OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO FOLLOW MY THINKING IF YOU CAN, FOR JUST A MOMENT.
IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, THE MAP PROJECTIONS WERE BASED ON THE OLD STAR.
SO THE OLD FORMAT OF THE STAR IS WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A NEW FORMAT OF THE STAR THAT WE'RE TRYING.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.
SO AGAIN, LOTS OF NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS EVERYTHING UNDER THE BLUE HEADINGS WHERE OUR SCORES IN 2223.
AND THEN WE DID WHAT WE CALLED A VARIANCE BETWEEN THE PREDICTION LAST WINTER TO HOW THEY PERFORMED ON THE ACTUAL NEW VERSION OF THE STAR.
SO WE USE THAT VARIANCE TO DO OUR BEST GUESSTIMATE, IF YOU WILL, OF WHERE WE'RE LANDING THIS YEAR.
SO UNDER THE RED HEADINGS YOU HAVE WHERE THE KIDS WERE PROJECTED TO BE IN THE FALL, WHERE THEY WERE PROJECTED TO BE THIS WINTER, WE ADDED THAT VARIANCE IN THE BOLD BOXED AREA.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN MOST AREAS WE ARE EITHER ALREADY EXCEEDING WHAT OUR DISTRICT TARGET WAS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OR WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO, BUT THAT IS ENCOURAGING NEWS TO US THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD THAT, AND THAT IS IN READING. WE DID THE SAME THING FOR MATH.
AGAIN, YOU'LL NOTICE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE VOLATILITY IN MATH MAP IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
AND WE SEE THAT VOLATILITY HERE AS WELL.
THE SEVENTH GRADE VARIANCE WAS A -14%.
AND THE EIGHTH GRADE VARIANCE WAS A POSITIVE 43%.
SO AGAIN IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DIFFERENT STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING THE EXAM.
AND THEN COMPARED TO WHAT STAAR TESTS THEY TAKE.
AND ONE LAST WAY WE LOOK AT MAP IS WE HAVE A GREAT SCORE THAT COMES OUT OF MAP THAT TELLS US OUR OUR STUDENTS ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS OR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE FOCUS FOR OUR DISTRICT, GETTING OUR STUDENTS TO THAT LEVEL.
SO WE USE THE SAT MAP MAP BENCHMARKS, MEANING OUR STUDENTS ARE PREDICTED TO SCORE AT THAT BENCHMARK FOR SAT, MEANING THEY ARE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE READINESS TO ORIENT YOU TO THIS PARTICULAR GRAPH.
SO ABOUT 30% OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION MEET, MEET THAT BENCHMARK.
YOU CAN SEE IN PLANO, 55% OF THE STUDENTS IN MATH MET THAT.
AND WE EXCEEDED IT AGAIN IN SIXTH GRADE AND IN SEVENTH GRADE.
AND IF WE WERE TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL EIGHTH GRADERS, WHO WOULD WHO WOULD TAKE THE OTHER ASSESSMENT? WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE FINAL SCORES YET BECAUSE THE STUDENTS JUST FINISHED TAKING THE ALGEBRA ONE.
BUT WE CAN GET THAT DATA TO YOU.
AND THEN THE SAME THING IN READING THE GREEN LINE SHOWS THE 52% IS THE NATIONAL RATE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STUDENTS IN PLANO IN ALL FOUR GRADES EXCEED THAT NATIONAL RATE.
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AGAIN, THE MOST POWERFUL, POWERFUL PART OF A MIDYEAR MAP IS NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT AVERAGES, BUT DIGGING DOWN TO STUDENT DATA BY TEACHERS, BY TEACHER TEAM AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND ALSO FOR US AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.WHEN WE LOOK AT CURRICULUM AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL USE THAT TO PLAN INTERVENTION GROUPS.
IS IT OUR LOWEST PERFORMERS, OUR HIGHEST PERFORMERS, AND REALLY DIGGING IN TO IDENTIFY THE STRENGTHS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT? AND THAT IS OUR MIDYEAR MAP UPDATE.
CAN I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? MAYBE LIKE FIVE JUST IN GENERAL.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO BE EASY ONES THOUGH, I PROMISE.
OKAY. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET, THE DATA LIKE ON, LET'S SAY PAGE THREE, BROKEN DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN IS THAT WE DO PRETTY WELL AMONGST OUR HIGHEST ACHIEVERS, BUT I THINK AMONGST STUDENTS THAT NEED MORE HELP OR HAVE MORE CHALLENGES, WE HAVEN'T BEEN GROWING THEM AS WELL.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WE HAVE THAT.
IS THE GROWTH STORY THE SAME OR SIMILAR? AND IT IS.
KIND OF ALL OVER THE BOARD, BUT WE HAVE THAT DATA AND WE WILL SHOW THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN I'M CURIOUS ON IS IT? I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T COMPARE GRADE LEVELS BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIDS.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SORT OF LOOKING AT, SAY, I DON'T KNOW, GRADE SEVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, SEEMS TO BE TRACKING BELOW SOME OF THEIR METRICS IN A NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FROM THAT GRADE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE TEACHERS, LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER GRADES IN PARTICULAR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I'LL TRY TO I'LL TRY TO ANSWER IT THE BEST I CAN.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON MANY OF THESE CHARTS WE HAVE COLOR CODES.
IT'S BECAUSE WE TRACK COHORTS AS WELL, LOOKING AT THE SAME GROUPS OF STUDENTS OVER TIME.
WHAT WE ALSO NOTICE IS THAT SOMETIMES THAT CHANGES OR SHIFTS WITH A TIME OF YEAR THAT WE TEST.
SO IF WE MAYBE HAVE A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE THAT MIGHT TEACH A SKILL AFTER THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR MAP ADMINISTRATION AND BEFORE THE END, WE MAY WE MAY SEE A BOUNCE BACK. SO WE HAVE NOT NOTICED ANYTHING IN THE DATA THAT SHOWS US A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN ABOUT CURRICULUM NECESSARILY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? GENERALLY I'M OKAY WITH IT.
OKAY. AND THEN JUST ON PAGE 14, IS THERE SOMETHING I GUESS WHY DO WE THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS SORT OF GENERALLY GO DOWN AS THE GRADES LEVEL GOES UP AGAIN? I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT KIDS, BUT THE NUMBERS SEEM LIKE WILDLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN, SAY, GRADE FIVE AND GRADE SEVEN.
ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT SAYS 14 ON MY THING.
OH, I DON'T KNOW. I'M SO SORRY.
YOU'RE GOOD. JUST KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING.
THAT ONE. MY GUESS IS, AND I WOULD HAVE TO ASK NWEEIA TO BE SURE.
MY GUESS IS IT PROBABLY IS A LITTLE HARDER TO PREDICT AT GRADE FIVE IF YOU'RE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE READINESS, AND THE THE HIGHER UP YOU GET, THE EASIER IT IS TO PREDICT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW AN EXACT ANSWER TO THAT.
THAT IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT OTHER.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC, THINGS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME.
SO IF YOU COULD GET THAT, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
YOU BET. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
FROM FIFTH TO FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, I COULD BE WRONG BECAUSE IT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MY EXPERIENCE, BUT IN ELEMENTARY, STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE TIME AND THEY GET TO CONTINUE WORKING THE TEST BEGINNING TO END MOST OF THE TIME.
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THERE'S ALSO FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE, THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE VERSION OF THE OF THE MAP TEST THAT'S GIVEN.THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A JUMP IN THAT.
BUT WHEN THEY CHANGE THE VERSION, THE AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTION BANK GET A LITTLE LARGER.
BUT IT'S SUPPOSEDLY MORE OF AN ACCURATE RATING.
SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT CAN THAT CAN CAUSE A FLUCTUATION.
BUT I WOULD SAY THE TIMING OF THAT.
MICHAEL, ARE YOU DONE? OKAY, SO I HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS YOU SAID THAT THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS WE HAVE.
AND I REALIZE THAT THAT'S THE CLASSROOM LEVEL.
IT'S LOOKING AT STUDENTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE DISTRICT IS SAYING, OKAY, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AT THIS.
I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE TO LOOK AT OUR LOWER PERFORMING STUDENTS AND THE GROWTH AND WHAT WE THINK COULD CAUSE A GREATER POSITIVE IMPACT ON ADDITIONAL GROWTH BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT DATA WITH BOTH OUR TEAMS HERE IN ACADEMIC SERVICES, WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, AND I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT ON THE CAMPUS AS WELL.
DURING PACKET REVIEW THIS WEEK.
SO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I SPEND A LOT OF MY LIFE NOT JUST LOOKING AT AND INTERPRETING DATA, BUT DECIDING HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE DATA, WHICH SEEMS RATHER UNSCIENTIFIC.
BUT, CERTAINLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND HAVING LOOKED AT THIS SORT OF DATA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND GETTING ELECTED DURING COVID WAS PROBABLY NOT VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF NORMALIZED DATA.
WE'RE LOOKING LIKE WE'VE GOT MORE BARS WHERE WE NEED THEM.
WE'RE LOOKING LIKE WE HAVE BETTER GROWTH.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT THE STAR REDESIGN HAS THROWN A LITTLE BIT OF AMBIGUITY INTO THAT AND MAYBE INCREASED ERROR, BUT, HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL? HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT THIS, AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE WORK THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED? DO YOU DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE DRIVING RESULTS HERE? I WILL TELL YOU WITH WITH EVERY REVIEW OF DATA WE DO, WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT ARE POSITIVE, AND THEN WE TAKE TIME TO USE THAT DATA TO INFORM US WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER SATISFIED.
SO I WOULD SAY THE THINGS THAT WE CELEBRATED.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR GROWTH THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE GREATER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.
