Aug 04, 2026 Regular Board Meeting

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE AND A SECOND BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATE THE TERM CONTRACT OF PAUL CAMPBELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 21 AND BOARD POLICY DFBA LOCAL.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER IN THAT IF THERE'S ANYBODY STILL CONFUSED IN THE PUBLIC, CHAPTER 21 EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS LARGELY OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, THEY HAVE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.

AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO.

SEND A NOTICE OF PROPOSED TERMINATION WAIT AT LEAST 15 DAYS AND IF THEY DO NOT APPEAL TO THE TEA THEN WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TERMINATION IF THEY APPEAL TO THE TEA THEY CAN GET A HEARING IT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD IF WE THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE AHEAD THEY CAN APPEAL TO THE COMMISSIONER THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF DUE PROCESS AND SO THE WAY THAT THIS TERMINATION IS BEING DONE IS BEING DONE IN ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 21 OF THE EDUCATION CODE AND WE ARE AFFORDING THAT EMPLOYEE THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW SO JUST TO REITERATE IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE MISINFORMATION THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER EARLIER UM ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TRUSTEES THIS ISN'T REALLY FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S MORE JUST INFORMATION THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE IMMEDIATELY WERE NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION, WE TOOK ACTION.

SO WE RETURNED FROM OUR WEEK THAT WE WERE CLOSED ON THE 7TH, AND TWO DAYS LATER YOU WERE HERE FOR THE FIRST STEP OF THIS PROCESS.

AND SO WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RETURNING TO WORK,

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WE TOOK SWIFT ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.

NOT ONLY THAT, WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, AND WE HAVE KEPT OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED ON THE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.

WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AT THAT TIME.

WE WERE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK OF ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN LEGALLY, AND WE NOTIFIED OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AGAIN.

AND SO IN THE EVENT, THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE MATTER, AND TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, BUT ALSO WE HAVE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS.

WE ARE COMMUNICATING AS WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU TRUSTEES CONSIDER AND TAKE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

[8.3 Consider and take possible action regarding the proposed resolution agreement in the matter of Student b/n/f Parent v. Plano ISD, TEA Docket No. 095-SE-1025 before a special education hearing officer.]

EXPLANATION UH WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.3 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT BNF PARENT V PLAN ISD TEA DOCKET NUMBER 095 SE1025 BEFORE A SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER TRUSTEES MAY PLEASE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES A PROPOSED RESOLUTION AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT BNF PARENT VERSUS PLANO ISD.

TEA DOCKET.

NUMBER 095-SE-1025 BEFORE A SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER.

I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE LISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AGREEMENT IN THE MATTER OF STUDENT BNF PARENT V PLANO ISD TEA DOCKET NUMBER 095-SE-1025 BEFORE A SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICER.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT SEEING AND HEARING NONE I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT THANK YOU TRUSTEES THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WE

[8.4 Consideration and Approval of the Endorsement of a Candidate for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors (Region 10, Position D)]

WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.4 CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ENDORSEMENT FOR A CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD TASBY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION 10, POSITION D.

THE BOARD MAY, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO ENDORSE ANY OF THE CANDIDATES LISTED.

I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY TRUSTEE TO MOVE THAT THE BOARD ENDORSE ONE OF THE CANDIDATES.

AS A REMINDER, WE MUST HAVE A MOTION.

MOTION ON THE TABLE IN A SECOND PRIOR TO ANY DISCUSSION WE WILL HANDLE ANY MOTIONS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE MADE IF A MOTION TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE RECEIVES MAJORITY APPROVAL THE BOARD WILL ENDORSE THAT CANDIDATE AND NO FURTHER MOTIONS TO ENDORSE WILL BE ENTERTAINED WE WILL NOW ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASBY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION 10 POSITION D TRUSTEES MAY I PLEASE HAVE EMOTION.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF JAVIER HARVEY ALSO KNOWN AS UM MIDDLE NAME HOPE UH WAKA WHO IS UM IN ASSOCIATION OF FOR EXCUSE ME FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASBY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION 10 POSITION D APOLOGIES FOR THAT SLOPPINESS IF I NEED TO REPEAT LET ME KNOW I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION UH TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY FURTHER MOTIONS AT THIS TIME OKAY I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY MYSELF, BOARD PRESIDENT LAUREN TYRA, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF JAVIER HARVEY OAXACA AS THE CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION 10, POSITION D.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I'LL EXPLAIN MY MOTION.

I KNOW HARVEY, HE'S KNOWN BY.

HE'S A TRUSTEE IN MCKINNEY, AND I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS.

I'VE WORKED WITH HIM THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE LAC AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND I KNOW HIS COMMITMENT.

TO SERVICE TO THIS TO THE KIDS IN TEXAS AND HE WAS ALSO AN ADMINISTRATOR EXCUSE ME IN HE SPENT 23 OF HIS 40 YEARS AS A CAMPUS AND CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR IN MCKINNEY SO NOW HE'S A TRUSTEE IN MCKINNEY ISD AND I KNOW HIS COMMITMENT I KNOW HIS ABILITY TO SERVE AND I KNOW THAT IF IF WE WERE TO ENDORSE HIM AS A CANDIDATE, THAT HE WILL LIVE UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS.

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I'LL JUST SORT OF, I SECONDED NANCY'S MOTION, BUT I'LL SECOND WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.

I KNOW HARVEY, I RESPECT HARVEY.

HE'S A VERY EVEN KEEL GUY, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

I WILL SAY WE RECEIVED PACKETS FROM ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ASKING FOR APPOINTMENT.

WE RECEIVED SEVERAL ENDORSEMENTS.

I THOUGHT MANY OF THESE CANDIDATES...

WERE VERY, VERY GOOD.

AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN SO MANY PACKETS, WHICH I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN READ AND GET TO KNOW THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

SEVERAL OF THEM HAD GRADUATED LEADERSHIP TASB, LIKE CATHERINE AND NANCY HAVE, AND OUR MASTER TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, ALL SEEM VERY, VERY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THEIR DISTRICTS AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS ROLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO THE OTHER FOLKS WHO PUT IN FOR THIS POSITION THAT WE MAY NOT BE NOMINATING.

I RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT EVERYONE'S DOING.

I THINK WE HAD A REALLY GOOD GROUP OF CANDIDATES HERE.

BUT I AGREE WITH NANCY.

I THINK HARVEY IS IS NOT ONLY HAS THE BACKGROUND OF 40 YEARS IN EDUCATION, BUT HE.

REALLY WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS ROLE ON THE MCKINNEY BOARD HE'S ALSO VERY MUCH A CONNECTOR AND A COLLABORATOR UM AND AND YOU KNOW TRYING TO BUILD COMPROMISES AND PULLING THE TRUSTEES TOGETHER AND I UH I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HIS HIS SKILL AT DOING THAT AT THE TIMES I'VE WATCHED SOME OF THEIR BOARD MEETINGS UM ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEES? TARA, GO AHEAD.

NANCY MENTIONED THE LAC.

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT ACRONYM IN 30 SECONDS AND WHAT THAT ROLE IS FOR TASB AND THE ROLE THAT WHAT THE LAC DOES? I APOLOGIZE.

ACRONYMS ARE TERRIBLE.

IT'S THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AND IT'S A.

IT'S A GROUP OF LOCAL TRUSTEES FROM ALL REGIONS IN THE STATE, AND THEY COME TOGETHER.

FIRST, THEY COME TOGETHER REGIONALLY, AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A GRASSROOTS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES LIST.

AND THEN THEY COME TOGETHER IN A STATEWIDE MEETING TO TELL TASB WHAT THE TRUSTEES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WANT CARRIED FORWARD AS THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

I APOLOGIZE.

MY VOICE IS TERRIBLE.

BUT ANYWAY, IT IS A GROUP THAT LETS TASB, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, CARRY OUR MESSAGE AS FAR AS OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE LACK IS.

AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT.

NO, YOU EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY.

AND THE REASON I ASKED YOU TO DO THAT WAS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALSO A PERCEPTION THAT TASB TELLS US WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ARE.

AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH HARVEY AND TRUSTEES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

TO COME UP WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.

IT'S A TOTAL GRASSROOTS EFFORT.

WE ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND BECAUSE ALL OF US ON THIS DAIS DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN TO AUSTIN 10 TIMES A MONTH DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, TASB CARRIES FORWARD THE MESSAGE THAT ALL STATEWIDE TRUSTEES HAVE APPROVED AND CREATED AND THEN APPROVED.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY, TWO OF THE FOLKS WHO ASKED TO BE ENDORSED ARE ACTUALLY MY FELLOW CLASS MEMBERS IN THIS LAST GRADUATING CLASS.

SO IF Y'ALL ARE LISTENING.

BELIEVE ME WELL RESPECTED COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE A HEART FOR SERVICE AND YOU KNOW I THINK UM MORE AND MORE YOUNGER TRUSTEES ARE STEPPING UP AND WANTING TO SERVE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU KNOW SUCH A NICE GROUPING OF FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE TO BOW TO EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION AS A STRONGER RECOMMENDER AT THIS POINT.

BUT Y'ALL, I WISH WE COULD, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK, FOR ALL OF US TO SERVE.

JUST REALLY QUICK POINT.

I KNEW ABOUT HARVEY EVEN BEFORE I WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

MY MOM AND MY SISTER WORK IN MCKINNEY ISD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST ANYONE THAT KNOWS HIM JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES OF HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO I, YOU KNOW, ECHO EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SAID.

ALL RIGHT, WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY ROBUST DISCUSSION THERE, SO I'M GOING TO REREAD THIS MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY, SECONDED BY MYSELF, BOARD PRESIDENT LAUREN TYRA, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF JAVIER HARVEY

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OAKA AS THE CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGION 10, POSITION D.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP.

[8.5 Consideration and Approval of the Endorsement of a Candidate for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors ( Region 10, Position E) TASB Endorsement Form - Position E]

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8.5 CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ENDORSEMENT OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGION 10 POSITION E.

POSITION E IS A LARGE DISTRICT POSITION.

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BOARD TO ENDORSE A CANDIDATE FOR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS TASBY BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGENT 10 POSITION E E BEING THE LARGE DISTRICT POSITION.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? YES.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, TASB, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION 10, POSITION E, AS DANETTE DAVIS.

AND ALL SECOND.

YES.

OKAY, AND THAT WAS TARA.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATE DINETTE DAVIS FOR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL WORDS-TASBY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGION 10, POSITION E.

TRUSTEES, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I ECHO THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION, AND I HAVE SAT ON COMMITTEES WITH DINETTE.

SHE IS...

100% COMMITTED TO HER SERVICE AS A TRUSTEE IN FRISCO ISD.

AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT.

MOST RECENTLY, I SAT ON A...

A COMMITTEE WITH HER WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO UM IDENTIFY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR WHICH WILL COME COME OUT IN A LATER MONTH BUT I'VE WATCHED HER THINK IN ACTION I KNOW WHAT SHE STANDS FOR AND I TOTALLY APPLAUD YOUR RECOMMENDATION ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TRUSTEES ALL RIGHT WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S HANDS UP, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, JUST MAKING SURE.

SORRY, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF UP AND DOWN OVER THERE, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, 7-0.

[8.6 Consideration and Approval of the Monthly Financial Reports for June 2026 June 2026 Financials]

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 8.6, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JUNE 2026.

THIS IS TYPICALLY ON CONSENT.

RATHER THAN ASK MYSELF TO PULL THIS OFF CONSENT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION, I JUST POSTED IT SEPARATELY.

SO IF YOU'RE CONFUSED, THAT'S WHY.

I WILL INVITE JOHNNY HILL, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS, EMPLOYEE SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGY TO PLEASE.

UH PRESENT FOR US THANK YOU DR TYER UH SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CABINET NORMALLY AS DR TYER SAID THIS IS ON CONSENT BUT WE DID WANT TO PULL IT FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE EMPHASIS AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE AT THE OKAY WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

JUNE 30TH WAS THE FISCAL YEAR, AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, COURTNEY REEVES AND HER TEAM WILL BE WORKING WITH AUDITORS TO SHORE UP ANY OF THE LAST-MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL GO INTO THIS.

BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT HAS IN THE PAST, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO READ, AND IT'S A LOT TRYING TO GET THAT ON THE ONE SHEET, BUT THAT'S HOW ACTUALLY TEA ASKED US TO SET THAT UP.

THIS IS THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND REPORTED.

HERE BY FUND AND FUNCTION, CURRENT BUDGET, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YEAR-TO-DATE AND THE REMAINING BUDGET AND PERCENTAGES.

AND IT'S BY FUNCTION AS YOU GO FROM THE TOP TO THE LEFT.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET ON.

WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU TO POINT OUT AND LOOK AT AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THE THIRD COLUMN, YOU SEE IN THE FIRST COLUMN THE $34.2 MILLION, THAT IS THE AMENDED BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 25-26.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROJECTED OR THE UNAUDITED BALANCE THAT WE HAVE AT THAT AMOUNT IS A NEGATIVE 29.5 MILLION.

THAT GIVES US STILL, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A POSITIVE VARIANCE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, OF ABOUT $4.7 MILLION.

BUT IT'S A LOT CLOSER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

AND I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THIS IS, IF YOU JUST GO BACK OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, JUST TO KIND OF ORIENT YOU WITH THIS SLIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED BAR GRAPH, THAT IS THE...

THE AMENDED BUDGET, THE END OF THE YEAR AMENDED BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE AN AMENDED BUDGET.

YOU START FROM THE LEFT, $5.1 MILLION DEFICIT, AND THEN A $21.7 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND THEN IN BLUE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS THE ACTUAL END

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OF THE YEAR AMOUNT ON THE BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE EVERY ONE OF THOSE YEARS, WE ENDED UP WITH A POSITIVE VARIANCE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

IF YOU ADD UP ALL OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND WHAT WAS ACTUAL, YOU'LL ACTUALLY COME UP.

WITH A LITTLE OVER $89 MILLION OVER THOSE SIX YEARS.

SO THAT IS BASICALLY A TESTAMENT TO CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN THAT FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE ARE TRENDING IN A NOT SO GREAT WAY FOR SEVERAL REASONS, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC REASONS HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CONSERVATIVE BUDGET OVER THAT SIX-YEAR PERIOD STILL COMES UP WITH A LITTLE OVER $89 MILLION.

OVER THAT SIX-YEAR PERIOD.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

AND I THOUGHT, REALLY, I THOUGHT MS. REEVES REALLY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF TALKING IN JUNE WHEN WE APPROVED, WHEN WE ASKED YOU TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR 26-27 ABOUT THOSE INFLATIONARY COST COMPONENTS.

AS WELL AS UNDERFUNDED STATE MANDATES.

AND I THINK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF SOLIDIFY THAT IN OUR MIND AS WE GET INTO ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY AFFECT.

CHANGE ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY KIND OF BOGGING US DOWN AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT INFLATIONARY COST GROWTH AND UNDERFUNDED STATE MANDATES.

THESE ARE THE SAME ITEMS THAT WE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK UP AS WE END UP OUR 25-26 YEAR BUDGET, AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT THAT YEAR BUDGET.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT UNDERFUNDED MANDATES, THESE ARE MANDATES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO SPEND MONEY ON, PROGRAMS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO SPEND MONEY ON, AND YET WE ARE GROSSLY UNDERFUNDED ON WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED.

WHEN WE SAY STATE ALLOTMENTS, LET ME JUST BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE SAY STATE ALLOTMENTS, FOR US THAT MEANS IT'S TAXES THAT WE GET TO RETAIN IN OUR DISTRICT.

THEY SAY STATE ALLOTMENTS, BUT REALLY IT'S US KEEPING OUR OWN TAXES IS WHAT THAT MEANS, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU JUST GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AT THE TOP.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE COST OF THE DISTRICT OF ABOUT $95 MILLION.

SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE OFFER A GREAT SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, BUT WE REALLY HAVE STATE ALLOTMENT OR WHAT WE GET TO KEEP IN OUR TAXES, ABOUT $55 MILLION.

SO $40.1 MILLION DEFICIT JUST IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALONE.

STATE TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, WE SHORED UP TRANSPORTATION AND WE'RE STILL HEARING ABOUT IT SOME, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

WE HAVE TO, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO STAY WITH WHAT THE STATE RECOMMENDS.

I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER TRANSPORTATION THAT EVERY STUDENT WHO HAD A DESIRE FOR IT BUT RIGHT NOW THE REASON WHY WE TRY TO BE AS EFFICIENT AND STAY WITHIN THE LAW IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT AN 18.2 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IF YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS BECAUSE I WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS BOAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS BOAT THEY HAVEN'T ADJUSTED THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REGULAR BUSING AND COURTNEY, 20 YEARS? IT'S BEEN FOREVER.

AND SO IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH WHAT IT'S COSTING TO BUY A BUS OR TO OPERATE A BUS.

THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE COMPOUNDED AS FUEL PRICES GO UP.

RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND BUS PRICES ARE GOING UP CONSIDERABLY, TOO.

AND THEN SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A BIG ONE.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A BIG DEAL WITH HOUSE BILL 3 JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THESE THINGS.

AND WE WANT TO DO THESE THINGS.

DON'T MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.

WE WANT TO DO THESE THINGS.

WE WANT TO OFFER THESE SERVICES.

BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO KEEP MORE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

A GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GIFTED STUDENTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO OFFER QUALITY PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED STUDENTS, WE'D ACTUALLY LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE US FOR ACTUALLY RUNNING THOSE PROGRAMS. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THEY HAD GIFTED AND TALENTED ALLOTMENT, AND THEN IT COMPLETELY WENT AWAY.

