Apr 08, 2025 Regular Board Meeting

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HEY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

AND NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:30 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO WELCOME EVERYONE.

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

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

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

TO MY LEFT SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

SELENDA FREEMAN. EXCUSE ME. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ. TRUSTEE JERI CHAMBERS, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK.

SEATED TO MY RIGHT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT. I HAVE TO SEE THE SCRIPT TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT. DR. LAUREN TYRA, TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES, LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LIFE READINESS.

DR. PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DR.

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

AND DANNY STOCKTON, THE EASIEST OF ALL CHIEF OF STAFF, SHORT TITLE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING, WE ARE HONORED. I'LL MOVE TO PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH IS ITEM TWO.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE SOME OF OUR AWARD WINNING THEATER ART STUDENTS FROM PLANO WEST HERE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS. WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND Y'ALL COME UP.

OF ALLEGIANCE & TEXAS PLEDGE] WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE TO LEAD OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING.

AND CAN WE GET YOU TO COME BACK UP? AND WE CAN TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK YOUR NAME AND YOUR GRADE LEVEL.

DO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR THAT? THANK YOU SHAUNA. JUST SAY YOUR NAME. ALL RIGHT. HI THERE.

I'M CLAIRE COCKRELL AND I'M A JUNIOR. I'M JASPER WOLF, AND I'M A JUNIOR.

I'M KATHERINE COCKRELL AND I'M A JUNIOR. I'M ADDISON ROSENTHALL AND I'M A JUNIOR.

AND DID WE GET A PHOTO? OH. YOU DID. OKAY, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE ANY OF THIS. ALL RIGHT.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO RECOGNITIONS. AND THE SLIDE PRESENTATION SHOULD BE ROLLING.

AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SCROLLING PRESENTATION, WE HAVE SOME VERY TALENTED STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS EXCELLING AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. KUDOS TO PLANO EAST SENIOR CHLOE LEE, WHO WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

YES, PUBLISHED IN THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE FOR HER RESEARCH ON A TYLENOL.

ALTERNATIVE THAT IS LESS TOXIC TO THE LIVER. SHE JUST FINISHED COMPETING AS A REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH TOP 40 FINALIST AND WILL COMPETE AT THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR IN COLUMBUS, OHIO IN A FEW WEEKS.

BEST OF LUCK, CHLOE [APPLAUSE]. AND THEN ALSO HATS OFF TO PLANO EAST'S OWN ZARA I'M SORRY ZARA KAMORUDEEN WHO WAS RECENTLY SELECTED BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES AS A STUDENT ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR. ZARA WAS ONE OF ONLY 21 GIRLS CHOSEN AMONG ASSISTANTS ACROSS ALL SIX UIL CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE ENTIRE STATE. WELL DONE ZARA [APPLAUSE].

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PLANO WEST VARSITY SOCCER TEAM WHO MADE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR IN THE STATE FINALS.

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WAY TO GO, WOLFPACK [APPLAUSE]! FINALLY, PLANO ISD LEADERS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED OUR 2024 -2025 SUPERINTENDENT 100 WITH SURPRISE VISITS TO THEIR CAMPUSES AND THEIR FACILITIES.

THESE DEDICATED SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS, WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE SLIDES THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE THIS EVENING, WERE HONORED AT LAST WEEK'S PLANO ISD SALUTE TO SERVICE EVENT, WHERE FOUR OF THEM WERE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2025 SUPERINTENDENT SERVICE AWARD . OUR FOUR SUPERINTENDENT SERVICE AWARD DISTRICT WINNERS ARE JAVIER MORENO, MECHANIC LEVEL THREE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SHARON PRICE, SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, CAROL SALAZAR-ROJAS, OFFICE MANAGER AT ROSE HAGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FELICIA TSIRIGOTIS, RESTORATIVE CLASSROOM ASSISTANT AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MANY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE WELL DESERVING MEMBERS AND STUDENTS, STAFF MEMBERS AND STUDENTS [APPLAUSE].

AND THE BOARD IS VERY PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO ASK DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO BEGIN OUR RECOGNITIONS, DR. FREEMAN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

WE ARE THRILLED TO HONOR SEVERAL OF OUR VERY TALENTED FINE ARTS STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING.

AND TO DO SO, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. PHILIP MORGAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST RECOGNITION.

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. FREEMAN. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR THEATER STUDENTS HERE OUR THESPIANS IN THE FRONT ROW.

WE HAVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO TO CALL IN RECOGNITION.

YOU GUYS WE GOT SIX MINUTES TO CALL IN RECOGNITION. OH, THERE WE GO OKAY, GOOD.

JUST MAKING SURE. I KNOW THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH WAS LAST MONTH.

I'M JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE KEEPING. GOT TO KEEP YOU SHARP UP HERE TOO, FOLKS ON THE DAIS ARE WATCHING. SO AWESOME. WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING THEATER AND SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS TODAY.

IT'S SO WONDERFUL EVERY YEAR, THESE STUDENTS INVEST SIGNIFICANT TIME AND COMMITMENT TO ENSURE.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SAY TOO, BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL MASTERY OF THEIR TEKS.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY WINNING COMPETITIONS, BUT THEY ARE TRULY MASTERING WHAT THE STATE IS EXPECTING OF THEM.

DOING WONDERFUL THINGS. BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH MANY COMPETITIVE 6A COMPETITION SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHILE THEY'RE DOING SO ANNUALLY.

WE ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS THESPIANS ORGANIZATION THAT RECOGNIZES A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS STATEWIDE AS RECIPIENTS OF THE TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR DESIGNATION.

WITH THEM AT THE OTHER INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS FROM OUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO RECENTLY PLACED AT THE TEXAS FORENSICS ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STATE CHAMPIONS.

I ALLUDED TO THIS AT THE LAST TIME WE RECOGNIZED WE DO HAVE THE FUNNIEST HUMAN BEING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN PLANO ISD.

AND PETER'S HERE WITH US TODAY. SO A LITTLE HUMBLE BRAG ON PETER.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID TONIGHT, TO RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING COORDINATOR OF THEATER, SPEECH AND DEBATE WHO WORKS WITH ALL OF OUR THEATER, SPEECH, DEBATE AND DANCE TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTED.

AND WE WANT TO BRING HER UP TO THE PODIUM TO RECOGNIZE OUR INDIVIDUAL THESPIANS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS. PLEASE WELCOME MRS. CASSIDY MCQUISTON [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, DR. MORGAN. AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND FOR YOU ALLOWING US TO RECOGNIZE OUR INCREDIBLE SPEECH AND THEATER STUDENTS TONIGHT.

FIRST, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION STATE AWARD RECIPIENTS.

OUT OF 180 SCHOOLS AND OVER 1,400 COMPETITORS ACROSS THE STATE, THESE STUDENTS ROSE TO THE TOP.

TO QUALIFY FOR TFA STATE TOURNAMENT, THESE STUDENTS MUST EARN 12 POINTS, SO THEY ALSO HAVE TO GET TO THE STATE LEVEL.

THEY HAVE TO EARN THAT THAT SLOT. AND NOT ONLY HAVE THEY EARNED IT THEY GO TO TFA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, DEMONSTRATING CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITIVE SKILLS AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR CRAFT.

THEIR DEDICATION, TALENT, AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE ART OF SPEECH AND DEBATE HAVE EARNED THEM WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AMONG THE BEST IN TEXAS.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD TO HONOR THESE OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS, AND SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE FOLLOWING TFA STATE AWARD RECIPIENTS. FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF REGGIE CHAPMAN, DAVE HOUSTON, AND MEGAN CLARK. WE HAVE KATE LOU, FOURTH PLACE, INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, AND AS YOU GUYS ARE CALLED, COME ON. YEAH, COME ON UP TO THE TO THE FRONT [APPLAUSE]. SHILOH WILSON,

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SO SHILOH IS REPRESENTING FOR THEM [APPLAUSE].

AS ALLUDED BY DR. MORGAN, WE ALSO HAVE THE STATE CHAMPION HUMORIST INTERPRETATION WINNER, PETER YUN.

WHAT WAS YOUR? IDIOCRACY. IDIOCRACY.

MIC] AND THEN IF WE CAN BRING TO THE FRONT ERIC CHAN FOR THIRD PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING [APPLAUSE].

NOT ONLY ARE WE RECOGNIZING THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, PLANO WEST RECEIVED THIRD PLACE OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES OUT OF 180 SCHOOLS IN THE STATE [APPLAUSE].

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS THAT TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL, PICK THEM UP FROM PRACTICE, OR PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. IF YOU GUYS ARE IN ANY WAY SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS UP FRONT AND YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND. IF THESE ARE ONE OF YOUR KIDS UP FRONT [APPLAUSE].

YOU ALSO GET A GREAT MOMENT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF YOUR STUDENT.

AND IF YOUR COACHES ARE HERE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADDIE GACKENBACH AND MIRANDA VILLANUEVA. WE HAVE TARWAT CHAUDHRY, FIFTH PLACE, IMPROMPTU SPEAKING [APPLAUSE].

THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL, WE'VE GOT TO LIST A FEW THINGS.

WE'VE GOT THIRD PLACE IN DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, SIXTH PLACE IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE AND OUTSTANDING CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE PRESIDING OFFICER PRANAV GORDEY [APPLAUSE]. FOURTH PLACE DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING WAS ARIA GURUMUKHI [APPLAUSE]. FIFTH PLACE DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING ISHKA KATHARI [APPLAUSE]. SIXTH PLACE INFORMATIVE SPEAKING SWATHY PARAMESWARA [APPLAUSE]. AND NINTH PLACE IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE SAHANA DASMA [APPLAUSE].

DASMA. SORRY. AND TO RECOGNIZE PLANO EAST AS A WHOLE, THEY ARE THE HAD THE FOURTH MOST QUALIFICATIONS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND THEY PLACED FIFTH OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES IN THE STATE [APPLAUSE]. COACHES IF YOU'LL COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM AS WELL.

MIC] ALL RIGHT. AND FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROBERT SHEPPARD, WE HAVE SECOND PLACE IN PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION.

ESTHER JESSIE [APPLAUSE]. 12TH PLACE CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE LAWSON LEBLANC [APPLAUSE]. AND WE GET TO LIST OUT SOMETHING FOR THIS NEXT, NEXT STUDENT. WE'VE GOT THIRD PLACE OVERALL COMPETITOR, SECOND PLACE DOMESTIC EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING AND THE FIRST PLACE CHAMPION OF INFORMATIVE SPEAKING SEHETH REEDY [APPLAUSE]. AND THEN EIGHTH PLACE IN CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE WE HAVE LINDSEY ZHAO [APPLAUSE]. AND AS A WHOLE,

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AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER DISTRICT WHO COULD LIST OUT AS MANY NAMES OF TOP COMPETITORS IN THIS STATE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAMS HERE IN PLANO ISD [APPLAUSE]. SO JUST TO ECHO THAT, WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THE PICTURE WE FINISHED SECOND, THIRD AND EIGHTH OUT OF 180 ENTERED SCHOOLS AT THE TEXAS FORENSIC ASSOCIATION.

IT'S PRETTY FANTASTIC [APPLAUSE]. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS HARDWARE THAT'S UP HERE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

IT'S JUST ONE FROM ONE STUDENT. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS WOULD BE ALIGNED.

WE JUST DECIDED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THIS EVENING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR THEATER AWARDS. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE ACHIEVED THE THEATER THE TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR OF DISTINCTION, AN HONOR PRESENTED BY TEXAS THESPIANS TO CELEBRATE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC AND THEATRICAL ACHIEVEMENT.

THIS RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO THEATER STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED HIGH ACADEMIC SUCCESS WHILE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR CAMPUS THEATER PROGRAMS. SO IN ORDER TO BE DESIGNATED AS A TEXAS SCHOLAR, A STUDENT MUST BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THEIR SCHOOL.

THAT'S A GIVEN. WAY TO GO, GUYS. BE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING WITH THEIR CAMPUS THEATER DEPARTMENT.

ALSO SOLID, SOLID WORK. AND HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THEATRICAL PROGRAMING DURING THE YEAR.

THEY ALSO HAVE HAD TO HAVE EARNED A MINIMUM GPA OF 3.0 ON A FOUR POINT SCALE, OR LOCALLY EQUIVALENT FOR ACADEMIC COURSEWORK.

HAVE FULFILLED ANY ADDITIONAL LOCAL CRITERIA BY THEIR THEATER PROGRAM, AND EXHIBIT BEHAVIOR AND CHARACTER BEING TO BRING HONOR TO THEIR DEPARTMENT, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE COULD FIND. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING EXEMPLARY IN THOSE AREAS.

THESE STUDENTS HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, EXCELLING BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THEATER. SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING OUR TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR AWARD RECIPIENTS KATHERINE COCKRELL [APPLAUSE]. CLAIRE COCKRELL THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE FAMILY THERE, I THINK [APPLAUSE].

ADDISON ROSENTHALL [APPLAUSE]. AND WHILE SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US, AVA SHELIN, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS US ON THE BOARD WITH TEXAS THESPIANS [APPLAUSE]. AND JASPER WOLF [APPLAUSE].

AND THEN, ALEX, YOU CAN GET UP THERE WITH A PHOTO WITH THEM.

MIC] IS THAT IT? ALL RIGHT. COOL. THANK YOU. YEAH.

JUMP IN HERE. I, BEING THE FINE ARTS ADMINISTRATOR, I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF US COME FROM DIFFERENT WALKS IN THE FINE ARTS.

FROM MUSIC TO THEATER TO ART TO ART, TO DANCE, TO BAND.

I HAS LIVED THIS LIFE AS A THEATER AND A SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH.

SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT. I KNOW THIS IS STUDENT RECOGNITION AND YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC AND WE LOVE YOU.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, THESE AWARDS THAT THEY DIDN'T USED TO GIVE A TROPHY THAT BIG WHEN I DID PROSE AND POETRY AND INFORMATIVE SPEECH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY JUST BOSS. I LOVE THE SIZE OF TROPHIES AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE OF THOSE NOW TO PUT IN THE IN THE TROPHY CASES.

BUT WOULD THE COACHES AND OUR THEATER DIRECTORS AND SPEECH AND DEBATE DIRECTORS, WOULD YOU ALL STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? THOSE ARE HOURS OF REHEARSAL AND PRACTICE [APPLAUSE].

THESE THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL NEVER BRAG ON THEMSELVES JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR NATURE. BUT THAT'S MY JOB IS TO GET TO BRAG ON THEM. AND WE HAVE A HALL OF FAME NSDA NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH. WE HAVE COACHES THAT HAVE WON NATIONALS THEMSELVES MULTIPLE TIMES AND WHAT WE DON'T SEE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

WE SEE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE HOURS ON HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND BEFORE SCHOOL AND AT LUNCHTIME WHEN STUDENTS COME IN TO DO THAT TEN MINUTE PERFORMANCE OR THAT SEVEN MINUTE SPEECH. THESE ARE THE THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THERE WITH THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM ME TO YOU GUYS AND FROM CASSIE MCQUISTON, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN.

THAT'S WHY YOU MAKE PLANO THE WAY IT IS. AND WE'RE TOP OF THE STATE. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS ALL GOOD STUFF, YOU GUYS.

THE BOARD IS VERY PLEASED TO HAVE A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING.

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WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, I'M DELIGHTED TO PRESENT OUR APRIL PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD WINNERS, WHICH ARE THREE OUTSTANDING STAFF MEMBERS WHO EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN THEIR SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR SPECIALLY DESIGNED LAPEL PIN AND A CERTIFICATE FROM BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DR.

TYRA. AND THEN ONCE EVERYBODY'S CALLED. SO YOU'LL BE STANDING HERE FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT, THEN WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO.

SO OUR FIRST WINNER THIS EVENING IS DAWN HALL, OFFICE MANAGER AT HOLIFIELD SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER [APPLAUSE].

DAWN WAS NOMINATED BY HER SUPERVISOR, KEITH GRIFFIN, AND HE DESCRIBED HER AS THE CORNERSTONE OF HOLIFIELD OPERATIONS, ENSURING A SMOOTH AND FUNCTIONING FACILITY WHILE ALSO PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN ORGANIZING TRAVEL AND LOGISTICS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO WHO WHO VISIT THE HOLIFIELD CENTER FOR THEIR HANDS ON SCIENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY OR EXPERIENCE.

SHE IS NOT ONLY WELCOMING BUT SHE ALSO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND EVEN ASSISTS ON THE WEEKENDS WITH FEEDING AND ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NEEDED.

IN ADDITION TO HER EVERYDAY DUTIES, DAWN MAKES THE MAGIC HAPPEN WITH FIFTH GRADE CAMP.

SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH CAMP DIRECTORS OFFICE MANAGERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EVERYTHING IS COORDINATED TO ENSURE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROCESSED FOR STUDENTS.

HER SUPPORT AND DEDICATION HELPED HELPS TO CREATE A COLLABORATIVE AND SMOOTH EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED MAKING A CHALLENGING JOB SO MUCH EASIER.

DAWN'S HARD WORK AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TRULY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THIS AWARD, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER FOR HER COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANO ISD.

PLEASE JOIN ME ONE MORE TIME IN CONGRATULATING DAWN HALL FOR HER SELECTION OF THE PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD [APPLAUSE].

WOULD ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE WITH DAWN WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED [APPLAUSE]? ALL RIGHT DAWN, IF YOU'LL JUST HANG ON JUST A MINUTE, WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE JOIN YOU.

SO OUR NEXT WINNER IS LEESA GIBSON. SHE IS THE REGISTRAR AT HENDRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

LEESA WAS NOMINATED BY HER PRINCIPAL, LISA LONG, WHO ATTESTS TO LEESA'S DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE AND TO PROVIDING EXTRA SUPPORT OR EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT TO BOTH HER FAMILIES AND STAFF, WHICH MAKES HER AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO THE HENDRICK COMMUNITY.

SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER KINDNESS, PATIENCE, AND PARTICULARLY SHE ASSISTS FAMILIES DURING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

SHE IS CONSISTENTLY APPROACHING EVERYONE SHE INTERACTS WITH WITH A WELCOMING ATTITUDE, ENSURING THAT FAMILIES FEEL SUPPORTED INFORMED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

HER ABILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE HAS MADE THE REGISTRATION EXPERIENCE MUCH SMOOTHER FOR THE MANY FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING STRESSFUL TIMES DURING SCHOOL TRANSITION.

BEYOND HER WORK WITH FAMILIES, LEESA HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR TEACHERS, OFFERING TIMELY AND HELPFUL SUPPORT AS THEY NAVIGATE HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE THIS YEAR WITH A NEW GRADEBOOK SYSTEM. HER EXPERTISE AND WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP ENSURE TEACHERS ARE COMFORTABLE USING THE PLATFORM HAS HAD HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE NEW SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY.

HER DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO A SMOOTH OPERATION AND SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL, AND FOR THIS REASON, SHE IS TRULY DESERVING OF THE PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING LEESA ONE MORE TIME [APPLAUSE].

AND IF WE CAN HAVE LEESA'S FAMILY MEMBERS OR GUESTS THAT ARE WITH HER THIS EVENING, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. AND OUR FINAL WINNER THIS EVENING IS MELANIE WILLETT, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AND TEAM LEADER AT MATHEWS ELEMENTARY.

