[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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SUPERINTENDENTS, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, WILL YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION FOR AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
AT SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.MISS WILSON, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE HAVE TEN SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES AND BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.
IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SECTIONS 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 THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STOP.
AS A REMINDER TO ALL IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ON THE CLOCK ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.
MAY I ALSO ASK THAT PEOPLE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
MISS WILSON, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS KATIE STRONG, PLANO ISD PARENT, STAFF MEMBER AND RESIDENT.
REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1 AND THE TOPIC IS THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF DAVIS.
MISS STRONG, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE VERBAL WARNING? SURE. YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS KATIE STRONG, AND I'M THE DYSLEXIA THERAPIST AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY.
I HAVE TAUGHT AT THREE PLANO SCHOOLS, OUT OF THE FIVE SCHOOLS IN MY CAREER.
I RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY OF THIS PROCESS FOR THE BOARD IN CONSIDERATION OF CLOSING SCHOOLS.
RIGHTFULLY, YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS, FACILITIES, GONE THROUGH MONTHS OF LONG PROCESSES COMMITTEES AND HAVE COME TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF CLOSING DAVIS, ALONG WITH THREE OTHER SCHOOLS I KNOW FROM BEING ON FIVE CAMPUSES IN MY CAREER THAT EACH SCHOOL IS CHERISHED BY ITS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR DAVIS.
DAVIS IS THE MOST SPECIALIZED SCHOOL THAT I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
YOU CAN TRY TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF NUMBERS, BUT YOU WILL BE MISSING THE MOST INTEGRAL PART THE UNIQUE, SAFE SPACE THAT THIS CAMPUS PROVIDES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY.
THIS SCHOOL HAS BLENDED THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WITH ITS GENERAL POPULATION SO SEAMLESSLY THAT IT CANNOT BE DIS ENTWINED WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DETRIMENT TO THE PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE YEARS TO BUILD BACK.
AT DAVIS, THE COMMUNITY ACCEPTS HIM.
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THE STUDENTS IN THE MAINSTREAM CLASSES TREAT HIM AS IF HE WERE NO DIFFERENT FROM THEM.IT'S NOT THE SAME WHEN WE GO OUT IN PUBLIC.
I DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST OTHER KIDS, BUT CHILDREN ARE CURIOUS.
IN PUBLIC, WE GET LOOKS AND POINTED AT AND WHISPERED ABOUT SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST CHILDREN AREN'T USED TO SEEING OTHER KIDS WITH HEARING AIDS OR FM DEVICES, OR USING SIGN LANGUAGE. THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE SO USED TO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN FAZE THEM.
IT'S PART OF WHO THEY ARE AS A SCHOOL, AS A COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE EMBRACED THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
THIS TAKES TIME, AND EVEN WITH TIME, YOU REALLY CAN'T BE CERTAIN IT'S GOING TO BE RECREATED.
FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, THE DEAF EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION TEAMS HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PLANO ISD CURRICULUM AND MAKE LEARNING EXCELLENT FOR ALL DAVIS STUDENTS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NATURALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT UNIQUE POPULATION.
TO CONCLUDE, I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER CLOSING DAVIS'S DOORS.
IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO REBUILD THIS UNIQUE, SPECIALIZED CULTURE FOR OUR DEAF COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO APPLAUD.
WE CAN'T DO THAT IN A BOARD MEETING, SO PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE TO YOURSELF.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA MATTERN, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1, THE TOPIC IS CONCERNS OF THE CLOSING OF DAVIS ELEMENTARY AND THE RELOCATION OF THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. MISS MATTERN, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE VERBAL WARNING? SURE. OKAY. HI, I'M REBECCA MADDERN, AND I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT CAME THROUGH DAVIS.
AND I DID NOT WRITE A BEAUTIFUL SPEECH LIKE STRONG, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ONTO WHAT SHE SAYS, BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENT, BUT I WOULD PUSH TO SAY THAT IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE DAVIS CAMPUS.
THIS COMMUNITY NOW LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AROUND PROTECTING THESE CHILDREN AND JUST TAKING THESE CHILDREN INTO OUR ARMS AND OUR WING OVER DECADES.
IT'S NOT IT GOES WELL BEYOND, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REBUILD THIS IN YEARS? THIS IS A DECADES OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALL KNOW AFTER HAVING, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH DAVIS AND ARE NOW LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM AT THE PLAYGROUNDS, ON OUR ROADS, ON THE STREETS.
I'M VERY INVOLVED WITH THE DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THIS WAS NOT A DECISION THAT WAS MADE LIGHTLY.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE COMMITTEE.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BE FAIR THE DECISION WAS BASED SOLELY ON NUMBERS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE DAVIS COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY, YOU JUST DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO GETTING AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT THAT IS IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
THE SAFETY THAT CHILDREN ARE AFFORDED, PARTICULARLY DEAF CHILDREN, TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO SCHOOL, BIKE TO SCHOOL WITHOUT CROSSING MORE THAN TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, THE THOUGHT OF CHILDREN CROSSING DEAF CHILDREN CROSSING CUSTER, IT IS TERRIFYING TO ME.
AND SO THIS IS JUST I GET THAT YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND MOVE A PROGRAM OR MOVE A SCHOOL.
YOU CANNOT PICK THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY UP AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUCH A PART OF THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN DFW.
OR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THE STATE PROBABLY.
SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT Y'ALL WILL RECONSIDER.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BONSER, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT, FRANCISCO PLANO ISD PARENT, PLANO ISD STAFF MEMBER REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1 AND THE TOPIC IS THE CLOSURE OF FOREMAN.
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WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? OKAY. FRANCISCO, ALSO KNOWN AS BIBI.I'VE BEEN WORKING AT FOREMAN FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN A PISD PARENT FOR NINE YEARS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR FOREMAN STAFF, THE FOREMAN PARENTS, THE FOREMAN STUDENTS AND MYSELF TO SAY THAT I WAS DEEPLY SADDENED WHEN I FOUND OUT THE NEWS ABOUT MY CAMPUS BEING CONSIDERED FOR CLOSURE, I CRIED.
FOREMAN IS MORE THAN A JOB TO ME, AND ONLY A FEW CAN SAY THAT.
IN MY TIME AT FOREMAN, I HAVE SEEN HOW THE BUILDING HAS DETERIORATED.
I KNOW THIS BUILDING IS NOT UP TO PAR COMPARED TO OTHER ISD SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE FOUNDATION ISSUES, WE HAVE PLUMBING ISSUES, WE HAVE ROOFING PROBLEMS. THINGS BREAK LEFT AND RIGHT, CARPETS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WALLS THAT NEED TO BE PAINTED.
WE AT FOREMAN HAVE LEARNED HOW TO SURVIVE ON OUR OWN.
WE ARE TOUGH PEOPLE, BUT WE LOVE TEN TIMES HARDER.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO BE A FALCON.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT I'VE TRIED TO GET THESE THINGS FIXED.
MY RESPONSE WAS, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
IS IT THAT STUDENTS, WHY IS IT THAT I HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING HELD BY TAPE OR A BREAK? HOW IS IT THAT MY STAGE CURTAINS ARE THE ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING, WHICH ARE NOW IN DESPERATE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT? MY QUESTION HERE IS, ARE WE NOT PART OF PISD? AND IF WE ARE, WE CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE.
OR MAYBE WE WERE JUST BUILT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 75.
COULD IT BE THAT OUR COMMUNITY OF PARENTS DON'T SPEAK UP FOR THEIR CHILDREN? I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
A COMMUNITY OF PARENTS WHO YES, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY EDUCATION THEMSELVES, BUT THEY WERE WALKING THEIR CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN THE RAIN, THE HEAT AND THE SNOW JUST TO GUARANTEE THAT THEIR CHILDREN MAY HAVE MORE LEARNING POSSIBILITIES IN LIFE THAN THEY DID.
A COMMUNITY OF PARENTS WHO WILL SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION IN THE FORM OF FOOD.
YOU GO OUT THERE AND MAKE THE BEST WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
AND WE FALCONS HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR AND CONTINUE TO HOPE TO DO SO FOR SO MANY YEARS.
INSTEAD, WHOEVER WANTS TO BECOME GREAT MUST LOWER HIMSELF TO BE A SERVANT.
IN THE WORDS OF OUR PTA, ONCE A FALCON, ALWAYS A FALCON.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THEODORE STRONG, PLANO ISD STUDENT. REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1 AND THE TOPIC IS THE POTENTIAL CLOSING OF DAVIS ELEMENTARY.
YOU GOT IT. THEY HAVE HEARING AIDS, I LEARNED SIGN LANGUAGE.
WHAT IS THIS? TALK ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS.
THE TEACHERS UNDERSTOOD THE THE THE THE STUDENTS AND THE DEAF STUDENTS.
WITHOUT MY MY DEAF FRIENDS, IT WOULD MAKE ME SAD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JARED MEYER, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1.
OKAY. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
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CHAD MUSTAINE, PLANO ISD PARENT, REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 3.2.THE TOPIC IS POSSIBLE DAVIS ELEMENTARY CLOSURE.
WILL YOU NEED ONE MINUTE? SURE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
THEIR EXPERIENCE IS NOT MY OWN.
I POINTED THIS OUT AT A RECENT LISTENING SESSION AT DAVIS ELEMENTARY, WHEN IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT NO MEMBER OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY WERE A PARENT OF A DEAF STUDENT, HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHICH SCHOOLS WOULD POSSIBLY BE CLOSED.
IF YOU WERE AT THE MEETING, AND I IMAGINE IT PROBABLY WAS SIMILAR TO THE LISTENING SESSIONS I WAS AT, THE LANGUAGE USED BY PLANO ISD LEADERSHIP, IT CLEARLY SHOWED THAT IT FELT LIKE A DECISION HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND THAT THE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE ONLY TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE OF RECEIVING COMMUNITY INPUT.
I TRUST THAT THE INTENT OF PLANO ISD LEADERSHIP IS NOT TO HARM FAMILIES THAT ARE A PART OF DAVIS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE THAT ARE PART OF THE DEAF EDUCATION PROGRAM. BUT THE IMPACT IS UNDENIABLE.
PLANO ISD SAID IT IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING AND POWERED BY LEARNING.
MEETING. IT LACKS CARE AND INCLUSION THROUGH A LACK OF REPRESENTATION OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY, AND THE QUOTE LEARNING IN THIS PROCESS IS BACKED BY DATA THAT IS INTERPRETED TO SUPPORT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PREDETERMINED OUTCOME OR DECISION.
THE DATA SHOWS MANY SCHOOLS ARE OF SIMILAR AGE TO DAVIS.
THE DATA SHOWS OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE MUCH LOWER ENROLLMENT AND CAMPUS UTILIZATION RATES THAN DAVIS.
AND MY CHILD HAS NEVER REPORTED A LACK OF ACCESS TO THE PARK DURING RECESS.
SO INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO PREPARE HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY TO RECEIVE THE DEAF EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHY NOT INVEST THE FUNDS TO REFURBISH AND IMPROVE DAVIS, AS MONEY IS CLEARLY AVAILABLE AND DEMONSTRATE BY WORD AND ACTION THAT THE DEAF COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE MATTERS AND THAT IT IS BEST FOR FAMILIES, AND THE ACTUAL DAVIS COMMUNITY IS PUT ABOVE WHAT MAKES SENSE ON PAPER.
WHAT WE BELIEVE AND VALUE IS NOT WHAT WE SAY WE BELIEVE, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS WHAT WE DO, AND WHAT I AM ASKING YOU TO DO, AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS TO VOTE TO KEEP DAVIS ELEMENTARY OPEN.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TISHA AMOS, PLANO ISD PARENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 5.1. THE TOPIC IS CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS.
LACK OF COMMUNICATION TO THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY.
WILL YOU NEED A ONE MINUTE WARNING? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
WHY HAS FOREMAN BEEN SINGLED OUT WHEN OTHER EASTSIDE SCHOOLS THAT DO MEET CRITERIA REMAIN OPEN? ADDING TO OUR FRUSTRATION, FOREMAN WAS APPROVED FOR RENOVATIONS IN 2022.
YET THOSE FUNDS WERE DIVERTED TO HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN CENTRAL PLANO.
THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND DISREGARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS IS DEEPLY DISHEARTENING.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PARENTS DID NOT RECEIVE THE TWO URGENT EMAILS SENT ON MAY 21ST AND JUNE 6TH IN REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF THEIR SCHOOLS, I WAS ONE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THOSE EMAILS.
FURTHER HIGHLIGHTING THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THIS POSSIBLE CLOSURE COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF ONLY PISD MADE PROPER RENOVATIONS OVER THE DECADES, AS WELL AS IF COMMUNICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEARLY DISTRIBUTED FROM THE START.
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MY HEART ACHES FOR THE HUNDREDS OF KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT THIS WILL AFFECT.ONCE A FALCON, ALWAYS A FALCON.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN WEAVER, PLANO ISD PARENT.
THE TOPIC IS THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE'S PROPOSAL TO CLOSE FOREMAN DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES PUT IN PLACE BY THE BOARD. WILL YOU NEED A ONE MINUTE WARNING? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A KID THAT ATTENDS FOREMAN ELEMENTARY.
I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE AN EMOTIONAL APPEAL TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN, TO MAKE OBJECTIVE POINTS TO THAT END, THE RFP PROPOSAL TO CLOSE FOREMAN DOES NOT UPHOLD THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES PUT IN PLACE BY THE BOARD WHEN IT CREATED THE COMMITTEE.
ANY PROPOSAL THAT DOES NOT UPHOLD THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES SHOULD BE REJECTED BY THE BOARD.
IT MOVES POTENTIALLY MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT BETWEEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN IN THE EAST SIDE IN ORDER TO TRY AND GET SCHOOL OR STUDENTS TO WHERE THE PROBLEM IS ON THE EAST SIDE, WHERE ALL THE THE VACANCIES ARE.
THE FACILITY THE FACILITY ON THE EAST, WITH THE SECOND WORST FACILITY SCORE AND SECOND WORST PERCENT CAPACITY PHYSICALLY PHYSICALLY BORDERS THE FACILITY WITH THE BEST SCORE AND THE THIRD WORST PERCENT CAPACITY.
IT ALSO BORDERS A FACILITY WITH AN AVERAGE FACILITY SCORE AND WORST PERCENT CAPACITY.
ELIMINATING THE SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE THREE, AGAIN, ONE WITH THE SECOND WORST FACILITY SCORE AND THE SECOND WORST PERCENT CAPACITY, AND FUNDING ITS STUDENTS TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS WITH ADEQUATE TO SUPERB FACILITIES WOULD RESULT IN THE COMBINED CAPACITY OF THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, GOING FROM 51% TO 82%, THE BOARD STATED.
[INAUDIBLE] LRFP HAS STATED THAT ITS TARGET IS 85%, 82% IS PRETTY CLOSE.
THAT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE ANY SCHOOLS FROM HAVING LESS THAN 60% CAPACITY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A PREORDAINED OUTCOME HERE.
ANY FRAMEWORK THAT'S NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS SHOULD BE QUESTIONED.
I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A MISTAKE BEING MADE HERE, AND WE STILL HAVE TIME TO FIX IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREA STUMP, PLANO ISD PARENT.
THE TOPIC IS THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? NO THANK YOU. HI, I'M ANDREA STUMP.
I HAVE TWO DAVIS DOLPHINS AND ONE HOPEFULLY, EVENTUALLY.
THOSE WORDS HAVE SAT WITH ME SINCE THAT CONVERSATION AND WERE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD AS I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY THREE CHILDREN, TWO OF WHOM ARE CURRENT DAVIS DOLPHINS, HANDING OUT FLYERS ABOUT THE EFFORT TO TRY TO SAVE DAVIS.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SHOW OTHERS WHY SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT.
I CAN SIT HERE AND QUOTE BACK YOUR NUMBERS TO YOU ABOUT HOW THOMAS WELLS OR FOUR OTHER ELEMENTARIES HAVE CLOSE TO OR LOWER FACILITY SCORES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FOUNDATION. AS DAVIS, I CAN POINT OUT HOW DAVIS IS THE AVERAGE FOR THE DISTRICT IN OCCUPANCY, NOT LOW AS HAS BEEN INDICATED, AND HAS AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT PER STUDENT.
HOWEVER, DAVIS THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER APPEARS TO NOT BE OF SIMILAR VALUE.
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PROGRAMING. BUT IN THE END, THAT IS ALL MISSING THE INFLUENCE THAT DAVIS ELEMENTARY HAS.IT IS A CULTURE THAT HAS BEEN CULTIVATED OVER 30 YEARS.
IT IS A SPECIALIST TEAM THAT TEACHES SONGS WITH SIGN LANGUAGE.
CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IS NOT BUILT OVERNIGHT.
IT IS NOT CREATED AFTER A YEAR OR EVEN THREE OF TRANSITION.
OUR CHILDREN DON'T DESERVE TO BE YOUR LEARNING CURVE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OR DOUBT, I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHEILA TORRES, PLANO ISD PARENT.
THE TOPIC IS POSSIBLE SCHOOL CLOSURE AND THE EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MISS TORRES, WOULD YOU LIKE A MINUTE? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. PLANO ISD TRUSTEE BOARD PLANO ISD STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS SHEILA TORRES, AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME FOR BEING A PLANO ISD ADVOCATE FOR A LONG TIME SINCE MY 18 YEAR OLD SON, SINCE IT'S BEEN IN THE DISTRICT.
WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE, I WAS ANXIOUS AND NERVOUS, COMING FROM PUERTO RICO, ONLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE.
SCHOOLS WERE VERY SMALL AND TINY, SO I WAS VERY, VERY NERVOUS FOR HIM FOR THE NEXT JOURNEY.
WHEN IT WAS TIME TO TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN, FOREMAN WAS OUR ZONE SCHOOL.
I REMEMBER WALKING TO THE FOREMAN BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND MY EMOTIONS FROM FEELING NERVOUS AND ANXIOUS CHANGED TO BE SECURE AND SAFE. THE STAFF TREATED ME AND MY SON LIKE FAMILY.
SOME OF THE STAFF AT THIS TIME WERE PART OF THE FOREMAN FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY HAD KINDERGARTEN TEACHER MISS CONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS SHE WAS PART OF.
AND NOT LONG AGO, MY NEIGHBOR WANDA, SHE JOINED THE FOREMAN STAFF AT 1973.
THERE IS A LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THE FOUNDATION, THAT SHAPED MY SON, IT'S WHAT HE IS RIGHT NOW.
TWO WEEKS AGO, HE GRADUATED FROM PLANO EAST AND THAT FOUNDATION WAS DUE TO FOREMAN ELEMENTARY.
BY PROPOSING CLOSING THE SCHOOL, THE COMMUNITY WILL SUFFER TREMENDOUSLY.
YOU ARE SHUTTING DOWN A PLACE FOR STABILITY AND FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES, A PLACE WHERE PARENTS SEND THEIR KIDS TO HAVE A GREATER AND EQUAL EDUCATION IN PLACE WHERE KIDS GO TO HAVE WARM MEALS AND PROBABLY READ THE FIRST CHAPTER BOOK.
EDUCATIONAL AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THERE'S OTHER STUFF TO TALK.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS ABOUT RELOCATING STUDENTS AND STAFF, BUT FOR WHAT? TO CREATE CONFUSION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF THE LANGUAGE? WHY INSTEAD, WE CAN ALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO RESTORE THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO THE KIDS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. I'LL CALL ONE MORE TIME. JARED MEYER, PLANO ISD PARENT RESIDENT.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING THIS EVENING.[3. CLOSED SESSION]
WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.AS NOTED ON THE AGENDA, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING IS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON MATTERS THAT FALL WITHIN THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. SPECIFICALLY, REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 3.2, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE PERTAINING TO DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, INCLUDING REZONING, CLOSING CAMPUSES, AND DISPOSITION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY UNDER BOARD POLICY CDB.
SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.129, AND THE TIME IS 6:3 1 P.M..
GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION, AND THE TIME IS 8:12 P.M..
[4. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
AND FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS.TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
WILLIAMS, BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ, BOARD MEMBER JERI CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN.
SEATED TO MY RIGHT, 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.
AND SHARON NOWAK, THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[5.1 Discuss and Consider Possible Action regarding the Long Range Facility Planning Advisory Committee Recommendations]
THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.THERESA TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
MR. HILL AND MISS WILSON WILL ALSO PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I'VE WRITTEN DOWN A FEW NOTES THAT I'D LIKE TO TO SHARE WITH WITH EACH OF YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST EMPATHY, COMPASSION AND CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE REACHED OUT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED CLOSURES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN JUST BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE COMMUNITIES WHERE FRIENDSHIPS ARE FORGED, MEMORIES ARE MADE, AND FUTURES ARE SHAPED.
THEREFORE, THIS WORK AND RECOMMENDATION WEIGHS HEAVILY ON ALL OF US.
I KNOW ON EACH OF YOU AND THE BOARD, OUR ADMINISTRATION, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SERVED ON THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHO DEVOTED THEIR TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING AND HARD TASK. YOUR CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATION OF THE DATA, COUPLED WITH YOUR COMPASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN INVALUABLE AND GUIDING US TO THIS POINT.
YOUR INPUT AND DEDICATION ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
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AND EMOTIONAL.THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO STATE SOME FACTS THAT WERE ALL FACING.
FACT, WE'VE HAD A DEFICIT BUDGET ADOPTED SINCE 2017.
FACT, WE'VE NOT HAD AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE SINCE 2019.
FACT, WE'VE INCREASED MANDATES.
FACT, WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF INFLATION FROM COMPENSATING OUR EMPLOYEES TO THE RISING COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO THE COST OF MATERIALS, RESOURCES, INSURANCE, FUEL, UTILITIES.
THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS TODAY CAN'T ADEQUATELY BE DONE WITH 2019 BUDGET DOLLARS.
FACT, WE'VE HAD TEACHER SHORTAGES SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
FACT, OUR ESSER DOLLARS HAVE EXPIRED.
AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO SUPPLEMENT ANY SHORTAGES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE FACING OTHER CUTS WITH FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS.
MANY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ACROSS OUR STATE, ACROSS OUR REGION AND THOSE THAT NEIGHBOR US ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
THEY'VE EITHER CLOSED SCHOOLS OR THEY'RE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OF DOING SO.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT THE LAST FACT OR REALITY IS THAT THIS IS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF THEM, DESERVE THE BEST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES IN OPTIMAL LEARNING SPACES, IN EXCELLENT FACILITIES.
AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF DESERVE TO BE WELL COMPENSATED WITH BALANCED WORKLOADS, EQUITABLE WORKLOADS, AND EXCELLENT WORKSPACES AND CONDITIONS. SO TONIGHT, AS WE HEAR THE RECOMMENDATION, I WANT TO ASSURE OUR FAMILIES THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
THAT BEING SAID, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO JOHNNY, WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS WHAT WE'LL COVER THIS EVENING.
YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH AND SEE THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE GOING OVER FROM ALIGNMENT, PROCESS NEEDS, FACTORS, RECOMMENDATIONS, SUMMARIES, PROGRAMS AND THEN TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT. FIRST OF ALL, OUR COMMITMENT.
YOU HEARD IT FROM DR. WILLIAMS FIRSTHAND.
BUT WE'VE SAID THIS EVERY TIME WE WENT OUT AND MET WITH STAFF OR WHEN WE MET WITH COMMUNITIES, WE TALKED ABOUT HONORING OUR HISTORY, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS PROVIDING EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONDITIONS TO CULTIVATE AND FOSTER EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
NUMBER TWO IS LIVING OUR LEGACY, WHICH IS PRIORITIZING THE ACADEMIC PROCESS OF ALL STUDENTS AND IMPLEMENT SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN FINALLY ADVANCING OUR FUTURE, WHICH IS SIMPLY OPTIMIZING THE ALLOCATIONS OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
AND OF COURSE, WHY? I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE ASK, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS WORK? WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN OUR MISSION, VISION AND STRATEGIC PLAN TOGETHER.
EXCELLENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS AND PROGRAMING AND OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THE GOAL OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN WAS TO THE PLAN IS TO FOR THE BEST USE OF STUDENTS FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT'S MISSION, VISION AND STRATEGIC PILLARS.
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EFFICIENTLY USE THE DISTRICT'S RESOURCES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.AND THEN FINALLY, THE BOARD PRIORITY AS GOOD STEWARDS, PLANO ISD WILL STRATEGICALLY AND EQUITABLY MANAGE OUR RESOURCES TO MEET IDENTIFIED STUDENT NEEDS AND ALIGN THOSE RESOURCES ALLOCATIONS WITH OUR DISTRICT GOALS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THE PROCESS AND I THINK MOST OF THE FOLKS HERE AND I KNOW OUR BOARD IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN ORDER TO DO THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING. IT ALL STARTED BACK, IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WHEN WE STARTED THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
AND THAT OPERATIONS COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ACTUALLY UNCOVERED OR LET US KNOW THAT WE WERE NOT USING OUR FACILITIES TO THE OPTIMAL ABILITY AND THAT WE WERE REALLY NOT DOING RIGHT BY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AS A RESULT OF THAT.
THE RESOLUTION WAS WAS PASSED BY OUR BOARD IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT BASICALLY IT COMMISSIONED A 70 MEMBER COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND STUDY ALL OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND TO BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
NOW, THEY JUST DIDN'T GO OUT AND SAY, DO THIS THE WORK HOWEVER YOU SAW FIT, THEY ACTUALLY DID GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD, THE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH AND ADHERE TO. AND THEN AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WE WENT OUT AND VISITED WITH ALL CAMPUSES WITH STAFF.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STAFF WAS UNDERSTOOD, THE PROCESSES THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH, AND THEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY GOT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAD SIX FEEDBACK COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE HELD THOSE AT ALL OF OUR ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND OUR 9/10 CAMPUSES, AND WE DID THAT STARTING IN NOVEMBER, GOING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THIS JUST APRIL, THIS PAST APRIL. WE ALSO HAD ADVISORY MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMITTEE.
THOSE STARTED IN OCTOBER AND FINISHED UP THE 14TH OF MAY.
THE NEED FOR A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE CAN KIND OF WRAP THEIR MINDS OF AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE NEED TO DO A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN? BUT AT THE AT THE CORE AND AT THE HEART OF IT IS OUR STUDENTS.
WE BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE EXCELLENT AND EQUITABLE FACILITIES IN WHICH TO LEARN.
AND THIS ACTUALLY CAUSES A BIG DISPARITY WITH THE UTILIZATION OF OUR CAMPUSES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN AGING FACILITIES THAT ARE NEAR END OF USEFUL LIFE NEEDED TO BE FOCUSED ON.
WE KNOW THAT NOW IN ORDER TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS OVER $60 MILLION, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, OVER $110 MILLION, AND A HIGH SCHOOL WELL OVER $200 MILLION.
AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN OUR RESOURCES TO OUR DISTRICT, OUR STUDENTS NEEDS.
AND SO THIS PART OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
AND THEN WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING THAT WE HAD A PLAN NOT ONLY FOR NOW, BUT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A PLAN IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT.
WHENEVER WE ASK OUR VOTERS TO SUPPORT A BOND ELECTION, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MATCH THOSE RESOURCES WITH THE NEEDS AND THE NEEDS THAT WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
NOW THIS IS A GRAPH I KNOW EVERYONE WHO'S HEARD ME TALK IS VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
I PULL IT OUT AND SHOW, BUT THIS IS JUST BASICALLY A LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
YOU CAN LOOK AT WHEN WE HAD THE PEAK ENROLLMENT, IT WAS IN 2011-2012.
IT'S BEEN OVER A DOZEN YEARS NOW.
NOW WE WORK WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER, I MEAN, WE DON'T TRY TO JUST MAKE THESE DECISIONS ON OUR OWN.
WE WORK WITH AN EXPERT THAT COMES IN AND ACTUALLY EVALUATES WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN THE FUTURE.
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YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE GOLD BARS AND THE DEMOGRAPHER SAYS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.THEY GIVE US A TEN YEAR OUTLOOK, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THEIR IN THEIR FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK.
SO IF YOU JUST LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT 2023-2024, YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY DECREASED ENROLLMENT BY ABOUT 7,700 STUDENTS. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK FORWARD OVER THE NEXT FIVE, WE'RE PROJECTED TO LOSE ANOTHER A LITTLE OVER 3,000 STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S I MEAN THAT'S A THAT'S OVER 10,000 STUDENTS OVER ABOUT A 15 YEAR PERIOD.
JOHNNY, GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE RED LINE AND THE AVAILABILITY.
ALL RIGHT. I WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU, DR.
WILLIAMS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE GRAPH THAT GOES THROUGH THIS, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE SEATS.
YOU CAN SEE IT THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE WE'RE BUTTING UP RIGHT AT 18,000 OPEN SEATS.
THAT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.
SO FACTORS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, WE GET ASKED THIS A LOT.
I KNOW OF SEVERAL FOLKS THIS EVENING HAD EVEN TALKED ABOUT THIS.
WHAT DID WE ACTUALLY LOOK AND CONSIDER WHEN WE WHEN WE STARTED NARROWING DOWN THE LIST OF POSSIBLE SCHOOLS TO RETIRE OR TO CLOSE? WELL, THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR THAT WE LOOKED AT IS WE LOOKED AT UTILIZATION.
WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OVERALL CAMPUS, WE'RE AT 72% UTILIZED.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE FILLING UP OUR CLASSROOMS ABOUT 72% IF WE DON'T OR IF WE AREN'T PROACTIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT WILL GET JUST IN THREE YEARS, THAT WILL BE BELOW 70%, AND IT KEEPS GOING DOWN FROM THERE.
NUMBER TWO IS WE LOOKED AT ENROLLMENT, NOT ONLY CURRENT ENROLLMENT BUT PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, OUR DEMOGRAPHER GIVES US A TEN YEAR LOOK OUT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'VE GOT A CAMPUS, HOW CLOSE ARE ARE THE WHAT I CALL THE CONTIGUOUS CAMPUSES RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE CAPACITY? HOW YOU KNOW, HOW WHERE ARE THEY AT AS FAR AS HOW FAR YOU'D HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET TO THOSE CAMPUSES.
AND THEN ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS JUST THE AGE AND THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITIES THEMSELVES.
THEY ACTUALLY DID A FACILITY ASSESSMENT.
THEY CAME UP WITH A AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT SCORE, AND WE AND THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF THOSE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS, AND THEY DUG DOWN INTO THOSE FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORES BETWEEN EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES AS WELL.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH AND DID A STUDY ON THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST THE INTEGRITY OF THE FEEDER PATTERN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU START AT THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THAT ELEMENTARY STAYED TOGETHER AS THEY WENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL STAYED TOGETHER AS THEY WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THAT HIGH SCHOOL STAYED TOGETHER AS THEY WENT INTO THE SENIOR HIGH.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS NUMBER ONE, DAVIS ELEMENTARY.
NUMBER TWO, FOREMAN ELEMENTARY.
NUMBER THREE ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND NUMBER FOUR CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME RELATED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE ALSO.
AND THOSE THOSE CHANGES WERE TO BE AFFECTED WITH THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS FURTHER STUDY IN THE WEST.
IT BECAME PRETTY APPARENT THAT ADDITIONAL WORK STUDY NEEDED TO BE DONE.
NOW, WE DIDN'T WANT THIS WORK TO GO ON FOREVER AND EVER.
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WE WANTED A VERY SPECIFIC TIMELINE.THE REASON WHY DECEMBER 24TH, THAT IT CAN BE ROLLED INTO AN EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF 25-26 AS WELL.
AND THERE IS ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF DOING THIS WORK.
THERE IS A ONE TIME SAVINGS OF CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO GO INTO THESE, THESE THESE BUILDINGS OF ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $20 MILLION, $20.1 MILLION.
IF YOU WERE TO GO AND REPLACE THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, ABOUT $340 MILLION, AND THAT'S GOING UP 6 TO 8% A YEAR.
AND SO BY DOING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE COULD ACTUALLY DECREASE ABOUT 20% OF THOSE AVAILABLE SEATS, GIVING PLENTY OF ROOM FOR POTENTIAL REGENERATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. WHEN I TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NON-FINANCIAL BENEFITS, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO AS WE CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS IS IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS.
I KNOW YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS WHO WAS PRESENTING THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION ON THE 21ST, TALKED ABOUT HAVING A CAMPUS THAT WAS SMALL ENOUGH THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO OFFER ALL THE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT DUE TO THE SMALLER STUDENT BODY SIZE.
IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE CHOICE PROGRAMS. IN THIS DISTRICT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CHOICE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, OUR OUR IB PROGRAM OVER AT EAST, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.
AND OF COURSE, NEXT FALL WE'RE LAUNCHING LAUNCHING OUR WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT FUTURE PROGRAMING.
ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS IS TO LOOK AT IB PROGRAMING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME TYPES OF STEAM ACADEMIES THAT MIGHT INTEREST SOME OF OUR STUDENTS IN CHOICE PROGRAMS. AND AS WE LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES AND FIND PLACES IN THE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE CAN OFFER THESE PROGRAMS, WHERE STUDENTS CAN OFFER TO OR OPT TO TRANSFER IN, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE GREAT PROGRAMING FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THOSE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE. BUT WE WANT TO, AS DR.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED, PROVIDE THE VERY BEST LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE EFFICIENCIES WILL ALLOW US TO DO SO. THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY HELPS US IS FOR OUR STAFFING ALLOCATION, EFFICIENCIES AND CONDITIONS.
