[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S CALLED MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CONVENED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023 AT 2:01 P.M..
RISD PROVIDED NOTICE OF THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER THE GRIEVANCE FILED UNDER BOARD POLICY FNG LOCAL.
[II. HEARING]
THE GRIEVANT HAS ASKED THAT THIS HEARING BE CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC.MRS. ADEPOJU GRIEVANCE IS RELATED TO THE DENIAL OF HER LEVEL TWO GRIEVANCE AND ALLEGATIONS CONCERNS RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE BOARD POLICIES.
THE EASE OF FINDING INFORMATION AND THE IMPACT ON MS..
ADEPOJU'S PREVIOUS GRIEVANCE THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
MS.. DEBBIE RENTERIA, OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT.
MR. CHRIS POTEET, OUR BOARD SECRETARY, AND MS..
I AM REGINA HARRIS AND I WILL SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING.
A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PRESENT.
ALSO PRESENT IN THIS HEARING ARE KIMI ADEPOJU, THE GRIEVANT.
EWEN BLACKMAN, THE GRIEVANCE REPRESENTATIVE.
KATHERINE LONG RISD EXTERNAL LEGAL COUNSEL.
GILBERT GARCIA, ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL.
TABITHA BRANUM, SUPERINTENDENT.
MATTHEW GIBBONS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
LATISHA MCGOWAN, GENERAL COUNSEL, VITTI GUTIERREZ, OUR BOARD MANAGER.
WE ARE MAKING A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE BOARD IN THIS LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE APPEAL.
THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING TAPED AND OR VIDEO RECORDED TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE RECORD.
PLEASE ENDEAVOR TO MAKE YOUR VERBAL STATEMENTS AS CLEAR AND COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE.
REMEMBER THAT THE RECORDINGS MAY NOT REFLECT GESTURES OR ANY OTHER FORM OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATIONS.
THE RECORDING OF WHAT IS PRESENTED HERE TODAY, TOGETHER WITH THE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THIS GRIEVANCE PRESENTED AT THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS, WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND ADMITTED INTO THE RECORD.
THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE GRIEVANCE PRESENTATION AND NOT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING OR TRIAL.
THERE WILL BE NO CALLING OF WITNESSES OR CROSS EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.
THE PARTIES MAY NOT QUESTION THE BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS.
MS.. ADEPOJU AND OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT REMARKS TO THE BOARD.
MS. ADEPOJU AND HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES TO MAKE THE GRIEVANCE PRESENTATION.
AFTER MRS. ADEPOJU'S PRESENTATION, THE ADMINISTRATION'S REPRESENTATIVE, MS. CATHERINE LONG WILL PRESENT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.
MS.. LONG WILL HAVE TEN MINUTES FOR HER PRESENTATION.
MS.. ADEPOJU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE UP TO TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TEN MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, PLEASE TELL ME HOW MUCH TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE. I LIKE TO RESERVE TWO MINUTES.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE? TWO MINUTES.
I REMIND YOU THAT YOUR REBUTTAL IS LIMITED TO MATTERS RAISED IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE DURING THIS HEARING AND IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE NEW MATTERS.
OKAY. MISS GUTIERREZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR EVERYONE? THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.
SO THAT THE PARTIES KNOW WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE ROOM.
MISS GUTIERREZ WILL SERVE AS THE TIMEKEEPER FOR THIS HEARING.
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BOARD POLICY FNG.THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE DOCUMENT SUBMISSION PROCESS, AND THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE ADMITTED INTO THE RECORD. BOARD MEMBERS MAY ASK SUCH QUESTIONS OF THE PARTIES, AS WILL AID THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRIEVANCE OR THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.
I WOULD REQUEST, HOWEVER, THAT BOARD MEMBERS REFRAIN FROM INTERRUPTING OR ASKING QUESTIONS UNTIL THE PARTIES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRESENTATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN AN ACCURATE RECORD OF THE TIME USED BY EACH PARTY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF THE HEARING? THANK YOU. SO AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED THROUGH MS..
MCGOWAN, WHICH WERE PROTESTED AT THE TIME, ARE NOW APPLICABLE AND ADMISSIBLE IN THIS HEARING? SO THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU ALL WISH TO PROVIDE AND TO BE INCLUDED THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED AT THE LEVEL TWO HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED.
YES. THANK YOU. WELL, THEN I STAND TO CHALLENGE THAT INADMISSIBILITY FIRST UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH SAYS THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.
