May 21, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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AND MIKE WILL BE JOINING US LATER THIS EVENING.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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

ON TUESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2024.

ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS WE ARE RECOGNIZING AND I WISH TO WELCOME OUR THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT WITH US THIS EVENING TOO.

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

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

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

TERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

BOARD SECRETARY, JERI CHAMBERS, BOARD MEMBER TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. SEATED TO MY RIGHT ARE VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES.

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

DR. PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

DR. 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.

WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES OF THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS? LET ME MOVE THE CHAIR.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS; ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS 3.1 OF OUR AGENDA.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

CONGRATULATIONS TO PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS CODY HUANG AND GOPAL KODURI FOR WINNING, EXCUSE ME UIL 6A CHAMPIONSHIP MIXED TENNIS DOUBLES.

CONGRATULATION ALSO TO PLANO WEST TENNIS COACH MORGAN WALKER FOR GUIDING HIS PROGRAM TO A THIRD STRAIGHT MIXED DOUBLE, CAN'T TALK DOUBLES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND HIS FOURTH TITLE WIN IN THE LAST FIVE STATE TOURNAMENTS.

WELL DONE WOLFPACK.

KUDOS ARE ALSO IN ORDER TO THE PLANO WEST SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM ON THEIR RECENT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE WOLFPACK COMPETED IN THE EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS HELD AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

PLANO WEST HAD FIVE QUALIFIED COMPETITORS, ALONG WITH TWO STUDENTS FROM SHEPTON HIGH WHO QUALIFIED OUT OF 20 SCHOOLS AND 50 COMPETITORS INVITED. PLANO WEST EARNED THE TOP SPOT AND CAPTURED THE SWEEPSTAKES CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE BEST LIMITED PREP SPEAKING SCHOOL SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. ALSO, INDIVIDUAL RESULTS INCLUDED FINALISTS SASHA MOREL, CHAMPION IN BOTH EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND IMPROMPTU SPEAKING, ABRAHAM ZHANG FIFTH PLACE OVERALL.

AND THEN WE HAD SEMIFINALISTS, WHICH WERE TOP 12 IN THE NATION REHAN BUVVAJI AND ROSHAN SHIVANI AND SOPHIA WEI.

AND FINALLY THEY HAD QUARTERFINALISTS, WHICH IS THE TOP 24 IN THE NATION.

EVELYN DING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR SPEECH AND DEBATE DIRECTOR REGGIE CHAPMAN FOR THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR.

WE ARE PLANO ISD PROUD OF ALL OF THESE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THEIR AMAZING TEACHERS AND COACHES ON A JOB VERY WELL DONE.

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SELENDA FREEMAN TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST RECOGNITION.

DR. FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, I'M PLEASED TO START THINGS OFF BY INVITING OUR FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, DR.

PHILLIP MORGAN, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD US IN A VERY SPECIAL STAFF RECOGNITION.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, DR.

FREEMAN. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCREENS, THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN ALL OF OUR AREAS.

NOT JUST FINE ARTS, BUT ATHLETICS.

WE EXCEL WITH OUR STUDENTS IN SO MANY WAYS.

BUT TONIGHT WE'RE VERY HONORED. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

TONIGHT OUR VERY OWN PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, MRS. APRIL KONDRAT, IS HERE FOR RECOGNITION.

EACH YEAR, THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE, THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, RECOGNIZES A SINGLE MUSIC EDUCATOR IN THE STUDY OF ORCHESTRA WITH AN AWARD CALLED THE MARJORIE KELLER OUTSTANDING YOUNG MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD.

THIS AWARD HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT OF A TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATOR FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PROMISE IN STRING EDUCATION.

THIS YEAR, THE BOARD AND MEMBERSHIP OF TEXASTA SELECTED ONE OF OUR VERY OWN MUSIC FINE ARTS INSTRUCTORS FOR THAT HONOR.

AS MENTIONED, SHE SERVES AS THE LEADER OF THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA PROGRAM, AND HER ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO GARNER SUCCESS FOR HER STUDENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THE WILDCAT ORCHESTRA.

APRIL, PISD IS PLEASED TO SEE YOU RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY, AND REMAINS PROUD OF YOUR ONGOING HEART FOR FINE ARTS STUDENTS WITHIN THE CLUSTER.

PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE AGAIN THE WINNER OF THE 2024 TEXASTA CHAPTER, MARJORIE KELLER OUTSTANDING YOUNG MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD, MRS. APRIL KONDRAT.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS KONDRAT, ON THIS TREMENDOUS HONOR.

AND, TRUSTEES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I'LL LET YOU GET IN YOUR CHAIR.

ANYONE HAVE ANY WORDS? WELL, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND I HAD THAT. MY SON HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN THE ORCHESTRA WITH MS. KONDRAT WHEN HE PLAYED FRENCH HORN AT VINES.

AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, I WOULD NOT HAVE EVER CONSIDERED MYSELF.

MY SON WAS VERY MUCH INTO MUSIC, BUT HE WASN'T ALL THAT GOOD.

THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE. [LAUGHTER] BUT HE'S GOOD.

HE TRIED HARD, BUT IT WASN'T HIS GIFT AND WHATEVER.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE MUSIC PROGRAM THAT PLANO ISD AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN ORCHESTRA AS A FRENCH HORN BAND, BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER AND BRINGING THAT WAS REALLY CHANGED, A CHANGE, IMPACT IN HIS LIFE.

HE IS A MOVIE SCORE AFICIONADO, AND I TOTALLY GIVE CREDIT TO THAT FOR HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAD IN START WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING RECOGNIZED, BUT THANK YOU FOR INDIVIDUALLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR FAMILY.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS RECOGNITION, THIS AWARD.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND MUSIC PLAYS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

IT'S BEEN A LIFE CHANGER, TRULY.

AND IN OUR HOME WITH OUR SON.

BUT IT'S JUST IT TOUCHES SO MANY LIVES AND IT ENRICHES STUDENTS LEARNING EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I'M SO PROUD OF OUR PROGRAMS. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

WE WERE ONE OF YOUR FEEDER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE, LAST WEEK, AND GOT TO HEAR THE ORCHESTRA, AND THEY WERE AMAZING.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOME AMAZING KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING YOU IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

I MEAN, I'M SO IMPRESSED THAT EVERY TIME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING AND RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE LEARNING AND THE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO TO JUST HOW AMAZING OUR KIDS ARE.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME THAT WERE NOT HERE THIS EVENING WITH FINALS THIS WEEK.

WE WANTED TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF THAT.

AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU'RE NOT HERE.

BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN BRING YOU BACK IN AUGUST TO RECOGNIZE YOU IN PERSON.

BUT A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE AT HOME WATCHING.

THANK YOU. SO THIS IS ALWAYS OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOARD MEETING. WE GET TO CELEBRATE.

WE'RE FORTUNATE TO CELEBRATE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND THIS EVENING, SO LARGE IN FACT, THE HONOREES, LIKE SHE SAID, THEY'RE WATCHING THIS ONLINE THIS

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SO YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE WE LEFT THEM OUT.

THEY WERE DELIVERED TO EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, RECOGNIZING THEIR GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR.

COURTNEY GOBER TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THESE RECOGNITIONS.

AFTER ALL OF THE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, I WILL THEN INVITE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO OFFER THEIR COMMENTS.

DR. GOBER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR TWO CTE COORDINATORS, KELLEY MOSS AND ALEX RITTER, TO COME AND ANNOUNCE OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

ALL RIGHT, DR. WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO CELEBRATE OUR AMAZING CTE STUDENTS TONIGHT.

WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS IN THREE DIFFERENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE REALLY EXCELLED THIS YEAR IN ALL OF THEIR COMPETITIONS.

SO I'M HONORED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PLANO WEST SKILLSUSA GROUP.

THIS GROUP IS A GROUP OF AUDIO VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDENTS THAT ARE ADVISED BY SARAH MATEO, AND THEY IN APRIL, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT THE TEXAS LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS CONFERENCE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

THEY HAD SOME TREMENDOUS RESULTS, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A STATE CHAMPION IN PIN DESIGN, JOSHUA BIRENBAUM, A STATE CHAMPION IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, HUDSON LANKFORD, AND ALSO STATE CHAMPIONS IN DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION, JOSHUA BIRENBAUM AND MARCELLO SZPERLING.

THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO ADVANCE TO NATIONALS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, COMING UP IN JUNE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THEM.

AND IN ADDITION, THE WINNING PIN DESIGN IS GOING TO BE PRODUCED AND WORN BY EVERY PARTICIPANT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AT THAT COMPETITION.

SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

BEYOND THAT, WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO DON'T GET TO ADVANCE TO NATIONALS, BUT THEY STILL CLAIM SOME REALLY GREAT HONORS.

SO WE HAVE STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE AUDIO VIDEO QUIZ BOWL.

THOSE ARE AUDREY BARTH, ANIKA RASTE, DARREN ELY, ROBYN BURKE, MIKAYLA WEBB, SIENNA KNAPIC AND BAYLEE FRYE.

AND THEN IN THE TELEVISION CAMERA OPERATOR TECHNICAL TEST, WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO EARNED THE SILVER MEDAL, ZACHARY TO, AND SEVERAL WITH BRONZE MEDALS HUDSON LANKFORD, MARCELLO SZPERLING, ANNA CHOROST, AUDREY BATH, DARREN ELY, AND ROBYN BURKE.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEND THEM BACK TO NATIONALS.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY COMING HOME WITH SOME HARDWARE FROM THERE AS WELL.

[APPLAUSE] I'VE GOT TWO GROUPS TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE OUR BPA, WHICH OUR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA STUDENTS AND OUR DECA STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF OUR MARKETING PROGRAM.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WE HAD 39 STUDENTS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ADVANCED TO OUR NATIONAL COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR.

AND SO I'M GOING TO START WITH BPA BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA.

AND THEY COMPETED IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE STATE COMPETITION AND THEN WENT ON TO COMPETE AT NATIONALS JUST RECENTLY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE KEVIN ZANG FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ANIRUDH NARAYANAN AND SANJEEV GEDELA, WHO PLACED FIRST AT STATE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE VIDYUTH GANESH, CATHERINE WANG AND LISA VARGHESE, WHO PLACED FIRST AT STATE IN COMPUTER MODELING. AND FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE OLIVER ONG, ASHI SHARMA, ISHA SWAMINATHAN, NICKHIL PATTIKONDA, THOMAS WELLS, WILLIAM XIE, AARUUSH KULKARNI WHO PLACED FIRST AT STATE IN ADVANCED SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS, JOYA TRIVEDI, WHO PLACED SECOND OUT OF 60 STUDENTS AT NATIONALS IN INTERMEDIATE WORD PROCESSING, AND TEAGAN GAO, WHO PLACED FIRST AT STATE AND FIRST OUT OF 52 STUDENTS AT NATIONALS IN JAVA PROGRAMING.

SO THOSE WERE OUR BPA STUDENTS AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THEIR ADVISORS, WHO OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT OUR CTSO ADVISORS, OUR STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AND EXPERIENCE THESE THINGS.

AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, OUR ADVISOR IS DEEPA GANGULY.

AT PLANO EAST, IT'S MALIA HUDSON, AT PLANO WEST, MINA MINTCHEVA AND AT JASPER BRIDGET WOLSTENCROFT THAT'S BPA.

SO FOR DECA, OUR NATIONAL QUALIFIERS IN OUR DECA COMPETITION FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ARE AKSHAYA VANKAYALAPATI , DHRUV MANOJ, EKANSH AHUJA, KAPIL TASPA, MARIUM MODI, MEENA RAMASWAMY, NATHAN NALLA, NEELA RAMAN, NOAH RYU, REYAH MAKKAR, ROSHAN

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FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH, WE HAVE CATHERINE WANG, WHO WAS A NATIONAL FINALIST IN OUR ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS COMPETITION.

AND FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH, WE HAVE AARUUSH KULKARNI, ALICE CAI, ARSHUN SHARMA, BHAVINI NAIR, ETHAN ALEXANDER, RYAN MOREHEAD, SAIVIKAS NADAM, AND SANJANA KUMAR AND OUR ADVISORS FOR DECA FROM PLANO WEST ARE JILL DORSINVILLE, FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH, TREY O'BAR AND FROM PLANO EAST, ALISON POTTER.

SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR KIDS, OUR ADVISORS.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

I NOW INVITE LISA WILSON TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT STUDENT RECOGNITIONS, MRS. WILSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO INVITE SECONDARY SCIENCE COORDINATOR, DR.

ASHLEY CARTER TO THE PODIUM.

SHE'S GOING TO ANNOUNCE SOME OTHER OUTSTANDING STUDENT HONORS.

THANK YOU, DR. CARTER.

HI. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

I WILL BE DOING SOME SCIENCE FAIR AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR OUR SCIENTIFICALLY MINDED KIDDOS.

I'VE GOT 49 STUDENTS WHO EARNED 67 AWARDS AT VARIOUS STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

SO IT'LL TAKE ME JUST A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH THEM.

I WILL DO MY BEST.

WE BROKE THESE UP BY COMPETITION.

SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND THEN THE AWARDS THAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVED.

SO STARTING OFF WITH THE TEXAS JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE COMPETITION, IT IS AN ANNUAL MEETING WHERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 ACROSS THE STATE CONDUCT RESEARCH THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR AND PRESENT THEIR RESULTS THROUGH BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORD.

FIRST, I WILL RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS WHO EARNED A SECOND OR THIRD PLACE CATEGORY AWARD FROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE NISHKA KERKAR AND SHIVI SHRIVASTAVA FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, TRISHA DESAI, ANDREW LEE, ARNUV MODH, ADITI SRIVASTAVA, NAYAN VEMIREDDY, RYAN XU, AMANDA YI AND JESSICA ZHANG FROM VINES HIGH SCHOOL, AIKA SAADIQ FROM WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, ARNAV BHUTE FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH, HARISH CHANDRAN, VAANI CHELLAMUTHU, SANABHI GAURAW, HRISHIKESH HARISH, CHLOE LEE, AMITHA MANDAVA, SIRI PEDDINTI, SHRUTI SUNKARA, DIYA SHAH, ANA SPIRIDE, VARUN SRIDHAR, AND KRISHN VIRANI.

FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH, PIYUSH BUDAGAVI, EVELYN DING, SHREYA HALBE, ALBERT JIANG, ADITHYA KARTHIK, JAIKIRAN KUMARAVEL SUKANYA DEVI, ALANNA POLYAK, ANDY QIN, WILLIAM XIE AND JASON ZHOU.

ALL OF THE FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS FROM TJAS ARE INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT THE AMERICAN JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CONVENTION, WHICH IS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY AS THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL TO THAT COMPETITION AND COMPETE, BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR THREE PLANO ISD STUDENTS WHO WON A FIRST PLACE CATEGORY AWARD AND WERE QUALIFIED TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT THAT NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE.

ALL THREE ARE FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE ARYA GURUMUKHI, WHO GOT FIRST PLACE IN THE CATEGORY ENGINEERING TWO, ELGIN TAWIAH, WHO GOT FIRST PLACE IN THE CATEGORY BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY, AND PRISHA BHAT, WHO GOT FIRST PLACE IN THE CATEGORY BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY.

AND SHE ALSO RECEIVED THE THIRD GRAND PRIZE FOR NATURAL SCIENCES.

WELL, THAT IS OUR FIRST COMPETITION.

OUR SECOND COMPETITION FOR TONIGHT IS THE TEXAS JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM, WHICH IS ANOTHER STATE LEVEL COMPETITION THAT ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH THROUGH BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORD.

WE HAD 18 PLANO ISD STUDENTS FROM SIX CAMPUSES THAT WERE ACCEPTED TO PRESENT AT THE 2024 TJSHS COMPETITION.

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WE HAD TWO OF THOSE.

FIVE STUDENTS WERE FROM PLANO ISD.

SO THOSE TWO STUDENTS FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH WERE ALANNA POLYAK, WHO RECEIVED THIRD PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION IN LIFE SCIENCES, AND THEN FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH PRISHA BHAT, WHO GOT FIRST PLACE AT THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND THEN WENT ON TO THE NATIONAL COMPETITION AND EARNED THIRD PLACE AT THE NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES.

ALL RIGHT. THIRD COMPETITION.

WE HAVE FOUR IN TOTAL.

OUR THIRD ONE IS THE TEXAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL STATE SCIENCE COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 12.

TO ADVANCE TO THIS COMPETITION, STUDENTS HAVE TO HAVE PLACED AT THEIR DISTRICT AND REGIONAL FAIRS THE TOP TWO FINISHERS FROM EACH CATEGORY AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR ADVANCED AND TRAVELED TO COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, AT THE END OF MARCH TO COMPETE AGAINST APPROXIMATELY 1200 OTHER STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE.

SO FROM OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE NIDHI AJMERA WHO RECEIVED THIRD PLACE IN EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FROM RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AKANSH KARTHIK, WHO EARNED FIRST PLACE IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, AND DANIEL RUTNAM, WHO EARNED A TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST SPECIAL AWARD IN ANIMAL SCIENCES.

FROM ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL HIRUNI WANSAPURA EARNED SECOND PLACE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND AN ENGINEERS OF TOMORROW SPECIAL AWARD. FROM SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHRUTI PAUL EARNED SECOND PLACE IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

AARINI SEN WON A SPECIAL AWARD FROM SPACE IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH PRESSURE THAT WON FIRST PLACE IN PLANT SCIENCES AND EARNED BEST IN STATE FOR LIFE SCIENCE, VAANI CHELLAMUTHU WON THIRD PLACE IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, MANYA GUMMARAJU EARNED FIRST PLACE IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.

ARYA GURUMUKHI SECOND PLACE IN ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND DESIGN.

ANIRUDH NARAYANAN, THIRD PLACE IN ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES.

ELGIN TAWIAH THIRD PLACE IN MICROBIOLOGY.

KRISHN VIRANI THIRD PLACE IN ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND DESIGN FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MERYL ZHANG, THIRD PLACE IN MATHEMATICS AND FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH, EVELYN DING, THIRD PLACE IN BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ZEHRA JAFFERY.

SECOND PLACE IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, ALANNA POLYAK.

SECOND PLACE IN TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE AND A DEERE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP.

AND ANDY QIN, A SPECIAL AWARD FROM SAMSUNG IN SYSTEMS SOFTWARE.

AND OUR FINAL COMPETITION OF THE EVENING FOR SCIENCE IS THE REGENERON INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR ISEF, WHICH IS PART OF THE SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST GLOBAL SCIENCE COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ACCORDING TO ISEF, TENS OF MILLIONS OF STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD BEGAN THE SCIENCE FAIR PROCESS EVERY YEAR, LOOKING TO EARN THE RIGHT TO COMPETE AT THIS INTERNATIONAL FAIR FOR AWARDS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, AND OTHER PRIZES.

THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND FEATURED APPROXIMATELY 1700 YOUNG SCIENTISTS REPRESENTING 67 COUNTRIES, REGIONS AND TERRITORIES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD.

DOING THAT MATH, 1700 OUT OF 10 MILLION MEANS THAT THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE WERE AMONG THE TOP 0.01% OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN THE WORLD.

WE HAD 9 PLANO ISD STUDENTS ATTEND THIS INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COMPETITION.

FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

RYAN XU, WHO PLACED FOURTH IN THE CATEGORY EMBEDDED SYSTEMS. FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, KESHAV ANAND.

PRISHA BHAT WHO PLACED THIRD IN THE CATEGORY OF PLANT SYSTEMS, EARNED A LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT

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VAANI CHELLAMUTHU, MANYA GUMMARAJU WHO EARNED FOURTH PLACE IN THE CATEGORY CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP.

ARYA GURUMUKHI, WHO EARNED FOURTH PLACE IN THE CATEGORY ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND DESIGN.

CHLOE LEE, WHO EARNED THIRD PLACE IN THE CATEGORY OF CHEMISTRY, THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY SECOND AWARD, THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE SOCIETY TOP AWARD, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, AND THE YM AMERICAN ACADEMY THIRD AWARD.

AND FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH KATHERINE LEE AND ZEHRA JAFFERY, WHO EARNED SECOND PLACE IN THE CATEGORY CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.

PLEASE GIVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SOME APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEIR PARENTS FOR SUPPORTING THEM AND TO ALL OF OUR SCIENCE FAIR AND LASER SPONSORS AND ALL OF THEIR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM WHO HELP SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS AND ALL OF THEIR RESEARCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOW, ASHLEY, THAT WAS A LOT.

AND YOU DID SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB ON ALL THE NAMES.

WE ARE SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR STUDENT HONOREES THIS EVENING.

AND NOW I INVITE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS WITH OUR HONOREES WHO ARE WATCHING.

EVERYBODY WAVE THEY'RE HERE.

SO I'LL TELL YOU WHY MY FELLOW TRUSTEES ARE GIVING ME LOOKS AND THUMBS UP DURING THIS FOR OUR NEW VIEWERS.

VERY SHORTLY AFTER I GOT ELECTED, DR.

CARTER SENDS ME AN EMAIL AND SAYS THE SECONDARY SCIENCE TEAM WOULD LIKE A WORD.

AND THIS ENDED UP WITH ME BEING ON THE SCIENTIFIC REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THESE COMPETITIONS AND OVERSEEING, MAKING SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING THEIR RESEARCH ETHICALLY, RESPONSIBLY, LIKE, OKAY, YOU CAN'T DO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WITHOUT HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL FORM.

SO LET'S GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF OR GET PROTOCOLS CLEANED UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THIS IS THE POINT WHERE I NORMALLY APOLOGIZE TO THOSE OF YOU WHOSE PAPERWORK I REJECTED REPEATEDLY.

BUT JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF NAMES THAT I RECOGNIZE, I'M GOING TO SAY I THINK IT WORKED OUT OKAY FOR YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THESE WINS.

THIS IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND AS A, YOU KNOW, AS A PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIST, EACH OF THESE REVIEWS THAT I DO, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I'M SPENDING LIKE AN HOUR, IN SOME CASES, RESEARCHING WHAT WHAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING, WHAT THESE STUDENTS ARE DOING BECAUSE THEIR PROJECTS ARE SO ADVANCED AND SO DENSE.

AND HAVING JUDGED ISEF IN THE PAST, IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DOING JUDGING INTERVIEWS ALL DAY AND [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS THE CATEGORY THAT I JUDGE.

THERE'S LIKE 40 MDS, PHDS AND SOME VETERINARIANS THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.

IN THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, JUST THE METAL AND THE GRIT THAT THESE KIDS HAVE.

AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND IT'S THE SAME KIND OF METAL AND GRIT THAT OUR MUSIC STUDENTS WHO ARE HIGH ACHIEVERS HAVE, OR THAT OUR TENNIS STUDENTS THAT ARE HIGH ACHIEVERS HAVE.

AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS DISTRICT, IS THAT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IS, IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR CHILDREN AND SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS IN THESE COMPETITIONS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR.

CARTER DIDN'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON, BUT I'LL SAY IS, I THINK HALF OF THESE KIDS FROM ISEF ARE NOT SENIORS.

AND YOU WERE NAMING LIKE CLARK AND JASPER AND VINES AND SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THESE COMPETITIONS, THE TEXAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, THAT'S A REALLY DEEP BENCH.

AND SO WE BY FAR HAD THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT AT ISEF LAST YEAR, THANKS TO THE TALENT OF OUR STUDENTS.

I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK AT THE OVERALL LIST AND SEE WHERE WE WERE THIS YEAR.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE PROBABLY, AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE DISTRICTS AT ISEF AGAIN THIS YEAR.

AND JUST THE BENCH THAT THE SECONDARY SCIENCE TEAM HAS DEVELOPED AND ALL OF THESE SPONSORS, IT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THESE STUDENTS DO. AND I'LL JUST SAY AS A AS A TRIPLE A S MEMBER [AAAS], I'M VERY SAD THAT THE TJAS STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL FOR THAT COMPETITION BECAUSE OF THE DALLAS REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR.

AND I WILL BE NEXT TIME I GET AN EMAIL ABOUT A MEMBER SURVEY, I WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT FEEDBACK.

