Jun 25, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING.

I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.

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

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2024.

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

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

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

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

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

TERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, BOARD SECRETARY TARA LANTZ, BOARD MEMBER JERRY CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE KATHRYN GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.

SEATED TO MY RIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT DR.

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

AND LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS, WILL BE JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

AND THEN SEATED IN NEXT TO WHERE SHE SITS IS DR.

PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DR.

COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS? MOVE MY CHAIR. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR. TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

AND 3.1 IS OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SOME VERY TALENTED STUDENTS EXCELLING AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TISHA SEEING, AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL ON HER QUALIFICATION FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORY.

A NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION, AS WELL AS HER INVITATION TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE SHOWCASE IN WASHINGTON, DC, AS THE TEXAS REPRESENTATIVES.

TISHA WILL PRESENT HER AMAZING PROJECT WHEN WORDS FAIL MUSIC SPEAKS NINA SIMONE SOCIAL REFORM FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

THIS SPECIAL HONOR IS GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO CREATE POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY PERFORMANCES HIGHLIGHTING AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH AN AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

WELL DONE, TISHA.

LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

KUDOS TO ALL STUDENTS REPRESENTING ALL THREE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS WHO RECENTLY PLACED IN THE UIL SIX, AN ACADEMIC AND SPEECH STATE MEET HELD IN MAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR NAMES SCROLLING ON THE SCREEN ON THE MONITORS, ALONG WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE HONORS AT THE COMPETITION.

WELL DONE STUDENTS.

FINALLY, AS WE WRAP UP THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS FOR THE CLASS OF 2024, WHOSE NAMES ARE ALSO SCROLLING ON OUR MONITORS.

WE WISH ALL OF OUR RECENT GRADUATES THE VERY BEST AS THEY PREPARE TO LAUNCH THEIR NEXT CHAPTER, WHEREVER THAT MAY TAKE THEM.

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

AND THE BOARD IS ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR DISTRICT SUCCESSES IN PERSON THIS EVENING.

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COURTNEY GOBER, OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

DR. GOBER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M EXCITED TO ASK AMY MOORE, OUR COORDINATOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS, TO MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR A VERY SPECIAL STUDENT.

DR. GOBER. PRESIDENT HUMPHREYS.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WAS FORMED IN 1925 AND WAS ACQUIRED BY THE E.W.

SCRIPPS COMPANY IN 1941.

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

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

AFTER WINNING HIS CAMPUS BEE AT RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PLANO ISD DISTRICT, BEE, SIXTH GRADER FAIZAN ZAKI TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE COLLIN COUNTY SPELLING BEE IN FEBRUARY.

FAIZAN'S COMPETITION WAS SO STRONG THAT THE JUDGES LITERALLY RAN OUT OF WORDS AFTER SIX HOURS OF SPELLING.

FAISON TOOK HOME THE GOLD IN COLLIN COUNTY.

FROM THERE, FAISON WENT TO THE WFAA STUDIOS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN MARCH TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM NORTH TEXAS.

AFTER 18 ROUNDS, FAISON TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL SPELLING BEE AND HEADED TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR THE MAIN EVENT.

2024 ACTUALLY MARKED FAISON'S THIRD TRIP TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

HIS APPEARANCE.

HIS FIRST APPEARANCE WAS AS A FIRST GRADER, AND HE RETURNED LAST YEAR TO REPRESENT SKAGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A FIFTH GRADER, ADVANCING TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND. IN MAY, FROM A GROUP OF 245 OF THE BEST SPELLERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND AS FAR AS GHANA AND AFRICA, FAISON WAS ONE OF EIGHT STUDENTS TO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND.

HE WAS FLAWLESS THROUGHOUT THE FINALS, AND A HIGHLIGHT WAS FAISON'S MIC DROP MOMENT IN ROUND 14, WHEN HE SPELLED WHEN HE CORRECTLY SPELLED NICKERIE WITHOUT OR NICKERIE.

I'M SORRY, I THINK I SPELLED SAID THAT WRONG.

CLEARLY, THEY'RE NOT ASKING ME TO DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANY INFORMATION OR HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY THINK TIME.

FAISON THEN FACED OFF WITH HIS ONE REMAINING OPPONENT IN A SPELL OFF, DURING WHICH THE TWO FINALISTS SPELLED AS MANY WORDS AS THEY COULD IN 90S.

AT THE END OF THE SPELL OFF, I TOOK SECOND PLACE AT THE NATIONAL, THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

THROUGHOUT THE COMPETITION, FAIZON CHEERED ON HIS FELLOW SPELLERS AND KEPT HIS TRADEMARK SMILE ON HIS FACE.

AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH.

JUST HOW THEY ALL JUST KIND OF TOOK CARE OF EACH OTHER IN THAT WAY.

FAIZAN ZAKI IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE PLANO ISD MISSION AND EMBODIES THE ADAGE THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF.

GOING TO SCHOOL, STUDYING FOR THE BEE FOR HOURS EACH DAY, AND FINDING SOME TIME FOR HIS FAMILY, AND FOLLOWING THE MAVS, FAIZAN HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING, POWERED BY LEARNING, AND WE IN PLANO ISD COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF HIM.

THANK YOU.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, TOO? CONGRATULATIONS, FAIZAN.

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I'LL. DO WE HAVE ANY? NO, WE HAVE ONE MORE.

OKAY. THERE WE GO. THERE IT IS.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, DO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE ANY REMARKS REGARDING THIS AMAZING RECOGNITION? I'LL SAY SOMETHING. SO, WE HAD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THE SAME DAY AS THE SPELLING BEE.

AND SO, THEN WE ALL SORT OF WENT HOME, AND I THINK I STARTED WATCHING IT LIKE AROUND 11 MAYBE I WAS STREAMING ONLINE AND.

I WAS SO, SO SUPER IMPRESSED WITH SEVERAL THINGS.

YOUR MIC DROP MOMENT, WHICH I'M GLAD SHE MENTIONED BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S A HOLY COW MOMENT.

BUT THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR THAT THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE REPEAT SPELLING BEE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CHAMPIONS YOUR FAMILIES ALL KNOW

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YOU GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND YOU'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

AND SO ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE FINAL ROUND WAS ELIMINATED.

AND WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU HOPPED RIGHT UP.

YOU GAVE THAT OTHER STUDENT A HUG AND GAVE THEM ENCOURAGING WORDS.

AND SO, LIKE, AS MUCH AS THE ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENT IS AMAZING, LIKE YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A GOOD HUMAN.

AND I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOUR, LIKE, SPORTSMANSHIP IN THAT MOMENT.

AND THEN THAT SPELL OFF IS HARD.

LIKE, I COULD NOT SPELL A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WORDS ON A STAGE WITH THAT LEVEL OF PRESSURE.

AND SO, LIKE THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO GET UP THERE IN AN AUDIENCE AND JUST MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO ME AND A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE AMAZINGLY HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN, BUT THE LIKE.

THANK YOU TO THE FAMILY, TOO, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE A PART OF THIS.

AND I SAW ALL OF THE FAMILIES BEING INTERVIEWED YOU KNOW, BY SCRIPTS PEOPLE IS STUDENTS WERE COMPETING IN THE BEE AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S A VERY TIGHT KNIT AND CLOSE COMMUNITY.

AND SO, WE JUST SO APPRECIATE HAVING YOU REPRESENT US AND NOT ONLY REPRESENT US ACADEMICALLY, BUT JUST REPRESENT US WITH THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED TO CARING, COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN IN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND DISPLAYING SUCH GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP IN THAT, IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP ON TO THAT COMMENT BECAUSE SHE AND I WERE WATCHING IT RESPECTIVELY, AT OUR OWN HOMES TOGETHER AND TEXTING EACH OTHER.

AND SO, WE WERE BOTH SO IMPRESSED WITH THE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE COLLABORATION THAT YOU HAD WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME YOUR FRIENDS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE COMPETING.

YOU WERE A GENTLEMAN AND A FRIEND TO THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONTEST, SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT AND AMAZING JOB.

I JUMPED IN BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE.

I'M SORRY, DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. WHAT? OH, MY. IT WAS AMAZING.

WE WERE TEXTING BACK AND FORTH TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT YOU WERE.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, LET'S GIVE HIM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOGNITION AS TO AS PART OF TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS, WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT TO ANNOUNCE.

AND FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE STEVE EWING, OUR FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

AND SLY, I PROMISE WE REALLY ARE GOING TO RELEASE HIM AT SOME POINT, AND HE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

WILLIAMS, EXTENDED CABINET MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT AND ONLINE TONIGHT.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING KENITRA ROBERTSON AS THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MRS. ROBERTSON IS NO STRANGER TO OUR WILDCAT NATION AS SHE HAS LED OUR VINES WILDCATS AS PRINCIPAL THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AT VINES, PRINCIPAL ROBERTSON HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN LEADING AND PLANNING FOR THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PLANO WILDCAT ACADEMY THAT WILL OPEN ITS DOORS TO ITS INAUGURAL CLASS THIS FALL. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SEE PRINCIPAL ROBERTSON CONTINUE TO LEAD AND WORK WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS VERY EXCITING COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AS OUR NEW ACADEMY. WILDCAT STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AS 11TH GRADERS BEFORE BECOMING NOT ONLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, BUT ALSO COLLEGE GRADUATES. MRS. ROBERTSON HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD HERE IN PLANO AS A SCIENCE TEACHER, SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, NEW TEACHER, MENTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

KENITRA IS PLANO ISD PROUD? SHE HAS NOT ONLY LED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AT EACH CAMPUS, BUT SHE IS VERY ACTIVE ON SEVERAL DISTRICT COMMITTEES, INCLUDING ASPIRING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ACADEMY STEERING TEAM, LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, TASK FORCE, PLANO ISD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PANEL SPEAKER, MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH TEAM, AND THE HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL ADVISORY TEAM, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

PRINCIPAL ROBERTSON STATES, AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR THE RICH TRADITIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR SCHOOL'S PROUD HISTORY WHILE PREPARING AND ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR POST-SECONDARY ENDEAVORS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, PRINCIPAL ROBERTSON IS TRULY COMMITTED TO THE FUTURE OF WILDCAT NATION, IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT IS HER HUSBAND AND HER TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, AS WELL AS A HOST OF FRIENDS AND FELLOW WILDCATS.

PLEASE WELCOME KENISHA ROBERTSON TO PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

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I'M SURE YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD.

WHAT? OH, I THOUGHT YOU DID.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

I THOUGHT HE ALREADY HAD THEM STAND UP.

OKAY. DID YOU ANNOUNCE THEIR NAMES? HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU, TOO.

YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM BEING RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH HER.

THERE YOU GO.

ONE MORE TIME.

GOT TO GET A GOOD PICTURE.

I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

OKAY. MY MISTAKE THERE.

SORRY. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A WILDCAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE STEPPING UP IN THIS ROLE.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

I'VE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU IN ACTION, AND YOU WERE FORCED IN YOUR TENACIOUS.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOU CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT KIDS.

AND SO, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY OF PLANO SENIOR HIGH IS VERY, VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO HAVE YOU AS A LEADER.

AND TO YOUR FAMILY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING HARD.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HOURS INVOLVED.

SO, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SACRIFICE.

SO THAT SHE CAN DO THE AWESOME JOB WE KNOW SHE WILL DO.

CAN I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON TAKING THIS NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER PATH.

YOU'VE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING LEADER IN PLANO ISD, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU LEADING THE WILDCATS IN THIS NEW ROLE.

AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.

ONE THING THAT THAT STEVE LEFT OUT IS THAT YOU'RE ALSO A WILDCAT PARENT, AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF NOT ONLY GETTING TO LEAD IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND SOUL.

AND SO, WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU IN THIS ROLE, AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US.

I KNOW THAT YOU GIVE A LOT OF TIME NOT JUST AT YOUR CAMPUS, BUT YOU'VE SERVED ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND THAT JUST HELPS US AS WE'RE BUILDING AND BUILDING OUT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

OKAY. SORRY, I JUMPED AHEAD.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CONTINUE WITH YOUR EVENING.

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

THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AGENDA ITEMS.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

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

DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO, IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES AND THE BOARD BED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074 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 OR SHARED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

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

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

DR. FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS HEIDI COOK, PLANO ISD PARENT AGENDA ITEM 10.1 WEIGHTED COURSE CREDIT FOR GPA.

MISS COOK, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE-MINUTE WARNING? SURE. THAT'S FOR ME. OKAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HI. MY NAME IS HEIDI COOK.

I'M SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 10.1 ON THE AGENDA.

AND I'M A PLANO ISD PARENT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING ON THE BOARD AND IN THE DISTRICT.

AND AS ADMINISTRATORS, TOO, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

I LEARNED LAST WEEK ABOUT A CHANGE THAT WAS TAKING PLACE TO THE WEIGHTED GPA FOR THE DUAL CREDIT CLASSES.

THOUGH I DID NOT LEARN ABOUT THIS FROM THE DISTRICT.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE CONSENSUS AMONG STUDENTS, TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND PARENTS IS THAT DUAL CREDIT CLASSES IN PISD ARE EASIER THAN IB OR AP CLASSES THAT ARE OFFERED BY THE DISTRICT.

THERE IS NO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL TEST OR STANDARD OF CURRICULA FOR DUAL CREDIT CLASSES THAT DEMONSTRATES THE RIGOR OF THESE CLASSES.

AS OF NOW, THE RIGOR AND GRADING OF DUAL CREDIT CLASSES IS SOLELY DETERMINED BY COLLIN COLLEGE PROFESSORS, NOT PLANO ISD.

I WROTE AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD LAST WEEK, AND I GRACIOUSLY RECEIVED A CALL FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DISTRICT.

I UNDERSTAND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO USE NAMES, BUT AND I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO AND SHARED A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT IT.

ABOUT THE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE RATIONALE FOR THIS CHANGE AND THIS KIND OF THING.

AND WHILE I SO GREATLY APPRECIATED THE SHARING OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE PLANS, I ADAMANTLY OPPOSE THE CHANGING OF THE WEIGHT OF THE GRADES FOR THE DUAL CREDIT.

I AM THRILLED THAT PLANO ISD OFFERS ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DUAL CREDIT, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FOR ALL KIDS.

I AM CERTAINLY BIASED IN THIS RESPECT.

I HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.

ONE JUST GRADUATED THIS YEAR SUMMA CUM LAUDE WITH 13 AP CREDITS.

HIS TOP TWO CHOICES WERE MCGILL UNIVERSITY IN MONTREAL, CANADA, AND UT AUSTIN.

HE WAS ACCEPTED IN THE AUTOADMIT PROGRAM THROUGH UT AUSTIN, AND HE GOT INTO MCGILL UNIVERSITY.

MCGILL UNIVERSITY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE DUAL CREDIT CLASSES.

IN FACT, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.

IT'S IN CANADA, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY THAT DON'T NECESSARILY RECOGNIZE DUAL CREDIT.

IF HE HAD DONE DUAL CREDIT, EVEN WITH THE WEIGHTED GPA, I'M NOT EVEN SURE HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO MCGILL UNIVERSITY.

AND HE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE THE ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE CREDIT THAT HE GOT WITH THE AP CLASSES.

MOST OF THESE KIDS THAT I'VE SEEN IN PLANO, I MEAN, I HAVE TWO OTHER KIDS WHO ARE ON THE SAME TRACK.

LIKE, I MEAN, I'M VERY LUCKY AND BLESSED AND HAVE KIDS WHO ARE.

DOING WELL AND ARE IN ADVANCED PROGRAMS AND ON TRACK TO BE IN MORE IN AP CLASSES.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF THE KIDS IN THE TOP 10% OF PLANO ISD ARE SHOOTING FOR ELITE SCHOOLS, AND WHETHER THAT'S TEXAS A&M OR UT AUSTIN, MIT, CARNEGIE MELLON, YALE, PURDUE, ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND THESE VALEDICTORIANS, I KNOW SOME OF THESE VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS THAT ARE UP ON THE SCREEN, THE CHILD WHO WON THE SPELLING BEE. THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS STATE RANKING SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES YOU TO BE IN THE TOP 6% OR THE TOP 10%.

AND SO, BY TIME, OH, I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A ONE MINUTE.

DID YOU NOT HEAR IT? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TOBY COOK, PLANO ISD PARENT AGENDA ITEM 10.1 CHANGES TO CLASS GPA WEIGHTING. MR. COOK, WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE. ONE MINUTE? I'LL TRY TO BE LOUDER.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG.

OKAY? I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

MY NAME IS TOBY COOK.

I'M A PARENT OF THREE SONS TO OUR PISD STUDENTS.

ONE JUST GRADUATED FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH.

I'M REALLY SADDENED BY THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT I'M SEEING HERE TONIGHT.

ADMINISTRATORS ARE INFORMING THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THIS MAJOR CHANGE THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO GPAS.

GOOD. GOVERNMENT REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIVENESS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.

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IT SEEMS LIKELY TO ME THAT STUDENTS WILL HAVE VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO HOW THIS CHANGE WILL IMPACT THEM.

SHOULDN'T THE SCHOOL BOARD HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS? WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS? WHAT ABOUT TEACHERS? THEY TEACH THE KIDS EVERY DAY.

DON'T THEY HAVE VALUABLE INSIGHT? SHOULDN'T ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS BE HEARD? ISN'T THAT THE DECENT THING TO DO? I ASK YOU TO PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNMENT.

I ASK YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL CONWAY, PLANO ISD.

NONRESIDENT AGENDA ITEM 11.3 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.

MR. CONWAY, DO YOU WANT A ONE-MINUTE WARNING? NO. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.

HEY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

THE REASON I'M HERE IS THE LANGUAGE AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.

THE CLASSROOM MATERIAL, THE LANGUAGE, INCLUDING BINARY AND NON-BINARY PRONOUNS, ET CETERA.

NEEDS TO BE SURE TO NOT BE IN EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.

HAVING SEEN MATH EQUATIONS USING NONBINARY AND ASKING PERCENTAGE OF NON-BINARY IS RIDICULOUS.

THIS IS ABOUT GROOMING AND INDOCTRINATION FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY TO BE PUTTING THOUGHTS INTO VERY MALLEABLE MINDS.

KIDS START TO EXPLORE.

IT'S SICK, IT'S TWISTED, IT'S WRONG.

KIDS START TO QUESTION THEIR GENDER WHEN THEY'RE 910 YEARS OLD AND IN TURN WANT TO CHANGE GENDER.

PARENTS ALLOW DUE TO PEER PRESSURE.

NOT THINKING IT THROUGH, NOT PRAYING.

NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS.

THEN THEY ALLOW THE KID TO CHANGE GENDER.

DEPRESSION IS FOLLOWED BY ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE FOR VARIOUS REASONS, INCLUDING NO LONGER ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN.

THINK ABOUT IT. YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO HAVE KIDS AND YOU'RE A FEMALE THINKING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A BOY.

THE DEPRESSION AND HOW YOU'D FEEL GOING FORWARD.

IT'S HORRIBLE GUYS.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS LANGUAGE.

HEARD A TESTIMONY OF A GIRL TALKING ABOUT STARTING AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THE LANGUAGE SHE LEARNED AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAD HER THINKING THAT WAY.

SHE WAS SO GLAD SHE WAITED BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT SHE REALIZED SHE WAS JUST A TOMBOY.

SHE REALLY HAD NO DESIRE TO CHANGE HER GENDER.

AND NOW SHE'S STILL ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN.

PRAISE GOD! BUT THE OTHER GIRLS AREN'T, SO THEY AREN'T ABLE, WHICH IS PATHETIC.

AND IT'S HORRIBLE THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN TO THEM.

YOU ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT CHILDREN.

GET THE LANGUAGE OUT OF THE BOOKS.

HIS REALITY IS KIDS ARE DYING AS A RESULT OF THESE BOOKS AND THE LANGUAGE IN THEM.

THINK ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, GUYS.

DO YOUR JOB AND PROTECT THESE KIDS.

THE ENEMY CAME TO DESTROY FAMILIES AND THEY START WITH CHILDREN.

