[III. RECONVENE IN OPEN MEETING (approximately 6:00 pm)]
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          THE BOARD IS RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION HERE AT THE HORSESHOE AT 6:04 P.M.. 
          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME AGAIN TO THE JUNE 2025 MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF
TRUSTEES. 
          AGAIN, I AM CHRIS POTEET, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD,
AND I'M RECONVENING THIS MEETING, CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:04 P.M.. 
          DR. HELLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET, THIS EVENING I AM SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU RISING
FIFTH GRADERS FROM MERRIMAN PARK ELEMENTARY. 
          THEY'RE HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAM. 
          AND THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
SIDNEY BOYD, BOONE GRIFFIN, MILES NOVICK, AND SCARLETT SALGADO. 
          IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IF YOU WILL,
PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGES. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          AND NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG,
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. GREAT JOB STUDENTS [APPLAUSE]. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR LEADING US THROUGH THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE WILL NOW TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          SO IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN ME, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS HEARING. 
          [IV. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR PUBLIC HEARING]
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING. 
          THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED 2025 -2026 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. MISS MCGOWAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR TODAY'S HEARING? THANK YOU, MR. POTEET, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
I BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITORS. 
          SPEAKERS CAN ONLY COMMENT ON PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          AS A REMINDER, SPEAKERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PROTOCOL AS NOTED ON
THE RISD WEBSITE. 
          SPEAKERS, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. 
          MR. EWEN BLACKMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM,
PRESIDENT POTEET, ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES, I RISE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED 2025-26 BUDGET AND RECOGNIZE OUR DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL EFFORTS. I APPLAUD THE $2 MILLION CUTS TO CENTRAL
ADMINISTRATION, EXPENDITURES GUIDED BY THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE AND PROJECT RIGHT SIZE,
WHICH ACHIEVED OVER $12.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS ACROSS CAMPUSES. 
          THANK YOU TO THAT COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR EFFECTIVE WORK AND
THEIR DEDICATION. 
          OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ABOUT $175 MILLION AS NOTED IN THE PRESENTATION YOU'RE ABOUT
TO RECEIVE SHOWS FINANCIAL STABILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA. I APPLAUD MR. PATE AND HIS TEAM FOR THEIR CONTINUED BUDGET SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU. IT WAS THE CBSC THAT BROUGHT FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS OF SAVINGS,
WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION RESPONDING BY IMPLEMENTING NINE DIFFERENT CUTS TO THE BUDGET WITH A NOD TO INCREASING REVENUE AND ENHANCED STAFF RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT THIS
APPROACH HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAMWORK INVOLVED. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR TAXPAYERS FOR THEIR GROWING CONTRIBUTION THROUGH LOCAL TAXES WITH
REVENUES RISING BY SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET WHILE TAX RATES ARE DECLINING, REFLECTING COMMUNITY COMMITMENT. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THE $8.5 BILLION INCREASE SIGNED JUST YESTERDAY
IN FUNDING. 
          HOUSE BILL TWO HALF ALLOCATED TO TEACHER PAY,
INCLUDING A $5,000 PAY RAISE FOR VETERAN TEACHERS WITH OVER FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE FUNDED 
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BY THE STATE. WHAT A CHANGE. THIS WILL HELP BUILD ON LAST YEAR'S DECOMPRESSION PLAN AND
STRENGTHEN RISDS STANDING IN THE DFW COMMUNITY FOR VETERAN PAY. WITH REDUCED STAFF TURNOVER AND INCREASED RECRUITMENT THIS YEAR,
IT CERTAINLY GOES TOWARDS HELPING OUR STUDENTS MEET OR EXCEED THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS, LOCKED IN. CREDIT MUST, OF COURSE GO PRIMARILY TO SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM FOR
LEADING THOSE CUTS. 
          SUPPORTED BY HER TEAM ALL THE WAY FROM DR. GOODSON FOR STAFFING TO MISS HAYES WITH
FACILITIES. 
          ALL KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL, ACADEMICALLY BRIGHT FUTURE. 
          THIS BUDGET REFLECTS CAREFUL PLANNING AND COMMUNITY BACKING,
AND I'M CONFIDENT IN ITS POSITIVE IMPACT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS [APPLAUSE]. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          A LITTLE CHANGE TO THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR NORMAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [V. PUBLIC HEARING 2025-2026 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE]
LET ME MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINISHING THIS ONE UP. 
          THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING, MR. BLACKMON, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 44.004 OF THE TEXAS
EDUCATION CODE RISD PUBLISHED A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THE BOARD WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT
CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. 
          MRS. BRANUM I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. DAVID PATE,
RISD ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES, HAS PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. AS YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE BEEN WALKING THE BOARD IN OUR COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 25-26 BUDGET, REALLY SINCE DECEMBER. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START ON IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE ARE READY FOR A JUNE ADOPTION. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE FRUITS OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WE DO KNOW THAT OUR GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED HOUSE BILL TWO,
WHICH IS OUR FUNDING BILL. 
          HOWEVER, IT IS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR STAFF,
THAT WE ARE STILL UNPACKING THAT BILL. 
          WHEN A FUNDING BILL IS PASSED THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF RULEMAKING THAT HAPPENS AFTER WE
HAVE THAT FUNDING BILL. 
          SO THEY'VE DETERMINED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ALLOTMENTS THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO ASSIGN THAT $8.5 BILLION TO, BUT HOW IT'S CALCULATED AND IN WHICH WAYS IT'S GOING TO BE DISPERSED,
ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED BEFORE WE WILL ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RICHARDSON ISD? SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ADOPTING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET,
AS WE HAVE AGAIN TRIED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE REALIZES BASED ON CURRENT LAW, KNOWING THAT WE WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDED BUDGET ONCE WE
FULLY UNDERSTAND AS MUCH OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF HOUSE BILL TWO AS POSSIBLE. 
          I WANT TO REMIND OUR STAFF, AS WE GO INTO THIS THAT WE KNOW THAT AND AGAIN,
WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATION IS INVESTING IN OUR TEACHERS, JUST AS THIS BOARD HAS MODELED THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN OUR TEACHERS,
AND THAT THERE ARE RAISE IMPLICATIONS BUILT INTO HOUSE BILL TWO, THAT IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE RAISE THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY
APPROVED, IF YOU APPROVE THE TONIGHT'S BUDGET, THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT WHEN OUR TEACHERS GET BACK
IN JULY. 
          AND FOR NEW TEACHERS, ONCE THEY'RE HIRED IN THEIR SEPTEMBER PAYCHECK,
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS BASED UPON THE HOUSE BILL TWO LEGISLATION BASED UPON WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, EITHER THAT $2,500 OR $5,000 BASED ON YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,
AND WE WILL BE WORKING TO PROVIDE TIMELY INFORMATION TO OUR STAFF AS SOON AS WE FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE STRUCTURED. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST WANT EVERYONE TO REALIZE WE'RE GOING TO BE ADOPTING TONIGHT'S BUDGET BASED
UPON CURRENT LAW. 
          AND THEN WE WILL BRING FORWARD AMENDED BUDGET WHEN WE GET RETURN FROM OUR SUMMER BREAK. 
          AND THEN WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH TEACHERS THE IMPACT OF HOUSE BILL TWO. SO
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. PATE, WHO WILL AGAIN, REALLY, THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU'VE NOT SEEN,
I THINK PROBABLY SEVEN TIMES. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS REALLY GOOD
WITH OUR 25-26 PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET SO, MR. PATE. THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM. OH, GOOD. I HAVE THE RIGHT CLICKER. 
          SO YES, YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET, AS ALWAYS, SUPPORTS THE BOARD'S NORTH STAR GOAL AND THE
STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE TWO COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ARE REALLY SO MOST VERY
DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR BUDGET IS STRATEGIC GOAL FIVE, THAT WE WILL INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL AND SEEK
ADDITIONAL FISCAL RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH OUR CALL TO ACTION. 
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AND OF COURSE, STRATEGIC GOAL TWO RISD WILL REIMAGINE THE WAY WE RECRUIT AND RETAIN
QUALITY STAFF THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES. 
          RISD CONTINUES TO BE THE ONE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNERS,
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, AND EXPERIENCES BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. 
          OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET SUPPORTS THAT. AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY,
WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE UPDATE ON PROJECT RIGHTSIZE AND THEN DISCUSS THE THREE FUNDS THAT THE BOARD THAT YOU ADOPT FOR THE BUDGET,
WHICH IS THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE GENERAL FUND. SO WITH PROJECT,
AND IF I COULD JUST LEAN INTO THIS REAL QUICK. 
          NO. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD MR. PATE WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT AGAIN,
AS WE KNOW WHAT A DIFFICULT DECISION THIS WAS FOR THE BOARD. 
          WE KNOW WHAT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THIS WAS FOR OUR FAMILIES,
AS WE ASKED THEM TO ASSIMILATE INTO A NEW SCHOOL, BECOME PART OF A NEW CULTURE OF A NEW SCHOOL. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAD A PROMISE OF HERE IS WHAT WE HOPED IT WOULD ACHIEVE IN TERMS
OF SAVINGS. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY COULD SEE HERE IS
WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALIZED NOW THAT WE ARE WE HAVE A FULL YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT RIGHT SIZE. HERE ARE THE ACTUAL SAVINGS,
NOT JUST WHAT WE PREDICTED. 
          AND SO THAT THAT WAS REALLY THE THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST FEW SLIDES. 
          THIS IS ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS WHAT CREATED CAPACITY FOR THE BOARD TO INITIATE
A YEAR AGO, THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN TEACHER PAY FOR TEACHERS,
COUNSELORS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO AGAIN MOVE FROM BEING AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR BENCHMARK DISTRICTS FOR
VETERAN TEACHERS TO BEING NUMBER ONE. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE CAPACITY THAT WAS BUILT IN OUR BUDGET WITH THESE SAVINGS. 
          SO KEEP GOING, MR. PATE SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU,
MRS. BRANUM. AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS THERE TO POINT OUT ON THE SLIDE. 
          SO THE 24-25 ESTIMATED COST, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT THROUGH WITH THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND THAT THOSE COSTS YOU SEE THERE THAT IS CUSTODIAL COSTS BECAUSE WE ARE STILL USING
THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          IT'S UTILITIES. IT'S THE GROUNDS THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE WHAT IS LEFT IN THAT 24-25
ESTIMATED COLUMN. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, THEN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND EXPENDITURES,
BECAUSE THAT IS A SEPARATE FUND WE SAVED ABOUT $9 MILLION. SO IT'S NOT $9 MILLION .9 ALMOST $1 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHILD NUTRITION
OPERATIONS AT THOSE CAMPUSES. 
          AND THEN WHEN DOBY ROLLS OVER NEXT YEAR TO THE OUR PARTNERS ON THAT CAMPUS THE UTILITY REDUCTION ASSOCIATED UTILITIES ALONG ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CAMPUS FOR
ABOUT $50,000. 
          AND THEN ALLOCATION SAVINGS THERE'S ABOUT 144 ALLOCATION SAVINGS RELATED TO PROJECT RIGHT
SIZING, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE BY CATEGORY. AND OF COURSE,
SOME ARE LIKE CHILD NUTRITION DOWN THE LAST ONE SOME OF THAT IS PAID OUT OF A DIFFERENT FUND, IT IS NOT ALL PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT SELLING THE SHERMAN PROPERTIES. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THIS SLIDE THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SHERMAN PROPERTIES,
$11.1 MILLION , AND THEN THE SALES PRICE ABOUT $11.5 MILLION. 
          SO WE BOUGHT SOME BUILDINGS. WE USED THEM FOR A WHILE,
MADE A LITTLE RENT OFF OF THEM, AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND SOLD THEM FOR ABOUT WHAT WE PAID FOR THEM. SO PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT THERE. 
          AND IF I COULD JUST ON THE LAST TWO SLIDES AS WELL. 
          AGAIN, IF YOU REMEMBER, THROUGH PROJECT RIGHTSIZE,
THE INTENT WAS TO CONSIDER SELLING THE PDC. 
          BUT AS WE HAVE UPDATED THE BOARD ALONG THE WAY DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS AND OTHER FACTORS, WE REALIZED THAT THE PDC PROBABLY WAS NOT THE PRIME ASSET THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SELL AT
THIS TIME. 
          AND WE ARE WE ARE STILL USING THAT TO HOUSE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF,
OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF, ETC. BUT WE RECOGNIZED ALSO THAT WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD SELL ANY
EXCESS ASSETS THAT WE DID HAVE TO TRY TO RECOUP, YOU KNOW, THAT $10 MILLION. AND SO WE HAVE DELIVERED ON THAT PROMISE. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF PROPERTIES. BUT WE DID DELIVER ON WHAT WE PROMISED THROUGH PROJECT
RIGHTSIZE. 
          THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST WANT TO NOTE WITH THESE ALLOCATIONS,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO AGAIN REMIND EVERYONE WE DID NOT LAY ANYONE OFF, NO ONE LOST A JOB. BASICALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID HAVE TO MOVE
TO CAMPUS AND WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE THEM. 
          ALMOST ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES GOT THEIR FIRST OR SECOND CHOICE IN TERMS OF A NEW CAMPUS
LOCATION OR A GRADE LEVEL. 
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AND ALSO, YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT, WELL, WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 55 TEACHERS THAT THAT
TAUGHT IN THESE FOUR BUILDINGS. 
          REMEMBER, THESE BUILDINGS DID HAVE CHILDREN AND THEY STILL NEED TO BE TAUGHT. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND EFFICIENCIES FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU SEE IN THE ADMIN SOME OF THE PARAPROFESSIONAL NET OFFICE STAFF. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, IT WAS FOUR LESS LIBRARIANS,
FOR EXAMPLE. 
          BUT WE STILL HAD TO HAVE TEACHERS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN THAT WERE THERE. 
          THEY'RE JUST NOW IN A NEW LOCATION. SO AGAIN,
I FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT OUR ESTIMATE WAS SPOT ON WITH WHAT WE PROJECTED OUR SAVINGS TO BE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE REALIZED THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARITY FOR OUR
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM. MOVING INTO THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS. 
          WE'VE BUDGETED FOR A 3% RAISE ON CURRENT SALARY. 
          WE STILL HAVE 23 COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION CAMPUSES,
THAT HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND OUR CEP CAMPUS FAMILIES WILL STILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE LOCAL INCOME FORM. 
          OUR NON CEP CAMPUSES WILL COMPLETE THE REGULAR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION FORM,
AND WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MEAL PRICE. 
          THE LUNCH EXCUSE ME NOT NOT ALL MEALS, JUST THE LUNCHES AT OUR CAMPUSES AND WE'RE
INCREASING THAT PRICE BY $0.25. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE ELEMENTARY LUNCH GOING FROM $2.80 TO $3.05,
AND THE JUNIOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH GOING FROM $2.95 TO $3.20 AND NO CHANGE IN THE BREAKFAST. HERE'S A COMPARISON OF OUR ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE
CHILD NUTRITION FUND FOR 24-25 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25-26. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BUDGETED A DECREASE IN
EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $4 MILLION. THERE WERE SOME ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL YEAR 24-
25 THAT WE NEEDED TO SPEND DOWN SOME FUND BALANCE IN THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AROUND FUND BALANCE AND SOME THEY PURCHASED SOME EQUIPMENT. 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND RATE REMAINS AT $0.35. 
          WE'VE ISSUED $725 MILLION OF THE $750 MILLION IN BONDS THAT WERE APPROVED BY APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN 2021, WILL BE ISSUING THE REMAINING $25 MILLION. THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL SALE AND WE'LL BE
SELLING THAT IN JUST THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          WE'VE BUDGETED PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AT 5%. AND AS MISS BRANUM MENTIONED,
THERE'S STILL A LOT TO UNPACK WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND SO OUR HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING IS BASED ON CURRENT LAW. 
          IT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY CHANGES IN HOLD HARMLESS ASSOCIATED WITH DEBT. 
          AND THEN THE DISTRICT'S SKILLMAN TIF. OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT TIF ENDS THIS JUNE. 
          WE'LL BE MAKING OUR FINAL PAYMENT OF ABOUT $2 MILLION TO THE TIF. 
          THE DISTRICT STARTED STARTED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE TIF WITH OUR FIRST PAYMENT IN 2009
OF $194,000. 
          WE HIT A MAX OF ABOUT $3 MILLION. AND WE ARE LEAVING THE TIF EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY THAN
SCHEDULED BECAUSE WE HAVE PAID OFF OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE TIF, AND SO IT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS FOR US. 
          THE BOND RATINGS SO ON MAY 30TH, MOODY'S AND STANDARD AND POOR'S ISSUED BOND RATINGS FOR
US RELATED TO OUR SALE UPCOMING SALE OF BONDS. MOODY'S RATED US AGAIN AAA WITH A STABLE OUTLOOK. 
          THEY AFFIRMED OUR RATING AND S&P ALSO AFFIRMED THEIR DOUBLE A+ RATING WITH A STABLE
OUTLOOK. 
          SO VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THEIR BOND RATINGS. 
          HERE'S OUR MULTI YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AND JUST AGAIN I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH THIS IS CURRENT LAW. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THE IN THE 24-25 ESTIMATE COLUMN FEES AND TIF PAYMENT OF $3 MILLION,
THAT DECLINES DOWN TO $20,000 FOR 25- 26 AND FUTURE. AND SO THAT $3 MILLION THAT WE WERE PAYING INTO THE TIF OF PROPERTY
TAX REVENUE WILL GO TOWARDS MAKING DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT. SO IT WILL HELP US IN FUTURE BOND ELECTIONS AND IT
WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO RETIRE THAT DEBT. 
          THE PAYMENTS ON FUTURE BONDS ARE LISTED THERE $ 42 MILLION,
ABOUT $23 MILLION OF THAT $42 WILL BE USED TO PAY OFF A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT $25 MILLION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ISSUE. 
          AND THEN THE REMAINDER WILL GO TO FUTURE BOND PAYMENTS OR TO CALL OR DEFEASE BONDS. 
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AND THEN HERE'S OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR
24-25. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE PRINCIPAL AND OR EXCUSE ME. 
          YES, THE INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE PRINCIPAL RELATED PRIMARILY TO THE SALE OF THAT $25
MILLION IN BONDS. 
          FOR THE GENERAL FUND THE AGAIN, CURRENT LAW AND I EXPECT JUST LIKE IN 2019 WHEN HOUSE BILL
THREE PASSED, IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE GUIDANCE
TO US TO FULLY UNPACK THAT LEGISLATION. 
          AND SO WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT AND UPDATING YOU AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT ON
THE DISTRICT OF HOUSE BILL TWO. 
          THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET, OF COURSE, REFLECTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTINUED COMMUNITY
BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES BY $2 MILLION, A BUDGETED ENROLLMENT DECLINE OF 430,000 STUDENTS,
AGAIN 5% PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH. 
          CONTINUED IN THE NO TAX RATE COMPRESSION UNDER CURRENT LAW. 
          THE CURRENT PROPOSED M&O RATE AND YOU ARE NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE TONIGHT,
YOU'RE ONLY ADOPTING THE BUDGET. 
          BUT IT WAS BUILT ON A 74 AND 0.5 CENT M&O TAX RATE. 
          I FULLY EXPECT THAT RATE TO BE LOWER THAN THAT WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTS THE TAX RATE IN
SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAD TO DO RIGHT NOW BASED ON CURRENT LAW. 
