8.1 Consideration and Approval of Employee Raises, New Teacher Salary, the Teacher Salary Schedule, and Strategic Compensation Planning for the 2024 - 2025 School Year March 19, 2024 Presentation to the Board

[8.1 Consideration and Approval of Employee Raises, New Teacher Salary, the Teacher Salary Schedule, and Strategic Compensation Planning for the 2024 - 2025 School Year March 19, 2024 Presentation to the Board]

DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF EMPLOYEE RAISES, NEW TEACHER SALARY, THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE AND STRATEGIC COMPENSATION PLANNING FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JOHNNY HILL.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M GOING TO HAVE DR.

KENDALL COME UP AND GO OVER THIS.

DR. KENDALL, OF COURSE, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, IS OUR CHIEF EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE SERVICES OFFICER.

AND WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE THIS YEAR WITH BRINGING A COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, DR.

KENDALL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY BOARD AND DR.

WILLIAMS ON DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I SHARED WITH YOU A MORE DETAILED OVERVIEW OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPENSATION FOR THIS YEAR.

AND TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE FOR YOU AND TALK ABOUT THE POINTS THAT WE WE MADE.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES A 3% RAISE A NEW TEACHER STARTING SALARY AT $61,000, WHICH HELPS US TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

AND THAT STANDPOINT, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DECOMPRESS OUR CURRENT SALARY SCHEDULE.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT $350 BETWEEN EACH STEP.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO TO $400 BETWEEN EACH STEP, WHICH HELPS US TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE TENURE AND EXPERIENCE OF OUR STAFF.

ALSO, LOOKING AT MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MARKET AND PARTICULARLY COHORT AROUND US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TODAY IS TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SOME OF THE COMMON AREAS THAT WE ROUTINELY FIND DIFFICULT TO FILL INCLUDE OUR BUS DRIVERS.

AND SO BEING ABLE TO MOVE THEM FROM $22 TO $24 AN HOUR ALLOWS US AGAIN TO REMAIN VERY COMPETITIVE IN THAT AREA.

BUS DRIVER ASSISTANCE, RIGHT ALONG WITH THAT VERY DIFFICULT POSITION TO FILL.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SELF-CONTAINED PARAPROFESSIONALS GETTING THEM UP TO OUR MINIMUM.

SO GETTING THEM TO $17 AN HOUR WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT FIT FOR THEM.

SO THESE ARE THE COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THAT IS DEFINITELY A COPY PASTE ERROR.

[INAUDIBLE] THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CURRENTLY AT $15 AN HOUR AND WOULD GO TO $17.

THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CATCHING THAT BEFORE.

ALL RIGHT. SO DO DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM ANYONE ON THE BOARD? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP.

SO THERE'S NONE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES.

AND FOR ALLOWING US TO GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD IN OUR HIRING PROCESS.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

OKAY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 9.1 OF THE REPORTS.

[9.1 Middle School Research Team Update Part 1: Professional Learning Communities]

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM UPDATE PART ONE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO LISA WILSON TO PRESENT.

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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I'M EXCITED TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM WORK FROM THIS YEAR. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THIS TEAM ALSO MET LAST YEAR.

AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR THAT INCLUDED SOME MASTER SCHEDULE CHANGES AND SOME ITEMS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT WITH THIS CURRENT YEAR'S COURSE CATALOG FOR THAT TO BEGIN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS STUDENT RELATED.

BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS WE WERE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE.

AND AS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT UPDATING YOU, IT SEEMED THAT THE REPORT WAS GETTING RATHER LONG, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BREAK IT INTO TWO PARTS.

SO TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR UPDATE NUMBER ONE, WHICH REALLY IS AROUND THE RESEARCH THAT WE POINTED OUT LAST TIME NUMBER TWO ON THE SLIDE.

I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DEDICATING TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL FOR [INAUDIBLE] PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO REALLY BEGIN PLANNING FOR HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING AND DIFFERENTIATING FOR STUDENTS.

WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION AT THE END OF LAST YEAR THAT WENT INTO PLACE THIS YEAR, WHERE CORE STAFF WOULD BE ASSIGNED THAT ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIVE TEAM PLAN TIME SPECIFICALLY FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES PLANNING TO REALLY MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS, ADJUST INSTRUCTION AND ENRICHMENT ACCORDINGLY.

AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS, EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WAS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM, AND THEY ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH A SET OF EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT THAT TIME WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW THAT WOULD BE USED.

SO I AM VERY EXCITED THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE DR.

KRISTEN [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND LEADING THIS WORK, PLANNING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO SHE IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR STAFF AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREYS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

WILLIAMS, IT TRULY IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND TO TALK ABOUT WORK THAT TRULY IS SO SPECIAL AND SO IMPACTFUL AT SUCH A WATERSHED TIME IN KIDS LIVES AS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT BUILD CAPACITY IN OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS, BUT IT ALSO SERVES AS PIPELINE WORK FOR FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT.

BUT IT ALSO IS IS A FANTASTIC RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT TOOL FOR TEACHERS AND LEADERS THAT REALLY ARE ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH IN THIS FIELD.

SO WHY? WELL, AS EDUCATORS, WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE IN THIS PROFESSION TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS EVERY DAY ARE AFFORDED A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE PLANNING FOR VERY INTENTIONAL LEARNING TO HAPPEN SO THAT WE ARE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR PREFERRED FUTURES.

WE HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED A SEISMIC SHIFT IN EDUCATION IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR LEARNING ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE MOST FOOLPROOF WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES HAPPEN FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS.

HOW? WELL, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PARTS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT I AM AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT.

WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR LEADERSHIP LAURIE TAYLOR, LISA WILSON, DR.

WILLIAMS, AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TEAM TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THE LEARNING HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL.

IT'S BEEN VERY LAYERED.

AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER INCLUDES THREE AUDIENCES, WHERE IN MANY CASES, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS ONLY AIMED AT ONE PARTICULAR AUDIENCE BUT NOT THIS.

IT IS UNDERGIRDED WITH EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH FOR ADULT LEARNING PRACTICES THAT WE KNOW ARE DESIGNED TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR TO BE BETTER FOR KIDS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT IT TAKES TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

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SO THIS LEARNING HAS BEEN CHUNKED AND CHEWED INTENTIONALLY THROUGHOUT YEAR ONE, SO THAT TEACHERS AND LEADERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND LEARN THE WORK AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR CAMPUSES AND ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN JUST A FEW SLIDES.

WELL. NOT A FEW SLIDES.

THIS SLIDE.

FORGIVE ME. SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS, THIS LEARNING WAS DESIGNED AROUND THREE SPECIFIC AUDIENCES CENTRAL OFFICE, CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND CAMPUS PLC LEADERS.

I HOPE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS INTENTIONALITY AS WELL IN JUST DEVELOPING SOME DISTRIBUTIVE LEADERSHIP ON OUR CAMPUSES.

YES, PRINCIPALS ARE LEAD LEARNERS ON THEIR CAMPUSES, BUT THEY MUST HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OF A CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM THAT ARE WILLING AND READY TO DISCIPLE FOR THIS WORK AND CARRY OUT THE WORK ON A DAILY BASIS.

ALL AUDIENCES IN THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF FOUR THREE HOUR CAPACITY BUILDING SESSIONS.

THESE HAVE BEEN SPREAD OVER YEAR ONE.

AND THIS LEARNING AGAIN LIKE I SAID, IS CHUNKED AND CHEWED SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE IT BACK.

THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT.

BUT ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WE KNOW IS VERY HELPFUL WITH ADULT LEARNING IS ON THE JOB COACHING.

AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT ALL OF OUR THREE, OUR 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING AN ON SITE DAY IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING WITH JOB EMBEDDED COACHING.

THIS DAY IS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED FOR WHAT THEY NEED ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN A LITTLE BIT WHAT WHAT THE END PRODUCT OF THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE THAT THAT CAMPUS HAS IN THEIR HANDS TO TRULY PUT THAT WORK AND THOSE CHANGES INTO ACTION.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT VERY FEW DISTRICTS OUR SIZE ARE ABLE TO SCALE THE WORK THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN SCALED HERE IN A VERY INTENTIONAL AND IMPACTFUL WAY.

SO I TALKED JUST A MINUTE AGO ABOUT DISTRIBUTIVE LEADERSHIP, THE PIPELINE WORK.

AND LIKE I SAID, EACH OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT FOUR FOUR PLC LEADS ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND THIS WAS A LIST OF ATTRIBUTES THAT WE REALLY ASKED PRINCIPALS TO CONSIDER AND THOUGHTFULLY SELECT INDIVIDUALS TO COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND LEAD THIS WORK.

NOW, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT IT WILL IT WILL REMAIN FLUID BECAUSE AS WE DIG IN TO, TO THIS WORK AND WE GROW IN IT, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT SOME OF THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE, ARE GOING TO EVOLVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO SO I DID WANT TO, TO NOTE THAT, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED LAST APRIL.

THIS NEXT SLIDE REALLY IS JUST A ROADMAP THAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST NOTE THAT I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD NOT TO MOVE FASTER THAN THE QUALITY THAT WE COULD DELIVER.

THIS IS A BIG LIFT, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AND WE WANTED TO FOR THEM TO EXPERIENCE A HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THEMSELVES SO THAT SO THAT IT NOT ONLY STICKS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR LEARNING TO HEARKEN BACK TO BECAUSE IT ISN'T IT ISN'T EASY WORK FOR SURE.

IT IS CHANGE MANAGEMENT AT ITS BEST, BUT IT ALSO IS IT'S CULTURE WORK.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THIS NEXT SLIDE REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS OF THE, THE LEARNING, AS WELL AS OUR OVERVIEW SESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAILORED FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR FULL DAY CAMPUS VISITS.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN OUR THIRD INSTALLMENT SESSION, THE GOING DEEPER WITH PLCS.

YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST TWO NUMBERS.

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AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THOSE FIRST TWO NUMBERS, WE HAD INDIVIDUALS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT ASKED TO COME AND BE A PART OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL TRAININGS THAT WE STARTED WITH LAST SUMMER.

AND SO, OF COURSE, WE OPENED OUR ARMS AND SAID, COME ON, COME JOIN US FOR THE LEARNING PARTY, AND THEY DID.

AND JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD FOLKS FROM CTE THAT WERE THERE, WE HAD INDIVIDUALS FROM ADVANCED ACADEMICS THAT WERE THERE, OUR CCMR TEAM COUNSELING A WIDE VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WANTED TO COME AND PARTNER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THERE OF THE CHANGE IN NUMBER.

ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S WORKING.

WELL WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS BEEN COLLECTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY LEADER FEEDBACK ADMINISTRATOR FEEDBACK AND THROUGH STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT BACK IN JANUARY THE MID-YEAR MAP RESULTS DID HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO MEET AND EVEN EXCEED, IN MOST CASES, THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT GOALS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATOR FEEDBACK AND PLC LEADER FEEDBACK.

BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO OFFER THIS WE KNOW THAT WORK WE'RE DOING IS WORK THAT TAKES TIME TO DO, AND IT ALSO TAKES PERSISTENCE AND A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT.

AND SO SOMETIMES THAT CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT OR EVEN WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

EARLIER I MENTIONED THAT EACH CAMPUS RECEIVES A, A AN ON SITE VISIT IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING.

AND THIS IS A COPY OF WHAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, MYSELF, AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM FOR THAT CAMPUS, ALONG WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE APS RECEIVE FROM THOSE VISITS.

NOTHING IN THIS, IN THIS DOCUMENT OR IN THIS FEEDBACK IS A SURPRISE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THAT DAY, WE SIT DOWN AND WE DEBRIEF AND WE TALK ABOUT SOMETIMES SOME REAL VULNERABLE PIECES THAT THAT THAT CAMPUS IS EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR JOURNEY OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WORK.

SO I WILL ALSO SAY, AS A FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS I COULD HAVE EVER HAD.

LARGELY BECAUSE AS, AS A PRINCIPAL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LEAD THE WORK AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE OF YOU, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET STUCK, YOU GET STUCK WITH WHAT ARE MY NEXT STEPS AND HOW DO I GET THERE? AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE SAID.

IT HAS BEEN SO VALUABLE TO HAVE A THOUGHT PARTNER TO REALLY THINK THROUGH, LIKE WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW DO I STRATEGICALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WORK.

SO AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU SOMETIMES JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO SAY, HERE'S HOW YOU MOVE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

SO WE'RE KIND OF FLIPPING THAT ON ITS HEAD A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY TRYING TO OFFER SOME DIFFERENT SUPPORT FOR OUR OUR PRINCIPALS WITH THIS WORK.

AND I SHOULD HAVE NOTED THIS IN THE BEGINNING.

I REALIZED THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN'T CAN'T SEE THAT.

AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO SHARE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT IF IF YOU PREFER.

BUT AGAIN, THE THE FEEDBACK IS HONEST, BUT IT'S TAILORED FOR EVERY CAMPUS.

MOVING INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE.

WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH OUR SPRING 2024 VISITS? SO THOSE HAVE WRAPPED UP.

AND HERE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE SURFACED AS AREAS OF PRIORITY FOR US.

AND THIS DATA WAS COLLECTED FROM A PLC LEARNING CONTINUUM SURVEY THAT WE SHARED OUT WITH PRINCIPALS AND WITH OUR PLC LEADS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS THAT WE WILL BE RESPONDING TO AND WE WILL HAVE LASER FOCUS WITH AS WE MOVE

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INTO THE LEARNING IN YEAR TWO THAT IS MONITORING EACH STUDENT'S LEARNING.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE SURFACED THAT YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE NUANCED, YOU JUST NEED HELP IN UNDERSTANDING HOW TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THOSE, WHAT CAN BE CHALLENGING SITUATIONS.

SO RESPONDING TO CONFLICT, TURNING DATA INTO INFORMATION AND ACTION, BUILDING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE OF HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS AND COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY.

THOSE ARE NOT ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE LEARN IN TEACHER SCHOOL.

SO SO IT IS IT IS HELPFUL FOR US TO, TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD CAPACITY AND SOME OF THOSE SOFT SKILLS AS WELL.

MOVING INTO WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS OUR LEARNING GAPS AND NEEDS.

FIRST, JUST TEAM THINKING AND MORE SYSTEMIC WAY OF THINKING ABOUT APPROACHING HOW TO PLAN, HOW TO PLAN FOR HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

I WILL TELL YOU, THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE ONE THAT IS A HYPER FOCUS FOR US NEXT YEAR, AND THAT IS REALLY WORKING TO CREATE COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS, HIGH PRIORITY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, AND FOR TEACHERS TO LEARN HOW TO CRAFT AND CREATE THOSE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT DEMONSTRATION OF LEARNING IS ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS VERSUS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST A TINY BIT MORE DEPENDENT UPON SUMMATIVE DATA THAN WE ARE FORMATIVE.

AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A MISS WITH LEARNING, WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT SOONER SO THAT WE CAN ADJUST FOR THOSE LEARNING NEEDS. ALL RIGHT, SO WHERE ARE WE HEADED? WELL, AS WE HEAD INTO YEAR TWO THAT WE HAVE THOUGHTFULLY VISIONED AND DESIGNED FOR THE NEEDS THAT WERE EVIDENCED IN YEAR ONE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT PROMISING PRACTICE OF OF PLC IS JUST THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CYCLE.

AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT HELPS THE HIGHEST PERFORMING CAMPUSES AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUSES THAT NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

FINALLY, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO MENTION THIS.

YOU CAN HAVE AN AIRTIGHT PLAN, A BEAUTIFUL PLAN WITH ALMOST ANY TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU DO.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INVESTMENT OF THE HEADS IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE THAT ARE LEADING THE WORK ON A CAMPUS, IT WILL FALL FLAT EVERY TIME.

AND I HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED AND BLOWN BACK BY THE COMMITMENT OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED AS PLC LEADS TO JOIN THIS, JOIN THEM IN THIS WORK, AND IT HAS BEEN SO EXCITING TO SEE THEM BECOME INVIGORATED ABOUT REALLY DEVELOPING THIS LEARNING CULTURE ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND WITH THAT, WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT GROW ACADEMICALLY AND BE IN THE CAREFUL CARE OF EDUCATORS ON A DAILY BASIS DURING WHAT CAN BE A VERY CHALLENGING TIME IN CHILDREN'S LIVES.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE APRIL BOARD WORK SESSION AND HEARING THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS FAR AS STUDENT EXPERIENCES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR.

I HAVE FOUR.

OKAY, SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ARE WE REACHING OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUCCEEDING WHERE WE ARE NOT? SO I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES CLOSING SOME OF OUR GAPS.

SOME DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT BETTER THAN OTHERS.

ARE WE GETTING OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND OR TEACHING? CERTAINLY. SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS BACK ON ME, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT PRIOR TO JOINING THE DISTRICT THAT SHAPED ME AS A STUDENT AND MY MOST FORMATIVE YEARS, I ACTUALLY SERVED AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT THE REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER.

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AND SO I WORKED WITH 130 DISTRICTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, AND REALLY HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF GOING IN AND PEEKING IN AT THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING, HELPING TO SUPPORT AND ELEVATE AND LIFT UP THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING, AND FRANKLY, HELPING THEM TO STRATEGIZE FOR WHAT THAT WORK MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, THEY WERE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY NEEDED HELP.

SO ABSOLUTELY, I WILL SAY THAT LEARNING IS MY HOBBY AND MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE EDUCATORS.

AND SO ON A REGULAR BASIS I AM REACHING OUT TO THOSE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THAT NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

I WILL ALSO SPEAK TO THIS FROM A STANDPOINT OF HAVING LED A CAMPUS OUT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, BUT ALSO HAVING OPENED AND LED ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING CAMPUSES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN A DISTRICT JUST NORTH OF HERE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NO SECRET SAUCE, BUT IT REALLY DOES COME DOWN TO WHAT DOES THAT CAMPUS EMBODY AS FAR AS A CULTURE OF LEARNING? AND HOW IS THAT? HOW ARE YOU BUILDING CAPACITY IN TEACHERS SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY? AND THIS IS A VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK.

DO THE PLCS ALSO GET TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS LIKE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL? I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO AS FAR AS LIKE TAKING A FIELD TRIP AND LEARNING.

SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

NOW WE DO HAVE SOMETHING KIND OF EXCITING PLANNED FOR PRINCIPALS NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A RIDE ALONG AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OTHER CAMPUSES.

AND THAT VISIT WOULD BE RATHER STRUCTURED.

BUT AS FAR AS GOING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, NO, THAT'S NOT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR.

BUT THAT IS A TERRIFIC SUGGESTION.

AWESOME. I NOTICED ON YOUR SLIDE NINE YOU HAD A LIST OF ATTRIBUTES.

I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING RELATED TO DATA OR DATA DRIVEN OR COMFORTABLE WITH DATA.

MY CONCERN WITH THE PLC IS THESE ARE WONDERFUL SOFT SKILLS, BUT THE REAL HARD SKILLS OF LOOKING AT THE DATA, REALLY BEING ABLE TO DECIPHER WHERE THERE'S A NEED, WHERE THERE'S A WEAKNESS, WHO'S DOING WELL, WHO'S NOT.

SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT THE NUMBER ONE, BUT CERTAINLY TWO.

WHEN THINKING ABOUT THAT POSITION, HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I THINK THAT, AGAIN, IS A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION.

AND AND I APPRECIATE YOU YOU SHARING THAT.

AND THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, I DID SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ATTRIBUTES WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE FLUID AND SO THEY WOULD EVOLVE AS WE GET MORE ENTRENCHED IN THIS WORK.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I DO THINK THAT THAT IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE DATA MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THAT PLC CULTURE. AND SO WHILE THERE ARE STRUCTURED PROTOCOLS FOR ALL OF THAT IT DOES HELP WHEN PEOPLE ARE THAT ARE LEADING THAT WORK, HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE DATA, CAN REALLY SPEAK TO IT AND LEAD THROUGH IT.

THANKS. DO WE HAVE CONTROL GROUPS? SO I KNOW THE YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY.

DO WE HAVE CONTROL GROUPS SO WE CAN SEE IF THE PLC IS REALLY SORT OF BETTER THAN WHATEVER WE WERE DOING BEFORE? SO WE'RE LOOKING.

NO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE CONTROL GROUPS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR WOULD BE THE BASELINE OF DATA.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY MAP.

AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT STAAR.

BUT AS FAR AS HAVING A CONTROL GROUP WE DON'T.

SO I GUESS HOW THEN DO YOU KNOW IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS SORT OF BETTER? ARE YOU I MEAN, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DATA, BUT I GUESS I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A QUESTION OF HOW EFFECTIVE IS OUR EXECUTION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE DON'T KNOW SORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BEFORE? SURE. WELL, WE DO KNOW ARE WE GROWING STUDENTS BY ONE YEAR, EVERY ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR? I THINK WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY STUDENT PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN PLC WORK.

AND SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY STUDENT EVERY YEAR.

AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT BASELINE DATA TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE THIS SCHOOL YEAR THIS TIME NEXT YEAR? AS WELL AS CLASSROOM WALKS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ROUTINELY ON CAMPUSES AND THAT WALK THROUGH DATA THAT IS COLLECTED AS

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WELL AS THE THE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED WHENEVER WE ARE IN PLC THAT, THAT PLC MEETING.

SO CERTAINLY IF YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SEEING HIGHER LEVELS OF LEARNING HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM AS COMPARED TO WHERE WE STARTED THIS YEAR, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT GROWTH.

AND, MICHAEL, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I MIGHT ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ANOTHER EXCITING PIECE OF THIS WORK IS WE HAVE ADDED TPS GOALS.

