8.2 Consideration and Adoption of Resolution Approving Contingent Fee Legal Services Contract, including Findings Needed for Submission of Contingent Fee Legal Services Agreement and Request for Expedited Review by the Texas Attorney General

[8.2 Consideration and Adoption of Resolution Approving Contingent Fee Legal Services Contract, including Findings Needed for Submission of Contingent Fee Legal Services Agreement and Request for Expedited Review by the Texas Attorney General]

DISCUSSION AND ACTION. CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT, INCLUDING FINDINGS NEEDED FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

AND SO THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINGENT LEGAL FEES CONTRACT.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MR. STOCKTON.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR AND KIND OF ORIENTED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, THERE ARE TWO RELATED ITEMS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND ENTERING INTO A CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL CONTRACT FOR CONTRACT, FOR LEGAL SERVICES, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND SO I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THESE TWO ITEMS, THIS ONE AND THE NEXT ONE ARE RELATED. SO, FIRST OFF, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS LITIGATION.

THIS IS LITIGATION THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN THAT IS ONGOING.

AND IT'S CALLED A MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION. FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S WHEN A COURT IS DESIGNATED TO CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN A MAJOR TYPE OF LITIGATION, WHERE YOU HAVE A REALLY LARGE NUMBER OF PLAINTIFFS, ALL WITH THE SAME CLAIMS AGAINST THE SAME DEFENDANTS.

IT'S COMMONLY USED IN MASS TORT CLAIMS, YOU KNOW, TOBACCO AS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.

BUT THERE'S BEEN OTHERS AS WELL WHERE YOU'VE HAD MAJOR DISASTERS, CHEMICAL DISASTERS, ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE YOU'VE BROUGHT MASS TORT ACTIONS AGAINST SPECIFIC COMPANIES.

THOSE ARE CONSOLIDATED INTO WHAT'S CALLED A MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION.

SO THIS ONE HAS ALL BEEN CONSOLIDATED INTO THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE THAT HAVE ALREADY JOINED THIS THIS LITIGATION.

THERE'S OTHER TYPES OF PLAINTIFFS AS WELL. BUT SPECIFICALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE NOW PREPARING TO INTERVENE.

AND WE HAVE WE HAVE SO FAR HAD 44 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS APPROVE, APPROVE THIS THIS ITEM TO ASK FOR PERMISSION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO ENTER INTO A CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT.

SO WHAT A CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT IS? THAT MEANS WE DON'T PAY THE LAWYERS ANYTHING UNLESS THEY WIN.

AND IF THEY WIN, ANY PAYMENT TO THE LAWYERS COMES OUT OF ANY DAMAGES THAT ARE GRANTED.

YOU CAN OFTEN SEEK ATTORNEY'S FEES AS PART OF THE DAMAGES AS WELL.

SO SOMETIMES THAT CAN COVER IT. SO THAT'LL BE THAT.

THAT'S HOW THIS WOULD WORK. SO THERE IS NO COST TO THE DISTRICT.

THE ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEYS AS THEY AS THEY WORK ON THE CASE WITH THE REST OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THE BASIS OF THE OF THE LITIGATION IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND HOW SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE OPERATED THEIR PLATFORMS. CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE OPERATED THEIR PLATFORMS. AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. THE CASE DOES NOT SEEK TO PUT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OUT OF BUSINESS, TO HAVE THEM STOP OPERATING SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, BUT IT'S REALLY CENTERED AROUND INFORMATION THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT RELATIVELY RECENTLY FROM WHISTLEBLOWERS AND OTHER SOURCES REGARDING THE WAY THAT THESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES

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DESIGNED THEIR ALGORITHMS TO TARGET CHILDREN.

AND THERE WAS A THERE'S NOW EVIDENCE THAT THAT THESE COMPANIES KNEW THE HARM THAT THEY COULD BE CAUSING IN THE WAY THAT THEY DESIGNED THEIR ALGORITHMS AND SET UP THESE PLATFORMS. AND SO FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT LOOKS LIKE THINGS LIKE INCREASED CYBERBULLYING THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO RESPOND TO WHICH DECREASES STUDENT OUTCOMES BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTING THEIR LEARNING. IT'S MORE STAFF TIME RESPONDING AND INVESTIGATING THOSE INCIDENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO RESPOND TO OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AT OUR CAMPUSES. WE ALSO HAVE HAD VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR FACILITIES.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OF THOSE RECENTLY THAT HAVE GONE AROUND THAT REALLY HAVE TARGETED SCHOOLS AND TARGETED STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS.

AND SO, THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT. DISCIPLINE ISSUES THAT HAVE INCREASED THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND SO AND THIS IS KIND OF STRETCHING BACK BECAUSE TO THESE THE OVER THE MANY YEARS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THESE SYSTEMS IN THIS WAY.

AND SO THE SUIT IS DESIGNED TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THOSE DAMAGES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HAD TO EXPEND RESOURCES TO RESPOND BECAUSE OF THE HARM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED TO THESE, THESE STUDENTS. AND BY THE, BY THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES, THE WAY THEY SET UP THEIR ALGORITHMS. SO THE NEXT STEP, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE RESOLUTION, THEN YOU WOULD SEPARATELY, IN THE SECOND ITEM, APPROVE THE AGREEMENT ITSELF WITH THE ATTORNEYS THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH.

AND THESE ARE THE SAME ATTORNEYS THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE GROUP IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

ONCE THAT IS APPROVED, THOSE ATTORNEYS WOULD WORK WITH US TO PUT TOGETHER A REQUEST PACKET FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO REVIEW, TO THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE OUR ENTERING INTO A CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT. JUST LAST WEEK, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVED THE FIRST BATCH OF THESE FROM SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SIGNED ON EARLIER. SO THAT'S A GREAT SIGN THAT THIS WOULD LIKELY BE APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENTER INTO THESE CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACTS.

THEY WOULD THEN WE WOULD START THEN THE GROUP OF TEXAS DISTRICTS WOULD INTERVENE IN THE LAWSUIT TO JOIN IT.

AND WE WOULD REPRESENT ENOUGH OF THE STUDENT POPULATION REPRESENTED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE THE TEXAS DISTRICTS SOME INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF HOW THE ACTUAL LITIGATION IS PLAYS OUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF IT.

SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE OVERVIEW. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE BEFORE WE HAVE DISCUSSION.

SO MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINGENT FEE AGREEMENT OR CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT, INCLUDING FINDINGS NEEDED FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY DR. LAUREN TYRAH AND A SECOND BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT, INCLUDING FINDINGS NEEDED FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

NOW, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR DANNY. YOU MENTIONED THE 44 DISTRICTS, AND THERE ARE OVER, YOU KNOW, 1120 OR SO ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS.

SO THE 44 DISTRICTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY NOT SEEM VERY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.

BUT CAN YOU GIVE US THE CHARACTER OF THESE DISTRICTS AND GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE VOLUME OF STUDENTS THAT THESE DISTRICTS ACTUALLY REPRESENT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S DISTRICTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE IN THIS LIST ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.

BUT REALLY RIGHT NOW, THE LIST PRIMARILY CONSTITUTES THE LARGEST DISTRICTS IN TEXAS, INCLUDING THE TOP, I THINK SIX LARGEST DISTRICTS IN TEXAS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOME OTHER ONES AS WELL AS YOU START GETTING DOWN THE LINE.

BUT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE VOTED TO JOIN THIS LAWSUIT.

SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ENROLLMENT LISTED OUT, BUT THIS IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS THIS GROUP, WELL OVER A MILLION STUDENTS REPRESENTED BY THIS GROUP.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD. SO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? YOU SAID THAT THIS IS JUST BASICALLY US JOINING IN HELPING THE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA BEING BAD. THIS IS ABOUT ALGORITHMS THAT WERE CREATED THAT INTENTIONALLY BROUGHT

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HARM TO CHILDREN. AND SO LIKELY ANY SCENARIO, LET'S SAY WE GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE WIN A SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE MEDIA COMPANIES, SOCIAL MEDIA WILL STILL BE AROUND, RIGHT? YEAH. THE SUIT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES SO THAT THEIR ALGORITHMS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO CAUSE THE HARM THAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN TO STUDENTS.

JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. RIGHT? YOU CAN USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY WELL, OR YOU CAN MISUSE SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND THE WAY THESE ALGORITHMS WERE DESIGNED REALLY PROMOTES THE MISUSE OF THESE PLATFORMS BY STUDENTS.

AND SO, THAT'S THE BASIS OF THE LAWSUIT. AND THAT THAT WAS KNOWINGLY DONE.

SO IT'S BAD ACTION ON THE PART OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. SO THE INTENTION OF THE LAWSUIT IS TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR AND THEN TO RECOUP DAMAGES FOR THE HARM THAT THAT HAS CAUSED TO THOSE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESPONDING TO WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THOSE STUDENTS. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. CAN I BUILD ON THAT POINT? BECAUSE YOU TOUCHED ON THIS VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE SUBTLETIES OF THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TEEN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND OTHER THINGS IS ONE FACET OF THIS ANOTHER AND ONE THAT THAT WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I WERE OUT VISITING CAMPUSES, WE WERE AT ONE OF OUR OLDER CAMPUSES.

THIS IS A WHILE BACK, BUT WE WERE AT ONE OF OUR OLDER CAMPUSES WHEN THE DEVIOUS LICKS THING WAS GOING ON AND STUDENTS WERE LIKE TEARING STUFF OFF WALLS AND THROWING IT IN THE TOILETS. AND THE STAFF WAS REALLY DISTRESSED THAT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE THREE BATHROOM SETS OF BATHROOMS IN THAT CAMPUS, ONE OF THEM HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS DAMAGE FROM SOCIAL, FROM THIS, YOU KNOW, VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

OTHERWISE, IT WAS GOING TO BE LEAKING INTO THE SCIENCE LABS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO GET THE PLUMBER OUT THERE.

YOU HAVE TO PAY TO MITIGATE ALL OF THAT DAMAGE, ALL OF THAT RISK, AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PAY TO REPLACE THINGS LIKE PLUMBING.

RIGHT. SO THIS IS THIS THERE ARE REAL, TANGIBLE, QUANTIFIABLE HARMS, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT THE TEAM IS, IS WORKING ON, IS, IS PART OF THIS DATA THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THIS LITIGATION.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND SO ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, I NEGLECTED TO ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION A SECOND AGO. TARRAH. BUT THERE'S NO COST MONETARY COST TO US. BUT WE WILL SPEND SOME TIME PUTTING SOME OF THAT TOGETHER.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF THE DATA ALREADY AND LIKE DISCIPLINE NUMBERS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE REGULARLY TRACKING.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE CAN GO AND PULL THAT INFORMATION WE ALREADY HAVE, AND WE CAN TIE THOSE THINGS TO SOCIAL MEDIA TREND OR, OR WHATEVER ELSE, AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO PROVIDE TO THE ATTORNEYS AS THEY'RE, AS THEY'RE WORKING ON THE CASE. I HAVE A QUESTION.

DANNY, WHAT LIABILITY OR RISK ARE WE OPENING THE DISTRICT UP TO BY ENGAGING IN THIS? THIS DOESN'T PUT US AT RISK OF ANY LIABILITY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP. SO IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[8.3 Consideration and Approval of Contingent Fee Legal Services Agreement with Thompson & Horton, LLP, Eiland & Bonnin, PC and O'Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo, PC]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.3 OF OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION, WHICH IS PART OF THIS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THOMPSON AND HORTON LLP. ISLAND AND BONNIN, PC AND O'HANLON AND CASTILLO, PC AND CHIEF OF STAFF DANNY STOCKTON WILL INTRODUCE THIS.

THE ONLY THING I'LL MENTION ON THIS IS THOSE ARE THE NAMES OF THE THREE LAW FIRMS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS CASE. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE LAW FIRMS THAT WE WOULD BE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH. SO THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY DISTRICTS, THAT'S PRETTY COMMON TO HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS INVOLVED. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD ON THAT. OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST RELATED TO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THOMPSON AND HORTON IN THE PAST QUITE A BIT.

SO JUST FOR ANYONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP THERE MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THOMPSON AND HORTON LLP, ISLAND AND BONIN, PC AND O'HANLON. IS IT DEMERATH AND CASTILLO PC? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONTINGENT FEE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THOMPSON AND HORTON LLP.

ISLAND AND BONNIN, PC AND O'HANLON AND CASTILLO PC.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING? NO. NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE SEVEN OH SO UNANIMOUS. NOW WE GET TO MOVE ON TO THE FUN PART.

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OUR REPORTS. NANCY, WE HAVE TO DO THE MOTION.

I FORGOT SEVEN, TEN. MY MISTAKE. THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[7.10 Approval of Competitive Sealed Proposal (CSP) 2025-03-010 Harrington Elementary School Systems and Compliance Tab Sheet]

AND THAT IS ITEM 710. AND I THINK THAT DR. LAUREN TYRA PULLED THAT ITEM.

AND YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR THE STAFF. I DO I HAVE I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT I HAVE A DEAF CHILD AND THAT ACCOMMODATION AND SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN IS SOMETHING THAT I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AND HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.

IN THE MOVING OF THIS PROGRAM. SO I AM JUST DISMAYED TO HAVE SOMEONE SAY THAT WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS DURING THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN MEETINGS, BECAUSE I SPECIFICALLY SAID, AS THE PARENT OF A DEAF CHILD, I HAVE HAD TO MAKE CHANGES TO MY HOUSE FOR THE SAFETY OF MY SON.

AND WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THESE CAMPUSES? AND SO YOU CAN TELL I'M HOT ABOUT IT, FOLKS.

OUR FREQUENT FLIERS WILL KNOW THAT I'M BEING A LITTLE FEISTY ABOUT THIS, BUT MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE JOHNNY AND LISA THAT I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO ANSWER. AND YOU KNOW, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, JUMP IN IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, TOO. WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE WORK ON CAMPUSES? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO OBVIOUSLY WE PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME IN OUR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SYSTEM COMPLIANCE THAN ON ANYTHING ELSE.

AND THE REASON WHY IS WE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF LEADING UP TO THE BOND ELECTION TALKING ABOUT FACILITY ASSESSMENTS ON EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY ASSIGNED AN OVERALL AVERAGE SCORE FACILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE TO EACH CAMPUS, WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO 15 DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

WE CALL THEM LIFE CYCLE COMPONENTS, AND IT WENT ANYWHERE FROM ROOFS TO ELECTRICAL TO GROUNDS, WHICH INCLUDED PARKING LOTS ALL THE WAY TO HVAC EQUIPMENT.

EVEN OUR STRUCTURES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STRUCTURES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

SO BASICALLY, ANYTHING THAT'S STRUCTURALLY ON THAT BUILDING IS INCLUDED IN SYSTEM AND COMPLIANCE.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER THAT, AND THE BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD, AND THE BOARD ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT. AND IN OUR COMMUNITY APPROVED THAT AS WELL.

$156 MILLION ON SYSTEM COMPLIANCES THAT TOUCHES JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF OUR I THINK IT MAYBE TOUCHES EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES IN SOME WAY, BECAUSE AS WE AGE AS A DISTRICT, THERE'S SOMETHING ON EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT NEEDS TO BE TOUCHED.

HARRINGTON IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THESE CAMPUSES THAT WE PUT SYSTEM COMPLIANCE FOR NOW, WE'LL SAY AS FAR AS I JUST I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS WHENEVER IT TALKS ABOUT SLUSH FUND, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME.

WE ARE I MEAN, I'M A PREVIOUS AUDITOR MYSELF.

I CAN'T SAY I'M A. WHAT DO YOU SAY, NANCY? THAT YOU'RE A REHABILITATED AUDITOR? I'M A RECOVERING CPA. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I SPENT YEARS DOING THAT BEFORE I STARTED A SCHOOL BUSINESS.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS NOT AN ENTITY OUT THERE THAT'S MORE AUDITED THAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL AUDIT. WE HAVE A TEA AUDIT.

AND BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CAN SPEND BOND MONEY, WE'VE GOT TO GO AND HAVE IT APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

AND SO BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SELL BONDS, WE HAVE TO GO EXPLAIN OUR LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THOSE BOND FUNDS MONIES FOR.

THEY GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATELY ACCOUNTED FOR.

IT'S ONE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DUTIES. BUT BEFORE THEY CAN ALLOW YOU TO SELL BONDS AND SO ON, SYSTEM OF COMPLIANCE. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S 15 ITEMS WE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF LEADING UP TO THE BOND TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.

WE COMMUNICATED, WE COMMUNICATED, WE COMMUNICATED WITH THOSE ITEMS WERE AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WOULD INCLUDE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR NOT ONLY SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN ON THE CAMPUS, CHILDREN AND STAFF, BUT ALSO THEIR ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT'S A YES. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS THE PARENT OF A DEAF CHILD, LIKE ONE CAN UNDERSTAND, AT LEAST I CAN UNDERSTAND. MY SON CAN'T HAVE A NORMAL FIRE ALARM IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IF HE DOES NOT HAVE HIS COCHLEAR IMPLANT, RECEIVERS ON A NORMAL FIRE ALARM IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR HIM.

RIGHT? AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION. A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS NEED TO BE NOT ONLY IN A PARTICULAR ACOUSTICAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEIR HEARING AUGMENTATION, WHETHER IT'S HEARING AIDS OR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, NOT ONLY ARE NOT BEING INTERFERED WITH, BUT THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY LIKE FM SYSTEM AND OTHERWISE.

AND THAT THAT IS PART OF WORK GOING INTO ENSURING THAT THIS CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE FOR THESE STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON OCTOBER 22ND MEETING.

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WE HAD WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS DURING THE LONG TERM FACILITY PLAN MEETINGS WHERE I SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT THIS POPULATION.

YOU GUYS BROUGHT BACK AN UPDATE ON OCTOBER 22ND THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN THIS POPULATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO REITERATE HERE OR UNDERSTAND, IS, AS A TRUSTEE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS I WAS OKAY WITH MOVING THIS POPULATION, THESE DEAF CHILDREN AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN IS BECAUSE WE CANNOT TEAR DAVIS DOWN.

WE CANNOT BUILD A NEW SCHOOL ON THE SITE AT DAVIS WITHOUT PUTTING THOSE KIDS IN PORTABLES.

AND WHEN WE GO BACK TO ACOUSTICAL ENVIRONMENT, PUTTING DEAF CHILDREN OR CHILDREN WITH HEARING ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND PORTABLES LIKE THAT WOULD DRIVE MY SON MAD AND NOT BE GREAT FOR THESE STUDENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THAT IF HARRINGTON EVER DOES HAVE TO BE REBUILT, THAT PROPERTY IS VERY LARGE AND CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHOUT MOVING THESE STUDENTS AGAIN.

SO IT WAS LONG TERM AND DURABLE. AND MY CONCERN AND WHAT I TRIED TO EXPRESS TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE TIME WAS I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO LEAVE, ESPECIALLY A, YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL POPULATION LIKE THIS IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE OLD AND ARE NOT SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM, AND THAT THIS PLAN NOT ONLY TOOK THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING KIDS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT TOOK THEIR LONG TERM STABILITY AND THEIR LONG TERM ACCOMMODATION INTO CONSIDERATION.

YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT'S BETTER WELL SAID THAN BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE EVER, EVER ACTUALLY STATED THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY, I MEAN GOING BACK TO LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH ON THAT.

WE WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALKED WITH EVERY AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE BROUGHT IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SERVE ON AN ADVISORY STAFF.

THEY WENT THROUGH A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHICH FACILITIES WERE, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAD LOST ALMOST OVER 9000 STUDENTS OVER THE LAST DECADE.

IT WAS IT WAS NOT IT WAS REALLY ON OUR PARTS.

IT WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO KEEP SPENDING MONEY ON BUILDINGS THAT WERE HALF EMPTY.

AND SO IT WAS A VERY I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY WELL PROCESS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OR WE RECOMMENDED THE BOARD ACTED ON IT, THE VERY WORST CAMPUSES TO ACTUALLY GET RID OF.

AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A I MEAN, JUST DAVIS, FOR INSTANCE, HAD A SCORE OF, I THINK LESS THAN 50% SCORE HAD A TERRIBLE FOUNDATION.

IT WAS NOT WELL ARRANGED ON A VERY SMALL PLOT OF LAND.

IF YOU GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT THE SAVINGS, THAT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS JUST TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE MONIES WE HAD.

BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY JUST GO BACK AND LOOK AS FAR AS BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE SAVED, I THINK, $5.2 MILLION ANNUALLY ON OPERATING BUDGETS.

WE SPENT WE SAVED OVER $20 MILLION ON CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO JUST UPDATE THESE.

WE SAVED OVER $340 MILLION ON HAVING THESE. THESE CAMPUSES WERE END OF USEFUL LIFE.

IF WE WERE HAVING TO REPLACE THESE OVER $340 MILLION, WE SURPLUS THESE AND WE'LL ACTUALLY RECEIVE OVER $12 MILLION NET EVEN AFTER ALL THE CLOSING COST OF THESE OF THESE PROPERTIES. AND SO, YOU'RE TALKING LITERALLY A HALF $1 BILLION, HALF $1 BILLION WITH A B NOT, BUT BASICALLY BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND BASICALLY NOT POURING MONEY INTO FACILITIES THAT JUST REALLY WE DIDN'T NEED THE SPACE FOR. SO BOTTOM LINE IS I JUST I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

AND I MEAN, I COMMEND OUR BOARD FOR ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO STEP FORWARD AND DO HARD WORK.

WE CALL IT HARD WORK BUT BEING WILLING TO DO THAT HARD WORK.

WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE A MATH NOTE. THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN EARLIER WHO MENTIONED A 4.8 SAVINGS AND A 4.8 SPEND.

THE SAVINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ANNUAL, AND THEN THESE SMALL CAPITAL COSTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ARE ONE TIME COSTS.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN MAY NEED TO WORK ON SOME OF THE MATH AS WE THINK ABOUT SORT OF HOW THIS WORKS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO WE THINK ABOUT THE AVOIDANCE THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT JUST THE ANNUAL OPERATING SAVINGS ALONE IS GOING TO BE SORT OF MORE THAN ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE $4.8 MILLION SPEND TO MAKE THE CAMPUS DEAF FRIENDLY.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT, BECAUSE ONE IS ONE, ONE COST IS CAPITAL, WHICH IS OUR BOND DOLLARS WHERE THERE IS AN ALLOCATION FOR SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE VERSUS YOUR M&O, WHICH IS YOUR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS. AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY.

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SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED CONSTRUCTION UPDATES REGULARLY FROM TONY PEARSON.

AND SOMEONE GETTING UP AND SPEAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF WHO DOESN'T HAVE A DEAF CHILD, PROBABLY DOESN'T KNOW HOW MANY DEAF CHILDREN ARE BUSSED TO THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE IT SERVES COLLIN COUNTY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT UPGRADE IS NOT FRIVOLOUS.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ITEM, AND IT IS AN ITEM THAT IS UNIQUE TO THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE OF THE BUSSING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS THE BUSSING NEED OF THAT CAMPUS? AND WHY IS THAT PARKING LOT PARKING LOT UPGRADE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THESE STUDENTS, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC YEAR AND THE SPECIFIC STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 15 BUSSES COMING FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF VANS OR OTHER TRANSPORTATION THAT THOSE DISTRICTS CHOOSE, BUT ABOUT 15 BUSSES IS A GOOD. SO COMPARED TO A TYPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS AND EVEN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES, BECAUSE MY KIDS ARE AT A DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS, AND I SEE MAYBE 5 OR 6 BUSSES WITH PEOPLE BEING BUSSED TO OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM THERE.

WE HAVE MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THEM ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A VERY, VERY UNIQUE NEED TO THIS PROGRAM.

AND I AM LIKE I SAID, I'M UPSET BECAUSE I WE HAVE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS AS A BOARD.

WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR THESE PROGRAMS. I ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO GO TO HARRINGTON WITH A MAP OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT LACKING OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY. AND I'M JUST BEING VERY MAMA BEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WHEN I LOOK AT HOW WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THESE KIDS. I TAKE EVERY DECISION I MAKE, AND I THINK, IS THIS A DECISION I WOULD MAKE FOR MY CHILD IF MY CHILD WAS IN THIS SITUATION AND MY CHILD DOES NOT ATTEND THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM, MY CHILD ATTENDS OUR HOME CAMPUS.

BUT HE DID ATTEND THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM PRIOR TO KINDERGARTEN AND IN DALLAS ISD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS, AND I ESPECIALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WITH DAVIS, IF I, IF THIS WAS MY CHILD, WOULD I BELIEVE, DO I BELIEVE I AM PUTTING THESE KIDS INTO A BETTER SITUATION THAN THE ONE THAT THEY HAVE? AND THE THOUGHT THAT ANY SCHOOL WITH A SPECIAL POPULATION SHOULD JUST NEVER BE ABLE TO BE RETIRED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SHOULD LEAVE KIDS IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR SERVICE.

THAT'S HORRIBLY OFFENSIVE TO ME. SO I KNOW I'M GRANDSTANDING ON THIS, BUT I AGAIN, I AM VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

AND ALL OF OUR VIDEOS ARE ONLINE. VERY GOOD POINT.

I JUST WANT TO ELABORATE. MR. HILL TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS AND WHEN THERE WAS COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT MOVING THE DEAF EDUCATION PROGRAM, WE TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT DAVIS AND SIT IN THE CAFETERIA WITH ANYONE WHO WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS.

WE WERE THERE, AND WE HAD 2 OR 3 LISTENING SERIES WHERE WE ANSWERED QUESTIONS, TOOK INPUT, AND THAT INPUT EVENTUALLY WENT BACK ONTO THE WEBSITE UNDER OUR FAQS.

I THINK I'M CORRECT THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION STILL RESIDES ON THE WEBSITE.

AND AS YOU WENT AND DID MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH THIS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND THE 70 MEMBER COMMITTEE THAT WORKED ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN MAY THAT WE VOTED ON IN JUNE.

ALL OF THAT PROCESS WAS EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT, AND IT BUILT UPON ITSELF.

ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, SO I TAKE OFFENSE TO ANYONE THAT SAYS THAT THIS WAS NOT A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE FACTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER TONIGHT.

I HAVE TWO QUICK POINTS. ONE, SINCE IT'S PULLED, I'M GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT I WAS AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS WILL MAKE SENSE IN A MINUTE. THE OTHER DAY IN MY NON TRUSTEE CAPACITY.

BUT AS MOM AND PTA MEMBER AND AS WE WERE WALKING THE CAMPUS DELIVERING THE AWARDEES, THEIR LIFE MEMBER RECOGNITION BOUQUETS TO THE THREE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WON FROM OUR PTA.

THE PRINCIPAL WAS INCREDIBLY COMPLIMENTARY OF MCCOWN, GORDON AND THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AT WILLIAMS THIS DURING THE SECOND PHASE OF RENOVATION. SO WHEN I WAS READING THE PACKET, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT,

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BECAUSE JUST THE OTHER DAY, THE PRINCIPAL AT WILLIAMS SAID HOW PLEASANT THEY WERE TO WORK WITH AND JUST WHAT A JOY SHE WAS HAVING IN WORKING WITH THEM.

SECOND STATEMENT IS I HAD ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT PTA STORAGE ON THIS BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WOW, WE HAVE INTENTIONALITY HERE, MAKING SURE THAT PARENT ENGAGEMENT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE AS PTA ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE WHO ARE SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS IN THIS.

HARRINGTON PTA AND THE DAVIS PTA ARE BOTH INCREDIBLE, SO I'M EXCITED THAT THERE'S INVESTMENT IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FEEL WELCOME AND THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STORE THEIR PTA STUFF.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND THEN ALSO TO NANCY, TO WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP.

AND Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY THIS A LOT, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.

NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TOUCH POINTS WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BOND PLANNING AND THEN THE PROCESS STARTED AGAIN AS WE WERE SEEKING INPUT INTO OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AS WE WERE PLANNING FOR OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

AND IT WE DID HAVE AN APPOINTED COMMITTEE THAT SPENT NINE MONTHS DIGGING IN, IN THE DATA AND DELIBERATING AND DISCUSSING SO THAT THEY COULD BRING A RECOMMENDATION FORWARD.

BUT ALSO, WE SPENT TIME OUT AND ABOUT AND GAVE PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND LISTEN AND LEARN.

IF THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE, WE MADE SURE THAT THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THE 75 COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPENT TIME, THAT IT WAS ACCESSIBLE TO ANY AND EVERYONE THAT WAS INTERESTED.

SO EVEN IF YOU WERE NOT SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE, YOU GOT TO SEE THE DATA.

IF YOU WERE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU COULD COME TO ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS.

I FORGET WHAT WE CALLED THEM. LESLIE, WITH SO MANY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CALLED OUR LISTENING ROUNDS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO FIELDED TONS OF PHONE CALLS OR THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH LET'S TALK THAT WE ANSWERED AND MADE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR FAQ SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE INFORMATION AS FAR WIDE ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AS POSSIBLE. AND SO YOU KNOW, TO HEAR WE'RE NOT TRANSPARENT IS REALLY HARD, I DON'T I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'RE REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATED.

WE CERTAINLY ALWAYS WELCOME INPUT. THE NEXT GO ROUND YOU KNOW, THAT INPUT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT I JUST I'M GRATEFUL TO JOHNNY, YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND LISA AND STAFF IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS AS OPEN, TRANSPARENT AND AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH THE INFORMATION.

I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT AS TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A PUBLIC PHONE NUMBER.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT I HAVE A DEAF CHILD AND THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M WORRIED ABOUT I HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THIS TO THE POINT OF ASKING MORE QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE I HAVE HAD SOME OF OUR DEAF, DEAF STAFF AND FAMILIES REACH OUT TO ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

AND SO, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS OR ANY OTHER PROJECT, WE HAVE PUBLIC EMAIL ADDRESSES, WE HAVE PUBLIC PHONE NUMBERS. I HAVE RESPONDED TO EVERY SINGLE INQUIRY FROM DAVIS PARENTS AND STAFF THAT I HAVE GOTTEN AND TRIED TO GET THEM MORE INFORMATION IF WE NEEDED TO, OR JUST LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND SHARED THOSE CONCERNS.

AND SO, I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT TO YOU THAT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE.

WE ANSWER OUR PHONES, WE ANSWER, OR WE ANSWER OUR VOICEMAILS, WE ANSWER OUR EMAIL AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MEET WITH WE MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS.

AND I HAVE NEVER REFUSED A MEETING WITH ANYONE.

AND IT IS VERY, VERY DISHEARTENING TO ME AS MUCH BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS AND ANXIETY AS I HAVE HAD OVER THIS PROGRAM AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND THAT.

IT'S A SLUSH FUND. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SLUSH FUND IN THESE UPGRADES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS POPULATION.

JOHNNY AND LISA, JUST REALLY QUICK CAN YOU JUST GIVE A VERY QUICK BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 7.10 SO THAT WE WE'VE JUST TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE PARTNER IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT, OUR ARCHITECT STANTEC. AND YOU'VE HEARD TARAH TALK ABOUT OUR CONTRACTOR, MICHAEL GORAN.

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THEY'RE BOTH EXCELLENT. BUT OUR ARCHITECT, I'LL JUST SAY THIS LIVES ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

HE LIVES HERE. HIS KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE. HE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS.

THIS? HE'S A PTA DAD. I'M JUST. I'M JUST TELLING YOU ONE OF THE REASONS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHOSE STANTEC IS BECAUSE HE'S GOT AN INVESTMENT IN SPECIFICALLY THIS AREA AND WITH THIS CAMPUS.

AND I WILL SAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT REQUIRED TO, HE HAS SPENT LITERALLY NO TELLING HOW MANY HOURS COMING UP AND VISITING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S LISTENING TO THE DEAF COMMUNITY.

AS FAR AS WHAT'S NEEDED IN THIS BUILDING, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THIS POPULATION, THAT OF OUR, OF OUR STUDENTS? AND SO, I'M JUST I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'VE HIT SO MANY.

WE EVEN DURING MID-WINTER, WE ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE, WE WERE IN A CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN, AND WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND LIKE, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? HOW CAN WE? AND SO, WE I WILL SAY THAT I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY SMALL PROJECT, I THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF BANG FOR OUR BUCK WITH, WITH HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING ABOUT THIS. AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, JOHNNY, STEVE AND I WERE AT WITH THE STAFF OF DAVIS TODAY AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT THEY SAW ON THE BOARD AGENDA, TALKING ABOUT THE WAYFINDING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THEIR WAY AROUND THE BUILDING SAFELY, THE SECURITY SYSTEMS THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, DR. TYRAH FOR OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS, BUT ALSO JUST THE, YOU KNOW, UPGRADES TO THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY AT HARRINGTON. AND THE STAFF WERE ALREADY AT HARRINGTON, AND THERE WAS GREAT APPRECIATION FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR THIS TRANSITION. SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO ADD TO THAT.

SO, JUST TO SUMMARIZE REAL QUICKLY 7.1 BASICALLY SAYS APPROVAL AND COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL CSP WAS, WHICH IS THE DELIVERY METHOD. HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS COMPLIANCE.

IT SAYS IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CSP, AND THEN THE NUMBER TO 2025-03010.

HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM OF COMPLIANCE BE AWARDED TO MCCALL GORDON.

ITS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 4,786,888, SUBJECT TO A NEGOTIATED AND EXECUTED CONTRACT.

SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TOP OF PAGE 24.

THAT IS WHERE THE WORDING FOR THE MOTION WOULD BE IF YOU WOULD INCLUDE ITEMS 7.1.

AND I MAY GIVE YOU THE LIBERTY TO MAKE A MOTION.

DR. TYRAH. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL.

CSP 2025-03010 HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, IS THERE A SECOND? I REREAD IT, I DID IT.

SECOND. I GAVE HIM MY COPY. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHO.

SECONDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER LAUREN. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GETTING SILLY. SO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY DR.

LAUREN TYRA, SECONDED BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ.

I ALMOST CALLED YOU, LAUREN. THAT THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CSP 2025-0301 HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE. TO BE AWARDED TO MCGOWAN GORDON CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 04,786,888, SUBJECT TO A NEGOTIATED AND EXECUTED CONTRACT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

LET'S, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP, AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE FUN PART.

[9.1 Demographic Report]

THE REPORTS. WE HAVE OUR 9.1 REPORTS, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.

AND, MR. HILL, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY MAKE INTRODUCTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET AS HE MAKES HIS WAY UP HERE, I THINK I WAS ALMOST CALLED YOU DR. ROCKY GARDNER.

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, BUT OBVIOUSLY, I THINK EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND ROCKY, OF COURSES IS ONE OF THEIR KEY CONTACTS THAT WE THAT WE RELY ON HEAVILY.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROCKY TO DO OUR ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE.

GREEN MEANS GO RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, THAT YOU SAID THAT. THIS IS A FUN REPORT. I HARDLY EVER GET MY REPORTS, HARDLY EVER GET CALLED FUN. SO, I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU ACTUALLY SAID IT TWICE, AS IT TURNED OUT. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. SO THIS IS YOUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.

IF YOU REMEMBER WE DO BIANNUAL REPORTS NOW. SO THIS IS YOUR KIND OF YOUR SPRING REPORT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

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SO THIS RESEARCH WAS STARTED THROUGH HOUSING STUFF THAT BEGAN THROUGH THE LAST QUARTER THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.

AND OUR TEAM UPDATED IT FOLLOWING THAT. THIS SLIDE I KNOW GETS MAYBE KIND OF OLD SEEING IT AND IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S LOOKED THE SAME FOR FIVE YEARS.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RATES HAVE BEEN SITTING RIGHT THERE, AROUND 4%.

WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS THIS COMING SUMMER WILL BRING THOUGH.

SO I KEEP SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS SLIDE OUT BECAUSE BUT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA AS SUCCINCTLY AS POSSIBLE.

WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE LOW, IT'S GOOD FOR HOUSING DEMAND.

IT'S GOOD FOR JOBS. IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE MOVING AROUND.

AGAIN, JUST WHEN WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE IT OUT WITH SOME HEADWINDS ARE SHOWING UP THAT THAT COULD CHANGE IT THIS SUMMER.

DALLAS IS THE NUMBER ONE MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.

SO AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT DOING A LOT OF HOUSING IN PLANO RIGHT NOW IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, WE'RE STARTING OVER 47,000 HOMES, UP 13% FROM LAST YEAR.

WE STILL HAVE HOUSING DEMAND. THERE'S JUST SOME CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW GETTING HOMES CLOSED.

AND WE DID RUN INTO THAT THIS FOURTH QUARTER WHERE THAT NUMBER LOOKS KIND OF FUNNY ON THERE WHERE THE CLOSINGS DIPPED A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR A COUPLE QUARTERS.

AND THEN WE SEE JUST A SMALL DIP HERE. HOPEFULLY THAT FIRST QUARTER THAT THAT'LL GET CORRECTED.

BUT AGAIN, STRONG HOUSING STARTS ARE CONTINUING IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE HOPED WOULD HAPPEN WOULD BE SOME LOWER INTEREST RATES THIS SUMMER THAT NOW BLESS YOU THAT NOW I THINK ARE LIKELY NOT TO HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM OR NOT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE KEEP AN EYE ON.

IN PLANO ISD. WE PULLED DEED TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH NEW HOUSING GOING ON, BUT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT WE DO HAVE SOME TURNOVER IN HOUSING.

SO 4069 HOMES CHANGED HANDS OR WE GOT NEW OWNERS, NEW OWNERS.

NOW ONLY ABOUT 6% OF THAT I THINK WAS FROM NEW HOME SALES.

SO THAT'S JUST INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, MOVING THAT NUMBER IS DROPPING OFF.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY LOW UNTIL THESE INTEREST RATES DROP.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FAMILIES ARE KIND OF HESITANT TO LEAVE A HOUSE WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE A 3% INTEREST RATE MOVE TO ONE THAT WAS 7%.

SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER HEADWIND THAT WE'RE SEEING IN KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHEN REGENERATION IS GOING TO START OCCURRING IN PLANO AT SOME LEVEL.

THESE PRICE POINTS AGAIN, ARE COULD BE A PROBLEM AS WELL.

