Jun 08, 2023 Regular Board Meetings

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

[V. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING]

THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARING.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED 2023, 2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

PERSONS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CONCERNING THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES STATED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.

MR. POTEET, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM, WE DO.

THANK YOU. YES.

AND FOR OUR SPEAKERS, WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO FOR REFERENCE.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. EWEN BLACKMAN.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM SCHOOL BOARD.

ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES AND STAFF.

AS WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I MEAN, I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I KNOW THE CHALLENGES WELL.

I KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING IS, HOW THE FUNDING IS LOOKING, WHERE WE'RE IN THE BLACK, WHERE WE'RE IN THE RED.

SO NOT TO BELEAGUER ANY OF THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION EARLIER TO PREPARE A LONGER SPEECH.

BUT THINGS LIKE THE TAX RATE, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE CONTROLS A LOT OF THAT.

SO SO PERHAPS THAT'S A MUTE POINT NOWADAYS TO TO VOTE ON THAT.

BUT AS WE LOOK FOR WHERE WE SPEND THE MONEY, THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT WITH CARE AND WITH COMPETENCE AND WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE CUTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. AND I KNOW TONIGHT A LOT OF YOU WILL BE LOOKING TO VOTE ON THIS CHARGE FOR THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE TO TAKE A LOOK AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND THERE'LL BE HARD CHOICES TO BE MADE.

AND THOSE ARE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A YEAR THAT I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GETTING TO.

BUT I JUST FEAR THAT WE GET GET THAT DONE A LITTLE LATE DOWN THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THAT THAT DEEPER DIVE THAT WE NEED TO THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TIME THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE LIKE. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE PLENTY OF REVENUE.

I MEAN, RICHARDSON PROPERTY DISTRICT IS THE THIRD WEALTHIEST IN THE AREA, ONLY BEHIND DALLAS ISD AND THEN HIGHLAND PARK, OBVIOUSLY ISD.

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AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE WITH WITH A LOT OF PROPERTY.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

SO SO BEARING THAT IN MIND, WHEN WE SET TAXES AND WE SET SPENDING, WHEN WE SET SOME OF THESE GOALS, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT FOLKS LIKE ME AND MY WIFE, WHO ARE BOTH TEACHERS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO WATCH EVERY PENNY WE SPEND.

AND IF I WANTED TO BUY A NEW CAR TWO YEARS AGO AND I STILL HAVEN'T BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD ONE, I HAD TO CUT BACK ON THAT.

I WOULD JUST IMPLORE YOU GUYS TO HAVE THAT SAME SORT OF FISCAL CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO HOW DO WE MANAGE THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY SEND US THEIR STUDENTS AND WE TAKE GOOD SHOTS TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM AND TO EDUCATE THEM.

AND THEN AS WELL, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE MONEY THAT FOLKS LIKE US, MY WIFE AND I, THAT PAY THAT INTO THE SYSTEM AND ALL OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL PAY INTO THAT SYSTEM? I DO ABOUT 4200 A YEAR JUST FOR THE ISD.

THAT IS A NEW CAR PAYMENT EVERY YEAR.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO SACRIFICE THAT IF THAT MONEY IS RETURNED.

WELL. SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE FISCALLY WARY OF THAT AND HOW WE MANAGE THAT MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S SOME HUGE CHOICES COMING AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU PUT IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S TOUGH AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME HARD CHOICES AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM FOLKS LIKE ME AND THEN YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS WHO WILL BE LESS POSITIVE AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM FOLKS WILL BE LESS NEGATIVE.

SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

THANK YOU FOR THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT YOU PUT IN TO GET THIS DONE.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

MS. HARRIS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MS.. BRANUM, I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. DAVID PATE, RISD'S, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, HAS PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

[VI. PUBLIC HEARING 2023-2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE]

THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS. YES.

AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET SINCE JANUARY.

AND SO NOW AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, WE ARE GOING TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. PATE TO LEAD US IN THIS CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. MRS. BRANUM MRS HARRIS.

SO, YES, TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF MONTHS OF WORK ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.

TONIGHT WE'LL GO OVER AGAIN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE OFFICIAL FORM OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL BE ADOPTING THIS EVENING.

AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS.

WHOOPS. SO HERE WE ARE TONIGHT AT WHAT IS WHAT IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT IS NOT THE TOTAL FINAL STEP.

IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL COME BACK FOR THE TAX RATE ADOPTION PROCESS.

BUT TONIGHT, AGAIN, WE ARE ADOPTING THE BUDGET.

AND SO STARTING WITH THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AS MENTIONED AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR IT, WE HAVE A 3% RAISE FOR EXEMPT PERSONNEL IN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, A 4% RAISE FOR OUR NON EXEMPT PERSONNEL.

WE HAVE 14 COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION CAMPUSES, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF SIX FROM 20 TO 23 AND THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION CAMPUSES.

ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT THOSE CAMPUSES DO EAT FOR FREE.

THEY WILL STILL NEED TO COMPLETE OUR LOCAL INCOME FORM, BUT THEY DO NOT COMPLETE THE TRADITIONAL FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH FORM.

OUR NON CEP OR NON COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION.

CAMPUS FAMILIES WILL STILL COMPLETE THE REGULAR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION AND OUR MEAL PRICES WILL CONTINUE AT THE 2019 2020 RATE.

SO AGAIN, NO INCREASE IN OUR PAID MEAL PRICES FOR OUR FAMILIES.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, I'VE COMPARED IT HERE TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2223 AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THERE'S PRIMARILY JUST A SHIFT WITH THIS CONTINUED MOVE TO ADDITIONAL STEP CAMPUSES THAT REALLY IT JUST SHIFTS OUR REVENUE BETWEEN LOCAL REVENUE AND FEDERAL REVENUE.

OUR EXPENSES ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

MISS GUSTAV AND HER TEAM CONTINUE TO BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THEIR EXPENDITURES AND THEIR BUDGETS.

SO OUR EXPENDITURES ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE.

AND YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A SMALL DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE PROJECTED FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND.

AND WHEN WE ENDED LAST YEAR, 2022, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND HAD A FUND BALANCE OF $7.2 MILLION.

AND SO WE DID NEED TO SPEND DOWN SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE.

THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND TAX RATE, WHICH FUNDS THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

AND THIS IS THE FUND WHERE WE MAKE ALL OF OUR PAYMENTS ON OUR BONDED DEBT COMES FROM.

THAT TAX RATE REMAINS AT $0.35.

THIS WILL BE THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND TAX RATE HAS BEEN AT $0.35.

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WE INCLUDES ALL THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SALE OF OUR 2021 BOND ELECTION.

WE STILL HAVE $150 MILLION OF A REMAINING AUTHORIZED AND UNISSUED BONDS FROM THAT 2021 ELECTION.

THE BUDGET IS BASED ON 6.5% PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AND THERE IS SOME HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING BASED ON CURRENT LAW BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

AND HERE'S THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2223 COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2324.

YOU CAN SEE WITH THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, LOCAL REVENUE, WHICH IS ALL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST INCOME IN THERE.

THAT IS, WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE DUE TO THE HOLD HARMLESS FORMULAS.

AND THEN OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE GOING UP AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO ISSUE BONDS FROM THE 2021 VOTED AUTHORIZATION AND A PROJECTED DEFICIT IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND OF $10 MILLION.

AND THAT IS A PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE.

WE TRY TO MANAGE THE FUND BALANCE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO INTERESTING CONCEPT OF ARBITRAGE THAT'S BASICALLY A TAX FROM THE IRS.

IF OUR FUND BALANCE GETS TOO LARGE AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO WE'RE MANAGING THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND SOME OF THAT DOWN.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ON THE MULTI YEAR.

THE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE THERE AT THE BOTTOM AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO BREAK EVEN EACH YEAR.

WE DO HAVE IT'S THE FOURTH LINE FROM THE BOTTOM.

WE DO HAVE CAPACITY FOR THAT TO PAY THE REMAINING $150 MILLION WHEN WE ISSUE IT AND TO LAYER IN DEBT ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FROM FUTURE BOND ELECTIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNTS RUNNING ACROSS THERE ON THAT LINE.

THAT'S PAYMENTS ON FUTURE DEBT ISSUES, 2021 BOND AND THERE ACROSS THE TOP IS THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH SIX AND ONE HALF PERCENT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN ESTIMATED 3% IN FUTURE YEARS.

AND REALLY THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR A FUTURE BOND ELECTION.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE ARE SOME GENERAL FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.

THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS TO GET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING.

SO OUR REVENUE CALCULATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF ANY LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE 88TH REGULAR SESSION OR THE 88TH FIRST CALL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.

AND HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL LOOK AT THE EFFECT OF HOUSE BILL THREE, THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT THAT WAS PASSED IN THE REGULAR SESSION, AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HOUSE BILL ONE THAT WAS PASSED IN THE FIRST CALL SESSION ENDS UP BEING PASSED BY THE SENATE AND GOES ON TO THE GOVERNOR FOR SIGNATURE THAT HAS CURRENTLY NOT PASSED THE SENATE AND THE SENATE IS IN RECESS UNTIL I JUST LOOK THIS UP TILL 2 P.M.

ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET INCLUDES STAFF RAISES AS ADOPTED AT THE MAY 4TH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THEN SOME BUDGET EFFICIENCIES OF ABOUT $14.4 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES OUR ESL PROGRAM, REDESIGN, DEPARTMENTAL REDUCTIONS AND POSITION ABSORPTIONS OF ABOUT $3.5 MILLION, AND THEN BUDGETING INTO THE PAYROLL VACANCY OF ABOUT 10.7.

AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BASED ON A TAX RATE OF 93.3 $0.05.

I DO EXPECT THAT TO BE LOWER IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE BOARD ACTUALLY TAKES ACTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.

SO A LITTLE WHAT IF IMPACT HERE.

I USE 2122 DATA AND JUST BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WAS STATIC WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHANGE FOR HOUSE BILL THREE. SO WHAT I'VE DONE, THIS IS KIND OF A VERY SHORT SUMMARIZED FORM OF THE SUMMARY OF FINANCE THAT DOCUMENTS WHERE OUR MONEY COMES FROM THE STATE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE GET THESE VARIOUS ALLOTMENTS AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT IS THERE ON LINE FIVE.

THEN YOU GET THE TOTAL COST OF TIER ONE.

SO THAT IS THE TOTAL STATE FUNDING.

AND THEN OF THAT TIER ONE, OUR TAXPAYERS PAY A PORTION IN PROPERTY TAXES AND THEN THE STATE PAYS A PORTION AND THE STATE TELLS US HOW MUCH HAS TO COME FROM PROPERTY TAXES.

WE HAVE TO LEVY SUFFICIENT PROPERTY TAXES TO COLLECT THAT 249, OR WE'RE ACTUALLY PENALIZED SO THAT 249 MILLION, THE 296 TOTAL COST OF TIER ONE LESS WHAT WE COLLECT FROM OUR PROPERTY TAX PAYERS GIVES US THE TIER ONE STATE FUNDING.

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THEN THERE'S THE TIER TWO STATE FUNDING.

ON TOP OF THAT. THAT'S THE ROBIN HOOD OR WEALTH EQUALIZATION FUNDING THAT COMES TO OUR TOTAL STATE FUNDING.

SO THE NEXT COLUMN OVER JUST TAKES INTO EFFECT, INTO EFFECT.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL THREE? SO EVERYTHING ALL OF THE ALLOTMENTS STAY THE SAME EXCEPT COMING DOWN TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.

THE FUNDING FORMULAS THERE GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 820,000 FOR US.

SO IT GOES FROM 334 TO 1 MILLION 154 THE OTHER ALLOTMENT STAYS THE SAME.

TOTAL COST OF TIER ONE GOES UP, OUR LOCAL FUND ASSIGNMENT STAYS THE SAME, AND SO THE AMOUNT FROM THE STATE GOES UP BY 820,000.

SO WE DO GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 820,000 FROM THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT.

IT IS RECURRING IN THE FUNDING FORMULA.

SO WE WILL GET THAT 23, 24, 24, 25 BASED ON THE WAY THE FORMULA WORKS.

SO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES, SO OUR TOTAL STATE FUNDING GOES UP IN THAT CASE.

NOW, THE LAST ONE, I DID NOT PUT THE NUMBERS IN BECAUSE WE THE BILL HAS NOT FINALLY PASSED AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT LOOKING AT HOUSE BILL, ONE OF THE FIRST CALL SESSION THAT HAS PASSED THE HOUSE.

TOTAL COST OF TIER ONE REMAINS UNCHANGED.

IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THAT.

IT IS PURELY FOR TAX RATE COMPRESSION.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THEN THE LOCAL FUND ASSIGNMENT GOES DOWN AND THE TIER ONE STATE FUNDING GOES UP.

SO IT JUST CHANGES THE SOURCE OF FUNDS.

IT DOES NOT ADD ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BUDGET JUST CHANGES WHO WRITES US THE CHECK, WHETHER IT'S THE TAXPAYERS OR THE STATE, TIER TWO STAYS UNCHANGED AND TOTAL STATE FUNDING.

TOTAL STATE FUNDING INCREASES.

BUT TOTAL FUNDING REMAINS THE SAME.

PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOES DOWN.

SO THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT BILL.

SO OUR RAISES FOR EXCUSE ME, THE BOARD ADOPTED RAISES ON MAY 4TH.

NEW TEACHER STARTING SALARY RAISE TO $60,000 FROM $57,000.

WE HAD STRATIFIED RAISES FOR OUR T TYPES BROKEN INTO FOUR GROUPS.

RAISES RANGE FROM 5.75% UP TO 8%.

OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF RECEIVED A $3 PER HOUR RAISE.

CURRENT STARTING SALARY WAS 1050 RAISED TO 1350.

OUR ELECTRICIANS, HVAC, PLUMBERS AND OUR SPECIAL ED PARAPROFESSIONALS RECEIVED A 6% OR WILL RECEIVE A 6% RAISE.

AND THEN OUR NON T TAX EXEMPT EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A 3% RAISE AND OUR NON T TYPE NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES RECEIVE A 4% RAISE.

THE COST OF THAT RAISE AT 100% OCCUPANCY IS ABOUT $20.1 MILLION AND AT 95% OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS WHAT WE USED IN THE BUDGET, IT'S ABOUT $19.1 MILLION.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK HIGHLIGHTS.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ON MAY 4TH ALSO, BUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE, THE RFD EMPLOYEE DAYCARE OR CHILD LEARNING ACADEMIES, THE LITTLE EAGLES SITE WILL OPEN IN FALL OF 23, AND THEN THE LITTLE MUSTANG SITE HAS AN EXPECTED OPENING OF JANUARY OF 2024. AND THEN ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS BOARD POLICY DEC LOCAL AND THAT WILL EXPAND SOME OF OUR LEAVE OPTIONS AND IT WILL INCLUDE MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE WILL NOW BE ALLOWABLE USES OF OUR SICK LEAVE BANK AND HARDSHIP DAYS.

AND THEN IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THREE SICK LEAVE BANK DAYS TO BE USED FOR BEREAVEMENT.

THE GENERAL FUND PROPOSED BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE HERE LOCAL REVENUE IS UP, STATE REVENUE GOES DOWN.

IT'S JUST THE WAY THE FUNDING FORMULAS WORK.

UNDER CURRENT LAW, A LITTLE DECREASE IN FEDERAL REVENUE.

OUR EXPENDITURES ARE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN OUR PROJECT, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, HAS AN ESTIMATED DEFICIT OF $14.8 MILLION.

MOVING TO THE MULTI YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND THERE IN THE 2324 COLUMN.

JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE USING $26 MILLION OF ESSER FUNDS.

IT'S THERE ABOUT THE MIDDLE LINE OF THE PAGE.

IN 2223, WE USE $7.6 MILLION OF ESSER FUNDS.

THIS 2324 WILL BE THE LAST YEAR OF ESSER FUNDING COMING DOWN TO THE THE FUND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OR DEFICIT OF $14.8 MILLION ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 148,000,038% OF EXPENDITURES.

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AND THEN OUR 90 DAYS OF EXPENDITURES IS 96 MILLION.

THAT IS THE TARGET FOR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE YEARS, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH WAS BASED ON THE SAME THING WE DID.

I DID THE DEBT SERVICE FUND ON 6.5% FOR 23, 24, 3% IN FUTURE YEARS.

BUT AGAIN, THE WAY THE FUNDING FORMULAS NOW WORK UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE FROM 2019, CHANGES IN PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH DON'T AFFECT US, DON'T AFFECT THE AVAILABLE REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

I HAVE INCLUDED RAISES IN ALL FUTURE YEARS OF 3% AND THE VACANCY AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS ARE HELD FLAT AT WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL BE CONTINUING OUR WORK TO INCREASE THE VACANCY AND BUDGET REDUCTION AMOUNTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR DEFICIT FOR 2425 GROWS FROM A 14.8 MILLION FOR 23, 24 TO 47.5 FOR NEXT YEAR.

THE BIGGEST SINGLE ITEM CAUSING THAT JUMP IS THE FACT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE ESSER FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE BUDGET WITH.

AND THEN HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FORM OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH TONIGHT TO ADOPT AND SOME REQUIRED DISCLOSURES THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE AT THE BOTTOM AMOUNTS FOR WHAT WE BUDGET FOR STATUTORILY REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES AND FOR LOBBYING EXPENSES.

AND THEN OUR INFORMATION ABOUT THE RAISE AND THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THAT RAISE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL.

WE HOPE TO START MEETINGS IN LATE JULY.

HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING AND THE MEMBERSHIP WILL CONSIST OF BOARD NOMINATIONS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

OF COURSE, TONIGHT YOU WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET FOR 2324.

JULY 25TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR US TO RECEIVE CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AUGUST 1ST IS THE LAST DAY FOR THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE CERTIFIED VALUES TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

AND THEN AUGUST 5TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE US OUR MINIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE, WHICH DETERMINES OUR RATE. WE HAD THE PENNIES THAT OUR VOTERS APPROVED IN THE TREE IN 2018 TO THAT NUMBER.

AND THEN AUGUST 31ST IS WHEN WE WILL PUBLISH A NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE TAX RATE IF NECESSARY.

SEPTEMBER 4TH RIGHT NOW IS THE PROJECTED DATE THAT THE BOARD WILL ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE WHAT IFS.

IF HOUSE BILL, ONE OF THE FIRST CALLED SESSION PASSES.

IF IT PASSES AS WRITTEN, THERE WILL BE AN ITEM ON THE BALLOT RELATED TO THAT 16.2 CENTS OF TAX RATE COMPRESSION.

AND THEN IN THAT LEGISLATION, DECEMBER 15TH WOULD THEN BECOME THE DAY THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO MAIL THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS BY.

SO JUST A LOT OF CHANGES IN THAT BILL.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT IT IT IT CHANGES MORE THAN MOST OF US ARE USED TO DEALING WITH ON THAT AND PUSHES A LOT OF DEADLINES AROUND.

AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. PATE.

BOARD WE WILL NOT TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS LATER ON WHEN WE HAVE AN ACTION ITEM.

SO WE'LL REFRAIN FROM TAKING QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 44.004 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE OR ISD PUBLISHED A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR.

SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING.

THANK YOU, MR. PATE.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

DR. HILLER, WE ARE READY FOR RECOGNITION.

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YES, THANK YOU. WE ARE QUITE A FEW RECOGNITIONS YET TO CELEBRATE WITH PARTNERS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS.

I WOULD INVITE THE OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE HORSESHOE AS THEY ARE COMING FORWARD.

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS.

WELCOME. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING AS OUR GUEST AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED.

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WE WE APPRECIATE AND CELEBRATE THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY MONTH TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNERS, COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS FOR WAYS THAT THEY ARE EXCELLING NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT IN THE CLASSROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL GIVE INSTRUCTIONS AND IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD TO MY LEFT, TO YOUR RIGHT, TO RECEIVE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND THEN YOU WILL GET TO WALK THROUGH THE RECEIVING LINE AND BE GREETED BY OUR BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO GET A QUICK PICTURE AS WELL.

SO AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND CELEBRATE BEFORE WE WRAP UP THIS FINAL SCHOOL YEAR.

SO OUR FIRST RECOGNITION, PARTNER RECOGNITION THIS EVENING IS FOR OUR REREAD TOGETHER PROGRAM.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REREAD REREAD TOGETHER IS RICHARDSON ISD'S VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE TO CHAMPION EARLY LITERACY SKILLS FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE.

OUR ISD VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED 85 STUDENTS THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, AND 84% OF THE KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM MET OR EXCEEDED THEIR MAP GROWTH GOAL FOR THE YEAR.

YES, THAT IS A CELEBRATION.

WE KNOW STUDENTS WHO LACK READING READINESS OR WHO DON'T READ AT GRADE LEVEL NEED ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONS AND RESOURCES TO CATCH UP TO THEIR PEERS.

WE READ TOGETHER AS HELPING CLOSE THESE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.

WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE LOGGED ALMOST 2000 VOLUNTEER HOURS THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY ARE ALL READY TO DO IT AGAIN THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE PLAN TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES WHO ARE SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM.

EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HOSTED A SMALL RECEPTION TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEAR.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU ARE A REREAD VOLUNTEER, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED? WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WORK WITHOUT YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THEY ALSO RECEIVED THEIR OFFICIAL I VOLUNTEER IN YARD SIGN.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, GIVE THEM A HONK AND TELL THEM THANK YOU.

WELL, NO, PROBABLY NOT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR REREAD SUPPORTERS.

OUR NEXT PARTNER RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR RICHARDSON RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW OF THEIR LEADERSHIP HERE.

IF THEY WOULD COME FORWARD THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR RICHARDSON RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL DO AND HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RICHARDSON ISD EVEN INTO THEIR RETIREMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF RETIRED TEACHERS IN RICHARDSON AND THROUGH THEIR RRSP YEARLY PROJECTS AND ENDEAVORS, RETIRED EDUCATORS CONTINUE TO CONNECT WITH AND SUPPORT THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE GREATER RICHARDSON COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR, THEIR MEMBERSHIP REPORTED A TOTAL OF 50,676 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

YES, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK.

THEY HAVE DONATED MONEY TO PURCHASE BOOKS TO GIVE TO RICHARDSON ISD STUDENTS.

BOOKS WERE GIVEN TO STUDENTS TO TAKE HOME AND THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS RECEIVED COPIES AS WELL FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS. BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH BOOKS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AND CAMPUSES TO RECEIVE THE DONATIONS.

THIS LAST YEAR INCLUDED RICHARDSON, RICHLAND TERRACE, RICHARDSON ISD, ACADEMY, SKYVIEW, STULTS ROAD AND THURGOOD MARSHALL.

THE GROUP HAS ALSO AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM ONE OF THE ISD HIGH SCHOOLS WHO PLANNED TO MAJOR IN EDUCATION AND ATTEND A TEXAS COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN MAY 3RD, RICHARDSON ISD, FROM STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM THE CLASS OF 2023 WERE EACH AWARDED A $4,000 SCHOLARSHIP BY OUR RICHARDSON RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

SO IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A WE HAVE CARLA BREMER, LISA GRUENFELDER, KATHY GROGAN AND COREY PRATT, AS WELL AS LIZ ZOHAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RICHARDSON ISD.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WILL YOU BRING IT IN? BRING IT IN HERE.

MARY. MARY.

SHE GET PICTURES WITH ADRIANA? I WILL. BECAUSE YOU GET TO BE IN THE PICTURE.

GO LOOK IN THE PICTURE.

OH, GO. YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

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DO YOU WANT TO ASK? AND LINDA, COME ON UP.

I THINK WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET ONE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FOR OUR WEBSITE.

THIS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAVE ONE MORE PARTNER RECOGNITION THIS EVENING AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH THE RICHARDSON BRANCH OF THE YMCA AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS.

AND THEY HELPED SPONSOR OUR INAUGURAL BRIGHT STAR TRACK MEET, WHICH WAS HOSTED THIS PAST MONTH AT EAGLE MUSTANG STADIUM.

WE HAD DOZENS OF OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FROM ALL FOUR OF OUR LEARNING COMMUNITIES WHO COMPETED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS.

THEY WERE COACHED AND MENTORED BY STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, AND WE JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME BY ALL.

IT WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY ENTIRE YEAR GETTING TO BE OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THIS EVENT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE YMCA OF RICHARDSON AND THE CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS FOR SPONSORING THIS INAUGURAL EVENT.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN SPECIAL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO WITH YMCA, WE HAVE SAMANTHA BUEHLER AND JD ODOM.

AND THEN FROM CREDIT.

YES. AND THEN FROM.

GO AHEAD. YES.

AND THEN FROM CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS, WE HAVE LYNN ADDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WOULD LOVE TO GRAB A PHOTO.

YOU DON'T.

RCSD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS PARTNERS.

SO THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION INTO SOME VERY IMPORTANT STAFF RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

OUR FIRST ONE IS FOR JESS HARBEN ELEMENTARY, WHO IS.

YES, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR JESS HARBEN.

THEY WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST SCHOOLS AS A BRONZE WINNER.

LET ME SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AWARD.

AND THIS WAS HOSTED AN AWARD THAT IS THAT IS GRANTED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR URBAN SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION.

JESS HARBEN WAS ONE OF EIGHT SCHOOLS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SELECTED AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2023 AMERICA'S BEST SCHOOLS AWARD BY THE SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

BEING NAMED A FINALIST IS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT AND A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE LEADERSHIP, TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY OF JESS HARBEN ELEMENTARY. JESS HARBEN IS RISD'S FIRST CAMPUS.

TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION, THE SCHOOL HAD TO SUBMIT DATA TO THE ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THAT EVERY STUDENT GROUP MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STATE AVERAGE IN ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY, WHILE ALSO INDICATING LOW RATES OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, HIGH ATTENDANCE RATES AND LOW RATES OF TEACHER ABSENCES.

THE SECOND PART OF THIS RIGOROUS PROCESS INCLUDED A DAY LONG SITE VISIT HERE IN RICHARDSON, WHERE THE COMMITTEE TOURED CLASSROOMS AND INTERVIEWED TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, THE PRINCIPAL, AS WELL AS THE AREA SUPERINTENDENT.

AND I KNOW THIS EVENING WE HAVE BOTH PRINCIPAL DR.

SHARON NEWMAN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JENNY LEWIS.

AND I SEE ONE OTHER AWESOME, AWESOME.

AND WE HAVE OUR LIBRARIAN, CHRISTINA MURTAGH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HER DAUGHTER WHO'S HERE TO HELP CELEBRATE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING JESS HARBEN ELEMENTARY.

CONGRATS, Y'ALL. CONGRATULATIONS.

YES, THEY RECEIVED THE BRONZE AWARD.

SO PROUD OF THEM.

AND DON'T FORGET, WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A PICTURE.

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YEAH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JESS HARBEN.

SO I DON'T LIKE TO PICK FAVORITES WITH OUR RECOGNITIONS, BUT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DEAR, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO TEAMS HERE THIS EVENING AND THEY ENCOMPASS OUR STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND EARLIER THIS SPRING BOTH TEAMS WERE RECOGNIZED AND WE KEPT PUSHING THE RECOGNITIONS AND FINALLY DECIDED WE BETTER DO THIS IN JUNE BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF TOO, FOR FOR THIS IMPORTANT GROUP OF STAFF.

SO EARLIER THIS SPRING AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE, THE TEXAS SCHOOL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION HOLDS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND THEY GIVE OUT AWARDS FOR VARIOUS PR AND COMMUNICATIONS PUBLICATIONS.

AND THE RICHARDSON ISD STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS RECOGNIZED WITH EIGHT GOLD, TWO SILVER, THREE BRONZE, AS WELL AS ONE BEST IN CATEGORY RECOGNITION.

YES, VERY PROUD TISBURY'S ANNUAL AWARDS PROVIDE RECOGNITION FOR THE OUTSTANDING EDUCATION COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECTS OF ITS MEMBERS.

INDEPENDENT JUDGES EVALUATE EACH WORK AND PROJECT BASED ON SET CRITERIA, AND THEY AWARD GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE STAR WARS AS WELL AS BEST OF CATEGORY.

WE WON THE LOGO, TRADEMARK AND SYMBOL.

BEST OF CATEGORY FOR THE RICHARDSON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BOOTS AND BOWTIES BASH, AS WELL AS GOLD AWARDS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT PUBLICATION THAT WE DID THIS LAST FALL, AS WELL AS GET THIS, ONE OF OUR VIDEO FEATURE STORIES CELEBRATING SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

YES, IN ADDITION TO OUR STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR PRINT SERVICES TEAM AND THEY RECENTLY WON FIRST PLACE AT THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRINTERS PLATINUM PRODUCTION AWARD FOR 2023 FOR DIGITAL MULTI-PAGE PRODUCT FOR THE RICHARDSON ISD COLORING BOOK THAT HAS BECOME VERY POPULAR AT OUR CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE A COPY FOR YOU THAT I WILL BE SURE YOU GET THIS EVENING.