NOW, I RECENTLY HAD SOMEONE TELLING ME THIS THAT THE GIRL DECIDED TO BECOME A BOY.

THE PARENTS' DIVORCE AS A RESULT.

FAMILIES GONE.

GET THE LANGUAGE OUT NOW.

PROTECT THESE KIDS.

DO YOUR OATH.

I REALLY HOPE YOU'RE NOT SMILING.

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT. I REALLY WISH YOU ALL CHANGED LEADERSHIP.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT HADN'T HAPPENED.

MAYBE IF YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED LEADERSHIP PROTECT THESE KIDS DO BETTER SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT SUCCESS IN LIFE.

OUR LAST SPEAKER IS LISA SMITH, PLANO ISD RESIDENT.

AGENDA ITEM 11.3 BOOK RECONSIDERATION POLICY.

MISS SMITH, DO YOU WANT A ONE-MINUTE WARNING? NO, THANKS, I GOT IT. GOOD.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LISA SMITH.

I AM A PLANO RESIDENT AND A FORMER PLANO ISD PARENT.

REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 11.3, AS YOU WORK TOWARDS STRENGTHENING YOUR EFB LOCAL POLICY, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER ALSO ADDING AN EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCESS FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS TO MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY IDENTIFY AND REMOVE PERVASIVELY VULGAR LIBRARY MATERIALS.

THIS PROCESS IS USED IN OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND WOULD MEAN THAT IF A BOOK IS SUBMITTED WITH THE ALLEGATION THAT IS PERVASIVELY VULGAR, A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR AND DISTRICT LIBRARIAN WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE QUESTIONABLE CONTENT IMMEDIATELY.

AND IF THEY DETERMINE VULGAR, THE BOOK IS REMOVED.

AND HERE IS FRISCO ISD'S POLICY VERBIAGE AS LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE.

IF AN INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS.

IF AN INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS TO A BOOK ON THE BASIS THAT IT CONTAINS OBSCENE CONTENT, THE DISTRICT WILL CONDUCT A FORMAL, EXPEDITED REVIEW OF THE

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IF THE CONTENT IS FOUND TO BE OBSCENE, THE BOOK WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.

IF THE CONTENT IS DETERMINED NOT TO BE OBSCENE, THE INDIVIDUAL OR DISTRICT STAFF MAY INITIATE A SECONDARY EXPEDITED REVIEW.

THE OUTCOME OF THE SECONDARY EXPEDITED REVIEW IS FINAL, EXCEPT THAT THE TITLE CAN BE SUBMITTED FOR FORMAL RECONSIDERATION.

SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A SIMILAR EXPEDITED REVIEW POLICY IN PLANO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR BOOKS WITH OBSCENE CONTENT, AS WELL AS BOOKS ALLEGED TO BE PERVASIVELY VULGAR OR EDUCATIONALLY UNSUITABLE.

THANK YOU.

TURN THE SCRIPT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072.

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

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

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

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

I'LL SECOND.

WAS THAT JERI? YEP.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA. A SECOND BY JERRY CHAMBERS AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I'M COUNTING SEVEN HANDS, SO I WON'T ASK FOR THOSE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS ITEM 8.1, WHICH IS THE HEARING ON THE 2024-2025 BUDGET

[8.1 Public Hearing on the 2024 - 2025 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]

THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2024 2025 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOHNNY HILL, AFTER WHICH I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO THE PODIUM WITH COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

THE BUDGET WILL, I MEAN, SORRY, THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION AND ACTION, AND I ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO PLEASE HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. UNTIL THEN.

MR. HILL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER HERE JUST IN A FEW MINUTES, OVER TO OUR CFO, COURTNEY REEVES, WHO'S ALREADY OVER HERE, EXCITED, READY TO GO.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS IS EVERY YEAR, WHENEVER WE GO THROUGH THIS, THIS POINT, I THINK THAT IT'S GOT TO BE SAID THAT A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO GETTING TO THIS POINT. I WILL SAY IT'S ABOUT A 9 OR 10 MONTH PROJECT.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR IT GETS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND MORE DETAILED, BUT I WILL JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO FORMULATING THIS BUDGET, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND JUST A REALLY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

SO, FROM EVERYBODY FROM THE BOARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE TEACHING STAFF, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THIS COME TOGETHER.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS BUDGET THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THIS EVENING.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS YOU KNOW, A RAISE THAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A DEFICIT. AND I WAS THIS LAST WEEK, I WAS AT A MEETING IN AUSTIN AREA WITH A LOT OF OTHER FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT GIVING RAISES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF, OF THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, EVEN THOUGH IT TAKES GOING INTO FUND BALANCE.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND PUTTING OUR STAFF FIRST.

SO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS HEARING.

COURTNEY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR.

WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND OF COURSE, OUR CABINET MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF OUR WONDERFUL 2425 OFFICIAL BUDGET BOOK.

THIS DOCUMENT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE BUDGETS OUR DISTRICTS 2425 FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.

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COVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS, AND, OF COURSE, THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO JUMP INTO ANY INFORMATION WITHOUT KIND OF TALKING ABOUT OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION.

OF COURSE, THE DISTRICT'S VISION AND MISSION PROVIDE A CLEAR FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDES OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.

AS JOHNNY TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE SO MANY PLAYERS THAT HELP.

ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT JUST THE FINANCE TEAM THAT THAT HELPS BUILD THIS, THIS BUDGET, BUT THIS OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION ENSURE THAT FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR CORE VALUES AND STRATEGIC GOALS, SO THAT WE, AS A DISTRICT, ARE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE OUR FUNDING FOR INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR LONG TERM OBJECTIVES, PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF JUMPING IN.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE FIVE.

OUR BUDGET NARRATIVE STARTS ON PAGE FIVE.

AND IT GOES THROUGH I BELIEVE PAGE 17.

AND THIS COVERS INFORMATION THAT KIND OF THAT HELPED SHAPE AND FORM OUR DISTRICT'S BUDGET.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE SO MUCH, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THIS PAGE, IT'S ON PAGE FIVE OF THE BUDGET BOOK, AND IT MAKES ME EXTRAORDINARILY PLANO POWELL.

BUT IT TALKS ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

AND IT SAYS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT THROUGH INTEGRITY, PRUDENT STEWARDSHIP, PLANNING, FULL DISCLOSURE, DISCLOSURE AND OPEN COMMUNICATION.

AND AGAIN, JUST KIND OF TOUCHING ON OUR BUDGETING PROCESS INVOLVES INPUT FROM NOT JUST THE FINANCE STAFF, OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OUR BUDGETING PROCESS STARTS IN NOVEMBER.

AND OF COURSE, OUR EVEN OUR FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION HAPPENS IN JANUARY AND CONCLUDES ALL THE WAY TO OUR TAX ADOPTION, WHICH ACTUALLY ENDS IN AUGUST.

SO WE HAVE ALMOST COME FULL CIRCLE.

BUT ALSO IN THIS NARRATIVE, JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER JUST A FEW KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE TOOK INTO OUR BUDGET AS WE BUILT IT FOR 2425.

AND THAT WAS, OF COURSE, OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT, PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.

AS JOHNNY TOUCHED ON OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED A 3% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, INCREASING STARTING SALARY FOR OUR TEACHERS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION INFLATIONARY FACTORS AND THE SUNSET OF OUR ESSER FUNDS.

SO PAGE 18 IN OUR BUDGET BOOK ACTUALLY SUMMARIZED THE BUDGETS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST LEGALLY ADOPT.

THOSE BUDGETS ARE OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES FUND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR REVENUES ARE LAID OUT AS LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND OUR EXPENDITURES ARE ALLOCATED AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL AS REQUIRED FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGETS ACTUALLY PRESENTED LAST MONTH IS IN OUR GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET.

AND THAT'S OF COURSE, WE TALKED.

I THINK THAT WEEK WE HAD RECEIVED SOME EXCELLENT NEWS ON OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY PREMIUM.

THE BULK OF THAT PREMIUM ACTUALLY IS PAID OUT OF FUNCTION 51.

AND SO AS WE TALKED THAT WE WERE ABLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT BY ABOUT $2 MILLION.

AND SO IF YOU REMEMBER OUR OVERALL BUDGET DEFICIT FROM OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

SO THE ONLY FUNCTION THAT CHANGED WAS FUNCTION 51 REDUCED BY $2 MILLION.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL NET OPERATING RESULTS TO A $35 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET, AS OPPOSED TO A $37 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.

DEBT SERVICE AND OUR FOOD NUTRITIONAL SERVICES ARE BOTH BALANCED BUDGETS AND DID NOT HAVE A CHANGE FROM OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

JUST KIND OF JUMPING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND AS WE ALWAYS WE WANT TO WE LIKE TO PRESENT OBVIOUSLY OUR ORIGINAL FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, OUR AMENDED BUDGET, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE FOR OUR CURRENT FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT YEAR RIGHT NOW, IS ACTUALLY OUR FINAL BUDGET.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET.

I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

THE OBVIOUSLY, OUR 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE PRELIMINARY ONLY CHANGES THAT HAPPEN, OF COURSE, WAS THAT REDUCTION IN FUNCTION 51 FOR $2 MILLION.

THERE IS, AGAIN, A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO OUR 2324 FINAL AMENDED BUDGET.

WE DID GET SOME INFORMATION, AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, FOR SENATE BILL TWO FROM THE 88TH LEGISLATURE THAT PASSED, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000 TO 100,000.

PART OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN INTO SB TWO WAS TO HOLD TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HARMLESS FOR THAT INCREASE, AND SO THAT TIA WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STATE AID TO FOR THAT HOLD HARMLESS.

SO FOR US, WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN WE DO BUDGETED, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO US IS A REDUCTION TO RECAPTURE.

THAT IS NOT HOW THE STATE WANTS US TO RECOGNIZE IT.

SO WE DID FOR OUR FINAL AMENDED BUDGET, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE AND ALL OF OUR FUNCTIONAL LINE ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDES FUNCTION 91 WHERE OUR RECAPTURE IS ACTUALLY PAID FROM.

SO IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE THAT IS THAT WE HAD TO INCREASE OUR STATE, OUR STATE AID, AND ALSO BY THE SAME AMOUNT, INCREASE OUR RECAPTURE.

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BUT WE WILL. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE RECAPTURE IS REDUCING IT.

IT IS NOT.

IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCREASING BY ABOUT $19 MILLION.

WHAT WE WILL DO, OF COURSE, IS IN AUGUST WE BRING OUR TAX RATE TO YOU.

WE WILL ALSO WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES AT THE END OF JULY, WE WILL DO THAT, THAT THAT AMENDMENT THAT WE WILL INCREASE THAT STATE AID ALSO INCREASING THAT RECAPTURE.

BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL DEFICIT BUDGET OF $35 MILLION.

IT WILL BE A NET EFFECT OF ZERO.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.

IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, THE OVERALL BUDGET, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE WILL BE A NET EFFECT OF ZERO AND INCREASE OF STATE AND INCREASED.

OUR RECAPTURE FOR US MAKES MORE SENSE TO NET OUR RECAPTURE.

BUT THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THE STATE WANTS US TO RECOGNIZE IT.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY GAVE US THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT STATE AID.

AGAIN WITHIN OUR REVENUES.

THEY ONLY CHANGES THAT. WE'LL SEE.

OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU SEE THAT FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND AND OUR STATE SOURCES RIGHT NOW, IT'S SHOWING THAT IT IS REDUCING BY 37 ALMOST $38 MILLION.

AGAIN, AS WE MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT, THE OVERALL NET EFFECT AGAIN WILL STILL ONLY CHANGE OR EXCUSE ME, WILL NOT CHANGE.

IT WILL ONLY CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS WITHIN OUR STATE AND OUR RECAPTURE.

OUR FAMOUS PIE CHARTS.

OF COURSE, THIS IS OUR REVENUES, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES AS REPRESENTED IN OUR PIE CHART.

AND OF COURSE, JUST THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE BULK OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS, OBVIOUSLY LESS FROM OUR STATE AND OUR LOCAL, OTHER LOCAL SOURCES.

OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AS BROKEN OUT BY FUNCTION.

AND OF COURSE, AS IT SHOULD BE, THE LARGEST PART OF OUR EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION IS IN OUR INSTRUCTION COST, WHICH IS JUST UNDER 64%.

BROKEN DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

IT'S KIND OF BY A COST OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS BROKEN DOWN BY PAYROLL, CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLIES, OTHER EXPENSES, EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY.

AND OF COURSE, OUR STAFF IS OUR BIGGEST RESOURCE.

AND SO OUR BUDGET IS JUST UNDER 84% OR JUST OVER 83% OF OUR BUDGET FOR 24, 25.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 29 OF OUR BUDGET BOOK.

DEBT SERVICE ACCOUNT.

OF COURSE, THIS IS THE ACCOUNT THAT PAYS OUR GENERAL LONG TERM DEBT AND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

AND AGAIN, THERE WAS NO CHANGE FROM OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN MAY.

OF COURSE, WE LEVY WHAT WE NEED TO COVER FOR OUR DEBT PAYMENTS.

SO THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET.

OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND.

AGAIN, NO CHANGES FROM OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

AGAIN, THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE INTEND TO ALWAYS CHARGE WHAT WE INTEND TO SPEND.

WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER OUR PRIOR YEAR BUDGET, AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST TO INTENTIONALLY RIGHTSIZE OUR SPENDING AND MAKE SURE WE HAD IT ALLOCATED CORRECTLY.

THAT WAS KIND OF A THEME FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WAS TO RIGHTSIZE THEIR SPENDING.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE GREATEST REPRESENTATION OF A RECAPTURE HISTORY.

AGAIN, WE WILL ADJUST THIS GRAPH ONCE WE DO THAT ADJUSTMENT IN AUGUST.

AND AGAIN WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE TO OUR 2425 ESTIMATED FOR OUR RECAPTURE.

I'M APPROXIMATELY 192 MILLION, WHICH WILL BE AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 19 MILLION OVER OUR 2324 ESTIMATE FOR OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

AND LASTLY, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

THESE OF COURSE, ARE MOSTLY OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.

THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT'S MISSING FROM THIS LIST FOR THIS YEAR IS OUR ESSER FUNDS.

IT FELL OFF. OF COURSE, THERE ARE NO ESSER FUNDS REMAINING AND WON'T BE SPENT IN 2425, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME.

WHAT WAS NEW FOR THIS YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS WE DO HAVE SAFETY AND FACILITY ENHANCEMENT GRANTS, CYCLE ONE AND CYCLE TWO.

THOSE ARE NEW FOR THIS YEAR AT TOTALING JUST APPROXIMATELY $7.6 MILLION.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I HAVE ONE SMALL JUST QUICK QUESTION.

I THINK WE HAVE TO HOLD THOSE QUESTIONS UNTIL I'LL CALL FOR QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.

OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT.

COURTNEY, WE MAY BRING YOU BACK UP IN A MOMENT.

I NOW INVITE TO THE PODIUM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2024 2025 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN YES.

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AND IF YOU'LL YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES.

MY NAME IS ADAM BULL.

I DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

TERESA WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS ADAM BULL, AND I'M A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT.

ON BEHALF OF AFT.

UNITED MEMBERS AND NONMEMBERS IS OF THE UTMOST URGENCY THAT YOU CONSIDER AN APPROPRIATE AND DESERVING WAGE FOR ALL PLANO ISD EMPLOYEES.

MANY TENURED AND LOYAL PLANO ISD STAFF ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH 84% INDICATING IN A RECENT SURVEY THAT THEY NEED A PAY RAISE FOR ADDED FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND WE'RE CONSIDERING OTHER OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT DURING THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

FURTHER, OVER 400 EMAILS WERE SENT TO BOARD MEMBERS ASKING FOR A HIGHER PAY RAISE AS WELL.

THE PAY RAISES FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE UP FOR A VOTE TONIGHT ARE RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED, BUT THEY ARE INSUFFICIENT AND DO NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDE FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT STAFF.

WE KNOW THAT THE STATE IS NOT PROVIDING NEEDED FUNDING TO COMPENSATE STAFF, AND THAT THE DISTRICT IS USING AVAILABLE TOOLS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO HELP RAISE SALARIES, SUCH AS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.

HOWEVER, THE FACT REMAINS THAT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SUFFERS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RETAINING STAFF.

TEACHERS BEING OVERWORKED CAN BE RESOLVED BY PAYING ENOUGH TO TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF AND NURSES TO RETAIN STAFF AND FILL CURRENT OPENINGS.

SUPPORT STAFF ARE A BACKBONE AND THEY MUST BE SUPPORTED FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO THRIVE.

WE URGE THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT GRANT 6% RAISES COMMENSURATE WITH DALLAS ISD, NOT JUST FOR TEACHERS, BUT FOR ALL STAFF.

$20 HOURLY RATE FOR COVERING OTHER CLASSES.

GUARANTEE THAT WHEN DISPLACED STAFF ARE MOVED, THEY RECEIVE EQUAL OR GREATER PAY THAN THEIR PREVIOUS POSITION.

CHILD CARE RATES COMMENSURATE WITH RICHARDSON ISD PROVIDING MORE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, THREE DAYS OF BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ANNUALLY, AND ONE MENTAL HEALTH DAY PER QUARTER.

PAY IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR AFFECTING JOB CONDITIONS, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT.

EDUCATORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY AND PAY THEIR BILLS.

IN ORDER TO BE TREATED AS RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS, WE MUST BE GIVEN PAY COMMENSURATE WITH OUR EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WE POUR INTO OUR JOBS EACH AND EVERY DAY TO PREPARE OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE MUST BE WORTHWHILE.

EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORK MULTIPLE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

IF PLANO ISD WANTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST EDUCATORS, THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO UP THE ANTE IN TERMS OF SALARY.

PLANO ISD EMPLOYEES DESERVE A HIGHER PAY RAISE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES AND ARE ASKING ONE LAST TIME BEFORE THIS BUDGET IS VOTED ON, IF THERE CAN BE ANY MONEY FOUND TO ACCOMMODATE OUR DEMANDS.

WE THANK THE BOARD FOR ITS TIME AND FOR DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR ITS STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THANKS. I'LL INVITE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO COME TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE HEARING.

ANYONE ELSE COMING FORWARD? ALL RIGHT FIND MY GAVEL, I WILL.

I GUESS I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 9.1.

[9.1 Adoption of the 2024 - 2025 General Fund, Debt Service Fund and Food and Nutritional Services Fund Budgets]

ADOPTION OF THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES BUDGETS.

AND I WILL ASK MR. HILL IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM.

NO, MA'AM. IT'S AS PRESENTED IN THE HEARING.

ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND NOW, BOARD MEMBERS, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. WAS THAT CATHERINE? THANK YOU.

SOMETIMES I CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

NOW, I WILL INVITE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY, NOW I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

SORRY, MAN.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE.

I THINK THE FIRST ONE WILL BE EASY.

THE SECOND ONE WILL BE HARD.

ON THE ON THE INTEREST INCOME.

I'M CURIOUS WHY IT WENT DOWN, GIVEN THAT INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP.

WELL, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WE DID DO A FINAL AMENDMENT.

THIS LAST BE BECAUSE, AGAIN, RATES HAVE BEEN SO GOOD AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

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HOPEFULLY IF THEY'LL STAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO AGAIN DO A KIND OF EITHER A MID-YEAR OR FINAL AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THAT CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE STILL CONTINUE.

WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THIS LAST YEAR.

WE'VE WE'VE GOT A GREAT FINANCIAL ADVISOR IN HILLTOP, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THAT, THAT IT HOPEFULLY EITHER WILL STAY OR EVEN INCREASE AGAIN THIS NEXT YEAR.