          AND WHEN WE HAD TO PUBLISH OUR NOTICE AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND THEN STAFF RAISES ARE DETAILED ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE. 
          AND THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME RAISES WE PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND AS MISS BRANUM STATED EARLIER WE'RE STILL UNPACKING THAT LEGISLATION AND ADJUSTMENTS
WILL BE MADE. 
          I WILL SHOW YOU THE LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET YOU'RE ADOPTING. 
          THAT REFLECTING THAT THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING THIS BUDGET WITH THE PROVISION THAT WE WILL
MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. 
          SO HERE'S THE GENERAL FUND MULTIYEAR FORECAST. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE NET BUDGET CHANGES,
THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PROPERTY SALE, THE RAISE FOR 25-26, AGAIN UNDER CURRENT LAW, HOW THAT CARRIES FORWARD. 
          AND WE WILL I WILL BRING YOU AN UPDATED MULTIYEAR FORECAST WHEN THE TAX RATE ADOPTION
PROCESS HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT IT ISN'T THIS IS UNCHANGED FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS PRESENTED. 
          THERE'S THE PROPOSED BUDGET. ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25-26 COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED
BUDGET FOR 24-25. 
          AND YOU SEE THE PRIMARY PRIMARILY THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES IS THE
RAISE. 
          I KNOW YOU CANNOT READ THIS, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FORM OF THE BUDGET. 
          IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. AND THE IMPORTANT PART THIS IS THE THREE
FUNDS AGAIN THAT YOU ADOPT. 
          AND HERE IS THE PARAGRAPH . SO THIS PARAGRAPH AT THE BOTTOM IS THIS INFORMATION. 
          THERE'S REALLY KIND OF THREE PARTS TO THIS STATEMENT. 
          THE FIRST PART JUST TALKS ABOUT THE RAISE THAT IS IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          THERE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE IT TALKS ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE RAISE IS CONTINGENT
UPON THE EMPLOYEES RECEIVING A RATING OF AT LEAST MEETS EXPECTATIONS OR OTHER EQUIVALENT, AS DETERMINED BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON THEIR 24-25
APPRAISAL, PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL. AND THEN THE LAST PART OF THAT STARTING AFTER DEA LOCAL. 
          I'LL JUST READ THAT TO YOU. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT DUE TO THE CURRENT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CALLED SECTIONS, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT AND
DESIGNATION TOWARD DESIGNATED STAFF RAISES. 
          THE BOARD INTENDS THAT STAFF RAISES MAY BE RETROACTIVELY ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF LEGISLATION, AS PASSED BY THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND ITS SUBSEQUENT INTERPRETATIONS BY APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITATIVE BODIES WHICH WERE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF BUDGET ADOPTION. SO THANK YOU TO MISS MCGOWAN FOR HELPING WITH THE DRAFTING OF THAT LANGUAGE. 
          SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS APPROPRIATELY RELATED TO OUR STAFF'S
CONTRACTS WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND THEN THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WHICH I WILL NOT READ TO YOU. 
          HERE WE ARE ON JUNE 5TH WITH THE BOARD CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND TAX
RATE, 
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AND AGAIN, ONLY ADOPTING A BUDGET. THE TAX RATE WILL NOT BE ADOPTED UNTIL AUGUST OR
SEPTEMBER. 
          AND WITH THAT THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PATE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. 
          I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I KNOW THAT WE GOT A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER ON HERE AND SKIPPED OVER
RECOGNITIONS. 
          SO I HOPE YOU ALL THAT WERE HERE FOR RECOGNITION ENJOY SEEING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          CHARACTER BUILDING AT ITS FINEST. SO WE WILL NOW PIVOT BACK TO RECOGNITIONS. 
          THE EXCITING PART. AND THEN WE'LL ROLL BACK INTO THE AGENDA WHERE WE LEFT OFF. 
          SO, DR. HELLER. YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET,
SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. 
          THE RISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
STUDENTS, STAFF, SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS. OUR TRUSTEES ALSO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OUR
LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS MAKE TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AT EACH REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING, WE TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          WE ASK THAT ALL GUESTS AND VISITORS HELP CELEBRATE THESE RECOGNITIONS BY STAYING TO ENJOY
THE ENTIRE RECOGNITION PROCESS. 
          THIS ALLOWS EVERYONE TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR EACH RECIPIENT. 
          THERE WILL BE A SHORT BREAK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE RECOGNITIONS PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA. 
          ANY GUESTS WISHING TO LEAVE THE AUDITORIUM CAN DO SO AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          [III.B. Announcements / Communications]
THIS MONTH WE HAVE TWO AWESOME PARTNERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. 
          THE FIRST IS SPRING CREEK BARBECUE. SO I'M GOING TO INVITE ADAM LEGGETT WHO IS GOING TO
COME FORWARD. 
          WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. YES [APPLAUSE]. AND THIS IS WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE OUR FRIENDS AT SPRING CREEK. 
          EVERY YEAR, ACTUALLY, FOR 45 YEARS SPRING CREEK BARBECUE SENDS A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR A
MEAL TO EVERY RISD EMPLOYEE IN THE EARLY SPRING, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF EVERY YEAR BY SHARING THEIR LOVE OF
TEXAS BARBECUE WITH US. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A VALUED COMMUNITY PARTNER AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR
RICHARDSON ISD. 
          THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. OH YES. YES THEY DO. 
          YES, YES THEY DO. SO THANK YOU. AND AFTER EACH RECOGNITION WE'RE GOING TO GET A PHOTO. 
          BREAD. BUT IT'S YUMMY. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR FRIENDS AT SPRING CREEK AND GO ENJOY THEIR AWESOME BARBECUE. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PARTNER RECOGNITION I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE FORWARD MR. JEFF MOSHER IF HE COULD COME FORWARD WITH INFOSYS FOUNDATION AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE
ARE RECOGNIZING THEM. 
          EVERY SPRING, OUR STUDENT ASSISTANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TRAIN APPROXIMATELY 200
INCOMING STUDENT LEADERS PRIOR TO THEIR PEER LEADERSHIP CLASS AT OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          THESE STUDENTS SERVE AS MENTORS AND MEDIATORS AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS AND ON THE MIDDLE
JUNIOR HIGH AND AS WELL AS ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WITHIN THEIR LEARNING COMMUNITIES. 
          THE TRAINING TOPICS FOR THE PEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDE GOALS AND ROLES OF A STUDENT
LEADER, COMMUNITY BUILDING, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS,
SETTING LIMITS, WARNING SIGNS, KNOWING WHEN A FRIEND MAY NEED HELP AND WHERE TO DIRECT THEM, AS WELL AS BOUNDARIES AND SELF-CARE. THIS YEAR,
OUR FRIENDS AT INFOSYS FOUNDATION USA PROVIDED RICHARDSON ISD WITH A GENEROUS GIFT THAT WAS USED TO COVER THE COST OF LUNCH AND SNACKS FOR 200 OVER 200 PEER ASSISTANCE AND
LEADERSHIP STUDENTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS MONETARY GIFT, THEY ALSO SECURED VOLUNTEERS WHO JOINED RISD STUDENT
LEADERS AND TEACHERS DURING THE TRAINING AND PARTICIPATED IN SMALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS. 
          WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS GIFT OF TIME AND SPONSORSHIP FUNDING,
AND SO GRATEFUL THAT JEFF COULD BE HERE THIS EVENING AS THEIR CSR CHAMPION. 
          AND IMPORTANT TO NOTE, HE IS ALSO AN RISD PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO INFOSYS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. SO HARD TO HARD TO FOLLOW UP. WELL I KNOW. 
          WELL THAT IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH THOUGH. 
          AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR 
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FRIENDS AT INFOSYS FOUNDATION [APPLAUSE]. WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE STAFF
RECOGNITIONS AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO THE COMMUNITY OUR NEW DIRECTOR,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, MRS. SANDRA VERDUZCO. SANDRA IS JOINING THE STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT TEAM AS THE NEW
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. 
          SHE IS A STRATEGIC AND BILINGUAL COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF LOCAL
AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MARKETING, MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. SHE STARTED HER CAREER AS A NEWS PRODUCER WITH
UNIVISION, AND HAS WORKED FOR BOTH PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT SHE IS NOW PART OF OUR RISD FAMILY AND THE STRATEGY AND
ENGAGEMENT TEAM, AND WELCOME, SANDRA [APPLAUSE]. 
          AND SANDRA'S BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST A MONTH ALREADY AND HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING,
SO WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER HERE. 
          OUR NEXT STAFF RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR OWN MIKE JASSO,
CHIEF OF STAFF, AND IS CREIGHTON BRYAN HERE. 
          I'M GOING TO INVITE CREIGHTON TO COME FORWARD,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
          AND AS MR. BRYAN'S COMING UP, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THEM AS TWO
RECENT GRADUATES OF THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROGRAM LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON. THIS PROGRAM EXPLORES ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY,
INCLUDING ARTS, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CITY GOVERNMENT,
REGIONALISM, HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND MORE WHILE GROWING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS OF
PARTICIPANTS. 
          THE PROGRAM HAS MORE THAN 1200 GRADUATES WHO HAVE GONE ON TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS. 
          BOTH MR. JASSO AND MR. BRYAN HAVE COMPLETED ALL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND RECENTLY
CELEBRATED THEIR GRADUATION AS PART OF LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, CLASS OF 40 AND SOMEONE PUT THE BEST CLASS ON HERE. 
          BUT I WAS IN 37 AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BEST CLASS. 
          BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS MR. JASSO AND MR. BRYAN FOR REPRESENTING RICHARDSON ISD IN LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON [APPLAUSE]. 
          AND AS WE GET THEIR PICTURE, I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR PRINCIPAL RESIDENTS TO PLEASE COME
FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 
          AND WE WILL GRAB THAT PHOTO. 
          AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE HAVE SOME MORE STAFF TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING. 
          OUR NEXT GROUP IS OUR 2025 -2026 PRINCIPAL RESIDENTS,
AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS AN INNOVATIVE GRANT FUNDED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
RICHARDSON ISD AND DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. 
          THIS YEAR LONG COHORT OFFERS PARTICIPANTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN HANDS ON,
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE BY COMPLETING A FULL YEAR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INTERNSHIP WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EARNING A MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 
          UPON COMPLETION, PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION,
PREPARING THEM TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES IN EDUCATION. 
          HOPEFULLY, HERE IN RICHARDSON ISD, AS WE ARE GROWING OUR VERY OWN FUTURE LEADERS WITH THE
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO EXCEL RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON. 
          SO WE ARE SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU THIS EVENING. 
          AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR. ZACHARIAH SCHUSTER [APPLAUSE]. MARIA GUEVARA
[APPLAUSE]. 
          WE HAVE MISS BOBBI LEWIS [APPLAUSE]. ANNA BAPTISTA SEGOVIA [APPLAUSE]. 
          JENNIFER SCHRADER [APPLAUSE]. MISS KELLY TOWE [APPLAUSE]. 
          REGINA VALDEZ [APPLAUSE]. AND MR. JARED UBREY [APPLAUSE]. 
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS AWESOME GROUP. AND THEY'RE ALREADY HARD AT WORK IN THEIR PROGRAM
AND THEIR STUDIES. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET THEM ORGANIZED FOR A PHOTO. 
          I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS SHAUNA BALLAST,
WHO HELPS PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR THAT PROGRAM [APPLAUSE]. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU ON YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          OUR FINAL STAFF RECOGNITION BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR AWESOME STUDENT RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR
TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION STATE BUS ROAD EO CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          DID YOU GET THAT ROAD EO. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE TWO OF OUR VERY OWN TRANSPORTATION
STAFF. 
          WE HAVE RISD BUS DRIVER, GWEN NWANKWO AND BUS MONITOR MONICA JACKSON,
WHO TOOK THIRD PLACE RECENTLY IN THE TEXAS SPECIAL STUDENT SERVICES TEAM COMPETITION PORTION OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION. 
          STATE BUS ROAD EO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN APRIL IN HOUSTON. 
          BOTH GWEN AND MONICA COMPETED AGAINST 18 OTHER SPECIAL STUDENT SERVICES TEAMS FROM ACROSS
THE STATE AND BROUGHT HOME BRONZE MEDALS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK IN SAFE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO [APPLAUSE]. 
          AND I PRACTICED HER NAME LIKE TEN TIMES. DID WE NOT MISS GWEN? AND IT'S GWEN NWANKWO, I WANTED TO BE SURE AND HONOR THAT BEAUTIFUL NAME. 
          GWEN AND MONICA, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. 
          CONGRATS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW THEY WORK REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR
STUDENTS SAFE ON THE ROADS. 
          OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO GRAB THAT PHOTO. 
          I KNOW I LOVE ALL THE ENTHUSIASM WITH THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND STAFF THAT ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT OUR RECOGNIZEES. 
          OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE TWO AWESOME. WELL, ACTUALLY,
ONE STUDENT GROUP AND ANOTHER STUDENT TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY AWESOME THAT THEY CAME IN ON THEIR SUMMER BREAK WITH SCHOOL
ALREADY OUT. 
          RIGHT. SO THE FIRST GROUP IS OUR DESTINATION IMAGINATION GLOBAL FINALS 2025 THE MIGHTY
PRINGLES FROM MERRIMAN PARK ELEMENTARY. THESE STUDENTS ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE SOME REALLY,
REALLY GREAT COMPETITIONS THAT THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PAST SPRING. BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DESTINATION OR TEXAS DESTINATION IMAGINATION. 
          IT'S A SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM DEVOTED TO HELPING STUDENTS GAIN PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS THROUGH
INTERESTING, ENTERTAINING, AND MIND BOGGLING CHALLENGES. THE PROGRAM IS CREATED AND GUIDED BY PARENTS,
EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT THE ART AND SKILL OF CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING. 
          WHILE WORKING ON THE CHALLENGES, STUDENTS LEARN TO WORK AS TEAM MEMBERS,
BE COOPERATIVE, TAKE RISKS, STAY WITHIN A BUDGET, AND MEET DEADLINES. THE PROGRAM DEVELOPS REAL LIFE SKILLS THAT HELP
STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN ANY ENDEAVOR. 
          I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT SOUNDS VERY LIKE THE GRADUATE PROFILE SKILLS
COMPETENCIES. 
          DESTINATION IMAGINATION, THE PROGRAM HAS AFFILIATES IN 48 STATES AND IN 50 NATIONS,
TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE 63 GLOBAL DESTINATION IMAGINATION AFFILIATES. 
          APPROXIMATELY 20,000 STUDENTS IN TEXAS PARTICIPATE IN PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM THIS
PAST YEAR. 
          SO THESE MIGHTY PRINGLES FROM MERRIMAN PARK ELEMENTARY PERFORMED WONDERFULLY. 
          THEY RECEIVED THIRD PLACE AT REGIONALS, SECOND PLACE AT STATE,
INCLUDING THE HIGH IC AWARD AND THE DA VINCI AWARD, AND THEY REPRESENTED RICHARDSON ISD AT THE GLOBAL FINALS IN KANSAS CITY LAST MONTH,
PLACING NINTH AT THE WORLDWIDE COMPETITION. 
          IS THAT NOT INCREDIBLE? [APPLAUSE] WE INTRODUCED THEM AS OUR PLEDGE LEADERS THIS EVENING,
BUT I THINK 
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IT'S WORTH INTRODUCING THEM ONE MORE TIME. AS PART OF THIS TEAM,
WE HAVE MISS SYDNEY BOYD [APPLAUSE], WE HAVE BOONE GRIFFIN [APPLAUSE]. MILES NOVICK [APPLAUSE],
A ND SCARLETT SALGADO [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE AWESOME SCHOLARS. 
          AND THEIR TEAM MANAGERS ARE AARON GRIFFIN AND REBECCA NOVICK. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GRAB A PHOTO. [APPLAUSE] AND FINALLY, WE HAVE AN AWESOME STUDENT RECOGNITION. 
          YOU KNOW, EACH MONTH THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR,
WE RECOGNIZE OUR AWESOME STUDENT ATHLETES. 
          AND A LOT OF OUR SPRING SPORTS WRAPPED UP AFTER OUR MAY BOARD MEETING,
AND WE INVITED OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO COME. 
          AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR AWESOME SOFTBALL PLAYERS FROM BERKNER HIGH
SCHOOL WHO IS HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN INCREDIBLE STUDENT ATHLETE. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN THE CLASSROOM CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT TO
MANAGE WHILE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS, BUT THEIR HARD WORK HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. THE ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS RECOGNIZE HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES WHO EXCEL IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES GPA, CLASS RANK, AS WELL AS THEIR ACT AND SAT SCORES. 
          WE APPLAUD THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO PERFORM WITH THE HIGHEST OF
EXCELLENCE ACADEMICALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND ATHLETICALLY. WE HAD 55 STUDENTS IN SPRING SPORTS THAT WERE BEING
RECOGNIZED, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT THIS EVENING WE HAVE MISS AUGUST ROBERTS,
WHO RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM BERKNER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN SOFTBALL AND IN SPEAKING TO HER PRIOR TO
THE MEETING SHE'S HAD A WONDERFUL GRADUATION EXPERIENCE THIS PAST MONTH. SHE'S GOING INTO COSMETOLOGY. SHE WAS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT BERKNER,
AND SHE'S ALREADY RECEIVED A COUPLE OF CERTIFICATIONS, SO SHE IS WELL ON HER WAY. SO WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. 
          AND WE'LL GRAB THAT LAST PHOTO SO WE CAN CELEBRATE MISS AUGUST. 
          [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE LARGE CHEERING SECTIONS
PARENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF, TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THESE THESE STAFF AND STUDENTS AND
PARTNERS THAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE. 
          IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND SO WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU AND SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU
DO TO SUPPORT RICHARDSON ISD [APPLAUSE]. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING. 
          AT THIS TIME, FOR THOSE REMAINING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET PRESENTATION. NO
JUST JOKING. 
          NOBODY'S LISTENING. NOBODY'S LISTENING OBVIOUSLY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ROLL ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
SECTION. 
          [VI. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION]
MISS MCGOWAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS THE BOARD TONIGHT? THANK YOU, MR. POTEET. 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 RISD WEBSITE. 
          SPEAKERS, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THE FRONT OF THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. 
          ELAINE BONAVITA. 
          GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS ELAINE BONAVITA, ONE OF THREE CANDIDATES FOR RISD TRUSTEE DISTRICT
TWO. 
          AS THE ONLY ANNOUNCED CHRISTIAN PRO-LIFE CONSERVATIVE,
I EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE CHALLENGES OF LOW VOTER TURNOUT IN OUR MAY OFF CYCLE ELECTIONS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NOVEMBER ON CYCLE ELECTIONS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
PARTICIPATION COMPARED TO MAY ELECTIONS. 
          SENATE BILL 1209, WHICH WOULD HAVE MOVED SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER,
PASSED THE SENATE BUT FAILED IN THE HOUSE WITH SCHOOL BOARDS LOBBYING AGAINST IT. I URGE OUR DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE ON CYCLE NOVEMBER ELECTION
REFORM, AS PROVIDED IN SB 1209, WHILE WAITING FOR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO DO IT IN 2027. 
          THIS CHANGE WOULD BOOST VOTER TURNOUT AND AVOID THE DIVISIVENESS OF A CAMPAIGN DURING
SACRED TIMES LIKE EASTER, WHEN COMMEMORATING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. 
