May 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting

I ACTUALLY WROTE A SPEECH.

I'M GOING TO READ THE SPEECH SO I DON'T FORGET ANYONE IN MY GRATITUDE.

I WANT TO SAY THAT BEFORE I SAY THE SPEECH I WROTE, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE IN PLANO ISD.

I'M THANKFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE TEACHERS, STAFF, AND COACHES.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKED THROUGH PLANO ISD FOR THE LAST DECADES I'VE BEEN PTA MOM AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE HERE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

AS I SIT HERE TODAY, I'M FILLED WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY EIGHT YEARS AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

IT HAS BEEN A TRUE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR PUTTING ME WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.

FAITH CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT HOPE.

I SHARED MY FAITH THROUGHOUT VOLUNTEERISM AND SHOWING HUMILITY IN PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.

TO MY FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

YOU SUPPORT, YOUR KIND WORDS, AND YOUR BELIEF IN ME, KEPT ME GOING THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES.

YOU [INAUDIBLE] SUCCESSES WITH ME DURING THE HIGHS.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE, MY SOUNDING BOARD AND MY CHEERLEADERS AND MY GROUNDING FORCE.

THANK YOU TO MY BEST FRIENDS.

THANK YOU TO ALL MY [INAUDIBLE] DONORS FOR SUPPORTING ME, TO MY FAMILY MEMBERS.

BOYS, CAN I FULLY EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF MY GRATITUDE? THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALL HOMESICK RIGHT NOW.

MY SON ROY HAS STREP, SO ALL OF THEM ARE SICK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDLESS LOVE AND PATIENCE FOR SHARING ME WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SACRIFICES THAT COME WITH PUBLIC SERVICE.

YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION AND EVERYTHING I'VE DONE.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE ROLE YOU PLAYED IN MY JOURNEY.

TO MY CAMPAIGN TEAM WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ME FOR FREE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU, I COULDN'T HAVE RUN MY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS WITHOUT YOU.

YOU WERE THE BACKBONE OF MY CAMPAIGN.

TO MY CAMPAIGN TREASURER, JIM FARLEY, TO JASON ZELVIC, MY CONSULTANT, AND TO MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, ANN MCCOOK.

LOOKING BACK ON THESE EIGHT YEARS, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.

WE'VE MADE PROGRESS IN CREATING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NURTURING AND FORWARD-THINKING.

WE WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURES, AND TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE MADE A LASTING IMPACT.

THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE HERE IN PLANO ISD. [APPLAUSE]

>> JERI, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

>> I BET.

[LAUGHTER] I REALIZE THAT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES.

CONDITIONS THAT WE FACE AT PRESENT ARE THOSE THAT REALLY TRY MEN'S SOULS.

I SOMETIMES THINK THAT WE HAVE NOT RECOGNIZED THE GREAT SILENT MAJORITY WHO ARE LOOKING TO LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY FOR THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN.

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I KNOW OF NO CHILD WHO HAD THE POWER TO SELECT HIS RACE, BIRTH RIGHTS, OR ECONOMIC STATUS, AND THEIR SITUATION IN LIFE.

THESE CHILDREN HAPPEN TO BE YOUR AND MY RESPONSIBILITIES TODAY, AND IF WE FAIL THEM, THEY SEEM TO BE DOOMED FOR FUTURE FAILURE.

THIS IS A QUOTE FROM A SUPERINTENDENT FROM DERMOTT, ARKANSAS, AT THE DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HIS NAME IS W. C. PALMER.

BEFORE I SPEAK MORE ABOUT MR. PALMER, I WANT TO DO MY THANK YOUS.

TO THE TRUSTEES WHO APPOINTED ME IN 2018, THANK YOU.

TO THE COMMUNITY WHO RE-ELECTED ME TWICE, THANK YOU.

TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ESPECIALLY TO MY PARTNER AND LIFE COMPANION, RICK, THANK YOU.

HE IS GOING TO BE SO SICK OF ME REALLY SOON.

[LAUGHTER] SERVING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL.

TO THE CURRENT BOARD, ANGELA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YOU REALLY DO LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH YOUR SMILE.

WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVORS.

I KNOW YOU'LL FIND LOTS OF REASONS TO KEEP SMILING AND LIGHTEN UP THE WORLD WITH YOUR SMILE.

>> LAUREN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LASER FOCUS ON DATA.

WARREN BUFFETT AND BILL GATES RECENTLY WERE ASKED TO GIVE A WORD THAT THEY'VE ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR SUCCESS, AND THEY BOTH SAID THE SAME WORD, AND THE WORD WAS FOCUS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HINT INTO DR. TYRA'S SUCCESS BECAUSE SHE IS ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS DISTRICT, AND IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.

NANCY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR ADVOCACY, YOUR HUMOR, IT'S WHAT GOT US THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF, YOUR RESILIENCE, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR ENDURANCE.

YOU ARE AN ENERGIZER BUNNY, AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOUR BATTERIES HAVE NOT BEEN UP TO 100%, YOU STILL KEEP TRUCKLING AND STILL KEEP SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS DISTRICT.

TARRAH, YOUR TURN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE ENERGY AND FOR ALWAYS BRINGING YOUR PTA AND YOUR PARENT PERSPECTIVE INTO ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.

IT IS NOTED AND APPRECIATED.

KATHERINE, WHEN THEY OPEN UP A BOOK WITH THE DEFINITION OF SERVANT LEADER, YOUR PICTURE IS THERE.

I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SERVANT LEADER, AND I WENT, YEAH, YEAH, BUT IT WOULD TAKE US TOO LONG, SO I DIDN'T DO ALL OF THEM.

YOU DO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT IS A TREMENDOUS MODEL.

IF ALL OF US CAN ONLY DO HALF OF WHAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE EVEN MORE WONDERFUL THAN IT IS. MICHAEL IS NOT HERE.

I WILL SAY ABOUT MICHAEL.

HOPEFULLY, HE CAN SEE THIS LATER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CURIOSITY.

HE KEEPS ASKING REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND CONNECTING AND FOCUSING THE DISTRICT'S WORK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

DR. WILLIAMS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR LEANING INTO LISTENING.

ALL SEVEN OF US KNOW HOW WELL YOU LISTEN TO US, AND I'M SURE YOU DO IT TO ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH AND NAVIGATE, AND IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO GROWING THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE IN PLANO.

NOT EVERY LEADER THINKS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE PIPELINE IS, YOU DO HAVE THAT AS A FOCUS.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON A ROLE WHERE YOU HAVE SEVEN BOSSES. BLESS YOU.

THE OTHER THING I MUST ADMIRE YOU FOR IS YOU HAVE TRULY ADOPTED THE PLANO COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NOT TOO MANY SUPERINTENDENTS THAT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY AND YET YOU HAVE FOUND THAT PATH THROUGH LEADERSHIP PLANO AND BY SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR LEADERSHIP PLANO, AND IT IS NOTED AND APPRECIATED.

ALISA. THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO SERVING.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, AND I EMPHASIZE TEAM, YOU COME WITH A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT YOU, AND THAT'S HUGE.

I CAN LEAVE THIS SEAT KNOWING A TRULY DEDICATED AND VERY CAPABLE LEADER WILL NOW SERVE IN THIS PLACE.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SAMMY.

[LAUGHTER] THIS IS A FULL-CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME.

WE'LL SEE IF THE QUEUE UP CAN BE DONE.

MY FIRST YEAR IN PLANO WAS AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH ALSO HAPPENED TO BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT SAMMY JOHNSON WAS AT WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A SIXTH GRADER.

BUT THIS IS OUR SEVENTH-GRADE PICTURE THAT I FOUND.

THAT RED CIRCLE IS MY LEFTOVER 80S HAIR, AND JUST FIVE SWEET BODIES DOWN FROM ME [LAUGHTER] IS SAMMY JOHNSON.

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I WILL NEVER CALL HIM THAT AGAIN BECAUSE HE STARTS CALLING ME MRS. CHAMBERS WHEN I DO THAT, BUT I'M ON A PLATFORM WHERE I CAN SAY THAT.

SAMMY WAS IN MY SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS.

I HAVE SOME STUDENTS, YOU REMEMBER BETTER THAN OTHERS, AND SAMMY IS ONE OF THEM.

THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL FOR YOU, AND TO BE STEPPING UP IN THIS ROLE, AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT.

I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING TO PASS THE BATON TO TWO OF YOU ALL, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.

THEN JUST FOR A LITTLE TRIVIA, THAT'S COACH THOMAS. [LAUGHTER]

>> HE'S NOT SMILING, I'M REALLY CONCERNED.

SOMEONE HAS CLEARLY DONE SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE.

ANYWAY, THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT DOWN NOW.

YOU CAN REALLY SERIOUSLY TAKE THAT DOWN NOW.

I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS FOR A SECOND.

ONE OF THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO PROVIDE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE ALL BOARD MEETINGS.

IT IS THE LAW UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEANINGS ACT, AND WE SOMETIMES HEAR THAT AS TOMA, AND IT'S IMPORTANT.

OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY ANGRY, REALLY SAD.

VERY FRUSTRATED, AND SCARED.

THAT SOMETIMES IS VERY HARD TO RECEIVE THAT.

IT IS ALSO REALLY NICE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN SOMEONE A FIRMS ARE WORK, THAT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

OUR ROLE AS TRUSTEES IS TO LISTEN TO EVERYONE.

HOWEVER, SOME MOMENTS ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS.

THE HARDEST PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ME WERE THOSE THAT SUGGESTED THAT THIS DISTRICT NEEDED TO ELIMINATE HISTORICAL RESOURCES FROM OUR QUADRI OF INFORMATION.

THE HISTORICAL RESOURCES MAY REFLECT A DIFFICULT BUT NECESSARY UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY, AND THOSE ARE THE HARDEST FOR ME.

SPEAKING OF HISTORY, I'M GOING TO RETURN TO MY OPENING QUOTE FROM SUPERINTENDENT PALMER.

HERE'S THE CONTEXT.

HE LED THE DERMOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 19TH AND THE 1960S AND A LITTLE BIT INTO THE 1970S.

THAT'S 60 YEARS AGO.

YET THE WORDS HE SAID STILL RING POIGNANT TODAY.

I WANT TO RE-READ ONE OF THEM.

I KNOW OF NO CHILD WHO HAD THE POWER TO SELECT HIS RACE, BIRTH RIGHTS, OR AN ECONOMIC SITUATION IN LIFE.

MR. PALMER'S RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN HE WENT TO DERMOTT IN 1951, WAS HE INHERITED A BLACK SCHOOL.

I'VE LEARNED THAT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A MAN NAMED JULIUS ROSENWALD WITH THE INFLUENCE AND SUPPORT OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, WAS A PHILANTHROPIST WHO HELPED TO BUILD OVER 05,000 BLACK SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING TEXAS.

IF YOU'RE BORED, DON'T BE BORED, GO TO THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.

THERE'S A WONDERFUL EXHIBIT THERE THAT TALKS ALL ABOUT THE WORK THAT HE DID IN THE SCHOOLS HE BUILT, THE ARCHITECTURE, AND ALL THE THINGS.

MR. PALMER INHERITED ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD A JULIUS ROSENWALD SCHOOL.

THAT SIDE NOTE, I'LL TAKE THAT SIDE NOTE A SECOND.

I GOT OFF MY PIECE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BACK TO SUPERINTENDENT PALMER.

THE QUOTE I READ COMES FROM A LETTER THAT HE WROTE TO HIS TRUSTEES IN 1971, HIS BOSSES.

THIS IS 17 YEARS AFTER THE BOARD OF BROWN VERSUS BROWN OF EDUCATION, AND 14 YEARS AFTER THE NATIONAL GUARD CALLED TO ENFORCE INTEGRATION IN LAROCK ARKANSAS, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

IN 1971, THE DERMOTT SCHOOLS WERE STILL SEGREGATED.

THERE WERE WHITE SCHOOLS, AND THERE WERE BLACK SCHOOLS.

I SAID THE PASSAGE BEFORE.

I WANT TO QUOTE AGAIN. I KNOW THIS MAN, NOT IN HISTORICAL REFERENCE.

THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER, MY MATERNAL POP.

I WAS 12 WHEN HE DIED, AND I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

WHY DID HE WAIT SO LONG TO WRITE THESE WORDS? THESE WORDS I WOULD CALL IT A SUB-TWEET NOW.

THESE WERE THE WORDS HE SENT TO HIS TRUSTEES TO SAY WE NEED TO END SEGREGATION.

THIS LETTER. HIS REFLECTIONS WERE POWERFUL, BUT THEY ARE ALSO LATE.

WHEN THE SCHOOLS FINALLY INTEGRATED IN DERMOTT, ARKANSAS, MOST WHITE STUDENTS LEFT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND BLACK STUDENTS REMAINED IN THE UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

NOW TODAY, FUERS ARE THE LAW IN TEXAS.

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THEY DON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WHERE ARE WE HEADED? WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY FACING A STATE LEGISLATURE WITH THE MEANS, THE WAY MEANS.

THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY IN OUR STATE, BUT EVIDENTLY NOT THE WILL TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WILL WEALTHIER, MOSTLY WHITE FAMILIES USE VOUCHERS OR SIMPLY LEAVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALTOGETHER? WILL LESS WEALTHY, MORE DIVERSE FAMILIES REMAIN LEFT WITH FEWER RESOURCES AND INCREASINGLY FINANCIAL CHALLENGES? ARE WE LOOKING AT A NEW KIND OF SEGREGATION WHERE THE HALVES ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND HAVE-NOTS ARE LEFT AND UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC ONES? ADD A LITTLE ENFORCEMENT TO THIS, I'VE DECIDED TO ADD, THERE'S AN AUTHOR NAMED MATTHEW DESMOND, AND HE RECENTLY WROTE A BOOK CALLED POVERTY BY AMERICA, AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS.

AS PEOPLE ACCUMULATE MORE MONEY, WEALTH, THEY BECOME LESS DEPENDENT ON PUBLIC GOODS AND TURN AND LESS INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THEM.

IF THEY GET THEIR WAY THROUGH TAX BREAKS AND OTHER MEANS, PERSONAL FORTUNES GROW WHILE PUBLIC GOODS ARE ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE.

PUBLIC HOUSING, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BECOME POOR AS THEY BECOME POOR, THEY BECOME INCREASINGLY THEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USED ONLY BY THE POOR THEMSELVES.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE IN PLANO AND PLANO ISD TO HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND NEEDED INVESTMENT TO ENSURE A THRIVING AND VIBRANT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NOT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR STATE AS IS FORTUNATE.

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT JUST ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC RESOURCES FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLANO, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THRIVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS OUR STATE, AND WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.

HERE'S WHAT I ASK OF ALL OF YOU.

THOSE IN THE ROOM, THOSE ONLINE, WHOEVER'S LISTENING, STAY COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION.

REMAIN DEDICATED TO CARING FOR ALL STUDENTS.

BE POWERED BY LEARNING, AND MOST OF ALL, KEEP EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AT THE HEART OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING.

KEEP WINNING FOR KIDS.

FOR ALL KIDS TO INCLUDE THE 5.5 MILLION PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OUR STATE LOVES TO BRAG ABOUT BEING THE EIGHTH-LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.

IS OUR STATE PROPERLY INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE? BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT ORDINARY TIMES.

THE CONDITIONS WE FACE TODAY TRY OUR SOULS.

WE MAY NOT ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE SILENT MAJORITY WHO ARE COUNTING ON OUR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM'S LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THEY ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT LIKELY THE ONE SHOWING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT NO CHILD CHOOSES THEIR RACE.

NO CHILD CHOOSES THEIR BIRTHRIGHT, THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, OR THEIR ZIP CODE.

THESE CHILDREN ARE RESPONSIBILITY.

IF WE FAIL THEM, THEY RISK BEING FAILED FOREVER. HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS.

PLANO ISD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS IN GREAT AND AMAZING HANDS WITH THIS 2025 BOARD THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ELECTED.

I KNOW A PERSON THAT YOU ALL MAKE US PLANO ISD PROUD.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> WOW. THANK YOU, ANGELA AND JERI.

THOSE ARE AMAZING WORDS.

SINCE I'VE ALREADY GONE FIRST, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO SHARE THEIR REMARKS AND WORDS OF APPRECIATION TO ANGELA AND JERI.

KATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO? YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.

>> MAYBE ABOUT TO CRY.

THANK YOU, JERI, FOR THOSE WORDS, AND ANGELA, FOR YOUR GRATITUDE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE AS USUAL.

I'M A LITTLE OVERCOME BY JERI'S WORDS.

I APPRECIATE HER FAITH IN US, AND I HOPE IT IS WELL DESERVED.

>> I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, I SAT WHERE KATHERINE SITS, BUT NEXT TO JERI BECAUSE JERI WAS ON THE END.

I GOT TWO YEARS SITTING NEXT TO JERI IN MEETINGS, AND I'VE GOTTEN THE LAST TWO YEARS SITTING NEXT TO ANGELA IN MEETINGS, AND I COULD NOT HAVE HAD BETTER SEAT PARTNERS.

YOU KNOW, WELL, I LIKE YOU,

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TOO. YOU'RE NOT RETIRING.

WE DID THIS EXERCISE OVER THE SUMMER AND WE ALL DID OUR CLIFTON STRENGTHS ASSESSMENTS, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT I LOVED IT BECAUSE AS A VERY ANALYTICAL PERSON, AS JERI POINTED OUT, IT IS CLEAR WHERE MY BRAIN LIES.

BUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE TWO OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOCIAL SKILLS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, JUST ON A PIECE OF PAPER, I WAS LIKE, ALL MAKE SO MUCH MORE SENSE TO ME WHEN I CAN SEE THE DATA ABOUT WHERE YOUR CLIFTON STRENGTHS ARE.

I KNOW THAT THAT MAKES ME SOUND A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONALLY FUNNY, BUT I AM A SCIENTIST.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR TIME BEING SEAT MATS.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I HAVE NEVER QUESTIONED THAT ALL HAD THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF THIS DISTRICT AND EVERY STUDENT.

YOU PUT EVERY STUDENT FIRST AND ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS AND YOUR PASSION FOR THE EAST CLUSTER, YOUR PASSION FOR THE CENTRAL CLUSTER INCLUDING FINDING SOMEONE TO RUN WHO WOULD REPRESENT OUR CENTER OF TOWN TO REPLACE YOU AND NEVER ACCEPTING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE DISPARITIES ACROSS TOWN AND ALWAYS WANTING EVERY STUDENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO WIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION AND YOUR GRACE AND SOMETIMES THE JOKES, AND I'M GOING TO MISS BOTH OF YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ANGELA, I GOT TO KNOW YOU WHEN YOU FIRST DONATED AN AUCTION ITEM TO HICKEY ELEMENTARY.

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? WE TALKED IN YOUR DRIVEWAY FOR 45 MINUTES.

[LAUGHTER] IT WAS SUPER FUN.

BUT AT THAT POINT, I KNEW THAT YOU PRECEDED ME IN THAT JOURNEY IN THAT SAME FEEDER PATTERN AND ON THE EAST SIDE.

WHEN I CLEANED OUT THE PTA FILES OVER AT ISAACS, YOUR NAME WAS ALL OVER EVERYTHING IN THERE BECAUSE YOU DID PTA WORK AT ISAAC, YOU DID PTA WORK AT HICKEY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

BEFORE YOU SERVED ON THE BOARD.

BUT THEN BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOU TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND REPRESENTING ALSO A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THAT VOICE AND THAT ADVOCACY TO THE WORK THAT YOU DID HERE ON THE BOARD, AND THAT IS SO APPRECIATED.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.

I WISH YOU WELL IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND WHATEVER COMES BEFORE YOU.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE SECOND YOU WALK OUT OF HERE TONIGHT, IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR TUESDAY NIGHTS NOW? SAME THING TO YOU. TUESDAY NIGHTS.

MAYBE YOU CAN GO OUT AND GET CHIPS AND SALSA OR FUN STUFF THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT.

YOU SPOKE AND YOU WERE VERY SERIOUS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU ALWAYS ENCOURAGE US TO BRING THE FUN.

BECAUSE AS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE SERIOUS TOPICS, YOU ALSO NEED TO BRING THE FUN.

YOU NEED TO BUILD TRUST WITH PEOPLE.

YOU NEED TO BE THAT VOICE THAT PEOPLE RESPECT AND THE KIDS LOOKED UP TO, AND YOU DO THAT THEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOUR EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVE IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL MISS TREMENDOUSLY AND THE FUN BANTER THAT WE HAVE BACK AND FORTH.

WHEN I GO ACROSS THE STATE, AND I SAY, OH, I'M FROM PLANO ISD, AND THEY SAY, OH, DO YOU KNOW JERI? EVERYBODY SAYS, DO YOU KNOW JERI? OF COURSE, I KNOW JERI.

I WILL PASS ALONG WELL WISHES TO EVERYBODY AND SHARE INFORMATION FROM ALL THOSE FRIENDS THAT I SEE ACROSS THE STATE, AND I WISH YOU ALSO BEST OF LUCK IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

>> OH, I SHOULD GO. I'M THE MOST EMOTIONAL PERSON ON THE BOARD HERE. I KNOW.

NO, BUT I WILL SAY THE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE DON'T SEE IS, JERI HAS BEEN THE GLUE FOR THIS BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I THINK SHE'S THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU AFTER THE MEETING IF IT WAS A TOUGH MEETING FOR YOU OR SHE'S THE ONE WHO WILL SEND YOU A NICE TEXT THAT WILL REALLY JUST MAKE YOUR DAY.

IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGE, I THINK, TO GO FROM NOT SERVING TO SERVING ON A BOARD.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SUPPORTIVE BOARD MEMBER WHO REALLY WANTS TO CHAMPION KIDS, BUT ALSO WANTS TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY OKAY, I THINK HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS VALUE.

WHILE I TYPICALLY AM FAIRLY QUIET UP HERE, I THINK JERI APPRECIATES THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT GOING ON MY MIND AND SO SHE REACHES OUT OFTEN.

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I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

I THINK ANGELA, YOU'RE THE OTHER PERSON WHO I THINK HAS REALLY BEEN SOMEONE THAT HAS KEPT THE BOARD TOGETHER.

I THINK ULTIMATELY, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THIS BOARD, WHETHER IT BE POLITICAL, WHETHER IT BE WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR KIDS.

BUT WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AS A BOARD, REALLY THANKS TO JERI AND ANGELA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR THE COLLECTIVE GOOD, BUT ALSO GENERALLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, AND THEN WE'VE DONE IT IN A COHESIVE WAY.

I THINK THAT THAT CAN EASILY BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED, BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK AROUND OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS, YOU CAN SEE VERY EASILY THAT THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

I AM THRILLED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COMING, BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE BIT SAD TO SEE SOME OF THE PEOPLE GO BECAUSE AGAIN, DESPITE THE FACT THAT I KNOW I AM THE MOST EMOTIVE PERSON HERE, IT IS REALLY A SAD DAY TO SEE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY LEAVE US.

