I'M TAMMY RICHARDS, BOARD PRESIDENT,
[1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 P.M.]
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AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, MAY THE 5TH, 2020.ON THE BOARD'S BEHALF, I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR [NOISE] ONLINE VIEWERS.
ON MARCH THE 16TH, 2020, GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT GRANTED A REQUEST BY ATTORNEY GENERAL, KEN PAXTON, TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN MEETING LAWS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS, TO ALLOW VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THAT ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GATHERED TOGETHER IN A PHYSICAL CENTRAL LOCATION, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE VIA ZOOM MEETING VIDEO CONFERENCING.
AS WE WOULD AT ANY IN-PERSON MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MEETING NOTICE FOR REGISTERING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE WILL HAVE THEIR COMMENTS READ ALOUD BY BOARD SECRETARY, JERI CHAMBERS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING CONDUCTED BY VIDEO CONFERENCE, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MEETING NOTICE.
ALL OTHER MEETING PROCEDURES WILL ADHERE TO BOARD ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING [NOISE] MADE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS MEETING.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, SUCH AS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OR THE LOSS OF THE QUORUM, WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED.
LET ME INTRODUCE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES AND STAFF.
WHEN I INTRODUCE YOU, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ATTENDANCE BY STATING HERE, OR PRESENT.
VICE PRESIDENT, ANGELA POWELL?
>> SARAH BONSER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS?
>> DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER?
>> DR. BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES?
>> DR. KARY COOPER, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT PROCEEDING ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES?
>> ANDY ARMSTRONG, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES?
>> DR. KATRINA HASLEY, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ACADEMIC SERVICES?
>> RANDY MCDOWELL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER?
>> SUSAN MODISETTE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE. [NOISE].
>> SHARON NOWAK, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES?
>> THANK YOU. NOTING THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT,
[2. CLOSED SESSION: 6:00 P.M.]
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJOURNS TO CLOSE SESSION.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY ANGELA PAL, A SECOND BY HEATHER WANG, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJOURNS TO CLOSE SESSION.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY, CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
THE BOARD WILL NOW ADJOURN TO CLOSE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.
SECTION 551.074, 551.071 AND 551.129.
>> THE BOARD WILL NOW RECONVENE OPEN SESSION.
[3. RECONVENE OPEN SESSION: 7:30 P.M. OR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION]
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY THE 5TH, 2020, AND THE TIME IS 7:52 PM.I'M TAMMY RICHARDS, PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND PRESIDING OFFICER.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ALLOW SUPERINTENDENT BONSER TO VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REQUIRING THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, I VERIFY THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT IS TEMPORARILY AMENDED BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT ON MARCH 16TH, 2020.
>> THE BOARD NOW, WELCOMES TWO PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING FOR SENIOR CADETS BY WAY OF VIDEO TO LEAD US IN THE UNITED STATES PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS FLAG.
COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. [NOISE].
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT THE STUDENTS DID THAT IN ADVANCE FOR US.
I'M HONORED TO PROVIDE TONIGHT'S INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO OUR CLASS OF 2020 AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHICH INCLUDES TWO OF OUR BOARD COLLEAGUES, ANGELA AND DAVID, WHO ARE SENIORS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE, BUT I WANT OUR SENIORS AND OUR FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STRONG.
I'VE SEEN HOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS PULLED TOGETHER IN SO MANY WAYS DURING THIS CRISIS AND I WANT OUR SENIORS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER FOR THEM.
DISTRICT LEADERS ARE WORKING ON ALTERNATIVES THAT NO MATTER WHAT, WILL INCLUDE SOME SORT OF AN IN-PERSON TANGIBLE EXPERIENCE, EVEN IF A TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON CEREMONY IS NOT POSSIBLE.
AS WE BEGIN TO WRAP UP THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR CLASS OF 2020 WITH VIRTUAL WEEKLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITIES.
MAY 1ST WAS NATIONAL PRINCIPALS DAY AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PLANO ISD PRINCIPALS, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
MAY 1ST WAS ALSO NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH HEROES DAY, AND SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THESE UNSUNG HEROES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, EVEN DURING THIS TIME OF SCHOOL CLOSURE.
FINALLY, THIS WEEK WE ARE CELEBRATING TEACHERS DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
ALL THESE COMMEMORATIONS MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR BUT WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS WORKING HARD TO BE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE CELEBRATIONS [NOISE] FEEL SPECIAL.
I READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE RECENTLY.
IT QUOTED AN OLD PASTOR WHO HAD AN ANNOYING HABIT OF LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.
IN THE FACE OF BAD NEWS, HE WOULD ASK, "WHAT DOES THIS MAKE POSSIBLE?" I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR ALL OF US NOW, BOTH IN OUR PERSONAL AND IN OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
WHAT DOES THIS TIME OF CHALLENGE MAKE POSSIBLE? HOW CAN YOU BE BETTER, DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU MUST RISE TO THIS NEW CHALLENGE? WORKING TOGETHER AND RISING INTO THESE CHALLENGES, WE CAN BUILD AN EVEN BRIGHTER EDUCATIONAL FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL THE WAY THAT OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THE LEARNING CONTINUES.
WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH DURING THIS TIME.
TEACHERS HAVE LEARNED TO CHANGE THEIR TEACHING STYLE OVERNIGHT.
PARENTS HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNING STYLES OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND STUDENTS HAVE HAD TO BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN LEARNING LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER TIMES AHEAD AND WE WILL BE READY WITH NEW SKILLS BECAUSE WE RIBBON TO THIS CHALLENGE. THANK YOU.
[NOISE] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF OUR AGENDA.
SECRETARY CHAMBERS, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
>> PRESIDENT RICHARDS, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED.
>> THANK YOU. NOW, I TURN THE AGENDA OVER TO SARAH.
[7. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD - ELECTION OF OFFICERS]
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
ALSO, WE WILL TURN NOW TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.
AS STATED IN BOARD POLICY BDAA LOCAL IN NON-ELECTION YEARS, THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF OFFICERS, THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF OFFICERS SHALL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING IN MAY.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL ORGANIZE BY SELECTING A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND SECRETARY.
BOARD OPERATING PROTOCOLS STATES THAT NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OFFICERS WILL RESUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OFFICE FOLLOWING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEARS GRADUATION CEREMONY, WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE PUBLISHED DATE IN JUNE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL PRESIDE OVER THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH BDAA REGULATION, I WAS DULY NOTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS OF THEIR INTENT TO SEEK AN OFFICER POSITION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ON APRIL 24TH, 2020 AT 12:36 PM, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM TAMMY RICHARDS NOTIFYING ME OF HER INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT.
ON APRIL 24TH, 2020, AT 4:20 PM, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM ANGELA POWELL, NOTIFYING ME OF HER INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
ON APRIL 24TH, 2020 AT 5:18 PM, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM NANCY HUMPHREY NOTIFYING ME OF HER INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF BOARD VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD SECRETARY.
ON APRIL 27TH, 2020 AT 9:31 AM, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM JERRY CHAMBERS EXPRESSING HER INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF BOARD PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT AND BOARD SECRETARY.
ON APRIL 30TH, 2020 AT 9:20 PM, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM DR. HEATHER WANG EXPRESSING HER INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF BOARD SECRETARY.
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AS REQUIRED BY POLICY AND PROTOCOL, I FORWARDED EACH OF THESE E-MAILS TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND INCLUDED EACH MEMBER STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS OR THE POSITION SIDE.NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS JERRY CHAMBERS TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SORRY.
>> OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS TAMMY RICHARDS TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? NO, THERE CAN'T BE. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE NOTIFIED.
HEARING NO FURTHER NOMINATIONS, WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE.
I WILL START IN THE ORDER OF THE FIRST NOMINATION RECEIVED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY NANCY HUMPHREY, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS JERI CHAMBERS TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
PRESIDENT RICHARDS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> WITH A VOTE OF THE FIVE, TWO, THE MOTION FAILS.
SO WE WILL GO BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.
I HAVE RECEIVED A MOTION BY ANGELA POWELL, A SECOND BY HEATHER WANG, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS TAMMY RICHARDS TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL AGAIN PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
PRESIDENT RICHARDS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT AGAIN WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
>> SO THE NOMINATION OF TAMMY RICHARDS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEES STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAJORITY AND IT HAS BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH THE PAST MOTION, I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING BACK TO PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
>> THANK YOU, SARAH. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS CODY WEAVER. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS JERI CHAMBERS TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS ANGELA POWELL TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020 TO 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
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ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? WE WILL VOTE IN THE ORDER THAT THE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED.
I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER AND A SECOND BY NANCY HUMPHREY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE ELECTS JERI CHAMBERS TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I AM OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO THREE, SO WE WILL NOT PROCEED TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT CANDIDATE.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS HEATHER WANG TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? I GUESS NOT. SO WE WILL VOTE IN ORDER.
I'M SORRY, THIS IS CHALLENGING TO GO THROUGH.
SO WE WILL VOTE FIRST ON THE POSITION OF SECRETARY.
I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND DAVID STOLLE, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS NANCY HUMPHREY TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF THE PLANO ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THIS IS VOTING FOR SECRETARY AND NANCY HUMPHREY IS THE NOMINEE.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
SO THE MOTION FAILS FOUR TO THREE.
WE PROCEED TO THE NEXT NOMINEE.
THE NEXT CANDIDATE FOR BOARD SECRETARY IS HEATHER WANG IN THE MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS AND A SECOND BY ANGELA POWELL.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
THIS CONCLUDES THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
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WE WILL NOW ADDRESS THE CONSENT AGENDA,[8. CONSENT AGENDA]
WHICH CONSISTS OF ROUTINE ITEMS GROUPED TOGETHER FOR APPROVAL AS ONE ACTION ITEM.UNLESS WE MOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THESE ITEMS WILL BE ACTED ON AT ONE TIME WITH NO DISCUSSION.
BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAY I HAVE A MOTION.
>> [LAUGHTER] I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> HEATHER WANG [OVERLAPPING].
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY ANGELA WANG THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[NOISE] I THINK, SARAH, YOU MAY HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE.
>> I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
SO THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDAS, IS VERY THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE NAMING OF THE NEW PRINCIPAL FOR WEATHERFORD ELEMENTARY.
PRINCIPAL BEN BENAVIDES, WHO USED TO ACTUALLY TEACH SPANISH FOR ME WHEN I WAS PRINCIPAL AT HENDRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL SO LONG TIME AGO.
I'VE KNOWN PRINCIPAL BENAVIDES AND HE HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR THE NEXT LEADER FOR THE WEATHERFORD COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY WITH YOUR APPROVAL TO WELCOME NIDIA CEDILLO TO THE PLANO ISD TEAM.
NIDIA IS COMING TO US FROM MCKINNEY ISD AND I'VE TALKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE AND HE'S NOT VERY HAPPY WITH ME TODAY, BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT GREAT CANDIDATES FIND PLACES TO SHINE IN OTHER PLACES AND NIDIA IS GOING TO COME AND SHINE IN PLANO [NOISE] JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I KNOW SHE IS WATCHING WITH HER FAMILY AT HOME.
SO WITH HER HUSBAND, GUS, AND HER DAUGHTER, WHO WAS A FOURTH GRADER, GOING TO BE A FIFTH GRADER NEXT YEAR AND THEIR TWO DOGS.
THEY'RE ANXIOUSLY WATCHING THE MEETING.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON PRINCIPAL CEDILLO, SHE HAS 16 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, AND SHE HAS SERVED AS A SECOND, THIRD, FIFTH GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER, AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND MOST RECENTLY, SIX YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S IN SCIENCE DEGREE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION FROM TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
MOTIVATED BY LIFELONG LEARNING, SHE'S A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
MISS CEDILLO IS A PLANO RESIDENT WHO IS EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE WEATHERFORD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
SHE CREDITS HER BELIEF THAT GREAT SCHOOLS ARE THE RESULT OF GREAT TEACHERS AS THE REASON SHE IS WHERE SHE IS TODAY.
IN HER WORDS, "AS A MILITARY BRAT AND A DAUGHTER OF AN ENGLISH LEARNER, IT WAS THE GREATEST TEACHERS WHO ALLOWED ME TO EMBRACE WHO I WAS AS I NAVIGATED DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT CULTURES, AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
IT WAS THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT GUIDED MY CORE VALUES OF FAMILY, COMMITMENT, COMMUNICATION, COURAGE, AND COMPASSION.
I BELIEVE IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FIRST AND THAT BEFORE WE CAN TEACH AND LEARN, WE HAVE TO TOUCH HEARTS.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, IT IS THESE CORE VALUES THAT HAVE GROUNDED ME." SO WE ARE SO EXCITED.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO MEET HER IN PERSON.
BUT, NIDIA, WELCOME TO PLANO ISD.
THANK YOU FOR BECOMING A PRINCIPAL WITH US AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ON THE TEAM HAS ANY OTHER WORDS THEY WANT TO SAY, BUT WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
>> WEATHERFORD IS A SPECIAL PLACE.
WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE LANDED THERE.
>> MILITARY DEPENDENTS GROW UP TO BE GREAT PEOPLE [LAUGHTER].
>> LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN PERSON.
>> WELCOME TO THE PLANO FAMILY [NOISE].
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>> SARAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?
>> NO, PRESIDENT RICHARDS, THAT'S THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THAT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND NOTICE OF
[A. Recommendation to Send Notice of Proposed Nonrenewal to Term Contract Employee Brittany Scott Presenter: Dr. Beth Brockman, Assistant Superintendent Employee Services Time: 5 minutes]
PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL TO TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, BRITTANY SCOTT.>> SO ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE BOARD SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL TO A TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, BRITTANY SCOTT, FOR GOOD CAUSE.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEND NOTICE OF PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL TO CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT TEACHER BRITTANY SCOTT AT THE END OF THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
>> I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND?
