Aug 20, 2026 Called Meeting / Work Session

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE AUGUST WORK SESSION MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M CHRIS POTEET, BOARD PRESIDENT. MS. HARRIS AND MS. TIMMY WILL NOT BE JOINING US TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESIDENT AND THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:01 P.M. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BOARD MANAGER, VIRI GUTIERREZ, IS DOWN IN AUSTIN MOVING HER SON INTO COLLEGE. SO EMILY, HER DAUGHTER AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH.

SO LIKE I SAID, MOVING HER DAUGHTER INTO COLLEGE. AND SO WE WELCOME EMILY FOR BACKFILLING AND WE'LL MAKE IT EASY ON YOU. SO THANKS FOR HELPING US OUT TONIGHT. SO SINCE WE STARTED

[II. PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION ]

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME OUR VISITORS.

DURING TODAY'S MEETING, SPEAKERS MAY COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS. ONLY. 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 ON THE SIDE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

EWAN BLACKMAN.

GOOD EVENING BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM, PRESIDENT POTEET AND ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES. I RISE TODAY TO TALK ON TIA, WHICH WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT QUOTE PRESIDENT SNOW FROM THE HUNGER GAMES, WHO SAID THAT HOPE IS A VERY EFFECTIVE THING, BUT A LOT OF HOPE IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING.

SOME TEACHERS MAKE GOOD MONEY ON TIA, ABOUT 11,000 AVERAGE LAST YEAR, 750 MILLION.

GOOD MONEY, BUT THAT'S 17% OF THE TEACHERS. VAST MAJORITIES OF COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS DON'T GET IT.

AFTER YEARS OF EXPANDING, RISD ONLY HAS 7% OF THE TEACHERS DESIGNATED WITH TIA. I CHECKED IN WITH A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY. TEN OF THEIR TEACHERS ARE GETTING TIA OUT OF 40.

SO, IT NEVER REACHES EVERYONE. IT CREATES A TWO-CLASS SYSTEM.

THE FEW WHO GETS THE CHECKS AND THE MANY WHO DON'T. THE REAL COST IS THAT THE POT REWARDS RELATIVE RANKING, NOT EVEN ACTUAL COMPETENCE, WHICH IS WHAT IT SEEKS OUT TO DO.

SO TEACHERS SHARING A GREAT LESSON OR ACTIVITY, WELL, THEY'RE KIND OF HANDING OVER A SHOT AT THE MONEY TO THEIR COLLEAGUE. MAYBE AT THEIR DETRIMENT, MAYBE NOT.

BUT IT TAKES AWAY THAT COLLEGIALITY, THAT COLLEGIAL...

SHARING OF IDEAS. HOW DO WE TEACH OUR KIDS? HOW DO WE REACH THEM? HEY, I'VE GOT THIS KID WHO'S HAVING DIFFICULTY.

WELL, NOW THE TEACHER'S GOING TO BE MORE INVOLVED AND SAY, WELL, I CAN'T REALLY HELP YOU WITH THAT. THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT MY MONEY. BECAUSE IT'S A RANK STACK, OR RANK STANK, IF YOU LIKE. SO, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, HE WAVES AROUND THESE $100 CHECK IDEAS.

$100,000, $100,000. WELL, THAT'S KIND OF TOXIC IF YOU ASK ME.

BECAUSE THE IMPLICATION IS, IF YOU'RE NOT MAKING $100,000, HEY, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

YOU'RE NOT A GOOD TEACHER.

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT MAKING $100,000. AND IT GIVES OUR MIDDLE MANAGEMENT FOLKS, THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING THOSE 120, 140 THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECKS, AN OUT BECAUSE NO LONGER CAN WE SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? TEACHERS AREN'T PAID ENOUGH. ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE REST OF THEM? AND I KNOW THEY'LL COME WITH METRICS AND NUMBERS AND ON AND ON. AND WE WENT FROM 1.2 TO 2.4 MILLION IN A YEAR.

WE EXPANDED FROM 12 SCHOOLS TO, I THINK, 30, 28 NOW. SO I GET ALL THAT.

BUT CURRENT VETERANS ARE MAKING CLOSE TO 85 NOW IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH RISD FOR 25 YEARS PLUS.

SO THAT $100,000 CHECK IS NOT QUITE THE FLEX THAT WE THINK IT IS. TEACHERS DESERVE TO BE PAID MORE, BUT THE STATE'S GOING TO POINT TO A FEW BIG WINNERS AND SAY, SEE, WE'RE DOING OUR PART.