          NO ONE WANTS TO BE BOMBARDED WITH THE UNSIGHTLY MESS OF POLITICAL SIGNAGE,
MEAN SPIRITED MESSAGES AND CAMPAIGN MAILINGS, NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS, SOCIAL MEDIA BRINGING A DARK SPIRIT INTO OUR COMMUNITY DURING ONE OF
THE HOLIEST SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 
          ON ANOTHER MATTER, I FACED A TROUBLING INCIDENT ON APRIL 16TH WHEN DARTMOUTH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTED A CAMPUS SECURITY GUARD TO REMOVE ME FROM WHERE I WAS LEGALLY CAMPAIGNING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HOWEVER, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND SECRETARY OF STATE'S LEGAL TEAM, I CONFIRMED THESE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES HAD VIOLATED MY CIVIL RIGHTS. 
          WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION, I PROVIDED A COPY OF THE DETAILED COMPLAINT OF MY INCIDENT
REPORT FOR YOU TONIGHT. 
          THERE WAS INVITED TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON,
WHOM I MET WITH IN PERSON. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MATTER RESOLVED THROUGH THE INFORMAL RESOLUTION PROCESS WITHOUT
FILING A GRIEVANCE IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF DEI THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSIVE POLICY NOW BANNED IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. 
          APPROVED AND PASSED BY SENATE BILL 12. SUCH ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AS WHAT I PERSONALLY
EXPERIENCED AS A CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          NOT TO CANDIDATES AND CERTAINLY NOT TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          DEI FAILED ITS MISSION AND IT IS NOW DOA. I PRAY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE
IN OUR ELECTIONS, AND PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA AS WE CONTINUE TO
RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DON TROTTER. 
          YES. HOW'S IT GOING BOY. NICE TO SEE YOU IN THE WILD. ALL RIGHT. HI. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF AFT UNITED ART TEACHERS UNION TODAY,
JUST TO WE HAD SOME THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT FORWARD AND READ THE WHOLE PREPARED THING HERE, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AS WE NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES OF
THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE COME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS 
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PRESSING CONCERNS THAT AFFECT US AS EDUCATORS AND ALSO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OUR
STUDENTS RECEIVE. 
          RIGHT. WHY ELSE WOULD WE BE HERE? IN LIGHT OF THE RISING COST OF LIVING AND THE ONGOING
CHALLENGES POSED BY TEACHER BURNOUT, EXCESSIVE WORKLOADS, AND SAFETY CONCERNS, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S CRUCIAL TO ADVOCATE FOR
A SALARY INCREASE THAT REFLECTS OUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. 
          FOR TEACHERS, THAT'S THE RAISE THAT YOU GUYS GAVE US,
RIGHT? THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. THIS LETTER AIMS TO UNITE OUR VOICES AND CALLING UPON YOU ALL AND
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO IMPROVE AND I KNOW THIS IS BEYOND AN 8% INCREASE FOR OUR PARA STAFF. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY OUR BACKBONE. 
          THEIR BURNOUT RATE IS UNREAL. THEIR TURNOVER RATE IS HUGE AND WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM
PERIOD. 
          ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, WHETHER THEY'RE SPED AND SLC AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL,
UP THROUGH ESL ASSISTANCE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SECONDARY COUNTING THEM FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS THERE TO REFLECT THE SUBSTANTIAL
RAISES FOR TEACHERS IN RECENT YEARS JUST TO PLAY CATCH UP WITH THEM, THE RISING COST OF LIVING. IN ADDITION WE DO ASK FOR NO INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE
COVERAGE PREMIUMS AND PROPORTIONATELY NO DECREASE IN OUR COVERAGE ITSELF AN OPTION TO TAKE UP TO TWO MENTAL
HEALTH DAYS PER YEAR AS MANOR ISD OFFERS. 
          ANYWAY, WE URGE YOU TO SIGN THE LETTERS THAT WE ALL SENT OUT. 
          PARDON ME. PROFESSIONALISM ALL DAY. I'M USED TO TALKING TO 12 YEAR OLDS,
GUYS. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALL GROWN. IT'S CRAZY. 
          IT'S MY CHILD'S BEDTIME, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S WHAT THE ALARM IS FOR. 
          NOTHING TO LULL THEM TO SLEEP LIKE THE SCI FI NOISE. 
          ANYWAY TOGETHER WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE FEEL VALUED,
SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED TO CONTINUE MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THANK YOU, GUYS FOR LISTENING. I'M NOT GOING TO FINISH OUT MY TIME,
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. BRIAN WILSON. 
          HELLO, I'M BRIAN WILSON, I TEACH ALGEBRA TWO AT RHS AND I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED
TO, I GUESS ASK ABOUT IN THE BUDGET AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE CONSIDERING THEM. 
          ON THE FIRST TOPIC WAS THE MATERNITY AND PATERNITY LEAVE. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ADVERTISED IN RECRUITMENTS AND POSTERS AND STUFF THAT THERE'S
PATERNITY AND MATERNITY LEAVE OFFERED BY THE DISTRICT. 
          IT'S ON THE FLYERS WITHOUT CONTEXT. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
SICK BANK, AND YOU HAVE TO USE ALL OF YOUR DAYS TO ACCESS THE SICK BANK. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE A KID, YOU HAVE TO FIRST USE ALL OF YOUR DAYS. 
          AND SO IT KIND OF PUNISHES PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWING UP TO WORK EVERY DAY. AND IF YOU HAVE
USED THE SICK BANK, THEN YOU CAN'T GET SICK AGAIN. AND YOU HAVE A NEW KID AND IT SEEMS TOUGH. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER, LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THAT. 
          IS IT CURRENTLY USEFUL? AND COULD A BUDGET INCORPORATE A BETTER,
MORE USEFUL PARENTAL AND MATERNITY LEAVE PROGRAM? I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHILD LEARNING
ACADEMY AND HOW THE NEW CAMPUS IS GOING. I THINK THAT IT IS A AMAZING PROGRAM,
AND I HOPE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO EXPAND SUSTAINABLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL EMPLOYEES, AND THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A RAFFLE. I HOPE THAT THE STAFF IS MAKING EXPECTED PROGRESS
AT THE NEW LOCATION. 
          AND THAT I HOPE THE TURNOVER AT THE CURRENT LOCATIONS IS EXPECTED. 
          IF THE STAFFING IS NOT EXPECTED OR IF THE TURNOVER IS TOO HIGH,
I HOPE THAT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THIS BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A DESIRABLE PLACE TO WORK, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN JUST THE TEXAS HOUSE BILL TWO, I WAS HOPING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO
CONSIDER THE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE $5,000 INCREASE. THE BUDGET SHOWED THE $3,000. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY TEACHERS CAN GET CLARITY SOON ABOUT IS THAT $5,000 ON TOP OF THE
$3,000 FOR THOSE TEACHERS WITH TEN OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND HOW WILL THAT INTERACT WITH THE STEP PROGRAM? SO LIKE IF A TEACHER HAS TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,
IS IT $5,000 FOR A TEN YEAR TEACHER IN 24 TO A TEN YEAR TEACHER IN 25? 
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OR IS IT $5,000 GOING FROM STEP 10 TO 11? AND HOW THAT KIND OF INTERACTION WILL HAPPEN,
MAKING SURE THAT'S VERY CLEAR FOR TEACHERS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING,
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE ADVERTISEMENT WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE IN FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS, IT CAN BE CONFUSING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,
MR. EWAN BLACKMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING AGAIN. A SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN OLD MEN PLANT TREES IN WHOSE SHADE THEY
WILL NEVER SIT. 
          ALTHOUGH THIS QUOTE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO MANY OVER TIME,
IT WAS TRUSTEE HARRIS ONCE USED IT HERE IN A BOARD SETTING, AND IT'S AS A FITTING SENTIMENT IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE SWEAR IN NEW TRUSTEES. 
          IT REMINDS US THAT OUR WORK IS NOT ALWAYS, NEVER ALWAYS,
ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE REWARDS, BUT ABOUT LAYING FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE TREES WE PLANT TODAY IN RICHARDSON ISD THROUGH CURRICULUM,
DISCIPLINE, POLICY AND INSTRUCTIONAL INVESTMENT WILL PROVIDE THE SHADE FOR CHILDREN WE MAY NEVER MEET. AND THAT IS THE WORK OF REAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          AND ON THAT, WE CAN CELEBRATE THINGS FROM OUR MAP SCHOOLS,
WHICH WE'LL HAVE LATER. 
          ACROSS RICHARDSON ISD STUDENT GROWTH AND READING BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND IN
MATHEMATICS HAS EXCEEDED 50% WHEN MEASURED AGAINST THE MAP NORMS NATIONALLY. THAT'S MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER. IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE EFFORT OF EVERY
TEACHER, CAMPUS LEADER, AND PARENT WORKING TOGETHER. EVEN MORE EXCITING IS THE FACT THAT STUDENTS
WHO HAVE STAYED WITH US FOR MORE THAN A FULL YEAR HAVE SHOWN MORE IMPRESSIVE GROWTH THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          THIS TELLS US SUSTAINED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ARE WORKING. 
          THANKS TO DR. LEEPER AND HER TEAM. CAMPUSES THAT ARE SETTING THE BAR,
SUCH AS CAROLYN BUKHAIR, TERRACE, PRAIRIE CREEK, YALE, FOREST MEADOW,
AND WEST JUNIOR HIGH. 
          THESE SCHOOLS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT WHEN EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH AND SUPPORT IS TARGETED,
OUR STUDENTS CAN SOAR. 
          THE DATA MAY BE COMPLEX, BUT THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE RISD IS GROWING LEARNERS,
AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH INTENTION. 
          WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. OOF! BIG YEAR. WE NOW HAVE FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE VIRTUAL DAP,
WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN A STUDENT CONSISTENTLY DISRUPTS A CLASSROOM OF 28 OTHERS, NO LONGER WILL WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF THE ONE VERSUS THE MANY,
WITH ALL DUE DEFERENCE TO MR. SPOCK. LEARNING IS PROTECTED FOR ALL, AND THAT'S A WIN FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE. 
          WE'RE ALSO ON THE MOVE WITH POLICY. OH, THE PLACES WE CAN GO IF WE ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO
IMPLEMENT CONSEQUENCES THAT CORRECT MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR WITHOUT DEFINING A CHILD FOREVER. CONSEQUENCES. THINGS LIKE TEEN COURT,
SHORT TERM, THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. 
          WE ALSO BAN PHONES AND CLASSROOM BUILDING ON AN EARLIER WORK WITH YONDER. THOSE DECISIONS
WERE OBVIOUS TO THOSE WHO WALK IN OUR HALLS, AND IF NOT, EVEN THOSE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES. 
          AND LET'S TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. REAL ACCOUNTABILITY,
IF A STUDENT COMMITS AN OFFENSE OFF CAMPUS, THEY CAN NOW BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN SCHOOL, NO LONGER THE DAYS OF THESE PARTIES OR SIDES,
ETC. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE POLICIES THEN THAT ENSURE PARENTS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THEIR STUDENTS MISBEHAVIOR, AND CERTAINLY ON THE BOARD HAVE INDICATED THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF. AND I
THINK THAT'S GOOD. AS A COMMUNITY, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. AND ON THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROGRESS WITH THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MISS MCGOWAN. AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC THAT SPOKE TONIGHT AND TAKING THAT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS US. 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE SWEARING IN OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR SINGLE MEMBER
DISTRICTS TWO, 
          [VII. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE]
FOUR AND FIVE. MISS PACHECO, MISS HARRIS AND MISS MCGOWAN,
WILL YOU PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR NOTARY AND BOARD ADMINISTRATOR, MRS. GUTIERREZ? AND FOR THE PUBLIC HERE,
WE WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AT THE END OF THIS SO YOU CAN GET A PICTURE, AND THEN WE'LL START BACK ON THE AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. ARE YOU GUYS ALL READY? WONDERFUL. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? 
          [01:00:03]
I STATE YOUR NAME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. 
          THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE. 
          FOR SINGLE MEMBER SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, STATE YOUR DISTRICT. 
          TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. PRESERVE,
PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. 
          A ND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE. 
          SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS, TRUSTEES, YAY! [APPLAUSE] OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON. 
          AND AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO GET PICTURES,
FEEL FREE. 
          WE'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES. IF YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT WANT TO JOIN YOU FOR A PICTURE UP HERE
AT THE PODIUM OR AROUND THE HORSESHOE, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO IT HERE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. 
          ALL RIGHT, GREAT CELEBRATIONS. THANKS TO THE FAMILIES THAT SHOWED UP TO BE PART OF THAT. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS FUN AS WELL. SO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE BOARD REORGANIZATION. 
          [VIII.A. Consider Board Reorganization]
AT THE MAY ELECTION THREE TRUSTEE SEATS WERE ON THE BALLOT,
THOSE SEATS WERE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS TWO, FOUR AND FIVE. VANESSA PACHECO WAS REELECTED TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT TWO. 
          REGINA HARRIS WAS REELECTED FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR,
AND RACHEL MCGOWAN WAS REELECTED TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT FIVE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT, AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE,
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 SO MUCH, PRESIDENT POTEET. AT THIS TIME,
I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          MISS TIMME. YES. MY PLEASURE TO NOMINATE CHRIS POTEET AGAIN. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB THIS YEAR,
NOT ONLY WORKING WITH US AS A BOARD, BUT ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH MISS BRANUM AND HER STAFF. 
          SO MY PLEASURE TO NOMINATE CHRIS FOR PRESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN DO COMMENTS NOW. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YES, MA'AM. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW HOW TOUGH THIS POSITION IS. 
          I THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. I THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, THE LEARNING CURVE, AS YOU STATED EARLIER, IS TIGHT. AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US, IF WE COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND SUPPORT NOT JUST
THIS POSITION BUT EVERY POSITION ON THIS BOARD, WE WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL BOARD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL BOARD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE TO CONTINUE TO FILL YOUR SHOES. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. MISS MCGOWAN. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THIS DECISION FOR YOU TO HAVE A SECOND TERM AT THIS. 
          YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH OVERLY COMMUNICATING. 
          WE ALL HAVE VERY WE HAVE VERY BUSY LIVES AND SCHEDULES,
I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO YEAH, HERE WE GO. THANK YOU, MR. MCGOWAN. I GUESS THANK YOU. 
          [01:05:04]
MR. EAGER. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT,
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE LEVEL,
YOU KNOW, THE ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TIME AND EFFORT AND ADDITIONAL HOURS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO PUT
IN. 
          AND SO IT IS I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. 
          I THINK, AGAIN, THE OVERCOMMUNICATING BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'D RATHER OVERCOMMUNICATE THAN
UNDER. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT THE,
YOU KNOW KEEPING US ALIGNED AND MOVING TOWARDS THE BEST OUTCOME FOR KIDS AND CONSTANTLY REMINDING US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXTREMELY APPRECIATED AND ALL THE EXTRA TIME AND EFFORT,
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND REALLY THAT IT'S IT'S WRANGLING. 
          IT IS YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES IN. 
          SO IT IS OVER AND BEYOND THE NUMBER OF HOURS. 
          SO THANK YOU AND I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO HAVE YOU IN FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 
          ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT IF I COULD SEE A RAISE OF HANDS OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT POTEET TO HAVE ANOTHER TERM AS THE PRESIDENT. AND THE VOTE IS SEVEN ZERO. 
          YES, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF, PRESIDENT POTEET. NO,
I PREFER BEING ON THE OPPOSITE END OF MAKING THE MOTION SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB,
SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU CAN KEEP GOING TONIGHT IF YOU LIKE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL ELECT A VICE PRESIDENT. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT? YES. I AM SUPER EXCITED AND HONORED TO NOMINATE MISS RACHEL MCGOWAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
OUR BOARD. 
          THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THIS MOTION? SECOND. MS. RENTERÍA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY DISCUSSION,
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, MISS TIMME. MISS MCGOWAN, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU DOING THIS. 
          YOU HAVE CONSTANTLY TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, HOW YOU WANT TO DO MORE,
STEP IN. 
          YOU WANT TO LEAN INTO THESE THINGS. YOU'VE DONE YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE,
AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU. 
          I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO STEP UP AND AND TO BE A PART OF OUR BOARD THAT WAY. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AS OUR VP. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. YES, MISS HARRIS. DITTO THE SENTIMENTS OF TRUSTEE TIMME. 
          AS I STATED EARLIER AND OFTEN, I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU. 
          I'M EXTREMELY PROUD THAT YOU STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. 
          YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING GOOD. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. 
          AND I WILL YEP I'LL ADD ON THAT AS THE TWO AFTER GRADUATION,
THE TWO TRUSTEES THAT STILL HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL I APPRECIATE HAVING YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCES THAT ARE THAT WE SHARE
ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS THAT WE CAN ALSO BALANCE WITH THE PERSPECTIVES FROM OTHER TRUSTEES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE US AND, AND HAVE NEW PERSPECTIVES BEING ON THE BACKSIDE OF
KIDS IN SCHOOL. 
          SO SO I APPRECIATE THE BLEND THAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD FROM THOSE PERSPECTIVES. 
          SO GLAD TO SUPPORT. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. MR. EAGER. 
          AGAIN, I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU, YOU'VE REALLY GROWN,
YOU'VE STEPPED UP. 
          I MEAN, JUST THE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE EXTRA SHOWING OF DOING THE EFFORT AND THE PASSION AND
JUST IT IS ALWAYS EVIDENT THAT YOUR JUST LOVE FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO HELP ALL
OUR KIDS. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU STEP UP IN THAT LEADERSHIP POSITION,
AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO. 
          I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE STOP ON THE WAY MANY GREAT THINGS. 
          THANK YOU ERIC, I'M GOING TO CRY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT,
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE. 
          SO THE NOMINATION, WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MOTION AT HAND. 
          SO RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU SUPPORT THE MOTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS SEVEN TO ZERO. WE HAVE A NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. AND FINALLY WE WILL ELECT A SECRETARY. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY? I WOULD LIKE TO PRESIDENT POTEET. ALL RIGHT,
MISS HARRIS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO NOMINATE TRUSTEE RENTERÍA, WHO HAS DONE THIS POSITION BEFORE. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY, SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB AND IF SHE IS WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE
ONE MORE TIME TO GO FOR BAT, GO TO BAT FOR US TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ALL THE SIGNATURES THAT WE NEED FROM HER,
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SHE WOULD ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION. 
          [01:10:01]
EXCELLENT MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, MISS TIMME. THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND. 
          ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? YES, MISS TIMME. YES. 
          MS. RENTERÍA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALWAYS STEP UP. 
          WE ASK WE ALWAYS ARE ASKING. WOULD SOMEBODY DO THIS? WILL SOMEBODY DO THAT? YOU'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO STEP UP AND DO THAT. 
          IT'S SUCH AN INVALUABLE, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS ARE SO INVALUABLE TO OUR
BOARD. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. IN ADDITION TO HOW FUN YOU ARE ON A DAILY BASIS KEEP US
LAUGHING AND GIGGLING, STEALING SHOES, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO I'M I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU IN ANY POSITION ON THE
BOARD BECAUSE YOU'D BE AMAZING. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THIS. YES. OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. WE'LL GO. MISS MCGOWAN, THEN COME BACK OVER HERE. I WANT TO ALSO SAY I'M SUPER
EXCITED ABOUT YOU STEPPING BACK INTO THIS ROLE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU DO IT BEST. I, I ADMIT IT KIND OF GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY,
BUT I THINK YOU'RE A NATURAL AT THIS. 
          AND YOU ARE I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. SO GOOD LUCK. 
          EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES MR. EAGER. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVING HER CONTINUED AND,
YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AND HELPING OUT AND SHE IS JUST I COULDN'T SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER AND STEP UP AND YOU KNOW,
WE'RE WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM WITH US. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO STEP UP AND TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLE BECAUSE AGAIN,
YOU'RE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR THE PASSION OF HELPING ALL OUR KIDS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I WILL AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID. 
          I THINK YOU WERE THE SECRETARY WHEN I STARTED ON THE BOARD,
I BELIEVE, OR CLOSE TO IT AFTER. 
          AND I REMEMBER THAT WAS KIND OF THE THAT WAS THE THE STANDARD OF HOW TO DO PUBLIC
COMMENTS, HOW TO EXERCISE THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY. SO I APPRECIATE SEEING THAT FROM THE GET GO. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THIS ROLE AGAIN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. YES, MISS PACHECO. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
MS. RENTERÍA, FOR SERVING AS SECRETARY. I'M GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED. 
          I KNOW YOU CAN READ ALL THOSE HOURS AND ALL THOSE NAMES,
AND WE'LL SEE YOUR FABULOUS SIGNATURE EVERYWHERE. 
          IT DOESN'T IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY TASK. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN EASY ROLE,
BUT I'M SURE IT'S GOT ITS NUANCES, ITS TIME COMMITMENTS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU READ. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL AS BOARD LEADERSHIP. 
          SO THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. AND THAT'S SEVEN TO ZERO. AND MS. RENTERÍA IS ELECTED AS OUR NEW SECRETARY. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT TWO MORE ROLES THAT WE NEED TO SELECT. 
          WE MUST CONSIDER SELECTION OF A TASB DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR TASB DELEGATE? YES. MR. MCGOWAN. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISS VANESSA PACHECO FOR DELEGATE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY, I'LL WRITE ALL THREE. NO. MR. EAGER YOU'LL GET CREDIT ON THIS ONE. 
          WE'LL CATCH EVERYBODY. THERE WE GO. COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS ON THIS NOMINATION. 
          ANY. OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALL RIGHT, MISS PACHECO, THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO SERVE AS THE DELEGATE SEVEN TO ZERO. 
          WE ALSO ELECT AN ALTERNATE TO WORK WITH MISS PACHECO,
AND 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? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ERIC EAGER. ALL RIGHT,
MISS HARRIS THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? IT'S ERASED. WHO CAN HIT THE BUTTON? IT'S LIKE JEOPARDY. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME, FOR THAT SECOND. 
          ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. MRS. RENTERIA,
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON MR. YEAGER'S COMMITMENT AND HIS LEADERSHIP. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPER READY TO STEP INTO
EVERYTHING SUPER COMMITTED, WHETHER THE ROLE IS A BIG ROLE OR SOMETHING SMALL BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          MR. EAGER ALWAYS STEPS UP AND AGAIN HERE AS AS THE ALTERNATE TO BE READY TO BE PREPPED. 
          AND I KNOW HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE ALSO. AND SO,
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO ALWAYS STEP IN. SO THANK YOU, ERIC. OKAY. GREAT COMMENTS THERE. 
          WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          AND THAT'S SEVEN TO ZERO . CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU MR. EAGER FOR SERVING AS OUR TASB DELEGATE ALTERNATE. 
          [01:15:01]
OUR BOARD IS NOW REORGANIZED FOR THE COMING YEAR. 
          AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE NOT ONLY AS TRUSTEES,
BUT IN THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES AS WELL. 
          WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [IX. CONSENT / CONFIRMATION AGENDA ITEMS]
OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? YES, SIR. MR. POTEET, I WOULD ASK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REGION TEN CONTRACTS THAT ARE
IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT WE PULL THOSE SEPARATELY FOR CONSIDERATION AS I'M EMPLOYED BY REGION TEN, AND I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT WOULD PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND WE WILL PULL THOSE. 
          WITH THOSE BEING PULLED IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING LETTER
C, PART D ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. 
          SO MOVED. MISS PACHECO, THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT, MISS HARRIS, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
AS PROPOSED IN THE MOTION? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO . 
          THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR
SEPARATE. 
          YES. 6 OH 6. YES. NO. WE PULLED THEM. SO SHE DID VOTE IN THAT ONE,
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE 6. 
          IF EVERYONE AGREES. BECAUSE THOSE ITEMS WERE REMOVED THAT SHE HAD A CONFLICT WITH. 
          SO WE VOTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT THOSE ITEMS? WITHOUT. YEP. SO NOW WE WILL VOTE ON THOSE REMOVED ITEMS SEPARATELY. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE MEGAN, MISS TIMME WILL WILL RECUSE HERSELF FROM THAT VOTE. 
          [IX.C. Recommended Specified Best Value/Low Bids, Contracts and Cumulative Purchases]
WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE
VOTE. 
          THIS WOULD BE FOR INTERLOCAL CONTRACTS FOR REGION TEN AND LETTER C,
PART D OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          I'LL GO WITH MR. EAGER ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE DID PULL IN THIS MOTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. AND THAT MOTION PASSES SIX TO ZERO . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          [X.A. Discussion of Legislative Issues]
OUR NEXT ITEM AND I THINK WE BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT OR HEARD ABOUT IT IS
OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. 
          MRS. BRANUM. YES. I'M GOING TO INVITE MISS MORRIS TO MAKE HER FINAL WALK OF THE 24-25
LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BUT ALSO, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHARE A LOT OF
APPRECIATION FOR MISS MORRIS, NOT JUST FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT SHE CONTINUES TO JUST BE AN INCREDIBLE CHAMPION
FOR RICHARDSON ISD, FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HER CONNECTIONS, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY STAFF AND LEGISLATORS THAT WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR,
WHEN THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CONTEMPLATE HOW DOES SOMETHING IMPACT A PUBLIC EDUCATION DISTRICT
LIZ MORRIS IS OFTEN THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY CALL. 
          AND MISS MORRIS HAS MADE THE DECISION THAT WITH THIS SESSION,
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THAT THAT SHE IS GOING TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THIS ROLE AND RETIRE FROM FROM THIS ROLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF OUR
ENTIRE DISTRICT ESPECIALLY OUR OUR 37,000 STUDENTS AND OUR 5,700 STAFF MEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE SO FIERCELY ADVOCATED FOR. 
          WE ARE ALL BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP ENSURE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN
TO THE FINISH LINE. 
          THINGS HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE FINISH LINE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF ALL OF THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND ENJOY THOSE GRANDBABIES. 
          I'M GOING TO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU ALL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU. WELL GOOD EVENING BOARD. AND THANK YOU,
SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM, FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 
          TOWARDS THE END, IT SEEMED TO GO REALLY FAST,
AND I WILL MAKE THIS RELATIVELY QUICK. 
          I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT MR. PATE TOLD YOU EARLIER,
AND THAT'S THAT THE DETAILS. 
          THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF LOTS OF DETAILS, THINGS WE'RE STILL DISCOVERING AS WE READ
THROUGH THESE BILLS. 
          I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT THAT MAYBE THE LEGISLATORS PASS THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE ABOUT. 
          BUT WE WILL GET TO THE GENERAL PARTS AND LET'S START. 
          OKAY, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BILL ANALYSIS. YOU'LL SEE THAT 8700 PLUS BILLS WERE FILED
ONLY 13.9% OF THOSE MADE IT. 
          [01:20:01]
OF THOSE, 107 WERE EDUCATION BILLS, EIGHT 8%,
LET'S CALL IT 9% OF THE BILLS THAT PASSED DEALT WITH EDUCATION. 
          THAT'S A REALLY BIG AMOUNT FOR THAT ONE SUBJECT. 
          YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF HOUSE BILL, SENATE BILLS THAT PASSED THE SENATE WAS A LITTLE MORE
PRODUCTIVE. WE WILL BE VOTING ON WHAT LOOKS TO BE 18 SENATE AND HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE. 
          AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, IT JUST SHOWS SENATE EDUCATION AND HOUSE EDUCATION AND HOW
MANY BILLS ACTUALLY WENT TO THE COMMITTEE AND HOW MANY BILLS ACTUALLY PASSED OUT. 
          SO YOU ALL CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GETS DONE,
AND IT JUST DOESN'T END UP BEING A WHOLE LOT, EXCEPT THAT THERE IS A LOT. OKAY. SO OUR PRIORITIES AND I REALLY THINK WE DID VERY WELL
WITH OUR PRIORITIES, OUR DISCIPLINE BILL. I THINK SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM AND MR. DR. GIBBONS WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT AND IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THIS I THINK, IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE COME THROUGH WITH A BIG DISCIPLINE BILL
LIKE THIS. 
          AND IT PASSED THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS AMAZING. 
          FUNDING FOR HOUSE BILL TWO BOY, THAT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          THE HOUSE GAVE A VERSION WE LIKED. THE SENATE CAME ALONG AND MADE SOME CHANGES,
MADE IT MORE PRESCRIPTIVE. 
          THEY GAVE US A LOT OF MONEY YOU'VE HEARD AND YOU WILL HEAR ALL THROUGH THE NEXT ELECTION
CYCLE THE HISTORIC AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WERE PUT INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          AND THAT IS TRUE. AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ON WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GO, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. ACCOUNTABILITY DIDN'T MAKE IT. 
          AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR THAT'S THE ONLY ONE AND I GUESS WE'RE USED TO WHAT WE KNOW SO
IT'LL BE OKAY. 
          THIS WAS WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME THAT SO THE WHOLE BUDGET FOR THE WHOLE STATE IS $338
BILLION FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          OUR BIENNIUM IN TEXAS STARTS SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO THIS SEPTEMBER WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A
NEW BIENNIUM AND IT'LL GO THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF 2027. 
          THERE IS $8.5 BILLION IN NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING,
$3.1 BILLION FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH. 
          AND THEN THERE'S $51 BILLION, WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN IN THE PAST FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          BUT $10 BILLION OF THAT IS NEW. SO YOUR $3.1 BILLION FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH PROJECTIONS IS
ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO IS $41 BILLION FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. SO THEY WILL THEY ARE CORRECT IN SAYING THERE'S
A LOT OF MONEY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN TEXAS. 
          NOW, THIS IS I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          I KNOW YOU LOOK AT IT AND SEE, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE GREAT STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN THE
DISCIPLINE BILL THAT I HOPE WILL REALLY MAKE OUR TEACHERS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONTROL OVER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT A LOT. 
          THERE WAS SOME NAYSAYERS ABOUT THE BILL, BUT I WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO ASSURE THEM THAT
RICHARDSON ISD IS NOT GOING TO ABUSE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS. 
          THIS IS FOR ONE OFF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. 
          AND IN FACT, I HAD ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES WAS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT AND TOLD ME SO
AND I SAID, PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS THESE ARE OUR STORIES. 
          THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED. AND SHE ENDED UP VOTING FOR IT,
WHICH WAS I THINK WE WERE ALL IMPRESSED AND GRATEFUL. 
          HOUSE BILL TWO, THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE DETAIL ON,
AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          BUT JUST I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT WE HIT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OF $55 PER STUDENT. 
          THAT'S SUCH A LITTLE AMOUNT, I KNOW, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE MONEY IS BEING
FUNDED. 
          THAT $55 IS NOT GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO ANY PERCENT TO GO TO TEACHERS. 
          SO THAT'S ONE GIFT MAYBE YOU COULD CALL IT. THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT HAS DOUBLED IN MOST
CASES. 
          OUR TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON,
THEY'VE REALLY FOCUSED, I THINK, ON A LOT ON TEACHERS THIS TIME, PRE-K AND EARLY EDUCATION REFORMS. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $677 MILLION FOR THOSE THINGS. 
          THEY'LL SAY THAT THEY FUNDED PRE-K. IT'S KIND OF QUESTIONABLE EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN RIGHT. 
          SPECIAL EDUCATION. THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT BY TIERS OF INTENSITY WHERE THEY HAVEN'T DONE
THAT BEFORE. 
          SO THAT WILL BE HELPFUL. AND THEY PUT ANOTHER $850 MILLION IN THAT. 
          NONE OF THOSE THINGS WILL FILL ALL OUR GAPS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER THAN WE
WERE WHEN THIS SESSION STARTED. 
          THESE ARE THE NEW THINGS. SO THEY HAVE NEW ALLOTMENTS AND NEW TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT
WAS ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THEY SPENT $4.2 BILLION IN PAY RAISES FOR TEACHERS, JUST TEACHERS. THEN THEY DID A STAFF SUPPORT ALLOTMENT,
WHICH WAS ANOTHER $45. 
          AND THOSE ARE FOR EVERYBODY BUT TEACHERS EXCEPT ADMINISTRATORS. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THEY LOVED THIS THE ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COSTS. 
          I'M SURE IT WAS SOMEONE LATE NIGHT THING. PEOPLE WERE LIKE,
OH, LET'S CALL IT THE ABC EDUCATION. 
          SO THAT'S HELPFUL. AND NOTICE THERE IT'S PER ENROLLED STUDENT. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN THERE ARE CTE ENHANCEMENT
ENHANCEMENTS I KNOW WE HAVE JROTC AND THAT WILL BE COUNTED NOW AS CTE WHICH WILL BRING 
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MORE FUNDING IN. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS BILL. 
          WHAT ELSE MADE IT? STANDARD METHOD OF COMPUTING THE STUDENT GPA,
LIMITS ON STUDENT PHONE USE. 
          I HEARD THAT TODAY. AND THE NEWS. EXEMPTIONS FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION,
IMMUNIZATION. 
          SORRY. EXPANDS THE TAX HOLIDAY FOR SCHOOL RELATED ITEMS. THE REMOVAL OF UNRULY SPECTATORS FROM SPORTS EVENTS. 
          THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THAT. 
          NOW, WHAT DIDN'T MAKE IT. AND I THINK THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED REALLY,
REALLY HARD ON. 
          HB FOUR WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED STAAR, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          WE'RE REALLY GOING TO WORK HARD ON THAT IN THE 2027 SESSION. 
          HOUSE BILL 19 WAS A DISASTER. SO GRATEFUL THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          SENATE BILL 19 WOULD HAVE PROHIBITED TAXPAYER FUNDED LOBBYING,
WHICH WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THE TASBOS AND THE TASBS. 
          THERE'S SOME OTHER DEBT LANGUAGE. A LOT OF THE ELECTION AND BOND BILLS DID NOT PASS. 
          EVERYTHING I'M HEARING IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO FULL STEAM AHEAD NEXT TIME. 
          SO WE NEED TO JUST BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. ELECTIONEERING FOR TRUSTEES. 
          THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF DEFINITIONS OF THINGS. BUT ANYWAY,
THERE WERE THERE WERE THINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT. 
          THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I WANT YOU JUST TO SEE THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT HAD TO
DO WITH EDUCATION, THE SENATE PRIORITY BILLS, AND THEY PASSED. THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM COMPARED TO THE HOUSE
PRIORITY BILLS. 
          SO THE SENATE OBVIOUSLY HAS A FEW MORE. OKAY. 
          AND THEN OH WHAT'S NEXT. SO THANK YOU. SO WE WE ARE THANKFUL TO OUR LEGISLATORS. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE THANKFUL. AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THEM OUT
AND ABOUT THEY WILL BE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PRIMARIES. 
          SOME OF THEM WILL. WE NEED TO THANK THEM. I THINK OUR BIG JOB RIGHT NOW IS BEING GRATEFUL. 
          DECIPHERING THE DETAILS IN LEGISLATION. LETICIA,
I'M LOOKING AT YOU. 
          HAVE FUN WITH THAT. INTERIM WORK. THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF INTERIM WORK KEEPING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS UP, FIGURING OUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT A RESOURCE THAT HAS JUST
RECENTLY COME ONLINE, IT'S THE NORTH TEXAS EDUCATION COALITION. IT WILL BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE IS
DANNY STOCKTON. 
          HE IS FORMERLY, I THINK, UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH,
HE STILL IS, BUT THE CHIEF OF STAFF IN PLANO, AND HE HAS STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION, AND HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW
AND HAS ALL THIS STUFF. 
          HE WAS MY GO TO GUY WHEN SOMETHING DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME I WOULD CALL DANNY AND ASK HIM. 
          SO IF YOU SEE HIM AROUND, JUST KIND OF GIVE HIM A NOD. 
          I'D PUT HIM IN THERE WITH MAYBE, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY MIKE MORATH,
BUT I THINK MIKE MORATH IS REALLY SMART. 
          DANNY IS REALLY SMART. SO THAT IS IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AND I THINK WE EVEN HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER
THIS EVENING AS WELL. 
          THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF DECIPHERING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH ALL OF THESE BILLS. 
          WHILE AN INDIVIDUAL MAY LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT AND ASSUME IT'S X
DOLLARS. 
          IN THIS WAY, IT'S REALLY NOT ANY OF IT IS REALLY THAT SIMPLE. 
          THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RULES AND WAYS THAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT EXPEND THE DOLLARS. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE ALREADY PASSED A RAISE, THEN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF THAT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RES AND THE THE $5,000? CAN YOU DO IT AS A THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF INTERPRETATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS COMMUNICATE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO RETRACT
AND TAKE BACK AND SAY, JUST KIDDING, WE MADE A MISTAKE OR WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 
          SO WE DO ASK OUR, OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY TO BE PATIENT WITH US WHILE WE TAKE THE TIME
THAT IS NECESSARY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF UNRAVEL THE BILL. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF RULEMAKING THAT HAPPENS WHETHER IT'S FROM THE AGENCY OR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE THINGS? IN FACT, THERE ARE VERY FEW THAT ARE IMMEDIATE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE CELL PHONE BILL IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT IT'S IMMEDIATE. 
          WE HAVE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE BILL PASSING, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT BOARD POLICY PASSED. 
          BUT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THAT BILL PASSING, SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE TO TO VOTE ON A CELL PHONE
FREE POLICY. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, MOST OF THEM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US LONGER TO TO IMPLEMENT AND TO
UNDERSTAND. 
          SO JUST I WOULD SAY TEA IS GOING TO BE REALLY,
REALLY BUSY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 21ST. 
          AND THEY WANT THESE THESE RAISES AND THIS PRE-K TEACHER THING. 
          THEY WANT ALL OF THAT TO START THEN. SO TEA WILL BE QUITE,
QUITE BUSY AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY. 
          WELL AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT,
THAT'S ONE WHERE IT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST A YEAR AWAY, BECAUSE AN INTENSITY FUNDED MODEL IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME UNDERSTANDING AND KIND 
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OF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH THE NUMBERS LIKE IF THIS IS HOW MUCH IS ALLOTTED AND
THESE ARE HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SERVING. 
          AND HERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND HOW DO WE DESIGN AN INTENSITY MODEL WITHIN
THAT BUDGET. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T ANTICIPATE REALLY SEEING THE COMPLETE FRUITS OF
THAT UNTIL THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, IF NOT LATER. SO AGAIN, EVEN AGAIN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT THIS INVESTMENT
HAS BEEN MADE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH ALL OF THE SPECIFICS OF IT. 
          WE CAN'T GO IN AND SAY, OH, WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER $500 PER STUDENT,
AND THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO. 
          ON ANOTHER NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PRESIDENT,
POTEET AND DEBBIE AND RACHEL FOR BEING ON THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          WHEN I SENT YOU TEXTS AND EMAILS AND Y'ALL WERE REALLY NICE TO GO,
OH, THUMBS UP. 