SO I'M JUST INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THIS GROUP.

THEY DO A LOT TO PROMOTE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, CELEBRATE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN RICHARDSON ISD AND OUR IN OUR DISTRICT BRANDS.

COME FORWARD TEAM AND LET'S GET A PICTURE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH A CELL PHONE? NO, YOU'RE DOING IT. I CAN SWITCH OUT.

YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN.

SQUEEZE IN. SQUEEZE IN.

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OH.

OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT STAFF RECOGNITION.

I NEED DR.

H TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

DR. GEORGE CAMINOS IS OUR PHYSICS TEACHER AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WAS RECENTLY CELEBRATED AS A FINALIST FOR THE 2023 HEB EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL, Y'ALL.

YES. THIS IS AN ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM HOSTED BY THE H-E-B STORES, AND IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST MONETARY AWARD PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS IN THE STATE AND THE NATION.

TEACHERS WERE SURPRISED.

AND I. WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN THEY SHOWED UP IN YOUR CLASSROOM THAT DAY? GOOD. HE WAS SURPRISED IN HIS CLASSROOM ONE MORNING AND PRESENTED NOT ONLY WITH A $1,000 CHECK FOR HIMSELF, BUT ALSO A $1,000 CHECK FOR RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL. SO CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

H. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE AND GRAB A PICTURE.

SO.

CONGRATULATIONS, DR.

H. WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE STAFF RECOGNITIONS, AND THIS ONE'S REALLY EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD THIS THIS LADY WORKS.

WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN RICHARDSON.

MISS MARY RODRIGUEZ RECENTLY WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF ASSOCIATION FOR EARNING HER CERTIFIED EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION.

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING AND A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS THAT TSA HOSTS THIS PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES 60 HOURS OF TRAINING AND COURSES.

THE TEXAS PROFESSIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM COURSES COMPRISE OF 45 HOURS OF COURSEWORK WITH ANOTHER 15 HOURS OF JOB RELATED SELF-DIRECTED STUDY IN A MINIMUM OF THREE HOUR INCREMENTS.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE MARY.

SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS EIGHT, SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WHEN WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER.

SHE STILL SERVES AS AN AWESOME EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DEPARTMENT.

AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THIS PROGRAM AND RECEIVING YOUR CERTIFICATION THIS PAST SPRING.

SHE IS NOW WORKING ON COMPLETING THE TRAINING SO SHE CAN ASSIST OUR SUPPORT STAFF LOCALLY IN ACHIEVING THEIR CERTIFICATION.

SO IF THAT'S NOT LIFELONG LEARNING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, MARY.

OH, OKAY. OKAY, LET'S GRAB A PHOTO.

LET IT GO, MOM. YES, GRANDMA.

WE NEED TO GET THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE WEBSITE.

CONGRATULATIONS, MARY.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

WE HAVE TWO MORE STAFF BEFORE WE DIG INTO SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE STUDENT CELEBRATIONS THIS EVENING.

WE DO HAVE TWO RECENT GRADUATES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON PROGRAM.

AND WITH THE CLASS OF 38, WE HAD BOTH DR.

KRISTEN LEEPER AND DR.

CAREY THOMAS, WHO RECENTLY WERE RECOGNIZED AS GRADUATES OF THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROGRAM.

LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON.

THIS PROGRAM EXPLORES ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ARTS, CULTURE, DIVERSITY, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT, REGIONALISM, HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, SOCIAL SERVICES AND MORE, WHILE GROWING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS OF ITS PARTICIPANTS.

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LEADERSHIP. RICHARDSON IS NOW IN ITS 39TH YEAR AND CONTINUES TO SUCCESSFULLY, SUCCESSFULLY BUILD OUR NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS.

THE PROGRAM HAS HAD MORE THAN 1200 GRADUATES WHO HAVE GONE ON TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

SO THIS EVENING WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES, DR.

KRISTEN LEEPER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DR.

CAREY THOMAS HAVE COMPLETED ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR GRADUATION AS PART OF OUR CLASS OF 38.

AND I GUESS I'LL SAY IT TONIGHT.

THE BEST CLASS.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LR, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THE BEST CLASS.

BE SURE AND GET A PICTURE.

WE ARE GOING TO START OUR STUDENTS RECOGNITIONS.

NEXT, I WOULD INVITE OUR THREE STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACT SCORES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.

YOU'RE GOING TO KICK OFF OUR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

YES. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON SUMMER BREAK, WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME BACK.

SOME OF THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT WE WERE STILL FINALIZING AND GETTING FINAL INFORMATION THE LAST DAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT THIS NEXT ONE IS HUGE, Y'ALL.

WE HAD THREE RICHARDSON ISD STUDENTS THAT EARNED A PERFECT SCORE ON THE ACT.

ALL YES.

THREE THREE IN RICHARDSON.

THE ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING TEST, WHICH IS A 36, THEY SCORED A PERFECT SCORE OF 36, WHICH IS ACHIEVED BY FEWER THAN 0.25% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE NATION WHO TOOK THE TEST.

Y'ALL POINT TO FIVE.

MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION JUNIORS HAVE TAKEN THE ACT THIS PAST YEAR, AND ONLY 3000 303,300 SCORED A PERFECT SCORE OF 36IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTIONS.

THE ACT IS A CURRICULUM BASED ACHIEVEMENT EXAM THAT MEASURES WHAT STUDENTS HAVE LEARNED IN SCHOOL.

STUDENTS WHO EARN A 36 COMPOSITE SCORE HAVE LIKELY MASTERED ALL OF THE SKILLS.

I WOULD PROBABLY GUESS SO AND KNOWLEDGE THEY WILL NEED TO SUCCEED IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE COURSES IN THE CORE SUBJECT AREAS.

WOW. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS, TWO FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS.

WE HAVE IZZY AGARWAL FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE COULD NOT SHE WAS SHE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I JUST HAD TO APPRECIATE HER NAME.

WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT. WE HAVE JULIAN VILLAMAR ROBBINS FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE ALSO HAVE NICHOLAS WEBB FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE TEXAS STATE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE LATIN COMPETITION TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS. SO AWESOME.

EXCITED TO SEE WHERE YOU GO WITH ALL OF YOUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT GROUP OF STUDENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED, AND THESE INCLUDE STUDENTS FROM BOTH LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO COMPETED IN THE TEXAS STATE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE LATIN COMPETITION LATE THIS SPRING, BRINGING TEXANS INTERESTED IN THE CLASSICS TOGETHER.

SINCE THE LATE 60S, THE ACL FOSTERS THE STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN TOPICS IN THE MODERN AGE.

THE ORGANIZATION IS MORE IS ONE OF MORE THAN 1000 CHAPTERS OF THE NATIONAL JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE, AND IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST STUDENT DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD, COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 45,000 STUDENTS.

AND WE HAVE SOME HERE LOCALLY THAT COMPETED, AND WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE.

WE HAVE CALEB TRELFORD FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE AIDAN DUNPHY, ALSO FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE HAVE A REALLY PROUD MOM HERE, ROSARIO STORNI FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO IS ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED.

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OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A QUICK PICTURE AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO INVITE OUR BRENTFIELD ELEMENTARY TEAM UNIVERSITY TO COME FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOU MET THEM EARLIER THIS EVENING AS OUR PLEDGE LEADERS.

BUT NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE OUR BRENTFIELD ELEMENTARY'S TEAM.

UNIVERSITY DESTINATION.

DESTINATION IMAGINATION.

WHO COMPETED THERE? THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM FROM BRENTFIELD ELEMENTARY, THEIR RISING FIFTH GRADERS.

BUT AS A FOURTH GRADE GROUP, THEY PARTICIPATED AND COMPETED IN THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION GLOBAL FINALS IN KANSAS CITY.

THIS PAST SPRING, THEY BUILT A SPEEDY ROLLER COASTER, THE SECOND FASTEST ROLLER COASTER IN THE COMPETITION.

MIND YOU, THEY CREATED A SET AND WROTE, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN THEIR OWN PLAY, AND THEY COMPETED AGAINST 46 TEAMS FROM 17 STATES IN ADDITION TO TEAMS FROM TURKEY, BRAZIL, THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND MEXICO.

AND THEY TOOK FOURTH OVERALL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

WE HAVE EVERETT PERRY, WE HAVE REESE BEADLE.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE.

STUDENTS. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THE ART AWARDS, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, OUR STATE VASE EVENT, WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE OUR ART STUDENTS NEXT AS WE'RE GETTING THIS.

ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE WINDING DOWN TO THE OF JUST A FEW MORE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS.

WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW OF OUR FINE ARTS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE VASE EVENT.

THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION HOSTS EVERY YEAR 13 QUALIFYING ENTRIES, AND STUDENTS FROM RICHARDSON ISD COMPETED IN THE 2023 STATE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT OUT OF 2100 ENTRIES QUALIFIED TO ADVANCE FROM 31,000 ENTRIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, SEVEN ART STUDENTS FROM RICHARDSON ISD SCORED EXEMPLARY AND THEY RECEIVED A STATE BASED MEDALLION AND ONE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST SCORE OF A FIVE FOR THE ART AWARD, THE STATE VASE, GOLD SEAL MEDALLION AND FOUR SCORED SUPERIOR AND ONE SCORED EXCELLENT.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS AND ALL OF THEIR ARTISTIC ABILITIES AND WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE THIS.

CELEBRATE THEM. THIS EVENING WE HAVE CLAIRE JONES FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, CLAIRE.

WE HAVE ELLA VILLASENOR FROM PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE AND GET A PICTURE.

IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ATHLETICS, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU NEXT.

DON'T THINK. FOUND DEAD.

IS SHE HERE? AND BECAUSE OUR SPRING SPORTS AND ATHLETES, SOME OF THEM DO NOT EVEN WRAP UP THEIR SEASON UNTIL I THINK THE LAST WEEK BEFORE FINALS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE COME BACK AND WE'RE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE OUR 20 2223 ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ATHLETES FOR BASEBALL, GOLF, SOFTBALL AND TRACK.

AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK OUT.

WE KNOW AND RECOGNIZE YOU'RE ON SUMMER BREAK.

THESE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS RECOGNIZE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES WHO EXCEL IN THEIR GPA, CLASS, RANK AND ACT AND SAT SCORES.

WE APPLAUD THESE STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO SUCCEED IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE COURT OR FIELD.

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SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CHARLOTTE STROLL FROM LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL IN TRACK.

BENJAMIN CRAIG GOLF WITH PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

I KNOW THEY WERE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

NICOLE CASCANTE WITH TRACK PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

TWO CARS. TARYN.

TWO CARS ALSO ATTRACT PEARCE HIGH SCHOOL.

WILL HARRIS BIRKNER GOLF.

AND JADE CLAWSON FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL WITH SOFTBALL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENT ATHLETES.

WE WANT TO BE SURE AND CAPTURE A PICTURE IF YOU ALL CAN COME BACK AROUND IN FRONT OF THE HORSESHOE.

WE WANT TO GET A PHOTO.

AND.

CLICK HERE.

I KNOW. CONGRATULATIONS.

A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THEIR WELL-DESERVED SUMMER BREAK.

AND FINALLY, WE DO AS WE DO EVERY MONTH, WE HAVE OUR READ BELIEVES AWARD AND WE DO HAVE ONE STUDENT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE IF SHE MADE IT.

ALLISON RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU HERE THIS EVENING? EIGHTH GRADER, A RISING EIGHTH GRADER AT PARK HILL JUNIOR HIGH.

OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE INVITE ALLISON BACK IN AUGUST.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. STUDENTS, PARTNERS, COMMUNITY FAMILIES.

WE'RE GOING TO LET EVERYONE EXIT THE AUDITORIUM BEFORE WE BEGIN AGAIN.

YES. WOW.

YES. YOU ALL READY? YES. IS HE.

HUGE DEAL. LIKE A BIG DEAL.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM AND IS A PRESENTATION BY DALLAS COLLEGE.

[XI.B. Dallas College Presentation]

MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR AMAZING PARTNERS FROM DALLAS COLLEGE TO THE PODIUM.

WE ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL TO HAVE AMAZING PARTNERS IN DALLAS COLLEGE.

I CAN TELL YOU MY OWN DAUGHTER HAS TAKEN CLASSES WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.

WE HAVE STUDENTS ACROSS ALL FOUR OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE INVOLVED AS WELL AS THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF A PIONEER PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR APPRENTICE PROGRAM, WHERE WE ARE GRADUATING STUDENTS WITH A FOUR YEAR DEGREE, HAVING THEM APPRENTICE RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON ISD AND THEN HIRING THEM RIGHT HERE.

AND I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL TO DR.

LENNON AND HIS TEAM FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE EXPERIENCES THEY PROVIDE, LIKE THEY GENUINELY CARE AND LOVE ABOUT OUR LOVE, OUR KIDS.

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AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL TO KIND OF SHARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY WITH YOU.

AND WHAT A GREAT EVENING TO BE HERE TO SEE ALL THE CELEBRATIONS.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE.

I AM JUSTIN LENNON.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHANCELLOR OF THE DALLAS COLLEGE SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 100,000 STUDENTS.

WE HAVE 30,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THEY'RE DUAL CREDIT, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, P-TECH STUDENTS ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY.

AND WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH YOU ALL.

AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT AT DALLAS COLLEGE, WE'RE IN THE BARRIER BUSTING BUSINESS.

WE ARE INTENTLY FOCUSED ON THOSE BARRIERS THAT GET IN THE WAY OF STUDENT SUCCESS TO THROUGH AND BEYOND OUR DOORS.

SO FOR $79 A CREDIT HOUR, YOU GET A DART PASS SO WE CAN REMOVE THAT TRANSPORTATION BARRIER.

THE COST OF TEXTBOOKS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.

SO THERE'S NO MORE OF WAITING THREE WEEKS INTO A CLASS.

DO I BUY THAT CHEMISTRY BOOK OR DO I PAY THAT LIGHT BILL SO STUDENTS CAN BE BEST PREPARED ON ON DAY ONE, WE FOCUS ON THE WHOLE STUDENT HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE.

WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE STUDENT SUCCESS MEASURES.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BARRIERS THAT CAN GET IN THE WAY IS THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE.

AND PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS HELP SMOOTH OUT THAT PIPELINE AND REMOVE THAT BARRIER.

AND OUR STUDENTS, WE JUST HAD OUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

SO OVER THREE DAYS, SIX GRADUATION CEREMONIES WITH 9500 GRADUATES AND NEARLY 2500 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM US.

AND THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BOARD, WE CHOOSE TO INVEST IN THOSE STUDENTS AND WAIVE TUITION FOR OUR DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS.

SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A TWO YEAR DEGREE FROM US DEBT FREE.

AND WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SET THEM UP FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AHEAD OF THEM.

AND SO THERE'S 9500 STUDENTS REFLECT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE IN THIS COUNTY.

I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT A THIRD OF THOSE GRADUATES WERE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.

71% OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE FEMALE STUDENTS.

85% OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE STUDENTS OF COLOR.

SO WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY.

AND AS THE SUPERINTENDENT MENTIONED, WE ALSO GRADUATED OUR FIRST CLASS OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUR YEAR DEGREE IN OUR TEACHER PROGRAM AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT OUR ISD WAS THE FIRST ONE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO HELP PROVIDE A PIPELINE AND PREPARE TEACHERS. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT SOME OF THOSE GRADUATES ARE COMING TO WORK HERE FOR YOU.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THOSE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE, THEY GO.

THEY CAN TAKE THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND GO DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE AND EARN AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY CAN ALSO TRANSFER, TAKE THOSE CREDITS AND TRANSFER TO UNIVERSITIES.

AND THEY DO IN HUGE NUMBERS TO UNT, TO A&M COMMERCE, TO OUR PARTNERS HERE REGIONALLY, BUT ALSO TO UT AUSTIN, TO LITTLE PLACES YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF LIKE COLUMBIA AND YALE AND HARVARD, BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIGOR OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PREPARING STUDENTS TRUSTEE, POTEET, EVEN A&M COMMERCE.

SO SO WE'RE PLEASED OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR WHATEVER COMES NEXT FOR THEM AND THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD ON TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS HERE AT RISD.

BUT WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO, MUCH LIKE ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE WITHOUT LEADERSHIP FROM FROM OUR BOARD.

AND SO I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR TRUSTEES WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA, TRUSTEE PAUL MAYER, WHO IS A HUGE ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF EXPANDING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS.

HE UNDERSTANDS THE WORKFORCE IMPERATIVE WITH HIS ROLE WITH THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TRUSTEE PAUL MAYER.

THANKS SO MUCH. IT'S ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN YOU INTRODUCE A CHAMBER GUY WHO'S ALSO A PREACHER'S KID AND ALSO A NATIVE TEXAN, BECAUSE THIS COULD GO ON FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT I WON'T.

AND YOU KNOW, 45 YEARS OF DOING THIS AND IT'S THIS.

WHEN YOU SAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU'RE SAYING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WHEN YOU SAY 45 YEARS, WHAT YOU HOPE IS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED SOMETHING OVER 45 YEARS.

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AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AND WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS THAT THE ESSENCE OF IT IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING, AND THAT'S GETTING PEOPLE, STUDENTS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE IN THEIR LIVES AND THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EARNING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO WHEN I DECIDED TO BECOME PART OF THE ELECTED SIDE OF THIS AND NOT JUST SIT ON THE ON THE CHAMBER'S SIDE, IT WAS THE RECOGNITION THAT JOINING YOU THAT THEY DO THE SAME THING.

AND THIS KIND OF WORK IS PROBABLY THE MOST GRATIFYING THING NEXT TO SHARON.

BUT MY WIFE THAT THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO.

SO I THINK ALL I NEED TO REALLY DO IS SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND ALL THE RECOGNITION.

AND THEN FINALLY, I GUESS IN FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP.

GARLAND CLASS 39, THE BEST CLASS.

GOOD EVENING AND AGAIN.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TO INTRODUCE FURTHER DALLAS COLLEGE.

YEAH.

AND. GREAT VIDEO.

AND AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TIFFANY KIRKSEY AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE VICE PROVOST OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS HERE WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.

IN OUR ROLE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ISD AND THE TEAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR DUAL CREDIT, EARLY COLLEGE AND P-TECH PROGRAMING WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.

AS DR. LEINEN MENTIONED, DALLAS COLLEGE REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE BARRIER BUSTING BUSINESS.

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AND AS HE ALLUDED TO, WE'RE EXCITED THAT AS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE ENSURE THAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE WHERE STUDENTS IN NON DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS ARE ABLE NOT ONLY TO TAKE CLASS BUT ALSO TO HAVE THEIR TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS ALL PROVIDED FOR JUST $79 PER CREDIT HOUR.

AND WE KNOW THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN MAKING EDUCATION ACCESS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.

AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK NOT ONLY ABOUT DUAL CREDIT, BUT REALLY ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT BOTH OUR COLLEGES AND INDUSTRY FACE WITHIN THIS REGION.

WE KNOW THAT EMPLOYERS ARE REPORTING IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND TRAINED AND SKILLED EMPLOYEES TO FILL THIS VERY VIBRANT AND GROWING ECONOMY. AND SO AS SUCH, WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE COMPLETING THEIR DEGREE, TAKING COURSES, PERHAPS TAKE PURSUING OPTIONS THAT MAY NOT ALIGN WITH WHERE THE INDUSTRY NEEDS, WHERE THEY'RE COMPLETING DEGREES, AND PERHAPS MAYBE EVEN NOT MOVING INTO OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY EARN THEM A LIVABLE WAGE.

IN FACT, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT STUDENTS ARE REALLY INDIVIDUALS.

ONLY 1 IN 20 ONLY EXCUSE ME, ONLY 25% OF INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY ARE EARNING A LIVABLE WAGE, WHICH WE DEFINE AS $50,000. SO WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE INDUSTRY HAS A NEED, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE THRIVING WORKFORCE THAT EXISTS.

AND WE SEE DUAL CREDIT, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND P-TECH PROGRAMS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THAT BRIDGE TO REALLY HELP TO ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEY'RE COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL WITH OPTIONS, OPTIONS THAT EQUIP THEM TO TRANSFER INTO FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS, OPTIONS THAT EQUIP THEM TO MOVE INTO INDUSTRY AND INTO ACTUAL CAREERS THAT ARE GOING TO EARN THEM A LIVABLE WAGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT AND SOME OF THE WORK OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN DALLAS COLLEGE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. WE'RE EXCITED THAT LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY CELEBRATED 2100 STUDENTS WHO ARE DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS EARNING A CERTIFICATE AND OR A DEGREE.

AND AS MENTIONED THIS YEAR, 2500 STUDENTS JUST ABOUT WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE.

AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST BY WAY OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT WE MOVE THE NEEDLE ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITHIN THE REGION.

BY SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS COLLEGE BOARD, WE'VE INVESTED $16 LAST YEAR IN SUPPORTING DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THAT NO STUDENT WHO'S INTERESTED IN PURSUING DUAL CREDIT DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO BECAUSE OF A FINANCIAL BURDEN OR BARRIER. WE ENSURE BY WAY OF SUPPORT WITH OUR ISDS AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR BOARD THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EARNING A CERTIFICATE, EARNING A DEGREE, EARNING COLLEGE CREDITS AT NO COST TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.

AND WE'VE SEEN SUCH A RESPONSE TO THESE EFFORTS THAT OUR ENROLLMENT AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT 30%.

SO 1 IN 3 STUDENTS ARE DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS WITHIN OUR COLLEGE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS CHART SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORIC GROWTH IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE WITH OUR RICHARDSON ISD, HAD SUCH A EXCITING KIND OF PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE ARE GROWING THE P-TECH PROGRAMS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

AND AS A COLLEGE WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE FROM 2015 TO NOW 2023 A RECORD BREAKING AMOUNT OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND P-TECH PROGRAMS. AND YOU KNOW, WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE HERE, WHAT THEY REALLY REPRESENT ARE OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE BEHIND EVERY PROGRAM IS A SEAT WHERE A STUDENT IS GOING TO NOW BE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A CERTIFICATE AND OR A DEGREE WHERE A STUDENT IS GOING TO BE IN AN INSTITUTION WHERE NOT ONLY ARE THEY TAKING DUAL CREDIT, BUT THEY'RE DOING SO WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR DISTRICT AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR COLLEGE.

SO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO ENSURE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

NOW THIS IS WHERE WE GET EXCITED, WHERE WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE CURRENTLY WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

LAST YEAR WE HAD 1400 STUDENTS WITHIN RICHARDSON ISD PARTICIPATING IN DUAL CREDIT, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND P-TECH

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PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THAT NUMBER.

IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

THOSE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE EARNING CREDITS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE FORWARD WITH THEM THAT ARE WORKING TOWARD DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES, AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT NUMBER GROW WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE TO HIGHLIGHT IS IT'S NOT JUST THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE TAKING DUAL CREDIT OR TRYING DUAL CREDIT, BUT THEY'RE DOING SO SUCCESSFULLY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MORE THAN 90% OF THE STUDENTS FROM THIS DISTRICT THAT EMBARKED UPON DUAL CREDIT COURSES WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEM.

AND WE DEFINE SUCCESS AS EARNING AN A OR A B OR C.

SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY WORK.

IT'S NOT EASY TO TAKE A 15 OR 16 YEAR OLD AND PUT THEM IN AN ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS PROGRAM AND SAY, GO FORTH AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO IT REALLY TAKES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT THEY HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

SO WE'RE DELIGHTED IN THAT RESULT.

AND THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN A PART OF THESE PROGRAMS. DALLAS COLLEGE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, INVESTED OVER $500,000 TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS LAST YEAR.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS A BOARD FOR THE STUDENTS.

WHILE DALLAS COLLEGE PROVIDES THE TUITION OPPORTUNITY, THE BOARD HERE AT ISD IS SUPPORTING STUDENTS BY PROVIDING TEXTBOOK AND RESOURCE MATERIALS. AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR A STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY WALK IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO FEEL PREPARED.

THEY HAVE THE TEXTBOOKS THEY NEED, THEY HAVE THE LAB KITS THEY NEED, THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS THAT THEY NEED.

AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT IS BEING DONE AT NO COST TO THE STUDENT AND NO COST TO THE FAMILY.

SO BY PARTNERSHIP, YOU HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE RESOURCES AND US PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, WE DO IN FACT REMOVE BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

I WANT TO ALSO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUCCESS BY WAY OF THE CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES THAT HAVE BEEN EARNED.

LAST YEAR, WE CELEBRATED SEVEN STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY EARNED A CERTIFICATE AND THEY EARNED IT BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE TYPICALLY OUR GRADUATION IS EARLIER THAN THE POINT THAT HIGH SCHOOL ENDS.

SO WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE THAT THEY'RE A COLLEGE GRADUATE BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IN THIS DISTRICT AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE AS WE CONTINUE THE PATH FORWARD IS THAT WE ARE GROWING AND INCREASING THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 100 OVER 100 STUDENTS FROM THIS DISTRICT PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES.

THESE STUDENTS ARE GRADUATE ELIGIBLE.

MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR COURSES IN MAY.

WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER AND COMPLETING UP THEIR COURSES.

SO TO SEE FROM SEVEN LAST YEAR TO OVER 100 THIS YEAR, THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW CONTINUING TO GROW AND PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE AGAIN CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS FROM THE DISTRICT AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY OF THE STUDENTS AND ALSO OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AGAIN REACH THAT FINISH LINE.

THAT THEY EARN THAT CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE.

SO THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO GO EITHER INTO INDUSTRY OR TO TRANSFER INTO A FOUR YEAR.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE DR.

KAY EGGLESTON, WHO'S GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT OUR RICHLAND CAMPUS IN WHICH IMPACT THE STUDENTS DIRECTLY.

FOR ME. WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

CHAIR HARRIS AND SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM.

I FEEL LIKE I'M AMONG FRIENDS THIS EVENING.

I'M YOUR FACE OF DALLAS COLLEGE AT RICHLAND CAMPUS, AND IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE TOGETHER, OUR PROMISE OF THE FUTURE.

WE ARE JUST STARTING WITH OUR ISD AND WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND TO EARN DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES AT THE SAME TIME THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST ONE SLIDE AND THE THOUGHT THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE IN MUCH GREATER NUMBERS AND WAYS THAN WE HAVE BEFORE, AND WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE AND

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TO IMAGINE WITH US WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE WILL BE OPENING RED RIVER HALL LATER THIS FALL BY NOVEMBER.

SO STUDENTS SHOULD BE IN THAT BUILDING BY JANUARY, AND IT WILL ENABLE US TO EXPAND SIGNIFICANTLY OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CENTER CAPABILITIES.

AND WE WILL BE EXPANDING THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR DALLAS COLLEGE.

WE'LL HAVE 41 TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED CLASSROOMS IN THIS NEW BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CAMPUS.

VARIOUS AREAS FOR STUDENT COLLABORATION, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

WE'LL HAVE CONFERENCE AND MEETING SPACES, AND IT IS DESIGNED WITH AN ENHANCED EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE FORMAT. WE'LL HAVE DEDICATED ISD PARTNER BUS DROP OFFS.

I KNOW YOUR BUS DRIVERS WILL BE HAPPY TO TO HEAR THAT.

BUT WE'LL HAVE DEDICATED LANES AND BUS DROP OFF.

WE'LL HAVE A SHARED ISD PARTNER, SCHOOL CAFETERIA, SERVERY AND DINING SPACE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE CAPABILITIES FOR YOU TO BRING YOUR HOT MEAL SERVICE TO THE CAMPUS, SERVE YOUR STUDENTS AND NOT HAVE TO BUST THEM BACK AND FORTH TWO AND THREE TIMES A DAY FOR THEIR THEIR MEALS AND AND THEN TO COME TO CLASSES.

WE'LL HAVE SHARED ADMINISTRATIVE AND STAFF HUB OFFICE SPACE AND ANCILLARY STUDENT HEALTH CENTER AND WILL BE EXPANDING ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE IN OUR PROGRAMING, INCLUDING A LARGE TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED BLOOMBERG FINANCE TRADING LAB. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING.

AND WE WANT YOU WE INVITE YOU TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS EXPANDED CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU MORE IN DETAIL AND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE GET CLOSER TO OPENING OF THE BUILDING.

AND AS YOU GET READY TO EXPAND HOPEFULLY BEYOND THE TWO P-TECH HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT YOU CURRENTLY ARE WORKING WITH US ON. AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT A LEAP OF FAITH BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE SAME STANDARDS FOR QUALITY THAT WE HOLD SO DEAR, AND YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOUR STUDENTS HAVE THE VERY BEST.

AND SO IT'S IT'S A TRUST RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CARE ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS AS MUCH AS YOU DO BECAUSE WE CONSIDER THEM OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.

AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING OUR CAPABILITIES AND WORKING WITH YOU FURTHER.

SO IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR ALL OF US.

AND THANK YOU.

AND TIFFANY IS GOING TO COME BACK TO CLOSE US OUT.