>> THANK YOU. LADIES, WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. SURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, EVERYBODY ON THIS DIAS, BECAUSE WE DID WIN THE HEB TOP FIVE SCHOOL BOARD AT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WHEN MICHAEL SAID THAT WE ARE COHESIVE BOARD, THAT MEANS THAT WE WERE VERY COLLABORATIVE IN WORKING TO MAKE THIS DISTRICT IMPROVE AND BETTER FOR EVERYONE TO PROSPER AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU BOTH AGAIN FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE.

THEN YOU WILL REMAIN SEATED FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE.

THEN WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU MAY EXIT YOUR PLACE ON THE DIAS AND AFTER THE OATHS OF OFFICE AND PIN THE NEW TRUSTEES.

YOU'RE ARMED AND DANGEROUS LADIES.

>> NOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BOARD MEMBER OATH OF OFFICE,

[4. NEW BOARD MEMBER OATH OF OFFICE]

AND WE HAVE THE HONOR OF ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO THE TRUSTEES, ELECTED MAY 3RD, 2025.

THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION REQUIRES EACH ELECTED BOARD MEMBER TO SIGN A STATEMENT OF OFFICE AND TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE ASSUMING THEIR DUTIES.

GLORIANE FERNANDEZ, MANAGER OF POLICY, ELECTIONS AND OPERATIONS, WILL ADMINISTER THE OATHS OF OFFICE THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST OATH OF OFFICE IS BOARD TRUSTEE PLACE 1, DR. LAUREN TYRA.

DR. TYRA, CAN YOU PLEASE JOIN GLORIANE ON THE PODIUM?

>> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

>> IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY.

>> I, LAUREN TYRA.

>> OF PLANO ISD, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE.

>> OF THIS STATE.

>> NEXT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE PLACE 2, SAM JOHNSON.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

SAM, WILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY JOIN GLORIANE AT THE PODIUM?

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>> PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON TARRAH AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

>> IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY.

>> I, SAM JOHNSON.

>> OF THIS STATE.

>> WHILE SAM SIGNS HIS CERTIFICATE, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS FAMILY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

HIS WIFE, AMBER PIERCE, SONS, BANNER, QUINN, AND KNOX, HIS DAD, RICHARD JOHNSON, STEPMOM, VICKIE JOHNSON, HIS SISTERS, SHELBY BARFIELD, AND GAY COLOGNY, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, FRAN STAVALE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[BACKGROUND] YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY THERE FOR A SECOND SO WE CAN LET ANGELA PIN SAM.

FAMILY MEMBERS, I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN NOW BE SEATED, AND ANGELA POWELL WILL STEP DOWN AND PIN TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

[BACKGROUND]

>> THERE YOU GO.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

>> SAM, I WELCOME YOU TO TAKE A SEAT AT THE DIAS, RIGHT HERE.

I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING OVER TO VICE PRESIDENT LAUREN TYRA FOR THE NEXT OATH OF OFFICE.

>> AS VICE PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR BOARD TRUSTEE PLACE 3, NANCY HUMPHREY.

NANCY, I INVITE YOU TO JOIN GLORIANE AT THE PODIUM [BACKGROUND].

>> PLEASE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

>> IN THE NAME AND BODY AND AUTHORITY.

>> I, NANCY HUMPHREY.

>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, I CAN'T TALK. FAITHFULLY.

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>> OF THIS STATE.

>> NANCY, PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEAT AT THE DIAS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

PRESIDENT HUMPHREY WILL NOW RESUME PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING.

>> THANK YOU, LAUREN. NEXT IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE BOARD TRUSTEE PLACE 6, ELISA KLEIN.

ELISA, PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH YOUR FAMILY [BACKGROUND].

>> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

>> IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY.

>> IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

>> I, ELISA KLEIN.

>> OF THE STATE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

>> I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ELISA'S FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

Y'ALL GIVE A LITTLE WAVE WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME.

THEY ARE HUSBAND, MICHAEL KLEIN, SON ANTONIO, DAUGHTER ISABELLA, FATHER FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ, MOTHER DALIA HERNANDEZ, BROTHER IN LAW RICHARD DEAN MARX, NEPHEWS RICHARD AND DAVID MARX, GODMOTHER ARI CHAVEZ, GOD SISTER MARCIE CHAVEZ, AND STUDENT INTERN ZOE CONNORS.

NOW, FAMILY MEMBERS, Y'ALL CAN BE SEATED [BACKGROUND].

I FORGOT ABOUT YOUR PICTURE.

I'M SO SORRY [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE].

>> NOW, JERI CHAMBERS WILL STEP DOWN FROM THE DIAS AND PIN TRUSTEE KLEIN.

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LISA, I WELCOME YOU TO TAKE A SEAT AT THE BOARD DIAS.

WE'RE ALL SEATED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5,

[5. RECOGNITIONS]

WHICH IS OUR RECOGNITIONS, AND I THINK THE SLIDES WILL BEGIN.

DO YOU HAVE THEM? [BACKGROUND].

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 5, RECOGNITION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

WE'RE SO PRO TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS EXCELLING AT THE STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.

EACH RECOGNITION WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE MONITORS, AND WE HAVE MANY STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE IN THIS MEETING.

STAFF WILL BE ASSISTING ME WITH THESE RECOGNITIONS.

I'LL KICK IT OFF. FIRST, PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING CATHERINE SELMAN, A SENIOR AT PLANO WEST, SENIOR HIGH, WHO TOOK HOME THE SECOND PLACE IN HER CLASS AT THE HOUSTON STOCK SHOW.

THERE'S THE PICTURE. HOUSTON STOCK SHOW IN RODEO.

THIS QUALIFIED HER FOR THE SALE OF HER STEER, WHERE SHE WAS AWARDED $10,000.

WELL DONE [APPLAUSE]. NEXT, KUDOS TO PRISCILLA YE AND SIRI PEDDINTI, BOTH SENIORS AT PLANO EAST, WHO EARNED THE 2025 NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KNOWN AS NCWIT, THE NATIONAL HONORABLE MENTIONS.

EACH YEAR, US HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 RECEIVE RECOGNITION IN THEIR UNIQUE TALENTS, APTITUDE, AND ASPIRATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING.

THESE STUDENTS WERE AMONG 360 HONORABLE MENTIONS SELECTED FROM OVER 3,700 TALENTED YOUNG APPLICANTS.

CHEERS TO BOTH OF THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO 13 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY COMPETED AND TOOK FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE HONORS IN THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA, OR HOSA STATE COMPETITION EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THEIR NAMES AND AWARDS ARE DISPLAYED BY EACH CAMPUS.

THEY ARE FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH, SAMUEL KAMBALA, NATALIE SCOTT, TAYLOR SNYDER, ROMUEL PEARSON, AND FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH, DEV PATEL, EMILY TRAN, GABRIELLA MILLER, SAHASRA SIVA CHILKALA, VEDHA ALMETI, AND FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH PIRIJAT MAJUMDAR, SURABHI HALBE, HANNAH HASSAN, AND MAARIA ZAIDY.

BEST OF LUCK TO EACH OF THEM AS THEY ADVANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN JUNE.

>> THERE WE GO. WE ARE SO PROUD TO HONOR THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF MIDDLE-HIGH AND SENIOR-HIGH STUDENTS WHO PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD IN THE VARIOUS SCIENCE FAIR COMPETITIONS.

I WILL RECOGNIZE EACH OF THESE STUDENTS BY COMPETITION.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS BY THE TEXAS JUNIOR ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE, AARON CASTRO, ARNUV MODH, ISHAAN NIRMAL SRAVYA PILLA, DANIEL RUTNAM, AARINI SEN, HIUNI WANSAPURA, JESSICA ZHANG, VIJAY SHIVNANI, AIKA SAADIQ, NIDHI AJMERA, ZAINA AALIA, SAURA AGARWAL, KESHAV ANAND, VAANI CHELLAMUTHU, ANNA DU, SANABHI GAURAW, MANYA GUMMARAJU, ARYA GURUMUKHI, TANVI KUMAR, CHLOE LEE, ANIRUDH NARAYANAN, VAISSHNAVI SRI NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN, SIRI PEDDINTI, AYUSH SALVA, DIYA SHAH, ANNA SPIRIDE, VARUN SRIDHAR, VEDANT SUNDAR,

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ARUNDHATI VANKAYALAPATI, DHROOV BHARATIA, ELIZABETH GRANDINETTI, HRISHIKESH HARISH, ISABELLE HOU, ZAYNAB ABBAS, JERUSHA ABRAHAM, ISHA AGRAWAL, TRISHA DESAI, ANNIE LI, SHIVANI NATHAN, LINA SHIN, SAMUEL SO, AND RYAN SHU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAD THREE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THE TEXAS JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM AND FROM THE NATIONAL JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM.

ALL FROM PLANO EAST, CHLOE LEE, DIYA SHAH AND SIRI PEDDINTI.

[APPLAUSE] THIS YEAR, WE HAD TWO TOP 40 FINALISTS IN THE 2025 REGENERON SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH, PRISHA BHAT AND CHLOE LEE.

[APPLAUSE] RECEIVING HONORS FROM THE TEXAS STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, WE HAD MATTHEW KUO, CHLOE NI, RITISHA BHAT, RAJVEER SAVLA, ZOE TRANYTOS, SRAVYA PILLA, JESSICA ZHANG, AARINI SEN, VIJAY SHIVNANI, ANANYA NAGENDRA, VARUN SRIDHAR, ARYA GURUMUKHI, ANNA SPIRIDE, PRISHA BHAT, DHROOV BHARATIA, JERUSHA ABRAHAM AND RAINA HASSAN, AND ANNIE LI.

[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, 11 STUDENTS RECEIVING RECOGNITION THROUGH THE REGENERON INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR, SHREYAS KOLAN, SRAVYA PILLA, KESHAV ANAND, PRISHA BHAT, CHLOE LEE, ANANYA NAGENDRA, ANNA SPIRIDE, VARUN SRIDHAR, DHROOV BHARATIA, EVELYN DING, AND RYAN XU.

[APPLAUSE] A TREMENDOUS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 53 STUDENTS WHO EARNED 76 STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS THROUGH THIS YEAR'S SCIENCE FAIR SEASON.

[APPLAUSE] HATS OFF TO SEVERAL OF OUR VISUAL ART STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY THROUGH SENIOR HIGH FOR ACHIEVING STATE LEVEL AWARDS IN A NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ART STUDENTS FROM PLANO ISD CAMPUSES CAPTURED THE HIGHEST HONOR FOR K5, ENTITLED TOP OF THE TEAM AT THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY ART MEET OR TEAM COMPETITION.

THOSE STUDENTS ARE SHIZA BATOOL, VIRGINIA EDWARDS, SARA FERRER, JIMENA HERNANDEZ-ACEVEDO, EMORY JENSEN, CHRISTOPHER KORT, RILEY LA, BEARDAIN LILLY, BRIANNA ORTIZ, CARLA PACURAR, BROOKLYN REESE, HAZEL ROEMER, AARAV SHAH, DUBLIN SIMS, EVANA TISHY, INDY WATSON, BAYLOR YORK.

[APPLAUSE] AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, JUNIOR VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT, ALSO KNOWN AS VASE, CONTEST WINNERS RECEIVED THE PLATINUM AWARD.

THOSE STUDENTS ARE SOPHIA BERUMEN, RITISHA BHAT, WILLIAM DANG, MICHAEL FUKS, MCKENZIE FULTON, BRIANA HERNANDEZ, SEOYEONG JEON, OLIVIA JIN, SIA JOSHI, ANVI KANKANE, I HAD TO PRACTICE THAT ONE.

TIYASHIGA KATHIRVEL, GURLEEN KAUR, ISABELLA LUKE, BHAVYA SAL MAGESH, MADELINE MANTASOOT, NATALIE NG, I'M STILL GOING.

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RENYUE SHI, ZOE TRANYTOS, AZALIA VALDEZ, ARLLYN VEGA AND ABBY XU.

[APPLAUSE] FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STATE VASE COMPETITION, PLANO ISD HAD SEVEN ARTISTS WHO RECEIVED EIGHT VASE GOLD SEAL DESIGNATIONS.

THOSE STUDENTS ARE ZAK FERENCZHALMY, STEPHANIE HO, ETHAN OTTILLIO, VERA TSAI, PI, ERIKA XU, CLAIRE, ZHANG, AND ALEX ZHOU.

[APPLAUSE] FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THREE NATIONAL MEDALIST IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLASTIC ARTS AND WRITING AWARDS, ERIKA XU, JESSICA ZHANG, AND CHRISTINA ZHAO.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TALENTED AND CREATIVE STUDENTS.

>> PLANO ISD IS PROUD TO HAVE FOUR SENIOR HIGH STUDENTS HEADED TO THE AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE PROGRAM THIS SUMMER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

ESTABLISHED IN 1935, THIS INVITATIONAL PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP, STRONG CHARACTER, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND DEDICATION TO THEIR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.

THE AMERICAN LEGION BOYS STATE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND SELECTIVE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE AYAN MISHRA AND WILL ALLEN BLACKETER FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH, AND JOSH MOORE AND WILLIAM PETERS FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

>> FINALLY, THE PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH JAZZ BAND, LED BY DIRECTOR PRESTON PIERCE, AGAIN, QUALIFIED AS ONE OF THE TOP 30 JAZZ BANDS IN THE UNITED STATES TO PERFORM AT THE ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON JAZZ BAND COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL AT THE LINCOLN CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THIS IS THE SEVENTH QUALIFICATION FOR PLANO WEST TO THIS ELITE MUSIC FESTIVAL, AN UNPRECEDENTED ACCOMPLISHMENT, WHERE THEY ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINAL ROUND, PLACING THEM IN THE TOP 10 OF ALL JAZZ BANDS IN THE NATION.

CHEERS TO THE WOLF PACK JAZZ BAND ON THIS AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE WELL DESERVING STUDENTS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS.

LET'S GIVE THESE AMAZING STUDENTS ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

NOW THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OUTSTANDING STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING.

OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS WILL INTRODUCE THE FINAL RECOGNITION FOR THIS EVENING, AND DR. WILLIAMS WILL JOIN DR. TYRA TO PRESENT THE AWARDS.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT OUR MAY PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD WINNERS.

THREE REMARKABLE STAFF MEMBERS WHOSE DEDICATION AND SPIRIT TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COLLEAGUES.

AS WE EACH CALL EACH RECIPIENT'S NAMES, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR SPECIALLY DESIGNED LAPEL PIN FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, AND YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DR. LAUREN TYRA.

YOU WILL TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL PHOTO WITH THEM, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WHEN ALL OF OUR HONOREES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ALL RECOGNIZED.

OUR FIRST WINNER IS ISABEL MARQUEZ, INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST AT BEATY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] ISABEL WAS NOMINATED BY HER PRINCIPAL, KRISTEN FISLAR, FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AT BEATY.

ISABEL SPENDS EVERY WORKING MOMENT AND PLENTY OF TIME OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS HOURS, ENSURING THAT STAFF MEMBERS HAVE THE RESOURCES, STRATEGIES, AND IN-PERSON MODELING THEY NEED TO EXCEL, AND THAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCE INNOVATIVE, RIGOROUS, AND ENGAGING LEARNING.

SHE IS A COLLABORATOR, A DATA ANALYST, AND A GRANT WRITER,

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ALWAYS SEEKING NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

ISABEL IS KNOWN FOR HER IMMENSE POSITIVITY, EMPATHY, AND KINDNESS.

WHETHER SHE IS RESPONDING TO A CASUAL COMMENT FROM A TEACHER OR IDENTIFYING A CAMPUS-WIDE NEED, ISABEL KNOWS HOW TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT WHEREVER IT'S NEEDED.

FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PLANO ISD, ISABEL HAS BEEN A TRULY COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS THAT SHE DOES, DEDICATED TO CARING FOR EVERYONE SHE SERVES, EMPOWERED BY LEARNING FOR HERSELF AND OTHERS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING ISABEL MARQUEZ FOR THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION.

WOULD ANY GUEST OF ISABEL WHO ARE WITH US THIS EVENING, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.

>> OUR NEXT WINNER IS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AND WEBSITE GURU, LAN HARDY NOMINATED BY CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER LESLEY RANGE-STANTON.

[APPLAUSE] LAN, YOU LOVE THIS ATTENTION, DON'T YOU? [LAUGHTER] LAN IS A RARE UNICORN WHO CAN ENFORCE RULES WITH MILITARY-GRADE STRAIGHT FACE ONE MINUTE AND HAVE THE WHOLE OFFICE IN STITCHES THE NEXT.

A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO TRADED HER BADGE FOR A BADGE READER, LAN BRINGS A NO-NONSENSE AUTHORITY TO WEBSITE COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING LIGHTHEARTED FUN.

FROM WRANGLING FAQS FOR THE 2022 BOND ELECTION, TO UPDATING SCHOOL WEBSITES AND MASCOTS DURING THE DISTRICT-WIDE HIGH SCHOOL VERTICAL ALIGNMENT, TO KEEPING SCHOOL MESSENGER RUNNING SMOOTHLY, LAN IS ALWAYS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE, EVEN ON HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS.

SHE TEACHES STAFF HOW TO MASTER DIGITAL TOOLS, BRINGS LEVITY TO EVERY TRAINING, [LAUGHTER] SHE LOVES THIS, AND IS THE FIRST TO GENTLY BUT FIRMLY REMIND US ABOUT ADA COMPLIANCE.

LAN'S BLEND OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, CREATIVITY, AND HUMOR, MAKES HER AN INDISPENSABLE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AND A MODEL OF THE PISD LEADERSHIP PROFILE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING LAN HARDY ON HER SELECTION AS THE PLANO ISD PROUD AWARD RECIPIENT.

[APPLAUSE] WOULD ANY GUESTS WHO ARE WITH LAN TONIGHT, AND THERE MUST BE MANY OF YOU OUT THERE, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

>> OUR FINAL WINNER THIS EVENING IS LINEL BOYLAND, ASSISTANT IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM.

[APPLAUSE] HER PRINCIPAL, DARA VILLA PANDO, DESCRIBES LINEL AS THE TEAM MEMBER EVERY CAMPUS DREAMS OF HAVING, DEDICATED, POSITIVE, CREATIVE, AND ALWAYS READY TO JUMP IN WHEREVER NEEDED.

SHE SUPPORTS TEACHERS, STEPS INTO OTHERS CLASSROOMS, AND HELPS KEEP THE TEACHER RESOURCE CENTER RUNNING EFFICIENTLY.

LINEL LEADS PROGRAMS LIKE READY BODIES EARNING MINDS, AND THE CAMPUS MAKER SPACE WITH ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT, MAKING LEARNING FUN AND ENGAGING FOR STUDENTS.

HER WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING CREATING HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS TO SUPPORT SCHOOL EVENTS, HAS ELEVATED THE SCHOOL'S VISIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FAMILIES.

LINEL'S COMMITMENT TO LEARNING SPANISH TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HER DEEP CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY SHE SERVES.

ALWAYS SMILING, ALWAYS COLLABORATIVE, AND ALWAYS MAKING A DIFFERENCE, LINEL TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF PLANO ISD PROUD.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING LINEL BOYLAND FOR THIS WELL EARNED RECOGNITION.

[APPLAUSE] WOULD THE GUESTS OF LINEL PLEASE STAND.

GUESTS OF LINEL, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

DO WE HAVE ALL THE PICTURES WE NEED. A GROUP PHOTO.

>> COME ON, LAN.

>> LAN YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THERE.

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>> LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS TONIGHT ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] FOR ALL OF OUR HONOREES AND GUESTS, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE THE BOARD ROOM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

>> [BACKGROUND] NOW, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 6,

[6. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION FOR THE 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.

DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS?

>> PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS.

>> 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 WHO FAILED 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.

ALL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES DGBA, FNG AND GF.

TONIGHT, 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 EXPECTATION OF PATRONS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.

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

IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE 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?

>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS DREW BYRD, PLANO ISD STAFF MEMBER.

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>> MR. BYRD, WOULD YOU LIKE ONE MINUTE WARNING?

>> NO. THANK YOU.

>> HI I'M DREW BYRD. I WORK IN THE DISTRICT AND ALSO I LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

DEAR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE THE DEDICATED EDUCATORS OF PLANO ISD ARE FIGHTING TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP CONCERNS REGARDING THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR PROFESSION AND TO FORMALLY REQUEST A WAGE INCREASE ALONG WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR WORKING CONDITIONS.

A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY TEXAS A OF T UNITED REVEALED THAT 48% OF THE EMPLOYEES SURVEYED STATED THAT A PAY INCREASE WOULD MEAN LESS STRAIN ON FINANCIAL MATTERS.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, 64% OF RESPONDENTS STATED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A HEALTHY WORK LIFE BALANCE.

AS EDUCATORS, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SHAPING THE MINDS OF OUR STUDENTS, YET WE FIND OURSELVES INCREASINGLY CHALLENGED BY A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM AT OUR BEST.

IT IS IMPERATIVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF BURNOUT.

MANY OF US ARE EXPERIENCING HEIGHTENED LEVELS OF STRESS DUE TO ESCALATING WORKLOADS COMPOUNDED BY THE ONGOING CHALLENGES OF CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE AND MANAGEMENT.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCREASE OF TEACHING HAVE EXPANDED FAR BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL ROLE, AND AS WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A RANGE OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES THAT OUR STUDENTS FACE.

THIS SHIFT HAS MADE OUR ROLE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DEMANDING, RESULTING IN MANY EDUCATORS, FEELING OVERWHELMED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED.

45% OF EDUCATORS SURVEYED WHO CONSIDERED LEAVING WOULD STAY IF THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED CHANGES TO THE WORKLOADS AND DUTIES.

MOREOVER, THE RISING INFLATION HAS FURTHER STRAINED OUR FINANCIAL WELL BEING AS THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO INCREASE OR SALARIES HAVE NOT KEPT PACE, LEADING TO FINANCIAL INSECURITY FOR ALL EDUCATORS.

THIS SITUATION NOT ONLY AFFECTS OUR PERSONAL LIVES, BUT ALSO IMPACTS OUR ABILITIES TO INVEST IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

OVERWHELMING 69% OF STAFF WHO RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY STATED THAT SALARY IS THE NUMBER 1 ISSUE THAT CAUSES WORK RELATED STRESS, FOLLOWED BY WORKLOAD AND LACK OF RESOURCES.

THE STAFF SHORTAGE IS ANOTHER PRESSING CONCERN.

EDUCATORS ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION DUE TO INADEQUATE SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION LEADING TO A LACK OF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE SHORTAGE PLACES AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THOSE OF US WHO REMAIN AS WE ARE OFTEN REQUIRED TO TAKE ON EXTRA CLASSES OR RESPONSIBILITIES WITHOUT INCREASES IN PAY OR SUPPORT.

IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE ALSO OBSERVED A TROUBLING DECLINE IN RESPECT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATION STAFF.

THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF EDUCATORS HAS SHIFTED AND THIS DEVALUATION IS DEMORALIZING.

WE BELIEVE THAT WITH ADEQUATE SUPPORT, FAIR COMPENSATION, AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO VALUING OUR WORK, WE CAN RECLAIM THE RESPECT THAT OUR PROFESSION DESERVES.

