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>> GOOD EVENING. I AM LAUREN TARO BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
NOTING THAT DECORUM IS PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER THIS BOARD MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025.ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS TO VERIFY THAT WE WERE 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 PROVISIONS POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THANK YOU. THIS SEGMENT IS BEING RECORDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS SENATE BILL FUR 13, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 110621 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
BOARD MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL.
KINDLY, PLEASE RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED.
I'LL YOUR NAME. NANCY HUMPHREY.
>> FORD SECRETARY TARA LANCE IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
WE'LL ANNOUNCE HER ARRIVAL WHEN SHE GETS HERE.
>> TRUSTEE, KATHERINE GOODWIN.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE STAFF SEATED AT THE DIAS TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR TERESA WILLIAMS, DOCTOR SLINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, ON MY RIGHT, JOHNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY.
LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
DOCTOR PATRICK TANNER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DOCTOR COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, AND IVAN CANTU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE RECOGNITION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[2. RECOGNITIONS]
THE BOARD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS THIS EVENING IN PERSON.I'D LIKE TO INVITE DOCTOR KEVIN MOORE, DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS TO THE PODIUM TO PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION. DOCTOR MOORE.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, TYRA CABINET AND BOARD.
I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING SENIORS TODAY FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THE NATIONAL MERT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS AN ANNUAL ACADEMIC COMPETITION THAT AWARDS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE PSAT NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING TEST OR NMSQT.
AFTER TAKING THE PSAT IN NINTH AND TENTH GRADE, OUR JUNIORS CAN ELECT TO TAKE THE NMSQT, WHICH ENTERS THEM INTO THE NATIONAL MERT SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION.
EACH FALL, AROUND 50,000 TOP SCORERS NATIONWIDE ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE, AND OF THOSE, AROUND 16,000 HIGH SCORING STUDENTS ARE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS.
THESE SEMI FINALISTS WILL SUBMIT A DETAILED SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES ESSAYS AND INFORMATION ABOUT EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS, AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
THESE SUBMISSIONS ALLOW NATIONAL MERIT SEMI FINALISTS TO BE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS AND OPEN DOORS TO A VARIETY OF SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST IS AN HONOR THAT VERY FEW STUDENTS ACHIEVE, AND THEY ARE IN GOOD COMPANY.
FELLOW NATIONAL MERIT HONOREES INCLUDE BILL GATES, SUPREME COURT JUSTICES JOHN ROBERTS AND ELENA KAGAN, JEFF BEZOS, FILM DIRECTOR M KNIGHT SHAMELON, AND TWILIGHT AUTHOR STEPHANIE MEYER.
THAT WAS MY FAVORITE. TONIGHT, WE HONOR THE 11 SENIORS FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE BEEN NAMED NATIONAL MERT SEMI FINALISTS.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE COMMITMENT THESE STUDENTS HAVE MADE TO PURSUING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND WE'LL BE CHAIRING THEM ON AS THEY BRING THEIR TIME AS A PLANO WILDCAT TO A CLOSE AND EMBARK ON THEIR BRIGHT FUTURES, NO MATTER WHERE THEIR JOURNEYS TAKE THEM.
WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM FORWARD FOR THE RECOGNITION.
THEY ARE JOINED BY SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL KANIA ROBERTSON AND LEAD COUNSELOR GIOVANNA JAMES.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM FORWARD IF THAT IS OKAY.
THEY ARE DREVE BARATA AND NANG VO.
>> CAN DO YOU MIND COMING OUT FOR A PICTURE WITH YOUR STUDENTS?
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>> WHILE THEY'RE TAKING PHOTOS, OVER THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE HONOREES FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH AND PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH JOINING US.
>> I'M VERY PROUD OF DREVE, AND NANG, AND THE OTHER NINE SEMIFINALISTS WHO CANNOT JOIN US TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY BUSY TIME AS HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MORE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THESE RECOGNITIONS.
FOR OUR HONORAS AND GUESTS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3, PUBLIC COMMENT.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY]
COMMENT SESSION IS FOR AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS?
>> PRESIDENT TIER, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS.
>> CAN YOU FIX THE CDIS PRICED.
>> 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 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.
I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT FOR JUST 1 SECOND FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT TRUSTEE TERANCE HAS JOINED US AT 5:37 P.M. FAILURE TO LIST THE AGENDA ITEM BEING ADDRESSED WILL RESULT IN THE PRESUMPTION THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE TOPIC, THEY LISTED UPON SIGN UP OR OUT OF ORDER AND WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS O OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 551, DOT O74, 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 SESSION.
ALL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES D GBA, F, AND G, AND GF.
TONIGHT, SPEAKERS WILL HAVE SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINISHED SPEAKING AT THE END OF YOUR TIME, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO STOP.
SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO STOP SPEAKING WHEN THEY'RE 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 AND THE TIME REMAINING WILL BE REINSTATED ONCE ORDER HAS BEEN RESTORED.
FINALLY, THE DISTRICT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH SPOKEN AT THE PUBLIC PART OF OUR MEETINGS.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLED TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT.
DOCTOR FREEMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER TO THE PODIUM?
>> SPEAKER IS HARPER WEAVER, PLANO ISD PARENT.
MR. WEAVER, DO YOU WANT A 1 MINUTE WARNING?
YES. MY NAME IS HARPER WEAVER.
I DO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT AND HAVE STUDENTS IN PLANO ISD.
THE MULTI WING PROGRAM, SOMETHING I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH FORMAN BEING CLOSED DOWN, IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MULTILINGUAL BILINGUAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD IN THE DISTRICT.
I IT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT ON THE MAY 21 MEETING, WE WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE LRFPS LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE THAT SCHOOL.
THERE WAS NO MENTION AT ALL OF REPLACING THAT DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
ON JUNE 10, THE SPECIAL MEETING CALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE A NORMAL MEETING.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT DULY WOULD TAKE ON THAT ROLE AND HAVE A NEW DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM INSTALLED.
THEN AT SOME POINT THAT DECISION GOT REVERSED.
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I NEVER HAPPENED. IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED IN HERE IN A BOARD MEETING.I DID BRING IT UP IN A PUBLIC COMMENT IN MARCH, BUT IT WAS NEVER ADDRESSED.
IN DECEMBER 10, TALKED ABOUT WHY IN THE WEST, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSURES.
I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THOSE REASONS. I GET IT.
BUT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WAS THAT MOVING BILINGUAL STUDENTS FARTHER FROM THEIR PROGRAMS HARMS THEIR EDUCATION.
WE DID THAT IN THE EAST. IT HAPPENED.
WE CLOSED FOREMAN, AND THOSE STUDENTS MOVED TO HICKEY, WHICH IS MILES FARTHER.
ONE OF THE TRUSTEES ASKED ABOUT IS THERE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND ON TRANSPORTATION FOR THE STUDENTS? THE ANSWER THAT TIME WAS 30 SECONDS OF VAMPING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT MORE, AND THEN WE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER TO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT KIND OF REMEDIATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
ALSO, FORMAN HAD A PRE K DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND SO MEADOWS.
IN THIS PROCESS, WE'VE CLOSED ONE OF THE LARGEST DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE EAST AND TWO DUAL LANGUAGE PRE K PROGRAMS, AND I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WEAVER FOR YOUR SPFUL PUBLIC COMMENT.IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD,
[4. CLOSED SESSION]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 4, WHICH IS ADJOURNING CLOSED SESSION, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN METINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE.THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[5. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]
THE TIME IS 6:32 P.M. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6,[6. PUBLIC HEARING]
PUBLIC HEARING ON SCHOOLS 2024 2025 FIRST FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS RATING.THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING.
WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COURTNEY REEVES, AFTER WHICH I WILL INVITE TO THE PODIUM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT REGARDING THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING.
I WILL INVITE COURTNEY TO THE PODIUM, TO PLEASE PRESENT.
DOCTOR WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND CABINET.
I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE, HOW OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO UPHOLD STRONG FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
TONIGHT, I'M EXCITED TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR 2024,2025 SCHOOL FIRST RATING, AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT GOES INTO ENSURING OUR RESOURCES ARE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS.
SCHOOL FIRST HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON SCHOOL FIRST.
THIS ACTUALLY MARKS THE 22ND, ANNIVERSARY OF SCHOOL FIRST AND FIRST STANDS FOR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT, EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
A TEA ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THIS SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF SENATE BILL 875 THAT WAS ENACTED BY THE 76 LEGISLATURE IN 1999.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF SCHOOL FIRST IS TO ACHIEVE HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND ENFORCES PUBLIC TRUST IN THE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROMOTES RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT FINANCIAL PRACTICES STATEWIDE.
ANOTHER OBJECTIVE OF FIRST IS TO HAVE A RATING SYSTEM THAT'S FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY EVALUATES THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
BASICALLY, THERE ARE 21 INDICATORS AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, THESE 21 INDICATORS ARE APPLIED TO THEM ACROSS THE BOARD.
AS PART OF SCHOOL FIRST, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS.
EACH DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, AND THAT ACTUALLY THAT MANAGEMENT REPORT DETAILS THE DISTRICT'S PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE.
THERE ARE SOME FINANCIAL THERE'S SOME REQUIRED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES THAT ARE OUTLINED BY TEA.
IN ADDITION, WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF RECEIVING OUR FINAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE AND HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT.
SO WE ACTUALLY DID PUT IN OUR PLANOS COURIER, WE RAN AN ADVERTISEMENT ON OCTOBER 3, AND OF COURSE, TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING OUR PUBLIC MEETING 2% AND DISCUSS.
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THIS PROCESS ENSURES TRANSPARENCY.IT PROMOTES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL INTEGRITY AND PROVIDES STAKEHOLDERS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN OPEN DISCUSSION, REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL FIRST REPORT, BUT THIS DATA IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF 2023 2024 DATA.
OUR STAFF AND STUDENT DATA AND OUR BUDGETED FINANCIAL DATA IS ALL FROM OUR PM SNAPSHOT OF 2023, AND THEN OUR ACTUAL FINANCIAL DATA IS FROM OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT OF JUNE 30 OF 2024.
FIRST HAS HAD THE SAME FOUR TIER RATING SYSTEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
OF COURSE, IT'S A, B, C AND F. F, OF COURSE, IT'S F, IT'S FAILING.
IT'S A SUBSTANDARD ACHIEVEMENT, AND IT'S FOR ANY DISTRICT THAT RECEIVES LESS THAN 70 POINTS.
C IS A MEET STANDARD ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE 79 POINTS.
ABOVE STANDARD ACHIEVEMENT IS FOR DITRICTS RECEIVING 80-89 POINTS, WHICH IS A B, AND THEN SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR 90 TO 100 POINTS, WHICH IS AN A.
THIS S LIGHT ACTUALLY IS JUST AN OVERVIEW, OF THE DETERMINATION OF POINTS FOR ALL OF THE INDICATORS, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL 21 INDICATORS ON THERE.
THE FIRST FOUR INDICATORS ARE WHAT WE CALL CRITICAL INDICATORS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE.
THERE ARE TEN SOLVENCY INDICATORS, THAT'S 15 THROUGH 14, AND THEN 15 THROUGH 21 IS WHAT THEY CALL FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATORS.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THE POINT ALLOCATION, YOU CAN SEE IF IT'S A PASS FAIL, IF IT'S A CEILING INDICATOR, IF IT'S A CEILING INDICATOR AND YOU FAIL IT, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A MAXIMUM POINTS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET ON THE ACTUAL THE FIRST RATING, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE MAXIMUM POINTS ARE.
JUST CUT TO THE CHASE, WHERE DID WE LAND FOR OUR 2024 2025 SCHOOL FIRST? FOR OUR FOUR CRITICAL INDICATORS, WE WERE ABLE TO SAY YES TO ALL FOUR OF THOSE CRITICAL INDICATORS, OF OUR 17 FINANCIAL SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL COMPETENT INDICATORS, WE RECEIVED A MAX SCORE OF 100 OUT OF 100.
PLANO ISD RECEIVED FOR THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL FIRST RATING THE SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT A.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, I'D LOVE TO GO THROUGH A FEW OF OUR INDICATORS FOR YOU.
I DEFINITELY WILL NOT AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO GO THROUGH ALL 21.
I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL 21 WITH YOU THIS EVENING, BUT JUST HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
FIRST, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CRITICAL INDICATORS AND THEY ARE TRULY CRITICAL INDICATORS.
WHAT THAT JUST MEANS THAT IF FOR SOME REASON, WE SAY NO TO ANY OF THESE FOUR, WE AUTOMATICALLY FAIL OUR FIRST REPORT.
EVEN IF WE GOT 100 POINTS ON EVERY OTHER INDICATOR, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WOULD FAIL OUR SCHOOL FIRST IF WE SAID NO TO ANY OF THESE.
BUT JUST REALLY QUICKLY, INDICATOR 1 IS A VERY SIMPLE INDICATOR.
IT'S BASICALLY, WAS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FILED BY THE DEADLINE? WE ACTUALLY HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 27TH TO FILE, BUT WE ACTUALLY DON'T WAIT UNTIL THEN.
WE ALWAYS MEET OR BEAT THAT DEADLINE, AND SO WE ACTUALLY FILED OUR REPORT ON NOVEMBER 25TH OF 2024.
INDICATOR 2, DID WE RECEIVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS? OF COURSE, OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS ARE WEAVER AND TIDWELL.
WE DID RECEIVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
THREE, WAS THE DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR END? BASICALLY, DID WE PAY OUR BILLS? IT'S NOT JUST DID WE PAY OUR VENDORS, BUT DID WE PAY OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS, WHICH IS OUR BOND PAYMENTS, AND WE PAY THOSE TWICE A YEAR.
ALSO, DID WE PAY OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT ON TIME? YES, WE PAID ALL OF THOSE OBLIGATIONS ON TIME.
THEN LASTLY, IT'S A CEILING INDICATOR, AND THEN IT'S A CRITICAL INDICATOR.
THE CEILING INDICATOR IS JUST DID THE DISTRICT HAVE ANY WARRANT HOLD? WE DID NOT.
THEN LASTLY, DID THE DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, IRS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? YES, WE FULFILLED ALL OUR REQUIRED PAYROLL RELATED OBLIGATIONS TO TRS, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND IRS.
INDICATOR 6 IS A THREE YEAR CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S A FEW OF THE INDICATORS THAT, IT'S TWO SIDED.
IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS PART, YOU CAN PASS THIS PART AND STILL EITHER PASS OR GET ALL 10 POINTS.
FOR THIS ONE IS A THREE YEAR CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE PASSED THE FIRST PART, BUT I ALWAYS END UP TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND PART JUST IN CASE.
IT MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN OUR FUND BALANCE TO SEE WHETHER OUR FUND BALANCE IS DECLINING TOO QUICKLY.
IF FOR SOME REASON, IT IS, SAY IT'S PASS THIS THRESHOLD OF A -25.
THEY DON'T WANT YOUR FUND BALANCE TO BE MORE THAN 25% DECLINING OVER THREE YEARS.
BUT IF IT IS, THERE'S A PART OF THE INDICATOR THAT YOU CAN PASS TO STILL PASS THIS ONE.
IN THIS CASE, THOUGH WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE OVER THOSE THREE YEARS OF 0.38%, LESS THAN 1%.
WE DID PASS THIS INDICATOR BECAUSE IT WAS LESS THAN THAT 25%.
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BUT IF FOR SOME REASON, SAY WE HAD WAS DECLINING BY 26%.AS LONG AS OUR CURRENT YEAR ENDING FUND BALANCE WOULD COVER 75 DAYS OF OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES, WE WOULD ALSO PASS.
BUT JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT, 75 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURE WAS ABOUT $134.2 MILLION.
OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH WAS ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED WAS OVER 271 MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT 151 DAYS OF OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD.
INDICATOR 8 IS A SIMPLE INDICATOR.
IT'S CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES.
IT'S BASICALLY CURRENT ASSETS DIVIDED BY LIABILITIES.
THIS INDICATOR MEASURES WHETHER THE DISTRICT HAD SUFFICIENT SHORT TERM ASSETS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS ONE, IN ORDER TO GET ALL 10 POINTS, WE HAD TO RECEIVE A RATIO GREATER THAN 3.0.
FOR OUR '24/'25, WE RECEIVED A 3.536, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE OVER OUR PRIOR YEAR, WHICH WAS 3.424.
INDICATOR 9 IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IF YOU DON'T NECESSARILY PASS THE FIRST PART, THERE'S A SECOND PART THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PASS.
INDICATOR 9 IS TYPICALLY ARE YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO YOUR EXPENDITURES.
BASICALLY, DID THE DISTRICT SPEND MORE THAN IT EARNED? THIS WAS A YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED A DEFICIT.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ACTUALLY DID EXCEED OUR REVENUES.
IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE DID PASS WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NUMBER OF DAYS ON CASH OR EQUAL TO 60 DAYS.
IN THIS CASE, THIS IS WHERE WE GOT THE 10 POINTS OUT OF 10.
YES, WE HAD ENOUGH CASH ON HAND TO ACTUALLY COVER 250.937 DAYS.
INDICATOR 13 IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.
AGAIN, SOME OF THESE INDICATORS ARE ALSO DIFFERENT, SOME OF THEM ARE ALL OR NOTHING.
YOU EITHER GET 10 POINTS OR YOU GET ZERO.
THIS ONE IS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON A SLIDING SCALE.
YOU COULD EITHER GET 10 OR 2 DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LAND IN THE SLIDING SCALE.
IN ORDER TO GET ALL 10, YOU DO NEED A RATIO FOR ANY DISTRICT THAT HAS GOT 88, THAT'S GREATER THAN 10,000.
WE EARNED ALL 10 POINTS OUT OF 10 FOR OUR RATIO OF 0.5335.
OF COURSE AGAIN, OUR ADA WAS JUST OVER 44,000, SO THAT LANDED US IN THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE OVER 10,000.
JUST SOMETHING I ALWAYS LIKE TO THE LAST ABOUT THREE YEARS, I HAVE A PEER GROUP THAT I GO AND I PULL ALL OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIOS.
IT'S A TOTAL OF EIGHT, IT'S SEVEN OTHER DISTRICTS IN OURSELVES JUST TO SEE WHERE WE LAND.
AGAIN, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO FOR THIS PEER GROUP IN DFW.
INDICATOR 16, THIS ONE GETS A LITTLE WEEDY. YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.
THIS IS ONE I GET REAL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS TO DO WITH IT'S AN INDICATOR THAT MEASURES THE QUALITY OF OUR DATA REPORTED IN PEIMS AND THEN OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
IT BASICALLY JUST TAKES THOSE TWO DATASETS AND MATCHES THEM UP AND SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A VARIANCE LESS THAN 3%.
NOW THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER FOR US, I WILL SAY.
BUT FOR US, I GET REALLY NERDED OUT BECAUSE OUR VARIANCE IS 0.007%.
THE ACTUAL VARIANCE THAT WE HAD WAS LESS THAN $4,800.
THAT IS AND THANKS TO I HAVE AN AMAZING ACCOUNTING BRAIN, AND MY DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING ANGELA MARK COSBY.
SHE WANTS TO FIND EVERY PENNY.
ANYWAY, THIS ONE IS REALLY BAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE PASSED THIS ONE FOR HAVING A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF AGAIN THAT DATA QUALITY THERE.
INDICATORS, 17 AND 18 ARE FOR MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND NON COMPLIANCE.
BASICALLY 17 IS A PASS OR FAIL, SO WE DID PASS THIS ONE THIS IS ASKING IF WE RECEIVED A CLEAN AUDIT FROM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS, WHICH WE DID.
THEN 18 IS ASKING ABOUT, DID OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS INDICATE THAT OUR AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE? THIS INDICATOR JUST MEASURES THE DISTRICTS IF WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO EXPENDITURES FOR OUR GRANT FUNDS, OUR CONTRACTS, AND ANY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
WE DID GET 10 OUT OF 10 BECAUSE THEY DID INDICATE THAT OUR AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS AND REASSESS WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL FIRST.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I WOULD SAY EVEN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE SEEING MORE DISTRICTS FALL OUT OF THAT PASSING GROUP AND INTO THE FAILING.
I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE IN '22/'23, THERE WAS EIGHT AND IT MOVED TO 15, AND NOW WE'VE GOT 20 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT UNFORTUNATELY FAILED THE FIRST.
THEN OF COURSE, THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT RATING BETWEEN A, B, C AND F. OBVIOUSLY MAKES ME VERY SAD TO
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SEE MORE DISTRICTS FALLING OUT OF THE PASSING INTO THE FAILING.IT JUST REALLY PROVES THAT I THINK FIRST IS BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER.