WHEN A STAFF MEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WORKS IN A VERY SMALL CAMPUS, THAT TEACHER MAY BE HAVE MULTIPLE, HAVE MULTIPLE PREPS VERSUS FEWER PREPS. AND BY THAT I MEAN HAVE TO PLAN FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DEPICTION OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS IMPROVED EFFICIENCY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THOSE THOSE SAVINGS THAT I HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER.
AND THEN ALSO JUST LOOKING AT UTILIZATION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER.
THIS IS IN THE WEST, EAST AND CENTRAL YOU CAN SEE GOING FROM 82.9 EVEN BEFORE ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL WORK IS IN THE WEST, YOU'RE ALREADY AT 82.9% EFFICIENCY. AND THEN IN THE EAST, GOING FROM 65.7 UP TO 71.4, AND THEN THE CENTRAL GOING FROM 71.3 UTILIZATION UP TO 78.8. AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT I TALKED ABOUT, IF YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT CURRENTLY YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 18,000 AVAILABLE SEATS GOING UP TO 21.5 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY TAKE TAKE ABOUT 3,800 OF THOSE SEATS OFFLINE.
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ARE THERE CAMPUSES THAT ARE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO OR CLOSE TO THAT COULD TAKE ON THOSE THOSE THOSE STUDENTS? THAT'S ONE THING THAT THAT WE CONSIDERED.KEEPING THE SENIOR HIGH FEEDER PATTERNS INTACT.
SO IF YOU'RE A WILDCAT OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT BE THAT YOU WOULD STAY STAY THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY JUST THE FACILITY CONDITIONS, YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO BE RETIRING OR CLOSING A CAMPUS, THAT THOSE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO, TO A BETTER FACILITY, A SCHOOL.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY RECOMMENDATION AND THE EAST CLUSTER FIRST.
I BELIEVE THE THE ACTUAL FOUNDATION OF THAT CAMPUS WAS A 12 OUT OF 100.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S GOT YOU'VE HEARD EVEN THIS EVENING, YOU'VE HEARD THAT THAT FACILITY HAS SOME FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHICH IS A PRETTY HEFTY INVESTMENT IN THAT CAMPUS.
ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED AND EXPECTED TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, COST SAVINGS WITH RETIRING OR CLOSING THAT CAMPUS.
ANNUAL COST SAVINGS IS ABOUT $625,000 A YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE MAP OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.
BUT OF COURSE, FOREMAN IS IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF THAT EAST CLUSTER.
THOSE STUDENTS WOULD GO TO MULTIPLE CONTIGUOUS CAMPUSES RIGHT AROUND.
JOHNNY, CAN I INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE. CAN YOU JUST I'LL JUST SAY THIS.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOLD RED LINES, IF YOU CAN SEE THOSE, THOSE ARE WHERE THE CURRENT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES ARE BEFORE ANY KIND OF SHIFTS OR RETIREMENTS OR CLOSES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AND I DON'T THINK THIS HAS A POINTER, WHICH IT DID, BUT I DON'T THINK IT DOES.
I CAN BARELY READ IT. SO CAN YOU SEE IT? AND SO BUT THE COLORS ARE WHERE THE CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE GOING.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GREEN, THAT'S DOOLEY.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT A BOGGESS DOWN BELOW, YOU'VE GOT IN THE, IN THE PEACH IS SCHELL OFF TO THE EAST IS MEADOWS.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MEMORIAL AND THEN DOWN SOUTHWEST YOU'VE GOT STINSON, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL BE GOING INTO THOSE, THOSE OTHER CAMPUSES. SO ONE ITEM, WHEN WE DID GO THROUGH, YOU HAD THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THROUGH FEEDBACK AND THROUGH ADDITIONAL STUDY AS WE WENT FROM THE 21ST UNTIL JUST REALLY RECENTLY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TWEAKS THAT ADDITIONAL TWEAKS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS JUST TO ENSURE WE KNOW THAT FOREMAN HAS A BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT IT.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF THE UTILIZATION OR THE CAPACITY OF DOOLEY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ANYTHING TO THE EAST OF LOS RIOS WOULD BE GOING OVER TO BOGGESS.
AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST A IT'S A CLOSER TRIP FOR THOSE FOLKS TO GO JUST STRAIGHT OVER TO TO BOGGESS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD GO UP THROUGH MURPHY AND THEN, OF COURSE, UP TO MCMILLAN.
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UTILIZATION. IT GIVES US ROOM IN ORDER TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT DOOLEY.THE SECOND ADJUSTMENT THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND.
AND ACTUALLY, DR. WILLIAMS AND I DROVE, DROVE OUT AND DROVE SEVERAL OF THESE ROUTES.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WE DROVE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE SCHELL GOES INTO MILLER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
THAT IS ONE THAT IS ONE HOUSING SUBDIVISION.
NOW SOME SOME SUBDIVISIONS ARE ACTUALLY SPLIT WITH A MAJOR ROAD AND THAT'S FINE.
AND THEY WERE RIGHT THERE TOGETHER.
AND SO WE WOULD WE WOULD RECOMMEND ACTUALLY ADDING ANOTHER PLANNING UNIT TO THE, TO THE I GUESS TO THE EAST, JUST TO KEEP THAT WHOLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TOGETHER, THAT COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THAT DOES DOWN BELOW, BUT IT SHALL STILL IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH UTILIZATION.
AND WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY DO? WELL, IN THE 2022 BOND UNDER SYSTEM COMPLIANCE WORK, THERE WAS MONEY DESIGNATED TO THESE, THESE CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO FIX THEM UP OR ACTUALLY LOOK AT ITEMS WITHIN THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE TO INCREASE THEM.
SO IN SOME CASES YOU MIGHT SEE WELL THERE'S A THERE'S AN ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN THAT CAMPUS.
BUT IT'S ALSO GOT DEPRECIATION COMING AGAINST IT.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN A SECOND.
$7 MILLION OF UPGRADES THROUGH THE 2022 BOND THAT WOULD TAKE THAT PROJECTED UTILIZATION OR THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE FROM A 50 ALL THE WAY UP TO AN 80. THAT INCLUDES THREE YEARS OF DEPRECIATION AGAINST THAT AS WELL.
ON SCHELL ELEMENTARY, THERE IS AN INVESTMENT OF $1.4 MILLION, TAKING THAT FROM A 57 UP TO A 67.
STINSON $1.6 MILLION OF UPGRADES.
MEADOWS ELEMENTARY 3.1 MILLION AND UPGRADES FROM A 50 TO 67.
MEMORIAL FROM A 64 UP TO 69 WITH 1.3 MILLION IN UPGRADES, AND THEN BOGGESS ELEMENTARY 2.7 MILLION OF UPGRADES, TAKING THAT PROJECTED ASSESSMENT SCORE FROM A 49 ALL THE WAY UP TO A 70.
AND THEN MILLER AS THE EXCEPTION.
A WHILE AGO I SAID THAT THERE WAS DEPRECIATION.
THE ONLY IDENTIFIABLE NEED RIGHT NOW FROM THAT CAMPUS IN THE 2022 BOND WAS TO REPLACE THEIR PLAYGROUNDS, WHICH IS THE TWO UPPER AND LOWER PLAYGROUNDS, FOR APPROXIMATELY 800,000.
BUT THAT IS THE THREE YEARS OF DEPRECIATION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT. TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION AND THE EAST CLUSTER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR OLDER CAMPUSES WHICH BUILT IN 1976.
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE COST SAVINGS WITH ARMSTRONG.
$2 MILLION ANNUALLY IN OPERATING COST 4.4 AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND ABOUT $110 MILLION IN COST AVOIDANCE WITH WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REPLACE THAT CAMPUS.
LISA, WHAT COLOR IS THAT? IS BOWMAN.
OKAY. SO SALMON IS WHAT'S GOING UP TO BOWMAN.
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AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PINK, WHICH IS AN AUTO.SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT MAP OF THOSE OF WHERE ARMSTRONG CURRENTLY IS AND WHERE THE STUDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY GO, THEY WOULD BE SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UPGRADES OF ABOUT 825,000.
IT JUST RECEIVED A RENOVATION IN 2019, I BELIEVE, AND SO IT'S MINIMAL AND GOING FROM A 78 UP TO 79.
AND THEN AFTER YOU CAN LOOK AT ARMSTRONG, WHICH IS RIGHT AT 44% OCCUPIED.
BOGGESS. GOING FROM 57 TO 74, BOWMAN GOING FROM 58% UP TO 79, DULY GOING FROM 71 TO 75.
AND THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RIGHT COLUMNS.
MEADOWS GOING FROM 61 TO 83, MEMORIAL 61 TO 66, A MENDENHALL GOING DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 97 TO 85.
AND THEN FINALLY STINSON FROM 69 TO 83.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEEDER PATTERNS ON, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ELEMENTARY FEEDERS THAT FEED UP INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU HAVE MEADOWS, STINSON AND SCHELL WILL NOW BE GOING TO AUTO.
AND OF COURSE, THOSE NEW ONES THERE WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD, THAT IS A CHANGE TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLACK, THAT IS A CHANGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER.
OKAY. ONE THING THAT I WILL POINT OUT, AND THIS IS A CHANGE BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THE FEEDERS TOGETHER, IS OTTO, WHICH WAS HAS HISTORICALLY GONE FROM OTTO ALL THE WAY UP TO WILLIAMS WILL NOW BE GOING FROM OTTO OVER TO MCMILLAN.
IF YOU YOU LOOK AT MEADOWS AND OF COURSE MEADOWS WAS WAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY GOING UP TO ARMSTRONG.
MCMILLAN ALREADY? YOU CAN LOOK AT MURPHY.
NO CHANGES THEIR BOGGESS HUNT AND MILLER.
THAT'S THE SAME IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING UP TO BOWMAN, OF COURSE YOU HAVE DOOLEY.
AND DOOLEY WAS, OF COURSE, UNDER ARMSTRONG.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT DOOLEY, WHICH IS NOW GOING UP TO BOWMAN.
AND NOW BOWMAN, OF COURSE, GOES UP TO IS GOING UP TO WILLIAMS. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT MCCALL MCCALL MEMORIAL IN MENDENHALL, WHICH IS NOW GOING TO BOWMAN.
AND A CHANGE THERE, OF COURSE, WAS WITH MENDENHALL, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY GOING TO IDAHO AND NOW IS GOING UP TO BOWMAN, WHICH THEN GOES ON UP TO WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CENTRAL CLUSTER.
FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT DAVIS ELEMENTARY.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR OUR OLDEST CAMPUSES, BUILT IN 1972.
A FOUNDATIONAL SCORE. AND IT, I BELIEVE WAS A 16 OUT OF A 100.
ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING, PROJECTED TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN ALSO, JUST LIKE WITH FOREMAN, ABOUT $60 MILLION IN COST AVOIDANCE TO REPLACE THAT CAMPUS.
YOU LOOK AT THE RED BOLD OUTLINE.
THOSE ARE WHERE YOU'RE CURRENTLY ARE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY, VERY IT'S A VERY CLEAN TO ACTUALLY SEE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT DAVIS WOULD BE SPLIT ALMOST IN TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY.
ANYTHING IN THE WEST WOULD GO OVER TO SADDLING, ANYTHING IN THE EAST WOULD GO OVER TO HARRINGTON, AND THEN 100% OF THE THE THE DEAF EDUCATION PROGRAM WOULD GO OVER TO HARRINGTON.
YOU WOULD WANT TO KEEP THAT AS INTACT AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD.
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SO JUST TALKING ABOUT CLOSING DAVIS AND RELOCATION OF THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF.ALL THIS. AND I THINK THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND DURING THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP AND TALK TALK THROUGH THIS AS WELL.
AND THAT IS ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS FROM THE FROM THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF WOULD ACTUALLY BE RELOCATED TOGETHER OVER TO HARRINGTON ALONG WITH SOME OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION STAFF.
75% OF THE STUDENT BODY WOULD ACTUALLY GO OVER, WOULD BE REZONED FROM DAVIS OVER TO HARRINGTON, INCLUDING ALL OF THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF, AND THE FACILITIES AND CLASSROOMS WOULD BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT FOR THOSE NEEDS.
A PLAN IS ALREADY BEING STARTED TO BE PUT IN PLACE.
TRANSITION TEAM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN IN THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE THAT TRANSITION TEAM WOULD BE CONSIST OF STAFF ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEN THE TEAM WILL COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND AND JOHNNY, I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART TO NOTE ABOUT THAT, WE'VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES FROM DAVIS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY THE DEAF EDUCATION TEACHERS, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT PROGRAM IS.
AND WHILE IT'S EASY TO SAY WE'RE TAKING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE STAFF OVER, WE ALSO KNOW HOW EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT GENERAL EDUCATION STAFF IS AT DAVIS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR DEAF EDUCATION STUDENTS.
THEY WORK SO BEAUTIFULLY WITH THEM.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF THE EVEN SPLIT THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT SO EVEN SPLIT THAT YOU SAW BETWEEN THOSE GOING TO HARRINGTON AND TO STRUGGLING. WE HAVE TO TAKE TEACHERS ALONG WITH OUR STUDENTS OVER TO HARRINGTON AND SO MANY OF THOSE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, ALONG WITH THE 40 PLUS STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE DSPD, WOULD GO TO HARRINGTON AND PROVIDE THAT CONTINUITY AND THAT INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY AND CULTURE THAT WE'VE HEARD MANY SPEAK OF. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THEY ARE ALREADY REALLY THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT TRANSITION OF THAT PROGRAM IS A SMOOTH ONE, AND THE QUALITY OF THAT STAFF, I HAVE NO DOUBT BETWEEN THE THE ASSISTANCE WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF, WE WILL MAKE THAT TRANSITION A SMOOTH ONE.
ALL RIGHT. SO TALKING ABOUT DAVIS AND SCORES BEFORE AND AFTER.
WE THINK IT'LL GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ONCE WE ACTUALLY RETROFIT THAT BUILDING FOR THE NEW PROGRAM THAT'LL BE GOING THERE, BUT AT A MINIMUM, IT WOULD GO UP TO THE 71, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO RECEIVE 1.7 MILLION, GOING FROM A 64 UP TO A 66.
OKAY. TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLUSTER.
OF COURSE, CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS RECOMMENDED FOR CLOSURE.
IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE OLDER CAMPUSES IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN ALSO COST SAVINGS, 2.1 MILLION IN ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES, 5.4 AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND A LITTLE OVER 110 MILLION IN COST AVOIDANCE.
SO JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY. WELL LET'S SEE.
SO ONCE AGAIN JUST LIKE WITH ARMSTRONG IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
JUST TO KIND OF POINT OUT WHERE THAT IS.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOMAS CHRISTIE AND HARRINGTON, THOSE THREE ELEMENTARIES.
AND OF COURSE YOU SEE CARPENTER IN THE IN THE BROWN SECTION, THAT'S THAT IS THE CURRENT CARPENTER.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE THAT THOMAS WOULD GO UP WOULD BE, WOULD GO UP TO HENDRICK.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE FROM THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.
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IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR TRANSPORTATION.I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO FEWER ROUTES.
I RESULTED BY DOING THE ON THE RIGHT.
SO THAT WAS A DECISION THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE GOING FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY, IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENTLY HAS A 42 ASSESSMENT SCORE THAT WOULD GO UP TO 100 WHEN IT'S OPEN IN 27 SCHIMMELPFENNIG WITH ABOUT $2 MILLION OF UPGRADES.
EXCUSE ME, WOULD GO FROM A 53 UP TO A 75.
AND OF COURSE, HENDRIK WOULD GO WITH A $1.1 MILLION WORTH OF UPGRADES WOULD GO FROM A 53 UP TO A 68.
AND THEN IN BLUE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CAMPUSES BEFORE AND AFTER THAT WOULD HAVE STUDENTS IMPACTED HAGGARD GOING FROM A 67 UTILIZATION TO 75, HARRINGTON GOING FROM A 46 UP TO 84.
HENDRIK, GOING FROM A 59 UP TO 75.
SADDLING, GOING FROM A 55 UP TO 71, AND THEN FINALLY SCHIMMELPFENNIG GOING FROM A 57 UP TO 76.
AND THEN ALSO THE FEEDER PATTERNS WITH, WITH WITH THE CENTRAL CLUSTER YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE BOLDED.
AND RED IS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDERS.