WE'RE SEEING NEW HOMES, JUST UNDER 700,000 EXISTING HOUSING AT 585.

SO WE'RE SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT BOTH OF THESE HAVE WELL, THE EXISTING HOMES HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED IN SALES.

AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON SALES NOT WHAT THEY'RE SELLING.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S MARKETED AS. BUT THIS IS LIKE WHAT THE SALES PRICE WAS ON THE DEED TRANSACTION.

LIKE I SAID IN PLANO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT BUILDING A LOT OF HOMES.

WE HAD THE LOWEST NUMBER OF STARTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THAT PLANO HAS SEEN FOR JUST ABOUT AS LONG, WITH THE EXCEPTION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT FIRST QUARTER OF 2023, AS WE'VE SEEN IN A PRETTY LONG TIME, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE 300 STARTS THIS NEXT YEAR.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER TO PROBABLY 200 CLOSINGS DROP BELOW 200 TO 187.

WE BUILD OUR PROJECTIONS FOURTH QUARTER THROUGH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS.

SO THINK OF IT THAT WAY. BECAUSE WHEN THE SNAPSHOT DATE IS THAT WE USE FOR OUR PROJECTION IS THE END OF OCTOBER.

THE THIRD QUARTER ENDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SO WE USE THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOR INSTANCE, OF 2024 THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2025 ARE KIND OF WHAT GENERATE THE ENROLLMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE SEE SOME HEADWINDS THERE TOO, WITH SOME WITH SOME LOWER STARTS.

I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEING BUILT. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT YIELDING AS MANY STUDENTS. RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT'S PRETTY DENSE.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE MOST OF OUR ACTIVITY IS. YOU'VE GOT THREE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON THERE IS THAT YOUR INVENTORY NUMBER, 257 HOMES IN INVENTORY, YOU HAVE ABOUT 176 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 257 AND 176 ARE FINISHED BUT VACANT HOMES.

SO THAT MEANS YOU HAD ABOUT 80 HOMES THAT WERE FINISHED, READY TO BE MOVED INTO AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND HOPEFULLY NOW THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

A LOT OF THOSE HAVE CLOSED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE HELPFUL.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO PUSH US. YOUR INVENTORY AND YOUR FOURTH QUARTER NUMBERS ARE KIND OF WHAT WE WHAT WE KIND OF ARE GOING TO BASE OUR FORECAST ON BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO BUILD SOME OF THESE NEW HOMES. THAT MIGHT BE ABOUT ALL WE'RE GOING TO GET TO.

BUT KEEP IN MIND, IN PLANO, IT'S SUCH A SMALL NUMBER, WE'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM THAT. WE'RE REALLY IT'S REGENERATION OR FOLLOWING YIELDS, LOOKING AT APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT APARTMENT OCCUPANCIES.

I'LL HAVE A SLIDE LAYER THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

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WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. SO WE'VE GOT 30, 30 ACTIVELY BUILT BUILDING SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE 31 FUTURES.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT SOME OF THESE ARE VERY SMALL IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLYGONS ON THERE, THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL. THE GREEN ONES ARE ACTIVE YELLOW OR FUTURE.

YOU SEE THE RED OUTLINE THAT THAT MEANS THEY'VE GOT GROUNDWORK.

THEY'RE KIND OF MOVING. THEY'RE MOVING IT FROM A FUTURE TO A VACANT DEVELOP LOT.

SO THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT GOING ON. A COUPLE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE MULTIFAMILY THAT 2300 TOTAL UNITS THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEY THINK IT'LL BE COMPLETED IN 2026.

THE DUPLEXES THE THIRD 37 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AGAIN, LOOK AT THE PRICE POINT THERE. THESE ARE DUPLEXES THAT ARE GOING TO BE $600,000 HOMES.

SO AGAIN, CHALLENGING YIELDS ARE TO CHALLENGING TO GET STUDENTS FROM THIS KIND OF FROM THIS KIND OF PROPERTY RESERVE AT SOUTHRIDGE AND WHITESTONE ESTATES. BEAUTIFUL AREA OUT THERE. BUT THESE ARE $1 MILLION HOMES ON THAT DUPLEX.

IS THAT PER HALF. SO IT'S 12 A MILLION, $2 MILLION A BUILDING OKAY.

GOT IT. OKAY. TO 1.2. YES, MA'AM. AGAIN. RESERVE AT SOUTHRIDGE.

NICE HOUSES. THEY'RE NOT BUILDING VERY MANY EACH YEAR, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO A LITTLE WHILE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD I DON'T HAVE FROM EXPERIENCE. IT TAKES A WHILE TO BUILD $1 MILLION HOME.

THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT.

THE LLAMA HAVEN EDITION. THESE ARE SOME FUTURES.

PARADISE HEIGHTS, THUNDERBIRD PARK ONE AND TWO.

WE PULLED THESE JANUARY AERIALS. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS AND WHAT WAS NOT GOING ON, LIKE THE HAVEN EDITION. WE DON'T SEE ANY DIRT MOVING.

A LITTLE BIT OF DIRT MOVING ON. THUNDER PARK'S ONE AND TWO, AND THEN PARADISE HEIGHTS, YOU CAN SEE ON THAT FAR SIDE, HAS SOME ROADS GETTING CUT THAT WAS IN JANUARY, IN JANUARY.

SO, IT PROBABLY LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW.

MULTI-FAMILY TRENDS. MULTI-FAMILY OCCUPANCIES ARE DOWN ACROSS DALLAS FORT WORTH 86.9%.

THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT THEY'VE SEEN SOME DROPS.

A LOT OF THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE ABSORBED SO MANY UNITS. YOU CAN SEE THAT 21,000 UNITS HAVE BEEN ABSORBED SO THAT THEY SPREAD THAT OUT.

THERE'S SOME LOW OCCUPANCIES AND VERY LOW OCCUPANCIES AND SOME OF THOSE TO WHERE I THINK MOST OF PLANO ARE, ARE PROBABLY UP IN THE 90S. YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

IT'S JUST THESE NEW TYPE OF APARTMENTS KIND OF BRING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE ONE BEDROOMS TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THOSE BUILT.

WE HAVE 6300 UNDER CONSTRUCTION THOUGH 992 OF THOSE ARE AGE RESTRICTED.

SO WE WON'T SEE STUDENTS THERE. 6000 FUTURE MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.

SO, THERE IS A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY STILL TO BE BUILT IN PLANO.

WHAT'S STILL TO COME IS WHAT THE YIELDS WILL BE FROM THOSE MULTIFAMILY.

I DON'T I DON'T REALLY KNOW. IT'S A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING TO ARE A NEW PRODUCT.

IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY EXPENSIVE. THESE MIXED USE, ESPECIALLY LIKE AT THE PROMONTORY THERE OR IN NORTHLINE.

THESE ARE GOING TO BE A PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO BE TARGETING YOUR COMMUTER OR YOUR, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT. BUT I DO THINK YOUR EXISTING APARTMENTS ARE STILL GOING TO YIELD PRETTY WELL.

THEY'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THOSE, HAVE SEEN SOME SLIGHT UPTICKS IN YIELDS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

NOT SIGNIFICANT. NOT I DON'T CALL IT REGENERATION YET, BUT THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO THE STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE OR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

SO SO NOW WE DIVE INTO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S THE TOUGHEST ONE, I THINK, TO FORECAST, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GET FOR THOSE.

WE TRACK DISTRICT BIRTHS BASED IN KINDERGARTEN AND ENROLLMENT BASED ON THAT A FIVE YEAR CHANGE.

SO WE LOOK AT BIRTHS IN 20 IN IN WE'LL SAY 2018, 3663 BIRTHS FIVE YEARS LATER IN THE 24, IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 3035 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ENROLLED, ABOUT AN 83%.

I'LL CALL IT A CAPTURE RATE. KEEP IN MIND, ZIP CODES DON'T.

EXACTLY MATCH THE PLANO ISD, BUT THAT'S THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHY.

WE CAN GET DATA FROM THE STATE. BUT IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.

THAT CAPTURE RATE RIGHT AROUND 82%. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.

WE SAW A DIP THIS YEAR. I KIND OF JUMPED BACK IN.

EVEN WITH THE DECLINE IN BIRTHS. WE I THINK YOU MIGHT SEE JUST A PRETTY FLAT KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR.

IT COULD DROP A LITTLE BIT THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND STAY RIGHT AROUND THAT 3000 NUMBER.

I'D LOVE TO SEE IT GET UP WAY OVER 3000 AGAIN.

NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AT LEAST NOT RIGHT AWAY.

I'M FORECASTING A DROP NEXT YEAR OF 877 STUDENTS.

NOW, THAT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A GROWTH IF YOU LOOK AT COHORT GROWTH.

SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

YOU'VE GOT ALMOST 4000 STUDENTS LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

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3000 STUDENTS COMING IN. SO YOU'RE LOSING A THOUSAND STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE YOUR 12TH GRADE CLASS IS SO BIG.

SO WHEN I'M SHOWING 877 WHAT THAT REALLY IS, TRYING TO PUT A BIG SPIN ON THIS IS THAT'S GROWTH OF ABOUT 200 STUDENTS.

IT'S A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC, I THINK, BASED ON SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, WHICH IS WHY I DROPPED THIS PIECE, WHICH YOU I DON'T THINK YOU COULD LOOK BACK AT MY REPORTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS. WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO LOW SCENARIOS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN DOING IT QUITE A BIT WITH LOTS OF CLIENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO SOME OF THE DISCUSSION YOU HAD BEFORE.

THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR ALSO WHERE OUR COMPANY AND WE DO ABOUT PROBABLY 30 OR 40 ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PROJECTS EACH YEAR, WHERE WE CLOSED MORE CAMPUSES THAN WE HELPED OPEN.

IT'S JUST A TREND THAT WE SAW IN SOME DISTRICTS.

IT WAS MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS. IT WAS MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.

SO THAT TREND IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL AN ASK.

AND THEN SEEING THE LOW HOUSING AND THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE GOING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN WITH, WITH SOME DECLINING YIELDS, I BUILT A FORECAST THAT BASICALLY MIMICS WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

SO BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT TWO WAYS, THIS YEAR'S FIRST FORECAST IS KIND OF BASED ON ME SAYING, OKAY, ONE YEAR DOES NOT A TREND MAKE. WE COULD BOUNCE BACK TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT ORIGINAL FORECAST CAME FROM.

THEN AFTER SEEING THE FOURTH QUARTER DATA, LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR RESEARCH, I SAID, OKAY, WHAT IF WE DO GROW VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHICH IS THAT THAT -1300 THERE.

CAN I ASK YOU TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID I'LL TRY.

I'M SORRY TO GET YOU OFF YOUR RHYTHM HERE. YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

YOU SAID THAT YOU DO ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY WORK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REDRAWING BOUNDARIES MORE AS A RESULT OF CLOSURE.

THAT'S YOUR OVERALL, THAT'S TRUE FOR US, BUT THAT'S ALSO TRUE FOR YOUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, WE CLOSED MORE SCHOOLS THAN WE HELPED OPEN.

AND HOW MANY DISTRICTS DO YOU WORK WITH? WE WORK WITH ABOUT FOR BOUNDARY WORK OR OVERALL BOUNDARY THIS TYPE OF WORK.

WE PROBABLY DID ABOUT 30 BOUNDARY PROJECTS. WE WORK WITH ABOUT 80 TO 100 SCHOOL DISTRICTS EACH YEAR THOUGH, SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. BUT WE YEAH, IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

THANKS. AND IT'S NOT IT'S HOUSTON, IT'S AUSTIN, IT'S DALLAS FORT WORTH.

IT'S ALL IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE SPOT FOR SURE. SO THAT THAT FORECAST, I REALIZED IT DOES SEND A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED SIGNAL. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT THE WAY THESE NUMBERS LOOK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE AWARE AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE MAKING PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THAT. WE DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES ON SOME OF THAT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT SLIDE.

I DIDN'T CATCH THE ESSENCE OF THE SLIDE. I SEE THE LOW SCENARIO.

AND SO ABOVE IN THE BIG PART WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE 10 OR 12 YEARS I SEE THE 25, 26 NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE DOWN BELOW. SO YOU'RE SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH.

IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? I'M SURE I'M SHOWING A YEAR.

THE TOP FORECAST THAT WE DID LAST FALL, THAT'S THE ONE WE DID LAST FALL BASED ON THE IS 45,674.

AND IT HAS A NET GROWTH IF YOU WILL WITH THE ENTERING AND EXITING MY 25-26 FORECAST IN THE LOW SCENARIO DOES NOT SHOW THAT GROWTH. IT'S LIKE WE WERE THIS YEAR. SO, IT ACTUALLY SHOWS A DIP IN ENROLLMENT.

I THINK ONE OF THEM IS GROWTH OF ABOUT 200. AND THE OTHER ONE IS A DROP OF ABOUT 200.

OKAY, OKAY. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE 500 STUDENTS.

THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY'RE THE SAME TIMES.

THEY'RE JUST TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. OKAY. YEAH.

SO, A LOT OF A LOT OF YOUR NORMALLY ROCKY AND ZONDA WILL JUST DO THE ONE PROJECTION.

A LOT OF YOUR OTHER DEMOGRAPHERS WILL GIVE YOU A HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PROJECTION BASED ON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.

I THINK FOR THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ZONDA DO THIS, BUT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A MODERATE, WHICH IS THE TOP, BUT HE'S ALSO PRESENTING A LOW.

IF THE TREND WHICH WE HAD THIS LAST YEAR CONTINUES.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S BASICALLY A MODERATE APPROACH AND THEN A LOW APPROACH DEPENDING ON EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ALL OF YET.

SO BUT WE'LL KEEP WE'LL KEEP UP WITH IT AND WE'LL KEEP TRACKING IT.

SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT WE OF COURSE HAVE YOUR ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS.

THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON HERE. AND WE CAN YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE WE'VE GOT WE HAVE DAVIS AND FOREMAN BOTH GOING OFFLINE NEXT YEAR.

THE SAME WITH YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT IF WE GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ARMSTRONG AND CARPENTER GO OFFLINE NEXT YEAR.

YOU'LL SEE SWINGS IN ENROLLMENT WHERE YOU SEE NEGATIVE, AND THEN YOU MIGHT SEE SOME POSITIVE SWINGS,

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ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS. THE EIGHT, NINE AND YEARS EIGHT, NINE AND TEN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO SEE SOME POSITIVE.

AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY WORK ITS WAY THROUGH A HIGH SCHOOL.

IF THIS EXTENDED OUT FARTHER AND THE ELEMENTARY, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE START SEEING POSITIVES IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE WE SETTLE IN ON THAT KINDERGARTEN NUMBER, I MEAN, PLANO ONCE THE KIDS ARE HERE, THEY PRETTY MUCH STAY. WE SEE THOSE CAPTURE RATES, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT AT ONE.

BUT IF WE CAN'T GET THEM RIGHT WHEN THEY GET HERE, THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE CHALLENGE THERE.

AND A LOT OF THEM ARE LIVING HERE, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN.

SO NEW HOME STARTS HAVE INCREASED. BUT THAT'S JUST BUT CLOSINGS HAVE DECREASED.

I THINK IT'S A NUMBER THAT THESE WE'RE ALMOST GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE NEW HOME ACTIVITY IS PROBABLY NOT A BIG TALKING POINT FOR PLANO ISD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE. I KNOW THAT DR.

TYRA'S ASKED FOR A LITTLE MORE MULTIFAMILY DETAIL, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

I THINK UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THOSE YIELDS ARE GOING TO START CLIMBING BASED ON CHOICE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY AND SOMETIMES FOR SOME IT'S THEY WANT TO BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF THEY MOVE IN AN APARTMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT THAT CHOICE.

I THINK THAT 42,000 NUMBER IS KIND OF WHERE WE'LL HOPEFULLY SETTLE IN AT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IT JUMP BACK UP, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, WELL OVER 3000 STUDENTS TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY RUN THROUGH. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND LETTING ME PUSH THIS BACK A MONTH OR TWO.

I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROCKY? I GUESS I JUST WANT TO QUESTION THAT. YOU TALKED ABOUT DALLAS BEING THE FASTEST GROWING AREA, AND YOU MENTIONED IT BEING DFW AND YOU TALKED ABOUT SCHOOLS CLOSING.

SO I'M. CAN YOU GIVE SOME COLOR TO WHAT AREAS ARE GROWING? I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT WHERE IN DFW ARE THE.

IS IT GROWING THE MOST THAT'S CAUSING US TO HAVE THOSE NATIONAL LEVELS? AND YET ALL THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS.

SO CAN YOU GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THAT? WE EVEN HAVE CLOSED. WE'RE EVEN HAVING I EVEN GOT A CALL THIS WEEK FROM A DISTRICT THAT'S JUST IN HOUSTON THAT OPENED THAT IN 26, 27. THEY'RE OPENING A NEW SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY IN THE BOND, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO CLOSE ONE THAT SAME YEAR.

WELL, I HEARD I DON'T KNOW WHERE I HEARD IT RECENTLY THAT THEY WERE OPENING A NEW SCHOOL, BUT THEY WEREN'T.

THEY HAD BUILT A NEW SCHOOL, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO OPEN IT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH KIDS TO FILL IT. THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, TOO. WELL, YEAH. SO BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, IT'S MOSTLY ON THE NORTHERN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE FRISCO SALINA, YOU KNOW, FRISCO STILL GOT SOME GROWTH. THEN YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, FRISCO IS CLOSING TO SCHOOL.

I WAS IN THE PAPER TODAY. YEAH. AND THEY ARE.

AND THEY STILL HAVE THEY'RE STILL BUILDING 1000 HOMES A YEAR THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROSPER. WE GO ACROSS TO DENTON, DOWN TO NORTHWEST EAGLE MOUNTAIN.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF GROWTH THERE. WE'VE GOT, OF COURSE, WE GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO EAGLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALEDO. KEEP GOING AROUND TO THE SOUTH.

WE DON'T SEE A LOT IN THE SOUTH. PART OF FORT WORTH OR AROUND DALLAS.

BUT YOU GET BACK AROUND THE OTHER SIDE, THE EAST SIDE. YET YOU HAVE FORNEY AND THERE ABOUTS ROYSE CITY, ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL COUNTY IS GROWING REALLY QUICK.

AND NOW, IT'S PUSHING INTO HUNT COUNTY. YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE GET FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY.

SO YOU'RE REALLY GIVING A PRINCETON VAN ALSTYNE.

THOSE ARE ALL GETTING SOME REALLY KIND OF A DONUT AROUND THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.

AND IF WE LOOKED AT A MAP OF HOUSTON, YOU'D SEE A DONUT THERE AND A MAP OF AUSTIN AND SEE A DONUT THERE, TOO. VERY SIMILAR. SO IS THAT RELATED TO HOUSING COSTS, BASICALLY? I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. I THINK SO. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S PART OF IT.

IT'S A MATTER OF WHERE THEY CAN FIND THE LAND TO BUILD.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF VACANT LAND. EVEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR PLANO FROM PLANO'S PERSPECTIVE, DALLAS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLACE TO BUILD, BUT IN.