IS IS THAT DOES THAT MEAN IT'S TIME TO STOP? HEAVENS, NO. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOW WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP AND WHERE DO WE GO? AND I THINK IT GETS DIRECTLY TO MICHAEL'S FIRST QUESTION, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SUBPOPULATIONS, WHAT ARE WHERE DO WE NEED TO, REFOCUS OUR EFFORTS? AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY? BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO WORK HARDER.
SO WHAT SHIFTS TO THE SYSTEM DO WE NEED TO MAKE? AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE CONTINUE TO DO.
AND SOME OF US WHO ARE IMPATIENT, LIKE MYSELF, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMIC GROWTH AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE TAKES TIME.
BUT SO PROUD OF OUR OUR TEAMS HERE, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHER TEAMS, OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING DAILY TO LOOK AT THIS DATA, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE REALLY TAKING THE TIME TO DO IT.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR REPORTS THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO DIG IN.
WE HAD A PERSON FROM RPI TAKE SOME EXTRA TIME OVER THE HOLIDAYS TO GET THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, BREAKING THE DATA DOWN THE WAY THEY WANTED TO SEE IT. SO I THINK WE'RE ENCOURAGED THAT WE'RE USING IT TO REALLY INFORM OUR PRACTICE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE JOY WAS LOOKING AT OUR KINDERGARTEN SCORES.
I MEAN, IT SUGGESTS THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY NICE INCOMING CLASS.
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SO THAT SUGGESTS THAT A WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.AND B, I THINK, IT GIVES ME OPTIMISM WITH HOW WE ARE POTENTIALLY SORT OF SERVING OUR DEMOGRAPHICS.
ARE WE SEEING A GRADE LEVEL THAT WE'RE KIND OF CONSISTENTLY SAYING ACROSS THE BOARD AND ACROSS THE PARTICULAR GRADE LEVELS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THE REST OF TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE IMPACTED BY COVID THAN ANY OTHER BASED ON THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AND AND WHERE THEY WERE.
YEAH, I THINK THE THE POINT OF KIND OF ZONE IN RIGHT NOW FOR US IS MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HOW WE SERVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOW WE'RE USING TIME TO ADJUST.
SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUP, BUT THERE WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE A TIME THAT WE TAKE OUR EYE OFF OF OUR PRIMARY GRADES, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THOSE PRIMARY GRADES ARE AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN PINPOINT A GRADE FOR YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT SECOND GRADE READING? AND SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON THE TEST.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WINTER SAYS ONE THING FALLS, SAYS ANOTHER.
AND AGAIN, IT COULD BE THE WAY THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE HAS LANDED.
SO IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
DID IT JUST IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT THERE MAY BE MAYBE NOT THE CONSEQUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT WHEN WHEN HOW COVID AFFECTED DIFFERENT KIDS DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF THEIR LEARNING.
IF THERE'S A GRADE THAT WE'RE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING, OH DARN IT, THOSE KIDS THAT ARE FIRST GRADERS BECAUSE OR YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE READING IMPACTED THAT IT BECOMES A GRADE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK GOING BACK AND JUST ECHOING WHAT LISA SAID, I THINK OVER THE YEARS, EVEN PROBABLY BEFORE COVID, WE WERE SEEING DIPS IN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WERE STILL SEEING SOME DIPS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THINK PART OF IT IS TRANSITIONING FROM ELEMENTARY INTO, INTO, INTO THE SECONDARY WORLD.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRANSITION SIX AND SEVENTH GRADE.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS JUST AS A REMINDER, AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DID A DATA DIG AND REVIEW AND LOOKED AT OUR STUDENTS BY COHORT. AND WHAT WE SAW FROM OUR DATA OR OUR OWN DATA AND OUR OWN KIDS THAT WERE HERE OVER TIME.
WE SAW A BOUNCE BACK FROM FROM COVID.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR TARGET AND OUR FOCUS IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, BASED ON WHERE THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST MAKING ONE YEAR'S GROWTH, KNOWING THAT SOME KIDS ACTUALLY MAY NEED A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO KEEPING THAT GOAL IN MIND KEEPS OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO GROW, TOO.
AND SO THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING A RESOURCE OR A TOOL LIKE MAP THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN USE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST GROWING ALL KIDS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR STARTING POINT IS.
YES. THAT ONE. ARE WE EXPECTING IT TO BE ALWAYS BELOW AN EIGHTH GRADE? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT EIGHTH GRADE ON THE ON THE ON LEVEL MATH? STUDENTS FOR EIGHTH GRADE ARE EXPECTING A DIP DOWN FROM SEVENTH GRADE TO EIGHTH GRADE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO YOU'VE GOT A SMALLER END TO BEGIN WITH.
BUT DO WE WANT TO IMPROVE THAT NUMBER? ABSOLUTELY. BUT ARE WE EXPECTING A DIP AGAIN NEXT YEAR? I THINK BECAUSE ANGELA, BECAUSE OF THE SEVENTH GRADERS, THEY TAKE IT.
BUT THEN THEY PULLED OUT FOR ALGEBRA, RIGHT.
SO THAT LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS AND AND QUITE FRANKLY.
WELL, MY MY THINKING IS WE WANT TO PUSH AS MANY KIDS WHO CAN QUALIFY FOR ALGEBRA INTO ALGEBRA.
SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS THE SMALLER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE COHORT.
IT IS. SO IT IT IS GOING TO BE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN MATH IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT IN THE ALGEBRA COHORT.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
KIND OF BROADENED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE AUTO ENROLL, IF YOU WILL, IN IN HIGHER LEVEL MATH AND ARE PUSHING MORE STUDENTS TO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT KIDS TO JUST SETTLE AND TAKE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT PUSHING THEMSELVES.
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SO IT'S NOT REALLY AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.BUT TO YOUR POINT, WOULD WE LIKE TO SEE IT HIGHER THAN IT IS? ABSOLUTELY. AND THE THING IS THAT WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE ON LEVEL STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE GONE TO ALGEBRA? BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AND YOU AS A VIEWER, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE SCORES ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T MEET THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, BUT ALSO JUST FOR THE ON LEVEL STUDENTS.
BUT IT ALSO SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S SUCH A SUCH A LOW PERCENTAGE OF 12%.
YEAH, WELL, THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK WOULD INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ALGEBRA.
YOU KNOW, WOULD INCLUDE ALL EIGHTH GRADERS.
AND WE JUST OUR STUDENTS WHO TAKE THE ALGEBRA EXAM DON'T TEST AS EARLY AS THE REST OF THE KIDS.
SO I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA WHERE I COULD I AND WE CAN DO A GUESSTIMATE.
IT'S IT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON EVEN BECAUSE THE ALGEBRA TEST IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT ALGEBRA TEST YET.
PERFECT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I CAN SEE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE DATA, WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, TO READJUST WHAT'S NEEDED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? IT SEEMS EASY.
YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME KIDS VISIT THE TEACHER TABLE.
YOU CAN DO PULL OUT TO SMALLER GROUPS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? YOU HAVE A SHORTENED TIME PERIOD WITH THE KIDDOS.
HOW DO YOU DO ENRICHMENT FOR SOME, BUT NOT THE OTHERS? IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IT IS MORE DIFFICULT, BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
AND IT YOU KNOW, IT CERTAINLY TAKES A AN AMAZING TEACHER.
IS THAT PERSONALIZED? IS THIS WHAT THE IN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO DOING? HOPEFULLY NOW WE WE HAVE YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND HOW WE MAKE THAT BETTER.
I KNOW IN SOME PLACES IT'S WORKING VERY WELL AND IN SOME PLACES WE CAN WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SEEING GROWTH.
SO, WHATEVER OUR AMAZING TEACHERS ARE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM SEEMS TO BE PAYING OFF.
AND, MAY NOT SHOW UP IN AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, BUT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO 8.2 OF REPORTS.
AND THAT IS OUR STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE.
AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO DOCTOR GOBER.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND SCHOOL BOARD, AND CERTAINLY OUR SUPERINTENDENT CABINET.
WE COME TO YOU TWICE A YEAR, ONCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN HERE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WE OFFER IN STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE ADDITIONS WITH OUR SCHOOL NURSES, AND OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS UMBRELLA JUST MADE SENSE, AND I THINK YOU ALL WOULD CLEARLY SEE THAT THAT THE NURSES JOIN US.
WITH OUR CLINIC AT THE WELLNESS.
I'M SORRY, THE WELCOME CENTER.
AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY HEALTH.
ALSO, WE WE BROUGHT OVER CHILD CARE.
FINANCIAL SERVICES IS REALLY PART OF PSR AND THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER.
WE BROUGHT THEM OVER AND THEN THE WHOLE ARC EMR UMBRELLA, WHICH INCLUDES ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AVID COUNSELING SERVICES, CTE, AND JROTC. THAT'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS. BUT WE BROUGHT ALL THEM OVER.
THEY DID PRESENT, DOCTOR ANY DID A PRESENTATION IN THE FALL.
SO I WON'T GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT UMBRELLA TONIGHT.
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS ARE JUST ABOUT FULL.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THOSE KIDS TO AGE IN.
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EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE, ONE WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE AND ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, EMPTY SEAT.THAT IS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED US WITH SOME STAFF RECRUITMENT IS THAT WE OFFERED, 75% OFF FOR THOSE, NOT PLANO ISD STAFF, BUT THE WORKERS AT THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTERS.
WE OFFERED, SOME DISCOUNT, INCREASED DISCOUNTS FOR THEM.
FOR US, WE INCREASED BY 58 STAFF MEMBERS.
ONE OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE, DID FOR THIS WAS OFFERING FREE CHILD CARE FOR THE PSR STAFF MEMBERS.
NOT ALL PLANO ISD, BUT THE WORKERS WHO ACTUALLY WORK THE PSR PROGRAM.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE MORE ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF STAFF THERE.
