Mar 10, 2026 Regular Board Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. I AM LAUREN TYRA, BOARD PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.

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

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026. ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE.

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

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

OKAY. THIS SEGMENT IS BEING RECORDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS SENATE BILL 413, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 11.0621, OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WILL REFLECT EACH MEMBER'S ATTENDANCE AND THEIR VOTE ON ANY ITEM.

ADDITIONALLY, THE APPROVED MINUTES, ANY ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS AND THE RECORDING OF THIS MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON OUR DISTRICT'S WEBSITE NO LATER THAN SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER TODAY'S MEETING. BOARD MEMBERS. I WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL.

KINDLY PLEASE RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED.

LAUREN TYRA. I'M PRESENT. NANCY HUMPHREY. I'M PRESENT.

TARRAH LANTZ. PRESENT. SAM JOHNSON. PRESENT. MICHAEL COOK.

PRESENT. ELISA KLEIN. PRESENT. KATHERINE GOODWIN.

PRESENT. THANK YOU TRUSTEES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS.

TO MY LEFT. TO MY LEFT. SUPERINTENDENT DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, DR.

SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS.

ON MY RIGHT, MR. JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS, EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY.

MISS 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 MR. IVAN CANTU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION.

THIS EVENING, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE TWO OF OUR STATE HONORED VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS FROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL AND PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HERE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEXAS FLAG. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LEADING OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING. WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING WITH YOU MORE HERE IN A COUPLE MINUTES. LET'S SEE, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE RECOGNITION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[3. RECOGNITIONS]

SO SLIDE ONE. PLANO ISD STUDENTS BROUGHT HOME PLENTY OF ACCOLADES AT THE REGIONAL ELEMENTARY SCIENCE FAIR HELD LAST MONTH AT GARLAND ISD'S CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, COMPETING AGAINST STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS PLANO ISD PROJECTS EARNED 34 OUT OF THE 77 AWARDS PRESENTED, REFLECTING THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

AS THE NAMES ARE DISPLAYED ON OUR SCREENS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE AWARDS INCLUDE ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER FROM FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE, 13 FIRST PLACE FINISHERS, 9 SECOND PLACE FINISHERS, 4 THIRD PLACE FINISHERS, AND SEVERAL SEVEN HONORABLE MENTIONS. WINNERS WERE AWARDED BY GRADE LEVEL STUDENTS PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR THE REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR BY WINNING THEIR CAMPUS LEVEL FAIR.

SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, AS OTHER PARTNERING DISTRICTS INCLUDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ON THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. FOUR PLANO ISD, STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THE 2025 2026 TEXAS THEATER SCHOLAR AWARD FROM TEXAS THESPIANS, WHICH RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO SHINE BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE STAGE, SHOWING EXCELLENCE, DISCIPLINE, AND TRUE PASSION FOR THEATER. THIS YEAR'S AWARD WINNERS ARE FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, CATHERINE COCKRELL, PRESIDENT SCHOLAR. AND JAKE KERSTINE, VICE PRESIDENT SCHOLAR.

FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIKAYLA BIGELOW, VICE PRESIDENT, SCHOLAR.

AND MATILDAE RODRIGUEZ GLASS, VICE PRESIDENT, SCHOLAR.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE TALENTED PERFORMERS REPRESENTING PLANO ISD WITH THEIR CREATIVITY AND HEART.

BRAVO! [APPLAUSE] FINALLY, PLANO ISD IS HONORED TO

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MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE SIX CAMPUSES FOR THE AMAZING DIFFERENCES.

THE AMAZING DIFFERENCE THEY ARE MAKING FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BEVERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HIGHTOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

HUGHSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WYATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ALL RIGHT. I AM NOW PLEASED TO INVITE MR. COLIN MCGRANE, COORDINATOR FOR VISUAL ARTS, TO THE PODIUM TO LEAD A RECOGNITION FOR US.

IF WE CAN GET THE OTHER DISPLAY UP THERE FOR THIS GROUP, I WILL GET STARTED.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I CAN BEGIN SPEAKING SO WE CAN MOVE ON.

EACH YEAR, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE SUBMIT ARTWORK CREATED BY PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS THAT BASICALLY ARE FROM EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE. THIS IS CALLED THE YAM SPRING EXHIBITION.

IT IS HELD AT THE BULLOCK STATE HISTORY MUSEUM IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, WHICH WE KNOW AS YOUTH ART MONTH. WELL, WHAT'S GREAT HERE IS AS OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE EIGHT WORKS TO REPRESENT, WHICH IS HARD ENOUGH IN ITSELF. OUT OF ALL THE ART CLASSES, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE EIGHT TO SUBMIT TO THIS PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, CAN YOU IMAGINE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT PUTTING IN EIGHT ARTWORKS, EVERY PRIVATE INSTITUTION PUTTING IN EIGHT ARTWORKS, AND THEN HAVING TO WHITTLE IT DOWN TO WHAT MAKES IT TO STATE? PLANO ISD IS FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE NOT ONE, BUT TWO ARTWORKS GOING TO THE STATE EXHIBITION THIS YEAR IN AUSTIN.

THAT'S APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE WORKS ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY DOWN THERE. I WAS IN CHICAGO SPEAKING WITH A PERSON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF YOUTH ART MONTH, AND THEY HAD SET THEM UP LAST WEEK, AND WE'LL BE GOING DOWN THERE TO VISIT THEM SOON.

BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND MEET OUR ARTISTS. WHEN I READ YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN WALK TO THIS LITTLE BLACK LINE AREA UP IN THE FRONT AND RECEIVE YOUR CERTIFICATE. IT LOOKS LIKE NANCY HUMPHREY, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, IS GOING TO BE HANDING OUT CERTIFICATES.

YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY. ALL RIGHT, FIRST PERSON MAIA LIU FROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, 10TH GRADE.

[APPLAUSE] IF YOU TOOK A LOOK AT MAIA'S WORK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT SHE WORKED FROM AN ORIGINAL STILL LIFE THAT SHE SET UP HERSELF AND PHOTOGRAPHED. AND IT'S THINGS THAT HAVE MEANING TO HER.

AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE I HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A DIGITAL RENDERING AS WELL.

AND IT IS NOT. IT IS ALL HAND DONE, PAINT, COLORED PENCIL.

ET CETERA, ET CETERA. MAIA. EXCUSE ME. THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC WORK.

OUR NEXT PERSON CANNOT BE WITH US, BUT IT'S A KIND OF A WONDERFUL.

I JUST FOUND OUT REASON WHY SHE REALLY WANTED HER MOM TO BE WITH HER, AND SHE WAS WAITING FOR HER TO GET OFF WORK, AND THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. MIA OROZCO, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL APPLAUD FOR HER.

[APPLAUSE] SHE'S AN 11TH GRADER FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AWESOME WEAVING THAT SHE CREATED.

IT'S A THREE DIMENSIONAL PIECE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A BASKET, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT TO IT.

AND THAT IS SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR ART PROGRAM IS OUR UTILITARIAN WORK AS WORK FOR USE.

AND SO I LOVE THIS COMBINATION THAT WE SOMETIMES MORPH BETWEEN THE CTE WORLD AND THE ART WORLD.

AND THOSE TWO THINGS CRISSCROSS EACH OTHER CONSTANTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE MAKE IT HAS USE AND ACTUALLY IS, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PROGRAMS THAT WILL GET INVOLVED WITH THAT. SO WE TRY TO TEAM UP WITH THEM WHEN WE CAN.

AND BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE, WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE, RIGHT? EACH YEAR, THE FIRST LADY OF TEXAS, MRS. CECILIA ABBOTT, SELECTS A GROUP OF ARTWORKS FROM THE YOUTH ART MONTH SPRING EXHIBITION TO BE SHOWCASED IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS OFFICE FOR ONE FULL YEAR.

NOW WE WILL FIND OUT THIS YEAR AT THE RECEPTION ON THE 29TH, BUT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE MAYOR.

IT COULD BE MIA. AND THAT'S HARD TO SAY, ISN'T IT?

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AND BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE. IF YOU WERE A PARENT OF THIS STUDENT ARTIST, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED? [APPLAUSE] WE KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. AND IF YOU ARE A TEACHER OR ADMIN THAT WAS HERE TO REPRESENT, CAN YOU ALSO PLEASE STAND UP? THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE ARTS DURING YOUTH ART MONTH.

TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COLIN.

I AM NOW PLEASED TO INVITE DOCTOR PHILLIP MORGAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, TO PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND CONTINUE RECOGNITIONS FOR ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT AS WE SAW OUR THESPIAN RECOGNITIONS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TOO THOSE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY AT PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW COMPETING AT THE ZONE ONE-ACT PLAY COMPETITION TOO. SO IT'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT OR IDLE MINUTE IN THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND BREAK A LEG. I THINK THEY'RE GOING ON STAGE AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW TOO.

SO THANK YOU, COLIN, FOR RECOGNIZING OUR VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS.

JUST THIS PAST FEBRUARY, WE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, AUDITION IN THE TMEA ALL-STATE COMPETITION.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK BREAKDOWN. AS WE CELEBRATE THE ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, WE WANT TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ACROSS PLANO ISD.

AND I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE TOO BECAUSE WE HAD A NEW PERSON IN THE MIX WITH US THIS YEAR, TOO. DOCTOR JENNIFER PEARSON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS ATHLETICS IN HER LEADERSHIP CAPACITY, AND SHE'S BEEN EXCELLENT WORKING WITH US. SHE'S ACTUALLY HEADED TO THE ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST TODAY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD OUT AND COVER ALL THE THE CORNERS AND THE BASES HERE TOO.

BUT OH, IS SHE HERE, SHE IN THE BACK. THERE WE GO.

SHE'S HEADED OUT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO. SO ALL THAT TO SAY BIG SHOUT OUT TO HER AND TO OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE CONSTANTLY APPROVING TRAVEL AND BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU TO TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND TO OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM TO, FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THIS A LOT. TONIGHT, MR. KONDRAT , MR. JENNINGS AND I WANTED TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE 56 STUDENT MUSICIANS OF THE 72,000 THAT BEGIN THE AUDITION PROCESS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ONLY 2% MAKE IT TO THE TMEA ALL-STATE PROCESS TO BE CALLED ALL STATERS.

AND 56 OF THOSE ARE PLANO ISD STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN 55, 56, 56 AND 56.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S A PRETTY CONSISTENT DATA POINT.

AND THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE TALENTED IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS, BUT THEY'RE CONSISTENT IN THEIR EXCELLENCE.

SO A GREAT A GREAT POINT OF PRIDE FOR US HERE IN PLANO.

SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN QUICKLY TO BE A TMEA ALL-STATE STUDENT? WELL, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY'RE IN THE TOP 2% OF MUSICIANS IN THEIR PROGRAM STATEWIDE.

THEY SCORE MORE THAN 200 POINTS HIGHER ON SAT THAN THEIR PEERS.

AND IF YOU WANT A SPECIFIC DATA POINT, TEXAS SAT SCORES AVERAGE 964.

NATIONAL SAT AVERAGE IS 1029, AND THE TMEA ALL-STATER AVERAGE IS 1290.