IN LIGHT OF THESE FACTORS, WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE OPTION 2 FOR THEIR TEACHER COMPENSATION PLAN.

NO INCREASE FOR HEALTH COVERAGE PREMIUMS AND NO DECREASE IN COVERAGE, AND AN OPTION TO TAKE UP TO THREE BEREAVEMENT DAYS FROM THE LEAVE BANK THAT RICHARDSON ISD ALSO OFFERS AND TWO MENTAL HEALTH DAYS LIKE MANOR ISD OFFERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MEGAN VECCHIO, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.

>> MS. VECCHIO, DO YOU WANT A ONE MINUTE WARNING?

>> THAT'D BE GREAT.

>> I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM 12.4, WHICH IS A REPORT ABOUT A PROPOSED CODE OF CIVILITY.

IT'S HARD TO SPEAK ON SUCH A TOPIC BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED SINCE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPORT ISN'T MADE PUBLIC BEFORE THE MEETING.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE NEW BOARD WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

HOWEVER, I STILL WANT TO VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANYONE TO BE IMPOLITE OR DISRUPTIVE, BUT IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THERE'S NO LEGAL STANDARD ON WHAT BEHAVIOR IS CONSIDERED CIVIL.

I'M SURE WE COULD ALL EASILY THINK OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IMPOLITE OR UNCIVIL.

BUT AS AN IDEA, A CODE OF CIVILITY ON ITS FACE SEEMS OVERLY BROAD AND POSSIBLY SEEKS TO LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.

THIS POLICY SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO HONESTLY DISCUSS CONCERNS AND SITUATIONS.

AS PARENTS, IT'S ALREADY DIFFICULT TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT CONCERNS.

ALL DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA IS SHUT TO COMMENTS AND WE MUST WAIT UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING TO SPEAK TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. IT IS ALREADY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY BY ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS.

WOULD THIS PROPOSED POLICY MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRING CONCERNS TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD? WE ARE ALSO HERE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY.

A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE OWNED BY ITS COMMUNITY? IF WE HAD A FUNCTIONING STATE GOVERNMENT, THEN IT WOULD BE.

A COMMUNITY HAS A RIGHT TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AS MUCH AS THE BOARD DOES.

ANY CODE THAT SEEKS TO LIMIT OUR RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED.

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WOULD IT BE A VIOLATION OF A CODE OF CIVILITY FOR ME TO BRING CONCERNS TO THE BOARD THAT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT WANT MADE PUBLIC? WOULD IT BE A VIOLATION OF A CODE OF CIVILITY TO DISCUSS SECURITY CONCERNS AT MY CHILDREN'S CAMPUSES? WOULD IT BE A VIOLATION TO DISCUSS HOW MY SON'S MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS HAS HAD A CONCERNING NUMBER OF LOCKDOWNS AND RECENTLY A BOMB THREAT?

>> ONE MINUTE.

>> WOULD IT BE OKAY TO DISCUSS THE CARRYING OF BACKPACKS ALL DAY AND HOW THIS CONTRIBUTES TO ALL THIS AND IS IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO PLANO'S OWN BAG POLICY AT ITS STADIUMS? WOULD IT BE A VIOLATION TO DISCUSS THE RECENT OUTCOME OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY AUDITS AT THE SENIOR HIGHS AND HOW THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE? CHANGES WOULD BE MADE? WOULD IT BE A VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CIVILITY TO DISCUSS ON CAMPUS DRUG USE IN THE BATHROOMS AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES AND HOW THEY'RE NICKNAMED THE PHARMACY? AS TAXPAYERS, WE PAY FOR THIS DISTRICT AND SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN IT.

I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POOR TREATMENT OF TEACHERS, THE DECREASED STAFF ALLOTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THE FOCUS THAT SEEMS TO BE MAINLY ON HIRING NEW TEACHERS INSTEAD OF RETAINING QUALITY TEACHERS WITH EXPERIENCE AND STATE CERTIFICATIONS? DOES IT VIOLATE A CODE OF CIVILITY TO VOICE SUCH CONCERNS PUBLICLY? LASTLY, I DID NOT APPRECIATE BEING FALSELY ACCUSED OF MISSTATEMENTS OF FACTS.

WAS THAT CIVIL? I AM NOT A LIAR.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO SPEAK HERE WITHOUT SUCH NONSENSE.

IF YOU WANT TO SILENCE BRAVE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PARENTS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TAKE US AS POLITICAL PRISONERS.

MAYBE THAT'S THE GOAL.

>> TIME IS UP.

>> THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 7,

[7. CLOSED SESSION]

WHICH IS OUR CLOSED SESSION.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE, 551.074, AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:17 PM.

>> I'M SORRY. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD,

[9. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD]

ELECTION OF OFFICERS PRESIDENT POSITION.

AT THIS TIME, AS CURRENT PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER, I ANNOUNCE THAT IT'S IT IS TIME FOR THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES STATE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PRESIDE OVER THE ELECTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT, AND THE NEWLY SEATED BOARD PRESIDENT WILL OFICIATE THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR THE TWO REMAINING POSITIONS.

NOW I TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT DR. WILLIAMS.

>> IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY BDAA, I WAS DULY NOTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS OF THEIR INTENT TO SEEK AN OFFICE POSITION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, MAY 16TH, 2025, IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF INTENT FROM DR. LAUREN TYRA FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD PRESIDENT, NANCY HUMPHREY, FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT, AND TARRAH LANTZ FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD SECRETARY.

THE NOMINATION PROCESS IS NOW COMPLETE AND QUALIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN VETTED.

WE WILL BEGIN THE ELECTION PROCESS STARTING WITH THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION FOR BOARD PRESIDENT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

>> SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS DR. TYRA TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO OSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELECTS DR.

LAUREN TYRA TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ID, BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES 7-0, AND CONGRATULATIONS, BOARD PRESIDENT TYRA.

[APPLAUSE] BOARD PRESIDENT DR. TYRA.

>> YOU GOT YOUR PERSON [INAUDIBLE]

>> BOARD PRESIDENT TYRA, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MEETING FOR YOU TO PRESIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

[LAUGHTER]

>> NO, PRESSURE. WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION FOR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ELECT NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

>> VERY WELL. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARRAH LANTZ

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AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ELECTS NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

ANY OPPOSED? NO. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7:0.

CONGRATULATIONS, VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY.

I'M GLAD I STILL GET TO SIT NEXT TO YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MOVING ON.

WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION FOR BOARD SECRETARY.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ELECTS TARRAH LANTZ TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS TARRAH LANTZ TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 7:0.

CONGRATULATIONS, SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ.

[APPLAUSE] THIS CONCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOW SWITCH SEATS AT THE DAIS.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 10, THE CONSENT AGENDA,

[10. CONSENT AGENDA]

WHICH 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?

>> I REQUEST THAT WE REMOVE ITEM 10.7 APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL CSP 2025-05-003 DEMOLITION PROJECTS TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JOHNSON.

BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA REMOVING ITEM 10.7, APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL CSP 2025-05-001 DEMOLITION PROJECTS.

>> CAN I JUST SAY IT'S 003.

>> SORRY.

>> THAT'S OKAY. I SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND A SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA REMOVING ITEM 10.7, APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL, CSP 2025-05-003 DEMOLITION PROJECTS.

ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 7:0.

WE WILL MOVE ITEM 10.7 TO THE END OF THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 11, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[11.1 Consideration and Approval of Paving John Clark Stadium Parking Lot Utilizing The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) Cooperative]

FIRST ITEM ON THE LIST IS 11.1 APPROVAL OF PAVING OF THE CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT.

WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSION AND ACTION WITH ITEM 11.1, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF PAVING OF CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT.

I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. JOHNNY HILL TO PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, DR. LAUREN TYRA.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR ME TO GET USED TO. I LIKE IT THOUGH.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET, AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DO WANT TO TALK JUST REAL BRIEFLY.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

BUT I THINK EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE ACROSS CLARK STADIUM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ON WHY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO PAVE THE PARKING LOT AT CLARK STADIUM.

IT'S IN DIRE NEED.

I THINK, ANYONE WHO DRIVES OUT THERE OBVIOUSLY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEMSELVES.

I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING AN ASPHALT, WHICH IS NOT THE BEST WE CAN DO BECAUSE CEMENT WOULD BE THE BEST WE COULD DO.

BUT CEMENT WOULD ACTUALLY COST, THE LAST TIME WE GOT A PRICE ON IT WAS ABOUT 2.5 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS OVER $11 MILLION AT THAT TIME.

CEMENT HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF ANYWHERE FROM 50-100 YEARS.

IT BASICALLY LAST FOREVER.

ASPHALT THOUGH IS A VERY NICE ALTERNATIVE FOR US, AND THE PRICE FOR THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE UNDER $5 MILLION.

IT HAS A USEFUL LIFE OF ANYWHERE FROM 15-20 YEARS, AND IF YOU TAKE CARE OF IT,

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IT WILL REALLY LOOK NICE FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU HAVE TO SEAL CODE IT ABOUT EVERY 6-8 YEARS. NO BIG DEAL.

WE WILL DEFINITELY MAINTAIN THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS PARKING LOT.

THAT STADIUM WAS BUILT IN 1977, WHICH IS A LONG TIME AGO.

VERY LITTLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT PARKING LOT SINCE THIS TIME.

ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO LOOK AND SEE.

NOW WE SPENT ALL THE BOND MONEY ON THE 2016 BOND, BUT WE'VE EARNED INTEREST ON THE 2016 BOND PROGRAM.

WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAD ALL OF OUR BIG PROJECTS UNDER CONTRACT BEFORE WE WENT AND LOOKED AT USING PART OF THAT MONEY.

WE DO FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD USE OF THOSE FUNDS, AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND GOING BACK AND PAVING THE PARKING LOT AT CLARK STADIUM AT THIS TIME. YES, MA'AM.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF OUR FACILITIES, EVEN THOSE BUILT IN 1977, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CRATER THAT YOU MAY DRIVE INTO OR LOSE A HCAP OR VEST A TIRE.

THIS IS REALLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PATRONS THAT COME TO OUR STADIUM FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, ESPECIALLY DURING OUR EVENTS IN THE EVENING TIME AND ANY INJURIES THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF A TWISTED ANKLE, OR I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED WHEN IT RAINS AND IT POURS, THAT STADIUM CAN FLOOD ALL THE WAY PAST YOUR ANKLES UP TO YOUR KNEES.

WITH IT BEING SO DARK, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING.

THERE'S ALL SORT OF SAFETY HAZARDS FOR OUR PATRONS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN.

BEYOND THE DRIVING IMPLICATIONS, I THINK THERE'S A REAL HAZARD AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE OBLIGATION OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND KEPT UP, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE OLD, SUCH AS THIS ONE FROM 1977.

>> FOR OUR NEW TRUSTEES, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE PRIOR TO HAVING DISCUSSION.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, WE WILL DO THAT AFTER A MOTION.

THANK YOU, JOHNNY, AND DR. WILLIAMS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE WILL NOW CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PAVING THE CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT.

>> WHERE IS IT? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PAVING OF CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PAVING OF THE CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM?

>> I WOULD JUST SAY YOU COULD LOSE A VOLKSWAGEN IN THE POTHOLES.

>> I THINK WE KNOW NANCY'S OPINION.

I WILL SAY JUST BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

WE PUT ABOUT $19 MILLION IN STADIUM MAINTENANCE OUT TO THE VOTERS IN 2022 ON THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, AND THE VOTERS DECLINED TO SUPPORT THAT BALLOT INITIATIVE, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY SUPPORTED OTHER PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING BOTH A TAX RATE, ELECTION AS WELL AS OUR LARGER PROPOSITIONS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND THE CTE CENTER.

BUT THIS WAS A $19 MILLION PROPOSITION THAT FAILED ON THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, AND THE TEAM HAS FOUND VERY CREATIVE WAYS IN ORDER, WHAT I WOULD SAY, MAYBE SCRAPPY, TO USE INTEREST NOT ONLY TO PAVE THE PARKING LOT STADIUM, BUT ALSO PROVIDE LIGHTING FOR THAT STADIUM.

BECAUSE AS DR. WILLIAMS TALKED ABOUT, IT'S A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AT NIGHT, IT REALLY CAN BE QUITE TREACHEROUS.

TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I THINK THAT JUST THE ONE LAST THING TO ADD IS THAT THIS IS OPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TO, BUT IT'S NOT JUST OUR PLANO ISD COMMUNITY, IT'S OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REPUTATION OF PLANO ISD, MAINTAINING OUR PROPERTIES AND OUR FACILITIES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO FIND MONEY TO FUND.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THE CREATIVE WAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE VOTERS SAID NO, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS STILL A PRIORITY AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN. THAT'S IT.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE VOTERS DON'T DECIDE THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF OUR FACILITIES.

WE'RE STILL OBLIGATED TO THE UP KEEP OF OUR FACILITIES.

WE PUT IT OUT TO OUR VOTERS SO THAT

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THERE WERE OTHER THINGS LISTED THAT IS MUCH NEEDED MAINTENANCE, BUT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE AREAS THAT CAUSE A SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT DO REQUIRE SOME ATTENTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.

>> I'LL ALSO SAY JUST TO WRAP UP, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I TALKED TO AFTER THE BOND ELECTION WHO WHEN I SAID, MOST OF THE MONEY IN THAT PROPOSITION WAS TO PAY THE CLARK STADIUM PARKING LOT AND TO PUT LIGHTING UP, THEY WERE LIKE, I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IT, HAD I UNDERSTOOD IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AS I OFTEN TRY AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY HOMEWORK, WHETHER THEY COMPLETED IT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.

WHEN WE DO HAVE FUTURE BOND ELECTIONS, PLEASE AS A CONCERNED VOTER.

LOOK THROUGH THOSE PROPOSITIONS, REALLY SEE WHAT THEY ARE, REACH OUT TO THE TEAM, REACH OUT TO ANY OF US TO TRY AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE MONIES ARE FOR, AND WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO HELP.

>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE BOND LANGUAGE IS TRICKY AND IT'S BY DESIGN.

DR. WILLIAMS, HOW MANY TOUCHPOINTS DID WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BOND PROGRAM IN 2022?

>> WELL, LESLIE IS THE BEST ONE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT BETWEEN THE VIDEOS THAT WE WENT OUT TO EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.

WE HAD I BELIEVE 13 MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE REACHED AS FAR AS EVENING EVENTS, AND I THINK WE TOTALED AT ONE POINT 89 90 FOR TOUCH POINTS AS FAR AS HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT I COULD BE SLIGHTLY OFF ON MY NUMBERS.

>> THAT'S SUFFICIENT, BUT THAT'S MY POINT IS WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND LISTEN TO THE ITEMS BECAUSE THAT BOND LANGUAGE, IT'S NOT DESCRIPTIVE OF EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW LEGAL GUIDELINES FOR THAT BOND LANGUAGE.

IT THROWS PEOPLE OFF.

BUT PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE OR COME TO ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BEFORE.

>> IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY 7:0.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 11.2,

[11.2 Authorization of the Advertisement of Notice of Public Meeting to Discuss the Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]

AUTHORIZATION OF THE ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

I WILL INVITE COURTNEY REEVES, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT. COURTNEY.

>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT TYRA, DR. WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CABINET.

UNDER TRUTH AND TAXATION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

THE NOTICE ACTUALLY SERVES AS A KEY COMPONENT OF TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

IT INFORMS OUR TAXPAYERS OF THE DISTRICT'S INTENT TO ADOPT A BUDGET AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION HAS TWO PURPOSES.

IT'S TO REVIEW THE CONTENT THAT WILL ACTUALLY APPEAR IN OUR PUBLIC NOTICE, INCLUDING OUR PROPOSED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, AND INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATES, COMPARISONS TO OUR PRIOR YEAR RATES, AND THE ESTIMATED IMPACT ON OUR TAXPAYERS.

THE SECOND PURPOSE IS TO REQUEST THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUBLISHING THE NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS ACTUALLY IS THAT THIS NOTICE ACTUALLY HAS TO APPEAR IN A QUARTER PAGE ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THE NOTICE MUST BE PUBLISHED NO LESS THAN 10 DAYS AND NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

OUR BUDGET HEARING IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH, WHICH MEANS OUR PUBLICATION WINDOW WOULD RUN BETWEEN MAY 25TH AND JUNE 14TH.

FOR OUR PROPOSED '25-'26 TAX RATE, WE'RE PROJECTING A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM OUR 2024-2025 RATE.

OUR CURRENT RATE IS $1.04245 AND EXPECTED TO DECLINE TO $1.03965, REFLECTING A MODEST REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL TAX RATE.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, HOUSE BILL 3 INTRODUCED TAX RATE COMPRESSION FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, OUR M&O TAX RATE WHEN PROPERTY VALUES GROW MORE THAN 2.5%.

IN LATE APRIL, WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES FROM OUR CHIEF APPRAISER, AND IT SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 2.81% SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT 2.5% THRESHOLD.

THIS LEVEL TRIGGERS A SMALL AMOUNT OF COMPRESSION IN OUR M&O TAX RATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN OUR M&O TAX RATE FROM 0.80510-0.80230.

WITH OUR INTEREST IN SINKING INS RATE TO REMAIN UNCHANGED.

AGAIN, THAT OVERALL IMPACT WAS A SLIGHT REDUCTION TO

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OUR TAX RATE FROM $1.04245- $1.03965.

>> THIS SLIDE PRESENTS REQUIRED COMPARISON OF OUR CURRENT UPCOMING TAX YEAR PROPERTY VALUES AS OUTLINED UNDER TAXATION GUIDELINES.

SPECIFICALLY, IT SHOWS OUR APPRAISED AND TAXABLE VALUES FOR OUR CURRENT YEAR ALONGSIDE THOSE PROJECTED FOR OUR UPCOMING YEAR.

AS HIGHLIGHTED, THE CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FROM OUR CHIEF APPRAISER REFLECTS A 2.81% AND OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE.

YOU CAN OF COURSE SEE THAT TAXABLE VALUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM 78.48 BILLION TO 80.340 BILLION.

YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP, A LARGER GAP, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR APPRAISED VALUE AND OUR TAXABLE VALUE FOR OUR 2025 TAX YEAR.

THIS GAP IS LARGELY DUE TO TIMING IN THE APPRAISAL PROCESS.

DURING THIS PERIOD, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS ACTIVELY PROCESSING HIGH VOLUMES OF VALUE PROTESTS AND APPEALS.

AS THOSE APPEALS ARE RESOLVED AND EXEMPTIONS ARE APPLIED, WE SEE THAT GAP NARROW JUST A LITTLE BIT.

WE WILL RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATES IN LATE JULY.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEM BY THE 25TH.

OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS REALLY GREAT.

WE USUALLY GET THEM ABOUT FIVE DAYS BEFORE.

BUT ONCE WE HAVE A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF OUR TAXABLE BASE, WE WILL USE THAT INFO TO ADOPT OUR TAX RATE IN AUGUST.

THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGES IN OUR CERTIFIED TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR DISTRICT BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WHICH WOULD BE TAX YEAR 2019 THROUGH OUR MOST RECENT ESTIMATE.

AS SHOWN, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED CONSISTENT GROWTH IN OUR PROPERTY VALUE BASE, WHICH EACH YEAR REFLECTING A POSITIVE PERCENTAGE CHANGE SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2020.

SINCE THAT YEAR, OUR CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES ACTUALLY INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 36.88%.

OF COURSE, THAT'S COMPARING THAT FISCAL YEAR 2020, THAT 58.7 BILLION TO OUR PROJECTED 2026, 80.3 BILLION.

OF COURSE, THIS CUMULATE INTEREST REFLECTS BOTH MARKET APPRECIATION, INFLATION, AND SOME NEW PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ACTUALLY OUR LARGEST INCREASE WAS FISCAL YEAR '23, WHICH WOULD IN TAX YEAR '22, THAT CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE INCREASE WAS 9.83%.

THEN OUR SECOND HIGHEST YEAR DURING THIS TIME WAS ACTUALLY IN FISCAL YEAR '25 WITH AN 8.21% INCREASE IN THAT PROPERTY VALUE.

OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEAR, THE DISTRICT'S TAXABLE PROPERTY BASE HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY.

THIS GROWTH IMPACTS STATE FUNDING CALCULATIONS AND TRIGGERS TAX COMPRESSION UNDER HOUSE BILL 3, WHICH HELPS REDUCE THE M&O TAX RATE FOR LOCAL TAXPAYER WHEN GROWTH EXCEEDS THAT 2.5% ANNUALLY.

AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE'VE CALCULATED OUR VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, THE ATR FOR OUR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

THANKS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR VATR APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF '22, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO OUR FULL M&O CAPACITY, OR AS JOHNNY ALWAYS SAYS, WE MADE OUR BUDGET BUCKET AS BIG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1.0396 ACTUALLY MATCHES OUR VATR.

THIS RATE REFLECTS A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM OUR CURRENT RATE OF $1.04245, AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, THAT'S DUE TO OUR STATE REQUIRED M&O COMPRESSION RESULTING FROM PROPERTY GROWTH OVER THAT 2.5% AND OUR INS RATE REMAINS THE SAME.

PART OF OUR NOTICE, WE'RE ALSO SUPPOSED TO AGAIN PROVIDE WHAT WE INTEND OUR TAX RATE TO BE.

BUT THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DISTRICT'S TOTAL TAX RATE.

SINCE 2016, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE HAS DECREASED JUST UNDER 40 CENTS.

IT'S ACTUALLY 0.3993.

AGAIN, JUST UNDER 40 CENTS, THIS DECLINE, OF COURSE, IS LARGELY DUE TO RATE COMPRESSION BEGINNING WITH HOUSE BILL 3.

THEN MORE RECENTLY SENATE BILL 2 FROM THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION.

YOU SEE THAT ADDITIONAL GAP BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR '3 AND FISCAL YEAR '24.

THAT WAS DUE TO THAT ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION MEASURES AT SENATE BILL 2 OF THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, JUST REDUCING ALLOWABLE M&O TAX RATE AS A RESPONSE TO CONTINUED STATEWIDE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH.

WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A COMPARISON OF THE PRIOR YEAR TO THE PROJECTED YEAR FOR TAXES ON OUR AVERAGE RESIDENTS.

WE HAVE A 12-YEAR LOOK OF OUR TAXES ON OUR AVERAGE RESIDENTS.

FOR TAX YEAR 2025, THE PROJECTED TAX ON AVERAGE RESIDENTS IS $5,081, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 386 COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR AVERAGE OF 4695.

OUR AVERAGE MARKET VALUE IN THE HOME OF PLANO IS PROJECTED TO RISE FROM JUST OVER 600,000-615,000.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE MARKET VALUE.

AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM 450,000 TO JUST UNDER 489,000.

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WHILE THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR TAXABLE VALUE THIS YEAR, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FROM TAX YEAR '22-'23.

THAT WAS JUST DUE TO AGAIN, SENATE BILL 2 PASSING DURING OUR 88TH LEGISLATURE, WHICH PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF BY INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 40,000-100,000.

THAT LEGISLATIVE CHANGE CREATED THAT ONE-TIME DROP IN TAX BILLS FOR HOMEOWNERS.