YEAH, THERE ARE ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE, IT'S A LESS IT'S A LOWER PRICE POINT THAN WHAT WE SEE UP IN THE PROSPER AND SALINA AREA.

SO IT DOES VARY A LITTLE BIT. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW A CHUNK OF PLANO ISD IS IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND THERE'S A BIG SWATH OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON THAT THEY'RE TAKING DOWN SMALLER HOMES, THE OLD OLDER HOMES, KNOCKING THEM DOWN AND PUTTING IN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

AND NOT REALLY SURE HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BUT DO YOU SEE THAT BEING ANY PART OF THE PLANO SCENARIO, GIVEN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ON PAR WITH THOSE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS IN RICHARDSON, LIKE NEAR OLD DOWNTOWN PLANO AND STUFF LIKE THAT, PERHAPS? I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO NAME I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I HAVEN'T READ A LOT, A LOT ABOUT THAT IN PLANO.

THAT'S CERTAINLY A WHEN THAT STARTS HAPPENING.

IT'S INTERESTING AT FIRST. THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF STUDENTS THERE, I DON'T THINK, BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED.

THE FOLKS THAT CAN AFFORD TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TEAR DOWN AND BUILD THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT CHEAP.

I HATE TO USE THE WORD CHEAP, BUT IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FEEDS.

ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY IS JUST ADJACENT TO SOME OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE REALLY DOING A LOT OF THOSE TEARING DOWN THAT REGION,

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THAT REGION, GENTRIFICATION THAT THEY START DOING THERE.

YEAH. YES. SO I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE DISTRICT HOUSING OVERVIEW.

LAST YEAR I ASKED YOU ABOUT RECEIVING BECAUSE THIS IS MY THIS IS WHERE I LIVE OVER ON THE EAST SIDE.

I'M A HICKEY MOM. SO THERE'S THOSE TWO YELLOW RIGHT UNDERNEATH.

HUNT THAT YELLOW SQUARE OR RECTANGLE WITH A CHUNK TAKEN OUT OF IT.

THAT'S THE SOUTH FORK RANCH AREA. RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER ACROSS THE STREET.

ISN'T THAT THE ONE THAT WAS MAXWELL CREEK, I THINK IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT.

THAT'S JUST BARELY IN THE HICKEY ZONE THERE. YEAH.

THAT YELLOW. THOSE YELLOW ONES? YES. SO THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STILL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO, DIDN'T WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THOSE? AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE.

I THOUGHT YOU DID. OH NO, YOU DID LAST YEAR TOO.

YEAH. THAT LLAMA HAVEN EDITION. THAT'S DEFINITELY HICKEY ZONE BECAUSE THAT'S ALONG PARKER ROAD.

PARADISE HEIGHTS IS BETWEEN THE TREES OFF OF SPRING CREEK THERE AT PARKER.

YES, IT WAS IN OUR PREVIOUS ONE, I THINK, THOUGH.

YEAH. SOUTH FORK'S NOT IN THIS ONE. BUT JUST TO ALLAY ANY FEARS TO THE EASTSIDE PARENTS.

AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, A LOT OF GREEN, A LOT OF YELLOW, TOO, AND I ASKED THIS LAST YEAR, LIKE JUST TO ALLAY ANY FEARS OR ASSUAGE ANY SORT OF LIKE CONCERN THAT FAMILIES MIGHT HAVE.

CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS OF KIDS END UP COMING FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE I SEE OVERALL, IN THE TEN YEARS THAT HUNT BOGUS HICKEY, EVEN MCCALL, THE NUMBERS ARE WE STILL HAVE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL TO HANDLE THAT. THERE'S CAPACITY THERE. PART OF IT, BECAUSE THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES ARE NOT REAL LARGE RIGHT NOW OUT THERE.

AND THAT COULD BE AND THE PRODUCT THAT'S BEING BUILT IS NOT GENERATING A LOT OF STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

A LOT OF THAT PRODUCT OUT THERE IS YIELDING LESS THAN 0.4 IN SINGLE FAMILY.

WOW. SO, AND IF YOU IN ABOUT HALF OF THAT'S ELEMENTARY RIGHT.

IF THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE HOUSES THEY'RE JUST NOT REAL. THEY'RE JUST NOT YIELDING A LOT.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HICKEY SUDDENLY FILL UP FROM THAT.

I DO, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, TOO, WE. YES, I THINK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE WE OBVIOUSLY KEEP UP WITH THIS MULTIPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT IF EVERYTHING JUST GOES CRAZY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GO FROM POINT 4 TO 4, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF.

BUT IF WE DID, PLEASE REMEMBER WE HAVE WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE TWO PARCELS OF LAND OUT THERE AS WELL.

WELL, JUST IN CASE, JUST IN CASE. JUST IN CASE. AND TARRAH, I THINK THE HORIZONTAL YELLOW THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE HUFFINES 600 HOMES THAT THEY WERE MAXWELL CREEK. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEING CONTESTED BECAUSE OF THE WATER.

SO, THERE'S NO OKAY. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD THAT LAST, I DON'T THINK YEAH.

THERE'S A HOTLY CONTESTED ISSUE THERE. YEAH. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICK THE SOUTH FORK AREA WILL TURN.

AND THEN IF I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE VALUES YOU HAD IN THOSE HOMES, THEY'RE LIKE 1,000,002.

YES, EXACTLY. AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE HOMES ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL HOMES.

THAT'S BECOMING A THING FOR SURE. THAT IS BECOMING A THING.

SO, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND CHILDREN IN ONE HOME, FAMILIES EVEN.

RIGHT, RIGHT. THAT THAT'S WHEN YOU START SEEING SOME IF YOU START SEEING SOME YIELDS GO UP IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, IT'S LIKELY BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME HOME SHARING GOING ON THERE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION BUT JUST A COMMENT.

THANK YOU ALWAYS I DO ENJOY THE DEMOGRAPHY PRESENTATIONS LIKE I FIND THIS FASCINATING.

SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BOARDS YOU HAVE THAT ARE EXCITED FOR DEMOGRAPHY PRESENTATION, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE ONE, 1 OR 2. BUT THIS IS MY FAVORITE. ON SLIDE 15 THAT RESIDENCES AT PROMONTORY, THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN. I LIVE, YOU KNOW, SOUTH A LITTLE SOUTHEAST OF THERE IN IN A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WAS SHOCKED THAT A THREE BEDROOM, THREE BATHROOM APARTMENT IN THAT AREA IN THAT, IN THAT COMPLEX IS LIKE ALMOST DOUBLE MY MORTGAGE FOR A 3800 SQUARE FOOT HOME IN THE SAME RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

AND WE BOUGHT IT A GOOD TIME, AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD INTEREST RATE AND ALL THAT STUFF. RIGHT. BUT I, I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AND SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS.

AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER AND IN THE EAST CLUSTER.

THE YIELD TIGHTLY CORRELATES WITH THE AGE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT IN THE WEST CLUSTER, BECAUSE I ASKED FOR ALL THIS DATA LAST SUMMER, AND I'VE MADE MANY GRAPHS. THAT'S NOT THERE'S NOT A STRONG CORRELATION.

AND PART OF IT IS, IS JUST, I THINK THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLEXES AND PART OF IT IS JUST THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, CHARACTERIZATION AND CHARACTERISTICS. BUT I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THAT FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO AFFORD A HOME IN CERTAIN

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FEEDER PATTERNS ARE VERY WILLING TO LIVE IN APARTMENTS IF THAT'S WHAT GETS THEM INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GETS THEM INTO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WANT.

AND I THINK WE SEE THAT VERY STRONGLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU TO TRACK AND SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT LOOKS GOING FORWARD.

AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALSO, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE IF YOU'VE LOOKED INTO THE RESIDENCES THERE AND THAT AND YOU KNEW THAT RENT NUMBER HOW MANY THREE BEDROOMS THEY HAVE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS A LOT MORE ONE BEDROOMS THAN WE USED TO.

SO EVEN THOSE THREE BEDROOMS ARE AVAILABLE. THERE MAY NOT BE MANY.

WELL, AND IT SEEMED TO ME TO BE SET UP LIKE IF YOU HAD THREE YOUNG WOMEN OR THREE YOUNG MEN OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, LIKE THREE YOUNG PEOPLE SHARING AN APARTMENT, AS OPPOSED TO IT ACTUALLY BEING LIKE A FAMILY APARTMENT.

THAT'S THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION, LOOKING AT THEIR FLOOR PLANS. BUT I THINK THAT THE POINT ABOUT COST OF A HOME IN PLANO I MEAN, VERY TRUE FOR COST OF APARTMENTS AND THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR I HAD JUST LOOKED AT.

WOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST RECENTLY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TEXAS OBSERVER, AND THE ONLY QUOTES SHE REALLY PUT IN THERE WAS THAT I QUIPPED THAT OKLAHOMA WILL BE THE NEXT SUBURB, BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE DYNAMIC THAT WE'RE SEEING.

UNLESS AND UNTIL PEOPLE LIKE ME MOVE OUT OF MY HOUSE AND HAVE CHILDREN, HAVE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN MOVING.

I'M NOT HAVING ANY MORE CHILDREN. JERI. THAT'S PHYSICALLY NOT POSSIBLE.

BUT UNTIL PEOPLE MOVE INTO HOMES LIKE MINE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, YOU'VE GOT DECLINING ENROLLMENT. THAT'S A BAD THING. WELL, IT'S A FUNCTION OF THAT HOUSING MARKET BEING WHAT IT IS, AND THAT HOMES ARE LESS EXPENSIVE AS YOU MOVE NORTH.

AND IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T DESIRE TO LIVE HERE, ACTUALLY.

YOU SEE THAT THEY DO DESIRE TO LIVE HERE. AND WHEN WE DO GET A KINDERGARTNER, WE RETAIN THEM.

SO, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM. IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, IT REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST AND ITS LOCATION RIGHT NOW.

IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE GROWN TO OKLAHOMA AND WE'RE GROWING TO, YOU KNOW, 35 IS GOING TO BE I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE UP IN SALINA AND IS THIS IN SHERMAN IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EMPLOYERS.

THEY'RE GOING UP THERE. NOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN GERALD, YOU KNOW AUSTIN HAS GROWN INTO.

WHAT TEMPLE? BELTON. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. YEAH.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH. HAVE A NICE SPRING. OKAY. YOU TOO. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE.

[9.2 Pre-Kindergarten Program Update]

TWO OF OUR REPORTS, WHICH IS A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM UPDATE.

AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO LISA WILSON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TALLEY GOMEZ, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MULTILINGUAL SERVICES.

AND SHE ALSO TAKES CARE OF PRE-K. AND YOU SAW HER EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT NOW SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR MID-YEAR PRE-K DATA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO START BY IDENTIFYING THE CAMPUSES WHERE WE SERVE OUR EARLIEST LEARNERS, OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS. WE HAVE FOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES BEATY, HEAD START, ISAACS AND PIERSON.

WE OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AT THREE OF THE FOUR OF THOSE.

AND NOW I'LL CONTINUE TO OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WHO OFFER PRE-K.

AND THIS IS REALLY A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS OF WHERE WE ADD THESE CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AS CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE AS POSSIBLE. SO, THINKING ABOUT SOME OF WHAT ROCKY I'M POINTING, BUT I GUESS HE'S LEFT THE ROOM. WHAT ROCKY JUST SHARED.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE OUR PRE-K LOCATIONS ACCESSIBLE.

WE THINK A LOT ABOUT WHERE TO ADD THEM. SO LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ADDED A DUAL LANGUAGE CLASS TO HIGHTOWER BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED TO ADD A SPACE FOR MORE DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS. BUT IMMEDIATELY WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACCESS THAT LOCATION.

AND SO WE STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR BY MOVING THAT DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSROOM TO ANOTHER CAMPUS AND THEN MOVING THE MONOLINGUAL CLASSROOM TO HIGH TOWER.

AND NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO REALLY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS.

AND WE OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE AT A NUMBER OF THESE CAMPUSES AS WELL.

WE OFFER ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AT MOST OF THEM, AND THEN WE OFFER TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AT BOTH HUFFMAN AND DAFFRON.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT SOME NUMBERS BUT ALSO SAY THAT THIS WAS PULLED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN I PULLED IT AGAIN TODAY. WE'RE ACTUALLY AT ABOUT 1300. SO, THIS IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE JUST CONTINUALLY ENROLL ALL SCHOOL YEAR.

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EVEN UNTIL THE LAST WEEK, WE'RE LIKE, GET IN OUR BUILDINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU.

AND THEN MANY OF THEM ACCESS OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR EMERGENT BILINGUALS.

SO WE WANT THEM TO START WITH US SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO ACCESS THAT.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM.

60% OF OUR PRE-K STUDENTS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, 39% ARE IN OUR ESL PROGRAM, 34% ARE IN DUAL LANGUAGE AND 14% IN SPECIAL ED. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HEAR ME.

AND LOTS OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EMERGENT BILINGUALS.

ESL IS A PROGRAM WITHIN THAT. AND THEN DUAL LANGUAGE IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM.

SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, ALL SERVING OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS.

ALL RIGHT. I DID NOT ADD TO THIS SLIDE, BUT WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE 76 TUITION STUDENTS IN OUR PRE-K AS WELL. AND SO THOSE ARE STUDENTS WHO DON'T MEET ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS BUT REALLY WANT TO BEGIN HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK THAT, AGAIN, TO KIND OF GO OFF WHAT HE WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT, HE SAID, WHEN WE GET STUDENTS HERE, WE KEEP THEM HERE. SO I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMETHING TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE NUMBER I SAW ON HIS SLIDE FOR PRE-K STUDENTS, AND THE MORE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM AS PRE-K STUDENTS, THEY ARE ABLE TO STAY WITH US.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES TO CLOSE TO 500 STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF FOUR, AND WHO OUR DISTRICT JUST DOES AN AMAZING JOB AT IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM SERVICES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. I BROKE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT HERE AS WELL ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YET FOUR YEARS OF AGE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR DATA AND OUR STUDENTS TAKE CIRCLE THE CIRCLE ASSESSMENT THREE TIMES A YEAR BEGINNING MIDDLE AND END OF YEAR. SO THESE TABLES REALLY REPRESENT THE GROWTH THAT YOU SEE FROM BEGINNING OF YEAR TO MIDDLE OF YEAR.

THIS FIRST PART IS I BROKE IT DOWN WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THIS IS A COMPUTER BASED TEST.

SO I THINK WE CAN SEE SOME REALLY AMAZING GROWTH.

BUT ALSO, I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR VOCABULARY, RAPID VOCABULARY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE SEE A LITTLE BIT LOWER SCORES.

WE JUST WERE HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TODAY.

IT IS AN AREA THAT WE'RE OFFERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT IMAGINE A FOUR YEAR OLD IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER AND THEY HAVE THREE SECONDS TO NAME WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN.

AND SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS THAT REALLY AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW, OR IS THAT THAT A FOUR YEAR OLD ISN'T ABLE TO ANSWER WITHIN THREE SECONDS? SO WE'VE ASKED OUR TEACHERS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY A TIMING ISSUE AND NOT A VOCABULARY ISSUE, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WILL AFFECT THEM IN READING COMPREHENSION IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON.

BUT I HAD TO POINT THAT OUT. YOU CAN SEE INCREDIBLE GROWTH IN IN MATH AS WELL AS PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO HIT REALLY HARD, BECAUSE ALL THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS JUST REALLY LEAD TO A STRONG LITERACY TRAJECTORY.

BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS HOW DO TEACHERS USE THIS CIRCLE DATA TO REALLY FORM THEIR SMALL GROUPS DURING INSTRUCTION? AND THEN ALSO OUR NEXT PD SESSION WITH OUR PRE-K TEACHERS IS FOCUSED ON PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS.

SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP BUILDING THAT. THIS OTHER PART OF CIRCLE IS AN OBSERVATIONAL TOOL THAT IS USED SO YOU SEE HIGHER SCORES. THIS IS HOW TEACHERS SEE THEIR STUDENTS AND THEY USE OBSERVATIONAL CHECKLISTS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME GROWTH HERE. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME PLACES WHERE IT'S EVEN OR EVEN GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AGAIN, REMEMBER STUDENTS ARE ENROLLING ALL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO A STUDENT MIGHT JOIN. THAT IS JUST LEARNING HOW TO DO SCHOOL.

AND THE TEACHER IS YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THAT AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR MIDDLE OF YEAR.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO POINT OUT HERE. YOU SEE A COUPLE FUN PICTURES, BECAUSE THE THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR PRE-K AND EARLY CHILDHOOD IS JUST SO AMAZING. AND THEN THIS LAST SLIDE IS REALLY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I INCLUDED WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THE BEST PROGRAMING TO OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE GETTING AT THE EARLIEST AGES? AND SO, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLISTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL CHECKLISTS THAT WE USE AS PART OF CIRCLE.

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AND WE USE THIS TO REALLY COACH OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IMPROVING AND BUILDING ON WHAT WE HAVE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. AND LASTLY, I JUST HAD TO INCLUDE SOME FUN PICTURES.

IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO ONE OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS OR VISITED OUR PRE-K CLASSROOMS AND YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY, GO! IT IS JUST AMAZING HOW WELL THE TEACHERS PLAN FOR OUR, OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AND HOW ENGAGED THEY ARE. AND I WOULD NEVER THINK OF MAKING THESE LITTLE CARS OUT OF BOXES, BUT I SEE AMAZING STUFF LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.

AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET OUR OUR COMMUNITY HERE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND JUST AS A PLUG BEFORE I END AND ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS, WE DO START ENROLLMENT THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK, THE 24TH AND OUR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PARENT MEETINGS WILL BEGIN. THAT SAME WEEK. AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THOSE WILL HAPPEN WEEKLY SO THAT YOU CAN JOIN OUR PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS BRIEF. LIKE LIKE I WAS INTRODUCED.

AND I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I HAVE COMMENTS BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION IS VERY GOOD, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THE NUMBER OF STATISTICS THAT YOU GAVE US. THE THING IS THAT ALL THREE OF MY KIDS WENT THROUGH PRE-K THROUGH PLANO ISD AND THE ONE CHILD WHO WENT TO ISAACS, SHE, SHE GOT ACCEPTED TO 20 UNIVERSITIES AND RECEIVED ACCUMULATION OVER $250,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

WOW. SO THE THING IS THAT OUR PRE-K PROGRAMS ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.

AND THE THING IS THAT WITH AN EARLY START, THEY JUMP, THEY JUMP UP HIGHER IN KINDERGARTEN, AND THEN THEY JUST SUCCEED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

SO SHE'S AT PEACE RIGHT NOW. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, ISAACS GAVE HER A VERY GOOD START.

AND SO, I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE OF PRESCHOOL, THAT YOUR CHILDREN, IF THEY START PLANO ISD AND STAY IN PLANO ISD.

I MEAN, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THEIR SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT PRE-K IS INCREDIBLE FOR OUR YOUNG LEARNERS, BUT MINE STARTED IN A NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IT WAS 18 KIDS TO TWO TEACHERS.

I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY ASTOUNDING, BUT I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THAT UNTIL YOU SAID THAT.