BUT AGAIN, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR AWARDEES, WHETHER IT'S THE DECA AWARDEES OR OUR BUSINESS COMPETITION AWARDEES, YOU ALL ARE TREMENDOUS.

AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS WHO SPENT THE ENTIRE YEAR WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS AND GOING TO DIFFERENT

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENT AWARD WINNERS TONIGHT.

AND THE THING IS THAT IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BUT THE THING IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THE PARENTS WERE THERE BEHIND THEM, SUPPORTING THEM THE WHOLE WAY.

SO WE WANT TO ALSO APPRECIATE OUR PARENTS FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.

AND THE THING IS THAT BUSINESS, CTE AND BUSINESS, THOSE AWARDS THAT YOU RECEIVED IN BUSINESS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTER MODELING, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT AWARDS, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AWARDS.

BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT YOU ARE BEGINNING YOU'RE APPROACHING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PATHWAY BECAUSE YOUR EDUCATION AND CTE CAN HELP YOU TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE GOALS AND OPENING BUSINESSES.

YOU'RE THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

SO THANK YOU FOR STUDENTS FOR WORKING HARD IN CTE, BECAUSE CTE IS ALSO A GOOD PATHWAY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD.

THANK YOU TO OUR COORDINATORS KELLEY MOSS AND ALEX RITTER.

THANK YOU.

DR. WILLIAMS, WHAT'S THE THEME THIS YEAR? BUT THE LEGACY, WHAT'S THE PIECES? HONORING OUR HISTORY.

HONORING HISTORY.

LIVING OUR LEGACY.

AND I USED TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN GETTING MY PEN OUT AND MARKING ALL THE PLANO PEOPLE THAT WIN, BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS ONE OF LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S KIND OF EMBARRASSING. AND SO WE HAVE HAD A LEGACY OF GREATNESS IN THIS FIELD, AND IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND MOVE IT FORWARD. AND SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED THAT I THINK WE WOULD BE VERY MUCH AMISS NOT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR OWN DR.

TYRA, FOR HER TIME AND EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

SHE'S A BUSY LADY, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ALL VERY GRATEFUL AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GETTING YOU.

IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THANK YOU NOTES, I HOPE THAT THE KIDS LISTENING WHO HAVE RECEIVED YOUR TUTORING WILL CONSIDER DOING THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE A BETTER DISTRICT BECAUSE OF YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS ONE OF YOUR NEWER TRUSTEES, HERE'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DID WHAT I DID BECAUSE OUR KIDS, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND CARE AND ATTENTION THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM.

I THANK THEM ALL FOR STEPPING UP.

RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE TO STEP UP AND GO BEYOND.

BUT YOU DID.

AND AND I HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR LESSONS IN COLLABORATION AND IN PERSEVERANCE AND STEADY WORK.

AND I THANK ALL OF OUR PARENTS FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND OUR STAFF, OUR AMAZING STAFF.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? NOT ONLY JUST THEIR ADVISORS AT THE FINAL POINT IN THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS WHERE THEY'RE WINNING THESE AMAZING AWARDS.

BUT THINK FOUNDATIONALLY OF THESE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US, PERHAPS SINCE PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN.

SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS DID THEIR VERY BEST FOR THAT KID SO THAT WE COULD HAND THEM OFF AND THEY COULD GROW TO THEIR VERY BEST.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ALL AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO MANY WONDERFUL COMMENTS THERE, YOU GUYS.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH TO ADD, BUT I AGAIN, THANK THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF, THE TEACHERS, ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE IN THIS AMAZING DISTRICT.

SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU UP THERE.

AND THIS CONCLUDES I HATE TO BE THE DEBBIE DOWNER, BUT THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

SO MANY THANKS FOR JOINING US ONLINE AND LETTING US HONOR YOUR SUCCESSES.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR OF THE AGENDA WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

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

DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS.

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

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

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THAT 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 551.074 PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

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

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

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

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

DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS PEI LING TING, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT AGENDA ITEM 9.2 LONG RANGE PLANNING. MISS TING, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING? OR YOU GO WITH THE THREE MINUTES AND NOT BEING INTERRUPTED? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO BE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A ONE MINUTE WARNING, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST.

3 MINUTES WILL BE. JUST GO.

3 MINUTES WOULD BE GOOD.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, SO NO WARNING.

NO, NO, NO WARNING.

OKAY. I CAN SEE THE.

IS THAT. THAT'S IT.

TELL ME THE TIME. RIGHT.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU.

I'M A PARENT OF A STUDENT OF WYATT ELEMENTARY.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO VOICE UP THAT WE REALLY.

SO I PERSONALLY REALLY LOVE OUR SCHOOL, AND I KNOW OUR SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ON THE IT'S ON THE LIST OF YOUR PLANNING TO HAVE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT FOR I KNOW THE LONG RANGE CONCERN.

SO I JUST WANT TO COME TO TELL YOU HOW GREAT THIS SCHOOL IS.

I'M SURE YOU YOU ALL KNOW BETTER THAN I DO, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU FROM MY POINT OF VIEW I MOVE HERE FROM NORTH CALIFORNIA ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

MY SON IS TWO.

BOTH OF MY SONS FIRST GRADE AND FOURTH GRADE.

SO WE LOVE WYATT.

THE FIRST TIME WE CAME TO WYATT IS IN IT'S LIKE A SUMMER VACATION.

WE WANT TO JOIN THE WE JUST DROP BY AND SEE HOW HOW THE SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE HAPPEN TO MEET THE PRINCIPAL.

SO SHE INVITED US IN, AND IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL, AND WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

THE SCHOOL OFFERS SO MANY SUPPORTS ART MUSIC PROGRAM FOR MY KIDS.

I'M SO APPRECIATED.

THE SCHOOL WE HAD IN CALIFORNIA, IT WAS BUILT IN 1950 SOMETHING.

IT WAS REALLY OLD AND NOT MUCH RENOVATED.

I WAS JUST STUNNED BY HOW BEAUTIFUL WYATT IS.

AND MY SON IN THIRD GRADE, HE HAD AN HONOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MUSICAL OF LION KING, THE PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL.

SO A WHOLE BUNCH OF.

SO HE'S IN THE THE SINGING ENSEMBLE AND ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS, THEY STAY TO MAKE THE ART THE BACKGROUND FOR THE WHOLE MUSICAL AND ALL THE DRESS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS

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IT WAS SO AMAZING.

I VOLUNTEERED A LOT IN THAT PROGRAM, AND I WAS SHOCKED HOW WELL THIS SCHOOL PREPARED THESE TYPE OF EXTRA CURRICULUMS AFTER SCHOOL.

AND MY SON ALSO PARTICIPATED IN CHOIR.

HE GOT SO MUCH CONFIDENCE FROM THE MUSICAL TEACHER AND LEARNED A LOT OF HOW TO SING.

HE FINALLY CAN STAY IN TUNE.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

IT'S YEAH, IT'S HOW GREAT THIS SCHOOL IS.

I GUESS MY TIME IS UP.

SORRY. YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CASEY RAY, PLANO ISD STAFF MEMBER AND NONRESIDENT TOPIC 10.1 CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS. CASEY RAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

SECTION 551.071 AND 551.0821 AND THE TIME IS 6:41 P.M..

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION, AND THE TIME IS 7:26 P.M..

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.

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

NOT SEEING ANY THAT ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

SECOND. WAS THAT TARRAH? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I. OKAY, I WAS WONDERING, ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T SEE ANY OPPOSED.

SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE WILL MOVE TO 8.1 DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[8.1 Authorization of the Advertisement of Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss the Budget and Proposed Tax Rate Presentation]

AND I WILL INVITE JOHNNY HILL.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

AND I WILL CALL MS. COURTNEY REEVES UP TO DISCUSS THE TRUTH AND TAXATION.

I BELIEVE IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY THAT TIME AGAIN.

BUT SHE'LL GO OVER WITH WHAT THE WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE POSTED TO GET READY FOR THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS TO GET READY FOR THE TRUTH AND TAXATION STATEMENT.

SO, MISS REEVES? YES, SIR.

WELL, THANK YOU, JOHNNY, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR.

WILLIAMS CABINET AND OF COURSE, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO COME AND BRING YOU A GREAT NEW PRESENTATION IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE.

SO, AS JOHNNY STATED, OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION, WE'RE REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE A NOTICE FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

AND THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS, TO REVIEW SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED IN OUR ANNUAL NOTICE, AND TO ASK FOR THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION TO POST THAT NOTICE.

ONE THING I'LL SAY WHILE THEY'RE LOADING THE PRESENTATION IS BY LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST THIS AT LEAST TEN DAYS, BUT BUT NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING THAT'S TO BE HELD.

SO THERE'S A VERY TIGHT WINDOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO WORK THIS IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, MEETING ALL OF OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.

THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY VERY SMALL.

IT'S REALLY SHORT.

[LAUGHTER] WE'RE WAITING HERE THIS LONG.

I'M LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY ONCE WE GET GOING.

WE HAD SUCH A SHORT CLOSED SESSION THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T GET BACK IN TIME.

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ALL RIGHT. DO YOU JUST WANT TO COVER THE THE THE POINTS THEN.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO REALLY QUICKLY SO ONE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE OF COURSE, IS OUR CURRENT AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE.

SO FOR 24-25 OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE, WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM OUR 23-24 TAX RATE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT TAX COMPRESSION THAT CAME FROM HB 3 IN 2019.

IF OUR PROPERTY VALUES INCREASED GREATER THAN 2.5%, THEN WE'LL SEE OUR M&O TAX RATE ACTUALLY COMPRESS DOWN.

AT THE END OF APRIL, WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES FROM OUR CHIEF APPRAISER.

AND SO WE DID SEE AN INCREASE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES OF 2.66%, AS REPORTED BY OUR CHIEF APPRAISER.

SO AGAIN, THAT INCREASES OVER THAT 2.5%.

SO WE DID SEE A SLIGHT COMPRESSION IN OUR TAX RATE GOING FROM $1.07785 TO A DOLLAR $1.07675.

THE NEXT SLIDE WAS REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR OUR NOTICE THAT COMPARES OUR CURRENT TAX YEAR APPRAISED VALUE AND OUR TAXABLE VALUES TO OUR CURRENT AND THE NEXT YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE THAT 72.1 BILLION.

AND THEN WE HAD AN INCREASE FOR OUR 24 TAX YEAR OF 74 JUST OVER 74 BILLION.

SO THAT'S THAT 2.66% THAT WE SAW AN INCREASE FROM OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE PER OUR CHIEF APPRAISER.

ONE OTHER QUESTION WE SOMETIMES GET IS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER GAP.

AND OUR 24 TAX YEAR FROM OUR APPRAISED VALUE TO OUR TAXABLE VALUE.

OBVIOUSLY DURING THIS TIME THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS PROCESSING A LOT OF APPEALS.

SO I THINK WE DO EXPECT THAT GAP TO KIND OF SHRINK A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT APPRAISED VALUE TO THAT TAXABLE VALUE.

WELL THERE WE GO.

YAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.

SO THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR TAX RATE.

WE DO. WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO COMPUTE OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE WHICH IS WHAT WE CANNOT EXCEED WITHOUT AN ELECTION.

OF COURSE WE DID HAVE A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION TWO YEARS AGO TO MAXIMIZE OUR M&O BUCKETS.

VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, WE ARE NOT SETTING OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE HIGHER THAN OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.

SO OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS THE SAME AT $1.07675.

I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF BAR GRAPH, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY TEN YEARS WORTH OF OUR TAX RATE INFORMATION.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD A DECREASE IN OUR TAX RATE OF JUST OVER $0.37 AND THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE 2015.

THE BULK OF THAT REDUCTION IS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND THAT'S DUE TO TAX COMPRESSION UNDER HB THREE FROM 2019 AND THE ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION OUT OF SB TWO, THE 88TH IN THE SECOND CALLED SESSION.

EXCUSE ME. AND SO ACTUALLY 36 OF THE $0.37 THAT WE'VE REDUCED HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.

AND ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR NOTICE IS COMPARISON OF THE CURRENT TAX YEAR OF TAX YEAR 23 TO THE NEW TAX YEAR 20 TAX YEAR 24 FOR OUR AVERAGE, THE TAXES ON OUR AVERAGE RESIDENTS.

AND THIS IS OUR TAX LIABILITY.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 23 TO 24, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE OF $510 OF THAT TAX LIABILITY.

THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE ON A HOUSE IN PLANO FOR 2024 IS ACTUALLY JUST UNDER $603,000 COMPARED TO THIS CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IT WAS JUST UNDER $580,000.

SO AND OF COURSE, IF YOU SEE FROM TAX YEAR 22 TO TAX YEAR 23, THAT MAJOR DECREASE WAS DUE TO SB TWOS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OF THAT INCREASE IN OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WENT FROM $40,000 TO $100,000.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR OUR TAXPARENCY THAT BREAKS DOWN THAT PROPERTY TAXES ON OUR AVERAGE HOME OF HOW MUCH ACTUALLY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RETAIN BY THE DISTRICT, AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THAT AVERAGE TAX IS GOING BACK FOR A RECAPTURE.

AND OF COURSE, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT, OF COURSE, FROM 24.

SORRY, FROM 23 TO 24.

WE DID HAVE, OF COURSE, THAT ADDITIONAL REDUCTION FOR OUR MCR IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASE OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

BUT IN 23, IF YOU LOOK AT 23, JUST OVER 37% WAS FOR RECAPTURE, 24, IT DID REDUCE DOWN TO JUST OVER 24%.

AND IN OUR CURRENT YEAR IT DOES INCREASE BACK UP TO JUST UNDER 27%.

THAT'S GOING TO FOR RECAPTURE.

CAN I SAY ONE THING, COURTNEY? YES, SIR. ON THIS I MEAN, I WILL SAY THE WAY THAT THE SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS ARE ACTUALLY WRITTEN, THAT UNLESS EXTERNALLY THE LEGISLATORS DO SOMETHING EXTERNALLY, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE IT GO UP AND UP AND UP.

THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU SAW IT GO DOWN IN 24 IS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, CHOSE TO SPEND $18 BILLION ON BUYING DOWN THE DEBT, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.

BUT THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CHANGE OR INDEX THE ACTUAL SCHOOL FINANCE SYSTEM.

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THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS THE NATURAL PROCESS.

THOSE ARE JUST THE SCHOOL FINANCE FORMULAS IN ACTION.

AND THIS IS JUST THE HOME STRETCH, I THINK.

SO. WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE NOTICE, WELL, WE RUN THAT NOTICE.

OF COURSE WE DO TAKE OUT A QUARTER PAGE AD AND OUR LOCAL PLANO STAR COURIER, AND WE'LL RUN THAT EITHER BETWEEN THE BETWEEN MAY 26TH AND JUNE 15TH.

AS JOHNNY SAID, IT'S NO LESS THAN TEN DAYS, NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS.

ON JUNE 25TH, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE OUR BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPT OUR TAX RATE.

JULY 25TH WE EXPECT TO HAVE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND ON AUGUST 20TH, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY BY ADOPTING THE TAX RATE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MAY I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURTNEY, I APPRECIATE YOU.

NOW THAT THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

SO I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 25TH, 2024 AT 6 P.M., WHICH INCLUDES A PROPOSED TAX RATE CONSISTING OF IN THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET, THE 2023 2024 ACTUAL TAX RATE OF 0.84050, THE 2024 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.83940. IN THE INTEREST AND SINKING SECTION, THE 2023 2024 ACTUAL TAX RATE OF 0.23735, IN THE 2024 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.23735, AND IN TOTAL, THE 2023 2024 ACTUAL RATE OF ZERO OR EXCUSE ME, 1.07785.

IN THE 2024 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE TOTAL OF 1.07675.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I GET TO DO THAT AGAIN? I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE CHAN GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES.

AUTHORIZES? EXCUSE ME, THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BUDGET AND TAX RATE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 25TH, 2024 AT 6 P.M., WHICH INCLUDES THE PROPOSED TAX RATES CONSISTING OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

ACTUAL FOR 2023 2024 IS 0.8405.

THE PROPOSED FOR 2024 2025 WOULD BE 0.83940.

THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND FOR ACTUAL OF 2023 2024 IS 0.2375, AND THE PROPOSED FOR 2024-25 IS 0.23735, FOR A TOTAL OF A DOLLAR 1.07785 FOR THE YEAR 2023 2024, AND A DOLLAR 1.0765 FOR THE YEAR 2024 2025. NOW I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES.

[9.1 2024 - 2025 Budget Update Presentation]

AND THE FIRST ITEM IS 2024 2025 BUDGET UPDATE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHNNY.

I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO SHE'S ALREADY UP HERE.

SHE'S SHE'S ALREADY WARMED UP.

SHE'S EXCITED TO GO.

WHY DON'T WE JUST LET HER GO IN AND TAKE THIS ONE AND RUN WITH IT? SO, COURTNEY, DO YOU MIND COVERING THE BUDGET UPDATE? IT WOULD BE MY HONOR.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO JUNE 25TH WILL BE OBVIOUSLY WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WILL BE OUR BUDGET HEARING.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE'LL ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.

SO THIS WILL BE KIND OF OUR LAST LOOK AT THE BUDGET BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING IN JUNE.

WE ALWAYS HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO CHANGES FROM THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET TO OUR FINAL PROPOSED.

I ACTUALLY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION TODAY.

WE GOT IT. SO WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE POTENTIAL CHANGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE THAT DEFICIT BUDGET.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR PRESENTATION.

BUT I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT FOR OUR PROPOSED WHEN WE BRING IT TO YOU IN JUNE.

SO JUST JUMPING RIGHT IN.

I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND CHANGES.

MOST OF THESE WE'VE ALREADY COVERED IN PREVIOUS BUDGET UPDATES, BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST OUR REVENUE PIECE OF IT, THE MAJOR INCREASES AND SOME OF THOSE DECREASES IN OUR REVENUES JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST INCREASE IS OUR INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL TAXES.

AND THAT'S OF COURSE DUE TO OUR INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES.

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THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR FOR OUR CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENT WITH TI.

LOOKING TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION THERE.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR INDIRECT COSTS AND THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR OUR ESSER THREE FUNDS.

THEY ARE COMING TO A CLOSE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN 2024.

WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE INDIRECT COST FROM OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

TYPICALLY WE CAN TAKE AN UNRESTRICTED OR RESTRICTED RATE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO TAKE THE HIGHER RATE ON OUR ESSER THREE FUNDS AND TAKE THE UNRESTRICTED RATE.

SO WE DO HOPE TO SEE A LITTLE OF AN INCREASE IN OUR INDIRECT COSTS FROM OUR ESSER THREE FUNDS, INCREASED TRANSFER IN.

AND THAT'S HOPING OBVIOUSLY DR.

GOBER'S GROUP FROM OUR PSAR FOR THE TUITION AND HOW WELL THAT THEY'RE DOING.

WE HOPE TO BRING IN ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION FROM OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

WE, OF COURSE, ARE SEEING A DECREASE IN OUR AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND, WHICH IS OUR PER CAPITA, AND OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND, MAINLY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OUR DECREASED ENROLLMENT AND OF COURSE, INCREASE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

WE DO EXPECT A LITTLE BIT OF A RIGHT NOW, A DECREASE IN OUR SHARS REIMBURSEMENT.

WE GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM THAT HHSC LOST A FEDERAL APPEAL, AND THEY ARE HAVING TO IMPLEMENT A 10% DIRECT MEDICAL.

THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER OF A CALCULATION ON OUR SHARS COST REPORT.

WE DO EXPECT THAT THAT MAY HOLD.

AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A DECREASE IN OUR SHARS REIMBURSEMENT.

AND THAT MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS OF COURSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THERE'S TUITION THERE'S FAIR BUSSING.

THAT DECREASE IS MAINLY JUST KIND OF RIGHTSIZING WHERE THAT REVENUE SIT.

SO IT'S NOT A MAJOR, MAJOR DECREASE.

ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, OBVIOUSLY KIND OF THE BULK OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, THOSE INCREASES HAVE MAINLY TO DO WITH COMPENSATION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE INCREASE FOR OUR 3.5% RAISE AND THOSE ESTIMATED STRATEGIC MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE.

WE ALSO ANTICIPATED MOVING ABOUT $9 MILLION OF SALARIES FROM OUR ESSER THREE INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.

WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR NON PAYROLL BUDGET.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BE EXCITED TO SHARE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO REDUCE THAT NON PAYROLL BUDGET JUST A LITTLE BIT.

OUR INCREASE IN RECAPTURE THERE JUST UNDER $19 MILLION.

WE DO EXPECT OBVIOUSLY WITH RIGHTSIZING OUR STAFFING WITH PAYROLL EFFICIENCY.

SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A DECREASE THERE AND THEN A DECREASE OUT ON OUR TRANSFER OUT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF RIGHTSIZING WHERE WE SIT WITH OUR TRANSFERS OUT.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST ON THE PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES, THAT IS NOT US REDUCING STAFF OTHER THROUGH JUST ATTRITION.

SO WE ALWAYS GET ASKED THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I POINT THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW THAT.

THAT IS REALLY SMALL.

AND WE TALK ABOUT IF YOU'RE UNDER 30, YOU CAN PROBABLY READ IT.

IF YOU'RE OVER 30, MAYBE NOT.

JUST REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY WANT TO JUST IF WE NEED TO HIT ANY OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TO POINT OUT, WE DID ACTUALLY GET SOME NEWS ON OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.

WE, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED OUR BUDGET PROCESS THE VERY BEGINNING OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY CONSULTANTS WERE ADVISING US TO LOOK AT BETWEEN A 35 AND 45% INCREASE IN THOSE PREMIUMS. SO WE DID BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.

WE ACTUALLY GOT NEWS, I THINK I GOT AN EMAIL ACTUALLY TODAY FROM OUR RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT RATE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY COME IN A LOT LOWER THAN WE HOPED.

AND SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO REDUCE THAT BUDGET FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION.

SO THAT FUNCTION 51 UNDER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A DECREASE ON THAT LINE ITEM BY ABOUT $2 MILLION.

AND OF COURSE, THEN THAT WILL OVERALL DECREASE OUR ESTIMATED DEFICIT BUDGET DOWN TO $35 MILLION.

SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THE MAJOR INCREASES YOU CAN SEE ESPECIALLY FOR 50 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES, SOME OF THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH INFLATION. SO OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, OUR UTILITIES AND TYPICALLY OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY.

BUT MOST OF THOSE INCREASES ARE THERE.

SAFETY AND SECURITY.

OBVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTING OUR MARSHAL PROGRAM AND ALL THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] STAFFING, THEIR ADDITIONAL COSTS.

AND ALSO I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN INCREASE FOR OUR CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY, FOR OUR SROS.

SO THERE'S A LARGER INCREASE THERE AS WELL.

BUT OVERALL, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATED BUDGET DEFICIT.

AGAIN, IT SAYS 37 MILLION.

WE ANTICIPATE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WILL SIT AT A 35 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.

AND WE ALWAYS LOVE OUR WONDERFUL OUR PIE GRAPHS.

SO THIS IS ALWAYS JUST WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LABOR INTENSIVE EDUCATION SERVICES.

WE OUR BEST RESOURCES ARE OUR PEOPLE.

THIS IS OF COURSE, JUST SHOWS THAT OUR COST OBJECTIVE HERE IS GOES MOSTLY TOWARDS OUR PAYROLL, WHICH IS JUST OVER 83%.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR OTHERS.

AND ALSO THAT CONTRACTED SERVICE WITH THAT DECREASE ON THAT SIDE OF THAT $2 MILLION WILL ACTUALLY SEE THAT PERCENTAGE GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE BRING YOU OUR PROPOSED

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IT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE HAVE TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET PER TEA BASED ON FUND AND FUNCTION.

SO THIS PIE GRAPH JUST REPRESENTS THE SAME EXPENDITURES JUST ON BASED ON FUNCTION.

JUST A FEW TAKEAWAYS.

