Feb 13, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING.

DID I WAKE YOU UP? I'M SORRY, I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.

NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.

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

AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

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

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

BOARD SECRETARY.

JERRY CHAMBERS, BOARD MEMBER TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE CATHERINE GOODWIN.

AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK WILL BE HERE MOMENTARILY SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS DOCTOR.

PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR DISTRICT OF STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF, AND SHARON -DOE.

MY GOODNESS, MY MOUTH ISN'T WORKING, SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

NOW, THIS EVENING, WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR 2024 DISTRICT SPELLING BEE WINNERS, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS.

SO PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME.

ALLEGIANCE], PLEDGE].

[INAUDIBLE] . ALRIGHT.

WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU JOINING US THIS EVENING.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

KRISTEN EDNEY, WHO SERVES AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING.

AND. C'MERE.

THERE YOU ARE. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? IS GOING TO BE HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 1PLANO ISD SPELLING BEE AND OUR WINNERS.

[INAUDIBLE] THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WAS FORMED IN 1925, AND WAS ACQUIRED BY THE E.W.

SCRIPPS COMPANY IN 1941.

THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IS AN ANNUAL COMPETITION OPEN TO STUDENTS THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE, AND HOLDS THE DISTINCTION AS THE NATION'S LARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION.

THE BEE ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PERFECT THE ART OF SPELLING, TO ENLARGE THEIR VOCABULARIES AND TO WIDEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

PLANO ISD IS A LONG TIME PARTICIPANT IN THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLDS A CAMPUS BEE IN THE FALL SEMESTER, USING WORD LISTS AND STUDY RESOURCES PROVIDED BY SCRIPPS.

EACH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS SENDS ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO COMPETE IN THE ELEMENTARY DISTRICT SPELLING BEE, AND EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL SENDS THREE REPRESENTATIVES EACH TO COMPETE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SPELLING BEE. THE TOP THREE SPELLERS FROM EACH OF THESE DISTRICT BEES MOVES ON TO COMPETE AT THE COLLIN COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

WINNERS FROM THE COUNTY BEE GO ON TO COMPETE AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH IS THE LAST STOP BEFORE THE NATIONAL COMPETITION JUST OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

OUR GUESTS TONIGHT ARE THE SIX INCREDIBLE SPELLERS THAT REPRESENTED PLANO ISD AT THE COLLIN COUNTY SPELLING BEE EARLIER THIS MONTH. KARIS CHON FROM SKAGGS ELEMENTARY, FIFTH GRADE.

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ADHIRAJ MISRA FROM RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, SEVENTH GRADE.

MAHAM NADEEM FROM OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADE.

SRIVATHSAN RAMESHBABU FROM ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY, THIRD GRADE.

AND FINALLY, FAIZAN ZAKI RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIXTH GRADE.

THE COLLIN COUNTY BEE TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, AND ALL OF THESE STUDENTS REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOLS AND OUR DISTRICT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

AFTER FIVE HOURS OF SPELLING AND VOCABULARY ROUNDS, 4 SPELLERS ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL BEE.

2 OF THOSE SPOTS WENT TO PLANO ISD SPELLERS.

WE WILL ALL BE CHEERING FOR ADHIRAJ MISRA AND FAIZAN ZAKI ON MARCH 9TH AS THEY COMPETE FOR THE SPOT AT THE FINALS THIS SUMMER.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. EDNEY.

BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE? I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE THESE KIDDOS HERE.

OR STUDENTS, I SHOULD SAY.

I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MANY HOURS YOU SPENT TO GET WHERE YOU'RE AT, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU ON HAVING THE DISCIPLINE TO DO THAT AND THE DRIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT WILL SERVE YOU WELL IN YOUR FUTURE.

I'LL JUST ECHO THAT SENTIMENT.

MY, THIRD GRADER, MY SON, WHO'S IN THIRD GRADE, CAME HOME AND QUALIFIED FOR SPELLING BEE AT HIS CAMPUS THIS YEAR.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO NEVER IN MY LIFE HAS QUALIFIED FOR A SPELLING COMPETITION, EVER.

IT'S NOT MY THING.

I KEPT TELLING MY SON, LIKE, OKAY, LET'S PRACTICE.

LET'S WORK ON THIS, LET'S PRACTICE.

AND HE DID NOT PRACTICE AND HE DID NOT PUT IN THE WORK.

AND YOU GUYS PRACTICE AND PUT IN THE WORK.

AND THAT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE QUALIFYING IS ONLY A VERY SMALL PART OF THE BATTLE.

AND SO THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR HELPING YOU AND THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR SUPPORTING YOU, BECAUSE THIS, OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH YOUR WORDS OR GETTING THE SCRIPTS, BOOKS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU DID TO PRACTICE.

AND CONGRATS FOR HAVING THE WORK ETHIC, TO GET WHERE Y'ALL GOT.

THE TROUBLESOME THING ABOUT SPELLING BEES IS THAT YOU REMEMBER THE WORD YOU MISSPELLED.

MINE WAS IN SECOND GRADE AND I WAS SECOND PLACE BECAUSE I MISSPELLED CANOE AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT THAT'S WHAT I COULDN'T SPELL IN SECOND GRADE.

I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WERE REMEMBER THE ACHIEVEMENTS, THE HARD WORK, THE RESILIENCE, AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL GET YOU THROUGH, MUCH HARDER, UNFORTUNATELY, GREATER, CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE.

BUT YOU ARE SHARPENING THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE BY DOING THIS PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN FACE THOSE THINGS AND KNOW HOW VERY PROUD WE ARE OF YOU.

AND PLEASE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SHARP TOOL OF YOURS MAKING YOU LEADING YOU TO EVEN GREATER THINGS OUT AFTER BEYOND THIS.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND GOOD LUCK TO THE TWO OF YOU THAT ARE ADVANCING ON MARCH 9TH.

WE WANT TO HEAR HOW THAT GOES.

AND I KNOW IT'S STRESSFUL.

AND SO YOU'RE WORKING WELL UNDER PRESSURE.

AND WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T THE VICTOR OF THAT CONTEST, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE CHALLENGED WITH.

AND DR.

TYRA SAID, YOU KNOW, THE PRACTICE.

SO WE ADMIRE YOUR PRACTICE AND YOUR DEDICATION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK ON MARCH 9TH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ALSO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER RECOGNITION.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MANY TALENTED STUDENTS WINNING AWARDS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

YOU CAN SEE THE SCREENS.

THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF PLANO ISD WERE PROMINENTLY ON DISPLAY LAST MONTH AS THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAMS FROM PLANO EAST, PLANO WEST AND PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS DELIVERED OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES AT THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONAL CHAMPIONS.

THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHOWCASE THE COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF PLANO ISD.

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ADDITIONALLY, WE EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO THE TEAM FROM PLANO WEST AS THEY ADVANCE TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN FRISCO, AS WELL AS THE PLANO EAST TEAM, WHO WILL COMPETE IN THE STATE COMPETITION IN SAN ANTONIO LATER THIS MONTH.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND THE RECOGNITIONS GO ON THE 2024 PLANO ISD SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR ISEF, WHICH IS THE ACRONYM, TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH AT MCMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL.

363 STUDENTS REPRESENTING 300 PROJECTS FROM 23 CAMPUSES WHERE ADVANCED FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS FAIRS IN THE FALL SEMESTER. WINNERS WHOSE NAMES ARE SCROLLING ON OUR MONITORS WILL COMPETE AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH OR 17TH, 2024, IN DALLAS.

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF OUR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR COMPETITORS.

SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ON JANUARY 10TH, THE SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE ANNOUNCED THE 2024 TOP 300 SCHOLARS IN THE 83RD REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH.

THESE SCHOLARS WERE SELECTED FROM 1162 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM 712 HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS 46 STATES, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND TEN OTHER COUNTRIES.

FOR PLANO ISD, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE NAMED TO THE TOP $302,000 WAS AWARDED TO EACH STUDENT AND TO EACH OF THEIR SCHOOLS. THEIR NAMES ARE DISPLAYED ON OUR MONITORS AS WE CELEBRATE THEM, AND WE'LL CONGRATULATE THEM.

AND FINALLY, PLANO ISD STUDENTS COMPETED IN THE ANNUAL TEXAS JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM, THE TJIS COMPETITION, ON JANUARY 26TH IN COLLEGE STATION HIGH SCHOOL, STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 FROM ACROSS THE STATE CONDUCTED RESEARCH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND PRESENTED AT THE TJAS 18.

PLANO ISD STUDENTS FROM SIX CAMPUSES COMPETED.

TWO STUDENTS PLACED FIRST IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES AND HAVE QUALIFIED TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM IN MAY IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO [INAUDIBLE] FROM PLANO EAST AND ELENA [INAUDIBLE] FROM PLANO WEST ON ADVANCING AND BEST OF LUCK IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE SPRING.

WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

AND NOW, EXCUSE ME.

THE BOARD IS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DISTRICT'S SUCCESSES IN PERSON THIS EVENING.

DOCTOR SELENDA FREEMAN WILL INTRODUCE THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITIONS FOR US.

DOCTOR FREEMAN. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY RECOGNITION THIS EVENING.

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MOLLY [INAUDIBLE], OUR K-12 COORDINATOR FOR PE AND HEALTH, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN THIS RECOGNITION.

ALLOWING ME THE PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TIFFANY AND RICK ARMIJO, PLANO RESIDENTS AND PARENTS OF GRADUATED PLANO ISD STUDENTS, WHICH ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY TONIGHT.

RICK SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST, RESULTING IN HIS STEPSON TRENT IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZING THE SYMPTOMS, CALLING 911 AND ADMINISTERING CPR UNTIL PARAMEDICS ARRIVED, WHO THEN BEGAN LIFE SAVING INTERVENTION FOR HIM.

WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO CLIP THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP NOW.

HI, MY NAME IS RICK ARMIJO.

I'VE BEEN IN PLANO FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS NOW, A WONDERFUL FAMILY OF SEVEN.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING CLUB SOCCER SINCE I WAS, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS OLD.

I STILL PLAY ON SUNDAYS.

YOU KNOW, I PLAY GOLF REGULARLY, I RUN, I LIFT WEIGHTS, SO THIS WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.

MY MOM COMES AND WAKES ME UP AND HE WAS COLLAPSED IN THE BATHROOM AND I CALLED 911.

THEY TOLD ME TO BEGIN CPR.

CERTAIN POINT THE THING, LIKE HE WASN'T RESPONDING AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ALREADY DEAD, WHICH IS PRETTY FREAKY THING TO TO SEE.

TRENT CALLED 911.

IT FELT LIKE TWO SECONDS.

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WE SENT FIRST RESPONDERS.

POLICE ARRIVED FIRST BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY CLOSE AND WE HAD AN OFFICER START CHEST COMPRESSIONS.

FIRE ARRIVED RIGHT AFTER THAT AND CONTINUED GOOD CHEST COMPRESSIONS.

AFTER GOOD CHEST COMPRESSIONS, WE HOOK UP A MONITOR, WE ANALYZE IT, AND WE FOUND A RHYTHM WE COULD SHOCK.

AFTER A SECOND DEFIBRILLATION, WE RECOGNIZED THAT HE WAS AN ECMO CANDIDATE.

IT BUYS US TIME TO FIX A PATIENT WHO'S IN CARDIAC ARREST IN A WAY WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT TIME BEFORE.

ECMO IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF LIFE SUPPORT, AND IT BYPASSES THE HEART AND THE LUNGS, AND IT DOES THE WORK OF THE HEART AND THE LUNGS.

SEVERAL TEAMS IN THE HOSPITAL GET ACTIVATED AT THE SAME TIME.

WE MEET PLANO FIRE AND RESCUE IN THE ED.

WE TRANSPORT THE PATIENT TO THE CATH LAB AND WE PUT THEM ON ECMO.

RICK SPENT 13 DAYS WITH US.

WE PUT HIM ON VA, ECMO ON DATE OF ARRIVAL OF A CARDIAC ARREST, AND 13 DAYS LATER HE WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS FAMILY AND RETURN TO HIS LIFE AS NORMAL. HI, MY NAME IS RICK ARMIJO.

I'VE BEEN IN PLANO.

IT IS WORTH WATCHING TWICE, I WILL SAY.

SO TIFFANY AND RICK HAVE GENEROUSLY MADE A DONATION TO PLANO ISD, WHICH WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE TWO COMPLETE CPR KITS FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, BETTER KNOWN AS AHA, WHICH YOU WE DO HAVE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN OF THOSE COMPLETE KITS THAT WILL BE PURCHASING AHA WAS SO MOVED BY YOUR STORY THAT THEY HAVE OFFERED TO DONATE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR KITS TO PLANO ISD, MAKING THAT SIX TOTAL, WHICH WILL BE STORED AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND ROTATED THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF PLANO ISD AND SPECIFICALLY OUR HEALTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS GENEROUS DONATION AND THE LONG LASTING IMPACT THESE CPR KITS WILL MAKE ON EVERY STUDENT THAT TAKES HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH IN PLANO ISD.

WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK RICK AND TIFFANY UP TO SHARE SOME MORE ON THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US TODAY.

WE ARE JOINED BY OUR KIDS, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THEM IN THEIR DORM ROOMS. WE HAVE OUR TWO YOUNGER KIDS HERE FROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AUDIENCE.

WE HAVE TWO AT ARKANSAS GETTING THOSE FOUR POINT ZEROS.

RIGHT, GUYS? AND ALSO, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO JUST CELEBRATED HER 97TH BIRTHDAY.

AND WAS A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL NURSE IN EL PASO ISD FOR 30 YEARS.

SO I'M VERY GLAD.

AND RICK AND I ARE VERY GLAD THAT SHE'S HERE WITH US TODAY.

FIRST OF ALL, WE BOTH WANT TO SAY TO THIS BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR PLANO ISD AND THAT YOUR PROGRAMS THAT YOU IMPLEMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS WORKING.

MY HUSBAND AND I LOVE PLANO ISD.

MORE THAN I HAVE TIME TO SAY RIGHT NOW.