THIS IS OUR TAX PARENCY BAR GRAPH AND THIS BAR GRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE DISTRICT'S PORTION OF TAX REVENUE COLLECTED FROM AN AVERAGE RESIDENT EACH YEAR SINCE 2019, COMPARED TO THE PORTION RECAPTURED BY THE STATE.

IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW MUCH LOCAL FUNDING IS RETAINED VERSUS HOW MUCH IS SENT BACK TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE.

AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT FISCAL YEAR '23-'24 WAS SB2 WHERE WE HAD AGAIN, THAT INCREASE FROM THAT 40,000 HOMES EXEMPT TO 100,000.

BUT JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN 02,337.34% OF THOSE TAXES WAS SENT BACK TO THE STATE IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE.

IT DID DROP DOWN IN 2024 TO 23.98% BACK TO THE STATE AND RECAPTURE, '25 INCHING BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT TO 25.91% IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE, AND THEN 26, WE ARE PROJECTING 26.65% BACK TO THE STATE AND FORM OF RECAPTURE, RETAINING 73.35 AT THE DISTRICT.

LAST STEPS. OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S AUTHORIZATION THIS EVENING, THAT NOTICE OF BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE POSTED TO A NEWSPAPER IN THE DISTRICT.

IF IT IS AUTHORIZED, OBVIOUSLY, I'M SHOOTING FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE.

JUNE 24TH IS WHEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPTION, JULY 5TH, WE'LL HAVE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND IN AUGUST 19TH, I WILL COME BACK AND HAVE A TAX RATE FOR YOU TO ADOPT.

THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU, COURTNEY.

WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AUTHORIZATION AS PRESENTED.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY TARRAH ALLIANCE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZES THE ADVERTISEMENT OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COURTNEY OR FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I HAVE ONE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAYBE JUST REITERATE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP OUR INS TAX RATE THE SAME YEAR-OVER-YEAR?

>> WELL, ACTUALLY, MR. HILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIVE IN BATED BREATH OVER THERE?

>> I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? [LAUGHTER] NO.

I HEARD YOU. I'M SORRY. I HEARD YOU.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE CCA REGULATION THAT THIS BOARD HAD PASSED, I BELIEVE BACK IN 2018.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT IT WAS AROUND THEN.

BOTTOM LINE IS THIS BOARD HAS SET UP A REGULATION TO AGGRESSIVELY PAY DOWN DEBT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AS VALUE GOES UP, WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT RATE BY GETTING THAT EXCESS COLLECTIONS THAT WE GET IN, WE AGGRESSIVELY PAYING DOWN OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT QUICKER.

THIS LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WE PULLED OFF ALMOST $14 MILLION AND PAID $14 MILLION ADDITIONAL OUTSTANDING DEBT WITH THAT EXCESS COLLECTIONS.

BY DOING THAT, WE'VE SAVED, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I THINK ABOUT $6 MILLION IN INTEREST.

THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE BY DOING THIS AGGRESSIVE PAYING DOWN DEBT, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU PAYING DOWN YOUR HOUSE EARLY.

YOU SAVED LITERALLY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT EVEN NOT MORE IMPORTANTLY BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, BUT ANOTHER BENEFIT IS WHEN YOU GO TO DO ANOTHER BOND ELECTION, YOU'VE CREATED THIS SNOWBALL OF DEBT CAPACITY THAT YOU ROLL IN A SUBSEQUENT DEBT INTO YOUR NEW ISSUANCE, YOUR NEW AUTHORIZATION, AND YOU CAN DO LITERALLY OVER $1 BILLION WITHOUT GOING UP ON TAX RATE.

IN FACT, IN 2022, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO A 1.35 BILLION-DOLLAR BOND, AND ACTUALLY WENT DOWN ABOUT 3.1 CENTS ON OUR TAX RATE.

THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE CREATED THAT OUTSTANDING DEBT.

I CALL IT A DEBT STONE BALL BECAUSE I'M A DISCIPLE OF IF YOU DO THE DEBT MANAGEMENT.

I WON'T MENTION NAMES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT.

BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE CREATED AS OF RIGHT NOW, EVEN IN ABOUT THREE YEARS, ABOUT $1.6 BILLION CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT MONTH ELECTION.

A GOAL WOULD BE TO GET OVER.

I HAVE OVER $2 BILLION CAPACITY AND BE ABLE TO GO DOWN ON OUR TAX RATE WHEN WE DO THE NEXT ONE.

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WE DO THAT BY AGGRESSIVELY PAYING DOWN OUR DEBT EARLY AND CREATING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

THAT'S WHY WE KEEP IT CONSTANT.

>> THEN I WANTED TO GO BACK COURTNEY TO THE RECAPTURE SCREEN, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, DO YOU WANT TO GO HERE? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I POINT OUT THE YEAR '22 VERSUS PROJECTED FOR 2026.

IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? ARE YOU SURE? BECAUSE I LEARNED ALL OF THIS FROM YOU.

THERE'S SOME QUOTE ABOUT MASTER AND STUDENT, TEACHER AND STUDENT.

ANYWAY. IF YOU LOOK AT 2022, YOU SEE THAT THE RECAPTURE PAID BY THE DISTRICT FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER 1,720.40, YOU GO OVER TO PROJECTED FOR 2026, IT'S 1,354.31, SO IT'S MUCH LOWER IN RECAPTURE.

BUT LOOK HOW MUCH IS RETAINED BY THE DISTRICT.

WHAT'S SO INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT THESE TWO NUMBERS IS RECAPTURE WAS GOING UP AND UP AND UP, AND IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THINGS WHERE I KNOW THAT THE STATE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY FIXED IT.

THE REASON I POINT OUT THOSE TWO IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SIMILAR.

IT'S JUST UPSETTING TO ME THAT THAT RECAPTURE NUMBER KEEPS STILL GOING UP AND UP AND UP, AND IT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH AS IT WAS BEFORE, BUT IT IS STILL FROM '24, '25 TO '26.

IT'S STILL STEPPING UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND SO THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO FIX THIS.

THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN, THE FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE BROKEN, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO SAY ON IT.

>> BUT, WHAT COURTNEY SAID WAS, WE'RE UP BY 26.65 ON THE PROJECTED FOR 2026, AND IT IS.

IT'S PROGRESSING UPWARD.

I THINK IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SHAVE A SHEEP ON THE CAPITAL LAWN, IT'S NOW GOING TO BE 26.65, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS 2025 ACTUAL?

>> 2025 WAS '25.9, AND THEN '24 WAS 23.98.

>> BUT IF I REMEMBER BACK IN 2019, WHEN THEY DID ALL OF THIS, THEY DID NOT INTEND FOR RECAPTURE TO CONTINUE TO RISE UP.

AND IT DID, RIGHT AFTER JUST ONE YEAR AFTER THEY THOUGHT THEY FIXED IT, IT CONTINUES TO GO UP, AND SO IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING TO WATCH THAT TREND HAPPENING OVER AND OVER.

THAT WAS ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING FOR VOTERS THAT ARE CONCERNED IS, THAT IS YOUR TAX MONEY THAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOING TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EDUCATORS WHEN IN ACTUALITY, THAT MONEY IS GOING ULTIMATELY TO THE GENERAL FUND IN AUSTIN.

>> WELL, IT HAS TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE FSP, BUT ANY EXCESS RECAPTURE CAN GO TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND THEN IT GETS ALLOCATED NOT IN THE WAY THAT THE CHECK WRITER, THE TAXPAYER, INTENDED IT TO GO TO BECAUSE WHEN THEY WRITE A CHECK, THEY'RE THINKING IT'S GOING, LIKE YOU SAID, TO PLANO ISD ALTOGETHER.

I THINK THAT WE'RE WATCHING LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, I JUST HOPE THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO ISSUES WHERE WE GET PENALIZED AGAIN.

I WON'T STEAL YOUR THUNDER, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL ADVOCATING TO FUND SCHOOLS.

>> WELL, AND THIS IS ONE THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE BILLS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING AND ADMITTEDLY, I HAVE BEEN ENGROSSED IN THE HOUSE BILL 2 AND COMBINED SENATE HOUSE BILL 2 STUFF THIS WEEK, AND SO DANNY, OR JOHNNY, WHAT IS THE CURRENT ON THE TAX PARENCY BILL, SO THAT OUR TAXPAYERS CAN ACTUALLY SEE I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE COUNTY TAXES AS YOUR COLLECTOR WEBSITE, HOW MUCH OF THEIR PAYMENT IS GOING TOWARDS RECAPTURE, AND THEN DO OUR PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HOPE FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF THIS SESSION, OR IS MOST OF THAT UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT?

>> I'LL ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.

YES. MORE TAX RELIEF FROM THE LEGISLATURE IS ON THE WAY TODAY, THE HOUSE PASSED SENATE BILL 4, WHICH IS THE PRIORITY TAX RELIEF BILL FROM THE SENATE.

I WOULD WELL, REALLY IT PROPOSES A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO RAISE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ANOTHER $40,000, SO FROM 100,000-140,000, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HASN'T HAPPENED YET, NONE OF THIS PRESENTATION DOESN'T REFLECT ANY OF THAT.

HOUSE PASSED THAT UNANIMOUSLY TODAY.

WE DID HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT A HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION AND THERE THEY ACTUALLY AMENDED THE BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND FIXED THAT, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

NOW THE SENATE HAS TO AGREE TO THOSE AMENDMENTS, AND IF THEY DO,

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THEN THAT BILL WILL GO TO THE GOVERNOR FOR SIGNATURE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

THE LAST INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION PASSED WITH 83% OF VOTERS.

IN TERMS OF THE TAX PARENCY BILLS, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT ONES.

ONE OF THEM, THE ONE THAT WE HAD TALKED MOST ABOUT, DID NOT MAKE IT PASS THE HOUSE DEADLINE TO HAVE IT ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

THERE WAS ANOTHER BILL BY TODD HUNTER THAT I BELIEVE DID PASS THE HOUSE.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING IN THE SENATE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT WOULD OFFER A 4% EARLY RECAPTURE PAYMENT DISCOUNT?

>> THAT ALSO PASSED THE HOUSE BEFORE THE DEADLINE AND ALSO HAS NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING IN THE SENATE.

>> SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

NANCY HAS REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT FOR MANY YEARS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO BRING TRANSPARENCY TO OUR TAX BILLS AND TRANSPARENCY TO OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SENATE HAS SOME WORK TO DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> DANNY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DIDN'T SENATOR PAXTON SUPPORT AND AUTHOR THIS BILL IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO GIVE US AN EARLY PAYMENT FOR RECAPTURE DISCOUNT OF 4%?

>> YES. SHE DID.

>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ANYBODY THAT IS REPRESENTED BY HER THAT SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO REQUEST THAT THAT BE HEARD BY COMMITTEE.

>> TRUSTEES. ANY MORE QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? I SEEING NO OPPOSED, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU, COURTNEY.

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA ITEM PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM 10.7.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO CONSIDER ITEM 10.7.

APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, CSP 2025-05-003 DEMOLITION PROJECTS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WILL INVITE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOHNNY HILL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYRA AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

TO GO BACK AND GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS TOPIC, IF YOU WILL.

OBVIOUSLY, HAD ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH AND DOING LAW RINGS FACILITY PLANNING.

I DID LOTS OF PRESENTATIONS.

I'M NOT SURE DOCTOR WILLIAMS, HOW MANY TOUCHPOINTS, BUT WELL OVER 100.

I THINK WE COUNTED LIKE A 140 PLUS TOUCHPOINTS ON OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

ONE OF THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER IS, WE CAN FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

WE CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THAT, BUT SUPER WORRIED ABOUT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THESE BUILDINGS.

WE HEARD THAT PRETTY EARLY ON, WHERE WE VISIT WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THAT? THE BOARD WAS VERY PROACTIVE WITH, WE HAVE THIS MAJOR CONCERN IN OUR PUBLIC, OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THESE FACILITIES? LET'S GO ON AND BE PROACTIVE WITH.

LET'S GO ON AND START ANSWERING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN PUT THESE COMMUNE THEIR MINDS AT REST.

WE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY ABOUT, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT PROPERTIES, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY MAYBE SELL THESE PROPERTIES BACK TO THE CITY.

THEN THEY COULD ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO USE THESE FOR ITEMS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND KEEP THE SAME THEME WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BUILD UP THE COMMUNITY, NOT POTENTIALLY DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY.

ON MAY THE SEVENTH OF 2024, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD THAT WAS PASSED.

THE COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SALIENT TO THAT RESOLUTION WAS, NUMBER 1, IS THERE ARE CERTAIN LEGALITIES THAT ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY HAS TO GO THROUGH WHENEVER THEY SURPLUS A PROPERTY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD STEP 1, THE BOARD HAD TO DO THAT FIRST, BUT STEP 2 WAS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH TERMS WITH THE CITY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THESE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT NUMBER 1, THE COMMUNITY AND MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS? THAT WAS PASSED IN MAY ON MAY 7TH OF 2024.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.

THE COMMITTEE DID THE WORK PRESENTED IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD APPROVED THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE TO BE THE CAMPUSES THAT WERE GOING TO BE CLOSED.

THAT WENT THROUGH AND THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT, LET'S HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IN OCTOBER OF 2024 IN THE FALL OF 2024,

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THERE WAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WENT INTO THERE'S A PRESENTATION OPEN MEETINGS ABOUT WHAT WOULD THE DESIRE BE OF THE BOARD ON THESE PROPERTIES.

THERE WAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WENT INTO ON SURPLUS PROPERTIES.

THERE WERE THREE PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT WAS WE HAD THE ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY, WITH THE DAVIS ELEMENTARY PROPERTY, WITH THE FORMAN ELEMENTARY PROPERTY.

WERE CERTAIN STEPS. THIS SAYS TIMELINE OF RELEVANT EVENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT PRESENTATION.

WE OBVIOUSLY MAINTAINED THAT.

BUT ON MAY THE SEVENTH WENT TO THE RESOLUTION ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD'S DESIRE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE.

THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH, THE BOARD OFFICIALLY SURPLUSED THOSE THREE PROPERTIES.

THEN ON OCTOBER THE 22ND, THERE WAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLANO AND THE PLANO IT BOARD.

NOW, THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE VERY CLEAR.

NUMBER 1, IT SAYS, THE PARTIES INTENDED TO CLOSE ON THE SALE OF THE PROPERTIES.

THE DESIRE IS NOT TO LET THOSE BUILDINGS JUST SIT THERE BECAUSE THESE BUILDINGS ARE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, AND THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN HAVING A LARGE EMPTY BUILDING JUST SITTING THERE.

IT JUST INVITES ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK THE BOARD OR THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED TO BE OPEN TO.

THEN ANY SALE OF THE PROPOSITIONS IS CONTINUED UPON THE PARTIES EXECUTING A MUTUALLY APPROVED REAL ESTATE CONTRACT.

PARTIES AGREE THAT THE SALE OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE CITY IS CONTINGENT ON THE CITY USING PROPERTIES IN A MANNER THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ON MAY 7TH, AND THE PROPERTIES MUST BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

NUMBER 1, MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

NUMBER 2, BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.

NUMBER 3 MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THOSE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD WHENEVER THEY WENT THROUGH THAT.

THEN FINALLY, IT SAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY INTENDED TO DEMOLISH THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTIES AS SOON AS THE 24 25 YEAR WAS UP.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU HEAR, WE WANT TO DEMOLISH THOSE BUILDINGS JUST AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

OF COURSE, THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE PROPERTIES AFTER THEY'RE DEMOLISHED WOULD BE FAIR VALUE.

WE DID THAT BY GOING OUT AND DOING AN APPRAISAL, WE DID AN APPRAISAL, INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL, AND THEN THE CITY DID INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL, AND WE ACTUALLY AVERAGE THOSE TWO TOGETHER TO GET TO WHAT THE MARKET VALUE WAS.

THAT WAS DONE ON OCTOBER THE 22ND.

I WILL SAY SINCE THAT POINT, WE HAVE AGGRESSIVELY BEEN TRYING TO MEET THE LETTER OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED ON MAY THE SEVENTH.

THERE'S LOTS OF STEPS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT THAT GOES INTO ACTUALLY DOING THIS, AND WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS ALONG THE WAY.

BUT WE'VE HAD I KNOW LISA WILSON HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL, AS WELL AS STEVE EWING HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ACTUALLY LEADING THAT CHARGE.

THEY'VE DONE AMAZING WORK ON JUST LOGISTICALLY MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

WE ARE IN GOOD STANDINGS.

WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

WE ARE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS ABOUT CLEANING OUT THE BUILDINGS WITH EQUIPMENT.

MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T LET ANY ASSETS GO TO WASTE STILL HAS VALUE.

THEN OF COURSE, MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE BUILDINGS ARE RESPECTFULLY TRANSFERRED TO OTHER CAMPUSES.

THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW THAT'S BRINGING EVERYTHING UP TO SPEED.

LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT A TWO YEAR PROCESS AND I FOR ONE, WILL BE VERY HAPPY WHEN WE COME TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROCESS.

>> THANK YOU, JOHNNY, FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL OUTLINED ON ITEM 10.7.

AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE WILL NEED A MOTION BEFORE ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION.

BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE APPROVES THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL CSP 2025-5-05-003 DEMOLITION PROJECTS.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL CSP 2025-05-003 DEMOLITION PROJECTS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WILL GO AHEAD AND LET ONE OF OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS WHO ASKED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED TO RAISE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FIRST.

>> THANK YOU. YES, I WANTED TO PULL THIS FRESH OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH A LOT OF VOTERS THAT I SPOKE TO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS,

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AND MOST OF THEM WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COST AND CONCERN ABOUT THE COST, AND I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.

I STARTED LOOKING INTO IT.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IF YOU DO THE READING, LEAVING BUILDINGS LIKE THIS VACANT IN A COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU FOUND THE SAME RESULTS OR INFORMATION THAT I DID INDEPENDENTLY.

IT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND PERHAPS OF MOST CONCERN, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE, IT'S STILL THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ANYTHING RANGING FROM ANIMAL RODENT ISSUES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

THERE COULD BE CRIME ISSUES THAT ARISE.

IN GENERAL, I THINK THIS IS THE RESPONSIBLE STEP FOR THE DISTRICT TO TAKE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS WHO STILL HOPEFULLY WILL SPEND SOME OF THEIR SUMMER PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOING SO SAFELY AND IN MANY SUMMERS AND SCHOOL YEARS TO COME.

I JUST FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO SPEND MONEY TO TEAR DOWN BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR SO LONG AND HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL VALUE TO SO MANY FAMILIES.

MY SISTERS INCLUDED IN ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS.

BUT IT IS, I THINK THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IS WE GET THIS LAND READY FOR WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR NEXT AND THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS.

>> A QUESTION FOR ME, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SALE OF THE THREE PROPERTIES AND FOCUSED ON THAT.

THIS CSP IS FOR DEMOLITION OF ALL FOUR BUILDINGS.

IT INCLUDES CARPENTER, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, DEMOLITION, EVEN THOUGH WE INTEND TO RETAIN THAT PROPERTY WITHIN OUR OWN PORTFOLIO.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD, THE BOARD HAD MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD RETAIN CARPENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE POINTS THAT MR. WILLIAMS WOULD JUST MENTIONED, I MEAN, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CENTRALLY LOCATED AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED IN THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE OF THAT, WE STILL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING, WHICH OUT OF THE FACILITY ASSESSMENTS OF EVEN ALL OF THE FOUR BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE TAKEN DOWN, IT HAD BY FAR THE WORST SCORE.

OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO TAKE THEM ALL DOWN.

I WILL SAY THAT WE TRY TO BID THESE ALL IN ONE PACKAGE BECAUSE JUST OBVIOUSLY THE SCOPE, WE WERE ABLE TO.

I WAS PROJECTING TO SPEND ABOUT $4 MILLION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL RECAP OF OUR PROPOSALS, WE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE WE HAD TEN VENDORS THAT PROPOSED ON THIS, WHICH IS AMAZING.

ALTHOUGH I WAS THE RESEARCH I HAD DONE, WHICH IS $10 SQUARE FOOT, WAS EXPECTING TO SPEND ABOUT $4 MILLION.

OUR LOW PRICE UNDER COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL END UP COMING OUT AT 2.1 IS QUITE A BIT LESS.

I WAS SHOCKED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

OUR ARCHITECTS ACTUALLY DREW THIS UP. THERE IT IS.

THANKS, KEN KESSLER WITH HUCKABE DID AN AMAZING JOB AND I WAS JUST TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.

I THINK THE MAIN REASON IT WAS AS LOW AS IT WAS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GROUP THEM TOGETHER.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL FOUR AT ONE TIME AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE VACATED LARGE BUILDINGS JUST SITTING THERE.

>> I WAS AT ARMSTRONG IN THE FORM AND BLOCK PARTY THIS WEEKEND AND I WAS WALKING WITH DOCTOR TYRA AND I POINTED OUT A REALLY PRETTY JAPANESE MAPLE, AND I REMEMBER SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DAY SAYING, WE PLANTED A TREE HERE AS A MEMORIAL TREE FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAD PASSED AWAY OR A TEACHER OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS EXACTLY.

BUT THE TREES WILL STAY AS PART OF THE PLAN, CORRECT? JUST TO ALLAY ANY NERVES ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THAT TREE OR ANY OF THE PLANTS THAT ARE THERE, THOSE WILL NOT BE TOUCHED.

>> WHEN WE DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS, AND I HOPE I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF TERM, BUT THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO KEEP AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.

NOW, WE'LL SAY WHENEVER WE SELL THESE PROPERTIES FOR FAIR VALUE OVER TO THE CITY, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.

BUT I WILL SAY ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY WILL ALL GO THROUGH IS WE'LL DO A PROCESS OF GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON WHAT IS GOING TO BECOME OF THAT PROPERTY.

I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAVE EVERY ONE OF THE TREES.

I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A GOAL.

AS WE DEMOLISH THEM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAYS TO ACTUALLY KEEP AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN THAT AREN'T JUST BUTTED UP RIGHT AGAINST THE BUILDING.

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THE GOAL IS TO SAVE AS MANY AND I THINK THE CITY'S GOAL IS TREES ARE EXPENSIVE AND NOBODY WANTS TO TEAR DOWN A TREE EVER.

I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS THOUGHT PUT INTO THAT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE EVERY ONE OF THE TREES.

>> I JUST APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE MEMORIAL TREES.

>> TO CLARIFY THAT WILL BE THE CITY THAT WILL BE HOLDING MEETINGS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.

NOT US. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. NOT US.

>> WE ARE DOING OUR PART RIGHT NOW TO QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE GET WE'VE DONE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ON ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL PROCEED.

BUT THE GOAL IS IN JULY TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMPANY COME IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, TAKE THE BUILDINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SIT ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY.

>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. JOHNNY, YOU TOOK US ON THE WAY BACK MACHINE A LITTLE BIT.

I'M GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK HERE IN A SECOND.

BUT THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY FOR THE STAFF.

BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE STAFF ON THESE CAMPUSES IS HERE.