WE WANTED TO CONCLUDE WHILE WE SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR DUAL CREDIT AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WE WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT THE JOURNEY DOESN'T END AT HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION BY WAY OF DALLAS PROMISE, STUDENTS WITHIN OUR ISD HAVE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO PARTAKE IN THE IN THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AT DALLAS COLLEGE, REMOVING AGAIN THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND BARRIER TO PROGRESSION.

WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR DALLAS PROMISE PROGRAM.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE INCREASES IN THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM AND AGAIN, INVITE YOUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

SO THERE'S MANY PATHWAYS, ENTRY POINTS INTO THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT DALLAS COLLEGE, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP AS WE BLAZE THE PATH FORWARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE THANK THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS AND YOU TRULY ARE BREAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER THEIR NEXT STEPS MAY BE.

I ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE AND THANK ELIZABETH SWANNER AND CREIGHTON BRYAN ON OUR TEAM, DR.

SUMMER MARTIN AS WELL.

THEY ARE. THEY ARE KIND OF THAT CONDUIT AND THAT LIAISON BETWEEN DALLAS COLLEGE AND RICHARDSON ISD, AND THEY MAKE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE AS WELL.

SO THANK EVERYONE.

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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD.

I PERSONALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

MY SON HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

FROM A MOM FROM CLASS LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, CLASS 37, BEST CLASS.

I THINK THERE'S A CLASS 33 THAT MIGHT TAKE EXCEPTION TO THAT FROM RICHARDSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.

[VII. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION]

MR. POTEET, DO WE HAVE ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? YES, WE DO. MS. HARRIS THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITORS DURING TODAY'S MEETING.

SPEAKERS MAY COMMENT ON BOTH AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROTOCOL.

AS NOTED ON THE WEBSITE SPEAKERS, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY IS MR. EWAN BLACKMAN.

BACK AGAIN. IF MY TECHNOLOGY WOULD WORK, THAT WOULD WORK WELL.

THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

SUPERINTENDENT BRENNAN, AGAIN, ESTEEMED STAFF AND EMPLOYEES.

AS WE LOOK FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION I JUST HAD WITH THE DALLAS COLLEGE LOOK BACK, I SHOULD SAY, I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT THAT IS A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION THAT I WAS PERSONALLY A BENEFICIARY OF.

AND I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT MANY TIMES BEING AN IMMIGRANT, BEING A SINGLE DAD AT THE TIME, AND ENROLLING IN AT THE TIME, DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

WE WERE OLD SCHOOL, NOT THAT OLD, BUT STILL.

AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH LIKE THE TASK TEST, WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN ARE COMPETENT WITH THE LANGUAGE.

I KNOW SOME MAY STILL DOUBT ME IN THAT REGARDS, BUT THAT IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM IN TERMS OF HELPING THOSE WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS.

SO I HIGHLY SUPPORT THAT FOR SURE.

MY ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT WOULD BE THAT WE MAINTAIN THOSE ACADEMIC STANDARDS OF RIGOR AND NOT JUST MAKE IT INTO A DIPLOMA MILL WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO THROUGH AND GET A DIPLOMA.

BY THE WAY, THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE I GOT COST ME AROUND 6000 AND NOW PSV ONE 5135.

SO THAT'S A DROP OF $1,000 IN 20 SOME ODD YEARS.

SO THAT WAS GOOD. DR.

ALLISON DOCTOR, TO SHOUT OUT TO TWO GREAT PROFESSORS I HAD AT EASTFIELD.

SO THEY WERE GREAT FOLKS.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT, RIGHT? MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE READY FOR THE REAL WORLD.

AND NOT JUST FROM MY TRACK, WHICH IS ACADEMIC BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO INTO TEACHING, BUT ALSO FROM A STANDPOINT OF WHERE I WAS DOING HVAC.

WHETHER IT'S DOING ACCOUNTING, WHETHER IT'S DOING ARTISAN JOBS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE FAR TOO LITTLE OF THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER OF CTE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS.

I KNOW I MENTIONED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THE OTHER DAY I SAW A HORSE OUTSIDE OF RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE EQUESTRIAN PART OF THE AG SCIENCES THAT WE DO.

AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I THINK WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB SOMEHOW OF COMMUNICATING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY ONCE IN A WHILE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS REALLY GOOD THAT WE DO THOSE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF ACADEMICS AND CTE.

ET CETERA. SO IN THAT REGARDS.

THE. THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER COULD HELP WITH WITH THE RETENTION OF OUR STAFF.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SEE TONIGHT ON THE HR REPORT, I KNOW AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE'S SOME 20 PAGES OF SEPARATIONS OR 19 PAGES, AND ABOUT 450, 570 TEACHERS THAT ARE ON THERE. WE CAN BRING MORE OF THAT IN.

AND I THINK THAT WITH MS..

TOOMEY PROMOTING THE 8% PAY RAISE FOR OUR VETERAN TEACHERS WAS A GREAT START TO THAT TO SEPARATE THAT GAP, I THINK TO TO MS..

MCGOWAN WITH HER CHAMPIONING THE IDEA OF ACTUALLY HELPING OUR TEACHERS HAVE MATERNITY LEAVE AND ELDERLY CARE.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF MOVES WE MAKE THAT ACTUALLY VALUE OUR TEACHERS AND START TO TELL OUR TEACHERS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE VALUE AND THE TWO DAY CARES, THOSE THINGS COST MONEY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR SOME OF THAT IN THE BUDGET.

THAT'S THE TOUGH CUTS.

I'M HERE TO TO TO VOICE SOME OF THAT AND TO HELP SOME OF THAT WHERE I CAN AND HOW I CAN.

BUT BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR DR.

SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM EVALUATION TONIGHT.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. I CERTAINLY HIGHLY ENDORSE IT FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BLACKMAN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE MR. RANDY BLANKENSHIP.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RANDY BLANKENSHIP AND I WISH TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

TOPIC IS LEADERSHIP.

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LEADERSHIP IS LEADING OTHERS ON A PATH TO ACCOMPLISH A PROPER AND NECESSARY GOAL.

HOWEVER, ANY PERSON CAN LEAD OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

BUT A TRUE LEADER DOES NOT WILLINGLY LEAD OTHERS TO DISHONOR THEMSELVES OR OTHERS OR DISGRACE THE OFFICE THEY HOLD.

NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION IS COMING UP.

ALTHOUGH I HAVE INFORMED YOU OF THE LAWS AND TRIED TO LEAD YOU TO SET APPROPRIATE ANNUAL BOARD GOALS.

AS TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 11, YOU WILL NOW HAVE TO FACE THE MUSIC OF YOUR OWN SAD SONG AND SHAME AS YOU TRY TO CONDUCT THIS VITALLY IMPORTANT EVALUATION.

THERE ARE NO BOARD GOALS FOR 2023, 2024, 24, 25.

THERE ARE NONE FOR YOU.

FOR SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS AND YOU STILL LISTEN AND TAKE YOUR MARCHING ORDERS FROM DECEIVERS.

WOW, YOU ARE STUBBORN.

TRUTH IS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OVERSIGHT.

I SUGGEST THAT HERE REAL SOON, THAT YOU GIVE JUSTIFIABLE REPRIMANDS TO YOUR DECEIVERS AND SET NEW AND ACHIEVABLE BOARD GOALS THIS EVENING OR THIS MONTH.

I SUGGEST FAITHFUL OBSERVANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO THE RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE SCHOOL LAWS AND ASSIGN PERHAPS A 3 TO 4% ANNUAL GAIN FOR EACH OF THE APPLICABLE CAMPUSES.

YOU SET THE GOAL IS NOT TO ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY CAN PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION IF TIME DOES NOT PERMIT SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING LATER THIS MONTH SO IT CAN BE DONE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OF LEADERSHIP.

WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND CUTTING COSTS AND HOW DALLAS COLLEGE HAS VERY LOW COST, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT KEEPS RUNNING THE BILL UP.

AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, LAST YEAR, OUT OF MY EXPENSES OVER 9 TO 29% OF MY EXPENSES IS TAXES.

DO YOU REALIZE ABOUT HALF OF THAT GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING? IT'S BEING WASTED, REALLY.

I CAN TELL YOU OF A DEPARTMENT THAT COULD BE CUT.

WHERE IS THE REDUNDANCY IN IN COST? THIS GUY OUGHT TO KNOW.

YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.

EACH ONE OF YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.

YOU ARE THE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR MONEY.

BUT THE BILL KEEPS GOING UP.

AND WHAT GOES ON DOWN IN AUSTIN IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SALES COSTS THERE MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVE AND THE MONEY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES.

THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE THE ONES IN CHARGE.

THANK YOU, MR. BLANKENSHIP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MS..

ADEPOJU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KEMI ADEPOJU AND I'M GOING TO BE READING EXTRACTS FROM THE INCIDENT REPORT GIVEN TO ME BY SOUTH ROAD.

THIS IS A SCHOOL WHERE MY DAUGHTER GOT INJURED.

AND SO THIS IS THE EXTRACT OF THE INCIDENT REPORT GIVEN TO ME.

STUDENTS WAS ASSESSED BY THE NURSE AND THE CLINIC.

STUDENTS WAITED IN THE HALLWAY, SEATED BY THE CLINIC DOOR FOR MOM TO PICK HER UP.

NURSE AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL GREETED MOM WHEN SHE ARRIVED.

MOTHER ARRIVED AND UPON SEEING STUDENT, SHE FAINTED, PASSING OUT TWICE TO THE GROUND.

NURSE SHARON'S MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE ESCORTED OUT TO THE FOYER TO THEIR CAR.

I FAINTED TWICE IN THE SCHOOL, YET THE SCHOOL STILL SAW IT OKAY TO SEND ME OUT WITH MY CHILD.

THAT IS NOT JUST A SECURITY RISK TO ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS.

IT'S ALSO A SECURITY RISK TO PEOPLE DRIVING ON THE ROAD.

ANOTHER EXTRA SAYS MOTHER EXPRESSED DISPLEASURE WITH AN AMBULANCE NOT BEING CALLED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW UP WITH HER DAUGHTER OVER THE INCIDENT.

MOTHER REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL.

THE PRINCIPAL NEVER CALLED ME BACK.

I WASN'T HAPPY.

THE SCHOOL DID NOT CALL THE AMBULANCE EVEN AFTER I'D REQUESTED FOR IT.

WHEN THEY TOLD ME MY DAUGHTER HAD AN ACCIDENT, AND WHEN I GOT TO THE SCHOOL AND I EXPRESSED THIS DISPLEASURE.

MOTHER ASKED WHAT THE SCHOOL IS DOING.

MS.. YOUNG WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INFORMED MOTHER THAT NO SAFETY PRECAUTIONS HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.

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MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HOSPITAL IN ICU FOR OVER SIX MONTHS.

SHE STILL HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY.

AT THIS POINT, I THINK I COULD EVEN BE A MEDICAL STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW SO MUCH NOW AFTER THE INCIDENT.

THAT'S A JOKE, BY THE WAY.

COUNSELORS SPOKE WITH STUDENTS VIA PHONE.

STUDENT ASKED MS..

MCCORD, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? I AM VERY UPSET.

EVANGELINE PUSHED ME OFF THE SLIDE.

MOTHER SENT A TEXT TO MS..

YOUNG AT 6:49 A.M., DETAILING THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE SITUATION AND THE STRUGGLES AND PAIN THE CHILD HAS ENDURED.

SHE STATED IN THE TEXT THAT FOR A CHILD TO CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN AND SURGERY TO HER CLASSMATES IS JUST TERRIBLE.

MR. ADJUST TEXT ALSO REQUESTED A FULL INCIDENT REPORT AND THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL.

THIS IS INEQUALITY AND THIS IS INJUSTICE.

AND I THINK THE SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS.

TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS NO TIMELY RESPONSE OR WHEREVER IT IS, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT, BECAUSE THE POLICY IS CLEARED EITHER WITHIN A PARTICULAR SET TIME OR WHEN YOU WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION.

AND I FOUND IT WHEN I WAS AWARE OF THE SITUATION, THE SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONITA TUSTIN.

TUSTIN.

I AM HERE TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THIS BOARD ANSWER ME THIS QUESTION.

HOW COULD YOU AND YOUR STAFF ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? MY SIXTH GRADER WAS CHEATED OUT OF THE PROPER EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SCHOLARS BEING IN AND COMPLETING SIXTH GRADE.

THEIR GRADUATION WAS SHORT, BUT NOT SWEET.

DURING THE CEREMONY, NO ONE GOT THEIR COMPLETION CERTIFICATES OR WAS ADDRESSED PROPERLY.

THE PRINCIPAL ONLY ASKED THE ENTIRE CLASS TO STAND, CONGRATULATED THE TEACHER, THEN ASKED HIM TO SIT BACK DOWN.

NO ONE WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE OR WAS CONGRATULATED AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

THE SIXTH GRADE CLASS AS A WHOLE GOT A GIFT BAG WITH CANDY AND TWO SHIRTS, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, MY PRE-K STUDENT GOING TO THE SAME SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, STAYING IN ELEMENTARY, GOT AN ENTIRE CEREMONY THAT LASTED FOR NEARLY AN HOUR.

THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE AS THEY WERE HANDED CERTIFICATES, HAD A PARTY AFTERWARDS AND RECEIVED THEIR GRADUATION PORTRAITS.

THE STAFF TOLD THE SIXTH GRADERS TO STAND NEXT TO A BANNER AND THE PARENTS TAKE THEIR PHOTOS.

PRINCIPAL ANTHONY OF STULTS ROAD CLAIMED THAT THEY WOULD RECTIFY THIS SITUATION.

HOWEVER, THEY BAILED ON THAT.

STULTS ROAD AND RICHARDSON ISD.

FAILED THIS SIXTH GRADE CLASS WELL BEFORE THIS SO-CALLED GRADUATION.

AFTER THE WINTER BREAK, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I SAT DOWN WITH PRINCIPAL ANTHONY AND THEIR TEACHERS TO DISCUSS THE NEW SEMESTER AND HOW WE WILL COMMUNICATE.

WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR GRADES SLIPPING AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH.

AFTER OUR MEETING, WE HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXPECTATIONS GOING FORWARD.

MISS BRYANT FAILED MY SON ON PURPOSE.

I HAVE EMAILED THREAT OF HER, THE PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT, JENNY BATES, CONCERNING HIS GRADES, DROPPING BELOW, PASSING AND NO RESPONSE CAME FROM MISS BRYANT FOR THE REST OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

MY EMAILS WERE LEFT UNANSWERED AND SHE REFUSED TO RESPOND BACK CONCERNING HIS GRADES.

THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE FAILED THESE POST COVID CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I VOLUNTEERED MY TIME TO HELP EDUCATE THE SIXTH GRADE CLASS.

BEING I AM A READING TUTOR WITH READING PARTNERS TEACHING AT ARTHUR KRAMER ELEMENTARY, I ASSIST KIDS ANYWHERE I AM.

HOWEVER, THE STAFF REFUSED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

THEY FOCUSED MORE ON CONTROLLING THE SCHOLARS AND PARENTS, AMPING UP POLICE RATHER THAN EDUCATING.

EVEN WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THE HEAD SUPER, SHE REFUSED TO MAKE TIME TO HEAR US.

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN THE WORLD.

NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS? AND CRICKETS.

I WILL BE LOOKING TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE.

[01:40:01]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MS..

TOSTON. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS..

KIMANI FULCHER.

I'M SORRY, MR. KIMANI FULCHER.

MY NAME IS KIMANI AND I WENT TO STOLTZ ROAD ELEMENTARY.

I WAS SAD AND MAD ABOUT NOT HAVING A GRADUATION PARTY OR MY CERTIFICATE.

I FELT THAT I DESERVED TO HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY TO CELEBRATE ME LEAVING ELEMENTARY GOING TO JUNIOR HIGH.

I SCORED HIGH ON MY MATH AND READING STAR TEST.

NONE OF THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS GOT CERTIFICATES.

JUST BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS FALL DOESN'T MEAN WE ALL SHOULD SUFFER.

WE DESERVE THE BETTER.

MY NAME IS KELLY PRITCHARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS..

KELLY PRICHARD.

HELLO. HELLO, BOARD.

I MADE A PERSONAL RESOLUTION THIS YEAR TO BECOME MORE CIVICALLY INVOLVED, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SEVERAL OF YOU AT VARIOUS MEETINGS AND EVENTS, SUCH AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATE Q&A LAST FEBRUARY AND AT SEVERAL ENGAGE TO LEARN RISD FOUNDATION SPONSORED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS AS WELL AS AT MUNICIPAL ELECTION FUNCTIONS PRIOR TO VOTING FOR TWO OF YOU LAST SPRING.

IN MARCH, I WAS EVEN HIRED AS AN OUTREACH SPECIALIST OUT OF THE DALLAS COLLEGE VILLAGE PRIEST CENTER.

AND I SAY ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I AM ONLY ONE PARENT OF ONE STUDENT AT ONE SCHOOL, BUT I DID PROVIDE COPIES OF SOME MATERIALS THAT I REQUEST YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY KIND OF LOOKED OVER THE BUDGET TONIGHT.

I DO WANT TO EXPRESS SOME OBSERVATIONS THAT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

COULD YOU PLEASE REVIEW AND REVISIT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR NON-TEACHING STAFF, THAT IS, ADMINISTRATORS, TO PROPERLY PRIORITIZE THE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF EDUCATORS AND MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS, AS WELL AS ENSURE FUNDS ARE MORE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED TO SUPPORT THE RISD GRADUATE PROFILE.

COULD YOU ALSO CONSIDER TO REDUCE AND MITIGATE FINANCIAL RISK BY PREVENTING HARM AND INJURY TO OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DUE TO INADEQUATE TRAINING AND ADHERENCE TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS IT RELATES TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, AS WELL AS LOCAL POLICY? AND CERTAINLY AT MINIMUM, THE STUDENT PARENT HANDBOOK.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER MORE EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE AND PARDON ME, PROGRAMMATIC SOLUTIONS TO UNIFY AND BOLSTER THE RICHARDSON ISD BRAND, WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY NATIONALLY LAUDED AS A LEADER AND PIONEER IN PUBLIC EDUCATION? WOULD YOU PLEASE APPLY BEST PRACTICES AND ENSURE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY WITH PARENTS TO REBUILD TRUST IN THE LEADERSHIP OVER OVERSEEING AN ENTERPRISE OF 37,000 DIVERSE STUDENTS AND AN OPERATING BUDGET IN EXCESS OF $400 MILLION THAT IS MEANT TO ADHERE TO THE RISD GRADUATE PROFILE. WOULD YOU PLEASE UTILIZE ENTITIES LIKE THE RISD FOUNDATION AS A CENTRALIZED CHANNEL FOR FUNDRAISING AND TO DISTRIBUTE CAPITAL TO SUPPORT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES? NORTH STAR, WHICH STATES EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER AND LEADER WILL MEET OR EXCEED THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS.

LASTLY, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPECT AND ADHERE TO HIGHER STANDARDS OF MORAL AND ETHICAL CODES OF CONDUCT AMONG YOUR PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY AT LEADERSHIP LEVELS, NOT ONLY ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, BUT AS SUPERVISORS EMPLOYED AT A AT A DISTRICT LEVEL.

IN CLOSING, I HAVE INTENDED SEVERAL OF THESE BOARD MEETINGS AND HAVE BEEN HUMBLED BY THE TIRELESS WORK YOU DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRITCHARD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MS..

GINA MANNING AND AARON THREADGILL.

[01:45:07]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM AND THE STEAM BOARD.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME TONIGHT.

WE ARE HERE JUST TO INFORM AND ADVOCATE FOR TENNIS.

I KNOW WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE CONVERSATION YOU WANT TO HAVE.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, GINA MANNING I'M REPRESENTING RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE A 10TH GRADER, RICHARDSON, AN EIGHTH GRADER AT LAKE HIGHLANDS JUNIOR HIGH AND A FIFTH GRADER AT WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY.

MY NAME IS LATIFAH.

REID AYERS. I HAVE A GRADUATING SENIOR FROM BERKNER AND A RISING SOPHOMORE AT BIRKNER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND AARON THREADGILL, I HAVE A RISING JUNIOR AND A RISING FRESHMAN AT LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND PIERCE APOLOGIZES.

THEY HAD A LATE FLIGHT THAT GOT CANCELED.

SO PIERCE IS HERE IN SPIRIT.

SO WE ARE HERE TOGETHER TO PRIMARILY TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO TENNIS SUPPORT AND TENNIS LIGHTS.

WE ALL KNOW FOOTBALL HAS LIGHTS, SOCCER BENEFITS FROM THAT TRACK BENEFITS FROM THAT ONLY BECAUSE FOOTBALL HAS LIGHTS.

BASEBALL HAS LIGHTS, SOFTBALL HAS LIGHTS.

20. I WANT TO WANT THAT TO SINK IN REALLY QUICK.

20 TO 25 YEARS BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS AND DISTRICTS IN OUR CLASSIFICATION.

IRVING. IRVING MACARTHUR.

NIMITZ. W.T., WHITE GARLAND.

MESQUITE. WILEY.

I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER FOLKS HAVE.

I QUICKLY WANT TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME KIDS COMING UP.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT AS WELL OF THE LACK OF TENNIS LIGHTS.

OUR JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAM IS STRUGGLING, I WILL POINT OUT WEST, WHO HAD OVER 70 KIDS TRY OUT FOR TENNIS.

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, THREE CHILDREN PLAY EVERY WEEK FOR TENNIS.

JUST IMAGINE 70 KIDS, THREE SPOTS FROM EIGHTH GRADE TO SEVENTH GRADE, FROM SEVENTH GRADE AS EIGHTH GRADE.

WE HAVE A HUGE ATTRITION RATE.

WE'RE LOSING KIDS WHO WANT TO PLAY WITH THE IMPACT OF LIGHTS.

WE COULD STAGGER TIMES.

WE COULD INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO AT LEAST 15 KIDS PLAYING A SPORT.

I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT I'M GOING TO LET I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY JUST SPEAK TO THE SAFETY ASPECT.

YOU KNOW, OUR TENNIS COURTS ARE USED NOT ONLY BY OUR STUDENTS, OUR KIDS, YOUR RICHARDSON STUDENTS, BUT ALSO AMONGST THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR LIGHTS NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS, BUT FOR THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR LAVISH ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT SIMPLY THOSE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN USE TO BE BETTER ATHLETES.

THAT WILL ALSO TRANSLATE TO BE BETTER STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE WITH OUR TENNIS TEAMS ARE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN SPITE OF OUR LACK OF RESOURCES.

COURTS THAT AREN'T BEING RESURFACED, WHICH ARE A SAFETY HAZARD, NETS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND LIGHTS TO BETTER BENEFIT OUR PROGRAM.

WE ARE BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE LACK OF RESOURCES, BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, IF ALL REALLY DOES MEAN ALL WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED WITH WHAT FOOTBALL HAS, WE WANT TO BE INCLUDED WITH OTHER SPORTS HAVE.

SO WE WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING TENNIS.

THANK YOU. MISS MANNING AND THREADGILL AND COMPANY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE HARPER WIRTZ.

MY NAME IS HARPER WIRTZ AND I AM PLAYING AT TENNIS.

PLAYING TENNIS AT LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M HALEY TILLERY AND I'M PLAYING TENNIS.

AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

LEAH MANNING ALSO PLAYING TENNIS AT RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

HUNTER AIRS BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL RORY GORMAN LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY, SO TENNIS COURT LIGHTING ENABLES STUDENT ATHLETES TO COMPETE EVEN AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN, WHEN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIMES END.

IT GETS DARK EARLY, LIMITING TIME FOR COMPETITIONS.

COMPETITIVE STUDENT ATHLETES KNOW IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PRACTICE.

YET FREQUENTLY, TENNIS COURTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS ARE LIMITED, WITH SEVERAL TEAMS SHARING TRAINING TIME ON COURTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SHARES THEIR COURTS WITH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE SINGLES AND DOUBLES TEAMS OF BOTH FOREST MEADOW, JUNIOR HIGH AND LAKE HIGHLANDS JUNIOR HIGH. WITH LIMITED HOURS OF DAYLIGHT, THE STUDENT ATHLETES ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRAINED IN HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE TO ACCESS.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A COURT IN WHICH TO PRACTICE LIGHTING.

TENNIS COURTS INCREASES THE LENGTH OF TIME.

TENNIS COURTS CAN BE USED CREATING MORE PRACTICE TIME.

AS IT IS, WE ARE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE AS OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE TENNIS LIGHTS.

AS A TENNIS PLAYER, I PRACTICE OUTDOORS AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO PRACTICE IN THE EVENING TO LESSEN WORRY ABOUT GETTING SUNBURN AND HEAT STROKE.

[01:50:06]

HIGH SCHOOLS WITH TENNIS COURT LIGHTS DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT ATHLETES AND TO SUPPORTING TENNIS AS A SPORT.

TENNIS COURT LIGHTING ENHANCES AND SHOWCASES THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDES FUNCTIONALITY THAT ENABLES HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS PLAYERS TO EXCEL.

IN TURN, A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ATTITUDE ABOUT LOCAL SCHOOLS DRAWS IN POTENTIAL CITIZENS, INCREASING DEMAND FOR REAL ESTATE AND EXPANDING THE LOCAL TAX BASE.

IT LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY WOULD MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAMS SHINE BRIGHT TO THE COMMUNITIES NEARBY.

WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AREN'T USING THE TENNIS COURTS, LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS CAN BE USED BY THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY BENEFITS.

THE MORE INTEREST THE COMMUNITY HAS IN TENNIS, THE MORE SUPPORT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE.

THE STUDENTS NEED THE SUPPORT TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS, WHICH WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING TO ACHIEVE.

WE IMPLORE YOU TO TRULY CONSIDER THIS ADDITION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MISS BLAIR TAYLOR.

SORRY I SAT SO FAR BACK.

HELLO. OH, HI.

SO MY NAME IS BLAIR TAYLOR.

I HAVE KIDS AT BOOT, A KID AT BOWIE AND AT PIERCE.

AND A THREE YEAR OLD FUTURE PHD STUDENT.

I'M A DISTRICT PARENT, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH WAS PASSED TO TARGET SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUES.

IT INCLUDES A PROVISION REQUIRING AN ARMED PERSONNEL PRESENT AT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS, BUT DOES NOT GIVE FUNDING FOR THIS MANDATE.

HB THREE ACKNOWLEDGES THESE CHALLENGES BY STATING THAT IF A DISTRICT CANNOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING OR PERSONNEL, IT MUST DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE STANDARD. THE DANGER COMES IN HERE BECAUSE ARMING TEACHERS OR STAFF MEMBERS VIA THE MARSHAL OR GUARDIAN PLAN COULD BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT ARMING TEACHERS OR STAFF IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT SCHOOL GUN VIOLENCE AND ARMED CIVILIAN WITH A GUN CAN POTENTIALLY COMPLICATE OR DELAY LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ISSUED A STATEMENT IN 2022 OPPOSING ARMING EDUCATORS.

THERE HAS BEEN AN ARMED PRESENCE AT VIRTUALLY EVERY SCHOOL SHOOTING, AND THAT HAS NOT DETERRED THE INCIDENT OR LESSENED THE TRAGEDY.

AS AN EDUCATOR WITH A GUN AND AS LITTLE AS 15 HOURS OF TRAINING DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME CAPABILITIES AS PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE SHOULD NOT PLACE THIS EXPECTATION ON THEIR SHOULDERS.

MORE GUNS IN SCHOOLS MEANS MORE RISK FOR STUDENTS AND AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO OPEN AND RECEPTIVE LEARNING.

DATA AND EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE SHOW US THAT THE PRESENCE OF A GUN TRIPLES THE RISK OF SUICIDE AND DOUBLES THE RISK OF HOMICIDE REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE OR OTHER FACTORS.

IT WILL INTRODUCE NEW RISK.

WE ALL WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO BE SAFE, BUT ARMING EDUCATORS IS NOT THE ANSWER.

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY HEARD FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AND TRUSTEES THAT YOU OPPOSE ARMING TEACHERS, AND I HOPE TO HEAR A FIRM COMMITMENT THAT THAT WILL NEVER BE AN OPTION IN OUR ISD, EVEN AS YOU HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ABIDE BY HB THREE AND SCRAMBLE FOR RESOURCES.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR KIDS.

I APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU, MS.. TAYLOR.

MS.. HARRIS, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU, MR. POTEET, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP THIS EVENING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE LOVE HEARING YOUR VOICES.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH SWEARING IN OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE AND AT LARGE.

[VIII. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE]

PLACE SIX, MS. RENTERÍA AND MR. EAGER. WILL YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR NOTARY, MISS GUTIERREZ? OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.

[01:55:03]

THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE, YOUR DISTRICT OR PLACE? TRUSTEE. RICHARDSON, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

BUT.

OH.

VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME BACK TO THE HORSESHOE.