SO OUR EXCUSE ME, OUR PRINCIPAL EVALUATION SYSTEM IS TIED TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS KIND OF INSPIRING THEM A LITTLE BIT TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK.

I ALSO WILL ADD THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS WHO HAVE BEEN MODEL PLC SCHOOLS.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM GETTING THOSE AWARDS HERE AT THE BOARD IN SOME OF THE BOARD MEETINGS.

AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE CAMPUSES IS THE EXCITEMENT FOR LEARNING AND THE CULTURE OF LEARNING, AND HOW THEY'VE MANAGED TO MOVE THEIR DATA NEEDLE OR THEIR NEEDLES ON THEIR DATA BY ENGAGING IN THAT WORK.

SO WE BELIEVE IN THE WORK.

WE KNOW WE'VE SEEN IT WORK NOT ONLY IN OTHER PLACES, BUT HERE AS WELL.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO EMBODY.

WE ALSO TOOK A FIELD TRIP TO THE WHOLE TEAM, WENT TO ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT IS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK, AND IT WAS VERY INSPIRING FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO SEE THE THE SMALL GROUP WORK, THE DIFFERENTIATED WORK, THE WORK THAT THAT THEY WENT TO TO LOOK AT THE DATA, TO DESIGN THEIR COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AROUND THE HIGH PRIORITY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, REALLY PINPOINTING WHAT IT IS OUR KIDS NEED TODAY AND HOW WE'RE RESPONDING IMMEDIATELY TO THOSE NEEDS.

SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAVE SEEN IT WORK.

AND WE ARE WE KNOW WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT TO [INAUDIBLE].

I THINK MY CONCERN IS JUST GENERALLY THE DATA HAS BEEN CHANGING A LITTLE BIT, JUST GIVEN THE CHANGES OF THE STAAR TEST, GIVEN THE CHANGES TO THE RATING SYSTEM, GIVEN ALL OF THAT, I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF A CONTROL, WHETHER IT BE MAP OR WHATEVER TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT IF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IS ACTUALLY WORKING, BECAUSE, YES, I CERTAINLY VALUE THE ANNUAL GROWTH.

BUT WE'VE HAD ANNUAL GROWTH SORT OF YEAR OVER YEAR, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SORT OF LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CLOSE GAPS, LIKE OUR GAPS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT FOR 20 YEARS, AND WE'VE DONE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S ACTUALLY WORKING, DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC TARGETS ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE HAVE PERSISTENTLY NOT BEEN GOOD AT? YES. I THINK ONE THING I WANT TO JUST KIND OF POINT OUT, THIS IS NOT AN INTENTIONAL CONTROL GROUP, BUT THIS WORK STARTED FIRST WITH OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECOND WITH BOWMAN AND THEN HARRINGTON.

AND SO THOSE ARE THREE MODEL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS MODEL SCHOOLS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE BASED ON THE MAKEUP OF THE SCHOOL AND THE OUTCOMES THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY'RE CERTAINLY SETTING THE BAR FOR WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS FAR AS ACHIEVEMENT CLOSING GAPS AND AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE EXCEEDING THEIR GROWTH GOALS.

SO NOT AN INTENTIONAL CONTROL GROUP, BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S LOOKING TO SEE WHERE ARE WE HAVING SUCCESS, WHERE ARE WE HAVING SUCCESS FOR FOR CLOSING THOSE GAPS AND THEN LEARNING FROM THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

THAT, THAT THAT WORK HAS STARTED IN PLANO SEVERAL YEARS.

REALLY AUTO IS THE FIRST TO KIND OF LEAD THE WAY WITH THAT WORK.

THE SECOND THING IS OR LISA MENTIONED OUR, OUR TPS GOALS.

WE ALSO ARE PART OF OUR TEACHER EVALUATION GOALS, IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN DATA, THEIR STUDENT DATA, AND THEN SETTING THEIR OWN GROWTH GOALS AS PART OF THEIR EVALUATION PROCESS.

AND THAT WE'VE HAD THAT IN PLACE FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, IT IS I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER REALLY BROUGHT ALL OF THAT FORWARD AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION HERE.

BUT REALLY IT'S CONNECTING OVERALL FROM A CAMPUS.

AND WHAT ARE THOSE CAMPUS GOALS DOWN TO A PRINCIPAL LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE CAMPUS GOALS, BUT THEN CONNECTING TO THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL GOALS, AND THEN TEACHERS DOING THE SAME THING AS FAR AS DEVELOPING THEIR OWN PRACTICE ON HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE.

AND THE PLC REALLY IS THE VEHICLE TO GET THAT DONE.

NO. THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND THEN MY LAST, LAST QUESTION.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL INDULGING ME IS HOW ARE WE EVALUATING THE CURRICULUM VERSUS THE EXECUTION? SO I KNOW THE PLC DEFINITELY FOCUSES ON EXECUTION AND RIGHT TEACHING METHODS, BUT HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT CURRICULUM BEHIND THAT HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF? SURE. WELL WE WE CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, OUR CURRICULUM UNDERWENT AN AUDIT AND I CAN ALSO JUST SHARE THAT HAVING WORKED VERY INTENTLY WITH CURRICULUM PRODUCTS IN THE PAST, IT IS A HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM.

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I WOULD SAY THE AUDIT WAS NOT AS FLATTERING AS IT RELATED TO ALL OF OUR SORT OF OUR TOTAL CURRICULUM AND HOW IT AFFECTED EVERYONE AND IT WAS A DEFICIT AUDIT.

SO I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SET IN WITH AN INTENT LIKE THAT AND YOU REALLY ARE LOOKING TO FIND WHAT YOU CAN SHORE UP AND MAKE EVEN BETTER. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SHIFT FROM DOING THE CURRICULUM, IF YOU WILL, TO TEACHERS INTERNALIZING WHAT THAT LEARNING LOOKS LIKE AND CREATING HIGH QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ARE VARIED FOR THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, BUT ALSO REACHING STUDENTS WHO MAYBE THERE ARE SOME ACADEMIC GAPS THERE AND THEY NEED SOME SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION THROUGH TIER TWO, BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ACHIEVING AND NEED SOMETHING MORE FROM US THAT THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING IN THAT TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.

SO YEAH.

SO THE QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE EVALUATING THE SPECIFIC CURRICULUM AROUND THOSE THINGS VERSUS SAY, EXECUTION? AND ARE WE I MEAN, THE ANSWER COULD JUST BE SIMPLY WE'RE NOT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT PLC IS IS DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE CURRICULUM PER SE.

IT AGAIN, IT IS A VEHICLE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCES TO STUDENTS AND DEVELOP CAPACITY OF A STAFF.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW IT AS THE INTENT TO BE YOU KNOW, TO, TO AUDIT THE CURRICULUM, IF YOU WILL. BUT ORGANICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT, THAT TIME WHERE TEACHERS ARE TOGETHER IS THERE IS FEEDBACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MUCH TO GLEAN WHEN TEACHERS COME TOGETHER AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT CURRICULUM AND CREATING HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCES FROM THAT CURRICULUM.

THERE IS ALWAYS FEEDBACK AND THAT FEEDBACK IS TAKEN.

I MEAN, WE TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND SECONDARY ACADEMICS ALL THE TIME.

IT CAN BE DIGITALLY.

IT CAN ALSO BE THROUGH SURVEYS.

IT ALSO HAPPENS AT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

YOU KNOW, TEACHERS ARE NOT USUALLY SHY ABOUT LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE THERE'S AREAS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY.

AND I'LL JUST INTERJECT ON THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IN ITSELF COULD BE AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION OR WORKSHOP BECAUSE ONE, AS PART OF OUR CURRICULUM ISN'T A ONE AND DONE, IT IS A IT SHOULD BE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AND REALLY BASED ON WHAT IS OUR DATA SAY AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN THE WORK OVER THE LAST I GUESS ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW.

I'M LOOKING AT LAURIE.

BUT REALLY, WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO IN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE THERE ARE DEFICITS? AND THEN PART OF THE PLC WORK REALLY IS IS TAKING THAT CURRICULUM, BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT THE DATA.

WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS TODAY? AND BASED ON THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING NEXT, HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TAUGHT? HOW DO WE NEED TO ASSESS IT SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO HAVE JUST IN TIME AND RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTION TO THE STUDENTS BASED WHERE THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY? SO EVEN EVEN OUR MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN CURRICULUM IT'S STILL JUST ONE ELEMENT OF REALLY WHAT IT TAKES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN, ACCESS THE LEARNING, AND THEN MOVE, BECAUSE IT REALLY REQUIRES, IN SOME CASES, IT MAY BE THAT KIDS ARE READY TO MOVE BEYOND WHAT'S WRITTEN, AND THAT'S WHERE TEACHERS NEED TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY AND CRAFT TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE, KNOWING WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE.

AND THAT WAS THAT WAS KRISTIN'S REFERENCE TO THE COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT WORK.

AND REALLY KNOWING AND AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THE LEARNING.

AND ALSO, I THINK IF YOU'LL RECALL, OUR AUDIT MENTIONED, OUR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

AND MAKING SURE WE HAD THOSE IN PLACE.

AND THAT'S A FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND IT HAS BEEN A FOCUS THIS YEAR AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK.

BUT I FORGOT WHAT I WAS ELSE I WAS GOING TO ANSWER.

IT'LL COME BACK TO ME BECAUSE NOW LAURIE IS STANDING OVER THERE AND NOW I'M DISTRACTED.

SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE AUDIT IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT PLAN, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

WE ALREADY HAVE A DRAFT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I CAN SPEAK TO JUST THE EXPERIENCE WITH ELEMENTARY IS WE NEED A CYCLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS HOW WE ANALYZE CURRICULUM EACH YEAR.

WHEN DO WE REALLY DO A MAJOR OVERHAUL? AND REALLY, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING A MAJOR OVERHAUL.

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AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO RESPOND TO DATA.

SO BEFORE WE EVEN BRING WRITERS IN OVER THE SUMMER, WE LOOK AT OUR DATA.

WE LOOK AT IT FROM, YOU KNOW, AN INSTRUCTIONAL STANDPOINT, AND WE LOOK AT IT FROM A CURRICULAR STANDPOINT.

SO IF WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A HUGE NUMBER OF KIDS ACROSS THE FOURTH GRADE, THEY'RE NOT DOING WELL ON THESE PARTICULAR STANDARDS.

THAT'S A CURRICULUM ISSUE.

SO WE GO BACK AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IF WE HAVE A NEW ADOPTION COMING IN, WHICH WE HAVE SCIENCE COMING IN THIS YEAR, THAT'LL BE THAT'LL BE A BIG LOOK.

WE'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON SCIENCE THIS YEAR, NOT NOT JUST LOOKING AT DATA AND RESPONDING, BUT HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT THE TOOLS FROM THE NEW ADOPTION IN THE EASIEST WAY POSSIBLE FOR TEACHERS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE RESOURCES AND MOVE WITH PLANNING GREAT EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS.