NOW, LIKE WE MENTIONED OR I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO, HARRINGTON WOULD NOW GO OVER TO HAGGARD.
THOMAS WOULD GO UP TO HENDRICK AND CHRISTY WOULD GO UP TO SCHIMMELPFENNIG.
AND THEN JUST SUMMARIZING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
CLOSING DAVIS, FOREMAN, ARMSTRONG, AND CARPENTER ACCOMPLISHES THE FOLLOWING TASK.
STUDENTS WILL HAVE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMING.
AND THEN FINALLY THE AS FAR AS THE WEST CLUSTER.
THE DISTRICT IS IS RECOMMENDED TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS, FURTHER STUDY.
AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 24TH, MAINLY SO THAT CAN ALSO BE ROLLED INTO AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2526 OR WHATEVER THOSE THOSE DECISIONS NEEDED TO BE MADE.
LIKE ME, WHO OWNS A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US, IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ASSETS THAT WE'LL EVER OWN.
IF THAT FACILITY IS CLOSE TO WHERE YOU OWN A HOUSE.
WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT AND AND EMPATHIZE WITH THAT.
I WANT TO TALK JUST REALLY BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT.
NUMBER ONE IS THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE IS VERY SPECIFIC WITH WHAT YOU DO WITH SURPLUS PROPERTY.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
THAT'S FOUND IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTIONS 11.1542.
WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE FULFILLED ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ON THE ON THE 7TH OF MAY, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES WENT AND ACTUALLY DID A RESOLUTION BASICALLY SAYING THAT ANY KIND OF PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE SURPLUS, THERE WOULD BE A INTERACTION WITH THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THAT PROPERTY WAS LOCATED.
WHY IS THAT? IS BECAUSE THE MUNICIPALITY ACTUALLY DEALS WITH PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE CONTROL THROUGH, OF COURSE, THE YOU KNOW, THE PROCESSES OF, OF DOING THE, THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PERMITTING THE ZONING AND PERMITTING.
AND SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY VISIT WITH OUR CITY ABOUT IF WE WERE GOING TO SURPLUS PROPERTY AND BRING IT UP FOR POTENTIAL SALE THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THAT AND PUT THAT IN THEIR LAND BANK.
AND THEN ALSO THE DISTRICT WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PURPOSE OF THAT PROPERTY WAS, WAS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IT WOULD MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
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SURE THAT PROPERTY WAS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN THAT COMMUNITY.JOHNNY, JUST REEMPHASIZE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD ON MAY 7TH, AND THEN ALSO THE DETAIL TO THE DEED AND THAT THE CONTROL THAT WE WOULD HAVE THERE. OKAY.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE, YOU KNOW, HAD VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY THAT WE CAN RESTRICT THOSE DEEDS, THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD DEFINITELY TRY TO, TO ACCOMPLISH.
AS WE LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION, IT WILL IMPACT SEVERAL OF OUR CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. SO WE WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ON THE CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. JOHNNY'S ALREADY MENTIONED THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD LIKELY EXPAND OUR MEADOWS AND MEMORIAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING, BUT WE ALSO WILL WANT TO ADD A NEW PROGRAM AT DOOLEY ELEMENTARY TO SERVE ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRANSFERRED TO DOOLEY ELEMENTARY, AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS OF A OF A PLACEMENT AND WHERE THAT BILINGUAL LOCATION WILL BE BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH WITH EACH OF THOSE FAMILIES, AS WE DO ANNUALLY WITH OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. WE ALSO, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE DSPD PROGRAM TRANCE TRANSITIONING TO HARRINGTON IN TOTAL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT TEAM AND TRANCE. HAVE A GREAT TRANSITION PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S ALSO AN ACTIVE LEARNING CLASSROOM AT CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE FAMILY, THE FAMILIES AND THOSE IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND FIND THE MOST APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO RELOCATE BASED ON THE STUDENT'S NEEDS. THAT'S A SMALLER PROGRAM.
SO IT'LL BE VERY EASY FOR US TO WORK WITH WITH EACH OF THOSE FAMILIES INDIVIDUALLY.
TO BE SURE, WE'RE SERVING OUR STUDENTS NEEDS THE BEST WE CAN ACROSS OUR DISTRICT IN THOSE CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL PUT TRANSITION PLANS IN PLACE FOR ALL OF THESE THAT ARE MOVING TO A NEW CAMPUS AND MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, OUR FAMILIES, TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR NEW CAMPUS, WITH THEIR NEW RECEIVING CAMPUS.
IN ADDITION, WITH THAT, OUR PRE-K PROGRAMS JUST MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER CENTRALIZED PROGRAM, NOT NECESSARILY IMPACTED IMMEDIATELY BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE THUS FAR, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ANNUALLY LOOK AT OUR PRE-K PROGRAMS AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND THOSE ONTO OUR CAMPUSES AND HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.
THOSE ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUST CAMPUSES THAT WILL CLOSE.
WE WILL HAVE TRANSITION TEAMS IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ANY GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO MAY BE GOING FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER, AND WE'LL INVOLVE BOTH SENDING AND RECEIVING CAMPUSES IN THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE WE WE ARE PREPARING FOR THOSE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING STUDENT AMBASSADOR TEAMS IN PLACE AND ALLOWING SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BECOME AMBASSADORS FOR THEIR CAMPUS AND WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AND FRIENDS INTO THEIR CAMPUS, AND ALSO CAMPUS TRANSITION TEAMS FOR THE ADULTS, AND WORKING THROUGH MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WILL WANT TO OFFER. I DO WANT TO NOTE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM DR.
GOBER HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT IN HEARING THIS NEWS, SOME OF OUR FAMILIES MAY WANT TO EVALUATE WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE SLATED TO ATTEND FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR AND ALSO THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.
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WINDOW OPEN. IT WILL BE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.GOBER WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB WITH THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE HEARING THAT WE DO WANT TO PUT THAT WINDOW OPEN AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY FAMILIES AS WE CAN TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE'LL CALL THEM DESTINATION EVENTS.
IF YOU'RE HEADED TO A NEW CAMPUS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO JOIN THE TWO COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND BECOME ONE, AND WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING SOME LEGACY COMMITTEES AS WE CLOSE DOWN A CAMPUS.
AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL.
IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO THOSE LEGACY COMMITTEES WILL BE IN CHARGE OF FINDING THOSE WAYS TO HONOR THE LEGACY, DOCUMENTING THAT HISTORY, AND REALLY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE EVENTS. AND WE DO HAVE A TEAM MEMBER WHO WILL BE HOSTING ALL OF THOSE LEGACY COMMITTEES.
THERE IS A TIMELINE DEVELOPED BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY WILL BE REACHING OUT AND WORKING WITH EVERY STAFF MEMBER TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A PLACE AND A TRANSITION PLAN IN PLACE FOR A 25, 26 PLACEMENT.
AND WE'LL START THAT PROCESS IN DECEMBER.
WE WILL BE HOSTING SOME STAFF Q&A MEETINGS.
AND YES, WE DO REALIZE IT IS THE SUMMER BREAK AND SO THIS IS NOT A REQUIRED MEETING.
BUT IF STAFF JUST SIMPLY WANT TO COME AND ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT EACH OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR CLOSURE, AND WE WILL BE AT THOSE CAMPUSES THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE 12TH AT 3 P.M..
SO FROM 3 TO 4, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF.
WE WANT TO DO THAT SAME THING FOR OUR FAMILIES ON THAT SAME DATE FROM 6 TO 7.
WE WILL WE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO ANSWER SPECIFIC FAMILY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TRANSITION PLANS AND HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THOSE IF THEY HAVE IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS.
JOHNNY, I THINK I'M HANDING IT BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO, FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING.
ONE THING THAT THAT OUR BOARD ACTUALLY ALREADY DID BACK IN MAY WAS ADOPTED LOCAL POLICY CT, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT DOING A IT'S BASICALLY A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT THIS, ANY KIND OF FUTURE WORK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO ON FACILITY PLANNING AFTER THIS PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WE ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO A ANOTHER POTENTIAL BOND ELECTION THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DID NOT ONLY FACILITY ASSESSMENT, BUT WE DID LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEEDED TO TWEAK ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
AND SO PRIOR TO THIS WORK, WE WOULD THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD ACTUALLY REVIEW THIS TO SEE IF IT'S IF THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT NEEDED TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE INFORMATION AGAIN, TO DO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLAN.
SO, WE WOULD LOOK AT YEAR OVER YEAR FACILITY FACILITIES.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A REGULATION.
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THAT'S IN MY OPINION, I'VE WORKED AT SIX DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.IT IS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE IN MY IN MY OPINION, GREAT.
AS FAR AS LOOKING AT MANAGING OUR LONG-RANGE DEBT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CAN GO OUT FOR 40 YEARS IN ORDER TO BORROW MONEY TO PAY BONDS BACK.
AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE LIMIT THAT TO 20 YEARS.
THE SHORTER TERM THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THAT DEBT.
AND SO, WE HAVE OUR BOARD, OUR PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
THAT'S BELIEVE CCA REGULATION, CAA REGULATION.
SO, ANYBODY CAN LOOK THAT UP AND SEE EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS POLICIES AROUND MANAGING OUR DEBT.
AND SO THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, DR.
WILLIAMS. I THINK I'LL JUMP IN.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT REPORT.
AND BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS ANYTHING, WE NEED TO GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES AND ADOPTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LONG-TERM LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, INCLUDING NUMBER ONE CLOSING DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOREMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL TO TAKE EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND NUMBER THREE, DIRECTING THE PLANO ISD ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE WEST CLUSTER.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY DR.
LAUREN TYRA. AND A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPT AND ADOPTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, INCLUDING NUMBER ONE CLOSING DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOREMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND CARPENTER.
SORRY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND NUMBER THREE, DIRECTING THE PLANO ISD ADMINISTRATION TO CONDUCT FURTHER ANALYSIS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE WEST CLUSTER.
I WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO I CAN GO FIRST.
JUST AS AN ASIDE CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO AND THE SCHOOL THAT I IDENTIFY MOST WITH FROM MY TIME IN PISD.
AND AS I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT TRAVIS RAGSDALE, WHO IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT CARPENTER AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB THIS YEAR WITH THAT CAMPUS. I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS PISD PARENTS OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THIS PROCESS.
MAYBE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED, TOO.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS THE TRANSITION.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRANSITION COMMITTEES, WILL THEY INCLUDE PARENTS AND STAFF FROM BOTH THE RETIRING CAMPUSES AS WELL AS THE RECEIVING SCHOOLS TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THAT PROCESS? YES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A COMMUNITY.
OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO GET UPDATES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS ON THE TRANSITION WORK? MAYBE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND MAYBE ONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND I'M SORRY I DID NOT MENTION THAT.
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WE, OF COURSE, WILL KEEP THE BOARD UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WE WILL PLACE AS MANY UPDATES ON BOARD AGENDAS AS WE HAVE PERTINENT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE, BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU AND THE PUBLIC WITH UPDATES ON HOW THE TRANSITION ACTIVITIES ARE MOVING ALONG.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR DAVIS FAMILIES, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION, IS HARRINGTON, WHILE A LITTLE BIT NEWER, IS OF A OF A NOT DISSIMILAR AGE TO DAVIS, AND THERE ARE SOME VERY LARGE AND BY LARGE, I MEAN ABOUT FIVE-ACRE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND SO, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HAVING TO REBUILD A CAMPUS? ON THE SAME SITE OR, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE SCHOOL IS STILL IN SESSION COMPARED TO REBUILDING A CAMPUS, IF THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE ROOM TO REBUILD ON THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY, I KNOW I'M NOT MAKING SENSE.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
BECAUSE I KIND OF WALKED THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.
LAUREN, AND FEEL FREE TO TELL ME THAT I'M IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IF I NEED TO.
SO, MY QUESTION WAS, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE PRECEDENCE FOR REBUILDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SIDE BY SIDE IN THE DISTRICT? SO, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE LAST TIME THAT I THINK ON THE ELEMENTARY WAS MENDENHALL.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE'VE REBUILT MENDENHALL MEMORIAL, SIGLER AND MEADOWS.
THERE'S THREE. SO, THERE IS PRECEDENT 3 OR 4 TIMES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK AT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT AT HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU KEEP THE STUDENTS IN THE OLD BUILDING, YOU BUILD RIGHT BESIDE IT.
AND THEN AND THEN YOU TEAR DOWN THE OLD BUILDING.
IT'S A LOT LESS DISRUPTIVE FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK IS, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE PREFERRED ACREAGE FOR CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YOU NEED AT LEAST TEN ACRES, BUT IT DEPENDS IF IT'S AN ELEMENTARY OR A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO, YOU WOULD NEED OBVIOUSLY AT LEAST AT LEAST TEN ACRES.
AND I WOULD SAY AT LEAST AT LEAST TEN ACRES OR MORE FOR AN ELEMENTARY YOU WOULD NEED I WOULD, I WOULD GUESS AT LEAST 16 ACRES OR SO FOR A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO, IF YOU WERE GOING TO REBUILD DAVIS AND YOU HAD TO TAKE THE ORIGINAL BUILDING DOWN TO REBUILD IT, WE OF COURSE WOULD HAVE TO PASS A BOND ELECTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT WHAT SORT OF DISRUPTION WOULD THAT CAUSE FOR THE STUDENTS AS COMPARED TO IF YOU HAD TO DO THAT AT HARRINGTON? WELL, WHAT TYPICALLY AND I'M DONE.
I'VE DONE A LOT OF BUILDING OVER THE LAST 15 OR SO YEARS, BUT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU WOULD GO AND IF IT'S A SMALL FOOTPRINT LIKE THAT, YOU'D GO TO PORTABLES. I MEAN, YOU'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY JUST DO A PORTABLE AND FIGURE OUT AND PUT THOSE ON THE PARKING LOTS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'D BE.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'D BE LOOKING AT.
CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR THAT? I'M SORRY. SO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM TO ACTUALLY DO THE SIDE BY SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY, YOU WOULD HAVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO EITHER TAKE THOSE STUDENTS TEMPORARILY TO OTHER CAMPUSES, OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE OR LEASE PORTABLES IN ORDER TO PUT THOSE, THOSE STUDENTS AT WHILE YOU ACTUALLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THE BUILDING DOWN BEFORE YOU CAN BUILD IT BACK UP.
AND WHAT WOULD BE THE LENGTH OF DISRUPTION IN TERMS OF HOW MANY, HOW MANY PIECES OR PARTS OF A SCHOOL YEAR DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO? I MEAN, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ABOUT YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 12 MONTHS OF ACTUALLY DOING SYSTEM DESIGN.
AND SO, YOU WOULD BE TALKING ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 YEARS.
SO NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY 7 OR 8 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FROM TODAY.
WAS THE COMMITTEE ASKED TO CONSIDER PROGRAM CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK.
AS ONCE THEY WORK THROUGH VARIOUS PROTOCOLS, AS THEY WERE LOOKING AT CAMPUSES AND ANALYZING WHAT OUR PARTICULAR OPTIONS AS THOSE CAMPUSES CAME UP, THE QUESTION, EACH SPECIALIZED PROGRAM THAT'S HOUSED AT THAT CAMPUS WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AS FAR AS ADDING NEW PROGRAMS OR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS OR CHOICE PROGRAMS, THAT WAS NOT THE CHARGE OF THAT COMMITTEE TO, TO DO THAT WORK.
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IB BECAUSE WE'VE GONE A LONG TIME WITHOUT HAVING A CONTINUUM OF IB.HOWEVER, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE EXPANDING OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A HIGH INTEREST IN TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AND DIG IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
AND THEN LISA MENTIONED OTHER CHOICE PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER BRINGING IN THE FUTURE.
HAGGARD. HAGGARD ACTUALLY WAS ACTUALLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM AS A AS A REBUILD.
OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR UNICORN EMPLOYEES, AND I DEFINE UNICORN EMPLOYEES AS THE COACHES, THE LIBRARIANS, THE SCHOOL NURSES, TEAM LEADERS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, THOSE FOLKS THAT THERE MAY ONLY BE ONE OF THEM ON A CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING SOME LESS SPECIALIZED EMPLOYEES AROUND, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MOVING OUR, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES VERY, VERY VALUABLE UNICORN EMPLOYEES AROUND.
I'LL TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THAT.
AND THEN, JOHNNY, PLEASE FILL IN ANY GAPS ON ANYTHING THAT I MAY MISS.
BUT PART OF THIS WOULD BE ASKING EACH OF OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES TO GIVE US A PREFERENCE SO THEY WOULD HAVE A SURVEY OF WHATEVER THEIR FIRST, SECOND, THIRD CHOICE.
TRYING TO FIND A MATCH PROCESS.