SO I ALSO LOVE PRE-K EDUCATION. I WAS LOOKING AT THIS ENGAGEMENT SLIDE AND JUST PUTTING THE LINK WITH AND MAYBE LESLIE CAN ANSWER THIS.

SORRY, YOU'RE IN THE CROWD. SO I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. OUR RSVP, OUR SENIORS, DO WE EVER HAVE THEM GO TO ONE OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS TO READ? BECAUSE IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY TO SOME GOOD STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING IN PLANO ISD.

OH MY GOSH, I COULD SEE THEM WALKING IN AND LOVING THE CARS.

OR MAYBE THEY COME IN FOR A READING DAY. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS ANOTHER WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THAT RSVP PROGRAM.

WE DON'T CURRENTLY DO IT AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME WHO CHOOSE TO VOLUNTEER, AND THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE WE CAN PUSH THEM. OKAY, COOL.

WE MIGHT CREATE A COME READ A DAY FOR THIS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FUN.

I'M GOING TO SECOND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY, YOU'RE EVER DISCOURAGED.

I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE OUR LIAISON TO OUR HEAD START PROGRAM.

AND ANY TIME SPENT WITH THOSE CHILDREN AND THOSE AWESOME KIDS AND THE STAFF THERE AND TEACHERS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AMAZING.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS ON THE TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE.

YES. I HAVE HAD PARENTS EXPRESS A LOT OF INTEREST ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY, I THINK IT WAS THE MITCHELL PARENTS.

SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE LARGE ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE POPULATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS WHOSE FAMILIES THAT SPEAK ENGLISH AT HOME REALLY ARE, LIKE CLAMORING FOR THAT PROGRAM.

SO HOW IS INTEREST LOOKING AND ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS OR PLANS OF EXPANDING THE TWO WAY TO OTHER CAMPUSES? INTEREST IS GREAT. WE, I GET A NUMBER OF EMAILS DAILY ABOUT INTEREST AND IT'LL, IT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY FROM PARIS, TEXAS, WHO'S LIKE, IF I CAN GET IN, I'M MOVING TO PLANO.

SO, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS A DISTRICT ABOUT WHERE DO WE HAVE THE DESIRE AND WHERE DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADD THE PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW THAT IT IS A DESIRE OF OUR DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

GOT IT. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ANECDOTALLY BECAUSE MY, MY YOUNGER CHILD, MY DAUGHTER IS IN ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WE WERE WALKING INTO A

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H-E-B, AND SHE WAS ASKING IF WE COULD BUY CHEETOS.

AND THEN SHE STARTED TELLING ME ABOUT HOW SHE SAID IT WITH THE RIGHT ACCENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY WORKING WITH THEM TO SAY THE ENGLISH WORDS WITH THE RIGHT ACCENT AND SAY THE SPANISH WORDS WITH THE RIGHT ACCENT. AND SHE WAS LIKE, VERY, VERY PROUD OF HERSELF FOR HER ACCENT IN SPANISH.

SHE SHOULD BE. AND IT IS JUST REMARKABLE SEEING THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, IF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PLUG FOR YOUR ENROLLMENT PLUG THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE FOR MY LITTLE ONE.

THE SECOND YOU GET THE CHEETOS. DID SHE GET THE CHEETOS? WELL, YOU SEE, HEB DOESN'T SELL THEM, AND SO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE PLACE OVER ON AVENUE K.

AND YOU TOOK ME OFF MY QUESTION. DAVIS AND FORMAN CURRENTLY HAVE PRE-K PROGRAMS. DAVIS. OF COURSE. IT'S A SPECIALIZED PRE-K PROGRAM.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE, LIKE, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING PRE-K PROGRAMS WITH THE RETIREMENT OF THOSE TWO CAMPUSES? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE PRE-K PROGRAM AT DAVIS IS MOVING TO HARRINGTON WITH THE REST OF THE DEAF PROGRAM, AND THAT'S REALLY TO ALLOW FOR THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.

SO THEN WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE A LOOK AT FORMAN AND SEE WHERE THE STUDENTS, SOME OF THEM HAD FORMAN AS THEIR HOME CAMPUS.

SOME OF THEM ARE AT FORMAN, BUT THEY'LL BE ATTENDING A DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY.

WELL, ALL OF THEM WILL BE ATTENDING A DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY NEXT YEAR.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT WAS WHERE WILL THE HOME CAMPUS BE OF THOSE STUDENTS? FOR MONOLINGUAL STUDENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THE PRE-K PROGRAM TO DOOLEY FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, AND FOR OUR DUAL LANGUAGE, WE WILL BE PLACING THAT EXTRA CLASSROOM AT ISAACS SO OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE MEMORIAL MENDENHALL MEADOWS WELL, NOT MEADOWS BECAUSE THEY HAVE HEAD START CONNECTED TO THEM.

BARRON. BUT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THERE HAVE PRE-K.

SO, ISAACS IS WHERE WE DECIDED TO ADD THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD PROGRAMS ENOUGH KIND OF DISTANCE WISE SPREAD OUT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO ACCESS.

RIGHT. AND SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS, MEMORIAL AND MENDENHALL, I ASSUME, HAVE DUAL LANGUAGE.

CORRECT. HAVE ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE. SO, SEVERAL OF THE RECEIVING CAMPUSES ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AND HAVE PRE-K. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

WE APPRECIATE IT. LOVE THE LITTLE PICTURE OF THEM IN THEIR CARS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE. THREE OF OUR REPORTS WHICH IS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SPRING UPDATE.

[9.3 Student Engagement Spring Update]

AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DOCTOR FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH THE PRESENTATION.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, OF ALL THE ROLES THAT I PLAY AND GET TO DO IN MY JOB EVERY DAY, THESE TWO MEN OVER HERE THAT I WORK WITH. AND BEING ABLE TO IMPACT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS PROBABLY MY ALL TIME FAVORITE.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE I GET TO SEE THE KIDS AND SEE THE MOST IMPACT, SO I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR THEM TO COME AND PRESENT TONIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, LIKE, I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME FOCUSES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE LIFTED UP, AND JUST BECAUSE WE LIFT OUT CERTAIN THINGS FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE STOPPED THE WORK OR WE'RE NOT WORKING ON THE OTHER PIECES OF IT. SO THIS WORK THAT PHILIP AND LONNIE DO WITH THEIR TEAMS REALLY FALLS UNDER PILLAR ONE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING, WITH OBJECTIVE 1.4 ABOUT DESIGNING STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND INCREASING STUDENT AGENCY AND ENGAGEMENT IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

TONIGHT, FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO PREDOMINANTLY BE TALKING ABOUT ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.

BUT AND AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PRESENT SOME TREND DATA THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE KIND OF KEPT THIS OVER THE YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY PUT IT IN THE PROGRAM OR IN THE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE IT HAS SOME LIMITATIONS THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT TO BE AWARE OF AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

SO SOME LIMITATIONS, NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS ARE DATA IS NOT THE DATA FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS NOT TRACKED BY A UNIQUE STUDENT ID.

SO INFORMATION IS TYPICALLY LIMITED TO ENROLLMENT IN THE COURSE.

AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THAT WHEN WE'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST.

AND THAT MAKES IT VERY HARD FOR US TO DETERMINE RETENTION RATE YEAR TO YEAR BY STUDENT.

ANOTHER LIMITATION IS THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS IN A PARTICULAR COURSE.

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SO AS THEY'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT YOU MAY SEE SOME MAJOR INCREASES IN SOME YOU MAY SEE SOME MAJOR DECREASES IN OTHERS.

BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THAT AND NOT USE THAT AS AN ISOLATED DETERMINATION AROUND WHETHER THE PROGRAM IS STRONG OR GROWING OR NOT GROWING, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD PLAY INTO THE REASONS WHY THOSE MIGHT HAVE MAJOR INCREASES OR MAJOR DECREASES IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR.

AND THEN LASTLY, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND OR TEAMS ARE NOT TRACKED IN SKYWARD OR AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

SO A STUDENT COULD BE ENROLLED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT IT DOESN'T SAY IN SKYWARD THAT THEY'RE ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM OR ON THE TRACK TEAM, SO IT BECOMES A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS TO GET THAT INFORMATION, AND IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO TRACK.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON AN IDEA ABOUT THAT. IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING, LIKE IF THEY'RE ENROLLED IN A THEATER COURSE AND THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN ONE ACT PLAY, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SHOW IN THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED WITH, TO WHICH SOME ARE DISTRICT LED, AND OTHERS ARE STUDENT LED. WE DO NOT HAVE CURRENTLY A CENTRAL WAY OF COLLECTING DATA ON ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED TO A SPECIFIC COURSE OR CLASS.

KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, SOME OF THESE COURSES THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED TO, WE HAVE SOME REALLY OUTSTANDING ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE BANNED. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN BAND TO PARTICIPATE IN SOLO AND ENSEMBLE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REQUIREMENT THOUGH.

SO AS THAT DATA IS PRESENTED, WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THOSE KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THINGS LIKE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE.

ONCE WE HAVE SPENT SOME TIME WITH SOME FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SSIS AND ERP, WE WILL BEGIN TO START EXPLORING WAYS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT DATA AND TRACK STUDENT ENGAGEMENT DIFFERENTLY.

AND THAT IT KIND OF GOES IN THE WEEDS ON THAT.

BUT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS AROUND THAT. WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCES EVEN SITTING UP HERE, THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN START TO GET OUR COURSE NUMBERS ALIGNED AND START ASSIGNING SOME UNIQUE IDS THAT COULD HELP THAT.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE CONTRACTED WITH CADENZA TO PILOT WITH OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMING SPECIFICALLY. AND THE OWNER. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING WHEN PHILLIP AND I MET WITH HIM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS AGO NOW.

THIS, THE OWNER AND DESIGNER OF THIS SOFTWARE, WAS FORMERLY AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS AND A REALLY LARGE NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND HE TOO, STRUGGLED FINDING UNIFORMED WAYS OR METHODS OF TRACKING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRENDS.

SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM. CADENZA STRATEGY GROUP.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN A SOFTWARE THAT WE CAN USE TO TRACK A MULTITUDE OF DATA, STARTING WITH PROGRAM ENROLLMENT BY STUDENT AND GRADE LEVEL, AS WELL AS TREND DATA, BY PROGRAM, BY TEACHER, BY STUDENT TO REALLY JUST BETTER TRACK OVER TIME RETENTION AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE WHAT OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NEEDS ARE.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS SOFTWARE IS ALSO GOING TO ALLOW US TO TRACK UIL EVALUATION SCORES AND ALL-REGION AUDITION RESULTS FOR CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. MEASURING DISTRICT, CAMPUS, AND PROGRAM LEVEL OUTCOMES IN THINGS SUCH AS ALL-REGION, BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO, THE SOFTWARE JUST HAS A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR US ONCE WE'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THE DATA COLLECTION AND FINE ARTS FOR A WHILE, AND WE GET USED TO THE PROGRAM AND HOW THAT DATA IS PRESENTED, WE CAN EXPAND IT TO PROGRAMS LIKE ATHLETICS AND CTE AS WELL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING. AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS BY PHILLIP AND LONNIE, RESPECTIVELY, LISA IS ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF SLIDES WITH A FEW EXAMPLES OF OTHER WAYS THAT WE ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, AND SHARING SOME INFORMATION AROUND EXTRA-CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES FROM K THROUGH 12.

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BUT KEEP IN MIND, IN ORDER FOR US TO COLLECT THIS DATA TODAY AS IT STANDS, WE HAVE TO CALL CAMPUS BY CAMPUS TO RECEIVE THAT.

SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT BEFORE I LET DR.

MORGAN TAKE IT OVER. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WELL SAID.

WELCOME BACK, I GUESS. WELCOME BACK FOR ME TO I CAN SPEAK FOR COACH AND SAY THAT A LACK OF GOOD BRISKET.

IT'S WORTH THE WAIT. YOU JUST GOTTA, JUST GOTTA KIND OF WAIT FOR US TO GET HERE. SO HERE WE ARE. WITH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, I WILL SAY I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT DR.

FREEMAN SAID. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO REPEAT IT.

BUT I WILL ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE IT IS ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH. THE REASON OUR STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL IS TO BE ENGAGED, WHETHER THAT IS FINE ARTS OR ATHLETICS OR CTE OR WHATEVER, REALLY KIND OF LIGHTS THEIR FIRE.

YOU KNOW, THAT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND FIND PASSION IN.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. AND SO, WE'RE HERE JUST GIVING THIS REPORT SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF SHOWCASE THAT.

I'M GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH. I'M GOING TO DO IT LIKE A DEBATE COACH. I'M GOING TO GO KIND OF QUICKLY THROUGH IT TOO. SO YES, EXACTLY.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ROLL QUICKLY THROUGH IT. BUT JUST PROVIDING SOME BASIC ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION DATA.

AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DISTRICT A LOT.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOOKING AT SOMETHING JUST ON THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS SITTING IN CHAIRS VERSUS OPERATING A PROGRAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN HAVE A MUSIC PROGRAM, AND WE CAN JUST WALK IN AND TEACH THEM BAND.

THEY LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSTRUMENT AND THEY GO HOME AND NOBODY STAYS AFTER 4:00.

OR YOU CAN HAVE A MUSIC PROGRAM, AND THAT PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TAKES QUITE A BIT MORE WORK AND MANAGEMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME ENROLLMENT TRENDS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO LET ME START OFF HERE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE AND JUST SAY THAT YEAR OVER YEAR DATA CHANGES, THIS KIND OF EXTENDS OFF OF WHAT DR. FREEMAN SAID.

KEEP IN MIND, MOST OF YOU ON THE BOARD WERE HERE WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED AND KIND OF UPGRADED OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND GOT THEM ON BOARD WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER. AT THAT TIME, VISUAL ARTS AND THEATER ARTS COURSES BACK IN 22-23 WERE ONLY SEMESTER OFFERED COURSES.

AND SO, OUR STUDENTS TOOK A SEMESTER OF IT AND THEN HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO STAY IN OR TAKE THE OTHER PIECE, SO TO SPEAK, WHILE MUSIC COURSES GOT TO HAVE FULL YEAR. WE CHANGED THAT AND STARTED A THREE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE SO THAT WE COULD GET ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS TO FULL YEAR COURSES. SO THAT WAY, IF YOU'RE A THEATER KID LIKE ME, OR YOU ARE AN ART KID LIKE COLLIN, AND YOU REALLY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AT SIXTH GRADE, YOU COULD TAKE A FULL YEAR, SIX, FULL YEAR SEVEN, FULL YEAR EIGHT, AND REALLY TAKE CAPTURE ALL THOSE TAKES FOR THE FULL THREE YEAR CYCLE.

BUT JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT AS YOU SEE SOME OF THIS DATA, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AND GO, OH MY GOSH, IT WAS ZERO ENROLLMENT. WELL YEAH. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T OFFER SIXTH GRADE THEATER AND ART AT THE TIME. SO AS YOU SEE THAT HERE'S A COUPLE OF CURRENT ENROLLMENTS.

I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS AND THEN CARRY US FORWARD. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, OUR SPRING COURSE ENROLLMENTS, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY ONE OF THEM TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE WE'RE SITTING AND THEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THEN OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, VISUAL ARTS IS OUR LARGEST. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TOO. SO THAT'S AS DOCTOR FREEMAN MENTIONED. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE DRILL DOWN DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE SPEECH.

WE'RE ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS THAT BENEFIT PUSHING COMMUNICATIONS.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS OUR, OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAMS ARE THRIVING AT THE TOP OF THE NATION. BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE A LOT OF THEM.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE YOU'LL SAY, WOW, THE SPEECH NUMBER DROPPED. NO, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING SPEECH COURSES WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE ONES TAKING SPEECH DEBATE, ORAL INTERPRETATION, THOSE COMPETITIVE, EXTRACURRICULAR, INTER CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR COURSES.

SO THERE'S OUR BASE NUMBERS FOR 2425, OUR SPRING ENROLLMENT TRENDS FOR SIXTH GRADE YEAR OVER YEAR SINCE 22-23.

YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY ART AND THEATER, AS I MENTIONED, ARE AT ZERO IN THAT 2023, IN THE RED OVER THERE IN THE CORNER, THERE'S OUR BASE NUMBERS FOR OUR BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES. AS WE WENT INTO THE SPRING OF 23-24 WE HAD 760 COME INTO ART, 372 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SIXTH GRADE THEATER. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE NUMBERS BALANCED PRETTY WELL THERE.

THERE WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN ANY PROGRAM. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T HURT ANY MAJOR PROGRAMS THERE. STUDENTS JUST GOT THEIR CHOICE. AND THEN AS IT MOVES INTO 24-25, YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE HAD SOME GO UP, SOME GO DOWN, SOME PRETTY GOOD INCREASES THERE IN BAND.

THAT KIND OF BOUNCED BACK THERE AS WELL AS ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR HAVE BOUNCED UP AS WELL IN SIXTH GRADE.

SO MOVING TO THE NEXT ONE, AM I GOING OKAY, IS THIS OKAY FOR EVERYBODY TO DIGEST? OKAY, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. SORRY. I'M TYPICALLY FINE ARTS, NOT NUMBERS.

SO THERE WE GO. MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM YEAR OVER YEAR ENROLLMENT. THIS GOES TO OUR SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

ALL TOTALED IN THERE TOO, WITH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.

YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE FAR RIGHT, THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE. THE REASON THE ASTERISK IS PRESENT FOR ART AND THEATERS BECAUSE THOSE ARE AGAIN SEMESTER COURSES. AND SO, WHEN YOU COUNT THEM, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE COUNTED TWICE. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE 4500 KIDS. WE REALLY HAD 2250, WHICH BALANCES THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN ART AND IN THEATER HAD 1637.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY MOVED FROM 22-23 OVER TO 23-24.

AND THEN A LOT OF THEM CARRIED NUMBERS BACK AS WELL AND PULLED KIDS BACK INTO PROGRAMS.

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WE ALSO HAVE DOUBLE DIPPERS IN THERE. AND IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS, THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT TAKE CHOIR AND BAND. THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT TAKE THEATER AND ART.

THEY LOVE BOTH PROGRAMS, AND AS THEY GET INTO THOSE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE YEARS, THEY CAN PICK UP MULTIPLE ELECTIVES. SO THAT'S THE REASON SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE THERE. AS DOCTOR FREEMAN TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. SO THAT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVING INTO HIGH SCHOOL YEAR OVER YEAR.

SAME THING. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW THERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW ART HAS MOVED AND EBBED AND FLOWED THERE DOWN 16.5 AND THEN UP 15.

SO, IT KIND OF EBBS AND FLOWS THERE AS IT SAYS BAND HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THERE ACROSS THE LAST THREE YEAR CYCLE.

CHOIR THE SAME. IT'S DROPPED AND THEN PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT.

TWO ORCHESTRAS DONE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. BUT ON THE WHOLE THE ONLY AREA THAT WE'VE LOST SOME KIDS IS REALLY OUR THEATER PROGRAMS. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S DUE TO SOME TURNOVER WITH STAFF, TOO, AT PROGRAMS. RECRUITING IS A BIG THING AND ESPECIALLY OUR UNIQUE SETUP.

THE WAY WE ARE SET UP IN PLANO IS THE 9, 10, 11, 12.