          AND I THOUGHT, WELL, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW THAT? BUT I TRIED TO PICK THE MOST
INTERESTING THINGS. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK JUST PUBLICLY AND OUT LOUD,
BECAUSE I'LL TELL THEM WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A ON OUR TEXT, A GR DREAM TEAM. AND THAT IS DANNY IN PLANO,
FRISCO ISD, JOHN DELANDER IN DALLAS. 
          WE'VE GOT LUBBOCK, AUSTIN. EDNA BUTTS IS WONDERFUL. 
          A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO. SO THIS WORK IS NOT ONE THAT YOU DO ALONE BECAUSE SO
MUCH HAPPENS AND IT HAPPENS SO FAST. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT AN ATTORNEY, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHEN EVERY OTHER SENTENCE
REFERS TO A SECTION OF THE EDUCATION CODE. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF HELP THAT'S INVOLVED AND I THANK THEM TOO AND YOU TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. EXCELLENT. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. HANG ON A SECOND. WE'VE GOT COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          YEP. GO AHEAD, MISS TIMME. OKAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THE COMMUNITY AND THEN US CAN STILL GET INVOLVED,
RIGHT? AM I WRONG THAT THEY'LL BE LIKE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONERS, RULES THAT MAY COME OUT AROUND THOSE THINGS, AND THEN THERE'LL BE,
LIKE, A 30 DAY WINDOW WHERE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO LOOK AT THE INTERPRETATION OF THIS LEGISLATION AND HAVE COMMENT ON IT SO THAT THEY CAN INFLUENCE BASED
ON HOW IT WILL BE APPLIED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT'S THE TYPICAL PROTOCOL WITH THE RULE MAKING. 
          I AM, AND I GUESS MAYBE IT'S AN ASSUMPTION YOU WOULD KNOW. 
          OKAY. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. MAKE SURE TO GET THAT OUT. 
          YEAH. I JUST I DO THINK THAT PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WHILE THERE MAY BE LOTS OF COMMENTS, I MEAN,
THEY DO. 
          I MEAN, THEY DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO BECAUSE LEGISLATION COMES OUT,
THEN IT'S UP TO WHOEVER LIKE TEA REALLY TO INTERPRET IT. 
          BUT THEN WHEN THEY PUT OUT THEIR RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. 
          SO I SHOULDN'T BE SURE THAT WAS OUT THERE. ALSO TOO I WANTED TO MISS BRANUM,
I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF THESE THINGS. 
          IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE,
BUT MAYBE AREN'T WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK, LIKE WITH CELL PHONES. THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A POPULAR DECISION COMING OUT AND DOING
THAT BEFORE. 
          AND EVERYBODY SEEING THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES. AND NOW LOOKING AT HOW EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE
FOLLOWING BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES. 
          BUT IT TAKES REAL LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE TO JUMP OUT THERE,
SUCH, IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU DID. 
          AND SO I KNOW I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS I'M SURE THE REST OF THE BOARD DOES AS WELL, BUT THAT'S TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE THEN YOU GUYS WERE THE FRONT LINES FOR ALL OF
THAT WHILE WE WERE NOT AS MUCH ON THE IMPLEMENTATION I WOULD SAY THE SAME ON THE DISCIPLINE BILL. NOT ONLY WERE YOU AND DR. GIBBONS AND OTHER FOLKS VITAL IN SETTING THAT
UP, NOT JUST WITH OUR DISTRICT, BUT THEN WORKING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS LIKE WYLIE AND THEN
TAKING THAT AND GETTING OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND GETTING THAT CRITICAL MASS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION NOT JUST FOR PUNISHMENT,
BUT ALSO TAKING AWAY THE MANDATED VAPING IN DEAP AND FINDING OTHER WAYS TO WORK WITH THAT SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND NOT OVERLY PUNISH IF IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO
GO. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON ANY OF US THE JUMPING ON THE
FOREFRONT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS FROM WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS AND JUMPING OUT IN FRONT OF OTHER
DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL DISTRICTS BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN LASTLY,
LIZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, NOT ONLY HERE BUT IN OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DISTRICT,
TOO. 
          WHAT WHAT OTHERS MAY NOT KNOW, THAT I KNOW JUST FROM MY WORK WITH DISTRICTS,
IS THAT SHE IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE LEADERS, AND SHE TALKS ABOUT THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT SHE GOES TO. 
          THOSE PEOPLE GO TO HER. AND I MEAN THAT. AND I KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ASKED HER TONIGHT IF SHE WOULD HELP ONE OF MY PEOPLE ON STAFF WITH
SOMETHING BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH AN ASSET AND SHE KNOWS AND HAS A GIFT OF MAKING VERY COMPLEX, SIMPLE SO THAT OTHERS CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THAT IN THESE SITUATIONS. 
          YOUR WORK HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO THE DISTRICT. WE WE ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          YES. MR. EAGER. YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE IS THE WORK 
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THAT MISS MORRIS DOES DOWN IN AUSTIN AND THE ADVOCATING FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR DISTRICT,
AND I YOU KNOW, IN PRIOR CASES, I GOT TO WORK WITH MISS MORRIS DOWN IN AUSTIN. 
          AND JUST SEEING WHEN WE HAD TO GET WHEN WHEN THERE WAS TOUGH TIMES IN THE DISTRICT,
WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME THINGS AND TRYING TO GET FUNDS RELEASED, I GOT TO SEE HER IN ACTION AND GETTING INFLUENCE TO GET FUNDS RELEASED TO HELP OUR KIDS. 
          AND THAT WAS JUST ONE LITTLE SNIPPET OF ALL THIS WORK AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT PEOPLE GET
TO SEE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE AT THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR OF GETTING TO SEE THAT. 
          AND SO YOU WILL BE TRULY MISSED. BUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD BY SO MANY KIDS,
YOU KNOW FOR SO MANY KIDS. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, SELFLESS LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR SO MANY YEARS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THAT WORK. 
          AND THEN TO MISS BRANUM AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT
SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THEY TALK THE TALK. 
          I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAD SOMEBODY THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING,
SOME OF THAT. BUT IT'S HARD TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE AND THEIR ROLES, IT IS A 24 HOUR A DAY JOB. AND TO ADD ANOTHER THING,
NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS, BUT FOR ALL KIDS, THAT IS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THAT HOW WE'RE PROUD AND BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH GREAT
LEADERSHIP NOT ONLY FOR OUR KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT FOR KIDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, MISS MORRIS WILL BE TRULY MISSED. 
          BUT ENJOY THOSE GRANDBABIES. I WILL. I'M GOING TO. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES MRS. RENTERIA. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID,
BUT DEFINITELY WILL MISS YOU. 
          I THINK YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AS MR. EAGER MENTIONED. 
          LIZ YOU AND I GO BACK TO EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND WORKING FOR A STATE
REPRESENTATIVE. 
          YOU WERE ALWAYS, I THINK, TO MISS MEGAN'S POINT. 
          YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME AS WELL TOO. I KNOW WE HELPED EACH OTHER,
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERY CALL THAT THAT YOU TOOK FROM ME, NO MATTER HOW LATE IT WAS OR OR HOW EARLY. BUT AGAIN,
BEING ABLE TO YOU KNOW, HELP ME UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT ALSO IN THE CONNECTIONS AND ALSO IN JUST ALWAYS BEING THERE AND BEING SO
IN TUNED RIGHT, BEING SO IN TUNE TO EVERYTHING THAT THAT RELATED TO THE DISTRICT,
BUT ALSO ON THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL. 
          I WAS SO GRATEFUL FOR JUST, AGAIN, ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS AND AGAIN,
YOUR PATIENCE, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF THIS AND JUST YOUR COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY HAVE A HEART FOR JUST I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE,
WHEN THEY SEE THE ROLE THAT WE HAVE HERE, THERE'S SO MANY COMPONENTS TO IT. RIGHT? YES. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT'S ABOUT OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. BUT THE POLITICS,
RIGHT. 
          THE POLITICS IS OFTEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE,
IT'S TRICKY TO NAVIGATE. 
          AND YOU DO A VERY GRACEFUL AND EXCELLENT JOB WITH IT. 
          AND SO I'M JUST JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND AGAIN,
FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND FOR THE MENTORSHIP. 
          AND SO YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. BUT AS EVERYONE HAS ALREADY STATED,
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. 
          THANK YOU. AND YES, GO HAVE FUN WITH THOSE GRANDBABIES AND SEND US LOTS OF PICTURES. 
          OH, NO PROBLEM. MISS HARRIS. SO ABSOLUTELY DITTO EVERYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE
SAID. 
          BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T SAY I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY MISS YOU. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, ANYONE WHO HAS GONE TO A SPORTING EVENT WITH THIS LADY KNOWS THAT SHE HAS A
MEAN WHISTLE. 
          I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT. [LAUGHTER] SO I WILL ABSOLUTELY MISS THAT. 
          AND I WILL ABSOLUTELY MISS YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. WELL, WELL,
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WHISTLE. 
          I'M TELLING YOU, YOU DO NOT WANT ME. I HAVE CALLED IN SHIPS FROM THE FOG WITH MY WHISTLE,
SO IT'S REALLY ANNOYING. 
          I'M NOT KIDDING EITHER. MRS. MCGOWAN. YOU WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT BEFORE YOU LEAVE
US TONIGHT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          I THINK I'VE ONLY SERVED ONE TERM WITH YOU YOU KNOW,
HERE WITH THE DISTRICT, AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS HAD THAT BLESSED THEY'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SERVE LONGER. BUT YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING AND YOU'VE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND ONE THING I'VE LEARNED ABOUT YOU AND I, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS IS
JUST HOW YOU ARE NONE. 
          YOUR NONPARTISAN ATTITUDE IN THE POLITICS. RIGHT? LIKE, IT'S IT'S GREAT, IT'S AMAZING AND IT'S A TALENT. 
          AND I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOU NEVER,
EVER BROUGHT OR EXERTED YOUR OWN OPINION OF POLITICS IN ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE GIVEN 
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US IN ANY OF THE INFORMATION AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR LEGISLATORS,
NO MATTER WHAT SIDE, WHAT YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WHERE THEIR OPINIONS LAY. 
          YOU WERE TRULY A VERY NEUTRAL PERSON IN ALL OF THAT. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT MOST AND I THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT EXAMPLE,
EVEN FOR ME AS A TRUSTEE. 
          AND THAT'S VERY MUCH PART OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE SHOULD WE SHOULD ALSO MIMIC THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU WILL BE MISSED. AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW. 
          I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT AND HEARD YOU WERE RETIRING. I WAS LIKE,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS. 
          WE'LL KEEP YOU ON THE THREAD. RIGHT? WE'LL KEEP THAT. 
          WE'LL KEEP THAT TEXT THREAD GOING. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO DIVORCE MYSELF FROM THE
WORK COMPLETELY. 
          IT'S YEAH, IT'S PART OF IT, I LOVE IT STILL,
BUT HOPEFULLY WE WON'T. 
          WE WON'T. LET US KNOW WHEN WE CROSS THE LINE. 
          RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I WISH YOU THE BEST AND HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT. 
          AND REACH OUT TO US ANYTIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          YES, MISS PACHECO. ALL RIGHT, LAST ONE. BUT YES,
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU THESE PAST THREE YEARS,
AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE THE INTELLECT BEHIND ALL OF THIS, MAKING THINGS SIMPLE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU SEEM TO NOT TELL US WHAT A BIG ROCK STAR YOU ARE,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME AROUND, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YOU'RE A RICHARDSON TRUSTEE,
LIZ MORRIS. 
          THAT'S THAT'S YOUR LEGISLATIVE LIAISON. AND I'M LIKE,
YEAH. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, SHE'S AMAZING. I MEAN,
I HEARD IT IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES HERE IN AUSTIN AND OTHER PLACES THAT I'M AROUND WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DOING SCHOOL BOARD THINGS. 
          AND I'M JUST LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S OUR ROCK STAR. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT GREAT WORK. 
          I KNOW IT'S GOOD PURPOSE, IT'S MEANINGFUL. AND YOU'VE ACHIEVED TO,
YOU KNOW, TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING IN OUR DISTRICT. SO ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. WE'LL MISS YOU. 
          IF YOU GET BORED, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW,
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. 
          I HAVE YOUR NUMBER. YES. YOU DO. SO BUT YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WISH YOU THE BEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO FINISH. I'M GOING TO LAND THIS. 
          SO I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MAKING PROBABLY SIX,
EIGHT TRIPS, I DON'T KNOW, TO AUSTIN WITH MISS MORRIS OVER THE LAST TWO SESSIONS. 
          MOST OF THE TIME SHE'S TELLING ME I NEED TO GO WITH HER,
AND SHE DRAGS ME AROUND LIKE A, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND THE CAPITOL, AND SHE'S GOT IT ALL PLANNED OUT. 
          AND AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY QUALITY TIME DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN AND,
AND IN THE PRE-PLANNING BEFORE THE SESSION AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          BUT I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO RUN,
I CALLED ONE OF MY BUDDIES WHO WORKED FOR ONE OF THE SENATORS DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN AND TOLD HIM I WAS INTERESTED IN POLITICS. HE SAID,
WELL, WAIT A SECOND IN BEING A POLITICIAN OR WORKING IN POLITICS, BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE THINGS. TO RACHEL'S POINT,
YOU'RE WORKING IN POLITICS AND YOU KNEW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT, AND IT'S NOT A PARTIZAN OPERATION. IT'S UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM AND BEING ABLE TO AFFECT
IT, KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD STRATEGIC THOUGHT PARTNER. AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
LATE NIGHT, YOU'RE TEXTING, HEY, CAN YOU CALL ME WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AND WE CAN TALK THINGS THROUGH
AND KIND OF BOUNCE IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER ON HOW TO ENGAGE AND WHERE WE THINK IT WILL HAVE MORE LEVERAGE. THAT'S BEEN GREAT TO KIND OF HAVE SOMEBODY TO BOUNCE THAT OFF OF AND YOU'VE
GOT A GREAT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. 
          FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, ALL OF HER TRIPS DOWN THERE SHE HAS SAVED THE DISTRICT TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE SHE STAYS AT HER SISTER'S HOUSE EVERY TIME SHE GOES TO AUSTIN. SO YOU ALL NEED TO THANK HER FOR THE FOR THE
ADDITIONAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT SHE'S NOT SPENDING A HOTEL SO. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. SHE'S VERY SHE'S BEEN VERY FINANCIALLY SOUND. 
          SO HOW MANY GRANDKIDS? DO WHAT HOW MANY GRANDKIDS? I WILL HAVE EIGHT IN AUGUST. EIGHT, EIGHT. SO THERE'S THE REASON. 
          THAT'S THE WHY RIGHT HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO FOCUS ON. 
          I SHOULD MENTION MY MOTHER IS ALIVE AND KICKING AND HEALTHY,
AND SHE'S 88, SO I'M ALSO GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER. 
          SO WHICH IS AWESOME. YEAH. AND SHE'S HERE. SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GREAT THINGS. 
          WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR. YOU'RE AN RHS GRADUATE,
SO YOU'RE STILL STAYING FOR THE FRUIT DIDN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE SAID SOME GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. 
          I WILL SAY IN THOSE SIX TRIPS, EIGHT TRIPS I STILL HAVE TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE ELEVATORS
ARE IN THE CAPITAL. 
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SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I CAN CLAIM YOU KNOW,
SOME SORT OF A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          SO. AND THEY'RE HARD. THEY ARE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO FIND THOSE DANG ELEVATORS. 
          IT'S AN ENGINEERING THING YOU'VE GOT. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I KNOW NORTH SOUTH,
EAST WEST THINGS. 
          RIGHT OKAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT. DON'T GO FAR AND HELP US FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT PATH FORWARD. 
          ONCE YOU'RE GONE DO THAT OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS TO CONSIDER GIFTS. 
          [X.B. Consider Gifts]
MS. BRANUM. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET. IT'S OUR FINAL GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR THE 24-25
SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO THANK OUR PTA, OUR PTA,
OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO JUST GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE TO OUR CAMPUSES. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO JUST TRY TO IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          AND WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. AND AS EVIDENCED OF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE OF
GIFTS THIS YEAR OF OVER $78,000 OVER WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. SO, AGAIN, JUST THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT OUR
STUDENTS HAVE THAT WE MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. 
          AND OUR PTA IS JUST THEY'RE INCREDIBLE. SO WITH THAT,
I'VE ASKED MR. PATE TO PRESENT OUR GIFTS FOR THIS FINAL MONTH OF THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THANK YOU, MRS. BRANUM. I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT GIFTS RECEIVED THIS MONTH. 
          WE HAVE SIX GIFTS OVER $5,000 SUBMITTED FOR BOARD APPROVAL. 
          THE SPRING VALLEY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DONATED $18,812 TO AIKEN ELEMENTARY. 
          THE CANYON CREEK ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $5,030.02 TO CANYON TO CANYON CREEK ELEMENTARY. 
          HEB DONATED $25,000 TO CAROLYN BUKER ELEMENTARY. 
          THE LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $40,000 TO LAKE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY. 
          THE NORTHLAKE ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $23,380 TO NORTHLAKE ELEMENTARY. 
          THE WALLACE ELEMENTARY PTA DONATED $5,000 TO WALLACE ELEMENTARY,
FOR A TOTAL OF $117,222.02. AND WE HAVE 24 GIFTS, LESS THAN $5,000 FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO CAMPUSES
ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TOTALING $29,084.66, WHICH ARE SUBMITTED FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION. 
          TOTAL GIFTS THIS MONTH ARE $146,306.68. THANK YOU,
MR. PATE AND WITH THAT, I ASK THE BOARD TO ACCEPT OUR GIFTS OF $5,000 OR MORE AS PRESENTED. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MISS TIMME. THANK YOU. 
          ANY SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GIFTS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS BEYOND WHAT'S BEEN SAID? YES, MISS TIMME. I WOULD JUST SAY, AND I KNOW WE DO THIS EVERY MONTH. 
          AND SO I TRY NOT TO SPEAK ON IT EVERY MONTH,
BUT I WOULD SAY LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS IS NOT JUST THE DISTRICT'S JOB, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY'S JOB. AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER LIKE GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN. 
          AND THE GENEROSITY OF OUR NOT ONLY OUR PTA, OUR BUSINESSES,
INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF'S DOING HERE SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON ANY OF US. AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THAT EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE IT. 
          BUT JUST IN THIS LAST ONE. I WANTED TO VOCALIZE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO DOES SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS THAT WAY. GREAT COMMENT. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. OKAY. ANYBODY NEED A BREAK? WE'RE ABOUT TO RUN INTO SOME MORE BUDGET. OKAY,
LET'S TAKE A QUICK TEN MINUTE BREAK. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS NOW 809, LET'S SAY 810. SO AT 820. 
          LET'S GET STARTED AGAIN ON BUDGET. THANK YOU. 
          BUDGET. HOW MUCH MORE?ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THIS. 
          OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE AGENDA. THE,
THE WE TURN NOW TO OUR ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. 
          [X.C. 2024-2025 Final Year End Amended Budget Status Report]
MISS BRANUM, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD? YES, SIR. I DO ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE FINAL AMENDED BUDGET FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL
YEAR AS PRESENTED. 
          EXCELLENT. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET? OKAY, AND JUST FOR CLARITY, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THIS LATER BASED ON WHAT
WE DETERMINE FROM THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS. 