I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE ALWAYS SO PROUD OF IS WHERE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PERCENTAGE, WHERE THE BULK OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE SPENT, IT'S JUST SITTING RIGHT UNDER 64%. I KNOW MOST DISTRICTS PROBABLY STRUGGLE TO KEEP ABOVE 60, SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO KEEP OUR BUDGET, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL BUDGET, CLOSE TO 64, IF NOT 65%.

THE OTHER TAKEAWAY IS, I KNOW WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST IS QUITE LOW.

IT'S SITTING AT 2.3%, AND ONE OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE FINANCE WORLD IS OUR FIRST RATING AND INDICATOR 13, AND WHICH RANKS OUR BASICALLY RANKS THE RATIOS.

AND IT'S OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST EXPENDITURES TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS.

AND ON THAT INDICATOR YOU HAVE TO HAVE LESS THAN 8.55% TO GET ALL TEN POINTS.

AND ACTUALLY WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST IN OUR GROUPS.

AND JUST KIND OF COMPARISON.

SO OUR RATIO FOR OUR FIRST RATING FOR US THIS LAST YEAR WAS 4.61%.

AND IF YOU CAN COMPARE THAT TO SOME OF OUR PEERS, ALLEN WAS AT 6.74%, FRISCO, 7.38%, GARLAND AT 6.92% AND MCKINNEY AT 6.08%.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO TOUT A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK WE WORK REALLY HARD, OBVIOUSLY, TO FOCUS OUR EXPENDITURES TOWARDS OUR INSTRUCTION.

AND ALSO BRINGING TO YOU OUR DEBT SERVICE.

OUR DEBT SERVICE BUDGET IS A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE LEVY WHAT WE NEED TO COVER FOR OUR DEBT PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES.

SO NO MAJOR CHANGES THERE.

AND OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.

I KNOW THIS YEAR WE WORKED AGAIN WITH OUR, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO REALLY RIGHTSIZE OUR BUDGETS.

AND SO THERE WAS AN INTENTIONAL LIKE TO REDUCE SOME SPENDING BASED ON OUR REDUCE OUR BUDGETS BASED ON ACTUAL SPEND.

AND OF COURSE, WE BALANCE THAT BUDGET BECAUSE WE WANT TO ONLY CHARGE WHAT WE INTEND TO SPEND.

SO THERE'S ANOTHER BALANCE BUDGET FOR YOU.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS, WE TOUCHED ON THIS AND THE LAST THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING FOR AUTHORIZATION.

THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SHOW YOU AGAIN WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT, WHY WE ARE INCREASING, WHY WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE TAX REVENUE IS, AGAIN, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES OF 2.66%.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE.

YES, MA'AM. IF I MAY.

AS FAR AS RECAPTURE INCREASING BY, LIKE, I THINK IT'S 18.9 MILLION.

IT'S INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT OUR TAX LEVY IS INCREASING.

CORRECT. OR IT'S EXCEEDING THAT.

SO THE. SHOULD BE EXCEEDING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT.

WE STILL ONLY THEY HAVEN'T GONE UP ON WHAT WE GET TO KEEP OUR PER STUDENTS SINCE HOUSE BILL 3 IN 1980 WITH THE 86TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2018-2019.

RIGHT, RIGHT. SO I GUESS IF THEY WERE GOING TO FUND SCHOOLS MORE, THEY WOULD DO IT THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS THEY CAN LOOK AT DOING THAT.

BUT THAT IS THE EASIEST, MORE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY THAT WE THINK BECAUSE IT HELPS EVERY DISTRICTS EVENLY.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE MECHANISM I THINK THEY HAD PREDICTED THAT THEY WOULD USE WHEN THEY AUTHORED HOUSE BILL 3 IN 2019.

AND SO AS WE SEE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RAISING YOUR TAX RATE BECAUSE WE JUST WENT OVER THAT AND OUR TAX RATE IS ACTUALLY BEING COMPRESSED MORE BECAUSE OUR VALUES ROSE 2.66% CORRECT ABOVE THE 2.5% ALLOWED.

SO THAT'S WHY PEOPLE SEE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER TAX BILL.

WHEN A TAX BILL GOES UP. YEAH. IT'S NOT LIKE PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASING NOT THEIR ACTUAL TAX RATE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO I SEE A $4.2 MILLION INCREASE IN SAFETY SERVICES FOR THIS NEXT COMING YEAR.

2024-25. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WILL ANY OF THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE COVER THAT? I THINK IT CAN, ONCE WE MEET THOSE MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS, SOME OF THOSE NEW STATE, THOSE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY OFFSET THOSE ONCE WE MEET THOSE MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENTS.

AND ONCE WE DO THOSE, WE CAN THEN POTENTIALLY MAKE IT.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER PLANS POTENTIALLY.

I DON'T WANT TO DEFINITELY SPEAK FOR MONIES THAT WE WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS, AGAIN, THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND PER OUR WHAT'S IN OUR BOND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE SOME OF THOSE STATE GRANTS TOWARDS THE COSTS OF WHAT WE PAY FOR SALARIES ONCE WE MEET THOSE MINIMUM SAFETY

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SO THE LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED ABOUT $1.1 BILLION IN ONE TIME MONEY OUT OF THE SURPLUS IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT THAT GRANT MONEY IS FOR.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN ONGOING COST EVEN IF THAT GRANT MONEY COULD SUPPORT IT FOR A YEAR, IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT ON AN ONGOING BASIS. THE STATE PROVIDED ABOUT $10,000 PER CAMPUS, PLUS ANOTHER $0.28 PER STUDENT.

AN ONGOING INCREASES.

THAT IS ABOUT $200 MILLION TOTAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE COST OF THOSE SCHOOL MARSHALS IS CLOSER TO YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE NEEDED TO GO UP TO ABOUT $100 PER STUDENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT $1 BILLION ACROSS THE STATE.

SO IT WAS ABOUT $800 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO FULLY FUND THE SCHOOL MARSHAL OR THE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER REQUIREMENT THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. RIGHT.

AND I THINK CYCLE TWO IS THAT THE LAST PIECE OF THE STATE GRANTS THAT THEY'RE OFFERING, AND I BELIEVE IT ENDS IN, I THINK, JULY OF 2025.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SPEND THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS ANY OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

OKAY. SO GOING FORWARD, IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED.

IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FAMOUS UNFUNDED MANDATES, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. I'LL JUMP IN WITH A QUESTION HERE.

SO YOU BROUGHT UP THE ESSER FUNDING, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION STATEWIDE ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPTING DEFICIT BUDGETS BECAUSE WE GOT BLOATED ON ESSER FUNDING. AND NOW THAT THE ESSER FUNDING IS GOING AWAY, YOU KNOW, THE DEFICIT BUDGETS ARE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND JUST FROM A MATH PERSPECTIVE ON AN M&O BUDGET, THAT'S ALMOST $700 MILLION NEXT YEAR WE'RE OFFSETTING 9 MILLION IN ESSER FUNDING, WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR 9 MILLION OF THAT $35 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.

AND WE WOULD STILL BE HAVING A DEFICIT BUDGET OF 26 MILLION, MOSTLY DRIVEN BY THINGS LIKE INFLATION AND INCREASED COST OF ENERGY AND, YOU KNOW, PAY RAISES AND SOME OF THESE OTHER SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE WALKED US THROUGH.

SO I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT STATEWIDE THAT I'VE GOT THE MATH RIGHT ON THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, HIDDEN MONEY, HIDDEN ESSER MONEY IN THAT ADDITIONAL $26 MILLION THAT HAS, AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.

NO, MA'AM. IT IS JUST OUR 9 MILLION.

YOUR MATH IS CORRECT.

AND ONE, SORRY, ONE OTHER THING TO ADD ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, IF YOU LOOK AT FUNDING AFTER HB THREE IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT WENT INTO EFFECT PER STUDENT OPERATING REVENUE, MINUS FEDERAL.

SO IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE ESSER, RIGHT? JUST PER STUDENT OPERATING REVENUE IN TEXAS WAS $10,006.89.

WHEN YOU ADJUST THAT FOR INFLATION PER STUDENT OPERATING REVENUE MINUS FEDERAL IN THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LATEST YEAR WE HAVE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR IS $9,495.67.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY DECREASED A LITTLE OVER $500 PER STUDENT.

AND IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD ACROSS THE STATE, EMERGENT BILINGUAL, THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION HAS INCREASED ALMOST 21%, AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION HAS INCREASED ALMOST 32%.

SO AT A TIME WHERE WE HAVE INCREASED NUMBERS IN THESE STUDENT POPULATIONS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE WEIGHTS FOR IN OUR FUNDING SYSTEM, WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL SEEING A DECREASE WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT PER STUDENT FUNDING IS GOING UP, THAT'S TRUE IN ACTUAL NUMBER AND IN REAL NUMBERS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STUDENT POPULATION OF THE STATE IS CHANGING AND MORE STUDENTS ARE GENERATING THAT WEIGHT.

BUT WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION, IT'S NOT COVERING THE COST OF INFLATION OR THE COST TO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE FIVE? THIS IS THE ONE WITH ALL THE SMALL PRINT.

OH, I WOULD LOVE.

SORRY. I THINK THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING JUST LOOKING AT THE REVENUES, WHICH IS THOSE FIRST THREE LINES UNDERNEATH IN THE REVENUES.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR LOCAL SOURCES, THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR STATE SOURCES AND YOUR FEDERAL SOURCES, AND YOU SEE THE AMOUNT.

YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE LARGE NUMBER THAT WE KEEP LOCALLY OVER $600 MILLION.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE 48 MILLION CONTRIBUTED BY THE STATE, WHICH IS A DECREASE, PROBABLY DUE TO DECREASING ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YES, MA'AM. BUT FROM A PERCENTAGE WISE, LIKE JUST LOOK AT THAT.

I MEAN, WE RAISE THOSE TAXES AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE KEPT HERE AND WE'RE RECEIVING LESS FUNDS FROM THE STATE WHILE WE'RE SENDING MORE IN

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AND THIS IS THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND JUST THOSE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

IT'S JUST MORE A STATEMENT THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THOSE REVENUE LINES AND THAT THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, AGAIN, ARE KIND OF BE A ONE TIME INCREASE THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PULL OFF ESSER THREE FOR ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SO IT WON'T ALWAYS BE THAT LEVEL GOING FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURTNEY.

THANK YOU. GREAT DISCUSSION, GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETING IN JUNE WHEN THE BUDGET WILL BE PASSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.2 OF OUR REPORTS, AND WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

[9.2 Long Range Facility Planning Advisory Committee Report Presentation]

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.

THE BOARD ASKED OUR ADMINISTRATION TO EMBARK ON THIS WORK AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TWO YEARS AGO, AND SPECIFICALLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 23, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION.

I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION, AUTHORIZE THE WORK AND THE FORMATION OF A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS WORK.

I KNOW ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES HAVE TAKEN THIS WORK TO HEART, AND IT IS VERY PERSONAL TO EVERY ONE OF US.

AND THAT BEING SAID, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES REFLECT THE CARE AND THE DEEP PASSION TO DO ALWAYS WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STAFF AND OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

AND WE BELIEVE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE THE WORK REMAINED ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION AS THEY TOOK ON THIS DIFFICULT TASK.

SO REMEMBER, IT STARTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO ALL OF THOSE PILLARS ARE RIGHT IN, IN OUR VIEW.

AND SO I BOARD MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF ANY QUESTIONS AS THESE AMAZING PRESENTERS GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND JOT THEM DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER SO THAT WE CAN HOLD OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE PRESENTERS HAVE FINISHED.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY OFF THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND THIS OVER TO DR.

WILLIAMS AND HER TEAM TO SHARE THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY AND I'M SO PROUD AND SO GRATEFUL FOR BOTH, NOT ONLY OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

IT'S A REALLY IT'S A MOUTHFUL.

BUT ALSO OF OUR STAFF.

I WANT TO THANK ALSO OUR BOARD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT YOUR COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR ALWAYS PUTTING OUR STUDENTS AT THE VERY CENTER AND THE VERY FRONT OF ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS.

DESPITE THE COMPLEXITIES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME ALONG WITH THIS PROCESS, YOU AS A BOARD RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE NEED TO ENGAGE IN THIS VERY CRITICAL WORK, EVEN IF IT MEANS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF CLOSING CAMPUSES.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE AND THE LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN VERY THOROUGH.

THEY'VE BEEN STRATEGIC.

THEY'VE BEEN METHODICAL THROUGH EVERY SINGLE STEP.

EACH MEETING WAS FACILITATED WITH FAIR AND OBJECTIVE PROTOCOLS, YET FULL OF CARE, COMPASSION AND HEART FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES.

AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT CARE REFLECTED AND ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION, VISION, BELIEFS, VALUES, AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT YOU ESTABLISHED FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR GIVING SO GENEROUSLY OF YOUR TIME THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.

TRULY, IT REFLECTS THE LOVE AND COMMITMENT OF THIS THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS FOR OUR AMAZING DISTRICT, AND WE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR CLASSROOMS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE MANY, MANY, MANY SUCCESSES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING, NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT ACROSS OUR STATE, ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. AND EVEN TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATED SOME OF OUR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSES WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO MR. HILL, WHO WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

HE'LL INTRODUCE OUR COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL PRESENT TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

WILLIAMS. AND I SEE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROCESS.

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I'LL START THIS OFF. I JUST WANT TO COVER JUST A FEW SLIDES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHILE WE GET STARTED, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR OUTSTANDING PANEL THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

LESLIE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE MY CLICKER? EXCELLENT. YOU DO THIS MUCH BETTER THAN VANNA, SO THANK YOU.

SO IN THE BACK, CAN WE..

OH. HOLD ON.

GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE THE SCREEN, NOW I CAN. OKAY.

THERE WE GO. SO.

GOT IT. YES, MA'AM.

I'M READY TO GO. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE? I'M NOT.

NO, WE GOT IT. IT WORKS NOW.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST OF ALL, YOU'VE GOT TO ASK THE QUESTION.

WHY? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING? AND OF COURSE, I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, SEVERAL FOLKS PRESIDENT HUMPHREY TALKED ABOUT, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS TALKED ABOUT AND THAT IS WE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, WE STARTED THIS WORK OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.

PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A YEAR.

AND ONE OF THE PILLARS IN THAT SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH IS HOW WE COME UP WITH OUR SCOPE OF WORK, IT WAS PILLAR FIVE.

PILLAR FIVE IS VERY, VERY HEAVY IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT PILLAR FIVE, THE BOARD HAS SETS A PRIORITY ON THAT.

AND THEY SAY AS GOOD STEWARDS, PLANO ISD WILL STRATEGICALLY AND EQUITABLY MANAGE OUR RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN MEET, IDENTIFY STUDENT NEEDS AND ALIGN THOSE RESOURCES WITH THE DISTRICT GOALS.

AND THEN IF YOU ACTUALLY DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND LOOK AT OBJECTIVE 5.3, IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU EVEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

IT SAYS DEVELOP THAT THE DISTRICT WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PLANS TO EFFECTIVELY USE DISTRICT FACILITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I, WHEN DR.

WILLIAMS TOOK OVER, WE HAD SEVERAL AUDITS THAT WE THAT WE COMMISSIONED AS A DISTRICT.

WE DID THAT IN ORDER TO TO FIND WAYS TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES, WAYS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS THAT WE WERE DOING AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ONE OF THOSE AUDIT FINDINGS ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT OPERATIONS.

IT SAID, CONTINUE TO OPERATE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED, REPRESENTS AN UNNECESSARY AND INEFFICIENT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND A LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE TOOK THAT TO HEART.

WE ACTUALLY DUG IN AND STARTED DOING THE WORK.

ONE OF THIS, ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR STAFF, IS WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THIS IS JUST A 20 YEAR BAR GRAPH OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH OUR ENROLLMENT OVER TIME.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE BLUE COLUMNS, THOSE ARE ACTUAL YEARS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

AND THEN ON THE GOLD BAR GRAPH YOU CAN SEE THAT'S PROJECTED OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

WELL, ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT ON THIS GRAPH, AND THAT IS YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THAT FOR ABOUT THE LAST 12 YEARS, WE HAVE STEADILY DECREASED IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER.

THEY PROJECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

AS A RESULT, WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT CAPACITIES.

HOW FULL ARE OUR CAMPUSES? ARE WE OFFERING THE BEST RESOURCES IN THE MOST EQUITABLE WAY THAT WE COULD TO OUR STUDENTS? THIS IS A PRETTY INTERESTING GRAPH FOR ME.

AND I KNOW IT'S BUSY, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ROW.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM ROW THAT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU HOW FULL ARE OUR CAMPUSES.

WELL, WE FINISHED THIS LAST YEAR, RIGHT AT 70% FULL.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE DISTRICT WIDE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 72%.

BUT THE ALARMING PART OF THIS, IF YOU GO OUT EVEN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE LESS THAN 70% OF UTILIZATION ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THAT'S ALARMING, BECAUSE IF YOU KEEP RUNNING THOSE NUMBERS OUT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

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WHAT IS THE THE IMPACT TO OUR STUDENTS IF WE'RE DOING THIS, IT NEEDS TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO WE BELIEVE 100% THAT THIS WORK ACTUALLY HAS A DIRECT IMPACT TO OUR STUDENTS SUCCESSES.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES FOR THE WORK AS IT RELATES TO STUDENTS.

WE KNOW 100% THAT THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY FACILITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT THE ALLOCATION OF OUR RESOURCES, OUR STAFFING AND OUR PROGRAM RESOURCES WILL BE MORE EQUITABLY DISPERSED AMONGST ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT THAT THIS WORK WILL ALIGN OUR RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS NEEDS, AND IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP GEOGRAPHICALLY WITH WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE LOCATED.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WORK TOOK A LOT OF FOLKS AND A LOT OF TIME OUT OF THEIR NORMAL ROUTINES AND NORMAL SCHEDULES.

ALSO, IT ACTUALLY TOOK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND SO ONE THING THAT DR.

WILLIAMS WAS VERY, VERY ADAMANT ABOUT, AND OUR BOARD WAS VERY, VERY ADAMANT, ADAMANT ABOUT, WAS THAT WE WOULD GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PROCESSES ABOUT GOING THROUGH AND AND GATHERING THIS INFORMATION.

ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DID THIS IS WE HAD COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

WE DID THIS OVER AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED IN NOVEMBER.

WE HIT EVERY ONE OF OUR 9 TO 10 HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

WE WENT FROM NOVEMBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH APRIL.

I WILL SAY, AND MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AT SEVERAL OF THOSE MEETINGS.

I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE MEETINGS WERE VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK.

THERE WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION THAT WENT ON IN THOSE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS OUR OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS STAFF, THEY HAD A WEBSITE THAT ANYBODY, EVEN AFTER THE FACT, COULD GO TO AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DID IS WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND WE HAD FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERY ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK.

THIS IS THE OUTCOME THAT WE'RE WE'RE HOPING TO GATHER AS A RESULT OF DOING THIS WORK.

WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE OUR STAFF ALONG WITH THE PROCESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON AND TO REASSURE THEM THAT THEY, OUR STAFF IS IS OUR BIGGEST RESOURCES IN EFFECTIVELY EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT THEM ALONG ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

NOW, A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I SAID A WHILE AGO THAT WE ACTUALLY TRY TO CAPTURE THE MAJOR THEMES OF THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE HELP OF OF OUR TECHNOLOGY STAFF.

AND SO THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF INPUTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY BROKE IT DOWN INTO CERTAIN THEMES, JUST ABOUT 5 OR 6 MAIN THEMES.

THESE THEMES, NUMBER ONE, CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND THE FAMILY.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK OKAY.

WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR MY STUDENT? IS THIS GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED? WHAT ABOUT SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT MY STUDENTS ARE IN? ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THOSE SPECIAL PROGRAMS? NUMBER TWO, ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL, YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

AND SO YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER IS LOCATED ON OUR WEBSITE ALSO, AS WELL AS A TIMELINE.

IT ALSO IS THE FACTORS THAT WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO TO MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

THAT'S ALL OUT THERE, TRANSPARENT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT THAT TO VIEW.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THEMES THAT CAME UP QUITE, NOT QUITE OFTEN WAS, WELL, WHAT'S THE FATE OF IF ONE OF THE CAMPUSES ARE CLOSED DOWN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT CAMPUS? AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD ACTUALLY WAS PROACTIVE IN THAT WORK.

AND THEY ACTUALLY PASSED A RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS MONTH WHICH SAID THAT ANY KIND OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, WE WOULD HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM FIRST RIGHTS OF PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY MAINLY.

SO IT WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHERE THAT PROPERTY WAS LOCATED.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY PROACTIVE.

AND IT ALSO HIT THAT MAIN THEME OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN ALSO THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES.

AND THAT IS OKAY, CAN YOU OFFER EXPANDED OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LOOKED AT DOING AS WELL, AND THEN FINALLY JUST WORKFORCE AND BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS.

HOW WILL OUR STAFF BE IMPACTED? WILL THEY, LOSE THEIR JOB OR WILL THEY BE TAKEN CARE OF? THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY COST SAVINGS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY AS A RESULT OF THIS PROCESS, HOW WILL THAT MONEY BE REINVESTED BACK INTO OUR STUDENTS? NOW TALKING ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEMSELVES.

AND I KNOW DR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, IT'S A MOUTHFUL.

IT'S LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW, I THINK THAT SOUNDS REALLY COOL.

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AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT WHO COMMISSIONED THIS COMMITTEE? HOW DID IT GET STARTED? YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER OF 23.

AND THAT IS WHEN THE BOARD ACTUALLY PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY MADE A CHARGE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE DISTRICT STAFF, AND THAT CHARGE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED THE STAFF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ESTABLISH A LONG RANGE FACILITY ADVISORY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

AND THAT COMMITTEE HAD SPECIFIC GOALS THAT THEY WERE TO ACTUALLY BE ABOUT THE WORK.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING THIS EVENING REGARDING LONG RANGE BUILDING AND PROPERTY EFFICIENCIES UP TO AND INCLUDING CAMPUS PROGRAMING, FEEDER PATTERN OPTIONS, ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, RIGHT SIZING PROPERTIES AND OUR RETIRING CAMPUSES BASED ON CURRENT AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.

AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE.

THIS ENTIRE COMMITTEE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF DOING.

NOW, THIS COMMITTEE WAS VERY THE BOARD WAS VERY STRATEGIC WITH HOW THEY LAID OUT THIS COMMITTEE.

THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A VERY CROSS SECTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO THE COMPOSITION OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CITY EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THEN NOT ONLY WERE WE WELL REPRESENTED AMONGST THOSE THOSE COMPOSITIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAD REPRESENTATION FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS FROM EACH ONE OF THE THREE CLUSTERS AND ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

NOW THERE'S A LOT OF NAMES UP HERE, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH AND LISTS ALPHABETICAL, ALL THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED.

BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S ABOUT 70 OR 71 NAMES ON THIS LIST THAT WERE REPRESENTED.

I'VE SERVED ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, AND I CAN SAY I WAS SO APPRECIATIVE AND A LITTLE SURPRISED, BUT VERY, VERY IN AWE THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY MEETING WE HAD EIGHT MEETINGS, JUST ABOUT EVERY MEETING, WE HAD AT LEAST 65 TO 68 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE THAT SHOWED UP AND THEY ALL PARTICIPATED.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY IT WAS ALL INSPIRING TO ME TO ACTUALLY SEE JUST THE COMMITMENT THAT THIS, THIS COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH.

THERE'S THE REST OF THOSE LISTS.

NOW, THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER FOR OUR COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION.

WE HAVE THREE OUTSTANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT YOU SEE, BEFORE YOU SEATED, WE HAVE MR. MARSHALL JACKSON. PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND TILL WE HAVE MR. JOHN TEDFORD, AND THEN WE HAVE MISS KELLY MARCELLUS.

SO, GUYS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD AND CABINET, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TO PRESENT FROM, YOU KNOW, SUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND COMMITTEE.

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

FIRST, WE WANT TO START OFF WITH KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SOME OF HOW WE CONDUCTED AND STRUCTURED THE BUSINESS OF THE MEETINGS.