IT'S REALLY HARD SOMETIMES TO GET A KID INTO A STUDENT, INTO A 910 PROGRAM.

THEY REALLY HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH IT TO PUSH IT WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN A 912 BASED PROGRAM.

SO A LOT OF THOSE CAPTURING KIDS AND GETTING THEM INTO THAT PROGRAM AND HAVING THEM CARRY OVER, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THE MOST FOR OUR THEATER AND TECHNICAL THEATER PROGRAMS, TOO. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE SPEECH AS WELL AS DANCE AND DRILL TEAM THERE. CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THIS? SO, THIS GETS BACK TO CELINDA'S POINT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME BUMPY ENROLLMENT.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST SORT OF RAW PERCENTAGE CHANGES.

THIS IS NOT ADJUSTED FOR THE OVERALL CLASS SIZE OR THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT AT THAT SCHOOL IN TOTALITY.

RIGHT. AND SO EVEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, THE CLASS SIZE OR THE NUMBER OF KIDS ENROLLED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY HAVE GROWN OR SHRUNK. BUT THESE NUMBERS DON'T TAKE THAT. DON'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

THAT'S CORRECT. THESE ARE JUST THE RAW NUMBERS OF THE ENROLLMENT STUDENTS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IN THE COURSES, SORRY I SHOULD SAY IN THE COURSES. SO OKAY.

THIS IS GOING TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. SO PUT YOUR BOOTS ON FOR JUST A SECOND.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DOCTOR FREEMAN MENTIONED ABOUT CADENZA THAT THEY WILL HELP US TO DO.

BUT THIS IS NOT CADENZA. THIS IS MORGAN. THIS IS.

THIS IS ME DIGGING INTO OUR DATA AND LOOKING AT OUR UIL REPORT THAT WE JUST RECENTLY DID FROM OUR CONCERT AND SIGHT READING.

AND THIS IS THE KIND OF ITEM THAT I'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS DISTRICTS TO LOOK AT.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, I PULLED ALL OF OUR UL DATA FROM ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR, WHO JUST WENT OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER.

I PULLED EVERYTHING FROM YOU'LL. I PULLED THE WHOLE REPORT.

I PUT IT INTO A GOOGLE SHEET. AND IF YOU'RE A GOOGLE NERD LIKE ME, YOU'LL LOVE MY SPREADSHEET.

IT'S SO AMAZING. AND IT'S IN THE BOARD UPDATE, THE WEEKLY BOARD UPDATE.

SO, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET IN THERE AND JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME, YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT JUST A QUICK THING, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS REALLY BRIEFLY, YOU'LL RATINGS FOR CONCERT AND SIGHT READING RADAR STUDENTS IN TWO AREAS CONCERT WAIT FOR IT AND SIGHT READING.

THEY HAVE THREE JUDGES IN EACH AREA, AND THOSE JUDGES RATE OUR STUDENT, NOT RANK RATE OUR STUDENTS FROM FIRST DIVISION, WHICH IS SUPERIOR, AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIFTH DIVISION, WHICH IS POOR.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE STUDY IS THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE ORCHESTRA IN THE DISTRICT, THIS IS SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU COME UP WITH. WE HAD 32 ENSEMBLES.

NOW YOU MAY BE THINKING, PHILIP, HOW DO WE HAVE 32 ENSEMBLES? WE ONLY HAD, YOU KNOW, NINE HIGH SCHOOLS IN OUR IN OUR DISTRICT.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOLS SEND MULTIPLE ORCHESTRAS TO CONTEST VARSITY NON-VARSITY AND EVEN SUB NON-VARSITY AS A DISTRICT, ALL 32 ENSEMBLES, WHEN YOU AVERAGE ALL SIX SCORES PER SCHOOL, AVERAGED 1.15 AS A SUPERIOR AVERAGE IN OUR ORCHESTRA.

AND I BROKE IT DOWN FOR YOU BY CLUSTER BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU LOVE DATA.

SENIOR CLUSTER PLANO SENIOR HAD A 1.21 AVERAGE SENDING SEVEN ENSEMBLES.

WEST WAS 1.13 WITH 16 ENSEMBLES, AND EAST CLUSTER WAS A 1.11 WITH NINE ENSEMBLES.

SO VERY PROUD OF OUR ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS. BUT THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

THEY'RE ROCKING IT AT UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING DOWN BELOW.

JUST BEING QUICK THROUGH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR AGAIN CAME IN AS A DISTRICT AVERAGE AT 1.29 FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT MEANS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE A GOOD PULSE. WE HAVE A GOOD PULSE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE. AT 1.29 FOR 36 ENSEMBLES SENIOR CLUSTER HAD A 1.15 FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THAT CLUSTER WITH 13 WEST AT 1.38 WITH 12. AND EAST CLUSTER SENT 11 CHOIRS AND GOT A 1.27 AVERAGE.

SO THEY'RE CARRYING ONES AND TWOS. THEY'RE ROCKING IT.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND THAT IS EVIDENCE OF PHENOMENAL TEACHING AND LEARNING FROM OUR ORCHESTRA AND OUR VOCAL MUSIC TEACHERS. SO, KUDOS TO YOU ALL WHO ARE LISTENING LATE TONIGHT TO THIS REPORT.

WE'RE PROUD OF YOU GUYS. SO GREAT, GREAT WORK.

AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED TO THE BOARD UPDATES AS WE FINISH THESE UIL CONCERTS AND SIGHT READING EVENTS EVALUATIONS.

I WILL PUSH THAT OUT IN OUR WEEKLY BOARD UPDATE TO YOU SO YOU ALL CAN SEE EVERYTHING AS WELL AS WHEN I PLAY.

THERE WE GO. FINE ARTS SPRING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT GOES INTO KIND OF WHAT DOCTOR FREEMAN SAID A MINUTE AGO.

YOU'VE SEEN WHO'S ENROLLED NOW, BUT THAT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE YOU A FULL PULSE OF HOW THE PROGRAM IS SUCCEEDING.

SO HERE'S SOME KIND OF DOWN TO THE CORE NUMBERS.

JUNIOR VASE. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ENTERED IN JUNIOR HIGH ART.

THAT'S WONDERFUL. BUT WE HAVE 340 ENTRIES INTO THE REGION JUNIOR VASE COMPETITION, WHICH IS THEIR REGIONAL DISPLAY AND DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THEY CAN TAKE THEIR

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ART TO COMPETITIONS AND LEARN TO GET READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL VASE TO COMPETE FOR A STATE CHANCE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND IS SENDING AN ANTICIPATED 30 ENSEMBLES NEXT WEEK.

CHOIR HAS ALREADY SENT 36. THAT'S 127%. AGAIN, WE ONLY REQUIRE TO SEND TWO PER SCHOOL, BUT WE SEND MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GREAT.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA. WE SENT 32 ENSEMBLES.

A MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY IS GOING TO SEND 100% OF THEIR ENSEMBLES. WE CAN'T SEND MORE THAN ONE BECAUSE IT'S A PLAY AND IT'S 40 MINUTES. SO BUT WE'RE SENDING ALL 13 COMPANIES AS WELL. AS FAR AS HIGH SCHOOL, WE SENT 402 ENTRIES TO THE REGION VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION LAST WEEKEND IN FRISCO.

WE SCORED 380 MEDALS, AND WE'RE SENDING 37 STUDENTS TO THE STATE MEET DOWN IN SAN MARCOS IN APRIL.

SO PRETTY FANTASTIC RETURN. AND WE GOT, LIKE I SAID, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.

BUT YOU SEE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY DEEP IN IT.

EARLIER IN OUR RECOGNITION, BANDS SUPPOSED TO SEND 22 ENSEMBLES TO CONCERT SIGHT READING.

WE ANTICIPATE CHOIR WILL SEND 26 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

ORCHESTRA SENT 32. THEY'RE GOING RIGHT NOW. THEY JUST FINISHED OVER AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER A LITTLE BIT AGO.

WE'LL SEND OUR THREE SENIOR HIGH ONE ACTS. JUST A REMINDER, OUR 910, ONE ACT PLAYS DON'T GET TO ADVANCE IN THE ONE ACT PLAY SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED VARSITY ONE-ACT PLAYS. SO THAT'S PART OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH ALIGNMENT AND THINGS MOVING FORWARD TO THAT, GIVING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THAT ADVANCING ONE ACT PLAY OPPORTUNITY.

BUT OUR THREES WILL GO HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH DEBATE JUST SENT 139 STUDENTS TO TFA STATE 50 FROM WEST, 47 OR 50 FROM EAST, 47 FROM WEST, AND 42 FROM SENIOR.

WE CAPTURED THREE INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND DID A GREAT WRECKING CREW OF A JOB DOWN THERE BRINGING BACK HARDWARE.

AND WE'VE GOT DOZENS OF STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL NSDA TOURNAMENT TOO. SO AND ROUNDING IT OUT.

I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THIS WITH FULL AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF MY DANCE BACKGROUND AND SKILLS, AND I'M PRETTY GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR. OKAY, BUT I WISH I COULD ARTICULATE MORE ACCURATELY FOR YOU.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT OF OUR 27 PLUS ENSEMBLES THAT HAVE GONE TO EVERYTHING FROM REGIONAL TO STATE TO NATIONAL DANCE COMPETITIONS, I KNOW THAT JAZZ, POP AND HIP HOP WERE THE HOTBED OF WHERE WE WERE REALLY SCORING OUR POINTS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR OFFICERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB, TOO. DR.

MORGAN, IF I CAN INTERRUPT THE SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH FOR A SECOND.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE REASON WHY PHILIP SPENDS SO MUCH TIME AND REALLY, LONNIE, TOO, DIGGING SO DEEPLY INTO THESE UIL COMPETITIONS AND HOW WE PERFORM, BECAUSE THIS IS A METRIC OF SUCCESS FOR US.

YES, THEY ARE GREAT RECOGNITIONS FOR KIDS, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL OF THEM HERE TONIGHT.

AND I MY HEART GROWS THREE SIZES EVERY TIME I EVERY TIME WE GET TO DO THAT.

BUT REALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ENGAGEMENT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW THEY ARE PERFORMING IN THOSE UIL COMPETITIONS.

MUCH LIKE A CTE PROGRAM WOULD BE LOOKING AT CERTIFICATIONS OR ACADEMIC CORE TEACHERS WOULD BE LOOKING AT MAP AND STAAR GROWTH, YOU KNOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT YOU BRING UP AND TO THAT SAME THING, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET ON THE ARTS, THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR ATHLETICS TOO, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE CAN'T GO HEAD TO HEAD, YOU KNOW, HELMET TO HELMET WITH SOMEBODY TO DETERMINE A CHAMPION. SOMETIMES OURS IS VERY SUBJECTIVE, WHICH IN MY OPINION MAKES IT SOMETIMES JUST AS HARD OR HARDER BECAUSE WE DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN. AN ADJUDICATOR LOOKS AT IT AND GOES NOT MY CUP OF TEA TODAY.

AND WE TAKE THE SECOND PLACE OR THE THIRD PLACE.

THAT BEING SAID, THESE CONCERT AND SIGHT READING EVALUATIONS AND APPRAISALS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 38 ENSEMBLES AND WE AVERAGE A 1.14.

THAT IS A GREAT POINT. DOCTOR FREEMAN, BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT ATTENDS US TO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TAKING PLACE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS EVER GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SIGHT READ A PIECE OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.

BUT IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLICATED.

AND OUR, OUR TEACHERS WALK IN WITH OUR STUDENTS AND LOOK LIKE IT'S ABSOLUTE CHILD'S PLAY.

THEY WALK IN. THE STUDENTS ARE READY. THE STUDENTS ARE LEADING THROUGH MOST OF IT, AND THEN THEY CARRY STRAIGHT THROUGH. SO THAT IS THAT IS WELL SAID, AND I APPRECIATE THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION THERE TOO, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE DEEP DIVE INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AND TARGETING WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, MASTERING OUR TECHS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALREADY FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR FINE ARTS, TOO.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY COLLABORATING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. I KNOW ZOHAIB PROBABLY GETS TIRED OF ME SENDING HIM UPDATES, BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY SENDING THINGS ABOUT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, SUCCESS, EVENTS, MARKETING, COMMUNITY AWARENESS.

SO IF YOU FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THAT.

AND DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON, A LOT OF TIME, OR EVEN IN THE SPRING, YOU'LL SEE ME GO LIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SOMETIMES I CAN GET COACH.

HE LIKES TO GO IN THERE WITH ME TOO, AND WE'LL DO A KEY PLAYER ANALYSIS THERE FOR FOOTBALL GAMES.

BUT WE LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH LIVE SOCIAL MEDIA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR NEXT YEAR, TOO, IS TRYING TO WORK ON POSSIBLY EVEN GETTING A LITTLE AREA THERE AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER TO SET UP A KIND OF A MOBILE PODCAST AREA.

SO WHEN STUDENTS COME OVER AND THEY MAKE ALL-STATE, WE CAN PULL THEM IN AND HAVE THEM AS THE FOCUS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT

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DRIVES THEM, WHY THEY SPEND SO MANY HOURS DOING THIS, AND KIND OF MORE THAN JUST BEING ABLE TO HEAR OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE HERE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIMITED. YOU GUYS COULD POSSIBLY HEAR A 20 MINUTE INTERVIEW OF WHAT'S MOTIVATING A STUDENT TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AT UNT, AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON BEING OUR NEXT BAND DIRECTOR HERE AT PLANO ISD.

SO BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, PLEASE, PLEASE LIKE AND PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS.

WE HAVE REACHED OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS ON THE FINE ARTS PAGE, AND WE HAVE 694 LIKES.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT LIKED IT, PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE.

THERE YOU GO. SOME UPDATES AND HONORS AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE WITH DR.

FREEMAN'S PERMISSION RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BECAUSE YOU'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM SOME OF THESE KIDS TONIGHT. AND I DON'T WANT TO RUSH. SO STUDENTS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME WE WANT TO DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE YOU, BUT YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ THIS ON THE VIDEO ON THE REPLAY.

WE HAD OVER 18,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ONLY THOSE ARE OUR STUDENT NUMBERS RIGHT THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAD STUDENTS FROM PROSPER, FROM MCKINNEY, FROM OTHER DISTRICTS THAT CAME IN TO WATCH THE ORCHESTRA. AND FOR THOSE LITTLE BABIES, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'D ACTUALLY SEEN, LIKE, A LIVE ORCHESTRA.

AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FACES. IT'S JUST AMAZING.

WE ALSO HAD THAT IN PARTICIPATION WITH DOCTOR TYRA MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO, TOO.

WE HAD STUDENTS FROM ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AS WELL, THAT CAME IN WITH ALL OF OUR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS WHO GOT TO WATCH THE SHOW AND PRESENT IT TO OUR STUDENTS, WHICH WAS AMAZING. SO WE ALSO HAD PARTICIPANTS FROM EACH PLANO ISD ELEMENTARY SUBMIT FOR THE KINDNESS CARD CONTEST AT MLK, AND WE HAVE 200 ELEMENTARY TEAM ENTRIES. AND TEAM IS THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY ART MEET.

SO THAT'S THINK ON A STEP STUTTER STEP. WE HAVE VASE.

JUNIOR VASE GOES FIRST AND THEN TEAM LEADS THEM INTO JUNIOR VASE.

SO YES MA'AM. TELL US WHAT VASE STANDS FOR. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT.

THAT'S OKAY. VASE IS THE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. AND IT'S THE REALLY, IT'S THE REALLY SWAG.

ABBREVIATION FOR A WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF TIE IN ART VASE TO OUR STUDENTS TO PERFORM IN VISUAL ARTS, AND THEY HAVE GREAT 2D AND 3D COMPETITIONS, BUT IT IS VERY COMPETITIVE.

AND US SENDING 34 STUDENTS IS GOING TO BE AMAZING DOWN THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU SAW THESE GUYS EARLIER? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE HAD 55 ALL STATERS. THOSE THREE ENSEMBLES WERE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR HERE, BUT YOU GUYS SAW THOSE GET TO RECOGNIZE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF PLANO WEST ORCHESTRA, RICE ORCHESTRA AND JASPER A CAPPELLA CHOIR.

PLANO WEST JAZZ ENSEMBLE RECEIVED THEIR SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL FINALIST DESIGNATION TO THE ESSENTIAL ELLINGTON FESTIVAL, SPONSORED BY THE LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ PERFORMANCE, AND THEY WILL BE PERFORMING IN NEW YORK CITY IN MAY.

WE JUST GOT THEIR SLOT TIME. THEY'LL BE PERFORMING ON A THURSDAY AROUND NOON THERE IN NEW YORK CITY.

SO JUST FYI, WE WILL WE'LL BE TRYING TO GET THAT SET UP TO POSSIBLY WHERE I DON'T THINK WE CAN RECORD IT AND SEND IT OUT LIVE, BUT WE'RE THINKING OF WAYS WE CAN GET THAT SEEN.

SO WE TALKED EARLIER AS WELL ABOUT TFA. WE HAD THREE STATE CHAMPIONS.

WE ACTUALLY. THIS IS CELEBRATORY. ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? WE HAVE THE FUNNIEST STUDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE HAVE THE STATE CHAMPION IN HUMOROUS INTERPRETATION, THE STATE CHAMPION IN DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, AND THE STATE CHAMPION IN IMPROMPTU SPEAKING.

SO PRETTY, PRETTY FANTASTIC THERE. AND YOU SAW HOW PLANO WEST ONE PUBLIC FORUM AT HARVARD, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND WE GOT LOTS OF CALLS FOR NATIONALS THERE TO DANCE AND DRILL TEAM.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THEIR CHANCE.

I'M GOING TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. PLANO WEST RECEIVED SECOND PLACE IN OFFICER CONTEMPORARY, THIRD AND OFFICER JAZZ, SECOND IN OFFICER LYRICAL AND FIRST PLACE FINISH IN OFFICER NOVELTY.

THEY GOT SECOND PLACE OVERALL GRAND CHAMPION AT CROWD PLEASERS GALVESTON.

THE EAST GOLDEN GIRLS RECENTLY CAPTURED ACCOLADES AS THE OVERALL GRAND CHAMPION CLASSIC OFFICER GROUP AT CROWD PLEASERS, AND THE PLANO WEST ROYALES ALSO TOOK HOME BANNERS FOR ORLANDO, FLORIDA'S DANCE TEAM UNION NATIONAL TITLE.

FANTASTIC WORK IN OUR DRILL TEAM AND OUR DANCE PROGRAMS. FINALLY, JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW OF. I KNOW THE BOARD HAS BECAUSE THEY GET THEM IN THE UPDATES, BUT WE PARTNER WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME OF THEM ARE FORMER PARTNERSHIPS.

OTHERS ARE ONES WHERE WE SEND STUDENTS TO PLAY FOR THEM SOMETIMES, AND IN RETURN, THEY SEND US A CLINICIAN TO COME AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

ONE OF THOSE IS WITH BROADWAY DALLAS. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BROADWAY DALLAS, WHERE THEY SEND PERFORMERS FROM NATIONALLY TOURING SHOWS TO OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM SING, DANCE. EVALUATE THEM. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME SING WITH THEM.