SOMEBODY ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY DO IN THESE, THESE, THESE DEPARTMENTS? WELL, CHILD CARE, FINANCIAL, SERVICES, THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL THE REGISTRATION, THE ENROLLMENT, THE PAYMENTS, THE BILLING AND FOLLOWING UP WITH PARENT QUESTIONS ABOUT PAYMENTS AND BILLING, THE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE AND REALLY PSR, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING THE PROGRAMS, MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, HAVING ACTIVITY SCHEDULES. THEY ALSO DO THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF ALL THE STAFF AND FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES, MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CARE TEAM OR THE CHARACTER ATTENDANCE AND RESTORATIVE EDUCATION TEAM.
WE DO THIS USING, SOME REALLY SOME GRANTS FROM JC PENNEY.
YOU GUYS REMEMBER WALKMANS? LIKE THE LITTLE HEADPHONES? THEY HAVE LITTLE WALKMAN, DEVICES FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND WE ONLY USE IT IN THE PSR PROGRAM AT JACKSON, CARLILE AND DOOLEY.
SO THEY'RE GETTING AFTER THAT.
VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, REALLY, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK OR MAYBE JANUARY 16TH OR 17TH.
I FORGOT THE SNOW DAY WAS IN THERE SOMEWHERE, OR THE COLD DAY WAS IN THERE.
WE STARTED OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS FRANKFORT, WILSON AND BOWMAN.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT THE PACER BECAUSE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TO DO IT.
IT'S ABOUT 300 OF OUR SCHOOLS, I SHOULD SAY CAMPUS LEADERS OF OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
SO I KNOW ONE OF THE NUMBERS YOU'D LOVE TO LOOK AT ARE OUR PA NUMBER.
THAT IS OUR PLANO ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD.
ONE OF THE NUMBERS I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR GRAD.
THIS IS STUDENTS WHO WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOT COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY OVER AGED.
THEY STOPPED COMING TO SCHOOL.
WE WENT OUT AND FOUND THEM SORT OF SAID, LISTEN, IF WE CAN GET YOU BEHIND A COMPUTER AND HELP YOU GET SOME CREDITS AS FAST AS WE CAN WHILE MAINTAINING THE DIGNITY OF OUR CURRICULUM AND DIPLOMA, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT? AND SO, NINE OF THEM HAVE AND GRADUATED IN 29 ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO GRADUATE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE DATE FOR AUGUST 1ST.
WE WILL HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT THERE AT THE PLANO EVENT CENTER THAT I BELIEVE.
I MEANT TO LOOK THAT UP BEFORE I GOT HERE.
WE WILL HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT AT THE PLANO EVENT CENTER.
OUR FIRST SEMESTER, ATTENDANCE RATE FELL AT 94.76.
WE DO HAVE A GOAL OF A 96%, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CAMPUSES, BUT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE FALLING BELOW OUR GOAL.
BUT WE'RE STILL ABOVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES ON MEETING THAT ATTENDANCE RATE GOAL AND STUDENT MANAGEMENT.
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WE HAVE THREE TIERS OF, OF CAMPUSES AT DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS TRAINING.SOME ARE IN THE FOUNDATIONS, WHICH IS SORT OF THE BEGINNING PART.
AND SO, NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE LAST COHORT OF CAMPUSES THAT WILL HAVE ALL 70 SOME CAMPUSES, TRAINED, OR IN THE PROCESS TO FINISH THEIR TRAINING.
WE ALSO THIS DEPARTMENT THAT IS ALSO OVERSEES OUR WHOLE STUDENT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT, CONDUCTING TRAININGS ON CAMPUSES AND FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
THEY'VE DONE 70 TRAININGS FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER.
THIS IS THE ONE I KNOW I LIKE TO LOOK AT, SO I'M HOPING YOU DO TOO.
OUR WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THE THIRD YEAR THAT IT'S, BEEN OPEN.
AND SO I PUT THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS DOWN JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BENCHMARKS OF HOW THE NEED HAS GROWN, AS IT STILL STAYS OPEN.
SO, THAT FIRST SORT OF THAT MIDDLE, GRAPH THERE THAT GIVES THE MONTHS, YOU CAN SEE IN JULY, THIS PAST JULY, WE WERE EXTREMELY BUSY.
WE'RE THE BUSIEST, WE'VE BEEN SINCE WE OPENED IT.
AND THAT WAS THAT AUGUST OF 2021.
BUT THIS PAST JULY, WE HAD 1168.
THEN THE NEXT MONTH HIT THE ABSOLUTE APEX OF, OF OF, CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT MONTH WITH CLOSE TO 2300 FAMILIES AND KIDS COMING THROUGH.
AND BY THE WAY, THESE ARE ACTUAL WALK INS.
THESE ARE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PEOPLE COMING IN THE DOOR, NUMBERS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE NUMBERS, WE'LL CERTAINLY EXCEED THE LAST TWO YEARS.
BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR TRANSFER NUMBERS.
INTRA DISTRICTS ARE SORT OF OUR INTERNAL TRANSFERS.
INTER IS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT COMING IN, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS OVER THE YEARS.
AND THEN A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE WELCOME CENTER'S PROCESS WORKING WITH GRANDPARENTS AND RESIDENCY STUFF AND ALL THAT KIND OF THINGS, OUR MCKINNEY VENTO.
THIS IS SORT OF THE STATE LAW THAT THAT DETERMINES THE QUALIFICATION FOR HOMELESSNESS.
SO THIS SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE AT ABOUT A THOUSAND.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
LAST YEAR, WE ENDED JUST ONE STUDENT ABOVE A THOUSAND.
SO WE CERTAINLY ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED PROBABLY 11 OR 1200 THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THIS POPULATION.
WE HAVE FOOD DRIVES, HOLIDAY DRIVES, CHRISTMAS, GIVING TREES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND, DOCTOR, I'M SORRY, DOCTOR MILEY AND KARINA TROTTER, OUR DIRECTOR, HAS PRESENTED BOTH AT STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR FAMILIES HERE AT THE ENROLLMENT CENTER, HAS A CLINIC.
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DOSES THAT WE'VE ADMINISTERED IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS.
WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN OUR COUNTY AND NUMBER FIVE IN THE STATE FOR VACCINATIONS, IMMUNIZATIONS.
AND SO, I'M SORRY, NUMBER FOUR IN OUR STATE, NUMBER ONE IN OUR COUNTY.
THIS IS A VERY, MONITORED, SERVICE THAT WE HAVE BY THE STATE.
WE GET SORT OF AUDITED AND, AND THEY, THEY DO CHECK INS, A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE YEAR.
WE ALWAYS HAVE HIGH FLYING, RANKINGS AND RATINGS.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY, VERY POSITIVE THING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A CLINIC AT THE NEW CENTER WHEN THAT OPENS AS WELL.
HEALTH SERVICES. THIS IS OUR NURSES.
SO OUR NURSES ARE THE SCHOOL NURSES.
THEY SORT OF PROVIDE OUR DIRECT CARE TO STUDENTS.
THEY ALSO TRACK COMMUNICABLE ILLNESSES.
THEY PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES, MONITOR IMMUNIZATIONS, PERFORM STATE MANDATED HEALTH SCREENINGS.
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SITUATIONS, AND DEVELOP, HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES ON THEIR CAMPUSES.THEY MOVED UNDER STUDENT FAMILY SERVICES.
WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIONS CLUB FOR VISION SERVICES.
AND WE HAVE, THROUGH SOME STATE, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY DO TRAINING ALL YEAR LONG, FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR STAFF.
AND SO HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY DO FROM CPR TO DIABETES TRAINING.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE.
BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE REFERRALS FOR VISION, LAST SEMESTER, OVER 700 REFERRALS FOR VISION 100 AND CLOSE, 250 FOR HEARING, AND, SPINAL TAPS, 25.
SO LOOK AT ALL THE KIDS THEY SCREENED AND ALL THE KIDS THEY IDENTIFIED NEEDING SOME REFERRALS.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR FIRST SEMESTER.
FIRST, THEY DO SOME GUIDANCE LESSONS EVERY YEAR AT EVERY CAMPUS.
THAT INCLUDES DRUG PREVENTION, AND THAT INCLUDES THE FENTANYL AWARENESS AND VAPING.
THEY DO GUIDANCE LESSONS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, BULLY PREVENTION, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
BY THE WAY, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE REALLY SOME OF THE TOP NOTCH SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE AREA.
YOU'LL SEE THEM IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND DOING PRESENTATIONS, ACROSS THE METROPLEX IN THE STATE.
BUT THEY'VE DONE LOTS OF, PRESENTATIONS.
THEY JUST DID ONE LAST WEEK FOR, PARENTS ON, HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND SO THAT I THINK THEY HAD CLOSE TO 70 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT THAT WAS A VIA A ZOOM PRESENTATION.
THEY ALSO DO A LOT WITH YOUTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND FIRST AID TRAINING FOR STAFF.
THEY HAVE LITTLE, LUNCH BUNCH GROUPS FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
THEY CHECK IN WITH SMALL GROUPS OF KIDS.
THEY ARE ALSO WITH THE COUNSELORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISING UP PROGRAM.
1800 FOOD BACKPACKS WERE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE FALL SEMESTER.
1300 STUDENTS, RECEIVED SOME KIND OF SERVICES THROUGH THE RISING UP PROGRAM.
700 HOURS OF MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION WERE RECEIVED BY OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEY'RE WORKING ON COMING UP WITH A VIRTUAL MENTAL HEALTH LIBRARY.
IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU CERTAINLY HEARD ABOUT IT.
SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK FOREVER, WHICH IT DID.
BUT IT FINALLY CAME DECEMBER 12TH.
AND SO THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL EVENT.
HAD SOME CITY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH PLANO AND DALLAS, CERTAINLY HAD OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT THERE, AND LOTS OF STAFF FROM OUR CURRENT WELCOME CENTER TO TO OPEN UP THE THE GROUND AND THROW SOME DIRT AND HAD A GOOD TIME THERE.