SO THIS BEGAN WITH, AS A COMMITTEE, WE WERE CHARGED IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN FOR THE LONG RANGE FACILITY USE THAT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

STAFF, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.

WE RECEIVED THIS CHARGE AT OUR FIRST MEETING AND TOOK THIS RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.

IT WAS A BACKBONE OF WHAT WE DID.

IN FACT, AS JOHNNY MENTIONED, THE ATTENDANCE IN THIS, IN THIS COMMITTEE WAS INCREDIBLE.

EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, EVERY TABLE, YOU MIGHT CONDENSE ONE TABLE, BUT THE REALITY WAS THAT EVERY TABLE YOU SAT WITH SOMEBODY NEW, AND IT WAS ALWAYS A VERY, VERY GOOD CONVERSATION. AND IT WAS COMMITTED TO THESE, THE BACKBONE OF THIS CHARGE.

AS YOU RECALL.

OH, SORRY. SOMEBODY ELSE CLICKED.

APOLOGIES. AS YOU WILL RECALL, YOU INITIATED THIS COMMITTEE TO OUTLINE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS FOLLOWED ON THE SCREEN.

THEY REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE BOARD CITED THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT LEARNING, ALIGNING RESOURCES TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF FEEDER PATTERNS, AND ENSURING STAFF MEMBERS DID NOT LOSE THEIR POSITIONS THROUGH THESE CHANGES.

WE ALSO WANT YOU ALSO WANT US TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE EQUITY AND CONSIDERING THE PHASING OF MOVES OVER TIME, TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT TIME THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THESE KIND OF CHANGES. I FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT REALLY LOUD.

THROUGHOUT WE HAD EIGHT MEETINGS.

WE BEGAN WITH IN OCTOBER, WITH WHICH AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WHERE WE GOT A LARGE BINDER WITH A TON OF DATA.

AND THEN WE PROCEEDED INTO PART ONE, WHICH WAS THE EFFICIENCY.

SO WE LOOKED AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.

WE DOVE INTO THE DATA AND LOOKED FOR EFFICIENCY THROUGH THE LENS OF EFFICIENCY IN THOSE FIRST FOUR MEETINGS.

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THE SECOND SET OF MEETINGS BEGINNING IN MARCH, WAS TO LOOK AT DEEPER EXAMINATIONS OF THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PART ONE.

TO REALLY START LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF CLOSURE BASED ON THE DATA AND OTHER FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN.

IT'S REALLY WORTH NOTING THAT THROUGHOUT THIS, AS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND INPUT WAS REVIEWED AND RECEIVED, THAT INFORMATION WAS REALLY BROUGHT BACK TO US AND ADDED TO EACH MEETING, WHICH REALLY ALLOWED FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ALONG WITH WHAT WE WERE RECEIVING AS DATA.

SO WE'VE GATHERED A LOT OF SORRY, WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND AND HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS INFORMATION.

I'M GOING TO ALLOW TURN IT OVER TO MARSHALL TO BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE NEXT PART OF NEXT PHASE TWO.

PART ONE, EFFICIENCY AND THE STUDY CRITERIA.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY PART TWO, PART ONE WAS DATA DRIVEN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA, AND WE EXAMINED ALL 44 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ALL 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS THROUGH THE LENS OF EFFICIENCY IN THE FRAMEWORK.

THIS INCLUDED THE DATA OF ALL ITEMS YOU SEE LISTED IN THE FRAMEWORK SLIDE, INCLUDING ENROLLMENT, FACILITY INFORMATION AND OPERATIONAL COST.

IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE SLIDE FOR A MINUTE, WE STUDIED EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND WE APPLIED THIS TYPE OF FRAMEWORK TO EACH ONE.

SO WE REALLY DOVE INTO THE ENROLLMENT AT EACH SCHOOL.

THE EFFICIENCY FROM A STANDPOINT OF AND I AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCIES, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 80 TO 85% WAS IDEAL FOR A SCHOOL TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF EFFICIENCY RATING.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE AGE AND USEFUL LIFE OF EACH ELEMENTARY AND EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAD TO DO OVER THE YEAR AND THROUGH THE YEARS. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE COST, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATING COSTS, THE CAPITAL AND THE PER STUDENT COST.

WE APPLIED THE FRAMEWORK APPLICATION.

THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW THE COMPLEXITY OF OF THE CONSIDERATION INVOLVED.

IN PART ONE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DATA FOR EACH CAMPUS, INCLUDING, AS I SAID, BUILDING CAPACITIES, FACILITY CONDITIONS, HISTORY OF RENOVATIONS, AND OPERATIONAL COST.

THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED WAS STANDARD ACROSS THE CLUSTER AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

STEP ONE WAS TO DETERMINE WHERE THERE WAS CAPACITY.

WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE RETIRING A CAMPUS OR CLOSING A SCHOOL.

WAS THERE CAPACITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THOSE KIDDOS TO TRANSFER INTO? WE THEN REVIEWED THE SPECIFIC DATA, YOU KNOW, BY CAMPUS.

STEP TWO, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE ON THE CHART STEP TWO, WE IDENTIFIED.

WE IDENTIFIED TWO CAMPUSES IN EACH CLUSTER WITH THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE CAPACITY, THE HIGHEST OPERATING COST PER STUDENT, AND THE LOWEST FACILITY SCORES.

WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE DISCUSSED IN SMALL GROUPS AT OUR TABLE TO GET A SMALL GROUP CONSENSUS.

AND THEN WE TOOK IT TO THE LARGER GROUP TO DISCUSS TO IN OUR DISCUSSION OR THE CONSENSUS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET IS, DO WE LEAVE THIS ON THE TABLE TO CONSIDER FOR CLOSURE? EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER HAD AN INDIVIDUAL VOICE IN THE PROCESS.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU SAW THE SLIDE OF THE PEOPLE THAT MADE UP THE COMMITTEE, IT WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND WHAT MADE IT REALLY GREAT WAS THAT WE HAD PARENTS, WE HAD PARENTS THAT ACTUALLY HAD KIDS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

SO THEY HAD SUPER VALUABLE INPUT AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THEIR SCHOOLS THAT THEIR KIDS ACTUALLY ATTENDED.

SO IT WAS SUPER THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE COLLABORATION THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO GET TO THE CONSENSUS, YOU KNOW, OF SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER FOR, YOU KNOW, CLOSURE WAS REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION BECAUSE OLDER PARENTS WHERE YOUR KIDS ARE GROWN AND GONE, YOU DON'T KNOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THAT YOUR KIDS WENT TO, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY IS THERE EACH AND EVERY DAY IN THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IN THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WAS SUPER VALUABLE.

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OKAY. THERE WE GO.

PRIOR TO THE SIXTH MEETING, THE DISTRICT DEMOGRAPHER AND THE ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THOSE TEN IDENTIFIED CAMPUSES TO PREPARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, EXCUSE ME FOR THE COMMITTEES TO CONSIDER AND BE ABLE TO BE MOVED TO PART TWO. SO FOR THE PART TWO PROCESS, I'M GOING TO PASS TO KELLY.

SO BEGINNING WITH OUR SIXTH MEETING, WE HAD THE DIFFICULT TASK OF STARTING PART TWO OF THIS PROCESS.

THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ALLOWS US ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WE CONSIDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO CLOSE A SPECIFIC CAMPUS.

QUESTIONS LIKE COULD WE APPROPRIATELY REASSIGN STUDENTS WITHIN THE FEEDER PATTERN? HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC.? ULTIMATELY, WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES EACH TIME TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE WANTED TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT FIRST PROVIDED STUDENTS WITH IMPROVED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

SECOND, PROVIDED MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND FINALLY, MORE EFFICIENTLY USED OUR LIMITED FUNDING OR IN OTHER WORDS, SAVE OPERATIONAL COSTS THAT WERE NOT ULTIMATELY BENEFITING STUDENTS.

THIS PROTOCOL ON THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS WE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.

WE WERE DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE TEN DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND CONDUCTED THIS FIRST FEASIBILITY REVIEW.

THESE QUESTIONS INCLUDED BALANCING ENROLLMENT AND EFFICIENCIES IMPACTING COST PER STUDENT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CAMPUS HAD REACHED ITS END OF USEFUL LIFE, THUS PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY.

ALTERNATELY, CAMPUSES THAT HAVE NOT REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE WERE NOT APPROPRIATE CANDIDATES FOR CLOSURE.

AS A RESULT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WE RECEIVED, WE REACHED CONSENSUS ON FIVE CAMPUSES FOR ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS, AND WE AGREED THAT FUTURE IN-DEPTH REVIEWS OF ALL CAMPUSES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BEFORE ANY FUTURE BOND ELECTION.

BEFORE THE NEXT STEP.

THE ADMINISTRATION WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHERS TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL BOUNDARY SCENARIOS, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT EACH FEEDER PATTERN, INCLUDING THOSE YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW.

GIVEN THE INFORMATION REGARDING BOUNDARY SCENARIOS, THE COMMITTEE USED THIS BOUNDARY ANALYSIS PROTOCOL TO CONSIDER OPTIONS BY CLUSTER.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THESE QUESTIONS TAKE US BACK ONCE AGAIN TO ELEMENTS OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, AND FEEDER PATTERNS.

FIRST, IN PART A, WE ANALYZE THE DATA TO ENSURE WE COULD MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE FEEDER PATTERNS, AS THIS WOULD BE THE LEAST IMPACTFUL TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

THEN, IN PART B, WE CONSIDERED OPTIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE BEST SCENARIO FOR BALANCING CAPACITIES AND INCREASING PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO ANY CLOSURES.

OF COURSE, EACH SCENARIO PRESENTED CONSIDERED TRANSPORTATION FEASIBILITY.

AS A RESULT OF PART TWO, STEP TWO, DISCUSSIONS.

THE COMMITTEE ACHIEVED CONSENSUS TO RECOMMEND CLOSURE OF FOUR CAMPUSES AND OFFERED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

BUT WE WEREN'T QUITE FINISHED YET BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS REMAINING THAT NEEDED CONSIDERATION.

BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S INPUT, THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AGAIN ASSIGNED HOMEWORK TO BRING BACK POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT MIGHT IMPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AS IT STOOD.

THEY DROVE ROUTES, LITERALLY DROVE THE ROUTES TO EXAMINE THE IMPLICATIONS OF ATTENDANCE, BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR TRANSPORTATION DEMOGRAPHICS AND PROGRAMING. ADMINISTRATION ALSO GATHERED AND ANALYZED MORE SPECIFIC EMERGENT BILINGUAL GROWTH AND PROGRAM DATA, AND REVIEWED MULTIPLE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SCENARIOS WHICH BROUGHT US TO OUR LAST STEP, A PROTOCOL THAT WAS REVIEWED FOR OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION.

AT THIS POINT, WE HAD TO EXAMINE THE RECOMMENDATIONS BOTH AS A CLUSTER AND AS A WHOLE OF THE DISTRICT.

IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER EVERY ADJUSTMENT WE WERE RECOMMENDING, TO BE CERTAIN THAT EACH PROVIDED IMPROVED LEARNING CONDITIONS, EXPANDED OR PROVIDED MORE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, AND PROVIDED EFFICIENCIES TO THE DISTRICT.

IN ADDITION, WE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD CONSISTENTLY APPLIED THESE PRINCIPLES IN EACH OF THE THREE CLUSTERS.

AT THIS POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS ON THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WE ARE GETTING READY TO PRESENT.

AS A REMINDER, THESE CHANGES WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

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OUR PLANO ISD COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

WE BELIEVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL HELP PLANO ISD CONTINUE TO BE A PREMIER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR STUDENTS.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO JOHN TO BEGIN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EAST CLUSTER.

THANK YOU KELLY. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

THIS WORK HAS NOT ONLY BEEN PROFESSIONAL, BUT ALSO PERSONAL, AS MY OWN CHILDREN ATTEND THE EAST FEEDER PATTERN AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, I CAN ASSURE THE COMMITTEE EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER, MYSELF INCLUDED, DOES NOT TAKE THIS POSITION LIGHTLY.

THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IN THE EAST IS TO CLOSE FORM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY.

YOU CAN SEE THE AGE AND CONDITION OF THE FACILITY, ALONG WITH THE OPERATING COST SAVINGS.

IN ADDITION, IF FORMAN REMAINS OPEN MUCH LONGER, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY $5.5 MILLION SLATED FOR SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE WORK ON THE CURRENT BOND.

SHOULD FORMAN NEED A COMPLETE REBUILD OR RENOVATION, ITS COST COULD BE IT COULD COST THE DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION DOLLARS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, CLOSING FORMAN HITS ALL THREE TARGETS.

IT PROVIDES A BETTER FACILITY FOR FORMAN STUDENTS TO ATTEND.

IT INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAMING DUE TO ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND PROVIDES COST SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP TO SEE THE IMPACTS TO BOUNDARIES IF FORMAN IS CLOSED.

LET ME ORIENT YOU ON THE MAP.

THE RED OUTLINES INDICATE THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY BOUNDARIES.

YOU WILL SEE THAT FORMAN IS SOMEWHERE SOMEWHAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLUSTER.

THIS RESULTS IN SEVERAL NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO BOUNDARIES, WHAT WE CALL THE RIPPLE EFFECTS.

SO STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR FORMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD BE REZONED TO ATTEND DOOLEY, SCHELL, STENSON, MEADOWS, OR MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO DOOLEY WOULD BE REZONED TO BOGGESS AND SHELL.

I DON'T. YOU GUYS CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT SO I DON'T I'LL JUST SAY IT.

SOME STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO SHOW WOULD BE REZONED TO MILLER IN THAT RIPPLE EFFECT.

AND THEN SOME STUDENTS ZONED TO STENSON WOULD BE ZONED TO SCHELL.

SOME STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO MEADOWS WOULD BE ZONED TO MEMORIAL.

AND YOU ALL HAVE BIG MAPS AT YOUR PLACE.

SO I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE FROM THE SCREEN.

I WISH IT WAS A BETTER WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT IN ADDITION, WE WOULD NEED TO REZONE SOME STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO MENDENHALL TO STINSON FOR TRANSPORTATION.

EFFICIENCIES. YOU CAN THAT PART YOU CAN SEE IN THE YELLOW AT THE BOTTOM, THE PINK AND THE YELLOW AREA.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF NUMBERS.

THIS IS SHOWING THE DEMOGRAPHERS FORMAT FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS IF NO CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

WHAT IS IMPORTANT, HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE OVERALL USE OF FACILITY CAPACITY IN EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE 67% IN 2025, AND THEN IT'S ESTIMATED TO DROP TO 65% OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AS WE'VE LEARNED, THIS IS NOT AN IDEAL UTILIZATION, AND IT RESULTS IN INEFFICIENCIES.

COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT AGING FACILITIES WOULD THEN REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE.

IF WE CLOSE THE SCHOOL AND MOVE STUDENTS TO A NEWER, MORE UPDATED FACILITY, WE REACH THOSE TARGETS THAT YOU KEEP HEARING ABOUT.

SO THEN THIS LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE PROJECTION WITH FORM ENCLOSED.

SO AS A RESULT, EVEN WITH THE CLOSURE OF FORMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE EAST CLUSTER ELEMENTARY STILL HAVE CAPACITY TO GROW BUT ARE BEGINNING TO GAIN EFFICIENCIES FOR THE DISTRICT. SO YOU'LL SEE IT WENT FROM SIX FROM THE 65%, 67% TO THE 74%.

YOU CAN SEE THE SAME FORECAST AS THE EARLIER SLIDE, BUT WITH FORMAN STUDENTS REZONED AS WE HAVE RECOMMENDED.

OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EAST CLUSTER IS TO CLOSE ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LIKE FORMAN, YOU WILL SEE ON THE SCREEN THE REASONS ARMSTRONG WAS IDENTIFIED, AN AGING FACILITY WITH SURROUNDING CAMPUSES AND BETTER CONDITION THAT COULD RECEIVE ARMSTRONG STUDENTS PROVIDING BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, BEING AT THE PRINCIPAL OF ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS IS A DIFFICULT NEWS TO DELIVER.

HOWEVER, BEING ON THE COMMITTEE AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXAMINE THE DATA, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT DON'T CLOSE MY

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BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT IT IT PROVIDES A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS REALLY CHARGED TO DO.

THE CLOSURE OF ARMSTRONG WOULD ALSO INVOLVE A FEW BOUNDARY SHIFTS.

THIS WILL RESULT IN STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING RE ZONED TO ATTEND OTTO BOWMAN OR MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, DEPENDING ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY ATTEND. THE BLUE LINES ON THIS MAP OUTLINE THE OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, WITH ARMSTRONG IN THE CENTER, AND THE COLORS REPRESENT THE RESULTING THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. MOST STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO BOWMAN AND MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOLS WOULD REMAIN ZONED FOR THAT FOR THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS ON THE SCREEN AS A RESULT OF THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

SOME STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR AUTO WOULD BE ZONED TO BOWMAN OR MURPHY TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE FEEDER PATTERN AND KEEP THE ELEMENTARY COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

SO SIMILAR TABLE, EXCEPT IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE, BECAUSE THE ELEMENTARIES TAKE UP A LOT MORE SPACE ON THE CHART.

SO AS WITH THE ELEMENTARY FORECAST, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE CLOSURE OF ARMSTRONG INCREASES AS FAR AS EFFICIENCY IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

WITHOUT THE ADJUSTMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S PREDICTED TO HIT 56% IN A FEW YEARS.

WITH THE CLOSURE, YOU JUMP FROM 60% TO 79%, WHICH IS A LARGE JUMP IN EFFICIENCY.

FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO MOVE INTO HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.

WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE FEEDER PATTERN INTEGRITY AND NOT SPLIT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.

AS A RESULT, THE STUDENTS ZONED AUTO BOTH CURRENTLY AND AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF ARMSTRONG WOULD BE REMOVED, WOULD BE REZONED TO MCMILLEN.

STUDENTS, I'M SORRY, WOULD BE ZONED TO MCMILLEN.

STUDENTS ZONED TO MURPHY, BOTH CURRENTLY AND AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE, WOULD REMAIN ZONED TO MCMILLEN AND THEN STUDENTS ZONED TO BOWMAN, BOTH CURRENTLY AND AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE, WOULD REMAIN ZONED TO WILLIAMS. THAT THAT ENDS THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARSHALL FOR THE CENTRAL CLUSTER RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANKS, JOHN.

OKAY CENTRAL CLUSTER NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

I GREW UP IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER.

I'M A PRODUCT OF THE CENTRAL CLUSTER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WHEN WE STUDY THE CENTRAL CLUSTER, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT'S BEST FOR PISD AND OUR STUDENTS.

WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL JUMP INTO THE CENTRAL CLUSTER RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

OH. OKAY.

THE COMMITTEE'S FIRST RECOMMENDATION IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER IS TO CLOSE DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

WHILE WE LOVE OUR DAVIS DOLPHINS, THIS SLIDE OUTLINES SOME OF THE REASONS THAT THAT WE REACHED AND CONSENSUS THE LOW FACILITY SCORES, THE ABILITY TO RELOCATE STUDENTS AT ADJACENT CAMPUSES BY CLOSING DAVIS.

WE BELIEVE WE CAN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A WITHIN A BETTER FACILITY.

IMPROVE THEIR PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'LL BY GOING TO A NEWER SCHOOL THEY'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN VERSUS NOT HAVING THOSE AT DAVIS.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT VALUABLE RESOURCES BY DOING THIS.

OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, LET'S LOOK AT THE CENTRAL CLUSTER ELEMENTARY MAP CLOSING DAVIS WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE CLUSTER RESULTS IN BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMPUS.

STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY ATTEND DAVIS ELEMENTARY WOULD BE REZONED TO ATTEND HARRINGTON OR SAIGLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE MUSTARD AND THE PURPLE SHADING, YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE MUSTARD OF THE PURPLE SHADINGS ON THE MAP.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE MUSTARD IS, BUT I CAN SEE THE PURPLE.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

IN ADDITION FOR FOR THOSE THAT MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF, RDSPD ELEMENTARY STUDENTS CURRENTLY ATTEND DAVIS ELEMENTARY.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE RELOCATED TO HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT MOVE MAKES MORE SENSE.

AND WHEN WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'LL YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE MEAN.

OKAY. THE CENTRAL CLUSTER ELEMENTARY FORECAST.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A 69% AS WE PROJECT OUT OVER THE NEXT TEN

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KEEP IN MIND THE SWEET SPOT FOR THE EFFICIENCY WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

WHERE OUR KIDS ARE, WE NEED TO BE IN THE 80 TO 85% RANGE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WELL BELOW THAT, SO WE'RE OPERATING INEFFICIENTLY.

THE RECOMMENDED FORECAST BY CLOSING.

DAVIS ELEMENTARY NOW BUMPS US UP TO 73%, SO WE GET A BETTER EFFICIENCY BY CLOSING THAT SCHOOL.

OKAY. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHY? CARPENTER? WELL, WE CAN SEE THAT FROM THE SLIDE AND EVERY SCHOOL WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.

KEEP IN MIND.

THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CENTRAL CLUSTER IS TO RETIRE CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IT HAS A LOW FACILITY AND STRUCTURE SCORES FOR THE CAMPUS.

AGAIN, THE ANNUAL SAVINGS, ALONG WITH THE FUTURE COST AVOIDANCE, COMBINED WITH THE ABILITY TO REZONE STUDENTS INTO OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HELP MEET THIS CHARGE.

ONE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THESE KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A NEWER, BETTER SCHOOL.

THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME PROGRAMS THAT THEIR SCHOOL MAY NOT OFFER AND THE COST SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT.

OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE NECESSARY BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

STUDENTS CURRENTLY ZONED TO CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE REZONED TO ATTEND SCHIMELPFENIG, HENDRICK OR HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

UNDER THIS RECOMMENDATION, CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY WOULD ATTEND HENDRICKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, THOMAS ELEMENTARY WOULD ATTEND SCHIMELPFENIG, AND HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY WOULD BE GOING TO HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF WAS GOING TO BE RELOCATED TO HARRINGTON.

YOU WILL NOTICE HARRINGTON IS NOW RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR THE RDSPD, SO STUDENTS WILL REMAIN IN THAT FEEDER PATTERN. IN ADDITION, THERE'S ONE CENTRALIZED SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM CURRENTLY LOCATED AT CARPENTER THAT WILL BE RELOCATED TO ANOTHER CAMPUS BEFORE THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.

AND ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT TO SEE WHERE THOSE KIDS MAY, MAY BENEFIT THE MOST IN THAT RELOCATION, THE BEST NEWS OF ALL.

THEY ARE AND WILL WILL REMAIN IN THE PLANO WILDCAT CLUSTER.

OKAY. CENTRAL CLUSTER MIDDLE MIDDLE SCHOOL FORECAST.

AS YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE CURRENT CURRENT MODEL, WE'RE AT A 56% EFFICIENCY RATING.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND 80 TO 85 IS IDEAL FOR THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE AT 56% BY CLOSING THAT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE JUMPED TO A 72%, WHICH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.

AND IT GIVES THE KIDDOS, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SCHOOL, AS I SAID, AND BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMS AND THEN THE COST SAVINGS.

SO IT JUST MADE SENSE.

AND THE GROUP CAME TO CONSENSUS ON THAT.

FINALLY, THE.

FINALLY, THE HIGH SCHOOL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER, YOU KNOW, ARE PRETTY EASY TO EXPLAIN.

AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, STUDENTS FROM HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY NOW ZONED TO HAGGARD, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL NOW ATTEND VINES.

OTHERWISE THE FEEDER PATTERNS REMAIN THE SAME.

THAT CONCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CENTRAL CLUSTER, AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO KELLY FOR THE WEST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MARSHALL. SIMILAR TO JOHN AND MARSHALL, I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE WEST.

I AM A PISD PARENT WITH A VERY LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME.

AS MY DAUGHTER IS FINISHING UP KINDERGARTEN THIS WEEK IN A WEST CLUSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THE DEEP IMPACT THAT GROWING OUR OWN TALENT HAS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG ECONOMY AND BE ABLE TO BUILD SUCH A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE THROUGH PLANO ISD.