[IX. SPECIAL ACTION ITEMS]

AT THE MAY ELECTION, TWO TRUSTEE SEATS WERE ON THE BALLOT.

THOSE SEATS WERE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE AND AT LARGE PLACE SIX.

DEBBIE RENTERIA WAS REELECTED TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE.

ERIC EGER WAS ELECTED TO AT LARGE PLACE SIX.

BOARD MEMBERS.

TONIGHT WE WILL REORGANIZE OUR BOARD BY ELECTING THE POSITIONS OF BOARD PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY.

THE FIRST NOMINATION WILL BE FOR BOARD PRESIDENT.

I WILL HAVE SUPERINTENDENT TABITHA BRANUM OVERSEE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU. MISS BRANUM.

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISS REGINA HARRIS AS PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MISS MS. RENTERÍA. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MISS HARRIS.

I DON'T EVER GET TO DO THIS PART.

SO THIS IS LIKE I HAVE A MOTION FOR MISS HARRIS TO SERVE AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE MR. EAGER FOR A JUMP IN.

SO THERE WERE NOMINATIONS.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OH, YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS.

I DON'T HAVE PRACTICE AT THIS.

OKAY, SO NOW I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION.

YES. MY MOTION IS TO NOMINATE MS..

REGINA REGINA HARRIS AS PRESIDENT.

MOTION ACCEPTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND MR. EAGER SECONDS. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. AND WITH THAT, WILL THE BOARD PLEASE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

I LIKE MY SIDE BETTER.

OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

[02:00:03]

CAN YOU VOTE FOR YOURSELF? I GUESS YOU CAN. SEVEN ZERO.

OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO YOU, MS. HARRIS. I KNOW I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THAT PART.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM.

AND THANK YOU, BOARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO, UM, THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

IS THERE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY? I'M SAYING, DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD? AND I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MY COLLEAGUE, MISS DEBBIE.

ANDREA. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? THERE'S WHAT DO WE SAY? I HAVE FORGOTTEN MYSELF TOO.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION? I MOTION TO NOMINATE MISS DAVID.

ANDREA, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

IS THERE A SECOND? Y'ALL GOT ME WAY OFF NOW.

I'LL SECOND. WE'VE GOT A SECOND FROM MISS TIMMY.

THERE'S A MOTION BY MISS HARRIS.

A SECOND BY MISS TIMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECRETARY.

IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR BOARD SECRETARY? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISTER CHRIS POTEET FOR SECRETARY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE IS A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR FROM FOR MISTER POTEET.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD SECRETARY? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

THERE IS A MOTION TO NOMINATE MR. POTEAT FOR BOARD SECRETARY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. THERE IS A NOMINATION BY MISS.

A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE.

HUH? DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OH. OH, I'M SORRY.

6061. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. LET'S DO THAT ONE MORE TIME.

SO THAT BECAUSE I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T LOOK AROUND.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY, A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS REAL HIGH SO I CAN SEE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FIVE TO.

MR. POTEET IS THE NEWLY ELECTED.

WELL, HE'S RETURNING AS SECRETARY.

MS. RENTERÍA AS VICE PRESIDENT AND MISS HARRIS AS PRESIDENT.

OUR NEXT WE NEXT MUST CONSIDER SELECTION OF A TASB DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR TASB DELEGATE? I WISH TO NOMINATE ERIC JAEGER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THERE'S A NOMINATION FOR MR. EAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR MR. EAGER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS MS. RENTERÍA. THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR MR. EAGER BY MISS PACHECO.

THERE'S A SECOND BY MISS MS. RENTERÍA. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

REAL, REAL HIGH.

WE ALSO ELECT AN ALTERNATE TO BE AVAILABLE IF OUR DELEGATE CANNOT ATTEND A MEETING OR PERFORM OTHER DELEGATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR TASB DELEGATE ALTERNATE? IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR A TABBY DELEGATE? ALTERNATE.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RACHEL MCGOWAN.

ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A NOMINATION FOR RACHEL MCGOWAN BY MR. EAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR TASB DELEGATE ALTERNATE.

OKAY. HEARING NONE.

[02:05:01]

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. POTEET.

THERE IS A NOMINATION MOTION BY MR. EAGER FOR RACHEL MCGOWAN FOR TASB DELEGATE.

ALTERNATE. THERE IS A SECOND BY MR. POTEET. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION PASSES.

LET'S DO THAT ONE MORE TIME.

ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU, MR. POTEET. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THANK YOU. SEVEN MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. OUR BOARD IS NOW REORGANIZED FOR THE COMING YEAR.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[X. CONSENT / CONFIRMATION AGENDA ITEMS]

DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? MS.. HARRIS I'VE GOT ONE ON HERE.

WE'VE GOT A I KNOW WE HAVE FURTHER ON IN THE AGENDA DISCUSSION ON RELATED TO TWO CELL PHONE POLICY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION.

I KNOW AND I KNOW THAT TIED TO THAT LOOSELY.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT RENEWAL UNDER THE UNDER THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA UNDER PART C, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE HOW THAT MECHANICALLY IS PULLED, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT FOR DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION.

SO IS THAT THE ENTIRE PART C OF THE CONSENT OR IS THAT ONE LINE ITEM JUST THE ONE LINE? ONE ITEM? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT FOR DISCUSSION AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

AFTER THE PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

SO ACCEPT IT.

SO YOU DON'T.

WE DO MOTION EVEN AFTER WE PULL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHTY.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCLUDING THE ITEM PULLED? FOR THE SEPARATE VOTE.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MS. RENTERÍA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MS..

MCGOWAN. ALL RIGHT.

THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS ANDREA.

A SECOND BY MISS MCGOWAN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. ANDREA, A SECOND BY MS..

MCGOWAN. ALL IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER GIFTS.

[XI.A. Consider Gifts]

MS.. BRANUM. THANK YOU, MS..

HARRIS. WE AS WE CLOSE OUT THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR AND THIS IS OUR LAST BOARD MEETING OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GIFTS FOR OVER 5000, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING INVESTED BY OUR COMMUNITY, BY OUR PTA, BY OUR PARENTS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO OFTEN FILL IN THE GAPS AND ALLOW US TO DO THINGS THAT WE COULD NOT DO WITHOUT THEM.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR. PATE TO PRESENT OUR GIFTS, AND THEN WE WILL ASK THE BOARD TO ACCEPT THEM.

THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM.

I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT GIFTS RECEIVED THIS MONTH.

WE HAVE TEN GIFTS OVER $5,000 SUBMITTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

THE ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET PTA DONATED $7,960 TO ARAPAHO CLASSICAL MAGNET.

THE FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS DONATED $7,500 TO BIG SPRING ELEMENTARY.

UNITED TEXAS BANK DONATED $6,049.34 TO FOREST LANE ACADEMY.

AND THE LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $67,149.58 TO LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY.

THE MOSS HAVEN ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $19,200 TO MOSS HAVEN ELEMENTARY.

THE NORTH LAKE ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $29,500 TO NORTH LAKE ELEMENTARY.

THE PRESTONWOOD ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $5,381.03 TO PRESTONWOOD ELEMENTARY.

THE RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL PTA DONATED $8,085 TO RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL.

THE WALLACE PTA DONATED $56,021 TO WALLACE ELEMENTARY AND THE WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY.

PTA DONATED $39,999.42 TO WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY FOR A TOTAL OF $246,845.37. AND WE HAVE 18 GIFTS LESS THAN $5,000 FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TOTALING $16,323.91, WHICH ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION.

TOTAL GIFTS THIS MONTH ARE $263,169.28.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PATE.

IS THERE A MOTION?

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SO MOVED. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD PRESENT THE GIFTS AS PRESENTED.

ACCEPT THE GIFTS AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO.

THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. EAGER. A SECOND BY MS..

PACHECO. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS REAL HIGH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD. I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR A STRAIGHT TWO HOURS DOWN HERE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE US A BREAK.

UM, TEN MINUTES AND COME ON BACK.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2023.

SURE. OKAY.

[XI.C. Consider Adoption of Strategic Plan 2023]

MS.. BRANUM.

THANK YOU, MS.. HARRIS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

ONE OF THE CHARGES THAT THE BOARD REALLY GAVE TO ME AS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS ENSURING THAT THE BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF ESTABLISH A NEW NORTH STAR AS WELL AS KIND OF A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS GOING TO GUIDE OUR NEXT FIVE YEARS OF WORK.

AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM.

DR. HELLER, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WAS NOT FOR YOU.

SO, DR. HELLER, WE'RE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG INTO EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN AT LENGTH.

SO TONIGHT WE REALLY WILL NOT BE WE WILL JUST BE PROVIDING JUST A REVIEW OF THOSE MAJOR COMPONENTS AND THEN ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON THOSE PIECES.

BUT WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING AS MUCH TIME DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY.

SO. DR. HELLER. THANK YOU.

SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

YES, VERY EXCITED.

STILL EXCITED TO BE COMING FORWARD NOW FORMALLY TO PRESENT THE PLAN AND FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ACTION. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY THAT SERVED ON THE DISTRICT DESIGN TEAM HERE THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE THEM AS WELL HERE SHORTLY. BUT TO JUST ANCHOR US AND THIS IS NOT A NEW VISUAL, BUT WE HAVE SHARED THIS VISUAL TO SHOW HOW WITH OUR NORTH STAR, OUR NORTH STAR GOAL, WE ARE USING OUR GRADUATE PROFILE AS AN ANCHOR BOTH IN NORTH STAR AND GRADUATE PROFILE AS ANCHORS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND USING THE ACTION PLANS THAT ARE INFORMING OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED.

WE TOLD YOU THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME TRAININGS HAPPENING ALREADY THIS MONTH.

WE HAD PRINCIPALS TOGETHER YESTERDAY MORNING WHERE THEY WERE TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE PLAN.

LEADERSHIP STAYED IN THE ROOM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND STARTED ALIGNING THE STRATEGIC PLAN ACTION PLANS TO OUR GOALS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND ALREADY WORKING TO ACTIVATE OUR YEAR ONE SPECIFIC RESULTS AND JUST REMEMBERING THAT THE BOARD GOALS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT YOU ADOPTED IN OCTOBER THAT ALIGN WITH EARLY LITERACY AND MATH SUCCESS AS WELL AS CMR ARE PART OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THIS OVERALL PLAN. YOU'VE SEEN THIS VISUAL, SO I'M NOT GOING TO DIG INTO THIS MUCH MORE OTHER THAN JUST REMINDING EVERYONE HERE AS WELL AS THOSE WATCHING AND LISTENING ONLINE.

THIS WORK BEGAN A YEAR AGO IN APRIL WITH OUR GRADUATE PROFILE, WHERE WE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND REALLY GOT GROUNDED ON WHAT WE WANT FOR EVERY LEARNER AND GRADUATE WHEN THEY WALK THE STAGE.

AND YOU ALL ADOPTED THAT GRADUATE PROFILE ACTUALLY A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH AT THE JUNE MEETING.

AND THEN THAT HAS SERVED AS ALONG WITH THE NORTH STAR GOAL AS TWO BIG ANCHORS IN THE WORK.

WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND APPRECIATE AND WHAT I GET EXCITED ABOUT IS HOW THE THE ARTIFACTS FROM THIS PLAN REALLY CLARIFY AND GIVE US A VERY CLEAR VISION FOR LEARNING WITH STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS AND ALSO WANTING TO POINT OUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND JUST TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR PARENTS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS, ATTENDED A METRIC TEAM SESSION, PARTICIPATED ON THE DISTRICT DESIGN TEAM, COMPLETED A SURVEY FOR THE GRADUATE PROFILE.

[02:15:07]

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO TO REVIEW THESE ANCHORS THAT HAVE GUIDED THE WORK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, IN ADDITION TO OUR NORTH STAR GOAL, WHERE EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER AND LEADER WILL MEET OR EXCEED THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS, THE DESIGN TEAM DEVELOPED THIS VERY STRONG CALL TO ACTION, AND WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE BELIEFS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE GRADUATE PROFILE THAT ARE NOW PART OF OUR DISTRICT VISION AND BELIEF STATEMENTS.

AGAIN, JUST REMINDING US OF THE ANCHOR OF OUR GRADUATE PROFILE, HOW THESE FIVE COMPETENCIES AND THE SUBSEQUENT SKILLS ARE REALLY OUR TRUE NORTH AND ARE GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR NORTH STAR GOALS AS WELL AS THOSE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT FOR EVERY SINGLE GRADUATE WHEN THEY WALK THE STAGE HERE IN OUR ISD.

SO YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO THE RICHARDSON ISD LEARNER GROWTH EXPERIENCE FRAMEWORK LAST MONTH WHEN THAD WAS HERE AND TOOK A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE FRAMEWORK.

BUT THIS VISUAL FOR US REALLY IS HOW WE ARE TAKING THIS PLAN AND THIS WORK TO THE TO THE CLASSROOM LEVEL AND LOOKING AT THESE FIVE PHASES AND HOW WE ARE UNPACKING THOSE.

AND WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC, BOTH LEARNER AND EDUCATOR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ALIGN AND WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN WITH DR. LEEPER AND HER TEAM TO ALIGN THIS FRAMEWORK WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND LEARNING DOCUMENTS.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS STARTING TO BE DESIGNED THAT WILL BE DELIVERED AFTER MASS BREAK THAT WILL ALIGN TO THESE PHASES AS WE GET READY TO ACTIVATE AND ROLL THIS PLAN OUT FOR BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL.

WE DO HAVE FIVE NEW GOALS.

AND YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO THESE.

THESE ARE ALSO ANCHORING THE WORK.

YOU CAN SEE GOAL NUMBER.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

THERE IS LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ORDER OF THE GOALS, BUT IN NO WAY IS ONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FIVE THEN TWO BEING NUMBERED BEFORE FOUR.

BUT THEY WORK COLLECTIVELY TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE OUR RESOURCES AND OUR SUPPORTS AND EVERYTHING IS FUNNELED THROUGH THIS PLAN.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE A GOAL SPECIFIC TO INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ACTION PLANS BEING ACTIVATED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THOSE GROWTH GOALS FOR EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER AND LEADER LEARNER IN THE IN THE ORGANIZATION.

WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE OUR NEEDS AROUND STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND SPECIFIC RESULTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND THAT ARE TIMED AND TIME LINED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

CURRICULUM AND LEARNING.

HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN EXCEL AND BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY CROSS THE STAGE? OF COURSE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE KNOW IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PARTNERS AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THOSE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THIS SPECIFIC GOAL AND HOW DOES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HOW IS HOW DOES THAT TOUCH EACH OF THESE GOALS? IT'S NOT AS AS AS MUCH AS IT'S ITS OWN PILLAR AND ITS OWN GOAL, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE WOVEN INTO ALL OF THESE OTHER GOALS AND OF COURSE, FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND HOW ARE WE INCREASING OUR EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN OUR OPERATIONS AND ENSURING THAT OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES ARE ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE HAVE PRIORITIZED IN THIS PLAN? THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE NOT NEW AND THEY CORRESPOND WITH THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR PLACE SETTING THAT NOW HAS DRAFT REMOVED.

BUT THE WAY THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND WITH THE FEEDBACK AND WORK OF OUR DISTRICT DESIGN TEAM, THEY HAVE TIME LINED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SPECIFIC RESULTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ALIGN BACK TO THOSE FIVE GOALS.

AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SIX SPECIFIC RESULTS.

THERE ARE ACTION PLANS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED AND THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OUT AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE AS PART OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS WHEN THEY COME TO YOU IN THE FALL AS WELL AS WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUS LEADERS TO ALREADY THINK THROUGH AND TO DISCUSS AND COLLABORATE AROUND WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AS WELL.

AND THEN AS WE PROGRESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, WE WILL TRANSITION THEN INTO OUR YEAR TWO.

[02:20:01]

THIS IS ONE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR FROM OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

IN 2017, WHEN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED, ALL OF THE ACTION PLANS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD ON THE FRONT END OF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN. THE PROCESS THAT ENGAGED TO LEARN USES AND HAS COACHED US THROUGH AS THIS IS AN ANNUAL ACTION PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO MODIFY AND ADJUST AND MAYBE ACCELERATE, OR MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH OR REALLOCATE RESOURCES DEPENDING ON WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

ET CETERA. BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD ANNUALLY ACTION PLANS FOR THESE SPECIFIC RESULTS, BUT WE DO HAVE THEM TIMED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE IN YEAR FIVE, THAT KIND OF GIVES US THAT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACTIVATED THE SPECIFIC RESULTS OF THE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE DISTRICT DESIGN TEAM.

AND WE ARE USING THAT EXTRA TIME TO NOT ONLY MAKE SURE WE HAVE FULL COMPLETION OF THIS PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT AND ACTIVATE WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND I CAN'T I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION AND ENTHUSIASM AND SUPPORT AROUND THIS PLAN.

AND IT BEGAN WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT TO PARTICIPATE.

WE ACTUALLY HAD TO DO A LOTTERY FOR PARTICIPATION.

AND THEY WERE ENGAGED.

THEY MET FOR FIVE FULL DAYS.

THEY HAVE REALLY HELPED SUPPORT THE WORK AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION WITH MS..

HARRIS AND MR. POTEET AND MR. EAGER AS AS BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF THEM HERE THIS EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND ASK THEM TO STAND AND PLEASE BE RECOGNIZED.

I DO HAVE THE FULL NAME LISTED.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. DESIGN TEAM PEOPLE, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.

THEIR PASSION AND COMMITMENT FOR EVERY STUDENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE.

THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS LAST MONTH WHEN THAD WAS HERE.

AND JUST JUST THIS COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT FOR WE WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR NEXT CHAPTER BEYOND RICHARDSON ISD.

SO JUST TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND WILL HAPPEN AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AS WE AS WE LOOK TO ACTIVATE FOR THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR.

AS I ALLUDED TO, WE ARE CONTINUING TO FINALIZE THOSE ACTION PLANS FOR THOSE YEAR ONE SPECIFIC RESULTS.

WE WERE WORKING ON THEM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO FINALIZE THEM.

I THINK SOME OF US AROUND THE HORSESHOE ARE GETTING TOGETHER NEXT WEEK SO THAT THOSE CAN BE FINALIZED TO INFORM THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING THAT IS ALSO HAPPENING. SOME OF THAT'S STARTING NOW.

AND WHEN WE RETURN FROM MASS BREAK NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BE ROLLING, CONTINUING TO ROLL THIS OUT WITH OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND CENTRAL LEADERSHIP TEAMS AT CONFERENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN JULY AND WITH ALL TEACHERS AS PART OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO REGULARLY COMMUNICATING OUR PROGRESS BACK TO YOU AND OUR GREATER COMMUNITY AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR TIMELINES AND AND OUR METRICS AND RESULTS FOR YEAR ONE AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU, DR.

HELLER. AND AGAIN, BOARD THANK YOU FOR THE CHARGE AND I HOPE YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HONORED YOUR CHARGE AND THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU A PLAN THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO YIELD NOT ONLY THE BOARD GOALS THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR US, BUT ALSO OUR NORTH STAR GOAL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CHARGE.

AND WITH THAT, I AM PROUD TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT WE APPROVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL. THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM.

THANK YOU, DR. HELLER, AND YOUR TEAM.

I REALLY.

I WAS THRILLED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS TIMMY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MS..

PACHECO. THERE IS A MOTION BY MS..

TIMMY A SECOND BY MS..

PACHECO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? MISS TIMMY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, TYING IT IN WITH THE GRADUATE

[02:25:02]

PROFILE, TRYING TO PUT MEAT INTO THE ACT AS ACTIONS OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.

I THINK ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS CREATE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING REALLY GREAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVE IT BE NOTHING MORE THAN A PIECE OF PAPER THAT RESTS SOMEWHERE OR A PRETTY GRAPHIC.

AND I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SO MUCH TIME AND INVESTMENT PUT INTO THIS AND THOUGHT THAT, THAT I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT THEY'RE VERY ACTIONABLE.

THINGS THAT WILL MOVE OUR DISTRICT FORWARD WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND THE EFFORT OF EVERYONE WHO WHO POURED INTO THIS DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU, MISS TIMMY.

MR. EAGER. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OH, I WAS JUST GOING I WAS GOING TO THANK THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, SO MANY MEMBERS GAVE AND IT WASN'T JUST, HEY, WE MEET FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS DAYS.

I MEAN, DAYS AND DAYS AND AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I GOT EXCITED ABOUT A JUST BEING PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP OF PARENTS AND KIDS AND EVERYTHING, IT WAS JUST EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMON PURPOSE OF ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER WHAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS.

AND AND I'M TELLING YOU, THE KIDS THAT ARE A PART OF IT, I'M BLOWN AWAY.

THEY WERE JUST AWESOME.

AND THE NICE THING IS THAT THEY WERE GOING, HEY, I MEAN, WE WERE THEY WERE ALREADY INSTILLING THAT, HEY, I WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD, THAT I'M ALREADY ON THE WAY TO GRADUATING, BUT I WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD.

AND SO IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I MEAN, WE HAD A WAITING LIST TO GET IN.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU, MAN, MAN, I'M TELLING YOU, A LET'S SAY A WHILE BACK, YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND NOW SO I'M ENERGIZED, I'M EXCITED.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO SET THE STANDARD FOR PRODUCING JUST SOME LIFE READY GREAT KIDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS COMING TO RACE DAY.

YES. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. EAGER APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MR. PACHECO, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.

I'M SO EXCITED AND HOPEFUL WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, WITH THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND JUST IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT ALL OUR STUDENTS, GROW THEM AND GET THEM READY FOR LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTED TO SPEAK OF MEANINGFUL MOMENTS OR COMMENTARY TO SHARE WITH US WHAT THIS MEANT TO THEM. BECAUSE LIKE MR. EAGER SAID, IT WAS A LOT OF DAYS, A LOT OF TIME COMMITMENT AWAY FROM FAMILY, AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND WORK AND ALL THIS FOR THE LOVE NOT FOR ONLY THEIR CHILDREN, BUT ALL THE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND OUR ISD.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THEY WERE READY TO COME ON UP.

HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

REGINA HARRIS, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM SCHOOL BOARD, AND EVERYONE HERE.

JUANITA ARMSTRONG I HAVE A INGOING SENIOR AT BERKNER.

I HAVE A SOPHOMORE AT RICHARDSON.

I HAVE A INCOMING SEVENTH GRADER AT APOLLO.

SO I ALSO REPRESENT OUR RICHARDSON ISD PTA AS WELL.

SO BEING A PART OF THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I ADVOCATE ON THOSE CAMPUSES ALL THE TIME.

AND IF PEOPLE IF YOU SEE ME, YOU KNOW, I DO.

SO TO DO IT ON A BROAD SCALE LEVEL AND TO REPRESENT ALL THE STUDENTS AT EACH FEEDER PATTERN WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO IT WAS LONG DAYS.

I USED UP A LOT OF VACATION DAYS, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT AS PARENTS AND FACULTY AND STAFF AND STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER, THEY ALL WERE INVOLVED IN EACH ASPECT. I HAD A GOING THING THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THIS PLAN WORK, WE GOING TO NEED SOME MORE MONEY.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE ADAPT THAT GOING FORWARD.

AND WE KNOW THAT AND WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

BUT FOR ALL THE PARENTS AT HOME LISTENING, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER FOR RICHARDSON ISD TO BE BETTER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND THE ACTIONS.

SO DON'T JUST PUT IT ON OUR BOARD.

DON'T JUST PUT IT ON OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF.

IT IS ON US AS WELL.

SO DON'T JUST SPEAK ABOUT IT.

I NEED YOU TO BE ABOUT IT AND STEP UP AND BE A PART OF THIS PLAN.

SHOW YOUR ACTION AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, NOT JUST AT THE BALLOT BOX, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED SOME MONEY.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SAYING THAT A WHOLE LOT.

I VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR ASKING FOR THE MONEY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT I'M GOING TO DO IT AND THEN NOT DO IT.

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BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT AS PARENTS, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASSIST EACH FEEDER PATTERN.

STEP UP, BE INVOLVED, BE SEEN, BE HEARD.

DON'T LET NOBODY ELSE SPEAK FOR YOUR CHILD.

YOU SPEAK FOR YOUR CHILD.

DON'T MISS MISS FABULOUS COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, GRAHAM FAM.

THANK YOU. THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.

I WANTED TO ADD ONE THING, JUST TO ECHO THAT, THAT WHEN I'M SORRY.

WHAT? OH, CAN I FINISH? OH, THANKS. SO I THINK SHE MAKES A VALID POINT.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO COMMISSION THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON OUR BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE THE INITIATIVES THAT WE FIND WILL HELP WITH OUR GROWTH GOALS AND MOVE US FORWARD.

AND SO AS A BOARD, I CHALLENGE US TO SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION, SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND TO ENSURE THE GROWTH FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO TO HIT THAT GRADUATE PROFILE, CONTINUE WITH OUR NORTH STAR.

AND I KNOW WE'LL BE UP TO THAT CHALLENGE.

I BROUGHT STUFF.

SO DR.

HELLER SAID YOU MIGHT ASK US TO SPEAK, AND I DON'T LIKE TO BE UNPREPARED.

SO THERE WE GO.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY MY NAME IS WHITNEY HURWITZ, AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS ALLOWING PARENTS TO BE A PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. IT MEANT SO MUCH.

I HAD A TWO MONTH OLD AT THE TIME AND SHE WOULDN'T TAKE A BOTTLE, SO MY MOTHER IN LAW BROUGHT HER TO BREASTFEED AT THE EVENT AND EVERYONE WAS SO GRACIOUS MAKING TIME FOR THAT.

BUT REALLY WE WERE SO WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THAT.

I WAS ESPECIALLY HEARTENED TO SEE STUDENTS AS A PART OF THE PROCESS.

I'LL ECHO ECHO WHAT ERIC EGER SAID, AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, IT MEANT A LOT THAT STUDENT EXPERIENCE WAS CENTERED, AND I JUST COMMEND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE A PART OF THE PLAN.

THEY WERE ACTIVE AND THEY WERE INVOLVED AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.

AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO THE DISTRICT FOR PUTTING RESOURCES INTO MAKING THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAPPEN.

I HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO IMPACT MY DAUGHTER EMMA, WHO'S AT LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY, BUT ALSO ALL THE STUDENTS IN OUR ASD.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT CREATING THE PLAN IS SOMETIMES THE EASY PART.

IT'S EXECUTING.

THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

AND SO I AM GRATEFUL THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL COME IN.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO CREATE THIS PLAN AND SO NOW I HOPE THAT THE BOARD HELPS HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND MONITORS PROGRESS TOWARDS THESE AMBITIOUS GOALS THAT WERE SET THAT YOU ASKED TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT, PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GOALS AND YOU MAKE BUDGETARY DECISIONS.

WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE HARD THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THIS PLAN.

AND SO I INCLUDED THREE DOCUMENTS I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER.

THE FIRST IS A RUBRIC THAT HELPS THINK ABOUT HOW THE BOARD CAN HELP SUPPORT THIS ACCOUNTABILITY.

IT HAS A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE CAN THINK ABOUT MONITORING THE PLAN AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND TIME SPENT IN BOARD MEETINGS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN GOT ME RESEARCHING AND I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF FASCINATING RESOURCES OUT THERE TO HELP BOARDS SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANS.

THE SECOND IS A SAMPLE OF BOARD CONSTRAINTS AND GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.

AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST WE HAD THESE AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED TO SUPPORT THIS PLAN.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT.

IT'S JUST DATA THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE GAPS THAT EXIST IN STUDENT POPULATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY THE WHY BEHIND THIS WORK AND WHY FOR ME, IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO BE AT THOSE FIVE DAYS IN A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

AND SO I THINK EVERYONE WHO SAT IN THE ROOM WAS REALLY INVESTED THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE WANT TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS.

AND I THINK YOU ALL ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE AN EYE FOR THAT AND CAN HELP YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THE DATA, ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND NOT LET US GET DISTRACTED BY ALL THE NOISE THAT SEEMS TO COME UP NOWADAYS IN THESE BOARD MEETINGS.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS TO BE A PART OF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF I JUST MAY ADD, I THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

PART OF OUR WORK YESTERDAY ACTUALLY WAS ALSO ENSURING THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE METRICS FOR EACH OF THE GOALS AND THE SPECIFIC RESULTS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING, AS I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING, A COMMUNITY DASHBOARD THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT WILL BE A DYNAMIC DASHBOARD.

SO AS WE HAVE NEW DATA SETS THAT WILL BE PLUGGED INTO THAT, THEY WILL BE THEY WILL BE JUST IN TIME AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN PROGRESS, MONITOR OUR PROGRESS

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ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND HAVE ACCESS TO KNOWING HOW WE ARE DOING.

SO THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE.

WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING EVERY DAY TO MEET THE NORTH STAR GOALS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOR COMING UP AND SPEAKING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. HELLER.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY, A SECOND BY MISS PACHECO.

IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

YES. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A REQUEST TO CONSIDER PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT

[XI.D. Consider Authority to Negotiate and Enter into Contract for Beverage and Snack Vending Machines]

FOR THE BEVERAGE AND SNACK VENDING MACHINES.

MRS BRANUM. I'M ACTUALLY TURN THIS OVER IMMEDIATELY TO MR. PATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PATE. THANK YOU. MR. BRANUM. MRS HARRIS.

YES, LIKE WE DID AT AN EARLIER BOARD MEETING THIS SPRING FOR THE DEPOSITORY CONTRACT.

WE'RE JUST REQUESTING PERMISSION OR, EXCUSE ME, AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TOP RECOMMENDED VENDOR FOR OUR BEVERAGE AND SNACK VENDING.

OUR CONTRACT WITH DR.

PEPPER SNAPPLE EXPIRES AT THE END OF JUNE.

AND BACK IN EXCUSE ME, MARCH, OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT RELEASED A BEVERAGE AND SNACK VENDING VID.

WE HAD 25 DIFFERENT ENTITIES DOWNLOAD THAT BID.

WE RECEIVED SIX RESPONSES AND THEY HAVE SCORED THOSE RESPONSES AND RECOMMENDED A VENDOR AND WE'VE ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM AND JUST THE CONTRACT AND ALL OF THAT IS NOT FINALIZED AT THIS POINT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU.

SO WE'RE JUST REQUESTING PERMISSION TO FINISH THAT PROCESS WITH THAT VENDOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. PATE. MS..

HARRIS, I DO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU.

MR. POTEET, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. POTEET. A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE TURN NOW TO OUR ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

[XI.E. Consider Adoption of the Final Amended Budget for 2022–2023]

MRS BRANUM. DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR BOARD? ACTUALLY, MISS HARRIS, BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2324 BUDGET, WE DO NEED TO CLOSE OUT OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR 2223.

AND SO I DO I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED FINAL AMENDMENT AMENDMENT BUDGET REPORT FOR 2223. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS TIMMY.

IS THERE A SECOND? GOOD. I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE ON.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SECOND.

THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN.

THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY, A SECOND BY MISS MCGOWAN.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CONSIDER THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET REPORT FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

BOARD MEMBERS.

MAY I? NO, NO, NO. WAIT. WHERE ARE WE GOING? OH, WAIT. OH. OH, GOSH.

OKAY. OKAY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023 2024.

[XI.F.Consider Adoption of the 2023 - 2024 Budget]

MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

I'M GOING TO ASK MR. PRUITT TO PULL UP THE BUDGET PRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO REVIEW THIS AGAIN BECAUSE MR. PAYNE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

AND WE DON'T THINK THAT YOU NEED A RETEACH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PULL IT UP IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY SLIDES OR DATA SETS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PULL FORWARD.

AND SO I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2324 BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE

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FUND AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AS PRESENTED IN THE OFFICIAL BUDGET DOCUMENT.

BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED 2023, 2024 BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AS PRESENTED IN THE OFFICIAL BUDGET DOCUMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION? FOOD. WAS THAT MISS PACHECO? THAT'S ME. SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS PACHECO.

A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. POTEET, IF I COULD. COULD YOU GO TO SLIDE 14 ON THAT PRESENTATION? AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT AGAIN THE CLARIFICATION ON THE MULTI YEAR FORECAST, MR. PATE, ON THE VACANCY AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS AT 14 388 $14 MILLION, IS THAT A RECURRING EACH YEAR THAT WILL BE $14 MILLION IN VACANCY AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS? AND HOW DOES THAT COMPORT WITH THE RECURRING COSTS SO THAT 14 MILLION RIGHT NOW FOR 2324 IT'S A REDUCTION OF FROM THAT $408 MILLION RECURRING COST.

I GREW THE RECURRING COST UP THERE.

I DID NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I'VE LEFT IT.

GROSS IF YOU WILL, ON THE TWO SEPARATE LINES, THEY'RE NOT NETTED LIKE I DID WITH THE EXCUSE ME, LIKE I DID WITH THE RAISE, WHERE THE RAISE FOR 23, 24 OF 19.1 MILLION MOVES UP INTO THE RECURRING COST LINE.

AND THEN THE NEXT RAISE ADDS UP.

IT'S IT STAYS GROSS FOR ALL THE YEARS.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S NOT A RECURRING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425.

WE'RE NOT PROJECTING REDUCTIONS TO $14 MILLION.

IT'S THE SAME.

SO IF I HAD NETTED IT, YOU WOULD ONLY SEE IT IN THE ONE AND THEN IT WOULD BE BUILT IN SAME OR DIFFERENT, SAME OR DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY.

AS WE SHOW IN THE RAISES, IT'S THE OPPOSITE METHODOLOGY FROM THE RAISES.

I MAY JUST ASK THAT WE CAN BE CONSISTENT IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING ON SHOWING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF OUR TARGETS.

AND AS THE BUDGET MEETING OR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE KICKS OFF, I KNOW THIS WILL BE A TOOL THAT THEY'LL BE USING.

SO I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CLEAR FOR CLARITY AS THEY USE IT WILL BE HELPFUL.

SO I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT CLARIFICATION.

THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. POTEET, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MR. EAGER AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT AS THE OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN START TO SETTLE DOWN ON SOME OF THE LAWS BEING PASSED AND ARE NOT PASSED, I ASSUME THEN THAT WE WILL COME BACK AND DO AN AMENDMENT ONCE WE GET KIND OF CLARIFICATION ON, LET'S JUST SAY UNFUNDED MANDATES.

YES, SIR. SO MY EXPECTATION AT THIS POINT IS WHEN WE RETURN AND PRESENT TO YOU THE TAX RATE FOR YOU TO ADOPT, HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL BE SETTLED, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT TO THE EXTENT THINGS ARE SETTLED, WE WILL CERTAINLY AMEND THE BUDGET FOR THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND AT THAT POINT.

AND THEN AS ADDITIONAL LAWS ARE PASSED AND THE EXCUSE ME, AS ADDITIONAL LAWS ARE PASSED AND THE GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMEND THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT YOU KNOW, JUST AS THERE'S BEEN SOME STUFF, FOR INSTANCE, HOUSE BILL THREE THAT WAS PASSED, THE GUIDANCE IS STILL BEING WRITTEN.

AND SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION IS THERE WILL BE BOTH EXPENDITURE AND A REVENUE COMPONENT RELATED TO THAT AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET AS YET.

THANK YOU, MR. EAGER.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. SO THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS PACHECO, A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE CREATION OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE COMMISSION AND ADOPTION OF THE COMMISSION'S PARAMETERS.

[XI.G. Consider Creation of Community Budget Steering Committee Commission and Adoption of Commission Parameters]

MRS. BRANUM. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS.

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I BELIEVE THIS WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED BY ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN MEMBERS AND AS WELL AS WAS MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME TOUGH CHALLENGES AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.

AND WE KNOW WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THOSE UNILATERALLY.

THIS BOARD AND OUR TEAM OF EIGHT HAVE COMMITTED TO BEING TRANSPARENT AND TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE INVOLVING MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE TO HELP GUIDE US AND PROVIDE US INPUT WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, JUST LIKE WHAT WE WOULD DO WHEN WE MOVE INTO AND TRANSITION INTO A BOND PLANNING YEAR, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO LET OUR COMMUNITY FORMALLY LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON A COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FIRST, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR..

PATE TO PROVIDE OR ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T YOU, MR. PATE, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL MAKE MY RECOMMENDATION.

MR. PRUITT, IF YOU COULD BRING BACK THE PRESENTATION FROM EARLIER, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW IN THAT.

YES. AND SO, AS MS..

BRANUM SAID, IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY BOND STEERING COMMITTEE PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET SHORTFALL.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO START MEETINGS IN LATE JULY AND PRESENT THOSE.

YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT FEELS LIKE A VERY SHORT TIMELINE PRESENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY BE IMPLEMENTED AS WE START THE 2425 BUDGET PLANNING IN JANUARY OF 24, WHICH FOR ME REALLY STARTS IN JULY OF 23.

SO AND THEN OF COURSE, MEMBERSHIP WILL BE MADE UP BY BOARD NOMINATIONS, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

WE ARE IN THE WORKING WITH THE MS. DR. HELLER AND THE STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

GETTING THE SIGNUP DOCUMENT STOOD UP HOPEFULLY ON MONDAY MORNING OR EXCUSE ME, SOMETIME ON MONDAY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL BE MONDAY MORNING, BUT GET THAT GOING TO START COLLECTING THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME INTEREST EXPRESSED AND HAVE NAMES THAT PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EMAILED THEIR DESIRE TO BE ON IT.

AND SO I WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT I RESPOND TO THOSE EMAILS AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE SIGNUP DOCUMENT IS FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. MR. PAYNE IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE BRINGS FORWARD TO THE BOARD, THEY MAY ALL NOT BE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WE WOULD DO IN ONE YEAR. THIS COULD BE A PHASED IN APPROACH WHERE THERE ARE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE TIER AND ADJUST AND RIGHTSIZE OUR BUDGET OVER TIME.

SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NOT EVERYTHING MAY BE READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2425.

THANK YOU. MRS. BRANUM YES, NOT KNOWING THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WITH THAT, I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY BASED BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, MISS BRANUM AND MR. PATE, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS TIMMY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS MS. RENTERÍA. THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY, A SECOND BY MISS ANDREA.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BOARD? MR. POTEET? SORRY.

YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. YES.

NO, I LIKE I'VE GONE THROUGH THE CHARGE AND I AGREE WITH THIS.

THIS IS THIS IS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.

ONE THING I WOULD JUST SAY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, I KNOW THAT THE GOAL FOR THEM IS TO PUT TOGETHER THIS COMMITTEE A RECOMMENDATION OR BASICALLY A DELIVERABLE TO THE BOARD. I WOULD SAY THAT AND IT'S CALLED OUT HERE AT THE END ON THE TRANSPARENCY AND HAVING ALL MATERIALS AND MINUTES POSTED FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO THAT, THAT THAT'S ALSO FOR THE BOARD.

AS IT SAYS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION RESIDES WITH US.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

I FIND VALUE NOT ONLY IN THE RECOMMENDATION BUT IN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT ARE DISCUSSED THAT ARE ON THE TABLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

AND I KNOW WE CAN'T BE THERE FOR EVERY MEETING, NOR SHOULD BE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SOME OF THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS. JUST ARRIVING AT A FINAL RECOMMENDATION OR DELIVERABLE, I JUST SEE A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT PROCESS AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THERE, TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. POTEET.

MS. RENTERÍA, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I REALLY ALSO COMMEND ALL OF THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE JUST THE IMPORTANCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE VOICE, AS WE SAW WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AS WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE TESTIMONY TO THAT

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HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE TRANSPARENT, AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING EVERY VOICE A CHANCE TO COME FORWARD.

AND AS ONE OF OUR PARENTS MENTIONED, JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, HAVING THE PARENTS REALLY COME FORWARD, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT THEY'RE WELCOMED IN THIS PROCESS, THAT THAT THAT THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT'S I KNOW VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THAT INPUT AND HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

SO JUST THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD JUST LOVE TO ADD THAT I THINK ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE AS WELL IS TO HAVE STAFF AROUND THE TABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW WHETHER I'M A TEACHER OR IF I'M A PARAPROFESSIONAL, THESE BUDGET DECISIONS IMPACT THEIR DAY TO DAY WORLD AS WELL.

AND WHAT I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS IT HAS IT HAS GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE WITH EVERY ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS, OUR STUDENTS ARE KEPT AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND AS THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT TOUGH DECISION, HOW IS IT ULTIMATELY GOING TO IMPACT OUR STUDENTS? AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS COMING TOGETHER AT THIS TIME AND ALSO LETTING US KNOW IF THAT'S.

OUR NORTH STAR.

THEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO SUNSET THAT WHILE WE MIGHT THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO THE NEW NORTH STAR THAT THIS BOARD HAS CHARGED US WITH ACHIEVING AS WELL.

AND SO THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A BALANCE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

ABSOLUTELY, MISS TIMMY.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY AND GIVE MY APPRECIATION TO YOU AND TO YOUR TEAM.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS A BOARD, MY COLLEAGUES, THAT ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IS REALLY WANTING TO MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING THEIR THEIR TOLERANCE POINTS, WHAT THEY WANT FOR OUR DISTRICT, WHAT THEY WANT IT LOOKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LIKE GOING FORWARD AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION, THEIR THOUGHTS, HELPING US REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE PERCEIVING SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO REALLY HELP INFORM THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WHILE BALANCING THAT OUT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF.

I THINK THERE I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESENT INFORMATION FROM TIME TO TIME IN YEARS PAST, AND I THINK THERE'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.

THERE'S NO WAY ANY ONE OF US CAN THINK OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THINGS CAN THAT THINGS THAT THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU MAKE DECISIONS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND THE MORE BRAINS THAT WE HAVE, REALLY MAKING SURE WE CONSIDER THINGS FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS, THAT THAT COULD CHANGE THE WAY SOME OPERATIONS ARE.

IT REALLY MAKES US BETTER.

SO I HOPE THE FOLKS WHO COME ON TO THIS COMMITTEE, THEY REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD, HOW IMPORTANT THEIR FEEDBACK IS GOING TO BE, STAFF, COMMUNITY, WHOEVER, HOW MUCH WE NEED THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE.

AND I AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS AS A DISTRICT.

AND YOU BRING UP AN EXCELLENT POINT.

MR. PATE REMINDED ME EARLIER.

WE ARE ALSO NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS ON THE FINANCE SYSTEM BECAUSE REALLY THAT DOESN'T EXIST, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE MR. PATE. YOU KNOW, EVERY DISTRICT HAS A COUPLE OF US THAT TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS, WANT THE BEST FOR THE DISTRICT AND ARE WILLING TO COME WITH AN OPEN MIND AROUND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AND WITH A SPIRIT OF HOW DO WE PROBLEM SOLVE TOGETHER.

THAT'S THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

NOT AN EXPERT IN TEXAS FINANCE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS TIMMY.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS BOARD MR. POTEET, IF I COULD ADD TO I DO THINK AND I DIDN'T I GOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CHARGE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH OUR BOND STEERING COMMITTEES, PART OF THAT CHARGE, MAYBE IT'S NOT SAID, IS TO BOTH EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND ADVOCATE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM OF ALREADY THIS PROCESS THAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR CHEERLEADERS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CYNICISM KIND OF STOPS THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS.

AND THIS IS REAL WORK.

THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF.

THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT POTENTIALLY OUTCOMES, IMPACT STAFF.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR CHEERLEADERS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ADVOCATE, MEANING THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR, BUT IT'S ADVOCATING FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS DISTRICT AND EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT ON FACEBOOK.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING IN SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP, CALLING THE HELP OF ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS, THE FAMILIES, THE STAFF AND GET TO WORK.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, WHETHER SAID OUTRIGHT OR OR BEHIND THE SCENES, THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF CHARGES THAT I WANT TO CARRY FORWARD.

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YES. AND ONE ONE OF THE CHARGES IN THERE LISTED THAT HITS ON THAT IS ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING DISTRICT FINANCIAL ISSUES IN THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. YES, SIR.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I HAVE TO PIGGYBACK ON MY COLLEAGUE, MR. POTEET. THAT'S WHERE MY PASSION LIES, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EDUCATED ON THE PROCESS.

SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

IT'S A VERY TOUGH PART OF OF WHAT WE DO, AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KIND OF UNDERSTAND AT LEAST RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION PIECE.

THERE IS A MOTION BY MISS TIMMY, A SECOND BY MISS RENTERIA.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.

ALL RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO.

YEAH, SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW? WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AFTER THIS.

OKAY. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

[XI.K. Cell Phone Policy Update]

OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING THE CELL PHONE POLICY UPDATE.

MS. BRANUM THANK YOU.

MS. HARRIS. WE ARE I DID ASK TO MOVE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SORRY, WE HAVE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND IT IS 917 AND I'M TRYING TO HONOR THEIR TIME. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOWING US TO MOVE THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD TONIGHT.

WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU OUR KIND OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2223 CELL PHONE DATA.

AS YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST, I BROUGHT FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO STRENGTHEN OUR POLICY AROUND CELL PHONE USAGE, REALLY BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM CAMPUS STAFF CONCERNED WITH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, STUDENT BEHAVIOR, AND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE ACTUAL LEARNING IS AT THE FOREFRONT.

AND WE HAD ONE CAMPUS THAT WE WENT MOVED FORWARD, A PILOT FOR THE YONDR POUCHES.

ONE OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE BOARD WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE BENCHMARKED AND PROGRESS MONITORED THAT IMPLEMENTATION WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU IN JANUARY A MID-YEAR REVIEW OF HOW THAT IMPLEMENTATION WAS GOING.

WE DID A SURVEY TO SECONDARY PARENTS AND STAFF AND STUDENTS AND BROUGHT FORWARD THOSE RESULTS TO YOU.

WE HAD STAFF HERE.

THE FOREST MEADOWS STAFF WAS HERE, IF YOU REMEMBER MS..

BURT TALKING ABOUT IN JUST THE FIRST SEMESTER OUTCOMES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, AS WELL AS WE CELEBRATED THE WORK THAT OUR OTHER CAMPUSES WERE DOING AND STRENGTHENING THE POLICY WITHOUT THE YONDER POUCHES AS WELL.

THEN WE DID AN END OF THE YEAR SURVEY AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS PROMISED, BROUGHT THAT INFORMATION FORWARD.

I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND AS WE BRING FORWARD AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE THIS IS REALLY COMING FROM OUR CAMPUSES.

THIS IS A REQUEST FROM OUR CAMPUSES.

I WAS ACTUALLY NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM THE AFTERNOON THAT OUR CAMPUSES LOOKED AT THE DATA THAT THEY HAD REALLY SOME KIND OF REAL HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS WORK BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH OUR CURRENT STRATEGY.

BUT HOW COULD WE EVEN STRENGTHEN IT FURTHER? SO THIS IS REALLY IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL HAVE AFTER THIS INFORMATION PIECE REALLY IS ABOUT A REQUEST FROM OUR PRINCIPALS AND THE CAMPUS STAFF.

SO I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR STUDENT SERVICES.

DR. GIBBONS IS GOING TO, I THINK, LEAD US OFF.

AND THEN MR. MANISCALCO, WHO IS OUR STUDENT SERVICES GURU.

HE'S SO AMAZING AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

THEY ARE GOING TO GUIDE US IN THIS CONVERSATION.

SO, DR. GIBBONS, THANK YOU.

MS. BRANUM GOOD EVENING. BOARD.

MS.. BRANUM REALLY SET UP WELL.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS.

NO, NO PROBLEM. IT WAS IT WAS GREAT.

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK REVISIT OF THE WHY.

WHEN WE WHEN WE MET IN AUGUST, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HOW PERVASIVE THE CELL PHONE USAGE HAD BECOME AT OUR SCHOOLS AND JUST THE PROBLEMS THAT IT WAS CAUSING TAKING AWAY VALUABLE INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, THAT FACE TO FACE INTERACTION THAT WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS NEED NOT JUST WITH TEACHERS BUT WITH THEIR PEERS, AND THEN JUST THE TEACHER EFFICACY, THE ABILITY FOR TEACHERS TO DO WELL IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO THOSE WERE THE THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO REVISIT THAT REAL QUICK.

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JUST SO YOU REMEMBER FROM AUGUST WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS MISS BRANUM WAS SAYING, WE DID DO A LOT OF DATA REVIEW.

WE DID THAT. WE'VE DONE THAT 3 OR 4 TIMES THIS YEAR.

SO WE DID PARENT STUDENT TEACHERS.

WE SEPARATED, YOU KNOW, OUR GENERAL, OUR GENERAL STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY WITH OUR YONDER JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

WE WE EVALUATED DISCIPLINE REFERRALS AND THEN WE WANTED JUST TO USE DATA LIKE MISS BRANUM SAID, TO INFORM OUR NEXT STEPS ON THE ON THE POLICY.

WE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, JUST OVERALL WITH OUR CELL PHONE POLICY.

AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ADDED LAYER AT FOREST MEADOW BY INSTITUTING THE YONDER PILOT PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PROJECTED OUTCOMES.

WE MENTIONED THESE IN AUGUST.

WE THOUGHT THESE WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HOPEFULLY SEE, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, THAT BELL TO BELL INSTRUCTION WOULD BE HAPPENING AGAIN, MORE FACE TO FACE STUDENT INTERACTION, MORE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND THEN TEACHER RETENTION.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HELPS KEEP OUR TEACHERS ON OUR CAMPUSES AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS? AND WE WANTED TO DECREASE THE SOCIAL MEDIA DISTRACTIONS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR FOR ALL OF US ON SOME OCCASIONS.

AND THEN JUST STUDENT CONFLICT IN GENERAL.

HOWEVER, IF WE CAN ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT CONFLICT THAT'S CREATED THROUGH CELL PHONES BY SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST EVEN JUST DIRECT COMMUNICATION, IS THAT GOING TO HELP? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE DISTRACTIONS? AND SO I WANTED TO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS I THINK MR. CORTEZ IS GOING TO COME UP AND JUST SHARE JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEWS OF WHAT OUR CELL PHONE SURVEY OR CELL PHONE POLICY SURVEY SHOWED US.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FIND SOME OF THIS THESE DATA POINTS INTERESTING AND TO HELP CREATE MORE CONVERSATION.

JACOB. RIGHT.

RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU AGAIN.

SO WE DID CONDUCT THE CONDUCT, THE SURVEY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS PART OF THE CLIMATE SURVEYS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND SO THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONS HERE FOR THIS FIRST SLIDE.

THIS IS THE GENERAL CELL PHONE POLICY.

SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FOREST MEADOW BECAUSE THEY HAD A DIFFERENT INTERVENTION WHEN IT CAME TO THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE THE RESULTS HERE FOR EACH OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF POSITIVES THAT STICK OUT SUPPORTING THE CELL PHONE POLICY. AND, YOU KNOW, 94% OF OUR OF OUR TEACHERS SUPPORTING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CAMPUSES, UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN ENFORCE THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

92% OF OUR TEACHERS AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING AND WHAT WHAT STEPS THEY NEED TO TAKE AS PART OF THEIR JOB AS A TEACHER.

THE THE TWO THAT STICK OUT ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE, AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE ENFORCEMENT BEING EFFECTIVE, THERE'S STILL THE MAJORITY OF TEACHERS THAT BELIEVE THAT IT IS EFFECTIVE.

AND SO THAT CAN BE AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.

BUT THEN ALSO WHEN THE QUESTION CAME ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE YONDER SYSTEM.

MORE THAN HALF OF THE TEACHERS THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY SAID THAT IT'S NECESSARY THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

AND WHILE A LITTLE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAN A THIRD, 42% THERE SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY. AND WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK IN AT THESE SAME QUESTIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHOULD THEY IMPLEMENT YONDER ON THE FOREST MEADOW CAMPUS, IT IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE.

THERE WERE I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK THE NUMBERS JUST TO MAKE SURE I PROCESSED THEM CORRECTLY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO STRONGLY DISAGREES ACROSS ALL OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THOSE TEACHERS.

SO THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT HERE, 98% SUPPORTING THE POLICY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A STRONGLY AGREE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR YONDER ON THE CAMPUS AND IT'S NECESSARY TO TO KEEP THAT IN PLACE.

SO THE RESPONSE THERE WAS WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, AS YOU CAN SEE.

WHEN IT CAME TO, YOU KNOW.

WHEN IT CAME TO GETTING CLASS TIME BACK AS FAR AS DISRUPTION AND WHATNOT, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY HERE FELT THAT

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THEY, IN BOTH CASES FOR THE CELL PHONE POLICY, GOT GOT TIME BACK IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THE ONES THAT CHOSE OTHER AND WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL FIELD THAT POPPED UP WHERE THEY COULD DESCRIBE IN TEXT WHAT THE OTHER MEANT THERE.

AND I WOULD SAY AT LEAST HALF OF THEM OF THESE OTHER RESPONSES WERE THEY WANTED TO GO INTO MORE DEPTH ABOUT EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME THEY GOT BACK.

SO RATHER THAN JUST CHOOSING MORE THAN TEN MINUTES, SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE I'VE GAINED 30 MINUTES BACK, YOU KNOW, LIKE TEN MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY DESCRIBE. AND THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER KIND OF COMMENTS THERE.

SO EVEN THOSE ARE MOSTLY POSITIVE AS FAR AS GETTING TIME BACK FROM EITHER POLICY.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PARENT SURVEY AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE HERE AS FAR AS SUPPORTING AND THIS IS OUR GENERAL CAMPUSES.

SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FOREST MEADOW.

YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE OF THE CELL PHONE POLICY, HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THE CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THE REASON BEHIND THE POLICY AND AND SEEING EFFECT THERE.

WE CAN CONTRAST THAT WITH THE YOU KNOW, A SIMILAR VIEW HERE FOR FOR OUR PARENTS AT FOREST MEADOW THAT HAD THE YONDR POUCHES AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, OVERWHELMINGLY 96% OF OUR OF OUR PARENTS THAT RESPONDED AT THAT CAMPUS UNDERSTOOD BUT STILL EVERY OTHER QUESTION IN THE IN THE HIGH 60S, 70S AS FAR AS POSITIVE SUPPORT GOES.

OUR STUDENTS.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE VERY SHOCKING TO YOU.

AND THAT CAN YOU KNOW, THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE A VIEW THAT THAT THINGS ARE WORKING AS WELL.

WE SAW SOMETHING SIMILAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS WERE IN FAVOR, THE TEACHERS WERE IN FAVOR, THE STUDENTS NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES EXPERIENCING THOSE LIMITATIONS.

AS YOU SEE HERE. THEY DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE OVERALL GENERAL CELL PHONE POLICY.

THEY MAY NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THAT.

THEY ARE HAVING TO EXPERIENCE THE CHANGES IN THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS THAT RESPONDED DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND.

THEY JUST YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T NECESSARILY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS LIKE OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS DO.

WHEN WE ASK THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE CURRENT POLICY, WHETHER IT WAS A GENERAL POLICY OR THE YONDER POLICY, OUR OUR PARENTS HERE NO AS A POSITIVE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE CONCERNS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S CODED. GREEN YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF OUR MAJORITY OF OUR PARENTS IN EITHER CASE HAD NO CONCERNS WHILE THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE YONDER CAMPUS, THEY DID.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS SURPRISING.

OKAY. AND WE WILL TURN THIS OVER NOW TO TO MR. MANISCALCO. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

I'VE GOT ONE BRIEF SLIDE, AND JACOB DID A GREAT JOB OF TALKING THROUGH THE PERCEPTION DATA THROUGH THAT SURVEY.

I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HARD DATA AND WHAT'S BEHIND THAT INFORMATION.

SO JUST OVERALL, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT A DOWNWARD TREND.

WE LOOKED AT DATA FROM AN OVERALL DISCIPLINE REFERRAL, THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLINE REFERRALS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED VERSUS CELL PHONES.

AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THE CELL PHONE POLICY BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH SUCCESS AND A DOWNWARD TREND OF THOSE TWO DATA POINTS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY IS JUST BECAUSE WE CREATE A POLICY, IT TAKES A WHILE TO BREAK A HABIT.

AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVE 50% OF THEIR DISCIPLINE REFERRALS STILL BEING ASSOCIATED WITH CELL PHONES.

RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE YONDER CAMPUS, FOREST-MEADOW, 2% OF THEIR CAMPUS VIOLATIONS WERE RELATED TO CELL PHONES.

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SO A VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCE JUST FROM A HARD DATA STANDPOINT.

SO THAT STRUGGLE STILL CONTINUES IN BUILDINGS WHERE YONDER IS NOT BEING USED.

THERE'S A CLEAR DIFFERENCE.

JUST IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS AT YONDER, THEY HAD VERY FEW AT JUST LOOKING AT THEIR THEIR PERCENTAGES. THEY HAD 21 VIOLATIONS OVERALL AND OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE IN SOME OTHER BUILDINGS.

JUST ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, THERE WERE 49 CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS JUST ON SECONDARY CAMPUSES PER DAY.

THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAD 42 CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS PER DAY ON AVERAGE AND THEN JUNIOR HIGH WITH FOREST-MEADOW.

OBVIOUSLY A SMALLER POPULATIONS, RIGHT? DIFFERENT GROUP, FEWER MOVING PARTS.

BUT FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS ON AVERAGE PER DAY.

SO JUST FROM A HARD DATA PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT YONDER REALLY DID WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO DO AND THAT WAS REALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, TOO, IN TALKING WITH PRINCIPALS TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WAS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE WERE CALIBRATED.

WE WERE PUTTING IN REFERRALS.

I HAVE TO ADMIT, JUST IN CONVERSATION, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CELL PHONE, CELL PHONE FATIGUE.

