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>> THANKS, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
I'M LAUREN TYRA, BOARD PRESIDENT, PRESIDING OFFICER, NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.I CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING IN THE PLANO ISD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2025.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE.
AT THIS TIME, I ASKED SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.
I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF SEATED AT THE DIAS TO OUR GUESTS.
SUPERINTENDENT, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANCE, TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN, TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON HIS WAY, WILL BE HERE VERY SHORTLY.
SEATED TO MY RIGHT, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY.
LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, AND IVAN CANTU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION.
THIS EVENING, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR SENIOR HIGH SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAMS. LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS.
WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND STUDENTS, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES?
>> THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ON THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> THANK YOU STUDENTS FOR LEADING THOSE PLEDGES FOR US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING WITH ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
YOU ALL CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS FOR NOW.
[3. RECOGNITIONS]
WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3 ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS RECOGNITIONS.WE ARE SO PROUD 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 AROUND THE ROOM.
FIRST, PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE 24 PLANO ISD STUDENTS WHO EARN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
THESE STUDENTS, WHOSE NAMES ARE DISPLAYED HERE ON OUR MONITORS WERE SOME OF THE 2,900 RECIPIENTS NATIONWIDE, CHOSEN BY OFFICIALS SPONSORING EACH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
THE AWARDS RANGE $500-2,000 ANNUALLY FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDY AT THE INSTITUTION FINANCING THE SCHOLARSHIP.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE SCHOLARS.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT FOR AIDEN HAYES, A PROUD PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH ALUMNI AND STAND OUT AT THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK TEAM.
AIDEN WAS THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPION IN THE HIGH JUMP AND RECENTLY FINISHED SECOND IN THE NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN EUGENE, OREGON.
AIDEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE MAKING US PLANO ISD PROUD.
[APPLAUSE] THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION PROUDLY CELEBRATED 20 OUTSTANDING PLANO ISD TEACHERS IN LATE JULY FOR COMPLETING THEIR TEACHER EXTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES THIS SUMMER.
A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE 15 HOST COMPANIES OPENING THEIR DOORS AND SHARING REAL WORLD INSIGHT.
THIS IS EMPOWERING OUR EDUCATORS WITH VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE TO BETTER PREPARE AND INSPIRE OUR STUDENTS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THESE AMAZING TEACHERS ON THEIR SUCCESS.
NOW THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SOME AMAZING, I PROMISE I CAN TALK AND I CAN READ.
THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SOME AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS THIS EVENING IN PERSON.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. KEVIN MOORE, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST RECOGNITION. DR. MOORE. [APPLAUSE]
>> HI, EVERYONE. THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WAS FORMED IN 1925, AND IS AN ANNUAL COMPETITION OPEN TO STUDENTS THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE AND HOLDS THE DISTINCTION AS THE NATION'S LARGEST AND LONGEST RUNNING EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION.
THE BEE ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PERFECT THE ART OF SPELLING, TO ENLARGE THEIR VOCABULARIES, AND TO WIDEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
ADVANCING TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF THE BEE IS NO EASY TASK.
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TO GET THERE, STUDENTS MUST WIN THEIR CAMPUS BEE, COMPETE IN OUR DISTRICT BEE, AND SECURE ONE OF SIX PLANO ISD SPOTS AT THE COLLIN COUNTY BEE, PLACING AT THE COUNTY BEE SENDS YOU TO THE DALLAS REGIONAL BEE, WHERE YOU WERE TELEVISED TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST OF THE BEST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.A TOP RANK AT THE REGIONAL BEE PUNCHES YOUR TICKET FOR THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH IS BROADCAST ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, RISING EIGHTH GRADER FAIZAN ZAKI HAS ADVANCED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF THE BEE NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES.
LAST YEAR IN 2024, WE WERE ALL CRUSHED WHEN FAIZAN WAS CROWNED THE RUNNER UP AFTER A VALIANT FIGHT AND A RARE SPELL OFF.
BUT THIS YEAR, AFTER BEGINNING ROUND 1 WITH 243 SPELLERS AND CONTINUING THROUGH 20 MORE ROUNDS OF SPELLING AND VOCABULARY, FAIZAN WAS CROWNED THE CHAMPION OF THE 2025 SCRIPTS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.
[APPLAUSE]. IN CHATTING WITH FAIZAN AND HIS FAMILY, JUST BEFORE WE STARTED, I ALSO LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY IS HE A NATIONAL CHAMPION, HE IS A GLOBAL CHAMPION, BECAUSE TWO WEEKS AGO, HE WENT TO CHINA ON INVITATION AND BECAME THE GLOBAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION FROM CHINA.
[APPLAUSE] I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF FOLLOWING FAIZAN'S JOURNEY AS A PART OF MY ROLE IN LEADING PLANO ISD SPELLING BEE.
WHETHER COMPETING AT THE CAMPUS, DISTRICT, COUNTY, REGION, OR NATIONAL LEVEL, I HAVE SEEN FAIZAN CONDUCT HIMSELF WITH CLASS, HUMILITY, AND A SENSE OF HUMOR.
ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS I GOT TO WITNESS WAS AT THE 2024 DALLAS REGIONAL BEE, WHERE FAIZAN WAS MOBBED FOR PHOTOS AND AUTOGRAPHS FOR FELLOW COMPETITORS THAT WERE ALSO JUST FANS.
JUST AS FAIZAN HAS LOOKED UP TO FORMER BEE LEGENDS OVER THE YEARS, HE NOW TAKES HIS PLACE AS A LEGEND THAT FUTURE SPELLERS WILL CONTINUE TO ASPIRE TO THE LEVEL OF.
FAIZAN ZAKI IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE PLANO ISD MISSION AND EMBODIES THE ADAGE THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF.
BETWEEN SCHOOL, STUDYING FOR THE BEE FOR HOURS EACH DAY, FINDING SOME TIME FOR HIS SUPPORTIVE FAMILY, SUPPORTING THE MAVS AND PLAYING THE OCCASIONAL VIDEO GAME, FAIZAN HAS SHOWN THAT HE IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO CARING, POWERED BY LEARNING, AND WE IN PLANO ISD COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF HIM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR 2025 SCRIPTS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION, PLANO ISD'S VERY OWN, GIVE IT UP FOR FAIZAN ZAKI. [APPLAUSE]
>> SINCE YOU LIKE THE MAVS, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY FOR ALL OF US, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRADE YOU LIKE THE MAVS DID TO LUCA. NOT TRADING.
FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'M PLEASED TO INVITE CASSIDY MCQUISTON, FINE ARTS, COORDINATOR FOR DANCE SPEECH AND THEATER TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD NEXT STUDENT RECOGNITION. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING. PLANO ISD SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAMS THIS EVENING.
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR VILLAGE.
THE STAFF HERE AT PLANO ISD AND THE SUPPORT OF LOVED ONES HAVE SHAPED AND SUPPORTED THESE INCREDIBLE STUDENTS ALONG THEIR JOURNEY AND PROBABLY SEEN THEM TALKING TO WALLS AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE RECEIVING END AS THEY'VE HONED THEIR DEBATE SKILLS OVER THE YEARS.
WE'RE FIRST GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN MAY, AS YOU WERE HERE AT A BOARD MEETING JUST LIKE THIS, THE UIL STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE WAS TAKING PLACE.
THE TOURNAMENT BRINGS TOGETHER TEXAS TOP HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL IN AUSTIN.
WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS FROM PLANO WEST HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REGGIE CHAPMAN, DAVE HOUSTON, AND MEGHAN CLARK, ANIKA SAKURI, TOOK SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE IN PROS INTERPRETATION.
[APPLAUSE] WE DO A LITTLE PICTURE.
THEN SHE COULD NOT JOIN US, BUT CAITLIN FAN IS OUR STATE CHAMPION IN PERSUASIVE SPEAKING FROM PLANO ISD.
[APPLAUSE] IN ADDITION TO THE STUDENT SUCCESS, PLANO WEST EARNED THIRD PLACE SWEEPSTAKES AT STATE THIS YEAR.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES FOR THIS AND THEN MOVE TO NATIONALS?
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[BACKGROUND]. THANK YOU SO MUCH.[APPLAUSE] NOW, THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT IS THE LARGEST ACADEMIC COMPETITION IN THE WORLD.
AT THE 2025 NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT, MORE THAN 6,300 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMPETED IN DES MOINES, 54 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE FROM PLANO ISD.
THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT WAS ESPECIALLY HISTORIC AS IT MARKED ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
SIMPLY QUALIFYING FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT IS PLACES STUDENTS AMONG THE TOP PERFORMERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND ADVANCING THROUGH MULTIPLE ELIMINATION ROUNDS TO FINALS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REGGIE CHAPMAN, DAVE HOUSTON, MEGHAN CLARK, TARA ERRY.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE FINALIST, [APPLAUSE] AND SHE GOT TO DEBATE ON THE FLOOR OF THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL AS THE FINALIST.
OUR NEXT PERSON WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT DEFINITELY DESERVES THE RECOGNITION IS RYAN XU, WHO PLAYED SECOND IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU MADE IT. OH, FANTASTIC. HE'S HERE.
SORRY. LET'S DO THIS WE ARE GOING TO RESET. YOU ARE READY? FOR OUR SECOND PLACE IN THE COUNTRY IN INTERNATIONAL EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, RYAN XU.
[APPLAUSE] AS THEY'RE POSING FOR THIS PHOTO, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT PLANO WEST IS AN OUTSTANDING SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION, PLACING TOP 10 IN THE COUNTRY FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW.
MOVING OVER TO THE EAST SIDE FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF [INAUDIBLE] AND MIRANDA VILLANUEVA WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE PRANAV GORTY FOR BEING A CONGRESSIONAL HOUSE FINALIST WHO ALSO DEBATED ON THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL HOUSE CHAMBER.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, AND FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NOW RETIRED ROBERT SHEPHERD, WE HAVE OUR FIFTH PLACE IN THE COUNTRY IN PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION, ESTHER JESSE.
[APPLAUSE] ALSO, YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN THE TOP 20 IN THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.
I GOT TO TRAVEL WITH THEM AND YOU WOULD BE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT THEY REPRESENTED PLANO ISD ON A NATIONAL STAGE. THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE]
I'D LIKE TO INVITE DR. JENNIFER PEARSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION TO THE PODIUM. DR. PEARSON.
>> AWESOME. WELL, THE GOOD NEWS CONTINUES ON.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TYRA, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. WILLIAMS, AND MEMBERS OF CABINET.
VERY PLEASED TO SHARE THESE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH YOU TONIGHT REGARDING OUR DISTRICT IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
FIRST, I WILL START OFF WITH A CELEBRATION THAT PLANO ISD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE AWARD OF OUTSTANDING DISTINCTION FROM THE TX ETA, WHICH IS THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION.
THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION AWARD OF DISTINCTION RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS THAT ARE MAKING OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO RAISING STANDARDS FOR THEATER EDUCATION THROUGH ACHIEVEMENT, CURATION OF RESOURCES, DIVERSITY, AND ADVOCACY FOR THEATER ARTS.
THIS PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS SCHOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING THEATER EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
TO ACHIEVE THIS STATUS, SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS MUST ANNUALLY SUBMIT A DETAILED APPLICATION, DEMONSTRATING THEIR DEDICATION TO THEATER THROUGH MULTIPLE AVENUES.
POINTS ARE AWARDED BASED ON A RANGE OF CRITERIA, INCLUDING QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, A ROBUST PLAY LIBRARY, AND ACCESS TO ACTING SPACES, COMMUNITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THEATER PROGRAMS, STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE UIL CONTEST, PARTICIPATION IN THEATRICAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS, AND THEATER TECHNOLOGY.
THIS ACHIEVE REFLECTS THE ONGOING PASSION AND HARD WORK OF THE THEATER, EDUCATOR STUDENTS, AND SUPPORTERS WHO ENSURE THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS
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REMAIN A VITAL AND THRIVING PART OF OUR SCHOOL CULTURE.ACCEPTING THIS AWARD IS DR. PHILIP MORGAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, AND MISS CASSIDY MCQUISTON, COORDINATOR OF THEATER SPEECH AND DANCE. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE AMAZING NEWS.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE THAT PLANO ISD HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED A DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION BY THE TAEA, WHICH IS THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AWARDS ITS ANNUAL DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION HONOR FOR THOSE DISTRICTS PROVIDING A WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT ADVOCATES AND INTEGRATES VISUAL ARTS CURRICULUM TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY AND BUILD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THAT CONNECT LEARNERS TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
AS THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR THE VISUAL ARTS IN THE STATE, TAEA RECOGNIZES WINNERS IN ONLY 109 DISTRICTS THAT MET THE HIGH STANDARD TO EARN THIS OUTSTANDING HONOR, AND WE WERE ONE OF THEM.
FOR THE 2025 AWARD, OVER 1,200 DISTRICTS WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, INDICATING THAT PLANO ISD IS IN THE TOP 8% IN ART EDUCATION OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
EACH DISTRICT SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION THEY MET FROM THE 14 POINT RUBRIC OVER THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, AND PISD HAS SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR A SIX CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR ARTS ADVOCACY, ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY, AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS.
ACCEPTING THIS AWARD ON THE BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT IS DR. PHILIP MORGAN, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, AND COLIN MCGRANE, COORDINATOR OF K-12 VISUAL ARTS.
>> AS THAT WAS OUR FINAL RECOGNITION, TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY BRIEF COMMENTS FOR ANY OF OUR AWARDEES TONIGHT?
>> I JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO FAIZAN.
I TALKED TO MY FRIEND IN VERMONT.
HER NAME IS PHOENIX, AND SHE'S BEEN TO THE NATIONAL SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS FROM VERMONT, AND SHE WAS FAN GIRLING WHEN I TOLD HER THAT YOU'RE IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEN TO SPEECH AND DEBATE, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT NATIONALS AND STATE ARE AND WHAT AN HONOR.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR RECOGNIZED FOLKS, WHETHER YOUR STAFF, WHETHER YOUR STUDENTS, FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN PLANO ISD.
ALSO, I'LL JUST POINT OUT PLANO EAST, PLANO SENIOR HIGH, AND RISE PRINCIPALS ARE HERE, AND THE PRINCIPALS HAVE A REALLY CRITICAL JOB IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE HALLWAYS, AT MEETINGS, EVERYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALL PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THESE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR FACULTY SPONSORS WHO HAVE COME AND OUR ARTS ADMINISTRATORS.
I THINK THE SUPERINTENDENT MIGHT HAVE AWARD.
>> WELL, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF, I WANT TO MENTION, THAT'S ALL THREE FEEDER PATTERNS IN PLANO ISD, THAT ARE EXCELING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
[APPLAUSE] BUT TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR AMAZING FINE ARTS PROGRAMS AND DIRECTORS AND ALL OF OUR FINE ARTS TEACHERS, WE COULD NOT BE PROUDER.
PLANO ISD PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE TALENT, AND EVERY SINGLE BIT OF PASSION EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THE WORK AND TO THE OUTCOMES AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE AND FAIZAN.
WOW. THANKS FOR MAKING HISTORY FOR PLANO ISD, AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND I KNOW YOUR FAMILY IS SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND YOU'VE HAD A VERY EXCITING SUMMER.
I THINK THE THE FAN BASE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IS QUITE AMAZING AND TO OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPETED AND WON AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR YOU AND YOUR FUTURE. AMAZING.
>> LET'S GIVE EVERYONE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] FOR ALL OUR HONOR REASON GUESTS,
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YOU'RE NOW WELCOME TO LEAVE THE BOARD ROOM AT THIS TIME AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4,
[4. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.
NON AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
>> DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING?
>> PRESIDENT, TYRA, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD TO HOLD THIS MEETING IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE PUBLIC WILL ABIDE BY THE RULES IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETINGS 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 WERE SPEAKING ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC THAT THEY LISTED ON 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, D, G, B, A, F, N, G, N, G, F. 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 WILL BE OUT OF ORDER AND YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.
SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
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 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, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER?
>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS JENNIFER REAGAN, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING?
>> NO. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. I'M JENNIFER REAGAN.
I AM A PLANO ISD RESIDENT AND PARENT.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TONIGHT.
I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 9.8, THE SB LOCAL.
I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT ADOPT THE POLICY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT AND INSTEAD VOTE TO ADOPT A VERSION OF THE POLICY THAT DOES NOT ESTABLISH A SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL OR A SLAC.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT REQUIRED BY SB 13 UNLESS 50 PARENTS OR 10% OF PARENTS FORMALLY PETITION FOR ONE BY PREEMPTIVELY ESTABLISHING A SLAC.
THE DISTRICT IS ADOPTING THE MOST SEVERE AND DETRIMENTAL FORM OF A LAW THAT WAS ALREADY DESIGNED TO HARM SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AND EDUCATORS.
MY CONCERNS WITH THE PREEMPTIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SLAC ARE THE FOLLOWING.
THE SLACS ARE TASKED WITH REVIEWING EVERY NEW LIBRARY BOOK BEFORE PURCHASE, A GROUP OF 5-7 PARENTS, AND YES, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE EMPLOYEES AND LIBRARIANS THAT ASSIST WITH THAT, BUT A GROUP OF 5-7 PARENTS WITH NO REQUIRED EDUCATION OR EXPERTISE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE OR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT MEETING TWICE A YEAR, AT MINIMUM, CANNOT REALISTICALLY REVIEW THE VOLUME OF TITLES THAT PISD CONSIDERS EACH YEAR, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THIS NUMBER WOULD BE IN THE THOUSANDS WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
CONSIDERING THIS WORKLOAD, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SLAC WOULD NOT RESULT IN MAJOR DELAYS IN PURCHASING NEW BOOKS AND GETTING THEM IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS.
AVOIDING THIS SLAC WILL ALLOW THE PISD CURRICULUM TEAM, LIBRARIANS, AND ADMINISTRATORS TO CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB AS IS ALREADY DEFINED IN POLICY, WHICH THEY SPENT YEARS AND YEARS GETTING AN EDUCATION FOR.
WITHOUT ADDING LAYERS OF DELAYS AND EXTRA WORK.
SB 13 ALREADY REQUIRES DISTRICTS TO POST BOOK PURCHASE LISTS ONLINE FOR 30 DAYS FOR COMMENT AND REVIEW.
THIS ALLOWS PARENTS TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
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ADDITIONALLY, PISD ALREADY HAS A BOOK CHALLENGE PROCESS, WHICH FURTHER ALLOWS PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE.ADDING A SLAC ONLY DUPLICATES STEPS AND INTRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN THOUGHTFULLY TO MY CONCERNS AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT DOES NOT ESTABLISH A SLAC. THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS GIANT RATLIFF, PLANO ISD PARENT AND RESIDENT.
>> HI, MR. RATLIFF. WOULD YOU LIKE A ONE MINUTE WARNING?
>> NO. I'M GOOD. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT ONE OF MY [INAUDIBLE] MR. JONES.
AS ACTUALLY SERIOUSLY IN MY 10 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT, THAT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PRINCIPAL I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
I'M GIANT RATLIFF, PLANO ISD PARENT.
MY SON IS A STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT.
I'VE BEEN HERE EVER TIME BEFORE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT A AGENDA ITEM 9.2.
I THINK THAT'S THE STUDENT FUNDRAISER PART OF THE AGENDA.
I THINK THE THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE DEFINITION AROUND THE WORD CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEE CONTROL OVER THE FUND RAISER BECAUSE YOU DON'T CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT DOES THAT CONTROL MEAN? IS IT MEANING THAT EMPLOYEE IS LURKING IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO RAISE THE FUNDS? IS IT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE RAISING THE MONEY? IS IT THAT EMPLOYEE IS SENDING EMAILS AND THREATENING TO WITHHOLD PRIVILEGES FROM STUDENTS IF THEY DON'T ENGAGE IN THE FUND RAISER? MAKING SURE YOU'RE DEFINING CONTROL, JUST SAYING CONTROL CAN BE LOOSELY HELD.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD ALSO SAY TO MAKE SURE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED FOR THE KIDS THAT RAISED THEM. I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
DURING MY SON'S TIME PERIOD, AND I'VE BEEN A BAND BOOSTER PARENT AS WELL AS A FOOTBALL BOOSTER PARENT.
THE NINTH GRADE TEAM RAISED ABOUT $30,000.
THOSE FUNDS WENT INTO A GENERAL FUND THAT WAS ENDED UP BEING USED BY THE VARSITY WHEN I ASKED THE COACH, HEY, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GOING TO THE NINTH GRADE TEAM, THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, I GOT THEM A WAGON AND I GOT THEM A SPEAKER.
THEN I SAID, WELL, HOW ARE THEY USING THE MONEY? THE REPLY WAS, WELL, THEY'LL GET TO IT WHEN THEY GET TO VARSITY.
WELL, OUT OF THE 135 NINTH GRADERS THAT WAS ON THAT TEAM, ONLY 40 ARE SENIORS THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
I GUESS THEY WON'T NEVER GET TO USE IT.
THEY DON'T EVEN PRACTICE OVER AT THE EAST CAMPUS.
WE NEED TO ENSURE BASED ON WHAT UILS OWN POLICY SAYS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUESTS BENEFIT AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOCUMENT THAT IN OUR LANGUAGE, THAT THE MONIES RAISED BENEFIT EVERY KID, NOT JUST TO SELECT FEW AND NOT ASKING THIS NUMBER OF KIDS TO RAISE THE MONEY SO THAT 60 OR 70 OVER HERE WE USE IT AND YOU MAY ONE DAY GET TO IT.
I WOULD ALSO SAY ADDITIONALLY, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DEFINE WHAT THOSE FUNDRAISERS AND SEPARATE DELINEATE THE LINE BETWEEN BOOSTER FUND RAISERS AND THE DISTRICT FUND RAISERS REALLY LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY CLEAR.
IS IT REALLY A BOOSTER FUND RAISER IF NOBODY FROM THE BOOSTER IS PRESENT? YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT IS REALLY NOT A BOOST TO FUND RAISER.
I'VE RAISED THIS CONCERN SEVERAL TIMES.
NOBODY LITERALLY HAS LISTENED TO ME.