>> JERI. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY CODY WEAVER, A SECOND BY JERI CHAMBERS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEND NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL TO CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT TEACHER BRITTANY SCOTT AT THE END OF THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> [NOISE] SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
NEXT ITEM IS TERMINATION OF CONTRACT 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE TAISA.
[B. Termination of Chapter 21 Probationary Contract Employee Taisa Gaia Presenter: Dr. Beth Brockman, Assistant Superintendent Employee Services Time: 5 minutes]
I'M SORRY. IT'S SPELLED T-A-I-S-A G-A-I-A, GAIA.DR. BETH BROCKMAN, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EMPLOYEE SERVICES, WILL PRESENT. DR. BROCKMAN.
>> ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE TERMINATION OF CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, TAISA GAIA.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TERMINATE CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TEACHER TAISA GAIA AT THE END OF THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERI CHAMBERS, A SECOND BY CODY WEAVER, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TERMINATE CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TEACHER TAISA GAIA AT THE END OF THE 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES 7-0.
[NOISE] AT THIS POINT, MR. ARMSTRONG NEEDS TO HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS ADDED TO THE ZOOM MEETING. IS THAT CORRECT?
WE ARE GOING TO ADD IN DR DASH WEERASINGHE, LESLEY RANGE-STANTON, AND SELENDA ANDERSON.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE BOARD WILL NOW HEAR THE REPORT ON
[A. Plano Independent School District Revised 2019 - 2020 Plan of Work Presenter: Sara Bonser, Superintendent Time: 60 minutes]
THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REVISED 2019-2020 PLAN OF WORK.SUPERINTENDENT BONSER AND CABINET MEMBERS WILL PRESENT [INAUDIBLE] CABINET.
THE MEETING HAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE DR. [INAUDIBLE] ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, LESLIE STANTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS, AND [INAUDIBLE] , SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.
SUPERINTENDENT BONSER, WILL YOU START US OFF?
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
SO THIS EVENING, THE TEAM WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING WITH THE BOARD AND COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THE REVISED PLAN OF WORK FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
NOT DOES EVERYONE KNOWS, BUT AS THE BOARD KNOWS, FOR SURE, EACH YEAR, THE PLAN OF WORK IS THE YEAR-LONG ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR
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ACHIEVING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INCLUDE ACADEMICS AND DEPARTMENTAL GOALS, AND THAT IS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD EACH FALL AND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT IS IT SETS THE COURSE AND THE PLAN FOR US FOR THE YEAR.USUALLY, WE WOULD BE IN THE FINAL AGES OF COMPLETING THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF WORK AS SET FORTH IN THE FALL.
BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO PIVOT IN THE LAST NINE WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC, A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE REVISIONS TO THE PLAN OF WORK THAT WILL BE COMBINED WHEN WE BRING OUR YEAR-END SUMMATIVE REPORTING TO THE BOARD.
USUALLY, THINGS WILL POP UP DURING THE YEAR AND WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE PUT THAT IN THE PLANET WORK? OR DO WE PUT IT IN NEXT YEAR'S PLAN OF WORK? OR DO WE TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE PLAN OF WORK AND REPLACE IT BECAUSE OF A PRIORITY? WELL, OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD A HUGE PRIORITY EMERGE RECENTLY.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD HAS AN UNDERSTANDING FROM EACH OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AND WHERE THEY'RE HEADED WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS RELATED TO COVID-19 AND SCHOOL CLOSURE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE MAYBE, WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE SUMMATIVE REPORTING TIME, THAT A FEW THINGS THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN MAY HAVE SLOWED DOWN SLIGHTLY [NOISE] AND WILL HAVE TO BE CARRIED OVER TO NEXT YEAR AS WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THIS NEW WORK.
THEN CERTAINLY, OTHER THINGS WILL HAVE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE.
BUT THIS WILL BECOME A PART OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE YEAR.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL FLIP TO THEM TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL JUST TALK VERY BRIEFLY, AND THEN DR. WILLIAMS IS GOING TO SHARE THIS SLIDE WITH ME.
BUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A TEAM OF ALL OF US, THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER LEADERS AND PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT TO REALLY FIND OUR WAY THROUGH THE NEW WORK THAT WE WERE DOING.
SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD WANT TO SAY IS HOW APPRECIATIVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN OF THE BOARD SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE AND GOVERNANCE DURING THIS TIME.
BECAUSE THE VERY FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED, OF COURSE, WAS THAT WE HAD AN EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GOVERNANCE AND WISE COUNSEL TO ADMINISTRATION AS WE WORKED THROUGH MANAGING THIS CHANGE.
THAT HAS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THESE WEEKS.
THEN THE NEXT BULLETS YOU CAN SEE IS IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
WE MEET DAILY WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS, WE MEET SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK IN A REGION, WE DO ROUND TABLES WITHIN OUR COUNTY WITH SUPERINTENDENTS, WE MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER AT THE BEGINNING DAILY AND NOW, AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK, WE ARE ON A CALL WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US AS WELL.
THEN WE REALLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM OUR PARENTS AND OUR PTA AS THEY'VE HELPED US CHANNEL COMMUNICATION AND GIVEN US FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.
THE PTA HAS BEEN JUST SUCH A SOLID PARTNER LIKE THEY ALWAYS ARE IN HELPING US AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE PARENT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND RESPOND, AND IT'S NO DOUBT THIS IS A CHALLENGING SITUATION FOR OUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES, AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEN THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS PIVOTED AND FOUND A WAY TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS AROUND SCHOOL SUPPLIES DURING SCHOOL CLOSURE.
YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT THAT THEY'VE BEEN CONTACTED BY PARTNERS OF THE FOUNDATION TO FUND SOME THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO GIVE COMPUTER ACCESS TO KIDS.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF R EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THEIR SUPPORT.
THEN OF COURSE, THROUGH THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, YOU WON'T SEE A REPORT ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION AT THIS BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN NO FURTHER ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME.
EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO DO HAPPENED WITHIN THE TIMELINES OF OUR REGULAR BOARD AGENDA SO WE DID NOT NEED TO EXPAND THAT RESOLUTION PRIVILEGE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. WILLIAMS AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE OTHER THREE THINGS ON THE OPERATING SIDE OF THE LEADERSHIP PART OF THE REVISED PLAN OF WORK.
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>> THANK YOU, SARAH. SO AS WE'VE NAVIGATED THROUGH THESE EVER CHANGING TIMES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY REQUIRED US TO NOT ONLY PIVOT, BUT TO BE INCREDIBLY NIMBLE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE REGULAR AND ONGOING MEETINGS WITH CABINETS.
SO RIGHT NOW, REALLY SINCE MARCH, WE HAVE TWO CABINET MEETINGS SCHEDULED EVERY DAY, SO MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR US NOT JUST TO KEEP CONNECTED AS A TEAM, BUT IT'S ALLOWED TIME AND SPACE FOR US TO PROBLEM-SOLVE, PLAN, AND PLAN AGAIN, AND THEN TO FORMULATE COMMUNICATION THAT'S SO CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO KEEPING THE REST OF OUR TEAMS OUT OF THE CAMPUSES, SO OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF UP TO DATE AS WE'VE HAD A ROLL OUT ANY PLANS, BUT ALSO TO HAVE A LINE OF COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED WITH OUR FAMILIES.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED THAT COMMUNICATION AS WELL.
SO IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ESTABLISH DAILY COMMUNICATION, OR ALMOST DAILY COMMUNICATION TO PRINCIPALS AND TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS AS A WHOLE, AS WELL AS TO OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE TO US, AND WE CAN ROLL THAT OUT TO FAMILIES AND TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE DONE THAT SO THAT WE ARE NOT LEAVING PEOPLE OUT TO QUESTION AND WONDER.
SO THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE THAT TIME TO COLLABORATE.
REALLY, THAT MOVES US INTO PLACING OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, THINKING ABOUT OUR SUMMER, AND PLANNING FOR SUMMER, AND THEN BEGINNING TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH.
SO RIGHT NOW, HOW DO WE WRAP UP IN END THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT CHANGES DO WE NEED TO MAKE FOR SUMMER WITH REGARD TO SUMMER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, AND THEN WHAT ARE THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS.
SO AS THESE CONTINUED TO UNFOLD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF AND FAMILIES IN THE LOOP.
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT, A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING FROM THE TEAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, ALL THE WAY DOWN.
EVERYBODY HAS JUST COME TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY DURING THIS TIME TO ADJUST, TO PIVOT, TO BE INCREDIBLY NIMBLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY PROVIDE FOR THEM DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
SO WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEAMS AND WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN IT OVER.
I BELIEVE THAT DR. HASLEY IS UP NEXT TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN ACADEMIC SERVICES AND AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILLIAMS. I'M DELIGHTED TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE FROM MY TEAM'S PERSPECTIVE.
I GOT SEVERAL THINGS BULLETED HERE AND I'LL SHARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON EACH BULLET.
AS YOU KNOW, THE REMOTE LEARNING REALLY BEGAN THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK WHEN WE DECIDED TO GIVE THE STUDENTS AN EXTENDED SPRING BREAK.
IMMEDIATELY, MY WHOLE DEPARTMENT WORKED QUICKLY TO ASSEMBLE RESOURCES SO THAT WE COULD LAUNCH A WEBSITE FOR PARENTS TO USE AT HOME JUST FOR SUPPORTING LEARNING OF BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE ACTIVITIES.
IN THE PLANNING FOR PHASE 2 AND BEYOND, THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ECONOMIC SERVICES TEAM WORKED VERY QUICKLY.
THEY HAD TO STUDY THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF ALL THE REMAINING CONTENT FOR THE YEAR IN ALL OUR COURSES AND EVERY GRADE LEVEL AND THE TEAMS WORK TO IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL PIECES IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE UNITS THAT WERE REMAINING THAT REALLY NEEDED TO BE TAUGHT.
THEY DEVELOPED TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AS THEY TRANSITIONED ALL INSTRUCTION AND PLANNING TO A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEAMS ARE, OF COURSE, CONTINUING THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED BASED ON FEEDBACK.
SO AS YOU KNOW, PHASE 2 ROLLED OUT MARCH 23RD.
IT WAS A TWO-WEEK PERIOD, AND TEACHERS ACTUALLY BEGAN THE REMOTE INSTRUCTION THEN.
DURING THAT TWO WEEKS, WE DID NOT TAKE GRADES BECAUSE WE WERE ALLOWING TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GET CONNECTED, BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THEIR REMOTE LEARNING, AND TECHNOLOGY WAS STILL BEING DEPLOYED.
THEN PHASE 3 CAME ALONG, IT STARTED APRIL 6TH AND WILL EXTEND TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
FOR MANY CLASSES, THIS WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE PHASE 2, A TEACHER REMOTE LEARNING.
IN MANY OF OUR SECONDARY COURSES, HOWEVER, WE NOW HAVE A BLENDED APPROACH WITH TEACHER-DEVELOPED ASSIGNMENTS ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT WIDE VIRTUAL CONTENT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR INGENUITY PLATFORM, WHICH WE DID ALIGN TO OUR CURRICULUM.
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WE ALSO ADDED ELEMENTARY LITERACY PROGRAMS, WHICH ALIGN TO STUDENT MAT SCORES AND PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED PATHWAYS.ALL OF THIS WAS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH CONTENT AND TO ALLOW TEACHERS MORE TIME FOR CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING THEM AS WELL AS WITH THEIR OWN ASSIGNMENTS AND INSTRUCTION SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT WIDE CONTENT.
SO THE NEXT BULLET IS OUR GRADING GUIDELINES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ROBUST THAT WITH PHASE 3 AND THOSE WERE DESIGNED TO BENEFIT AND SUPPORT STUDENTS.
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT BY APPROVING THE RESOLUTION AND THE POLICY REVISIONS THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU.
WE ALSO NOW HAVE ROLLED OUT PHASE 4, AND THIS IS FOR SECONDARY ONLY.
WE BEGAN THIS THE WEEK OF APRIL 22ND, AND IT WILL EXTEND A LITTLE BEYOND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON CREDIT RECOVERY AND ALSO OFFERING SOME OPTIONAL COURSES.
THE CREDIT RECOVERY IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT MEETING THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE HAVE MADE A PRIORITY TO IDENTIFY SENIORS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF FAILING AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME CREDIT RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES.
OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE OUR EAST SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH MANY STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FOR CREDIT RECOVERY.
BUT WITH THE INGENUITY PLATFORM, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANOTHER LAYER OF CREDIT RECOVERY THIS YEAR.
ALSO, THE SECOND PIECE OF THE PHASE 4 WAS FOCUSED ON OFFERING SOME OPTIONAL COURSES.
WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUT THROUGH THE INGENUITY PLATFORM AVAILABLE TO ALL NIGHT THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS, VIRTUAL TUTOR COURSES, WHICH ARE A TEST PREP FOR SAT, ACT, AND PSAT.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, TOTALLY OPTIONAL, STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE TO ENROLL AND IT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT THERE ON THEIR WEB DESK.
SO THE NEXT BULLET IS ABOUT OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
TAKE A MINUTE TO BRAG ON A COUPLE MORE OF MY TEAMS. THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT TEAM VERY QUICKLY HAD TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR ALL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS.
AS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AS MS. [INAUDIBLE] HAS SAID, TEA GUIDANCE AND WE'RE HEARING FROM GOVERNMENT ENTITIES SOMETIMES DAILY IN THE VERY BEGINNING, AND OF COURSE WEEKLY, SO THE SPECIAL ED TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THAT GUIDANCE AND EMBEDDING US ALL WHILE SUPPORTING CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, TEAM LEADERS, TEACHERS, ITINERANT STAFF ALL IN PROVIDING THE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AS BEST WE CAN IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
ANOTHER SPECIAL POPULATION WE HAVE IS OUR ENGLISH LEARNER POPULATION.
THE MULTILINGUAL TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ALSO WITH KEEPING UP WITH TEA'S GUIDANCE AND THINGS WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN KEEPING US IN COMPLIANCE.