GETTING THESE BUILDINGS READY AND THESE STUDENTS, IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS READY TO TRANSITION, AND IT HAS BEEN A GUT PROCESS FOR OUR FAMILIES FOR THESE CHILDREN WHO ARE MOVING CAMPUSES AND THESE FAMILIES THAT DEEPLY LOVE THEIR SCHOOLS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED BY IS A LOT OF THE MISINFORMATION GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE.

I AM ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT VERY MUCH BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR HURT FEELINGS.

FAMILIES THAT ARE UPSET THAT WE ARE CLOSING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, 100% YOU ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR HURT FEELINGS, AND I AM NEVER GOING TO TRY AND DISSUADE YOU FROM YOUR FEELINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE YOURS AND THEY'RE VALID.

BUT MY CONCERN HAS BEEN THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND ABOUT ALL OF THIS PLANNING THAT I FEEL LIKE IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO ALLOWING OUR FAMILIES TO CELEBRATE THEIR CAMPUSES, GRIEVE THE LOSS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MOVE ON.

IF WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 2022 BOND FUTURE FORWARD TASKFORCE, A BOND COMMITTEE DOES NOT DECIDE TO CLOSE A SCHOOL.

THE PEOPLE PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT THESE BUILDINGS WERE DECIDED TO BE CLOSED BY THE BOND COMMITTEE, A BOND COMMITTEE DOES NOT DECIDE TO CLOSE A SCHOOL.

THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AND ACCEPTED BY ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOND COMMUNITY OF WHAT TO REBUILD AND WHAT TO PLACE ON HOLD, PENDING A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES, IF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE HAD NOT CHOSEN THEM TO BE RETIRED WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE NEXT BOND.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT PROCESS AND THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

A BOND COMMITTEE DOES NOT DECIDE TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL.

THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND THIS BOARD ACTED ON THAT RECOMMENDATION AND ACTED ON THE ACTIONS OF THAT COMMUNITY INPUT.

I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE GOING TO SALT THE EARTH SO THAT NONE OF THESE PROPERTIES CAN BE USED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN PARK LAND IN THE FUTURE.

ALSO MISINFORMATION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE MADE WITH THE CITY, THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

AS YOU HAVE ALLUDED TO, THE CITY, WILL GO AHEAD AND HOLD MEETINGS AND I WOULD VERY, VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO COME OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS HELD BY THE CITY ON WHAT THE DOWNSTREAM USE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT AND YOUR SISTERS WENT TO SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS.

IT IS WELL KNOWN AT THIS POINT THAT I WENT TO CARPENTER AND THINK VERY MUCH OF THAT SCHOOL.

I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A MOMENT JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF US WANTED TO DO THIS WORK.

WE ALL WISH THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS JUST GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING, AND THAT'S NOT THE REALITY OF ANY DISTRICT ACROSS THE STATE, AND WE AS A BOARD HAVE APPROACHED THIS WORK WITH THE UTMOST CARE AND COMPASSION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FAMILIES AND TRYING TO COME TO THE BEST PATH FORWARD, BUT THESE BUILDINGS COLLECTIVELY HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 200 YEARS.

TENS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS,

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POURING INTO THESE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THAT TO ME IS TO BE CELEBRATED AND IS TO BE HONORED, AND I DON'T THINK LEAVING A BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE GRAFFITIED OR SET ON FIRE AS HAPPENED IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT REPEATEDLY HONORS THE LEGACY OF THOSE SCHOOLS, HONORS THE LEGACY FOR THOSE FAMILIES STILL IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT'S MY PIECE. TARRAH IS REACHING FOR HER MICROPHONE, SO IF THAT'S ANY MORE DISCUSSION.

>> I HAVE ONE QUICK STORY, AND THEN I JUST HAVE A CELEBRATION.

AT FORMAN, I TALKED WITH A MAN WHO ENDED UP SHARING THAT HE'S A TEACHER AT MEADOWS, FIFTH GRADE TEACHER.

SHOUT OUT TO JACOB.

FRIENDS, GO TELL HIM I TALKED ABOUT HIM ON THE DAIS.

HE WENT TO FORMAN, AND HE GOES, THAT'S MY THIRD GRADE TEACHER OVER THERE, MS. WILEY.

>> OH DEAR.

>> I'M LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO START CRYING BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SO SWEET.

I TURN AROUND, I WALK ALONG, AND THEN I LOOK AND HE HAD JUST APPROACHED HER TO SAY, HEY, MS. WILEY, DO YOU REMEMBER ME, I'M JACOB FROM THIRD GRADE? IT WAS THE SWEETEST MOMENT.

THAT DAY OF SATURDAY WAS FULL OF MOMENTS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS VERY SWEET TO WATCH.

THANK YOU TO JACOB AND TO MS. WILEY WHO CAME TO THAT EVENT.

IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THESE FORECLOSING CAMPUSES.

THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO DO BESIDES JUST HELPING ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GROW BY ONE YEAR IN REGARDS TO THEIR ACADEMICS.

THESE TEACHERS WERE ALSO HUNTING DOWN MICROSCOPES AND BOOK SETS, AND ALL THE RANDOM THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND BOX THEM UP.

THE DUTIES THAT THEY HAD WERE EXTRA.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SEEN, VALUED, AND I HAVE SUCH GREAT GRATITUDE FOR THEM IN THE EXTRA HOURS THAT THEY PUT IN FOR THAT.

>> TRUSTEES, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL REPEAT THE MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, CSP, 2025-05-03 DEMOLITION PROJECTS.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO REPORTS.

[12.1 2025 - 2026 Budget Update]

THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 12.1 2025-2026 BUDGET UPDATE.

I WILL INVITE COURTNEY REEVES BACK TO THE PODIUM, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT TARRAH, DR. WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH.

AT THAT TIME, WE'LL ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION PROVIDES A REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET BEFORE THE JUNE MEETING.

AS OF NOW, THE BUDGET, I FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A BROKEN RECORD, BUT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BASED ON CURRENT LAW.

WE KNOW AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PENDING LEGISLATIVE ACTION COULD STILL IMPACT OUR PROJECTIONS.

I BELIEVE MR. HILL AND DR. KINDLE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PENDING LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS IN THE COMPENSATION REPORT, SO OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN MY REPORT THIS EVENING.

HISTORICALLY, WHEN WE PRESENT THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET IN MAY, THERE ARE TYPICALLY MINIMAL CHANGES BEFORE FINAL ADOPTION.

HOWEVER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ANY LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND CLOSELY KEEP YOU INFORMED.

IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO OUR KEY CHANGES IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET DOES LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE BUDGET UPDATE THAT I PROVIDED IN APRIL, AND I'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE CHANGES IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES DOWN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUMMARY.

BUT IF YOU ALLOW ME, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN AND WALK YOU THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE CHANGES AND OUR PROPOSED '25-'26 BUDGET COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT AMENDED BUDGET.

AGAIN, THAT'S OUR CURRENT AMENDED BUDGET, NOT OUR FINAL.

WE WILL HAVE FINAL AMENDED BUDGETS WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU ON JUNE 10TH.

AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO LOOK JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AGAIN, NOT ONLY FOR '25-'26, BUT AGAIN, '24-'25 WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE COMPARING IT TO OUR FINAL BUDGET.

LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO BE INCREASED BY 20.7 MILLION PRIMARILY DUE TO THAT 2.8% PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE AS REPORTED IN OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FROM OUR CHIEF APPRAISER.

TRANSFER IN REFLECT AN INCREASE OF A 1.9 MILLION DOLLAR, WHICH IS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF OUR RETIRED CAMPUS PROPERTIES.

THE 1.46 MILLION INCREASE TO OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND REVENUE IS

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LARGELY DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN ADDITIONAL STATE EIGHT FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

OUR SHARS REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE AND THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO A LAG OF REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENTS.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE.

AGAIN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SHARDS RIGHT NOW, SO TIMING OF SOME OF THOSE PAYMENTS, HOPEFULLY WILL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE WHEN WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THOSE.

CHAPTER 313 REVENUE SHOWS A DECLINE AS WE RETURN TO OUR NORMAL REVENUE LEVEL OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR POINT MILLION DOLLARS FOLLOWING THE ONE TIME INFLUX IN THIS CURRENT YEAR.

AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND REVENUE, YOU SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF $10.2 MILLION, AND THAT SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IS DUE TO THE DROP IN THE PER CAPITA DISTRIBUTION RATE.

IT IS A DISTRIBUTION RATE BASED ON PRIOR YEAR ADA.

OUR ADA, OF COURSE, AS WE DECLINE ENROLLMENT, THAT NUMBER IS, OF COURSE, GOING TO DECLINE AS WELL, BUT THE MAIN CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT IS THAT RATE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY FOR '24-'25, $622.

IT'S GOING TO RETURN TO A PLACEHOLDER RATE OF 400 PER CAPITA IN '25-'26.

THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THAT REDUCTION.

WE DO HAVE INDIRECT COST REVENUE REDUCING FOLLOWING THE ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF ESSER3 INDIRECT COST.

IF YOU ALL REMEMBER OUR ESSER3 FUNDS SUNSETTED IN SEPTEMBER OF '24.

WE DO RECEIVE INDIRECT COST ON ALL FEDERAL FUNDS AND THIS WAS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO PULL FOR THOSE ESSER FUNDS.

OF COURSE, THE INDIRECT COST FOR FEDERAL FUNDS WILL RETURN TO OUR NORMAL INDIRECT COST RATE.

FARE BUSING REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES TO OUR FARE BUSING PROGRAM, 250,000.

THEN OUR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS DOWN BASED ON A HISTORICAL TREND REVENUE.

THAT REDUCTION OF 135 IS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR HISTORICAL REVENUE THERE.

TURNING TO OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE CHANGES FOR '25-'26, WE ARE PROJECTING AN 11.1 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO SUPPORT A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

AN ADDITIONAL 10.2 MILLION IS INCLUDED FOR THE ESTIMATING STAFFING CHANGES FOR STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS ALIGNED WITH DISTRICT PRIORITIES.

RECAPTURE PAYMENTS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE 9.7 MILLION REFLECTING THAT 2.8% INCREASE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

OUR NON PAYROLL BUDGETS HAVE INCREASED APPROXIMATELY 2.7 DRIVEN BY OUR PROGRAM NEEDS AND OF COURSE, INFLATIONARY COSTS.

OUR TRANSFER OUT, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE HEALTH BENEFITS, WORKERS COMPENSATION, INSURANCE CLAIMS FUNDS ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE ABOUT 133,000.

THAT'S AGAIN, MORE IN LINE WITH HISTORICAL TRANSFERS OUT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

FINALLY, WE ANTICIPATE 7 MILLION REDUCTION IN OUR PAYROLL EXPENDITURES DUE TO OVERALL PAYROLL EFFICIENCIES, BUT ALSO EFFICIENCIES GAINED THROUGH STAFFING ATTRITION.

THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY PRESENTS OUR PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND.

I'M SORRY, IT'S PRETTY SMALL.

FORGIVE ME. IT'S A LOT OF DATA.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ALSO THE SAME FORMAT THAT YOU WILL SEE FOR OUR FINAL BUDGET, THE PRESENTATION IN JUNE.

BUT SINCE THE VERSION OF THE BUDGET SHARED WITH YOU IN APRIL, THERE'S A FEW KEY ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ASSUMED A 4% INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THIS VERSION REFLECTS THAT REVISED 2.8% INCREASE BASED ON OUR PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FROM OUR CHIEF APPRAISER.

AS A RESULT, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BOTH ON OUR LOCAL AND STATE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AND THIS CHANGE ALSO IMPACTS RECAPTURE, WHICH HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE COMPENSATION CHANGES.

SPECIFICALLY, OPTION 2, STRATEGIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS PRESENTED BY DR. KINDLE AND MR. HILL DURING THE MAY 10TH BOARD MEETING.

THESE UPDATES RESULTED IN A TOTAL REVENUE INCLUDING TRANSFERS IN OF $685.1 MILLION, AND OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING RECAPTURES AND TRANSFERS OUT OF $717.4 MILLION, WHICH THEN CREATES OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT BUDGET OF $32.3 MILLION.

LOOKING AT OUR GENERAL FUNDS FROM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LENS.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENDITURES BY OBJECT CODE.

AS WITH MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PAYROLL REPRESENTS OUR LARGEST EXPENDITURE, AND OF COURSE, FOR GOOD REASON, IT'S 83.8% OF OUR EXPENDITURES.

EDUCATION IS PEOPLE CENTERED.

IT'S A PEOPLE CENTERED SERVICE.

THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM, AND THAT REQUIRES SKILLED EDUCATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, BUS DRIVERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, AND SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST INVESTMENT.

UNLIKE OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT MAY HEAVILY RELY ON EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS, OUR SUCCESS AS A DISTRICT IS DIRECTLY TIED TO TALENT, EXPERTISE, AND DEDICATION OF OUR STAFF.

CONTRACTED SERVICES IS OUR NEXT LARGEST AT 10.6%.

OF COURSE, THIS IS WHERE OUR UTILITIES AND OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO INFLATION, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THOSE ARE CODED TO.

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SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ARE 3.2%.

OTHER EXPENSES ARE MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING COSTS, WHICH IS TRAVELS, DUES, FEES, THEY ARE A 2.4%.

OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, I THINK IS BELOW 0.5%, SO IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T SHOW UP.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

MOST OF OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WE, OF COURSE, WE DO USING OUR BOND FUNDS.

LOOKING FOR A MORE OF A FUNCTIONAL BREAKDOWN, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE MAKE UP OUR LARGEST PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, CURRENTLY ACCOUNTING FOR 63.8% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

AT CORE, OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY MISSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS, AND THAT HAPPENS THROUGH DIRECT INSTRUCTION.

FUNCTION CODE 11, WHICH REPRESENTS INSTRUCTION INCLUDES TEACHER SALARIES, CLASSROOM AIDES, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES, AND TOOLS AND RESOURCES USED EVERY DAY TO DELIVER LESSONS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENT LEARNING.

THAT CATEGORY REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S DIRECT INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES AS ALL ACTIVITIES ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO TEACHING AND LEARNING.

THIS 63.8% ALLOCATION DEMONSTRATES OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO KEEPING RESOURCES CLOSEST TO THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OF COURSE, THEY HAVE THE MOST IMPACT.

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AS 6.7%.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE NURSES, COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORK, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IS 7.2%, TRANSPORTATION, 3.7%, OUR CO-EXTRACURRICULAR, WHICH IS FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

ADMIN IS ME 2.3%.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ONE IN A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

OUR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION, 10.2.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THOSE UTILITIES AND SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO INFLATIONARY COSTS.

SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NON-STUDENTS, THAT'S WHERE OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, THAT'S 3.4%.

IF YOU'LL JUST ALLOW ME, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AGAIN IS 2.3.

ONE OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT IS FROM OUR FIRST RATING INDICATOR 13, AND THAT'S THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY REPORT THAT I PROVIDE TO YOU.

IT'S THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, AND I USUALLY COME TO YOU IN LATE OCTOBER, 1ST OF NOVEMBER AND PROVIDE YOU A REPORT.

THAT INDICATOR 13 IS A RATIO OF OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE COST TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS.

FOR THAT INDICATOR, THAT RATIO MUST BE LESS THAN 8.55% FOR THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT FOR US TO GET THE FULL ALLOTTED POINTS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR RATIO WAS RIGHT AT 5%, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LOWEST COMPARED TO OUR PEERS IN THIS AREA.

HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE PEERS LATER, BUT WE ARE THE LOWEST OUT OF THOSE PEERS.

>> COURTNEY, JUST REAL QUICK, IF SENATOR CREIGHTON IS LISTENING TO THIS.

NO, I'M BEING SERIOUS BECAUSE THE BELIEF IS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SPEND OUR MONEY, THAT THEY CAN DO IT BETTER OUT OF AUSTIN.

THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE THAT YOU POINTED OUT, THIS IS THE REASON WHY AND YOU SAID IT SPECIFICALLY AS YOU WANT TO KEEP THE RESOURCES CLOSEST TO THE CLASSROOM.

>> CORRECT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

>> ABSOLUTELY, 63.8.

>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. YES, MA'AM.

>> OUR DEBT SERVICE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY A BALANCED BUDGET.

WE'D LIKE TO LEVY, OF COURSE, WHAT WE NEED TO COVER OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, WE SHOULD HAVE AMENDED THIS '24-25 BUDGET FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE.

I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

IT WILL BE AMENDED FOR OUR FINAL BUDGET.

MAINLY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THOSE STATE SOURCES UP THERE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT MAJOR OF AN INCREASE IN OUR STATE SOURCES, OF COURSE.

WE ALSO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

WE GOT THAT FINAL NUMBER PROBABLY LATE JANUARY AROUND FEBRUARY, AND WE NEEDED TO AMEND THAT BUDGET.

AS WHEN I BRING YOU BACK OUR FINAL BUDGET FOR DEBT SERVICE, THAT ACTUALLY WILL PROBABLY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE, NOT SUCH A MAJOR INCREASE.

WE ALSO NEED TO ADJUST OUR LOCAL SOURCES AS WELL.

AGAIN, THE MAIN INCREASE FOR THAT ONE AREA FOR OUR LOCAL SOURCES AGAIN IS THAT PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE OF THAT 2.8, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF STATE SOURCES AGAIN, WAS JUST ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND OUR INS FUNDS.

OF COURSE, THAT AMENDMENT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE REVENUE INCREASE FROM OUR AID DOES NOT APPEAR DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE WHEN WE PRESENT OUR FINAL BUDGET IN JUNE.

THEN, OF COURSE, OUR DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURE INCREASE, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID GO OUT FOR THE SECOND PART OF OUR '22 BOND ISSUANCE END OF JANUARY 1ST OF FEBRUARY, FORGIVE ME, I'VE SLEPT A LOT SINCE THEN, AND THOSE PAYMENTS ACTUALLY DO NOT START UNTIL '25-26, THOSE PAYMENTS WILL BE INCREASING FOR THEM.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR WHAT OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS THAT, $189 MILLION? I CAN SEE ON OUR DEBT SCHEDULE, WE'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT.

COURTNEY, DO YOU REMEMBER, IS IT 168?

>> ABOUT 160.

>> A HUNDRED AND SIXTY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO BUILD THAT DEBT SNOWBALL, DAY RAMSEY, ONE WAY WE DO THAT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE'LL HAVE ALMOST $25-$27 MILLION THAT WE WILL BE PAYING EXTRA THIS NEXT YEAR ON OUR DEBT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE INTEREST ON THAT WILL BE WELL OVER $10 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SAVINGS.

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WHEN WE DO THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TAKING BIG BITES OUT OF OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING, JUST LIKE IT'S EXCITING WHEN YOU PAY EXTRA ON YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU CAN SEE PAYING DOWN THAT OUTSTANDING INTEREST.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. WE'LL JUST ADD SOME ZEROS TO THE END OF THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

>> I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THAT MONEY CAN'T BE ALLOCATED FOR TEACHER PAY.

IT'S ONLY TO PAY BACK DEBT.

>> CORRECT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. YOU CANNOT COMMINGLE THOSE FUNDS.

THEY'VE GOT TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS ONLY MONIES THAT YOU COLLECT TO PAY BACK OUTSTANDING DEBT.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS IS A DIFFERENT FUND, BUT YOU COLLECT THIS MONEY SIMPLY TO PAY BACK DEBT. THAT'S IT.

>> OUR LAST PRELIMINARY BUDGET IS OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.

THIS IS A BALANCED BUDGET AS WELL.

WE CHARGE ALWAYS WHAT WE TEND TO EXPEND.

REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE, REFLECTING ANTICIPATED ADJUSTMENTS TO REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR OUR NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM AND OUR USDA COMMODITY MEAL RATES, WHICH TYPICALLY RISE WITH INFLATION.

USUALLY, AGAIN, USDA LOOKS AT WHAT CPI IS, AND THEY DO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROJECTING A SLIGHT INCREASE TO MEAL PRICES TO HELP OFFSET THE IMPACT OF OUR HIGHER FOOD COSTS.

EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE PRIMARILY DUE TO A 3% SALARY INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OF COURSE, HIGHER FOOD AND PAPER COSTS, WE'VE ALL BEEN TO THE GROCERY STORE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE FEELING IT OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR FANS DEPARTMENT AS WELL, SO THEY'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN THOSE TWO AREAS.

LASTLY, WE OBVIOUSLY SHOWED YOU A SNAPSHOT BACK FROM BELIEVE IS TAX YEAR 2019.

THIS IS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO TAX YEAR 2016, JUST SHOWING YOU WHERE OUR NET TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES ARE BY TAX YEAR.

AGAIN, THIS 10 YEAR SNAPSHOT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF NUMBERS TO CHEW ON, THAT NET INCREASE FROM TAX YEAR 2016 COMPARED TO OUR ESTIMATED 2025 TAX YEAR, TAXABLE VALUES IS 78.9% INCREASE.

AGAIN, THAT'S COMPARING THAT $45 BILLION IN 2016 TO OUR OVER $80 BILLION IN OUR ESTIMATED '25 TAX YEAR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY '25-26 BUDGET UPDATE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU, COURTNEY. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COURTNEY? I HAD TWO THINGS.

FIRST, WAY BACK ON SLIDE 3, DECREASE IN FARE BUSING TUITION.

YOU HAVE THIS AS A LOSS OF $250,000.

AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THAT PROGRAM PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WATCHING THIS AREN'T THINKING WE'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE BY THE CHANGE IN FARE BUSING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING OUT AHEAD.

CAN Y'ALL OR JOHNNY ADD SOME COLOR TO THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE THIS PRESENTATION THINKING THAT WE'RE COMING OUT BEHIND?

>> TWO THOUGHTS ON THAT. OVERALL TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE A FUNDING GAP OF A LITTLE OVER $18 MILLION.

IT'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST AFTER SPECIAL ED.

IT'S ONE OF OUR LARGEST FUNDING GAPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.

BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE TRYING TO UNCOVER EVERY ROCK TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE CAN, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT CONTINUE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO GET CERTIFIED STAFF IN ORDER TO DO THOSE JOBS AND THE COST OF BUSES AND GAS AND INSURANCE JUST KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT EVEN IF YOU LOOK JUST AT THE FARE BUSING PROGRAM, WE'RE LOSING WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT PROGRAM IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE FARE BUSING PROGRAM OF TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS JUST A SUBSET.

THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT BEING FAIRLY APPLIED THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TREATING ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THE SAME.

NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2 IS IT'S AN AREA THAT WE COMPLETELY WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH NUMBER OF DRIVERS, WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF THE BUSING AND WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE GAS AND INSURANCE.

IT IT WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS LOSING MONEY AND MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. THE SECOND COMMENT I HAD WAS SLIDE 10, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH AND PROPERTY VALUES AND NET TAXABLE.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THIS IS VALUES GOING UP.

SOME OF THIS IS ALSO VERY SAVVY DEVELOPMENT BY THE CITY OF PLANO, POTENTIALLY DALLAS, RICHARDSON, THAT ARE UNDERGOING A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

WHENEVER I SEE THIS SLIDE, I ALWAYS THINK, THANK YOU, PLANO, BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL PLANNING AND ZONING.

WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES OUT THERE ATTRACTING BUSINESSES AND MEETING WITH POTENTIAL BUSINESSES LIKE DOUG MCDONALD,

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THE CITY OF PLANO IS, OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER FOLKS.

WHENEVER I SEE THIS SLIDE, I'M ALWAYS APPRECIATIVE THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PARTNERS IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM AND WITHOUT THEIR CONSCIOUS EFFORTS IN PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT, NEW PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, RECRUITING AND RETAINING AND ATTRACTING GREAT BUSINESSES, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS FINANCIAL POSITION.

>> THAT BAR GRAPH THERE IS A SIGN OF A VERY HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN HAVE THAT VALUE WITH JUST ROOFTOPS.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESSES.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET THAT OVERALL VALUE.

I AGREE 100% WITH JUST WHAT YOU SAID.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE UP THERE IS A VERY RARE IN A MATURE COMMUNITY.

YOU SEE IT IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S GROWING RAPIDLY.

BUT OUR CITY IS NOT GROWING RAPIDLY AND YOU STILL SEE THAT GROWTH, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A VERY COLLABORATIVE CITY, MUNICIPALITY, A COUNTY, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> TO PUT DETAIL ON THAT SO THAT OUR TAXPAYERS ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT, WELL OVER 50% OF THAT TAXABLE FUNDS COME FROM OUR BUSINESSES AND NOT FROM ROOFTOPS, NOT FROM OUR HOMEOWNERS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

I COULD SEE HOW A TAXPAYER MIGHT THINK, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT JUST MEANS YOU'RE CHARGING ME EXTRA TAXES, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PAYING WELL OVER 50% OF THAT TAX BURDEN THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE CARRIED BY HOMEOWNERS.

>> ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COURTNEY REEVES AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH I THINK SOME OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

[12.2 2025 - 2026 Compensation Update]

OUR NEXT REPORT IS ITEM 12.2, 2025-2026 COMPENSATION UPDATE.

I WILL INVITE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOHNNY HILL, AND CHIEF OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES, DR. DUANA KINDLE TO PRESENT.

>> I AM GOING TO DOCTOR KINDLE START THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN I'LL JUMP IN HERE IN A LITTLE BIT IF THAT'S OKAY.

>> MIC IS ON. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TYRA, BOARD, MEMBERS OF THE DIAS, DR. WILLIAMS. I'M EXCITED TO STAND BEFORE YOU.

I THOUGHT I WOULD BE STANDING BEFORE YOU TO SHARE OUR FINAL PRESENTATION.

BUT NAY, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.

THIS EVENING, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SHARING IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE EFFORTS THIS YEAR HAVE GARNERED A LOT OF GREAT ATTENTION, A LOT OF ROBUST CONVERSATION.

I'VE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF UNSOLICITED IDEAS OF HOW WE COULD LOOK AT OUR PERCENT OF RAISES, INCLUDING SOME THAT WERE REQUESTED JUST FOR THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE AND SOME FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

THAT MAY HAVE INCLUDED SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM I'M NOT GOING TO SAY.

BUT IT REALLY HAS BEEN A LIVELY CONVERSATION.

I'VE ALSO RECEIVED A FEW LOVE NOTES FROM MY PEERS IN NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, SOME OF WHICH I THINK ARE VERY UNBECOMING OF AN EDUCATOR, BUT I DID RESPOND WITH AHA.

THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW ARE WE WORKING TO RETAIN THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL STAFF.

AS WE'RE DOING THAT, CERTAINLY WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR PRIORITIES, WHICH THE PRIORITIES REALLY INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR STARTING TEACHER SALARY, WHICH ANYTIME THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR STARTING TEACHER SALARY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NEW HIRE SCHEDULE.

THAT ALL GOES TOGETHER. WHEREVER THE NEW TEACHER SALARY STARTS, EVERYBODY BILLS FROM THERE FOR OUR NEW HIRE SCHEDULE.

BUT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT OUR NEW HIRES WITHOUT CONSIDERING OUR EXISTING HIRES.

WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT STAFF RETENTION, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPETITIVE PAY.

THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ENGAGED IN AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE A ROBUST COMPENSATION PLAN ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

PLEASE EVERYBODY KNOW, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT RESPONSES TO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD THUS FAR.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANTED TO JUST REVISIT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AS I SAID, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE LEGISLATIVELY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANTED TO REVISIT THE FACT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A 3% MINIMUM RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A GREATER EMPHASIS ON OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL EMPLOYEES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT STARTING SALARY AT $63,000, WHICH IS A REALLY STRONG START, AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

BUT WE ALSO ADDED IN AND I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THIS IN OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND TOO,

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WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ENTERING THE FIELD WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT $63,000 AT THAT POINT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $65,000.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EDUCATOR PREP PROGRAMS NOW THAT REQUIRE OR STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT AS A GRADUATE, YOU GO AHEAD AND GO ONE MORE YEAR AND GET YOUR MASTER'S COMPLETED.

WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS THAT ARE ENTERING THE FIELD WITH A MASTER'S.

TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT $63,000 FOR THOSE WITH A BACHELOR'S AND $65,000 FOR THOSE WITH A MASTER'S IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.

THEN ALSO THE STRATEGIC PAY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT DECOMPRESSION OF THAT PAY PLAN, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING IN.

THEN JUST LOOKING AT MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME, THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING WHERE ARE WE WITH THE MARKET AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WITHIN RANGE, OR WE CAN LAG.

EVERY YEAR, EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO CONSIDER THAT.

THE ONLY TIME TYPICALLY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LAG IS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS AND WITHOUT NEW FUNDS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OFFER ANY RAISES AT ALL.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAY WITHIN MARKET RANGE HAS BEEN SUPER EXCITING FOR US AS A DISTRICT.

THIS JUST PUSHES US FURTHER IN THAT DIRECTION.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHOA, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CRAZINESS THERE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE LAST RECOMMENDATION, WHICH FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TRACKING, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF OPTION 2.

THIS IS WHAT WE WERE IDENTIFYING AS OPTION 2 ORIGINALLY.

THIS IS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND THE INCREASES.

REMEMBER, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE SEEKING TO DECOMPRESS AND PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT WERE AT THE UPPER END OF EXPERIENCE, THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED HERE.

LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, WE COULD SEE THAT OUR RAISE PERCENTAGES WOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 4-8.5% WITH THIS PARTICULAR OPTION BEING PUT IN PLACE.

THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STARTED WITH, AND I KNOW DR. HILL OR MR. HILL HAS SOME THINGS THAT HE WANTS TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL.

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING ME TO DR. HILL.

>> FOR TONIGHT ONLY. [LAUGHTER]

>> I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, BOARD HAS DONE A TON OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK WE TALKED THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS AND ACTUALLY HAD HARD CONVERSATIONS.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

THIS IS WHAT BOTH OF YOU MIGHT CONSIDER OPTION 2.

THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON DOWN IN AUSTIN THAT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS OPTION.

WE WERE DECOMPRESSING OR STRETCHING OUT, VALUING THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR TEACHERS, AND YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT ON THE GOLD COLUMN HOW THAT GOES UP WITH THE EXPERIENCE.

THEN LAST WEEK TO MY AMAZEMENT, I THOUGHT THAT THE HOUSE BILL 2 WAS GOING TO BE THE HOUSE'S VERSION.

COME TO FIND OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE SENATE BASICALLY WAS INSERTING SENATE BILL 26 INTO HOUSE BILL 2, WHICH IS IF YOU'LL REMEMBER SAYS, WE DON'T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT BEGINNING TEACHERS UP THROUGH STEP 2, NO MONEY, NO RESOURCES TO THEM, $2,500 RAISE FOR STEP 3 AND 4 AND A $5,500 RAISE THEREAFTER.

OBVIOUSLY, WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAD ALREADY OFFERED.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS HAS BEEN THE SENATE'S VERSION, AND I'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION HERE IN A SECOND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT HOW IT COMPARES.

BUT THE SENATE VERSION ACTUALLY PASSED THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO THE SENATE.

PLEASE HOP IN WHEN YOU FEEL THE NEED, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE VOTED OUT BY THE SENATE PROBABLY LATER ON THIS WEEK, IN WHICH CASE THERE'S GOING TO BE A VERY FAST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT THE DIFFERENCES, THEN I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THE SENATE VERSION AND LAY IT ON TOP OF THIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

BUT I WILL SAY OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO TRACK.

THIS WOULD BE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION AS A MINIMUM.

IF YOU HAVE TO LAY ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON TOP OF THIS TO MEET THE NEW GOALS OF THE SENATE'S VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2 OR WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, THIS WOULD BE THE MINIMUM RAISE THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

IF YOU HAVE A STEP THAT'S GOING TO LAYER ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY LAW, THEN WE'LL LAYER IT ON TOP OF THIS, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? THIS WOULD BE OUR MINIMUM RECOMMENDATION.

NOW, I'LL SAY WE'LL TRACK IT,

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WE'LL KNOW OUR GOAL HAS COME BACK ON 10TH OF JUNE AND HAVE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE OBVIOUSLY BY THEN, WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE FINAL NUMBERS ARE LIKE.

>> IF YOU LAY ON TOP OF THIS, WHAT THE SENATE SAYS IN THEIR VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2, ONCE AGAIN, $2,500 FOR STEPS 3 AND 4, $5,500 ON TOP OF THAT.

THEN YOU BASICALLY DO THE GREATER OF THE TWO.

YOU CAN SEE, LOOK IN THE GOLD COLUMNS.

YOU LOOK AT STEPS 3 AND 4, 2,500, 02,500, AND THEN 5,500 FROM FIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 19.

THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS LAST MEETING BY LAW.

THEN ONCE YOU GET TO STEP 20, THEN WE RULE AGAIN BECAUSE WE WERE DECOMPRESSING OR STRETCHING OUT, THEN THE GRADER WOULD ALSO PICK UP WITH OUR NUMBERS ON STEP 20 ALL THE WAY OUT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO OUR BUDGET BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

THIS IS THE SUMMARY.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STRATEGIC PAY.

THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $3.4 MILLION REQUIRED IN THE SENATE VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2.

IT'S BASICALLY INCREASING FROM STEP 5 TO STEP 19.

THERE'S $3.4 ADDITIONAL MILLION THAT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE PUT IN.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU SEE THAT ON STEP 3.

WHEREAS BEFORE, WE WERE TALKING A $14.3 MILLION.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT $17.7 MILLION.

JUST ON THE COMPENSATION.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT THIS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SENATE VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2 AND THE HOUSE'S VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2.

FIRST OF ALL, THE SENATE, WHICH IS WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE VERY VERY LITTLE DOLLARS PUT INTO THE INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS $55. IS THAT RIGHT, DANNY? WHEN YOU SAY SPECIAL ED ALLOTMENT, THE MAJORITY OF THE INTENSITY OF SERVICES WON'T KICK IN UNTIL '26-'27.

WHAT YOU SEE FOR '25'26 IS BASICALLY THE EVALUATION PART THAT'S ACTUALLY WILL KICK IN IN '25-'26. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT.

THERE IS AN EARLY ED ALLOTMENT, THAT'S FULL FUNDING OF PRE K. THEN YOU'VE GOT SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT, 1.8, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.

IT'S AN IN AND OUT.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE RUNS THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE PROVIDED THE BOARD, YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 13.6.

YOU HAVE A SUBTOTAL OF 22.5.

THERE IS SOME REDUCTION IN WHAT WE CALL ASAHE OR ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION UNDER M&O.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE TO GET TO AN OVERALL ADDITIONAL FUNDING UNDER THE SENATE VERSION OF $21.9 MILLION.

LET'S JUST TAKE IT OVER TO THE HOUSE'S VERSION.

THE HOUSE'S VERSION IS PRETTY MUCH.

THE REASON I LOVE THE HOUSE'S VERSION, NOT ONLY IS IT MORE MONEY, BUT IT ALLOWS A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH HOW WE USE THAT MONEY.

JUST ABOUT ALL OF IT'S GOING THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, I BELIEVE $395 PER WATT.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF THAT GOING THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THEN STILL THAT EVALUATION PORTION OF THE SPECIAL ED TO GET TO A SUBTOTAL OF 25.2.

YOU STILL HAVE THE ASAHE OR THE HOLD HARMLESS REDUCTION.

IN HOUSE BILL 2, THE HOUSE'S VERSION, YOU HAVE 24.6.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN FUNDING, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE BUDGET.

THIS IS THE BUDGET RECAP.

FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SENATE.

YOU HEARD MS. REEVES EARLIER TALK ABOUT UNDER CURRENT LAW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT.

OBVIOUSLY, UNDER CURRENT LAW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A $32.3 MILLION DEFICIT.

UNDER THE SENTENCE VERSION, IF YOU REMEMBER A WHILE AGO, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THE 2,500 FOR STEPS 3 AND 4, 05,500 FOR STEPS 5 PLUS, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT OF FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE PUT IN AT 3.4 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLAR STEP 5 THROUGH 19.

YOU'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY ADD THAT BACK IN AS AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.

THEN THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE OF 21.9, BRINGS THE OVERALL PROJECTED UNDER THE SENATE VERSION OF HOUSE BILL 2 TO $13.8 MILLION.

RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE OUR OVERALL DISTRICT DEFICIT DOWN TO GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.

NOW ON THE HOUSE'S VERSION, STILL, YOU START OFF WITH CURRENT LAW, THE 32.3 MILLION.

THEN LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS FLEXIBLE.

YOU SEE THE 24.6, WE'VE ALREADY MET OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'VE HAD OPTION TWO.

WE'VE ALREADY MET ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THAT BILL.

WE WOULD RECEIVE IN FLEXIBLE MONIES RESOURCES THE ENTIRE 24.6, SO YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL PROJECTED DEFICIT UNDER THE HOUSE'S VERSION OF 7.7.

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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PLAN? IF I CAN MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS UNDER THE SENATE VERSION, WE ARE SHORT IN FUNDING APPROXIMATELY $6.1 MILLION.

I'LL STOP THERE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON JUST THAT PART? THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

BASICALLY, THE HOUSE'S VERSION IS MORE FLEXIBLE AND IT PROVIDES MORE MONEY.

THE SENATE VERSION IS VERY SCRIPTIVE IN NATURE, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE EVERYTHING, FOR THE MOST PART, TARGETED WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING THOUGH.

BOTH PLANS ARE ADDING CONSIDERABLY MORE MONEY.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST BEAT UP THE SENATE VERSION, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AS GOOD.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ANY OF THIS MONEY THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OPERATE UNDER THAT.

>> WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE SENATE VERSION DOESN'T FOCUS ON ALL EMPLOYEES LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN A VERY COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET?

>> YES. INCREDIBLY, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE ACTUALLY LIVE BECAUSE WE ARE IN A MAJOR SUBURBAN AREA.

LITERALLY, YOU COULD LIVE ONE OF ABOUT AT LEAST 18 DIFFERENT AREAS AND REALLY WORK IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THAT DRIVES UP COSTS, SPECIFICALLY LABOR COST.

>> THEY GOT RID OF THE COST OF EDUCATION INDEX YEARS AGO IN 2019, WAS IT?

>> IT IS PART OF HOUSE BILL 3.

>> PART OF HOUSE BILL 3.

EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 1,200 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE ALL UNIQUE IN SOME WAY.

I GUESS WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THEY DON'T GIVE THE LOCAL CONTROL TO THE DULY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO DETERMINE AFTER THIS IS OUR FOURTH MEETING TALKING ABOUT THIS AND YOU'VE HAD INPUT FROM THE BOARD AND GONE BACK AND RESEARCHED AND COME BACK WITH OTHER OPTIONS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I THINK THAT AUSTIN CAN DO FOR US.

I WORRY THAT THEY ARE NOT PUTTING THE DISCRETION INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BECAUSE IN HOUSE BILL 3, 2019, THE LEVER TO INCREASE SCHOOL FUNDING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH WOULD THEN PROVIDE THE LOCAL CONTROL FOR THE DULY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS WHO EVERYONE AT THIS BOARD DIAS IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE OPTION THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, WHICH SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND REWARDS TEACHERS FOR LONGEVITY, AS WELL AS INTERESTS NEW EMPLOYEES.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW AUSTIN THINKS THEY CAN DECIDE FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

THAT'S MY TWO SENSE.

>> DR. KENNY, YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE SLIDE.

>> I DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS COVERED THERE.

NO PROBLEM. MINE IS NOT MOVING. THERE WE GO.

IN ADDITION TO COMPENSATION, BECAUSE AS WE TALK ABOUT FREQUENTLY, THERE IS NO WAY TO COMPENSATE ANY EMPLOYEE FOR THEIR WORTH IN EDUCATION.

THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

WE REALIZE THAT AS YOU JUST STATED.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT AND THAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES.

I ALWAYS WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE BECAUSE IT IS A CAPTURE OF SOME OF THE MANY THINGS THAT IN ADDITION TO COMPENSATION, THAT BEING AN EMPLOYEE WITHIN PLANO ISD, THINGS THAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO.

FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES, THE THINGS ON THE SLIDE MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, BEING ABLE TO BRING YOUR CHILD INTO A GREAT DISTRICT, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN CHILDCARE AFTER HOURS.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY MUCH A DEAL BREAKER TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE.

THEY NEED TO STAY BECAUSE THEY APPRECIATE THAT AND THEY APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

WE WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SHARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ALSO A DRAW FOR PLANO ISD.

NUMBER 1 ON THERE, OF COURSE, IS THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO WORK TOGETHER.

LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK, WE DID OUR LARGER ON BOARDING.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, CANDIDATES EMPLOYEES, FUTURE EMPLOYEES THAT SAID, I USED TO WORK HERE, AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I'M BACK.

THEY HAVE GONE OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEY HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY BACK TO PLANO AND THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT AND TO IDENTIFY THESE REASONS AS A REASON TO STAY WITH PLANO ISD.

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I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU.

>> CAN I MENTION ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, DR. TYRA? ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS WE ARE JUST GOING FORWARD HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD GOING FORWARD.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S STILL DISCUSSIONS GOING ON AT THE CAPITOL, PROBABLY EVEN RIGHT NOW.

OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO COME BACK ON 10 JUNE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINAL.

I WILL SAY OUR RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THAT OPTION 2 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THEN OF COURSE, LEGISLATIVELY IF WE HAVE TO LAYER ON ON TOP OF THAT, WE WILL DO SO TO MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

ON THE 24TH PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMPENSATION PLAN INCLUDED IN THAT.

IT WILL BE LAYERED IN BY LAW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THAT AS WELL, THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE PART OF THE BUDGET, SO THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, SOMETIMES YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK BACK.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL INCLUDED IN ONE SPACE.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ABOUT STOP INS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE BUDGET BOOK AND JUST LOOK THROUGH.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, HOW MUCH DO WE PAY FOR HUAC TAX OR WHATEVER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MS. REEVES IS BUDGETING OUR MONEY, THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THOSE SPOTS AND DO THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THAT WHERE WE ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE THAT ON THE 24TH AFTER WE HAVE OUR BUDGET HEARING.

THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY APPROVE THE BUDGET AND PART OF THAT WILL BE THE COMP BOOK.

INCLUDED IN THAT IS ALSO, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BEREAVEMENT THAT LEAVES.

I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE BENEFIT PACKAGE AS WELL THAT WE WILL ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ON THE 24TH AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR LOCAL DAYS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO PULL THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY HAVE THAT SEPARATE.

YOU GET YOUR FIVE LOCAL DAYS AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO.

WE'D LOVE TO INCREASE THAT OVER TIME, BUT WE'D LIKE TO AT LEAST START WITH TWO.

WE'RE STILL TALKING INTERNALLY, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING AS PART OF WHAT WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS OTHER BENEFITS.

WE ALWAYS DO THAT WITH THE COMP PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS WITH ANY OF THAT?

>> THANK YOU, DR. KINDLE AND JOHNNY, FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

TRUSTEES, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE TEAM? WOW. IT'S BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING WEEK.

NANCY TOUCHED ON THIS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENATE BILL 2 AND HOUSE BILL 2.

I DO THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, NANCY, IN WHAT YOU SAID THAT EVERYONE IS VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE IN NOT ONLY APPROPRIATELY COMPENSATING OUR TEACHERS, BUT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENT, ESPECIALLY BASED ON SENIORITY FOR OUR TEACHERS.

I PRINTED OUT A FACEBOOK POST THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE.

THIS IS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SENATOR BRANDON CREIGHTON.

THE TITLE OF THIS IS TEXAS EDUCATION MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO, PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION HERE.

SENATOR CREIGHTON IN THIS POST HAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE SENATE PLAN AND THE HOUSE PLAN.

NOW, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT SENATOR CREIGHTON HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY IN HEARINGS.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK A STAFFER DID THIS POST FOR HIM AND THAT THE OVERSIGHT OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SENATE PLAN AND THE HOUSE PLAN WAS NOT INTENTIONAL MISINFORMATION, BUT WAS JUST THAT AND OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THE SENATE PLAN TO RECAP HAS THE $55 INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS THAT FLEXIBLE FUNDING.

42.2 BILLION FOR NEW PERMANENT TEACHER COMPENSATION ALLOTMENT.

WHY THE PERMANENT IS IN QUOTATION MARKS? I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BY.

THEN 1.2 BILLION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT AND 500 MILLION FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THAT'S WHAT HE HAS LISTED IN THIS POST AS OPTION 1.

OPTION 2 IS ACROSS THE BOARD BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE AT $395.

WHAT'S MISSING AND YOU CAN SEE I'VE CORRECTED IT HERE WITH THE LITTLE GREEN CHECK MARKS IS THAT THE HOUSE ALSO PASSED 1.5 BILLION IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT SIMILAR TO THE SENATE PLAN, AND IN A SEPARATE BILL, I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DANNY, 400 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY SECURITY MONEY.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ALL IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT VERSUS ALL IN THIS NEW PERMANENT, WHATEVER THE QUOTES MEAN, TEACHER COMPENSATION ALLOTMENT.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN ASKED AND WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM A CONSTITUENT JUST TODAY SAYING, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON WHICH ONE OF THESE PLANS IS BETTER AND WHAT CAN I DO?

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HERE IS THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION RIGHT HERE.

THE POST HAS SOME OVERSIGHTS THAT, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BLAME ON WHATEVER STAFF OR DID THIS POST, AND NOT THE SENATOR BECAUSE HE'S BEEN BUSY IN HEARINGS AND MEETINGS.

BUT THE MAJOR CONCERN I HAVE IS IN WATCHING THE TESTIMONY, AND THANK YOU, DANNY FOR TESTIFYING ON OUR BEHALF.

WATCHING THE TESTIMONY, EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR WHO WENT AND TESTIFIED SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

FIFTY-FIVE DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL NOT MEET OUR NEEDS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN THE BLACK AND MOST DISTRICTS ARE NOT.

SENATOR CREIGHTON SEEMED A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY THIS AND SAID, WE PUT TOGETHER THIS SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL BASED ON WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TOLD US THEY WANTED.

