Dec 10, 2024 Regular Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

LET'S WAIT A MOMENT.

ARE WE GOOD? OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.

I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT, BUT WHATEVER.

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

NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:33 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.

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

AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK IS ATTENDING VIA ZOOM THIS MEETING.

GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL.

GLAD WE CAN. WE HEAR YOU.

LET ME TEST YOU.

I THINK YOU CAN HEAR ME. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR.

WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

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

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

TERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

CELINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ, TRUSTEE JERI CHAMBERS.

AND TRUSTEE KATHRYN GOODWIN.

AND LIKE I SAID, TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK, WHO USUALLY SITS DOWN THERE, IS JOINING VIA ZOOM.

HELLO. GIVE US A WAVE.

ARE YOU THERE? GOOD JOB.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTED.

OKAY. SEATED TO MY RIGHT.

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

DR. 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, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

DANNY STOCKTON, CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND SHARON NOWAK, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING, WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE STUDENTS FROM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS.

FLAGS AND STUDENTS, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND.

RIGHT. AND WE'LL FACE THE FLAG.

SO NO DISRESPECT.

WE'RE TURNING OUR BACKS.

AND YOU MAY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

HONOR. TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL STAY THERE OR Y'ALL ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHAWNA BRING OVER THE MICROPHONE.

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EACH OF YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR GRADE AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE MICROPHONE, SIR.

GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS BEN AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS GARRETT AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS AINSLEY AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS CALEB AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS NORA, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS IRINA, AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE.

MY NAME IS HUDSON, AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND. YES.

AND NOW, IF YOU WOULD JUST REMAIN STANDING AND Y'ALL TURN AROUND AND FACE EVERYBODY THERE SO WE CAN GET A QUICK PHOTO, AND MOM AND DAD GET WHERE YOU NEED TO GET. FEEL.

FEEL FREE TO JUMP FORWARD IF YOU NEED TO.

ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WAS GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

YOU GOT ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, STUDENTS, GREAT JOB.

AND YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS NOW.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE BY, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

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AND SO I'M GOING TO START READING OUT SOME OF THESE.

AND IT MAY I MAY BE A LITTLE BEHIND ON THE SCROLL.

BUT PLANO ISD SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS COMPETED LAST NIGHT IN THE 6.A UIL REGION TEN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT IN DALLAS.

I'M HONORED TO READ THE COMPETITION RESULTS AND ASK THE APPLAUSE TO BE HELD UNTIL THE END, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR ALL THE NAMES WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, APPLAUSE BREAKING UP THE NAMES. SO FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SECOND PLACE.

SAHANA DHARMA QUALIFIED TO UIL STATE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

THIRD PLACE AKASH-AL ALL CAME ON AND HE QUALIFIED FOR UIL STATE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

I'M HERE IN A PATTERN.

FIFTH PLACE PRANAV GHATI.

FIRST ALTERNATE TO UIL STATE FINALIST SANJEEV GUDDA.

I'M PROBABLY SLAUGHTERING NAMES AND I APOLOGIZE.

AND THEN FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH.

FOURTH PLACE ROSHAN SHIVANI.

QUALIFIED FOR UIL STATE.

NOW. ADDITIONALLY, PLANO EAST WON THE 6-A CONGRESS TEAM SWEEPSTAKES AWARD FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WHILE PLANO WEST CLINCHED THE OVERALL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIP BY MORE THAN 150 POINTS.

PRETTY ASTOUNDING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE TALENTED STUDENTS AND BEST WISHES AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN JANUARY. NOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER CONGRATULATIONS, AND WE SEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR PLANO ISD STUDENT ATHLETES WHO PUT PEN TO PAPER ON THE FIRST DAY OF 20 2425 NATIONAL ATHLETICS EARLY SIGNING DAY.

THE. THE BOARD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE EACH ONE OF YOU AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW.

SO AGAIN, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS LIST OF STUDENTS.

PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH ATHENA HAYES, A TRACK ATHLETE, SIGNED WITH PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

DJ HALL, SIGNED WITH THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

SEMA UDOH SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

COLE MCCLENDON IS HEADED TO HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY TO PLAY BASEBALL.

RYAN WESTON SIGNED WITH EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE TO PLAY BASEBALL.

JAYDEN DAWSON SIGNED WITH ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TO PLAY SOFTBALL, AND WRESTLER LIAM DEWEES SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN BERKELEY.

CHANCES ABEL WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND PEYTON COOPER SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN LOS ANGELES TO PLAY SOCCER.

THAT WAS ONE SCHOOL, RIGHT? OR THAT WAS TWO SCHOOLS.

AND NOW, PLANO SENIOR HIGH HAS THESE STUDENTS.

BRIDGETTE SLUDER WILL PLAY SOCCER AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE TO PLAY SOCCER.

AND LEE NAGDCA JERI SIGNED WITH TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TO PLAY SOCCER.

ROWAN CASSIDY WILL BE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, AND DAVID NWABUOKU SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

NOW PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS, VOLLEYBALL PLAYER ANGELA ZENO SIGNED WITH STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY.

VOLLEYBALL PLAYER SOPHIE WEI SIGNED WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

ANDREA CARRILLO GALVEZ WILL BE PLAYING SOFTBALL FOR MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY.

IZZY DUNN WILL BE PLAYING SOFTBALL FOR SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.

LET'S SEE.

AZEL CHASEK SIGNED TO PLAY BASEBALL FOR AMARILLO COLLEGE.

JACKSON KILMER WILL BE PLAYING BASEBALL FOR HILLSDALE COLLEGE.

MITCHELL MORTON WILL BE PLAYING BASKETBALL FOR XAVIER UNIVERSITY OR XAVIER UNIVERSITY.

SAMUEL VERA SIGNED WITH DALLAS COLLEGE MOUNTAIN VIEW TO PLAY BASEBALL.

WESTON COX SIGNED WITH NORTHERN OKLAHOMA COLLEGE TO PLAY BASEBALL ONLY.

ASTORIA SIGNED WITH DOANE UNIVERSITY TO PLAY SOCCER.

KATIE JACKSON SIGNED WITH TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY TO PLAY SOCCER AND ROWER.

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OKAY. WE ARE I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN APPLAUSE.

THAT WAS A LONG LIST OF AMAZING KIDS.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN PLANO ISD WITH OUR AMAZING STUDENTS.

I WOULD SAY THE BOARD IS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS IN PERSON THIS EVENING.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THOSE OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

TERESA WILLIAMS, TO INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION.

DR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS MONTH'S PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD WINNERS.

THESE DEDICATED TEAM MEMBERS BRING OUR DISTRICT'S VISION TO LIFE EVERY DAY, EMBODYING OUR LEADERSHIP PROFILE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.

DEDICATED TO CARING, POWERED BY LEARNING AND PLANO ISD PROUD.

SUPERVISORS DISTRICT WIDE ARE INVITED TO NOMINATE MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAMS FOR THIS MONTHLY RECOGNITION.

AND TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HONORING TWO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF OUR PLANO ISD FAMILY.

SO, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT.

MAYBE YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND YOU'LL REMAIN UP AT THE FRONT.

YOU'LL HAVE A PICTURE WITH DR.

TARRAH. SHE'LL HAVE AN AWARD FOR YOU.

AND THEN WE'LL DO INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PICTURES AND WE'LL ASK CAMPUS PRINCIPALS TO COME UP WITH THEIR RECIPIENT.

SO TONIGHT'S FIRST WINNER IS MARIKA BIRD, SECRETARY AT GULICK ELEMENTARY.

SO MISS BIRD WAS NOMINATED BY HER PRINCIPAL, DANNY PILEGGI, AND SHE IS RECOGNIZED FOR CREATING A CARING AND WELCOMING OFFICE CULTURE WHERE FAMILIES FEEL VALUED.

HER ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES THROUGH HER PROFESSIONALISM AND GENUINE EMPATHY HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT OF TRUST AND BELONGING AT COLLEGE. MARIKA IS CREDITED FOR CONSISTENTLY HANDLING ENROLLMENT PROCESSES WITH SMILE AND GRACE.

HER COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL GROWTH TO ENCOURAGE A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE MAKES HER AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM MEMBER WHO TRULY EMBODIES OUR PLANO ISD VISION.

LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND IF YOU'LL JUST IF YOU WANT TO, DANNY, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND DO A QUICK PICTURE.

I DID WARN YOU.

CAN. WE CAN HAVE YOU ALL DONE ONE TOGETHER? OKAY.

OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS KATIE MATTHEWS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER AT HOUSTON.

SO KATIE WAS NOMINATED BY HER PRINCIPAL, JENNIFER CAPLINGER, AND IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO HER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. IN HER ROLE, SHE CREATES INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS THAT FOSTERS ACADEMIC GROWTH AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WHILE CULTIVATING A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SUPPORTED AND CAPABLE.

AS TEAM LEADER, KATIE'S DEDICATION EXTENDS TO MENTORING FELLOW TEACHERS, BUILDING UNITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING TO MEET UNIQUE NEEDS AT HER CAMPUS.

HER POSITIVE INFLUENCE REACHES BEYOND THE CLASSROOM THROUGH HER ADVOCACY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SUNSHINE COMMITTEE, AND BY BRINGING JOY TO THE HALLS OF HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.

LET'S GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

JENNIFER, IF YOU'LL COME UP.

THAT'S A CUTE SWEATER.

I KNOW IT'S A CUTE SWEATER VEST.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS MONTH'S PLANO ISD AWARD WINNERS.

I NOW WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY FAMILY OR GUESTS OF EITHER OF OUR RECIPIENTS TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

AND WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS THESE AMAZING TEAM MEMBERS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND TO MAKE BOTH OUR, NOT ALL, NOT ONLY OUR SCHOOLS, BUT OUR DISTRICT.

JUST A GREAT PLACE. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME SEE. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GIVE OUR HONORED STUDENTS AND

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ALL RIGHT. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, I WANT TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THOSE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENT, TO THE STUDENTS FROM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY FOR LEADING OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DECEMBER PLANO ISD PROUD WINNERS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND YOU TRULY REPRESENT THE SPIRIT AND ESSENCE OF THE TEAM.

PLANO ISD. YOUR DEDICATION AND PASSION AND HARD WORK DON'T GO UNNOTICED, AND YOU'RE SUCH VALUABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANO ISD FAMILY AND TEAM, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS FOR THE EVENING.

NOW, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR EVENING.

YOU CAN TAKE SOME MORE PICTURES OUT THERE IN THE ROTUNDA IF IT LOOKS GOOD, I DON'T KNOW.

AND MANY AND MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TO LETTING US HONOR YOUR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

THIS IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS ONLY AND AT BOARD MEETINGS.

THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. BOTH 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? YES. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. SO IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES OF 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.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THAT THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074 THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

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

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THAT 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 ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.

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

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

DOCTOR FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM?

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ALL RIGHT. AS I STATED IN THE RULES THAT IF YOU'RE CALLED UPON AND YOU'RE NOT PRESENT, YOUR TIME TO SPEAK IS FORFEITED.

AND SO THEN THAT MOVES US ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS THE BOARD'S CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM 5.7 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE MOVED TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THE REQUEST OF DR.

LAUREN TYRA, ITEM 5.7 APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL CSP 2022-060 WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BECOME ITEM 6.3 ON THE AGENDA TO ALLOW FOR THE BOARD DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

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

HEARING NONE, THEN WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? AND PLEASE REMEMBER THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION, PLEASE.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

REMOVING ITEM 5.7 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SECOND. OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA, REMOVING ITEM 5.7 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR THOSE OPPOSED BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A UNANIMOUS SEVEN ZERO VOTE.

AND THEN THEREFORE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A NEW TEAM MEMBER TO INTRODUCE JOHNNY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M GOING TO ASK DR. KENDALL TO COME FORWARD, DO THE HONORS.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, DR.

BUDDY BONNER IS GOING TO BE RETIRING A SECOND FOR THE SECOND TIME OFFICIALLY AT THE END OF THIS SEMESTER.

AND ALTHOUGH I VERY MUCH HATE TO SEE HIM GO, WE HAVE HAD SOME FANTASTIC CANDIDATES FOR THAT POSITION.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR KENDALL TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THIS EVENING.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY BOARD AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS, IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME.

WELL, IT'S A PLEASURE.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PAIN.

CERTAINLY, WE HATE TO LOSE DR.

BONNER, BUT WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE THAT HE CHOSE TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT AT A CRUCIAL TIME FOR OUR DISTRICT AND PROVIDE SERVICE FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS.

SO HE'S READY TO GO BACK NOW AND ENJOY HIS LEISURE AND SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER IN LOUISVILLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF LEISURE AND BOARD MEMBER GO TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT IN THAT SENTENCE.

WITH DR. BONNER'S DEPARTURE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MR. GREG GASTON IS GOING TO BE STEPPING INTO THAT POSITION.

MR. GASTON, IF YOU WOULD STAND, PLEASE.

MR. GASTON.

MR. GASTON IS CURRENTLY A DIRECTOR WITHIN THE HR DEPARTMENT, AND HE WILL ASSUME THE NEW ROLE IN LATE JANUARY BECAUSE WE PUSH WITH DR.

BONNER TO STAY FOR JUST ANOTHER MONTH.

SO HE'S GOING TO ASSUME THAT IN LATE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.

MR. GASTON HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, AND HE HAS A MASTER OF EDUCATION BOTH FROM STEPHEN F AUSTIN, WHICH HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SFA. HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN SMALL AND LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RANGING FROM PITTSBURG ISD TO CFB KELLER AND RICHARDSON.

HE HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, HAVING SERVED AS A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR FOR APPROXIMATELY 11 YEARS AND ALSO AS AN HR DIRECTOR FOR NINE YEARS.

HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY CAMPUSES, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HIM STEP INTO THIS NEW POSITION.

THANK YOU.

AND I WILL SAY THAT MR. GASTON IS SUPPORTED THIS EVENING BY VARIOUS LEADERS OF OUR HR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD STAND, TOO, JUST TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR HIM.

WELL, THANK YOU AND WELCOME, MR. GASTON, TO YOUR NEW ROLE IN JANUARY.

AND I HAVE A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.

I FAILED AND THIS IS ME.

I FAILED TO ASK IF MICHAEL WAS VOTING IN FAVOR, AND I DID NOT TAKE YOUR VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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OKAY, OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SAW THAT AND HEARD THAT.

SO IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT ASKING YOU SPECIFICALLY AND CHIME IN IF YOU NEED TO, BECAUSE I FORGOT SOMETIMES.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 6.1 DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[6.1 Approval of the Naming of the Welcome and Enrollment Center]

APPROVAL OF THE NAMING OF THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

AND FIRST OFF, WE WILL GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR WILLIAMS FOR PRESENTATION.

PRESENTATION? WELL, OKAY.

NO. OKAY.

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

SO, AND BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, WHICH I PRESUME WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE DETAILS ABOUT COMING UP.

AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NOTED.

AND NOW I WILL WE WILL VOTE AFTER DISCUSSION.

AND SO FOR THAT DISCUSSION WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DR.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS. SO YOU MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THOSE WHO SUBMITTED NOMINATIONS FOR THE NAMING OF THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WORTHY SUBMISSIONS WHICH MADE OUR DECISION REALLY CHALLENGING.

AND IT WAS THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS WHICH WAS GUIDED BY CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN BOARD POLICY.

CW LOCAL A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY MYSELF, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AS SEVERAL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS OTHER DISTRICT LEADERS.

AND WE ARRIVED AT A RECOMMENDATION, AND THE COMMITTEE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE FITTING TO NAME THE NEW WELCOME ENROLLMENT CENTER AFTER TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS NOT ONLY THIS CENTER, BUT THIS TYPE OF WORK A REALITY AND A PART OF OUR CULTURE IN PLANO ISD. SO THE PROPOSED NAME FOR THE CENTER IS THE BONSER THOMAS WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER, NAMED FOR FORMER PLANO ISD SUPERINTENDENT.

I'LL TRY NOT TO CRY.

SARA BONSER, WHO IN HER FOUR YEARS THIS WAS A VISION FOR HER WORK.

WHEN WE SEE DEDICATED EVERY TIME I SEE DEDICATED CARING, I THINK ABOUT THE VISION THAT CAME WITH THE DEDICATED TO CARING.

YOU INSPIRED THE VISION FOR THIS FACILITY.

AND ALSO SECOND IS COORDINATOR OF OUR STUDENT SERVICES, JAMES THOMAS, WHO EMBODIES THE HEART OF THIS WORK AND THE SERVICES THAT THIS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED IN THIS NEW SPACE.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE VISION, IT'S ALSO THE HEART OF YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, LONG BEFORE WE HAD WELCOMING ENROLLMENT CENTERS.

SARA BONSER IS EXCEPTIONAL.

CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION SPANS 33 YEARS, 25 OF THOSE HERE IN PLANO ISD WHERE SHE SERVED AS A TEACHER, A PRINCIPAL, AND LASTLY AS SUPERINTENDENT.

HER VISIONARY LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE VERY FIRST ENROLLMENT CENTER IN EAST PLANO.

MISS BONZA'S CREATIVITY AND DEDICATION WERE PARTICULARLY EVIDENT AS SHE GUIDED OUR DISTRICT THROUGH THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES, INCLUDING COVID AND A PANDEMIC THAT NO ONE EVER EXPECTED.

HER COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND HER ABILITY TO FOSTER A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ALIGNS EXACTLY WITH THE MISSION AND INTENT OF THIS NEW CENTER.

JAMES THOMAS'S IMPACT IN PLANO ISD IS EQUALLY PROFOUND, WITH MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE IN VARIOUS ROLES INCLUDING TEACHER, COACH, ADMINISTRATOR, AND SO MANY HATS THAT YOU WEAR IN SERVICE EVERY DAY.

MR. THOMAS'S WORK HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND FAMILY NEEDS, MAKING HIM AN IDEAL SAKE NAME NAMESAKE FOR THIS FACILITY.

HIS NUMEROUS ACCOLADES, INCLUDING BEING NAMED RECENTLY PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AND HIS INDUCTION INTO THE PLANO ISD ATHLETIC HALL OF HONOR, SPEAKS TO HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

MR. THOMAS'S EXTENSIVE WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES SUPPORTING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, OUR AT RISK STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF

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TOGETHER, SARA BONSER AND JAMES THOMAS REPRESENT OVER SEVEN DECADES OF COMBINED SERVICE TO PLANO ISD.

BUT WHO'S COUNTING? THEIR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION, STUDENT SUCCESS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH MAKES THEM EXEMPLARY, EXEMPLARY CHOICES FOR THIS HONOR.

THE BONSER THOMAS WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER WILL REFLECT THEIR LEGACY OF COMPASSION, EXCEPTIONAL CARE, COMMITMENT, AND JUST OVERALL LOVE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES HERE IN PLANO.

WE BELIEVE THIS HONOR, THIS NAME HONORS TWO LEGENDARY EDUCATORS AND SETS THE TONE FOR THE CENTER AS A PLACE TO WELCOME, TO SUPPORT AND TO REALLY WRAP AROUND OUR FAMILIES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THE BONSER THOMAS WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER WILL HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

ANOTHER 70 PLUS YEARS.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE OVER FOR THE BUSINESS PIECE.

MIKE, IS IT ON? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS.

SHOCK. THE NUMBER ONE JOB OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS TO HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT.

AND IN 2018, I WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD AT THE TIME, AND I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH.

I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BOARD MEMBER, BUT I DID NOT KNOW.

THE VERY FIRST THING WE WERE GOING TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO NAME AND HIRE A SUPERINTENDENT.

AND WE DID REALLY WELL.

SARA, YOU DO EMBODY ALL THAT, IT IS ABOUT CARING AND DEEPLY ABOUT PEOPLE FIRST, AND THE EDUCATION COMES SECOND. AND YOU WERE VERY, VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT ALWAYS SAYING THAT AND ALWAYS DOING THAT.

AND YOU'VE MODELED THAT FOR US IN SO MANY WONDERFUL WAYS.

SO YOU ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF WRAPAROUND IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M VERY HONORED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BONSER PART OF THIS NAME.

THOMAS. DON'T DO IT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, MY FIRST JOB IN PLANO ISD AND I WILL SAY THE NAME, I'LL EMBRACE THE YEAR IN 1993, I WAS 12. I WAS THE SAME AGE.

I WAS THE SAME AGE AS SAMMY JOHNSON, WHO'S SITTING IN THE ROOM, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND I WAS NOT ONLY A COLLEAGUE, BUT WE WERE ON THE SAME TEAM FOR THREE OF THOSE YEARS.

AND YOU ARE AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING TO GET TO WORK WITH IN THAT SETTING.

THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR STUDENTS AND THE LOVE THEY HAVE BACK AT YOU IS IMMENSE.

YOU HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF YOURSELF YOUR TIME, YOUR HEART AND BLOOD AND EVERYTHING TO THIS COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS.

SO IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE DO THIS.

A WHILE BACK, I ASKED THOMAS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DIDN'T MENTION IS HE DOES TEACH DRIVER'S ED.

STILL I'M THINKING I'M GOING TO HAVE A RECOURSE.

I DON'T HAVE A RECOURSE TO LEARN.

I JUST TAUGHT MY SON HOW TO DRIVE.

DRIVER'S ED. AND I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS STILL DOING THAT, AND HE SAID CHAMBERS.

HOW ELSE AM I GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE KIDS? SO EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT, HE DEDICATES HIS TIME TO GO MAKE SURE HE'S FINDING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE KIDS.

SO THANK YOU.

LOVE YOU. LOVE YOU BOTH.

AND I JUST THINK THIS IS YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT YOU SAID LEGACY.

LEGACY. LEGEND.

YOU SAID LEGENDARY LEGACY.

YEAH. YOU SAID LEGENDARY EDUCATORS.

AND I THINK WE, AS THIS BOARD, CAN BE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE LEAVING A LEGACY IN THIS COMMUNITY BY NAMING THIS FACILITY FOR THE TWO OF YOU.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

I AM REALLY GLAD I DID NOT HAVE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME CHOOSING.

SARA. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, AFTER SHE SAID FOUR YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT, SHE TALKED ABOUT YOUR ENTIRE LEGACY OF SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE OVERLAPPED WHEN I WAS A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU WERE A TEACHER, WHICH MADE ME FEEL SUPER AWKWARD, YOU KNOW, IS AFTER I GOT ELECTED AND WAS LIKE, OH MAN, THIS IS WAY AWKWARD FOR ME.

BUT WHAT I APPRECIATE SO MUCH ABOUT YOU IS YOUR HEART AND YOUR CARING AND YOUR KINDNESS AND

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AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN AN ACADEMIC LEADER.

AND YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO THE, TO PLANO ISD AND THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT AS INTERIM DEPUTY AND THEN THEN, OF COURSE, SUPERINTENDENT AT A TIME WHERE THE DISTRICT, FRANKLY, HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

I THINK WAS IS JUST REMARKABLE IS A REMARKABLE TESTAMENT TO YOUR YOUR GRIT AND YOUR COURAGE.

JAMES, I LOVE TALKING TO YOU.

I WAS TELLING YOUR WIFE LAST WEEK, EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, I LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF PLANO.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD, I WAS DROPPING SOME STUFF OFF AT THE EAST SIDE WELCOME ENROLLMENT CENTER, AND I MADE THE COMMENT TO YOU.

BEING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MAKES ME VERY NOSTALGIC BECAUSE MY HUSBAND GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I REMEMBER GOING OVER THERE WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOLER TO SEE MY HUSBAND, AND YOU SAID MY FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK FAMILIES THAT MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IF NOT THE FIRST, MAYBE, MAYBE THE FIRST.

AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER IN THE MENDENHALL AREA.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT AND LIKE YOUR INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, NOT ONLY THROUGH YOUR FAMILY'S GENERATIONS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ONLY YOUR INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, BUT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, LIKE, STOP AND TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY AND REPRESENT THE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND TEACH SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO YOU KNOW, JUST WANTS TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY I WAS RAISED IN AND THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE.

IT'S BEYOND MEASURE.

SO NOT ONLY YOUR DISTRICT SERVICE, BUT YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHAT PLANO AND WHAT PLANO ISD MEANS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.

OH WELL, I AM ACTUALLY, I WAS NOT IN THE NAMING COMMITTEE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT THEY NAMED IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST BOARD MEMBERS TO HIRE SARA BONSER AS A SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU WERE A SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE YOU WERE AMAZING.

NOT ONLY WERE YOU AMAZING, BUT YOU WENT THROUGH THE DIFFICULT YEARS OF PANDEMIC AND YOU WENT TO REALLY HARD, REALLY CHALLENGING YEARS, AND YOU HELPED THE DISTRICT THROUGH THEM.