MELANIE WAS NOMINATED BY HER PRINCIPAL, WENDY MILLER, AND SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A PASSIONATE CLASSROOM TEACHER AND LEADER WHO HAS DEDICATED 30 YEARS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION, PREPARING THEM FOR WHATEVER THEY ASPIRE TO IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE.

HER COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS EVIDENT AS SHE APPROACHES EACH AUGUST WITH ENTHUSIASM,

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IN ADDITION TO ACADEMICS, MELANIE PROVIDES DAILY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, RESPONSIBILITY, FOSTERING A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHE FEELS STUDENTS WHERE STUDENTS FEEL VALUED AND UNDERSTOOD.

MELANIE'S INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, AS A FORMER STUDENT RETURNS YEAR AFTER YEAR TO SHARE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS WITH HER, A TESTAMENT TO THE LASTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE FOSTERS.

WHETHER ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL OR SPORTING EVENTS OR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, MELANIE REMAINS AN ACTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE PRESENCE IN HER STUDENTS LIVES.

SHE EXEMPLIFIES LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION, HELPING TO LEAD THE WAY IN THE IN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE MELANIE IN OUR DISTRICT AS HER RELENTLESS HER RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND DEEP PASSION FOR NURTURING YOUNG MINDS TRULY EMBODIES THE ESSENCE OF PLANO ISD PROUD.

WOULD ANY FAMILY MEMBERS AND GUESTS WITH MELANIE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? AND CAN WE GIVE MELANIE ANOTHER HAND? ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT, MITCHELL, DID YOU TAKE YOUR PICTURE? OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].

RIGHT NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW DAWN HALL.

I WANT TO THANK HALL FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THIS YEARS FOR PLANO ISD.

AND AS A FELLOW PTA PARENT, AT HICKEY TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE IN ELEMENTARY, WHEN OUR KIDS WERE IN ELEMENTARY.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT PTA MOM.

YOU DID MORE AND BECAME MORE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. OH, CAN I JUMP IN? SURE.

I WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DAWN HALL.

LEESA, YOU'RE ALSO AN EASTSIDE HICKEY MOM AS WELL.

SO WALKING SHOES BEFORE ME, BECAUSE YOUR KIDS ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN MINE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.

I KNOW DAWN WAS SUBBING IN THE DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW YOUR BACKGROUND IF YOU WERE SUBBING AFTER PTA WORK.

BUT THANK YOU FOR STARTING THAT ROUTE FROM PTA MOM TO SUBBING TO WORKING IN THE DISTRICT.

I HEAR THAT STORY A LOT, AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE IT MEANS YOUR SERVICE COMES FULL CIRCLE.

AND IT REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHEN WE SAY PLANO ISD PROUD WHAT A BIG FAMILY WE ARE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE]. AND ALSO TO MELANIE, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TOO FOR BEING AT MATHEWS. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GIVE OUR AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE SO VERY PROUD [APPLAUSE].

I'M SURE OUR HANDS ARE TIRED, AREN'T THEY? BUT ON THE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, I WANT TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THOSE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING, TONIGHT.

AND THEN TO THE STUDENTS FROM PLANO WEST FOR LEADING THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR THEATERS AND SPEECH STUDENTS ON THEIR HONORS FOR EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS TEXAS THEATER SCHOOL DISTINCTION AND FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES AND AWARDS AT THE TEXAS FORENSICS STATE TOURNAMENT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APRIL PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD WINNERS DAWN HALL, LEESA GIBSON, AND MELANIE WILLETT.

YOU ARE ALL TRUE SHINING STARS AND ARE SUCH VALUABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANO ISD FAMILY TEAM.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING. YOU'RE WELCOME TO EXIT WITH YOUR GUESTS AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR EVENING.

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

THANK YOU.

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[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

AT BOARD MEETINGS THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.

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

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

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.

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

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

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

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

TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH.

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY. IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED. FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.

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

DR. FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? YES. SANIYAH REECE, PLANO ISD STUDENT.

I AM ABLE TO GIVE A ONE MINUTE WARNING. WOULD YOU LIKE ONE? NO. OKAY. OKAY. JIM AND I READ THE READ THE PAPER. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PRONUNCIATION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AGAIN LATER? NO. YOU CAN READ IT NOW.

OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. MY NAME IS SANIYAH. I WILL READ THE STATEMENT AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS SANIYAH REECE.

I AM A STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT. A STUDENT WITH UNIQUE NEEDS AND A HUMAN BEING WHO DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

FOR FAR TOO LONG, I HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO MISTREATMENT UNDER YOUR WATCH.

FOR FAR TOO LONG OUR CONCERNS HAVE GONE UNACKNOWLEDGED.

NOT A SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD HAS REACHED OUT TO US.

TONIGHT I AM HERE TO SPEAK BECAUSE MY VOICE HAS BEEN SILENCED.

BUT MY PAIN IS REAL. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT JANUARY 8TH.

THIS WASN'T AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. IT'S PART OF A PATTERN.

ON THAT DAY, A STAFF MEMBER ENTRUSTED WITH MY CARE DISREGARDED ESTABLISHED PISD RULES AND GUIDELINES BY HANDLING ME ALONE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE NECESSARY SUPPORT.

THIS IMMEDIATELY PUT ME AT RISK. BUT IT GETS WORSE.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE YOU HAVE YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE.

SO WHEN THE STAFF MEMBER FAILED TO PROPERLY STRAP ME INTO MY STANDARDS, FURTHER JEOPARDIZING MY SAFETY, AND THEN THE UNTHINKABLE. AT 2 MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS OF THAT RECORDING, THE STAFF MEMBER INFLICTS PAIN ON MY LEFT LEG, CAUSING ME TO CRY OUT. AT 3 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS, THE STAFF MEMBER GRABS MY RIGHT FOOT, TWIST MY TOES AND BALLS UP MY FOOT TIGHTLY WITH NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON, CAUSING ME FURTHER AGONY.

JUST MOMENTS LATER AT 3 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, I NEARLY FALL FROM THE STANDARD, A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF THE UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT CREATED BY THE STAFF MEMBER'S ACTIONS. AT 3 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS, THE STAFF MEMBER BENT MY FINGERS BACK SO FAR, YOU CAN HEAR THE CRACKLING OF MY SMALL BONE AND I CRY OUT IN AGONIZING PAIN.

THE CALLOUSNESS CONTINUES. AT 4 MINUTES AND 49 SECONDS, THE STAFF MEMBER NOTICES A SCRATCH INFLICTED ON MY LEG EARLIER.

THEIR RESPONSE TO LICK A FINGER AND WIPE IT AS IF THAT ERASES THE HARM CAUSED.

AT 5 MINUTES AND 24 SECONDS, THE STAFF MEMBER PRESSES THEIR FOREARMS HARD AGAINST MY FACE.

AT 6 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS, THEY SCRATCH MY LEG AGAIN, PROMPTING MORE CRIES OF DISTRESS FROM ME.

THE ABUSE ESCALATES. AT 7 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS, THE STAFF MEMBER DIGS THEIR ELBOW INTO MY HEAD, PUSHING IT OFF MY HEADREST, CAUSING ME OBVIOUS DISCOMFORT.

AND THEN AT 7 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS THE STAFF MEMBER PICKS ME UP BY MY NECK, A HORRIFYING ACT THAT MAKES ME CRY OUT AGAIN IN FEAR AND PAIN.

FINALLY, AT 7 MINUTES AND 23 SECONDS, THE LIP STRIKES ME ON THE FACE.

STAFF, DO NOT CALL THE NURSE WHEN I'M IN OBVIOUS PAIN.

THEY CALL THE NURSE ONLY FOR REASONS THAT CAN SEND ME HOME.

THIS IS NOT CARE. THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT HAS CAUSED ME PHYSICAL PAIN AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU ENTRUST WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.

WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS EVIDENCE. WE HAVE WAITED FOR A RESPONSE.

WE HAVE BEEN MET WITH SILENCE. MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAVE WITNESSED SOME OF THIS AND DONE NOTHING TO TRULY HELP ME.

MOVING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL OR DISTRICT IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT DOES NOT ERASE THE HARM DONE TO ME. IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN WILL NOT SUFFER THE SAME FATE.

WE DEMAND ACTION. WE DEMAND A THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION INTO THESE INCIDENTS.

WE DEMAND THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HARMING ME ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.

WE DEMAND THAT YOU, THE SCHOOL BOARD, FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAIN INFLICTED UPON OUR DAUGHTER.

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MIC] HELLO BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS LESTIA NELSON, A RESIDENT OF PLANO AND A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN PISD. MY DAUGHTER, A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO SHOCKING PATTERN OF BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND NEGLECT WITHIN THE VERY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LET ME BE SPECIFIC. I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT MY DAUGHTER REPEATEDLY BEING SENT HOME WITH HER SHOES ON THE WRONG FEET.

THE RESPONSE FROM THE FEMALE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL WAS NOT ONE OF CONCERN, BUT DISMISSIVE LAUGHTER, STATING, AND I QUOTE, IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HER, BUT IT AIN'T LIKE SHE CAN WALK.

I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR. SORRY. IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.

HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. SO. OH, I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT INAPPROPRIATE. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO WHERE WAS I? OKAY. AND I QUOTE, IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HER, BUT IT AIN'T LIKE SHE CAN WALK.

THIS CALLOUS DISREGARD IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

THE HEAD OF SPED. THE TEACHER AND THE TEACHER HAS ACTIVELY, ACTIVELY MOCKED MY DAUGHTER, ASKING HER TO COUNT BEFORE MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT HER HAIR AND DISMISSIVELY STATING SHE'S AN ADULT NOW SHE CAN DO IT FOR HERSELF.

ONE OF THE PARAPROFESSIONALS OPENLY WISHED THAT MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE DIARRHEA SO SHE COULD GO HOME AGAIN.

ANOTHER TIME, THE SAME PARAPROFESSIONAL WAS VISIBLY EXCITED THAT WE FORGOT SANIYAH'S LEG BRACES TO PREVENT HER FROM BEING IN THE STANDER, AND I WAS NEVER EVEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE MISSING OR ASKED TO BRING THEM IN THAT DAY.

ANOTHER PARAPROFESSIONAL CALLOUSLY REFERRED TO MY DAUGHTER, TELLING OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT THEY CALLED HER BUGS BUNNY BECAUSE OF HER TEETH.

THEY ALSO COMPARED HER TO AN UNATTRACTIVE MALE ON THEIR PHONE, SHOWING EVERYONE MAKING CRUEL REMARKS ABOUT THE SHAPE OF SANIYAH'S FEET.

THIS SAME INDIVIDUAL TOLD MY CHILD THAT HER BREATH SMELLED LIKE ASS ON THE DAY THAT SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE COULDN'T SMELL DUE TO BEING CONGESTED.

THE, ONE MINUTE, OF CRUELTY ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE PARAPROFESSIONAL ADMITTED TO LIKING TO SCARE MY DAUGHTER.

THE IMPACT OF THIS TORMENT, DEVASTATED, IS DEVASTATING.

MY DAUGHTER IS NOW MY DAUGHTER NOW FLINCHES EVEN IF I'M JUST PUTTING A SPOON NEAR HER MOUTH.

SHE'S TERRIFIED THAT SHE MAY BE HURT. ON JANUARY 8TH OF THIS YEAR, THE TEACHER PHYSICALLY HARMED SANIYAH, BENDING HER FINGERS BACK SO FAR THAT THEY ALMOST TOUCHED THE BACK OF HER HAND, TWISTING HER TOES, SQUEEZING HER FEET, AND EVEN PICKING HER UP BY HER NECK.

IF THIS WERE YOUR CHILD AND A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, WOULD YOU ALLOW THAT TEACHER TO SIMPLY RESIGN WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE, WITHOUT FACING ARREST FOR SUCH BLATANT ABUSE? YET THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED AND CONDONED TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE HORRIFIC, HORRIFIC TREATMENT REMAINED REMAIN EMPLOYED INCREDIBLY, EVEN PLACED IN OTHER CLASSROOMS WITH OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

YOU EXPECT ME TO SEND MY DAUGHTER BACK TO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THESE INDIVIDUALS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO HER? THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ABUSE, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL SINCE JANUARY 21ST, RECEIVING NONE OF THE EDUCATION AND SERVICES SHE'S LEGALLY ENTITLED TO.

THE VIDEO. I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP. THAT'S FINE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ALVIN NELSON, PLANO ISD PARENT.

MR. NELSON, WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING? SURE. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GUEST AND BOARD AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALVIN NELSON.

I AM THE FATHER OF SANIYAH REESE HERE. AND I'M GOING TO SPELL HER NAME AS S A N I Y A H R E E S E.

AND I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE HERE TO RECALL HER NAME AND LOOK HER UP.

AND IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THAT WE GET OUT TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW THE STORY, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GO HOME AND YOU'RE GOING TO REST, BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A CHILD THAT DOESN'T GET TO GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE THAT SHE SUFFERED.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THIS AGAIN.

MY DAUGHTER IS SANIYAH REESE AND SHE'S NONVERBAL AND SHE USES A WHEELCHAIR.

AND HERE IN PLANO ISD, SHE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO REPEATED ASSAULT, MISTREATMENT, NEGLECT, BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION. AND WE'VE GOT VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A TEACHER MISHANDLING HER BY THE HEAD AND VERBALLY ABUSING HER ABOUT HER DISABILITIES.

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INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. THE THE DISTRICT ALLOWED THE TEACHER TO RESIGN.

THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, IT'S A PATTERN OF FAILING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.

WE DEMAND YOU ADDRESS THIS NOW, AND WE WANT YOU TO ENSURE THAT NO OTHER CHILD ENDURES THE HORRIFIC TREATMENT.

BOARD MEMBERS, I'M STRUGGLING REALLY TO UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW ON THIS AGENDA WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT HERE, BUT I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN UNDER HER WATCH.

SIR, WE CAN'T NAME NAMES IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I DIDN'T SAY HER NAME.

YOU MADE A REFERENCE AND THAT'S PART OF MY SCRIPT THAT I READ EARLIER.

SO PLEASE REFRAIN YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. I'M ALMOST DONE.

THERE IS A NOMINATION ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, AM I CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER.

YOU CANNOT MAKE REFERENCE TO A PERSON. NO PROBLEM.

WHAT I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU IS TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.

WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE WANT ACTION. AND NONE OF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN UNDER ANYONE'S DIRECTION UP THERE.

THIS SHOULD NEVER, NEVER HAPPEN. THERE SHOULD BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND WE WANT MORE ACTION. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. LAST SPEAKER IS JESSICA BELL, PLANO ISD PARENT.

SHE'S NOT HERE. JESSICA BELL. SHE'S NOT HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS CLOSED SESSION.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD. OH, DID SHE NEED TO READ SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. LET ME TURN THIS OVER TO LISA. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE HEARD MR. AND MRS. NELSON THIS EVENING. WE HAVE HEARD THEIR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT LAST WEEK AS WELL REGARDING THE INCIDENT AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH AND WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE DO WE DO SUPPORT THE STUDENT AND HER FAMILY.

PLANO ISD DID TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION UPON LEARNING ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER.

ALL CONCERNS WERE PROMPTLY REPORTED TO ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES, INCLUDING INCLUDING THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION.

IN ADDITION, WHILE THE TEACHER IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH THE DISTRICT, WE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING ALL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL HAS OCCURRED TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIONS AND TO IDENTIFY ANY NECESSARY STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

WE ARE COOPERATING FULLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS THEIR INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STUDENT'S FAMILY TO ENSURE SHE RECEIVES THE SUPPORT SHE NEEDS.

PLANO ISD STANDS FIRMLY IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDENT, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE, RESPECTFUL AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY FOR HER, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF EVERY STUDENT, INCLUDING OUR VERY VULNERABLE LEARNERS, DOES REMAIN A PRIORITY FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO CLOSED SESSION IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

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

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, AND I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP.

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[8.1 Consideration and Approval of Resolution for Superintendent of the Year Nomination]

AND I GET TO PRESENT THIS. I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN AMAZING SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE WORK WITH ALL THE TIME, AND THE BOARD ALL HAS COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT YOU ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR US.

WE WAITED WE HAD TO WAIT FOR A WINDOW OF TIME TO PASS AND WE'VE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT.

SO WE HAVE WE ARE GOING TO BY TONIGHT, BY TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION AND A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, WE WILL SEND TO TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS A NOMINATION FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I THINK IT'S UNANIMOUS HERE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ TO PLEASE READ THIS RESOLUTION.

OKAY. RESOLUTION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

WHEREAS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS DATE, APRIL 8TH, 2025, HAS RESOLVED TO NOMINATE DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, FOR HER EXEMPLARY AND VISIONARY LEADERSHIP TOWARD IMPROVING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND WHEREAS DR.

WILLIAMS HAS HAS SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE JUNE 1ST, 2022 DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS, UNDER DR. WILLIAMS'S GUIDANCE, PLANO ISD HAS CONTINUED TO EXCEL IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND WHEREAS DR. WILLIAMS HAS SHOWN A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH THEIR POTENTIAL AND CREATING PATHWAYS FOR EVERY CHILD TO SUCCEED, MEANING A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR'S ACADEMIC GROWTH ANNUALLY.

AND WHEREAS HER LEADERSHIP HAS FOSTERED A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE, BELONGING AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND WHEREAS DR. WILLIAMS ESTABLISHED A FORWARD LOOKING PLAN FOR STUDENTS BY IMPLEMENTING A SIX YEAR GRADUATION ROADMAP BEGINNING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ALLOWING STUDENTS TO BEGIN CONSIDERING THEIR POST-SECONDARY PURSUITS EARLY.

AND WHEREAS DR. WILLIAMS HAS SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED THE CHALLENGES OF POST PANDEMIC EDUCATION WHILE IMPLEMENTING NEW INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING AND WELL-BEING. AND WHEREAS, UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE DISTRICT INITIATED A COMPLEX MULTI-YEAR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN DRIVEN BY DATA ANALYSIS AND GUIDED BY A 70 MEMBER COMMITTEE INCLUDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, EXPERTS AND STAFF THAT MET OVER NINE MONTHS TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO OPTIMIZE THE DISTRICT, ENHANCING ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES, REDUCING MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND DIRECTING MORE RESOURCES TO THE CLASSROOM.

AND WHEREAS HER EFFORTS HAVE STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT FAMILIES, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND THE BROADER PLANO COMMUNITY, WHICH TIED DIRECTLY TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS, SHE INTENTIONALLY FOSTERS TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABOUT SIGNIFICANT DISTRICT DECISIONS BY HOSTING COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE 2022 BOND INITIATIVE, THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN, AND THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC ROADMAP.

OUTREACH. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY RESOLVES TO NOMINATE DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2025 IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IF APPROVED, IT WILL SAY ADOPTED THIS DAY, 8TH OF APRIL, 2025 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SECRETARY LANTZ. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RESOLUTION FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR NOMINATION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND KATHERINE. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RESOLUTION FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR NOMINATION. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.

FIRST OFF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED ME ABOUT DR.

WILLIAMS IS THE ATTENTIVENESS AND INTENTIONALITY IN WHICH SHE ENGAGES WITH US AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS WITH STUDENT SAFETY AND SECURITY AT THE HEART OF THOSE DECISIONS.