THERE WERE A FEW INDICATORS THAT WERE PAUSED BY TEA.
THEY HAVE SINCE LIFTED MOST OF THOSE PAUSE AND IT'S CAUSED UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS TO FAIL THE FIRST, BUT IT ALSO MAKES ME VERY PROUD AND EXCITED THAT JUST THE HARD WORK THAT OUR DISTRICT DOES, AND NOT ONLY THAT WE HAD AN A SUPER LIKE THE SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT, BUT IT WAS 100 OUT OF 100.
I THINK THAT PERFECT SCORE IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENT AND STRONG FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP.
IT ASSURES OUR COMMUNITY THAT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS GUIDED BY INTEGRITY AND FOCUSED ON OUR STUDENT SUCCESS.
AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOW ME TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COURTNEY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO IF WE CAN GET THE PODIUM MOVED OUT, AND THEN I WILL INVITE TO THE PODIUM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS FIRST RATING.
>> DR. TYRA, IS THERE SOME TIME FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS NOW OR SHOULD WE WAIT?
>> LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
LAST CHANCE, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRST RATING? WE WILL CONSIDER THE HEARING CLOSED.
TRUSTEES, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COURTNEY, PLEASE NOW IS THE TIME.
>> COURTNEY, I'M REALLY CURIOUS.
THERE'S ONE YOU COULD FAIL IT BECAUSE IT'S A BAD ACCOUNTING PRACTICE, YOU COULD ALSO FAIL IT JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE FAILING OR THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE SEEING STARTING TO FALL.
IS IT AN INDICATOR OF JUST GENERALLY THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS IN TEXAS ARE FINDING IT HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET? VERSUS NEFARIOUS FINANCIAL PRACTICES.
>> I HATE TO SAY THAT IT'S I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY EITHER ONE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARILY NEFARIOUS, AND MR. HILL, YOU PLEASE JUMP IN.
A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY IS DUE TO THESE CRITICAL INDICATORS, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST THINGS THAT SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IT SAYS, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOUR POINT SCORE DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU AGAIN, DON'T FILE YOUR AFR REPORT OR YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT ON TIME.
OR FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S DEADLINES FOR TRS, AND AGAIN, FOR OUR BOND PAYMENTS, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S BEEN SMALLER, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S CAUSED DISTRICTS TO FAIL JUST BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MUCH GOING ON.
>> I THINK THERE ARE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN PATROL.
I HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH A LADY FROM A SMALL DISTRICT JUST NORTH OF AUSTIN, AND THEY WERE FILLING THEIRS BECAUSE THERE WAS A WARREN HO.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL INDICATORS AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE FACT AND IT WAS LIKE, WOW, IT CAME UP AND SHE SAID, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO, BUT NOW WE FAIL AND EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S SOMETHING I DID.
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT ON, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOT YOU, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU WATCH OUT FOR, AND I THINK THAT IN SOME SMALLER DISTRICTS, YOU HAVE FOLKS DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT'S JUST HARD TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING, AND I THINK THAT THEY GET SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS IN TROUBLE.
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I REMEMBER COMMENTING ON THIS LAST YEAR AND POSSIBLY THE YEAR BEFORE.
YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT INDICATOR 16.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT INDICATOR 13.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN?
>> I DID BECAUSE I REMEMBER LAST YEAR.
>> INDICATOR 13 FOR ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO BELIEVES THAT SOMEHOW OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO IS THROUGH THE ROOF.
THIS IS THE PROOF, AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO FOR TRANSPARENCY, THAT OUR DISTRICT IS NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON ADMINISTRATION.
THIS MYTH IS OUT THERE, PEOPLE BELIEVE IT, AND YOU JUST SAY, REALLY, CAN YOU POINT TO ME WHERE YOU'RE FINDING THAT INFORMATION? THIS WILL DIRECT PEOPLE TO CORRECT INFORMATION.
>> THIS IS TAKING OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND DIVIDING IT BY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS.
IT IS REALLY COMPARING IT TO WHAT WE SPEND ON OUR KIDDOS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING TO.
IT EVEN NARROWS THAT VERSUS ALL ADMINISTRATION VERSUS OTHER THINGS.
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AGAIN, THAT'S THE NARROW SCOPE OF THAT INDICATOR.>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND EXTEND KUDOS AGAIN.
THIS IS MANY, MANY YEARS OF EXCELLENT ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD EVER COME CLOSE TO GETTING A B.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF YOUR TEAM AND JOHNNY'S TEAM.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AND YES, I AGREE WITH YOU, TARA ABOUT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.
I THINK THAT WHEN YOU PUT THE FACTS OUT THERE, PEOPLE WILL GO, I WAS WRONG.
YOU'RE NOT OVER THE TOP ON ADMINISTRATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK OF YOUR TEAM.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE AGAIN, OUR LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE AMAZING LEADERSHIP AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR LEADERSHIP AS THE BOARD SO GRATEFUL TO ALWAYS HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO UNDERSTAND THESE FINANCIAL ISSUES. APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL.
>> BOARD. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7,
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL WITH NO DISCUSSION.BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARA LANCE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE, KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT IS SEVEN HANDS UP, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL WELCOME DR. PATRICK TANNER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY TO THE PODIUM TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES.
DR. WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.
IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS EVENING, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF IT SUPPORT SERVICES, DR. MICHAEL WHITE.
DR. WHITE, WOULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE] DR. WHITE IS JOINING US BY WAY OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
HE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE THAT SPANS K-12 EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY LED LARGE SCALE TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, CYBERSECURITY INITIATIVES, AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.
ADDITIONALLY, HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES LEADING CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS, MANAGING MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BUDGETS, AND ALIGNING TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
GUIDED BY PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION, DR. WHITE BELIEVES TECHNOLOGY SHOULD EMPOWER PEOPLE AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, CREATING SYSTEMS THAT ARE SECURE, SUSTAINABLE, AND DESIGNED TO SERVE BOTH EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS.
DR. WHITE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND AN MBA FROM TWU, AND A DOCTOR OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS OBTAINED ELITE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE MASTERY IN AREAS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CYBERSECURITY, AND SCHOOL BUSINESS.
FINALLY, DR. WHITE FAITHFULLY SERVED OUR GREAT NATION AS A SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, [APPLAUSE] AND WHILE THAT'S NOW AIR FORCE IS STILL COMMENDABLE SERVICE, INDEED.
JOINING AND SUPPORTING HIM THIS EVENING IS HIS LOVELY WIFE, MRS. TOYA WHITE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OUR NEW DIRECTOR, DR. MICHAEL WHITE
>> WELCOME, DR. WHITE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
PATRICK AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RIVALRY ABOUT THE ARMY AIR FORCE THING.
MY HUSBAND IS ARMY, SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON.
I FEEL IT'S OCTOBER IS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, TOO.
GREAT TIMING AND WELCOME ABOARD.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM DR. COURTNEY GOBER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYRA, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, BOARD THE AND CABINET.
I'M VERY EXCITED TODAY IN PLANO ISD, PROUD TO WELCOME STEPHANIE RAMOS AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE CHARACTER AID ATTENDANCE AND RESTORATIVE EDUCATION OR CARE TEAM.
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MRS. RAMOS BRINGS 30 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO PLANO ISD, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AT BOTH DAFRON AND WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND MOST RECENTLY AS OUR DIRECTOR IN HUMAN RESOURCES.THAT'S WHY HUMAN RESOURCES OVER HERE GIVE ME THAT EYE.[LAUGHTER] A PROVEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDER.
SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
FLUENT IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND KNOWN FOR HER COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE, MRS. RAMOS HAS LED INITIATIVE SUPPORTING BILINGUAL EDUCATION, CHARACTER EDUCATION, AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVANCING OUR MISSION TO CULTIVATE CHARACTER, IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, AND STRENGTHEN RESTORATIVE PRACTICES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING STEPHANIE TO HER NEW ROLE IN STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES AS OUR DIRECTOR FOR THE CARE TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] JOINING HER TODAY IS DR. MILEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND HER HUSBAND, I DON'T KNOW IF HE MADE IT.
[LAUGHTER] HER HUSBAND, MICHAEL RAMOS IS COMING SHORTLY.
WE'LL WAIVE THAT. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUICK COMMENTS THIS EVENING FOR OUR NEW FOLKS? I'LL SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I JUST SAY, WELCOME ABOARD.
I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE HAVE TOP TALENT RECRUITED FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS TOP TALENT PROMOTED FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
VERY EXCITED FOR BOTH YOU ALL NEW ROLES AND CRITICAL POSITIONS FOR THE DISTRICT. WELCOME ABOARD.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THAT SECTION, WE WILL MOVE TO REPORTS.
[8. REPORTS]
WE'LL BEGIN REPORTS WITH AGENDA ITEM 8.1, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.I WILL INVITE OUR DYNAMIC DUO, DR. PHILIP MORGAN, DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, AND KENDALL MILLER, OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THE RAMOS FAMILY HAS ARRIVED.
>> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME OF THE YEAR FOR US TO GET TO COME AND SPEAK WITH THE BOARD, WE'RE HONORED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT UPDATE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T JUST EXPRESS HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO WORK IN PLANO ISD ALONGSIDE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES, TOO.
IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR US IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT MARCHING AT A COMPETITION AND PREPARING FOR AREA MARCHING BAND OR TMEA ADVANCEMENT THROUGH THE ALL-STATE-SYSTEM, WE'RE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DRIVING BACK FROM LUBBOCK TODAY SAFELY.
AT THE SPEED LIMIT TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE ENTIRE TIME.
[LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS AN HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE AND JUST WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE DATA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND FOR ATHLETICS AND I'M GOING TO TAKE HALF OF IT, AND THEN HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE, COACH MILLERS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, AGAIN, WE WORK UNDER PILLAR 1 IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AND OUR BIG GOAL IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL, FOLLOWS ALL THE POSITIVE DATA.
THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE PRESENT, THEY'RE ATTENDING ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE VERY HIGHLY MOTIVATED.
AS WE LEARNED FROM DR. MOORE EARLIER TOO, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE OUR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS.
THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO BE ALL-STATE ATHLETES AND, ALL-STATE DEBATE AND, THEATER AND, BAND, CHOIR AND, ORCHESTRA.
THEY DO THOSE SO THAT THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEADERSHIP AND AND WHAT BETTER CLASSROOMS DO YOU GET LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD WITH YOUR PEERS.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THAT BRIEFLY TONIGHT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR K-5 FINE ARTS COURSE ENROLLMENT AS WELL.
THERE'S A NOTE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE SLIDES AS WELL.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED SOME DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT TOO.
JUST AS YOU NOTICE THAT, WE STILL HAVE 100% PARTICIPATION IN OUR FINE ARTS COURSES AT THE K-5 LEVEL IN ELEMENTARY ART AND MUSIC.
WHEN WE PUT THESE TOGETHER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, WE REALLY WORK HARD TO PICK OUT THESE IMAGES FOR YOU.[LAUGHTER] THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES IN THERE, TOO, WHERE YOU CAN SEE MR. JENNINGS, WHO IS OUR K-12 CHORAL MUSIC COORDINATOR THERE PLAYING FOR THE PLANO CHILDREN'S CHORUS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES OF OUR ART STUDENTS PROVIDED BY MR. MCGRANE.
JUST SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON OUR ELEMENTARY.
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WE HAVE TONS OF COMPETITIONS AND VISUAL ARTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THOSE FALL CONCERTS THAT ARE COMING UP TO.AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE THAT IS THE TRANSITIONAL ENTRY POINT THERE FOR STUDENTS INTO SECONDARY ACADEMICS AND FINE ARTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR PROGRAM TITLES ARE THERE ON THE LEFT AS WELL AS OUR TOTAL SIX GRADE ENROLLMENT.
YOU CAN JUST SEE, AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, THERE'S SOME DECLINING ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS WELL, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT AS WELL, THE CONSISTENCY.
I USED THE TERM CONGRUENCY YESTERDAY, WHERE YOU LOOK AT ART MAKING UP 24% OF THE DISTRICT.
IT'S STILL 22%. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT RANGE.
BAND IS SITTING AT 989, WHICH IS STILL 31% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL.
ORCHESTRAS INCREASE JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT SOME SIX GRADERS GOING TO ORCHESTRA BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC ORCHESTRA PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEATER IS SITTING AT 11% DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR'S 12%, TOO.
THERE'S OUR TOTAL SIXTH GRADE ENROLLMENT.
AS WE BLEND ALL THAT TOGETHER, THIS IS OUR FULL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR 6TH-8TH GRADE.
BAND IS SITTING STILL CONSISTENT AT 22% ACROSS THE DISTRICT, CHOIR IS UP JUST A LITTLE UPTICK THERE AT 16% OF THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL.
ORCHESTRA DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, UP 17 FROM 16, ARTS HOLDING STUDY AT ABOUT 28%.
THEATER IS UP, JUST A QUICK UPTICK FROM 11%, AND SPEECH, WHICH WE'VE ADDED THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T SEE LAST YEAR, TOO, BUT SPEECH, AND THERE'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT IN THERE TOO IS RIGHT AT 8%.
HANGING IN THERE IN TERMS OF CONGRUENCY, BUT WE'RE AT 11,175 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
I'M TRYING TO PACE [INAUDIBLE] GOOD.
[LAUGHTER] EVERYBODY LIKES A SMOOTH PRESENTATION.
[LAUGHTER] AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT IS A GREAT PICTURE TAKEN RIGHT THERE TOO, AND I ALMOST GOT STEPPED ON BY A DRUM MAJOR WHILE I WAS TRYING TO GET IT TOO.
THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE GOT A GREAT PICTURE.
BAND IS SITTING AT ABOUT 13% WITH 1,206 OR EIGHT, IT'S HARD TO SEE FROM HERE.
TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT ENROLLED STUDENTS.
TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIX, THERE WE GO.
TWELVE HUNDRED AND SIX ENROLLED STUDENTS, DRILL TEAM IS HOLDING STRONG AT 3% OF THE POPULATION DANCE CONSISTENT AT 8% AS WELL, VISUAL ARTS UPTICK JUST A LITTLE BIT TO 40%.
SPEECH AND DEBATE DOWN 1% THERE TO 6%.
THEN ORCHESTRA, AGAIN, CONSISTENTLY HOLDING AT 12, THEATER ARTS THE SAME AND CHOIRS UP A LITTLE BIT AT 11% WITH A TOTAL OF 09,215 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS GRADES 9-12, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
OUR TOTALS IN ALL FINE ARTS COURSES, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN HERE OF HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WE HAVE AT ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS, 47% OF OUR 18,241 THERE, OR 18,241 ARE REPRESENTATIVE OUT OF OUR 38,000 PLUS, 47% OR ELEMENTARY, 29 OR MIDDLE AND 24 HIGH SCHOOL OR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, TOTALING 38,631 OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLING IN FINE ARTS COURSES, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING, WHICH MEANS THAT'S 38,631 WHO ARE HERE, PRESENT, ATTENDING, AND SUCCEEDING IN OUR PROGRAMS. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU, JUST TO NOTICE OFF THE TOP HERE.
THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR CONSECUTIVELY AS A TAEA DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION.
ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT I WENT IN LAST YEAR.
ONE, BECAUSE I'M SELFISH AND I WANT US TO BE GOOD AT EVERYTHING AND BE BALANCED IS WE HAD NOT BEEN NAMED A TXETA, WHICH IS THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION.
SHOUT OUT TO OUR COORDINATOR KATHY MCQUISTON.
THAT WAS A PRIORITY GOAL THAT I PUT ON HER.
IT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK TO SUBMIT FOR THAT THING.
APPRECIATE THE HELP OF OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. PEARSON, AS WELL, TOO, TO GET ALL THE PAPERWORK READY AND SIGNED OFF FOR THAT TOO.
THIS YEAR, WE WERE AWARDED AN OUTSTANDING DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION FROM THE THEATER STATE ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
WE HAD ONE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR, KICKING OFF THE YEAR, PESH IS RANKED NUMBER 41 IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW IN THE RANK, SO THAT'S RIGHT. I LIKE IT.
BUT I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE IS IT IS LOVELY TO SEE RECOGNITIONS AND ACCOLADES, BUT MORE THAN THAT TO ME, IT JUST REAFFIRMS THAT WE'RE HOLDING STRONG IN OUR PROGRAMS. THERE IS CONSTANT SUCCESS FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
IT JUST CONTINUES TO STACK AND WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT BECAUSE IT GIVES STUDENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STAY ENGAGED.
SOME STUDENT PERFORMER EXCELLENCE.
IT IS RARE TO GET AN INVITATION TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS MIDWEST CLINIC AND CONCERTS.
THIS YEAR, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FULL ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN INVITED TO GO UP THERE, SO GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO CHICAGO OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
SWACTA, WHICH IS A SOUTHWEST AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, IS AN INVITED ENSEMBLE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OVER IN NEW MEXICO.
OUR NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION AND STATE UIL AND TFA HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT YOU RECOGNIZED OVER THE SUMMER WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL WARDS.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY HOLDING CONSISTENT AGAIN IN STUDENT SUCCESS.
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IT IS RARE THAT ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN THE STATE IS THE UIL STATE CHAMPION AND EXTEMPORANEOUS PERSUASIVE, AND THEY GO HERE IN PLANO.AS DOES THE SECOND PLACE PROSE INTERPRETATION FINISHER AND MULTIPLE NATIONAL FINALISTS, INCLUDING THE FIFTH PLACE NATIONAL MEDALIST ESTHER JESSE.
PUTTING PLANO ON THE MAP EVERY TIME.
AS WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THESE CATS PLAY, IT'S AMAZING.
THE ESSENTIAL ELLINGTON NATIONAL JAZZ COMPETITION, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AGAIN, HAS QUALIFIED FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE PUSHING TO DO SO AGAIN IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, GREAT HARD WORK BY OUR CAMPUS TEAMS AND OUR CENTRAL ADMIN FINE ARTS TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BOARD PUTS A LOT OF EMPHASIS IN MAKING SURE AND I KNOW THIS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM HIRE A FANTASTIC ATHLETICS DIRECTOR LEADER, AND THEY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB THIS YEAR.
ARE YOU LOOKING AROUND FOR THAT PERSON? [LAUGHTER] I USUALLY I'M NERVOUS ABOUT MEETING A NEW COLLEAGUE, BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT WE HAD A NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR COMING IN TO THE DISTRICT, TOO, I GOT EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR TEAM REALLY WORKS ON CULTURE AND THAT'S A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HER TEAM AS WELL AND OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR. FREEMAN.
I WAS VERY CONFIDENT, BUT NOW I'M HAPPY AND CONFIDENT BECAUSE I GET TO WORK WITH COACH KENDALL MILLER EVERY DAY.
TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON OUR ATHLETIC SUCCESS, COULD WE PLEASE WELCOME COACH MILLER? [APPLAUSE].
>> PHILLIP, THANK YOU, AND TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, DEPUTY SUP, THANK YOU.
ALSO, REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY, SO EXCITED.
HE'S CORRECT. I WAS IN LUBBOCK THIS MORNING FOR A CROSS-COUNTRY.
LEFT THERE AT ABOUT 11:45 AND GOT HERE IN TIME FOR IT.
I DROVE 75, SO DON'T LOOK UP ANYTHING.
[LAUGHTER] SET ME DOWN 20 TO GET HERE.
REALLY EXCITED TO WATCH OUR KIDS COMPETE THIS MORNING THOUGH IN THE REGIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY MEET.
THIS IS THE TOUGHEST CROSS-COUNTRY REGION IN AMERICA TO COMPETE IN IN SIX A.
TO SEE OUR KIDS GET THERE AND COMPETE WAS REALLY GOOD THING HERE TO SEE THIS MORNING.
WE'LL MOVE ON ON WHAT PHILIP TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC NUMBERS.
I THINK WE'RE MOST PLEASED ABOUT IS THAT FOR ATHLETIC WISE, OUR NUMBERS OF PARTICIPATION NUMBERS HAVE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED THE SAME.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN THROUGH FOOTBALL DOWN TO BOYS TENNIS, AND THIS IS FOR OUR FALL SPORTS.
OUR PERCENTAGES HAVE PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME AS FAR AS OUR PARTICIPATION.
THE ONLY DROP THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT ONE, IT'S IN VOLLEYBALL, BUT THAT'S A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNIFICATION OF OUR CLUSTERS.
BY DOING THAT, THAT ELIMINATED A TEAM AND VOLLEYBALL IS A CUT SPORT.