WE'VE SEEN THE GAINS THAT THEY PLAY IN AUSTIN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM AT THIS TABLE MANY TIMES, MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. SO WE COULD TAKE THE $750 MILLION, WE COULD SCALE IT UP TO ABOUT $4 BILLION, AND I'LL REMIND YOU $30 BILLION WAS WHAT THE STATE HAD FREE LAST TIME, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY GIVE THE TEACHERS A REAL RAISE. TEACHERS DON'T WANT TO BE IN HUNGER GAMES. THEY WANT RESPECT AND THEY WANT REAL RAISES, NOT THE FEW. AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU TO MR. PATE. I WAS REMISS LAUGHING, SO... A GREAT GENTLEMAN. I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM MANY TIMES AS CFO AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE,

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THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH OUR TAXES. AND THANK YOU, AND GOOD NIGHT.

MR. POTEET, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. PACHECO. THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. OUR

[III.A. Bond 2025: Middle Schools Project Update]

YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT BEGINNING TO IMPLEMENT BOND 25, HAVING SIX MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE ARE LEADING AND MANAGING ALL AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW WHAT A SIGNIFICANT LIFT THAT IS, AND I JUST WANT TO AND CAN MEND OUR FACILITIES TEAM.

FOR WHAT AN AMAZING JOB THEY DID IN ENSURING WE WERE READY FOR DAY ONE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE ALL DISPLAYED, OUR COACHES WHO ARE HAVING TO TAKE THEIR ATHLETES OFF SITE, JUST EVERYONE REALLY HAS BEEN ALL IN IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE END OUR KIDS HAVE THE MOST POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR JUNIOR HIGH AS POSSIBLE. SO JUST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RECOGNITION IS DESERVED BY ALL. WE HAVE COMMITTED THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD THAT WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED AS WE GO THROUGH EACH MAJOR MILESTONE.

NOW THAT WE FEEL LIKE CONSTRUCTION REALLY NOW IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WE HAVE STARTED SCHOOL, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, ANY MAYBE UNKNOWN OBSTACLES THAT WE ORIGINALLY DIDN'T PROJECT, BUT NOW WE MAYBE ARE ENCOUNTERING WHERE WE ARE WITH TIMELINE, ETC.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM.

THANK YOU MRS. BRANHAM.

BOARD, GOOD EVENING. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU NOW.

AS MRS. BRANHAM SAID, IT'S VERY REAL. WE'VE TURNED DIRT AND WE'RE BUILDING BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT GOES WITH CONSTRUCTION. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MRS. BRANHAM SAID AS FAR AS REALLY CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, THE RESILIENCY AND THEIR FLEXIBILITY IN GETTING A SCHOOL YEAR STARTED WITH THE TEMPORARY CONDITIONS THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE FACING. WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE AND BETTER RESULTS SO WE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CELEBRATE THEM SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I THINK LEE'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE TAKES OVER GOOD EVENING BOARD GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT BRANA I WANT TO GO THROUGH AND SAY THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE SUMMERS THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SO KIND OF CRAZY TO THINK TWO MORE SUMMERS LEFT AND WE WILL HAVE SIX AMAZING MIDDLE SCHOOLS SO I'LL START THE PRESENTATION BY GOING THROUGH A DIAGRAM SEE VERY FREQUENTLY AS WE GET A CADENCE PRESENTING SOME UPDATES ON MILESTONES ON THESE PROJECTS.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE UP FRONT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL SAW WHEN WE PRESENTED BACK IN MAY. EACH OF THESE LITTLE SQUARES INDICATE A SEMESTER FROM SUMMER OF 26 AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST OF 28. SO AS WE PRESENT TO THE BOARD UPDATES AND THE COMMUNITY ON THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS, EACH ONE OF THOSE STICKERS WILL START TO HIGHLIGHT BASED ON WHAT SEMESTER WE ARE ON. SO FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH OKAY WHAT'S HAPPENING FALL OF 26, WHAT GOT COMPLETED SUMMER OF 26, AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD I'LL SHOW CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS AND WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS YOU'LL START TO SEE THIS BUILDING KIND OF BUILD. ALL SIX OF THEM START TO BUILD, YOU'LL START TO SEE FINISHES AS WE GET LATER INTO CONSTRUCTION. SO STARTING OFF WITH LIBERTY I WANT TO GO THROUGH AND THE DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO WALK THROUGH WHAT ALL THE COLORS MEAN, WHAT ALL THE LINE WEIGHTS MEAN, BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE CONSISTENT FOR ALL SIX OF THEM.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT, IT'S THE SITE PLAN OF LIBERTY, BUT ALL THE DIAGRAMS WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR AS IN THE BLUE LINES WITH THE CIRCLES THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING THE GREEN ARROWS ARE GOING TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES ON ALL THE ON THE PROJECT SITES THE BLUE RECTANGLE IS GOING TO BE WHERE ALL THE JOB TRAILERS ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AND THEN THE OUTLINE OF RED IS GOING TO BE WHERE THE NEW BUILDING SITS FOR EACH OF THE SITES SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THOSE COLORS WILL BE CONSISTENT ON ALL SIX OF THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS SO LOOKING AT LIBERTY'S SITE PLAN.