          [01:50:11]
OH 24-25 EXCUSE ME. YEP. GOOD CALL. I SEE MR. PATE OVER THERE DOING THE HEAD NOD. RIGHT. OKAY,
WELL THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION. WE'VE GOT A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, WELL, CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS ON SUPPORT OF THE MOTION? OKAY, THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION
OF THE 
          [X.D. Consider Adoption of the 2025-2026 Budget]
2025-2026 BUDGETS. MISS BRANUM. YES MR. POTEET ON THIS BUDGET,
YES. 
          I ASSURE YOU WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDED BUDGET AS WE FULLY UNDERSTAND HOUSE
BILL TWO AND ANY OTHER BILLS THAT IMPACT FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND WITH THAT, I DO ASK THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE 2526 BUDGET AS PRESENTED IN THE OFFICIAL
BUDGET DOCUMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ADOPT THIS
PROPOSED 2526 BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AS PRESENTED IN THE OFFICIAL BUDGET
DOCUMENT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU, MR. EAGER. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MS. MCGOWAN. 
          ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED TONIGHT? OKAY. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE ADOPTED THE BUDGET 7 TO 0. WE CAN NOW START THE WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE IN REGARDS TO TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITIONS. 
          [X.F. Nominating Candidate Regina Harris for TASB Board of Directors, Region 10 Position B]
AND I'M GOING TO FLIP THE SEQUENCE HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN ENDORSEMENT
RECOMMENDATION OF OUR OWN MISS REGINA HARRIS. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM TO NOMINATE CANDIDATE REGINA HARRIS FOR THE
TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGION TEN, POSITION B. MISS BRANUM. YES, SIR. 
          IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE CONSIDER NOMINATING
THE ONE AND THE ONLY RICHARDSON ISD'S REGINA HARRIS FOR TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS. REGION TEN POSITION B DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. RENTERÍA. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU,
MR. EAGER. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS RECOMMENDATION,
THIS MOTION? YES MS. RENTERIA. VERY QUICKLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE WHO'S
MORE COMMITTED, WHO'S JUST UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP AND JUST WHO IS ALWAYS HERE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY ELSE WHO CAN DO THIS ROLE,
SO I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD DO WELL. SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS MR. EAGER? AGAIN, SHE WILL DO,
SHE'LL DO US INCREDIBLY PROUD. 
          AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HER HERE IN OUR DISTRICT,
BUT EVEN MORE AT THE AT REGION TEN, BECAUSE SHE CAN CONTINUE HER IMPACT AND INFLUENCE AND HELPING SO MANY KIDS. SO THANK YOU. 
          TOTALLY AGREE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES. MR. MCGOWAN. THANK YOU FOR BLAZING THE TRAIL, AS ALWAYS,
AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU SERVE IN THIS ROLE. 
          EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SEE AH THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION FOR THE ENDORSEMENT PASSES 7 TO 0. 
          [X.E. Nominating Candidate Robert Selders, Jr. for TASB Board of Directors, Region 10 Position A]
SIMILARLY, WE FREQUENTLY AND THIS IS KIND OF ON AN ANNUAL BASIS,
WE GET ASKED TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS TRUSTEES AS THEY PURSUE SIMILAR ROLES IN THE STATE. AND WE'RE DOING THAT FOR TRUSTEE ROBERT SELDERS IN GARLAND ISD THAT
MANY OF US HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ACTION ITEM TO NOMINATE CANDIDATE ROBERT SELLERS,
JUNIOR FOR THE TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REGION TEN POSITION A MISS BRANUM. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. AND YES, WE'VE ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THIS
PHENOMENAL BOARD MEMBER, AND I KNOW WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN THIS ROLE AS WELL. 
          AND AS A RESULT, I DO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONSIDER NOMINATING GARLAND
ISD'S ROBERT SELDERS JR. 
          FOR TASB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, REGION TEN POSITION A THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? SO MOVED. THANK YOU,
MISS PACHECO. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT, MISS HARRIS,
THANK YOU. 
          ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION? OKAY. WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. AND THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM REGARDING AN UPDATE TO THE END OF THE YEAR MAP
RESULTS, 
          [X.G. End of the Year MAP Results]
MISS BRANDON. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO INVITE DR. 
          ORTIZ. AND I ALSO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING PRINCIPALS THAT ARE HERE THIS
EVENING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM TO COME FORWARD AS WELL. 
          SUPER PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE BRING FORWARD OUR MAP RESULTS BOTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND NOW OUR END OF THE YEAR. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO REMIND OUR
COMMUNITY AND REMIND THE BOARD THAT MAP REALLY OUR MAIN FOCUS FOR MAP IS A COMMUNICATION TOOL TO BOTH OUR TEACHERS,
OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS, ALLOWING THEM TO KNOW WHERE DID THEIR STUDENT BEGIN AND WHERE DID THEY
END, AND DID THEY, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM, DID THEY RECEIVE THAT YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH THAT WE
ARE SO COMMITTED TO MAKING? MAP IS NOT A PREDICTOR, A SOLE PREDICTOR OF STAAR. 
          IT IS NOT. IT IS MEANT TO BE A DATA TOOL THAT ALLOW A PARENT TO SEE. 
          THIS IS WHERE MY STUDENTS STARTED, AND HERE'S WHERE THEY'RE FINISHING. AND HERE ARE SOME
KEY AREAS THAT WE CAN BOTH WORK ON AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH TRAJECTORY. WE BECAUSE OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE BOARD AROUND OUR NORTH STAR
GOAL, THIS IS REALLY OUR PRIMARY TOOL THAT WE MEASURE THAT NORTH STAR GOAL. 
          REMEMBER, STAAR IS TAKEN. IT'S A ONE TEST ON ONE DAY. 
          AND OFTENTIMES IF THEY'RE TAKING A SCIENCE TEST OR A SOCIAL STUDIES TEST,
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S NOT A GROWTH ASPECT TO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING IT ONCE AND THEY DON'T TAKE IT AGAIN FOR THREE YEARS. WHEREAS THIS IS A IT'S A DATA SET THAT ALLOWS US
THREE TIMES A YEAR IN LONGITUDINAL YEAR OVER YEAR TO SEE THAT GROWTH TRAJECTORY. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING TONIGHT'S END OF THE YEAR
RESULTS. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK DR. ORTIZ AND HER TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE RESULTS. THANK YOU,
SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM. 
          PRESIDENT POTEET, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THE RESULTS FROM MAP OUR
END OF YEAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, WITH ALL OF OUR ASSESSMENTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE PROVIDING
THAT INFORMATION FOR EVERY TEACHER, EVERY LEADER, AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD IS HAVING THAT FOCUS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
EVERY DAY. 
          THIS ASSESSMENT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON THAT NORTH STAR GOAL,
AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER, AND LEADER MEET OR EXCEED THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOALS. 
          WE PRESENTED THIS GRAPHIC AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE CAMPUSES AND DISTRICT HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON
ANALYZING AND REFLECTING ON DATA. 
          FOCUS ON DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR US TO EVALUATE HOW OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING AND WHAT THINGS WE CAN PROVIDE SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. 
          AND TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MAP ASSESSMENT,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG DATA POINTS THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE USING. 
          AS A SUPERINTENDENT, BRANDON MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN SEPTEMBER,
WE GAVE THAT FIRST ASSESSMENT, USED THAT INFORMATION TO PROGRESS, MONITOR AND TO RESPOND TO THOSE RESULTS IN OUR
INSTRUCTION. 
          MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, JANUARY. THAT'S THE SECOND ASSESSMENT THAT IS GIVEN. 
          AND AGAIN, USING THOSE RESULTS TO BE ABLE TO PROGRESS,
MONITOR AND DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT YEAR'S GROWTH AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH WAS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED IN MAY. 
          THIS IS ALL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THOSE ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS
THAT WE WILL PROBABLY GET IN AUGUST. 
          THE MAP ASSESSMENT. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A MEASURE THAT TRACKS STUDENT GROWTH ACROSS
DIFFERENT YEARS. 
          THEY USE WHAT'S CALLED THE RIT SCALE. IT IS A STABLE SCALE,
VERY SIMILAR TO A RULER. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE AS THE STUDENTS PROGRESS FROM GRADE LEVEL TO GRADE LEVEL,
WE CAN SEE THAT TRAJECTORY. 
          AND WE HAVE A GRAPHIC THERE THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS WHAT OUR PARENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE ON
THEIR STUDENTS RESULTS YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          WHEREVER THEY STARTED FROM, WE GET TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE MAP READING ENGLISH RESULTS. 
          AND FOR THIS REPORT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS FOR FALL 2024 TO THE SPRING OF 2025. 
          THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO SHOW GROWTH WITHIN A YEAR THE READING IN ENGLISH IS
AVAILABLE FROM KINDERGARTEN TO EIGHTH GRADE IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THOSE NATIONAL NORM MEAN RATES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO
US. 
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JUST AS A COMPARISON POINT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD AT EVERY
SINGLE GRADE LEVEL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LOWER GRADE LEVELS,
WE'LL SEE KIND OF A BIGGER INCREASE FROM BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE
EARLY GRADE LEVELS. 
          AND IT'S REFLECTED IN THE NORMS AS WELL. SO YOU SEE THOSE GAPS AS YOU START GETTING TO THE
HIGHER GRADES, IT'S ONLY LIKE A FOUR POINT INCREASE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL NORMS. WHEREAS IN KINDERGARTEN YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT EVEN AT THE NATIONAL
NORM LEVEL. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ACROSS EACH OF THOSE GRADE LEVELS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE THE INFORMATION REPRESENTED FOR OUR STUDENT GROUP PERFORMANCE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE NATIONAL NORMS FOR THESE THEY DON'T PROVIDE THOSE TO US FOR STUDENT GROUPS,
BUT WE STILL WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT TO YOU AND TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          AND IN SOME OF OUR OTHER SPECIALS THAT POPS. SO EXCITED TO SEE OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL,
OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION. 
          WE'RE SEEING THAT GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          WE ALSO WANTED TO PRESENT OUR SPANISH. WE DO HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM
THAT TAKE THE SPANISH MAP ASSESSMENT. 
          AND SO HERE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT GROWTH FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING THAT GROWTH IN SPANISH AS WELL. 
          SO OUR STUDENTS ARE MEETING SOME OF THOSE NATIONAL NORMS. WE DO SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE UPPER GRADES. THERE'S A FEW THAT WERE CLOSE BUT NOT,
YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE THERE. EXCITED ABOUT THIRD GRADE. WE SAW THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT BELOW AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE ABOVE THAT NATIONAL NORM. 
          SO JUST SOME CELEBRATIONS THERE. AND THEN WE MOVE INTO MATHEMATICS. 
          AGAIN, SEEING THE CHANGE BETWEEN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND END OF THE YEAR,
YOU CAN SEE THE NORMS FOR MATH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT FOR MATH,
THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT LITTLE DIP IN EIGHTH GRADE, THAT EIGHTH GRADE GROUP, BECAUSE OF ALGEBRA FOR ALL,
IS ONLY 218 STUDENTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKEN IN ON GRADE LEVEL MATH COURSE. 
          THE REST OF OUR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE INCLUDED IN ALGEBRA ONE BUCKET. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'RE ABOVE THE NATIONAL NORM FOR ALGEBRA ONE. 
          AND THESE ARE EIGHTH GRADERS IN ALGEBRA. SO THAT FOR US WAS REALLY A BIG CELEBRATION. 
          AND THEN AGAIN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION FOR OUR SUBGROUPS BIG,
WE CAN SEE THAT ACROSS THE JUST NOT ALL, NOT ONLY ALL OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED,
OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL OR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. 
          WE SEE THAT GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN
SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR GROWTH COMPARISON FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          WE HAVE MET OUR NATIONAL GROWTH NORMS. WE ARE AT A LITTLE OVER THAT 50%. 
          AND SO THAT PUTS US WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO BE. 
          THAT IS THE EXPECTATION PRESENTED FROM MAP GROWTH,
THAT AT LEAST 50% OF OUR STUDENTS SHOULD BE MEETING THEIR GROWTH GOALS, AND WE'RE THERE. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THAT. 
          AND IF YOU COULD, DR. ORTIZ, JUST AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING AND MAYBE NEW TO MAP, AGAIN, THAT JUST DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE OTHER 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT GROWING. 
          THEY ARE GROWING. HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOK AT MAP SETS,
A PRETTY HIGH TRAJECTORY OF WHERE WE WANT STUDENTS TO GROW, AND IT KIND OF IS BEYOND JUST THAT YEARS OF GROWTH. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY MEASURING THOSE STUDENTS WHO EXCEEDED THAT YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH. 
          SO THIS IS NOT AN INDICATION THAT THE OTHER 50% WERE STACKED. 
          YES. SO BASED ON HOW THEY PERFORM ON THEIR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT,
THEY'RE GIVEN A GOAL LIKE THIS IS YOUR GOAL THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT AS WE VISIT CAMPUSES TO SEE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND I'M SURE OUR PRINCIPALS COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT,
BUT THEY'RE HAVING CONFERENCES WITH STUDENTS, BRINGING PARENTS IN FOR EVENTS TO REALLY GO OVER THEIR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GOALS. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND SO GOING INTO CAMPUS AND SEEING A SECOND GRADER KNOWING WHAT THEIR GOAL IS FOR THE END
OF THE YEAR AND REALLY DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE 50%,
50% ARE NOT GROWING. 
          THE 50% ARE JUST THE ONES THAT MET THAT SURPASS THAT GOAL THAT WAS SET FOR THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS. WE COULD SEE THAT GROWTH JUST INCREASING FROM WHAT WE'VE
SEEN. 
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AND WE HAD A LOT OF CAMPUSES THAT THAT REALLY SHOWED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE REST OF OUR CAMPUSES DIDN'T
HAVE AMAZING GROWTH. BUT WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THAT HAD SOME OUTSTANDING GROWTH IN MATH AND OR RLA FOR BEGINNING OF YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO THEY WERE NAMED EARLIER. SO WE HAVE A FEW ELEMENTARIES CAROLYN BUKHAIR TERRACE,
PRAIRIE CREEK, YALE FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NORTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH. 
          THAT HAD JUST SOME AMAZING GROWTH FOR THEIR MATH. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SUPER PROUD OF IS THAT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT
WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR ARE CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED, AND THEY ARE NOT. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME LIKE WE'RE SEEING OUTSTANDING OUTCOMES. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE SUSTAINING OVER TIME. 
          AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE PRINCIPALS AT THE LAST MEETING,
AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BRING TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU A FEW OF OUR OTHER PRINCIPLES THAT CONTINUE TO AMAZE US WITH THEIR GROWTH. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. VEGA AND THE NEWLY, DR. GREER, UP TO THE PODIUM TO MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE YOUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MAP SCORES OR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS YOU MAKE? HOW ARE YOU SEEING KIDS USE THE DATA? HOW ARE YOUR TEACHERS USING IT? MAYBE JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHY MAP IS
AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT WEST AND AT YALE? ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. 
          I THINK THE BIGGEST THING KIND OF WHAT GINA WAS MENTIONING IS JUST THE SENSE OF OWNERSHIP
AND THE KIDS KNOWING AND THERE BEING AN AWARENESS AND A SERIOUSNESS WITH MAP NOT ONLY THAT AWARENESS WITH OUR STUDENTS,
BUT THAT SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND AWARENESS WITH OUR PARENTS AS WELL. 
          OUR PARENTS KNOW WHEN THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE COMING. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY KNOW HOW SERIOUS WE ARE TAKING IT. 
          ANOTHER THING GINA HAD MENTIONED TOO, IS JUST THE CONFERENCES. 
          THE INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ARE TEACHERS ARE HAVING WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          OUR TEACHERS KNOW OUR KIDS. THEY KNOW THEIR TARGETS. 
          THEY KNOW WHERE THEY NEED TO BE PUSHED. THEY KNOW WHERE THEY STRUGGLE. AND THEY'RE MEETING
REGULARLY WITH THESE STUDENTS TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE HITTING THEIR GOAL. 
          A BIG PIECE OF THIS TOO, IS UTILIZING THAT DATA. 
          AND HOW CAN WE PIVOT AND WHERE CAN WE DIFFERENTIATE OUR INSTRUCTION? BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IF WE HAVE A KID THAT IS PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL ON THE MAP AND
IS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, AND THEY'RE SITTING IN AN ON LEVEL CLASS, WE MAYBE NEED TO LOOK AT MOVING THEM INTO AN
ADVANCED LEVEL COURSE. 
          SO NOT BEING AFRAID TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PARENT,
MAKING SURE THAT STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, BUT LETTING THAT KID KNOW THAT, HEY, YOU'RE CAPABLE OF SO MUCH MORE,
AND HERE'S YOUR GROWTH GOAL. 
          KIND OF OUR NORTH STAR GOAL THERE. AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE THAT
AND TO AND TO GROW YOU? SO AGAIN, THAT SENSE OF AWARENESS, OWNERSHIP,
NOT JUST WITH OUR KIDS, NOT JUST WITH OUR TEACHERS, BUT OUR PARENTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S BIG STUFF FOR WEST. 
          YEAH. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT A LOT OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE TRULY GROUNDED IN
HAVING A POSITIVE CAMPUS CULTURE THAT IS CENTERED AROUND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS AND
WITH STUDENTS. 
          SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HAVE THAT MAP ASSESSMENT,
OUR TEACHERS ARE SITTING DOWN AND CONFERENCING WITH STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, SO STUDENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE,
BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEY START IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, DATA FOLDERS, WRITING DOWN WHAT IS MY GROWTH GOAL FOR THIS YEAR SO THEY KNOW
WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO. 
          AND THEN THAT MOVES US INTO HAVING COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS WHERE TEACHERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE WITH THE STUDENTS COME TOGETHER TO PINPOINT WHAT ARE OUR
AREAS OF STRENGTH AND WHERE ARE AREAS OF GROWTH FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD, NOT JUST AS A WHOLE GROUP, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL
STUDENTS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR GROWTH, WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO BE THROUGH EXTENSION ACTIVITIES TO MAXIMIZE HIGH,
HIGH ACHIEVEMENT, TO PULL IN SOME INTERVENTIONS WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE NEEDING SCAFFOLDS AND OTHER SUPPORTS,
OR THOSE STUDENTS WHO THAT QUALITY TIER ONE INSTRUCTION IS MEETING THEIR NEEDS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT. 
          SO REALLY COMING TOGETHER THROUGH THAT CULTURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERY STUDENT IS
HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THOSE GROWTH GOALS. 
          AWESOME. AND AS A RESULT, OF COURSE, WE HAD TWO YALE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO YALE. 
          SO YEAH, CLEARLY IT'S WORKING. BUT AND MAYBE JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. 
          COULD YOU MAYBE HIGHLIGHT YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF REALLY FOCUSING ON
OUR WORK WITH DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION, THAT OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK, MAYBE. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU,
AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER OF YOUR BUILDING, HOW ARE Y'ALL USING THE MAP DATA TO ALSO IDENTIFY MAYBE WHERE DO WE NEED TO POUR IN SOME
TEACHER SUPPORTS? 
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MAYBE WE'RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, A GROWTH TRAJECTORY IN A CERTAIN CLASS OR IN A CERTAIN
SUBJECT. 
          AND SO HOW IS THAT ALSO HELPING TO INFORM YOU ON HOW YOU NEED TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS AT THE
TEACHER LEVEL? OF COURSE. SO THE MAP DATA IS JUST A TOOL FOR US TO REALLY DIG IN AS A TEAM. 
          AND YOU KNOW, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM LOOKS AT IT SEPARATE FROM,
YOU KNOW, BEING WITH OUR TEACHERS. 
