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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
PRESIDENT AND PRESIDING OFFICER.NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT, I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS WORK SESSION OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 5.30 P.M.
ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK SUPERINTENDENT DR.
TERESA WILLIAMS TO PLEASE VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.
I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
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, WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL.
KINDLY PLEASE RESPOND WHEN YOUR NAME IS ANNOUNCED.
NANCY HUMPHREY IS ON HER WAY AND WE'LL ANNOUNCE HER WHEN SHE GETS HERE.
ELISA KLEIN IS WALKING IN, SO WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE HER WHEN SHE GETS TO THE DAIS.
AND CATHERINE GOODWIN, PRESENT.
THAT IS LISA KLEIN WALKING IN 531 P.M.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE STAFF SEATED AT THE DAIS TO MY LEFT, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
CELINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS, JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ON MY RIGHT, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS, EMPLOYEE SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGY, LISA WILSON, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, DR.
WELL, HE IS RECEIVING AN AWARD.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND IVAN CANTU, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STRATEGY AND INNOVATION.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY ]
TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.AT BOARD MEETINGS, THE BOARD PERMITS PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA-RELATED COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD AT THIS TIME.
FREEMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS? PRESIDENT TYRA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
[3.1 Public Hearing on the 2026 - 2027 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING OF THE 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.THIS EVENING, THE BOARD IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COURTNEY REEVES, AFTER WHICH I WILL INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE PODIUM WITH COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION AND ACTION, AND I WILL ASK BOARD MEMBERS TO HOLD COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL THEN, AND NOW I WILL INVITE COURTNEY REEVES TO THE PODIUM, WHO'S ALREADY HERE.
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE PROPOSED 26-2027 BUDGET, A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND COMPENSATION PLAN WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE 26-27 OFFICIAL BUDGET BOOK AND COMPENSATION PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
OF COURSE, THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES, COMMITMENTS, AND GOALS WE ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT WHILE BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF OUR RESOURCES.
IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR PROPOSED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO THE BUDGET BOOK CONTAINS A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION.
I WON'T BE GOING THROUGH ALL OF IT PAGE BY PAGE TONIGHT.
INSTEAD, I'LL FOCUS ON SOME KEY ITEMS THAT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL, INCLUDING OUR PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND, AS WELL AS OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE MAJOR ASSUMPTION, BUDGET CHANGES, AND TRENDS THAT INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
OUR BUDGET IS MORE THAN A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT.
IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR PRIORITIES, OUR VALUES, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO FULFILLING THE DISTRICT'S MISSION AND VISION.
AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET EACH YEAR, WE USE OUR MISSION AND VISION AS GUIDING PRINCIPLES, ENSURING THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS ALIGN WITH OUR GOAL AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS AND PREPARING ALL OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE.
WE FOCUS ON DIRECTING RESOURCES TO THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON STUDENTS, SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES, AND MAINTAINING IMPORTANT STUDENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
OUR BUDGETING PROCESS REQUIRES BALANCING IMMEDIATE NEEDS WITH LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
GUIDED BY OUR VISION FOR OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND OUR
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MISSION TO SERVE EVERY LEARNER, WE STRIVE TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS.THAT INVEST IN HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION, PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH, AND ENSURE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR BOTH OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECOGNIZE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES.
EVERY BUDGET DECISION IS MADE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ITS IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND THE DISTRICT'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH.
BY ALIGNING OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES WITH OUR MISSION AND VISION AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WE WORK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE CONTINUED STRENGTH OF OUR DISTRICT.
SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO JUMP INTO SOME OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
OUR DETAILED BUDGET NARRATIVE BEGINS ON PAGE 5 OF THE BUDGET BOOK AND CONTINUES THROUGH PAGE 15.
THIS SECTION JUST PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CONTEXT REGARDING ASSUMPTIONS, PRIORITIES, AND KEY FACTORS THAT SHAPE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROPOSED 2026-2027 BUDGET.
AS WE DEVELOP THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS GUIDED OUR PLANNING.
MOST NOTABLY, WE CONTINUE TO EXPECT A DECLINE IN OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WHICH HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR DISTRICT REVENUES.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATION PLAN DESIGNED TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES' RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
THE PLAN INCLUDES A 2% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, INCREASING STARTING SALARIES FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, AND LIBRARIANS, TARGETED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR SELECTED POSITIONS.
IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET DOES REFLECT CONTINUED IMPACT ON INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, RISING OPERATING COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THE IMPACT OF UNDERFUNDED STATE MANDATES.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OUR GOAL HAS TO BEEN TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND TRANSPARENCY.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT INVOLVING CAMPUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, DR.
WILLIAMS AND OF COURSE OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN NOVEMBER AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH REGULAR UPDATES SINCE JANUARY.
THE FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, AND GUIDANCE THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN INVALUABLE AND HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
[4.1 Adoption of the 2026 - 2027 General Fund, Debt Service Fund, Food and Nutritional Services Fund Budgets and Compensation Plan]
THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY FROM PAGE 18 IN OUR BUDGET BOOK, AND IT SUMMARIZES THE BUDGETS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS REQUIRED TO, BY LAW, TO ADOPT.THAT'S OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND.
FOR EACH FUND, REVENUES ARE PRESENTED BY SOURCE, LOCAL, STATE, AND THEN FEDERAL.
AND THEN EXPENDITURES ARE DISPLAYED AT A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATUTORY BUDGET ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN NO CHANGES TO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET SINCE OUR PROJECTIONS PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY $44.8 MILLION FOR 26-27.
OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND AND OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND ARE PROJECTED TO OPERATE WITH BALANCED BUDGETS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, OF COURSE.
AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF EACH FUND IN THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY COMPARES OUR FINAL 25-26 GENERAL FUND AMENDED BUDGET.
THAT AMENDED BUDGET WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
AND OF COURSE, WE COMPARE THAT AMENDED BUDGET TO OUR 26-27 PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'D FIRST LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO OUR 26-27 BUDGET SINCE IT WAS PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BUDGET DISCUSSION.
WHAT HAS CHANGED IS OUR 25-26 AMENDED BUDGET.
FROM THE TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT IT THE LAST TIME IN EARLY JUNE.
AS PART OF OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT PROCESS, WE REVIEWED OUR PROJECTED YEAR-END EXPENDITURES AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNCTIONS HAD ADEQUATE BUDGET AUTHORITY OR BASICALLY BUDGET COVERAGE THROUGHOUT SO THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND BECAUSE OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, SOME OF THE YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISONS, YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT WAS BROUGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, YOU'D SEE SOME VARIANCES THERE.
AS YOU REVIEW THOSE FUNCTIONAL CHANGES, MANY OF THOSE INCREASES ARE DRIVEN BY A PROPOSED 2% COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS SOME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AFFECTING VARIOUS OPERATING COSTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THERE'S A FEW AREAS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING, WHICH WE DID HIGHLIGHT AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, BUT FUNCTION 41, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION SHOWS A MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO SOME ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES IN OUR CURRENT YEAR THAT WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE REPEATING IN 26-27.
THE SAME IS TRUE FOR FUNCTION 51 FOR FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO SOME ONE-TIME MAINTENANCE-RELATED COSTS INCURRED IN THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALSO REALIZING SAVINGS IN 26-27 FROM THE NEW CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THAT DECREASE FOR THAT FUNCTION.
FUNCTION 34, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, WE DID HAVE TO HAVE AN AMENDED INCREASE FOR 25-26, AND THAT REALLY WAS SPECIFICALLY TO FUEL COSTS.
WE NEEDED TO ADJUST THAT AT YEAR-END TO COVER SOME
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INCREASED FUEL COSTS.AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY SIMILAR ADJUSTMENTS FOR 26-27 BUDGET.
OF COURSE, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE FUEL COSTS WILL STABILIZE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN FINALLY, FUNCTION 91, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CHARGES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY RECAPTURE, SHOWS A SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASE THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
THAT'S BECAUSE OUR CURRENT YEAR RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS PROJECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED.
SO WHILE OUR 26-27 RECAPTURE BUDGET...
OVERALL, THE CHANGES FROM LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATION, OR SORRY, OUR EARLIER THIS MONTH'S PRESENTATION ARE LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO OUR FINAL 25-26 AMENDED BUDGETS, NOT CHANGES TO OUR PROPOSED 26-27 BUDGET.
SO FOR OUR PROPOSED 26-27 BUDGET, OUR TOTAL REVENUES ARE TOTALING AT $634.6 MILLION.
OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WITH RECAPTURE ARE $691.6 MILLION.
OUR TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES, $12.2 MILLION, AND THAT LEAVES US WITH A NET OPERATION RESULTS WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET OF $44.8 MILLION.
IF YOU WILL JUST ALLOW ME, THIS IS ACTUALLY INFORMATION THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE WHAT AND THE WHERE THAT OUR BUDGET IS GOING FOR 26-27.
I'D LOVE JUST TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HIGHLIGHT THE WHY OR SOME OF THE WHY.
AGAIN, NOW THAT WE'VE WALKED THROUGH SOME OF THAT PROJECTED $44.8 MILLION, I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THESE MINUTES TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO IT.
SO ONE OF THOSE FACTORS IS THE GROWING COST OF STATE-REQUIRED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, WHERE FUNDING HAS JUST NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THEM.
AGAIN, THAT RISING BURDEN OF UNDERFUNDED STATE MANDATES.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT AND PROVIDE VALUABLE SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT IN THESE SPECIFIC CASES, THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE COVERS ONLY A PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST.
SO, AGAIN, WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE, WE CAN TALK THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THE ANTICIPATED COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR 26-27, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS $95 MILLION, AND WE PROJECT A STATE ALLOTMENT.
THAT FUNDING GAP IS $41.1 MILLION.
TRANSPORTATION, AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT FUNDING GAP OF $18.2 MILLION COMPARED TO OUR COST VERSUS OUR STATE ALLOTMENT OR ANTICIPATED STATE ALLOTMENT.
SAFETY AND SECURITY, $7 MILLION GAP.
GIFTED AND TALENTED, $5.7 MILLION GAP.
AND DYSLEXIA, AGAIN, SERVICES REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HAS AN $800,000 FUNDING GAP.
AGAIN, IF YOU TAKE ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, THAT'S A TOTAL OF $74.4 MILLION GAP.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SIX PROGRAMS THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON.
AGAIN, SO REGARDLESS OF THE FUNDING LEVEL, THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS.
AS A RESULT, WE MUST CONTINUE DIRECTING MORE LOCAL SOURCES TOWARDS THESE AREAS, WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL PRESSURES ON OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
ANOTHER FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES IS THE CONTINUED IMPACT OF INFLATION AND RISING OPERATING COSTS.
SINCE 2019, THE DISTRICT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES ACROSS MANY AREAS OF ITS OPERATIONS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE 2019, THAT'S $76.3 MILLION DUE TO INFLATION.
CONTRACTED SERVICES, $2.9 MILLION.
INSURANCE PREMIUMS, SPECIFICALLY OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE, $1.5 FROM INFLATION.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AGAIN, THESE ARE MATERIALS THAT GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, UP $731,000 DUE TO INFLATION.
AND, OF COURSE, WE JUST KIND OF TOUCHED ON FUEL JUST A WHILE AGO.
AGAIN, WHILE THESE COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, THE DISTRICT'S REVENUE GROWTH HAS JUST NOT KEPT PACE.
AS A RESULT, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DELIVER THE SAME HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE WHILE ABSORBING SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER COSTS WITH LIMITED CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN FUNDING.
THIS GROWING GAP BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE GROWTH PLACES INCREASING PRESSURE ON OUR DISTRICT'S FINANCES AND REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO OUR STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LEGISLATIVE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS IN OUR CONTROL.
OBVIOUSLY, TO ADDRESS THE PROJECTED BUDGET SHORTFALL, THE DISTRICT HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN A NUMBER OF PROACTIVE, TARGETED ACTIONS WHILE REMAINING COMMITTED TO PROTECTING
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EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND MAINTAINING QUALITY INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.THESE EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED CAMPUS CONSOLIDATION AND FACILITY OPTIMIZATION TO BETTER ALIGN OUR RESOURCES WITH OUR ENROLLMENT TRENDS.
ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES TO STREAMLINE OUR OPERATIONS.
VACANCY MANAGEMENT AND ATTRITION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT ON OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
THE DISTRICT HAS ALSO REDUCED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THREE-YEAR TRENDSPINS, AGAIN, TRYING TO RIGHT-SIZE OUR BUDGETS.
WE ALSO TARGETED SOME OTHER AREAS, TRAVEL SPECIFICALLY FOR DEPARTMENTS, AGAIN, TO JUST, AGAIN, COMBAT SOME OF THE DEFICIT BUDGET BEFORE US.
WE INTEND TO STRATEGICALLY USE FUND BALANCE TO HELP SOFTEN THE IMPACT OF OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS ON OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND CONTINUE TO REGULARLY EVALUATE THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ENSURE RESOURCES ARE DIRECTED TO AREAS THAT PROVIDE THE GREATEST VALUE AND SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENT SUCCESS.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET TONIGHT, THE WORK DOESN'T STOP, AND WE KNOW THAT.
WE KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE, AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, LOOK FOR WAYS TO FIND EFFICIENCIES.
SO WE KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE TONIGHT WE'RE ADOPTING THE BUDGET, WE KNOW THAT THE WORK DOESN'T STOP.
SO TOGETHER, THESE ACTIONS REFLECT THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THEIR RESPONSIBLE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP WHILE KEEPING STUDENTS AND CLASSROOMS AT THE CENTER OF OUR DECISION-MAKING.
WE HAVE A VERY, VERY RICH HISTORY OF FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE, AND IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE TO ME THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT EXCELLENCE.
THE DISTRICT HAS EARNED SEVERAL PRESTIGIOUS...
BOARDS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY, AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS.
SO AS WE'RE STARTING TO TALK THROUGH THE BUDGET, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PLANO ISD'S BUDGET CHALLENGES ARE NOT A RESULT OF FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT.
IN FACT, THE DISTRICTS RECENTLY EARNED THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING UNDER THE TEXAS SCHOOL FIRST ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, RECEIVING A PERFECT SCORE OF 100 POINTS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP.
RATHER, THE CHALLENGES WE FACE ARE FROM A FUNDING SYSTEM THAT HAS JUST NOT KEPT PACE WITH INFLATION, RISING OPERATING COSTS, AND INCREASED STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THESE FACTORS HAVE CREATED A SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE NOT ONLY FOR PLANO ISD, BUT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
SO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO MANAGING THESE CHALLENGES.
WE'VE WORKED TO MAXIMIZE EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLAR WHILE PROTECTING THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP, AND THOUGHTFUL DECISION MAKING.
WHILE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES ARE REAL, OUR FOCUS REMAINS UNCHANGED, ENSURING THAT EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE IS DIRECTED TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS AND DESERVES.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DIVERT FROM THE BUDGET FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK INTO OUR BUDGET BOOK.
OF COURSE, CONNIE, GOING BACK TO OUR REVENUE SOURCES, AGAIN, THIS IS WITHIN YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
AND THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY, AGAIN, COMPARES THAT FINAL AMENDED 2526 GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET TO OUR PROPOSED 2627 REVENUE BUDGET.
AND SIMILAR TO EXPENDITURES, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO OUR PROPOSED 2627 REVENUE BUDGET SINCE IT WAS PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR 2526 AMENDED BUDGET AS PART OF THE FINAL AMENDMENT.
WHICH JUST RESULTED IN A FEW SLIGHT CHANGES TO OUR YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON.
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MAJOR REVENUE CHANGES, OF COURSE, WE DID REVIEW THESE AT OUR LAST, SO IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME JUST TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE.
OUR LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY APPROXIMATELY $2.7 MILLION, AND THIS DECREASE IS DUE TO REDUCTION IN OUR M&O TAX RATE.
IT'S GOING FROM JUST OVER 80 CENTS, .80220, TO JUST UNDER 80 CENTS AT .79540.
RESULTING, AND OF COURSE THAT'S ALL RESULTING FROM STATE MANDATED TAX COMPRESSION.
OUR INTEREST INCOME, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IS PROJECTED TO DECLINE AS THE MARKET INTEREST RATES, AGAIN, EXPECT A DECREASE.
AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TALK OF MAYBE WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH INTEREST RATES AND IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND AMEND THAT BUDGET.
BUT FOR NOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROJECT A DECREASE IN OUR INTEREST INCOME.
OUR STATE REVENUE SIDE, OUR AVAILABLE SCHOOL FUND REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE JUST BY OVER $4 MILLION DUE TO ANTICIPATED INCREASE ON THAT PER CAPITA RATE ALLOCATION.
THE PROJECTED RATE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY OVER JUST, IT'S CURRENTLY AT $471 AND IT'S EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO APPROXIMATELY $600 PER STUDENT.
THAT'S BASED ON PRIOR YEAR ADA.
OUR FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE.
AGAIN, THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO OUR ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT DECLINE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,008 STUDENTS.
OUR SHARS REVENUE IS ALSO PROJECTED TO DECREASE AS COLLECTIONS RETURN TO KIND
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OF A MORE TYPICAL LEVEL.IN 25-26, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A ONE-TIME INCREASE FOR A PRIOR YEAR COST REPORT SETTLEMENT.
WE HAD A LAG IN THAT PAYMENT, AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
AND SO 26-27 WILL GO BACK DOWN TO WHAT OUR NORMAL COLLECTIONS WILL BE.
AND THEN FINALLY, TRANSFERS END.
PREDICTED PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION, AND THAT'S DRIVEN PRIMARILY TO OUR ANTICIPATED PROCEEDS FROM SURPLUS REAL ESTATE SALES AND AN INCREASED REVENUE RECOVERY FROM OUR PASAR PROGRAM.
SO OVERALL THERE, WHILE THERE WERE JUST A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO 25-26, AMENDED THE KEY REVENUE DRIVERS AND ASSUMPTIONS FOR OUR PROPOSED 26-27, BUDGET REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM OUR PRESENTATION, OUR LAST BOARD DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION.