THEY'VE PROVIDED ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO TEACHERS BY HELPING THEM WITH STRATEGIES TO MAKE THE REMOTE LEARNING EXPERIENCE ACCESSIBLE TO ENGLISH LEARNERS.
ALSO, THEY'VE PROVIDED LANGUAGE SUPPORT.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A SUPPORT LINE, A PHONE NUMBER, MUCH LIKE THE HELP DESK NUMBER FOR TECHNOLOGY, BUT THIS IS FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AND NEEDS SUPPORT IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, AND THE MULTI-LINGUAL DEPARTMENT HAS LED IN THAT CHARGE.
SO THE NEXT BULLET LOOKS LIKE ALPHABET SOUP.
THIS IS A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADVANCED ACADEMIC CCM, OUR DEPARTMENT TEAM.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING WEEKLY UPDATES FROM SEVERAL ENTITIES, COLLEGE BOARD, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION, AND COLLIN COLLEGE, OUR BILL CREDIT PARTNERS.
THEY'VE PROVIDED THESE UPDATES TO FAMILIES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THIS TIME PERIOD.
JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN ON DUAL CREDIT.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR STUDENTS SIGNING UP FOR DUAL CREDIT CLASSES.
THE TSIA YOU SEE IN THEIR STANDS FOR TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE ENTRANCE EXAM FOR COLLEGE USED FOR DUAL CREDIT, BUT COLLIN HAS WAVED THIS REQUIREMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP FOR DUAL CREDIT AND THEY'LL ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THEIR TEST LATER IN OCTOBER.
ON THE AP FRONT ADVANCED PLACEMENT, COLLEGE BOARD, OF COURSE, HAS DECIDED TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE TESTS AT HOME AND THAT ACTUALLY BEGINS MONDAY NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE, OF COURSE, GIVEN SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND EXACT TIMES TO TAKE THE TEST.
WE'VE KEPT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES UPDATED.
ON THE IB PROGRAM, THESE TESTS HAVE COMPLETELY BEEN CANCELED, SO OUR TEACHERS ARE SUBMITTING STUDENT WORK AND PROJECTS TO BE EXTERNALLY SCORED TO DETERMINE TEST SCORES THERE.
THEN FOR ACT AND SAT, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR DECISIONS THERE ON WHAT THOSE TESTS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEM AT HOME.
OUR LAST BULLET LISTED IS OUR SUMMER CURRICULUM WORK, AND THIS REALLY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF WORK.
WE MUST MAKE A PRIORITY OF IDENTIFYING ESSENTIAL PIECES OF THIS LAST NINE-WEEK PERIOD CURRICULUM AND KNOWING WHAT WE NEED TO SPIRAL BACK IN NEXT YEAR TO HELP MINIMIZE THE GAPS IN LEARNING.
WE KNOW STUDENTS WILL HAVE GAPS IN LEARNING,
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ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WERE NOT FULLY ENGAGED DURING THIS REMOTE LEARNING PERIOD.SO WE ARE MAKING A PRIORITY OF OUR WORK TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO EMBED THINGS IN THE CURRICULUM TO HELP WITH THAT AND ALSO HELP DEVELOP SOME INTERVENTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS, EVERY TEAM WITHIN THE WHOLE ACADEMIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED HARD, THEY'VE BEEN FULLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING EVERY TEACHER EVERY DAY AND THEY HAD BEEN FLEXIBLE, THEY'VE HAD TO DEVELOP PLANS QUICKLY, AND ADJUST THINGS QUICKLY WITH QUICK TURNAROUNDS AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS REMOTE LEARNING WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLABORATION OF ALL DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT BUT I DO WANT TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, THEY ARE THE ONES DIRECTLY LINKED TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THEIR WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CONTINUITY OF LEARNING WHILE MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT GO BEYOND ACADEMICS.
I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT'S WORK TONIGHT.
>> [NOISE] LET ME UNMUTE. ON ACTS OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CARES ACT AND FEMA FUNDING.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CARES ACT AND IT'S ABOUT TWO TRILLION DOLLARS THAT'S BEEN TARGETED.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, CARES STANDS FOR CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMICS SECURITY ACT.
A PORTION OF THAT TWO TRILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN TARGETED TO TWO PROGRAMS THAT COULD HELP TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION RELIEF FUNDS OR ANOTHER ACRONYM ALSO ESSER THAT YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT, THERE WAS 13.2 BILLION THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THIS NATIONWIDE AND 1.2 BILLION OF THAT WAS ALLOTTED TO TEXAS SCHOOLS.
OUR LATEST ESTIMATED AMOUNT AT PLANO IS APPROXIMATELY 3.9 OR JUST SLIGHTLY OVER THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS GOING TO FLOW TO US THIS COMING YEAR OR IF THE STATE IS GOING TO SAVE IT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THERE'S BEEN SOME LEGISLATORS TALKING ABOUT DEFERRING THAT TO WHEN THE STATE BUDGET NEEDS TO HAVE MORE.
SECONDLY, THERE'S THE GOVERNOR'S EDUCATION RELIEF FUNDING, THAT'S ALSO CALLED GEER, G-E-E-R.
THERE WAS THREE BILLION ALLOCATED NATIONWIDE AND 300 MILLION FOR TEXAS.
WE THINK THAT THE STATE IS PROBABLY GOING TO USE THIS FOR STATE REVENUE LOSSES OR REDUCTIONS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THOSE.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S FEMA FUNDING.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PREMIUM PAY BECAUSE OUR POLICY WASN'T IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT THIS STARTED AS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION.
BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT AND ATTEND ADDITIONAL WEBINAR.
[OVERLAPPING] REFUNDS THAT WERE ISSUED.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT GENERATE REVENUE THAT ARE PAID BY PARENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE PISSAR, EMPLOYED CHILDCARE, AND BUS FARE OF THESE.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF REFUNDING PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH, AND EVEN THEY PREPAID FOR APRIL AND MAY.
OUR STAFFS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO REFUND THOSE.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PISSAR, WE REFUNDED ALMOST 3,200 ACCOUNTS MANUALLY.
EMPLOYED CHILDCARE WAS ADJUSTED THROUGH PAYROLL, AND NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REFUNDING BUS FARES.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH FUN ARTS AND THE BOOSTER CLUBS TO REFUND FOR CANCELED SCHOOL TRIPS, AND THOSE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE TRAVEL COMPANY HAS REFUNDED, AND SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO GET THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE FAMILIES THAT PAID FOR THOSE INITIAL COSTS.
LASTLY ON SUMMER PROJECTS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY SUMMER AS THEY ALL ARE.
THERE WAS HONESTLY SOME BENEFIT IN NOT HAVING SCHOOL IN MAY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET JUMP STARTED ON SOME PROJECTS.
SO THE FUN ARTS CENTER IS ONGOING, NO CHANGES THERE.
FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL WON THE FUN ARTS AUDITION, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT ONE, AND ALSO AT [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY, THE ADDITIONAL SIX CLASSROOMS. WE WERE ABLE TO START EARLY ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO START ON MULTIPLE ROOFING PROJECTS AND ALSO IN TRACK REPLACEMENTS.
THE IN TRACK REPLACEMENTS FOR PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WILLIAMS, AND CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY, AND THEN ALSO THE RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT ADVANCE.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING FLOORING PROJECTS IN [INAUDIBLE] HERRINGTON [INAUDIBLE] , AND THE KITCHEN PROJECTS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLS AT BABY AND [INAUDIBLE].
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WE'RE BEGINNING THOSE AS WELL.AS YOU KNOW PEARSON ALREADY HAS SOME OPERATIONAL KITCHENS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF BACK NEXT WEEK AND SO WE CAN GET GOING ON SOME MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WHEN WOULD WE HAVE HAD TO SIGN THE EXTRA PAY AUTHORIZATION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FEMA FUNDING?
>> SO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS OUR POLICY HAD ALREADY SAID PREMIUM PAY, THAT WE ALLOWED FOR PREMIUM PAY PRIOR TO THE START OF COVID.
SO THERE WERE SOME DISTRICTS THAT AMENDED THEIR POLICY AFTER WE STARTED COVID.
BUT ON A WEBINAR THIS PAST WEEK WITH SOME PEOPLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY SAID THE DISTRICTS THAT AMENDED THEIR POLICY AFTER AREN'T GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE.
>> RANDY, IS THAT ELIGIBLE AT ALL TO THE CARES ACT? ARE YOU HEARING THAT?
>> SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW THEY TARGET THE CARES ACT AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT ESTER MONEY OR THE GEAR MONEY.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY TALK ABOUT THAT BEING DIRECTLY FOR PREMIUM PAY.
IT'S STILL DEVELOPING, IT'S EARLY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS TO BE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL ON HOW ESTER AND GEAR FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED OUT TO DISTRICTS.
>> RIGHT NOW, IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THAT ON FEMA, THE ONLY ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT?
>> YEAH, WE DO THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE.
YES, OR AT LEAST TO THE LIMIT.
>> RANDY, ON THE CARES ACT FUND, I THINK IF I HEARD THE NUMBER RIGHT, YOU SAID IT'S $1.2 BILLION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
>> THEN IT'S UP TO THE STATE ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, AND WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS WE GO FORWARD, AND HOW WE DEAF TAIL LISTEN TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
BUT HERE'S MY FEAR, MY EXPECTATION QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT THE STATES CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT TOWARDS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE HAD AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
THE TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY THE STATE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUDGET CRISIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE THIS $1.2 BILLION TO BAND-AID THAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS, THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER HOUSE BILL 3 TO FUND ON AN EQUAL BASIS TO PROPERTY TAXES, THEY'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY TO DO SO.
SO WHAT I'D ASKED YOU IS TO GO THROUGH ONE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
TWO, IF IT IS POSSIBLE, WHAT DO WE DO IF ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? THEN THREE, HOW DO WE MAKE WHAT WE THINK SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THOSE FUNDS HAPPEN? THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ANSWER FOR TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK OF ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED FOR THAT MONEY TO SIT AND SUPPLEMENT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT I SUSPECT THAT'S 100 PERCENT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
>> WE'LL DEFINITELY STAY TUNED IN, AND WE WILL KEEP ALL TUNED IN AS WELL AS THAT DEVELOPS. A GOOD QUESTION.
>> WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS TOPIC AS WELL.
SO HE'S TOLD US, "DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO ANY NUMBERS YOU SEE OUT THERE UNLESS YOU HEAR IT COMING FROM TEA, BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO FLOW THROUGH", AND I DON'T KNOW.
>> WELL, AS YOU [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] ASKED, UNFORTUNATELY, THE HISTORY OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS IS WHEN THEY CAN'T SUPPLEMENT THEIR OWN OBLIGATION WITH SOME OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING.
THEY DID THAT BACK IN 2009 AND 2011 WITH FUNDING THEY GOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY [INAUDIBLE] ESPECIALLY REPLACED THEIR OBLIGATION AT THE STATE LEVEL TO FUND [INAUDIBLE] THOSE DOLLARS.
WHEN THOSE DOLLARS GO AWAY, THEY THEN PUSH CUTS ON DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S SUPPLEMENT WITH $1.2 BILLION FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
YOU CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT IN 2023 WHEN THEY PASS THE BUDGET, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING US TO CUT BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD TO HAVE A $1.2 BILLION HOLD IN THEIR BUDGET.
>> YEAH. THE COMMISSIONER HAS SAID THAT HE DOUBTS IT'LL BE A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR REPLACEMENT, BUT FEMA IS NOT EITHER.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
SO WE'LL BE WATCHING IT CLOSELY.
>> YEAH, THIS IS JUST [NOISE] A LONG GAME ON THIS.
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UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE BEEN HAMMERED BY THEIR LONG GAME IN THE PAST, SO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW TO GO FORWARD BASIS.>> GOOD EVENING, I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS ON SOME AREAS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND DISTRICT SERVICES.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUT TALKING ABOUT OUR FOOD SERVICE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WE REACHED RECENTLY BEING SERVED TO THE KIDS DURING THIS TIME.
I DO WANT TO GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO ASHLEY HEAP AND THE WHOLE FANS DEPARTMENT, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN A KEY PART OF THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT.
AS THEY DO THE PREPARATION, THE PACKING, THEIR CURB SIDE DELIVERY, THAT'S JUST A UNIQUE SET UP THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY DAY AND IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY'RE USED TO IN THE REGULAR FOOD PREPARATION AND CAFETERIA STYLE SERVICE.
AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SUMMER FEEDING PLANS AND WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
RANDY MENTIONED SOME KITCHEN RENOVATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD TO THOSE CAMPUSES.
THERE'S ALSO I THINK FIVE OR SIX OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
WELL, LIKE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ELEMENTARIES AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ARE HAVING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT KITCHEN RENOVATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND HOPEFULLY IN TIME FOR SCHOOL WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST.
IN ADDITION TO FANS, BEFORE WE GET A STUDENT ACTIVITIES, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OTHER SERVICE FOLKS THAT WE'VE HAD REALLY STEP UP AND DO SOME THINGS OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORMAL SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT THAT JOE PARKS WORKS WITH, AND THEN A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS OUT IN TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE HELPING DISTRIBUTE SOME WEEKEND FOOD ITEMS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THAT'S A VERY HELPFUL SERVICE.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SUSAN'S GROUP IN STUDENT SERVICES JUST TO PROVIDE THAT.
THEN OUT OF THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER WITH SOUSA LINUX'S GROUP, THE CREWS ARE TAKING CARE OF BASICALLY OF THE US MAIL DELIVERY AND A LOT OF THE SHIPPING THAT COMES INTO THE DISTRICT, THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN ORDERED.
BUT THERE'S JUST SOME ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT NEEDED TO CONTINUE AND THAT ARE NOT THE NORMAL PROCESSES, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE DOES AS WELL.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MENTION THEM AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO EACH DAY.