THEREFORE, THAT 2% DROP IS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE SEE FROM THE UNIFICATION OF OUR CLUSTERS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE MOST MAXIMIZE OUR SUCCESS WITH ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AS WE SEE FOR OUR GIRLS AND BOYS, OUR PRE-ATHLETICS, SIXTH GRADE PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
YOU WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND WATCH ANY OF THE SIXTH GRADE PRE-ATHLETICS PROGRAMS TO SEE OUR HIGH SCHOOL COACHES AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHES REALLY REALLY ENGAGED IN THAT.
THE DISCIPLINE, THE WORK ETHIC, THE KIDS DON'T GET FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY GET INTO SEVENTH GRADE.
THOSE THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE GET OUT OF INTERSCHOOL ELASTIC ATHLETICS AND TO INTRODUCE THAT TO THEM IN THE SIXTH GRADE IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES US A STEP UP.
WE'LL GET TO SEE THAT PAYOFF IN A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE SEE THOSE AT THE SAME THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR OUR GIRLS AND THE BOYS HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT HERE IN OUR PRE-ATHLETICS FOR SIXTH GRADE.
IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'VE HIT THE EXACT SAME MARK, OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT, DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE DECLINE OVER THE DISTRICT, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION IN FOOTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT SHOWS US WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT DECLINE, BUT IT IS PROPORTIONATE WITH THE ENROLLMENT.
I MEAN, FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, I MEAN, OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASED BY ABOUT 800 STUDENTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'VE DECREASED BY ABOUT 600, AND SO OUR CHEER NUMBERS IS EXTREMELY PROPORTIONATE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE'VE LOST HERE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
OUR ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS, REALLY EXCITED TO BOAST ABOUT THIS FROM OUR ACADEMIC DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH OUR NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN, OUR AWARDS HAVE GONE UP.
ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT, WHICH IS A BIG THING FOR US.
THAT MEANS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS AT THE NEXT LEVEL, TO GET ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS, ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS, MONEY TO SUPPLEMENT WHATEVER ATHLETIC MONEY THAT THEY GET.
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ACADEMIC ALL-STATE WENT 130-156, AND THAT'S THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, AND OUR COLLEGE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD, WE SEE PLANO SENIOR AT 14 PLANO EAST 18, PLANO 33.THERE'S SOMETHING TO NOTE ABOUT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE HARDEST PERIOD EVER.
THE HARDEST PERIOD EVER IN HISTORY TO RECEIVE AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP.
BECAUSE IF YOU'VE HEARD OF SOMETHING CALLED THE TRANSFER PORTAL, I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU HEARD EVERY TELEVISION SHOW, EVERY RADIO, YOU TURN ON, AND TALK ABOUT THE TRANSFER PORTAL.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY A CURSE WORD IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS WITHOUT SAYING ONE, JUST SAY TRANSFER PORTAL.
BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE COLLEGE ATHLETES ARE JUST MOVING AROUND FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, BUT THE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP ALLOTMENT HAS NOT INCREASED FROM NCAA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE ARE LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL? ATHLETES AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE FIGHT THROUGH THE COACHES ASSOCIATION TO TRY TO GET THAT CHANGED.
BUT ANY ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S AWARDED IS SOMETHING TO REALLY BE COMMENDED IN THIS CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
>> ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS, RIGHT NOW, WE SIT AT 43.
DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS 43? WHAT 43 REPRESENTS.
THAT'S HOW MANY STATE TITLES WE WANT IN PLANO ISD.
WE'VE WON 43 STATE TITLES SINCE THE INCEPTION OF PLANO ISD, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT TO 44 AND TO CONTINUE.
NOW, THE SAME THING WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE IN NORTH TEXAS, AND SO WE'RE IN NORTH TEXAS REGION 1 AND REGION 2.
THAT IS, AGAIN, THE TOUGHEST ATHLETIC REGION IN AMERICA.
WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO INCREASE THOSE THINGS.
LAST YEAR, TWO DISTRICT TITLES THAT WE WON WITH PLANO WEST WERE ALSO IN OUR FOOTBALL DISTRICTS, OUR VOLLEYBALL DISTRICTS, WE'RE IN 19 DISTRICTS.
NOW WE'VE ELIMINATED OPPORTUNITIES BY INCREASING THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT, MOST DISTRICTS ARE EIGHT, SEVEN OR SIX, WE'RE IN A NINE-TEAM.
VOLLEYBALL, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THREE TEAMS. REALIZE THAT ALL THREE SCHOOLS ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 10, WHICH MEANS IF THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT, THEY WOULD BE, WE COULD WIN THREE DISTRICT TITLES IF WE WERE SPREAD OFF IN THREE OTHER DISTRICTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T SPLIT UP A DISTRICT.
WE'RE BETTER THAN ALL THE DISTRICTS AROUND US.
AGAIN, THIS IS VOLLEYBALL MECCA.
WHEN YOU WATCH COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL NEXT THIS YEAR, IN THE POSTSEASON, EVERY TEAM THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE FINAL FOUR.
EVERY TEAM WILL HAVE PLAYERS ON IT FROM NOT JUST TEXAS FROM NORTH TEXAS FROM THIS REGION.
FOR US TO HAVE THREE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW THAT RANKED IN THE TOP 10, AND THE TOP 3 IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE REALLY PROUD ABOUT THAT.
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN THE POSTSEASON, SEE PLANO SENIOR HIGH SEVEN LAST YEAR, EAST 10, WEST AND 13, AND THE ONLY NUMBERS THAT THE ONLY CATEGORY LAST YEAR THAT WE DID NOT FEEL IS THE STATE CHAMPIONS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS HERE RIGHT NOW.
PLANO WEST HAD A REALLY GOOD SHOWING LAST WEEK IN THE REGIONAL FINAL OUT IN ABILENE FOR PLANO WEST TENNIS.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT, THE REGIONAL FINAL THIS YEAR, AND HE'S BRINGING EVERYBODY BACK HERE FOR NEXT YEAR, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.
OUR COACHES OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, COACH RICHARDSON AT PLANO EAST FOR GIRLS' BASKETBALL, CLINT COBB AT PLANO WEST FOR BOYS' SOCCER, CHELSEA ANDERSON AT PLANO EAST FOR SOFTBALL, COACH OSTERTAG AT RICE WAS OUR BOYS COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND COACH CASEY RAY WAS OUR GIRLS COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AT HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SOME OF OUR UPDATES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'LL START HERE WITH FINE ARTS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR PHILLIPS.
HE PASSED THE STICK TO ME, LIKE THAT.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT BY THE WAY. SUPPOSED TO STICK, AND I GET.
ANYBODY RUN TRACK? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
OUR DRILL TEAMS, WE ALIGNED UNIFORMS PURCHASES.
ALL OF OUR DRILL TEAMS ALIGNED THROUGH FINE ARTS, BAND UNIFORMS, WE'RE NOW PURCHASED AS A CLUSTER AND THE PLANO SENIOR BAND UNIFORMS PURCHASED AS A CLUSTER, ATHLETICS.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE COMPETITION GYM.
THE FLOORING IS DONE AT FOUR OF SIX HIGH SCHOOLS.
WHAT'S NEAT ABOUT THAT IS THAT, AS YOU SEE IN THE NEXT ONE, ALL OF OUR NINE THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS HAVE MERGED TO THE SENIOR HIGH.
THERE'S NO MORE VINES VIKINGS.
THERE'S NO MCMILLAN MAVERICKS, CLARK COUGARS.
WE GO TO VINES, WE HAVE THE VINES WILDCATS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MCMILLAN PANTHERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT, AND THAT IS TO ALIGN WITH EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL AROUND SO THAT WE CAN START DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAMS FROM THE NINTH GRADE ALL THE WAY UP.
FOUR OF THE SIX ARE COMPLETED AS WE'RE WORKING ON THE OTHER TWO.
THE SENIOR HIGH MASCOTS OR THE IMAGES WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE GYM, IT'S REALLY NEAT.
WE'RE GOING THERE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PLANO WILDCATS IN CLARK HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PLANO EAST PANTHERS IN MCMILLAN, OR WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PLANO WEST WOLVES IN SHEFTON.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THAT AND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL UNIFORMS NOW WILL ALL REFLECT THE SENIOR HIGH.
WHEN YOU GET ONE, YOU GET ALL OF US WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY NOW.
SOCCER HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW AND AS SOCCER CONTINUES TO GROW HERE IN THIS STATE IN THIS AREA,
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WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET A JUMP ON THAT WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DONE AT A LOT OF PLACES, SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX IS AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY IT AND SEEN IT, WE'VE COMPLETED CLUBHOUSES FOR THE CONNECTED TO THE DUGOUT.
JUST LIKE IN A MINOR LEAGUE STADIUM OR BASEBALL PLAYERS COME IN, THEY GO THROUGH THE TUNNEL AND GO INTO THE LOCKER ROOMS AND COACH'S OFFICE.
IT'S A REALLY NEAT PROJECT AND A REALLY NICE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FACILITY THAT'S BEEN UPDATED THERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IN OUR PAY WEATHER.
THE NUMBER 1 GOAL WE HAVE EVERYDAY IS KEEP OUR ATHLETES SAFE.
ONE THING WE DO KNOW IN NORTH TEXAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WEATHER.
MY DAD USED TO SAY THIS ABOUT YOU EVER GO GET YOUR OIL CHANGED AND THEY WOULD COME IN AND YOU ALWAYS BRING OUT THE AIR FILTER, AND THEY LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAY, MR. MILLER, HERE'S YOUR AIR FILTER.
SEE HOW DIRTY IT IS, AND MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS GO, WELL, THAT MEANS IT'S WORKING.
[LAUGHTER] WELL, THE SAME THING WITH OUR HEAT AND WEATHER POLICY.
I HEARD A COACH ONCE SAY, WHY DO WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS? WE HAVEN'T LOST A KID IN 10 YEARS.
I SAID, GOOD, THAT MEANS IT'S WORKING.
THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO DO THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY STRICT ABOUT FOLLOWING FROM HEAT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE INSIDE OR ALL PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUR WET BULB HITS A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND THE HUMIDITY HITS A CERTAIN LEVEL HERE EARLY, AND ALSO WITH LIGHTNING.
ANYTHING THAT'S WITHIN 10 MILES OF LIGHTNING WITHIN 10 MILES OF ANY PRACTICE OR EVENT, THAT EVENT IS CLEARED.
THEY GO INSIDE, IT'S NOT RUN ONE MORE PLAY, IT'S NOT DO THAT.
WE GET INSIDE AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE UNTIL WE HAVE HAD NO LIGHTNING HERE FOR 30 MINUTES.
THE PERY WEATHER IS AN APP THAT ALL OF OUR COACHES HAVE, ALL OF OUR TRAINERS HAVE AT EVERY FACILITY THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BE AT.
WHEN IT DOES, EVERYONE GETS A MESSAGE ALERT AND THEY KNOW TO GET OFF THE FIELD.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT USING THAT AND IT'S SOMETHING HELPS KEEP OUR ATHLETES AND COACHES SAFE.
THE TEXAS WAY WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT WAS LAUNCHED THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION WITH THE UIL.
IT'S MAINLY TO IMPROVE THE SPORTSMANSHIP AND CHARACTER IN OUR ATHLETICS.
WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TEACH OUR KIDS AND WHAT WE GET THE MOST OUT OF ATHLETES HERE AT THIS POINT.
WE SAW SOME UPTICKS, NOT HERE IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT STATEWIDE IN EJECTIONS AND CONDUCT, PARTICULARLY AT BASKETBALL GAMES BECAUSE BASKETBALL IS ONE OF THE MOST BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BUT THEY ARE THE MOST INTIMATE GAMES THAT WE HAVE WHERE THE COURT IS RIGHT UP ON THE STANDS ARE RIGHT UP ON THE COURT AND THE SAME WITH WRESTLING.
WE SAID WE HAD TO LAUNCH AN INITIATIVE ACROSS THE STATE TO COMBAT THIS.
THE TEXAS WAY IS A PROGRAM THAT ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS HERE ARE PART OF.
IT'S A CURRICULUM THAT WE SEND TO OUR KIDS AND OUR COACHES AND WE READ BEFORE EVERY GAME TO OUR PARENTS AND FANS OF WHAT THE CONDUCT IS EXPECTED FROM THEM BEFORE EVERY EVENT.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF THE TEXAS WAY.
WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US HERE TODAY TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, COACH MILLER AND DR. MORGAN, FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HOT SPORTS OPINIONS FOR OUR DYNAMIC DUO THIS EVENING.
>> I JUST HAVE TWO LITTLE ONES AND NOT BIG DEALS, BUT I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING OUR BANDS, OUR MATCHING BANDS, COMPETE IN THE UIL COMPETITION AT CLARK, AND THEY DID AWESOME.
IT WAS SO EXCITING TO SEE AND THE UNIFORMS WERE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL PERFORMED WELL.
I WILL SAY, ON TOP OF THAT, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STOP BY JACKSON ELEMENTARY FOR THE 50TH CELEBRATION.
THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL.
THE WILDCAT CHEERLEADERS OUT THERE SUPPORTING OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY LOOKED GREAT.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE WELL-GROUNDED AND WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE WORK OF YOUR TWO DEPARTMENTS, FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.
I HAVE A JUNIOR MYSELF. I SEE KIDS.
I KNOW KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED SATURDAY WHEN EAST WENT TO WACO. I THINK I'M GETTING THIS RIGHT.
YOU'LL HAVE TO CORRECT ME THAT THEY WON THE BAND FOR PLANO EAST ONE FIFTH AT REGIONALS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT BE AT THE WAY.
>> THE NATIONAL SECOND COMPETITION OF BAN,
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WHICH IS NOT UIL BUT IT'S BOA, WHICH DOES A NATIONAL [OVERLAPPING].>> IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S HUGE NEWS.
IT'S ONE OF THE FARTHEST THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.
OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.
THANK YOU TO THE COACHING STAFF AND ALL THE TEACHERS. IT'S THRILLING.
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK IN GETTING THE CLUSTERS ALIGNED AS A VINES VIKING.
IT DOES HURT ME A LITTLE BIT TO HEAR IT, BUT I AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS.
MY SON, WHO'S A FRESHMAN AT SHEFTON, DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE HE'S PART OF THE PLANO WEST FAMILY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO OFFER THAT TO OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE THEY GET TO THE SENIOR HIGH TO REALLY START BUILDING THAT.
>> WELL, THIS IS JUST OFF THE CUFF QUESTION.
MAYBE DR. FREEMAN KNOWS, BUT SINCE WE DID CHANGE THE MASCOTS, I WAS ALWAYS WORRIED TO SEE THE STUFFED COUGAR IN THE FRONT OF THE CLARK HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THAT POOR LITTLE BEING?
>> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE COUGAR AT CLARK.
HOPEFULLY HE WENT TO A GOOD PLACE.
>> I HOPE SO BECAUSE I'M A CAT LOVER. [LAUGHTER].
>> DON'T WE HAVE A MUSEUM FOR PLANO ISD? THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
>> NO. I BELIEVE THE COUGAR IS STILL IN THE DISPLAY IN THE HALLWAY THERE.
>> AS A CLARK COUGAR MARRIED TO A WILLIAMS WARRIOR.
IF WE'RE THROWING DOWN OUR HIGH SCHOOL MASCOTS HERE.
I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SEE THE ALIGNMENT BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IN MY KIDS, AND WE'RE OVER ON THE WEST SIDE NOW.
BUT WHAT I SEE IN MY KIDS IS MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN DOING THE MINI CLINICS, THE CHEER IN THE DRILL MINI CLINICS, WHICH HAVE BEEN GREAT.
I'VE SEEN YOU ALL AT SEVERAL OF THE GAMES.
THEY'RE VERY STRONGLY IDENTIFYING EARLY AS LIKE PLANO WEST WOLVES.
MY DAUGHTER'S GOT THE LITTLE THING AND SHE'S GOT THE HOW AND SHE KNOWS ALL THE CHEERS.
I THINK THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS NOT ONLY GREAT, BUT THAT WHAT ALL ARE DOING ON THE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE MANY CLINICS, WHICH OF COURSE ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR GREAT BOOSTER CLUB, SO THAT'S AMAZING TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT THERE, BUT EVEN WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALIGNING DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, REALLY GETS THOSE KIDS INVESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE EVENTS.
ONCE THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONCE THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL.
MY DAUGHTER'S ALREADY TOTALLY ALL OVER IT. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THAT.
I ALSO HAVE APPRECIATED NOT ONLY THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU MENTIONED.
BUT AS I'VE BEEN TO THESE GAMES THIS SEMESTER, I'VE SEEN DR. PEARSON ON THE FIELD, I'VE SEEN BILLY JEAN AND DAVID, AND CAN YOU SHARE LIKE, YOU'VE GOT PRINCIPALS, YOU'VE GOT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS? YOU'VE GOT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, I'VE SEEN BROOKS, I'VE SEEN JOHN, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS DOWN THERE ON THE FIELD.
IF THE STUDENT SECTION IS GETTING ROWDY, BILLY JEAN IS RIGHT OVER THERE AND IT'S LIKE, YOU ALL ZIP IT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE OUR LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST OUR ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP, BUT OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MODELING THAT BEHAVIOR FOR VISITORS AND OUR STADIUMS ALSO.
I'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED AND IMPRESSED TO SEE THE CAMPUS STAFF PARTICIPATING IN THAT INITIATIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT OUR ROWDY STUDENT SECTION IS NOT GETTING TOO ROWDY, BUT REALLY BEING APPROPRIATE AND RESPECTFUL TO THE OTHER TEAM.
>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
MY DAUGHTER DOES CHOIR AND I WENT TO THE CENTRAL CLUSTER CONCERT AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT WAS AMAZING. ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE.
SHE ALSO DOES CHEER, AND OUR CARPENTER FRIENDS ARE NOT PART OF SHOFIN.
THOSE EIGHTH-GRADE CHEERLEADERS STARTED PRACTICING TOGETHER AND MEETING ONE ANOTHER BACK IN SEVENTH GRADE SINCE BEFORE MAY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCLIMATE AND REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND PRACTICE TOGETHER AND EVEN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS DONE REALLY WELL AND WE'RE ALL ONE SYMOTHENIC FAMILY NOW, AND WE HAVE 40 EIGHTH-GRADE CHEERLEADERS.
THEY'RE AWESOME. THANK YOU. WELL DONE.
>> I HAD A SILLY COMMENT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH YOUR TEAMS AND GETTING KIDS ENGAGED.
IT'S WHAT REALLY MOTIVATES KIDS TO
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DO WELL IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THAT.THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD WORK, AND I WILL ADD ON TO THE COMMENT YOU MADE ABOUT THE FANS.
WE WENT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME TWO YEARS AGO, I GUESS.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED AT HOW WELL-BEHAVED OUR FANS WERE IN THE STADIUM IN SAN ANTONIO.
I WAS ASHAMED TO SEE THE OTHER SIDE HAVING FIGHTS.
I THINK THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE TAKEN OUT OF THE STADIUM THAT NIGHT.
BUT I WAS SO PROUD OF OUR PLANO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, THE WAY THEY WERE TAUGHT TO BEHAVE. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND A SIDE REALITY THAT IS YOU'VE CALLED THEM INTIMATE SPORTS, BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL, BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE COURT, BUT IT'S A VERY CHARGED ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCITING ATMOSPHERE.
NO ONE'S GOING TO BE GETTING IN A FIST FIGHT AT AN ORCHESTRA RECITAL. I JUST DON'T THINK.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY WITNESSED AS TRUSTEES, LIKE THAT SAME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUN, ONE OF THE PLAYOFF GAMES.
OUR STUDENT SECTION, COACH BENEDETTO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT STUDENT SECTION AND HIS SEQUIN TUXEDO JACKET OR WHATEVER IT IS.
YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT HE WEARS AND THOSE STUDENTS WERE REALLY BEING EXCELLENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT, AND THERE WAS SOME CHANTING AND CHEERING AND JEERING AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT I THOUGHT, ONE OF THE OTHER TEAMS AND I WAS LIKE, THAT I WAS LIKE, THAT IS NOT VERY NICE.
>> JUST TO ECHO NANCY'S COMMENTS.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR BEING THE GOOD AMBASSADORS FOR THE SPORT.
>> WELL, I WANT TO COMMEND THE TEAM.
I KNOW DR. FREEMAN, YOU'VE WORKED ON THIS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND PHILIP, YOU'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE AND COACH MILLER, YOU JUST HAVE COME RIGHT ON BOARD.
Y'ALL ARE LIKE THE BEST DYNAMIC DUO EVER.
I LOVE THE CULTURE AND THE ENERGY.
IT'S BEEN FUN THIS FOOTBALL SEASON TO SEE AND NOT JUST THIS SEASON.