HE SHARED SOME CONFUSION THERE.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LISTENING AND PRESENT AND ARE HERE ADVOCATING LOCALLY AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO MY COPY OF THIS FACEBOOK POST WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE.

BUT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD BECAUSE WHILE BOTH PLANS HAVE MERIT, AND I CERTAINLY THINK HAVING TEACHER RAISES HAS SIGNIFICANT MERIT.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THAT THE TEACHER RAISES FOR DISTRICTS UNDER 5,000 STUDENTS IS DOUBLE WHAT THE TEACHER RAISES FOR STUDENTS OVER 5,000 STUDENTS ARE.

I HATE IT WHEN THE LEGISLATURE TRIES TO PIT THE RULE VERSUS THE URBAN AND SUBURBAN DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH THOSE DISTRICTS.

WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN COMPETITION, AND YES, THERE ARE VERY LARGE DISPARITIES IN PAY BETWEEN RURAL URBAN AND SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.

THERE ARE ALSO LARGE DISPARITIES IN COST OF LIVING, AND WE DO NOT GET A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN OUR FORMULA, EITHER.

TEACHING IN A SCHOOL OF 200 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN TEACHING IN A SCHOOL OF 800 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AS SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE, AND IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.

RATHER THAN PLACE JUDGMENT ON THE NEEDS OF A RURAL DISTRICT OR THE NEEDS OF AN URBAN DISTRICT OR THE NEEDS OF A SUBURBAN DISTRICT, NANCY REALLY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD IS THAT THOSE OF US THAT ARE ELECTED BY YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, WE LIVE HERE.

WE ALL LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MOST OF US HAVE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS OR HAVE HAD CHILDREN GO THROUGH THESE SCHOOLS, AND WE UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT $55 INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IN FLEXIBLE SPENDING SEEMS VERY, VERY INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.

>> JUST SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT, AND SENATOR CREIGHTON IS NOT OUR SENATOR.

OUR SENATOR'S OUR SENATOR PAXTON AND SENATOR HALL, WHO I'M SURE WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL.

BUT HE IS SPECIFICALLY ASKING.

HAVING BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY CAN DO, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.

>> WELL, AND IF I COULD, JUST AS A FINAL WORD, JUST TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION AGAIN BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BOARD ENGAGED WITH TENACITY AND GRIT TO ADDRESS THIS PRIOR TO KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE WAS GOING TO PROPOSE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS EMPLOYEES TO EXPRESS THAT APPRECIATION TO YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THAT ON AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE A GREATER DEFICIT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> KATHERINE, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD A NUMBER TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN JOHNNY AND YOU ARE BEING VERY POLITE IN SAYING THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US.

OF COURSE, WE DO, BUT ANY DOG WHO'S BEEN KICKED FOR THREE YEARS APPRECIATES IT WHEN IT STOPS BEING KICKED.

JUST TO COMPARE THAT $55 ALLOTMENT, IT WOULD TAKE OVER $1,300 ADDITIONAL TO OUR CURRENT ALLOTMENT OF $6,160 TO JUST CATCH UP INFLATION SINCE 2019.

JUST FOR US TO HAVE THE SAME SPENDING POWER THAT WE HAD IN 2019 TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR OUR EDUCATORS SO THAT OUR KIDS CAN REACH THEIR FEATURES LIKE WE'RE PROMISING TO DO IS $1,300, AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 55.

THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE REALLY CLEAR TO FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO GET ON A BANDWAGON AND YOU WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS,

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YOU NEED TO GET AN EMAIL, YOU NEED TO GET ON THE PHONE, YOU NEED TO TAKE WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.

>> STATE HAS A $20 BILLION SURPLUS, JUST SAYING.

>> WELL, AND SOME OF OUR REPS KNOW AND HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY KNOW THAT AN OVER $1000 RAISE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS NEEDED AND TOLD US TO OUR FACES THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

I'LL END ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE BECAUSE I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR NOT INTERJECTING INTO THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT PEOPLE SHOULD CONTACT SENATOR CREIGHTON.

WHEN IS OUR NEXT JOB FAIR?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. OUR NEXT JOB FAIR WILL BE MAY 28, THAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO COME OUT.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HOURS, I CAN'T REMEMBER RIGHT OFF, 2:00 TO 4:30.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS AND PART OF THE TESTIMONY FOR THE COMBINED SENATE HOUSE BILL 2.

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL STATEMENTS I HEARD MADE BY A RURAL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR WAS THAT TEACHERS DO NOT TEACH IN A VACUUM.

WE HAVE BUS DRIVERS, WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS.

I THINK 42% IS WHAT YOU TOLD US.

FORTY TWO PERCENT OF OUR STAFF ARE NOT TEACHERS.

THEY ARE OTHER PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT STAFF WORKING ON THE CAMPUSES OR WORKING TO GET YOUR KIDS TO CAMPUSES OR OTHER THINGS.

I APPRECIATE THE TEAM'S COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO LOOKING AT THE TEACHER PAY SCHEDULE, BUT ALSO ASKING FOR THAT 3% RAISE FOR THE REST OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE TEACHERS DO NOT TEACH IN A VACUUM.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, DR. KINDLE.

WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE HAVE ENJOYED HAVING YOU AS A FREQUENT FLYER FOR ALL OF THESE LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS.

WE WILL MOVE ON.

OUR NEXT REPORT IS ITEM 12.3,

[12.3 Standard Operating Procedures Initiative Report]

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES INITIATIVE REPORT.

I WILL INVITE IVAN CANTU, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, AND JENNA ISENSEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT TARRAH, TRUSTEES, DR. WILLIAMS AND CABINET.

TONIGHT, WE'RE SHARING AN UPDATE ON OUR DISTRICT'S WORK TO DEVELOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

WE WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

DR. WILLIAMS, JENNA AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIMING WITH BIG INITIATIVES COMING ON BOARD.

WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO PAUSE ON THAT.

EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN DR. WILLIAMS ASKED FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN I HAD IT FOR HER THE NEXT DAY AND SHE WAS VERY IMPRESSED.

BUT REALLY, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN SITTING ON IT FOR A YEAR.

WHAT ARE SOPS? STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST CLEAR WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO DO ROUTINE PROCESSES AND HOW TO CARRY OUT THE WORK.

THEY OUTLINE AND HELP ANSWER THINGS LIKE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, AND HOW DO WE DO IT? THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY, REDUCE CONFUSION, AND SUPPORT TRANSITIONS WHEN ROLES OR TEAMS CHANGE AND INCREASE CONSISTENCY WHEN PEOPLE ARE NEEDING SUPPORT.

>> I WILL ADD THAT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DID HAVE ALREADY PROCESSES DOCUMENTED, BUT THIS IS REALLY STANDARDIZING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

REALLY WHEN WE HAVE SOPS, IT HELP STRENGTHEN OUR PROCESSES SO THAT THEY ARE MORE RELIABLE, THEY'RE MORE CONSISTENT, AND THERE ARE REALLY SOME STRONG ADVANTAGES TO THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE ON BOARDING NEW EMPLOYEES.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR TASKS ARE WHEN THEY WALK IN THE DOOR, BUT IT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR NEW SUPERVISORS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THEIR NEW STAFF.

OVERALL, THOUGH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THESE SOPS WILL REALLY IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING CONSISTENT PRACTICES, WHILE ALSO ALIGNING OUR WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT POLICIES.

FOR ME AS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, I'M ALL ABOUT RISK, AND WHEN WE DOCUMENT THESE SOPS, WE GET TO REALLY DIG DOWN AND LOOK AT THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT HELP PROTECT US AS A DISTRICT.

WHEN WE DO HAVE CHANGE AND WE HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTATION, WE CAN HELP MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGH CHANGE.

THIS IS A BIG PROJECT.

IT IS A MULTIPHASE APPROACH.

AS WE STARTED THIS YEAR, IT REALLY WAS FOCUSING ON, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THOSE CONSISTENT PRACTICES THAT HAPPEN TO BE ONCE A YEAR, ONCE A QUARTER, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S CAMPUS FACING FIRST.

THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE REALLY ALLOWED OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE SOME DISCRETION.

WHAT DO WE START WITH FIRST? BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PROCESS, SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO DOCUMENT WHEN WE'RE IN THAT ACTUAL ZONE.

IF IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR, MAYBE IT'S BETTER THAT WE WAIT TILL THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, SO THAT WE FINISH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VERY UP TO DATE PRODUCT.

BUT THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE TYPE OF PROJECT.

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THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND WE KNOW THINGS WILL CHANGE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT SO THAT WE DO ACHIEVE THOSE LONG-TERM BENEFITS.

FOR INTERNAL AUDIT, HOW THIS IMPACTS THE DISTRICT WIDE RISK ASSESSMENT? WE LOOK AT ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WE ASKED, DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR PROCESSES AND IS IT CURRENT? WHEN THOSE THINGS EXIST, IT ACTUALLY LOWERS THE RISK RATING, AND WHEN WE HAVE A LOWER RISK RATING, THEN YOUR LIKELIHOOD FOR AN AUDIT GOES DOWN.

THIS REALLY HAS A SELLING POINT WITH A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO GET THIS PROJECT UP AND GOING.

>> REALLY, WE ASKED EVERY DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CREATING SOMETHING.

THE US DEPARTMENT EXPERTS KNOW YOUR AREAS OF WORK.

YOU'RE GOING TO DETERMINE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START.

PART OF THE PLAN INCLUDED THAT EVERY CABINET LEVEL SUPERVISOR WAS TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION, AND THAT WAY, WE HAVE A CHAIN OF VERIFICATION, SOMEONE WHO IS OVERSEEING THE WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S GETTING COMPLETED.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTED DURING OUR TRAINING.

AGAIN, EVERY DEPARTMENT SENT AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TRAINING.

IN FACT, WHEN FOLKS WHO SHOW UP TO THE TRAINING, THEY WOULD ASK, CAN WE BRING THE ENTIRE TEAM NEXT? BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT JENNA I TRULY EMPHASIZED WAS, THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP SHOULD BE PROJECT OWNERS.

IT SHOULD NOT BE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT DOING THE WORK.

IT NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND ALL THE PROCESSES INVOLVED AS PART OF THAT SOP.

UNDERSTAND POLICY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND THEN UNDERSTAND THE S SUCCESS METRICS AROUND IT.

THEY WOULD EVEN ASK US TO COME OUT TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND JUST DO SOMETHING FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT.

DURING OUR TRAINING, WE FOCUS ON TWO AREAS.

OF COURSE, WHAT THE SOPS ARE AND THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND THE SOP.

BUT WE ALSO EMPHASIZE HOW THIS WORK IS GOING TO LEAD TO OUR NEW WEBSITE.

AS YOU KNOW, AS THE DISTRICT, WE'RE GETTING A NEW WEBSITE PLATFORM.

ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS REALLY USE THE SOPS, WHICH PROVIDE A VERY STRUCTURED WAY TO LAY OUT INFORMATION, AND REALLY CONSIDER HOW THAT CAN IMPACT HOW WE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, BOTH EXTERNALLY, WHICH IS INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND INTERNAL PROCESSES, WHICH IS INFORMATION FOR STAFF.

AS WE TALK TO DEPARTMENTS, JUST RE-EMPHASIZING WHAT JENNA SAID, MULTI YEAR PROCESS, WE SAID, START SMALL, YOU IDENTIFY WHAT AREAS YOU WANT TO START WITH, BUT WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO START WITH INTERNAL PROCESSES THAT CAMPUSES NEED ACCESS TO COME JULY AND AUGUST.

THEY'RE THE EXPERTS, THEY DETERMINED WHERE TO START, BUT THAT'S THE GUIDING POINT THAT [NOISE] WE STARTED WITH.

THIS IS THE SOP TEMPLATE LAYOUT THAT WE HAVE.

WE WANT, OF COURSE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCESS AND THEN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

ON THIS ONE, WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WHAT DO WE INCLUDE HERE? DO WE INCLUDE POSITION OR A NAME.

BUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONNECT THIS WORD CLEARLY TO THE WEBSITE, WE WANTED BOTH.

BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT IS WHEN FOLKS LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION, THEY KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.

THEY KNOW WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER THE EMAIL, WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER THE PHONE, WHO'S GOING TO BE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

THE STEP BY STEP PROCESSES INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND OF COURSE, WE TOLD THEM, IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT, PROCESS TO PROCESS.

THE LAYOUT FOR THE STEP BY STEP SHOULD REALLY REFLECT THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

THEN THIS IS ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GO BACK TO POLICY.

LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE.

DO WE NEED TO UPDATE ANY POLICIES? IT'S STILL REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK AND THEN METRICS FOR SUCCESS.

REALLY, HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS CORRECTLY? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER'S ON THE END USER KNOWS THAT THEY'RE ON TRACK TO DO THIS THE CORRECT WAY? THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE TIMELINE BACK IN JANUARY IS WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO CABINET ABOUT THIS.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN MAY WHEN EARLIER TODAY WE CHECKED.

JENNA AND I HAVE BEEN VERY ANXIOUS IN THINKING, I WONDER HOW MANY SOPS WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED BY MAY 22ND WHEN THE DEADLINE IS DUE.

TODAY WE CHECKED, WE COUNTED.

WE HAD OVER 150 SOPS COMPLETED.

WE WERE VERY SURPRISED.

WE DID NOT READ ALL 150 OF THEM, BUT WE DID SKIM THROUGH A LOT OF THEM AND THEY LOOKED VERY SOLID.

YOU CAN TELL THAT THE DEPARTMENTS REALLY HAVE PUT IN THE WORK.

LOTS OF THOUGHT INTO THIS, AND REALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD WITH THIS.

AGAIN, THIS SUMMER, AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEW WEBSITE, WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THAT SOP AND LOOK AT WHAT INFORMATION FROM THAT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IS GOING TO BE REFLECTED ON THE WEBSITE.

AN ACTIVITY WE DID DURING THE TRAINING WAS WE SHOWED

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ABOUT 10 OR 12 SCREENSHOTS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT PAGES IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE MIGHT HAVE SHOWN SOMETHING FROM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, TITLE 1, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND WE ASKED THEM JUST TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THINGS THAT THEY NOTICE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT SCREENSHOTS OF THE DIFFERENT WEBSITE.

WE HEARD THINGS LIKE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT FONT SIZE.

ON SOME PAGES, WE HAD DEPARTMENT INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT, AND OTHERS WE HAD IT ON THE LEFT, AND OTHERS WE HAD IT AT THE BOTTOM.

IN FACT, JENNA AND I EVEN SNUCK IN A SCREENSHOT OF A WEBSITE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, JUST TO SEE IF THEY WOULD CATCH IT, THEY DID NOT.

I THINK THIS JUST REALLY SUPPORTED THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO USE THIS PROCESS TO REALLY STREAMLINE HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION.

AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, OR STAFF MEMBER, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY AND KNOW THAT IF I GO TO STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE LAID OUT IN A VERY SIMILAR MANNER THAT IT MIGHT BE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THIS WORK AS WELL.

>> FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DECIDED THAT THE WORKSHOP MODEL WOULD BE BEST SERVED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND HOW THIS WOULD WORK.

ALL THE TEMPLATES, RUBRICS, PLANNING TOOLS ALL WAS DISCUSSED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, ALL MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

WITH THE PLANNING TOOLS, I THINK THOSE ARE THE HARDEST PARTS.

HOW DO WE GET STARTED WITH THIS PROJECT? WE TALKED THROUGH HOW WE'VE INCLUDED A TEMPLATE FOR THAT.

LET'S LAY DOWN ALL OF THE AREAS IN OUR FUNCTION, AND EVEN JUST STARTING WITH THAT PROCESS COULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY.

WE LOOKED AT BUDGET, WE LOOKED AT EVEN JOB DESCRIPTIONS, EVEN THE CURRENT WEBSITE, JUST SO WE CAN GET IT DOWN ON PAPER, THEN DECIDE BASED ON THOSE AREAS, WHAT'S THE MOST PRIORITY FOR US RIGHT NOW.

THEN SHARING THE RUBRIC, WALKING THROUGH THAT.

ELEVEN WORKSHOPS TOTAL. AS IVAN SAID, WE'VE HAD SOME COME TO MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS.

THEY SHOWED UP THE FIRST TIME AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR TEAM THE SECOND WORKSHOP.

WE ALSO HAD SOME OPEN OFFICE HOURS WHERE ANYONE CAN CALL IN WITH QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR SOP IF THEY WANT US TO REVIEW THEM.

JUST EVEN ASKING QUESTIONS.

WE'VE EACH GONE TO A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENT MEETINGS, AS THEY DISCUSSED THIS SOP PROCESS WITH THEIR STAFF.

BUT THIS REALLY HAS BEEN A DEPARTMENT LED PRIORITY ON WHERE TO START FIRST.

YOU'LL NOTICE WITH THAT PROJECT TEAM, LAN WAS ALSO PART OF THESE WORKSHOPS, BECAUSE WITH THIS PROJECT, IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL THE WAY THAT WE LAID IT OUT TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE SOPS REALLY ALIGNED WITH HOW THE WEBSITE WORKED, AS IVAN MENTIONED, THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP COMMUNICATION WISE TO ENSURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

WE DO. WE HAVE JUST STARTED THIS PROJECT, AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT 150, AS IVAN SAID, SOPS CREATED.

THIS IS FOREVER PROJECT, ACTUALLY.

>> THIS IS A FOREVER PROJECT.

AS NEW STAFF COME ON BOARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR SOP PROCESS IS, HOW TO MAINTAIN IT EVERY YEAR.

DEVELOPING THOSE ADDITIONAL SOPS, BASED ON PRIORITY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE SOPS ALL ESTABLISHED AND DEVELOP THOSE EXTERNALS AND THEN EVEN ROLL OUT TO PRINCIPLES IF NEEDED.

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT I AM AS AN INTERNAL AUDITOR.

THIS IS LIKE A LOVE LANGUAGE FOR ME. IT'S VERY EXCITING.

I WILL SAY WITH STAFF, THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE AT THE END.

I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GREAT. THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.

WE ALL LIKE TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AT OUR FINGERTIPS, BUT THEN WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT CAN BE A LITTLE DAUNTING, BUT THEN WE SAID, WE GOT TO PRIORITIZE, FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE OTHERS ON BOARD.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL CONTINUE.

I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR IVAN AS WELL THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS.

TO GET 150 SOPS, I THINK AT THIS TIME IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO.

THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT REPORT, JENNA AND IVAN.

TRUSTEES, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE TEAM?

>> I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I TOLD DR. WILLIAMS WHEN I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA, I WAS LIKE, YES.

I'M LIKE YOU, AUDIT MIND, BUT I THINK IT WILL KEEP ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING, THE PROCESS OF HOW TO DO IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE ALREADY DOCUMENTED.

WHEN YOU DO HAVE TURNOVER AND STAFF OR WHATEVER, YOU'VE GOT A PROCESS, YOU'VE GOT A SYSTEM THAT WORKS.

IT JUST CLARIFIES THE EXPECTATIONS FOR PEOPLE, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROCESS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. IT'S GREAT.

>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.

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YOU'RE SPEAKING ALL OF MY LANGUAGE BECAUSE I'M AN MIS MAJOR AND UX DESIGN CERTIFICATE, SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

I THINK THE SOPS HELP YOU SEE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE THERE.

IT REVEALS A LOT OF DATA, TALKING ABOUT DATA, DR. TYRA.

LOTS OF INFORMATION THAT MAYBE IS UNKNOWN TO THAT DEPARTMENT OR JUST IN GENERAL.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXERCISE.

I'M REALLY CURIOUS AND EXCITED TO FOLLOW THIS ALONG AND JUST REALLY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT AS YOU'RE CREATING AN INTERNAL WEBSITE, DO SOME AB TESTING AMONGST THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS JUST TO HAVE THAT FEEDBACK.

BECAUSE THERE PROBABLY WAS A REASON WHY THINGS WERE CREATED A CERTAIN WAY WITH ONE DEPARTMENT VERSUS ANOTHER.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS THROUGH.

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS, LIKE, AFTER THE FIRST FEW WORKSHOPS, AS DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY DIVING INTO THE WORK AND REALLY LOOKING INTO IT, WE DID FIND SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO MODIFY BASED ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

[NOISE] EVEN THE TEMPLATE CHANGED AFTER THE FIRST SESSION.

DR. GOLDBERG WENT TO OUR FIRST ONE, HAD SOME VERY GOOD CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT I THINK CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE APPROACH THIS WORK.

THEN EVEN AS DEPARTMENTS ARE CREATING THEIR SOPS, THINKING THROUGH WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENT DOES THIS WORK INTERACT WITH, AND ARE THEY DOING IT AS WELL, AND REALLY FORCING THEM TO REALLY LOOK AT THE PROCESS AND WHO OWNS WHAT PART OF THAT. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

>> I'D JUST LIKE TO CHIME IN TOO.

FOR ANYONE THAT HASN'T DONE A PROCESS LIKE THIS, IT IS EXTREMELY LABOR-INTENSIVE.

IT IS VERY TEDIOUS WORK, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I AGREE WITH WHAT ELISA SAID, AND IT ALSO WILL HELP THE DISTRICT BE MORE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE DELIVER TO OUR STUDENTS.

I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL AND THE DEPARTMENTS AND DR. WILLIAMS FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALUE THERE AND PUTTING IN THAT EFFORT, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES OF THIS.

>> I WILL ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.

I HAD ONE QUESTION.

IT WAS ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT ON SLIDE 7 WITH RELATED POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN HOW SOPS INTERFACE WITH LEGAL POLICY, LOCAL POLICY, AND REGULATIONS, THAT THIS IS NOT A SHADOW POLICY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

CAN YOU GIVE US A MORE CLEAR DELINEATION AND HOW THOSE THINGS WORK TOGETHER?

>> IF THE PROCESS IS TIED TO A POLICY, SO WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE A POLICY STATES WE SHOULD BE DOING IT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RELATE IT TO THAT POLICY.

I THINK WHAT'S ALSO REALLY PART OF THIS PROCESS IS LOOKING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS WHAT POLICY SAYS, ARE WE IN ALIGNMENT? WITH THAT, OUR POLICY IS MAYBE FIVE-YEARS-OLD.

DO WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR POLICY TO REFLECT MAYBE CHANGES IN OUR CURRENT PRACTICES BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OR SOMETHING HAS CHANGED? JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY TIE.

WE SHOULD ALIGN WITH BOARD POLICY.

THAT IS THE GOAL OF INCLUDING THAT BOARD POLICY ON THERE.

>> IF I CAN, AND JUST TO CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT.

IT GOES ALONG A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR THEME TOO.

ONE, I WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME WHEN COMING INTO PLANO ISD IN 2018 AND TRYING TO FIND WHERE THINGS ARE WRITTEN.

IT REALLY BECAME APPARENT WHEN WE SHUT DOWN FOR COVID, THAT WE HAD PROCESSES THAT WE COULD NOT PUT OUR HANDS ON, AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG NEED FOR US TO GO BACK AND WRITE THINGS DOWN.