AND SO YOU WERE A STRONG, INTELLIGENT, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, JAMES, WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN 2017, YOU WERE THE NICEST PERSON TO ME.

YOU. BECAUSE YOU'RE SO NICE TO EVERYONE.

AND FOR THE LAST, I MEAN, THIS IS MY EIGHTH YEAR, MY LAST YEAR IN THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE AND BEING HELPFUL TO THE DISTRICT AND ALSO HELP GUIDE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUIDE ME IN A WAY OF SHOWING WHAT YOU DO AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU GOT LUCKY.

YOU MARRIED SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO WAS MY SON'S COUNSELOR.

SO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOTH OF YOU, FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I MEAN, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE APPRECIATES YOU IN THIS.

NAMING OF THE FACILITY DOES SAY A LOT THAT WE ARE A COMPASSIONATE AND CARING DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. I'LL WRAP IT UP AND THEN WE CAN GET HERE TO THE ACTION PIECE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SARAH, YOU DID COME IN DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID AND YOUR VISION AND YOUR ABILITY TO LEAD US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

AND I REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WERE A PRINCIPAL AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO I DID SIT ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I FEEL VERY HONORED THAT WE HAVE BOTH OF YOU NAMED ON THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE YOU BOTH EPITOMIZE EVERYTHING ABOUT CARING AND COMMITMENT AND GENUINE WRAPAROUND OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO JAMES, I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU GIVE THE BEST HUGS EVER.

AND I KNOW YOU GIVE THEM TO EVERYONE AND YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR SUPPORT OF ALL STUDENTS, EVERY STUDENT IN THE SPECTRUM.

BUT YOU HAVE A WAY TO HELP OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS AND WORKING WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY HOMELESS ALLIANCE.

YOU'VE MADE SO MANY DIFFERENCES THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW OF, BUT THE LIVES YOU BOTH HAVE TOUCHED AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S MIRACULOUS.

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AND SO I'M SURE EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY APPRECIATES THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

AND SO BOTH OF YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU ARE YOUR NAMES ARE GOING TO BE SO MEANINGFUL, AND IT IS THE LEGACY THAT PEOPLE WILL THINK OF WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WELCOMING ENROLLMENT CENTER. SO WE'RE SO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOU THIS EVENING.

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

AND NOW, IF WE HAVEN'T EMBARRASSED YOU ENOUGH, SO I WILL REMIND US OF THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE FACILITY NAMING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTER.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T DO? I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IF MICHAEL WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT.

DID I LEAVE YOU OUT OF ANY DISCUSSION, MICHAEL? NO. YOU'RE FINE. YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE I RECOGNIZE THAT MICHAEL IS IN FAVOR.

SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE A70 VOTE UNANIMOUSLY, AND THE MOTION PASSES.

I'M SO EXCITED.

SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A FEW PHOTOS, BUT LET'S SHARE IN RECOGNITION HERE.

WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? YES. COME TO THE MICROPHONE.

NO, PLEASE.

PLEASE COME UP. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN AND DO PICTURES.

OKAY. OKAY. YES.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

OKAY. I'LL DEFER THIS TO SARAH.

SO DON'T EVER GIVE A RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT A MICROPHONE.

I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM IT FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S JUST AN HONOR, AND IT'S SO HUMBLING.

TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND TO HAVE YOU ALL THINK OF CO-NAMING IT WITH JAMES IS A HUGE HONOR BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK HE'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF STUDENT SERVICES.

AND I JUST REMEMBER DR.

WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BYRD CENTER AND WE WERE WALKING AROUND AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? AND WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO WRAP AROUND, NOT HAVE FAMILIES RUN AROUND.

AND IF WE REALLY ARE DEDICATED TO CARING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO WRAP AROUND THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FAMILIES TO COME AND FEEL WELCOME HERE, SO WE CAN SHOW THEM HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM FROM THE FIRST MINUTE THEY COME.

AND SO TO SEE TWO CENTERS REALIZED IS A, YOU KNOW, AN HONOR FOR THE BOARD TO BE COMMITTED TO THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST TWO PEOPLE.

IT'S A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE COMMITTED TO GETTING ALL THIS DONE AND A LOT OF WORK AND DEDICATION.

AND SO TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEEING THE VISION THROUGH AND FOR THIS HONOR I TRULY AM.

I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO SHARE THE NAMING WITH.

SO TO YOU.

THANK YOU. CERTAINLY, I'M APPREHENSIVE ABOUT SPEAKING BECAUSE MY WIFE DOESN'T LET ME SPEAK AT HOME. SO DID I JUST SAY THAT OUT? I DID SAY THAT, DIDN'T I? BUT WHAT AN HONOR IT IS.

AND CERTAINLY, I'M BLESSED, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? I, I DIDN'T KNOW.

THANK YOU.

AS I SHARED WITH SARA, THEY ONLY NAMED SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES AFTER OLD DEAD PEOPLE.

SO I HAD TO PINCH MYSELF THE OTHER DAY TO SAY, AM I? AM I STILL ALIVE? I SAID, BECAUSE SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING I OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

AND CERTAINLY, IT IS AN HONOR, AND I CAN'T THANK ALL OF YOU ENOUGH.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

AND IF I CAN ALSO ASK.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO STEP DOWN WITH US SO WE CAN DO A GROUP PHOTO.

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I JUST KEEP THINKING, WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COURTNEY.

I LOVE THAT. I LOVE YOU.

MIC].

MIC].

DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOND ISSUANCE? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, EVERYONE.

SAFE TRAVELS IN THIS COLD.

OKAY. THAT WAS SO GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.2 OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[6.2 Consider All Matters Incident and Related to the Issuance and Sale of “Plano Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2025” Including the Adoption of an Order Authorizing the Issuance of Such Bonds, Establishing Parameters for the Sale and Issuance of Such Bonds and Delegating Certain Matters to Authorized Officials of the District]

AND SO BEFORE WE DO THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR SO THAT DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2025, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND DELEGATING CERTAIN MATTERS TO AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS OF THE DISTRICT.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ACTION AFTER WE HEAR A PRESENTATION.

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SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. JOHNNY HILL TO START THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

I DON'T THINK I NEED TO INTRODUCE LAURA ALEXANDER.

SHE'S WITH HILLTOP, BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION.

SHE'S WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I WILL SAY THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LETDOWN AFTER THE PREVIOUS BOARD AGENDA ITEM, BUT THIS IS THIS IS STILL SOMETHING VERY, VERY EXCITING TO ME.

AND, AND SO I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE HAVE LAST MONTH AND THEN TONIGHT WE'RE STARTING, WE HAVE THESE BIG FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE MOVED UP AS QUICK AS WE CAN INTO THE BOND PROCESS.

TALKING ABOUT THE CT CENTER, TALKING ABOUT THE ATHLETIC RENOVATIONS, THE EAST AND WEST PLANO SENIOR HIGH, AND THEN, OF COURSE, HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY'RE GREAT PROJECTS.

I'M SUPER EXCITED TO GET STARTED JUST BREAKING THE GROUND.

BUT WE NEED MONEY TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD THIS EVENING TO APPROVE A PERIMETERS RESOLUTION TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THE SALE OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF OUR 2022 BOND PROGRAM.

AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS LAURA ALEXANDER TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM THIS EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. KEEP THIS SHORT.

I LIKE IT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND SECONDED.

IT TAKES SOME PRESSURE OFF.

SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE MARKET.

RATES HAVE, YOU KNOW, COME UP A LITTLE BIT SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS SOLD BONDS IN EARLY 2023.

NOT SURPRISINGLY THE FED IS A LOT MORE DATA THAN ANYBODY PROBABLY WANTS TO DIG INTO.

BUT FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY ON THIS CHART.

YOU KNOW, THE FED'S BEEN CUTTING RATES AND IS POISED TO CUT RATES AGAIN, BUT REALLY THOSE ARE JUST SHORT TERM INTEREST RATES.

SO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT YOU EARN IN YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT.

I MEAN LITERALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT MORTGAGE RATES PER SE.

AND THE SAME THING GOES WITH THE DISTRICT'S BORROWING COSTS.

SO THOSE SHORT TERM RATE CUTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY IMPACTING THE LONG TERM BORROWING RATES FOR THE DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.

AND IN FACT, THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND MAYBE SOME OF THE TAX POLICIES THAT COME WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT THAT THAT MAY IMPACT THAT.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO MARKET QUICKLY.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SELL.

IN THE WEEK OF JANUARY 13TH, AND SO HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME OF THAT RISK OFF THE TABLE.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT YOUR DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENTS LOOK LIKE.

THEN WE'VE BEEN HOVERING UP AROUND THIS 155 MILLION YOU DON'T SEE PRIOR YEARS.

BUT IT LOOKED ABOUT THE SAME AND IT OBVIOUSLY DROPS OFF.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FILLING IN THIS HOLE WITH THE NEW BOND ISSUE AND STILL CREATING CAPACITY FOR, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO AND THE PLAN IS TO SELL THE REST OF THE 2022 BOND AUTHORIZATION.

SO THE 646.4 MILLION, AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE 49.9 MILLION FROM THE 2016 PROGRAM AUTHORIZED, BUT UNISSUED.

IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WORKS FOR THAT LATER, WE CAN COME BACK AND PICK THAT UP AND WE'LL BE TARGETING THE SAME DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE THAT THE DISTRICT'S BEEN MAINTAINING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN THE SO THE FORMAL ACTION, OF COURSE, IS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOND ORDER THAT HAS THESE DELEGATED PARAMETERS IN IT.

SO STAFF IS THEN DIRECTED TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THE FINANCING PROVIDED THAT THESE PARAMETERS ARE MET.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE PAR AMOUNT.

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WE SELL CAN'T BE MORE THAN THE $646 MILLION.

AND THE BORROWING COSTS HAS TO BE LESS THAN 4.75%.

AND THAT THE TERM DOES NOT GO BEYOND 20 YEARS ESSENTIALLY.

AND ALL OF THE BOND ORDER PIECE IS COURTESY OF KRISTEN SAVANT WITH NORTON ROSE, WHO'S OVER THERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR HER OR JUST GET TO BE THE FACE OF THE LEGAL PART AND THAT'S IT.

SO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE TWO, ONE I THINK IS FOR YOU AND ONE I THINK IS FOR JOHNNY.

ALTHOUGH Y'ALL CAN TAKE THIS HOWEVER YOU WANT.

IN THE PACKET FOR THIS, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND AND THE LAST BOND ISSUANCE WE DID IN 2023, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE BACKING OF THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.

BUT I SAW IN THE TIMELINE FOR THIS BOND ISSUANCE THAT WE EXPECT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.

SO CAN YOU JUST FILL US IN ON SORT OF WHAT CHANGED AND WHAT THAT MEANS? YES. SO THE PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND IS A STATE BASICALLY LIKE INSURANCE PRODUCT, I WOULD SAY THAT WRAPS AROUND THE SCHOOLS.

MOST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINANCINGS, THEY WERE OUT OF CAPACITY ESSENTIALLY LAST TIME.

AND IT REQUIRED THEM TO RESHUFFLE SOME SORT OF HAVE SOME DEBT ROLL OFF, ALSO CHANGE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT THEY CAN COVER.

AND THAT WAS PRETTY UNUSUAL.

MOST OF THE PRIOR BOND ISSUES FOR THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN GUARANTEED, AND WE EXPECT THIS ONE TO BE WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION AND IT'S REALLY A FORMALITY AT THIS

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HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE BOND ISSUANCE THIS THIS ONE TO COMPARE TO THE ONE WE DID IN 2023, IN TERMS OF BOTH INTEREST RATE AND INTEREST.

AND BY INTEREST, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LIKE 12 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SELL THAT INTEREST RATE.

BUT INTEREST LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

WE HAD A LOT MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO BUY THE BONDS.

SO, WHEN YOU HAD BONDS TO SELL.

YES. RIGHT. SO THAT I MEAN USUALLY EARLY JANUARY, THERE'S KIND OF SOME PENT UP DEMAND.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT ON AGAIN.

IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY.

SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS.

I MEAN, NOT EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY TO SELL BONDS, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT SELL ON A BAD DAY IS REALLY WHAT THIS DELEGATION ALLOWS US TO DO.

AND IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST RATE, WE'RE EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT DEPENDS ON THE STRUCTURE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T QUITE NAILED DOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY LIKE 3.75-ISH RIGHT NOW PERCENT. SO THIS LAST BOND IT WAS 3.3.46 JUST AS A COMPARISON.

SO ACTUALLY, WE'RE HITTING IT.

THE RATES ARE COMING DOWN JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME.

YEAH. SO, I'M LIVING, RIGHT? SO IT SHOULD BE.

I MEAN, THE MARKET FEELS GOOD RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

THE 49 875, I THINK FROM THE 2016.

THAT STILL REMAINS UNISSUED.

IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT THAT EXPIRES EVER OR IS THAT PERPETUITY? WE CAN ACCESS IT WHENEVER IT MEETS THE NEED.

THAT'S. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOT TO BE USED FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR A SCHOOL BUILDING.

I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT OR KRISTEN BECAUSE I, KRISTEN AND I ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS.

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER IT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO.

WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD.

AND THEN IF I MISS ANYTHING, IF YOU COULD JUST FILL US IN.

BUT SO AS LONG AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A TRUE AUTHORIZATION AND WE CONTINUE TO KEEP IT ON OUR BOOKS, THEN IT GOES OUT, OUT AS FAR AS WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ONCE WE TAKE THAT OFF OUR BOOKS AND NO LONGER RECOGNIZED IN IT, THEN IT GOES, GOES AWAY.

BUT IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC WHAT THAT WAS FOR.

AND SO, IF THE REASON WHY WE KEEP IT ON THERE, BECAUSE THERE MAY COME A TIME THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT COMPLETELY FITS THAT BILL, AND IF SO, WE WOULD LIKE WE'D LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY TO OFFER THAT UP.

SO, IS THAT CORRECT OR? YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY CORRECT.

WELL, JUMP UP TO THE MICROPHONE SINCE WE'RE RECORDING, IF YOU WILL.

GOOD EVENING. I WOULD JUST ADD THE WAY WE DO THAT, IF YOU LOOK IN THE SECOND WHEREAS CLAUSE IN THE ORDER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ISSUE, OR THE BOARD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ISSUE THAT VOTED AUTHORIZATION.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY TIME WE COME TO THE BOARD, WHETHER EVEN FOR A REFUNDING, WE WOULD PROBABLY PUT THAT IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS A TEN YEAR REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION. THEY ASSUME AFTER TEN YEARS IT'S STALE.

BUT AGAIN, IF THE BOARD CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT ABANDONED THAT VOTED AUTHORITY, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ISSUE IT AT ANY POINT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE PUT THAT IN THE ORDER JUST TO SHOW THAT INTENT.

OKAY. BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS A TEN YEAR OR SOMETHING, BUT OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ON IT.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY SHOUT OUT TO HILLTOP.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS DONE SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR BOND SALES.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PLEASURE.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF MISS ALEXANDER? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I THINK WE'LL GET DOWN TO BUSINESS THEN.

LET ME SEE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT LIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS SERIES 2025, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, AND DELEGATING CERTAIN MATTERS TO AUTHORIZED OFFICIALS IN THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE MICHAEL HAS HIS HAND UP AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A70 VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE MOTION PASSES.

LADIES, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR US THIS EVENING.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 6.3, DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL.

[5.7 Approval of Competitive Sealed Proposal (CSP) 2022-060 Wraparound Services Center Change Order No. 2]

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO AND ITEM 5.7, WHICH THIS RELATES TO, WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD.

SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO GET THIS ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE CSP 2022-060 WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO ADD 68 CALENDAR DAYS TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TIME WITH NO CHANGE TO THE

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DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

SO I PULLED THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT.

AND THE CONFUSION IS THAT ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE GOT AND THAT WAS POSTED, IT SAID THERE WAS $0 AMOUNT CHANGE ORDER.

AND SO WHEN IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL $800,000, WHICH WAS NOT THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS POSTED. I ASKED TO PULL THIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS CLARIFIED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GO THROUGH WHY THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THIS WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER.

WHEN THOSE APPROVALS WERE MADE, AND THEN WHAT? THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE CURRENT CHANGE ORDER IS, WHICH IS MERELY A CONTRACT EXTENSION BY 68 DAYS, NOT ANY CHANGE OF AMOUNT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

SO I PULLED THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THERE WAS CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MR. HILL GO THROUGH THE HISTORY ON THIS AND CLARIFY SO THAT WE'RE ENTIRELY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? I'LL JUST, I'LL JUMP IN.

DR. TYRA, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I APPRECIATE WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THIS, SO I THINK IT'S RELEVANT.

IT'S REALLY RELEVANT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENING, THIS THIS BUILDING.

AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I HAVE WORKED ON EVER SINCE I'VE GOT HERE.

IN FACT, THE FIRST DAY I WAS HERE, I HAD AN EMAIL ABOUT AND I THOUGHT, WHAT? WHAT IS MAPLE SHADE? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PROJECT? AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS, ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THAT I'VE HAD COMPLETE PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE FROM THE VERY GET GO.

SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS I HAD A MILLION EMAILS ON THIS, BUT I THOUGHT I'D BETTER GO BACK AND JUST DO A TIMELINE SO THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STARTED OFF AND WHERE WE'RE AT THIS EVENING.

SO WHAT I DID IS I TRIED TO GET THIS ALL IN ONE, ONE SHEET.

I APOLOGIZE IF THAT SMALL PRINT.

I HOPE YOU CAN READ THAT.

BUT STARTING OFF MY VERY FIRST DAY WAS THE 16TH OF 2021, AND I HAD AN EMAIL FROM THE PREVIOUS CFO AT THE TIME, MR. RANDY MCDOWELL. BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, THE BOARD'S INTERESTED IN PURSUING A WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR TOWN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A BIG NEED IN THAT, THAT PART OF OUR OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME WAS IT WAS IT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S A BUILDING OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD COST IS A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE, ACCORDING TO OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR, MR. PEARSON. HE SAID BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT WAS FROM THE BOARD WAS, WELL, HOW BIG WOULD IT BE? THEY THOUGHT ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET AT THE TIME.

THE GOING RATE WAS ABOUT $300 PER SQUARE FOOT.

AND SO THE $3 MILLION CAME OUT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED OFF.

NOW THAT WAS JUST A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE.

AND IT DIDN'T INCLUDE FFA.

IT DIDN'T INCLUDE INFLATION. IT DIDN'T INCLUDE WHAT WE CALL SOFT COSTS, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY MADE UP AS OUR ARCHITECT AND PROFESSIONAL FEES AND KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL FEES. ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAKE UP THE SOFT COST.

GOING ON A FEW MONTHS, OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND ACTUALLY DETERMINE THAT THE BEST DELIVERY METHOD ON THIS PROJECT WAS A CSP, WHICH IS CONCEALED A CONCEALED PROJECT, WHICH IS YOU BASICALLY BID YOU GET THE LOWEST BID YOU CAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT YOU GO WITH.

BUT I KNOW ONCE THEY ACTUALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, OF COURSE, IT'S IT WAS IT WAS FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND SO THE ARCHITECT CAME BACK IN FEBRUARY AND SAID, AND YOU ALSO HAD WHAT I CALL HYPER INFLATION AT THE TIME, WHICH AT THAT TIME THE EMAIL SAID THAT ESCALATION WAS ABOUT 2% PER MONTH.

THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE EMAIL SAID.

SO THEY VLC, WHICH IS OUR ARCHITECT, THEY READJUSTED THAT RATE AT THAT TIME.

BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 22, IT WENT FROM 3 MILLION TO 3.675 MILLION.

AND THEN THERE WAS A MEETING A FEW MINUTES LATER OR A FEW MONTHS LATER WITH THE PERMITTING REQUEST, ONCE IT WAS READY TO GO OUT FOR BID WITH THE ARCHITECT, THEY SUBMITTED PERMITTING TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT ARE ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I WILL SAY THAT IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WHOLE WORLD AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A PANDEMIC IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, HAD A LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF BACKLOGS WITH THEIR PERMITTING. AND SO WE WERE EXPECTING 6 TO 9 MONTHS PERMITTING.

AND IT TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN THAT, OBVIOUSLY, AS A RESULT, THAT HYPER ESCALATION OF INFLATION ACTUALLY KICKED INTO THE PROCESS AS WELL.

WE WENT OUT AND WE RECEIVED BIDS IN NOVEMBER OF 22.

WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVEN VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, WHICH IS EXCELLENT ON A ON A WHAT I CONSIDER A PRETTY SMALL PROJECT OF THIS NATURE.

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AND AT THAT POINT, WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD REVIEWED IT IN DECEMBER, AND THEY TOOK ACTION ON IT.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE TIMELINE, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL THAT ANYTHING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, THAT IS BOARD ACTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STEP, WHENEVER THERE WAS SOMETHING REQUIRED BY LAW THAT THE BOARD APPROVED, THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THAT IN JANUARY, THE 10TH OF 2023.

AND SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD AT THAT POINT.

I TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY WAS COMING FROM, WHAT FUND IT WAS COMING OUT OF.

THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST OF US.

MOST OF THE PROJECTS WE DO BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF OUR LOCAL OPERATING FUND.

THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD WANTED TO DO.

WE ALSO WERE LOOKING AT SELLING A PROPERTY.

IF YOU REMEMBER SHILOH PROPERTY, WE END UP GETTING ABOUT SIX, I THINK AFTER ALL THE EXPENSES, ABOUT $6.1 MILLION.

THAT WAS, IT WAS NICE THAT WE WERE NOT ACTUALLY NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE BOTTOM LINE FUND BALANCE OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE WERE ABLE TO NOT IT'S NOT A SWAP, BUT IT WAS NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ACTUALLY USE NET FUND BALANCE OVERALL AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE PERMITTING PROCESS TOOK A LOT, A LOT LONGER THAN WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR, MAINLY DUE, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF DALLAS IS JUST THEY HAVE, IT'S A BIG GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

IT WAS, IT TOOK A, WE ACTUALLY EVEN HIRED WHAT WE CALL AN EXPEDITER TO TRY TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE INS AND OUTS OF IT, BUT IT WAS STILL A VERY, VERY LONG PROCESS. THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE FINAL APPROVAL IN AUGUST, SO WE'D ALREADY BID THAT.

WE ALREADY HAD THE SCOPE. WE BID IT OUT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NORMAL.

YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE THE DESIGN, YOU BID IT OUT.

BUT BECAUSE CITY OF DALLAS CAME BACK AFTER THE PERMITTING PROCESS THEY HAD ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.

AS A RESULT, ON OCTOBER 23RD, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL MOST OF THE ADDITIONAL SCOPE REQUIREMENTS HAD TO DO WITH UTILITIES UTILITY UPGRADES THAT THEY THAT THEY REQUIRED, EVEN GOING SO FAR AS HAVING AN EV CHARGING STATION THAT THEY REQUIRED AS PART OF IT.

AND SO, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT THE BOARD WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DO THE CHANGE ORDER BACK IN OCTOBER OF 23.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WENT OUT THERE AND HAD A GROUNDBREAKING AND I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND THE 12TH OF, OF DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, AND WE STARTED THAT AS QUICK AS WE COULD THERE SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY ALREADY HAD TRACTORS READY TO GO IN THAT PROCESS WHEN WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING THAT THAT BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE COMPLETING THE PROJECT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, CITY OF DALLAS, THERE WERE SOME BACKLOGS OF EQUIPMENT AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE THAT REQUIRED THAT THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE CONTRACTOR, REQUIRED ADDITIONAL DELAYS IN THAT PROJECT, AS WELL AS SOME WEATHER DELAYS AS A RESULT, THE CHANGE ORDER TWO, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, SIMPLY SAYS THAT WERE THERE BECAUSE OF DELAYS WITH WEATHER, WITH DELAYS WITH SOME EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING A COMPLETION DATE OF 68 DAYS LATER THAN THAT ESTIMATED COMPLETION IS THE 21ST OF FEBRUARY.

THEY'RE ON TARGET TO DO THAT.

AND WE ARE ON TARGET TO OPEN THAT THAT FACILITY SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, REALLY THREE YEARS SINCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND EVEN I, WHO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PRETTY CLOSELY THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME, I HAD TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS.

SO WHENEVER I WAS ASKED TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DO A TIMELINE OF THIS, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT DOING IT, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY ENCAPSULATED PROBABLY ABOUT 100 EMAILS INTO THIS, THIS ONE TIMELINE.

SO I HOPE THAT INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS.

AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU JOHNNY.

AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL WERE WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING ON THAT CITY PERMIT.

WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL REP OF THAT AREA CAROL MENDELSOHN, AND SHE HELPED US FINALLY GET IT.

BUT I THE TERM I WOULD USE IS HAIRBALL.

THAT PROCESS WAS A HAIRBALL.

THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY.

WELL, I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, DALLAS CITY COUNCILWOMAN CAROL MENDELSOHN, FOR HELPING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXPEDITE THE CHANGE ORDER.

DID YOU HAVE ANY? NO.

NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

AND WE'VE ALL SLEPT SINCE THEN.

AND IT WAS QUITE A PROCESS.

SO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THAT PRESENTATION AND THE BOARD, I WILL ASK FOR ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

OR ARE WE READY TO VOTE?

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ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA AND A SECOND BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES.

CSP 2022-060 WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER.

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO ADD 68 CALENDAR DAYS TO THE CONTRACT TIME.

AND I'LL POINT OUT THIS IS WITH NO CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.

ARE THERE I GUESS I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

I'VE ALREADY ASKED FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE MICHAEL'S HAND IS UP, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'M COUNTING SEVEN HANDS, SO THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MR. HILL, FOR CLARIFYING EVERYTHING IN THAT.

NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REPORTS SECTION.

[7.1 Learning Media Services Update]

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR PATRICK TANNER TO BEGIN THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

DR. WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET BACK IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AFTER THE STATE CAME BACK WITH GUIDELINES ABOUT LIBRARY STANDARDS, WE CAME TO YOU WITH A REPORT JUST TO KIND OF EXPAND UPON THAT AND TELL YOU WHERE WE SIT TODAY.

IT WAS ALSO DURING THAT TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM TO HELP ENHANCE LIBRARY OPERATIONS AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO IN AN ATTEMPT TO PARTNER WITH PARENTS AND GIVE THEM GREATER VISIBILITY INTO THOSE SYSTEMS. TONIGHT, WE'RE EAGER TO COME AND PROVIDE A REPORT ON OUR PROGRESS WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. MATT FREY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

AND HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT FOR US.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR TANNER, AND GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.

WE HAVE PREPARED, AS PATRICK SAID, ANOTHER BRIEF UPDATE ON LIBRARY SERVICES TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

THIS IS, AS PATRICK SAID, THE SECOND SUCH UPDATE IN JUST FIVE MONTHS.

SO I GUESS THAT MEANS WE'VE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED A SERIES OF LIBRARY UPDATES.

HOW EXCITING FOR US, RIGHT? AT LEAST I'M EXCITED.

WHO KNOWS, THERE MAY BE MORE.

MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED.

AND IF THIS WERE A RECURRING TELEVISION SHOW, YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE AND TO HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

A PREVIOUSLY ON LIBRARY UPDATE.

AND THEN THERE'D BE A RECAP OF THE LAST EPISODE, AND ONE SCENE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HIGHLIGHTED A BUNCH OF NUMBERS FROM THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE TALKED ABOUT NUMBERS OF BOOKS IN CIRCULATION AND NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF TIMES OUR MOST POPULAR BOOK, DOG MAN, GRIME AND PUNISHMENT, HOW MANY TIMES THAT PARTICULAR TITLE WAS CHECKED OUT, AND THEN, AMONG OTHER SCENES OFFERED AS PART OF SORT OF THAT THAT OPENING MONTAGE WOULD BE REMINDERS OF CHANGES WE WERE PROPOSING TO POLICY EFB CHANGES THAT ARE NOW IN FULL EFFECT.

AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGES, THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY PROCEDURES.

AND THEN SIGNIFICANTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR MIGRATION TO A BRAND NEW LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

ONE MORE PLOT TWIST THAT WE MENTIONED HAD TO DO WITH LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASES.

WE DIDN'T BUY ANY NEW TITLES LAST YEAR, BUT WE HINTED THAT THE TIDE WAS TURNING RIGHT.

SO ALL THAT WAS COVERED IN THE LAST EPISODE AND WE'LL PICK UP THE STORY FROM THERE, THIS TIME WITH SOME NOTEWORTHY NUMBERS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, FROM 2024-2025.

PARTICULARLY, I OUTLINED IT IN RED HERE.

I WANT TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE NUMBER 4822.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER OF NEW BOOKS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SINCE.

SINCE RESUMING LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASES IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY PLACED ORDERS FOR NEARLY 6300 NEW BOOKS.

NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE ARRIVED JUST YET.

THEY HAVEN'T HIT OUR WAREHOUSE DOCK, BUT THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS ROUGHLY $150,000 IN ENCUMBRANCES AND EXPENDITURES.

SO, YES, LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASES HAVE RESUMED THIS YEAR, AND HERE'S A QUICK LOOK ON THAT NOTE, SORT OF BEHIND THE SCENES AT OUR JUPITER CENTER.

NEW BOOKS ARE ARRIVING IN BOXES AND ON PALLETS, AND THEY'RE BEING UNPACKED AND PROCESSED.

AND ULTIMATELY ALL OF THOSE ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED OUT TO OUR CAMPUS LIBRARIES.

OKAY. I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THAT DASHBOARD WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER.

POINT OUT A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

IT'S A NEW METRIC TO US THIS YEAR OUTLINED IN RED.

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IT'S 2095.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SORA.

SORA IS AN AWARD WINNING DIGITAL READING APP THAT ALLOWS PLANO ISD STUDENTS TO DISCOVER AGE APPROPRIATE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS FROM OUR DISTRICT'S GROWING DIGITAL LIBRARY COLLECTION.

NOW, WE'VE PURCHASED WE'VE PURCHASED ABOUT 1400 EBOOK TITLES AND 350 AUDIOBOOK TITLES.

ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH THE SORA TILE THAT WE'VE PLACED CONSPICUOUSLY ON OUR SINGLE SIGN ON PORTAL.

WE ALL CALL IT WEBDESK.

POPULAR HIGH INTEREST BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE TO BORROW AND ENJOY FROM ANY DEVICE, ANY TIME.

THIS LIBRARY IS PERPETUALLY OPEN, READY TO OBLIGE WHENEVER THE READING BUG BITES.

IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, I DECIDED TO BORROW AND READ DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, THE LONG HAUL.

SPEAKING OF NEW PLATFORMS, IF SORA IS NEW TO US, SO TOO IS THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

LET ME GET TO THAT NEXT I OUGHT.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. JAMES, I BET YOU DID.

OH, NOT THAT ONE.

NO, NOPE, NOT THAT ONE.

AND THERE'S. THERE WE GO.

MAN, I WOULD HAVE RUINED A SURPRISE THERE IF I WOULD HAVE KEPT GOING WITH THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT, HOT DOG.

THESE SLIDES ARE.

I PULLED THEM EXACTLY FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER IN LATE JUNE.

I WENT ON TO SAY, I THINK THAT COHORT.

I'M CIRCLING BACK TO THIS CONVERSATION IN JUNE ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO CHANGE LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEMS. I MENTIONED WE'VE BEEN USING A SYSTEM CALLED KOHA FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

REALLY, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 20 YEARS AT THIS POINT.

I SAID KOHA WAS AN OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM.

I THINK I SAID IT WAS FREE IN THE SAME WAY THAT PUPPIES ARE SOMETIMES FREE.

FREE BUT NOT CHEAP.

PLANO ISD REMAINS THE ONLY LARGE MULTI-SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION THAT'S USING KOHA.

I CAN TELL THAT THAT'S RINGING A BELL.

YOU REMEMBER ME SAYING THAT? I WENT ON TO SAY THAT THAT KOHA HAS BEEN AN INCREASINGLY SLUGGISH, A BIT UNRELIABLE OVER THE PAST HANDFUL OF YEARS.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE FEATURE.

IT DIDN'T HAVE THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS THAT YOU'D EXPECT OF A MODERN, A CONTEMPORARY LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

AND THEN I MENTIONED THAT WE ISSUED AN RFP, AND WE SELECTED A GREAT NEW ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION, ONE WITH ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, ALL THE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS THAT YOU'D EXPECT OF A CONTEMPORARY LIBRARY SYSTEM, ONE THAT IMPORTANTLY GIVES PARENTS THE ABILITY TO VIEW AND TO MANAGE THE TITLES AVAILABLE TO THEIR OWN CHILDREN. SO I SAID ALL OF THAT FIVE MONTHS AGO, AND THEN I SHOWED A VIDEO DEMONSTRATING HOW THOSE FEATURES KIND OF WORKED IT.

IT WAS A SCREENCAST THAT I GOT FROM BORROWED FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE HAD NOT YET STARTED TO CONFIGURE OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.

I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT TIMELINE IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT I WON'T BURY THE LEAD.

OUR NEW AUTOMATION SYSTEM IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF ITS CONFIGURATION.

THE MIGRATION IS NEARLY COMPLETE.

I CAN NOW PROUDLY SHOW YOU A TWO MINUTE VIDEO USING OUR OWN SYSTEM AS SORT OF THE MAIN CHARACTER, AND I WAS WORRIED THAT A SILENT MOVIE MIGHT NOT CAPTURE THE SIGNIFICANCE NOR THE EMOTION OF THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN OUR LIBRARY HISTORY.

SO I ADDED SOME DRAMATIC MUSIC AS A BACKDROP.

AND THAT'S YOUR WARNING.

SO BRACE YOURSELVES.

I TOLD JAMES BEFORE THIS IF IT'S TOO LOUD, TURN IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THAT'S HOW I WAS FEELING.

SO. SO HERE IT GOES.

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LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.

THAT VIDEO. IT STARTED WITH THE FAMILY ACCESS CENTER LOGIN SCREEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

SO THAT'S THE SAME PORTAL THAT PARENTS TODAY ARE VISITING TO DO THEIR ANNUAL REGISTRATION STUFF.

LOOK AT GRADES, LOOK AT ATTENDANCE, ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF.

NOW OUR NEW LIBRARY SYSTEM WILL BE ABSOLUTELY FOLDED IN A PART OF THAT SAME PARENT PORTAL THAT THAT OUR FOLKS ARE OUR PARENTS ARE GETTING USED TO.

YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, TOO, THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO ENTER A SEPARATE USER ID AND LOGIN.

IT JUST WORKED AUTOMATICALLY.

AND YOU SAW OUR PLANO ISD BRANDING EVEN THERE, AND THE SIMPLE ELEGANCE OF WHAT THEY CALL THE LIBRARY BOOK JACKET RIVER, THOSE BOOKS THAT KIND OF FLOAT ACROSS YOUR SCREEN A LITTLE BIT.

SO ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, THEY BRING A SMILE TO MY FACE.

HOPEFULLY THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOURS AND HOPE AND TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS.

SO FOR COMPARISON'S SAKE, HERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL'S CURRENT LIBRARY LANDING PAGE TODAY.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT 60 OTHER 67 OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A PAGE THAT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

AND HERE'S A PREVIEW OF WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL'S NEW LANDING PAGE.

SO MUCH MORE APPEALING IN EVERY WAY, IN MY ESTIMATION.

AND IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT.

BUT WE ARE NOW IN THE HOMESTRETCH.

AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF CAREFUL PLANNING AND CONFIGURATION, WE FINALLY RECEIVED A FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE JUST IN MID-NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, AND WE ADDED SOME TEST ACCOUNTS TO THAT.

AND WE RECEIVED SOME TRAINING, AND WE STARTED KICKING THE TIRES REALLY IN EARNEST.

AND JUST LAST WEEK, ALL CAMPUS LIBRARIANS PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING, AND WE ARE NOW POISED TO COMMUNICATE THE ARRIVAL OF OUR NEW SYSTEM TO STAFF AND TO STUDENTS AND TO PARENTS.

SO OUR OFFICIAL GO LIVE DATE FOR ALL OF THIS IS JANUARY 6TH, 2025, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A TEACHER WORKDAY AND A STUDENT HOLIDAY. THAT WILL BE THE DAY WHEN ALL LINKS TO THE OLD SYSTEM WILL BE WELL AND TRULY GONE.

THEY WILL BE REMOVED, REPLACED WITH ACCESS TO OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW SYSTEM AND TO THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT FEATURES THAT GO RIGHT ALONG WITH IT.

SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THAT LIBRARIAN TRAINING THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK.

LOOK AT THOSE SMILING FACES EVERYWHERE.

AND HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK AT ONE OF THE UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS, TELLING FOLKS TO GET READY FOR GOOD THINGS TO COME.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE TO PARENTS THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE CHECKOUT NOTIFICATIONS VIA EMAIL.

PARENTS CAN SET RESTRICTIONS FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE A GRAPHICAL ONLINE CATALOG FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO JUST AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, PEOPLE CAN BUILD LISTS, THEY CAN PLACE HOLDS, THEY CAN RATE BOOKS, ALL KINDS OF NEW STUFF THAT REALLY WE CAN'T DO TODAY.

AND WE WILL BE DOING BEGINNING JANUARY 6TH.

AND SORT OF TO CLOSE OUT THIS REPORT, I WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE CONCERNING OUR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.

FIVE MONTHS AGO, WE TOLD YOU THAT NEW TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE COMMISSION STANDARDS, TSLAC STANDARDS APPLIED NOT ONLY TO SCHOOL LIBRARIES, BUT ALSO TO TEACHERS, CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.

AND WE DEFINE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES AS COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS CURATED BY TEACHERS, NOT BY LIBRARIANS.

AND WE SAID THOSE BOOKS ARE OFTEN DONATED OR PURCHASED BY TEACHERS.

AND IMPORTANTLY, WE INDICATED THAT CLASSROOM LIBRARIES ARE NOT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

THEY'RE NOT ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS, JUST AS THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY.

STUDENTS SELF-SELECT TITLES FROM THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY FOR READING BASED ON THEIR OWN INTERESTS AND THEIR OWN PURSUITS, AND THESE CLASSROOM LIBRARIES ARE NOW GOVERNED BY OUR OVERARCHING LIBRARY MATERIAL COLLECTION POLICY AND THE TSLAC STANDARDS.

THAT'S BASED ON ACTION WE TOOK ON JUNE 25TH.

UNDER THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS, WE SAID THEN THAT TEACHERS WILL NEED TO MAKE THEIR CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOK TITLES AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO REVIEW.

THAT WAS A NEW THING, AND THAT PARENTS MAY RESTRICT THEIR STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING CLASSROOM LIBRARY MATERIALS, AND THAT CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS MUST BE OFFERED IN AT LEAST ONE PLANO ISD CAMPUS LIBRARY COLLECTION AT A SCHOOL THAT SERVES THE SAME EXACT GRADE LEVELS.

RIGHT. AND THEN WE SAID, ALMOST AT THE END, WE SAID WE WERE FORMULATING STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WITH

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FROM THOSE STRATEGIES, THEN BEGINNING ON JUNE 26TH, WHEN WE HUDDLED AGAIN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT FROM THOSE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TEACHER STRATEGIES, WE DEVELOPED PLANS.

FROM OUR PLANS CAME ACTION ITEMS, AND FROM THOSE ACTION ITEMS CAME OBSERVABLE OUTCOMES.

FOR STARTERS, WE ADDED A MANDATORY SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM LIBRARY REQUIREMENTS MODULE TO OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR PLAYLIST FOR TEACHERS.

SO THAT NEW COURSE WAS COMPLETED BY 3519 STAFF MEMBERS.

IT'S A VERIFIABLE NUMBER, AND IT EVEN INCLUDED A FINAL ASSESSMENT.

AND SINCE I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO EAT YOUR OWN DOG FOOD, I COMPLETED THAT COURSE TOO.

AND AT THE RISK OF BREACHING ACADEMIC INTEGRITY PROTOCOLS, I DID TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND I POSTED THE CORRECT ANSWER.

THE QUESTION WAS WHAT IS A GOAL OF A NEW TEXAS POLICY RELATED TO LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS? THE CORRECT ANSWER IS TO MAXIMIZE TRANSPARENCY IN SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM LIBRARY MATERIALS.

RIGHT. SO FINALLY, WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE PROMISED GUIDANCE.

IT WAS DISTRIBUTED AND OTHERWISE COMMUNICATED TO STAFF MULTIPLE TIMES.

IN FACT, IT'S GOING TO BE COMMUNICATED AGAIN TOMORROW TO OUR PRINCIPALS AT SOCKWELL.

IT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT DETAILS THE WHO AND THE WHAT AND THE WHEN AND THE WHERE AND THE HOW OF COMPLYING WITH ALL THE NEW CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS. SO ENDS THIS EPISODE, EPISODE TWO OF LIBRARY UPDATE. AND I WOULD ASK IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, AND THE TEAM OF US WILL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL US MORE ABOUT GROUPER FRY AND TRAY FRY.

THAT'S SOMEONE THAT RECOGNIZES I HAVE A FISH FETISH.

I GUESS THAT I'M AN AVID, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AVID IS THE RIGHT WORD, I'M A FISHING ENTHUSIAST AND SO ANY CHANCE PEOPLE GET THEY WILL THROW FISH NAMES AT ME.

I DO HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION THOUGH, AND SORRY, I JUST HAD TO ASK THAT.

AND THIS MAY BE FOR YOU.

LISA AND I GOT TO, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AT THE CORE STORE.

AND THERE'S A GREAT ROOM THERE THAT IS FULL OF BOOKS.

AND I WAS IN MY LITTLE CORNER DOING MY LITTLE WORK, AND I HEARD I HEARD OVERHEARD A TEACHER SAYING THAT THEY WERE SUSPENDING THEIR CLASSROOM LIBRARY BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WERE SO TREMENDOUS, AND THE OVERSIGHT WAS SO MUCH THAT IT WASN'T WORTH CONTINUING TO KEEP.

AND SO THAT'S JUST A QUESTION I HAVE AS A FORMER FIFTH GRADE TEACHER THAT INHERITED A CLASSROOM LIBRARY, AND MY STUDENTS USED IT ALL THE TIME.

AND WHAT'S THE IMPACT AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THAT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS? HOW WILL THAT IMPACT OUR CLASSROOMS, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, I CERTAINLY HATE TO HEAR THAT.

AND THAT WAS OUR HOPE.

WE HAD HOPED THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE LAWS WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH AND TRANSPARENCY, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, NEEDED TO PROVIDE.

SO WE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE THE PROCESS LESS LABORIOUS, RECOGNIZING IT'S STILL LABORIOUS.

BUT WE DID.

THE LIBRARY TEAM PUT TOGETHER A, YOU KNOW, SCANNERS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SCAN THEM AND THEY'LL POP IN AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I HATE TO HEAR THAT WE HAD HOPED THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, HELP AND ASSISTANCE WITH THEM IN DOING THAT THE BEST WE CAN.

BUT I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS TO MONITOR IT SO WE CAN SEE OVER THE COURSE, MAYBE NOT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT MAYBE, JUST SEE OVER TIME TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES THINGS ARE ONEROUS AND SHOCK AND THEN YET YOU SEE YOUR COLLEAGUES DO IT AND YOU GET ON BOARD AND YOU MAKE DECISIONS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO SEE KIND OF THE EBB AND FLOW OF IT AND WHERE WE LAND.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. WE CAN CERTAINLY PREPARE FOR EPISODE THREE.

I SAID WE CAN PREPARE AN EPISODE THREE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE WANT MATT TO COME BACK, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE LITTLE PIECE OF THIS YOU KNOW, SOME YOU ALWAYS TRY TO FIND THE SILVER LINING.

WHAT'S THE POSITIVE? THE POSITIVE IS THAT THE CLASSROOM MATERIALS AND RESOURCES CAN, WILL BE TIGHTLY ALIGNED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH INSTRUCTION AND MAYBE SOME CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY THERE WHILE PRESERVING THAN THE VARIETY THAT OUR LIBRARIES OFFER FOR CHOICE.

SO WHAT STUDENTS WANT TO READ OF, THAT'S OF INTEREST TO THEM.

AND SO KIND OF THINKING AND THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE PLANNING AND THE VISION WITH THAT TOO.

SO, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE ONLINE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BRAND WAS.

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SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER LAYER TO BE SURE AND KEEP THAT.

OR IS THE UPTICK OF STUDENTS ACCESSING THROUGH THEIR CHROMEBOOK OR THEIR DEVICES THAT SERVICE? AND WE JUST WANT THEM READING WRITE WHATEVER WAY WE WANT TO READ IT.

AND TO YOUR POINT, TERESA, WE WANT TO BE READING THE CURRICULUM ALIGNED AND THINGS ARE GOING TO HELP THEM IN THEIR READING GROWTH.

SO ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. AS WE PREPARE FOR EPISODE NUMBER THREE, I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS ARE REQUESTING COPIES OF CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN MONITOR THIS AND AT LEAST HAVE SOME SORT OF CENTRAL DISTRICT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A SIMPLE GOOGLE FORM THEY FILL OUT OR SOMETHING AS TEACHERS, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTING THOSE, AND IT WOULD BE A COPY OF THE INVENTORY THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUESTING.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT OFF HAND.

I DON'T MATT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D ONLY SAY THIS THAT WE GAVE YOU.

YOU'LL RECALL THAT LAST SLIDE SOME SLIDE AGO WHEN WE IMPORTANT TO US WAS TO GIVE TEACHERS TIME TO CONDUCT THE INVENTORIES.

RIGHT. SO WE SAID THEY HAD, FRANKLY, UNTIL DECEMBER 2023, TO COMPILE THEIR INVENTORIES TO GIVE TO PRINCIPALS AND THAT PRINCIPALS WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE BY REQUEST TO PARENTS BEGINNING JANUARY 6TH OR SEVENTH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE FIRST PART OF THAT SORT OF TIMELINE YET.

AND SO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT SEPARATELY IN JANUARY.

BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE KIND OF SAID YOU TEACHERS NOW ARE ONLY ACCOUNTING FOR THEIR BOOKS.

THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR INVENTORIES.

THEY ARE NOT READY TO BE PROVIDED TO PARENTS YET UNTIL PRINCIPALS MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THEM IN JANUARY ON BY REQUEST.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE TEACHERS I KNOW DID WHAT JERI WAS SUGGESTING.

THEY JUST DECIDED TO FOREGO THE CLASSROOM LIBRARY.

JUST EVEN IF NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU MAKE THE PROCESS NOT LABORIOUS OR TAXING, IT'S DEMANDING FOR THEM TO STILL DO IT.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE NUMBERS OF REALLY WHAT PARENTS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TOTAL PARENTS ARE REQUESTING INVENTORY LISTS AND THEN HOW MANY PARENTS.

AND THIS WE COULD PROBABLY MONITOR IN THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH, BY THE WAY, LOOKS GREAT.

HOW MANY ARE PUTTING BANS ON THEIR CHILDREN'S BOOKS? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT IN EPISODE THREE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

OKAY. I HAVE A POLICY BASED QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN EPISODE THREE OR NOT, BUT IN OUR PLANO ISD LEGAL POLICY FOR UNDER PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IS WHAT THIS POLICY IS CALLED UNDER PARENTAL RIGHTS.

NUMBER LET'S SEE.

NINE IS CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE READER ACT THAT PARENTAL CONSENT IS REQUIRED FOR CHECKING OUT CERTAIN BOOKS.

AND SO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES LINKS BACK TO THE F SERIES ONLY IN THAT TEACHING MATERIALS, TEST RESULTS, OBSERVATION AND VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION THAT PARENTS HAVE ACCESS.

AND SO I'M NOT CLEAR IF THE CONSENT PORTION OF THIS POLICY CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REFERENCING BACK TO THIS POLICY EFB LOCAL THIS POLICY CHANGE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS WAS THIS IS A POLICY THAT WAS UPDATED THIS YEAR.

I WOULD JUST LIKE AN OPINION ON IF WE NEED TO LINK BACK THAT CONSENT REQUIRED OR NOT UNDER THE CHANGE IN LAW.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND GREAT OBSERVATION.

I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THE BOARD ON TO SEE.

OH, OKAY. SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO SO FAR, LEGAL IS A RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW THAT COMES FROM TASB.

THAT'S NOT A BOARD ADOPTED POLICY THAT YOU ALL EDIT, AND THAT CONSENT IS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AS PART OF EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 26, WHICH WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THIS.

SO THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T LINK TO IT RIGHT NOW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT TASB DID A COMPLETE UPDATE, AND I DIDN'T EXACTLY WANT TO SAY THAT, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT EXPLICITLY.

WELL, BECAUSE THIS WAS ADOPTED THIS YEAR, AND SO I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO DOUBLE CHECK.

YES. AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME FORTHCOMING IF WE DON'T SEE IT.

AND GLORIANA IS GONE.

BUT IF WE DON'T SEE IT IN THE NEXT UPDATE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL FOLLOW UP FOR SURE ON.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION AND GREAT POINT.