LOOKING AT OUR PIE CHART, THAT PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF OUR DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES FOR OUR 26-27 FISCAL YEAR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PLANO ISD REMAINS HEAVILY RELIANT ON LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 83.6 PERCENT OF ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
THESE LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS PROVIDE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR DISTRICT'S INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, AND OTHER DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES.
SO STATE FUNDING REPRESENTS 10.3% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND IS GENERATED THROUGH ENROLLMENT-BASED FUNDING FORMULAS.
OTHER REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 30.2% OF OUR BUDGET AND INCLUDES SEVERAL SOURCES, SUCH AS FACILITY RENTALS, INVESTMENT EARNINGS, AND VARIOUS SERVICE-RELATED REVENUES.
FEDERAL FUNDING REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, AND THAT'S CONSISTENTLY PRIMARY TARGETED FOR REIMBURSEMENT, SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIRECT COSTS.
THE REMAINING 2.3 IS CLASSIFIED AS TRANSFER IN AND AGAIN THAT REFLECTS ONE-TIME REVENUE SOURCES INCLUDING THAT ANTICIPATED THOSE ANTICIPATED PROCEEDS FROM OUR SURPLUS REAL ESTATE SALES AND REVENUE RECOVERING FROM THE PASRR PROGRAM.
THIS PIE CHART SHOWS OUR DISTRICT HOW OUR DISTRICT PLANS TO ALLOCATE OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES NET OF RECAPTURE ACROSS MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOR 26-27.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE LARGEST SHARE OF OUR BUDGET IS DEDICATED TO INSTRUCTION, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 64% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
THIS INCLUDES DIRECT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, TEACHER SALARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 7.2% OF THE BUDGET, AND THAT INCLUDES COUNSELING, HEALTH SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS TO HELP ENSURE STUDENTS ARE HEALTHY, SUPPORTED, AND READY TO LEARN.
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT REPRESENTS SIX.
POINT EIGHT PERCENT AND INCLUDES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND THOSE AREAS HELP OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF DELIVER HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND ACTUALLY IF YOU CONSIDER INSTRUCTION STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT THAT ACTUALLY MAKES UP SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND THAT'S DEDICATED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS WE OFFER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ACCOUNT FOR TEN PERCENT OF OUR EXPENDITURES AND SUPPORTS THE OPERATIONS AND UPKEEP OF OUR FACILITIES.
IT DOES INCLUDE UTILITIES, REPAIRS, AND THEN CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTS 3.7% OF THE BUDGET AND, OF COURSE, PROVIDES A SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION OF OUR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
THE REMAINING EXPENDITURES ALLOCATED AMONG THE DISTRICT-WIDE OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NON-STUDENTS AT 3.6%, AND THAT'S OUR TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
OUR CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDES ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, AT 1.6.
AND THEN OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CHARGES ARE LESS THAN 1%.
THIS PIE CHART LOOKS AT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
RATHER THAN SHOWING THE MONEY, HOW IT'S SPENT FUNCTIONALLY, IT SHOWS THE TYPE OF EXPENDITURES THAT MAKE UP THE BUDGET BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PAYROLL ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY...
83.6 PERCENT OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
THIS INCLUDES SALARIES, WAGES, BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS, CAMPUS STAFF, SUPPORT PERSONNEL, AND ADMINISTRATORS.
THIS PERCENTAGE, OF COURSE, HIGHLIGHTS THE PEOPLE-CENTERED NATURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS ARE DELIVERED BY PEOPLE, AND OUR PEOPLE REMAIN OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.
THE BUDGET REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ATTRACTING, RETAINING, AND SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
CONTRACTED SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 11 PERCENT.
OF THE BUDGET INCLUDES UTILITIES, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS, AND OTHER CONTRACTED FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ARE APPROXIMATELY 3.3 OF OUR EXPENDITURES AND OF COURSE THAT INCLUDES CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND THEN ALSO DAILY OPERATIONS.
THE REMAINING 2.1 IS CLASSIFIED AS OTHER OPERATING AND THAT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS TRAVEL THIS IS WHERE OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS LIVE, DUES, FEES, AND SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING COSTS.
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TAKEAWAY FROM THIS CHART IS NEARLY 84 CENTS OF EVERY GENERAL FUND DOLLAR IS INVESTED IN OUR EMPLOYEES.WHILE WE FOCUS ON OUR PROGRAMS, OUR SERVICES, AND OUR FACILITIES, IT'S ULTIMATELY OUR TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR STUDENTS' LIVES EVERY DAY.
MOVING ON TO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.
OF COURSE, PLANO ISD ADOPTS A BALANCED DEBT SERVICE FUND EACH YEAR, ENSURING THAT OUR TAX RATE GENERATES ONLY THE REVENUE NECESSARY TO MEET THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES.
WHEN DEBT SERVICE REVENUE ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT NEEDED FOR AN ANNUAL PAYMENT, THOSE FUNDS MAY BE STRATEGICALLY USED FOR A DEBT DEFEASANCE OR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT'S FINANCIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO DO SO.
SO AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, OUR PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR FINAL AMENDED 25-26 BUDGET AND OUR PROPOSED 26-27 BUDGET IS RELATED TO A REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A SIMILAR DEFEAT SINCE OUR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR 26-27.
SO AS A RESULT, OUR PROPOSED DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET REFLECTS ONLY THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO MEET OUR SCHEDULED DEBT PAYMENTS AND MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET.
OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND, THE SLIDE OF COURSE COMPARES, AS ALL OF THEM, OUR 25-26 FINAL AMENDED BUDGET TO OUR PROPOSED 26-27 BUDGET.
SIMILAR TO OUR GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO OUR PROPOSED 26-27 BUDGET SINCE IT WAS PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING.
OUR FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES IS GENERALLY BUDGETED TO OPERATE ON A BALANCED BASIS EACH YEAR.
FOR 26-27, WE ARE PROJECTING LOWER REVENUE PRIMARILY TO DECLINING STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
WHICH IS EXPECTED RESULT TO RESULT TO REDUCE OUR KIND OF OUR MEAL PARTICIPATION.
IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT HAS FULLY UTILIZED OUR FEDERAL SUPPLY CHAIN ASSISTANT GRANT.
AND THAT'S OUR AS A REMINDER, THAT WAS A TEMPORARY FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE PROVIDED TO HELP SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS KIND OF OFFSET THAT INCREASED COST AND SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC.
IT ROLLED OVER YEAR TO YEAR AND WE FINALLY EXACERBATED THOSE FUNDS TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED.
FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES BUDGET, EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO ALIGN WITH THE PROJECTED REDUCTION IN REVENUE.
AS A RESULT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PROGRAM OPERATIONS WHILE ENSURING EXPENDITURES REMAIN IN LINE WITH ANTICIPATED REVENUES.
PAGE 39 IS A 10-YEAR SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE HISTORY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PLANO ISD'S TOTAL TAX RATE WHEN COMPARED FROM 2017-18 TO 2016-20.
OUR TAX RATE HAS ACTUALLY DECLINED OVER THE PAST DECADE.
SINCE 2018, THE TOTAL TAX RATE HAS DECREASED JUST UNDER 41 CENTS.
MUCH OF THIS REDUCTION HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY STATE-MANDATED TAX RATE COMPRESSION, PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 3 IN 2019, WHICH REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REDUCE THEIR M&O TAX RATES AS PROPERTY VALUES INCREASES.
FOR 2026-2027, OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS CURRENTLY AT AN ESTIMATED...
$0.03275, AND THIS CONSISTS OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF M&O TAX RATE OF JUST UNDER 80 CENTS.
IT'S .7540, AND OUR INTEREST AND SINKING INS RATE OF JUST UNDER 24 CENTS OF .23735.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS REMAINS A PROPOSED TAX RATE AT THIS TIME.
WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AT THE END OF JULY.
WHICH WE'LL USE TO CALCULATE OUR FINAL TAX RATE.
ADMINISTRATION WILL RETURN TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST WITH A FINAL TAX RATE RECOMMENDATION FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.
THIS SLIDE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON PAGE 40 OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK, WHICH PROVIDES A SEVEN-YEAR HISTORY OF OUR DISTRICT'S RECAPTURE PAYMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR 26-27, OUR RECAPTURE IS PROJECTED AT APPROXIMATELY $132.5 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $16.1 MILLION.
FROM OUR ESTIMATED $116.4 MILLION IN OUR 25-26 BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY, THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS INCREASE IS OUR PROJECTED DECLINE IN OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
AS OUR ENROLLMENT DECREASES, THE DISTRICT GENERATES LESS STATE FUNDING, AND THROUGH THE CURRENT SCHOOL FINANCE FORMULA, WHILE OUR PROPERTY WEALTH REMAINS RELATIVELY HIGH, AS A RESULT, OUR LARGER SHARE OF OUR LOCALLY GENERATED REVENUE IS SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.
OUR SPECIAL REVENUE GRANTS ARE ALSO OUR CURRENT PRELIMINARY ENTITLEMENTS ARE LISTED IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THIS PAGE TO LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BOOK, ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THIS REVIEW IS EVERY ONE OF OUR GRANTS, WHETHER IT WAS FEDERALLY FUNDED OR STATE FUNDED, HAS DECREASED.
ALSO, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK, WE MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO ADDED NEW, BUT ULTIMATELY WE HAD TWO
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LARGE STATE GRANTS THAT FELL OFF OF THIS LIST, AND THESE WERE OUR SAFE SPACES.CYCLE ONE AND TWO WHICH WERE SPECIFICALLY STATE FUNDED MONIES FOR MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS FOR REQUIRED UNDER OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE AGAIN HAVE FALLEN OFF AND AS OF RIGHT NOW DON'T FORESEE US RECEIVING ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR ANY OF THOSE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS THE END OF MY BUDGET REPORT PIECE.
NOW MOVING ON TO OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
OUR COMPENSATION PLAN REFLECTS THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR STUDENTS' LIVES EVERY DAY.
BUILDING ON A COMPENSATION INVESTMENT MADE IN RECENT YEARS, THE APPROVED PLAN INCLUDES A NEW STARTING TEACHER SALARY OF $64,000 OR $66,000 FOR TEACHERS HOLDING A MASTER'S DEGREE.
A 2% PAY INCREASE FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, CONTINUED HEALTH CARE CONTRIBUTIONS OF $330 PER MONTH, TARGETED MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR SELECTED POSITIONS, AND THE PLAN ALSO MAINTAINS LOW-COST EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE AND AFTER-SCHOOL CARE OPTIONS, WHICH REMAIN A VALUABLE BENEFIT TO OUR STAFF.
PLANO ISD REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT WORK OUR STAFF PERFORM EACH AND EVERY DAY.
OUR COMPENSATION PLAN REFLECTS A BALANCE BETWEEN RESPONSIBLE FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND OUR COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE PIECES IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE OUR PAY RANGES, OUR PAY GRADES IN A SUMMARY FORM.
AT THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE OUR TEACHER PAY SCALE, AND AS YOU WORK DOWN, YOU'LL FIND MANAGEMENT, OUR PROFESSIONAL.
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS INSTRUCTION AND CLERICAL SUPPORT STARTS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT AND THEN CONTINUES AT THE TOP RIGHT.
OUR MANUAL TRADE PAY GRADES AND THEN BELOW THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY PAY GRADES.
THIS THEN STARTS A LIST OF OUR DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED STIPENDS SPECIFICALLY GROUPED.
YOU CAN SEE OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAM STIPENDS AND THEN WE START WITH OUR BAND AND FINE ARTS.
YOU CAN SEE BAND AND CHOIR SLASH ORCHESTRA.
MOVING ON TO CHEERLEADING, DRILL TEAM, ROBOTICS, AND SPEECH, WHICH IS ON OUR NEXT PAGE THERE, THEATER, YEARBOOK, AND THEN SOME OTHER SPECIFIC GROUPINGS OF STIPENDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE OUR BEHAVIOR INSTRUCTIONALIST STIPENDS THERE, CAMPUS LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR STIPENDS, AND SOME OTHER VARIOUS STIPENDS LISTED UNDER OTHER.
AGAIN, SOME SPECIFIC TO OUR CTE.
TEACHERS AGAIN YOU SEE THOSE LISTED THERE THEN IB, JROTC AND SOME OTHER SPECIFIC STIPENDS FOR PROGRAMS LET'S CONTINUE ON THEN WE DO HAVE OUR SCHOOL PR LIAISON STIPENDS LISTED THERE AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER STIPENDS SPECIFICALLY TO OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS AS YOU CAN SEE TITLE I, DYSLEXIA, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEN ESL BILINGUAL STIPENDS LISTED AND THEN YOU SEE OUR CAMPUS ASSIGNED LEADERSHIP AND THOSE ARE BROKEN OUT BY OUR LEVELS.
YOU SEE SENIOR HIGH AND THE DETAILS, HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN ELEMENTARY.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM STARTS EXPLANATION OF OUR AVAILABLE DISCRETIONARY STIPENDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE JUMP INTO OUR ATHLETIC STIPENDS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SENIOR HIGHS AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY SPORT RELATED THE ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC STIPENDS AT THE BOTTOM AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR ATHLETIC FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THOSE SPECIFIC TO THE SPORTS AND OF COURSE THOSE ADDITIONAL NON-SPORT RELATED STIPENDS AT THE BOTTOM.
THEN WE HAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL PAY RATES.
AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO EXTRA DUTY FOR OUR TEACHERS.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED OUT HOURLY TO THE SIDE.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY EXTRA DUTY RATES FOR OUR FINE ARTS GROUP.
THAT IS PRETTY DETAILED AND LISTED THERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR FINE ARTS EXTRA DUTY RATES.
AND THEN AFTER OUR FINE ARTS EXTRA DUTY, WE DO HAVE OUR FOOD SERVICE RATES AVAILABLE AT THE BOTTOM.
RATES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, OUR TRANSPORTATION RATES, OUR PRASAR PROGRAM PAY RATES,
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AND THEN OUR SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM DAILY RATES AT THE BOTTOM.AND THEN A LISTING OF THE HOURLY AND DAILY RATES FOR ANY TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT ACTUALLY FINISHES OUT THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND THE END OF MY PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS FIRST.
TRUSTEE NANCY HUMPHREY ARRIVED AT 5.34 P.M.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT IN THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING.
THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING TIME, SO I WILL NOW INVITE TO THE PODIUM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON AGENDA ITEM 3.1, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
ALL RIGHT, NOT SEEING ANY TAKERS, WE WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THE EVENING, WHICH IS STARTING WITH 4.1, ADOPTION OF THE 2026-2027 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COURTNEY REESE IF THERE IS ANYTHING FURTHER TO PRESENT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT TYRA AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND LOCAL POLICY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS REQUIRED TO FORMALLY APPROVE THE DISTRICT'S 2026-2027 BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.
THESE BUDGETS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN ALIGN WITH THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND FINANCIAL GOALS AND ARE PRESENTED FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE 2026-2027 COMPENSATION PLAN WHICH OUTLINES THE EMPLOYEE'S PAY STRUCTURE AND BENEFITS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND ENSURES ALIGNMENT WITH BOTH MARKET CONDITIONS AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE ADOPTION AS PRESENTED.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 26-27 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS, AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE LISA KLEIN.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS 2026-2027 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES FUND BUDGETS, AND THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN.
PAGE 10, COURTNEY, OF THE BOOK.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS LINE ABOUT HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN DOING ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, AND IT CALCULATES WHAT THE NET RESULT OF THAT HAS BEEN OVER SIX YEARS, AND THEN WHAT INFLATION IS TODAY.
SO WITH AN INCREASE OVER THE SIX YEARS, ABOUT 29.1 PERCENT, THIS PARAGRAPH, YEAH, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE IT, I WAS LIKE, OH, I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT ONE, I'M SO SORRY.
YEAH, THAT'S OKAY, BUT I REALLY FOUND THAT HELPFUL BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, YOU AS THE DEPARTMENT.
HAVE DONE ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, I THINK THAT'S JUST THAT NUMBER.
I APPLAUD THEM, AND THEY CAN SEE THAT REALLY THEY'RE DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN.
WE ARE JUST NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY COME TO THE TABLE ALWAYS WILLING AND READY AND UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE SITTING AT EVEN EARLY ON IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
SO AGAIN, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT EVERYONE CAME TO THE TABLE WILLING TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WE NEEDED TO DO INTERNALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THE SECTIONS ABOUT OUR UNFUNDED MANDATES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY ELSE OBSERVING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE BY LAW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THERE JUST LITERALLY IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDING.
AND THAT'S TO THE TUNE OF $74 MILLION.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY ASTONISHING.
AND THEN THE IDEA OF INFLATION CONTRIBUTING ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH IS NOTHING THAT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT, IT JUST IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER PIECE ON TOP OF THAT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLEAR, AND THEN IF YOU ADD IN WHAT TARA WAS SAYING, POINTING TO ABOUT OUR ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE TIGHTENED THEIR BELTS.
THEY START AT ZERO, AND THEY ONLY PUT IN STUFF THAT'S JUST THAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY FOR THE SAKE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF
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TO DO AN EFFECTIVE JOB AT KEEPING OUR KIDS SUCCESSFUL.I THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT OUR BUDGETED DEFICIT IS WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S SHOCKING, AND IT'S...
IN COMPARISON AND A CONCERN FOR ME, BASED ON THE FUND BALANCE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T KEEP GOING LIKE THIS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPECIFICALLY BRINGING THOSE THINGS UP.
YEAH, I KNOW EVERYONE WORKS VERY HARD TO NEED TO PROVIDE.
PROVIDE IN SOME OF WHAT WE WANT AVAILABLE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND IF I REMEMBER YOUR ANSWER CORRECTLY, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE MONEY THAT COMES FROM OUR OWN TAXPAYERS IN THIS DISTRICT, WE WOULD NOT, IN FACT, HAVE A DEFICIT UNDER THIS BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IF WE WERE LEGALLY ABLE TO KEEP THAT MONEY YES SIR CORRECT.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT CATHERINE WAS SAYING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT $74.4 MILLION SHORT ON THOSE UNDERFUNDED MANDATES.
THAT'S THAT NUMBER IN GOLD UP THERE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE END OF OUR BUDGET, THE DEFICIT IS $44.8 MILLION.