LAST TIME, I WAS REALLY SAD. THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THEY JUST RAN OUT OF TIME FOR ME. BUT OUR STUDENTS ON STAGE SINGING WITH NATIONALLY TRAVELING PROFESSIONAL ACTORS IS PRETTY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ICEMAN, WHERE THEY SEND OVER GUEST MUSICIANS WITH US AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND MR. KONDRAT AND MR. JENNINGS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL IN WORKING THROUGH THAT.

SO STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ON STAGE WITH THEM AT THE ICEMAN AND HERE AT PISD.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A CURRENT MOU WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR OUR SCHOOL CONCERTS, WHERE OUR STUDENTS GO SEE THESE CONCERTS AT NO CHARGE.

AND THEY ALSO HOST A LOT OF THEIR PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS THERE AT THE ROBINSON. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF LAST ITEMS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, AND MY PRESENTATION HAS JUST THRILLED YOU TO PIECES ABOUT DATA,

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DON'T WORRY, THERE'S STILL OTHER UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING EVENTS FOR BAND TAKING PLACE AND A CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE LIST RIGHT THERE AS THEY'RE COMING UP. AND WE ALSO HAVE ZONE ONE-ACT PLAY AND THE DISTRICT ONE-ACT PLAY COMING UP AT PROSPER ROCK HILL AND PLANO WEST AUDITORIUM, RESPECTIVELY. SO THAT IS A VERY FAST RUN THROUGH ON A LATE EVENING.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW WE'RE DEEP DIVING FINE ARTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PULL THIS DATA FOR YOU AND REPORT IT.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE BOARD TAKING TIME TO HEAR THIS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HEAR STAR DATA AND YOU HEAR LIKE, HARD DATA FROM GOING AND TAKING A TEST, I KNOW WHERE STUDENTS ARE MORE THAN A SCORE HERE, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR KNOWING THAT WHEN FINE ARTS GOES LIKE IT'S NOT JUST AN EASY WALK IN THE PARK FOR US, WE GO THROUGH SOME PRETTY TURBULENT EVALUATIONS WITH SOME VERY CHALLENGING MUSIC, LITERATURE AND THEATER ART ASSIGNMENTS AND CONTESTS TOO.

AND OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY DESERVING OF ALL THOSE ACCOLADES BECAUSE THEY WORK VERY HARD TO MASTER THEIR TEACHERS AS WELL, JUST LIKE THEY DO IN THEIR CORE CLASSES. SO, ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MY GOOD FRIEND.

DID I GO FAST ENOUGH? YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. YOU HAVE A STATEMENT. SO I WILL BE SEEING SIX AT VINES HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY EVENING.

AND SO, JUST TO THE COMMUNITY, TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, CABINET MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE WANTING TO SEE ANY SORT OF SHOW AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

I LOVE IT. THAT'S RIGHT. STUDENT FINE ARTS TICKETS.

THERE WE GO. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I MEAN, AND I KNOW WE GOT COACH COMING UP HERE, BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED AT THE IDEA, ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS BEING MORE THAN A SCORE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AND ACTUALLY GET SOME HARD NUMBERS ABOUT THIS.

EXACTLY RIGHT. HOW ENGAGED OUR KIDS ARE, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS TOTALLY SUPPORT OUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING, TOO. FOR THE FINE ARTS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, I HAVE SEEN OUR STUDENTS, PLAY OR SING WITH THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AND THEY DID A PHENOMENALLY GOOD JOB.

AND PLUS, OUR MUSIC INSTRUCTOR, I THINK MR. SARA.

COUNCIL. YES, YES, SHE DID A PHENOMENALLY GOOD JOB COORDINATING WITH THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

ABSOLUTELY. AT THE, FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHOW, THEY HAD A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOW FOR SO.

AND WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY MUSIC, THEY INVITED PLANO WEST CHORALE TO COME SING WITH THEM, WHICH WAS A BEAUTIFUL ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE TO THE ORCHESTRA. SO.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE. I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU WERE THERE WITH US. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. LONNIE, ARE YOU READY TO GO? ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO TAG YOU OUT OR TAG ME OUT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. HEY, CAN WE GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PHILIP? GREAT JOB. FOR THE RECORD, THIS DELIVERY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND MISS POWELL TO YOUR STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY.

I THINK HE WAS A PRE-K KID. I MEAN, HE'S DONE WELL.

OKAY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO START AND TALK ABOUT LET'S TALK ABOUT ATHLETICS A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL GET INTO THE NUMBERS. WE'LL TALK THROUGH SOME TIMELINES OF, OF WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, SOME MILESTONES THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, BUT FROM AN ENGAGEMENT STANDPOINT OBVIOUSLY ATHLETICS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR KIDS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR AT RISK KIDS THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO REALLY HAVE A PASSION ABOUT SOMETHING AND COME TO SCHOOL.

SO ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO START HERE. OKAY.

WE'VE GOT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IN-SEASON SPORTS. SO WE WENT AND PULLED NUMBERS FOR JUST ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CURRENT SPORTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE COMPETING NOW.

WE JUST FINISHED GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL. IT WAS A GREAT SEASON.

HAD OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL B TEAM TOURNAMENT, WHICH MOST DISTRICTS DON'T DO.

WE HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL, A TEAM TOURNAMENT. BOTH OF THEM WERE A BIG SUCCESS.

TRACK IS IN SEASON RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET, YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

WE'LL HAVE ONE TOMORROW NIGHT. AT KIMBRO STADIUM.

THERE WILL BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE. WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF KIDS COMPETING.

AND IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY SOMETHING NEAT TO SEE.

THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ADD BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER.

SO THIS IS A NEW THIS IS INITIATIVE FOR THIS YEAR.

WE ARE WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS TO COMPETE THAN EVER BEFORE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 1300, WELL, RIGHT AT 1300 MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS COMPETING IN SOCCER FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND IN THE SPRING. YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE RIGHT AROUND 4000 KIDS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL COMPETING.

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SO EXCITING STUFF. ALL RIGHT. AS WE LOOK AT JUST KIND OF SOME TREND NUMBERS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO DOWN.

EXCUSE ME. LET ME PUT MY GLASSES ON. OKAY. YOU CAN GO DOWN AND LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE IN SEVENTH GRADE ATHLETICS OVER THREE YEAR TREND OR OVER THREE YEAR PERIOD, WE'VE INCREASED 23%.

EIGHTH GRADE ATHLETICS. WE SEE AN OVERALL THREE YEAR TREND OF AN INCREASE IN 20.5%.

AND THEN PRE ATHLETICS AT THE BOTTOM. SO WE HAVE AN INCREASE EACH YEAR IN PRE ATHLETICS.

AND IN TALKING WITH OUR COACHES THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COACHES TO GET DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS AND OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT ATHLETICS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT FROM I MEAN, JUST FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF IT TO THE SENSE OF URGENCY TO THE INTENSITY.

AND SO, WE SEE A DROP FROM OUR SIXTH GRADE YEAR TO OUR SEVENTH GRADE YEAR.

BUT THAT'S NORMAL. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. IT GIVES KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE. IS ATHLETICS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF? AND THEN IF NOT MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO FINE ARTS.

I WOULD SAY THAT THESE KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED AS EARLY AS THE SIXTH GRADE ARE GOING TO STAY INVOLVED IN SOMETHING.

SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THEM GIVE ATHLETICS A TRY.

SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD FOR US. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL IN-SEASON SPORTS. SO WE'VE GOT CURRENTLY 1800 STUDENTS, 1823 PARTICIPATING.

WE'VE GOT EXCUSE ME, GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL.

JUST FINISHED. YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE SIDE, THE PLANO EAST GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HAD AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE YEAR.

THEY WERE ONE GAME AWAY FROM THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE THANK YOU.

IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRUE STATE TOURNAMENT OR REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

SO NORMALLY THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN AUSTIN OR SAN ANTONIO.

SORRY. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, PLAYED A GAME THERE, BEEN GIVEN MEDALS AND TROPHIES AT THE END.

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY SPLIT IT.

THEY SPLIT THE DIVISION. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY ARE MAILING US THE SEMIFINAL TROPHY, THEY'RE MAILING US THE BRONZE MEDALS AND WE'LL HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION. SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WHEN THAT'S COMING.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A WRESTLING NUMBERS. BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF NUMBERS, BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS NUMBERS.

SOCCER IS IN SEASON RIGHT NOW. GREAT THING ABOUT SOCCER WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY HAVING FOUR TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS.

SO TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. WE'RE PLANO EAST IS PLAYING TONIGHT, SO I'LL FIND OUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT WHETHER HOW THEY DID AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT TWO GIRLS TEAMS THAT HAVE CLINCHED.

WE'VE GOT ONE BOY'S TEAM. THE WEST TEAM IS CLINCHED, AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF PLANO EAST WILL.

SO, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING STUFF. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TRACK.

HOSTED A BIG TRACK MEET THIS. I GUESS IT WAS TWO, TWO WEEKENDS AGO.

AND THEN WE WILL BE HOSTING THE DISTRICT SIX, SIX, EIGHT TRACK THIS YEAR.

OKAY. CHEERLEADING. SO, WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS, WE'VE GOT SOME TRENDS HERE FOR CHEERLEADING.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A DIP FROM 22 TO 23. AND THEN IN ASSOCIATION FROM 23-24 TO 24-25 IS WHEN WE COMBINED, AND WE UNIFIED NINTH GRADE CHEER AND WITH THE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A BIG JUMP THERE.

SO THAT IS PROVING TO BE THAT'S PROVING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR OUR CHEER PROGRAMS. IF WE LOOK AT JUST ACCOLADES. SO, PLANO SENIOR HIGH WAS UCA CAMP TRADITIONS AWARD WINNER OVERALL SPIRIT CHAMPIONSHIP. THE PLANO WEST CHEER WAS A DIVISION WINNER AT THE UCA CAMP.

WE HAD PLANO EAST CHEER WHICH MADE THE UIL STATE COMPETITION.

THEY MADE THE FINALS AND THEN THEY WERE 11TH OVERALL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

PLANO EAST CHEER, NCAA NATIONALS, DALLAS COWBOYS, CHEERLEADER, NATIONALS.

THEY WERE NATIONAL CHAMPS, THE FRESHMAN MEDIUM GROUP.

WE HAD A NOVICE JV FRESHMAN CROWD LEADING. THEY WERE NATIONAL CHAMPS AND LEVEL CHAMPIONS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS OUR ATHLETIC TEAMS. JUST PLAYOFFS SO FAR THIS YEAR AND AGAIN, SOCCER IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE YET BECAUSE THAT'LL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. BUT WE'VE GOT PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

IN VOLLEYBALL, WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SIMONE HURD WAS SELECTED 6A ALL STATE FOR VOLLEYBALL.

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THAT'S A, IT'S AN EXTREMELY SO THAT'S A PERSONAL IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT.

BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THEM. THEY WERE STATE SEMIFINALIST.

BOYS BASKETBALL FOR PLANO EAST WAS BY DISTRICT FINALIST.

PLANO SENIOR HIGH HAD THREE STATE QUALIFIERS FOR WRESTLING.

PLANO WEST HAD FOUR STATE QUALIFIERS FOR WRESTLING AND TWO STATE QUALIFIERS FOR SWIMMING.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE WE HAVE COACH WESTER AGAIN.

HE WAS RECOGNIZED AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FOR ALL THAT HE DID WITH THAT 40-0 TEAM LAST YEAR.

SO THEY'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT HIM IN THE PLANO EAST PANTHERS.

OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT ACADEMIC, ALL-STATE AND COLLEGIATE SIGNEES.

THIS IS SUPER IMPRESSIVE. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN.

WE'VE GOT 100 ACADEMIC ALL STATE QUALIFIERS AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON.

GUYS WE STILL HAVE I MEAN, WE'RE PLAYING GOLF.

WE'RE PLAYING TENNIS. WE STILL HAVE WE GOT TRACK AND FIELD.

WE'VE GOT SOCCER. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF SPORTS THAT HAVE YET TO PUT THESE NUMBERS IN.

AND SO IT'S REALLY AN INCREDIBLE THING TO SEE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR.

WE'VE GOT 100 ALREADY. AND THEN FROM COLLEGIATE SIGNEES WE'RE LOOKING AT 48.

YOU'VE HAD 18 AT PLANO EAST, 17 AT PLANO SENIOR AND 13 AT PLANO WEST.

SO AND WE'LL STILL HAVE A SPRING SIGNING AGAIN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAVE ONE MORE SIGNING TO DO. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OFF AND TAKE WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE, WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED HERE, AND THEN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO PLAY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, WHICH IS.

AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM SHOULD KNOW. THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO GET ACCEPTED TO A COLLEGE, BUT FOR SOMEBODY TO COME SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO PLAY FOR US. YOU'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY GOOD.

SO, THAT'S EXCITING. THOSE ARE EXCITING NUMBERS THERE.

OKAY. NOW JUST LET'S TALK ABOUT KIND OF MILESTONES.

SO, WHERE WE'VE STARTED, WHERE WE ARE AND MAYBE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT YEAR.

SO IN 2021 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WENT AWAY FROM THE 910.

INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THAT BOTH FED INTO ONE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW, WE STARTED WITH OUR 10TH GRADE FOOTBALL TEAMS, AND WE COMBINED THOSE.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT HAD BEEN DONE. THE UIL STILL AT THAT POINT HAD NOT DECIDED THAT WE COULD GO TO A COMPREHENSIVE NINE THROUGH 12 SYSTEM AND COMPETE LIKE THAT. BUT FROM A JV STANDPOINT, WE COULD.

SO WE TOOK OUR SOPHOMORE TEAMS AND WE COMBINED THEM IN OUR FEEDER PATTERNS.

IN 2021-22, BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. WE DID THE SAME THING THERE.

SO WE TOOK OUR 10TH GRADE TEAMS. WE COMBINED THEM INTO A JV TWO PER CLUSTER.

WE ALSO INITIATED SIXTH GRADE PRE ATHLETICS. THAT YEAR, 2022-23 BEGAN THE ALIGNMENT OF TEAM COLORS, MASCOTS, UNIFORMS FOR ALL THE CLUSTERS SOUGHT CONSIDERATION FROM THE UIL FOR NINTH GRADE TEAMS AND FEEDER PATTERNS.

AND WE WERE DENIED THAT YEAR. SO, I THINK WE I THINK WITH CELINDA AND COACH SMITH, I THINK THEY WENT TO THE UIL ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND IT WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THEY WERE FINALLY GRANTED.

SO IN 22-23 WE WERE DENIED. CAN I INTERJECT SOMETHING? I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES LIKE WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE ALIGNED OUR TEAM COLORS, SCOTS.

WE STARTED PUTTING PAINT ON THE WALLS TO MATCH, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THAT 912 CONCEPT.

WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WELL, WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? IS IT AN ADDITIONAL COST? AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT AGAIN THAT IT WAS NOT AT AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT ALL OF THESE UPGRADES, IF YOU WILL, ARE MERGING THAT WE DID WAS DONE THROUGH OUR GENERAL REFRESH OF UNIFORMS. SO, AND I KNOW WE HAD IT SCHEDULED OUT TO ALIGN WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS ON WHEN WE WERE REFURBISHING OR REDOING THINGS AT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE. IT'S TAKING IT.

WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET IT ALL COMPLETED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I KNOW WE GET THAT QUESTION SOMETIMES FROM PEOPLE, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S NOT IT WASN'T AT AN ADDITIONAL COST TO DO THAT.

OKAY. AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG TASK.

SO I WOULD SAY KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR, FOR GETTING THROUGH JUST THAT PROCESS OF COMBINING THAT JUST THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU'VE GOT TO TALK TO FOLKS THAT ARE THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR COLORS OR THEIR CAMPUS THAT THEY'RE ON, WHATEVER THAT IS.

I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING, BUT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD MOVE FOR PLANO ISD ATHLETICS.

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SO THAT WAS 22-23 AGAIN DENIED BY THE UIL AND 2324 CONTINUATION OF COLORS AND MASCOTS AND ALIGNMENT OF 910 CAMPUSES, AND THEN FINALLY RECEIVED THE APPROVAL FROM THE UIL TO MERGE THE NINTH GRADE TEAMS, WHICH IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED.

SO, I THINK AT THAT POINT YOU BECAME THE, IT WAS THE BEGINNING STAGES OF A NINE THROUGH 12.

AND SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN A LITTLE MORE IN A MINUTE.

BUT JV2S HISTORICALLY BACK IN THE DAY YOU HAD A FRESHMAN TEAM, YOU HAD A SOPHOMORE TEAM AND THEN YOU HAD A JV AND THEN YOU HAD A VARSITY. WELL, IN NINE THROUGH 12 COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES NOW THEY HAVE A FRESHMAN TEAM AND THEN THEY HAVE A JV.

AND THAT JV IS A MIXTURE OF ALL SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS.

AND SO, AT THIS POINT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH US.

WE WERE NO LONGER BY GRADE LEVEL. SO, NOW YOU'VE GOT THIS MIXED JV SQUAD.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO I THINK THAT'LL COME BACK UP HERE IN A MINUTE AND WE'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT.

24-25 SO THIS YEAR FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL MERGED NINTH GRADE TEAMS. THAT HAS GONE REALLY WELL ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THE LOGISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING COACHES TO PICK KIDS UP AT THIS CAMPUS AND TAKE THEM TO THAT CAMPUS FOR PRACTICE AND TRYING TO GET KIDS FOR A GAME IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO GO PICK SOME UP OVER HERE AND THEN SHUTTLE THEM OVER THERE AND PICK THAT GROUP UP AND THEN TAKE THEM TO WHEREVER IT IS THEY'RE GOING. I MEAN, IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK. AND SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE CAN HANDLE THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE, GET KIDS TO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG LIFT.

BUT WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD ON THAT, AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT IT EVERY DAY.

AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT OUR KIDS ALL COMPETING TOGETHER NOW THE TALENT POOL JUST GOT MUCH GREATER.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO SEE HUGE BENEFITS FROM THIS.

AND IT WON'T BE NECESSARILY OVERNIGHT, BUT WE WILL SEE GREAT BENEFITS AS A RESULT.

SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WITNESSED IS WE GO IN TO THIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE COMPLETE UNIFICATION AND NINTH GRADE TEAMS TRAVELING TO PRACTICE TOGETHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS WE'VE GOT I'M GOING TO TAKE FOOTBALL IN PARTICULAR.

THEY'VE GOT THEIR VARSITY ATHLETIC PERIOD. THEIR JV ATHLETIC PERIOD, AND THEIR NINTH GRADE ATHLETIC PERIOD ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

SO MY BEST COACHES, WHEN I SAY MY MORE EXPERIENCED COACHES AT THE VARSITY LEVEL, CANNOT BE IN THE FRESHMAN PERIOD. THEY CAN'T BE AT A FRESHMAN PRACTICE.

THEY CAN'T HELP MENTOR THOSE COACHES AND GROW THOSE COACHES AND BUILD CULTURE IN THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO NEXT YEAR IS SPLIT THAT.

I'M GOING TO HAVE, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHICH FEEDER PATTERN YOU'RE IN.