YEAH, I JUST HAVE MAYBE A MORE LONGER TERM ISSUE.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS AWESOME SYSTEM AND A LOT MORE CONTROL AND ABILITY TO LOOK AT DATA.

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HOW MANY BOOKS DO PEOPLE DO? DO OUR STUDENTS CHECK OUT AND ARE WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NORM? HOW ARE WE DOING WITH OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS RELATIVE TO OTHER FOLKS IN THE STATE, ACROSS THE NATION, THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF THING? GREAT QUESTION. AND THAT'S I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.

I THAT'S HOW I WOULD PREFER TO SPEND A SATURDAY NIGHT, FRANKLY, IS LOOKING AT THAT DATA.

I LOVE THAT, I LOVE THE COMPARISON AND THE BENCHMARKING.

SO ABSOLUTELY AND IN FACT HIDDEN THIS.

SO I WILL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW.

I WAS GOING TO INCLUDE IT TONIGHT AND I DIDN'T, BUT OUR DIRECTOR OF LEARNING MEDIA SERVICES AND THE LIBRARIANS ARE PRODUCING NOW QUARTERLY DASHBOARDS THAT INCLUDE THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS.

SO WE CAN SORT OF WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICT, WE CAN SEE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO WHAT OTHER THINGS ARE LIBRARIANS DOING WITH STUDENTS? WITH OTHER TEACHERS? JUST WHAT HOW ARE OUR HOURS, OUR LIBRARIANS' HOURS BEING SPENT TO THE ADVANTAGE, BEST ADVANTAGE OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THEIR IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME QUARTERLY UPDATES TO YOU AS WELL FROM EACH CAMPUS.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DANNY AND POSSIBLY LAUREN ABOUT POLICY FOR.

SO IF I GO AND I LOOK AT EDUCATION CODE 26.009 AND IT TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, NOWHERE IN THERE DOES IT TALK ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

BUT THAT'S STATE LAW, RIGHT? EDUCATION CODES.

SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE.

NOT TO BE. YEAH.

THE CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THAT'S REFERENCED IN FAA LEGAL IS A SPECIFIC SECTION IN CHAPTER 26 THAT WAS NOT UPDATED BY THE READER ACT, WHICH IS WHAT WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. SO THAT'S WHY THE POLICY DOESN'T REFER BACK TO EFB.

SO THEY USE THE SAME LANGUAGE FOR MULTIPLE THINGS.

AND SO IT GETS CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY DON'T GO BACK, AND THEY DIDN'T GO BACK AND ADD THAT TO THIS LIST IN THE REDIRECT.

THEY DIDN'T GO BACK INTO CHAPTER 26 AND ADD TO THIS LIST THE CONSENT THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE REDIRECT.

IT'S A SEPARATE PROVISION.

WELL AND HOW ABOUT ISSUE RIGHT.

NOT NECESSARILY.

NOT NECESSARILY. JUST BECAUSE FAA DOES NOT REFER BACK TO EFB DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM STILL FOLLOWING THAT.

WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT CONSENT PIECE.

AND SO IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THEY DON'T CONNECT AT THIS VERY MOMENT, BUT WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO HAVE THE PARENTAL CONSENT REGARDLESS OF IT NOT BEING UPDATED CURRENTLY IN THE LAW.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS NEW SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED.

I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR LIVELY PRESENTATION.

YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT.

BUT I THINK WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US, WE'VE EMPOWERED OUR PARENTS TO HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS AND CONTROL FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY CHOICES.

SO. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

[7.2 District Improvement Plan Priority 4: Marketing Plan Update]

AND THAT IS OUR MARKETING PLAN UPDATE.

I WILL INVITE SUPERINTENDENT DR.

TERESA WILLIAMS TO INTRODUCE ACTUALLY THE NEXT THREE REPORTS, IT SAYS SO THE NEXT THREE REPORTS REALLY KIND OF HAVE TENANTS THAT CAN CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.

AND SINCE WE'VE HAD A NIGHT OF REMINISCING ON 70 YEARS OF CONTRIBUTION IN OUR DISTRICT, WE SPENT SOME TIME GOING BACK IN TIME PROGRESSION OF OUR LONG RANGE.

I'M SORRY, NOT OUR LONG RANGE, OUR WELCOME ENROLLMENT CENTER.

AND THEN ALSO MATT GAVE US EPISODE TWO THAT ALSO TOOK US BACK ON A JOURNEY.

I JUST BEFORE WE KICK OFF THE NEXT THREE REPORTS, I WANT TO TAKE JUST A LITTLE WALK TO, TO BRING US ALL UP TO SPEED AND A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE.

SOMETIMES WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN HERE'S WHAT'S NEXT, OR HERE'S THE NEXT REPORT, AND WE FORGET THE WHY AND THE CONTEXT.

SO THE WHY IN THE CONTEXT IS ONE.

THIS IS THE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORK THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT FROM A I REALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS' WORTH OF WORK AND PLANNING.

SO IT STARTED WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PART OF THAT WORK AND ARE PART OF THAT WORK.

WE'RE MOVING. WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE.

BUT THEN THEY ALL CONNECT TO OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN.

AND REALLY THAT WORK IS MASSIVE.

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON VERY HEAVILY OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WHY IS THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN PIECE IMPORTANT? IT'S BEING RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR PLANNING REALLY IS UPHOLDING NOT ONLY THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND LEARNING AND LEARNING OUTCOMES.

SO HONORING THAT TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE, ENSURING THAT WE'RE DELIVERING ON THE LEGACY OF GREAT STUDENT OUTCOMES IN PLANO ISD, WHILE CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE AT A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO ADVANCE OUR FUTURE.

SO SOMETIMES FACILITIES NEED UPDATING, SOMETIMES FACILITIES ARE OLD AND NO LONGER NECESSARY OR NEEDED, AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY LOOKING AT NEW SYSTEMS LIKE OUR NEW LIBRARY SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE IN A STATE OF IMPLEMENTING NEW THINGS AS PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS TO OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING AND A COUPLE OF GROUPS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THAT COME TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO PARENTS? IT'S IMPORTANT TO PARENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING US TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE OF AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO PARENTS BECAUSE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT JUST OPPORTUNITIES, BUT INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

WE KNOW THAT STRONG SCHOOLS ARE THE HEART OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE PART OF THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE THAT THEY ARE READY FOR COLLEGE AND THEY ARE READY FOR CAREER, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO STAFF? AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY RESOURCING OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS, THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND, OF COURSE, TO OUR TAXPAYERS WHO SUPPORTED OUR 2022 BOND AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT, THAT WE PART OF THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING IS ADEQUATELY PLANNING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

AND THIS IS HARD WORK.

AS A MATTER OF FACT YOU KNOW, JOHNNY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, A LOT OF DISTRICTS DON'T GO TO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD.

IT'S TAKING 90 ROOFTOPS AND FORECASTING AT PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THESE MAJOR SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE END OF LIFE.

SO WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT FINANCIAL IMPACT IN 2028? WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IN 2032? SO TAKING AND REALLY KNOWING THESE ARE THE MAJOR SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO START TO FORECAST.

AND THAT HELPS THEN WHAT OUR CURRENT PLANNING IS.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S HARD WORK AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

AND I SAY THAT IN BRINGING BACK TONIGHT A LOOK AT OUR PROGRAMS, AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND WE LOOK AT THE NEED TO MARKET WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT REPORTS AND NEW DATA WE HAVE TO SHOW ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU'LL SEE HOW THESE THREE THINGS CONNECT.

BUT THEY ALSO CONNECT TO TRANSPORTATION.

THEY ALSO CONNECT TO OUR BUDGET PLANNING THAT WILL HIT IN THE SPRING AND STAFFING.

AND SO THE IF I WERE TO PUT THIS IN AN EPISODES, WE WOULD BE IN SEASONS OF EPISODES OR TRILOGIES OF EPISODES. AND SO TONIGHT IS ANOTHER SOUND BITE OF THIS MAJOR WORK.

SO IT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT'S ALSO PART OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING.

AND I AM EXCITED TO, TO TO BRING AND SHARE THESE THREE NEXT REPORTS BECAUSE IN SOME WAY THEY NOT IN SOME WAY YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION.

AND SO WE'LL START OFF TONIGHT WITH LESLIE STANTON, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, WHO'S BRINGING HER UPDATE FROM STRATEGIC PLAN, I BELIEVE PILLAR FOUR. AND TAKE IT.

TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND BOARD AND CABINET.

I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR WORK SO FAR ON A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING PLAN FOR PLANO ISD.

OUR GOAL IS TO DELIVER A PLAN THAT IS ROBUST AND REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AS A DISTRICT.

SO I WILL START ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF FOLLOWING MATT FREY AS HE USES THIS NICE HANDY PODIUM FOR YOUR FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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SO THIS IS OKAY.

THE HEAT IS ON. OKAY.

SO THIS INITIATIVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHY DO WE NEED A MARKETING PLAN? THIS INITIATIVE ADDRESSES SOME, SOME OF THE CRUCIAL CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AS A DISTRICT, INCLUDING AN INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE.

THE MARKETING PLAN WILL HELP US ADDRESS SEVERAL NEEDS.

WE WANT TO ADDRESS COMMUNICATION GAPS.

WE'VE HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS.

AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS HAS MENTIONED THIS BEFORE IN TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HEARS OFTEN IS, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN, AND WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM PARENTS.

WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM OUR LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM MEMBERS WHO'VE HEARD IT FROM LEADERSHIP PLANO WHEN THEY COME TO THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WOW, I HAD STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN OR SO WE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION OR THAT STATEMENT.

I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS MARKETING PLAN WILL HELP BRIDGE THOSE GAPS.

WE WANT TO SHOWCASE OUR DISTRICT'S DIVERSE OFFERINGS BY EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING THE VARIETY OF CHOICES AVAILABLE TO POTENTIAL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

OUR MARKETING STRATEGY WILL HELP INCREASE OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BY HIGHLIGHTING WHAT MAKES PLANO ISD STAND OUT.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION BY DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO ENSURE FAMILIES AND STAKEHOLDERS CAN EASILY ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND WITH THIS MARKETING PLAN, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND WE WANT TO DO THAT BY CREATING STRONGER CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, AND I KNOW DOCTOR KENDALL WILL APPRECIATE THIS.

A COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING PLAN WILL ALSO HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS AND STAFF.

SO WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT MARKETING COMMITTEE.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS BEING LED BY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBER, OUR COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, MITCHELL JACKSON.

ALONG WITH THIS VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT YOU SEE HERE REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TO EFFECTIVELY USE THIS REALLY GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS AND TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, WE DIVIDED THE GROUP INTO SUBCOMMITTEES TO TACKLE EACH SECTION OF THE MARKETING PLAN THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

SO WE'VE GOT A SITUATION ANALYSIS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BRAND STRATEGY, MARKETING TACTICS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. AND THIS IS A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE.

OUR MARKETING PLAN ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND OUR STAFF'S CAPACITY FOR COORDINATED COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT WITH PARENTS, STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY.

BY THE END OF THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE ADDRESSING TWO KEY PROBLEMS WITH THIS WITH THE MARKETING PLAN.

THOSE PROBLEMS INCLUDE THE INCREASE IN EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS IN OUR AREA, WHICH HAS CREATED COMPETITION FOR A DECLINING POOL OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND OUR CURRENT AD HOC APPROACH TO MARKETING, WHICH LACKS FORMAL AND CONSISTENT STANDARD OF PRACTICE.

SO OUR STRATEGY IS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT MARKETING PLAN AND PROVIDE RELATED TRAINING FOR IDENTIFIED STAFF FOR PERFORMANCE TARGETS.

WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THREE THINGS TO START.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE 100% OF DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL PR LIAISONS, TRAINED ON THE NEW MARKETING PLAN. WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR FOLLOWER COUNT ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE ARE AIMING FOR A 5% INCREASE AVERAGE INCREASE IN FOLLOWERS ACROSS THE PREFERRED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR BOTH CAMPUS AND DISTRICT.

THIS NUMBER SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LOW.

I KNOW, ALONG WITH THE 10% INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT RATE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR VERY FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OR THAT WE'VE STARTED WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOL PR LIAISONS TO LOOK AT OUR CAMPUSES.

SO WE DON'T KNOW FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHAT THEIR INCREASES LOOK LIKE.

SO THE AVERAGE INCREASE INCLUDES DISTRICT, WHICH WE KNOW.

BUT CAMPUSES, TOO, WHICH IS KIND OF A NEW A NEW TERRITORY FOR US TO MONITOR.

WE HAVE NOT MONITORED CAMPUS SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN DOING, IN ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS THIS YEAR, THIS SCHOOL YEAR WAS CONDUCTING A SWOT ANALYSIS, AND IT WAS

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BUT COMING TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY SEE OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING IN PLANO ISD? AND SO FOR STRENGTHS, THEY CITED GREAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS ACROSS ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS AND THE ARTS, AS WELL AS OTHER EXTRACURRICULARS.

THEY CITED OUR CREATIVE AND TALENTED TEAM MEMBERS, OUR STAFF.

THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, AND A STRONG ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY.

WEAKNESSES. THEY LOOKED AT OUR LIMITED BANDWIDTH AND BUDGET TO FORMALLY ACTIVATE A MARKETING PLAN OR TO FORMALLY ACTUALIZE A MARKETING PLAN.

LIMITED STAFF CAPACITY IN THE DISTRICT, OUTDATED SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY.

I CAN SAY THAT I PERSONALLY LAUNCHED THE PLANO ISD FACEBOOK PAGE IN 2009.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I GOT HERE, AND IT HAS GROWN WITH TIME, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF ROOM TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE FOR WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

AND THEN A LACK OF CLEAR GUIDANCE FOR MARKETING EFFORTS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT THEY CITED AS A WEAKNESS FOR OUR OVERALL MARKETING STRATEGY, AS IT IS AS IT EXISTS TODAY. OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN STREAMLINING MESSAGES FOR CONSISTENCY AND IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, GATHERING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO INFORM TACTICS AND LEVERAGING EMERGING MARKETING TRENDS AND LOOKING AT THREATS.

THOSE INCLUDE COMPETING COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS, NEGATIVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, INCREASING COMPETITION FROM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS AND DEPARTMENTAL SILOS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, WHICH LEADS TO INCONSISTENCY. I'M LOOKING AT OUR TIMELINE.

I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR PROGRESS SO FAR AND THEN LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE WORK, OF COURSE, THIS BEGAN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN A WHILE AGO, BUT THE WORK IN EARNEST BEGAN LAST APRIL.

DURING A CABINET MEETING, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR CONCENTRATING ON OUR MARKETING EFFORTS.

SO WE FORMED AGAIN THAT WORD AD HOC.

BUT WE FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IN APRIL OF 2004.

BUT THAT HELPED US ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK AT OUR CABINET RETREAT IN MAY, A MONTH LATER THIS WAS IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF OUR AREAS TO FOCUS WITH OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE CREATED A PROJECT PLAN AND REFINED OUR COMMITTEE.

SO FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE LAUNCHED THE NEW COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN IN OCTOBER, YOU GUYS APPROVED THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE INITIAL MARKETING PLAN IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS SO FAR.

OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE HELD FOCUS GROUPS WITH INCLUDE THE STUDENT THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TEACHER LEADER COUNCIL, THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD, AND OUR RETIRED SENIORS VALUED IN PLANO.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.

THE COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE PLAN, AND OUR MOST RECENT MILESTONE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS BOARD PRESENTATION.

GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE A FEW MORE FOCUS GROUPS TO CONDUCT, AND WE ARE REVIEWING AND REFINING THE PLAN, UPDATING OUR BRANDING AND STYLE GUIDE.

AND THEN WE WILL WORK TO FINALIZE THE PLAN WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE TRAINING RELATED TO THE PLAN.

WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BEGINNING TO USE THIS PLAN IN EARNEST IN THE 20 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.

WHERE WE CAN PUT IT TO USE AND THEN START EVALUATING AND REFINING IT AS NEEDED.

SOME OF THE FUN, THE FUN PART OF THIS IS THE FOCUS AND THE FEEDBACK GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT.

SO I WANT TO SHARE JUST A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR.

SO WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, THAT WAS OUR FIRST GROUP.

THEY WERE REALLY EAGER TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK.

AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY MENTIONED.

FOR THE DISTRICT IS THEY REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN PLANO ISD.

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THEY ALSO ARE AMONG THE I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT GROUP.

THEY SHOWED A DESIRE FOR MORE STUDENT CENTRIC CONTENT AND VISUALLY APPEALING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT.

THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING STUDENT CREATED CONTENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHORT FORM VIDEOS, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY SUGGESTED, AND THIS IS THEIR LANGUAGE A NEED FOR A COHESIVE, COHESIVE BRAND KIT AND MORE UPDATED BRANDING SCHEME.

SO TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE MODERN.

BUT IT WAS OUR STUDENTS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOUR BRAND KIT LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO, IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A BRAND KIT WAS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THESE KIDS ARE BRIGHT AND AMAZING.

WITH OUR TEACHER LEADER COUNCIL.

THEY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING PLANO ISD'S REPUTATION AS AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HAVING A STRONG APPRECIATION FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN PLACE FOR NEW TEACHERS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT, AGAIN, A NEED FOR UPDATED VISUAL BRANDING.

THEY RECOGNIZED PLANO ISD INVESTMENT IN TEACHER GROWTH.

AND SO THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

BRINGING US FORWARD AND TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE MODERN FOR OUR NEXT FEEDBACK GROUP THAT WAS OUR RETIRED SENIORS, VALIANT IN PLANO.

I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST GROUP OF CHEERLEADERS.

SO IN LOOKING THROUGH THEIR CONTENT, I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.

AND THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY GAVE US WAS MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY BELIEVE THAT PLANO ISD STRONG REPUTATION ATTRACTS RESIDENTS.

THEY HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

THEY HAVE VERY HIGH REGARD, AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE IT'S OURS, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH REGARD FOR THE RSVP PROGRAM.

THEY MENTIONED HAVING AN A, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD APPRECIATE A MEMBERSHIP.

EVEN THOUGH RSVP IS A MEMBERSHIP, BUT A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS SENIORS.

AND THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY.

AND DOCTOR FREEMAN, THIS IS FOR YOU TO PASS ALONG TO FINE ARTS, PARTICULARLY IN FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

BUT I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE SOME FOLKS VOLUNTEERING AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER FROM OUR RSVP GROUP, SO THEY LOVE THAT.

AND THEN PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD.

THEY GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND I DIDN'T SIT IN ON THIS.

SO IF I MISS ANYTHING, MITCHELL, YOU CAN SPEAK UP.

BUT THEY MENTIONED THAT WE NEEDED MORE EFFECTIVE, CENTRALIZED AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION.

INDICATION. THEY ALSO HAD A DESIRE FOR SHORT FORM, PERSONABLE VIDEOS WITH DIVERSE REPRESENTATION.

THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD UPDATE OUTDATED CAMPUS LOGOS AND IMPROVE BRANDING.

THEY HAD A RECOMMENDATION TO RELAUNCH CAMPUS TOURS AND OTHER EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE FOCUS GROUPS PLANNED, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS VIA THE PTA AND OUR PRINCIPALS.

SO THAT'S FORTHCOMING.

SO THIS IS THIS BRIEF UPDATE TONIGHT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN ENHANCING OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EFFORTS.

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE STRATEGIES WILL HELP PLANO ISD MAINTAIN OUR POSITION AS A LEADER IN EDUCATION, WHILE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEED TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WORK SO FAR.

ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT ALL LOOKS FABULOUS.

YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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THREE OF OUR REPORTS, WHICH IS THE LONG RANGE PLANNING, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING.

AND I NOW INVITE MISS LISA WILSON TO BEGIN THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR.

WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I AM HONORED TO HAVE DR.

KRISTIN EDNEY COME FORWARD.

SHE IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COUNSELING SERVICES AND COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

AND SHE HAS DONE SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME VERY INTERESTING RESEARCH ABOUT SOME SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING THOUGHTS.

SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER SHARE TONIGHT.

WELL. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

WILLIAMS AND CABINET MEMBERS.

I'M EAGER TO SHARE SOME RESEARCH ON SPECIALIZED SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS THAT ARE A PIECE OF OUR DISTRICT LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING.

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THIS INCLUDES RESEARCHING WHAT PROGRAMS EXIST THAT ARE GENERATING HIGH LEVELS OF STUDENT SUCCESS, AND CONDUCTING A SCAN OF THE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED IN PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

WE THEN REVIEW OUR OWN SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPANDING PATHWAYS, PATHWAYS, LEARNING ACADEMIES, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES. PLANO.

TODAY, WE ARE SHARING THAT RESEARCH AND SOME POTENTIAL EXPANSION IDEAS.

SPECIALIZED OR CHOICE SCHOOLS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS MAGNETS OR ACADEMIES, DEPENDING ON THE DISTRICT OR STATE.

THESE SCHOOLS TYPICALLY HAVE A SPECIALIZED FOCUSED AREA OR THEME THAT MAY REQUIRE SPECIALIZED CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES, PARTNERSHIPS, OR EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ATTRACT STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE FOCUS AREA.

SIMILAR TO OUR OWN HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL IN PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXCITING CURRICULUM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A FUTURE IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD.

SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS HAVE ALSO BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY TO REVITALIZE LOW PERFORMING CAMPUSES DUE TO THEIR INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, AMONG OTHER REASONS.

THE FIVE MOST COMMON TYPES OF SPECIALIZED OR CHOICE PROGRAMS ARE STEM, WHICH IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE AT 30% OF ALL US SPECIAL PROGRAMS, FOLLOWED BY VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS IB OR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE.

GIFTED AND TALENTED, ALSO CALLED TAG AND FOREIGN AND WORLD OR WORLD LANGUAGES.

SOME FUN FACTS.

WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR RESEARCH ABOUT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, THERE ARE 4340 SPECIALIZED OR MAGNET SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.

OVER 3.5 MILLION STUDENTS ATTEND SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS, AND TEXAS IS ONE OF THE LEADERS IN SCHOOL INNOVATION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE THE STATES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS.

CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA HAVE THE MOST WITH OVER 500, BUT TEXAS IS RIGHT BEHIND THEM WITH BETWEEN 201 TO 499, WHICH THEY'RE CLOSER TO THAT 500 MARK IN TERMS OF SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS.

SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS CURRENTLY EXIST AROUND US.

WE CONDUCTED A SCAN OF PLANO, TEXAS TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS EXISTED FOR STUDENTS.

DURING A REVIEW IN NOVEMBER, WE DISCOVERED THAT 16,671 STUDENTS LIVING IN THE PLANO ISD ATTENDANCE ZONE, BUT DO NOT ATTEND A PLANO ISD SCHOOL. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING OFFERED THAT COULD BE ATTRACTING OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THEM FOR OUR OWN LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN.

BOTTOM LINE, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEREST TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY.

DURING OUR SCAN OF PLANO, TEXAS, USING INTERNET RESEARCH SEARCH TOOLS, WE IDENTIFIED 18 EARLY CHILDHOOD MONTESSORI PROGRAMS, 58 PRIVATE SCHOOLS, FIVE STEM SCHOOLS WHICH ARE IN RED ON THIS LIST, TWO IB SCHOOLS WHICH ARE IN GREEN, THREE CLASSICAL CENTERS WHICH ARE YELLOW, AND THEN THREE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS WHICH ARE IN BLUE.

SO I LISTED SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN OUR ATTENDANCE ZONE, JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON AROUND US.

WE ALSO RESEARCHED WHAT ARE CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST RATED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES, BASED ON POSTED RATINGS.

TEXAS'S HIGHEST RANKED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS VARY BY FOCUS, AREA OR THEME.

HOWEVER, STEM IS THE MOST COMMON AMONG THEM.

IF YOU NOTICE THIS LIST, FOUR OF THE TOP TEN ARE STEM, WHICH AGAIN INDICATED IN RED.

TWO ARE TALENTED AND GIFTED, TAG WHICH IS BLUE, AND THEN TWO ARE COLLEGIATE TYPE PROGRAMS, AND THEN TWO ARE OTHER SPECIAL FOCUS AREAS, LIKE THERE'S ONE ON LAW AND THEN A WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP CENTER.

YOU SEE STEM FOCUSED SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS AGAIN RANKING AT THE TOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, FOUR OF WHICH ARE IN TEXAS.

TALENTED AND GIFTED PROGRAMS ARE ALSO HIGHLY RANKED IN THE UNITED STATES, SO WE JUST KIND OF LISTED SOME SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS GOING ON NOT ONLY IN TEXAS, LOCALLY IN TEXAS, BUT THEN IN THE UNITED STATES.

