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I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS AND ALL WHO ARE WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.
SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS SERVICES AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
DOCTOR PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF.
AND SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AT WORK SESSIONS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
[3. CONSENT AGENDA]
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO MOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NO ITEMS BEING REMOVED, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, I'M COUNTING SEVEN HANDS, SO I WON'T ASK FOR ANY OPPOSED.
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AND SO THERE'S SOME EXCITING THINGS TO BUSINESS TO GET TO.THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT OUT OF LEADERSHIP.
AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR PRINCIPAL HIRES.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, DOCTOR JOY LOVELL, LAURIE LEINER AND STEVE EWING, TO COME UP TO MAKE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US. THESE ARE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR WILLIAMS LEADERSHIP TEAM AND BOARD.
I'M GOING TO START WITH BRINKER.
SO, MRS. JENNIFER KING, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAND.
MRS. JENNIFER KING WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF BRINKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SHE COMES TO US FROM A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT, FRISCO ISD, WITH 21 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH INCLUDES NINE YEARS OF CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE AT FOWLER AND WESTER MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU TO PLANO.
SO THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MRS. KRISTY JAMES, WHO ALSO I NEED YOU TO STAND.
SHE WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF SHEPHERD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MRS. JAMES IS NO STRANGER TO PLANO BECAUSE SHE IS A PRODUCT OF PLANO.
NOTABLY, MRS. JAMES'S ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP CAREER HAS ALSO TAKEN PLACE RIGHT HERE IN PLANO.
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SHE TAUGHT AT GULLEDGE, SKAGGS AND HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEN WAS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT SKAGGS AND MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.AND SO NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO CELEBRATE.
CHERYL MITCHELL, HER MOM AND BIGGEST CHEERLEADER WHO'S A RETIRED ENGLISH TEACHER.
CHARLOTTE AND CLAIRE JAMES, HER TWIN DAUGHTERS, WHO ARE IN THE 10TH GRADE.
WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING TO CONTINUE YOUR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY WITH US AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE AMAZING AS YOU EMBARK ON THIS NEXT CHAPTER, MARKING A PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES, AS THE NEWEST PRINCIPAL AT SHEPHERD.
SO THANK YOU AND LET'S CONGRATULATE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT I'M GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MR. FELIPE VARGAS, IF YOU PLEASE STAND, WILL BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FRANKFORD.
MR. VARGAS STARTED HIS EDUCATIONAL CAREER AS A SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND A COACH.
FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, MR. VARGAS HAS SERVED AS THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.
CURRENTLY, HE SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH.
JOINING HIM TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE, FARAH VARGAS.
WILL YOU PLEASE STAND? RITA VARGAS, HIS MOTHER, ALEX VARGAS, HIS BROTHER, DIANNA GARCIA AND ELIZABETH STEVENS, HIS SISTERS.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS, IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP WILL ENABLE YOU TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET MEMBERS.
MR. BACA HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN AND AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JASPER AND HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IN 2017, MR. BACA WAS NAMED PRINCIPAL OF BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE HE LED BOWMAN TO BECOME A PLC RECOGNIZED CAMPUS BY SOLUTION TREE, INCLUDING ACHIEVING ALL SEVEN STATE DISTINCTIONS BY TEA.
MOST RECENTLY, MR. BACA HAS SERVED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN FRISCO ISD.
IN ATTENDANCE WITH BROOKS IS HIS WIFE, MEGAN, HIS SON CADEN, WHO IS TEN, AND HIS DAUGHTER ELLIE, WHO IS SEVEN. WELCOME.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS PRINCIPALS.
I AM VERY EXCITED THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR PLANO ISD.
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT COACH LONNIE JORDAN WILL BE JOINING OUR TEAM.
CAN YOU STAND UP FOR US? AWESOME. COACH JORDAN COMES TO PLANO ISD WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS IN LEADING ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN TEXAS.
HE JOINS PLANO ISD, MOST RECENTLY FROM HIGHLAND PARK ISD, WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND SUCCESSFULLY LED A TEAM OF OVER 70 COACHES AND SUPPORT STAFF AND SAW INCREASED PARTICIPATION ACROSS ALL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS PRIOR TO HIS TIME IN ISD.
COACH JORDAN SERVED IN RICHARDSON ISD AS ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AS WELL AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE MANAGED ALL PHASES OF BUDGET, FACILITIES, SUPPORT STAFF, PROGRAMS AND COACHES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IN TWO FEEDER JUNIOR HIGHS.
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PRIOR TO HIS RISD EXPERIENCE, HE SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT LONE OAK HIGH SCHOOL.COACH JORDAN HAS 29 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AND SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
I WANT TO READ A QUOTE FROM OUR VERY OWN PISD, FORMER PISD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HALL OF FAME COACH KIMBROUGH, WHO SAID, I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE LONNIE JORDAN JOIN OUR STAFF.
HE HAS WORKED DIRECTLY WITH MANY OF MY BEST FRIENDS, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GIVES HIM HIGH PRAISE FOR HIS CHARACTER, ORGANIZATION AND ABILITY TO WORK WITH COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT OUR COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS WILL LOVE WORKING WITH LONNIE.
LONNIE JORDAN IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, JOINED BY HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, LAURA.
THE JORDANS ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF THREE GROWN CHILDREN NATHAN, 22 YEARS OLD, ANDY, 21, AND ELLIE, 19, WHO ARE UNABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
BUT THEY MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE SO WE CAN ALL GIVE THEM A WAVE.
AND I AM JUST REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING COACH LONNIE JORDAN TO PLANO ISD.
ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE INTRODUCTION, AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO JOHNNY HILL.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON FOR ABOUT 7 OR 8 MONTHS.
AND STEVE EWING, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? I AM VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE STEVE EWING AS OUR NEW CHIEF OF BUSINESS SERVICES.
EVERYONE KNOWS STEVE AND LOVES STEVE.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I THINK HE'S GOT 27 OR 28 YEARS OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE.
HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IN THIS NEW ROLE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK HE'S VERY EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
AND SO HE'S GOT A UNIQUE SKILL SET, AND HE'S JUST HE, WE REALLY HAD A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS POSITION, AND AND WE KEPT COMING BACK OVER AND OVER TO STEVE JUST BECAUSE HE HAS THAT UNIQUE BLEND OF OF HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, HARD WORK.
AND SO I'M JUST I'M SO VERY, VERY THANKFUL THAT HE'S AGREED TO ACCEPT THIS JOB.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING SECRETLY, AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, VERY BLESSED WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND TO BE PART OF TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY AT PLANO ISD.
AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE LONNIE.
I WANT TO WELCOME BACK BROOKS. WELCOME HOME.
WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE BACK HOME.
AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR PRINCIPALSHIP, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER NEW PRINCIPALS.
I'M NOT GOING TO TO REHASH EVERYTHING.
I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL SAID BY OUR SLI TEAM.
EACH OF YOU BRINGS THE RIGHT SKILL FOR THE RIGHT LOCATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR.
STEVE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB SINCE HE'S BEEN BACK HOME IN PLANO.
HIS TRANSITION INTO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION WAS AN EASY TRANSITION.
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I THINK HIS HEART AND SOUL IS HE'S IS WITH KIDS AND WITH WHAT, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN A SCHOOL.AND YOU WERE A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPAL, AND THAT SHINED THROUGH AS YOU SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION AND COACHING AND SUPPORTING OUR PRINCIPALS AND JUST BEING A GREAT TEAM MEMBER.
YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO WE CAN ALWAYS CALL AND ASK FOR HELP.
AND FOR THAT, WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU IN SLI, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME.
AND SO BUT NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL ALSO TRANSITION SMOOTHLY INTO YOUR NEW ROLE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN PLANO ISD FOR BEING A PART OF OUR FAMILY AND BEING A PART OF OUR TEAM. WE ARE SO EXCITED.
DOCTOR, THAT WAS KIND OF LONG.
CAN I SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK? I DID NOT SEE [INAUDIBLE] BACK.
I'M SO SORRY [INAUDIBLE] I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE.
WOULD YOU MIND STAYING? THIS IS STEVE'S MUCH BETTER HALF.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I MEAN, I AM SO EXCITED, MR. BACA, THAT YOU ARE COMING BACK TO PLANO ISD BECAUSE I SAW YOU THAT LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND THEN YOU JUST WEREN'T THERE AGAIN.
AND I THINK YOU EVEN TOLD ME THIS AT ONE TIME, IF YOU COULD GIVE EVERYBODY A HUG, YOU WOULD.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT, THAT'S AT LEAST HOW I FELT THAT YOU LED.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO ON JASPER AT JASPER.
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
GLAD YOU'RE BACK. I'LL JUST COMMENT BRIEFLY.
I AM A WELL KNOWN RESUME SNOB, AND MY EMPLOYEES MAKE FUN OF ME MERCILESSLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I SEE PEOPLE'S RESUMES AND I'M LIKE, THEY HAVE FILLED EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS PAPER WITH TEXT.
NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD COMMUNICATOR.
AND SO I'M VERY JUDGY ABOUT RESUMES, AND I OPENED UP MY PACKET THIS WEEK AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF Y'ALL'S RESUMES AND I THOUGHT, OH, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL. LIKE, EVERYBODY HAS NICE RESUMES, AND THEN I STARTED DIGGING INTO YOUR EXPERIENCE.
AND WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN A LONG PART OF THE PLANO FAMILY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, RIGHT, SINCE KINDERGARTEN, OR WHETHER IT'S OUR OUR NEW FRIENDS, RIGHT, WHO ARE JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR WHETHER IT'S FAMILY COMING HOME.
AND AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE Y'ALL GROW AS, AS LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT.
SO VERY EXCITED FOR FOR NEW FRIENDS, BOTH OLD AND NEW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE FRIENDS.
IT'S COOL. ALL RIGHT, I THINK I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE TIME.
LET'S GIVE THEM AN APPLAUSE, ALL OF THESE NEW MEMBERS.
I'M SORRY, JERI HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, I APOLOGIZE.
AND COACH, GREAT THINGS DO HAVE TO COME THROUGH RICHARDSON, RIGHT NANCY? SO NANCY AND I BOTH ARE RICHARDSON FOLKS THAT FINALLY.