AND THEN ALSO, HOW DO WE HELP THEM ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO DO?

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THAT, TO ME, IS TAKING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING AS A DISTRICT AND HAVING THE VISION AND FORESIGHT TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACHIEVEMENT GOALS THAT THEY CAN MEET EACH YEAR.

AND I THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE THING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT SETS DR.

WILLIAMS APART COMPARED TO HER PEERS. AND SO I USE THE WORD INTENTIONALITY.

I THINK OF THE ROUND TABLES, WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE WHEREAS CLAUSES.

AND I THINK WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I KNOW SOME DAYS ARE INCREDIBLY HARD. TODAY IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THEM.

AND I HAVE TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE FOR YOU. SO THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. AND THE REASON WHY I LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING IS THAT I'VE KNOWN DR.

THERESA WILLIAMS SINCE SHE FIRST CAME TO THE DISTRICT.

AND SHE WAS OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST KNOWN HER.

AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE SEEN HER WORK ENDLESSLY FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HIRED HER AS SUPERINTENDENT.

SO SHE IS VERY DESERVING OF THIS NOMINATION. THANK YOU.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. AND AND, YOU KNOW, NANCY OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN THE MAIN, MAIN DRIVER OF THIS. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD NANCY WAS, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD OUTCOMES, DATA, YOU KNOW, TO PRESENT WITH THIS AND, AND THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SEEING THE HARD WORK AND THE PROGRAMS, BUT WE'RE SEEING THE HARD WORK AND THE PROGRAMS PAY OFF. AS WE'VE STARTED SEEING IN INCREASES IN THE NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS, INCREASES IN, YOU KNOW, AP SUCCESS, INCREASES IN GROWTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR YOU'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU IS THAT WE GET THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

THERE'S NO HIDING ANYTHING FROM THIS BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WITH THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN WHEN WHEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EMAILED THE BOARD AND SAID THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS TRICKING US.

AND THAT IS CERTAINLY NEVER THE CASE. AND THAT IS ONE THING I VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT IF WE HAVE GOOD STUFF TO CELEBRATE, YOU'RE BRINGING IT AND WE'RE CELEBRATING IT. IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ACCOUNTABILITY DATA AND IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, WE'RE DISCUSSING IT AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MAKING EXCUSES.

YOU'RE NOT MAKING EXCUSES. YOUR TEAM'S NOT MAKING EXCUSES.

AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. IF IT'S UGLY, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT TOO.

AND WE AGAIN, WITHOUT EXCUSES, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF OF OBFUSCATION OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY THAT HAVING THOSE OPEN, CANDID, HONEST CONVERSATIONS AND FIGURING OUT WHEN WE'RE NOT GETTING IT RIGHT AS A DISTRICT, HOW ARE WE FIXING IT? HOW ARE YOU FIXING IT? AND ALWAYS BRINGING THOSE IDEAS FOR GROWTH TO THE TABLE, WHETHER IT'S GOOD, BAD OR UGLY. SO I JUST APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY FOR US TO WANT TO FILL ALL OF OUR DAYS WITH STUDENT RECOGNITIONS LIKE WE DO AT THE BEGINNING, BUT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS VERY, VERY HARD AND CHALLENGING. AND ANOTHER THING I APPRECIATE IS JUST THAT YOU LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER AND AN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER. BUT AS A MOM. AND THERE'S NEVER A QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE THING THAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND THAT WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON THAT AND THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU THINK ABOUT THE 47,000 STUDENTS WE HAVE AS YOUR KIDS AND THAT'S A GREAT GIFT. AND LISTENING TO THE RESOLUTION, THERE WERE SOME WORDS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME OFF THE PAGE.

ONE OF THEM IS IS NAVIGATING CHALLENGES. AND THAT'S WHERE LEADERSHIP IS A DIFFERENTIAL.

IT'S GREAT WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD. IT'S GREAT TO DO THE CELEBRATIONS.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN. BUT WHEN THINGS GET HARD, YOU DON'T RUN AWAY FROM IT.

YOU LEAN INTO IT. AND IT'S SOMETHING I GREATLY APPRECIATE.

YOU'RE ALSO VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DO. I DON'T THINK I WANT TO EVER BE IN YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE I THINK THAT I GET REALLY TIRED REALLY FAST.

YOU GENUINELY AND TRULY LISTEN TO THE SEVEN OF US.

YOU GENUINELY LISTEN. YOU SCHEDULE THE TIME, YOU BLOCK OFF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR US, AND YOU DO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY AND AND REALLY WORK THAT IN TO HOW YOU RESPOND TO YOUR SEVEN BOSSES AS AS YOU,

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YOU HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPERINTENDENTS THAT THEY JUST DO THEIR JOB AS SUPERINTENDENT, AND YOU'VE EXTENDED YOURSELF WAY BEYOND THE WALLS OF THIS BUILDING AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO LEAN IN TO LEADERSHIP PLANO AND TO BE A PART OF, OF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND YOU TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE MAGIC SAUCE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAYS MIGHTILY STRONG. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE ADVANTAGE, TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AND IT'S VERY PROVEN IN OUR EVENTS ON SATURDAY WHEN CITY OFFICIALS WERE THERE AND WE HAD STATE LEGISLATURE THERE.

AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU SHOW UP FOR THEM AND THEY COME BACK AND SHOW UP FOR US IN THE DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT IS NOTED AND VERY IT'S JUST A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHY YOU ARE DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. SO MANY THINGS.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP MINE SHORT. I ADMIRE THE MOST ABOUT YOU COURAGE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. I KNOW WE TRY TO EXEMPLIFY THAT.

IT'S IT'S IT'S HARD TO BE IN THE PUBLIC LIGHT AND ACCEPT CRITICISM.

I HAVE TO SAY, YOU HAVE NEVER SHRUNK FROM BEING RESPONSIBLE AND PUTTING OUR COLLECTIVE BEST FOOT FORWARD.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU AND THE FACT THAT AS AS STEELY AS I COULD MAKE A PERSON YOU ARE THE WARMEST AND MOST LOVING PERSON THAT I KNOW.

WELL, I'LL KEEP MINE BRIEF, TOO, BUT ALL THE WORDS ON THE WALL THERE, THE VISION.

I KNOW THAT YOU THINK OF THAT IN EVERY PROBLEM THAT YOU SOLVE.

AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO LIFE.

WE USE IT. IT DRIVES EVERYTHING WE DO. AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A BOOK ON THE SHELF.

AND SO IT'S IT DRIVES THE WORK THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE AT THIS DAIS DO.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE THE SUCCESS, AS LAUREN WAS SAYING THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY. BUT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID ON THE ON THE TABLE ALREADY, BUT THE THE TENACITY THAT YOU HAVE SOMETIMES I TELL YOU, GO HOME, YOU GO TO BED, DON'T KEEP WORKING LATE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BURN OUT. BUT IT'S JUST IT'S WE'RE I'M JUST REALLY PROUD THAT YOU ARE OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I BELIEVE YOU TRULY DESERVE THIS HONOR. WE HAVE WATCHED YOU CRUSADE THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PANDEMIC AND THERE'S BEEN ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

SO EVERY CHALLENGE THAT YOU TAKE, YOU LOOK AT THE VISION AND THE MISSION AND YOU APPLY IT TO THAT SOLUTION THAT YOU'RE DERIVING. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

AND SO ARE THERE IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, I JUST HAVE A QUICK POINT TO MAKE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT.

THIS IS FOR TASB. OH, IT'S FOR TESA. SORRY, I READ THAT WRONG.

WHEN I WAS READING IT, I COMPREHENDED IT AS TASB.

SO IF WE ARE SAYING WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE AS A BOARD NOMINATE DR.

WILLIAMS FOR THAT AWARD, WHICH WOULD THEN PUT HER IN CONTENTION AGAINST ALL THE OTHER BOARDS IN TEXAS THAT NOMINATE THEIR SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY. WHAT IT SAYS.

WHERE DOES IT SAY? IT'S TESA. WHERE DOES IT SAY TASB.

WELL, LOOK RIGHT HERE IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.

OKAY. SO IT'S IT IS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS THAT RECOGNIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN TASB DOES THE BOARD. SO YEAH. ANYWAY, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS

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SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN I MAKE JUST A COMMENT OR TWO.

FIRST I'M INCREDIBLY HUMBLED. IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT AND LISTEN TO A RESOLUTION AND THEN YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEY'RE VERY I'M VERY GRATEFUL. AND I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SERVE AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PLANO ISD, PROUD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR OUR LEADERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS MOST DAYS ARE HARDER THAN THAN NOT.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE THE IMPACT OF OF THE EFFORT.

WHEN YOU WALK INTO A CLASSROOM AND YOU SEE KIDS IN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LEARNING AND GROWING, IT MAKES THE HARD DAYS WORTH IT. I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR MY TEAM.

I COULD THIS IS NOT A ONE MAN SHOW. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF REALLY STRONG LEADERS.

AND SO I'M JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO YOU SITTING WITH ME UP HERE AND, AND THOSE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT WITH US IN THE ROOM TODAY.

WE HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SERVE NOT ONLY WITH, WITH THIS BOARD, BUT WITH THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE CALL TEAM PLANO ISD. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. THANK YOU. WELL [APPLAUSE].

[9.1 2025 - 2026 Budget Update]

A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. AND SO I'M JUST EXCITED FOR COURTNEY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BUDGET, COURTNEY. THANK YOU JOHNNY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, DR.

WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CABINET. I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY QUICK LITTLE BUDGET UPDATE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

I SAY QUICK, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S TEN SLIDES AND NINE SLIDES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OBVIOUSLY WHAT I BROUGHT YOU IN JANUARY.

BEFORE WE KIND OF JUMP INTO THIS, THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, I KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES.

I FELT LIKE IF YOU IF AGAIN, KIND OF DOING COMPARISON TO WHAT, JANUARY'S UPDATE, THAT KIND OF INITIAL UPDATE COMPARED TO OUR, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS APRIL UPDATE KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR 24-25 BASELINE.

WE DID AGAIN, IF YOU WERE TO KIND OF GO AND COMPARE THOSE TWO TONIGHT, PART OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA WAS ACTUALLY A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU APPROVED.

AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN OUR 24-25 BASELINE.

OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THAT BASELINE IS WHAT WE USE TO THEN PROJECT OUR 25-26 INFORMATION.

SO IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND PUT THE JANUARY PRESENTATION UP AGAINST THAT, OUR APRIL 1ST, YOU WOULD AGAIN SEE THOSE CHANGES, BUT JUST KIND OF REALLY QUICKLY.

SO PART OF WHAT OUR BUDGET PROCESS IS WHEN WE'RE DOING THE UPDATE IS WE GO AND RUN NEW NUMBERS FOR 24- 25 TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 25- 26, WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN WE'RE WE'RE COMPARING THE TWO YEARS. SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE LITTLE CHANGES REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE THOSE AREAS THAT IT DID IMPACT WAS OUR LOCAL REVENUE AND OUR STATE REVENUE AND THEN OUR RECAPTURE, AS YOU LOOK AT 24-25 WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO 25-26.

SO JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO TOUCH ON THOSE 24-25 CHANGES.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO A FEW OF OUR CHANGES IN OUR 25-26 KEY BUDGET ASSUMPTION, AND THEN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE THOSE SLIDES IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO OUR LOCAL SOURCES FOR 24-25 DID DECREASE APPROXIMATELY $21.4 MILLION.

AND THAT WAS ADJUSTING OUR PROJECTED TAX COLLECTIONS.

SO BACK IN JANUARY WHEN WE FIRST WE OBVIOUSLY HAD THIS INFORMATION, AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MAJOR OR A BIG ADJUSTMENT FROM OUR COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THERE WAS A LARGE ADJUSTMENT TO OUR 2025 TAX ROW, AND THAT WAS DUE TO ADDING BUSINESS PURPLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO OUR CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENT. SO THAT KIND OF THEN THEN OF COURSE, THAT REDUCING OUR THOSE LOCAL PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS PROJECTIONS AND THEN THAT ALSO WOULD HAVE REDUCED OUR PROJECTED RECAPTURE PAYMENT FOR OUR 24-25 YEAR.

WITH THAT, WE HAD STATE SOURCES THAT DID INCREASE APPROXIMATELY 23 OR, EXCUSE ME, $20.3 MILLION.

DUE TO THE STATE INCREASING OUR ASF PER CAP RATE IN THE ACTUALLY THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USED AT THE TIME IT WAS, THEY GIVE A FLAT RATE OF $400. IT HAS IT DID INCREASE TO $622 PER WADA.

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HOME HOME. EXCUSE ME. HOLD HARMLESS. FORGIVE ME.

FOR OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WAS UNDER SB TWO.

SO AND OF COURSE THEN THAT DID OF COURSE YOU'LL SEE THAT REDUCTION IN OUR RECAPTURE ON THE 24-25.

SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING UP A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EXTRA TIME.

I KIND OF FELT LIKE, AGAIN, IF YOU IF YOU WERE SOMEONE WHO CAME IN AND WAS COMPARING OUR JANUARY TO THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING AS TO WHY THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE.

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THEN JUMPING INTO WHAT CHANGED FOR OUR 25-26 KEY BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

OUR PREVIOUS BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS IN JANUARY ACTUALLY INDICATED A PROJECTED DECLINE OF OUR STUDENTS OF 777.

WE DID, OF COURSE ROCKY CAME IN MARCH AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE FOR THAT FOURTH QUARTER.

AND WE WANTED TO REFLECT THAT INFORMATION THAT ROCKY PROVIDED US AND THAT DID KIND OF INCREASE THAT DECREASE, AGAIN, FROM 777 STUDENTS TO 877 STUDENTS. WE DID CONTINUE AGAIN, THAT PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH OF 4% FROM OUR COLLIN CAD. OF COURSE, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT CURRENT LAW.

WE OF COURSE ARE AT THIS POINT. WE KNOW THERE'S SOME CHANGES COMING POTENTIALLY IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUT WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL STICKING WITH WHAT CURRENT LAW IS. OF COURSE, OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OUR PER CAPITA ALLOCATIONS ARE BASED ON A AN UPDATED SCHOOL TEMPLATE.

WE DID RUN THAT, OF COURSE, BEFORE WE DID THESE ASSUMPTIONS.

OF COURSE, RECAPTURE STILL THAT 4% INCREASE TO PROPERTY VALUES, AND THAT 1.9% DECREASE IN OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

AND OF COURSE, THE OTHER CHANGE FROM OUR JANUARY WAS NOW WE ARE SHOWING A REFLECTS A 3% INCREASE TO OUR COMPENSATION PLANNING.

IT'S THAT PLANNING PLACEHOLDER IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME IT WAS 2% WE'RE INCREASING IT TO 3%.

AND THEN STILL OUR NON-PAYROLL BUDGET IS STILL REFLECTING THAT INFLATIONARY FACTOR OF 3%.

AGAIN, THE ONLY CHANGE TO OUR DISTRICT ENROLLMENT TOTALS WERE DUE TO THE CHANGES THAT ROCKY PRESENTED US BACK IN MARCH.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY OUR ENROLLMENTS IN THE BLUE ARE, OF COURSE, ARE STAYING THE SAME.

SO OUR PROJECTED TOTALS DO REFLECT WHAT ROCKY ACTUALLY PRESENTED LAST TIME IN MARCH.

SO REALLY THE ONLY CHANGES THERE AGAIN, SOME SLIGHT DECREASES ON THOSE PROJECTED FIVE YEARS.

ONE SLIDE WE DIDN'T HAVE IN JANUARY WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF STAFFING HISTORY. OF COURSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE STAFFING HISTORY FROM 2018 TO 2025.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS A 24-25 THIS CAME FROM OUR OUR FALL SNAPSHOT.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN WHERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STAFFING, WHEN WE KNOW WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHTSIZING OUR STAFFING. AND WE DO THAT THROUGH ATTRITION. YOU CAN SEE OUR TEACHER TOTALS AGAIN ARE KIND OF FOLLOWING AGAIN OUR TRENDS OF OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT. IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IF YOU LOOK FROM 2024 TO 2025, YOU SEE THAT INCREASE IN OUR ALL STAFF.

AND MR. HILL, PLEASE, PLEASE JUMP IN IF I DON'T COMMUNICATE THIS CORRECTLY, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN REPORTING.

WE OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE TRANSITIONED FROM FRONTLINE TEAMS TO OUR NEW SIS SYSTEM UNDER SKYWARD.

AND THE WAY THAT THEY CAPTURE SOME OF OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES FRONTLINE DID NOT CAPTURE THEM AS FTES THEY CAPTURED THEM AS SUBSTITUTES. AND SO WHEN THAT REPORTING ON THE FTE SIDE, THEY DID NOT COME OVER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT MAY MAY WORK 1 OR 2 DAYS.

AGAIN, NOT ANYBODY WE WOULD CONSIDER A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THE WAY THAT SKYWARD CAPTURES IT DOES CAPTURE THEM AS A TRUE FTE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE.

SO THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHY THAT. AND AGAIN, IT'S REALLY JUST CAPTURING OF THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEE NOT ACTUALLY A TRUE FTE TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT ANY MORE. IT'S NOT ANY MORE EMPLOYEES THAN WHAT WE HAD IT'S JUST THE THE WAY THEY'RE BEING CLASSIFIED UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH IS, IS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHORING THAT UP. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO IS ON THE 2024, YOU SEE THAT GOING UP, I THINK AN OVERALL OF LIKE 6 FTES.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ADDED I THINK 55 MARSHALS TO THAT YEAR.

SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, GO BACK EVEN MORE. WE'RE GOING DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN.

BUT THEN THROUGH HOUSE BILL THREE OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT BUMPS UP JUST TO MEET THAT LAW.

THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT INCREASE. AND THEN OF COURSE, ON THE 24 TO 25, AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, THAT IS JUST RECLASSIFYING THOSE THOSE ADULT TEMPS AS TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

JOHNNY, CAN YOU GO CAN YOU GO AND PUT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE ON THAT 6520 IF YOU CAN PUT AN ASTERISK AND THEN SPELL OUT TEMPORARY RECLASSIFICATION OF TEMPORARY TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AND 55 SCHOOL MARSHALS SO THAT WHEN IT GETS POSTED, IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN IN DEFINITELY WITH AN EXPLANATION.

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YES, MA'AM. GREAT IDEA, GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU.

AGAIN, PROPERTY TAX RATES AGAIN LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE PRESENTED IN JANUARY. OF COURSE, THIS STILL REFLECTS THAT 4% PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE THAT WE WE PROJECTED AT THIS POINT. SO AGAIN WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE SAME TAX RATE THAT WE PRESENTED BACK IN JANUARY OF THAT $1.033 .

AND AGAIN, THAT'S M&O AT A 0.7959 AND OUR I&S AT 0.2374.

AND AGAIN OVERALL, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE OF COURSE SINCE 2018- 2019, OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE HAS DECREASED JUST OVER $0.40.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE JUST WE DON'T WE WON'T HAVE THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT UNTIL I THINK IT'S AROUND THE 25TH OF APRIL.

THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATE CERTIFIED VALUES WON'T BE UNTIL THE END OF JULY.

BUT BUT WE DO HAVE A PEEK SNEAK A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 5%.