SO BEING IN OUR PROGRAMS ACROSS FINE ARTS, SPECIFICALLY IN MUSIC FOR THESE ALL STATERS NOT ONLY MEANS THAT YOU'RE PASSING YOUR CLASSES, BUT YOU'RE DOING SO AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH LEVEL.

AND WE'RE CREATING THOSE WONDERFUL PATHWAYS IN OUR MIND AS WE MAKE MUSIC THAT HELP US BECOME GREAT ACADEMIC STUDENTS AS WELL.

THEY CAN SIGHT READ AND IMPROVISE AT THE COLLEGIATE OR HIGHER LEVEL.

THEY'VE SURPASSED 98% OF THEIR PEER GROUP IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TO END UP AS TMEA ALL-STATERS.

BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, AND I'M GOING TO SOUND LIKE AN AUCTIONEER HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT RYAN ROSS, APRIL KONDRAT, ANN SMITH, [INAUDIBLE] RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ, MARIANA GARCIA, SCOTT ARAKAWA, GARY NEEDHAM, MATT MORENO, VIVIAN CHEN, AND OLIVIA GRABER, BAND DIRECTORS JACKIE DIGBY, JASON LEWIS, JOHN BRENNAN, PRESTON PIERCE, JUSTIN MYERS, MEGAN PICKLE, RYAN ALBERT, NATALIE WAGNER, KYLE JOHNSON, AND NOAH PATTON, AND CHOIR DIRECTOR SARAH COUNCIL, DANNY KNIGHT, ERIC FELDMAN, JEREMY ROHR, KATIE PATEL, AND CODY ALARCON.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR THOSE NAMES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES AFTER SCHOOL IN THE IN THE REHEARSALS, PRACTICING ON THE PIANO, FINGERS TAPPING, BATON WAVING, WORKING FOR ALL THE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN MASTER THESE SECTIONS OF AUDITION TO BECOME ALL-STATERS. I WANT TO START OUT WITH OUR ORCHESTRA STUDENTS, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE STUDENTS NAME AND THEY'RE WATCHING.

SO WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING. SOME ARE AT REHEARSALS RIGHT NOW ON THEIR PHONE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS.

EVELYN PANG, NINTH GRADE, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL. MAKO NISHIMURA, NINTH GRADE, VINES HIGH SCHOOL.

SHAARDA KRISHNA, 10TH GRADE. JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

DIYA NAIR NINTH GRADE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL. RYAN NAM, 10TH GRADE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

CHRISTINA TANG, 10TH GRADE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

MADELINE WANG, NINTH GRADE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

XI YU WANG, 10TH GRADE JASPER HIGH SCHOOL. MATTHEW FRANKS, 11TH GRADE, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

CATHERINE HUYNH, 12TH GRADE, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

BRYAN TRAN, 11TH GRADE, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

HARRY YE, SENIOR, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

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I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE ARE THE TOP 2%, AND WE HOLD THE MAJORITY OF ORCHESTRA STUDENTS IN THE STATE.

CONTINUING. SAM ZHU, 12TH GRADE, PLANO EAST. JASON WU, 11TH GRADE, PLANO SENIOR.

COLLIN CHOI, 11TH GRADE, PLANO WEST. SEAN KIM, 11TH GRADE, PLANO WEST.

RYAN LAI, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 11TH GRADE.

ANDY LEE, 11TH GRADE, PLANO WEST. ALVIN LUO, 11TH GRADE PLANO WEST.

DAI NAKAGAWA, 12TH GRADE PLANO WEST, KYLE PARK, 12TH GRADE, PLANO WEST.

DANIEL WANG, 11TH GRADE PLANO WEST. ERIC WANG, 12TH GRADE, PLANO WEST.

AMANDA YI, SENIOR, PLANO WEST AND ALEXANDER YI SENIOR, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LET'S GIVE OUR ORCHESTRA STUDENTS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] TO RECOGNIZE OUR BAND ALL-STATERS, PLEASE WELCOME OUR COORDINATOR FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, MR. JEREMY KONDRAT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MORGAN.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. I ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND A VERY HEART.

WELL, A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THESE STUDENTS, PRIVATE LESSON TEACHERS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE COME TO THE SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THOSE, THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO THEIR PRIVATE STUDIOS OR HOMES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BUT THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEDICATION FROM THE PRIVATE LESSON TEACHERS TO HELP THESE STUDENTS TO GET TO THIS LEVEL AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO, MUCH LIKE COLLIN ALLUDED TO. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF THESE STUDENTS PARENTS.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR EDUCATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR MUSIC EDUCATION.

IT'S A COLOSSAL TASK TO TAKE YOUR KIDS TO ALL OF THESE LESSONS AND REHEARSALS AND WHATNOT.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THOSE GROUPS OF FOLKS AS WELL THAT HAVE HELPED THESE TREMENDOUS AND TALENTED STUDENTS.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO IT'S A GREAT JOY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE NAMES OF OUR BAND STUDENTS.

AND SOME OF THESE HAVE TRICKY NAMES. SO I'M GOING TO DO MY VERY BEST.

FROM 10TH GRADE AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL PRAKRITHI KARTHIK FROM 10TH GRADE.

IN 10TH GRADE, FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL. SAMUEL LI.

A NINTH GRADER FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AN OBOE PLAYER.

HER NAME IS ALICE CHEREMUKHINA. A 12TH GRADER FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND BY THE WAY, SOME OF THESE STUDENTS I HAVE KNOWN SINCE THEY WERE IN SIXTH GRADE MICAH DRAKE ON CLARINET A GENTLEMAN NAMED ETHAN KONDRAT, WHO'S A SENIOR AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO AN 11TH GRADER FROM PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. LIAM PATE ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, A SENIOR, MICAH BYBEE.

A WONDERFUL STUDENT THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH AT SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL MISS CARA CROSS IS AN 11TH GRADER, NOW SAXOPHONIST AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MR. JOSHUA GAN IS AN 11TH GRADER FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

A FANTASTIC FLUTIST AND PICCOLO PLAYER, SENIOR FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MISS SAANUVE KATDARE. A FANTASTIC TRUMPET PLAYER ORI EXCUSE ME, ORI KRAKOWSKI.

EXCUSE ME SENIOR TRUMPET PLAYER FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND ANOTHER SENIOR FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

MISS SHRIA SAJJAN, WOULD YOU HELP US CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR BAND STUDENTS? [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TERRENCE JENNINGS. I'M THE K-12 CHORAL MUSIC COORDINATOR HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND WE DO WANT TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ALL-STATERS THIS YEAR FROM OUR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. RIVA GANDHI, A 10TH GRADER FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

ETHAN PI, A NINTH GRADER FROM JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

KAYLEE XIE, A 10TH GRADER AT JASPER HIGH SCHOOL.

JULIAN MALONE, AN 11TH GRADER FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

PHOEBE SMITH, AN 11TH GRADER FROM PLANO EAST HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

FARIDA ABDELBAR, AN 11TH GRADER AT PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

ISABELLA BEJOY, A 12TH GRADER AT PLANO WEST. EMMA COLEMAN, A 12TH GRADER AT PLANO WEST.

CAROLINE GRANE, 12TH GRADER AT PLANO WEST. JAKE KERSTINE, AN 11TH GRADER AT PLANO WEST.

BRYAN LAN, A 12TH GRADER FROM PLANO WEST. ERIC QIAN, A 12TH GRADER FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND LUCIA ROJAS NOVA, A 12TH GRADER FROM PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE THANKED THE PARENTS AND THE DIRECTORS AND THE TEACHERS.

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE CERTAINLY A SCHOOL BOARD OF HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PEOPLE IN ALL THINGS. CONTINUING WITH THE FINE ARTS THEMES, OUR NEXT RECOGNITION THIS EVENING HONORS ANOTHER DEDICATED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IS OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF.

IN HONOR OF ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, WHICH IS CELEBRATED EACH YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, THE CITY OF PLANO HAS SHARED A PROCLAMATION. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR FINE ARTS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM WHILE THIS PROCLAMATION IS READ. AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR SELENDA FREEMAN WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY WILL PRESENT A CEREMONIAL COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PLANO AND MAYOR JOHN MUNS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FINE ARTS TEAM WHO HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING.

DOCTOR FREEMAN. THANK YOU. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY OF PLANO NATIONAL ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, MARCH 2026. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF PLANO RECOGNIZES THAT A VIBRANT SYSTEM OF FINE ARTS EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO THE INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

THAT ARTS LEARNING HELPS STUDENTS THINK CRITICALLY, SOLVE PROBLEMS CREATIVELY, AND COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY.

AND WHEREAS PLANO ISD FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, THEATER, DANCE AND RELATED DISCIPLINES FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH GRADUATION, FOSTERING CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING FOR ALL STUDENTS.

AND WHEREAS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL BASED FINE ARTS PROGRAMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, STRONGER CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOL, AND HIGHER LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS.

AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A TIME TO CELEBRATE ARTS EDUCATION, INCLUDING MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, AS DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, YOUTH ART MONTH, AS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ART EDUCATION THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH, AS PROMOTED BY THE EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR THEATER AND EDUCATION AND DANCE IN YOUR SCHOOLS MONTH, AS RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, ALL OF WHICH DRAW ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO ARTS LEARNING FOR EVERY CHILD, EVERY STUDENT. AND WHEREAS PLANO ISD FINE ARTS EDUCATORS, CAMPUS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WORK IN CLOSE COLLABORATION TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH THE CULTURAL LIFE OF PLANO AND SHOWCASES THE TALENTS AND HARD WORK OF PLANO ISD STUDENTS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO VALUES ITS STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH PLANO ISD AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE DISTRICT'S FINE ARTS PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC VITALITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW THEREFORE, I, JOHN B. MUNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2026 AS ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH IN PLANO. AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AS WE RECOGNIZE, SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE THE PLANO ISD FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, ITS EDUCATORS, AND ITS STUDENTS FOR THEIR ONGOING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXCELLENCE AND VIBRANCY OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY, SO BEFORE WE DO THE PHOTO, I'M GOING TO MAKE DOCTOR FREEMAN GO TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO WITH YOUR TEAM AND DOCTOR PEARSON, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP FOR A PHOTO AS WELL? SINCE SHE'S HERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO MUCH APPRECIATION FROM THE CITY OF PLANO.

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE AND RECOGNIZE OUR NEWEST NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

NOW, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS IS A DISTINCTION THAT IS HELD BY ONLY 4% OF EDUCATORS IN OUR COUNTRY AND LESS THAN 1%.

AND IT'S LIKE A LOT LESS THAN 1% OF TEXAS TEACHERS.

IN FACT, THESE FIVE TEACHERS ARE AMONG THE 276 TEACHERS WHO ACHIEVED CERTIFICATION IN TEXAS LAST DECEMBER.

I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM GO AHEAD AND START MAKING YOUR WAY UP HERE TO THE LINE.

[APPLAUSE] AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOU FOR A MINUTE.

SO THIS GROUP HAS BEEN A PART OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING'S NATIONAL BOARD COHORT.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR PREVIOUS HONOREES HAVE BEEN HONORED AT A REGION 10 CEREMONY.