I'VE BEEN ALERTING THIS FLAG FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPELL OUT SPECIFICALLY THAT THE COACHES PROVIDE AND GET APPROVAL FROM THE WISHLIST, LIKE UIL HAS REQUIRED THEM TO DO FROM THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR.
I HAVE REQUESTED FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THE WISHLIST FROM FOOTBALL AND FROM BAND, AND I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSIVE RECORDS FROM THE OPEN RECORDS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST.
THAT MEANS EITHER THE COACHES AREN'T DOING IT OR THE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL JUST DOESN'T CARE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD,
[5. CLOSED SESSION]
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE, SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074.
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
THE TIME IS 7:59 PM.[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 7, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
KEEP THEM UP BECAUSE WE'RE RAISING HANDS A DIFFERENT TIMES.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE NONE OPPOSED.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
Y'ALL WERE DOING THE WAVE OVER THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING A VALID VOTE HERE.
THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.
[8.1 Summer Learning Report]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE REPORT SECTION OF THE MEETING.WE WILL BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 8.1, WHICH IS THE SUMMER LEARNING REPORT, AND MR. STACY SINGLETON, DIRECTOR OF EXPANDED LEARNING PATHWAYS, WILL COME PRESENT. WELCOME.
>> IS YOUR MIC ON, OR CAN YOU PULL IT CLOSER TO YOU?
>> THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THIS SUMMER WAS ALL ABOUT WINNING FOR KIDS, AND THE DATA AND STORIES WE'VE COLLECTED SHOW THAT WE'RE DOING JUST THAT.
FROM STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO TEACHER INNOVATION, OUR PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO GROW IN REACH AND IMPACT.
OVER 6,200 COURSE ENROLLMENTS ACROSS 13 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOL.
WE SERVED OVER 5,000 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ACROSS 12 CAMPUSES, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY OVER 500 DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EARNED OVER 2000 CREDITS THROUGH CREDIT RECOVERY, ESL, AND E-SCHOOL, AND ACTUALLY, OUR E-SCHOOL NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, THAT'S CLOSER TO 700 THAN IT IS 300 NOW.
THESE NUMBERS ALONE SPEAK TO THE SCALE OF THE EFFORT AND TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OFFERING DIVERSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SUMMER.
SUMMER SUCCESS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A SILO, THOUGH.
THIS EFFORT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH COLLABORATION ACROSS MANY DEPARTMENTS, ACADEMIC SERVICES, SPECIAL ED, TRANSPORTATION, PAYROLL, SAFETY, AND COMMUNICATIONS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THIS TRULY WAS A TEAM PLANO ISD OPERATION.
THIS SUMMER, WE SERVE STUDENTS FROM PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE ACROSS A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROGRAMS. OUR MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SUPPORTED OVER 2,400 BILINGUAL AND ESL STUDENTS, INCLUDING NEWCOMERS AND DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
OUR EXPLORATION IN VISUAL ARTS ACADEMY WAS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROGRAMS. IT ENGAGED OVER 1,000 STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-7 WITH CREATIVE HANDS-ON LEARNING.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, CREDIT RECOVERY ESL SUPPORTED OVER 1,100 STUDENTS COMPLETING OVER 2,200 COURSES TO STAY ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION.
THESE PROGRAMS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, INNOVATION, AND ACCESS, ALL WHILE KEEPING STUDENTS ENGAGED AND LEARNING THROUGH THE SUMMER.
NOW, FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, LAST SUMMER, WE INTRODUCED SOME NEW COURSES AT OUR EXPLORATION PROGRAM, AND WE CONTINUED THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL, OFFERING NEW INNOVATIVE ENRICHMENT OFFERINGS.
A COUPLE OF OUR MOST FAVORITE AND HIGHLY PARTICIPATED IN COURSES WERE OUR STORYBOOK CHEF AND OUR CHEF'S ACADEMY.
AT ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THOSE ARE BRAND NEW THIS SUMMER, AND THOSE WERE FILLING UP.
LAST SUMMER, WE INTRODUCED AN ADVANCED VERTICAL ROBOTS FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS.
WELL, WE EXPANDED THAT DOWN TO OUR ELEMENTARY THIS YEAR, WHICH IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AS WELL.
THEN WE INCORPORATED SOME NEW ROBOTICS PROGRAMS AS WELL.
FOR ELEMENTARY, WE INTRODUCED BOT LAB, AND THEN FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE INTRODUCED OUR BUILD CODE, COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS.
THESE PROGRAMS BLEND CREATIVITY, REAL-WORLD SKILLS, AND HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING IN A WAY THAT'S BOTH FUN AND ACADEMICALLY MEANINGFUL.
OUR TEACHERS WERE JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC AS THE STUDENTS.
WE HEARD GREAT THINGS THIS SUMMER, LIKE IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR.
EVERYTHING WAS SUPER ORGANIZED.
THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES FOR ME.
THIS FEEDBACK REFLECTS THE CAREFUL PLANNING, CLEAR COMMUNICATION, AND STRONG ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT THAT HELPED OUR STAFF FEEL SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
PARENTS HAVE ALSO NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE TOO.
ONE PRE-K PARENT TOLD US THAT HER CHILD'S CONFIDENCE GREW.
SHE BECAME MORE INDEPENDENT AND VERY HAPPY.
ANOTHER PARENT SHARED HOW THEIR CHILD TRIED NEW FOODS, AND THIS WAS IN OUR COOKING CLASS,
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AND COULDN'T WAIT TO FINISH DESIGNING HER OWN TREE HOUSE.THIS LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT IS WHAT SUMMER LEARNING IS ALL ABOUT: CURIOSITY, CONFIDENCE, AND JOY OF LEARNING.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR EXPLORATION PARTICIPANTS THERE, AND JUST THE JOY THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR FACE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY GOT TO TRY DURING THEIR EXPLORATION PROGRAM.
IN SUMMARY, THIS SUMMER WASN'T JUST ABOUT FILLING TIME.
THE IMPACT WE MADE, ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY, SETS OUR STUDENTS UP FOR A STRONG START THIS FALL.
IT'S THANKS TO THE EFFORT OF EVERY STAFF MEMBER, EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY PARTNER WHO MADE THESE PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PRESENTATION WITH A SHORT VIDEO THAT WAS CREATED BY ONE OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, TIFFANY ALEXANDER.
IF I CAN FIND THE MOUSE, THAT WOULD HELP. THERE WE GO.
THIS IS ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THIS EXPLORATION PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND LET'S KEEP WINNING FOR KIDS.
>> THANK YOU, SASSY. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES, WHAT COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ALL LOOKED AMAZING, AND IT'S MAKING ME REGRET THAT SUMMER SCHOOL OF LEARNING HOW TO TYPE.
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT SCHOOL YEAR FOCUSED, IF YOU WILL, AND THEME, WHICH YOU'LL UNDERSTAND, AND THESE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ANSWERED RIGHT NOW, BUT SHARE SOME THOUGHTS, AND THEN WE CAN PUT A DATE ON A BOARD UPDATE.
I WAS CURIOUS ON OUR MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS. A LOT OF STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE MULTILINGUAL SUMMER SCHOOL.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE DENIAL RATE.
IF WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE FREE SUMMER PROGRAM, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT DECLINE THAT SUMMER PROGRAM, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING IF WE'RE SERVING THE KIDS THAT WE NEED TO SERVE THERE? THE SECOND QUESTION IS BOTH RELATED TO THAT AND A LITTLE BIT BROADER, WHICH IS YOU'VE PROVIDED REALLY NICE ANECDOTAL COMMENTS FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS HOW THEY SAW THEIR STUDENTS GROWING.
FROM A PROGRAM EVALUATION STANDPOINT, YOU'VE MADE CHANGES TO SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
LIKE WHEN MY SON STARTED, SIG WAS FOR PACE KIDS, AND THERE WASN'T FOR A LOT OF OUR GENERAL EDUCATION POPULATION.
WE DIDN'T HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERINGS, AND WE'VE GREATLY EXPANDED WHO CAN DO SUMMER SCHOOL BEYOND MULTILINGUAL AND PACE AND OTHER TUTORING THAT HAD BEEN MANDATED BY STATE LAW DURING COVID.
I'M CURIOUS FROM A PROGRAM EVALUATION STANDPOINT, HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT THESE KIDS AS THEY PROGRESS INTO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, AND SEEING LOOKING AT MAP SCORES OR LOOKING AT OTHER DATA, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE INVESTMENT IN
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THESE ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS AND IN PARTICULAR, MULTILINGUAL KIDS, HOW IS THAT TRANSLATING INTO CHANGES IN STUDENT OUTCOMES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR? AGAIN, TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE ON MY MIND DON'T NEED AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER RIGHT NOW UNLESS YOU HAVE THOUGHTS TO SHARE.>> WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
I WILL SAY ABOUT THE PRE-K KINDER MULTILINGUAL, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER ON THE DENIALS.
A LOT OF OUR POPULATIONS TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY DURING JUNE.
WE SEE 1,000 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER.
THAT'S GROWN FROM THE FIRST SUMMER THAT I DID THIS.
WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED THAT PRE-K KINDER PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GETTING, I THINK, BETTER COMMUNICATION NOW THAN WE EVER HAVE WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
WE ARE PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY AT THE THREE CAMPUSES THAT WE WERE AT THIS PAST SUMMER, AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO EXPAND BACK TO A FOURTH CAMPUS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THERE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE DENIAL NUMBERS, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION OFF TOP OF MY HEAD.
AS FAR AS QUESTION NUMBER 2, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE A PROGRAM EVALUATION ON, SO WE'LL NEED TO LOOK TO SEE.
IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO START RATHER THAN GOING BACK.
IN ORDER TO HAVE GOOD DATA, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CODED STUDENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CODE IF THEY'VE ATTENDED SUMMER SCHOOL OR NOT, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE IN THE REQUIRED.
>> AWESOME. NO OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> NO. I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW-UP BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR AS A RISING FIFTH GRADER.
I THINK I LIKE THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAYBE LOOK AT IT MOVING FORWARD, ONLY BECAUSE SHE DID AN ACTING CLASS, CREATIVE WRITING, AND THEN A DRAWING CLASS.
I DON'T KNOW ACADEMICALLY AS AN ENRICHMENT, HOW MUCH THAT WOULD HELP HER AS MUCH AS IT WAS SUSTAINING.
WOULD THAT HELP HER ON THE STAR THE NEXT YEAR OR MAP? I DON'T KNOW.
>> A GREAT QUESTION. TRUSTEES. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. SUPERINTENDENTS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN ELEVATING AND AMPLIFYING OUR SUMMER OFFERING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER, AND THE MANY TEACHERS WHO TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF AND THEN GO RIGHT BACK INTO SUMMER LEARNING.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE SUMMER SCHOOL TEAM.
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM 8.2 ON THE AGENDA,
[8.2 Enhancing Family Engagement & New Communication]
WHICH IS OUR ENHANCING FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND NEW COMMUNICATION REPORT.I WILL INVITE MISS LESLEY RANGE-STANTON, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER, TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? THIS REPORT IS GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT RELATED TO THE NEW LEGISLATION.
THINK OF THIS AS MAYBE AN APPETIZER TO THE GIANT ENTREE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEXT, WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN FILTER THROUGH HERE.
>> BEFORE LESLEY STARTS, I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT THAT BECAUSE THERE IN THE SECOND PRESENTATION MAY BE A BETTER PLACE TO LEND ITSELF TO SOME QUESTIONS.
AS WE START THROUGH TONIGHT, STARTING WITH LESLEY'S UPDATE, WHAT SHE SHARES TONIGHT WILL ACTUALLY COME BACK UP AGAIN IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND ULTIMATELY IN SOME POLICY DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION.
IF YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, OR THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP THAT WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION, I MAY INTERJECT AND JUST SAY, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT, AND THEN NEXT, IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND DR. WILLIAMS. CONTEXT AND COMMITMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO NEW LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND TRANSPARENCY, FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, AND RESPONSIVENESS.
WE ARE STANDARDIZING COMMUNICATION PRACTICES AND TOOLS ACROSS PLANO ISD.
THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES, SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS, AND MEET THE DOCUMENTATION AND SERVICE EXPECTATIONS.
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WE ARE STANDARDIZING COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PARENT, STUDENT, AND COMMUNITY MEMBER KNOWS HOW TO CONNECT WITH US.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INQUIRIES ARE TRACKED AND DOCUMENTED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE ARE FULFILLING STATE AND LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGAGEMENT AND REPORTING.
WE HAVE MOVED TO A UNIFIED SET OF PLATFORMS. I'M GOING TO START WITH TALKING POINTS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE USED MAINLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL TO SECURE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
CSAW REMAINS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH THAT TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, AND OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND COACHES WILL CONTINUE TO USE SPORTS YOU FOR THOSE EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS. THIS APPROACH GUARANTEES THAT PRIVACY, RESPONSIVENESS, AND TRACEABLE INTERACTIONS ARE ALIGNED WITH POLICY REQUIREMENTS.
SORRY, I THINK YOU DIDN'T SEE THE SLIDE.
LOOKING AT CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEVEL COMMUNICATION, WE ARE ALREADY USING LET'S TALK, AND WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THAT USE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE WANT TO IMPORTANTLY ANNOUNCE OR SHARE THAT LET'S TALK HAS NOW PLANO ISD'S BOARD ADOPTED AND WE WANT IT TO BECOME THE OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION PORTAL FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ALL OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, INPUT, AND BOARD-DIRECTED COMMUNICATIONS WOULD BE ROUTED THROUGH LET'S TALK TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, DOCUMENTATION, AND TIMELINESS.
IT'S A PLATFORM THAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW ALREADY, AND WE WANT THEM TO GET TO KNOW IT BETTER.
THIS NEW PROCESS OF USING LET'S TALK THIS WAY, WILL STREAMLINE THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND THE BOARD, SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.
>> WE HAVE THESE STEPS FOR COMMUNICATION.
WE HAVE A SITE OWNER WEBSITE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A FEW YEARS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE MORE TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE STEPS FOR COMMUNICATION.
NUMBER ONE, STAKEHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO START AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL WITH THE TEACHER OR COACH, THE PERSON MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED TO THE ISSUE THAT THEY WANT TO RESOLVE WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
IF IT'S UNRESOLVED, THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE TO WORK WITH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION.
THEN FOR MATTERS REQUIRING A LITTLE MORE SUPPORT, THAT'S WHEN THEY RETURN TO, LET'S TALK.
THE NEXT LEVEL UP MIGHT INCLUDE A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATOR AND POTENTIALLY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
EMERGENCIES ARE STILL DIRECTED AS ALWAYS TO 911.
IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DIRECTING IT TO 911, AND THEN WE STILL MAINTAIN OUR HOTLINES FOR SAFETY OR FRAUD REPORTING.
LOOKING AT STAFF EXPECTATIONS, STAFF WILL BE EXPECTED TO USE THE APPROVED TOOLS FOR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES OR STUDENTS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO MONITOR AND RESPOND TO INQUIRIES PROMPTLY WITHIN 24-48 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES.
THEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION STEPS IF EARLIER STEPS HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN.
IF SOMETHING ESCALATES TO STEP 3 BEFORE STEP 1, THEY'LL BE ENCOURAGED TO GO BACK TO STEP 1 AND FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.
EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES WILL BE TO USE LET'S TALK AS THE DIGITAL CHANNEL AND SUBMITTING QUESTIONS, FEEDBACKS, AND CONCERNS IF STEPS 1 AND 2 HAVE NOT RESOLVED THE ISSUE.
LET'S TALK CAN BE ACCESSED FROM ANY DEVICE AND IT'S AVAILABLE 24/7 ON THE PLANO ISD WEBSITE.
AS WE LAUNCH OUR NEW WEBSITE, PAGES ARE BEING CONNECTED EVERY DAY TO LET'S TALK AND RECONNECTED.
BUT THERE'S A LANDING PAGE WHERE ALL OF THE TOPICS CAN BE ACCESSED ONLINE.
PARENTS AND FAMILIES WILL BE TAUGHT HOW TO FOLLOW THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS OUTLINED IN THIS IN THIS PROTOCOL,
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AND THEN TO EXPECT TIMELY, DOCUMENTED AND TRANSPARENT RESPONSES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.TO ACCESS THE STEPS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, THERE'S A DEDICATED PAGE ON THE WEBSITE, PISD.EDU, COMPLAINT RESOLUTION.
THEN WE HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
WE'VE GOT OUR LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
COHORT 5 HAS BEEN RECENTLY SELECTED.
WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THAT ON FRIDAY TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS.
WE HAD 59 APPLICANTS THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT.
OUR RSVP PROGRAM REMAINS AN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE 65 AND OVER.
THAT IS REALLY POPULAR FOR GRANDPARENTS, ESPECIALLY WHO LIKE TO ATTEND THE FINE ARTS OR ATHLETIC EVENTS.
THEN THERE ARE SOME REALLY FUN CLASSES THAT THEY CAN GET INVOLVED WITH TOO.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES.
OUR VOLUNTEER PLATFORM IS VOLY, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PTA AND OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM.
LAST MONDAY, HAS IT BEEN A WEEK ALREADY, [LAUGHTER] FEELS LIKE A DECADE, WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE, SO BRAND NEW WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE.
FOR NEXT STEPS, WE ARE WORKING ON, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PROVIDING TRAINING AND JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THIS PROCESS IS.
THE STEPS ON THE WEBSITE HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR EVEN IF YOU WANT TO GIVE PRAISE OR COMPLIMENTS, THE FIRST STEP IS TO START WITH THE PERSON CLOSEST TO THE ISSUE, AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH.
LET'S TALK IS THERE IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THIS COMMUNICATION IN SOME CAMPAIGNS AS WE'RE GEARING UP FOR BACK TO SCHOOL AND GOING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THE USAGE AND RESPONSE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE MIGHT BE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING DEDICATED PLATFORMS IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LOOK TO AND USE AS A TOOL FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THEN IN THE COMING DAYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE WE ARE, THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY FOLKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THE TWO-WAY DIGITAL COMMUNICATION, THE NEW PLATFORM, TALKING POINTS, AND THEN LEAN INTO CSAW AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, LESLIE. TRUSTEES. WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE FOR LESLIE?
>> SOME OF OUR TEACHERS USE CLASSDOJO, IS THAT GOING TO GO AWAY AND THE CSAW IS GOING TO TAKE ITS PLACE?
>> WE HAVE DOJO AND I THINK REMIND IS ANOTHER ONE.
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE PURCHASED INDIVIDUALLY, THOSE ARE NOT DISTRICT WIDE SOLUTIONS.
CSAW IS A DISTRICT WIDE SOLUTION, SO THAT WILL BE THE EXPECTATION.
EVEN IF COMMUNICATIONS GONE DOJO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS WAS USING, EVERYBODY HAS CSAW AND EVERYBODY WILL BE USING CSAW.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE FOR YOU.
AS WE'RE SITTING HERE FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT TO THE COMMUNITY JUST TO REEMPHASIZE PART OF THE REASON FOR HAVING THESE APPS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, "OH, GREAT, I NEED ANOTHER APP." THIS ALLOWS FOR THE DISTRICT TO MONITOR AND HAVE DOCUMENTATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING.
IF A COMPLAINT IS MADE OR IF A PARENT HAS A CONCERN WITH HOW A STAFF MEMBER IS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM OR COMMUNICATING WITH A CHILD, MAYBE ABOUT AN ATHLETIC EVENT OR SOMETHING, THAT THERE IS TRACKABLE, TRACEABLE METADATA INCLUDED PLATFORM THAT IS NOT SOMEONE'S CELL PHONE MESSAGING.
I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT POINT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY MEASURE, FRANKLY.
I HAVE TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND ONE IS A PARENT QUESTION AND ONE IS A TRUSTEE QUESTION BECAUSE FIVE OF US WEAR BOTH HATS.
AS A PARENT, IF I WANT TO TALK TO MY PRINCIPAL,
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I USUALLY JUST EMAIL HER.SHOULD I START USING LET'S TALK OR IS EMAIL OKAY OR PREFERENCE?
>> EMAIL IS STILL OKAY FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, BUT LET'S TALK IS ALSO AVAILABLE.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS USE LET'S TALK AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL IF THEY'RE NOT SURE WHOM TO CONTACT BECAUSE IT'S DIVIDED UP INTO CATEGORIES AND TOPICS.
IF YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHOM TO CONTACT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THE WAY THAT LET'S TALK IS BUILT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO FILTER IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
THE PRINCIPLE MAY NOT BE THAT NEXT LAYER THAT YOU NEED.
LET'S TALK WE'LL GET YOU THERE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, BUT IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT, I'M SURE THE PRINCIPALS WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY, THEY MIGHT PREFER TO BE IN CONTACT THAT WAY.
THEN I WAS GOING TO MENTION YOU TALKED ABOUT APPS.
BEFORE CSAW BECOMING THE OFFICIAL DISTRICT TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IS THAT DOWNLOADING AN APP IS NOT NECESSARY, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST APPEAL ABOUT THAT PRODUCT.
I THINK MATT FRY WOULD BE UPSET WITH ME IF I DIDN'T POINT THAT OUT.
>> NO, THAT'S GREAT. THE SECOND QUESTION AND IF YOU WANT ME TO HOLD THIS, THEN WE'LL HOLD IT, BUT FOR LET'S TALK BEING THE PLATFORM COMMUNICATION FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE CONCERNS, INPUT, THIS SORT OF THING, ARE WE AS TRUSTEES BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE A DASHBOARD WHERE WE CAN SEE THINGS THAT ARE SUBMITTED? THEN IF THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS ACTIVELY TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH AND RESOLVE CONCERNS FOR THAT MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY OR THAT PARENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, OR WHAT IS MONITORING THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR US? AGAIN, IF YOU WANT ME TO HOLD THAT UNTIL A LATER CONVERSATION, I'M HAPPY TO.
>> WELL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HOLD.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY GOING BACK TO CSAW AND TALKING POINTS AND THIS QUESTION, ALL THREE OF THEM, WE HAVE SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT WILL NEED INSTRUCTIONS THAT WILL GO TO EVERY SINGLE GROUP, INCLUDING THE BOARD.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH EACH OF THOSE VENDORS ON THE BEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS FOR EACH GROUP.