AS WE TRANSITION TO STUDENT ACTIVITIES, OBVIOUSLY, THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR.
IT'S PRETTY FULL OF TRY-OUTS AND AUDITIONS AND THINGS GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEY HAVE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS START HAVING CAMPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AS THEY WORK ON SCHOOL YEAR GETS STARTED IN AUGUST.
TRY-OUTS AND AUDITIONS HAVE REALLY TAKEN PLACE THIS YEAR VIRTUALLY AND THAT'S PRETTY UNIQUE.
I KNOW IN MY YEARS HERE IN THE DISTRICT, I HAVEN'T BEEN DIRECTLY BEEN A PART OF IT.
BUT IT HAS GONE WELL, KIDS ARE SUBMITTING, I'M GOING TO CALL THEM VIDEO CLIPS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND THE DIRECTORS AND INSTRUCTORS AND SPONSORS ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH CHEER-LEADING, THEY JUST COMPLETED THEIR TRY-OUTS RECENTLY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS, DRUM LINE, DRUM MAJORS, COLOR GUARD, DIFFERENT ENSEMBLES FOR THE MUSIC GROUPS.
SO MANY OF THEM WILL HAVE A HEAVY VIRTUAL COMPONENT TO THEIR AUDITION.
THEN THERE WILL ALSO BE, I'M SURE SOME FACE-TO-FACE THAT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE SUMMER THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT, THAT HAPPEN IN A FACE-TO-FACE SITUATION.
THE CAMPS ARE SCHEDULED, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR CHEER AND DRILL.
THE ONES THAT THEY ANNUALLY ATTEND ARE STILL SCHEDULED FOR JULY.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET SOME GUIDANCE IN THE COMING WEEKS WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO OCCUR OR NOT, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE POSTING THOSE ADVANCED THEY ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP THOSE ON THE CALENDAR.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
A BIG PIECE OF FINE ARTS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD KIDS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM OR CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM.
IS OUR INCOMING SIXTH GRADE KIDS
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STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY ARE EITHER IN BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA.THE INSTRUMENT FITTINGS FOR BAND AND ORCHESTRA IS A REALLY BIG PROCESS AND A BIG, BIG UNDERTAKING.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO THE COUNSELORS HAVE TIME TO WORK ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND BUILD THOSE SECTIONS THAT ARE BIG KEY COMPONENTS OF THE CAMPUS MASTER SCHEDULES ON THOSE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.
SO THOSE ARE GOING TO OCCUR OR THEY DO NEED TO HAPPEN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, FACE-TO-FACE.
SO FINE ARTS IS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH JENNA HANCOCK AND THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT ON HOW THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETIME PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER AND IT MIGHT EVEN BE WHEN WE GET BACK TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST OR CLOSE TO IT, SO THAT ACCURATE DECISIONS CAN BE MADE, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG LIFT FOR FOR THOSE FOLKS.
FROM AN ATHLETIC STANDPOINT, THE UIL CONTINUES TO GIVE SOME GUIDANCE.
THE ONLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THAT VOLLEYBALL, WHICH TRADITIONALLY HAS AN EARLY START DATE IN EARLY AUGUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL, THAT WILL CONTINUE, BUT THEY HAVE ADJUSTED THE START DATE FOR HIGH-SCHOOL FOOTBALL TO ALSO BEGIN ON AUGUST THE THIRD.
THERE'S SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AND THAT'S THE CONTACT THAT COACHES CAN HAVE WITH THE ATHLETES DURING SUMMER CONDITIONING.
WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO RELAX THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPRING ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES, SPRING FOOTBALL, THOSE THINGS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET SOME WORD ON THAT AS WE APPROACH IN SUMMER.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK REMINDER AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE JV2 PILOT OR NOT PILOT, THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
SPECIFICALLY IN TENTH GRADE FOOTBALL AND TENTH GRADE VOLLEYBALL.
I'VE SHARED THIS A LITTLE BIT PREVIOUSLY IN OTHER DISCUSSIONS, BUT WHAT OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, OUR NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, JOE SMITH, AS HE HAS COME IN.
THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO STRENGTHEN OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND ALSO THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IN EACH OF OUR SENIOR HIGH FEEDERS BECAUSE OF OUR UNIQUE SYSTEM, WITH OUR NINE-TEN SPLIT GOING FOR EACH SENIOR HIGH.
SO WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IS, LET ME GIVE A BASIC EXAMPLE.
BUT IN TENTH GRADE FOOTBALL, FOR EXAMPLE, AT EACH FEEDER SYSTEM, AND I'M GOING TO USE PLANO SENIOR HIGH, FOR EXAMPLE.
CLARK HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL AND VINES HIGH SCHOOL TENTH GRADE FOOTBALL WILL COMBINE TO HAVE TO CREATE ONE JV2 TEAM THAT WILL COMPETE UNDER THE PLANO SENIOR HIGH UMBRELLA.
THAT CAN BE REPLICATED AT THE OTHER TWO SENIOR HIGH FEEDER SYSTEMS, AND ALSO VERY SIMILAR WITH VOLLEYBALL, WHERE THE GIRL'S TENTH GRADE TEAMS WILL BE COMBINING TO HAVE ONE JV TEAM.
MR. SMITH DID SUBMIT THIS TO THE UIL A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO AND THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH.
THEY RECENTLY DID GET BACK WITH US AND APPROVED THAT PROPOSAL AND HAVE INSTRUCTED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLANNING.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU AND ALL THE VIEWERS OR LISTENERS THAT THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, OUR CHEER AND DRILL LEADERSHIP AND ATHLETICS AND THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION, THIS WILL BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND REALLY DRILLING DOWN AND GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT GAME NIGHTS WILL LOOK LIKE, HOW THIS WILL IMPACT A HUGE NUMBER OF OUR PERFORMING ARTS, OUR MARCHING BAND, COLOR GUARD, DRILL TEAMS, CHEERLEADERS.
LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN AT THOSE SUBPAR CITY GAMES TYPICALLY THAT OCCUR ON THURSDAY NIGHTS.
SO WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION JUST AS QUICK AS WE CAN AND START TO COMMUNICATE THAT AFTER THINGS ARE CONFIRMED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT.
>> KARY, JUST TO CONFIRM HERE.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A TENTH GREAT PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> AS WE HAVE KNOWN PREVIOUSLY, THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY WILL NOT COMPETE AT THEIR CAMPUS REPRESENTING THEIR SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WILL COMBINE AS I DESCRIBED.
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>> KARY, IS THE IDEA THAT JUST LIKE THE TRADITIONAL JV KIDS WILL BUST OVER TO PLANO SENIOR, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM PARK OR VINES OR BASICALLY ALL OF THE TENTH GRADERS WILL BE BUSED OVER FOR PRACTICE AT THE SENIOR HIGH FACILITY?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THEY WILL GET ON THE SHUTTLES, GO OVER AND PRACTICE WHETHER MORNING OR AFTERNOON, WHETHER IT'S VOLLEYBALL OR FOOTBALL.
>> YEAH. GREAT IDEA. I LOVE IT.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME SUCCESS AND IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH AND ONCE AGAIN, ON THE ALIGNMENT PIECE, THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
AS MUCH AS OUR KIDS CAN HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> GARY, I ALSO WANT TO PRAISE YOU FOR WHAT THE FANS DEPARTMENT DID TO SERVE OVER 200, 000 MEALS.
IT WAS QUITE A PROCESS THAT THE FANS DEPARTMENT HAD TO GO THROUGH TO ADAPT THE CAFETERIAS TO SUPPLY CURBSIDE.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
>> YOU BET. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M IN A SUPPORT ROLE, AND A CHEER LEADING ROLE, AND FACILITATE SOME THINGS.
BUT THAT ABSOLUTELY IS THE FANS DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
>> KARY, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK WAS AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH TODAY DISTRIBUTING FOOD.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT RESPONSE WAS, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE ON IT?
>> I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO SUSAN MODISETTE IF SHE CAN JUMP IN, AND HELP OUT.
>> I BET WILL BE PART OF WHAT I INCLUDE IN JUST A MINUTE, JERI.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN QUICKLY AND TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEE SERVICES, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IN THE HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR CAMPUS NURSES HAVE BEEN TAKING TURNS AND SUPPORTING THE FANS EFFORT TO FEED KIDS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY HIGH CONTACT NATURE OF THAT WORK, OUR CAMPUS NURSES ARE PROVIDING QUICK HEALTH CHECKS FOR FANS EMPLOYEES.
AT THE TIME WE WERE USING VOLUNTEERS ON THOSE CAMPUSES BEFORE THEY START THEIR SHIFT, IF YOU WILL.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO DEVELOP THE PROTOCOLS FOR RETURN TO ONSITE WORK.
GUIDELINES FOR WHO CAN ACCESS ON SITE WORK AND WHAT THOSE SAFETY PROTOCOLS NEED TO BE WHILE CONDUCTING ONSITE WORK.
WE STARTED THAT THAT VERY BEGINNING AND THEN AS THE CLOSURE EXTENDED, BACKED OFF AS WE WERE GOING TO BE IN REMOTE MODE LONGER, AND THEN HAVE REALLY RAMP THAT UP IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
THE BENEFITS AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THEIR WORK THAT HAS CONTINUED HAS BEEN THE VERY NORMAL WORK AROUND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ILL OR ROUTINE LEAVE ITEMS. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN THIS TIME OF OUR COVID PANDEMIC, BUT WE STILL HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HAVING BABIES, AND GOING ON MATERNITY LEAVE, AND HAVING SCHEDULED MEDICAL PROCEDURES.
UNFORTUNATELY, ALSO FAMILY LOSS AND WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES THROUGH THOSE SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN AS EXPECTED A DECREASE IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS. WE STILL HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHOSE CASES WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH.
BUT AS OUR CLOSURE HAS CONTINUED OR AS OUR REMOTE WORK HAS CONTINUED, OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS HAVE DECREASED.
FINALLY, THEY ARE WORKING AND HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO RAMP UP IN PREPARATION FOR NEEDING TO USE AND IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAMILY FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT.
THIS WAS PASSED CLEAR SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, AND WILL COME INTO PLAY AS WE RETURN TO ONSITE WORK.
EMPLOYEES MAY NEED TO ACCESS SOME PROVISIONS OF THAT ACT FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF LEAVE.
ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH SOME GUIDANCE THROUGH THE LABOR DEPARTMENT, ADA ACCOMMODATION, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, IF YOU WILL, ARE POSSIBILITIES AND WHAT IS TEMPORARILY BEING CONSIDERED A DISABILITY RELATED TO COVID-19.
OUR BENEFITS STAFF IS BEEN NOT ONLY WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES, BUT PREPARING THEMSELVES TO UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE AND WORK WITH EMPLOYEES AS THESE ISSUES SURFACE, AS FOLKS RETURNED TO ONSITE WORK.
IN HR, WE MADE SOME HIRING PROCESS ADAPTATIONS.
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FOR MANY WEEKS, OUR HIRING PROCESSES HAVE BEEN ON HOLD.THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS IN THE HIRING PROCESS THAT REQUIRE FACE-TO-FACE.
THERE'S IDENTITY VERIFICATION, THERE IS A I-9 FORM, AS WELL AS A CRIMINAL HISTORY ATTESTATION FORM THAT HAVE TO BE NOTARIZED AND REQUIRE WET SIGNATURES, AND SOME OTHER FORMS. SO WE'VE MOVED EVERYTHING ONLINE THAT WE COULD PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME PROCESSES THAT BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW MUST BE DONE FACE-TO-FACE, PERSON-TO-PERSON.
SO WE'VE HAD NEW HIRES ON HOLD.
WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT HIRING ON HOLD IN MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE WE COULD NOT PROCESS OUR NEW HIRES.
THOSE THINGS HAVE REOPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE WILL RETURN TO SOME LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE PROCESSING OF NEW HIRES AND PAPERWORK NEXT WEEK, INCLUDING REQUIRE FINGERPRINTING THAT OBVIOUSLY CANNOT BE DONE REMOTELY.
THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HR AND SAFETY AND SECURITY TO GET THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
ON RECRUITMENT ADJUSTMENTS, WE TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING WE HAD IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AROUND CAMPUS SPECIFIC JOB POSTINGS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAD A JOB FAIR SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THAT HAD TO BE POSTPONED TO THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, AND NOW THAT IS NOT LOOKING LIKELY.
SO HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPLES AND FINDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY CANDIDATES FOR THE TEACHING POSITIONS AND THE ASSISTANT POSITIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
WE HAD PHASED IN APPROACH FOR OPEN TO HIRE SURROUNDING OUR RESTRICTIONS AROUND ONBOARDING AND PAPERWORK FOR OUT OF DISTRICT HIRES.
WE HAVE PIVOTED TO A LETTER OF INTENT FOR OUT OF DISTRICT HIRES.
SO WE HAD AN OUT OF DISTRICT HIRE APPROVED TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE NOT YET SCHEDULED HER TO COME IN AND DO HER PAPERWORK, BUT WE HAVE PROVIDED A LETTER OF INTENT AS AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS A COMMON VEHICLE THAT HR DEPARTMENTS USE.
I'VE USED IT IN OTHER PLACES, EVEN WITH EARLY IN THE SEASON RECRUITING.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE JUST NEEDED TO GEAR UP IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
FINALLY, ON THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SIDE, THIS TEAM DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF A PIVOT OR BEING NIMBLE, AND REALLY COMING ALONGSIDE THE ACADEMIC SERVICES TEAM FROM THE BEGINNING OF CONSIDERATION OF REMOTE LEARNING IN MARCH, AND WORKING WITH THEM IN THE EDGE ANNUITY, AND GETTING THAT SET UP, AND HELPING TO INTERFACE.
BUT ADDITIONALLY, PROVIDING A CRITICAL PART OF TEACHER SUPPORT, ADMINISTRATORS SUPPORT BY MANNING OFFICE HOURS EVERY DAY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO, "HERE'S THE SCHEDULE OF OFFICE HOURS, AND HERE'S WHO YOU CONTACT." THEY'RE JUST READY, WILLING, AND WAITING TO HELP WHOEVER NEEDS HELP.