AND I THINK THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXAMINE ALL DOCUMENTS PERTINENT TO THIS CASE AND NOT JUST ONES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS FELT THEY DON'T OR DO WISH TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS HEARING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST CONTENTION, IS MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DO SO.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MISS ADEPOJU IS RIGHT TO DO THAT.
WITH REGARD TO THE TWO DOCUMENTS.
ONE IS A LEGAL LETTER FROM TEA DATED ON JULY 19TH, WHICH WAS RECEIVED THROUGH A FOIA TIA REQUEST TO THE DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON LEVEL TWO, WAS MAY 22ND AND LEVEL 2.5.
THE INFORMAL HEARING TOOK PLACE AUGUST 1ST, AND SO IT TOOK UP TO 15 DAYS TO GET THAT.
THANK YOU, MISS BLACK. MR. BLACKMAN.
MISS LONG, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MS. ADEPOJU'S REPRESENTATIVE WANTING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS? YES, I HAVE THREE BASIC THREE DISCREET OBJECTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS UNTIMELY UNDER UNDER BOARD POLICY.
BUT BEYOND THAT, THE SECOND OBJECTION IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE.
THIS PARTICULAR TEA COMPLAINT AND WHAT IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES IN RESPONSE IS NOT PART OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE GRIEVANCE AND ACTUALLY WOULD BE NEEDING TO FILE A SEPARATE, DISTINCT GRIEVANCE.
THIRD, IT ADDRESSES MATTERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HANDLED THROUGH A DIFFERENT BOARD POLICY.
AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OBJECTIONABLE IF THEY TRIED TO ADD IT EVEN [INAUDIBLE] RING, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THROUGH A DIFFERENT POLICY, WHICH PROCESS HAS TO BE [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
MS.. LONG I'LL TAKE TWO ISSUES WITH THAT.
NUMBER ONE WOULD BE IT IS NOT OUTSIDE THE SCOPE BECAUSE IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE ISSUE AT HAND, WHICH IS THE ACCESSIBILITY OF POLICIES ONLINE AND POLICIES BEING ABLE TO BE ACCESSED BY THE COMMUNITY AND BY MRS. ADEPOJU AND THE IMPACT IN FACT, IN THE COMPLAINT, READ OUT ALOUD FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT THE IMPACT ON PREVIOUS GRIEVANCES IS STATED CLEARLY IN THAT AND THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY INVOICE REFERENCE NUMBER 22-05213, WHICH IS THE COMPLAINT THAT MRS. ADEPOJU FILED WITH THE TEA PERTAINING TO THE ORIGINAL MATTER, WHICH IS THE IMPACT OF THESE POLICIES NOT BEING AVAILABLE ONLINE, WHICH GENERATED THIS GRIEVANCE AND MAY GENERATE SOME MORE AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRIEVANCE THAT IS PERTINENT, FOR THAT REASON, AND WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO READ THE STATEMENT WHERE IT SHOWS A DEFICIENCY IN THE POLICIES, IT WILL BE JUST MY WORD OF SAYING THE POLICIES ARE DEFICIENT AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO LOOK AROUND AND THINK, OH NO, THE DEFICIENCIES ARE GREAT.
MISS LONG. THE RESPONSE FROM THE TA.
NO, THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE SECTION THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ARE THE RESPONSE IS TALKING ABOUT A DEFICIENCY RELATED TO A COMPLETELY OTHER MATTER, NOT THE POSTING OF YOUR GRIEVANCE PROCESS. AND THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY IT'S OUTSIDE THE.
THEN IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO TO REFERENCE THE PARAGRAPH WHICH I WISH TO REFERENCE, WHICH IS, ALTHOUGH BASED ON OUR VIEW OF YOUR SCHOOL ENTITY, HAS COMPLIED WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, IT APPEARS THAT YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S IMPROVEMENT PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE BULLYING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS REQUIRED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.0832 AND ONLY INCLUDES STRATEGIES PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
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YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST UPDATE ITS DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO INCLUDE THESE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN IT GIVES AN EMAIL THAT YOU CAN CONTACT THEM FOR FURTHER INFORMATION THAT GOES TO THE MATTER BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT COMPLY WITH PROCEDURES OR POLICIES THROUGH TEA.WE'RE COMPLYING. WE'RE INSINUATING THAT THE POLICIES WERE DEFICIENT, NOT WRONG, NOT ILLEGAL, AND THAT THERE WAS AN ABILITY TO FIX THEM, WHICH AGREES WITH WHAT THE TEA IS SAYING IN THEIR LETTER.