SO WE SHOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL BUMP IN COMPRESSION AS A RESULT OF THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL EVEN CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, WE'LL GET THOSE. BUT WE WE WE KNOW THAT OUR CHIEF APPRAISER IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.

SO WE ASSUME THAT THE COMPRESSIONS WILL GO DOWN EVEN A LITTLE BIT LOWER, WHICH IS GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

FEW CHANGES AGAIN, JUST REFLECTING AGAIN WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH 24-25 AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 25-26, OF COURSE, AGAIN, STILL LOOKING AT THAT INCREASE IN RECAPTURE OF COURSE THE INCREASE BASED ON THOSE PROPERTY VALUES OF 4%. WE DO SEE THAT INCREASE IN OUR RECAPTURE FROM $144 MILLION TO $151 MILLION.

ALSO, OF COURSE, WE ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY RETAIN FOR OUR ACTUAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT FROM OUR NEW TEMPLATE, IT ACTUALLY DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN THOSE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD THAT TIER TWO VALUE FROM $129.52 TO $132.40. AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A FACTOR THERE.

CAN I SAY ONE THING ABOUT THAT? EVEN THOUGH THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD WENT UP, SO DID OUR RECAPTURE.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT RECAPTURE WOULD GO DOWN.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS 23- 24 WAS $560.

I MEAN, $135 MILLION 24-25 WAS $144 MILLION. AND NOW WE'RE PROJECTING $151 MILLION.

SO I'M JUST SEEING AN UPWARD TREND IN OUR RECAPTURE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A FACTOR OF A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT AS WELL AS PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES.

AND IT'S JUST HARDER AND HARDER FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS THAT MAYBE THE CITY WILL BE LOOKING FOR HELP RE VITALIZING CERTAIN CORNERS, IF YOU WILL. AND LIKE MAJOR STREET CORNERS AND MAYBE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME TOWNHOMES OR MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY, AFFORDABLE AND MAYBE WE CAN GET OUR ENROLLMENT BACK UP.

BUT I KNOW I'M GLAD WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, MY FAVORITE PIE CHARTS AS ALWAYS AGAIN, NOT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN COMPARISON TO OUR JANUARY.

AGAIN, JUST A FEW LITTLE MINOR TWEAKS. AGAIN, BETWEEN THAT STATE FUNDING VERSUS OUR LOCAL FUNDING, A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR RECAPTURE AGAIN, JUST REDUCED JUST A LITTLE BIT, OBVIOUSLY NOT MUCH COMPARED TO JANUARY. AND OF COURSE ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THAT'S NET OF RECAPTURE AGAIN OUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY AS YOU STATED, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AGAIN, WE THE BULK OF PART OF OUR REVENUE IS COMES FROM OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS.

AGAIN, OUR APPROPRIATIONS AGAIN, NOT A BIG CHANGE COMPARED TO OF COURSE, OUR JANUARY, PROBABLY WHERE WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE IS THERE IS WAS AN INCREASE AGAIN TO OUR PAYROLL COST. IT WAS JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE.

WE WERE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THE 83%. NOW WE'VE COME UP JUST OVER 83.6%.

BUT OF COURSE ON OUR ON OUR FUNCTIONAL SIDE AGAIN PRETTY STABLE.

OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS DID DID EDGE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT BASED ON OUR NEW PROJECTIONS FOR 25-26.

AND AGAIN JUST KIND OF WALKING FORWARD FROM OUR BASELINE TO OUR 25-26 PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

OF COURSE, YOU SEE THAT SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL REVENUE.

OUR STATE REVENUE DID DECREASE. THAT ONE WAS MAINLY DUE AGAIN TO OUR PER CAPITA PER CAPITA RATE.

AGAIN, WHAT HAPPENED IN 24-25 IS IT INCREASED TO $622 PER THAT RATE.

AND THEN IN WHAT THEY DO IS A PLACEHOLDER IN FOR 25- 26 IS ACTUALLY $400.

SO IT WENT FROM $622 TO $400. SO AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT BASICALLY THAT THAT LOSS THERE.

SO THAT EXPLAINS ABOUT $10.1 MILLION OF THAT STATE REVENUE DECREASE.

FEDERAL REVENUE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T CHANGE FROM JANUARY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME. THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO A DECREASE OF THE ONE TIME INDIRECT COSTS WE WERE

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OUR OTHER SOURCES AND TRANSFERS IN. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THERE'S NO CHANGE THERE FROM JANUARY.

THAT INCREASE TO THAT $13 MILLION IN 25 -26 IS DUE TO THE SALE OF OUR RETIRED CAMPUS LAND.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR RECAPTURE THAT INCREASE AT THE BOTTOM FROM $144.4 TO $151.2 IN OUR RECAPTURE.

SO OVERALL, OUR PRELIMINARY REVENUE, NET OF RECAPTURE IS $530.4 MILLION.

AND THEN JUST OF COURSE, WALKING FORWARD OUR EXPENDITURES AGAIN, THAT 24-25 BASELINE, WE SEE AN INCREASE OF OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT OF $6.7 MILLION. OUR COMPENSATION INCREASE, AGAIN, THAT'S REFLECTING THAT 3% AS OPPOSED TO THE 2% AT 8.

W ELL, RIGHT, AT $9 MILLION. OUR OTHER USES STAYED THE SAME.

OUR TRS ON BEHALF $1 MILLION OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAS A REVENUE OFFSET.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR NON PAYROLL INFLATIONARY FACTOR DID STAY THE SAME FROM OUR JANUARY WHICH IS JUST UNDER $3 MILLION INCREASE.

SO OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE ARE GOING TO BE SITTING AT $109.2 MILLION LESS RECAPTURE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT $557.9 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.

SO THAT PUTS US, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THAT NET REVENUE, $5 30.4 MILLION AND THEN $557.9 MILLION FOR EXPENDITURES, WITH A PROJECTED DEFICIT BUDGET OF $27.5 MILLION, AS OPPOSED TO JANUARY, IT WAS $26.5 MILLION.

AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE RELEVANT TO THE PRESENTATION.

SO YES, MA'AM. SORRY FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT TANGENTIAL.

ON THE THE FIRST SLIDE, THE 2025 -2026 KEY BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT LOOKS LARGER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROJECTED. AND I WAS GOING A LITTLE BATTY WITH THIS BEFORE ROCKY CAME, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD DONE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN, WE THOUGHT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF KIDS WERE MOVING TO EACH CAMPUS.

AND THEN WHEN WE GOT THE DEMOGRAPHY PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR, SOME OF THEM WERE LOWER THAN THAN WHAT I HAD ANTICIPATED.

AND SO BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT AND THEN THE, THE STAFFING AND MOVING THINGS, NOT ONLY THROUGH ATTRITION, BUT WE HAVE FOUR CAMPUSES WORTH OF STAFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLACE.

HOW ARE WE DOING THERE? ARE WE ARE WE ABLE TO SHUFFLE PEOPLE AND MEET NEEDS? AND MAYBE THIS IS A DEWANNA QUESTION I DON'T KNOW.

SO OR JOHNNY, I'LL JUST JUMP IN. SO SO DR. KENDALL WILL BE UP NEXT.

AND I DO BELIEVE SHE CAN ANSWER THAT PROBABLY IS PROBABLY.

SHE'S DEFINITELY WORKING IN THIS EVERY DAY. I THINK SHE'S GOT GOOD NEWS.

BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN YOU GIVE US ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THEN AND WE'LL WE'LL ACTUALLY KICK THAT OVER TO HER, BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S GOT A GREAT ANSWER AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER.

I WILL PUT A PIN IN IT. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS ON RECAPTURE.

DANNY, THE LAST WE HAD TALKED ON LEGISLATIVE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE BILLS FILED IN THE HOUSE, IN THE SENATE, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT FOR AN EARLY REPAYMENT OF RECAPTURE.

AND I THINK SENATOR PAXTON FILED A 10% DISCOUNT LAST SESSION, WHICH AND MAHALLA DID TOO I THOUGHT IT WAS 10%.

I MEAN, THERE WERE BILLS THAT WERE FILED FOR 10%, BUT THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY MADE IT FURTHER, I THINK WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FOUR. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, ACTUALLY NONE OF THEM MOVED LAST SESSION. BUT THERE IS A BILL THAT THAT DOES A 4%.

YEAH, THE 4% IS JUST RESTORING WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE HOUSE BILL THREE OF 2019.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THERE BEING 10% LAST SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE $15 MILLION.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL, YOU KNOW, DEFICIT NEXT YEAR OF $27.5, I MEAN, THAT'S IT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS PAYING OUR RECAPTURE EARLY AND GETTING A SIZABLE EARLY REPAYMENT DISCOUNT WOULD MAKE A MATERIAL DIFFERENCE IN THE THE DEFICIT.

CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. SO THERE THERE ARE BILLS FOR 4%, IS THE ANSWER.

OKAY. CORRECT.

AWESOME. HOPEFULLY WE SEE MORE MOVEMENT ON THAT THIS SESSION.

I JUST WANT TO DO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE GOING FROM OUR LAST ESTIMATE, THE $26.5 TO THE $27.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE DOING IS THAT'S INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL 1% SO WHICH IS ABOUT ALMOST $4 MILLION.

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SO I MEAN, I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC, FOREVER OPTIMISTIC THAT WE MIGHT GET SOME HELP.

I DON'T WANT TO. AND I KNOW COURTNEY AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD THE BUDGET BASED ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HERE YET.

BUT THERE IS WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE MAY GET SOME HELP THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP THAT DEFICIT.

SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. YEAH. AGAIN, THAT THAT INCREASE AGAIN THAT THAT INCREASE IN THAT STUDENT DECLINE AND THAT INCREASE OF OF ABOUT 1% AGAIN IS I THINK AGAIN, THE 26 TO THE 27 IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD TRADE OFF.

YEAH. I'D LOVE TO REVISIT THE SECOND SLIDE WITH THE PIE CHARTS.

YOU LOVE MY PIE CHARTS TOO. I DO TOO. OKAY, SO MY FAVORITE IS THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT PROJECTED APPROPRIATIONS BY FUNCTION.

THE SECOND. YEAH. WHEN I LOOK AT ADMINISTRATION AT 2.2%, I WILL NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE NOT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HEAVY. THIS IS A MISCONCEPTION AND FALLACY THAT EXISTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT PEOPLE THINK PLANO ISD IS REALLY HEAVY AT CENTRAL ADMIN, AND THAT IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE GET THAT, BUT THIS PIE CHART IS OUR FRIEND, AND IT TELLS US THAT THAT'S 2.2% PROJECTED WHICH IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW IN JANUARY. CORRECT. WHERE I THINK IT WAS 2.3 OR SOMEWHERE.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2.2. I THINK IT WAS TWO. I WROTE IT DOWN.

SO I'M GOING TO VERIFY. I MEAN I THINK THAT IT IS.

SO THIS SHOWS AND I THINK EVEN IN DEWANNA'S SLIDE, WHAT WE'LL SEE NEXT IS THE NUMBER DOESN'T EVEN EVER GET TO 100 LIKE IT IS VERY, VERY SMALL. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING OUR DISTRICT OR OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT WE ARE TOUGH BUT MIGHTY OR SMALL BUT MIGHTY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.

AND TARRAH TO YOUR POINT, ON THAT SAME PIE CHART, THE PIECE THAT LOOKS LIKE PAC-MAN IS 64.2% INSTRUCTION, AND THAT'S HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO THAT'S VERY GOOD ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES. AND SO WE ARE VERY, YOU KNOW, PROUD OF THAT.

YES, MA'AM. YES WE ARE. SO YES, IT WAS 2.3 IN JANUARY, SO MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A DENT TO 2.2.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NO MORE NO MORE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT.

[9.2 2025 - 2026 Compensation Report]

AND AGAIN, I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JOHNNY HILL.

SO I KNOW I KNOW THAT THESE REPORTS MAY BE BORING TO SOME OF YOU GUYS, BUT I'M JUST AS HAPPY AS I CAN BE UP HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO I LOVE THIS STUFF. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

KENDALL TO GO THROUGH COMPENSATION, I WILL SAY.

AND SHE I'M SURE SHE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS EARLY FOR MOST DISTRICTS DURING THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

BUT WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE WE CAN TO GET THE BEST QUALITY STAFF THAT WE CAN BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO WE ARE PUSHING HARD TO GET SOMETHING BEFORE YOU TO DISCUSS AND HOPEFULLY TAKE ACTION ON IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO DR. KENDALL JUST AS JOHN SAID, THIS IS REALLY A PHENOMENON.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CASUAL THING FOR US TO USE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT ASSISTANCE FOR US TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION ANNUALLY.

BUT IT IS REALLY A BIG DEAL TO HAVE ONE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A BOARD THAT SUPPORTS LOOKING AT COMPENSATION REGULARLY.

SO AS A COMMUNITY OF EMPLOYEES, WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY CONSIDERATION THAT YOU GIVE TO THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

I'LL START BY ADDRESSING THE QUESTION THAT WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE, AND THAT IS IN REGARDS TO LRP.

THAT'S OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING AND LOOKING AT THE PLACEMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REASSIGNED AS A RESULT OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE WITH OUR CAMPUSES. WE STARTED WITH JUST UNDER 300 EMPLOYEES NEEDING PLACEMENT, AND NOW WE'RE JUST UNDER 30 THAT STILL NEED PLACEMENT.

AND I WILL SAY THAT A BIG PART OF THAT, IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT ARE STILL REMAINING, ARE THEY ARE A PART OF WHAT WE CALL OUR SINGLETONS.

AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY SPECIALIZED JOBS.

AND SO THEY DON'T OPEN UP AS FREQUENTLY AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AS MUCH OF A MATCH ACROSS CAMPUSES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE SERVED AS LOCAL CAMPUS LEADERS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLOW THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT ROLE.

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AND SO IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. I KNOW ANYONE WHO'S IN THAT POSITION WANTS THAT PLACEMENT AS SOON AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN DILIGENT IN HANGING IN THERE. SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THEM PLACED.

SO THOSE ARE THE FEW THAT ARE REMAINING. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAD REGARDING THAT.

FOR OUR PURPOSES TODAY WE ARE LOOKING AT WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR COMPENSATION.

OF COURSE, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ZERO OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMPENSATE EMPLOYEES TO THE LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD FOR WHAT THEY PROVIDE TO US AS A DISTRICT.

BUT CERTAINLY, WE REALIZE THAT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN IS A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR TALENT ACQUISITION.

IT ALSO IS A PART OF OUR PILLAR THREE. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE AND THAT WE ARE EQUITABLE IN OUR COMPENSATION.

THE COMPETITIVE PART COMES IN LOOKING AT OUR COHORT DISTRICTS.

CONSIDERING WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE DOING.

THE EQUITY IS INTERNAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, WITHIN OUR PLAN, WE HAVE EQUITY, THAT THERE'S NOT TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING AND THERE'S HUGE DISPROPORTIONS BETWEEN THEM.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME EQUITY.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HAVE REALLY TO TRY TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND SO WE REALIZE THAT. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF OUR STAFF.

AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, YOU SHOULD SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITY TO WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED IN COURTNEY'S PRESENTATION FOR OUR BUDGET.

BUT THESE NUMBERS REFLECT THE GENERAL POPULACE.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES EVERY NOW AND THEN WITH OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE FROM DAY TO DAY, WHETHER WE HAVE SOMEONE SEPARATING OR OTHERS JOINING OR WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED THAT WE HAVE TO FILL.

SO SOMETIMES THERE'S A SLIGHT FLUCTUATION. BUT THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT THE EMPLOYEE TOTAL EMPLOYEE NUMBER ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE. WHY ARE WE HERE RIGHT NOW? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AFTER LOOKING AT SOME THINGS AND WE'LL TALK IN DETAIL AS TO HOW WE GOT HERE, BUT WE WANTED TO FRONT LOAD THIS INFORMATION.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A 3% RAISE AND YOU CAN SEE THE COST OF DOING THAT.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING LOOKING AT OUR NEW HIRE, NEW ENTRY FOR A BRAND NEW TEACHER MOVING THAT FROM $61,000, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, TO $62,200. WE FEEL THAT THAT WOULD KEEP US IN A GOOD POSITION AS WE LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD, AS DISTRICTS AROUND US ARE ALSO WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME SMALL GROUP OF NEW HIRES.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT THIS WOULD HELP US TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT HOW AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, HOW WE CAN DECOMPRESS OUR NEW HIRE PLAN.

AND THAT DECOMPRESSION IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EACH YEAR.

AND SO CURRENTLY OUR PLAN HAS STEPS OF 400 IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT PER YEAR.

SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $400. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DECOMPRESS THAT, SO THAT WE ARE HONORING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE MOVING THAT $400 TO $450.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE COST OF DOING THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN THE LAST PART IS LOOKING AT MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TASKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, IS MAINTAINING AN AWARENESS OF HOW OUR MARKET, OUR EDUCATION MARKET, IS SHIFTING.

SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT SOME POSITIONS IN EDUCATION ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT ARE IN THE THE REGULAR SECTOR, CORPORATE SECTOR. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A PLUMBER IN EDUCATION MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME SALARY AS A PLUMBER THAT IS IN THE REGULAR MARKET, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND FIND THOSE HIRES, WE HAVE TO HAVE ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN BE A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

SO TO THAT END, LET'S GO BACK AND LOOK QUESTION REAL QUICK TO CLARIFY.

SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT OH, SORRY. NOW I'VE BROKEN THE SLIDES. SO THE $450, IT WAS $400 PER YEAR, IT'S NOW $450 PER YEAR. SO IF IF I'M A TEACHER THAT'S BEEN TEACHING FIVE YEARS IN THE DISTRICT, I WOULD EXPECT A 3% RAISE. AND THEN I APPRECIATE THAT. SO $450 TIMES FIVE FOR THE INCREMENT OR SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PIECES. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE NEW HIRE RATE.

OKAY. SO THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE 3% THAT YOU WOULD GET IF YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE.

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IF I HAVE FIVE YEARS IN PLANO ISD AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I'VE BENEFITED FROM 3% EACH OF THOSE YEARS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREATER THAN THE $450. RIGHT.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER PAY RATE IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT CONSISTENTLY VERSUS IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT COMING IN.

BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE COMPETITIVE.

OKAY SO THIS IS FOR NEW HIRES THAT IF YOU HAVE TEN YEARS COMING INTO THE DISTRICT AND WE HIRE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS THIS TEN YEARS TIMES $450 ADDED TO YOUR STARTING SALARY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. YES, IT'S A BUILD ON THAT.

AND I WILL SAY THIS THERE'S A SLIDE UP HERE THAT HAS COMPARISONS 24-25 TO PROJECTED FOR 20.

IT'S TO ME I'M A VERY VISUAL LEARNER, BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD SLIDE TO LOOK AT AND ACTUALLY SEE IT'S THE GREATER OF.

SO IF IT'S 3% YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE GREATER OF, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MINIMUM OF WHAT A NEW HIRE SCHEDULE WOULD GIVE YOU.

IN MOST CASES THE 3% SINCE IT'S AS HIGH AS IT IS, YOU'RE GOING TO SLIDE NORTH OF WHAT THAT NEW HIRE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO SAY.