YOU'LL START TO SEE COMMUNICATION THAT WILL COME OUT THIS WEEK AND SO YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE TO THAT VERY THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALSO DISCUSSING ON WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR THE BOARD, WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
THEN WE'VE BEEN USING LET'S TALK ALREADY IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE LESS REFINEMENT IN-HOUSE WITH REGARD TO HOW WE'RE USING IT.
BUT THE CAMPUS IMPLEMENTATION, THE LET'S TALK IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN EACH CAMPUS, AND SO EVERYBODY WILL GET THEIR OWN LEVEL OF TRAINING, INCLUDING THE BOARD ON NEXT STEPS.
>> GREAT. TRUSTEES, ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, LESLIE.
[8.3 Back to School Legislative Requirement]
>> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE NOW ON THE FINAL REPORT, ITEM 8.3, WHICH IS OUR BACK TO SCHOOL LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS.
I WILL INVITE SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS AND HER STAFF TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, DR. TYRA AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE A MULTI-PART PRESENTATION TONIGHT THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
OUR TEAM WILL BE PRESENTING THAT HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE INTRODUCTION.
WE ARE BRINGING THIS IN MULTIPLE PARTS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LEGISLATIVE REALLY HEAVY THIS FALL.
IF YOU WANT TO CLICK TO THE SECOND SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE CLICKER.
[BACKGROUND] WE LEFT IN JUNE AND THE 89TH SESSION WAS OVER WITH A LOT OF CHANGES AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT JUST YET.
WE'VE SEEN GUIDANCE FROM TEA, GUIDANCE FROM POLICY DEVELOPMENT REALLY TRICKLE IN OVER THE LAST MONTH.
SOME OF IT IS REALLY FAST AND FURIOUS AND THEN NOW WE'RE ALL OF GETTING A LITTLE BIT IN PANIC MODE BECAUSE SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK AND THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED FINAL GUIDANCE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL POLICIES THOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL BILLS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
THERE ARE OTHER BILLS THAT GO INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THERE ARE SOME BILLS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THERE'S OTHER BILLS THAT ARE FOR THE '26/'27 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER BILLS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOMETIME DURING THE '25/'26 SCHOOL YEAR.
A LOT OF POLICY WORK THAT WE CAN EXPECT OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
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I THINK WE EXPERIENCE THIS EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION.HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IT EVEN MORE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN OR IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE WERE A LOT OF BILLS FILED, ALMOST 15,000 OF 9,000 BILLS WERE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO EDUCATION.
107 OF THE 1,231 BILLS THAT PASSED WERE RELATED TO EDUCATION.
SOME OF THESE, AS I SAID, WENT INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY, SOME SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND WE CAN EXPECT A PRETTY MASSIVE POLICY UPDATE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, AND WE'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST POLICY UPDATE EVER.
EVERY SESSION, THERE'S MORE AND MORE, SO IT COULD BE IN TWO YEARS.
IT WILL CONTINUE, BUT WE CAN EXPECT AROUND 140 POLICIES TO BE UPDATED AS A RESULT OF THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS SOON AS WE KNOW THEM OR BRINGING THEM FORWARD AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD.
IN THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT YOU PASSED TONIGHT, WE HAVE NEW BOARD POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WILL GO STRAIGHT TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE AS I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM.
WE'RE NOT HITTING 107 TONIGHT.
WE'RE HITTING THE TOP MAJOR ONES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT OPERATIONS OVER THE NEXT START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AS WE BEGIN A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
>> CAN I JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY, 140 THAT HAVE TO BE CHANGED? WE HAVE 600 POLICIES TOTAL, SO THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF ALL OF OUR POLICIES HAVE TO BE REVIEWED.
>> YOU, MICHAEL AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR ON THAT POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.
MICHAEL IS LOOKING REAL EXCITED DOWN THERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'LL BRING SKITTLES FOR YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN RIGHT HERE AND JUST TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT MONEY. TWO MINUTES?
>> HOUSE BILL 2. I THOUGHT SHE WAS TELLING TWO MINUTE AND YOU'RE DONE, BUDDY.
[LAUGHTER] JUST REAL QUICKLY, THOUGH.
HOUSE BILL 2 IS ACTUALLY THE FUNDING BILL SCHOOL FINANCE LEGISLATION, WHICH I FELT LIKE WAS A SUCCESS.
LITERALLY WE GOT ABOUT $27 MILLION OUT OF HOUSE BILL 2 FOR OUR DISTRICT.
MAJORITY OF THAT WAS VERY SCRIPTIVE.
WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, EVEN THOUGH OUR OVERALL DEFICIT WENT FROM AROUND 32 MILLION DOWN TO ABOUT 7.8, THAT WAS A HUGE VICTORY, THERE ARE STILL SOME BIG AREAS THAT WE STILL HAVE MAJOR FUNDING GAPS ON.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
SPECIAL EDUCATION, DR. WILLIAMS SAID A WHILE AGO, THERE IS A PART OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT TAKE IN EFFECT 2026/'27.
INTENSITY OF SERVICES MODEL FOR THE SPECIAL ED IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEASURE THAT YET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T COME UP WITH IT YET.
AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT, WILL SEE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE FROM THE SCREEN THAT WE STILL HAVE A HUGE FUNDING GAP WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THE SECOND ONE IS TRANSPORTATION.
WE WERE HOPING AND WE DID A LOT OF ADVOCACY AROUND THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION ON GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION.
THEY KEPT IT THE SAME. IT'S BEEN THE SAME DOLLAR PER MILE PER YEAR AND YEARS.
IT TAKES I THINK ABOUT EIGHT DOLLARS A MILE TO ACTUALLY OPERATE IF THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
THEY WENT UP JUST SLIGHTLY ON SPECIAL EDUCATION PER MILE, FROM A DOLLAR EIGHT PER MILE TO A DOLLAR 13.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A WHOLE 47,000 MORE DOLLARS OUT OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORTATION AS EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITH THOSE SERVICES.
THEN FINALLY, SAFETY AND SECURITY IS STILL A LAGGING AREA.
THEY DID MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT UNDER HB 2 ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THEY BASICALLY DOUBLED WHAT THEY WERE GIVING US, ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS UP OUT OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH IS GREAT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEY STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE FUNDING GAP.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE STILL TRACKING AND WE'LL STILL KEEP UP WITH.
THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK AT.
WE HAVE A $7.8 MILLION DEFICIT.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST HANGUPS ARE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE CALL OUR BIG 3 ITEMS.
>> IF THERE WAS EVER A BILL THAT IMPACTED ALL THE STUDENTS AND THAT I BET ALL THE STUDENTS WILL KNOW VERY WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE HOUSE BILL 1481.
THIS IS THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES BILL.
IN SHORT, IT JUST SAYS THAT NO MORE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS,
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CAN YOU HAVE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY ANY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE.THAT INCLUDES PHONES, WATCHES, ANYTHING THAT TELECOMMUNICATES, SMART GLASSES, IPADS, TABLETS, LAPTOPS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
NOW THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE ANY MEDICAL DEVICE THAT NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE WITH TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR 504 COMMITTEE FOR THAT.
THESE ARE THE POSTERS THAT WE'RE CREATING FOR EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.
I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS.
I'LL SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS SAYS.
IT GOING TO BE POSTED ALL OVER OUR CAMPUSES.
IT SAYS, BEFORE THE SCHOOL DAY, YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR DEVICE AWAY.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVEN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE INVESTING IN POUCHES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR STUDENTS TO PUT THEIR DEVICES IN.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE THINK OUR STUDENTS CAN HANDLE THIS JUST FINE.
PUT YOUR DEVICE AWAY, PUT IT IN YOUR BACKPACK, PUT IT UP AND AWAY.
BEFORE THE SCHOOL DAY STARTS, KEEP IT UP AND AWAY.
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY, THAT IS THE FINAL BELL RINGS, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PHONE BACK OUT.
YOU HAVE A FOUR TIER SET OF CONSEQUENCES, WHICH BY THE WAY, THE LAW STATES THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY OR KEEP YOUR PHONE PUT AWAY, WE COULD SEND YOU TO DAP ON THE FIRST OFFENSE.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT FOR LOTS OF OBVIOUS REASONS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIRST GIVE YOU A WARNING, SO WE TEACH YOU ON HOW TO KEEP THAT THING PUT AWAY.
THEN WE'LL SEND YOU TO ISS FOR ONE DAY FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE.
THIRD OFFENSE, YOU MIGHT GET THREE DAYS.
THEN IF YOU STILL CAN'T LEARN, THEN WE'LL PUT DAP ON THE TABLE AS A CONSIDERATION.
THIS ALSO MAKES US LOOK AT OUR BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE POLICY AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE THAT.
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ASKED OR EVEN EXPECTED TO BRING THEIR OWN DEVICE FROM HOME.
AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY MEDICAL DEVICE THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE, THEY'LL WORK THAT OUT WITH THEIR IEP COMMITTEE OR 504 COMMITTEE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GUEST WI-FI ACCESS, REMOVING MANY OF THE APPS THAT WE FORMALLY ALLOWED ON OUR GUEST WI-FI.
ANOTHER BILL IS GOING TO BE HOUSE BILL 6.
HOUSE BILL 6 WAS ALL ABOUT DISCIPLINE.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS.
THIS FIRST ONE TALKS ABOUT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN ISS.
BEFORE, WE BEING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, COULD ONLY PUT A STUDENT IN ISS FOR UP TO THREE DAYS.
IN SHORT, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
WE WON'T PUT KIDS IN ISS FOR UNLIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO THREE DAYS AS OUR GENERAL RULE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO GO AS MANY DAYS AS WE WANT TO.
WE DON'T PLAN TO DO THAT. ANOTHER PART OF THIS SECTION OF THE BILL TALKS ABOUT IF A STUDENT WAS OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENDED, THAT'S WHAT OSS IS, OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENDED, A PARENT COULD REQUEST FOR THAT OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION TO BE CONVERTED TO AN IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION, AND THAT WOULD BE UPON THE PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION.
I DON'T WANT TO NUMBER THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT NUMBERED, BUT ANOTHER PART OF THIS BILL TALKS ABOUT E-CIGARETTES AND VAPES, THAT POSSESS, USING, DELIVERING, SELLING VAPES COULD RESULT IN DAEP.
IN PLANO, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU ARE IN POSSESSION OF ONE, WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU TO ISS FOR 10 DAYS.
THAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
THERE IS NO MINIMUM BELOW THAT.
POSSESSING A VAPE OR E-CIGARETTE WILL RESULT IN A 10 DAY PLACEMENT IN ISS.
IF YOU ARE SELLING VAPES, THAT IS GOING TO BE A MANDATORY PLACEMENT IN DAEP.
>> IF YOU'LL CLICK FOR ME AGAIN. THAT'S OKAY.
SENATE BILL 13, AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, RAISES SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR LIBRARIES AND THE WAY WE APPROACH OUR LIBRARY CATALOGS AND THINGS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE APPROACH NEW LIBRARY PURCHASES.
THIS BILL DOES UPDATE A FEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW CHALLENGE PROCEDURES ARE OPERATED.
IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS REGARDING WHAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE CHECKED OUT.
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IT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP A LOCAL SCHOOL LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WILL HELP BOTH OUR LIBRARIANS TO REVIEW MATERIALS BEFORE THEY'RE BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE NOW THE REQUIREMENT BY LAW IS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS.BY PUTTING IN A SLAC, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF REVIEW.
BEFORE WE BRING THAT TO YOU AS THE BOARD, WE'LL HAVE PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS, WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO YOU FOR A VOTE.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS BILL, WE WILL BE UPDATING POLICY EFB.
YOU HAVE THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
WE ALSO ANTICIPATE EFB LEGAL, I BELIEVE, COMING PROBABLY IS THE OCTOBER RELEASE FROM TASB.
WE DO INTEND TO ESTABLISH A SLAC IF EFB LOCAL CHANGES ARE APPROVED.
THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS BILL REQUIRING US TO NOTIFY PARENTS WHEN A CHILD CHECKS OUT MATERIALS IS THAT WE DID THAT WORK LAST YEAR.
DR. FREEMAN AND THE LIBRARY GROUP LAST YEAR WERE ABLE TO PUT IN A NEW SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
THAT'S REALLY NICE FOR US THAT THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
THE OTHER THING IT ASKS US TO DO IS MAINTAIN A HISTORY OF THAT LIBRARY CHECKOUT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AS WELL FOR PARENTS.
THE NEW PROCESS FOR APPROVING LIBRARY MATERIALS, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE NEW, WE WILL GET INTO A NEW ROUTINE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO STILL OPERATE OUR LIBRARIES IN AN EFFICIENT, GREAT MANNER AND OFFER GREAT ROBUST LIBRARIES FOR OUR KIDS.
IT JUST MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO POST MATERIALS FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE WE APPROVE THOSE.
THEN THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS THAT CHALLENGE PROCEDURES IN THE PAST, IF A BOOK WAS CHALLENGED AND ASKED TO BE REVIEWED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WE WOULD NOT REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE SHELF, BUT THIS LAW REQUIRES US TO REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE SHELF.
IF A MATERIAL IS CHALLENGED, WE MUST REMOVE THAT FROM THE LIBRARY, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE IF IT WAS SITTING IN A CLASSROOM LIBRARY AS WELL.
SENATE BILL 2. LOTS OF THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SENATE BILL 2 A LOT.
YOU HEARD JOHNNY SAY SENATE BILL 2.
I'LL MENTION SENATE BILL 2 AS WELL.
CAUSES SOME CHANGES FOR LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS.
SOME OF THESE ARE A LITTLE LONGER OUT.
THEY'RE NOT IMMEDIATE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THEM BECAUSE THE TEAM IS FOLLOWING THEM CLOSELY.
THERE WILL BE NEW TUTORING AND INTERVENTION REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BEGINNING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
THE COMMISSIONER IS ALSO REQUIRED TO ADD NEW ASSESSMENTS FOR EARLY LITERACY AND EARLY NUMERACY, INCLUDING A DYSLEXIA SCREENER.
CERTAIN SUBSECTION OF TEACHERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN MATHEMATICS ACADEMIES AND ALSO INTERVENTION ACADEMIES. THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED.
THOSE WILL STRETCH ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2030, '31, I BELIEVE.
IT'S A LONG ROLL IN, BUT WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THOSE.
SENATE BILL 12 OUTLINES A SERIES OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
I'LL KICK THIS ONE OFF FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT SENATE BILL REALLY ESTABLISHES IS THAT PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO ACCESS OF INFORMATION, AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN TRANSPARENT AND OPEN WITH INFORMATION.
THIS ISN'T A HUGE SHIFT FOR US, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL OF THESE THINGS.
WE WILL CERTAINLY BE POSTING INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
WE'VE DONE THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THAT WILL JUST MAINTAIN A PRACTICE FOR US.
THERE ARE SOME UPDATED GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES COMING.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETELY TIED IN THIS AREA, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE INTERNET PORTAL, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT FROM LESLIE.
THEN WE NEED TO REFINE OUR TRAINING RELATED TO PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING AND TREATMENTS.
WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DO ANY OF THAT WORK WITHOUT PARENT PERMISSION.
NOT THAT WE DID A LOT OF THAT, BUT THAT'S IN THE LAW.
WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT ANY DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICAL OR SOCIALLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS MUST ONLY BE ADDRESSED BY TYING THEM DIRECTLY TO THE TEKS AND PRESENTED IN A NEUTRAL MANNER.
WE'VE GOT POLICY ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS, SO THAT'S AGAIN, NOT A HUGE CHANGE.
OUR TEAM THOUGH, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO PROHIBITED CONTENT.
THERE IS NEW PROHIBITED CONTENT IN SENATE BILL 12.
WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY PROGRAMMING OR INSTRUCTION RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DEI PRACTICES OR GENDER IDENTITY.
WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT OFFERING ANY OF THAT INSTRUCTION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH TEACHERS STARTING TOMORROW ON HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND
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THE NEW LAW AND THE LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT TOPICS, PROHIBITED CONTENT.IN SENATE BILL 12, IT CLEARLY OUTLINES THAT NO DISTRICT STAFF MEMBER WILL BE ALLOWED TO ASSIST A STUDENT IN ANY WAY IN TRANSITIONING.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE CALLING A CHILD BY A NAME OR A PRONOUN OTHER THAN THAT ONE ASSIGNED ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT NEW FOR OUR STAFF.
THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPLY THESE STANDARDS ACROSS ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS, CLUBS, EVENTS, ANY GUEST SPEAKERS.
ANYTHING THAT REALLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY, THESE RULES WILL APPLY.
I'M GOING TO KICK IT TO DR. FREEMAN.
>> THANKS, LISA. A PART OF SB 12 ALSO TALKS ABOUT PARENTAL CONSENT IS NOW GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR ANY EXTRACURRICULAR CLUBS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN.
IT BANS CLUBS ON ANY SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY AND LIMITS STAFF ROLES IN RACE OR ETHNICITY BASED CLUBS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, WE ALREADY HAVE AN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR LASERFICHE SYSTEM.
OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY USED TO DOING THAT.
ONE PIECE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDING AND OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON IS THE PARENTAL CONSENT, BECAUSE THINK ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
IT GOES THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IF PARENTS CONSENT TO THEM BEING IN THAT CLUB.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN CONSENT FOR A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE.
WE NEED TO FURTHER DEFINE THE ROLES OF THE STAFF SPONSORS AND STUDENT CLUBS.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SB 12 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING ALL OF THAT AND TRAINING OUR STAFF ON THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IF THEY CHOOSE TO SPONSOR A CLUB.
THEN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ANY CLUBS THAT ARE BASED IN SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, IS NO LONGER ALLOWED.
THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO A PRETTY SOLID COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR OUR PARENTS, FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE LAW AND US ABIDING BY THAT.
SB 401, VERY SIMILAR TO A BILL THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
THIS IS AROUND ALLOWING OR NOT ALLOWING NON ENROLLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL ACTIVITIES.
THE PREVIOUS BILL WAS AN OPT IN.
BASICALLY, SB 401 IS AN OPT OUT.
OUR CURRENT POLICY ALREADY STATES THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW HOME SCHOOL OR NON-ENROLLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
PUT UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, FD LOCAL, A STUDENT ENROLLED IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, INCLUDING A HOME SCHOOL SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT IN THE DISTRICT, NOR FOR PARTICIPATION IN CURRICULAR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, EXCEPT FOR REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE ALREADY HAVE THIS IN OUR POLICY AS AN OPT OUT.
OUR NEXT STEPS, AS DR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, THERE ARE MANY, OVER 100 POLICIES AND PIECES OF LEGISLATION RELATED TO EDUCATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH.
YOU CAN IMAGINE MOST OFFICES EVERY DAY WE'RE REVIEWING AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S COMING OUT NEXT.
AS THOSE THINGS COME OUT, WE'RE WORKING WITH TASB, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING THE NEW POLICIES AND UPDATING OUR PROCEDURES ACCORDINGLY.
THE MAIN THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TRAINED ON ALL OF THESE PIECES, UPDATING OUR HANDBOOK ALONG THE WAY.
THEN WE DO HAVE COMMUNICATION ALREADY IN PLACE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL BULLETIN, THAT'LL BE COMING OUT VERY SHORTLY.
THEN THE NEW CODE OF CONDUCT AND STUDENT HANDBOOK WITH ALL OF THOSE FORMS WILL BE COMING OUT.
OR ACTUALLY, SOME OF THAT IS ALREADY OUT WITH THEIR ENROLLMENT PACKET, CORRECT?
>> THANK YOU, TEAM FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES, I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET US STARTED?
>> BEING THAT I HAVE A SECONDARY STUDENT WHO'S ABOUT TO BE A JUNIOR, ONE OF THE SB IS A 12, THE STUDENT PARENTS RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME AS A PARENT,
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BECAUSE I VIEW IT AS A TOLERANCE ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS LIKE A MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION, A BLACK STUDENT ASSOCIATION, THINGS THAT YOU SEE AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHERE KIDS FIND LIKENESS IN EACH OTHER.THEY WANT TO GET TOGETHER AT SCHOOL AND FORM A CLUB.
THESE HAVEN'T BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE ON IN OUR DISTRICT THAT I KNOW OF.
IF THESE STUDENTS WERE TO FORM CLUBS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE, RIGHT?
>> IT'S THE GENDER IDENTITY THAT IS PROHIBITED.
IT'S THE SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THEY INTERVENE WITH THOSE CLUBS.
>> SO SOME OF THOSE GROUPS THAT EXIST CAN STILL THEN EXIST INTO NEXT YEAR?
>> YEAH. EVERY YEAR, WE WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN AND EVERY [OVERLAPPING] YEAR THEY GO THROUGH A NEW APPROVAL PROCESS.
BUT THOSE CLUBS CAN STILL SUBMIT.
IT'S ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION [OVERLAPPING] AS DEFINED BY THE LAW.
>> HOWEVER, NO CLUBS CAN EXIST IF THERE'S NOT A SPONSOR.
EXACTLY. THAT'S BEEN THE POLICY FOR EVER.
>> I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, AND I'M SHOCKED THAT THE REST OF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL START WITH A COUPLE OF THE SMALLER ONES.
DOCTOR GOBER, WE HAD A CHANGE IN VAPING LAW PREVIOUSLY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION TO HAVE DAP ON THE SECOND OFFENSE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE BACKED THAT DOWN IN THIS NEW LEGISLATION.
BUT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THESE TYPES OF CHANGES IN LEGISLATION, DO WE KNOW IF PRIOR LEGISLATION, TARGETING VAPING, OR TARGETING DISCIPLINE HAVE HAD EXPECTED OUTCOMES, FOR EXAMPLE, REDUCING VAPING ON OUR CAMPUSES?
>> THE PRIOR LEGISLATION, WE USED THE RECRIMINATION TO EXEMPT OURSELVES FROM.
IN THIS LAST SESSION, REALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE STATE ALIGNED MORE TO WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHICH WAS NOT SENDING KIDS TO DAP ON THE FIRST OFFENSE OR ANY OFFENSE UNLESS IT WAS A TRUE PROOF PROBLEM.