SO WE'LL ALL GET TO PLANO EVENTUALLY.
YOU'RE SPECTACULAR AND EVERYTHING YOU DO, SO THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS AND A GREAT NEW YEAR FOR EVERYBODY COMING UP.
SO AT THIS TIME, I HAVE TO BE BORING.
AND WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[4. CLOSED SESSION]
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.SECTIONS 551.071, 551.072 AND 551.
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129, AND THE TIME IS 6:20 P.M..[5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND THE TIME IS 7:48 P.M., AND WE WILL MOVE TO 6.1 OF OUR REPORTS, THE MIDDLE[6. REPORTS]
SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM UPDATE, PART TWO.AND SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO LISA TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO MORE MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM.
SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR FOR STUDENTS.
AS DISTRICT LEADERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR ALL STUDENTS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDE A ROBUST AND MEMORABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE WE GROW STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY.
JOHN IS GOING TO SHARE THE EXCITING ADDITIONS TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM. IT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL TO PROVIDE ENGAGING, CHALLENGING AND MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT OFFER CHOICE AND DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.
AND SO IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO COME SEE IT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
SO THE TWO MAIN TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT FIRST ARE THE IDEAS THAT UNDERPIN THIS, THIS RESEARCH, WHICH IS WHAT HAVE WE DONE THAT THIS PRESENTATION AND WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE AREAS OF FOCUS? SO SO FAR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN YOUR PRESENTATION ON EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THEN THE REST OF THE BULLETS.
HERE ARE THE KIND OF AREAS THAT WE WERE UNDERTAKING IN THE RESEARCH.
AND WE'LL ALSO ADDRESS HERE GOING FORWARD.
SO FIRST WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND THE PROGRESS ON THE PATH.
THESE ARE ALL ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MASTER SCHEDULE, LIKE COURSES THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE, HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT AREAS, LANGUAGES, LOTE AND THE FINE ARTS.
AND SO WE'LL KIND OF GO MORE THROUGH THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
SO THE FIRST GOAL FOR THE PLC MASTER SCHEDULING WAS TO CREATE TIME FOR PLCS.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO CREATE ENGAGING ACADEMICS THAT REACH ALL STUDENTS, SO PROVIDING THAT EIGHT PERIOD SCHEDULE ALLOWED US TO GIVE TEACHERS THAT EXTRA PLANNING PERIOD TO WORK WITHIN PLCS TO REALLY DRIVE THAT WORK FORWARD.
A LOT OF TIMES, THE TEACHERS WITHIN ONE PERIOD ARE UNABLE TO GET TO THAT THAT ACTUAL TIME.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO SCHEDULE THAT TOGETHER.
SO THEY'RE OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
ALONG WITH THAT, IT ALSO OFFERS STUDENTS AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ELECTIVE.
THIS PROVIDED THOSE STUDENTS WITH AN INCREASE IN THE ABILITY TO TAKE ELECTIVES.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
THERE'S A FRAMEWORK OF QUESTIONS WHICH IS REALLY RESPONDING TO STUDENTS LOOKING AT THEIR DATA, LOOKING AT WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE, WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTION, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT AS ENGAGING AS POSSIBLE? AND SPECIFICALLY, THE MAIN QUESTION THAT I LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT DO WE DO IF THEY DO NOT LEARN LIKE THAT? IS LOOKING AT THAT, CLOSING THOSE GAPS, DRIVING THE WORK FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING THE NEEDS OF EVERY STUDENT.
SO NOW STUDENTS CAN ALSO TAKE CHOIR IN ADDITION TO CHOIR AND THEATER IN ADDITION TO THE MUSIC.
I'M SORRY CHOIR. THEY CAN TAKE THEATER AS WELL AS.
AND THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE THOSE FULL RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
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THIS ALSO GIVES STUDENTS A LOT MORE VOICE AND CHOICE IN THOSE ELECTIVES THAT THEY GET TO SELECT AT THAT GRADE LEVEL.SO WE SEE THAT DISTRIBUTION HAS SHIFTED ACROSS THOSE AREAS.
AND NOW WE OFFER THESE ALL ALL THESE ELECTIVES AT THAT TIME.
SO COUNSELING HAS ALSO COME DOWN.
AND SO COUNSELING HAS COME IN AND PROVIDED A HALF DAY CURRENTLY OF FIND YOUR FUTURE, WHICH ALLOWED STUDENTS TO REALLY LEARN MORE ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN ENCOUNTER.
SO NOT JUST GETTING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT IT EARLY ON, DECIDING, LEARNING ABOUT IT, GETTING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE IT AND THEN CREATING A PLAN FOR IT.
BECAUSE AS WE GET LATER INTO CMR, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED STUDENTS TO NOT JUST TRY THINGS BUT FINISH AND THEN ALSO GET THOSE CERTIFICATIONS TO REALLY DRIVE THAT CMR FORWARD. SO COUNSELING HAS PARTNERED REALLY WELL WITH CREATING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WITH SENATE BILL 2124, THERE WAS THE AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE MATH.
SO I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS BILL.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT'S PUSHING MORE STUDENTS TO TRY SOMETHING, BECAUSE WHEN STUDENTS PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY MAY NOT KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE PRESENT AND PUSH FOR THEIR CHILD TO TRY THESE THINGS.
AND THE EARLIER THEY TRY THAT RIGOROUS COURSE, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY'LL BE LONG TERM.
SO WITHIN THAT, WE'VE SEEN 52% OF STUDENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN SIXTH GRADE MATH, WHICH IS FAR BEYOND THE 40% WHICH WAS WHICH IS MANDATED BY THE STATE. SO THAT IS A REALLY GREAT THING, BECAUSE THE EARLIER THEY CAN GET IN THAT TRACK, THE FURTHER THEY CAN GO.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TERM WORK THAT WE'VE USED, BUT WE'RE ALSO USING IT IN NEW WAYS.
SO NOW WE'RE NOT JUST USING IT FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM IN FIFTH GRADE WHEN THEY COME TO SIXTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE WHEN THEY COME TO NINTH GRADE, REALLY IDENTIFYING WHICH STUDENTS MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE HARDER TRACKS AND GETTING THEM IN EARLY AND PUSHING STUDENTS TO TRY NEW THINGS.
SO WITHIN THE AREA OF HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT COURSES AND CTE, THERE'S BEEN A LARGE EXPANSION.
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLIER GRADES.
SO SEVENTH GRADERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE MORE.
BUT WE'VE ALSO SHIFTED SOME OF THE COURSE CREDITS DOWN.
SO PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS AN EIGHTH GRADE COURSE ONLY.
SO NOW SEVENTH GRADERS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THAT.
SO HERE'S KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT GROWTH FROM.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COURSES THAT WERE OPENED UP FOR SEVENTH GRADE HAVE SEEN THAT LARGER.
THIS IS FOR BASED ON PROJECTIONS.
SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE THAT GROWTH IS COMING IN.
SO NOW WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS TAKING THOSE COURSES EARLIER.
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY GET STARTED ON THAT TRACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADDING OF THE SORRY PRE ATHLETICS, WE ALLOWED STUDENTS TO REALLY GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT TAKES, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE AN ATHLETE, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND NOT JUST HAVE PE, BECAUSE EVEN, YOU KNOW, MY OWN CHILD GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN THEY OFFERED PRE ATHLETICS, SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE IT ALLOWED THAT THAT REALLY THAT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN PE FOR THE CREDIT OR THE REQUIREMENT VERSUS THOSE WHO REALLY WANT TO TRY AND DO MORE AND LEARN AND GROW.
AND SO IT ALLOWS FOR THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
SO WITHIN THAT, WE'VE SEEN A LARGE GROWTH IN THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED.
SO ALMOST 5000 STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PRE ATHLETICS, WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME AS FAR AS LIKE GIVING THEM A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR OWN CHOICE AND VOICE AND CHOICE OF THEIR SELECTION. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER.
I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PRINCIPAL AT ARMSTRONG FOR TWO YEARS.
IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET IT? MY OWN DAUGHTER IS GOING ON TO NINTH GRADE THIS YEAR.
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AND SO WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED TO OFFER THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO REALLY GET TO TRY A DIFFERENT SPORT.AND SO THAT'S REALLY AWESOME FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO WITHIN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SOME LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY, THAT RECENTLY OPENED TO KIND OF GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME DIFFERENCES, SOME REALLY NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE AND TO LEARN IN NEW WAYS.
ONE OF THE REALLY INTERESTING WAS TEACHER COLLABORATION.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO MODEL THAT COLLABORATION AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THERE WAS ALSO MORE INNOVATIVE THINGS, LIKE THEY HAD AN ACTUAL ESPORTS CENTER WHERE STUDENTS ACTUALLY TOOK A CLASS WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN ESPORTS AND DIFFERENT PODCASTS AND VIDEOS.
SCIENCE LABS WERE COMBINED, WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACES WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS WITH MULTIPLE LABS, BUT YOU CAN HAVE ONE REALLY GREAT LAB PER GRADE LEVEL THAT CAN HANDLE A LOT OF STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SAVE SPACE OR ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT KIND OF USAGES.
HOUSE SYSTEMS WERE BUILT INTO THE PLAN.
I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO THE HOUSE SYSTEMS ARE A THEY ALLOW FOR AN EXTENSION OF PBIS.
SO POSITIVE BEHAVIORS AND INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO KIND OF CREATE CULTURES WITHIN CULTURE.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LIKE HOUSES.
AND THOSE HOUSES CAN THEN EARN POINTS AND COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF NATURE OF REALLY PUSHING THINGS FORWARD, BUT LIKE A POSITIVE SORT OF WAY.
SO THEY HAD BUILT IN DISPLAYS FOR THOSE THAT WERE THERE.
THEY HAD BUILT IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT IT WAS KIND OF INGRAINED INTO THE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND YES, ONE THING ELSE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE HOUSE SYSTEM IS THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT STUDENTS INTERACTING ACROSS DIFFERENT GRADES AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING IT THIS YEAR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING AT ARMSTRONG FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE LOOKED AT IT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRETTY EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS OR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT YOU CAN USE TO KIND OF INTEGRATE IT.