THOSE QUESTIONS AND THOSE NEEDS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT THEY HAVE BOTH THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS BEEN GAINED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AS WELL AS THE INTERFACE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO REALLY WALK TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH ANY SINGLE PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING WITH CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR OTHERWISE.
SO REALLY PROUD OF MY TEAMS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK.
GOOD EVENING. ONE OF THE FIRST NEEDS THAT BECAME VERY APPARENT DURING COVID WAS AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR FOOD FOR FAMILIES.
SO WE BEGAN PARTNERING MORE HEAVILY WITH THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK AND BEGAN A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MINNIE'S FOOD PANTRY AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE LARGE FAMILY MULTIPLE DAY MEAL DISTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILIES ONCE PER WEEK.
WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN ONE AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH, MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED.
THOSE HAVE SERVED AT AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 700 AND 1,000 FAMILIES EACH WEEK.
WE'VE ALSO, AS KERRY MENTIONED, CONTINUED THE FOOD FOR KIDS PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SNACK FOODS FOR ELEMENTARY-AGED STUDENTS FOR WEEKENDS AND PARTNERED WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THOSE FOOD BAGS ARE DELIVERED TO STUDENTS HOMES EVERY OTHER WEEK.
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BOTH THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK AND MINNIE'S HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.OUR COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE MOVE TO A VIRTUAL DELIVERY MODEL, AND THAT INCLUDES THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH.
SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN A VIRTUAL DELIVERY MODEL WOULD BE THE COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH ZOOM MEETINGS OR PHONE CONFERENCES, ACADEMIC CONFERENCING WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS, AND SCHEDULING OF CLASSES FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEY'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MONITORING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PROGRESS IN REMOTE LEARNING AND FOLLOWING UP WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
WEEKLY GUIDANCE LESSONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED CENTERED ON REMOTE LEARNING STRATEGIES.
IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH, THEY'VE CONTINUED TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS OR WORK WITH PARENTS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NEEDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME.
GUIDANCE LESSONS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ALSO ON FEELINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING DURING REMOTE LEARNING AND HELPING THEM DEVELOP SOME COPING STRATEGIES.
THE COUNSELORS HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING TO FACILITATE SOME REMOTE COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS TO CONTINUE CONNECTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.
THEN ALSO, THEY HAVE CONTINUED GUIDANCE FOR COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, SCHOLARSHIP, AND FINANCIAL AID, AND HAVE CREATED SOME GUIDANCE LESSONS FOR YOUNGER GRADES AROUND COLLEGE EXPLORATION.
THE SMU COUNSELING CENTER ALSO MOVED TO PROVIDE SERVICES VIRTUALLY, AND IN FACT, EXPANDED SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
IN ADDITION TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING, THEY NOW ARE OFFERING SMALL GROUP THERAPY SESSIONS ON RELEVANT TOPICS SUCH AS MANAGING STRESS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND MINDFULNESS PRACTICES.
DURING THIS TIME, ALL OF THEIR SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED AT NO COST TO OUR FAMILIES.
PLANOUP, WHICH IS OUR GRANT INITIATIVE THROUGH TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES ALSO HAS A COUNSELING COMPONENT BOTH THROUGH CITY HOUSE AND LIFEPATH.
BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BEGAN OFFERING VIRTUAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO WERE PARTICIPATING CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE RUN INTO, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SCREEN ANY NEW STUDENTS UNTIL THIS WEEK WHEN THE ONLINE SIGNATURE AND PERMISSION PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED BY UT SOUTHWESTERN.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL NOW THAT OUR COUNSELORS AT OUR THREE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WILL BE ABLE TO ENROLL SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF SCHOOL.
THE COUNTY ASSISTANCE CENTER HEALTH NAVIGATOR, THAT'S ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE PLANOUP PROGRAM, REACHES OUT TO EVERY FAMILY INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM ONCE PER WEEK.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED WITH NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK HAS IN FACT EXPANDED DURING THIS TIME TO INCLUDE FAMILIES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
IN THE AREA OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, THAT ALSO EXPANDED TO MOVE TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM, AND LESSONS WERE DEVELOPED FOR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF, HELPING THEM EXPRESS EMOTIONS, STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS, AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER DURING THESE TIMES.
LESSONS WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS AT EACH GRADE BAND TO INCLUDE IN THEIR WEEKLY LESSONS AND PARENT RESOURCES HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPANDED AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL HEALTH TIPS AND RESOURCES FOR OUR STAFF.
THEN THE LAST GROUP THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT IS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HEAVILY UTILIZED DURING THIS TIME.
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ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THAT GROUP DID WAS REDEVELOP THE ONLINE LIST OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES SPECIFIC TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OPEN DURING QUARANTINE BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES WERE FINDING THAT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT THEY HAD TAPPED BEFORE WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.IN ADDITION, THEY'RE WORKING DIRECTLY, OF COURSE, WITH FAMILIES TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AS WELL AS PROVIDING SOME INDIVIDUAL THERAPY TO STUDENTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED SERVICES TO SOME DEGREE THIS SUMMER AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT I'M GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
>> DAN, CAN YOU HANG ON ONE SECOND.
DOCTOR WANG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
YEAH, I HEARD OUR PLANOUP IS WORKING WITH CITY HOUSE AND LIFE PATH, [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, DAN.
>> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT, DR. WANG.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID THOUGH, I'LL MOVE US INTO TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS TO TALK ABOUT.
ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT LONG AGO, OR COULD HAVE BEEN EONS AGO WHEN I HAD MATT FRIE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JOHNNY APPLESEED AND COMMITTED SARDINES THAT EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY REMEMBERS.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE CHROMEBOOKS THAT WE HAD WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THAT WE HAD THEM ALL IN THE CARDS IN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
WELL, SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS STAY AT HOME ORDER AND WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME NOW TO GO CRACK INTO ALL THOSE CARDS UNLESS ALL THOSE POWER SUPPLIES AND HAND THOSE CHROMEBOOKS OUT TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.
TO THIS DATE, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED PRETTY MUCH NEARLY 30,000 CHROMEBOOKS TO PLANO STUDENTS.
EVEN AFTER WE'VE HAD THAT BIG PUSH OF PUSHING OUT 30,000, ABOUT 800 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE MISSED THE DATES AND THEY'VE COME BACK TO GET ONE, OR IF THEY'VE HAD ONE THAT WAS BROKEN.
BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT PROGRAM IS VERY POPULAR STILL AND IS BEING UTILIZED HEAVILY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
SO LIKE I SAID, NEARLY 30,000 DEVICES WERE DEPLOYED TO STUDENTS IN THIS PROCESS.
IN CONNECTIVITY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT NOW.
HOW DO WE GO TO AN ONLINE PLATFORM WHEN SOME OF THESE HOUSES AND HOUSEHOLDS IN PLANO DON'T HAVE INTERNET CONNECTIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER IN A VERY BOLD EFFORT.
WE STARTED OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RESPONSES WAS A LOT OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS HAD COME IN AND TRIED TO HELP THESE FAMILIES WITH CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE WAVING OR FREE FOR A WHILE DURING THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO HELP STUDENTS AND HOUSEHOLDS HAVE THAT INTERNET CAPABILITY, BECAUSE IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL RESOURCE THAT'S NEEDED, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO ONLINE.
SO WE STARTED OUT BY HELPING, TRYING TO GUIDE OUR FAMILIES THAT NEEDED THAT HELP OVER TO THOSE SERVICES.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T STILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR FAMILIES.
SO THE SECOND WAVE OF THAT WAS WE WENT THROUGH AND HAD THE WI-FI, WE CALL IT WI-FI BLEED OUT.
BUT THE WI-FI IN A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES, YOU CAN ACCESS IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE CAMPUS.
NOW WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY GATHERING, SO THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
SO WE MAPPED OUT WHERE THE CARPOOL LANES ARE IN PARKING SPACES THAT WERE NEARBY A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE CONNECTIVITY AT HOME, YOU COULD COME TO A NEARBY SCHOOL AND IN THESE DESIGNATED AREAS, YOU COULD PULL UP IN YOUR CHROMEBOOKS AND DEVICES WOULD ATTACH AND CONNECT TO THE NETWORK.
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SO YOU COULD CONTINUE YOUR ONLINE LEARNING FROM YOUR SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE IN THIS TIME FRAME.BUT WE'RE FINDING THAT EVEN THAT WASN'T THE SOLUTION THAT TOOK CARE OF EVERYBODY ALSO.
SO THE OTHER SOLUTION THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE INCLUDED, WAS WAS TO HELP SOME OF THESE FAMILIES OUT THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT INTERNET ACCESS.
THESE OTHER THINGS DUE TO WHATEVER THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES WERE, JUST COULDN'T GET THAT ACCESS OR COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THOSE SPOTS, WE WENT IN TO SEARCH AND FIND OUT WHERE THESE HOUSEHOLDS WERE TO TALK ABOUT GETTING INTERNET CONNECTIVITY TO THEM VIA HOTSPOTS OR MIFI'S.
WE DID A GENERAL SURVEY, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T GIVE US THOSE TYPES OF RESULTS OR WHERE WE NEEDED TO TARGET.
BUT AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS IN THE SLI GROUP, HAS BEEN TALKING TO ALL THE CAMPUSES, WHO'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO FIND OUT THE STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T ATTENDING CLASSES AND THERE WAS ADDED QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT IF ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, WAS BECAUSE OF THAT CONNECTIVITY ISSUES AT THE HOUSE.
THAT REALLY GAVE US A GOOD IDEA WHERE A LOT OF OUR GAPS WERE STILL AND AS WE'VE BEEN DOING A HEAVY FOCUS ON CONTACTING THOSE FAMILIES IN GETTING HOTSPOTS TO THOSE FAMILIES.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT AT THIS CURRENT TIME, I'M GOING TO CHECK MY WATCH AT 9:15 ON MAY THE 5TH, WE HAVE MET ALL THOSE NEEDS OF ALL THE CAMPUSES WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
NOW, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY FAMILIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE HOTSPOT PER FAMILY, SO THAT IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS IN DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS, THEY CAN SHARE THE ONE HOTSPOT.
AT THIS TIME, WE STARTED OUT WITH AN ORDER OF 200.
OUR INITIAL ESTIMATES WERE AROUND 200, BUT SINCE THEN, IT HAS GROWN AND IT HAS GONE UP TO NOW NEARLY 300 OR JUST A HAIR SHY OF 300 FAMILIES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
BUT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN SEE.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE THOUGH, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO THANK PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, JAMEE JOLLY AND ALL THEIR WORK, BECAUSE THE 200 HOTSPOTS CAME AT A COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR ONE YEAR OF SERVICE, AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH T-MOBILE.
ONE YEAR SERVICE, FOR ALL 200 WAS GOING TO AVERAGE AROUND $35,000.
SINCE THEN, CAPITAL ONE HAS COME THROUGH WITH THEIR COVID-19 RELIEF GRANT AND HAS FUNDED $35,000 FOR THE DISTRICT ON THAT FIRST WAVE AND COMPLETELY FUNDED THAT FIRST WAVE OF HOTSPOTS TO GET US GOING.
SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT, BUT I CAN ALSO SAY IT DID GROW MORE AFTER THAT.
THE SECOND WAVE, I WILL SAY, THE NEXT 100, ENDED UP BEING ABOUT $12,000.
BUT JAMEE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION CAME THROUGH AGAIN WITH A $10,000 NORTH TEXAS CARES GRANTS, AND THAT'S A PROGRAM OF THE UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS.
THEY CAME THROUGH WITH THAT $10,000, THEY REALLY FUNDED MOST OF THAT COMPONENT.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS OF THOSE HARDEST HIT FAMILIES, AND IT'S BEING FUNDED BY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO REPORT THAT, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE RECOGNITION ON THAT LATER ON, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHEN I'M TALKING CONNECTIVITY, WE'RE REALLY ADDRESSING THIS COMPONENT.
WE'RE AT THIS POINT THAT I KNOW OF, THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION BY THE WAY.
EVERYDAY I WILL GET SOME FAMILY THAT DO YOU CALL IN, THAT DO HAVE CERTAIN HARDSHIPS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WE HAVE OTHER WAYS TO HELP GUIDE THEM, BUT THIS IS THE OTHER WAY IS HELPING THEM WITH THE RIGHT HOTSPOTS.
THESE HOTSPOTS ARE CIPA COMPLIANCE, SO CIPA MEANS CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT IN THAT.
SO WHENEVER WE PUT OUT THE CHROMEBOOKS AND WE PUT OUT THESE DEVICES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FILTERED FOR THE STUDENTS.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT ABOUT
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THE CONNECTIVITY AND OUR CONNECTIVITY EFFORTS IN THE DISTRICT.>> DAN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE WEAVER.
>> SO YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH DEPLOYING THE DEVICES.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN IN TERMS OF FOR THE END OF THE YEAR TO RETRIEVE THOSE DEVICES?
>> WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, WE'RE WORKING TO THE DETAILS OF THAT AS WE SPEAK.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW FOR A FACT, YOU KNOW WHAT SENIORS THAT ARE EXITING, WE NEED TO GET THOSE DEVICES BACK.
THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE NEED TO GET THOSE DEVICES BACK.
BUT DUE TO THE SCHEDULING AND THE TIMING RIGHT NOW, WE ALSO HAVE A NEED TO CARRY US TO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL AND SUMMER SCHOOL AS WE START TALKING ABOUT VIRTUALIZED SUMMER SCHOOL.
WE'RE HAVING TO BUILD OUT OUR PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER FOR YOU JUST YET, OTHER THAN WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO HAVE A NEED THAT MAY LAST US TO GO INTO SUMMER.
BUT WE WILL HAVE A NEED ALSO A HARD FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FLAT OUT THE CLAIM BEFORE THE SUMMER.