I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO KIDS THAT MET THAT BURDEN.
THE ONLY MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THIS.
IN ALL OF THESE BILLS AND SPECIFICALLY HOUSE BILL 6, IT SAYS, WE CANNOT EXEMPT OURSELVES FROM CHAPTER 37 ANYMORE.
WE PLANO AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE CANNOT EXEMPT OURSELVES FROM CHAPTER 37.
CHAPTER 37 IS THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THAT PRIMARILY DEALS WITH DISCIPLINE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. WE CAN'T EXEMPT OURSELVES ANYMORE FROM THAT, WHICH IN THE CASE OF VAPING, THE STATE ALIGNED ITSELF TO WHAT WE WERE DOING ANYWAYS.
THE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS A STUDENT SELLING A VAPE IS A MANDATORY PLACEMENT AT DAP, AND A POSSESSION OF VAPE IS A MANDATORY 10 DAY IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
THAT'S AS LOW AS WE COULD GO AND MEET THE LAW.
>> I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED AS THAT GOES INTO EFFECT TO SEE HOW THAT'S IMPACTING THE NUMBER OF KIDS GETTING HAVING CONSEQUENCES AND IF WE THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IMPROVING VAPING OR WHAT WE WANT WOULD BE LACK OF VAPING ON OUR CAMPUSES.
BUT I ASKED BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FROM PARENTS THAT THEIR KIDS ARE TRYING TO USE THE BATHROOMS AT SECONDARY AND THEY GO IN THERE AND THE BATHROOMS ARE NOT ARE BEING USED FOR VAPING.
I'M LOOKING FOR DATA ON THAT GOING FORWARD.
WE WOULD HAVE DATA ON THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE CAUGHT VAPING.
[LAUGHTER] WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT DATA VERSUS ANOTHER YEAR OF THESE NEW RULES AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THE BATHROOMS ARE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOLS.
I ALSO SUSPECT THIS YEAR THE BATHROOMS ARE GOING TO NOT ONLY BECOME MAYBE CONTINUED PLACES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR VAPING, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITY TO SNEAK A TEXT IN, AND SO IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MONITOR.
IT'S A CHALLENGE WITH THE NUMBER OF BATHROOMS AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME PRIVACY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT SUCH AS LIFE AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.
>> I APPRECIATE THE NUANCE OF THAT ISSUE.
THE SECOND, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A LISA QUESTION OR NOT,
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OR MAYBE IT'S A COURTNEY QUESTION.ON THE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING MACBOOKS.
ARE THEY NOT ALLOWED TO USE AIRPODS, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE WIRED HEADPHONES IF THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING WITH HEADPHONES ON THEIR SCHOOL MACBOOK, LIKE THE CHROMEBOOKS.
I KNOW THE ELEMENTARY KIDS. THERE'S LITTLE HEADPHONES EVERYWHERE.
BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ABOUT SECONDARY IN THE CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY, MAYBE THIS IS PATRICK QUESTION.
BUT THE CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY FOR SECONDARY TO MACBOOKS.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO USE WIRED HEADPHONES AND WILL THAT EVEN BE ACCEPTABLE UNDER THIS LAW FOR ASSIGNMENTS IN CLASS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED HEADPHONES FOR?
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS ONE THAT I AM NOT SURE.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF MY TEAM, IF NOT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW BACK UP WITH.
>> BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE IF KIDS ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN HEADPHONES AND NOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES OR WHATEVER, THAT'S A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SOME DYSLEXIC STUDENTS FOR TESTING MIGHT HAVE THINGS READ TO THEM AND THIS THING AND SO THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO NOT HAVING SOME OF THESE THINGS.
>> ANY STUDENT WHO IS MEETING AND IT IS A PART OF THEIR 504 PLAN OR THEIR IEP WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> PERFECT. CAN WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MONEY SLIDE, JOHNNY? I WANT TO SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES ON THIS AND THESE FUNDING GAPS REMAIN IN THE TRANSPORTATION IS ONE THAT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AMONG FAMILIES THIS SUMMER.
WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT THIS IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR PRIOR TO ADOPTING A NEW TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
EVEN WITH ADOPTING A NEW TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GAP.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANY OF OUR FAMILIES DO NOT APPRECIATE AND THAT I DID NOT APPRECIATE UNTIL RECENTLY IS THAT WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED BY LAW TO BUS ANYBODY UNLESS THEY ARE A SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT AND IT IS IN THEIR IEP, AND SO TRANSPORTATION IS UP TO THE LOCAL DISTRICT AND THE LOCAL BOARD TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
AS A BOARD, WE ADOPTED A PLAN IN LINE WITH THE TEA SUGGESTED GUIDELINES, AND WE CLEANED UP A LOT OF SPOTS BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY PATCHY COVERAGE OF, WHO WAS GETTING BUSING, AND SO YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TWO STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT IN THE EXACT SAME SITUATION AND ONE WAS GETTING BUSSING AND ONE WAS NOT.
WE REALLY MADE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO TRY AND GET THESE CHANGES OUT TIMELY SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD MAKE PLANS, SO THAT OUR PARENTS COULD KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES WERE, WHAT THEIR BUSING SITUATION WAS GOING TO BE AND SO THAT THEY COULD PLAN FOR THOSE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THAT MANY PARENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR FOR YEARS, WHO WERE NOT IN THESE POCKETS OF EXTRA BUSING WHERE THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POCKETS OF EXTRA BUSING.
WE HAD A CONSTITUENT SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD BUS ANYONE WITHIN ONE MILE BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND YES, WE'RE DOING THE TEA GUIDELINES, BUT WE SHOULD JUST BUS ANYBODY WITHIN ONE MILE.
I ASKED JOHNNY TO ESTIMATE THE COST FOR THAT.
IF YOU WILL GIVE ME AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THIS FUNDING GAP, AND THEN I'LL MAKE ANOTHER POINT.
WE DID LOOK TO SEE IF WE BROUGHT THAT IN FROM A TWO MILE LIMIT TO A ONE MILE LIMIT, WHAT THAT WOULD DO, CONSERVATIVELY, WE WOULD BE ADDING 80 ADDITIONAL ROUTES, APPROXIMATELY 80 ADDITIONAL.
THE NUMBER THAT I WAS GIVEN BY OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF THAT ACTUALLY WORK WITH THOSE SOFTWARES SAID 80-100.
SO I ACTUALLY ESTIMATED JUST ON 80 BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE.
IF YOU DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO ADD ABOUT $13.2 MILLION IN NEW BUSES, AND THEN ABOUT $7.2 MILLION IN ANNUAL OPERATING COST.
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THE FIRST YEAR, YOU'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT $20.4 MILLION, WHICH IS BASICALLY DOUBLING WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU LOOK.IT'S ABOUT DOUBLING WHAT OUR BUDGET IS RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO ANOTHER BOND ELECTION TO BUY THAT MANY BUSES TO BEGIN WITH.
IT WOULD TAKE TIME IN ORDER TO DO THAT, BUT EVEN THE OPERATING, YOU COULD ADD ANOTHER $7.3 MILLION THAT ON THAT ANNUAL BUDGET.
>> THE SECOND POINT I WOULD MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY IS WE ARE UP HERE CONSIDERING BUDGETS AND MAKING DECISIONS AND DOING THAT WITH INTENTIONALITY.
THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS FUNDING GAP, IF WE WERE NOT OFFERING BUSING UNDER THE TEA RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES TO GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT DID NOT HAVE AN IEP, THAT'S TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COULD GO INTO THE CLASSROOM.
BUT THIS DISTRICT IN THIS BOARD HAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH BUSING SERVICES UNDER THE TEA GUIDELINES, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE BUSING SERVICES, EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND ON ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION IS DOLLARS WE ARE TAKING OUT OF YOUR CHILD'S CLASSROOM.
I REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THAT IS I KNOW THEIR HURT FEELINGS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
I'M ONE OF THOSE FAIR BUSTING NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE ROUTE GOT CUT AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FOR MY SON HOW I'M GOING TO GET HIM TO AND FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN HE STARTS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I APPRECIATE THE HURT FEELINGS ON THIS, BUT I REALLY WOULD ASK THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR ABOVE THAT 2.479, $462 MILLION THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON TRANSPORTATION IS A DOLLAR THAT COULD BE SPENT IN YOUR CHILD'S CLASSROOM.
REQUEST TO THE COMMUNITY THERE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HURT FEELINGS, AND I YOUR FEELINGS ARE VALID, AND I UNDERSTAND AND I SHARE THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE ROUTE WAS REMOVED.
BUT SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE THAT I JUST WANTED TO COMMUNICATE AS WE'RE STARTING SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE VERY UPSET.
>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE MORE THING TO DRAG THIS OUT, BUT STEVE EWING AND HIS STAFF IN MY OPINION, HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THEIR COMMUNICATION ON THIS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS IN THE WORKS.
BUT THE REAL GO BEHIND THIS WAS JUST ADDING CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY AND NOT ONLY TRYING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT ALSO JUST TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'RE OFFERING THE SERVICES.
I FEEL LIKE I REALLY APPRECIATE ONE THING I WOULD WANT TO POINT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, STEVE AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB ON OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO STILL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, GO TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS UP AND TALKED ABOUT IT IN FIVE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AT BOARD MEETINGS.
IF YOU WANT TO GO AND HEAR WHAT THOSE PRESENTATIONS WERE, SEE WHAT THOSE PRESENTATIONS WERE.
IF YOU'VE GOT A Q&A OR A FACT, GO TO THE WEBSITE AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.
THEN IF YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THROUGH LET'S TALK, OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF ARE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AS QUICKLY AS THEY COME IN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. TO TRUSTEES. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M THROUGH WITH MY QUESTIONS.
>> I TOTALLY SKIPPED OVER ONE QUESTION I WROTE DOWN.
THIS IS FOR LISA, LITERACY AND MATH.
IT SAID IN SB2, THAT THERE WILL BE MATHEMATICS AND INTERVENTION ACADEMIES.
IS THAT LIKE THE READING ACADEMIES FROM 2019 THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN HB3 THEN?
>> YES, THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED ON HOW TO DO PLAN FOR INTERVENTIONS AND DELIVER INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE GAPS.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING AT THE TIME I REMEMBER SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TALKED ABOUT HOW WE AS A DISTRICT COULD MONETIZE EVEN THOSE READING ACADEMIES BY BRINGING IN OUTSIDE TEACHERS FROM THE DISTRICTS, OR IS THIS JUST MORE INTERDISTRICT?
>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE SETUP YET, SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THOSE YET.
THERE IS A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR THE MATH ACADEMIES, THOUGH, THAT THE DISTRICTS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO OFFER STIPENDS FOR ANY WORK THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO DO OUTSIDE OF THE DAY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG BILL FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THAT.
>> THIS IS TRYING TO HOLD MINE UNTIL THE END UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO?
>> I'M GOING TO READ THIS TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GET OFF TOPIC BECAUSE I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD WHEN I SAW THIS PRESENTATION,
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AND I WANT TO MAKE A PERSONAL STATEMENT THAT HAS NO BEARING ON WHAT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS MAY FEEL OR HOW THEY MAY VOTE.I AM PERSONALLY VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO MANY OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, PARTICULARLY LEGISLATION THAT RESTRICTS DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICALLY OR SOCIALLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS OR PROHIBITS INSTRUCTIONS OR PROGRAMMING RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DEI PRACTICES, OR GENDER IDENTITY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE FREE DISCUSSION OF AGE-APPROPRIATE FACTUAL DATA AND CONCEPTS IS NECESSARY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE IN OUR SOCIETY.
HOWEVER, DURING MY SWEARING IN AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE, I SWORE TO UPHOLD THE LAW.
THEREFORE, I WILL VOTE ON THE REQUIRED POLICY CHANGES AS I MUST, SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION IN THEIR BEST EFFORTS AS DIRECTED BY OUR BOARD TO OBEY THE LAW AND TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO THEIR GREATEST FULL POTENTIAL.
I URGE FOLKS WHO ARE DISTURBED BY WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO ENFORCE TO CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATORS AND TO BECOME PRODUCTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, INCLUDING VOTING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE REPORT SECTION OF OUR EVENING.
[9.1 Adoption of Policy DBD(LOCAL) Employment Requirements and Restrictions: Conflict of Interest under Second Reading]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION, AGENDA ITEM 9, AND THIS WILL BEGIN WITH POLICIES.WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 9.1, ADOPTION OF POLICY DBD LOCAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON SECOND READING.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN TO PRESENT.
ONE THING I WILL REQUEST AS Y'ALL ARE PRESENTING THESE POLICIES, WE HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT ARE SECOND READING.
WE HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT ARE FIRST AND FINAL.
WE HAVE SOME POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE ENACTED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF POLICIES TODAY.
AS ALL ARE PRESENTING THESE POLICIES, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE NUANCES IN TERMS OF WHY WE HAVE SUCH A LONG POLICY LIST AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE, WHAT WE'RE STILL EXPECTING, AND UPDATES.
THAT SORT OF THING. HELP US IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE FLOW OF THINGS.
>> THE FIRST SEVERAL SETS OF POLICY IS FOR SECOND READING.
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH, BUT I'LL SLOW DOWN WHEN WE GET TO THE FIRST AND FINALS.
POLICY DBD LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO OUTLINE DISTRICT PRACTICES REGARDING NON-SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
>> ONE WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, I WILL REMIND TRUSTEES, WE NEED A MOTION ON THE TABLE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSION.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE TRUSTEES?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY DBD LOCAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND RESTRICTIONS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON SECOND READING.
>> GREAT. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY DBD LOCAL, EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS POLICY? HEARING NONE. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? I SEE NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, 7-0.
[9.2 Adoption of Policy FJ(LOCAL) Student Fundraising on Second Reading]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION IN ACTION ITEM 9.2, THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FJ LOCAL STUDENT FUNDRAISING ON SECOND READING.I WILL AGAIN INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO PLEASE PRESENT.
POLICY FJ LOCAL HAS BEEN UPDATED TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND REFLECT CURRENT DISTRICT PRACTICE.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
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>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THIS POLICY, FJ LOCAL, STUDENT FUNDRAISING, ON SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FJ LOCAL, STUDENT FUNDRAISING ON SECOND READING.
>> IS THAT KATHERINE? THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FJ LOCAL STUDENT FUNDRAISING ON SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS.
TO OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER EARLIER, AS WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THIS WORK ON THE BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE, MR. RATLIFF, I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS, AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR EMAILS, AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, AND I WILL TELL YOU.
IF HE'S NOT WATCHING RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH HIM, YOU PLEASE TEXT HIM AND TELL HIM TO WATCH THIS TOMORROW.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS AS A PARENT.
IT IS ONE THING FOR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE.
IT IS ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU ARE GETTING MORE COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER ABOUT STUDENT FUNDRAISING THAN YOU ARE GETTING ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S ACADEMIC PROGRESS.
FUNDAMENTALLY, I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT.
I AGREE THAT THE LINE NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED BETWEEN WHEN IT IS A STUDENT ASSOCIATION OR IT IS A DISTRICT SUPPORT ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISER.
WHEN IT IS A DISTRICT FUNDRAISER, BECAUSE WHEN THOSE LINES BLUR, THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF WHO OWNS THAT MONEY.
I WILL ABSOLUTELY SAY, I AGREE WITH THAT.
I ALSO AGREE ON THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY AND TIGHTEN UP THESE EXPECTATIONS.
I AM NOT OKAY WITH INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BEING USED TO HAND OUT SWAG TO SOME KIDS WHO ARE FUNDRAISING AND NOT HAND OUT SWAG TO OTHER KIDS WHO ARE FUNDRAISING WHO HAVE TO SIT THERE AND WATCH.
THEIR CLASSMATES GET BIG PRIZES BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DID NOT RAISE ENOUGH MONEY.
I AM NOT OKAY WITH SPECIAL PARTIES BEING GIVEN TO THESE KIDS WHO THEIR PARENTS RAISED MONEY WHILE THESE KIDS WATCH.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN OKAY UNDER OUR POLICY.
I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY PARENT THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THESE THINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO MR. RATLIFF, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOUR TESTIMONY, YOUR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THIS HAS NOT GONE IGNORED.
I AGREE, AND ONE OF THE REASONS THE POLICY COMMITTEE HAD ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS POLICY THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PARENT THAT'S CONCERNED.
THAT'S MY HOT SPORTS OPINION FOR THIS POLICY.
ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEES, BEFORE WE VOTE? THANK YOU.
>> JUST ONE, YOUR CONCERNS, IS THAT NOT RELATED TO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER POLICY SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE.
I KNOW WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT FUNDRAISING PER SE IN THAT.
>> WE DO HAVE A REGULATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE BEEN DRAFTING AND WORKING WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AS WELL.
THAT WILL BE POSTED WITH THIS.
>> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[9.3 Adoption of Policy FL(LOCAL) Student Records on Second Reading]
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 9.3, ADOPTION OF POLICY FL LOCAL STUDENT RECORDS UNDER SECOND READING.I WILL AGAIN INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO PLEASE PRESENT. DR. FREEMAN.
>> REVISIONS TO POLICY FL LOCAL HAVE BEEN MADE TO OUTLINE DISTRICT PRACTICE.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FL LOCAL, STUDENT RECORDS, UNDER OUR SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FL LOCAL, STUDENT RECORDS, UNDER SECOND READING.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FL LOCAL,
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STUDENT RECORDS UNDER SECOND READING.TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT BEING ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE.
I THINK THE SECTION WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME ON WAS THE ADDITION OF DEFINING WHAT IS DIRECTORY INFORMATION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS OUTLINED IN THERE, AS WELL AS IT JUST TALKS MORE ABOUT YOUR DATA AND HOW THAT SHOULD BE HANDLED, AND THEN REQUESTS OF DATA.
THAT'S WHAT THIS POLICY IS REALLY ABOUT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEES? I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I SEE SEVEN HANDS UP AND NO HANDS DOWN.
[9.4 Adoption of Policy GE(LOCAL) Relations with Parent Organizations on Second Reading]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 9.4, DISCUSSION IN ACTION, WHICH IS ADOPTION OF POLICY GE LOCAL RELATIONS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ON SECOND READING.I WILL INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO PLEASE PRESENT.
GE LOCAL REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY HAVE BEEN MADE TO OUTLINE DISTRICT PRACTICE.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF POLICY GE LOCAL RELATIONS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ON SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF GE LOCAL RELATIONS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ON SECOND READING.
>> WHO IS THAT, ELISA? THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY GE LOCAL RELATIONS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ON SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> LIKE WHAT TYRA SAID A MOMENT AGO.
THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE SUBCOMMITTEE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
>> AYE. >> I'M SORRY. WHERE IS MY BRAIN? WITH THE BOARD POLICY, YOU ARE RIGHT, COMMITTEE.
REALLY, JUST DEFINE THINGS MORE CLEARLY, EXPLAIN THINGS.
I THINK THAT PART OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS POLICY.
>> I WOULD AGREE. I'LL SAY AMONG THE THREE OF US THAT WERE THE POLICY COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW RELATION WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE REALLY VITAL AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT.
BUT WHEN THERE ARE UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE CAMPUS, AND THOSE PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, IT CAN CREATE PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT'S CREATING PROBLEMS FOR THE PARENT ORGANIZATION OR CREATING PROBLEMS FOR THE DISTRICT, OR CREATING PROBLEMS FOR THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS ON THAT CAMPUS.
THIS IS ONE THAT I HOPE REINFORCES THE DISTRICT'S GOALS OF HAVING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO HELPS THOSE PARTNERSHIPS BE CLEARLY DEFINED AND SUCCESSFUL.
>> MY HOT SPORTS TAKE ON THE ONE, USING YOUR LANGUAGE, IS WE HAD TO COMPLETELY THROW OUT THE OLD AND REWRITE THE NEW.
EVERYTHING IS REDLINED IN THIS POLICY BECAUSE IT'S ALL NEW.
WE THOUGHT OF IT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE SEPARATE 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS.
YES, THEY EXIST SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO OUR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN SETS OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE WERE MINDFUL OF, AGAIN, HOW VITAL THEY ARE TO OUR CAMPUSES AND TO HELP US FULFILL THE MISSION OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE MISSION OF PTAS AND BOOSTERS ARE IDENTICAL, PRETTY MUCH TO THE GOALS AND AIMS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS POLICY WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON.
MICHAEL, WELCOME TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON CAN WE USE THIS WORD OR SHOULD WE USE THIS WORD? THOUGHTFULLY.
>> THOUGHTFULLY. A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL TIME.
TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, AND I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
NONE OPPOSED, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
[9.5 Adoption of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 125, Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List and Review of (LEGAL) Policies, Included in the Policy Update under Second Reading]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9.5, ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 125, AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST, AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.I WILL INVITE DR. FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. POLICY UPDATE 125 HAS BEEN
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REVIEWED BY THE DISTRICT STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL.IT INCLUDES LOCAL POLICIES ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST, INCLUDING PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BDB, BDF, AND FDE LOCAL.
THIS UPDATE IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE, 125, AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST, AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY DATE UNDER SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 125, AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES, INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 125 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I WILL CALL A VOTE.
YOU WERE VOTING. YOU WERE NOT GOING FOR YOUR MIC?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
TARRAH IS TRYING TO SPEED ME UP OVER HERE.
[9.6 Adoption of Policy AE(LOCAL) Educational Philosophy under First and Final Reading.]
WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 9.6, ADOPTION OF POLICY AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY UNDER THE FIRST AND FINAL READING.I WILL AGAIN INVITE THE VERY POPULAR THIS EVENING, DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, TO PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, DR. TYRA SO UPDATE 125 CONCLUDED OUR SECOND READINGS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO A LOT OF THE OTHERS.
AE LOCAL IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.
>> I'M STEALING THIS ONE FROM SELENDA JUST TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES OR RATIONALE AS TO WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
ONE, IT SERVES AS AFFIRMING OUR BOARD'S MISSION, VISION, GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
SECOND TO THAT, IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIRD, IT AFFIRMS OUR BELIEFS, AND THIS HAS BEEN AN EVOLVING POLICY SINCE WE STARTED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT UPDATED OUR BOARD BELIEFS.