RIGHT? JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THE DATA IS PRETTY CLEAR FROM A HARD DATA PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MANISCALCO. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO JUST AN OVERVIEW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE ANECDOTAL AND THE HARD DATA THAT WE'VE SHARED, THE BENEFITS ARE, OF COURSE, THE TEACHERS SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RECAPTURING THE TIME IN THE CLASSROOM BOTH WITH YONDER AND NON YONDER CAMPUSES WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS FOREST-MEADOW AROUND THAT.

AND THEN IF YOU IF YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW FROM MY STANDPOINT OR STUDENT SERVICES OR JUST EVEN FROM A CENTRAL STANDPOINT AROUND THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISTRACTIONS AND SOME OF THE ELEVATED BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE GONE ON IN YEARS PAST AROUND, YOU KNOW, TO BE FRANK, SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS, PICTURES, THINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAPPEN ON A CAMPUS WITH THE WITH THE REDUCTION OF OUR AMOUNT OF CELL PHONES WE'VE HAD OUT AND ABOUT IT, IT'S REDUCED.

AND I THINK YOU COULD ASK ANY ONE OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE NOT YONDER OR ARE YONDER THAT THAT HAS GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.

BUT OUR CONCERN STILL, THEY REALLY DO REVOLVE A LOT MORE AROUND OUR PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE THEY HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AT MY CAMPUS AND MY MY STUDENT'S CELL PHONE IS IN A POUCH, MAGNETICALLY SEALED POUCH, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET AHOLD OF THEM? AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THEIR THEIR CONCERNS.

WE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT ABOUT THE COST, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'VE HAD OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CURRENTLY, EVEN AT THIS SESSION.

AND THEN WE DO AS A DISTRICT, NEED TO CONTINUE, AS MR. MANISCALCO SAID, AROUND THE CALIBRATION OF ENTERING DISCIPLINE IN REGARD TO REFERRALS AROUND CELL PHONES.

BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A MULTI LAYER KIND OF THING.

SO IF YOU HAVE A JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT SAYS, MATTHEW, PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONE AWAY.

MATTHEW DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THAT.

IF IT GETS ELEVATED, THEN THEN THE STUDENT IS IS BEING DISCIPLINED FOR SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE FIRST ACTION THAT WAS ASKED WAS. SO THAT'S A HARD THING TO CALIBRATE.

AND SO STUDENT SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING HARD WITH THE CAMPUSES TO TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO GET THOSE THAT DATA ENTERED IN A IN A GOOD WAY.

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO JUST OVERALL, YOU KNOW, FROM A BENEFITS AND CONCERN STANDPOINT, WE CAN SEE THAT STAFF RETENTION, THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN DISCIPLINE AND STUDENT OUTCOMES OVERALL, ALTHOUGH WE JUST STILL HAVE VERY ROUGH DATA AND WE HAVE STAR 2.0.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES.

SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH CAMPUSES IS WE HAVE SEEN SOME SOME AREAS OF GROWTH IN REGARD TO THAT, AND I CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT FORWARD TOWARDS LESS CELL PHONE USAGE IN OUR ON OUR CAMPUSES AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN AND OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, I'M SURE, WILL WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE HAD CAMPUSES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID, I'D LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE THAT YONDER.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE YONDER ON MY CAMPUS AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.

SO WE WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR BASED ON THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE INTERESTED.

WE WOULD HAVE FIVE TOTAL PILOT TYPE CAMPUSES FOR NEXT YEAR IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THE LAST SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BRIAN, HERE'S OUR SHORT TERM.

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YOU KNOW, STAYING THE COURSE WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICY, REGARDLESS OF YONDER IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INCREASE OF THAT, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT DATA AND THEN CONSISTENTLY ADDRESSING PARENT CONCERNS, COMMUNICATING EXPECTATIONS AS WE GET TO THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR, REALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE CALIBRATED ON THAT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SET THAT EXPECTATION THAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.

BUT JUST KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING AND BE PERSISTENT AROUND THAT.

SO THOSE ARE OUR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS AROUND THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD THAT'S OUR LAST SLIDE.

AND I WOULD LOVE IF I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE OUR PRINCIPALS IF THEY WOULD WANT TO COME FORWARD.

AND THEN ALSO ANY OF OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS WHO ESPECIALLY YOU, MISS BATES, SINCE YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LEAD AND OBSERVE BEHAVIORS AT BOTH CAMPUSES. BUT WE WOULD JUST LOVE TO HEAR REFLECTIONS FROM YOU, MAYBE BOTH ON YOUR IMPLEMENTATION THIS YEAR OF THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

AND WHY IS THIS EVEN SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AS A POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION FOR NEXT YEAR? OKAY. I'LL START.

OKAY. WELL, AT LAKE HIGHLANDS, WE DID TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY DURING EITHER FIRST OR SECOND PERIOD OR ADVISORY.

WE WOULD ALL DO PHONE SWEEPS.

SO EVERY ADMINISTRATOR HAD A SECTION OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SWEEPING.

WE'D GO INTO CLASSROOMS, WE WOULD COLLECT THE PHONES, WE WOULD TAG THE PHONES, WE WOULD PUT THE PHONES IN ZIPLOC BAGS, AND THEN WE CARRIED AROUND TOTE BAGS SO THAT WE COULD SAFELY TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE OFFICE SO THAT WE WOULDN'T DAMAGE THEM.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD ENTER THOSE INTO A GOOGLE SYSTEM AND THEN IT WOULD CALCULATE HOW MANY VIOLATIONS THE STUDENT HAD.

THE STUDENTS WOULD COME TO MY OFFICE AT 420.

THEY'D LINE UP AND TO COME AND PICK UP THEIR PHONE.

WE'D LOOK THEM UP, GET THEIR ID NUMBER, AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THEY HAD THAT DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE PARENT PICKUP, POSSIBLY AFTER SCHOOL DETENTION, WHATEVER THE CONSEQUENCE WAS GOING TO BE.

FOR. HOWEVER MANY VIOLATIONS.

THE ISSUE WAS, THOUGH, NUMBER ONE, CONSISTENCY.

SO IF SOMEBODY WAS OUT OR IF WE HAD A MEETING AND MAYBE 2 OR 3 MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WERE OUT, WE COULD NOT WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS LIKE WE WANTED TO. AND THEN THE TEACHERS FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING SUPPORTED BECAUSE WE WERE OUT, WHICH HAPPENS SOMETIMES.

AND THEN ALSO JUST THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS, I THINK, IN ANY PROGRAM, BUT TRYING TO DO IT ON OUR OWN WAS JUST VERY, VERY TIME CONSUMING. THERE WAS SUCH BENEFITS WITH NOT HAVING THE PHONES.

THE TEACHERS WERE SO APPRECIATIVE.

THEY SAID THEY WERE GETTING THEIR CLASS TIME BACK.

WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IS OFTENTIMES I WOULD KEEP THE PHONES ON IN MY OFFICE JUST TO HEAR HOW MANY DISRUPTIONS THEY WOULD GET.

AND WE WERE DINGING AND EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.

SOCIAL MEDIA ALERTS, TEXT ALERTS, ALARMS GOING OFF, PHONE CALLS.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND THESE KIDS AREN'T IGNORING THAT WHEN THEY'RE IN CLASS.

SO THEY ARE ABSOLUTE DISTRACTIONS FROM THE BUILDING.

BUT I FEEL THAT YONDER WILL HELP BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE US CONSISTENCY AND IT'LL ALSO GIVE THE ADMIN OUR TIME BACK TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHICH IS BE IN CLASSROOMS SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, BECAUSE THIS WOULD TAKE IN THE MORNINGS PROBABLY 30 TO 45 MINUTES PER ADMIN WHEN DONE PROPERLY.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY I WOULD SAY MAYBE ANOTHER 30 MINUTES TO GET ALL PHONES OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IT TO THE RIGHT KIDS.

SO. AND I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION THERE ARE FIVE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MADE THIS REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YONDER.

AND WE HAVE LIBERTY JUNIOR HIGH, APOLLO JUNIOR HIGH FOREST MEADOW WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FOR NEXT YEAR, LAKE HIGHLANDS, JUNIOR HIGH, AND OF COURSE, LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

NOT ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS COULD BE HERE BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS.

BUT SO I DO WANT TO TO TO THANK OUR THREE CAMPUSES.

SO MISS AGUILAR IS OUR PRINCIPAL AT LIBERTY JUNIOR HIGH.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE YOUR REFLECTIONS.

SURE. SO AS A NEW PRINCIPAL TO RICHARDSON, I WANTED TO EARLY ON TAKE A CHANCE TO VISIT FOREST MEADOW TO NOT ONLY SEE THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND HOW THAT WORKED WITH THE YONDR POUCHES, BUT TO ALSO LOOK AT PLCS IN PRACTICE AND JUST SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHAT QUALITY INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE AT THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

I'VE GOT TO SAY, I WAS STRUCK BY HOW IN VISITING CLASSROOMS, WENT TO SOME MATH CLASSROOMS, WENT TO SOME READING CLASSROOMS. THAT DISTRACTION OF CELL PHONES DID NOT EXIST OR IT WAS HIGHLY MITIGATED.

AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT IN ACTION WAS WONDERFUL.

AND I WANTED TO QUICKLY COME BACK TO CAMPUS AND SHARE THAT WITH OUR TEACHERS.

AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING JUST THE OVERALL RICHARDSON CELL PHONE POLICY, WE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DATA.

WE HAVE VERY HIGH NUMBERS OF CELL PHONE REFERRALS.

SO I THINK WE WERE VERY DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORTED WHAT THAT POLICY LOOKED LIKE.

HOWEVER, EVEN WHEN WE HAD STUDENTS WHO HAD THOSE PHONES AWAY FOR MOST PART OF THE DAY, IF THERE WAS A FIGHT IN CAMPUS, THOSE CELL

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PHONES WERE OUT IMMEDIATELY AND WE WERE 2 OR 3 STUDENTS DEEP, ALL TRYING TO RECORD FIGHTS AND ACTION.

SO IF WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT A TEMPTATION BY USING THOSE YONDR POUCHES, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER AS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONSIDERATION OF YONDR POUCHES AS A TOOL, IT'S NOT THE THE ONLY ANSWER, RIGHT? IT IS THAT TOOL THAT IS PART OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM THAT WOULD HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT THE DISTRICT'S CELL PHONE POLICY.

BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EMPOWER OUR TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING TO OUR STUDENTS THAT QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THANKS FOR MOVING THE AGENDA ITEM UP.

I WAS READY FOR THE LONG HAUL.

IT'S LIKE MIDNIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO MIDNIGHT. I KNOW. I'M JUST PLAYING NOW.

IT'S. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN THE HORSESHOE, SO.

BUT THINKING ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY THIS YEAR AND HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION WORKED FOR US, LUCKILY, LAKE HIGHLANDS JUNIOR HIGH, WE HAD ALREADY IMPLEMENTED A NO CELL PHONE POLICY IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND AS MY AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT APOLLO JUNIOR HIGH, WE FOLLOWED SUIT.

SO SO IN THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL, WE'VE BEEN USED TO THAT PARTICULAR REALM.

BUT LIKE MISS JONES TALKED ABOUT, THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, CONSISTENCY IS DIFFICULT.

YOU KNOW, FROM CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM, YOU CAN SEE THE SOMETIMES THE FIDELITY OF THE POLICY ISN'T ALWAYS FOLLOWED, AND SO IT CAN CAUSE SOME COMPOUNDING ISSUES.

SO YOU HAVE A TEACHER WHO IS STRINGENT WITH THE RULES AND THEY'RE TOUGH ON ON, ON DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY BECOME THE VILLAIN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED ON THE RULES AND THEY BECOME THE HERO.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS BATTLE WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS. AND AND SO WHAT I REALLY THINK THE YONDER POUCH CAN DO IS CREATE A VERY BLACK AND WHITE POLICY, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE ON MY CAMPUS IS WHERE OUR POLICY IS. STUDENTS, CELL PHONES SHOULD BE IN THEIR BACKPACK TURNED OFF FROM 815 TO 340 PERIOD IN DISCUSSION.

BUT THEN IT'S IN THE POCKET, THEN IT'S IN THE FRONT POUCH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN.

AND THEN. AND THEN IT GETS OUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THIS GRAY AREA WHERE AS TALKING WITH MISS BERT AND HOW THE YONDER POUCH WORKS, IF IT'S NOT IN THE YONDER POUCH, IT'S CONFISCATED.

THERE'S REALLY THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

IF IT'S NOT IN THE POUCH, IT GETS CONFISCATED AND IT GETS PICKED UP BY A PARENT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO CELL PHONES IS TEACHER SUPPORT, BECAUSE.

I'VE BEEN ON THE CLASSROOM ALMOST TEN YEARS NOW.

YOU KNOW, CELL PHONES WERE STILL A BIG THING WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM TEN YEARS AGO.

BUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLASSROOM AND HOW THE CELL PHONE PLAYS IN THAT IS SUCH A BIG PART.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE IN YOUR POCKET AND IT BUZZES, YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY YOU'RE JUST ITCHING.

YOU MAY NOT LOOK AT IT, BUT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT? AND IF IT'S IN A POUCH, IT'S OFF.

IT'S IT'S THAT DISTRACTIONS AWAY.

THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN REFOCUS ON WHAT WE'RE TRULY THERE TO DO AND THAT'S LEARN.

SO I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN THIS.

WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS IN THIS LAKE ISLAND JUNIOR HIGH.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S THE MAJOR PART OF IT.

WE CAN ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE ISSUES, A LOT OF THE GRAY AREAS AND JUST ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT.

IS EVERY KID GOING TO PUT A CELL PHONE AND A YONDR POUCH EVERY DAY? I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY WILL, BUT IT WILL ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT TEACHER.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S CELL PHONE STAYS PUT UP AND OUT OF THE WAY AND WE CAN FOCUS ON ON INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WESTON. MISS BATES, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT FOREST MEADOW.

COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT? I KNOW WE HAD SOME EARLY CONCERNS AROUND, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY EASY TO UNLOCK? HOW ARE KIDS GOING TO MANIPULATE THE YONDR POUCH, THAT TYPE OF THING? CAN YOU KIND OF JUST SHARE WHAT THE ACTUAL OBSERVABLE BEHAVIORS WERE? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I'M JENNY BATES. I'M THE AREA SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LAKE HIGHLANDS LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND I DO ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I FEEL LIKE I OWE IT TO FOREST MEADOW JUNIOR HIGH TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK, WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, BECAUSE I DID HAVE SOME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME.

SO BUT THEY DID WANT ME TO SHARE AND I WILL CONCUR THAT IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST ROLLOUTS I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND I DID HAVE MY DOUBTS BECAUSE I'M LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? BUT THE YONDER, THE STAFF THEMSELVES WAS VERY WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE IN THE ROLLOUT.

IT WAS VERY SMOOTH.

THE STAFF WAS 100% ON BOARD.

I WAS THERE THE DAY THAT MISS BERT TOLD THE STAFF THAT.

I THINK IF THEY COULD HAVE STOOD UP AND CAME IN, EACH ONE HUGGED HER, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT.

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SO THEY WERE WILLING TO HELP ALL THE DUTIES THAT IT DID REQUIRE.

THEY WERE VERY MUCH WILLING TO HELP.

THEY DID NOT REALLY RECEIVE A LOT OF PUSHBACK AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING FROM PARENTS, BUT ONCE THAT THE PARENTS WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STUDENTS VIA EMAIL AND THEY GOT THAT SYSTEM DOWN, THAT ELIMINATED A LOT OF OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PARENTS.

AS YOU SAW FROM THE RESULTS, THE STAFF REPORTED GETTING TIME BACK WITH INSTRUCTION AND THE ADMINISTRATOR TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OFF THE TEACHERS FOR CELL PHONE VIOLATION.

AND THEY DID WANT TO POINT THAT IT DID DECREASE THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK THEY HAD ONE THIS YEAR WHERE THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH WITH.

THAT'S BEEN HUGE BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD EVEN THE CELL PHONE POLICY, WE WERE DEALING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA VIOLATIONS QUITE FREQUENTLY.

AND THEY DID WANT TO SEND IT, SEND SOME IT UP.

THAT YONDER CHANGED THEIR LIVES.

SO I DO WANT TO REPORT THAT FROM FOREST MEADOW JUNIOR HIGH.

BUT THEY DID A SEAMLESS JOB.

I THOUGHT THE STUDENTS WERE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ANGRY ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE ANGRY ON THE SURVEY, BUT THEY WERE NOT ANGRY IN PERSON.

AND FROM AN INSIDER LOOKING OUT, I KNOW.

AND I'M A PARENT, TOO, AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR KID.

BUT BUT THEY THE KIDS JUST SEAMLESSLY ADAPTED TO THE EXPECTATION.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, WAS AN EXPECTATION.

AND AS FOR AS FAR AS AS THE LAKE HIGHLANDS LEARNING COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW I'LL HAVE TWO JUNIOR HIGHS AND A HIGH SCHOOL NOW WANTING TO DO IT, I'M ALL ABOUT CONSISTENCY WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS WITHIN A LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND NICK TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUPPORTING HIS TEACHERS.

BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT MY PRINCIPALS BECAUSE I WAS IN CARRIE JONES'S OFFICE THAT DAY WHEN SHE WAS GIVING OUT CELL PHONES.

AND SHE IS NOT SHE'S NOT MINCING WORDS WHEN SHE SAYS SHE HAD KIDS LINED UP AND THOSE PHONES WERE JUST GOING OFF LIKE CRAZY.

WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING AND I'M LIKE, CARRIE, WHAT IS THAT? SHE SAYS, THAT IS ALL THE CELL PHONES GOING OFF.

SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AS WELL SO THEY CAN GET BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIG CHANGE, BUT AS WE SAW FROM FOREST MEADOW, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THE AMOUNT OF THE KIDS, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T MONITOR HOW MANY ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T MAKE THEM CHECK EVERY DAY.

DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR YONDER POUCH? BUT THEY WERE STANDING AT THE DOOR.

THE KIDS KNEW AND IF THEY DIDN'T, THEY KNEW THEY IT HAD TO BE PUT UP.

THE TEACHERS DIDN'T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT WHERE.

WHERE IS IT? IT'S NOT IN THEIR POCKETS.

IT'S NOT. IT'S IN THEIR POUCH.

AND IF IT BROUGHT OUT IT WAS IT WAS IMMEDIATELY THEY WENT TO THE OFFICE.

IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. THEY PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND THEY GOT IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO THE DECREASE IN DISCIPLINE ON CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS AND I THINK THEY HAD DOWN TO LIKE FOUR TOTAL CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS.

TOTAL. SO IT WAS JUST A CULTURE CHANGING, LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR FOREST MEADOW.

AND I'VE BEEN AT LAKE HIGHLAND JUNIOR HIGH AND LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT THE YONDER.

YES, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AT ENFORCING THE POLICY, BUT IT'S ONE MORE TOOL TO PUT IN THEIR TOOLBOX SO THEY CAN GET MORE TIME BACK FOR INSTRUCTION.

CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW OFTEN DID MISS BERT AND HER TEAM HAVE TO DEAL WITH KIDS WHO WERE MAYBE TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE YONDER POUCH OR DESTROY THE YONDER POUCH OR.

YEAH, A FEW TIMES.

BUT ONCE THEY A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN THEY DID, THEY ENDED UP RUING RUINING THEIR CELL PHONE.

AND SO THAT ONLY HAVE TO HAPPEN ONCE.

AND THEN BECAUSE THEY DID, THEY TRIED ALL THE GADGETS, THEY TRIED BREAKING IT, BUT THEN THE ONE HAD RUINED THE WHOLE CELL PHONE BECAUSE THEY WENT AND BOUGHT THE POWERFUL MAGNET.

BUT IT NOT ONLY OPENED THE CASE, BUT THE CELL PHONE WAS RUINED ONCE THEY GOT IN THE CASE.

SO THERE WAS THAT.

SO THAT QUICKLY PUT A STOP TO THAT.

SO AND I THINK YONDER IS ALSO BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK FROM FOREST MEADOW ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THEIR POUCHES BETTER.

I DO ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT REACHED OUT AND CAME AND OBSERVED JUST BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE IT IN ACTION.

SO LIKE I SAY, IT ALL DOES COME FROM THE LEADER OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT.

AND MISS BERT DID THAT.

AND I HAVE TWO OTHER PRINCIPALS AND I KNOW MISS SQUALLS WILL BE UP HERE TO TALK TO YOU AS WELL.

I HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D WANT TO ADD? I'M JUST STANDING FOR YOLANDA GAITHER AT APOLLO JUNIOR HIGH.

WHO'S ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN THIS AND EVERYTHING THEY SAID.

PLUS, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT JENNY BATES SAID ABOUT OUR JOB IN SUPPORTING PRINCIPALS, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY SPEND IN INVESTIGATIONS WITH CELL PHONE RELATED ISSUES IS ENORMOUS.

I HAVE SEEN MS..

AGUILAR LOSE AN ENTIRE DAY JUST DOING INVESTIGATIONS, AND THAT'S A DAY THAT SHE'S NOT SUPPORTING HER TEACHERS AND HER STUDENTS.

SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD.

AND ALSO JUST THE CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE LEARNING COMMUNITY WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

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MISS TIMMY? I DON'T KNOW THAT I OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

CAN I DO THAT? OKAY, WELL, LET ME.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS ON THIS BOARD.

WE HAVE WE'RE EXPECTING BELL TO BELL TEACHING.

WE'RE EXPECTING GROWTH FOR EVERY STUDENT AND FOR EVERY STAFF MEMBER.

WE'RE EXPECTING OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES TO INCREASE.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE EXPECTING EVERY SYSTEM THAT WE PUT IN INSTRUCTIONALLY TO TO TO WORK WITH FIDELITY AND HAVE THAT.

AND I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE THINGS AND THEN NOT GIVING YOU THE TOOLS THAT YOU'RE TELLING US THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S JUST THE CELL PHONE POLICY, WHETHER IT'S YONDR, WHATEVER IT IS, IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AND THAT YOUR STAFF HAS WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I FIND THAT VERY DIFFICULT TO DENY.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAN MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS SEE THOSE OUTCOMES, PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARENTS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IF WE WANT OUR TEACHERS TO GET BETTER, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE TIME, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO COACH AND GIVE FEEDBACK AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TO I MEAN, THE FACT TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE PRINCIPALS ASSIGNED TO SWEEP AREAS JUST FOR CELL PHONES, TO TAKE THEM UP, TO GO BACK IN DATA ENTRY, THEN I'M SURE TO COMMUNICATE IN SOME WAY AND THEN SPEND HOW MUCH TIME HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT.

AND I'M SITTING THERE THINKING HOW MUCH TIME THAT TAKES AWAY FROM YOU WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF, HOW MUCH TIME COULD HAPPEN IN GIVING FEEDBACK ON EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES, HOW MUCH TIME IT COULD BE IN LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE SO THAT YOUR TEACHERS FEEL VALUED SO THAT THEIR CELL PHONES CAN CAN BE ADDRESSED? I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHICHEVER DIRECTION WE GO AND WHATEVER WE THINK IS GOING TO LEAD TO THOSE OUTCOMES AND THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'RE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR, THE VERY THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY SAYS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING WILLING TO EVEN TAKE THAT.

I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU OFFER TO DO THOSE THINGS, TO DO THINGS LIKE YONDER, I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU ARE INVITING A LOT OF PARENT PUSHBACK, ESPECIALLY OUT THE GATE, AND BEING WILLING TO TAKE THAT BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING YOUR TEACHERS AND SUPPORTING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM THE TOOLS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE WITH.

THANK YOU, MISS TIMMY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. MISS.

MISS MCGOWAN.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND STAYING SO LATE WITH US TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES.

I AGREE WITH MISS TIMMY AS WELL.

QUESTION I GET I CAN SEE THIS WORKING AND I WAS AT FOREST MEADOW AND WATCHED IT KIND OF IN EFFECT AS WELL.

BUT CAN YOU KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN A HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT? I JUST SEE A TOTAL DIFFERENT.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND THAT'S A QUESTION THAT WE OFTEN ANSWER.

YONDER THEY COME IN AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEY SAID, JUST LET US COME AND HELP YOU IMPLEMENT THIS AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. AND THEY HAVE PROVEN SUCCESS THAT IT WORKS.

OUR KIDS ARE ALREADY USED TO A POLICY AND THEY'RE USED TO US BEING OUT AND ABOUT AND LOOKING AT PHONES.

SO NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED.

IT'S JUST A LARGER BUILDING, MORE KIDS, BUT FORTUNATELY MORE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

SO. AND IF I IF I MAY JUST TALKING WITH YONDER AROUND IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT MISS JONES IS SAYING IS IS ACCURATE THAT THEY COME OUT AND BASICALLY KIND OF DO AN AUDIT OF THE SCHOOL, THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF THE SCHOOL AND WHERE THEY WOULD PUT THE MAGNETS THAT WOULD ALLOW KIDS AS THEY'RE LEAVING TO JUST POP, POP THE POUCH AND IT OPEN UP.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THOSE IN SOME STRATEGIC AREAS SO THAT THERE'S NOT THESE BOTTLENECKS OF KIDS TRYING TO GET OUT OR TRYING TO GET TO THE BUS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

AND SO THEY DO AN EVALUATION OF THAT AND THEY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BEST PLACES FOR THAT FOR THAT WOULD BE.

SO ON THAT NOTE, THEY GO TO THE MAGNETIC RELEASE THING, LEAVING THE SCHOOL, POP IT OFF, AND THEN THEY DROP THE YONDER POUCH IN A BASKET, A COLLECTION BASKET FOR THE FOR THE EVENING.

OR DO THEY TAKE THE YOUNGER POUCH WITH THEM HOME? DO THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL WITH THEM OR ARE WE REPLACING AN ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL OF YOUNGER POUCHES THE VERY NEXT DAY BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

YES, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR POUCH.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME INCENTIVES THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE THROUGH YONDER.

THEY'VE SHOWED SOME OF THE THINGS.

THEY'LL DECORATE THE POUCH, THEY'LL DO COMPETITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THEM.

BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP AT FOREST MEADOW AND THE WAY THAT I ASSUME IT WOULD BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POUCH.

THEY KEEP IT WHEN THEY WALK IN THE BUILDING, THEY PUT IT IN, PUT IT IN THEIR BACKPACK.

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WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY POP IT ON THE MAGNET, THEY PULL IT OUT.

THEY KEEP THEIR POUCH.

AND WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH YONDER AND THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, THEY DO ALLOW AND OFFER REPLACEMENTS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A HIGH AMOUNT OF REPLACEMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. BUT AS MISS BYRD HAS SHARED, AND I THINK MISS BATES COULD COULD AGREE, THAT GOES DOWN CONSIDERABLY BECAUSE OF THE JUST GETTING USED TO IT AND THE CULTURE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE CAMPUS.

AS FAR AS THE PARENTS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO THE PARENTS? LIKE, HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THIS? HOW ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ALL OF THEIR FEARS? LIKE HOW DO WE PUT THEIR FEARS TO REST AND HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? WE'LL SHARE THAT.

I'LL, I'LL JUST LAUNCH AND THEN OF COURSE, ANYONE, PLEASE CHIME IN AS WELL.

WE WE HAVE COMMUNICATION.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE BOARD IS GOING TO VOTE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO TO TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OR NOT, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES READY AND AVAILABLE IF YOU DID APPROVE THIS REQUEST FROM THE PRINCIPALS.

SO WE DO HAVE A COMMUNICATION THAT WOULD GO OUT IMMEDIATELY JUST TO INFORM PARENTS THIS IS THE PLAN GIVING THEM TIME TO PROCESS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED FROM LAST YEAR, NO FAULT OF ANYONE'S, BUT IT WAS IN AUGUST WHEN WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE PILOT AND THAT DID NOT GIVE PARENTS A LOT OF PROCESSING TIME.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS THAT MISS BURT IMPLEMENTED AT FOREST MEADOWS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MISS BATES MENTIONED THE EMAIL SYSTEM.

PARENTS CAN STILL COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

THEY ALL HAVE A CHROMEBOOK THAT THEY CARRY AROUND WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES.

AND IF I NEED TO REMIND MY CHILD ABOUT A DENTIST APPOINTMENT OR HEY, I'M COMING TO PICK YOU UP EARLY OR, HEY, I NEED YOU TO GO TO THE OFFICE TO CALL ME BECAUSE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AT THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER.

THAT COMMUNICATION TOOL IS ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE TO THEM.

I WILL SHARE THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE THAT IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER TYPE OF CRISIS AND WE NEEDED TO GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS, WE DO HAVE WAYS TO GIVE ACCESS TO STUDENTS WITH THEIR PHONES, EVEN IF THEIR PHONE IS IN THE YONDR POUCH.

WE DO HAVE STRATEGIES I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE STUDENTS CAN YOU KNOW, WE IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR CYBERSECURITY.

WE DON'T TELL ALL OF OUR SECRETS IN PUBLIC, BUT WE DO.