SO ONCE WE IMPLEMENTED, EACH ONE OF YOU WILL BE ASKED TO TAKE A SURVEY.
AND BASED ON THAT SURVEY, YOU'LL ALL BE SORTED.
AND WHEN YOU COME TO ARMSTRONG, YOU'LL GET ONE OF FOUR STICKERS BASED ON YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO WEAR YOUR STICKER THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, AND YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ACTUALLY HELP, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS.
LIBRARIES WITH A LARGE FOCUS OF THESE BUILDINGS.
IN ONE CASE, IT WAS LIKE REALLY IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE THE WHOLE BUILDING KIND OF LED TO IT.
AND SO THAT ALLOWED FOR THE FLEXIBILITY FOR USING THE SPACE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE THERE.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A CAFETERIA, WHICH IS YOUR NORMAL FOUR WALLS AND YOU GO INSIDE, IT'S ACTUALLY A HALLWAY THAT SURROUNDS IT SO THAT THERE'S OFFICES AND THERE'S PEOPLE AND THEY WALK BY AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO A SPACE THAT'S SECLUDED FROM THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T LIMIT THAT INTERACTION AND CONNECTION.
COURTYARD SPACES AND, YOU KNOW, A VERY, YOU KNOW, ESTHETICALLY MIXED VIEW.
SO GOING FORWARD YOU HAVE YOUR CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES INTEREST PARTICIPATION.
SO PATHWAYS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FOR IT.
AND THEN TO ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE THE PLAN SUPPORTS THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PROGRESS.
SO CURRENTLY WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE IS THE UNTETHERED TEACHING TOOLS.
SO TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE LAPTOPS AND AN IPAD AS WELL AS THE APPLE TV, WIRELESS CASTING.
WHEN WE VISITED THE OTHER CAMPUSES, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT WAS THAT THEY HAD THE MOBILE DESKS WHERE INSTEAD OF BEING TETHERED TO THE WALL, THEY WERE ON A DESK THEY COULD MOVE AROUND. AND THE IDEA BEING INSTRUCTION IS BEST WHEN YOUR TEACHER IS MOVING WITH YOUR STUDENTS, ENGAGING WITH THEM, MEETING THEIR NEEDS.
SO THESE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS REALLY DO PUSH THAT FORWARD.
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AS WELL AS NEW AND TOOLS FOR ENGAGEMENT, CANVA, IF YOU HAVEN'T USED IT, IT'S GREAT FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCTIONS, PRODUCING DIFFERENT SLIDESHOWS AS WELL AS SINGLE PAGE DOCUMENTS.AND THERE'S A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO ETSY.
SO WE'RE SELECTING OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S GOING TO GO GO TO ETSY THIS YEAR.
SO THE MAIN THING IS WHAT IS NEXT.
SO WE REALLY OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT CCMR PATHWAY.
THE EXTENSION OF BRINGING I MEAN IT'S GREAT THAT WE BROUGHT THESE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT CONNECTS.
RIGHT. SO THEY START TAKING THESE CLASSES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEN CONTINUE THE PATHWAY.
THEY COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATION AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO FORWARD IN THAT, THAT FIELD.
THAT ALSO IS AN EXTENSION OF PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE ABOUT PARENTAL OUTREACH AND MORE OF DRIVING THE PARENTS, BRINGING THE PARENTS IN AND, YOU KNOW, DRIVING THAT INFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO ENCOURAGING THE FOCUS COMMUNICATION.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED, THEY SEE IT AND THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE, RIGHT? WE WANT TO ENTICE THEM INTO OUR INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND BRING THEM IN TO SEE IT.
EXPLORE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL IB IS THAT THE NEXT STEP? DOES THAT ALLOW FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE LEAVING THE DISTRICT FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN COMING BACK FOR HIGH SCHOOL IB IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S OCCURRING? ARE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE? EXAMINED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE REBUILD AT HAGGARD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A NEW BUILDING.
RIGHT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE THINGS THAT WE BRING IN THERE ARE THE BEST WAYS OF REACHING OUR STUDENTS AND ENABLING OUR STAFF TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND THEN REVIEWING COURSE OFFERINGS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO FORWARD, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COURSES, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO PROVIDING THOSE NEW COURSES SUCH AS LIKE THIS YEAR, THERE'S A LEADERSHIP COURSE.
THAT'S THE FIRST. IT'S PILOTING AT BOWMAN AND ARMSTRONG, AND IT'S A BILINGUAL LEADERSHIP COURSE, AND IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR BILINGUAL ELEMENTARIES TO REALLY DRIVE LEADERSHIP FORWARD. SO WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS COURSES GO THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE? SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING, THAT THIS IS WORKING? HOW DO WE KNOW? RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY HARD.
WE JUST MOVED TO THE A PERIOD MODEL.
WE JUST IMPLEMENTED THE PLC PROCESS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO TRANSFER TO STUDENTS? HOPEFULLY. I MEAN, EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO SAY TOMORROW.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE WANT FROM EVERY STUDENT? I MEAN, ALL WE WANT FROM ANY STUDENT EVERY DAY IS, YOU KNOW, GROWTH.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GROW THAT ONE ACADEMIC YEAR TO MAKE SURE, I MEAN, IF EVERY STUDENT DOES THAT, WE'LL BE IN A GREAT PLACE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY COURSES THAT WILL LAUNCH THEM TOWARD HIGH SCHOOL.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT THOSE PATHWAYS ARE AND THEY'RE SELF-SELECTING THEM.
AND THEN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WE WANT NUMBERS TO INCREASE OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, THEY NOT ONLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO RETURN TO COLLEGE THE SECOND YEAR, AND THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WHAT DO I WANT? EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK THROUGH MY CLASSROOMS, I WANT STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. OKAY.
ONLY THREE QUESTIONS, THOUGH, SO.
FIRST, I THINK THE GIVEN THE TEACHERS THEIR OWN TLC PERIOD IS GREAT.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT ABOUT THE FINE ARTS TEACHERS? SINCE THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED, HOW DO THEY GET THAT SAME OR DO THEY GET THAT SAME PLC? EVERY CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
WE STRIVE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS PLANNING.
SO SOME I MEAN I CAN'T TO MAKE THE SCHEDULE WORK.
I CAN'T GIVE THEM A SECOND PLANNING PERIOD.
THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THEM THAT, BUT IT ISN'T AVAILABLE.
AND I'LL TAKE THAT, THAT THAT QUESTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST, OUR CORE CONTENT AREAS ARE ALL TESTED AREAS AND PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND SO HAVING AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE TEACHERS.
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AND SO TO FIT THE PLC MODEL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THERE'S COLLABORATION AND PLANNING AMONGST SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH OR YOU KNOW, SEVENTH GRADE MATH, WHATEVER. WITHIN OUR FINE ARTS, IT'S USUALLY 1 OR 2 TEACHERS.AND SO THEY ARE THEY ARE RECEIVING A PLANNING PERIOD BY LAW.
AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES OUR TEACHERS ARE THEN WORKING WITH WE DO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS TEACHERS THAT DO COME DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO WORK WITH, WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE, AND ALSO TO WORK WITH THE TEACHERS THAT ARE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO IT'S NOT A I THINK THE WORKLOAD IS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND SO THAT IS REALLY THE, THE.
THE BOTTOM LINE AS FAR AS WHY OUR CORE CONTENT AREAS VERSUS OUR FINE ARTS.
AND SAME THING FOR CTE AS WELL.
MY SECOND QUESTION WAS THE AUTO ENROLLMENT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MATH HERE.
ARE WE DOING THAT SAME THING FOR READING/ENGLISH? I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE.
WE DID NOT DO THE AUTO ENROLL THIS YEAR, BUT WE RAN ALL OF THE NUMBERS.
AND WE HAVE EVERY STUDENT WHO IS AT MASTERS GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE ENROLLED IN HONORS.
AND THEN WE HAVE PRODUCED ADDITIONAL LISTS FOR COUNSELORS TO GO THROUGH AND REACH OUT TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR HONORS, WHO HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO, TO TAKE THAT COURSE YET. SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO THOSE STUDENTS NOW.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID MASTER'S LEVEL, AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE I ASSUME THERE'S A BIG GAP BETWEEN MASTERS AND SORT OF MEETS IS THERE A DIFFERENT LIKE, MAYBE A MAP SCORE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD BE USED INSTEAD OF STAR? WE DO HAVE A MAP, A MAP KIND OF CUT OFF, THAT'S PART OF THAT LOOK.
AND ORIGINALLY THAT WAS GIVEN TO PRINCIPALS TO LOOK THROUGH AND CONSIDER.
BUT WE'VE ALSO RUN ADDITIONAL LISTS WITH SPECIFIC STUDENT NAMES FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
THANKS. AND LISA, ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT ELA HONORS IN THE SIXTH GRADE, A REASON THAT THAT COURSE WAS INSERTED WAS FOR THAT VERY REASON TO GIVE KIDS MORE OPTIONS FOR HONORS, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE TIME TO TRY THAT.
THANKS. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE HOUSE SYSTEM.
HOW ARE THE KIDS SORTED? YOU MENTIONED SORTING.
I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND SO BASED ON THAT, THEY'LL THEN WE'LL KIND OF CREATE A PROFILE FOR EACH ONE.
AND THEN THEY'LL AND THEN THEY'LL TAKE THE SURVEY.
AND THEN THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE.
IT WAS JUST THEY WERE HAPPY TO SHOW WHAT THEIR HOUSE STOOD FOR.
AND IT WAS THAT INSTANT CONNECTION, BEAMING FACES.
AND IT JUST BUILDS THE CULTURE.
CAN. OH, ALONG WITH THAT, THEN CAN YOU CHANGE IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T LIKE.
I'M JUST SAYING. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT PERSON WHO'S NOT HAPPY.
IS THAT SOME MODELING THAT WE'VE TAKEN FROM THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WHEN THEY DO PROJECTS AND THEY'RE IN TEAMS, THEY HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
IS IS IT SIMILAR? I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR CONCEPT.