AND THEN THEY CAME BACK, BUT THEY CAME BACK WITH A LOT LESS, NOT NEARLY ADEQUATE TO RUN THE PROGRAM.

PRE-K HAS BEEN JUST A PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, THEY FUND US HALF A DAY, AND YET THEY MANDATE THAT WE OFFER SERVICES FOR THE FULL DAY.

AND THEN DYSLEXIA IS ANOTHER ONE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH WHERE DYSLEXIA FALLS AND WHAT'S BEING OFFERED THROUGH DYSLEXIA.

IT'S ALSO A VERY GROWING POPULATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT OVER ALMOST $74.5 MILLION, JUST AN AND UNDERFUNDED.

AND THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THEM.

THESE ARE THE LARGEST ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY DEAL WITH.

AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GONE TO THE GROCERY STORE LATELY AND I BOUGHT YOU JUST A FEW GROCERIES JUST FOR THE EVENING MEAL AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL WITH YOU, I DOUBT YOU WERE ABLE TO WALK

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OUT OF THE STORE WITH ANYTHING LEFT OF THAT.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE.

AND THAT'S WHAT INFLATION HAS DONE TO ALL OF US.

FOOD IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

HAVE YOU BOUGHT A CAR LATELY? I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL FACTORS OF JUST INFLATION.

SO THESE ARE SOME MORE ITEMS. THESE ARE.

DRIVERS OF INFLATION THAT NOT ALL OF THE INFLATIONARY FACTORS BUT OUR LARGEST ONES AND YOU CAN GO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THOSE ARE BUT JUST IN THE SINCE 2019 ALONE WE'VE HAD OVER ALMOST 87 MILLION DOLLARS OF JUST INFLATIONARY UH COST AND THIS LAST YOU KNOW WE TRY TO MAKE A CASE THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION UH ON OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO FLOW MONEY THROUGH THE SYSTEMS THE FORMULAS AND WE WERE REWARDED AND I THINK UM I THINK WE SAID SAID THAT WE NEEDED JUST TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

I THINK WE HAD SAID THAT WE HAD ALMOST $1,400 JUST TO BREAK US EVEN WITH INFLATION SINCE 2019.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE GOT PER WATER, YES, MA'AM.

55 CENTS.

YES.

AND WE NEEDED LIKE $1,400.

YES.

LIKE THAT IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY.

SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY, AS WE TURN NOW TO THE 2627, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? TELL YOU WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE HARDER AND HARDER DECISIONS AS WE TRY TO CLOSE THAT GAP.

I BELIEVE DR.

WILLIAMS AND STAFF WILL BRING PLENTY OF WORK BACK TO YOU GUYS.

I THINK THAT'S IN SEPTEMBER THAT'LL BE COMING UP FOR PILLAR FIVE, WHICH IS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY BRIDGE THIS DEFICIT GAP.

FROM 44.8 DOWN TO BALANCE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PLAN OF WORK FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S ALREADY GOING INTO THAT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE STEPS ACTUALLY GETTING US TO THAT POINT.

FACILITY OPTIMIZATION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ON-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, YOU GUYS SET UP LOCAL POLICY, CT LOCAL.

THAT LEADS US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

OPERATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DR.

WILLIAMS FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.

IS REORGANIZED TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME EFFICIENCIES, SPECIFICALLY IN CENTRAL OFFICE.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT VACANCIES AND ATTRITION.

DR.

KENDALL AND HER STAFF AND REALLY EVERYBODY HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, AS WE LOSE, IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE EFFICIENCIES AND LOSE STUDENTS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY RIGHT-SIZE STAFF ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEY ARE CONTINUALLY EVEN WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK.

BUT YOU CAN SEE, AS OF THE BUDGET POINT, I THINK THAT WE'D ALREADY.

IDENTIFIED 215 FTES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

AND THEN DISCRETIONARY REDUCTIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COURTNEY REEVES AND HER STAFF HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF AT AT LEAST THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I CAN THINK OF.

I THINK IT WAS EVEN BEFORE THAT.

AND THAT IS DOING ZERO-BASED BUDGETING.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, MAN, THEY'RE FEROCIOUS IN THOSE BUDGET MEETINGS.

I MEAN, I'M A NICE GUY, BUT COURTNEY REEVES KNOWS HOW TO BE MEAN TO THOSE FOLKS.

AND THEY'RE UH.

AND THEY'RE NOT UPSET.

THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THEY HAVEN'T CRIED.

SO IT'S WORKING GOOD.

AND THEN FINALLY IS JUST OUR EVALUATION, PROGRAM EVALUATION.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING DR.

WILLIAMS IS REALLY STRESSING, IS WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF METRICS AND BEING ABLE TO TELL WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE.

IS IT ACTUALLY WORKING? IF IT'S NOT, WE NEED TO MOVE IT ON DOWN THE ROAD.

IF IT'S NOT ACTUALLY HELPING KIDS' GROWTH, WE NEED TO MOVE IT ON DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE STILL HAVE THAT BUDGET GAP.

WE HAVE FUN BACK THERE.

BALANCE.

I DO WANT TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE FUND BALANCE MANAGEMENT OR HOW ALL THAT WORKS, BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY WELL MANAGED FINANCIALLY OVER NOT JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT A LOT OF YEARS.

AS A RESULT, WE ARE BLESSED WITH A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION.

WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT I LOVE THAT HAVE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN BE DRACONIAN IN THEIR CUTS.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE DO THIS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE BLESSED WITH THE.

FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BRIDGE THAT GAP UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR STAFF, BUT REALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO WE'RE BLESSED IN THAT REGARD.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT UP BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I KNOW TO ME, DR.

WILLIAMS, REALLY THE WHOLE CABINET, I KNOW COURTNEY REES AND HER STAFF FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT IS THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE WANT TO BE COMPLETELY ABOVE BOARD.

WE WANT TO DO IT IN A CLEAR WAY AND WE WANT TO TAKE THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT BEST PRACTICES.

I THINK SOME OF THESE AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED OVER, THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT WE GOT THIS LAST YEAR, ARE A TESTAMENT TO THAT.

YOU CAN SEE AA, AAA, I'M SORRY, AAA RATINGS ON MOODY'S.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT MOODY'S IS.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS FIRST, WHICH IS BASICALLY TEA'S REPORT CARD.

THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S TRANSPARENCY STARS FOR THE WAY WE ACTUALLY DO OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING.

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AND THEN ASBO IS HOW WE ACTUALLY BUDGET.

BUDGET OUR FUNDS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.

I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF DR.

TOWER BEING WILLING TO PULL THIS OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S RELEVANT TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND ALSO AS WE GET READY FOR A LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO ACTUALLY PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUS ON AREAS THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO ADVOCATE THAT TO ACTUALLY GET SOME GET SOME HELP SO THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, AND I EXPECT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISCUSSION, BUT LET'S GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE FIRST, PLEASE.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JUNE 2026.

I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JUNE 2026.

WE'LL OPEN DISCUSSION AND I'LL JUST SAY, JOHNNY SORT OF ALLUDED TO IT, WE DO A LOT IN BUDGET PLANNING BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE FULL END OF THE CYCLE RIGHT AND AND SIMILARLY TO HOW WE LOOK AT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE TYPICALLY COME BACK AND DO A REVIEW OF LAST YEAR AND SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME AS WE WERE YOU KNOW MOVING TOWARDS HAVING LAST YEAR IN THE BOOKS UM TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION THE THE OTHER THING AND AND MICHAEL HAS ASKED A COUPLE TIMES LIKE WELL IF WE HAVE A IF WE HAVE A DEFICIT WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST SLIDE, I THINK, REALLY SHOWS IT REALLY NICELY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF, NO, NOT THAT ONE, THAT ONE, YEAH, THE SCIENCE OF CONSERVATIVE FORECASTING.

SO HOW WE TYPICALLY ADOPT DEFICIT BUDGETS THAT WE WHITTLE AWAY AT OVER THE YEAR, SOME OF THESE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE THE YEAR IN THE BLACK AND ADD BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE.

OTHERS THAT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR WITH THE VALUES.

AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING BACK.

I ALSO JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME RIGHT-SIZING, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THIS STATE THAT ARE JUST NOT COMPLIANT WITH SEVERAL OF THE UNFUNDED OR UNDERFUNDED MANDATES, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ADOPTED OR HAVE TAKEN STEPS TOWARDS SAFETY AND SECURITY, LIKE WE HAVE WHERE WE ADOPTED A SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.

I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST STUDY I SAW WAS 55% OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WERE NOT COMPLIANT WITH HAVING AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD.

AND THIS DATA FROM OVER A YEAR AGO.

SO I THINK SOME ARE COMING INTO COMPLIANCE.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOME DISTRICTS JUST AREN'T IN COMPLIANCE WITH.

THE OTHER IS STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.

LIKE, PARENTS, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO...

BUS KIDS THAT IT'S NOT IN THEIR IEP.

WE ARE SPENDING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUSING KIDS AND IT COULD COME TO A DAY WHERE WE CAN'T DO THAT AND WE CAN ONLY BUS KIDS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF YEAR-OVER-YEAR BUDGET DEFICIT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AND I NEED OUR COMMUNITY AND I NEED OUR FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST FINANCIAL TEAM IN THE STATE AND IT SHOWS IN THE FIRST RATING AND IT SHOWS ON OUR AUDIT AND IT SHOWS IN THE ACCOLADES AND IT SHOWS IN.

JOHNNY AND COURTNEY'S PARTICIPATION IN TASBO AND THEIR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP.

LIKE, HANDS DOWN, WE HAVE THE BEST FINANCIAL TEAM IN THE STATE.

AND WE ARE OPENLY SHOWING YOU THE DEFICIT.

THE MAJOR DRIVERS OF THAT DEFICIT AND HAVING AN OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT IT WITH THE COMMUNITY UH BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE WE CAN WE CAN YOU KNOW HAVE SOME UPS AND DOWNS AND AND SORT OF UH MANAGE AND AND BUFFER THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS BUT UM THIS THIS THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE THE REALITY OF UNDERFUNDED OR UNFUNDED MANDATES UM AS WELL AS THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE CURRENT DISTRICT OPERATIONS ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE AND I WOULD LIKE OUR FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE CHANGE ON UM HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED IN THIS STATE UH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY VERY VERY UNPOPULAR AND HARD CHOICES AHEAD GO AHEAD UM YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS THE ONE THAT WILL TALK ABOUT YOU OUR SHORTFALLS AND OUR RECAPTURE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BOARD TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, WHICH WE DO, AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

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AND WHEN I LOOK AT THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION, DEFICIT, A LOT OF THAT IS FEDERAL MANDATES.

SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO ASK OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO TURN AROUND AND TALK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHAT IT'S FUNDING AND WHAT IT'S REQUIRING.

VERSUS WHAT IT'S FUNDING.

AND I THINK THAT CURRENTLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD MADE A PROMISE IN LIKE THE 1980S TO FUND 40% OF OUR SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE MANDATING THROUGH THE STATES, FUNDING DOWN THROUGH THE STATES.

THEY CURRENTLY FUND ABOUT 13% OF THAT.

AND SO THAT IS A BIG DRIVER OF THIS SHORTFALL.

AND I KNOW THAT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE, ON THE BOARD FAMILIES HAVE MOVED TO PLANO BECAUSE OF OUR EXCELLENT SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFERINGS AND PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A STELLAR RECOGNITION, BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH A LARGE PRICE.

AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAID, FUNDING FOR BUSES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION.

BUT MY GOODNESS, WE WANT KIDS IN CLASSROOMS. WE WANT KIDS LEARNING.

SO WE PROVIDE THAT BUSING.

THAT IS A LARGE...

PART OF THE DEFICIT AND I COULD GO ON BUT I THINK THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY OUR ROLE AS A BOARD AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS VERY OPENLY ABOUT THIS AND WE DO THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR BUT I ALSO WANT TO ASK THEM TO TALK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY STEP UP THEIR PROMISES AND THEIR COMMITMENTS AND UNLESS AND UNTIL WE DO SEE SOME CHANGES WE MAY SEE SOME CHANGES LEGISLATIVELY AND FEDERALLY I DON'T KNOW BUT WE ARE ADDING TO THAT DEFICIT EVERY YEAR AND WHEN WE DO THAT AND CHIP AWAY AT THAT FUND BALANCE WE'RE LEFT WITH SOME REALLY REALLY HARD DECISIONS AND I THINK WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE.

FOLLOW-UP COMMENT TO YOUR POINT AND JUST SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS AND TWO OF THE THREE OF OUR HOUSE MEMBERS HAVE POINT BLANK REFUSED TO MEET WITH ME I HAVE ASKED WE HAVE HAD ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT US PUBLICLY BEFORE AND I GUESS WE GOT MORE COMING AND I HAVE EXPLICITLY ASKED FOR MEETINGS WITH BOTH MY CONGRESSIONAL REP AND ONE OF OUR OTHER CONGRESSMEN AND SO FAR THEY HAVE REFUSED AND SO I'M GOING TO PUT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU KNOW UM WOULD MEET WITH ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WOULD WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN A DISTRICT BEFORE PUTTING THEM ON BLAST PUBLICLY OR YOU KNOW MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT IT PUBLICLY OR WOULD CARE WOULD CARE ABOUT THIS BUT YOU KNOW WHEN I HAVE EXPLICITLY ASKED FOR MEETINGS AND BEEN DENIED MEETINGS WITH MY OWN CONGRESSMEN REPEATEDLY IT SHOWS YOU WHERE THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW THAT I THINK AS YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THIS BOARD I AM TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE TRIED I HAVE TRIED TO MEET WITH TWO OF OUR THREE CONGRESS PEOPLE UH ON ISSUES CONCERNING THE DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO MEET WITH ME SO I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND I WOULD CHALLENGE THOSE CONGRESSMEN THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE UM THEY KNOW WHICH ONES THEY ARE AND IF NOT THEY CAN GO BACK AND GOOGLE THEIR EMAIL FOR MY NAME I WOULD CHALLENGE THEM TO JUST SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH US AND ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE, AT LEAST OVER THE LAST YEAR, THEY'VE HAD NO PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT US PUBLICLY, BUT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY ADAMANTLY REFUSED TO MEET WITH US, AND THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW THAT.

WE HAVE A SHARED CONSTITUENCY, AND IF YOU POLL MOST AMERICANS, THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT EDUCATION.

THAT'S ONE OF THEIR PET PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL.

THEIR SCHOOLS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I APPLAUD YOUR COMMENTS THERE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TENACITY IN TRYING TO GET THOSE MEETINGS WITH THEM BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT.

THE SLIDE WITH THE BUDGET VERSUS ACTUALS, I LOVE THAT EVEN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET, WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, WE SAVED OVER $4.7 MILLION FROM WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, IT'S SOMETHING.

AND THERE WAS NO RUSH TO JUST SPEND MONEY WILLY-NILLY.

LIKE, EVERY PENNY COUNTS HERE.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT ON THE SLIDE THAT SAYS FLAT STATE FUNDING, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THAT, FLAT STATE FUNDING, TALK TO YOUR LEGISLATORS.

$0.55 FOR THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

IS UM LAUGHABLE OH WHAT DID I SAY OH IT IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN 55 CENTS I MEAN REALLY IT WAS NOT MUCH IT WAS LIKE YOU KNOW TABLE SCRAPS UM THEY WERE

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REALLY PROUD OF THEMSELVES FOR THAT THOUGH SO I I'M I I'M DISCONNECTED AND WHAT THEY HOW THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA BUT IN THIS AND THERE WAS ANOTHER I'M SORRY MAYBE IT WASN'T THAT ONE THERE WAS THE ONE WITH THE TRIANGLE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT FACILITY OPTIMIZATION.

SORRY, IT'S THAT ONE.

I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS BEING, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE IN THE DISCUSSION.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOOMING FOR US TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT IS JUST CLOSING DAVIS, FOREMAN, ARMSTRONG AND CARPENTER, THE END OF THE DEAL.

MAYBE NOT.

AND I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO BE THE ONE TO POINT THIS OUT.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL SITUATION WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND THAT THIS MAY BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THAT WE SEE COMING DOWN THE ROAD, EVEN THOUGH NONE OF US WANT TO GO THERE.

WE MAY HAVE TO.

SO THAT'S IT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

OH, DID I JUMP IN FRONT OF SOMEONE? OH, THEN I WILL WAIT.

AND SO WILL MY QUESTION.

IT'S OKAY.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND US TRYING TO ADDRESS OUR STATE FOLKS DOWN IN AUSTIN.

AND THIS IS WHERE THE REASON, YOU KNOW, US BEING TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL IS BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR HELP.

IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THEY HAVE STOPPED LISTENING TO US.

AND SO THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR KIDS, YOUR SCHOOLS, OUR FUTURE, WE NEED YOU TO ENGAGE IN THIS.

AND WE'RE HAPPY IF YOU NEED HELP IN DOING THAT.

WE HAVE PLACES ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH WILL SHOW YOU WAYS OF GETTING INVOLVED TO ENGAGE IN THIS.

BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS JUST US.

WE NEED OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WILL GO SPEAK TO OUR LEGISLATORS ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP US GIVE OUR KIDS A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.

THANKS.

I STILL HAVE MY QUESTION, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF.

MR. HILL, QUICK QUESTION.

WITH THE $44.8 MILLION SHORTFALL.

UH WOULD THAT STILL BE THE CASE IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO RETAIN THE MONEY THAT WE END UP SENDING TO THE STATE FOR RECAPTURE OR DO YOU THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO COVER THAT WITH WHAT WE WOULD KEEP ABSOLUTELY I MEAN SO AND I DON'T HAVE THIS MEMORIZED BUT IS IT ABOUT 125 MILLION DOLLARS FOR 26 27.