AS A COMMITTEE, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET THIS RIGHT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THE WORKFORCE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

HAVING SAID THAT, WE WRESTLED WITH THE WEST CLUSTER FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

WE TRIED SEVERAL APPROACHES BEFORE LANDING ON OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION, AND SO I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THOSE NOW.

AS WE REVIEWED THE DATA FOR THIS CLUSTER, WE NOTICED UNIQUE CHALLENGES UNPREDICTABLE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT'S EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION, ALONG WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL

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CONCERNS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CLUSTER LED US TO REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THIS CLUSTER.

WHILE WE UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS CAN SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DISCUSSED AND DISCOVERED, WE FELT THAT THIS WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE.

THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION BRING FORTH PROGRAMMATIC LONG RANGE PLANS.

ALTHOUGH THE COMMITTEE DID NOT LAND ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, 2024, AS A CRITICAL DEADLINE.

MEETING THAT DEADLINE WILL ALLOW ANY CHANGES IN THE WEST TO OCCUR IN THE SAME TIMELINE AS THE CHANGES TO THE EAST AND THE CENTRAL.

TO FURTHER EXPLAIN THIS SLIDE DETAILS SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES WE ENCOUNTERED WHEN WHEN SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS IN THE WEST.

FIRST AND VERY IMPORTANT IS THE CLUSTER UTILIZATION IS ALREADY AT 80%, WHICH IS AT OR ABOVE BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS, WHICH IS 11 TO 17% GREATER THAN THE EAST AND CENTRAL CLUSTERS AND IS HIGHER THAN THE UTILIZATION LEVELS IN THE EAST AND CENTRAL AFTER THE RECOMMENDED CLOSURES IN THOSE CLUSTERS. SECOND, AS WE FACE DECLINING ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE NOTICED IN THE WEST WE ACTUALLY HAVE INCREASED ENROLLMENT IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION.

THIS GROWTH IS LARGEST IN THE WEST CLUSTER WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY LESS CAPACITY.

YOU WILL NOTICE WE MENTIONED BEFORE MORE THAN 1000 NEW EB STUDENTS IN THIS CLUSTER THIS PAST YEAR.

BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE AVERAGED MORE THAN 750 EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS A YEAR IN THIS CLUSTER ALONE.

NEW STUDENT GROWTH IN THE CLUSTER HAS BEEN UNPREDICTABLE AND REALLY CONTINUES TO BE THAT WAY.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR GREATEST PROGRAM RELATED TRANSFERS IN THE WEST CLUSTER AT 2 OR 3 TIMES THE NUMBER OF THOSE IN THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS.

ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES CANNOT BE ADDRESSED SOLELY BY ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

ACTUALLY, WE TRIED TO DO THAT A FEW TIMES AND THEN REALIZED THAT WE WERE NOT REALLY ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGE AND WERE POTENTIALLY MOVING STUDENTS FOR THE SAKE OF BALANCING AND POTENTIALLY HAVING TO MOVE THEM AGAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THIS IS NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

THEREFORE, FURTHER WORK IS NEEDED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE WEST CLUSTER AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY.

WE BELIEVE THAT BY THE ADMINISTRATION TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY UNRAVEL THE COMPLEXITIES OF THIS CLUSTER, IN THIS CLUSTER AND BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS BY DECEMBER, WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN THE WEST AND KEEP THE CHANGES IN THE SAME TIME FRAME AS THOSE WE OUTLINED FOR THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS.

AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THIS IS THE ELEMENTARY CAPACITY PERCENTAGE ALONG WITH THE FORECAST FOR THIS WEST CLUSTER.

AS I MENTIONED, THESE PERCENTAGES ARE STILL HIGHER THAN THOSE RECOMMENDED AFTER CLOSURES IN THE EAST AND CENTRAL.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE 80% THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE THIS YEAR AS PERCENTAGE TO CAPACITY.

WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME SHIFTS TO INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION BRINGS THEIR PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THINGS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE WEST.

SO THAT IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY HOURS OF WORK, BOTH ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE ADMINISTRATION.

WHILE WE KNOW THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

LET ME END BY PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

CLOSING THE FOUR RECOMMENDED CAMPUSES ALLOWS US TO MEET THE CHARGE AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ENTRUSTED TO US AS A COMMITTEE.

STUDENTS WILL ATTEND HIGHER QUALITY FACILITIES OR HAVE IMPROVED LEARNING CONDITIONS.

STUDENTS WILL HAVE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT ECONOMIES OF SCALE, AND THE DISTRICT WILL REALIZE FINANCIAL EFFICIENCIES AND BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE PRECIOUS RESOURCES EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

FINALLY, DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO BRING FURTHER PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN THE WEST WILL HELP US COMPLETE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

I'M NOW GOING TO HAND THIS BACK OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS OUR NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU. KELLY, MARSHALL AND JOHN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING WILLING TO STEP UP AND REPRESENT THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB.

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, ADMINISTRATIVE NEXT STEPS.

BUT BEFORE I ACTUALLY DO THAT, I AM THE NUMBERS GUY.

SO I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE SOME FACTS AND FIGURES BEFORE WE GO TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE NEXT STEPS, AS THESE GUYS DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THE OVERALL CAPACITY OUTCOMES IN EACH OF THE CLUSTERS.

THIS INCLUDES ALL THE WAY FROM ELEMENTARY, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, BEFORE ANY KIND OF SHIFTS OR RETIREMENTS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, THE WEST WAS AT 82.9.

IN THE CENTRAL IT WAS AT 65.7.

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AFTER THE SUMMARY, IN THE CLOSING RECOMMENDATION OF CLOSING THE FOUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, THE TWO IN THE EAST AND THE TWO IN THE CENTRAL, YOU HAVE OVERALL CAPACITY OUTCOMES OF THE WEST, 82.9, CENTRAL OF 71.4 AND THE EAST OF 78.8.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE WAY FROM ELEMENTARY, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE THING THAT I DO THINK IS GOOD, A GOOD DIRECTION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS, OF THIS CHART, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY TOOK A BIG BITE OUT OF THE EXCESS CAPACITY THAT WE HAD AS A DISTRICT.

THOSE INEFFICIENT OPEN SEATS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT BEING FILLED.

WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY.

OVER 20% OF THOSE AVAILABLE SEATS WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE AS A RESULT OF THIS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN AFTER THE REDUCTION, WE'VE ALLOWED A LITTLE OVER 15,000 OPEN SEATS STILL.

SO IF WE HAVE THAT REGENERATION, IF WE HAVE, WE ALL HOPE THAT WE HAVE THAT RESURGENCE OF STUDENTS IN THAT REGENERATION TO THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS.

WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY IN ORDER TO TAKE THAT ON.

I DO THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A COST SAVINGS COMPONENT OF THIS, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I IF I JUST DIDN'T TOUCH ON THAT JUST BRIEFLY.

AND THAT IS OVER $5.2 MILLION OF ANNUAL SAVINGS.

THAT'S THE ACTUAL OPERATING SAVINGS PER YEAR AS A RESULT OF CLOSING THE THE RECOMMENDATION OF CLOSING DOWN THE FOUR CAMPUSES AND THEN THE ONE TIME CAPITAL SAVINGS OF OVER $20 MILLION, AND THEN THE POTENTIAL COST AVOIDANCE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? WE GO OUT AND ACTUALLY ASK OUR VOTERS TO APPROVE TO REPLACE THESE FOUR CAMPUSES, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EVENTUALLY DO.

THERE'S OVER $340 MILLION OF COST AVOIDANCE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY, I THANK DR.

WILLIAMS. I THINK THIS HITS ON ALL THREE OF OF THE CHARGES THAT THE BOARD HAD PUT OUT FOR US ON THESE FOUR DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS LISA WILSON TO ACTUALLY LEAD US THROUGH SOME OF THESE ADMINISTRATIVE NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU JOHNNY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO MENTION, AND I KNOW YOU HEARD KELLY MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THAT'S PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS.

AND SO NEXT STEPS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.

WE'LL LOOK THROUGH ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION, CENTRALIZED PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS.

THE TEAM HAS ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT THOSE.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO ANNUALLY.

AND WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF ALL THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT OF THOSE CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT CHOICE OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS TO SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

NOT LIMITED, OF COURSE, TO THE WEST CLUSTER, BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND ALSO PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO LOOK TO EXPAND THE IB PROGRAM TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE WILL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION.

WE BRING BACK TO YOU IN 24 OR IN DECEMBER OF 24.

WE ALSO KNOW WE NEED TO ADD DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS DUE TO SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED.

SO IF THOSE ARE APPROVED, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADD PRE-K PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT PRE-K PROGRAM IS.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR OUR FAMILIES TO ATTEND PRE-K.

ALSO FOR NEXT STEPS.

WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR WHATEVER VERSION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THAT SOME PARENTS MAY BE INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT TRANSFERRING THEIR STUDENTS TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

SO DR.

GOBER AND HIS TEAM WILL BE PREPARED TO OPEN A SHORT WINDOW.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO PASS A BRIEF RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT EVERYTHING IS IN ALIGN WITH BOARD POLICIES, FDA, AND FDB.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE PRIORITIZE TRANSFERS FIRST FOR IMPACTED FAMILIES SO WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE OF ANY FAMILIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. AND WE WOULD PUT THAT WINDOW INTO PLACE WITH DETAILS AND OF COURSE, WOULD BRING THOSE DETAILS FORWARD.

POST THEM ON OUR WEBSITE AND TRY TO GET ALL OF THOSE DECISIONS MADE BY THE END OF JUNE, SO STAFF AND FAMILIES COULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

ALL RIGHT AND OF COURSE, TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG PART OF THIS.

WE KNOW THAT OUR STAFF WILL HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY BUSY OVER THE NEXT, NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND ACTUALLY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ROUTING SYSTEM BY STUDENT.

AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT.

THEY WILL HAVE TO ADJUST ALL OF THE HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE BIG PART OF THIS.

AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS WHERE NECESSARY.

OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT STAFFING IS IS VERY, VERY LIMITED WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THAT STAFF.

AND OF COURSE, SPEAKING OF STAFF, WE'VE TALKED REALLY SINCE DAY ONE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF, THEIR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, AND EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.

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AND THEN ALSO THERE WILL BE AS AS LISA WILSON MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PROCESS.

WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT FOR STAFFING IS THERE WILL BE A PRIORITIZATION WHENEVER THEY COME TO TRANSFER REQUEST UPON CLOSING THE CAMPUSES EFFECTIVE 25- 26. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WILL TAKE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PHYSICALLY HELP ALL STAFF MOVE TO THEIR NEW CAMPUS.

AND THEN FINALLY, IF PLANS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND SHARED IF THE BOARD MOVES FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL SURROUND THIS WITH A VERY SOLID COMMUNICATION PLAN.

SO, JOHNNY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MY CLICKER.

OKAY. YEAH.

WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HONOR THE HISTORY OF ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.

SO ONCE THE BOARD APPROVES THE RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL ESTABLISH A LEGACY COMMITTEE FOR EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT STEPS AND HONOR THE HISTORY AND NAMESAKES FOR EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES.

THIS IS MORE OF A REMINDER.

ON MAY 7TH, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PROPERTIES OF ANY SCHOOL THAT CLOSES.

SO IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THOSE STEPS AS INDICATED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED.

AND LASTLY, WE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE COMMUNICATION IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES IN THIS PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE PREPARED VARIOUS NOTIFICATIONS FOR FAMILIES.

WE DID SEND OUT ALREADY A LETTER TODAY TO THE FOUR IMPACTED CAMPUS, TO THEIR FAMILIES TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THIS MEETING TONIGHT. AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ONCE A DECISION IS MADE, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO FAMILIES AND STAFFS OF RECEIVING CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS JUST THE ENTIRE PISD COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEB PAGE THAT WILL BE UPDATED, AND WE'VE SAID IT MANY, MANY TIMES, PISD.EDU/FACILITYPLAN.

I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR YOU TO GO AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO TODAY AND OR TONIGHT, SHOULD I SAY, AND THEN ANYTHING GOING FORWARD.

IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS AS THEY COME.

AND THEN LASTLY IF THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION TO BE SENT, BUT MAINLY ON THE ONSET COMMUNICATION AROUND THE TRANSFER PROCESS, A Q&A FOR IMPACTED CAMPUSES.

AND THEN WE PLAN TO HAVE MEET AND GREETS FOR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND VISIT THEIR NEW CAMPUS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALL THESE MONTHS TO COME TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SO NOW YOU KNOW, ALSO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED A GAZILLION HOURS.

I THINK THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING TERM, AT LEAST I USED TO USE IT.

AND THE WORK THAT'S GONE BEHIND THE DATA NOTEBOOK THAT YOU GUYS REFERENCED CONTINUES TO GO FORWARD.

AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL BE CONTINUING TO RECOMMEND.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO INVITE ANY DISCUSSION, THIS IS A REPORT.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU TOOK ANY NOTES OF QUESTIONS YOU WANT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN ASK ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS EVENING WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT OUR COMMITTEE SO DILIGENTLY REVIEWED.

SO, IN A NUTSHELL, I WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS A COMMITTEE, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION.

AND I'M GOING TO REMIND SOME FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE SCROLLED THOSE NAMES, OKAY, THESE FOLKS ARE WILLING AND AVAILABLE AND OPEN.

AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR FOR BE WILLING TO WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A HARD, HARD JOB.

AND A SENSITIVE ISSUE.

SO IN A NUTSHELL, Y'ALL LOOKED AT DATA ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS WERE AT SCHOOLS, WHAT WERE THE CONDITIONS OF EVERY ONE OF OUR

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THAT WAS THE THE MAGIC SOLUTION THAT YOU CAME TO.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT FOLKS MADE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND THE INPUT THAT THEY HAD.

YES. YES.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WAS A IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE, I THINK WE HAVE ONE OF THE TOP 20 LARGEST DISTRICTS IN THE IN THE STATE.

THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT GO INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST AN OLD SCHOOL BUILDING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING BY FOR 50 YEARS. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE IT'S THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHICS BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE AGE, AND HAS THE DISTRICT HAD TO PUT MONEY INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU KNOW, TO RENOVATE IT, TO KEEP IT UP? AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT HAVING TO RETIRE ONE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE AS A GROUP TRY TO DECIDE HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT NOT ONLY THE KIDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS AND THE NEIGHBORS AND THE AND PROPERTY VALUES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT SURROUND THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN AGE AND SIMILAR IN EFFICIENCY RATINGS AND STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AND ALL THAT, IF WE CLOSE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, IN ONE GIVEN AREA, IS THAT GOING TO CREATE A, A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESERT? AND ARE KIDS AND PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPACTED BY HAVING TO TAKE KIDS OR BUS KIDS FURTHER AWAY.

AND SO WE HAD GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES THAT KIND OF HELPED US IN OUR DECISIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IF, YOU KNOW, ARE THE WHERE ARE WE GOING TO SEND THESE KIDS AND HOW FAR ARE THE PARENTS GOING TO HAVE TO GO? AND, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE THE BUS ROUTES AND, AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD BUS ROUTES? AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS AND THAT.

AND SO IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED AND VERY TEDIOUS PROCESS.

BUT WHAT MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE WAS THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME TOGETHER.

AND EVEN THOUGH TENSION SOMETIMES GOT HIGH.

WE WERE ALL RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER AND AT, YOU KNOW, AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, EVERYBODY PATTED EACH OTHER ON THE BACK AND SAID, I GET IT, I GET IT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL ABLE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS BY THE TIME OF, OF THE BUSINESS.

AND. YEAH, IT'S IT'S TOUGH TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU, THAT YOU WENT TO AND YOU'VE GOT FOND MEMORIES AND LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, PRINCIPAL OF FORMAN AND HE'S UP HERE, YOU KNOW ARMSTRONG, I'M SORRY.

AND YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, AND IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT WE DID COME TOGETHER AND WE DID HAVE CONSENSUS. ALMOST.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY UNANIMOUSLY, BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, 90, 92, 93% CONSENSUS ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT..

THAT DOES. THANK YOU.

I JUST I JUST WANT OUR FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THIS OR LOOK AT OUR DATA TO KNOW THE CARE THAT WAS TAKEN IN ANALYZING IT, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO THAT.

AND THAT WAS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR THEORIES ABOUT, OH, THERE'S A LIST.

OH, THERE ARE THESE THINGS, THERE'S THAT THINGS.

AND WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE DOOR, IT WAS REALLY LIKE, LET'S LOOK AT EVERY SCHOOL, LET'S LOOK AT EVERY FACTOR.

LET'S BOIL IT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR KIDS AND WHAT IT MAKES THE MOST FINANCIAL AND EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE KIDS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY WHAT DROVE THE WORK.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY SPECIFIC SCHOOLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS REALLY AN OPEN PROCESS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT SURPRISED ME, I LEARNED MORE ABOUT SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAN I EVER THOUGHT I NEEDED TO KNOW, BUT I WAS THE TYPE OF COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND THERE WERE OTHERS ON THE IN THE GROUP THAT KEPT GOING BACK TO NOPE, THIS IS THE DATA.

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BUT THERE WAS NEVER A CONVERSATION THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE HUMAN FACTOR.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CARE AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THAT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY CHARGED WITH THAT, THAT WAS UNDERLYING EVERY CONVERSATION WE HAD.

I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS TOPIC, THIS PRESENTATION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT THIS PRESENTATION BROUGHT STRONG EMOTIONS.

WHEN YOU LISTEN, WHEN THE AUDIENCE LISTENS TO THE PRESENTATION, WHEN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM LISTENED, ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN A COMMITTEE HAS LISTENED TO THIS PRESENTATION. IT BRINGS STRONG EMOTION AND IT'S A SENSITIVE ISSUE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THE WORK, FOR DOING THE RESEARCH AND DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING.

WHEN I ATTENDED THE FEBRUARY 10TH COMMUNITY MEETING AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL AND AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING TO US TO CLOSE ARE FORMAN AND ARMSTRONG, AND THOSE SCHOOLS FEED INTO WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S PAINFUL BECAUSE I WAS A PARENT OF WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS AS PARENTS AND I'M A CURRENT PARENT AT PLANO ISD.

THE THING IS THAT IT'S PAINFUL TO LISTEN TO THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S PAINFUL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOU FEEL THE EMOTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT SCHOOL CLOSURES WILL IMPACT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A DISTRICT, THE DECISION THAT WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, WILL IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND SO WE TOOK VERY CAREFUL STEPS TO BE WHERE WE ARE FOR YOU TO PRESENT THIS TO US AND FOR US BOARD MEMBERS TO LISTEN, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC TO NOT JUST BOARD MEMBERS, BUT AS PARENTS, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HOMEOWNERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK.

THANKS, GUYS. I'VE GOT FIVE QUESTIONS.

I WRITE THEM DOWN IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE TEN SCHOOLS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SIX YOU DIDN'T PICK AND WHY YOU DIDN'T PICK THOSE OR WHY YOU DIDN'T RECOMMEND THOSE? IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CRITERIAS THAT WERE LISTED OUT, THE DIFFERENT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.

WELL MAINLY PHASE TWO.

EACH ONE WAS ELIMINATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO THE FIRST TEN WERE JUST RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY.

AND THEN WE RAN THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES WERE FEASIBLE TO CLOSE.

AND SO AS THEY RAN THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE, DID THEY MEET EACH PART OF THAT CRITERIA? THEY WERE ELIMINATED AS THEY DIDN'T.

SO SOME MAY HAVE BEEN SORT OF OLD, BUT THEN DIDN'T MEET SOME OF THE OTHER CRITERIA YOU GUYS LOOKED FOR, RIGHT? IT COULD HAVE BEEN AGE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE ENROLLMENT OR IT'S SOMETIMES PROGRAMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE WERE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT FACTORED IN.

AWESOME. OR THEY WERE NEWER SCHOOLS THAT MAYBE THE ENROLLMENT WAS LOWER, BUT THEY WERE NEWER, SO THEY HAD CAPACITY TO TAKE STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS THAT WERE NEEDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO SHIFT KIDDOS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GOING INTO A SCHOOL THAT WAS NEWER THAN THE ONE THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN, SO THAT THEY BENEFIT FROM A NEWER, UPDATED FACILITY AS WELL AS THINGS WITHIN THAT SCHOOL THAT MAYBE THEIR OLDER SCHOOL MAY NOT, MAY NOT HAVE HAD AS WELL AS PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THE OFFERING FOR PROGRAMS THAT THEY WOULD SHIFT INTO MAY NOT HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE IN.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF YOU LOOKED AT THE AGE, YOU LOOKED AT THE ENROLLMENT, YOU LOOKED AT THE RENOVATION SCHEDULE, YOU LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT IMPACTED THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND IF IT JUST HAD A SUPER LOW SCORE AND I WAS LOOKING THERE WAS ONE FOR AN EXAMPLE, LIKE DAVIS, I THINK IT HAD A SUPER LOW SCORE AND IT WAS OLD AND IT, JUST HADN'T HAD THE LOVE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND IT HAVE HAD.

SO IT JUST MADE SENSE FROM A COST STANDPOINT, ON WHAT THE DISTRICT COULD SAVE ANNUALLY BY CLOSING IT AND NOT HAVING TO USE BOND MONEY TO RENOVATE IT.

AND OR IF THEY DID HAVE TO REPLACE IT, IT WOULD SAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JOHNNY, $60 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW ONE OR MORE.

AT LEAST 60 MILLION. OKAY.

SO IT JUST IT JUST MADE SENSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SO YOU LOOKED AT THE ONES THAT HAD THE SUPER LOW SCORES AND THEN YOU KIND OF DRILLED INTO WHY THE WHY ON THAT. AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WOULD REACH CONSENSUS ON, OKAY, THIS IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IN THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BECAUSE OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND IT HAD THE CAPACITY TO TAKE IT, TAKE THOSE KIDS AND WHICH THEN BROUGHT THEIR EFFICIENCY RATINGS UP.

[02:20:07]

BOWMAN IS ACTUALLY OLDER THAN ARMSTRONG.

AND SO IN IN THAT CASE.

SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE BEING REZONED TO A CAMPUS THAT IS OLDER, BUT BOWMAN HAS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER BOTH STRUCTURAL SCORE AND FACILITY SCORE, AND HAS UNDERGONE MAJOR RENOVATION ON THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST A LITTLE TWEAK IN WHAT YOU SAID THAT IT'S NOT ONLY AGE OF THE CAMPUS, BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE CAMPUS, THE RENOVATIONS OF THE CAMPUS, AS WELL AS THE LONGEVITY.

RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A CAMPUS LIKE BOWMAN OR WILLIAMS OR PLANO SENIOR HIGH THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR RENOVATION AS COMPARED TO A CAMPUS LIKE HAGGARD, WHICH IS BEING REBUILT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STRUCTURAL LONGEVITY COMPONENT TO THOSE CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR LETTING ME INTERJECT.

NOT A PROBLEM. APPRECIATE IT.

DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL? SO WE HAVE SCHOOLS WITH VARIOUS RATINGS.

SOME OF THEM ARE A, SOME OF THEM ARE C.

DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL THAT YOU WERE EITHER CLOSING? DID YOU CONSIDER THE PERFORMANCE AS YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SPLIT? MIGHT AS WELL JUST LOOP IN A COUPLE QUESTIONS TOGETHER.

ALSO, LIKE, DID YOU CONSIDER THE TITLE ONE STATUS OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN HOW THAT WOULD SORT OF HOW THOSE KIDS WOULD THEN GO AND SO WOULD WE BE TAKING AWAY A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, WOULD WE BE CREATING TWO MORE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS? DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT AT ALL? SO I'LL TAKE I'LL TAKE THAT RESPONSE.

OR IF YOU WANT TO START, I CAN.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THOSE CONVERSATIONS DID COME UP, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.

SO AS, AS AND Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT AS THE TEAM WENT THROUGH EACH OF THE PROTOCOLS, IN BETWEEN THE PROTOCOLS, THERE WAS A DECISION AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND THEN ADMINISTRATION HAD HOMEWORK.

AND THEN WE TOOK BACK THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH BACK TO THE TEAM.