AND, WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED US THE FORUM TO DONATE IN THIS WAY, WHICH WAS VERY MEANINGFUL FOR BOTH OF US.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AFTER THIS EVENT, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, TRENT HAD LEARNED CPR HANDS-ONLY CPR AT SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT HE DID.

THROUGH HIS HEALTH CLASS AT SCHOOL.

AND WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

[INAUDIBLE] . I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM.

RIGHTFULLY SO.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A COMMENT? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?

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AND I'M SO GLAD THAT EVERYTHING WORKED OUT.

YOU WERE ABLE TO GET THE CARE QUICKLY, AND THAT TRENT WAS ABLE TO GO INTO CRISIS MODE AND WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT AND UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS LEARNED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO KUDOS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE TEACHERS AND, TRENT, FOR JUST OPERATING IN THAT CRISIS MODE AND USING THOSE SKILLS WHEN YOU DID, BECAUSE I LOVE YOUR MOM.

AND, I JUST I'M HAVE NO OTHER WORDS.

I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT IT ALL WORKED OUT.

SO I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL TALKS BY CARDIOLOGISTS THAT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT I'VE HAD HEART ATTACKS OR I WAS AT A CONFERENCE WHERE I THINK IT WAS THE CHIEF OF TRANSPLANT FOR NYU.

LANGONE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE AND HIS BROTHER BOTH HAD HEART TRANSPLANTS BECAUSE THEY HAD FAMILIAL HEART DISEASE AND SORT OF SIMILAR TO YOUR STORY, LIKE VERY HEALTHY PEOPLE.

NO INDICATIONS.

BUT THEY HAD GONE INTO CARDIOLOGY OR TRANSPLANT OR WHATEVER THEIR FIELDS OF MEDICINE BECAUSE OF THEIR FAMILIAL HEART DISEASE.

AND SO I LOVE JUST HEARING THOSE STORIES ABOUT TAKING AN EVENT THAT HAPPENS TO YOU AND MAKING IT YOUR PASSION.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF TRENT WANTS TO BE A PHYSICIAN, HE'S PROBABLY GOT THE BEST MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSIONS ESSAY YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

IN THAT STORY AND PROBABLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM DR.

GAMBER, HOPEFULLY. BUT I'LL MAKE THE POINT, TOO, THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF PLANO AND, JUST ABSOLUTELY THANKFUL THAT THE CITY OF PLANO HAS SUCH WONDERFUL SERVICES WITH OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, OUR EMS. AND THEN WE HAVE WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE MULTIPLE REALLY GREAT HOSPITALS, HERE IN THE CITY OF PLANO.

AND SO WHILE, ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND YOUR DONATION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF PLANO FOR BEING, GREAT PARTNERS, NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR OUR FAMILIES.

WELL. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE STORY AND I GOT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU GUYS AT SKI PLANO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE THE OTHER NIGHT.

AND TRENT, WHAT A WAY TO TAKE WHAT YOU LEARNED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SAVE YOUR DAD'S LIFE.

I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING. SO KUDOS TO YOU.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, TIFFANY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE DONATION THAT YOU'VE MADE.

AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS STORY INSPIRES OTHER STUDENTS TO LEARN THE SAME TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN ACT IF THEY EVER ARE CALLED TO ACTION FOR THAT.

SO IT'S AMAZING STORY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, DOCTOR FREEMAN.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M ALSO EXCITED TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY SPECIAL EDUCATORS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CRAIG MCKINNEY TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN THIS NEXT RECOGNITION.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE HAVE MANY OUTSTANDING TEACHERS IN PLANO ISD.

TONIGHT, I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN THE DISTRICT.

THESE EDUCATORS MADE THE DECISION TO LEVEL UP BY PURSUING CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE NATIONAL BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS.

THEY APPLIED FOR THE DISTRICT'S FIRST NATIONAL BOARD COHORT AND SPENT TWO YEARS WORKING TOWARDS CERTIFICATION.

THE PROCESS WASN'T EASY.

THEY DEVOTED SATURDAYS AND EVENINGS TO ATTENDING COHORT MEETINGS AND MENTORING SESSIONS.

THEY SPENT HOURS PREPARING FOR AN EXTENSIVE ONLINE EXAM, AND THEY COMPLETED THREE WRITTEN COMPONENTS IN WHICH THEY SCRUTINIZED THEIR OWN TEACHING PRACTICES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHED TEACHERS ACCORDING TO NATIONAL STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR TEACHERS BY TEACHERS.

IN DECEMBER, THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF.

THEY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THEY HAD ACHIEVED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION, AN HONOR SHARED BY LESS THAN 1% OF TEACHERS IN THE STATE.

AS A RESULT OF THEIR CERTIFICATION, THESE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION THROUGH TEA.

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I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SAY THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE STEPPED UP TO PAY IT FORWARD BY SUPPORTING OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE COHORT MEMBERS AS MENTORS.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THESE NEW NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO YOU.

AS I CALL EACH NAME, I INVITE ANY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS PRESENT TO STAND AS YOU DEFINITELY PLAYED A PART IN THIS JOURNEY AS WELL.IMELDA CARRASCO, FORMAN ELEMENTARY ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION IN LITERACY EARLY MIDDLE CHILDHOOD.

KRISTY DELLINGER, DOOLEY ELEMENTARY, ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD GENERALIST.

CASEY GOODMAN FROM HEDGCOXE AND WYATT ELEMENTARY, ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION IN ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE.

SARAH MANTHEY, HEDGCOXE ELEMENTARY, ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD GENERALIST.

AND I BELIEVE HER HUSBAND AND CHILD ARE OUT IN THE HALL.

I WAVE OUT THERE.

HER DAUGHTER WAS BORN THE DAY SHE HAD ON HER CALENDAR TO SUBMIT HER INFORMATION, SO IT DELAYED HER A LITTLE BIT, BUT SHE MADE IT THROUGH. ISABEL PAWLING, BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION IN MATHEMATICS EARLY ADOLESCENCE.

JENNIFER, ALSO KNOWN AS JENNIFER SHELTON PEARSON AN EARLY CHILDHOOD ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION AS AN ENGLISH SORRY EARLY CHILDHOOD GENERALIST.

AND REBECCA VANDERBROOK, BETHANY ELEMENTARY, ACHIEVING CERTIFICATION AS A MIDDLE CHILDHOOD GENERALIST.

TO COMMEMORATE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT, WE HAVE DESIGNED A VERY LIMITED EDITION PLANO ISD NATIONAL BOARD COHORT T SHIRT, WHICH THEY WILL RECEIVE THIS EVENING.

WE ALSO HAVE A T SHIRT FOR LISA WILSON, WHO IS ALSO A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER. I LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO RETURNING TO BOARD MEETINGS IN FUTURE YEARS TO RECOGNIZE OUR OTHER COHORT MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL ON THEIR JOURNEYS TOWARDS CERTIFICATION.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S HER WAY OF SAYING, GO, MOM! [INAUDIBLE].

I DIDN'T SEE. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S SO EXCITING.

LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS? DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I WOULD LOVE TO.

CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW WHAT A JOURNEY, BUT I KNOW IT WAS WORTH EVERY MINUTE OF IT WHEN YOU FINALLY GOT THAT RESULT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF KIDS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR POURING INTO YOURSELF AND YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, AND I HOPE YOU ENCOURAGE THOSE AROUND YOU TO DO THE SAME, BECAUSE I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT WAS THE BEST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING JOURNEY I EVER TOOK.

SO CONGRATULATIONS! BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. LOTS OF GOOD WORDS SAID THERE WE WERE.

SOME OF US WERE AT REGION TEN THE NIGHT YOU WERE RECEIVING YOUR RECOGNITIONS.

AND WE HAD TO GO UPSTAIRS TO A BORING LEGISLATIVE MEETING.

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SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT WAS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING ALL OF REGION TEN.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO TEACHING.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY? JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.

ONE, CONGRATULATIONS! WE'RE PLANO ISD, PROUD OF YOU.

I THINK YOU EXEMPLIFY OUR OUR BEING COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE AND AND TAKING THIS JOURNEY AND TAKING THIS NEXT STEPS TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATION IN THIS AREA.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING KIND OF THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL GOT THIS CLUB THING GOING ON WITH THE SHIRT.

SO I'M THINKING MAYBE SOME OF US NEED TO GO BACK AND GET CERTIFIED, BUT NO, REALLY.

RESEARCH AGAIN SHOWS THAT THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN STUDENT OUTCOMES IS HAVING EXCELLENT, TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE MANY BENEFITS THAT YOUR STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BY YOU EMBARKING ON THIS JOURNEY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU, AND WE ARE SO PROUD.

AND, THIS WILL BE EXCITING TO CONTINUE TO SEE, TEACHERS THAT WILL TAKE THIS ON.

AND AS WE START, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SECOND COHORT, BUT, I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES LISA WILSON SAYS THE BEST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING I EVER HAD.

AND SO I HOPE Y'ALL'S EXPERIENCE WAS AS GREAT AS HERS.

BUT IT I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT, THIS PROGRAM AND GETTING THIS CERTIFICATION.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS WE HAD TONIGHT.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS TO THE LOBBY FOR MORE PHOTOS.

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

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION, AND THE TIME IS 7:24 P.M.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ADMINISTRATION HAS REQUESTED THAT ITEM 7.9 BE REMOVED.

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

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

REMOVING ITEMS 7.9.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WAS THAT TARRAH? THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

REMOVING ITEM 7.9.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 8.1, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 2023 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.

[8.1. Public Hearing on the 2022 - 2023 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)]

YOU MIGHT HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS THAT.

THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 2023 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM LISA WILSON, AFTER WHICH I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING THIS MATTER, MISS WILSON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE ANTOINE SPENCER.

HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH AND HE WILL BE PRESENTING THE TAPR TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

DOCTOR WILLIAMS, CABINET AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR PLANO ISD FOR 22-23.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 39.053, THE COMPREHENSIVE TAPR SYSTEM PROVIDES DETAILS OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WITH FINANCIAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT STAFF, PROGRAMS AND DEMOGRAPHICS, AND REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

EXCELLENT. THERE ARE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT EACH DISTRICT IN TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AS PART OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT.

THOSE ELEMENTS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

PLANO ISD PRESENTS THIS REQUIRED DATA WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY AS IT IS RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THEREFORE, MOST OF THE INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED.

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AS A POINT OF SUMMARY, HOWEVER, I WILL SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

IN ADDITION TO COMPILING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS FOR THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AWARDS ACCREDITATION STATUS TO EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE ACCREDITATION STATUS IS BASED ON THE ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY RATING AND FINANCIAL RATINGS FROM THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.

A DISTRICT OR CHARTER MUST BE ACCREDITED BY THE STATE TO OPERATE AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AS OF DECEMBER 2023, THE TAPR DOES NOT INCLUDE A THROUGH F RATINGS, DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS OR SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION STATUS.

DUE TO THE PENDING LITIGATION SURROUNDING THE COMMUNICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2023 RATING SYSTEM.

BASED ON WHAT THE AGENCY IS ALLOWED TO REPORT FOR 2022-23, PLANO ISD IS AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH AN A SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT FINANCIAL FIRST RATING.

ALL OTHER RATINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT, OR TAPR, PROVIDES A LARGE PORTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS AND INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF DATA FOR THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING DISTRICT STAAR PERFORMANCE AT THE APPROACHES, MEETS, AND MASTER'S LEVEL FOR ALL TESTED GRADES AND SUBJECT LEVELS.

AN ANNUAL GROWTH MEASURE MEASURING STUDENT GROWTH ON STAAR TESTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

AN ACCELERATED LEARNING MEASURE SHOWING SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS WHO EARN DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL IN THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT WERE ACCELERATED TO APPROACH THIS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR. BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

DATA STAR PARTICIPATION RATES.

ATTENDANCE, GRADUATION AND DROPOUT RATES.

GRADUATION PROFILE INFORMATION SHOWING DIPLOMA TYPES FOR GRADUATING SENIORS, COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS INDICATORS, AS WELL AS STUDENT AND STAFF INFORMATION. AGAIN.

SINCE MOST OF THE DATA HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TAPR REPORT.

THE FULL REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT AND TEA WEBSITES.

THE CHART SHOWS DISTRICT PERFORMANCE AT THE APPROACHES, MEETS, AND MASTER'S LEVEL COMPARED TO THE STATE AND REGION.

TYPICALLY, WE WOULD PROVIDE A COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR'S STAAR DATA.

AS A REMINDER, THE STAAR TEST AND CUT SCORES WERE ALL REVISED FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, MAKING THOSE COMPARISONS DIFFICULT. HOWEVER, COMPARING PLANO ISD TO THE STATE AND REGION WILL SHOW HOW OUR STUDENTS PERFORM RELATIVE TO THEIR PEERS.

WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR STUDENTS OUTPERFORM THE STATE AND REGION IN EVERY AREA AND IN MANY AREAS, BY A LARGE MARGIN.

THE STATE ALSO PROVIDED TWO GROWTH INDICATORS THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN GROWTH MEASURES IN THE PAST.

THE GROWTH MEASURE WAS CALCULATED DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR AND THE ACCELERATED LEARNING MEASURE IS NEW.

THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS CHART SHOWS THE RATE OF ANNUAL GROWTH IN READING, MATH, AND BOTH SUBJECTS COMBINED.

THE ANNUAL GROWTH SCORE MEASURES GROWTH FROM ONE STAAR TEST TO THE NEXT, USING A CHART ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE.

INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH IS CALCULATED AS THE CHANGE BETWEEN LOW DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL.

HIGH DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL.

LOW APPROACHES. GRADE LEVEL.

HIGH APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND MASTERS GRADE LEVEL PERFORMANCE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR TO THE CURRENT YEAR.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO TRANSITIONED TO A HIGHER LEVEL OR MAINTAIN STATUS AT MEETS OR MASTER'S LEVEL IN 2023.

THE ACCELERATED LEARNING SCORES ON THE RIGHT SHOW, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO EARN DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL IN THE PRIOR YEAR, AND WERE ACCELERATED TO APPROACH THIS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

FOR BOTH DATA SETS, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE COMPARISON DATA FOR THE STATE AND REGION.