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BUT WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS TO ELEMENTARY.

THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL PROGRAMS IN TEXAS, AND YOU SEE A VARIETY OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS RANKING AT THE TOP IN THE BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS US NEWS RANKINGS FOR OUR TALENTED AND GIFTED.

TWO ARE STEM.

TWO ARE CLASSICAL OR HAVE A FINE ARTS FOCUS.

TWO ARE ABOUT LANGUAGES.

ONE IS A PROBLEM BASED LEARNING.

HOWEVER, MANY OF THE STEM PROGRAMS TEND TO ALSO INCORPORATE PROBLEM BASED LEARNING AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS.

AND THEN A MONTESSORI PROGRAM.

IN PHASE THREE, WE LOOKED INTERNALLY BY REVIEWING THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER HERE IN PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO LET'S DIG INTO WHAT WE OFFER ON THE WEST CLUSTER.

WE HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE IB PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM AT HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER.

WE HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY PROGRAM, WHICH IS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

ON OUR EAST CLUSTER.

WE HAVE TWO HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY AND THEN THE IB WORLD SCHOOL AT PLANO EAST AND THEN DISTRICT WIDE.

WE HAVE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAS A STEM FOCUS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE INDUSTRIES ACADEMY, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLIN COLLEGE, AND THEN TONI AND GUY COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY.

HOWEVER, SOMETHING TO NOTE.

INDUSTRIES ACADEMY AND TONI AND GUY COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY ARE 11TH GRADE PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE HOUSED AT THE CTE CENTER WHEN IT OPENS IN 2026.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN PLANO CURRENTLY.

BUT SPEAKING OF THE CTE CENTER, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WITH 17 PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE HOUSED THERE, WHICH WILL EITHER EXPAND UPON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR PROVIDE SOME NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL HAVE THE WELDING, CYBERSECURITY, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, AND RADIOLOGY THAT WILL BE NEW.

AND THEN WE'RE EXPANDING ON SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS WHERE WE AREN'T FULLY ALL THE WAY PACKED OUT AND BOLSTER THEM, WHICH IS ARCHITECTURE, AUTOBODY ARTS AND AV CULINARY ARTS, AND I MEAN CULINARY AND THEN GRAPHIC DESIGN.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFER IN PLANO ISD.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACADEMY, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING AT PLANO WEST, THE IB MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM, AND WE'RE A CANDIDATE. WE'RE IN THAT CANDIDATE PHASE RIGHT NOW AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE ALSO ACTIVELY LOOK FOR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING, SUCH AS OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOR A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE. WITH SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, THERE ARE BOTH CELEBRATIONS.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME CHALLENGES.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF ALL OF THAT.

SO IN PLANO, WE ARE PLEASED THAT LOCAL INDUSTRIES ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US, FOR EXAMPLE, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH THEM.

WE ALSO SAW INCREASES IN ENROLLMENT IN SEVERAL OF OUR ACADEMY PROGRAMS LAST YEAR AND ANTICIPATE INCREASES AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE WILL HAVE AN IB PIPELINE BY ADDING THE MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM AT WILSON, SO THAT STUDENTS MAY START IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GO ALL THE WAY TO GRADUATION. IN THAT IB PROGRAM, WE'RE ALSO ATTRACTING HOMESCHOOL, PRIVATE AND OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THEM INTO OUR DISTRICT.

CHALLENGES. WELL, THOSE INCLUDE FUNDING.

THE COST OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS CAN SOMETIMES BE HIGH, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE AT THE WHEN YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE NEEDING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT INITIAL COST, BUT THEN IT'S LESS LATER.

SO FUNDING IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.

IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.

AND IN PLANO ISD WE LACK THE FULL PIPELINES FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GRADUATION.

WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT WITH THE IB PROGRAM FROM THE PRIMARY YEARS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH THE OTHER ACADEMY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGHS ARE THAT SPLIT CAUSES SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF STAFFING ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT, AND THE LACK OF A CONTINUOUS FOUR YEAR PROGRAM AT THE SAME CAMPUS WITH THE SAME STAFF AND THE DISTRICT WIDE TRANSPORTATION.

THERE IS A COST TO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE JUST ONE OF A KIND TO PULL FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT TO THAT ONE LOCATION.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, I ALREADY MENTIONED IT, BUT STAFFING, PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE IS ABOUT PROVIDING THE PATHWAYS, LEARNING ACADEMIES AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE CONSIDERED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT WOULD INCREASE CHOICE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DURING OUR PHASE FOUR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, OUR FIRST WANDERING WAS ABOUT WHAT WOULD SPECIALIZED PROGRAM PIPELINES LOOK LIKE IN PLANO ISD FOR OUR EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS? SINCE WE HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE BUILDING A MIDDLE A MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE, BUT IT'S NOT THERE YET.

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WE HAVE SEVERAL STEM THEMED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS A STEAM FOCUS, HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY, THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACADEMY THAT WE ARE PLANNING, AND THEN OUR CTE CENTER, AS WELL AS OTHERS THAT WERE IN TALKS WITH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL BUSINESS PARTNERS.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING STEM ACADEMIES AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAT WOULD FEED INTO A STEM MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO SELECT ONE OF THE EXISTING OR COMING STEM SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S WHERE IT'S CREATING THAT PIPELINE SO THAT IT'S FEEDING ITSELF TO FEED THE IB WORLD SCHOOL AND OR THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, WE CAN CONSIDER CREATING A CLASSICAL.

SOMETIMES IT'S CALLED VANGUARD PROGRAM OR A MONTESSORI ACADEMY.

THESE COULD FEED INTO THE IB MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM AT WILSON, OR WE COULD HAVE A CLASSICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY.

THE MAIN IDEA, THOUGH, WAS TO CONSIDER BUILDING PIPELINES THAT FEED INTO PROGRAMS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, OR THAT WE WILL HAVE IN PLACE.

SO LET'S LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER AT WHAT A STEM PIPELINE COULD LOOK LIKE IN PLANO ISD.

SO WE CAN CREATE AN ELEMENTARY STEM ACADEMY FOR EACH CLUSTER.

SO THAT WAY YOU'RE SAVING ON SOME TRANSPORTATION.

IF WE WANTED TO DESIGN IT THAT WAY, THIS WOULD PROVIDE STEM FOCUSED CURRICULUM, ACTIVITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN STEM.

THESE WOULD FEED INTO ONE STEM MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY, OR WE COULD HAVE ONE AT EACH OF THE CLUSTERS THAT THEN FEEDS INTO ANY OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE CTE CENTER.

OR WE CAN WORK ON ADDING STEM ACTIVITIES, CURRICULUM RESOURCES AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS THAT THEN WOULD FEED INTO THOSE HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. WHY STEM? WELL, I HAVE SEVERAL BULLETS LISTED HERE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS STEM FOCUSED CAREER FIELDS.

THOSE ARE THOSE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND JOBS THAT WE REALLY WANT OUR KIDS TO FILL.

IT ALSO SERVES AS A PIPELINE TO FEED EACH OF THE ALREADY EXISTING STEM RELATED ACADEMY PROGRAMS AND OUR CTE CENTER.

IT CAN BE HOME GROWN.

YOU MIGHT HAVE EQUIPMENT COSTS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THERE'S NOT AN EXPENSIVE PARTICIPATION FEE FOR THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO THAT POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS. WE COULD LOOK AT VANGUARD OR THOSE CLASSICAL ARTS ACADEMIES.

THESE COULD BE AT THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND THEN FEED TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THEN ONCE AGAIN FEED TO ANY OF THE PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT IB PROGRAM. AND WE COULD HAVE AND THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, OR WE COULD EVEN HAVE A CLASSICAL CENTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL.

WHY CLASSICAL? OR SOMETIMES THEY CALL THEM TAG TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMIES.

WELL, MANY OF THE TOP RATED ACADEMY PROGRAMS OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN THE STATE AND IN THE NATION HAVE A FOCUS ON TALENTED AND GIFTED PROGRAMING AS WELL AS THE CLASSICAL FEEL.

IT ALSO INCREASES EFFICIENCIES FOR THE ACCELERATED PROGRAMING.

IT PROVIDES SPACE AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE TALENTED STUDENTS AND THEN CONNECTS WELL WITH THE IB PROGRAM.

MONTESSORI IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT.

AND MONTESSORI, YOU SAY IT'S MOSTLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

THERE ARE SOME MONTESSORI PROGRAMS AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT IS ELEMENTARY AND THEN IT FEEDS INTO ANY KIND OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE OR TO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO MONTESSORI IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND WHY MONTESSORI? WELL, WE HAD 16 PLUS MONTESSORI PROGRAMS IN THE PLANO AREA.

SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A GREAT INTEREST IN THAT.

THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO RETAIN AND RE-ATTRACT OUR STUDENTS FOR THE EARLIER GRADE LEVELS, PRE-K THROUGH FIRST GRADE.

CHALLENGES. IT COSTS.

IT'S A HIGH COST.

AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEACHER BUY IN AND IT REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF TRAINING.

OUR FINAL STAGE WAS IDENTIFYING SOME NEXT STEPS.

SO AFTER LOOKING AT WHAT EXISTS IN PLANO, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST RATED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES? WHAT IS HELPING STUDENTS BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL? OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO CONDUCT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR EACH PROGRAM.

LOOKING AT WHAT IS BEST FOR PLANO ISD.

CREATE A TIMELINE, BUDGET, AND ACTION PLAN.

ENGAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PLANNING AND THE DESIGN OF IT.

SO THAT WAY WE GET INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THEN LESLIE WAS TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE MARKETING IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT BRANDING AND THAT MARKETING TO ATTRACT PRIVATE

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BUT OUR OWN STUDENTS, WE DON'T WANT ANY KID OR ANY FAMILY TO EVER SAY, I DIDN'T KNOW, AS LESLIE SAID EARLIER, AND THEN WORK TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE BUILT IN SUPPORTS, BUT ALSO THAT PIPELINE EVEN BEYOND GRADUATION.

LISA'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING WORK THAT CONNECTS TO EVERYTHING THAT I JUST SHARED.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE EXCITING IDEAS OF WAYS THAT WE COULD EXPAND PROGRAMING AND YOU WILL RECALL, I FAILED TO MENTION AT THE BEGINNING THIS IS PART OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS, PART OF THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.

WHAT OTHER WAYS WHAT OTHER CHOICES COULD WE PROVIDE STUDENTS? YOU WILL ALSO RECALL, JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED FROM JUST A ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE TO A TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AND SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE ALSO WILL SPEND THE NEXT YEAR LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A SECONDARY NEWCOMER PROGRAM.

AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN NEWCOMERS AND TRYING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH MATH ROCKS AND ADVANCED MATH ACCESSIBILITY, AS DR.

EDNEY MENTIONED, STEM CAN BE EITHER A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO GET STEM ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WHILE WE HAVE SOME THINGS WE NEED, WE CAN EXPAND THROUGH THE USE OF MAKERSPACES AND SCIENCE LABS, AND CERTAINLY THROUGH THE USE OF MORE ADVANCED MATH OPPORTUNITIES AND MATH ROCKS AVAILABLE ON ALL CAMPUSES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD AND ARE WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE EXCITING WORK TOWARD THE CTE CENTER AND ALL THE GREAT PATHWAYS THAT ARE COMING TO LIFE FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND OF COURSE, KRISTEN AND I BOTH LOVE THE PLANO FOR YOUR FUTURE SO STUDENTS CAN PLAN TO BE IN PLANO FOR THEIR FUTURE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. I'LL JUST END WITH THERE WERE LOTS OF OPTIONS, AND THOSE ARE JUST OPTIONS BECAUSE THE TASK FOR THE GROUP WAS GO AND EXPLORE WHAT'S OUT THERE. SO, WE BROUGHT EVERYTHING.

WELL, ALMOST EVERYTHING.

WE BROUGHT THE THINGS THAT WERE THAT RESEARCH SHOWS ARE HIGH IMPACT AND OF HIGH INTEREST.

AND THEN OF THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS BROUGHT FORWARD GOING WE WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE TABLE.

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO REALLY DO AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF THAT RESEARCH TO REALLY IDENTIFY COST.

AND WHAT DOES IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE, WHAT WOULD PROGRAMING AND REALLY SOME DETAIL ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS FIRST PART, FIRST STAGE.

CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL WORK COMING BACK? YOU KNOW, I WAS STRUCK WHEN I WAS DOING PACKET REVIEW THIS WEEK THAT A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, LIKE FOUR OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR HIGHEST RATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE, I THINK THAT YOU LISTED WERE IN HOUSTON ISD.

RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS IS HOUSTON WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE BECAUSE OF FAILING SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS WITH THESE LARGE MAGNET PROGRAMS, THEY CAN BE COMPETITIVE, OR THEY CAN BE IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND SO, YOU'RE SORT OF STACKING YOUR HIGHLY COMPETITIVE KIDS ON SOME CAMPUSES AND THEN BLEEDING THEM AWAY FROM OTHER CAMPUSES IN HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME FAILING CAMPUSES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR ISN'T A RESULT OF THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD REALLY CLEARLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

I WOULD ALSO REALLY CLEARLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND COST.

I PROMISE MY COLLEAGUES, I DID NOT MAKE THIS PRESENTATION ALL OF THE TALK ABOUT STEM ACADEMIES BECAUSE WHAT, LIKE SOMETHING LIKE AN IB OR A CLASSICAL ACADEMY IS A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC STYLE OF PROGRAM, RIGHT? WHEREAS IT'S MY PERSONAL BELIEF, AND THIS IS LAUREN TYRA OPINION THAT STEM IS A UNIVERSAL THING.

WE NEED BETTER STEM EDUCATION UNIVERSALLY.

AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE LOOK LIKE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL OR EVEN ELEMENTARY LEVEL, IF WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON A SMALL SPECIALIZED PROGRAM THAT HELPS 300 KIDS, OR CAN WE SPEND THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ON INCREASING OUR PROGRAMING ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, CAN WE SERVE MORE KIDS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY RATHER THAN DOING SOME OF THESE SPECIALIZED STEM OR STEAM MAGNETS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SERVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF KIDS? RIGHT. AND THE THIRD THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT IS OUR SUCCESS RATE BEEN WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, RIGHT.

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YEAH. AND THAT'S A NEWER PROGRAM FOR US AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

THE ACADEMY IS A NEWER PROGRAM FOR US HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHEN THAT GOT STARTED.

BUT CAN WE LOOK AT OUR TRACK RECORD AND OUR SUCCESS RATE AND PROGRAM SUCCESS RATE IN WHERE WE HAVE DONE IMPLEMENTATION TO INFORM DECISIONS OF THESE GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE I'M JUST TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, I'M NOT SURE ALL OF OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AT THE MOMENT, I THINK ARE SUCCESSES.

AND SO, I'M REALLY, KRISTEN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE.

I'M TRYING TO GET SOME DATA AS YOU BRING THIS BACK FOR REVIEW.

THAT I THINK WILL HELP BE REALLY INFORMATIVE TO TRY AND TO TRY AND HELP GUIDE THESE DECISIONS AND UNDERSTAND THESE DECISIONS.

BECAUSE MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF KIDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY, LOOK, WE DID IT.

WE HAVE AN INNOVATIVE THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW, THE 90% OF KIDS THAT AREN'T BEING SERVED BY THAT PROGRAM ARE 95% OF KIDS THAT AREN'T BEING SERVED BY THAT PROGRAM. WE COULD HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING MORE UNIVERSAL.

SO, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.

AND I SEE YOU TAKING COPIOUS NOTES.

AND FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP IF YOU WANT, BUT.

YEAH. AND I'LL TAKE THE QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT YOU BRING IT REALLY GREAT POINTS.

AND WE BROUGHT THE, THE KITCHEN SINK OR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

WHEN WE DID OUR LISTENING ROUNDS WITH OUR COMMUNITY LAST YEAR, WE HAD AND WE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM PARENTS YOU KNOW, DON'T BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION TO CLOSE ANY SCHOOLS, HAVE Y'ALL EVEN RESEARCHED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS? ACTUALLY, IT WAS ALREADY IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO WE KNEW THAT, YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WORK.

SO THAT'S PART OF IT.

AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS THAT.

HENCE THE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WITH KIND OF THE KITCHEN SINK OR ALL OF THE OPTIONS.

MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY.

AND IF I, IF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, DR.

WILLIAMS, WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT? MY RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAT WE ARE REALLY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOME PROJECT BASED LEARNING THROUGH MAKERSPACES OR SCIENCE, ROBUST SCIENCE LABS AT THE ELEMENTARY THAT EVERY STUDENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO.

WHY? BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT NEEDS THAT EXPERIENCE.

WHY STUDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GO TO A SPECIALIZED CAMPUS.

AND THEN A THIRD REASON FOR ME IS THAT WE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT IQ IS NOT A STATIC PIECE.

KIDS ARE DEVELOPING, DEVELOPING AT DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND SO EVEN WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING KIDS AT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS PERHAPS GIFTED IN KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE, SOME KIDS MAY NOT BE THERE YET.

AND SO REALLY CREATING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE REALLY ESSENTIAL.

I THINK THAT THAT COULD REALLY EVEN CARRY US FORWARD INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND IF WE JUST DID THAT COMPONENT, WE WOULD HAVE THAT NATURAL ALIGNMENT TO THE HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY OR TO THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY OR FUTURE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACADEMY AT PLANO WEST.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE, THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT EVEN THEN, WE HAVE TO BUY RESOURCES FOR MATH, AND WE HAVE TO BUY RESOURCES FOR SCIENCE. HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE WHAT WE GET AS FAR AS RESOURCES? WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EVERY YEAR TO OUR TEACHERS.

HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS TO EMBODY THIS DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND FOR STUDENTS.

SO, BUT WE WILL TAKE, AND I KNOW THAT KRISTEN WAS TAKING NOTES, AND WE ARE AS WELL HERE TO BRING BACK WHAT YOU'VE REQUESTED IN A FUTURE UPDATE.

I SECOND THE UNIVERSALITY OF STEM LEARNING.

HAVING JUST COME BACK FROM FIFTH GRADE CAMP, I CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE IT.

HOPEFULLY YOU GET TO GO. I HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED FIFTH GRADE CAMP IN PLANO ISD.

I'M JUST GOING TO POINT THAT OUT.

SORRY. GOING WILL BE THE SECOND TIME WITH MY CHILD.

SO, WHERE I GREW UP, WE DID NOT HAVE FIFTH GRADE CAMP.

AND SO, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST WAS, I MEAN, JUST IT'S SO MUCH FUN, BUT I THINK THE KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE LEARNING WHILE THEY'RE HAVING FUN. LIKE, SO MUCH LEARNING WAS HAPPENING.

AND THE HARDEST PART AS AN ADULT, THERE WAS TO NOT JUST JUMP IN AND TELL THEM HOW TO DO SOMETHING, WHICH IS INSTINCTIVELY WE WANT TO, AS PARENTS OR EDUCATORS, TEACH THE

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AND IT'S ALL ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS.

IT'S ABOUT OBSERVING THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

AND THOSE ARE THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE ARE GOING TO BE SO BENEFICIAL TO THEM.

SO JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT MINDSET LIKE IT'S A SHIFT IN A WAY OF THINKING.

AND I JUST, I LOVE THAT IDEA OF IT BEING AVAILABLE TO MORE KIDS VERSUS A SELECT GROUP.

I WOULD SECOND ALL THE DISCUSSION GOING ON HERE, BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND AS BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME AS SOME OF THESE IDEAS ARE, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY DO WHICH WOULD BE VERY, VERY GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS.

THE WORD THAT COMES TO ME IS EQUITY AND THAT IS HOW ARE WE USING OUR RESOURCES AND HOW ARE WE TOUCHING THE MOST NUMBER OF STUDENTS? AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL AT THE IDEA.

AND THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE MARKETING PLAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ARE THESE LIKE SHINY OBJECTS THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF BEGUILING TO US.

I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAYS ON HOW TO GET COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY PARENT INPUT, BECAUSE I, I WOULD HAZARD A GUESS, WE MIGHT FIND OUT THAT PARENTS ARE CHOOSING SOME OF THESE OTHER OPTIONS.

NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF CURRICULUM OR PROGRAMING, AS MUCH AS THERE'S SOME PERSONAL AND SPECIFIC ISSUES FOR THEIR CHILD THAT THEY'VE COME TO THE DECISION ON THEIR OWN, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER PLACE.

YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING.

THE OTHER PASTURE LOOKS GREENER, RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR OWN CHILD'S ACHIEVEMENT.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A CONDUIT TO, TO GET MORE INPUT ACROSS A BROADER RANGE, BECAUSE I THINK THE FOLKS, THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR PARENTS THAT SHOW UP AT THESE MEETINGS WHERE WE ASK FOR INPUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GETTING THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THE BEST FOR THEIR KIDS, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT HEARING FROM NECESSARILY YOUR AVERAGE PARENT WHO'S GOT LOTS OF THINGS ON THEIR PLATE.

AND MAYBE IF THEY JUST IF WE GOT BETTER AT COMMUNICATING, AGAIN, SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST GOING TO A PLANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEANS YOU GET ALL THESE EXTRA THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING.

THAT MIGHT BE PART OF A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL IN SOME INSTANCES.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IN PLANO, THAT'S AT EVERY SCHOOL.

AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, THAT EVERY KID IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S MY TWO CENTS.

KRISTEN, THIS WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE DID THIS STUDY.

BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH THE ACADEMIES THAT WE HAVE, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE AT CAPACITY, ARE THEY? THEY'RE AT LESS THAN CAPACITY, AREN'T THEY? ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ISN'T AT 50%.

ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT FULL AT THIS POINT.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MORE STUDENTS TO APPLY, BUT THEY THE OTHERS ARE AT CAPACITY.

SO THE OTHER ACADEMIES LIKE HEALTH SCIENCE AND IB WORLD ARE LIKE RIGHT.

WITH THE WITH THE NINTH GRADE.

10TH GRADE. YES.

I'LL NEED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE 11TH AND 12TH GRADE.

THAT WOULD BE A WRITE DOWN THAT I'M GOING TO GET SUCCESS METRICS.

AND THEN THIS YEAR WITH THE WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY WE OPENED THIS YEAR.

AND HOW ARE WE AT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS? WE'RE GOOD.

SO 125 WAS OUR TARGET.

WE ACTUALLY OVERSHOT THAT.

AND WE'RE STILL ABOVE 125.

SO WE ACTUALLY ARE ABOVE WHAT WE INTENDED TO START WITH.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. WE PUT IN A BUFFER.

AND THEN EVEN MORE STUDENTS APPLIED THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.

OH, THAT'S GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL, I SEE YOU UP THERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK OR COMMENT ON? NO. I'M GOOD. JUST LISTENING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET LEFT OUT.

WELL, A COUPLE THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND.

ONE OF THEM I'M FIXATED ON SLIDE 15 BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT CELEBRATIONS.

AND I'M GLAD THAT, LISA, YOU MENTIONED THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AT THE END BECAUSE I FELT LIKE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE AS PART OF OUR CELEBRATION OF LAUNCHING THAT.

I ALSO FELT LIKE OUR MATH ROCKS PART.

I MEAN, THOSE NEED TO BE LISTED THERE.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE CELEBRATIONS.

THE OTHER THING. THAT'S THE FIFTH BULLET THERE IN BLUE THAT SAYS ATTRACTING MORE HOMESCHOOL PRIVATE AND OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS IN ACADEMIES.

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AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT WE'VE HAD OUR ENROLLMENT OPEN.

SO IF ANYONE IS LISTENING, IF YOU ARE IN A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PLANO ISD IS MORE CONVENIENT OR YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE DO OFFER ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OUTSIDE OF OUTSIDE OF PLANO ISD THAT ARE INTERESTED.

YEAH, IT WAS JUST VERY INTERESTING TO ME.

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS FEATURED IT IN A MAJOR, MAJOR PIECE IN THE INSIDE PAGE AND THE OPINION PAGE AND BIG LETTERS ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAD STARTED THIS PROGRAM. AND I'M LIKE GOING, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE.

IT DID OR DID IT DID MENTION DALLAS? NO. ANYWAY, REGARDLESS, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NUMBERS WITH THAT.

SO NOT JUST KNOWING ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF INCREASING THAT? WHERE ARE WE GETTING THESE STUDENTS FROM OURSELVES? I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF, THAT IS A GREAT THING TO CELEBRATE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU FIND SUCCESS WHERE YOU'RE ALREADY GETTING SUCCESS.