AND SO THAT IS YOUR VERY FAST BUT HOPEFULLY FRUITFUL UPDATE FROM STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I HAVE, LIKE, JUST THREE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY.
SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ATTENDANCE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR BARRIER IS THERE? BECAUSE I KNOW LITERALLY I MEAN, I PLANO PROBABLY HAS ONE OF THE BEST IN CLASS, LIKE ATTENDANCE GETTING, SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
SO AND I AND I'M AND I'M NOT JOKING ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
I HAVE SEEN THE PRESENTATIONS.
SO THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S REALLY JUST A QUESTION OF LIKE, WHAT IS THAT LAST BARRIER TO GET US THERE? I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD SAY IS ONE.
BUT CERTAINLY AND THIS IS EXPERIENCED STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE, AFTER COVID, THERE SEEMED TO BE A MUCH MORE LAX ATTITUDE ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL.
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GOING TO SCHOOL HAS JUST NOT BECOME OR NOT MAINTAINED THE IMPORTANCE THEY HAD BEFORE COVID.SO THAT'S JUST ONE BROAD BRUSH NOT TO HIDE ALL THE EXCUSES IN THERE, BUT THAT THAT IS JUST SOMETHING EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCING THAT HAPPENED AFTER COVET.
THE OTHER PART IS, YOU KNOW, AND I SORT OF.
THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES.
AND SO, AND THESE ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
AND OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO CALL THEIR THEIR EMPLOYMENT TO ASK FOR SOME GRACE AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR WORK HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY WORK MORE ON THE WEEKEND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? WE HAVE TO HELP THEM ADVOCATE FOR THEIR OWN EDUCATION.
CAN I JUST INTERJECT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, TOO? JUST AS A REMINDER, THOUGH, THAT AFTER COVID, WE WERE WE WERE BOUND WE HAD A COUPLE OF MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO WHERE WE HAD IF YOU WERE, IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD COVID OR IF YOU TESTED FOR COVID, YOU HAD TO BE OUT SO MANY DAYS.
AND SO I THINK IT ALMOST CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF A HABIT OF.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF IT'S JUST A REGULAR FLU OR IT'S COVID.
AND SO PEOPLE, I THINK, ARE A LITTLE MORE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT NOT GETTING SOMEBODY ELSE SICK.
AND SO, THAT'S JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE FEEDBACK.
ALSO, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE DATA AS FAR AS TRACKING, BUT FEEDBACK FROM OUR PRINCIPALS.
I KNOW IN CONVERSATIONS IT'S BEEN AND ALSO FROM PARENTS WE'VE HEARD BACK FROM THAT THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS OF I DON'T I'M NOT FEELING WELL AND I HAVE THESE SYMPTOMS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS JUST YET.
SO THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR KIDS HOME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
BUT I THINK HAVING THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE WERE HAVING TO QUARANTINE AND SELF-QUARANTINE KIND OF CAUSED THAT THINKING OF, WE'RE SICK, WE'RE GOING TO STAY HOME, NOT SPREAD THE GERMS. AND SO SORRY, COURTNEY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT AS A REMINDER.
I KNOW WE ALL TRY TO FORGET THOSE DAYS, AND I DO WANT TO ADD ONE MORE ONE THING TO THAT.
ALSO, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE, I BELIEVE IS LIKE 92.7.
THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WOULD KILL FOR OUR NUMBERS.
I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION TOO, BUT.
I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF OUR NUMBERS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY ARE RISING.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE RISING NUMBERS? BECAUSE I KNOW FROM A STAFFING, WE'RE ALWAYS SHORT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, BECAUSE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE THAT WALK IN AND ENROLLMENT CENTER NUMBER LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE DOUBLE, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT STAFFING AND OUR ABILITY TO SORT OF HANDLE ALL THAT? GREAT QUESTION.
SO THERE'S NO CERTAINLY NO COMPLAINT.
WE'RE GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE KNOWING THAT THAT WELCOME ENROLLMENT CENTER IS THERE AND THEY KNOW WHERE TO GET HELP AND THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED SO THAT IT'S REALLY A GOOD THING.
YES. AND THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTER IS GOING TO BE COULDN'T COME SOONER.
AND SO AS WE PREPARE, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE BETTER, SORT OF. CREATE THE ROLES ON THAT TEAM WHERE THEY'RE CROSS TRAINED BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERS ARE POPPING, BUT BUT ENROLLMENT IS NOT.
AND SO WE NEED TO CROSS TRAIN THOSE FOLKS.
SO WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE DIDN'T KNOW.
AND SO WE, WE SORT OF LEARNED THAT WAY.
BUT YES, MORE STAFF IS GOING TO BE NEEDED WHEN WE OPEN UP THE SECOND CLINIC.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST CUT THAT STAFF IN HALF AND SPLIT THEM.
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WE'LL NEED TO TO ALMOST MIRROR THAT STAFF AT THE NEW CENTER.AND THEN JUST MY LAST QUESTION IS REALLY ALONG THAT LAST VEIN.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE PROJECTIONS OR HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT PROJECTIONS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE SORT OF THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS IT RELATES TO, BOTH FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN TO THE ENROLLMENT CENTER, AS WELL AS I MEAN, THIS HOMELESS NUMBER IS ALSO CONCERNING JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A SENSE OR A THOUGHT, OR DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS ON WHAT THAT GROWTH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? JUST BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS ACTUALLY, I WENT TO COLLEGE WITH ONE OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS ACTUALLY, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS ON A REGULAR THAT I MEAN, SHE DOES WONDERS, BUT SHE'S LIKE ONE OF LIKE TEN AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEED IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS FOR THAT? I GUESS, HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT HANDLING THESE THINGS? WELL, IN TERMS OF PROJECTIONS, WE ARE PROJECTING OVER 1100 THIS SCHOOL YEAR, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 1200.
SO TO ANSWER THAT QUICK QUESTION, YES, IN TERMS OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN THE IN THE WELCOME ENROLLMENT CENTER, USING THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE CAN SORT OF TELL WHEN THE PEAK MONTHS ARE.
WE JUST HAD A VERY BUSY MONTH.
THIS MONTH WAS A VERY, VERY BUSY MONTH.
SO LET ME JUST SHARE SOMETHING JUST REAL QUICK HERE.
LIKE WE ARE RECEIVING MORE STUDENTS THAT ARE QUALIFIED FOR HOMELESSNESS.
BUT ANOTHER PART OF THIS IS WE ARE NOW BETTER AT IDENTIFYING IT.
SO SOME OF IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE, BUT IT JUST WASN'T IDENTIFIED.
SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE IS WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS GROWTH.
OH, ARE ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE A FAMILY SHARING WITH ANOTHER FAMILY? AND SO YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTIONS HAVE NOT MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASKED.
OR MAYBE THIS WASN'T AN APPROPRIATE VENUE TO ASK, BUT THAT WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN WITH A FAMILY TALKING ABOUT COMING TO THE SCHOOL AND ENROLLING, IT'S SORT OF A SAFE PLACE TO HAVE THESE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND ALLOW THEM TO TAKE A SURVEY.
IT'S A IT'S A STUDENT, RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THEY TAKE.
BUT YES, DOUBLING UP, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S CALLED WHEN YOU'RE LIVING WITH ANOTHER FAMILY OR, MAYBE A SECONDARY TYPE STUDENT IS COMMONLY CALL IT COUCHSURFING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY COULD BE LIVING IN A CAR.
THEY COULD BE LIVING ON THE STREET.
AND, I'M MISSING THIS SCENARIO, BUT THERE'S 4 OR 5 SCENARIOS THAT QUALIFY.
IS THERE TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH THE TEACHERS TO IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS OR BEHAVIORS OR THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HELP US TO FIND MORE OF THESE STUDENTS? NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TEACHERS, BUT YES, WITH THE COUNSELORS.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, TIME BEFORE COVID SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO TO ME, 6 OR 7 YEARS SERVING ON THE COLLIN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, THAT MONIKER KIND OF WAS THAT WHATEVER THE HOMELESS NUMBER WAS FOR PLANO, THAT WE PROBABLY COULD MULTIPLY IT BY SEVEN TO GET A MORE ACCURATE NUMBER.
WE'RE JUST DOING A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING FINDING THE QUESTION.
THE BIG QUESTION I HAVE AND I HAVE THREE AND THE BIG QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS.
WE ARE DEALING WITH ENROLLMENT DECLINE AND WE ARE DEALING WITH SERVICE INCREASE.
SO WHAT? WHAT IS WHAT? HOW DO WE WRAP AROUND THAT TO SAY TO OUR FAMILIES, TO OUR COMMUNITY? WE NEED TO BE SPENDING MORE MONEY, WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
THIS IS KIND OF A AN INTERESTING TENSION PLACE FOR US TO BE AS A DISTRICT.
AND SO WHAT IS IT FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT? YOU KNOW. WELL, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE COPE OR DEAL WITH THAT?
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YOU REALLY PHRASED THAT QUESTION WONDERFULLY.IT'S JUST THE CHANGING TIMES OF EDUCATION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF NEW KIDS TO OUR DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE COMING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THEY'RE COMING TO US AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF EDUCATION.
SOME OF WHICH MAY NOT HAVE HAD A FORMAL EDUCATION IN A YEAR.
SO SHE WAS SEVEN YEARS REMOVED FROM A FORMAL EDUCATION.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING SOME VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
AND THOSE CHALLENGES ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT OVERCOME.
BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME SERVICES.
BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME EXTRA SERVICES.
AND THIS WILL COME LATER IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY IN NEED AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE MAKE THAT DELTA. AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO I'LL DO MY NEXT TWO QUESTIONS.
