[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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HELLO. I'M NANCY HUMPHREY, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME EVERYONE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT.
LINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.
TRUSTEE JERI CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE CATHERINE GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK SEATED TO MY RIGHT.
LAUREN TYRA. TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JONNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.
DR. PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND THAT'S RIGHT, HE'S NOT HERE.
SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[2. PLEDGES]
ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THE SAFETY PATROLS FROM RASOR ELEMENTARY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEXAS FLAG.WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND SAFETY PATROLS? COME ON UP.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
MITCHELL. DID YOU GET A PHOTOGRAPH? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE RASOR ELEMENTARY SAFETY PATROL FOR LEADING TONIGHT'S PLEDGE.
AND I GUESS YOU GOT YOUR PHOTO BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
[3. RECOGNITIONS]
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.1, WHICH IS BOARD RECOGNITIONS.AND THE BOARD IS VERY EXCITED.
THIS THIS TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL DISTRICT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO INVITE DR.
KRISTEN EDNEY EXECUTIVE FIRST JROTC.
SO THIS IS ABOUT THE PLANO EAST JROTC VEX ROBOTICS TEAM.
THIS DEDICATION LED TO THEIR INVITATION TO THE HOUSTON VEX TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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INSPIRING WORDS.IT'S NOT HOW YOU FALL, IT'S HOW YOU PICK YOURSELF UP THAT MATTERS.
THEY TOOK THIS TO HEART, WORKING HARD TO REPAIR THEIR ROBOTS AND REFINING THEIR STRATEGIES.
THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF AT THE NEXT COMPETITION WHERE THE VARSITY TEAM, THE STRIKING PANTHERS, ACHIEVED A REMARKABLE SWEEP, WINNING THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION EXCELLENCE AWARD AND SKILLS AWARD.
THE JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM ALSO PERFORMED IMPRESSIVELY, SECURING SECOND PLACE IN THE SKILLS CATEGORY.
THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EARNED THEM A COVETED INVITATION TO THE VEX WORLDS 2024 ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP, THE LARGEST ROBOTICS COMPETITION GLOBALLY. FEATURING OVER FEATURING OVER 2380 TEAMS FROM MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES.
I MEAN, THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AND SO WAS PLANO EAST, THE STRIKING PANTHERS, THE VARSITY TEAM REACHED THE ELITE EIGHT IN THEIR BRACKET AT WORLDS, AND THEY ARE EAGER TO REACH EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS THIS COMING YEAR.
THE PLANO EAST JROTC STEM TEAMS ARE LED BY SERGEANT MAJOR ANTHONY HENRY, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM MEMBERS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY BOARD MEMBER DR.
TYRA. LET'S START WITH SERGEANT MAJOR ANTHONY HENRY, THEIR LEADER.
SO THE CADETS INCLUDE PAUL BUTLER, 11TH GRADE.
CHRISTOPHER GUTIERREZ, 11TH GRADE.
BRYNN. ANNA ORANGE, 11TH GRADE.
ADDISON RODRIGUEZ, 11TH GRADE.
AND CALEB WILLIAMS, 12TH GRADE.
FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.
ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM.
RECOGNITION WILL BE HANDED OUT BY DR.
SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY? DR. FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TEAM, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS, AND STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLANO ISD ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THEIR CAMPUSES AS PROUD RECIPIENTS OF THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD.
ONLY TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PLANO ISD MET ALL OF THE STANDARDS TO RECEIVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND THOSE TWO CAMPUSES ARE HEDGECOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SIGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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TO THIS SUCCESS. AND SO IF THEY WOULD COME FORWARD WHEN I CALL THEIR NAME KRISTI GRAHAM, PRINCIPAL.ALEX CASADO, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND AMY LINSCHEER, THE STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSOR.
AND MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.
AUSTIN ROBBINS AND CONNOR STONE.
SO WE CONGRATULATE THE HEDGECOCK'S STUDENT COUNCIL TEAM, AND WE'LL LET THEM GET A PICTURE HERE.
OKAY, SO LAST NOT BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAD A SECOND CAMPUS AND IT WAS SIGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO WE WANT TO CALL FORWARD THOSE ADMINISTRATORS, CAMPUS LEADERS AND TEACHERS.
LINDSEY SELLSTROM, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
DIAMOND SMITH, STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSOR.
KIM EDWARDS, A STUDENT COUNCIL ADVISOR AND ALSO COUNSELOR.
AND JOSH KERBER, FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AND STUDENT COUNCIL ADVISOR.
SO THEY WILL STAY UP HERE AND HELP US ORGANIZE THEIR STUDENTS AS THEY COME FORWARD.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EBENEZER.
MIC]. THOSE ARE OUR STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEADERS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND SMILE BIG FOR A PICTURE.
AND DANIELA LUNA, DANIEL LUNA, DANIELA LUNA.
GREAT JOB, SIGLER STUDENT COUNCIL, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
YOU GUYS MAY MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR SEATS.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS EXHILARATING.
PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. I'M THRILLED TO INVITE DR.
DR. MOORE. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
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OKAY. I DREW THE SHORT STICK GETTING TO FOLLOW ALL THOSE STUDENTS, SO I'LL DO MY BEST.RECIPIENTS ARE AWARDED A MONETARY PRIZE AS WELL AS ONE FOR THEIR SCHOOL.
TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR VERY OWN AS ONE OF THOSE 12 HONOREES.
JASPER HIGH SCHOOL HUMANITIES AND AP EUROPEAN HISTORY TEACHER CAITLIN BAILEY GARAFOLO.
I FIRST BEGAN WORKING WITH CAITLIN WHEN WE WERE BOTH HIGH SCHOOL HUMANITIES TEACHERS.
AS COLLABORATIVE PEERS ON OUR DISTRICT CURRICULUM WRITING TEAM, I OBSERVED FIRSTHAND HOW CAITLIN WAS ABLE TO TRANSLATE HER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN THE HUMANITIES, WORLD HISTORY, AND EUROPEAN HISTORY INTO LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO ENCOUNTER NEW IDEAS AND DISPLAY THEIR LEARNING IN NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS.
HOWEVER, THIS DRIVE CAN SOMETIMES MANIFEST ITSELF IN UNHEALTHY WAYS.
CAITLIN MAKES AN EFFORT TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN BOTH LESSONS AND ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE AUTHENTIC REFLECTIONS OF LEARNING, EVEN IF THAT MEANS MORE WORK ON HER PART TO GRADE SHORT ANSWER ASSESSMENTS RATHER THAN MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMS. SINCE TRANSITIONING TO A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, I OFTEN SEEK OUT CAITLIN'S FEEDBACK AND ASSISTANCE.
SHE VOLUNTEERS TO ATTEND OPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND SERVE ON COMMITTEES BOTH WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND BEYOND, INCLUDING MULTIPLE SUMMERS WITH THE DALLAS HUMANITIES FOUNDATION. SHE OFTEN PRESENTS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO FELLOW TEACHERS FROM WHOM SHE RECEIVES WELL-DESERVED LEVELS OF RESPECT.
IN ADDITION TO BEING INVESTED IN THE COLLEGE BOARD'S AP PROGRAM AS A READER FOR MANY YEARS.
CAITLIN READS MORE YOUNG ADULT FICTION THAN ANY PERSON I KNOW, BOTH BECAUSE SHE ENJOYS IT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE SHE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE ARE FEW THINGS AS POWERFUL IN FORMING CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS THAN A SPIRITED CONVERSATION ABOUT A GOOD BOOK.
CAITLIN'S WORK WITH THE HOPE SQUAD AT JASPER TO PREVENT SUICIDAL IDEATION, AS WELL AS HER EFFORTS IN LEADING DIVERSITY AWARENESS AND CELEBRATIONS ON HER CAMPUS, HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BOTH AT HER SCHOOL AND DISTRICT WIDE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT HER LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO MAKE ON THE ABILITY OF STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES AT SCHOOL, AND TO HAVE THEIR IDENTITIES RECOGNIZED AND AFFIRMED.
IF I WERE TO CREATE A VENN DIAGRAM WITH CIRCLES FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, PASSION FOR COURSE CONTENT, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND JUST GENUINELY BEING A FUN PERSON TO BE AROUND, THOSE CIRCLES WOULD OVERLAP AROUND CAITLIN BAILEY GAROFOLO.
HER PARENTS, DEBORAH AND DON BAILEY.
HER BROTHER, CHRIS BAILEY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JASPER.
BROOKS BACA AND FORMER PRINCIPAL OF JASPER.
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AT PLANO WEST BILLIE JEAN LEE.
ALL RIGHT. AND THE RECOGNITIONS CONTINUE.
I'LL NOW TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DR.
SELENDA FREEMAN TO LEAD THE NEXT STAFF RECOGNITION FOR US, DR.
FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
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THANK YOU TO DR. WILLIAMS AND CABINET AND OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.AND WE HAVE A REALLY SPECIAL RECOGNITION HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A COACH IN OUR AUDIENCE THAT WON ENOUGH ACCOLADES IN ONE YEAR TO FILL AN ENTIRE CAREER.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MATT WESTER FOR A SECOND.
AND HIS SIXTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH OF PLANO EAST.
COACH WESTER LED THE PANTHERS TO THEIR FIRST MAXPREPS TOP 25 NATIONAL FINISH IN SCHOOL HISTORY, BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST UNDEFEATED CHAMPION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION.
MATT WESTER LED THE 2023 2024 PLANO EAST BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM TO THE NUMBER EIGHT SPOT IN THE MAXPREPS TOP 25 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS, ALONG WITH A 40 ZERO RECORD FOR THE FIRST STATE TITLE IN PLANO EAST HISTORY.
SOME OTHER ACCOLADES TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
FIRST TIME EVER DISTRICT 6A COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS THE PLANO EAST COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS PLANO ISD COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES 6A COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS THE THSCA BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR AND THE THSCA OVERALL BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS A PLANO COURIER COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE WAS MAXPREPS NATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR.
AND TODAY WE GOT A NOMINATION FROM THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THE TEXAS STATE BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR.
THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION, MATT WESTER HAD AN INCREDIBLE SEASON.
WE ARE SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIM TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE SUPERINTENDENT DR.
TERESA WILLIAMS TO INTRODUCE A WONDERFUL NEW STAFF RECOGNITION FOR PLANO ISD.
THESE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS EMBODY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PLANO ISD PROUD AS WE LAUNCH OUR PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD PROGRAM FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE CELEBRATE THOSE AMONG US WHO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE OUR DISTRICT'S VISION COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING, AND POWERED BY LEARNING. THESE INDIVIDUALS CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, INSPIRE GROWTH AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR DISTRICT.
TONIGHT, WE HONOR FOUR EXCEPTIONAL MEMBERS OF OUR PLANO ISD FAMILY WHO ARE SELECTED FROM A POOL OF OUTSTANDING NOMINEES ACROSS FOUR CATEGORIES CAMPUS PARAPROFESSIONAL, CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL, DEPARTMENT PARAPROFESSIONAL, AND DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONAL.
EACH WINNER HAS SHOWN REMARKABLE DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY, EXEMPLIFYING THE LEADERSHIP PROFILE WE ESTABLISHED FOR OUR TEAM, PLANO ISD.
AND TONIGHT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR YOU.
AND LASTLY, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR TEAM.
AS I CALL YOUR NAMES, PLEASE JOIN BOARD PRESIDENT.
NOMINEE. MR. WILLIAMS WAS NOMINATED BY HIS PRINCIPAL DR., KIMBERLY SCHROEDER, A FORMER MILITARY SERVICE MAN.
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HIS LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION HAS NURTURED A CULTURE OF GROWTH AND EXCELLENCE, MAKING A PROFOUND IMPACT FOR THE BOWMAN COMMUNITY.LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE. OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS CONNIE MCCLURE, FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER AT WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MISS MCCLURE IS KNOWN AT HER CAMPUS FOR HER HIGH QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, AND DEDICATION TO DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING.
HER COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, ABILITY TO FORGE POSITIVE CONNECTIONS, AND IMPACT ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MAKES HER AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATOR WHO TRULY EMBODIES THE PLANO ISD VISION.
MISS MCCLURE IS JOINED THIS EVENING BY HER HUSBAND, BILLY.
LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS JAN JOHNSON, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY.
THAT MAKES A LASTING IMPACT ON ALL OF US.
HER INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE RECENT TRANSITIONS AND HER DEDICATION TO SERVING THE GREATER ORGANIZATION, DEMONSTRATES HER EMBODIMENT OF THE PLANO ISD PROUD SPIRIT.
LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
OUR FINAL RECIPIENT IS CHRISTY FOREMAN, A DEVOTED MEMBER OF PLANO ISD SPECIAL EDUCATION.
CHRISTI HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR 18 YEARS WITH STEADFAST COMMITMENT AND PASSION.
MISS FOREMAN HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF STAFF AND STUDENTS.
HER DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, COMBINED WITH HER ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO, HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OUR DISTRICT'S CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS AND LEFT A LOT.
AND SHE'S ALSO LEFT A LASTING LEGACY OF SERVICE THAT EXTENDS ALSO TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS, WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING WITH HER AND WHO NOW FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS AS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN PLANO ISD.
YOU MAKE US ALL PLANO IS PROUD MIC].
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION THIS EVENING IS FOR VERY IMPORTANT AND HARD WORKING DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. JOHNNY HILL, OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, TO BEGIN THIS RECOGNITION.
MR. HILL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN HONOR OF TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES DAY, THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION A LITTLE LATER IN THE EVENING, DECLARING THAT OCTOBER THE 9TH, 2024, AS HUMAN RESOURCES DAY IN PLANO ISD.
IF YOU'LL JOIN ME UP FRONT, PLEASE.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE THEM ONE LAST APPLAUSE.THANK YOU. YEAH, THEY CAN LET THEM STAY.
Y'ALL STAY UP THERE IF YOU DON'T MIND, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
THE BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ WILL READ THE RESOLUTION AND VICE PRESIDENT WELL, DR.
LAWRENCE TYRA PRESENTS THE CEREMONIAL COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.
FOR THE HR TEAM WHO HAVE JOINED US HERE THIS EVENING.
SECRETARY LANTZ, WILL YOU READ THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE? I WILL, RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEXAS EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCES DAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2024.
AND WHEREAS THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM IS INSTRUMENTAL IN RECRUITING, RETAINING AND SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS AND STAFF WHO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ALL STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS HUMAN RESOURCES PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN FOSTERING SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY AMONG EMPLOYEES BY FACILITATING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND KEEPING EMPLOYEES INFORMED ABOUT POLICIES, WORKING CONDITIONS, COMPENSATION AND WHEREAS HUMAN RESOURCES MONITORS AND MANAGES CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE TRENDS, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE TRENDS, AND ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHEREAS HUMAN RESOURCES IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND IS VITAL TO THE OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE DISTRICT'S WORKFORCE. AND WHEREAS HUMAN RESOURCES IS A VALUED AND RESPECTED DEPARTMENT THAT SUSTAINS THE DISTRICT'S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, ITS PEOPLE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ONE DESIGNATE OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 AS HUMAN RESOURCES DAY IN PLANO ISD. AND TWO EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO ALL HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR DISTRICT AND THREE.
ENCOURAGES ALL STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM MEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PLANO ISD EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS. ADOPTED THIS FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER 2024 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TYRA, DID YOU PRESENT THERE? I DID, YOU GAVE IT TO ME.
SELENDA FREEMAN TO INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION.
THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL GROUP FOR ME.
NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH IS OCTOBER, AND IT SEEMS. OH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT IS OCTOBER.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS TOUGH TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND COME IN AND DO THE JOB THAT YOU DO, AND YOU DO IT WELL AND FLAWLESSLY. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THEM CLAPPING AND YELLING AS THEY WERE COMING IN.
AND AS THE PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS, SLI PROVIDES SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES TO ALL OF THE CAMPUS LEADERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP FOR A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE SOME WORDS.
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AND THEY ARE ALREADY THERE.AWESOME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND CABINET ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TEAM, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF LEADERS, OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
OCTOBER IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECOGNIZING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE THAT PRINCIPALS PLAY IN MAKING SCHOOLS GREAT.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, PRINCIPALS ARE AMONG THE HARDEST WORKING INDIVIDUALS IN EDUCATION.
PRINCIPALS SET THE ACADEMIC TONE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND IS THEIR VISION, DEDICATION, AND DETERMINATION THAT PROVIDE THE MOBILIZING FORCE FOR ACHIEVING STUDENT SUCCESS.
THEIR WORK EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CONFINES OF A TRADITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION.
THEIR DEDICATION TO CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE.
MANY OF OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
I INVITE YOU ALL TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
SO HERE WITH US TONIGHT WE HAVE KRISTEN BISHOP AND SEAN BULL, BRIAN BIRD, KAREN WILLIAMS, JENNIFER KING, PATRICIA HEMPSTEAD, KARMA CUNNINGHAM, DR.
DENISE LOHMILLER, KRISTI GRAHAM, JENNIFER KEPLINGER, WENDY.
MILLER, EMILY HECHTMAN, STEPHANIE PACHOLSKI, LEANNE EARNHARDT, KRISTEN GLASSCOCK, KRISTI JAMES, TARA LANE, SARAH MEYER, FELIPE VARGAS, LISA LONG, JORDAN MULLINS, KRISTEN KENNARD, NATALIE BAUER KEMPER, GREGORY PIERCE, BROOKS BACA, JOHN TEDFORD, JILL ENGELKING, DAVID JONES, BILLIE JEAN LEE, AND KENNETH ROBERTSON.
AMAZING. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR CAPABLE LEADERSHIP AND UNRELENTING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY.
LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
PRINCIPALS, WHEN WE ARE DISMISSED, IF YOU WOULD MEET US BY THE FOOD TABLE OUTSIDE, YOU WILL NOT ONLY TAKE A PLATE OF FOOD HOME BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH, BUT WE WILL BE THERE TO GATHER FOR A PHOTO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, RIGHT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE TIME TO THANK YOUR PRINCIPAL FOR THEIR SERVICE.
ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH, OCTOBER 2024.
WHEREAS OCTOBER 2024 IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL PRINCIPLES MONTH IN COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, HONORING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE PRINCIPALS PLAY IN CREATING SUCCESSFUL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
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STAFF. AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS SET THE ACADEMIC TONE FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEACHERS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN HIGH CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND SET PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.AND WHEREAS PLANO ISD PRINCIPALS ARE DEDICATED EDUCATIONAL LEADERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS WORK COMPASSIONATELY TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER ALL MEMBERS OF THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, INCLUDING STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS.
AND WHEREAS PRINCIPALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EDUCATIONAL VISIONARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, ASSESSMENT EXPERTS, DISCIPLINARIANS, COMMUNITY BUILDERS, BUDGET ANALYSTS, FACILITY MANAGERS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATORS, AND GUARDIANS OF VARIOUS LEGAL, CONTRACTUAL, AND POLICY MANDATES AND INITIATIVES.
AND WHEREAS, PRINCIPALS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PROACTIVELY PREPARE EACH STUDENT FOR THEIR DYNAMIC FUTURE AS SELF-RELIANT AND INDUSTRIOUS GLOBAL CITIZENS.
AND TWO EXPRESSES ITS SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO ALL PLANO ISD PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND TIRELESS PURSUIT OF SUCCESS FOR EVERY STUDENT, AND ENCOURAGES ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FOR ADOPTED THIS FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER 2024 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GIVE OUR AMAZING CAMPUS LEADERS ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU TO THE RASOR ELEMENTARY SAFETY PATROLS FOR LEADING OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE COMMEND THE PLANO EAST VARSITY JROTC ROBOTICS TEAM FOR THEIR STATE AND NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND THE STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS FROM SIGLER AND HEDGCOXE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR EARNING THE TEPSA STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IS TRULY COMMENDABLE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS BAILEY GARAFOLO FOR HER OUTSTANDING TEACHING OF HUMANITIES AWARD, AND TO COACH WEBSTER FOR BEING NAMED MAXPREPS 2024 BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR AND ALL THOSE OTHER AWARDS.
YOUR LEADERSHIP AS EDUCATORS HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
TO OUR INAUGURAL PLANO ISD PROUD WINNERS THOMAS WILLIAMS, CONNIE MCCLURE, JAN JOHNSON, AND CHRISTY FOREMAN, YOU EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF TEAM PLANO ISD.
TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM, YOUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING, RECRUITING, AND RETAINING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS AND STAFF ARE INVALUABLE TO OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS. AS PRINCIPALS, WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH AND AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL PRINCIPALS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE ESSENTIAL ROLE YOU PLAY AND THE MANY HATS YOU WEAR IN CREATING SUCCESSFUL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
YOUR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION TO STUDENT SUCCESS ARE VERY DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR PASSION AND YOUR HARD WORK DO NOT GO UNNOTICED.
SO THIS EVENING I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE JUST ONE MORE TINY LITTLE RECOGNITION THAT IS A SURPRISE THIS EVENING.
AND SO FOR THAT, I ACTUALLY INVITE SUSIE JONES TO THE PODIUM.
BUT WE HAVE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
DR. TERESA WILLIAMS, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE LADIES HERE WITH ME.
ANY IDEA WHAT THIS WONDERFUL GROUP OF WOMEN HAVE IN COMMON? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU.
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TO SUCCEED.AND AS THE 2023 ATHENA AWARD RECIPIENT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU, TERESA WILLIAMS, ARE OUR 2024 ATHENA AWARD RECIPIENT AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AT THIS YEAR'S BEST OF PLANO ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 1ST.
WHY? DO YOU SAY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
ESPECIALLY TO BE AMONG SUCH AN ESTEEMED GROUP OF WOMEN.
YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, NOW THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR EVENING.
MANY THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU JOINING US TONIGHT, TONIGHT AND LETTING US HONOR YOUR SUCCESS.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
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ALL RIGHT.AND AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.
NON AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES AND THE BOARD POLICY B E D LOCAL 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 THE SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074.
PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, NO INFORMATION THAT MAY BE REASONABLY LINKED TO AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON MAY BE SHARED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION TONIGHT.
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.
AS A REMINDER TO ALL IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY.
SECRETARY LANTZ, DO YOU HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT READY? OKAY, DR. FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.
OUR SPEAKER IS MICHAEL CONWAY, PLANO ISD, NONRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, SIR. DID YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING? NO. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU THOUGH.
SO BACK IN 1993, I GRADUATED FROM.
I WENT THROUGH ALL THE PLANO SCHOOLS, WENT THROUGH WEATHERFORD, HAGGARD, VINES, PLANO SENIOR HIGH.
I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS IN SENIOR HIGH, THERE WAS A LOT OF MIXED REVIEWS ABOUT THE TOSS TEST.
TEACHING. NOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM Y'ALL.
FROM Y'ALL. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS THAT THE TEACHING, THE CHALLENGES YOU RUN INTO, THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO DECLINE, AS DOES STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
LET ME BE CLEAR. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT TEACHERS, BUT Y'ALL DON'T HELP THEM TEACH.
SO THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ON 7.3.
CONSENT AGENDA IS A REDUCTION IN THE COST SPENDING ON INSTRUCTION.
SO YOU CAN SPEND THOUSANDS ON SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SEVERAL THOUSAND, TAKE THE THOUSANDS AWAY FROM INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY THIS EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, YOU SHOULD REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHY THEY'RE DOING THAT IF YOU ANTICIPATE THIS BEING A TREND OF TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. COME ON, GUYS, HELP THE TEACHERS.TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE A TOUGH ENOUGH TIME WHEN YOU'RE PULLING MONEY AWAY.
IT'S HARD ENOUGH GETTING YOU ALL TO REMOVE PORNOGRAPHY.
NOW WE'VE GOT TO GET MONEY PUT BACK INTO INSTRUCTION TO HELP THE TEACHERS.