130.

SO UH SO OUR BUDGETED RECAPTURE FOR 26 27 IS APPROXIMATELY 130 MILLION DOLLARS SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN THAT WE WOULD YOU WOULD SEE YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE A BIG FAT DUDE DOING SOME DANCING.

ALL RIGHT NOW I'M EVEN MORE MOTIVATED TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

NO BUT THANK YOU BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE KEEP SAYING GO TALK TO YOUR LEGISLATOR.

BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO DECIDE THE RECAPTURE AMOUNT.

IT'S THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN WHO WITH THEIR CAMPAIGNS IN HIGH GEAR RIGHT NOW ARE SITTING THERE TELLING ALL OF US THAT THEY CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, THAT THEY CARE ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT THEY CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.

CARE ABOUT TEACHERS, AND YET WE'RE BEING REQUIRED TO HAND OVER MONEY THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED AND THAT WE NEED TO SHOW OUR TEACHERS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK.

NOT ONLY EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT DURING THE SUMMER AND IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THEIR WEEKENDS.

AND THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WORK THE WEEKEND, I GET PAID MORE FOR THAT.

I'M VERY LUCKY.

BUT OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT COMPENSATED.

THAT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE UNIVERSALLY AGREES TO.

BUT REALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, IT'S ONLY THE FOLKS GOING DOWN TO AUSTIN EVERY OTHER YEAR THAT CAN EMPOWER US UP HERE TO COMPENSATE THEM APPROPRIATELY, AND TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND SO THAT'S WHY, LOOK, WE GO TALK TO THEM EVERY SESSION.

WE TALK TO THEM IN BETWEEN SESSIONS.

BUT THERE'S JUST SEVEN OF US VERSUS THE OVER 40,000 FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT, PROBABLY 30,000 SOMETHING SINCE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE KIDS.

WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, THAT STRENGTH IN NUMBERS IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THIS.

SO IF YOU WANT THE DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE BEING TAXED ON FOR YOUR REAL PROPERTY IN THIS DISTRICT, YOU NEED TO

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SPEAK UP OR THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING TO AUSTIN, TO OTHER DISTRICTS, AND NOW INTO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

AND SO FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT, WHILE WE WRITE A CHECK TO AUSTIN, WE SHOULD ALL BE POUNDING ON THE DOORS OF OUR LEGISLATORS' OFFICES DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

I'LL SAY ONE LAST THING.

THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK AT THE TOP OF OUR STATE IS THEY TALK ABOUT TEXAS BEING THE EIGHTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.

AND MY QUESTION TO THEM IS...

IS IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ORDER TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN IN THIS STATE, HOW DO WE EXPECT, AND THIS IS THEIR ECONOMIC BRAINS WORKING, HOW DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT WILL SUPPORT THE EIGHTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD? I'LL ADD TO THAT THAT I SAW A STATISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, 5.5 MILLION KIDS IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT'S ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS NATIONWIDE.

AND SO, LIKE, EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS.

LIKE, WE'RE A BIG STATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IS...

THE STATE THAT REPRESENTS 10% OF KIDS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW SOME MORE LEADERSHIP ON THAT.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS WOULD AGREE.

UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I'M GONNA REREAD THIS MOTION THANK YOU LIKE I SAID NORMALLY THIS IS ON CONSENT BUT I I WANTED TO PULL IT JUST TO KIND OF BRING THIS FULL CIRCLE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CLOSE THE YEAR BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD SO I WILL REREAD THIS MOTION I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE ELISA KLEIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR JUNE 2026 UH WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

[8.7 Approval of the Student Code of Conduct for the 2026 - 2027 School Year]

THANK YOU TEAM FOR THE ROBUST DISCUSSION THERE UM WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.7 WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

I WILL INVITE ONE OF OUR NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE DAIS, DR.

JENNIFER MILEY, NOT NEW TO THE MEETING, BUT NEW TO THE DAIS, TO PLEASE PRESENT FOR US.

WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND OUR CABINET MEMBERS.

TYRA, DR.

I'M HERE TODAY TO GO OVER THE 2026-2027 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATES.

YOU HAVE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE CHANGES THAT, AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES DOCUMENTS THAT OUTLINES THE CHANGES THAT I'M ABOUT TO REVIEW TONIGHT.

SINCE IT'S A NON-LEGISLATIVE YEAR, THE CHANGES ARE PRETTY SIMPLE AND FAIRLY QUICK, SO WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

THE FIRST CHANGE IS THE DRESS CODE AND STUDENT IDENTIFICATION.

CARDS WERE ADDED TO MATCH UPDATED POLICY AND OUR STUDENT HANDBOOK ALSO, LAST YEAR AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES WERE PLACED INTO, OR PASSED INTO LAW THAT REQUIRED STUDENTS TO PLACE THEIR TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES IN BAGS.

OR POUCHES AND NOT USE THEM DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOOL DAY SO AFTER HAVING A YEAR OF THAT POLICY IN PLACE WE DID GET SEEK SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND WANTED TO UPDATE THE POLICY BASED ON THAT THAT REVIEW.

AND SO THE FIRST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVICE CONFISCATIONS OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST INCIDENT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE VIOLATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORMS ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWED WITH STUDENTS AND WITH PARENTS, STARTING WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT.

AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP PARENTS AND STUDENTS INFORMED OF THE VIOLATIONS AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES.

AS THEY CONTINUE TO USE THEIR CELL PHONES IF THEY CHOOSE TO.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCE THAT WAS ADDED PRIOR TO THE PLACEMENT AT THE DISTRICT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.

AND SO, AGAIN, THE GOAL IS HOPEFULLY TO REDUCE STUDENT PLACEMENTS IN OUR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL AND USE THE PROGRESSIVE CONSEQUENCES TO INFORM OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

IS TO HAVE STUDENTS COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON LEARNING.

ANOTHER CHANGE TO THE HANDBOOK OR TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROVISION THAT REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION,

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WE WERE REQUIRED TO GO TO ARD BEFORE ASSIGNING ANY DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES FOR BULLYING, CYBER BULLYING, MAKING HIT LISTS.

AND NOW, THANKS TO HOUSE BILL 06, THAT IS NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

WITH.

WAS INADVERTENTLY MISSED SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT OUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THE ART MEETING IS NOT REQUIRED UNLESS IT RESULTS IN A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT AND THEN OUR FINAL CHANGE IS APPEALS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REALLY JUST FOCUS FAMILIES BACK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY FO LOCAL IT'S REALLY NOT A CHANGE THERE IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE IN OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND THAT'S ALL ALL RIGHT.

MILEY.

TRUSTEES, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, SO I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE BEFORE THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

I MOVE.

GO AHEAD, SAM.

ARE YOU SURE SOMEONE SAID LADIES FIRST BEFORE? I MEAN, I'M A PRETTY STRONG LADY, SO I'LL LEAVE.

OKAY, FAIR.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.

TRUSTEES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD.

I LOVE THE CONFISCATION ON THE FIRST VIOLATION FOR DEVICES.

I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ON THAT.

FIRST, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT EACH CAMPUS IS ENFORCING THAT AS WELL AS POSSIBLE? SO WE HAVE A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATE THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUS SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ARE REVIEWING WITH ALL OF THE STUDENT, WHICH INCLUDES REALLY A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT SPECIFICALLY HAS INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES.

THERE'S TRAINING FOR STUDENTS.

THERE'S TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS AS WELL, FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, JUST TO UPDATE THEM ON THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

AND I LOVE THAT THIS ALSO INCLUDES THAT PIECE OF...

THE PARENT NOTIFICATION AND THE WARNINGS FOR THE FIRST CONSEQUENCE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TOUCHING BASE WITH THE PARENTS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE AS WELL.

DO WE KEEP TRACK, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY OR BY NINE WEEKS OR ANYTHING OF HOW MANY SPECIFIC TO THE DEVICES, HOW MANY TIMES STUDENTS HAVE HAD RECEIVED A MARK AGAINST THAT POLICY? IT IS TRACKED IN REVIEW 360, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT MANAGEMENT.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

SYSTEM, AND WE DO HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION TRACKED IN THERE SO THAT THE CAMPUSES KNOW WHAT LEVEL THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF VIOLATIONS.

I WILL LET MY 10TH GRADER KNOW THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NOTIFICATION THAT WILL GO TO THE PARENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I LOVE THIS BECAUSE I DON'T I THINK THAT THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE THE SEVERITY OF THIS LAW AND THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH IT.

SO WILL IT SAY THIS IS THE FIRST DEFENSE LETTER YOU KNOW I IMAGINE AND THERE ARE TEMPLATES FOR EACH ONE, BUT I HOPE IT SPELLS OUT IN EACH ONE, LIKE THIS IS STEP TWO THROUGH FIVE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THREE THROUGH FIVE, AND JUST, HEY, PARENTS, THIS IS A WARNING.

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, AND THIS IS THE END, LIKE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A HEADS UP.

IT DOES HAVE THAT ON THERE.

IT'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT LEVEL, RIGHT? AND THEN IT ALSO OUTLINES EACH CONSEQUENCE FOR WHATEVER VIOLATION NUMBER THAT IT IS.

PERFECT.

I THINK THIS SOUNDS GREAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE RECENTLY GOT THOSE META GLASSES, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED.

SO I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU GUYS UPDATING THE POLICY ACCORDING TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE THANK YOU ALL RIGHT HAS SOME QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION THERE I'LL REPEAT THIS MOTION I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE SAM JOHNSON AND SECOND BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2026 2027 SCHOOL YEAR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION NOPE OKAY HEARING AND SEEING NONE I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0.

WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO REPORTS.

THAT CONCLUDES DISCUSSION AND

[9.1 Summer Learning Report]

ACTION FOR THE EVENING.

WE HAD A LOT THERE.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO REPORTS.

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WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AGENDA ITEM 9.1, THE SUMMER LEARNING REPORT, AND I WILL INVITE STACEY SINGLETON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EXPANDED LEARNING PATHWAYS, TO PLEASE PRESENT.

STACEY.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TYRA, DR.

WILLIAMS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND CABINET.

TONIGHT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT SUMMER LEARNING LOOKED LIKE ACROSS PLANO ISD THIS YEAR.

WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THAT SUMMER LEARNING IN PLANO ISD IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY THINK OF AS SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE HAVE ACADEMIC INTERVENTION, CREDIT RECOVERY, MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT, SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS SUMMER WE SERVED MORE STUDENTS ACROSS MORE PROGRAMS AND WE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAD OPPORTUNITIES THAT MET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

SO LET ME START WITH OUR BIG PICTURE.

THIS SLIDE REALLY GIVES YOU THE STORY IN ONE PLACE.

WE SERVED ALMOST 5,900 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 724 STUDENTS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

WE HAD MORE THAN 7,000 COURSE ENROLLMENTS, SO STUDENTS WERE PARTICIPATING IN MULTIPLE COURSES OR OPPORTUNITIES DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM.

BUT THE NUMBER I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE GROWTH IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE IN NEWCOMER PROGRAMMING.

THIS PROGRAM GREW FROM 392 STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 TO 882 STUDENTS THIS PAST YEAR, WHICH IS A 125% INCREASE.

THAT GROWTH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC BRIDGE BETWEEN SCHOOL YEARS, PARTICULARLY OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL AND OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS.

WE ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN ELEMENTARY PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE AND IN OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMER BRIDGE.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, OUR EOC INTERVENTION GREW BY ABOUT 21%.

THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ADDRESSING GRADUATION NEEDS AND GIVING STUDENTS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THOSE STATE-REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE OVERALL GROWTH, I DON'T JUST SEE MORE STUDENTS.

I SEE GROWTH IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC ACADEMIC NEEDS AND WHERE SUMMER PROGRAMMING CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE CONTINUED TO OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS.

OUR LARGEST GROWTH WAS IN PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL PROGRAMMING, WHICH INCREASED BY ABOUT 45 PERCENT.

WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR MULTILINGUAL SUMMER ACADEMY, OUR TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, AND OUR EXPLORATION AND OUR PLANO VISUAL ARTS ACADEMY PROGRAM.

I THINK THIS SLIDE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH TO SUMMER LEARNING.

FOR SOME STUDENTS, SUMMER IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING READING, MATH, AND SCIENCE SKILLS.

FOR OTHERS, IT'S ABOUT LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE.

AND FOR OTHERS, IT'S ABOUT ENRICHMENT AND GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE STEM, CODING, HUMANITIES, OR THE ARTS.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND PROVIDE A SUMMER EXPERIENCE THAT IS PURPOSEFUL FOR THEM.

THAT SAME APPROACH CONTINUES INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM SAW SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROWTH THIS SUMMER.

PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWCOMER PROGRAM, AS I SAID BEFORE, INCREASED FROM 392 TO 882 STUDENTS.

THAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, AND IT REFLECTS BOTH THE NEED WE SAW AMONG OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THAT NEED.

WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMER BRIDGE FOR EIGHTH GRADERS.

THIS WAS LED BY DAN BLYER.

STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH PYTHON.

AND OTHER CODING AND BEGIN EXPLORING WHAT SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY CAREERS CAN LOOK LIKE.

I REALLY LIKE THIS COMBINATION THAT WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE'RE ADDRESSING ACADEMIC GAPS WHILE ALSO GIVING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE FUTURE PATHWAYS.

THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL OF SUMMER LEARNING, SUPPORT THE STUDENT WHERE THEY ARE TODAY WHILE ALSO HELPING PREPARE THEM FOR WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.

AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON KEEPING STUDENTS ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION.

CREDIT RECOVERY REMAINED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING, SERVING JUST OVER 1,000 STUDENTS ACROSS MORE THAN 02,000 COURSES.

WE ALSO SAW A 20% INCREASE AND OUR PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE EOC INTERVENTION COURSES.

THESE ARE THE STUDENTS WHO NEEDED ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A REQUIRED END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENT.

THIS YEAR, 713 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE...

JUNE EOC TESTING, AND THAT WAS ACROSS ALL OF OUR EOC TESTS.

AND THAT IS REALLY LED

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BY OUR ARPE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE GETTING IN THERE AND TESTING.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

THOSE PLACEMENTS ARE DETERMINED THROUGH EACH STUDENT'S ARD AND IEP PROCESS.

SO THIS IS A VERY INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE CAN SOMETIMES BE CONFUSION WE DO HAVE CONFUSION AROUND ACCELERATION VERSUS CREDIT RECOVERY.

STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET AHEAD DURING THE SUMMER OR ACCELERATE THROUGH COURSEWORK ARE SERVED THROUGH OUR E-SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THAT OPERATES SEPARATELY FROM OUR SUMMER CAMPUS ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE USING SUMMER LEARNING TO RECOVER CREDIT, ADDRESS ACADEMIC GAPS, MEET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, OR RECEIVE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT.

SO BEYOND THOSE CORE PROGRAMS, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE SUMMER LEARNING MORE ENGAGING.

WE ALSO HAD SOME REALLY EXCITING ADDITIONS THIS SUMMER.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPERATIONAL CHANGES WAS OPENING AN ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR OUR PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

AND WE DID THIS AFTER OUR STAR RESULTS IN EARLY JUNE.

THAT ALLOWED US TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO HAD A NEW ACADEMIC NEED BASED ON THEIR STAR RESULTS AND PROVIDE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE.

THROUGH THAT ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION PERIOD, WE BROUGHT IN ABOUT 1,100 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, BUT I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THE TIMING.

WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE DATA WE RECEIVED AND ADJUST OUR PROGRAMMING RATHER THAN SIMPLY CLOSING REGISTRATION AND MOVING ON.

WE ALSO EXPANDED ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TOYOTA USA AND THE PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

PROGRAMS LIKE OUR SOUND AND SPEED LAB AND BUILD AND BOUNCE ADVENTURE GAVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN IN WAYS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SETTING.

THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ALLOW US TO EXPAND WHAT WE CAN OFFER WITHOUT PUTTING THE ENTIRE COST ON THE DISTRICT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT NONE OF THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF JUST MY DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND WE WORK REALLY WELL AND WE WORK REALLY HARD ON SUMMER, BUT THIS IS REALLY A DISTRICT-WIDE EFFORT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ACROSS ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SOME...

SUMMER PROGRAMS A SUCCESS.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING THESE PROGRAMS EVERY DAY.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVING ALMOST 6,000 STUDENTS, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COORDINATION HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS AND ASKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THESE COMMENTS TELL AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY.

TEACHERS TALKED ABOUT STRONG COMMUNICATION, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, MANAGEABLE CLASS SIZES, MATERIALS BEING READY FOR THEM, AND THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE MORE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION TO STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS FROM A TEACHER WHO SAID THIS WAS THEIR FIRST SUMMER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND THAT THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE PROGRAM AND HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT SUMMER.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WE CAN'T PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS WHO WANT TO COME BACK AND BE A PART OF THEM YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE ALSO SPOKE WITH OUR FAMILIES, AND WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THESE COMMENTS IS THAT PARENTS AREN'T JUST SAYING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ENJOYED SUMMER SCHOOL.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL STUDENT GROWTH.

WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN READING, PHONICS, WRITING, CONFIDENCE, AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM FAMILIES ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND ORGANIZATION.

ONE PARENT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT STAFF WERE HELPFUL WHEN TRANSPORTATION CHANGES CAME UP, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION CHANGES THAT CAME UP.

THOSE COMMENTS MATTER BECAUSE THEY HELP US UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE FAMILY'S PERSPECTIVE, NOT JUST FROM THE PROGRAM'S PERSPECTIVE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS REALLY WHAT SUMMER LEARNING IS ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS HAVING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, GROW, RECOVER CREDIT, BUILD CONFIDENCE, EXPLORE SOMETHING NEW, OR PREPARE FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE PICTURES ON THIS SLIDE...