I THINK OUR VISION AND BEING DEDICATED TO CARING AND THEN EXACT I MEAN COURTNEY IS IS SPOT ON.
AND THAT MEANS EVERY YEAR WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND DOING OUR OWN NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND HOW DO WE BEST UTILIZE THE RESOURCES.
I THINK I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS BOARD FOR, TAKING THE COURAGEOUS, ACT TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO STUDY OUR, OUR DISTRICT AND OUR FACILITIES AND KIND OF LONG RANGE PLANNING, BECAUSE PART OF THAT LONG, LONG RANGE PLANNING IS KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT CHANGING NEEDS AND A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COURAGE.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT THE OTHER PART THAT'S REALLY SPOT ON IS OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT PLANO IS THAT WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THAT ARE, THAT CARE JUST AS MUCH AS I KNOW THIS, THAT OUR BOARD AND, AND OUR ADMINISTRATION CARES. AND THEY'RE READY TO TO COME TO THE TABLE AND PARTNER WITH US.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
YOU CAN GO. OKAY. SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS SLIDE FIVE.
YOU SKIPPED IT A LITTLE TOO QUICKLY.
OH I MEAN YOU DIDN'T SKIP IT TOO QUICKLY.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I WANT TO BE SURE AND HIGHLIGHT I ALSO WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
AND THIS IS THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE PARB PARB SLIDE OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU PRESENTED THIS TO THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS KIND OF JAW DROPPING.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT FOR THIS.
SO YOUR SECOND BULLET THERE SAYS THAT THERE'S 1948 STUDENTS.
THIS IS PROACTIVE CAMPUS AND HOME SUPPORT ATTENDANCE INCREASED PRIOR TO PRAGUE.
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE HAD 1948 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS WHO WERE.
HAVING ATTENDANCE ISSUES IN THE CAMPUS WAS ABLE TO DO INTERVENTIONS FOR THAT.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THAT NUMBER MEANS? I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS CORRECT.
SO THERE ARE 1900 PLUS STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT HAVE WHAT WE CALL A BEHAVIOR PLAN, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR. IT'S REALLY LIKE AN ATTENDANCE PLAN THEY HAVE LET'S CALL IT TIER TWO SUPPORTS FROM THEIR CAMPUSES.
OKAY. AND THEY A CAMPUS CANNOT REFER A STUDENT TO PAAB WITHOUT SHOWING PAAB THAT THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TO SUPPORT AND SERVE THIS FAMILY, WITH AT LEAST TIER TWO AND THREE LEVEL SERVICES.
SO 9950 KIDS HAVE A PLAN OF SOME SORT OF RECEIVING EXTENSIVE OR I SHOULD SAY INTENSIVE.
SUPPORT FROM THEIR CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE.
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SO BEFORE PAAB, THOUGH, THERE WOULD BE A TENDENCY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT SCHOOL TO REFER THEM STRAIGHT TO TRUANCY COURT SOMETIMES.SOMETIMES OR THERE, IT WAS EASIER TO DO THAT.
NOT THAT IT ALWAYS HAPPENED, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO, TO TO TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AGAIN.
SO FROM ALMOST 1950 KIDS ISH TO 132 FAMILIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, AND FROM THAT ONLY SEVEN WENT TO TRUANCY COURT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
IT'S PHENOMENAL. IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'M CERTAINLY GLAD YOU'RE NOTICING.
AND AND HONESTLY, IT'S BEING NOTICED ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S NOT A NICE TO HAVE ON A CAMPUS.
IT'S REQUIRED ON A CAMPUS THAT YOU DO THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS ON SLIDE EIGHT.
AND IS THIS A CLARIFICATION QUESTION? THIS IS BACK TO THE VACCINES.
AM I ON THE RIGHT SIDE? THIS ONE. NO. WHERE'S WAIT THIS ONE.
SO YOU SAY WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTY.
FOR BEING THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF VACCINES.
IS THAT WHAT, FOUR IN THE STATE? YES. OKAY.
SO THAT MEANS FOR THAT ONE LOCATION.
YES. AND THAT TINY LITTLE CLINIC.
YES. WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE AND IT'S JUST SERVING PISD STUDENTS.
ARE WE SERVING STUDENTS OR THEIR FAMILIES? IT ALSO IS THEIR FAMILIES, YES.
BUT THERE HAVE TO BE CHILDREN THOUGH.
SO IT COULD IT COULD BE A TWO YEAR OLD.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE TO OPEN UP THE CLINIC LARGER WHEN THEY HAVE THE FLOWS AND ALL THE THINGS.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY, THAT'S ANOTHER PAUSE, LIKE, WOW.
IT IS. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHEN WE GOT WELL, FIRST, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT, WE WERE GETTING, SORT OF AUDITED, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, LIKE, ARE WE READY? LIKE, ARE WE OKAY? AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE'RE MORE THAN OKAY.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE MOBILE EVENTS THAT WE CAN DO, VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS WITH.
OR WE'LL GO TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO BUT MOST OF IT IS AT THE CLINIC.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER OUTREACH.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING CLARIFICATION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HERE JUST SAID UNDER HER BREATH.
BUT STILL, YES, IT IS A BIG DEAL.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT, TO ME POPPED OFF OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SOMETHING THAT, WE ARE EXCELLENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE WE'RE A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE.
BUT THESE TWO THINGS ARE OUTLIERS.
WE WE'RE GREAT, BUT THESE ARE TWO PARTICULAR THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF.
THAT TRANSITIONS NICELY TO MY NUMBER TWO QUESTION, WHICH IS REALLY MORE A STATEMENT.
I FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME SORT OF LIKE BUTTON THAT JUST SAYS PLANO ISD RULES.
SO EVERY TIME WE HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I KNOW IT SEEMS SILLY, BUT THAT WOULD BE FUN.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS SPEAKS TO REALLY HOW GROUNDBREAKING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE AND HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE LOOK TO PLANO ISD TO SEE HOW HOW'S PLANO DOING IT? AND I WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING PRESENTATION.
AND LEADERS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WERE WONDERING, LIKE, HOW DO WE BRING THAT TO OUR DISTRICT? AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER NUMBERS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WERE REALLY THINGS LIKE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR VISION HEARING, ALL OF
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THESE EXTRA SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR KIDS.CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT? BECAUSE I THINK SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED TO BE REMINDED OF WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
AND THEY HELP US WITH VISION, SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP WITH GETTING GLASSES OR THE SUCH.
AND SO TO GO BACK TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT DOCTOR WILLIAMS SAID AND WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER, THE THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, REALLY, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A BOUNTY OF, OF WILLING AND ABLE PARTNERS, THAT HELP US WHEN WE ASK SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T ASK, AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN THAT SITUATION.
AND SO THE LIONS CLUB HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY DECADES.
SO, THIS SO THAT'S THE UNIQUE PART.
SO THE SCREENINGS ARE WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT AT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE, EVEN NATIONWIDE.
BUT THE PARTNERSHIP IS WHAT IS UNIQUE IN PLANO.
BUT EVEN BROADER THINGS LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CARING PLACE AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXTRA SERVICES FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY ARE NOT SCHOOL RELATED, BUT THEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE CARE OF THE CHILD SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO SCHOOL READY TO LEARN.
THAT'S MORE THE POINT THAT, I WAS HOPING TO MAKE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MCKINNEY-VENTO NUMBERS THAT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE MORE SERVICES WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US, WE JUST SAW MORE AND MORE IS NEEDED FOR OUR STUDENTS.
EXTRA BEYOND JUST THE CURRICULUM, BEYOND READING, WRITING AND MATH.
TEN YEARS AGO WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING MONTHLY, FOOD PICKUPS WHERE WE HAVE 30 SOME STAFF MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF DIFFERENT CAMPUSES LOADING UP THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S TRUCKS, FILLING UP WITH BOXES OF FOOD, OR HAVING SOCK DRIVES.
WE JUST HAD SACHSE, I CAN'T NAME IT SOCKS FOR THE SOUL.
7000 PAIRS OF SOCKS WERE, ACQUIRED FROM OUR STUDENTS AND DONATED TO AREA SHELTERS AND AGENCIES, FREE HEALTH CLINICS.
THERE'S SOME SCREENING OF ALL.
BUT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT NOW.
TEN YEARS AGO, THESE THESE WEREN'T THINGS THAT WE WERE REALLY THINKING ABOUT.
THINKING ABOUT THAT WE NEEDED CERTAINLY NOT THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE.
AND SO, IT IS CERTAINLY A NEED.
IT PROBABLY WAS A NEED TEN YEARS AGO.
BUT IT CERTAINLY IS A NEED NOW.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK YOU AS A BOARD UNDERSTAND.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS SLOWLY STARTING TO UNDERSTAND.
AND SO NOW SORT OF WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? AND SO I GO BACK TO WE'RE GOING TO LEAN ON OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE'RE GOING TO LEAN ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILIES.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN DURING, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING YOUR SLIDES WAS ABOUT THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY DOES. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN JULY AND AUGUST? HOW DO YOU STAFF FOR THE RAMP UP OF ALL OF THE EXTRA FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING IN DURING THOSE MONTHS? NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO TAKE VACATIONS, RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, REALLY, THOUGH, I'M JOKING, BUT I'M NOT JOKING.
NO. NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO TAKE VACATION IN JULY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME PART TIME STAFF COME.
WE OFFER, EXTRA DUTY PAY FOR FOR CAMPUS STAFF TO COME AND HELP US.
AND, BUT BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IS WE ASK OUR CAMPUS STAFF THAT THAT ARE OFF IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THEM TO COME IN AND HELP US IN THE SUMMERTIME.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD HAVE GET THROUGH THAT.
YES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE'VE ALL BEEN QUANTIFYING OUR THINGS THIS EVENING.
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IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK OR SAY.AND SO NOW I KNOW WHO TO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO.