I THINK WHAT WAS READ ON ITS FACE DEMONSTRATES IT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE GRIEVANCE.
PLUS IT REFERENCES A PROVISION OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ADOPT GRIEVANCE POLICIES AND WATCH ADOPT DEALS WITH GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A RULING ON THIS ONE.
SO THE OBJECTION IS SUSTAINED.
ADEPOJU, WHO'S ASKED ME TO HELP IN THIS AND ASSIST IN THIS HEARING BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE.
I'M LOOKING FOR. SORRY. SO HER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE ABLE TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, WHICH GOES TO THE WHOLE POINT, IS TO THEN LEAD CREDIBILITY TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND WHAT AND WHAT WE'RE IMPLYING, WHICH IS THESE POLICIES ARE HARD TO FIND.
I THINK THE COLLOQUIAL TERM IS GASLIGHTING.
AND SO IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THAT APPEARANCE OF JUST THE TWO OF US HERE MAKING ACCUSATIONS OR SAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO BRING OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR DISTRICT, WHO CAN THEN SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, AS YOU SEE OVER THERE, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, THREE WHO ARE ACTUALLY WITNESSES OF OURS.
AND THEY CAN ALL TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT THESE THESE POLICIES ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND ONLINE.
AND THEN THAT YOU CAN JUST MARGINALIZE THIS HEARING TO JUST THESE TWO PEOPLE.
AND THEY'RE JUST TWO GRUMPY FOLKS WHO HAVE AN AX TO GRIND, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THE BOARD'S GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AT A LEVEL THREE HAS BEEN THAT.
EVIDENCE IS COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
AND SO IF WITNESS STATEMENTS OR DOCUMENTS NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED, THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED.
THE BOARD IS REALLY A FINAL PROCESS TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WITNESS TESTIMONY AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE GRIEVANCE POLICIES OF ALMOST ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA.
BASED ON. I WITH WITH DUE RESPECT TO THAT, I DON'T PAY MY TAXES AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE PAY IT IN THE RICHARDSON ISD AND THE I STANDS FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ELECT OUR BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ADJUDICATE THESE THINGS.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THE WORD USED BY MRS. LONG WAS EQUITY, NOT EQUAL.
AND THEN SHE POINTED TO THE EQUAL TREATMENT OF EVERYONE UNDER THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYONE MUST DO THIS.
AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NO EQUITY ALLOWED IN CHANGING THE RULES TO ACCOMMODATE THE SITUATION.
THAT'S YOUR RULING? THAT IS MY RULING.
YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD.
DID YOU SAY YOU HAD ONE MORE? YES, I HAVE ONE MORE.
SORRY. I WAS JUST WRITING DOWN THE RULING.
SO THEN MY FINAL QUESTION TO THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE WHO GETS TO DELIBERATE THE MERITS OF THE CASE? IN OTHER WORDS, THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ELECTED TO DO.
MCGOWAN, WHO IS THE GENERAL COUNSEL.
MR. GARCIA WHO'S THE ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CLOSED DOOR DELIBERATIONS ON THIS MEETING? BECAUSE IF IT IS, THAT WOULD I WOULD CONTEND THAT THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO, AS YOU SEE, REBUT SOME OF THE AFOREMENTIONED.
YOU WILL WHEN WE COME WHEN WE RETURN.
YOU WILL WHEN YOU WHEN WE RETURN.
SO WOULD YOU WANT ME TO CLARIFY? MY ONLY ROLE IN THE CLOSED SESSION IS TO ANSWER ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
I AM NOT INVOLVED IN THE DELIBERATION OF THE MATTER.
RIGHT. BUT IN ANSWERING THE LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME.
I'M SURE THIS IS A MATTER THAT WOULD GENERATE SOME OF THOSE.
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THE ANSWERING OF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN GIVE FORTH THE IMPRESSION OF A DESIRED OUTCOME AND THEREFORE WOULD PREJUDICE THE CASE.I DO NOT THINK THAT WE'RE GIVEN TEN MINUTES LIMITED SPEECH TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE AT HAND.
AND THEN YOU GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION AND THEN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT AND MS..
LONG AND WHOEVER ELSE GETS TO DISCUSS WITH NO TIME LIMIT.
SO THAT SEEMS A LITTLE INEQUITABLE IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME.