AS YOU HAVE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, WHERE ARE THINGS WRITTEN, WHERE ARE THEY DOCUMENTED WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL SYSTEM FOR EVEN HOW WE NUMBER FORMS, AND SO MANY THINGS THAT USED TO BE MANUAL HAVE BECOME DIGITAL.

THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS AND THIS HAS SO MANY TENETS.

I THINK A REAL IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR TENET, THEN REALLY THEN LEADS INTO YOUR LEADERSHIP AS TRUSTEES BECAUSE AS THESE POLICIES ARE EITHER OUTDATED OR THE PROCESSES ARE OUTDATED, OR THERE'S A NEED TO UPDATE A REGULATION, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, THAT THEN WILL COME FORWARD THROUGH A POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND THROUGH THE WORK.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS CURRENT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENT, IF NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING ON BOARD, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO, AND THAT WHAT'S WRITTEN IS ALSO ALIGNED TO OUR PRACTICE.

I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO, ONE, KEEP US ALSO OUT OF RISK AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS YOU'RE DOING YOUR ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT OR TO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR WHAT OUR PLAYBOOK IS.

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JUST LIKE A SOLID TEAM HAS A SOLID PLAYBOOK, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

I REALLY AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN LEADING AND I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT EASY AND IT IS, LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK, VERY TEDIOUS, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE BOTH LEADING AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR COLLABORATION, YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

THEN ALSO, THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN REALLY IN LOCKSTEP IN WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU.

>> BOARD, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I WILL THANK IVAN AND JENNA FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

JENNA, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK FOR THE EVENING, BUT IVAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET YOU FOR A DOUBLE HEADER HERE.

>> I'LL JUST SCOOT ON OVER.

>> STAY THERE. WE WILL MOVE ON.

OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING FOR REPORTS IS ITEM 12.4,

[12.4 Code of Civility Report]

CODE OF CIVILITY REPORTS.

I WILL INVITE IVAN CANTU, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER TO STAY WITH US FOR A LITTLE LONGER, AND CLAIR SONG, CHARACTER ATTENDANCE AND RESTORATIVE EDUCATION SPECIALIST TO JOIN US FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. TONIGHT WE'RE SHARING THE WORK BEHIND THE PLANO ISD CODE OF CIVILITY, A DISTRICT WIDE COMMITMENT THAT REFLECTS WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE VALUE, AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO GROW A CULTURE OF RESPECT AND EXCELLENCE.

SOMETHING WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THIS IS MORE THAN A POSTER OR A LESSON.

AS WE SHARE THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL SEE A FRAMEWORK AND A PLAN THAT SETS THE TONE FOR HOW WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN PLANO AND BRINGING TOGETHER MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY LEADING AS A DISTRICT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE OF CIVILITY IS TO BRING TOGETHER EXISTING EFFORTS UNDER ONE MESSAGE, PROMOTING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND A POSITIVE RESPECTFUL CULTURE.

WE DEVELOPED THIS WORK THROUGH INPUT FROM STUDENTS, FROM STAFF, FROM FAMILIES, AND FROM DEPARTMENTS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH OUR DISTRICT VALUES.

THIS TRULY HAS BEEN A DISTRICT-WIDE EFFORT AND PARTNERSHIP.

THIS HAS INVOLVED A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN REALLY PRODUCING THIS WORK.

OUR PURPOSE IN DEVELOPING THE CODE OF CIVILITY WAS TO PROMOTE POSITIVE CHARACTER.

WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT RELIES HEAVILY ON THE PISD PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION SUPPORTS, PBIS, AND TEKS POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS EDUCATION.

WHY THE CODE OF CIVILITY? THIS HELPS US REINFORCE SHARED EXPECTATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT CULTURE.

THIS IS NOT A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE, NOT AT ALL.

IT IS JUST A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT REINFORCING OUR VALUES, OUR WORK, AND OUR POLICIES THROUGH TEKS BASED LESSONS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND HOPEFULLY, MUCH MORE.

WE WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WORK.

THIS STARTED BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY.

WE HAD A DISTRICT COMMITTEE THAT MET JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH TO REALLY GUIDE THE WORK AND WHERE THIS WAS GOING.

THEN IN OCTOBER, WE STARTED MEETING WITH OUR TEACHER LEADER COUNCIL, OR TLCS, TO REALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN A CODE OF CIVILITY? IF WE DEVELOP THIS WORK, WHAT ARE THE BIG AREAS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON? THEY CAME UP WITH SOME IDEAS THAT WE TOOK TO STUDENTS.

STUDENT PROVIDED FEEDBACK.

THEY ASKED CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

THEY USED LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD NOT CONSIDERED.

WE TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK TO OUR TEACHERS.

IF THIS IS WHAT THE STUDENTS TOLD US IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU INITIALLY CREATED, NOW LET'S BUILD THE MEAT IN THE BONES OF THIS PROJECT.

FROM THERE, WE CONTINUE TO TAKE BACK THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENTS WORKING THROUGH THIS.

EACH TIME, THEY WOULD REVIEW THE WORK, MAKING SURE THAT IT REMAINED ALIGNED TO PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, TO PBIS, IS THIS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? THROUGH THIS CONVERSATIONS, SHARON BRADLEY, PART OF THE CARE TEAM THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE REALLY NEED TO TIE THIS BACK TO THE TEKS.

WE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

DR. JENNIFER MILEY WAS WORKING WITH RICHARDSON ISD AND JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT THEY HAD DONE AROUND THE CODE OF CIVILITY AS WELL.

WE IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THOSE IDEAS.

LAURA ZIMMER FROM COUNSELING ALSO CHIMED IN TO ADD SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TAKE BACK TO OUR PARENTS WHO PROVIDED FEEDBACK, HAD SOME THOUGHTS AROUND SOME NAMES THAT WE'RE PLAYING AROUND WITH, AND THEN JUST SHARE SOME IDEAS AROUND MARKETING THIS INFORMATION.

LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THIS WORK AS WE DEVELOPED IT ALL YEAR LONG.

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>> ONE OF OUR STRONGEST ASPECTS OF THIS WORK IS ITS ALIGNMENT WITH OUR TEA TEKS POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS.

THE CORE VALUES TO PROMOTE ARE THE FOUR CHARACTER STRANDS: TRUSTWORTHINESS, RESPONSIBILITY, CARING, AND CITIZENSHIP, WHICH WERE ECHOED IN OUR STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AND NOW SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS FRAMEWORK.

THIS ENSURES THAT OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY INTENTIONAL, BUT TEKS-ALIGNED AND RELEVANT AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL.

WITH THAT, FOR OUR CODE OF CIVILITY, FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS IS NEW FOR THIS GROUP OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO THIS WORK.

THESE EXPECTATIONS CLARIFY HOW FAMILIES CAN SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN, COLLABORATE WITH EDUCATORS, AND REINFORCE THE SAME VALUES AT HOME AND TO HELP BRIDGE THE LEARNING FROM SCHOOL TO HOME.

WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO PRACTICAL, ACTIONABLE BEHAVIORS FROM PROMOTING KINDNESS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO REINFORCING ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS.

NOW, OUR STAFF PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN BRINGING THE CODE OF CIVILITY TO LIFE.

AS THE ADULTS LEADING IN OUR CAMPUSES, THEY SET THE TONE FOR HOW WE COMMUNICATE, INTERACT, AND MODEL THE VALUES THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO EMBODY THROUGH THEIR WORDS, ACTION, AND LEADERSHIP.

THE FOUR TRAITS OUTLINE EXPECTATIONS REFLECTING OUR BELIEFS IN PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, AND CONSISTENCY.

THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH TRAINING, ALIGNMENT WITH PBIS, AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP SUPPORT.

STAFF ARE GOING TO BE EMPOWERED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE THROUGH THIS.

NOW, OUR MOST IMPORTANT, OUR STUDENTS ARE THE CENTER OF THIS WORK.

THROUGH THEIR WORDS AND CHOICES, THEY HELP CREATE A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT GROUNDED IN TRUST, CARE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESPECT.

THIS FRAMEWORK OUTLINES HOW WE TEACH, REINFORCE, AND MODEL THE FOUR CORE TRAITS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.

WHETHER IT'S BEING HONEST AND RELIABLE OR LEARNING HOW TO LISTEN, BE RESPECTFUL, BE RESPONSIBLE AND SPEAKING UP RESPECTFULLY.

THESE ACTIONS HELP SHAPE A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL CULTURE.

NOW, THE CODE OF CIVILITY IS STRUCTURED AS A MULTI-YEAR ROLLOUT TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION IS CONSISTENT, MEANINGFUL, SUSTAINABLE, AND EMBEDDED ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YEAR 0, OUR CURRENT YEAR, 2024/2025, WE FOCUSED ON THE FOUNDATION BUILDING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALIGNMENT.

WE'VE WORKED TO DEFINE THE CODE, ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS FROM OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES, AND BEGIN ALIGNING EXISTING EFFORTS LIKE PBIS AND CHARACTER EDUCATION.

ADDITIONALLY, BRANDING AND MESSAGINGS WERE ALSO KEY, HELPING US CONNECT THIS WORK TO EXISTING INITIATIVES.

>> FOR YEAR 1, OUR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR FOR 2025 AND 2026 WILL BE THE INITIAL ROLLOUT WHERE WE WILL INTRODUCE AND LAUNCH CODE OF CIVILITY TO ALL STAFF, BEGIN STRUCTURED ELEMENTARY ROLLOUT THROUGH TEKS LESSONS AND CAMPUS PRACTICES AND PILOT SECONDARY LESSONS AND ALSO IMPLEMENT LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

THROUGH THAT, WE WILL ALSO ENHANCE FAMILY OUTREACH AND BEGIN EXPANDING OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

FOR YEAR 2, OUR 2026 AND 2027, WE'RE GOING TO DEEPEN THE WORK AND ENGAGEMENT.

OUR STAFF WILL CONTINUE RECEIVING SUPPORT.

STUDENT LESSONS WILL BE EXPANDED AND REFINED, AND WE'LL ENHANCE THAT FAMILY OUTREACH AND BEGIN FORMALLY RECOGNIZING STUDENTS, STAFF, AND CAMPUSES WHO MODEL THE VALUES OF THE CODE.

YEAR 3 WILL BE OUR 2027 AND 2028, AND WE'LL ADJUST IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON FEEDBACK AND CONDUCT A FORMAL PROGRAM EVALUATION TO ASSESS IMPACT.

ADDITIONALLY, RECOGNITION EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE AND CURRICULUM INTEGRATION WILL BE SUPPORTED TO ENSURE THE CODE REMAINS EMBEDDED IN DAILY PRACTICE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THROUGH THE OUTCOME OF THE CODE OF CIVILITY PHASED IMPLEMENTATION, WE'VE ESTABLISHED CLEAR ALIGNED EXPECTATION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE TAILORED FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES, AND THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE BOTH PRACTICAL AND MEANINGFUL.

STUDENTS WILL BE TAUGHT AND ENCOURAGED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOUR CORE CHARACTER TRAITS IN THEIR DAILY INTERACTIONS AND LEARNING.

STAFF WILL BE EXPECTED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, MODELING, TEACHING,

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AND REINFORCING THESE VALUES THROUGH THEIR INSTRUCTION AND BEHAVIOR, AND FAMILIES WILL SERVE AS A PARTNER IN REINFORCING THESE EXPECTATIONS AT HOME AND WITHIN THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

WITH THIS UNIFIED APPROACH, THIS PROMOTES CONSISTENCY, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

>> BEFORE I SHOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE INTRODUCED THIS TO TEACHERS, THE IDEA OF THIS, THEY WERE, OF COURSE, EXPECTING THE STUDENT PIECE.

THAT'S SOMETHING COMMON. THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ATTACK THAT, BUT WHEN THEY SAW THE PARENTS, THEY WERE JUST EQUALLY AS EXCITED.

THEY'RE LIKE, "GOOD." BUT WHEN THEY SAW THAT THIS IS ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS STAFF BEHAVIOR, WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THE RESULTS THAT WE SAW, BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, "YES, WE NEED OUR TEACHERS, WE NEED OUR STAFF TO BE PROFESSIONAL.

WE NEED THEM TO MODEL WHAT WE EXPECT OUR FAMILIES TO DO." I LOVE HOW CLAIRE EMPHASIZE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS THAT THIS IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN ALL THREE AREAS.

WE KNOW THAT MEASURING SUCCESS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS.

IN THINKING THROUGH, WHAT IS THE IMPACT THAT WE WANT TO SEE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR BEHAVIORAL DATA.

WHAT IS THE DR. GOBER'S TEAM NOTICING AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS AS WE CONNECT THE DIFFERENT POLICIES WITH THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES WITH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS? ARE WE SEEING A TREND OF IMPROVEMENT IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR? WHAT ABOUT SURVEYS? IS THERE ANY QUALITATIVE DATA THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT REALLY SHOWS HOW PEOPLE ARE LIVING THE CODE, IF YOU WILL? THEN JUST AUDITING OUR OWN IMPLEMENTATION.

ARE THE LESSONS BEING USED IN ACCESS? ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT CHARACTER STRONG LESSONS IS THAT THEY ARE USER SPECIFIC, SO WE'RE ABLE TO LOG IN AND LOOK AT WHAT CAMPUSES ARE USING IT WITH FIDELITY.

ARE THE TEACHERS LOGGING IN? WE KNOW THAT ELEMENTARY ACADEMIC SERVICES IS BUILDING TIME INTO THE CURRICULUM SO THAT TEACHERS CAN ACCESS THESE.

SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US WAS WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A PART OF THE CURRICULUM, A PART OF THE EXPECTATION, AND THAT'S WHAT ACADEMIC SERVICE IS HELPING US WITH.

WE THINK THAT RECOGNITION PROGRAMS ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE SOME AMAZING CELEBRATIONS WITH THE PLANO PROUD AWARD.

WE WANT TO THINK THROUGH STUDENTS AND CAMPUS STAFF AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT LOCALLY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THEN OF COURSE, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, JUST REALLY LOOKING AT THE FEEDBACK WE'RE RECEIVING, WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHAT'S NOT? HOW CAN WE GROW THIS PROGRAM? HOW CAN WE DO BETTER BY OUR COMMUNITY AND CHANGE THINGS AS NEEDED? MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A UNIFIED MOVEMENT.

AGAIN, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THAT THIS IS NOT THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS.

THIS IS TRULY JUST A DISTRICT-WIDE INITIATIVE FROM TEACHING, LEARNING, COUNSELING SERVICES, STUDENT AND FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES.

WE REALLY HAVE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS JUST JUMP IN, VOLUNTEER.

EVEN THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION WANTED A PIECE OF THIS, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPORTING IT, BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP MARKET THIS AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.

THE COVID IS GOING TO HELP US TURN OUR DISTRICT VALUES INTO ACTIONABLE EVERYDAY ITEMS THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO HELP US REALLY DEMONSTRATE WHAT OUR DISTRICT SHOULD BE, WHAT IT IS, REALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

>> IVAN, CLAIRE, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

TRUSTEES, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE TEAM?

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, IF I MAY.

I NOTICED IN YEAR 1, WHICH IS THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE?

>> YES. OUR CHARACTERSTRONG HAS A WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER THAT DEFINES WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING AT HOME AND EXERCISES AND CHALLENGES THAT FAMILIES CAN PARTAKE, WHETHER IT'S A KINDNESS CHALLENGE OR A RESPONSIBILITY CHALLENGE FOR THAT MONTH, AND THEN ALSO CONVERSATION STARTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE TO ADD THOSE ONTO OUR WEBSITE SO FAMILIES CAN EITHER ACCESS IT DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR THEY WILL ACCESS IT THROUGH THEIR CAMPUS MORES, ALSO THROUGH COUNSELING, AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW IN OUR WORLD, A LITTLE MORE KINDNESS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. THIS IS GREAT.

>> JUST CLAIRE AND SHARON AND THE TEAM HAVE JUST BEEN COMING UP WITH IDEAS LIKE WHAT THEMES CAN WE EMPHASIZE ON A MONTHLY BASIS? HOW CAN WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO REALLY PUSH SOME OF THIS WORK? WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS DURING YEAR 1,

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WHILE ELEMENTARY IS IMPLEMENTING THIS, WE WANT TO EXPOSE OUR ALL ADMINISTRATORS WITH THIS WORK, AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE THEM IN ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN THEN TURN AROUND AND DO WITH THEIR CAMPUS OR WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE'LL BE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.

>> I HAVE TO ADD THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I WAS EXCITED THAT DR. WILLIAMS WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HER.

I THINK WHEN WE LET OUR CHILDREN GO WHEN THEY GRADUATE, PART OF PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF OUR CCMR MEASUREMENTS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING GOOD PEOPLE OUT INTO THE WORLD THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD PROBLEM SOLVERS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE USING TEKS, SO NOBODY CAN ARGUE THAT THIS IS STEPPING PAST A LINE BECAUSE THIS IS REQUIRED STUFF WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING.

ARE WE CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT ANY KIND OF PUSHBACK AGAINST VALUE-JUDGING THINGS, WE'RE FORCING FAMILIES TO DO THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO?

>> IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE STARTED THIS WORK TO REALLY CONNECT TO POLICY TO CONNECT TO THE STUDENT AND STAFF HANDBOOKS, SO THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ALREADY.

THEN WHEN SHARON BRADLEY BROUGHT IN THE IDEA OF CONNECTING THIS TO THE TEKS, WE FELT A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TYPE OF QUESTION, THAT CONCERN.

IT FORCED US TO LOOK AT THE CONTENT THAT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS HAD ALREADY CREATED AND LOOK AT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND THEN TAKE IT BACK TO OUR TEACHERS WITH THAT SAME IDEA.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE TEKS, WE'RE TEACHING THE TEKS.

THEY LOVED THAT IDEA, AND I THINK THAT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO BUILD THE FRAMEWORK AROUND THAT IDEA WITHOUT THAT HESITATION.

BEFORE WE CONNECTED IT TO TEKS, YES, I MIGHT SEE THAT CONCERN, BUT NOW WE'RE STICKING TO THAT, AND I THINK IT WAS JUST BRILLIANT.

>> IVAN, CAN YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SLIDE NUMBER.

THAT'S FINE. EITHER ONE OF THOSE IS FINE.

BECAUSE YOU SEE THE FOUR TENETS THERE OF TRUSTWORTHINESS, RESPONSIBILITY, CARING, AND CITIZENSHIP.

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REFUTE THESE THINGS, THAT'S THE RIGHT TO, BUT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH, CARING, AND CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY TRUST US TO DO.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

WE HAVE A VISION STATEMENT.

IT'S AROUND THE WALL.

RIGHT THERE, YOU'RE STANDING RIGHT BY DEDICATED TO CARING.

THAT'S ONE. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, WE HAVE ATTRIBUTES THAT REALLY SPELL OUT THOSE SOFT SKILLS.

THE GOOD STUDENTS THAT WE WANT TO GRADUATE AND TO MOVE INTO THE WORLD, I BELIEVE EARLIER WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR TEACHERS THAT IN THE PROFESSION THAT THEY'RE IN, THAT SOMETIMES THEY FEEL DEVALUED AND DISRESPECTED BY THE UNKINDNESS.

IN JERI'S PARTING COMMENTS EARLIER, SHE EXPRESSED THE UNKINDNESS.

WHAT ARE WE MODELING? I DO KNOW THAT THIS GROUP HERE AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT I GET TO WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT BEING KIND AND CARING AND RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY AND HOLDING OURSELVES TO THAT HIGHER STANDARD IS IMPORTANT AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, HOW WE INTERACT AS WE NAVIGATE EVERY DAY, AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF WORK, JUST GOING OUT TO EAT AND GOING SHOPPING AT THE GROCERY STORE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN THE WORLD THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, BUT WE CAN CONTROL EVERY DAY OUR WORKPLACE, WE CAN CONTROL HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES, WE CAN CONTROL THE GREAT CLASSROOMS THAT WE HAVE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LOVING, CARING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, LOVING, CARING WORKPLACES, AND THAT WE'RE CARRYING OURSELVES AND YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TA, TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON CHARACTER ED, BUT IT REALLY ALIGNS WITH OUR PORTRAIT AND ALIGNS WITH OUR VISION STATEMENT,

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AND ALIGNS WITH OUR LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE WORKED ON FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE GROUP NOT JUST TAKING FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS, BUT REALLY THEN CONNECTING IT TO OUR STANDARDS, CONNECTING IT TO OUR VISION STATEMENT, CONNECTING IT TO THE PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE, AND CONNECTING IT TO OUR LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK.

>> I LOVE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK UNDER CITIZENSHIP, THE FIRST THING IT SAYS IS CONCERN FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT JERI WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, IT IS A PUBLIC GOOD.

IT IS A COMMON GOOD IN OUR CULTURE, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

ACTUALLY, IT'S LONGER, IF YOU GO BACK TO DE TOCQUEVILLE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EDUCATION IN THE 1830S, HE IS A FRENCHMAN CAME OVER AND SAW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO READ.

THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRACY.

EDUCATION AND BEING EDUCATED IS JUST PART OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA INCREDIBLE.

WE VALUE AS AMERICANS PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I LOVE THAT. I TIED THIS TO WHAT JERI TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

BOTH OF OUR SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT BEING CARING, OUR TEACHERS TALK ABOUT THE DIGNITY OF THE WORK OF BEING AN EDUCATOR, AND SOMETIMES HOW FRUSTRATING IT CAN BE WHEN THERE ARE ATTACKS FROM THE MEDIA, THE LARGER CULTURE, PARENTS.

IT CAN BE ANYBODY. IT COULD BE FELLOW TEACHERS.

ANYBODY CAN ATTACK THE DIGNITY OF AN EDUCATOR.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT THESE ARE THE NORMS. I KEEP THINKING OF A COVID ZOOM CALL, THEY ALWAYS WERE LIKE, "THE NORMS WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH FOR THIS CALL ARE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH." TO ME, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS, IT'S ACTUALIZING OUR HANDBOOK AND OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.

THEN JUST SPEAK TO WHAT THE SECOND SPEAKER WAS TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS REALLY ALSO FOR PARENTS TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT DOES INTERACTING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOK LIKE.

WHETHER IT BE THE TEACHER OR THE PRINCIPAL, YOU CAN STILL OFFER COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT'S YOUR CHILD, THERE'S A MODEL.

THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT.

I APPRECIATE THIS WORK SO MUCH.

THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY BECAUSE OUR REPORTS HAVE BEEN ABOUT BUDGET, COMPENSATION, SOPS, AND NOW THIS, WE HAVEN'T DIRECTLY TALKED ABOUT HOW WE IMPROVE RESULTS FOR KIDS, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT MICHAEL, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BACKBURNER FOR THIS MEETING, BUT THIS IS ALL ESSENTIAL WORK TO HELP US CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THE CARE TEAM AND TO COUNSEL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING THIS INFORMATION AND ALIGNING IT VERY INTENTIONALLY TO CHARACTERSTRONG LESSONS.

THE WORK THAT CLAIRE HAS SHOWN THE TEAM, AMY, IT IS MONTH BY MONTH BASED ON THESE AND CONNECTING IT DIRECTLY TO THE TEAM.

IT'S REALLY GOOD WORK.