AND WE WOULD WORK AGAIN WITH, WITH, WITH PRINCIPALS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AS FAR AS HIRING, OF COURSE, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT WE WOULD TRY TO MEET THE PREFERENCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE ATTRITION.
AND THEN THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT NEEDS.
AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DAVIS IN PARTICULAR WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE AN EXTRA ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION AT, AT HARRINGTON? THAT MAY BE AN OPTION THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER BASED ON, ON NEEDS OF HOW OUR KIDS ARE TRANSITIONING AT THAT TIME.
I'M SURE SHE'S OUT IN THE AUDIENCE SOMEWHERE.
I WILL SAY THAT OUR BOARD HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ADMINISTRATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT THE STAFF, AND IF THAT TAKES MORE THAN THAT ONE YEAR OF TRANSITION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THOSE STAFF AND WE'LL MAKE UNTIL THEY GET FULLY IMPLEMENTED INTO THEIR NEW ROLES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAS BEEN VERY OFTEN DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND IN PARTICULAR BY OUR FAMILIES, IS UNDERSTANDING THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S GOING INTO THESE FACILITIES.
IS IT POSSIBLE GOING FORWARD TO HAVE A CAMPUS-BY-CAMPUS SORT OF PRESENTATION OF MAINTENANCE REQUESTS AND FULFILLMENT OF THOSE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS, KIND OF SIMILAR TO HOW WE GET DEMOGRAPHY GOING FORWARD? JUST WE HAVE A LOT OF AGING CAMPUSES.
I THINK THAT I DEFINITELY KNOW WE DIDN'T ADD A NEW FTE, BUT WE HAVE MOVED OVER A POSITION.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU BRING THAT UP.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE MORE STRATEGIC GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
ON HOW WE ACTUALLY NOT JUST BE PROACTIVE BUT BE NOT JUST BE REACTIVE BUT BE PROACTIVE.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT HAVING STEVE LEAVE THAT CHARGE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
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AND SO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING GOING INTO THE FUTURE.I DO THINK THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GROWING NUMBER IN OUR BUDGET.
WE PAY ABOUT $165 MILLION BACK TOWARD OUR BOND INDEBTEDNESS.
YOU KNOW, IN OUR DISTRICT, WE NEVER HAD A BOND ELECTION OVER A HALF $1 BILLION EVER.
IT'S JUST IT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE BUILDING HAS GOTTEN.
AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST REAL QUICKLY IS YOU GOT PAYROLL AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THIS IS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
PAYROLL IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 85% OF YOUR OVERALL BUDGET.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SECOND LARGEST LINE ITEM IS IN THAT BUDGET? IT'S TAKING CARE OF YOUR FACILITIES, ABOUT 10%.
SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TO SAY AND THAT IS A NUMBER THAT'S BEEN GROWING.
IT'S MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FACILITIES YOU HAVE.
AND WE JUST WE NEED TO BE SUPER STRATEGIC WITH.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THAT IS PART OF THIS LONG-RANGE PLAN, THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE STUDY OF THESE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TAKING YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE DISTRICT PLANT AND ALMOST AND NOT ALMOST.
IT'S THE INVENTORY OF HERE ARE 90 ROOFTOPS.
HERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF EACH FACILITY.
WHEN IS THE END OF LIFE FOR HVAC OR ROOFS OR PAINT OR AND SO ALL OF THOSE MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THEN PREDICT FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THINGS WILL BE END OF LIFE OR OUT OF WARRANTY, WHICH THEN HELPS FOR THAT FUTURE BOND PLANNING AND OR MAINTENANCE AND PREDICTING WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME HOLES.
AND SO, JOHNNY AND HIS TEAM HAVE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WAS PURCHASED.
I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MOST OF MY QUESTIONS.
SO, I WILL YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR QUESTIONS.
I BROUGHT IT UP THE OTHER DAY TO YOU.
OUR STUDENTS FROM OTTO, WHO ARE GOING INTO NINTH GRADE, ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO WILLIAMS. AND THEN SO IF THEY'RE ZONED FOR MCMILLEN CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT LOOKS IS THEY WOULD START NINTH GRADE AT WILLIAMS, 10TH GRADE AT MCMILLEN, AND THEN GO TO PECHE.
WILL. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HOW WE HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH AN EASIER TRANSITION.
THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE AT HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS ANYWAY.
SO, YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS FROM DR.
IF THIS PLAN IS APPROVED, HE HAS A TRANSFER RESOLUTION.
AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITIES? WE WOULD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK IN AND IDENTIFY WHAT WOULD BE HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION.
SECOND WOULD BE THEN HAVING AND ALLOWING ANY IMPACTED STUDENT TO HAVE PRIORITY TRANSFERS.
SO IT MAY BE FOR SOME STUDENTS, THEY MAY WANT TO STAY AT WILLIAMS FOR BOTH NINTH AND 10TH GRADE.
WE MAY HAVE OTHER STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE FINE GOING TO ONE SCHOOL ONE YEAR AND ANOTHER SECOND YEAR.
AND THEY COULD APPLY FOR A TRANSFER AS EARLY AS THIS YEAR.
SO, IT'S TAKING THAT INFORMATION TO SEE KIND OF WHERE FAMILIES ARE TO THEN HELP DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST RESPONSIVE PLAN WOULD BE FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR.
I NORMALLY WOULD GIVE YOU THE NUMBER, BUT I'VE GOT SO MANY THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO NUMBER THEM.
FIRST HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE SCHOOLS TO UPGRADE IN THE BOND ELECTION? I KNOW WE HAVE A BOND COMMITTEE.
HOW ARE THEY CHOOSING WHICH SCHOOLS TO UPGRADE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME SCHOOLS ARE LET'S SAY THEY'RE BOTH RANKED 50.
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SOME GET UPGRADED TO 67, SOME GET UPGRADED TO 77.HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CHOICE AND WHAT'S THAT PROCESS.
SO BOTTOM BOTTOM LINE IS WE DID WE DO A FACILITY ASSESSMENT ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
BUT THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT IS JUST ON AN OVERALL SCORE.
IT'S MADE UP OF A LOT OF COMPONENTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT USEFUL LIFE.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE ON THAT COMPONENT.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PHYSICAL INSPECTION AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GRADING THAT.
THOSE 53 COMPONENTS ARE ACTUALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO 15 COMPONENTS.
SO LIKE IF YOU THEY LOOK AT FLOORING FOR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, BUT YOU MAY HAVE FLOORING AND THE CAFETERIA, YOU MAY HAVE FLOORING IN THE CLASSROOMS, YOU MAY HAVE FLOORING. THERE'S LIKE THERE'S LIKE TEN DIFFERENT JUST KINDS OF FLOORING.
AND SO EACH OF THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO THOSE ARE SUMMARIZED IN THOSE 15 CATEGORIES.
BASICALLY JUST FLOORING HAS AN OVERALL SCORE.
AND IF THAT SCORE IS BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL THEN MONEY IS PUT INTO THAT TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT UPGRADED TO GET IT ABOVE A LEVEL THAT'S DONE THROUGHOUT THE THE IT'S DONE PRIOR TO THAT BOND COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN IT'S PRESENTED AS A REQUEST TO THAT BOND COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO I THINK THIS LAST YEAR, ANY OF THOSE SUMMARIZE THOSE 15 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, IF ANY OF THOSE WERE UNDER I BELIEVE A 50, THEN THEY ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS A 50. THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED AT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THAT.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE AMOUNT AND THE BOND THAT WAS GOING TO GO TOWARD THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES, IT'LL ACTUALLY HAVE HVAC OR HVAC CONTROLS OR RESTROOMS OR ROOF.
SO THEN DO WE HAVE BOND DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE CLOSING? AND IF SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT ALLOCATION.
SURE. NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE REST OF THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED BECAUSE, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, ON THE BOND, WHENEVER WE WENT TO THE BOND COMMITTEE, I THINK THERE WERE OVER $2 BILLION OF IDENTIFIED REQUEST.
NORMALLY ADDITIONAL SYSTEM AND COMPLIANCE NEEDS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED AN HVAC SYSTEM.
I MEAN, BECAUSE FOR THEIR PART OF IT MIGHT HAVE GONE DOWN THAT WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY IT, BUT IT ACTUALLY CAME UP AS A PROBLEM AFTER THE COMMITTEE DID THEIR WORK. GOT IT.
OH. SO JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE SPECIFIC CAMPUSES.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT DAVIS, IT WASN'T A USAGE ISSUE.
IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS MORE OF A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE.
ULTIMATELY, I GUESS WHEN WE OR THE COMMITTEE GAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, I GUESS HOW DID THEY WEIGH THOSE FACTORS? BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT, IF YOU LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION, IT'S PROBABLY DAVIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT USAGE, IT'S PROBABLY CARRINGTON.
RIGHT. SO HOW DID WE DECIDE WHICH WAS MORE IMPORTANT.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOW FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOW UTILIZATION SCORE; IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HIGH COST PER STUDENT SCORE.
AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ACTUALLY PUT DOTS ON CAMPUSES WITHIN EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANTED YOU WANTED TO STAY WITHIN THAT BAND.
AFTER THAT POINT, THEY ACTUALLY PULLED EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES OUT SEPARATELY.
AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF YOU RETIRED, DAVIS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU RETIRED? HARRINGTON, FOR INSTANCE? AND SO, THEY LOOKED AT THEY ACTUALLY PUT QUITE A BIT OF EMPHASIS AT THAT POINT ON WHAT KIND OF HOW OLD THE BUILDING WAS.
WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE A CAMPUS THAT WAS OLDER.
WHEN I SAY END OF USEFUL LIFE, CLOSER TO THE 50-YEAR MARK, 45 TO 50 YEARS.
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AND SO THAT WAS CONSIDERED NOT ONLY WAS IT THAT CONSIDERED, BUT YOU ALSO LOOKED AT BUILD IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO FOUNDATIONAL SCORE.WHAT KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL SCORE WAS THIS CAMPUS IN VERSUS THIS FOUNDATIONAL SCORE? AND SO, I THINK THAT WAS WEIGHTED PRETTY HEAVY.
IT WAS ALSO WEIGHTED PRETTY HEAVY WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT THE CAMPUSES THAT WERE CONTIGUOUS? WERE THERE CAMPUSES AROUND IT THAT COULD ACTUALLY TAKE ON THAT THOSE STUDENTS.
AND SO, IN SOME CASES IT WAS HARDER THAN OTHERS.
AND SO, THERE WAS WEIGHTED, THERE WAS WEIGHT PUT ON THAT.
AND SO, I THINK THAT WAS WEIGHTED AS WELL.
GOT IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
THOROUGH. SO, AND THIS MAY BE HARD, BUT IS IT CAN YOU GIVE US A.
OF THE CAMPUSES SAY A 45 VERSUS A 55 VERSUS THE 65.
LIKE WHAT WOULD BE THE GENERAL DIFFERENCES? LIKE IS IT AT 45 BELOW? THIS CAMPUS HAS TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S ALMOST NEW. LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE US A SURE A LITTLE BIT OF A RUBRIC AROUND THAT.
SO, BOTTOM LINE IS I MEAN IT'S BASICALLY JUST AN AVERAGE OF THOSE 15 SUMMARIZE.
AND THOSE WOULD BE LIKE THE RESTROOMS, THE ROOF, THE HVAC, THE HVAC CONTROLS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WINDOWS I MEAN.
SO, BUT TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU IT DEPENDS.
SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE, WHETHER YOU REPLACE IT OR WHETHER YOU RENOVATE IT OR REPAIR IT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE WITHIN EACH OF THOSE 15 SUBCATEGORIES , THOSE COMPONENT SUBCATEGORIES, YOU NEED TO REALLY LOOK TO SEE WHERE THOSE ARE LOW.
IF YOU'VE GOT A FOUNDATION THAT'S LOW, THAT'S A LOT HARDER.
SO, I THINK IT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T MEAN TO BE YOU KNOW, JUST NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THOSE SCORES WERE.
LOW ROOFS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE OUT HERE.
YOU'VE REPLACED THOSE ABOUT EVERY 7 OR 8 YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE OF HELL.
SAME QUESTION, THOUGH, FOR, SAY, FOREMAN VERSUS VARGAS, BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE AS WELL.
SO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, TOO.
THAT'S, I THINK, 52 YEARS OLD.
SO SOMEBODY OUT THERE SAID 53.
AND THEN I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THE I DO HAVE THE FOREMAN FOUNDATIONAL SCORE MEMORIZED.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT VARGAS WAS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT.
SO THOSE WERE IF I WAS JUST GOING TO PINPOINT TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD PINPOINT IT.
OKAY. NOW SOME OF THE SLIGHTLY HARDER QUESTIONS THAT WAS EASIER.
LIKE ULTIMATELY AND I ASK THIS QUESTION JUST BECAUSE IN THE CONCEPT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SAVE, RIGHT, FROM A DEFICIT STANDPOINT, WE'RE RUNNING ALMOST A $25 MILLION DEFICIT THIS SCHOOL YEAR FROM, I BELIEVE DR.
TYRA MENTIONED OUR INS PAYMENTS.
AND THAT JUST FURTHER IS OUR DEFICIT ISSUE.
SO AND SO SORRY, I'M ALMOST DONE.
HOW DO WE SAY TO OURSELVES TODAY WE'RE CHOOSING TO SAY $5 MILLION VERSUS CLOSING MORE SCHOOLS AND GETTING TO 10 OR 20? LIKE, HOW DID WE GET THIS NUMBER? HEY, JOHNNY, CAN I JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON THE BONDS? THOSE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE NO GENERAL FUND DEFICIT BECAUSE THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE INS TAX RATE.
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SO, THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENTIAL THERE.SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I FORGOT YOUR QUESTION.
WHY? [INAUDIBLE] FOUR VERSUS TEN GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE DEFICIT? OKAY. SO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AFTER 930.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SORRY.
SO, I THINK THE, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I MEAN, SO BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU TRY TO HIT THAT, THAT 80 TO 85%, I THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE AS MANY IF IT WAS PERFECT. I MEAN, WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED PERFECTLY.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, OUR DISTRICT HAS NEVER DONE THIS KIND OF WORK BEFORE.
AND TO SAY THAT IT'S BRUTAL IS AN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HEADED ON ITS OWN MERIT.
AS FAR AS THE YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD IT DO? I MEAN, IT HAD IT HAD TO MEET CERTAIN A LOT OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA, TRANSPORTATION, CONTIGUOUS CAMPUSES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THOSE ENROLLMENTS.
LIFE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING, FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO THEY SET A VERY, VERY HIGH BAR, IF YOU WILL BECAUSE KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DID BRING A CAMPUS FOR RECOMMENDATION FORWARD, THAT IT NEEDED TO MEET A VERY, VERY HIGH STANDARD.
I WILL SAY ALSO, THOUGH MR. COOK IS THEY DID PASS LOCAL POLICY CT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY OPENED THE DOOR FOR A PATHWAY FORWARD THAT IF ADDITIONAL WORK NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, THERE WAS A PLAN A STRATEGIC PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT IF IT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
BY THEY. YOU MEAN US? YES. RIGHT. YES. YES, MA'AM.
I'M SORRY. NO, I'M JUST MAKING SURE BECAUSE THAT'S THE BOARD.
YES, MA'AM. CAN I PONY ON TO THAT ONE QUESTION? SURE. I JUST WOULD ASK IF WE HAVE FOR LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS WORK BEFORE.
AND IF WE WERE TO HAVE CONSIDERED EIGHT TO GET TO THAT PERFECT 85% SCORE, WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY OF GETTING THAT DONE? I THINK AT THAT POINT YOU'RE PHASING, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE PHASING HOW YOU'RE DOING IT.
HAVE WE SPOKEN TO THE CITY ABOUT THE SCHOOL CLOSINGS? HAVE WE SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO IF WE WERE TO SOMEHOW AGREE WITH THEM AND THEY WERE TO PURCHASE THE LAND? I'LL, I'LL START OUT FIRST, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF REMIND THE GROUP THAT WE DID A, THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY WAS WHEN WE HAD OUR JOINT CITY COUNCIL SLASH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND JOHNNY PROPOSED ACTUALLY GAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ALL OF AT EACH OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
AND THAT JOINT THAT JOINT COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD THAT HAS PROMPTED THE CONVERSATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED ON MAY THE 7TH.
THEY WERE AWARE AND I KNOW THAT THAT MARK RALSTON AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH REGARD TO THAT RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
THE CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THAT HAVE JUST BEEN GENERAL BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECOMMENDATION, OR A DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT'S NEXT.
I THINK THERE'S A POINT OF ORDER HERE.
AS STATED IN THE RESOLUTION, IT WOULD BE FIRST THE BOARD DEEMING A PARTICULAR PROPERTY AS SURPLUS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE BOARD AND APPROVED WOULD BE THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT WITH, WITH OUR CITIES OR WITH OUR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE CITY OF PLANO.