THIS IS OUR PENDING CEREMONY TONIGHT. SO THESE ARE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS, HAVE SPENT TWO YEARS MEETING MONTHLY AND DILIGENTLY WORKING ON FOUR COMPONENTS, WHICH INVOLVES SCRUTINIZING THEIR OWN PRACTICE AS THEY DEMONSTRATED THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT, DIFFERENTIATION, STUDENT ADVOCACY, PURSUING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, BEING MASTERS OF CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY, AND DELIVERING ENGAGING, RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTION THAT PRODUCES RESULTS.

IN DECEMBER, THEY GOT THE GOOD NEWS THAT THEY HAD ACHIEVED THE POINTS NECESSARY TO BE NAMED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

THEY TRULY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU NOW.

I'M GOING TO DO IT FROM I'LL DO IT FROM YOUR RIGHT TO LEFT.

IF YOU'RE FACING THE AUDIENCE FROM THE AUDIENCE.

SORRY. SO CLOSEST TO ME IS FROM BOGGESS ELEMENTARY, JESSICA GRUBB.

[APPLAUSE] JESSICA IS CERTIFIED AS A MIDDLE CHILDHOOD GENERALIST.

NEXT TO HER FROM ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY IS LATRICE MCINTYRE.

[APPLAUSE] AND LATRICE CERTIFIED IN LITERACY EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD.

FROM PLANO EAST WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS. FIRST OF ALL IS DOCTOR JOSEPH RUSSELL, CERTIFIED IN HISTORY, ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULTS.[APPLAUSE] AND BRIDGETTE WOLSTENCROFT SORRY, WHO IS CERTIFIED IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION EARLY ADOLESCENCE THROUGH YOUNG ADULT.

[APPLAUSE] AND ON THE FAR END FROM PLANO WEST IS MEERNA AYOUBI, WHO IS CERTIFIED IN MATH, ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT.

[APPLAUSE] THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. I'M GOING TO STILL TALK ABOUT THEM, THOUGH. INCLUDING THESE FIVE NEW HONOREES, WE NOW HAVE 16 NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MORE IN THE FUTURE.

IN FACT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGN. WE HAD 20 NATIONAL BOARD CANDIDATES LAST NIGHT SHOW UP AT SOCKWELL AND STAY UNTIL 7:30 ON AN EVENING WORK SESSION THAT WE WERE HAVING.

SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE NEXT YEAR. ALSO, IF YOU ARE A FAMILY OR A COWORKER OR FRIEND WHO IS HERE TO CHEER ON THESE PEOPLE, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO STAND UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS JOURNEY AS WELL.

[APPLAUSE] AND ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR NBCT'S. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD NEXT LIKE TO INVITE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS, EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY, MR. JOHNNY HILL, TO PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR FINAL RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR TYRA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND TRULY EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR PLANO ISD FACILITIES DEPARTMENT DURING, ESPECIALLY THE MONTH OF JANUARY. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE WE HAD TO CANCEL SCHOOL FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE ICE AND TERRIBLE CONDITIONS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TIP MY HAT TO THESE GUYS.

THESE GUYS SHOWED UP, DID WORK AT SCHOOL WHEN IT HONESTLY, WHEN WE WERE ALL A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF OUR HOUSES.

SO WHILE OUR STUDENTS WERE STAYING AT HOME, THEY WERE SAFE.

THOSE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WERE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS.

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THEY RESPONDED TO WATER OUTAGES, PIPE BREAKS, HVAC FAILURES, POWER INTERRUPTIONS, AND COUNTLESS OTHER ISSUES THAT AROSE DURING THIS EXTREME WEATHER DURING THIS WEEK IN JANUARY. THEIR EXPERTISE, PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT ENSURED THAT OUR FACILITIES REMAIN IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND READY TO WELCOME THE SAFE RETURN OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

THEIR WORK OFTEN HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT ITS IMPACT IS FELT ACROSS EVERY CAMPUS AND BY EVERY MEMBER OF OUR DISTRICT AND OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SIMPLY PUT, PLANO ISD CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THEM.

TO OUR FACILITIES TEAM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS, YOUR CONSTANT PROFESSIONALISM, AND YOUR STEADFAST DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR DISTRICT EVEN IN THE TOUGHEST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS.

YOU TRULY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF PLANO ISD AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

YOU MAKE US ALL PLANO ISD PROUD AS I CALL YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING WHILE I CALL THROUGH THE ENTIRE NAME.

I BELIEVE THERE'S AROUND 50 NAMES THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT.

ALSO, AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU WILL GET A LOVELY CERTIFICATE, WHICH I'M SUPPOSED TO SHOW YOU IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS REALLY ACTUALLY VERY, VERY NICE. AND YOU ALSO GET A LITTLE BAG AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE'S SOMETHING INSIDE OF THAT BAG FOR YOU.

I THINK IT'S A LANYARD. SO YOU'LL GET THOSE AFTER THIS MEETING.

SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

AND BECAUSE I'M GETTING CLOSE TO 60, I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY READERS SO I WON'T MESS UP YOUR NAMES TOO BAD.

ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ, ALEX HERNANDEZ, ARIEL ROJAS.

ARMANDO ERICO ERVINA. BRETT PETYA, KANAES AGBIM.

CARLOS CAMPOS. [APPLAUSE] CARLOS ORTIZ.

[APPLAUSE] CHRISTIAN HARRIS. CLINTON WHITEHILL.

COREY WILLIAMS. CRUZ FERNANDEZ. DANIEL HAUSWORTH.

DENNIS HERMOSA. DONALD MISSION. DRAKE JENRI.

ERICKSON VALDEZ. FERNANDO TORRES. FRANCISCO ARROYO.

[APPLAUSE] GARRISON GOOD. GERARDO VARGAS.

HECTOR VILLANUEVA. IVAN TERTANICH. [APPLAUSE] JAMES ADAMS. [APPLAUSE] JERWIN PENA.

[APPLAUSE] JESUS FRIAS. [APPLAUSE] HAKEEM ZAVALA.

[APPLAUSE] JOHN MOORE. JONATHAN MORENO. JORGE MALDONADO.

JOSE RODRIGUEZ. JOSE VALDES. JOSE VERGARA CARRILLO.

[APPLAUSE] JAY DE DIEGO MARTINEZ.

JUAN LARGAESPADA. JULIO. BORJA CALLE.

LLOYD HART. MIKE ROGERS. MONICA SMITH. RAFAEL RAMIREZ. RICARDO ORTIZ. ROGER LAGUNA.

SABER NORIEGA ORCA. SERGIO LOPEZ. SHAUN THANI.

SUNNY DIAZ. [APPLAUSE] TREET NGUYEN.

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I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND IT'S NOT ON MY LIST, BUT I DO WANT TO BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD THESE GUYS WORK TOO IN THE BACK.

THE CHIEF OF BUSINESS OPERATION, MR. STEVE EWING.

[APPLAUSE] AND ALSO INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HOPEFULLY TO BE SOON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. BLAKE VAUGHN. THANK YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE] CAN I.

I'M GOING TO GO OFF SCRIPT. CAN I GET ALL OF YOU ALL TO COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO AND THEN STEVE, YOU AND BLAKE AND JASON, CAN YOU ALL COME UP AND JOHNNY, WILL YOU JOIN THEM ALL FOR A PHOTO.

Y'ALL COME UP. COME ON UP FOR A GROUP PHOTO. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE TWO ROWS OF SLIGHTLY TALLER FOLKS IN THE BACK AND THE SHORTER IN THE FRONT.

YOU ON THIS SIDE NEXT TO JOHNNY. AND THEN ALL MY FOLKS IN THE BACK.

TAKE TWO STEPS TO THE RIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SIR, IF I COULD HAVE YOU SWITCH NEXT TO THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE BLUE SHIRT RIGHT HERE.

YES, SIR.

THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THAT'S ONE ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PRINCIPALS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND YOU ALL ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS, AND YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR STAFF. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK THE FACILITIES TEAM.

SO CAN WE JUST HAVE ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS STAND. Y'ALL ARE SOME OF THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED FOLKS.

MEETING AFTER MEETING. Y'ALL ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR FOLKS. AND WE NOTICE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE JOIN US IN GIVING ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT. FOR ALL HONOREES AND GUESTS, Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO EXIT AT THIS TIME AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. SHE IS COMING. YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT SORRY, SORRY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS, AND THOSE AGENDA RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.

DOCTOR FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING?

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FREEMAN. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR

[5. CLOSED SESSION]

SECTION 551.076 AND SECTION 551.0821. ALL PARTIES OUTSIDE OF THE COMPLAINANT, OUR COURT REPORTER, AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION MAY PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE THE BOARDROOM AT THIS TIME.

THE TIME IS NOW 6:10 P.M.. I'LL RECONVENE. OPEN SESSION.

[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION]

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

TRUSTEES. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

A SECOND. IS ELISA? OKAY, THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY IN A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, 7 TO 0 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO WELCOME MR. STEVE EWING, CHIEF OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS, TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITY SERVICES. WE'RE GETTING STEVE.

TIMING IS. WE HAVE OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING. I DON'T MIND UNTIL HE GETS HERE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO JUMP IN? PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND BLAKE VAUGHN, WOULD YOU MIND STANDING UP? SO THIS GUY IS. [APPLAUSE] I COULD TALK A LONG TIME ABOUT THIS GUY, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.

HE HAS BEEN A SAVING GRACE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR DEPARTMENT.

HE HAD OVER 30, I THINK, 32 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN FACILITIES OVER IN FRISCO ISD.

AND EVERYBODY I TALKED WITH IN FRISCO SAID NO, HE'S RETIRED.

HE'S NOT GOING TO WANT TO GET OUT. HE'S ENJOYING RETIREMENT.

AND WE GAVE HIM A CALL. ACTUALLY, DOCTOR KENDALL HAD A CONNECTION THERE.

AND SO SHE REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE WAS SO GOOD TO COME AND, AND HELP US OUT WHEN WE NEEDED IT.

AND HE'S DONE SUCH AN AMAZING JOB THAT WE'VE TALKED HIM INTO BECOMING OUR FULL TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST WELCOME HIM. HE HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW JUST A HIGH INTEGRITY, BUT ALSO HIGH, JUST A LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE. AND SO HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE AND NOT ONLY GOOD SYSTEMS, BUT HOLDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND THOSE SYSTEMS, WHICH I THINK IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.

SO VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR HOPEFULLY A LONG TENURE.

BUT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO WELCOME YOU HERE AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD TO BE HERE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THIS MEETING, WE WILL START WITH AGENDA ITEM 8.1 CONSIDERATION,

[8.1 Consideration, deliberation, and possible action regarding adoption of the recommendation of the TEA Independent Hearing Examiner in Docket No. 087 LH-12-2025]

THE PARTIES WERE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, AND THE BOARD HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVED.

TIE. YOU GO AHEAD. YOU GOT THE LAST ONE. I MOVED TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF FACT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEA IN THE TEA INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER IN DOCKET NUMBER 087-LH-12-2025 IN ITS ENTIRETY.

I SECOND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, I HAVE A MOTION MADE BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE FINDING OF FACT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TEA INDEPENDENT HEARING EXAMINER AND DOCKET NUMBER 087LH122025 IN ITS ENTIRETY. TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP.

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[8.2 Consideration and take possible action regarding termination of FK, a probationary contract employee]

I SECOND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT OF FRANCENE KILGORE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.3.