WE ARE AGAIN PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE STATE AND REGION AND NOT ONLY PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO IN GROWTH.

CCMR RATES FOR THE DISTRICT OVERALL ARE HIGHER THAN STATE AVERAGE, BUT THIS IS AN AREA WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO WORK ON.

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CCMR DATA LIKE GRADUATION DATA IS LAGGING DATA DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY AT THE TIME OF THE CALCULATIONS.

THIS DATA FROM THE.

THIS DATA IS FROM THE CLASS OF 2022.

THE RED BOX INDICATES AREAS WHERE WE ARE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.

AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, DR.

KRISTIN EDNEY PRESENTED TO YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR, ALL THE STRATEGIES THE DISTRICT IS WORKING ON AND IMPLEMENTING TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS IN THESE AREAS.

CCMR DATA CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 11 AND 12 WHO TOOK THE COLLEGE BOARD'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS OR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IB EXAMINATIONS, AND INCLUDES OVERALL PERCENTAGES FOR THE DISTRICT'S STATE AND REGION 10.

THE CHART ALSO INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST ONE AP, IB, OR SAT EXAMINATION IN GRADES 11 AND 12 AT OR ABOVE THE CRITERION SCORE. THE AVERAGE SAT ACT COMPOSITE SCORE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WHO SCORED AT OR ABOVE THE CRITERION SCORE ON THE SAT AND ACT.

THE PARTICIPATION AND ACHIEVEMENT RATES ARE FROM THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND INDICATE LAGGING DATA.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE ADVANCED ACADEMIC WORK FROM OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN PLANO ISD, AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY IMPROVING IN MANY AREAS, WE ALSO EXCEED THE STATE AND REGION AND EACH OF THESE METRICS AS WELL.

FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX YEAR GRADUATION RATES FOR ALL STUDENTS AND SUBGROUPS ARE INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE, AS WELL AS THE 2021-22 DROPOUT RATES. GRADUATION RATES ARE ALWAYS BEHIND BY ONE YEAR AND INDICATE LAGGING DATA.

AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, GRADUATION RATES IMPROVE OVER THE SIX YEAR SPAN AS STUDENTS WHO WERE JUST SHY OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS MAY WORK TO COMPLETE THESE AND BE DESIGNATED AS A GRADUATE.

WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN WHAT OUR STUDENTS DO AFTER THEY GRADUATE.

THE TAPR HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE INSTITUTIONS OUR STUDENTS ATTEND AFTER GRADUATION.

FOR THE CLASS OF 2022, THE TOP 20 INSTITUTIONS AND THE NUMBER OF PLANO ISD GRADUATES ENROLLED ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE. TO FULFILL THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS.

THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TRACKS PLANO ISD GRADUATES, IN THIS CASE THE CLASS OF 2020 TO TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 2 YEAR AND 4 YEAR, AND DETERMINES THE GPA PERFORMANCE OF THESE STUDENTS USING A FOUR POINT SCALE FROM THE CLASS OF 2020.

TEA TRACKED 55% OF PLANO ISD STUDENTS TO TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION.

KEEP IN MIND OTHER STUDENTS MAY HAVE ENTERED COLLEGE OUT OF STATE.

THIS ONLY REPORTS TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THOSE ENROLLED IN TEXAS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE REPORTED, 1160 STUDENTS OR 61% EARNED A GPA OF 3.0 OR HIGHER AND 1528 STUDENTS, 80% EARNED A GPA OF 2% OR HIGHER.

AS PART OF THE ANNUAL DISTRICT REPORT, PLANO ISD IS REQUIRED TO REPORT THE PROCEDURES THE DISTRICT USES TO PROTECT STUDENTS.

A REPORT ON VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENTS AT EACH CAMPUS AND CAMPUS PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AS REQUIRED.

THESE ARE POSTED ON OUR SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WEB PAGES AT THIS TIME.

ANOTHER REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICTS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

EACH YEAR THESE ARE CREATED AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ANALYSIS AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THESE REPORTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS WEBSITES.

FINALLY, THE TEAM'S FINANCIAL STANDARD REPORT FOR 21-22.

ANOTHER SET OF LAGGING DATA IS LINKED ON THIS SLIDE.

THE REPORT INCLUDES DETAILS ON DISTRICT REVENUE, INCLUDING EXPENDITURES AND DISBURSEMENTS.

THE 22-23 FINANCIAL REPORT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON THE TEA WEBSITE LATER THIS SPRING.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SPENCER. I WILL NOW, INVITE ANYONE TO THE PODIUM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2022 2023 TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.

THE HEARING IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY JUST JUMPING UP TO THE MICROPHONE, SO I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING.

SO THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.1, WHICH IS REPORTS.

[9.1. Career and Technology Education Center (CTE) Update]

YOU'LL HEAR CTE QUITE A BIT.

WHAT. DIDN'T HIT IT HARD ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT, SO, I WILL INVITE JOHNNY HILL TO PRESENT, AND, YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? I'M SORRY I GOT DISTRACTED.

NO MORE THAN HAPPY TO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHRY. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR FOLKS.

WE HAVE KEN KESSLER, AND WE ALSO HAVE CONRAD JUDD WITH, HUCKABEE, ARCHITECT FIRMS HERE THIS EVENING.

A VERY EXCITING THE WORK THAT THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING, WITH OUR CTE, OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER THAT'S GOING UP ON, THAT WILL BE GOING UP ON ALMA AND PARK.

AND SO THEY'RE HERE TODAY JUST TO GIVE US A FIRST LOOK OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WITH THE DESIGN.

I'M JUST GOING TO INTERJECT BEFORE WE START TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE BOTH PLANO GRADUATES.

AND SO THEY'RE AS FAR AS OUR YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CCMR A LITTLE BIT, IN OUR TAPR REPORT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS PART OF OUR CCMR PROGRAM.

AND SO IT NOT ONLY IS IT AN HONOR TO HAVE, YOU WORKING ON THIS AS FORMER STUDENTS OF PLANO ISD, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HUCKABEE.

AND, IT'S BEEN FUN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND WITH THE HUCKABEE TEAM.

THANK YOU. IT'S FUN TO COME FULL CIRCLE, RIGHT.

AND SEE YOUR EDUCATION PAY OFF AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. WILLIAMS AND CABINET.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

MY NAME IS CONRAD JUDD.

I'M CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER KEN KESSLER AND ANDRE BRACKENS, AND WE'RE JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO GET TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.

I KNOW WE WANT TO, BE MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME.

WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT WE'VE HAD A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THE DESIGN COMMITTEE IS A STRONG, ROBUST GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS DR.

WILLIAMS AND HER CABINET, KAREN AND HER TEAM AND MANY OTHERS, INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WALK THROUGH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS HERE TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EXERCISES.

THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATES ONE OF THE EXERCISES THAT WE DID, WHERE WE HAD OVER 130 DIFFERENT IMAGES THAT WE SHARED UP THERE AND HAD, THEM WALK THROUGH AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR PREFERENCES WERE.

IT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE TO START KICKING OFF, THE DESIRED OUTCOME FOR THIS PROJECT.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THEM WAS TO GO AND TOUR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND TO ALSO TRY AND CAPTURE.

WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THESE IS WHAT WORKS.

AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY DON'T WANT.

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS KIND OF, RESPONSES.

AND WE LOVE THIS. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN OUR FACILITY.

SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXERCISE TO TAKE A GROUP AND LOOK AT SOME LOOK AT OUR WORK.

FROM THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PIN DOWN THE SCOPE AND MAKE SURE THAT SCOPE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE BOND FIT WITHIN THE OVERALL SCOPE AND BUDGET.

AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXERCISE TO MAKE SURE WE LANDED ON THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS AND SCOPES AND SPACES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. FROM THERE WE WERE ABLE TO DO, INTERACTIVE LIVE CHARRETTES WITH THEM FROM WHAT WE CALL KIND OF MACRO SITE TEST FITS, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT CONCEPTS AND WHAT WOULD BEST ADDRESS, THE OVERALL SITE AND USE OF SITE ARRIVAL, PARKING, SO FORTH.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF THOSE AND I WILL IT DOWN TO ONE SOLUTION.

FROM THERE, WE YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW, WE WERE MEETING WITH KAREN AND HER TEAM TO REALLY ESTABLISH ADJACENCIES AND LAYING OUT THE PARTICULAR SPACES FOR THESE PROGRAMS. FROM THERE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY PIN DOWN THE SITE.

LIKE JOHNNY MENTIONED, THIS IS A WONDERFUL CORNER LOT THAT SITS RIGHT THERE IN WEST PARK AND ALMA.

IT SITS, JUST WEST OF YOUR NEW FINE ARTS FACILITY, SITS JUST NORTH OF YOUR, HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY.

SO IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT FROM BOTH THOSE ROADWAYS AND HAVE, VERY RECOGNIZABLE ENTRIES FROM BOTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.

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WE'VE GOT OVER 400 PARKING SPACES TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

WE ALSO HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR EXPANSION ON THE PROPERTY, TOO.

SO I THINK A VERY HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE FACILITY AND THE FUTURE OF THE FACILITY.

PART OF THAT, TOO, IS WE'RE ABLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY.

WE LOVE TECHNOLOGY WE AS TO REALLY ANALYZE THE BUILDING.

SO THIS ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT, THE MICROCLIMATE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND WIND AND WHAT THAT'S DOING TO THE BUILDING NOISE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LOWER ONE THERE THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF AND THE GREEN IS REALLY POSITIONED WELL ON THE SITE AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE ROADWAY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF NOISE, BUT IT'S REALLY POSITIONED WELL.

AND THEN SOLAR ORIENTATION REALLY OUR WEST EXPOSURE IS TO THE SHOP AREA, WHICH IS NOT AN INTENSE AREA OF GLAZING.

SO IT'S REALLY WELL POSITIONED, WE BELIEVE AND THIS ALLOWED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED, IDENTIFIABLE, EASILY ACCESSED PUBLIC, ENTITIES OF THIS.

SO WE'VE GOT THE BANK, COSMETOLOGY, THE LOBBY EVENT SPACE.

AND THAT RESTAURANT CAFE IS VERY RECOGNIZABLE AND EASY TO ACCESS FROM THE PARKING AND THE DRIVES.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THE WAY THAT THIS IS A TWO STORY FACILITY, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE WERE LEVERAGING, THE ABILITY TO HAVE DOUBLE VOLUME SPACE AS WELL AS THE SECOND FLOOR TO STACK WELL AND BE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN.

SO IT'S, WORKS WELL IN TERMS OF CIRCULATION AND BEING COMPACT TO FIT ON THIS SITE.

THE FIRST FLOOR WAS REALLY THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

WHAT ARE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT REALLY NEED ACCESS? CONSTRUCTION AND AUTO TECH NEEDS ACCESS TO A YARD.

PUBLIC ENTRANCE FROM THE LOWER LEVEL WAS IMPORTANT.

SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS WERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR TOOK PRIORITY, AND THEN THE SECOND FLOOR, AREAS WERE GROUPED.

WELL, ALL THIS IS, YOU MIGHT NOTICE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE BIG X.

THE HEART OF THIS SCHOOL IS A TWO STORY VOLUME.

IT'S A MULTI-USE, MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE THAT ALLOWS THESE PROGRAMS TO, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, SHARE AND PRESENT AND WORK ON THEIR, THEIR PROJECTS.

SO IT'S AN IDEAL SPACE.

IT'S PLACED AT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL.

THIS IS A BUILDING SECTION THAT ALSO GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE VOLUME THAT WE'RE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO IN THE SCHOOL, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL LIGHT.

IT IS A COMPACT BUILDING, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, THROUGH THE CLEAR STORY WINDOWS AT THE TOP, POUR NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE CENTER OF THE SCHOOL.

SO ALL THE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE LEARNING SPACES ARE GOING TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO THE OUTDOORS AND NATURAL LIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, WE'VE GOT A DOUBLE VOLUME SPACE FOR THAT ENTRY LOBBY SPACE.

AND THEN THAT CENTER OF THE BUILDING AGAIN IS, THE DOUBLE VOLUME WITH THE BALCONY SURROUNDING IT.

SO PART OF THE IMAGE I SHOWED YOU THAT WE HAD OVER 130 DIFFERENT IMAGES THAT WHITTLED DOWN TO WHAT REALLY RESONATED WITH THEM IN TERMS OF THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A VERY PROFESSIONAL, SOPHISTICATED, BUILDING, BOTH FROM THE ROADWAY BUT FROM THE INTERIOR, SO THAT THESE STUDENTS AND STAFF REALLY HAD A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE AND AND IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THIS FACILITY MIGHT DO FOR, PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE.

SO THESE WERE EXAMPLES.

AND SO VOILA, THE FRONT ENTRY FROM ALMA THAT YOU'LL SEE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A LOT OF GLAZING, A LOT OF ABILITY TO SEE INTO THAT SPACE, A LOT OF PRESENCE AND, BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE FROM, FROM THE ROADWAY, THERE AS YOU APPROACH IT AND SEE, GOING INTO THAT TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CAFE RESTAURANTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THIS NEXT SLIDE, PROVIDING A LOT OF NICE OUTDOOR SPACE FROM THAT LOBBY SPACE AND FROM THAT CAFE WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE.

THIS IS THE ENTRY FROM WEST PARK, WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL BE DROPPED OFF PRIMARILY FROM THE BUS AND THEIR ENTRY.

BUT IT'S GOT ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE FACADE AND ENTRY.

FLANKING IT IS COSMETOLOGY IN THE BANK.

SO YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC ENTRANCE THERE WITH THE GLAZING THERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRAND AND MARKET.

ANOTHER VIEW AND ANGLE FROM THAT ENTRANCE FROM WEST PARK.

SO THAT'S THE FACADE AND THE UPDATED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE FINISHING SD, AND MOVING INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN JUNE OF 26, SO TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW I'VE HEARD COMMENTS THAT CAN WE JUST BUILD IT NOW? CAN WE JUST HAVE IT NOW? BUT THESE DO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

I DO HAVE A VIDEO I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IF YOU COULD.

IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BETTER HOLISTIC VIEW OF THAT OF THE CAMPUS AND THE SITE.

I THINK. THERE WE GO.

GREAT. SO THIS IS LOOKING FROM ALMA, AND WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE AROUND, OVER TO THE ENTRANCE FOR WEST PARK.

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AGAIN, THE BANK AND COSMETOLOGY TO THE CENTER IS THE PRINT SHOP.

IN THE FAR RIGHT IS AUTO TECH AND CONSTRUCTION.

THEIR SERVICE YARD TO THE FAR RIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'S NICE TO BE VERY WELL SCREENED, VERY DISTANCED LANDSCAPE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE RESIDENCES THAT ARE BEHIND THEM.

THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS. A VERY WARM TONE, BUT SOME COOL TONE WITH SOME GOOD CONTRAST.

WE'RE USING MASONRY AND METAL PANEL.

WE'RE USING WOOD TONE AND WOOD UNDERNEATH THE SOFFIT, UNDERNEATH OF THESE, ENTRYWAYS.

SO I THINK IT'S A NICE, WARM, RICH, COLLECTION OF MATERIALS, A LOT OF GLASS, A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT, WILL PENETRATE THE SPACE.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION AREA IS THERE'S LOTS OF NICE WINDOWS IN TERMS OF SUPERVISION AND SECURITY.

BEING ABLE TO MONITOR, MONITOR WHO'S ON THE CAMPUS OR ON THE SITE.

LOOKING, STARTING TO STUDY LANDSCAPE AND THE USE OF PAVED AREAS AND OUTDOOR AREAS I THINK COULD BE REALLY ENJOYABLE AS STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING, COMING AND GOING AS THE PUBLIC'S THERE AND AS DIFFERENT EVENTS TAKE PLACE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOME SIGNAGE AND BRANDING THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT.

YOU START TO SEE THAT CLEAR STORY.

THE WINDOWS UP ABOVE, THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE LIGHT DOWN INTO THAT UPPER SPACE AND VOLUME.

SO WE BELIEVE IT'S GOT A REALLY DYNAMIC LOOK AND FEEL.

IT WILL BE IMPRESSIVE FROM THE STREET.

THE PRESS, THE STUDENTS AND BE PROUD OF BEING ABLE TO OCCUPY AND STUDY AND ON THIS CAMPUS.

SO. HOPEFULLY YOU SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A REALLY ENJOYABLE TIME AND A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO TRY AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE VERY BEST NEW CTE CENTER. QUESTIONS.

I DO. WELL, MY SON WAS IN AUTO TECH, AND I HAD A TOUR OF THE AUTO TECH FACILITY AT PATRICK [INAUDIBLE], AND MY DAUGHTER IS IN AUTO TECH RIGHT NOW AT [INAUDIBLE] AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE I'M SORRY, I WAS LOOKING SORRY.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE, HOW YOU WENT THROUGH THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AUTO TECH ON THE FACILITY.

IS THAT JUST ONE, OPEN GARAGE DOOR? NO, WE HAVE MULTIPLE MULTIPLE, OVERHEAD GARAGE DOORS.

YES, MA'AM. THERE'S ONE ON THE SIDE.

THERE'S SIX IN THE BAY IN THE BACK IN THE SERVICE BAY.

OKAY. AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE, INSIDE IT WOULD BE BIG ENOUGH INSIDE TO STORE THE CARDS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON? RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE THE COLLISION CENTER.

SO IT HAS IT'LL HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO DO THEIR COLLISION WORK AND THEN IT'LL HOUSE TWO, THE TWO, PAINT BOOTHS.

YEAH. SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE.

SO EACH SENIOR HIGH WILL HAVE AUTO TECH, AND THE CT CENTER WILL HOUSE THE AUTO COLLISION REPAIR.

OKAY. SO IT'LL HAVE SOME SIMILARITIES, BUT THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY IS AT THE CTE CENTER WILL BE IT'S CURRENTLY HOUSED AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THAT AUTO COLLISION WILL MOVE IN THAT WAY.

IT'S ACCESSIBLE BY THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS IF I COULD.

THE FIRST IS YOU.

YOU SORT OF MENTIONED ROOM TO GROW OR EXPANSION BUILT INTO THE PLANS.

COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT JUST A TEENY BIT? CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS THE YARD IS LARGER.

SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SITE HERE YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THE HIGH BAYS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AUTO TECH.

THERE'S A DASHED LINE SHOWING THAT WE AFFORDS US TO EXPAND IN THAT DIRECTION BASED ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY BUILT IN WITHIN THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITSELF TO QUICKLY ADAPT AND CHANGE PROGRAMS AS THEY COME ABOUT.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF HOW INDUSTRIES ARE CHANGING, HOW, UNFORESEEN NEW FUTURE OCCUPATIONS ARE NOT EVEN HERE YET. BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSION, BEING ABLE TO BE ADAPTABLE AND, CHANGEABLE FOR THIS.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE BROUGHT IN WERE INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON EQUIPMENT OR WHAT THE SPACE NEEDED TO LOOK LIKE FOR, FOR STUDENTS. AND THAT WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXERCISE FOR US.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE AREAS WITH EMT AND FIREFIGHTER, THAT SOME CAMPUSES, OTHER CTE CENTERS ACTUALLY HAVE, LIKE AN AMBULANCE INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT REALLY NEEDED.

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AND THAT'S REALLY RETHINKING HOW WE UTILIZE THE SPACES.

AND THEN WE ARE ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO TRY TO FIND SPACES THAT COULD ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY OR TO EASILY ADAPT OVER TIME IF WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY OR MOVE AND NOT BE SO CONFINED TO, A.

MAYBE THE WAY WE'VE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT OF SOME OF THE LABS TO BE AWESOME.

SO THE SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON AND OFF OF ALMA AND PARK.

ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS SUCH A BENEFIT OF THIS PROPERTY IS THAT WE HAVE TWO MAJOR STREETS, RIGHT? EVEN TWO OF OUR THREE SENIOR HIGHS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TWO MAJOR STREETS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEENAGE DRIVERS AND BUSSING, ALL OF THIS BUSSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. SO CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON DESIGNING? JUST BEING ABLE TO GET ON AND OFF OF THIS PROPERTY FOR THE BUSSING AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TEENAGE DRIVERS AND HOW Y'ALL APPROACH THAT.

CERTAINLY. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE COLOR INDICATED LINES HERE.

THE BLUE WAS TO BE ACCESSED FROM BOTH ALMA AND WEST PARK FOR STUDENTS TO QUICKLY GET TO THE LARGER LOT IN FRONT.

THE ORANGE WAS TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUS DROP OFF.

SO WE WERE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE TWO AREN'T, MINGLING AS MINGLING AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE.

THEN THE DARKER BLUE WAS SERVICE AS WELL.

SO THAT IS A REALLY STRONG BENEFIT OF THIS SITE, NOT ONLY JUST FROM ALMA AND PARK, BUT EVEN THE NEIGHBORING, OFFICE PARK AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS ON THAT SOUTHERN PORTION.

SO WE BELIEVE THIS SHOULD REALLY DIVIDE AND SEPARATE A LOT OF THE DRIVERS AND THE BUS DROP OFF.

SO WE'VE HAD TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS ALSO WORKING WITH US TO VERIFY THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SOLUTION.

YOU'RE WELCOME. CAN I JUST ASK A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS? HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THE PROGRAMING? HOW DID WE DECIDE WHICH PROGRAMS WE PUT IN THE CTE CENTER? I THINK KAREN CAN ANSWER THAT PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

SO I THINK I CAN.

SO REALLY WHEN WE LOOKED AT PROGRAM, WE LOOKED AT WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE EXPANSIONS OF CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

I ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE ARTS AND AV.

IF YOU WALK IN ONE OF OUR ARTS AND AV CLASSES RIGHT NOW, IT'S A COMPUTER LAB WITH LITERALLY A GREEN SHEET HANGING ON THE WALL.

WE CANNOT HAVE THE RIGHT PROGRAMING AND THE RIGHT EXPERIENCES FOR OUR KIDS IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY EXPANDING THAT.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS HAVE AN EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE.

SO LIKE DR. WILLIAMS SAID, WE'RE PLANO SENIOR HIGH HAS A COLLISION CENTER.

WE NEED TO SERVE ALL OF OUR KIDS, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT IS WORKFORCE SAYING THAT WE NEED? SO WE PULL LABOR MARKET DATA.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM AND I ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING AS LABOR MARKET DATA TO SEE WHAT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHO ARE WE ABLE TO SERVE, AND WHAT IS THE UP AND COMING WORKFORCE NEED FOR THE AREA.

AND SO EVERY ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED HIT THE HIGH WAGE AND IN DEMAND PROGRAMS THAT THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA NEEDS, BUT ALSO THE STATE.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET SURVEYING.

YOU SURVEYED STUDENTS AND YOU ALL LOOKED AT TREND DATA AS FAR AS WHAT STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN.

YEAH, STUDENTS, WE GOT PARENT FEEDBACK.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS, WE HAD A REALLY ACTIVE COMMITTEE IN THE BOND THAT HAD LOTS OF FEEDBACK FOR US AND PROGRAMING.

AND SO WE KIND OF MAKE SURE WE HAD MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A STUDENT NEED IT'S WORKFORCE DATA, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS NEED AS WELL.

DO WE CONSIDER ANY CYBERSECURITY AT ALL? CYBERSECURITY IS IN THE PROGRAM.

IT IS HERE. IT IS GOING, I BELIEVE, UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THAT IS GOING TO BE WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL CYBERSECURITY RIGHT NOW.

IT'S OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASSES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO FULLY ROLL OUT A CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM.

SO YEAH, IT'S THERE.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CURIOUS, IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY, ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PART OF THE STRUCTURAL THAT IS EXCEEDS WHAT'S REQUIRED TO MEET OUR STUDENTS? BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAREER DEVELOPMENT BEING REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, INTELLECTUAL DIFFERENCES AND THAT OPPORTUNITY. WELL, IN TERMS OF THE FACILITY ITSELF, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS, THAT IS A PART OF OUR PROCESS, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, THAT THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS TO ANY STUDENT IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE FACILITY.

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SO UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A FLAT SITE.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF HAVING TO NAVIGATE, CHANGE IN ELEVATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT WOULD BE A VERY, I THINK, EASY CAMPUS FOR SOMEONE TO.

TO BE ABLE TO TO NAVIGATE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN ALSO I SEE THE LARGE COLLAB SPACE THAT'S IN THE CENTER.

CAN YOU TALK MORE. AND I SEE SEVERAL COLLAB SPACES THROUGHOUT.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE RATIONALE FOR WHERE THOSE WENT AND HOW YOU SEE STUDENTS USING THAT SPACE.

CERTAINLY. SO WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND COLLAB SPACE.

COLLAB SPACE IS A VERY POPULAR TERM IN EDUCATION TODAY AND IN FACILITIES TODAY.

WHAT WAS REALLY, I THINK, SPECIAL ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A COLLAB SPACE, IT NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE.

IT NEEDS TO HAVE, VISIBLE, ACCESS TO IT.

SO THEY'RE NOT A DESTINATION.

THEY ARE AN ADJACENT SPACE THAT'S USABLE IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE.

SO THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO APPLY SPACE THAT WE KNOW IT'S USED AND WELL USED AND OBSERVABLE.

WE DO. WE ARE STILL SEEING THE VALUE IN COLLAB SPACE IN TERMS OF ALLOWING STUDENTS TO LEAVE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE TO INDEPENDENTLY STUDY AND WORK TOGETHER.

SO, THAT WAS A DISCUSSED QUITE OFTEN IN QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF OUR SOLUTION.

THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS IT LOOKS LIKE IF I'M SEEING THE BATHROOM DESIGN CORRECTLY, THAT YOU HAVE BOTH, BATHROOMS TO MEET MULTIPLE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO PRIVACY SPACE FOR STUDENTS, IS THAT WHAT AM I SEEING THAT CORRECTLY ON THE DRAWINGS? INDIVIDUAL STALLS, RESTROOMS FOR THOSE, TO BE ACCOMMODATED? WELL, I'M JUST SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL ROOMS. YEAH, I SEE THE INDIVIDUAL STALLS, BUT THERE'S INDIVIDUAL ROOMS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO HAVE MORE PRIVACY.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I'LL JUST ADD TWO THINGS TO THAT ONE.

WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE DRESSING ROOMS, BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN CULINARY MAY BE COMING AND PUTTING ON THEIR CULINARY, OR IF IT'S WELDING OR ETC..

AND THEN ONE OTHER THING ON THE COLLABORATION SPACES, I THINK IT'S A I THINK THIS IS A REALLY NEAT, THING THAT'S IN THE WORKS.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS THAT MAY BE IN OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM MAY ACTUALLY WORK WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE IN CULINARY THAT WANT TO, START TO PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS CONCEPT, AND THEN THEY MAY PULL IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE FROM THE ARTS AND AV OR SOMEONE FROM GRAPHIC DESIGNS.

AND SO THIS PROVIDES A SPACE FOR, CROSS COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT? THOUGHTS WENT INTO MAKING THE BUILDING AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE OUR VERY BEST.

TO BUILD A GOOD, SAFE, EFFICIENT BUILDING.

YES, MA'AM. I WOULD SAY OUR FIRST STEP WAS TO BE DILIGENT ABOUT A COMPACT PLAN IN TERMS OF USING THE FOOTPRINT WAS A START THE ORIENTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING AN APPROPRIATE ORIENTATION IN TERMS OF, THOSE EXPOSURES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLACING THE BUILDING IN THAT FASHION.

WE ARE USING LARGE OVERHANGS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE HAVE LARGER AREAS OF GLASS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THAT GLASS.

SO WE ARE APPROACHING IT FROM THAT VERY IMPORTANT NEED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE BUILDING.

WE'RE ALSO USING IN SOME AREAS TRANSLUCENT PANEL.

THAT'S A THERMALLY INSULATED PANEL.

SO WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ENERGY EFFICIENT.

SMART BUILDING.

I MIGHT HAVE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE, I KNOW THAT YOU IN HERE, YOU TALK ABOUT THE STORM SHELTER.

CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE THAT AREA IS? I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.

SO THE PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

SO WE'RE SEEING THE PURPLE AREA AT THE BOTTOM, IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF ROBOTICS. SO YOU SEE THOSE TWO LIGHTER COLORED CLASSROOMS AND ALL OF THAT PURPLE, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT WILL, YOU CAN ALSO SEE GRAPHICALLY, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE FAR LEFT WHERE YOU SEE THE GRAY AND THE ELECTRICAL, AND THERE'S A LITTLE DARKER LINE, SO THAT WHOLE LOWER CENTER QUADRANT IS WHAT WILL ENCOMPASS THE SHELTER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

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I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE SIX, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THE SOLAR EXPOSURE, DOES THAT GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY SOLAR POWER OR PANELS ON THE ROOF, OR CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF AN EMERGING INDUSTRY IN OUR STUDENTS COULD LEARN FROM THAT.

PERHAPS. WE DEFINITELY COULD.

WE COULD DEFINITELY STUDY THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOME POWER THROUGH.

WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF FLAT ROOF AREA THAT WE COULD EXPLORE PLACING THEM ON IT FOR SURE, AND IT COULD BE A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S DONE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE]. WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT CTE.

I'M THE CRAZY BOARD MEMBER THAT LOVES CTE.

SO WE'RE. I'M SO EXCITED, WE ALL WANT IT? I KNOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO WE CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GET HERE.

SO LET'S GET IT MOVING.

YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT, A VERY PROGRESSIVE, FORWARD THINKING TEAM THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

AND WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT. SO THANK YOU.

OH. ONE QUESTION.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. WAS THERE A GARDEN ON THE SITE TOO, OR NO? A GARDEN WHERE STUDENTS CAN GROW THEIR OWN FOOD WHILE THERE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CULINARY [INAUDIBLE].

CULINARY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUSTAINABLE GARDEN WHERE YOU GROW YOUR OWN FOOD AND THEN YOU COOK IT.

FOR STUDENTS.

WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THAT ON OUR SITE.

PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DISCUSS AND THERE COULD BE POSSIBILITY.

YEAH. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING OUR CURRENT STUDENTS, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THEM TO COOK SOMETHING THAT WE GROW.

ANGELA. I SAW CHEF PILOT WHO IS OVER AT EAST, WHEN I WAS AT DINNER RECENTLY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO I THINK THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE CONTAINER POTS.

OH, A ROOFTOP GARDEN.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

OKAY. IT'S GROWING.

I'LL JUST THROW IN THERE. THEY SELL LIKE SHIPPING CONTAINER.

HYDROPONIC GARDENS LIKE THAT ARE SHIPPING CONTAINER SIZE.

SO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.

SO ANTOINE GAVE US THE TAPR REPORT.

AND ON THE CCMR PAGE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACADEMIC SIDE, OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT'S THE AREA IN CCMR THAT WE REALLY EXCEL.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE RED BOX ON AREAS TO IMPROVE, THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SPACE.

AND SO PROVIDING THIS WILL ALLOW NOT ONLY ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT THAT IS AN AREA AS A DISTRICT THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE.

AND SO HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL CERTAINLY IN A FEW YEARS, WE SHOULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

THAT IS EXCITING.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[9.2. Plano for Your Future Update]

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO LISA WILSON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD, I AM SO EXCITED TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE.

SO I JUST WANT TO GROUND US JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE FACT THAT THIS WORK IS ALL ROOTED IN THE BELIEFS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THIS BOARD, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS, PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE READY FOR GRADUATION, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCES ARE RELEVANT.

THEY'RE ENGAGING AND REALLY AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS, SO THAT THOSE HAVE REALLY DRIVEN THE WORK THAT I'M GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT.

I'LL ALSO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN PILLAR TWO FOR LIFE READINESS, THE THREE OBJECTIVES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING PATHWAYS. YOU'VE HEARD FROM OUR PARTNERS AT HUCKABEE HOW THEY'RE MAKING THE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR US.

AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BUILD NEW PROGRAMING THAT HELPS OUR STUDENTS MOVE INTO HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR FIRST COMMITTEE THAT WE WORKED ON WITH TALKING ABOUT PATHWAYS, IS IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE OVER 48,000 DREAMS COME TRUE.

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THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT.

MAYBE KNEW A NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING, BUT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO KNOW HOW TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS PLAN IN EARLY YEARS AND REALLY WORK THROUGH TO GET TO THOSE PATHWAYS THAT THEY WANTED FOR THEIR FUTURE.

SO WE WANTED TO, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IMPROVE THAT MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION FOCUS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS WERE WERE DEFINITELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND ULTIMATELY, AS DOCTOR WILLIAMS JUST POINTED OUT, THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE CCMR SUCCESS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO ENTER PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAY ON WORDS.

IT'S PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE HERE IN PLANO.

THIS AMAZING SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERS SO MANY PATHWAYS AND LEARNING ACADEMIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT A CHILD DREAMS, WE HAVE THAT PATHWAY HERE IN PLANO.

AND SO WE HAVE A WE'RE WORKING ON.

JUST LOOK HOW OVERWHELMING THIS CAN BE.

THINK ABOUT A STUDENT LOOKING AT THIS LIST.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I CERTAINLY WON'T READ THAT LIST TO YOU.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THE VOLUME OF DIFFERENT PATHWAYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO HAVE NOT ONLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE REPEATED AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC ACADEMIES, SUCH AS OUR HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY, OUR NEW WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, AND COMING SOON TO PLANO WEST, AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACADEMY.

SO WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS FOR EACH CAMPUS.

BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED TO ALSO HAVE THE CTE CENTER TO REALLY BRING EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO I HAVE KAREN BEEKMAN SITTING IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND SHE PROBABLY IS JUST LIKE ITCHING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A PASSION FOR HER.

BUT WE DO HAVE A GREAT GROWING CTE PROGRAM, SUCH AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME CAREER READY, BUILD THEIR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, AND WE DO WANT TO GET THEM TO THOSE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND JOBS WHEN THEY LEAVE US, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO A UNIVERSITY TO CONTINUE THAT OR GOING STRAIGHT INTO A CAREER.

THESE ARE EXCITING PATHWAYS COMING TO OUR CTE CENTER, AND I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY WORK THROUGH SOME VISION BOARDS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, SHOWING YOU THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO AT THE NEW CTE CENTER, WE'LL HAVE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THERE.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO 3D PRINTING, ALL KINDS OF GREAT ARCHITECTURAL THINGS, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THAT CTE CENTER, LOOKING AT THE GREAT CAREERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, SOMETIMES WORKING WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, AS DOCTOR WILLIAMS WAS TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TOGETHER, OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND ROBOTICS.

SO MANY THINGS EXCITING IN THE AREA.

AND THERE'S SOME NEW COMPANIES IN PLANO THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH US AND ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING, TALKING ABOUT WELDING TECHNOLOGY WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE WELDING BAYS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE.

WE KNOW THIS IS A REALLY BOOMING OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS.

CYBERSECURITY, MICHAEL, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRING IT UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR, HAVING OUR CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM, THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PLACE AT PLANO WEST DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE RADIOLOGY TECHNICIANS LOOKING AT THAT IN OUR CTE CENTER, CULINARY ARTS, OF COURSE, BEING A CORNERSTONE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM WHERE THEY'LL HAVE A CAFE WHERE IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE COULD COME IN, HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT, GO TO THE BANK, GET THEIR HAIR DONE, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY LODGING AND RESORT MANAGEMENT, AUTOMOTIVE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

THE PAINT AND COLLISION REPAIR AGAIN ON THAT BACK SIDE, THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS REALLY GETTING OUR STUDENTS WITH SOME STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT AND REALLY BEING CUTTING EDGE AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND PREPARE FOR CAREERS IN THAT GRAPHIC DESIGN AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA.

ALWAYS A GREAT CAREER OPPORTUNITY.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, YOU'LL LIKE THIS ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, STOCK MARKET TICKER TAPES AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT AREA,

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MARKETING AND SALES.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR LEARNING ACADEMIES, BECAUSE PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE CTE CENTER.

IT'S CERTAINLY A GREAT PORTION OF IT.

BUT WE ALSO, AGAIN AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF LEARNING ACADEMIES.

SO THE HEALTH SCIENCES, OUR TONI AND GUY COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED.

OF COURSE, OUR LONG STANDING, SUCCESSFUL IB PROGRAMS, OUR INDUSTRIES ACADEMIES AND OUR PLANO ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS OUR PROJECT BASED LEARNING HIGH SCHOOL. SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS CAMPAIGN PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE.

WE WANT TO SPLASH IT ALL OVER THE PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PARENTS SEE, MESSAGES COMING WITH THIS LOGO, THEY KNOW IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CHILD OR THINGS THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO USE THIS TO BE MEMORABLE AND CATCH FOLKS EYES.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AN AGENCY, OUTSIDE AGENCY TO HELP US GET SOME GREAT IDEAS.

SO COMING SOON! WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS UP OUR SLEEVE THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE FOR OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO DO SOME MARKETING.

WE STARTED WITH A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, AND HAD AN APPROACH TO MARKETING, AND I HAVE TO ALSO SHARE THAT ONE OF THE HUCKABEE FOLKS HELPED US WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE LOGO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT WE WANT TO DEFINITELY EXECUTE THIS PROJECT ACROSS A VARIETY OF CHANNELS.

AND OUR MARKETING FOLKS TELL US WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR WEBSITE, MAYBE MAKE AN INTERACTIVE.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A CERTAIN AREA, YOU CAN GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND DO SOME INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES TO SEE WHAT PATHWAYS MIGHT BE FOR YOU.

WE WANT TO DO A LOT OF EMAIL AND TARGETED EMAILS SPECIFIC TO GRADE LEVELS, WITH THINGS THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE CONSIDERING HITTING SOCIAL MEDIA, GETTING STORIES OUT ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXCITING THAN TALKING TO STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE PROGRAMS, HOSTING VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS.

I KNOW WE DID A LOT OF THAT THIS YEAR.

DOCTOR EDNEY AND HER TEAM HOSTED A LOT OF SESSIONS FOR PARENTS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR ACADEMIES, DEVELOPING BROCHURES AND A-FRAMES TO GET OUT THERE WITH MORE INFORMATION, WITH THE QR CODE, TO GO TO THE WEBSITE, AND REALLY JUST BEEFING UP OUR INFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND FOR PARENTS, AND ALSO FOR OUR COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE BUILD THESE NEW PROGRAMS, WE BRING OUR STAFF ALONG SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, LISA, HAVE WE CONSIDERED, FIELD TRIPS FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TO LIKE, OUR CTE CENTER? BECAUSE I DO WONDER IF PART OF THE KNOWLEDGE GAP IS PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

AND AS A PARENT, I KNOW.

WELL, I KNOW MY PARENTS ONLY KNEW THREE CAREERS.

THEY KNEW DOCTOR, LAWYER, ENGINEER.

THAT WAS IT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.

AND SO I DO WONDER, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO GET MORE STUDENTS AND MORE PARENTS INTO THAT PLACE, SORT OF TO SEE WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I A GREAT THING TO CONSIDER, IF NOTHING ELSE, OPEN HOUSES AND VIRTUAL SESSIONS AND VIRTUAL DRIVE THROUGH THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.

BUT YES, I DO THINK IT WILL BE A.

I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CTE CENTER IS GOING TO BE ALIVE.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING PLACE KIDS ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE.

I THINK KAREN PROBABLY HAS A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE ABOUT THAT.

SO I'M JUST PUTTING HER ON THE SPOT.

REALLY, I GUESS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE LOOKED AT BRINGING ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS UP TO THE SENIOR HIGHS, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE REALLY HAD IN THE WORKS, AND WE WERE READY TO LAUNCH, AND THEN COVID AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

BUT THE CTE CENTER WILL BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS COME THROUGH THERE WITHOUT REALLY DISRUPTING LEARNING AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S GOING EVERYTHING'S GOING TO KIND OF BE SHOWCASED THERE.

AND SO YES, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE LIKE SCHEDULES PUT IN PLACE THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE.

SO THAT'S ONE THING.

WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBVIOUSLY, WE REALLY WANT THE CTE CENTER TO BE COMMUNITY FACING.

AND SO ONCE THEY COME INTO OUR FACILITY AND EXPERIENCE OUR FACILITY THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, THEY CAN GO OUT AND TELL THEIR FRIENDS AND PROMOTE IT THAT WAY AND THEN ALSO DO OPEN HOUSES.

WE CAN DO VIRTUAL FLY BY OPEN HOUSES, BUT WE CAN ALSO DO IN-PERSON.

CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ALSO TO JUST SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO OUR NEW LAUNCH OF OUR IS IT FUTURE? YES. YEAH. SO, IF Y'ALL WILL REMEMBER THIS YEAR WE DID OUR FIND OUR FUTURE EVENT THAT, HAS KIND OF WE HAD A REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR

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ALL SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS DID THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY HADN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT GRADES THAT'S REALLY PERTAINS TO FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S ONE OPTION.

WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL COURSES DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, SO KIDS CAN GET ENROLLED IN THOSE PROGRAMS AS STUDY AND HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES EARLIER AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY LIKE AND DON'T LIKE.

AND IF THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY LIKE SOMETHING, THEN THEY'RE ON A PATH, FOR THE FUTURE.

AND IF THEY FIND OUT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER, PROGRAM OF STUDY, THEY CAN HAVE TIME TO DO THAT AS WELL.

AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT.

WE HAVE KIND OF REVAMPED OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, REALLY LOOKED AT OUR MARKETING PLANS, AND WE HAVE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE, WE HAVE PARENTS, WE HAVE STUDENTS, WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS. AND SO OUR FIRST MEETING, WE REALLY LAID OUR MARKETING STUFF OUT THERE FOR THEM AND SAID, GIVE US THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY.

AND WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO TWEAK AND MOVE FORWARD TO, ROLL OUT SOME THIS YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO FOR THE FUTURE. SO I'M SURE I'M MISSING SOMETHING, BUT I IT'S NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, SO.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE EVENT SPACE, THE LOBBY? LIKE, HOW BIG IS THAT? IS IT ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM? SO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT I'M GOING OFF MY CUFF.

SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE, THE CAFE SHOULD HAVE OPENING DOORS THAT OPEN UP.

OKAY. I'M GETTING HEAD SHAKES, SO I'M ON TRACK.

THEY HAVE THAT SPACE THAT OPENS UP, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THE EVENT SPACE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN FIT 208 PEOPLE IF I'M RIGHT, AT 60 INCH ROUND TABLES.

AM I RIGHT? THERE YOU GO.

THE FLEX SPACE IS THE SAME SIZE, RIGHT? SO WE ALSO HAVE THE FLEX SPACE AS WELL.

SO AND IF YOU'RE AT SKI PLANO THIS WEEKEND WE SAW THAT RECTANGLE TABLES LOOKED REALLY AWESOME.

SO WE MAY NOT HAVE 60 INCH ROUNDS.

WE MAY DO RECTANGLES.

YOU NEVER KNOW. NO I WAS JUST THINKING SPELLING BEE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT ARE DISTRICT WIDE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YOUNGER KIDS.

THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM INTO THE BUILDING.

YEAH. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

BUT FIRST, I WAS, LIKE, STUPIDLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LOGO WHEN I SAW IT BETWEEN LIKE, THE PLAY ON WORDS AND THE ACRONYM AND JUST THE WAY THAT IT WAS DESIGNED.

THE TARGET, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST KUDOS, TO WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT.

SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT UNIVERSITIES AND THE TAPR REPORT.

YOU KNOW, THE MOST COMMON, OTHER THAN BEHIND OR NEXT TO COLLIN COLLEGE, THE MOST COMMON IN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR OUR STUDENTS WAS UTD.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A HUGE LIKE, CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP GOING ON.

AND SO AS I WAS SORT OF DOING PACKET REVIEW THIS WEEK AND TYING THOSE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER, I WAS CURIOUS WHAT KIND OF, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BUSINESS FEEDBACK, BUT WHAT KIND OF UNIVERSITY FEEDBACK ARE WE SEEKING FROM, LOCAL PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE STUDENTS ARE HEADED WE KNOW THEY'RE HEADED FOR.

RIGHT? WE DO INVOLVE UNIVERSITIES IN THAT.

IN FACT, WE HAD IN OUR ROUND TABLES WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT PROGRAMING AND DESIGN.

WE HAD NOT ONLY INDUSTRY EXPERTS BUT ALSO COLLEGE PARTNERS.

AND SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WILL BEG, BORROW AND STEAL AND, AND USE OUR RESOURCES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

AND YES, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PARTNERS IN LOCAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE AREA.

GREAT. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS TO TOUCH ON SEQUENCING, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETING A COURSE OF STUDY AND SEQUENCING.

AND KAREN TOUCHED ON THIS REALLY BRIEFLY ABOUT PULLING SOME OF THE THINGS DOWN MIDDLE, GIVING SOME ROOM TO EXPLORE SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FULL SEQUENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

CAN YOU JUST SORT OF REITERATE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGES IN SEQUENCING? AND THEN ALSO, HOW DO YOU SORT OF ENVISION THINGS FLOWING FROM LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL TO CTE CENTER OR, YOU KNOW, THE PATHS THERE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND YOU'LL, I'M SURE YOU WILL RECALL FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ALSO WANT TO EXPAND WHAT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN FOUR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, IN EIGHTH GRADE, YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE, NINE, TEN, 11, 12 TO MAKING THAT SIX YEAR PLANNING.

SO WE START TALKING TO THE STUDENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER THIS YEAR THAT YOU APPROVED NEW COURSEWORK FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT BRINGS SOME OF THESE PRINCIPLES, PROGRAMS DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SO STUDENTS CAN GET AN EARLY JUMP ON STARTING A SEQUENCE OF COURSES.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATION, OUR BROCHURES, ALL OF THE THINGS CLEARLY OUTLINE WHAT A SEQUENCE OF STUDY LOOKS LIKE,

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AND YOU SAW A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS.

AND SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE CLARITY ON THAT.

SO I THINK JUST EDUCATION COMMUNICATION EARLIER ON MAKING SURE KIDS HAVE ACCESS EARLIER.

AND WE DO THINK THAT'S THE SEQUENCE START IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MOVE ON TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEN SENIOR HIGH OR OVER TO THE CTE CENTER FOR THE PORTION OF THOSE CAPSTONE CAPSTONE COURSES THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.

SO HERE'S THE ULTIMATE QUESTION.

DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN WE THINK SOME OF THIS STUFF'S GOING TO GET ROLLED OUT? YES. WE HAVE ACTUALLY A REALLY.

DETAILED TIMELINE.

I SHOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE, WE ARE HOPING TO FILL AT OUR CTE CENTER STARTING FALL 26.

SO FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE READY FOR THAT LEVEL COURSEWORK.

SO WE NEED TO BACK UP THE PROGRAMS, THE PREREQUISITES.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE PROGRAM TRACK AND SEQUENCE OF COURSES.

AND WHEN THOSE NEED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SAW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING ALL OF THIS TO OUR PARENTS, BECAUSE I COULD SEE LOADS OF VERY ANXIOUS PARENTS WORRYING ABOUT, OH MY GOD, I MISSED THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, I ALREADY HEAR THAT ABOUT WHEN WE GET EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT OUR WILDCAT ACADEMY AND HOW MANY PARENTS COME TO ME AND SAY, DANG IT, IT'S TOO LATE FOR MY KID NOW, WHY DID YOU GUYS NOT DO THIS EARLIER? YEAH. SO I THINK WE NEED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MAKING SURE WE COMMUNICATE.

JUST ANOTHER REASON THAT US MAKING SURE OUR MARKETING IS CLEAR, OUR COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT THE SAME LOOK, JUST.

I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT TRIGGERS YOU, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH OPTIONS FOR MY STUDENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LISA. VERY SMART AND VERY INTENTIONAL.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

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AND JOHNNY HILL, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

WOW. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME FOLLOW THAT.

SO, ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

WE'LL BE PRETTY BRIEF.

I'M GOING TO ASK, MR. MARK SKINNER TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.

HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS RIDE THE BUSSES EVERY DAY.

AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO TRANSPORTATION, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN JUST GETTING STUDENTS FROM AND FROM AND TO SCHOOL EACH DAY.

THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPLEXITIES TO THAT.

AND SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY ATTACK AND ACTUALLY BE PROACTIVE WITH SOME OF THESE MORE CHALLENGING ISSUES.

AND SO WE WENT OUT AND DID A CONSULTING REVIEW OF OUR TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, THIS EVENING AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT'S EXCITING FOR US IN THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS AN OBJECTIVE TO THIS CONSULTING REVIEW THAT WE DID DO.

AND THAT WAS TO CONDUCT, WE USED, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS WHO ACTUALLY WORK IN THIS BUSINESS ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO WE USED SOME OF THOSE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR, FOR OVER 30 YEARS TO COME OUT AND ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE WORK.

AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND THEY ANALYZED OUR SYSTEMS THAT WE WERE USING.

THEY LOOKED AT OUR PROCEDURES AND OUR PRACTICES, AND THEN THEY PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO SCOPE OF WORK IS LIKE I SAID, THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT THIS LAST APRIL AND THEY WORKED ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER JULY.

AND THEY LOOKED AT OUR ROUTES, OUR PROCEDURES, THEY INTERVIEWED OUR KEY PERSONNEL, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY DID AN ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE THEY OBSERVED, REVIEWED, AND THEN DOCUMENTED THIS OVER TIME.

SO SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT THEY DID GO THROUGH AND THEY REVIEWED, THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST TRANSPORTING STUDENTS BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOL EACH DAY WAS THEY LOOKED AT THE HAZARDOUS ROUTES, THEY LOOKED AT FAIR BUSSING, OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN FAIR BUSSING HERE AT PLANO ISD.

THEY LOOKED AT THE MCKINNEY-VENTO ROUTES.

THESE ARE OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.

WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS.

THEY LOOKED AT OUR SPECIAL ED ROUTES.

THEY LOOKED AT OUR BILINGUAL ROUTES, OUR COLLIN COLLEGE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SHUTTLES.

THEY LOOKED AT SUMMER SCHOOL AND CHARTER.

SO IT WAS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF WHENEVER THEY LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THESE VARYING PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

BY CHARTER BUS ROUTES, YOU MEAN CHARTER BUSSES? NOT US BUSSING CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

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TARRAH IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHALLENGE OF ACTUALLY FILLING ALL OF OUR VACANCIES AND TRANSPORTATION.

IF WE HAVE A FIELD TRIP THAT HAPPENS DURING THE DAY AND IT OVERLAPS WITH OUR MAIN MISSION IN TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

IF IT HAPPENS DURING ONE OF THOSE ROUTE TIMES, THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TO GO ON OUTSIDE AND ACTUALLY GET A CHARTER BUS TO ACTUALLY TRANSPORT THE STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THAT PROGRAM.

CONSULTING REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS IS, WAS TO PROVIDE TARGETED COST SAVINGS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE MAIN MISSION OF TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EACH DAY. AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN AREAS RELATED TO SCHOOL BUS ROUTES AND SERVICES REFLECT, BEST PRACTICES ACROSS DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

SO OF THESE AREAS, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO START WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE HAVE MCKINNEY-VENTO ROUTES.

WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH WITH MCKINNEY-VENTO IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY PROCURE CONTRACTED SERVICES.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ALL OF THESE STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPACITIES ON OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR YELLOW FLEET OR WE CALL THEM YELLOW DOGS, THAT WE STILL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP THESE STUDENTS EVEN WHERE NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE AND BRING THEM INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WE HAVE, ACTUALLY HAVE, I THINK, TWO CONTRACTED SERVICES.

WE'VE HAD AS MANY AS THREE, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE THESE, NEEDY STUDENTS.

SPECIAL EDUCATION ROUTES.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE TARGETED WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HEADWAY WITH THAT.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CONSIDERABLE WORK WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE STUDENTS, COLLIN COUNTY, COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE SHUTTLES, THEY'VE ACTUALLY SWITCHED UP, THE TIMES FOR THOSE SERVICES.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD A PULLBACK OFFERING THOSE SHUTTLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

BUT WE'RE IN CONSTANT WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THOSE FOLKS ON A, AT LEAST A YEARLY BASIS TO FIND OUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING CLASSES AT COLLIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN SUMMER SCHOOL ROUTES, AND THEN AND REALLY CHARTER BUS SERVICES AS WELL, IS MAKING A PROCEDURES, REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT INTO PLACE, TO ACTUALLY MAKE THESE A LITTLE MORE SEAMLESS.

SO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION GOES INTO GETTING READY FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, GETTING READY FOR CHARTER.

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DO HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROCEDURES IN PLACE SO THAT OUR CAMPUSES DON'T IMMEDIATELY JUST CALL A CHARTER BUS SERVICE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, THAT THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY EXTINGUISHED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE ONE OF OUR YELLOW FLEET.

BEFORE THEY DO THAT, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED, ALTHOUGH WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF DIALOG ABOUT IT.

AND THAT IS OUR BILINGUAL ROUTES, OUR HAZARDOUS ROUTES, AND OUR FAIR BUSSING.

THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FOLDED INTO OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN.

BECAUSE ONE THING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS BE DISRUPTIVE MORE THAN ONCE.

AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, WE DO NOT WANT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THESE, AREAS AND DISRUPT FAMILIES AND THEN COME BACK A YEAR LATER AND DO THAT AGAIN.

SO WE ARE ROLLING THAT IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INTO OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST BEFORE I DIVE INTO THIS FINE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO NEXT TO ME HERE IS JOSH BAUMAN.

HE'S OUR MANAGER OF ROUTING AND DEMOGRAPHICS.

SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE EVERY STREET.

EVERY CORNER, EVERY BUSINESS IN PLANO.

IT'S IN HERE.

AND HE'S ACTUALLY WORKED A LONG TIME FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT HE ACTUALLY DOES.

YOU CAN ASK HIM JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

AND HE ACTUALLY HAS TOUCHED EVERY PART OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH ROUTES.

AND SO HE IS A WALKING CYCLOPEDIA.

YEAH. SO I APPRECIATE JOSH BEING HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE ANY AND TO CONTINUE ON.

SO THE REVIEW DID POINT OUT SOME MAJOR IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, ONE OF WHICH IS OUR FAIR BUSSING SERVICE.

AND IT DID REVEAL THAT WE HAVE THE FAIR BUSSING SERVICE IS A TRAIN AND HAS UNLIMITED RESOURCES.

IT'S INEQUITABLE, IT'S INEFFICIENT, AND A BURDEN ON THE BUDGET, STAFFING AND GROWING PROGRAM NEEDS.

IT'S UNPREDICTABLE, DIFFICULT TO BUDGET YEAR TO YEAR, AND IT'S NOT OFFERED IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT.

IN OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

WHAT IS FAIR BUSSING? WELL, THE BEST I CAN.

MY RESEARCH.

JOSH AND I HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE FOLKS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 30 YEARS.

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SO THAT FIRST BULLET KIND OF EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.

THE FAIR BUSSING SERVICE WAS ESTABLISHED AS AN OUTREACH TO OFFER FEE BASED BUS TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR REGULAR TRANSPORTATION DUE TO LIVING LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL.

IT'S AVAILABLE IN LIMITED AREAS WHERE WE HAVE BUS CAPACITY.

AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE STUDENTS BOARD APPROVED ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY.

SO IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST COME SERVE.

IT'S A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS ONLY IF THERE'S AVAILABLE ROOM.

AND IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFICULT JUST TO PROVIDE THAT EQUITABLE SERVICE.

CURRENTLY, IT'S JUST PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

SO WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? FAIR BUSSING HAS GROWN AND CHANGED OVER TIME TO ACCOMMODATE ROUTES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY FAIR BUSSING.

SO SINCE THE 90S, IT'S CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE'VE STARTED TO CREATE SPECIFIC ROUTES THAT ARE ONLY FAIR BUSSING.