THIS ROOM SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH THE AWARDS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE PADDING YOUR POCKETS.
PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHY YOU HAVE THAT OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC.
START DOING WHAT YOU'RE TOLD TO DO.
YOU'RE MOVING MONEY AWAY FROM KIDS AND FOCUSING ON THE ADMINISTRATION.
WE DON'T NEED MORE BUREAUCRACY.
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.
SECTIONS 551.076, AND 551.089, AND THE TIME IS 6:57
[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
P.M. NO.[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION, AND THE TIME IS 8:35 P.M.AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR 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.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND I CAN'T SEE ALL THE HANDS.
OKAY. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER BUILDING.
MAY I ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? YES. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, I WOULD LIKE TO FACT CHECK AND PROVIDE FACT BASED ON TONIGHT'S EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. HILL TO PLEASE EXPLAIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS IN CONSENT.
DR. WILLIAMS. SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO EVERY MONTH, WE ARE REQUIRED WHENEVER A THERE IS A REQUEST TO GO OUTSIDE OF A FUNCTION, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S I THINK 2026 FUNCTIONS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE.
WE DO PUT THAT IN CONSENT WHENEVER IT'S VERY MINIMAL OR IF IT'S ROUTINE.
THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER SPOKE ABOUT FUNCTION 11, WHICH OF COURSE IS OUR INSTRUCTION.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR INSTRUCTION BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER.
IT'S ABOUT 61% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
THE AVERAGE IN THE STATE IS ABOUT 56%.
SO WE HAVE A VERY HIGH INSTRUCTIONAL BUDGET COMPARED WITH OUR PEERS.
SO IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ABOUT $18,000 THAT WAS MOVED OUT OF FUNCTIONAL 11.
JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE ABOUT A $700 MILLION BUDGET.
THAT IS, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS, IT'S A 0.0.
IT'S THREE THOUSANDTHS OF 1%, IT'S ZERO POINT.
AND I THINK FOUR ZEROS AND A THREE.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY SMALL ROUTINE.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
BUT BASICALLY, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS IN THIS CASE WHICH THIS HAPPENS EVERY MONTH.
WE GIVE THE PRINCIPALS THE AUTONOMY TO IF THEY IF THEY WANT TO DO LIKE STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT UP A FUNCTION 11 AND PUT IT IN A FUNCTION 21 FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT OR FUNCTION 13 FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT, WE GIVE THEM THE AUTONOMY.
WE KNOW THAT THEY KNOW HOW BEST TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
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THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.SO LIKE I SAID, VERY, VERY SMALL.
ONCE A YEAR WE ARE AUDITED BY TEA.
THEY COME UP WITH, WITH, WITH WHAT'S CALLED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.
AND WE ACTUALLY ARE AUDITED ON THAT EVERY YEAR.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND LISTEN TO THAT PRESENTATION.
COURTNEY REEVES WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
EXCELLENT. SO JUST TO RECAP THE FACTS OF TONIGHT'S BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT'S A ROUTINE ITEM.
THE TOTAL CHANGE IN THE ROUTINE ITEM WAS $18,000 WHICH WAS .0003 OF FOUR ZEROS.
OF THE TOTAL OF OUR TOTAL DISTRICT BUDGET.
AND IT IS PART OF THE MANAGEMENT AND ROUTINE IN THAT ANY DEPARTMENT OR CAMPUS, AS THEY SEE A NEED TO SHIFT THEIR BUDGETS, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO SO ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF WHICH WE BRING THAT FORWARD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE AUDITING FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN.
AND I WANT TO MAKE JUST TO CLARIFY THAT I DID NOT MISS ANY FACTS.
YEAH. EXCEPT FOR YOU SAID .0004 OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
IT'S .00003 OF THE JUST THE INSTRUCTIONAL BUDGET, JUST THE INSTRUCTIONAL BUDGET.
SO EVEN LESS THAN THAT OF THE OVERALL.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE CLARITY OF THE FACTS FOR TONIGHT'S COMMENT,
[8.1 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION APPROVING INVESTMENT POLICY]
AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 8.1, WHICH IS ADOPTED DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
AND SO I WILL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO JOHNNY HILL.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'RE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
IT IS HOW WE ACTUALLY INVEST AND ACTUALLY INVEST OUR FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ON THE DISTRICT.
AND SO, IT'S CDA LOCAL IS THE NAME OF THE POLICY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CFO, COURTNEY REEVES, TO GO OVER THIS WITH SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
DR. WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OUR CABINET MEMBERS.
SO PFIA ACTUALLY, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, REQUIRES THE BOARD TO REVIEW ITS INVESTMENT POLICY STRATEGIES AND TRAINING PROVIDERS AND IMPROVE ITS INVESTMENT BROKER DEALERS ANNUALLY.
AND OF COURSE, AS JOHNNY WAS SPEAKING.
BOARD POLICY DA LOCAL ALSO REQUIRES THE BOARD TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT.
OKAY, WELL, I CAN'T GO TOO FAR WITHOUT MENTIONING HILLTOP SECURITIES.
YOU'LL SEE HILLTOP SECURITIES UP IN THAT UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
HILLTOP SECURITY ASSET MANAGEMENT.
HILLTOP IS AN SEC REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR, AND THEY ASSIST US EVERY WEEK.
I WOULD SAY SOMETIMES I TALK TO THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK IN MANAGING OUR FUNDS AS PART OF HILLTOP SERVICES, THEY PROVIDE ALL OF OUR INVESTMENT REPORTING, OUR MONTHLY REPORTS, OUR REQUIRED QUARTERLY REPORTS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT.
SO THIS IS OUR PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW.
AND JUST WORKING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
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VALUE WAS JUST AT $1.25 BILLION.ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN SEE A PIE CHART, WHICH IS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR ASSET ALLOCATION.
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY TALK MORE ABOUT ASSET ALLOCATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THAT INCOME SUMMARY IS ACTUALLY HOW MUCH INTEREST INCOME WE MADE THIS YEAR.
OUR TOTAL INTEREST INCOME FOR 23-24 WAS JUST UNDER $65 MILLION.
SO 65, 64.9 MILLION THIS YEAR AND 20 MILLION OF THAT INTEREST INCOME WAS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, UNDER THE PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS, WE HAVE AN INTEREST YIELD.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT.
ALL OF OUR FUNDS ARE INVESTED.
OUR GENERAL FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE, CAPITAL PROJECT AGENCY, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE INVESTED.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ALLOCATION OF ALL OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.
AND ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS ARE APPROVED INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS.
THE SMALLEST AMOUNT INVESTED IS IN OUR BANK DEPOSITS WITH JUST $11.7 MILLION.
NEXT, WE HAVE JUST UNDER $26 MILLION INVESTED IN CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS, $33 MILLION IN AGENCY FUNDS, 133.6 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL PAPER, $412.4 MILLION IN US GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, WHICH ARE T-BILLS.
AND THEN LASTLY 641.7 MILLION AND OUR LG IPS, WHICH ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS.
THAT'S TEXAS CLASS, TEXAS STAR, TEXAS POOL, LONE STAR.
OUR TOP PRIORITY IS THE PRESERVATION AND SAFETY OF OUR PRINCIPAL.
AND THEN AFTER SAFETY IS ACTUALLY LIQUIDITY.
IF YOU NOTICE THAT BAR CHART THAT'S RIGHT ABOVE THAT DISTRIBUTION AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT MOST OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE IN OVERNIGHT, MEANING THAT WE CAN GET TO THOSE FUNDS TOMORROW IF WE NEED TO.
A LOT OF OUR FUNDS WE STILL HAVE IN INVESTMENT POOLS.
WE'VE SEEN THE YIELDS STAY VERY HIGH.
AND OBVIOUSLY PART OF THAT IS OF IT BEING OVERNIGHT AND LIQUIDITY AND THE ACCESS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO STILL ABLE TO SEE SOME NICE RETURNS ON THOSE INVESTMENT POOLS.
AND OF COURSE WE WANT THAT LIQUIDITY FOR OUR CASH FLOW PURPOSES.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE MONTHLY PAYROLL THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
AND SO WE WERE STILL SEEING HIGHER RATES AND OUR OVERNIGHTS AND OUR INVESTMENT POOLS.
AND SO WE KEPT THOSE FOR LIQUIDITY AND STILL HAVING THE HIGH YIELD.
THIS SLIDE IS THE YIELD OVERVIEW WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT ON PAGE NINE.
THE OVERVIEW SHOWS PLANO ISD'S YIELD COMPARED TO THE SIX MONTH CONSTANT MATURITY, TREASURY YIELD AND THE TEXSTAR INVESTMENT POOL RATE FROM JULY 2022 TO JUNE OF 2024 AND THE LAST YEAR, LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A SUBSTANTIVE INCREASE IN OUR INVESTMENT YIELD.
IT WAS 1.39IN JULY OF 2022, AND OF COURSE, 5.06 IN JUNE OF 24.
SO, WE'LL SEE KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THIS IS A CONSISTENT AND EXTENSIVE LIST OF INVESTMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS.
CURRENT DISTRICT INVESTMENT OFFICERS MUST RECEIVE EIGHT HOURS OF TRAINING ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
THE DISTRICT INVESTMENT OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY MYSELF, MR. HILL AND OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, ANGELA MARX-COSBY.
FOR YOUR APPROVAL. OUR DISTRICT INVESTMENT BROKERS AND DEALERS.
WE RELY ON HILLTOP SECURITY FOR THIS LIST.
THEY HAVE AN AMAZING, ROBUST NETWORK.
NETWORK. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME WELL-KNOWN NAMES LISTED.
OUR BOLDED NAMES ARE LISTED AS OUR PRIMARY DEALERS FOR THE DISTRICT.
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AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE LIST IS SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS FOR OUR OTHER DEPOSITORY PRODUCTS, CDS.AND THEN BELOW THAT IS OUR LIST OF INVESTMENT POOLS.
LIKE I SAID, WE REALLY RELY SO MUCH ON HILLTOP.
SO FOR SOME REASON, IF A DEALER IS TO EXIT FROM THE FIXED INCOME BUSINESS, WE RELY ON THEM TO OBVIOUSLY REMOVE THEM AND FIND ANOTHER DEALER WHO HAS SIGNIFICANT INVENTORY.
THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT FROM THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND IT OUTLINES OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, WHICH OUR PRIMARY GOALS BEING THE PRESERVATION AND SAFETY OF OUR PRINCIPAL, MAINTAINING LIQUIDITY AND MAXIMIZING FINANCIAL RETURNS WHILE PROVIDING MATURITY SUFFICIENT TO MEET ANTICIPATED CASH FLOW REQUIREMENTS, AND ALSO LISTS OUT OUR NINE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS FOR 2024.
THE SECOND PAGE, IT HITS OUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR PORTFOLIO EARNINGS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH IS $64.9 MILLION WITH A WEIGHTED YIELD TO MATURITY AT YEAR END AT 5.061%.
THE CFO AND THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY INVESTMENTS, WITH THE OVERSIGHT FROM THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND ALL DISTRICT INVESTMENT OFFICERS, MET ALL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS IN 2024.
LASTLY, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION THE DISTRICT FOR THE DISTRICTS TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICY STRATEGIES, INVESTMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS AND INVESTMENT BROKERS AND DEALERS.
THAT RESOLUTION SUMMARIZES THAT THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE LG IPS, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HILLTOP SECURITY ASSET MANAGEMENT, ENSURE THE PRINCIPAL'S SAFETY, MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY, MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL RETURNS, AND PROVIDE MATURITY SUFFICIENT TO MEET ANTICIPATED CASH FLOW REQUIREMENTS.
ALL DESIGNATED INVESTMENT OFFICERS WILL ATTEND TRAINING SESSIONS AS REQUIRED IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND FROM THE ANY APPROVED INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS LISTED PREVIOUSLY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INVESTMENT POLICY, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INVESTMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS, AND INVESTMENT BROKER DEALERS AS PRESENTED.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY DR. LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INVESTMENT POLICY.
INVESTMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS AND INVESTMENT BROKER DEALERS AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION, ACTUALLY.
IS THAT GOING INTO THE INS FUND OR A PORTION IS GOING INTO OUR INS FUND? I'D HAVE TO GET THE ACTUAL EXACT NUMBERS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT GO INTO OUR INS FUNDS FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE, ALSO FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS.
OKAY. SO, IF IT'S INVESTMENT INCOME AND IT'S GOING BACK INTO THE DEBT FUNDS, IS THAT GOING TOWARDS SAVING ON INTEREST OR FEES IN BONDS, OR ARE WE PUTTING THAT MONEY TO WORK IN, IN CAPITAL PROJECTS? I CAN ANSWER THAT. SO THE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT ACTUALLY A LOT OF THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK IN MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING BACK INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS AN ARBITRAGE CALCULATION ON THAT.
THERE'S A FIVE YEAR SETTLEMENT.
AND SO WE CALCULATE THE LIABILITY EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF WHAT WE'RE EARNING.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE IRS.
THE REST OF THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TO BE TO BE USED TOWARD WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS COST HIGHER THAN NORMAL COST ON THESE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW.
SO ANY OF THOSE REFUNDINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ANY OF THOSE THINGS ON THE DEBT SIDE.
[8.2 APPROVAL OF THE 2024 - 2025 DIP]
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER.ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE NONE OPPOSED.
SO THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.2 OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PLAN OF WORK AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, MATH AND
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COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS PLANS.AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.
WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING OUR 24-25 PLAN OF WORK.
OUR PLAN OF WORK IS MANY HANDS, AND MANY DEPARTMENTS ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE WE ENDED LAST SCHOOL YEAR. SO IT IS THROUGH A CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
FIRST, THERE'S LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS AND TEAMS AND LOTS OF HANDS IN THIS TONIGHT.
IT'S WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING FROM MR. CANTU AND EACH OF OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS, AS WELL AS WE HAVE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THERE THEY ARE ON DECK AND READY AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT OUR PLAN OF WORK ALIGNS OUR ANNUAL PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR, TAKING OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHAT IS REQUIRED ON OUR ANNUAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS IN MANY FORMS OF TITLE AND IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AND SO THERE'S ANOTHER ADDED LAYER OF COMPLIANCE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THOSE DOLLARS.
AND SO OUR PLAN OF WORK REALLY EMBRACES BOTH.
SO WHAT THE ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN STATES FOR THE YEAR AS WELL AS THEN BASED ON WHAT OUR DATA AND WHAT OUR HIGH PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE YEAR, ON THE ACADEMIC SIDE, IT ADDRESSES BOTH ADDITIONALLY, OUR DISTRICT PLAN OF WORK GOES THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS. AND SO IT GOES THROUGH OUR REQUIRED DISTRICT BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
WE ARE NOT PERSONALLY IN A CLASSROOM INSTRUCTING OUR STUDENTS.
OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO ALL OF YOUR BOARD GOALS THAT ARE REQUIRED SO EARLY LITERACY COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS, THOSE ARE ALSO ENCOMPASSED IN TONIGHT'S PLAN. AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER THAT ANY GOOD PLAN IS A LIVING AND BREATHING PLAN.
SO WE DON'T JUST TAKE A PLAN FROM PRIOR YEAR DATA, SET A GOAL AND LEAVE IT ON THE SHELF.
WE MONITOR OUR PLAN THREE TIMES A YEAR THROUGH FORMATIVE REVIEWS, AND AS WE HAVE FORMATIVE DATA, IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR STRATEGIES ALONG THE YEAR TO BETTER SERVE THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THAT IS THE SAME EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CAMPUSES.
AND LASTLY, THIS IS A CONNECTION, AGAIN FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE CLASSROOM ON HOW WE TARGET OUR NEEDS, OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS, OUR WORK FOR THE YEAR.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER TO KICK US OFF.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
THERE WE GO. IT DOES WORK. I WAS WARNED THAT IT MIGHT NOT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH JUST A GOOD VISUAL WITH DR.
WILLIAMS WAS DESCRIBING A MINUTE AGO.
THIS IS OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.
UP NEXT IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES.
THIS DEFINES OUR WORK UNDER EACH OF OUR PILLARS.
THEN WE HAVE OUR OBJECTIVES WHICH GUIDE OUR ANNUAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR PLAN OF WORK.
THESE IDENTIFY OUR PRIORITIZED STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
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THEN WE HAVE OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS PLANS, WHICH INCLUDE SMART GOALS FOR EACH OF OUR PRIORITIES.THESE GOALS AND TARGETS ARE ALSO REFLECTED AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WITH TPS AND T-TESTS.
BY THE NUMBERS. THIS BREAKS DOWN EVERY GOAL AND EVERY TARGET WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH.
SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THREE BOARD GOALS, FIVE PILLARS, 17 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, 15 DIP OBJECTIVES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE HOUSE BILL 396 STRATEGIES.
BOARD FROM THE GOALS BOARD FROM THE BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEES.
AND THEN WE HAVE EIGHT SUPERINTENDENT GOALS.
SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES US A VISUAL OF WHAT THIS ROADMAP INCLUDES.
RIGHT. SO A LOT OF WORK ALONG THIS JOURNEY BUT A LOT OF PROGRESS AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR ROAD CONDITIONS AND ALSO WHICH HELP US DETERMINE WHERE WE ARE.
SO CONSIDER THIS KIND OF LIKE THE MIDPOINT OF OUR JOURNEY.
RIGHT. SO IF THIS IS OUR MIDPOINT, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WHERE ARE THE CHALLENGES? WHAT HAVE WE COMPLETED, WHAT'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE STARTED IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS OUR PRIORITIES, NARROW WHAT OUR PLAN OF WORK IS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT AT THE END OF OUR FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE MET OUR STRATEGIC GOALS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SET FORTH FOR US.
THERE WE GO. SO DURING OUR BOARD RETREAT BACK IN LATE MAY, DANNY STOCKTON GUIDED A PROTOCOL WHERE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS REVIEWED DATA, WE MEASURE OUR PROGRESS, AND THEN WE DETERMINE OUR NEEDS IN ALL THE FIVE PILLARS.
BASED ON THIS DEEP DIVE, WE DETERMINED AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT EFFORTS.
AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE OUR WORK AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
AND THEN AREAS THAT REQUIRE PRIORITIZED RESOURCES.
THAT'S TIME. THAT'S PERSONNEL.
THAT'S JUST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME ON.
SO WHY THIS FOCUS APPROACH? THIS IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE SHIFT OUR THINKING.
IT GOES BEYOND JUST PUTTING OUR GOALS ON PAPER AND SAYING WE'RE DONE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A LEADERSHIP.
A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP THINKING AND GOING FROM SILOED WORK TO MORE SYSTEMIC WORK THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST TIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE DISTRICT AND AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, WHICH HELPS US MAKE CONNECTIONS TO OUR PRIORITIES.
THEN WE DEVELOP OUR SMART GOALS ON THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR DISTRICT SYSTEMS. AND THEN BECAUSE WE ARE NARROWING OUR FOCUS, WE'RE GOING TO MORE CLOSELY BE ABLE TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS.
SO NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE MEASURING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOCUSED NARROW FOCUS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO REALLY MONITOR CLOSELY MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE OUR FORMATIVE REVIEWS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALSO WORKED ON THIS YEAR, SO AN ALIGNMENT AND PLAN FOR LEARNING WAS IMPORTANT.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD PILLARS, GOALS, PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE.
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NOW YOUR GOAL IS YOUR GOAL.RIGHT. SO IT JUST IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
SO IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT TO GET THAT DONE.
BUT NOW WE'VE GOT OUR PILLARS PRIORITY OBJECTIVE OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES.
THIS ALIGNS CLOSELY TO WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES.
THESE COME DIRECTLY FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN OUR STRATEGIES, WHICH ARE SPECIFIC, ACTIONABLE, DESIGNED TO HELP US MEET OUR SMART GOALS.
THAT WAS THE PRIORITY FOR THIS YEAR.
AND YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AGAIN AS IVAN MENTIONED FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THE OBJECTIVE FOR PILLAR ONE IS TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER SYSTEMS FOR LEARNING THAT ARTICULATE EXPECTATIONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL STAFF, CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND DISTRICT OFFICE LEADERS TO ENSURE ENGAGING HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS.
A LOT OF THINGS PACKED INTO THAT, SO WE NEEDED TO BEGIN TO BREAK THAT APART AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT CHANGES IN BEHAVIORS? WHAT CHANGES IN SYSTEMS DO WE NEED TO MAKE TO ENSURE THOSE HIGH LEVELS OF LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS? SO OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY, BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE WANT TO IMPROVE SYSTEMS FOR TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EFFECTIVENESS TO INCREASE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AS MEASURED BY SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND MAP, PSAT, AND SAT, AND I'LL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. TO BREAK THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CHANGES IN OUR ADULT BEHAVIORS IN OUR SYSTEM.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT FOR STUDENTS? AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO BREAK DOWN IN PILLAR NUMBER ONE, SETTING TARGETS IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING ACTIVITY BECAUSE YOU JUST SAY, DO WE WANT TO GROW A CERTAIN AMOUNT? DO WE NOT WANT TO GROW? YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE MET WITH A VERY OUTSTANDING PERSON ON THE OUTSIDE WHO GAVE US A GREAT IDEA TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY TARGETS. SO IF WE LOOK IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL AND WE'VE PROVIDED FOR YOU THOSE PAGES IN YOUR PACKET, THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL HAS TARGETS THAT SHOW US LONG RANGE GOALS FOR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT WAS ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
SO WE DID ONE OF TWO THINGS WE EITHER LOOKED AT.
HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP BY 50% FOR OUR ETHNICITY AND SUB POPS? OR IF WE'VE ALREADY MET THE TARGET, WE NEED TO PUT IN AT LEAST A 1% INCREASE EACH YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY RECOMMENDS IS 1% INCREASE EACH YEAR.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVOLUTED CALCULATION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE EACH GRADE LEVEL, EACH CONTENT AREA, AND EACH SUBPOPULATION AND BEGIN TO WORK THAT INTO OUR TARGETS TO SET APPROPRIATE TARGETS FOR WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
THE FIRST THING WE NEEDED TO DO, AS DR.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED EARLIER, IS SET IS MEET THE STATE REQUIRED HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS.
ONE OF THOSE IS IN THIRD GRADE READING, AND IT HAS TO BE TIED TO STAR.
AND AT OUR IN OUR DISTRICT WE GO FOR THE MEETS GRADE LEVEL PERFORMANCE.
THAT IS NOT THE PASSING LEVEL.
JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THAT APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL IS THE PASSING LEVEL.
THIS IS THE LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE COLLEGE CAREER.
MILITARY READY LEVEL, AT MEETS GRADE LEVEL AND BY ETHNICITY.
AND AGAIN, IF WE HAD ALREADY MET THE TARGET, THEN WE WOULD GO UP BY 1%.
OR IF THE TARGET WAS NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH FOR US TO CLOSE OUR OWN PERFORMANCE GAPS BY AT LEAST 50%, THEN WE ALTERED THOSE AT THE END, AND I'M HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT PI STANDS FOR PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND IF THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR SUBGROUP, WE WOULD NOT
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BE ABLE TO LIST THAT, BUT IT IS DATA THAT WE HAVE ON OUR END THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT AND MONITOR AS WELL.THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU ADDITIONAL GROUPS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT.
YOU'LL RECALL FROM ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE LOOK AT A LOT OF SUBPOPULATIONS.
WE LOOK AT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL POPULATION.
WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT SPECIAL ED STUDENTS.
AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL ENOUGH.
THEY CAN'T BE PUBLICLY SHOWN, BUT IT IS DATA THAT WE MONITOR.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT CONTINUOUSLY ENROLLED.
SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE GOALS IN READING.
AND THEN WE ALSO SET THE EARLY MATH GOALS AS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL THREE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR MATH AND FOR THE SUB POPS AGAIN TIED TO THOSE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY TARGETS FOR OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO RELY SOLELY ON STAAR, BECAUSE MAP HAPPENS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE VALUE A LITTLE MORE IN TERMS OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TIED TO NORMS STUDIES.