SO EACH PARTY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
[INAUDIBLE] LET ME FINISH, PLEASE.
AS THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ALLOWS, THIS BOARD CAN ASK THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL LEGAL QUESTIONS AND GET THOSE RESPONSE. IT IS THE EXCEPTION TO A MEETING BEING OPEN AND THEY HAVE POSTED TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.
AGAIN. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
I WAS REALLY JUST AFFIRMING WHAT YOU SAID.
I WASN'T LOOKING TO ACTUALLY INTERJECT OTHER THAN TO AFFIRM.
I AGREE THAT THAT'S THE IMPLIED SITUATION.
HOWEVER, IN PREPARING FOR THIS HEARING, WE WERE ADMONISHED MULTIPLE TIMES NOT TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT I KNOW FAIRLY WELL AND HAVE DISCUSSED MANY ISSUES WITH THEM REGARDING THE DISTRICT, REGARDING POLICIES, REGARDING A NUMBER OF ISSUES, NOT THIS ONE.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN MUTE ON THOSE ISSUES WITH THEM NOT GIVING ANY UNDUE INFLUENCE TO THEIR DECISION.
I FEEL THAT IF WE WERE TO HAVE OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE CLOSED MEETING FOR WHICH I'M NOT PRIVY TO OR THAT MS. ADEPOJU IS NOT PRIVY TO, THAT THAT WOULD BE EXCLUSIONARY FROM THE DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO IF THINGS WERE SAID THAT I DISAGREE WITH AND BY THE WAY, JUST BECAUSE LEGAL SAYS IT'S THIS WAY DOESN'T ACTUALLY MAKE IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE IF IT DID, WE WOULDN'T NEED JUDGES OR JURIES BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF FACT.
THE LAW SAYS THAT AND EVERYONE SEES THE SAME INTERPRETATION, BUT THEY DON'T.
IF I'M NOT PRESENT TO THEN REFUTE OR TO DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THE ASSERTATIONS.
NO YOU WOULD NOT FALL WITHIN THE EXCEPTION THAT'S POSTED.
SO NO, YOU CANNOT BE IN THAT CLOSED SESSION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THE GRIEVANT MAY PROCEED WITH THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. AFTERNOON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES.
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF SOCIETY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE TODAY IS HOW CONNECTED ARE WE AS AN ISD TO SOCIETY, TO OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS? BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS HEARING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLICIES AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF POLICIES, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT A CHILD.
AND WE MUST BEAR IN MIND THAT THAT THOSE THINGS ARE RELEVANT, CONTEXTUAL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, HEARTBREAKING.
SO WHEN MS. ADEPOJU PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD A WHILE BACK, I HEARD HER PLEA.
I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID, AND THAT MOVED MY HEART TO SAY, HEY, CONTACT ME, LET'S TALK.
BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE KIND OF THING I DO.
SO LET ME INTRODUCE YOU OR REINTRODUCE YOU TO KEMI ADEPOJU.
SHE CAN TELL YOU HER REASONINGS AND TELL YOU WHY SHE WANTS YOU TO UPHOLD HER GRIEVANCE TODAY.
IN FACT, MY LAST LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE WAS SUMMARILY DISMISSED FOR BEING UNTIMELY.
IN DELIVERING ANOTHER COMMENT DURING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MR. BLACKMAN REACHED OUT TO ME TO SEE IF HE COULD ASSIST.
WHILST REVIEWING MY DIFFICULTY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LACK OF COHERENT, CLEAR AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE ONLINE POLICIES, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE GENESIS OF THE PROBLEM WAS MULTIPLE DEFICIENCIES AND THE POLICIES BEING ACCESSIBLE ONLINE.
THERE ARE VARIOUS STANDARDS AND SECTIONS SUCH AS THE EIR, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCE ACCESSIBILITY, SECTION 508 WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS AND THE DIGITAL PLAYBOOK BY WHICH TO STATES THAT THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH.
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AND THE DISTRICT SHOULD, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS, HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ARE NOT DAUNTING OR CONFUSING, BUT INSTEAD SIMPLE AND EASY TO NAVIGATE AND INTUITIVE ENOUGH TO SUCCEED UNAIDED THE FIRST TIME, WHILST ACKNOWLEDGING THE LIMITATIONS IN MY LANGUAGE CULTURE AS AN IMMIGRANT, I HAVE DULY SEEK THE KIND ASSISTANCE OF MR. BLACKMAN IN NAVIGATING THIS PROCESS AND WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 11.15 11 SUBSECTION B 13, WHICH EXPRESSLY GIVES THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE POWER TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. IN FACT, THE POWER AND THE DUTY TO ADDRESS THESE DECISIONS.