          AND WE LOOK FOR TRENDS. WHAT ARE WE SEEING WITHIN CERTAIN CLASSROOMS? WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR UTILIZATION OF SUPPORT
STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS. 
          AND THAT COULD BE WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES,
OR WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN INTERVENTIONIST ON CAMPUS TO SUPPORT OUR K-2 STUDENTS. 
          BUT THAT COULD ALSO MEAN OUR ADVANCED LEARNING TEACHER. 
          HOW IS SHE SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY? EVEN IN THE CLASSROOMS. SO WE PUSH THAT SUPPORT OUT TO MAXIMIZE MEETING THE NEEDS OF EVERY
CLASSROOM. 
          I'D ECHO THAT AS WELL. AND JUST WITH DDE COMING IN THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR,
IT BEING NEW TO WEST, IT REALLY HELPED TO KIND OF REALIGN OUR FOCUS AND KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE WANTING TO TRULY GO ALL IN AS A CAMPUS AND GENERATE THAT BUY IN KIND OF WHAT MISS GREER SAID. JUST THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUS THAT CONTRIBUTE IN
SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          HOW ARE WE USING THESE DIFFERENT EDUCATORS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE LIVES OF SO MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS? AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN PLC TO TRULY LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE,
OKAY, HEY, MAYBE I'M STRUGGLING TO TEACH THIS CERTAIN TEKS ANTIQUES AND MISS GREER IS JUST CRUSHING IT. JUST CRUSHING IT OVER HERE. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING IT, ETC.? SO I DID WANT TO MENTION TOO FROM, FROM A PARENT STANDPOINT AS WELL. 
          I GOT THREE KIDDOS AT MST AND THE MAP DATA REPORT IS SOMETHING THAT MY WIFE ALWAYS LOOKS
FORWARD TO SEEING BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY AND CONVENIENT TO READ. AND IT TRULY IS FOR A VISUAL LEARNER LIKE MYSELF TO SEE THAT, THAT GRAPH, IT GIVES YOU THE VISUAL, BUT THEN ALSO TO IT GIVES YOU SPECIFIC AREAS ON WHERE
YOUR KID NEEDS TO WORK. 
          AND AGAIN, IT JUST IT GOES WELL WITH HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR KIDS,
THE SAME CONVERSATIONS THAT YOUR TEACHERS ARE HAVING WITH YOUR KIDS. 
          SO AGAIN, IT JUST KIND OF ALIGNS EVERYBODY, CALIBRATES EVERYBODY TO ULTIMATELY ENSURE
EVERY STUDENT, EVERY TEACHER LEADER WILL MEET THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH GOAL. 
          I LOVE THAT THEY KNOW THE NORTH STAR GOAL. IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY I,
THEY'LL BE HERE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR LEADERS ON OUR CAMPUSES. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP OF LEADERS THAN YOU HEARD AT MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO HEAR IS LIKE A CONSISTENT LIKE WE'RE NOT MAKING
BIG PIVOTS OR BIG CHANGES, LIKE THE MAIN THING IS THE MAIN THING. AND WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS AND TIGHTEN THE,
THE WORK THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO ACHIEVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT IMPLEMENTING BIG PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT ABOUT CHANGING BIG RESOURCES. 
          IT'S IT'S REALLY ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHERE EACH AND EVERY STUDENT IS AND THESE INCREDIBLE
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS ADJUSTING TO THAT. 
          SO IF YOU ALL WILL HANG AROUND A SECOND AGAIN,
I CELEBRATE THEM. 
          THEY'RE HERE LATE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT ON DURING SUMMER AS WELL. 
          SO AND MR. VEGA AND DR. GER BOTH ARE ALSO FACILITATING SUMMER SCHOOL. 
          THEY'RE LEADING OUR SUMMER SCHOOL CAMPUSES SO CELEBRATE THEM BIG TIME. 
          DR. ORTIZ, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FINISH, THEIR AMAZING. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO FROM THAT SOME ADDITIONAL NEXT STEPS. 
          SO DEFINITELY THIS ASSESSMENT HELPS US TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR NORTH STAR GOAL AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SHOWING GROWTH FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE DATA, USE IT TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL GROWTH PLANS FOR EACH OF
OUR STUDENTS FOR 25-26. 
          THE PRINCIPALS HAVE ALREADY STARTED THAT WORK. WE HAD AN END OF THE YEAR CONFERENCE,
AND THEY WERE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE TRENDS, THEIR TEACHERS GRADE LEVELS, CERTAIN SUBJECT AREAS THAT THEY KNEW WERE GOING TO NEED A
LITTLE EXTRA LOVE, AND SOME CELEBRATIONS THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. OUR WORK WITH
DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION K-12 WILL CONTINUE. 
          WE'LL HAVE PLCS WHERE THEY'LL GO HAVE THEIR WEEKLY DATA MEETINGS FOR 25,
26 AND A DEEPER FOCUS ON TARGETED INTERVENTION, BUT ALSO ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES, JUST LIKE THE PRINCIPALS MENTIONED,
MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND THAT ALIGNMENT OF SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 25-26,
CONTINUING THAT SHARED OWNERSHIP FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, OUR BEHAVIOR IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEMS AND JUST THAT FOCUS ON OUR THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE
SEEING. 
          AND THAT TAKES EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM FROM OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS,
TECHNOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, OUR ICS, OUR ACADEMIC FACILITATORS, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FOCUSING ON HIGH EXPECTATIONS
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL 
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GROWTH IN ALL AREAS. AND JUST SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS OF ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAP
DATA, AS SUPERINTENDENT BRENNAN MENTIONED, YES, THERE IS A STAR PREDICTOR THAT THAT IS OFFERED
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR
CAMPUSES, AND JUST THE CELEBRATION OF MEETING THAT MAP NORM,
WHERE WE ARE AT OR ABOVE THE 50TH IN BOTH READING AND MATH. 
          AND THAT OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE ON TRACK. 
          THEY'RE SHOWING GROWTH. WE SEE THAT THEY CAN DO THIS IN 25-26 AS WELL. 
          AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SHOWING THAT FULL YEAR OF GROWTH FROM
THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TWO THINGS. ONE, PLEASE KNOW BOARD THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW
OF ANALYZING THESE RESULTS AND WE WILL UPDATE OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES FOR OUR HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS. SO THAT WILL THAT DASHBOARD WILL BE UPDATED AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING
THAT TO YOU. 
          WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THE ANALYSIS OF THAT. THE SECOND THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING
FORWARD IS THAT WHILE HOUSE BILL FOUR, THE ACCOUNTABILITY BILL DID DIE ON THE FLOOR AND THE ANCHOR ASSESSMENT FOR RETHINKING A
NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WAS A THROUGHPUT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS A NATIONALLY NORMED
SYSTEM. 
          AND THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS MAP. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE VALUE OF MAP,
AGAIN IT IS STAR IS A CRITERION REFERENCED TEST THAT IT'S A MEASURING A SPECIFIC TEK A SPECIFIC SKILL WHEREAS MAP IS A NATIONALLY NORMED. 
          THEY DO SERVE TWO DIFFERENT PURPOSES. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE HOPES THAT IF WE CONTINUE THIS WORK AND CONTINUE THIS FOCUS, WHETHER IT'S THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR THE ONE AFTER THAT,
THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT I BELIEVE, YES, WE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT KIND
OF GROWTH. 
          WHERE DID THE KIDS WHERE DID ONE OF OUR STUDENTS START AND WHERE ARE THEY ENDING? AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE HITTING THAT GROWTH? I HOPE ONE DAY THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT MEASURES THAT,
NOT JUST HOW A STUDENT PERFORMS ON ONE DAY, ON ONE TEST. WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS,
FEEDBACK, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. 
          ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS, MS. HARRIS. YEP. JUST REAL QUICK,
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY FOCUS IS JUST STRONG INTO ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR KIDS. 
          AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO APPRECIATE THAT I HEARD HERE IS ONE,
WHEN MR. VEGA STATED THAT HIS WIFE LOOKS FOR THE MATH SCORES BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY ENOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND AND TO READ. 
          AND WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS THAT FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER PARENTS,
IT SHOULD ENCOURAGE THEM AS WELL, TO GO OUT THERE AND READ THEIR MATH SCORES AND ENCOURAGE THEIR STUDENTS TO DO BETTER,
BECAUSE NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M READING, SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM
STATED THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT GROWTH. 
          I LOVE THAT IT'S NOT JUST SPORADIC, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST JUMPED UP AND NOW IT'S
KIND OF GOING BACK DOWN. 
          IT'S CONSISTENT. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THAT CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT OUR YEAR. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I LOVE WHAT I'M
SEEING. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HARRIS. YES, WE'LL START WITH MISS PACHECO AND THEN WE'LL
MOVE OVER TO MISS TIMME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THE STUDENT GROWTH THE
BENCHMARKS THAT ARE BEING MET. 
          AND JUST LIKE TRUSTEE HARRIS SAID, I AM A BIG FAN OF THAT WHOLE MAP. 
          AND THE WAY IT SCORES AND THE WAY IT FOLLOWS THE STUDENT THROUGH THE GRADES,
THROUGH THEIR YEARS THE WAY PARENTS CAN SEE IT, THE WAY THE COMMUNITY SEES IT THAT THE TEACHER CAN SEE THE GAPS AND THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL
CAN, YOU KNOW, DO IT FOR THAT STUDENT. THE PARENTS CAN HELP YOU ALL,
AS CAMPUS LEADERS, PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS, WATCHING THE DATA AS WELL. I'M A BIG FAN. I LOVE THIS. 
          I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE A PART OF IT THEY
HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO THEIR OWN SCORES AND THEIR GROWTH GOALS THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S SO VALUABLE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE AS WELL. 
          JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW I WOULD THINK ALL THE SCHOOLS DO THESE MEETINGS WITH
TEACHER, THE TEACHER PARENT MEETINGS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT HOW TO READ THE MATH SCORES HOW DO WE
COMMUNICATE IT? IF A PARENT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY JUST CAN'T MAKE IT OR NEW PARENTS THAT THEY SAY,
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT HAPPENS? HOW DO WE DO THIS? WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST AND DR. 
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GREER AND MR. VEGA MAY HAVE SOME OTHER COMMENTS AS WELL. 
          I WILL SAY WE HAVE AN AMAZING DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT HAS A PLETHORA OF VIDEOS ON HOW TO
READ THE MATH SCORES. IT REALLY, AS A PARENT, NOT ONLY LIKE,
HERE'S WHAT THIS BOX SAYS, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN INFER FROM IT, BUT ALSO THEN AS A PARENT, WHAT CAN YOU DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING? AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VIDEOS THAT HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MAP REPORTS. 
          WHAT STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT I WE WORK REALLY HARD TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT AFTER
EACH OF THE ASSESSMENT WINDOWS, WE COMMUNICATE THROUGH DISTRICT COMMUNICATION. 
          AND THAT ALSO THAT COMMUNICATION CAN BE USED BY THE CAMPUSES SO THAT PARENTS KNOW,
HEY, THIS IS COMING HOME. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS REPORT. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. 
          AND HERE ARE ALL OF THE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. 
          IF YOU ARE A NEW PARENT, MAYBE YOU MOVE IN IN OCTOBER AND YOUR CHILD'S TAKING IT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN JANUARY. 
          HERE, HERE ARE ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE TO UNDERSTAND
YOUR MAP REPORT. 
          I WILL ALSO TELL YOU WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO WILL SCHEDULE PARENT TEACHER
CONFERENCES. THEY'RE REVIEWED AT ELEMENTARY AT PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE DAY. 
          THAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. 
          I KNOW OUR LEARNER GROWTH CAMPS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT. 
          WELL, I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES. 
          WE DON'T OFFER THEM JUST IN THE FALL. WE MAKE SURE TO DO IT IN THE SPRING AS WELL,
AND WE SCHEDULE THOSE TO BE RIGHT AFTER A MAP WINDOW HAS CLOSED AND WE OFFER TO EVERY SINGLE PARENT. SO WE USE THE DAY PROVIDED IN THE FALL,
BUT WE ALSO BUILD IN TIME IN THE SPRING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS. TEACHERS SIT THERE AND OPEN THEIR COMPUTER AND GO THROUGH IT
VERY STRATEGICALLY SO THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN AND HOW THEY CAN THEN HELP SUPPORT AT HOME,
TOO, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. THAT'S GREAT. SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TOO,
IS JUST KIND OF WHAT MISS BRANUM WAS SAYING. JUST THE UTILIZATION OF OUR NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT EACH WEEK. 
          WE HAVE AN AMAZING RISD INSIDER WHO COLLABORATES WITH WHAT THE DISTRICT IS POSTING. 
          WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH OUR MESSAGE AND OUR TIMELINES. 
          AND THAT'S AGAIN, AWARENESS IS KEY AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR PARENTS ENSURING THAT
THEY KNOW WHAT IS COMING AND PROVIDING THEM WITH A TIMELINE OF THIS IS KIND OF WHEN THIS IS OCCURRING,
WHEN WE'RE SEEING BOY MOAI END OF YEAR. 
          SO JUST THAT CONSISTENCY WITH THE DISTRICT IS HUGE. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. 
          I KNOW YOU ALL COMMUNICATED A LOT. BUT, YOU KNOW,
FOR OUR AUDIENCE TO HEAR AND FOR PARENTS WHO ARE MOVING IN AND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. THEY'RE AWESOME. AND I WILL SAY,
I HEAR OTHER CHILDREN, NOT MY CHILDREN, OTHER CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW,
AND THEY FIND OUT I'M PART OF RISD IN SOME WAY, AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YEAH, I LOOK AT MY MATH SCORES AND I'M SO EXCITED,
AND I GOT MY NAME ON THE BOARD OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE TEACHER IS DOING. 
          SO I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT THE KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PACHECO. OTHER COMMENTS,
MISS TIMME? YEAH, I PROMISE THAT. SORRY, I FORGOT. MR. POTEET,
I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE. 
          JUST KIDDING. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. YEAH. I VOTED FOR YOU. 
          JUST KIDDING. ONLY PLAYING, ONLY PLAYING. NO,
I DIDN'T. 
          I'LL KEEP IT PRETTY SHORT. I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HEARD
THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE EVERYBODY DID IN THE STATE AND IN
EDUCATION WERE REALLY INTO PROFICIENCY AND NOT INTO GROWTH. 
          AND ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE GEARED THEN TO THAT PROFICIENCY. 
          AND ONCE YOU HIT THAT PROFICIENCY, THEN YOU WERE KIND OF DONE. RIGHT. AND OUR NORTH STAR
GOAL CERTAINLY MOVES THAT TO A GROWTH FOR EVERY STUDENT. 
          I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT BEFORE I BELIEVE IT WAS AT OUR LAST MEETING,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ABOUT REALLY ENSURING WHETHER A STUDENT IS BEHIND ON LEVEL OR WHETHER THEY'RE ACCELERATED. 
          THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON THE GROWTH FOR EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS. AND I THINK IT'S EASY
TO SAY IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO DO, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD. YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
GIVING THEM THE TOOLS. 
          I HEARD THEM REFERENCE THINGS THAT ARE NOT QUICK FIXES,
BUT ARE MORE LIKE PHILOSOPHIES OVER TIME, LIKE DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION. THESE CONFERENCES THAT ALLOW THEM NOT TO BE JUST A STUDENT
GROUP, BUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. I CAN ONLY LISTEN. I WAS A PRINCIPAL A LONG TIME AGO,
AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT IT IS TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE PIECES AT ONE TIME. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING IT AND HAVING SUCCESS WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THE YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING,
WE, YOU SAY EVERY STUDENT, RIGHT, EVERY DAY. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE HAVING CONFERENCES LIKE THIS ON A 1 TO 1 LEVEL,
NOT ONLY WITH THE STUDENTS BUT WITH THE TEACHERS, 
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I THINK THAT JUST MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. IT PUTS IT PUTS THE TOOLS AND THE BACKING TO
THAT STATEMENT. 
          SO TO YOU, YOUR STAFF, YOUR PRINCIPALS, YOUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS WHO ENGAGE IN THIS
PROCESS, LIKE I THINK THAT'S A HUGE PIECE. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT AND NOT
GETTING A BUNCH OF QUICK FIX PROGRAMS OR LITTLE PILLS OR THINGS THAT DON'T AREN'T HIGH LEVERAGE AND AREN'T GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OVER TIME. I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. 
          THE OTHER THING IN THE SCORES, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE MATH REALLY STANDS OUT IS A
LOT OF PROGRESS IN THERE. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW WHERE NO ONE REALLY IN THE STATE HAS BEEN MAKING A
LOT OF PROGRESS OR REBOUND IN MATH, AND OURS ARE PRETTY PHENOMENAL IN ALMOST ALL OF THEM. 
          AND SO THAT'S COMMENDABLE. THAT IS NOT A ONE YEAR ISSUE. 
          THAT HAS BEEN A MULTIPLE YEARS OF REALLY GREAT TEACHING,
REALLY STAYING, YOU KNOW, WITH MOVING KIDS FORWARD AT A PACE TO WHERE NOW, OVER TIME, WE'RE SEEING THIS OUTCOME IN THIS REBOUND. 
          I THINK THAT IS WE'VE TALKED TO YOU AND THE STAFF AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE COMMENTED
ON THE SCORES NOT BEING THERE. 
          WE'VE COMMENTED ON WE'RE NOT SEEING WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE JUST ADJUSTED, ADJUSTED, ADJUSTED TO SEE THESE SCORES. 
          I THINK YOU, YOUR TEAM, THE STAFF SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THAT. 
          IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE RAW STAAR SCORES
THAT WE'LL SEE, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE, BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT TRAJECTORY HAPPENING THERE AS WELL. 
          MAPS ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT WE USE. SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          I WANTED TO CLARIFY JUST ONE PIECE ON EIGHTH GRADE. 
          ONLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF LAST MEETING ON
ACCELERATING STUDENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR EIGHTH GRADE SCORES ARE ONLY 218 STUDENTS, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN ALGEBRA ONE BEING,
YOU KNOW, A BIGGER POOL. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? WE ONLY HAVE 218 STUDENTS. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING INTO ALGEBRA ONE,
WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE CHANGE THAT MAKES. 
          YES, MA'AM. SO RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS
ACCESSING HIGHER LEVEL COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOL IS ALGEBRA ONE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A STUDENT'S TRAJECTORY OF MATH COURSES AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL LEVEL, FOR THEM TO REALLY HIT THAT TSI MET STANDARD LEVEL WHERE THEY ARE NOT HAVING TO TAKE A
REMEDIATION COURSE. 
          IN COLLEGE ALGEBRA ONE IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PREDICTORS. 
          AND SO OVER TIME, AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE HAD SOME ROLLER COASTERS AND SOME UPS AND DOWNS. 
          BUT OVER TIME, WE HAVE REALLY BUILT A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ACCESS THAT ALGEBRA
ONE BY EIGHTH GRADE. 
          AND WHAT WE DON'T DO, AND AS EVIDENCED BY THE 218 STUDENTS,
IS WE DO INDIVIDUALIZE THAT. 