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THANKS. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION.THIS IS PROBABLY MORE FOR LISA.
WHAT IS THE TIMING OF OUR NEW PROGRAMING LIKE? WHEN CAN WE START TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMING? ONCE WE'VE SAID, GO ON THIS PLAN, WHEN WOULD WE START TO SEE SORT OF THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR? I THINK AS WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD TO YOU BY DECEMBER 2024, I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE SOME INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO START LAUNCHING IN 2526.
BUT OTHER PROGRAMS, SOMETIMES A PROGRAM WILL TAKE 1 OR 2 YEARS.
YOU HAVE TO DO A RESEARCH YEAR AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT I WOULD SUSPECT THAT AFTER WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF FACILITY AVAILABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIG MORE DEEPLY INTO THE WEST CLUSTER TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, I SUSPECT WE'LL BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU IN DECEMBER.
WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME THINGS AVAILABLE.
25-26 SO ONE LAST QUESTION, JOHNNY.
ACTUALLY, SORRY, ONE SORRY, ONE LAST QUESTION.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT $5.2 MILLION SAVINGS.
SO ULTIMATELY, WE'RE NOT WE'RE ALL THE TEACHERS ARE MAINTAINING THEIR JOBS.
HOW ARE WE GETTING TO THAT $5.2 MILLION NUMBER.
AND SO, YOU DO GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN EFFICIENCY BUT LESS AS YOU GO TO ELEMENTARY.
SO, YOU GET ABOUT A 10% EFFICIENCY ON INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, 20% ON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN MORE ON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WE'RE NOT TALKING HIGH SCHOOL NOW, BUT AND SO BASICALLY IT IS JUST GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT TAKING CARE OF THAT PLANT.
SO, A LOT OF IT IS IN, YOU KNOW WITH THE UTILITIES IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
CUSTODIAL TAKING CARE OF THAT PLANT IS ANOTHER BIG ONE.
SO THOSE AREN'T CAPITAL EXPENSES.
THOSE ARE JUST OPERATING EXPENSES.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW I GOT IT IS I ACTUALLY WENT BACK I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO THE 22-23 AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ACTUAL EXPENSES WHEN IT TOOK CARE OF THAT, EXCLUDING INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.
I HAD A BUNCH OF THE SAME QUESTION, SO I'M GLAD YOU Y'ALL.
Y'ALL COVERED THEM. ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S HARBORING ANY CONCERNS ABOUT, DANG IT, WHY DON'T THEY HAVE TO DO ANYTHING OVER AT WEST CLUSTER? SO, IF YOU COULD BRIEFLY GO OVER THE REASONS WHY WE'RE WAITING ON THAT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TO COME UP WITH SOME MORE CONCLUSIONS BY DECEMBER.
SO, I'LL KICK THIS OFF AND THEN.
JOHNNY. LISA, IF I MISSED SOMETHING PLEASE FILL IN FIRST.
AS PRESENTED IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THAT PARTICULAR CLUSTER RIGHT NOW IS SITTING AT 83% UTILIZATION.
SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AND I BELIEVE ON THE MAY 20TH, AT THE MAY 21ST MEETING DR.
TARRAH ACTUALLY HAD SOME GREAT FACTS, BUT THIS SIDE OF THE DISTRICT IS STILL EXPERIENCING SOME UNPREDICTABLE GROWTH, BUT IN CERTAIN POCKETS OR CERTAIN AREAS OF POCKETS IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE, BUT CERTAIN AREAS OF THE WEST CLUSTER.
SO THAT IS THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS HAS NOT PRESENTED ITSELF ALL THE WAY FROM OUR STUDIES THAT WE GET FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
PART OF IT IS WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE MORE MULTI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARDER TO, TO PREDICT THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.
SO, THE CITY WAS IT'S GROWN OUT IN THE DISTRICT HAS GROWN OUT FROM CENTRAL OUT TO EAST, OUT TO WEST.
AND SO JUST LIKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN BOGGS IN PARTICULAR, THAT'S ONLY 20 SOMETHING YEARS OLD.
MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES, ALSO IN THE WEST CLUSTER, ARE ALSO IN THAT SAME RANGE GROUP.
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SO, LOOKING AT THE WEST, THERE WASN'T A GOOD.THAT MET EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THE CRITERIA FROM FOUNDATION TO AGE TO LOOKING AT THE COST FOR PEOPLE, THE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT MOST IN THE WEST CLUSTER IS WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVE LOWER ENROLLMENT, AND WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. AND SO, PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THERE IS FOR US TO GO AND LOOK TO SEE, DO WE NEED TO MAKE SOME SHIFT OUTSIDE OF THE WEST BOUNDARY? SO AS EACH OF THE PROTOCOLS WERE WITH EACH MEETING THAT THE, THAT THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH THEY REALLY STAYED WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AGAIN, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WERE NOT LIKE FINITE RULES.
THEY WERE JUST HERE ARE THE GUARDRAILS.
Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL ESTABLISHED THEM.
AND SO, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AND STUDY MORE THE UNPREDICTED GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT TO DETERMINE WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SHIFTS WITH, WITH BOUNDARIES.
AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SHIFTS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH.
SO, IN SOME CASES WE'RE SEEING 100, 121% GROWTH IN SOME OF OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL POPULATION IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS. AND SO, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE DO WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS? SO, WHAT DID I MISS? I THINK YOU GOT IT. THE ONLY THING I WOULD EMPHASIZE IS OUR COMMITTEE DID TAKE THAT WEST UP AND THEY DID REVIEW IT AND THEY CAME.
AND SO FOR US TO NOT ONLY WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, CAME UP WITH A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST A VERY SHORT, TEMPORARY FIX.
AND SO, WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO DO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS SO WE COULD ACTUALLY DO A LONGER A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION, NOT JUST A TEMPORARY FIX. I WANT TO GIVE SOME JUST FACTS.
THIS IS THESE ARE JUST FACTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE WEST SIDE.
THEY HAVE FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
TWO OF THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES IN THE 70 RANGE, AND TWO HAVE THEM IN THE 90S, WHICH ARE HIGHER THAN THE CENTRAL AND EAST CLUSTER.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE THERE ARE OUT OF THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FOUR CAMPUSES HAVE UTILIZATION HIGHER THAN 90%. CURRENTLY, FIVE CAMPUSES HAVE UTILIZATION HIGHER THAN 80%.
THREE CAMPUSES HAVE HIGHER UTILIZATION THAN 70%.
ONLY ONE CAMPUS IS IN THE 50 RANGE, AND ONLY ONE CAMPUS IS IN THE 40 RANGE.
IT DID NOT GO WITHOUT ATTEMPTS, THOUGH.
THERE WERE CAMPUSES INDIVIDUALLY PULLED AND LOOKED AND EXAMINED.
AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND I KNOW JOHNNY AND DR.
BOUNDARIES ONCE AND THEN AGAIN, AND THEN AGAIN UNTIL WE FOUND A MORE PERMANENT RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T WANT TO ASK, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS.
WE'VE HEARD THE REASONS WHY THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ACTIONS ARE.
SHOULD THIS BOARD CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE AN ACTION THIS EVENING? WHAT ARE THE TOP FIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU SEE HAPPENING THAT WE NEED TO BE PAINFULLY AWARE OF, TO KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD WELCOME AND ASK THE TEAM TO FILL IN ANYTHING THAT I MISSED.
BUT I THINK MY OPENING REMARKS REALLY SAY A LOT.
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AND. ALTHOUGH I LOVE WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE AND PEOPLE AND INTERACTING THE TOPIC IS, IS REALLY HARD AND I EVERY DAY I CAN NEVER TAKE OFF MY MOM HAT.IT'S THERE, IT'S PERMANENT, IT'S INGRAINED.
AND SO AS MUCH LIKE YOU, AS YOU'VE YOU, AS YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH OTHER PARENTS, YOU FEEL.
THE FEAR, THE CONCERNS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT. WE'RE IN THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT AND WE'RE NOT ALONE.
THIS IS A NOT A PLANO ISD PROBLEM.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND IT'S WHAT DO WE HAVE NO DIFFERENT THAT EACH ONE OF US AT HOMES, WITH OUR OWN BUDGETS, WITH OUR OWN HOMES, WITH OUR OWN POSSESSIONS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE.
AND THEN TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS AND OUR PEOPLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
AND THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD.
WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THIS COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY WAS BUILT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE TO RESIZE OURSELVES TOGETHER. THIS IS HARD.
AND SO, THE ASK IS IF THIS IS THE IF THIS IS THE DECISION GOING FORWARD THAT WE DO IT TOGETHER.
LET ME REITERATE THE QUESTION.
YEAH. BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IF WE DON'T DO THIS IN TOP OF MIND FOR ME IS WE ARE BEING WOEFULLY IRRESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER MONEY, WHICH I KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT MONEY, BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
I THINK FOR ME, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A BOARD AND YOU ALL HAVE PUSHED US AND QUESTIONED US ON IS STAFF SALARIES AND HOW DO WE STAY COMPETITIVE AND PUT THE VERY BEST TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS FOR OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, THAT'S WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS.
AND WE'VE HAD AUDITS THAT HAVE SHARED WITH US THAT WE ARE NOT UTILIZING AND MOST EFFICIENT WITH OUR FACILITIES AND THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES.
SO, BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND WHAT WE OFFER FOR OUR KIDS, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ADD TO THAT, I THINK YOU HIT ON IT THERE AT THE END.
AND SOMETIMES I'M REMINDING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AIMING AT THAT.
BUT WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON MAY 21ST FROM THE COMMITTEE.
AND THE THE COMMENTARY THAT HE EXPLAINED ABOUT THE SITUATION AT THE CAMPUS IS NOT MEETING THAT EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS.
THAT'S THAT'S A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
TO BE CLEAR, IT'S OPTIMAL PROGRAMING AND RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS.
IT'S OPTIMAL FACILITIES AND LEARNING SPACES.
IT'S COMPENSATION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND EQUITY FOR OUR TEACHERS.
FOR THE POINTS THAT ARE GIVEN, THEY'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR AS A RESOURCE IN OUR POSSESSION AND THEN FUTURE UPKEEP. SO WHAT HAPPENED?
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IT'S IT'S THAT IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET NEWER, WHICH MEANS THEN DO YOU GO AND ASK VOTERS FOR TO APPROVE A FUTURE BOND ON CAMPUSES OR THAT ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZED? SO, IT'S BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF DOLLARS RESOURCES AND IT'S MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY TYPE OF FUTURE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE, WE HAVE HELD TIGHT TO NOT CUTTING STAFF, AND WE'VE HELD TIGHT TO NOT CUTTING PROGRAMS. IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME OTHER TOUGH DECISIONS.
AND THOSE DECISIONS IMPACT KIDS.
SO, THINGS TO YOUR POINT, NANCY.
THINKING OF THAT I'M REMINDED OF IS.
AND WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO BE IN FULL FINE ARTS PROGRAMS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH KIDS TO BE IN THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE HEART OF, IS THAT PLUS THE PIECE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GROW ANY TIME SOON, WE STILL HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEMOGRAPHERS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RECALIBRATE THOSE AS WE SEE THIS.
BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSING ENROLLMENT FOR A WHILE.
SO, IF WE DON'T GET AHEAD OF THIS NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE BIGGER BITE TO EVEN LATER ON.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ADD.
WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS REGENERATING, I THINK THAT THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT SWEET SPOT OF 85%, THAT IS FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, THAT IS NOT PROGRAM CAPACITY.
PROGRAM CAPACITY IS 100% OF WHAT THAT BUILDING CAN ACCOMMODATE IN THE PROGRAM.
AND SO, WE WOULD STILL EVEN IF A CAMPUS IS AT 85%, WE WOULD STILL HAVE ROOM FOR REGENERATION IN THE HOMES.
BUT HOUSING PRICES ARE SO HIGH IN THIS REGION.
AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE FACED WITH THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES? I ALSO AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT'S BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I MEAN, YES, I SEE THAT WE HAVE LIKE WRITTEN YOU KNOW, YOU'VE WRITTEN SLIDESHOWS TO TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR STUDENTS, BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE EXPLAINED WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTION, MOVEMENT OR TRANSITION OF OUR KIDS? BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS, NEW ENVIRONMENT, NEW TEACHERS, NEW PRINCIPAL.
I THINK OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT TRANSITIONED SEVERAL TIMES FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE, MIDDLE TO HIGH, HIGH TO SENIOR, AND AT EACH POINT THEY MEET MORE KIDS, THEY EXPAND THEIR FRIEND GROUP, AND THEY GET TO KNOW MORE STUDENTS.
SO, WHILE IT IS DIFFICULT AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT, I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL AND WORKING WITH BOTH FAMILIES, STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I THINK ALL THREE ARE IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TRANSITION.
AND IT'S WHY WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A YEAR TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE WHILE IN THE NEXT ITEM.
BUT THE TRANSFER POLICY SO THAT PARENTS WHO DECIDE THEY WOULD RATHER.
THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THAT TRANSFER.
SO WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE HERE AT THE BOARD TABLE? NO. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
AND THIS IS JUST A GENERAL I DON'T NEED SPECIFICS, BUT IS THE DISTRICT DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY BESIDES WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME SURPLUS PROPERTY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? YES, MA'AM. SO, SO PART OF OUR EVALUATION AND OUR STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING, IN ADDITION TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT ALL INSTRUCTIONAL
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FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH AND STUDYING AUXILIARY BUILDINGS.AND SO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE AND ACTUALLY SELL OFF SOME OF OUR EXCESS PROPERTIES. I WILL SAY WE DID THE FIRST PART OF THAT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE SOLD OFF THE SHALLOW PROPERTY, BUT WE'VE ALSO DONE WORK AND STARTED SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD ABOUT POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SURPLUS ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 19 AUXILIARY FACILITIES.
WE CAN ACTUALLY SELL THOSE OFF AS WELL TO JUST TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
SO AS I THINK MY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR QUESTIONS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT MONTHS, THIS COMMITTEE ENGAGED IN THOUGHTFUL STUDY, DISCUSSION, AND DELIBERATION TO REACH A CONSENSUS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SAW ON THE SCREEN TONIGHT.
THEY CONSIDERED THE IMPACT OF ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THEY CONSIDERED OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS BUILDING CAPACITY, ENROLLMENT, FACILITY SCORES, CONTINUOUS CAMPUS OR CONTIGUOUS CAMPUSES TO ACCEPT OTHER, YOU KNOW, STUDENT TRANSFERS.
SO, HERE'S I WANT TO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I OR WATCHING PERHAPS I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DID OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOME MEMBERS AFTER THE PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND TEARS AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION IN THAT COMMITTEE ROOM IN ALL EIGHT MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I THINK A FEW OF YOU ARE IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT ANY CHANGE IS DIFFICULT, AND THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION ARE WELL AWARE OF THE COMPLEXITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.
AND I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN AUTHENTIC TRANSITION PLAN FOR THE STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE STAFF.
SO, THAT WAS WHAT I THINK I SAID ON MAY 21ST.
THAT WAS MY PRIMARY CONCERN, IS THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN THE MEETING, BUT I WOULDN'T BE MYSELF IF I DIDN'T BRING THIS UP.
OUR FUNDING THAT THE STATE PERMITS US TO RETAIN, IS THAT SAYING IT THE RIGHT WAY? TO OPERATE OUR DISTRICT HAS NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2019, DESPITE HISTORIC $33 BILLION STATE SURPLUS. AND YET ADDITIONAL UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED MANDATES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON DISTRICTS IN THE PAST TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, SUCH AS, FOR INSTANCE, THE ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS AT EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.
I WANT TO SAY A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SECURITY AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT, WHO HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MEET THE NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. AND THE DISTRICT FOR BEING ABLE TO DO ZERO BASED BUDGETING TO MEET OTHER UNFUNDED OR PARTIALLY FUNDED MANDATES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUNDING ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED THE SAVINGS AND WE'RE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT, AND THAT WILL HELP WITH FUTURE BUDGET DEFICITS, BUT I KNOW IT WON'T RESOLVE IT ALL.
OH, ABSOLUTELY. I THOUGHT WE I INVITED THAT I WENT I WAS TRYING TO GO LAST.
I'M SORRY. I WROTE SOME THINGS, AND REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS THAT I FEEL LIKE IF I AM WILLING TO
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CLOSE THE SCHOOL THAT YOU ALL LOVE AND THAT YOUR CHILDREN LOVE, I OWE YOU AN EXPLANATION OF MY THOUGHT PROCESS.IN THIS PROCESS, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND HOW EXTREMELY ABRUPT THIS FEELS FOR OUR IMPACTED FAMILIES AND OUR IMPACTED STAFF. FOR SOME OF US, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS STARTED WITH THE 2022 FUTURE FORWARD BOND TASK FORCE.
DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK, THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS WERE GIVEN PROJECTS TO CONSIDER, AS JOHNNY MENTIONED, ABOUT $2.2 BILLION FOR THE PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDED A GROUP OF SCHOOLS THAT WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS LONG TERM.
AS WE NOW KNOW THAT COMMITTEE APPROVED ONLY ONE SCHOOL TO BE REBUILT, WHICH IS HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND AT THE TIME, IT MADE SENSE TO ME THAT IT WAS NOT FINANCIALLY SMART TO REBUILD SCHOOLS THAT WE MAY NOT NEED GIVEN SIGNIFICANT EXTRA CAPACITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
BUT I CALLED THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME, WHICH IS NOT THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT OUR PRIOR SUPERINTENDENT, AND ASKED, WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THESE KIDS? IF WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE AT THE END OF USEFUL LIFE AND THAT ARE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION THAT THEY NEED TO BE REBUILT, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO ADEQUATELY AND EQUITABLY SERVE THESE KIDS ON CAMPUSES THAT ARE BOTH SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM? I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE KIDS FOR PRODUCTIVE FUTURES IN OUR SOCIETY, AND THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY LEARN IN ARE A LARGE PART OF THAT JOURNEY.
I BET A LOT OF OUR PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURED OR HOW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULAS WORK, BUT I BET EVERY ONE OF YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOUR HVAC SYSTEM OR YOUR KID'S CAMPUS IS WORKING.
IF THERE ARE RUSTY BIKE RACKS OUT FRONT OF THEIR CAMPUS, OR AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SO ARTICULATELY AND LOVINGLY ELABORATED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR CAMPUS AND THE CULTURE OF YOUR CAMPUS, AND HOW MUCH OUR CHILDREN ENJOY THEIR CAMPUS.
DURING THAT BOND PROCESS, I STARTED HARBORING SEVERAL CONCERNS.
SOME THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT AND SOME THAT I EXPRESSED THEN.
FIRST I HAD A CONCERN THAT WE HAD A CULTURE OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND THAT THIS POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, BUT THE DISTRICT'S OVERALL BOTTOM LINE, IN PARTICULAR, OF CONCERN TO ME WERE CRITICAL SYSTEMS LIKE SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS, HVAC SYSTEMS, STRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND OTHER THINGS WHERE A CRITICAL FAILURE OF A SYSTEM STRETCH BEYOND ITS USEFUL LIFE COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR SCHOOL'S DAY TO DAY OPERATION AND THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
SECOND, I HAD SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE LARGE WAVE OF CAMPUSES.
I BELIEVE I ARTICULATED 18 AT THE TIME THAT WERE 35 YEARS OF AGE AND DID NOT RECEIVE MAJOR RENOVATION ON THE 2008, 2016, OR 2022 BOND PROGRAMS. I MADE A SCATTER PLOT AT THE TIME, AND THIS IS TWO YEARS OLD NOW, BUT I DID AGE ON THE X AXIS AND FACILITY SCORE ON THE Y AXIS FOR ELEMENTARY MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKED AT WHO'S GETTING WORK ON THE BOND, WHO'S NOT GETTING WORK ON THE BOND.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH A $1.3 BILLION BOND, WE HAVE SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ON THE NEXT COUPLE BOND PROGRAMS. WOULD WE HAVE THE FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE CAMPUSES AT A TIME WHERE BOND ELECTIONS WERE LESS FREQUENT AND MORE DIFFICULT TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS? I THINK SOME MAY INTERPRET MY COMMENTS THAT WE SHOULD SPEND MORE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT I WANT TO SPEND IN A SMARTER AND STRATEGIC WAY AND SPEND IN A WAY THAT BEST BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS.
THIS, OF COURSE, IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE AND ASSURING THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY THAT IS RIGOROUSLY DEVELOPED AND REGULARLY REEVALUATED. THIRD, I HAD CONCERNS THAT WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CAMPUSES WITH OCCUPANCY LESS THAN 50% AND OTHERS THAT WERE ABOVE 100%.
THIS LARGE VARIANCE IN ENROLLMENT AMONG SCHOOLS BROUGHT UP MANY QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE MAJOR FOCUSES OF THIS FACILITY WORK HAS BEEN COST TO RUN DIFFERENT SIZED CAMPUSES, BUT I'VE BEEN INTENTLY FOCUSED ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT AND THE STAFF AND THE PROGRAM EXPERIENCES AND RELATIONSHIP TO CAMPUS ENROLLMENT.
DIFFERENT THAN THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKLOAD OF A CAMPUS OF 1100.
IN MY REMARKS TWO YEARS AGO, I ASKED HOW THESE FACILITY SCORES WERE GOING TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE.
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THIS IS WHERE JOHNNY FIRST INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF ROLLING THESE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS INTO A LONG-TERM MASTER PLAN.AFTER THE BOND PROGRAM, WE EMBARKED ON A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AS THE TRUSTEES, AND THIS WORK WAS INCLUDED IN THAT PLAN AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN THE SPRING OF 2023. I'LL NOTE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS ALREADY INCLUDED SEVERAL THINGS THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE ASKED FOR IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, INCLUDING EXPLORING CHOICE PROGRAMS, MAGNET PROGRAMS, NOVEL ACADEMIC OPTIONS LIKE THE IB, AND EXPANDING DUAL LANGUAGE.
IT DID START THIS LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE UNDER THE STATUS QUO FOR THE COURAGE TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK RATHER THAN KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER STAFF, AND THE LAST FEW WEEKS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PARENTS SUGGEST THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS PUTTING US AS TRUSTEES IN A TERRIBLE POSITION TO DECIDE ON THIS WORK.
I HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE PUT HER IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE WE TASKED THE DISTRICT WITH THIS WORK.
I'LL NOTE EACH TRUSTEE APPOINTED THREE PEOPLE TO THE 2022 FUTURE FORWARD BOND TASK FORCE.
EACH TRUSTEE PARTICIPATED IN THE 2023 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
AND THOSE ARE ALL OPEN MEETINGS.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THOSE.
IN FACT, EACH OF US WAS REQUIRED TO APPOINT ONE PERSON FROM THE EAST CLUSTER, ONE PERSON FROM THE CENTRAL CLUSTER, AND ONE PERSON FROM THE WEST CLUSTER TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT THIS WORK WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT I THINK HOW THE PROCESS HAS BEEN OVER, AND ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE EXEMPLARY WORK.
THINKING ABOUT THE STATUS QUO BRINGS UP A QUESTION WHAT IF WE DID CONTINUE UNDER THE STATUS QUO? ONE OF MY LARGEST FEARS IS WE CONTINUE RUNNING LARGER AND LARGER BUDGET DEFICITS UNTIL WE CAN'T ANY LONGER, IS THAT WE WOULD END UP IN AN EXTREMELY CHAOTIC PROCESS TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE A COMMITTEE THAT CANNOT INVOLVE OUR FAMILIES IN A TRANSITION PROCESS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME, IF WE ACCEPT THE DECISION OF THE BOND COMMITTEE, BOND COMMITTEES NOT TO REBUILD OLDER CAMPUSES THAT ARE IN POOR SHAPE BUT POTENTIALLY UNNEEDED IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS, DO WE LEAVE KIDS ON CAMPUSES THAT ARE UNSUSTAINABLE? HOW IS THAT RIGHT OR FAIR OR EQUITABLE TO OUR STUDENTS? TO THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU AGAIN.
IT HAS BEEN ASKED OF YOU TO DO AN EXTRAORDINARY THING.
ALL MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY PARENTS, STAFF, TEACHERS, ALUMNI ALL EVALUATED AND DEBATED EVERY CAMPUS AND RETURN THESE FOR THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THE COMMITTEE COULD HAVE DONE THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME CAUSE TO CONCERN OR MAKE ME SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE VERACITY OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED A SCHOOL THAT WAS NOT AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE, IF THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED A SCHOOL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR RENOVATION, RATHER THAN REQUIRING A REBUILD TO BE SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM.
IF A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A SCHOOL THAT HAD OUTSTANDING BOND DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH BUILD A RENOVATION RECOMMENDING A SCHOOL THAT IS ON A CONTIGUOUS NON-DIVIDED PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH ANOTHER PLANO ISD CAMPUS THAT WOULD INHIBIT OPERATIONS ON THAT CAMPUS, OR POTENTIALLY THE REPURPOSING OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS HAGRID IS ON THE BACK OF THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH PROPERTY.
RECOMMENDING A PLAN THAT WOULD NOT LEAD TO STUDENTS BEING ON MORE SUSTAINABLE CAMPUSES LONG TERM.
AND FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ME, RECOMMENDING A PLAN THAT I TRULY BELIEVED WOULD NOT GENERATE BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO HAVING EVALUATED THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH THESE QUESTIONS IN MIND THIS IS WHY I'M PREPARED TO ACCEPT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
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OUR ALMOST 48,000 STUDENTS TO CONTINUE UNDER THE STATUS QUO RATHER THAN MAKE SOME SMART, WELL PLANNED AND PROACTIVE CHANGES TO OUR FOOTPRINT WHERE WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS.
MY WORD FOR THE YEAR WAS VISION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION, DEFINITION OF VISION, IT TALKS ABOUT.
IT'S DESCRIBED AS IMAGINING WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT DOES PLANO LOOK LIKE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW? PLANO ISD TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS, 30 ANOTHER 50 YEARS.
WE FROM EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD FROM THE DEMOGRAPHERS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE FEARS THAT I'VE HEARD IN LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE CAN'T, THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THE REGENERATION OF PEOPLE MOVING BACK TO PLANO.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU'VE TAKEN TIME OUT OF YOUR LIVES TO COME AND BE HEARD BY US UP HERE AT THE DAIS.
AND WHAT I'VE HEARD IS CONCERNS ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT FAMILIES, CONCERNS ABOUT STAFF, CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUILDINGS, WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN TO THE LAND.
AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SO REALLY, IF I BOIL IT DOWN TO THE EMOTIONS, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RANGE OF EVERYTHING.
I'VE HEARD UNDERSTANDING, I'VE HEARD ANGER, I'VE HEARD FEAR.
AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS.
WE'RE IN A MATURE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, ADDING ALL OUR ADDITIONAL MUNICIPALITIES AROUND PLANO.
WE'RE IN A REALLY BIZARRE TRANSITION TIME.
WE HAVE WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD WORK.
SO, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO ME, AS ONE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE EMAILED US AS BOARD MEMBERS THIS WEEKEND AND TALKED ABOUT THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY OUR SPANISH SPEAKING STUDENTS, AND HOW WOULD THEY FEEL BEING AT A NEW SCHOOL AND SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A FLIER THAT'S TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH THAT MATTERS.
I'VE DONE THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS THROUGH MY PTA, BUT I DID THAT AS A VOLUNTEER.
AND I WILL APPLAUD DAVIS PTA FOR BEING AT THE PEAK RIGHT NOW OF THEY HAVE AN AWESOME, AWESOME PTA.
WHAT DOES THAT PTA LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR PARENTS? HOW DO WE GET, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON CAMPUS TO BE WITH OUR KIDS AND TO HELP EACH KID FULFILL THEIR FULL POTENTIAL? AND OUR MISSIONS OVER HERE ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANO ISD LEARNING COMMUNITY WILL EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL IN A DYNAMIC WORLD. I MEAN, WE ALL CAN BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND I HOPE THAT DURING THIS TRANSITION, WE HELP EACH STUDENT FEEL LOVED AND WELCOMED AND LIKE THEY BELONG, AND ALSO THE FAMILIES AND THE PARENTS.
AND SO I IMPLORE THIS HAS TO BE A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
JUST BASED ON HOW PLANO HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
I HAD LUNCH THIS WEEKEND WITH A WOMAN WHO MOVED HERE IN 1973.
SHE'S BEEN A LONG TIME FAMILY FRIEND.
HER KIDS ATTENDED DAVIS IN THE 80S.
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SHE STILL LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE'S SAD, BUT UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO THAT ARE WE'RE REALLY IN A BIZARRE SITUATION AS A DISTRICT IN A IN A SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LAID OUT THE NUMBERS FOR THE FINANCES AND WE'VE LAID OUT THE NUMBERS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE DIDN'T CLOSE ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.THIS IS HEAVY, HEAVY WORK, AND I WANT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO KNOW.
SO, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE TABLE, A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR ME TO CALL FOR A VOTE.
SO, I ASK WHERE IS MY THING? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND ALL. WELL, THAT'S SEVEN SO I DON'T ASK FOR ALL OPPOSED.
SO, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND YOU KNOW I THINK WE WE'VE ALL SAID THIS HOW DIFFICULT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN.
AND CERTAINLY, WE UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONS AND CONCERN EXPRESSED FROM PARENTS.
WE'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF COMMENTARY.
THE FACT REMAINS THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE FINITE AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THE DECISION THAT WE JUST MADE IS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY.
I THINK YOU POINTED THAT OUT, MR. HILL, AND TONIGHT'S RECOMMENDATIONS WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO CREATE BETTER LEARNING AND BETTER EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES IN IMPROVED FACILITIES WITH OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF AND PROGRAMING TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO, I WILL ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE LANCE JUST SAID ABOUT IT IS PART OF HONORING OUR LEGACY, BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TOGETHER OVER THE PAST 100 YEARS, AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WILL STAND TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE FACED WITH IN OUR TRANSITION AND WELCOMING FAMILIES INTO NEW FACILITIES.
SO, I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO.
TAKE A BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN IN FIVE MINUTES.
I WILL REOPEN THE MEETING, AND IT'S 1037.
I FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE TOOK THE.
WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 1037.
AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2 OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
[5.2 Discuss and Consider Possible Adoption of a Plano Independent School District Board Resolution Regarding Temporary Modification of Transfer Policy in Response to Campus Closures and Rezoning]
OF TRANSFER POLICY IN RESPONSE TO CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING.AND SO, I AM GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR.
GOBER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO KEEP THIS BRIEF.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO TRANSFER POLICIES FDA LOCAL AND FTB LOCAL.
LONG STORY SHORT, FDA IS FOR INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS.
THAT IS, THOSE STUDENTS WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT BUT WANT TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT.
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AND THEN FTB IS INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, AND THAT IS JUST MOVING FROM ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES TO ANOTHER FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN OUR DISTRICT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF NUMBERS OF HOW MANY OF THESE TYPES OF TRANSFERS WE DO EACH YEAR, WE DO ABOUT 3500 TRANSFERS A YEAR.AND SO FAR FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'VE DONE ABOUT 1500.
AND THE REASONS FOR EACH OF THOSE TRANSFERS I WROTE UP THERE MOST OF THE OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS THAT COME TO US ARE PRIMARILY FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, AND THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTEND THE SAME DISTRICT THAT THEY WORK IN.
THEN INTRODUCERS CAN BE FROM A VARIETY OF REASONS.
MUCH OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED ALREADY TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF REALLY A MUCH LARGER CALENDAR.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT JUST ALLOWS US TO EVEN HAVE TRANSFERS.
ALSO, THAT'S WHERE OUR ACADEMIES AND OTHER SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS OPEN UP THEIR APPLICATION WINDOWS.
ONCE THOSE STUDENTS START CHOOSING WHAT COURSES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
OUR HR AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS START UPDATING THEIR STAFFING MODELS.
AND THAT IS WHEN WE OPEN UP THE TRANSFER WINDOW.
WE OPEN UP THAT TRANSFER WINDOW.
THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR OUR PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHEN HR GIVES THEM THEIR STAFFING ALLOCATIONS, AND THAT IS WHEN WE STOP, WE STOP ALL TRANSFERS, AND WE WAIT TO DETERMINE WITH HR, HOW MANY OPEN SEATS REMAIN WITH THAT CURRENT STAFFING MODEL.
OPEN TRANSFERS AND OPEN SEATS.
AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST POINT OUT THERE.
AND THAT FRIDAY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS JUNE 28TH.
AND SO THAT THAT'S SORT OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS.
SO WHY WE ARE BRINGING YOU A RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS BECAUSE AN EARLY MAY, WHEN WE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WERE HEADING, WE SAID, WE BETTER WAIT FOR A SECOND AND PUT A PAUSE ON OUR TRANSFERS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ROOM FOR ANY STUDENTS THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED OR IMPACTED BY THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.
SO, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS, AND THIS WAS SORT OF MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK FROM A COUPLE OF OUR TRUSTEES AND EVEN SOME OF OUR PARENTS THAT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, SOME AWKWARD SITUATIONS AND I'LL JUST GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR SITUATIONS.
AND THAT'S THE TRANSITION YEARS.