AWESOME. NOW, THE HARDER QUESTION AND I ASK THIS EVERY YEAR THOUGH, SO AND I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE THIS MY SECOND TIME ASKING IT, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD, I THINK, FOR ME TO CONCEPTUALIZE US RUNNING A $24 MILLION DEFICIT LAST YEAR AND THEN A $35 MILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

GIVEN SORT OF, I GUESS, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FUND BALANCE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WHAT ARE WE PROJECTING FOR THE NEXT, LIKE FIVE YEARS? AND I GUESS I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE FISCALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE IF WE KEEP RUNNING THESE VERY LARGE DEFICITS.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUMP IN.

BECAUSE I THINK I ANSWERED IT LAST YEAR TOO.

SO BUT WE DO WE DO ACTUALLY DO MODELING, FIVE YEAR MODELING OUT.

AND SO I WILL SAY IT'S YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

I WILL SAY THAT WHAT YOU SEE AS THE BUDGET, THE $35 MILLION BUDGET, IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH THIS, THIS CURRENT YEAR, THAT BASICALLY WE PRETTY MUCH HELD EVERYTHING EQUAL EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE LOST IN WHAT WE HAD SUPPLANTED WITH OUR ESSER FUNDS.

SO EVEN THE RAISE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SAVINGS IN ORDER TO, TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS THE BUDGET, THAT 35 MILLION WOULD BE A WORST CASE SCENARIO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STATE ACTUALLY MAKES US BUDGET AND STAY WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS, EACH ONE OF THOSE 21 FUNCTIONS.

NORMALLY WHAT YOU SEE IS YOU END UP SOMEWHERE BETTER THAN WHAT? THAT THAT WHAT'S PRESENTED $35 MILLION BETTER? NO, NO.

AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

IT'S BETTER THAN THE 35 MILLION, BUT IT STILL WILL BE A, AN ACTUAL DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THAT AMOUNT IS, IS ACTUALLY GROWING OVER TIME.

I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE THE STEPS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE NEEDED TO DO WE'VE MADE OUR BUDGET BUCKET AS BIG AS WE CAN THROUGH THE VADER ELECTION.

WE'VE MAXED OUT WHAT WE CAN WE CAN DO WITH THE WITH THE SIZE OF OUR BUDGET.

I WILL SAY WE'VE CUT WHERE WE FELT LIKE WAS APPROPRIATE WITHOUT AFFECTING WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS WHAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO REALLY, WHAT WE'VE HAD LEFT AND WE'VE WORKED IT HARD IS ADVOCACY.

WE KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY COME JANUARY.

AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY LAY THAT OUT.

WE'LL HIT THAT HARD.

BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET HELP.

AND JUST FOR EXAMPLE THE TAXES THAT WE GET TO KEEP ARE STUDENT HASN'T INCREASED SINCE 2018, 2019, I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT INFLATION OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 25, 26% INFLATION IF YOU ACCUMULATE THAT.

SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SUSTAIN THAT OVER TIME.

I WOULD SAY IF YOU LOOK OUT OVER THE NEXT 3 OR 4 YEARS, IF WE DON'T GET HELP, THEN WE WILL BE CUTTING INTO PROGRAMS IN ORDER JUST TO, TO TO MAKE CASH FLOW.

A WHILE AGO, YOU HEARD COURTNEY SAY THAT MAJORITY OF OUR MONIES THAT WE RUN OUR BUDGET ON IS IN TAXES.

WELL, TAXES DOESN'T COME TO US EVENLY THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE MONTHS IT COMES TO US IN ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF MONTH PERIOD.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FUND BALANCE DOLLARS SITTING IN THERE IN ORDER TO PAY OUR STAFF EACH MONTH.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT IF YOU IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF HELP OVER THE NEXT 3 OR 4 YEARS, WE WILL GET BELOW WHAT WE NEED A CASH FLOW, AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT CUTTING PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT.

I WILL SAY WE'RE BLESSED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

A LOT OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY CUTTING INTO THOSE PROGRAM AMOUNTS.

WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN INTO THAT POINT, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY COMING UNLESS WE GET SOME HELP.

THE THIRD OPTION, WHICH IS LEGISLATIVELY WE NEED TO HAVE SOME HELP FROM THE FROM THE STATE.

CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THIS? IF YOU'RE DONE. OKAY, SO I LOOKED AT THE RICHARDSON ISD BUDGET BECAUSE THEY ADOPTED THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE WE DID GET A LOT OF EMAILS AND WE READ THEM.

AND RICHARDSON ADOPTED LIKE A COMPARABLE FUND DEFICIT, AND THEY HAVE A LOWER FUND BALANCE THAN WE DO.

AND AS A TRUSTEE, I WAS SORT OF THINKING LIKE.

IS THIS A RISKY MOVE? AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A RECAPTURE DISTRICT.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A RECAPTURE DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE SOME STRUCTURALLY SOME DIFFERENCES IN WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN DO IN TERMS OF OF BUDGET COMPOSITION.

AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT I JUST SORT OF WANT TO ASK THAT AND FOLLOW UP.

YEAH. SO SO TRY NOT TO.

OBVIOUSLY THOSE GUYS ARE FRIENDS OF OURS.

WE TALK WITH THOSE GUYS.

I WILL SAY THEY ARE I THINK THEY WERE RECAPTURED, BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT.

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BUT BOTTOM LINE IS I DO I MEAN, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WE ARE STILL BEING A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THEIR, THEIR I THINK THEIR DEFICIT IS PROPORTIONATELY THEIR SMALLER DISTRICT THAN WE ARE, BUT PROPORTIONALLY IS EQUAL TO OURS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'VE GOT THE FUND BALANCE IN THERE THAT CAN SUSTAIN IT.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS YOU SEE THAT ONE OF THEIR MAIN REASONS WHY THEY WENT INTO THEIR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING A LITTLE QUICKER THAN WE DID IS BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT CASH FLOW IS A LITTLE MORE WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY NOT SLOW PLAY, BUT BASICALLY BE A LITTLE MORE METHODICAL WITH HOW WE WERE COMING UP WITH OURS.

MAINLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CUSHION.

SO I WILL SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF US WITH MAKING SOME OF THOSE, LIKE WHENEVER THEY DID THEIR, THEIR COMMITTEES, WE FOCUSED JUST ON LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING. THEY BROKE THEIRS DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.

DR. WILLIAMS, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID ONE ON REVENUE GENERATION.

THEY DID ONE ON ADMINISTRATION.

COST. THEY DID ONE ON BUDGET REDUCTIONS, AND THEN THEY DID THE FOURTH ONE ON LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

THAT'S WHY THEY THEY HAD TO DO THEIRS WAS A LITTLE MORE COMPREHENSIVE WITH JUST THE CUTTING THE BUDGET SIDE OF IT.

I THINK JUST TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS, I MEAN THIS THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE THE ISSUE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO NEEDING SOME RELIEF FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

WE WE DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A PLANO ISD ISSUE, IT'S A DISTRICT.

IT'S ACROSS DISTRICTS, ACROSS OUR STATE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RICHARDSON AND OTHERS, THEY'VE HAD A, YOU KNOW, REDUCED STAFF DALLAS ISD, I KNOW THAT WAS IN IN THE NEWS AGAIN, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS DEALING WITH INFLATION AND ALSO TRYING TO PROPERLY RUN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF OUR TEACHERS AND COMPENSATION.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT COMPONENT OUT, BUT I DO.

JOHNNY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT EARLY AS WE WERE RECRUITING WAS FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN APRIL.

OLD PRACTICE WAS THE COMPENSATION WAS BROUGHT LATER IN JUNE.

AND THAT REALLY AT THAT POINT HAD ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE JOB FAIRS AND HIRING.

AND SO THAT WAS AN ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN APRIL.

SO HERE WE ARE IN JUNE.

THIS IS JUST THE BUDGET WHERE WE'VE NOT REDUCED POSITIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO PLANS.

WE HAVEN'T CUT PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE NO PLANS TO DO THAT.

OUR HOPE IS THAT IN JANUARY THAT WE CAN GET ADEQUATE RELIEF AT THE STATE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO AND WE DON'T HAVE THE THE DOOMSDAY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD, JUST AS A RECAP, JUST TO TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION AND HOW THAT ALL WENT AND AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND IF WE NEED TO CALL DONNA UP, WE MAY NEED TO DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE WORTH A RECAP, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ACTION ON IT, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SO WELL.

I'M LOOKING AT DR.

KENDALL BACK THERE AND AND SHE IS.

I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT 100 TIMES MORE ELOQUENT THAN I AM.

AND SO SHE'D LIKE TO COME UP.

SHE'S WELCOME TO BUT BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BUT BUT JUST TO TOUCH ON IT.

I MEAN, SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PUT AN EMPHASIS ON.

I DO WANT TO SAY THIS FOR THE YOUNG MAN WHO SPOKE I MEAN, MY HEART GOES OUT.

I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BOTH MY KIDS ARE EDUCATORS.

THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS RAISING KIDS, WORKING.

YOU KNOW, IT IS ABSOLUTELY DIFFICULT AND MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT ON WHAT WE CAN PAY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS AN ADMINISTRATION, WE TALK, WE SIT AROUND DR.

WILLIAMS, DR. FRIEDMAN, I MEAN, WE IN CABINET, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT TO ACTUALLY ALLOW TO TO ACTUALLY PAY OUR STAFF MORE.

AND THAT'S A DESIRE WE ACTUALLY HAVE, WHETHER PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT OR NOT.

I MEAN, I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT I DO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT WE GO AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, GO WITH US AND ACTUALLY APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MAKE IS IS TO ME, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

WELL, WE WE'VE DONE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE IN OUR STAFF.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, WE ARDENTLY ADVOCATE DOWN IN AUSTIN AND WE BEAT THE DRUM LOUD.

WE TRULY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND AND EXPECT OUR LEGISLATORS TO ADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WE'D LIKE THE FUNDING TO BE BASED ON ENROLLMENT, NOT ATTENDANCE.

AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS INDEXED TO INFLATION.

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BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

IT PAINS US WHEN WE CAN'T GIVE A LARGER RAISE.

WE WE KNOW WE HAVE HIGH REGARD FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND WE KNOW THAT WE WANT THE WORLD TO HAVE THAT SAME HIGH REGARD.

AND THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS YOU REWARD THEM BY PAYING THEM THE WAGE THAT THEY EARN OR DESERVE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US AS WELL.

BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DR.

KENDALL. WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD ADD ANYTHING SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED, WE DO WORK DILIGENTLY AS A DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING MARKET.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING COMPENSATION, YOU CAN LEAD, YOU CAN LAG, OR YOU CAN MAINTAIN.

AND PLANO IS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE BETWEEN THAT MAINTAIN AND LEADING.

WE DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DISTRICTS AROUND US AND WHAT THEIR COMPENSATION PACKAGES HAVE BEEN AND WHAT THEY ARE PROJECTED TO LOOK LIKE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING IN THAT MAINTAIN AND LEAD LEVEL.

SO IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS FOR ANY BOARD OR ANY DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT WHERE FUNDING IS AND WHERE FUNDING IS NOT. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO OFFER WHAT WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT IS OFFERED IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY THE BOARD HAS FOUND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES, WHETHER IT'S A RETENTION BONUS OR A TRANSITION SUPPLEMENT, THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE.

AND SO THERE'S GREAT APPRECIATION.

AS A STAFF MEMBER, I CAN SAY THERE'S GREAT APPRECIATION FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.

THERE'S EDUCATORS NEVER ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR VALUE BECAUSE THEY ARE A HIGH VALUE POSITION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING AT THE LEVEL, AT THE GREATEST LEVEL POSSIBLE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S A SMALL ADD TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SHARED.

BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND, THAT IT'S HARD TO BE AT THAT LEAD LEVEL RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEFICITS THAT WE HAVE FINANCIALLY, BUT WE ARE MAINTAINING. BETWEEN THAT THAT MAINTAIN AND THAT LEAD LEVEL.

SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE TO BE.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT PART OF IT IS THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE A 3% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH THEN STARTS TO CLOSE ANY GAPS THAT EXISTED FROM PRIOR YEAR OF DOING A PERCENTAGE AT THE MIDPOINT.

AND SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR TEACHERS THAT HAVE TEN, 15, 20 YEARS SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT AS AS THE STARTING SALARY GOES UP TO STAY WITHIN MARKET? THERE WERE ALSO MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG THERE WAS A LOT OF CLOSING OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH THE 3% ACROSS THE BOARD AND REALLY ACTUALLY THE THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THE LAST PIECE THAT I'LL ADD IS ALSO, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMPENSATION PLAN THIS YEAR WITHOUT THE REDUCTION.

I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT DR.

WILLIAMS SAID. WITHOUT THE REDUCTION IN STAFF, WE'RE OFTEN COMPARED TO ANOTHER DISTRICT THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY GIVING A HIGHER COMPENSATION PACKAGE, BUT THEY ALSO ACTUALLY RIFTED QUITE A FEW EMPLOYEES.

AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN A POSITION TO SUSTAIN THE THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE WHILE PROVIDING THIS COMPENSATION PLAN.

AND DR. KENDALL, I THINK.

DON'T WE HAVE TASB TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS? LOOK AT OUR COMPENSATION EVERY YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPARABLE TO THE REGION AND THE STATE WE DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

WE DO. THAT'S A PART OF OUR COMPARING OURSELVES TO THE MARKET AND WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PAY GRADE AND COMPENSATION PLAN.

THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPETING INTERESTS.

I MEAN, WE WANT VERY DESPERATELY TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE AND PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

BUT IT'S A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW TO HAVE A $35 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.

AND SO I'M SURE THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING, WHY AREN'T YOU BEING MORE RESPONSIBLE AND TAKING CARE OF THAT PIECE AS WELL? AND 2011 IS MY UNDERSTANDING, WAS A TIME WHEN WE DID NOT GIVE A PAY RAISE AT ALL THAT YEAR, AND IT FEELS LIKE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM THAT.

AND THIS IS NOW 2024.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO LEARN FROM THE LESSON.

IF WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GO TO WE CAN'T DO A ZERO RAISE, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FINDING OUR WAY WITH THIS.

YOU ALLUDED TO JOHNNY, ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS SALARY INCREASES OR WHATEVER.

CAN YOU GIVE US SOME MORE INSIGHT? NOT ONLY ON THAT, BUT ALSO WE ALSO TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW MANY BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE PASSING DEFICIT BUDGETS AND THAT NUMBER INCREASING.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTIC LOOK ABOUT HOW THE STATE IS SO WE CAN HAVE THAT APPRECIATION.

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WE'RE MEMBERS OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS, BETTER KNOWN AS TASBO.

AND THEY AS WELL AS WITH TASB TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

THEY ALSO KEEP UP AND DO SURVEYS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

WE'RE VERY ACTIVE IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SO WE TALK WITH WITH ALL OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

I WILL SAY IF YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S, IT'S IT SEEMS TO BE YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE HOUSTON, YOU'VE GOT SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, OF COURSE, AND THEN THE DFW AREA AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IN WEST TEXAS AREAS AND PANHANDLE.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS OUT OF ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE CHECKED, I THINK THAT I ONLY KNOW OF ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY IS PASSING A, A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND SO THERE'S NO THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING VADER ELECTIONS, WHICH WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE, AND THEY ARE BASICALLY WHAT I CALL PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE HOOK.

BASICALLY, THEY ARE SAYING WE'LL GIVE A RAISE, BUT ONLY IF THIS VADER PASSES AND THEN WE'LL RETROACTIVELY MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID TWO YEARS AGO, EXCEPT WHERE WE DIDN'T MAKE IT CONTINGENT ON THAT.

WE SAID WE WOULD USE THIS IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID.

BUT AND SO I WILL SAY EVERYBODY, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY OUT THERE BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE I SAID YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S DOING DEFICIT BUDGETS BECAUSE THEY STILL WANT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING FOR STAFF.

THEY UNDERSTAND THEY NEED A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND THEN I WILL SAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT RAISES, I DO BELIEVE THAT OVERALL WE ARE WE ARE ONE OF THE BETTER DISTRICTS OUT THERE AS FAR AS WHAT THE RAISES HAVE BEEN. I WAS DOWN WHERE MY SON IS A TEACHER AND A COACH.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING LOTS JUST LIKE WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, BUT THEY'RE DOING MAJOR, MAJOR CUTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE RAISES 1 OR 2%.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE MY SON WORKS OF COURSE, IT'S A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY WERE CUTTING, I BELIEVE, $66 MILLION OUT OF THEIR BUDGET.

AND SO AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FACE IT.

I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET UNLESS OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ARE WILLING TO ACTUALLY TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS.

I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.

THIS IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

SO SO THIS IS NOT A FAIR QUESTION.

SORRY, NANCY. THIS IS NOT A VERY FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.

BUT ON ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S CUMULATIVE, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT FOR OUR DISTRICT FOR A 1% FOR EACH PERCENTAGE INCREASE? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS.

SO OUR 3% RAISE COSTS OUR DISTRICT ABOUT $10.5 MILLION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DEFICIT OUT OF THAT $35 MILLION DEFICIT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THIRD OF THAT DEFICIT JUST FOR THE RAISES FOR THIS THIS YEAR. SO, MR. HILL, WE HAD A VOTER VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION IN 2022.

OUR COMMUNITY WAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND HELP ME REMEMBER THE NUMBERS.

I DON'T RECALL, BUT I KNOW WE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT ADDITIONAL BUMP IN IN INTEREST THE, THE TAX RATE YIELDED ABOUT WAS IT 39 MILLION.

BUT WE GET TO KEEP 13 MILLION IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING WE KEPT ABOUT 9.5 MILLION IS WHAT OUR NET WAS OUT OF THAT DEAL.

AND I WILL SAY I MEAN, TO OUR CREDIT, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY THAT I BELIEVE STILL VALUES.

I MEAN, LOOK AT OUR BOND ELECTION, LOOK AT OUR VOTER ELECTION.

THOSE ARE VERY COMPLICATED ELECTIONS.

AND OUR VOTERS STEPPED UP.

SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT THAT'S REALLY VALUES PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I MEAN, I FEEL I UNDERSTAND WHERE A LOT OF THE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER TEACHERS ARE COMING FROM BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT SALARY SCHEDULE. MY KIDS ARE THERE.

AND WITH INFLATION HITTING LIKE IT HAS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I MEAN, IT'S A REAL ARGUMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE USED TO WE DID CLIENTS, NOT CLIENT SURVEYS, STAFF SURVEYS AND AND SALARY WAS NOT ANYWHERE ON THEY WERE THIRD OR FOURTH ON THE LIST.

NOW IT'S ONE OR REALLY IN MOST CASES, NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT IS A STRUGGLE.

SO THE DESIRE IS THERE FROM ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY HELP THAT WE REALLY NEED HELP FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS IT CAME EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE.

WE WE WERE ACTUALLY BEING PROACTIVE WITH NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH ACTUALLY HOW WE WERE GOING ABOUT DOING OUR BUDGETS WAY BEFORE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 5 OR 6 YEARS WITH, WITH HOW WE WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE WITH OUR BUDGETS AS WE COULD.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO I WANT TO JUST.

YES, SIR. NOT THAT THIS IS A PROFESSION FULL OF PERKS AND BENEFITS BECAUSE IT REALLY IS NOT HERE ANYWHERE ELSE.

BUT WE DO TRY OUR BEST.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PSR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DISCOUNTED RATES FOR OUR TEACHERS AS A PERK.

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AND WE'RE ABOUT 10 TO 15% BELOW THE MARKET RATE FOR THAT.

CERTAINLY NOT MAKING A PROFIT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

AND THE CHILD CARE AND SO NOT THAT IT'S A LOT, BUT IT'S ALL WE CAN DO, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO MORE.

I JUST I APPRECIATE WHAT MR. HILL IS SAYING IN TERMS OF THE FIRST THING WE WOULD TALK ABOUT IS PROGRAMS. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALL AWARE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND 83, 84% OF OUR BUDGET ARE OUR SALARIES.

SO SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF THE MONEY WE SPEND.

AND YOU ALL ARE AWARE WE JUST WENT THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS AND DECIDING TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN WITH OUR RESOURCES.

AND THAT INCLUDED CLOSING FOUR SCHOOLS, WHICH WHICH REALLY BROKE OUR HEARTS.