WE DO HAVE STRATEGIES THAT IF WE WERE IN THAT THAT SITUATION THAT THERE WOULD BE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I WILL ALSO SAY WE WOULD DO THAT AT LAW ENFORCEMENT VERY MUCH WANTS TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PHONE TRAFFIC THAT EXISTS AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT CAN INTERRUPT HOW THEY RESPOND AND THE KIND OF RESPONSE THAT THEY PROVIDE.

SO, YES, WE WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE A STRONG COMMUNICATION PLAN, IMMEDIATE GIVE TIME, PARENTS TIME TO PROCESS, AND THEN LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR EACH OF THE PRINCIPALS TO MESSAGE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK ON OUR CAMPUS.

THESE ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS.

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US.

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN STILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CHILD.

WE ABSOLUTELY AGAIN, I'M A MOM AND I YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT URGENCY THAT OUR PARENTS FEEL.

ABSOLUTELY. SOME MORE QUESTIONS? YEAH. I'M A MOM TOO, AND HAVE A KID.

10TH GRADER. AND THE RULES ARE THE RULES, RIGHT? LIKE, IF IF THERE'S A CELL PHONE POLICY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THAT CELL PHONE POLICY.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS MORE.

SO IF THE KIDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IT IN A YONDER POUCH AND I'M I'M JUST THINKING HIGH SCHOOLERS, I THINK THE JUNIOR HIGHS ARE SUPER.

I MEAN, I CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE MUCH MORE COMPLIANT.

BUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, IF THE RULE IS WHEN YOU GET TO SCHOOL, YOU PUT THIS IN A YONDR POUCH AND PUT IT IN YOUR BACKPACK, KEEP IT ON YOU AT ALL TIMES, THEN WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CELL PHONE POLICY AND ENFORCING OUR CURRENT CELL PHONE POLICY IN THEIR BACKPACKS AT ALL TIMES? THAT'S SUCH A FAIR QUESTION. I'M GOING TO CONFISCATE IT REGARDLESS.

IF IT'S NOT IF IT'S NOT IN YOUR YONDER POUCH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP.

IF IT'S IN YOUR BACKPACK, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH RTI 12 WITH OUR SENIORS THAT ARE ON MY FOCUS GROUP.

AND WE SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EVEN OUR SENIORS, AS BRILLIANT AND WONDERFUL AND AMAZING AS THEY ARE, THAT FRONTAL LOBE IS STILL NOT DEVELOPED.

AND SO THIS STRUCTURE AND THE THE SYSTEM, IT'S ABOUT SYSTEMS. AND SO IF I WALK IN AND I KNOW NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT TEACHER I GO TO, THIS IS IF IT'S NOT IN THE POUCH, IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN UP.

IT TAKES AWAY THE ANY ABILITY TO BE INCONSISTENT.

ANY ABILITY FOR THAT STUDENT TO THINK I CAN AT LEAST GET AWAY, EVEN IF I JUST BARELY PULL IT OUT AND I JUST SEND ONE MESSAGE.

IT TAKES THE ABILITY AWAY.

IF THERE'S AN ALTERCATION IN THE HALLWAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD TO GET IT OUT OF THAT THAT THAT MAGNETIC

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CASE TO BE ABLE TO FILM IT.

IF I WANT TO TRY TO IDENTIFY A TIME IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MEET TO HAVE THAT THAT PHYSICAL ALTERCATION, IF IT'S JUST IN MY BACKPACK, I CAN STILL DO ALL OF THAT AT THE END OF CLASS WHEN WE'RE PACKING UP, WHEN I'M MOVING BETWEEN CLASSES, WHEN I'M SITTING AROUND WAITING FOR THE NEXT BELL TO RING, I STILL THERE IS STILL IMMEDIATE ACCESS AND THAT THE YONDR POUCH FROM WHAT I'VE OBSERVED AND WHAT THE PRINCIPALS HAVE SHARED IS IT'S THAT ONE ADDITIONAL LAYER.

IT'S THAT ONE ADDITIONAL SYSTEM THAT IF YOU'RE 100% RIGHT, THERE'S STILL KIDS AND THEY'RE STILL GOING TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK A WHOLE LOT HARDER TO ENGAGE IN THOSE SAME BEHAVIORS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT CONTEXT, I THINK ALSO AT A HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE SO MANY.

YEP. GOT IT.

NO. AT A HIGH SCHOOL YOU HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS. SO I WILL TEXT COACHES.

I'LL TEXT BAND DIRECTORS, I'LL TEXT ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS SAYING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ON BOARD.

MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHECKING FOR PHONES.

JUST LIKE I'M SAYING, MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING FOR DRESS CODE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT A COACH.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT THE THEATER DIRECTOR BECAUSE THEIR POSITION OR THEIR ROLE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM ON THAT TEAM.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALSO AND WE HAVE OVER THE PAST YEAR KIND OF HOLD OVER THEIR HEAD TO TO KEEP THEM IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THE KIDS WHO WEREN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES, LIKE I LITERALLY HAD THE SAME KIDS COMING TO MY OFFICE TO PICK UP THEIR PHONES.

AND I GOT TO KNOW SO MANY PARENTS BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME PARENT ALWAYS HAVING TO COME AND PICK UP THE PHONE.

SO I THINK THEY'LL DO IT.

THEY'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHT, MS. RENTERÍA. OKAY.

I DEFINITELY HAD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUE MS..

MCGOWAN HAD, AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE FOR ME, I FELT THE SAME WAY.

I FEEL THAT AND I'M NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST OR I DON'T KNOW, THE JUNIOR HIGH BRAIN FROM A HIGH SCHOOL BRAIN TEENAGER, BUT TO ME, I WOULD THINK THAT THE THE JUNIOR HIGH POPULATION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MAYBE DO THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THANK YOU, MS.. JONES, FOR CLARIFYING THAT, BECAUSE YOU LIVE HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO SO YOU WOULD KNOW.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I KNOW FOR ME, I WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS SUPPORT WHAT OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS NEED IN THE CLASSROOM. SO HEARING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS MEANS A LOT TO ME IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS AND KIND OF SEE BOTH SIDES, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN THE CLASSROOM, I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE AND HAVING THAT ATTENTION THAT YOU NEED.

AND AGAIN, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUTSTANDING TEACHERS THAT SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON THEIR LESSON PLANS GETTING EVERYTHING DONE.

AND IF HALF THE TIME YOU CAN'T EVEN GET TO THAT LESSON PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO ACQUIRE THAT ATTENTION YOU NEED, IT'S VERY NOT ONLY TIME CONSUMING, BUT IT'S VERY DEMEANING. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK IT'S ALSO JUST SUCH A LACK OF RESPECT THAT YOU FEEL SO AGAIN, YOU WORK SO HARD AND BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT THESE KIDS AND YOU WANT TO GET THE BEST LESSONS OUT THERE SO THAT THEY'RE LEARNING THAT THEY'RE GROWING.

BUT IT'S HARD TO DO WHEN YOU'RE JUST YOU HAVE NO AUDIENCE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

SO, AGAIN, I DO SUPPORT THAT.

AND I AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR GIVING US YOUR YOUR INPUT.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID HAVE AND THIS MAY GO TO MR. CORTEZ IS THAT I SAW ON THE SURVEYS THAT WERE POSTED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT.

I JUST KIND OF ALSO WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE THE THE NUMBERS AND SEE HOW IT ALL.

BUT I JUST WONDER ABOUT THE NUMBER OF RESPONSE THAT WE GOT RESPONDENTS RIGHT.

I THINK THAT WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE LIKE MY QUESTION WAS I THINK IT WAS ON ALL OF THEM MAYBE TEACHER, PARENT AND STUDENT.

BUT WITH THE TEACHERS, WAS IT FOREST MEADOW LIKE LIKE HOW MANY TEACHERS DO WE HAVE ON THAT CAMPUS? LIKE, WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS ON THAT CAMPUS? 60 YEAH, IT'S USUALLY AROUND 60 TO 70 AT A JUNIOR HIGH.

OKAY. SO, SO GETTING 47, THAT'S HUGE.

THAT'S HUGE. RIGHT. OKAY.

SO, SO THAT, THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.

THE SAME THING WITH PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NON WELL FOREST MEADOW WE HAD WHAT IS THAT 47.

DID I, DID I DO THAT RIGHT.

I WAS I JUST WROTE IT DOWN AS FAST AS I COULD.

YEAH. FOR FOR PARENTS AT FOREST MEADOW THEY HAD 25 RESPONDENTS WHICH YOU KNOW IS JUST LIKE

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ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, OPINION SURVEY.

THE ONES THAT CHOSE TO RESPOND RESPONDED.

RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, IS IT IS IT ENTIRELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION? THE ANSWER TO THAT ONE IS, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, 25 IS, YOU KNOW, IS A SMALL NUMBER FOR THE NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT ARE THERE.

HOWEVER, LIKE WITH ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, OPINION SURVEY, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING A RESTAURANT OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S DATA COLLECTED.

AND SO THE ONES THE ONES THAT RESPONDED, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THEM.

AND HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE MORE RESPONDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

RIGHT. AND THE NUMBERS WERE COMPARABLE.

SO THE PERCENTAGES OF IN AGREEMENT AND AND NOT WERE SIMILAR.

DO YOU MEAN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR OR THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR SURVEY? RIGHT. YES.

THE ONE WE DID BACK IN BACK IN AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, RIGHT? YES. AND I GUESS WHEN I SAW THESE NUMBERS, IT JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WELL, AGAIN, I WANT TO SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPALS AND SUPPORT THE FACT OF WHAT YOU KNOW. AND I KNOW WE CAN'T I MEAN, IT'S A VOLUNTEER SURVEY, RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S TEACHERS OR PARENTS.

UM, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THAT IN A WAY THAT IT'S SAYING, OH, WELL, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY WANTING THIS OR ARE OUR PARENTS REALLY WANT THIS? AND AND WE HAVE 25, YOU KNOW, OUT OF WHATEVER.

SURE. BUT TO GET BACK TO, I THINK WHAT MISS TIMMY SAID ABOUT SUPPORTING AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE INPUT, IT'S I FEEL LIKE FOR OUR OUR PARENTS AS WELL, TOO, LIKE I THINK I SAID THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN WE EVEN JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN AUGUST THAT I MEAN, NOTHING WE DO IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR PARENTS.

RIGHT? I MEAN WE WE CAN.

OF THE BEST CURRICULUM WE CAN HAVE, THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE WORLD, WHICH WE DO.

WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS, BUT WITHOUT THAT PARENT COMPONENT, RIGHT? SO EVEN EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLAN AND ONE OF THE PARENTS SAID YOU HAVE TO STEP UP, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS.

AND WE WANT YOUR INPUT.

I FEEL LIKE, AS MISS JONES JUST MENTIONED, LIKE SHE GOT TO KNOW PARENTS AND AND I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO KNOW PARENTS BECAUSE OF THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.

RIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT PARENT COMMUNICATION IN WHATEVER FORM.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET OUR PARENTS ON BOARD TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS? BECAUSE OUR OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT ONLY ASKING FOR IT, THEY'RE BEGGING FOR IT.

I MEAN, THEY ARE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY THEY NEED THIS IN ORDER TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MISS TIMMY SAID.

WE CANNOT BE HERE AND MAKE ALL THESE DEMANDS AND HAVE ALL THESE EXPECTATIONS.

IF IN THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, WE WE CAN'T EVEN START THE DAY WITHOUT ALREADY HAVING.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A FULL TIME JOB, MISS JONES, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY AND HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT.

I THINK FOR MOST PARENTS, THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS LIKE MY KID OR ONE KID GOT IT CONFISCATED.

SO IT'S JUST THE MAGNITUDE OF UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS AT LAKE HIGHLANDS, MISS JONES, SO 2800 STUDENTS.

AND IMAGINE WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND ENFORCE THAT.

AND SO BUT, YOU KNOW, TO MISS MCGOWAN'S POINT, IT'S LIKE I'M ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHAT? BECAUSE AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT WAS LIKE WE HAVE ONE CAMPUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PILOT, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY IMPLEMENT THIS, THIS, THIS CELL PHONE POLICY.

AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A AND IF NOT, WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THIS KIND OF OR THIS IS LIKE AN OPTION.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE DID DID AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S HARD.

LIKE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE START AND IT WAS QUICK, RIGHT? IT WAS KIND OF LIKE SO I THINK THE FEAR OF LIKE, OH, WE DON'T WANT THAT YONDER BAG, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GLAD IT'S NOT US WITH THE PILOT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT GOES TO THAT, LIKE HOW I MEAN, LIKE MISS MCGOWAN SAID, I MEAN, IF YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR YONDER AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, MISS BRANUM, BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER.

BUT I'M ALSO THINKING IF I'M ALREADY DISTRACTING THE CLASS BY ON MY PHONE, AM I GOING TO BE JUST AS DISTRACTING OVER HERE TRYING TO OPEN UP THAT YONDER, YOU KNOW, OR LIKE FINDING OUT? BUT THEY RECOGNIZE, I THINK THE STUDENTS RECOGNIZE THAT THEY REALLY CAN'T.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THING.

LIKE, IT WOULD TAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO TRY TO UNLOCK THEM.

AND I THINK YOU'RE FUNDAMENTAL.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF REFLECTION WHEN THE WHEN DR.

GIVENS AND MR. MANISCALCO AND THE TEAM HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE REVIEWED THIS.

WE REVIEWED OUR OWN DATA.

WE HAVE OBSERVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT FOREST MEADOW, IT IS A MARKED DIFFERENCE.

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WE WANT TO TRY AND BRING THIS TO OUR CAMPUS.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT OUR CAMPUS NEEDS.

AND I HAD A LOT OF REFLECTION AROUND HOW CAN I GET CAN I GET NECESSARILY PARENTS ON BOARD WITH THIS? RIGHT. AND I DO.

AND I KNEW THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE.

AND I KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE EMAILS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE.

AND I ALSO HAVE KNOWN IN MY TENURE AS A TEACHER AND AS A LEADER AND NOW A LEADER OF THIS DISTRICT, THERE ARE SOME.

SOME IMPLEMENTATIONS IN SOME THINGS.

WHY? YES, I WANT TO HEAR FROM PARENTS AND I WANT TO HONOR THE VOICE THAT THEY HAVE FOR KIDS.

THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN, AS THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS, WE KNOW WHAT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT NEEDS AND WE KNOW WHAT TOOLS AND RESOURCES THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEEDS IN ORDER TO ENGAGE STUDENTS TO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO.

PLEASE HEAR ME THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO DISMISS PARENT VOICE BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THEY ARE INSTRUMENTAL AND WE CANNOT DO IT WITH THEM.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THERE IS NOT ANY DATA SET.

I BELIEVE THIS WITH MY WHOLE HEART.

THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL, THERE IS NO WEBSITE, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATIONAL THAT ANY OF US COULD PUT OUT THAT WOULD NECESSARILY AND YOU SEE IT AT FOREST MEADOW, THE WHAT IT MEANT FOR THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, WHAT IT MEANT FOR DISCIPLINE, WHAT IT MEANT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. ALL OF THAT WAS CLEAR.

BUT PARENTS STILL SAID, I'M NOT SURE WE WANT THE YONDER POUCH, RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE STRATEGIES IN THE TOOLBOX WHERE I COULD SAY, IF I GOT YOU TO 51% OF PARENTS SAYING YES, THEY WANTED YONDER, THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER YOUR SUPPORT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD EVEN GET YOU THAT NUMBER.

RIGHT. RIGHT. AND I AND I PLEASE KNOW I STRUGGLE WITH THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I WANT PARENTS TO BELIEVE IN AND TRUST AND SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

AND I KNOW THIS IS ONE THAT SOME OF OUR PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH.

RIGHT. AND I THINK I BRING THAT FORTH BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE IS THAT THAT QUESTION IF I MAY CONTINUE.

I'M SORRY. I MEAN, TO TAKE SO I CAN LET MY COLLEAGUES.

BUT I THINK THAT ALSO MY QUESTION WAS AND WE WERE SAYING THE COMMUNICATION IS THROUGH VIA EMAIL.

CORRECT. SO WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARENTS, ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STUDENT.

RIGHT. VIA EMAIL FOR WHATEVER.

ARE WE I MEAN, IS THERE EVER A TIME THAT, HEY, BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO, YOU KNOW, THE NETWORK OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, THAT IT WOULD GO DOWN OR EMAILS DON'T GET THROUGH. I MEAN AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW TECHNICAL ISSUES HAPPEN BUT I THINK FOR AS A SAFETY ISSUE, IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, I MEAN IT IS DO WE HAVE A BACKUP OR I MEAN, OR WILL THAT ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN? WELL, ULTIMATELY NOW, AGAIN, KNOCK ON WOOD, I WILL SAY MR. HALL AND HIS TEAM DID A PHENOMENAL JOB THIS YEAR, AND WE HAD VERY FEW OUTAGES OF OF OUR INTERNET THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED EMAIL.

I BELIEVE WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WITH A WITH GOOGLE EMAIL WITH GMAIL THAT PREVENTED, I THINK, EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS FOR AN OVERNIGHT OR A BRIEF 24 HOUR PERIOD.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE STILL HAVE A FRONT OFFICE, RIGHT? AND SO ULTIMATELY, IF A PARENT NEEDED TO GET AHOLD OF OF THEIR CHILD, THEY CAN CALL THAT FRONT OFFICE, THEY CAN COME UP TO THAT FRONT OFFICE MEAN THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN WHEN MY KIDS DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES.

SO ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, I MEAN, THAT CAN HAPPEN.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. BUT IF SOME SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND IT'S LIKE, HOW AM I GOING TO GET HOLD OF MY KID OR ANYTHING? BUT BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD TO THAT TOO.

MS.. ANDREA, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE BEEN ON THE PTA? AND OUR CELL PHONE SERVICE IS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS? RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND I KNOW EVERY TIME I GO ON A CAMPUS, I CANNOT EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS CAN GET ALL THEIR ALL THEIR THINGS IN AND STUFF.

BUT AGAIN, JUST JUST TO FINALIZE THAT, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT WHATEVER OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATION NEEDS, OUR TEACHERS NEED IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND TO YOUR POINT.

MS. BRANUM YES, I THINK AS MUCH AS AS A AS A PARENT THAT I AM AND I KNOW MY KID AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE ARE THE EXPERTS THAT ARE TEACHING THEM.

THESE ARE THE EXPERTS THAT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW THEY NEED IT AND HOW THEY CAN BEST GROW.

SO AND MS. RENTERÍA, I'M SURE YOU SHARE WITH ME.

I WOULD LOVE FOR MS.. JONES NOT TO HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS ABOUT CELL PHONES BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

AND SHE CAN BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE SHE'S SPENDING TIME CELEBRATING KIDS WHO ARE DOING GREAT THINGS IN HER SCHOOLS.

EXACTLY. DITTO.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS.. TAMMY. MS..

PACHECO OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I DO AGREE THAT OUR TEACHERS DO NEED THE TOOLS TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS AND TO MEET ALL THE EXPECTATIONS OF GROWTH FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND

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THEMSELVES WITH OUR DISTRICT, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE HOW THE TIME INCREASED WITH STUDENT LEARNING AND TEACHING WITH THE CLASSES IN THE JUNIOR HIGH.

AND I AGREE ALSO WITH MS. MCGOWAN, WHERE HIGH HIGH SCHOOLERS, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TEND TO BE MORE MALLEABLE.

I THINK WE CAN HELP THEM CREATE THOSE GOOD HABITS, RIGHT, BY USING A SYSTEM OR A PRODUCT OF SOME SORT, RIGHT? I STILL STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY HAD ONE THAT FINISHED AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT MINDSET.

SO MY MY CURIOSITY AND MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCRAMBLERS.

THERE MIGHT BE, IS THERE A TECHNOLOGY WE CAN USE? IS THERE PERMISSION ON THE PERMISSION SLIP THAT WE PROVIDE OUR PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO ALLOW US AS A DISTRICT TO PROVIDE, I DON'T KNOW, SOME SORT OF APP THAT STOPS ALL OF THAT ACCESS OUTSIDE OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY SIMILAR AND MAYBE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER WAY TO HAVE THE STUDENT ALSO SHOW THE RESPECT, THE THE RESPECT TO THE POLICY OF THE PHONE, THE RESPECT TO THEIR TEACHERS.

THE TEACHERS HAVE THE RESPECT OF THEIR STUDENTS.

RIGHT. THEY IT HAS TO BE MUTUAL AS WELL.

AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER THING TO DO IN A HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TEACHING THEM TO BE ADULTS, TOO.

AND SO I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK YONDER IS THE ONLY IN ALL CATCH ALL FOR THIS TYPE OF THING.

I DO APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT IT'S DONE.

AND TO MISS DEBBIE'S POINT MS. RENTERÍA POINT. SORRY.

YOU KNOW, I WISH AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PARENT ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.

RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR PARENTS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS WORKS AND WHY IT WORKS AND AND MORE COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

PROBABLY BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST.

AND I YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR.

WE SEE THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHERE THE DISCONNECT WAS AND WHY SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STILL QUESTIONING IT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ASKING FOR MORE, JUST LIKE OUR SCHOOLS OR ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, PRODUCT OR APP OR SOMETHING TO HELP THEIR STUDENT CONTROL THAT HABIT.

NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I WOULD SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SHARE IS YONDER, BY NO MEANS DO I BELIEVE IT IS THE END ALL, BE ALL NUMBER TWO.

I MY HOPE IS THAT THIS IS NOT A LONG TERM IMPLEMENTATION OR A LONG TERM STRATEGY.

I MY HOPE IS THAT TRANSITIONING FROM ELEMENTARY AND SIXTH GRADE TO JUNIOR HIGH, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A NEW NORM WITH OUR JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS OVER TIME THAT WHEN YOU ARE IN SCHOOL YOU ARE NOT USING YOUR PHONE.

YOUR PHONE IS NOT AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL WHEN YOU ARE AT SCHOOL, AND THAT THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN WE WON'T NEED THE YONDR POUCHES BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE HAVE BEEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THAT IS JUST THE EXPECTATION AND THE THE PULL OF THE ADDICTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT BE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THOSE HEALTHIER HABITS.

I THINK WHAT WHAT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PRINCIPALS IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE NEED A HARD RESET, ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF THE PANDEMIC AND THOSE OTHER THE OTHER EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

IN TERMS OF THE TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT DISTRICTS HAD WITH WITH EVEN BYOD IS THAT WHEN YOU ULTIMATELY HAVE 2800 DIFFERENT DEVICES AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT GENERATION THEY HAVE, DEPENDING UPON IF THEY ARE A WHAT IOS THEY ARE ON, DEPENDING UPON IF THEY'RE AN ANDROID OR IF THEY'RE A APPLE PRODUCT, WHAT APPS YOU USE, HOW YOU PROGRAM THOSE APPS, HOW YOU DOWNLOAD THEM, HOW YOU HOLD THEM.

WE ARE AND AGAIN THIS IS THIS MAY BE IN MY COMPLETE IGNORANCE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT.

BUT WHEN WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TRY TO DISTRIBUTE THAT AND TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR INDIVIDUAL PHONES THAT ARE NOT OURS, EVEN IF WE GET PARENT PERMISSION EVEN THEN.

AND MR.. HALL YOU CAN ADD ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT THERE.

I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN PLEASE CHALLENGE MY THINKING.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECT FOR OUR PARENTS ON HOW THIS WORKS.

I THINK THAT IT'S A GUTTURAL REACTION THAT WE HAVE AS A PARENT OF.

I AM USED TO BEING ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF MY CHILD 24 OVER SEVEN AND IT BRINGS ME COMFORT AND IT BRINGS ME ASSURANCE AND CONFIDENCE

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THAT I KNOW WHERE MY CHILD IS, THAT IF THEY NEED ME, IF THEY'RE FEELING ANXIOUS, IF THEY'RE FEELING STRESSED, I WILL BE THERE WHEN THEY NEED ME.

AND SO I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE.

AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS.

A LOT OF TIMES I WANT TO OWN WE'VE NOT DONE OUR JOB IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS THE DISCONNECT HERE.

I DO THINK IT IS IN THE END, OUR PARENTS ARE HEARING US SAY WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE LIFELINE THAT THEY.

HAVE TO TO THEIR CHILDREN FOR THOSE EIGHT HOURS, AND THAT NO MATTER WHAT OUTCOMES THEY SEE OR WHAT POSITIVE BENEFITS, YOU'RE STILL TAKING AWAY THAT LIFELINE.

AND I CAN'T RECONCILE THOSE TWO THINGS AS A PARENT.

UM, AND I GET THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY IN THE END, OUR STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION.

WE BROUGHT YOU THE DATA.

I WANT TO REPRESENT THE STAFF.

AND IN THE END, AS THE BOARD, YOU ARE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING THE LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH.

THE WHAT THE WE KNOW HOW HOW MANY OF OUR PARENTS NOT ALL BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME EMAILS THAT I GOT TODAY THAT WERE IN SUPPORT LIKE NOT ALL BUT YOU'RE BRINGING IN THAT AND YOU HAVE TO THEN WEIGH THAT ULTIMATELY WITH WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES AND DOES HOW DOES THAT COST BENEFIT BENEFIT WAY I COMMIT AND I KNOW OUR TEAM COMMITS THAT COMMUNICATE A MOTION OFTEN AND ONGOING IF THE BOARD SUPPORTS THIS.

IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR CELL PHONE POLICY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD TO TRY TO TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS IN HAVING AN ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

UM, BUT THIS I THINK IF I WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND EXPLAINED IT TO PARENTS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD MOVE THEM FROM SAYING, YES, I SUPPORT THIS FROM NO TO TO YES, I SUPPORT THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. THAT NEED THAT THEY HAVE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THEIR PARENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS AT ALL.

IT DOES HELP. I JUST YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IN THE SURVEY, WE HAVE 56.

YES. AND 44. NO.

I MEAN, THERE'S VERY SMALL MARGIN ON A VERY SMALL POPULATION WHO RESPONDED.

SO IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT IS STILL HAPPENING.

RIGHT. I DON'T YOU KNOW, I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE KIDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TEND TO BE ON MY PHONE OFTEN AND MY CHILDREN JUST DO THE SAME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I BEHAVE.

BUT I GET YOUR EXPLANATION.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. I WISH I HAD A BETTER.

NO, THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS GREAT.

YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MISS MCGOWAN? I'M SORRY. SORRY. JUST MR. EAGER. OH, OKAY.

I TURNED MY HEAD AS SOON AS YOU.

I KNOW. I'M TRYING.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S THE COST? DR. GIBBONS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THE.

YES, MA'AM. THE APPROXIMATE COST PER STUDENT IS $17.

SO I THINK AT FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S AROUND 40,000, I BELIEVE.

AND SO FOR THE OTHER JUNIOR HIGHS, IT VARIES BETWEEN, I THINK TEN AND 14,000 FOR FOR EACH CAMPUS BASED ON THAT $17 PER STUDENT.

OKAY. AND THEN MR. CORTEZ, ON THE ON THE SURVEY, WHEN IT SAID THEY GOT MORE THAN ADDITIONAL TEN MINUTES, IS THAT ON A PER DAY OR PER HOUR BASIS? CLASS PERIOD WAS THAT PER CLASS PERIOD.

YEAH. SO.

SO HERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT LEARNING TIME IN YOUR CLASS RIGHT AFTER ENFORCING THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

SO THAT WOULD BE IN THAT PARTICULAR CLASS PERIOD WORTH OF TIME.

AND I BELIEVE PER DAY ON AVERAGE IS HOW THEY WERE TO INTERPRET THE QUESTION.

OKAY. FOUR CLASSES A DAY.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO YOU JUST KIND OF TOP OF THE NAPKIN.

IF THEY'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

I LOOKED AT IT AND I'D BE GLAD THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE MY LITTLE SPREADSHEET HERE.

I LITERALLY JUST DID THAT AND IT ADDED ABOUT 80 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BACK TO A TEACHER.

AND IF WE PUT A COST BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS THAT, LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE IN A TEACHER SHORTAGE.

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WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE QUALITY TEACHERS BECAUSE WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE BEST TEACHERS AND THE BEST EDUCATION WE CAN FOR OUR KIDS. WE GOT TO KEEP THOSE GREAT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE GOT TO PAY FOR THEM SOMEHOW.

OKAY, SO IF I CAN GET BACK ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES, THAT'S FIVE MINUTES.

I DON'T HAVE TO GET ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR.

SO IF YOU PUT A COST OF THAT, IT'S ABOUT $3,000 PER TEACHER.

HER TEACHER. SO HOW MANY TEACHERS DO WE HAVE AT LAKE HIGHLANDS? 250. OKAY, LET'S PAY OFF PRETTY QUICK.

THE OTHER THING, TOO, I'D LIKE TO ASK IS THAT FROM A TEACHER RETENTION STANDPOINT, RECRUITING AND THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN RECRUITING COSTS, IT JUST WHEN I HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT HAVE CONTACTED AND SAY IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AND I'M BEING CYNICAL, BUT THEY'RE JUST, HEY, WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY DILIGENT IN THE DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING.