[8.3 Deliberation and possible action regarding settlement of Case No. 4:25-cv-04090, now pending in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division]

WE WILL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL IN CASE NUMBER 4:25-CV-04090 AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION. TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL IN CASE NUMBER 4:25-CV-04090 AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL IN CASE NUMBER 4:25-CV-04090 AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER ITEM 8.4 RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN.

[8.4 Renewal of the District of Innovation (DOI) Local Plan]

THANK YOU, DOCTOR TYRA AND BOARD. THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN.

THIS IS OUR SECOND PLAN. THAT IS, THIS IS OUR SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND IT'S COMING TO AN END.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO RENEW IT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY. JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND.

IN 2015, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED LAWS THAT BROUGHT FORTH THIS IDEA OF HAVING A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION.

WHAT IT ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO IS REALLY GET ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE LAW.

AND SO DISTRICTS HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER DISTRICT COMMITTEES OF STAFF AND THEN GO TO A PUBLIC COMMITTEE AND THEN FINALLY GET A SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL TO BE EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN LAWS IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

THE PROCESS FOR THIS, AND I'LL JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY HERE.

FIRST THEY REALLY HAVE THIS OUT OF ORDER, BUT THIS IS THE WAY TEA PRESENTS IT.

THE FINAL PROPOSED VERSION, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED 30 DAYS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH BY THE WAY, OUR PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT HAS BEEN POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH.

THE DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED NEEDS TO LOOK AT IT AND AGREE ON IT.

AND THAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 2ND. AND THEN TONIGHT IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH NUMBER THREE.

AND THAT'S THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LOOKING TO APPROVE IT OR NOT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN TOMORROW I'LL BE SENDING EVERYTHING OFF TO THE STATE OR REALLY TO THE COMMISSIONER.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR HIS APPROVAL. IT'S JUST FOR HIM TO FILE, BUT HE WILL LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT OR NOT ALLOWABLE.

BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR US. WHY IS THAT NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR US? BECAUSE REALLY, THE NINE EXEMPTIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ARE THE SAME ONES WE'VE ALWAYS HAD.

AND SO THIS FIRST ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS AN EXEMPTION.

YOU CAN READ THE LAWS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM, BUT THIS IS 25-0811 THAT SAYS WE CAN START SCHOOL WHENEVER WE WANT TO START IT REALLY THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T START IT BEFORE THE FOURTH MONDAY IN AUGUST, BUT THIS ALLOWS US, IT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO START BEFORE THAT, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF THESE THE BLUE FONT OR TEXT, IS WHAT IT

[00:50:09]

WE CAN OFFER A SECOND PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR NEW TEACHERS OR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

EXEMPTION NUMBER THREE SAYS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE 9010 RULE IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE THAT IF THEY MASTERED THE COURSE, THE CONTENT OF THAT COURSE, THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICE.

EXEMPTION NUMBER FOUR TALKS ABOUT TEACHER APPRAISALS AND THAT WE CAN USE OUR OWN METHODS TO DECIDE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEACHER.

INNOVATION NUMBER FIVE. OR EXEMPTION NUMBER FIVE TALKS ABOUT TEACHER PLANNING AND PREP TIME.

AGAIN, THAT WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH HOW WE ALLOW THAT AND WHAT WE EXPECT IN THAT TIME.

EXEMPTION NUMBER. I THINK THAT'S SIX. TALKS ABOUT CLASS SIZE AND CLASS SIZE IS SET.

CAPPED, I SHOULD SAY BY THE STATE AT 22 FOR GRADES K THROUGH FOUR.

THIS ALLOWS US TO GO OVER THAT CAP IF WE NEED TO DO SO.

NUMBER SEVEN WE ADDED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SEVEN IS ONE OF OUR NEWER ONES.

AND RIGHT NOW, IF A STUDENT TRANSFERS FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT INTO OUR DISTRICT IF WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT STUDENT, PRIMARILY WITH ATTENDANCE OR DISCIPLINE WE COULD NOT REVOKE THAT TRANSFER PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS EXEMPTION ALLOWS US TO REVOKE THAT TRANSFER BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NUMBER EIGHT IS OUR ABSOLUTE NEWEST EXEMPTION.

WE DID THAT IN AUGUST EARLIER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND PRETTY MUCH WE JUST DEFINED DAYS AS BUSINESS DAYS.

AND THAT CAME ABOUT OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND LASTLY IS THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION ONE. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS SINCE 2017 TEMPORARILY DROPPED IT IN AUGUST AND WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK. AND SO THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO I'M DRAWING A BLANK RIGHT HERE. OH, I KNOW TO GIVE TEACHERS CERTIFICATES FOR THOSE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS.

SO I WOULD SAY SEVEN OF THESE WE'VE HAD SINCE 2017.

THE TRANSFERS WE ADDED, I BELIEVE IN 2024. AND THE BUSINESS DAYS FOR F AND G COMPLAINTS WE ADDED IN AUGUST, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOTHING NEW HERE. AND THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF THE PROCESS. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON NUMBER THREE.

AND NUMBER THREE TELLS ME IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOUR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILBERT TRUSTEE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.

SO WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN.

SECOND. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON.

THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? KATHERINE, PLEASE.

I'M JUST RESPONDING HERE TO A CONCERN THAT I HEARD.

AND DOCTOR WILLIAMS PROVIDED SOME EXTRA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE DOCTOR GOBER TO SPEAK TOWARDS SO THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS A SIMILAR CONCERN CAN HEAR THIS OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DOCTOR GOBER OR IS IT SOMEBODY ELSE BETTER.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEEK AN EXEMPTION IN EVERY CASE WHERE WE NEED TO.

AND THERE'S A PROCESS TO DO THAT. HOWEVER, WE CHOOSE TO PUT THIS IN OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION SO THAT IT'S A BROADER EXEMPTION.

SO WE AREN'T HAVING TO FILE FOR EVERY SINGLE CASE.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A TIME SAVINGS FOR OUR STAFF IN THE CASES WHERE WE HAVE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MAYBE 23, 24 STUDENTS.

AND ALSO, I THINK I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SPEAK TO THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS WHERE THE NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE'RE OUT OF NECESSITY, ONE OVER WHATEVER, IT'S ENOUGH OF A OCCURRENCE THAT

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YES. THANK YOU. KATHERINE. IF YOU ALLOW ME, JUST LET ME RESTATE WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXEMPTION NUMBER SIX.

JOSH, IF YOU CAN PUT THE SLIDES BACK UP. EXEMPTION NUMBER SIX, I HOPE I'M RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

IS TALKING ABOUT CLASS. IT'S TALKING ABOUT WAIVERS FOR CAPS CLASS SIZE ABOVE 22.

SO RIGHT NOW IN A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FOURTH GRADE CLASS, IF WE WERE TO GO ABOVE 22 WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE A WAIVER EACH AND EVERY TIME WE WENT ABOVE THE 22 CAP THAT'S SET BY THE STATE.

AND THIS LAW WITH THIS EXEMPTION DOES IN OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION ALLOWS IT FORGOES US HAVING TO DO THAT AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE THAT WE GO OVER. SO THE QUESTION NATURALLY IS, WELL, HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE DOING THIS? IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5% OF OUR CLASSES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 800. AND I'M SAYING ABOUT. AND I'M NOT THAT FAR OFF THOUGH.

IT'S PLUS -20 800 CLASSES OF K THROUGH FOUR. DISTRICT WIDE.

AND WE'RE DOING IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 6% OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO GO ABOVE 22.

AND IN THOSE THOSE CASES THAT WERE GOING ABOVE 22, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S LIKE A 23-24 AND SO, I MEAN, THERE ARE TIMES THAT IT'S 25 OR SO, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S 23 OR 24.

THAT IS 1 OR 2 OVER THE CAP. SO EXACTLY. IT IS ABOUT EFFICIENCY.

IT'S ABOUT JUST HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE THIS IN OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION SO THAT, WE BEING PRIMARILY HR AND THE SCHOOL AND THE CAMPUS STAFF DON'T HAVE TO FILE FOR INDIVIDUAL WAIVERS EVERY TIME THAT COMES ABOUT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS PROBABLY FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WITH KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, WHERE IT'S PRETTY HARD FOR US TO PREDICT SOMETIMES HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS WHERE WE END UP DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SHUFFLING AROUND WITH CLASSES TO ACCOMMODATE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

LET'S TAKE ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THOUGH. LET'S SAY IT'S APRIL OR MAY.

AND WE HAVE 22 IN A CLASS. AND YOU KNOW, A NEW KID SHOWS UP HERE.

IT IS THAT ONE MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SPLIT THAT CLASS, OBVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, ONE MONTH OF SCHOOL LEFT. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GET A WAIVER.

OR IN THIS CASE, WE DON'T NEED THE WAIVER. WE ALREADY HAVE THE EXEMPTION TO ALLOW THAT THAT CLASS TO GO OVER.

WELL THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS INFORMATION CAME UP IN FRONT OF OUR PUBLIC FACING COMMITTEE.

YES. OUR DBIC. AND AND IT WAS DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL AND VOTED ON PRIOR TO Y'ALL EVEN BRINGING THIS TO US.

IT ABSOLUTELY WAS. THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE I DID ASSURE THE DBIC THAT WE WOULD BRING THAT CONCERN TO THE BOARD FOR YOU TO KNOW ABOUT BEFORE YOU VOTED. IT WAS DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH DURING DBIC AND REALLY VOTED ON IT TWICE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE VOTING FOR, WHICH THEY DID.

AND ULTIMATELY THAT VOTE WAS TO KEEP IT. THANKS SO MUCH.

TRUSTEES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO REREAD THIS MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE LISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE RENEWAL OF THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION LOCAL PLAN.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, AND I DID NOT SEE OR HEAR MORE.

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

THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO REPORTS. LET'S SEE. WE WILL BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM 9.1.

[9.1 2027-2028 Academic Calendar Report]

PRESIDENT TYRA, BOARD, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, AND CABINET.

I AM HAPPY TO BRING TO YOU FOR A SECOND REVIEW THE 2027-2028 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN ADVANCE IT FROM HERE. LAST TIME THAT WE MET, I STILL HAD A LITTLE MORE VETTING TO DO.

SO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE COMPLETED OUR VETTING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

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APPROVAL TIMELINE. WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

WE'RE COMING BACK TODAY FOR A SECOND LOOK AT A REVISED CALENDAR.

AND LATER IN THE MONTH OR IN APRIL, WE WILL APPROVE, BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR FEEDBACK FROM THE VETTING GROUPS.

WE GENERALLY SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE CURRENT CALENDAR THAT WE'RE SITTING IN AND THEREFORE THE PROPOSED CALENDAR WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM MOST OF OUR GROUPS, ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR MIDWEEK START AND MIDWEEK.

THEY DO PREFER WEDNESDAY. WE ARE ADDING WHAT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE WAS OUR PRINCIPALS WERE VERY INTERESTED AND OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS HAVING THE FULL WEEK OFF ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS FOR FALL BREAK.

SO THIS NEW CALENDAR PROPOSES A FULL WEEK OFF FOR BOTH STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR FALL BREAK.