WE'VE SEEN A BUILD UP FROM THE FIRST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, PARTICIPATION FOR STUDENTS.
I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT OF FAMILIES.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE GAMES WHERE WE'VE BROUGHT OUR LITTLES TO THE GAME, WHETHER IT'S BEEN WHAT ARE THEY CALLED?
>> YEAH. BUT AREN'T THEY CALLED-.
>> WOLF PUPS. YEAH. WHEN YOU START TO BRING OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS AND THOSE FAMILIES TO THE GAME, THEY GET TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW THE FINE ARTS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE BENEFITS TO THE BRAIN AND WHAT THAT DOES TO ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.
THEN WE ALSO KNOW THE PARTICIPATION IN BEING A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, AND THAT ENGAGEMENT, HOW THAT LEADS TO ALSO WANTING TO HAVE THAT ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT ENGAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S FINE ARTS OR ATHLETICS, AND FOR MANY KIDS, IT'S BOTH.
YOU SEE KIDS MARCHING IN HALFTIME THAT THEY'RE COMING OFF THE SLIDE LINES TO BE A PART OF IT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT IN BUILDING THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE GOING TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART AND YOU'VE BEEN AN AMAZING ADDITION TO THIS TEAM AND TO OUR PRINCIPAL TEAMS. BUT THAT LATTER EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LEADERSHIP COMPONENTS THAT STUDENTS LEARN, RESPONSIBILITY, GETTING TO PRACTICE ON TIME, WORKING AS A TEAM, LEARNING TO BE SOMETIMES TO BE UNSELFISH AND PASSING THE BALL, PASSING THE PLAY TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT THEY'RE BEING GOOD ROLE MODELS TO THEIR PEERS, AND JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM BEYOND THE GAME, BEYOND THE PERFORMANCE ON STAGE, THAT WILL CARRY THEM INTO THEIR CAREER, INTO LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, THANK YOU TO OUR COACHES AND TEACHERS AND BEING A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> IT'S A LAST REMINDER A CROSSTOWN FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, PLANO SENIOR, PLANO EAST.
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THANK YOU, COACH MILLER, DR. MORGAN.WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 8.2, WHICH IS OUR NEXT REPORT.
THIS IS THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TONY PEARSON, DIRECTOR OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TO PLEASE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT TYRA, THE BOARD AND THE CABINET. GOOD EVENING.
SINCE OUR LAST BOND AND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON JUNE 10, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS, WHICH WE WILL LOOK TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT.
AS A REMINDER, OUR BOND WORK IS STRUCTURED INTO FIVE PHASES SEEN HERE.
AS ALWAYS, THESE PHASES ARE AN ESTIMATE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AND CAN ADJUST AS OUR NEEDS EVOLVE.
MAJORITY OF OUR PHASE 1 WORK IS COMPLETE.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS INCREASED FROM 25-32 SINCE THE LAST REPORT.
TEN PROJECTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS, AND SIX OF THOSE ARE OUR LARGEST IN SCOPE AND DURATION.
THE COMPLETION OF MANY OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND TRACKS BOOSTED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS FROM 1-15 SINCE THE PREVIOUS REPORT.
SEVEN ARE WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION, MOSTLY IN OUR SYSTEM COMPLIANCE AND PLAYGROUNDS CATEGORY, AND THERE ARE FOUR PREPARING TO BEGIN.
DESIGN PLANS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE WITH THE LITTLE BLUE MAP.
DESIGN PLANS FOR TRANSPORTATION BUILDING ADDITION, RENOVATION ARE COMPLETE.
HOWEVER, THE PROJECT IS DEPENDENT ON THE NEW FUELING STATION BEING OPERATIONAL.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING A FINALIZED SCHEDULE FOR THE NEW FUELING STATION BEFORE ISSUING THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FOR BID.
PHASE 3 CONTINUES TO PROGRESS THROUGH DESIGN AND BIDDING.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER RISK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KITCHENS ARE EXPECTED TO BE TO YOU IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BY DECEMBER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS IN JANUARY AND CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TRACKS IN FEBRUARY.
PHASES 4 AND 5 REMAIN SCHEDULED FOR FUTURE YEARS.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES IDENTIFY PROJECTS WITH HVAC SCOPE AND WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLACED BY PHASE.
HVAC TYPICALLY BEING ONE COMPONENT OF A LARGER PROJECT.
OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO COMBINE MULTIPLE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS INTO A SINGLE LARGER PROJECT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO CAMPUS OPERATIONS, CREATE COST EFFICIENCIES AND STREAMLINE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
INSTEAD OF STAGGERED SCHEDULES OVER SEVERAL YEARS, A SINGLE COORDINATED PROJECT REDUCES THE TOTAL DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ON A CAMPUS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ISAACS, IT INCLUDED NEW HVAC CONTROLS, BUT WE ALSO WRAPPED IN A KITCHEN ADDITION IN RENOVATION WITH ALL NEW KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, NEW VALVES ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, A NEW DIGITAL MARQUEE, AND REPLACING THE PLAYGROUND FALL PROTECTION.
ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, ANDREWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE ACCELERATED THE HVAC TO PHASE 1, BUT WE STILL NEED TO GO BACK IN PHASE 4 AND COMPLETE THE REST OF THE SYSTEMS OF COMPLIANCE, WHICH INCLUDES NEW FIRE ALARM, SPRINKLER SYSTEM, VALVES, CLASSROOM CARPET, NEW DIGITAL MARQUEE AND STUDENT RESTROOM REMODEL.
>> TONY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUMP IN HERE.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH HVAC OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT.
I'M SURE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO JUMP IN HERE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HVAC, THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT IS THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION GOING ON OUT THERE, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT TO JUST TALK ABOUT IT IN OPEN SESSION.
I DO WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK BECAUSE THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL THAT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD AN ISSUE BACK IN MARCH OF 2024.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ISSUE THAT JUST HAPPENED.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO IT IN PLANO SD.
THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY START THE PROCESS OF DOING OR PERFORMING AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY TEST.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT'S BROUGHT FORTH THROUGH THE FACILITY STAFF, THEY CAN INITIATE THAT TEST, AS WELL AS WE PARTNER WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT ON THE CAMPUSES.
IF A PRINCIPAL OR A LEADER ON THAT CAMPUS MAKES A REQUEST, WE WILL START THAT INDOOR AIR QUALITY TEST UNDER THAT CIRCUMSTANCE AS WELL.
BACK IN MARCH OF 2024, I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE HAD A REQUEST FROM THAT CAMPUS STAFF TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT AN AIR QUALITY TEST BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES THAT THEY FELT LIKE HAD SOME ISSUES.
WE WENT OUT, WE ACTUALLY DID THAT.
THE RESULTS CAME BACK VERY FAVORABLY.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE WHENEVER FOLKS SEE MOLD, THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK BLACK MOLD, THAT WE NEED TO TEAR THIS BUILDING DOWN.
MY EXPERIENCES OF OVER 30 YEARS, I'VE ONLY SEEN IT HAPPEN ONE TIME. BUT IT IS TESTED.
WHENEVER THEY DO INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING, THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY GO OUT AND THEY ACTUALLY LOOK FOR.
I WILL SAY ON THIS PARTICULAR TEST,
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THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF INSTANCES OF WHAT WE CALL COMMON MOLD, AND THAT DID COME UP, BUT NONE OF THE MOLD SPORES WERE CONSIDERED ELEVATED ABOVE ANY STANDARDS.ALSO ON THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE THAT HAPPENED IN MARCH.
THE CARBON DIOXIDE WAS A LITTLE BIT ELEVATED OVER WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE OCEAN REQUIREMENTS, THE THRESHOLDS ARE, IT'S REALLY LOW COMPARED WITH WHAT THAT IS, SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY SEE IN THE WINTER MONTHS BECAUSE THE HEATERS ARE GOING.
THEN YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY MOLD THAT THEY FOUND ON THE TWO CARPETS, BUT THEY WENT IN, REMEDIATED, THEY CLEAN THOSE, AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK IN THE BOLD, WHICH IS THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY TEST RESULTS FROM THE CERTIFIED COMPANY THAT THEY CAME BACK, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL.
I'M PUSHING, BUT TONY YOU MIGHT NEED TO BRING IT FORWARD.
>> YEAH, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL PUSH IT FORWARD.
>> I WILL DO THAT. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SUMMER SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE CAMPUSES MURPHY WE ACTUALLY HAD SUMMER SCHOOL AT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE USING THAT CAMPUS OVER THE SUMMER.
SOME OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE DON'T USE THE CAMPUS OVER THE SUMMER.
YOU COME BACK AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE SURPRISES WHEN YOU COME BACK.
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE HAD NO REPORTS, NO FEEDBACK DURING THE SUMMER AT MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT WHEN WE DID COME BACK WHEN THE TEACHERS CAME BACK IN AUGUST, WE DID HAVE SOME REPORTS OF SOME MOLD THAT WAS IN THE CARPET AREAS AND WHAT THEY CALL, I THINK THEY CALL THEM DISPENSERS, IS THAT YOU SEE THE AIR WHERE IT COMES OUT AT THE TOP, AND THERE WAS SOME MOLD ISSUES ON THAT.
WE DID INDOOR AIR QUALITY TEST, AND WE RECEIVED THOSE THE VERY FIRST PART OF SEPTEMBER.
WE ACTUALLY TESTED, I BELIEVE NINE OR 10 LOCATIONS.
WE ACTUALLY CAME BACK ONCE AGAIN, NO REPORTS OF BLACK MOLD.
WE HAD SOME COMMON MOLDS THAT THEY FOUND ON THE GRILL AREAS, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT OF MILDEW IN THE SHOWERS.
BUT ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT IS ALL THE MOLD SPORTS CAME BACK WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGES AS WELL.
WHENEVER I SAY IN THE NORMAL RANGES, WHEN THESE COMPANIES COME OUT AND TEST, THEY ACTUALLY TEST INDOOR AND OUTDOOR.
I WANT TO JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND.
WE ARE BREATHING IN MOLD RIGHT NOW.
IF WE GO OUTSIDE, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE BREATHING IN MOLD OUTSIDE.
WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOKED FOR IS HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS INSIDE VERSUS OUTSIDE.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR TEST.
IN THIS CASE, EVERYTHING CAME BACK NORMAL AS WELL.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REMEDIATIONS WITH DEEP CLEANING THAT WE ACTUALLY DID.
THEN OF COURSE, THE RESULTS CAME BACK WITH EVERYTHING WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGES AS WELL.
WE DID CONTINUE TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR LEADERSHIP OUT THERE.
JUST A RESULT OF CAUTION AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAYED ON TOP, DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GO THE EXTRA MILE.
WE ACTUALLY DID A COMPREHENSIVE TEST.
WE DID THAT ABOUT A MONTH LATER, WHICH WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ABOUT 85% OF THAT ENTIRE CAMPUS.
WHAT WE DID IS, I THINK THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 63 LOCATIONS THAT WERE TESTED.
WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAD ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
HAD ABOUT 12 CLASSROOMS WHENEVER I SAID THE MOLD SPORES, THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIGHER INSIDE IS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THAT.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY HIGHER INSIDE VERSUS OUTSIDE.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, ALSO JUST THE VISUAL OF MOLD IN MULTIPLE ROOMS, WE GATHERED TOGETHER DR. WILLIAMS AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, MADE THE DECISION WITH THE BOARD LEADERSHIP THAT WE WOULD GO ON BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE IF WE ACTUALLY TRY TO REMEDIATE WHILE SCHOOL WAS GOING ON.
WE ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE KNEW FALL BREAK WAS ALSO COMING UP.
WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO BE A LESS DISRUPTIVE AS WE COULD WITH OUR STUDENTS.
THEY WENT INTO AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH AND COMPLETELY REMEDIATE THAT CAMPUS.
WHEN I SAY REMEDIATE, WE DID A REMEDIATION PROTOCOL, WHICH IS A LOT IN GREATER DETAIL THAN WHAT JUST COMING IN AND DOING DEEP CLEANING.
THEY WENT THROUGH AND WE USED BLACK AND MOWING AND THEY ACTUALLY CLEANED ALL OF THE INSIDE.
THEY TOOK THE CLEANING ALL THE WAY FROM THE HVAC EQUIPMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE MECHANICAL PART OF IT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN DOING BEFORE.
THAT IS WHERE THE AIR WAS COMING OUT ALL THE WAY TO THE MECHANICAL WAS CLEANED, WHICH IS GREAT.
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THEY ALSO HAD A MECHANICAL COMPANY COME OUT AND THEY ACTUALLY REWORKED OR LOOKED OVER EVERYTHING FROM THE ACTUAL UNITS, AS FAR AS CLEANING THE COALS, LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THERE WAS NO LEAKS, MAKING SURE THAT THE FILTERS AND EVERYTHING WERE UP TO DATE.IT WAS ALL THROUGH A REMEDIATION PROTOCOL, AND THE DISTRICT HAD TO ACTUALLY PASS BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY WOULD SIGN OFF ON IT.
THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID AIR QUALITY TEST.
THEY DID HUMIDITY TEST AND MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING PASSED AND THAT THEY WERE IN GOOD SHAPE BEFORE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SIGN OFF ON THAT.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THAT CERTIFICATION ON 14 OCTOBER, AND WE HAD OUR STAFF GO BACK LAST THURSDAY AND OUR STUDENTS GO BACK ON MONDAY.
CAN YOU GO BACK ONE MORE SLIDE? I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, AND THAT IS WE WERE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING OR THAT THE DISTRICT WAS NOT PROACTIVE ENOUGH.
WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SECOND TEST, WE FOUND OUT, WAS IT ABOUT NOON ON 3 OCTOBER? AS SOON AS WE DID THAT, BEFORE THE NIGHT WAS OVER, WE ACTUALLY HAD BLACK AND MORING OUT THERE STARTING THE REMEDIATION PROCESS.
WE DID NOT EVEN LET THE SUN SET BEFORE WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER WAS, WHEN WE REALIZED IT WAS GOING TO BE A BIGGER ISSUE WHENEVER THE TEST RESULTS CAME BACK, THE DISTRICT, I BELIEVE DID EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY COULD TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR STUDENT SAFETY AND STAFF SAFETY, AND THEN JUST TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE PROTOCOLS.
THIS HAS COME UP AS WELL, AND THAT IS, WELL, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO BEGIN WITH? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ALLOW SOME OF THIS STUFF TO HAPPEN? I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A PM, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IN GREATER DETAIL.
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY CONSTITUTES PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND THEN IS THAT THE LEVEL THAT WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT GOING FORWARD, WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME OF THOSE CHANGES TO MAKE IT MORE RIGOROUS IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE DO HAVE A WORK ORDER SYSTEM THAT WE USE, WE'RE ACTIVE, WE MONITOR THOSE.
BUT I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HIGHER LEVEL ANALYSIS ON OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
NOT JUST IN ISOLATION, JUST NOT IN A CYLINDER, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A WIDESPREAD, SOMEBODY REVIEW ALL OF YOUR WORKERS ACROSS ALL OF YOUR DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TREND ANALYSIS AND BENCHMARKING.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AS WELL AS, HOW CAN WE DO THIS BETTER TO ACTUALLY STAY IN FRONT OF IT AT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? THEN THE LAST ONE IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF.
WE DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IF I CAN BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT WITH THIS GROUP, THIS IS AN AREA ACROSS THE STATE, NOT JUST PLANO ISD, IT'S ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, PROBABLY NOT JUST EVEN IN TEXAS.
THIS IS A HIGHLY DEMANDING POSITION TO GET RIGHT NOW, AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ATTRACT THEY'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREERS.
SO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY NOT ONLY ATTRACT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN OUR BENEFIT PACKAGES THAT WE OFFER THESE GUYS.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A DESIRE TO WANT TO STAY AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE AMOUNT OF PD IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM WHERE WE CAN COMPETE.
WHENEVER THEY GO OUT THERE AND DO PM, IF THEY SEE AN ISSUE THAT MIGHT BE DEVELOPING, THAT THEY'VE GOT THE KNOWLEDGE OR THEY'VE GOT THE KNOW HOW IN ORDER TO BE REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY WE DEPLOY, WE'VE HISTORICALLY IN OUR DISTRICT DEPLOYED BY CLUSTER.
I'M NOT JUST A HVAC TECHNICIAN FOR PLANO EAST.
I'M A PLANO ISD HVAC TECHNICIAN PERIOD.
IT'S OKAY THAT IF WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE AT ONE PART OF OUR DISTRICT, THAT WE CAN DO A DEPLOYMENT OF ALL OF OUR STAFF TO THAT IN ORDER TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE.
A WHILE AGO, I SAID THAT IT'S HARD TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THIS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE I BELIEVE 19 VACANCIES IN THE TRADE AREAS.
THEN RE-EVALUATE OUR BOND PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON WHEEL.
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I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS GOING BACK AND TRYING TO THINK, CAN WE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS THE RIGHT WAY? JUST NOT TRYING TO POINT ANY BLAME, BUT HOW CAN WE DO BETTER GOING FORWARD? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'VE HAD PROTOCOLS.BUT LOOKING AT THIS IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BOND PROGRAMS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING WHETHER WE CAN MOVE STUFF UP OR CAN WE GROUP THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TWO PHASES THAT ARE STILL COMING UP, PHASE 4 AND PHASE 5, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ARE THERE ISSUES THAT WE CAN MOVE INTO PHASE 3? WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
THEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS TO MAXIMIZE THE EXPERTISE AND EFFICACY.
THIS IS SIMPLY I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
YET IT'S SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP A PHONE AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT THIS FRIEND.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME HELP AND ADVICE? I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE VENDORS WITH THESE COMPANIES THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND DO PD FOR US, OR WE CAN EVEN PICK UP A PHONE AND JUST SAY, HEY, I'M SEEING THIS IS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE OR WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LEADING OUR FACILITY STAFF ARE SITTING IN THE BACK? I DO WANT TO POINT THEM OUT.
STEVE EWING, I THINK EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS, BUT THE GOOD LOOKING GUY RIGHT TO HIS RIGHT IS NAMED MR. BLAKE VAUGHN.
MR. BLAKE VAUGHN HAS FILLED IN.
HE IS NOW OUR INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.
HE HAS A WELL OVER 20 PLUS YEARS AND HAS RETIRED FROM FRISCO ISD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HIM COME ON TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS LITTLE TRANSITION PERIOD THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
I WILL SAY I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CALLS FROM MY FRIENDS OVER AT FRISCO ISD, JUST LIKE AMAZED ABOUT, HOW DID YOU GET THIS GUY TO COME OUT OF RETIREMENT, MAN? WE LOVE THIS GUY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S BACK WORKING.
ANYWAY, THAT'S MR. BLAKE VAUGHN.
WE HAVE MR. MANUEL RODRIGUEZ RIGHT BESIDE HIM.
HE IS OUR IPM COORDINATOR FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT, IS THAT RIGHT? ANYTHING ENVIRONMENTAL HE ACTUALLY HANDLES FOR OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IQS INDOOR QUALITIES, IT REALLY GOES THROUGH HIS DEPARTMENT.
THEN THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT BESIDE HIM IS JASON WINK.
HE ACTUALLY LEFT US A FEW YEARS AGO TO WORK FOR WHAT'S THAT OTHER DISTRICT YOU WENT TO WORK FOR? HIGHLAND PARK.
HE REALIZED THAT THE FOLKS HERE ARE A LOT BETTER.
HE CAME BACK JUST TO TALK WITH US A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE HIRED HIM ON THE SPOT TO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY HELP US.
WE ARE DEVELOPING WHAT'S CALLED A FACILITY INSIGHT.
IT'S BASICALLY A SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR COMPONENTS, ALL OF OUR MECHANICALS, BY CAMPUS BY UNIT INTO A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MANAGING OUR PROJECTS, NOT ONLY OUR PROJECTS, BUT OUR ASSETS GOING FORWARD.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN BACK WITH US.
WHENEVER WE HAD THIS HAPPENED, WE HAD TO PULL HIM AND HE'S ACTUALLY LEADING ONE PART OF OUR DISTRICT AND LEADING A LOT OF THIS REMEDIATION PROCESS FOR THE DISTRICTS. THAT'S JASON WAYNE.
THOSE GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
THEY HAVE WORKED NIGHTS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO COME BACK TO.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO HVAC.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HIJACK YOUR PRESENTATION, TONY.
BUT I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT SINCE WE DO HEAR OUTSIDE NOISE THAT WE JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST BE TRANSPARENT AND TALK ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. TONY, GO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR PROJECT UPDATES.