SO HOW ARE WE LEVERAGING THOSE AND WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM AND FINDING OUT THEIR WHY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ATTRACTING THOSE FOLKS AND THEN DO THE SAME WHERE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHY STUDENTS ARE TO THE POINT YOU HAD MADE FAMILY SYMPTOMS, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN A WAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND THAT.

BUT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT WE MAY NOT BE TAKING CARE OF THAT WE CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, FILL A GAP IN BEFORE WE GO OFF TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

I GUESS THE WORD SPECIALIZED FOR SOME REASON DOES NOT SITTING WELL FOR ME.

AND YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAID, KATHERINE, IS EVERY SCHOOL HAS SPECIALIZED.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO REMEMBER.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE LEANING INTO STEAM.

THAT IS SOMETHING. INSTEAD OF ADDING THE A TO STEM.

IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND I'M SAD TO NOT SEE THAT.

AND THAT IS THAT IS COMING FROM NO SCIENCE AND ARTS ARE THE SAME.

I MEAN, I READ A KEN BURNS ARTICLE THIS THIS WEEKEND ABOUT DA VINCI, AND DA VINCI WAS A SCIENTIST AND ALSO AN AMAZING ARTIST.

AND THAT CREATIVITY AND THAT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT ALL COMES TOGETHER.

MUSIC IS MATH.

MUSIC IS MATH.

I'M A CPA, BUT I LOVE ART, YOU KNOW? SO. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ALONG THOSE LINES? AND THEN WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS WRAPPING AROUND US IN TERMS OF WORK SKILLS.

I WAS AT A PLANO WORKS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION MEETING TODAY AND VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PARTIALLY REPRESENT THE DISTRICT THERE.

AND WE'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND Y'ALL MENTIONED IT.

SOFT SKILLS.

YES. YOU KNOW, KIDS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION IS THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE, AND THEY ARE MISSING SOME SOFT SKILLS.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDING THEM ALONG THIS PATHWAY BECAUSE THEY USED TO BE WITH US.

AND SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING ALONG THOSE LINES I THINK IS JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S MISSING, I THINK, FROM THIS AND I KIND OF MENTIONED IF THERE ARE, IF THE LANGUAGE PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PLACES, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE LEVERAGING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO BE MORE? SO I'M WITH LAURA 100% IN TERMS OF SAYING, WHAT ARE WE DOING? RIGHT. AND WHAT DO WE DO? I'M KIND OF MINDFUL OF THE FACT OF HOW ARE WE BEST SERVING 47,000 STUDENTS VERSUS SPECIALIZING FOR A SMALLER CREAM OF THE CROP, AND SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE ANOTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR STATE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EVERY DAY IS REALLY WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

47 MY KIDS ENTERED THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PACE TAG, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE JOURNEY.

BUT IT WAS OTHER THINGS THEY GAINED IN THE DISTRICT THAT WAS BEYOND THAT, THAT HAS CAUSED THEM TO BE THE SUCCESSFUL HUMANS THAT THEY ARE.

I THINK. I LOVE THAT AND I THINK WE'VE SAID IT AND WE SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF OUR WORK.

IT'S EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE PARCEL PHILOSOPHY AND I THINK WE SHARE IN THAT, LIKE, LET'S MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS RATHER THAN FINDING SPECIALIZED OR MAGNET TYPE OF SETTINGS, BECAUSE THEN IT DOES, IT DOES.

IT TAKES CHOICE AWAY.

AND WE WANT OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE OPTIONS, CHOICES AND WE NEED TO EXPAND.

WELL, WE ALSO COME FROM A SOCIETY THAT THINKS IT'S GOT TO BE THE TOP TEN, TOP 10%.

AND I'M SO GLAD WE CHANGED OUR GRADING POLICY SO THAT WE COULD ALLOW MORE KIDS TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO OUR STATE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE RULES AND ALL OF THAT.

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WE CERTAINLY LOVE HAVING THE ACCOLADES, BUT HOW DO WE HAVE IT FOR 47 FOR MORE 47,000 STUDENTS? EXACTLY. RIGHT.

[7.4 Long Range Facility Planning Update]

LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING UPDATE, AND I WILL INVITE MR. JOHNNY HILL TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAD AND BROUGHT AOA RECOMMENDATION FOR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING IN BACK IN JUNE OR WE BROUGHT IT BACK IN MAY.

THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON THAT IN JUNE.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS LEFT, LEFT FOR TO CONTINUE WAS TO ACTUALLY GO BACK AND DO ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

AND SO THIS EVENING, I AM FULFILLING THAT PROMISE THAT THE COMMITTEE MADE TO THE BOARD THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND DO THAT.

AND SO THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TASKED WITH DOING THAT WORK, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE LAST SIX PLUS MONTHS.

AND SO THIS EVENING, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THE BOARD THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS AND ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ON THE DATA.

I FEEL LIKE I AM I MEAN, I LOVE DATA, BUT I AM DATA DOUBT AND SO I WILL SAY JUST MAINLY TRYING TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION IN THE WEST CLUSTER ANY WAY YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF IT.

I WILL SAY DR.

TYRA'S HAS THROWN DOWN THE GANTLET WITH CHALLENGES ON.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY? AND SO WE TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND LOOK AT IT EVERY WAY WE POSSIBLY COULD.

AND SO I'D LOVE TO TAKE US THROUGH THAT INFORMATION IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT WITH ALL OF THIS WORK, AND THIS IS THE SAME COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, WITH ALL OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

NUMBER ONE IS HONORING OUR HISTORY.

AND I TELL A STORY. WHEN I WENT OUT AND TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING THAT MY ROOMMATE, I'D NEVER EVEN HEARD, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PLANO, BUT I WENT TO TEXAS TECH MY FIRST YEAR, WENT TO MY DORM, AND MY ROOMMATE, MY VERY FIRST ROOMMATE AT TEXAS TECH, WAS FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH, AND I GOT SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT PLANO SENIOR HOUSING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANYBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE PLANO SYSTEM'S EXTREMELY PROUD OF GOING, NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S SENIOR HIGH, WHETHER IT'S EAST, WHETHER IT'S WEST, EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT EXCLUSIVE CLUB.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE CONTINUE TO HONOR THAT LEGACY THAT'S BEEN LAID DOWN.

NUMBER TWO IS JUST THAT LIVING OUR LEGACY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE SUPPORTIVE AND WONDER WHETHER ONE OF THE WAYS WE WANT TO DO THAT IS THROUGH THE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER.

AND THEN FINALLY IS ADVANCING OUR FUTURE.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY, WOW, FOR 30 YEARS WE HAD THE BEST, ONE OF THE BEST EDUCATION ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT BAR UP.

AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.

APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT DOCTOR WILLIAMS HAS LED OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, BECAUSE SHE HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH THAT BAR UP.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU GUYS VOTED IN JUNE, THERE WERE SOME DECISION POINTS, NOT NECESSARILY POPULAR BUT NECESSARY.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT THE BOARD HAS SHOWN IN MAKING THOSE HARDER DECISIONS.

AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TWO ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES THAT WERE SET TO RETIRE AT THE END OF 24, 25.

AND SO AND THOSE ARE, OF COURSE, DAVIS ELEMENTARY, FORMAN ELEMENTARY, ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ALL FOUR OF THOSE CAMPUSES WERE AT END OF USEFUL LIFE.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAD EXCESS CAPACITY IN ORDER TO TAKE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND REPLACE THOSE CAMPUSES.

AND SO I THINK IT SHOWED A TRUE LEADERSHIP ON THE ON THE PART OF THE BOARD TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE WEST CLUSTER, IT WAS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.

AND THE REASON I AM HERE IN A SECOND, AS WE GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION, I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN'T JUST ACTUALLY SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO DISSECT IT AND WE WILL DO THAT.

WE'LL DISSECT IT IN WHAT WE CALL QUADS, WHICH YOU TAKE THE ENTIRE WEST CLUSTER.

YOU BREAK IT DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT QUADRANTS BECAUSE THERE'S UNIQUE THINGS GOING ON IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF THE WEST CLUSTER.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACTUALLY DISSECT IT AND BREAK IT DOWN AND STUDY IT.

STUDY IT BASED ON THAT.

SO ONCE AGAIN, FACTORS CONSIDERED THESE ARE THE SAME FACTORS THAT WE USE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEN CONTINUING WITH

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NUMBER ONE IS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT CURRENT AND PROJECTED UTILIZATION OF SPACES.

WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AND NOT ONLY CURRENT ENROLLMENT, BUT PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS GOING OUT, LOOKING AT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF FACILITIES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE KIDS THAT LIVED THERE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS CLOSE AS WE COULD THAT KIDS WERE BEING ABLE TO GO TO A FOR SURE, AN ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WAS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVED. AND THEN AGE AND CONDITION, WE WORST THING WE COULD DO IS TAKE A CAMPUS AND SAY, WE NO LONGER WANT THAT.

WE DON'T NEED THAT BECAUSE OF CAPACITY.

SPECIFICALLY, IF IT'S A CAMPUS THAT'S ONLY 50% OF USEFUL LIFE.

I MEAN, OUR TAXPAYERS HAVE COMMITTED BILLIONS, I MEAN REALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THESE FACILITIES OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STRATEGIC ENOUGH THAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO TO RETIRE A CAMPUS THAT IT IS AT OR, YOU KNOW, AT OR PAST THE END OF USEFUL LIFE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND IMPACT.

MR. EWING IN THE BACK IS DOING A GREAT JOB GOING THROUGH AND DISSECTING OUR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES AND DOING UPDATES.

AND THOSE ARE PART OF THIS WORK AS WELL, IS TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HARD DECISIONS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OFFERING TRANSPORTATION IN A CONSISTENT, TRANSPARENT MANNER.

AND THEN FINALLY JUST MAINTAINING VERTICAL FEEDER PATTERNS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS THAT YOU GAIN EVEN ON THE EARLY AGES.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN STAY WITH FRIENDSHIPS THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED SINCE EARLY, THE EARLY GRADE LEVELS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

AND SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, YOU ALWAYS CAN'T DO IT, BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO I GUESS NOT REWARD, BUT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THOSE VERTICAL FEEDER PATTERNS.

SO LET'S DIG INTO THE DATA.

I KNOW I CAN SEE DR.

TYRA GETTING EXCITED OVER THERE.

AND SO, WE'LL JUMP IN THERE.

JUST AS IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WE TALK ABOUT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DATA POINT A WORKSHEET.

AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT ARE SOME OF THE MAIN COMMENTS.

AND SO IF YOU IF YOU'RE OKAY IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD WAY TO LOOK THROUGH THAT.

SO ONE THING THAT WE DID WANT TO DO, AND WE WANTED TO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS AND GIVE AN UPDATED REPORT IN DECEMBER, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR FALL SNAPSHOT ONCE WE TURN THAT OVER.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER.

IT TAKES IT ACTUALLY TAKES A COUPLE MONTHS FOR THE DEMOGRAPHER, WHO WE WORK WITH VERY CLOSELY TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION.

AND THEN WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GIVE A PROJECTION FOR A TEN YEAR LOOKOUT.

A PROJECTION FOR TEN YEARS.

WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE THAT.

WE ACTUALLY GOT THEIR REPORT BACK TO REVIEW INTERNALLY, ADMINISTRATIVELY THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING.

AND THEN WE WILL BE HAVING OUR DEMOGRAPHER COME AND GIVE A REPORT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

BUT JUST THE MAIN POINT HERE IS WE HAVE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED THOSE NUMBERS INTO ALL OF THIS DATA THAT YOU SEE THIS EVENING.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS JUST BY CLUSTER.

SINCE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE WEST BY CLUSTER, WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT OUR UTILIZATION BUT OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT BY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT WHICH IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER, I THINK IT WAS THE 25TH OF OCTOBER.

AND YOU CAN COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER SAYS TEN YEARS OUT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, IF YOU START WITH THE OVERALL ELEMENTARY AND GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO TEN YEARS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DEMOGRAPHER REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD PROJECTS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.

OKAY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHERS ACTUALLY DO A SCIENTIFIC METHOD, BUT IT IS AN EDUCATED PROJECTION AND DIFFERENT THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN OVER TIME AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE TEN YEAR POINT.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL EVERYBODY 0 TO 5 IS REALLY, REALLY PRETTY SOLID BECAUSE YOU CAN PROJECT WHAT NEW STARTS ARE AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GROWING, WHERE YOU'RE DECLINING ANYTHING FROM 6 TO 10 YEARS.

MY WIFE ALWAYS WHO'S GOT HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS, CALLS THAT FUZZY, A LITTLE FUZZY MATH BECAUSE IT GETS A LITTLE FUZZIER AS YOU GO OUT.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS TO BE MADE FROM THIS SPECIFIC DATA.

AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT OUR ACTUAL NUMBERS AND ACTUALLY HAVE THIS TROUGH.

AND I'LL HAVE A SCREEN HERE TO ACTUALLY TALK A SLIDE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.

BUT WE DO KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE ELEMENTARIES, THE ELEMENTARIES PRETTY MUCH HAS TROUGHED WHAT I CALL TROUGH OUT OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

THE DEMOGRAPHERS STILL EXPECTS OR PROJECTS A DECLINE, BUT OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD ONLY A DECLINE OF 1.5%, PRETTY MUCH TROUGH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TROUGH, YOU KNOW, TROUGH OUT ARE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD STOP REDUCING STUDENTS OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

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THAT'S ABOUT A ONE, JUST NOT QUITE A 1% A YEAR.

BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGHS, IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH.

IT'S A DECREASE OF 2877 STUDENTS.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A 19.5%.

SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS TROUGH THAT COMES THROUGH REPLACING 4,012TH GRADERS WITH 3000 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S ALMOST ABOUT IT'S ABOUT 2%.

NOT QUITE 2% A YEAR IS WHAT THE PROJECTIONS.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT MATTERS.

OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE FUTURE, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE TRENDS ARE.

WE NEED TO KEEP UP EVERY YEAR WITH ARE THE TRENDS HOLDING TRUE OR IS THERE SOME DEVIATIONS? AND THAT'S THAT INFORMATION, RIGHT.

JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT MORE LATER.

SO I THINK THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE WAS ACTUALLY ACTUAL ENROLLMENT OR ENROLLED STUDENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT UTILIZATION THOUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE REALLY WHAT YOU WANT IS THAT YOUR CAMPUSES, EVEN THOUGH YOUR STUDENTS MAY BE GOING DOWN, HOW ARE HOW ARE THE HOW IS THE UTILIZATION OF THE ACTUAL CAMPUSES THEMSELVES. ARE THEY HALF FULL OR ARE THEY OVERFLOWING? AND THEN HOW IS THAT? BY EACH ONE OF YOUR CLUSTERS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF YOU START AT THE TOP, THE ELEMENTARY YOU'VE GOT AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AS A SNAPSHOT AGAIN, WHICH WE HAVE NOT RETIRED THOSE CAMPUSES UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO THE NUMBERS YOU'RE SEEING STILL REFLECTS PRIOR TO THAT RETIREMENT.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE CENTRAL IS THAT ELEMENTARY 67.9 EAST IS AT 65.9.

AND THEN LOOK AT WEST OVER 80%.

OKAY I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SUBJECTIVE, BUT THE DEMOGRAPHER WITH THE RESEARCH THEY'VE DONE, SAYS THAT THE PERFECT SPOT FOR AT LEAST FOR EFFICIENCIES WOULD BE BETWEEN 80 AND 85 WOULD BE PERFECT.

OKAY. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE WEST CLUSTER IS IN ALREADY IN THAT, THAT THAT AREA.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ONCE AGAIN, 55%, 63%, AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP TO 84%, OKAY.

SO ALMOST AT THE TOP, THE VERY, VERY TOP OF WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE ALL LOW.

THIS IS ALSO THAT TROPHY.

IF YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE TROUGH.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THOSE HIGH SCHOOL AREAS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE AT THE SENIOR HIGHS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHENEVER I SAID WE HAVEN'T HIT THE SENIOR HIGHS YET WITH THIS TROUGH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS AND ACTUALLY SAY LOOK AT WEST.

WE'RE AT 97% UTILIZATION OR OUR CAMPUS IS WHEN I SAY UTILIZATION THEY'RE 90% FULL OKAY.

AND IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL TOTAL AT THE 70.8, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM.

OKAY. THOSE OTHER ACADEMIC CAMPUSES, THOSE ARE DISTRICT WIDE.

THOSE ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO A ONE OF YOUR THREE CLUSTERS.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT THE WEST, IF YOU LOOK AT UTILIZATION OVERALL IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE SENIOR HIGHS.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE WEST IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S WAY IT'S OVER THE LIMIT WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT.

WOW. THAT'S I HOPE YOU CAN READ THAT.

WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT HERE.

IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK THIS IS A TEN YEAR BASICALLY TEN YEAR UTILIZATION TRENDS.

SO ONE THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT WITH THIS IS ON THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU SAW EARLIER, WE WERE LOOKING AT JUST OVERALL NUMBERS OF DECREASE IN ACTUAL STUDENTS.

HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW ONCE YOU ACTUALLY RETIRE THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES, HOW IT HOW IT PUSHES THAT BACK UP, I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

SO THE REASON WHY WE DID IT TO BEGIN WITH IS WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A, A CONSISTENT OR EVEN MAYBE PUSHING UP THOSE UTILIZATION LEVELS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT THERE, 71.8% IN THE ELEMENTARIES, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY OUT BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET IT ALL ON ONE SCREEN.

IT WOULD BE EVEN SMALLER.

WHAT I DID ON UTILIZATION IS I JUST LOOKED AT THE TRENDS OVER EVERY THREE YEARS.

I POPPED IN THE OVERALL UTILIZATION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE END OF YEAR NINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR UTILIZATION HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP.

WELL, WHY IS THAT? IF WE'RE SLIGHTLY GOING DOWN WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS BECAUSE WE CLOSED.

WE WERE RETIRING TWO CAMPUSES.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE EFFECT OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS MAINTAINING THAT UTILIZATION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

YOU CAN SEE THE SAME THING HOLDS TRUE ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 66.2%.

I MEAN, THAT'S WAY, WAY, WAY LOW, RIGHT.

CLOSE THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, CARPENTER AND ARMSTRONG.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT OVER THAT ENTIRE PERIOD, OVER THOSE NINE YEARS, NINE, YOU SEE THAT IT'S RIGHT AT THE 70%.

SO YOU'RE MAINTAINING YOU'RE STILL MAINTAINING THAT UTILIZATION LEVELS.

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RIGHT. WE DID NOT ADDRESS THAT WITH THIS TIME WITH LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT IT'S PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE ON THOSE NUMBERS.

OKAY. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BOARD SET UP CT LOCAL.

IF YOU REMEMBER, CT LOCAL IS BASICALLY A POLICY THAT ALLOWS THE BOARD FUTURE BOARDS TO CONTINUE TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK INTO THE FUTURE.

IN A VERY SPECIFIC, I'LL CALL IT AN OBJECTIVE PROCESS IN ORDER TO DO THAT WORK IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S TO ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE LEVELS.

SO NOW LET'S TAKE THE INFORMATION, LET'S FOCUS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND START REALLY DIGGING INTO JUST THE WEST CLUSTER.

WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEST CLUSTER? WELL, ONE THING THAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEST CLUSTER IS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT HAS AN INFLUX OF EMERGING WHAT WE CALL EMERGENT BILINGUALS.

A LOT OF THESE BILINGUALS ARE NOT ONLY NEW TO OUR CAMPUSES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NEW TO THE COUNTRY IN A LOT OF CASES.

AND SO WHICH IS GREAT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE STUDENTS, BUT THEY DO COME IN A LOT OF A LOT OF INSTANCES WITH, WITH SOME WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGES.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT JUST OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY BEEN TRACKING ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE DATA, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEST CLUSTER. AND WHAT IS THAT? IT'S GOT OVER TWICE AS MANY EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT'S ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE TO THE DISTRICT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE 120 COMPARED WITH THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS, IT'S QUITE A BIT MORE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT HERE AS WELL, I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ON THIS EARLIER.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BILINGUAL DENIALS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT IS.

SO WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY A STUDENT AS AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL, THEY WERE OFFERED SERVICES.

OKAY. ONCE THEY OFFER SERVICES THEY CAN ACCEPT OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT.

WELL, A LOT OF, BECAUSE WE HAVE SPECIALIZED BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT SOMETIMES THE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE REASONS.

BUT IF THEY'RE AT A HOME CAMPUS AND IT'S NOT A CAMPUS THAT ACTUALLY OFFERS THE BILINGUAL SERVICES, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT TAKING THAT WELL.

WE HAVE WELL OVER 4600, I THINK, BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE BILINGUAL DENIALS.

WHEN I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY IT'S VERY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS A DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT NEED THOSE SERVICES AS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE AS WE CAN.

AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO REALLY WORK ON IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO I THINK THIS IS I CALL THIS MY DR.

LAUREN TYRA GRAPH.

AND BECAUSE SHE REALLY BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD CHALLENGING QUESTIONS WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS WORK.

AND THAT IS, WELL, HOW MANY UNITS DO YOU EVEN HAVE IN THESE CLUSTERS.

AND I'M THINKING, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY KNOW, BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, WE HAVE TURNOVER, WE'VE GOT REGENERATION, WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS HOW MANY UNITS, NOT ONLY SINGLE FAMILY UNITS BUT HOW MANY MULTIFAMILY UNITS DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BY EACH CLUSTER.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE YIELDING OFF OF EACH ONE OF THOSE CLUSTERS? AND REALLY, NOT ONLY THAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'VE GOT REGENERATION? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE GOT X NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN UP WITH OVER 65 HOMEOWNERS.

WHAT HAPPENS IF ALL SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT A BIG INFLUX OF THOSE, SELL THOSE PROPERTIES TO FAMILIES? ARE YOU ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO OPERATE THOSE CAMPUSES? SO I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK ONLY BECAUSE I'M FEELING A LITTLE SINGLED OUT? OH. I'M SORRY. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I ASKED ABOUT THIS.

AND HISTORICALLY IN PLANO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE LOCAL POLITICAL DISCOURSE, THIS IS NOT A NON-CONTROVERSIAL THING, RIGHT? THE MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS.

AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND PART OF WHY I PUSH FOR THIS ANALYSIS IS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL THIS.

WE DON'T WE'RE NOT PLANNING A ZONING.

WE DON'T CONTROL WHO BUILDS WHAT, WHERE.

RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES FOR THE CITY OF PLANO, THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, THE CITY OF MURPHY, LIKE ALL WE CONTROL IS HOW WE SERVE KIDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IN HOW WE SERVE KIDS IS HOW THE BOUNDARY LINES ARE DRAWN AND HOW OUR FEEDER PATTERNS AND EVERYTHING ARE DRAWN, AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, AS WELL AS WHERE YOU MAY WANT, WHERE YOU MAY BE SEEING MORE OR LESS

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AND SO, I ASKED FOR THIS, AND I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT ABOUT HOUSING UNITS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE HOUSE YOU GROW UP IN DEFINES YOUR POTENTIAL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THAT ON ANY CHILD AND MAKE ANY VALUE JUDGMENT ON THAT.

I ASKED FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T REACT TO IT.

SO AND I'LL JUST ADD TO PRIOR BOARD MEMBERS AND EVEN PROBABLY SOME SITTING BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALSO ASKED THE QUESTION. SO IT WAS WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.

BUT I THINK IT YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN ASKED SEVERAL TIMES AND DATED THAT THAT JOHNNY WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

WE USE THE DEMOGRAPHER.

WE ALSO USE THE OBVIOUSLY COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL WITH SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AS WELL.

SO WE ACTUALLY USE BOTH OF THOSE.

AND I LIKE PICKING ON YOU I APOLOGIZE.

YES. DOCTOR WILLIAMS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR THIS INFORMATION.

I REALLY HAVE LOVED ACTUALLY STUDYING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU A LOT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEST CLUSTER, LET'S JUST ZERO IN ON THAT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW UNITS.

IT'S ABOUT 35.2% OF OUR.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE WITH NUMBER OF UNITS.

BUT OUT OF THIS ENTIRE SHEET, WHAT REALLY SHOCKED ME A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE 156, 242 OVERALL UNITS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT MULTIFAMILY UNITS, WHAT REALLY STUCK OUT IS THE NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT WE HAD IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE 34,973 OUT OF THE 63,293 TOTAL OF YOUR MULTI-FAMILIES YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT 55.3% OF YOUR OVERALL DISTRICT UNITS ARE JUST RESIDING.

AND AND I GUESS ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SO INTERESTING, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE ACTUALLY IN VERY, VERY CENTRALIZED LOCATION, WHICH IS THE AREAS THAT IT'S THE MOST COMPLICATED IN OUR IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE MULTI-FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

IT'S 7246.