CONSTRUCTION, FENCING, AND MOBILIZATION IS COMPLETE.

YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH ANY ANY OF THESE SITES AND SEE ALL THE FENCING UP. THE EXISTING BUS LOOP AND FRONT DRIVE REMAINED OPENED. THE TEMPORARY PARKING SPACES WERE COMPLETE FOR THE SITE AND THEN THE NEW BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE FALL OF 26 SEMESTER.

AND THEN JUST TO GIVE SOME IMAGES, I WANTED TO SHOW SOME AERIAL IMAGES BECAUSE THAT REALLY GIVES A SENSE OF SCALE ON HOW BIG THESE PROJECTS ARE.

SO THE TOP IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE EAST VIEW OF FOREST RIDGE AND THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE NORTH VIEW OF LAWLER. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE IMAGE ON THE TOP IS THE SOUTH VIEW OF BENCHBURY. AND THEN THE IMAGE BELOW IS THE WEST VIEW OF WHISPERING HILL.

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THE AREAS IN GREEN ON THE SOUTH HERE ARE THE PORTABLES THAT WERE COMPLETE AND THE AREA IN GREEN THAT HAS THE RED DASH IS THE TEMPORARY ADMIN. SO SUMMER OF 26 ALL THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING WAS COMPLETE. THE PORTABLES AND COVERED WALKWAY WERE COMPLETE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION SUITE WAS COMPLETE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THAT RED DASH. THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING IS ONGOING, THAT AREA IN RED, AND THEN ALSO THE NEW ACADEMIC WING ON THE NORTH PART WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE FALL 2026 SEMESTER.

A COUPLE OF IMAGES AS WELL.

THE IMAGE ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S AN AERIAL VIEW FROM APOLLO ROAD. AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING AT AN AERIAL TO GIVE A SENSE OF SCALE ON HOW BIG THESE PROJECTS REALLY ARE.

THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS PANTHER VILLAGE, WHICH IS THOSE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. THE IMAGE ON THE TOP RIGHT IS ANOTHER IMAGE INSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM OF PANTHER VILLAGE. AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE IS AN AERIAL VIEW FROM AMHERST. IF I CAN JUST ADD, LEE, THAT PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT CORNER IS PRIOR TO TEACHERS MOVING IN.

SO IF YOU WALKED INTO ANY OF THESE CLASSROOMS, IT WOULD LOOK JUST LIKE IT WOULD IF THEY WERE STILL IN THEIR NORMAL BUILDING. THEY HAVE THEIR POSTERS, THEIR ANCHOR CHARTS. IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A CLASSROOM THAT... WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN ANY OF OUR NORMAL BUILDINGS. YES, A LOT OF THESE IMAGES ARE FROM PROBABLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS AGO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

OKAY, LOOKING AT PARK HILL.

AGAIN, THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING IS IN GREEN, OR IS IN BLUE.

THE JOB TRAILER IS IN THAT BLUE RECTANGLE. THE OUTLINE OF THE NEW BUILDING IS THAT DASHED RED LINE AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES ARE THE GREEN ARROWS. SO THIS SUMMER, CONSTRUCTION FENCING WAS COMPLETE. TEMPORARY PARKING WAS COMPLETED FOR SCHOOL. THE BUS LOOP REMAINED OPEN. A DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SMALL GYM, WHICH IS THAT RED SQUARE AT THE TOP, THAT IS ONGOING.

THE EXISTING BUILDING WILL REMAIN OCCUPIED FOR THE SCHOOL SEMESTER, AND THEN UNDERGROUND UTILITIES FOR THE NEW BUILDING ARE UNDERGOING.

AGAIN, SOME IMAGES OF PARK HILL FROM AN AERIAL VIEW. THAT TOP LEFT IS AN AERIAL VIEW FROM LAMANGA, AND THE BELOW IMAGE IS AN AERIAL VIEW FROM BRENTFIELD.

ON THE RIGHT, THE TOP IS AN AERIAL VIEW FROM LAMANGA AND ON THE BOTTOM IS AN AERIAL VIEW FROM MEADOW CREEK.

RICHARDSON NORTH, WHICH WAS AN ADDITION RENOVATION PROJECT.

SO CONSTRUCTION FENCING COMPLETE, PORTABLES AND COVERED WALKWAYS WERE COMPLETE FOR SCHOOL. DEMOLITION OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETE.

THE AREAS IN RED ARE RENOVATING OF THE EXISTING. IT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING FOR THIS FALL SEMESTER. AND THEN THE NEW ACADEMIC WING, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE RED SQUARE AT THE TOP, THAT IS GOING TO BE ONGOING FOR THIS FALL 2026 SEMESTER AS WELL.