THE KINDERGARTNERS, THE SIXTH GRADERS.
LET'S JUST TAKE A SIXTH GRADER.
I AM GOING TO BE A SIXTH GRADER NEXT YEAR AT ARMSTRONG.
WHAT IF I JUST WANT TO TRANSFER THERE NOW SO THAT I CAN START THERE AS A SIXTH GRADER, AND I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN? THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
THIS CAME UP AND SO THEY UNDERSTOOD IT THERE.
CERTAINLY, THEY UNDERSTOOD IT HERE AT OUR BOARD HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT OFTEN.
AND THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS IT AS WELL.
AND SO WE WANTED TO SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF SITUATION.
SAME SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR ANY, ANY GRADE IN PARTICULAR.
OTHER SCENARIOS I WROTE UP THERE.
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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.OUR CURRENT POLICIES ALLOW FOR THIS, THESE TRANSFERS.
SO, THE SITUATION WE HAVE NOW IS, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE ABOUT 3500 TRANSFERS A YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY PROCESSED ABOUT 1500.
AND SO, AND THE TRANSFER WINDOW CLOSES JUNE 28TH.
AND SO, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO DO TONIGHT IS REALLY A FEW THINGS.
ONE ALLOWS US TO OPEN THE WINDOW.
NOT THAT YOU CLOSED IT, BUT WE REALLY CLOSED.
AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS IN QUEUE RIGHT NOW.
THAT REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THE DECISIONS MADE TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO OPEN IT BACK UP AND SORT OF RESCUE THE STUDENTS.
NOT ON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, BUT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
AND SO THAT THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M ASKING HERE TONIGHT.
WE DEVELOPED A FOUR-TIERED SYSTEM.
I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MINUTE.
I DO NEED A STIPULATE A SPECIAL PROBLEM HERE.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE TRANSFERS DONE BEFORE JULY.
THEY NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE JULY, BECAUSE JULY IS THE BEGINNING OF JULY IS WHEN WE ROLL OVER.
I'M USING OUR SCHOOL TERMS. WE ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN DOING TRANSFERS.
WE ALWAYS CLOSE THAT WINDOW THE LAST FRIDAY OF JUNE FOR THIS REASON.
SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS ROLL OVER INTO THAT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE ROLL OVER IN JULY, STARTING AND THEIR NAMES AND THEIR SCHEDULES AND EVERYTHING IS WITH THAT NEW SCHOOL.
NOW, THE PROBLEM HERE IS WE PREDICT WE MAY HAVE A LOT OF TRANSFERS.
AND SO THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD PROCESS I WOULD SAY EVEN 300 TRANSFERS FROM JUNE 28TH WHICH IS, BY THE WAY, THE FRIDAY BEFORE JULY.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO PUSH THAT UP TO REALLY JUNE 18TH.
SO TONIGHT, THROUGH JUNE 18TH WOULD BE THE WINDOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE OPEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WINDOW IS REALLY TO ACCOMMODATE A SPECIAL SITUATION FOR OUR STUDENTS IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT ON FUTURE CLOSING AND REZONING OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO, I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE WITH TRANSFERS IS THAT WITH ANY TRANSFERS, IT'S OUR CURRENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
WE DO NOT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.
MY SEVENTH-GRADE YEAR, I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO OTTO.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION.
YOU WOULD GET TRANSPORTATION THERE.
SO, HERE'S THE FOUR TIERS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH.
WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND DEBATE INTO THESE.
I'LL ZOOM IN ON THAT DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, THE FIRST TIER IS REALLY SORT OF THREE PARTS FIRST OF ALL, THOSE STUDENTS IMPACTED DIRECTLY BY SCHOOL CLOSURES AND THAT'S REALLY FOUR CAMPUSES.
AND I ALREADY GAVE THAT EXAMPLE.
BUT THE OTHER TIER OTHER PART OF TIER ONE IS THOSE THAT WILL BE REZONED.
THERE'S SOME REZONING, A PART OF THIS VOTE TONIGHT.
AND SO, THE SAME SCENARIO AS IF IT WAS A SCHOOL CLOSURE, EXCEPT IT'S A REZONING IF I'M SLATED TO GO TO SCHELL. BUT I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE REZONED TO MILLER THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND I JUST WANT TO GO TO MILLER EARLY.
THAT IS WHAT THAT SECOND ONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
AND THE THIRD ONE REALLY IS NOT EVEN APPLICABLE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT IT WOULD BE FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
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AND THAT IS I ATTEND STINSON.I WILL BE ZONED TO SCHELL STARTING 25-26.
BUT I WANT TO STAY AT STINSON.
SO, IT'S REALLY A TRANSFER BECAUSE YOU'RE TECHNICALLY A SCHELL STUDENT AT THAT POINT, AND YOU WANT TO TRANSFER BACK TO STINSON. AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL THAT LIKE A GRANDFATHERED TYPE OF TRANSFER.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT, BUT I WAS USING THAT FOR CONTEXT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT'S NOT EVEN APPLICABLE FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT I PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE PART OF THE RESOLUTION IS THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR TWO YEARS.
THAT IS MY MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR MY HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER HAS CHANGED.
I'LL USE WELL, LET ME STICK TO MY EXAMPLE SO I DON'T MESS THAT UP.
SO, I ATTEND ARMSTRONG AND WILL BE ZONED TO BOWMAN THUS CHANGING MY FEEDER HIGH SCHOOL FROM MCMILLEN TO WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER TO OTTO OR MURPHY TO RETAIN MCMILLEN AS MY FEEDER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A FEEDER CHANGE.
BUT WE PUT THAT AS A TIER TWO BECAUSE REALLY, YOU'RE NOT LEAVING YOUR SET OF SOCIAL PEERS AND ALL OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING WITH YOU WITH THAT CHANGE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CALL THAT A TIER TWO.
TIER THREE IS A SCHOOL CLOSING OR WILL BE REZONED.
I ATTEND SCHELL AND WILL BE ZONED FOR MILLER STARTING 2526.
I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO MILLER AND PREFER TO GO TO STINSON.
SO, THIS IS A THIRD SCHOOL SCENARIO.
I WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME MOVE, LET ME HAVE A SAY IN WHERE I MOVE.
AGAIN, WE DON'T CONSIDER THAT TO BE A TIER ONE OR A TIER TWO, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A TIER THREE.
AND THEN PART OF ALSO IS TIER THREE IS A GROUP OF KIDS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET.
AND THAT'S THE GROUP OF KIDS THAT I AM ON A TRANSFER RIGHT NOW AT A SCHOOL THAT IS CLOSING OR A SCHOOL THAT IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE SOME REZONING. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN I ASKED FOR MY TRANSFER TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL.
I HAVE THE TRANSFER. THANK YOU.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO STAY HERE.
AND THAT'S PART OF TIER THREE.
TIER FOUR, HONESTLY, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT ALL OF IT MEANS IS ITS REALLY BUSINESS AS USUAL.
IT'S THE SAME TRANSFERS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD AND DONE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT TIER FOUR IS.
SO, WHAT WE'RE ASKING ULTIMATELY IS THIS WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR TRANSFER, MODIFY CHANGE OUR TRANSFER POLICY THAT IT STILL FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, BUT IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
WE HAVE CHANGED OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.
NOBODY CAN GET TO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THE OUTCOME OF TODAY.
AND SO, WE'RE ASKING THAT WE CHANGE FROM A POLICY OF FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BLANKET TO FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE WITHIN EACH TIER, KNOWING WE ARE GOING TO SHORTEN THE CLOSING OF THAT WINDOW FROM JUNE 20TH 8TH TO JUNE 18TH AT MIDNIGHT, OR REALLY 11:59 P.M.
TO GIVE US TIME TO PROCESS ALL THOSE TRANSFERS.
THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I COVERED ALL THAT.
AND AGAIN, THIS WE ARE ASKING TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE LAST FRIDAY OF JUNE 2026, WHICH, BY THE WAY IT REALLY IS TWO SCHOOL YEARS.
BUT BY THE END OF JUNE 2026, THEY WILL BE ASKING FOR TRANSFERS FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, YOU'RE REALLY GETTING THREE SCHOOL YEARS OUT OF THIS, WHICH IS GOOD.
SO THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION, I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO OUR BOARD SECRETARY, TARRAH LANTZ. AND SHE WILL READ THE RESOLUTION, OR I MEAN POLICY CHANGE.
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I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING AND LET YOU SPEAK.THAT'S OKAY. I'M READY FOR THIS PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD RESOLUTION REGARDING TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF TRANSFER POLICY AND RESPONSE TO CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING. WHEREAS PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, REFERRED TO AS PLANO ISD, RECOGNIZES THE ANTICIPATED CLOSURE OF CERTAIN CAMPUSES AND THE NECESSITY FOR REZONING SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS PLANO ISD BOARD POLICY FDB LOCAL GOVERNS INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS, WHEREAS BOARD POLICY FDB LOCAL REQUIRES INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFERS TO BE GRANTED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS, AND WHEREAS, THE TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF THE TRANSFER POLICY TO ALLOW PRIORITIZATION OF STUDENTS IMPACTED BY CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING IS ESSENTIAL TO FACILITATE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE, THAT BOARD POLICY FDB LOCAL SHALL BE TEMPORARILY MODIFIED TO ALLOW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT GUIDELINES PRIOR TO PRIORITIZING STUDENTS INTO FOUR TIERS TIER ONE STUDENTS IMPACTED BY CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING.
TIER TWO STUDENTS WHO WILL HAVE A CHANGE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
TIER THREE STUDENTS CURRENTLY ON A TRANSFER.
NUMBER TWO, THAT TRANSFERS WILL BE PROCESSED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED WITHIN EACH TIER, STARTING WITH TIER ONE THREE, THAT THIS TEMPORARY MODIFICATION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM JUNE 10TH, 2024, UNTIL JUNE 26TH, 2026, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS LANTZ.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD RESOLUTION REGARDING TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF TRANSFER POLICY AND RESPONSE TO CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING.
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD RESOLUTION REGARDING TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF TRANSFER POLICY IN RESPONSE TO CAMPUS CLOSURES AND REZONING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? OKAY. SO TIER TWO.
IF I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT HARRINGTON RIGHT NOW AND I WANT TO STAY IN THE CLARK FEEDER PATTERN, I WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A TRANSFER FROM CARPENTER TO SHEM OR HENDRICK TO STAY IN THE CLARK FEEDER PATTERN.
SO, THE TWO YEARS COVERS ME WHILE I'M AT HENDRICK.
BUT THEN AM I? AM I GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR THAT TRANSFER EVERY YEAR AT CLARK? AND DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AT THESE, THESE HIGH SCHOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TRANSFERS, PARTICULARLY FOR THESE TIER TWO STUDENTS? I LOVE THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT THAT QUESTION HAS A LOT IN IT.
SO JUST TO FILL IN SOME BLANKS THAT SHE HAD THERE IS THAT HARRINGTON WILL BE NOW ZONED WITH HAGGARD AND HAGGARD WILL BE GOING TO VINES.
AND THOSE TWO ARE HENDRICK AND SCHIMMELPFENNIG.
AND SO, IF I APPLIED FOR THAT TRANSFER TONIGHT, I WOULD BE TIERED AS A TIER TWO TRANSFER.
I HONESTLY WOULD PROBABLY GET TO THE TIER TWO TRANSFERS, SO IT'S MORE LIKELY IT WOULD BE APPROVED.
AND ONCE A TRANSFER IS APPROVED, THIS TRANSFER OR ANY OTHER TRANSFER, THAT TRANSFER IS ONGOING.
YOU DO NOT REAPPLY YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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REAPPLY. AND THAT WAS A PART OF AN EARLIER POLICY CHANGES THIS SCHOOL YEAR.WE ARE NOW DONE WITH THIS POLICY BECAUSE IT CANCELS.
THEY CAN STILL BECAUSE THEY WENT TO HENDRICK BE ABLE TO GO TO CLARK.
THEY ARE WHEN YOU APPLY AND ARE APPROVED FOR A TRANSFER.
THAT TRANSFER FOLLOWS YOU THROUGHOUT THAT FEEDER THROUGH THE FEEDER YOU TRANSFER TO FOR ALL.
OKAY. YEAH. BUT MAYBE NOT A SIBLING.
BUT THAT'S NO, NOT IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE FOR THAT SIBLING.
EACH TRANSFER STANDS ON ITS OWN.
SO, YOU MENTIONED THEY COULD DO IT TONIGHT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE ELVES.
YES. BECAUSE MY ELVES MIGHT HAVE GONE TO SLEEP ALREADY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TOMORROW MORNING I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL BE UP.
IT MAY EVEN BE UP BY 1130 TONIGHT.
JUST DEPENDS HOW FAST I GET TO A COMPUTER AFTERWARDS.
YOU KNOW, IN HAWAII, THOSE ARE CALLED MENEHUNES.
OKAY? THOSE ARE THE ELVES THAT DO YOUR WORK.
SOME OF THEM. WHAT? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T DO THIS ON YOUR OWN, BUT I HAVE A FEELING WHEN YOU WERE A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR CAMPUS LEADER, YOU LOVE DOING A MASTER SCHEDULE BECAUSE YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH JOY ANSWERING THE LAWRENCE QUESTION.
WELL, A LOT OF LAYERS IN IT, AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT.
BUT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THOSE LAYERS MEANS THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
WHAT'S THE COMMUNICATION PLAN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY KNOWS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING? ARE WE SINGING THIS FROM THE RAFTERS? I MEAN, THIS IS A TIGHT SCHEDULE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE AWARE OF, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT ALL DAY LONG.
BUT IF THEY DON'T ANSWER AN EMAIL BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUMMER OR THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS OUT? SO, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORDING VERBIAGE IN THE LETTERS THAT'S ALREADY CREATED AND IS ALREADY PLANNED TO GO OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DECISIONS MADE TONIGHT ON SCHOOL CLOSURES AND REZONING.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HITTING, HITTING RUN.
AND SO THAT THE WEBSITE, THE TRANSFER WEBSITE THAT IS, IS GOING TO HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION WITH AN UPDATED APPLICATION AND A POP UP THAT SAYS THE TRANSFER WINDOW CLOSES JUNE 18TH AT 11:59 P.M.
WE'LL ALSO ASK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO TWEET IT OUT, PUT IT ON FACEBOOK.
AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS THINKING.
I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE WE DO PHONE CALLS.
THE ROBO CALLS. OH, THE ROBO MESSENGER CALLS, I THINK, OR SOMETHING.
AND CAN I ADD TO THAT? ARE WE SNAIL MAILING IN ADDITION TO EMAILING, OR ARE WE JUST EMAILING AND POTENTIALLY CALLING? OR. THERE ARE A LOT OF ELVES IN THIS PROCESS OBVIOUSLY.
AND BY APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, RIGHT.
FOR OUR MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES.
YES. OKAY. SO, THE WEBSITE ELF WORK WAS HAPPENING AFTER THE IF EVERYTHING PASSES BUT THE NOTIFICATIONS ARE GOING OUT TONIGHT VIA EMAIL IN THE MORNING WILL HIT SOME OF THE BOXES WITH VOICEMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGING.
SO, AND THEN WE CAN START WORKING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL WITH THE INFORMATION.
SO, THE SPECIFICALLY TRANSFER IS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING ABOUT.
I DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR SNAIL MAIL RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN ANY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT OR GUIDANCE TO OUR FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING OUR MESSAGES? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT OUR LAST COMMUNICATION THAT WENT OUT ON THE 21ST NOT EVERYONE RECEIVED.
AND PART OF WHAT DID WHEN Y'ALL LOOKED INTO THAT, WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER? AND SO, WHAT DO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES TO DO? WELL, ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING TO MITIGATE IT, BUT ONE THING WE ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS TO DO IS TO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DISTRICT EMAILS, BECAUSE IF YOU UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DISTRICT EMAILS, THEN YOU DON'T RECEIVE THEM.
AND WE HAD QUITE A FEW AT A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES WHO HAD UNSUBSCRIBED.
BUT IN ADDITION TO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT, WE ARE HAVING THE CAMPUSES SEND DIRECT EMAIL.
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SO, IF IT'S A DIRECT EMAIL FROM THE CAMPUS NOT COMING THROUGH THE SCHOOL MESSENGER PROCESS THAT KIND OF BYPASSES THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE UNSUBSCRIBED. SO, WE'RE TAKING THAT EXTRA MEASURE TO SEND IT THROUGH REGULAR EMAIL AS WELL.BUT SOME, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR MAILBOX IS SET UP.
BUT THROUGH PLANO ISD MAIL JUST DON'T UNSUBSCRIBE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL NOW VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND SO, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE ARE AT ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OUR ADJOURNMENT.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
ON MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2024.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.