WE HAVE A WEDNESDAY START, WHICH ALSO GIVES US A WEDNESDAY END FOR THE CALENDAR.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE RESERVE TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT TO STAFF ON THE CAMPUSES.

AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, WE'RE EVEN STARTING THE YEAR OFF WITH A PLC EARLIER IN AUGUST.

LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, WE'VE GOT THE FIRST DAY FOR STUDENTS AS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE 11TH FALL BREAK.

THE FULL WEEK OFF OCTOBER 11TH THROUGH 15TH FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH A FULL WEEK OFF FOR THANKSGIVING.

WE'VE GOT OUR TWO FULL WEEKS OFF FOR WINTER BREAK IN DECEMBER, WITH STAFF BEING ABLE TO GEAR UP FOR THE NEW SEMESTER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN JANUARY BEFORE STUDENTS COME BACK. SPRING BREAK MARCH 13TH THROUGH 17TH.

AS FAR AS WE KNOW, IT MATCHES A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

WE WORK WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, BUT NOT MANY OF THEM ARE PLANNING THE 27-28 CALENDAR.

OUR NEIGHBORS IN RICHARDSON HAVE APPROVED THEIR 27-28 CALENDAR, AND THAT CALENDAR IS REALLY SIMILAR TO OURS WITH THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN APRIL TIME OFF FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF ON THE 14TH AND 17TH AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH. SO THE, YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE CALENDAR.

SO WE'VE HAD A CALENDAR STYLE FOR MANY YEARS.

WE'RE CHANGING THE STYLE UP A LITTLE BIT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING.

SO WE THOUGHT WE'D SHARE THE NEW LOOK OF THE CALENDAR AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND SHARING WITH YOU.

AND I WILL TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON WHAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT TODAY.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ABOUT COLLIN COLLEGE AND THEIR BREAKS? ARE WE KIND OF LINING UP THERE? WE ARE LINING UP WITH THEM.

WE TRY TO STAY IN TOUCH. SO AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THEY'RE STICKING WITH THAT SAME TIME.

SO WE DO WORK WITH THEM. YES. PERFECT. FOR SPRING BREAK IN PARTICULAR.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE STAFF MAY BE COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN AUGUST.

BUT THEN THEY GET THAT FULL FALL BREAK. AND THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF ADVOCACY ON THE PRINCIPALS BEHALF.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE SAME NUMBER OF YOU KNOW, TEACHER STAFF WORK DAYS WITHOUT THE STUDENTS PRESENT AS THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION. IT JUST SHIFTED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE.

ONE SHIFTED TO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED THAT THAT FIRST PLC DAY SHIFTED TO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.

AND THEN THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN DAYS AND THERE'S STILL SEVEN DAYS OF THOSE STAFF DAYS.

PERFECT. THERE'S SIX WITHIN THE THE BODY OF THE CALENDAR NOW INSTEAD OF SEVEN.

GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HOT SPORTS OPINIONS. NOT A HOT SPORTS OPINION ABOUT A CALENDAR.

BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A NUMBER OF INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS AND THE CALENDAR ALLOWED US TO ABSORB THAT. YES. IS THIS ACADEMIC CALENDAR. IT STILL REFLECTS SUBJECT TO WHAT THAT INCLEMENT WEATHER MAY LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? WHICH NO ONE KNOWS.

NO ONE KNOWS. SHOULD IT BE ABLE TO ABSORB AT LEAST SOME CLOSURES? IT ABSORBS UP TO 3 TO 4 DAYS, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF SCHOOL.

BUT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SENIOR HIGHS HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES.

SO, BUT 3 TO 4 DAYS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER IN CASE WE HAVE THEM.

AWESOME. THANKS. I HAVE A QUESTION. DID ANYBODY ELSE? HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN WE GET TO TESTING RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE A MONDAY THROUGH OR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WHERE THEY DO FINALS.

IS THAT GOING TO MOVE TO A FRIDAY TO WEDNESDAY SORT OF FINAL SCHEDULE?

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BUT IT WITH THE WEDNESDAY STARTS IT'LL BE FRIDAY.

AND THEN THOSE THREE DAYS OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. WE PUT OUT THE CALENDAR EVERY YEAR WITH THESE FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, WITH THE INTENTION THAT THE STAFF ARE NOT SCHEDULING TESTS OR OTHER ACTIVITIES ON THOSE FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT DAYS WHERE WE HAPPEN TO ALSO BE IN SCHOOL. HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE STAFF AND TO THE PRINCIPALS AND MAKING A BEST EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE BEING TREATED IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INTENDED.

WE SHARE A BROADER FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT CALENDAR.

WE DON'T POST THAT PUBLICLY, BUT WE SHARE IT WITH PRINCIPALS AND STAFF, AND IT SHARES THAT THOSE THOSE DAYS DESIGNATED WITH A DIAMOND, WHY THEY'RE DESIGNATED AS SUCH. WE GIVE THEM THE WHOLE CALENDAR TO CONSIDER, BUT THAT ON THOSE PARTICULAR DAYS, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS YEARS AGO CAME BACK AND TOLD US THESE WERE THE, THE HOLIEST DAYS OF OBSERVANCES IN WE LOOKED AT, WE WORKED WITH OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY, OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

WE ADDED THE CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS OF EASTER AND CHRISTMAS ON THERE.

AND IN MORE RECENT YEARS, WE ADDED ONE OF THE HINDU HOLIDAYS AS WELL.

SO THOSE, THOSE DATES ARE DESIGNATED WITH A DIAMOND AND WE STATE THAT THESE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN PLANNING, YOU KNOW, PLANNING ANYTHING IN THE CALENDAR, ESPECIALLY EVENTS AND TESTING.

DOCTOR WILLIAMS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF PLANO ISD ACTIVITIES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER UIL DATES OR COMPETITION DATES THAT ARE SCHEDULED OUTSIDE OF US. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE A CONFLICT, BUT IT'S IN THE EVENT IT'S RELATIVE TO EVENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OF ORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING.

YEAH. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. IT'S NOT THAT WE SAY THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY TESTING.

THERE'S JUST TOO MANY DATES TO SAY THAT. WE CERTAINLY SAY THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR CAMPUS ACTIVITIES.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES IT'S JUST NOT AVOIDABLE.

BUT THEY CERTAINLY SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T.

THEY SHOULD ALREADY BE WORKING TOGETHER AS A CAMPUS TO NOT HAVE SO MANY TESTS ON THE SAME DAY AS IT IS.

BUT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT A MAJOR TEST LIKE AN AP TEST OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THAT STUDENT BEING WITH HIS OR HER FAMILY ON THAT DAY.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD AND SAY THAT WE SAY ON THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE 40 OF THEM.

I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOT. WELL, IT'S NOT, THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE DESIGNATED CERTAIN DAYS WITH THE DIAMOND.

IT'S BECAUSE OF THE MASS, THE PAGES LONG OF CALENDARS.

SO OUR BOARD AT THE TIME DECIDED THAT WE WOULD DESIGNATE THOSE VERY SPECIFIC DAYS.

THERE WOULDN'T BE A WAY TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE FAITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT THROUGHOUT THAT CALENDAR, WHICH IS PAGES LONG. IT'S JUST THOSE SPECIFIC DATES AND I DON'T HAVE THEM WRITTEN IN FRONT OF ME.

I TRY TO NAME THEM ALL, BUT THEY'RE A BUNCH. THERE.

YES. WELL, IT'S, IT'S SPECIFICALLY THE HIGH HOLY DAYS IN JUDAISM ALONG WITH PASSOVER.

AND THEN IT'S THE TWO E, THE EID AL-FITR AND EID AL-ADHA FOR THE MUSLIM FAITH.

AND DIWALI. AND DIWALI. AND THEN WE ALSO DESIGNATE AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD AT THE TIME EASTER AND CHRISTMAS HAVE THE DIAMOND DESIGNATED DATES. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY DATES ON THE CALENDAR.

AND ONE OF OUR EIDS AND I THINK IT'S EID AL-ADHA CHANGES WITH MOON SIGHTINGS.

SO ALTHOUGH IT'S CITED RIGHT NOW ON A CERTAIN DATE, WE'LL CHECK IT AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE IF THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT JUST. ONE OTHER. OH, SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.

JUST ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION TO YOU. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EVER A CONCERN WE ASK THAT OUR PARENTS PLEASE MEET WITH THEIR TEACHERS OR THEIR PRINCIPALS SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH EVERY STUDENT OR FAMILY INDIVIDUALLY.

THANKS FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. ALL RIGHT TRUSTEES.

ANYTHING ELSE? KATHERINE. IT CAME UP AT AT OUR LEADERSHIP AND AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ABOUT HAVING JUST HAPPENED TO WORK OUT THAT WE HAD A PRIMARY WHERE IT WAS PRIMARY DAY.

SO SCHOOLS, WE DID NOT HAVE A HOLIDAY THAT DAY.

YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY HAVE PLANNED. LIKE A TEACHER WORK DAY.

SO THE STUDENTS AREN'T AT SCHOOL WHEN WE'RE HAVING AN ELECTION DAY IN A POLLING PLACE AT A SCHOOL.

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SO I'M ASSUMING WE'VE PUT THE, THE TEACHER WORK DAY AT THE END OF SPRING BREAK, BECAUSE PERHAPS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT EXTRA DAY TO GET READY TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.

AND YOU KNOW, IF THE CALENDAR NEEDS TO BE THAT WAY, I GUESS THAT JUST MEANS WE NEED TO TAKE TO CONSIDERATION SOME EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO COVER THAT. WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT DATE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU LESLEY, AGAIN, THIS IS A REPORT TRUSTEES.

THIS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING FOR APPROVAL, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO 9.2.

[9.2 Pre-Kindergarten Program Update]

I WILL INVITE TALLE GOMEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MULTILINGUAL SERVICES, TO PLEASE PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR TYRA, DOCTOR WILLIAMS, BOARD AND CABINET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SHARE ABOUT PRE-K AND OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN PLANO ISD.

JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME REAL BRIEF OVERVIEWS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME DATA THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE AT OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUSES.

THOSE ARE LISTED BEATY, HEADSTART, ISAACS AND PEARSON.

AND THEN OVER THE LAST ABOUT NINE YEARS, I THINK IT'S BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD PRE-K CLASSROOMS TO MANY OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. SO THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO EXPAND, BUT ALSO ALLOW OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS TO START AT THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EVEN EARLIER, WHICH REALLY HELPS JUST KIND OF WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT, GETTING TO KNOW THE SCHOOL AND KEEPING THE STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN PLACES WHERE WE KNEW WE HAD STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PRE-K.

AND SO WE'VE ADDED THOSE ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO THAT STUDENTS ARE CLOSE TO HOME AS AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU ABOUT OUR PRE-K ENROLLMENT AND SOME REALLY CUTE FACES IN THE PICTURES FROM OUR CAMPUSES.

BUT OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRE-K RIGHT NOW IS 1,347.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, I LOOKED AT MY SLIDE DECK FROM LAST YEAR ALMOST ON THE SAME DATE, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 100 MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRE-K THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO THE EFFORTS FROM DR.