WHEN WE LOOK AT ATTENDANCE DATA, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT IN A DISAGGREGATED FORMAT SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACADEMIC DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING, IF WE HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE FALLING BEHIND OR CAMPUSES THAT ARE FALLING BEHIND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A SPECIFIC EFFORT TO TARGET DOWN TO THE CLASSROOM LEVEL OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER DISAGGREGATED.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE FUN FACT.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THESE FACTS.
THE. THE THREE CAMPUSES WITH THE WORST ATTENDANCE RATES ARE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS.
WELL, WHEN YOU'RE THREE AND FOUR YEARS OLD, IT'S NOT REALLY A KID THING.
AND SO WE HAVE THIS THIS CAMPAIGN IS CALLED I'M PRESENT AND AND WHEN STUDENTS AND PARENTS, DO COME TO PA, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASK THEM TO DO IS SIT DOWN AND WATCH A VIDEO SERIES.
IT'S CALLED I'M PRESENT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THE, THE, THE VARIOUS OBSTACLES THAT, THAT KEEP YOU FROM GETTING YOUR KID TO SCHOOL? AND SO AND IT'S REALLY A SERIES OF THINGS.
IT'S NOT JUST ONE VIDEO, BUT BUT THAT'S JUST A FUN FACT.
THAT'S NOT FUN. I DO WANT TO CHIME IN ON SOMETHING.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A NEED, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CAMPUS THAT WAS JUST ASKING FOR ALARM CLOCKS BECAUSE THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES WERE NOT HAVING THEY WERE, TO YOUR POINT, THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SELF WAKE THEMSELVES UP AND THE PARENTS WEREN'T TAKING CARE OF IT.
AND SO THIS CAMPUS HAD IDENTIFIED A VERY AFFORDABLE ALARM CLOCK ON AMAZON, AND A PHILANTHROPIST IN THE COMMUNITY WAS AGREED TO SUPPORT AND PAY FOR THAT. AND EVIDENTLY IT'S TURNED AROUND A CAMPUS VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN ALARM CLOCK.
YES. SO SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE A LITTLE FUN FACT, AND I MIGHT HAVE MISSPOKE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT EARLY CHILDHOOD, BY FAR THE WORST ATTENDANCE RATES.
AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOME DO BETTER THAN OTHERS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE'RE BRINGING TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CAMPUSES.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD AN THEY'VE EVER HAD AN ATTENDANCE GOAL.
AND EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GOAL OF 96%.
AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM ON THAT EVERY NINE WEEKS.
I'M ALWAYS TEMPTED TO SAY SIX WEEKS, NINE WEEKS.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR GETTING AFTER THAT GOAL.
OKAY, NOW I'M EVEN MORE INTERESTED TO SEE DISAGGREGATED DATA, ON THIS, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE EARLY I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD RIGHT. WAS HAD THE LOWEST ATTENDANCE.
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HAVING BEEN A PARENT THAT HAD A KID IN EARLY CHILDHOOD.
I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE THE MOVE IN THE NURSES.
WAS WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IT, BUT THEN I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT IT.
AND I JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORE AND RESPECT THE NURSE AT DAFFRON.
AND I HOPE THAT THAT HELPS YOU GUYS INCORPORATE, THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND RAISE THAT PROFILE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THOSE CAMPUSES THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE A HAVE A GOOD APPRECIATION FOR.
AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, CARING PEOPLE.
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BUT THE NEW ONE, I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN Y'ALL DID GROUNDBREAKING, AND I WAS SO EXCITED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE TAMMY RICHARDS IN THAT PINK COAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE WITH THAT SHOVEL. OF COURSE, TAMMY IS MY PREDECESSOR.AND I, I RAN FOR HER PLACE, AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER OFTEN ABOUT HAVING, RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN MOST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES.
AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE A LARGE WE HAVE LARGE POCKETS OF NEED ON THE WEST SIDE AND IN PARTICULAR SERVING, SERVING THESE FAMILIES WHERE THEIR NEED IS THE MOST.
AND AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A BOARD DECISION.
AND NANCY, I DON'T MEAN TO LEAVE OUT ANYBODY ELSE WHO THIS WAS A GROUP INITIATIVE, BUT, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO TAMMY AND, AND SAY THAT I WAS I WAS THRILLED TO SEE HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE PICTURES WHEN, WHEN I SAW THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A VERY NEAR AND DEAR SPECIAL, PROJECT TO HER.
THANK. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST KNOW THAT PROBABLY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE PROBABLY TEN YEARS AGO DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT SPECIFICALLY COMBED THROUGH AND FOUND GRANTS THE WAY WE DO NOW.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GO TO THE MONEY AND, I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE INCREASED NEED AND YOU'RE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE NEED, I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIND MORE AND MORE GRANT MONEY, MAYBE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THOSE SERVICES. BUT I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO, 8.3 OF THE REPORTS.
AND IT'S THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 BUDGET OVERVIEW.
AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, I'LL TURN IT TO JOHNNY AND THEN HE'LL MAKE AN INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CABINET AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.
WELL, WE'LL TRY TO WE'LL TRY TO SO MANY PEOPLE, WE'LL TRY TO STAY ON SCHEDULE ON THIS.
THIS IS JUST A FIRST SHOT AT THE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO DO THIS.
WE'RE STILL WE STILL HAVE A GOOD WAYS TO GO.
WE'RE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT I THINK IT IS USEFUL TO ACTUALLY COME, COME THROUGH AND ACTUALLY SAY BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS, THIS IS HOW EVERYTHING IS LOOKING AT THIS POINT.
I'VE GOT THE CFO, COURTNEY REEVES, WHO'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB, IS GOING TO PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I ALWAYS CALL THESE UNDERLYING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICK, OBVIOUSLY SINCE, HOUSE BILL 320 AND WITH 2018, 2019, PRETTY MUCH THE BUDGETS ARE LOCKED, PRETTY MUCH LOCKED DOWN BASED ON VALUES YOU'RE USING, CURRENT YEAR VALUES.
YOU GET SO MUCH, BASICALLY SO MUCH MONEY PER STUDENT.
AND SO THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE STUDENT, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT DOING.
ALSO, BECAUSE RECAPTURE IS STILL A BUDGETED ITEM.
WE DO LOOK AT VALUES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING GOING UP OR GOING DOWN.
THIS IS, WE'LL ACTUALLY GET A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, THE I THINK THE LAST PART OF APRIL.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT FACTORED IN A 4% INCREASE INTO THE VALUES, ALL OF THE COMPRESSION LAWS.
THOSE ARE ALL FACTORED IN, FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND PER CAPITA ALLOCATIONS.
WE'VE UPDATED ALL THE TEMPLATES.
ALSO, THAT'S ALL REFLECTED IN HERE.
ONE THING TO NOTE THAT FOR EVERY 1% YOU GO UP ACROSS THE BOARD, IT'S ABOUT $3.8 MILLION.
KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.
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BUT THERE ARE STILL INFLATIONARY FACTORS THAT ARE BUILT IN.AND THEN OF COURSE THE BIG TICKET ITEM IS WE'RE ROLLING OFF THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE'LL BE ROLLING OFF OF OUR FEDERAL ESSER FUNDS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND TOO BECAUSE AS COURTNEY WILL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG TICKET ITEM THAT WILL BE HITTING OUR GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, 2425.
SO YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS CALENDAR.
SO WE BRING THIS TO THIS CALENDAR TO YOU EVERY YEAR.
AND WE USUALLY BRING IT TO YOU IN DECEMBER.
AS YOU SEE WE ARE IN FULL SWING.
WE'LL GO TO A QUICK TIMELINE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE'VE STARTED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IN AUGUST WE'LL BRING ADOPT OUR TAX RATE.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF INTERNAL DISCUSSION, ACTUALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE KIND OF HEAVY IN MARCH.
WE DO PLAN TO BRING SOME INFORMATION, SPECIFICALLY OUR PEER REVIEW IN FEBRUARY.
ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ADOPTION OF OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO A LITTLE SLIGHT CHANGE THERE.
WE STARTED OUR BASICALLY GATHERING OUR DATA STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER.
WE GOT THOSE BACK IN JANUARY AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVE DISTRIBUTED OUR CAMPUSES.
SO WE ARE GETTING AFTER IT, PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE ZERO BASED BUDGETING.
OF COURSE, DEPARTMENTS START AT ZERO AND THEN THEY BUILD THEIR BUDGETS.
ON TOP OF THAT, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE ENHANCED HOW WE'VE DONE THAT.
WE BRING IN, OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT.
WE GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE BUDGET IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO A COUPLE OTHER DISTRICTS ACTUALLY, THAT HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE.
PROBABLY JUST STARTING THOSE DISCUSSIONS DURING OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN LOOKING MORE TOWARDS A FULL IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS. CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS ARE, OF COURSE, ARE BASED ON OUR PROJECTED 2425 DEMOGRAPHER ENROLLMENT.
AND ALSO WE HAVE SPECIAL POPULATIONS THAT WE GIVE AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION.
AND THOSE ARE BASED ON OUR CURRENT SNAPSHOT DATA FOR THOSE STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S BASED ON OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AS WELL.
OF COURSE, WE TALKED BACK IN NOVEMBER.
I BROUGHT YOU A BUNCH OF INFORMATION CONCERNING AND SURROUNDING ESSER.
ESSER THREE IS COMING TO AN END AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2024, AND PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS OBVIOUSLY THE POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN ESSER THREE, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THOSE POSITIONS OR ANY OF THOSE SALARY COSTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING IN OUR ESSER THREE.
MOST OF THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY POSITIONS THAT THE DISTRICT IS DEEMING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE, AND ULTIMATELY WE'LL BE ROLLING NOT THE FULL 11.4, BUT JUST RIGHT ABOUT THE $9 MILLION OF WHAT WE GOING BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS, AS I SAID A WHILE AGO, YOU KNOW WHAT DRIVES OUR BUDGET? WELL, IF YOU'VE GOT TO PINPOINT ONE MAIN ITEM, IT'S NUMBER.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE.