AND THEN THE OTHER TIME, THE ONLY REALLY THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE SHOULD BE DOING SOME MAJOR OVERHAUL IS WHEN WE HAVE NEW STANDARDS, AND THAT HAPPENS EVERY FEW YEARS WITH DIFFERENT CONTENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO ALL THAT WILL BE BUILT IN THE CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT PLAN.

BUT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT, AT DATA.

I WOULD GO TO BAT FOR CURRICULUM AS FAR AS IS IT FULLY ALIGNED? I WOULD SAY YES, IT IS. I MEAN, THAT'S A WORK OF OUR, OUR COORDINATORS AND WE BRING MASTER TEACHERS IN DURING THE SUMMER TO HELP WITH THAT, TOO.

WE LOOK AT ASSESSMENTS EVERY YEAR.

WE REVISE THOSE EVERY YEAR LIKE BASED OFF OF DATA, TEACHER FEEDBACK, LIKE I SAID, A NEW ADOPTION, NEW STANDARDS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WE CONSIDER.

SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED INTO THAT CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT PLAN, YOU GUYS WILL GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND IT'S IT'S ALMOST FINISHED.

BUT YEAH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF NO THAT'S HELPFUL I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS EVERY SINGLE YEAR SO.

THANK YOU. YES, I REMEMBER WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON GRADE LEVEL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ARE TEACHING ON GRADE LEVEL FOR ALL STUDENTS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE NOTICED AS AS WE WALK THROUGH THAT, THERE ARE PLACES WE NEED TO SHORE UP WHERE WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING ON GRADE LEVEL.

THAT WAS THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF SEEING THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY WORK THAT WE THAT WE WITNESSED THE OTHER DAY.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE STUDENTS WERE IN THE GRADE LEVEL CURRICULUM, THEY WERE ALL WORKING ON THE SAME GRADE LEVEL PASSAGE.

IT WAS SCAFFOLDED, AND THE LEARNING AND THE AND THE ACTIVITIES WERE SCAFFOLDED TO ATTACK THAT GRADE LEVEL PASSAGE, SO I DON'T.

SORRY, I JUST REMEMBERED.

THAT'S STILL HELPFUL. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. AND KRISTIN DISAPPEARED, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU'RE COMING BACK.

MY QUESTION, IT'S SORT OF TWO PART, BUT I'M GOING TO PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT HERE ON THE POINT THAT THAT MICHAEL MADE ABOUT DATA COMPETENCY.

AND I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THESE PLC LEADS AND WONDERING, ARE WE BIASING THESE PEOPLE? YOU KNOW, IN A CERTAIN WAY, LIKE MANY OF THEM ALREADY DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND ALREADY HAVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

OR ARE THERE SPECIALS TEACHERS INCLUDED IN THESE PLC LEADS, OR ARE THERE NEW? ARE THERE TEACHERS THAT THIS MAY BE THEIR FIRST LEADERSHIP ROLE? LIKE, ARE WE GETTING A WIDE ENOUGH DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL FOR THESE PLC LEAD POSITIONS AND NOT JUST PICKING THE SAME PEOPLE LIKE OUR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS? AND PART OF THE REASON I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON THIS IS BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT TO COME WITH DATA CREDIBILITY, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT END UP WITH ONLY YOUR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, ONLY YOUR MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING WITH THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND.

AND, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN BRINGING THINGS LIKE ELA EXPERTISE OR BRINGING IN SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE IN A MORE WELL ROUNDED VISION AND TEACHING THOSE PEOPLE THE DATA SKILLS AS PART OF THEIR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

RIGHT. AND SO I I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE A LITTLE BIT THERE.

BUT I ALSO WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE BEING PICKED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST YOUR, YOU KNOW, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND YOUR ELA DEPARTMENT CHAIR, YOU KNOW.

SURE, SURE.

AND I THINK HONESTLY, OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE DONE THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF SELECTING WHO WILL JOIN THEM TO LEAD THIS WORK ON, ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND IN SOME CASES, YES, THERE ARE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT WORK.

IN OTHER CASES, THEY ARE THEIR TEACHERS THAT ARE HUNGRY, THEY'RE HUNGRY, AND THEY ARE ASPIRING TO MOVE INTO A POSITION OF MORE RESPONSIBILITY.

AND AGAIN, PIPELINE WORK AND REALLY DEEPENING AND DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF THEM AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER.

SO, YES AND TO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN YEAR TWO WE ARE INVITING PRINCIPALS TO EXPAND THAT CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM BEYOND JUST THOSE

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FOUR PLC LEADS.

AND SO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD UP TO FOUR ADDITIONAL PLC LEADS TO THEIR CAMPUS, CAMPUS CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM.

AND AND I DO KNOW, IN FACT, I WAS ON A CAMPUS LAST WEEK AND A PRINCIPAL AND I WERE HAVING FANTASTIC CONVERSATION.

SHE SAID, I REALLY WANT TO BRING MY SOME PEOPLE FROM MY FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT ONTO MY CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM.

AND I SAID, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE NOT DO THAT? I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS A MOUTHPIECE WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND AND REALLY HELPING THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT WORK VERSUS JUST CORE CONTENT AREAS.

SO. I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS MONITORING ASSESSMENTS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDDOS AREN'T LIKE FEELING TEST ANXIETY ALL THE TIME.

HOW DO THEY HOW DO THEY ASSESS THEM WITHOUT MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TESTED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YES.

AND THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL THAT COMES FROM COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TEST PER SE.

THIS IS REALLY EXPANDING TEACHERS UNDERSTANDING OF THERE ARE PERFORMANCE BASED WAYS TO LEARN IF A STUDENT IS SECURE IN A STANDARD OR IF THEY'RE STILL LEARNING A STANDARD.

AND SO THAT MIGHT LOOK THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A SHORT WRITTEN PIECE.

IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE I AM ACTING SOMETHING OUT IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM, OR I'M DEVELOPING SOME TYPE OF GRAPHIC ART SLIDESHOW TO SHOW YOU THAT I HAVE MASTERED THAT STANDARD, AND I'M READY TO MOVE BEYOND.

SO THAT IS THE GOAL, THAT IT IS NOT JUST VERY ROTE IN THAT IT'S ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN A TRADITIONAL A TRADITIONAL TEST TAKING WAY.

OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE.

ALL RIGHT OKAY. AND MY APOLOGIES FOR RUNNING AWAY SO QUICKLY.

YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY.

WE APPRECIATE I MEAN YOU TOOK A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 9.2 OF THE REPORTS, WHICH IS OUR 2024-2025 BUDGET UPDATE.

[9.2 2024 - 2025 Budget Update]

AND I'M GOING TO SEND THAT OVER TO MR. HILL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD MEMBERS AND AND CABINET I'M GOING TO I'VE HAD OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MISS COURTNEY REEVES, OUR CFO.

SHE AND I ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS.

WE'LL GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICK.

THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK IN JANUARY.

WE DID A PROJECTED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHEN WE PUT PLACEHOLDERS IN CERTAIN ITEMS, OBVIOUSLY OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS GOING THROUGH THE DATA AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.

TONIGHT WE ALL WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE WHAT WE PRESENTED IN JANUARY.

OH, GOODNESS.

. I'M DONE TOUCHING THE CLICKER.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL. I'M ALWAYS SO GRATEFUL TO COME BEFORE YOU AND PRESENT ALL THINGS FINANCIAL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR 2024-2025 BUDGET.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SLIDE.

WE WE BRING IT TO YOU I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE.

BUT I THINK REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT OBVIOUSLY IS WE'RE IN APRIL.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH.

I CAN SEE THE END.

IT IS COMING.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, OR WHAT'S LEFT IN APRIL IS TO BRING YOU DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

THAT WILL BE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

WE ALSO, AT THE END OF APRIL, RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FROM OUR FOR OUR TAXABLE VALUES, FROM OUR CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND SO WITH OBVIOUSLY THE APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION INFORMATION TONIGHT WE'LL GET OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FROM OUR CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND SO WE PULL ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER SO THAT WE WILL BRING YOU A KIND OF A MORE DEFINITIVE PRELIMINARY BUDGET IN MAY.

ALSO IN MAY, WE WILL ASK FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR OUR ADVERTISEMENT, FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR BUDGET AND OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN JUNE, WE'LL HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETING AND ADOPT OUR BUDGET.

AND THEN IN AUGUST, BRING A BRING TO YOU A TAX RATE TO ADOPT.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LIKE, I CAN SEE I CAN SEE IT.

IT'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

AGAIN, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

AS JOHNNY JUST TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE VERY MUCH ON WE WORK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.

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GETTING THOSE READY, OF COURSE, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY GO THROUGH A ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS, WHICH MEANS THEY START AT ZERO.

THEY START AT THE BOTTOM AND AND BUILD THEIR, THEIR BUDGET.

WE HAVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR SIXTH YEAR TO DO ZERO BASED BUDGETING.

WE DO ADD USUALLY A LAYER ONTO IT EVERY YEAR WE KIND OF EXPAND OUR SCOPE OF WHAT WE DIG INTO.

WE DO AN ENHANCED DETAIL ON, WE GO THROUGH BASICALLY EVERY LINE, EVERY BUDGET LINE ITEM OUR DEPARTMENTS GO THROUGH, AND WE TALK ABOUT IT WHERE THEY JUSTIFY IT.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A DIFFERENT LAYER THIS YEAR AS WE PROVIDED THEM A TREND ANALYSIS BASED ON THEIR ACTUAL SPEND FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS, SO THEY COULD GAUGE SOME OF THEIR AREAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THEIR ACTUAL SPEND, SO WE COULD RIGHT SIZE THEIR BUDGET THAT WAY.

ALSO, WE INTRODUCED A PRIORITY, A PRIORITY BASED PROGRAM EVALUATION, BASICALLY TO GET THEM READY FOR THE NEXT STEP FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO AGAIN, TO KIND OF AGAIN EXPAND THE SCOPE OF HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH OUR ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS.

OUR CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS ARE PER STUDENT ALLOCATION.

AND THOSE ARE BASED ON ON TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.

IT'S BASED ON OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2024-2025 FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

AND THEN THEY DO GET AN ALLOCATION BASED ON THEIR SPECIAL POPULATIONS LIKE GT ESL, BILINGUAL, I MEAN, BILINGUAL SPED.

AND SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON OUR FALL SNAPSHOT, CURRENT ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, LASTLY, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF OUR PUZZLE IS OUR STAFFING, OUR PAYROLL BUDGET.

AND DR. KENDALL AND HER WONDERFUL TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING, HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD, OBVIOUSLY, ON THE STAFFING MODEL.

AND THEY ADJUST THAT BASED ON OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO JUMP IN HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE BUILD A BUDGET, THERE ARE CERTAIN BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

I CALL THEM UNDERLYING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT THAT YOU ACTUALLY YOU BUILD YOUR BUDGET ON.