THAT'S MORE THAN THE OTHER TWO CLUSTERS COMBINED.

IT'S ALSO, IT CAN BE MORE MOBILE FAMILIES.

AND SO IT'S HARD TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO PINPOINT AND KEEP GOOD TREND ANALYSIS OF, OF SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS.

HEY, MR. HILL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW WE DON'T CONTROL THIS, THIS WE'RE NOT PLANNING AND ZONING.

I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE NOT THE CALL AN APPRAISAL DISTRICT, SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VALUATION PROPERTY VALUATION.

SO JUST A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING ON THAT.

CAN I MAKE ONE POINT ABOUT THIS SLIDE PLEASE.

THE THING THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT ON THE WEST SIDE IN THE SECOND PART YOU'VE GOT 55.3% OF THE UNITS WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 7246, BUT IT'S STILL LOWER.

SO IN ALL YOUR MULTIFAMILY UNITS, CENTRAL, EAST AND WEST CLUSTER, THE MAJORITY OF OUR KIDS STILL LIVE IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HEAR LIKE IF WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE MORE KIDS.

AND I ASKED THAT OF THE DEMOGRAPHER ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS DEVELOPMENT IN MURPHY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS.

AND I THINK THE NUMBER WAS INCREDIBLY LOW, LIKE 0.5% WOULD YIELD STUDENTS OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.

IT MEANS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THESE MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE NOT SENDING THEY DON'T HAVE KIDS, SO THERE'S NO KIDS TO SEND TO THE SCHOOL.

SO I FIND THIS NUMBER TO BE LOWER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

SO AND THERE IS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME JUST ADDING TO YOUR COMMENT, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT.

I KNOW DR. TYRA AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, AND THAT IS THERE IS A LIFE, EVEN THOUGH MULTIFAMILY HOUSING HAS LIVES.

SO AS THOSE THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN NORMALLY, WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT YIELD WILL GO UP.

AND WHY THAT'S WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOT 55.3% OF YOUR OVERALL UNITS, AS TIME PROGRESSES, YOU WILL SEE THAT OVERALL YIELD GO UP.

SO, YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AS WELL.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY MARKET ANALYSIS.

WE DO NOT CONTROL THIS.

THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT ACTUALLY CONTROLS THIS.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S INTERESTING.

AND I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THE BIGGER THE HOUSE, THE MORE KIDS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN IT. NOT TRUE.

MY PARENTS HAVE A BEAUTIFUL 5500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.

THERE'S JUST THE TWO OF THEM.

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I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

12 KIDS THAT THEY'VE RAISED AND THEY'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL.

THEY'VE RAISED THOSE 12 KIDS.

1200 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.

SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.

ON THE UTILIZATION OF A HOUSE IS NOT THE SIZE NECESSARILY.

IT'S THE PRICE POINT.

AND SO I DO THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ONE OF THE INDICATORS OF, YOU KNOW WHY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES THAT THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME HERE, BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT UP NORTH.

WHY IS THAT? WELL, OUR PRICE POINTS HAVE OVERALL YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR PRICE POINTS BEING PUSHED UP.

WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE INHIBITORS OF GROWTH.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR GROWTH.

I LOVE THIS BECAUSE THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT ACTUALLY GAVE IT TO US BY ZIP CODE.

AND I HOPE YOU, I KNOW I SEE EVERYBODY LOOKING AT OKAY, THERE WAS MY ZIP CODE AND WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY HOUSE.

AND SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE POCKETS, DIFFERENT POCKETS EVEN WITHIN THE CLUSTERS THAT HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF PRICE POINTS.

BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS AND YOU START OFF WITH THE CENTRAL, I'LL JUST POINT OUT LOOK AT THE CENTRAL.

OVERALL AVERAGE IS 476,000.

THE EAST 522,000.

YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL THE EAST IS HAS THE LOWEST PRICE POINTS.

NOT NECESSARILY.

THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY NICE AREAS IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STUDYING THOUGH IS THE WEST CLUSTER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ALMOST $700,000 AVERAGE IN THE WEST CLUSTER.

WELL, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR US IS BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT GROWTH IN THE WEST CLUSTER OVER TIME, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE COMING FROM SINGLE FAMILIES.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE COMING FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO KEEP UP WITH AS WE LOOK AT AND WE PLAN AND WE SPEND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON FACILITIES, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE TRENDS ARE DOING.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO TO THE RIGHT, JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, AND ALSO FOR REGENERATION, SUPER INTERESTING.

IF YOU LOOK AT OVER THIS, ONE THING WE WANTED TO TRACK BY THAT SAME NUMBERS IS HOW MANY OF THOSE UNITS BY ZIP CODE ACTUALLY HAVE OVER 65 HOMEOWNERS IN IT? SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUR WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT STARTS FLIPPING OVER AND THEY START SELLING TO YOUNGER FAMILIES, CAN WE ACCOMMODATE.

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH UNITS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CLUSTERS TO ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE IF THAT DOES HAPPEN? OKAY. I WILL SAY ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN A RETIREMENT, NOT A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, I LIVED IN AN AREA THAT HAD A HIGHER RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN IT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO.

I WILL SAY THAT OUR OVER 65 IS ACTUALLY I MEAN, YOU HAVE 30% IN THE CENTRAL 24.5.

IN THE EAST, ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE EAST RIGHT AFTER [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, OF COURSE, 31% IN THE WEST.

SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY VERY.

AVERAGE. WE'RE AVERAGE AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF OUR OVER 65 HOMEOWNERS IN PLANO ESTATE.

IT'S NOT. I'D WORRY MORE ABOUT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY EVEN HIGHER.

OKAY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AND THIS IS JUST THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE MAKING, IS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM ONE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE YIELDS IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEST YIELDS, THIS IS ON SINGLE FAMILY UNITS THAT IT'S CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE REST.

SO BACK TO PRICE POINTS ACTUALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON YIELDS OKAY I MAY BE TAKING TOO LONG.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO SPEED IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M BORING YOU AND I'LL TRY TO SPEED IT UP.

BUT THIS IS A BAR GRAPH THAT WE USED BEFORE.

THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER 20 YEAR PERIODS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK THIS I JUST LOVE THIS GRAPH BECAUSE IT TELLS A BIG PICTURE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH ENROLLMENT.

WHEN WERE WE AT OUR HIGHEST POINT? BACK IN 11 2011, 2012? WE WERE AT 55,659 ON OUR SNAPSHOT DATE.

WE WERE AT 46,551.

AND ONCE AGAIN, OUR DEMOGRAPHER PROJECTS US TO GROW.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE GRAPH, THAT RED LINE GOING THROUGH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE SEATS.

SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY AVAILABLE SEATS WE HAD BACK AT OUR HIGHEST POINT, WE HAD 10,000 AVAILABLE SEATS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE GOING INTO 2526.

DO YOU SEE WHERE IT DIPS DOWN? WHY DOES IT DIP DOWN? BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING UP 3800 SEATS.

RIGHT. WE'RE GIVING UP 3800 AVAILABLE SEATS.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT GOING DOWN.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE IT COMING BACK UP.

AND THAT'S DUE TO CONTINUED PROJECTED A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT IF YOU HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN, WHAT ARE THE AVAILABLE SEATS.

EVEN IF YOU BREAK THAT 16 BASICALLY THE 16.2 2000 SEATS DOWN AND 2526.

HOW DOES THAT BREAK DOWN? OVER ACROSS THE CLUSTERS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE 7.1 7100 AND CENTRAL, 4900 AND EAST, AND BASICALLY 4200 IN THE WEST. THAT'S HOW IT BREAKS DOWN.

SUPER IMPORTANT WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT CONTINUED LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND HOW YOU HAVE AVAILABLE SEATS BY WHICH CLUSTER.

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AND SO IF YOU DO, IF YOU TAKE EVERY ONE OF YOUR OVER 65 UNITS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOW, RIGHT.

IF YOU TAKE EVERY ONE OF YOUR OVER 65 UNITS AND THEY SOLD TO A FAMILY BASED ON OUR CURRENT YIELDS PER CLUSTER, HOW MANY UNITS WOULD YOU NEED? IF EVERY ONE OF THOSE UNITS CONVERTED, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY NEED 9200 OPEN SEATS.

92 OPEN SEATS.

HOW DOES THAT BREAK DOWN? BY EACH ONE OF YOUR CLUSTERS, YOU CAN SEE 3.3 FOR CENTRAL, 2.8 FOR EAST AND 3.1 FOR WEST.

WE HAVE, IN OTHER WORDS, THE POINT THERE IS, EVEN WITH REDUCTION THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, WE HAVE ENOUGH OPEN SEATS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE.

EVEN IF WE HAVE REGENERATION.

THAT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAKE BECAUSE WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO PROVE THAT OUT.

SO GOING THROUGH HERE, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHENEVER I SAID A WHILE AGO, AND I'LL SHOW YOU A MAP HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

WHEN WE ACTUALLY BROKE THE WEST CLUSTER UP, WE ACTUALLY BROKE IT UP BY LIKE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS.

WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST TOOK ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE WEST CLUSTER, AND WE PUT IT INTO WHAT I CALL QUADRANTS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY MATTERED.

IT'S THE VERY TOP. AND THEN THE SECOND LAYER, THIRD LAYER, FOURTH LAYER, YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE IN EACH ONE OF THOSE QUADRANTS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KNOW KIDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESIDING IN THAT QUADRANT.

ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO SCHOOL THERE OR ARE THEY GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MATTERS BECAUSE IN OUR DISTRICT, WE REALLY ARE VERY, VERY PRO FAMILIES AS FAR AS IF THEY IF THEY LIVE IN ONE AREA, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO GO TO THIS SPECIALIZED PROGRAM OR THEY WANT TO GO TO THIS OTHER CAMPUS.

WE HAVE A VERY FRIENDLY TRANSFER POLICY WITH WITHIN OUR OWN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND IN OTHER WORDS, IF A CAMPUS IF A PARENTS FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT A SPECIFIC NEED FOR THEIR STUDENT, WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR DISTRICT OF THE WEST CLUSTER, NOT DISTRICT, BUT THE WEST CLUSTER, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU LOOK AT RESIDES IN ATHENS, WE HAVE 115 MORE KIDS THAT ACTUALLY ARE DRIVING IN TO THAT THE UPPER PART OF OUR DISTRICT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND QUADRANT OF THOSE CAMPUSES, YOU CAN SEE WE ACTUALLY HAVE 102 MORE, MORE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING IN AND ATTENDING THOSE CAMPUSES VERSUS WHAT ACTUALLY RESIDES THERE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM AND EVEN THE THIRD QUADRANT, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT YOU'VE GOT 67.

BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NEGATIVE, RIGHT.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE LEAVING THAT THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY DUE TO OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT BOTTOM.

I CALL IT SOUTHWEST OR THAT QUAD FOUR THAT ARE GOING TO OTHER BILINGUAL CAMPUSES, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO DRIVE TO GET THERE.

OKAY. OVERALL, EVEN IN THAT CLUSTER THAT WE IN THAT ENTIRE WEST CLUSTER, WE HAVE MORE KIDS COMING IN IN THAT CLUSTER THAN ARE EXITING THAT THAT CLUSTER.

THE OVERALL DISTRICT IS 100 PLUS 136 STUDENTS.

IS A LOT OF THAT CITY OF DALLAS.

I THINK IT CAN BE IT'S IT CAN BE THOSE THOSE THOSE BORDERING OTHER CITIES WE HAVE.

BECAUSE I THINK A POINT WE DO ACTUALLY TRACK OUR STUDENTS THAT RESIDE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT GO TO SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE ONES IN THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT COME INTO OUR DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE MORE DISTRICTS COMING.

WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS FROM OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS COMING INTO PLANO ISD THAN ARE THAT LIVE HERE, THAT ARE GOING TO OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY TRACKS, AND WE ACTUALLY DO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 100 MORE STUDENTS ACTUALLY COMING IN AND OUR DISTRICTS THAT ARE GOING OUT.

SO BUT IT'S A HIGH NUMBER.

WE THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT I THINK ONE OF IS 801 IS 900.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY THERE'S WE HAVE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS ALREADY COMING INTO OUR DISTRICTS NOW.

WHY ARE THEY COMING IN.

WELL THEY'RE COMING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE DRIVING IN WITH THEIR PARENTS THAT ARE STAFF MEMBERS.

THAT'S A PERK THAT HAS BEEN A PERK THAT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

BUT ALSO WE HAVE SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. WE ARE ACTUALLY GAINING SOME STUDENTS THAT LIVE ON BORDERING OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE COMING IN FOR SPECIALIZED PROGRAM.

AND THEN EVEN IN THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM COMING DOWN INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE THOSE, THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE AT THE VERY TOP PART ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE VERY RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IT'S VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM COMING BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOWER CAPACITY CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME COMING IN TO ACTUALLY ATTEND SCHOOL THERE.

SO THIS IS THE MAP.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STUCK THIS BEFORE THE LAST GRAPH.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS WEST CLUSTER LOOKS.

IT'S IT'S STRANGE.

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BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE CALL QUAD ONE AT THE VERY TOP.

THOSE THREE CAMPUSES, YOU'VE GOT WYATT, YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT SKAGGS, YOU'VE GOT ANDREWS.

ONE THING ABOUT THOSE CAMPUSES THAT'S UNIQUE IS THOSE ALL THREE OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL WHEN WE LOOK AT, OKAY, CAN WE CLOSE ONE OF THOSE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE LOW UTILIZATION? I PERSONALLY HAVE A HARD TIME RECOMMENDING CLOSING DOWN A CAMPUS THAT'S ONLY 50% DONE.

I MEAN, USED UP USEFUL LIFE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY MORE ADVANTAGEOUS, I THINK, FROM A MONEY PERSPECTIVE ANYWAY.

AND REALLY FOR A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TOO, IS THAT YOU FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ACTUALLY GET THAT UTILIZATION BACK UP.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PRIME.

I MEAN, I LISTENED TO LESLIE'S TOPIC AND I LISTENED TO KRISTEN'S TOPIC EARLIER.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PRIME LOCATIONS THAT ACTUALLY LOOK AT MAYBE DOING THAT WE CAN ATTRACT NOT ONLY FROM OUR OUR SCHOOL, BUT WE COULD ATTRACT SURROUNDING STUDENTS IN FROM OTHER OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS WELL.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE THE QUAD TWO THAT'S MADE UP OF YOUR HEIN, YOUR GULLAGE, YOUR DAFFRON AND BRINKER AND THEN GOING ON TO QUAD THREE, BARKSDALE, CENTENNIAL AND HIGHTOWER. AND THEN REALLY THE MOST COMPLICATED ONE THAT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION TO IS THE FOURTH QUADRANT OR THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.

THAT'S ROSE HAGER, JACKSON, HUFFMAN, AND MITCHELL.

AND IT'S THE ONLY, ONLY ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.

ELEMENTARY. IF YOU LOOK AT JACKSON THAT WE ACTUALLY SPLIT WHEN THEY GO TO THEY GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT ACTUALLY SPLITS.

I DREW A LINE ON IT. SO YOU JUST CAN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT HAPPENS.

SO ONE THING JUST AND THIS IS BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT CHANGES YEAR OVER YEAR.

IN OTHER WORDS IN OUR IN OUR BY THOSE DIFFERENT QUADS IF YOU WOULD OR DIFFERENT AREAS OR DO WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GROWING YEAR OVER YEAR OR ARE THEY SHRINKING. AND THEN EXACTLY.

IF YOU ADD IN BILINGUAL BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHANGE WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT IS THE EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT ARE COMING IN.

WHAT IS ACTUALLY THAT ACTUALLY DO TO EACH ONE OF THESE, WHAT I CALL QUADRANTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT YEAR OVER YEAR WE WE WERE ACTUALLY STILL SHRINKING 24 KIDS IN THAT QUAD ONE, THOSE TOP THREE, THREE CAMPUSES. YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT SECOND QUAD RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT.

YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED BY 116 KIDS STUDENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUAD, THE THIRD QUAD BARKSDALE CENTENNIAL HIGHTOWER NET OF FOUR STUDENTS YEAR OVER YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT, IT ALSO SHOWS.

DO YOU HAVE BILINGUAL STUDENTS COMING INTO THOSE PROGRAMS, OR DO YOU HAVE BILINGUAL STUDENTS GOING OUT OF THOSE CAMPUSES? AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON ON THAT FOURTH QUAD, IT IS THE ONLY CONCENTRATED AREA WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE ONLY CONCENTRATED AREA WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR.

IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 198 STUDENTS AND DIVIDE IT BY THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES, THAT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT AN 8.4 8.4% INCREASE IN JUST THAT ONE LITTLE QUAD.

YEAR OVER YEAR. NOW THAT'S AN ISSUE.

IF THAT CONTINUES RIGHT NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER WHERE THE DEMOGRAPHER SAYS IN THE WEST CLUSTER, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING DOWN, BUT I WILL I WILL POSE TO YOU GUYS.

WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE OVERALL WE MAY BE GOING DOWN IN THAT QUADRANT.

I MEAN, I MEAN IN THAT ENTIRE CLUSTER.

BUT IN THAT QUADRANT WE'RE WE'RE GROWING AND WE HAVE BEEN GROWING.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN THAT QUADRANT AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE I THINK TWO OF THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE BILINGUAL STUDENTS IN THEM.

AND ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES IS WE WANT TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO WHERE THEY'RE LIVING.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

SO I THINK I GOT ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT ALSO IN THAT QUAD, FOR IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE IN THAT QUAD FOUR, AND THEN IF YOU WERE ABLE TO EDUCATE THOSE STUDENTS, ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO OTHER PROGRAMS, TO THE EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT ARE GOING UP TO OR GOING UP TO DAFFRON FOR A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE SITTING RIGHT AT THE 100% CAPACITY IN THAT QUAD.

FOUR OKAY.

NOW, ONE THING I WANTED TO LOOK AT TOO AND THAT WAS OKAY.

SO THESE ARE SNAPSHOT NUMBERS AS OF OCTOBER.

WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE OCTOBER? ARE WE STILL GROWING? AND THE ANSWER IS THAT QUADRANT IS STILL STILL GROWING.

IT'S GROWING ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN.

EACH ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE GROWING ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 15 A MONTH.

OKAY, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A WHOLE LOT, BUT WHEN YOU GET ALL OF THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES TOGETHER AND YOU GIVE THEM 3 OR 4 MONTHS, IT'S STILL AN ISSUE.

IT IS A QUADRANT OR IT'S A CONCENTRATED AREA THAT'S GROWING EVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.

SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, AND I KNOW I'VE SAID A LOT AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE ALL THE DATA THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER.

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EVEN AFTER WE RETIRE THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES, WE STILL HAVE OVER 16,000 OF AVAILABLE SEATS.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BREAKDOWN, YOU CAN GO BACK.

AND I ACTUALLY HAD THAT BROKEN DOWN BY CLUSTER.

AND SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF AVAILABLE SEATS BASED ON ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE QUAD FOUR IS VERY, VERY COMPLEX.

IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM A 56% UTILIZATION IN QUAD ONE, ALL THE WAY UP TO A 90% IN QUAD FOUR.

AND THAT'S THAT'S EVEN WITH THE WITH US ACTUALLY HAVING ALMOST, WHAT, 300 KIDS AS OF RIGHT NOW, BILINGUAL KIDS GOING UP TO OTHER, OTHER CAMPUSES.

AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS, AS I SAID BEFORE, QUAD ONE IS A, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAMPUSES THERE ARE ONLY 20, 25, I THINK 24, 25 YEARS OLD.

AND SO IF THEY'RE PRIME CANDIDATES, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM OR A WAY TO ACTUALLY GET UTILIZATION UP, THAT WOULD BE A PRIME LOCATION TO LOOK AT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE QUAD FOUR IS THE MOST COMPLICATED, THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SITTING.

IF YOU ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE REALLY WE THINK WE NEED TO DO AS A DISTRICT, AND THAT IS EDUCATE THOSE KIDS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE, THAT WE'D BE SITTING RIGHT AT 100%.

AND THOSE ARE A QUAD THAT'S CONTINUING TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE'RE VERY MUCH KEEPING OUR EYES ON THOSE DISTRICTS, ON THOSE CAMPUSES, NOT DISTRICTS, THOSE CAMPUSES.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS TO WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, YOU CAN'T IT'S THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT IN THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.

THEY'RE BASICALLY LOCKED IN WITH WHERE THEY'RE AT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THOSE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, EVEN TWEAKING THEM.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

SO I GUESS OUT OF, OUT OF A RESULT OF THAT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF THERE IS A COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH THAT ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY.

SO IF IT DOES CONTINUE TO GROW, CAN YOU ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OR IF IT DOESN'T GROW, YOU DON'T WANT TO.

YOU WANT TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THE MONIES YOU'RE USING.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE WE'RE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.

WE ACTUALLY ARE COMING UP.

AND WOULD YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD BE LOOKING AND VISITING WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.

SO RECOMMENDATIONS JUST MONITOR ENROLLMENT AND GROWTH IN QUAD FOR YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S KIND OF AN OXYMORON BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHER SAYS WHEN THE WEST CLUSTER, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, WE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP LOSING OVERALL LOSING KIDS.

BUT WE IN THIS ONE AREA, WE'RE NOT SO VERY THE RECOMMENDATION THERE IS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE ABLE TO HAVE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS, NO MATTER IF IT CONTINUES TO GROW, WHICH IT HAS BEEN OR IF IT DOESN'T, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OUR SOLUTIONS ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN B AND A PLAN C AND A PLAN D MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED TO ANY CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS. THIS IS WHAT LISA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXPAND PRE-K OPPORTUNITIES TO CAMPUSES WHERE CAPACITIES EXIST.

JUST, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THOSE KIDS IN PRE-K.

THEN WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THOSE KIDS AS THEY GO UP THROUGH THE GRADE LEVELS AND THEN PROVIDE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMING.

BEFORE WE GO ON, I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT TILL THE END, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS.

CAN I ASK A OR MAKE A COMMENT OR QUESTION ON THIS SECTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT? HOW CLOSE ARE WE? WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END. CAN YOU JUST JOT IT DOWN? OKAY. THANKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JOHNNY.

I JUST I'LL PICK UP THE LAST FEW SLIDES HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMING TO PICK UP.

REALLY? THIS TIES IN TO BOTH WHAT DOCTOR EDNEY TALKED ABOUT, WHAT LESLIE TALKED ABOUT.

SO WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS AS A BIG PICTURE.

WHEN WE PULLED DATA FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU, AND THE LAST DATA AVAILABLE WAS 2223.

THIS GIVES US A PICTURE.

I KNOW KRISTEN MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN PISD BUT DON'T ATTEND PISD.

THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN.

ESTIMATED PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THAT'S THE BLUE LINE AT THE TOP.

YOU'LL SEE GROWTH A LITTLE BIT IN THOSE NON PISD PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THAT RED LINE THOSE WOULD BE CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND THEN OF COURSE ESTIMATED HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS OF ABOUT 1700.

BACK IN 2223.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OF THE PLACES STUDENTS ARE GOING.

AND AGAIN, THE PARENTS MAY HAVE VERY VALID REASONS FOR SELECTING A PRIVATE OPTION THAT THAT'S CERTAINLY A CHOICE OF THEIRS.

AND THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, UNDERSCORES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER MARKETING AND PROGRAMING THAT REALLY ENHANCES OUR OFFERINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO EACH YEAR, AND MACKENZIE KESSEL AND TAL GOMEZ, WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OUR MULTILINGUAL SERVICES HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THEY EXAMINE PROGRAMS AND WHERE THEY'RE PLACED ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WHERE THEY CAN BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

YOU HEARD JOHNNY A COUPLE OF TIMES MENTION, WE LIKE TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AS CLOSE TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHILE EACH YEAR THEY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AND ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PROCESS HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG IN AND LOOK AT AN ENTIRE PICTURE OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS FOR EACH PROGRAM BASED ON THE CURRENT NEEDS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THAT PROCESS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK INDIVIDUALIZED WITH OUR CAMPUSES, OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO MAY BE IMPACTED, WHO MAY BE IMPACTED.

IF WE OPT TO MOVE A SECTION FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN IN BOTH SPECIAL EDUCATION AND IN MULTILINGUAL.

AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE TEAMS WHO WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES SO CLOSELY.

WE ARE EXCITED, AND I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ALREADY, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THAT MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAM TO WILSON.