SO THOSE DRIVERS AND THOSE BUSSES, OVER TIME, AS WE GROW AND WE SEE SOME AREAS THAT I'LL SHARE IN A MINUTE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THESE OTHER GROWING PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FAIR BUSSING AREAS.

THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE PROGRAM, IF WE WOULD GO BACK TO THAT, WOULD BE A REDUCTION TO 5 TO 8 ROUTES, APPROXIMATELY 850 STUDENTS.

WELL, WHAT'S THE IMPLICATIONS OF 5 TO 8 ROUTES? WELL, WE'RE STARTING THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

WE FORESEE NEEDING AT LEAST FIVE ROUTES TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY SO THAT SAVINGS WILL BE APPLIED THERE.

IT IS A FAIR BUS, FAIR BUSSING BASE.

SO THERE IS A PRICE THAT PRICE IS NOT CHANGED IN OVER TEN YEARS, AND IT'S CURRENTLY $385 A YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THE REVIEW JUST POINTED OUT IT'S AN EQUITABLE, INEFFICIENT AND UNSUSTAINABLE.

AND THEN JUMPING INTO OTHER TRANSPORTATION IMPLICATIONS.

WE DO HAVE A THREE TIERED BUS SYSTEM THAT LACKS FLEXIBILITY, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT EFFICIENT, IT'S JUST VERY STRUCTURED. SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM WITHIN THAT THREE TIERED SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHEN MR. HILL MENTIONS THE CHARTER BUS.

THAT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIER ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS A VERY TIGHT, STRUCTURED SCHEDULE.

WE DO HAVE CHALLENGES AS FAR AS HIRING BUS DRIVERS AND BUS ASSISTANTS.

AND AGAIN, THE BIGGEST, THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE UNPREDICTABLE PROGRAMING NEEDS.

OUR GROWING BILINGUAL POPULATION PRE K AND OUR SPECIAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ARE DIFFICULT SUPPORT.

SO EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN FIND EFFICIENCIES IS GOING TO BE VITAL AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS. JUST TO KIND OF RECAP THE DISTRICT NEEDS, ADDITIONAL ROUTES ARE NEEDED.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUALLY PUSHING FOR DRIVERS AND ASSISTANCE AND CONTINUING TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES.

AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT BECAUSE I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT.

WE HAVE THE PROGRAMS COMING FOR THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE NEW ROUTES.

AND AS WE EXPAND OUR BILINGUAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, THAT COULD BE A RESULT OF 13 TO 16 ROUTES THAT DO NOT EXIST.

SO WE NEED TO FIND EFFICIENCIES FOR THAT.

AND THEN AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO UPDATE OUR HAZARDOUS GUIDELINES, WHICH IS WILL WILL ELABORATE ON THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT THAT'S UNDER TWO MILES OR OTHER HAZARDOUS AREAS WHICH WILL BE LET OUT HERE SHORTLY.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SET DISTRICT GOALS, DISTRICT PLANS OF WORK.

AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY SET THIS UP FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO TRY TO ATTACK FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS ACHIEVABLE WITH TRANSPORTATION.

SO RECOMMENDATIONS DISTRICT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 24-25.

OBVIOUSLY MARK TALKED ABOUT VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE.

I WILL SAY I MEAN, I'M ON MY THIRD YEAR.

I THINK WE'VE STRUGGLED EVERY YEAR, AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE WERE DOING THAT BEFORE EVEN THEN.

BUT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AND PURSUE STRATEGIES TO RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

WE NEED TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR MARKET RATE IS BECAUSE IT IS EVER CHANGING WITH TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT THAT IS AND TRY TO STAY WITHIN THAT PEER GROUP.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW, WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY THAT'S COMING ON.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT STUDENTS SAFELY TO AND FROM THAT ACADEMY.

AND SO THAT IS A GOAL FOR US THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE DO WANT TO, GO BACK, LOOK AT A FAIR BUSSING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP, AT LEAST WITH THE COST OF OPERATING THE SERVICE.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT BACK AND WE, THROUGH INFLATION, LOOKED TO SEE WHAT 385 WOULD DO.

AND WE ACTUALLY EXTRAPOLATED THAT OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $500 PER YEAR FOR THAT SERVICE.

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SO OBVIOUSLY EVEN THINKING FURTHER OUT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW WE'RE DOING A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WOULD FLOW INTO THAT.

ONCE AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO BE AS LEAST DISRUPTIVE TO FAMILIES AS WE CAN.

AND SO THE FAIR BUSSING SERVICE THAT MARK TALKED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THIS TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE.

AND WE WILL EXPLORE THAT.

BUT AT A MINIMUM FOR 25, 2026, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT SCALING THAT BACK TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS, AND THAT IS TO DO IT WHENEVER IT'S FEASIBLE, WHENEVER THERE'S ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON THOSE ROUTES WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT DOING THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE A GOAL FOR 25-26.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN EMERGING BILINGUAL POPULATION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS.

AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS BY LOOKING AT STUDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN A TWO MILE WALK ZONE, EVEN IF THEY'RE THERE ON A NON BILINGUAL CAMPUS, WE WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE THEIR TRANSPORTATION.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE SHUTTLE BUSSES GOING FROM THEIR HOME CAMPUSES OVER TO WHERE THE BILINGUAL SERVICES WOULD BE HOUSED.

AND THEN IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE WITHIN THEIR NON BILINGUAL CAMPUSES, THEY WOULD NORMALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICES.

THEN WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PICK UPS WHERE WE WOULD PICK THOSE STUDENTS UP AND TRANSPORT THEM TO THEIR CAMPUS TO RECEIVE SERVICES. AND THAT WOULD BE A GO FOR 25-26.

FINALLY TALKING ABOUT HAZARDOUS BUS ROUTES.

AND I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.

I MEAN, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THE STREETS OF PLANO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, RIGHT? AND SO WHICH IS GREAT.

I MEAN, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT FOR THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THAT.

BUT ONE, WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK WITH OUR HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DESIGNATED AS A HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS.

AND HERE'S JUST A LIST.

YOU CAN READ THROUGH THOSE.

BUT AREAS WITHOUT CONTIGUOUS SIDEWALKS, AREAS WHERE STUDENTS HAVE TO CROSS AN ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACK TO GET TO SCHOOL, AREAS WHERE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO CROSS.

OF COURSE, THE MAIN HIGHWAYS THAT ARE WITHIN PLANO ISD, YOU KNOW, 75 NORTH DALLAS TOLLWAY, GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE TO GET TO THEIR SCHOOLS.

THOSE WOULD ALL BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS.

THERE'S AREAS WHERE THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO CROSS A 4 OR 6 LANE ARTERIAL ROADWAY, WITH THAT HAS A MEDIUM, UNLESS THERE'S A CROSSWALK AVAILABLE OR UNLESS THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED CROSSWALK OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL AVAILABLE, AND THEN UPDATE AND BRING ROUTES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED A BENCHMARK OF PRACTICE OF EVERY YEAR BRINGING WHAT THOSE THOSE HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS TO THIS BOARD AND HAVE THEM APPROVE THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A GOAL OF OURS AS WELL.

LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE REGARDING, YOUR SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE.

WE ARE RECEIVING OUR NEW BUSSES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED.

WE HAD ONE OUT.

WE HAD A FEW BOARD MEMBERS COME OUT AND SIT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAM WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

BUT YES, WE HAVE RECEIVED 44, 33 GENERAL ED AND 11 SPECIAL NEEDS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 63 THIS YEAR.

HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT OBVIOUSLY, OTHER THAN THEY'RE BRAND NEW, IS THAT WE HAVE TEN CAMERAS VERSUS FOUR CAMERAS, THREE EXTERNAL.

SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT'S BEHIND US AND WHAT'S AROUND US ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE SEVEN INTERNAL CAMERAS, WHICH JUST GIVES US REALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPACT THE SAFETY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT IN ALL THOSE SEATS THAT ARE GOING ON, THOSE HIGH BACKED CHAIRS, SO REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT THERE.

AND LASTLY, THE FLEET UPDATE REGARDING ELECTRIC BUSSES.

WE ARE EXPLORING ELECTRIC BUSSES AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS TO, LOOK THROUGH, OBTAINING GRANTS THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THE COST.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, A BRAND NEW EV BUS IS $400,000 VERSUS 160,000 FOR OUR DIESEL BUSSES AND THE GRANTS WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

YOU SEE THE EPA AND THE TEXASVEMP, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET.

GRANTED, THAT WOULD COVER A LOT OF THE COST, IF NOT ALL THE COST OF THE BUSSES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO PLACE TO PULL THAT ALL TOGETHER.

NOT EVERYTHING IS 100%, BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP US IN THE $400,000 PER BUS.

SO AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SIX OF THOSE BUSSES IF WE GET GRANTED.

SO THAT IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ON THIS PRESENTATION.

I HAVE TWO. THAT'S MY NUMBER FOR THE NIGHT.

TWO QUESTIONS. ON THE FIRST QUESTION, YOU DID A BOND UPDATE ON THE PHYSICAL BUSSES.

[01:50:01]

WE'RE GOING THROUGH REGULAR TESTS OF THE FUEL TANKS, ETC..

SO THAT'S AN ONGOING PIECE.

ACTUALLY MET WITH THE COMPANY TODAY TO LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATE OPTIONS AND THEN A MEETING WITH FACILITIES TOMORROW.

SO EVERYTHING'S IN MOTION.

WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH ALL THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, TO HAVE EITHER A TEMPORARY STATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE.

OH. EXCUSE ME. WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT TIMELINE WOULD FIT IN THE SUMMER SO WE CAN PULL ALL THAT UP.

SO IT'S NOT IMPENDING THE OPERATION.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING AND IT'S IN MOTION, BUT WE'RE JUST STILL WORKING OUT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY PIECES AT THIS POINT.

THANKS. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS A MONEY QUESTION.

SO THIS MAY BE A JOHNNY QUESTION, BUT ON THE FAIR BUSSING, IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE ON THE 25, 26 RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK IT WAS, WHERE YOU'RE INCREASING FOR.

OH, RIGHT THERE.

YES. OH 24-25 RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THIS STRUCK ME THAT THIS IS SORT OF DISPROPORTIONATE.

AND I WAS CURIOUS, IF YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR FAIR BUSSING STUDENTS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU CUT IT BY JUST TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OR YOU CUT IT BY PERCENTAGE, THE WAY THAT YOU ALL CALCULATED THIS, THIS IS A DISPROPORTIONATE INCREASE FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

AND SO I WAS, CURIOUS SORT OF THE PROPORTION OF PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING FAIR BUSSING, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT HAVING SUCH A DISPROPORTIONATE INCREASE ON THE STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DO NOT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR FREE AND REDUCED NUMBERS OVERALL IN OUR DISTRICT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE HOVERING AROUND THE 38, 39%.

BUT I CAN'T NOT TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IF THAT CARRIES OVER TO TRANSPORTATION.

I CAN DEFINITELY FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU THOUGH.

BUT I WANT TO ADD THAT'S FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO.

WELL. THE FAIR, BUSSING FOR STUDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THEIR CAMPUS.

YES, MA'AM. NOT ALL FREE REDUCED.

I MEAN, I WOULD IMAGINE MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE.

ANYWAY, WE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH.

TONY, WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION OF A HAZARDOUS BUS ROUTE? I NOTICED THAT YOU IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIFIC THERE.

LIKE WHAT? DO WE DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT FOR THOSE ROUTES? LIKE WHAT'S THE IMPLICATION? SO, I MEAN, AND TELL ME IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, MARK.

BUT SO THE IMPLICATION IS IF IT IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS THEN ACTUALLY YOU CAN ADD IT AS A ELIGIBLE REIMBURSABLE STATE BY THE STATE ROUTE.

SO EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE WITHIN TWO MILES OF YOUR CAMPUS, IF IT'S ON A HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS, YOU STILL CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR IT.

IF IT'S DEEMED TO BE HAZARDOUS BY ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT YOU SAW.

EVERY LOCAL DISTRICT HAS A TWO MILE RULE, AND THAT TWO MILE IS PERTAINING TO THAT TEA REIMBURSEMENT RULE.

SO THAT'S WHY EVERYONE DOESN'T PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION UNLESS IT'S HAZARDOUS UNDER TWO MILES.

ONE GOOD THING NOW IF YOU'RE PROPERTY WEALTHY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY OUR DISTRICT IS UP UNTIL ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, IT BASICALLY WASHED ITSELF OUT.

WE WEREN'T GETTING REIMBURSED FOR ANY OF OUR MILES.

SO NOW WE DO KEEP UP.

WE KEPT UP WITH IT ANYWAY BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT THE REPORTS.

BUT, IT IS A LOT BIGGER DEAL NOW BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THOSE MILES, SO WE DO KEEP UP WITH IT.

I WILL SAY THAT, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK UP WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY WORK HARD WAS WITH HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD GAIN SOME EFFICIENCIES BY THAT. BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE NEED TO BE DOING IT ANYWAY.

AND SO THAT IS A BIG GOAL IN TRANSPORTATION TO ACTUALLY UNDERTAKE THAT AND GET BACK UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH IDENTIFYING.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS, IT WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES, TO OUR, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN LOOK THE HAZARDOUS ROADS ARE CHANGING ON A YEARLY BASIS HERE.

AND SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY OPEN UP SOME ROUTES TO BE ELIGIBLE.

AND IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT PROBABLY WILL TAKE AWAY SOME OTHERS.

BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG CHANGE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING THOSE CHANGES, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO OUR GOAL IS TO ROLL IT INTO OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY.

DISCUSSION. ONCE AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO BE AS THE THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS WE CAN FOR OUR FAMILIES.

MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF SCOPE? WHAT IS THE EARLIEST TIME THAT A BUS LEAVES THE BARN IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WHAT TIME DO THEY COME BACK? WHAT'S THE LAST BUS THAT COMES BACK IN THE MORNING? AND THEN WHAT'S THAT GAP?

[01:55:01]

SO WHAT'S THE EARLIEST TIME IT GOES OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND WHEN DOES THE LAST BUS USUALLY COME BACK? THE WINDOW FOR CHARTER IS TYPICALLY IF YOU CAN PLAN YOUR TRIP BETWEEN 9:15.