BUT ANYBODY, ANY OF THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS, IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON BUILDINGS.

AND ANY DAY I'M GOING TO PICK SPENDING MONEY ON A TEACHER OVER A BUILDING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO TAKE SOME PAIN.

AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY WITH US OVER THAT.

AND THEN I AND I ALSO WILL ADD THAT I'M AN OLD PARENT AND I WAS HERE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE DID, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO AVOID ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

AND MANY KIDS LOST THEIR FAVORITE TEACHERS.

IT WAS QUITE PAINFUL.

SO AS A BOARD MEMBER, I AM I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL THE CONSERVATIVE AND CAREFUL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN.

AND I WOULD ASK Y'ALL.

PLEASE COME AND ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE US.

DOWN IN AUSTIN.

SO THAT. SO, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU ALL.

WELL, CATHERINE, YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT ALONG THE SAME LINES I WAS THINKING, AND SOMEHOW AN ELEPHANT GOT IN THE ROOM.

AND THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IT'S OUR IT'S A VERY POLITICAL REASON THAT THE SCHOOLS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SINCE 2019 AND IMPACT THAT ON TOP OF A 26% CUMULATIVE INFLATION.

WE'RE BEING STARVED AND IT'S INTENTIONAL.

AND I WON'T GO INTO THE ELEPHANT, BUT WE KNOW WHAT WAS HANDCUFFED WITH FUNDING.

AND SO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU CAN TALK TO THE MAYOR OF PLANO, AND HE'LL TELL YOU PEOPLE MOVE TO THE DISTRICT OR TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUSINESSES LOCATE HERE BECAUSE THE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION.

AND SO, I IMPLORE OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE AUDIENCE TO COME WITH US WHEN WE GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND HELP US ADVOCATE, BECAUSE THAT IS TRULY, THEY WON'T NECESSARILY I WISH THEY WOULD LISTEN TO US, BUT THEY DON'T.

SO, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE WE NEED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO HAVE TEACHERS.

WE NEED TO HAVE PARENTS.

WE NEED TO HAVE BUSINESSMEN THAT COME IN, BUSINESS LEADERS THAT COME IN AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE DOLLAR SIGNS AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITIES IF WE DON'T FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, FOR US TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS ADEQUATE, WE'VE GOT TO ADVOCATE.

AND SO, I'LL GET OFF MY HIGH HORSE AND WE CAN LET THE ELEPHANT BACK OUT THROUGH THAT ROOM, THOSE DOORS OVER THERE.

BUT Y'ALL KNOW WHAT ELEPHANT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO, THE ADVOCACY PIECE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE FALSE BELIEFS THAT MIGHT EXIST OR THE STIGMAS THAT EXIST AROUND FUNDING. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LOOK ONLINE, THERE'S A BELIEF THAT PLANO ISD IS INCREDIBLY CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION HEAVY. AND WE'VE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND ASKED IN PRESENTATIONS, AND THAT IS JUST NOT THE CASE.

AND SO, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THAT, TO KNOW THAT THAT PLANO ISD IS NOT ADMINISTRATION HEAVY, THAT IN FACT, WE FALL WELL BELOW THAT IN ANY SORT OF NUMBER.

I'M THINKING OF THE SLIDE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH PRESENTATION IT WAS.

CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? THE COST PER STUDENT RATIOS.

SO, THERE'S SO I MEAN COURTNEY DOES THIS.

BUT OUR FIRST REPORT OUR TO ACTUALLY AUDITS US EVERY YEAR.

AND I THINK ITS INDICATOR IS IT NUMBER NINE OR NUMBER 13.

IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.

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IS IT 13 WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH ADMINISTRATION IS AS COMPARED TO INSTRUCTION.

YES. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE.

THE, THE BENCHMARK IS I BELIEVE IT'S 8% AND WE'RE RIGHT AT 4%.

AND I WILL SAY THIS, WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AND I'VE YET TO SEE A DISTRICT THAT'S BETTER THAN OURS ON THAT RATIO.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE LOSS OF ESSER FUNDS.

YOU WILL HEAR THAT.

THAT IS WHY SOME DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING OR MIGHT BE ADOPTING A BUDGET DEFICIT.

BUT WHAT IS THE LOSS OF OUR ESSER DOLLARS 8 OR 9 MILLION? IT'S NOT RIGHT AT $9 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR THAT $35 MILLION DEFICIT.

SO THAT CAN'T BE THE CAUSE.

PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY MISMANAGEMENT, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT REALLY WHAT'S DRIVING UP OUR COSTS.

IT'S THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE UP OUR COSTS, EVEN IN OUR OWN HOMES, THINGS LIKE THE COST OF UTILITIES GOING UP.

THERE'RE INSURANCE COSTS THAT ARE GOING UP.

FUEL COSTS ARE GOING UP.

SO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MANY BUSSES WE'RE RUNNING ALL OVER PLANO ISD.

JUST THE COST TO OPERATE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INCREASING.

LET ME JUST REMIND YOU, IN 2019, THE DISTRICT DID A STUDY AND QUANTIFIED THE DOLLAR VALUE OF WHAT WE CONSIDER UNFUNDED MANDATES, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT ARE NOT FUNDED BY THE STATE.

AND IN 2019, THOSE EQUATED $35 MILLION.

I'M SURE THAT IF WE TOOK THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TALLY THAT UP AGAIN AND ADD ON THE ADDITIONAL UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT I THINK WE JUST HAD IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WILL SEE THAT NUMBER FAR EXCEEDS WHAT WE ESTIMATED IN 2019.

BUT WE NEED THAT HELP FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO LET OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN AUSTIN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR BUDGET AND HOW THIS DEFICIT BUDGET IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. SO IF I CAN ADD ADD TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, NANCY IS SIGHING OVER HERE.

I'M SORRY. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG CONVERSATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT UP THE VADER.

THAT WAS ABOUT 9.6 MILLION.

OF COURSE, THE REST OF THAT GOES BACK AND RECAPTURE.

WE SOLD SOME PROPERTY LAST YEAR.

WE SOLD AN AUXILIARY PROPERTY LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE'RE HAVING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE PORTFOLIO IF YOU'VE PAID ATTENTION TO OUR AGENDAS.

BUT THAT WAS MAYBE LIKE $6 MILLION, I THINK ISH.

IT'S ABOUT 7.4, 7.4.

OKAY, SO LESS THAN $10 MILLION.

YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING EFFICIENCIES ADDED UP FOR TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AS PAINFUL AS THAT PROCESS WAS, THAT, KATHRYN, I THINK ARTICULATED REALLY WELL IS LIKE 5.2 MILLION ISH A YEAR.

OKAY. SO, LIKE ALL OF THAT IS SUB $10 MILLION.

AND YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO CHANGES IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, I THINK WE HAD BOTH SENATOR PAXTON AND REPRESENTATIVE PLESA SUPPORT RECAPTURE BILLS LAST YEAR OR, YOU KNOW, LAST SESSION AND EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT FOR RECAPTURE.

SO, JOHNNY, WHAT WOULD A 10% DISCOUNT FOR JUST FOR PAYING OUR BILL EARLY.

WHAT SIZE WOULD THAT BE? OKAY, SO I CAN'T DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD.

DO YOU MIND IF I USE MY LITTLE CALCULATOR.

LITTLE CALCULATOR. OKAY, OKAY.

IF YOU NEED A BIGGER ONE.

OKAY. WELL, I'LL DO THE MATH.

LET'S DO 10% BECAUSE EVEN I CAN DO THAT MATH.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL, ON 100 AND OKAY $190 MILLION WOULD BE ABOUT $19 MILLION OKAY.

SO THAT I MEAN THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

THAT'S THAT IS MOVING THE NEEDLE AND SOMETHING THAT OUR LEGISLATORS, YOU KNOW, DID HAVE DID HELP SUPPORT US WITH THE LAST SESSION THAT I THINK DOES HAVE REALLY, REALLY BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

AND SO, WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IN MY MESSAGING TO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT, AS JOHNNY HAS SAID, LIKE WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVERY WAY, SHAPE, FORM, WE CAN POSSIBLY SQUEEZE AS MUCH OUT OF OUR TAX LEVY, THE PORTION OF IT THAT WE GET TO KEEP.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY PRACTICAL THINGS THAT OUR LEGISLATORS COULD DO, LIKE A DISCOUNT JUST FOR PAYING RECAPTURE EARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.

AND THAT'S EVEN OUTSIDE OF A CHANGE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MUCH MORE LIMITED THAN WHAT THE LEGISLATURE CAN DO.

AND BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EVEN SINCE I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE, THAT'S 9.6 MILLION INCHES THE VADER, 7.4 MILLION, I THINK YOU SAID, OR 7.5 MILLION IN THE PROPERTY SALE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES, LIKE.

IT'S MOVEMENT.

IT'S, WE'RE DOING THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WELL, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT RECAPTURE AND GETTING THE EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT, THAT'S JUST GOING TO LET THE STATE HAVE IT IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT A LITTLE EARLY.

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BUT I BELIEVE IN EVERY BIENNIUM THEY BUDGET; THEY COUNT ON $8 BILLION SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR RECAPTURE.

BUT I WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW, I SHOULDN'T BE TALKING NUMBERS BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT WAS.

BUT IN THE LAST BIENNIUM, THERE WAS EXCESS RECAPTURE COLLECTED.

AND THAT EXCESS RECAPTURE GOES INTO A LITTLE SLUSH FUND CALLED THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

AND IT GETS DOLED OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE ASKED OUR LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THAT MONEY THAT WAS COLLECTED IN EXCESS RECAPTURE SHOULD BE REFUNDED BACK THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

IT WOULDN'T GIVE IT BACK TO THE DISTRICTS WHERE WE COLLECTED RECAPTURE, BECAUSE THEN IT PUTS US INTO THAT POSITION OF DIS EQUITY.

BUT IF IT WENT BACK TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IT WOULD BE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT IT STAYS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THAT'S A REALLY EASY ASK.

I THINK THAT'S VERY LOGICAL.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SOLUTIONS.

AND OUR LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW.

BUT I JUST I REALLY DO WANT TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS CONVERSATION.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT COMING FORWARD, TOO, BECAUSE WE PREPARE FOR A LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BEGINS IN JANUARY OF 2025.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE WE BEAT THE HORSE DEAD? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERRY CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODMAN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE 2024 2025 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.

I'VE ALREADY ASKED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, SO NOW I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RICH AND ROBUST DISCUSSION.

NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 10.1, WHICH IS COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE WEIGHTS UPDATE.

[10.1 College Credit Course Weights Update]

COURTNEY GOBER.

AND HE MAY BE CALLING OTHER EXPERTS IN THE ROOM.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD.

I'M GOING TO ASK OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS OR AACCMR DR.

KRISTIN EDNEY TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.

SO, PRESIDENT HUMPHREYS BOARD MEMBERS.

DR. WILLIAMS, CABINET MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR OUR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, DR.

KEVIN MOORE, WHO SAYS CIAO OR BONASERA FROM ITALY, WHERE HE IS TAKING A WELL-DESERVED VACATION.

SO, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME TONIGHT.

TONIGHT, I'M PROVIDING INFORMATION ON A CHANGE TO HOW SOME OF OUR COURSES ARE WEIGHTED FOR GPA.

THESE CHANGES DO NOT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.

HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO PRESENT THE CHANGE TO YOU TONIGHT.

SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS LOGO OVER THE PAST YEAR.

WHILE THE BRANDING IS NEW, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT.

AS A DISTRICT, WE PROVIDE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO FIND THEIR BEST PATHWAY TO POST-GRADUATION PLANS.

MANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FROM AP OR IB COURSES TO ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE DUAL CREDIT, ALLOW STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES THROUGH THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY AND THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

ULTIMATELY, PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CUSTOMIZE THE LEARNING PATHWAY THAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A PLANO ISD COMMITTEE WORKED TO REVISE OUR GPA SYSTEM.

THIS WAS IN 2017 THROUGH 2019.

THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS UNDER OUR NEW SYSTEM WALKED THE STAGE LAST YEAR IN 2023.

BUT OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES WAS INTERESTED IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE NEW SYSTEM ACHIEVED ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, NAMELY, TO INCENTIVIZE STUDENTS TO SELECT COURSES OF INTEREST OR PASSION, REGARDLESS OF GPA WEIGHTS.

THIS REVIEW REVEALED AN INEQUITY AMONG COURSES THAT RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDIT.

SPECIFICALLY, THAT DUAL CREDIT COURSES ARE CURRENTLY WEIGHTED AT THE HONORS LEVEL OF 4.5 AND AP AND IB COURSES AT THE DISTINGUISHED LEVEL OF 5.0.

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ADDITIONALLY, SURVEYS WERE SENT TO OUR TOP ATTENDED UNIVERSITIES TO GET THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEIR INSIGHTS.

MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, AND DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS WERE CONDUCTED WHERE PARTICIPANTS WERE PROVIDED WITH DATA POINTS, DISTRICT COMPARISON INFORMATION, AND STUDENT PARENT SURVEY RESULTS.

FEEDBACK WAS COLLECTED AND THEN FROM EACH SESSION AND ANALYZED.

WE ALSO REVIEWED EIC LOCAL POLICIES FROM SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AND THE FOLLOWING THAT ARE ON THIS LIST RIGHT HERE HAVE OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR POLICIES SO THAT COLLEGE CREDIT BEARING COURSES ARE ALL WEIGHED AT THE SAME RATE OR SAME LEVEL.

THE GPA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED AN UPDATE TO THE EIC EXHIBIT, BEGINNING WITH NEXT YEAR'S NINTH GRADERS.

ALL DUAL CREDIT COURSES THAT RECEIVE COLLEGE CREDIT WILL BE WEIGHED AT 5.0.

THIS WILL INCLUDE ALL APPROVED COLLIN COLLEGE DUAL CREDIT COURSES AND APPROVED UT ON RAMPS DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES.

THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO PROVIDE CONCURRENT DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES.

ALTHOUGH THE LIST OF COURSES RECEIVING 5.0 WEIGHTS WILL GROW, THE COURSES THAT ARE CALCULATED FOR RANKED GPA WILL NOT CHANGE.

ESSENTIALLY, THIS CHANGE TO THE EXHIBIT WILL HAVE A LARGER POSITIVE IMPACT ON CUMULATIVE GPA, WHICH IS NOT COMPETITIVE LIKE THE RANKING GPA.

THE IMPACT TO RANKING GPA WILL BE LIMITED SINCE THERE ARE CONSIDERABLY FEWER CORE DUAL CREDIT CLASSES COMPARED TO AP AND IB.

FOR EXAMPLE, SCIENCE AP HAS SEVEN DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHEREAS DUAL CREDIT SCIENCE ONE MATH FOR AP HAS FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS' DUAL CREDIT MATH, THEY GET ONE CHOICE BETWEEN DUAL CREDIT STATISTICS OR DUAL CREDIT PRE-CALCULUS.

THEY CAN'T TAKE BOTH.

IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE MORE MATH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO AP.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE OTHER MATH DUAL CREDIT OPTION, WHICH IS MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS, WHICH MANY OF OUR AP STUDENTS TAKE AFTER THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AP MATH.

IT IS OUR HIGHEST MATH IN THE DISTRICT, AND ITS DUAL CREDIT AND ALREADY WEIGHED AT 5.0.

WE DO NOT EXPECT WIDE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MAKEUP OF THE TOP STUDENTS IN FUTURE GRADUATING CLASSES.

SINCE MANY AP IB COURSES DO NOT HAVE AN AVAILABLE DUAL CREDIT EQUIVALENT.

WE ANTICIPATE ENROLLMENT IN MOST AP COURSES TO REMAIN STABLE.

OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THIS CHANGE SUBSTANTIATED THIS HYPOTHESIS.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN ABOUT THIS CHANGE STARTED WITH PRINCIPAL SESSIONS.

WE THEN MET WITH COUNSELORS FOLLOWED BY FOLLOWED BY CAMPUS STAFF SESSIONS.

AFTER TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, WE WILL THEN SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO COMMUNICATION EFFORTS TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS CHANGE STARTS WITH THE CLASS OF 2028, WHICH IS OUR INCOMING NINTH GRADERS.

THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WON'T FEEL THE IMPACT OF THIS CHANGE FOR TWO YEARS WHEN THEY ARE JUNIORS, WHICH IS IN 2026-2027.

THIS CHANGE COMES WITH GOALS FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE BULLETS RIGHT HERE, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING AP AND IB PROGRAMS, WHICH HAVE A RICH HISTORY AND TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN PLANO ISD.

THEREFORE, WE WILL MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH MULTIPLE PATHWAYS AP, IB, DUAL CREDIT, AND ON RAMPS.

IMPROVED CONSISTENCY OF RIGOR FOR ALL OF THESE PATHWAYS.

PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORTS FOR EACH OF THESE PATHWAYS.

DEBUNK THE MYTHS AND THE COMPETITION TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH CHOICE AND A PERSONALIZED PLAN.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC ADVISING TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

ALSO, ADVISE STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS WHERE THEY CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDIT IN PLANO ISD.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A MORAL IMPERATIVE TO SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, WHERE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS HAVE VOICE AND CHOICE TO PURSUE THE TO PURSUE THE BEST PATHWAY FOR THEMSELVES, WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR DISTRICT'S EXPECTATION AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

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SO, THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CORE DUAL CREDIT OPTIONS.

THERE'S A PLETHORA OF, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE CTE, DUAL CREDIT OPTIONS.

THOSE ALL APPLY TOWARDS THE CUMULATIVE.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE RANKING, IT'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF CORE COURSES.

BUT THIS WOULD GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHICH IS THE RIGHT PATHWAY.

IS IT AP.

IS IT IB. IS IT DUAL CREDIT.

AND THEN WHERE WE HAVE ON RAMPS, IS IT ON RAMPS OR A COMBINATION OF ANY OF THOSE OR A COMBINATION WHICH HONESTLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS, IS STUDENTS MAKING CHOICES BASED ON WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THEM.

I HAVE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD.

NO. IS THERE ANY PLAN THAT I MAY DREAM THIS? THAT THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT COMBINE DUAL CREDIT AND AP CLASSES SO THAT KIDS GET TO CHOICE? CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO AP DUAL CREDIT OVERLAY.

SURE. IS THAT WHERE? MAYBE SO. SO, THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE WHAT WE CALL AP DUAL CREDIT OVERLAY.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE EMBEDDED FACULTY.

SO, IT'S OUR OWN RIGHT INSTRUCTORS.

AND THEY ARE WELL VERSED WITH AP.

AND THEY ALSO MEET THE CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A DUAL CREDIT INSTRUCTOR.

SO, THEY MUST HAVE A MASTER'S AND 18 MASTER'S LEVEL COURSES COURSEWORK IN THAT SUBJECT AREA BE HIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OR THE COLLEGE TO BE THAT DUAL CREDIT FACULTY.

AND THEY CAN DELIVER BOTH.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THE STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES, WHICH IS WHAT HIGHER ED USES, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THEIR TEKS OR THEIR STANDARDS.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT COLLEGE BOARD STANDARDS.

THERE'S ALMOST A LINE BY LINE, BULLET BY BULLET.

SAME. OKAY.

YOU ALSO SAID SOMETHING THAT CAUSED ME PAUSE.

WHEN YOU SAID THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO MAKE IT THROUGH THE ADVANCED MATH AND THEN THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT EXTRA LIKE IT'S THE MATH ROCKS, KIDS, AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THAT'S MATH. THAT'S A DUAL CREDIT CLASS NOW.

AND THAT'S AT THE FIVE POINTS.

YES. SO THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT.

LIKE WE HAVE ONE DUAL CREDIT CLASS THAT IS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE REST OF OUR--TO YOUR POINT, CORE CLASSES BEING AT THAT SAME LEVEL OF RATE OF WAIT, OKAY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE QUESTION.

SO, THERE'S OTHER DUAL CREDIT CLASSES THAT ARE IN THE CORE THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S 4.5.

WE HAVE ONE DUAL CREDIT THAT IS A 5.0.