THEN THEY HAD A NEW PROTOCOL, AND WE KIND OF DID THAT FOR THE LAST ACTUALLY, I THINK IN BETWEEN EACH MEETING.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONCE THE COMMITTEE NARROWED DOWN TO THESE ARE THE IDENTIFIED CAMPUSES.

AND THEN HERE ARE THIS IS THE OPTION OF WHERE THE BOUNDARIES WOULD MOVE.

THEN WE HAD OUR DEMOGRAPHER RUN ADDITIONAL DATA.

AND THAT DATA LOOKED AT THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE TITLE ONE IMPACT.

SO WHAT WOULD WHAT WAS THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PERCENTAGES BEFORE AND WHAT WAS THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PERCENTAGES AFTER? WE DID THE SAME THING WHEN WE LOOKED AT DEMOGRAPHICS.

SO WHAT ARE THE EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS? WHAT WOULD BE THEN THE PROPOSED DEMOGRAPHICS? SAME THING WITH SCORES.

SO WE LOOKED AT STUDENT SCORES.

OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS YEAR'S OR THEY WERE LAST YEAR'S SCORES.

WHAT WAS THE IMPACT WITH THE NEW OR THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN ANY WHICH WAY TO ANY CAMPUS.

AND SO THOSE WERE THREE LENSES OF HOW WE RAN THE DATA JUST TO, TO DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE WE TOOK BACK THOSE OPTIONS ARE VIABLE OPTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER.

GOT IT. SO AND WE CAN, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND IF WE WERE MAYBE ADDING MORE TITLE ONE CAMPUSES OR LOSING TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.

AND THEN WHAT? OUR OVERALL, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS WHAT OUR OVERALL SCORES MIGHT BE REGARDING HOW ALL OF THAT THEN SPLITS UP.

SO THE OUTCOME OF OF JUST LOOKING AT THAT ANALYSIS IS ONE WE WOULD NOT BE LOSING ANY TITLE ONE CAMPUSES OR ADDING.

SO REALLY THE SHIFTS WERE MINIMAL IF ANY.

IN SOME CASES WE DID SEE WHERE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES WENT UP SLIGHTLY, BUT SO DID THE SCORES.

THE SCORES WENT UP SLIGHTLY.

SO THAT WAS REALLY, I THINK REALLY GOOD FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SEE.

AND IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE BECAUSE IN SOME CASES WE CAN WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION.

AND REALLY THE PERCEPTION DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE DATA.

OUR DATA DID NOT SHOW THAT.

SO THERE WERE MINIMAL SHIFTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

I THINK IT, IT GOES TO SHOW ONE, THE CAMPUSES THAT WERE CONSIDERED THE POPULATION IS ALREADY SMALL TO BEGIN WITH.

AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT POPULATION AND IT'S DIVIDED BETWEEN IN SOME CASES TWO, 3 OR 4 CAMPUSES, IT REALLY HAD A MINIMUM EFFECT TO THE EXISTING DEMOGRAPHICS OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR THE RECEIVING SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY IF THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THIS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BREAK DOWN AND BRING AT A LATER TIME.

[02:25:07]

YOU MENTIONED ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO ADDITIONAL PROGRAM.

I KNOW YOU SAID IB MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WERE THERE OTHER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU GUYS WERE THINKING ABOUT AS IT RELATED TO? NOW THAT WE HAVE SORT OF MORE FULLER SCHOOLS? YEAH, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE.

AND THEN LISA, IF I LEAVE SOMETHING OUT THEN PLEASE FILL IN.

I THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY I, WE HAVE TALKED A LONG TIME, I THINK PROBABLY THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL IB. WE JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD, WE HAD COVID DELAYS THEN WE HAD THIS LONG, WE HAD THE BOND PLANNING, THEN WE'VE HAD THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING AND SO THAT WE'RE, I WOULD SAY OVERDUE.

SO WE REALLY DO NEED TO FIND A CONTINUUM FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ELEMENTARY GOING THROUGH THE IB PROGRAM AT HUFFMAN.

SO TO ME, THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

WE'VE GOT TO FIND A MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTINUUM FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE CHOICE PROGRAMS. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO STUDY AND CONSIDER.

DO WE CONSIDER SOME STEAM ACADEMIES? ARE THERE OTHER TYPE OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING ACADEMIES OR ENGINEERING ACADEMIES? THERE'S THERE'S A VARIETY OF MAGNET TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD REALLY ENHANCE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY CURRENTLY DOING IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WOULD REALLY HELP STUDENTS TO MAYBE SPARK THEIR INTEREST AT A YOUNGER AGE OR START THEIR PATH EARLY.

AND SO IF THE BOARD TAKES THIS RECORD, PROVIDES OR APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION, AND WE'RE GOING OUT FOR FURTHER STUDY IT WOULD BE OUR HOPE THAT WE WOULD EXPLORE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE AND WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.

AND HOW DO WE START TO BUILD THAT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS EARLY AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AWESOME. ONE SMALL TECHNICAL QUESTION FROM A TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THINGS.

DID WE THINK ABOUT SORT OF A MAXIMUM RIDE FOR SOMEONE? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, NO KID WILL HAVE TO GO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES OR WHATEVER.

I DON'T MIND JUMPING IN THERE, BUT I SAW I SAW DR.

WILLIAMS REACHING FOR THE BUTTON, SO.

YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS ONE AGAIN.

FILL IN IF IF I NEED TO.

I, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO MINIMIZE THE, THE RIDER TIME FOR ANY STUDENT.

I BELIEVE THAT MR. HILL BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION OR REPORT EARLIER IN THE YEAR FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION AUDIT AND THE FINDINGS OF THAT TRANSPORTATION AUDIT.

OVER TIME, WE'VE ADDED SPECIAL PROGRAMS. AND WHEN EVERY TIME WE'VE ADDED A SPECIAL PROGRAM, WE'VE ADDED BUS ROUTES TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM.

AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A FAIR BUSSING OPTION THAT NO OTHER DISTRICT THAT WE KNOW OF HAS PROVIDED, WHICH IS A GREAT SERVICE. BUT WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME AUDIT WORK TO DO WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION.

THAT BEING SAID AS THE AS OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM LOOKED AT THESE OPTIONS AS, AS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS FOR US TO CHECK INTERNALLY IS TO WHETHER THAT IS THIS A VIABLE OPTION FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO DO IS CONSIDER THEN HOW DOES THIS PLAY INTO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO WORK ON THOSE EFFICIENCIES FROM THE AUDIT, WHICH WAS THE FARE BUSTING.

ALSO LOOKING AT OUR HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION ZONES.

AND AS WE'RE SHIFTING SPECIAL PROGRAMS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE SHIFTS MINIMIZE THE TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE ON A BUS.

HOWEVER, THOUGH EVERY TIME YOU START TO RUN OUT OF CAPACITY AND YOU DO HAVE TO TRANSPORT KIDS TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE, THE CHALLENGE OF, OF THAT TIME FACTOR AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED THAT CORRECTLY.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH TRANSPORTATION.

AND THAT'S THE REAL THAT'S THE GIST THAT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD.

AND ALSO A REMINDER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THE TRANSPORTATION AUDIT THAT THAT'S GOT TO PLAY INTO THIS WORK AS WELL.

YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT GENERALLY ANSWERS THE QUESTION OF WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE.

THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S FINE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS JUST, I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WEST CLUSTER AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND DO FURTHER STUDY.

I GUESS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE SAY FURTHER STUDY? WHAT DOES THAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? BEFORE WE MAKE SORT OF A REAL RECOMMENDATION THERE.

I THINK IT GOES BACK TO SOME OF THE PRIOR QUESTIONS.

[02:30:02]

SO YOU DON'T HAVE QUITE THE, THE, THE CAPACITY FOR GROWTH LIKE YOU HAVE IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER AND THE EAST CLUSTER.

WE HAVE THE SOUTHERN QUADRANT, SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAS A HIGHER DENSITY OF STUDENT POPULATION.

WE ALSO HAVE CAPACITY IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE DISTRICT.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE STUDENTS ON A BUS FOR AN HOUR OR 45 MINUTES.

SO IT'S REALLY WHERE DO WE PROJECT GROWTH? WHERE CAN WE ADD SPECIAL PROGRAMS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS? I THINK RESEARCHING ALSO AND BRINGING BACK SOME, SOME POSSIBLE CHOICE PROGRAMS TO HELP SUPPORT.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND I, YOU KNOW, KELLY MENTIONED THIS, THAT, THAT THE COMMITTEE FELT LIKE SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO NOT HAVE MAJOR SHIFTS FROM BETWEEN EACH OF THE CLUSTERS.

AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE WE THE COMMITTEE REALLY HELD TO THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

AND SO, AND I THINK THAT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DIG INTO OTHER DATA THAT WE MAY HAVE NOT SPENT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN THESE IN THIS PHASE ONE AS FAR AS PROTOCOLS AND REALLY WITH THE CENTRAL AND THE EAST CLUSTER THERE'S SO MUCH CAPACITY AS FAR AS GROWTH.

AS FAR AS GROWTH IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WE HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND THE CENTRAL AND EAST CLUSTER THAN WE DO IN THE WEST. THANKS.

THAT'S IT. APPRECIATE IT GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, JOHNNY OR LISA OR WANDA.

I HAVE THREE, MAYBE FOUR QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU PULL UP? SLIDE 61.

WHOEVER'S GOT THE POWER.

UM KELLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT DATA AND THE ALL, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DATA.

SO THIS IS THE DATA SHEET.

IT'S 61.

IT'S THE ONE WITH THE THREE NUMBERS.

THE EAST THE IT'S THE ONE HAS CENTRAL WEST EAST.

IT'S THE VERY BOTTOM. KEEP GOING I THINK YOU PASSED IT.

THAT ONE. THAT ONE.

OKAY, SO THIS ISN'T THIS IS MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE WHOLE CLUSTER AFTER OKAY.

SO I LOOKED BACK.

SO WHEN I LOOKED AT WAS NOT APPLES TO APPLES BUT IT'S CLOSE.

IT'S APPLES AND PEARS NOT ORANGES BECAUSE SORRY I LOOKED AT EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY AT THE END OF THE CHART. OKAY.

AND THE NUMBERS THIS SAYS 78, ALMOST 79 FOR EAST.

BUT IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END IN 20, THE DATE IS 2030 OR WHATEVER IT IS, 3031.

YES. YOU'RE LOOKING AT 71, 72, ONE ELEMENTARY, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I LOOKED ACROSS IT.

THIS NUMBER IS ONLY GOING TO GO DOWN IF WE I MEAN, WE FIX THIS, BUT THIS STILL NUMBER IS STILL GOING TO GO DOWN OVER TIME.

AND IF WE LOOK AT CENTRAL 71 IS WHERE IT IS.

AND IT'S GOING TO ALSO GO DOWN.

IN FACT ONE OF THEM I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, IT GOES DOWN TO 69.

AND THEN WEST IS 83 AND IT GOES DOWN TO JUST ABOUT 8076.

BUT MARSHALL WAS VERY INTENT ABOUT SAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 80 TO 85, 80 TO 85.

AND SO THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL, THIS IS VERY, VERY HARD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY FOR CLOSINGS INTO THE FUTURE.

IS THAT AM I INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY? YOU ARE. AND AND THAT'S ONE, WELL, I WILL SAY THE BOARD WILL CALL IN ALL LIKELIHOOD FUTURE LONG RANGE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO STUDY THIS. THAT IS WHY THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE POLICY, REVERTING IT TO LOCAL CT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TONIGHT, WE'LL ASK YOU TO VOTE ON LOCAL POLICY CT THAT'S FINE.

FINANCIAL FACILITY PLANNING.

SO WE ARE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK.

THIS COMMITTEE IS THE FIRST TO LAY THAT FOUNDATIONAL WORK.

YOU GUYS ARE ESTABLISHING A POLICY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW INTO THE FUTURE, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK INTO THE FUTURE.

I WANT TO JUST ADD TO THAT.

SO I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE DOOMSDAY.

[02:35:04]

AND THIS COMMUNITY GREW AT ITS OWN RATE OVER 30 YEARS.

AND I YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, DR.

HENDRICK WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT 30 YEARS AND IN 1961, 1100 STUDENTS.

AND WHEN HE RETIRED IN 1991, IT WAS 32,000 STUDENTS.

AND EVERY YEAR THE DISTRICT WAS GROWING BY 1000 PLUS.

AND EVERY YEAR THERE WERE BUILDINGS BEING BUILT AND BOUNDARIES BEING REDRAWN TO RIGHT SIZE TO THE GROWTH.

AND NOW WE'VE GROWN OUT.

WE'VE HIT THAT PEAK ENROLLMENT.

THE THE GROWTH HAPPENS LIKE THIS.

AND THE THE DECLINE ACTUALLY IS ALMOST KIND OF IN THE REVERSE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, IT, YOU'RE NOT DECLINING IN THE SAME FASHION THAT YOU, THAT YOU GREW, WHICH, WHICH POSES SOME CHALLENGES.

AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE WE, THE BOARD THE 70 MEMBER COMMITTEE, THIS ADMINISTRATION WE'VE REALLY ARE ONE THING OR ONE GREAT OUTCOME FROM THIS PROCESS, AS HARD AS IT IS, IS THAT THERE'S NOW A ROAD MAP A GUIDE FOR FUTURE WORK.

AND IDEALLY, THAT WORK THAT'S DESCRIBED IN THAT POLICY WOULD BE THE GUIDE FOR ANY FUTURE BOND OR JUST ONGOING STUDY.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS JUST ONE PART OF THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN, JUST ONE PART.

THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS LOOKING AT LONG TERM DEBT AND LOOKING AT THAT LONG TERM DEBT WITH HERE'S OUR EXISTING FACILITIES, AND HERE'S WHEN THE COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE OF EACH OF THESE FACILITIES WILL BE END OF LIFE.

SO IDEALLY YOU CAN PLAN LONG TERM THAT BY, YOU KNOW, BY 2030 WE WILL HAVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND HAVE CAPITAL NEEDS.

HOW DOES THAT LINE UP WITH OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT.

AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN BETTER PLAN BONDS.

AND I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK THAN WHAT OCCURRED IN THE FIRST PART OF OUR HISTORY AND THE FIRST PART OF OUR HISTORY.

WE HAD GOTTEN INTO THIS CADENCE THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BOND EVERY 4 TO 5 YEARS.

NOW. WE NEED A PLAN.

THOSE BONDS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, ENROLLMENT STANDPOINT.

A AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR BUILDING STANDPOINT.

AND SO THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT IT'S DOOMSDAY OR THAT IF THIS DROPS WE NEED TO REDUCE BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IS THAT.

WE WE WE NEED TO HAVE WE NEED TO HAVE CAMPUSES STILL AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS BECAUSE IT MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE, PERHAPS TO HAVE A BUILDING AND HANG ON TO IT IN THE LOCATION WHERE IT IS AT A LOWER UTILIZATION RATE THAN IT WOULD BE TO HAVE 20 BUS ROUTES TO, YOU KNOW, TO TRANSPORT KIDS FROM A PARTICULAR AREA.

SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THAT, THAT THIS BOARD CAN CONSIDER ON A, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR CAN LOOK AT LONG TERM.

AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT'S COMPLETELY FAIR.

THAT'S NOT WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT.

OKAY. WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT IS.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A MORE AGGRESSIVE CLOSING.

THERE WAS THERE WAS CAPACITY FOR US TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT CLOSING.

WE THIS IS THIS PROPOSAL TO ME, SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE EFFICIENT.

IT IS NOT BEING OVERLY AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS STILL AREN'T GOING TO GET INTO THAT 8085.

BUT WE'RE TAKING WHAT WE'RE TAKING A BITE AT A TIME, NOT TAKING A BIG GIANT BITE THAT I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK WE'RE DOING HOW YOU SAY THIS.

WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE IN OUR PATHWAY IN THE WAY OF GETTING EFFICIENCY, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD I MEAN, I LIKE THE WAY YOU'VE SAID THAT CONSERVATIVE IN THAT THESE FOUR CAMPUSES ARE END OF LIFE.

AND IT WOULD THEY'RE AT A POINT OF REPLACEMENT, AND WHILE CONSIDERING THAT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE A LESS UTILIZATION MIGHT BE 20, 25 YEARS OLD.

RIGHT. AND THAT AND THAT'S THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, AND SO THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION.

AND, MR. TEDFORD, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME ADDRESSING IT TO YOU TO YOU.

SO ARMSTRONG IS AT 44% CAPACITY, AND YOU HAVE A FACILITY USE RATE OF 56 AND A STRUCTURAL SCORE OF 39.

OKAY, THAT'S A DATA, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE, AS A CAMPUS LEADER FOR THAT CAMPUS, GIVE US SOME COLOR INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE QUANTITATIVE PIECE OF THIS, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME QUALITATIVE.

AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE DESERVE OR WHAT ARE THEY NOT GETTING? OR CAN YOU GIVE US SOME COLOR AS TO LIKE WHAT WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? WHAT ARE THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? DO YOU HAVE A FULL FINE ARTS PROGRAM? IS YOUR ATHLETICS PROGRAM A FULL.

I MEAN, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME COLOR AS TO TO THAT PIECE OF THIS PLEASE?

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SO LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHAIR PROGRAM WHEN I GOT THERE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE FOR TWO YEARS.

SO WE INSTITUTED A CHEER SQUAD IN WHICH ALL SIX SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS COULD BE A PART OF, INSTEAD OF HAVING A TYPICAL CHEER TEAM SO WE COULD OFFER THE OPPORTUNITIES. SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE FIND WAYS TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE FACE AN INCREASING, YOU KNOW, DEFICIT BUDGET.

AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT STAFFING, YOU KNOW, STRICTLY AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE EFFICIENCY IS THERE.

IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.

YOU KNOW, OUR TEAMS DON'T ALWAYS LIKE OUR FOOTBALL TEAMS. BEFORE I GOT THERE, OUR FOOTBALL TEAMS HADN'T MADE IT TO NOVEMBER IN LIKE 2 OR 3 YEARS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS, YOU END UP WITH A UIL ELIGIBILITY ISSUE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT EXCESS BENCH THAT YOU HAVE AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

OUR FIRST YEAR, WE HAD TO COMBINE OUR A AND B TEAM TO PLAY FOR THE LAST FEW GAMES IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THE SEASON.

TYPICALLY WE DON'T PLAY THE LAST FEW WEEKS BECAUSE WE'VE FINALLY GOTTEN TO THAT POINT.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PALS PROGRAM.

THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE STRUGGLED TO TRY TO BRING BACK EACH YEAR.

BUT IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I THINK THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS NOT EVEN JUST STUDENTS, RIGHT? TEACHERS, LIKE MY TEACHERS HAVE THREE PREPS AS PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

I HAVE I MEAN, I THINK THAT THEY'RE THE BEST STAFF I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO AN ARMSTRONG KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE PREPS AND KNOWING THAT THERE ARE HIGHER NEEDS AND THAT YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO ASK MORE OF YOU EACH DAY, ARE THE ONES WHO STAY BECAUSE THEY CARE AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THERE.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IT IS HARDER.

I MEAN, TEACHING, YOU KNOW I HAD TO HAVE A HISTORY TEACHER WHO'S TEACHING SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES, WHO'S ALSO TEACHING THE THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOME ECONOMICS, BUT THE NEWER VERSION OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT KINDS.

FAMILY SCIENCE. YEAH.

AND THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME TOO, SO I'M REALLY SORRY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THREE PREPS FOR A FIRST YEAR TEACHER.

I HAVE I MEAN, I WAS MORE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE HIRES THAT I MADE LAST YEAR THAN I COULD EVEN EXPLAIN.

AND THEY WERE BRAND NEW TEACHERS WHO HAVE COMING IN THE DOOR TWO AND THREE PREPS, AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING.

THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THE AFTER SCHOOL MEETINGS AND THE EXTRA MENTORING AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE OFFER.

BUT ON TOP OF, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR THREE PREPS.

SO IT'S I FIND MYSELF AT THE CRUX OF LIKE, I HATE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

I LOVE MY SCHOOL, LIKE, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE, EVER.

BUT I KNOW MY KIDS DESERVE EVERYTHING.

AND IT JUST BECOMES MORE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING ON THE SPOT LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CARE VERY DEEPLY FOR YOUR CAMPUS, AND YOU'RE VERY MUCH PIVOTED IN CREATIVITY TO MAKE IT THE BEST FOR YOUR KIDS.

AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE HOPE, THOUGH, GOING FOR FUTURE, THAT THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE, THE RESOURCES THEY CAN HAVE A POWELL VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

MY KIDS ARE BOTH IN IT AND LOVED IT, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FILL OUT A FOOTBALL SEASON.

THEY ARE HAVING A COMPLETE BAND PROGRAM, AND THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT WERE IMPORTANT FOR US.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S BEST FOR KIDS.

AND SO YOU'RE REALLY THE FIRST PERSON THAT'S WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A COLORFUL PICTURE FOR THAT.

AND WHY THIS IS BOTH REALLY HARD, AND BUT REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS REALLY HARD WORK.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. MY THIRD QUESTION CAN CAN Y'ALL EXPOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW THAT WE'RE DIGESTING? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M AT THE DR.'S AND I'VE GOTTEN A DIAGNOSIS AND YOU FORGET THE QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK AT THE TIME YOU ADDRESS THIS, BUT I'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE READDRESSED. AND THAT IS, I'M A FIFTH GRADE PARENT, AND I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY KID FOR NEXT YEAR.

CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US NOW ABOUT THE TRANSFER PROGRAM, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE? AND AND ALSO MAYBE FROM A OPERATIONS STANDPOINT, THE CONSEQUENCES OR IMPLICATIONS, LIKE PLAY A LITTLE CHESS WITH ME WITH THE TRANSFER. WHAT IS THE LOGISTICS OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW COULD IT LOOK LIKE GOING OUT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE FIRST STAB AND THEN ANYTHING I FORGET Y'ALL CAN FILL IN.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I'M TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR FAMILIES.

JUST LIKE, WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS IS ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT.

IF THE BOARD WERE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS RECOMMENDATION WE WOULD OPEN A HAVE A VERY SHORT TRANSFER WINDOW TIME FORCE FOR FAMILIES.

AND THEN BASED ON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, WOULD THEN DETERMINE WE WOULD NEED A STUDY TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE AND WHAT WOULDN'T.

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AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, KNOWING WHAT THE, WHAT THE INTEREST WOULD BE AFTER THAT WINDOW.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO TO SAY.

YOU MAY HAVE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING IN THE SIXTH GRADE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A SEVENTH GRADE SIBLING THAT'S GOING TO AN EIGHTH GRADE.

AND IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THAT FAMILY TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO THE ONTO THEIR PROJECTED MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THEIR NEXT YEAR AND THEN MAKE MAKE THE CHANGE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

IT MAY BE A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE OR THE LAST ONE, AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE GOING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THAT FAMILY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT SHIFT.

NOW, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AGAIN, VERY COMPLEX PLAYS ANOTHER ROLE INTO THAT.

AND SO WE'RE NOT POSITIONED AT THIS TIME.

WE'VE PLANNED A BUDGET AND AROUND OUR, OUR CURRENT 72 CAMPUSES, 73 CAMPUSES.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THAT WE COULD OFFER TRANSPORTATION, IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YES, YOU CAN GO, BUT IT WOULD FALL INTO OUR OTHER TRANSFER PROCESSES WHERE A LOT OF TIMES PARENTS PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION FOR A YEAR.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, EVERY DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.

AND SO IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES, AND WE CERTAINLY WILL DO WHAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR POWER, BUT WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER CAMPUS AT A DEFICIT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.

RIGHT? SO IT'S GOING TO IT WILL HAVE TO BE A BALANCING ACT.

WE'LL HAVE TO TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT'S THE DEMAND AND WE'LL HAVE TO BRING BACK OUR INFORMATION.

SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS GUIDING PRINCIPLE AROUND THIS, REGARDING THIS SPECIFICALLY, IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE GIVEN THE CHOICES THAT THEY CAN AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDENT CENTERED IN THE DECISIONS WITH THIS, THAT YOU'RE JUST AFFIRMING THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING.