SO WE USED OUR MAP DATA, AND YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE MENTIONED LAST TIME WE VISITED ABOUT MAP, THAT NWEA DID A NEW LINKING STUDY WITH THE STAAR 2.0.
SO OUR MOST RECENT, MOST ACCURATE BASELINE DATA THAT WE HAVE IS OUR BEGINNING OF YEAR FALL MAP DATA THAT WE HAVE TIED TO THE NEW VERSION OF THE STAR.
SO WE TOOK THAT DATA AND DETERMINED THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS AS BASED ON SOME PREDICTIVE MEASURES AND MAP WE TOOK THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO MET THAT PARTICULAR RIT SCORE AND AN AVERAGE GAVE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHETHER WE'RE GOING UP 1 OR 2 OR MORE POINTS.
BUT FOR CLARITY ON A LARGE SLIDE WE JUST PUT WHAT THE TARGETS ARE.
THESE AGAIN ARE TIED TO FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY METRICS.
SORRY. JUST ONE OTHER IS THAT THEY'RE ALSO TIED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL TARGET.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING STUDENTS PASSING.
WE'RE SAYING STUDENTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SO THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING A RIGOROUS TARGET FOR STUDENTS.
YES, THE STRATEGIES WILL BE NECESSARY TO GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO THE STRATEGIES IN PILLAR ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR DST WORK.
FREEMAN AND I SHARED WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DST WORK YOU HEARD FROM OUR ACADEMIC SERVICES, OUR AAP AND OUR SLI TEAMS ABOUT REALLY ALIGNING THOSE STRATEGIES. AND SO THAT ONE IS AROUND THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM.
THE SECOND STRATEGY IS ABOUT OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS BASED ON OUR DATA, WHERE OUR HIGH PRIORITY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ARE IDENTIFIED BASED ON BOTH OUR STAR DATA, OUR MAP DATA, AND OUR PSAT AND SAT INSTRUCTIONAL REPORTING DATA.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF RICH REPORTS THAT HELP US DO THAT WORK.
AND ALSO TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, AND MAKING SURE THOSE ARE ALIGNED TO OUR HIGH PRIORITY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. A THIRD STRATEGY IS TO WORK ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE COACHING PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, ENGAGED TO LEARN ON THAT COACHING MODEL AND TRAINING OUR COACHES.
AND I KNOW WE'LL BE PROVIDING A REPORT FOR YOU BEFORE TOO LONG ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.
FOURTH STRATEGY IS A VIDEO OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING MODULES TO BE AVAILABLE TO TEACH THE TEACHERS.
SO IF THERE IS SOMEPLACE IN OUR DATA THAT WE SEE A NEED TO HELP BUILD THE TOOLBOX OF OUR TEACHERS, IF WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY BE THERE, WE WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OR AN INDIVIDUAL TEACHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK IN REAL TIME AT SOMETHING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY. AND FIFTH, WE ARE GOING TO CLARIFY AND COMMUNICATE OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS, PARTICULARLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA. YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WE SHARED WITH YOU OUR DATA, THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE SPOT THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY ZONE IN ON.
SO WE PUT A SPECIFIC STRATEGY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR THAT.
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WILLIAMS MENTIONED FEDERAL FUNDING.WE DO USE TITLE ONE FUNDING TO PURCHASE AND SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE A STRATEGY FOR US THAT WE USE.
AND WE ALSO USE TITLE IV FUNDING FOR SOME PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR SOME PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH STUDENTS IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AND ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT TITLE FOUR COVERS.
AS WE SWITCH TO PRIORITY TWO, THIS IS OUR LIFE READY PILLAR.
AND THAT'S BOTH A PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE SYSTEM.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE SOMETHING THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS OR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS TALK ABOUT.
WE WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL TALK ABOUT.
WE SET THE METRICS THAT WE CALL OUR BLUE OR NOT, OUR PLANO ON TRACK METRICS.
WE ALSO PUT A REALLY COOL SUPERINTENDENT SCHOLAR AWARD IN LAST YEAR AND RECOGNIZE STUDENTS WHO HAD HIT THOSE METRICS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS, WE ARE NOW GOING TO AGAIN IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY TARGETS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING THAT CCMR DESIGNATION AT ALL HIGH SCHOOL GRADE LEVELS, AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE THOSE READINESS SYSTEMS AT ALL OF OUR OTHER GRADE LEVELS, PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.
PERFORMANCE TARGETS HERE ARE GETTING OUR STUDENTS NINTH, 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH.
THESE METRICS ARE NOT NECESSARILY MEANING THAT 50% OF THE NINTH GRADERS WILL ALREADY HIT THAT TARGET, BUT INSTEAD THEY COULD SHOW THAT THEY ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT TARGET BASED ON THEIR TESTING ON THE PSAT OR ON THE TSIA TEST.
SO THESE TARGETS ARE SET TO GET US TO THAT LOFTY 88% CCMR GOAL.
SO WE ARE DOING A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT CCMR READINESS.
AGAIN, THESE TARGETS BASED ON FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY TARGETS.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE MET THE CCMR TARGETS.
SO THIS IS REALLY JUST YOUR CLASS OF STUDENTS FOR THESE TARGETS.
AND IT'S A LITTLE DISCOURAGING BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CLASS OF 24 WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, WE WON'T SEE THEIR DATA UNTIL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY IN 2025, THE FALL OF 2025.
MOORE AND HIS TEAM HAVE WORKED WITH DR.
HEBERT AND ACADEMIC SERVICES TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING REVISIONS TO OUR CURRICULUM THAT WILL SUPPORT ALIGNMENT TO THOSE TSIA MEASURES, THOSE PSAT, SAT, AND THE TSIA.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE CCMR TEAM, BUT IT REALLY INVOLVES ACADEMIC SERVICES, IS USING THE MAP ASSESSMENT DATA TO TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT SETTING GOALS AND REALLY USING THAT LANGUAGE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN GOALS FOR THEIR FUTURE AND UNDERSTANDING WHY TO SET GOALS AND WHY TO REACH FOR THEM, AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO MEET THOSE GOALS FOR THEIR FUTURE.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 63 TO 6400 TOTAL STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT.
IN ANY ONE YEAR, WE WILL HIRE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 1000 NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A 15 OR 16% TURNOVER.
SPECIFICALLY, AFTER POST-COVID AND IN LARGER SUBURBAN AREAS, THE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE CHOICES.
AND SO WE HAVE THIS IS SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PILLAR FOR OUR DISTRICT.
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I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AND SHE'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.BUT DR. DIANA KENDALL, WHO LEADS THIS, THIS DEPARTMENT, SOMEBODY WITH OVER THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER, AS A PRINCIPAL, AS A SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR, AND THEN OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE AS A AS LEADING AN HR DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRIORITY AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND BASICALLY SAY THAT, THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF RECRUITMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBERS IN EVERY POSITION.
WELL, WHAT IS A HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBER, YOU MIGHT ASK? IT'S SOMEONE WHO HAS THE PROPER CREDENTIALS, CERTIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO FULFILL THAT POSITION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GO GOAL THAT WE HAVE FOR HERE IS IN 24-25, WE WILL ACHIEVE A 95% FILL RATE WITH HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF FOR ALL POSITIONS AND WILL IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO EFFECTIVELY ONBOARD AND RETAIN THAT STAFF.
SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST THAT PERFORMANCE TARGET IS 95% FILL RATE MINIMUM FOR CAMPUS-BASED POSITIONS.
SUPER IMPORTANT AS WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE HARDER TO FILL AREAS ARE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF FOCUS ON.
STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS 3.1 IS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS APPS ESTABLISH NEW PIPELINES. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE IN COMPETITION.
COMPETITION FOR QUALITY STAFF.
WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR STAY INTERVIEWS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY ARE OUR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY STAYING WITH THE DISTRICT? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT AND ACTUALLY USE THAT WITH THE REST OF OUR STAFF? WE ALSO ARE DOING EXIT INTERVIEWS.
AND SO IF YOU ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE REASONS FOR DOING THAT? AND THEN SOMETHING THAT OUR HR STAFF ARE DOING IS ALSO PERSONNEL INTERVIEWS, WHICH THEY GO OUT AND VISIT WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO FIND OUT HOW THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR STAFF, IS THERE'S WAYS THAT THE HR DEPARTMENT CAN ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH THEM IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THEM IN THEIR PROCESSES.
AND SO THIS OBVIOUSLY IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE HIRING 1000 NEW EMPLOYEES A YEAR, THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SYSTEM THAT WE'RE NOT BASICALLY WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH OUR NEW, ERP SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR SKYWARD.
OKAY. FOR OUR PILLAR FOR SAFETY, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE SELECTED THE PRIORITY OBJECTIVE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH TIMELY, CONSISTENT AND INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION.
AND THIS IS THIS WORK IS BEING DONE MOSTLY WITH LESLIE RAIN STANTON AND HER DEPARTMENT.
AND SHE'S BEEN REACHING OUT TO A LOT OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK AS WELL.
THE DISTRICT GOAL IS BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND COMMUNICATION, BRAND RECOGNITION AND OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS BY EXPANDING STAFF CAPACITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COORDINATED COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
SO SOME OF OUR -- OOH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO GO, SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE TO PUSH IT.
CAN YOU PUSH THIS FOR ME? THIS ONE'S NOT WORKING.
THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS.
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR FOLLOWERS BY 5% AND OUR ENGAGEMENT BY 10% ACROSS OUR PREFERRED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE ALSO WANT 100.
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YOU SEE 100% GOING ACROSS THE BOARD HERE.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAMPUS WEBSITES ARE LAUNCHED BY AUGUST OF 2025, THAT WE IDENTIFIED DISTRICT STAFF AND TRAIN THEM ON OUR NEW WEBSITE PLATFORM, AND THAT ALL OF OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL PR LIAISONS, WHICH WE HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY, ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED AND UTILIZE AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE EXPECTATIONS REGARDING THE NEW DISTRICT CREATED MARKETING PLAN. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY HARD WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER.
THE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT MARKETING PLAN AND RELATED TRAINING THAT THEY'RE USING AS A STRATEGY.
THEY'VE ALSO HELD INITIAL MEETINGS TO ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE NEED TO LOOK LIKE, DONE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND DETERMINED WHAT KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO HAPPEN. AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO CONDUCTED STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT WEBSITE AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THERE AS WELL.
OKAY. SO OUR PILLAR FIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS FIRST ONE, OUR PRIORITY OBJECTIVE TO IMPLEMENT BUDGET PROCESSES THROUGH STRATEGIC ALLOCATION MODEL AND ENSURE RESOURCE ALIGNMENT TO THE STUDENT NEEDS AND DESIRED OUTCOMES.
WE NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEA REQUIREMENTS BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, MEANING THAT WE ALREADY ARE WORKING ON OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BUT WE MUST TRANSFER OVER TO OUR ERP, OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANS, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO MAINLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE TO EDIFY, AND OUR CURRENT SYSTEM DOES NOT DO THAT.
SO IT IS A BIG GOAL THAT PATRICK AND HIS TEAM ARE GOING TO BE TAKING ON.
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF INTERJECT HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT.
THIS YEAR, EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL HAVE A DAILY UPLOAD FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE MANDATE, IT REQUIRED US TO CHANGE FROM OUR FROM TEAMS INTO SKYWARD.
MANY STATES I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.
AND PATRICK, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE THAT FACT, YOU CAN INTERJECT.
BUT OTHER STATES ACROSS ARE ALSO IT'S CALLED [INAUDIBLE].
AND CURRENTLY UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM WE HAVE QUARTERLY REPORTING THAT GETS UPLOADED TO THE STATE.
THAT'S HOW DISTRICTS RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
SO THE NUMBER IT'S ALL OF YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
THIS NEW REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT OCCURS NIGHTLY.
THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WEB BASED SYSTEM IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
WE'VE USED TEAMS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.
IT IS NEVER A SMOOTH PROCESS, EVEN YOUR MOST LAID OUT PLAN, BECAUSE PRIOR TO DOING ANY KIND OF SYSTEM CONVERSION, IT REQUIRES THAT YOU CLEAN YOUR DATA THE BEST THAT YOU CAN SO THAT IT CAN TRANSFER INTO FROM ONE ENVIRONMENT INTO THE OTHER ENVIRONMENT AND EVEN IN THE IN THE BEST PLANNED CASES, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF GLITCHES.
AND SO I SAY THAT ALL TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF PRE-PLANNING.
WE ALSO ARE LEARNING AS WE GO.
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WAY. AND SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE TO GO ON THE RECORD WITH THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS THIS, THIS WORK.IT IS BIG WORK AND IT IS A PRIORITY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM HAS THEY'RE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION TO PARENTS TWICE A WEEK, AS WELL AS SOME UPCOMING OPTIONAL PARENT HELP SESSIONS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION AT A LATER TIME.
IN THAT WAY, WE CAN BE HANDS ON TO ASSIST PARENTS ALONG THE WAY.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR PARENTS THAT HAVE COLLABORATED, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE GLITCHES ARE SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND BE RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE.
IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE WERE ON THE FRONTLINE SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE CAPABILITIES TO COMPLY WITH FRONTLINE.
THEY ARE VERY BEHIND IN TERMS OF MEETING THE COMPLIANCE FOR THAT.
THEY WEREN'T JUST IN ONE SYSTEM.
SO, AND THAT SAID, THAT'S WHY WE NEED 100% OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS MOVED OVER FROM TEAMS INTO SKYWARD BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, THE STRATEGIES HERE ARE WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND IN THOSE MEETINGS, THEIR STATUS UPDATES.
I KNOW THAT PATRICK AND HIS TEAM HAS HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ON THE ERP SIDE TO JUST WORK OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
REMOVING ROADBLOCKS AND AS DR.
WILLIAMS SAID, YES, THERE'S ALWAYS ROADBLOCKS.
AND THEN WE PLAN COMMUNICATION NEEDS FOR EACH WEEK AS SHE MENTIONED, WE SEND OUT THOSE WEEKLY TWICE A WEEK UPDATES ON SKYWARD. NOW TO PARENTS.
OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GETTING THE SAME THING, SO HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE HELPFUL.
AND THEN LASTLY WE ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PLAN TO ENSURE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE EQUIPPED AND THAT THEY HAVE THOSE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUE THOSE BUSINESS OPERATIONS ONCE WE GET THAT 100% IN PLACE.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL BRING UP THE VERY LAST.
THIS IS PILLAR FIVE BUT PRIORITY SIX.
AND ANOTHER THING I BELIEVE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE NOT ADDED RESOURCES, BUT WE HAVE RESHUFFLED SOME OF OUR RESOURCES TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS WITH THE ADDITION OR THE MOVING OVER OF MR. STEVE EWING INTO THE INTO THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
PART OF THIS WORK A PRIORITY OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PLANS TO EFFICIENTLY USE OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA.
GOAL NUMBER ONE IN THIS AREA IS ABOUT 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THIS IS WORK THAT MR. EWING IS UNDERTAKING.
SO OBVIOUSLY, A PERFORMANCE TARGET ON THIS IS THAT EACH CAMPUS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF CAMPUSES, WHETHER THEY ARE STUDENTS FROM A CLOSING CAMPUS OR WHETHER THEY ARE CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING STUDENTS, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THEM IMPLEMENT INTO THEIR NEW SETTING RETAINED HIGHLY EFFECTIVE STAFF.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE QUALITY STAFF AT THESE FOUR CAMPUSES THAT WE ARE CLOSING DOWN.
STRATEGIES UNDER THIS PRIORITY NUMBER SIX IS 6.1.
I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT MR. EWING WILL BE BRINGING ON THE 22ND REPORT.
TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THIS.
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SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU GUYS HEARING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT GREAT WORK.6.0.2 IS JUST BUS ROUTES TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR IMPACTED STUDENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, MR. EWING ALSO CAME AND TALKED.
FIRST STEP OF THAT IS LOOKING AT HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS UPDATING THAT.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE IMPACTED AREAS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HANDLING THOSE SITUATIONS AS PRUDENTLY, AS DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN.
AND THEN 6.3 AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DAVIS CAMPUS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSITION IS SEAMLESS INTO HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT LISA WILSON AND HER TEAM, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE WITH FIDELITY.
AND I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THAT WORK IS GOING, IN MY OPINION, VERY, VERY WELL.
THIS IS THE PRIORITY OBJECTIVE NUMBER TWO.
AND THAT IS BY DECEMBER 2024, THE DISTRICT WILL COMPLETE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING WITH THE WEST CLUSTER AND THE ADDITIONS OR ADJUSTMENTS OF SPECIAL PROGRAMING THAT WILL BE IMPACTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
PERFORMANCE TARGETS OUT OF THIS GOAL.
NUMBER TWO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE EXPANDED AND ALIGNED PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES WITH STAFFING EFFICIENCIES, WITH TRANSPORTATION AND EFFICIENCIES WITH OUR FACILITIES. AND THEN FINALLY, THE STRATEGIES UNDER GOAL NUMBER TWO IS 6.1.
EVALUATE AND ADJUST AND ADJUST THE LOCATION OF THE BILINGUAL PRE-K SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF TRAVEL TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO, TO, TO, TO GO IN ORDER TO BE TO RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION.
6.2 IS IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT ACADEMIC CHOICE PROGRAMS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
AND THEN 6.3 IDENTIFY A PLAN TO INCREASE CAPACITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.
HOW UNIQUE THAT WEST THE WEST CLUSTER IS.
AND SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU DIG DOWN IT'S THAT LAST OR WHAT WE CALL THE SOUTHWEST OR THAT BOTTOM PART OF THE WEST CLUSTER, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE, UNIQUE THINGS GOING ON IN THAT, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, AND I THINK LISA MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT OUR TITLE FUNDS.
OUR TITLE FUNDS ARE NOT TO SUPPLANT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
THEY'RE TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
OF COURSE, OUR TITLE COMMITTEES THAT GO THROUGH AND ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT WITH FIDELITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS BACK OVER TO IVAN.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS FROM ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS SLIDES.
THIS REALLY JUST KIND OF WALKS US THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
I LOVE HOW DR. WILLIAMS STATED FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE CLASSROOM.
AND I THINK THIS SLIDE ENCOMPASSES THAT VERY WELL.
GOING FROM OUR BIG IDEAS UNDER OUR STRATEGIC PILLARS TO OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE SHARING FROM, FROM OUR SCHOOLS SHORTLY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO I SEE THAT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PLAN OF WORK AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, MATH, COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS PLANS.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.
LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2024-2025 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PLAN OF WORK AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS PLANS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I HAVE SOME SORT OF WRITTEN ALL OVER MY PAGE, SO I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A NICE NUMBER.
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ON THE HOMELESS, FOSTER AND MILITARY AFFILIATED KIDS, THOSE SUBGROUPS ARE NOT BROKEN OUT OR THOSE SUBPOPULATIONS ARE NOT. THEY'RE BROKEN OUT, BUT THEY'RE NOT PUBLICLY REPORTED.LISA, IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CORRECTLY, AND I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS, I THINK THAT WE IDENTIFIED LIKE 1300 LAST YEAR OR POTENTIALLY MORE.
AND SO IT HAD ME WONDERING, WHAT IS THE SORT OF MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE NEED IN EACH OF THOSE AFFILIATED POPULATIONS TO REPORT THAT OUT? AND HOW MANY LIKE BALLPARK DO WE HAVE OF THOSE GROUPS? SURE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE YOU A BALLPARK EVERY TIME.
THE 1300 WOULD BE OVER AN ENTIRE YEAR AND OVER K THROUGH 12.
AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE ENROLLED AT A SPECIFIC TIME.
SO IT GETS DOWN AND IT'S MASKED WHEN THE STATE MASKS IT FOR US.
SO IT'S I BELIEVE THEY'VE MOVED IT TO TEN TEN OR FEWER.
SO WHEN WHEN IT'S THAT LOW, WE DO NOT WE DO NOT LIST THOSE PUBLICLY, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE DATA THAT IS STILL IMPORTANT TO US AND WE STILL LOOK AT DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY IT'S TEN OR LIKE TO TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY HAVE THAT OR SEE THAT DATA.
IT WOULD BE TEN OR MORE PER GRADE LEVEL ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
ALSO QUESTION FOR YOU AND MAYBE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE REPORT ON THE 22ND.
JUST TELL ME TO BE PATIENT AND TO NOT BE SO ANTSY ABOUT THIS.
BUT THE PLANO REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF PROGRAM.
AND WORKING WITH HARRINGTON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING INTO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE PARENT OF A DEAF KID, LIKE, THERE'S NOT ONLY THE CONSTRUCTION OR ARCHITECTURAL OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, THAT KIND OF ASPECT TO IT.
BUT THEN THERE'S SORT OF SOME LEARNING ASPECTS TO IT.
RIGHT. AND MY CHILD HAS BEEN ON A GENERAL EDUCATION CAMPUS, NOT AT OUR REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL CAMPUS.
AND IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT LIKE, IF I AM ABLE TO HELP EDUCATE THE TEACHERS ON WORKING WITH A DEAF CHILD, OUR TEACHERS ARE ABSOLUTE, CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS AND HAVE ALWAYS RISEN TO ENSURING THAT THEY'RE MEETING HIS NEEDS.
LIKE I HAVE AS A PARENT HAD THAT TERRIFYING FEELING OF LIKE, OKAY, IT'S 2020 AND I'M SENDING MY CHILD TO A MAINSTREAM CAMPUS WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO LIKE, CAN WE GET AN UPDATE IN THIS REPORT ON THE 22ND OR AT ANOTHER TIME, NOT JUST ON THE ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS OF THAT, BUT LIKE WHAT RESOURCES ARE YOU USING? YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE DEAF ACTION CENTER OR WHAT OTHER WHAT OTHER TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, TRAININGS AND RESOURCES ARE GOING INTO HELPING PREPARE THE STAFF AT HARRINGTON TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED, TO WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS SO THEY CAN THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT EVERY TEACHER DOES ON OUR CAMPUSES EVERY DAY AND BE PROFESSIONALS AND BE EXCITED TO RECEIVE THOSE KIDS IN AUGUST.
AND WE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
YOU WILL I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED.
THEY'VE HAPPENED. WE'VE ALREADY MET SEVERAL TIMES.
WE HAVE ONCE A MONTH STAFF MEETING.
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE DEAF STUDENTS IN CLASS.
I JUST I FELT THAT ANXIETY VISCERALLY FROM THOSE PARENTS.
AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED.
THIS NIGHTLY DATA UPLOAD TO THE TEA.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT? I MEAN, LIKE, IT'S A REAL QUESTION AND I'M NOT MEANING TO BE FLIPPANT, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, TAXES, YOU SETTLE UP ANNUALLY OR QUARTERLY IN SOME CASES.
WHY? WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH IT? DOES ANYBODY KNOW.
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THEY HAVEN'T SAID EXACTLY.YOU KNOW, HOW THEY PLAN TO USE THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK LONG TERM, AS THAT DATA BECOMES A LITTLE CLEANER, AS MORE DISTRICTS ARE ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED AND HAVE THEIR SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, OPTIMIZED TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION THEY COULD VERY EASILY BE USING THAT TO MAKE FUNDING DECISIONS ON A DAILY BASIS JUST TO SEE WHERE CAMPUSES AND DISTRICTS ARE.
I THINK ONE OF OUR BIG CONCERNS RIGHT NOW IS TWOFOLD IN ORDER TO COMPLY, WE HAD TO GO.
WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH A CONVERSION SO WE HAVE OUR OWN PAIN POINTS WITH OUR OWN CONVERSION.
IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE, THE STATE IS ALSO HAVING THEIR OWN PAIN POINTS AND GLITCHES.