LAST YEAR, THIS WAS UPDATED TO REALLY ADD CONTEXTS TO EACH OF THOSE BELIEFS WITH WHAT OUR COMMITMENTS ARE.
THIS THIRD ITERATION IS NOW TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT SLIGHT CLARITY AND LANGUAGE AS TO THOSE COMMITMENTS AROUND OUR PRIORITIES AS A DISTRICT.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT IS LEAVING THAT PARTICULAR ON GRADE LEVEL, THAT STUDENTS ARE ON GRADE LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE AND CONTINUE, THAT EVERY STUDENT IS MAKING AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S ACADEMIC GROWTH OR MORE, AND THAT STUDENTS HAVE A PLAN AND ARE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE COMMITMENT STATEMENTS A FOCUS ON THOSE PRIORITIES.
THOSE ARE ALSO PRIORITIES ALIGNED TO OUR DISTRICT GOALS AND OUR METRICS OF SUCCESS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS AND DR. FREEMAN WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF POLICY AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF POLICY AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY AE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I MIGHT JUST JUMP IN AND REITERATE WHAT DR. WILLIAMS SAID, BUT IT IS THE GOLDEN THREAD THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OF OUR POLICIES OUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY IS WHAT DEFINES WHAT THE BOARD AND THE STAFF ARE DOING AS FAR AS GOALS AND ALIGNING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS THE COMMITTEE SPENT ON THIS ONE BUT THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WE REALLY HAD TO GET RIGHT SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE ANALYZE AND LOOK AT GOING FORWARD WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT.
THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF WORDSMITHING,
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A LOT OF THOUGHT, PUTTING THOSE COMMITMENTS INTO THOSE CORE BELIEFS.EVERYTHING WAS VERY INTENTIONAL IN THIS POLICY, AND I JUST WANT FELLOW TRUSTEES TO UNDERSTAND THIS WAS REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH.
>> WELL, FOR ME, WE JUST GOT BACK.
FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T KNOW AND FOR OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE ATTENDED THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER JULY 24 THROUGH THE 26.
THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THIS WAS FREE FOR US TO ATTEND.
IT'S HOWARD BUTT FROM HEB FAME.
HOLDSWORTH IS HIS MOM'S MAD NAME.
WE GOT TOGETHER WITH, WAS IT 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 19.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION.
IF YOU WERE TO READ POLICY, THERE'S A REASON THIS IS AN A POLICY.
THIS IS WHAT IT ALL STEMS FROM.
THIS POLICY, EVERY STAFF MEMBER SHOULD JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO READ IT.
IT'S LIKE AN ADDENDUM TO THE MISSION STATEMENT BECAUSE ALL OF US SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, WE WANT THREE THINGS.
WE WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS PERFORMING AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL, IF NOT EXCEEDING IT.
WE SHOULD SEE GROWTH AT ONE YEAR LEVEL ABOVE WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY AT, AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE THAT THEY'RE CCMR READY FOR COLLEGE, CAREER, AND MILITARY LIFE READINESS.
WE ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS STAFF MEMBERS, AS PARENTS, AS BOARD MEMBERS, THAT WE CAN TELL OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS, AND THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE MISSION STATEMENT.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF US FOR DEVELOPING THIS AND SPENDING SOME TIME REVISITING IT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE PLAY ON THIS YEAR'S THEME, IT ALL BEGINS HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THAT SAME HOLDSWORTH SEMINAR LAST YEAR AS AT THE INAUGURAL EVENT.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE AS A WHOLE BOARD NOW HAVE IDENTIFIED AND REAFFIRMED OUR BELIEFS AND OUR COMMITMENTS WITH THE THREE PARTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS IN THOSE COMMITMENTS, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM, THERE ARE IDENTIFIED METRICS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL OUT AND TALK TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT, TO SHOW HOW WE'RE MOVING AND PERFORMING AGAINST THOSE COMMITMENTS.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING FULL CIRCLE TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO COMMUNICATE AND SHOW MEASUREMENT OF OUR MISSION AND OUR WAY TO GET THERE.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, AND IN FACT, WAS NOT EVEN ON THE BOARD YET WHEN THIS WORK WAS DONE.
I APPRECIATE HOW CLEAR IT IS IN COMMUNICATING THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS, AND THAT IT DOES SO IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US AS A BOARD TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE OUR EXPECTATIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER ADMINISTRATION, BUT ALSO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY CAN ALSO LOOK AT THIS AS A MEASURING STICK FOR HOW EVERYONE UP HERE IS DOING.
IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL AND IT'S REASONABLE AND PROVIDES, IN MY VIEW, A GREAT AMOUNT OF ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EVERY STUDENT HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENT SKILLS AND DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, AND WE CAN STILL DO OUR BEST FOR EACH STUDENT WHILE KEEPING OUR PROMISE UNDER THIS POLICY.
>> I WILL SIMPLY ADD TWO THINGS TO THIS.
ONE IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTIONALITY AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD A STUDENT FOCUSED POLICY.
HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO HAVE WHAT ADULT BEHAVIORS LOOK LIKE IN A STUDENT FOCUSED POLICY.
LISA, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR THINGS IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHAPE AND FRAME THE ONE YEAR'S GROWTH FOR STUDENTS, THAT EVERY STUDENT ON GRADE LEVEL, HOW WE SHAPED AND FRAME THOSE THINGS, BUT THEN ALSO HOW THROUGHOUT THE POLICY YOU START SEEING WHAT ADULT COMMITMENTS AND ADULT BEHAVIORS ARE.
I THINK IT'S THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTENTION TO START EMBEDDING SOME OF THIS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER TRAINING SO THAT AS NANCY ALLUDED TO EARLIER,
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THIS IS A THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH MANY TAPESTRIES IN THE DISTRICT AND AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CURRICULUM ON IT THAT WAS DONE.THE SECOND COMMENT THAT I WILL MAKE, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, IT'S BROUGHT UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THIS POLICY DEVELOPMENT WHERE QUESTIONS HAVE ARISEN, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT IN GOING BACK AND FORTH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOLDING TEACHERS ACCOUNTABLE.
LISA SAYS, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO ACHIEVE GROWTH, WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO BE ON GRADE LEVEL.
WE ARE PUTTING THESE FLAGS IN THE GROUND WE ARE PUTTING THE SUPPORT IN PLACE FOR THE STAFF.
THEN TRULY WHAT DOES ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? I THINK IN PART, WE'RE GETTING THERE WITH STARTING THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE NOW TEACHERS WILL BE INCENTIVIZED BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND THAT'S STARTING AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE MOST GROWTH FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S A VERY SMART WAY TO DO IT BUT JUST IN GENERAL, I THINK THIS POLICY IN PARTICULAR AS THE THREAD THAT WE'VE SO MANY TAPESTRIES OF THE DISTRICT, HAS LEFT US WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT AS WE DO THIS WORK, WE NEED TO CONTINUE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
IT REALLY IS THE ANCHOR BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS DEEMED AS THE MEASURING STICK, AND THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS BASED ON OUR MISSION, BASED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE DISTRICT, WE SHOULD HAVE ALIGNMENT IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, ALIGNMENT IN HOW WE EVALUATE STAFF, ALIGNMENT IN COACHING AND GUIDANCE.
ALL OF THIS POLICY STARTS IS THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL BEGINNING OF THE SUBSEQUENT POLICIES THAT THEN DESCRIBE HOW WE DO THOSE THINGS, HOW WE PROVIDE INTERVENTION TO STUDENTS.
WHAT WE EXPECT LEARNING TO LOOK LIKE IN OUR CLASSROOM, AND I LOVE THE BELIEF AND THE COMMITMENT THAT LEARNING ISN'T JUST HERE'S A TEXTBOOK, BUT WE WANT LEARNING TO BE ENGAGING.
WE WANT LEARNING TO BE AN EXPERIENCE.
I APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY, I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY AND THE TIME THAT IT TOOK.
I'LL JUST SAY THIS AS A SIDEBAR.
THIS WAS A POLICY THAT TOOK A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO SO MANY OTHER POLICIES THAT CONNECT TO IT.
WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE IT, IT WILL DEFINITELY ALLOW THE 140 POLICIES AND OTHER POLICIES THAT WILL COME UP TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE FOR THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK AND INPUT AND YOUR TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT ON THIS OUTSIDE OF THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND AT THE DIAS.
>> I THINK THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WHEN YOU READ THIS, THE THEORY OF ACTION, WE HAVE OUR BOARD BELIEFS AND OUR CORE COMMITMENTS BUT THEN IN REGARDS TO THE THEORY OF ACTIONS, IT'S A TON OF QUESTIONS, AND THEN THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE POLICIES AFTER THAT THEN ADDRESS.
>> IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FL FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 9.7, ADOPTION OF BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
I WILL INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TARRAH.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH RECENT LEGISLATION AND THE ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL, PUBLIC COMMENTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY WILL BE HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL BOARD MEETINGS WITH INPUT TIED DIRECTLY TO SCHEDULED DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. TO SUPPORT ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AN ONLINE PORTAL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT MEETS THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON NON-AGENDA TOPICS.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR COMMENTS AT ANY TIME AND TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, WHICH ALLOW FOR BETTER SERVICE TO OUR FAMILIES.
THIS LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IS DESIGNED TO KEEP MEETINGS EFFICIENT WHILE ENSURING THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER.
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THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BED LOCAL,
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BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF BED LOCAL, BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BY LAW? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS SAYING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS SO THE TEXAS LEGISLATION PASSED LAW THAT SAYS WE CAN'T HAVE NON-AGENDA COMMENTS ANYMORE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> COMMENTS ARE TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, AND IT'S THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT STATES THAT NON-AGENDA ITEMS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
>> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE COULD HAVE NON-AGENDA ITEMS AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING, AND WE'RE JUST CHOOSING NOT TO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REALLY BEING REALLY CLEAR ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS POLICY.
>>THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT DOES NOT REQUIRE NON-AGENDA ITEMS TO BE PROVIDED.
THAT I BELIEVE WAS ADDED 10 YEARS AGO.
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO IT IN A DIFFERENT FASHION.
THIS ALLOWS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS TO GO IN A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION PORTAL SO THAT FAMILIES CAN DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE AND RECEIVE COMMENT AND FEEDBACK ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
IF YOU'RE COMING FOR A NON-AGENDA ITEM, IT'S ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT UNLESS IT'S TO CORRECT A FACT.
IT ALLOWS FOR MORE FREQUENT, MORE OPEN, AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WANTING TO COMMENT ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT RELATIVE TO A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM OR BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
>> GOT IT. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK I MAY HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENT HERE.
I GUESS MY CHALLENGE IS, I DO FIND THE NON-AGENDA ITEMS THAT PEOPLE BRING UP TO BE RELEVANT AT TIMES.
IT HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED MY PERCEPTION OF THINGS.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE I WOULD HAVE HEARD THEM IN THIS SPECIAL TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE, TYPICALLY, AND LET'S TALK, THINGS DON'T GO TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
>> THIS FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE READING.
IT FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE BROADER DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE WE JUST APPROVE THIS BECAUSE THIS FEELS LIKE IT'LL BE A REAL FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO THE WAY WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING OUR MEETINGS, AND IT'LL BE A REAL FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO I THINK THE PUBLIC.
IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY REALLY THOUGHTFUL AROUND BEFORE WE DO IT.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE, BUT I JUST THINK AS A BOARD, THIS IS A MATERIAL CHANGE IN HOW WE WOULD BE CONDUCTING OURSELVES AND I'M CONCERN THAT IT'S LIMITING PUBLIC SPEECH.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNICATION, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL VALUE IN HEARING PEOPLE'S GENERAL PASSIONS OR PLEASE AROUND MANY TOPICS THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT STILL COULD BE RELEVANT, SO I DON'T LOVE THIS ONE.
MY QUESTION REALLY WAS MORE ON THE DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND IF WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, THEN PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD THINK MORE ABOUT.
>> JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, SO SPECIFICITY, THE LAW DOES NOT ADDRESS NON AGENDA ITEMS PERIOD BECAUSE IT IS NOT REQUIRED, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD OVER A DECADE AGO INCORPORATED, THAT'S ONE THING.
SECOND IS THE LAW REQUIRES A ONLINE PORTAL TOOL.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD LET'S TALK, IT MAY HAVE NOT GONE DIRECTLY TO EACH BOARD MEMBER AND THAT'S WHAT LAUREN'S QUESTION WAS TO LESLIE EARLIER, THAT WE'LL BE GETTING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL HAVE THEIR LET'S
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TALK SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE COMMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, THE RESPONSES GOING BACK TO FAMILIES PARENTS, AND IT ALSO I THINK COMING FROM THE LENS OF I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR I WANT TO GIVE MY COMMENT AND I WANT SOME FEEDBACK.IT ALLOWS FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION VERSUS JUST A ONE WAY AND A LIMITED TIME.
THE OTHER PROVISION IS WE'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS, AND THIS IS A CADENCE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE BIG CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, GIVEN HOW LONG MEETINGS ARE, I THINK PUBLIC COMMENT MAKES UP A VERY SMALL PORTION OF IT, SO I DON'T SEE THE REASON WHY WE WOULD STOP WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR 10 YEARS.
I DON'T SEE THE IMPETUS HERE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M MISSING.
>> MICHAEL, I'LL TELL YOU IN 2010 WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD, I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THIS UP AND GOT IT IN OUR POLICY TO TAKE PUBLIC INPUT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A VOICE AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT TODAY.
BUT WITH THE CHANGE IN THE LAW AND THE WAY IT WORKS WITH THAT PORTAL, I AGREE THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION IS SO MUCH BETTER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS ANYTIME.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY SPEAKERS THAT COME LATE AT NIGHT.
THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR BOARD MEETING THAT'S GONE LONG AND WE TAKE COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MAKE ME WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING. BUT GUESS WHAT? THE REASON WE DO IT AT THE END OF THE MEETING IS IT'S NOT PART OF OUR AGENDA, SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE BUSINESS OF THE EVENING.
THAT WAS THE COMPROMISE WE DID IN 2010 WAS PUT IT, WE'LL TAKE IT, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE AGENDA, SO WE'LL LET THEM SPEAK AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY CHANGE, IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS, I'VE BEEN AROUND.
WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO LET'S TALK, AND WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO LET'S TALK AND SO WE ALREADY DID THAT.
THE DISTRICT ALREADY BROUGHT UP, LET'S TALK, I THINK, TWO YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW LESLIE, YOU COULD CORRECT ME.
HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN DOING LET'S TALK? YOU SEE, I CAN'T KEEP TRACK.
BUT IT GIVES THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, THE ABILITY TO SAY IT TO THE BOARD AND THEN GET A RESPONSE.
WHEN THEY COME LATE IN THE EVENING AND HAVE TO WAIT AROUND, MANY OF THEM HAVE COMPLAINED, WELL, I'VE GOT KIDS AT HOME, I COULDN'T COME SPEAK.
THIS GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AT ANY TIME AT THEIR CONVENIENCE AND THEN GET A RESPONSE AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL KNOW WHAT THE TOPICS ARE AND WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE.
IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, IT'S A MORE TRANSPARENT WAY, AND YOU'RE NOT EXCLUDING THOSE WHO OTHERWISE COULDN'T COME TO A BOARD MEETING.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ASKED OR THEIR COMMENTS HEARD TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND THEN GET A RESPONSE AND WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF OUR AGENDA, THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE, WHY DON'T THEY SAY ANYTHING BACK TO ME? WELL, WE CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF OUR DULY POSTED AGENDA.
I SEE THIS AS AN IMPROVEMENT CONSIDERING THAT I'M THE ONE THAT GOT THIS IN OUR PRACTICE IN 2010.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> I GUESS THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THEY COULD ALWAYS EMAIL US.
OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PUBLIC AND SO I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CHOOSING NOT TO EMAIL US ARE COMING HERE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON.
I THINK EVERY PERSON WHO SITS THERE AND WAITS FOR FOUR HOURS TO DO THAT MEANS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU WANT IT TO BE HEARD BY US AND POTENTIALLY BY THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL.
I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THEIR ONE OPPORTUNITY I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY, SOME PEOPLE WHO DO IT IN A NEGATIVE FASHION, BUT I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GENUINE THINGS THAT THEY THINK THE BROADER PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR AND I THINK THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S SUCH A LITTLE COST TO US, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF TAKING IT AWAY BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR MEETINGS ARE LIKE SIX HOURS, SO THERE'S SIX HOURS AND 15 MINUTES.
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SUCH A BURDEN ON US THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL POLICY REMOVING IT, AND I WILL SHUT UP BECAUSE I'M SAYING THE SAME THING.BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD A REASON WHY BECAUSE LET'S TALK AND THEM SENDING US A MASS EMAIL ARE THE SAME THING AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE ARE DIFFERENT AND SO THAT WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS LAW HAS SOMEHOW MADE IT NOW ABSOLVES US FROM NEEDING TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> I DON'T THINK IT ABSOLVES US, BUT IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T GET HERE AT THE END OF A BOARD MEETING.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MANY YEARS.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT TO GET HEARD, THEY HAVE TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING.
THIS WAY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, AND IT EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE STAMINA OR WHATEVER TO WAIT FOR THE BOARD MEETING TO SPEAK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE COMMENTARY, MORE HONEST INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY IF THEY CAN INPUT AT ANY TIME AND GET A RESPONSE BACK.
>> I THINK THAT REALLY THE QUESTION AT HEART IS, ARE OUR MEETINGS A PUBLIC FORUM AND THEY'RE NOT? THEY'RE A MEETING NOT OF THE PUBLIC, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THIS BODY MAKING DECISIONS AND HOW WE DELIBERATE AND I SEE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE SMILING AND LAUGHING, BUT IT'S TRUE.
THAT IS UNCALLED FOR, BUT YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
THIS IS A MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO WITNESS A BOARD THAT YOU VOTE FOR, THAT YOU TRUST IN, IT'S CALLED A TRUSTEE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT POLICY, TO DO WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO.
THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM HAVING PUBLIC FORUMS, IF THAT IS WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM, THEN WE CAN CONSIDER THAT, BUT NOT AT OUR MEETINGS.
WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO CONSIDER THIS IS A BIG DISTRICT.
AS STATED EARLIER, WE HAVE A LOT OF POLICY WORK TO DO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PUBLIC COMMENTS END UP ALWAYS HELPING THE KIDS AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> I WILL SAY I HAD MIXED FEELINGS ON THIS WHEN I FIRST READ IT MICHAEL AND I CERTAINLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED, I FEEL LIKE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS POLICY IS NOW, WE HAVE A HUGE ONLINE PRESENCE FOLLOWING THE DISTRICT'S ACTIVITIES AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPEAKING TO US AND SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC, THERE ARE INFLUENCERS THAT LIVE TWEET OUR MEETING.
THERE ARE BLOGGERS THAT WRITE BLOGS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
THERE ARE INFLUENCERS THAT PUT OUT CALLS TO ACTION ON FACEBOOK TO EMAIL US.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY ONLINE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THEIR OWN VERSION OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE PUBLIC DISCOURSE, AND IN MANY CASES, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING EMAILED US THEIR CONCERNS, AND IN SOME CASES, POSTING RESPONSES, OR IN SOME CASES, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE SAID AT MEETINGS OR HOW WE HAVE HANDLED A CERTAIN TOPIC.
HONESTLY, I ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HEARTBURN OVER THIS, BUT THEN I WONDER IF THOSE FORUMS, WHETHER IT'S THE BLOGS OR THE INFLUENCERS OR PEOPLE DOING THESE ALTERNATE MEDIA, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T CALL IT ALTERNATE DECENTRALIZED MEDIA STORIES.
POSTS AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL MEDIA POSTS.
IS THAT ACTUALLY A MORE RELEVANT WAY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE A CONCERN THAN HAVING THE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE BOARD MEETING? I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN A LOT OF DETAIL TO THAT LEVEL IN TERMS OF WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO DO THE BLOGS AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE INFLUENCERS AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE DECENTRALIZED MEDIA TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S GETTING HYPER LOCAL AND THAT'S HOW IT IS IN THIS COUNTRY.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. TOTALLY, I WILL DIE ON THAT HILL.
BUT THE THING I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS THAT ALL OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION IN THE TWO WAY PLATFORM AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR FAMILIES AND PARENTS TO GET HELP TIMELY AND US TO ALSO HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THAT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THIS DASHBOARD OR HOWEVER IT'S GOING TO LOOK WITH LET'S TALK.
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BUT I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS PRECLUDES PEOPLE FROM BEING HEARD BY THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A PROLIFERATION OF THAT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH SOMEBODY WHEN THEY COME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK THE SITUATION WITH THE POLICY WITH MR. RATLIFF EARLIER, I HAVE HEARD HIM COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND I COULDN'T TALK TO HIM AND SAY, I'M WITH YOU, I AGREE.
I AM ALSO UPSET ABOUT THIS THING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEREAS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER TWO WAY CONVERSATION AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE STILL GOING TO DO THAT ONLINE AND PROBABLY WITH A LARGER AUDIENCE THAN THE 10 PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING OUR BOARD MEETING AT 9:51 P.M ON A TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT THIS ALIGNS WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION AND THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE.
>> I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS VALUE THOUGH IN JUST BEING HEARD.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, I'VE DONE NUMEROUS EXERCISES WHERE YOU JUST HAVE A PERSON JUST SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO YOU AND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS VALUE IN THAT.
I THINK IF WE TAKE THAT AWAY BECAUSE A HANDFUL OF BAD ACTORS HAVE MADE US UNCOMFORTABLE.
TO ME, I THINK THAT THAT DOES A REAL DISSERVICE TO THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN UP HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS STUDENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN UP HERE, NOT NECESSARILY WANTING A RESPONSE, BUT JUST WANTING TO SAY THEIR PIECE AND BE HEARD.
I FEEL LIKE TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM SO MANY PEOPLE FOR WHAT? I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING DOESN'T INCONVENIENCE US.
IT ADDS ANOTHER ON AVERAGE, MAYBE FIVE MINUTES TO A MEETING.
I GET SO MUCH MORE VALUE OUT OF IT THAN IT COSTS US.