OTHER THAN THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE PROCESSES FOR GRIEVANCES, THERE IS ACTUALLY NO STATE LEGISLATION REQUIREMENT TO HAVE THE PROCESS RUN OUT IN A CERTAIN WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ISSUES WE HAD BEFORE THE HEARING TODAY, THOSE ARE NOT SPELLED OUT INDEFINITELY.
AND IN FACT, MANY OF THE REFERENCES FROM MRS. LONG WAS TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE NOTE THAT IF WE WERE BEFORE 1860.
MS. ADEPOJU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO SIT HERE TO MAKE ANY ARGUMENTS.
NOT INTENTIONALLY, NOT WITH MALICE OR FORETHOUGHT, BUT PERHAPS JUST WITH DEFICIENCIES.
WE TALK ABOUT DEFICIENCIES IN TEACHING ALL THE TIME AND HOW TO REMEDIATE THOSE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT WITH OUR POLICIES AS IT REGARDS TO THIS DISTRICT.
SO TASB.ORG HOSTS ALL OF OUR POLICIES.
AND YOU JUST TOLD YOU HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
TASB IS A NONPROFIT INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION.
IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT, IT'S NOT TEA.
THEY TAKE OUR TAXES, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE OUR QUESTIONS.
THEY OFFER YOU ONLY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THAT'S WHO THEY ANSWER TO AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT VERY PROMINENTLY.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE MR. ADEPOJU COMES ALONG AND HAS AN ISSUE WITH A POLICY OR AN UNTIMELY FILED AN ISSUE, WHAT IS HER ABILITY TO THEN COME BACK AGAINST THAT? YOU SAW MY ABILITY TO DO IT TODAY.
I WAS VOTED AGAINST THREE TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROCESS.
THE CARDS ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU.
MRS. ADEPOJU IS FAR MORE ADEPT AT SOME OF THE WORKINGS OF WEBSITES, AS SHE INDICATED EARLIER.
IN FACT, SHE IS A SENIOR IT AUDITOR.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK THEN AT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH THE ONLINE POLICIES.
SO BEFORE THE GRIEVANCE WAS FILED, BEFORE THE THE ISSUE CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD MANUAL BUTTON SAID THE RICHEST ISD BOARD CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS ELECTED TO SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION FOR OVERLAPPING TERMS OF THREE YEARS.
AFTER THIS PROCESS BEGAN, FINDING THAT AS DEFICIENT.
THIS BOARD POLICY MANUAL IS ORGANIZED BY TOPIC WITH RELEVANT.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR YOURSELF RIGHT THERE.
IT REALLY SHOULD SAY BOARD POLICY MANUAL.
IF YOU WANTED YOUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THESE POLICIES.
BUT THAT'S A DEFICIENCY THAT CAN BE REDRESSED.
IN OUR SECOND PART OF THE GRIEVANCE, WHICH IS GOING FORWARD, WE WANT A COMMITMENT FROM THE DISTRICT THAT THEY'LL FIX THESE ISSUES, THAT THEY WILL WORK WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST MYSELF OR MISS ADEPOJU, BUT OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT, FOLKS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON THE DROPDOWN BOARD OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HOME PAGE, THE DROPDOWN MENU USED TO SAY OVERVIEW, AND THEN YOU CLICK ON THAT AND SAY ABOUT AND THEN THE 2027 BOARD GOALS, THEY'VE NOW ADDED BOARD MANUAL TO THAT.
AGAIN ADDRESSING THE DEFICIENCIES.
BOARD POLICIES. SO I ACTUALLY WEAR MY GLASSES MORE OFTEN.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE NOT CONTENDING WRONGDOING OR MALICIOUS INTENT, ALTHOUGH SOME COULD.
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MS. ADEPOJU HAS SEEK WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUCH DEFICIENCIES AND A COMMITMENT TO REMEDIATE THEM.BUT TO ILLUSTRATE, I HAD A DOCUMENT THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE ENTERED.
WE'RE TRYING TO RUN A HUGE ORGANIZATION OF 37,000 STUDENTS, 5900 STAFF MEMBERS.
THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES FOR SURE.
THANK YOU, MR. BLACKMAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NOW PROCEED WITH ITS PRESENTATION.
ADEPOJU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND BRINGING THESE CONCERNS TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION.