RIGHT, BUT THIS WILL INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS WITH MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO, YOU KNOW, JUMP SHIP FROM OUR FRIENDS UP NORTH OR WHEREVER THEY WANT TO JUMP SHIP FROM AND COME HERE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS INTENDED TO DO.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL, THOUGH. LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK THE LOGIC DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO IF I'M IN FRISCO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'M GETTING 60,000 NEW TEACHERS AND I GO 3%, 3%, 3%, WHY WOULD I THEN JUMP TO COME OVER HERE ONLY TO MAKE 62 TIMES, BASICALLY 1% OF THAT ONE OF THOSE RAISES? ESSENTIALLY, I'D BE TAKING A FOUR YEAR STEP BACK BASED ON THIS MATH.

SO THAT IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT FOR EACH DISTRICT. YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE MAKING IN THAT DISTRICT, CONSIDERING THE 3% RAISES THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE CONSIDERING BENEFITS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DON'T WANT TO USE FRISCO, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAJORITY OF OTHER DISTRICTS, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF WORK DAYS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 184, 85 WORK DAYS VERSUS 187 FOR THAT SAME AMOUNT.

SO THOSE FACTORS ARE ALSO CONSIDERATIONS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

WE ALWAYS TELL TEACHERS AND THAT MAY SEEM VERY SMALL.

I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THAT SAID, OH, $200 IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

WELL, $200 IS A BIG DEAL TO EDUCATORS, RIGHT? SO EVERY DAY OF DIFFERENCE IS A DAY. AND IF IT PUTS THEM CLOSER TO HOME, IF IT PROVIDES THEM A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY, THOSE ARE CONSIDERATIONS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REMAINING COMPETITIVE.

AND WE'LL GET INTO IT HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD YOU'RE GOING TO LAG, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND OR YOU'RE GOING TO MATCH ANYTIME A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT THEIR COMPENSATION PLAN, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LEAD.

BUT YOU DO TRY TO MATCH AND STAY IN THE GAME, RIGHT, SO THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE COMPETITIVE.

AND MOST PEOPLE MOST EDUCATORS ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS OR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THAT, I WOULD SAY FIVE PLUS STAGE, THEY ARE NOT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO THEIR COMPENSATION.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE INTO DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A FACTOR AS WELL. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY PLANO HAS GOING FOR IT IS BECAUSE WE DO OFFER QUITE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A TEACHER LEADER AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S MOVING INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE DRAWN INDIVIDUALS FROM THOSE DISTRICTS.

BUT IT IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE THING, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMPENSATION TODAY.

IT IS VERY COMPETITIVE. DO OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE THIS SORT OF PENALIZATION OF EXPERIENCE? SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE, AND WE HAVE A SLIDE HERE IN A MINUTE THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GREATER VIEW OF THAT BECAUSE WE WE CHARTED OUT NOT JUST WHERE YOU START, BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT FIVE YEARS? TEN YEARS? AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS SOME DISPARITY IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE THE EQUAL CALIBRATION BETWEEN EACH ONE.

SO FOR US TO HAVE $400 CURRENTLY WE'RE REQUESTING $450, BUT OUR CURRENT IS $400.

BETWEEN EACH STEP THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THEY MAY START OUT WITH THEIR BASE AND THEN THEY MAY HAVE A $700 JUMP.

THEN THE NEXT YEAR MAY BE A $200 JUMP, THE NEXT YEAR MAY BE A $100 JUMP, THEN IT MAY BE A $1,050 JUMP.

IT'S NOT CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO UP.

SO YOU'RE YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR EMPHASIS AND WHAT YOU TEND TO ATTRACT.

OUR GOAL AND WE'VE HAD LOTS OF GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO DECOMPRESS OUR SALARY SCHEDULE SO THAT WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE RAISING THE POINT OF THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HONOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO EDUCATION, IS THAT OUR INCREMENT OF GROWTH WITH OUR SALARIES IS VERY, VERY SMALL.

YOU DON'T GET BONUSES, YOU DON'T GET ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CORPORATE WORLD PROVIDES.

AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE WE POSSIBLY CAN.

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THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE LOOK AT THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE AS WORK DAYS IDENTIFIED FOR STAFF, BECAUSE NOT EVERY DISTRICT DOES THAT. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN PULL TOGETHER, WE CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT.

I HATE TO KEEP INTERRUPTING YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'M TOTALLY SURE IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS THAT HAVE HAD OTHER, LIKE, POSITIVE THINGS LIKE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR OR TEACHERS WHO HAVE YOU KNOW, MET SOME STANDARD OR WHATEVER, LIKE, DO WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF BONUSES AS WELL? I GUESS MY, MY WORRY IS THAT THIS COMPENSATION STRUCTURE BASICALLY SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT LOTS AND LOTS OF BRAND NEW TEACHERS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

BECAUSE IF I HAVE TEN YEARS, WHY WOULD I LEAVE MY JOB PAYING ME LET'S JUST SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, $62,000 TIMES 3% FOR TEN YEARS. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF BASICALLY A SECOND YEAR TEACHER HERE.

SO I'M CURIOUS AS IF IF WE AGAIN DO WE HAVE OTHER INCENTIVES? ARE THERE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT WOULD HELP US TO TARGET A BROADER RANGE OF TEACHERS? BECAUSE I THINK THIS BOTH LIMITS THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AS WELL AS THE QUALITY.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT DOES CHALLENGE YOUR NUMBER, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE TRUE FOR EVERY DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY.

THE CHALLENGE OF QUALITY IS JUST DUE TO THE QUANTITY PERIOD THAT WE HAVE AS A POOL OF CANDIDATES TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING AND SHARING IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THAT IS A STATE FUNDED OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TRY TO BOLSTER OUR COMPENSATION AND HOPEFULLY BE ANOTHER ATTRACTION, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IN THE AREA IS DOING IT JUST YET.

SO WE HOPE THAT HAVING A HEFTY COMPENSATION PLAN, WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT, THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF COME IN. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RECOGNITION PART, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE OPTIONS OF ATTACHING COMPENSATION TO THAT.

BUT THERE ARE SOME MAYBE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF DOING THAT.

IT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THAT RECOGNITION PROCESS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT COMPETITIVE FOR THE WRONG REASON.

SO THERE COULD BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND IT WOULD IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF STRUCTURE TO DO THAT.

BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO LOOK AT REGULARLY.

WE TRY TO FIND EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN TO COMPENSATE NOT JUST OUR TEACHING STAFF, BUT ALL OF OUR AUXILIARY, OUR PARA STAFF. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND WE WELCOME, JUST LIKE YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT THAT INPUT. WE WELCOME EVERYBODY LOOKING AT IT STRATEGICALLY TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THERE.

BECAUSE IT'S A VERY HARD JOURNEY. AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEW FUNDS.

SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUMP IN AND GIVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ABOVE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. TO MICHAEL'S POINT I MEAN, WE DO WE DO DO A STIPEND FOR TEACHERS WITH MASTER'S DEGREES OR EDUCATION BEYOND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

FOR THE SPORTS BALL, MUSIC THEATER, SCIENCE FAIR SPONSORS, THERE ARE STIPENDS FOR THAT AND OTHER THINGS.

WELL, I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF SPORTS.

AND SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO, TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF COMPETITIVENESS WITH THAT, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, YOU SAID PEOPLE MAY BE COMING HERE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD IS THAT WE ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AT SCIENCE FAIRS AND FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS. A LOT OF DISTRICTS JUST AREN'T DOING IT.

AND SO THAT IS THAT IN PARTICULAR IS ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, STEM TEACHERS THAT WE MAY OFFER THAT OTHER DISTRICTS MAY NOT.

SO I'D BE I'D BE SORT OF INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND IN A LATER UPDATE OR NOT, RIGHT ON THE SPOT HOW OUR STIPEND STRUCTURE COMPARES TO WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT COMING HERE AND FINDING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LEADERSHIP ROLE OR DIGGING IN ON SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND GETTING A STIPEND FOR THAT.

ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, THE BOARD ASKED FOR A REINVIGORATING THE STIPENDS.

AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM BACK THEN, BUT I THINK OUR STIPENDS ARE A LOT MORE GENEROUS THAN THEY HAD BEEN.

THAT WAS THAT WAS A PRIORITY THAT WE HAD. WELL, AREN'T THERE STIPENDS FOR LIKE IF YOU ARE THE LIAISON, PR LIAISON ON YOUR CAMPUS AND DO THE WEBSITE

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THANKS. AWESOME. OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE CONSIDERATIONS AND I'LL TRY TO HIT THIS VERY QUICKLY.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND IT SAYS ANNUAL REVIEW OF COMPENSATION, BUT IT REALLY NEVER STOPS.

SO IT SHOULD SAY ALWAYS REVIEW OF COMPENSATION.

BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S CURIOSITY FROM EMPLOYEES OR JUST THE NEED TO EVALUATE OUR ALIGNMENT, LOOKING AT OUR COHORTS CHANGING CHANGES IN RESPONSIBILITIES, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, WE'RE COLLECTING APPROPRIATE DATA.

AND SO WHETHER THAT DATA IS WHAT IS THE STATE EXPECTING OF VARIOUS POSITIONS, ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UPDATING THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS, TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.

AND THEN JUST REVIEWING DISTRICT NEEDS, THE EBB AND FLOW OF WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO HAVE HAPPEN AND NEEDS TO HAVE EMPLOYEES TO EXECUTE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF US IDENTIFYING WHAT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.

WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER MARKET, AND THAT'S THE EDUCATION MARKET.

WE DO ALSO CONSIDER THE PUBLIC SECTOR MARKET FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY LIKE OUR TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS.

AND SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE POSITIONS AS WELL.

WE MAKE PAY GRADE ADJUSTMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITY AND FLOW WITHIN OUR PAY GRADES, AS WE HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT MOVE FROM ONE PAY GRADE TO THE NEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S BALANCE WITH THAT AND THEN JUST INTERNAL EQUITY.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MAKING SURE THAT IF WE HAVE 2 OR 3 PEOPLE DOING THE SAME JOB, THAT THEY'RE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE EXACT SAME PAY BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THEY MAY HAVE HAD DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE POSITION, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE A VAST DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO LOOK AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY. SO WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING ALL OF THIS, WE WERE ALSO IN A QUANDARY BECAUSE IT IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, RIGHT? SO IT'S DO WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATORS ARE GOING TO DO? DO WE CONSIDER A 2%, OR DO WE JUMP IN AND LOOK AT WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO RECOMMEND, WHICH IS THE 3%? SO THOSE WERE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE EVALUATED.

AND TRYING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS EVENING.

AND ULTIMATELY, AS YOU SAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE 3% RAISE.

GIVING YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AGAIN, THIS IS IN THIS PART IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE 3%, BUT RATHER THE NEW HIRE SCHEDULE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP.

AND YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FOR 23- 24, 24- 25 AND NOW WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 25-26.

SO WE INCREASED BY THAT $1,000 PREVIOUSLY, AND NOW WE'RE ASKING TO INCREASE BY $1,200.

AND THAT $1,200 REALLY JUST HELPS US TO STAY IN THE GAME.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT LEAD LAG AND MATCH, IT DOESN'T PUT US IN THE LEAD, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T ALLOW US TO LAG IF WE CHOOSE TO GO WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION.

THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU A HIRING SCHEDULE COMPARISON FROM FOR PLANO ISD FOR THE 25 20, 24- 25 SCHOOL YEAR IN COMPARISON TO THE 25-26. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST COLUMN, IT SHOWS YOU THE INCREASE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED WITH THE $62,200 STARTING AND THE $450 INCREMENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE BETWEEN EACH YEAR OF PAY.

SO, DR. TYRA, TO YOUR POINT A WHILE AGO, IF YOU'RE SITTING AS A BRAND NEW TEACHER, YOU COME IN AND YOU THIS YEAR YOU'RE AT $61,000.

A 3% OF THAT WOULD BE ABOUT AN $1,830 RAISE, WHICH WOULD PUT YOU AT $6062.

WHAT IS IT? WHAT PUTS YOU AT $62,830. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS SCHEDULE THIS NEW HIRING SCHEDULE PUTS YOU AT $62,650, SO YOU'RE RIGHT ABOVE THAT. THIS WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO ALSO SEE A CHART THAT'S LIKE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR NEW HIRES IN OUR DISTRICT, VERSUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT LONG TERM AND SEE JUST SIDE BY SIDE THE THE DIFFERENCE IN PAY BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US LONG TERM AND GOTTEN THAT 3% VERSUS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE PAYING NEW TEACHERS COMING IN.

I'D BE I WOULD JUST BE SUPER INTERESTED TO SEE THAT AS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON IN WHATEVER UPDATE THE REST OF THIS STUFF IS COMING IN.

YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THIS ONLY GOES TO STEP 12.

BUT OUR SALARY SCHEDULES, I THINK GO THROUGH WHAT, 35 YEARS? 35. SO THIS IS WHAT WE COULD FIT ON THE SLIDE, WHICH IS THIS IS JUST TO REFLECT HOW IT'S WORKING.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS, A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T GO UP TO STEP 35 EITHER.

SOME OF THEM STOP WITH STEP 20. MOST OF THEM GO THROUGH STEP STEP 30.

BUT WE WE ACTUALLY GO FURTHER THAN MOST OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT YOU SAW LAST YEAR THAT WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF INCREASE BUS DRIVERS HAVE BEEN AN OUTLIER FOR THE LAST 10 OR 12 YEARS IN TERMS OF

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AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DILIGENT.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RECRUITERS. THEY ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THEIR EFFORTS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A JOB FAIR AS A DISTRICT, EVERY TIME THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY ARE PRESENT.

THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY STAFFED.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT AND MOVE ON QUICKLY BECAUSE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LINGER, BECAUSE THAT IS I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT. BUT THAT IS AWESOME THAT WE HAVE HAD A FULL STAFF OF BUS DRIVERS. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO STAY IN THE GAME AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT DISTRICTS CAN JUMP REALLY QUICKLY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUS ROUTES, BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GET KIDS TO SCHOOL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED THERE.

AND SO LAST YEAR, WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THE $24.

WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR TO ADD A DOLLAR AND MOVE THEM TO $25, JUST SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN THE GAME, AS I SAID BEFORE, AND REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS DRIVERS WHEN THEY GET $25 AN HOUR PER HOUR, DO THEY GET ANY OTHER BENEFITS LIKE HEALTH INSURANCE OR ANYTHING? THEY DO. YES. IF THEY ARE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, THEY ARE GOING TO QUALIFY.

I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE SOME SUB DRIVERS THAT ONLY WORK A FEW HOURS A DAY, AND THEY WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO SOME OF OUR OTHER LESS THAN HALF TIME EMPLOYEES.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 95% GET THE BENEFITS AS WELL.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE THEY'LL BE CONSIDERED FULL TIME TO GET THE BENEFITS? THEY CAN BE WITH OUR BUS DRIVERS THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PART TIME.

WE HAVE SIX HOUR AND WE HAVE SIX AND EIGHT HOURS.

EIGHT HOUR. YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE. BUT ALL THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY ARE SIX OR EIGHT HOURS OBVIOUSLY ARE ARE MORE GETTING BENEFITS.

TRS IS FOUR HOURS. SO WE'RE GOOD ON THAT, I DON'T THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY BUS DRIVERS WORK LESS THAN THAT, DO WE? EXCEPT FOR THE SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO ANOTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THIS YEAR TO MEET OUR NEEDS AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WAS TO EXPAND THE OFFICE STAFF THERE.

AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT MANY DISTRICTS AROUND US HAVE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES TO MANAGE FULL TIME ENROLLMENT COLLECTING ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR ENROLLMENT, BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE DATA THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, OR WE WILL BE DOING ACTUALLY FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IS TRANSITIONING THE SECRETARY POSITION AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES TO DATA CLERKS AND ADDING A RECEPTIONIST POSITION.

BECAUSE WHILE WE DO NEED SOMEONE TO MANAGE THE DATA THAT COMES AND GOES WITH ENROLLMENT PRACTICES, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS MANNING THE DOOR MONITORING TO FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, LETTING INDIVIDUALS IN AND OUT, MAKING SURE THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF A STAFF MEMBER IN THE ELEMENTARY OR ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES IN THE OFFICE.

SO THAT RECEPTIONIST POSITION WOULD BE NEW. ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE GET A CHANCE TO QUICKLY LOOK AT OUR PEER COMPARISONS.

AND THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE WE FALL IN THE RANKINGS.

THIS IS LOOKING AT 23-24. SO JUST KIND OF GOING BACK AND FOLLOWING THROUGH.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE SIT WHEN WE WERE AT $60,000.

AND ONE THING I WILL ADD AS I GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THAT, IS THAT THE NUMBERS WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF SCAVENGER HUNTING AROUND TO TRY TO FIND ALL OF THE NUMBERS TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT.

SO WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE NUMBERS THERE ARE A GENERAL REPRESENTATION.

THEY MAY NOT BE THE EXACT NUMBER. NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAD IT VERY CLEAR ON THEIR WEBSITES, BUT THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED. WHEN YOU SAY APPROXIMATE NUMBER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS? THE ENROLLMENT NUMBER. THANK YOU. THE STARTING SALARY IS CORRECT. WE DID FIND THAT INFORMATION, BUT THE ENROLLMENT NUMBER WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN SOME PLACES TO FIND.

BUT WE CAME AS CLOSE. WE EVEN ENDED UP CALLING A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE WE COULD WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.

THIS REPRESENTS 24-25 WHEN WE MOVED TO $61,000, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT PLACES US.

WE STILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME PLACE.

SO THAT GOES AGAIN WITH JUST STAYING COMPETITIVE.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NUMBER AND NOT STAYING FLAT.

ABSOLUTELY. THE PEERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN ONE THROUGH SEVEN, HOW MANY OF THOSE PAY RECAPTURE? I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MR. JOHNNY FOR THAT. COPPELL DOES.

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WYLIE DOES. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WYLIE, BUT BUT I KNOW DALLAS DOES, AND I KNOW COPPELL DOES SO.

WE'RE STILL NUMBER TWO. IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A POINT ON THAT ON THIS SLIDE, I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT HOW SEVERAL DISTRICTS HAVE GONE OUT FOR ELECTION AND THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT BROUGHT THE SUPPORT THAT OUR COMMUNITY BROUGHT.

AND BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THAT VADER IN 2022 YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY HAS HELPED US WITH THIS BECAUSE THAT MONEY WENT DIRECTLY INTO STAFFING. AND, YOU KNOW, I NOT THAT I WISH ILL ON ON ANYBODY, BUT IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY COMING OUT AND MAKING THAT CHOICE TO PUT THAT MONEY INTO STAFFING WHERE WE CAN WHEN I SEE OTHER PEER DISTRICTS FAILING, FAILING VADERS AND, YOU KNOW, REALIZING THAT SOME OF THESE SPREADS MAY GROW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE BACKING OF THEIR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE. SO THE COMMUNITY DID DO THAT, AND THEY DID THAT KNOWING THAT IT WOULD BE NET OF RECAPTURE.

AND TO ADD TO THAT, THERE ARE ALSO DISTRICTS, AS I TALKED TO MY PEERS, THAT ARE HAVING TO DO A GREATER REDUCTION IN STAFF, LIKE A FORCED REDUCTION AS A RESULT OF THAT, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN.