GOBER'S TEAM AND REALLY RECRUITING STUDENTS AND COMMUNICATING WELL ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO SPEAKS TO THOSE ON CAMPUSES WHO ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS AND HELPING FAMILIES FEEL CONNECTED TO OUR SCHOOLS.

SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT, THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF EB STUDENTS IN PRE-K, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND THAT ARE EB'S THAT PERCENTAGE IS SO HIGH BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE QUALIFIERS FOR PRE-K. AND OF THAT THOUSAND EBS, ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.

TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IS 745.

SO AGAIN A HIGH PERCENTAGE BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE QUALIFIERS AS WELL.

AND THEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN PRE-K SPECIAL EDUCATION IS 176 OR 13%.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHICH IS OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT, OR WE SEE THOSE STUDENTS CODED AS EE.

THESE STUDENTS ARE MOSTLY THREE YEAR OLDS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE FOUR YEAR OLDS AS WELL.

IF A STUDENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THREE YEARS OLD QUALIFIES FOR SERVICES THEY CAN START THE DAY THAT THEY TURN THREE YEARS OLD OR THE NEXT DAY. SO IT'S REALLY OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OF IDENTIFYING STUDENTS AND REALLY HELPING MAKE SURE WE HAVE EARLY INTERVENTION IN PLACE.

BUT IF THERE ARE FOUR YEAR OLDS AND MAYBE JUST NEED SPEECH THERAPY THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR ANY OTHER SERVICES OR THEY DON'T QUALIFY IN ANY OTHER WAY. THEY MAY JUST COME TO OUR SCHOOL OR DISTRICT FOR THOSE SPEECH SERVICES.

SO THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS. ALL OF THE STUDENTS CODED AS EE ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

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ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING REALLY QUICKLY. SO PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME, DIFFERENT WAYS WE HAVE STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR PRE-K PROGRAM. WE HAVE ABOUT 105 THIS SCHOOL YEAR WHO ARE TUITION BASED, AND THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP SINCE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

AGAIN, DOCTOR GOBER'S TEAM, KARINA TROTTER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB OF TRYING TO OPEN UP THOSE SEATS QUICKLY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, JUST THAT SOMETIMES THAT WAIT TIME OF MAKING SURE WE HAD ROOM IS WHAT CAUSED OUR FAMILIES TO GO LOOK ELSEWHERE. SO THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO THOSE FAMILIES AND GET THEM ENROLLED.

WE, WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF WANTING TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES HERE IN PLANO ISD.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PRE-K STUDENTS IN TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE IS 42.

WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM AT BOTH DAFFRON AND HUFFMAN, AND IT IS GROWING AND DOING REALLY WELL.

TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED FOR PRE-K SINCE AUGUST.

SO I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS NUMBER FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

AND IT'LL COME UP AGAIN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CIRCLE DATA.

BUT PRE-K IS ONE OF THE GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT THERE IS JUST CONSTANT ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE MAY START WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER AND, AND JUST PRETTY MUCH DAILY WE'RE ENROLLING NEW PRE-K STUDENTS.

SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS SOON AS I KNOW WHEN WE SEE ANYBODY COME IN FOR TESTING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE SEE A LITTLE ONE. HEY, DID YOU GET THAT ONE ENROLLED TOO? AND I KNOW THAT OUR CAMPUSES DO THAT AS WELL.

SO IT'S A GROUP EFFORT. BUT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY CONTINUOUSLY ENROLL THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US AS A DISTRICT. AND THEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS CHILDREN REGISTERED.

SO IN A MINUTE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SLIDE THAT SAYS ALL THE QUALIFIERS.

BUT THIS WAS NEW THIS YEAR. THIS WAS PASSED IN LEGISLATION.

ONE OF THE REALLY POSITIVE THINGS PASSED IN LEGISLATION WAS TO ALLOW CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS GO TO PRE-K IN THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WORK IN.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET 16 OF OUR OWN TEACHERS, STUDENTS HERE.

AND THAT HAPPENED PRETTY LATE IN THE SUMMER. SO WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS MOVING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. WHEN LEGISLATION PASSED SO LATE LAST YEAR, MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAD THEIR PLANS MADE.

AND IT'S HARD TO CHANGE PLANS FOR A FOUR YEAR OLD SO.

ALL RIGHT SO HERE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

I AM NOT GOING TO READ THESE ALL TO YOU, BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO WHY WE HAD SOME HIGHER PERCENTAGES WITH CERTAIN STUDENT POPULATIONS DURING THAT ENROLLMENT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN OUR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. I MENTIONED ALREADY THAT IT'S AT DAFFRON AND HUFFMAN.

BOTH OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE FULL. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE CONTINUING IN THE PROGRAM AFTER PRE-K.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN AS WELL.

WE NOW HAVE, UP THROUGH FIRST GRADE ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUS SITES, AND WE'LL BE MOVING UP TO SECOND GRADE NEXT YEAR AND FIRST GRADE AT OUR OTHER SITE.

ALL OF OUR ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS ARE ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN ENGLISH, AND ALL OF OUR EMERGENT BILINGUALS ARE ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN SPANISH.

YEAH, AND LOOKING AT THAT DATA THERE ARE SOME REALLY HIGH POINTS AS WELL IN THE OPPOSITE LANGUAGE.

BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BOTH OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS ARE ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE CIRCLE DATA.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE MANY PLACES WHERE THERE'S STRONG GROWTH REPRESENTED IN THE ARROW BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS TO KIND OF HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING OF CIRCLE AND WHY YOU MIGHT SEE IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, LIKE EARLY WRITING SKILLS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE, WAIT, DID OUR KIDS ACTUALLY LOSE GROUND WHILE THEY WERE HERE WITH US? BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FACTORS HERE. ONE IS THAT CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT.

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AND WE DON'T EXPECT THAT THEY COME WITH THINGS LIKE EARLY WRITING SKILLS.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE WITH US. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THAT DATA ON EACH STUDENT AND REALLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTION THAT THEY NEED.

WE HAVE OTHER PLACES WHERE THAT DOESN'T AFFECT US QUITE AS MUCH, BUT IN SOME AREAS THAT REALLY IS.

NOW THE OTHER PIECE ABOUT CIRCLE DATA OR ABOUT THE CIRCLE ASSESSMENT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN MOST ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GIVE IS THAT IT'S SCORED ON AGE.

SO THAT DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN ANY OTHER GRADE LEVEL.

IF YOU'RE TAKING A MAP TEST AS A FIRST GRADER, YOU'RE TAKING A MAP TEST AS A FIRST GRADER.

CIRCLE SCORE IS BASED ON YEARS AND MONTHS. AND SO THAT REALLY CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, OBVIOUSLY. AND SO WHERE THEY MIGHT BE SCORED IN ONE AREA AT BEGINNING OF YEAR, IT COULD BE PRETTY DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT BY MIDDLE OF YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THOSE COUPLE OF AREAS.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE AREAS OF CIRCLE DATA.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT HOW THAT ALSO LOOKED IN KINDERGARTEN.

AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE THERE ARE SUBTESTS AND CIRCLE DATA THAT DON'T LINE EXACTLY TO MCLASS OR MAP IN KINDERGARTEN, WE DID THE BEST COMPARISON THAT WE COULD.

AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY CERTAIN AREAS WHERE OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING ASSESSED IN SPANISH AREN'T QUITE AS HIGH AS OUR OTHER STUDENT GROUPS IN ENGLISH, AND THAT COULD BE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

IT COULD BE PARTLY DEPENDENT ON THE ASSESSMENT AND HOW WELL THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN SPANISH.

IT COULD BE PARTLY BECAUSE OF MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HADN'T HAD AT HOME IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT, NOT A GREAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY HIGH, BUT SOME DIFFERENT LITERACY SKILLS THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THEY JOIN SCHOOL WITH US. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPARE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PRE-K TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT.

AND FOR OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUP AND OUR DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS THOSE WHO WERE, WERE WELL OVER 10% HIGHER IN THOSE KINDERGARTEN READINESS SKILLS.

SO THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING DURING THEIR PRE-K EXPERIENCE WITH US.

AGAIN, THIS IS CIRCLE DATA. THE LAST COUPLE SECTIONS HERE ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH.

THOSE ARE OBSERVATIONAL. AND SO AGAIN, WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE THAT COULD EITHER BE BECAUSE OF THAT CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT OR THAT COULD BE AT BEGINNING OF YEAR, I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE YOU QUITE AS MUCH AS I HAD BY MIDDLE OF YEAR.

AND NOW I'M MORE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE DON'T QUITE ALIGN WITH THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THIS RAPID LETTER NAMING CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT, NOT BECAUSE STUDENTS DON'T KNOW IT, BUT IT IS VERY QUICK.

AND MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AT AGE FOUR ARE NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE AND WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE TEST GUIDELINES.

AND SO OUR TEACHERS MANY TIMES COME TO US AND SAY, BUT I KNOW THE STUDENT KNOWS IT.

AND, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NOTES OF THAT, EVIDENCE OF THAT.

MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE CONFERENCING WITH PARENTS, YOU'RE ASSURING THEM OF THAT.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT CIRCLE DATA, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BECAUSE OF THAT RAPID NAMING.

ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP GOING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ALREADY PLANNED WITH REGION 10 FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY A FOCUS ON LITERACY IN OUR PRE-K CLASSROOMS. BEING SURE THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS THERE BETWEEN OUR PRE-K GUIDELINES AND OUR DAILY SCHEDULE AND THE PRACTICES WITHIN THE CLASSROOM WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED. LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE EVEN APPROVED IT FOR THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY SOME CHECKLISTS AND GUIDELINES AND OUR WALK THROUGH FORMS ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY EMPOWERING OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE THOSE SKILLS, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE SEE THOSE RESULTS IN OUR STUDENTS.

SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON.

AND I JUST HAD TO INCLUDE A FEW MORE PICTURES BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON THESE CAMPUSES,

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THE STAFF IS JUST AMAZING AND CARING AND THE KIDS ARE HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.

SO I INVITE YOU TO JOIN IT AT ANY TIME. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO REMIND FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THAT ENROLLMENT DOES BEGIN ON MARCH 23RD. AND YOU CAN ACCESS THAT ONLINE, BUT WE HAVE OUR WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT CENTERS THAT ARE READY AND WILLING TO HELP.

AND OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES OUR LANGUAGE TESTING BEGINS ON APRIL 1ST.

WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TEST BEFORE APRIL 1ST. BUT WE DO HAVE TUITION SEATS AVAILABLE, SO PLEASE DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OR QUALIFICATIONS. WE HAVE OPEN TUITION SEATS AND THEN WE HAVE PLANNED OUR FIRST TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PARENT MEETING ON THE FIRST DAY OF ENROLLMENT SO THAT OUR PARENTS CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE CONFIRMATION RIGHT AWAY OF THE SEAT THAT THEIR CHILD WILL BE SITTING IN.

AND I DO EXPECT THAT WE COULD FILL UP THAT FIRST PARENT MEETING BY THE NUMBER OF EMAILS I'VE HAD.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED TO PLEASE JOIN US THAT DAY.

AND THE INFORMATION FOR THAT IS ON OUR MULTILINGUAL SERVICES WEBSITE.