REPRESENT JUST A SMALL PIECE OF WHAT HAPPENED ACROSS PLANO ISD THIS SUMMER.

WE SERVED NEARLY 6,000 STUDENTS, EXPANDED PROGRAMS WHERE WE SAW GREATER NEED, PROVIDED TARGETED ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS BEYOND TRADITIONAL INTERVENTION.

I WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS, OUR AIDES, ADMINISTRATORS, SUPPORT STAFF, DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES WHO TRUSTED US WITH THEIR STUDENTS THIS SUMMER.

SUMMER LEARNING IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, AND I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF WHAT TEAM PLANO ISD ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.

TRUSTEES, THIS IS A REPORT, SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HOT SPORTS OPINIONS.

THANK YOU, STACEY.

I'LL JUST SAY I KNOW SEVERAL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT THE STEM CAMPS OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAD KIDS PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE THE EXPANSION OF THESE PATHWAYS.

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I HAD ONE, REALLY KIND OF TWO QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

THESE ADDITIONAL 1100 THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, I'M SURE ANTON'S ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING ARPI KIND OF FOLLOW THOSE STUDENTS.

BECAUSE WE HAD SOME THAT SAID, YEAH, WE'LL COME TO SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND WE HAD SOME THAT WERE LIKE, WELL, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING OR WHATEVER.

AND SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PEER GROUP TO TRACK AND FOR THAT INTERVENTION, SEE HOW THAT INTERVENTION PLAYS OUT IN THEIR DATA OVER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I'D BE VERY, VERY INTERESTED TO SEE DO THESE 1,100 STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER THAN THEIR PEERS ON THREE-YEAR MAP AND END OF YEAR START NEXT YEAR.

SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AN ANSWERABLE QUESTION, BUT IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE TRACK YEAR TO YEAR, AND WE DO LOOK AT THE MAP SCORES FROM...

FROM END OF YEAR LAST YEAR TO BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, TO SEE HOW THEY DID AS FAR AS THAT SUMMER SLIDE IS CONCERNED.

SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET WITH ARPI AND TALK ABOUT MORE.

YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN A BOARD UPDATE, I THINK, THIS FALL, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THE DISTRICT'S DOING AND THEN TYING THAT TO THE STUDENT OUTCOMES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT.

THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN WIDELY PUBLICIZED THAT DALLAS ISD, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS HAD.

CERTAIN CAMPUSES AS THEY JUST SAID ALL Y'ALL ARE COMING BACK TWO WEEKS EARLY JUST COME BACK TO SCHOOL TWO WEEKS EARLY AND I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT DECISION IS UM BUT IS THAT A SIMILAR TYPE OF INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR THOSE STUDENTS OR HIGH NEED CAMPUSES AND AND UM I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ANY THOUGHTS OF DOING UH THIS ADDITIONAL PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE SORT OF WITHIN AN EXPANDED SUMMER SCHOOL PERIOD VERSUS JUST ASKING THOSE KIDS TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL 10 DAYS EARLIER.

EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME BLANK HERE.

WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING COME FROM? THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.

WELL, AND I'LL ASK THE TEAM TO CHIME IN.

THERE IS A WAY TO DO AN EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAM.

THERE IS IS SOME FUNDING ASSOCIATED HOWEVER IT IS VERY COMPLEX THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE RESEARCHED AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO IT UM I I'M HAPPY TO PUNT OVER TO JOHNNY IF YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION AT THIS TIME OR WE CAN GIVE ANOTHER UH WE CAN BRING THAT FURTHER BUT IT IS REQUIRING TO ADOPT DIFFERENT CALENDARS FOR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES DIFFERENT CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYEES SO THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS TO BRINGING STUDENTS BACK WE DID DO SUMMER SCHOOL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE TEAM TOOK A REALLY AGGRESSIVE EFFORT OR MADE AN AGGRESSIVE AGGRESSIVE EFFORT THIS YEAR TO SAY WE NEED YOU TO CAME TO SUMMER SCHOOL WE HAVE SOME GAPS THAT WE NEED TO FILL WITH STUDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED THAT WE HAD A LOT MORE STUDENTS ATTEND THAN EVER BEFORE.

UM AND THAT IS A CONTINUAL PUSH THAT WE WILL UM BRING INTO AND INTO PLANNING AGAIN FOR NEXT SUMMER BECAUSE THAT PLANNING ACTUALLY BEGINS UM IN THE FALL SO UM IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE BOARD ON WHAT ARE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WOULD IT ENTAIL FOR PLANO ISD TO CONSIDER AN EXTENDED UH SCHOOL YEAR YEAH I ASKED BECAUSE IT WAS SORT OF HEAVILY PUBLICIZED AND THEN IN THE NEWS AND I HAD PEOPLE ASK ME WELL WHY DID YOU DO THIS WHY DID YOU SEND OUT THESE LETTERS AND DO IT THIS WAY VERSUS JUST DO IT THAT WAY AND I WAS LIKE THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION UM YEAH I THINK I THINK JOHNNY AND I ARE BOTH LOOKING AT EACH OTHER WE DID RESEARCH IT BUT I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK AND GIVE YOU THE WRONG NUMBERS OR THE WRONG INFORMATION SO WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GREAT TRUSTEES OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS GO AHEAD.

SO KIND OF A MORE DETAILED QUESTION BACK WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS AND YOU HAVE SOME REALLY SPECTACULAR INCREASES IN OUR PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENT WITH OUR BILINGUALS AND THEN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, BUT THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WE DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT.

IN OUR MULTILINGUAL AND OUR EXPLORER UM IS IT JUST BECAUSE JUST THE NUMBER OF KIDS MAYBE WE HAD LESS KIDS THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT NEEDED TO DO THE MULTILINGUAL SO IT DROPPED OFF A BIT IS THERE MAYBE LESS INTEREST OR SO I THINK ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE OUR OUR POPULATION HAS DECREASED A LITTLE BIT ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA SO BECAUSE OF THAT I THINK WE HAVE A SMALLER NUMBER WE INVITED A SMALLER NUMBER BECAUSE THEY THAT THAT'S AN ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM LIKE YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA SO THERE WAS FEWER STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAT WERE

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ELIGIBLE THAN THE PRIOR YEARS SO WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP-OFF THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT REASON AND I'M JUST CURIOUS SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DICHOTOMY OF HAVING PROGRAMS THAT ARE MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS WHERE THEY ARE AND THEN ONES THAT ARE ENRICHMENT POTENTIAL.

DO WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO...

HAVE TIME OR IS THE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO BOTH OR IS IT A ONE OR THE OTHER KIND OF THING CERTAINLY AND THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE TRANSITION OUR PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE FROM A JUNE PROGRAM INTO A JULY PROGRAM WE DID THAT A FEW YEARS AGO AND NOW ALLOWS THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NEEDING THOSE INTERVENTIONS, WE HIT THEM RIGHT BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

THAT JUST FINISHED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SO WE'RE HITTING THEM RIGHT BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP FOR THE THE EXPLORATION AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS IN JUNE SO REALLY THEY CAN KIND OF GET DOUBLE DUTY THERE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'LL JUST SAY I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED GOING TO THE STEM SUMMER CAMP AT THE TITLE I CAMPUS.

I WENT TO THOMAS ELEMENTARY, AND THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE.

JUST THE PASSION THAT THOSE KIDDOS HAD AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND THE TEACHERS WERE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE KIDS THERE.

IT WAS JUST REALLY HEARTWARMING.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING THAT LITTLE ADDITIONAL BUMP BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS SO THAT THEY'RE READY, BUT NOBODY FELT LIKE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW.

IN SCHOOL, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY WERE HAVING FUN.

AND I WANT TO SAY ELEMENTARY ACADEMICS REALLY DRIVES THE BUS WITH THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF INTERACTING WITH THOSE KIDS AND MAKING IT VERY ENGAGING FOR THEM.

[9.2 CTE Center Progress and Transition Update]

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, STACEY.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9.2, WHICH IS CTE CENTER AND TRANSITION UPDATE.

I WILL INVITE KAREN BEEKMAN, CTE DIRECTOR, AND JEAN LASWELL, CTE PRINCIPAL, TO PLEASE PRESENT.

GREEN BUTTON.

I SHOULD KNOW BY NOW.

IT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME UP HERE.

SO GOOD EVENING, DR.

TYRA, DR.

WILLIAMS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET MEMBERS.

IT'S EXCITING.

THE TIME IS HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE CTE CENTER AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE AROUND IT.

BUT WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO GET TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED UPDATE ABOUT OUR CTE CENTER AND AS SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS KIND OF STARTED AND TONIGHT WE KIND OF WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND KIND OF THE TRANSITION OF OPENING OF SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY OPENING OUR DOORS OF THE CTE CENTER.

SO IF YOU WILL, WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK.

LISTEN, OH MY GOSH, A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.

KAREN, I'D RECOMMEND YOU TURNING IT ON.

JOHNNY, I'M TRYING.

I EVEN TRIED THE, YOU KNOW WHAT, OH NO, SEE, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN, IT'S LIKE HALFWAY THROUGH IT.

A LITTLE PREVIEW, IF YOU WILL.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN.

SO, UM...

WE'RE GOING TO START FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, IT WAS A THOUGHT.

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? IS THIS EVEN A POSSIBILITY? AND SO, WHEN WE HAD THAT THOUGHT IN THE BACK OF OUR HEAD, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WAS A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, THE THOUGHT ABOUT A CTE CENTER OR ACADEMY EVEN CAME UP, AND WE HAD A VISIONING COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND OUT OF THAT CAME THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO, BUT THERE WAS A THOUGHT.

YEARS AGO ABOUT WHAT THAT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE AND SO UM AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WE KIND OF MOVED INTO THE DREAMING PROCESS AND SO AS THAT CAME ABOUT WE WERE ABOUT TO ENTER THE 2022 BOND PROCESS AND SO UM AS WE WENT INTO THAT DR WILLIAMS JUST KEPT TELLING ME KAREN JUST DREAM DREAM BIG AND JUST KEEP DREAMING AND THINK ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD HAPPEN WITH THE CTE CENTER WHAT ARE ARE THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO UM WE WERE DREAMING AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE WE WERE BACK THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 2020 2021 SCHOOL YEAR OUR CT ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT STILL MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD ABOUT 23 000 KIDS IN CTE SO OUR ENROLLMENT WAS STILL GOOD UM OUR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS WERE HITTING ABOUT 1400 AT THAT TIME AND THEN YOU LOOK

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AT WHERE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE ENDED UP.

AND OUR ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT WAS AT 27,000 AND OUR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS WERE OVER 4,100 AND SO THAT IS KIND OF THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND THEN WHEN YOU KIND OF DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT COUNT FOR CCM ARE IN ACCOUNTABILITY WE HAD OVER 02,500 CERTIFICATIONS THAT COUNTED FOR CCM ARE IN ACCOUNTABILITY SO WE WERE EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE JUST GIVING AS A WHOLE BACK THERE IN 2020 WHICH IS A 44% AN INCREASE EVEN.

JUST THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.

SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA.

SO THE JOURNEY KIND OF BEGAN IN 2022 WHEN OUR COMMUNITY CAME FORWARD AND PASSED THE BOND.

AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND SO WE KIND OF FROM THERE WENT INTO OUR VISIONING.

AND SO WITH THAT VISIONING COMMITTEE, WHAT WE DID WAS WE PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GREAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

IT WAS INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.

IT WAS COMMUNITY LEADERS.

IT WAS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY WANTED AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO WE KNEW THAT AS WE MOVED FORWARD, WE HAD TO TAKE LABOR MARKET DATA AND THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND KIND OF TIE THAT TOGETHER AND WHAT WE NEEDED BECAUSE THIS WAS A DISTRICT INITIATIVE TO HAVE THAT CTE CENTER, BUT IT WAS ALSO A BUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAY EVERY TIME THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT, IS THIS IS A BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO BE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE TOOK SOME VISITING.

WE HAD LOTS OF VISITING SESSIONS.

I THINK A LOT OF Y'ALL GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THOSE.

AND SO WE STARTED TO DESIGN, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR LABOR MARKET DATA PROJECTING OUT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS? I WISH WE KNEW WHAT 20 YEARS LOOKED LIKE.

AT THIS POINT, SOMETIMES I WISH WE KNEW WHAT FIVE YEARS LOOKED LIKE.

BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR KIDS AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE LEADERS IN A- GLOBAL WORKFORCE AND THEN IT TURNED INTO WHAT IS UM REALITY AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT IS THIS COMING OUR VISION IS NOW TURNING IT TURNING INTO A REALITY AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONG ALONGSIDE HUCKABEE AS OUR ARCHITECT WHO HAS BEEN AMAZING IN JORIS AND IN 2024 WE DID THE DESIGN AND GROUNDBREAKING AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THROUGH 25 HAS KIND OF UM IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC LIKE PEOPLE ARE LIKE HOW'S IT BEEN WORKING WITH JORIS AND HUCKABEE FANTASTIC THERE'S NOT A THING I CAN SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FIX IT HAS BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT LOOK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY KIND OF CIRCLE BACK TO THAT DREAM OF MAKING KIDS DREAMS COME TRUE IT'S MAKING I KNOW SOME OF OUR DREAMS COME TRUE AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MOVE FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT, SO CTE CENTER KIND OF BY THE NUMBERS.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE WERE AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW JUST AS SERVING KIDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS OF THE ACTUAL IN THE MAKING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND KIND OF BREAKING GROUND AND DOING SOME DESIGN PIECES.

BUT IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE PLANNING.

AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT, JEAN GOT TO WELCOME HER WHOLE STAFF TODAY ON SITE.

WE GOT TO WORK WITH OUR NEW TEACHERS LAST WEEK AND I CAN TELL YOU SHE HAS GREAT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO JOIN HER ON HER CAMPUS.

AND SO SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THIS FIRST YEAR 36 STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 1,000 STUDENTS.

AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER THAT CAN INCREASE AS WE GO FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER SOME OF THE INTRODUCTORY CLASSES, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE SOME OF THOSE UPPER LEVELS.

SO I THINK MAX CAPACITY OF THE CENTER WHEN WE'RE FULL.

FULLY FUNCTIONING ALL FOUR YEARS.

WE HAVE WHERE WE CAN SERVE ABOUT 700 KIDS AT EACH TIME AND WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF STUDENTS THAT WE CAN SERVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND SO THEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE 19 PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFERED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS.

AND SO I HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND HERE TO REALLY JUST THANK MY TEAM.

I GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND ALL THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BUT REALLY THIS COMES DOWN TO THE WORK THAT MY FIVE COORDINATORS HAVE DONE AND SO THEY HAVE WORKED TIRES TYLER TIRELESSLY I CAN'T EVEN TALK UM I SAY BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS AND I'M LIKE I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY BLOOD YET AND THEN SOMEONE REMINDED ME THAT THEY FELL AND SOMETHING HAPPENED AND SO BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT IS THE NEED WHAT IS WORKED AROUND THE STATES WHAT IS

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WORKED AROUND THE COUNTRY WHAT IS INDUSTRY SAYING? AND SO I WOULD NOT BE OUR PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE OUR STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IF IT WEREN'T FOR THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THEM I TOLD THEM THEY COULD COME HANG OUT WITH US TONIGHT BUT I THINK THEY'RE AT HOME PROBABLY WATCHING OR IN BED SO BUT WE'RE I DID THAT WHEN OUR DOORS OFFICIALLY OPENED THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING 19 DISTRICT PROGRAMS OF STUDY FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE A PROGRAM FROM START TO FINISH THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OVER THERE AS FRESHMEN OR IT MAY BE A PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT THERE MAY JUST BE A PORTION OF THE PROGRAM THAT IS COMING OVER THERE AS WELL AND SO THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE YOUR TRADITIONAL 45 MINUTES THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING OVER THERE AS OUR CLASSES ARE ON A NORMAL CAMPUS BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO COME OVER FOR AT LEAST TWO CLASS PERIODS AT A TIME AND LIKE I SAY WE HAVE AN A BLOCK A B BLOCK AND A C BLOCK THAT THEY WILL BE COMING FOR SO A MINIMUM OF TWO CLASS PERIODS A DAY AND THEN WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD WHICH WILL BE OUR TONY AND GUY OUR EMT PROGRAM AND THEN OUR PRACTICUM AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WHERE OUR KIDS ARE WORKING AT THE CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS BANK, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING AT THE DISTRICT MAID STORE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE FULLY STAFFED.

AND SO WE WANT WHERE MOST STUDENTS SPEND THOSE TIMES WITH US, JUST TIME TO DIVE INTO THE CURRICULUM, USE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE LAB.

BUT ALSO MAXIMIZE THEIR TIME THERE AND LESS TIME ON TRANSPORTATION AND DRIVING BACK AND FORTH, WHICH JEAN WILL JUMP INTO HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THAT WAS KIND OF LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR EVERYTHING.

AND SO WHAT DOES THE TRANSITION LOOK LIKE? I KNOW EVERYBODY IS WONDERING, HOW IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? SO FOR US, IT'S KIND OF THE MOST EXCITING PIECE.

SO THAT'S ON THE HORIZON, REALLY, TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.