AND I FIND IT FASCINATING THAT THERE'S A DISTRICT ON THIS LIST WHO IS A HIGH RECAPTURE DISTRICT PERCENTAGE WISE, AND THEIR EDUCATION FOUNDATION RAISES MONEY EXCLUSIVELY TO SUPPLEMENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TOM PARK, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY NO, I DIDN'T.

BUT THEY THEIR FOUNDATION EXCLUSIVELY RAISES MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT TEACHER SALARIES.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE SUPPLEMENT IS PART OF THIS NUMBER HERE, BUT THAT IS WHERE SOME DISTRICTS HAVE HAD TO GO.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? OH, I JUST THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. OKAY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU THAT OVERALL PICTURE THAT YOU HAD INQUIRED ABOUT AND LOOKING AT THE YEARS AND THE COMPETITIVE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO ABSOLUTELY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS WE MOVE INTO THE UPPER YEARS THAT THERE WERE SOME VARIANCES THERE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS. SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I'M JUST I'M REALLY CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON THE NEW TEACHER SALARY. AND THIS IS JUST A GENUINE QUESTION VERSUS SAY, A FIVE YEAR OR TEN YEAR TEACHER.

JUST STRATEGICALLY, WHAT'S THE THE THINKING BEHIND THAT STRATEGY? SO I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE HAD HEARTY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY A PREFERENCE NOT TO RECOGNIZE TEACHERS AT A MORE EXPERIENCED LEVEL.

WE ARE JUST NOT YET AT THE POINT THAT WE CAN PUT WITHOUT HAVING THE FUNDING, THE NEW FUNDING.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BE THE MOST EQUITABLE.

RIGHT. AND SO THE WAY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WERE LOOKING, IF WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY ASKING OR LOOKING AT A SMALL INCREMENT OF 50 $50. SO IT GOES FROM $400 TO $450. AND REALLY, IF YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, NOT TO CALL TOO MUCH OF IT OUT, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AT THOSE UPPER YEARS IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT. AND SO WE ARE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN OUR OUR PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT LOWER THE YEAR ZERO SALARY AND INCREASE THE FIVE YEAR SALARY SO THAT WE GET MORE FIVE YEAR TEACHERS AND LESS NEW TEACHERS? SO I THINK THAT MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO THAT WOULD BE THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DID THAT.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE OF WHAT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO TARGET SOMEONE WOULD BE THE NEW TEACHER.

BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE, IF THEY'RE IN A DISTRICT, THEY'VE ESTABLISHED THOSE CONNECTIONS, THEY'VE ESTABLISHED THOSE FRIENDSHIPS, THEY PROBABLY HAVE THEIR KIDS AND FAMILY IN THAT DISTRICT ALREADY AS WELL.

SO TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGING FOR THEM THAN IT WOULD BE FOR A NEW TEACHER COMING OUT OF COLLEGE OR SOMEONE WHO IS JUST GETTING THEIR CERTIFICATION. AND SO WE ARE TARGETING THAT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO COME.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FIVE YEAR TEACHER OR A TEN YEAR TEACHER.

ALSO, THERE'S THE REALITY AS WE LOOK AT THE MARKET, THERE ARE FEWER TEACHERS MAKING IT COOL.

WELL, THERE ARE FEWER TEACHERS THAT ARE MAKING IT INTO THAT LONGEVITY WITHOUT CHANGING CAREERS.

SO THAT'S A PART OF IT, TOO. I MEAN, YOU MAKE VERY VALID POINTS.

I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I AM NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE VERY VALID POINTS.

AND IF WE HAD, I THINK, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE STRUCTURE UP IN THE WAY THAT WE COULD IF WE HAD UNLIMITED FUNDING,

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THAT IS JUST NOT OUR FORTUNE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I THINK IF WE GET ANY RELIEF, THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THAT.

AND MR. HILL AND I HAVE CERTAINLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN LOOKING AT WHAT POSSIBILITIES WOULD LIE AROUND DOING THAT AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO THROW MY $0.02 IN I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU MAKE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS.

I WISH YOU HAD THE FUNDING TO BE A LITTLE MORE LIKE YOU SAID.

I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A ALSO A REALITY AMONGST SCHOOL PEOPLE ANYWAY, THAT THERE'S A WHENEVER YOU SAY, OKAY, DR. KENDALL, WHAT'S YOUR SALARIES AT PLANO ISD? YOU DON'T SAY, WHAT'S YOUR FIVE YEAR? I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THE REALITY IS, I'M NOT ASKING WHAT YOUR FIVE YEAR SALARY SCHEDULE IS, WHAT YOUR BEGINNING TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE. THERE'S A HUGE PERCEPTION BUILT AROUND THAT.

AND SO I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE WITH THE ZERO.

THE BEGINNING TEACHER IS BRINGING THEM IN, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THERE IS THERE IS A THRUST TO TRY TO DO THAT.

NOT THAT WE WANT ALL OF OUR OUR TEACHERS COMING INTO THE PISD TO BE BRAND NEW, BUT WE DO WANT TO CAPTURE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM NOW THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES, EVEN OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION, INTO, YOU KNOW, INTO EDUCATION.

SO TRYING TO CAPTURE AND GET THOSE INTO THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS IS BIG.

I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO STRETCH OUT OUR SALARY SCHEDULE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE 18. THESE ARE JUST, I THINK, THE TOP 12.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF YOU GO OUT TO YEAR 20, WE'RE LAGGING BEHIND IN THOSE YEARS.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO STRETCH THAT OUT.

WE ARE WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT FUNDING TO TO DO THAT.

IF WE DID THAT ALL IN 1 OR 1 YEAR, WE WOULD WE YOU KNOW, I AM AFRAID THAT WE WOULD HURT OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT OVER TIME.

THERE IS A COUPLE OF THESE THAT I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH, A LOT OF THE CFOS THAT ARE IN THESE DISTRICTS THAT ARE AHEAD OF US.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE FIGHTING A LARGER, A LARGER DEFICITS AND DOING LOTS OF MAJOR CUTS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT FORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO ADDRESS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO LAST SUMMER, AS WE WERE GEARING UP FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WAS A NEW TEACHER RALLY.

I FORGET WHAT IT WAS CALLED, BUT IT WAS AT THE FINE ARTS CENTER. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE NEW TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT ARE JUST NEW TO TEACHING THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT? DO YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER? I DO NOT KNOW THAT NUMBER, BUT I ABSOLUTELY CAN GET IT FOR YOU.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU THE WRONG THING. YEAH, YEAH NO, THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO KNOW BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF IT WAS LIKE YOUNGER NEW RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE. AND THEN YOU GOT NEW TO TEACHING PEOPLE WHO WERE SWITCHING PROFESSIONS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE NUMBER, THE PERCENTAGE. OKAY.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING FORWARD A DIFFERENT MODELING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT THRESHOLD OF DEFICIT WOULD BE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND TO JOHNNY'S POINT, IT HAS TO BE SUSTAINABLE.

IT DOESN'T YOU DON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, PAY IT ONE YEAR IT CONTINUES ON, IT'S A SALARY.

OKAY. GET MY NOTES GOING THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT OUR BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, WHEN WE RECRUIT, I ALWAYS SHARE WITH NEW TEACHERS IS THAT YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE STARTING SALARY, YOU ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE BENEFITS CONTRIBUTION, BECAUSE AT THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING, WHETHER IT'S OURS OR ANY OTHER ISN'T GIVING A CONTRIBUTION, YOU CAN COUNT THAT AND TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOUR YOUR SALARY AS A MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.

SO THIS IS ALWAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT AS WELL.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO SUSTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AS A CONTRIBUTION.

AND THAT IS A REALLY A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I THINK WE HAVE JUST OVER 65% THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THAT CONTRIBUTION.

AND SO THAT IS A POSITIVE ADD AS WELL. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT ABOUT 65%, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMENDED THIS YEAR THAT WE INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTION, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN FUTURE YEARS.

DID YOU SAY THAT WAS PER MONTH? YES. OKAY. SO JUST GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW THIS WAS PRESENTED LAST YEAR.

WE TOOK OUT THE BOTTOM AND ADD AT THE TOP. SO WE ADDED IN 24-25 AND WE TOOK OUT THE 11-12 YEAR.

BUT THIS JUST ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE SUPPORT THAT THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.

AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO SEE AS WELL, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, BECAUSE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAVE BEEN DISTRICTS THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF

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AND SO TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE, NOT ONLY HAVE WE HAD AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF A 2% RAISE, BUT THERE WERE YEARS ALSO THAT THERE WERE OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ON TOP OF THAT. SO JUST LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE IS A VERY POSITIVE PICTURE FOR US IN EDUCATION.

SO THE LAST YEAR THAT WE DID NOT GIVE A RAISE ACTUALLY WAS JUST CUT OFF OF THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] WE DID NOT GIVE A RAISE. AND THEN CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY JUST SO THAT ANYBODY LISTENING ON THE CONTROL POINT WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTROL POINT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME THAT WAS LOOKING AT THE WHAT WE CALL THE MIDPOINT.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SALARY RANGE, THE CONTROL POINT IS ALMOST MIDDLE OF THE SALARY.

AND A MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME DID THEIR RAISES, WHICH BASICALLY MEANT THAT IF YOU WERE IN THE SAME PAY GRADE, EVERYBODY GOT THE SAME RAISE WITHIN THAT PAY GRADE.

SO IF THE RAISE WAS $2,000, NO MATTER WHAT, OUR POSITIONS WERE WITHIN THAT OR HOW LONG WE HAD BEEN I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER PIECE, HOW LONG WE HAD BEEN IN THE DISTRICT. WE ALL GOT THE SAME INCREMENTAL RAISE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE 23- 24 LOOKING AT A STRAIGHT RAISE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT I GET THE PERCENTAGE OF MY SALARY. NOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LOT MORE COSTLY.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THERE'S VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN DOING IT THAT WAY VERSUS DOING A CONTROL POINT.

AND SO IT'S MORE IT'S DEFINITELY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE A STRAIGHT RAISE MORE SO THAN THE CONTROL RAISE.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN THE SHIFT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT'S A IT'S ANOTHER TO TO MICHAEL'S POINT EARLIER.

IT'S A IT IS A SPECIFIC STRATEGY THAT WE'RE USING TO TRY TO STRETCH OUT OUR SALARY SCHEDULE.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT. AND IT'S A LITTLE CHANGE.

IT DOESN'T COST A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. IT'S BASICALLY REPURPOSING DOLLARS ON THE THE FRONT END AND STRETCHING IT OUT TO THE MORE EXPERIENCED.

SO IT'S JUST DOING IT IN MAYBE A SLOWER, A SLOWER WAY THAN SOMETIMES WHAT WE MIGHT WANT.

BUT IT'S ALSO BEING FIDUCIARY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE TOO SO.

SO LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CHART HERE INCLUDES THE 3% RAISE ANY MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THAT'S LOOKING AT AREAS, THE BUS DRIVERS ARE DEFINITELY A BIG ONE, BUT THEN WE HAVE.

A COUPLE OF OTHER AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THERE MAY BE A NEED TO LOOK AT ADJUSTING SOME PAY FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE POSITION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STAYING IN ALIGNMENT.

AND THEN OUR 25-26 STAFFING THAT LOOKS AT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO SERVE THE STUDENTS OF PLANO ISD? AND A PART OF THAT IS ADDING THE RECEPTIONIST POSITIONS TO THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER A COUPLE OF ADMIN INTERNS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL POSITIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET ALL CAMPUS NEEDS AND STUDENT NEEDS.

AND SO THAT ADJUSTMENT IS THERE. AND THEN THERE ARE PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT'S A $7 MILLION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS RECAPTURING OR PULLING BACK AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE THE LRP CHANGES, THE THE CLOSING OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER EFFICIENCIES WITHIN STAFF, WHETHER IT'S POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SURPLUS.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO RECOUP ABOUT $7 MILLION, WHICH BRINGS OUR BOTTOM LINE DOWN TO THAT $8.9 THAT YOU SEE THERE.

SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

OF COURSE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AND WHAT POSITION AND WHAT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THEY MAY HAVE, AND THAT MAY CREATE A VARIANCE IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, BUT WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXCEED THE NUMBERS THAT ARE INCLUDED THIS EVENING.

SO ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, YOU KNOW, JUST POURING THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR OWN OUR ONE OF OUR OUR MAJOR RESOURCES IS IS HUGE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A 3% RAISE UNLESS WE DO THAT KIND OF WORK.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER A, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER DISCUSSION POINT WITH LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING AND, AND JUST BASICALLY REPURPOSING THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR STAFF.

OKAY AND, MR. HILL, I THINK YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

PLEASE JUMP IN, DANNY, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING I'M SAYING WRONG BECAUSE DANNY HAS BEEN LIVING THIS FOR THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF.

SINCE JANUARY. OKAY. HE'S LOOKING AT ME, LIKE, MONTH.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS IS A LOGICAL SEGUE, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO PINCH OUR PENNIES THIS IS WHY. SO I THINK THIS IS BASICALLY JUST IT'S THE FINANCE BILLS THAT ACTUALLY AND ONE THING THAT I THINK IS UNIQUE THAT REALLY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A WHOLE LOT, AND THAT IS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IS BOTH TALKING ABOUT POURING MONEY BACK INTO THE STAFF.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEACHER RAISES AND HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK.

WELL, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY WOULD ACTUALLY BLEND RIGHT INTO THAT.

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RIGHT. BUT WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING TO HELP US DO THAT.

SO LET ME JUST RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

THESE ARE I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS POURING MONEY BACK INTO THE STAFF, WHICH I THINK IS. GOOD BASIC ALLOTMENT, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE 2019, 6160. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY, UNDER THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE OF HOUSE BILL TWO, WOULD RAISE THAT UP BY ALMOST ALMOST $400, I THINK $395 SO WHICH IS GOOD. GOLDEN YIELD PERMANENTLY FROZEN AT $129.

SO WE A WHILE AGO, WHENEVER COURTNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT CURRENT LAW, ACTUALLY HAS IT GOING UP TO $132 THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY FREEZE THAT BACK AT 24-25 LEVELS, WHICH BASICALLY THEY'RE LEGISLATIVELY THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS IF YOU REMEMBER, THE LAW SAYS THE 96TH PERCENTILE.

AND GUESS WHO'S SITTING RIGHT ON THE 96TH PERCENTILE? US.

AND SO BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S NO CEILING ON THAT.

SO WE NATURALLY AS OUR VALUES GO UP WE'LL GO UP OVER THAT $132 ANYWAY.

AND WE'LL GET TO KEEP THAT. SO THAT'S A PERK FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SITTING AT THE VERY CEILING AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GO HIGHER THAN THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S A BLESSING FOR US. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT I WOULDN'T GET TOO WORKED UP OVER THAT.

WHEN IT SAYS MODIFICATIONS OF ASAHE FACILITIES TO REDUCE ANY AMOUNT OVER STATE AID FOR DEBT SERVICE, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT WITH DEFICIENCIES. THIS BASICALLY WOULD WOULD TAKE OUR HOLD HARMLESS, WHICH WE GET ABOUT $9 MILLION OF INS HOLD HARMLESS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HOMESTEAD THEM LOWERING THE HOMESTEAD.

BOTTOM LINE IS THEY WOULD WANT TO REDUCE THAT HOLD HARMLESS WHENEVER WE DO DEFICIENCIES.

AND DANNY AND I WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THIS.

AND AND WE THINK WE HAVE A CREATIVE WAY AROUND THIS IF THIS WERE TO PASS, DON'T TELL ANYBODY.

BUT BY RESTRUCTURING, REFINANCING OUR DEBT, WE WOULD HAVE TO IT WOULD BE MORE WORK.

BUT WE WE THAT DOESN'T WORRY ME OVERLY MUCH. IT JUST MEANS WE'LL HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO REFINANCING OUR DEBT.

AND THEN A REQUIRED COMPENSATION. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.

SO EVERY FOR EVERY AMOUNT THAT THE BA GOES UP, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GOES UP.

WE HAVE TO POUR 40% BACK INTO COMPENSATION. THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WHENEVER WE DO RUN OUR NUMBERS, WE'RE WE ARE ALREADY BASICALLY DOING THAT ANYWAY.

SO I THINK THE NUMBERS WILL STILL FOLD IN NICELY UNDER UNDER HOUSE BILL TWO.

AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO EACH ONE OF THESE. BUT TO MICHAEL'S POINT EARLIER, THE STATE, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, THERE IS GOT TO BE A PRIORITIZATION OF PLUS TEN YEAR TEACHERS AND PLUS FIVE YEARS.

SO BASICALLY INCENTIVIZING WHEN YOU GO OUT FURTHER ON THE EXPERIENCE LADDER.

AND SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE IF THIS HAPPENS, WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND DO EXACTLY WHAT MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THE FUNDING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.

SO THIS MAY GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO ACTUALLY TO DO SOME OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

THERE IS WORK THAT'S GOING ON WITH SPECIAL ED ALLOTMENTS.

TELL ME AGAIN WHAT THAT'S CALLED I ALWAYS FORGET.

IT'S SHIFTING TO AN INTENSITY BASED INTENSITY OF SERVICES BASED FUNDING MODEL, AS OPPOSED TO A CLASSROOM PLACEMENT FUNDING MODEL.

SO IT'S TIED MORE TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT RATHER THAN THE CLASSROOM THEY'RE BEING PROVIDED THOSE SERVICES IN, WHICH IS IS BETTER BECAUSE IT'S JUST MORE TIED TO THE ACTUAL COSTS OF THE SERVICES.

YEAH, WHICH IS GOOD. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE DOWN AND TESTIFIED OVER THIS OVER THE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO TO SEE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OFF OUR CENTER ON THIS IS EXCITING.

AND THEN JUST TO FINISH UP A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT INCREASES ON COMP ED ON THE BILINGUAL EARLY ALLOTMENT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PRE-K, WHICH IS GOOD. COMBINING ALL OF THE HOLD HARMLESS.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE GET ABOUT $9 MILLION OF OF HOLD HARMLESS, WE GET ABOUT $9 MILLION ON THE M&O SIDE AS WELL.

AND SO UNDER THIS, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT COMBINING ALL OF THOSE.

AND WE WOULD WE WOULD GET MONEY ON THE BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE BUT WE WOULD LOSE SOME OF THAT HOLD HARMLESS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US OVERALL? WELL, I MEAN, SO THEY I KNOW TASB RAN SOME SOME RUNS.

YOU ALL MAY HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THOSE RUNS, BUT FOR US IT'S ABOUT $19 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $19 MILLION AS A RESULT.

THAT'S OVER A CURRENT CURRENT LAW. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING STUDENTS.

YOU HEARD COURTNEY SAID THE DEMOGRAPHERS IT'S ABOUT 877.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S ABOUT $9 MILLION.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO FACTOR THAT IN. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FACTORED INTO OUR BUDGET NUMBERS THAT SHE'S RUNNING THAT'S ACTUALLY FACTORED IN.

SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY IF THIS WERE TO PASS LIKE THIS, WHICH IT WON'T.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY POSITIVE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NEW MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN AT LEAST THE LAST THREE SESSIONS.

SO ON THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IS THAT ONLY ON M&O.

OR ARE THEY ARE THEY STILL RETAINING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR I&S?