THESE ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR.

THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS SINCE WE PRESENTED THIS BACK IN JANUARY.

OBVIOUSLY WE WORK WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER STILL TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT SHOULD BE.

I WILL SAY THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACCURATE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, 4% WILL ACTUALLY ADJUST THAT JUST THAT ONCE WE GET THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, I BELIEVE IT'S BY THE 25TH OF APRIL WHEN WE NORMALLY GET THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, ALL THE TAX COMPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 86TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH HOUSE BILL THREE, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE SB 2, THAT WAS JUST THIS, THIS RECENTLY IN THIS LAST SPECIAL SESSION, NUMBER 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. JUST THREE. OKAY.

AND AND SO THAT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS AS WELL.

AND SO THEN OBVIOUSLY THE STATE ALLOCATION PROGRAMS THROUGH THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM, THE PER CAPITA ALLOCATIONS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT REFLECTING IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN JANUARY, WE HAD A PLACEHOLDER FOR 2%, AND THEN WE AS OF TONIGHT, WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT OUT WITH THE 3%. SO WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT IS, HAS THE 3% ALREADY BUILT INTO IT WITH THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

WE DID THAT ONCE WE STARTED EVALUATING.

WE DO PEER REVIEW WITH, I BELIEVE, 18 OF OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE REALIZED, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE THE NUMBER ONE I GUESS ASSET TO STUDENT GROWTH IS THE TEACHER THAT WE HAVE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THEM. AND SO WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE ALSO HAVE NON PAYROLL BUDGETED, WHICH I THINK WE ORIGINALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT A 3%.

WE'VE HAD TO UP THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF BIG DRIVERS IN THAT PROPERTY.

AND CASUALTY INSURANCE I THINK IS HITTING 50 TO 60% A YEAR.

AND THAT'S STILL STILL HAPPENING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, SOME OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE VERY, VERY ALIGNED WITH INDEXED WITH INFLATION ARE CATCHING UP WITH US AS WELL.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BIG ONE IS THE SUNSET OF ESSER FUNDS ROLLING THAT BACK INTO GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY OR IF YOU'RE LISTENING FROM HOME ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS THAT HAS AFFECTED OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS, OF COURSE, THE PASSAGE OF SB 2.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE SB 12.

AND THERE WAS AN ELECTIONS HELD BACK IN IN NOVEMBER THAT ACTUALLY HAD AN IMPACT.

GREAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK IN 2022 OUT OF SB 12, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WENT FROM $25,000 TO $40,000.

I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

AND THEN AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS YEAR WITH THE ELECTION, IT WENT FROM $40,000 TO $100,000.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S VALUE LOST IN EACH OF THOSE, THOSE ELECTIONS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE HELD HARMLESS IN THOSE WE DON'T GET ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT HAPPENS IS THE VALUES GO DOWN, WHICH MEANS OUR TAXES GO DOWN AND OUR RECAPTURE GOES DOWN ACCORDINGLY.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT HURT BY THAT.

BUT IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE RECAPTURE IS GOING DOWN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY RECAPTURE IS GOING DOWN.

THAT'S GREAT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

IT'S GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT SIMPLY IT JUST SIMPLY THERE'S AN OFFSET WITH REDUCTION IN TAXES.

SO NO NEW MONEY IN THE CLASSROOM AS A RESULT OF THAT.

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PART OF SB 12, THOUGH THAT ACTUALLY DID HELP, IS A LOT OF THE OVER 65 THAT HAD FROZEN VALUES WERE KIND OF HELD BECAUSE THEY'RE HELD HARMLESS ON THEIR TAX LEVY TAX COMPRESSION, THEY WEREN'T GETTING THE BENEFIT OF TAX COMPRESSION SB 12 ACTUALLY MADE THAT UP.

AND SO AS A RESULT, WE HAD 4400 OF OUR OVER 65 FROZEN LEVIES THAT WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO.

WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR, FOR SOME OF OUR MOST NEEDY FOLKS THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOME.

I THINK THAT WAS A BIG BENEFIT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE FROZEN LEVY, WHICH IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU ACTUALLY DO THE TAX RATE ON THE ADJUSTED VALUES.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS FROZEN.

LEVY WENT FROM 93 MILLION DOWN TO 48 MILLION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE TAX RATE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN JUST IN ONE YEAR.

A LITTLE BIT OVER $0.18.

IF YOU LOOK OVER THE LAST 16 OR THE LAST SIX YEARS, WE'VE GONE DOWN ABOUT $0.37, WHICH IS ABOUT A 35% DECREASE IN OUR TAX RATE, GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE OVERALL IMPACT TO OUR TAXES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WENT DOWN APPROXIMATELY $117 MILLION.

SO RECAPTURE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HITTING RIGHT AT A QUARTER OF $1 BILLION A YEAR.

IN RECAPTURE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN ABOUT 100 AND $117 MILLION.

HEY, JOHNNY, WHAT DID YOU SAY RIGHT BEFORE THAT? I WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN.

ABOUT OUR TAXES GOING DOWN.

THAT ONE. OKAY.

SO TAXES.

SO TAXES FOR THIS YEAR BASICALLY WENT FROM 677 MILLION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 560 MILLION, AND THE TAX RATE WENT DOWN.

HOW MUCH? THE TAX RATE RATE WENT DOWN $0.18 IN ONE YEAR.

BUT. IT WENT DOWN ABOUT $0.37 OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, WHICH IS ABOUT A 35% DECREASE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE VALUES HAVE BEEN GOING UP.

BUT BUT IT'S STILL A HUGE IT'S STILL A HUGE IMPACT.

SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE VALUES.

WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE TAX RATE WHICH IS SET BY THIS BOARD.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO WHEN DOES THE TEA COMMISSIONER COME OUT WITH THAT ASSESSMENT OF VALUES? YOU KNOW HOW IT.

YOU KNOW, IT DETERMINES THE COMPRESSION.

WHEN WILL THEY BECAUSE THEY COMPARE THE CURRENT VALUES WITH.

SO IT USED TO BE ON A PRIOR YEAR VALUES.

THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE ACTUALLY HANDLES IT RIGHT.

THEY COME OUT.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE ACTUALLY SET OUR TAX RATE BASED ON THE COMPTROLLER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

AND THEN THEY RECONCILE IT AFTER THE FACT.

BUT IT'S WE'RE WE'RE BASING IT ON THE CONTROLLER'S ESTIMATED VALUES OF THE CURRENT YEAR INCREASE.

AND SO THAT TAKES PLACE IN JULY AFTER WE'VE APPROVED OUR BUDGET IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WE DO. SO IN A DISTRICT LIKE OURS, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A I MEAN, WE WE'RE GETTING A BETTER FEEL SINCE COMPRESSION HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE TALK WITH OUR APPRAISALS, WE GET A PRETTY GOOD FEEL. BUT THEY'RE LIKE ACCOUNTANTS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THEY ALWAYS LEAVE A LITTLE EXTRA IN THE BACK POCKET.

AND SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH THEIR CONSERVATIVE.

THAT WAS WHAT I'M SAYING. AND SO NORMALLY THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT AFTER WE SET OUR OUR TAX RATES AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE AS A RESULT OF COMPRESSION LOSS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET.

AGAIN, ANOTHER SLIDE I KNOW WE'RE ALL SUPER FAMILIAR WITH, BUT I KNOW PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS OBVIOUSLY SURROUNDS WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN ENROLLMENT IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND AS JOHNNY SAID, ONE OF OUR MAIN KEY, YOU KNOW, ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE DO HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

AND, OF COURSE, OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS PROJECTED A 734 STUDENT DECLINE FOR OUR 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHTSIZING OUR BUDGET.

AND OF COURSE, OUR BIGGEST PIECE OF OUR BUDGET IS HAS TO DO WITH OUR OUR PAYROLL, OUR STAFFING.

SO I THINK IT WOULD WOULDN'T PROBABLY LOOK AS WELL AS IF, OF COURSE, AS WE DECLINE OUR STUDENTS, OUR ENROLLMENT IS IN DECLINING AND WE HAD A MAJOR INCREASE IN IN STAFFING.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THIS REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO, AGAIN, ALIGN OUR STAFFING BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT.

AND THANKFULLY, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH ATTRITION.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR TEACHERS ARE IN THE RED LINE AS THEY'VE AS THROUGH 2020 ALL THE WAY TO 2024 HAVE DECREASED.

I BELIEVE IT WAS IT WAS LIKE A 4% DECREASE.

I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU DO SEE THE SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 2023 TO 2024.

THAT WAS DUE TO HB THREE, WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, WHERE WE HAD TO WHERE WE ADDED OUR MARSHAL PROGRAM, WHICH I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT WAS ADDITIONAL 60 STAFF MEMBERS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE SCHOOL MARSHALS.

SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS BAR GRAPH.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TAX RATES OVER TIME.

WHENEVER I SAID THE $0.37, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BENCHMARK YEAR ON THAT WAS 1819.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL SCHOOL LEGISLATION.

AND OF COURSE, YOU COULD SEE THE BIGGEST CHANGE FROM THAT WAS TAX COMPRESSION.

YOU COULD SEE HOW TAX COMPRESSION HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED US FROM 20 1819 ALL THE WAY TO PROJECTED FOR 2425.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

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I WILL ALSO SAY THERE IT'S NOT ALL JUST TAX COMPRESSION.

IF YOU LOOK AT 2022, THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD A BOND REFERENDUM.

WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAVE AUTHORIZATION OF ABOUT $1.35 BILLION AND STILL GO DOWN ABOUT 3.1 $0.06 ON OUR TAX RATE.

AND SO THAT'S JUST PART OF OF WHAT WE DO WITH SARS, TRYING TO MANAGE OUR DEBT SIDE OF OUR PORTFOLIO.

CAN I SAY ONE QUICK THING? YES, MA'AM. SO THAT ANY EFFORT THAT WE GET WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2018, 2019 OR MAYBE IT'S 2019, 2020 WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

CORRECT. THE LAST YEAR THAT WE SAW AN INCREASE WAS GOING INTO FROM 2018 2019 AND 2019, 2020.

RIGHT, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US WHEN WE HAVE A TAX RATE THAT'S BEING COMPRESSED AND THE ADA OR THE FUNDING PER WADA IS NOT INCREASING, I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

PROBABLY. THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE IS OKAY.

BUT I LIKE HOW YOU'RE I LIKE HOW YOU'RE THINKING.

SO OH I SEE YOU'VE GOT LITTLE THINGS ON THERE I DON'T SEE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE NOTES HERE.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION THOUGH THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TOP OF EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT BAR GRAPHS HERE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE ARE THE GROSS TAX COLLECTIONS.

AND THEN IN THE LIGHT BLUE YOU CAN SEE THE RECAPTURE.