THE CONCERN THERE IS THE LATITUDE FOR ALMOST LIKE AN IMPLEMENTATION YEAR.
AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE FROM A PILOT CAMPUS TO OR I'M SORRY, DISTRICT, PILOT DISTRICT TO ALL DISTRICTS THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF PAIN POINTS AND GLITCHES.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR US ARE TWO THINGS.
ONE, THAT'S HOW WE ARE FUNDED.
SO IF WE'RE OUR CURRENT REALITY IN THE WAY WE QUARTERLY UPLOAD, THERE'S A, ONCE WE UPLOAD, THERE IS A CLEANUP PERIOD SO WE CAN VALIDATE WHAT'S BEEN WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
NOW THE CURRENT CONCERN IS, IS NOT HAVING IF SOMETHING IS NOT GETTING UPLOADED CORRECTLY OR IT'S GETTING UPLOADED, BUT ON THE RECEIVING END THERE IS A GLITCH.
NOT BEING ABLE TO CORRECT THAT COULD BE A FINANCIAL IMPLICATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA FILES ARE CLEAN, BECAUSE THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS OF REPORTING TO A DISTRICT THERE.
WELL OVER 70 DISTRICTS HAVE WROTE CONCERNS TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR SERVICE CENTERS, TO ASK AND PLEAD FOR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE AS WE'RE ALL PREPARING FOR THIS WORK.
AND SO, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME RESOLVE AND SOME ANSWERS THAT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE IN NATURE FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. THANKS.
I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS TRUSTEES, WE'RE OFTEN THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WHY DID WE HAVE TO CHANGE? AND SO LIKE, REALLY INFORMING OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT WE ARE CHANGING TO COMPLY WITH THESE NEW MANDATES FROM THE STATE AND THAT THIS WASN'T LIKE AN EXERCISE IN FRUSTRATION TO MAKE OUR PARENTS MAD? AND MAKE OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO TAKE ATTENDANCE A DIFFERENT WAY OR WHATEVER LIKE THAT.
THERE IS A LEGITIMATE AND CLEAR REASON FOR THIS.
SO, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GETTING THAT UNDERSTANDING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW CERTAINLY ALL OF US HAVE BEEN FEELING I KNOW I HAVE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THE REST OF YOU ALL, BUT I'VE BEEN FEELING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULAR.
WELL, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON PAGE 12.
WE'VE GOT 50% FOR ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED CLOSING OF THOSE GAPS.
SO I GUESS HOW DO WE PLAN TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS? BECAUSE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE STRATEGIES SUGGEST THAT WE'RE SORT OF DOING THE SAME THING FOR ALL KIDS.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE DO THE SAME THING FOR ALL KIDS, WON'T THE GAPS PERSIST? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IT'S NOT A STRATEGY FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF STUDENTS.
IT'S A STRATEGY FOR IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL STUDENT.
AND SO OUR EFFORTS TO NOT ONLY CLEARLY LOOK AT CORE TIER ONE INSTRUCTION, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT WHERE DO WE NEED TO CLOSE GAPS AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS.
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WHILE WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE NOT WORKING ON THAT AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL.AND WORKING WITH TEACHERS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND TRAINING ON HOW TO GET THAT DONE.
I THINK INITIALLY, THOUGH, AS A PART OF THAT, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DATA ANALYSIS PROCESS, WE HAVE A NEW TOOL AS PART OF OUR MAP REPORTS, WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE STARTING POINTS AND GROWTH BY EACH SUBGROUP, WHICH IS A NEW TOOL THAT NOW GIVES US A BETTER INDICATOR.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR CAMPUS THAT'S HAVING GREAT SUCCESSES WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS OR, OR A SPECIFIC SUBGROUP, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER AT THIS SCHOOL? WHAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BORROW AND APPLY SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO SEE A CORRELATION SOMETIMES BETWEEN BEHAVIORS AND ACADEMICS.
SO ARE WE SEEING WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DISCIPLINE DATA.
ARE WE SEEING THE SAME KIDS THAT ARE NOT ONLY BEING OR THAT ARE NOT ONLY HAVING DIFFICULTIES ON BEHAVIOR? IS THAT MANIFESTING INTO ACHIEVEMENT? ARE THEY BORED IN CLASS OR ARE THEY MISBEHAVING TO GET OUT OF LEARNING BECAUSE THEY MAY BE BEHIND? AND SO THERE, I THINK THE NEW TOOLS GIVES US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET INTO THE ROOT CAUSES VERSUS WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS ON A PAGE OR WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS COMPLETELY AGGREGATED.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK? I MEAN, YOU SAID EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON.
I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT, MICHAEL.
AND I WONDER IF JUST ADDING THE WORD TO INCREASE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE SEEMS LIKE THIS BIG, BIG, BIG GROUP.
IF WE ADD THE WORD INDIVIDUAL, THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE ONE WORD ADD MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE GOAL.
IS THAT WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL FOR THAT WOULD HELP.
BUT I THINK THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS SO YOU MENTIONED DISCIPLINE.
WE DON'T HAVE DISCIPLINE ON HERE AS A PRIORITY OR GOAL.
THAT WAS A LATER QUESTION, BUT I CAN ASK IT NOW SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT.
SO FIRST, THE BIG OVERARCHING PIECE OF THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS DOESN'T ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE FACTORS.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM WITHIN OUR PILLARS.
AND SO WE DO HAVE DISCIPLINE THAT WE LOOK AT IN A SEPARATE CATEGORY. IT IS NOT A PART OF OUR REQUIRED.
AND SO IN PARING DOWN WHAT'S, WHAT'S NARROW AND DEEP CONNECTED TO OUR STRATEGIC TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND INCORPORATING HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS, THAT'S THE NARROW FOCUS.
BUT WE DO HAVE GOALS AND TARGETS FOR EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CLOSELY MONITOR AND HAVE, THAT HAS BEEN SINCE COURTNEY WALKED IN THE DOOR WHEN WE STOLE HIM STOLEN BACK FROM HIS PREVIOUS DISTRICT OF A CHARGE OF HOW DO WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITH DISPROPORTIONALITY? BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAD TARGETED IMPROVEMENT.
I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY OF THE WORK THAT COURTNEY AND HIS TEAM, AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON KIMMY AND ALSO GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO IMPLEMENT PBIS TRAINING ON SAFE AND CIVIL SCHOOLS CONSTANT MONITORING AND GOALS AND TARGETED IMPROVEMENT AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS SYSTEMS TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF.
AND I'M PROBABLY LEAVING ABOUT 100 OTHER THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REPORT AND BRING BACK, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS PART OF OUR REGULAR DISCUSSION AS FAR AS OUR DATA DIGS AND WHAT WE'RE PROGRESS MONITORING WITH CAMPUSES, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING IN A PLAN OR IN THIS PLAN.
SO I GUESS MY CONCERN WITH THAT LOGIC IS THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMUNICATION GOAL IN HERE, WHICH IS SUPER NEBULOUS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, BUT SEEMS FAR LESS IMPORTANT THAN THE DISCIPLINE PIECE OF IT.
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ALSO, I THINK IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE SOME STATE RELATED MANDATES ACCORDING TO OUR DISCIPLINE AS WELL.SO GIVEN ALL OF THAT, WHY WOULDN'T IT FALL UNDER AN IMPORTANT STRATEGIC THING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING? WELL, IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER OUR PILLARS ONE, TWO, THREE, 4 OR 5, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FALLS IN VARIOUS AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S THE CORRELATION TO DISCIPLINE.
THERE'S THE CORRELATION TO PILLAR TWO LIFE READINESS.
THERE'S ALSO THE CORRELATION ON HOW WE TRAIN OUR STAFF.
AND PILLAR THREE THERE'S A CORRELATION IN PILLAR FOUR ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE AND THEY'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY FEEL WELCOME. SO IT OVERLAPS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN ADDENDUM OR AN END.
AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST DISCIPLINE AT THE END OF OUR NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WHERE WE DO ADDRESS BEHAVIOR, ATTENDANCE, GRADUATION RATES, GRADUATION PLANS, CREDIT RECOVERY.
WE HAVE A SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.
A LOT OF THE, I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS WAS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD EMAILED ABOUT.
AND I THINK WE GOT AN ANSWER ABOUT IT AS WELL.
THOSE ARE ADDRESSED IN A LOT OF THE CAMPUS.
OUR GOAL IS TO BECOME A PBIS CAMPUS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE REMOVED WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING OUR TO INCLUDE AND WORK THAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, IF YOU GO BACK TO PRIOR PLANS OF WORK, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
WE'VE PUT THE DISTRICT SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
SO NOW THIS THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE THERE IN PLACE NOW ARE MONITORING THOSE SYSTEMS. SO THIS PLAN IS OUR BRAND NEW WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE NOT IMPLEMENTING PBIS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT WORK.
WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEMS AND NOW WE'RE WORKING THE SYSTEMS. OTHERWISE, WE GO BACK TO 98 STRATEGIES BECAUSE THE 98 STRATEGIES INCLUDED THE NEW WORK AND ONGOING WORK AND WORK. PRIOR WORK.
BELIEVE ME, I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO TAKE SOME THINGS OFF OF THIS LIST.
I AM. I AM NOT SAYING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS LIST SHOULD BE ADDED TO.
I MEAN, I THINK I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE HERE, BUT I THINK THE THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE IS A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT STRETCH GOALS ON HERE WITH THINGS THAT ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST DO EVERY DAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST DO EVERY DAY ON HERE.
I'M GOING TO SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT JUST FOUR.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE HERE AND WHY THIS.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD, OR AT LEAST THAT I HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND I THINK THAT MANY OF US HAVE HEARD, IS THAT THEY DON'T GET COMMUNICATION OR OUR COMMUNICATION ISN'T GREAT.
THIS FEELS LIKE IT'S DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT WE ALREADY DO.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS AGAIN, IT'S STUFF THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS A GOAL.
NOR DO I UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS A SMART GOAL, NOR DO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE CHOSE THE SPECIFIC THINGS AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AS MEASUREMENTS, WHEN I THINK ULTIMATELY THERE ARE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR 45,000 PARENTS AND KIDS THAT EVEN KNOW WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, AND THE BULK OF THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IS THROUGH EMAIL, PHONE CALLS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO THIS WHOLE GOAL TO ME DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
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WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO.SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME.
SO IF YOU'LL PULL THIS OUT AND IF YOU WILL TURN TO, IT SAYS STRATEGIC ROADMAP PROGRESS.
AND IT'S KIND OF HALFWAY THROUGH.
SO IT'S NOT THE PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED I APOLOGIZE.
BUT IF YOU'LL KIND OF FLIP IN THE VERY.
YEP. IT'S AFTER THE PRIORITIES.
AND SO TWO YEARS AGO THERE WERE SEVEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND A SUPERINTENDENT AND A TEAM THAT BEGAN A NEW FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDED WELL OVER 100 PLUS TOUCH POINTS.
WE HAD QR CODES, STAFF, SO ON AND SO FORTH AND THROUGH A SERIES OF GATHERING AND BRINGING BACK ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK, AND A FACILITATOR AND A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
PART OF THAT PLAN WENT IN AND WENT BACK AND REAFFIRMED OUR MISSION STATEMENT, OUR VISION STATEMENT, OUR BOARD BELIEFS, AND OF THE HOPES AND DREAMS. FIVE STRATEGIC PILLARS.
OUR PREVIOUS PLAN HAD FIVE STRATEGIC PILLARS.
WHAT CHANGED FROM THE OLD PLAN TO THE NEW PLAN WERE THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES AND THE GOALS.
AND SO IF YOU SEE IN THIS PLAN, THIS, THE BOARD SPENT TIME LITERALLY WORDSMITHING EACH OF THE OBJECTIVES.
AND SO PART OF HOW WE DEVELOP OUR PLAN OF WORK IN PLANO ISD BEGINS WITH HOW YOU OPERATIONALIZE THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
SO WHEN TRANSFERRING FROM WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO WHAT WAS ADOPTED.
AND TAKE WHAT THE BOARD HAS TAKEN ACTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT EACH IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY.
THOSE STRATEGIES WERE PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN WHAT IS THE CONTINUED WORK FOR EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES.
SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE STARTING POINT.
AND SO TO YOUR CURRENT QUESTION AS TO HOW DID COMMUNICATION END UP AS ONE OF OUR TARGETS, IF YOU GO TO PILLAR FOUR ON THIS PAGE.
PAGE 32, THE FIRST TWO OBJECTIVES, THOSE ARE COMPLETELY DONE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
IF YOU LOOK AS TO WHAT IS LEFT.
4.3 STILL HAS SOME ONGOING WORK AS WELL AS 4.4.
SO, DR. WILLIAMS, LET ME INTERRUPT REAL QUICK.
I WANT TO I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GO THERE, BUT IF YOU GO TO PAGE 31, IT'S FAINTLY.
I'M SORRY. 31 IS THE START OF PILLAR FOUR.
AND THE FIRST ONE TALKS ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES AND PROTOCOLS.
AND ALL OF THOSE OBJECTIVES WERE COMPLETE.
AND LASTLY, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD COMPLETED A DISTRICT WIDE DISCIPLINE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
IMPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE STILL IMPLEMENTING.
I DON'T WANT TO READ THEM ALL, BUT ALL THOSE THERE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE DONE, BECAUSE ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 31, YOU'LL SEE THE CONTINUING WORK IN PBIS IS ONE OF THOSE HEALTH AND WELLNESS MTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO NO, IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S CURRENT PLAN, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE MAJOR TENETS OF IT WERE COMPLETED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
NOT MANY. THERE ARE SOME DISCIPLINE GOALS THAT LIVE IN THE CAMPUS PLANS.
AND SOME CAMPUSES HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS.
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SO NO, IT'S NOT IN THIS PLAN, THIS YEAR'S PLAN, PRIMARILY BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE MAJOR TENANTS WERE COMPLETED.AND, I MEAN, AND SO I'M WITH YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AGAIN, PUT A PIN IN THE COMMUNICATION THING.
JUST TO NOTE THAT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AS A BOARD IS MAKE NEW DISCIPLINE POLICIES AROUND SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. AND SO PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A BOARD IS REALLY LOOK AT OUR DISCIPLINE POLICIES OVERALL AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONFORMING WITH THE NEW WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE MEASURING ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.
ARE WE CLOSING THOSE DISCIPLINE GAPS? ARE WE SEEING MORE WHAT I WOULD SAY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF DISCIPLINE, MEANING EITHER LESS OVERALL WOULD BE THE BEST THING.
I WANT TO JUST FINISH THE THOUGHT.
AND THIS IS WHERE DR. WILLIAMS WAS GOING.
SO THERE WAS FOUR AND I ALWAYS FORGET HOW TO CALL IT.
I THINK OUR STRATEGIES WAS 4.1, 4.23 AND FOUR, 4.1 AND TWO WERE COMPLETED.
SO WE'RE LEFT WITH 4.3 AND FOUR.
AND ONE OF THOSE HAD TO DEAL WITH COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S HOW COMMUNICATION IS THERE THIS YEAR AND THE OTHERS ARE NOT.
I JUST WANTED TO WRAP THAT ALL THE WAY UP FOR ALL OF US.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IS NEW FOR THIS YEAR.
WE DO NOT HAVE A COORDINATED EFFORT TO CREATE A MARKETING PLAN AS A DISTRICT WHILE WE DO HAVE.
WE DO HAVE THOSE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IS THOSE THINGS UNDER A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS WRAPPED AROUND THAT MARKETING PLAN, LIKE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT FOR THREE OR 4 OR 5, LIKE IT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO IN OUR IN THE WORK THAT LESLIE HAS STARTED AROUND THIS, WE'VE GOT DR.
SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS ARE VERY MUCH DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MARKETING PLAN IDEA.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE PR LIAISON HAS BEEN AROUND FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
THAT MEASUREMENT IS MAKING SURE THEY'RE TRAINED UNDER PERCENT ON WHAT THIS MEANS.
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT FOR YEAR ONE? I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT ABOUT THE 5% AND THE 10% AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA.
THAT IS ONE WAY WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE IT.
CAN WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO MEASURE IT? ABSOLUTELY. BUT I THINK THAT'S A QUICK WAY OF KNOWING.
IS THIS WORKING ALONG THE WAY IN THESE AREAS.
I WAS WITH YOU TO THAT TO THAT LAST PIECE, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE AT LEAST, AT LEAST I'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IS IF WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A REAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, WHY AREN'T WE MEETING WITH THEM MORE? WHY AREN'T WE DOING MORE THINGS LIKE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING? WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERING? AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I THINK ABOUT AN ACTUAL MEASUREMENT, IT WOULD BE DOING MORE THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ATTENDING SOME SORT OF A PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE HAVE.
IT WOULD BE SOME NUMBER OF PUBLIC FORUMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOST OVER THE NEXT X NUMBER OF MONTHS.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD MAKE SENSE.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ANTAGONISTIC HERE, GUYS AT ALL.
AND WE GOT TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE I WILL FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IF WE INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT 5%, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO ATTACK.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
YELLOW, RED. WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS, IS WHERE ARE WE IN THESE AREAS.
SO IS THIS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OR CONSIDER IMPROVEMENTS ON? JUST TO EMPHASIZE, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE MARKETING PLAN, AND PART OF THAT, THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL PHASES OF IT FOR YEAR.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MARKETING PLAN.
WE'RE DEVELOPING IT, AND THESE ARE THE WAYS WE CURRENTLY PLAN ON MEASURING IT.
WILL THAT GROW? IT NEEDS TO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF DEVELOPING THE MARKETING PLAN.
ONE THING I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT CPS IS FIRST IN THE LAST NUMBER WE'RE INTO YEAR THREE.
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98 STRATEGIES AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE DONE.OF THE NUMBER OF TOUCH POINTS THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD.
OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM HAS HAD WITH COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND PART IS WE HAVE PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IS COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH NEWS, THROUGH MEDIA CHANNELS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THAT IS PART OF OUR DATA DIG THAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN OUR COMMUNICATION? WHAT HAS BEEN THE LEVEL OF WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACH? NOT JUST THE COMMUNICATION, BUT ALSO THE REACH.
THOSE ARE HARD FACT NUMBERS THAT ALLOW THE GOAL TO BE SMART.
AND THAT IS ALSO PART OF OUR MONITORING OF WHAT WE PUT OUT AND HOW WE ENGAGE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SO IT'S THE FACE TO FACE.
WE'VE GOT NUMBERS OF METRICS FOR THAT, AND WE ALSO HAVE IT ON ELECTRONIC.
IT IS YOUR IT IS IT IS VIDEO, IT'S WEBSITE.
IT IS ALSO THAT THOSE THINGS THAT TRANSFER OUT TO OUR PLATFORMS. SO I KNOW THAT IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, AS IT LOOKS TO ME IN THIS IN ISOLATION AND, AND THE WAY IT LOOKED IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT AGAIN, THIS CAME FROM SEVEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES BASED ON FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY ON WHAT WHAT IS OUR OUR NEXT LEVEL OF WORK OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND FOR WELL, EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, WE REALLY HAVE NEVER MARKETED TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT.
WE'VE MARKETED TO ATTRACT TEACHERS, BUT WE AND WE MARKET IT.
WE MARKET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT NOT WITH A TRUE INTENTION OF OUR ENROLLMENT.
AND SO, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR ENROLLMENT IS AN ISSUE.
AND THE MAJOR IMPETUS OF THIS STRATEGY AND GOAL IS REALLY ABOUT MARKETING THROUGH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT.
AND IT'S BECOMING MORE COMPETITIVE ACROSS THE STATE, BUT REALLY IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
AND SO WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH MARKETING.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S BEHIND ALL THIS.
OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION WORKS DILIGENTLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS BEEN HAS SET SOME DOLLARS ASIDE FOR TO HELP BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE WE MAY NEED TO PUT SOME MAILERS OUT.
WE'VE NOT MAILED INFORMATION OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN A WHILE.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NECESSARILY AFFORD.
OR OUR. NO, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SUPPLEMENTAL THAT OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS SET ASIDE DOLLARS TO HELP FOR THAT VERY REASON.
OKAY. CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK? BECAUSE I WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED AT OUR POLICIES ONLINE WHILE THE DISCUSSION WAS HAPPENING.
IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.
THAT WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER OR APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2023.
SO IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE WE GOT ON THE BOARD.
RIGHT? OR NO, WE DID THIS OURSELVES.
SO ANYWAY, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AND OUR BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS THIS AS PART OF THEIR WORK. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING ON ACADEMIC POLICIES.
SO BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE ON THE LIST INCLUSIVE OF SOME OF THE DISCIPLINE OR DISCIPLINE RELATED POLICIES. OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS, THOUGH.
ON THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS, I JUST HAD A REALLY QUICK ONE.
WE HAVE 100% OF SEVENTH THROUGH 11TH GRADERS WILL COMPLETE A GRADUATION PLAN IN SCHOOL LINKS.
IS THIS A IS THAT A PARENT LED THING OR IS THAT A STUDENT LED THING LIKE OR HOW DO WE I GUESS HOW DO HOW ARE WE GETTING TO 100%? WELL, THE SCHOOL LINK SYSTEM ITSELF ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND THE SCHOOL TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THOSE GRADUATION
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PLANS BECAUSE THEY'RE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.THE PART THAT WILL HAVE TO BE A DR.
DR. RODNEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT WHEN SHE PRESENTS HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE GOT THAT QUESTION, THOUGH.
SO DID YOU GET IT? WELL, I ONLY HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT HELPS ANY.
AND SO I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER IT AND WE'RE TRYING TO START LIKE AS SOON AS THIS STUDENT COMES TO US IS A GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO REACH THEIR GOAL BY THE TIME THEY'RE SENIORS.
WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE READY FOR ADVANCED COURSES AT A YOUNGER AGE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AS THEY'RE TAKING HIGH SCHOOL COURSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR ULTIMATE GRADUATION PLAN AND ENDORSEMENTS, AS WELL AS WE ARE NOW OFFERING CTE COURSES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT AGAIN, APPLY TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PLAN.
SO I THINK WE HEARD THAT IN OUR LISTENING ROUNDS LAST YEAR, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO START THAT WORK WHILE THEY'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THEM TO GET INTO NINTH GRADE OR WHEN THEY GET INTO 11TH GRADE.
GRABER HAD A RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SCHOOL LINKS.
AND SO SCHOOL LINKS, WE'RE UTILIZING IT NOW TO HOUSE OUR SIX YEAR PLANS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WHEN THEY START THOSE PLANS, WHEN THEY'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE WITH IT.
AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT HOPEFULLY EVEN BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER WE CAN DO MORE OF A TRACKING CCMR. AND WE USE SCHOOL LINKS AS SORT OF OUR, OUR VEHICLE TO CONNECT STUDENTS WITH THE WIDE WORLD OF COLLEGE AND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PREPARE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND IT HAS DIFFERENT TOOLS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND IT'S MULTIPLE.
I CAN'T EVEN NAME THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IT HAS.
IT HAS EVERYTHING. WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL ALL OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE AFTER COLLEGE, I'M SORRY, LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT AS WELL, INTERNALLY, WE USE IT TO SORT OF TRACK AND MAKE BETTER PREDICTIONS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN TERMS, OF COURSE, SELECTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I'M A PARENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER, I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE I THINK THE 100%, IF WE'RE JUST RELYING ON KIDS, I KNOW MY KIDS, WE MIGHT MISS IT.
THE SEVENTH GRADER, I DON'T KNOW.
THE NINTH GRADER. THEY SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW.
THE SEVENTH GRADER IS JUST GETTING STARTED WITH IT.
OKAY. JOHNNY, I THINK YOU HAD PRIORITY THREE.
YOU MENTIONED HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF.