SO THAT'S A DISCREPANCY RIGHT.

SEEMS UNFAIR RIGHT OKAY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE TIMING BECAUSE WE HAD PARENTS WHO SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THIS.

SO, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT KIDS WHO ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO BE JUNIORS OR SENIORS.

THIS IS GOING OR SOPHOMORES.

IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE FRESHMAN.

IT STARTS WITH THE FRESHMAN AND ROLL UP.

SO, IT WILL START THIS COMING YEAR WITH FRESHMEN.

AND SO, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS, IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO IMPACT THEM UNTIL THEY'RE A JUNIOR, WHICH IS 20, 2627 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, THIS ALLOWS THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES, BOTH AT HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY, WHICH IS GROWING, AND THE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WHICH IS STARTING THEIR FIRST CLASS.

THIS WILL ALLOW THEM FOR IT TO ROLL UP WITH THEM.

OKAY. SO LET ME JUST BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

IT DOES START WITH OUR INCOMING FRESHMEN, BUT ONLY THOSE FRESHMEN THAT ARE IN THE HSA OR W OR WILDCAT ACADEMY.

YES, IT IS NOT EVERY FRESHMAN.

IT'S ONLY THOSE FRESHMEN THAT ARE IN THOSE TWO COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES.

SO, IN TERMS OF THE DUAL CREDIT OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY THAT STARTS 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

SURE. FIRST, TO JUST CLARIFY, I KNOW THERE WAS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING OF THIS, BUT I KNOW CERTAINLY I, AS A BOARD MEMBER, HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR OVER A YEAR.

SO, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.

I AM CURIOUS, THOUGH, WHY WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RANKING AND THE CUMULATIVE GPA.

WELL, SO THAT WAS THE WORK OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT MET FROM 2020, 2017 THROUGH 2019.

AND THE DECISION OF THAT COMMITTEE AFTER THEY DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH.

I'VE LOOKED AT THE BINDERS AND READ THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE NOTES FROM THOSE MEETINGS.

THEY CREATED THAT DUAL SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE OUR CUMULATIVE AND THEN THE RANKING GPA AND THE RANKING GPA ONLY CONSIDERS CORE.

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BUT OTHER COURSES THERE'S NO RANKING GPA.

SO, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE IF YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR THAT COURSE OR THAT CONTENT OR THAT SUBJECT OR THAT PATHWAY, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT YOUR GPA.

THAT IS THE THEORY BEHIND IT.

YEAH. AND YOU WOULD STILL GET THE DUAL CREDIT THOUGH.

SO, YOU'D STILL GET CREDIT.

SO NOT AP CREDIT, BUT YOU WOULD STILL GET THE COLLEGE CREDIT FOR THOSE COURSES EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T COUNT TOWARDS YOUR RANKING GPA.

AM I RIGHT ON THAT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DUAL CREDIT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT DUAL CREDIT.

OKAY. ASSUMING YOU PASS THE COURSE.

YES, YES.

SO, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WITH THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY, OUR STUDENTS WORK ON AN APPLIED ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES AREA.

THE MAJORITY OF THE COURSES THEY TAKE ARE THEIR DUAL CREDIT.

THEY'RE GETTING COLLEGE CREDIT.

IN FACT, THEY'RE GRADUATING WITH LIKE 60 PLUS CREDITS OF COLLEGE.

MOST OF THOSE ARE HITTING ON THE CUMULATIVE SIDE ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CORE.

GOT IT. OKAY.

GOT IT. SO, MY SECOND QUESTION AND THAT KIND OF ANSWERS, THE FIRST, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SO THE STUDENT COULD TECHNICALLY TAKE THE TWO DUAL CREDIT MATH CLASSES, BUT ONLY ONE WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THEIR RANKING GPA.

IS THAT RIGHT? NO.

OKAY. SO, WITH DUAL CREDIT MATH, THE STATISTICS AND THE PRE-CALCULUS, THEY CAN'T TAKE BOTH.

THEY HAVE THE FIRST SEMESTER IS THE SAME FOR BOTH.

SO, THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER.

THEY CANNOT TAKE BOTH.

SO, IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE FOR EXAMPLE DUAL CREDIT PRE-CALCULUS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AP STATISTICS.

OR IF THEY TOOK AP DUAL CREDIT STATISTICS, THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE AP PRE-CALCULUS.

WHY? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T REPEAT YOU CAN'T REPEAT THE SAME COLLEGE CLASS.

AND THE FALL SEMESTER IS COLLEGE ALGEBRA.

AND THEN THE STATISTICS.

YEAH, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THOUGH, BECAUSE COULDN'T I JUST TAKE IT THE NEXT YEAR? NO. IT'S SAME.

IT WOULD BE REPEATING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NORMALLY OFFERED JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT.

YOU WOULDN'T GET TO IT UNTIL YOUR 12TH GRADE YEAR.

SO, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER YEAR.

YEAH. AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COLLEGE HAS THOSE COURSES SEQUENCED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE, ONE OR THE OTHER AND WHATEVER THE OTHER IS, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON THE AP SIDE.

YEAH. BUT IF YOU WANTED THE INFORMATION THE WAY THEY'RE SEQUENCED IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLIN COLLEGE AND WITH OUR CURRICULUM COORDINATOR OF MATHEMATICS, THEY PUT COLLEGE ALGEBRA BECAUSE THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING THAT THEY NEED BEFORE THEY TAKE THE COLLEGE PRE-CALCULUS, AND THEN ALSO BEFORE THEY TAKE THE COLLEGE STATISTICS.

SO THAT SAME COLLEGE ALGEBRA, WHICH IS MATH 1314, IS THE FRONT END OF BOTH OF THOSE COURSES.

AND YOU CAN'T REPEAT IT.

SO, YOU EITHER GO ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT BOTH, YOU'LL HAVE TO USE AP AS THE OTHER OPTION.

AM I TO GET THE CREDIT? WHICH GIVES ANOTHER REASON WHY EQUITY BETWEEN THE GPA OF ALL THE COURSES HAVING MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, STUDENTS ARE NEEDING TO TAKE BOTH AP AND DUAL CREDIT.

GOT IT THAT I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.

I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THE WAY IT IS, THOUGH.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, THAT'S NOT FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

SO, MY SECOND QUESTION WAS SIMPLY WHY COULDN'T THE STUDENTS TAKE THE CLASSES EARLIER? SO, I MEAN, I GUESS SOME STUDENTS COULD IF THEY WERE ADVANCED IN MATH.

IS THAT? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? SO, IF YOU WERE, SAY, I DON'T KNOW, IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE AND YOU TOOK THE WHATEVER TSA YEAH.

AND THEN YOU WERE ADVANCED.

SO, FOR STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE READY, THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ALGEBRA TWO.

THAT IS A FOUNDATIONAL COURSE TO BE READY FOR THAT TSA MATH COMPONENT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOSE SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE COLLEGE LEVEL MATH.

SO, IT WOULD IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT TRAJECTORY.

AND MOST STUDENTS TAKE ALGEBRA TWO SOPHOMORE YEAR.

AND SO, THEN THAT DUAL CREDIT MATH WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY HIT THAT JUNIOR YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR MOST STUDENTS.

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AND OF COURSE, WE'LL ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT.

LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT, THOUGH.

ARE YOU SAYING LIKE, WHY NOT PUSH DUAL CREDIT EVEN DOWN TO EIGHTH GRADE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. AND THAT IS THE ANSWER.

SO, ALGEBRA TWO, EVEN FOR OUR ADVANCED MATH STUDENTS, THEY WOULD JUST BE GETTING TO ALGEBRA TWO IN EIGHTH GRADE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED.

AND SO.

I MEAN, JUST THAT ALONE.

THE FIRST YEAR YOU WOULD QUALIFY WOULD BE NINTH GRADE.

NOW THERE'S OTHER THERE'S SOME CAVEATS TO THAT BECAUSE.

THERE'S CERTAIN LIKE CTE, DUAL CREDITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE LOOKED INTO.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE, THE CORE ACADEMIC COURSES, YOU NEED THAT ALGEBRA TWO.

THAT WAS MINE. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED CTE.

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS SO ON THE CTE CLASSES WE DID NOT CHANGE THE GPA RANKING ON THOSE.

WE LEFT THOSE THE SAME.

EVEN IF THEIR CTE CLASSES THAT ARE DUAL CREDIT CLASSES, CORRECT? NO, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT.

DUAL CREDIT WOULD BE 5.0.

WE ALREADY HAVE SOME CTE COURSES THAT ARE AT THE 5.0 LEVEL.

THIS WOULD JUST BRING IN THOSE DUAL CREDIT.

THEY'D BE FIVE-POINT A LEVEL, BUT THEY WOULD ALL HIT THE CUMULATIVE, WHICH CUMULATIVE HAS NO BEARING ON THE RANK.

THE, THE CLASS RANK AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.

SO, IT'S KIND OF A WIN-WIN BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CUMULATIVE, THAT JUST MAKES OUR STUDENTS LOOK BETTER WHEN THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST KIDS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT NOT AMONGST THEMSELVES.

AM I MAKING SENSE? YES.

OKAY. YOU'RE MAKING SENSE, BUT I DON'T LOVE IT.

WHICH PART DO YOU NOT LIKE? SO LET'S JUST SAY I AM SOMEONE WHO IS CTE FOCUSED.

THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT I COULD NEVER BE VALEDICTORIAN, BECAUSE UNLESS I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL OF MY CORE COURSES, AP, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE SAME RANKING.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WITH THIS CHANGE, THEY COULD CHOOSE DUAL CREDIT OR AP OR IB.

WELL, IN THE TOP 10%.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THE CTE COURSES WOULD NOT HELP THEM TOWARDS THE TOP 10%.

THE JUST THE REALITY HERE.

EVEN IF I WASN'T CTE FOCUSED AND I TOOK EVERY DUAL CREDIT CLASS WE HAD AVAILABLE, I STILL IN THIS DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A VERY HARD TIME BEING VAL OR SAL JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE OFFERINGS IN AP AND IN FOR THAT MATTER, IB.

THEY COULDN'T COMPETE.

YOU COULD NOT BE VALOR SAL IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT TAKING AP AND IB OR IB.

OKAY. THAT'S THAT IS AN ANSWER, I APPRECIATE THAT.

OKAY. SO JUST SO THAT I'M FULLY CLEAR ON THIS.

SO ULTIMATELY.

THE CORE CLASSES.

THERE'RE VERY FEW DUAL CREDIT CLASSES THAT WOULD SORT OF SUB.

THERE'S A LOT MORE AP CLASSES THAT WOULD SORT OF SUFFICE FOR I GUESS OR BE CONSIDERED CORE.

THEN OUR DUAL CREDIT OFFERINGS TODAY.

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WILL BE OFFERING A WIDER VARIETY OF DUAL CREDIT CLASSES? WE COULD.

WE COULD.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, OUR DUAL CREDIT IS BEING LOOKED AT INSIDE OUT AND UPSIDE DOWN FOR LOTS OF REASONS AND GOOD REASONS AND BAD REASONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE STAFF THAT WE'RE GETTING EVEN FROM COLLIN COLLEGE, RIGHTFULLY SO.

AND SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO HAVE WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES.

AND SO AS WE LOOK INTO THOSE AND SEE WHAT COURSES THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CAN ALLOW SOME EMBEDDED FACULTY WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.

NO. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT YOU GUYS.

I MEAN, I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR.

RIGHT? LIKE, THIS IS A BIG STEP.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.

SO, I AM CERTAINLY NOT SAYING THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS NOT GOOD.

I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT.

I JUST WOULD HUMBLY ASK AS WE CONTINUE SORT OF LOOKING AT THIS THAT WE CERTAINLY SEEK TO EXPAND OUR DUAL CREDIT POTENTIALLY BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IN MY MIND IF SOMEONE COULD NOT TAKE SORT OF THE SAME DUAL CREDIT/AP

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AND YOU COULD TAKE ALL DUAL CREDIT CLASSES AND HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

AND I THINK THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THAT FOR LOTS OF STUDENTS.

AND I DON'T THINK THOSE STUDENTS SHOULD NECESSARILY BE DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, YES, YES.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING VERY THOUGHTFUL, INTENTIONAL DECISIONS ABOUT EXPANSION OF DUAL CREDIT TO ENSURE THAT THE COURSES THAT THEY THAT THEY TAKE, ALONG WITH WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND THE ACADEMIC ADVISING PIECE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

EVERY DUAL CREDIT NEEDS TO ALIGN WITH AND SUPPORT THAT FUTURE FOUR-YEAR DEGREE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THE EXPANSION.

THANKS. APPRECIATE IT.

IF I CAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I KNOW AND JUST RECEIVING FEEDBACK.

SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WAS, WELL, THE DUAL CREDIT COURSES DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL STANDARD AND THEY DON'T BECAUSE IT'S WE'RE TEXAS AND THESE ARE TEXAS ADOPTED AND THEY CALL THEM TEXAS COMMON CORE.

AND THEY ARE 45 COURSES THAT ARE UNIVERSAL TO TEXAS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES.

EXAMPLE ENGLISH 1301 IS ENGLISH 1301 AT TEXAS TECH.

IT'S AT LEVEL.

AND WHATEVER THE NOW THE SUDDEN I FORGOT SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE, COLLIN COLLEGE, DALLAS A&M, UT, YOU NAME IT. IF IT'S A, IF IT IS A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, ENGLISH 1301 IS STANDARD WITH THIS IS THE SYLLABI THAT STUDENTS WILL FOLLOW. AND THEY'VE STANDARDIZED THE COURSE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY BETWEEN EACH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.

SO THAT IS THE STANDARDIZATION.

DOES DUAL CREDIT TRANSFER OUTSIDE THE STATE? IN SOME CASES IT DOES.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.

NO DIFFERENT THAN AP IS NOT CONSIDERED OR IS NOT HANDLED EQUALLY BETWEEN OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A PERIOD IN TIME WHERE IF YOU WENT TO A&M, A&M WOULD ACCEPT A THREE, BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO NORTH TEXAS, THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING LESS THAN A FIVE.

RIGHT. AND SO I SAY THAT ALL IN THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PATHWAYS FOR KIDS AND STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO CHOOSE.

AND WE IT IS WE HAVE TO OFFER EVERY PATHWAY IN ALMOST EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ON THE ON THE BUFFET TABLE TO ALLOW STUDENTS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY, THE OPTIMAL OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE BEST PATH FOR THEIR FUTURE.

AND IT COULD BE STRAIGHT AP, IT COULD BE A COMBINATION AND IT COULD BE FULL DUAL, FULL DUAL CREDIT.

I'LL I'LL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MY SON HAD THE BENEFIT OF GRADUATING WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND WE DID NOT WORRY ABOUT HIS GPA.

THAT WAS NEVER A WORRY.

AND HE WAS IN A DISTRICT, AND WE WERE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE DUAL CREDIT WAS NOT VALUED EQUALLY, NOR WAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION VALUED EQUALLY.

BUT WE DID NOT CARE. HE WAS AN AUTOMATIC ACCEPTANCE INTO A&M, SO A LOT OF TIMES WE WORRY ABOUT THAT TOP 6% OR THAT TOP 7%, AND KIDS CAN GET THERE REGARDLESS OF BEING IN THE AUTOMATIC TOP 10% TO BE ACCEPTED INTO THAT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT JUST PUBLICLY AND FOR THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW OPPORTUNITIES.

AND ALSO THERE IS NO ONE PATHWAY.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS EVEN TO UT OR A&M, WHICH SEEM TO BE A COVETED AUTO ACCEPTED.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT.

THAT IS. YEAH.

DON'T KNOW. AND.

YOU SAID THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

NOW I FORGOT WHERE I WAS BEING SILLY.

I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

THIS IS ABOUT CHOICE.

AND OUR COMMUNITY IS REQUIRING AND WANTING CHOICE, AND WE'RE OFFERING THE CHOICE.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CHOICE TO BE MAXIMIZED FOR ALL THE KIDS WHO MAKE THIS CHOICE, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DESERVE FOR MAKING THIS CHOICE.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE ARE DOING.

I'LL JUST SAY THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

AND I IF TAMMY WAS SITTING HERE ON THE BOARD DAIS RIGHT NOW, SHE AND I WERE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF GETTING AN EXPANSION OF DUAL CREDIT.

I THINK WE ACTUALLY SPURRED THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

THE EN USED TO BE THE KIDS HAD TO GO DOWN TO THEIR CAMPUS AND APPLY, AND WE GOT IT ONLINE, WHICH I KNOW THAT SEEMS SILLY, BUT IT'S A HURDLE.

AND SO WE TRIED TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SAY LEADERSHIP HAS DONE A LOT TO GET US WHERE WE ARE NOW.

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AND WHEN YOU JUMP INTO THE POOL, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, IT TAKES YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FRESHMAN CLASS AND THEN GO FORWARD.

SO IT TAKES TIME TO GRANDFATHER THINGS IN.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME PROCESS.

I APPRECIATE, MICHAEL, THAT YOU'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I HAD A LOT MORE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT IT.

AND I'LL JUST ADMIT THAT BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER EARLIER, I WAS THAT PERSON'S CHILD, RIGHT? I GRADUATED FROM PLANO EAST WITH 30 HOURS OF CREDIT OFF OF AP TESTS ONLY.

RIGHT. AND SO I SKIPPED AN ENTIRE YEAR OF COLLEGE.

AND AND THAT WAS A HUGE MONEY SAVER FOR ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS I HAVE REFLECTED ON THIS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AS I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS I HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITY OF HIGH ACHIEVING PARENTS, OF HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS, IS HIGH STAKES TESTING.

ALL OF I FEEL LIKE ALL PARENTS, WHETHER IT'S STAR TESTING, WHETHER IT IS YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY OF OF THE TESTING.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES.

AND DR. ANY, IF YOU'LL SORT OF WALK THROUGH HOW THIS CHANGE MAYBE WILL IMPACT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT OR FAMILIES THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LEAVING YOUR COLLEGE CREDIT ON THE LINE BASED ON A TEST, BECAUSE SOME OF US ARE GOOD TEST TAKERS, AND SOME OF US LIKE I KNOW SOME ATTORNEYS THAT ARE BRILLIANT, AND IT TOOK THEM THREE TIMES TO PASS THE BAR EXAM BECAUSE OF THE HIGH STAKES TESTING.

SO CAN YOU CAN YOU UNPACK THAT FOR ME A LITTLE BIT.

SO. IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND SHE WAS AP IB DUAL CREDIT MIX.

AND SHE WAS A MIX BECAUSE SHE NEEDED THAT ABILITY TO PICK AND CHOOSE BASED ON HER STRENGTHS.

SHE WANTED COLLEGE CREDIT.

SHE WANTED TO BE ACADEMICALLY COMPETITIVE.

SHE WENT TO A&M AND SHE SO SHE, SHE STRATEGIZED AND AND THAT THAT REALLY WORKED WELL FOR HER.

WHEREAS MOST OF HER BEST FRIENDS WERE PART OF THE IB PROGRAM, AND THEY STAYED FULL ON IB, AND THEY WERE COMMITTED TO THAT 24 CORE AND LEFT WITH THAT CHUNK.

AND WE'RE VERY MUCH HONORED AND LAUDED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OF COMPLETING THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAM.

SO IT'S JUST EVERY CHILD IS DIFFERENT.

EVERY STUDENT IS DIFFERENT.

AND THIS EMPOWERS THEM TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

MY DAUGHTER IN PARTICULAR.

HER CHOICES WERE TWOFOLD.

SHE WAS NOT A GREAT TEST TAKER.

SHE COULD SHE COULD DO WELL ISH, BUT IT REALLY CAUSED HER STRESS, ANXIETY.

SHE WOULD PICK AT HER FINGERS.

AND SO THIS ALLOWED HER TO REDUCE THAT STRESS BECAUSE SHE HAD SOME DUAL CREDIT MIXED WITH AP.