AT PEARSON, THE CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION WORK IS COMPLETE AND THE ADDITIONS ARE NOW IN USE BY THE CAMPUS.
THE NEW ACTIVITY ROOM ADDITION SEEN HERE.
THE PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED TO THE FINAL STAGE WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ADDRESSING FINAL PUNCH LIST ITEMS. ALSO PICTURED AS A FISH EYE LENS LOOK AT THE NEW BACK OF HOUSE KITCHEN INTERIOR AND THE VIEW OF THE NEW DIGITAL MARQUEE.
THIS CAMPUS ALSO RECEIVED NEW CHILLERS, BOILERS, AND A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
ISAAC IS PROGRESSING WELL WITH ITS KITCHEN ACTIVITY ROOM ADDITIONS.
THE KITCHEN ADDITION PICTURED HERE WITH THE YELLOW EXTERIOR SHEATHING HAS BEEN DRIED IN WITH A NEW ROOF WITH THE ROOF DECKING RIGHT HERE.
THIS MILESTONE MEANS THE INTERIOR SPACE IS NOW PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS ALLOWING FOR SUBSEQUENT FINISHED WORK.
INTERIOR FRAMING, ALONG WITH PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND HVAC ROUGHENS ARE COMPLETE, AND DRY WALL, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS ONGOING.
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THE STEEL STRUCTURE AND ROOF DECK ARE ALSO COMPLETE.HERE IS A LOOK AT THE BRICK MOCK UP, SHOWING THE NEW PANEL EXISTING BRICK OF THE EXISTING MASONRY, ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO EXACTLY MATCH THE BRICK IN THE MORTAR, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY NAILED IT.
CENTENNIAL. THE KITCHEN RENOVATION CENTENNIAL IS COMPLETE WITH STAFF ALREADY USING THE NEWLY INSTALLED KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE FREEZER AND COOLER ADDITION THAT WAS TACKED ONTO THE BACK OF THE KITCHEN.
THE PROJECT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ADDRESSING REMAINING PUNCH LIST ITEMS. IT RECEIVED A COMPLETELY REMODELED KITCHEN WITH ALL NEW INTERIOR FINISHES, INCLUDING NEW CEILING, LIGHTING, FLOORING, AND WALL FINISHES.
PICTURED HERE IS THE NEW SERVING LINE.
WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF THIS PROJECT.
THE INTERIOR POP UP OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR SPINE HAS BEEN TAKEN AS FAR AS WE CAN GO FOR NOW AS WE AWAIT THE DELIVERY OF THE FLOATING CEILING PANELS.
ONCE THESE ARE INSTALLED, AND THE FLOOR CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE MAIN HALLWAY COMPLETING A MAJOR PART OF THE RENOVATION.
THE KITCHEN AND CAFETERIA AREAS ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS WITH WOOD FINISHES AND CERAMIC TILE BEING INSTALLED.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO TURN THESE AREAS OVER IN LATE NOVEMBER.
WE'RE ALSO GEARING UP FOR THE ADDED SCOPE OF THE NATATORIUM BUILDING AS WE NEAR THE PLANNED START OF THIS PART OF THE PROJECT OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
WE WILL CLOSE THE NATATORIUM FOR CONSTRUCTION, NOVEMBER 16TH, AND THIS IS A GIANT NEEDED OVERHAUL OF THE SWIMMING FACILITY AND WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE SUMMER.
STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK IS NEARING COMPLETION, AND THE PRODUCT IS MAKING STRIDES, INSTALLING THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR SHEATHING AND YELLOW.
ON SITE TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MASONRY IS ALSO WELL UNDERWAY OUT ON SITE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE STILL SHOTS HERE.
BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR CONTRACTOR CREW HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME DRONE FOOTAGE, AND WE HOPE THAT THE VIDEO WILL WORK FOR US.
AS WE PROGRESS AROUND HERE, YOU'LL SEE OUR THREE-STOREY STRUCTURE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION SUITE HERE AT THE FRONT WITH SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS IN THE BACK.
THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS ARE CLASSROOMS AND SCIENCE LABS.
AS WE MAKE, YOU'LL SEE THE PARENT DRIVE TO OUR MAIN ENTRY COMING THIS WAY, BEING ABLE TO LOOP IN AND OUT.
OUR LIBRARY, CORRIDORS RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
NEXT TO IT IS ALSO ANOTHER TWO-STOREY STRUCTURE WITH OUR CTE LABS ON THE BOTTOM AND ANOTHER SERIES OF CLASSROOMS AND SCIENCE LABS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE CMU BLOCK HERE IS OUR LOCKER ROOMS, BUTTED UP TO OUR GYM IN THE ICF AQUA COLOR.
WHAT HASN'T BEEN POURED YET OR COMPLETED WITH THE WALLS YET IS OUR CAFEORIUM.
NEXT TO IT IS OUR SERVING AND BACK OF HOUSE KITCHEN AREA.
THE CAFEORIUM AND THE GYM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STRATEGICALLY PUT HERE NEXT TO OUR LARGEST PARKING SPACE FOR ADMIN AND STAFF.
IN AFTER HOURS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, THEY'LL HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO THOSE TWO LOCATIONS BECAUSE THE CAFETORIUM ALSO HAS THE STAGE, OBVIOUSLY.
TENNIS COURT IS COMPLETE, JUST AWAITING THE FINISHED PAINTING STRIPING.
THEY JUST WANT TO DO THAT LATER SO THAT THEY DON'T DAMAGE IT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AS WE'RE LOOPING AROUND, I DIDN'T CALL THIS AREA OUT ON THE FRONT SINCE WE WERE MAKING A PASS, BUT THIS IS THE FINE ART SUITE.
ALL THESE HIGH VOLUME SPACES ARE THE BAND CHOIR ORCHESTRA.
THEN, OF COURSE, THIS IS BACK TO OUR VIEW OF THE CT LABS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
I BELIEVE ART IS ALSO HANGING OUT HERE WITH AN OVERHEAD CANOPY COVERING UP THE ABILITY FOR ART TO STEP OUTSIDE.
SECOND FLOOR AGAIN IS CLASSROOMS AND SCIENCE LABS.
THEN THIS IS A LOOK PAST OUR THREE-STOREY STRUCTURE AS WE'RE GOING DOWN INDEPENDENCE, AND THEN MAKING OUR WAY BACK AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
FRONT OF THE BUILDING WILL BE FACING OFF PARKHAVEN.
YOU CAN SEE EXISTING HAGGARD IN THE BACKGROUND.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY IS OVER TO OUR RIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT TWO MINUTES OF DRONE FOOTAGE.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MUSIC TO PLAY OVER THE TOP OF THAT.
BUT THOUGHT ME TALKING OVER IT WOULD WORK. PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AS COACH MILLER INDICATED BEFORE, OUR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL COMPLEX IS COMPLETE.
WE HAVE A NEW TURF AT THE BASEBALL AND A WHOLE NEW SOFTBALL COMPLEX IN THE BACK.
THOSE TWO BROUGHT TOGETHER TO MAKE MORE OF A COMPLEX OUT OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE NEW TICKET BOOTH AND MAIN ENTRY THERE LOGOED WITH THE WILDCAT.
THEN JUST AN INTERIOR VIEW OF THAT DUGOUT SPACE BACK BEHIND THE HOME VISITOR SIDE OR THE BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL SIDE.
THEY'VE GOT THAT LOCKER ROOM ATTACHMENT NOW.
PHASE 2, PACKAGE 2 IS PROGRESSING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.
THE NEW BAND FIELD AND TOWER ARE COMPLETE.
AT THE ATHLETIC ADDITION, WHICH INCLUDES THE NEW STORM SHELTER.
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IT'S GOING TO BE LANDING HERE, THE NEW STORM SHELTER, STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER AND WEIGHT ROOM.CONCRETE PIERS ARE 85% COMPLETE, AND GRADE BEAMS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
ANTICIPATING A STORM SHELTER SLAB POUR IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
STRUCTURAL STEEL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE SITE AND WILL BEGIN TO GO VERTICAL ONCE GRADE BEAMS ARE COMPLETE.
WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO HAVE THAT ENTIRE ATHLETIC ADDITION AND RENOVATION PORTION COMPLETE BY FALL OF 2026.
I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.
AS YOU START TO LOOK AT OUR PHASING TIMELINE AND OUR ASSOCIATED MAP, THE ATHLETIC ADDITION THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS SHOWN GREEN HERE AND IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY THIS GREEN BAND.
OUR ADDITION IS HERE AGAIN, PEERS WORKING FOUNDATION UP, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE ALSO WORKING BUILDING E, AND THEY'VE SUBDIVIDED THAT INTO THREE SUBPHASES.
RIGHT NOW, THE EXISTING LOCKER ROOM RENOVATION IS ON TRACK AND EXPECT TO BE TURNED OVER BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS BEING THE GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM AREA.
STARTING IN JANUARY, THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM WILL BE TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CAMPUS, AND CORE WILL BEGIN RENOVATION OF THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM AREA.
THE GIRL'S LOCKER ROOM AREA IS DOWN HERE, THAT REPRESENTS THIS BLUE BLOCK HERE.
THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THAT BEING DONE BY END OF YEAR 2026.
THEN THEY'LL MOVE INTO THE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM SPACE, ALTHOUGH IT SAYS WOMEN'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MEN'S LOCKER ROOM AND THAT'S HANGING OUT OVER ON THIS SIDE OF BUILDING E. THEY'LL WRAP THAT UP IN THE SAME TIMELINE THAT THEY'RE HANDING OVER THE WHOLE BUILDING.
AT SOME POINT DURING THAT PHASE, WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IN MARCH OF 2026, JUST COMING UP.
THEY'LL NEED TO TAKE THE ACTUAL COMPETITIVE GYM AND WORK THE FRONT CONCOURSE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT AT A TIME WHERE BASKETBALL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION, SO THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THAT COMPETITIVE GYM WHEN BASKETBALL IS NOT OCCUPYING IT AND THEY'LL HAVE IT BACK READY FOR THE SEASON.
VOLLEYBALL THAT MAY HAVE TO NEED A GYM OR OR NEED FLOOR ACCESS, THEY INTEND TO OPEN UP ONE OF THE PRACTICE OR BE ABLE TO HAVE THE NEW STORM SHELTER GYMS AVAILABLE FOR A FLOOR.
DURING THE ATHLETIC RENOVATION, THE FOOTBALL TEAM OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO BE AT CLARK AND THE TENNIS AT VINES.
DO WE WANT TO GET MORE INTO THIS CONSTRUCTION BAR? I'LL BE BACK FOR MORE REPORTING OBVIOUSLY, BUT IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS AND HOW TO READ THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE COLORS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TIME BARS HERE.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND GAUGE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN.
THIS IS THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COMPLEX COMPLETE.
THIS WAS THE STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER AND IT'S BEEN DEMOED TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR ATHLETIC ADDITION THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, STRUCTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION.
THIS PROJECT IS NEARING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BUT IS NOT YET FULLY FINISHED.
THE INSTALLATION OF THE BUILDING WIDE HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM IS THE FINAL MAJOR PIECE OF WORK.
IT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS WITH THE SCHEDULED COMPLETION DATE AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
COOLING TOWER AND ROOFTOP UNITS ARE COMPLETE AND OPERATIONAL.
WORK IN THE GYM, INCLUDING THE REBRANDING THE FLOORS TO THE WILDCATS IS COMPLETE.
NEW BLEACHERS AND PAINT ARE ALSO COMPLETE.
PLANO WEST. THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING WITH THE STRUCTURAL PHASE OF THE NEW TWO-STOREY CLASSROOM ADDITION, YOU CAN SEE THE OFF THE FRONT WHEN DRIVING BY.
YOU'VE GOT THIS L SHAPED PIECE OFF A AND THEY'RE BUILDING A MIRRORED COUNTERPART, TWO-STOREY CLASSROOM ADDITION.
THERE THE CONCRETE SLABS FOR THE FIRST FLOOR AND SECOND FLOORS HAVE BEEN POURED.
ROOF WORK IN THIS AREA IS ONGOING AND WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER WITH BRICK WORK TO FOLLOW.
MECHANICAL ROUGH IN IS ONGOING AND UPON FINAL INSPECTIONS, THE INTERIOR FINISHES WILL START.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM ONE OF THESE WINDOWS OUT INTO THE INTERIOR COURTYARD OF THAT SPACE THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATING.
AT THE ATHLETIC ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE NEW STORM SHELTER GYMS AND LOCKER ROOMS IS PREPARING TO BEGIN.
CREWS HAVE COMPLETED THE MOISTURE CONDITIONING OF THE SOIL TO STABILIZE THE GROUND FOR THE NEW FOUNDATION.
THE POST TENSION TENNIS COURT SLABS SEEN HERE ARE COMPLETE, AND THEY BEGIN RESURFACING THOSE.
THE INTERIOR INNOVATION AND THE NEW SPED WING, WHICH IS IN BUILDING A, NOT PICTURED HERE IS NEARING COMPLETION WITH FLOORING WALLS, CEILINGS, AND ALL NEARLY COMPLETE AND EXPECTED TO TURN THIS AREA OVER AFTER THE DECEMBER BREAK.
>> PLANO EAST. THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER 2025, A CAMPUS WIDE SECURITY FILM WAS INSTALLED.
WORK PROGRESSED ON THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW 37,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOT ADDITION THAT'LL BE LOCATED HERE.
LET'S SEE, WHILE DEMOLITION WAS COMPLETED FOR BUILDING C LOCKER ROOMS, THEY WERE INSIDE, BUILDING C, WHICH IS AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE PART OF THE EXISTING GYM SPACE AND LOCKER ROOMS WERE TO BE RENOVATED, SO THEY'RE IN THERE IN BUILDING C, RENOVATING WALLS FOR THE NEW LOCKER ROOMS,
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WHICH ARE NEARING COMPLETION.THEY ADDED RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS TO THE STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER PICTURED HERE.
UNDERGROUND WORK, UTILITY WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE, AND THEY'VE ALSO BEGUN THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL HOMESIDE DUGOUTS AT THIS CAMPUS.
THEY'VE LET'S SEE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED.
THE EXISTING DUGOUTS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED AND THEY'RE PREPARING THE FOUNDATION.
VINES. NEW CARPET HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN ALL CLASSROOMS AND IS NOW IN USE BY STAFF.
ALL PAINTING THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE, INCLUDING THE GYMNASIUM SHOWN HERE.
FINAL INSTALLATION OF THE GYM FLOOR IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
IT IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE RE ATHLETIC REALIGNMENT TO THE WILDCATS.
ALL SECURITY FILM AND TOILET PETITIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW HVC EQUIPMENT AND CONTROLS.
THE QUICK LOOKS AT FRANKFORT AND HAGGARD JUST TO SHOW WHAT THOSE EXISTING KITCHENS LOOK LIKE NOW.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO UNDER A COMPLETE KITCHEN REMODEL, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE AT CENTENNIAL AND THE OTHERS WHERE WE'VE COMPLETELY REDONE THE FLOOR, MOVED THE FREEZER COOLERS OUT TO IN ADDITION TO REWORK THE FLOW OF THE EXISTING KITCHEN SPACE, PROVIDED ALL NEW EQUIPMENT, FINISHES, AND WHATNOT.
GLIDEN WAS APPROVED AS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS FRANKFORT IS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY JUST WORKING THROUGH THE CITY OF DALLAS PERMITTING PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE ARE STREAMLINING THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, BUT SEE WHERE THAT SCHEDULE IS GETTING US.
HIGH TOWER, GLIDEN, ALSO ON THIS ONE.
THEY'VE ISSUED THE PLANS FOR BID AND SUBMITTED GMP THAT WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER.
THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CITY ALSO TO GET PERMIT.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO START THERE AT SPRING BREAK.
THE HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RETROFIT.
THE RECENT RENOVATION PROJECT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED AND THE BUILDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED OVER TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE START OF THE FALL 2025 SEMESTER.
WHILE A FEW LONG LEAD ITEMS ARE STILL PENDING, THEY'LL BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
NOTABLE COMPLETED UPGRADES INCLUDE NEW CEILINGS AND FLOORING, A NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND UPDATED SECURITY ACCESS CONTROLS.
THE CAMPUS ALSO FEATURES A REDESIGNED LIBRARY SPACE WITH ALL NEW LIBRARY FURNITURE AND WE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE.
THE TRACKS AT MURPHY, HENDRICK, AND FRANKFORT ARE ALL SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
THE CT CENTER, STRUCTURAL STEEL IS ONGOING, BUT NEARING COMPLETION.
WE ARE POURING OUR LAST CONCRETE PORE ON THE GROUND LEVEL AND ARE PROGRESSING TO SECOND FLOOR CONCRETE PORES IN THE COMING WEEKS AS DECKING AND STEEL WORK FINISHES ON THE UPPER FLOORS.
RETAINING WALLS ARE BEING INSTALLED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROJECT WHILE BLOCK WALLS FOR THE STORM SHELTER ARE TOPPED OUT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING UPON REQUEST TO ADD TWO WORKING X RAY LABS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND ALL PARKING AND DRIVES ARE COMPLETE.
OUR CONTRACTOR HAS ALSO PROVIDED SOME DRONE FOOTAGE OF THIS ONE AS WELL.
MAIN ENTRY IS ADMINISTRATIVE SUITE IS GOING TO BE SITTING HERE WHEN THEY START GOING VERTICAL WITH THAT. LET'S BEGIN THERE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PAVING IN PLACE, ORIENT YOURSELF.
THIS IS THE RACE TRACK ON THE CORNER.
THIS IS OUR HARLEY DAVIDSON BUILDING ACADEMY OVER THERE.
YOU CAN START TO SEE OUR MAIN ENTRY WITH THE STEEL GOING UP LOCATED HERE THAT GOES RIGHT INTO OUR EVENTS CENTER WITH OUR RESTAURANT AND CAFE. LET'S PLAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.
WITH OUR RESTAURANT AND CAFE HANGING OFF TO THE LEFT OF MAIN ENTRY.
YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURAL STEEL STARTING TO GO ABOVE THAT.
THEN IN THE BACKGROUND IS OUR STORM SHELTER.
AGAIN, IN THAT ICF, THAT INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS, WHICH JUST ALLOWS A SPEEDIER WAY TO BUILD VERTICALLY WHAT USED TO BE CMU WALLS.
THEN ALONG THE BACK GETTING A LITTLE VERTICAL IF THEY CAN ROTATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, LET'S PAUSE RIGHT THERE.
BACK BEHIND OUR STORM SHELTER LAB, ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING WILL BE ALL OF OUR ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS AND LABS, BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECH, CONSTRUCTION TECH, WELDING, COLLISION, ALL ON THAT BACK CORE.
THEY'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AT THIS CAMPUS AS WELL.
TRANSPORTATION FUELING STATION MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE REPORT, WE WERE WAITING ON THIS ONE TO SOLIDIFY IT SCHEDULE PRIOR TO RELEASING THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING ADDITION RENOVATION.
WE WENT TO P&Z LAST NIGHT, OCTOBER 20TH AND CLEARED THAT.
THAT WAS THE STEP TOWARDS GETTING OUR PERMIT.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, MDI.
THEY'VE GOT PLANS, THEY'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR THAT FINAL DOMINO TO FALL, AND THEN THEY'LL SET A SCHEDULE, AND THEN WE'LL REORIENTE OURSELF WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING AND GET THAT SET UP.
BUT THIS IS OUR NEW FUELING STATION FOR TRANS BUSES AND TRUCKS AND AGAIN, WE WANT THIS FUEL STATION UP AND RUNNING PRIOR TO DOING WORK AT THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING THAT INCLUDES REMOVAL OF THEIR EXISTING TANKS.
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SERVICE CENTER RENOVATION, WHICH IS WHERE OUR HOUSE OUT OF.WE'VE GOT MCCOWN GORDON APPROVED AT OUR OCTOBER BOARD.
WE'VE GOT OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE BACK LIVE OUT OF THAT BUILDING, NEW CONSTRUCTION, PURCHASING AND FANS WILL MOVE OUT AND INTO NEW TEMPORARY OFFICES IN NOVEMBER.
WE'VE BEEN TAKING ALL OUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS HOME.
SPRING CREEK. INTERIOR FINISHING IS UNDERWAY WITH FLOORING INSTALLED IN THE HALLWAYS AND DATA ROOM.
THE CEILING GRID IS UP AND LED LIGHTS ARE ON SITE AND READY FOR INSTALLATION.
RESTROOM PLUMBING AND FINISHES ARE COMPLETE, AND MILL WORK HAS BEEN INSTALLED, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING, MEP WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
SOME OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF OUR BOND PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT THE CLARK STADIUM REPAVING.