SO RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK FOR A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE OF OCTOBER 5TH WE HAVE STAYED ON TRACK AND THE TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP US ON TRACK FOR THAT AND SO OUR HOPE IS WHEN WE STAY ON TRACK IS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OVER OUR FALL BREAK TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE BUILDING GET START MOVING SOME OF OUR BIG EQUIPMENT IN TO GET THE BOXES THAT WE HAVE PACKED UP FROM AROUND THE DISTRICT OR THAT WE HAVE SOME IN STORAGE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET UNPACKED AND SETTLED A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT WE ARE THEN, AFTER FALL BREAK, ABLE TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO OUR STUDENTS AFTER FALL BREAK.

SO THAT IS OUR PLAN, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME AFTER THAT, ONCE WE ARE A LITTLE MORE SETTLED AND IN PLACE.

SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO START LEARNING ON DAY ONE, AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

STARTS ON AUGUST 11TH. AND SO BECAUSE OUR BUILDING WON'T BE OPEN UNTIL ABOUT MID-OCTOBER, WE KIND OF HAD A CRITICAL LITTLE PUZZLE TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS AND INSTRUCTION STARTING ON DAY ONE? BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE INSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR KIDS.

SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SOME OTHER SPACES AROUND THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AND A LITTLE SPACE AT CLARK, THAT WE ARE GONNA START OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THERE ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS SUMMER WITH OUR TEACHERS LOOKING AT WHAT OUR CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE, HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT A LOT OF SAFETY PIECES, SOME OF MORE OF LIKE OUR, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOVING THEM, SOME OF THAT COURSEWORK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, A LOT OF THE LAB SAFETY, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE TIME WHILE WE'RE AT THE ACADEMY, AND THEN ONCE WE GET OVER TO THE CTE CENTER, WE CAN TRANSITION INTO THOSE LAB SPACES.

OUR ANIMATION STUDENTS ARE YOU ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE DEDICATED LABS AT THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AS WE'RE ABLE TO WE HAVE THE FAB LAB THAT WHEN IT'S NOT BEING USED BY THE CAMPUS WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE WE'VE EVEN TALKED TO ASHLEY HIP WITH FANS AND THEY HAVE A PORTION OF THE CAFETERIA SIDE THAT IF AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THESE LEARNING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR OUR KIDS AND SO OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE SOME COLLABORATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH ENERGY FROM THE TIME THAT THAT FIRST BELL RINGS THERE ON THE FIRST DAY.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER

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TO JEAN NOW TO FINISH UP THE SECOND PART.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KAREN.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT ABOUT OUR NEW CTE CENTER.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

WE MET WITH TEACHERS TODAY.

AS SHE SAID, WE HAVE 36 NEW STAFF MEMBERS JOINING US.

AND SO WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM ALL EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO COMMUNICATE TO FAMILIES ON THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

SHE JUST TOOK...

TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE AT OUR ACADEMY AND AT CLARK BUT WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR OPENING DAY AT THE CTE CENTER SO WHILE KAREN'S TEAM HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND ALL THE BITS AND PIECES THAT GO INTO EVERY SINGLE LAB AND CLASSROOM MY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THE QUOTES FOR THOSE THINGS GETTING VENDORS GETTING THOSE POS ISSUED AND TIMING THEM SO THAT THEY ARRIVE AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE NEW CTE CENTER, ALONG WITH ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR TEACHERS MAY NEED FOR TRAINING ON ANY OF THAT NEW EQUIPMENT.

SO WE'RE WORKING THAT IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING CTE CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AT OUR TEMPORARY LOCATION.

WE ALSO ARE WORKING WITH COORDINATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT TEACHERS ARE IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY'VE DESIGNED OVER THE SUMMER.

AND SO THEY'RE GETTING STUDENTS STARTED RIGHT OFF ON DAY ONE WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CLASSES.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR OPENING DAY FOR THE CTE CENTER, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME SPACES THAT OUR TEACHERS GOT A GLIMPSE OF ON MARCH 23RD. THEY WENT TO A MEET AND GREET.

THEY GOT TO SEE THE SPACE WHEN IT WAS PRETTY RAW STILL.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO AGAIN MONDAY TO LOOK AT THE FACILITY.

TO GET A NEW VIEW OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO KEEP THEM EXCITED AND BE ABLE TO CONVEY TO STUDENTS WHAT'S GOING ON WE'RE ALSO HOPING TO TAKE STUDENTS ON A TOUR IN SEVERAL WEEKS TO KEEP THEM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO IN OCTOBER SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL SO WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE CTE COORDINATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO HAVE THE TRAINING AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED SO AS KAREN MENTIONED, WE HAVE 1,040 STUDENTS APPROXIMATELY THAT HAVE REGISTERED ALREADY FOR COURSES.

WE ANTICIPATE WE MIGHT HAVE AS MANY AS 1,200 THIS FALL.

WE'RE STILL REGISTERING STUDENTS AS WE SPEAK.

WE'RE STILL FILLING EMPTY SPOTS FOR A FEW OF THE COURSES AS WE SPEAK.

SO STUDENTS DO COME FOR TWO CLASS PERIODS.

WE DO PROVIDE BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

STUDENTS CAN ALSO DRIVE THEMSELVES IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, IF THEY'RE 11TH OR 12TH GRADE AND ARE LICENSED AND CAN DRIVE.

THEY CAN DRIVE THEMSELVES TO THE CTE CENTER AND BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS, OR THEY CAN HAVE PARENTS DROP THEM OFF IF THAT'S MORE CONVENIENT.

SO WE HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

SO WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM CONSISTENTLY.

SO ON JULY 21ST, WE STARTED WEEKLY UPDATES.

WE'RE DOING THROUGH EMAILS, WE'RE DOING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, AND THROUGH SCHOOL MESSENGER IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE TAKE TO CONTACT PARENTS AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

LET THEM KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE COMING TO THE CT INTER...

CENTER, EXCUSE ME, FOR TWO PERIODS.

EVERY SINGLE CLASS PERIOD, THEY WILL COME FOR TWO PERIODS AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS.

SO TWO PERIODS OUT OF THE DAY, WHETHER IT'S FIRST OR SECOND PERIOD, FOURTH OR FIFTH, OR PERHAPS SIXTH OR SEVENTH ON THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, OR SEVENTH OR EIGHTH ON THE 9-10 CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH PARENTS.

TOMORROW NIGHT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO JOIN US FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR CTE CENTER CONNECTION NIGHT.

SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO COME AND FAMILIES OR STUDENTS TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS, LEARN ABOUT THEIR TEMPORARY SPACE, LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE CTE CENTER, AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR FIND OUT, MEET THE TEACHERS, GET TO KNOW SOME OF OUR STAFF.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THAT'S AT 530 AT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW EVENING.

AND THEN ON AUGUST 11TH, WE'RE DOING SOME CELEBRATORY FIRST DAY EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING THEM TO OUR NEW...

TEMPORARY LOCATION AS WE ANTICIPATE MOVING INTO OUR PERMANENT HOME IN OCTOBER.

SO, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AS WE'VE GONE ALONG SOME EXPERIENCES TO OUR PLANO ISD DEPARTMENTS.

THEY'VE GONE ON SOME TOURS.

OUR PLANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE'RE WORKING TOURS FOR THEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON TOURS AS WELL.

OUR PLANO ISD PRINCIPAL TOUR.

WE TOOK THEM

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ON A TOUR RECENTLY OF THE CTE CENTER SO THAT THEY COULD KNOW WHAT THEIR STUDENTS WERE EXPERIENCING.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR GRAND OPENING EVENTS.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR BANK, CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS, WILL HAVE A GRAND OPENING OF THEIR OWN.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEIR BRANCH MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, AND WE'RE ALL COMMUNICATED ON THAT.

AND THEN OUR DISTRICT MAJOR.

SHOP WE'LL OPEN IT THE SECOND SEMESTER ONCE WE HAVE SOME PRODUCT TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE IN THE STORE FOR YOU TO COME AND VISIT AND THEN WE'LL START LOOKING AT THE RESTAURANT AFTER THAT SO WE HAVE LOTS OF EXCITEMENT COMING I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IN HERE AND SHARE IT WITH YOU THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US TODAY ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KAREN AND JEAN.

I'VE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CTE CENTER FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN I SAY THE COMMUNITY, I MOSTLY MEAN MY PARENTS WHO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AND HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THIS EVERY DAY GO UP.

SO, TRUSTEES, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US? ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS YOU HAVE FOR THE TEAM? I HAVE A QUESTION, IF I CAN.

AND NUMBER ONE, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE VISIONING SINCE, LIKE, I THINK WE STARTED DOING THAT IN 2011 OR EVEN BEFORE THAT, PROBABLY.

BUT I'M SO EXCITED.

THIS IS LIKE, YAY.

WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR COURSES THAT YOU'VE SEEN REQUESTED? PROBABLY HEALTH SCIENCES FOR SURE ARE ALWAYS VERY POPULAR.

ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR.

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WELDING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF POPULAR COURSES.

OKAY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

I FIRST MET KAREN WHEN I SERVED ON THE BOND COMMITTEE IN 2022 ON THE CTE COMMITTEE.

SO I LOVE SEEING THIS COME FULL CIRCLE.

AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL BUILDING THAT I DROVE BY TODAY TO GET HERE.

I WAS ALSO AT CUTX'S HEADQUARTERS EARLIER.

THAT CREDIT UNION WAS STARTED BY TEACHERS.

SO I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT THAT'S THE BANK THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH.

BUT I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT A SOURCE OF PRIDE THIS BUILDING WILL BE.

BECAUSE IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S THE TAXPAYERS APPROVED THIS THEY CAN COME BANK THEY CAN GET THEIR HAIRCUT THERE WILL BE THE DISTRICT MADE STORE THE RESTAURANT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO COME IN AND SEE THE BUILDING UM AND POSSIBLY LIKE WORK FROM OUR STUDENTS IF YOU TRUST THEM TO GIVE YOU A HAIRCUT I THINK THAT'S I'VE HAD IT DONE WE'RE GOOD I MEAN KAREN APPROVED SHE SAYS GO AHEAD AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS ONCE WE GET IN THE BUILDING AND WE START WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE PARTNERS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY COMMUNITY HAS TO COME IN LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SEE UTX THEY HAVE A PAY FOR GRADES PROGRAM IF IF THE COMMUNITY COMES IN AND THEY HAVE A KID IN PLANO ISD THEY OPEN A SAVINGS OR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH OUR KIDS OUR KIDS CAN SUBMIT THEIR REPORT CARD AND THEY CAN GET PAID FOR THEIR GRADES LIKE THE DEBIT CARD THAT YOU WHEN YOU OPEN THE BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN OUR CREDIT UNION IT'S A PLANO ISD DEBIT CARD AND LIKE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS ARE REALLY COOL AND SO AS WE START OPENING AND BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE.

BUT PAY FOR GRADES.

LIKE, NO ONE'S GOING TO TURN DOWN SOME FREE MONEY.

I'M JUST SAYING.

I THINK THAT JUST THIS BEING A HIGHLY VISIBLE BUILDING ON SUCH A BIG, YOU KNOW, A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED CORNER, I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A SENSE OF PRIDE OF THIS.

AND THE REASON EARLIER I MENTIONED THE FACILITY OPTIMIZATION AND LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS THAT WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY HAD QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU CLOSING SCHOOLS AND THEN OPENING THIS? I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD OLD BUILDINGS THAT WERE WELL BEYOND REPAIR THAT WE COULD NOT SAVE AT THE SAME TIME OUR KIDS DESERVE TOP-NOTCH FACILITIES TO LEARN FROM BECAUSE THEY LEARN BETTER IN BUILDINGS LIKE THIS NOT BUILDINGS THAT ARE FALLING APART AND I WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT WEIRD SMELL AT ARMSTRONG AND ALL THE TEACHERS AND PAST ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE BEEN AT ARMSTRONG LIKE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM I DON'T KNOW UM THE FOREMAN FOUNDATION WAS REALLY BAD UM BUT I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT TO PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE MISSED THIS IN SEVEN POINT 1-3 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WERE APPROVING A PURCHASE OF A DECOMMISSIONED AMBULANCE FROM THE CITY OF PLANO.

IT'S REALLY LIKE A GIFT.

I THINK IT'S A DOLLAR, IF I READ THAT CORRECTLY.

SO I JUST, I THINK THIS IS SO COOL THAT OUR KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN AN EMT PROGRAM AND WORK WITH AN AMBULANCE FROM THE CITY OF PLANO.

AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR THIS, FOR THE STUDENTS TO TO LEARN SKILLS AND WORK IN A BUILDING THAT'S ALL ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.

[9.3 Back to School Report]

THANK YOU, LADIES.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

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OUR NEXT REPORT, WHICH I THINK IS OUR LAST REPORT OF THE EVENING, IS ITEM 9.3, WHICH IS OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL REPORT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CLAP FOR ALL OF OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE PART OF THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL TEAM WHO'VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT.

THESE ARE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD TEAM, HELPING MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE OPEN FOR KIDS.

WELL, I'M NOT SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES TEAM KNEW THAT WE WERE CLAPPING FOR THEM AS THEY WERE WALKING IN.

SO NOW THAT THEY'RE ALL HERE AND AS KAREN AND JEAN EXIT, I THINK BOTH GROUPS DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OKAY, ALL JOKING ASIDE, IN A DISTRICT WITH 100 SQUARE MILES AND 69 ACADEMIC BUILDINGS, BACK TO SCHOOL IS NO SMALL DEAL.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO STEVE EWING, OUR CHIEF OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS, TO LEAD THIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TYRA, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

WILLIAMS, CABINET, AND MEMBERS OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.

TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT ON WHAT THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING TO GET TO GET SCHOOL READY, INCLUDING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS AND FOLKS THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TO AS WELL IN THIS REPORT THIS EVENING.

I WILL COVER PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, CAMPUS WALKS, WORK ORDERS, HVAC, LANDSCAPING.

AND GROUNDS CUSTODIAL SERVICES MONITOR MONITORING AND TRACKING OF PROGRESS TO COMPLETION AND YES, I DID NOTICE WE HAVE SOME GREAT STAFF MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.

CURRENTLY, OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IS LED BY BLAKE VAUGHN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I ALSO SEE THAT JOINING HIM ARE OUR WE HAVE FIVE MANAGERS IN FACILITIES, OF WHICH ONE IS VACANT, AND WE HAVE FOUR NEW MANAGERS THAT ARE ALL HERE IN THEIR NEW ROLES.

AMY BROWN, DAVID GODINEZ, DANIEL HOUSEWORTH, AND ALEX HERNANDEZ.

ARE HERE JOINING BLAKE TONIGHT AS WELL.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF FACILITIES.

AS A PART OF BUILDING A SOLID 2026 MAINTENANCE PLAN, BLAKE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH FILLING THE VACANCIES AND KEY VACANCIES IN OUR TRADE AREAS, INCLUDING BUILDING OUR NEW FACILITIES LEADERSHIP TEAM.

THIS PLAN WILL ALSO PUT...

PUT A GREATER FOCUS ON THE TRAINING AND MENTORING OF OUR STAFF.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OF OUR FIVE MANAGERS HERE TONIGHT, OF WHICH THEY ARE ALL NEW IN THEIR MANAGING POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

I HAVE ALSO TASKED MR. VAUGHN WITH BUILDING A NIGHT CREW OF OVER 20 TECHNICIANS AND A LEAD FACILITATOR SO THAT WE CAN TAKE AN AGGRESSIVE AND EFFICIENT APPROACH TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND WORK ORDER COMPLETIONS.

AND SO...

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP AN AGGRESSIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN.

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE IS ALL OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD DO TO KEEP YOUR SYSTEMS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY, MUCH LIKE THE MAINTENANCE ONE USES TO MAINTAIN A HOUSE OR A PERSONAL VEHICLE.

WE HAVE TO PERFORM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ADDITIONALLY, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE IS BEING EXPANDED TO EQUIPMENT CLEANING AND FREQUENT TEMPS AND HUMIDITY CHECKS.

THE TEAM NOT ONLY HAS BEEN DEVELOPING THIS SCHEDULE BUT ALSO ASSIGNING SPECIFIC CAMPUSES TO SPECIFIC MANAGERS AND TECHS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PERFORMING, MONITORING, TRACKING, AND THE QUALITY CONTROL OF OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

AND AS I PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH YOU, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BEEN TASKED TO DEVELOP A NIGHT CREW OF OVER 20 TECHS AND ONE FACILITATOR TO LEAD AND CARRY OUT A MORE AGGRESSIVE AND EXPEDITIOUS APPROACH TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, QUICK WORK ORDERS.

AND CONTINUED CAMPUS WALKS.

AT NIGHT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTACK OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND WORK ORDER COMPLETION MORE EFFICIENTLY, OBVIOUSLY AS THE BUILDINGS ARE CLEAR OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AT NIGHT.

CAMPUS WALKS.

A PROACTIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ACTION STEP.

WEEKLY CAMPUS WALKS AND INSPECTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY FACILITY NEEDS.

EARLY PREVENTING MINOR CONCERNS FROM ESCALATING INTO MAJOR OPERATIONAL ISSUES STAFF CAN CONDUCT TARGETED INSPECTIONS ACROSS SEVERAL CRITICAL DOMAINS INCLUDING BUILDING SECURITY AND ACCESS SAFETY, PLUMBING INTEGRITY AND LEAK

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DETECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS, ROOM TEMPERATURES, FLOORING CONDITIONS AND HAZARDS, CUSTODIAL STANDARDS AND GENERAL CLEANLINESS, ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH CAMPUS LEADERS.