SHE ALSO TEACHER CHOICE WAS BIG, AND SHE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THE TEACHERS THAT WERE GOING TO PREPARE HER FOR COLLEGE, AND SOMETIMES IT WAS A DUAL CREDIT INSTRUCTOR. SOMETIMES IT WAS AN AP TEACHER.

SOMETIMES IT WAS THE IB TEACHER, SO I, AS A PARENT, WAS GRATEFUL THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE NAVIGATED THAT SO WELL AND MADE REALLY INFORMED DECISIONS, AND IT MADE HER A BETTER CANDIDATE WHEN SHE LEFT.

JUST LET ME EXPOUND ON THAT.

ABSOLUTELY, DR..

I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.

OUR IB PROGRAM DIPLOMA PROGRAM AND OUR AP COURSES ALL HAVE AN END OF THE YEAR HIGH STAKES ASSESSMENT.

AND HOW YOU DO ON THAT TEST ON THAT DAY DEPENDS, REALLY.

IF YOU'RE EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR ANY COLLEGE TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT COURSE FOR A CREDIT BEARING OPPORTUNITY AT THAT UNIVERSITY, WHEREAS A DUAL CREDIT COURSE IS MORE OF A TRADITIONAL TYPE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN TERMS OF THE LAYOUT AND THAT THERE IS NOT REALLY A HIGH STAKES TEST.

NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, THEY DO HAVE TEST UNIT TESTS AND MIDTERMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT THERE'S NOT A ONE HIGH STAKES TEST FOR THAT.

IT'S AN ACCUMULATION OF YOUR, YOUR WORK AND WHATEVER ELSE THE THAT THE PROFESSOR HAS ON THEIR RUBRIC.

HOWEVER, IT DOES BRING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THE PARENTS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS OF THOSE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT GPA AS A FACTOR.

I DON'T SEE THIS THIS TAKING AWAY FROM THAT.

IT'S REALLY NOT THOSE KIDS.

BECAUSE YOU IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M NOT STATING AN OPINION.

I'M JUST STATING THE WAY IT IS AROUND HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE A VAL OR SAL UNLESS YOU TAKE AP.

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IF YOU NEED ME TO DO IT FOR YOU, I CAN SIT DOWN AND DO DO IT WITH YOU.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AT EITHER OF OUR THREE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO WHAT IT REALLY DOES WITH HAVING MORE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, AND ESPECIALLY BRINGING THIS GPA UP, IS YOU'RE GOING TO GRAB ANOTHER TIER OF KIDS THAT WERE STAYING AWAY FROM THOSE HIGH STAKES EXAM TYPE COURSES BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF THEM.

AND SO I PREDICT, YOU KNOW, AND AND WE CERTAINLY KEEP TRACK OF THIS DATA FOR EVERYONE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A HUGE DROP IN OUR AP.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SLIGHT DROP THOUGH.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A SLIGHT DROP, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE HUGE DROP.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME KIDS THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN THOSE COURSES START TO TAKE DUAL CREDIT.

AND SO THAT'S MY PREDICTION.

AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME FOLLOW UP DATA.

JUST MY LAST POINT THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TOO, IS IT ALSO DOES HELP US FROM A CMR STANDPOINT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK ULTIMATELY ONE OF OUR CMR CHECKPOINTS IS DUAL CREDIT ALLOWS YOU TO GET CMR AND THERE ARE KIDS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN AP THAT MIGHT NOW TAKE DUAL CREDIT.

THAT THEN GETS US TO THE CMR WHICH AGAIN WILL HELP OUR OVERALL DISTRICT.

SO I TOTALLY AGREE.

I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL MADE VERY VALID POINTS.

ANECDOTALLY, JUST I WENT TO CORNELL.

THEY DIDN'T TAKE SOME OF MY AP FIVES JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

SO NO, THEY DON'T TAKE YOUR AP FIVES.

IF YOU GET AN AP FIVE IN THE THING YOU'RE MAJORING IN.

SO I GOT AN AP FIVE IN BIOLOGY.

THEY SAID, NOPE, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO TAKE BIOLOGY.

SO I'M I AM CORNELL.

YEAH. YEAH, EXACTLY.

SO I'M RICE, I GUESS.

WELL, I THINK WE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT THINGS.

MY MAIN FOCUS HERE IS MOSTLY ON THE FOLKS WHO WE WERE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY GET TO TAKE AP CLASSES, BUT NOW WE'LL BE TAKING DUAL CREDIT, WHICH I THINK WILL BE THE BENEFIT.

A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THOSE STUDENTS.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, FAR LESS HARM TO THE AP KIDS.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS, MICHAEL, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAMBLE, RIGHT? IT'S IF IF YOU ARE COLLEGE BOUND AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO A TEXAS STATE SCHOOL, RIGHT.

AND IN NORTH TEXAS ACCEPTED MY TEST, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT, EXCEPT ECON, WHICH I FAILED THAT AP TEST.

I GOT A TWO. YEAH, YOU GOT TO.

I'M SURE YOU GOT A FIVE.

BUT LIKE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAMBLE TO SPEND THE ENTIRE YEAR AND DO ALL THE WORK.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A BAD DAY ON TEST DAY, LIKE, THERE'S NO MAKEUPS, THERE'S NO DO OVERS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING AS OPPOSED TO IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO A TEXAS STATE SCHOOL AND YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY HAS A BUDGET OR YOU'RE FUNDING YOUR OWN EDUCATION, LIKE HAVING I CAN ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHY WHY STUDENTS WOULD CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT IS A SURE BET WITH EQUAL RIGOR, WHERE THEIR CREDIT IS NOT BASED ON THAT HIGH STAKES TESTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, LIKE THE HIGH STAKES TESTING IS THE IS I HAVE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE AREA OF CONCERN, WHETHER IT'S STAAR TESTING OR WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF TESTING THAT I HAVE GOTTEN FROM FAMILIES.

AND SO I, I'M, I AS I SAID, I HAD SOME COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

BUT AS I'VE, AS I'VE REFLECTED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS HELPFUL.

THE SECOND THING. AND TERESA, YOU COVERED THIS AND YOU COVERED THIS.

DR. ANY TWO IS THAT THERE ARE STANDARDS, RIGHT? THAT ENGLISH 1301 IS THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S OUR DUAL CREDIT OR AT A&M OR TECH OR NORTH TEXAS, WHICH YOU LEFT OFF THE LIST THAT NANCY AND I BOTH WENT TO.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF JUST DISCUSSION AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE RIGOR AND THE STANDARDS AROUND THIS PROCESS.

AND IF YOU REALLY I THINK DR.

EDNEY TALKED ABOUT THIS VERY ARTICULATELY, THAT YOUR DAUGHTER CHOSE THE TEACHERS THAT SHE BELIEVED WERE GOING TO BEST PREPARE HER FOR COLLEGE.

RIGHT. AND THE TEACHERS THAT SHE FELT LIKE WERE, WERE GOING TO BE HAVE THE BEST RIGOR AND HAVE THE BEST APPROACH.

YOU KNOW, IF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT RIGOR, WHETHER IT'S IP OR A B A I, IT'S LATE.

WE'VE BEEN IN TRAINING SINCE 830 THIS MORNING, FOLKS.

SO WHETHER IT'S AP, IB OR DUAL CREDIT, WHO CAN THEY REACH OUT TO TO GET LIKE REAL, ACTUAL FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THAT AND SHARE CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE? YEAH. WELL I SO THEY CAN CONTACT ME KRISTIN EDNEY AT PISD.

DOT EDU.

DR. KEVIN MOORE WHO'S OVER ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

IT'S KEVIN DOT MOORE AT PISD.

EDU. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY SPEAK TO A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR OR ACCOUNT THE COUNSELOR AT THE CAMPUS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING.

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THE CAMPUS NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A CONCERN.

AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT DUAL CREDIT OR ANY OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS, THEY IMMEDIATELY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CONTACT ME OR DR.

MOORE. AND SO I WOULD SAY START WITH THE CAMPUS, BUT CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ONE OF US.

JUST ONE LAST THING.

AND HOPEFULLY BECAUSE YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT IS THE NUANCES OF ALL THIS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR COUNSELORS TO GET ALL THE TRAINING THEY CAN.

AND BECAUSE YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL, A REAL EASY SEGUE IF YOU'RE STAYING IN STATE.

BUT HOW MANY FRESHMEN AND HOW MANY SOPHOMORES KNOW WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO FOR COLLEGE? SO FOR MY KIDS, THEY TOOK AP CLASSES.

NOTHING COUNTS.

NOTHING COUNTS FOR WHERE THEY WENT.

BUT THEY GOT HIM INTO HONORS CLASSES.

SO THEY HAD HONORS. SO THERE'S THERE'S ALL SORTS OF NUANCES DEPENDING ON THE UNIVERSITY AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

AND ALL ALL THIS, ALL THAT.

SO IT'S JUST A LOT TO HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE IN.

BUT I'M GRATEFUL WE HAD THE CHOICES.

WELL, AND I I'M GLAD YOU MADE MENTION OF THAT.

SO TWO THINGS.

ONE, I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND I THINK IT ALIGNS WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE REMOVE BARRIERS FOR KIDS.

AND THIS IS REMOVING A BARRIER FOR KIDS.

AND IT WILL EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS, WHICH I KNOW IS ONE OF OUR GOALS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THE SECOND THING IS, IS SPEAKING TO THOSE NUANCES THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, A STUDENT HAS NOW AN OPTION TO CHOOSE A COMBINATION OR ONE PATHWAY OR SEVERAL PATHWAYS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE OR WHERE THEY'RE WANTING TO APPLY IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY KEY BECAUSE EVERY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY SETS WHAT THAT PATHWAY LOOKS LIKE ONCE THEY ARE ACCEPTED AND ONCE THEY START TO GO THERE, AND EVEN WITHIN THE SYSTEM, IT EVEN CHANGES THEN TO THE EACH INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT THAT EARNS THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WOULD PROBABLY GET AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED INTO ANY STATE SCHOOL.

BUT THEN, DEPENDING ON THEIR COLLEGE MAJOR, WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY HOURS THEY'LL ACTUALLY ACCEPT.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OF NUANCES.

THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF PLANO ISD'S CONTROL.

AND SO REALLY BEING ONE TO RESEARCH AND ASK FOR HELP AND ASK FOR GUIDANCE ALONG THE WAY IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.

SO JUST JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE FINAL LITTLE COMMENT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS IS ALL SO CONNECTED BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING OUR ACADEMIC ADVISING, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EQUIPPING OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, MAKING SURE OUR FAMILIES AND WE KNOW THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE IN, AND THAT'S PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND THEN BUILDING THOSE THREE YEAR PLANS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE FOUR YEAR PLANS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, SEVEN YEAR PLANS, BUILDING THAT USING OUR TOOLS LIKE SCHOOL LINKS, ALL OF THIS IS CONNECTED MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT INTO ADVANCED COURSES, HONORS COURSES.

WE'RE CREATING A LARGER PIPELINE.

WE WANT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BIGGER PIPELINE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THE REMOVAL OF HONORS HONORS COURSES WHERE THERE'S AN EQUAL AP OPPORTUNITY OR DUAL CREDIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CREATING THOSE COLLEGE.

IT'S ALL CONNECTED.

IT'S ALL CONNECTED AND STRATEGIC, AND IT'S BASED ON OUR OUR STUDENTS AND VOICE AND CHOICE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GREAT INFORMATION.

LOTS TO THINK ABOUT.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR POLICIES, WHICH IS SECTION 11.

OH, I AM SO SORRY.

I'M AHEAD OF MY GAME.

WE'RE MOVING TO 10.2.

[10.2 Learning Media Services Update]

10.2 IS REPORTS, AND THAT IS LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES UPDATE.

AND LINDA, I APOLOGIZE.

I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU. DON'T SKIP US.

I'M SO SORRY.

SO MATT FREI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WILL BE PRESENTING THIS LONG AWAITED INFORMATION REGARDING LIBRARY MATERIALS. BUT WHILE HE'S GETTING PREPARED UP THERE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS A LOT OF APPRECIATION TO THE BOARD AND TO THE STAFF AND AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT AS WE'VE WAITED FOR ALL OF OUR GUIDANCE FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE AND ALIGNED POLICY AND SOLUTIONS FOR OUR LIBRARIES.

MATT'S GOING TO REVIEW THE TIMELINE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TO PUBLICLY THANK THOSE STAFF WHO HAVE REALLY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING ON PROPOSED POLICY AND OTHER

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SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MATT, AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, DR.

FREEMAN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS, WE HAVE PREPARED A BRIEF UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT RELATED TO OUR LIBRARY SERVICES.

MOST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH SOME CHANGES THAT ARE UPCOMING FOR THE 2024, 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

FIRST, THOUGH, WE THOUGHT WE'D SHARE SOME NOTABLE NUMBERS FROM THE YEAR THAT WE JUST FINISHED 2324.

SO DID YOU KNOW OUR DISTRICT LIBRARY CONTAINS NEARLY 900,000 PRINT MATERIALS? AND ALSO OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS, WE'VE PROCESSED MORE THAN 700,000 CHECKOUTS.

JUST SINCE LAST AUGUST, OVER 21,000 DIFFERENT STUDENTS HAVE CHECKED OUT MORE THAN TEN BOOKS EACH.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE THE MOST POPULAR TITLE AMONG ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS, IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED, IS DOG MAN GRIME AND PUNISHMENT. IT WAS CHECKED OUT MORE THAN 2700 TIMES.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WERE INTO A GRAPHIC NOVEL CALLED GUTS.

IT'S A STORY ABOUT COURAGE.

IT WAS CHECKED OUT MORE THAN 2500 TIMES.

AND THE BOOK THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FAVORED MORE THAN ANY OTHER WAS THE HUNGER GAMES.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR KIDDOS CONDUCTED CLOSE TO A MILLION SEARCHES AND ONLINE REFERENCE DATABASES.

THOSE SEARCHES RESULTED IN 2.6 MILLION PAGE VIEWS OR ARTICLE VIEWS.

AND SO THAT'S BY THE NUMBERS, THE YEAR THAT WAS NOW WE'LL LOOK AHEAD.

THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT'S UPDATE WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS.

CHANGES TO POLICY EFB, WHICH WILL INCLUDE NEW COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, A REVISED LIBRARY MATERIALS SELECTION PROCESS, A REVISED RECONSIDERATION PROCESS FOR CHALLENGED MATERIALS.

AND NEW GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES AS WELL.

AND THEN OUR REPORT WILL SORT OF CONCLUDE WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A NEW MANAGEMENT SLASH AUTOMATION SYSTEM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THIS YEAR TO SORT OF SUPPORT IMPROVED LIBRARY OPERATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND IT REALLY IS HARD TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT VERSION OF POLICY EFB WITHOUT PROVIDING A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR CONTEXT.

IN FACT, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A POLICY.

EFB AT ALL.

WE ONLY HAD POLICY F IT WAS A SINGLE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES POLICY TO TO RULE THEM ALL.

UNDER ITS, I GUESS, BROAD UMBRELLA POLICY.

F ADDRESSED BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LIBRARY MATERIALS.

SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO TYPES OF MATERIALS? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I'M GLAD I ASKED IT.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE USED FOR INSTRUCTION, AS THE NAME IMPLIES, WHILE LIBRARY MATERIAL.

AND THINK OF THINGS TIED TO CURRICULUM, TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS ADOPTIONS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN TEACHERS CAN ASSIGN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LIKE WE COULD SAY, EVERYBODY OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE.

EVERYBODY TURNED TO PAGE 17.

AND LIKE THAT.

LIBRARY MATERIALS, ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT.

THEY ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS.

TO THE CONTRARY, STUDENTS TYPICALLY SELF SELECT LIBRARY MATERIALS, LIBRARY BOOKS BASED ON THEIR OWN INTERESTS, BASED ON THEIR OWN CURIOSITIES. SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF MOVE DOWN THIS TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT.

IN THE FALL OF 2021, GOVERNOR ABBOTT DIRECTED THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION TO DEVELOP STATEWIDE STANDARDS TO PREVENT THE PRESENCE OF OBSCENE CONTENT IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE FOLLOWING SPRING, BOTH TIA AND THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB SEPARATELY PROVIDED SAMPLE POLICY REVISIONS INTENDED TO REPLACE A SINGLE POLICY F WITH TWO NEW POLICIES EFA GOVERNING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND THEN EFB, NOW GOVERNING LIBRARY MATERIALS.

SO THEN, JUST A COUPLE MONTHS LATER, PLANO ISD REPEALED THAT SINGLE POLICY F LOCAL AND ADOPTED POLICIES EFA

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT RESULTED FROM THAT ACTION WAS THE CENTRALIZATION OF OUR FORMAL RECONSIDERATION PROCESS.

INSTEAD OF THAT PROCESS BEING MANAGED AT A CAMPUS LEVEL, IT WAS TO BE FACILITATED AND HAS BEEN FACILITATED AT A DISTRICT LEVEL.

AND THAT WAS JUST TWO YEARS AGO.

THE TIMELINE IS ABOUT HALFWAY COMPLETE.

MUCH HAS HAPPENED SOMEWHAT RECENTLY.

RIGHT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THAT'S WHEN HOUSE BILL 900 WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.

SO HB 900 IS TITLED THE READER ACT, AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR RESTRICTING EXPLICIT AND ADULT DESIGNATED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. IT INCLUDES SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

NOW, BASED ON HB 900, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN TO SB, THEN RELEASED AN UPDATED POLICY EFB LEGAL TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES IN LAW.

THEN LAST DECEMBER, AS DIRECTED BY HB 900, THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION, TSLAC ADOPTED NEW LIBRARY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO INCLUDE THOSE STANDARDS IN OUR POLICY.

AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 14TH, VALENTINE'S DAY, TASBIH RELEASED AN UPDATED MODEL POLICY EFB LOCAL TO INCLUDE THOSE NEWLY ADOPTED SLACK STANDARDS, AND AT THE TIME, CASBY INDICATED THAT DISTRICTS COULD EITHER ADOPT THE NEW POLICY RIGHT AWAY, OR WE COULD WAIT FOR TASB POLICY UPDATE 123 THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE LATEST THINKING AROUND POLICIES EFA AND EFB, BOTH LEGAL AND LOCAL, AND WE CHOSE TO WAIT.

WE CHOSE TO LET THE DUST SETTLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND SO EXACTLY TWO WEEKS AGO TO THIS DAY, TASBIH DID IN FACT RELEASE POLICY UPDATE 123 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT.

I SHOULD MENTION THOUGH, AS A, AS A AS A LAST THOUGHT ON THIS SLIDE, AFTER A LENGTHY STRATEGIC PAUSE, WE ARE BEYOND HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PLANO ISD IS NOW FULLY POISED AND POSITIONED TO RESUME NEW LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASES FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND.

SO WHY DID WE TAKE A PAUSE? FRANKLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEGAL WRANGLING GOING ON AROUND HB 900.

AND AS I STAND HERE TODAY, SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THAT LAW HAVE BEEN RENDERED INOPERABLE.

IN SHORT, THE COURTS HAVE PROHIBITED ENFORCING THE BOOK VENDOR RATING REQUIREMENT.

THAT WAS VERY MUCH A PART OF HB 900.

SO WHAT ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE UPDATED VERSION OF OF POLICY EFB? FOR STARTERS, THERE'S A BRAND NEW COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY SECTION.

NOTABLY, THIS SECTION CONTAINS THOSE STANDARD ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED BY HB 900 AND TSLAC.

THEY INCLUDE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

THAT'S A STANDARD ELEMENT EVALUATION AND SELECTION GUIDELINES, ANOTHER STANDARD ELEMENT, AND ALSO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE REQUIREMENTS.

ANOTHER NEW ADDITION IS IS AN ACCESS PLAN SECTION.

WASN'T IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION IS IN THIS ONE LANGUAGE IN THIS SECTION IS CONCERNED WITH PROVIDING PARENTS ACCESS TO BOTH THE DISTRICT'S LIBRARY MATERIALS AND ALSO TO ITS ONLINE CATALOG.