I KNOW, TERESA, YOU SAID THERE'S, LIKE, AN OFFICIAL DEFINITION OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
DO WE EVER HIRE NON-HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF? AND I GUESS IN WHAT ROLE WOULD NON-HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF PLAY FOR US? SO DO YOU WANT ME TO START? YEAH. GO ON TO START. SO WE HAVE I HAVE TO GET A DR.
ON THAT ONE. SO THERE ARE SOME, SOME CASES ONE THE TERM HIGHLY QUALIFIED IS WAS A FEDERAL TERM, MEANING YOU ARE CERTIFIED.
THAT WAS REPEALED, I BELIEVE IN 2017 FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO IN TEXAS, WE STILL USE THE TERM TO DETERMINE EITHER STAFF THAT'S CERTIFIED OR STAFF THAT IS CREDENTIALED BECAUSE THERE'S BOTH.
SO THERE ARE SOME USE OF THE TERM DEPENDING ON HOW IT, HOW IT'S USED.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
SO ONE OF THE AREAS OF CREDENTIALING IS OFTENTIMES IN THE AREAS OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THAT IS UNDER OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ADDING WELDING AS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND WE NEED TO HIRE A WELDER.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE AN EXPERIENCED INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL THAT IS CERTIFIED
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AS A WELDER.THEY'RE ABLE THIS BOARD IS ABLE TO APPROVE THEM AND CREDENTIAL THEM TO TEACH WELDING AT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FOR THOSE COURSES. BUT AS FAR AS SO DO WE HIRE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE COMPLIANCE ON WHEN WE DO HIRE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING.
I SEE DR. KEN KENDALL IN THE BACK.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME IN AND AND CHIME IN AND MR. MR.. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD, BUT, THERE IS.
THERE ARE STILL SOME COMPLIANCE COMPONENTS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
AND THOSE AREAS OF COMPLIANCE TEND TO BE AROUND PARAPROFESSIONALS.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO ARE ALSO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND HIGHLY SKILLED IN OUR CLASSROOMS. HAVE WE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, NOT JUST PLANO ISD, BUT OTHER DISTRICTS, HAVE HAD TO HIRE AND CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN ORDER TO FILL OUR STAFFING NEEDS IN OUR CLASSROOMS, BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT PERMANENTLY.
I MEAN, I CAN JUMP IN JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I GUESS WERE GOING THROUGH MY MIND.
AND DR. KENDALL CAN, CAN OBVIOUSLY CORRECT ME IF I'M IF SHE WANTS TO OR NEEDS TO, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT EVEN AREAS LIKE AND THIS IS LIKE THE LONG TERM SUBS.
I MEAN THIS IS SOMETHING AN AREA THAT'S GOING DOWN DRAMATICALLY IN OUR DISTRICT, THANK GOODNESS.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL HAVING TO DO ON A LIMITED BASIS.
SO LET ME LET ME JUST TRY TO MAKE IT AS PLAIN AS I CAN.
SOMETIMES THE MASTER SCHEDULE CALLS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU HIRED ALL YOU COULD HIRE, AND YOU'RE STUCK WITH TWO SECTIONS OF FLORAL DESIGN AND TWO SECTIONS OF ALGEBRA TWO AND ONE SECTION OF WHATEVER.
WELL, THERE'S NOT A TEACHER THAT DOES THAT.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE LEAST DAMAGE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AM I GOING TO PUT A CERTIFIED MATH TEACHER IN THERE TO TEACH FLORAL DESIGN, OR AM I GOING TO PUT A FLORIST IN THERE TO TEACH ALGEBRA? AND SO YOU LAND WHERE YOU LAND, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS GET NOTIFIED BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER.
THE NON-HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSON IS IN THERE MORE THAN 30 DAYS.
WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PARENTS AND WE DO.
THAT'S LIFE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT THAT IS WHY THIS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU GUYS. I AM COMING TO A CLOSE HERE.
I THINK I JUST HAVE LIKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
ON PRIORITY SIX, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED HERE BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIKE REAL TARGETS, WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING LIKE RETAIN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE STAFF THAT ARE REASSIGNED, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT? IS IT 100%? IS IT 5%? IS IT 10%? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE STAFF MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUT STEPS IN PLACE TO KEEP YOU.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH RETENTION STIPENDS THAT WE'VE INCENTIVIZED IT TO ALLOW THEM.
THE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE MORE WORK TO GET OVER THAT HUMP, TO GET THAT TRANSITION IN PLACE, AND THEN ALSO JUST HOLD SOME HOLD HARMLESS WITH SOME OTHER COMPENSATION GOING INTO THE NEW, NEW PLACEMENT.
AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS FOR SURE IN DEPTH THIS SUMMER.
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BUT THAT'S PART OF THAT.KENDALL IS ALSO WORKING WITH A TIMELINE OF OF TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE STAFF.
WHENEVER, WHENEVER I SAID A WHILE AGO, WE HAD 1000 NEW STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE ACTUALLY HIRED.
SO I THINK, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THAT, IN THAT PROCESS.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD JUST PUT A NUMBER ON THAT TARGET, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK, I MEAN, LISTEN, 100 IS GREAT IF THAT'S THE NUMBER, BUT I DO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS LONG RANGE PLAN AND AS WE SORT OF, I DON'T KNOW, SET THE TEMPLATE FOR THE WAY WE DO THINGS HERE, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO RETAIN TEACHERS DESPITE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.
MY LAST QUESTION IS IN THE PILLAR SIX.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS THERE AT ALL.
ALL THE OTHER GOALS, I THINK, MADE AN EFFORT TO BE SORT OF SMART.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SORT OF GOALS HERE OR THE PERFORMANCE TARGETS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND INCREASING STAFF EFFICIENCY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXPANDED ALIGNED PROGRAMS. ALL OF THESE SORT OF INCREASED EFFICIENCY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DO WE QUANTIFY THAT? HOW WOULD I EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT AS LIKE, YES, WE ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
LIKE IF WE ELIMINATE ONE BUS ROUTE, DID WE DO IT? OR IF WE, YOU KNOW, SAVED A DOLLAR, DID WE DO IT? LIKE, I JUST I REALLY IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BE A REAL GOAL HERE.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO I THINK MEASURE IT, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW THIS LIKELY WILL BE A MAJOR FINANCIAL RELATED OR PROGRAM RELATED DECISION ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOALS AROUND WHAT ARE THE LEAST IS OUR MINIMUM THAT WE WANT TO DO TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL OR WORTH OUR WHILE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF UNKNOWN.
WE'VE HAD KIDS WITH US FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT TRENDS OVER YEARS TO DETERMINE WHAT WHAT IS REALISTIC AS WELL AS IN ORDER, WHAT HOW YOU CALCULATE THAT TO MEET ACCOUNTABILITY TARGETS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER IN SOME WAYS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S COMPLEX, IT'S EASIER TO SET THOSE TARGETS, I THINK FOR THIS ONE ANY IMPROVEMENT IN ANY OF THESE AREAS, I FEEL LIKE, YES, WE WILL MAKE PROGRESS.
TO SAY WE NEED TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES ON TRANSPORTATION BY X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS OR BY X AMOUNT OF BUS ROUTES IS REALLY UNKNOWN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW YET.
EXACTLY WHAT? WHEN WHEN THESE FOUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHEN STAFF MOVES TO ANOTHER CAMPUS, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE EXCESS STAFF OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL WASH BETWEEN VACANCIES AND AND STAFF REASSIGNMENT? SO THERE'S SOME UNKNOWNS.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO HAVE LIKE A BASELINE TO WORK FROM IN ORDER TO INDICATE THOSE AREAS.
WITH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, WE KNOW OUR INCREASED FACILITY EFFICIENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER USAGE ONCE STUDENTS ARE AT THEIR NEW CAMPUSES.
AND WE REALLY I'M GOING TO PAUSE REALLY QUICKLY.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY DECISIONS AROUND THE REST CLUSTER AND THE SCHOOLS YET THERE.
AND SO, IN MY MIND, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS SORT OF OUR MINIMUM THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ACHIEVE IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE WEST CLUSTER.
LIKE, I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT CLOSING SCHOOLS.
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PRESENCE OR PRESENCE OVER THERE.I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BILINGUAL PROGRAMS OVER THERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO OVER THERE.
AND SO FOR ME, I'M SAYING, OKAY, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT WE NEED TO SAY, OKAY, WE CAN EITHER SAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE CAN EXPOSE A THOUSAND MORE KIDS TO THESE PROGRAMS. WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN ORDER FOR US TO DO SOMETHING IN THE WEST CLUSTER, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN WE'RE SAVING A DOLLAR OR WE'RE HELPING ONE KID.
OR WE'RE CHANGING ONE BUS ROUTE. SO IN MY MIND, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE.
AND IN OUR MINDS, WHAT ARE WE GOING IN SAYING THIS IS THE MINIMUM WE WANT TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.
BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T MAKE CHANGES TO THE WEST CLUSTER WAS BECAUSE IT WAS SO COMPLICATED, AND WE WERE TRYING TO SPEND SOME TIME TO REALLY WORK THAT OUT. RIGHT.
BUT YES, YOU'RE CORRECT ON WE NEEDED MORE TIME TO FINISH THE WORK, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HERE'S A, HERE'S A TARGETED METRIC, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO NECESSARILY SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO MEET THIS GOAL OR THIS METRIC.
WHAT THE WORK THAT'S STILL LEFT TO DO ON THE WEST SIDE IS WE NEED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF WE HAVE DENSITY IN SOME AREAS, AND WHERE ARE BILINGUAL PROGRAMS GOING TO TO GO.
AND AND PART OF MAKING CAPACITY FOR ONE PROGRAM.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER ACROSS ALL FEEDER PATTERNS.
PART OF THAT WORK THAT WE DID NOT ALSO COMPLETE IS SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION COMING FORWARD.
BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT OUR EXISTING BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, BUT AS WE LOOK AT ANTICIPATED GROWTH, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SERVE STUDENTS ACROSS ALL THREE CLUSTERS? AND SO THAT'S THE THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THAT PLAN THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD.
WE KNOW ON THE WEST SIDE, IN PART OF THE NEEDING MORE TIME TO STUDY, IS THAT WE HAVE NEWER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE GREATER CAPACITY. WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE REALLY FULL.
SO AGAIN, WHEN THAT RECOMMENDATION COMES FORWARD, THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT THIS BOARD CAN CONSIDER IN MAKING THAT DECISION BASED ON WHAT THAT DECISION IS, WILL THEN DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GAIN OR WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT WOULD BE TO THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS ONE GOAL, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THIS, TO SET A SPECIFIED METRIC OR TO MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY FIT WITHIN A SMART FORMAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO BECAUSE IT'S WORK THAT WE'VE NEVER, EVER DONE BEFORE.
AND WHERE WE'RE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING, DOING THIS, THIS MAJOR PROJECT.
I THINK MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD SAY THE NEXT TIME AROUND WHEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND I THINK MISTER HILLS KIND OF ANTICIPATED, YOU KNOW, IN 2029, 28, 29 WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A BETTER MODEL TO TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW.
OKAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE AND PERHAPS IT WILL BE A LITTLE SMARTER, SO TO SPEAK, WITH WHAT THOSE TARGETS COULD BE OR A BASELINE THAT YOU'RE WORKING FROM.
OH, NO. AND WE HAVE, BUT THIS BOARD HAS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITHIN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THE THE BOARD ADOPTED.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITHIN THE WE GOT TWO CLUSTERS DONE AND NOW WE'RE PICKING UP WITH THE THIRD.
SO SOME OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY YOU YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT DETERMINATION.
AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ADOPTED A POLICY FOR THAT WORK.
SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION AUDIT THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND, AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, BUT THAT OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS WORKED FROM.
MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING FULLY YOUR YOUR QUESTION OR WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THERE.
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I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, OKAY, IF I'M GOING TO SEE SOME SORT OF CHANGE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE YOU ARE, BUT IF I AM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT IT IS WORTH SOMETHING, THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO GET, OR THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MINIMUM HURDLE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO MEET FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE, AND WHETHER IT'S DOLLARS SAVED, WHETHER IT'S ADDITIONAL STUDENTS SERVED, WHATEVER THAT IS, IT WOULD HELP.IT WOULD HELP GIVE PARENTS A WINDOW INTO OUR THINKING AS WE ARE DOING THIS.
SO THEY WOULDN'T JUST THINK WE'RE SORT OF JUST RANDOMLY SORT OF MESSING WITH THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT AMOUNTS TO BE NOT A REAL, ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, VALUE. I THINK OFTENTIMES, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK PEOPLE CONNECT THE FACT THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON SORT OF REAL DOLLARS SAVED OR MORE KIDS SERVED, AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF A HURDLE RATE FOR THAT FOR US TO MAKE MATERIAL DECISIONS THAT WOULD CHANGE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, LIVES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AM I AM I? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I CAN TRY BY JUST EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS, THE PROBLEMS ON THE WEST SIDE AND WHY WE WOULD EVEN LOOK AT IT AT ALL IS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY OVERCROWDED BECAUSE IT IS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN OTHERS.
WITH SORT OF A BALLOONING POPULATION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS COMING AND HERE AND, AND WE'RE HAVING TO BUS THEM ALL OVER OUR DISTRICT JUST TO GIVE THEM THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND REQUIRE.
AND SO, IN A NUTSHELL, THE ISSUE WITH THE WEST SIDE IS IT'S TOO BIG FOR THE SCHOOLS WE HAVE.
AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO DO IT BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S WHY WE WOULD EVEN LOOK AT IT.
NO IT DOES. AND ULTIMATELY, IT'S JUST AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO IN ORDER TO FIX THAT PROBLEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT DO SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DO SOMETHING IS.
WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT THAT DO SOMETHING IS LIKELY GOING TO MEAN CHANGES TO THE WEST SIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST SAVE $1 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL BILINGUAL SERVICES TO A THOUSAND KIDS.
AND SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SORT OF LOOKING FOR AS A GOAL.
THAT'S AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
I'M SAYING DO WE HAVE A MINIMUM? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM, THAT'S FINE, I GET IT.
BUT I JUST IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE DON'T, IF WE'RE NOT EVEN READY TO SORT OF PUT TOGETHER A MINIMUM, THEN I'M NOT SURE WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE GOAL. BECAUSE IF THE GOAL IS TO FINISH THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN THAT WE STARTED AND THAT'S BUT THAT CAN'T BE THE GOAL, RIGHT.
NO, NO. BUT FINISHING A PLAN IS NOT.
THE GOAL HAS TO BE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE STUDENTS, RIGHT? LIKE THE PLAN IS NOT THE GOAL.
THE GOAL? THE PLAN IS THE PLAN.
THE GOAL, THOUGH, IS TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT ALLEVIATES THE PROBLEM THAT DR.
GOLDBERG JUST DESCRIBED, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY, IN THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN THERE'S A DISTINGUISHED PURPOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND DEFINED ACTIONS AND THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THAT PLAN.
AND SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR, AGAIN, PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE TWO THIRDS OF IT DONE.
WE'VE GOT TO COMPLETE THE LAST PART OF IT.
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FINISH AND BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WEST SIDE.
WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT RECOMMENDATION GOING TO BE.
WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT GAVE PARTIAL.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS WE CAN'T CLOSE ANY SCHOOLS.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OPTION.
SO THEN WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT TO BRING FORWARD A PLAN FOR OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL POPULATION THAT HAS GROWN IN THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES.
BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONSIDER THE RESULTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION AUDIT.
SO HOW DO WE GAIN EFFICIENCIES WITH ROUTES.
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THAT IMPACTS STAFFING, THAT IMPACTS RESOURCES.AND SO THAT WOULD BE A THIRD PART OF THE PLAN.
AND THEN THE FOURTH PART OF THE PLAN IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE NOTHING IB AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE NOTHING IB AT 910.
WELL, WE HAVE PRE IB AT PLANO EAST.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE.
SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD PRO SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS K-12 THAT SUPPORT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO THAT THIS WAS A REAL A REAL CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO SAY BY THE END OF THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, AS A RESULT OF THE COMPLETING THE LONG RANGE PLAN, WE WILL SAVE OR ELIMINATE OR I MEAN, IT WAS DIFFICULT.
WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A SMART TARGET TO WORK TOWARDS.
THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN AND THE WORK.
BUT I MIGHT ADD FOR THAT, WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS MAY NOT HAVE THEM BE NECESSARILY.
I MEAN, BACK IN THE DAY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SLATED FOR SCHIMMELPFENNIG.
I CAN SEE SCHIMMELPFENNIG'S ROOF FROM MY ROOF.
BY THE TIME WE MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WAS BETTER FOR CAMPUS SIZE PROGRAMING STUDENT RATIOS FOR US TO GO TO A DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT COULD BE I MEAN, ISN'T I MEAN, SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, YES, WE ALL WANT TO DO THE BEST FOR KIDS, BUT BEST KIDS MAY BE HAVING THEM GO TO A CAMPUS THAT WILL LEVEL OUT THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE.
AND HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE BEING TASKED TO DO.
YEAH. SO I GUESS WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS QUESTION WELL ASKED UNDER CONSIDERATION.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE PATIENCE UNTIL WE GET INTO WHAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO GET DONE FOR THE COMPLETION OF OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, WHICH IS SLATED TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. THAT SHOULD BE PART OF OUR GOALS HERE, AND THAT WE WILL, AT A LATER DATE, BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME SPECIFIC METRICS. ONCE WE START DISCUSSING WHAT THAT PLAN IS GOING TO BE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IN DECEMBER, WILL THAT WORK HERE? SURE.
ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO REMIND US WHERE WE ARE IN THIS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR ITEM.
AND MOTION BY LAUREN AND SECONDED BY ANGELA.
SO, BONAZZI, I HAVE A COMMENT.
I THOUGHT YOU, OKAY? I HAVE THREE QUICK THINGS.
ONE IS FOR THE PRIORITY THREE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT FILL RATE IS? IF THE GOAL IS 95%? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT FILL RATE IS? IS IT 9,094%? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY.
AND I FIGURED THAT WE WERE CLOSE, AND THAT'S GOOD.
SECOND THING IS IN THE PRIORITY ONE THAT IT SAYS VERY SPECIFICALLY IMPROVED SYSTEMS FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. AND THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF SYSTEMS. THAT'S A VERY THERE'S A WHOLE LOT IN THAT WORD.
AND SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER ABOUT WHERE IS DISCIPLINE, FILL IN THAT, FILL INTO THIS DISCIPLINE SYSTEM, TO ME IN MY HEAD IS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET KIDS AREN'T BEHAVING, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THAT SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT PACKED IN PRIORITY ONE.
SO THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT COMPARED TO PRIORITY THREE, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH PACKED INTO PRIORITY.
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COMPLETE, BUT SMART GOALS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, HAVE OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS.I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH AND CERTAINLY INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET PRIORITY FIVE, GETTING OUR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS UP FORWARD WITH SKYWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL STAFF ARE TRAINED AND READY TO COMPLETELY USE IT.
AM I MAKING SOME SENSE IN TERMS OF THIS? OR JUST HAVING SOME SENSE OF THESE ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO DO BASED ON OUR PILLARS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY, ALL SIX OF THEM HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.
AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO AFFIRM THAT THE WEIGHT FOR PRIORITY ONE, THE WEIGHT FOR PRIORITY TWO, BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO MONEY AND WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SCORE.
BUT THE KEY THAT I THINK IS VERY EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS THAT YES, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, I'VE BEEN VERY OVERWHELMED BEING ABLE TO SAY IF SOMEONE ASKED ME THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR? I WOULD BE LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.
WHAT ARE THE FOCUS OF THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR? SIX THINGS IS STILL A LOT.
PISD'S GOALS ARE SYSTEMS FOR MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE.
CCRM MAKING SURE THAT THE SKYWARD SYSTEM AND OUR SYSTEMS FOR THAT ARE DONE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 95% FILL RATE, THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE. I'M DOING THIS. I'M TRYING.
YOU SAID I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY NOTES BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLETE THE LONG RANGE PLANNING AND PROCESSES DESIGNED AS WE HAD DESIGNED TO COMPLETE FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE IN THERE I CAN'T REMEMBER.
BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SUMMER, THAT OUR ARROWS ARE ALL FACING THE SAME DIRECTION, AND THAT IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THESE SIX PRIORITIES, HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE DOING FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT IT FALLS TO ME IN MY HEAD.
IT FALLS UNDER SYSTEMS. YES, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE BUSINESS OF WHAT? WHAT THIS THE COMPLICATED WHAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES.
NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING DISREGARDED OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
OUR GOVERNANCE MODEL AND US BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT AND OUR SAYING THESE ARE THE GOALS.
THE STAFF HAS REALLY HELPED US WITH THIS.
WE DID COME UP WITH THIS PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ITERATIONS OF THAT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE WE HAVE SIX GOALS AND SIX PRIORITIES.
AND THEY'RE ALL WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM DONE AND FOCUS ON ALL OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN WAIT ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER, ALTHOUGH I DO THINK THAT PILLAR ONE IS PROBABLY WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU KNOW IF HAVING THE PERFECT MARKETING PLAN.
SORRY, SORRY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE A MARKETING PLAN, WELL, CAN WILL LIFE GO ON? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVING IS ABSOLUTELY UTMOST IMPORTANT OF ALL TIMES.
I MEAN, SO I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, RIGHT? SO NO, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE MARKETING PLAN IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE HAPPENING AT THE LEGISLATION THIS UPCOMING YEAR, US BEING ABLE TO TELL OUR STORY MORE POWERFULLY THAN EVER IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER THEIR DISCUSSION.
I WILL REREAD THE MOTION SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
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I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE 2024 2025 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PLAN OF WORK AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY, MATH AND COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS PLANS.
IS ALL I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
[9.1 CCMR AND AP REPORTS]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.AND IT LOOKS LIKE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.1 OF OUR REPORTS.
AP REPORT AND I WILL INVITE DR.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, CABINET MEMBERS AND DR.
KEVIN MOORE AND I ARE PLEASED TO SHARE SOME MORE DATA AND UPDATES WITH YOU FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL START WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CCMR. PROVIDE UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF CCMR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WITH THE CCMR STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND WORKING ON WITH THE CAMPUSES AND PROVIDE AP DATA FROM MAY 2024.
THERE WE GO. AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE FIVE YEAR CCMR BOARD GOALS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
LOOKING AT 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR, OUR GOAL WAS 70% AND WE ENDED WITH 71%, SO I PUT IT IN BLUE.
WHICH MEANS WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL BY 1%.
HOWEVER, WE UPDATED IT AFTER THE REFRESH.
OUR GOAL WAS 73% AND WE EXCEEDED IT BY 2%, WITH OUR FINAL SCORE BEING 75%.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FINAL RESULTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 2025, WHICH IS OUR CLASS OF 2024.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, THERE'S A LAG.
THIS YEAR WE WERE AIMING FOR 89% FOR OUR CURRENT SENIORS AND THEN 91% FOR OUR CURRENT JUNIORS, WHICH IS THE CLASS OF 2026 WHEN THEY GRADUATE. IT'S NOT JUST ME.
AGAIN, THE STATE IS BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE JUNIORS.
MANY ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS BY PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE LISTED OPTIONS ON THIS SLIDE.
AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY, WE MET WITH EACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AS WELL AS EACH HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS TEAM LEADERSHIP TEAM AND PROVIDED LISTS OF SENIORS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY CCMR MET. AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE GAVE THEM LISTS OF 10TH GRADERS WHO WE CALLED ON THE WATCH LIST BASED ON PSAT NINE SCORES, AND SO THAT WAY THEY COULD START WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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CAMPUS TEAMS WILL REVIEW THE LIST EVERY MONTH DURING THEIR MONTHLY CCMR MEETINGS.ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'RE SEEING FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, WE LOOKED AT WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN TERMS OF CCMR MET AND THEN ON TRACK FOR TSI AND TSI IS COLLEGE READINESS BASICALLY.