          SO WHEN WE KNOW A STUDENT NEEDS MORE TIME, BECAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS ALL PROCESS LEARNING
AND ESPECIALLY MATH AT AND IT TAKES STUDENTS DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          SOME OF THEM MAY STILL BE IN EIGHTH GRADE MATH,
BUT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS WE HAVE AROUND 22-2300 STUDENTS IN EVERY CLASS. SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE 2,100 8TH GRADERS THAT ARE SITTING IN ALGEBRA ONE AND ARE
ACCELERATING TO ALGEBRA ONE, AND IT IS REMOVING A BARRIER. AND I WILL SAY SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT TYPICALLY ARE NOT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING THAT HIGHER LEVEL MATH CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA ONE IN EIGHTH GRADE IS ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS
THOSE COURSES, WHICH IS ALSO SUPPORTING OUR ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES,
OUR DUAL CREDIT COURSES. 
          P-TECH, IBCS. IT REALLY IS A CONTRIBUTOR TO ALL OF THOSE OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE SET AS A
GOAL. 
          AND IT SUPPORTS THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE SOME OF THESE CLASSES WITHOUT THAT
PREREQUISITE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. SO NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW THEM TO ADVANCE IN MATH AT A FASTER RATE,
BUT ALSO TO ACCESS THESE OTHER SCIENCES, SOME OF THESE OTHER COURSES THAT WITHOUT THAT COURSE AT THAT YEAR,
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS. 
          I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT CHANGES THE DEGREE THAT THEY CAN GET AT GRADUATION. 
          SO GIVING OUR KIDS EVERY CHANCE, EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE READY FOR THAT AND
REALLY SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH IT, I THINK MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS THERE. 
          I WILL ALSO SAY FOR A WHILE IN THIS EIGHTH GRADE,
WE WERE NOT SEEING WE WERE SEEING NOT SCORES, CERTAINLY NOT HIGH AS WE WANT THEM TO BE. HOWEVER,
AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST YEARS WE'RE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE THOSE 218 STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING HARD WITH THAT. AND
WE'RE SEEING SOME FRUITS OF THAT LABOR AS WELL. I THINK ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF YEARS AS FAR AS REBOUND IN EDUCATION. 
          AFTER THAT, AND I THINK EVERYBODY WANTED IT IMMEDIATELY,
I DID. 
          I WANTED IT IMMEDIATELY FOR SURE. RIGHT. I THINK EVERYBODY DID. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THIS
WORKS. AND IT'S NOT HOW OUR CHILDREN WORK IN THEIR BRAINS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD. AND WHILE IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS IT,
RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT, WE'RE NOT. THIS IS I THINK WE'RE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT TURN OF THE SHIP. 
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AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT THAT ALL OF THE HARD WORK,
ALL OF THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE PUSHING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I'M SUPER PROUD OF EVERY EDUCATOR IN THIS DISTRICT,
WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM OR SUPPORTING THOSE TEACHERS OR IN THE FRONT STAFF, THE PARENTS WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS THIS. BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE
SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES WE DESIRED. SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MISS TIMME. MS. RENTERÍA. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO COMMENT ON WHAT MISS BRANUM JUST SAID ABOUT JUST THE
GROWTH AND EVEN WITH MISS TIMME. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK FOR ME THAT I ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY IS
BIG FOR ME IS THAT IS THAT PARENT COMPONENT. 
          AND SO TO HEAR EVERYTHING, AS MISS HARRIS SAID,
I THINK THAT AS A PARENT, I KNOW IT'S MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          I MEAN, YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR KIDS SO BAD. AND SO IN DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT I WORK WITH IN
THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAYBE ARE YOUR ENGLISH LEARNERS? THAT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY THEY NEED,
WHERE THEIR STRENGTHS ARE, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING. 
          AND SO I THINK BACK IN MY DAY, IT WAS LIKE YOU'D GET ON FOCUS AND,
YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY. 
          DO YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, MISSING ASSIGNMENT,
DIEGO OR PAULO, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THIS? SO I THINK THAT FOR ME, HEARING YOUR STORY, IT'S LIKE MR. VEGA OR BOTH OF YOU, IT'S TO ME, IT JUST RIGHT AWAY. 
          I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. RIGHT? SO I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT,
BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL THAT YOU'RE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          I COME ACROSS PARENTS THAT I LOVE HEARING, THAT IT'S JUST A VERY NORMAL. 
          AND IT'S A VERY COMMON THING TO TALK ABOUT MAP. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S INTIMIDATING,
RIGHT? IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF SCARY OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I LOVE THAT THE PARENTS ARE INVESTED AND THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT BECAUSE FOR ME,
IT'S NOT ONLY THE GROWTH OF WHAT THE STUDENT IS DOING RIGHT, BUT FOR THE PARENTS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I THINK FOR ME,
I MEAN, I COULD SEE THAT AS I WAS PROGRESSING FROM ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL AS WE DID WITH OUR KIDS. BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT,
MISS BRANUM, THE IMPACT, YOU ALMOST DON'T SEE IT TILL YOU GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND WE SEE EXACTLY WHAT MISS TIMME WAS SAYING. 
          YOU KNOW THAT. THAT'S WHY THESE KIDS ARE TAKING THESE ADVANCED COURSES,
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PROGRESSING AND HAVING SO MUCH SUCCESS. SO I LOVE THE PARENT COMPONENT. I LOVE HEARING ALL THE STORIES, AND I LOVE BEING ON YOUR CAMPUSES,
WHERE I GET TO SEE FIRSTHAND JUST ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND IF I CAN ADD MS. RENTERÍA, I THINK THAT THE POWER IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS WELL IS,
YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN A PARENT LOOKS AT FOCUS AND LOOKS AT A GRADE,
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT IS THAT GRADE REPRESENT, RIGHT? IS THAT CAN I INFER THAT BECAUSE MY CHILD HAS AN 80 THAT THEY'RE LEARNING 80% OF
THE MATERIAL, OR IS IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TROUBLE TURNING IN ALL THEIR HOMEWORK AND ON TIME? OR MAYBE THEY'RE NOT A GREAT TEST TAKER ON A ON A GIVEN DAY WHERE I THINK WHAT MATH ALLOWS
ALL OF US TO DO IS TO REALLY KNOW WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE SKILL LEVEL OF MY STUDENTS EXACTLY? SO I OFTEN WILL HAVE PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS TO MR. VEGA'S POINT OF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO MAY BE IN A GRADE IS NOT DOING WELL. 
          MAYBE THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A LOWER GRADE, BUT THEIR MATH SCORES SHOW THAT,
OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE CAPABLE OF THIS. 
          AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN MAYBE WE WOULDN'T. OH WELL,
MAYBE HE'S JUST GETTING C'S. 
          WELL NO, NO, NO. HE LIKE THE C'S MAY BE A BEHAVIOR NOT WHAT HE ACTUALLY KNOWS AND CAN DO. 
          AND SO IT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          NOT THAT MR. POTEET THAT LIKE BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION AND AGAIN, EVEN MOVING STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT COURSES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT ABILITY IS THERE. 
          RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WAS, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO MAKE IN THE SENSE THAT I JUST LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK FOR A LOT
OF TIMES FOR PARENTS ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW, IT DOES SEEM SCARY, RIGHT? AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT YOU DO SEEK OUT AND SAY,
I THINK YOU'RE CAPABLE OF SO MUCH MORE. 
          BUT EVEN FOR THE PARENT, IT'S LIKE, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE ON THE A HONOR ROLL. 
          YOU KNOW, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE MAKING STRAIGHT A'S. 
          BUT IT'S LIKE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW CHALLENGING THAT STUDENT,
RIGHT? AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM ADVANCE. SO ONE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE WAS I JUST
WONDERED, AND YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS, BUT THESE END OF THE YEAR MATH SCORES,
DOES IT REFLECT IN ANY WAY LIKE WHAT THE PRIMARY SCORES FOR STAR WOULD BE LIKE? I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, AS PARENTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
SO WE HAVE THESE GREAT, YOU KNOW, GROWTHS AND I MEAN GROWTHS IN THE MAP. 
          HOW DOES THAT REALLY WORK WITH STAAR? AND AGAIN,
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE GOING TO I SAY UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE STAAR. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK TOGETHER. 
          HOW DOES THAT PARTNER. OKAY. SO MAP DOES PROVIDE US LIKE A STAAR PREDICTOR. 
          BY THE TIME THEY TAKE THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN STAR. 
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SO IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE AFTER THE STAAR ASSESSMENT. 
          BUT THE, THE STAR PREDICTORS THAT ARE PROVIDED,
THEY RELINK THEM EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          IT'S BASED ON A GROUP OF IT'S NOT ALL THE SCORES FROM ALL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO IT'S JUST ONE REPRESENTATION. WE HAD NEW LINKING STUDY THAT WE RECEIVED LAST SUMMER,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO RENORM THE ASSESSMENT. 
          SO WE'LL GET A NEW LINKING STUDY. SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT REALLY WE'RE USING MAP FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PURPOSE. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE DIRECTLY RELATED. IT'S MORE TO HELP US WITH THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL
DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS GROWING AND BEING ABLE TO MONITOR THAT? FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AND LIKE
MISS BRANUM SAID, STAAR IS JUST ON ONE DAY. SO IT'S JUST AND IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ASSESSMENT. 
          THIS ONE IS NORMED WITH THE NATION. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL ABOUT
SOME OF THE DATA POINTS THAT WE GET. 
          WHEREAS THE STAAR IS JUST FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS,
IT'S A CRITERION TEST. 
          SO IT'S REALLY LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO MEET THIS STANDARD TO GET A PASSING SCORE. 
          AND THIS ONE GIVES US JUST AN OVERALL PROFILE OF HOW WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          AND REALLY THAT JOURNEY FOR OUR STUDENTS. RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YOU KNOW, AS MISS BRANUM MENTIONED,
YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE THAT WITH THE STAR, IT'S JUST A ONE TIME PROFICIENCY, RIGHT? AND I THINK WHAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS IS
LIKE, IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING AND IT'S SO HURTFUL FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY JUST DIDN'T
MEET THAT MARK. 
          BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THEY DIDN'T GROW. IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE
LEARNING. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT'S FOR PARENTS TO SEE BOTH OF THESE. BUT I THINK IT'S AWESOME, AGAIN, THAT HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT LEADING UP TO MAP,
I THINK AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS THAT YOU ALLEVIATE THAT ANXIETY. 
          RIGHT. THERE'S THIS ONE TIME TEST AND YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO MAKE IT OR YOU'RE NOT. 
          AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH PRESSURE. I REMEMBER MY MY OWN CHILDREN FEELING THAT WAY. 
          SO I THINK THAT THE CONFIDENCE OF HAVING THIS MAP,
OF KNOWING THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, THEIR PARENTS KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND SO I THINK THAT
GETTING THEM ALMOST READY, RIGHT, FOR THAT STAR. AND, YOU KNOW, AS I USED TO TELL MY KIDS,
THIS ONE TIME TEST DOES NOT IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE. 
          IT DOES NOT SAY WHO YOU ARE AS A STUDENT AND AS A LEARNER. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAVING THESE MAPS IS GREAT. 
          AGAIN, THAT RELATIONSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THIS AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT ALL OF
YOU DO, ALL THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I THINK WE'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU KNOW,
THE NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU. YES MISS MCGOWAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR THESE NUMBERS. 
          THEY ARE JUST THEY'RE INSPIRING AND EXCITING. 
          AND I AM A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOM. I HAVE A SECOND GRADER GOING RISING SECOND GRADER. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MATH SCORES A LOT. RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A REALLY GREAT YEAR TO SHARE WITH OTHER PARENTS THAT ARE NEWER
PARENTS IN THE SCHOOL. 
          WHAT THIS MEANS BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T KNOW,
RIGHT. 
          THEY'RE JUST LEARNING. SO WHEN YOU SHOWED ON THE SCREEN WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TEACHING THE
PRINCIPLES AND WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS SUMMER AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO OVER THE MAP THEMES AND SCORES WITH THE,
YOU KNOW, WITH THE TEACHERS AND HELPING TEACHERS WITH THEIR CONFERENCES. 
          THAT IS HUGE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENTS. 
          SO I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THAT. I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          AND THE SCORES ARE TELLING THE STORY RIGHT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. 
          I ALSO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL KID, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT PEERS,
MY LITTLE ONE, WHEN I LOOK AT HER SCORES, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT HER AND EVALUATING HER AS A KID,
I'M LIKE I JUST WANT TO SEE MATH. 
          LIKE, I REALLY JUST WANT TO SEE MAP. I DON'T CARE WHAT FOCUS SAYS. RIGHT? BUT WHEN I LOOK AT MY RISING 12TH GRADER, I'M LOOKING AT HIS GRADES. 
          I'M LOOKING AT WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT KIND OF STUDENT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU
PRODUCING IN THE CLASSROOM? SO I LOOK AT THEM TOTALLY DIFFERENT. AND FOR MY OLDEST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID WITH HER. I THAT WAS THE TRIAL KID. 
          WHICH. RIGHT I AM LEARNING. OKAY, SO I HAVE LEARNED WITH THE MIDDLE RIGHT. 
          AND SO WITH THE BUT WITH THE LITTLEST ONE. NOW I'M MORE EDUCATED AND I GET IT RIGHT. 
          AND SO I'M TRYING TO HELP OTHER PARENTS THAT ARE NEW AND YOUNGER. AND SO IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THAT PRINCIPAL PIECE IS IN THERE TO HELP US, BECAUSE YOU ONLY GET THAT ONE CHANCE WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, IS OUR MAP PIECE BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FUN TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER. 
          IF I COULD JUST GO BACK TO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND GOING BACK TO STAAR VERSUS MAP TWO, I JUST I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO MENTION
THAT MAP. 
          AGAIN, IT'S A NATIONALLY NORMED ASSESSMENT. SO WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW
ARE WE DOING COMPARED TO A LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPETE WITH WHEN THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET INTO THAT COLLEGE, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GO OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE. I WANT TO REMIND US THAT STAAR, WHETHER IT'S A PASSING RATE,
A SCALE SCORE, THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT IS DETERMINED SOMEWHAT ARBITRARILY EVERY YEAR 
          [02:40:04]
BY THE COMMISSIONER, WE WRITE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL AFTER THE TEST IS TAKEN HOW
MANY QUESTIONS THE STUDENT HAS TO GET RIGHT IN ORDER TO HIT THAT APPROACHES, MEETS OR MASTERS. I MEAN, IT'S THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF
COMPLEXITY TO STAR AND TO REALLY KNOWING WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A STUDENT. 
          WHEREAS MATH THERE IS NO LIKE IT'S NATIONALLY NORMED. 
          WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE KNOW WHERE THE KIDS ARE. 
          WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GROW THEM. SO AGAIN,
PLEASE, NO I'M NOT. 
          WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO STAR. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT IS AN OUTCOME THAT OUR COMMUNITY
LOOKS TO US AS WELL. 
          BUT IT IS NOT AS IT IS NOT. IT IS NOT MAYBE AS SIMPLE AS WHAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE TRY TO COMMUNICATE IN TERMS OF THE A3F ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALL OF THAT. 
          SO. RIGHT. AND I AGREE LIKE I THINK AT THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL,
WHEN YOU'RE TAKING STAAR, RIGHT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY SHOWS US BEHAVIORAL ISSUES,
WHETHER THEY'RE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES RIGHT. 
          STAAR DOES NOT DO THAT FOR ME JUST AS A PARENT. 
          BUT AT THAT YOUNGER AGE, THAT MAP, IT'S EVERYTHING. 
          SO AND IT'S GREAT WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND I WILL JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS AND TO
WHAT MISS TIMME MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENT, ONE OF THE QUESTION MARKS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE IS, IS MY CHILD GROWING? AND I'M SORRY, STAAR IS NOT A MEASURE OF IF I'M A HIGH ACHIEVING
STUDENT AND I'M GOING TO I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT STAAR. 
          I'M GOING TO PASS STAAR. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'LL EVEN HIT MASTER'S ON STAAR. 
          IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO KNOW AS A PARENT, IS MY CHILD HAVING THAT YEARS WORTH OF GROWTH AS
WELL? AND MAP IS ONE OF THOSE FEW TOOLS THAT REALLY DOES HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE,
HOLDS OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS, ACCOUNTABLE TO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT GROWING. 
          AND IF THEY'RE NOT GROWING, THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK AND TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO DIFFERENTLY. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE SUPPORTING A TEACHER. IT MIGHT BE GROUPING DIFFERENTLY,
IT MIGHT BE PROVIDING DIFFERENT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          BUT IT REALLY IS START AS I'M SORRY IT DOESN'T TELL US THAT. 
          BUT MAP DOES AND I THINK THAT IS THE GREATEST REASSURANCE AND THE GREATEST TOOL THAT WE
CAN GIVE TO EVERY SINGLE PARENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          THE ONE THERE'S VERY LITTLE TO ADD, BUT I DID. 
          THERE WAS A WORD THAT YOU ALL USED THAT I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING. 
          IT WAS CULTURE. AND YOU'RE BUILDING THIS CULTURE WITHIN THE CAMPUS. 
          AND THE STAAR IS THE STAAR, DANG IT! THE MAP IS A TOOL OF THAT CULTURE AND THE GROWTH AND
THE NORTH STAR GOAL. 
          IT'S ALL LINKED TOGETHER. THIS IS ALL BY DESIGN,
RIGHT? BUT WHAT'S CRITICAL TO AFFECT THAT CULTURE IS HAVING THE RIGHT LEADERS IN PLACE TO LEAD IN
THAT BUILDING. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, BRAVO TO YOU TWO SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT MANY OTHER LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE DOING SIMILAR WITHIN THEIR
BUILDINGS. 
          AND THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE LEADERS THAT CAN AFFECT THAT CULTURE IN
THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION,
MR. ORTIZ. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN INFORMATION ITEM TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON INTRUDER AUDIT. 
          [X.H. Intruder Audit]
MISS BRANUM. THAT'S RIGHT. MISS HAYES. GOOD EVENING,
BOARD. 
          TONIGHT I BRING YOU THE LAST INTRUDER. I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS ALL NIGHT. 
          FOR 24-25, ONE OF OUR LAST SCHOOLS TO BE AUDITED WAS LIBERTY JUNIOR HIGH. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THEIR PAPERWORK IN ORDER. AND SO WE HAD A FINDING. 
          SO I NEED TO REPORT TO YOU ALL. WE'VE DONE OUR TRAINING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          WE'VE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR WHAT HAS TO BE RECORDED AND KEPT FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS FINDING? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MISS HAYES. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. 
          MR. POTEET, CAN I NOT ABOUT THIS, CAN I ADD SOMETHING BEFORE YOU CLOSE OUT? YOU BET. THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I KNOW JUST SUPER QUICK THAT IT
IS PRETTY COOL THAT WE HAVE AN ALUMNI STUDENT, CASON WALLACE, WHO'S STARTING IN THE NBA FINALS TONIGHT FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. 
          AND HE'S MAKING SUCH A DIFFERENCE. AND I JUST THINK LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
VERY FEW PEOPLE GET TO DO. 
          AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED AND CELEBRATED THAT. I THINK
IT'S PRETTY COOL. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS? WE DO. IT IS 77 TO 66. 
          THE OKC THUNDER, GAME ONE. EXCELLENT. CASON HAS FOUR POINTS. 
          GREAT POINT. ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO RISD, ALL FOUR POINTS. 
          SO THANK YOU. THAT IS HUGE. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. 
          [02:45:04]
WITH THAT ANY OTHER ITEMS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? OKAY. I WANT TO THANK STAFF. I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TONIGHT. 
          THANK SUPERINTENDENT BRANUM AND EVERYBODY THAT REMAINED WITH US TONIGHT ACTIVELY. 
          THANK YOU FOR PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT SPOKE TONIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:13 P.M. 
          ON JUNE 5TH, 2025. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.