AND SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE THAT OUR DEFICIT ISN'T AT LEAST THAT AND THAT SHOWS HOW HARD YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED ON ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO TRIM IT BACK AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAVE LOSS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT OUR STAFF PERCENTAGE DECREASES AT THE SAME RATE THROUGH ATTRITION AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE MOST OF OUR BUDGET 84% IS SPENT ON PERSONNEL AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THIS INDUSTRY IS TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEFICIT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE AREAS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE IN THE LIST, 40.1 MILLION UNDERFUNDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT'S ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OUR DEFICIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE.
AND I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ONLY PROVIDING 13 PERCENT OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY EXPECT US TO CONTINUE THIS WAY.
AND OUR FUND BALANCE KEEPS GETTING CHIPPED AWAY.
BUT I KNOW HOW TIGHTLY WE MANAGE THE FUNDS.
AND I KNOW TARA ALWAYS MENTIONS THIS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST IS 2.2% OF OUR BUDGET, THAT LITTLE PIE CHART YOU HAD.
OH, I THINK YOU HAD A DIFFERENT ONE.
YOU BEAT ME TO THIS, NANCY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS PIE CHART.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR GAPS HERE, RIGHT, SPED IS GOING INTO INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT SUPPORT.
TRANSPORTATION IS OBVIOUSLY GOING INTO TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATION AT 2.2%.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS A TALKING POINT DU JOUR IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW THAT, WELL, IF THE SUPERINTENDENT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, OR YOUR PRINCIPALS GET PAID TOO MUCH OR YOUR ADMINISTRATOR OR JUST CLEAR OUT THIS BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RUN A DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTRICT STAFF.
JUST CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE 15TH STREET BUILDING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF THE TALKING POINT.
AND I WILL POINT OUT FOR A 50,000 PERSON ORGANIZATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE WELL BELOW PRIVATE SECTOR MARKET RATES, RIGHT? AN AVERAGE FORTUNE 500 CEO MAKES IN THE MILLIONS.
AND SO I'M ALWAYS VERY FRUSTRATED TO HEAR THOSE TALKING POINTS BECAUSE OUR STAFF NOT ONLY WORK JUST SIGNIFICANT HOURS THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE SHOCKED TO SEE WHEN WE SEE OUR PRINCIPALS HERE AT BOARD MEETINGS, WHEN WE SEE OUR PRINCIPALS AT UIL EVENTS OR FOOTBALL GAMES, AND WE SEE OUR STAFF AT FOOTBALL GAMES.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK FOR WHAT IS NOT MARKET RATE ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE DOING IT AS A PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE OUR MAJOR GAPS IN THE BUDGET ARE,
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WE COULD CLEAR OUT THIS ENTIRE BUILDING AND STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET DEFICIT.NOW, AS SAM HAS POINTED OUT, IF WE COULD KEEP THE MONEY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOCALLY LEVY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE PAYING TO THE STATE, WE WOULD.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT HAVE A BUDGET GAP.
BUT JUST ADDING ON TO YOUR POINT, WE WERE OBVIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, JUST IT'S...
IT'S A STRUCTURAL ISSUE, RIGHT? IT IS VERY MUCH A STRUCTURAL ISSUE WITH EDUCATION IN THIS STATE, WHY YEAR AFTER YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT DEFICIT BUDGETS BETWEEN THE STATE FUNDING AND BETWEEN JUST THE IMMENSE PRESSURES ON FUEL COSTS.
AND I KNOW OUR FAMILIES ARE FEELING IT.
I KNOW OUR STAFF ARE FEELING IT.
LIKE, I FEEL HORRIBLE GIVING THE STAFF A 2% RAISE.
I'M JUST GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HONEST SAYING I DO NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT APPROVING A 2% RAISE FOR OUR STAFF BECAUSE I THINK OUR STAFF DESERVE MORE.
I KNOW THAT I'M PAYING MORE THAN 2% MORE FOR GAS THAN I WAS FOUR MONTHS AGO.
I WAS SHOCKED AT MY RECEIPT AT HEB THE OTHER DAY.
I KNOW THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT WELCOME IN MY LIFE.
SO I KNOW OUR FAMILIES ARE FEELING IT.
I KNOW OUR STAFF ARE FEELING IT.
AND I JUST DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT 2%. I WOULD MUCH RATHER DO SOMETHING MORE IN MARKET.
I WOULD MUCH RATHER OUR STAFF RECEIVE CLOSER TO MARKET PAY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY A PEOPLE-HEAVY BUSINESS, BUT I WANT TO REALLY REITERATE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, GO LOOK AT THE BUDGET MATERIALS, THE BUDGET BOOK THAT WE HAVE ONLINE.
IT'S VERY WELL WRITTEN, VERY WELL DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT INCREASING UTILITIES, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.
EVERYBODY'S ELECTRIC BILL IS CRAZY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ALMOST $600,000 CHANGE, RIGHT? YOU'VE LAID OUT THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EXPENDITURE HERE.
UM I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS LOOK AT.
AND MAYBE OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN, FRIENDS, FRENEMIES, FOLKS IN AUSTIN, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL OUR COLLEAGUES IN AUSTIN, NEED TO HAVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT LOOK AT.
AND PLAN OIC WILL ALWAYS PROVIDE YOU THE DATA AND HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION TO ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
SO I'LL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX NOW.
DID YOU HAVE MORE? I SORT OF JUMPED IN ON YOUR POINT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THE POINT THAT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT.
PEOPLE GET TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT RECAPTURE, BUT IT MAY BE TIME TO BRING THAT SHEEP TO THE AUSTIN CAPITAL AND SHAVE IT.
WHAT PERCENTAGE IS OUR RECAPTURE NOW OF OUR BUDGET? OH, IT'S ABOUT 25%.
WELL, IT'S 25% OF OUR TAX COLLECTIONS.
SO 25% SHAVED SHEEP MIGHT BE PRETTY COMPELLING.
BUT IT WENT UP 14 MILLION-ISH, RIGHT? AND I DON'T, THAT'S THE POINT I THINK YOU WERE DRIVING, IS THAT OUR TAXPAYERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
OH, WHAT'S 2 MILLION? ANYWAY, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR INTENT IN THE LAST FEW LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS HAS BEEN TO WORK ON DECREASING RECAPTURE AND IT CONTINUES TO GO UP BECAUSE STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT IS DOWN FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND INFLATION GOES UP.
SO WE'RE KIND OF THE VOLLEYBALL THAT KEEPS GETTING BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE FIRST YEAR YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE SHEEP WAS THAT 2022-2023 YEAR AND WE DID GET SOME LEGISLATION AND YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT DOWN ON RECAPTURE BUT EVERY TIME IT PING-PONGS.
YOU KNOW IT JUST STARTS GOING RIGHT BACK UP UH DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I DO I JUST WANT TO THANK COURTNEY AND JOHNNY AND YOUR TEAMS UH FOR THE HARD WORK THIS IS NOT A OH WE'VE GOT TO YOU KNOW GET THIS READY FOR JUNE UM AND IT'S IN THE BUDGET BOOK THIS IS A YEAR-LONG PROCESS AND SO UH WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE IN THE SUMMERTIME WE START TO GEAR UP FOR THIS WORK AGAIN UM THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTENTIONAL WORK JUST BEYOND THE ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OUR RESOURCES AND ARE WE GETTING A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES AND WHAT DOES THE DATA LOOK LIKE? AND IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN TRIM OFF THE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR OUR CURRENT STATE? ALSO, JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE PLUG WITH REGARD TO HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH IS RELATIVELY REALLY LOW.
AND SINCE WELL BEYOND JANUARY, MAYBE WE STARTED THIS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY OR WINTER BREAK, EVERY VACANCY THAT COMES OPEN, IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC FILL.
IT IS A VACANCY THAT COMES OPEN, AND WE EVALUATE.
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AND SOMETIMES WE SIT AND HOLD ON THAT VACANCY.SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GET FILLED.
BUT WE ARE, THAT HAS BEEN OUR...
ALMOST NORMAL PROCESS NOW FOR VACANCIES JUST TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ARE ADDING TO THE BUDGET IT IS GOING TO SERVE A NEED, IT'S GOING TO SERVE A PURPOSE, AND IT'S VERY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE GOALS.
SO EXCELLENT JOB FOR KEEPING THIS WORK AT THE FOREFRONT AND TRULY BEING SO INTENTIONAL WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REREAD THIS MOTION BEFORE CALLING FOR A VOTE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TERRY LANCE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE LISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS THE 2026-2027 GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS.
TRUSTEES, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[5. CLOSED SESSION I ]
THAT IS SEVEN HANDS UP.THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION ONE AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.
SECTION 551.071, 551.072, 551.074, AND 551.087.
[6. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION ]
ALL RIGHT.THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[7.1 Consider and Take Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Participation in a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7.1, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION 2.AGENDA ITEM 7.1 IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. JOHNNY HILL TO PLEASE KICK US OFF WITH A PRESENTATION.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET, HOPEFULLY THIS PRESENTATION WILL POPULATE, BUT JUST WHILE IT'S COMING UP, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION INTO THE TURS NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD IN THE MEDIA, IS WILLOUGHBY MALL, OLD WILLOUGHBY MALL IN WEST PART OF PLANO, SO EXCITING TIMES.
AND SO THE RESOLUTION IS VERY DESCRIPTIVE.
AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT, I KNOW MS. GOODWIN WILL BE READING THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, IS GO THROUGH JUST A LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT IS ENCOMPASSED WITH THE TURS AND THEN SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
AND SO IF YOU WOULD JUST TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN.
OBVIOUSLY, TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION ON THIS RESOLUTION.
THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY A TIF, MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS JUST A FINANCING MECHANISM THAT'S USED FOR INVESTMENT.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A LITTLE DEFINITION THERE.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PISD IS REALLY NO NEW ADDITIONAL TAXES ARE LEVIED ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THERE WILL BE AN AREA AROUND THE WILLOUGHBY MALL THAT IS ACTUALLY DEEMED A REINVESTMENT ZONE.
AND SO THIS TAX THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING INTO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, OR TIF, WILL ACTUALLY BE COMING FROM JUST THE INCREASED VALUE OR THE INCREMENT VALUE THAT'S SURROUNDING THAT INVESTMENT ZONE, OR WHAT WE CALL A TERS.
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE DRIVING THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT GOES INTO THIS, AND THE DISTRICT STANDS TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT AS WELL AS OTHER BENEFITS AS A RESULT OF THIS.
SO HOW DOES IT WORK? THIS IS JUST A ONE TWO, YOU KNOW, STEP ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
THIS IS HOW THE ACTUAL INCREMENT FINANCING WORKS IN PRACTICALITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY OF PLANO IS ALREADY DESIGNATED TERS NUMBER SIX.
AND SO THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS ONCE THIS GETS SET AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY THAT THE TAX OFFICE WILL ACTUALLY FREEZE THE TAX BASE AROUND THAT TERS AREA.
AND THEN ONCE THEY DO THAT, AN INCREMENTAL VALUE OR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES INTO THAT.
WILL BE CAPTURED AND A PERCENTAGE OF THAT OF THE TAXES THAT'S GENERATED OFF OF THAT WILL GO INTO THIS THIS TIFF THERE ARE SOME KEY TERMS OF PARTICIPATION THAT ARE THAT ARE ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE IS PISD WILL CONTRIBUTE BASED ON THE RESOLUTION 50 OF THE INCREMENTAL VALUE THAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CHURCH NUMBER SIX WILL UH WILL THEY'LL ACTUALLY TAKE THE 50 AND THAT'S WHAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE TIFF UH THERE IS A CAVEAT THERE THAT UH THIS WILL LAST NO LONGER THAN 25 YEARS.
THERE'S A VERY REALISTIC CHANCE IT WILL LAST LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE THERE IS GOING
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TO BE A CAP ON THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT THAT WILL COME BACK IN AUGUST FOR YOU GUYS.WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS NAILED OUT.
BUT ONE OF THE DETAILS WILL BE WHAT IS THE CAP AMOUNT THAT WILL GO INTO THIS TIF.
AND SO THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY YOU GUYS.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL BE SOMEWHERE LESS THAN THE 25 YEARS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE FINAL EXECUTION, DR.
WILLIAMS AND HER STAFF WILL BE CHARGED WITH ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, BUT YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY WILL BE THE ONES THAT EXECUTES THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF YOU BACK IN AUGUST.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT PLANO ISD, I KNOW DR.
WILLIAMS IS VERY BUSY COMING UP WITH HER LIST OF WAYS THAT IT CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF THEM YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE CAREER AND TECH WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, REAL WORLD PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FOSTER THROUGH THE CTE CENTER.
THAT'LL BE OPENED UP IN OCTOBER. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NEVER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SINCE WE PROBABLY, WHEN WE HAD IT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, MAYBE BEEN ABLE TO HOST OUR OWN GRADUATION, AND THAT WOULD BE A VERY COOL EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN A WORLD-CLASS VENUE, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE SECOND TO NONE.
IT'LL BE JUST A BEAUTIFUL VENUE THAT WE ALL CAN ENJOY.
AND THEN PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, JUST THE MODELING EXPERTS THAT HAVE MODELED AROUND THIS, VERY, VERY EXCITING.
POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF OVER $7.5 BILLION OF VALUE THAT'S COMING OUT AS A RESULT OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME NEW AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES THAT COME OUT OF THIS TERS.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTED TO US THAT WE THOUGHT OR THE BOARD THOUGHT THAT THAT MIGHT BE OBVIOUSLY OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS ARE WE LEVYING ADDITIONAL TAXES OR GIVING UP FUNDS WE WOULD OTHERWISE KEEP? AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO BE LEVYING ADDITIONAL TAXES, BUT THE TAXES IS NOT GOING TO BE ON YOUR RESIDENTIAL HOME.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU THINK WAS, OH, MY GOODNESS, IS THIS GOING TO CAUSE MY RESIDENCE TO GO UP? THE ANSWER IS NO, IT WILL NOT.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TAXES THAT ARE LEVIED, BUT IT WILL BE SURROUNDING THAT AREA OF THE TURS THAT'S BEEN SPECIFIED.
AND PULLED OUT FOR JUST REDEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITIONAL TAXES ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM.
IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF IMPACT ON YOUR PERSONAL RESIDENCE.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WELL STATED.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS, DO WE ANTICIPATE A NET FINANCIAL BENEFIT, INCLUDING FUNDS NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE? AND OBVIOUSLY, YES.
WE'VE WORKED WITH CONSULTANTS TO ACTUALLY PROTECT THE DISTRICT AND LOOK AT THE FUNDING MODELS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND OTHER.
EVEN IN ADDITION TO FINANCIAL BENEFITS, FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY KIND OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICIPATION OF THIS TURS NUMBER SIX.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ADOPTING OF THIS RESOLUTION.
ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, BECAUSE THIS IS A DISCUSSION IN ACTION, AND I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND DEFINITELY HOT SPORTS OPINIONS, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.
BEFORE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
UM, WHAT DISCUSSION IS THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? TARA, KICK US OFF.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE TERS? WHAT IF WE DECIDE NOT TO? AND SO EARLIER TODAY, I WAS THINKING, WELL, LIKELY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE VOTED NO, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER GO BACK TO THE STARS, THEY'D HAVE TO RENEGOTIATE.
THIS DEAL COULD POSSIBLY COMPLETELY FALL THROUGH, THEY COULD GO ELSEWHERE.
AND SO I WANTED TO JUST LIKE, AS MISSOURI CITY OFFICIALS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND LISTENING, YOU'RE PROBABLY LIKE, WHAT? BUT I REALLY WANT TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS TRUSTEES BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING THIS IN PLACE AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT PROBABLY 18 YEARS OR SO, LET'S SAY.
DEFINITELY LESS THAN 25, BUT PROBABLY CLOSER TO 17, 18.
SO, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE STILL MAKE MONEY AT THE END IF WE DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE A LITTLE BIT? YOU CONFIRMED THAT, JOHNNY, EARLIER WITH US.
YOU SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT $37 MILLION THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD MAKE IN THIS DEAL.
LIKE, LET'S SAY IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE, THAT AREA IS STILL GOING TO NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, AND THAT AREA WILL LIKELY STILL
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NEED A TERS TO BE REDEVELOPED BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE.AND THE CITY WOULD WANT TO ATTRACT SOMETHING THAT'S BIG AND DO A BIG DEVELOPMENT.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYTHING PUT ON OUR PLATES AS TRUSTEES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD EVEN GET A BETTER PACKAGE THAN WHAT'S PUT IN PLACE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SO THAT WE CAN HELP BE PART OF THAT AND THAT LAST SLIDE THAT YOU HAD IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING A REALLY SMART FINANCIAL DISTRICT THAT IS A FINANCIAL MOVE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT'S FOCUSED ON KIDS AND FOCUSED ON GETTING THEM THE BEST VALUE.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I DID GO THROUGH THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND IT WAS A LITTLE JARRING.
BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL NET US.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR DISTRICT AND THE CITY WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE DECISIONS, INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE COMMUNITY IMPACT PAPER THAT CAME OUT TODAY HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT.
THERE'S EVEN A MAP OF WHAT THE TERS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, THE TIMELINE AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
SO JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS.
AND THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON ALL OF US.
SO STAY TUNED FOR ALL THE, YOU KNOW, FUN INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT.
LIKE TARA, I SHARE THE SENTIMENT THAT THIS IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.
AND I ALSO VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND HOW WE ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER.
AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN SECTION 2 OF TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION, IT TALKS ABOUT A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE THE NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS WILL BE.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE NOT WORKING OUT ALL OF THAT, BUT AT THE POINT THAT THAT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT IS DRAFTED, SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS WILL HAVE HAD CONSULTATION WITH HER STAFF AND WITH THE CITY AND WORK OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS AND SHE WILL HOLD THE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT VERY CLOSE.
AND SO THE BOARD THEN WILL COME BACK AND APPROVE.
APPROVE OR CONSIDER TO APPROVE THAT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.
SO ALL THE DETAILS AREN'T IN THIS RESOLUTION, FINAL STUFF, BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS, ACTUALLY, THIS REGION, AND I THINK PLANO IS GOING TO BE A SHINING STAR.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING OR DOES THE PLAYBACK ON THIS REALLY UNDERSTANDS.
AND I'M GLAD ELISA POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S MUCH MORE DETAILS RELATED BY THE CITY THAT FOLKS CAN LOOK AT.