IT SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT WE ARE MAKING THIS POLICY AND THAT WE ARE THEN I AM SURE, BRINGING ON THE WRATH IN THE EYE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT? YES, WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES AND OTHER THINGS, BUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE VALUE OF TAKING AWAY THIS THING THAT DOES SEEM VALUABLE TO PEOPLE AND THAT IS USED FREQUENTLY BY PEOPLE AND THAT WE ARE TELLING THEM, WELL, YOU CAN DO THIS OTHER THING WHEN WHAT THEY REALLY WANT IS TO STAND UP THERE AND TALK BECAUSE THEY COULD ALWAYS DO THE OTHER THING.
THE OTHER THING HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE.
THEY CAN EMAIL YOU, THEY CAN CALL YOU, THEY CAN MEET WITH YOU.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE CALLED ME, HAVE YOU EMAILED ME HAVE MET WITH ME, BUT THEY HAVE DONE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO FEEL HEARD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, SO WHEN SOMEBODY HAS OR WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR NON AGENDA COMMENTS.
CAN YOU JUST EDUCATE US ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO DO THAT? YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP.
DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? NO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CHILD IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST HERE'S MY EMAIL, HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER, AND I WANT TO SIGN UP TO HAVE COMMENTS? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
>> YES. WE HAVE AN ONLINE PORTAL OR I GUESS IT'S A SURVEY, WHERE IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SPEAK ON EITHER AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEMS, THE PROCESS IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
YOU SUBMIT YOUR NAME. I THINK IT ASKS IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OR NOT, WHETHER IT'S AN AGENDA OR NON AGENDA, AND THEN WHAT THE TOPIC IS.
THAT OPENS UP, I BELIEVE THE MORNING OF AND CLOSES AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
>> I GUESS WHAT I'M ALSO TRYING TO GET AT IS THAT, JUST LIKE MICHAEL SAID,
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THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THIS BOARD, AND WITH THE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S A PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL.I THINK FOLKS THAT DO COME AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT NON AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF GRANDSTANDING SOMETIMES THAT PEOPLE COME TO DO THAT.
I AM A LITTLE CONFLICTED ON GETTING RID OF THAT JUST LIKE MICHAEL SAID, IT DOESN'T TAKE UP A LOT OF OUR TIME.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT INTENTIONS OF WHY PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND SAY THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY ALSO FACES SIMILAR CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AS WELL WITH FOLKS COMING IN AND SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M REALLY CONFLICTED ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD LOVE JUST TO HEAR ANYBODY ELSE'S FEEDBACK.
>> I'LL CHIME IN. I ALSO WALKED IN THE ROOM, NOT REALLY SURE WHAT I WANTED TO DO WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT MICHAEL HAS SAID.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE BE HEARD.
AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO AGREE, THIS BOARD HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO, EVEN ON JUST THIS ONE POLICY THIS EVENING, OBVIOUSLY.
I DO QUESTION THE UTILITY OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS IN GENERAL.
BUT MICHAEL SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME.
THAT PEOPLE NOT ONLY NEED TO BE HEARD, BUT THEY MAY NEED TO BE HEARD IN A PUBLIC FORUM, AND THESE DIRECT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS DON'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE THAT.
I'M THINKING TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES WE'VE LOOKED AT ABOUT FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT EVER GET THAT AGENDA ITEM ANYMORE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISTRICT IS NOW PROHIBITED FROM ALLOWING CLUBS FOR LGBTQ STUDENTS.
WELL, MAYBE THERE'S LGBTQ FAMILIES THAT WANT TO SHOW UP EACH BOARD MEETING AND SAY, OUR STUDENT IS HERE ALSO, AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHEN THEY CAN PUBLICLY SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT IN ANOTHER WAY THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA BUBBLE.
I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE THAT IS. I TEND TO AGREE.
SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IS VERY NICE HERE.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE COME UP JUST TO COMPLIMENT THE WORK THE DISTRICT IS DOING, AND I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD PEOPLE COME UP TO DO THE OPPOSITE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I WALKED IN HERE UNSURE, BUT I THINK THAT COMMENT ABOUT PEOPLE BEING HEARD AND BEING HEARD PUBLICLY, CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT WITH ME.
>> WELL, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS AND IT'S REQUIRED THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE IN PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING IN THE PUBLIC.
IT'S NOT A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY A ONE WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
THEY CAN ONLY COME AND SAY SOMETHING.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE THAT ARE NOT TRUE AND IT DERAILS THE PROCESS.
I'M THE ONE THAT GOT NON AGENDA ITEMS IN 2010.
I CONVINCED THE BOARD, LET'S DO THIS.
I THINK THAT WE NEED THIS, BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THAT BACK THEN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LET'S TALK THAT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS PUT TOGETHER, WHICH WILL TRACK ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE BOARD, ALL OF THE MEMBERS WILL SEE THOSE COMMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT THOSE COMMENTS ARE FOR.
I PRESUME IT'S TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY COME TO THE BOARD MEETING TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING IN PUBLIC, BUT IT'S NOT A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT, AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE THOSE.
WE CAN OPEN UP PUBLIC FORUMS, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A BOARD MEETING.
>> AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THIS DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF A QUESTION AND THEN PRESENT WITH SOME OPTIONS.
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ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A LET'S TALK PORTAL IN PLACE BEFORE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OR WHAT IS THE DATE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT THAT IN PLACE IN THE LAW?>> I WOULD NEED FOR Y'ALL ARE ALL PULLING OUT YOUR NOTES.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.
>> WE'LL LOOK AT THAT, WE MAY NEED A SECOND.
THE ONLINE PORTAL IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S REGARDLESS OF WHAT DECISION IS MADE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS DURING I GUESS NON WORK TIME.
IF A BOARD DECIDED, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR BOARD MEETINGS TO 10:30 IN THE MORNING.
THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
THE LAW SAYS IT AT A REASONABLE TIME.
REALLY AFTER 5:00 WHICH THAT IS NO CHANGE BECAUSE OUR BOARD MEETINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE EVENING.
THEN I BELIEVE THE OTHER IS THAT ALL COMMENTS THAT THE BOARD, IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS NON AGENDA.
IT SAYS, PUBLIC PORTION IS TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
>> TRUSTEES, AT THIS POINT, OUR OPTIONS ARE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, AND WE CAN VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
I JUST WANT TO CLEARLY LAY OUT OPTIONS GIVEN THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD HERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND WE CAN VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
SOMEONE CAN MAKE A SECOND MOTION TO AMEND THE FIRST MOTION, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE, OR WE CAN TABLE THE MOTION.
IN TABLING THE MOTION, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK AND, PERHAPS SPECIFY THE WORK SESSION IN TWO WEEKS OR SPECIFY THE MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, THAT WE WOULD BRING IT BACK AT THAT TIME OR BY A CERTAIN TIME, SINCE WE HAVE A DEADLINE AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE LET'S TALK POLICY ADOPTED AT MINIMUM BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THAT IS OUR OPTIONS AT THIS POINT, AS I SEE IT.
WHAT DISCUSSION IS THERE OF THOSE OPTIONS?
>> AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS TO GET TO BEFORE WE CAN GET DONE WITH THIS MEETING.
IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME, I KNOW WE ARE A MID MOTION RIGHT NOW TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS POLICY UNTIL OUR NEXT WORK SESSION?
>> YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DATE CERTAIN.
>> THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS GOING TO BE ON AUGUST 19TH, WHICH IS BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 1ST DEADLINE.
AGAIN, SOMEONE CAN AMEND THE MOTION, WE CAN VOTE ON THE MOTION AS IS, OR WE CAN TABLE THE MOTION UNTIL THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING.
>> WELL, CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE?
>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BECAUSE I THINK KATHERINE HAS PUT A MOTION TO TABLE.
>> OKAY. I DIDN'T HEAR IT. YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR MOTION, PLEASE?
>> THERE YOU GO, TARRAH, HE'S USING YOUR TOOL.
DOCTOR TARRAH, I MOVE WE POSTPONE UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, THE DISCUSSION OF THIS POLICY, WHICH WOULD BE AUGUST 19TH.
>> TRUSTEES, IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION?
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE MICHAEL COOK, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TABLES THE MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF POLICY BED LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING UNTIL THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025 BOARD MEETING.
TRUSTEES, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES 6:1.WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.
THERE IS A REASON THAT THESE ARE UNDER DISCUSSION AND ACTION THIS EVENING AND THAT THESE ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT POLICIES TO THE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M SURE WE WILL HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND HAVE SOME THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION COMING BACK ON THE 19TH.
THESE ARE NOT EASY DISCUSSIONS, BUT I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THEM. ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ADOPTION OF POLICY EFB LOCAL,
[9.8 Adoption of Policy EFB(LOCAL) Instructional Resources: Library Materials on First and Final Reading]
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, LIBRARY MATERIALS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.I WILL INVITE DOCTOR SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, TO PLEASE PRESENT THIS POLICY.
POLICY EFB LOCAL IS PRESENTED THIS EVENING FOR ADOPTION ON FIRST AND FINAL READING, REFLECTING REQUIRED UPDATES AND RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 13.
AS REVISED, THIS POLICY ESTABLISHES THE SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ALSO KNOWN AS SLAC.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS LAW, THE BOARD WILL APPOINT AN EQUAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS, NO FEWER THAN FIVE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT.
A MAJORITY OF THESE MEMBERS MUST ALSO BE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF CURRENTLY ENROLLED STUDENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, SLAC MEMBERSHIP WILL INCLUDE SELECTED LIBRARIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
FINAL SLAC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP WILL BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THE SLAC WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING TRAINING ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DISTRICT POLICY, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AND RELEVANT STATE LAWS REGARDING THE SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.
IT WILL COLLABORATE WITH LIBRARIANS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDED LIBRARY MATERIALS LIST FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.
THEY WILL BE RECOMMENDING PROCEDURES FOR THE RECONSIDERATION OR CHALLENGE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS ALSO SUBJECT TO BOARD APPROVAL.
THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT LEAST TWICE PER YEAR WITH A 72 HOUR PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR EACH MEETING.
MEETING MINUTES AND RECORDINGS MUST BE POSTED PUBLICLY TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF POLICY EFB LOCAL, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, LIBRARY MATERIALS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY EFB LOCAL, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, LIBRARY MATERIALS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.
I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANCE AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY EFB LOCAL, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, LIBRARY MATERIALS, ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?
>> I HAVE JUST A LITTLE QUESTION.
I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE STATED THAT THERE'S CONCERN THAT HAVING THIS SLAC MEANS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DELAY IN APPROVAL OF BOOKS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING FOLKS INVOLVED IT'S NOT THEIR PROFESSION TO CONSIDER AND SELECT BOOKS.
HOW OFTEN DO WE CONSIDER PROCURING BOOKS.
I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ONLY DO A BIG ORDER ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, THAT IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE ARE ORDERING THINGS WILLINGLY.
THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME AND SO THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ALL THESE FOLKS TOGETHER THAT IT WOULD NOT DELAY THE PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS.
>> CURRENTLY LIBRARIANS ORDER BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY DO THEIR RESEARCH, THEY GO THROUGH T SLACK, THEY DO ALL THE THINGS AND THEY ORDER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO ESTABLISH SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES THAT WOULD OUTLAY WHEN LIBRARIANS WOULD START COLLECTING THEIR LIST AND TAKING IT THROUGH SLACK.
BUT I WILL SAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE'S A SLACK, THERE'S STILL THE 30 DAY POSTING.
THERE ARE PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REALLY DILIGENT TO THAT PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SLAC IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT WOULD SLOW IT DOWN.
THE TIMELINE OF HAVING TO DEVELOP THEM, ESTABLISH PROCEDURES THAT THEY'RE ORDERING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, GOING THROUGH THE SLAC COMMITTEE POSTING IT FOR PUBLIC,
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AND THEN HAVING IT COME TO THE BOARD.>> I DON'T WANT TO BE THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT AGAIN, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, AND I REALLY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL WE PLAN ON PUTTING ON THE SLACK COMMITTEE?
>> THERE'S A MINIMUM THE LAW REQUIRES, IF YOU HAVE A SLACK THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER APPOINT AN EQUAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE TO BE NON-EMPLOYEE MAJORITY PARENTS, AND IT HAS TO BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S NOT REALLY REALISTIC, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE CAN PUT AS MANY AS WE WANT ON THERE, BUT WE WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE OTHER PROFESSIONALS, LIBRARIANS ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL TO HELP COLLABORATE AROUND THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND THE LISTS THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR PROCUREMENT.
>> WE WOULD BE PUTTING SEVEN PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU NOTED. NO?
>> NO, IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN BECAUSE EACH PERSON WOULD BE ALLOWED TO APPOINT A PARENT OR A NON-EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO ELSE WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A WELL-ROUNDED COMMITTEE, AND THEN THOSE MEMBERS WOULD ALSO BE APPROVED BY YOU GUYS.
WE'D HAVE TO BRING THAT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.
>> I THINK MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT IT FEELS STRANGE TO HAVE SEVEN PARENTS SELECTING BOOKS FOR 47,000 KIDS.
I FEEL LIKE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE A STAFF THAT DOES IT WELL, WE HAVE LIBRARIANS WHO ARE TRAINED FOR THIS, WE HAVE GUIDANCE FROM THE LAW.
I DON'T KNOW. IT SEEMS REALLY ODD TO HAVE SEVEN PARENTS ADDED TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHO I THINK ARE ALREADY MORE THAN CAPABLE AND COMPETENT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'D BRING TO THE TABLE ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO READ A LOT OF BOOKS.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, WE ALSO HAVE CHALLENGES.
WE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, 100 BOOKS CHALLENGE LAST YEAR, AND THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE A 30-DAY TURNAROUND, AND SO THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO READ A LOT OF BOOKS.
>> THEY'RE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE.
>> DOESN'T SLACK ALSO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES?
>> UNDER LAW, THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE CHALLENGE, WHICH WOULD THEN BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, SO THEY WOULD BE EVEN INVOLVED IN WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
>> IT'S THE PROCESS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY.
>> WELL, WE CAN ESTABLISH A SEPARATE.
>> WE CAN ESTABLISH A SEPARATE LIBRARY REVIEW COMMITTEE IS WHAT I THINK THAT THEY CALL IT, BUT THAT ALSO HAS TO HAVE SOME OF THE SAME RULES THAT APPLY TO SLACK, LIKE THE MAJORITY BEING PARENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
>> AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT TO THESE BOARDS, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR DISASTER BECAUSE NO ONE'S GOING TO LOVE THE SEVEN PARENTS WE PICKED.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SAY, WELL, THEY'RE ALL RIGHT-WING CRAZIES OR LEFT-WING CRAZIES OR WHATEVER.
MY CONCERN IS THAT BY BRINGING IN SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF PARENTS, WE ARE NOT REPRESENTING THE 47,000 KIDS WE HAVE, AND IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US JUST TO USE OUR OWN LIBRARY STAFF WITH THE INSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT FROM THE STATE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND OTHER THINGS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE ADDING THIS EXTRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THAT.
ONE I THINK MIGHT GET AT YOUR QUESTION.
THE FIRST IS, IF THERE IS A BOOK ALREADY IN OUR LIBRARY CATALOG THAT HAS NOT BEEN CHALLENGED.
I'M A MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, AND I DON'T KNOW.
SOME TITLE IS IN OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIES, BUT NOT MINE.
DO I NEED APPROVAL FOR THAT TITLE TO BE BOUGHT TO PUT IN MY LIBRARY? WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SLACK CONSIDER EVERY SINGLE BOOK A LIBRARIAN WANTS TO PURCHASE.
WE ARE POTENTIALLY HAVING THE SLACK CONSIDER ONLY NEW BOOKS THAT ARE NOT FEATURED IN ANY LIBRARY ACROSS THE DISTRICT YET.
IS THAT THE CORRECT UNDERSTANDING?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR BOOKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE LIBRARY.
IF THEY WANTED TO REPLACE A BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS DAMAGED, THEY CAN DO THAT.
IF THEY ARE WANTING TO ORDER A BOOK THAT'S IN ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY,
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AND IT'S ALREADY IN OUR CATALOG, THEY CAN DO THAT.THIS WOULD BE FOR WHEN THEY ARE DOING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW LIBRARY BOOKS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT IS A LOT OF BOOKS.
>> ONE OF THE POINTS OF CONCERN THAT I THINK THAT GETS TO THAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK ABOUT TO SLACK OR NOT TO SLACK IS DIFFERENT LIBRARIANS, THEY KNOW THEIR KIDS, AND IF YOU HAVE ONE KID THAT'S REALLY INTO US PRESIDENTS AND THEY'VE ALREADY READ ALL THE US PRESIDENT'S BOOK IN YOUR LIBRARY, CAN YOU GET MORE? IT SOUNDS LIKE IF THERE ARE MORE IN THE CATALOG, YOU CAN GET MORE OR ARE OUR LIBRARIANS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY CURATE CATALOGS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR CAMPUSES WITH HEAVY BILINGUAL POPULATIONS, EVEN SO IF IT'S SPANISH OR IF WE HAVE OTHER LANGUAGES THAT ARE PREDOMINANT ON A CAMPUS, CAN THE LIBRARIANS FROM WHATEVER IS WITHIN THE LIBRARY CATALOG CURATE MAYBE MORE BOOKS IN SPANISH, IF THERE ARE A DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUS? I THINK THAT GETS TO THAT.
THE THING THAT HAS ME, I FEEL LIKE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS LAW IS THAT NOW THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE EVERY NEW BOOK PUT INTO THE COLLECTION.
AS I THINK ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE SCHOOL MARSHALL PROGRAM WHERE WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THINK THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING THINGS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR VALUES, AND WE IMPLEMENTED THIS MARSHALL PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN THE SAME WAY AND THAT IF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF APPROVING ALL OF THESE NEW BOOK PURCHASES FALLS ON THE BOARD, WHICH IT ULTIMATELY DOES, IT CAN EITHER FALL ON THE BOARD WITHOUT EXPERT AND PARENT GUIDANCE BECAUSE THE LIBRARIANS ARE GOING TO ASK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIBRARIANS AND ACADEMIC PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARENTS ON THE COMMITTEE AND SO THROUGH THAT WORK AND THROUGH THAT EXPERT GUIDANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AND I KNOW AS I'M READING THIS RECOMMENDATION AND CONSIDERING IT FOR APPROVAL, THAT THIS HAS COME FROM A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES OUR LIBRARY STAFF, OUR ACADEMIC STAFF, SOME MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF, AS WELL AS PARENTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE A SLACK, THE ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVALUATING AND APPROVING THESE BOOKS FALLS ON THE BOARD WITHOUT THAT CURATION AND THAT GUIDANCE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO APPROVE EVERYTHING EITHER WAY.
THE THING THAT I LIKE AND APPRECIATE ABOUT THE SLACK IS THAT YOU HAVE A LARGER GROUP OF PEOPLE, SOME OF WHOM ARE GOING TO BE OUR LIBRARY EXPERTS, SOME OF WHOM ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE EYES ON THIS AND THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE DOES THIS COMPLY WITH THE STATE STANDARDS, DO THESE BOOKS COMPLY WITH STATE LAW? ARE WE HAPPY FOR THESE BOOKS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? DO WE BELIEVE THOSE BOOKS REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY WELL, WHICH IS ON US, FRANKLY, AS TRUSTEES TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND WHO WE APPOINT TO THE SLACK? BUT AS A TRUSTEE, IF I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON A LIST OF NEW BOOKS WITH OR WITHOUT GUIDANCE, WITH OR WITHOUT COMMUNITY INPUT AND EXPERT INPUT FROM THE DISTRICT, OR BE GIVEN A LIST THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA INPUT, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE EXTRA INPUT PERSONALLY AS A TRUSTEE.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE I'M READING THROUGH A VERY HELPFUL BOOK THAT WE GOT ABOUT THE BILLS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SLACK IS INEVITABLE ANYWAY.
IF WE HAVE A 10% OF PARENTS OR 50 PARENTS REQUEST ONE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH ONE.
WE'RE EITHER GOING TO END UP THERE LATER, OR NOW IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME, THE WAY THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN.
>> JUST FOR THE LAW, IT IS 10% OR 50 PARENTS, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
FOR PLANO ISD, IT WOULD BE 50 PARENTS.
>> INITIALLY, THAT WAS MY CONCERN IS WHY WOULD WE DO SOMETHING WITHOUT A PETITION FIRST? I REACHED OUT TO SOME TRUSTEES AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHED A SLACK.
FOR SIMILAR REASONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
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THIS EXTRA LAYER OF INPUT, AN EXTRA LAYER OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE AS A BOARD SUNSET OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY, WHEN COMES TO CTE, GIFTED AND TALENTED, AND I'M LOSING THE OTHER ONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOMINATE PEOPLE TO BE ON OUR SHACK, TO BE ON OUR DISTRICT-BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, AND THEN ONTO OUR SLACK.
I THINK THAT THIS GIVES MORE PARENTS A VOICE.
I KNOW I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WE'VE GOT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT A HIGH SCHOOLER STARTING THIS YEAR, TOO.
WE CAN MAKE SURE THERE'S A BROAD VARIETY OF WHO CAN BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
BUT ALSO, MICHAEL, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS? BUT IT'S THE LAW.
EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE THIS IS SO DUMB BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
>> CAN I CLARIFY ONE THING? I KNOW, DR. TYLER, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE AND VOTING, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE ARE VOTING MEMBERS OF SLACK, AND THEN THERE ARE NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
THE LAW DOES SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS HAVE TO BE PARENTS AND NON-EMPLOYEES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE LIST IS DONE, EVEN WHEN WE HAVE NON-VOTING MEMBERS SUCH AS LIBRARIANS OR TEACHERS, OR WHOMEVER, IT'S THOSE VOTING MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO ULTIMATELY SAY YES OR NO TO THAT LIST THAT WOULD COME FOR APPROVAL.