AGREEMENTS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MR. GIBBONS, WHO OVERSEES SOME OF THE PROCESS.
I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HOW HER ADVOCACY AND HER CHILD HAVE BEEN DOING SO WELL WITHIN RICHARDSON ISD AND CONGRATULATE HER FOR HER DAUGHTER BEING ADMITTED INTO A MAGNET PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION.
DURING THIS PROCESS TO WORK PROACTIVELY TO HELP WITH THIS TRANSITION.
OR AND THOSE ARE THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR HER.
AND WE'RE GLAD THAT SHE'S HERE TO BRING THIS.
THIS GRIEVANCE IS REALLY ABOUT THE PUBLISHING OF THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
SHE ALSO REFERENCED THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
AT THE START IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT GRIEVANCE.
THE GRIEVANCE MS.. ADEPOJU HAS THE BURDEN TO SHOW THE DISTRICT ACTED ARBITRARILY, CAPRICIOUSLY IN BAD FAITH OR IN VIOLATION OF DISTRICT POLICY OR STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. THE MATTER BEFORE THIS BOARD TODAY IS WHAT IS CONTAINED.
AS 2023 APPEAL, WHERE SHE ASKED THAT THE RICHARDSON ISD ACKNOWLEDGE DEFICIENCIES IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING INFORMATION REGARDING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. WEBSITE AND THAT IT COMMIT TO REMEDIATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DEFICIENCIES THROUGH A MORE TRANSPARENT AND USER FRIENDLY ONLINE PROCESS FOR FILING GRIEVANCES. IT'S A VERY LIMITED ISSUE AND LIMITED REQUESTS FOR RELIEF, AND IT IS ONLY THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD HERE TODAY.
SO TO THE EXTENT THOSE CHANGES ARE WHAT NEED TO BE MADE, THIS GRIEVANCE IS ACTUALLY MOOT BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY EFFECTUATED CHANGE ACCORDING TO THEM, SINCE AFTER THE GRIEVANCE, BECAUSE THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OR CORRECTED.
SO TO THE EXTENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME PAST GRIEVANCE AND NEED FOR REMEDIATION, THAT REQUEST IS BEEN MOOTED BY MANY OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE THAT HE DISCUSSED IN HIS PRESENTATION.
MS.. ADEPOJU CAN'T MEET HER BURDEN BECAUSE RICHARDSON ISD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY, CAPRICIOUSLY IN BAD FAITH OR IN VIOLATION OF DISTRICT POLICY OR STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO COMPLAINT. IN FACT, AS THEY ADMITTED, THERE IS NO STATE LAW ACCESS OR A BOARD POLICY.
NO FEDERAL LAW. THERE'S NO LOCAL REGULATION AND THERE IS NO DISTRICT POLICY.
THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THAT.
AND THERE IS NO ARBITRARY OR CAPRICIOUS BEHAVIOR OR BAD FAITH BECAUSE IT IS UNDISPUTED THAT THE DISTRICT'S POLICY IS FOR GRIEVANCES, IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE ONLINE.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
IN FACT, THE ONLY LEGAL REQUIREMENT REGARDING GRIEVANCE PROCESSES IS SET FORTH IN THE STATUTE THAT HE REFERENCED TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 11.1511 THAT SIMPLY REQUIRES THE BOARD BY RULE TO ADOPT A PROCESS THROUGH WHICH STUDENTS OR PARENTS MAY OBTAIN A HEARING FROM THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS AND THE BOARD REGARDING A COMPLAINT. LIABLE THAT THAT HAS BEEN BY RICHARDSON ISD SEE.
BUT YOU'VE GONE MUCH FURTHER BEYOND THAT.
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AND WE ASK THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THAT DECISION AND DENY MS. ADEPOJU'S GRIEVANCE.THE SPECIFIC PAGE INCLUDES THE SECTION BOARD MANUAL, WHICH INCLUDES A DESCRIPTOR AND THE DESCRIPTOR CURRENTLY IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ESTABLISHES THE POLICIES BY WHICH THE DISTRICT OPERATES.
THIS BOARD POLICY MANUAL IS ORGANIZED BY TOPIC WITH RELEVANT POLICY CODES IN EACH SECTIONS.
THE POLICIES FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND LOCAL POLICY.
IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE BOARD PAGE, UNDER AN ICON THAT SAYS BOARD MANUAL AND SEARCH FOR IN BOARD POLICY, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS OR LEGAL POLICY.