SO THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE IN THE DARK BLUE DOWN BELOW THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S BASICALLY GROSS TAXES MINUS RECAPTURE IS NET TAXES.

WITH WHAT WE ACTUALLY BRING INTO OUR DISTRICT TO UTILIZE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHENEVER WE SAID LAST MEANINGFUL INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT HAPPENED FOR 2018, 2019, 20, 1920.

YOU SEE THE INCREASE THERE.

WE ALL THOUGHT WE HAD GONE, DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATE AND AN ULTIMATE WISDOM DID NOT INDEX THOSE NUMBERS TO INFLATION.

AND IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INFLATION OVER THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN GETTING BEAT UP PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT.

AND SINCE THEY'RE NOT INDEXED FOR INFLATION, WE LOSE THE PURCHASING POWER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE GO ON DOWN TO THE RIGHT.

WE WENT FROM 432 TO 418.

THAT'S EXASPERATED WITH US THE FACT THAT WE WERE LOSING ADA, OUR ENROLLMENT.

SO THAT'S JUST IT INCREASES.

WE HAD A HUGE JUMP IN THAT ONE YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THAT DECREASE.

WE HAD A BIG WITH COVID, WE HAD A HUGE DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT.

OH. THAT'S NOT GOOD. WE'RE FINISHING UP A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE BACK.

SO I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE HARD WORKERS, I'LL TELL YOU.

AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE FROM 2021 TO 2122 HOW IT CONTINUES TO DECREASE.

WE'LL SAY IF YOU LOOK AT 22, 23 WITH OUR PASSAGE OF OUR BOND, WE ALSO DID A VADER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LITTLE INCREASE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND THEN THE REALLY GOOD THING IS EVEN IN 2324 YOU SEE THAT GOING UP JUST SLIGHTLY.

THAT'S BECAUSE OUR ENRICHED PENNIES, YOU KNOW, THOSE 17 ENRICHED PENNIES THAT WE MAXIMIZED THE VALUE ON THOSE BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO UP TO THE 90TH PERCENTILE OF THE DISTRICTS, AND THEY USE PLANO ISD AS THE 90TH PERCENTILE.

SO WE ACTUALLY SAW WE ACTUALLY WERE IN POSITION TO MAXIMIZE THOSE PENNIES, WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

YOU SAW A SMALL BUMP AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND THEN AND THEN GOING DOWN SLIGHTLY AS WE ANTICIPATE LOSING ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN THE 2425.

I KNOW THAT'S A BUSY A BUSY, BUT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON IT.

AND I TRY TO PUT LITTLE BLURPS BECAUSE MAINLY FOR EXPLANATION, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THE HISTORY, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

OKAY, SO OF COURSE IT'S PIE CHARTS.

THEY'RE MY FAVORITE. OF COURSE. I LOVE THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF OF THE PIE CHART.

OF COURSE. OF COURSE THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES AGAIN.

ALL OF OUR BUDGET REVENUES FOR THIS BUDGET UPDATE ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME AS WHAT WE PRESENTED BACK IN JANUARY.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME REPRESENTATION THAT WE SHOWED YOU BACK IN JANUARY.

AND OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY I THINK IS OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WHERE WHERE THE BULK OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM OBVIOUSLY IS FROM OUR LOCAL FUNDS, WE OF COURSE GET VERY LITTLE AND STATE FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE, JUST UNDERSTANDING THE REPRESENTATION OF RECAPTURE TO OF TO OUR LOCAL FUNDING, ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE RIGHT PIE GRAPH, WHEN YOU SEE LOCAL FUND 91.4%, THAT'S PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHENEVER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, WELL, MAN, WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN PLANO ISD.

WELL, WE GET THAT. WE GET MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY.

WE GET IN THE END OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, RIGHT, THREE MONTHS.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY OUR OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET IS ABOUT $700 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE THE CASH FLOW THAT PREDOMINANTLY IS MOST OF THAT IS IN PAYROLL.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF FUND BALANCE TO CASH FLOW OUR DISTRICTS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY START COLLECTING THOSE TAXES.

AGAIN. I JUST I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

AND OUR CASH FLOW IS ABOUT 170 TO $175 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO FOR TO CASH FLOW.

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IT'S A WE ARE CURRENTLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ABOUT 178 DAYS ON OUR CASH FLOW.

I WILL SAY THAT THE STATE THE STATE RECOMMENDS 75 DAYS.

SO WE DO HAVE A I MEAN, WE'RE VERY BLESSED AT THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MANEUVER.

AND THEN JUST THE REPRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY, OF OUR PROJECTED APPROACH, APPROPRIATIONS.

I DEFINITELY THINK I WANT TO POINT OUT I THINK THERE WAS FOR OUR INSTRUCTION, IF YOU SEE, FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS, 64.4% OF OUR BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO MONEYS THAT ACTUALLY GO INTO THE CLASSROOM.

AND I THINK THERE WAS AN OLD I THINK IT WAS A FRUSTRATING LONG AGO, WASN'T IT? THERE WAS AN INDICATOR THAT YOU GOT ALL, I THINK, ALL POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR.

IF YOU GOT IT WAS 65% FOR INSTRUCTION.

AND I THINK THEY TOOK IT OUT BECAUSE NOBODY, NOBODY COULD MEET IT.

SO IT'S VERY RARE.

I THINK THE LAST DISTRICT, I THINK THAT I WAS AT THE HIGHEST WE GOT WAS MAYBE 61, 62%.

SO I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES HERE AT OUR DISTRICT, THAT WE PUT 64.4% OF OUR APPROPRIATION TOWARDS INSTRUCTION, THE STUFF THAT GOES INTO OUR CLASSROOM. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.

THAT'S ONLY 2.3.

IT'S THAT LITTLE KIND OF GOLD YELLOW SPOT OVER THERE ON ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

IT'S PRETTY SMALL COMPARED.

I THINK WE COULD PUT HERSELF UP AGAINST REALLY ANYBODY FOR THE COST THAT WE, WE PUT TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF APPROPRIATIONS BY OBJECT.

AND OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE OBVIOUSLY IS IS OUR PAYROLL BUDGET.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES, WHICH I THINK IS OUR SECOND, WHICH IS AT 10.6.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE WHERE OUR FIXED COST, OUR FIXED CONTRACTS ARE AT, LIKE OUR FIXED COSTS ARE PROPERTY CASUALTY.

ANY OF OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTED SERVICES LIKE OUR CUSTODIAL AND THOSE THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO INFLATIONARY COSTS.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAD POINTED OUT THAT THE STATE HAD ACTUALLY DONE.

IT'S A GRAPHIC. I THINK IT'S COOL.

I'LL GO THROUGH THIS IS WHAT THE THE STATE ACTUALLY SHOWS, AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT PLANO ISD GOES THROUGH.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF REFERENCES TO IT, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THIS IS THE IT SAYS THAT TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPENT APPROXIMATELY $50 BILLION PER YEAR EDUCATING MORE THAN BASICALLY IT'S ABOUT 5.5 MILLION STUDENTS.

HERE'S A BREAKDOWN HOW WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WITH HOW THAT DOLLAR IS SPENT.

NOW, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING HERE.

AS YOU GO THROUGH HERE, THERE ARE A LITTLE OVER 1000 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ANOTHER 200 CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE VAST MAJORITY.

AND WHEN I SAY VAST MAJORITY, OVER 850 OF THESE DISTRICTS HAVE LESS THAN 1500 STUDENTS IN THEM.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE NUMBERS JUST IN YOUR MIND, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL OF THE OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

BUT I STILL THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING CHART.

I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW IT.

BUT YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THE CLASSROOM.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW AND THESE ARE THE 20, 23, 24 YEARS, SO NOT 24, 25 IN THE PIE CHART.

THESE ARE THE CURRENT YEAR.

WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN ACTUAL DOLLAR SPENT NOT ON BUDGET.

SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU SEE THE 56 IS QUITE A BIT LOWER.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU GET TO SMALLER DISTRICTS, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO DOES NOT TAKE IN ACCOUNT ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S NORMAL.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

TRANSPORTATION IS $0.03 OUT OF THE OF THE DOLLAR FACILITIES 11.

THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS YOU GET INTO SMALLER DISTRICTS.

LESS KIDS OBVIOUSLY PERCENTAGE WISE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BASICALLY HERE, A GREATER PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PLANT.

RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT HEALTH, WHICH IS $0.01, YOU'VE GOT SAFETY WHICH IS ONE, IT IS TWO, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT NUTRITION AND FIVE.

CAMPUS LEADERSHIP IS SIX.

DISTRICT LEADERSHIP IS FOUR.

ONCE AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE SMALLER NUMBERS OF KIDS, IT'S HARDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLANO'S EXTRACURRICULAR IS THREE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT IS IS FOUR.

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT IS IS YOUR FUNCTION YOUR, YOUR FUNCTIONS.

21 WHICH IS YOUR BASICALLY YOUR YOUR ACADEMICS, ACADEMIC SERVICES AND OF COURSE, COUNSELING IS YOUR FOR $0.04.

SO LET'S LOOK AT PLANO ISD.

OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE THAT NUMBER JUMP UP AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 62.

THIS IS NOT BUDGETED. THIS IS OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR FOR THIS YEAR, PROJECTED EXPENSES FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU SEE TRANSPORTATION AT FOR THE FACILITIES.

A WHILE AGO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE STATE IT WAS I THINK 11.

IT'S TEN HERE. SO YOU SEE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER, ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF THE OF THE DOLLAR THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT HEALTH SERVICES IS ONE.

SAFETY IS ONE.

IT IS TWO.

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AND THEN ON THIS BACK SHEET, IF YOU SEE NUTRITION $0.01, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WAS THAT'S KIND OF LOW.

BUT IN DISTRICTS LIKE PLANO ISD WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE FEDERAL MONIES.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ACTUALLY BUDGET ALL OF OUR OR THE MAJORITY, NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES IN A FEDERAL FUND.

THIS IS A GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT $30 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED IN A SELF-SUSTAINING FUND.

FEDERAL FUND THAT'S SEPARATE FROM FROM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT AS LOW AS IT IS.

AND THEN YOU SEE EXTRACURRICULARS AT $0.02 A DISTRICT.

LEADERSHIP. A WHILE AGO, I THINK YOU SAW THAT AT THE STATE AT $0.04.

OURS IS TWO.

IT'S JUST WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS FAR AS ENROLLMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ALSO COUNSELING, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

WE ACTUALLY PUT A VERY, VERY HIGH PREMIUM ON OUR COUNSELING SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE AT PLANO ISD.

AND SO YOU SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

AND THEN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AT $0.05 AS WELL.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS OUR BUDGET FORECAST FOR REVENUES IS STILL THE SAME FROM OUR PRIOR BUDGET UPDATE AGAIN.

AND WE ANTICIPATE OBVIOUSLY THIS TO CHANGE ONCE WE GET OUR ESTIMATED CERTIFIED VALUES.