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SO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ON THE DEFEASANCE THEY AS WE TALKED A WHILE AGO, THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY TAKE YOUR DEFEASANCE YOUR GAIN FROM YOUR DEFEASANCE AGAINST YOUR HOLD HARMLESS ON THE I&S SIDE.

YEAH, THEY MAINTAIN THE I&S HOLD HARMLESS FOR YOUR REQUIRED PAYMENTS.

THE ISSUE IS WE SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY BY PAYING MORE THAN OUR REQUIRED PAYMENTS, ESSENTIALLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THE THE YOU WOULDN'T YOU WOULDN'T GAIN THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR THAT PURPOSE ANYMORE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SENATE IS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, MONEY POURING BACK INTO THE TEACHERS AS WELL.

IN FACT, ALL OF THEIR MONIES, WHICH IS AS IT WAS ENGROSSED, I THINK IS $4.35 BILLION.

AND SO WHAT THEY SAY IS THEY ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN.

WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER RURAL AND NON RURAL SCHOOLS, BUT SMALL AND LARGE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE OVER 5000.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE THE THIRD BULLET. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAS OVER 5000.

WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK IS TO MICHAEL'S POINT AGAIN FROM ZERO TO TO TWO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY DESIGNATED TOWARD THOSE EARLIER STEPS.

BUT THEY DO HAVE $2,500 MANDATED FOR STEPS THREE AND FOUR, AND ANYTHING FIVE AND ABOVE WOULD ACTUALLY BE AT A $5,500.

SO IF YOU RUN THOSE NUMBERS THROUGH, OBVIOUSLY IT GOES UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TEACHERS YOU HAVE.

WE HAVE ALMOST 3,400. SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, I THINK THAT REALLY ABOUT 80% OF OUR TEACHERS ACTUALLY HAVE OVER THE FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. TO MICHAEL'S POINT, I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO INCENTIVIZE EARLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE EARLIER STEPS, I THINK WE HAVE 80% OF OUR TEACHERS ARE SITTING AT OVER FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

YEAH. SO WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD. AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP OR DOWN APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM $14 TO $16 MILLION, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY, HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS YOU HAVE AT THOSE EXPERIENCES.

SO I THINK I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD. THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR TIA AND THEN WHICH IS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL ONE, BUT MONEY'S PUTTING TOWARDS STATE LIABILITY FOR INSURANCE FOR TEACHERS WHICH IS I'M SURE ONE OF THE ASSOCIATIONS IS PLUGGING THAT WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. SO SO THAT'S SENATE BILL 26.

ALL RIGHT. AND AS A LAST SLIDE, AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, WE ARE POISED AND READY TO ADD THAT TO ALL OF THE GREAT REASONS TO JOIN THE PLANO ISD TEAM.

AND SO THE LAST SLIDE JUST CAPTURES A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY ANYONE SHOULD WANT TO COME AND WORK IN PLANO ISD.

AND BUT ADDING A STARTING SALARY FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS OF $62 ,200 WOULD CERTAINLY BE ANOTHER VALUE ADD.

AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THIS EVENING.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO. DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE. ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE NOTE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PERCEPTION, YOU ALL ALLUDED TO THE 2011 SCHOOL YEAR. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WERE NO SALARY IT WAS A ZERO IT WAS A FLAT YEAR.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT TOOK SEVERAL YEARS TO REGAIN REGAIN THAT.

SO JUST FOR A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NO MATTER WHAT THE ECONOMY IS, THAT WE ALWAYS ARE TRYING TO RAISE TEACHER SALARIES ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE IT WILL HURT US LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.

IT'S A LONG GAME. COULD BE THINKING OF NOT JUST WHAT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO HAD ON THAT SAME SLIDE, SIMILAR SLIDE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE DID THE $500 BONUSES AT THE HOLIDAYS, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A RATIONALE FOR WHY THOSE WERE SUSPENDED, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'S REALLY ATTACHED TO THOSE.

CAN YOU GIVE THE RATIONALE OF WHY THAT IS WHY THOSE WERE SUSPENDED? I'LL JUMP IN. I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY, BUT I WILL SAY, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THESE WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AS WELL, PROS AND CONS.

BUT I WILL SAY, I MEAN, IF WE'VE GOT RESOURCES, IN MY OPINION, I THINK I THINK OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

WE WOULD LIKE TO POUR IT BACK INTO THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THAT'S CREDITABLE. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU DO A ONE TIME PAYMENT, IT'S NOT CREDIBLE FOR TRS, NOR DOES IT BUILD ON ITSELF.

SO YOUR POINT ABOUT GETTING FURTHER BEHIND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

I'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED DOING THAT IN THE PAST WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE WERE THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY GOING FORWARD.

BUT WHENEVER POSSIBLE IT'S BEST FOR OUR STAFF LONG TERM IF WE CAN PUT THOSE RESOURCES BACK INTO TEACHER SALARIES.

WELL, I KNEW THERE WAS A GOOD RATIONALE. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STAFF AND PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SOME OF IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WELL, WHY DID THAT GO AWAY.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THAT POINT, I'M LIKE 90% SURE WE ALL GOT AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF OUR SENIOR HIGH PHYSICS TEACHERS IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT, LIKE, BROKE DOWN THE MATH OF THAT.

MAYBE IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, BUT IF YOU GOOGLE YOUR EMAIL BOX ONE OF OUR PHYSICS TEACHERS, I THINK,

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YES, YOU'VE GOT MY RIGHT WORD, GRANULARLY FOR US.

YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, LIKE, $1,000 BONUS PAYMENT VERSUS PUTTING THAT $1,000 INTO THE SALARY? IT WAS VERY GOOD. IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD ANALYSIS FROM ONE OF OUR TEACHING STAFF THAT SENT THAT TO US MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO.

JUST REALLY. YES. AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT, THOUGH, THAT NOT EVERYONE THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE COMMON LAW THINGS FOR TEACHERS GENERALLY THAT WE JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS. SO THIS ONE IS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THERE HAS BEEN AND IT MAY BE AN ANCIENT DAYS REPUTATION, BUT PLANO IS A DIFFICULT SCHOOL TO TRANSITION TO AFTER HAVING BEEN A TEACHER SOMEPLACE ELSE.

THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO GET TEACHERS IN AS FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, BECAUSE WE GET THEM AND TRAIN THEM AND DO ALL THE THINGS.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT REPUTATION STILL EXISTS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

THERE'S LOTS OF EXPECTED OF OUR TEACHERS. AND SO I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER FACTOR FOR PEOPLE.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME, PEOPLE. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET IN THE GROOVE ANYWAY.

JUST JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT I WILL I WILL SAY FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF.

I KNOW THAT TRANSITIONS ARE HARD NO MATTER WHAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED CULTURE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YOU MOVE TO ANOTHER WHERE THERE'S A DIFFERENT ESTABLISHED CULTURE.

JUST MAKING THAT TRANSITION IS A CHALLENGE FOR ANY EDUCATOR, BUT I'VE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE IS ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY OR ABNORMALLY DIFFICULT ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO PLANO. WELL, I KNOW THAT OUR MENTORING PROGRAMS ARE WRAPAROUND TO HELP SUPPORT.

TEACHERS HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE ROBUST THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

BUT IT JUST WAS A CURIOSITY, AS MICHAEL WAS TALKING ABOUT AGE AT TIMES COMING IN.

OKAY, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. SORRY. ONE OF THE THINGS IS CREATIVE COMPENSATION, AND SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING IS TRYING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR TEACHERS. I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GREAT IDEA, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE FOR A LONG TERM WE MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE.

HOWEVER, I'VE HEARD RECENTLY THAT IN LOOKING AT PROVIDING INCOME ON PAR HOUSING FOR NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT CITY OFFICIALS, CITY EMPLOYEES, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, THE LIKE, IS THAT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT? AND SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF THERE IS YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF CREATIVE COMPENSATION HAVE WE SURVEYED OUR STAFF TO SEE IF IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE LIKE THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS DESIRABLE? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FOR ONE ONE WAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK? AND SO I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. WELL, AND I KNOW MR. HILL PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THIS, BUT I'LL JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING IN A PREVIOUS LIFE THAT WE DID EXPLORE.

AND THERE AGAIN, WERE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT.

RIGHT? THERE WAS SOME PRESUMED LIABILITY THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA, THAT WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN THEM TO THAT AREA. EVEN THOUGH THERE WOULDN'T TECHNICALLY BE ANY LIABILITY, BUT JUST THE PERCEIVED, THE PERCEIVED LIABILITY OF THAT.

BECAUSE WE AT THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTURE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH JUST EVEN APARTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND THEN THAT WAS A CHALLENGE.

SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS PROVIDE A CONNECTION FOR OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE CHOICE WAS TOTALLY THEIRS THAT WE WERE NOT GUIDING AND SAYING, YOU NEED TO LIVE HERE, BUT WE WERE EXPOSING THEM TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXISTED WITHIN THE AREA, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL AS A PART OF OUR RECRUITING PROCESS AND EVEN RETENTION, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN OFFER ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

YEAH. SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICKLY. SO A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS DOWN IN CENTRAL TEXAS, MAINLY AROUND AUSTIN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRICING HAS DONE IN, IN AND AROUND AUSTIN, HAVE HAVE JOINED, HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THIS MAINLY THROUGH A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION. SORRY, NANCY, BUT BUT THEY'VE USED THAT THAT LITTLE LAW TO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY GET INTO IT RATHER QUICKLY.

THE LAW UNDER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER IT WAS SENATE BILL 30 THAT ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND BUILD YOUR OWN, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A YOU'VE GOT TO SPELL IT OUT AND DO IT THROUGH A NOW A SEPARATE PROPOSITION ON YOUR BOND.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO IT. YOU CAN DO IT QUICK. YOU CAN DO IT OLD FASHIONED WAY.

BUT I WILL SAY IN MY OPINION I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF ACTUALLY CONSIDERING AND AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT HAVE NOW BEEN ON.

I THINK THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, SECOND OR THIRD YEAR TO ACTUALLY BEEN INTO IT.

SO LET US, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I KNOW DR. WILLIAMS HAS CONNECTIONS DOWN IN CENTRAL TEXAS AS WELL, BUT WHY DON'T YOU LET US REACH OUT AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THAT? BECAUSE I THINK DR. KENDALL IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

[02:25:01]

BUT LET US DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK WHAT WE FIND OUT ON THAT.

WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY, BUT THE QUESTION REALLY IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR TEACHERS WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU SIT IN ONE ROLE AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST AND YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT FROM A COMPENSATION STANDPOINT, OH, THEY WOULD CERTAINLY FIND THIS INTERESTING, BUT YOU NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO BE SURE AND LISTEN AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A FIT FOR WHAT WHAT IS DESIRED. SO PART OF DUE DILIGENCE IN MY MIND WHEN I'M THINKING OF THAT ANYWAY, IS ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OF YOUR EXEMPT STAFF ARE YOU UTILIZING THIS? HOW MUCH OF YOUR NON EXEMPT STAFF DO YOU HAVE.

DO YOU HAVE UNITS THAT ARE GOING UNUSED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THE DESIRE THERE.

SO I THINK TO ME THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE THE RESEARCH WE WOULD NEED TO DO ON DUE DILIGENCE.

I THINK THERE'S A PHILOSOPHICAL COMPONENT TO THIS BACK TO MICHAEL'S, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ABOUT REWARDING OUR LONG SERVING TEACHERS VERSUS OUR NEWER TEACHERS, BECAUSE ONE COULD IMAGINE THAT THE NEWER TEACHERS MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN TEACHER HOUSING, WHEREAS SOME OF OUR MORE SENIOR TEACHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE CHILDREN, BE MARRIED, HAVE CHILDREN, POTENTIALLY LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, OR OR LIVE WITH A SPOUSE AND HAVE KIDS AND NOT WANT TO LIVE IN TEACHER HOUSING.

AND MAYBE IT'S JUST MY OWN PERCEPTION THAT THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SINGLE PERSON TYPE APARTMENTS SITUATION.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT BEARS INTO THIS CONVERSATION, TOO, IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD ACTUALLY WANT THAT AND WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE AS A AS A DISTRICT AS MICHAEL HAS BROUGHT UP SOME OF THESE.

YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR WHO YOU ARE, BECAUSE I WOULD I WOULD ALSO SAY THERE'S A LOT OF SINGLE TEACHERS WHO ARE AT THE END OF THEIR CAREER IN TEACHING THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE AFFORDABLE, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK.

SO WHO KNOWS? THAT'S JUST WE WE NEED TO KNOW, NOT JUST GUESS.

I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. AND THAT IS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE 30 PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PLACED IN JOBS YET.

I CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT'S AN ANXIETY THING FOR THEM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO PROVIDE THEM THE ASSURANCES AND COMMUNICATION SO THAT THEY ARE NOT FEELING KNOW THAT IT IS OUR BOARD'S COMPLETE DESIRE AND HAS BEEN, ALONG WITH THE LONG, LONG RANGE PLANNING THAT WE FIND THE PERFECT FIT FOR THEM.

AND SO I HEAR WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER WAS THAT YOU WERE WAITING TO KIND OF HELP FIND THAT PERFECT FIT.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING. JUST AS LONG AS THAT THEY HAVE THOSE ASSURANCES.

I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION I FORGOT IS WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING YOU'RE HAVING TO WHAT THESE DAYS? WHAT IS THE HARDEST ROLE TO FILL THAT YOU ARE FINDING THE HARDEST ROLE FOR EMPLOYEES? EMPLOYEES EITHER EITHER TYPE OF TEACHERS OR PARA.

I MEAN, WHAT WHAT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WE ARE REALLY NEEDING THIS TO BE FILLED.

I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME OF OUR AUXILIARY POSITIONS, OUR PLUMBERS, OUR HVAC FOLKS. THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE REALLY CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

AND SO IT'S VERY HARD TO COMPETE WITH THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE MARKET SAYS.

WE AS EDUCATORS IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO HAVE THAT AS THE MARKET.

THE ONE THING THAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE DO TRY TO LOOK AT THAT COMPETITIVELY, BUT TRYING TO SELL THE FACT THAT IT IS A BIG LIFT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING CALLS TYPICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING TO DO THINGS.

BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO REQUIRE THEIR SERVICES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORT IN KNOWING THEIR WORK HOURS.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CTE CENTER THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS. OKAY. I HAVE ONE QUESTION, ONE COMMENT. SO I'LL START WITH THE COMMENT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ADD TO COURTNEY'S SLIDE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND HOW IT GROWS IN 2025 TO ADD THOSE RECEPTIONISTS.

IF WE'RE ALREADY ADDING A BUBBLE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, WE SHOULD ADD THAT BUBBLE AS WELL.

AND SO THEN MY QUESTION IS HAVE WE CONSIDERED YOU KNOW, I HEARD THIS LAST TIME WE DID A 3% RAISE.

TEACHERS WERE APPRECIATIVE, BUT THEY ALSO SAW THEIR COST OF INSURANCE RISE.

SO THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A NET LOSS FOR ME.

WHICH IS JUST CRUSHING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE A NET LOSS BECAUSE THE DEAL IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE MAY BE MORE, BUT IT'S ON A LOT SMALLER AMOUNT THAN THEIR SALARY IS.

SO A 3% ON A ON A $60,000 IS A LOT MORE THAN A 10, YOU KNOW, OR A 5% ON A ON ON $4,000.

OKAY. I THINK IT'S JUST FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE LIKE, I JUST IT'S JUST LIKE INFLATION.

EVERYTHING'S RISING. AND IT'S JUST IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ENOUGH.

IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TEACHERS AND THOSE WHO HEAR THIS TO KNOW WE ARE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN.

WE HEAR YOU. WE KNOW THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING. AND I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS MORE THAN THE 2% FROM JANUARY.

[02:30:05]

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND FOR FIELDING ALL THE QUESTIONS.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE SPEED PART OF THE MEETING.

[10.1 Adoption of Policy BDF(LOCAL) Board Internal Organization: Citizen Advisory Committees on First and Final Reading BDF(LOCAL)]

AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR. FREEMAN. THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY. FD LOCAL POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO DELETED EXHIBITS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

CAN I MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT BDF LOCAL 10.1? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE? NO OKAY. SO BDF LOCAL THE CHANGES TO BDF AND DANNY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON. AND THOSE THERE'S A COUPLE WHAT'D YOU SAY? TWO PAGES. OKAY. SEE, I JUST YOU'RE FORGIVEN.

NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. LET ME START OVER. OKAY.

POLICY BDF HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ALIGN CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES WITH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT THEN MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BDF LOCAL, BOARD INTERNAL ORGANIZATION, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

SECOND. OH, YOU CAN HAVE IT, LAUREN. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT LAUREN, DR. LAUREN TYRA THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BDF LOCAL, BOARD INTERNAL ORGANIZATION CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS CONTINUATION OF WORK THAT WE STARTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WHERE WE HAD A SEVERAL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THAT THE FEEDBACK WE WERE GETTING AS TRUSTEES IS THAT THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY DOING AUTHENTIC WORK, OR THEY WEREN'T WERE NOT NECESSARILY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING. AND SO WE TOOK A STEP BACK TO BETTER ALIGN THESE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT WORK COMING BACK FULL CIRCLE SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THEY'RE DOING REALLY GOOD, AUTHENTIC WORK.

WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A BOND COMMITTEE OR WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SOME OTHER TYPE OF OF AD HOC COMMITTEE BASED ON NEEDS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AT THAT TIME.

SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS AND THIS IS FULL CIRCLE.

AND TO ADD, IF YOU WERE SOMEBODY WHO SAT ON ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES AND DID NOT GET TO COMPLETE YOUR TERM AND YOU STILL HAVE INTEREST IN DIVERSITY OR GIFTED AND TALENTED CTE, AND THEN I'M FORGETTING THE OTHER ONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION.

IS THAT THE OTHER ONE? SO IF YOU SERVED ON ONE OF THOSE FOUR COMMITTEES, YOU CAN STILL EXPRESS INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE DISTRICT BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AND STILL WORK WITH THE PERSON WHO APPOINTED YOU OR ONE OF US ON THE DAIS TO LET US LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED.

I THINK THAT WAS EXACTLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED BACK AROUND, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO WERE ON THOSE COMMITTEES ASK ABOUT, HEY, WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE? AND SO THE ANSWER IS THEY MAY HAVE WORKED WELL AND GOOD FOR CERTAIN IN A CERTAIN NARROW WAY. WE HAD CONCERNS THAT THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING WAS NOT THE WORK THAT THEY WANTED TO DO.

THEY WANTED MORE INPUT AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS INSTEAD OF APPROVING SOMETHING AFTER IT HAD BEEN WORKED THROUGH.

SO THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THAT, IN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUNNEL YOU THROUGH A CERTAIN LENS AT A CERTAIN COMMITTEE.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A DISTRICT WIDE COMMITTEE THAT TALKS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH CAN COVER ANY NUMBER OF OF AREAS. I THINK THAT'S VERY WELL SAID.

IT IT ALIGNS THE WORK TO WHAT IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE WITH GOAL SETTING ANNUALLY IN OUR ANNUAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AS WELL AS OTHER KEY PIECES THAT WE TAKE TO [INAUDIBLE] DBIC PRIOR TO BRINGING TO THE BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION.