BUT AS YOU AS YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, IT'S YOU TALK ABOUT TREND ANALYSIS AND PROJECTING FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DOING MORE WITH WITH LESS.
THAT IT CAN ADD UP TO BIG TIMES DOLLARS.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING 2223 ACTUAL ENROLLMENT.
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YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE 48 838 AND THEN PROJECTED FOR 2324.THE THE FALL, THE FALL SNAPSHOT LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER IS 4883.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ENDED UP, WHICH IS 47 909, WHICH, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
IF YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR BUDGET? IT'S ABOUT $7.2 MILLION DECREASE TO OUR BUDGET AS A RESULT OF US DECREASING IN ENROLLMENT.
I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO POINT THIS OUT.
AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.
OR, YOU KNOW, KIDS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? WHAT YOU KNOW, WHY ARE, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE IN THE BOAT? WE ARE, ONE OF ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS, I THINK, YOU CAN SAY IS WE'RE JUST AGING OUT AS A AS A DISTRICT.
THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
I PUT IT UP HERE JUST SO YOU COULD SEE.
12TH GRADERS PROJECTED A ROLL OUT THIS NEXT YEAR.
IN THE IN THE SPRING OF 24, RIGHT AT 3,912TH GRADERS, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN KINDERGARTEN, AND THAT'S ABOUT 838 KIDS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT PROJECTED, YOU'RE LOSING 734 KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU LOSING THOSE KIDS? WELL, THERE IS IN AND OUT.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE JUST WE'RE AGING OUT AS A DISTRICT AS WELL.
OKAY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME UNLESS YOU JUST WANT ME TO.
I MEAN, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS SIMPLE FOR YOU GUYS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GETTING LATE.
BOTTOM LINE IS, IF THE VALUES GO OVER 2.5% LEGALLY, YOU CAN PRESS THE RATES.
OKAY, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COMPRESSIONS.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS OUR PROJECTIONS.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S I CAN GO THROUGH THIS, BUT I'M IF TALK WITH ME LATER, IF YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN ALL THIS TO YOU, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. BOTTOM LINE IS LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE PROJECTED ACTUAL RATES ARE LOOKING LIKE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE'VE DONE THAT, AND SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
BUT LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MILL RATE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE AT 8405 THIS THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN ABOUT $0.01.
OKAY. SO JUST TALKING ABOUT TAX COMPRESSION HERE.
ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE GOING BACK TO 2018, 2019.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MOVING FORWARD INTO 2024, 25, AFTER MOST OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THIS IS DUE TO THIS AWESOME REDUCTION FOR OUR TAXPAYERS IS DUE TO TAX COMPRESSION.
OF COURSE, IF YOU LOOK FROM HB THREE, WE GUESS IT WAS ABOUT AN $0.18 DECREASE IN 2223.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SENATE BILL TWO, WHICH WAS THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHICH PROVIDED, ADDITIONAL REDUCTION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE TAX THAT THE TAX RATE.
AGAIN, WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
YES, IT HAS, AND WE DID THAT WHEN WE PASSED THE LAST BOND ELECTION.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON DEBT MANAGEMENT.
AND I SAY BEHIND THE SCENES, THAT'S YOUR LEADERSHIP.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT US AGGRESSIVELY PAYING OFF THE DEBT WHENEVER WE CAN.
BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO REEVALUATE THAT EVERY TIME WE LOOK TO GO OUT FOR A BOND ELECTION AND WE ARE DECREASING THAT, OR WE HAVE A GOAL TO CONTINUE TO DECREASING THAT INS RATE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST TAX COMPRESSION, ALTHOUGH THAT'S OUT OF $0.37 I THINK ALL BUT $0.03 OVER $0.03.
OH, I WAS ABOUT TO GO OVER THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO HIT THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
I KNOW THAT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY, GRAPH, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL AT THE VERY TOP OF EACH ONE OF THE OF THOSE GRAPHS, THAT'S TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS.
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHT BLUE SECTION, THAT'S TOTAL RECAPTURE.SO IF YOU NOTICE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RECAPTURE WHERE WE'RE GOING UP, THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL THREE.
WE'RE GOING DOWN. THEN WE'RE GOING RIGHT BACK UP.
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT 22, 23.
WE'RE ALMOST AT A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION.
AND THEN ALL SUDDEN WE WENT WAY, WAY DOWN.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF TAX COMPRESSION.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING RIGHT BACK UP.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS YOU FIX THE ADEQUACY.
I THINK ADEQUACY IS OUR PROBLEM.
IT'S MANIFESTING ITSELF OUT AS RECAPTURE.
BUT BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE STATE IS NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. UNTIL THEY DO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH RECAPTURE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YEAH. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE STATES GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING THEIR THEIR BUDGET BIGGER, THEIR BUCKET BIGGER AND BASIC ALLOTMENT AND ALSO HAVE IT FIGURE IN FOR INFLATION BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST INCREASE IT.
WE STILL NEED TO HAVE IT BE ON PAR WITH MAKING SURE IT'S THERE'S SOME GREAT LEGISLATION THAT, THAT A LOT OF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS LAST YEAR, IF IT WOULD HAVE CARRIED THROUGH, WOULD HAVE HAD IT EVEN AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR BASED ON THE, BASIC ALLOTMENT.
IT WAS HELD UP. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT PART OF IT.
BUT YES, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY PUT A LITTLE BLURPS IN THERE.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS LATER, BUT IT IT SHOULD TELL A STORY, RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTUALLY BRING MORE MONEY? I MEAN, IT'S EASY TO LOOK AT GROSS, GROSS TAXES MINUS RECAPTURE.
BUT WHAT DO WE GET TO KEEP? WHAT DO WE GET TO USE? AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN THAT DARK BLUE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WE GOT A BIG BENEFIT OUT OF A HOUSE BILL THREE.
IT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT. AND THEN ALSO WE STARTED GOING DOWN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF ADEQUACY, RIGHT.
WE LOST KIDS. AND AS A RESULT WE LOST WE LOST MONEY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CONTINUED TO GO DOWN ALL THE WAY UNTIL YOU GOT TO, 2324 DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED? 2324 YOU GUYS DID A VADER ELECTION.
WE MADE OUR BUCKET A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WITH OUR TIER TWO.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT $9 MILLION BUMP.
YOU CAN SEE IT ACTUALLY WENT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU MADE YOUR TIER TWO AS BIG AS YOU CAN.
AND THE STATE BY BYLAW HAD TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR TIER TWO VALUES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE GOT $5 MILLION OUT OF THAT, AND YOU CAN SEE IT GOING DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO NET NET, WE'RE STILL LOSING.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.
I LOVE PIE CHARTS. I LOVE THE THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO SEE THE PERCENTAGES.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES.
THE REST IS ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL IN CONSIDERATION.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDES, WHICH ONE MAKES UP THE MOST? CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK? I'M JUST REAL QUICKLY.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT LOCAL FUNDING, THAT 91%, WHICH IS TAXES, THAT TELLS A PRETTY IMPORTANT STORY AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE THAT HEAVILY FUNDED BY TAXES, YOU'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL HOW YOU CASH FLOW YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE TAXES EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
YOU GET THEM BASICALLY NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY.
SO. ANYWAY, I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC THAN WHAT YOU FIND IN A LOT OF DISTRICTS.
AND THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY OUR BUDGET FORECAST FOR OUR REVENUES.
AGAIN, AS JOHNNY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE THINGS THAT WE USED, OBVIOUSLY, AS IN OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, ALL OF THIS WAS WE PUT WE USUALLY PUT INTO OUR TEMPLATE, OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR LOCAL AND STATE REVENUES.
AND THEN FROM THAT WE BUILD OUT, WE LOOK AT OUR FEDERAL REVENUES AND THEN OUR OTHER SOURCES.
AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE MADE, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL REVENUE WITH THAT SAME ASSUMPTIONS AND A DECREASE IN OUR OUR ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS, WE'RE SEEING A REDUCTION IN OUR STATE REVENUE.
OUR FEDERAL REVENUE IS GOING UP MAINLY DUE TO INDIRECT COSTS.
WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE INDIRECT COSTS ON OUR FEDERAL GRANTS.
WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS LAST YEAR AND WON'T TAKE INDIRECT COSTS FOR ESSER THREE UNTIL 2425.
WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A LARGER RESTRICT.
WE USUALLY HAVE TO TAKE A RESTRICTED RATE, WHICH IS A SMALLER PERCENTAGE.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE AN UNRESTRICTED.
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SO THAT'S THAT INCREASE THERE.ALSO OUR OTHER SOURCES AND TRANSFER IN ACTUALLY WE HAVE ENTERPRISE SOURCES IN OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THAT GROUP HAS DONE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT JOB OF REBOUNDING FROM COVID.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOME FINANCIAL GAINS THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $8 MILLION.
ONE THING THAT SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME EARLIER AND THAT IS WELL, IS THIS DO WE FACTOR IN THE SHOWERS? I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE BEING CHALLENGED A LITTLE BIT ON OUR SAAS, SAAS MONEY.
WE HAVE TO PAY SOME OF THAT BACK AS A STATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM OUR ALLOCATION.
THESE BUDGETS DO REFLECT THAT.
THESE REFLECT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE GOING DOWN AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
COURTNEY, I FEEL JUST LIKE YOU DO ABOUT PIE CHARTS.
IT MUST BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU KNOW, A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS.
IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY? BUT JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT INSTRUCTION AND YOU LOOK AT, EVERY, EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE'S GOING TO HAVE THAT INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT'S HITTING THE CLASSROOM 60 TO 65%. WE'RE ON THE HIGHER END.