WE PAVED PAVING ON BOTH THE HOME AND VISOR SIDES OF THE STADIUM.
AGAIN, A DRONE PICTURE TAKEN BY OUR CIVIL ENGINEER WAS JOKING WITH IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A PAINTING OR A RENDERING WITH THE PERFECT STRIPE LINES.
BOTH OF THOSE WERE FINISHED AS PROMISED BEFORE THE FIRST HOME GAME.
TO FURTHER PROTECT THIS INVESTMENT WORK IS NOW UNDERWAY TO ADD SECURITY GATES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GATES AT THE CENTRAL ENTRY POINTS TO CLOSE THAT AREA OFF AND KEEP ANY UNWANTED TRAFFIC OFF.
THE MULTI CAMPUS DEMO PROJECTS, THE DEMOLITION AND HAULING OFF OF THE STRUCTURE AT FORMAN IS COMPLETE WITH ONLY THE BUILDING SLAB AND PAVING REMAINING.
AFTER THEY WERE DONE DEMOING FORMAN, THE CREW MOVED TO THE DAVIS CAMPUS, PICTURED HERE AND BEGAN DEMOLITION THERE IN MID SEPTEMBER.
AT ARMSTRONG, DEMOLITION PROGRESSED PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THE CREW MOVED PAST THE REINFORCED STORM SHELTER.
JUST PROVING THAT THOSE THINGS ARE PRETTY STURDY AND HARDY ONCE YOU GET THEM BUILT, BUT ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO DEMO THAT, THEY STARTED MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.
THEY'LL DEMO THE REST OF ARMSTRONG, WHICH IS EVEN FURTHER ALONG THAN THESE PICTURES ARE SHOWING, AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE THEIR WAY TO CARPENTER.
THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, SO OPEN TO ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, TONY. BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO ASK EITHER YOU OR JOHNNY TO GIVE ONE SPECIFIC LITTLE SAFETY BRIEF MOMENT WHICH IS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE TRYING TO GO BUILDING EXPLORING ON SOME OF THESE DEMOLITION SITES AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
I'VE SEEN THE PLANO POLICE PUT OUT A COUPLE WARNINGS, BUT JUST TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND THERE'S SOME ENHANCED SECURITY AROUND CARPENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING YOU KNOW ANYBODY THINKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT AND GO HAVE A LOOK.
WE'VE NOTICED THAT YEAH, THEY'RE ON INSTAGRAM FILMING, IT IS SOME GROUP THAT GOES AND KIND OF SPEED LUNKS THESE THINGS, I GUESS, OR HAS A SOURCE.
YES, IN TERMS OF ADDED SECURITY, WE HAVE ADDED A VIDEO MONITORING SERVICE TO THESE STATIONS AT THE FOUR CORNERS, LET'S SAY, THAT ARE EITHER MOTION SENSOR OR LASER, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY PICKED SOMEBODY UP THIS PAST WEEKEND AND STUFF, BUT THEY IMMEDIATELY CALL THE POLICE AS SOON AS THEY'RE TRACKED.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAD A GROUP OF TEENAGERS JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT THIS SYSTEM THAT'S NOW IN PLACE HAS HELPED KEEP OUT.
THEY DID GET INTO THE BUILDING, BUT THEY TRACKED THEM DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THEY WERE INSIDE.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR TEENAGERS ARE.
WHILE THESE BUILDINGS ARE UNDERGOING DEMOLITION, THEY ARE NOT STABLE AND THEY ARE NOT SAFE.
JUST AN ASK FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANYONE IN DANGER OR PEOPLE ARE NOT SEEKING DANGER.
>> BY TRYING TO BUNK THESE BUILDINGS, AS YOU SAID.
>> JUST ADD ON THE DEMO SUB DID PUT CONSTRUCTION FENCING AROUND, IT'S POSTED WITH SIGNAGE AS WELL AND STUFF, BUT THEY DO FIND ON OCCASION THAT THE CHAIN LINK FENCING IS WHAT IT IS.
IT WAS CLIPPED AND SO WE DID TAKE EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES BY ADDING THOSE OTHER THINGS IN HOPES THAT THAT WOULD HELP PREVENT IT.
>> AWESOME. TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HOSWORD OPINIONS.
DR. TIER, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK WHO HAVE WORKED PROMPTLY AND STEADFASTLY TO REMEDIATE THE CAMPUS SITUATION AT MURPHY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE DAYS AND NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR TONY.
TONY, WHEN YOU REPAVED CLARK, DID YOU HAPPEN TO PAVE OVER ANY POTHOLES THAT HAD A VOLKSWAGON IN IT?
>> THEY WERE PRETTY DEEP. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ASK IF I WAS OUT THERE DOING DONUTS.
THEY FILLED IN SOME DEEP DIVOTS.
>> I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND TELL ME PROBABLY NOT ALL TO YOU,
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BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE MURPHY PORTION OF THIS.I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT PROCESS AND PROTOCOL.
HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BEND AND OUR MAINTENANCE BIND TOGETHER.
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT BUDGETS OR DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY.
BUT HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE ISSUE SOMEWHERE THAT IS GOING TO GET LET'S SAY A NEW HVAC IN THREE MONTHS BASED ON THE CAP X SCHEDULE, HOW ARE WE MAKING THAT DECISION IF WE GO AHEAD OR IF WE WAIT, HOW IS THAT DECISION BEING MADE? I'M ASKING THAT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE PERHAPS ARE PRIORITIZING FINANCIAL SAVINGS OVER HAVING OUR BUILDINGS OPEN AT TIMES.
WE END UP IN THESE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES WHERE WE SEE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS CLOSE.
BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR, YOU CAN ALMOST BE ASSURED THAT ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS IS GOING TO CLOSE OR HAVE SOME HVAC ISSUE.
HOW ARE WE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS?
>> GOT TO BEGIN WITH YOU OR ME.
YOU IF I JUMP IN AND TRY, THEN YOU CAN FILL IN ANY GAPS IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
I THINK IN LIGHT OF US HAVING SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION TO ASK.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BOND MONIES THAT'S GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THE REPAIRS AND STUFF THAT DON'T ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR CAPITAL IN NATURE, SO THAT COMES OUT OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND. YOU'RE RIGHT.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
I WILL SAY THAT IN OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE CERTAIN PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWING.
JUST STRESSING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE PROTOCOLS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO RE EMPHASIZE AS WE GO FORWARD.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MOMENT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT WE ACTUALLY TRY TO CUT CORNERS OR WE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT COMING UP IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
I THINK SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE A NATURAL PROPENSITY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE RE EMPHASIZED THE FACT THAT IF WE'VE GOT KIDS FOR THIS SEMESTER EVEN THIS WEEK, IF WE'VE GOT AN ISSUE THAT'S DETERIORATING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY ADDRESS IT THROUGH OUR PROTOCOLS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE EFFICACY AND HOW WE'RE DOING OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY THE KEY.
IF YOU'VE GOT ISSUES AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH MOLD MORE THIS YEAR THAN ANYTIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT'S A MECHANICAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE CAN COME AND CLEAN IT, BUT IF WE DON'T FIX IF WE DON'T DO PROPER REPAIR WORK TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTINUED ISSUE GOING ON.
I THINK THE MAIN THING FOR US WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR FACILITY LEADERSHIP IS HERE TONIGHT, I WILL SAY THAT JUST GOING BACK AND ACTUALLY RE EMPHASIZING AND PUTTING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT, TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS.
WE NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING AND MAINTAINING THOSE PROTOCOLS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
I WILL SAY IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THOSE PROTOCOLS NOT BEING IN PLACE.
BUT FOLLOWING THOSE PROTOCOLS WITH ADVOCACY IS I THINK WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PLACE EMPHASIS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> IT DOES. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A SITUATION LIKE MURPHY, AND I WILL PREFACE THIS WITH I HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS.
TO GET TO THE LEVEL AT WHICH IT GOT TO, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE WE WERE NOT DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OR IT WOULD SEEM LIKE WHOEVER WAS DOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WAS NOT DOING IT APPROPRIATELY OR PROPERLY.
I GUESS HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THIS IS A LESSON LEARNED THAT WE CAN THEN GET OUT TO OTHER BUILDINGS AND ENGINEERS WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF OTHER BUILDINGS BECAUSE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE SIMILAR AGES, WE GREW IN A HURRY F PLUS.
>> WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MOST OF THESE BUILDINGS, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE COMING, THEY'RE NOT IND OF USEFUL LIFE AS THE BUILDINGS, BUT THEY'RE MIDWAY THROUGH IT.
THEY'RE THAT 25 OR 30 IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S 25 OR 30-YEARS-OLD, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
YOU GOT TO START DOING SOME STUFF, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT'S INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT OUT OF THIS BOND PROGRAM, THERE IS 65 CAMPUSES AND AUXILIARY BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING TOUCHED WITH SOME HVAC.
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THAT'S TO YOUR POINT. THERE'S A LOT OF THIS THAT WE'RE TOUCHING AND DOING SOMETHING ABOUT.ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PROTOCOLS AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT OUR STAFFING, HOW WE'RE DEPLOYING OUR STAFFING, NUMBER ONE.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
IT'S NOT JUST US HAVING TO FIGURE OUT THERE'S LOTS OF SURROUNDING EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES.
DO WE HAVE TO PAY THESE GUYS MORE? DO WE HAVE TO OFFER BETTER TRAINING? WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A LACKING JUST THE NUMBER OF STAFF, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY GET CONTRACTED FOLKS IN AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY PRODUCTIVITY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE SUPER IMPORTANT IN THIS.
I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PROTOCOLS, I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY HANDLE IT.
I JUST THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO EMPHASIZE AND WE'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING OUR OWN PROTOCOLS.
I THINK THAT'S THE KEY IS, HEY, WE'VE GOT THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE BENCHMARKS IN PLACE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
>> I MEAN, MY CONCERN IS JUST THAT ALL OF THE LET'S SAY, MAINTENANCE PEOPLE AT EACH BUILDING HAVE THE SAME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE PHOTO CALLS ARE AS YOU DO, BECAUSE I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS.
IN ORDER FOR MURPHY TO GET TO WHERE HE GOT TO, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD TO MAKE A DECISION, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE LIKE, IT SMELLS WEIRD HERE.
THEN SOMEBODY IS LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WE SHOULD CHECK THAT OUT.
THEN THE CHAIN OF DECISIONS THERE.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT IT DID NOT SEEM AS DELIBERATE.
I'M CURIOUS AS TO JUST BASED ON THIS SITUATION, ARE WE MAKING SOME CHANGES THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE PROACTIVE? FOR EXAMPLE, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD GET A THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO GO INTO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ONCE A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN.
I'M CURIOUS ON THE BROADER FRONT OF, LET'S JUST TAKE MURPHY OUT OF IT.
HOW DO WE GET SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PROCESS ORIENTED?
>> YES. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING BACK AND REWORKING OUR PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO BEEF THEM UP.
I THINK WE HAVE GOOD PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THEM A LOT BETTER TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE HAVE REALLY HARD WORKING FOLKS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OUT THERE.
BUT I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. WILLIAMS AND I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE EWING ABOUT LOOKING AT REORGANIZING, HOW WE'RE OFFERING REALLY FACILITY SERVICES.
IS THERE A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY? I THINK THAT YOU GET CAUGHT AND COMFORTABLE IN THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SINCE WE'RE 25, 30 YEARS IN OUR FACILITIES, WE CAN'T DO IT THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.
I'M SORRY THAT THE MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAPPENED, BUT I WILL SAY I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT AS A RESULT OF IT TO MAKE US BETTER AS A DISTRICT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE IN OUR FACILITY STAFF.
I THINK THAT WE ARE COMING FORTH WITH, IF YOU LOOK AT RIGHT UP HERE, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO REINFORCE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BETTER.
I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THESE TYPE OF THINGS, THAT WE WILL BE A BETTER FACILITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF THAT.
>> IS IT AND I KNOW WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IS IT ALSO POSSIBLE, TONY GIVES A GREAT PRESENTATION ON ALL THE NEW STUFF WE'RE DOING?
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A SIMILAR PRESENTATION ON OUR OVERALL MAINTENANCE AS WELL? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT IF QUARTERLY, WE COULD SEE HOW MANY MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THERE WERE AND IF WE COULD SEE AGAIN, START TO SEE PATTERNS.
BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME, AT THIS POINT, HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD, I GUESS, ALMOST THREE YEARS DOWN, EVERY YEAR, LITERALLY AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL CLOSING FOR SOMETHING.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO, I THINK, GET MORE EDUCATED AROUND THIS SUBJECT.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN RIGHT THERE ON THAT ONE.
I THINK YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE IS JUST IDENTIFIED WHAT ARE METRICS.WE ALSO HAVE THE HELP DESK AND TECHNOLOGY THAT WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH TECHNOLOGY, THOSE ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR HELP DESK.
THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WORK ORDERS HELP DESK THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING FORWARD AND JUST SO THAT THERE'S A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SUBMITTED AND HOW ARE THEY PROCESSED? ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY, I DON'T WANT THE PERCEPTION TO BE THAT A MAINTENANCE ISSUE HAS CAUSED CLOSURES BECAUSE THERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL, AND THERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, AND TWO OF OUR CLOSURES HAVE NOT BEEN PLAN OISD AND HAVE NOT BEEN PLAN OISD, MAINTENANCE RELATED. THEY HAVE BEEN-.
>> NEW CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S BEEN OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO AT PLANO WEST.
THAT WAS AN HVAC SYSTEM OUT OF LIFE AND OUT OF MAINTENANCE AND REALLY OUR ISSUE.
BUT THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD PLANO EAST RECENTLY AND WE HAD A SECOND SITUATION AT WEST AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTION RELATED AND NOT DUE TO OLD EQUIPMENT OR LACK OF MAINTENANCE OR PLANO ISD DRIVEN ISSUES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING ISN'T CONNECTING THOSE WITH OUR CURRENT, BUT THE UNFORTUNATE COMPONENT IS ANYTIME A STUDENT IS MISSING CLASS AND WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, IT'S A HARDSHIP AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE IN CONTROL OF SO THAT THERE'S, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, GRACE, WHEN IT'S THE SITUATIONS LIKE WEATHER OR THINGS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE, OUR CONTROL.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CLARITY.
MY LAST QUESTION OR THOUGHT IS, AS IT RELATES TO OUR SYSTEMS, I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING A CATALOG OF WHAT THEY ARE, WHEN THEY'VE LAST BEEN SERVICE, ALL THAT STUFF.
HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO TAKE US TO GET DONE?
>> I WILL SAY WE STARTED ON IT RIGHT AFTER WE PASSED THIS BOND IN ANTICIPATION OF, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE NEXT BOND.
FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF, OUR STAFF WERE DOING IT WHENEVER THEY HAD TIME.
I THINK WE GOT ABOUT THREE CAMPUSES DONE IN A YEAR AND A HALF.
I WILL SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT.
I INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. JASON WINK A WHILE AGO.
WE HIRED HIM TO ACTUALLY FOCUS 100% ON LEADING THAT PROCESS.
WE WERE PLAN ON BRINGING AN UPDATED REPORT IN OCTOBER AT THIS MEETING, BUT WE CALLED HIM OFF TO ACTUALLY HELP US GET THROUGH THIS TRANSITION OF THE FACILITY LEADERSHIP.
WE ARE PLAN ON COMING BACK, I'M HOPING IN NOVEMBER.
NO LATER THAN DECEMBER, JASON.
>> NOVEMBER ACCORDING TO DOCTOR WILLIAMS, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROCESS PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT.
WE MEET ONCE A QUARTER TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER.
I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE PLEASED.
IT'S CALLED FACILITY INSIGHT IS THE NAME OF THAT PLATFORM, FACILITY INSIGHT.
>> HAVE BEEN CHOMPING ON JOHNNY ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A BIT.
ONE, I THINK HAVING THIS AND HAVING, A DASHBOARD, THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY.
I THINK ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER TOO IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF THIS AND HAVE A FULL FLEDGED UNDERSTANDING SO THAT FUTURE BONDS, WE CAN BE SPOT ON AS FAR AS WHAT THE ACTUAL NEEDS ARE FROM A SYSTEMS AND COMPLIANCE COMPONENT.
I THINK JUST FOR ACCESS AND EASE OF REPORTING AND IDENTIFYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS COMING UP IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR THIS COMING UP IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS IS REALLY GOING TO BE KEY AND CRITICAL.
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMPONENT, THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THAT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THAT.
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IT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING LIKE THE REST OF US AND THANK YOU, JASON FOR TAKING THAT ON BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THAT.>> I WILL SAY JASON HAS A UNIQUE SKILL SET THAT'S TAYLOR MADE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK.
ANYWAY, HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB SO FAR ON THAT.
I'M EXCITED TO GET HIM BACK ON TASK SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
BUT THE GOAL IS AS WE ACTUALLY START.
THE GOAL WOULD BE COMPLETELY DONE AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT RUN AND GETTING GOOD REPORTS OFF OF THAT, FOR SURE ABOUT 2027.
THAT GIVES US A LOT, GOOD INFORMATION AS WE LEAD UP INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM HERE.
>> I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE.
ARE THOSE ALL SPECIFIC TO HVAC OR.
>> THAT'S THAT'S FACILITIES, BUT IT'S HEAVY ON THE TRADES.
>> OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW. YES, SIR.
>> [INAUDIBLE] MADE WAY AND WE'RE STILL ON BOARD.
>> TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU ON THE TRADES, IF YOU GET, LITERALLY, THESE GUYS CAN GO TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WHICH I CALL THE DARK SIDE AND MAKE LITERALLY SIX FIGURES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
ANYWAY, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT TO CRACK THAT NUT AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO WITH THAT.
NOT ALL HVAC, BUT PRETTY, VERY HEAVY ON THE TRADES.
>> I THINK YOU ADDRESS WHAT MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, WAS IS THIS AN ISSUE WITH COMPENSATION, WHICH IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING, OR IS IT, THESE SPECIFIC TRADES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY, WHICH IS COMMON IN A LOT OF LICENSED FIELDS RIGHT NOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS THE CASE WHERE IT'S JUST A LACK OF A SUFFICIENT POOL TO HIRE FROM.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. ONE THING.
PLANO AS THESE ARE A FANTASTIC PLACE TO WORK.
TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE INTRINSIC.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU GOT HYPERINFLATION, WHICH WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FOLLOW THE ALMIGHTY BUCK BECAUSE THEY NEED IT TO SURVIVE.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TRY TO OUTSIDE, YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOUR STAFF.
SOME OF THOSE INTRINSIC THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON TOO.
BUT THE LINE SHARE SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IN THE TRADES INDUSTRIES IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, THAT IS YOU HAVE WHAT I CALL CHASING THE BUCK, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> ARE WE DOING ANY APPRENTICE PROGRAMS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR WE CAN CONTRACT THEM FOR A FEW YEARS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE DARK SIDE. [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU KNOW DR. WILLIAMS IS AN EXPERT IN THE HVAC FIELD.
THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS NEW CT CENTER AND HOW CAN WE TURN OUR OWN KIDS INTO OUR OWN EMPLOYEES.
HOW QUICK CAN WE GET THEM INVOLVED? WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROGRAM WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL SAY THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS GOING ON ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
>> IT'S A GROWING NEED AND THERE ARE A FEW IN THE STATE THAT WE CERTAINLY NEED TO GO AND STUDY AND CONSIDER BECAUSE WELL, WE'VE GOT A FEW FOLKS THAT STARTED IN TRANSPORTATION IS AN 18-YEAR-OLD OR IN TECHNOLOGY AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD.
YOU START ON TRS AT THAT AGE AND IT'S A GREAT CAREER AND A GREAT START AND WE CAN HAVE SOME APPRENTICESHIP TYPE OF PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS, IT CERTAINLY WOULD HELP.
I THINK JOHNNY IS EXPLORING THAT.
>> I THINK ANOTHER PIECE TO THAT PUZZLE IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAM AND GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT DO HVAC OR PLUMBING OR ELECTRICAL TO PARTNER WITH US I THINK PLANO SO
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SPECIAL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SCHOOLS IS WE TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IS THE SECRET SAUCE OF THE CHAMBER AND OUR BUSINESSES, THE CITIES, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES REALLY BUY INTO THIS AND PARTNERING WITH OUR PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S AN APPRENTICESHIP OR WHATNOT.
SHIFTING YEARS. I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS WHILE YOU GAVE THE PRESENTATION, IT JOGGED MY MEMORY.