BUT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY SIMPLE MIND.
A TERS IS A ZONE, AN AREA THAT'S BEEN DEFINED.
THE CITY HAS DEFINED WHAT THAT IS.
ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT ZONE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY, WE ARE JOINING ON TO THAT AS BEING A TAX COLLECTOR OF LAND THAT'S WITHIN OUR CITY DISTRICT, OUR CITY BOUNDARIES.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ONCE THEY FREEZE THOSE TAXES, ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
GOES INTO A SPECIAL FUND THAT IS DIRECTLY PLACED BACK INTO THAT SPECIFIC ZONE TO HELP DEVELOP IT.
DID I GET ALL THAT RIGHT? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
SO THAT MEANS THE MONEY THAT THEY GET TO REINVEST IN THAT HELPS THAT AREA BECOME MORE VALUABLE, WHICH THEN WOULD INCREASE THE REVENUES THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY TAXES.
GOING FORWARD FOR US AND FOR US TO INVEST 50% OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY TAKE AWAY FROM THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT MEANS THAT IN THE END WE WILL BE REAPING GREATER BENEFITS BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT INTO THAT LAND, WHICH WILL
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CREATE MORE TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND FOR US.AND THEN ALSO JUST A STEP-BY-STEP ON HOW THE INCREMENT OR THE...
TIF WORKS ON THIS PRESENTATION, IT ACTUALLY WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH STEP BY STEP.
BUT YOU STATED IT, YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD.
SO I'LL WEIGH IN ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY BIG ENOUGH PICTURE THAT THE...
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR FROM US AND HEAR OUR VOICES AND WHY WE'RE SUPPORTING CERTAIN THINGS.
AND THIS IS ONE, BECAUSE IT IS A, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP OUR TRASH AND HAVING THE GREAT POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL OF THE PARKS AND THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OUR BUSINESS IS EDUCATING KIDS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY WORKING THROUGH THIS IS REALLY, OKAY, OUR CORE BUSINESS IS EDUCATING KIDS.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROJECT IF THERE WERE NOT GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE CITY, AND THE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS.
SO, YES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE THINGS WRITTEN INTO THE USE AGREEMENT THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, BOTH IN FACILITY USE AS WELL AS CTE PARTNERSHIPS, OTHER PARTNERSHIPS GOING ON THERE THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO EXPLORE WITH THE TEAM.
THE OTHER THING I THINK ABOUT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BECAUSE WE ARE A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, MOST OF THE FUNDING THAT WILL GO INTO THIS TIF, IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SENT TO AUSTIN IN THE FORM OF RECAPTURE.
AND SO FOR ME, THIS IS US INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY USING EXCESS TAX LEVY THAT WE DON'T GET TO KEEP EITHER WAY FOR THE MOST PART, USING THAT EXCESS TAX LEVY.
UM TO REINVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN A WAY THAT GROWS SPECIFICALLY OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE AND JOHNNY SAID YOU KNOW WE'RE EXPECTING PROJECTED SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN GROWTH OUR TOTAL TAX BASE INCLUDING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 100 BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT THAT IS BEFORE UM IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD BUT THAT'S BEFORE EXEMPTIONS RIGHT SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE 65 EXEMPTION OR VETERAN DISABLED VETERAN EXEMPTIONS THAT'S BEFORE EXEMPTIONS AND SO TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW OUR TAX BASE THAT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY UM THROUGH REDEVELOPING ESSENTIALLY A FAILED MALL THAT HAS BEEN A FAILED MALL SINCE IT OPENED WHEN I WAS I DON'T KNOW IN HIGH SCHOOL MAYBE UM MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL I DON'T REMEMBER BUT UH THAT THAT AREA HAS NEVER HELD THE PROMISE THAT IT WE WERE SOLD AS A COMMUNITY AT THE TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST THIS MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN THAT IS GOING TO FLOW BACK INTO THE DISTRICT AND THE INCREASED TAXES AND THAT INCREASE IN 7.5% IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES THAT IS GOING TO CARRY ON EVEN AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MET OUR CAP OR MET OUR 25 YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S A MASSIVE WIN FOR THE DISTRICT AND A MASSIVE WIN FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO AS A TRUSTEE, I'M USUALLY PRETTY SKEPTICAL OF THESE KIND OF AGREEMENTS, LIKE THE OLD 313 AGREEMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING IN TOURS FOR COMPANIES AND THIS SORT OF THING.
BUT IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE ARENA BEING OWNED BY THE CITY AND.
HAVING A FACILITY USE AGREEMENT AND IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND BEING ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT TAX BASE WITH, FRANKLY, MONEY WE WOULD NORMALLY JUST BE SENDING TO AUSTIN AND INSTEAD WE'RE PUTTING TO WORK IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DEEPLY CONSIDER, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE.
SO I WILL AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
THE PROSPECTS OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT, I'M LOOKING AROUND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS HOT SPORTS OPINIONS.
I'LL JUST SAY ONE MORE THING BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS THE ANTICIPATED CONTRIBUTION THAT THE DISTRICTS OF THE 50% INCREMENTAL FINANCING EVERY YEAR WILL FAR BE, THE BENEFITS WILL FAR EXCEED THAT BECAUSE WE'LL GET INCREMENTALLY ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND THEN OVER THE LONG TERM THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT.
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SO WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING.IT'S GOING TO BE THAT MUCH BETTER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S COMPLETED.
ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, I'M GOING TO REREAD THIS MOTION NOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ALL REMEMBER.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE LISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TERS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, THAT IS SEVEN HANDS UP.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, I WILL NOW INVITE BOARD SECRETARY CATHERINE GOODWIN TO PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION FROM AGENDA ITEM 7.1, TITLED CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, OR TERS.
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION OF A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ACT, CHAPTER 311 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, THE ACT, AUTHORIZES MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO CREATE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, OR TERS, TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH ZONES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO, THE CITY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND HOME RURAL CITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, HAS DESIGNATED A TAX.
INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, KNOWN AS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 6, THE ZONE, PURSUANT TO THE ACT ENCOMPASSING THAT CERTAIN AREA DESCRIBED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-36-3 AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, AND WHEREAS THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND CERTAIN TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ZONE AND WHEREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 311.013 OF THE ACT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY ELECT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TERS BY DEDICATING ALL OR A PORTION OF ITS TAX INCREMENT INCREMENT TO THE TAX INCREMENT FUND ESTABLISHED FOR THE ZONE AND...
WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE REQUIRES A SHORT-TERM TAX COMMITMENT DURING THE DISTRICT'S PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE, IT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR THE DISTRICT BEYOND THE DISTRICT'S PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE.
AND, WHEREAS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD, HAVE REVIEWED INFORMATION REGARDING THE ZONE, INCLUDING THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT, AND FINANCING PLAN PREPARED FOR THE ZONE AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ZONE WILL BENEFIT THE DISTRICT AND WILL NOT UNDULY INTERFERE WITH THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS EDUCATIONAL MISSION AND WHEREAS THE ZONE WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FACILITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM BENEFITS TO THE DISTRICT A ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY.
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, B, ALLOW FOR GRADUATION WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, C, ALLOW ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO ENGAGE IN A WORLD-CLASS PROFESSIONAL VENUE, D, ALLOW FOR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AROUND THE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT, AND E, ALLOW FOR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO BENEFIT STUDENTS.
WHEREAS THE BOARD FINDS THAT PARTICIPATING IN THE ZONE ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICTS, ITS STUDENTS, AND THE PUBLIC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TEXAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SECTION 1, AUTHORIZATION OF PARTICIPATION, THE BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT.
THE DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION, LEGISLATIVE AVAILABILITY
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OF FUNDS, AND IN THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF.SECTION 2, PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.
THE BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS OR HER DESIGNATEE TO NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT A PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
AND OR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ZONE, WHICH PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO EXECUTION.
THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT SHALL SPECIFY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S TAX INCREMENT TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE TAX INCREMENT FUND, THE DURATION OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE CAP ON SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS DESCRIBED BELOW.
SECTION 3, TAX INCREMENT CONTRIBUTION.
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, THE DISTRICT AGREES TO CONTRIBUTE 50% OF ITS CAPTURED APPRAISED.
VALUE TAX INCREMENT AS CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 311.012 OF THE ACT TO THE TAX INCREMENT FUND ESTABLISHED FOR THE ZONE UP TO BUT NOT TO EXCEED A CAP TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT THE CAP SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL CONTINUE SHALL COMMENCE WITH THE TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AND SHALL CONTINUE FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 25 YEARS UNLESS TERMINATED EARLIER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT OR APPLICABLE LAW SUBJECT TO THE CAP.
SECTION 4, EDUCATIONAL IMPACT FINDINGS.
THE BOARD HEREBY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT A THANK YOU.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ZONE ARE EXPECTED TO GENERATE LONG-TERM INCREASES IN PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE DISTRICT'S TAX BASE.
B, THE DISTRICT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE WILL NOT IMPAIR THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO ITS STUDENTS.
C, THE DISTRICT'S TAX INCREMENT CONTRIBUTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE OFFSET BY ANTICIPATED INCREASES.
INCREASES IN THE DISTRICT'S TAX BASE RESULTING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE ZONE.
AND D, THE PARTICIPATION IN THE ZONE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.
SECTION 5, COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE BOARD HEREBY CONFIRMS AND FINDS THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD THAT WAS CALLED AND HELD IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS...
GOVERNMENT CODE AND THAT ALL DELIBERATIONS OF THE BOARD REGARDING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS RESOLUTION OCCURRED IN OPEN SESSION UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW.
FINALLY, SECTION SIX, EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION BY THE BOARD AND IT'S SUBJECT TO REPLICATION BY ANY SUBSEQUENT BOARD ACTION.
[8.1 Adoption of Policy FDA(LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers under second reading]
EXCELLENT JOB.ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THAT SECTION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO POLICY TO CONSIDER SOME POLICY ITEMS. WE WILL FIRST HEAR ITEM 8.1, ADOPTION OF POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UPON SECOND READING.
CELINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATION, TO KICK US OFF.
REVISIONS TO POLICY FDA LOCAL ALLOW FOR A LONGER TRANSFER WINDOW FOR OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFERS.
THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION UNDER SECOND READING TONIGHT.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER ADOPTION OF POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS UNDER DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING.
TRUSTEES MAY PLEASE HAVE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FDA LOCAL.
ADMISSIONS INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING I SECOND THANK YOU TRUSTEES I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ADOPTION OF POLICY FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS UNDER SECOND READING TRUSTEES IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL RIGHT SEEING AND HEARING NONE I'LL CALL FOR A FAVOR CALL FOR A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
[8.2 Approval of Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Localized Policy Manual Update 127, Affecting (LOCAL) Policies as Indicated on the Policy Action List, and Review of (LEGAL) Policies, Regulations and Exhibits under First Reading]
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT THAT SEVEN HANDS UP THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WEEK.WE WILL NOW HEAR ITEM 8.2, APPROVAL OF TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 127 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES AND EXHIBITS UNDER FIRST READING.
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CELINDA FREEMAN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TO PLEASE PRESENT.UPDATE 127 INCLUDES REVISIONS TO LEGAL FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS BASED IN LARGE PART ON CHANGES TO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RULES AFTER THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THE UPDATE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY DISTRICT STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL.
APPROVAL IS REQUESTED FOR THE LOCAL POLICIES LISTED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST UNDER FIRST READING THIS EVENING.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CELINDA.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 127 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST.
IN REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES AND EXHIBITS UNDER FIRST READING.
TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 127 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST IN REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES AND EXHIBITS UNDER FIRST READING.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 127 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES AS INDICATED ON THE POLICY ACTION LIST AND REVIEW OF LEGAL POLICIES AND EXHIBITS UNDER FIRST READING.
TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE.
JUST SO EVERYBODY IS CLEAR ON WHAT THESE ARE, IS THAT AFTER THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE ARE LIKE 600 POLICIES.
IT'S TOTAL FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO WE EMPLOY TASB TO HELP US UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN ALL OF THOSE POLICIES BASED ON LAW.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S QUITE A LOT.
IT'S A HEFTY AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT ENDED, WHAT, A YEAR AGO? AND THEY'RE STILL GETTING THESE UPDATES OUT.
SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING, AND THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THESE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
PRIOR TO AUGUST, WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SO WE'RE JUST APPROVING THIS ON FIRST READING.
YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE, I WOULD SAY, BENIGN POLICY UPDATES.
I THINK IN TOTAL, THERE WAS LIKE AN ADDITION OF FIVE LINES OF TEXT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATION AND IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THEN ONE POLICY WAS SPLIT INTO TWO SUB POLICIES.
YOU KNOW, OVERALL, IT WAS IT WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT, NOT LIKE THE LAST ONE.
AND SO IN THE PRIOR POLICY UPDATE MANUAL YOU SAW WHERE THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE WENT IN AND AND MADE CHANGES TO THE LOCAL POLICY THAT WE THEN PROPOSED TO THE REST OF THE BOARD BASED ON WHAT WE AND TEAM AND LEGAL THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE BEING UPDATED HERE, JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS REALLY TO COMPLY WITH THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND BRINGING FORWARD FOR FIRST READING TONIGHT, AS TARA HAS SAID.
I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE POLICY SECTION FOR THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECTION OF THE AGENDA FOR ANNUAL BOARD TEAM BUILDING.
WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE FLOOR TO THIS BIG DONUT-SHAPED TABLE FOR THE NEXT SECTION.
[Items 9.1 & 9.2]
OF FOLKS ARE GETTING SETTLED, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS AGENDA ITEM.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS 9.1 AND 9.2, CONDUCT STATE-MANDATED ANNUAL BOARD TEAM BUILDING AND BOARD ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF ROLES, RIGHTS, AND DUTIES OF A BOARD MEMBER AND AN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE BOARD AS ONE CORPORATE BODY AND AS INDIVIDUALS AS OUTLINED IN THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS THE TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.
I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO REBECCA BRADLEY.
I KNOW THIS IS MANDATORY, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
TONIGHT IS, YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, BUT THANK YOU.
YES, SO THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO BECAUSE I DON'T GET OUT AND INTO THE EDUCATIONAL PIECES AS MUCH AS I WANT.
IF YOU THINK THIS IS SIT AND GET, YOU'RE WRONG.
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF INTERACTION.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW YOUR BOARD POLICIES WELL ENOUGH OR YOU HAVE CHEAT SHEETS WITHIN YOUR BINDERS.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH, WE'RE GOING TO START, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF RECONSIDERATION, REFINEMENT, AND THEN IF NEEDED, REMOVAL OF ANYTHING THAT IS NOT SERVING THE BOARD OR NOT SERVING THE TEAM OF EIGHT.
SO THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU NEED THREE POST-ITS, AND THESE ARE FOR YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE POST-ITS EITHER BY YOUR SIDE OR IN THE BINDER ITSELF.
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YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WHY.THIS IS WHY I, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, SERVE.
AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH LATER, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF TONIGHT, YOU CAN NAME WHY YOU, AS A BOARD, WORK TOGETHER AND SERVE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REVIEW THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY SIT AND GET TONIGHT, BUT IT HAS AN INTERACTIVE COMPONENT.
THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOUR GOALS.
WHAT GOALS HAVE YOU SET? WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE DISTRICT? AND GO FROM THERE.
WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT GOVERNING WITH A PURPOSE, BOARD ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ETHICS.
SO YOU HAVE BUZZERS IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TEAMS AND POINTS.
MATTER FOR PURPOSES OF PRIDE ONLY.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK, AND THEN THE TEAM OF EIGHT WILL MOVE BACK, DO THEIR BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MORE OF THE CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE, WHAT PURPOSEFUL ACTION DO WE NEED TO TAKE FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
AND I SAY WE IS THE UNIVERSAL WE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU SHOULD HAVE THREE POST-ITS.
FIRST ONE IS WHY DO YOU SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY GENERALLY? WHY DO YOU SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY? WHY DOES IT MATTER? THEN WHY DO YOU CHOOSE TO SERVE MORE SPECIFICALLY AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE? BECAUSE THOSE REASONS MAY BE THE SAME, THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN FINALLY WHY DO YOU APPRECIATE THOSE THAT YOU SERVE WITH ON THE BOARD? YOU GUYS SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE INCLUDING THIS THREE HOUR TRAINING TONIGHT.
SO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND THINK ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, WHO WANTS TO SERVE? WHY DO YOU SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY GENERALLY? WHO WANTS TO SHARE? OH, NANCY, KEEP GOING.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
WHY DO YOU SERVE GENERALLY? I'LL SHARE.
I WANT MY COMMUNITY TO FEEL MORE CONNECTED.
I SAID WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE BOTH A COUNTRY AND A COMMUNITY THAT...
SERVES US AS CITIZENS, AND I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO GIVE BACK.
CAN I TELL IF IT'S ON? THERE WE GO.
I'M THE SAME, EXCEPT I'VE GOT THE TWIST OF COMING FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY WHERE I'M PAYING BACK ALL THE BLESSINGS.
THAT MY FAMILY HAS GOTTEN WITH THE GRATITUDE THAT I THINK IS OWED.
WHY SERVE ON SCHOOL BOARD? BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF NONPROFITS.
THERE'S PLENTY OF ORGANIZATIONS YOU CAN SERVE FOR.
WHY SCHOOL BOARD? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU MAKE THE BIG BUCKS.
I WROTE, EDUCATION HAS BEEN MY PATHWAY TO OPPORTUNITY, AND I WISH TO PAY IT FORWARD.
I PUT THAT I AM FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WHERE PUBLIC EDUCATION IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER AND IT CHANGES LIVES.
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SO WHY DO YOU APPRECIATE? THAT YOU SERVE WITH.BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS.
I WANT US TO SHOW A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE FOR EACH OTHER BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REAL WORK THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FUN.
I CAN KICK US OFF HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'RE SEVEN VERY, VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE BRING OUR DIFFERENCES, OUR DIFFERENT TALENTS, AND OUR DIFFERENT SKILLS TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE AND THAT COMMON PURPOSE IS OUR STUDENTS.
I 100% BELIEVE THAT OF EVERY TRUSTEE ON THIS BOARD.