>> BY THE WAY, IT'S THAT LAST PART THAT CONCERNS ME.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY THINKING OF THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR, SO DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M TARGETING YOU GUYS, SAYING YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO A POINT SOME CRAZY PEOPLE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE DR. TYLER, TO YOUR POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID EXCEPT FOR THE SEVEN PARENT INPUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE APPROVING THESE BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WE PUT ON THESE COMMITTEES.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THEM GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, NOW WE HAVE SEVEN PARENTS SPEAKING FOR 47,000 KIDS.
I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE THE STAFF AND THE LIBRARIANS WHO HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES AND WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THESE KIDS.
HUFFMAN HAS, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST LIBRARIAN EVER POSSIBLE.
I WOULD LEAVE MY KIDS READING TO HIM ALL DAY LONG VERSUS A COMMITTEE OF SEVEN.
I'M NOT GOING TO DIE ON THIS HILL IN ANY WAY, BUT I JUST THINK THAT UNTIL WE ARE FORCED TO DO THIS, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO DO BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TAKING AWAY A REALLY GOOD LAYER OF SMART INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LAWS, AND WE'RE REPLACING THEM WITH THE SEVEN MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VOTING NOW.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE SEVEN MEMBERS ARE NOT IMPORTANT PARENTS WHO HAVE GOOD FEEDBACK, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THESE SEVEN MEMBERS I WOULD NOT COMMIT EDUCATION OF MY KIDS, I WOULD NOT COMMIT THE BOOKS THAT I WANT MY KIDS TO READ TO SEVEN RANDOM PEOPLE.
>> ARE PARENTS REPLACING LIBRARIANS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
SORRY, YOU USED THE WORD REPLACE, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, I DON'T GET THAT.
>> WELL, NO, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS HAVE TO BE PARENTS WHO VOTE ON THE BOOKS.
ULTIMATELY, EVEN IF YOU RECOMMEND EVERYTHING TO THESE SEVEN MEMBERS, SINCE THEY ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS, THEY WOULD THEN VOTE ON THE BOOKS THAT WOULD BE APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED.
IN THEORY, THEY ARE THE FINAL THING THERE.
>> NO, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, WE'RE THE FINAL, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT.
WE CAN STILL TAKE THE ENTIRE LIST.
THERE'S NO PROHIBITATION ABOUT US NOT SEEING WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONSIDERED LIST WAS, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FROM OUR LIBRARIANS, AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THE OPINION IS OF THESE FOLKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO.
WE CAN STILL CONSIDER THOSE OTHER BOOKS, MICHAEL.
WE'RE THE FINAL, UNFORTUNATELY,
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BECAUSE IT USED TO BE, BEFORE THIS LAW, THAT WE WERE DEPENDING ON THE LIBRARIANS, AND WE WERE GOOD TO GO, AND THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB, AND NOT A JOB THAT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY, SINCE IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION BUT THAT IS A LAW, SO THERE IS STILL A WAY WHERE WE COULD STILL CONSIDER WHAT OUR LIBRARIANS WOULD HAVE ORDERED ANYWAY.WE JUST HAVE EXTRA FEEDBACK. IS THAT NOT CORRECT?
>> YEAH. IT DOES SAY IN THE PROPOSED POLICY THAT THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY SLACK, AND THEN THE BOARD MAY ALSO PROPOSE CHANGES BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON THE LIST OF PROPOSED LIBRARY MATERIALS.
DR. WILLIAMS TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT TODAY; IT'S NOT AN ALL-OR-NONE.
IT DOES PROVIDE THE OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO COME IN AND MAKE CHANGES TO IT BEFORE APPROVAL.
>> I DON'T CARE FOR MOST OF THIS, BUT OUR JOB IS TO COMPLY WITH TEXAS LAW.
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS SEEN FIT TO TAKE THESE DECISIONS AWAY FROM TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO, IF YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH YOUR LIBRARY AND AT CITY LIBRARY, CERTAINLY AT OUR PLANO ISD LIBRARIES, HAVE STUDIED LIBRARY SCIENCES, AND THEY HAVE SUCH A VAST, IMPRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF MANY THINGS BEYOND JUST HOW TO OPERATE A LIBRARY AND CURATE THE COLLECTION THERE.
>> I DON'T LIKE AT ALL THE CONCEPT OF REMOVING THIS DECISION, BUT WE DON'T GET ANY SAY IN THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.
THAT BEING THE CASE, I DO FIND VALUE IN HAVING THE COMMUNITY INPUT.
I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING ANYONE ELSE IN THESE DECISIONS, AND ULTIMATELY THIS BOARD WILL DECIDE, BUT FROM MY VIEW, I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE FAMILIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY EXPERTS TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW IN THAT PROCESS TO HELP US WITH THIS REVIEW SO THAT THIS BOARD CAN THEN TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND AGREE OR DISAGREE AS APPROPRIATE AT THE TIME. THAT'S JUST MY VIEW.
>> I'LL JUST SHARE A PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT ON COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
I THINK TARRAH MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT EARLIER THAT WITH THE REALIGNMENT OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND HOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND WE WANTED TO REALIGN TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OFFER THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE RELEVANT IN-DEPTH WORK.
THAT HAVING PARENTS APPOINTED TO THE SHAC, HAVING PARENTS APPOINTED TO THE SLAC, AND HAVING PARENTS APPOINTED TO THE DISTRICT-BASED IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, I THINK IS GOOD.
ON THE SHAC, WE OFTEN HAVE MORE PARENTS THAN ARE JUST APPOINTED BY THE BOARD BECAUSE SOMETIMES PTA WILL BE ASKED TO INCLUDE PARENTS IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARENTS OF ONE AGE GROUP OR ANOTHER.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET PUBLIC INPUT ON SOMETHING THAT IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALL ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
I WILL ALSO SAY, WE GOT A VERY THOUGHTFUL EMAIL THAT HAD ME THINKING ABOUT MY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE BOND COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO THE 2022 FUTURE FORWARD TASK FORCE OR WHATEVER WE CALLED IT, I APPOINTED AN ACTUARY, AN ENGINEER, AND AN ECONOMIST.
I MADE VERY SPECIFIC APPOINTMENTS BASED ON WHAT THE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE.
AN ENGINEER IS OBVIOUS. I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THEM ARE OBVIOUS FOR A BOND COMMITTEE AND WHY I MADE THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAD AN EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL EMAIL FROM A PARENT AT ALDRIDGE WHO WORKS IN MEDIA SERVICES FOR A UNIVERSITY IN THE AREA.
SHE GAVE US HER OPINION ON THE SLAC AND THEN SHE SAID, IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE DISTRICT GOES, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER ME FOR A POSITION ON THE SLAC? I THOUGHT, THIS IS THE PERFECT PERSON THAT I WOULD LOVE TO APPOINT, ALDRIDGE PARENT, IF YOU'RE STILL WATCHING, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO APPOINT BECAUSE SHE IS EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE
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OF LIBRARY CREATION FOR A LOCAL COLLEGE.THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS, AGAIN, AND I SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE BOARD TO APPOINT PARENTS THAT REPRESENT ALL VOICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
I AGREE WITH YOUR POINT, MICHAEL, AND MAYBE THE NUMBER ISN'T SEVEN PARENTS.
MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN SEVEN PARENTS.
THE LAW SAYS THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPOINT AT LEAST ONE.
THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN THE POLICY THAT IT HAS TO BE X NUMBER.
THE POLICY THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY, AND MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN SEVEN.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS AS TRUSTEES AND APPOINT VOICES THAT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THE COMMUNITY FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THAT, AS BEST WE CAN, MUCH LIKE US.
LOOK AT US. WE LIVE ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
ELISA IS A NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKER.
THE COMMUNITY HAS CHOSEN A GROUP OF US FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT EDUCATION AND DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO OUR JOBS AND CHOOSE MEMBERS FOR THIS COMMITTEE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL MEET THAT GOAL.
AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S SEVEN OR WHETHER IT'S MORE THAN THAT, THAT IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST SEVEN IS THE POLICY, AND THERE IS, I THINK, SOME DISCUSSION THAT CAN BE HAD THERE.
THE STAFF CAN COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD HERE TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE CONCLUDING THE DISCUSSION UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS MORE.
I WILL AGAIN REMIND THE TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
WE CAN AMEND THAT MOTION OR WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TRUSTEES FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE.
>> I'D LIKE TO CALL TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
>> WE WILL CALL THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
AS A REMINDER, LET ME FLIP BACK HERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY EFB, LOCAL, INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES LIBRARY MATERIALS ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION AND THE QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED, SO I WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP AND PERHAPS A SIGH.
NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE HARD ISSUES, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THESE POLICIES AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR DOING YOUR DILIGENCE AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO ANSWER US.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, I BELIEVE.
SEPTEMBER 1ST. IT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON.
>> I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS ALSO ONE THAT WE MAY SEE AGAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL PIECES FROM THE STATE AND INFORMATION THAT WE'VE NOT YET RECEIVED, AND SO THERE MAY ALSO BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AS WE HAVE TO MAKE SLIGHT REVISIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES SAY IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE NOT READY TO HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S STILL TOO MANY UNKNOWNS THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FROM TEA.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THIS WILL START TO UNFOLD.
I PROMISE WE'RE GETTING THERE, YOU GUYS.
[9.9 Adoption of EIC(LOCAL) Academic Achievement: Class Ranking under First and Final Reading]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9.9, ADOPTION OF EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.I WILL NOW INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> REVISIONS TO POLICY EIC, LOCAL, INCLUDE NEW LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, AND UPDATED PROVISIONS FOR DUAL CREDIT IN PREPARATION FOR THE DISTRICT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST TEXAS A&M.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING THIS EVENING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF EIC, LOCAL, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY,
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AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF EIC LOCAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CLASS RANKING UNDER FIRST AND FINAL READING.TRUSTEES, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS BECAUSE I SAW ALL OF THIS AND JUST HAVING A CHILD AT THE ACADEMY, IT'S SUCH AN AMAZING INSTITUTION.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE TIME THAT SUPERINTENDENT TERESA AND HER STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH IN REALLY CONNECTING WITH THE PARENTS, LISTENING TO THE PARENTS, AND IT IS AN INSTITUTION WHERE REALLY AWESOME THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
I JUST APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE PARENTS.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES.
I LOVE THAT YOU LISTENED TO THE PARENTS AND WANT TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND THAT ARE GOING TO BE GREAT.
I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS.
FOR ANYBODY THAT'S CONSIDERED GOING TO THAT SCHOOL, IT'S BEEN LIFE-CHANGING FOR MY CHILD AND THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR SET OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE FUNNEL INTO.
KIDS FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT GO TO THE SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO FUNDRAISING.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET PARENTS TOGETHER, BUT WE MANAGED TO DO IT.
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE CHANGES AND WE STARTED OFF WITH NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CLASSES LIKE AP, SO I APPRECIATE THE EXPANSION OF THAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS GOING ON THERE AND I JUST THINK IT'S AN AWESOME SCHOOL AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
>> I'LL ASK, THIS IS ONE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IN PLACE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF POLICY THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES MID-YEAR.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.
[9.10 Adoption of Policy FNCE(LOCAL) Student Conduct: Personal Telecommunications/Electronic Devices on First and Final Reading]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 9.10, ADOPTION OF POLICY FNCE, LOCAL, STUDENT CONDUCT, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.I INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> POLICY FNCE, LOCAL, IS ONE THAT ALSO HAS TO BE UPDATED BY SEPTEMBER 1.
IT'S BEEN UPDATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH HB 1481, WHICH MANDATES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROHIBIT STUDENT USE OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF FNCE, LOCAL, STUDENT CONDUCT, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FNCE, LOCAL, STUDENT CONDUCT, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FNCE, LOCAL, STUDENT CONDUCT, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE DID GET AN UPDATE ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK DR. GOBER DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS.
I WILL PERSONALLY SAY, I AGREE WITH THE DECISION NOT TO DO POUCHES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A SILLY RIDICULOUS WASTE OF MONEY.
WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT ONE TIME AND THEY WANTED US TO PUT OUR PHONES IN POUCHES, AND I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AT HOME WITH A BABYSITTER.
I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH WHAT IF MY CHILD NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? WHAT IF MY CHILD NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME SOME WAY? WHAT IF I NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY CHILD? WHAT IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY? I THINK THE STUDENTS CONTINUING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR PHONE, BUT IN THEIR BAG, I HOPE WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS AS OPPOSED TO LOCKED UP IN A POUCH, WHICH, BY THE WAY, A LOT OF KIDS JUST BUY A BURNER PHONE AND THROW IT IN THE POUCH AND KEEP THEIR OWN PHONE ANYWAYS.
THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE ARE ADOPTING IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW.
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I SINCERELY HOPE IT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.I WOULD ASK FOR PARENTS THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS POLICY OR THE LAW THAT'S PASSED, REACH OUT TO THE TEAM, REACH OUT TO THE CAMPUS, UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR STUDENT IN EMERGENCY SITUATION, HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
REACH OUT TO THE CAMPUS AND GET THOSE PROTOCOLS AND UNDERSTAND THAT OR DO YOU CONTACT THE TEACHER? HOWEVER YOU'RE GOING TO INTERFACE WITH YOUR CAMPUS.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE REVISION TOO, MUCH LIKE THE VAPING LAW IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I'M NOT TRYING TO WEAPONIZE ANYBODY AGAINST OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS HERE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF YOU HAVE INPUT ON THIS POLICY, I ABSOLUTELY EXPECT TO SEE REVISIONS OF THIS IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND OUR STATE REPS AND STATE SENATORS ARE THE ONES THAT CAN DO THAT.
>> I WANT TO REITERATE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE POUCHES.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE POUCHES THAT ARE MAGNETICALLY CLOSED.
THEY PUT A BURNER PHONE IN, AND THEN AT DISMISSAL, YOU'VE GOT TO UNMAGNETICALLY OPEN THEM, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD WORK AT A SENIOR HIGH CAMPUS OR EVEN A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
I APPLAUD THE DISTRICT FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO OWN UP AND LEARN AND PUT UP, LIKE YOU SAID, OR PUT IT UP.
BUT I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING IT THE SMART WAY. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO APPLAUD THE STAFF AT WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, WHO I THINK IMPLEMENTED OUR CELL PHONE POLICY AND OUR TECH POLICY SUPER WELL LAST YEAR.
THE KIDS WERE GOING INTO CLASSROOMS AND WOULD DROP THINGS OFF IN A SHOE ORGANIZER OR A BOX, AND THEY WOULD THEN GET THEIR CELL PHONES BACK BEFORE THEY LEFT THAT CLASSROOM.
I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE STAFF THAT HAS BEEN DOING MITIGATION WORK ON CELL PHONE USE IN CLASSES.
I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
I URGE PARENTS TO JUST TAKE THIS TIME TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT CELL PHONE USE.
PARENTS, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE YOUR KID'S PHONE AT NIGHT SO THAT THEY CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP FOR SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.
KEEP IN MIND YOU ARE MODELING BEHAVIOR ABOUT TECHNOLOGY USE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEHAVIOR ISSUES WITH PRINCIPALS, THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
WHETHER IT'S ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL, THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY USE AMONGST OUR KIDS, THEY'RE GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT GENERATION THAN WE WERE.
BUT PARENTS, REALLY DO SOME THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU CONTROL THE TECHNOLOGY USE AT YOUR HOUSE.
SCHOOL STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, THOSE PHONES ARE COMING BACK TO ME AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT YOU JUST TOUCHED UPON, TARRAH, ABOUT THE PARENTS.
PLEASE, AS A PARENT, SIT DOWN WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS BECAUSE I THINK AT THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS POLICY ACTUALLY MEANT, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT KIDS CAN'T BRING A CELL PHONE IN THE BUILDING AT ALL AND THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER HAVE ONE.
IT MEANS THAT THEY CANNOT BE ON THEIR PHONES AND HAVE THEM VISIBLE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND AT SCHOOL.
FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT HAVE AN HOUR LONG OFF-CAMPUS LUNCH.
IF THEY'RE OFF-CAMPUS, THEY CAN USE THEIR PHONE, THEY CAN CATCH UP WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED TO, CONTACT A PARENT IF THEY NEED TO.
I THINK IT'S JUST HAVING KIDS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING INTO THE SCHOOL, THAT PHONE NEEDS TO BE PUT AWAY.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO GO PICK UP MY CHILD AFTER SCHOOL, BECAUSE SHE'S DOING CHEER, SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SCHOOL AND TEXT ME AND SAY, HEY, MOM, COME PICK ME UP BECAUSE I'M FIVE MINUTES AWAY.
LET'S UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS AND PRACTICALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS INSTEAD OF NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE POLICY MEANS.
I THINK, OBVIOUSLY, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, THIS IS A LAW.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT LET'S HAVE OUR KIDS UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADHERE TO IT, AND AS PARENTS HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KIDS.
>> I WILL ASK ONE QUESTION BECAUSE MY CHILD HAS A MEDICAL DEVICE.
MY SON IS DEAF, MY CHILD HAS MEDICAL DEVICE.
I HAPPEN TO WEAR A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR ALSO.
IF YOU SEE ME CHECK ON MY PHONE, I'M USUALLY CHECKING TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT ABOUT TO HAVE A PROBLEM UP HERE.
BUT FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE A SOMETHING ON THEIR 504 OR SOMETHING ON THEIR IEP.
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IT MAY NOT ALREADY BE ON THERE.THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME UPDATING.
ARE THE CAMPUS COORDINATORS GOING TO REACH OUT TO PARENTS? SHOULD THE PARENTS BE PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO THE CAMPUS COORDINATORS? WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE WE CAN GIVE TO PARENTS IN THAT SITUATION? IF YOUR CHILD IS ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT HAS A MEDICAL DEVICE THAT SYNCS WITH THE PHONE AND POTENTIALLY THEY NEED CONTACT WITH THAT PHONE DURING THE DAY?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE VERY WELL AWARE THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON A DEVICE FOR THEIR LEARNING TO ASSIST AND THOSE STUDENTS THEY WILL PRIORITIZE ANY REVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN.
IF THERE ARE NEW STUDENTS, I THINK THAT IT'S A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION.
LISA, PLEASE, I WELCOME YOU TO ADD.
>> CERTAINLY, WE'VE BEEN VISITING, ACTUALLY JUST TODAY, FINALIZED, WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON A FORM THAT WILL ASSIST ADMINISTRATORS IN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND HELP PROVIDE THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION TO FAMILY SO THEY KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THROUGH THAT.
>> JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT ABSOLUTELY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE STUDENTS AND WE'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF THOSE PARENTS RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION.
IT CANNOT JUST BE PARENT DIAGNOSED MEDICAL ISSUE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A DOCTOR'S NOTE.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I DO. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, BUT I CAN MAKE THEM NOW OR I CAN MAKE THEM AFTER ALL ARE DONE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY RELATIVE TO SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHERS.
>> TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THIS WAS THE APPROACH.
THIS IS, IN MY VIEW, THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE WAY TO COMPLY WITH THIS LAW.
IT MEETS MY FRIENDS AND MY OWN CONCERNS ABOUT MY KIDS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS IF THERE WAS A TRUE EMERGENCY.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE OTHER PARENTS WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS LAW ALTOGETHER THAT THE DISTRICT COULD HAVE TAKEN AN APPROACH OF THE BAGS, COULD HAVE SAID, IF WE EVEN GET A HINT THAT THEY'RE ON CAMPUS, THEY'RE LOSING THEM.
THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER CHOICES, AND THIS IS THE ONE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL THAT SEEMS MOST DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU IN TOUCH WITH YOUR KID OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS.
I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING.
WHEN I WAS JUST RUNNING, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ASKED US ABOUT CELL PHONE BANDS AND I ASKED THEM, ARE YOU ASKING ME HOW I FEEL AS A PARENT, OR YOU ASKING ME AS A TRUSTEE? I HAD TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
I'LL JUST SAY AS A PARENT, TO OTHER PARENTS, I HOPE YOU'LL GIVE THIS A CHANCE.
GIVE YOUR KIDS THIS CHANCE TO BE UNDISTRACTED BY THEIR DEVICE AT SCHOOL.
BEFORE YOU COMMENT FURTHER IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS TO REALLY RECONNECT ON THE MATERIAL ON THE IDEAS THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING.
I HAVE A LOT OF HOPEFUL THOUGHTS GOING INTO THIS, AND I HOPE A LOT OF THE FAMILIES OUT THERE WILL DO THE SAME.
>> THAT'S HOW IT IS. YOU HAVE TO BALANCE BEING A PARENT AND BEING A TRUSTEE AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT OPINIONS, SO WELCOME TO THE BOARD, SAM.
DR. WILLIAMS, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS.
>> FIRST I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE AND THE COMMENTS ABOUT ALL THE POLICIES BROUGHT FORWARD.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE POLICIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME THAT ARE NOT BOUND BY LEGAL REQUIREMENT LIKE AE LOCAL AS AN EXAMPLE.
THAT IS FULLY DEVELOPED ON THE BOARD'S BELIEFS AND VALUES.
THEN THERE ARE POLICIES THAT ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS.
YOU APPROVED UNDER SECOND READING, MANY OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM AN UPDATE TO POLICIES.
ALL OF THESE THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT, I PERSONALLY MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM, BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER I PERSONALLY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THEM.
THESE ARE POLICIES THAT WERE DECIDED AS A RESULT OF THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF DOING THAT WORK.
THIS IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT WORK, AND WE DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW OR NOT.
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WE ARE OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND BRING IN THESE POLICIES FORWARD WERE AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK THAT WAS DONE IN AUSTIN OVER THE TIME, AND ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD IN A MANNER THAT WILL PRESERVE WHAT OUR GOALS ARE IN THE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO OPTIMIZE AND MAXIMIZE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES FOR KIDS.I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND THE THOUGHT AND ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WENT IN TONIGHT, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE POLICIES THAT WE SPENT OR Y'ALL HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME DIALOGING ABOUT.
>> AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, I JUST COULD NOT HELP BUT WONDER HOW MANY KIDS WILL START PASSING NOTES TO EACH OTHER AGAIN SINCE THEY CAN'T TEXT TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE WAY WE USED TO FOLD NOTES IN THE '90S AND ELISA IS WITH ME OVER THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO START TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW TO FOLD THE NOTES.