I MEAN, I'VE LOOKED AT LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THIS.
WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY FOCUS A LOT ON SPECIFICALLY ON THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'S A 2.3% FOR ADMINISTRATION.
BECAUSE WE ARE VERY, VERY, WE'RE VERY, VERY TIGHT WITH HOW WE ACTUALLY DO OUR ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY CALL AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.
AND THEY COMPARE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON ADMINISTRATION TO INSTRUCTION.
AND WE'RE WE'RE ROUTINELY ONE OF THE LOWEST ONES IN OUR ENTIRE AREAS ON THAT.
SO I DO WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY AS WE CONTINUE TO, THAT WE AS WE CONTINUE TO LOSE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER AND HARDER TO ACTUALLY HIT THAT INSTRUCTION. WE LAST YEAR, WE WERE RIGHT AT THE 65% WE'RE GOING TO.
IT RESHUFFLES A LITTLE BIT AS WE REDUCE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF BASED WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU GO TO THE LEFT IN THAT BABY BLUE AREA, IT SAYS NON NON STUDENT SUPPORT.
THAT'S TAKING CARE OF OUR OUR FACILITIES.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE NEED TO LOOK AND DO THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.
SO AND IF I CAN JUST INTERJECT RIGHT THERE, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE 2%.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S THAT AS WE'VE REORG OR RESTRUCTURED, OUR, OUR WE EVALUATE EVERY SINGLE POSITION THAT COMES OPEN. AND SO WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANY POSITIONS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE REDUCED POSITIONS.
BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD CHANGES EITHER AT CENTRAL OFFICE OR THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN EITHER A BUDGET NEUTRAL OR A BUDGET SAVINGS, OVERALL SAVINGS.
AND SO, NOT ONLY DO WE DO ZERO BASED BUDGETING, WE'RE ALSO IN A, IN A WAY, DOING A ZERO BASED KIND OF STAFFING, BECAUSE EVERY TIME A POSITION COMES OPEN, WE EVALUATE THAT.
SOMETIMES IT GETS FILLED, SOMETIMES A SERIES OF POSITIONS GET REPURPOSED.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OF NOT JUST JOHNNY AND COURTNEY'S WORK, BUT ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S VERY DILIGENT ABOUT LOOKING AT EVERY POSITION, COMBING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERBURDENING OR BECOMING TOP HEAVY.
SO IF YOU LOOK 83% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN PERSONNEL.
AND WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THROUGH PERSONNEL.
THIS IS JUST A RECONCILIATION.
SO BASELINE IS WHERE YOU START LAST YEAR.
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IT COST PER EACH ONE, EACH 1%.DO YOU REMEMBER I SAID 3.8? WELL, WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU GETTING? 4.29 THE REASON WHY IT'S ONLY THE 4.29 IS BECAUSE, DOCTOR WILLIAMS WAS JUST MENTIONING WHENEVER WE REDUCED, WHEN WE REDUCE STAFF AS WE GO THROUGH, WE MATCH UP WITH WITH THE STUDENTS.
WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH STUDENTS? STUDENTS GOING DOWN 734 KIDS.
OUR STAFFING, WE PROJECT THAT TO GO DOWN.
AS A RESULT, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFSET, WHAT OUR COMPENSATION INCREASES ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'VE GOT MODELS THAT WE PROJECT THAT ON.
THE ESSER THREE SUPPLANT IS THAT WE BRING IN BACK INTO THE BUDGET.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST, HIT ON OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS $9 MILLION.
TRUST ON BEHALF IS AN INCOME IN A IN A REVENUE, I MEAN, A REVENUE IN AN EXPENSE.
SO IT'S A WASH NON PAYROLL INFLATIONARY FACTOR.
THAT'S AT 3% THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU GET THE LESS YOU BACK OUT THE RECAPTURE FOR FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND YOU GET NET EXPENSES AND THAT OF RECAPTURE OF THE 542.99 MILLION.
IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE WE'RE AT THIS YEAR, IT'S A DEFICIT OF 24.
WE'RE TAKING $9 MILLION ON ESSER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING FOR THE INCREASES THAT THAT WE'VE GOT FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST LOOK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND COURTNEY RAISES MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
JUST ONE. ON THE TRANSITION, IT'S MY PAGE SIX, BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST THE ESSER FUNDING TRANSITION.
ISN'T THAT STILL REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE TAKEN THE MONIES AWAY? YES IT IS.
WE WILL STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER THOSE, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR UNFUNDED MANDATES.
IT IS DOUBLY UNFUNDED BECAUSE IT'S ALSO NOT FUNDED HERE.
LITERALLY. OKAY, I HAVE A REQUEST THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TANGENTIAL TO THIS, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHY COMING UP, I SAW IN THE NEWS LAST WEEK THAT THE BIRTH RATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS GONE UP 2%, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE BIRTH RATE HAS INCREASED IN SEVERAL YEARS. AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN LAW.
BUT IT THE WHERE I SAW THIS IN AXIOS, THEY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS AND HOW SOME GROUPS THE BIRTH RATE WAS AS HIGH AS A 5% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR 2023.
AND THEN OTHER GROUPS, IT WAS LOWER.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO, ASK ROCKY TO LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE HE COMES BACK FOR DEMOGRAPHY NEXT MONTH.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF HE CAN GET DOWN TO A HYPER LOCAL ENOUGH LEVEL TO GIVE US ANY SORT OF ACTIONABLE DATA ON THAT, THAT WE MAY WANT FOR LONG TERM FACILITY PLANNING.
SO TANGENTIAL TO THIS, BUT BECAUSE ROCKY IS COMING UP NEXT MONTH.
I'VE GOT HIS CELL PHONE NUMBER.
I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL. LET'S GIVE HIM A TEXT OR CALL OR SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COURTNEY AND JOHNNY.
NOT THE GREATEST ENDING, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT FOR OF REPORTS, AND IT WILL BE A SPEED SESSION OF BOARD MEMBER, LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE UPDATES FROM TARRAH LANTZ AND JERI CHAMBERS.
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IF YOU WERE TO GOOGLE TEXAS PTA AND STRAIGHT TALK, YOU WILL SEE THAT TEXAS PTA IS HOSTING A STRAIGHT TALK, ZOOM MEETING THAT ANYBODY CAN ATTEND ON FEBRUARY 12TH FROM NOON TO ONE.SO FOR THOSE LISTENING STILL AT HOME OR THOSE LISTENING TOMORROW, IN DAYS LATER, FEBRUARY 12TH, TEXAS PTA NOON TO ONE NAVIGATING THE SMARTPHONE PANEL DISCUSSION.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS NO LIFE MEMBER BANQUET.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF US UP HERE HAVE ATTENDED THEM IN THE PAST.
IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THE PTA WORKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATION.
SO NEXT I'M GOING TO GIVE THE CHAMBER UPDATE.
I ATTENDED LAST THURSDAY THE PUBLIC POLICY MEETING.
BUT YES, IF NOT, I WAS GOING TO MENTION IT.
SO I THINK YOU DID TALK ABOUT THEM.
BUT THE MEETING STARTED OFF WITH REPRESENTATIVE LISA FROM HD 70, WAS THERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THE DIFFERENT AWARDS THAT SHE HAD WON AS A FRESHMAN LEGISLATOR.
AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT BOTH OF THOSE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED AGAINST VOUCHERS.
THE OTHER THREE REPRESENTATIVES FOR PLANO ISD WERE NOT THERE.
THEIR NEXT, IT WAS THE CITY OF PLANO.
AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE CVB SIGNS THAT ARE ALL OVER TOWN, THE CONVENTION, OUR CONVENTION.
AND HOW DO I SAY IT? I'M SO LATE. VISITORS BUREAU CVB SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THESE SIGNS POP UP ALL OVER TOWN.
LAUREN'S LOOKING AT ME QUIZZICALLY.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? OKAY, SO APPARENTLY THIS IS VERY DIVISIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THEY HAVE RECEIVED LOTS OF CALLS AND THEY ARE AWARE, OF THIS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE BIG UPDATE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO AWARE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND TAX DOLLARS.
OH, I'M SORRY, THE CVB SIGNS ARE NOT TAX DOLLARS.
IT WAS THROUGH A GRANT OR SOMETHING.
MOVE ON TO EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THE BIG DEAL IS FEBRUARY THE 10TH, JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION SKI PLANO EVENT IS A FUN AND BE THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISER FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHERE THE FUNDS RAISED ON THAT EVENING GO TO WHATEVER'S THE NEED FOR THE BUDGET SO MUCH OF THE TIME FOR SKI PLANO OR FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
WE CAN GO TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION THIS YEAR AS A NEED THAT WAS NOT PART OF A BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS THERE AND THE FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR A NEED THAT THE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS NEEDING TO SUPPORT KIDS, TEACHERS GRANT MAKING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO PLEASE COME AND PLEASE, BE READY TO HAVE FUN AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON ALL THE THINGS.
WHAT DAY IS THAT? AT HIS FEBRUARY THE 10TH.
THIS YEAR IT IS AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL, SO THAT SHOULD BE FUN AND DIFFERENT.
AND THE THEME IS A FAIRY TALE THEME, SO IT SHOULD BE I.
YEAH. THE OTHER THING IS NICE TO KNOW IS IT CAN BE CASUAL.
IT IS NOT A IT'S NOT A YOU CAN WEAR A FAIRY TALE BALL OUTFIT I SUPPOSE, IF YOU WANTED TO, BUT.
OR YOU COULD COME AS ROBIN HOOD.
SO ANYWAY, THE MAIN THING IS TO COME AND HAVE FUN.
YEAH. A LITTLE COMEDY AT THIS LATE HOUR.
THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR YOUR REPORTS.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
AND THE TIME IS 1141 ON TUESDAY.
STILL JANUARY 30TH, 2024.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.