YEAH, I SAID I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVES WE ALL BRING, WHETHER IT'S AS MOMS, DADS, THROUGH OUR OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK, WHETHER THAT'S RELATED TO BOOSTERS, PTAS, THAT SORT OF THING, OUR WORK BACKGROUNDS, WHERE WE GREW UP, ALL THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE BROUGHT IN OUR OWN LIVES, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN SEE OURSELVES IN MANY DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS.
AND I THINK WE GENERALLY COVER ALL THE BASES, MOSTLY.
I SAID THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL COMMUNITY SERVANT LEADERS AND YOU PUT KIDS FIRST AND I RESPECT YOU ALL.
I ALSO WROTE, I WROTE PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DID TOO, BUT I ALSO LIKE HOW WE CAN DISAGREE AND STILL WORK TOGETHER TOWARD THE SAME OBJECTIVE OF HELPING STUDENTS.
YEAH, THE PROFESSIONALISM, THE RESPECT.
THAT HAS TO UNDERLIE SOME OF THE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS AND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE, I THINK IS APPRECIATED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU FIVE WORDS THAT I WANT YOU TO CIRCLE EVERY TIME YOU SEE THEM ON THE FRAMEWORK.
THEY'RE NOT LISTED ANYWHERE, SO YOU'VE GOT TO USE YOUR LISTENING EARS.
ALIGNMENT, SHARED, ALL, EQUITY.
AND THIS WILL BE EITHER UNDER TAB ONE OF YOUR BINDER OR IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THE NICE LITTLE SPIRAL THINGS WITH YOU, YOU CAN ALSO USE THAT FIRST TAB, WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO WRITE IN.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FIVE WORDS, FIVE CONCEPTS.
ALIGNMENT, SHARED, ALL, EQUITY, AND ADOPTION.
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DOES IN THEIR ADOPTED FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT.
NANCY, THEY'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO CIRCLE THESE.
WE'LL SEE WHO HAS AN ACCURATE COUNT AT THE END.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU HAVE TO CIRCLE THESE FIVE WORDS AS YOU SEE THEM.
AND THEY CAN BE IN ANY VARIATION, SO ADOPT, ADOPTION, RIGHT? THOSE ALL COUNT.
SO FIRST I WANT TO GROUND US IN STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK COMPARISONS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS THAT YOU CAN WORK FROM.
THERE'S THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF CAMPUS-LEVEL STUDENT OUTCOMES WITH STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, HIGH-QUALITY CURRICULUM.
THAT'S MORE OF YOUR HANDS-ON CURRICULAR WORK, RIGHT, YOUR DAY-TO-DAY.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, THE FRAMEWORK OF SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT IS MORE ABOUT GOVERNANCE, POLICYMAKING.
IT'S MORE OF WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO AT A HIGH LEVEL, VISION, ADVOCACY, UNITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND HOW DO WE CREATE THAT ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FROM THE TOP DOWN? WHEN I WAS TEACHING A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, I ALWAYS HEARD IT'S TEACHER ACTION DRIVES STUDENT ACTION.
IN THE SAME WAY, BOARD ACTION DRIVES SUPERINTENDENT ACTION, WHICH DRIVES DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND ON DOWN.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE FRAMEWORKS.
OVERALL, THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK REALLY GOVERNS THE HOW.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT ENSURES THE WHY THROUGH STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING.
SO IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY OUTLINES, BASED ON THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK, WHY PUBLIC EDUCATION IS HERE.
AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REMIND OURSELVES BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE VISIONS OF WHY PUBLIC EDUCATION IS VALUABLE.
THIS IS WHAT THE LAW SAYS IT'S VALUABLE FOR.
THE MISSION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
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OF THIS STATE IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEXAS CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT ENABLES THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL AND FULLY PARTICIPATE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR STATE AND NATION.THROUGH THAT THE FRAMEWORK OF SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON DO WE HAVE VISION? HAVE WE SET OUR VISION? DO WE HAVE GOALS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT? SYSTEM AND PROCESSES, PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN MY FAVORITE, SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK.
BECAUSE SYNERGY IS SUCH A LIKE A BUZZWORD, RIGHT? SO VISIONS AND GOALS.
WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT THE BOARD'S VISION IS? YOU'VE ADOPTED ONE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT POLICY IT'S IN? A.E.
DON'T WORRY, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO IT A LITTLE DEEPER.
SAME THING WITH GOALS AND ACTIONS.
YOU GUYS HAVE ADOPTED FIVE-YEAR GOALS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN TONIGHT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE.
WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE DO WE THINK WE'RE LAGGING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DISCONTINUE? AND WHAT MAY BE EFFECTIVE? SYSTEM AND PROCESSES.
YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE SYSTEM AND PROCESSES ARE CREATED TO DEVELOP, REVIEW, AND ADOPT BOARD POLICIES.
APPROVING A BUDGET LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT.
OVERSIGHT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ADOPTING PLANNING CALENDAR FOR DISTRICT GOALS.
YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT LENGTHY CALENDAR EVERY YEAR.
THE BOARD SETS THE GOALS, PROVIDES THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORTS, EVALUATES THAT GOAL ATTAINMENT, AND THEN ENGAGES IN OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK TONIGHT, BUT IT'S REALLY ONGOING.
AND YOUR JOB IS TO BE CENTERED IN YOUR VISION AND YOUR GOALS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ACTION THAT YOU TAKE ALIGNS WITH THOSE.
MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED YOUR VISION TO THE COMMUNITY.
HAVE WE ADVOCATED FOR IT? HAVE WE GONE AND...
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING LEGISLATIVELY, BUT OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HAVE WE BEEN TRANSPARENT? I KNOW YOU GUYS STARTED COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS, RIGHT, TO HELP NARROWLY TAILOR THOSE.
ARE THOSE EFFECTIVE? ARE THOSE NOT? HAVE YOU PROVIDED INPUT ON LEGISLATION? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN HOW ARE YOU EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY? YEAH.
WELL, AND I THINK IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE FRAMEWORK MAY SAY.
THE FRAMEWORK IS ASPIRATIONAL.
ARE WE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND TOGETHER? THAT'S WHERE TONIGHT'S SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR THE TEAM OF EIGHT IS REALLY GOING TO MATTER.
ARE WE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY? ARE THERE HOLES? ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY? AND SOME OF US SEE THEM AS GREAT SUCCESSES, SOME OF US SEE IT AS, WELL, MAYBE.
SOME OF US ARE LIKE, NO, IT'S NOT WORKING, FIX IT.
AND THEN RESPECTING INDIVIDUAL VIEWPOINTS WHILE HONORING MAJORITY DECISIONS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS WE DO AS PEOPLE.
SO SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE, RIGHT? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE GAME.
IN YOUR GAME, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TAB TWO IN YOUR BINDER.
BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR POLICIES TO REFERENCE SO YOU CAN WIN AT THE GAME.
NANCY, WILL YOU HIT YOUR BUZZER ON YOUR SIDE? THE DOORBELL IS NANCY'S.
MICHAEL, IF YOU REALLY WANT IT, IT'S YOURS.
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WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A GAME OF WHAT WE CALL JEOPARDY, BECAUSE THERE IS A SIMILAR GAME THAT WE CANNOT STEAL BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT ISSUES.SO JEOPARDY IS YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN.
DO YOU MATTER FOR PURPOSES OF FOR PURPOSES OF PRIDE AGAIN USER RESOURCES IN FRONT OF YOU SO TONIGHT? WE HAVE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY ETHICS AND IF BOTH ANY OF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BILLY MADISON YOU'RE WELCOME.
THAT IS A GOOD REFERENCE THANK YOU, SAM.
WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT? I COLLECTED FUN FACTS FROM SOME OF YOU.
SOME OF YOU I CREEPED ONLINE AND WENT DEEP INTO THE ARCHIVES FOR SOME FUN FACTS.
LOCAL, THAT'S YOUR VISION AND THEORY OF ACTION.
LET'S SEE HOW WELL YOU KNOW IT.
AND THEN TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT.
SO, GIVEN THAT HER BIRTHDAY IS THE CLOSEST, ALISA WILL GET TO PICK HER CATEGORY FIRST.
AND, OH, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE ON TEAMS GIVEN THE SIDE OF THE TABLE.
REMEMBER TO ANSWER IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION.
IT DOES NOT COUNT IF YOU DON'T.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHOSE ROLE IS IN ANY WAY? WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? MAYBE AN ANSWER, RIGHT? ALSO ACCEPTABLE, WHO IS DR.
WILLIAMS? I DON'T MEAN THAT AS A PHILOSOPHICAL, EXISTENTIAL QUESTION.
TAB TWO ARE YOUR POLICIES THAT THE ANSWERS COME FROM.
SO THEY'RE A REFERENCE SHEET FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, ALSO KEEP IN MIND THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AND PUBLICLY LIVE STREAMED, SO IF YOU REALLY MESS UP...
THERE ALSO IS A FRONT COVER WITH AN INDEX IN CASE YOU NEED IT.
SO LOOKING AT YOUR POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR REFERENCE, A IS YOUR BOARD LEGAL STATUS, POWERS, AND DUTIES.
BJA IS SUPERINTENDENT QUALIFICATION AND DUTIES.
AE IS YOUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.
THAT'S YOUR THEORY OF ACTION, YOUR VISION, ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED.
SO, SHARE, GET EXCITED, AND ANSWER.
SOME OF THESE ARE JUST COMMON SENSE BASED ON TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, AND LEGAL ADVICE.
ALL RIGHT, MS. KLEIN, WHO DO YOU WANT, WHAT CATEGORY DO YOU WANT FIRST? I WILL TAKE PLANO ISD FACTS FOR 200.
FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS 46,432.
WHAT IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT? WHAT IS STUDENT ENROLLMENT? SHE WAS QUICK ON THAT BUZZER.
NOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING COMPETITIVE.
PLEASE WRITE DOWN YOUR POINTS.
WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR 200? HEY, THIS PERSON SPENDS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR DAY READING THE NEWS BUT CANNOT STAND TO LISTEN TO PODCASTS.
WHO IS? MICHAEL, WHO IS? MICHAEL GOT IT ON TECHNICALITY.
ALL RIGHT, MR. COOK, THE BOARD IS YOURS.
OKAY, THE TRUSTEES WALK-UP SONG WOULD BE ALL I DO IS WIN BY DJ KHALED.
WHO IS MICHAEL COOK? YES, WENT INTO THE ARCHIVE, HE GAVE THAT ANSWER
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FOR A STUDENT PUBLICATION, AND THAT'S WHAT I FOUND ONLINE.IT'S SCARY WHAT YOU CAN FIND ONLINE.
ALSO, I DON'T HATE YOUR WALK-UP SONG.
IT IS A GOOD WALK-UP SONG, YEAH.
WE'LL DO WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR 600? THIS BOARD MEMBER HAND WASHES THEIR DISHES WITH KNITTED DISHCLOTHS THEY MAKE THEMSELVES.
I'M GONNA GO WITH WHO'S TARA LANCE.
YES SHE EVEN BROUGHT FUN FACT ABOUT TARA, SHE ACTUALLY USES THE DISHCLOTH.
WHICH BOARD MEMBER IS IT FOR 800? THIS BOARD IS COMPLETING A DIY.
YES YES, LISA, SEE YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT LISA.
THIS BOARD MEMBER WANTED A KID AND MAYBE SEEMS TO BE ONE NOW.
OH, I CAN'T ANSWER FOR YOU TONIGHT.
NO, THERE WERE NO FUN FACTS ABOUT YOU OR CATHERINE.
YOU BOTH HAVE SCRUBBED YOUR PROFILES PRETTY WELL.
I'VE JUST CHALLENGED THE PUBLIC, SO I APOLOGIZE.
LISTEN, IN THE COPYRIGHTED GAME, THAT MIGHT BE TRUE.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING WHEELS OFF, OKAY? THIS IS JET PARTY.
BETTER GET YOUR ETHICS POLICY OUT, BBF.
I WILL BE FAIR, JUST, THIS IS A CATEGORY OF YOUR ETHICS QUESTION.
I WILL BE FAIR, JUST, AND IMPARTIAL IN ALL MY DECISIONS AND ACTIONS.
I WILL ACCORD OTHERS THE RESPECT I WISH FOR MYSELF.
I WILL ENCOURAGE EXPRESSIONS OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND LISTEN WITH AN OPEN MIND TO OTHERS' IDEAS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES IN YOUR BOARD ETHICS, WRITE YOUR POINTS DOWN.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY, BECCA, FOR 200, PLEASE.
I HEARD SOMEBODY OVER HERE FIRST.
WAS IT YOU, MR. COOK? I CAN'T HEAR YOUR BUZZER, MICHAEL.
YES, WHO IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES? YOU'LL SEE A THEME.
MR. COOK ORGANIZES DISTRICT CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND CONSULTS WITH DISTRICT-LEVEL COMMITTEES.
WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? DR.
WILLIAMS. SHE IS ABLE TO REORGANIZE, RESTRUCTURE, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IMPACTING THE BUDGET.
OVERSEAS COMPLIANCE WITH FACILITY STANDARDS.
YES, MOST PEOPLE GET THAT WRONG, BUT THE BOARD ADA ACCESSIBILITY, WHAT THAT'S YOU GUYS.
I WANT TO STAY WITH THAT CATEGORY AND GO TO 600. WHOSE ROLE IS IT ANYWAY, PLEASE? YOU MEAN 800? YEAH, THAT ONE.
ADOPT A VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS AND MONITOR...
WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT? YES.
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ETHICS PLEASE FOR 400.WHAT IS RESPONSIBILITY? YES LET'S GO TO ETHICS FOR 600 PLEASE, BECCA.
CONTINUOUSLY ALL STUDENTS OF THE NANCY.
WHAT IS? IT'S PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, SPECIFICALLY UNDER YOUR...
WOOHOO NANCY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO...
E-E-LOCAL AND TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND TPIA.
BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BEING RECORDED.
WHAT IS PILLAR 2 LIFE READY UNDER STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES? THERE YOU GO TO ETHICS, 800 PLEASE.
PERSONAL PROMISES, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
WHAT IS COOPERATION? WHAT IS COOPERATION? AND WHAT'S THE SECOND CATEGORY? OH, THERE'S TWO? IT COULD BE TWO CATEGORIES.
HOW COME I'M JUST LEARNING THAT RIGHT NOW? AND RESPONSIBILITY? YES.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK TO AE LOCAL FOR 600.
WE BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS ARE...
WHAT ARE BOARD BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS? THERE YOU GO.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT SO, MAKE SURE...
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IS THE THEORY OF ACTION THERE? PLANO ISD FAXES FOR $400. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING BIG MONEY.STICKS WOULD BE WHERE DR. TYRA THRIVES.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT.
BY PLANO ISD GRADUATES, THE FACTS FOR A THOUSAND.
YOU'RE FIRST THIS IS YOUR FIRST SCORE, 100%.
TO THE CONCEPTION THAT A DEFICIT BUDGET IS BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT.
CLEARLY, IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED ON THE...
I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WIN THE 100TH SUPERINTENDENTS AWARD.
ACTUALLY, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
MR. COOK, DON'T DO THIS OUTSIDE OF A PUBLICLY POSTED MEETING.
THIS WAS CHANGED LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION FROM 72
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HOURS.STATUTORY RIGHT OF A BOARD MEMBER? YES.
SO, THERE YOU GO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE TPIA INFORMATION OF LIKE YOUR KID'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHAT I'VE SEEN BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE GOV QA, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
IF YOUR INFORMATION, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THE INTERPRETATION OF TEXAS LAW OF THE DISTRICT IS BOUND TO FOLLOW.
WHILE THAT IS CORRECT, IT IS NOT CORRECT UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT OR THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT FOR PURPOSES.
SO IF THE IS THERE NO DOUBLE JEOPARDY? OR JEOPARDY? NO, THERE'S NO DOUBLE JEOPARDY.
THIS IS JEOPARDY. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY POINTS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS ME LOG AT 6,000.
TYRA HAS WON THIS ROUND ALONG.
DOCTORS HAVE WON FOR THIS TIME.
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IT'S A LOT MORE FUN.BECCA, IF WE CAN PLEASE JUST REMIND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE.
OH YES, PLEASE USE YOUR MICROPHONES FOR ALL COMMENTS.
THE NEXT IS THE TEAM OF EIGHT BREAKS DOWN.
VERSUS WHO OVERSEES DAY-TO-DAY.
IT'S WHY YOU HAVE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
IT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENTIATION THERE.
SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WE'RE NOW GOING TO TURN INTO DISTRICT, THE KIND OF THE MEAT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT BEFORE WE GO INTO SELF-ASSESSMENT IS DISTRICT GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
SO IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT ACADEMIC PIECE, I'M GOING TO KIND OF HAND THIS TO DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR SPOT.
OKAY, SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD AND EXCITED TO BRING BACK OUR END OF YEAR.
THIS IS STILL OUR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT COMPONENT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY DATA.
WE'VE GOT AP DATA THAT COMES IN OVER THE SUMMER.
WE HAVE ALSO EOC RETEST THAT OCCURS IN JUNE, AND THEN THAT COMES BACK OVER THE SUMMER, AUGUST.
RATINGS ARE RELEASED AND ANNUAL RATINGS AND THEN JANUARY IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET OUR OFFICIAL TAPER REPORT AND THAT IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED AN OVERLAP IT'S A FORMATIVE FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR BUT IT'S ALSO THEN THE ACTUAL FINAL SUMMATIVE AS FAR AS THE REVIEWS YOU'RE KIND OF RUNNING TWO YEARS KIND OF AT A TIME SO WE HAVE AND TONIGHT A COMPLETION OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS BECAUSE OUR WORK OVER THE SUMMERTIME IS TO START TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR DATA ANALYZED, NEW GOALS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST, AND ALSO WE START TO PLAN OUT OUR STRATEGIES FOR THE YEAR.
THIS SAME WORK IS ALSO THE WORK THAT WE ASK OUR CAMPUSES TO DO AND SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS SET ASIDE WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THEY COME BACK IN JULY TO DO THIS WORK AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT STATUS WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ANNUAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND THEN ONE THING NEW THAT WE'RE ADDING THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL OF ALL OF OUR WORK BEING CONNECTED TO A METRIC AND REALLY CONNECTING TO THOSE DISTRICT PRIORITIES.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN HYPER-FOCUSED ON, IS IT GROWING KIDS? IS IT IMPROVING ACHIEVEMENT FOR KIDS? AND IS IT PREPARING KIDS FOR THE FUTURE? AND SO CCMR HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THIS WORK.