AND SO I LIKE TO USE THIS EXAMPLE AND I'M ALL ABOUT MNEMONIC DEVICES.
I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SUCCINCT, BUT I JUST WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEN IT WILL HELP.
REMEMBER I THINK OF AN UMBRELLA AND TSI IS THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE.
IT IS THE LAW. IT IS WHAT THE STATE HAS IMPLEMENTED.
AND THEN YOU THINK OF UNDERNEATH THE UMBRELLA YOU HAVE ACT, SAT AND THEN TSIA BECAUSE TEXAS IS VERY PROUD OF USING THAT TEXAS NAME.
SO, IT'S THE TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT.
SO TSI IS THE LAW, TSIA A IS ONE OF THE ASSESSMENTS ALONG WITH SAT AND ACT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TSIA ON TRACK, THE 10TH GRADERS, THIS IS BASED ON THEIR NINTH GRADE PSAT SCORES.
BUT WE WANT TO LOOK AT BOTH BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO BE MET IN BOTH.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT 11TH GRADE, IT'S 48% BASED ON THE 10TH GRADE PSAT.
NMSQT MET IN BOTH READING, WRITING AND MATH, AND THEN 51% OF OUR CURRENT 12TH GRADERS WERE MET BASED ON THE SAT IN BOTH READING, WRITING, AND MATH. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK ABOVE, WE HAVE 52% WHO ARE 60 MORE MET GOING INTO AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
SO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT THE ONE THING IS WE ARE RESILIENT AND WE'RE RESPONSIVE.
AND SO WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS RESPOND AND WE TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE AND WORK TOWARDS MEETING IT.
BUT SO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TEXAS CHANGED THE DUAL CREDIT CRITERIA.
THAT IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE ALLOWABLE.
SO NOW STUDENTS MUST HAVE ACT, SAT OR TSIA SCORES TO QUALIFY THEM FOR DUAL CREDIT.
AND THE KIDS WERE WAIVED BEFORE, WHICH WAS QUITE A BIG NUMBER.
THEY NO LONGER WILL BE WAIVED.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HIT TO US.
AND WE ARE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THOUGH TO ADDRESS THAT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
ALSO SEE SOME MORE CRITERIA EARNED BEFORE NINTH GRADE IS NOT INCLUDED.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T GET AROUND.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EARNED NINTH GRADE AND ABOVE.
SO LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS THAT WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGES.
WE ARE EXPANDING COLLEGE CREDIT PATHWAYS THAT DON'T REQUIRE TSIA TESTING.
AND KEVIN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN HIS SECTION HITS.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
ALSO, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND RESOURCES FOR CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH JERI AND TALKING WITH THE COUNCIL PTA.
IN FACT, WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THEM JUST THIS LAST MONTH.
WE ARE MEETING WITH COUNSELORS.
KEVIN IS MEETING WITH ENGLISH TEACHERS, MATH TEACHERS, WORKING WITH SECONDARY ACADEMIC SERVICES.
SO THAT WAY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CCMR, IT'S AN OCTOPUS.
IT REALLY DOES. AND SO IT'S EASY TO LOSE TRACK OF SOMETHING.
SO WE CREATE A VERY STRATEGIC CALENDAR AND CHUNKED IT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY HUGE IS THAT WE CREATED A CCMR RESOURCE LIBRARY.
THIS LIBRARY IS NOT ONLY AND WE CHUNKED IT BY STAKEHOLDER.
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WE CHUNKED IT BY COUNSELORS, BY TEACHERS.THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR CLASSES OR, YOU KNOW, TO HELP GROW YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CCMR OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, PSAT, SAT, WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS FOR CCMR. AND BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN REALLY ACTIVE IN CREATING COMMUNICATION PIECES.
SO THAT WAY WHEN THE CAMPUSES AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CAMPUSES BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING IN FRONT OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PSAT AND HAVING PARENT INFORMATION NIGHTS AND THEN USING THE STUDENT ADVISORY PERIOD LIKE IN HIGH SCHOOLS, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE KIDS KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE TEST, WHAT'S ON THE TEST IN ADVANCE OF IT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AROUND IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PIECES FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON YOUR SCORE.
REPORTS ARE READY. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW YOU USE IT AND HOW YOU HAVE GOAL SETTING.
AND WE HAVE SCRIPTS THAT WE'VE WRITTEN.
KEVIN HAS CREATED POWERPOINT OR SLIDE DECKS AND JUST A WEALTH OF RESOURCES CHUNKED BY TOPIC AT THE AT THE READY FOR OUR CAMPUSES, WHERE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PERSONALIZE IT FOR THEIR CAMPUS AND IT'S READY TO GO.
THIS IS WHY YOU WILL SEE SYSTEM OUR GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES EMBEDDED IN THE PLANO ISD DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND PILLAR TWO AND PILLAR ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT PILLAR TWO AS WELL.
SO LOOKING AT THE GOALS PRIORITY TWO, YOU CAN SEE IT SAYS INCREASE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE CCMR READINESS THROUGH A PRE-K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM OF SUPPORT.
THE GOALS HAVE KIND OF TWO PIECES.
IT'S INCREASING THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CCMR MET.
THAT SUPPORTS WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IN NINE THROUGH 12.
ONE, CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO HAVE ACTION PLANS AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THOSE ACTION PLANS.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
ALSO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS TO BUILD THEIR OWN CAPACITY AND SUPPORTING CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT TO THOSE TESTS THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THE PSAT, THE SAT, THE TCEA, MAKING SURE MORE STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE READY.
SO THAT WAY NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP THEM WITH CAREER PATHWAYS, BUT ALSO IT OPENS ANY OPENS DOORS FOR THEM IN TERMS OF COLLEGE AND THEN THIRD STRATEGY. HAVING CLEAR CAMPUS TARGETS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE MONITORED.
AND THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN TPAS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE PRINCIPAL EVALUATION.
AND THEN THE FOURTH THING IS USING MAP TO BUILD STUDENT AGENCY.
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH THROUGH GOAL SETTING, UNDERSTANDING THE REPORTS HOW TO GROW.
AND THIS AND THEN THAT CONNECTS WITH CRAMER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING IN EARLIER GRADES.
SO THESE ARE OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS AS YOU SEE WITH NINTH GRADE WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
AND LISA DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS EARLIER.
CCMR MET IN THOSE GRADE LEVELS.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THAT THEY'RE ON TRACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW MANY KIDS IN NINTH AND 10TH GRADE ARE ON TRACK THIS NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THE TESTS THAT THEY'RE GIVING TOMORROW, AND 11TH GRADE AND 12TH GRADE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE LANGUAGE CHANGE TO CCMR MET BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S THE SAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS OF STUDY COMPLETERS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE MEETING IN VARIOUS WAYS, AND THEN FINALLY INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE OR CAREER READINESS IN READING AND MATH, AS MEASURED BY MATH ASSESSMENTS.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ALIGNING WITH THE PRIORITIES IN IN PILLAR ONE AND BASED ON STUDENT GROWTH.
I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE CAMPUS ACTION PLANS AND SO WHAT? AND I DID MENTION THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OCTOPUS.
IT'S NOT ONE AREA, IT'S TEN AREAS.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, THOSE ARE SHARED BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH.
AND SO THEY ARE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THINKING THROUGH HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS?
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WHO IS GOING TO DO IT? WHAT ARE THE ACTION STEPS? HOW ARE WE DOCUMENTING THIS? AND THEN HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THIS.AND SO WE HAVE A WHOLE CHUNK ON THE ACTION PLANS THAT FOCUSES ON HOW ARE YOU COMMUNICATING TO YOUR STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER IT BE THE TEACHERS, THE COUNSELORS, YOUR ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, STUDENTS, WHATEVER STAKEHOLDER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT ACTION STEPS, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT AND HOW ARE YOU DOCUMENTING THAT? THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING THIS YEAR ARE OUR STUDENT INCENTIVES.
WE HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH WITH OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE DOING REALLY WELL IN CCMR AND ASKED THEM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THESE ARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SENIOR RELEASE BEING TIED TO CCMR STATUS.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT CCMR MET WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SUPPORTS.
AND AS SOON AS YOU SHOW YOUR MET THEN YOU GET THAT SENIOR RELEASE REGAINED.
AND THEN CCMR EXAM EXEMPTIONS CCMR GRADUATION CORDS WHERE YOU EARN CCMR YOU GET A CORD.
IF YOU ARE TSE MET AND YOU'VE MET IN ANOTHER AREA THEN YOU GET AN HONOR CORD.
SO IT KIND OF GIVES REALLY GOOD INCENTIVE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU KIDS LIKE THOSE CORDS.
AND SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE KIDS AND WE'RE CELEBRATING THEM.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE MET IN BOTH THE READING WRITING AND THE MATH.
ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT NONTRADITIONAL PATHWAYS.
SO ONE COLLEGE PREP CLASSES THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF AN ELECTIVE.
WELL, WE ARE OVERLAYING IT IN ENGLISH FOR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT IS REALLY HARD IS GETTING THINGS ALL FIT INTO THEIR SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE HAVE A SEVEN PERIOD DAY, WHEREAS OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE EIGHT.
SO THIS IS GIVING OUR STUDENTS AN ABILITY TO GET THAT EMBEDDED INTO ENGLISH.
FOUR AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT EMBEDDING IT INTO ALGEBRA TWO.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE GETTING IT DONE THROUGH THESE CLASSES AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE COLLEGE READY.
AND I KNOW THERESA MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
AND I THINK LISA YOU DID AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN START THOSE PATHWAYS EARLIER AND WE CAN GET THEM THROUGH.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE CTE CENTER THAT'S COMING UP.
AND IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED MARKETING IT.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO THAT COMMUNICATIONS PIECE.
SO EVEN TONIGHT WHEN I WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH, I WAS ON A VIRTUAL ACADEMY MEETING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE CTE CENTER.
THAT WILL BE COMING BECAUSE THOSE EIGHTH GRADERS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE COURSES THERE.
AND WE WANTED TO GENERATE SOME EXCITEMENT.
WE WANT WE WANT EVERY KID TO ACCESS THAT AND BE ABLE TO COMPLETE.
ALSO INCREASING TSHA TESTING FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGHS.
WE WANT IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY BEFORE IT IS ON SATURDAY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEY HAD TO PAY WELL, IT'S DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
IT'S THEIR FIRST TEST IS FREE.
IT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITHIN CLASSES.
AND SO AND ALSO WE'RE INCREASING IN KNOWLEDGE AWARENESS, WITH BOTH STUDENTS WORKING ON ON PRACTICE AND RESOURCES FOR THEM TO PRACTICE BEFORE THEY TAKE IT, AND ALSO AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING FROM THE TEACHERS.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET STRATEGIC ABOUT RECRUITING AND ENCOURAGING KIDS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN HONORS OR AP, BUT THIS IS A GREAT CLASS TO TAKE.
AND NOW KEVIN'S GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE EXCITING WORK HE'S BEEN DOING ON CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT FOR CCMR. HEY EVERYONE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT INDICATORS FOR CCMR AND TRACK THE KIND OF THE PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS, THE AREA THAT WE SEE HAS THE MOST ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IS IN OUR SAT SCORES.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND ETHICAL AND ETHICAL EFFICIENT. THERE WAS ANOTHER WORD THAT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
AND SO WE STARTED THAT WORK THIS PAST SUMMER WITH A GROUP OF MATH AND ENGLISH TEACHERS.
IN A UNIT TEST SEMESTER EXAM, THEY'RE ASSESSED ON THOSE STANDARDS, ON AN AP TEST, ON AN IB EXAM.
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AND THEY'RE ALSO ASSESSED ON STANDARDS FOR THE SAT.AND ALTHOUGH THE SAT IS A GLOBAL TEST AND NOT A TEXAS TEST, THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN TEXAS STANDARDS AND THE STANDARDS THAT ARE PUBLISHED BY THE COLLEGE BOARD THAT APPEAR ON THOSE EXAMS. AND SO WE DID THE WORK OF REALLY DIGGING INTO THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE ON THE SAT AND THEN PINPOINTING WHERE IN OUR CURRICULUM UNITS, IN TARGETED COURSES.
DO THOSE STANDARDS REALLY REVEAL THEMSELVES TO STUDENTS SO THEY CAN START TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY LEARNING IN CLASS, AND THEN HOW THEY CAN EXPECT TO SEE THAT MATERIAL TESTED ON SOMETHING LIKE THE SAT.
AND THEN WE'RE PROVIDING OUR TEACHERS REALLY WITH FIRST JUST AWARENESS OF THE TEST AND THE COMPONENTS OF IT AND THE STANDARDS INVOLVED, AND THE NATURAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL TEST THAT STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.
THEN WE ARE BUILDING UP CAPACITY IN OUR CAMPUSES TO LOOK AT THOSE DATA REPORTS AND TO USE THEM TO INSTRUCTIONALLY PLAN SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT A KID JUST TAKES THE PSAT AS A 10TH GRADER, AND THE TEACHER HAS NO IDEA AND CAN'T USE THAT DATA.
SO WE DID SOME TRAINING WITH THE PRINCETON REVIEW.
THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SAT SUITE ITSELF.
AND THEN WE REALLY DUG INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND STARTED TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN THAT'S GONE OUT TO STAFF IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
I WAS WITH ALL HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS AS A PART OF AUGUST PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
I'LL BE WITH ALL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN OCTOBER.
SO WE REALLY ARE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES WHENEVER WE CAN TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT UT STARTED WHERE KIDS TAKE COURSES THAT ARE TAUGHT BY AN ISD TEACHER, AND THEY ESSENTIALLY END UP WITH TWO SEPARATE TRANSCRIPTS AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.
THEY END UP WITH A HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT AND A COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT FROM UT AUSTIN.
AND THERE IS A A LARGE MENU OF COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM.
AND WE ARE BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT THE COURSES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR IMPLEMENTATION THIS YEAR.
WE ARE PILOTING ON RAMPS US HISTORY FOR JUNIORS THAT WERE NOT TSI MET.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS FOR YOU IN A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH TO BRING ON BOARD ON RAMPS, COLLEGE ALGEBRA AND ON RAMPS BIOLOGY. AND WHAT THESE DO IS PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE EXPERTISE OF A PLANO ISD TEACHER IN CLASS FIVE DAYS A WEEK, AND THEY CAN CHOOSE AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL ACCEPT THAT COLLEGE CREDIT.
THAT IS, ONE OF THE OTHER GREAT THINGS ABOUT ON RAMPS IS AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, IF YOU'RE LIKE, MAYBE NOT, MAYBE I DON'T WANT THIS SEE ON A COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT TO FOLLOW ME FOREVER, THEN YOU CAN SAY, NOPE, NO THANKS.
I GET MY CREDIT. I'LL MOVE ON, BUT I'LL TRY THIS THING AGAIN FOR THE COLLEGE CREDIT.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LONGHORNS.
DR. GOBER, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME AP DATA BASED ON 2024.
YOU ALSO SEE OUR NUMBER OF TOTAL AP STUDENTS.
AND THEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS THAT THOSE STUDENTS TAKE.
AND I WANT TO DRAW YOU TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE IMPRESSIVE EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE GOING UP IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
NEXT WE'RE SEEING SORT OF JUST THE PROGRESSION OVER TIME OF TOTAL AP STUDENTS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO GET BACK TO OUR PRE-COVID LEVELS HERE AND WE ARE GETTING PRETTY DARN CLOSE.
SO WE ARE INCHING BACK UP CLOSER THERE.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF AP STUDENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.
I TOOK OUT THOSE EIGHTH GRADE AP SPANISH STUDENTS, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE STAYING FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN OUR AP STUDENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE GETTING BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OF AP PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS EXCITING TO SEE.
WE ARE ALSO GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AP EXAMS.
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THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP.WE ARE NOT BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK THERE SOON, I AM SURE.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
WE WERE IN 2024, WE HAD 82.2% OF ALL AP TESTS EARNED A SCORE OF THREE OR HIGHER, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A QUALIFYING SCORE FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD AND IS WHAT GETS YOU YOUR CCMR INDICATOR.
CAN I JUST INTERJECT ONE POINT? PLEASE DO. THAT IS ALSO CONSIDERING THAT OUR ENROLLMENT HAS DECLINED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
I JUST HAD TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU.
I ALSO AM SHOWING YOU OUR TOP FIVE TESTED SUBJECTS IN IN OUR DISTRICT.
OUR SCORES CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSIVE, BUT WE ALSO CONTINUE TO PUSH OURSELVES HIGHER.
WHEN WE DID OUR KICKOFF SESSIONS AT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH CAMPUSES, THOSE ADMINISTRATORS GOT A GOAL SETTING FORM THAT WAS UNIQUE TO AP THAT REALLY ASKS THOSE TEACHERS TO REALLY LOOK AT THEIR DATA.
MOST OF, IF NOT ALL OF THEM DO THAT ALREADY, BUT IT REALLY ASKS THEM TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THEIR GOAL SETTING AND TO MAKE AP SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THEIR CLASSES, WHICH IS ONLY NATURAL SINCE THOSE ARE THE COURSES THAT THEY'RE TEACHING.
NOT ALL AP COURSES WE CAN TIE TO SPECIFIC GRADE LEVELS.
SO I KNOW THAT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT THE WAY THAT MY BRAIN MAKES IT WORK AND LOOKS FUN IS IF YOU START IN THE NINTH GRADE ROWE FOR 2021, AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE 10TH GRADE ROWE FOR 2022, YOU CAN SEE THE JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE WILLING TO TAKE AN AP CLASS JUST FROM NINTH GRADE TO 10TH GRADE. WHEN YOU DO THAT SAME JUMP FROM 10TH TO 11TH, IT DOESN'T LOOK AS IMPRESSIVE.
BUT REMEMBER AT THIS TIME WE ALSO HAVE DUAL CREDIT.
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE OTHER OPTIONS.
SO I FEEL I FEEL OKAY WITH THAT SLIGHT DROP FROM 10TH TO 11TH KNOWING THAT THEY ARE THEY HAVE SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES JUST WITH EVEN WITHIN AP, THEY HAVE SO MANY MORE CLASSES THAT THEY CAN TAKE AND AP DOESN'T REALLY COLLEGE BOARD, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE 5 OR 6 AP CLASSES A YEAR.
SO I AM VERY I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THESE NUMBERS.
THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF.
THE FIRST IS WAY, WAY BACK WHERE YOU SHOW THE DATA FOR WHAT IS THE SLIDE FOR PLANO SENIOR HIGH, PLANO EAST AND PLANO WEST.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S A THERE'S A KIND OF A BIG VARIANCE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE PLANO SENIOR HIGH, YOU'RE SHOWING 45% EAST, 50% WEST 58%.
AND SO I'M I'M REALLY WONDERING HOW YOU'RE DISAGGREGATING THIS DATA BY SENIOR HIGH AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS PLANO SENIOR HIGH NEEDS AND WHAT IT IS PLANO EAST NEEDS AND WHAT IT IS PLANO WEST NEEDS.
LIKE IT JUST I WAS REALLY CONCERNED TO SEE MORE THAN A 10% VARIANCE FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, HIGHEST PERCENTAGE CAMPUS OR OUR LOWEST PERCENTAGE CAMPUS. SO WHEN WE MEET WITH THE CAMPUSES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR AGAIN, IS GETTING LISTS OF ALL THE KIDS.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.
ONE, THERE ARE KIDS THAT WE HAVE NO DATA FOR.
AND SO JUST JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS YOUR STORY.
YOU'RE A SENIOR AND WE HAVE NO SCORES FOR YOU.
PLANO WEST HAS THE SMALLEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO I CALL NO DATA STUDENTS.
AND THEN EVERY CAMPUS IS KIND OF NUANCED BECAUSE AND THEIR CHALLENGES IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE.
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AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE STUDENT TRACKING SHEET AND THE COUNSELORS MEET WITH THEM, THEY'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY OR WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED OR NOT TRIED? OR IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS YOU'RE NEW TO PLANO HAVE YOU TAKEN THE SAT ACT? HAVE YOU TAKEN AN AP? HAVE YOU HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD GET YOU ONE OF THESE TEN CRAMER MARKS YOU HAVE? COULD I GET A COPY OF THAT? LET'S PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW. LET'S GET A COPY AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT TO R.P.AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT I KNOW LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDED ON THE STUDENT POPULATION THAT THEY HAD.
AND THE BIGGEST THING THOUGH WAS THE THE INCREASED NUMBER OF NO DATA KIDS.
WELL, AND I WANT TO ADD TO THAT TOO.
AND EVERY TIME I THINK OF THIS, I GO BACK TO, TO JERI, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AROUND THE HOUSE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
HENCE THE WORK AROUND ARE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING, INCLUDING MATH ROCKS.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD.
SO WHEN YOU START TO SEE THESE NUMBERS, YOU SEE TOTAL SENIORS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HIT THE REWIND BUTTON.
SO WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS AND WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN? OUR SYSTEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT SYSTEM IS THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE ACADEMICALLY ADVANCED AND READY FOR A HIGHER LEVEL RIGOR OF MATH OFTENTIMES HAD TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE CENTRAL CLUSTER INTO THE EAST OR WEST IN ORDER TO ACCESS HIGHER LEVELS OF MATH THAT WOULD MEET THEIR THEIR ACADEMIC READINESS.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE REALLY INCREASING AND IMPROVING OUR ACCESS EQUITABLY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S THE RESULT, I WOULD GUESS, IN A LOT OF WAYS.
AND SO ONCE STUDENTS HAVE TRANSFERRED FROM A CENTRAL CLUSTER TO ACCESS AN ELEMENTARY MATH ROCKS, THEN THEY REMAIN IN THAT PARTICULAR FEEDER PATTERN AND THAT COULD BE PART OF IT. SO AS WE START TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, I THINK ALSO THE WORK AND I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS WE DON'T LIKE THAT COME FROM TO OR LEGISLATIVELY.
I THINK A REAL WIN IS THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY SINGLE FIFTH STUDENT OR EVERY SINGLE FIFTH GRADE STUDENT THAT'S READY FOR ADVANCED LEARNING, THAT WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN THOSE HONORS AND THAT ADVANCED TRACK FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMING.
THAT'S WHY I LOVE THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT CCMR, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT K-12 AND THROUGH A SYSTEM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SETTING THE REST OF OUR TARGETS AT THAT HIGHEST LEVEL FOR KIDS.
SO I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE ELEMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING THE BYPRODUCT OF.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS TO REMEMBER THAT MANY OF MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS LIKELY ARE THOSE STUDENTS WHO MET IT THROUGH TESTING, AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER AVENUES. AND THAT'S WHY OUR RICH CTE PROGRAMS AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
SO THAT MAY BE PART OF IT AS WELL.
YEAH. AND I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT CLARK HINES GRINDS AND PLANO SENIOR HIGH.
AND I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE THEM DIG INTO THIS.
IT JUST IT FELT VERY MUCH TO ME IN LOOKING AT THIS DATA LIKE.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT CLUSTER BEHIND.
RIGHT. AND JUST IT IT WAS STARK AND PACK.
IT WOULD BE THIS WEEK. SECOND QUESTION AT SLI OVER THE SUMMER, I WENT TO A TALK OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MUCH SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICT, DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, 45% TO 95% CCMR IN ONE YEAR.
AND IT WAS IT WAS SUPER BUZZWORDY AND TAGLIANI ON THE, THE BROCHURE THING THAT WE GET.
AND I WENT AND WHAT THEY DID ESSENTIALLY WAS THIS HITTING IT HEAVY WITH THE TCIA.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY FELT LIKE STUDENTS HAD MET XYZ CERTAIN ACADEMIC METRICS THEY DID TSYA AND SO ON.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, I HAD WALKED OUT OF THIS THIS TALK AT SLI THINKING, SO YOU THREW MONEY AT IT.THAT'S WHAT YOU DID, RIGHT? AND THEY HAD SOME SPONSORSHIP AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WERE THAT THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS.