IT ALSO DESCRIBES HOW CAMPUSES ARE EXPECTED TO COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO PARENTS ANNUALLY.

AND THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT SECTION.

IT'S NOT A NEW SECTION, BUT IT HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A PARTICULARLY, WE THINK, SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.

IT'S ONE THAT I'LL LIKELY REPEAT 1 OR 2 MORE TIMES.

THAT STATEMENT IS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE THE PRIMARY DECISION MAKERS REGARDING THEIR STUDENT'S ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIAL.

THE PROTECTION FROM INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL SECTION HAS BEEN EXPANDED SLIGHTLY AS WELL.

IT NOW INCLUDES A STATEMENT ABOUT OBSCENE MATERIAL NOT BEING PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND IT ADDS THE WORDS PERVASIVELY VULGAR AND EDUCATIONALLY UNSUITABLE IN THE CONTEXT OF HARMFUL MATERIAL.

AMONG THE BIGGEST CHANGES IS PERHAPS THIS ONE RELATED TO THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION PROCESS.

SO OUR CURRENT BOOK, CHALLENGE APPEAL PROCESS IS NOT GOVERNED BY THE DISTRICT STANDARD COMPLAINTS POLICY.

F.N.G. BUT THE NEW VERSION, THE ONE YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, IT WILL ADDRESS THOSE APPEALS THROUGH POLICY F AND G, STARTING AT THE LEVEL THAT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDES BOARD CONSIDERATION OF A COMPLAINT.

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OUR CURRENT VERSION SPECIFIES A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

THIS ONE BACKS IT DOWN TO TWO.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT CLASSROOM LIBRARIES FOR A SECOND.

THE TERM CLASSROOM LIBRARIES DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE IN THE CURRENT VERSION OF EFB LOCAL AT ALL, BUT IT DOES APPEAR IN THE VERSIONS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. IN A NUTSHELL, THE NEW TSLAC STANDARDS APPLY NOT ONLY TO SCHOOL LIBRARIES, BUT ALSO TO TEACHERS CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.

WHAT IS A CLASSROOM LIBRARY? IT'S A COLLECTION OF BOOKS CURATED BY A TEACHER AND NOT A LIBRARIAN.

THE BOOKS ARE OFTEN DONATED OR PURCHASED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE TEACHER.

IMPORTANTLY, CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS ARE NOT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

THEY ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS JUST AS THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.

STUDENTS SELF SELECT TITLES FROM THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY FOR PERSONAL READING BASED ON THEIR OWN INTERESTS, THEIR OWN PURSUITS.

THESE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES WILL NOW BE GOVERNED BY OUR OVERARCHING LIBRARY MATERIAL COLLECTION POLICY AND TSLAC STANDARDS.

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS NEW REQUIREMENT? WELL, TEACHERS NEED TO MAKE THEIR CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOK TITLES AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO REVIEW.

PARENTS MAY RESTRICT THEIR STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING CLASSROOM LIBRARY MATERIALS.

CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS MUST BE OFFERED IN AT LEAST ONE PLANO ISD CAMPUS LIBRARY COLLECTION AT A SCHOOL THAT SERVES THE SAME GRADE LEVELS.

NOW, I PUT AN ASTERISK HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS.

BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE DISTRICT AS SORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES, SUCH AS DECODABLE READERS, GRADE LEVEL READERS, LEVELED READERS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN VETTED THROUGH AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SELECTION PROCESS.

SO THAT'S THE EXCEPTION.

THE LAST IMPLICATION ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT PARENTS MUST BE ABLE TO REVIEW PHYSICAL COPIES OF CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS UPON REQUEST TO THE PRINCIPAL.

A NOTE ABOUT SUPPORT.

HOW WILL WE SUPPORT TEACHERS IN IN THIS ENDEAVOR? I CAN TELL YOU THAT A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL, SORT OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK BUILDING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TEACHERS FACING THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

OUR LMS DIRECTOR, LIBRARY OR LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES DIRECTOR, SHE SHE BUILT A PRETTY SLICK INTERACTIVE SPREADSHEET TOOL TO HELP TEACHERS CROSS REFERENCE THEIR CLASSROOM LIBRARY COLLECTIONS WITH SIMILARLY SITUATED PLANO ISD CAMPUS LIBRARY COLLECTIONS.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUSH TO HAVE TEACHERS COMPLETE THIS REQUIREMENT.

AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, WE SAID WE WILL.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE JUST IN THIS FIRST SEMESTER OF THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR TARGETING LIKE DECEMBER 20TH, AS, AS THE DATE FOR, FOR THESE INVENTORIES TO KIND OF BE COMPLETE.

GOING TO SHIFT GEARS SLIGHTLY, CHANGE CHANGE LANES A LITTLE BIT INSTEAD OF POLICY TALK.

THIS FINAL SECTION HAS TO DO WITH OPERATIONS.

SPECIFICALLY, IT HAS TO DO WITH KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE 900,000 BOOKS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING FOR INVENTORY AND FOR ALL OF THOSE CHECKOUTS, WE RELY ON A LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SLASH AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

AND FOR THE PAST 15 OR SO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON A SYSTEM CALLED KOHA.

IT'S AN OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM THAT ANY OLD ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD, INSTALL AND OTHERWISE SORT OF USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

IT'S MORE OR LESS FREE BUT NOT IN THE SENSE THAT TEXAS BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE ARE FREE.

IT'S IT'S MORE AKIN TO THE WAY THAT PUPPIES ARE SOMETIMES FREE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE CHEAP, RIGHT? DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO COST TO THE CONTRARY.

THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF COSTS INVOLVED IN THE CARE AND THE FEEDING OF OUR FREE LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

THERE ARE HARD COSTS IN TERMS OF ANNUAL HOSTING AND SUPPORT CONTRACTS.

THERE ARE SOFT COSTS IN TERMS OF TIME, EFFORT, AND REALLY QUITE A BIT OF CONSTERNATION WHEN IT'S NOT WORKING QUITE RIGHT.

PLANO ISD, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS LIKELY THE ONLY LARGE MULTI DISTRICT SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE NATION USING KOHA. WE IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO UPDATE AND UPGRADE OUR LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM DURING THE

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KOHA HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY SLUGGISH, A LITTLE UNRELIABLE OVER THE PAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, AND IT DOESN'T POSSESS THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT OF A MODERN, CONTEMPORARY, FULL FEATURED LIBRARY AUTOMATION PLATFORM.

SO WE ISSUED AN RFP LAST YEAR, AND AFTER A THOROUGH EVALUATION PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED THE LIBRARY CORPORATION'S PLATFORM AS A CLEAR WINNER FOR PLANO ISD.

WITH THIS PLATFORM, WE WILL NO LONGER BE ISOLATED ON AN ISLAND ALL BY OURSELVES.

DALLAS ISD, FRISCO ISD, RICHARDSON ISD AMONG THE MANY IN THE AREA WHO HAVE ALSO SELECTED THIS PLATFORM.

THE USER INTERFACES ARE VERY FRIENDLY.

THE ESTHETICS I THINK ARE TOP NOTCH.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS ARE THOSE YOU WOULD COME TO EXPECT TO BE PRESENT IN A CONTEMPORARY LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND A PRIME EXAMPLE IS REPRESENTED BY THEIR PARENT ENGAGEMENT FEATURE.

WITH THIS OPTION ENABLED, PARENTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY CREATE A LIST OF BOOK TITLES THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM CHECKING OUT.

ALL RIGHT. MAY GET WEIRD HERE.

SO HAVE YOU WATCHED A.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TV SHOW WHERE THE AUDIO AND THE VIDEO ARE NOT QUITE SYNCED? IF THAT IS, IF THAT IF YOU ENJOY THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS.

OTHERWISE, THIS IS A VIDEO THAT IS WITHOUT AUDIO.

IT'S JUST PICTURES.

SO, I'M GOING TO ADD THE AUDIO AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO SYNC.

BUT EVERYTHING I SAY IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTED IN WHAT YOU SEE HERE OKAY.

SO, HERE'S A TELL A LITTLE STORY.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT. WHAT I WANT TO DO THIS I WANT TO HIT PLAY, BUT THEN I WANT TO PAUSE IT AND I'M GOING TO FAST FORWARD.

SOMEWHAT ARBITRARILY TO THAT AREA.

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE STORY.

SO, MEET JENNIFER AS I HIT PLAY.

SHE'S THE PARENT OF THREE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT NORA, SIMON AND STEPHANIE.

SO WHEN JENNIFER IS LOGGED INTO THE SYSTEM, SHE WILL SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN A SERIES OF LISTS, ONE LIST FOR EACH CHILD. JENNIFER CAN SEARCH THE ONLINE CATALOG FOR ANY BOOK IN OUR COLLECTION.

SHE CAN SEARCH BY TITLE, BY AUTHOR, BY SUBJECT, OR SHE CAN SIMPLY BROWSE TITLES THROUGHOUT OUR COLLECTION.

AND WHEN JENNIFER FINDS THE BOOK THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR, SHE CAN CLICK ON THE ADD TO LIST BUTTON, AND WHEN SHE CLICKS ON THAT BUTTON, SHE HAS THE OPTION TO PROHIBIT ONE, TWO, OR ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN FROM CHECKING OUT THAT BOOK.

WHEN STEPHANIE, CHILD OF JENNIFER, ATTEMPTS TO PLACE A HOLD ON OR CHECK OUT A BOOK ON HER PROHIBITED LIST, SHE IS NOTIFIED THAT HER ACCOUNT IS BLOCKED AND NEEDS TO SEE A LIBRARIAN.

WE THINK THAT FEATURE IN PARTICULAR SORT OF HELPS US LIVE OUT LOUD.

THAT PART OF OUR NEW POLICY THAT SAYS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE THE PRIMARY DECISION MAKERS REGARDING THEIR STUDENTS ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIAL.

AND SO, ENDS THE LIBRARY UPDATE.

WE WILL ENTERTAIN WHATEVER.

IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? I WILL ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT TOOL SPECIFICALLY? CAN I ALSO SEE WHAT MY KIDS ARE READING WITH THAT TOOL LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN I SEE WHAT MY CHILDREN HAVE CHECKED OUT? USING THAT SAME TOOL MY FACT CHECKER IS GOING TO I'M GOING TO SAY, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH NOTIFICATIONS THAT YOUR PREROGATIVE.

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOUR CHILD CHECKS OUT A BOOK.

CAN YOUR CHILD? CAN YOU SEE WHAT THAT BOOK IS? WELL, JULIE, WILL YOU DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? I BELIEVE SO, I BELIEVE SO WE BELIEVE SO IF YOU OPT IN TO NOTIFICATIONS.

YES, THAT'S THE IDEA.

YOU PERSONALLY CAN CONFIGURE IT TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OR NOT TO CREATE LISTS OR NOT AT YOUR COMPLETE PREROGATIVE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN WE EVALUATED THE PRODUCT.

NUMBER ONE, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RESTRICT, BUT ALSO NOTIFICATION AND PARENT NOTIFICATIONS COULD BE CONFIGURED TO BE SENT OUT WHEN YOUR CHILD CHECKS OUT A BOOK.

GOT IT. PERFECT.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I APPRECIATE THAT FEATURE JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE READING, SEE WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH CHECKING OUT THOSE BOOKS, I MEAN, IT USED TO, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT EMPTYING YOUR KID'S BACKPACK AND SEEING,

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BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS SO THAT IF YOU KNOW, YOUR CHILD IS BRINGING HOME A BOOK ABOUT, LIKE, MY SON CHECKED OUT A BOOK ON THE HOLOCAUST, OKAY.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE I SURVIVED BOOKS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR HIM TO LEARN ABOUT.

BUT IT'S ALSO A VERY HEAVY TOPIC.

AND SO, LIKE AS A PARENT, I WAS LIKE, OH, IF HE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, WHERE AM I GOING TO GO FOR RESOURCES AND THINKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING? AND SO, I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT FEATURE JUST TO SORT OF KNOW, LIKE IF MY KID STARTS COMING AT ME WITH SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'M MAYBE NOT PREPARED FOR I'LL KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM. RIGHT.

SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS TOOL.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY PROHIBITED LISTS ARE NOT THE ONLY LIST THAT YOU CAN CREATE THROUGH YOUR BROWSER.

TO YOUR POINT, I'M GOING TO I'M TAKING YOUR STORY AND EXTENDING IT SO YOU CAN BROWSE OUR CATALOG OR SEARCH OUR CATALOG AND CREATE A SEPARATE LIST, NOT A PROHIBITED LIST.

BUT JUST LIKE A I'M INTERESTED IN THESE TITLES' LISTS.

AND SO YOU CAN MATCH THOSE TO INTERESTS AND YOU CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THIS OR WHATEVER.

CAN THE STAFF ALSO DO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW FOR LIKE SUMMER READING, I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, MY SON'S TEACHER HAS MADE SUGGESTIONS LIKE, HERE'S SOME BOOK SERIES THAT HE MIGHT LIKE TO READ OVER THE SUMMER THAT ARE HIS LEVEL RIGHT BECAUSE THEY LEVEL THEM IN ELEMENTARY.

CAN THE STAFF ALSO SORT OF GO IN AND SAY, HERE ARE SOME LEVELS OR HERE IS A LEVEL, OR IS IT IS IT ONLY A PARENT FACING TOOL? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I REGRET NOT KNOWING, BUT.

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

THAT'S A THAT'S A IT'S SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN THERE BUT I BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WOULDN'T I THINK TEACHERS WOULD SEND THAT IN THE FORM OF A LIST TO.

THEN AGAIN THIS IS ABOUT GIVING PARENTAL RIGHTS AND CHOICE AND, AND TO, TO PARTNER WITH WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEM FOR THEIR CHILD. AND SO HAVING A LIST TO WORK FROM WOULD BE OPTIMAL RATHER THAN HAVING SOMEONE ELSE GO INTO THE SYSTEM.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S SET UP OR ESTABLISHED THAT WAY.

SO, TWO QUESTIONS.

SO, ARE WE NO LONGER ALLOWING DONATED BOOKS, OR IS THERE A WAY TO VET THESE DONATED BOOKS? THAT'S THE THAT IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.

SO, WE HAVE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCING NEW BOOKS UNTIL WE GOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE STANDARDS WERE GOING TO BE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT A DONATED BOOK.

WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT MAY IMMEDIATELY NOT MEET A STANDARD.

OR YOU SAY WE.

YOU MEAN WE KNOW? CORRECT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ACCEPTING DONATED SOME BOOKS LATELY.

YEAH. LAST YEAR. SO, LAST YEAR.

SO, WHEN YOU SAY LAST YEAR.

23-24 THE SCHOOL YEAR.

YEAH. THAT MAY BE THAT THAT I DON'T DENY IT.

THERE'S BEEN A TIME WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCING NEW BOOKS DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THINGS UNTIL WE PLACE STANDARDS IN PLACE.

BUT TWO-YEAR POINT.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH THESE STANDARDS.

WE WOULD ACCEPT A BOOK.

NOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCEPTING A BOOK INTO A SCHOOL LIBRARY AND ACCEPTING A BOOK INTO A CLASSROOM LIBRARY.

SO AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS.

SO, THAT WAS MY NEXT POINT.

SO, TRADITIONALLY ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS, I KNOW OUR PTA AND OTHER PTAS HAVE DONE THIS.

WHEN WE HAVE OUR BOOK FAIR THE TEACHERS WILL EITHER HAVE A LIST OR WE WILL BUY CERTAIN BOOKS FROM THE BOOK FAIR AND GIVE THAT TO THE KIDS, OR THE BOOK FAIR BOOKS VETTED IN THIS SAME WAY? NO. OKAY, OKAY.

AND SO GOING FORWARD, IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE A BOOK FROM THE BOOK FAIR TO DONATE.

THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE VETTED IN SOME WAY.

SO, IT WOULD BE THESE CRITERIA THIS AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO SO DOES THAT BOOK ALREADY EXIST IN ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES USING YOUR ELEMENTARY EXAMPLE? NOT NECESSARILY IN YOUR CHILD'S ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, BUT ACROSS OUR 44 ELEMENTARIES.

DOES THAT BOOK EXIST IN ANY OF THEM? AND IF IT DOES, THEN IT'S THEN IT'S ELIGIBLE.

THEN IT'S BEEN THROUGH OUR SELECTION PROCESS AND IT'S AND IT'S ELIGIBLE.

AND THAT COULD BE DONATED.

IT COULD BE IT COULD BE PURCHASED INDEPENDENTLY BY A TEACHER AND PUT IN THERE.

SO THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING LIKE JUST THIS MORNING TEAM MET TO TALK ABOUT THESE CLASSROOM LIBRARY STANDARDS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN. AND WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY DONATED BOOKS IN CLASSROOM LIBRARIES THAT WILL ALL HAVE TO MEET THESE SAME STANDARDS.

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AND SO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY 100% FOR SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW.

WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET THE STANDARD, BUT WE HAVE TO DECIDE AS A AS A TEAM WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE VETTED.

LIKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE DECIDED.

WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED WE WE OWE IT TO OUR OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS ALL IN PLACE WHEN THEY RETURN, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD CLASSROOM LIBRARIES FOR 20 YEARS IN THEIR CLASS.

AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE AND EVEN WITH, WITH JULIE'S WONDERFUL COOL EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT THEY CAN DO IT A LITTLE FASTER.

IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE TIME, BUT THOSE DONATIONS AND BOOK FAIRS ARE REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.

AND AND WE NEED TO GET SOME VERY CLEAR ANSWERS TO THAT.

SO MY EXPERIENCE WITH PTA SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS IS THAT THE LIBRARIAN IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THOSE.

SO I'M SURE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LIBRARIAN AND THE TEACHERS IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR WITH LIBRARIANS WOULD ALREADY KNOW THERE'S SOME THERE'S THIS COPY OF THIS BOOK ALREADY IN A LIBRARY, THEN THIS IS OKAY.

AND SO PROBABLY WHEN THEY'RE GIVING YOU THAT LIST OF HERE'S BOOKS WE'D LIKE YOU TO DONATE.

TO US. THE BOOK FAIR SALE THAT NIGHT.

THERE'S DEFINITELY WAYS.

FOR THEM TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU, MATT, OR FOR LINDA.

FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE INVENTORY PROCESS, THE ARMY OF PTA PARENTS WHO COULD COME IN AND HELP AFTER HOURS, MAYBE.

I THINK I THINK THAT IS AMAZING AND WONDERFUL, AND WE WELCOME THAT.

LIKE I SAID, JUST THIS MORNING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT.

ORDERING THE SCANNERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE AMPLE AMOUNTS OF SCANNERS SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE THOSE LISTS, BUT WOULD LOVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO COME IN AND HELP WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S A SIMPLE TASK WHEN YOU'RE JUST SCANNING AND IT'S CREATING A QUERY.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT TO EACH CAMPUS TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THEIR TEACHER NEEDS ARE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEER PROCESS AND EACH CAMPUS HAS TO MANAGE THAT.

SO WHERE DID THE BOOK MONEY GO FROM THIS LAST YEAR? RIGHT. OUR BOOKS ARE PURCHASED OUT OF BOND FUNDS.

AND IF IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW AS BEST WE CAN AND NOT SPENDING MONEY, THAT THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF THE BOOKS AND YADDA YADDA YADDA, AS YOU'VE ARTICULATED.

WHERE DID LAST YEAR'S BOOK MONEY GO? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A JOHNNY QUESTION OR I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE LIKE, LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER IT SO I CAN I THIS I CAN, I CAN ANSWER.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH ME ANSWERING THIS? SO? SO WE BUY TO BE HONEST, WE WE WE BUY BOOKS.

MOSTLY OUT OF BOND, BUT ALSO OUT OF SOME OPERATING DOLLARS TOO.

SO WE WE HAVE SO WE DO BOTH, BUT MOSTLY OUT OF BOND.

SO THE BOND MONEY IS JUST CARE IS IS CARING FORWARD.

THAT'S NOT WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY BOND MONEY THERE.