SO WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> REAL QUICK ON THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUE.
I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A 100 PERCENT COVERAGE.
I'M ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THAT.
THIS OF COURSE, IS NOT GOING TO BE A COVID ONLY PROBLEM, THIS IS A PROBLEM ON A GO FORWARD BASIS.
MAYBE THIS IS A RANDY QUESTION, BUT IS THERE ANY FEDERAL GRANT OR FEDERAL PROGRAMMING REGARDING CONNECTIVITY THAT WE COULD TAP INTO TO PAY THAT AMOUNT.
THEN SECONDLY, IF THERE'S NOT, I WOULD CONSIDER $35,000 A YEAR MONEY WELL SPENT TO GET KIDS WHO AREN'T CONNECTED CONNECTED.
>> WELL, I AM BOWLING COUPLE OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING MODIFIED TO ALLOW THIS TO TAKE PLACE.
>> DAN, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN DR. HINOJOSA FROM DALLAS ISD, HAS REALLY PUT SOME NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT AROUND THIS IDEA.
HE'S GOT A THING CALLED OPERATION CONNECTIVITY THAT HE'S TAKING ON A NATIONAL SCALE, AND A STATE SCALE, AND ESPECIALLY A REGIONAL SCALE.
WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AS A GROUP OF LOCAL SUPERINTENDENTS ABOUT THIS, FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE GETS CLOSED FOR GOOD AS A POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THIS EXPERIENCE, AND SO IT'S A KEY FOCUS.
HE'S GOT THE ATTENTION OF STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS ON THIS AND HE'S BUILDING A COALITION AROUND CONNECTIVITY.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH HIM AS WELL ON HOW THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER IN THEIR EFFORT.
>> HEY, DAN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
>> IF WE GET TO THE END OF THE SUMMER AND THESE KIDS ARE USING THOSE DEVICES, IS IT EASIER TO JUST KEEP THEM WITH THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THEM, THEN TRY TO COLLECT THEM BACK, AND THEN POSSIBLY REDEPLOY THEM? I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, BUT IS THAT IN YOUR PLANNING?
>> YES, THAT IS IN OUR PLANNING.
THEN, REALLY WITH REGARDS TO SHARING DEVICES AND WITH THE PANDEMIC GERM BEING IN A SHARED ENVIRONMENT, A LOT OF THIS HAS BEEN IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD GOING IN.
WE CAN'T REALLY STILL GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SAFETY OF EVERYONE ALSO.
SO A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'RE DEVELOPING PLANS AROUND THAT RIGHT NOW, YES.
>> DAN, I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WHAT I REALLY CONSIDERED THEORETICAL ASSESSMENT IN THE PAST OF HOW WE FELT STUDENTS COULD DO REMOTE OR BLENDED LEARNING, AND WE'VE REALLY HAD TO HAVE THE TRIAL BY FIRE.
SO NOW WE UNDERSTAND AT A MUCH GREATER, DETAILED LEVEL, WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE AND WHAT OUR KIDS HAVE.
IT REMINDS ME WHEN I SENT ALL MY STAFF HOME WITH THEIR LAPTOPS,
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THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WERE REALLY COMFORTABLE AND THERE WERE FOLKS WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HOOK UP TO THEIR OWN HOME INTERNET.SO I THINK EVEN TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO BE MORE SELF-RELIANT AS THEY HAVE TO DO THIS PROCESS IN THE FUTURE WILL BE A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR US.
I'LL ALSO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE GRANT THAT JAMEE GOT FROM NORTH TEXAS CARES - UNITED WAY.
THOSE WERE HARD TO GET. THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,000 APPLICATIONS AND I THINK THEY FUNDED LESS THAN 50 GRANTS, SO KUDOS.
>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE KEEP ON GOING DOWN. I'VE FOUND THIS.
I WANT TO GO OFF TO A LINK HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A GRAPH ON SOME DIGITAL DATA TO DISCUSS, AND I FOUND THIS TO BE ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING TO DISCUSS.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING, NOW THAT WE'VE GONE DIGITAL, NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AS WE START LOOKING AT THE PATTERNS OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IS A TYPICAL DAY.
THE TOP GRAPH IS A TYPICAL DAY, WE CHOSE JANUARY 23RD, PRE-COVID.
WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT RIGHT NOW, KIDS COME TO SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ON A DAILY BASIS WHERE THEY COME TO SCHOOL 6:00-7:00, 8:00-9:00, 10:00-11:00, THESE ARE LOGGING IN TO THE NETWORK AND ALL THESE THINGS, GET IN THEIR WEB DESK, LOGIN, AND ALL OF THESE.
THESE ARE MULTIPLE YEARS IN THE PAST.
IT ROUGHLY MIMICS THE SAME AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND GOTTEN MORE CHROMEBOOKS, THE NUMBERS JUMPED OUT FROM 2018 TO 2019 AND HERE WE ARE IN 2020 WHERE THEY'RE FULLY BLOWN.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LOGINS OF OUR STUDENTS HAPPEN AND YOU CAN CHART IT OUT THROUGH THE DAY.
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE RIGHT HERE IS, AS YOU START TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENINGS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE NUMBERS DWINDLE DOWN SEVERELY.
THEN LOOK AT THIS, IT'S DARK OVER NIGHTS.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS LOGGING IN.
BUT SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH COVID AND WE'VE GONE TO THE STAY-AT-HOME, I JUST FIND IT EXTREMELY FASCINATING THAT THE NEW TYPICAL DAY, WE TOOK APRIL 27TH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THOSE AREAS DOWN THERE, THERE'S STILL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
YOU CAN TELL WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL DURING THE REGULAR TIME FRAMES, BUT YOU NOTICE IN THE EVENINGS HERE, IT STAYS STILL ACTIVE VERY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE EVENINGS AND INTO THE NIGHT.
SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL.
SO THIS IS THE SAME THING BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM, NOW LISTEN TO THIS, 11:00 PM TO 4:00 AM THE TOP GRAPH SHOWS YOU WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOKED LIKE PRE-COVID, THOSE REGULAR DAYS.
NOW THIS IS AN AGGREGATE OVER A WEEK, BUT LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THESE WEEKS, 559 LOGINS IN THAT 11:00 P.M. TO 4:00 A.M. TIME PERIOD.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS 2018 AND 2019 YEAR.
AS WE'VE GOTTEN MORE, AND HAD MORE CHROMEBOOKS DEPLOYED, AND GOT THE PROGRAM GROWING MORE, YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE WERE TALKING IN THESE WEEKS IN JANUARY, WHERE WE WERE AVERAGING 559 LOGINS FOR THE WEEK, IT'S 824.
BUT THEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM GRAPH AND YOU'RE SEEING OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS BETWEEN 11:00 P.M. AND 4:00 A.M.
THEY'RE STARTING NOW AT 8,186 AND IT'S JUST STEADILY GROWING, NOW PAST 16,000 IN THIS LAST WEEK.
SO WE'RE NOTICING THESE TRENDS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING A LOT MORE OF THEIR WORK LATE AT NIGHTS AND INTO THE MORNINGS.
SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE FOUND FASCINATING AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AND WE'VE GONE ONLINE, JUST THE PATTERNS OF HOW OUR STUDENTS WORK CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A CHANGE.
THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL, BUT IT IS OVERALL LONG THROUGHOUT A 24-HOUR DAY WHEN STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN AGENCY OVER THEIR SCHEDULES, WE'RE FINDING THAT A LOT OF THE ONLINE WORK TAKES PLACE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE HOURS THAT WE HAD TRADITIONALLY WORKED UNDER.
>> I'M SORRY. DAN, THERE IS A CONCERN THAT OUR STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF
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18 ARE UP BETWEEN 11:00 AND 4:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING AND THAT THIS IS AN INCREASE.>> I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE SHOWING.
>> ANGELA, I HAD THAT INITIAL REACTION, BUT I ACTUALLY HAD A FEW PARENTS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEIR STUDENTS BEING IN MORE CONTROL OF THEIR SCHEDULE, THEY SEEM HAPPIER, LESS STRESSED OUT, THEY'RE COMPLETING THEIR WORK, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SLEEP SCHEDULE AT THEIR AGE.
THEY ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN SECONDARY.
DAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS WHICH GRADES ARE REPRESENTED IN THESE NUMBERS? I WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WOULD MAKE UP THE BULK OF THESE NUMBERS?
>> I DIDN'T DIVE DOWN THAT DEEP, BUT WHEN I INITIALLY LOOKED AT IT, IT WAS A LOT OF SECONDARY SITES THAT WERE RISING TO THE LIST, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT MORE STUDENTS TOO.
>> SO I'M GOING TO ECHO ANGELA'S POINT, WHEN I LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, AND I'M A COMMITTED NIGHT OWL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ME TOO, THE CURRENT SENIOR, WHO I CAN GUARANTEE IS IN THE 11:00 P.M. TO 4:00 A.M. CROWD, BUT IF MY SEVENTH GRADER WERE DOING THAT, I'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THAT.
SO IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO DETERMINE THE AGE? A, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO DETERMINE IT, AND B, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO CONTROL ACCESS FOR CERTAIN CHROMEBOOKS VERSUS OTHERS?
>> THERE ARE WAYS TO CURB CERTAIN THINGS.
THAT WOULD BE PUTTING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OUT THERE.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO CURB CERTAIN THINGS.
I'D HAVE TO CHECK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> WELL, THEN I THINK I SEE, DAN, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD, WHICH IS, "WHAT'S OUR APPETITE FOR LOOKING INTO AND DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" BECAUSE THE COUNTERPOINT IS WHAT CODY IS HEARING FROM SECONDARY PARENTS AND WHICH I EXPERIENCE WITH MY OWN CHILD, WHICH IS, THERE ARE KIDS WHO JUST OPERATE ON DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES AND DIFFERENT BODY CLOCKS, AND SO THIS MAY BENEFIT THEM.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOU'RE MEASURING IT DURING A TIME WHEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, THEY'RE NOT PRACTICING SPORTS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND SO IT'S A NEW NORMAL THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN.
WHAT QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS, "WHAT ARE THEY ACCESSING? IS IT JUST ACADEMIC PROGRAMS?" THEY CAN'T GET INTO GAMES, CAN THEY?
>> NATURALLY, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN, NOT THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT THE SLIDE AFTER THAT.
>> ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS, CERTAINLY HAVING MORE ACTIVITY IN THE EVENING, THAT MAYBE WHEN PARENTS ARE HOME FROM WORK AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY ENGAGE AND HELP THEIR CHILDREN.
WE MIGHT EVEN THINK THAT SOME OF THESE PARENTS MAY HAVE SHIFT WORK, IF THEY'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
SO WHEN THEY'RE HOME, IT'S LATER.
THAT'S WHEN THEY COULD ASSIST THEIR CHILD.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PUTTING RESTRICTIONS IN, NOT KNOWING [INAUDIBLE] THE LIFE OF OUR FAMILIES.
>> I WOULD ALSO MENTION, WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT WORK PART-TIME AND ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR OWN FAMILIES.
SO THIS FLEXIBILITY COULD BE A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR THEM.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF POSITIVES, HOPEFULLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ALL OF IT.
BUT I KNOW THAT SPECIFIC STUDENT POPULATION THAT DOES WORK AND DO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THIS GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO FALL BEHIND ON THEIR STUDIES AND TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR TIME.
>> JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, WE CONTINUED TO MEET WITH OUR STUDENT ADVISORY OR SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP.
WE HAD THIS VERY CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THE INPUT WE GOT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAID, "MY SLEEP PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED.
I GO TO BED EARLIER AND I SLEEP UNTIL A REGULAR HOUR AND I GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THEN I DO MY SCHOOLWORK, WHICH I NEVER DID HOMEWORK IN THE MORNING BEFORE." THEN SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, "I'M WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK AND SO I HAVE TO STUDY AT NIGHT.
I'VE ASKED MY BOSS FOR FEWER HOURS, BUT THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO ME AND I HAVE TO WORK.
SO I'M DOING MY HOMEWORK THROUGH THE NIGHT." SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AT HOME AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS AS A LEARNER.
IF THEY'RE YOUNGER LEARNERS, WE WERE ONLY LISTENING TO THE JUNIORS AND SENIORS ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT.
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>> SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THE REGULAR SLIDES.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR HELP DESK FOR A SECOND.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS WE'VE TAKEN ALL THESE DEVICES HOME, OUR HELP DESK NUMBERS HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED AS WE'VE DONE THIS.
IT HELPED THE STAFF AND IT WAS ALWAYS HELPING OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS OUT AS A REGULAR ROUTINE, EVEN PASSWORD CHANGES AND EVERYTHING.
BUT WE WOULD OCCASIONALLY HELP PARENTS WITH ITEMS SUCH AS THE MOBILE APP OR SCHOOL MESSENGER OR THE PARENT PORTAL.
BUT NOW THE HELP DESK IS EXTREMELY BUSY HELPING PARENTS, STUDENTS, STAFF , GRANDPARENTS, COUSINS, APPOINTED FAMILY, IT PEOPLE, ABOUT EVERYONE YOU CAN THINK OF, TO GET EVERYBODY CONNECTED IN THE TEACHING AND THE CURRICULUM.
TROUBLESHOOTING WI-FI, POP-UP BLOCKERS, THAT'S A NORM NOW.
SO ON AN AVERAGE MONTH, WE WOULD HAVE AROUND 1,600 CALLS INTO OUR HELP DESK NUMBER.
SINCE THE CLOSURE, WE'VE AVERAGED AROUND 4,500 CALLS.
SO WE'VE HAD A SHARP INCREASE.
IN OUR HELP DESK E-MAIL ACCOUNT, WE NORMALLY AVERAGE AROUND 900 MESSAGES A MONTH.
WE'RE AVERAGING OVER 11,000 OVER THIS LAST MONTH.
SO OUR HELP DESK NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY.