THIS IS MORE OF A KIND OF A SCHOOL WIDE COMMUNITY CULTURE BUILDING THAT HELPS STUDENTS FEEL, YOU KNOW, SEMI-COMPETITIVE, BUT IN A VERY GOOD, FUN NATURE OF OF WHICH HOUSE YOU'RE IN, LIKE I SAID, WOULD, YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONED GOING TO MITCHELL AND THE KIDS ALL EXCITED WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WAS WEARING THE COLOR OF THEIR HOUSE. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT IS A NEW STUDENT WHO COMES TO THE SCHOOL.
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THAT IS A PERFECT WAY TO GET THEM INSTANTLY CONNECTED AND APART.AND THEN JUST ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT TOO.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION BACK AT THE ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES THAT TALKS ABOUT CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES BEING LOOKED AT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT CLUBS.
SO JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, MY NINTH GRADER LOVES THINGS LIKE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AND MAGIC THE GATHERING AND ALL THE STUFF THAT I'VE SEEN FLIERS FOR AT HIGH SCHOOLS. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE CLUBS LIKE THIS THAT ARE SPONSORED, THAT ARE NOT ACADEMIC, NOT ATHLETIC, NOT FINE ARTS.
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE EQUITY OF THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT? HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE COMMITTEE? I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
NOW I'M NOT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE PRINCIPALS WHO WILL GET STUDENTS, COME TO THEM WITH AN IDEA, BE EXCITED ABOUT A CLUB AND WHATNOT. BUT IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING IT ACROSS THE BOARD, WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT YET.
AND JUST A REMINDER, SOME OF THESE CLUBS, LIKE THE THE ONES THAT STUDENTS BRING FORWARD, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GAUGE LIKE WHAT STUDENTS INTERESTS ARE. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY COME FORWARD.
THEY USUALLY GET A STAFF MEMBER TO SPONSOR, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN LIKE CURRICULAR CLUBS THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF GAUGING TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF CLUBS ARE BEING OFFERED AROUND THE, THE DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY THE STUDENT. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOUR MR. LETTER. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHOICE.
AND I THINK THIS IS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SO MANY CHOICES.
SO THIS IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE AND VERY EXCITING.
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE.
AGREED. SO I HAVE A COMMENT AND FOUR QUESTIONS, THE COMMENT IS THAT IN RESEARCHING THE THE FINANCE LEGISLATION, I DISCOVERED LAST YEAR THAT IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, MARIACHI IS ALSO AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF MUSIC INSTRUCTION UNDER STATE LAW.
SO I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE AND LOVES A GOOD MARIACHI BAND.
YEAH. OKAY, SO FIRST QUESTION IS ON THE PRE ATHLETICS, DO WE HAVE DATA IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT OUR CONVERSION RATE IS ON STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING PRE ATHLETICS. HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY LIKE GOING FORWARD TO GETTING ON TO THESE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ATHLETIC TEAMS AND THEN LONG TERM.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SOMEWHAT RECENT PHENOMENON, BUT ARE WE TRACKING SORT OF LONG TERM OUTCOMES DATA TO TO QUANTIFY BEYOND JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROGRAM? SO OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DOES TRACK THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY WE NEED A BETTER SYSTEM OF DOING THAT.
AND I'VE TALKED TO THERESA ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES.
BUT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH WELL BEFORE JEFF LEFT, I HAD SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT WANTING TO LOOK AT HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN PRE ATHLETICS AND HOW MANY OF THEM CONTINUED AND TRACKING THEM THAT WAY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR PRE ATHLETICS JUST YET.
YEAH. NO IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM.
WHAT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN SCIENCES COURSE.
AND DOES THAT FEED INTO THE LIKE HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY OR ANY SORT OF CTE THREAD.
IT'S A PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN SERVICES COURSE.
AND IT WAS THE CLOSEST MATCH FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE COLLEGE AND CAREER, COLLEGE AND CAREER.
IS IT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER? YES, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
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SO IT SERVES A REALLY GOOD IT'S A REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION COURSE.YEAH. LIFE AND CAREER READINESS WAS SUNSETTED.
AND THE REPLACEMENT IS PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN SERVICES.
AND MAYBE THAT CAN GO ON A BOARD UPDATE OR SOMETHING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK A LOT ABOUT IS EQUITY AND SCIENCE EDUCATION.
RIGHT? AND BY HAVING COMBINED LABS, YOU CAN HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT AND MORE, MORE ADVANCED EQUIPMENT SHARED AMONG CLASSROOMS AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO OUTFIT ALL OF THESE LABS VERY EXPENSIVELY.
RIGHT. AND AND I MAKE THIS COMMENT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT ISF, I WAS SITTING NEXT TO ANOTHER JUDGE IN THE BEAMED ROOM WHO WAS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, WHO SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE KIDS ARE WORKING AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE THERMAL CYCLERS AND RT-PCR MACHINES.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THERE ARE STEM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? AND IN THE US AND SHE WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THIS.
AND SO IT JUST IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT REMAINING COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SCIENCE CURRICULUM I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE LEVERAGING THOSE COMBINED LAB FEATURES AND, AND IF THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PULLS A LOT OF THE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, MAYBE DOWN FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, SUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THAT MORE AFFORDABLY.
THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE SIXTH GRADE MATH.
SO THE I WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, I BROUGHT UP MATH ROCKS.
AND HAS THAT BEEN SPLIT OFF INTO AN ENTIRE SEPARATE COMMITTEE? AND Y'ALL ARE NOT CONSIDERING THAT? AND HOW DOES THAT FEED INTO THE LEGISLATION FOR HONORS, OR DOES IT DOES IT IS THERE ANY OVERLAP BETWEEN.
WHAT WE LEARNED HERE TODAY ABOUT MATH AND, WELL, MATH ROCKS IS A VERY SMALL SLIVER.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH HONORS MATH IS A MUCH LARGER A MUCH LARGER CAPACITY.
AND YES, THAT MATH COMMITTEE IS STILL WORKING AND WILL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION VERY SOON.
THEY'RE WAITING ON THE FINAL PROGRAM EVALUATION DATA TO MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS LOOKING.
OH, NO. NO. CONSIDERING INCREASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN ATHLETICS, HAVE WE SEEN ANY INCREASE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL? BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT DO WE HAVE A COLLABORATION FOR WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL OR WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, OR DO WE HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE WITH SPECIAL DISABILITIES COMPETE OR DO SOMETHING? WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ONE ORGANIZED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
IS EVERYONE ELSE FINISHED? OKAY. ONE IS I SAW THAT HEALTH.
THE HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASS IS AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THEY HAVE TO SELECT THE COURSE.
OKAY. SO PARENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OKAY.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT, I LOVE THAT.
I THINK WE'VE WORKED FOR YEARS ON CTE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT WITH THE 2124 SENATE BILL, WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT KIND OF FUNNY, A LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY EXPLANATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS TAKING ALGEBRA AT EIGHTH GRADE AND IT LOOKS FUNNY IN NINTH GRADE.
ARE THEY IS ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR US AS FAR AS TEST SCORES AND ACCOUNTABILITY? DO YOU KNOW MY POINT? WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN, IT'S NOT VERY ARTICULATE.
WELL, I, I DON'T FORESEE ANY CHANGES TO THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO TAKE ALGEBRA WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE ALGEBRA TEST, AND THOSE DO NOT NECESSARILY COUNT TOWARD EIGHTH GRADE ACCOUNTABILITY.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY RUMBLINGS AT ALL.
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AN IMPLICATION WITH CMR. AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED RECENTLY IS THAT WE DO HAVE STUDENTS WHO TAKE AP EXAMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT IS ONE WAY TO GET YOUR CCMR STATUS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.IF STUDENTS DO THAT NOW IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY WILL NOT GET THEIR CCMR STATUS, WHICH I THINK IS A REAL DISADVANTAGE TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND, PERHAPS INSTEAD OF HAVING OUR STUDENTS GOING AHEAD AND TAKING THAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT PERHAPS IT'S A BETTER OPTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO TAKE THAT IN NINTH GRADE OR 10TH GRADE SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEIR DESIGNATION AS BEING DESIGNATED CCMR READY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, DOESN'T IT? YEAH. DO YOU GOT THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE ELSE, I THINK I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
WHAT IS THIS HOUSE THING? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND AND I JUST WANT TO THANK JOHN FOR PRESENTING AND MARK FOR BEING HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AS PART OF THIS WORK, AND THEY HAVE ALL PARTICIPATED AND BEEN A GREAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT PARTNERS IN THIS IN THIS THINKING.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE THE THE COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK JOHN FOR HELPING LEAD THIS WORK.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD.
I KNOW THAT THAT IN THIS WORK THAT'S BEEN AND HAS SURFACED IS KIND OF YOUR OWN TOP PRIORITIES.
AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THAT'S, THAT'S YOU CARE ABOUT ALL KIDS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR FOR CONTINUING TO, TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING AND, AND TO HELP US WITH THIS WORK AND AUTHORIZING THIS TASK FORCE TO DO THE STUDY AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND IT'S AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
THANK YOU TERESA, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
THE MIDDLE YEARS ARE VERY TRYING AND HARD, AND KIDS ARE DEVELOPING AND CHANGING VERY DIFFERENTLY BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES.
AND SO CREATING SPACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THAT BELONGING AND NORMALIZE THE STRANGE LITTLE THINGS THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IN SOME WAY IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT AND VERY PIVOTAL FOR THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS.
AND THAT TRANSITION IS JUST REALLY HIGH.
I'M SO PROUD OF US THAT WE HAVE SIXTH GRADE.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT IN FRUITION.
AND I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OUR PLANS FOR THE HAGGARD BUILDING AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE GET TO MOVE ON TO 6.2 OF OUR REPORTS, THE 2024 2025 DEPARTMENT BUDGET UPDATE.
AND MR. HILL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
HUMPHREY AND SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBERS AND CABINET.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO, COURTNEY REEVES, TO GO OVER THE THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL NIGHT.
AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT PLEASE STOP US IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CONCERNS.
WELL, I ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS APPRECIATE MY TIME WITH YOU.
AND IT'S ALWAYS MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE YOU A BUDGET UPDATE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVERY APRIL WE BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
EVERY YEAR WE BRING YOU THIS INFORMATION.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR SIXTH YEAR OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIFTH YEAR FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH OUR ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS.
PART OF THAT PROCESS IS WE ACTUALLY MEET INDIVIDUALLY OUR FINANCE TEAM, WHICH MR. HILL IS PART OF. MYSELF AND OUR BRAND NEW DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND COMPLIANCE, WHO START STARTED MID JANUARY.
SO SHE GOT TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR LINE ITEMS. AND OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR WE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT LOOK TO CREATE ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO INCREASE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ZERO BASED BUDGETING.
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AND OUR NEXT STEP THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS ACTUALLY TO INCORPORATE A THREE YEAR TREND SPEND ANALYSIS.SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY RIGHTSIZE OUR BUDGET.
SO A LOT OF OUR SAVINGS AS WE GET INTO THESE ARE REALLY RIGHTSIZING SEVERAL AREAS.
ALSO SOME OF OUR STUDENT TRAVEL AND THEN SOME OF OUR GENERAL SUPPLIES AREA.
SO JUST KNOW THERE WAS A FEW SHIFTS OBVIOUSLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF WORK THAT WE ACTUALLY DID WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS.
MY FINANCE TEAM DID A LOT OF WORK PREPARING.
OUR TREND ANALYSIS, WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR HELP WITH THAT.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR DEPARTMENTS.
I WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
EVERYBODY CAME TO OUR OUR BUDGET MEETINGS VERY WILLING.
WE ALL ASKED A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE JUST IT WAS IT MADE ME VERY PLANO ISD PROUD.
SO JUST REALLY QUICK, ALL OF YOU.
SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS OUR SIXTH YEAR.
BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET INCREASES, IT'S ONLY 13.2.
SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION AND BELABOR THAT POINT FOR A SECOND? AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERRUPT, BUT SORRY.
SO CPI CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT ACRONYM? THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. YES, MA'AM.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT THAT WAS A SORT OF A QUESTION I HAD JOTTED DOWN HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS $10 BILLION IN GROWTH FROM 19 TO NOW IS WE HAVE HAD FEWER AND FEWER STUDENTS.
I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE YOU UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF.
DO YOU THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS ALL OF THAT, OR WHAT PORTION OF THAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS IS REALLY INFLATIONARY? IN WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS AN INCREASE IN SERVICES DO YOU SEE? I DO, YES, THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT DO YOU MIND IF I JUMP IN? BY ALL MEANS. SO I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
NOT NOT SO MUCH CAMPUS DRIVEN.
AND ARE THE, THE CARE OF A FACILITY.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THESE EXPENSES AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH LIKE SALARIES, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR CUSTODIAL, WHICH HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR RISK MANAGEMENT OF THESE FACILITIES, PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE.
I MEAN, WE LAST YEAR I THINK WE HIT 60%.
I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO 35% THIS YEAR.
AND SO THAT IS A BIG DRIVER OF THIS TOO.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE FOR PROFIT COMPANIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY RUNNING THOSE.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS.
YOU'VE GOT SAFETY AND SECURITY OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP AND ACTUALLY GETTING A OFFICIALS ARMED OFFICIALS FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS HAS GONE WAY, WAY UP.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVERS I WOULD SAY THOSE ALL OF THOSE ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH INFLATION.
YOUR ITEMS THAT THAT YOU DON'T LIKE SUPPLIES AND YOUR, YOUR MISCELLANEOUS, YOU KNOW, EVEN YOUR TRAVEL FOR THE MOST PART HAS BEEN PRETTY HAS PRETTY BEEN PRETTY FLAT OR GONE DOWN AS YOUR PER STUDENT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOUR PER STUDENTS HAVE GONE DOWN.
SO THE, THE ITEMS I JUST MENTIONED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT, THAT INCREASE.
AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY ALIGNED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY.
THANK YOU. SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST NO VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
WE'LL JUST KIND OF JUMPING INTO OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
SO FIRST UP TO BAT IS OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
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I'M GOING TO HIT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.I HIT THE REALLY THE HIGH POINTS, THE MAJOR CHANGES.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I HIT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES.
BUT I DO HAVE MY HANDY DANDY NOTES.
SOME OF THE HEAVY HITTERS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND I WILL TELL YOU, ONE OF THOSE MAIN DRIVERS IS, AGAIN, WE DID HAVE SOME TREND ANALYSIS IN LIKE GENERAL SUPPLIES, I WOULD SAY TRANSPORTATION COST.
WE WERE ABLE TO ALIGN THOSE AND RIGHT SIZE THOSE BUDGETS.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES AND LISA, YOU CORRECT ME IF I SPEAK INCORRECTLY, BUT WE DO HAVE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WE TRY TO STAFF AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT REQUIRE A LICENSE. OUR STUDENTS SOMETIMES REQUIRE THESE SERVICES, AND EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A STAFF MEMBER IN OUR DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TYPICALLY CONTRACT CONTRACTORS TO COME INTO OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO RIGHT SIZE THAT BUDGET IS WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO IS REDUCE THAT CONTRACTOR BUDGET UP FRONT AND UTILIZE OUR VACANCY DOLLARS WHERE THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN. SO THAT IS THE MAIN, THE MAIN DRIVERS AROUND SURROUNDING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION REDUCTION.
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT ASKING OUR ACADEMICS ARE ANY OF OUR ACADEMICS TO CHANGE THEIR SCOPE OF THEIR WORK.
WE ARE JUST RIGHTSIZING THEIR BUDGET BASED ON ACTUAL SPEND.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING TO REDUCE THE WORK OR TO APPROACH THEIR WORK ANY DIFFERENTLY.
WE WERE JUST ASKING THEM TO KIND OF THE RIGHT SIZE, THEIR BUDGET.
SO WE JUST KIND OF DID THAT BASED ON OUR, OUR TREND ANALYSIS.
ALSO, WE FOUND SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IN IMA, WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME EMA FUNDS AND SHIFT OVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT'S INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENTS FROM OUR ACADEMICS GROUP TO BASICALLY ENCOMPASS ALL OF THOSE.
WE DID HAVE A REDUCTION OF JUST OVER 206,000.
THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO A BUDGET FOR OUR AVID TUTORS.
WE DID A VERY SIGNIFICANT TREND ANALYSIS ON THAT ONE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND EVEN LOOKED AT PRIOR YEAR AND WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AGAIN, SOME OF THE AREAS BASED ON STUDENT TRAVEL.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO CHANGE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO HOW THEY RECRUIT.
OF COURSE, I BELIEVE IF I'M CORRECT, I DO BELIEVE WE USE AND LISA, AGAIN, YOU CORRECT ME.
AND LASTLY, OUR WELCOME AND OUR WELCOME CENTER AND CLINIC.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO REDUCE A LITTLE BIT.
CAN I ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR TEACHING AND TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS? DID I MISS ANY THAT I CAN COVER FOR YOU? WE'LL SAVE OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL OKAY, MOVING ON TO LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS REALLY QUICK THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS A WAS A SWITCH BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE AN OVERALL INCREASE.
WE ALSO HAD OUR SENIOR HIGHS FUEL COST ALSO DOWN IN LEGAL SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, THAT INCREASE WAS REALLY NOT AN INCREASE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN A DIFFERENT BUDGET.
COMMUNICATIONS ALSO IS NOT AN INCREASE.
ACTUALLY WE HAD WE BUDGETED AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL OUR GRADUATION COSTS.
SO IT DIDN'T MAKE VERY MUCH SENSE TO TO DOLE OUT THE MONEY WHEN WE COULD JUST PLACE IT IN THEIR BUDGET SO THEY COULD, AGAIN, TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND TAKE CARE OF GRADUATION, GRADUATION, OUR STRATEGY AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING GROUP THAT ACTUALLY IS MENTOR STIPENDS THAT HAVE ROLLED OFF FROM ESSER THREE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS AROUND THAT INCREASE WAS OR SORRY, THAT COST WAS ABOUT 160,000.
SO THAT IS THEIR INCREASE RIGHT THERE.
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WE DID HAVE AN OVERALL DECREASE TO OUR LEGAL SERVICES OF ABOUT 150,000.OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE INCREASE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER AS JOHN JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
BUT ONE OF THOSE IS WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT THE INCREASE BASED ON THOSE STUDENT TRAVEL NEEDS.
AND IS THAT COST HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING PER HOUR.
AND SO ATHLETICS DID HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THEIR SECURITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THEIR MAJOR INCREASE REALLY WAS SURROUNDING THE MARSHALL PROGRAM.
SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN TRAVEL COSTS FOR THEIR TRAINING.
ALSO INCREASE IN OVERTIME FOR THAT TRAINING.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE WHAT WE ARE HAVING TO PAY THE PAY INCREASES FOR OUR SROS ALSO.
SO. AND THEN APPLICATION SERVICES.
SO GATSBY 96 IS I DON'T KNOW IF FUN TIMES TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTING.
GATSBY 96 WAS ACTUALLY A GATSBY PRONOUNCEMENT THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO CAPITALIZE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY SOFTWARES AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
AGAIN, THAT IS LIBRARY BOOKS FOR THE SAME REASON.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ALL OF THE COSTS OF OUR LIBRARY BOOKS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR BOND FUNDS AND THAT CAPACITY.
THE SAME THING, INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
SO OVERALL, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL SAVINGS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
SORRY, LISA. SO LISA'S GROUP DID A GREAT JOB.
WE, OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL BUDGET JUST OVER $441,000.
AND THEN DOCTOR FREEMAN AND HER TEAM WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
360,000. BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.
WE HAVE SOME PRETTY HEAVY HITTERS HERE.
REALLY QUICK WITH TRANSPORTATION.
I TRANSPORTATION I THINK IS OUR IS OUR BIG WINNER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME MAJOR REDUCTIONS SURROUNDING OUR NEW BUSSES.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF BUDGET THAT WE DEDICATED TOWARDS SERVICING AND MAINTENANCING OUR BUSSES.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
RISK MANAGEMENT IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY.
WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT WAS ROLLED UP.
IT WAS RISK MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND WE'VE SEPARATED THOSE.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THAT INCREASE.
AND THEN FACILITY SERVICES OF COURSE ARE OUR ABM CONTRACT WHICH IS OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT.
WE WERE ABLE TO PART OF THAT CONTRACT I BELIEVE JOHNNY WAS AT A 2% FOR INFLATION.
AND THEN ALSO A $14 AN HOUR FOR OUR CUSTODIANS.
SO I MEAN, THE WAY THE CONTRACT READS IS ANYTHING OVER 2% CPI WE HAVE TO PICK UP AS AN INCREASE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE 1.2 WAS AN INCREASE.
AND THEN GOING UP TO THE FORT WE WENT UP TO THE 14.
THEY WERE GETTING PAID 1250 AN HOUR.
AND OBVIOUSLY CAUSES ALL KINDS OF ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR THEM AND FOR US.
AND SO THIS, THIS CONTRACT WILL, WILL TAKE THEM UP TO A STARTING PAY OF $14 AN HOUR.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME INCREASES AND DECREASE THERE.
WE DID HAVE SOME. WE WERE ABLE TO AGAIN DO SOME TREND ANALYSIS WITH OUR FACILITY SERVICES.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME DECREASES.
WE ALSO HAD SOME INCREASES I BELIEVE ALSO IN IN OUR UTILITIES AS WELL.
BUT THE OVERALL OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT WAS DUE TO OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
AND THEN VERY LITTLE REALLY GOING ON IN OUR HR BENEFITS.
AGAIN, THAT ACTUALLY WAS A SHIFT THAT WAS IN IN OUR RISK MANAGEMENT PIECE.
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WE DID JUST BREAK THEM OUT.THAT REALLY IS NOT AN INCREASE OF THEIR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S REALLY THAT EXPLANATION THERE.
WE JUST BROKE THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE ACTUALLY REPORTING UNDER TWO DIFFERENT CHIEFS AT THIS POINT.
SO THEY ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND TO THE TOTAL BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES DID HAVE AN INCREASE OF JUST OVER $3.7 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
INTERNAL AUDIT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN AUDIT THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO BRING A CONSULTANT IN FOR.
AND THAT INCREASED JUST THAT OVERALL.
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP JUST INCREASED JUST UNDER $62,000.
SO AGAIN, JUST WRAPPING UP OUR TOTAL DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
OBVIOUSLY WE JUST HAVE 80 JUST OVER $85 MILLION WITH AN INCREASE OF 3,733,396, WITH A 4% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEARS AMENDED BUDGET.
AND THESE ARE ALL ONES I THINK THAT I WENT THROUGH.
LET ME GLANCE REALLY QUICKLY, MAKE SURE I, I DID TALK ABOUT THESE.
ALL OF THESE WERE SOME OF OUR MAJOR SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, OF COURSE, WITH OUR INCREASE OR OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY AND ANY OTHER INSURANCE ASSOCIATED, OUR ABM UTILITIES, CONTRACTED SERVICES.
WELL, IT SAYS CONTRACTED SECURITY, BUT THAT'S MAINLY THAT INCREASE WAS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR OUR MARSHAL PROGRAM, NOT NECESSARILY CONTRACTED SECURITY OR OUR INCREASE FOR OUR ATHLETICS, OUR NEW WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER.
SORRY. ONE OF OUR COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE, I BELIEVE THEY INCREASED JUST OVER 109,000.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO AN ESTIMATED INCREASE COST OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL OF ABOUT 30%.
SO THAT ACTUALLY ENCOMPASSES THAT WHOLE 109,000.
AND THEN OF COURSE, TALKING ABOUT A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING INCREASE FROM OUR MENTOR STIPENDS.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR DECREASE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN OVERALL, JUST A DECREASE IN OUR OVERALL PAYROLL.
JUST REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU OUR CAMPUS AND OTHER DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS.
OUR CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS DID CREASE, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
OF COURSE, OUR CAMPUSES ARE ALLOCATED PER STUDENT.
AND SO WITH A DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WE DID SEE A DECREASE OF JUST OVER 107,000.
OUR TAX OFFICE IS APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
OBVIOUSLY WE THAT IS BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES.
AGAIN, OUR DISTRICT GOVERNANCE WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THAT OTHER DISTRICT ALLOCATION, YOU SEE THAT 300,000.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE GRADUATION COST THAT WE MOVED UP INTO COMMUNICATIONS.
WE DID HAVE SOME SAVINGS OF OBVIOUSLY JUST OVER HALF $1 MILLION.
SO THIS IS BASED ON OUR BUDGETING ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED THE LAST FEW BUDGET UPDATES.
WE ARE STILL TRYING TO TAP INTO THOSE INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND HOPING THAT THEY'LL STAY THROUGH NEXT YEAR, HOPING WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING IN A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS.
AND THEN I THINK THE ONLY OTHER TAKEAWAY IS YOU SEE THAT $5 MILLION FOR OUR CHAPTER 313, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, AND WE'LL GET THAT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
SO OVERALL, WE SEE AN INCREASE OF OUR LOCAL REVENUE OF JUST OVER $25 MILLION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR STATE REVENUES AND OUR FEDERAL REVENUES, OF COURSE.
WELL, A SLIGHT INCREASE OR SORRY, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR STATE REVENUE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR FEDERAL REVENUE.
OUR FEDERAL REVENUE. WE DO EXPECT TO TAKE SOME ESSER THREE INDIRECT COSTS IN 2425.
WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME SOME INFORMATION SURROUNDING A POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN OUR MEDICAID FUNDING.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR TOTAL REVENUE AND OTHER SOURCES, WITH AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 27 MILLION.
AND THAT IS A BUDGET INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $8 MILLION FOR 2425.
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FURTHER KIND OF DETAIL BREAKDOWN ON OUR EXPENDITURES.AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL PAYROLL EXPENDITURE BUDGET FOR 23-24, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE BASE PAYROLL FOR 24-25, THAT IS ESSER THREE ROLLING BACK INTO THAT BASE PAYROLL BUDGET.
SO THAT IS THAT INCREASE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
OF COURSE, OUR ESTIMATED PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES JUST UNDER $5.8 MILLION.
ESTIMATED STAFFING FOR OUR PAY ADJUSTMENT AND REQUEST AT JUST OVER OR JUST AT $1.5 MILLION.
THE COST OF THE SALARY INCREASE, WHICH IS A 3% INCREASE.
AND THE MARKET, THE STRATEGIC MARKET ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
AND THEN A BREAKDOWN OF OUR NON-PAYROLL BUDGET.
MOST OF THOSE OF COURSE, LIVING IN OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS WHERE MOST OF OUR NON PAYROLL AND OF COURSE THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR NON PAYROLL FOR OUR CAMPUS, OUR CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS AS WELL. THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEAR OF OF JUST OVER $4.8 MILLION.
OUR TRANSFERS OUT AGAIN LIKE I SAID THEY ARE DECREASING JUST SLIGHTLY AND OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $21 MILLION AT $447 MILLION.
SO OUR GRAND TOTAL LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS AGAIN NOTHING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR LAST BUDGET REPORT.
THAT WAS A LOT. THAT WAS A WHIRLWIND.
AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL JUST I THINK TARRAH YOU HAD THE FIRST.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.
SO BACK AT THE REVENUE THAT'S COMING IN THE TRANSFERS IN THIS WOULD BE TRANSFERS IN.
IT WENT FROM 0 TO 1.1 MILLION.
SO WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS ACTUALLY SO IN THE PAST WELL, DOCTOR GOBER'S GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
HIS PASAR GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO START BRINGING IN, GETTING ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES BACK ONLINE WITH PASAR AND THE PAST WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN, I THINK IT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND FROM OUR PASAR, OUR AFTER SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM, THE LAST FEW YEARS JUST, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH STAFFING AND ENSURING THAT THE PROGRAM HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED.
WE DID NOT PULL ANY FUNDS OVER FROM THE THOSE PROGRAMS, THE EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE OR THE PASAR PROGRAM.
WE'RE HOPING THIS YEAR, WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT DOCTOR GOBER AND HIS TEAM HAS DONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING OVER A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS FROM THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. OKAY. SUPER COOL.
THE SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
WHERE WAS THAT AT? OH, MY SLIDE NUMBERS WENT AWAY.
OKAY. BUT IT WENT UP BY ABOUT 61,000.
OH, YES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT US VERSUS COMPARABLE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE SEEN THOSE OTHER REPORTS, AND THIS IS A POINT THAT I OFTEN RAISE BECAUSE I HEAR IT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE JUST CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION HEAVY.
AND I'M LIKE, HOW SO? THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT GOES UP.
SO WHEN IS A OPERATING BUDGET.
THE OTHER IS THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES.
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE LIKE 2%, JUST A LITTLE OVER 2%, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY LOW.
OKAY. SORRY, I'M CONFUSING THE TWO THEN.
YEAH. SO BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY ON JUST THIS BUDGET IS YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOU'RE ONLY TALKING IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THAT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER.
SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET IS LEADING INTO A JANUARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND SO ANY DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY ADVOCATES, YOU'LL SEE THIS GO UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, YOU'LL SEE IT GO BACK DOWN IN THE, IN THE IN THE ODD YEARS.
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SO. WELL. AND YOU ALSO YOU ALSO SEE THE, THE THE INCREASE ON YEARS THAT WE HAVE IN ELECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR TO CONDUCT AN ELECTION.AND SO IN 25 WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION.
AND SO THEREFORE WE NEEDED TO BUILD THAT INTO THIS BUDGET.
PERFECT. SORRY TO CONFUSE THE TWO TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT POINT.
THIS IS NOT PAY RAISES FOR THE TRUSTEES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING REALLY COMMONLY, AND THIS DOVETAILS WITH THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ADVOCACY IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IS THAT THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 50% OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET.