ON THE SPOT RESOLUTION, FACILITY STAFF WILL USE DEDICATED LOOK FOR CHECKLISTS DURING WALKS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION WHENEVER POSSIBLE SUCH AS REQUESTING TARGETED CLEANING ADJUSTING WHOLE HOT COLD ROOMS AND OR DIRECTLY SWAPPING OUT DAMAGED CEILING TILES LIGHT FIXTURES AND AIR FILTERS WORK ORDER INTEGRATION AND ANY FINDINGS THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY ON-SITE ARE DOCUMENTED RIGHT AWAY AND CONVERTED INTO A FORMAL WORK ORDER TO ENSURE TIMELY REPAIRS ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS FACILITY IMPROVEMENT ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES WE'RE IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURED PRIORITIES WITH OUR WORK ORDER PROGRAM.

THE DISTRICT PRIORITIZES WORK ORDERS BASED ON URGENCY.

EMERGENCIES AFFECTING HEALTH, SAFETY, OR BASIC OPERATIONS GET IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

URGENT ISSUES ARE HANDLED WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS, AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS SCHEDULED BY SPECIFIC TRADE.

THE MANAGEMENT LEAD, EXCUSE ME, MANAGEMENT LED WORKFLOW FACILITY MANAGERS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL TECHNICIANS NOW OVERSEE THE FULL WORK OR FULL FULL WORK ORDER PROCESS, INCLUDING INTAKE POWER.

SETTING PRIORITIES, ASSIGNMENT, AND PROGRESS TRACKING THROUGH THE COMPLETION PROCESS.

OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY LEADERSHIP TRACKS PERFORMANCE AND ENSURES EFFICIENT DELIVERY USING MONTHLY PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, TRADE-SPECIFIC ROUTING, AND A NEW 24-7 CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.

HVAC READINESS.

THE DISTRICT'S HVAC READINESS STRATEGY COMBINES CONTINUOUS SYSTEM MONITORING AND AGGRESSIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT INCLUDE CLEANING OF FAN COOLS, CHANGING AIR FILTERS, AND MONITORING ROOM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT EACH BUILDING DAILY THROUGH OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OR EMS, CALIBRATING THERMOSTATS, CONDENSATE DRAINS, AND HUMIDITY LEVELS THAT CAN ALL BE MONITORED AND TRACKED MONTHLY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE INSTALLING STRATEGIC CHILLER AND ROOFTOP UNITS IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS A PART OF OUR BOND PROGRAM.

TOGETHER, FACILITIES AND NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION OF END-OF-LIFE EQUIPMENT AND NEW EQUIPMENT.

IN OUR MODE RESPONSE PROTOCOL, PLAN OSD FOLLOWS A DEFINED MODE RESPONSE PROTOCOL THAT ESTABLISHES ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACROSS DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, FACILITY SERVICE, AND CAMPUS STAFF TO ENSURE A COORDINATED, TIMELY RESPONSE WHEN NECESSARY.

WHEN NECESSARY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND LICENSE REMEDIATION CONTRACTORS ARE ENGAGED TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE, WHILE THE MAJORITY OF ASSESSMENTS AND RESPONSE EFFORTS ARE MANAGED BY TRAINED DISTRICT PERSONNEL.

AND THIS IS OUR FIVE-STEP PROCESS THAT WE USE WITH MOLD REMEDIATION.

THERE'S A WORK ORDER SUBMISSION, MOLD ASSESSMENT.

THERE IS DETERMINATION AND ACTION PLAN, EXECUTION AND MONITORING, AND DOCUMENTATION AND CLOSURE.

LANDSCAPING INCLUDES A MOWING SCHEDULE, TRIMMING OF SHRUBS, TREES, WEED CONTROL IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, MULCHING BEDS, INSPECTING CURBS, SIDEWALKS, FENCES, GATES, AND SIGNAGE.

WE ALSO INCLUDE OUR INTEGRATED PEST CONTROL TEAM TO LOOK FOR CRITTERS AND NESTS, FIRE LANES, PARKING LOTS, AND PLAYGROUNDS.

AS WELL AS SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING WITH OUR LANDSCAPING.

AND JUST LIKE YOUR HOME, WE'RE ALSO CHECKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND THE DRIVE-UP APPEAL AND EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STARTED WITH SERVICEMASTER, OUR CUSTODIAL, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.

SERVICEMASTER IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN HIGH GEAR TO CLEAN EACH FACILITY THAT INCLUDES DEEP FLOOR WAXING, CARPET EXTRACTION, AND HIGH DUSTING.

YOU KNOW, THEIR GOAL AND OUR GOAL WITH THEM IS TO BE 100% READY FOR DAY ONE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN GETTING READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET READY FOR OUR KIDDOS AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS THE SWING SPACE OR BUILDING H.

AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU KNOW,

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WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING TO USE WHAT IS NOW CALLED BUILDING H.

THIS WILL ALLOW A TEMPORARY LOCATION TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE ADDED ADDITIONAL WALKWAY SIGNAGE, BREAKFAST LOCATION, AND CERTAINLY NEEDED TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION MONITORING AND TRACKING, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING MANY THAT ARE CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND NEXT.

AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND.

TRACKING TO COMPLETION.

THE GOAL IS TO STREAMLINE UPDATES AND COMMUNICATION AS THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE AS PLANNED OR ARE DELAYED TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.

AN EXAMPLE OF THIS COULD BE THE NEED TO ADD A TEMPORARY SERVING LINE IF A KITCHEN PROJECT IS DELAYED.

HAVING THIS INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL HELP THE SCHOOL STAFF FOR SUCCESS AND NECESSARY PIVOTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

I'LL JUMP IN HERE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, STEVE.

JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION READINESS.

SO THESE GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

DR.

WILLIAMS WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND SPEAK WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF THIS MORNING, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC.

THEY ALL HAD ON THE SAME SHIRT, NOT THE SAME SHIRT, THE A LOT KIND SHIRT, AND THEY LOOKED, THEY WERE, EVERYBODY WAS SMILING, EVERYBODY WAS EXCITING.

I JUST, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THAT STEVE AND MARK SKINNER, DIRECTOR MARK SKINNER, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING CULTURE.

OVER THERE AND I IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERY YEAR IT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER THOSE GUYS ARE MAJORLY MOTIVATED THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THAT WAS FUN THERE'S A LOT OF UH BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF THAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING TOO THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THIS IS JUST A LITTLE UH BAR GRAPHED ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED NUMBER OF ROUTES THAT ARE THAT ARE CONDUCTED ON A DAILY BASIS 386 ROUTES IS AMAZING YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN GENERAL EDUCATION.

SHUTTLE, SPECIAL ED, ATHLETICS, CAREER IN TECH.

THEN WE DO SOME PLANNED SENIOR HIGHS AND THEN A COUPLE NOW STARTING TO DO SOME FINE ARTS.

YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY MILES, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MILES THEY'RE DRIVEN A DAY, 16,000.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT ABOUT 25,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RIDERSHIP.

THE QUESTION THAT WOULD BE, WELL, HOW MANY OF THOSE ACTUALLY RIDE ON A DAILY BASIS? AND THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN 10,000 AND 12,000 THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE AND MORE OF THEM AUTOMATED INTO OUR MYRIDE CASE.

K-12, WHICH IS WHERE THEY CAN FIND AND DO A LOT OF INFORMATION, FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLINE.

AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THESE ARE SOME OF THE SAME NUMBERS THAT I JUST MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND THEN WHAT'S NEW? STUDENT BADGES, STEVE AND I THINK LOTTIE HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF PILOTING THIS LAST SPRING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SUCCESS WITH THE STUDENT BADGES.

I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT.

ASSISTED IN A PREVIOUS DISTRICT AND IT IS AN AMAZING AMAZING THING THAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WE THINK WELL WE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE AND SECURE ONCE THEY STEP ONTO OUR CAMPUS THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT WE WE REALLY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY ONCE THEY SIT ON STEP ONTO OUR BUSES THAT WE NEED TO BE KEEPING THEM SAFE AND SECURE EVEN ON OUR BUSES THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL UH THEY HAD FOUR UH THERE WAS A CAMP WAS THERE FOUR CAMPUSES IN THE SPRING STEVE THAT ACTUALLY PILOTED THIS PROGRAM YEAH WE RAN A PILOT PROGRAM IN THE SPRING UM AND YOU'RE RIGHT LOTTIE GREG GRIMES AND TECHNOLOGY UH MARK SKINNER SET THE PILOT UP UH WE ALL COLLABORATED WITH THE PRINCIPALS PRINCIPALS WERE CHAMPIONS FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE KIDS DID.

GREAT.

THEY REALLY WERE REALLY SUCCESSFUL.

SO ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING IS HOW EXCITED THESE STUDENTS GOT OVER HAVING THE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVING THEIR BADGE AND THEY WERE SO PROUD OF THAT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUPER SUCCESSFUL.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE CAN CODE AT THE BACK OF THE BADGES, THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO.

BUT IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US WHILE THEY'RE ON THE BUS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ATTRACT THEIR STUDENTS.

THE PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING OFF THE DAYS OF LOSING.

EVEN SAY THAT OF LOSING STUDENTS UH BUT THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW THAT UH I'M NOT GONNA SAY LOSE BUT MISS MAYBE UH MISPLACE UH AND SO THIS THE DAYS OF THE OF THAT IS IS OVER BECAUSE WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THE ACCOUNTING OF THESE STUDENTS WILL BE WILL BE GREAT AND SO UH WHEN DOES THAT START IT'S NOT GOING TO START THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CALL A SOFT ROLLOUT THAT'LL BE IN OCTOBER WE'LL START EDUCATING AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL ACTUALLY DO A SOFT ROLLOUT STARTING IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY CAN USE WITH THESE BADGES.

THEY CAN BE MULTIPURPOSE, AND WE PLAN TO USE THEM TO THE MAXIMUM.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO, WHEN THEY CHECK OUT BOOKS,

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THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE BARCODES AND DO THAT.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND USE IT IN THE LUNCH LINE AT THE CAFETERIA.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF COOL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THESE ID BADGES.

ON FOOD AND NUTRITION, THAT'S ASHLEY HIPP AND HER GROUP.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AS WELL, EXPANDING NUTRITION MENU OPTIONS.

THEY TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUS ON TRYING TO BRING IN NEW OPTIONS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COOK WITH HAS REALLY RESTRICTED THEM.

THE DAYS OF GOING IN EARLY AND EATING A BIG OLD CINNAMON ROLL AT THE CAFETERIA, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

BUT THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB OF BEING CREATIVE WITH THE DIETARY RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY DO HAVE.

AND SO I'M JUST ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING INTO THE MENUS.

INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PROMOTIONS.

EVERY MONTH THEY'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT PROMOTION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES.

AND THEN JUST PROMOTING HEALTHY EATING AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DIETICIANS THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND THEY'RE THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE EATING IN A HEALTHY WAY.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, THERE'S SEVERAL AWARDS THAT'S LISTED IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE.

BUT ONE THING THAT ASHLEY AND HER GROUP HAVE ALSO DONE IS TRYING TO DO THE FARM FRESH, AND SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED THIS LAST YEAR FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING.

IT'S A LARGE STAFF, OVER 360 STAFF MEMBERS, AND RIGHT NOW I THINK THEY ONLY HAVE 35 VACANCIES.

REALLY, REALLY GOOD WITH THE RETAINAGE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE OVER AT FOOD AND NUTRITION.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S WAYS THAT THEY TRY TO GO OUT AND RECOGNIZE THEIR STAFF ALSO, BUILDING CULTURE.

STEVE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE DIRECTORS AS FAR AS BUILDING CULTURE AND SETTING HIGHER EXPECTATIONS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH STEVE.

YOU CAN SEE 70 CAMPUSES, AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE ONLY HAD 69 CAMPUSES, OR I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE 70.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO, I'M NOT GOING TO GET A GUESS WHAT THE 70TH CAMPUS IS, BUT HEAD START IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE 69.

IT'S THE BIRD.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

SO ANYWAY, WE HAVE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE...

70 CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE SERVING MEALS AT, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT.

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS THAT WE SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND THEN JUST FREE AND REDUCED, I'LL SAY THAT THAT'S BEEN ETCHING UP IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY AT 37.6%.

AND THEN HERE IS THE DIRECT CERTIFICATIONS.

THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE MAYBE NEEDING A LITTLE ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS FREE AND REDUCED, AND THIS IS JUST DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO ABOUT RECEIVING.

FOR THE FIRST, I BELIEVE IT'S 30 OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IT'S AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BUT THEN THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE REALLY REALLY WORK WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS TRANSITION OR INTO THESE PROGRAMS IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A NEED ARISE IN THAT AREA I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

FREEMAN MIGHT NEED THAT MICROPHONE.

WATCH OUT.

SO SAFETY AND SECURITY IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO NOTHING THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS NEW, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT AS THE YEAR BEGINS, WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS BY PRACTICING THOSE DRILLS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE DO HAVE CAMPUS SAFETY AUDITS THAT ARE REGULAR AND THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES.

I'D PUT THEM UP AGAINST ANYONE.

THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES WORK WITH US VERY CLOSELY ON ANY CONCERNS AND EVEN ARE VERY PROACTIVE WHEN WE NEED THEM TO BE.

IF YOU'LL CLICK, SOMEBODY WILL CLICK FOR ME, RIGHT, JOHNNY? THANK YOU.

SOME OF THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AGAIN, NONE OF THESE ARE NEW, BUT THEY ARE GREAT REMINDERS.

WE DO HAVE THE ANONYMOUS TIP LINE THAT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO.

THEY CAN REPORT ANYTHING, ANYTIME.

WE DO REQUIRE OUR TEACHERS TO LOCK THEIR CLASSROOM DOORS WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN THEIR CLASSROOM WITH THEM ESPECIALLY.

I KNOW THIS IS NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE

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BUT THIS DISTRICT HAS HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER.

OF COURSE WE CONTINUE WITH VISITOR SCREENING, VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, RELATIONSHIPS.

ABSOLUTELY MATTER IN THESE CASES.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT TRAINING THAT EVERYONE GOES THROUGH ANNUALLY.

WE DO OUR TWICE YEARLY SECURITY CHECKS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE WAY FLOW CHART THAT WE USE WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN ON A CAMPUS OR ANY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOTIFIED TIMELY AND WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY.

WE USE THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL AND WE HAVE FOR YEARS NOW USED THIS.

THERE IS A VIDEO AVAILABLE TO OUR PARENTS IF THEY GO ONLINE TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WEBSITE.

WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS VIEW THAT.

OUR STAFF ACTUALLY VIEWS IT IN VECTOR.

THAT.

THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO SHOW THIS TO STUDENTS EVERY YEAR AS WELL.

AND THEN WHEN WE PRACTICE OUR DRILLS OR IF WE HAVE A SITUATION ON CAMPUS, WE IMPLEMENT THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL.

AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

YOU WOULD SEE THESE POSTERS HANGING UP AROUND CAMPUSES ANYTIME YOU'RE WALKING IN IN MULTIPLE PLACES.

SO WE REINFORCE THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF CONTINUOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.

WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WE DO, WHETHER AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL OR DEPARTMENTS, IT IS ALL POWERED BY A GREAT STAFF.

AND SO IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO SECURE GREAT STAFF AND PLANO ISD.

WE RECRUIT ALL YEAR LONG.

I WANT THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR.

WE ARE ALWAYS IN RECRUITING MODE.

BUT ON OCCASION, WE DO ENGAGE IN SPECIFIC IN-HOUSE JOB FAIRS, AND THOSE ARE HOSTED.

BY THE DISTRICT, OUR MOST RECENT JOB FAIR WAS JUST HELD ON JULY 22ND, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO ENGAGE 478 ATTENDEES.

THAT IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR.

WE RECEIVED A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

I WILL SAY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS FOR SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS WAS THE FACT THAT DR.

WILLIAMS DID KICK THINGS OFF, AND SHE EVEN ENGAGED THEM IN A CHEER.

SO WE KICKED OFF THE JOB FAIR WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CHEERING AND EVERYBODY WAS FULL OF SMILES AS YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES CAPTURED HERE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE TO, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK JUST A BIT, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE TO BUILD CAPACITY WITH OUR JOB FAIR IS WE REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE GET CERTIFIED EDUCATORS BUT WE GET THOSE THAT MAY BE LOOKING TO TRANSITION THEIR EXPERIENCES AND START A NEW CAREER AND SO WE STARTED TO PREPARE FOR THAT.

A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY BY ENGAGING OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. SO WE DO INVITE THEM TO BE ON SITE.

SO AS CANDIDATES COME IN, THEY CAN HAVE A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THEM, LEARN HOW THEY CAN BECOME TEACHERS, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE IN A POSITION THAT WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS, THEY COULD START THE CERTIFICATION ROUTE.

AND SO WE WANT THEM TO BE CONNECTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

ALSO, THIS TIME WE INCREASED OUR REPRESENTATION FROM DEPARTMENTS.

WHAT WE REALIZE IS THAT OUR JOB FAIR HAS MOVED FROM BEING PURELY FOCUSED ON TEACHERS TO BEING FOCUSED ON ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS.

I WILL SAY PROBABLY OUR TECHNOLOGY LINE WAS ONE OF THE LONG LINES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHY THEY WERE IN THAT LINE, BUT WE DID ALSO IDENTIFY SOME STRONG CANDIDATES THROUGH THAT.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO ENGAGE OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING ON-SITE SCREENING.

SO.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS THAT SUPPORT THE CAMPUSES TO ENGAGE IN INTERVIEWS ON SITE.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORE SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY HIRED, BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT STRONGER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT HAS PROVEN VERY BENEFICIAL.

IN ADDITION, AND YOU SEE PICTURED HERE, WE HAD WONDERFUL STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.

THEY WERE THERE EARLY.

THEY MET THE PRINCIPALS AS HOT AS IT WAS.

AND THIS WAS A VERY HOT DAY.