OKAY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

AND THAT IS THE WEST CLUSTER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE.

IT SEEMS LIKE LOOKING AT THE MAPS, THE WAY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THE MAPS, THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT IS FOR THE LAY PERSON TO BASIC, I MEAN, FOR MOST PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND IT.

WHAT I HEAR IS WE'RE BOTTOM HEAVY.

THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE DISTRICT IS STILL GROWING.

IT'S LOTS OF STUDENTS, WHEREAS IT'S NOT BALANCED IN THE TOP HALF.

AND HOW DO WE RECONCILE THAT IN A WAY THAT, AGAIN, IS BEST FOR KIDS, MINIMALIZES TRANSPORTATION, AND WE WILL BE MAKING PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.

WE'RE JUST NOT READY TO MAKE THOSE OR ANNOUNCE WHAT THOSE ARE NOW.

THOSE WILL BE WHAT WE LOOK AT THE STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF, AND WE WILL GET REVISITED BY DECEMBER OF 24.

IS THAT A GOOD WAY OF SUMMARIZING THAT? BETTER FIX IT.

WHAT DID I NOT GET RIGHT? WELL, I GUESS THAT I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD SUMMARY.

WE I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BECAUSE WE'VE REALLY STAYED WITH WITHIN THE WEST CLUSTER.

WE WEREN'T LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, CAN KIDS MOVE OVER HERE OR OVER THERE? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD, WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE BOUNDARY SHIFTS, OR MAYBE THERE'S SLIGHT, I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY. WE THIS IS WHERE WE NEED SOME TIME, SO I DON'T I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THIS.

NO ONE IS SAYING THAT WE'RE DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN WITH CONCENTRATION OF OUR STUDENT, OUR GROWTH, AND KNOWING THAT WE ALREADY ARE WORKING WITHIN A CLUSTER THAT HAS LESS ROOM THAN THE OTHER TWO BECAUSE IT'S SITTING AT 83% CORRECT.

AND THAT'S WHY. YEAH.

AND I THINK TO ADD TO THE COMPLEXITIES, THE TRANSFER, THE PROGRAMMATIC TRANSFER NUMBERS WERE VERY DIFFICULT TO UNRAVEL WHEN YOU START.

I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THEM TODAY, BUT WHEN YOU START TRYING TO PREDICT PROGRAMMATIC TRANSFERS FARTHER OUT, AND THE DEMOGRAPHERS WARNED US ABOUT THE FUZZINESS AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO REALLY GO TEN YEARS.

SO TEN YEARS FROM NOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU THE BOARD COULD BE HAVING A VERY DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

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BUT YES, YOU'VE GOT DENSITY.

YOU'VE GOT LESS CAPACITY, LESS PLACES TO MOVE AND AND GROW.

AND IT JUST WAS A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED PROBLEM THAN, THAN WE WERE ABLE TO SOLVE.

AND I DO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, AND KELLY MENTIONED IT EARLIER WHEN SHE WAS GOING THROUGH HER PORTION OF THE WEST CLUSTER.

IT WASN'T FOR LACK OF EFFORT, BECAUSE I WILL SAY WE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO RUN THE SAME PROTOCOLS.

WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE CAMPUSES IN THE WEST LIKE WE DID EVERY OTHER CAMPUS.

AND WE WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE'D HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK.

AND THEN DR.

WILLIAMS OR SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, WELL, IS THAT REALLY DOES THAT REALLY BENEFIT STUDENTS? WE NEED TO GO BACKWARDS TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

I MEAN, WE COULD WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT LOOK PRETTIER, BUT WE BASICALLY WERE NOT FIXING THE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

AND SO THAT'S WHY AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AND MULTIPLE OPTIONS, WE FELT LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, WE WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO A MUCH DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I HEARD KELLY SAY, I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, IS WE COULD YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION TO US NOW.

BUT THE REALITY IS YOU MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND THAT'S DISRUPTING FAMILIES TWICE.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THIS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL FAMILIES.

SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT, A LITTLE LIGHT BULB WENT OFF FOR ME.

SO I APPRECIATE THOSE SPECIFIC WORDS BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, NOT BE RIGHT TODAY.

AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE RIGHT TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO DELAY THAT DECISION.

SO THANK YOU I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.

AND IT BOILED DOWN TO AND KELLY SAID IT.

WELL I MEAN WE WE COULD SIT AND HAVE THIS PERFECTLY BALANCED MAP WHERE EVERYBODY'S SITTING AT EIGHT BETWEEN 81 AND 83%.

BUT THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AVERAGING, YOU KNOW, 750 STUDENT GROWTH THAT AND POTENTIALLY IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHERE IT'S IMBALANCED AGAIN.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO MOVE FAMILIES POTENTIALLY.

YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST PRETEND THAT THEY'RE IN FIRST GRADE NOW.

AND THEN THEY GO TO A NEW SCHOOL AND SECOND GRADE.

AND THEN BY FOURTH GRADE, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST REALLY NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR KIDS.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO STUDY THIS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND AND BRING SOMETHING BETTER THAT'S, THAT'S VIABLE.

AND, AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WEST CLUSTER, SO I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, TARRAH, BUT I BROUGHT SOME BOOKS WITH ME TODAY, AND ONE OF THEM IS MY YEARBOOK, FROM CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I TAGGED A COUPLE PAGES IN HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ONE IS ME RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT ROW ON THE MATH COUNTS TEAM, AND THE SECOND IS ME RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK ROW ON THE FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS TEAM.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE IRONY OF THOSE THINGS.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

SO I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS I WANT TO WANT TO ASK.

AND THEN AND, AND I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WEST CLUSTER.

SO I'LL TRY AND GET MY QUESTIONS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST.

THE FIRST IS DAVIS HOUSES A PLANO REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AS MARSHALL ALLUDED TO.

AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY A BILINGUAL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A TON OF STAFF THAT SIGN.

THEIR CLASSROOM NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF HAVING MORE CLASSROOM SPACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT WHO HAS HAD TO MAKE MY HOME DEAF ACCESSIBLE FOR MY CHILD, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH FIRE ALARMS, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH DOORBELLS, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH HOW DOES MY SON WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND NOT THAT THAT'S A SCHOOL ISSUE, BUT THE FIRE ALARM DEFINITELY IS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HARRINGTON, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IS A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER CAMPUS, RIGHT? THE CAPACITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN DAVIS.

AND IT'S GOT SOME REALLY INTERESTING FEATURES AND PROPERTIES.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE MAYBE THIS IS A LISA QUESTION FOR YOU TO UNPACK THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR ME IN TERMS OF KEEPING OUR SPECIALIZED STAFF WITH THOSE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSROOM NEEDS AND HOW HARRINGTON SERVES THOSE NEEDS AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL ACCESSIBILITY CHANGES THAT THAT CAMPUS MAY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSITIONING THAT PROGRAM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE IN A BETTER FACILITY THAN THE ONE THAT THEY LEFT. IF WE'RE DISRUPTING THAT, THAT KEY PROGRAM.

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WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM MOVING OVER, INCLUDING THE STAFF AND THE SUPPORT STAFF.

BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE ARE SOME FACILITY THINGS.

THERE ARE SOME PANELS ON SOME WALLS.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DO WITH EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE'LL NEED TO WALK THAT SPACE WITH STAFF AT HARRINGTON TO SEE WHERE EXACTLY THAT PROGRAM WILL FIT MOST EFFECTIVELY WITHIN THAT CAMPUS.

THERE ARE THINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SIGNS FROM THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WATCHING OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THERE ARE DEAF CHILDREN THAT MAY BE PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO ALL OF THOSE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, WE CERTAINLY HAVE NOT WALKED DOWN THE PATH TO MAKE A FULL BLOWN PLAN, BECAUSE THIS BOARD HASN'T EVEN APPROVED THAT YET.

SO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

BUT WE DO BELIEVE YOU KNOW, HARRINGTON IS A PHENOMENAL CAMPUS WITH A PHENOMENAL STAFF.

AND WE WE KNOW THAT OUR RDSPD PROGRAM IS AMAZING AND WILL BE WELCOMED THERE.

WE LOVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR FEEDER PATTERN BETWEEN HAGGARD AND VINES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S ALREADY HOME TO THEM.

AND SO WE WE AGAIN, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE YEAR, BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THAT TRANSITION.

SO THIS GETS TO ANOTHER POINT/QUESTION I HAVE, WHICH IS WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY COMMITTEES AND AND PRESERVING THE LEGACIES OF THESE SCHOOLS.

I'M CURIOUS IF YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT TRANSITION COMMITTEES OF, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS STAFF AND CAMPUS PARENTS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE MORE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVING THE PARENTS OF OUR DEAF STUDENTS AND SOME OF THESE TRANSITIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'LL BE PART OF ALL THE PLANNING AS WE MOVE THROUGH.

OKAY. FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE LOOK AT.

OKAY. SO I SAID I HAD SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WEST CLUSTER, AND THIS MIGHT TAKE ME A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH.

SO I'LL JUST APOLOGIZE TO Y'ALL IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A RATHER LENGTHY DISCUSSION HERE.

BUT THE SECOND BOOK I BROUGHT WITH ME TODAY IS THIS THIS BOOK I GOT WHEN I WAS ELECTED AND IT IS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE.

AND THIS WAS WRITTEN AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, AND IF YOU THREE DIDN'T GET ONE OF THESE WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED, LIKE Y'ALL SHOULD ASK, IT'S GOOD.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS AND YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.

ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS I'M HAVING ANXIETY ABOUT IN THIS PLAN IS THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CENTRAL, EAST AND WEST CLUSTERS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT HISTORICALLY, IN 1976, WE HAD ONE CLUSTER, RIGHT? AND MARSHALL SHAKING HIS HEAD BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR WE HAD PLANO SENIOR HIGH, RIGHT.

AND WE ADDED PLANO EAST IN 1981, AND WE ADDED PLANO WEST IN 1999.

AND SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT SORT OF IN THESE THREE AREAS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR DISTRICT IS THAT WE'RE NOT SINGLE MEMBER TRUSTEES.

WE ARE ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL IN THIS CASE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, YOU MAY WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOUR DISTRICT OR YOUR CLUSTER.

YOU MAY WANT THINGS FOR YOUR FOLKS.

YOU WANT FAIRNESS IN ALL OF THIS SITUATION.

AND AS AT LARGE TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT GAVE ME A REAL MOMENT OF PAUSE AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM TO ANYBODY. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOME THINGS.

IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE DISCUSSION OF THIS EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION.

AND PROGRAMMATIC TRANSFERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LACK OF EMPHASIS ON THE THE ALREADY DISPARATE NATURE IN WEST CLUSTER ENROLLMENT AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING GROWN UP ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75 AND MY HUSBAND HAVING GROWN UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF 75 AND UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, I'M WORRIED THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WEALTHY FAMILIES ON THE WEST SIDE DIDN'T GET THEIR SCHOOLS CLOSED, AND THAT WAS NOT THE SAME FOR OUR OTHER FAMILIES.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME DATA, AND EVERYTHING I'M TALKING ABOUT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS.

SO I, I KIND OF WANT TO JUST POINT OUT SOME THINGS IN THE DATA TO GET AT THIS ISSUE.

SO THERE'S ONLY ONE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER AND IN THE EAST CLUSTER THAT ARE ABOVE 90% CAPACITY. THOSE ARE WELLS AND MENDENHALL CURRENTLY, AND THE WEST CLUSTER, FIVE OF OUR 14 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO OF OUR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE ABOVE 90%

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AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT SIZE CAMPUSES BASED ON WHEN THOSE CAMPUSES WERE BUILT.

AND SO WELLS, WHICH FOR EXAMPLE, IS AT 95% CAPACITY OR 95% CAPACITY ONLY HAS A CAPACITY OF 522.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS, THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY LARGE DIFFERENCES IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

THE FIRST IS THAT THE AVERAGE CAMPUS ENROLLMENT IN THE WEST CLUSTER FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE EITHER THAN THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS.

THE AVERAGE CAMPUS CAPACITY IN THE WEST CLUSTER IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS.

THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCES ZONED INTO EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE WEST CLUSTER IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS, AND SO THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS, THEIR ELEMENTARY ZONES, DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME CAPACITY TO DRAW THE SAME NUMBER OF KIDS INTO THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT A LITTLE BIT SHORTLY.

WE HAVE MORE KIDS IN 14 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE WEST CLUSTER THAN WE HAVE IN 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS FOLKS ARE GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AND FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPACITIES RANGE FROM 481 TO 906.

AND WHEN YOU HACK SOME ANALYSIS TOGETHER, THAT ONLY DEPENDS ON CAPACITY, YOU'RE NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CAMPUSES, NOT ONLY AT HIGH CAPACITY BUT AT HIGH ENROLLMENT, AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER. I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THIS PLAN FOR EAST AND CENTRAL CLUSTERS ARE NOT PUSHING ANY NEW SCHOOL ABOVE 90%. THE PLAN IS DECREASING THE PERCENT OF CAPACITY AT MENDENHALL BELOW 90%, AND IT'S LEAVING THE CAPACITY AT WELLS THE SAME.

HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO EVEN CLOSE ONE SCHOOL, ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE WEST CLUSTER, WE WOULD BE PUSHING TWO MORE SCHOOLS IN THAT CLUSTER UP TO 87 AND 89% TO CAPACITY AND POTENTIALLY OVER 90.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHAT I'M WORRIED THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SEE AS UNFAIRNESS OF MAKING CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER AND IN THE EAST CLUSTER AND NOT THE WEST CLUSTER.

PLEASE DIG INTO THE DATA AND PLEASE REALLY, REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE ON THE FACE.

BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL PREJUDICES ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE LIVE IN, WHAT PART OF TOWN IN THIS TOWN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TALK, BUT THE DATA DO NOT SUPPORT THAT.

ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I'M BEING VERY LONG WINDED.

ARMSTRONG AND FORMAN ARE GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN ALSO.

AND THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR FACILITY SCORE.

THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR KIDS.

THE REASON IS BECAUSE ARMSTRONG AND FORMAN ARE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE ESSENTIALLY THE THE PLAN YOU'RE PROPOSING PULLS TWO SCHOOLS OUT OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO THIS PROMPTED ME TO GO BACK AND MAKE SOME GRAPHS.

IN TERMS OF WHEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF PLANO.

AND AGAIN, VERY HELPFUL REFERENCE IF YOU CAN GET A COPY.

BUT THIS DATA AGAIN, I THINK THE AGE OF OUR SCHOOLS IS ON OUR WEBSITE, CENTRAL CLUSTER.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 YEARS OLD.

THE WEST CLUSTER, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 40 YEARS OLD.

THE EAST CLUSTER IS BIFURCATED.

OKAY. WE HAVE A SET OF SCHOOLS ABOVE 40.

A LOT OF THOSE HAVE BEEN RENOVATED.

RIGHT. YOU'RE TALKING BOWMAN, YOU'RE TALKING WILLIAMS. YOU'RE TALKING THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN RENOVATED, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE ACTUALLY UNDER 25 YEARS OLD IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

AND THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN BUILT AS NEW SCHOOLS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MURPHY AND MCMILLAN AND BOGGESS AND SHELL AND STINSON OR THEY HAVE BEEN SOME OF OUR ORIGINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN REBUILT, INCLUDING MENDENHALL, MEMORIALS AND MEADOWS.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE SCHOOLS, 18 OUT OF THE 18 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OPENED IN PLANO ISD SINCE THE YEAR 2000, 13 WERE EITHER BUILT OR REBUILT IN THE EAST CLUSTER AND SO AS I WAS LOOKING AT THIS AND THINKING ABOUT

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SO THAT'S SOME OF THE DATA THAT AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

YOU CAN GO HAVE A LOOK AT IT, MAKE YOUR OWN GRAPHS.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE IN THIS.

AND I WOULD REALLY ASK THE COMMUNITY WE SAW SOME JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS, SOME FOLKS JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE MEDIA, BASED ON CAPACITY SCORES ALONE, WE SAW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS IN TERMS OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CLUSTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUMPING TO WRONG CONCLUSIONS.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD ASK OF THE COMMUNITY IS GO TO OUR WEBSITE, LOOK AT OUR DATA, ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM, WHETHER IT'S OF YOUR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, WHETHER IT'S OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S OF US.

AND I PROMISE I'M GETTING TO A CONCLUSION HERE.

JOHN, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.

THAT. YOU HAVE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE STAFF.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT INCLUDES YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM.

I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD LEAVE THEM OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILIES AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT NONE OF THIS WORK IS A REFLECTION ON AND ESSENTIALLY REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, THAT NONE OF THIS WORK IS A REFLECTION ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR STAFF, THE QUALITY OF YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE QUALITY OF ANY OF THESE PRINCIPALS LEADERSHIPS THAT IT REALLY IT IS.

THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY, REALLY, REALLY VALUE, AND SO TO THAT END, I'M A, CURIOUS HOW THE STAFF ARE BEING INFORMED AND B, CURIOUS TO KNOW ARE WE, GOING TO SEE SOME PROPOSALS COME FORWARD TO RETAIN SOME OF THAT VALUABLE STAFF BEYOND SAYING, HEY, PLEASE STICK WITH US.

ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THIS IS A WE'VE SAID IT ALL ALONG.

KIDS, STAFF, OUR STAFF ARE OUR GREATEST RESOURCE, AND WE HAVE AMAZING TEACHERS.

I THINK WE HEARD THE OUTCOMES OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS TODAY AND OUR RECOGNITIONS.

AND SO YOU KNOW, PART OF PART AGAIN, YOU WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD AT ALL THE WHAT IFS, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TODAY TO ROLL OUT TO YOU, BUT THE WHAT IFS, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS PLAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT STEPS DO WE NEED TO TAKE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE, AND ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF? IF OUR STAFF IS HAVING TO MOVE, THEN YOU CAN BET WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE WITH, WITH BOXING, MOVING, STORING ADDITIONAL TIME.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL AS HOW DO WE RETAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS NOT GOING ELSEWHERE? WE WE LOVE OUR TEACHERS, WE LOVE OUR STAFF, AND WE WANT TO KEEP EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND WERE THEY WERE THEY TOLD TODAY OR WHEN ARE THEY.

YES, YES.

YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY THEY RECEIVED THE SAME LETTER THAT THAT DR.

FREEMAN MENTIONED. IT WASN'T THE SAME.

IT WAS FOR STAFF SPECIFICALLY.

BUT THE LETTER THAT DR.

FREEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WENT OUT TO FAMILIES OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES THIS EVENING, STAFF AT THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER INFORMING THEM OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE MADE TONIGHT.

AND Y'ALL DID LISTENING ROUNDS WITH THE STAFF PRIOR TO TONIGHT.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE SOME OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME LISTENING OF THE STAFF THE NEXT DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS? MANY OF US WILL BE OUT AT THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES TOMORROW.

OKAY. AWESOME.

DR., CAN I JUST ADD I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

SO AT A CERTAIN POINT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CLEAR THAT THE PROTECTING THE STAFF HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, NOT PROTECTING, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE THOUGHT OF THE ENTIRE WAY.

THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE PROCESS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM TOMORROW.

AND, I MEAN, THAT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE.

AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A CONSIDERATION THE WHOLE TIME.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE THE BEST APS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO SINCE YOU THREW THAT OUT THERE, I DIDN'T WANT TO LET IT HANG.

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OKAY, ONE LAST THING. AND THEN I WILL STOP TALKING.

NANCY'S LOOKING AT ME NERVOUSLY.

OKAY. TEN MINUTES AGO.

SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A NOTE OF THANKS IN SOME CONTEXT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE.

ALSO, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PRINCIPALS, SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO GREW UP HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF OUR CHAMBER.

AND SO AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS FROM TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE FOLKS FROM BILINGUAL. WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE FOLKS.

WE HAD SOMEONE FROM COLLIN COLLEGE.

WE HAVE FINE ARTS REPRESENTED, WE HAVE ATHLETICS REPRESENTED.

WE HAVE SORT OF A SWATH ACROSS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY REPRESENTED, INCLUDING ABOUT EIGHT OF Y'ALL THAT I LABELED THAT I KNOW ARE VERY ACTIVE IN PTA.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT JOHN BEING THE PRINCIPAL AT ARMSTRONG AND DOING THIS WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO TO MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS ON HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, TOM KIMBROUGH, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS HAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST INSTITUTIONAL MEMORIES OF THE CITY OF PLANO AND IS SO DEEPLY INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY WORK FOR HIM OR SOMEONE LIKE JAMES THOMAS, WHO THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER JAMES'S FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. FATHER, GRANDFATHER.

OKAY. YEAH.

I MEAN, THERE'S LIKE SEVERAL JAMES THOMAS'S IN THERE.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST SUCH A LEGACY FAMILY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEACHERS FROM SEVERAL OF THESE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING JOHN, AND WE HAVE ANNE, WHO'S A TEAM LEADER AT CARPENTER, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PTA MOMS. ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES IS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO APPOINTED HIM.

IT WASN'T ME. BUT YOU KNOW, IT STRIKES ME NOT ONLY THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMITTEE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, BUT I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE STAFF, THAT YOUR COLLEAGUES APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE LIFT AND A HUGE EFFORT.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SAID NO.

YOU COULD HAVE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE BLAMED BY MY PEERS FOR CLOSING OUR SCHOOL.

I DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS.

AND INSTEAD, YOU CHOSE TO ACCEPT A SEAT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL AND REPRESENT YOUR COLLEAGUES.

AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFF ARE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONED FAIRLY AND APPROPRIATELY, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN THE BEST CARE AND CONSIDERATION THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND SO JUST JUST A NOTE AS YOU AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE FOLKS ON THIS COMMITTEE AND IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM PERSONALLY TO THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE THANK THEM.

THIS WAS A LOT OF EVENINGS.

THIS WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

AND THIS WAS A LOT OF EMOTION AND A REALLY BIG NOTEBOOK FULL OF DATA.

LAUREN, I WANT TO ALSO ADD PTA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PTA LEADERS THAT ARE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

SO YEAH. AND SHE SAID, I SAID THAT LIKE YUKI, NANCY, KELLY, THOMAS, THESE ARE PEOPLE I JUST KNOW PERSONALLY.

CASSIE ROSS CORNELL.

YEAH A LOT OF PTA FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO ALSO ADD THAT WHEN I APPOINTED, I THOUGHT CAREFULLY AND I ADDED TEACHERS TO THE COMMITTEE.

SO I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE A WEST SIDE TEACHER AND AN EAST SIDE TEACHER.

AND OKAY.

I HAVE SO MANY NOTES, SO MANY THOUGHTS, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND THE THE BRIGHTER SIDE TO THIS BECAUSE THAT TO ME WAS WHAT I SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IS THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

RIGHT WHEN WEST OPENED, KIDS HAD TO CHOOSE, AM I GOING TO GO TO SENIOR HIGH OR AM I GOING TO GO TO WEST? I BET IT HAPPENED BACK IN THE LATE 70S, EARLY 80S WHEN EAST OPENED IN 81.

ARE THEY GOING TO STAY WITH SENIOR HIGH OR ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO THE NEW SCHOOL? I MEAN, IT'S SO WEIRD. YOU WALK INTO SENIOR HIGH AND THE CEILINGS ARE LOW AND EAST, THEY'RE HIGHER.

AND THOSE FIVE YEARS LIKE THE BUILDINGS STYLES JUST CHANGED.

SO OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE CAN ACCEPT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.

AND WE'VE HAD THOSE TRANSFERS AS NEW SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED, FAMILIES HAVE HAD TO MAKE THESE CHOICES.

SO TO THINK ABOUT THE FAIRNESS ISSUE, PART OF ME LAUGHED BECAUSE AS AN EAST SIDE MOM, I'M LIKE, WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE EAST SIDE, BECAUSE IN THE WEST SIDE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD ON.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE.

AND SORRY, KELLY, I KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE.

WE KNOW EXACTLY BECAUSE THE EAST, THE EAST SIDE AND THE CENTRAL CLUSTERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE STABLE IN THE NUMBERS AND IN THE DATA.