SO THAT IS IT FOR MY PRESENTATION, BUT I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TALLE. TRUSTEES THIS IS A REPORT. SO QUESTIONS COMMENTS HOT SPORTS OPINIONS.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. SURE. YOU TALK ABOUT CLI CLASSROOM CHECKLIST.

TELL ME WHAT CLI IS. YES. SORRY. [LAUGHTER] WE GET STARTED WITH OUR ACRONYMS. THAT'S OKAY. CLI AND CIRCLE ARE ONE IN THE SAME.

AND IT IS ONE OF THE APPROVED RESOURCES THAT WE CAN USE FOR PRE K ASSESSMENTS.

AND THEY REALLY DO PROVIDE US WITH REALLY GREAT GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF OUR BIG CENTERS, IN TERMS OF LITERACY AND CHECKLISTS COME ALONG WITH THOSE. WE USE THOSE SPECIFICALLY TO BE ABLE TO COACH TEACHERS AND SUPPORT THEM.

YES. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS ON. WHAT SLIDE IS THIS? SORRY. IT'S OKAY. SLIDE THREE. TOTAL NUMBER OF EB STUDENTS IN PRE-K 1,036.

AND THEN 462 OF THOSE ARE IN DUAL LANGUAGE. AND SO THERE'S TWO WAYS TO INTERPRET THAT.

ONE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EB STUDENTS THAT SPANISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.

CORRECT. AND SO THEY'RE NOT GOING INTO DUAL LANGUAGE. SECOND WAY TO INTERPRET THAT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO SPANISH IS THEIR HOME LANGUAGE AND THEY'RE DECLINING DUAL LANGUAGE.

AND IS IT BOTH? IS IT ONE OR THE OTHER? AND CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY. AND IF WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS DECLINING, A LOT OF PARENTS DECLINING OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY AND BRING THAT NUMBER OF DECLINING FAMILIES DOWN? GIVEN THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS REALLY THE MOST ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR THOSE STUDENTS? GREAT QUESTION. SO YES, WE HAVE MANY, MANY STUDENTS IN PRE-K WHOSE LANGUAGE IS NOT SPANISH.

AND SO THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY BEING SERVED IN AN ESL CLASSROOM.

WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO DECLINE DUAL LANGUAGE AT THE PRE-K LEVEL, EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD UP THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND I COULD GET IT IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS.

BUT WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS, BUT VERY, VERY SMALL.

WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ASKED THAT OUR ESL COACHES NOTE THE REASON WHY A FAMILY IS DECLINING THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO SERVING OUR STUDENTS BETTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS YEAR IS WE WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION THAT HAS REALLY HELPED THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR MORE THAN ANYTHING IS MY OLDER CHILD DIDN'T LEARN ENGLISH AS QUICKLY AS I WANTED THEM TO.

WE REALLY TRY AT THAT TIME TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, YOUR OLDER CHILD WASN'T IN DUAL LANGUAGE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PROGRAM DIFFERENCES AND THAT KIND OF THING.

WE TRAIN OUR CAMPUS STAFF TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THEY COME TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A TOUCH POINT BEFORE ANY FAMILY EVER DECLINES DUAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY REALLY HAVE THE EDUCATION OF THE IMPORTANCE. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHY OUR DENIALS ARE SO LOW, VERY LOW PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

SO SECOND QUESTION, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS TONIGHT.

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AT NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS. BUT AND I'VE ASKED YOU THIS EVERY YEAR.

I ASK YOU THIS EVERY TIME I SEE YOU. SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING. [LAUGHTER] AND THE QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE? AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPACE REQUIREMENTS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS POPULATION REQUIREMENTS, ALL OF THE THINGS.

BUT I WOULD IF WE ARE IF WE HAVE SUCH HIGH DEMAND FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE ARE EMAILING YOU, BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE WEST CLUSTER AND REALLY SERVING THE LARGE POPULATION OF SPANISH SPEAKING AND ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS, SORT OF IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. I WOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING IF WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM SO THAT THERE'S ACCESS IN THE CENTRAL CLUSTER ACCESS IN THE EAST CLUSTER. AND I WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS BE ON.

AS LONG AS I'M ON THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERY YEAR, DO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM? BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASKS I'VE GOTTEN IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND JUST HAVING A CHILD IN THAT PROGRAM, IT IS REMARKABLE TO SEE.

SHE DID PRE-K K IS NOW IN FIRST, AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE TO SEE THAT GROWTH IN SPANISH, TO SEE HER CONVERSING WITH PEOPLE IN SPANISH, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF THE BLUE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE WATCHING A TV SHOW THAT WAS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND HAD SUBTITLES.

AND SHE STARTED TRYING OUT SEVERAL OF THOSE WORDS, LIKE SOMEBODY KEPT SAYING, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. AND SO SHE PICKED UP THIS WORD, OKAY, YOU KNOW, IN A THIRD LANGUAGE.

AND SO NOW SHE'S LIKE, WELL, CAN I LEARN THAT LANGUAGE TOO? AND IT'S REALLY THE DATA ARE SO, SO, SO CONSISTENT ON EARLY LANGUAGE ADOPTION. EARLY LANGUAGE LEARNING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, SOMETHING THAT I'M ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS GOING TO SAY, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO EXPAND? SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TONIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE MULTILINGUAL UPDATE COMING BACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

ABSOLUTELY. AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX WEEKS OR WHATEVER, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO DO THAT? OR WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT? OR YES, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BETTER SERVE MORE KIDS WITH THAT PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY IF ALL THE KIDS WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH ARE ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL, AND ALL THE KIDS WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS SPANISH ARE ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL, THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. I MEAN, THAT IS SUPER, SUPER IMPRESSIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING I THINK I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE'RE SEEING CLEAR BENEFIT FROM THAT.

RIGHT? AND, NOT JUST ANECDOTALLY MY DAUGHTER, BUT IN THE DATA WE'RE SEEING CLEAR BENEFIT FROM THAT.

RIGHT. SO ALWAYS GOING TO WANT TO SERVE MORE KIDS WITH THAT PROGRAM.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S BEEN A RECENT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE AND WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE MULTILINGUAL SERVICES UPDATE.

WELL, I CAN TOTALLY SEE THAT AS A DRAW FOR PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ENRICHMENT FOR THEIR KIDS.

AND THE PERFECT WAY YOU GET TWO WINS OUT OF A SITUATION.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FORM THAT PARENTS FILL OUT WHEN THEY COME TO OUR TWO WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PARENT MEETINGS IS WHAT IS YOUR HOMESCHOOL? AND THAT ALSO GIVES US DATA TO LET US KNOW WHERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE COULD BEST SERVE STUDENTS CLOSER TO HOME.

SO, SO THAT WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE START THOSE IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT DOES A DAY LOOK LIKE FOR ONE OF THESE PRE K'ERS? DO THEY GET TO GO TO THE AMPED CLASSES JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? AND ARE THEY IN WITH THE KINDERGARTNERS? BECAUSE USUALLY IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN IN THERE'S LIKE THE KINDERGARTEN HALLWAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE GOT THE LITTLE KITCHEN AND MORE OF THE PLAY MATERIALS BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL AT THAT DEVELOPMENTAL AGE. SO IS THIS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE PRE-K CLASSROOMS AS LONG AS THERE'S ROOM? AS LONG AS THERE'S ROOM AND THERE HAVE TO BE SOME REQUIREMENTS MET.

SO IDEALLY THEY'RE NEAR KINDERGARTEN JUST SO THAT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT NEXT TO FIFTH GRADERS, RIGHT? BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, YOU MENTIONED LIKE A KITCHEN, THEY ALWAYS HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF BIG CENTERS IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE CLI CHECKLIST. AND SO IT DOESN'T NEED THE SHARED SPACE WITH KINDERGARTEN, EVEN THOUGH IDEALLY ON AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, IT'S NEAR THERE.

IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL DAY, THEY AREN'T HOWEVER.

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SO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, EAT BREAKFAST TOGETHER, BUT NOT PRE-K.

THEY ACTUALLY GO AFTER THE REST OF THE STUDENTS LEAVE THE CAFETERIA.

WE'RE TEACHING KIDS HOW TO DO SCHOOL. WE'RE TEACHING KIDS HOW TO OPEN THEIR OWN MILK.

IT'S VERY DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE THAT IT'S NOT AT THE SAME TIME.

DID YOU ASK ME ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T ANSWER? AMPED DO THEY GET AMPED? OKAY, SO THAT VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON THE CAMPUS.

THERE IS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PRE-K GUIDELINES.

SO ALL STUDENTS GET THAT. BUT IS IT ALWAYS IN A PE CLASSROOM? NOT NECESSARILY. THAT DEPENDS ON OUR CAMPUSES DO THE VERY BEST THEY CAN TO FIT AN ADDITIONAL AMP TIME IN THE SCHEDULE. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ALSO AT OTHER GRADE LEVELS, IT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS.

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE, THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT I DO ASSURE YOU THAT BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS ARE TRAINED AND UNDERSTAND THE PRE-K GUIDELINES, THAT THEY ALWAYS INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS LIKE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU TALLE.

AND JUST ONE MORE SHOUT OUT FOR OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE WATCHING.

MAKE SURE IF YOU HAVE A KID APPROACHING PRE-K THAT YOU LOOK AT THESE QUALIFICATIONS.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING.

I WAS ON THE BOARD FOR LIKE 18 MONTHS BEFORE I REALIZED THAT MY DAUGHTER WOULD QUALIFY FOR PRE-K THROUGH THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND'S MILITARY SERVICE.

AND SO THERE'S SOME COMBINATIONS OF FACTORS YOU HAVE TO MEET FOR THAT AND SOME PAPERWORK YOU HAVE TO TURN IN.

BUT IT IS SUCH A IT IS SUCH A VALUABLE PROGRAM THAT I HOPE OUR TEACHERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF MILITARY FAMILIES, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, I HOPE THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. OUR YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS THAT THAT THERE MAY BE CHILDREN OF FIRST RESPONDERS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT QUALIFY LIKE YOU KNOW, PLEASE, JUST TO OUR FREQUENT FLIERS AND OUR AUDIENCE SPREAD THE WORD ON THOSE THINGS AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR KIDS IN THESE PROGRAMS AS THEIR FAMILIES QUALIFY BECAUSE EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE OSTENSIBLY WELL INFORMED, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT KNOW. YEAH. AND WE DO HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF AT OUR ENROLLMENT CENTERS WHO RESPOND QUICKLY.

YEAH. AND HELP MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHICH PAPERWORK OR YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO DO IT, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE TO HELP ALONG THE WAY. WELL, AND IF YOU LIVE IN A SPACE WHERE YOUR CHILD CAN GO TO AN ALTERED PRESCHOOL SCHEDULE, OUR PRESCHOOLS AT THE SENIOR HIGHS ARE INCREDIBLE THAT THE OLDER STUDENTS COME AND HELP IN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED IN.

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE. I THINK IT WAS LIKE 8:30 TO 1 SOMETHING.

SO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SO IT WAS NOT FULL SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS DEVELOPMENTALLY HELPFUL IN GETTING HER PREPARED.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT HELPS OUR CTE PROGRAM BECAUSE OUR.

[LAUGHTER] YEP. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE OUR NEXT REPORT AND LAST REPORT FOR THE EVENING.