BUT THEY MET THE PRINCIPALS AT THE CURB.

THEY GATHERED THEIR THINGS, TOOK THEM TO THEIR SPOTS ON THEIR TABLES SO THEY COULD GET IT SET UP.

THEY SUPPORTED THE ATTENDEES COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ANSWERED QUESTIONS.

THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.

BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENTS INVOLVED AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.

SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE FOR THE DAY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST BRIEFLY IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEW HIRES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 455 NEW TEACHER HIRES, AND THIS IS A MOVING TARGET.

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WE ARE CONTINUING TO HIRE EVERY DAY AS WE LEAD UP TO THE VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND LOOKING AT THIS, WE HAVE A FEW VACANCIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO THE VACANCIES THAT ARE CAPTURED HERE ARE...

ACTUALLY CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE WOULD BE A TEACHER OF RECORD.

SO IT'S NOT THE SUPPORT STAFF.

IT'S A CLASSROOM WHERE IF STUDENTS SHOWED UP, WE WOULD EXPECT THE TEACHER TO BE THERE TO CAPTURE THEIR ROLE, DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

AND YOU SEE THAT NUMBER, BUT IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU SEE THAT OR LOOK DOWN, YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME LONG-TERM SUBS IN PLACE.

THAT NUMBER CAN BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE 65.

SO WE CAPTURED THE VACANCIES.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LONG-TERM SUBS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY, I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT SOME OF THOSE LONG-TERM SUBS ARE ACTUALLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS, ACTUALLY A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM.

THEY ARE JUST NOT WANTING TO BE IN A FULL-TIME POSITION.

SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SO MANY OF OUR POSITIONS FILLED, EVEN WITH LONG-TERM SUBS, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES.

AND THIS IS ALSO A VERY POSITIVE THING BECAUSE AS WE TRANSITION, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN OUR REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO BE IN CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE STARTED MAKING THAT TRANSITION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MANY CERTIFIED TEACHERS AS WE COULD GET IN PLACE, DESPITE THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING THEM, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

YOU ALSO SEE HERE THAT WE DO STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF DISTRICT OF INNOVATIONS.

THOSE ARE PRIMARILY RESERVED TO SUPPORT OUR CTE AND SOME OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR CULINARY PROGRAM, OUR MECHANICS PROGRAM.

THEY'VE BEEN SERVING WITH LEXUS, AND SO THEY BRING A GREAT WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE COULD NOT CURATE ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO COME THROUGH OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR GROW YOUR OWN.

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THREE YEARS, AND WE NOW HAVE COME TO A TOTAL OF 59 CANDIDATES.

SO THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO DROP OFF AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR PROGRAMMING.

AND THEY MOVE INTO OUR TRADITIONAL TEACHER PROGRAM.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AS IT RELATES TO OUR STAFF.

I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO KICK OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAN WITH OUR ANNUAL PLANO ISD AND CITY OF PLANO BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR.

I'M VERY FORTUNATE AND HONORED TO GET TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT.

THE PLANO, THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT TRULY REFLECTS WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

EVENTS LIKE THESE DON'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE.

IT TAKES MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PLANNING.

SO OUR...

CARE TEAM, THE DISTRICT STAFF, THE CITY OF PLANO, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEERS, AND THE GENEROUS DONORS RESULTED IN AN INCREDIBLE DAY OF SERVICE.

WE WELCOMED AN ESTIMATED SIX TO 8,000 ATTENDEES, AND I FELT EVERY BIT OF 8,000 ATTENDEES THERE THAT DAY, BUT WITH MORE THAN 3,800 STUDENTS PRE-REGISTERED BEFORE THE EVENT EVEN STARTED AND THE LINE TO GET INTO THE PLANO EVENT CENTER WAS WRAPPED AROUND OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THERE WAS A STEADY FLOW OF ATTENDEES COMING ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY END OF THE EVENT FAMILIES HAD ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES ALL IN ONE PLACE WHICH WAS AMAZING SO FROM SCHOOL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INCLUDING VISION AND DENTAL SCREENINGS IMMUNIZATIONS HAIRCUTS AND AND THOSE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW.

WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED 04,135 BACKPACKS FILLED WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND WE ALSO PROVIDED MORE THAN 1,250 BOXES OF FOOD TO HELP FAMILIES PREPARE FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY VENDORS, THE CITY OF PLANO, PLANO ISD DEPARTMENTS, AND COUNTLESS DISTRICT AND AGENCY VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THE ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

THE EVENT WAS INCREDIBLE AND SEEING THE STUDENTS AND LEAVE EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, PREPARED AND CONFIDENT, REMINDS US WHY THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THE EVENT A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND FOR ENSURING THAT THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ARE READY TO BEGIN THEIR SCHOOL YEAR STRONG FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.

SOMEONE, ANYONE?

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FOR OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR HIGHLIGHTS, JUST TO CAPTURE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF SMILES, LOTS OF SUPPORT STAFF.

BUT I'D ALSO, I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING TODAY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CTE PROGRAM.

AND I'D LIKE TO, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, DRAW YOUR ATTENTION DOWN.

TO OUR AMAZING SUPERINTENDENT.

SHE HAS SKILLS, AND IT CAME, YOU KNOW, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF CTE, AND I DON'T KNOW, DR.

WILLIAMS, IF YOU WANT TO MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN FOR YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS AND JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS I STILL HAVE AN ACTIVE LICENSE, SO I WAS LICENSED TO GIVE THAT HAIRCUT.

IF I COULD JUMP IN REAL QUICK TOO, DR.

MILEY.

YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE MOST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST A BIG THANK YOU, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL SHOWED UP AND WAS HANDING OUT BACKPACKS.

AND IN ADDITION, CITY MANAGER MARK ISRAELSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER DOUG MCDONNELL.

DONALD, REPRESENTATIVE CANDY NOBLE, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, AND REPRESENTATIVE JEFF LEACH WERE BOTH THERE STANDING NEXT TO ME, HANDING OUT BACKPACKS, TALKING TO KIDS FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.

AND I THINK REPRESENTATIVE PLACES.

OFFICE SENT SOMEONE JULIE JOHNSON'S OFFICE AND SOMEONE YEAH SO BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE FOLKS WHO YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE OR YOU KNOW MAYBE DON'T SEE IN THIS PICTURE BUT CERTAINLY A HUGE THANK YOU TO REPRESENTATIVES LEACH PLACE AND NOBLE WHO WERE THERE OR HAD STAFF THERE CONGRESSWOMAN JULIE JOHNSON AND AS WELL AS OUR FOLKS FROM THE CITY OF PLANO AND JUST FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT THE CITY FOLKS WERE THERE.

AND THEN HAD TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

LIKE, THEY HAVE OTHER STUFF GOING ON THAT DAY, AND THEY STILL TOOK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME HAND OUT THESE BACKPACKS.

AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ISD AND THE CITY, AND I DON'T KNOW OF ONE STRONGER IN TEXAS.

I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND SEE THE PICTURE OF THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE TOP RIGHT.

SHE'S HOLDING ONE OF THE COVETED PINK BACKPACKS.

I THINK WE NEED MORE PINK NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, SO I GET TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FROM THIS PAST SUMMER, AND WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF WITH LEARNING FOR ADMINISTRATORS.

WE'VE GOT TWO EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT, THE JUNE EMPOWER CONFERENCE AND THE JULY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.

I'LL START WITH THE EMPOWER CONFERENCE.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS.

AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING GOES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS MANAGED BY A COMMITTEE OF CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

IT'S APS AND PRINCIPALS COMING TOGETHER.

THEY HELP ME WITH THE COMMUNICATION, WITH THE PLANNING.

THEY GET TO REVIEW THE PROPOSALS FOR THE CONFERENCE.

THEY GET TO SELECT WHAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO OTHER PRINCIPALS.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF REQUIRED SESSIONS FROM DEPARTMENTS.

BUT EVEN THEN, THE PRINCIPALS WILL PUSH BACK AND SAY, THIS MIGHT BE BETTER IN JULY, NOT NOW.

THEY REALLY HAVE A VOICE IN THAT LEARNING.

IT'S TWO FUN DAYS.

IT'S ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE SCHOOL'S OUT, THE STUDENTS HAVE LEFT.

PRINCIPALS ARE WINDING DOWN.

THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR THEIR OWN SUMMER BREAK.

WE GET TO FEED THEM FOR TWO DAYS.

WE EVEN HAD A LITTLE BIT OF KARAOKE THIS YEAR.

IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD TWO DAYS OF LEARNING.

THESE ARE PICTURES FROM OUR JULY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO LOTTIE LEINER AND SLI AND CRAIG MCKINNEY IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHO ARE REALLY HELPING ME QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR IN PLANNING FOR LEADERSHIP LEARNING.

AND THIS IS ALL THAT I HAVE.

THEM ORGANIZING A JULY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND IT STARTS WITH NEW ADMINISTRATOR BOOTCAMP WHERE WE BRING IN OUR NEW APS AND OUR NEW PRINCIPALS FOR A FULL DAY OF LEARNING.

THE COOL THING ABOUT ABOUT THAT EVENT THIS YEAR WAS THAT WE PULLED OUR PRINCIPALS ASIDE IN THE AFTERNOON AND GAVE THEM ONE-ON-ONE ATTENTION WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO THEY GET THEY GET TO SIT DOWN WITH FINANCE THEY GET TO SIT DOWN WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD AND JUST REALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN NEEDS AT THEIR SPECIFIC CAMPUS WE HAVE AFTER THE THE NEW ADMINISTRATORS WE HAVE A DAY WHERE WE SPEND HALF A DAY WITH OUR PRINCIPALS JUST FOR VISION SETTING DR.

WILLIAMS DEPUTIES CABINET MEMBERS GET TO LEAD THAT EVENT AND THEN WE BRING IN OUR ALL OUR ADMINISTRATORS FOR THREE DAYS WORTH OF LEARNING AND WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW? TO HELP WELCOME STAFF BACK AND THEN GET READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

SO OUR NEW TEACHER ONBOARDING IS CALLED A POWER PLANO ONBOARDING AND WELCOME EVERYBODY READY.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL THIS IS A MULTI-DAY EVENT AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

WE HAD 380 TEACHERS AS DR KINDLE MENTIONED THAT NUMBER HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT SINCE THEN BUT IT IS JUST A...

A FULL THREE DAYS OF LEARNING.

DAY ONE IS THEY GET TOGETHER WITH THE DISTRICT.

DAY TWO AND DAY THREE, THEY GET TOGETHER WITH DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT?

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SO IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ROLE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AND THE ROLE THEY'RE IN.

BUT THIS YEAR, WE PRESENTED A FEW THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THIS VERY AWKWARD PICTURE OF ME.

BUT SO NORMALLY WE DO A BIG WELCOME EVENT FOR OUR NEW TEACHERS.

AT THE ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT BECAUSE WE WERE SO CLOSE TO THE CONVOCATION THIS YEAR, WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

SO OUR NEW TEACHER EXPO, WE JUST HAD VENDORS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, THE CITY CHAMBER WAS THERE.

HUGE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING THERE AS WELL.

SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR NEW STAFF.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB PLANNING FOR THIS WEEK.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEM ALONE.

WE HEARD...

REALLY REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS FROM OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT JUST THAT WELCOME THAT MORNING WELCOME WE HAD THE DRUMLINE WELCOMING THE TEACHERS WE HAD CHEERLEADERS OUT THERE AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY WALKED IN THEY GOT TO SEE ACADEMIC SERVICES MAS SIN FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES JUST SO MANY FOLKS FROM FROM FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS JUST WELCOMING THEM SO OF COURSE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS WE KICK OFF THE SUMMER LEARNING WITH THE SUMMER INSPIRED CONFERENCE.

THIS IS JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO KIND OF RECHARGE FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

IT'S AN EVENT.

I THINK WE'RE NOW IN OUR FIFTH YEAR OF DOING THE SUMMER INSPIRED CONFERENCE, SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A HIT.

THIS SUMMER, WE ALWAYS GET A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT JUST ATTENDANCE DURING THAT EVENT BECAUSE WITH SO MANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS, WE SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE OUR TEACHER'S GOING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THIS IS OPTIONAL.

IT'S IN THE SUMMERTIME.

BUT THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS.

I COULD GET THOSE FOR YOU LATER.

BUT WE HAD OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE.

SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, LET ME GET TO IT, STAFF DEVELOPMENT WEEK, OF COURSE.

SO AFTER WE DO SOME THINGS IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND OF COURSE, WE GOT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION ACADEMY.

WE HAVE NATIONAL BOARD SUMMER CONFERENCE, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A REQUIRED TRAINING, SECONDARY PLC ACADEMY, AND THEN LOTS OF SPECIALIZED LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING READY FOR, OF COURSE, THIS WEEK, BACK TO SCHOOL LEARNING.

DISTRICT-LED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STARTS TOMORROW FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT.

SO WHILE WE'RE AT CONVOCATION, SOME OF US ARE AT CONVOCATION, OTHER GROUPS WILL BE LEARNING.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE.

THIS IS ALSO A GOOD TIME FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO LEAD SOME CAMPUS-BASED LEARNING AND ADDRESS SOME CAMPUS-BASED NEEDS WITH THEIR STAFF.

AND THEN ONE MORE PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT AND THAT'S OUR TEACHER EXTERNSHIP.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAD 20 TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN THE EXTERNSHIP.

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION WHERE WE PARTNER WITH NON-PROFIT AND PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE AREA.

TEACHERS GET TO SPEND A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THEM OUT IN THE FIELD WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS JUST LEARNING ABOUT WHAT'S THE LATEST IN THOSE FIELDS.

OUR GOAL IS THAT THEY COME BACK TO THE CLASSROOM AND SHARE SOME OF THAT.

LIKE WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THOSE TYPES OF CAREERS? THESE PICTURES ARE FROM THE WRAP-UP LUNCHEON.

WILLIAMS, FOR SPEAKING AT THAT EVENT.

BUT OUR TEACHERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE PARTNERS WHAT THEY LEARNED.

THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TAKE BACK TO OUR STUDENTS.

LET ME TURN THE MIC ON.

SO STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS OF JULY 31ST, WHEN WE TOOK THIS SNAPSHOT, WAS AT 41,854 STUDENTS, OF WHICH 41,734 ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING SO THAT IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE PROJECTED UM NUMBER OF 41 830.

UM I BET IT'S A LITTLE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHERE WE WERE AT OUR SNAPSHOT DATE I SEE JOHNNY LIKE REACHING FOR THE MIC DID YOU WANT TO JUMP IN? SURE.

SO WHERE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK ON ELIGIBLE FUNDING, THE 41734, WE ARE UP ABOUT ANOTHER 60 STUDENTS FROM LAST FRIDAY.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY CLOSE TO OUR 41830, WHICH IS WHAT WE PROJECTED, WHICH IS.

FOR ME, AND I KNOW FOR COURTNEY REEVES, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY EXCITING NEWS.

SO FAR, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM.

AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, I'M HOPING, I'M OPTIMISTIC AT THIS POINT THAT WE'RE SO MUCH BETTER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

I THINK ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ASKED THIS QUESTION, WELL, HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH LAST YEAR? WE ARE LITERALLY ABOUT 900 STUDENTS, THE DIFFERENTIAL WITH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, WE'RE ABOUT 900 STUDENTS BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

AND TO ME, THAT'S VERY,

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VERY GOOD NEWS.

SO IT'S A GOOD SIGN.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING AN ENROLLMENT MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

WE HAVE A FEW RESULTS TO SHARE.

AS OF JULY 31ST, WE WERE 139 DAYS SINCE WE LAUNCHED IN MARCH OF THE CAMPAIGN.

DURING THAT TIME, WE CREATED 99 PIECES OF CREATIVE ACROSS LOTS OF PLATFORMS, ALL ACROSS META, CONNECTED TV.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE ADS.

PAGES.

MOBILE APPS, TEXTING.

AND THEN AS A RESULT, WE RECEIVED 786 ENROLLMENT INTEREST FORMS. SO THERE WAS A CALL TO ACTION WITH ALL OF THAT MARKETING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE ASKED PEOPLE TO DO IS TO FILL OUT AN ENROLLMENT INTEREST FORM.

AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE OUR STUDENT AND FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT CREDIT BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE 786 FORMS THAT ARE COMING INTO LET'S TALK.

AND WITH THAT RESPONSE, WE DID A COMPARISON.

WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN SKYWARD AND SAW 164 NAMES FROM THAT ENROLLMENT FORM THAT HAVE GOTTEN ENROLLED OR AT LEAST IN THE SKYWARD PROCESS.

AND SO 164 ENROLLMENTS AS A RESULT.

THAT'S MORE THAN A 20% CONVERSION, WHICH IS NOT COMMON FOR MARKETING.

SO WHEN WE DO PROJECTIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS HAVE A 20% CONVERSION, BUT RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT RESULT SO THAT'S 164 STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE OTHERWISE AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT'S SHOWING THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT INTEREST FORM SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND AND THE RESULTS ARE COMING FROM BOTH OUR PAID AND ORGANIC SO OUR ORGANIC EFFORTS ARE WORKING AS WELL SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT THROUGH CAMPAIGNS SO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL SOCIAL MEDIA COUNTDOWN STARTED WE DID A 20-DAY COUNTDOWN.

WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING SOME ALGORITHM-FRIENDLY SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY FOCUSED AROUND REELS AND CAROUSELS.

AND FOR THIS, I'VE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR TEAM MEMBER, MITCHELL JACKSON, WHO HAS BEEN HELPING A LOT WITH OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, BUT ALSO HE WORKED WITH OUR INTERNS.