DOCTOR GOBER GOT THE NOTE THE OTHER DAY THAT WE ARE IN CANDIDATE STATUS, SO THAT'S AN EXCITING MOVEMENT FORWARD.

WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. ONE OF OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, OUR ELEVATE PROGRAM, IS CURRENTLY OFFERED AT ALL CAMPUSES.

AND AS WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WE MAY HAVE CAPACITY TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE CENTRALIZED AND MAYBE DO SOME NEIGHBOR SCHOOLS COLLAPSE SOME CLASSROOMS THAT WILL PROVIDE US MORE CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSROOMS THAT WE NEED TO SERVE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE YOU KNOW, MOST EFFECTIVE IN MEETING THOSE STUDENTS NEEDS.

AND THEN I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'LL SPEND THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR, UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, ALSO DESIGNING A NEWCOMER PROGRAM.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS, OF COURSE, ARE TO LOOK AT INNOVATIVE PROGRAMING AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD US TALK ABOUT.

WE HAVE IT LISTED THERE AS A STEAM.

IB MATH ROCKS OTHER OTHER WAYS TO REALLY ENHANCE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND HOW CAN WE EXPAND PRE-K, AS JOHNNY MENTIONED, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO CAPTURE MORE PRE-K STUDENTS? THAT IS IN COOPERATION WITH TRANSPORTATION ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THOSE PROGRAMING PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS, OUR AUDIT FINDINGS AND OF COURSE, OUR HAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS BUS ROUTES AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO GAIN EFFICIENCIES.

AND AS JOHNNY SO ELOQUENTLY CREATED WITH HIS DATA CHARTS, WE WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THOSE ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND OUR PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BACK TO YOU, JOHN.

SO JUST JUST TO TO TO SUMMARIZE AND COMPLETE FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING, THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED POLICY CA LOCAL.

THAT'S HOW WE ACTUALLY BUILD CAPACITY.

BECAUSE ONE THING, EVEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO RIGHTSIZE OUR OR MAKE SURE THAT WE MIRROR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OUR FACILITIES, IT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THE FACILITIES WE ARE GOING TO KEEP, THAT WE MAINTAIN AND NOT ONLY MAINTAIN THAT WE EXCEL AT.

AND SO I JUST THE CA LOCAL IS GREAT BECAUSE IT IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING OFF DEBT EARLY OR DOING THE DEBT MANAGEMENT.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO POUR MONIES INTO THE CAMPUSES WE'RE KEEPING SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE AS GOOD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT CT LOCAL.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY PLEASE GO TO CT LOCAL AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT.

IT BASICALLY JUST IS TALKING ABOUT WHERE BEFORE WE DO A BOND ELECTION AND AND WE DO BOND CYCLES, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT EVERY 6 OR 7 YEARS RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE DO THAT WORK.

THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND UPDATE OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY, PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE ASK TAXPAYERS TO ACTUALLY SPEND LITERALLY A BIT, YOU KNOW, OVER $1 BILLION THIS LAST TIME.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S FOR FACILITIES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO NEED FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THAT WORK IS ALL ENCAPSULATED IN THE CT LOCAL.

AND THEN AS I TALKED ABOUT, EVERY 6 OR 7 YEARS, WE WILL BE DOING BOND PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON KEEPING FOR FOR YEARS TO COME, AND THEN THE PROCESS TO INCLUDE THAT OVERALL REVIEW PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ENROLLMENT UTILIZATION.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A YEAR OVER YEAR FACILITY PLANS.

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AND SO AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP AS LOW AS WE CAN OUR OVERALL DEBT.

WE WANT TO MANAGE OUR DEBT.

AND THAT'S I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

WAY BEFORE I GOT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR BOARD AND OUR FINANCIAL, OUR FINANCIAL FOLKS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER THE LAST UMPTEEN YEARS OF DOING THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN SUCH A GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. THAT'S A LOT I KNOW.

NOW I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO STOP.

AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO TO VISIT JERI.

I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION.

YEAH. I WANT TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 18.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GO GO BACK AWAYS.

18. TELL ME WHEN I'M THERE.

IT'S ONE OF THE MANY CHARTS IF I CAN GET THERE FASTER.

CAN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS? OKAY. WHAT WAS THE CHART? IT'S THE NEXT ONE.

MARKET ANALYSIS.

IT'S THE ONE MARKET ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE BY CLUSTER.

GO FORWARD. OKAY.

LET'S GO OVER THERE.

YEAH. SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT QUAD FOUR.

IT IS MOSTLY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BACK IN AUGUST TO VISIT.

AND I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S VERY POIGNANT GIVEN THIS WITH THE ZIP CODES THAT ARE LISTED THERE AND THE STOREHOUSE, IT USED TO BE CALLED THE STOREHOUSE OF COLLIN COUNTY.

THEY'VE EXPANDED THEIR FOOTPRINT AND THEIR SERVICES OF WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY NOW ARE CALLED THE STOREHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THEY'RE SITTING THERE NEXT TO THERE, BASICALLY AT THE TOLLWAY AND PLANO PARKWAY.

OKAY, SO REALLY CLOSE TO SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, REALLY CLOSE TO HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY.

THEY SERVICE NOW A BIG PORTION NOW OF PLANO CARROLLTON AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THEY HAVE THEY CALL THEIR THEIR NEIGHBORS IS WHO THEY SERVE.

THEY DO FOOD, THEY DO CLOTHING, THEY DO COACHING, AND THEY DO JOB PLACEMENT KINDS OF THINGS FOR, FOR FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ZIP CODES OF 25287 AND 25252, BECAUSE THOSE ARE CITY OF DALLAS AND ZIP CODES THAT ARE PLANO ISD, RIGHT? STOREHOUSE SERVES A LARGE SWATH OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

36 TO 38% OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS.

GETTING FOOD ARE COMING FROM THOSE TWO ZIP CODES.

YEAH. AND THAT IS 752, FIVE TWO IS WHERE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES CENTER IS GOING TO BE.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I ALSO THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXTRAPOLATED.

FIRST OF ALL, THE NUMBER OF PARCELS, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE HOUSES IN THOSE ZIP CODES, AND YET THAT IS A HIGH DENSITY OF MULTI-FAMILY.

AND IT'S JUST A VERY INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION OF HIGH WEALTH AND HIGH NEED.

AND IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE SERVING AND HOW THAT IMPACTS.

AND SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

I'D BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW KIND OF FROM THAT AREA, HOW MANY OF OUR OUR FAMILIES ARE STAYING, YOU KNOW, ARE WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH? BECAUSE YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF IT'S I KNOW IT'S IMPACTING ON THE CLASSROOMS. I KNOW IT'S IMPACTING ON THE SCHOOLS, THE CAMPUSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE OVER 7000 KIDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE LIVING IN MULTI-FAMILY.

IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF THE WEST CLUSTER AND JUST LOOK AT WHERE THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES ARE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH CLUSTERED.

AND SO IT'S BUT BUT YOU'VE GOT REALLY EXPENSIVE HOUSES IN THAT JUST IN THAT SAME AREA TOO.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO A POINT TO SAY JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS IN A MULTI FAMILY SITUATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE ARE NOT AT ALL ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED, BUT IT'S STILL A POINT OF THAT'S WHERE THE FAMILY GATEWAY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS.

YEAH. THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M THRILLED THAT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICE CENTER IS PROBABLY GOING TO BECOME IT'S VERY STRATEGICALLY, FULLY USED.

FULLY USED.

AS SOON AS IT OPENS.

THANK YOU. SO.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

TWO COMMENTS. REALLY, IN A, IN A QUESTION, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT PERCENT OF CAPACITY IN THE DIFFERENT QUADS.

I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT AS WE'RE EVALUATING THAT, WE'RE ALSO EVALUATING TOTAL ENROLLMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU WELL KNOW, JACKSON IS ONE OF OUR THREE LARGEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DOWN IN THAT FOURTH QUAD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW LIKE 90%.

ENROLLMENT AT JACKSON IS NOT THE SAME AS 90% ENROLLMENT AT WELLS.

YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

BUT I JUST I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE'RE MONITORING NOT JUST PERSON TO CAPACITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, TOTAL

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YOU BROUGHT UP EQUITY EARLIER AND JOHNNY, YOUR VERY LAST SLIDE, THE THIRD BULLET POINT AND REALLY EVALUATING EVERY CAMPUS EVERY TIME AND ROLLING EVALUATION AND HAVING IT BE A VERY DATA DRIVEN PROCESS.

THIS TO ME IS A HUGE POINT ON EQUITY IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO BOND ELECTIONS WERE NOT PET PROJECTING THINGS.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SO-AND-SO'S KIDS GO TO THIS SCHOOL.

SO WE WANT THIS AND SO AND SO OR, YOU KNOW, THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE OR WHATEVER LIKE OUR CANVASES NEED WHAT THEY NEED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S A PROCESS THAT IS REALLY EVALUATING AND NOT JUST NOT JUST CHERRY PICKING PROJECTS TO PUT ON THE BOND.

THE LAST ONE.

SO THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS. THE LAST ONE IS THE QUESTION.

AND THIS IS FOR LISA.

I THINK IN EDUCATION WE USE A LOT OF JARGON.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE REFERRED TO THE NEWCOMER PROGRAM.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF WHY WE NEED THAT, WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, LIKE WHY WE'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT AND TALKING ABOUT THAT AND SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT A NEWCOMER PROGRAM MIGHT PROVIDE.

SURE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS AS WE NOTICE, AN INCREASE OF STUDENTS COMING INTO THE COUNTRY WHO ARE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC LEARNING NEEDS THAT IF WE CONCENTRATE THOSE STUDENTS TOGETHER, WE CAN MAXIMIZE SERVICES AND ARE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS ON LANGUAGE, QUICK, QUICKER LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND REALLY GETTING THOSE STUDENTS ACCLIMATED TO THE COUNTRY.

HOW TO HOW TO NAVIGATE A UNITED STATES SCHOOL.

I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE HAVE CAMPUSES WHO HAVE A LOT OF NEWCOMERS.

WE HAVE CAMPUSES WHO DON'T HAVE AS MANY NEWCOMERS.

AND IF WE CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES, YOU CAN DO IT IN A SCHOOL, WITHIN A SCHOOL FASHION WHERE YOU CONCENTRATE A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN ONE PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

YOU CAN DO IT AS A KIND OF A SOME DISTRICTS DO IT AS A STANDALONE PROGRAM WHERE IT'S ALMOST A HIGH SCHOOL ON ITS OWN.

WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AND LOOKING AT OTHER DISTRICTS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO THAT'S BEEN MOST EFFECTIVE AND AND LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN THE SUCCESS RATE AND REALLY HELP. BUT WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS KIND OF THAT SAFE SPACE.

THAT FOCUSED SPACE IS REALLY A POSITIVE THING FOR NEWCOMERS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT, PARTICULARLY AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT REALLY PROVIDES THAT NEWCOMER EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE'RE DOING MORE OF.

WE'RE PILOTING KIND OF A SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL SEMI MODEL.

WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONCENTRATE THOSE CLASSES AND BUILD THAT COMMUNITY.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SPEND NEXT YEAR WORKING WITH OUR SENIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO DESIGN WHAT WILL REALLY WORK FOR THEM, TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THEIR CAMPUSES AS THE NEEDS AND REALLY WORK WITH THEM TO TO PROPOSE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A LITTLE THING TO TO ADD TO THAT.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT TARA WAS THINKING ABOUT IS I KNOW AT MITCHELL ELEMENTARY THEIR PTA IS DOING A REALLY AWESOME JOB.

WHERE THE PARENTS WHO, WHO WHO ARE LONG STANDING FAMILIES IN THE AREA.

ARE EMBRACING THEIR THEIR NEWCOMER FRIENDS, RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE PURPOSEFULLY BRINGING THEM TO SCHOOL, GETTING THOSE PARENTS INVOLVED AND TRYING TO BE AS OPEN AS THEY CAN AND REALLY TRYING TO TO NOT DO THINGS THE OLD WAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO THINK ABOUT, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S LEAVING OUT THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE. WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING AND A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE.

WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS WITHIN SCHOOLS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE, THE BUY IN OF THOSE FAMILIES AND THOSE TEACHERS AND STAFF TO REALIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THIS A DIFFERENT WAY AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO EMBRACE OUR NEW FRIENDS? AND AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD, I FAILED TO ADD THIS.

WE WOULD LIKELY LOOK AT FIRST YEAR, FIRST YEAR NEW TO THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE ACCLIMATED AND ENGAGED IN THEIR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SO WHAT'S THAT RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT RIGHT POINT IN TIME TO TO NOT DO IT THAT WAY.

SO I WOULD SAY THE ACTIONS THAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING ARE DEDICATED, DEDICATED, CARING AND COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

[03:35:01]

I THOUGHT ABOUT THEM THE WHOLE PRESENTATION.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS, FAMILY FRIENDS WHOSE FAMILIES ARE WEST SIDE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING ANXIOUSLY SINCE MAY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO IF I SUMMARIZE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CORRECT.

AND THIS JUST TO SUM IT UP, NO CAMPUS CLOSURES, NO ZONING, FEEDER PATTERN CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR NOW.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP MONITORING THE GROWTH, LOOK AT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. AND THEN IS THERE ANY SORT OF LIKE TIMELINE SHOULD PARENTS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO START SOMETHING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I JUST THAT'S THAT'S VERY QUICK.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL EVOLVE.

SO I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON, LIKE, THE TIMING OR JUST TO KIND OF EASE PARENTS CONCERNS BECAUSE THE GROWTH SOMETIMES SEEMS SO EXPLOSIVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SAID 7 TO 15 KIDS COULD BE ENTERING A CAMPUS EACH MONTH.

SO BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE MENTIONED WE HAVE TO KEEP SUCH A TIGHT EYE ON PROGRAMING.

SO THERE COULD BE SOME PROGRAMING ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT IN TERMS OF ANYTHING THAT PROGRAMING ADJUSTMENTS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE, THE IMMEDIATE, AND WE DO THAT ALREADY.

NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE THAT RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

WE FIND A WAY TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES.

AND SO BUT WITH REGARD TO, OH, WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS NEW STEAM STEM PROGRAM THAT IS THAT THAT IS SOMEWHAT YEAH, THAT IS DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THIS IS REALLY AFFIRMING WHAT THE LONG RANGE FACILITY COMMITTEE BROUGHT FORWARD BACK IN IN MAY.

AND IN JUNE, WE JUST WE TOOK THAT INITIAL DATA, THAT INITIAL RECOMMENDATION, AND DID ADDITIONAL DIGGING AND ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

I, I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE ALL THE EXTRA DATA, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WASN'T MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BUT SITS THERE IN MY MIND IS IF YOU LOOK AT QUADRANT ONE, THOSE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NORTH, YOU CANNOT TAKE KIDS THAT LIVE SO FAR SOUTH AND SOMEHOW, LIKE, MAGICALLY TRANSPORT THEM TO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED.

IT WOULD BE COOL IF WE COULD, BUT IT JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.

THAT'S SO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR HOME.

AND KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER FACETS AND TENANTS TO THIS, TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THEM.

SO PART OF OUR, OUR WORK, WE WE HAD A TRANSPORTATION REVIEW AND AUDIT.

I Y'ALL TOOK ACTION ON HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS, WHICH WE NEED.

WE NEEDED TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE'VE OFFERED FAIR BUSSING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A $15 MILLION TRANSPORTATION SHORTFALL WITH WHAT, WHAT WE RECEIVE FOR FOR FUNDING.

SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO MAKE STREAMLINED DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU START TO, TO MOVE KIDS FROM HERE TO THERE, THAT'S A TRANSPORTATION COST.

SAME THING WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO MAGNET PROGRAMS, THERE'S A THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO THIS IS ALSO ABOUT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES BUT ALSO CREATING EFFICIENCIES.

AND SO WE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO TO WEIGH THOSE OUT.

AND YOU'LL HEAR PROBABLY SOME TENANTS OF THIS NIGHT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION WHEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AGAIN SO YOU CAN UNTETHER THEM.

THEY REMAIN TETHERED AND PART OF AN OVERALL BIG DECISION.

SO JUST ULTIMATELY OUR FAMILIES ON THE WEST SIDE WITH STUDENTS THERE CURRENTLY SHOULDN'T WORRY LIKE IT'S IT'S FINE.

WE'RE WE'RE WE HAVE YOU SAW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SORRY YOU SAW THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VOTE TONIGHT.

THIS IS A THIS WAS THE BRING BACK NEXT STEPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JUNE MEETING.

WE AND WE'VE DONE THAT.

THIS WAS NOT A DISCUSSION IN ACTION BECAUSE AFTER FURTHER REVIEW WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON.

AND WE ARE GETTING READY.

WE BROUGHT BACK OUR BUDGET STAFFING TIME FRAME, AND WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES IN PLANNING FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE ARE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS WITH REGARD TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AT THIS VERY MOMENT THAT WOULD IMPACT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

YEAH. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SLIDE 15.

[03:40:05]

THAT WAS THE, WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT.

UNITS AND YIELD ANALYSIS BY CLUSTER AND SO ON THAT SLIDE I'LL REFER TO ON THE WEST SIDE WE TALK ABOUT 34,973 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS THE AGE OF THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT AS THEY AGE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A TREND THAT AS THE APARTMENTS AGE, THE YIELDS CAN TEND TO GO UP BECAUSE THE RENTS TEND TO GO DOWN AND ARE MORE AFFORDABLE.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO, WE GET WE ACTUALLY DID GET THAT FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY EVERY SINGLE WE HAVE LIKE 230 SOME ODD APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER.

THE AGE SPECIFIC.

BUT THEY'VE GOT EVERY ONE OF THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, NAMES AND LOCATIONS.

I WILL GO BACK TO OUR DEMOGRAPHER AND SEE IF HE HAPPENS TO HAVE THAT.

HE DIDN'T SHARE THAT THE AGE, BUT THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THE AGE OF EACH OF THOSE COMPLEXES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OUR MICHAEL UP THERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT? YOU'RE GOOD. I'M GOOD.

OKAY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT.

OKAY. SO, Y'ALL, THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT.

TONS OF INFORMATION.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHO WASN'T AT THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK AND REVIEW BECAUSE IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

CAN I POINT OUT ONE THING REAL QUICK, PLEASE, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING OR LISTENING.

SO WE DO UPDATE.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON THIS.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED WEB PAGE FOR THIS.

IT'S PISD.EDU.

EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO OUR WEBSITE FORWARD SLASH FACILITY PLAN.

YOU ALSO THERE'S ALSO A DIRECT LINK.

I THINK YOU'VE BEEN ON THE FACE OF OUR LANDING PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE TOO.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS I ALWAYS GET THERE JUST PISD.EDU/FACILITY PLAN.

BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THAT WEBSITE, WE ARE TRYING.

ANYTIME WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, LESLIE AND HER TEAM ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF KEEPING THAT UP TO DATE.

SO WE WANT TO SHARE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THAT OUT AND SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

VERY GOOD POINT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO 8.1, WHICH IS OUR POLICIES.

[8.1 Approval of Policy CFC(LOCAL) Accounting: Audits on First Reading]

AND I SUPPOSE THAT WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND THE I WILL MENTION THAT THE AUDIT SUBCOMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED THAT POLICY CHANGE WITH JENNA ISENSEE. AND SO, HER CHANGES REALLY RELATE TO ALL THE NEW STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR INTERNAL AUDITS.

SO I JUST WILL THROW THAT OUT THERE.

BUT SO THE BOARD HAS HAD A COPY OF IT IN THEIR AGENDA PACKET.

MAY I ASK FOR A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPROVES POLICY CFC LOCAL ACCOUNTING AUDITS UNDER FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHTY.

AND THIS IS EASY.

I WILL INVITE DR.

LINDA FREEMAN TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS, OR IIA, RELEASED THE NEW GLOBAL INTERNAL AUDIT STANDARDS ON JANUARY 9TH, 2024, WHICH MUST TAKE EFFECT BY JANUARY 9TH, 2025.

THESE STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL AS THEY PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF INTERNAL AUDITING ON A GLOBAL SCALE, ENSURING CONSISTENCY, QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS.

THE REVISIONS IN CFC LOCAL REFLECT UPDATES REQUIRED TO ALIGN OUR INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER WITH THESE NEW STANDARDS.

THE PRIOR VERSION OF THE GLOBAL INTERNAL AUDIT STANDARDS WAS RELEASED IN 2017, AND THE CURRENT VERSION REVISIONS INCORPORATE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AIMED AT ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITIES, IMPROVING GOVERNANCE, AND RESPONDING TO EMERGING RISKS BY UPDATING THE INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER.

THE DISTRICT ENSURES THAT OUR INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION REMAINS COMPLIANT WITH THE LATEST PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, SUPPORTS THE BEST PRACTICE IN AUDIT OPERATIONS, AND MAINTAINS A FRAMEWORK THAT MEETS EXPECTATIONS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

[03:45:03]

FREEMAN. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE POLICY CFC LOCAL ACCOUNTING AUDITS UNDER ITS FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE MICHAEL'S HAND IS UP AS WELL.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

AND THEN WE WILL GO TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

[9. CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

AS A REMINDER, INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

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

SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP, ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551.074.

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WILL NOT BE USED TO VOICE A COMPLAINT INVOLVING THE NAMING OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NAME OF NAMES OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS.

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

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING.

THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY.

IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.

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

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

DOCTOR FREEMAN, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? SURE. OUR SPEAKER IS CODY WEAVER.

PLANO ISD RESIDENT.

WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? NO. THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'M CODY WEAVER. I'M A PLANO ISD RESIDENT.

ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023, I ASKED THIS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ARE THE JEWISH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF THIS PLANO ISD SAFER TODAY COMPARED TO JUST ONE MONTH AGO? OVER A YEAR LATER, I CAN CONFIDENTLY REPORT THAT PLANO ISD HAS BECOME A LESS SAFE PLACE FOR JEWISH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS AND MADE TO FEEL UNSAFE IN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

IN MY PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT, I REMARKED THAT MACMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME LED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S HUSBAND, PRINCIPAL TOD WILLIAMS, ANNOUNCED OVER THE PA SYSTEM THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A PRE-PLANNED AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION APPROVED WALKOUT IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE AND GAZA.

THESE STUDENTS PROCLAIMED, MAY ALLAH AID THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM VICTORIOUS IN THIS WAR, ALONG WITH FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA.

FOR CLARIFICATION, THE WAR THESE STUDENTS ARE REFERRING TO IS BETWEEN HAMAS, A US RECOGNIZED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, AND ISRAEL, A DEMOCRATIC ALLY OF AMERICA. SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION AND OR RESUSCITATION OF EXISTING POLICY WAS NOT FURNISHED IN RESPONSE TO MY INQUIRIES.

YOUR SILENCE WAS CONFIRMATION THAT MY ACCOUNT OF THE PROTEST WAS ACCURATE.

YOUR INACTION SINCE THEN HAS LED TO A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS PLANO ISD, INCLUDING AN ANTI-SEMITIC PROTEST AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2024, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACKS.

WHILE THE BOARD, THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS SIT IDLY BY, JEWISH STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE STARTING TO WONDER IF ANYONE WILL EVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHEN I FINISHED SPEAKING, BOARD PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY WILL TRY TO CONVINCE YOU THAT I AM PLAYING POLITICS, OVERSTATING THE ISSUE, OR MISREPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AND THEIR EFFORTS.

SHE WILL TELL YOU HOW THEY MET WITH JEWISH FAMILIES AND REPRESENTATIVES OVER THE SUMMER, AND RECENTLY TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.

SHE WILL TELL YOU HOW THE BOARD AMENDED THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TO REFLECT THEIR COMMITMENT TO A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

SHE WILL TELL YOU THEY IMPLEMENTED NEW TRAINING FOR STAFF ON ANTI-SEMITISM.

UNFORTUNATELY, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES EASTERN DISTRICT JUDGE AMOS MAZZANT, PLANO ISD HAS A HISTORY OF INTERPRETING AND APPLYING ITS POLICY IN

[03:50:07]

EVEN TODAY, JEWISH STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE TERRORIZED ON CAMPUS, AND THIS DISTRICT AND BOARD HAVE FAILED TO HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE.

LET ME BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLICING FREE SPEECH.

THIS IS ABOUT COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM, HARASSMENT, AND INSIGHTFUL AND INSIGHTFUL LANGUAGE, WHICH IS PROHIBITED UNDER PLANO ISD POLICY.

TONIGHT, I AM PROPOSING THAT THIS BOARD DRAFT A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM AND REAFFIRMING YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD THOSE WHO VIOLATE PLANO ISD POLICY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR WORDS AND ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM TEN, ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 9:23 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.