[9.3 Powered by Learning Award Summary]

POWERED BY LEARNING AWARD SUMMARY. I'M GOING TO INVITE LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, TO PRESENT THIS AWESOME REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THIS LAST REPORT IS REALLY AN APPRECIATION AND CELEBRATION TO YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS AND THE BOARD FOR THE VISION TO MAKE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING DAYS HAPPEN IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE ARE ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING OUR STAFF AND THE WORK THEY DO WITH STUDENTS.

SO OUR POWERED BY LEARNING AWARDS WERE INSPIRED, IF YOU WILL RECALL IN POLICY AE LOCAL, YOU SPECIFICALLY POINT OUT A FEW PRIORITIES.

ONE OF THOSE THAT I'VE UNDERLINED ON THE SCREEN IS THAT OF ANNUAL GROWTH.

AND SO OUT OF THAT WAS BORN THE POWERED BY LEARNING AWARDS.

THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR TO DO THAT, HONORING BOTH TEACHERS, FULL GRADE LEVELS AND ENTIRE CAMPUSES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING GROWTH ON THE MID-YEAR MAP ASSESSMENTS. THIS YEAR WE WERE EXCITED TO BE HOSTED OR SPONSORED BY BOTH ATMOS ENERGY AND RBFCU THAT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LITTLE KICK OFF IN THE MORNING AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER BEFORE WE TOOK OFF TO CELEBRATE TEACHERS.

WE DID RECOGNIZE 3 TO 4 TEACHERS PER GRADE LEVEL WHO ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST GROWTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

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AND THERE ARE JUST A FEW FUN SNAPSHOTS WE CELEBRATED ON THAT DAY.

78 INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS. WE ALSO RECOGNIZED GRADE LEVEL TEAMS WHO COLLECTIVELY THEIR ENTIRE TEAM SCORED IN THE TOP 10% NATIONALLY ON THEIR SCHOOL CONDITIONAL GROWTH PERCENTILE, WHICH IN OTHER WORDS, MEANS THOSE STUDENTS OUTSCORED 90% OF THEIR PEERS ACROSS THE NATION IN THAT SAME GRADE LEVEL. AND SO THERE ARE A FEW FUN PHOTOS.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE 33 DIFFERENT TEAMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO ACHIEVED THAT LEVEL.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZED A HANDFUL OF CAMPUSES WHO SHOWED ACTUALLY EXCEPTIONAL GROWTH ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FIVE SCHOOLS CARLISLE ELEMENTARY, HUFFMAN ELEMENTARY, MITCHELL ELEMENTARY, SCHELL ELEMENTARY, AND HENDRICK MIDDLE. THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS SHOWING GREAT GROWTH ACROSS THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.

AND WE DIDN'T STOP THERE. ON THAT WEDNESDAY, WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH PRINCIPALS AT OUR PRINCIPAL MEETING.

FOR TEAMS WHO SCORED ABOVE THE 60TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS ACHIEVING MORE THAN, ON AVERAGE A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH, AND I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE 126 IS A MISTAKE.

THERE REALLY WERE 126 TEAMS FOR BOTH MATH AND READING, BUT THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME ONES.

BUT I DID COUNT THEM TWICE SINCE IT WAS THE SAME NUMBER.

AND THEN THE TEAMS THAT WERE ABOVE THE 80TH PERCENTILE, WE HAD 53 IN MATH AND 39 IN READING.

AND ALL OF THAT IS ADDED COLLECTIVELY THEN TO THE 33 THAT WE CELEBRATED ON THAT MONDAY.

AND THAT'S IT. JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE WITH US.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE, THIS AGAIN IS A REPORT SUPERINTENDENT IS REACHING FOR HER MICROPHONE.

SO I THINK YOU WANT TO TALK OR DO YOU WANT. I JUST WANT TO THANK LISA AND HER AND HER TEAM.

I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS. OUR TEACHERS HAVE REALLY EMBRACED OUR DISTRICT PRIORITIES.

I ALSO WANT TO BRAG ON OUR SEVEN TRUSTEES THAT HAVE ALL SPENT TIME REALLY LEARNING ABOUT THEORY OF ACTION, LEARNING THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF POLICY WORK AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEWLY ADOPTED AE LOCAL.

AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT DONE YET. I KNOW THAT THREE TRUSTEES THIS PAST WEEKEND WERE IN TRAINING AND HAVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR POLICY EVEN BETTER. I LIKE TO CALL AE LOCAL A POWER POLICY BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT REALLY SETS NOT ONLY THE BELIEFS AND THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE DISTRICT, BUT GOES FURTHER INTO TALK ABOUT THE COMMITMENTS OF THE ADULTS IN ORDER TO REALIZE WHAT THE MISSION VISION GOALS, PRIORITIES ARE.

AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S MOST IMPORTANT, BUT IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT OUR THEORY OF ACTION.

SO IF WE ARE TO HAVE SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS, THEN ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED TO MAKE AT LEAST A MINIMUM ONE YEAR'S GROWTH.

STUDENTS WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL, AND THAT EVERY STUDENT IS ON THEIR PATH AND HAS A PATHWAY TO A BRIGHT FUTURE ONCE THEY GRADUATE BOTH COLLEGE AND CAREER.

AND SO THANK YOU BOARD FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS WORK FOR BEING DEDICATED IN YOUR ROLE TO GOVERNANCE AND ACTIVE GOVERNANCE.

AND I ALSO JUST THANK YOU TO THE ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM, TO OUR SLI TEAMS FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT TEACHING, LEARNING AND OUTCOMES OF STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT REPORT? SAM. YES. FIRST, IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY. SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO NOTE HOW HUMBLE OUR TEACHERS WERE.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE TEACHERS I SAW TOOK THE CREDIT FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY THANKED DISTRICT. THEY ALL THINK THEIR STUDENTS, SOME OF THEM THINK THE TOOLS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND TO THEIR STUDENTS. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD KNOWS ONE TEACHER IN PARTICULAR SAID A LOT OF THE SUCCESS, OBVIOUSLY, WAS HER STUDENTS WORK, BUT IT WAS THANKS TO THE CURRICULUM UPDATES THAT THEY'VE SEEN.

AND SHE SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND SO THANK YOU, LISA, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT AND GETTING THAT IN THE HANDS OF OUR TEACHERS SO THAT THEY COULD USE THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING THE GROWTH WE'RE ASKING FOR.

I HAVE AN IDEA FOR NEXT YEAR. AS SAM WAS TALKING.

THE LIGHT BULB STARTS GOING OFF. OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO BE PART OF THIS NEXT YEAR AND THEY WILL BE IN SESSION.

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BECAUSE WE WANT TO INVITE THEM INTO OUR SCHOOLS AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW THEM.

SO MAYBE WE NEED TO JUST SEND THEM A RECAP. JUST THOUGHT IDEA.

GO AHEAD. NO. GO AHEAD PLEASE. I TELL PEOPLE.

SO TODAY AT ROTARY CLUB, I BRAGGED ABOUT US AND OUR.

YEAH. AND IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN IN GRANT PATROL FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

DON'T DON'T TELL BRITTANY I SAID THAT. I MEAN, I LOVE THAT TOO, BUT THIS IS SO AWESOME BECAUSE I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE KIDS REALLY SEE DIRECTLY HOW THEIR WORK IS WHAT DRIVES THIS AND THEIR TEACHERS TO SUCCEED AND THEIR TEACHERS TO BE RECOGNIZED. BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BEYOND THAT AND HOW AWESOME A JOB THE TEACHERS ARE, I THINK WE SAW FROM OUR RECOGNITION TODAY THAT AS A TEAM, THE PLANO ISD TEAM, THAT WE ALSO SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO ALL THE ASSISTANTS AND PARAS THAT HELP OUR SPECIAL ED FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HARD FOR THAT, AS WELL AS OUR OUR TEACHERS IN FINE ARTS AND IN ATHLETICS AND WHO, ARE PROVIDING ENRICHMENT FOR OUR KIDS.

SO BEYOND JUST OUR CORE TEACHING THE WHOLE TEAM.

AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR BUS DRIVERS WHO GET THE KIDS THERE ON TIME AND SAFE AND OUR CAFETERIA STAFF WHO FEEDS THEM SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO LEARN. AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND ESPECIALLY OUR PRINCIPALS WHO I KNOW ON A DAILY BASIS, WORK VERY, VERY HARD. AND IT'S A VERY TOUGH THING.

SO AS MUCH AS I LOVE OUR TEACHERS AND HOW WONDERFUL THIS IS, IT'S A, I THINK, A TEAM EFFORT.

ONE LAST NOTE THAT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS ABSOLUTELY A PART OF THAT TEAM.

AND JUST THANK YOU TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR NOT ONLY COORDINATING WITH THOSE PARTNERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PIE PROGRAM, BUT, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING THE SEND OFF IN THE MORNING, SIMILARLY TO GRANTS TO EDUCATORS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET EVERYBODY STARTED.

AND THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN MATERIAL IN GROWING PARTNERSHIPS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS ONE MORE PLACE THAT THEY HAVE MADE A REALLY, REALLY MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.

AND, OUR EXTENSION OF THANKS FROM THE BOARD TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR DOING THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TRUSTEES THAT WILL CONCLUDE REPORTS FOR THE EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE FINAL SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND WE WILL CONSIDER NEW POLICIES.

[10.1 Adoption of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual]

I WILL INVITE DOCTOR SELENDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TO PLEASE PRESENT.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT TYRA. UPDATE 126 REFLECTS POLICY REVISIONS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY CHANGES ENACTED DURING THE 89TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE UPDATE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL.

ADOPTION IS REQUESTED FOR THE LOCAL POLICIES LISTED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER SECOND READING THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SELENDA. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 126 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED IN THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

TASB T A S B LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 126 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.

SECOND. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 126 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.

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I THINK, IT BEARS REPEATING FOR ANYBODY WHO MISSED IT AT THAT TIME.

SEVERAL OF THESE POLICIES ARE INDICATED ON THE TRUSTEE LIST HAVE BEEN FURTHER REVISED BY OUR POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, WHICH IS MYSELF, TARRAH AND MICHAEL. AND SO YOU KNOW, HAVING A STANDING POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE IS REALLY ALLOWING THE BOARD TO THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR, THIRD YEAR IT'S REALLY ALLOWING THE BOARD TO DIG INTO POLICY IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ADOPTING POLICIES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THEN CUSTOMIZING POLICIES WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE FOR THE DISTRICT. AND SO JUST AGAIN THERE ARE SEVERAL NOTATIONS ON YOUR ACTION LIST WHERE THE COMMITTEE HAS GONE THROUGH AND MADE SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS FROM THE POLICY UPDATE.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY EITHER THIS OR AUDIT HAS TO BE THE BUSIEST COMMITTEE.

I'M ON BOTH AND THEY'RE BOTH, THEY'RE BOTH QUITE BUSY, BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY BUSY COMMITTEE AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTION AND WORK ON THAT AND Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL REREAD THIS MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD SECRETARY TARRAH LANTZ AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 126 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES INCLUDED IN THE POLICY UPDATE UNDER SECOND READING.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSION. I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP. NONE OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM 11 ADJOURNMENT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THE TIME IS 9:49 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.