JOKING ASIDE, I WILL REPEAT THE MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FNCE LOCAL, STUDENT CONDUCT, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON FIRST AND FINAL READING.
WE'VE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
IF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WOULD PLEASE RAISE THEIR HANDS.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[9.11 Approval of Policy CW(LOCAL) Naming Facilities under First Reading]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION IN ACTION ITEM 9.11, APPROVAL OF POLICY CW LOCAL, NAMING FACILITIES UNDER FIRST READING.I WILL AGAIN INVITE DR. SELENDA FREEMAN TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> REVISIONS TO POLICY CW LOCAL, CLARIFYING NAMING GUIDELINES FOR OTHER DISTRICT SPACES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS SUCH AS WINGS, ANNEXES, LIBRARIES, AUDITORIUMS, STUDENT CENTERS, GYMNASIUMS, AND DRIVES LOCATED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING.
>> THANK YOU, DR. FREEMAN. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF POLICY CW LOCAL NAMING FACILITIES UNDER FIRST READING TRUSTEES.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY CW LOCAL NAMING FACILITIES UNDER FIRST READING.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY OF TARRAH LANCE AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY CW LOCAL NAMING FACILITIES UNDER FIRST READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S SEVEN. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN TO ZERO.
[9.12 Approval of the Student Code of Conduct for the 2025 - 2026 School Year]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION IN ACTION ITEM 9.12, APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR.I WILL INVITE DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYLER.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE KEY BIG CHANGES OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS IS AN ACTION THAT WE TAKE EVERY SCHOOL YEAR TO APPROVE EVERY YEAR'S CODE OF CONDUCT.
THIS YEAR, I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO GO OVER, NOT EVERY CHANGE BECAUSE MANY OF THE CHANGES ARE FORMAT OR SPELLING OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, BUT CERTAINLY OUR MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE 10 CHANGES.
YOU CAN READ WHAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE.
WE'LL START WITH ANTISEMITISM, TALK ABOUT OUR DRESS CODE, HAVING A CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR AT EACH CAMPUS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CELL PHONES, IN SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, VAPES, ADDITIONS TO MANDATORY EXPULSIONS, FORMAL TEACHER REMOVALS, AND THE SUSPENSION OF OUR LITTLE KIDS, PRE K THROUGH SECOND AND OUR MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE.
FIRST, WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL DEFINITION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS OF WHAT ANTISEMITISM IS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 87TH LEGISLATURE, SO ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO THAT GAVE THIS TO TEA.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES SHALL CONSIDER. THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE.
THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES SHALL CONSIDER THIS DEFINITION IN ANY DISCIPLINE OR ACTIONS ON THE CAMPUSES.
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THEY CHANGED THAT SHALL CONSIDER TO SHALL USE IN OUR LAST SESSION HERE.THAT IS A CHANGE OF LAW, BUT WHAT IS NOT MANDATED TO US IN THE LAW IS THAT WE INCLUDE IT IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WE ARE WANTING TO INCLUDE THIS DEFINITION IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED IT IN OUR DRESS CODE, AND I BELIEVE IN OUR BULLYING SECTION AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT ADDING THIS WAS NOT MANDATED TO US BY LAW, WE ARE WANTING TO DO THAT AS A DISTRICT.
IN OUR DRESS CODE, HERE AGAIN, THE CHANGES IN OUR DRESS CODE.
THESE WERE NOT NECESSARILY MANDATED ANYTHING BY LAW.
THESE ARE THINGS, REALLY, I'M BRINGING FORTH TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR FREQUENT INFRACTIONS, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT A FEW CHANGES THAT WE DID ADD.
COURSE CLOTHING THAT'S OFFENSIVE, VULGAR, LEWD, OR INDECENT.
WE WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM, THAT'S INDECENT WITH EITHER IMAGES OR LANGUAGE.
CONTENT THAT IS THE MEANING, DEROGATORY, HARMFUL, HATEFUL, RACIALLY INSENSITIVE OR ANTISEMITIC, AND WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT.
SLEEPWEAR, I THOUGHT SLEEPWEAR WAS VERY SELF DEFINING, BUT WE WENT OVER A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
SLEEPWEAR IS NOT TO BE WORN AT SCHOOL.
WE ADDED ANOTHER LITTLE SENTENCE THERE TO SAY, THIS INCLUDES PAJAMAS, SLIPPERS, ROBES, IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, ETC.
SUNGLASSES, CAPS, HATS, RAISED HOODS, AND ANY OTHER NON RELIGIOUS HEAD COVERING THAT CAN BE THAT CAN CONCEAL THE FACE FROM CLEAR VIEW ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE BUILDING AS WELL.
AGAIN, NONE OF THAT WAS MANDATED BY LAW, BUT WE WANTED TO SEND SOME GENTLE REMINDERS.
THIS IS A MANDATE BY LAW THAT EACH CAMPUS MUST HAVE A CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR.
WE HAVE ASSIGNED ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ON EACH CAMPUS TO BE THAT CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATOR.
THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC ROLES.
THEY HANDLE THEIR STANDING MEMBER ON THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM, THEY ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THIS TIME.
YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT I PROMISE WHEN THEY'RE PRINTED AS POSTERS, YOU CAN SEE IT.
THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO GET IS, IF I'M A PARENT, HOW DO I GET IN CONTACT WITH MY STUDENT? THEY WILL DO THAT THE SAME WAY OUR PARENTS GOT IN CONTACT WITH US WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, THEY CALLED THAT FRONT OFFICE AND ANY PERTINENT MESSAGES WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE STUDENT.
OTHER QUESTIONS ARE, CAN I HAVE MY PHONE IN MY BACK POCKET? NO. YOUR PHONE NEEDS TO BE OUT OF SIGHT, NEEDS TO BE PUT AWAY AND YOUR BACK POCKET IS NOT PUT AWAY.
OTHER QUESTIONS ARE, WHEN DOES THIS GOING INTO EFFECT? IT GOES INTO EFFECT STARTING THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF SCHOOL, WE WILL BE TRAINING AND TEACHING OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF AMNESTY, IF YOU WILL.
TO HELP OF WEAN THEM OFF, CUT THE WIRELESS CORD AND ALL OF THAT.
WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND HELP EXPLAIN AND TEACH HOW THIS IS GOING TO LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS.
TRUSTEE JOHNSON WAS CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THIS IS THE MOST LEAST RESTRICTIVE, WE COULD BE SO MUCH SO THAT WE DID THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF CONSEQUENCES.
WE'RE NOT CHARGING, WE CAN PICK UP PHONES AND WE WILL PICK UP PHONES STARTING THE SECOND OFFENSE, BUT WE'RE NOT CHARGING KIDS TO GET THEIR PHONE BACK AND WE CAN.
WE CAN CHARGE UP TO $25, AND WE'RE CHOOSING NOT TO DO THAT.
WE CAN SEND A STUDENT TO THE DISCIPLINE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL AFTER ONE OFFENSE, AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE NOT EVEN PUTTING YOU IN ISS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A TALK WITH YOU, RETRAIN YOU AND GET YOU BACK TO CLASS.
IT'S REALLY THE SECOND OFFENSE THAT'S GOING TO SEND YOU TO ISS FOR ONE DAY, THE THIRD OFFENSE FOR THREE DAYS, AND THEN THE FOURTH OFFENSE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT DAP ON THE TABLE.
I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT WE REALLY
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DID TAKE THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MANNER WITH THIS.IF FOR WHATEVER REASON A YEAR FROM NOW, WE FEEL WE NEED TO AMP IT UP, WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM.
PLENTY OF RUN WAY TO AMP IT UP, SO I'M HAPPY THAT YOU ALL AGREED AND SUPPORT THAT.
FORMAL TEACHER REMOVALS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FORMAL TEACHER REMOVALS.
REALLY THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT THE STATE IS HELPING TEACHERS BY SAYING, YOU NO LONGER NEED TO HAVE MOUNTAINS OF DOCUMENTATION ON A STUDENT TO REMOVE THAT STUDENT FROM YOUR CLASSROOM.
LONG STORY SHORT, THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF THAT.
I WON'T READ ALL THAT FOR YOU.
IN SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS, I THINK I TOLD YOU EARLIER, THERE'S REALLY NO LIMIT ON HOW MANY DAYS WE CAN IN SCHOOL SUSPEND A STUDENT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR PRACTICE OF ISS BEING LIMITED TO THREE DAYS UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
FOR EXAMPLE, I TOLD YOU IF THEY ARE USING A, THAT'S A MANDATORY 10 DAY ISS.
THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE WHEN WE WOULD DEVIATE FROM THE THREE DAYS.
OR IF WE DEEM IT TO BE APPROPRIATE TO GO LONGER THAN THREE DAYS, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU VERY FEW REASONS THAT I CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE VAPING LAW OF MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 10 DAYS ISS.
THE OTHER PART WITH SUSPENSIONS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IS, IF A STUDENT WAS SUSPENDED OUT OF SCHOOL OR OSS, AND A PARENT WANTED TO APPEAL THAT TO THE PRINCIPAL, THEY CAN.
HONESTLY, THEY'VE ALWAYS COULD HAVE DONE THAT.
THEY REALLY ALWAYS COULD HAVE.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WAS A PRINCIPAL FOR 10 YEARS AND I HAD MANY OF THOSE REQUESTS.
BUT THIS MAKES IT MORE FORMAL AND IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE IT, BUT IT CERTAINLY LETS PARENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN REQUEST THAT.
>> BEFORE THIS YEAR, WE HAD VERY, VERY FEW REASONS THAT WE WOULD SUSPEND A PRE-K GRADE, FIRST OR SECOND GRADER, AS WELL AS ANY OF OUR MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS, MCKINNEY VENTO, STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT THE LAW THIS YEAR ADDED SOME OFFENSES THAT WOULD REQUIRE REMOVALS AND THAT'S ALCOHOL AND DRUG OFFENSES, WEAPON OFFENSES, CONDUCT THAT THREATENS THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF OTHERS, AND DOCUMENTED REPEATED OR SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT ONE MORE TIME.
IF A STUDENT IS SELLING, GIVING, DELIVERING AN EC OR VAPE, THAT WILL BE A MANDATORY DAEP PLACEMENT.
IF THEY'RE IN POSSESSION OF IT OR USING IT, THAT WILL BE A MANDATORY AT 10 DAY PLACEMENT IN ISS.
USING AND POSSESSING THE LAW DOES ALLOW FOR AN IMMEDIATE DAEP PLACEMENT, BUT WE'RE CHOOSING TO DO ISS INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY SENDING STUDENTS OVER TO DAEP.
LASTLY IS MANDATORY EXPULSIONS.
I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HESITATED ABOUT EVEN PUTTING THIS ON HERE BECAUSE THESE WE WERE EXPELLING STUDENTS FOR THIS ANYWAYS, BUT NOW THEY'RE MANDATORY, ALTHOUGH WE WERE DOING IT LONG BEFORE IT BECAME MANDATORY.
IF A STUDENT EITHER ON OR OFF CAMPUS COMMITTED MURDER, KIDNAPPING WEAPONS, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE MANDATORY EXPEL.
EXPULSION JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS NOT SENDING A STUDENT TO DAEP.
EXPULSION THEY ARE KICKED OUT OF OUR DISTRICT AND THEY GO TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENT SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
THEY ARE NOT A STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT ANYMORE.
JUST TO CLARIFY BETWEEN DAEP, WE CALL THAT JJ AEP.
ANY STUDENT WHO ASSAULTS A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WILL BE EXPELLED.
THAT IS A NEW ONE, AND THAT IS PROBABLY ONE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING TO LIGHT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE EXPULSIONS EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY NOT MADE IT SO QUICK AND EASY TO EXPEL UNDER THIS SCENARIO HERE, BUT NOW THEY WILL ALL BE EXPELLED.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF MINOR CHANGES THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD RAISE ANY EYEBROWS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT THAT'S THE STUDENT CONDUCT FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, DR. GOBER. I WILL
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REMIND TRUSTEES THAT THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION ON THE TABLE BEFORE DISCUSSION CAN PROCEED.WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2025, 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APPROVES A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2025, 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTION FOR DR. GOBER? I'LL LET YOU GO AND ANSWER.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, DR. GOBER.
ON THAT LAST POINT, THE EXPULSION OF A STUDENT WHO ASSAULTS A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER NO MATTER THE LOCATION.
HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO A STUDENT THAT MIGHT BE IN SPECIAL ED?
>> WELL, IT DOES APPLY TO THEM, AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO LAWS THAT PROTECT FROM DISCIPLINE A STUDENT DUE TO THEIR DISABILITY, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
>> MANIFESTATION DETERMINATION REVIEW.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRST ONE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GO LIKE NUMBER 10.
>> YES. HOW MANY REPORTED INCIDENTS DID OUR DISTRICT HAVE LAST YEAR OF ANTISEMITISM? DO YOU KNOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT'S UNDER FIVE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
I WANT TO SAY TWO, BUT I'LL BE SAFE AND SAY UNDER FIVE.
>> PERFECT. I RECOGNIZE AND I ASK THAT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF INCIDENTS THAT GO UNREPORTED, LIKE KIDS CALL EACH OTHER NAMES ALL THE TIME.
I'VE HEARD SO MANY OFFENSIVE THINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THEM HERE ON THE DIES.
WHETHER IT'S ABOUT SOMEONE'S RELIGION, SOMEONE'S RACE, ETC.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I JUST WONDERED HOW MANY WERE REPORTED.
THIS IS OFTEN USED AS A REWARD BY THE SCHOOL OR PAJAMA DAY.
>> YOU ASKED THE QUESTION OR YOU STATED THAT THIS IS OFTEN AND FROM NOW ON, IT WILL BE THAT WAS OFTEN USED AS A REWARD.
THERE'S NO PAJAMAS IN PLANO ISD.
WE'RE HERE TO LEARN NOT TO SLEEP.
>> I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE CYSTOGRAM.
I WILL SAY THAT THAT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE TOUGH.
MY ONLY COMMENT ON THIS IS IN RESPECT TO WHAT DR. TYRA SAID EARLIER ABOUT OUR FUND RAISING OPPORTUNITIES, THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE MORE AFFLUENT KIDS, THE ONES WITH MORE MONEY WHO MIGHT GET SOME INCENTIVE FOR A PANCAKE BREAKFAST OR SOMETHING, AND OTHER KIDS CAN'T PAJAMAS.
I'M JUST SAYING FROM THINKING ABOUT IT AS AN EQUITY ISSUE, IT'S A REALLY EASY REWARD FOR US TO GIVE TO PEOPLE.
THIRD. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WHEN WE GIVE SOMEONE IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THAT NEVER LANDS ON THEIR TRANSCRIPT, DOES IT?
>>GREAT QUESTION. SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT EVEN AN ABSENCE.
IT REALLY DOES NOT IMPACT YOUR TRANSCRIPT OR SCHOOL RECORD AT ALL.
IN TERMS OF YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCIPLINE RECORD, OF COURSE.
BUT NO, IT'S NOT EVEN AN ABSENCE.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY PARENTS LISTENING THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BEING TOP OF THE CLASS AND THEY GET THEIR CELL PHONE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT CHILD TO BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS ENDING BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO END UP ON THEIR PERMANENT RECORD.
>> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT EXPULSION AND CHILDREN THAT ARE SENT TO YOUR STUDENTS THAT ARE SENT TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITY IN MCKINNEY.
THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHICH THOSE STUDENTS CAN BE RELEASED BACK TO A HOME DISTRICT, CORRECT?
WHEN WE EXPEL A STUDENT, IT USUALLY IS FOR A TIME PERIOD, WE ASSIGN THAT TIME FRAME AT THE POINT OF EXPULSION.
I HAVE NEVER HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE WE EXPELLED A STUDENT INDEFINITELY.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR A NINE WEEK PERIOD OR A SEMESTER OR IN WORSE SCENARIOS FOR THE FULL SCHOOL YEAR, BUT NEVER INDEFINITELY.
>> CAN I JUST REVISIT SO I CAN MAKE TARA PHIL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT HER DRESS UP DAYS AND PAJAMAS? WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF ALTOGETHER ANY FUN SPIRIT DAYS FOR KIDS.
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OR DRESS UP DAYS FOR STUDENTS.SLI HAS PUT IN A PROCESS FOR THEM TO WORK WITH EACH PRINCIPAL AROUND WHAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE SPIRIT DAY OR DRESS UP DAY THAT THEY'RE HAVING, AND THEY'LL WORK WITH EACH CAMPUS INDIVIDUALLY ON THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO S IN FRONT OF YOU. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I'M GLAD YOU DID CLARIFY THAT.
LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A HAT THERE OR WHATEVER.
>> I KNOW. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE AN APPROVED.
>> ACTIVITY. LET'S SAY IT THAT WAY. YES. I LIKE THAT.
>> THEY'LL WORK WITH SLI ON THAT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE AS THE ONLY JEWISH MEMBER, AS FAR AS I KNOW OF THIS BOARD, AND A PARENT OF THREE JEWISH STUDENTS IN PLANO ISD.
AND SOMEONE WHO GREW UP JEWISH IN PLANO ISD BACK WHEN I DIDN'T MEET ANY OTHER JEWISH STUDENTS UNTIL I GOT TO THE SENIOR HIGH.
I APPRECIATE THE ADDITION OF THIS DEFINITION.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE DISTRICT IS SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT ANTISEMITISM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS WORKED WITH ADL, AJC, THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, AND I SUSPECT THAT THIS CHANGE IS DUE IN PART TO SOME OF THAT WORK AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
I DON'T PURPORT TO SPEAK FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, BUT I STILL WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE CAN'T, AS AN ORGANIZATION, PREVENT MISTAKES FROM HAPPENING.
WE CERTAINLY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT EVERY STUDENT DOES OR SAYS, BUT WE CAN TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVE WHERE WE'RE AT, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP TO TAKE. THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MULTIPLE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND HONESTLY, FIND WORKING WITH THEM TO BE HELPFUL IN NOT ONLY COMBATING ANTISEMITISM, BUT JUST VARIOUS DISTRICT ISSUES IN A WHOLE.
IT'S BEEN GREAT PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THEM.
>> KATHERINE, YOUR MIKE IS ON.
IF THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
I'LL RE READ THE MOTION SINCE WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2025,2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION.
I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT IS SEVEN HANDS UP AND ZERO DOWN, SO THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR THE EVENING.
[10. CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - NON - AGENDA ITEMS]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, WHICH IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT, NON-AGENDA ITEMS. DR. FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY NON AGENDA RELATED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING?>> PRESIDENT TYRA, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS.
INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE BY SIGNING UP ONLINE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
IF A SPEAKER IS NOT PRESENT WHEN CALLED UPON, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WILL BE FORFEITED.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC, THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP ARE OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 551074, 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 D,G, BA, FG, AND GF.
SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES EACH.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO STOP.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO ARE OUT OF ORDER AND THE MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.
SPEAKERS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXPECTATIONS OF PATRONS DURING 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.
THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.
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FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF 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, PLEASE CALL OUR SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM.
>> OUR SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS CODY WEAVER, PLANO ISD RESIDENT.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD. I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING TRUSTEE COOK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRINCIPLED STANCE IN INTELLECTUAL HONESTY ON THE TOPIC OF NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
I CANNOT EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT ENOUGH IN THIS BODY'S OPEN HOSTILITY TO THE PUBLIC AND DISSENTING OPINIONS AND YOUR BEHAVIOR AND COMMENTS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN EGREGIOUS.
SHAME ON YOU. NOT A SINGLE CONSERVATIVE SITS ON THIS BOARD.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, YOU SHOULD PROTECT MINORITIES RIGHTS TO SPEAK, NOT SUPPRESS THEM.
IT'S DISGRACEFUL AND TRUSTEE JOHNSON.
ANTISEMITISM IN PLANO ISD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT IF I HAVE A LGBTQ ACTIVIST LINE, THAT'S A GOOD REASON FOR NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING OR ANY OF YOUR POLICIES ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW.
>> I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU. YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANTISEMITISM IN PLANO ISD.
YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT, AND YOU ARE NOW TALKING.
YOU COST MY TIME? WE CAN ADD TIME BACK.
>> I WILL ASK YOU TO PLEASE GO BACK TO THE COMMENT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
>> I'M HERE TO PUT YOU ON NOTICE.
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF PLANO ISD IS DONE BEING PLACATED BY THIS BOARD AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THE SYSTEMIC ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM THAT HAS GONE UNCHECKED IN THIS DISTRICT.
YOUR EFFORTS AND COMPLICITY TO ERASE ISRAEL FROM CURRICULUM AND MARGINALIZED JEWISH STUDENTS WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED.
JEWISH COMMUNITY IS NOT CONFIDENT IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENFORCE THE ANTISEMITISM CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT AND MAKE CHANGES REGARDING ANTISEMITISM IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY YOU, BY THE DISTRICT, THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW.
THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A TITLE SIX INVESTIGATION INTO PLANO ISD FOR SYSTEMIC ANTISEMITISM.
THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO PLANO ISD FOR SYSTEMIC ANTISEMITISM AND VIOLATING PARENTAL RIGHTS.
I AM SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOUR ATTORNEY HAS BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THIS, AND I'M SURE SHE KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE.
BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS SAY THAT SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARD PRESIDENTS CAN CORRECT ANY MISINFORMATION SHARED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL PAUSE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE RECORD IF YOU THINK I AM MISINFORMED.
>> PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF WE HAVE A CORRECTION OF FACT, WE WILL MAKE THAT AT THE END OF YOUR COMMENT.
>> THERE'S STILL TIME TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS ONE COMMUNITY, BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO, YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THESE ISSUES AND COMMIT TO CORRECTING THEM, AS WELL AS PREVENTING THESE ISSUES MOVING FORWARD.
STAND WITH US, PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
DON'T LET HATE WIN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WEAVER. DR. WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO ANY STATEMENTS MADE AS REQUESTED BY OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER?
>> YES. AS OF TODAY IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE THAT WORKS FOR OUR FIRM.
THERE IS NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY EITHER OF THOSE AGENCIES ON THE MATTER THAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED THIS EVENING?
>>THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 11 ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS OR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THE TIME IS 11:19 PM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2025.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.