AND LIKE WHAT LAUREN POINTED OUT, THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUSES.

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SO THIS IS THAT'S AN AREA THAT ALREADY HAS A LOT OF CHANGE.

SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE HARDER FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE HOMES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE.

AND EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES HAS A PTA, WHICH IS AN ESTABLISHED 501C3.

IT'S A BUSINESS. IT'S A NONPROFIT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT CAMPUS THAT RAISES FUNDS TO HELP.

IT'S THE SAME MISSION AS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BASICALLY.

AND SO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THOSE PTAS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT.

THEY HAVE TO DO THAT THEMSELVES.

AND SO THEIR MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY'VE RAISED OVER THESE YEARS AND HOW TO CLEAR OUT THOSE BANK ACCOUNTS, OR ELSE THAT MONEY JUST GOES TO TEXAS PTA.

BUT THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD THAT LEGACY OF BEING ON THAT CAMPUS, THEY GET TO DECIDE HOW THAT MONEY GETS SPENT.

AND SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CELEBRATIONS LIKE THE LAST YEAR AT ARMSTRONG AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND HOW THOSE KIDS SHOULD BE PROUD THAT THEY GET TO BE THAT LAST CLASS AT THAT SCHOOL.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US TO HELP TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP MAKE THAT A MORE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, BECAUSE WHAT I FEAR IS THAT PARENTS ARE GOING TO HEAR THIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRANSFER THEIR KIDS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO THEN TO ME, I'M LIKE, WHAT DOES ARMSTRONG LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR? WHAT DOES CARPENTER LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES DAVIS AND FORMAN LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR? AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

YOU HAVE COMPASSION FOR YOUR SCHOOL, FOR YOUR KIDS, FOR YOUR STAFF, AND I WANT TO SEE IT IN STRONG.

I WANT TO SEE THOSE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE KIDS.

WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

LIKE THIS IS THE REALITY OF PLANO WHERE WE'RE AT.

I HAVE LIKE I SAID, I'VE GOT NOTES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS THOSE CAMPUSES NEXT YEAR ARE IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE LEGACY COMMITTEES COME UP WITH TO BRING THAT BRIGHTER SIDE TO THIS. AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER WORRIES ABOUT THAT FROM A STAFF OR STUDENT? LIKE POSSIBLY LEAVING THE CAMPUSES.

LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF THE IS THERE A THRESHOLD AT WHICH IF A CAMPUS IS NO LONGER OPERABLE.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK WE NEED THE YEAR.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS VERY CAREFULLY LOOKING AT, AT DATA.

AND SO AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, STEP BY STEP BY STEP.

SO. IF THE BOARD MAKES APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION, THEN OPENING A WINDOW FOR FAMILIES TO TELL US, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

I MEAN, WE WOULD NEED TO EVALUATE THAT DATA.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE PLANNED OUR BUDGETS, OUR STAFFING, OUR BUS ROUTES AND EVERYTHING WITH A 25, 26 IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE FACTORS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE FACTOR.

IT'S IT'S AGAIN, VERY COMPLEX.

AND SO TO SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT WOULD BE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FAIR.

I THINK THERE, YOU KNOW, CABINET WE, WE SAT AND HAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE ALL THE PROS AND WHAT ARE ALL THE CONS.

AND THERE ARE THINGS FROM TEAMS, TEAMS REPORTING TO THE STATE YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSING OR PROPER CLOSING OF PTAS. I THINK FAMILIES AND STAFF, I THINK HAVING A LEGACY COMMITTEE AN A WAY TO CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE THAT CAMPUS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVING STRONG CLOSURE.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, EXISTING BUDGETS.

I MEAN, THERE ARE JUST.

LITERALLY, I THINK 100.

FACTORS, IF NOT MORE, THAT REALLY PLAY INTO THIS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT'S LIKE A FEW MORE DAYS AND WE'RE OUT OF SCHOOL AND TEACHERS COME BACK, YOU KNOW, VERY BEGINNING OF AUGUST.

AND SO WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TIME AND YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE SET A LOT MEASURE TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES BEFORE YOU CUT. AND SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE CAUTIOUS AND MOVE SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY THAN TO JUST LIKE HURRY UP AND TRY TO DO

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SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

LIKE WHEN I, I THINK YOU USED A WORD THAT IS SO STRONG AND THAT'S COMMEMORATE.

AND SO FOR ME, IT'S HARD BECAUSE DAVIS IS ONE OF THOSE PTAS THAT I HELPED A FEW YEARS AGO AS THEY WERE STRUGGLING AND REBUILDING.

AND SO THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG PTA RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT, WOW, THEY'VE GOT ONE MORE YEAR LEFT ON THAT CAMPUS, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THEM TO SEE WHERE THEY GO AND TO BRING THEIR TALENTS AS PARENTS.

AND I MEAN, IT COULD BE, YEAH, THEY COULD MAKE OTHER CAMPUSES BETTER AND STRONGER AND BUILD COMMUNITY AT THOSE PLACES.

SO WHEN I SAY I'M LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE I'M ALSO SITTING IN THAT FEELING THAT EVERYBODY IS HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT HEARD THIS NEWS TONIGHT IS FEELING CAN I ADD ONE? SO MY ONLY WORRY THAT I STILL HAVE AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE BOARD, IS THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE ADOPTION OF WHATEVER THE DECISION IS BECAUSE AS DR.

WILLIAMS JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS ARE GONE AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.

THIS IS THE MEETING THEY GET TO SEE BEFORE THEY LEAVE.

AND SO WHATEVER THE FINAL DECISION IS, THE LONGER THAT LAG, THE HARDER YOU KNOW, THE HARDER IT IS TO MAINTAIN STAFF INTEGRITY, THE HARDER IT IS TO MAINTAIN STUDENT INTEGRITY.

SO NOT TO PUT PRESSURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THAT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION OKAY.

QUESTION. SO MY QUESTION IS WE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, THE FINANCIAL REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS GOING TO BE ACADEMIC LEARNING BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE LEARNING.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN, WHEN, WHATEVER HOWEVER WE VOTE OR HOWEVER WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE ALSO FOCUS MAINLY FOCUS ALSO ON OUR STUDENTS ACADEMIC LEARNING. THAT'S WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL BENEFITING FROM, FROM FOR OUR FINANCIAL REASONING.

SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THESE STUDENTS FROM THE CLOSING CAMPUSES WOULD IN SLIDE NUMBER 59, IT SAYS THEY WOULD HAVE HIGHER QUALITY FACILITY AND HAVE IMPROVED LEARNING CONDITIONS.

I MEAN, HOW WOULD THAT LOOK? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THE THING IS THAT WE KNOW FROM STUDIES THAT SMALL CLASS SIZES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL CHILDREN, AND WE KNOW THAT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FROM A SMALLER ENVIRONMENT IN UNDER-ENROLLED FACILITY TO ANOTHER FACILITY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ENROLLED WITH MORE ENROLLED STUDENTS POPULATION.

HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THEIR THEIR ACADEMIC LEARNING IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED? SO I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY HAVE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THIS TO ADD.

I'LL FIRST START THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WE HAVE A CAP. SO WHETHER YOU'RE AT A EXISTING CAMPUS THE RATIO IS STILL 1 TO 22.

OR IF YOU'RE AT A NEWER FACILITY, IT'S STILL 1 TO 22.

SO THE CLASS SIZE REALLY ISN'T AN IMPACT.

THE LEARNING CONDITIONS AND AN IMPROVED LEARNING CONDITION IS THAT YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY BE GOING TO A RENOVATED OR A NEWER CAMPUS SO THAT THAT'S ONE ELEMENT.

AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, I THINK JOHN REALLY DID A GREAT JOB OF DESCRIBING THE CHALLENGES WHEN YOU HAVE LESS STUDENTS, YET YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO ALLOW STUDENTS THE FULL FLEDGE OF COURSE, OFFERINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AT A LARGER CAMPUS.

IT REALLY IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENT REQUESTS, SOMETIMES TEACHERS ARE NEEDING TO TEACH TWO, THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WHEN YOU'RE AT A LARGER CAMPUS OF THE CLASSES ARE MIGHT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT FULLER, BUT NOT BY MUCH.

BUT YOU'RE THE THE LOAD ON A TEACHER IS PROBABLY LESS.

WHEN YOU HAVE SPORTS TEAMS, CHOIR TEAMS, YOU HAVE BETTER ACCESS BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING, AND THEN THERE'S EXTRA COURSES AND, AND THAT ARE OFFERED AT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE SMALLER CAMPUSES ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER LIKE PALS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE BOTH OF THOSE WOULD PROVIDE BETTER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND BETTER LEARNING CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION HAS POINTED OUT TO US EARLIER THIS YEAR IS IN TALKING TO PRINCIPALS ON CAMPUSES WITH VERY SMALL STAFF, THERE MAY BE ONLY 1 OR 2 IN A GRADE LEVEL VERSUS 3 OR 4 PROFESSIONALS TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER

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AND SO IT JUST IT HELPS IMPROVE THAT PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY FOR THEM AS TEACHERS AS WELL.

AND I KNOW AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL THEN ADD THE LAYER OF HAVING MULTIPLE TEAMS WITH WHOM TO MEET AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

SO JUST JUST TO ADD TO THAT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD TO GO TO THIS COMING YEAR, WE HAVE TO GO TO AN ELA TEAM INSTEAD OF A SIXTH GRADE PLC, A SEVENTH GRADE PLC.

BECAUSE THERE'S JUST I MEAN, THERE'S 4 OR 5 TEACHERS.

AM I GOING TO HAVE THEM MEET TWO DAYS HERE AND TWO DAYS HERE, OR AM I GOING TO HAVE THEM MEET TOGETHER AS A WHOLE TEAM? AND THEN NOT ONLY IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SMALLER DOESN'T MEAN THE CLASSES ARE SMALLER.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY ALGEBRA CLASS IS AT 31 STUDENTS BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE ONE.

AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTED BY THE FACT, THE SPECIALTY OF IT, AND THE FACT THAT I CAN'T OFFER AS MANY.

SO IT MAKES THE TEACHERS A BETTER EXPERT OF THEIR CONTENT, AND THEN IT ALSO GUARANTEES A BETTER DISTRIBUTION.

IT ALSO MEANS THAT KIDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET THEIR ELECTIVES, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE IN A SINGLETON, WHICH IS WHAT, A LIKE A MASTER SCHEDULING, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE ALGEBRA CLASS THAT'S A SINGLETON, YOU HAVE EIGHT PERIODS.

THE ODDS OF THEM GETTING THE OTHER SEVEN CLASSES THEY SELECTED, IF THEY HAVE TO BE IN THAT ONE, BECOME LESS.

WHICH MEANS THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE NOT ONLY THE MORE OPTIONS, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY'LL GET THOSE OPTIONS.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO ADD, AND THIS GOES TO WHAT JOHN SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE MULTIPLE PREPS.

WE HEAR TOO, ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOP TWO THINGS WE HEAR FROM TEACHERS IN TERMS OF RETENTION.

AND THIS IS TRUE IN IN STATEWIDE, NOT JUST IN PLANO, BUT WE HEAR IT IN PLANO TOO IS ABOUT TIME.

RIGHT. AND SO AND THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR TOO, THAT THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN STUDENT SUCCESS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO TEACHERS WHO HAVE MORE TIME TO BE BETTER PREPARED, RESULT IN BETTER STUDENT LEARNING.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THIS AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND I GUESS I'LL THROW MY $0.02 IN THERE TOO, SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GIVEN THEIR OPINIONS.

BUT I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS WE GET WE GET FUNDING BASED ON SO MUCH MONEY PER STUDENT, RIGHT? THE STUDENTS ARE STILL GOING TO BE HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN FEWER FACILITIES.

RIGHT. SO YOU'VE GOT A FINITE NUMBER OF RESOURCES.

THOSE FINITE NUMBER OF RESOURCES ARE GOING OVER 73 CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW IN 25-26.

THAT FINITE NUMBER OF X NUMBER OF DOLLARS WILL BE GOING INTO 69 CAMPUSES.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ABLE TO SPREAD A FINITE NUMBER OF RESOURCES IN A SMALLER NUMBER OF CAMPUSES.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT MEANS THOSE CAMPUSES WILL RECEIVE A GREATER NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAN THEY DID BEFORE.

IF I COULD MAYBE SAY SOMETHING FROM FROM A COMMUNITY PERSON LIKE DR.

TYRA. YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN PLANO STARTED THE FIRST GRADE IN 1970.

I WENT TO SEVEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BEFORE I GRADUATED, AND ONLY MOVED ONE TIME BECAUSE I WAS A PART OF THE POPULATION BOOM.

AND PLANO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DISTRICT OF EXCELLENCE.

AND WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OR BEING WORRIED ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF KIDS AND LEARNING AND ALL OF THAT, ONE THING THAT IN MY OPINION, THAT'S MADE PLANO GREAT IS WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOLS FULL OF A LOT OF GOOD TEACHERS.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS FULL OF A LOT OF GREAT EDUCATORS.

AND IN MY OPINION, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TEACHER AND AN EDUCATOR.

THIS MAN HAS A LOT OF EDUCATORS OVER THERE, AND WHATEVER SCHOOL IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO ABSORB THESE TEACHERS. JERRY CHAMBERS WAS AN EDUCATOR, NOT A TEACHER.

PLANO, THESE KIDS WILL BE JUST FINE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, OR AT THE END OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY WILL BE COLLEGE READY.

SO I WOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THESE KIDS BEING EDUCATED PROPERLY.

THEY WILL BE, AND THEY WILL BE FAR MORE PREPARED THAN A LOT OF KIDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND OUR STATE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO GROW UP HERE.

I'M HAPPY TO BE EDUCATED HERE.

MY KIDS, MY WIFE.

WE'RE ALL PRODUCTS OF PISD, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE GETTING A PISD EDUCATION AND IT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU CAN TAKE A TEACHER FROM FORMAN AND PUT THEM AT MENDENHALL AND MENDENHALL AT WILSON AND WILSON AT WEATHERFORD AND WEATHERFORD.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL GETTING A PISD EDUCATION FROM TEACHER FROM EDUCATORS.

AND SO I'M THANKFUL AND I'M SURE YOU YOU'VE HAD SOME WONDERFUL EDUCATORS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE GUIDED AND DIRECTED YOU, AND YOU'VE TURNED OUT VERY WELL. SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU SAY THAT, MARSHALL, BECAUSE WE STARTED OFF TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FROM KIDS AT ALL OF OUR SENIOR HIGHS.

IT WASN'T JUST ISOLATED TO ONE CLUSTER, IT WAS KIDS FROM ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THOSE STUDENTS, AND I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME TO PEOPLE.

THEY SAY, WELL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO ONLINE AND HAPPEN TO LOOK AT THE FORUMS IN THE COMMENTS, PEOPLE SAY, WHICH PLANO SCHOOL SHOULD I SEND MY KID TO?

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WELL, I'LL THROW IN A COMMENT THAT I HAVE.

TWO WEEKS AGO I WENT TO THE FAREWELL OF MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I GREW UP IN RICHARDSON.

I COULDN'T HELP THAT MY PARENTS LIVED THERE.

AND YOU LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS, BUT SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RECALIBRATION, IF YOU WILL.

AND IT WAS FINE.

I MEAN, I GOT TO SEE SOME PEOPLE.

OKAY. FIRST GRADE, 1967.

WELL, THAT'S OLD, I KNOW.

YEAH. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON THERE THAT WAS FROM MY CLASS.

AND THEN THE REST OF THEM ALL WERE THERE, LIKE IN THE 80S, AND THEY ALL HAD T SHIRTS ON.

AND SO I WALKED AWAY.

I HAVE IT IN MY CAR.

THERE'S STILL A T SHIRT IN MY CAR BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CLEANED OUT MY CAR, BUT FROM MY SPRING VALLEY ELEMENTARY.

AND SO IT'S A MEMENTO.

I'M HAPPY THAT I HAVE THAT, AND I'M HAPPY THAT I HAD YEARS THERE, AND I GOT TO TALK TO SOME AMAZING PEOPLE THERE AND THE CURRENT STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST PART OF THE EVOLUTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WELCOMING PROCESS OF ANY CAMPUS WHO RECEIVES NEW STUDENTS OR NEW EDUCATORS AT THEIR CAMPUS, I WANT, THAT'S PARAMOUNT TO ME, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WELCOMING PROCESS IS GENUINE AND LONG TERM, NOT JUST ONE DAY WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH BALLOONS AND STREAMERS WELCOME.

I WANT TO SEE IT GO ON, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT TYPICALLY COMMUNICATE WITH US ON A REGULAR BASIS, THAT EACH CAMPUS THAT RECEIVES THEIR CHILD IS CONNECTED TO IN SOME WAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

THAT WELCOME IS GOING TO DETERMINE HOW WELL THIS PROCESS GOES.

BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT YEAR WERE WE.

1891, IS THAT RIGHT? OH, NOT YOUR NOT ME, ALREADY FESSED UP.

1891, I THINK, IS WHEN PLANO'S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1870.

OKAY. BUT THIS IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1891 WHEN THE TOWN, HAVING BURGEONED TO A POPULATION OF 1200, THAT PLANO TOOK ITS FIRST REAL STEP TOWARDS A MODERN SCHOOL SYSTEM.

ON JUNE 9TH, BY A MARGIN OF 66 TO 3, VOTERS PASSED CONTROL OF THE SCHOOLS FROM THEIR VARIOUS AUTHORITIES IN TOWN, WITH A MANAGEMENT VESTED IN THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

YEAH, BUT THEN THEY HAD A BOARD, AND THERE WERE NO WOMEN ON THE BOARD BACK THEN.

BUT THERE WERE ULTIMATELY AND I'M SORRY, MICHAEL, THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO SINGLE YOU OUT, BUT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW A COMMUNITY GROWS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FITS AND SPURTS BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THE CAMPUSES ON THE WEST SIDE ARE NEWER BECAUSE THE CENTRAL PART OF OF PLANO GREW ALONG THE PATHWAY OF 75.

IT WAS IT WAS THE 1950S WHEN THEY FINISHED US 75.

AND I WASN'T BORN YET, BUT THAT IS THE TREE GREW OFF OF 75.

AND THEN IT WENT A LITTLE BIT EAST AND IT WENT A LITTLE WEST, AND THEN IT WENT FURTHER EAST.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OLDER AND NEWER IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND I THINK YOU DID AN ARTICULATE JOB OF EXPLAINING THOSE DIFFERENCES AND WHY WE MUST RECOGNIZE THERE'S NO PICKING ON ANY ONE PART OF TOWN.

SO, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'LL STUDY THIS.

I'VE BEEN STUDYING IT FOR MONTHS.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE.

THAT THERE IS THAT AMAZING, HEARTFELT WELCOME.

THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

ALL RIGHT. SO ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS TOPIC? NO. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE THREE OF YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, FOR BEING FOR BEING A PART OF THIS PROCESS THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS AND THE REST OF OUR COMMITTEE.

AND I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE WITH US THIS EVENING.

I KNOW IT'S LATE AND WE'RE JUST, AGAIN, INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS WORK AND WILLINGNESS TO TO TO TO DO

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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY AND LISTEN TO US PAST POLICIES.

BUT IF YOU HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.1, WHICH IS OUR POLICY SECTION.

[10.1 Adoption of Policy CT(LOCAL) Facilities Planning on Second Reading CT(LOCAL) CT(EXHIBIT)]

AND SO, MR. HILL, I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO YOU, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE SAME VEIN OF THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.

THIS IS THE POLICY.

ALL THE FRAMEWORK THAT THAT'S GONE INTO THE WORK OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS IS DEVELOPED INTO THIS POLICY.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

IT SIMPLY TALKS AND WALKS THROUGH THE FACILITY PLANNING PROCESS.

AS YOU KNOW THAT THIS POLICY ALIGNS WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE EFFICIENCY FRAMEWORK CRITERIA.

AND AND SO IT'S TO ME, IT JUST DOES A WONDERFUL JOB OF SETTING FOUNDATIONAL WORK FOR, FOR BOARDS IN FUTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEES COMING UP BEHIND US.

SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ON THIS POLICY.

WHY DON'T WE GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION AFTER WE GET THE MOTION PASSED? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY CT LOCAL, FACILITIES PLANNING ON SECOND READING.

I SECOND. OH. GO AHEAD.

I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY CT LOCAL FACILITIES PLANNING ON SECOND READING.

NOW, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I THINK EVERYBODY'S ASKED QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST READING AND GOTTEN THEM ANSWERED.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN VOTES.

SO THAT MEANS THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT THE ORDER RIGHT ON HERE.

PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT SAYS CONCLUSION AT 12 IT'S REALLY 11.

NUMBER ITEM 11 CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS.

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

THANK YOU PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING NON AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

AS NOTED EARLIER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.

AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074 PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

ADDITIONALLY, NO INFORMATION THAT CAN BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

NO INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AS A REMINDER TO ALL IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING. IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. WE HAVE TO STOP.

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

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

DR. FREEMAN.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS TAYLOR MEACHAM, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.

TOPIC, CELL PHONES IN CLASSROOMS. MR. MEACHAM, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? ARE YOU GOOD TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH? OKAY. YOU BET. THANKS.

MY NAME IS TAYLOR MEACHAM.

I AM A PLANO ISD RESIDENT AND PLANO ISD PARENT.

MY FOURTH CHILD IS GRADUATING FROM CARLISLE JUST THIS WEEK.

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I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL PUSHBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PARENTS OF PISD.

ASSUMING THAT YOUR HOMEWORK HAS BEEN DONE CORRECTLY, THIS SHOULD BE FOR THE BEST FOR PISD STUDENTS AS A WHOLE.

AS YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING YOU TO DO EVEN MORE THAT WILL UPSET SOME PARENTS.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME VOCAL PARENTS WHO WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO PHONES AT ANY TIME DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU TELL AT LEAST SOME OF THEM THAT FOR THE GOOD OF ALL PISD STUDENTS, THAT IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.

HOW CAN WE USE THIS SITUATION TO ENSURE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS IS IMPROVED? THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES.

I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER BANNING PHONES.

LET'S GET WHATEVER LOCKING POUCHES OR LOCKING OUR PHONE LOCKERS WE NEED TO GET PHONES OUT OF HANDS DURING CLASS.

LET'S GET MINDS FULLY READY TO LEARN.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE RECENT PAPER BY SARAH ABRAHAMSON OF THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, MADE AVAILABLE ON SSRN LATE IN FEBRUARY. SHE CONDUCTED A STUDY IN WHICH OVER 500 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE ASSESSED AS THEY PASSED CELL PHONE BANS AT VARIOUS TIMES OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

LET ME SHARE SOME OF THE ABSTRACT FROM HER STUDY.

COMBINING DETAILED ADMINISTRATIVE DATA WITH SURVEY DATA ON MIDDLE SCHOOL SMARTPHONE POLICIES, TOGETHER WITH AN EVENT STUDY DESIGN.

I SHOW THAT BANNING SMARTPHONES SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES THE HEALTH CARE UPTAKE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES AMONG GIRLS.

POST BAN, BULLYING AMONG BOTH GENDERS DECREASES.

ADDITIONALLY, GIRLS GPA IMPROVES.

THANK YOU, AND THEIR LIKELIHOOD OF ATTENDING AN ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL TRACK INCREASES.

THESE EFFECTS ARE LARGER FOR GIRLS FOR LOW INCOME SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.

HENCE, BANNING SMARTPHONES FROM SCHOOL COULD BE A LOW COST POLICY TOOL TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY INTERVENTION THAT HAS THE COST BENEFIT RATIO OF REAL CELL PHONE BANDS, PLEASE LET THE PISD COMMUNITY KNOW.

AND ENACT THAT INTERVENTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T, LET'S TAKE THE SAVINGS ENABLED BY THE LONG TERM PLAN AND USE IT TO REMOVE PHONE RELATED DISTRACTIONS AND PROBLEMS FROM PISD CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND IF I CAN GET TO MY PAPER AND SAY THE RIGHT THING HERE.

ITEM 12 IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 10:27 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.