[02:35:08]

SO I DO THINK THAT IT WILL ADDRESS WHAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD AS FAR AS BRINGING MEANING TO THE WORK AND THEN ALIGNMENT TO THE WORK AND ALIGNMENT TO WHAT THE BOARD SETS FORTH IN ADOPTING OUR ANNUAL GOALS, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

AND I JUST REALLY QUICKLY JUST WANT TO MENTION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE COMMITTEES, THEY THEY RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD UPDATE THEM. SO AFTER TONIGHT, THEY WILL GET ANOTHER FOLLOW UP.

AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, SO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND I SEE FOUR HANDS.

I MEAN, I SEE FOUR DOWN THERE AND THREE DOWN HERE.

SORRY. SEVEN HANDS. IT'S GETTING LATE. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10.2 Adoption of Policy BQA(LOCAL) Planning and Decision-Making Process: District-Level on First and Final Reading BQA(LOCAL)]

ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BQA LOCAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS DISTRICT LEVEL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE JERI CHAMBERS, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE POLICY BQA LOCAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS DISTRICT LEVEL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

MAY I CALL FOR A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I'M COUNTING LOOK AT THAT SHE'S GOT TWO HANDS UP SHE'S MESSING WITH ME.

SEVEN ZERO. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GETTING GOOFY.

[10.3 Adoption of Policy BQB(LOCAL) Planning and Decision- Making Process: Campus-Level on First and Final Reading BQB(LOCAL)]

POLICY BQB LOCAL UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT PROCESSES.

THE POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BQB LOCAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS CAMPUS LEVEL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHTY. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA A SECOND BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BQB LOCAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE HAND ONLY.

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

THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.4 OF POLICIES, THE APPROVAL OF POLICY FD LOCAL ADMISSIONS UNDER FIRST READING

[10.4 Approval of Policy FD(LOCAL) Admissions under First Reading]

POLICY FD LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO DELETED EXHIBITS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FD LOCAL ADMISSIONS UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHTY. I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ.

A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE POLICY.

FD LOCAL ADMISSIONS UNDER FIRST READING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND I SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.5 OF POLICIES.

[10.5 Adoption 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 Second Reading]

[02:40:07]

LOCAL POLICIES IN THE UPDATE ARE INCLUDED ON THE POLICY ACTION LISTS AND ARE PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION 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 SECOND READING.

I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT DR.

LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 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 AND UNDER SECOND READING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? EXCUSE ME, I JUST HAVE I HAD ONE QUESTION TOO.

OH, SORRY. YEAH. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.

WAS IT EMB LOCAL? ANYWAY, THERE WAS ONE OF THESE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM THAT SPECIFICALLY FORBID TEACHERS FROM DISCUSSING HIV AIDS.

BASICALLY, IT IT ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITS TEACHERS FROM DISCUSSING EVERYTHING MENTIONED IN TEXAS EDUCATION STATUTE 28.002284. AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEN I GUESS, HOW ARE WE LEGALLY TEACHING SEX ED? BECAUSE IT BASICALLY SAYS YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANY SORT OF ANYTHING RELATED TO SEX IN SCHOOL.

SO HOW DO WE TEACH SEX ED? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO TEACH SEX ED.

SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? I THINK IT'S HUMAN SEXUALITY, BUT I SHOULD DEFER TO.

YES, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO LISA. YEAH, SURE. WE HAVE SPECIFIC TEKS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT PARTICULAR CODE. SO WE HAVE TO STICK TO THOSE TEKS. BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THOSE, OR, YOU KNOW, LINK THOSE IN A BOARD UPDATE OR SOMETHING.

INSTRUCTION, BUT IT IS WE LIMIT OUR INSTRUCTION TO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, SO. OKAY. AND THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT HIV AND AIDS IN THAT, I ASSUME.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THAT AND ANSWER THAT INCORRECTLY, BECAUSE IT SEEMED REALLY WEIRD THAT THEY POINTED OUT HIV AIDS VERY SPECIFICALLY, AND I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF YOU COULD GO FROM ZERO TO 12TH GRADE WITHOUT HEARING ABOUT HIV OR AIDS IN SCHOOL. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE TO SORT OF CONFORM TO THIS THING, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN'T MENTION THE THINGS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THIS SPECIFIC TEXAS CODE, THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR THAT FROM THE TIME YOUR CHILD IS IN KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE, HE SHOULD NOT HEAR THE WORD HIV OR AIDS IN HIS CLASSROOM. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SAYING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE. SURE WE WILL VERIFY THAT FOR YOU.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. YOU HAD SOMETHING. NO. NO. OKAY.

YOU HAD A QUESTION. I HAD MORE OF A COMMENT. SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO, I DID NOT LOOK AT IT, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHICH POLICY IT WAS THAT REFERENCED THAT.

IT'S EMB LOCAL, WHICH IS TEACHING OF CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS? YES. THANK YOU. OH OKAY. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT MORE CLOSELY BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE, BUT MAYBE THAT'S ME. BUT EACH OF THESE IS LIKE A TEMPLATE.

AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEMPLATE OF THE LANGUAGE, ALL THAT THIS IS DOING IS USUALLY CHANGING LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY TO SAY THAT IT COMPLIES WITH WHATEVER THE NEW LAW IS. SO THESE ARE NOT POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE USUALLY CONTROVERSIAL.

RIGHT. AND WE'RE WE'RE ALIGNING TO ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN LAW.

SO WE'RE ALIGNING IT TO THE TO THE LEGAL POLICY.

SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE LATITUDE ON IN A LOCAL POLICY.

DOES THAT HELP YOU OUT, MICHAEL? OH, NO, IT DOESN'T, BECAUSE I JUST LIKE, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE ADD IT IN HERE VERY EXPLICITLY, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS NEVER HAPPENING.

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JUST SORRY. SO JUST REAL QUICK EMB LOCAL IS ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT ITEM.

SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY THERE'S SOME CONFUSION TOO. BECAUSE IT SO IT'S ACTUALLY IN 10.6.

ARE WE NOT IN 10.6? WE'RE ON 10.5 RIGHT NOW. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. I JUMPED THE GUN. I HAD I HAD TAKEN NOTES.

I WAS LIKE EXCITED FOR THIS THING. I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE. OKAY, SO TO CLARIFY, WE'RE JUST DOING THE LEGAL THE ADOPTION OF THE LEGAL CHANGES IN THE POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 124. ARE WE? SO OKAY, THEN I THINK WE'RE FINISHED WITH DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THE MOTION JUST SO WE HAVE IT RIGHT.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT DR. LAUREN TYRA, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 124, AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND THE REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE.

UNDER SECOND READING. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW AND AND TO YOUR POINT, WE WE DID REVIEW A LOT OF POLICIES IN THIS PACKET.

SO I, I KNEW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EMB OR REVIEWED IT.

[10.6 Approval of Revised Policies Reviewed as part of the Curriculum Audit as Indicated on the Policy Action List under First Reading]

THANK YOU. CURRICULUM RELATED POLICIES, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CURRICULUM AUDIT ARE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.

THE POLICY ACTION LIST HIGHLIGHTS REVISED POLICIES, INCLUDING LOCAL POLICIES AE, BQ, DMA, EHBE, EIA, EMB, AND FB. ADDITIONALLY, EH LOCAL IS A PROPOSED NEW POLICY.

SPECIFICALLY REVISIONS IN AE LOCAL ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE DISTRICT, AND OUTLINES THE DISTRICT THEORY OF ACTION FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND IT ALSO SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE OTHER CURRICULUM POLICIES WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TONIGHT.

POLICY EH LOCAL, THE NEW ONE ARTICULATES OUR WORK WITH CURRICULUM DESIGN, INCLUDING THE WRITTEN, TAUGHT, AND TESTED ELEMENTS AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE.

THE REMAINING REVISIONS FOR BQ, DMA, EHBE, EIA, EMB AND FB ALL INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT ADDS CLARITY OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE WORK AND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, AND ALSO CONNECTS BACK TO THAT PHILOSOPHY.

THE PHILOSOPHY OUTLINED IN AE LOCAL SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, MICHAEL, AND THIS MAY BE WHY YOU THREW US FOR A LOOP.

I'M NOT SEEING THAT SAME HIV EXCLUSION THAT YOU ARE.

SO WE I PROBABLY NEED TO GET WITH YOU TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I'M LOOKING AT THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 28.002284.

IT SAYS IT PROHIBITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM USING PRIVATE FUNDING FOR DEVELOPING CURRICULUM, PURCHASING MATERIALS, OR PROVIDING TEACHER TRAINING RELATED TO CONCEPTS LISTED IN SUBSECTION FOUR A OR A FOUR A, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO INSTRUCTION ON HUMAN SEXUALITY, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, OR HIV /AIDS. SO 002284 IS AT 0022 IS CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS AND A FOUR IS RELATED TO SPECIFIC CONCEPTS THAT THE THE STATUTE ACTUALLY PROHIBITS TEACHERS, AND IT'S IT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS IN SOME OF THE BILLS RELATED TO CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THOSE CONCEPTS.

IT'S NOT RELATED TO HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION. SO I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT CODE SECTION BECAUSE THE HUMAN SEXUALITY COMPONENTS ARE IN 004, NOT 0022. SO THE REFERENCE IN EMB IS ABOUT THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE LISTED IN STATUTE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INCORPORATE INTO ANY COURSE THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S WHY THAT REFERENCE IS IN THERE.

IT'S JUST REFERENCING THE STATUTE THAT PROHIBITS THAT.

WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY DOUBLE CHECK THE CODE PROVISION, BUT THAT'S.

I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD JUST LAY OUT THAT EXACT CODE FOR ME AND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PROHIBITING, BECAUSE I THINK MY CONCERN IS BY COUCHING IT WITH THIS CODE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE PROHIBITING.

YEAH. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE. YEAH.

SO NOT DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO. YEAH. SO THE SECTION IS SECTION 28.0022.

AND THAT'S CERTAIN INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS. AND THEN SUBSECTION A IS FOR ANY COURSE OR SUBJECT INCLUDING AN INNOVATIVE COURSE FOR A GRADE LEVEL FROM KINDERGARTEN

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AN INDIVIDUAL'S MORAL CHARACTER, STANDING, OR WORTH IS NECESSARILY DETERMINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL'S RACE OR SEX. AN INDIVIDUAL, BY VIRTUE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S RACE OR SEX, BEARS RESPONSIBILITY, BLAME, OR GUILT FOR ACTIONS COMMITTED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAME RACE OR SEX.

MERITOCRACY, OR TRAITS SUCH AS A HARD WORK ETHIC ARE RACIST OR SEXIST, OR WERE CREATED BY MEMBERS OF A PARTICULAR RACE TO OPPRESS MEMBERS OF ANOTHER RACE.

THE ADVENT OF SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORY THAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTED THE TRUE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES, OR WITH RESPECT TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN VALUES.

SLAVERY AND RACISM ARE ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEVIATIONS FROM, BETRAYALS OF, OR FAILURES TO LIVE UP TO THE AUTHENTIC FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH INCLUDE LIBERTY AND EQUALITY. I DON'T SUPPORT THAT EITHER.

SO I THINK THERE'S I DON'T LOVE THAT EITHER AS WELL.

YEAH. THESE ARE THIS IS THE THESE ARE THE PROHIBITIONS IN THE.

NO, I'M WITH YOU. I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME THING YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S LAW. I HEAR YOU 1,000%.

I HEAR YOU 1,000%. I DON'T LIKE IT. OH, NO, I DON'T LOVE THAT AT ALL.

NO. OKAY. AND I WILL POINT OUT THIS IS ON FIRST READING.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT COME UP, WE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS IT AT THE NEXT TIME.

BUT MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISED POLICIES REVIEWED AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AUDIT, AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING I I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE AS WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS FIRST WE WILL BE APPROVING THIS FOR SECOND READING.

CORRECT. SO THERE IS A ROOM FOR US TO LEARN MORE AND GET SOME CLARIFICATION AROUND THIS.

CORRECT. OKAY. BUT BUT I THINK AS SOMEBODY ELSE SAID THIS AND I AGREE, THIS IS ALIGNING TO STATUTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR LAWMAKERS PROMULGATED IN THE LAST SESSION.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE STILL CAN'T EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY.

CLEARLY NOT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ANGELA POWELL, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE REVISED POLICIES WE'VE REVIEWED AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM AUDIT, AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? I DON'T KNOW WHERE MICHAEL FOUND HIV IN THIS.

I DID A CONTROL FIND, BUT IT HAS ME WORRIED THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THE HIV VIRUS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU TEACH WHAT RETROVIRUSES ARE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT SECTION. IT IS A DIFFERENT SECTION.

YEAH. AND THAT'S NOT REFERENCED IN THE POLICY. THIS POLICY DOES NOT PROHIBIT TALKING ABOUT HIV. THAT'S PART OF THE CURRICULUM FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION THAT IS ONLY TAUGHT TO FAMILIES THAT OPT IN. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE THING AND THIS POLICY DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. BUT LIKE AP BIO TOO, ARE KIDS TAUGHT ABOUT RETROVIRUSES? I DON'T KNOW, BUT BUT THOSE TEKS AND THOSE ARE NOT CHANGED OR EDITED AT ALL BY THIS POLICY AND ARE NOT IMPACTED BY ANY RECENT CHANGE IN THE LAW.

AND IT WAS FUN READING. SEE, I WOULD THINK THAT'S FUN READING, DR.

GILBERT, BUT I'M SORRY, WHEN MICHAEL BROUGHT THIS UP, I'M SITTING HERE LIKE VERY CONFUSED HOW YOU COULD LIKE, YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE OUT AN ENTIRE CLASS OF VIRUSES.

AND THE STATUTE THE STATUTE DOESN'T PROHIBIT TALKING ABOUT IT. IT JUST REQUIRES YOU ALL TO APPROVE CURRICULUM RELATED TO IT. AND THEN TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S INCLUDED IN THE HUMAN SEXUALITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PARENTAL OPT IN. SO THAT'S YEAH, IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT TALKING ABOUT HIV. OKAY.

I'LL STOP FREAKING OUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, DANNY, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO TALK TO MY KIDS ABOUT HIV AND AIDS? IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? NO, I SAID THAT I SAID THAT FOR TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S CURRICULUM REFERENCING HIV AND OTHER THAT THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT CURRICULUM, AND THEN TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S INCLUDED IN HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION, THE HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION HAS TO BE THE PARENTS HAVE TO OPT IN.

BUT IF IT'S IN THE AP BIO, THEN IT'S ALSO BEING TAUGHT THERE.

AND THERE'S NO OPT IN FOR AP BIO OTHER THAN JUST BEING IN THE CLASS.

YEAH. DOES BRING UP A POINT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AWARE OF THAT.

IT WAS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION SESSION THAT SEX EDUCATION WAS SOMETHING THAT INSTEAD OF IN THE PAST BEING SOMETHING THAT PARENTS AND FAMILIES OPTED

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AND THAT WOULD BE IT LEADS TO A QUESTION I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE OPTING IN TO THIS? AND AND YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT'S THE LAW NOW, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY, BEST IN MY MIND, A BEST PRACTICE. I DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT.

I'M ADDING THAT TO MY RUNNING LIST OF THINGS THAT LIKE THE STIPEND STRUCTURE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF NEW TEACHERS ARE NEW TO TEACHING THAT COME TO PLANO ISD AND THEN OPT IN VERSUS OPT OUT NUMBERS? SO THOSE ARE THE THREE IF WE HAVE THEM.

SO I WANTED TO GO BACK TO JUST THE POLICIES IN GENERAL, BUT I.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO THANK LISA WILSON, LAURIE TAYLOR, DR.

WILLIAMS, AND THEN MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND VICE PRESIDENT TYRA.

THE THREE OF US IN POLICY ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THIS WORK SERIOUSLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD ABOUT IT, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR DUTIES AS A TRUSTEE IS TO LOOK AT POLICY AND CREATE POLICY FOR THE DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DID LEADERSHIP TASB JERI, YOU PRESSED US TO HEAVILY LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AND THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK AND THIS DRIVES EVERYTHING AND THIS REALLY ALSO STEMS FROM DR.

WILLIAMS COMING IN AND SAYING, I WANT A CURRICULUM AUDIT.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW DO WE MAKE THIS DISTRICT BETTER? AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT PASSING THAT RESOLUTION EARLIER, THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF WHY, IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE DESERVING OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR IS THAT THIS IS HARD WORK THAT WILL TAKE TIME.

BUT SOME OF THESE POLICIES HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A WHILE, AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED. WE DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO SAY WE'RE WORKING ON THIS AND WE'RE DOING THIS WORK NOW MOVING FORWARD.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE. I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING AND THANK ME TOO DR.

WILLIAMS AND LAURIE AND LISA AND JUST THAT WE HAD SUCH A ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND THIS.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY EASY TO LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME WE SPENT ON A LOCAL AND THE LIKE SO MANY DEBATES OVER SEMANTICS THAT WE HAD ON THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS WORDED IN A WAY THAT WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT THAT THERE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO I THINK IT CAN BE VERY, VERY EASY TO LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS AND SAY, WELL, HERE'S OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.

OKAY READ IT THIS LOOKS GOOD. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT WE DID.

I MEAN, THIS THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE SO MANY POLICIES COME OUT OF AE LOCAL THAT THIS WAS LIKE VERY, VERY ROBUSTLY DEBATED. AND, YOU KNOW, AMONG OUR, OUR POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE SOMETHING'S WRITTEN A CERTAIN WAY AND I'LL SAY JERI'S NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING'S WRITTEN A CERTAIN WAY AND I'LL SAY, ANGELA'S NOT GOING TO LIKE THAT, OR LIKE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE REST OF Y'ALL AS YOU AS YOU AS WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE POLICIES TOGETHER BECAUSE WE, THE THREE OF US ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT THE SEVEN OF US REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S NO MORE IMPORTANT POLICY TO US IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN AE LOCAL.

AND WE HAVE SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS, AND THE STAFF HAS SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS. AND WE HOPE THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE MAKES YOU ALL PROUD. AND THAT ANSWER IS YES.

IT WAS VERY EVIDENT. SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AE OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS LOOKING AT IT AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT TIME AND CARE WAS SENT THERE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS. SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID HERE.

SO NOW WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE I'VE READ THE MOTION AND WE'VE ASKED FOR DISCUSSION.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND THE MOTION IS YOUR HAND UP, MICHAEL? OKAY.

OKAY. SO THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE. AND THAT IS IT FOR POLICY.

OH I'M SORRY. OPPOSING. I YOU KNOW WHAT I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU.

I APOLOGIZE YES. SO. SIX YES AND ONE NO. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WHICH IS OUR NON AGENDA ITEMS. DR. FREEMAN DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING NON AGENDA ITEMS.

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

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

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

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

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES EACH. IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STOP.

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

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

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

IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE WARNING, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING, THE PERSON WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

LEAVE AND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IF NECESSARY.

IF WE HAVE TO STOP FOR A DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING, THE CLOCK WILL BE STOPPED.

THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.

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

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

DR. FREEMAN, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL A SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM? OUR SPEAKER IS DEONTAY RATLIFF JUNIOR, PLANO ISD STUDENT.

SPEAKER DEONTAY RATLIFF J UNIOR. PRESENT. OKAY.

THE SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 12, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND THE TIME IS 10:14 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.