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE OUR BOTTOM LINE NET REVENUE AND OTHER SOURCES AS A SURPLUS OF 7.89.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE DID DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET FORECAST FOR OUR EXPENDITURES BASED ON THOSE CHANGES THAT JOHNNY SPOKE ABOUT IN OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, THOSE FOR OBVIOUSLY FOR THE YOUR APPROVAL FOR OUR 3% RAISE AND FOR THOSE STRATEGIC MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THAT COMPENSATION INCREASE PLACEHOLDER DID INCREASE FROM JANUARY.

AND THEN ALSO THAT NON PAYROLL INFLATIONARY FACTOR.

AGAIN WE WENT FROM 3% TO 5.5%.

SO THAT DID INCREASE OUR OVERALL EXPENDITURES NET OF RECAPTURE TO 546.99.

AND I'M SORRY EXCUSE ME 702.58.

AND THEN OF COURSE NET OF RECAPTURE WOULD BE 546.99.

AND THEN OVERALL, I GUESS OUR NET REVENUES TO OUR NET EXPENDITURES.

THAT DOES PUT US AT A DEFICIT FUND BALANCE OF $37 MILLION.

WITH THOSE CHANGES, THE INCREASE TO OUR OUR PAYROLL PLACEHOLDER AND OUR NON PAYROLL INFLATIONARY PAYROLL ON PLACER FACTOR.

CAN I CLARIFY REAL QUICK. YOU SAID DEFICIT FUND BALANCE.

BUT I THINK YOU MEAN CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE CORRECT.

NOT DEFICIT NOT A DEFICIT FUND BALANCE CORRECT.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD CLARIFICATION.

YES. BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A DEFICIT FUND BALANCE AT ALL.

NO THANK YOU, DR.

TYRA. APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY, SO ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS ON THE ON THE CHANGE IN BALANCE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A STARTING POINT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

FOR OUR DISTRICT.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, YOU CAN SEE WE START OFF WITH AN ORIGINAL.

WE HAVE HAD A DEFICIT BUDGET FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS ENDED THE YEAR WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET, BECAUSE WE ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACTUALLY AFFECT THE BOTTOM LINE.

AND SO THIS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WE START OFF WITH DOES NOT MEAN WE WE RARELY EVER DO WE NOT AMEND A BUDGET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THAT, THAT BOTTOM LINE, WE ALSO BUDGET FOR 100% OF ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS EFFICIENCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE OF VACATED POSITIONS AS WELL AS TURNOVER.

AND SO THERE ARE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE, WE DO GAIN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS FAR AS POSITIVELY IMPACTING THAT BOTTOM, NOT THAT BOTTOM NUMBER.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT FRONT? SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT, THEY THINK, OH, YOU'VE GOT THIS GIANT BUDGET DEFICIT, BUT YOU CONSISTENTLY FIND EFFICIENCIES, AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINE AND YOU DON'T CLOSE WITH SUCH A BIG DEFICIT.

SO IF WE'RE OUT THERE TALKING TO STATE LEGISLATORS AND WE TELL THEM AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HEY, WE'RE OPERATING IN A BUDGET DEFICIT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THIS IS HOW IT IMPACTS US.

WE'RE USING THAT ORIGINAL NUMBER AND NOT THE EFFICIENCIES.

CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE LISTENING OR TO THOSE OF US IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE AUDIENCE OR AT HOME WHO WANT TO GO TALK TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND TALK ABOUT WHY STATE FUNDING IS NEEDED VERSUS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CONSTANTLY OPERATE IN THIS SORT OF LIKE CRISIS MODE, FINDING EFFICIENCIES.

WELL, I THINK THE I THINK THE MAIN THING IS IT'S A IT'S STILL A MATTER OF ADEQUACY BECAUSE AS MISS HUMPHREY SAID A WHILE AGO, WE STILL HAVE A SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN INDEXED FOR INFLATION.

AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT BAR GRAPH THAT I SHOWED A WHILE AGO ABOUT TAXES LESS RECAPTURED BEING NET TAXES, AND YOU COULD SEE HOW THAT IS GOING DOWN.

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SO IT DOES GET HARDER AND HARDER TO ACTUALLY END UP THE YEAR CLOSER TO ZERO BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY FOR THE SYSTEM TO GROW. THE ONLY WAY FOR THE SYSTEM TO GROW AT THIS POINT IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS COMING IN.

AND THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A LUXURY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS WE CONTINUALLY LOOK FOR, FOR WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ACTUALLY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, WHETHER THAT IS LOOKING FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO ACTUALLY SPEND MAYBE A CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND INSTEAD OF A GENERAL OPERATING FUND, WHENEVER YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUDGET.

SO WE RECLASSIFY WHEN WE CAN.

ONE THING WE DID THROUGH THE VADER ELECTION IS MAXIMIZE.

I ALWAYS CALL IT MAKING OUR BUDGET BUCKET AS BIG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND SO, SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING THE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT HONESTLY, JUST LOOKING AT STUDENTS AND STAFF RATIOS AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT DOING THAT.

OUR ENTIRE LONG RANGE FACILITY MASTER PLANNING IS, IS NEEDED, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME EFFICIENCIES GAINED AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STEPPING TO DO.

I WILL SAY THAT IT IS DEFINITELY GETTING MORE I MEAN, THIS IS MY 31ST YEAR TO ACTUALLY BUILD A BUDGET.

I CAN SAY IT HAS NOT GOTTEN EASIER.

IT IS IT HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT AS I'VE GONE ALONG.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT IT IS DEFINITELY TIME TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS.

FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

NUMBER ONE IS WE GET PAID OFF OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND SINCE COVID, OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, NOT JUST IN PLANO ISD ACROSS THE STATE HAS HAS GOTTEN DOWN THAT WE LOSE FUNDING AS A RESULT OF THAT.

I THINK DR. GOBER AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING IT.

REALLY AMAZING WORK.

IN OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE HIGHER HERE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE GONE DOWN SINCE PRE-COVID NUMBERS.

AND SO THEY WERE DOING GOOD WORK THERE.

BUT THAT'S HURT.

WE NEED OUR LEGISLATORS TO PAY OFF OF ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT, NOT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF INDEXATION FOR INFLATION.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF TEXAS THAT WHENEVER INFLATION GOES UP 10% IN A YEAR.

AND YET OUR, OUR BUDGET STAYS THE ACTUALLY THE SAME THAT WE'RE LOSING PURCHASING POWER.

SO YOU CAN ONLY DO THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS BEFORE IT CATCHES UP WITH YOU.

I KNOW MR. COOK HAD ASKED ME A QUESTION, JUST, I THINK, YESTERDAY, AND THAT IS OKAY.

IF NOTHING CHANGES WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE IN TRUE CRISIS MODE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ACTUALLY.

JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW WE DON'T WE TRY NOT TO SHOW IT BECAUSE WE SCARE PEOPLE, BUT WE ACTUALLY DO A FIVE YEAR BUDGET MODEL INTERNALLY.

IT'S AN INTERNAL TOOL WE USE.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, HOW MUCH WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR AND HOW HOW CRITICAL THOSE ARE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR US TO CONTINUE TO OFFER RAISES TO OUR STAFF, FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF OFFERING QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS WE'RE TO THE POINT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME ASSISTANCE FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND AND HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS OUT.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE ENROLLMENT BASED VERSUS THE ADA OR THE ATTENDANCE BASED.

WE'RE ONE OF SIX STATES IN THE NATION THAT BASE THE FUNDING ON AND ON ATTENDANCE RATHER THAN ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT BECOMES A HARDSHIP, ESPECIALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, POST COVID.

PEOPLE ARE MORE INCLINED TO KEEP THE STUDENT HOME IF THEY'VE GOT THE SNIFFLES BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO POSSIBLY SPREAD COVID, SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLINED NOT TO ATTEND.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S DR.

GOBER'S JOB HAS BEEN MADE PRETTY HARD RECENTLY.

HIS DEPARTMENT, I CAN TELL YOU.

WE TALK, WE GO OUT.

WE TALK WITH LOTS OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO CAPTURE ENROLLMENT IN OUR DISTRICT IS DEFINITELY ON THE FOREFRONT OF DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COURTNEY AND JOHNNY, NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE.

[9.3 Annual Announcement of Continuing Education for Board Members Framework for School Board Development Annual Board Member Training Summary]

THREE REPORTS.

AND IT'S THE ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

I HAVE TO HAVE A DRINK OF WATER.

THIS IS LONG.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS UNDER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULE, COMPLETING REQUIRED C OR CONTINUING EDUCATION EACH YEAR OF SERVICE IS A BASIC OBLIGATION AND EXPECTATION OF ANY SITTING BOARD MEMBER.

AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I AM REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF EACH MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION, OR IS DEFICIENT IN MEETING THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING ARE MEASURED ANNUALLY FROM MAY 1ST TO APRIL 30TH, AND THERE ARE EIGHT TRAINING AREAS.

LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION IS ONE.

TRAINING ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE IS ANOTHER POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

ALSO TEAM BUILDING AND ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION, AS WELL AS VERY IMPORTANT ONE EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.

IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE, TRAFFICKING AND OTHER MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN, AND FINALLY, SCHOOL SAFETY.

SO, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, I WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OR DEFICIENCY AS I AS AS TO THE REQUIRED TRAINING.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I WILL ANNOUNCE BOARD MEMBERS WHO EXCEEDED THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

THE STATEMENT ALL BOARD MEMBERS INCLUDES NANCY HUMPHREY, DR.

LAUREN TYRA, JERI CHAMBERS, ANGELA POWELL, TARRAH LANTZ, MICHAEL COOK, AND KATHERINE GOODWIN.

SO AS FOR LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION, THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE LOCAL DISTRICT ORIENTATION TRAINING TARRAH LANTZ, MICHAEL COOK, AND KATHERINE GOODWIN.

AS REGARDS TO ORIENTATION TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

THE FOLLOWING FIRST YEAR, BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE ORIENTATION TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE TRAINING TARRAH LANTZ, MICHAEL COOK, AND KATHERINE GOODWIN.

REGARDING THE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THE POST LEGISLATIVE UPDATE TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

TRAINING. WITH REGARD TO TEAM BUILDING.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS COMPLETED THE ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING TRAINING.

ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAD COMPLETED THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS WITH REGARD TO EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS. THIS TRAINING MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY TWO YEARS, AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THIS BIENNIAL TRAINING WITH REGARD TO IDENTIFYING AND REPORTING ABUSE, TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER MALTREATMENT OF CHILDREN.

THIS TRAINING MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY TWO YEARS, AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THIS BIENNIAL TRAINING WITH REGARD TO SCHOOL SAFETY.

THIS TRAINING MUST BE COMPLETED EVERY TWO YEARS, AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED THIS BIENNIAL TRAINING.

UNDER THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

THE FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNANCE LEADERSHIP ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. THE FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY, AND A PAPER COPY HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR TO EACH BOARD MEMBER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT IN YOUR FOLDERS. SO THAT'S IT.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN.