OKAY. WELL, THAT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD USE OF FUNDS FROM ONE ASPECT.

IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE SECURITY IS THAT.

THAT'S THE OTHER CONCERN I KEEP HEARING IS THAT IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY AND FORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN CRAZY TIMES NOW THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, THEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO THEIR CHILD.

AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UNVEIL THE SECRETS ON THAT, BUT IF WE CAN ENSURE THAT HAPPENS.

THE OTHER POINT OF CONTEXT HERE, THESE ARE FOUR ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE THE OTHER THING, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE ADVOCATING 54 CAMPUSES.

WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IT OUT OVERNIGHT.

THESE ARE FOUR CAMPUSES AND THESE FOUR CAMPUSES.

THEY CAME AND SAID THEY WANT TO DO IT.

SO IT'S NOT A SITUATION OF, HEY, THE ADMINISTRATION DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THESE ARE FOUR CAMPUSES CAME.

IT'S FOUR OUT OF A SMALL, YOU KNOW, SMALL PERCENTAGE.

WE CAN PAY FOR IT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TOO, IT'S WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE BEGGING FOR.

AND I'M JUST REITERATING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING.

THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE ARE DEALING WITH SEVERE BUDGET PROBLEMS. SO WE'VE GOT TO KEEP ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, BECAUSE EITHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S EITHER WE GOT TO GO HIRE MORE PEOPLE OR WE GOT TO CREATE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE WE GOT.

WELL, THIS LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CREATING MORE TIME SO THAT THEY CAN CONCENTRATE AND OH, BY THE WAY, IT MIGHT BE PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR KIDS, TOO, BECAUSE I DEAL IN MY OWN STAFF MEETINGS, MY OWN TEAM MEETINGS, AND I HAVE TO HAVE ADULTS PUT THE PHONE AWAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE. SO, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLE IT OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO I CAN'T IMAGINE SITTING IN A CLASSROOM TRYING TO GET THEM TO PUT THAT AWAY.

SO LONG STORY SHORT, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET HERE.

THE TWO BENEFITS IS THEY WILL INCREASE TEACHER RETENTION SO WE CAN KEEP OUR GOOD QUALITY TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WE CAN GIVE THEM BACK MORE TIME TO HELP TEACH OUR KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING WE NEED, IS WE JUST NEED MORE TIME, MORE ONE ON ONE MORE INSTRUCTION.

WE NEED ALL THAT TIME AND AS LONG AND OH, BY THE WAY, IT'S FOR.

SO I ASSUME, MS..

BRANUM, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION AT THESE OTHER CAMPUSES SO THAT IT'S BECAUSE THE OTHER THING I HEAR IS THAT, WELL, DID YOU TEST OUT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT METHODS AT OTHER CAMPUSES? DID YOU TEST OUT THESE THIS IS A FOUR ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE KIND OF A B, WE CAN TRY HERE, TRY THESE METHODS OUT HERE.

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS FOREVER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I KIND OF LIKE FORREST GUMP. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. EAGER.

MS.. MCGOWAN, IS THERE ARE THERE IS THERE ANY DATA POINTS ON SECURITY FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN USING THE YONDR POUCHES AND HAVE HAD ANY SECURITY ISSUES, HOW THAT'S BEEN RESPONDED TO AND AND EVEN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE? LIKE IS THERE ANY CORRELATION OR ANY DATA POINTS ON THAT? WELL, FROM SPEAKING WITH YONDER.

NO, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ANY SPECIFICS WHERE THERE'S BEEN MAYBE AN ISOLATED EMERGENCY ON ONE OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ACTUALLY HAS YONDER.

BUT WHAT THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US AND I KNOW MISS BRANUM DOESN'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR INTO THE DETAILS, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THERE ARE NEEDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR PHONES IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

SO THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN PLACE AND IDEAS THAT THEY GIVE US AND THEY WORK WITH THE CAMPUSES ON HOW TO TO TO DO THAT.

SO IF YOU THINK OF IT, I KIND OF THINK OF IT THIS WAY LIKE IF THERE'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY ON A CAMPUS, THERE ARE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO WHERE KIDS CAN BE TREATED AND AND

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HELPED IMMEDIATELY.

AND IT'S THE SAME WITH WITH THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE THERE WILL BE THAT OPPORTUNITY, NOT AS QUICKLY AS IF THEY HAD IT RIGHT THERE WITH THEM, BUT THE AVAILABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE THERE AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION WILL BE TRAINED ON HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.

BUT NO, NO, MA'AM, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH YONDER AROUND THAT IN REGARD TO THE ASSESSMENT DATA.

YOU KNOW, JUST ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S STILL, FOR US, STILL KIND OF A MISNOMER BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE ASSESSMENT AND THE STAR.

WE OUR MAP SCORES.

THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD FROM OUR CELL PHONE POLICIES IN GENERAL.

I THINK IT'S MORE HONESTLY, MORE OF JUST A QUALITATIVE RESPONSE FROM OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE SAID, I JUST I'VE I'VE HAD THE TIME BACK, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR TEACHER SURVEY RESPONSES. I'VE HAD THAT TIME BACK AND IT'S ALLOWED ME TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE OPEN IN MY INSTRUCTION AND MORE TIME IN MY INSTRUCTION.

BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN LOOK AT THAT IN REGARD TO HOW WE CAN START THAT CORRELATION.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH. AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED FORMALLY AT THE EFFECTS OF CELL PHONE POLICY ON POTENTIALLY ACADEMICS.

THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH ON, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO DO WITH CELL PHONE, BUT THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A BASELINE YEAR TO BEGIN ALSO JUST TO GIVE US A STARTING PLACE SO THAT WAY WE CAN COMPARE MOVING FORWARD AND KIND OF WHERE WE WERE KNOWING THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE AND THEN BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY CORRELATE SOME MEASURES THAT DEAL WITH THE ACADEMICS AND GROWTH, YOU KNOW, PERFORMANCE AND WHATNOT TIED TO CELL PHONE OR CELL PHONE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICALLY.

HAS ANY OTHER DISTRICT UTILIZED THIS CONSISTENTLY WHERE THERE IS THAT? THAT'S. I DO NOT KNOW.

I HAVE NOT HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF MR. GIBBONS COULD ADD TO THAT. YES, MA'AM.

WHEN WE WERE STARTING THIS PROCESS AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, WE DID SEND FOR A LIST OF REFERENCES.

I WILL SAY IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH YONDER WHEN THEY DID A REBOOT AT AT SEMESTER AT FOREST MEADOW, THEY BROUGHT IN NEW POUCHES.

THEY DID A REBOOT THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HONESTLY, HOW MUCH THEIR COMPANY HAS GROWN AND THE DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND HERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT.

AND I WOULD SAY RICHARDSON HAS HELPED THEM WITH THAT QUITE A BIT IN SOME WAYS.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THEY DID SEND US REFERENCES FOR AND AND A YEAR PRIOR, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK ASK THEM ABOUT THAT.

WE DIDN'T FOCUS A LOT ON THE HIGH SCHOOLS, HONESTLY, BECAUSE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

SO WE WE DID TALK WITH A COUPLE OF JUNIOR HIGHS AS FAR AS THE REFERENCES GO.

BUT I CAN I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THOSE REFERENCES ARE EVEN HIGHER NOW OR MORE.

WE HAVE MORE OF THEM THAT WE CAN TALK TO BECAUSE OF JUST WHERE THEIR COMPANY IS GROWING.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN.

IN ADDITION TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BOARD.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES. THE CONTRACT FOR YONDR POUCHES FOR IDENTIFIED SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

CPT KTPA NUMBER 22 0107 WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MS.. BRANUM, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD CONCERNING THIS ITEM? YES. MS. HARRIS.

I DO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT YOU APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO IMPLEMENT EXPAND OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF YONDR TO THE CAMPUSES IDENTIFIED AND THAT YOU APPROVE THE CONTRACT AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. POTEET. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. THERE IS A MOTION BY MR. POTEET, A SECOND BY MR. EAGER. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IN THIS MOTION.

THIS IS THIS IS FOR 140,000, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, WE BELIEVE, WILL COME IN LESS THAN THAT.

BUT THIS ALLOWS FOR SOME BUFFER IN CASE WE SEE A SPIKE IN ENROLLMENT ANYWHERE, KNOWING THAT WE'RE STILL ENROLLING STUDENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL STUDENT COUNT IN THE SCOPE OF THAT CONTRACT IS THE FIVE SCHOOLS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S IT? YES, SIR.

THAT'S IT. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS REAL HIGH.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK SO MUCH, MR. MANISCALCO TEAM.

SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU.

BOARD PRINCIPALS.

BOARD. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER BREAK.

OH, ONE, TWO, THREE.

LET'S TAKE ABOUT 12 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED AGAIN AND SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS TO ANOTHER TIME.

SO CLIMATE RESULTS, END OF YEAR CLIMATE RESULTS AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL TASK FORCE UPDATE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON INTO CHARACTER EDUCATION UPDATE.

[XI.J. Character Education Update]

SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING THE CHARACTER EDUCATION UPDATE.

MS. BRANUM THANK YOU.

MS. HARRIS. AND JUST TO GO BACK REAL QUICK, ON THE END OF THE YEAR CLIMATE RESULTS, I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE POSITIVE AND THAT WE DID SEE INCREASES FROM END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENDED ON A REALLY HAPPY NOTE AND I WILL SHARE THOSE DETAILS WITH THE BOARD THROUGH BOARD.

UPDATE ET CETERA.

TONIGHT. I'M AND THANK YOU, DR.

MARTIN, FOR STILL STICKING IN WITH US.

AND IT'S 1053 AND YOU ARE STILL HERE AND READY.

I HAVE BEEN TEASING WITH THE BOARD AND SPRINKLING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH YOU THAT AS WE REVIEWED ALL OF OUR TEXAS EDUCATION CODE AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE, THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE, THAT WE MUST PROVIDE THAT.

ONE OF THE GAPS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THAT AUDIT WAS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLICIT CHARACTER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

AND DR. GIBBONS, ALONG WITH DR.

MARTIN AND THEIR TEAM, HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF DIGGING INTO THIS AND REALLY ENSURING THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLICITLY TEACH THESE SKILLS THAT WE I THINK IF YOU LOOKED AT THE LIST, WE WOULD WANT THEM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT THOSE ARE NOT LEFT ASIDE OR FORGOTTEN OR ABANDONED, THAT THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.

GIBBONS AND DR. MARTIN TO LEAD US IN THIS CONVERSATION.

YES. THANK YOU, MS.. BRANUM.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD EVENING.

BOARD. SORRY, SORRY.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY AROUND IT.

I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK DOCTOR MARTIN.

SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS HAS PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS AROUND THE COUNSELING SERVICES AND THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH ACADEMICS AND JUST THE MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HER DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHE SUPPORTS DO.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER YET ANOTHER AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT KIND OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT.

WE WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GO OUT THERE AND OUTWARDLY SAY WE ARE NOT DOING THINGS.

THIS IS THAT'S NOT TRUE IN THIS CASE.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS WASN'T CONSISTENT AROUND OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DISTRICT.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT A GROUP TOGETHER, THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT THE NEEDS WERE AND THAT WE FOUND A GOOD CURRICULUM, WHICH IT IS A CURRICULUM THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AND START THE TRAINING PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO I'LL BE QUIET NOW AND LET SUMMER TALK.

THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY TOLD DOCTOR GIBBONS THAT IF IT WAS AFTER MY BEDTIME, HE WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IT IS PAST MY BEDTIME, I'LL POINT OUT.

SO I'M GOING TO BE QUICK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CHARACTER EDUCATION.

AND REALLY LIKE THEY WERE BOTH SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN EXPLICITLY TEACHING CHARACTER EDUCATION, AT LEAST FROM ONE CURRICULUM.

A LOT OF CAMPUSES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY DO IT, BUT WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN THE TECH CODE.

29.906 BLESS YOU THAT WE NEED TO TEACH, AND THAT INCLUDES COURAGE, TRUSTWORTHINESS, WHICH INCLUDES HONESTY, RELIABILITY, PUNCTUALITY AND LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT AND COURTESY RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH INCLUDES ACCOUNTABILITY, DILIGENCE, PERSEVERANCE, SELF MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND SELF CONTROL.

FAIRNESS, INCLUDING JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FROM PREJUDICE, CARING, INCLUDING KINDNESS, EMPATHY, COMPASSION, CONSIDERATION, PATIENCE, GENEROSITY, CHARITY AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. GOOD CITIZENSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES PATRIOTISM, CONCERN FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND THE COMMUNITY RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING SKILLS AND THE RESPECT FOR THE AUTHORITY AND THE LAW SCHOOL PRIDE AND GRATITUDE.

SO WE ARE TO TEACH ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS MANDATED BY OUR TEXAS CODE.

SO IN THE PROCESS OF THAT, WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT AS MANY CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS WE COULD.

THAT REALLY COVERS ALL OF THE TEXAS REQUIREMENTS.

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AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT ARE NATIONWIDE, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY MATCH ALL OF THE TEXAS CURRICULUM.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT ALREADY THAT ALREADY KNEW THE TEXAS MANDATE AND HAD IT LAID OUT FOR US THAT WE COULD INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY WITHIN OUR CURRICULUM AND NOT BE ONE MORE ADDED THING FOR TEACHERS OR COUNSELORS TO DO.

BUT IT WOULD IT WOULD JUST WORK SEAMLESSLY WITH WHAT WE HAD.

SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT AND IN FACT, I KIND OF LOST COUNT.

DR.. MR. MANISCALCO AND I WERE LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY DO WE LOOK AT? I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.

WE LOOKED AT SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE BILL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TECH CODE, IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PARENT COMMITTEE.

SO WHO BETTER TO GO TO THAN OUR COMMITTEE WHO HAS ALREADY MADE UP OF PARENTS, WHO HAS HELPED US? THEY LOOKED OVER OUR SENATE BILL NINE CURRICULUM FOR THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THAT.

SO OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE PUT TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND THEN WE WENT TO SHAQ AND SAID, OKAY, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING.

WE WANT TO REVIEW SEVERAL CURRICULUMS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT COSTS.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHICH ONES COVER THE TEXAS TEACHERS.

AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH ONE THAT WE REALLY LIKED.

AND THEN HERE WE ARE TODAY PRESENTING TO YOU AND WE WANT TO GET FEEDBACK ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

THE CURRICULUM THAT WE CHOSE IS CALLED PROJECT WISDOM.

IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CURRICULUMS IN THE IN THE NATION AND IT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED RIGHT HERE IN THE METROPLEX.

SO IT DOES COVER ALL OF THE TEXAS REQUIREMENTS FOR IT.

PROJECT WISDOM IS REALLY IT STARTED WITH BROADCAST MESSAGES OR WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF AS MESSAGES OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT COVER THESE CHARACTER TRAITS.

AND THAT STARTED 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO, JUST AS CHARACTER LESSONS FROM THIS ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.

BUT THEY HAVE EXPANDED IT TO INCLUDE LESSONS THAT INTEGRATE THE CHARACTER EDUCATION INTO ALL GRADE LEVELS OR ACADEMIC AREAS.

AND ALSO THEY HAVE EDUCATOR MESSAGES THAT ARE REALLY JUST FOR YOU THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH ETHICS, CARING, LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROJECT WISDOM HAS ON IT IS SOMETHING CALLED BEYOND THE INFRACTION THAT WE CAN USE IN PLACES LIKE ISIS.

THAT HELPS WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE THE ISSUES THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE HAVING IF THEY GET A DISCIPLINARY ACTION FILED AGAINST THEM WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATORS.

SO WE LIKED ALL OF THOSE PIECES TO PROJECT WISDOM BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.

IT FOLLOWED ALL OF THE TEXAS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHARACTER PIECES AND ALSO HAS LESSON PLANS AND JOURNAL ENTRIES THAT WE COULD SEAMLESSLY PUT INTO.

YOU WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EITHER WITH CURRICULUM, WITH GUIDANCE, LESSONS THAT OUR COUNSELORS DO, OR IN THE SECONDARY GROUP WHERE WE WOULD PUT THIS IN WITH ADVISORY.

WHAT WE ALSO REALLY LIKED ABOUT THIS THAT WAS LACKING IN SOME OF THE OTHER CURRICULUMS IS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT INITIATIVE IN RISD CALLED LIVING HEALTHY, AND EACH MONTH WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TOPIC WHERE WE PROVIDE SPECIFIC LESSONS TO STUDENTS, WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ALSO STAFF EVENTS BASED ON WHATEVER THE TOPIC IS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S SUICIDE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS, AND WE COULD ALIGN OUR CHARACTER TRAITS WITH THIS INITIATIVE.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT ONE MORE THING.

IT SEAMLESSLY WORKS WITH OUR GRADUATE PROFILE, IT WORKS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WITH OUR LIVE WISELY HEALTHY INITIATIVE.

AND SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS WITH APPROVAL.

OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PURCHASE THE CURRICULUM, WHICH WE ARE USING OUR TITLE FOUR FUNDS FOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO CREATE A TEAM OF COUNSELORS, TEACHERS AND CAMPUS STAFF TO REVIEW OUR BROADCAST MESSAGES, THE LESSONS, AND DEVELOP A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE THAT WILL WORK WITH LIVES OF HEALTHY AND, LIKE I SAID, OUR GRADUATE PROFILE AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN ORDER TO ROLL IT OUT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF EFFECTIVELY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP SOME SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IS EFFECTIVE.

SO THOSE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS.

PRETTY SIMPLE AND SWEET.

THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MISS TIMMY? SORRY, I DO HAVE A QUICK ONE.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS SAID THIS IS A CURRICULUM.

AND SO, LIKE, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING, IS THIS THE SAME PROCESS WE USE TO IMPLEMENT ANY CURRICULUM IN THE DISTRICT? DID IT GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS AS IT WOULD FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD PUT FORWARD THAT WAY? YES, MA'AM. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MS. RENTERÍA. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PURCHASE OF THE CURRICULUM.

DO WE HAVE A COST TO THAT? YES. DR. GIBBONS.

I BELIEVE IT IS 35.

I THINK IT'S $35,000.

IS THAT YEAR ANNUALLY OR IS THAT A ONE TIME? I BELIEVE IT'S AN ANNUAL COST.

AND WE'RE USING OUR TITLE FUNDS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY THERE'S SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AROUND THE TITLE FUNDS, AND THIS FITS IN PERFECTLY WITH THAT.

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AS FAR AS CHARACTER ED AND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE USING.

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS A K THROUGH 12.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GREAT MISS MCGOWAN ARE THE TITLE FUNDS FROM THE STATE AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS CURRICULUM PRICE SINCE IT'S MANDATED, TITLE FOUR IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THOSE FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED FOR PROGRAMING THAT SUPPORTS THE WHOLE CHILD.

AND SO THAT IS HOW WE ARE.

WE ARE SINCE WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT, WE'RE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THIS.

GREAT. MY QUESTION ACTUALLY DOVETAILS WITH THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T LIKE LET'S SAY WE DON'T USE THOSE TITLE FOUR FUNDS? WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM WITH THEM BEING SO SPECIFIC? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T SPEND IT? THEN THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF ROLL FORWARD THAT WE COULD USE IF WE DO NOT EXPEND 100% OF OUR FUNDS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

BUT IF WE IF WE DON'T IF WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE BEYOND THE ROLL FORWARD AMOUNT, THEN WE WOULD LOSE THEM.

YOU SEND THEM BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES.

GREAT QUESTION. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STAYING SO LATE.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

[XI.L. Discussion of Legislative Issues]

MS.. BRANUM. SHE'S COMING.

WE WISH MORE THAN ANYTHING WE WERE DOING A CELEBRATION CHEER DANCE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE NOT.

WELL, WE ARE DOING IT. WE ARE DOING IT FOR MISS MORRIS, THOUGH.

YES. COURSE. YEAH.

OKAY. SO I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT JUST A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS.

ONE GOOD THING NO VOUCHER BILL PASSED YET.

WE'LL SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT.

ANOTHER GOOD THING, SENATE BILL TEN WAS PASSED AND GAVE RETIRED TEACHERS A 13TH CHECK AND A ONE TIME COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ALL OUR RETIREES THAT SUPPORT OUR CURRENT TEACHERS.

SO THAT WAS GOOD.

AND THEN I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE MONEY ALLOCATED IN HOUSE BILL ONE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET BILL, IF YOU WILL.

CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT OR DO YOU HAVE A SCREEN? OKAY. SO HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IS THAT THEY'VE PUT 8.6, SIX, $8 BILLION INTO EDUCATION AND YOU WILL PROBABLY SAY TO YOURSELF, NO WAY.

BUT THIS IS HOW THEY'RE FIGURING IT OUT.

THEY HAVE IN THEIR 500 MILLION FOR CURRICULUM.

SCHOOL SAFETY IS A 300 MILLION.

THOSE THINGS ARE ARE RESTRICTED FUNDS.

YOU HAVE TO USE THEM FOR THOSE ITEMS. OKAY. THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, THE SCHOOL PROGRAM FUNDING FORMULA, SCHOOL CHOICE AND VIRTUAL EDUCATION, NONE OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT YET.

THAT'S ALL CONTINGENT ON LEGISLATION THAT DID NOT PASS, WHICH IS WHY WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION TO ACTIVE CARE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DID DO.

THAT WAS. NICE.

THEY'VE GIVEN $588 MILLION TO BUY DOWN THE INSURANCE RATES SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE ACTIVE CARE, THEY WILL STILL SEE AN INCREASE, JUST NOT AS MUCH.

IT PUT IT IN ABOUT IN HALF.

I THINK THEY THINK THE INCREASES WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 7% RANGE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 10 TO 12% RANGE.

SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.

THE INCREASE IN THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD THAT WAS FROM THE PRIOR LEGISLATION AND THEN THE OTHER INCREASE IN NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, ALLOTMENTS AND INSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S A RESTORATION OF PRIOR CUTS, BUT ALL THAT ADDS UP TO THE 8.6, EIGHT, EIGHT, SIX, SIX, $8 BILLION.

SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

DO I HAVE IT? WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? OH, THANK YOU.

THEN WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

AND THIS IS WHERE I'M DOING SOME WORK RIGHT NOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OF IT.

AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT THERE'S $1.1 BILLION THAT IS TO AWARD GRANTS TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVES.

WE ARE HOPING THAT THE COMMISSIONER WILL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WILL AGREE TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET GRANTS FOR THEIR SECURITY PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THROUGH HOUSE BILL THREE.

SO THAT THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD PART.

AND THEN.

THEN. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.

AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE SPECIAL SESSION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO THEY ARE NOW HAGGLING OVER AGAIN BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ABOUT HOW TO GIVE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THERE IS $12.3 BILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT THIS IS ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS, INCLUDING WHOEVER MIGHT BE LISTENING TO THIS.

AND THAT IS THAT WHEN THEY SAY THEY'VE PUT MORE MONEY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION THAN EVER BEFORE, I THINK AS A LISTENER, YOU'RE GOING TO THINK, OH, THAT'S GREAT.

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YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

IT DOES DO NOTHING TO GIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MORE MONEY.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL ALL KNOW.

BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR PROPERTY TAX PAYERS KNOW THAT.

YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT LOUDER.

YES, IT'S. YOU SAY IT NOW.

WELL, I JUST.

AND AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I'M SO SORRY, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY MEETING WITH OUR PTA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BOARD.

AND WHEN I REVIEWED THIS, LIKE, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HEAR IT IN THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE MEDIA AS A SOUND BITE AND YOU HAVE LEGISLATORS SAYING WE'RE GIVING $12 BILLION TO SCHOOLS, YOU START TO THINK, OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO HELP RICHARDSON ISD.

AND THEN WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THIS IS, THEY'RE SHOCKED BY THAT.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING TO MESSAGE THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS TRUE THEY ARE PUTTING THAT MONEY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY'RE BUYING DOWN OUR TAX RATE, WHICH IS HELPFUL TO OUR TAXPAYERS, WHICH WE WANT, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US THE DOLLARS WE NEED TO MEET THE INCREASING COSTS AND SALARY INCREASES AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO MOVING OUR KIDS FORWARD.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE CAPSTONE OF MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT, IS THAT WHEREVER YOU TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THEY WILL GIVE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS STILL NEED NEW MONEY.

THERE IS NEW MONEY IN THE APPROPRIATIONS AND THE BUDGET BILL.

THEY HAVE TO PASS SOMETHING IN ORDER TO GET THAT MONEY SPENT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE MULTIPLE SPECIAL SESSIONS.

WE ARE HOPING THAT THEY DON'T TIE IT TO A VOUCHER PROGRAM.

THAT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS AT THE MOMENT.

SO WE'LL SEE.

ANYWAY, IF THERE DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT'S SHORT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. POTEAT? REAL QUICK, ANOTHER POINT HERE THAT WE HEAR A LOT OF SOUND BITES ON.

YOU YOU COVERED WAS IT THAT THEY'RE INCREASING THE STATE'S PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHICH IS TRUE? IT IS TRUE, AGAIN, DOES NOT RESULT IN AN EXTRA DOLLAR TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT THAT BUCKET THAT IS NOT FILLED RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT WHAT OVER I FORGET WHAT OUR ESTIMATES ARE ON WHAT WE PAY LOCALLY VERSUS STATE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT OFFHAND FOR THE FOR THE WHOLE STATE? I THINK IT'S ABOUT JUST FOR OUR ISD AS FAR AS OUR FOR OUR.

BUT BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST REDOING THAT TO WHERE THE 25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'LL END UP TRANSITIONING THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT NO NEW DOLLARS.

IT'S IT'S JUST HOW THOSE DOLLARS WHERE THEY COME FROM.

SO EXACTLY IT'S WHERE YOU SAID IT RIGHT IT'S WHERE THE DOLLARS COME FROM DOESN'T CHANGE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOLLARS.

SO ANYWAY, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF WE COULD GET SOME OF THAT SENATE BILL 30, THAT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL THAT HAS THE 1.1 BILLION FOR SCHOOL SAFETY TO HELP AT LEAST THIS YEAR, HELP PAY, OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE HOUSE BILL THREE THAT'S COMING DOWN.

AND THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU? GOOD. OKAY, ERIC, I KNOW.

NEVER. OKAY.

THANK YOU. HE'S IN VEGAS, MISS.

I DID JUST. THAT'S NOT A QUESTION.

I DID JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TALKING POINTS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACTUAL AND FACTUAL INFORMATION, AND THEN AND JUST ENSURING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT TEST.

I MEAN, THAT IS NOT EASY WORK.

IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. IT'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, IT'S A LOT OF CONDENSING IN, A LOT OF READING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING PAST YOUR BEDTIME.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT.

MS.. BRANUM. THANK YOU, MS..

HARRIS. WE MET OUR REQUIREMENT FOR THE NUMBER OF AUDITS.

AND MS.. HAYES, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THE LATEST FINDINGS?

[XI.Q. Intruder Audit]

YES. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR FINAL AUDIT OF THE YEAR CAME IN WITH NORTH JUNIOR HIGH BOY DOVER AND RISLEY ACADEMY RECEIVING UNANNOUNCED INTRUDER AUDITS AND HAVING NO FINDINGS WITH THAT.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 2223.

THAT IS NICE.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, MS..

HAYES. ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD, MISS TIMMY.

I'M SORRY, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I DO WANT TO JUST SAY, LIKE, IF YOU HAD GONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND I WOULD SAY THIS AROUND THE STATE, RIGHT, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WOULD HAVE INITIALLY PASSED AN UNDETECTED INTRUDER AUDIT.

RIGHT. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY.

AND OVER THE YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN THAT.

WE'VE SEEN LIKE CONTINUED PERSISTENCE AROUND CONVERSATIONS AND WORK FROM PRINCIPALS EDUCATING THEIR STAFF AND THEIR KIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFER AND TO

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MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY ISSUES THAT COME UP.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF THAT WENT INTO THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND BEING DILIGENT, BUT REWORKING YOUR SYSTEMS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHILE NOT IMPACTING THE FEEL OF THE SCHOOL AND THE INTENDED OUTCOMES OF LEARNING IS IS NO SMALL PIECE.

SO TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT IN A YEAR, I CERTAINLY THANK YOU, YOUR STAFF AND THE STAFF OF RICHARDSON FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

YES. AND JUST TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO SANDRA AND CEDRIC AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM FOR THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDED TO CAMPUSES.

BUT JUST A REMINDER AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS, THIS WAS A ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. ON TOP OF BEING THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER OF THEIR CAMPUS AND MANAGING STUDENT BEHAVIORS AND AND ALL OF THE OTHER LISTS.

AND SO I JUST I COMMEND THE ENTIRE TEAM.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND CELL PHONES. I WAS TRYING NOT TO SAY THAT SHE WAS TRYING NOT TO SAY IT.

YEAH, I FELT IT.

I FELT IT. THANK YOU.