BUT WE'LL HAVE VARSITY JV ATHLETICS IN THE MORNING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FRESHMAN ATHLETICS IN THE AFTERNOON OR VICE VERSA.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH PRINCIPALS AND SLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR COACHES AND ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR MORE EXPERIENCED COACHES, RIGHT. OUR HIGH VALUE COACHES CAN BE IN BOTH OF THOSE PRACTICES TO HELP SET TONE, TO HELP CREATE CULTURE, TO HELP CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY IN THOSE PRACTICES, AND THEN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR FRESHMEN AS THEY BRING THEM UP THROUGH THE PROGRAM. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT SECOND BULLET SAYS WE'RE ALSO ALIGNING PRE ATHLETICS.

SO PRE ATHLETICS GREAT THING. BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO IN IN SOME CLUSTERS OR AT SOME SCHOOLS YOU KNOW THEY SET PRE ATHLETICS UP THIS WAY.

MAYBE THE KIDS ARE SPLIT INTO MULTIPLE PE PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN LITTLE YOU KNOW PRE ATHLETICS GROUP.

AND THEN IN SOME SCHOOLS WE'VE GOT IT IN ONE PERIOD WHERE ALL THOSE KIDS ARE IN THE SAME PERIOD.

WELL, THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE WANT. WE WANT FOR OUR COACHES TO KNOW WHAT TIME OF THE DAY ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ALL OF OUR PRE ATHLETICS KIDS? AND THEN HOW CAN WE WORK OUR SENIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULES SO THAT THOSE COACHES CAN GET DOWN THERE AND BE WITH THOSE KIDS.

SO, WE'RE PUSHING AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT WORKED OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR JV2 PROGRAMS. AND THIS IS THIS IS NEW. BUT I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL I THINK IT'S NECESSARY.

WE'VE GOT SOME JV2 PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY IN OUR COURT SPORTS.

SO WHEN YOU ARE INDOORS YOU GOT VOLLEYBALL, AND YOU'VE GOT BASKETBALL.

WE'RE RUNNING FIVE TEAMS. I GOT FIVE BASKETBALL TEAMS, FIVE VOLLEYBALL TEAMS. WELL, EVERYBODY IN THE METROPLEX IS ONLY RUNNING FOUR.

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AND SO IT CREATES AN ISSUE FOR SCHEDULING. OKAY, I CAN'T IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BUILD A SCHEDULE FOR A JV2 TEAM THAT HAS ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL COMPETITION TO IT WHEN THERE'S NO TEAMS OUT THERE TO PLAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE RUN INTO. AND, YOU KNOW, ALLEN MCKINNEY, PROSPER, LEWISVILLE, PRINCETON.

NONE OF THEM HAVE JV TEAMS FOR THEIR BASKETBALL TEAMS OR YOU KNOW, OR THEIR VOLLEYBALL TEAMS. SO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOT FOR VOLLEYBALL, I BELIEVE IT'S HIGHLAND PARK AND BISHOP LYNCH AND THEN OUR THREE SCHOOLS.

AND SO, THERE'S FIVE TEAMS THAT WE'VE CREATED A DISTRICT WITH.

AND THEY JUST HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING EACH OTHER ALL YEAR LONG. AND SO, IT'S REALLY IT LOSES SOME OF THE MEANING.

SO, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS IN SOME OF THOSE SPORTS, PARTICULARLY OUR INDOOR SPORTS, WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH THE JV2. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS NOW ON THE TALENT POOL FOR OUR JV.

THAT WILL THEN MOVE UP TO VARSITY AND HELP US COMPETE AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.

OUR OUTDOOR SPORTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. SOCCER IS A REALLY GROWING SPORT.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A JV2. FOOTBALL IS NOT AN ISSUE.

IT'S A NO CUT SPORT. EVERYBODY'S GOT A JV TWO.

SO SPACE ISN'T AN ISSUE IN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY IN GOOD SHAPE THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE ENDS OF MY SLIDES.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR ME ABOUT ATHLETICS AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS? THANK YOU FOR THE WATER. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON LIMITING JV2 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. BUT IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVE SPORTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, ARE WE ARE WE LIMITING THERE OR.

NO. SO, IT'S JUST THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. OKAY.

SO, WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN WE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY LIMITING WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANYTHING OUT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE'VE ADDED.

SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE ADDED SOCCER. FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL IT'S ABOUT YEAR ROUND COMPETITION.

WE WANT OUR KIDS COMPETING, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND.

SO, WE TRY TO, AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE OFFERINGS SMALL SO THAT OUR KIDS ARE ALL COMPETING AND THEY'RE NOT CHOOSING.

WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO REALLY START SPECIALIZING, BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, THOSE NUMBER DROPS ARE ABOUT SPECIALIZATION. AND IT COULD BE THAT THEY GO INTO CHEER, OR THEY GO INTO CHOIR, OR THEY GO INTO ORCHESTRA, OR THEY JUST CHOOSE ONE SPORT, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE OTHERS ANYMORE.

IT'S ALSO WE HAVE A B TEAM. SO, IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT THAT, LIKE WE DON'T JV, JV2, BUT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IT'S A B TEAMS AND WE HAVE THOSE IN ALL REPRESENTED IN ALL OF OUR SPORTS.

THE OTHER THING THAT THAT COACH IS TALKING ABOUT TOO IS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S THAT ONE ATHLETIC PERIOD.

YOU'RE EITHER IN BOYS ATHLETICS, YOU'RE IN GIRLS ATHLETICS AND YOU WERE IN IT YEAR ROUND.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN BASKETBALL, WHICH YOU WOULD NOT WANT ME TO, THEN I'M AN OFF SEASON, RIGHT? AND THEN IF I'M, YOU KNOW, GOING TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL THEN I'M IN SEASON.

SO WE KEEP THOSE KIDS YEAR ROUND DOING SOMETHING ATHLETICALLY WITH THEM.

SO AND THAT PRETTY MUCH ANSWERS IT. YES, WE HAVE A TEAMS AND B TEAMS AND REALLY EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRACK AND FIELD.

TRACK AND FIELD IS A NO CUT SPORT. NOW YOU CAN ONLY YOU CAN ONLY TRAVEL SO MANY TO A MEET.

BUT THEY TRY TO ROTATE THAT SO KIDS GET AN OPPORTUNITY.

ANY OTHER ATHLETIC QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS NOT A QUESTION BUT JUST A COMMENT.

ONE I WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE TWO AMAZING, OUTSTANDING DIRECTORS.

YOU ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, BEST FRIENDS OR BROTHERS.

BUT TRULY SO SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER AND EACH OTHER'S WORK BECAUSE I THINK YOU ALL BOTH SHARE IN COMMON THE VISION OF HOW IMPORTANT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS FOR STUDENTS. AND AS MUCH AS WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO SAY THAT OUR KIDS COME TO SCHOOL FOR THE ACADEMIC PORTION.

THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IT STARTS OUT WITH THE ACADEMIC PORTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT AS KIDS GET OLDER, THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF SCHOOL THE FINDING, THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMICS BECOMES THEN THE REAL PURPOSE IN THEIR SCHOOL.

AND YOU'RE BUILDING MEMORIES, BUT YOU'RE ALSO BUILDING LEADERS TO THROUGH YOUR PROGRAMS. AND I'VE SEEN THAT FIRSTHAND. NOT ONLY DO YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT, BUT YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR COACHES DO DAILY WITH OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIT AND INTERFACE WITH OUR STUDENTS AS THEY'RE COMPETING,

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AS THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT, EITHER ON THE FIELD OR ON THE STAGE, I MEAN, THEY ARE EXCELLING AND THEY ARE CARRYING THEMSELVES WITH A WHOLE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT THEY WILL CARRY OUTSIDE OF, OF HIGH SCHOOL AND ONTO THEIR COLLEGE YEARS AND ONTO THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS AS WELL.

AND SO, I'M SO PROUD OF YOUR PROGRAMS. I'M PROUD OF YOU.

I'M PROUD OF YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR COACHES AND EVERYTHING.

AND PROUD OF THIS BOARD FOR BEING SO INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE TO POUR INTO OUR KIDS, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT POUR INTO OUR KIDS IN A VERY WELL-ROUNDED FASHION AND MANNER.

SO THANK YOU FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND I'M, I ALWAYS ENJOY HEARING OUR, OUR STATS, BUT ALSO JUST WHERE WE ARE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT OUR KIDS.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS. AND I KNOW PHILLIP WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.

I, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE IN EDUCATION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR ATHLETICS.

AND I DON'T THINK PHILLIP WOULD BE IN EDUCATION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

I KNOW HE WAS AN ATHLETE AS WELL. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH FINE ARTS WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS A SENIOR AND I REALIZED, HOLY SMOKES, SHE CAN SING. AND SO I'VE BEEN TO I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO WHAT'S FML.

WHAT IS IT? DAUGHTER WAS AT TAMMY. TAMMY. I WENT TO TMEA AS A COACH, I DIDN'T I FELT LOST, BUT IT WAS. BUT IT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND SO TO YOUR POINT, TO SEE KIDS COMPETE AND BE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING AND COME TO SCHOOL WHEN? WHEN OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT NOT TO SEE THE LOVE THAT PARENTS HAVE FOR THEIR KIDS AS THEY WATCH THEIR KIDS COMPETE.

YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A COMMUNITY THING. AND I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH PLANO SINCE I WALKED IN THE DOOR WITH THE WAY OUR KIDS ACT, THE WAY OUR COACHES COACH. AND SO I KNOW YOU GAVE SOME SHOUT OUTS TO YOURS, BUT WE HAVE SOME GREAT COACHES HERE.

AND THEN WATCHING OUR KIDS COMPETE AND THE WAY THEY COMPETE HAS, HAS BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO BOARD. THANK YOU. CABINET. THANK YOU. DR. WILLIAMS. DR. FREEMAN. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. NO MORE QUESTIONS.

WELL, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. OH. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I HAVE A COMMENT, TOO. GO AHEAD. WELL, I USUALLY GO LAST, BUT.

OKAY. I LEARNED SO MUCH TONIGHT. BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN.

AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ATHLETICS, AND WE STARTED THAT IN THE PANDEMIC, THINK ABOUT THAT. AND EVERY YEAR AND THAT THREE YEARS THAT IT TOOK TO GET THE UIL ALIGNMENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND IT'S ALL FOR THAT AGENCY THAT OUR KIDS HAVE IN THEIR EDUCATION, BECAUSE THAT GIVES THEM OWNERSHIP OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY'RE MOTIVATED TO EXCEL IN THEIR ACADEMICS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CO-CURRICULARS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT DOCTOR HENDRICK WOULD BE SO PROUD OF HOW THIS HAS TRANSITIONED OVER, YOU KNOW, 35 YEARS SINCE HE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE WHEN HIS BOARD AND HE CREATED THE NINE, TEN, 11, 12. BUT TO SEE HOW WELL IT'S COME BACK TOGETHER AND REALLY SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATION, THIS IS AMAZING. AND SO THE DATA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING FROM THAT I FORGET THE NAME OF IT.

CADENZA. THAT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE TOO. SO THANK YOU I LEARNED SO MUCH TONIGHT AND SOMETIMES I ALREADY KNOW THESE PRESENTATIONS.

SO THIS I LEARNED A LOT. SORRY I THOUGHT WE HAD SLIDES LEFT.

AND SO I WAS TRYING TO HOLD MY COMMENTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD MORE SLIDES LEFT.

WE DO. WE DON'T HAVE ANY ATHLETIC SLIDES. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME LISA.

NO, IT'S WILSON SLIDES. IT'S FINE. IT'S THE BIGGEST RULE BREAKER OF THE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS DURING PRESENTATIONS.

I'M JUST TRYING. SO I ALSO JUST APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU.

AND AS THE CONVERSATION, BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

YOU HEAR A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC KIND OF LANGUAGE.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT DOES NOT LIKE EXACTLY, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID, THAT DOES NOT EITHER UNDERSTAND OR HONOR THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THESE OTHER THINGS HAVE FOR OUR KIDS TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

RIGHT? EVEN JUST BEYOND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, WHICH IS A HUGE ONE, LIKE TEAMWORK, TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS HYGIENE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ATHLETES, LIKE MAKING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE BOY.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. HE'S GOOD. BUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR GEAR, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR STUFF, SOMETIMES WINNING AND SOMETIMES LOSING,

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YOU KNOW, AND THE WAY THAT YOU DEAL WITH FAILURE AND THE WAY YOU LEARN FROM FAILURE IS OFTEN MUCH, MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT YOU LEARN FROM WINNING, RIGHT? FAILURE AND LOSS IS SUCH A SUCH A OPPORTUNITY IN MANY, MANY CASES.

AND Y'ALL'S PROGRAMS TEACH OUR STUDENTS THAT IN WAYS THAT MANY OF OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS DO NOT.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, COACH JORDAN, I DROVE BY PLANO SENIOR HIGH.

I COME DOWN TO INDEPENDENCE WHEN I'M COMING HERE. AND I SAW OUR WILDCAT BOYS OUT ON THAT NEW BASEBALL FIELD, AND THEY HAD DEMOLISHED THE OLD SOFTBALL FIELD, I GUESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE STILL WORKING ON THE NEW BASEBALL FIELD. AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SO EXCITING TO SEE THEM OUT THERE, SEE THEM USING THOSE NEW FACILITIES THAT OUR COMMUNITY PUT IN THE AGREED TO IN THE BOND.

AND WE ARE PUTTING TO WORK AND THAT WHOLE PROJECT.

AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A SPORTS PERSON OR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT A FINE ARTS PERSON OR ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE, I THINK YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A MASSIVE APPRECIATION AND HAVE THAT HOMETOWN PRIDE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T HAVE THAT HOMETOWN PRIDE DRIVING PAST THOSE FIELDS AND SEEING THOSE STUDENTS OUT THERE PRACTICING.

YES. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED.

THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE ON THEM. AND THE SOFTBALL GIRLS ARE PRACTICING ON THEIR FIELDS, AND IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE.

IT REALLY IS. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. AND THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR PASSING THAT BOND.

THAT'S GOOD. WELL, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE DID THIS PRESENTATION AND ALL THE STATISTICS, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE HOW WE IMPROVE FINE ARTS AND OUR ATHLETICS AND HOW THESE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY HELP IGNITE OUR STUDENT LEARNING AND EXPAND OUR STUDENT LEARNING AND THEIR SUCCESS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU TWO ARE AMAZING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. GREAT REPORT. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

I'M CUTTING YOU OFF. MY MISTAKE. THAT'S OKAY.

BUT DR. FREEMAN, CAN YOU CLICK FOR ME? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CLICKER.

I WE CLEARLY HAVE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADDITIONAL SPIN TO THIS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER WAYS STUDENTS CAN GET ENGAGED.

AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. KIDS COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AND ABLE TO GET INVOLVED IN.

THERE ARE SOME ACADEMIC CONNECTED. SOME OF THESE AREN'T REALLY NECESSARILY ACADEMIC CONNECTED, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OUR STUDENTS HAVE JUST THESE ARE JUST SOME QUICK EXAMPLES.

SO AT ELEMENTARY THIS YEAR, YOU'LL RECALL THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE ADDED UIL ACADEMICS COMPETITIONS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE HAD 684 KIDDOS GET INVOLVED. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR A FIRST YEAR.

IF YOU SLIDE OVER TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU'LL SEE WE ONLY HAD 488 AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT ELEMENTARY INVOLVEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BOOST THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME CODING AND COMPUTING ROBOTICS TYPES ACTIVITIES THAT STUDENTS CAN GET ENGAGED IN.

WE HAVE ELEMENTARY CODING CLUBS, YOU'LL SEE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU'LL ALSO SEE HIGH SCHOOL CODING CLUBS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

KIDS CAN ENGAGE IN THE SPELLING BEE, AND OF COURSE, OUR STUDENT COUNCIL AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO REALLY PRACTICE THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS IS ALL VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT WAS PHILIP, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WAYS OF WORKING FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE TO HIGH. WE HAVE ROBOTICS THAT WAY. SO WE WORK FROM THE FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TO THE FIRST TECH CHALLENGE.

AND THEN IF YOU'LL CLICK FOR ME, DOCTOR FREEMAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE SAME PATTERNS OUR PALS CLASS, OUR ACADEMIC.

YOU'LL OF COURSE, OUR ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAMS THAT YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR JROTC PROGRAM.

YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS AGAIN, WE'RE COMPUTING CLUBS AND THEN A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT STUDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN THROUGH CTE AND REALLY PRACTICING THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN A REAL ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN OUR HOPE SQUAD, YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT HOPE SQUAD BEFORE, WHERE STUDENTS TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER.

SO JUST A LOT OF WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN GET ENGAGED.

A LOT OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ALSO IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AND DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF A FLAVOR OF OTHER WAYS OUR STUDENTS CAN GET ENGAGED IN PLANO.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND OUR KIDS ARE VERY FORTUNATE.

I AM SO SORRY THAT I CUT YOU OFF. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR LISA? I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN REALLY LONG AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THIS LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR A LONG TIME.

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AND JUST LIKE WE'RE PUSHING CCMR AND OUR KIDS TO START THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AS EARLY AS PRE-K.

THIS IS A PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. AND SO HAVING THE ABILITY TO ADD YOUTH PROGRAMS AT ELEMENTARY AND THAT BUDGET ALLOCATION WAS HUGE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THAT AS FAR AS MAKING CERTAIN THINGS A PRIORITY IN OUR DISTRICT, THAT WE HAVE HELD TIGHT TO PROGRAMS THAT ELEVATE AND AMPLIFY STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS. AND SO THIS WILL BE ONE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT INFORMATION AND GROW AND BRING BACK.

AND SO THIS IS WE CAN TAKE THIS SLIDE TONIGHT AS OUR BASELINE.

GREAT WORK. THANK YOU ALL. CAN I JUST I'M JUST GOING TO I'M GOING TO DO A PLUG FOR JROTC AND FFA BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE ESSENTIAL TO MY CHILDREN DOING WELL AND TAKING ON LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AND BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY ARE AS YOUNG ADULTS NOW.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR KIDS ARE THE BEST WEAPON AGAINST ANYBODY SAYING THAT KIDS CAN DO BETTER SOMEPLACE ELSE.

RIGHT. I YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU LOOK AT THE SUCCESS, AND YOU'RE LIKE, SO THERE ANY OF YOU PEOPLE WHO THINK YOUR KIDS DON'T BELONG HERE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA. AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.1, WHICH IS POLICIES.

[10.1 Approval of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 124, Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List and Review of (LEGAL) Policies included in the Policy Update under First Reading]

AND WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 124 AFFECTING OUR LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND A REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER FIRST READING. DOCTOR FREEMAN, I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO PRESENT.

UPDATE 124 WAS REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AND THE DISTRICT'S LEGAL COUNSEL.

LOCAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE ARE INCLUDED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND ARE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 124 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 124 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO. ALL RIGHT. I WILL THEN CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT.

I SEE THAT THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE HAVE ITEM 10.2, WHICH IS POLICIES, AND IT IS THE ADOPTION OF

[10.2 Adoption of policy DAA(LOCAL) Employment Objectives: Equal Employment Opportunity on First and Final Reading DAA(LOCAL)]

POLICY DA LOCAL WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.