AND MY SENSE IS THAT WE WE STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE A YEAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO PENALIZE FOR FOR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE UP WHATEVER TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

HERE'S THE DEAL. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DEFERRED, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING, LIBRARIES ARE THE SAME WAY.

YOU AMONG THE THINGS YOU WOULD EVALUATE A LIBRARY ON THE AGE OF THEIR AVERAGE AGE OF THEIR BOOKS.

AND SO IF WE SAY AS A AND IT'S NOT EVEN A HIGH TARGET JUST TO JUST MODERATELY, YOU DON'T WANT A COLLECTION WHOSE AVERAGE AGE IS MORE THAN 14 YEARS.

AND WHEN YOU GO A YEAR AND YOU DON'T REPLACE OR UPDATE THOSE YOUR COLLECTION AGE COLLECTIVELY GETS GETS OLDER.

AND SO WE WE YOU CAN'T TAKE YEARS OFF.

YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP YOUR COLLECTION.

JOHNNY. IS THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

WHEN YOU SAY COLLECTION AND WE HAVE A MASSIVE COLLECTION IN OUR LIBRARIES.

RIGHT. AND WE HAVE TO DO THE TURNOVER BECAUSE THEY'RE AGING BOOKS.

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WHAT WE DO WITH THE AGING ONES, AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE CLASSROOM BOOKS THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE NEW PROCESS? LIBRARY BOOKS.

I CAN SAY WE WE WILL SURPLUS AGED LIBRARY BOOKS.

THINGS THAT NOW WE DON'T JUST GET RID OF BOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE OLD.

BUT BUT SO THAT PROCESS OF OF REMOVING BOOKS FROM YOUR COLLECTION IS THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN AS WEEDING.

SO WE GO IN AND WEED.

AND WHY WOULD YOU WEED A BOOK FROM YOUR COLLECTION? WHY WOULD YOU GET RID OF PULLING OFF THE SHELF? YOU LOOK AT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THERE ARE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN LOOK AT.

BUT BUT THE AGE OF THE BOOK AND HAS IT CIRCULATED MUCH OVER TEN YEARS.

SO IF WE LOOK AT ALL THE BOOKS, IF WE JUST SORT OF QUERY OUR, OUR COLLECTIONS AND WE SAY WHICH BOOKS ARE TEN YEARS OLD AND HAVEN'T CIRCULATED MORE THAN THREE TIMES OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THOSE BOOKS ARE LIKE OUR PRIME FOR WEEDING AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING THAT KIDS WANT TO READ. SO THAT SO WE'LL GO.

SO PEOPLE, OUR LIBRARIANS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR, THEY GO THROUGH A THOUGHTFUL NEEDS ANALYSIS AND THEY SAY, WHAT? WHAT ARE MY OLD BOOKS THAT HAVEN'T CIRCULATED? LET'S GET RID OF THOSE AND REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING THAT KIDS WILL READ.

BE MORE INCLINED TO READ SOMETHING MORE CURRENT.

AND SO THOSE BOOKS THAT ARE WEEDED, THEN GET BOXED AND THEY WILL GO TO OUR THEIR, THEIR SURPLUS BECOME SURPLUS PROPERTY.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, PARENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE READING ONLINE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO THE TITLES.

THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOKS, BUT THE TITLES TO THE TITLES.

NOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE PARENTAL GUARDIANS.

SO ARE THE GRANDPARENTS ALLOWED? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY WON'T THE AS LONG AS THEY HAVE GUARDIANSHIP OR.

GOSH, GUARDIANSHIP.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUNCTION OF WHAT IS REFLECTED IN OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT.

A PARENT'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY SELECT THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME CONNECTION TO THAT STUDENT ALREADY DEFINED BY THEIR ENROLLMENT STATUS OR THEIR REGISTRATION BUILT INTO OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE WILL EXPORT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION INTO THE AUTOMATION SYSTEM, WHERE THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN AND VIEW INFORMATION AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR STUDENT. SO WE WOULDN'T GIVE THAT ABILITY TO JUST ANYBODY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME CONNECTION WITH THE STUDENT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LEGAL EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR A STUDENT IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE REST OF THE DOG.

IT'S GOOD STUFF. SO, SO SO YOU KIND OF SAID HOW WE WERE GOING TO UPLOAD STUDENT INFORMATION THERE.

SO ARE WE WORKING ON THIS NEW SYSTEM AND DO WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING AVAILABLE? IN AUGUST OR THERE'S SOME STILL I CAN'T.

SO YOU YOU TOOK ACTION TONIGHT? ACTUALLY UNDER CONSENT TO OFFICIALLY PROCURE THAT NEW SYSTEM.

WE CAN TALK TO THEM BEGINNING TOMORROW.

THEY SUGGEST A TIMELINE OF 12 TO 14 WEEKS TO GET READY.

HOW THAT TRANSLATE WITH WEIRD JULY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT BUT THAT'S I, YOU KNOW, I THEY WOULD SUGGEST 12 TO 14 WEEKS TO BRING IT TO FRUITION.

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO GET THERE, AND PURCHASES WILL RESUME AS SOON AS THE NEW BUDGET ROLLOVER, WHICH WOULD BE IN JULY.

YEP. ALL RIGHT.

IS THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE? TARA? ARE YOU LOOKING AT SOMETHING? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, AS A PARENT OF AN ALMOST FIFTH GRADER AND A 10TH GRADER, 10TH GRADER DOESN'T READ LIKE DOESN'T CHECK OUT BOOKS.

I'M SAYING I SHOULDN'T SAY HE DOESN'T READ.

HE READS.

HE'S JUST NOT A BOOK READER.

MY MY YOUNGER ONE IS CONSTANTLY READING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE NEW POLICY KEEPS BOOKS ON THE SHELF THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE.

I MEAN, EVERY PARENT IS REALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT HOW THEY RAISE THEIR CHILD AND WHAT THEY DEEM TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR KID TO READ.

SO THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS NEW POLICY, IF PARENTS CAN GO IN AND SAY, MY CHILD SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BOOK, THAT WOULDN'T HINDER MY CHILD'S ABILITY TO

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THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH JUST TO CONFIRM.

RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO 11.1 POLICIES.

[11.1 Approval of Revised Curriculum-Related Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List under First Reading]

THIS ONE IS THE APPROVAL OF REVISED CURRICULUM RELATED POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING.

AND I WILL INVITE DR.

FREEMAN TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

POLICIES REVISED AND ADDED, AS A RESULT OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RECENT CURRICULUM AUDIT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AND DISTRICT'S LEGAL COUNSEL AND AND ARE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

THE REVISED AND ADDED POLICIES ARE INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS OR REVISES LOCAL POLICIES ACCORDING TO THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND. WHAT'S THAT? LAUREN? YES. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS OR REVISES.

REVISES LOCAL POLICIES IN ACCORDANCE TO THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M TEARING THINGS UP.

IN BQ LOCAL, IT TALKS ABOUT PLANNING DECISION MAKING PROCESS, AND IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD WILL APPROVE AND PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S VISION, MISSION AND GOALS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS PERFORMANCE.

WE DO THAT ANNUALLY.

SO DOES IT PERIODICALLY.

JUST SEEMS VERY OPEN AND ABSTRACT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE OUR POLICY FOLLOW OUR PRACTICE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DISCUSS.

THIS IS THIS IS FIRST READING.

IT'S FIRST READING. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO BEFORE WE APPROVE THE SECOND WE ARE WE APPROVING IT COMPLETELY IN FIRST? NO, IT'S JUST FIRST READING.

SO THAT IS A IT'S JUST I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE AN EDIT TO.

IT JUST STUCK OUT TO ME.

AND IT ALSO SAYS PERIODICALLY LATER ON IN THE THING.

BUT OUR PRACTICE IS ANNUALLY.

YEAH. AND SO IF WE WANT OUR POLICY TO BE OUR PRACTICE I HAD THAT CURIOSITY.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO ARE WE GOING FORWARD WITH THE MOTION OR ARE WE JUST GIVING GUIDANCE FOR.

DO I HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT? I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT CHAN AN.

INSTRUCTION TO ADMINISTRATION AS TO.

RIGHT? SO ON SECOND READING, THEY'LL BRING IT BACK WITH THE CHANGES, AND THE BOARD WILL THEN CONSIDER THE CHANGES AT THAT TIME.

SO WE ARE DOING.

A SECOND READING. OKAY, THESE ARE ON FIRST READING.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT PURVIEW TO CHANGE IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. THAT'S ALL THE ONES.

THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW THAT STUCK OUT TO ME.

OKAY. PERFECT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY, SO I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO POLICY A SECTION 11 TWO POLICIES THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB

[11.2 Adoption of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 122 Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List and Review of (LEGAL) Policies, Regulations, and Exhibits Included in the Policy Update under First and Final Reading]

AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND EXHIBITS INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING AND I WILL INVITE DR.

FREEMAN TO PRESENT.

THANK YOU. POLICY UPDATE 122 WAS REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AS WELL AS DISTRICT'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

LOCAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE ARE INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST, AND ARE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONALLY, REVIEW OF EXHIBITS AND REGULATIONS INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE RESULTED IN REVISIONS TO FAKE REGULATION AND EXHIBIT WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES MEDICAL TREATMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL.

UPDATE 122 UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

ALL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

[02:45:04]

LAUREN TYRA. A SECOND BY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD SECRETARY, TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR THE TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL.

UPDATE 122 UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE EXHIBIT WAS DELETED.

IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING A NEW EXHIBIT OR BECAUSE THERE'S A FORM? THERE'S ALREADY A FORM THAT IT'S A DUPLICATE LIKE IT STATES IN THE NOTES.

IT'S NO LONGER USED.

IT'S USED. OKAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO THESE ARE UPDATES THAT CAME THROUGH AS A RESULT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11.3 OF POLICIES, THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TO BE LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE

[11.3 Adoption of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 123, Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List and Review of (LEGAL) Policies and Exhibits Included in the Policy Update under First and Final Reading]

AGAIN, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN TO PRESENT PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

POLICY UPDATE 123 WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL.

LOCAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE ARE INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND ARE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION WITH REVISIONS TO POLICIES CKC LOCAL SAFETY PROGRAM, RISK MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY PLANS C K E LOCAL SAFETY PROGRAMS, RISK MANAGEMENT, SECURITY PERSONNEL C Q C LOCAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES EQUIPMENT, EFA, LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND EFB LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES.

LIBRARY MATERIALS.

UPON ADOPTION OF EFB LOCAL WILL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSIDERATION REQUESTS AND SELECTIONS MADE FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS.

IN ADDITION, REVIEW OF EXHIBITS INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE RESULTED IN REVISIONS TO EFB EXHIBIT.

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES.

LIBRARY MATERIAL POLICY UPDATE 123 IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASBY LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 123 UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING AND UPON ADOPTION, EFB LOCAL WILL BECOME APPLICABLE TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS AND SELECTIONS MADE FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ, A SECOND BY CATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADDS, REVISES OR DELETES LOCAL POLICIES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TASB POLICY SERVICE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR THE TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL.

UPDATE 123 UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING AND UPON ADOPTION, EFB LOCAL WILL BECOME APPLICABLE TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS AND SELECTIONS MADE FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M JUST ON A ROLL, SO I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP GOING.

NO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE TOTALITY OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT, ABOUT EXPENSE AND BUDGETS AND COSTS, AND IT JUST IT PROVES TO ME, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THESE POLICIES, WHAT A SERVICE THAT THE TASB LEGAL TEAM, THAT THAT SERVICE THAT WE GET THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO AS INDEPENDENT WITHOUT THAT SUPPORT AND HOW MUCH THAT DOES SAVE OUR EFFICIENCY MAKES EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I'M COUNTING SEVEN HANDS, SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 12, WHICH IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS.

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

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE THREE NON AGENDA SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

[02:50:05]

AS NOTED EARLIER THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES AND BOARD POLICY B E D LOCAL.

AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

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

SECTION 551.07 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

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

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED.

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

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

SO WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT? DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS SHANNON AYERS, PLANO ISD.

NON RESIDENT NON AGENDA ITEM TOPIC TITLE NINE.

WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING.

NO, I THINK I'M GOOD.

THANKS. SO I'M SHANNON AYERS, I'M WITH CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE RECENT CHANGES TO TITLE NINE THAT WERE UNILATERALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY ENACTED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO INFORM THIS BOARD AND THE PARENTS OF PLANO ISD OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THESE CHANGES, BOTH IN TEXAS AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AND FINALLY, TO ASK FOR UNANIMOUS ACTION BY THIS BOARD TO PROTECT THE YOUNG GIRLS ENTRUSTED TO YOUR CARE WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.

SO, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF PLANO ISD ENACTS THESE NEW RULES? FIRST, IT WILL FORCE YOU TO ADMIT BIOLOGICAL MALES IDENTIFYING AS FEMALES TO GIRLS SPORTING EVENTS OR FACE BOUNDLESS CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS.

IT WILL FORCE YOU TO REPLACE A STUDENT'S BIOLOGICAL SEX WITH HIS OR HER GENDER IDENTITY WHEN DECIDING WHICH PRONOUNS TO CALL THEM, WHICH BATHROOM HE OR SHE USES, OR WHICH ATHLETIC TEAM HE OR SHE PARTICIPATES IN OR FACE THE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

IT WILL ERODE STUDENT PRIVACY BY PERMITTING BIOLOGICAL MALES TO UNDRESS IN OTHERWISE SEX SEPARATED INTIMATE FACILITIES RESERVED FOR BIOLOGICAL FEMALES, AND IT WILL SYSTEMICALLY DISADVANTAGE FEMALE STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS NOW FORCED TO COMPETE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MALES IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN IN SPORTS COMPETITIONS.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE EFFECTS OF THESE CHANGES WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR OUR GIRLS AND WILL COMPLETELY NEGATE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF TITLE NINE, WHICH WAS TO PROTECT THEM AND ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY, ALLOW THEM OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

THE UNLAWFUL ACTION BY THE DEPARTMENT DENIES WOMEN AND GIRLS IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THE LEGAL PROTECTIONS THAT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS INTENDED TO GIVE THEM.

FORTUNATELY, GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON AGREE.

THE QUESTION IS, DO EACH OF YOU.

ON APRIL 29TH OF THIS YEAR, GOVERNOR ABBOTT INSTRUCTED THE TEA NOT TO COMPLY WITH THE TITLE NINE CHANGES SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 1ST.

ALSO ON APRIL 29TH, ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT FOR CIRCUMVENTING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL AND DISREGARDING THE ORIGINAL STATUTORY INTENTION OF TITLE NINE THAT ACCORDS WITH THE MEANING OF SEX THAT WAS WIDELY UNDERSTOOD TO BE ACCEPTED TO BE BINARY AND BIOLOGICAL AT THE TIME.

TITLE NINE WAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED IN 1972.

FINALLY, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT TEXAS IS JUST ONE OF 26 STATES THAT HAVE FILED LAWSUITS IN LOUISIANA.

AT LEAST EIGHTEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE JOINED THE STATE LED LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND JUST LAST WEEK, THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BLOCKING THESE CHANGES IN THE STATES OF LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, IDAHO, AND MONTANA.

THE US DISTRICT COURT RULED THAT THESE FOUR STATES, AND SEVERAL SCHOOL BOARDS WITHIN THOSE STATES ARE LIKELY TO SUCCEED ON THE MERITS OF THEIR CLAIMS.

[02:55:04]

I THINK THESE ACTIONS WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN PROVING TO THE GIRLS OF PLANO THAT YOU VALUE THEIR SAFETY OVER MONEY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN RATLIFF, SENIOR, PLANO ISD.

PARENT AND RESIDENT.

TOPIC. ATHLETICS.

GOOD EVENING. DID YOU WANT A ONE-MINUTE WARNING? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THREE CLUSTERS EAST, WEST AND SENIOR.

PLANO WEST, PLANO SENIOR EACH HAVE JV ONE, JV TWO.

WHICH JV TWO IS ALIGNED TO 10TH GRADE.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD TO ME FROM THE PLANO ISD.

ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FOR JV TWO SQUADS, 10TH GRADERS.

SOME KIDS CAN PLAY UP 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE.

YOUR JV ONE IS 11TH GRADERS.

YOU HAVE SOME KIDS THAT CAN PLAY UP.

WE HAVE ONE CLUSTER, PLANO EAST, THAT DOES NOT OPERATE THE SAME AS PLANO WEST AND PLANO SENIOR.

WHY IS THAT? WHY ARE THEY NOT BEING FORCED TO FUNCTION THE EXACT SAME WAY IF WE'RE ALL ONE DISTRICT? BECAUSE WHAT I WAS TOLD IS THAT THIS IS A, AN ALIGNMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UNIFORM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THAT WAY, IF A KID WAS TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST, THEY KNEW IF THEY WERE JV ONE OVER HERE, THEY KNOW THEY'RE JV ONE OVER HERE.

SO WHY IS EAST ABLE TO OPERATE AND BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, I CAN TAKE AN 11TH GRADER, PUT THEM DOWN TO JV TWO INSTEAD OF BEING ALIGNED TO JV ONE, WHICH IS WHERE I WAS TOLD THEY SHOULD BE AT. SO, I WANTED TO START WITH THAT.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT THE NEXT STATEMENT IS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR BOOSTER CLUBS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUBS ARE FUNCTIONING THE WAY UIL HAS BEEN INTENDING THEM TO DO.

I DO NOT THINK OUR COACHES HAVE BEEN TAKING THOSE WISH LISTS AND PRESENTING THOSE TO THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, ACCORDING TO UIL GUIDELINES, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THOSE GET APPROVED BEFORE THEY GO OVER TO THE BOOSTERS.

I DO KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE SOME COACHES THAT ARE RUNNING SOME OF THE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE POLICY IS IF THAT IS, THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IS LEADING AND RUNNING THAT FUNDRAISER, THOSE FUNDS NO LONGER ARE BOOSTER FUNDS.

THEY'RE NOT PRIVATE. THOSE ARE PUBLIC MONIES.

SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THESE BOOSTER CLUBS ARE OPERATING APPROPRIATELY.

THE NEXT THING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FUNDING OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. ONE MINUTE FUNDING. I THANK YOU THE SAME WAY WE'RE FUNDING OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS BECAUSE AS A FOOTBALL PARENT, I'M SHELLING OUT, YOU KNOW, 400, 500 BUCKS FOR MY KID. AND, YOU KNOW, THE COACHING STAFF IS SAYING, WELL, THE DISTRICT ISN'T GIVING US THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THIS.

THIS IS NOT GIVING US THIS MUCH MONEY FOR THIS ONE.

I KNOW FOR PLANO EAST THIS PAST SEASON, I THINK THE DISTRICT GAVE ALL THE KIDS A COMPRESSION GEAR, WHEREAS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WE HAD TO BUY THE COMPRESSION GEAR.

BUT WHAT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THE KIDS GET FOOD? BECAUSE NOT EVERY KID.

THAT PLAYS THIS SPORT HAS THE MONEY, OR THAT PARENT HAS THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FOOD.

MY KID IS LUCKY. I CAN PAY FOR MY KID'S FOOD.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.

BUT YOU HAVE SOME KIDS WHO CAN'T PAY THE $8 PER MEAL.

AND LET'S BE HONEST, EIGHT BUCKS PER MEAL IS NOT GETTING THEM MUCH OF ANYTHING.

OR TEN BUCKS PER MEAL FOR A PREGAME MEAL.

AND IT SURE AS HECK NOT GETTING THEM A HEALTHY MEAL FOR TEN BUCKS.

SO JUST ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS DEONTAY RATLIFF, JR, PLANO ISD.

STUDENT TOPIC.

TRANSPORTATION OF ATHLETES.

DID YOU WANT A ONE-MINUTE WARNING? NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST HERE TO ASK FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ATHLETES AFTER PRACTICE TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SOME OF MY CLASSMATES HAVE TO WALK TWO HOURS TOWARDS ALL THE WAY BACK TO AUTO AFTER PRACTICE AROUND 7 P.M.

FALL DARK. THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAD TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 13, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 9:54 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.