THE AMOUNT OF TIME PER CALL, THIS IS AN AVERAGE, WE WENT FROM 2.5 MINUTES TO 4.5 MINUTES PER HELP DESK CALL.
LET ME TELL YOU, THAT'S JUST AN AVERAGE ONLY.
TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU, I WENT OVER THERE AND I'VE LISTENED TO OUR HELP DESK HELP FAMILIES AND BE ON THE PHONE LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES PER CALL.
SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN INCREASED AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.
BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIGITAL LEARNING SUPPORT TOOLS, THAT'S WHERE, I THINK, MEANS YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING.
WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE REMOTE LEARNING PLATFORM, EVERYBODY ALREADY KNOWS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE GOOGLE CLASSROOM DISTRICT AND IT WAS HEAVILY UTILIZED ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT ONE MORE MONTH BEFORE THE CLOSURE, IT WAS LAUNCHED FOR A MONTH OF LAUNCHES, WE LAUNCHED AT 295,000 TIMES ON THE PREVIOUS MONTH BEFORE THE CLOSURE.
BUT AFTER THE CLOSURE, A MONTH AFTER THE CLOSURE, WE LAUNCHED IT 753,000 TIMES, SO IT'S A 155 PERCENT INCREASE.
THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR POPULAR TEXTBOOKS THAT WE HAVE.
PEARSON, WE WENT FROM 38,000 LAUNCHES THE PREVIOUS MONTH BEFORE IT, TO 136,000 THIS LAST MONTH, FOR 258 PERCENT INCREASE.
ANOTHER BIG TEXTBOOK VENDOR IS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, WE WENT FROM 65,000 LAUNCHES TO 172,000 LAUNCHES.
SO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF LAUNCHES OF CURRICULAR APPLICATIONS.
TALK ABOUT THE NEW PLATFORM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LITTLE BIT EARLIER FROM THE OTHER CABINET MEMBERS, BUT INGENUITY, WE HAD ZERO LAUNCHES, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE PROGRAM, PRE-COVID, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GONE TO IT, IT HAS HAD, IN THIS LAST MONTH, 507,000 LAUNCHES.
IT'S NOW THE MOST UTILIZED APP WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM IS NOW THE SECOND MOST UTILIZED APP WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ARE BEING USED NOW.
I THOUGHT THIS ONE, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT IN THERE, JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.
WE'VE ALWAYS USED MICROSOFT TEAMS OR ZOOM FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PURPOSES, A GUEST SPEAKER OR FOR A VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOURS.
IN THE FOUR WEEKS OF THE MONTH BEFORE WE WENT TO STAY AT HOME AND HAD EVERYBODY AT HOME, WE LAUNCHED IT 600 TIMES THE MONTH BEFORE.
BUT SINCE THEN, ZOOM AND TEAMS, WE'VE LAUNCHED IT 65,000 TIMES SINCE THEN.
SO IT'S A 10,000 PERCENT INCREASE IN THAT USAGE.
SO YES, WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE TOOLS HEAVILY IN THE DIGITAL LEARNING.
SO I JUST FOUND THAT REALLY FASCINATING.
YES, WE ARE DOING A LOT IN THE REALM OF DIGITAL LEARNING SUPPORT IN ALL THOSE TOOLS.
>> SO SARAH, NOT ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR PLATE AT THE CURRENT TIME, BUT THE SILVER LINING ON THIS COVID SITUATION MAY BE THAT WE'VE FIGURED OUT WE CAN DO SOME THINGS DIGITALLY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD DO.
SO LET'S THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO PROGRAMIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
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ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIOR HIGH KIDS, THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, UP TO YOUR EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WORKS 40 HOURS A WEEK.IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS KIDS TO UTILIZE THIS ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO FIT INTO THEIR HOME LIFE AND THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THEIR WHOLE OBLIGATIONS.
MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER AS AN OUTCOME OF THIS SPRING, IN OUR LEARNING [INAUDIBLE]
>> SO JUST TO HAVE IT IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS THAT MIGHT MEET NEEDS OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL, I DON'T WANT TO PARENTS TO THINK THAT WE THINK REMOTE LEARNING IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ALL KIDS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WAYS THAT I CAN EXPRESS THAT, THAT REMOTE LEARNING IS GREAT FOR SOME, BUT IT'S NOT GREAT FOR ALL.
THE SECOND THING IS, WE DID SUBMIT A LETTER TO TEA AND TO THE GOVERNOR THIS WEEK.
BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO CONSIDER BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO BECOME A VIRTUAL SCHOOL.
WHILE WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO OFFER E-COURSES, WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE AN E-SCHOOL, LIKE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL, AND THAT IS VERY LIMITED.
SO I THINK AS WE CONSIDER WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS COULD UNFOLD AS, WE JUST NEED TO BE PREPARED IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT DIGITAL LEARNING THAT IS ROBUST AND THAT IS DYNAMIC.
SO WE'VE STOOD THIS UP IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE WORK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO TO CONSIDER THE QUALITY THAT I THINK OUR FAMILIES HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO EMPLOY NOW IN A DIGITAL MANNER.
>> ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF GETTING THIS DISTRICT OF 53,000 SCHOOL KIDS UP AND RUNNING DIGITALLY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
CERTAINLY, WE CAN ANALYZE THIS IN THE BACK END, SEE WHERE ARE THERE HOLES THAT NEED TO BE SHORED UP.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THERE ARE ALSO STUDENTS WHO DO THRIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, [INAUDIBLE] THIS ENVIRONMENT.
TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN SERVE THOSE KIDS BETTER BY DOING AN E-SCHOOL FORMAT, MAYBE WE'D THINK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
>> YEAH. SARAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTACTS IN GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE? I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THEY'RE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW A FRIEND THERE WHO WAS ON THE BOARD [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] AND I THINK THEY [INAUDIBLE] BACK WHEN THEY WERE APPROVING NEW [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICTS.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CONNECTION THERE, I CAN PROBABLY FACILITATE ONE.
>> ALSO, DAVID, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM DAN'S SLIDES, DO YOU WANT TO PURSUE ANYMORE OF THE RESEARCH ON THE TIME OF DAY USAGE OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AT THIS POINT?
>> NO, I JUST THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO DISTINGUISH WHAT GRADES WE'RE ACCESSING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE KEY.
SO THAT WE THEN AS A BOARD, CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER WE THINK IT'S A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE BACK BURNER FOR NOW.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY AT ALL, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> WHAT SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT IS A PERFECT SEGUE INTO THE LAST COMPONENT IN THE LAST POLL, WHICH IS THE SOME SCHOOL IN THE SUMMER LEARNING.
THAT BOARD IS REALLY IN DEVELOPMENT BULLET, WHERE WE'RE WORKING OUT WHAT VIRTUAL SUMMER SCHOOL COMPONENTS ARE, WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT CAN'T BE DONE.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT MORE INFORMATION, YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT, A LOT MORE OF THAT INFORMATION IN THE COMING WEEKS, L WILL GUARANTEE YOU THAT MUCH.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
>> GOOD EVENING. AS YOU SEE, I'M GOING TO COVER FOUR AREAS THAT WE REALLY HAD TO GO AND REVISIT REGARDING OUR WORK OUR PLAN OF WORK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CREDIT-BY-EXAM FIRST.
THIS IS TESTING, SO WE ARE TRADITIONALLY USED TO FACE-TO-FACE, ONE-ON-ONE TESTING.
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SO AS OF MAY 4TH, THAT WAS YESTERDAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED 560 REQUESTS FOR CREDIT-BY-EXAM FOR MAY, JUNE TESTING, AND WE EXPECT TO GET ABOUT 500 MORE FOR JULY TESTING.SO THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR US.
SO WE HAD TO DEVELOP TWO PLANS PLANS TO PROCEED.
ONE PLAN IS IN-SCHOOL TESTING WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE BACKUP PLAN IS AT-HOME TESTING WITH ONLINE PROCTORING.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH TEXAS TECH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND SOME OTHER VENDORS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS, TO PROVIDE AT-HOME TESTING WITH ONLINE PROCTORING.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A FEW OF THESE IN TRIAL CASES WITH OUR GRADUATING SENIORS, AND THEY WENT WELL.
SO I THINK NOW WE'LL HAVE TO SCALE IT UP TO DO THIS ENLARGED SCALE COME MAY, JUNE, AND JULY.
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THE ASSESSMENT CHANGES AND STAAR TESTING IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF MOST OF OUR PROGRESS MONITORING WORK, IN ADDITION TO MAP.
SO WE ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES IN OUR PLANS TO USE MAP ASSESSMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STAAR ON MEASURING PROGRESS FOR OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR CLASSROOMS. MAP ASSESSMENT HAS A FEATURE WHERE IT GIVES A PROJECTION ON STAAR ACCESSORY.
WHEN THE STUDENT TAKES MAP, IT TELLS YOU WHETHER THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE AT THE MASTERS' STANDARD, NEEDS APPROACHING ARE NOT MET.
WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE THAT FEATURE TO CREATE STAAR-LIKE MEASURES TO MEASURE CAMPUS PROGRESS.
THAT TOPIC FLOWS INTO THE NEXT ONE, IT'S ABOUT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING AND OUR SITE-BASED SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS. WE HAVE REDESIGNED THE PROCESS.
IN A NORMAL YEAR, IN END OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY, CAMPUSES WILL BE DOING COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WE HAVE REVISED THE TIMELINE ON THAT ONE AND WE'VE INCORPORATED OTHER FEATURES BECAUSE OF LACK OF STAAR, EOC AND TELPAS, WHICH IS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
WE ARE GATHERING OTHER MEASURES THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE AND TARGET OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE AND JULY.
THE LAST ONE THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS MOST PROBABLY, THERE'LL BE A ROLE TO PLAY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE.
WHAT IS IN PROGRESS ON DEVELOPING THE FIVE-YEAR DISTRICT AND BOARD GOALS, WHICH IS PART OF HOUSE BILL 3.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO CREATE BOARD GOALS FOR THIRD-GRADE STAAR FOR MATH AND LITERACY, AS WELL AS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR THE GRADUATING CLASSES.
PART OF THAT WORK ALSO INCLUDES CREATING PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURES SO THAT OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, WHICH REALLY IS A FOUR-YEAR PLAN NOW BECAUSE THESE GOALS ARE TARGETED TO END OF 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE ARE ALSO CREATING THE PROGRESS MONITORING MEASURES TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET THESE GOALS.
THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BRING THESE HB3 GOALS FOR BOARD APPROVAL THIS MONTH.
TA HAS EXTENDED THE BOARD APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THIS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
WE PLAN TO BRING THIS TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST FOR APPROVAL.
THAT'S THE PROGRESS MEASURING PIECE, AS WELL AS HB3 THREE PIECES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY.
SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION HAS DONE DURING THIS TIME HAS BEEN SUPPORTING PRINCIPALS AND HELPING THEM STAY CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER VIRTUALLY IN WEEKLY PRINCIPAL MEETINGS.
SO THERE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE CURRENT INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE CABINET, WHICH REALLY HELPS THEM TURN AROUND AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON HOW TO LEAD THEIR CAMPUS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ALSO IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED.
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I KNOW TERESA MENTIONED THE DAILY UPDATES.WE'RE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN COORDINATING THOSE DAILY COMMUNICATIONS TO PRINCIPALS ON TOPICS THAT ARE RATHER TIMELY AND IT GIVES GUIDING INFORMATION TO THEM TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF DECISIONS OR PROCESSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ONE VOICE OR CONSISTENCY AMONG ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.
IT'S ALSO REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE PRINCIPALS TO BE AWARE OF THESE EVER-CHANGING SITUATIONS THAT COULD IMPACT HOW THEY DO BUSINESS DURING THE SCHOOL CLOSURE AND THE DAILY UPDATES HAVE REALLY BECOME A PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE FOR PRINCIPALS TO BE CONNECTED AND INFORMED FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
TO DO ALL OF THIS WORK THOUGH, THE COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAS BECOME A HUGE PRIORITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS REALLY ALLOWED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL CLOSURE, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE REMOTE LEARNING PLAN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND SLI ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS THIS WEEK TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON CLOSING OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
EACH PRINCIPAL IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A ROTATION SCHEDULE FOR THEIR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY COME TO THE CAMPUS AND PREPARE FOR THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL IN THE FEW WEEKS WE HAVE LEFT.
THIS PLAN FOR PACKAGING UP AND DISTRIBUTING ITEMS TO STUDENTS, GATHERING PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OTHER DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS ON A PLAN FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN ITEMS BACK TO CAMPUS, LIKE THOSE CHROMEBOOKS, AND LIBRARY BOOKS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO GET BACK TO THE SCHOOLS.
ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE PLANO COUNCIL OF PTAS TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE FOR EVENTS LIKE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, END OF THE YEAR CELEBRATIONS OR RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE MAKING BIG TRANSITIONS NEXT YEAR, LIKE OUR FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS.
OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ONES BEING OUR SENIOR CELEBRATIONS AND GRADUATIONS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO HELP DEVELOP SOME CREATIVE ONLINE, SOCIAL DISTANCE-FRIENDLY OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS.
SOME OF THOSE RECOGNITIONS INCLUDED THE SIGNED PICKUP AND CELEBRATIONS THAT WE SAW LAST FRIDAY IN THE PARKING LOTS AT THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
ALL OF THE SENIOR HIGHS HAVE A WEB PAGE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CELEBRATIONS.
THE CELEBRATIONS ARE THEMED AND ARE GOING TO LAST FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY, AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE FEEDER CAMPUSES ARE ALSO GOING TO HELP CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR SENIORS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY BY SHARING SOME FUN THINGS OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO.
OVERALL, OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE JUST REALLY STEPPED UP.
THEY'VE REMAINED POSITIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS AND REALLY SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THE FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE THEIR STUDENTS, FAMILY, AND STAFF DURING THIS TIME.