HARRINGTON, THAT EXTRA PARKING LOT.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT IT MIGHT CAUSE LIKE A BAD TRAFFIC FLOW.
IS THAT WORKING OUT FINE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IN?
>> WE CHANGED THE DIRECTION WHERE IT OUT.
>> CORRECT. I THINK, WHEN YOU WERE THINKING OF IT IMMEDIATELY, WE DID HAVE IT GOING STRAIGHT DOWN AND GOING RIGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE DID TURN IT OUT TO THE MAIN STREET.
>> COOL. I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT.
MY PARENTS LIVED THREE BLOCKS FROM THAT SCHOOL STILL IN THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOT WOULD HAVE FLOWED OUT RIGHT ALMOST INTO SOMEBODY'S FRONT YARD AND THEN THERE'S A STOP SIGN THERE.
THEY MADE IT WHERE IT'S A CURVED ENTRY OFF OF CROSS-BEND, WHICH IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL STREET, RATHER THAN HAVE A STRAIGHT ENTRY ONTO HARRINGTON WITH A SHARP TURN, WHICH IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
NO, I'M IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME.
>> WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS OVER THERE.
>> IT'S GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEES? I'LL JUST SAY, I APPRECIATE THIS.
JOHNNY, I KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION PROBABLY BACK IN LATE 2022, WHEN WE WERE AT A CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING AND I JUST ADMITTED TO YOU LIKE, I'M VERY INTIMIDATED BY THIS BOND PROGRAM.
THE DISTRICT HAS ALMOST 90 ROOFTOPS.
THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX ORGANIZATION AND SITUATION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF THE SENIOR HIGH WORK ALONE, IT'S ALMOST $360 MILLION, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE VAST MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS CAN PASS FOR A BOND PROGRAM TOTAL.
EVERY BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT IS GETTING WORK, AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMPLEX PROGRAM IN A PROGRAM TRYING TO MANAGE, WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL? WHAT CAN'T YOU DO WHEN THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OVER THE SUMMER, SCOPING AND SEQUENCING OF THINGS, AS WELL AS WHEN WE DID THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN, I SAID I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD A CULTURE OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T THINK THAT I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANYBODY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S FAULT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EIGHT AND THE 16 BOMB PROGRAM AND THE FACT THAT WE WENT, WE HAD SOME EARLY 2000 BOMB PROGRAMS. WE HAD A 2008 BOMB PROGRAM.
WE HAD A 2016 BOMB PROGRAM AND NOT ANOTHER ONE UNTIL 2022.
>> WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH CATCHING UP TO DO IN 2022, AND CERTAINLY HOPING THAT BY BRINGING US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON STANDARDS, BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON OUR SYSTEMS AND APPLIANCE, BUT ALSO RATHER THAN THE BOND WORK SHEETS, WHICH YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE SPREADSHEETS AND SPENT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME IN THOSE SPREADSHEETS, BUT HAVING A SOFTWARE PROGRAM AS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WAS PART OF COMING OUT OF THAT BOND PROGRAM AND THE LEARNING THERE, THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE STRONG DEPLOYMENT OF THIS BOND PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN SUCH A BETTER POSITION.
FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THOSE CRITICAL NEEDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THAT TAXPAYER MONEY EFFICIENTLY.
JUST COMING FULL CIRCLE ON THIS.
IT'S JUST CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY THAT WE ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS HOW THIS MONEY IS BEING DEPLOYED AND WHERE IT'S BEING DEPLOYED, AND TONY, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUARTERLY UPDATES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WHETHER JOHNNY AND STEVE OR ONE OF OUR MAINTENANCE FRIENDS, GIVING US SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
BUT I CERTAINLY LOVE SEEING THESE PRESENTATIONS AND THE DRONE VIDEOS AND GIVING OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEIR TAX MONEY GOES TO AND THE 1.35 BILLION THAT THEY APPROVED IN 2022 AND SEEING THAT MONEY DEPLOYED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
>> OUR LAST REPORT OF THE EVENING IS AGENDA ITEM 8.3, MULTILINGUAL SERVICES UPDATE.
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I WILL INVITE TALI GOMEZ, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR MULTILINGUAL SERVICES TO PLEASE PRESENT.>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT DR. TYRA.
SUPERINTENDENT, DR. WILLIAMS AND THE BOARD AND CABINET.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GET TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO WITH YOU, GUYS.
I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH A BROADER LOOK AND THEN WE'LL GET DOWN TO MORE SPECIFICS WITH DUAL LANGUAGE.
BUT I WANTED TO BEGIN BY SHARING THIS MAP.
I THINK SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE DIVERSITY IN OUR DISTRICT.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 94 SPOKEN LANGUAGES AND 132 DIFFERENT BIRTH COUNTRIES, VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THEN I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS THAT WE SERVE WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I WANT TO START BY SAYING WHEN I USE THE TERM EMERGENT BILINGUALS OR EBS, THAT'S AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR SERVICES BASED ON THEIR HOME LANGUAGE AND THEIR LANGUAGE TESTING UPON ENROLLMENT.
IN A TOTAL, WE HAVE 11,256 EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
WE SERVE A LITTLE OVER 7,000 OF THEM IN OUR ESL PROGRAMS. WE SERVE 3,500 IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, AND THEN WE HAVE 1,958 BY TODAY, THAT'S PROBABLY 2000 STUDENTS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF SCHOOL IN THE US.
WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS LAST NUMBER IS THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR REALLY AND TRULY FIRST YEAR TO SCHOOL LIKE PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS AT OTHER GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IN OUR ESL PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED IN ESL.
THAT IS SOMETIMES NOT SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO DO, SO WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS CAN WORK WELL WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WE ALSO ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE ESL COACHES ON EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THEY ARE REALLY ABLE TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
THEN AT SECONDARY, ALL OF OUR ENGLISH AND READING TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED, AND WE THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ABLE TO ADD SOME ESL COACHES TO SECONDARY, AND THAT HAS JUST BEEN AN AMAZING SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED.
THAT WE HAVE OVER ABOUT THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE GROWN BY AT LEAST 1,000 EBS A SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN ABOUT A 76% INCREASE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN OUR EB STUDENT GROUP.
THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DECLINE IN EB, AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH SOME OF THESE LOWER NUMBERS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SEEING HERE.
NOW I'M GOING TO START GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SPECIFICS, WE OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE OFFER BOTH TWO WAY AND ONE WAY.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHY WE OFFER DUAL LANGUAGE AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE AMONG THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. AS PART OF TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT GROUP OF 20 EB OR ENGLISH LEARNERS WHO SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AT THE SAME GRADE LEVEL, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER A PROGRAM.
WE DO THAT FOR SPANISH, AND I THINK AS SOME OF YOU SAW, FILE AN EXCEPTION FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER LANGUAGES THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OFFER A PROGRAM IN.
WE HAVE CHOSEN AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGHOUT THIS, MAYBE WHY WE CHOSE ONE WAY AND TWO WAY, INSTEAD OF SOME OF THE OTHER MODELS WE'RE ALLOWED TO IMPLEMENT IN OUR DISTRICT.
OUR ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS NOW IN FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD UP THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, AND THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SERVED, WHICH ARE A LITTLE OVER 3,400.
WE HAVE THOSE AT OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES WITH EXCEPTION OF PEARSON AND THEN 13 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
THEN WE HAVE TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A FAIRLY SMALL STUDENT GROUP WITH 155 STUDENTS.
THAT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUCH EARLY STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION.
WE HAVE THAT AT DAFRON ELEMENTARY IN PRE-K THROUGH
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FIRST GRADE AND HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY AT PRE-K AND KINDER.THAT WILL ROLL UP EVERY YEAR WITH THAT OLDEST STUDENT GROUP THAT WE HAVE UNTIL WE'RE UP THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE GO THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY YEARS AT DAFRON AND HUFFMAN.
WHAT I WANT TO MENTION ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE VERY SIMILAR GOALS IN THE SENSE OF BI LITERACY AND BILINGUALISM.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE WITHIN THOSE CLASSES.
OUR ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE IS MADE UP OF ALMOST ALL EMERGENT BILINGUALS.
STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, WHEREAS TWO WAY WE HAVE MORE OF A 50, 50 SPLIT, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE PROFICIENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THE CLASS ARE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY AS EB.
I MENTIONED I WOULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY WE CHOSE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN.
THE STATE ALLOWS US TO CHOOSE FROM WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE AS THOSE TOP FOUR PROGRAM MODELS.
WE USED TO IMPLEMENT EARLY EXIT.
WE KNEW FROM RESEARCH THAT THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE.
SO 2018-'19, UNFORTUNATELY, 1920, WE STARTED THE TRANSITION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID, WHICH MADE THINGS JUST A LITTLE EXTRA CHALLENGING AND FUN.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST COMPLETE YEAR OF ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHEN THOMAS AND COLLIER ARE TWO OF THE BIGGEST RESEARCHERS ON DUAL LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE GRAPH YOU SEE HERE IS OF THE LARGEST STUDY THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT YOU SEE ARE CLOSE TO 1 MILLION RECORDS OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT STATES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, VERY DIVERSE STUDENT GROUP.
THEY TOOK THOSE STUDENT RECORDS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADUATION.
WHEN YOU SEE BY 12TH GRADE, WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES LOOK LIKE FOR AN EARLY EXIT, TRANSITIONAL, LATE EXIT, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE STARTED THAT TRANSITION TO DUAL LANGUAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THE ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AND THEN TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AT THE VERY TOP.
THE PART THAT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE WORK WITHIN.
IF YOU NOTICE THOSE ELEMENTARY YEARS, THE GROWTH ISN'T QUITE AS MUCH AND THE DIFFERENCE ISN'T QUITE AS BIG.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE QUITE THE LUXURY OF TIME TO GET TO THAT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT DUAL LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION.
I WILL SAY AS WE LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE AT OUR PROGRAM MODEL, I HAVE SAT IN A ROOM WITH THOMAS AND COLLIER AND ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT WHICH ONE IS THE BEST ONE? THEY SAY, YES, YOU CAN READ ONE RESEARCH PAPER AGAINST ANOTHER AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR FAVORITE PROGRAM MODEL.
BUT WHAT THEY FOUND WAS WELL IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS, GET THESE RESULTS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAM MODELS, IT'S NOT THAT ONE IS HAS BETTER RESEARCH FINDINGS THAN THE OTHER.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT SOME CIRCUMSTANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING VERY COMMON IS CALLED A LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN THAT WE USE IN DUAL LANGUAGE.
THIS REALLY OUTLINES, WHAT INSTRUCTIONS STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING IN ENGLISH VERSE SPANISH.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND WELL IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS IN DUAL LANGUAGE IS TO STAY REALLY TRUE TO THE LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN.
BECAUSE IF OUR GOAL IS BILINGUALISM AND BI LITERACY, WE HAVE TO STAY REALLY TRUE TO THAT ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MODELS AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO JUST A MOMENT AGO.
HAVE AN 80/20 MODEL AND THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE HAD BEEN ROLLING OUT IN OUR ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN WE START OUT IN KINDERGARTEN, 80% OF THE SCHOOL DAY IS IN SPANISH AND 20% OF THE SCHOOL DAY IS IN ENGLISH.
THAT PERCENTAGE OF SPANISH DECREASES EACH YEAR UNTIL WE GET TO 50, 50 FOR THE 3RD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME BEFORE, WHY DOESN'T IT FLIP THE OTHER DIRECTION? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT TO BE CONSIDERED DUAL LANGUAGE, YOU CAN NEVER GO OVER 50% IN ENGLISH.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMAIN AT LEAST 50% IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
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ON THIS FIRST ONE, THIS 80 20 MODEL, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DATA IN A MINUTE.I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY WELL VERSED IN OUR DATA.
WE KNOW FROM OUR DATA LAST YEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AND REALLY NEED TO WORK THROUGH IN ORDER TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.
YOU SEE SOME RED BOXES AROUND A FEW OF THE ROWS HERE.
A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS REALLY LOOK AT OUR LITERACY BLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DEVELOP THAT BY LITERACY.
HUGE CHALLENGE TO TRY TO DEVELOP LITERACY IN BOTH LANGUAGES WITHIN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT OTHER STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING IN ONE.
WE ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES TO MATH, WHICH HAD A SIMILAR CHANGE IN LITERACY.
WHERE INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT OUR SMALL GROUP TIME AS PART OF THE LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN, WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE USING DATA AND DOING THE SMALL GROUPS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT STUDENTS NEED THOSE IN.
THAT HAS BEEN A BIG CHANGE AS WELL.
THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT DATA REALLY CLOSELY AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS REALLY PURPOSEFULLY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS BETTER.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE 50, 50 MODEL.
THAT IS WHAT WE USE IN OUR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
THE BIGGEST REASON THERE WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS IN THAT CLASSROOM WHERE WE WANTED ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO BE A VERY LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
YOU'LL SEE DATA ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT WE ALSO DECIDED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY WHERE WE HAVE A ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
WE PRIMARILY DID THAT BECAUSE OF TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WANTING TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE BEST IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS.
WHAT WE DID WAS, WE REALLY WORKED WITH THE CAMPUS TO TRY AND PLACE ESL CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO TEACH THE ENGLISH PORTION OF THAT DAY.
THE 50/50 MODEL ALLOWS US TO DO THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE CAN WITH 80/20.
IT'S WHAT MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING AT THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH WITH OUR 80/20 MODEL BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE DATA A LITTLE BIT.
PART OF WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS, WE HAVE MAP DATA.
WE HAVE AT EARLIER GRADES CIRCLE OR M CLASS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF UNIT ASSESSMENTS AND DIFFERENT DATA ALONG THE WAY.
MANY TIMES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS DATA AND THINKING, OH, MAN, WE ARE ON TRACK.
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO STAR AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING THROUGH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY IN SPANISH WHEN WE GET HERE SHORTLY.
BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE LOOKED AT GROWTH OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND IN THIRD FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE ON MAP READING.
I WANT TO POINT OUT WE'RE SEEING REALLY STRONG GROWTH IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE'VE STUDIED QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BY LITERACY TRAJECTORIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT STAIRSTEP OR GROWTH.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE REALLY WANT HAPPENING.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THEIR FIRST COUPLE YEARS IN OUR PROGRAM, THAT ENGLISH AND SPANISH GAP OF READING IS REALLY BIG.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO STUDENTS FIVE PLUS YEARS, THOSE TWO RED, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT GAP HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CLOSED.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET TO STAR, IT'S NOT AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT PART.
>> HERE'S THE STAAR THAT I'M REFERRING TO.
WHAT I DID WAS BREAK DOWN HERE FOR SPRING 2025 STAAR.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE WITH OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH PERFORMANCE AND IN SPANISH PERFORMANCE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MAKE THIS A REALLY COMPLEX PROCESS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH LANGUAGE TO TEST STUDENTS IN.
WE HAVE A WHOLE PROTOCOL TO GO THROUGH AND OUR CAMPUSES WORK REALLY HARD ON MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN IS 3RD GRADE,
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4TH GRADE, 5TH GRADE, AND THEN BY ROW, YOU CAN SEE ENGLISH AND SPANISH.AT 3RD GRADE, 81% OF OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS GOT APPROACHES OR BETTER IN ENGLISH.
WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH, AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON HARD IS THAT 43% OF OUR STUDENTS IN SPANISH, GOT APPROACHES ARE BETTER.
THAT DOES NOT MEET OUR EXPECTATION AND IT DOESN'T MEET ANY OF THE PRINCIPALS OR THE BILINGUAL COACHES EXPECTATIONS.
AN INTERESTING POINT THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IS THAT TO GET APPROACHES IN ENGLISH, YOU NEEDED 35% CORRECT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 3RD GRADE, BUT FOR SPANISH, YOU NEEDED 42% CORRECT.
FOR 4TH GRADE, YOU NEEDED 31% IN ENGLISH, BUT 46% IN SPANISH.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WELL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE OF TESTING.
WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE STAAR TRANSITION IN LITERACY AND FROM THE NORM STUDY THAT WAS DONE, THE MAP SCORE THAT YOU NEED IN SPANISH TO BE PROJECTED AS APPROACHES IS MUCH HIGHER THAN IT IS IN ENGLISH IN SOME PLACES UP TO 15 POINTS HIGHER.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY.
WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THAT THAT IS THE TRUTH.
BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR KIDS THEN WHEN SOMETIMES THAT DATA ISN'T ALIGNING WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING? WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH EAS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS IN MATH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND LITERACY.
BUT MATH HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE SPECIFIC CONTENT ARE REALLY GETTING A LOT OF TRAINING FROM OUR COACHES NOW ATTENDING THOSE TRAININGS WITH TITLE 1 MATH COACHES, BUT ALSO FROM OUR MATH COORDINATOR AND SPECIALIST.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK BEFORE LEAVING THAT.
>> THIS IS ALL DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS.
WHO TAKES STAAR IN ENGLISH AND WHO TAKES STAAR IN SPANISH? WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE POPULATION, I DON'T THINK THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING BOTH LIKE THEY DO WITH MATH.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHY A 3RD GRADER WHO'S IN A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM WOULD BE DOING STAAR IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH.
WHO ARE THESE STUDENTS AND WHY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THESE ARE ALL OF OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS THIRD THROUGH FIFTH.
WE HAVE A LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL.
WHAT WE DO WITH OUR CAMPUSES IS LOOK AT DIFFERENT DATA POINTS.
USING THAT PROTOCOL, WE THEN MAKE A DECISION OF WHICH LANGUAGE THE STUDENT IS GOING TO TEST IN.
IT COULD BE JUST THAT WE LOOKED AT THESE DATA POINTS AND LOOKING AT YEARS IN US SCHOOLS, LOOKING AT THEIR TELL PASS PROFICIENCY, LOOKING AT THEIR MAP SCORES, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS SPECIFIC STUDENT WOULD TEST IN ENGLISH INSTEAD OF SPANISH.
THAT'S WHERE THAT MAP CAN BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY THOUGH.
WE REALLY HAD TO WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES LAST SPRING ON.
DON'T JUST LOOK AT A HIGHER SPANISH MAP SCORE AND THINK THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT BECAUSE IT COULD BE 15 POINT HIGHER, BUT ACTUALLY THE ENGLISH IS PROJECTED TO BE THE ONE PASSING AND NOT THE SPANISH.
IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT WE HAVE PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED SPREADSHEETS WHERE WE GO THROUGH, WE LEAD THE PRINCIPALS AND THE COACHES THROUGH A PROTOCOL, AND THEN THEY TAKE THAT BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS.
IT REALLY COULD BE ANY STUDENT, BUT IT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON THEIR DATA POINTS.
ANOTHER CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE TWO YEARS AGO WITH STAAR WAS IN THE PAST, WE HAD THE LUXURY.
IF I STARTED TAKING STAAR IN SPANISH IN THIRD GRADE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I SWITCHED TO ENGLISH, I DIDN'T HAVE A GROWTH MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF LANGUAGE.
IF I START TAKING IT IN SPANISH AND I GET MASTERS, BUT THEN I REALLY SHOW FROM OTHER DATA POINTS THE NEXT YEAR THAT I'M READY FOR ENGLISH, THERE'S SOME HESITANCY THERE TO SWITCH OVER BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT BE MASTERS IN SPANISH, I MIGHT BE MEETS IN ENGLISH.
WHICH ALIGNS WITH ALL THE BILITERACY RESEARCH, BUT IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH HOW THE STATE HOLDS US TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE'S JUST LOTS OF FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE DECISION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
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>> I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT TOO MUCH.
>> CAN A PARENT OVERRIDE THAT DECISION?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WE DEFINITELY MEET WITH PARENTS WHO ARE QUESTIONING THE DECISION.
TYPICALLY, WE'RE ABLE TO TOGETHER DECIDE, SOMETIMES FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, A PARENT REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING.
WE SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT DATA WITH THEM.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO RESPECT WHAT A PARENT'S WISHES FOR THEIR CHILD, SO WE DON'T WANT TO DENY THAT.
BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT AFTER LOOKING AT DATA POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HAD THE SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD TO OVERRIDE THE CAMPUS DECISION, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT DATA AND CONSIDERING SOME DIFFERENT POINTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND TEST THAT STUDENT AND WHAT WE THINK WILL BE THE BEST LANGUAGE OF ASSESSMENT.
IT'S TRICKY. THEN WHAT I HAVE HERE IS OUR STUDENTS ALSO BESIDES ALL THE OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT, ABS TAKE A STATE ASSESSMENT CALLED TELPAS EVERY SPRING, AND THAT REALLY LOOKS AT HOW THEY ARE PROGRESSING IN ENGLISH IN ALL THESE DOMAINS AND THEN THEY GET A COMPOSITE SCORE.