THE DESCRIPTOR IS PROMINENT SET FORTH IN A FONT SIZE OF 18 AND IS CLEARLY STATED.
MR. JASSO FOUND IT TAKES TWO MOUSE CLICKS TO GET TO THE DISTRICT'S POLICIES ON TASB'S PLATFORM.
SO NOT JUST ON THE WEBSITE BUT IN THE STUDENT AND PARENT GUIDEBOOK.
IT'S THE FIRST RESULT YOU GET THERE.
WITH RESPECT TO SEARCHING WITHIN THE POLICIES, MR. JASSO FOUND THAT IT WAS EASY AND CONVENIENT.
SOMEONE SIMPLY TYPES IN THE WORD GRIEVANCE AND ONLY TWO POLICIES POP UP.
EGBA FOR PERSONNEL GRIEVANCES AND FNG FOR PARENTS STUDENT COMPLAINTS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MS..
ADEPOJU SUBMITTED SEVERAL EXHIBITS OF DIFFERENT DISTRICT POLICIES AND HOW THEY DISPLAY THEM ONLINE.
I THINK IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE.
WHAT'S NOTEWORTHY IS EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT.
INDEED, IT IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.
ONE INDIVIDUAL MIGHT FIND DALLAS ISD'S WEBSITE MORE INTUITIVE AND USER FRIENDLY.
ANOTHER MIGHT FIND WILEY ISD'S WEBSITE TO BE MORE INTUITIVE AND USER FRIENDLY.
A THIRD PERSON MIGHT PREFER RICHARDSON ISD'S WEBSITE AND FIND IT TO BE USER FRIENDLY.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DICTATED BY LAW OR DISTRICT POLICY.
THE VERY SPECIFIC PLACES ON A WEBSITE AND HOW YOUR WEBSITE IS STRUCTURED AND DESIGNED.
THE KEY IS TO MAKE IT SIMPLE TO FIND POLICY.
AND MS. ADEPOJU APPEARS AND ACKNOWLEDGED SHE'S A FAIRLY SOPHISTICATED INTERNET CONSUMER.
AND WHAT SHE ACTUALLY EVIDENCE SUBMITTED THIS WHO IS TO FIND DOMAIN REGISTRATION AND DOCUMENTATION SHOWING ALL THIS DIFFERENT CODE IS FAR MORE ADVANCED THAN ANYTHING I COULD EVER DO. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE I WAS ADVISED OF THIS GRIEVANCE, I ACTUALLY HAD TO REVIEW EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN NORTH TEXAS TO FIND INFORMATION.
THERE WERE ABOUT 80 SOMETHING OF THEM.
RICHARDSON'S ISDS IS ONE OF THEM.
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT I HAD DONE ALL OF IT.
THERE WERE OTHERS WHERE I COULDN'T FIND THE BOARD POLICIES.
THERE'S THE DOCUMENT MANUAL, THERE'S YOUR POLICIES.
I ALSO THINK IT'S ONE THING TO NOTE IS THE RELEVANT THING IS WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN AUGUST 20TH OR SEPTEMBER 21ST AROUND THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THEY HAVEN'T PRESENTED YOU.
YOU CAN FIND THAT EASILY BY GOOGLING IT ON THE WAYBACK MACHINE.
ON ON AND WHAT IT SHOWS IS THE DESCRIPTOR IN AUGUST 2020, FALL OF 2021, THE RELEVANT TIME PERIOD.
THIS WAS RIGHT UNDER THAT BOARD MANUAL ICON.
THE POLICIES ARE HOUSED ON THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS WEB SERVER.
CLICK. AT THE TIME, THE DESCRIPTOR WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
RIDE WITH EVERYTHING AND ANY OTHER SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION IS SUBJECT TO WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL.
LONG. MS. ADEPOJU, YOU MAY PRESENT ANY REBUTTAL TO MATTERS RAISED BY THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE.
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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HARRIS. WOW.THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ARGUMENTS I DIDN'T MAKE.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE FACT THAT THE BURDEN OF PROOF, THERE IS NO BURDEN OF PROOF.
AS WE'VE HEARD EARLIER, THIS IS NOT AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING OR A COURT CASE.
AND SO THERE IS NO BURDEN OF PROOF OR PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.
NEITHER ONE OF THOSE STANDARDS IS REQUIRED, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTOOD.
IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE DO CORRECT ME.
IN FACT, THOSE WERE THE WORDS I USED.