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

CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE THREE NON AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

AS A REMINDER INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN SIGNING UP ONLINE.

IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

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

SECTION 551.07 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

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

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS.

EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

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

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

IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED.

THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.

FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.

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SO 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 A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS GREG PATTILLO, PLANO ISD RESIDENT.

TOPIC CITY REGULATION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS.

AND, SIR, DO YOU WANT TO GET A ONE MINUTE WARNING? ARE YOU GOOD? JUST GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH ON YOUR THREE MINUTES.

YEAH. LET'S JUST DO A STRAIGHT THROUGH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS GREG PATTILLO.

I'VE LIVED IN PLANO FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, THE PISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLISHED A POSITION LETTER ON SCHOOL VOUCHERS.

THE LETTER PROVIDED FACTS AND DATA THAT PRESENTED A COMPELLING BUSINESS CASE AGAINST A VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR TEXAS EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF EACH LOST STUDENT.

WHILE I AGREE WITH THE DISTRICT'S POSITION AND ITS DECISION TO PUBLISH A POSITION, MY PROBLEM IS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS NOT LOST A SINGLE STUDENT OR DOLLAR DUE TO VOUCHERS.

YET THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.

THAT CONTINUES TO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOSS OF STUDENTS AND FUNDING.

WHERE HAVE BEEN THE LONE VOICE REPRESENTING PISD BOARD, TEACHERS AND PARENTS TODAY, THE 398 HOMES IN PLANO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO ENTIRE ENTIRE HOME.

SHORT TERM RENTALS, LIKE THOSE OFFERED THROUGH AIRBNB AND VRBO, HAVE FORCED OUT AN ESTIMATED 180 STUDENTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, USING THE APPROXIMATE COST PER STUDENT OF $9,800 CITED IN THE BOARD'S VOUCHER LETTER.

THAT'S AN ESTIMATED LOSS OF $1.8 MILLION THIS YEAR ALONE.

BETWEEN THE SCHOOL YEARS ENDING AND BEGINNING IN 2021, PISD REPORTED ENROLLMENT DROP OF 754 STUDENTS.

THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS DURING THAT PERIOD ACCOUNTED FOR 133 STUDENTS, OR 17% OF THE REPORTED TOTAL REPORTED DROP.

I'M HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE PLANO CHAPTER OF TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION.

LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A TEMPORARY CITYWIDE BAN OF ALL SHORT TERM RENTAL TYPES WHILE THE CITY STUDIED THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

THE LAST NIGHT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ADOPTED OUR RECOMMENDATION OF HALTING ENTIRE HOME CONVERSIONS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIMITED HIM TO THE WHERE THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY ZONED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY THEN TURNED AROUND AND ADOPTED A PROPOSAL THAT WILL ALLOW WHAT ARE REFERRED TO LIVE IN MANAGEMENT STRS EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW ENTIRE HOME CONVERSIONS.

WITH A FEW MINOR WORKAROUNDS FOR INVESTORS.

I WOULD ASSUME SOME OF YOU HAVE USED AIRBNB AND VRBO RENTALS AND PERHAPS EVEN PREFER THEM TO HOTELS.

AND WHILE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PROBABLY GREAT GUESTS, I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT ALL GUESTS ARE NOT YOU.

IN FACT, AIRBNB IS CLEAR IN THEIR TERMS THAT THEY DO NOT PERFORM A COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECK OF GUESTS, AND THE CRIMINAL HISTORY, INCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENSES, MAY BE INCOMPLETE.

IN TEXAS, NOTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED BY SEX OFFENDERS UNLESS THEY ARE GOING TO BE STAYING AT A LOCATION MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS.

THE TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND BELIEVE OWNERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEASE ALL OR A PART OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS OR MORE. BUT SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT PLANO DOES NOT HAVE, AND COMES AT A COST TO THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ENROLLMENT OF OUR SCHOOLS, THE CUSTOMERS THAT SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND OUR TAX DOLLARS.

I'VE LEARNED IN MY TWO YEARS OF SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS, MOST DO NOT RECOGNIZE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS A PROBLEM.

THAT IS, UNTIL IT'S THEIR PROBLEM.

THE REALITY, BASED ON WHAT PNC IS SENDING TO COUNCIL, IS THAT YOU WILL BE ONE FOR SALE.

SIGN AWAY FROM IT BEING YOUR PROBLEM.

AND IF YOU ARE A PARENT, A CHILD, AND CERTAINLY ONE THAT ATTENDS PLANO SCHOOLS, YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED.

THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 22ND.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE PLANO.GOV WEBSITE.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL CONWAY.

PLANO ISD.

NONRESIDENT TOPIC BOOKS.

MR. CONWAY. STRAIGHT THROUGH.

YEAH. I'M GOOD. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD. I HAVE TO SAY GOOD MORNING THIS TIME.

SORRY. I JUST KIND OF STILL CRACKS ME UP A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, I I'M UP HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN TRYING TO PROTECT GOING ON THE RECORD, REGARDLESS OF HOW I'M VIEWED, THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER. AND WHAT PEOPLE HERE DON'T WANT TO HEAR, THE REALITY IS TRYING TO PROTECT THESE KIDS.

IT'S ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE PORNOGRAPHY.

IT SOMEHOW IT'S FOUND TO HAVE ACADEMIC VALUE.

YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THIS ABSOLUTELY NOBODY IN THIS ROOM SHOULD BE EVEN LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY, INCLUDING MYSELF.

PORNHUB WAS REMOVED FROM TEXAS.

THERE'S A REASON. I'VE YET TO FIND ANY PERSON THAT SAYS PORNOGRAPHY IS GOOD FOR THE MIND.

THE PSYCHOLOGY. AND YET IT'S HARD TO GET IT AWAY FROM OUR KIDS.

WHY IS THAT? CAN ANYBODY EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AS A SECOND WALK.

I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS ADULTS TOO.

I MEAN, AND I AND PEOPLE CAN SAY SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND ALL THAT.

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REALLY THAT WAS ABOUT KEEPING THE STATE OUT OF THE CHURCH, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

AND SO I'VE NEVER YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING.

THE IDEOLOGY THAT HAPPENS WITH THE BOOKS, IT KILLS THE FAMILY UNIT.

TALKING WITH THE GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING, THE.

DAUGHTER DECIDED SHE WANTED TO BE A SON.

HER BOY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

AND AS A RESULT.

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE DIVORCED.

HER FAMILY ABANDONED HER.

THE MOM. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE BOOKS, GUYS.

THAT'S THE REALITY.

THAT'S WHY I COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ALL MONTH AFTER MONTH TO GET THE DAMN GET THE BOOKS OUT OF THE OUT OF THE LIBRARY TO PROTECT THESE CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW. SO PLEASE STEP UP.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PIECE THAT CAME TO MIND WAS THE CURRICULUM.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO SET A NEW BAR.

TEXAS RANKS 28TH AT THE BEST OUT OF 50.

THE RECENT STATS I'VE LOOKED AT THAT TELLS ME THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.

YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON HELPING THESE KIDS LEARN.

AND GET THE PORNOGRAPHY OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS TAYLOR MEACHAM, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT TOPIC BANNING SMARTPHONES FROM CLASSROOMS. MISTER MAKER, DO YOU WANNA GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? DO LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE WARNING.

ONE MINUTE WARNING IS GREAT.

MEACHAM. TAYLOR. MEACHAM.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.

APPRECIATE IT. I AM A PISD RESIDENT AND I AM A PARENT OF STUDENTS AT CARLISLE, SCHIMMELPFENNIG AND CLARK.

MY OLDEST GRADUATED FROM PLANO SENIOR LAST YEAR.

DO YOU EVER WISH THAT WHEN YOU WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, YOU AND EVERY OTHER STUDENT HAD A SMARTPHONE? I SAW A LAUGH Y OR MORE LIKELY, Y NOT.

IN 2022, RICHARDSON ISD OVERHAULED ITS PHONE POLICY.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BEGAN CONFISCATING PHONES EACH AND EVERY MORNING.

ONE HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED YONDR POUCHES.

I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT YONDR POUCHES ARE.

THEY ARE MAGNETICALLY LOCKABLE AT THE SCHOOL ENTRANCE AND UNLOCKED ON EXIT.

THEY PHYSICALLY PREVENT STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING PHONES DURING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DAY.

AFTER A YEAR, RICHARDSON SURVEYED STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS ABOUT THE NEW DISTRICT WIDE POLICY AND ABOUT THE NEW POLICY PLUS YONDR POUCHES.

100% OF THE SURVEYED TEACHERS AT THE YONDER SCHOOL.

STATED THAT QUOTE, IT WAS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE YONDER SYSTEM.

85% SAID THEY REGAINED AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES OF EFFECTIVE CLASS TEACHING TIME PER DAY.

EXCUSE ME? PER CLASS, NOT PER DAY.

68% SAID THAT THEY REGAINED TEN MINUTES OR MORE.

THAT'S IN JUNIOR HIGH WITH MULTIPLE CLASSES PER DAY.

THINK OF ALL THAT VALUABLE TIME OVER A SINGLE DAY.

THINK OF ALL THAT TIME OVER A YEAR.

RIGHT NOW, PLANO ISD SCHOOLS ARE LOSING THAT QUALITY INSTRUCTION TIME ON SCHOOL.

ON PAPER, OUR SCHOOLS MAY PURPORT TO BAN PHONE USE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

IN PRACTICE, HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT.

ACCORDING TO MY KIDS.

KIDS USE THEIR PHONES ALL THE TIME.

UNLIKE IN RISD, PLANO ISD.

PHONE POLICIES ARE ENFORCED BY TEACHERS, SO EACH PLANO ISD TEACHER HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BE A HERO, LETTING THE KIDS USE THEIR PHONES.

THANK YOU. OR A VILLAIN SPENDING TIME ENFORCING VERY UNPOPULAR POLICIES.

IF YOU THINK YOUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS GOOD WITH SMARTPHONES, WHY DO YOU PERMIT THEM TO BE IN STUDENTS HANDS NOW? TWO MONTHS AGO, I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL IN THIS REGARD.

YOUR RESPONSES WERE ALL VERY NICE AS FAR AS AUTOMATED RESPONSES GO, BUT ANY ACTUAL RESPONSE WOULD STILL BE WELCOME FROM ANY OF YOU.

IF YOU CAN'T SURPASS IT, I'M ASKING YOU AT LEAST TO FOLLOW RISD'S BOLD LEADERSHIP.

LET'S AT LEAST BEGIN TO TAKE AWAY THIS BURDEN FROM TEACHERS AND REMOVE THIS HUGE DISTRACTION FROM OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS PROBLEM CAN ONLY EFFECTIVELY BE ADDRESSED WITH YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 11 IS ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THIS BOARD MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 10:35 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Apr 02, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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