HERE I HAVE JUST OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS.
I'M COMPARING K-1 TELPAS SCORES TO 5TH GRADE.
WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS IS NOT COHORT DATA.
SOME OF WHERE YOU SEE 36% BEGINNING, THOSE COULD BE STUDENTS BRAND NEW TO OUR COUNTRY, NOT NECESSARILY STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS WE DO SEE A DECREASE IN THE BEGINNING LEVELS BY 5TH GRADE, AND WE DO SEE AN INCREASE IN ADVANCED HIGH.
ANOTHER POINT OF JUST WHERE WE KNOW WE WANT TO GROW IS WE WANT TO SEE HIGHER.
PERCENTAGES OF ADVANCED TIED BY THE END OF 5TH GRADE.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WAS STAYING REALLY TRUE TO OUR LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN.
WE JUST CONTINUE TO REALLY WORK HARD ON THAT PIECE THAT WE'RE STAYING TRUE TO THE AMOUNT OF ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY.
THEN I WANT TO MOVE TO OUR TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AND THIS SIDE AND THE NEXT SIDE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT DATA.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY YEARS OF DATA, OR AS MANY GRADE LEVELS.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS TABLE, JUST SOME GREAT CELEBRATIONS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE TOOK THE NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS, WHICH ARE PROFICIENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS, AND THEN OUR EBS OR OUR NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS.
WE LOOKED AT THEIR BEGINNING OF YEAR READING MAP SCORES AND COMPARED THEM TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR READING MAP SCORES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS JUST REALLY EXTREME GROWTH FROM BOTH OUR NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND SPANISH SPEAKERS.
WE SEE A LITTLE AREA HERE DEFINITELY WITH OUR ENGLISH READING ENGLISH SCORES, WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO INCREASE THAT TO BE MORE COMPARABLE TO THE NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS, BUT DEFINITELY MORE THAN A YEAR'S GROWTH FROM THIS BEGINNING OF KINDERGARTEN TO BEGINNING OF 1ST GRADE YEAR.
LOTS OF CELEBRATION POINTS HERE.
FROM THAT LAST PRESENTATION, THE ONLY REAL THING I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT HE DID WAS I WAS SAYING TO LISA BEFORE THIS, I CAN'T CAPTURE THE MAGIC THAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS, BY A PICTURE, I WAS LIKE, OH, I WISH I HAD A DRONE FLYING AROUND THE CLASSROOM AND I COULD.
BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND VISIT THE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED IN DATA, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR OUR STUDENTS AND SEE THE INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTION, THAT SAYS A LOT MORE EVEN THAN THE DATA DOES.
>> HEY TALLY, CAN I JUST GET A CLARIFICATION.
IS THIS A COHORT FROM KINDER TO 1ST GRADE?
>> BECAUSE THE LAST SLIDE WAS NOT A COHORT?
>> YES. THANK YOU. THEN THIS IS ALSO REALLY THAT SAME STUDENT GROUP.
WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE, I'VE TALKED ABOUT BILITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND TRAJECTORIES QUITE A BIT.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS THESE ARE
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OUR STUDENTS IN OUR TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, BOTH THEIR ENGLISH AND SPANISH SCORES.THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO AND WANT TO SEE IN BILITERACY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU SEE MOST OF THOSE RED AND BLUE DOTS VERY CLOSE TO THE SAME LINE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS HOW BILITERACY LOOKS.
THERE'S NOT MANY OUTLIERS, WHERE THERE ARE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S INTERVENTION HAPPENING OR MIGHT BE A NEW STUDENT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT ENGLISH AND SPANISH DEVELOPMENT IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT SAME LINE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS VERY CLOSELY AS WE GO UP THROUGH THE GRADE LEVELS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, VERY EARLY IMPLEMENTATION, WE ARE DEFINITELY PLEASED WITH THE DATA AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'VE MENTIONED A FEW CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THIS, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
SERVING OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS WITH APPROPRIATELY CERTIFIED TEACHERS IS MOST DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT JUST CAN REALLY STRETCH EVERYBODY A LITTLE THIN, PRINCIPALS, COACHES, DEPARTMENTS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT LEADERS, OUR COACHES, ARE ALL VERY JUST DEDICATED TO AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO HELP TEACHERS WHO AREN'T CERTIFIED YET BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR STUDENTS.
FIDELITY OF IMPLEMENTATION TO THE LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY ON DOING WALKS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, WITH OUR COACHES, WITH STAFF MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
IF YOU ARE ON OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S ALWAYS A SCHEDULE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR, WHICH REALLY ALLOWS YOU THE MOMENT YOU WALK IN TO KNOW IF THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE AND IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN.
WE HAVE LOVED THE RAPID GROWTH OF EMERGENT BILINGUALS IN OUR DISTRICT.
BUT IT WOULDN'T BE TRUE TO SAY THAT IT DIDN'T ALSO CAUSE SOME CHALLENGES.
JUST TRYING TO GIVE THE STAFF THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOL-BELT FAST ENOUGH TO SERVE THE STUDENTS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FACE WITH LOTS OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND LOTS OF MODELING.
THEN I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE REALLY PLEASED TO GET UP THROUGH 5TH GRADE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF DUAL LANGUAGE.
BUT ALWAYS WITH A NEW PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY ROCKING THE BOAT A LITTLE BIT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO REALLY TRAIN AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS, BUT GET THROUGH THAT IMPLEMENTATION DIP AND REALLY COME OUT WITH SOME HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A DUAL LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO REALLY PINPOINT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES AND THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THOSE CHALLENGES.
THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THINGS FROM OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE DOING, AND I MENTIONED I THINK MOST OF THESE ALREADY, BUT CHANGING IN OUR LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN, THAT SMALL GROUP TARGETED INSTRUCTION TIME TO REALLY BE FOCUSED ON THE LANGUAGE OF STRENGTH AND NEED USING DATA POINTS.
WE ARE MODELING A LOT BILINGUAL COACHES AND MY TEAM.
WE'RE USING SWIVL FOR FEEDBACK ON INSTRUCTION, AND OUR COACHES ARE USING THAT AS WELL.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THAT WILL ALSO LEAD TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
OUR BILINGUAL COACHES ARE ATTENDING THOSE LITERACY AND MATH TRAININGS WITH TITLE 1 COACHES.
WE HAVE INCREASED WALK THROUGHS WITH FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.
THIS IS BOTH WITH MONOLINGUAL AND BILINGUAL STAFF, BUT I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR PRINCIPALS AND HOW THEY'VE USED THIS FEEDBACK TO REALLY TARGET SPECIFIC THINGS AND IMPROVE SOME DIFFERENT PRACTICES ON THEIR CAMPUS.
JUST RECENTLY, WE MET WITH OUR BILINGUAL COACHES AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO THEM ABOUT, WHAT DO WE WANT THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT TO THINK ABOUT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS AND OUR DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE, THAT THEY'RE INTELLIGENT, THAT THEY'RE BILITERATE, ALL OF THESE REALLY STRONG STATEMENTS.
WE DECIDED TO HAVE A CALL TO ACTION AND OUR CALL TO ACTION IS PONTE LAS PILAS.
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THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY GOOD LITERAL TRANSLATION.BUT IT'S REALLY A VERY COMMON TERM IN SPANISH, OF A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, A LITTLE BIT OF LET'S GET THAT FIRE GOING.
>> THE REASON WE DID THIS WAS WE NEED A SENSE OF URGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES MATCH WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS CALL TO ACTION.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN AWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO OUR TEACHERS AND COACHES, AND PRINCIPALS WHEN WE SEE THIS IN ACTION.
THAT SENSE OF URGENCY IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT INTENTIONAL, WE ACTUALLY MADE AN ACRONYM OUT OF BLS BECAUSE WE LOVE ACRONYMS AND EDUCATION.
BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THESE SPECIFIC THINGS AND GIVING OUR TEACHERS AND COACHES, AND PRINCIPALS AWARDS FOR THIS WORK.
AND SO THIS WAS MEANT TO CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY, BUT ALSO TO MOTIVATE OUR DUAL LANGUAGE CREW TO REALLY CONTINUE THAT HARD WORK, AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GET EVEN BETTER OUTCOMES, AND WE'VE GOTTEN IT IF WE CAN STAY THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS.
THAT IS THE WRAP-UP OF MY PRESENTATION, AND NOW, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, TALLY. THIS IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING ONE FOR US.
TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HOT SPOTS, OPINIONS. GOOD.
>> YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M GUESSING IT'S A STATE DECISION.
BUT WHY ARE THERE THE DIFFERENT CUT SCORES FOR APPROACHES FOR ENGLISH VERSUS SPANISH? IS THERE A STATISTICAL BASIS FOR THAT THAT YOU KNOW OF.
>> WE ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T GET SUPER CLEAR ANSWERS ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO PREDICT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME THINGS LIKE LAST YEAR, WHERE THE PAIRED PASSAGES IN ENGLISH WERE OF THE SAME GENRE IN SPANISH, THEY WERE, WHICH MAKES IT MORE RIGOROUS.
WE NEVER KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE COMING UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.
I WISH I HAD A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT.
I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN NO ONE YET, BUT I'LL SHARE AS SOON AS I DO.
>> I THINK JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON STAR.
I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST TO REITERATE SOME THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST ON THIS, THE SPANISH READING AND WRITING, THE STAR TEST WAS ALL HAND-SCORED, WHEREAS THE ENGLISH TESTING, THERE WAS A PORTION OF IT THAT WAS MACHINE-SCORED AND HAND-SCORED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OR HOW CONSISTENT THAT'S GOING TO BE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DIFFERENCE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF ENGLISH TESTS WERE AI-GRADED OR MACHINE LEARNING GRADED, AND THE SPANISH ONES WEREN'T.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT SOME SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED ABOUT CULTURAL LITERACY, ENSURING THAT SOME OF THE READING PASSAGES OR WRITING PASSAGES HAVE BOTH AGE-APPROPRIATE AND MAYBE IF WE CAN SAY, CULTURALLY NEUTRAL.
AND JUST TWO POINTS OF CONCERN THAT WE'VE EXPRESSED SINCE THE STAR REDESIGN TO BRING BACK AROUND.
MY QUESTION ON STAR WAS, WE HAVE MAP READING.
I KNOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A NEW LANGUAGE USAGE TOOL FOR MAP, AND THEN STAR HAS READING AND WRITING.
DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LANGUAGE USAGE BEING TESTED BETWEEN STAR AND MAP IS LEADING TO SOME OF OUR PROJECTION ISSUE, OR WAS IT REALLY A NORMING STUDY, OR HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY OF THOSE FACTORS?
>> THE LANGUAGE USAGE MOST CLOSELY CONNECTS TO THE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES ON STAR.
AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH.
AND WE ARE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA POINT TO HELP US MAKE THE DECISION OF WHETHER ENGLISH WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT OR NOT.
NOW, WE HAVE OTHER TOOLS FOR SPANISH.
WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPED RUBRICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE LANGUAGE USAGE CAN DEFINITELY BE USED TO HELP US KNOW WITH WRITING, WHETHER STUDENTS ARE READY FOR THOSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES IN ENGLISH OR NOT.
WE ALREADY KNEW PROJECTIONS FROM WHAT WE HAD IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY.
THEY'VE ONLY GROWN WITH THE NORM STUDY THAT WE HAVE.
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>> A QUESTION ON THE 80-20 VERSUS 50-50, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT MY DAUGHTER IS ONE OF THE 155 STUDENTS IN THE TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE.
I GO TO PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE, AND I GET PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE AND A TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE UPDATE.
I FEEL LIKE AT THE SAME TIME AND IT'S FUNNY.
I LIKE SEEING HOW ENTHUSIASTIC SOME OF THE OLDER GRADE STAFF ARE AT DAFRON ARE LIKE, OH, WHEN THE DUAL LANGUAGE GETS TO US, I WANT TO BE THAT ENGLISH COMPONENT TEACHER.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE STAFF MEMBERS REALLY EMBRACING THAT AND WANTING TO BE ON THOSE TEAMS BECAUSE THE TWO-WAY CASE FOR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, THEY'VE HAD ONE TEACHER IN THE MORNING AND ONE TEACHER IN THE AFTERNOON, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEACHERS' PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS THE ONE THAT THEY'RE TEACHING FOR ACCENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT OCCURS TO ME, HAVING THIS CONVERSATION A THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE, I'M CURIOUS IF THEY'RE DOING 50/50.
ARE THEY DOING 50-50 WITH ONE TEACHER, OR ARE THEY DOING 50/50 IN MOST CASES WITH TWO TEACHERS, THE SAME SPLIT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT THEN NOT ONLY IS IT AN ACCENT THING, BUT IT'S LIKE A PHYSICAL BARRIER TYPE OF THING BETWEEN, THIS IS THE CLASSROOM YOU'RE DOING ENGLISH, AND THIS IS THE CLASSROOM, YOU'RE DOING SPANISH AND AND THE KIDS ARE PICKING UP AND MOVING.
ON ONE HAND, I FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE MUCH MORE CHALLENGING, MOVING THE KIDS AND SETTLING THEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS THE TWO A- STUDENTS ARE DOING, ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT FORCES ENFORCEMENT OF THAT 50/50 IN THOSE LATER GRADES.
I THINK I'M NOT BILINGUAL AT ALL.
MANY OF OUR BILINGUAL TEACHERS WHO OBVIOUSLY ARE, BUT ONE COULD IMAGINE THAT YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE IS SPANISH, YOU MAY TEND TO FAVOR SPANISH, OR IF YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH, YOU MAY TEND TO FAVOR ENGLISH, AND THAT THROWS THAT 50/50 RATIO OFF IF YOU'RE NOT PHYSICALLY SEPARATING OUT CLASSES IS IN THE TWO-WAY MODEL.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IN OUR ONE-WAY SYSTEM, THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE, HOW WE'RE DOING THE STAFFING, AND ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT THAT?
>> VERY RAMBLY QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
>> NO. MAJORITY, THERE ARE TWO TEACHERS, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
THE ONLY PLACES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TWO IS JUST WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ENOUGH STUDENTS TO MAKE ONE SECTION.
IN THOSE CASES, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE BARRIER THERE.
WHAT MANY PLACES ARE DOING NOW IS WHAT YOU SEE IN TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE, WHERE THERE'S AN ESL TEACHER FOR THE ENGLISH PORTION AND A BILINGUAL CERTIFIED TEACHER FOR THE SPANISH PORTION.
IN SOME PLACES, THOUGH, IT'S STILL A BILINGUAL TEACHER FOR EACH PORTION, WHICH IS WHERE WHAT YOU JUST SAID OF FAVORING A LANGUAGE OR SOMETIMES IT'S BEST INTENT, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS FASTER IF I JUST SAY IT IN SPANISH.
NOW I'VE THROWN OFF THAT LANGUAGE ALLOCATION A LITTLE BIT.
THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS OF HAVING THAT ESL SIDE FOR THE ENGLISH.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME BENEFITS OF HAVING A BILINGUAL TEACHER IN BOTH, WHEN ALL YOUR STUDENTS HAVE SPANISH AS A PRIMARY HOME LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION NEEDED FOR HOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT DEFINITELY IT'S MUCH EASIER TO STAY TRUE TO THE LANGUAGE ALLOCATION PLAN WHEN IT IS SEPARATED BY A TEACHER AND THEIR LANGUAGE.
>> GOT IT. THEN, IF WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LOOK LIKE? FIFTH TO MIDDLE IS ALREADY A HARD TRANSITION.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF FIFTH GRADERS WE HAVE BY THAT POINT DOING STAR IN ENGLISH.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IN A BOARD UPDATE, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF FIFTH GRADERS, IS THERE TRANSITIONING? DO WE REALLY FEEL LIKE ARE READY FOR FULL ENGLISH PROGRAM, OR WHO MIGHT NEED MORE SUPPORT GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND HOW IS THAT BEING EVALUATED, AND HOW IS THAT TRANSITION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING MANAGED?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I CAN VERY EASILY SHARE THE DATA WITH YOU.
I WOULD SAY THAT IS VERY DEPENDENT ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY'VE BEEN IN OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'LL SEE AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE MORE NEWCOMERS.
THERE'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SPANISH TEST TAKERS THAN AT SOME OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS.
BUT IT DEFINITELY IS INCREASING OVER THIRD THROUGH FIFTH.
WE DO HAVE THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME OUR LEADERSHIP IN ACTION, CLASS,
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WHICH IS A SPANISH CLASS THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS AT SIXTH GRADE.IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE TEACHERS OF, OH, WOW.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BIG TRANSITION AND TO FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE.
BUT IF I SHARED THE DATA WITH YOU, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE HAVE A HIGH MAJORITY OF STUDENTS THAT ARE READY FOR ALL ENGLISH INSTRUCTION.
FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE JUST GOING INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THEIR SECOND YEAR IN THE US, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DUAL LANGUAGE ANYMORE.
WE HAVE BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH CLASSES.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE SERVING OUR ESL STUDENTS ONCE THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BUT THAT TRANSITION IS HUGE, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE SETTING AND AROUND MANY OF THE SAME KIDS THROUGHOUT ELEMENTARY.
I'VE HEARD REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THE LEADERSHIP IN ACTION CLASS IS REALLY HELPING THEM WITH THE TRANSITION AND FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE AT CAMPUS, A CLASS WHERE THEY CAN REALLY CONNECT WITH THE TEACHER AND THEIR GROUP OF STUDENTS.
>> AWESOME. I WILL SAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE DUAL LANGUAGE CLASSES, YOU SHOULD GO VISIT JUST TRUSTEES OR WHOMEVER.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY FUN TO SEE THEM GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AND SINGING THE SONGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> SHOULD HAVE THE KIDS COME AND SING.
>> OR HAVE THE KIDS COME AND SING IS WHAT DR. WILLIAMS IS SUGGESTING.
AND ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK AND I SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE, TALLY, THAT I'VE CONSISTENTLY GOTTEN FROM THE DAFRON STAFF IS THE GRADES THAT HAVE TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE, THE KIDS ARE VERY, LIKE THEIR SOCIAL GROUPS ARE FORMING MUCH MORE BETWEEN THE KIDS WHO SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME AND THE KIDS THAT SPEAK ENGLISH AT HOME.
THE GRADE LEVELS ARE LESS JUST SPANISH SPEAKING AT HOME AND ENGLISH SPEAKING AT HOME KIND OF SEPARATED IN TERMS OF SOCIAL GROUPS THAT THEY'RE MUCH MORE MIXED UP IN SOCIAL GROUPS, SO I FELT LIKE THAT WAS ONE GREAT OUTCOME OF THAT.
>> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
AND THIS WAS JUST BRAINSTORMING AND WONDERING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THINK KIDS HAVE FUN LEARNING WHEN IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE RECENTLY OFFERED THE SPELLING BEE FOR THE OLDER KIDS, THE BILINGUAL SPELLING BEE.
I THINK HAS BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS.
BUT I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE DATA OF THE STAR RESULTS, THE NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS, BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO FIFTH GRADE, STAR SCORES WERE DROPPING.
I WAS JUST THINKING, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN IF WE HAD MATH COMPETITIONS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOT JUST FOR BILINGUAL KIDS, BUT LIKE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS AS WELL AS ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT MAKING MATH MORE FUN FOR KIDS TO LEARN.
>> I DON'T KNOW. I'M SUPER COMPETITIVE, SO I WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL IN FOR THIS.
IT'S ALSO SAD WHEN YOU DON'T WIN.
>> IT IS. BUT THEN YOU TRY REALLY HARD [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> I'M JUST BRAINSTORMING, THROWING THAT OUT.
>> TALLY, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
MAKES THIS SO MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I LEARNED SO MUCH TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES OF SERVING THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND YOUR [INAUDIBLE] CAMPAIGN.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE STAFF AND THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT ISN'T JUST LIKE A CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE COACHES, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT SURROUNDS OUR STUDENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I CAME FOR I THINK FIRST, SECOND GRADE, BY THIRD GRADE, I WAS BASICALLY IN ALL ENGLISH CLASSES.
THERE IS A TRANSITION AND AN ADJUSTMENT.
I APPRECIATE HOW SOPHISTICATED THE PROGRAMS ARE NOW COMPARED TO WHAT I WENT THROUGH, AND JUST THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE LOVE, CARE, AND SUPPORT FOR NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, BUT THE STAFF. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? FOLKS?
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>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TALLY.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS FOR THE EVENING.
WE'RE NOW READY FOR ITEM 9, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
THE TIME IS 9:21 P.M. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.