>> SARAH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SENDING ALL THE TRUSTEES A SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS CELEBRATIONS SO WE CAN JUST HAVE IT IN OUR BACK POCKET IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER ASKED US, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR INBOX RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WE ARE READY TO WRAP THINGS UP WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DURING THIS TIME OF SCHOOL CLOSURE.
LEADING UP TO AND DURING THIS TIME, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS ENSURED THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS HAD ACCESS TO TIMELY AND RELIABLE INFORMATION THROUGH SEVERAL SOURCES.
I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
WITH HELP FROM OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, WE SET UP A DEDICATED WEBSITE WHERE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND STAFF CAN FIND NEEDED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
DATA SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE ARE RELYING MORE ON THE WEBSITE DURING THIS TIME.
A COMPARISON OF WEBSITE SESSIONS IN MARCH 2020 OVER SESSIONS IN MARCH 2019, SHOW AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS; AN INCREASE OF 183 PERCENT.
SO WITH OUR COVID-19 UPDATES, BEING THE MOST VISITED PAGE SECOND TO THE HOMEPAGE DURING THAT TIME.
SO THAT WAS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH,
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WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST ACTIVE TIME FOR A WEBSITE DURING THIS TIME.ANOTHER SOURCE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IS PROVIDING REGULAR EMAIL UPDATES TO FAMILIES AND STAFF SET ALMOST DAILY WORKING WITH SLI AND DR. WILLIAMS IN DOING THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN SITTING THERE ALMOST DAILY PROVIDING INFORMATION IN A CENTRALIZED FORMAT.
WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION VIA OUR ASKPISD MAILBOX, WHICH ALLOWS PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND STAFF A VEHICLE FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK.
WE'VE RECEIVED MORE THAN 2,000 COVID RELATED MESSAGES TO OUR ASKPISD INBOX SINCE LATE JANUARY.
WE'VE HELPED WITH WEEKLY COVID-19 BRIEFINGS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY LEADERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND OTHER ISDS AND HIGHER EDUCATION ENTITIES.
WORKING WITH KEY MEDIA, INCLUDING RESPONDING TO VARIOUS MEDIA INQUIRIES HAS BEEN ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP INFORMATION FLOWING.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT MEANS OF SHARING INFORMATION WIDELY.
TO KEEP TRACK OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS RELATED TO REMOTE LEARNING, WE LAUNCHED A HASHTAG PISD POWERED BY LEARNING AND WE HAVE SEEN IT USED EXTENSIVELY AMONG STAFF, PARENTS, AND SURPRISINGLY STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE HEAR FROM STUDENTS THAT TRADITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT NECESSARILY THEIR THING.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A COVID-19 HEALTH CAMPAIGN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
WE SAW IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE, IT WAS UP MORE THAN 68 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE MONTH BEFORE.
SPRING IS A BIG TIME FOR DISTRICT EVENTS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON LOTS OF CREATIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE THOSE CELEBRATIONS DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO HOST THEM IN PERSON.
WE'VE BEEN USING OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWS MEDIA, AND IN-PERSON VISITS AND POUCH DROPS THAT OBSERVES SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECOGNIZING OUR 73 TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THOSE FOLKS BEING INTRODUCED WITH NEXT WEEK REVEALING OUR TOP 10 AND TOP TWO.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH THEM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS SOME IN-PERSON VISITS.
SO THAT CREATIVE THINKING THAT WE SEE WITH OUR EVENTS HAS EXTENDED TO GRADUATION PLANNING WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYONE AROUND THIS VIRTUAL TABLE HERE TONIGHT TAKING PART IN THAT CONVERSATION.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WITH GRADUATION, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND INCLUDE AS MANY GRADUATION TRADITIONS AS POSSIBLE.
ALSO OBSERVING THE TEA GUIDELINES THAT WERE JUST RELEASED TODAY.
SO WE'RE TAKING SOME TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.
OUR PLANS SO FAR INCLUDE, IDEAS THAT INCLUDE A HYBRID CELEBRATION, FEATURING SOME IN-PERSON ELEMENTS WHICH WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SOMETHING TANGIBLE, THOSE TANGIBLE MOMENTS, TO GO ALONG WITH A VIRTUAL CEREMONY, WHICH CAN BE CAPTURED AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AS A KEEP-SAFE FOR LATER.
I DON'T KNOW YET OR I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CLEAR IDEA YET OF WHAT IN-PERSON CELEBRATIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE LATER IN THE SUMMER BUT WE DO HAVE DATES RESERVED WITH OUR GRADUATION VENUES JUST AS A WAIT-AND-SEE.
SO WITH GRADUATION, A LOT REMAINS TO BE DETERMINED BUT WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS AND THAT CONVERSATION IS ONGOING, INVOLVED, EXTENSIVE.
WE EVEN GOT INPUT FROM SUPERINTENDED SPONSORS STUDENT GROUP TODAY JUST TALKING THROUGH SOME IDEAS WITH THEM, SO IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THEIR VOICE IN THAT PROCESS.
MEANWHILE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE THE SENIORS.
SO LINDA DESCRIBED, WE WORKED WITH THE SLI TEAM AND THE PRINCIPALS TO HELP GENERATE A CELEBRATORY BUZZ FOR OUR CLASS OF 2020.
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN IS GOING OVER WELL.
WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE MEDIA.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THIS PINS OUT OVER THE REST OF THE MONTH OF MAY.
ONE FINAL AREA THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON, IS CONTINUING TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE 2020 CENSUS.
WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF PLANO TO SHARE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS THAT MAY HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN SHARED THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES IF SCHOOLS HAD NOT CLOSED.
WE'VE HAD CENSUS MATERIALS GO OUT WITH THE SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
WE'VE INCLUDED INFORMATION IN OUR REGULAR UPDATES OR DAILY UPDATES AND ON OUR WEBSITE.
ON OUR WEBSITE WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED CENSUS 2020 WEB PAGE.
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SO THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATING IN THE CENSUS.SO THAT'S A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
LESLIE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S DOING.
I SEE A LOT OF IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT'S GREAT TO CELEBRATE OUR SENIORS AND ALSO ALL OF OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO JUST SEE STUFF LIKE THAT OUT THERE FOR PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS TO SEE, ALSO TO CELEBRATE THEIR TEACHERS.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT'S DOING.
>> SO WE'RE ON THE LAST SLIDE, SO I'LL JUST BRING CLOSER TO THIS SEGMENT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL OUR PLAN OF WORK LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR WITH THE SCHOOL.
WILL SCHOOL RESUME? WILL IT LOOK DIFFERENT? WILL IT BE THE SAME? SO WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR OPENING IF WE CAN, IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PUT SAFETY PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING.
WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR WHAT IFS, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE, AND WE'RE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DISTRICT AROUND US, AND IN OUR REGION, AND ACROSS THE STATE SO THAT WE CAN BE PUTTING THE BEST IDEAS TOGETHER.
I SAID THIS BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN A PERFECT PLAN, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN SEE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE REMOTE LEARNING HAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO IT.
WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THAT AND WE CARRY THAT LOAD, AND WE CARE ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE DESPERATELY TRYING TO CONTINUE TO ADAPT, AND REVISE, AND WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING.
CRITICAL FEEDBACK IS CRITICAL.
SOMETIMES, IT'S HARD TO HEAR BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN THOUGH WE GET A CRITICAL E-MAIL, THERE'S KIND WORDS EMBEDDED.
WE KNOW HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT ALL IN AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP EASE THE BURDEN AND STILL PROVIDE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL CONTINUITY FOR KIDS.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY COMMITTED TO DOING THE BEST WORK THAT WE CAN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN APPRECIATING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE.
THIS IS TEACHERS APPRECIATION, NOT JUST FOR TEACHERS BUT FOR PARENTS WHO ARE STEPPING INTO HELP TEACHERS AT HOME THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS A TEACHER IN THESE DAYS, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE MAKING PLANS, AND GRADUATION IS AT THE VERY FOREFRONT OF OUR WORK.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY.
[LAUGHTER] SO THE GUIDELINES FROM THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT TODAY AND SO PARENTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK IN A VERY SHORT TURNAROUND BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW ANXIOUS THEY ARE.
WE HAVE SENIOR OF STUDENTS ON OUR BOARD, DAVID AND ANGELA.
I HAVE A SENIOR AT HOME, COLLEGE SENIOR AND HE'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY GRADUATION THIS YEAR.
SO FOR ME, I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE LOSS THAT OUR FAMILY FEELS, KNOWING THAT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY AT HOME TO MAKE IT SPECIAL FOR SAM.
SO I CARRIED THAT WITH ME AND IN ALL OF THE THINKING THAT THE TEAM IS DOING IS WITH A HEART FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BUT I DID NOT WANT TO ROLL SOMETHING OUT AND THEN HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER WOULD SAY, "YOU CANNOT DO THAT.".
SO WE WILL MAKE A PLAN THAT WILL BE SAFE AND CELEBRATORY.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR REVISED PLAN OF WORK WITH THE BOARD.
>> THE PARENT, I WILL TELL YOU,
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I APPRECIATE THE PACE AT WHICH YOU'RE GOING ABOUT THIS ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE GRADUATION SITUATION.WE'VE RECEIVED E-MAILS, WHY CAN'T WE DO WHAT [INAUDIBLE] , AND WHY CAN'T WE DO WHAT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY OR WHOEVER IT WAS WAS DOING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO GO INTO OUR GRADUATIONS, AND IT'S BETTER TO COME UP WITH A SOLID FINAL PLAN THAN TO SIMPLY PUT OUT IDEAS THAT [INAUDIBLE] ONCE YOU GET INTO THE DETAIL.
I [INAUDIBLE] THE APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE, AND THAT'S MY PARENTS HAT, NOT MY TRUSTEE HAT.
>> THANKS, DAVID. [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WHOLE TEAM.
THERE IS NO PLAN OF WORK FOR A QUARANTINE.
YOU GUYS, YOU'RE CARRYING IT OUT WITH THE BEST TALENT THAT YOU HAVE AND YOU'RE DOING THE BEST JOB THAT IS POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE LEADING EVERYONE IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO DO, AND JUST TURN ON A DIME, YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING, THANK YOU.
>> SARAH, [OVERLAPPING] I'VE ALSO FEEL THE PAINS ARE ALL OVER WHERE OUR SENIORS ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE YES, I DO ALSO HAVE A SENIOR AND THEY MISS PROM, AND THEY MISS TRADITIONAL EVENTS, THEY MISS ALL THE ORCHESTRAS SHOWS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO MY HEART GOES TO THEM TOO, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS AMAZING.
YOU TURN AROUND AND TRY DO YOUR BEST AND FOLLOW YOUR STATE GUIDELINES FOR THE PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN HARD FOR EVERYONE.
SO THANK YOU SARAH [OVERLAPPING] FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND CABINET HAS DONE.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ALL THOSE COMMENT, SARAH.
I THINK THERE WAS NOTHING ON YOUR TO-DO LIST THIS YEAR THAT SAID, "TRANSITION EVERYONE TO ONLINE LEARNING IN TWO WEEKS".
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY, THE TENACITY, AND THE LONG HOURS THAT YOU ARE ALL WORKING.
>> THANKS. THANKS VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES?
>> YEAH. I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL WE ALL ARE.
WHAT WE DO IS AMAZING, IT'S SUCH A TREAT TODAY.
SO THAT MEETING HAS BEEN FEW HOURS.
IT'S LONG, IT'S ALREADY 10:06, BUT I ENJOYED EVERY SLIDE, EVERY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
>> I WANTED TO ECHO THAT AND ALSO SAY, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO TAKE BOLD ACTION AND MAKE DECISIONS.
THERE WERE DECISIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE TO PURSUE AND CONTINUE THE EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE COULDN'T WAIT FOR STATE OR NATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR THAT.
I THINK THE STEPS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM TOOK AND CONTINUE TO ADAPT AS NEW GUIDANCE COMES OUT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE.
EVERY DECISION, I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD CAN SEE, WAS MADE WITH THE STUDENT IN MIND AND THEIR SUCCESS IN MIND, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM BEING ON YOUR TOES AND HITTING THIS MOVING TARGET AT EVERY POINT AND MAKING THIS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THIS LIKELY WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE FACE A SITUATION LIKE THIS.
SO I CAN TELL EVERYBODY'S TAKEN IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND PREPARING AND CREATING THAT PLAYBOOK THAT MAY HAVE TO BE USED AGAIN, MAYBE SOONER THAN LATER.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE.
>> WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTION ON THOSE PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM IN THE AGENDA.
[NOISE] THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER ACTION ON POLICIES.
[A. FD(LOCAL) Admissions on First Reading Presenter: Dr. Theresa Williams, Chief Operating Officer]
THERE'S ONE POLICY THIS EVENING, FD LOCAL ADMISSIONS.ON FIRST READING, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, WILL PRESENT. DR. WILLIAMS.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RICHARDS.
THIS POLICY REVISION IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TASB TO CLARIFY THAT THE DISTRICTS REGARDING INFORMATION FORM IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ENROLLMENT.
POLICY REVISION WAS SUBMITTED BY SUSAN MODISETTE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED POLICY FD LOCAL ON FIRST READING.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY JERRY CHAMBERS.
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THE SECOND BY CODY WEAVER THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTS POLICY FD LOCAL ON FIRST READING.IS THERE A DISCUSSION? WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO VOTE BY ROLL CALL.
VICE PRESIDENT POWELL, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> SECRETARY CHAMBERS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE HUMPHREY, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE STOLLE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WANG, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> TRUSTEE WEAVER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED?
>> I'M IN FAVOR. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
I WOULD MAKE ONE SMALL COMMERCIAL FOR NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY.
WE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, MINNIE'S FOOD PANTRY, THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, AND YOU HAVE ALMOST TWO HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR DONATION [LAUGHTER] NORTHTEXASGIVINGDAY.ORG [NOISE].
FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR KIDS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE NEXT SHOUT OUT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED.
THE TIME IS 10:09 PM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.