SO THIS GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER WONDERFUL SUMMER PROGRAM, OUR PLANO MAYOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

A LOT OF YOU WERE AT THE LUNCHEON LAST WEEK CELEBRATING THOSE INTERNS.

WE HAD TWO.

TWO GREAT INTERNS WHO ARE NOW GETTING IT TO BE A LITTLE FAMOUS.

WE HAD ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WALKING AROUND PLANO SENIOR HIGH.

HE'S A PLANO WEST STUDENT, AND THE KIDS RECOGNIZED HIM.

THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WE'VE SEEN YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

SO OUR CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF TRAFFIC, AND IT'S DUE TO THINGS LIKE...

LIKE OUR VIDEOS, AND I KNOW MITCHELL PUT THIS IN HERE, SO I'M GOING TO PRESS PLAY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THE AUDIO.

OKAY, THE AUDIO'S NOT GOING, BUT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE FUN THAT THE KIDS HAVE BEEN HAVING.

AND THEY'RE QUICK.

IF IT'S MORE THAN 10 SECONDS, I GET, YOU KNOW, MY HEAD BITTEN OFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MITCHELL.

LIKE, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT SHORT.

PEOPLE ONLY WATCH FOR EIGHT SECONDS.

SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THAT WINDOW.

SO WE'VE GOT...

ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL STATS HERE, WE WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA COUNTDOWN.

THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK, WE COMMUNICATED WITH OUR SCHOOL PR LIAISONS WHO SOME MAY NOT BE BACK UNTIL TOMORROW, BUT SOME ARE ALREADY BACK.

AND WE JUST GAVE THEM A TEMPLATE, AN IDEA OF HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST WEEK BACK.

AND SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS.

AND THEN WE.

ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING THEM TO NOT JUST POST ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT TO ALSO SHARE THEIR PICTURES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELPING US TELL THAT STORY AS WELL.

AND THEN SOME OF OUR OTHER BACK-TO-SCHOOL RESOURCES, THEY'RE TRIED AND TRUE.

A DEDICATED BACK-TO-SCHOOL WEBPAGE, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE GRAPHICALLY INTERESTING THIS YEAR, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT WITH OUR NEW WEBSITE.

WE DID A BACK-TO-SCHOOL E-NEWSLETTER.

FOR OUR PARENTS THAT IS AVAILABLE AND ARCHIVED ON THE WEBSITE WITH OUR DISTRICT UPDATES SECTION.

LET'S TALK IS STILL UP AND GOING.

WE DUSTED OFF OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL GUIDE.

LAST YEAR, IT WAS REALLY HEAVY WITH NEW THINGS DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF HUNKER DOWN AND SHARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT ALSO ANNOUNCE THE NEW SMART BADGE AS OUR BIG NEW EFFORT.

AND THEN THE PRINCIPAL NOTEBOOK.

IS BEING UPDATED.

SO PRINCIPALS HAVE A ONE-STOP SHOP IN A BOOKLET, DOWNLOADABLE KIND OF BOOKLET FORMAT WHERE THEY CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND SAY THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU

[02:55:01]

TO EVERYONE WHO WAS HERE.

WE FOUND OUT WHO SOME OF OUR FACILITIES TEAM WERE.

CAN WE FIND OUT WHO THE REST OF OUR FACILITIES TEAM ARE? WHO JOINED US THIS EVENING? STEVE? SO OUR GUEST WITH US TONIGHT IS ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS THAT PERFORM OUR REMEDIATION WHEN WE CONDUCT OUR MOLD ASSESSMENTS.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AWESOME.

TRUSTEES, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON OUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE BACK-TO-SCHOOL REPORT? I AM GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MARKETING AND SUCH, I WAS AT THE MOVIES THIS WEEKEND AT STUDIO MOVIE GRILL AND I SAW OUR AD.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND I'M LIKE, LOOK.

CATHERINE, I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE STREAM MY SON'S NEWS PROGRAM OUT OF OKLAHOMA, WE GET LOCAL ADS THAT ARE FED INTO THAT STREAM AND I'VE SEEN OUR AD THERE.

YEAH, I ALSO SAW THE AD AT THE ODYSSEY.

I WENT TO SEE A STUDIO MOVIE REEL, SO SAME.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THE WORK ON ALL OF THIS.

I THINK A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK GOES INTO HAVING...

HAVING DOORS OPEN ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL EVEN BEYOND YOU KNOW MAKING SURE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND THE THE KIDS ARE READY AND THE FACILITIES ARE READY AND UM ENSURING YOU KNOW THAT THAT EVERY BILL BUILDING IS IN IS IN SHAPE TO TO HAVE KIDS AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE READY FOR SCHOOL SO UH THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT NOT ONLY YOU KNOW JUST THE PEOPLE PRESENTING HERE BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE ARE READY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL AND READY TO WELCOME OUR KIDS SO UH HUGE THANKS FOR ME AND UH YEAH.

I KNOW IT'S LATE BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO GIVE GRATITUDE TO THE MANY MANY HANDS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AND IN SOME CASES LITERALLY 24-7 TO MAKE SURE THAT FACILITIES ARE READY AND THAT WORK IS STILL CONTINUING AND AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED THAT ON, YOU KNOW, THE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL, IT'S LIKE, HOW IN THE WORLD? THERE'S NO WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE READY.

AND MIRACLES HAPPEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS HERE.

HERE AND IT'S LIKE HOW DID THAT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BECAUSE UM IT IT'S MASSIVE WORK THAT HAS TO OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SO UH THANK YOU UH STEVE BLAKE OUR FACILITIES TEAM JOHNNY UM HR AND I MEAN IT REALLY EVERYBODY AROUND CABINET HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KICK OFF SO THANK YOU AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND NEW TEACHERS ALONG THE WAY AS WELL ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT ALL RIGHTY,

[10.1 Approval of Policy AEA(LOCAL) Educational Philosophy: Educational Equity on First Reading]

WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR LAST SECTION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE POLICIES.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS FOR THE EVENING.

OUR FIRST POLICY THAT WE WILL HEAR IS ITEM TWO.

10.1 APPROVAL OF POLICY AEA LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ON FIRST READING I WILL INVITE DR CELINDA FREEMAN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS TO PLEASE PRESENT THIS NEW POLICY FOR US THANK YOU PRESIDENT TYRA POLICY AEA LOCAL ESTABLISHES THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROGRAMS WITHIN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, CELINDA.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY AEA LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY, EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ON FIRST READING.

SO SECOND.

THANK YOU TRUSTEES WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TERRY LANCE AND A SECOND BY TRUSTEE KATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY AEA LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ON FIRST READING TRUSTEES IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION I'LL COMMENT ON THIS AND JUST SAY IS WE HAD A LOT OF THOUGHT LAST YEAR INTO SOME VERY PUBLIC ACCUSATIONS AND OF COURSE, TEA.

THE REPORT CAME BACK WITH NO FINDINGS AND NO ACTION TAKEN, BUT IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY

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TO THINK ABOUT ENSURING THAT IT IS CODIFIED IN POLICY, THAT EVEN BEYOND THE POLICIES ON HARASSMENT, EVEN BEYOND THE POLICIES ON BULLYING, WHICH REALLY GOVERNS SORT OF WHAT ARE HARASSMENT AND BULLYING AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, BUT ACTUALLY DEFINING A POLICY LIKE THIS FOR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY TO CODIFY.

THAT EVERY STUDENT IS GOING TO BE WELCOME IN OUR DISTRICT REGARDLESS OF THINGS LIKE RACE COLOR RELIGION SEX NATIONAL ORIGIN AGE DISABILITY UM OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW AND SO IT IT ALSO TIES TO THE DISTRICT'S WORK ON CODE OF CIVILITY WHICH WE'RE SEEING WOVEN INTO SEVERAL THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT WOVEN INTO ANOTHER POLICY HERE IN A SECOND UM BUT THIS CODE OF FACILITY THAT'S SETTING SHARED EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS STAFF FAMILIES COMMUNITY MEMBERS ORGANIZE AROUND FOUR PRINCIPLES THAT ARE TAKEN.

DIRECTLY FROM THE TEAKS TEXAS KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT AREN'T FREQUENT FLYERS BUT TRUSTWORTHINESS CARING RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECTFUL CITIZENS SO THAT THEME YOU'RE SEEING WOVEN THROUGHOUT CODE OF CIVILITY WOVEN THROUGHOUT THINGS LIKE STAFF TRAINING AND PARENT COMMUNICATIONS AND AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SETTING THE TONE AND AND AS A GROUP AND SAYING EVERY STUDENT IS WELCOME AND WE EXPECT YOU TO BE CARING AND RESPONSIBLE AND RESPECTFUL AND TRUSTWORTHY.

WHEN YOU'RE INTERACTING, STUDENTS ARE INTERACTING WITH OTHER STUDENTS OR PARENTS ARE INTERACTING WITH STAFF MEMBERS OR STAFF MEMBERS ARE INTERACTING WITH PARENTS OR ALL THE COMBINATION THEREOF.

AND SO THIS IS A NEW POLICY FOR US.

AND I THINK AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT THE POLICY.

SUBCOMMITTEE MAY YOU KNOW MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS FOR SOMETIMES NEW POLICIES IT'LL TAKE US A REVISION OR TWO BUT CERTAINLY A NEW POLICY FOR US THAT THAT CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING LAST YEAR I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS CODIFIES OUR CODE OF CIVILITY AND OUR EXPECTATIONS NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES STAFF BUT ALSO OF THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL IN SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND SO IT ALSO MEANS SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WELCOME THE COMMUNITY TO READ THAT CODE OF CIVILITY AND EMBRACE IT AND SHARE IT.

HEALTHY CRITICISMS ARE FINE.

WE NEED TO ELEVATE THE DIALOGUE IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND SUPPORTING PLANO ISD.

AND SO I LOVE THAT WE HAVE THIS AT OUR DISPOSAL.

I WILL REREAD THIS MOTION HERE.

WE HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE TARA LANCE AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY AEA LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY,

[10.2 Approval of Policy BBF(LOCAL) Board Members: Ethics on First Reading BBF(LOCAL)]

EDUCATIONAL EQUITY ON FIRST READING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT THAT'S SEVEN HANDS UP THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO POLICY BBF LOCAL UH THIS IS ITEM 10.2 APPROVAL OF POLICY BBF LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS ETHICS ON FIRST READING I WILL INVITE DR CELINE FREEMAN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONS SO PLEASE PRESENT.

POLICY BBF LOCAL WAS REVIEWED BY THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND REVISED TO ALIGN WITH DISTRICT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY BBF LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS ETHICS ON FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY BOARD SECRETARY CATHERINE GOODWIN THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY BBF LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS ETHICS ON FIRST READING.

TARA, I'LL LET YOU, THIS WAS ONE YOU BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, SO I'LL ASK YOU TO START THAT DISCUSSION THERE.

YEAH, THANK YOU, DR.

TYRA.

I WAS REALLY EXCITED THAT WE TACKLED THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POLICY THAT MANY SCHOOL BOARDS CREATE MAKE AND THEN LET IT JUST SIT THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS WITHOUT REVIEWING IT.

AND THIS IS ABOUT ETHICS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF THE CODE OF CIVILITY, TYING IT INTO WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND THEN WHAT COULD WE DO TO HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR OURSELVES.

AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID.

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WE REALLY JUST REORGANIZED IT.

EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID WAS.

I MEAN, TO ME, IT'S JUST SORT OF COMMON SENSE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, I WILL BE HONEST AND FAIR.

I WILL PUT THE STUDENTS FIRST, WHICH WE MADE SURE WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WAS LISTED.

SO IF YOU GO BACK AND READ THIS POLICY, IT'S REALLY FASCINATING THAT IT'S JUST ALL LAID OUT.

LIKE, I WILL BE TRUTHFUL.

WELL, I MEAN, GOSH, I HOPE WE'D BE TRUTHFUL, RIGHT? BUT LIKE, IT ACTUALLY JUST LAYS IT OUT AS OUR ETHICS FRAMEWORK.

YEAH, AND THIS IS ONE I THINK THAT WAS LAST ADOPTED OR REVISED IN 2001.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, AS WE HAVE TOLD OUR COLLEAGUES BEFORE WHO'VE NOT BEEN ON THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE POLICIES, AND THEY MAY BE TOTALLY FINE FROM 25 YEARS AGO.

THEY MAY NOT NEED UPDATING, BUT WE SHOULD AT LEAST REVIEW THEM AND BRING THEM FORWARD FOR A REFRESH.

IN THIS CASE...

I WANT TO APPLAUD TARA FOR HER REALLY THOUGHTFUL, THOUGHTFUL DESIRE TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THESE AND SAY, ARE THEY PRIORITIZED IN THE WAY THAT THE WAY THAT WE LIKE IT? AND THEN THE TEAM, INCLUDING SUPERINTENDENT DR.

FREEMAN, IVAN AND CORIANNE SAYING, WELL.

WHAT IF WE RECATEGORIZE THESE UNDER THE CODE OF CIVILITY AND SORT OF HAVE THAT ALIGNMENT? SO THAT ALIGNMENT FOR CODE OF CIVILITY WITH STAFF, STUDENTS, COMMUNITY EXTENDS TO US, YOU KNOW.

AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO COMMUNITY, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT.

SUGGESTION BY THE STAFF SO THIS IS THIS IS A POLICY THAT YOU KNOW I'LL ECHO WHAT TARA HAD TO SAY RIGHT LIKE BUT WE WENT THROUGH AND REORDERED SOME OF THESE AS WELL REALLY KEEP FOCUSED ON THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS FIRST NUMBER ONE UNDER RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS ALIGNING WITH THE CODE OF CIVILITY SO ONE THAT LOOKS VERY RED IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A LOT OF CHANGES BUT ONE OF THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS ON AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD WELL AND I'LL JUST SAY I THINK IT'S GREAT WE HAVE THAT GOLDEN THREAD OF THE CODE OF CIVILITY WOVEN THROUGH THIS AND LIKE YOU SAID THE UM THE THE ACTUAL PROMISES THAT ARE MADE AND COMMITTED TO REALLY HIT ME.

HAVEN'T CHANGED.

I WOULD SAY THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS 25 YEARS AGO HELD THEMSELVES TO THE SAME STANDARD.

HOWEVER, I THINK IT REALLY HELPS REFOCUS IT IN THAT CODE OF CIVILITY, AND IT TRANSLATES TO ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE POLICIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.

WE HAVE NEARLY 600 POLICIES, SO THERE ARE A LOT THAT ARE OLD, AND THERE ARE A THAT JUST I SAY OLD THEY'RE STILL FINE THEY JUST NEED FRESH EYES ON THEM AGAIN.

I JUST WANTED NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN POLICIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND SPECIFICALLY FOR WEAVING IN OUR CODE OF CIVILITY.

BUT I WANT TO SAY FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY NOW WHO'S HAD LOTS OF EXPOSURE TO OTHER TRUSTEES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE STATE FROM TIP TO TIP.

OVER 1,200 DISTRICTS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT POLICY IS AND HOW THAT IS REALLY EMPHASIZED SO MUCH MORE WITH TRUSTEES NOW.

AND THIS IS A POLICY THAT I WOULD BE PROUD TO SHARE WITH ANY OTHER DISTRICT, WITH ANY OTHER TRUSTEES AS AN EXAMPLE.

AND AS I WOULD, WITH NANCY SAYING.

I WOULD ALMOST WANT TO HOLD THIS POLICY UP AS WELL AS OUR BOARD PROCEDURES.

AS ANYBODY WHO THINKS THEY WANT TO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALMOST NEED TO LIKE HAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO SIGN THAT I'M GOING TO RUN.

HERE YOU GO.

BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTED TO.

REMEMBER, YOU'RE SPENDING TIME, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR RESOURCES TO RUN FOR A POSITION.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE COMMITTING TO AND AND YOU KNOW I THINK THAT WOULD HOLD HOLD OUR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POTENTIAL CANDIDATES TO TO THE STANDARD THAT WE EXPECT AT OUR DISTRICT YEAH POLICY IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE AS TRUSTEES DO UM ALL RIGHT THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I'LL REREAD THIS MOTION REAL QUICK I HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT NANCY HUMPHREY AND A SECOND BY OKAY, THAT WAS YOU.

SORRY, I CAN'T READ MY OWN HANDWRITING.

BOARD SECRETARY CATHERINE GOODWIN, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY BBF LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS ETHICS

[10.3 Approval of Policy FNCA(LOCAL) Student Conduct: Dress Code on First Reading FNCA(LOCAL)]

ON FIRST READING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 7-0. WE WILL NOW

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HEAR ITEM 10.3, APPROVAL OF POLICY FNCA LOCAL STUDENT CONDUCT DRESS CODE UNDER FIRST READING.

I WILL INVITE DR.

FREEMAN TO PLEASE PRESENT THIS ONE ALSO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYRA.

POLICY FNCA HAS BEEN REVISED TO EXPAND THE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD REQUIREMENTS FROM GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 TO ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING EARLY CHILDHOOD HEAD START.

AND GRADES K THROUGH 12.

THE REVISION SUPPORTS THE DISTRICT-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RFID-ENABLED STUDENT ID CARDS TO IMPROVE STUDENT SAFETY, ENHANCE IDENTIFICATION ACCURACY, STREAMLINE OPERATIONAL PROCESSES, AND ENABLE CONSISTENT USE OF APPROVED STUDENT SERVICES ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS.

THIS POLICY IS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL UNDER FIRST READING.

WE'LL NOW CONSIDER APPROVAL OF POLICY FNCA LOCAL UNDER FIRST READING.

FREEMAN.

TRUSTEES, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES POLICY FNCA LOCAL UNDER FIRST READING.