I DIDN'T USE CAPRICIOUS. PERHAPS I SHOULD ADD THAT TO MY LEXICON.
EASILY ACCESSIBLE IS A VERY MALLEABLE TERM.
THE MR. JASSO HAS FOUND THAT IT WAS ALL FINE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MRS. STRAWN DAVENPORT, MR. AND MRS. PHIPPS WOULD CONTEND THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT CORRECT AND THAT THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND, VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE.
AND IN FACT, JUST BY THE FACT THAT MISS ADEPOJU AND MYSELF ARE HERE ARGUING THIS VERY POINT SHOULD LEAD CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT THAT IS THE MOST INCREDULOUS STATEMENT TO SIT HERE AND INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE BY SAYING THIS IS ALL GREAT TO DO.
IT'S JUST ABSURD. AND IT INFORMS ME THAT PERHAPS WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE OLD WAYS.
AND THE OLD WAYS ARE THE IDEA WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT HOW TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT BETTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS TO RECEIVE THE HELP THEY NEED WHEN THINGS GO AWRY.
SO IN 2020, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOGNIZED SOME HISTORICAL ISSUES WITH SLAVERY, WITH THE 1960S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER.
THINGS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND WE'LL WORK TO MAKE IT BETTER.
YOU HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THAT LETTER.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY, MISS ADEPOJU, I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
I'M SORRY IT WASN'T ACCESSIBLE FOR YOU.
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD AND MAKE IT BETTER.
AND WE'LL WORK BETTER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. WE STAND READY? THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE YES.
THANK YOU, MR. BLACKMAN. AND MISS ADEPOJU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR EITHER PARTY? THANK YOU. THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW CONCLUDED.
I WILL INSTRUCT THE BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THE PROPER PROCESS OF REACHING A DECISION IN THIS CASE.
THE BOARD MAY VOTE TO GRANT THE GRIEVANCE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT MS. ADEPOJU SHOULD BE GRANTED THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN THE GRIEVANCE.
THE BOARD MAY VOTE TO DENY THE GRIEVANCE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT MS. ADEPOJU IS NOT ENTITLED TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED.
AND THIRD, THE BOARD MAY VOTE TO GRANT THE GRIEVANCE IN PART AND DENY THE GRIEVANCE IN PART.
OKAY. THROUGHOUT THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS, THE BOARD SHALL ONLY CONSIDER THE GRIEVANCE, PRESENTATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE PRESENTED THIS AFTERNOON AT THIS MEETING, AS WELL AS THE DOCUMENTS IN THE RECORD.
[III. ENTER CLOSED MEETING]
THE BOARD WILL NOW EXCUSE ITSELF TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON LEGAL ISSUES RAISED DURING THE PRESENTATIONS IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 552.071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.THE PARTIES MAY REMAIN IN THIS ROOM.
WE HAVE RETURNED FROM CLOSED SESSION AND ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT 3:22 P.M..
[IV. RECONVENE]
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.BOARD ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, MS. RENTERIA.
UM, I. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN, BOTH OF YOU, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE EXPRESSED, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE TAKE EVERY SINGLE GRIEVANCE THAT COMES BEFORE US VERY SERIOUSLY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE WISH YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER VERY WELL.
THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU, MS. RENTERÍA. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. POTEET? YEAH. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD ON TO MS..
RENTERIA'S COMMENTS TO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING TODAY.
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I WANTED TO ALSO JUST EXPRESS THE CRITICAL COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE AS A BOARD TO TRANSPARENCY, TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. I THINK THAT PART OF THAT WAS LAID OUT.I MEAN, WE ARE OPEN TO IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES.
EVERY PART OF THIS DISTRICT FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP.
AND I'M PART OF THE POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE MYSELF, MS..
IN FACT, WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW, BUT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS OF REVIEWING POLICY, UPDATING POLICY, IMPROVING POLICY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
IS THERE A MOTION? YES, MISS HARRIS. I HAVE A MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR. POTEET. A MOTION BY MR. POTEET. IS THERE A SECOND? YEP. SECOND.
LET ME LET ME GO AHEAD AND STATE THE MOTION.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION IN THE RECORD BEFORE US IN THE GRIEVANCE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD UPHOLD THE LEVEL TWO RESPONSE AND DENY MS. ADEPOJU S GRIEVANCE.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. POTEET. A SECOND BY MISS MCGOWAN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR BEING PRESENT.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 3:25 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.