AND SO I'M, I'M JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN OVER THE BUDGET IMPACT ON THIS.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT JUSTIFIED BUDGET IMPACT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO SEE.
HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST? TEST COST BECAUSE YOU SAID THE FIRST ONE WAS FREE.
YES. SO AND I ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF STRATEGY THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO TSA TESTING LIKE SAT.
IT'S IT'S YOU TAKE THE READING LIKE IT'S A YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU TAKE THE WHOLE THING.
RIGHT. ACT IS THE SAME WAY WITH TSA.
YOU HAVE REALLY THREE KIND OF CHUNKS.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE STRATEGIC.
IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ALGEBRA TWO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD ALGEBRA TWO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
AND WE CAN WE CAN CHUNK IT APPROPRIATELY.
SO THERE'S A READING WRITING MULTIPLE CHOICE.
THEN THERE'S AN ESSAY. AND THEN THERE'S A MATH.
IT'S A DOLLAR, APPROXIMATELY $1.70.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHERE LIKE $1.70 PER UNIT.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE BEING VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT THIS.
AND I'VE TOLD ALL THE CAMPUSES NO TESTING UNTIL THERE'S PRACTICE BECAUSE WE'RE JUST WASTING IT.
IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE AND YOU DON'T TEST COLLEGE READY, YOU JUST DOUBLED THE COST OF THAT TEST UNIT.
BECAUSE MATH, IF THEY'RE COLLEGE READY, IT'S $1.70 FOR THAT COLLEGE ASSESSMENT.
IF, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT TESTING COLLEGE READY, IT DROPS DOWN TO A DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
SO NOW YOU'VE JUST USED TWO UNITS AT $1.70 EACH.
SO IF WE ARE NOT REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MAKING SURE STUDENTS ARE PRACTICING, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN THEY TAKE IT, WHAT HAVE THEY WHAT COURSES HAVE THEY TAKEN? ARE THEY READY FOR THIS? IF YOU WILLY NILLY YOU'RE GOING TO WASTE A LOT OF MONEY.
SO WE WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE MONEY BECAUSE WE KNOW MONEY IS TIGHT.
AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'LL PAY.
IS IT PART OF THE NEW COLLEGIATE ACADEMY? IT IS.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WE HAVE EDGENUITY WHERE THE KIDS CAN PRACTICE.
I THINK ALSO, KRISTEN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT STUDENTS THAT TAKE PSAT NINE, PSAT TEN OR THE PSAT IN THE 10TH GRADE ALSO HAVE A PRACTICE PORTAL THAT'S PART OF THEIR MY PSAT PLAN OR MY.
I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED THROUGH BLUE BOOK.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT MARKETING FOR OUR PARENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST STUDENTS KNOWING, BUT ALSO PARENTS KNOWING WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THEM TO HELP SUPPORT THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL.
WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WERE ACCESSING DUAL CREDIT THROUGH THOSE TWO OPTIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE TABLE ANYMORE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT IS ONE OF THE ACTION PLANS FOR THE CAMPUSES.
WE EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, EVERY SENIOR HIGH IS A TSYA TESTING CENTER OR SITE.
COULD YOU COULD YOU GO A LITTLE BIT DETAIL ABOUT THE PATHWAYS VERSUS FED EVENTS GRADUATION PLAN.
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WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND THE SPEED FORCE IEP.WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? YOU'RE ASKING A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ARE WE'RE WORKING WITH MCKENZIE'S TEAM ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EDUCATING UP OUR PRINCIPALS FROM NINTH GRADE ALL THE WAY UP TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WORK FOR WORKFORCE READINESS IN PLANO, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT NINTH GRADE? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT 10TH GRADE, 11TH GRADE, 12TH GRADE? AND SO IN FACT, THEY'RE GETTING IN FRONT OF ALL THE PRINCIPALS ON, I BELIEVE IT'S NOVEMBER 19TH AT THE SLC MEETING.
I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE DEFINITION FROM MCKINSEY AND HER TEAM.
WENDY THRASH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN PRESENT IT ON THE 19TH.
I KNOW IN TERMS OF SENIOR YEAR WHAT THEY'RE DEFINING IT AS.
IT'S WHEN YOU READ WHAT THE LAW SAYS FOR WORKFORCE READINESS.
SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.
WE WANT TO TIGHTEN THAT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE WANT A NICE PATHWAY TO ADD TO THAT.
HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT POTENTIALLY WHAT CCMR READINESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE FAMILY AND THE STUDENT AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND DETERMINE THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR EACH STUDENT.
SO IT'S JUST UPPING OUR EDUCATION GAME AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THOUGH.
BUT WHAT IF A STUDENT NEEDS MORE HELP? THE THE AMOUNT THEY GET IN THE CLASSROOM IS NOT NOT WON'T PREPARE THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED EXTRA HELP.
HOW OTHER THAN ONLINE TEST PREPS AND SO FORTH.
DO WE HAVE AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THIS? SO THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER IN PLANO ISD.
KEVIN LEADS THE ONE THAT AND NOW IT'S MORE FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING REALLY WELL.
AND WE WANT TO GET THEM EVEN HIGHER.
AND IT'S FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS FINALISTS.
AND THEN I OVERSEE THE SAT BOOT CAMP.
IT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JUNIORS BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS ARE EXPENSIVE.
I WANT TO SAY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO THAT.
BUT WE DO OFFER THE SAT BOOT CAMP.
IT CAN SERVE 800, UP TO 800 JUNIORS.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE DO IS WE GO THROUGH THE AVID CLASSROOMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE I PROVIDE A LIST OF THE KIDS WHO ARE WHAT I CALL APPROACHING BASED ON COLLEGE BOARD DATA FROM THEIR PSAT NMSQT.
NMSQT SCORES OR FROM THEIR 10TH GRADE SCORES, WHICH ARE KIND OF OLD AT THAT POINT.
BUT SO I PROVIDE THAT TO THE SENIOR HIGH'S.
WE'RE TRYING TO BOOST THE KIDS WHO NEED THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM, AND IT HAPPENS.
WE START REALLY WORKING ON IT HARD AND HEAVY IN DECEMBER, AND THEN IT REALLY KICKS OFF JANUARY.
AND FEBRUARY IS THE BIG MONTH WHERE THEY'RE PRACTICING.
CAN YOU KIND OF ALIGN HOW THOSE WORK? THANK YOU. THE THE CTE SECTIONS OF THE CCMR INDICATORS, IT'S THREE OR MORE CLASSES FOR FOUR OR MORE CREDITS.
YEAH. AND I REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE IN PROCESS.
A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY ARE OUR CAREER READINESS THROUGH PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND THE IVC.
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THOSE ARE COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR.AND SO IF YOU NOTICE, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IT WAS 18% OF OUR KIDS EARNED IT AT THAT POINT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF POINTS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WITH KIDS WHO ARE IN PROCESS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I THINK BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.2, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A REALLY QUICK BREAK IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO RUN DOWN THE HALL FOR A MOMENT, SO LET'S COME BACK IN BY 1138.
EVERY TIME WE HEAR THEY GO REALLY LATE.
I THINK I HAVE, LIKE, A LITTLE TUBE THAT YOU COULD USE.
CUT ME OUT AND I CAN GET YOU ONE OF MINE.
OKAY. NO, I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU.
YES. THINGS JUST KEEP COMING UP.
I THINK I DO. I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
HEY, Y'ALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT. SO IT'S LIKE I'M GETTING IT WRONG.
AND IT'S HUMBLING TO THE POINT YOU WANT TO CALL IT A DAY.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO AVENGERS ENDGAME.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS ABOUT.
SO MUCH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T KNOW I DIDN'T.
HOW ARE YOU? WHAT A WONDERFUL MORNING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OH, OKAY. YOU GOT IT.
YEAH. SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I WANT YOU TO SIT RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
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OH. OKAY, GUYS.[9.2 STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE]
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE.AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 9.2 OF OUR REPORT, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.
FREEMAN TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AND BRING YOU A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT REPORT ON HOW OUR KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN BOTH ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.
PHILIP MORGAN, OUR FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, AND COACH, LONNIE JORDAN, WHO YOU MET EARLIER TONIGHT.
FREEMAN. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, IT'S ALWAYS FUN.
I WAS TALKING TO COACH AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD PLAY UNTIL THE THIRD ACT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT A GOOD IT'S NOT A GOOD GAME UNTIL THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SO HERE WE GO. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT FREQUENTLY ACROSS BOTH OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND AS DR.
FREEMAN HAS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN MORE THAN JUST WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT IN A CLASSROOM ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT, BUT TEACHING THEM THOSE LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT SKILLS TO HELP STUDENTS REALLY ADVANCE THEMSELVES AS HUMAN BEINGS, NOT JUST AS ACADEMIA BASED STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME SOME INFORMATION.
I'M GOING TO GO FIRST HERE WITH FINE ARTS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY JUST IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL, THAT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH COACH AND I WE RUN OUT OF PILLAR ONE, SPECIFICALLY TEACHING AND LEARNING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND JUST GIVE YOU SOME OF OUR BASICS.
BUT WE DO WANT TO START WITH FINE ARTS AND JUST SHARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS WITH YOU HERE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR K5 FINE ARTS COURSE ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE, OR SOME FOLKS WATCHING ONLINE MAY NOT BE AWARE, ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN K5 DO TAKE VISUAL ARTS AND MUSIC AND THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM, SO THEY DO GET A GREAT FOUNDATION OF BOTH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AS THEY KICK IT OFF IN K-5.
AND SOME FOLKS HAVE ASKED US, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT MOVEMENT? WHAT ABOUT THEATER? THOSE ARE ALSO TAUGHT THEY ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE TEKS FOR K-5 ACADEMIC CURRICULUM IN THOSE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. SO WE HAVE 18,443 STUDENTS ENGAGED IN FINE ARTS EDUCATION IN PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS FALL.
WE'VE GOT KIND OF A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON TO LET YOU KNOW.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE RELATIVELY QUICK AS AN OLD DEBATE COACH.
SO FROM FALL 23 TO FALL 24, WE ARE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT IN VISUAL ARTS FROM 760 TO 915.
WE'RE UP QUITE A BIT IN BAND FROM 935 TO 1189.
CHOIR IS UPTICK JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM 546 TO 613.
ORCHESTRA IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM 778 TO 672, AND THEATER IS UP A TICK FROM 372 TO 446, SHOWING SOME GROWTH THERE IN SIXTH GRADE ENROLLMENT INTO THE FINE ARTS FROM 3391 UP TO 3835.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS THERE.
SO IF YOU'RE WANTING THESE PICTURES, I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE, TOO.
OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR OVER YEAR FINE ARTS ENROLLMENT FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
SO WE CALL THESE THE REPEATERS THESE STUDENTS FROM 2324.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW.
THEIR BAND IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON SEVEN EIGHT.
CHOIR IS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT IN SEVEN EIGHT.
ORCHESTRA HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT THERE AS WELL AS ART IS UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND YOU CAN SEE OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT TOTAL 6976 UP TO 7453.
SO THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE REFLECTIVE IN THAT SLIDE.
MOVING ON TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ANOTHER GREAT PICTURE THERE BY THE WAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN CATCH ANOTHER ONE IN THE FUTURE.
BAND IS UP QUITE A BIT THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL FROM 1285 TO 1459.
DRILL TEAM IS UP JUST A SHADE AND DANCE ITSELF.
THE DANCE PROGRAMS ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
JUST. I MEAN, A FRACTION OF A PERCENT THERE.
SPEECH AND DEBATE IS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT AT OUR CAMPUSES.
ORCHESTRA HAS GONE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THEATER IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM 764 TO 7 FOUR.
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EXCUSE ME FROM 11 106 TO 11 ONE 60.SO AND AGAIN, WE ALSO KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, JUST A SIDEBAR THERE TOO, BETWEEN ENROLLMENT AND PARTICIPATION STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WHO WERE FINE ARTS REALLY INVESTED STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS IN THEATER AND IN CHOIR.
SO SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WHAT WE CALL DOUBLE DIPPERS.
OTHER STUDENTS ARE TRIPLE DIPPERS.
AND THEY ARE THEY ARE FANTASTIC TRYING TO MASTER ALL THOSE COURSES, TOO.
SO TOTALING ALL THIS UP, WE HAVE 18,433 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 11,288 ACROSS SIX SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND 11,001 60 IN HIGH SCHOOL, TOTALING 40,891 TOTAL ENROLLMENTS IN FINE ARTS.
SO THAT'S 4048 40,891 SEATS TAKEN IN K-12 FOR STUDENTS.
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN PLANO ISD VERSUS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING FINE ARTS COURSES, THAT IS WELL, UP AROUND 89% OF OUR STUDENTS TAKING FINE ARTS COURSES AND GETTING THOSE EDUCATIONS.
SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT.
THAT'S A NUMBER THAT NOT MANY DISTRICTS CAN BRAG ACROSS THE STATE.
SO IT'S OUR FIFTH YEAR FOR DISTRICT DISTINCTION AND TARRAH, WHICH IS THE ART DISTRICT DISTINCTION.
IT'S OUR 21ST CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR OVER TWO DECADES OF BEING A BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC.
WE HAVE TWO TMEA INVITED ENSEMBLES.
SO TWO AWESOME TMEA ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WILL BE HEADING INTO FEBRUARY OF 2025.
WE HAVE ONE MUSIC FOR ALL NATIONAL NATIONAL FESTIVAL SELECTED BAND.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OUR BANDS.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME PROPS HERE.
SOME OF YOU SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVEN POSTED SOME PICTURES.
YOU SAW SOME OF OUR STATE QUALIFYING ARTWORK DOWN AT THE TACITUS EDUCON.
AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF THOSE, AS WELL AS SCHOLASTIC SILVER AND GOLD KEY.
SO WE ARE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS THERE.
AND SPEAKING OF FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS.
I'LL TELL YOU AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHEN I HEARD JEFF WAS GOING OVER TO PROSPER.
FULL DISCLOSURE, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SAD BECAUSE HE WAS.
HE WAS MY DUDE. AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN, BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT ON ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS EQUALLY AS PASSIONATE ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS AS LONNIE JORDAN IS. SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. LONNIE JORDAN. OKAY.
DR. WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.
AND SO IT'S IT'S EXCITING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE I WAS CLASSROOM TEACHER FOR A LONG TIME AND AND TO GET TO BE IN A SIDE OF IT NOW WHERE WHERE WE'RE TEACHING KIDS LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE TEACHING THEM CHARACTER.
WE'RE TEACHING THEM HOW TO COMPETE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WE'RE TEACHING THEM TO BE PROUD ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PLAY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO AND CERTAINLY NO BETTER PLACE TO DO THAT THAN HERE IN PLANO ISD.
OKAY. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE'LL LOOK AT SOME QUICK NUMBERS REAL FAST.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE I'VE GOT ONE AND I'LL COME TO IT HERE.
WE'VE GOT AN ASTERISK ON THERE.
OUR NUMBERS HAVE HELD PRETTY STEADY FOR THE MOST PART.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN PROGRAM THROUGH PROGRAM FOR FALL SPORTS, THE NUMBERS ARE ROUGHLY THE SAME.
NOW, OUR VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT.
AND PART OF THAT IS OR THAT'S A RESULT OF, OF UNIFICATION.
SO. SO OUR TEAMS ARE CAPPED AT A CERTAIN NUMBER, AND YOU TAKE AWAY SIX TEAMS IN PLANO ISD.
SO SO THAT I MEAN, SO THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED.
HOWEVER THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR PROGRAM.
OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT TOTAL NUMBERS, THERE WERE 16, 23 IN TOTAL PARTICIPATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO 1651 LAST YEAR.
ALRIGHT. SO MIDDLE SCHOOL, FALL SPORTS, STUDENT PARTICIPATION.
WE'VE GOT FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL BOTH GOING ON.
WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO TRANSITION AND GET READY FOR BASKETBALL AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
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THAT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCCER AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NUMBERS THERE.FOR FOOTBALL AGAIN, OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN.
VOLLEYBALL. WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION THERE.
THEY THEY HAD RUN 24 KIDS ON A TEAM.
OR ON A VOLLEYBALL TEAM IN HISTORICALLY.
AND SO LAST YEAR THEY CUT THAT TO 20 TO 22.
SO NOW WE'RE CARRYING 20 TO 22 KIDS, 20 TO 22 GIRLS ON A VOLLEYBALL TEAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH ROUGHLY MEANS THERE'S THERE'S A HUNDRED LESS GIRLS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL ACROSS OUR 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WHEN YOU TAKE SEVENTH GRADE A, SEVENTH GRADE B, EIGHTH GRADE A, EIGHTH GRADE B.
AND AGAIN WE'RE WE'RE EVALUATING THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S A LOT OF THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY INVOLVED.
HOWEVER THE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU PUT ON A COACH AND A STAFF AND A PROGRAM, WHEN YOU HAVE 24 KIDS AND YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SIX ON THE COURT, AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE A MANDATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY EACH KID YOU'RE REALLY TAKING AWAY FROM MAYBE YOUR MORE TALENTED KIDS AS YOU, AS YOU MAKE THOSE ROTATIONS GO THROUGH.
SO I THINK THE LEVEL OF VOLLEYBALL WILL GET BETTER.
AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE SOME.
SO THOSE ARE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL SPORTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE PRE ATHLETICS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THERE SIXTH GRADE TOTAL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
LAST YEAR WAS 19, EXCUSE ME, 1969, AND THIS YEAR IT'S 1944.
SO I WOULD CONSIDER THAT HOLDING STEADY.
AND THEN AS WE THE MORE YEARS WE DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PUT SOME DATA POINTS BEHIND IT TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT HOW IS THAT HELPING WITH OUR SEVENTH GRADE PARTICIPATION.
AND WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THOSE KIDS AS THEY GO UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, NINE THROUGH 12.
WE'RE DOWN JUST A HAIR THIS YEAR.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, HOWEVER, IS UP.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING 238 GIRLS THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO TWO, TWO, 227.
FOR A TOTAL PARTICIPATION OF 448 GIRLS ACROSS PLANO ISD.
AND YOU'LL SEE HIM AT MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES.
YOU'LL SEE HIM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.
SO EXCITING TO SEE THOSE PROGRAM OR THOSE PROGRAM NUMBERS AS A WHOLE COMING UP.
SO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IN A THIS IS A THIS IS A MANDATE FOR OUR PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR COACHES ABOUT WAS, WAS ACADEMIC, ALL DISTRICT, ACADEMIC ALL STATE.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS HERE, WE HAD 468 KIDS THAT WERE ACADEMIC ALL DISTRICT LAST YEAR.
SO THE COACHES WILL GO BACK, THEY'LL LOOK AT THAT.
AND IF THEY CARRIED AN A AVERAGE OR HIGHER, THEN THEY QUALIFIED FOR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.
THAT THERE IS A COMMITTEE IN AUSTIN, WE ALL WE CAN DO IS MAKE NOMINATIONS.
WE MAKE NOMINATIONS AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT VOTES ON THOSE.
AND WE HAD 130 STUDENTS FROM SENIOR ATHLETES LAST YEAR THAT, THAT WERE, THAT WERE NOMINATED AND THEN ACCEPTED AS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ATHLETES.
SO VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED WE HAD 13 AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH.
WE HAD 37 LAST YEAR AT PLANO EAST AND WE HAD 23 AT PLANO WEST.
AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE FUN TO LOOK AT.
AND I CAN'T WAIT AGAIN, AS WE AS WE SET THESE DATA POINTS AND WE START LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS AND PUTTING IMPLEMENTING SOME THINGS THAT WILL HELP WITH NOT ONLY THE RECRUITMENT PIECE, BUT KEEPING OUR KIDS INTERESTED IN TRAINING OUR KIDS AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE.
AS WE TALK ABOUT CCMR, YOU KNOW, BEING AN ATHLETE IN COLLEGE, OF COURSE, EVERY KID WANTS TO DO IT.
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NOT EVERY KID IS CAPABLE OF DOING IT, BUT WE HAVE KIDS WITH ATHLETIC ABILITY THAT REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR 23-24 DISTRICT TITLES, WE HAD SIX TOTAL.
WE HAD THREE AT EAST AND THREE AT PLANO WEST.
WE HAD ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT MADE THE POSTSEASON.
WE HAD ONE FROM THE SENIOR HIGH, FOUR FROM EAST AND THEN NINE FROM PLANO WEST.
STATE QUALIFIERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE HAD SIX FROM PLANO, THREE FROM PLANO EAST AND SIX FROM PLANO WEST.
STATE MEDALISTS ONE FROM SENIOR HIGH.
ONE FROM PLANO EAST AND THEN TWO FROM PLANO WEST AND THEN STATE CHAMPIONS.
AND YOU GOT TO MEET ONE OF THEM OR SEE ONE OF THEM EARLIER TODAY, BUT TWO STATE CHAMPIONS.
SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT AROUND THAT.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GROW.
NEXT, JUST REAL QUICK GIVING A SHOUT OUT.
THESE WERE OUR PLANO ISD COACHES OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE JORDAN COLE AT RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SHE'S A VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL COACH.
WE HAD ERNEST STERLING, BOYS ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AT CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ROBERT MOLLET, FIRST ASSISTANT TRACK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AT PLANO WEST, AND THEN MATT WESTER, NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR AND PLANO ISD COACH OF THE YEAR. BOYS BASKETBALL AT PLANO EAST.
SO REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE FOLKS LIKE THAT AROUND US AND COACHING OUR KIDS.
SO LOOKING AT THE BOND AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE I'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FOR PHILIP HERE, BUT JUST FROM A FINE ARTS IN REGARDS TO COMPLETED PROJECTS, WE HAVE MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL DRILL TEAM.
THEY'VE GOT NEW UNIFORMS. WILLIAM HIGH SCHOOL DRILL TEAM HAS GOTTEN NEW UNIFORMS. AND THEN PLANO SENIOR VINES.
THAT ENTIRE BAND CLUSTER HAS RECEIVED NEW UNIFORMS. FROM AN ATHLETIC STANDPOINT WE'VE HAD SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'VE GOT MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS AT BOWMAN, WILSON AND ROBINSON THAT ARE COMPLETE SOFTBALL FIELD AT EAST AND WEST.
AND THEN OUR BASEBALL FIELDS AT EAST AND WEST ARE COMPLETED.
WE HAVE EAST, EAST AND WEST COMPETITION.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR NINTH GRADERS ARE IN SENIOR HIGH COLORS NOW.
AND THERE WAS A THERE WAS AN EXPENSE TO THAT.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THE KIDS LOVE IT.
WE'VE GOT NEW UNIFORMS FOR THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE'VE GOT LIGHTED SCORERS TABLES, NEW SOCCER GOALS, ET CETERA.
WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF THINGS FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT.
AND SO THINGS ARE REALLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THE DISTRICT.
OKAY, SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES.
THEY ARE, THEY'RE AS GOOD AS ANY FIELD IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BETTER BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL FACILITY THAT YOU CAN COME PLAY AT.
AND I LOVE THAT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
YOU KNOW, COACHES, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S NICE WHEN A COACH WHEN THEY CONSIDER THEIR OFFICE A BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL FIELD AND THEY GET TO COME AND WORK IN A REALLY NICE FACILITY. BUT MOSTLY IT'S OUR KIDS AND OUR KIDS DESERVE THIS.
THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THESE NICE THINGS.
I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE OF THIS TYPE OF WORK WE DO AROUND OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS WILL MAKE.
AND OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS WILL MAKE PLANO ISD A DESTINATION, DESTINATION DISTRICT FOR KIDS.
SO BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES AND MORE TO COME.
THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG ONE. HOPEFULLY WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF THAT.
OF COURSE, IT HEATED BACK UP THIS WEEK.
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE KIDS OUTSIDE PRACTICING.
AND SO WE HAVE WE BROUGHT PERRY WEATHER ON BOARD.