AND SO I WOULD BE VERY, VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW IN A BOARD UPDATE OR IN A FUTURE BUDGET PRESENTATION, LIKE, DO WE HAVE ANY LINE OF SIGHT OR VISIBILITY ON POTENTIALLY THE PEOPLE ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, IF THAT'S GOING TO GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY? AND IF NOT, WHY? SO NOT A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED RIGHT NOW, BUT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES.
OH, DANNY'S LOOKING AT ME. I WAS LIKE, AND WE JUST WENT TO..
I WAS GOING TO SAY GO AHEAD, JAMIE, I COULD PROBABLY ANSWER IT RIGHT NOW.
ABSOLUTELY. IT WILL GO UP. SO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE A PART OF DID KIND OF AN INFORMAL SURVEY OF OTHER DISTRICTS GOT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE GROUP AND GOT INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF BUDGETING PLANS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THE NUMBER THAT ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET FOR 23-24 VERSUS 24-25.
IT IS IT WAS ABSOLUTELY REPRESENTING AN INCREASE.
THE NUMBER OF, OF DISTRICTS CONSIDERING BUDGET CUTS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
SO AS ALL DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO TO ADDRESS INFLATION, WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUALLY LOOK AT HAVING TO HAVING TO ADOPT THESE DEFICIT BUDGETS.
YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN THEY HAD A $33 MILLION SURPLUS.
IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I MEAN, I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN GET BACK PAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IF, YOU KNOW, DURING NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. JUST I KNOW I'M KIDDING.
DANNY'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M INSANE.
FOR THE RECORD, WE DO NOT GET PAID.
NO. NOT US, THE DISTRICT LIKE THE DISTRICT BACK PAY AND BASIC ALLOTMENT.
AND PRETTY MUCH I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON SITTING AT THE TABLE THAT WE TALKED TO WERE ALL ANTICIPATING YOU KNOW, A DEFICIT BUDGET AND A LOT OF THEM TALKING, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT THEIR INABILITY TO MAKE GOOD RAISES, USUALLY 1 TO 1.5% BASED ON WHICH DISTRICT IT WAS.
SO THAT WOULD BE NOT ONLY THE SORT OF PERCENTAGE OF DISTRICTS ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET, BUT ALSO THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT DEFICIT STATEWIDE. IF SOMEBODY IS TRACKING THAT DATA, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT IN A BOARD UPDATE.
I THINK I HEARD I WAS WITH 32 OTHER SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES THIS PAST WEEK, AND I THINK I HEARD OFF CUFF THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WERE HAVING A DEFICIT BUDGET OF THE 30. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO ALL DIFFERENT SIZES, ALL ALL THE THINGS.
SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE LIKE SUBURBS, MAJOR SUBURBAN DISTRICTS, LIKE PLANO ISD, AREAS IN THE GREATER DFW AREAS, BECAUSE YOU YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMPETING FOR QUALITY STAFF.
ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING THOSE ARE THE DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OVER HALF, ALL OF THOSE MAJOR SUBURBAN DISTRICTS ARE AT A DEFICIT.
THEY'RE NOT COMPETING FOR FOR STAFF.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET ANY HELP THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I CAN TELL YOU IT DOESN'T MATTER.
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE IN THE IN THE EXACT SAME, YOU KNOW, SHAPE.
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YOU KNOW, THE RURAL DISTRICTS IS JUST TREMENDOUS.I THINK WE DO HAVE A TASBO OFFICER ON, ON THE DAIS, BUT THIS WOULD BE PERHAPS, MAYBE A SURVEY THAT TASBO COULD SEND OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS JUST SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER PERCENTAGE MIGHT BE.
I'LL BE WITH THOSE GUYS THIS WEEKEND AND I CAN DEFINITELY ASK THEM THAT QUESTION.
AND ACTUALLY, TASBO WAS WHO SENT THE SURVEY I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THIS DATA THAT WE CAN GET TO YOU THAT'S INFORMAL.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO THE TEA WILL RELEASE A STATEWIDE SUMMARY OF FINANCES.
AND SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT AS AS DISTRICTS ADOPT BUDGETS.
AND THAT INFORMATION IS REPORTED.
YEAH. AND TO BUILD ON JERI'S POINT THAT I THINK IS, IS SALIENT ABOUT RURAL DISTRICTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION IS THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE CHANGES TO BOND PROGRAMS. A LOT OF DISTRICTS HAVING ARE STRUGGLING TO PASS BONDS EVEN FOR BASIC NEEDS.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN COSTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US, THAT WE CAN PUT ON TO OUR BOND PROGRAMS. BUT I, I ALSO WONDER STATEWIDE, FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, HOW MUCH OF THESE DEFICIT BUDGETS, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY COULD BE GOING INTO BOND PROGRAM BOND FUNDS IF COMMUNITIES COULD COULD PASS A BOND.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THAT, THAT WE LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN MUCH OF THE STATE, YOU KNOW, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND US VERSUS STATEWIDE ALL IN THAT PERSPECTIVE.
SO, LAUREN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS OTHER DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PASS A BOND, ARE HAVING TO SPEND MONEY OUT OF THEIR KNOW TO DO ALL THEIR MAINTENANCE, AND YEAH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. RIGHT.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BOND FUNDS, IT'S GOT TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT. AND AND AGAIN, I JUST SO THANKFUL TO OUR VOTERS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO AS YOU KNOW, COURTNEY HAS POINTED OUT, AND EVERY TIME WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAXIMIZING OUR TAX RATE AS WE CAN.
BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A STATEWIDE OPPORTUNITY.
AND NOT JUST BOND FUNDS, BUT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE VATR WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'VE MAXED THEM.
AND SO I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, I'M SURE YOU DO, TOO.
AND DANNY, YOU PROBABLY DO TOO.
BUT HOW THE HECK DID Y'ALL GET ALL OF THOSE PENNIES PASSED? AND IT GOES BACK TO WE HAVE A VERY, A COMMUNITY THAT VERY MUCH SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOLS.
IT'S A GREAT SEGUE FOR MY QUESTION.
THERE'S A IT'S VERY SMALL, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO TO MENTION OR ASK ABOUT.
AND THAT IS THE THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
WELL, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS WILL BE WITH US FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
WE JUST ADDED MEADOWS, SIGLER, WEATHERFORD, AND BARRON.
THEY HAVE SOME THERAPEUTIC GROUPS.
SO, OF COURSE, WITH PARENTAL CONSENT.
AND DID ANYONE KNOW THE FUNDING MODEL ABOUT HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT? ARE YOU AWARE? I DON'T, BUT I KNOW THE STATE HELPS.
AND I'LL ASK IF YOU WANT TO ROUND UP YOUR FUND.
AND IT ACTUALLY GOES TO COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
AND OF COURSE I ROUND UP FOR THAT.
SO OUR $109,000 IS ONLY 25% TO THEIR BUDGET.
30 COMES FROM GOVERNMENT, WHICH WOULD BE TEA IN OUR CASE, 43 IS PRIVATE FUNDRAISING.
AND THEN ANOTHER 2% IS AN EVENT THAT THEY HAVE.
THAT'S FOR THE DALLAS ENTITY THAT SUPPORTS US.
SO IN ESSENCE, OUR $109,000 BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IS ACTUALLY THREE TIMES MORE.
FOUR TIMES WE'RE GETTING THREE TIMES MORE BACK IN TERMS OF SUPPORT.
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BETTER. AND ALSO THEN, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THEY'RE PROVIDING ARE TREMENDOUS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE NEEDS.SO IF YOU'RE AT THE AIRPORT ANY TIME SOON AND YOU BUY A BOTTLE OF WATER OR MORE, ROUND UP, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT COMES BACK TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS NOW. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
I THINK THE TOTAL COST IS 550 OR SO.
YES SIR. CORRECT. SO THEN TAKE THAT 550 YES AND MULTIPLY.
THANK YOU. I WAS THINKING THAT'S NOT VERY DRAMATIC, THE 109.
THAT'S HUGE, THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
YES. SO ANYWAY, WATER BOTTLES AT THE MALL AT THE AIRPORT.
WELL, AND IF I CAN ADD I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH ONE OF OUR FOLKS AT AT, AT ARMSTRONG SPECIFICALLY WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL HERE.
WHO'S A COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL PERSON, AND I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR SCHOOL LIAISON THERE.
AND IT'S AMAZING THE TEAM THAT THEY MAKE TO SUPPORT THOSE KIDS AT ARMSTRONG.
SO I, I'M SECOND ADVOCATE FOR, FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MAY. I MAY JUST HAVE AN OBSERVATION.
YOU MAY RECAP MY NOTES, NANCY.
RECAPTURE TREND BECAUSE I REMEMBER BACK 2019.
THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. WHEN WAS THE HOUSE BILL THREE.
WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE OUR RECAPTURE.
THEY DID, AND IT LASTED FOR ONE YEAR.
AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE TREND.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 136.7 MILLION PAID THIS PAST YEAR.
AND IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, IT'LL BE 155.6 MILLION.
SO I JUST WONDER WHERE IS IT GOING AND WHY HAS THAT.
REDUCTION AND RECAPTURE THAT CAME WITH THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WHY IS THAT EVAPORATING? AND I NOTICED THAT ALSO WHAT IS EVAPORATING IS AND I PRESUME IT HAS TO DO WITH A LOWER ENROLLMENT, BUT OUR REVENUE FOR WHERE AM I? I'M LOOKING AT MY GO BACK TO THE WHERE YOU JUST WERE.
OKAY. THE PER CAPITA REVENUE IS GOING DOWN, THEN STATE REVENUES.
OKAY. YEAH. SO SO I'M JUST I'M JUST MAKING SOME OBSERVATIONS, BUT I JUST DON'T.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS WHEN YOU SAY THE PER CAPITA I MEAN THAT THAT'S THE AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND.