AND SO WE HAVE THREE HANDOUTS THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH AND SPEND SOME TIME BEFORE I TURN IT OVER, AND THAT'S A STATUS CHECK OF WHERE WE ARE ON OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN BY PILLAR, WHERE WE LANDED WITH OUR STRATEGIES FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME METRICS AND OUTCOMES OF THE WORK THAT WE CAN SEE SO FAR THIS YEAR ON WHAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM TO TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT STEP.
WILLIAMS. I'M GOING TO KICK US OFF TONIGHT.
I WILL TRY TO GO QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE YOUR TIME TO WORK, SO THIS WILL BE A VERY FAST PRESENTATION.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT MOST OF THIS, IF NOT ALL OF THIS, YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE AND OTHER TIMES, AND SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW.
I DO, HOWEVER, WANT TO JUST REGROUND YOU IN HOW WE START ALL OF THE WORK.
EVERYTHING IS GROUNDED IN THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP THAT YOU ALL SET BACK IN, THAT BEGAN IN 2023.
THEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL PLAN OF WORK THAT'S BASED ON THOSE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU SET FORTH IN THAT STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR US.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED, WE KEEP TRACK OF METRICS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MONITOR THAT PROGRESS.
THIS IS JUST A VISUAL OF THAT, THAT WE START WITH THE VISION.
WE MAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STRATEGIES THAT WE IMPLEMENT EACH YEAR.
ANOTHER REQUIREMENT THAT JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO ESTABLISH BOARD GOALS FOR BY STATUTE AND THOSE ARE TIED TO THIRD GRADE MATH STAR A THIRD GRADE READING STAR AND CCMR WE INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WE WILL SHARE THE RESULTS OF THOSE FOR THIS YEAR IN JUST A MOMENT.
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THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE LIST OF THE METRICS THAT WE DO MONITOR THE TIED TO EACH OF OUR PRIORITIES.YOU HEAR US TALK ALL THE TIME, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT GROWTH, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND THOSE ARE JUST A VARIETY OF METRICS THAT WE MONITOR EACH YEAR AND THAT YOU GET TO HEAR ABOUT.
THIS IS ANOTHER GRAPHIC YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, TAKING THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORK AND TYING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CAMPUS PLAN ALIGNMENT THAT MAKES IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE CLASSROOM.
SOME ALIGNMENT TERMS, JUST IN CASE YOU HEAR US TALKING ABOUT PILLARS AND OBJECTIVES, THOSE TURN INTO GOAL STATEMENTS WHICH TURNS INTO THE ACTION STRATEGIES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE AND WE ALIGN THAT THE SAME WAY FOR OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
YOU DO HAVE A HANDOUT IN YOUR PACKET IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE AND APPEARS UNDER TAB 9.24 B NUMBER 2 THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF OUR STRATEGIES SO WE HAVE A VERY THICK PLAN OF WORK.
THIS IS A SHORTENED VERSION, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OF THAT AND HAS EACH OF THE STRATEGIES LISTED AND SHARES WITH YOU THE COMPLETION OF THAT STRATEGY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR IF NEEDED.
SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF PILLAR ONE AND THEN MY COLLEAGUES WILL FILL IN THE REST.
BUT PILLAR ONE IS ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING.
IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING STUDENTS, GETTING THEM ON.
THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO GOALS IN PILLAR ONE.
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT THEY ARE.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE ONE YEAR OF ACADEMIC GROWTH.
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, AS I HAVE DONE BEFORE, THAT WE SET OUR METRICS USING MAP NORMS, AND THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED A BRAND NEW NORM STUDY BEGINNING IN THE FALL.
SO THE DATA THAT YOU WILL SEE COVERS FROM BEGINNING OF YEAR TO END OF YEAR.
SO YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE GROWTH USING THE SAME MEASURING STICK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW STRATEGIES GOING ON IN PILLAR 1 IN ADDITION TO OUR ANNUAL WORK, BUT SOME OF THAT WORK FOCUSED ON OUR MTSS PROCESSES OR OUR SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
WE WORKED ON OUR LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT WAS SOME FOCUSED WORK WE DID THIS YEAR.
WE HAD A BILINGUAL IMPROVEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT PLAN WE'VE UPDATED YOU ON SEVERAL TIMES.
JUST YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE BUT SEVERAL THINGS FOCUSED ON REALLY MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.
SO WHAT WERE OUR RESULTS? WERE WE ABLE TO GROW STUDENTS A YEAR'S WORTH OF ACADEMIC GROWTH? YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART BEFORE TO ORIENT YOU THE LINES BETWEEN THOSE TWO DOTTED LINES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN INDICATE A SYSTEM IS GROWING STUDENTS ABOUT AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A YEAR'S WORTH OF ACADEMIC GROWTH.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SHOW THAT MANY OF THOSE LINES EXCEED THAT UPPER LEVEL OF THAT BAND.
SO IN ALL GRADE LEVELS AND CONTENT AREAS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MATH.
BUT AS A REMINDER, OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN ALGEBRA DO NOT TAKE THIS PARTICULAR MATH ASSESSMENT.
SO THOSE HIGHER PERFORMING STUDENTS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
VERY PROUD OF THE NEXT THREE SLIDES.
I'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF QUICKLY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU READING, MATH, AND SCIENCE GROWTH OVER TIME.
THERE ARE A SECTION OF FIVE SCORES FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL.
THOSE ARE FIVE YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH, AND WE ARE SO PLEASED TO SHOW YOU THAT IN READING, WE HAD OUR HIGHEST SCORES IN GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS THIS YEAR.
SO REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE GROWTH THIS YEAR.
KINDERGARTEN, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T THE HIGHEST, IS STILL WAY UP THERE.
WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
IN MATH, AGAIN, WE SAW RECORD HIGHS THIS TIME IN GRADES.
TWO THROUGH FIVE AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH GROWTH EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL AVERAGING THAT YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH AND THEN IN SCIENCE AGAIN RECORD HIGH FOR ALL CONTENTS IN GRADE LEVELS SO THAT WAS OUR FIRST GOAL OUR NEXT GOAL IS MONITORING OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVING ON GRADE LEVEL AND YOU KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE ARE WE GETTING THERE AGAIN LOTS OF STRATEGIES HERE.
YOU RECALL OUR WORK ON OUR MATH PATHWAYS, REALLY LOOKING AT NOT ONLY CLOSING GAPS BUT ENRICHING STUDENTS, EXPANDING OR PUTTING A STEM LAB ON EVERY CAMPUS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH IN THE FALL.
WE HAD A LITTLE LITERACY CAMPAIGN GOING ON.
WE HAVE ALSO ONE GOING ON THIS SUMMER, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ALSO, OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR DUAL LANGUAGE WORK THERE AS WELL.
SO HOW DID WE DO? AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE NORMS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR, JUST A QUICK CAVEAT ON THIS.
IT IS NOT THE SAME STANDARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GROW TO MEET THE HIGHER STANDARD AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
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IS A DIFFERENT EXPECTATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR.SO EVEN WITH THAT, THE GROWTH THAT WE SAW THIS YEAR OF THE NUMBER OF THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE SCORING ON GRADE LEVEL WAS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SIXTH GRADE READING THERE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE OTHERS, GREAT GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
IN SPANISH READING, SAW ALSO GROWTH OR MAINTAINING THAT.
AGAIN, MAINTAINING STILL MEANS THEY'RE GROWING AS EXPECTED, BUT HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
AND IN MATH, ONCE AGAIN, SAW GROWTH, KINDER THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.
YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE GROWTH, BUT REALLY SOME POWERFUL NUMBERS THERE IN THOSE EARLY MATHEMATICS YEARS.
YOUR BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS THIS YEAR FOR THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, 25-26.
WE HAD IT SET FOR A THIRD GRADE READING AT 59 PERCENT AND PRELIMINARY DATA CAME IN AT 60 PERCENT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL.
MATH, THIRD GRADE, GOAL WAS 54 AND WE PRELIMINARILY ARE A 56.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH PRELIMINARY IS IF ANYTHING IT GOES HIGHER WHEN WE GET THE FINAL RESULTS.
LEVEL, NOT AT THE APPROACHES, SO THIS IS SET AT THE CCMR LEVEL.
THAT WAS A DECISION YOU ALL MADE TO GO AFTER THAT MORE RIGOROUS LEVEL.
AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, PILLAR 1 HAS ANNUAL WORK THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING, SETTING EXPECTATIONS, PUTTING SYSTEMS IN PLACE, WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS ON ALL OF THAT.
AND A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PILLAR 1 WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN THE INSTITUTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOLAR AWARDS.
AND THE POWERED BY LEARNING AWARDS, BOTH OF WHICH I BELIEVE HAS HAD A REALLY POSITIVE IMPACT ON JUST KNOWLEDGE OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN JUST SOME NOTABLE NUMBERS IN PILLAR 1, THE INCREASES IN PROFICIENCY IN KINDERGARTEN, TAKING A LOOK AT THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ABOVE GRADE LEVEL ON A COUPLE OF OUR STAR SCORES, HIGHEST MAP GROWTH.
AND THEN A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE ONE THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AGAIN, BUT 37% ABOVE STATE AVERAGE.
IN THOSE PSAT COLLEGE BENCHMARKS, WHICH SHOWS OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOME HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS THERE AS WELL.
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO IVAN CANTU FOR PILLAR 2.
LISA, IF YOU'LL CLICK FOR ME, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, SO PILLAR 2 IS ALL ABOUT LIFE READY, WHICH FOCUSES ON HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE FOR SUCCESS AFTER GRADUATION, WHETHER THAT PATHWAY IS COLLEGE, CAREER, MILITARY, OR THE WORKFORCE.
THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED ON TWO GOALS SUPPORTED BY 12 STRATEGIES.
ALL 12 STRATEGIES ARE 90% TO 100% COMPLETE.
ON THIS, THANK YOU LISA, ON THE NEXT SLIDE OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO ENSURE THAT 91% OF OUR PLANO ISD GRADUATES EARN AT LEAST ONE CCMR INDICATOR.
THIS GOAL ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE 2.2.
THIS FOCUSES ON IMPROVEMENT ON IMPROVEMENT COMMUNICATION.
ADVERTISEMENT, ACCESS TO FUTURE PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS.
TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL, WE FOCUS ON EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF INCREASING AWARENESS OF CTE AND PATHWAY OPTIONS, STRENGTHENING CAMPUS CCMR PLANNING, USING SCHOOL LINKS TO BETTER TRACK STUDENT PROGRESS AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO AP, ON RAM, STOLE CREDIT, AND CTE OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE EFFORTS HELPED MORE STUDENTS STAY ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.
SO LET'S START WITH A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR THE DISTRICT.
BY THE END OF MAY, 99% OF OUR 8TH TO 11TH GRADE STUDENTS HAD A GRADUATION PLAN DOCUMENTED IN SCHOOL LINKS AND ALIGNED TO THE CCMR PATHWAY.
AND I SAY 11TH GRADE BECAUSE THAT 11TH GRADE PLAN IS FOR THE 12TH GRADE YEAR.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE CCMR TEAM, COUNSELORS, CAMPUSES, AND SO MANY OTHERS.
THIS PRELIMINARY DATA BY GRADE SHOWS THAT FOR STUDENTS 9TH AND 10TH GRADE, WE MEASURE WHETHER THEY ARE ON TRACK.
AT THE 11TH GRADE LEVEL, WE START MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING CCMR. SO WE TRACK EARLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK, SELECTING THE RIGHT COURSEWORK, THAT WE'RE ADVISING THEM CORRECTLY AND SETTING THEM ON THE CORRECT PATH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING 97%, MEETING AT LEAST ONE CCMR INDICATOR, WHICH PLACES US ABOVE OUR GOAL OF 91%.
THESE PERCENTAGES ARE NOT COMPLETE.
WE HAVE MISSING AP AND IB EXAM DATA, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED BY COLLEGE BOARD IN JULY OR SO OF THIS SUMMER.
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THIS SLIDE SHOWS DIFFERENT WAYS OUR STUDENTS ARE EARNING CCMR. WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG GROWTH IN STUDENTS MEETING COLLEGE RATED BENCHMARKS THROUGH SAT, ACT, CSIA, AND COLLEGE PREP PATHWAYS.WE ALSO SAW GROWTH IN AP AND IB SUCCESS ALONG WITH POSITIVE RESULTS FOR OUR FIRST YEAR ON-RAMPS IMPLEMENTATION.
THESE RESULTS REFLECT THE STRONGER ACADEMIC ADVISING, COUNSELOR SUPPORT, AND INCREASES OF SCHOOL LINKS TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND PURSUE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS.
WE DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ABOUT IBCS.
THEY APPEAR TO BE LOWER BUT THAT REFLECTS CHANGES IN STATE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN FEWER CERTIFICATIONS BEING OBTAINED.
IN FACT, THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATIONS EARNED BY STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT INCREASED BY 44% THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS OUR HP3 CSMR GOAL FOR THE CLASS OF 2026.
WITH A TARGET OF 91%, WE'RE REPORTING PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWING 93% OF SENIORS, MEANING THAT STANDARD EXCEEDING THE GOAL ONCE AGAIN.
AGAIN, THE GOAL OF COLLABORATION, THIS IS BETWEEN COLLABORATION OF A CSMR TEAM ALONG WITH PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAMS, FLI, AND OTHERS, WHICH HAS LED US TO A 17% INCREASE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THE STATE CONTINUES TO CHANGE THOSE METRICS, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THOSE CHANGE, WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING RIGHT ALONG.
OUR SECOND GOAL FOCUSES ON ENSURING STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE READINESS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION, MARKETING, EARLY IDENTIFICATION, AND PROVIDING THE RIGHT SUPPORT TO OUR KIDS.
RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL SENIOR YEAR, WE MONITOR THE READINESS INDICATORS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY STUDENTS EARLY AND THEN PROVIDE THOSE TARGETED INTERVENTIONS.
UNDER GOAL TWO, WE FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEMS THAT KEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK.
THAT INCLUDES ESTABLISHING SAT CAPACITY TEAMS AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL, USING MAP DATA TO TARGET STUDENT SUPPORTS, ENSURING PERSONALIZED GRADUATION PLANS FOR SCHOOL LINKS, AND EMBEDDING CSIA2 PREPARATION INTO TARGETED ENGLISH AND MATH COURSES.
THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS MATH READING RESULTS TIED TO FUTURE COLLEGE READINESS.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SLIDE, EVERY GRADE LEVEL SHOWED GROWTH FROM BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WITH OUR HIGHEST GAINS OCCURRING IN GRADES SECOND THROUGH FIFTH, SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM IN ELEMENTARY.
REALLY POURED INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING.
OVERALL, MORE STUDENTS FINISHED THE YEAR ON TRACK FOR FUTURE COLLEGE READINESS THAN WHEN THEY STARTED, REFLECTING POSITIVE PROGRESS ACROSS THE K-8 PIPELINE.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS SHOWING MAP-MAS RESULTS.
AGAIN, STRONG GROWTH IN GRADES K-5 WHERE WE SAW DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS.
RESULTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOWED SMALLER GAINS IN GRADES 6 AND 8 AND A SLIGHT DECLINE IN GRADE 7, INDICATING AN AREA FOR CONTINUED FOCUS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THIS AREA.
THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THESE RESULTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY SHOWED NOT ONLY CURRENT PERFORMANCE, BUT WHETHER STUDENTS ARE ON PATH TOWARDS FUTURE COLLEGE READINESS, COLLEGE, CAREER, AND MILITARY READINESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES SHOW VERY SIMILAR TRENDS.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT READING, MATH, AND THEN COMBINED PSAT AND SAT SCORES.
SO WE SEE SOME GROWTH IN 9TH AND 10TH GRADE, REFLECTING IMPACT OF OUR, AGAIN, I THINK, SAT CAPACITY TEAMS AT THE CAMPUSES.
IN 11TH GRADE, WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE IN ALL AREAS IN READING, MATH, AND COMBINED.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE COHORT GROWTH.
IF WE LOOK AT FROM 9TH TO 10TH, 10TH TO 11TH, WE'RE SEEING SOME GROWTH THERE AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY BETWEEN ALL THREE SLIDES.
THERE'S A MATH, AGAIN, SHOWING THAT NEGATIVE TWO IN 11TH GRADE.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT COHORTS, WE SEE GROWTH.
AND THEN IN OUR NEXT COMBINED, WE SEE THE SAME TREND.
THAT 11TH GRADE SHOWS A DECLINE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE COHORTS, WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PROGRESSING AS THEY SHOULD BE PROGRESSING.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES HIGHLIGHT JUST KEY ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT CCMR OUTCOMES.
IT'S ALL ABOUT AGAIN COMMUNICATING, SUPPORTING, AND OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, STRENGTHENING COUNSELOR TRAINING, EXPANDING THE USE OF SCHOOL LINKS FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING, SUPPORTING CAMPUSES IDENTIFYING AND ASSISTING STUDENTS NOT YET ON TRACK TO MEET CCMR. WE ALSO LINE PSAT AND SAT SKILLS TO INSTRUCTION, EXPANDED CCMR INCENTIVES AND TSA ACCESS, GREW READINESS PATHWAYS THROUGH ON-RAMPS, COLLEGE ALGEBRA, AND BIOLOGY, AS WELL AS WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACADEMY.
WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG CCMR TEAM.
THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, BUT I CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE THE COLLABORATION PIECE.
ABER WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN A LOT OF CONTENT AREAS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
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WITH JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS.STUDENTS EARNING MORE THAN $29 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS, COMPLETING OVER 14,000 AP EXAMS, MORE THAN 4,000 IVCS.
AND GENERATED A 17% INCREASE IN CCMAR GRADUATES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THERE'S AREAS TO GROW, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE GROWING THOSE WHILE WORKING ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING GREAT.
JUST A QUICK THING TO POINT OUT.
ON THE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION PERCENTAGES, IT LOOKS LOWER, YET THE INCREASE OF STUDENTS EARNING THOSE HAS REALLY INCREASED, BUT THAT'S JUST AN INDICATOR OF HOW THE METRICS ARE RUN.
BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND BOTH OF THESE PILLARS AND THE GROWTH THAT THEY'VE MADE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON PILLAR THREE, TALENT ACQUISITION, SUPPORT, AND GROWTH.
UNDER THIS PILLAR, THERE WERE TWO GOALS WITH SEVEN STRATEGIES, AND ALL STRATEGIES WERE STRATEGIES ARE COMPLETE AND ARE CURRENTLY IN PRACTICE.
GOAL ONE, OF COURSE, IS TO HAVE 100% OF NEW TEACHERS THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLAN.
AND THEN GOAL NUMBER TWO WAS THAT ALL STAFF WOULD RECEIVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT.
UNDER THE STRATEGIES UNDER GOAL ONE, IT WAS TO DELIVER THREE NEW TEACHER UNIVERSITY SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO JUST PROVIDING INTENSIVE MENTOR SUPPORT.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS WITH OUTCOMES ON THIS IS PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAD 100% PARTICIPANTS, AND ALL TEACHERS HIRED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1 WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN YEAR-LONG PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLANS, WHICH IS GREAT.
IF YOU LOOK TO SEE WITH THE RETENTION AND WHAT THE OUTCOME ON THAT WAS, ON ALL NEW TEACHERS, WE HAD RETENTIONS GOING FROM 66% UP TO 70%, WHICH IS A NICE LITTLE JUMP.
AND ON ALL NOVICE TEACHERS, WHICH ARE NEW TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION, WE IMPROVED OUR RATE FROM 58% UP TO 65%, WHICH IS ALSO REALLY GOOD.
UNDER GOAL 2, THIS IS WHERE JUST RECEIVING THAT SUPPORT, STRATEGIES WAS TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN PARIS.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE AREAS OF STRATEGIES WAS TO WORK ON THE RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES.
I KNOW BECCA WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO JUST ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY COOL IS ONE THING WORKING WITH ACADEMICS, DEVELOP MODEL CLASSROOMS FOR SPECIFICALLY ESL TEACHERS, BUT ALSO EVEN ON THE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS, FOCUSING ON GOING THROUGH AND JUST MODELING WHAT A TYPICAL OR WHAT A, NOT A TYPICAL, BUT WHAT A CLASSROOM SHOULD LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS SUPER IMPACTFUL FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
THAT'S GOING IN WITH THE HR OFFICES, PREDOMINANTLY HR OFFICES.
COMPENSATION IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, JUST THE STRUGGLES JUST TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
I THOUGHT LISA WAS GOING TO CLICK FOR ME, SO I APOLOGIZE.
AND ALSO JUST GOING, YOU KNOW, ALSO GETTING INTO THE TIA.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, RECRUITING RETENTION.
I'LL SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS HERE IN A SECOND ABOUT RECRUITING RETENTION.
OUR HR OFFICE SPECIFICALLY DID JUST A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF HITTING IT HARD.
AND THEN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ALL KINDS OF AVENUES TO GET OUT THERE AND JUST DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH IVAN'S OFFICE AND WITH HR TO HIT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS JUST TO TRY TO GET THEM THE SKILLS THEY NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS, REALLY COOL, 35 UNIVERSITY JOB FAIRS.
A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IN OVERALL TEACHER RETENTION.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A TON, BUT I PROMISE YOU JUST TO HEAD THE SHIP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IS VERY, VERY BIG.
228,791 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BY OUR STAFF WAS AMAZING.
JUST A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR OUR DISTRICT, I BELIEVE.
SO THOSE ARE JUST OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE KEY INDICATORS ON THIS DASHBOARD.
SO PILLAR FOUR IS AROUND SAFETY, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.
OKAY SO WE FOCUSED ON THE PRIORITY OBJECTIVE 4.2 IMPLEMENTING INTERVENTIONS AND SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
FOR SAFE, ORDERLY, AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
AND OUR GOAL WAS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND CAMPUSES ALL RECEIVED TRAINING AND SUPPORT AROUND PBIS.
PBIS STANDS FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.
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THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST GO WITH PBIS.AND THEY RECEIVED A LOT OF TRAINING ON STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES.
SUMMARY GOALS HERE, PBIS AUDITS ARE DONE EACH YEAR AND IF A CAMPUS DOES NOT DO AS WELL ON THEIR AUDIT, THEN THEY GET TO SPEND A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME.
IF THEY DON'T PASS, THEY RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE MONTHLY MEETING SUPPORT.
THEY RECEIVE SUPPORT AT THE CAMPUS.
AND PBIS TEAM MEETINGS AND DEDICATED TIME WITH SAFE AND CIVIL SCHOOLS, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS US.
RUN THIS AND THEN THEY ALSO GET SEMESTER SITE VISITS BY OUR DISTRICT STUDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM SO A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT THERE TO GET THIS LAUNCHED THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED THE DISTRICT-WIDE ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE THAT INCLUDED STATISTICS FOR PARENTS AND THERE WERE EVEN VIDEOS THAT WERE MADE BY PISD STUDENTS IN ADDITION ATTENDANCE WAS BUILT INTO THE PBIS THANK YOU.
WORK AT MANY OF THE CAMPUSES TO INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND MOTIVATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, CAMPUSES DID ESTABLISH ATTENDANCE GOALS FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND CREATED REWARD SYSTEMS TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS OR CLASS ATTENDANCE ACHIEVEMENTS.
THIS YEAR THEY ALSO MOVED TO AN ONGOING EFFORT WITH STUDENT LEAVER DATA.
CAMPUS STAFF WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP TO RE-ENGAGE FAMILIES AND REALLY GATHER APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION FOR LEVER REPORTING SPOKE WITH DR MILEY EARLIER TODAY SHE OVERSEES SFCS AND SHE MENTIONED THAT WE WENT FROM 231 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO ONLY 98 STUDENTS.
THAT WERE CODED WITH A 98 LEVER WHICH IS THAT LEVER CODE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE THAT ARE DROPOUTS SO THAT'S A 57.6 REDUCTION IN STUDENTS CODED AS A DROPOUT SO THIS IS OUR ATTENDANCE RATES FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE DRIVES ADA I KNOW JOHNNY APPRECIATES THAT.
THAT DOES AFFECT OUR DISTRICT FUNDING.
AND, OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR ATTENDANCE RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, THEN IT COULD AFFECT OUR PROGRAMS AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT ATTENDANCE ALSO INFLUENCES OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUR REASONS FOR KIDS COMING TO SCHOOL IF THEY MISS INSTRUCTION.
THEN THEY'RE HIGHLY LIKELY NOT TO PERFORM AS WELL ON STAR, CCMR INDICATORS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO SINCE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS TYPICALLY, LIKE WE TALK ABOUT PILLAR 1 AND 02, AND IT'S HEAVILY BASED ON ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, ATTENDANCE BECOMES A LEADING INDICATOR FOR US FOR FUTURE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PERFORMANCE WITH OUR KIDDOS.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR GRADUATION RATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
GRADUATION RATE IS ONE OF OUR ULTIMATE MEASURES OF STUDENT SUCCESS.
IT REFLECTS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS OVER TIME AND ENSURES STUDENTS REMAIN ENGAGED, EARN CREDITS, AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THAT EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY THROUGHOUT PLANO ISD.
SO OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS STEADILY INCREASED ITS FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE TO 96%.
0.3 PERCENT IN 2026 DEMONSTRATING THE STRENGTH OF OUR SYSTEMS AND THE COMMITMENT OF OUR CAMPUSES TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS THROUGH GRADUATION AND WHILE WE DO CELEBRATE THIS PROGRESS TOWARD OUR LONG RANGE GOAL OF 98 PERCENT OUR FOCUS EXTENDS WELL BEYOND JUST A DIPLOMA IVAN TALKS ABOUT CCMR AND WHILE THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU THAT GRADUATION IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR OUR KIDS.
ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GRADUATES CCMR LIFE READY, PREPARED FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER, MILITARY READINESS, OR WHATEVER OTHER PATH THEY WANT OR THEY CHOOSE.
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SO THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE LISTED UP HERE REPRESENT THE DISTRICT'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND CONNECTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.THROUGH INTENTIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAMS, STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS, PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, AND TARGETED MARKETING, WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD ENGAGEMENT ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE EFFORTS ARE GENERATING SOME MEASURABLE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN A FEW MINUTES, INCLUDING NEARLY 19,000 CLICKS TO PLANO KNOW ISD'S ENROLLMENT PAGE.
AND 482 ENROLLMENT INTEREST FORMS SUBMITTED FOR PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES.
THIS I TALKED TO LESLIE ABOUT A LITTLE EARLIER TONIGHT.
AND THEY ARE NOW, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS A BIG LIFT ON THIS, AND THEY'RE NOW COMPARING THOSE SUBMISSIONS WITH ENROLLMENT RECORDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND.
HOW MANY INTERESTED FAMILIES ULTIMATELY ENROLL IN PLANO ISD? AND THEN LASTLY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS OR SNAPSHOTS FROM PILLAR 4 ABOUT OUR OUTREACH AND OUR ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEY RESULT IN SOME INTENTIONAL EFFORTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO CONNECT FAMILIES AND PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND REINFORCE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TAKING PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY.
TO FINISH UP, LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, IS THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION OR RESOURCE, I'M SORRY, RESOURCE, THE STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
I TELL EVERYBODY AFTER ABOUT 930, I START TURNING INTO A PUMPKIN.
WE'VE GOT THREE GOALS, 11 STRATEGIES, AND FOUR MINUTES TO GO.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT GOAL ONE AND TWO ON THIS PAGE.
YOU CAN SEE GOAL ONE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATED, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW TONIGHT THAT 84% OF OUR RESOURCES ARE IN OUR...
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ANYBODY WAS LISTENING.
IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES IN A STRATEGIC MANNER.
GOAL NUMBER TWO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLETE OUR FULL INTEGRATION OF OUR ERP AND OUR SIS SYSTEMS UNDER THE SKYWARD QUEUE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT STRATEGIES UNDER THESE TWO GOALS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT ON THE DIFFERENTIATED STAFFING, PAYING SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO OUR DST CAMPUSES.
TRYING TO JUST ALIGN OUR RESOURCES WHERE WE FEEL LIKE THEY MAY BE NEEDED THE MOST IS ONE.
AND THEN ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP COMPETITIVE SALARIES WITHIN, OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T ALWAYS MOVE AT THE SAME SPEED, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL OF OUR PAY GRADES MOVING AT MARKET RATE.
AND THEN FINALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE INTEGRITY WITH OUR SKYWARD ERP AND SIS SYSTEMS. AND BRINGING UP ALL OF THE MODULES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT INTO THE SIS AND THE ERP SKYWARD SYSTEMS, WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AND TRYING TO BREAK OFF SOME OF THESE ONE-OFF SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE DOING, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE WHAT'S AVAILABLE UNDER THE SKYWARD SYSTEM.
SO GOAL NUMBER THREE IS TECHNOLOGY-RELATED, BUT THIS IS THE IPAD ROLLOUT FOR KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE, AND THEN ALSO ART.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW FROM MATT FRY'S DYNAMIC PRESENTATION, THAT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THAT GOAL.
AND THEN JUST THE WORK THAT WE DO, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THAT TO YOU, BUT YOU GUYS, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PILLAR, YOU'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE TYPE OF WORKS HAVE TO BE APPROVED THROUGH YOU GUYS.
SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THERE AND JUST LOOK, BUT MAINLY JUST WITH THE BUDGET WORK, IT WAS VERY, VERY RELEVANT.
WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT AND THEN ALSO JUST LOOKING AT FACILITIES AND CAPITAL PLANNING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS EITHER DOING PROJECTS, FINISHING PROJECTS OR GETTING READY TO START A NEW PROJECT.
AND THEN JUST THE DEBT MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, REALLY AM INTERESTED IN BECAUSE BEING ABLE TO, IF WE DO THAT IN THE RIGHT WAY, WE CAN SAVE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS OVER THE LIFE OF THE BOND.
AND DEBT, YOU KNOW, THE DEBT ISSUES.
I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT'S MOST ABLE, WHERE IT'S MOST, IT'S BEST ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE, WHICH IS IN THE CLASSROOMS, MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE TRAINED ON HOW TO USE THAT AND USE IT EFFECTIVELY.
AND THEN JUST TO FINISH UP THIS PRESENTATION,
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THESE ARE JUST SOME FACTS THAT ARE WORTH NOTING.ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS THAT OUR FOLKS AT THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, I MEAN, REALLY, 57% INCREASE IN PARTNERSHIPS? WHAT A MAJOR PUSH.
AND SO THAT'S JUST 273 PARTNERS FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH NOTING.
AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE JUST THE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE FOOTPRINT OF OUR BUILDINGS, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST RATINGS AVAILABLE FOR OUR DEBT IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT TRANSLATES TO INTEREST.
THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR TAXPAYERS TO FOOT THE BILL ON OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT ALL THE BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPER, SUPER GOOD NUMBERS.
AND THEN JUST THE WORK THAT COURTNEY AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM CONTINUES TO DO WITH JUST COMING IN, WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HOW WE'RE COMPARING WITH CPI WITH INFLATION, HOW WE CONTINUE TO GO UNDER THAT MARK, SUPER, SUPER IMPRESSIVE.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED THIS DOCUMENT, BUT YOU'LL FIND IT UNDER TAB 9.24A.
BECAUSE THIS ALL BEGAN WITH THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF END WITH THE STRATEGIC ROADMAP.
THIS IS THE FIVE-YEAR REPORT TO YOU AS TO WHERE WE ARE, THE PROGRESS REPORT.
SOME PROJECTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
BUT WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE OBJECTIVES THAT THE BOARD OUTLINED FOR US BEGINNING IN 23.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE LANDING AT THIS POINT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE WORK.
THAT WE STILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
I ALSO HAVE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE TIMES, BUT I'LL JUST, IT'S WORTH MENTIONING AGAIN, WE TAKE THIS WORK VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF METRICS THAT WE MONITOR IN EACH PILLAR THAT WE KEEP AS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
WE BRING METRICS TO YOU AS A TEAM.
WE LOOK AT THEM AND JUST WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT DATA.
OUR NEXT STEPS FOR YOU, WE'LL CONTINUE ANALYZING DATA OVER THE SUMMER AND COMPLETE OUR DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE WILL IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENT TARGETS FOR 26-27 BASED ON NOT ONLY DATA BUT ALSO INPUT FROM OUR CABINET, INPUT FROM OUR DBIC, AND VERY IMPORTANT INPUT FROM YOU WHICH BEK IS GOING TO GET HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND THEN WE WILL DEVELOP THAT PLAN, BRING THAT TO YOU FOR FINAL APPROVAL WITH OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN THE FALL OF 26.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF BREAK UP INTO TWO GROUPS.
SO LISA, IF YOU WANT TO FACILITATE THAT, LET'S BREAK THAT UP.
OKAY, JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE YOU INTO TWO WORKING GROUPS.
SO THERE ARE FOUR OF YOU OVER HERE, SO THIS WILL BE ONE GROUP.
AND THE THREE OF YOU HERE WILL BE AS THE SECOND GROUP AND YOU ALL CAN DRAW STRAWS FOR WHICH ASSIGNMENT YOU GET.
THESE ARE THE TWO ASSIGNMENTS.
THE FIRST GROUP IS GOING TO REFLECT ON OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN PROGRESS.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO REFER TO THAT DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE UPDATE OF WHERE THAT IS.
YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE ARE THE MOST CRITICAL NEXT STEPS.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A PIECE OF CHART PAPER.
YOU CAN DECIDE TO WRITE ON THE EASEL IF YOU WANT.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO WRITE ON A TABLE IF YOU PREFER, BUT THEN WE'LL GET IT BACK UP THERE.
THE SECOND GROUP IS GOING TO REFLECT ON THIS CURRENT YEAR, OUR CURRENT YEAR'S WORK, THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'VE JUST UPDATED YOU ON.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? AND AGAIN, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ARE THOSE MOST CRITICAL NEXT STEPS? WE'LL GIVE YOU ONLY ABOUT NINE MINUTES TO WORK ON THIS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SHARE OUT YOUR FINDINGS TO THE OTHER GROUP.
SEE, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY THAT SHOULD BE GOVERNING ALL NEXT STEP.
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YOU GUYS GET TO PICK.DO YOU GUYS WANT TASK ONE OR TASK TWO? TASK ONE IS THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN.
TASK TWO IS THE CURRENT YEAR'S WORK.
WHOLE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO YOU GUYS HAVE THIS CURRENT YEAR'S WORK.
YEAH, AND SO THIS DOCUMENT IS JUST FOR FUTURE ROAD MAP NOTES.
AND SO THERE'S 115 STRATEGIC TARGETS, 81 WERE COMPLETE, 25 WERE IN PROGRESS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING OUR PROJECT, NATALIE.
YEAH, AND NINE ARE NOT STARTED.
SO I DECIDED, OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SMALL BRANCHES? WHEN DID YOU DO THIS? WAS THIS AS YOU WERE DOING IT?
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A IS TO PRESENT FIRST.WHO REMEMBERS WHETHER THEY'RE A OR B? GROUP A, YOU'RE REFLECTING ON FIVE YEARS OF DATA SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEAR BUT YOU CAN SAY THIS INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP WHAT ARE YOU MOST THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? WHILE TARA IS WRAPPING UP, I'LL SPEAK, AND NOT ON YOUR POSTERS, BUT WE HAVE LONG BOARD MEETINGS, AND OFTENTIMES IT'S A BOARD THAT CARES, CARES DEEPLY ABOUT KIDS.
YOU HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND A HIGH LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE WORK.
COMPARE OUR BOARD WITH OTHER BOARDS.
I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD TO NOT ONLY BE IN PLANO, BUT THAT THIS BOARD IS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU ALL SERVE THE MANY HOURS.
AND THERE'S AN IMMENSE GRATITUDE AND PRIDE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE HEART THAT YOU BRING TO THE WORK.
OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE PROUD OF WHEN WE LOOK OVER THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE GOING? WE'VE ACHIEVED QUITE A BIT FROM THIS, AND THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF WHAT WE BRAINSTORMED.
LIKE THIS JUST FEELS LIKE A SLIVER.