WE HAVE OUR OWN METEOROLOGIST.
WE HAVE THREE WEATHER STATIONS.
ALL OF OUR TRAINERS AND ALL OF OUR HEAD COACHES HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SITE.
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SO BY 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE ARE GETTING A MESSAGE THAT'S GOING OUT THAT BEFORE THE LAST PERIOD ATHLETICS IS TELLING COACHES, HEY, HERE'S HOW LONG YOU CAN PRACTICE TODAY. HERE'S HOW MANY BREAKS YOU NEED TO TAKE.HERE'S WHAT UNIFORMS YOU CAN WEAR OR NOT WEAR.
OR THEY'RE SAYING, NOPE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE INSIDE.
SO THOSE DIRECTIVES ARE GOING OUT DAILY AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION ON THAT.
AND I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE, I THINK I SAW ALL OF YOU LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE LAST, BUT.
WE HAVE A WE HAVE A PSA ANNOUNCEMENT THAT GOES OUT ON OUR ON OUR JUMBOTRON, OUR VIDEO BOARD, PRIOR TO GAMES AT BOTH OF OUR STADIUMS. THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE TEXAS WAY.
ALL THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, SOCCER, BASEBALL HAVE GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH THIS.
AND THE IDEA IS, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO THROUGH OUR COACHES AND THROUGH A VIDEO SERIES THAT THAT WORKS WITH STEVE MACKEY OF TWO WORDS CURRICULUM.
SO HE'S A CHARACTER BASED MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.
BUT HE'S CREATED A CURRICULUM FOR SPORTSMANSHIP.
AND EVERY HEAD COACH IN EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY SPORT ACROSS PLANO ISD SHOULD BE WORKING ON THIS WITH THEIR KIDS.
AND I'M FOLLOWING UP AND CHECKING WITH THEM.
YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY OFTEN, YOU KNOW, JUST CHECKING IN AND SAYING, HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? ARE YOUR KIDS RESPONDING? THAT SORT OF THING? AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD AN INCIDENT OR TWO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT THE KIDS UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN EXPECTATION.
OUR COACHES ARE UNDERSTANDING.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PILLARS THAT WE'LL TEACH EVERY KID, EVERY COACH, AND EVENTUALLY EVERY PARENT.
AND THEN THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SPORTSMANSHIP AT SPORTING EVENTS.
AND IT'S A ANYTIME YOU START A NEW INITIATIVE, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE UIL HAS PUSHED OUT ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.
IN A LOT OF YEARS, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AGAIN.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED WORKING WITH DR.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A JOY TO GET TO KNOW HIM.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH THE BANDS AND CAN'T WAIT TO, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP GROWS.
FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ANYBODY HAVE A CLOCK ON THAT? CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE CHAIR SIZE? DO THE CHAIR TEAMS HAVE A LIMIT SIZE, OR ARE EACH SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER THEY WANT? THERE ARE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR COMPETITION TEAMS, OUR COMPETITION TEAMS HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER.
AND THEN OUR SPIRIT SQUADS ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT FROM THAT.
SO A COMPETITION TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND COMPETES.
NOW THERE CAN BE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THAT, BUT WHEN THEY GO OUT AND COMPETE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LIMITATIONS AROUND THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UIL OR THERE'S SOME GUIDELINES TO THAT. AS FAR AS A SPIRIT SQUAD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, I THINK THEY'LL DO MOSTLY YOU KNOW, THEY CAN I THINK THEY CAN GET MORE GIRLS AND THEN THEY CAN ROTATE THOSE.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR JV LEVEL, YOUR FRESHMAN LEVEL, THAT SORT OF THING.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT AND ONE KIND OF QUESTION.
THE COMMENT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE I MADE TO DR.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT SIDE IS THIS 16, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND COMING INTO THE DISTRICT WITH REALLY FRESH EYES AND UNPACKING THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE SENIOR HIGHS, RIGHT? WE HAVE KIDS THAT CAN PLAY SPORTS IN EVERY CLUSTER, RIGHT? YES. AND THIS JUST THIS WORRIES ME IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE ACADEMIC DISPARITY REALLY WORRIES ME ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS.
AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE EAST SENIOR RIVALRY IN PARTICULAR.
BUT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF US ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT DISPARITY.
SURE. ACROSS ACADEMICS OR ATHLETICS.
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SO JUST A COMMENT FOR AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND, AND MAYBE BRINGING THAT UP AT A FUTURE UPDATE.THE SECOND IS, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL AND HAVING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GIRLS ON EACH TEAM, I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE'RE GOING FROM 13 TO 11 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND ON THE ONE HAND, WE HEARD FROM PRINCIPAL TEDFORD ABOUT HOW ARMSTRONG WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL SEASON BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE ARE INCREASING THE SIZE, THE ENROLLMENT OF ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE RECEIVING STUDENTS.
SO MOST OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER AND IN THE EAST CLUSTER, AND THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IN OUR THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSING HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THOSE CLUSTERS.
RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE DEPENDING MORE ON ATHLETICS AND MAKING THE TEAM, RATHER THAN STARTING SOMETHING LIKE VOLLEYBALL WHEN THEY'RE SIX.
RIGHT. AND THROUGH PSA OR WHATEVER.
AND SO AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
BUT JUST AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS LIKE, IS THERE A PLAN TO MITIGATE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY YOU KNOW STUDENTS, BUT THAT ARE BEING RELOCATED FROM OUR TWO CLOSING MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
RIGHT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE REALLY NARROWLY DEFINING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON EACH TEAM.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE EVALUATING KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
SO IN REGARDS TO WHETHER IT'S DROPPING NUMBERS AT CERTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN A NO CUT SPORT LIKE FOOTBALL WHETHER IT IS PARTICIPATION OR CULTURE AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH AND THEN AND THEN OUR VOLLEYBALL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE AND THERE ARE I THINK SOME OF IT WILL JUST TAKE TIME FOR US TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COACH WHITE HAS BEEN THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR.
AND A LOT OF TIMES IT JUST TAKES TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD KIDS LEAVE OUR DISTRICT, LEAVE OUR PROGRAMS, AND GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO ALLEVIATE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS WANT TO BE HERE.
AND AND THAT STARTS WITH THE CULTURE OF THE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THOSE THINGS, AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCITING THINGS FOR YOU DOWN THE ROAD.
IN REGARD TO MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO.
FIX IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT I THINK THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO TO CREATE PARTICIPATION.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE GROWING THE NUMBERS OF PROGRAMS YOU HAVE AT EACH SCHOOL, WHICH IS GOING TO COST MONEY, BECAUSE NOW WE NEED COACHES TO COACH THOSE TEAMS. AND I MEAN, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND THAT WOULD NEED TO GO IN AROUND THAT.
TYRA. I WAS GOING TO SAY I HAVE CIRCLED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY SHEET ABOUT THE SAME THING WITH PLANO SENIOR HIGH, AND IT IS SOMETHING I'VE NOTICED [INAUDIBLE] AS A BOARD MEMBER OVER TIME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR AND THE TWO YEARS, THE DISPARITY HAS BECOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
SO WE CERTAINLY NEED A BIG PIVOT ON THAT.
BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
CERTAINLY, THE NUMBERS NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSING TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN AND AS YOU'RE KEEPING THIS DATA, KEEPING IT OVER SEVERAL YEARS, LIKE WHAT WE SAW WITH THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC COMPARISON, IT'S JUST REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO SEE.
AND I LOVED YOUR 40,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SPORT, IN ART, THE ARTS.
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HOWEVER, YOU DID TALK ABOUT THERE BEING DOUBLE DIPPING.AND MY FAVORITE DOUBLE DIPPING IS SEEING A FOOTBALL PLAYER OUT ON THE OUT MARCHING WITH THE BAND.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE NOW MAKING MORE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CULTURE OF PISD FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU HAD TO CHOOSE IN NINTH GRADE.
IT WAS A VERY HARD, HARD RULE.
AND I HAD A DAUGHTER WHO HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALLOWING FOR THAT.
I WOULD BE NOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY OF OUR STUDENTS SINGLE.
NOT DOUBLE DIPPING, BUT HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE FULLY ENGAGED IN FINE ARTS OR SPORTS? SO WE CAN SEE ALSO THE DIFFERENCE OF HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE THAT AREN'T ENGAGED IN ANY OF THOSE, SO WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE ATHLETIC PRE ATHLETICS AND SIXTH GRADE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS OF SAYING WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE IMPACT FOR THAT.
TYRA SAID ABOUT OUR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING FAMILIES THAT HAVE PUT THEM IN SPORTS IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, HOW WE IDENTIFY THOSE KIDS, MAYBE IT'S ECONOMICS, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST PARENTS WHO THAT'S NOT A VALUE FOR THEM AND HOW WE GET KIDS INVOLVED.
HERE THOUGH, THE KIDS THAT ARE NOT IN PRE ATHLETICS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO MAYBE BE IN AN ATHLETIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPETING WITH THE ATHLETES AND MAYBE HAVE A MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFESTYLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FITNESS.
THAT WOULD BE REALLY CURRICULAR PROGRAMING OR CAMPUS BASED.
WE, I MEAN, FROM A SCHOOL STANDPOINT, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T WORK WITH THOSE KIDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PE PERIOD. BUT I HEAR YOU AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT, I MEAN, THOSE NUMBERS, HAVING KIDS, BEING A PART OF A PROGRAM AND GETTING QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND REALLY LEARNING THE SKILLS AND FUNDAMENTALS OF SPORTS.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE ONE OF TWO THINGS.
AND MAYBE THEY DO GO TO CHOIR OR ORCHESTRA OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO THE SOONER WE CAN IDENTIFY AND THE SOONER THAT WE CAN START TEACHING YOU KNOW, PROPER TECHNIQUE AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SPORTS AND BODY MOVEMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING IS GOING TO BENEFIT OUR PROGRAMS. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE FOR US TO SEE IT.
BUT IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING.
IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION, DR.
FREEMAN AND DR. WILLIAMS, THEY ARE THEY ARE AHEAD OF THAT CURVE READY TO GO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY BREAKING DOWN INTO A COUPLE OF OTHER STUDIES FOR OUR DATA AND FINE ARTS, KIND OF USING IT AS THE, AS THE SEMINAL STUDY THAT WILL PULL IN AND TELL US BY THE STUDENT SPECIFICALLY. SO I'LL TRY TO BRING THAT TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING.
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT'S IN THE DISCUSSION.
YEAH. HEY, YOU WANT TO BRING A CHAIR UP? YEAH. I MEAN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE FROM THIS DAIS, AND IT'S THE ACADEMICS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BUT KIDS MEMORIES OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IS ABOUT THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND THE LEADERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY BUILD.
AND LAST QUESTION, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRIVIAL, BUT I CAUGHT A NEW STORY.
EVERY OUTDOOR PRACTICE IN THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER HAVE HAD ACCESS TO A WATER A WATER BATH NOW.
WE, WE TALKED TO TRAINERS AND DOCTORS, AND WE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL RATHER THAN, THAN HAVING AN ICE TUB AVAILABLE AT EVERY FACILITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WITH JUST THE LOGISTICS OF PRACTICE SCHEDULES AND UNIFICATION, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WE CAN'T TRAVEL WITH THOSE, BUT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A TACO METHOD.
I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT.
BUT THE TACO METHOD IS BASICALLY YOU TAKE A TARP AND YOU PUT IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT HAS AN ACUTE HEAT ILLNESS, YOU'LL PUT THE KID IN THE TARP AND THEN YOU'LL PUT ICE ON THEM, AND THEN YOU'LL FOLD THAT TARP UP LIKE A LIKE A TACO.
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AND AND SO WE HAVE, WE'VE TRAINED OUR COACHES OUR TRAINERS CAME IN AND DID A GREAT JOB OF, OF DEMONSTRATING AND SHOWING THEM.THEY'RE REALLY LARGE BAGS THAT HAVE HANDLES ON THEM THAT'S MADE OUT OF A TARP MATERIAL.
AND SO WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE AT AT, YOU KNOW, EVERY WE HAVE IT AT EVERY FIELD, EVERY STADIUM.
FOR, FOR FINE ARTS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH THOSE TARPS AS WELL.
AND SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TEN GALLON BUCKET OF ICE ON SITE WHEN AND NOW KEEP IN MIND THIS IS WHEN THE WET BULB IS OVER 80.
AND SO IF THE IF THE WET BULB FALLS UNDER 80 DEGREES, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT.
I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, DR.
MORGAN. THE FINE ARTS NUMBERS LOOK FANTASTIC.
AND I'VE NOTICED THAT YOUR BAND NUMBERS AND YOUR ORCHESTRA NUMBERS WENT UP.
IS IT BECAUSE. DID YOU HELP MAKE THE STUDENTS FIND WAYS TO GET THE INSTRUMENTS OR THE NUMBERS WENT UP? MR. CONRAD, OUR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC COORDINATOR, DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF ANTICIPATE THOSE TO SEE WHAT HIGH CAPITAL INSTRUMENTS I CALL THEM HIGH CAPITAL INSTRUMENTS, THE ONES THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
A SOUSAPHONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A FLUTE.
BUT YEAH, HE MAKES CERTAIN THAT THAT THE CAMPUSES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE MATERIALS, THE ONES THAT THEY'RE RENTING, THE ONES THAT THEY'RE USING. HE KEEPS THOSE AT THE READY.
AND OUR BAND DIRECTORS AND ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ARE PHENOMENAL AT MAKING CERTAIN THAT STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT HAVE ACCESS TO AN INSTRUMENT AND THAT THEY CAN AUDITION ON THOSE INSTRUMENTS. SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN ATTEST TO IT, I CAN SAY THIS WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING, PROBABLY THE WRONG WORD, BUT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR ORCHESTRA AND BAND AND THEATER AND CHOIR AND ART AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY GIVE STUDENTS THE ACCESSIBILITY AND ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT, SO THAT IF THEY'RE IN OTHER CLASSES OR IF THEY'RE WANTING TO DO ATHLETICS, THEY TRY TO FIND THE BEST WAY.
SO THAT I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE OUR NUMBERS UP.
BUT I KNOW THAT OUR BAND AND ORCHESTRA TEACHERS AND CHOIR AS WELL, HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE INVESTED IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH STARTED WITH WHAT COACH TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT HIRES IN THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO AND THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE ARE VETERAN TEACHERS, HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF CARRYING THAT THROUGH AND KIND OF CONTINUING.
I SEE OUR PROGRAMS AS A SEVEN YEAR COURSE.
YOU'RE STARTING IN SIXTH GRADE.
SO I WISH I WISH I COULD POINT TO ONE THING.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S OUR FANTASTIC TEACHERS DOING A GREAT JOB OF RETAINING STUDENTS IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND REALLY ENCOURAGING THEM AND LOVING THEM PROFESSIONALLY SO THAT THEY LOVE THE FINE ARTS THAT THEY'RE IN.
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AND THAT'S KEEPING OUR NUMBERS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.SO. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MR. JORDAN. DR. MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. PLEASURE. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN.
CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY NON-AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTIONS 551.074 PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STOP.
AS A REMINDER TO ALL IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE TO DISRUPT A LAWFUL MEETING.
IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE THE ORDER HAS BEEN
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RESTORED. FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.DR. FREEMAN, PLEASE CALL A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SHANNON AYERS.
MISS AYERS, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? NO, THANKS. OKAY.
SHANNON AYERS WITH CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM, I'M HERE TO VOICE MY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT IN THIS BOARD'S RECENT DECISION TO ADOPT CHANGES TO YOUR EFB LOCAL POLICY PROPOSED IN THE TASB 123 UPDATE, SPECIFICALLY THE REMOVAL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DISTRICT RESIDENTS FROM THE RECONSIDERATION PROCESS FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS. LET'S BE CLEAR THIS WAS NOT A SIMPLE OVERSIGHT.
THESE WORDS WERE DELIBERATELY REDLINED IN THE UPDATE, CASTING DOUBTS ABOUT TASB'S CREDIBILITY AND SIGNALING AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO SIDELINE THE VOICES OF TAXPAYERS. PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN YOUR SCHOOLS, BUT WHO STILL BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF FUNDING THEM.
BY STRIPPING AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE VERY MATERIALS THEY PAY FOR, YOU ARE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THEIR VOICES DON'T MATTER, THEIR CONCERNS ARE IRRELEVANT, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ONLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU TO TAKE BUT NOT TO CONSIDER.
WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DIMINISH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? IN CONVERSATIONS WITH BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, I'VE HEARD A TROUBLING SENTIMENT THAT THOSE WITHOUT KIDS IN THE DISTRICT DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOLS.
FIRST, IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T CARE, THEN WHY BOTHER REMOVING THEM FROM THE PROCESS? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER CHOOSES NOT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT IS THEIR DECISION.
IT'S NOT YOUR PLACE TO EXCLUDE THEM.
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT GET TO DECIDE WHO CAN HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE.
AND WHO CANNOT? I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THE PASSAGE OF HB 900 MANDATES COMMUNITY MEMBERS BE REMOVED.
THE WAY I SEE IT, THERE ARE TWO POSSIBILITIES HERE.
NEITHER SCENARIO IS ACCEPTABLE.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT POLICY CHANGES.
IT'S ABOUT RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS YOU.
EVERY SINGLE TAXPAYER DESERVES THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE WITH THE MATERIALS THEIR TAXES SUPPORT.
TO STRIP AWAY THAT RIGHT IS A BETRAYAL OF THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE.
SO I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS DECISION AND REFLECT ON ITS IMPLICATIONS.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN COLLIN COUNTY HAVE DONE JUST THAT, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU VALUE ALL VOICES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST THOSE YOU FIND CONVENIENT.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN BECCHIO, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
MISS BECCHIO, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? WAIT A MINUTE.
YES. OKAY. SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS REGARDING THIS DISTRICT.
I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED TO SEE THE EMAIL IN OCTOBER OF 2023 FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE LIBRARY BOOK CONCERNS BOTH FROM PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE IT WAS BLATANTLY DISHONEST.
THE DISTRICT WAS NOT SUDDENLY MADE AWARE OF BOOK CONCERNS JUST LAST FALL.
YOUR BOOK COMMITTEES WRONGLY AND KNOWINGLY DECIDED TO KEEP EXPLICIT MATERIALS ON LIBRARY SHELVES WHEN THEY MET TO REVIEW RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 2023. IN JUNE OF 2024, IT WAS SAID THAT THESE BOOK CONCERNS WOULD BE APPROACHED WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS IN MIND.
THE DISTRICT SHOULD CLARIFY THIS WITH UNIFIED MESSAGING.
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BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY'RE FULLY INVENTORIED.ALSO IN JUNE 2024, THE DISTRICT ADOPTED TASB 123 EFA AND EFB LOCAL, CHANGING THE LANGUAGE ABOUT CHALLENGING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL AND ALSO LIBRARY BOOKS.
THIS DENIES TAXPAYERS OF THIS DISTRICT FROM HAVING A VOICE IN THESE CONCERNS.
THIS MAKES IT SO THAT THE ONLY THAT ONLY PARENTS AND STAFF MAY CHALLENGE ANYTHING.
ONE MINUTE AT THE JUNE MEETING, TERESA WILLIAMS SAID THAT THE CHANGES TO THE NEW LIBRARY SYSTEM WERE ABOUT GIVING PARENTAL RIGHTS AND CHOICE, AND TO PARTNER WITH THE PARENT ON WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILD.
BUT THAT IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE FROM THESE POLICIES, STATING, QUOTE, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN LIBRARY ACQUISITION, MAINTENANCE AND CAMPUS ACTIVITIES IS ENCOURAGED FROM THE NEW ADOPTED EFB LOCAL POLICY ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND LIBRARY MATERIALS.
THESE ARE QUESTIONABLE CHANGES TO MAKE IN A YEAR WHERE FOUR BOARD SEATS ARE UP FOR ELECTION.
ALL TAXPAYERS WHO PAY FOR THESE VERY MATERIALS DESERVE A VOICE IN THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT OR UPFRONT ABOUT THESE CHANGES.
THE RED LINES ABOUT CHANGES WERE NOT PROPERLY DONE.
THE BOARD SHOULD MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM TO RECONSIDER THIS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER AND LAST SPEAKER IS TAYLOR MEACHAM, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
SORRY, SORRY. IT'S LATE NIGHT.
THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT WARNING.
YEAH. YOU GUYS, CAN YOU SEE ME OVER THERE? YOU DOING OKAY? OKAY.
HARD NOT TO TAKE IT A LITTLE PERSONALLY.
THAT I'M POSITIONED SO FAR AWAY.
RECENTLY, THERE WERE RUMORS OF SECURITY THREATS CIRCULATING AMONG STUDENTS.
THE DISTRICT SENT AN EMAIL IN THIS REGARD ON THE 18TH.
THE EMAIL DIDN'T SPECIFY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT NO CREDIBLE THREAT TO ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THAT THERE COULD BE PENALTIES, SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES FOR MAKING THREATS.
THE NEXT DAY, I RECEIVED MY FIRST EVER IN-SCHOOL PHONE CALL FROM MY EIGHTH GRADER AT SCHIMMELPFENNIG, WHO TAKES HER PHONE TO SCHOOL. SHE CALLED ME DURING HER LUNCH PERIOD TO SAY, WITH A NOTICEABLE QUIVER IN HER VOICE, THAT SHE WAS SCARED FROM WHERE SHE WAS IN THE LUNCHROOM, SHE COULD SEE A LINE OF PARENTS QUEUING UP OUTSIDE TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE DAY.
SHE COULD SEE STRONG EVIDENCE, NOT MERE WORDS, BUT REAL ACTIONS THAT INDICATED THAT, CONTRARY TO THE DISTRICT'S EARLIER EMAIL, MANY PARENTS APPEARED CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT THE SECURITY AT SCHIMMELPFENNIG TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
WHICH ADULTS SHOULD SHE TRUST? WITH MY POOR KID ON THE PHONE WORRIED ABOUT HER AND HER SIXTH GRADE SIXTH GRADE SISTER'S SAFETY.
I DID MY BEST TO REASSURE HER THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THREATS AT SCHOOLS ARE NOT CREDIBLE, AND THAT THE ADULTS IN CHARGE OF HER SCHOOL WERE GOOD AT DETERMINING THE CREDIBILITY OF THOSE THREATS.
WE KEPT HER AND HER SISTER IN SCHOOL.
YES, MY DAUGHTER HAD A PHONE WITH HER AND YES, I WAS ABLE TO COMFORT HER.
MAYBE THAT SEEMS LIKE AN ARGUMENT FOR PC CONTINUED LAX TREATMENTS OF PHONES, BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S BECAUSE SO MANY KIDS HAD PHONES AT HAND DURING SCHOOL THAT THEY COULD MESSAGE EACH OTHER ABOUT THE THREAT WHILE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL, SPREADING RUMORS AND FEAR ELECTRONICALLY BEHIND THE BACKS OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
BECAUSE SO MANY KIDS HAD PHONES AT HAND IN SCHOOL, THEY COULD CALL THEIR PARENTS DIRECTLY.
BECAUSE THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY HAD PHONES.
BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR PHONES AT HAND IN SCHOOL.
FEAR COULD SPREAD SO MUCH THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL THAT IT COST MY KIDS THE REST OF THE DAY, AS THE TEACHERS SCRAMBLED TO DETERMINE HOW BEST TO HANDLE HALF FILLED CLASSROOMS. ALTHOUGH I WISH PARENTS HADN'T PULLED THEIR KIDS OUT, I DON'T BLAME THEM.
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PHONES POSE A COLLECTIVE PROBLEM, ONE THAT THE DISTRICT IS BETTER SUITED TO ADDRESS THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL OR PERSON.OUR STUDENTS DESERVE A WELL-ORDERED SCHOOL.
THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT LAX APPROACH TO PHONES DENIED MY KIDS EXACTLY THAT.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.