AND I THINK IT'S TWO, I THINK IT'S WANT TO SAY 1:30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. THEN IT'LL BE SERVICED BY A YELLOW BUS.

IF IT FALLS OUTSIDE OF THAT FRAME, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THERE AND GET BACK.

AND THEN WHAT'S THE EARLIEST THAT THE BUS GOES OUT? I MEAN, JUST SO THAT YOU HAD AN UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOU HAVE 5:30 LAST BUS COMES BACK TO THE BARN AT 9:30.

BUSSES LEAVE AS SOON AS 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND COME BACK AS LATE AS 6:00.

THANKS. NOW, I MEAN, EVERYBODY I THINK UNDERSTANDS THE THREE TIERED THAT I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN A FOUR TIERED, BUT AS FAR AS BEING EFFICIENT WITH JUST TRANSPORTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL, A THREE TIERED IS ABOUT AS EFFICIENT AS YOU CAN GET.

IT ALSO HELPS US ACTUALLY HIRE DRIVERS BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE BUSY FOR SIX.

IF YOU GO TO A LOT OF DISTRICTS AND THEY'RE ONLY DOING ONE TIER, THEN IT'S HARD TO GET BUS DRIVERS IN A COMPETITIVE PLACE LIKE PLANO UNLESS YOU CAN GUARANTEE THEM AT LEAST SIX HOURS A DAY. OH, YOU GO AHEAD.

AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT PIECE ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSSES, BECAUSE I KNOW I ASKED YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT, BUT AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT'S SO COOL.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HOW LONG THE GRANT PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE? SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO BE AWARDED BETWEEN 25 AND 26 BECAUSE THE WINDOW IS OPEN.

BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP AND GIVE YOU SPECIFIC DATES IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME TIME.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT ACTUALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROCESS.

WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL HELP US.

YEAH. AND SO, ANYWAY, WE HAVEN'T JUST ATTACKED IT ON OUR OWN.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED AND FOR FREE, BASICALLY IT'S THEY PROVIDED OBVIOUSLY.

BUT WE HAVE GONE OUT AND ASKED FOR CONSULTING ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

FOR US, IT'S JUST ABOUT PILOTING THAT PROGRAM.

LOOK AT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.

WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER JOB IF WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY IN THAT BUSINESS, AT LEAST ON A LIMITED SCALE.

SO YOU'RE THINKING LIKE, NOT ANY SOONER THAN 27.

I MEAN, I THINK FOR NOW.

YEAH, I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOONER, BUT I THINK THAT'S REALISTIC.

I WILL TAG ON AND THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WITH FUEL BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT.

YOU KNOW, REPOSITIONING EVERYTHING, DIGGING THINGS UP THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT OF, OKAY, HERE'S OUR OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE DIGGING ALL THIS UP.

WHAT CAN WE PROACTIVELY PREPARE FOR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TWICE.

AND SO WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO PAY OFF FOR US.

IT'LL BE GOOD PLANNING.

ARE WE PLANNING FOR ROUTES TO AND FROM THE CTE CENTER LIKE STARTING IN 26-27? WELL, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE END.

OH I KNOW, BUT IT JUST LEFT IT OFF RIGHT BEFORE THEN.

RIGHT. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL DEFINITELY YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WE ALREADY HIT THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

SO WE'LL INCORPORATE THE CTE INTO THAT SAME ROUTING SYSTEM.

BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE BECAUSE OF LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND ALL OF THESE OTHER OTHER, ITEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, THAT THERE'LL BE LOTS OF CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT DEFINITELY OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO TRANSPORT AND RUN THOSE SHUTTLES TO AND FROM THE CTE CENTER.

AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE ACADEMY IS THAT THEIR BUILD TIMES ARE DIFFERENT.

SO THEY ALLOW US FLEXIBILITY TO GET THOSE STUDENTS THERE WITHIN OUR THREE TIERED.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS WE PLAN AHEAD.

SO BACK ON THE EV QUESTION, I KNOW WHEN YOU BUY CERTAIN EV AUTOMOBILES OR SUVS, YOU GET A CREDIT BACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

WILL THEY OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR SCHOOL BUSSES, I THINK, OR IS THAT PART OF THE GRANT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING AHEAD, IS THAT I THINK THE GRANT IS GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZING SO MUCH OF THE FEE I CAN.

I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP.

MAYBE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE OTHER MONIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE RETURNED, BUT I'D HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DIGGING UP THE OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.

YEAH, THE TANKS AND STORAGE TANKS.

AND SO INSTEAD OF WANTING TO DIG IT UP TWICE, YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO ADD SOME ELECTRIC CHARGING IN THERE? DEPENDING ON THESE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, DO WE REPLACE WHERE WE ARE OR DO WE CREATE NEW WHEN WE'RE DIGGING UP, WHETHER OLD OR DIGGING THE NEW, WHAT CAN WE PROACTIVELY PUT IN PLACE SO WE'RE NOT GOING BACK AGAIN? GOING I WISH I WOULD HAVE YEAH.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE GRANT AND LOOK WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO AND HOPEFULLY BE PREPARED.

[02:00:03]

MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THIS INFORMATION YET, BUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHARGE A BUS TO ITS FULL CHARGE THE NEXT DAY? I MEAN, YEAH, QUICKER THAN YOU THINK BECAUSE THESE ARE SPECIALIZED CHARGING UNITS AND THEY'RE BUILT FOR LARGER VEHICLES.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE LIKE A TESLA SUPERCHARGER IN A WAY A SUPER DUPER CHARGER.

OKAY. SO THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ARE THEY FULL SELF-DRIVING? NOT YET. I'M JUST KIDDING.

I KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING TO I DON'T KNOW I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS A JOKE.

ALL RIGHT. DID ANYBODY ELSE I JUMPED IN.

DID YOU HAVE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND, TAKING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[10.1. Adoption of Policy FDA(LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers on Second Reading]

AND THIS IS FOR ADMISSIONS AND INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS ON SECOND READING.

I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

POLICY FDA LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES TO THE TRANSFER POLICY FOR INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS.

THE POLICY CHANGE PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO SET THE TRANSFER WINDOWS ANNUALLY.

THIS. THE TRANSFER WINDOWS WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND UPDATED ANNUALLY.

THE SECTION ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS WAS REMOVED AS IT IS ADDRESSED MORE APPROPRIATELY IN FDB LEGAL.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE SECOND READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY FDA, LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS ON SECOND READING.

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

WE HAVE OUR. I HAVE, A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FDA LOCAL, WHICH IS ADMISSIONS AND INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS ON SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.2 POLICIES, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FDB, LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA DISTRICT

[10.2. Adoption of Policy FDB(LOCAL) Admissions: Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments on Second Reading FDB(LOCAL)]

AND AGAIN I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DOCTOR FREEMAN.

POLICY FDB LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CHANGES TO THE TRANSFER POLICY FOR INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS.

THE POLICY CHANGE PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO SET THE TRANSFER WINDOWS ANNUALLY.

FOR STUDENTS IN K 12 GRADES.

THE TRANSFER WINDOWS WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND UPDATED ANNUALLY.

IN ADDITION, TRANSFERS SHALL BE GRANTED FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS IN THE DESIGNATED FEEDER.

UNLESS THE TRANSFER IS REVOKED, STUDENTS MAY RETURN TO THEIR HOME FEEDER SCHOOL AT THE NEW SEMESTER IF DESIRED.

THE SECTION TITLED PRE-K QUALIFICATIONS WAS REMOVED AS IT IS MORE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED IN OTHER DISTRICT POLICY.

THE SECTION TITLED CHANGES IN RESIDENCE REMOVES A DUPLICATE PARAGRAPH REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, AND THE SECTION TITLED CLASS CHANGES AND TRANSFERS BETWEEN SCHOOLS WERE ADDED TO ADDRESS THE TRANSFERS BETWEEN CLASSES AND BETWEEN CAMPUSES.

POLICY FDA LOCAL IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS ON SECOND READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS ON SECOND READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP.

SO THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

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

YES. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS REGARDING REGARDING NON AGENDA ITEMS.

[02:05:03]

IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY.

BED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UPS INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY WILL BE FORFEITED.

THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THAT THEY LISTED ON THE SIGN UP SHEET ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

SECTION 551074 PUBLIC COMMENT.

SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, NO INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON MAY BE SHARED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER THE LAST WAR, AT LEAST ONE WARNING AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY.

IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE THE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED. FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.

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

DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? YES. OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS KAILYN MCGARRY, PLANO ISD STUDENT TOPIC AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES.

KAILYN MCGARRY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAITLIN PALMER, PLANO ISD STAFF MEMBER.

TOPIC STUDENT SAFETY.

COME UP HERE AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AND OUR BOARD SECRETARY WILL HELP YOU WITH THE TIME.

AND DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? ARE YOU GOOD WITH GOING? YEAH. GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS. I'M A FIRST YEAR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

I'M NOT ONLY AN EDUCATOR FOR PLANO ISD, BUT I'M ALSO A FORMER GRADUATE.

I WAS A SKAG STAR, RICE RAVEN, JASPER JAGUAR, AND PLANO WILDCAT.

I ACCEPT. WHEN I ACCEPTED THE POSITION AT MY SCHOOL, I WAS DEEPLY HONORED AND PRIVILEGED.

SORRY, I JUST LOST MY, LIKE, FELT PRIVILEGED TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT THAT INSTILLED AN IMMEASURABLE FOUNDATION.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO FIGHT AND ADVOCATE FOR MY STUDENTS SO THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION.

SAFETY IS THE PREMISE OF EDUCATION, AND SAFETY IS ALSO THE PREMISE FOR BEING ABLE TO SHOW UP AND LEARN AT SCHOOL.

WHEN SCHOOL IS UNSAFE, LEARNING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE.

THE FIRST INCIDENT I OVERHEARD WAS A STUDENT BAWLING IN THE CLASSROOM NEXT DOOR.

ANOTHER COLLEAGUE COULD HEAR THE STUDENT CRYING IN HER CLASSROOM AS WELL.

THAT IS WHEN I WAS INFORMED BY THE STUDENT THAT HER CHEEKS WERE SQUEEZED.

SECONDLY, I WITNESSED A STUDENT PULLED OFF A SHELF, CAUSING A PHYSICAL MARK.

ANOTHER DAY, A STUDENT WAS FORCEFULLY PULLED INTO THE CLASSROOM FROM THE HALLWAY.

THIS STUDENT REPORTED THIS TO ME.

AFTER CALMING DOWN FROM CRYING DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE IT HAS BEEN ENOUGH.

IT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH FOR THE DISTRICT TO ACT.

I AM URGING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO INTERVENE AND HELP MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES PROTECT THESE STUDENTS.

THEY ARE WORTHY TO BE FOUGHT FOR AND PROTECTED, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS INTERFERES WITH THEIR ACADEMICS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HUMAN AND THEY ARE THE FUTURE.

SINCE SPEAKING UP, I HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED AND HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY THREATENED.

WHILE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THESE STUDENTS SAFETY IS OF THE MOST IMPORTANCE.

I AM THE ADULT IN THIS SITUATION.

I CAN SPEAK UP AND PROTECT MYSELF FOR VARIOUS REASONS THESE STUDENTS CANNOT.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS.

HOWEVER, I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT WILL INTERVENE AND DO WHAT THEY CAN TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY STUDENT TO HAVE A SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

[02:10:08]

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE] PLANO ISD.

PARENT TOPIC.

BULLYING. OKAY.

LAST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL CONWAY, PLANO ISD NONRESIDENT TOPIC BOOKS.

MICHAEL, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE OR DO YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? OH, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU THOUGH.

YOU BET. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

IF I CAN GET MY PHONE TO WORK.

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY, SO BOOKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND NEED TO BE REMOVED OR RATED FOR SPECIFIC AGE GROUP IF DEEMED ACADEMIC.

TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, IT CAN AND OFTEN DOES WARP THE MINDS OF CHILDREN QUESTIONING THEIR GENDER.

IN TURN, THEY DON'T FEEL PART OF IS COMPOUNDED 100 TIMES AS THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE IN THIS WORLD.

IT OFTEN TURNS DEPRESSION AND TURNS, IN TURN GOES TO ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.

THOSE CHANGING GENDER ARE LOOKING TO SHOW AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RATE AT 40% FRIEND OF MINE THEN DOUBTED THAT, AND I POINTED OUT TO HIM POINT BLANK, LOOK, IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND, BULLYING AT MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY.

AND THE BULLY WAS GIVEN AN AWARD ALSO NOTED AT A NEARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT A, PARENT DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THE BULLYING UNTIL THEY WERE AT THE ER, BECAUSE THE KID THREW UP AT HOME ON AN X RAY THEY FOUND OUT HE HAD A CONCUSSION.

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.

I MEAN, I YOU KNOW, THERE WAS I GREW UP IN THE PLANO SCHOOLS AND BULLYING.

I MEAN IT WAS KEPT TO A DULL ROAR.

THERE WAS NORMAL TEASING. THERE WERE NORMAL HAZING.

BUT NOTHING TO WHERE WITH THIS.

THIS WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT? GETTING TO THAT ACCESS.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, PRINCIPLES ARE HIDING IT.

WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S HAPPENING, WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

BUT FOR SOME REASON, WE'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING BULLYING AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY? IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD, YOU'D SAY YOU'D SPEAK UP.

AND ALSO TO CONSIDER, RECONSIDER, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AS POINTED OUT LAST MONTH, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ISN'T THERE.

I CAN APPRECIATE SOME TESTING, AND I HAD SOME PRIOR TESTING PRIOR TO GRADUATION.

I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH IT WAS 92 OR 91 AND IT WASN'T FUN BACK THEN, BUT IT'S KIND OF IT'S GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL.

I MEAN, LET'S PLEASE FOCUS ON TEACHING.

THERE'S SOME TESTING NEEDED, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT'S GOING ON.

BUT AGAIN, ON THE BULLYING.

PLEASE PROTECT THESE CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND, IF THERE IS NO, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 9:05 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.