AND THAT IS JUST A THAT'S SET BY HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
YOU'LL SEE THAT GOING DOWN IF OUR ENROLLMENTS GOING DOWN.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S A PER STUDENT ALLOCATION BASED ON PRIOR YEAR ADA. ON THE RECAPTURE, OF COURSE, WE BOTTOMED OUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SENATE BILL TWO, SENATE BILL 12, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN ABOUT $117 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
IT HASN'T BEEN SINCE 2018, 2019.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK UP, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ANY KIND OF INCREASE IN YOUR VALUES WHENEVER YOU'RE BASING IT ON, WE'RE STILL JUST GETTING THE SAME OF WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN SIX YEARS AGO FOR STUDENT AND WHAT YOU GET TO KEEP FOR VALUE, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO JUST SHOOT RIGHT BACK UP.
SO WE REALLY NEED THEM TO INDEX IT FOR INFLATION.
I WAS PROUD OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS WHO HAD THAT COURAGEOUS EFFORT TO PROPOSE THAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SPECIAL SESSIONS, ACTUALLY. BUT I JUST WILL REITERATE, THERE WAS A $33 BILLION SURPLUS IN THE STATE BUDGET, AND THEY HAVE STILL NOT INCREASED THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT.
AND SO ALL OF THE COSTS THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY HAVE GONE UP AND UP AND UP, AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE CERTAIN AREAS QUITE ADEPTLY AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SURGEON.
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TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE WHEN THE COSTS ARE GOING UP AND THE REVENUES ARE GOING DOWN? IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP, DOESN'T MAKE BUSINESS SENSE.SINCE JOHNNY BROUGHT UP THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, I'LL ASK THIS, AND I KNOW EITHER YOU OR DANNY KNOWS, BUT IN THE SENATE INTERIM CHARGES, WAS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT LISTED FOR VOUCHERS, OR HAVE YOU HEARD A DOLLAR AMOUNT THROWN AROUND? SO IN NOT IN THE INTERIM CHARGES.
IN FACT, THE INTERIM CHARGES DIDN'T MENTION VOUCHERS.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WERE CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE REGULAR AND THE SPECIAL SESSIONS IN THIS LAST SESSION, RANGING FROM 8000 TO A LITTLE OVER 10,000 AT ONE POINT PER STUDENT.
RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED FOR VOUCHERS.
10,200. YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER.
I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE. I THINK AT ONE POINT IT MAY HAVE EVEN GONE UP TO 10400 AND THAT $10,400 WAS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL TOTAL PER STUDENT FUNDING IN THE STATE.
BUT IT IS WHAT DRIVES ALL PER STUDENT FUNDING.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING AND WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING WHERE WE GET THESE WEIGHTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL TIED BACK TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR REFORMS OF HOUSE BILL THREE THAT I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND LEGISLATORS ABOUT WHEN WE GET INTO THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE START TRYING TO NITPICK AT THESE SIDE PIECES, IS THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF HOUSE BILL THREE? ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF HOUSE BILL THREE WAS THAT SCHOOL FINANCE HAD GOTTEN SO CONVOLUTED THAT IT WAS REALLY HARD TO IMPACT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, YOU INCREASE FUNDING FOR GENERAL EDUCATION, YOU INCREASE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, DYSLEXIA, COMPENSATORY EDUCATION, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.
NOW, EVEN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT IS TIED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
SO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PIECES FEED INTO THAT.
SO THEY BUILT A SYSTEM IN HOUSE BILL THREE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS REALLY WELL.
AND AS JOHNNY MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE'RE CAPPED ON OUR ENTITLEMENT WHEN WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, WHEN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS GO DOWN OR WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, I APOLOGIZE WHEN WE HAVE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES, WE DON'T BENEFIT.
THE PLANO ISD DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM THAT.
THE STATE OF TEXAS BENEFITS FROM THAT AND PAYING LESS MONEY TOWARD PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WELL, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT VOUCHERS.
AND IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAM THAT WOULD SERVE ABOUT 68,000 STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AT A COST OF ABOUT 500 MILLION.
YEAH, IT COULD GO UP TO AS MUCH AS $8 BILLION.
IT COULD GET UP TO $8 BILLION A YEAR.
YEAH. SO I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, THERE'S ONLY ONE PIE.
WELL, AND I THINK THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THAT THERE IS SORT OF A CLEAR DISPARITY BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, OFFERING A CHUNK OF MONEY AND A VOUCHER PROGRAM WHILE LITERALLY EVERYTHING WE DO IS TIED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
AND IF WE DON'T GET MOVEMENT ON THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING MOVEMENT ON THE SPED ALLOTMENT AND THESE OTHER ALLOTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SORT OF TIED TOGETHER IN THE STORM. AND SO THE 6160 IS NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE, BUT EVERYTHING IS TIED TO IT.
RIGHT. AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB ARTICULATING THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SORRY, I WENT OFF ON A RABBIT TRAIL THERE.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK JOHNNY AND COURTNEY AND AND AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS. THIS IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT.
Y'ALL, HAVE YOU LED THE WORK REALLY WELL? AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE TRULY WORKING TO BE CONSCIENTIOUS.
AND, I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND SO JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO TO BOTH OF YOU AND TO THE TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.3 AND REPORTS.
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AND IT'S THE BOARD MEMBER LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE UPDATES.FIRST I'LL START WITH I THINK TARA HAS AN UPDATE ON THE PLANO ISD COUNCIL PTA.
APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
I WONDERED, WHEN DID THIS START? SO I WENT AND LOOKED. AND IT STARTED IN 1990 WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W.
BUSH WITH HIS 1000 POINTS OF LIGHT.
DID ANYBODY KNOW THAT? I JUST YOU KNEW THAT? OH, I WAS I MEAN, I WAS ALIVE, BUT I WAS 12, SO.
I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WAS IN THAT AWKWARD PERIOD OF MY LIFE.
SENSE OF BELONGING OR ANYTHING.
I DO THANK YOU AS A FELLOW TRUSTEE FOR VOLUNTEERING.
AND ALL OF YOU, MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THE HOURS AND WORK THAT WE PUT INTO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THESE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
BUT BRINGING IT BACK TO PTA, IT REALLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PTA LEADERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS ARE IN THE HUNDREDS.
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN THESE PTAS.
THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW BOARD OFFICERS AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS, NEW OFFICERS THAT ARE STARTING.
SO TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS COMING UP MAY 6TH THROUGH 10TH, AND I CAN'T GO GIVE A REPORT WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN YEAR ROUND AND SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES STILL NEED A FEW MORE MEMBERS TO HIT THEIR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND SO THAT CAN BE DONE AT JOIN PTA.ORG.
AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD THIS YEAR TO GET MEMBERS.
AND THERE'S A TEXAS PTA AWARD CALLED THE VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD AWARD.
AND THE PLATINUM LEVEL IS WHERE THEY HAVE ENOUGH.
THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF MEMBERS AS THEY HAVE KIDS ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL.
SO WE HAVE SIX SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MEET THAT NUMBER, AND THOSE ARE ANDREWS ELEMENTARY, BARKSDALE ELEMENTARY, DAVIS ELEMENTARY, GULLEDGE ELEMENTARY, MATTHEWS, AND SAIGLING, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME.
THEY'LL BE RECOGNIZED THIS SUMMER AT TEXAS PTA'S BIG TRAINING YOU KNOW, SUMMER CONFERENCE.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THAT'S IT.
THAT WAS ENLIGHTENING TO HEAR.
AND WHAT WAS MAY 6TH THROUGH TEN IS TEACHER APPRECIATION.
ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT REPORT WILL BE FROM JERI CHAMBERS, AND IT'LL BE A REPORT ABOUT THE PLANO ISD FOUNDATION AND THE PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
SO GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
WE HAVE A VERY AMAZING GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD.
SO HATS OFF TO THEM AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
THE FOUNDATION BOARD HAS JUST STARTED A FUNDING THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN, AND IT HAS BEEN RUNNING FROM MAY THE 20TH MAY, MARCH THE 20TH 5TH TO APRIL THE 28TH.
I THINK I SAY I'M SAYING THOSE DATES, RIGHT.
IT'S OUR, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
AND SO THERE IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
SO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION HELPS THE DISTRICT WITH THAT.
THOSE EFFORTS ALSO CTE PROGRAMING AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.
AND SO THIS IS AN AMAZING, WONDERFUL TIME FOR US TO STEP UP AND HELP SUPPORT.
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SO THE GOAL IS, BY THE END OF THE DAY, TO PROVIDE A CALL TO ACTION TO GET PEOPLE TO ACT SOON SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.AND ANYONE WHO GIVES A ONE TIME GIFT OF $50 OR MORE WILL GET A YARD SIGN BRANDING THEM FROM EITHER ONE OF THE SENIOR HIGHS, THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, OR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ITSELF.
OTHER THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTING, OF COURSE, THE CORE STORE, FIFTH GRADE CAMP.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT ELSE.
OH, THE TEACHER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS. 25 TEACHERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ENTITIES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS, LIKE BOEING CHILDREN'S HEALTH, THE CITY OF PLANO, CITY HOUSE, THE CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS, MY POSSIBILITIES, STANTEC USAA, AND MANY, MANY MORE.
SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS ENTITY.
AND SO IT'S THERE TO BE A RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND HELP.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS ABOUT THE PLANO CHAMBER, DID I, DID I MISS ANYTHING MY OTHER COLLEAGUE ON HERE? IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION WE'VE FORGOTTEN? OKAY. THE PLANO CHAMBER, WHICH SPONSORS.
WELL, THIS IS A FUNNY SIDE NOTE.
WE HAVE LITTLE TIME. I'LL SAY THIS.
I WENT TO HOUSTON LAST WEEK, AND THERE WAS AN EVENT SPONSORED BY THE KATY CHAMBER.
HE'S VERY COMPLIMENTARY. AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE KELLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A FUN LITTLE MOMENT.
BUT THE PLANO CHAMBER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADERSHIP.
PLANO AND MANY OF US WENT AND CELEBRATED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK.
HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO THE BENEFICIARIES BECAUSE EACH CLASS HAS A SERVICE PROJECT AND THEY ARE DOING A SERVICE PROJECT TO SUPPORT HEAD START, AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THAT EVENT ON MAY THE 10TH.
SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT THEM.
SUPPORTING OUR HEAD START PROGRAM ON MAY THE 10TH.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 9:21 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.