THE WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IB PROGRAM, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
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WHICH PEOPLE STILL, THEY CALL US TO FIND OUT HOW DO WE DO WHAT PLANO'S DOING? AND THEN REALLY ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY STUFF.OUR LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING IS NOW CODIFIED IN POLICY FOR US.
SO THIS ISN'T JUST THIS WAS DONE, IT MEANS THAT PRIOR TO THE NEXT BOND WE HAVE POLICY TO TELL US HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HIGH SCORES ON NATIONAL LEVEL TESTS.
SO 83 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS TAKE AP TESTS AND WE'LL KNOW THIS NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AFTER THIS YEAR'S AP TESTS COME OUT.
BUT LIKE 83 PERCENT OF OUR KIDS THAT TAKE AP TESTS ARE SCORING THREE FOURS OR FIVES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
JUST GETTING A TRANSPORTATION AUDIT DONE IS IMPORTANT.
OUR CTE CENTER BROKE GROUND, AND THEN ALL THE BOND IMPLEMENTATIONS AND ALL THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTIONS AND FACILITY PROJECTS IS A COMPLETE WIN.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE DO THIS WELL IN-HOUSE IN PLANO ISD.
SKYWARD IMPLEMENTATION, WILDCAT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE JUST KEPT ADDING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OVER ON THE WEST SIDE, SO ALL OF THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THE SECOND QUESTION WAS WHAT DO WE NEED TO WORK ON? AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WE JUST DID POOR TIME MANAGEMENT.
BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH, WE NEED OUR SCORES TO IMPROVE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH.
PROGRAM EVALUATIONS, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE SUCCESS OF DOING BILINGUAL AND MATH ROCKS, DO SPED, AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER PROGRAM EVALUATIONS TO WORK ON.
SCHOOL MATH SCORES, ONE OF THE THINGS WE OBSERVED IS THE STUDENTS THAT WERE COVID KIDS ARE NOW IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SO MATH IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PROGRESSIVELY LEARN ON EACH STEP YOU HAVE TO GET PAST.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT.
AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THE KINDER IMPROVEMENT.
AND THOSE WERE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE COVID.
AND THEN WE WANT TO SEE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN LEARNING AND CLOSING THE GAPS.
SO THERE'S JUST ALWAYS WORK TO DO, ROOM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO IMPROVE AND DO BETTER, AND THEN FOCUS ON KEEPING THAT TEACHER RETENTION NUMBER GOING UP.
SO THAT WAS JUST WHAT CAME TO MIND AS WE WERE RUSHING, AS WE WERE RUSHING AND WE RAN OUT OF TIME.
BUT OVERALL, WE HAVE A LOT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A POINT, AND REALLY IT'S A KUDOS TO FIVE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, BECAUSE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR, AND NANCY AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO TRUSTEES THAT ARE STILL SITTING HERE EXECUTING ON THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, OF COURSE, IN MAY OF THAT YEAR, TARA, MICHAEL, AND CATHERINE JOINED US ON THE BOARD AND BOUGHT INTO THE WORK WE HAD SET OUT TO DO.
AND THEN IN 2025, ELISA AND SAM JOINED US AND BOUGHT INTO THE WORK WE HAD SET OUT TO DO.
AND SO I THINK AS SOMEONE WHO HELPED CO-AUTHOR THE PLAN, AND I KIND OF CAME IN AT AN INTERESTING TIME BECAUSE I CAME IN AND WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AFTER I GOT ELECTED.
WE DID THE BOND AND THEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I FELT A LOT OF OWNERSHIP HAVING HAVING I THINK NANCY PROBABLY FEELS THE SAME WAY.
BUT THEN THE OTHER FIVE OF YOU COMING IN AND LIKE UNDERSTANDING THE PLAN, INTERNALIZING THE PLAN AND APPRECIATING THE PLAN, I JUST THINK IS SUPER IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE YOU YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN AND WANT TO TAKE A COMPLETE LEFT TURN ON THINGS, BUT AND CREATE INSTABILITY.
BUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY THIS OVERARCHING GUIDE, RIGHT? AS TRUSTEES, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS, RIGHT? WE, WE CAN.
PUT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION AND POLICY, WE CAN PUT THE COMMUNITY'S VISION IN A STRATEGIC PLAN, RIGHT? AND I THINK THIS BOARD HAS BEEN NOT ONLY VERY SOLID ON DOING THAT, BUT ON CARRYING IT OUT, WHETHER YOU HEAR WHEN THE PLAN WAS WRITTEN OR NOT.
SO I'VE JUST, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT A LOT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A COUPLE YEARS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE 18 MONTHS AWAY OR LESS OF, OF.
SPINNING UP A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS PROBABLY 15 MONTHS AWAY.
FROM SPINNING UP A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REFLECT ON THIS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOES THIS STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGN WITH OUR AE? DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE CODE
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OF CIVILITY THAT'S IN THE WORK THAT WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT IN A LITTLE BIT? SO THAT'S JUST A TEASER FOR YOU TO CONNECT THAT DOT IN A LITTLE BIT BUT GROUP B.GROUP B, WHO WANTS TO SHARE? WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF? I'M SORRY, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE HARD TO READ.
ADMITTEDLY, I THINK WE HAD AN EASIER JOB BECAUSE WE LITERALLY JUST LISTENED TO A WHOLE REVIEW OF THE THINGS WE NEEDED TO CONSIDER.
SO WE TALKED MOSTLY ABOUT HOW WE WERE MOST EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE WERE MEETING THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOAL BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS HAS NOT HAPPENED AS WELL AS WE WOULD LIKE AND SO THAT WAS ONE.
TWO, THE AMAZING WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED AROUND THE THE CCMR, OUR ABILITY TO TO GET THOSE KIDS TO WHERE WE ARE.
I MEAN I THINK LAUREN WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT WAS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING THE FIRST TIME.
WHEN THEY MOVED THE GOALPOSTS ON THOSE CCMR, AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UPPER 60S MAYBE, RIGHT? AND NOW TO BE IN THE 90S, WHAT'S THE CUTOFF THAT WE HAVE TO GET FOR AN A? SO THERE YOU GO.
I MEAN, I KNOW THE RATING, THE RATING'S THE RATING, BUT STILL, TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK UP ON THAT A AND REALLY PUSH IT FORWARD, I THINK.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE REALLY, HOW Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIES AND PULL THROUGH THROUGH THE GOALS AND THE METRICS AND GET THAT ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND KEEP AT IT, REALLY.
BEING FOCUSED ON ALIGNING THOSE THINGS AND PUSHING ON THOSE.
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MORE STUDENTS ALSO BEING ON GRADE LEVEL AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HAVING SHOWN TRUE IMPROVEMENT.
WE WERE SUPER PROUD OF THAT AND HOW MUCH FOCUS IT TOOK THE WHOLE TEAM TO GET THERE FOR THOSE KIDS.
AND LAST WEEK, TIME MANAGEMENT WAS A PROBLEM FOR US TOO.
WE GOT TO THE OTHER ONE, AND THIS IS REALLY TERESA TALKING ABOUT HOW WITH ALL OF THIS, THE NEXT THING WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS FOCUSING ON ATTENDANCE AND OUR GRADUATION RATES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL TO GET WHAT THEY NEED.
SO JUST TIGHTENING IT UP EVEN MORE SO THAT THOSE KIDS ARE THERE.
THEY'RE FEELING GOOD, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP GOING ON WITH THIS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER DONE WITH THIS, RIGHT? WE'RE NEVER DONE WITH THOSE KIDS GETTING WHAT THEY NEED.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE PACKET, I THINK, REPRESENTS SOME OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE, PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.
LIKE WHEN YOU SEE THOSE GROWTH METRICS AND YOU SEE THAT THIS LAST YEAR, IS THE HIGHEST BAR, RIGHT? THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT THE TEAM HAS PUT IN PLACE THAT ARE WORKING AND THAT ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
WE STILL HAVE SOME AREAS THAT I THINK WE KNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO NEED IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? THE DIP GOALS ARE THIRD GRADE, RIGHT? AND WE'RE STILL SEEING, WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME AREAS I FEEL LIKE THAT ARE OF STRUGGLE.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOME AREAS OF STRUGGLE THAT ARE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EOCS A LITTLE BIT AS BEING ONE OF THOSE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO CELEBRATE THE MAJOR, MAJOR IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE WHEN THE STATE MOVED THIS GOALPOST FOR CCMR, WE HAD MANY MEETINGS ABOUT MANY CHANGES THAT THE STATE WAS MAKING TO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF FRUIT ANALOGIES AND METAPHORS.
IF YOU ALL RECALL, THOSE WERE GREAT MEETINGS.
BUT IT IS SORT OF DISHEARTENING TO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MOVING THE GOALPOSTS AFTER THE KIDS HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED.
AND IT'S ONE THING TO SORT OF JUST BE DISHEARTENED.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY, LIKE, OK, WHATEVER, MARCH FORWARD.
GET A PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT, MARCH FORWARD.
AND THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, WHAT THE TEAM HAS INTENTIONALLY DONE.
SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY BIG AND REALLY GREAT CELEBRATIONS IN HERE, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, IN AE LOCAL, WE PUT THREE FLAGS IN THE GROUND.
WE SAID ALL KIDS ARE GOING TO GET ONE YEAR ACADEMIC GROWTH, MINIMUM.
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ON GRADE LEVEL, OKAY? ALL KIDS NEED TO HAVE A PLAN, NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR...WHAT IS NEXT, THE LIFE READY, CAREER READY, COLLEGE READY, THE CCMR TYPE OF THINGS.
AND THOSE WERE SOME REALLY BIG FLAGS THAT WERE PLANTED IN THE GROUND THAT ARE CLEAR, UNDERSTANDABLE, ARTICULABLE GOALS.
AND WE'RE CLEARLY MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS IN SEVERAL GRADE LEVELS.
IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT IT'S NOT UNIVERSAL AMONG GRADE LEVELS.
AND IT'S ALSO NOT NECESSARILY UNIVERSAL AMONG SOME OF OUR SUBPOPULATIONS.
AND SO I, WHILE I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THESE HUGE, HUGE, HUGE WINS THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN OVERLOOK WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, THROWING GAS ON THE GOOD FIRE, BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE OTHER AREAS AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
WHY IS IT NOT WORKING YET? IS THIS NOT WORKING BECAUSE OF THE STRATEGY? IS THIS NOT WORKING BECAUSE OF SOMETHING STRUCTURAL? YOU KNOW, WHY ARE SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS, WHY ARE WE NOT SEEING THAT SAME LEVERAGE AND THAT GROWTH? I HAVE SOME OTHER WINS TO ADD TO OUR LIST NOW THAT I'VE HAD SOME EXTRA TIME TO THINK.
A TECH AND A MARKETING PLAN, LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANNING THAT HAD TO COME UP.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS IS JUST IN DIRECT RELATION TO, DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THIS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET IT ON BOARD BECAUSE WE NEED IT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.
OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE DIGGING THAT YOU DID INTO ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT PUTS US AT A COMPETITIVE EDGE.
AND AGAIN, 2% IS NEVER ENOUGH.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE PAY TEACHERS MORE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A LOAN FOR US TO SOLVE.
AND THEN PLANO FOR A FUTURE, THINKING ABOUT OUR SIXTH GRADERS OR SEVENTH GRADERS ARE GOING IN WITH SIX-YEAR PLANS.
AND JUST THINKING ALSO AS PUTTING MY PARENT HAT ON, IT IS IF THERE WAS AN AREA TO IMPROVE.
AGAIN, IT'S ALSO COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS OUR KIDS GET INTO SECONDARY, BECAUSE EACH OF THEM TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR OWN FULL AND UNIQUE POTENTIAL AS OUR.
MISSION STATEMENT SAYS, TO ACTIVATE THEIR UNIQUE POTENTIAL IN A DYNAMIC WORLD.
AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE, HOW ARE WE TARGETING AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO PARENTS? I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THIS AS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT KIDS COMING IN AND OUT OF MY HOUSE WITH MY KIDS' FRIENDS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND HOW DO WE WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL KID AND GET THEM ON THAT RIGHT PATH? I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE THING.
ONE THING WE DIDN'T PUT ON OUR LIST, BUT THE CURRICULUM AUDIT.
HAVING THE COURAGE TO DO A CURRICULUM AUDIT AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT PAID OFF WERE JUST AMAZING.
SO I CAN'T THINK OF MY WORDS AFTER ALMOST 10.
BUT THAT CURRICULUM AUDIT YIELDED A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THE DISTRICT TO TARGET AND HELPED YOU GUYS IN THAT PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO WHAT LAUREN WAS SAYING.
WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WHERE THERE IS GROWTH AND WHERE WE'VE HAD THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE WANT, BUT UNTIL WE'RE 100%, THERE'S CONTINUOUS GROWTH.
AND SO KEEPING A HYPER-FOCUS ON WE'RE CELEBRATING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING, OKAY, WHAT ELSE, AND WHAT'S NEXT.
AND THIS DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL HAD, TODAY ABOUT THE DATA IS THE SAME DISCUSSION WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING WITH OUR DBIC.
IT WAS, HERE'S SOME PRELIMINARY DATA THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE, BUT THEN WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE STILL SEE AS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN TO THE TARGET THAT WE WANT TO? AND WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THIS IN CABINET LAST WEEK ON, OKAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE 600 KIDS OVER HERE? WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE 600 KIDS THIS SUMMER? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT JUNE, WE'VE GOT JULY, WHAT'S THE PLAN? AND SO WE WENT INTO, WE HAVE OUR NORMAL SUMMER SCHOOL PROCESS.
AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S TIME.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER SCHOOL.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? OKAY, LET'S DO A CALL OUT.
LET'S GET PARENTS ON THE PHONE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENTS COMING IN AND DOING SOME SUMMER LEARNING.
AND WITHIN A WEEK, WE HAD 900 MORE KIDS ENROLLED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
BUT THAT'S INTENTIONAL WORK THAT THE CAMPUSES, THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED
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ON THIS.AND I THINK THE BIGGEST WHEN AND ALL OF THIS IS THAT THERE IS A POLICY THAT GROUNDS THE WORK AND HAVING THOSE THREE FLAGS IN THE GROUND AND THOSE THREE PRIORITIES, WHEN YOU HEAR OUR TEACHERS TALKING ABOUT IT OR OUR PRINCIPALS, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE REFLECTING ON.
ARE KIDS ACHIEVING? ARE WE CLOSING THE GAPS? ARE KIDS LEAVING THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR ON GRADE LEVEL? AND IF THEY'RE NOT, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK.
INTERESTING TO HEAR Y'ALL'S DIVE INTO THIS AND THEN A FEW WEEKS BACK HAVING DBIC IN THIS VERY ROOM PROVIDE US WITH VERY SIMILAR FEEDBACK.
AND SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENT, GOING BACK TO THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT, THERE WERE FIVE WORDS THAT I TOLD YOU TO CIRCLE.
ALIGNMENT, ALIGNMENT. YOU WILL SEE IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER IN THE FRAMEWORK. WHAT DID WE JUST TALK ABOUT? YOUR ALIGNMENT OF STRATEGIC PLAN, YOUR VISION, YOUR GOALS. YOU JUST DEMONSTRATED THAT. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SHARED, THAT SHARED OWNERSHIP, THAT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, HAVING POLICY WITHIN THAT.
LOOKING AT ALL, ALL KIDS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT WORDS IN THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT. ALL SHOWS UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE TO THE POINT THAT WAS JUST MADE YES WHILE 90% ARE HERE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE 10% THAT CAN'T BE FORGOTTEN RIGHT IT'S FOR ALL STUDENTS EQUITY AND EQUITABLE YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISABILITIES SPECIFICALLY 504 BRINGS STUDENTS UP TO A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD RIGHT SO IT'S THE STUDENT STANDING ON A BOX TO GET THE SAME HEIGHT BECAUSE IF TERESA AND I WERE STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER TO LOOK OVER A FENCE SHE WOULD NEED A BOX RIGHT AND SO THAT'S EQUITY IT'S PROVIDING DIFFERENT THINGS PROVIDING THE TWO BOXES SO THAT STUDENTS ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD THAT'S ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCHOOL BOARD DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ADOPTION ADOPTING POLICIES ADOPTING VISION ADOPTING. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE RIGHT WORK AS FAR AS THIS GOES. IT'S NOT OVER. AND SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE CLOSED SESSION, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHERE ARE THE AREAS OF GROWTH THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? WHERE ARE THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS? AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE FORWARD. DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BREAK IN BETWEEN. SO DR. TYRA, I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO KIND OF MOVE US INTO OUR NEXT SECTION. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WERE WE SUPPOSED TO PUT THE NUMBER? I COUNTED THEM.
IS NOW THE TIME TO BRING OUR IDEAS FORWARD? TELL ME WHAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE.
I HAVE 30. KAREN, YOU ARE SO COMPETITIVE. I HAD NO IDEA. I HAD NO IDEA. I'M QUIET. I WILL SIT OVER HERE AND KNIT. OH, SURE. MICHAEL JUST DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE. I HAVE 32. 32. 32 FOR ALL OF THEM? YEAH.
FOR ALL FIVE? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER? I HAD THE CORRECT NUMBER UNTIL THE POST-IT THIEF, A.K.A. DR. WILLIAMS, CAME AROUND TO TAKE ALL THE POST-ITS. I HAMSTRUNG YOU.
WHAT WAS YOUR CORRECT NUMBER? THAT'S WHY I WRITE THINGS DOWN.
YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
ETHICS. I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THAT RULE. SO I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR GUIDED INSTRUCTION. SO TARA FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS. SO FOR THAT, SHE GETS TO WIN. I HAD 33, BUT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A MISCOUNT ON MY HAND. SO TARA WINS FOR FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.
GOOD PRIDE. I'M SURE YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE THAT BUTTON. YOU
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WOULD HATE IT. OKAY, DR.ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION TWO. IT'S AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE, SECTION 551.074. IN ORDER TO CONDUCT AND REVIEW THE BOARD'S SELF-ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING,
[11. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION ]
THE TIME IS NOW 10.17 P.M. AND I DON'T HAVE MY GAVEL, SO JUST PRETEND THAT I'M GAVELING. THE[03:20:01]
OPEN SESSION IS 11.41 P.M. WE ARE NOW READY FOR ITEM 12 ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS NOR ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.THE TIME IS 1141 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2026.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.