A COUPLE OF IMAGES THAT TOP LEFT IMAGE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT IMAGE IS THE SOUTH CLASSROOM DEMOLITION. SO PRETTY COOL TO SEE THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOU KNOW THESE BUILDINGS ARE GETTING DEMOED RIGHT NOW. THE TOP RIGHT IMAGE IS THE PORTABLE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS AND AGAIN TO GIVE ANOTHER SENSE OF SCALE THAT BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE IS A NORTHWEST AERIAL VIEW FROM NORTH FLOYD.

OKAY, WESTWOOD. FOR WESTWOOD, OUR CONSTRUCTION, FENCING, AND MOBILIZATION IS COMPLETE.

THE EXISTING FRONT DRIVE REMAINED OPENED. WE CONSTRUCTED A TEMPORARY FIRE LANE THAT RUNS DIAGONAL THROUGH THE SITE, AND THEN THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN RED, THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THIS FALL 2026 SEMESTER, WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING REMAINING AS IS.

A COUPLE IMAGES AS WELL. THE LEFT TOP IMAGE IS SOME SOIL CONDITIONING THAT'S HAPPENING ON SITE. THAT BOTTOM LEFT IMAGE IS THAT FIRE LANE THAT'S COMPLETE. THE TOP RIGHT IMAGE IS ONGOING EXCAVATION OF THE BASEMENT AND THEN THE BELOW IMAGE IS THE EAST AERIAL VIEW AT THE ALLEYWAY.

OKAY AND LASTLY RICHARDSON WEST. THE CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND MOBILIZATION WAS ALSO COMPLETE. EXISTING FRONT AND EAST DRIVE REMAINED OPENED.

THE RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD DEMOLITION IS COMPLETE. AND THE IMAGE THAT YOU SEE IN THE RED SQUARE, THAT IS THE NEW BUILDING CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

A COUPLE IMAGES OF THIS SITE.

THE TOP LEFT IS MOISTURE CONDITIONING OF THE SITE AND BELOW IS THE SOUTHWEST AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE AT DOGWOOD.

THAT TOP IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS THE SOUTHWEST AERIAL VIEW AT DOGWOOD AS WELL. AND THEN BELOW IS SOME STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE BEING INSTALLED.

AND THEN SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS.

OUR COMMUNITY, ALL COMMUNITY AND STAFF MEETINGS WERE HOSTED AT THE END OF MAY AND THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY ON CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS. SO THE FACILITIES TEAM HAVE HOSTED A SERIES OF PARENT MEETINGS AND STAFF MEETINGS WHERE WE GO THROUGH THE SAME CADENCE AS WE WILL WITH YOU GUYS WHERE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AT THE END OF ONE SEMESTER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SEMESTER. WE WALK

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AND THEN ALL SIX CAMPUSES WERE READY TO WELCOME STUDENTS FOR THEIR FIRST DAY, FALL OF 2026, AND THEN ALL INFORMATION FOR THE BOND IS ON THE WEBSITE HERE.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SHARE BEFORE WE WRAP UP. AGAIN, ALL OF THE, WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT OUR... LIBERTY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE PRACTICING OVER AT FOREST RIDGE. WESTWOOD STUDENTS FOR FOOTBALL, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE PRACTICING AT SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY.

ALL OF THOSE FIELDS ARE READY. THE NEW PRACTICE FIELD FOR RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, THEY'RE IN THEIR FINAL STAGES OF PREPARING AND READY TO TURN THAT OVER TO THE COACHES AS WELL. SO AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT WE HAD IN PLACE, KNOWING THAT WE WERE DISRUPTING. PRACTICES FOR OUR COACHES AND OUR ATHLETES, ALL OF THOSE ARE READY TO GO AND OUR CAMPUSES ARE NOT MISSING A BEAT. OUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY HOSO AND MR. WATSON AND OUR FACILITIES TEAM, THEY HAVE BEEN AT EVERY CAMPUS WHERE DROP-OFF AND PICKUP HAS BEEN AFFECTED. THEY HAVE BEEN ON-SITE FOR BOTH ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. AGAIN, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PATTERNS OF WHICH OUR PARENTS ARE DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP THEIR KIDS.

AND THIS TEAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH PRINCIPALS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. IF WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS, WE LISTEN, WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, WE MAKE SURE TO OUTREACH.

SOMETIMES WE CAN'T MAKE THE IDEAL ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE WHETHER THE, YOU KNOW, THE QUEUING LANE OR THERE MAY BE OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT WE CAN'T DO EXACTLY WHAT WE WISH WE COULD OR WHAT WE WISH THAT PARENT WISHES WE COULD DO. BUT I'M SUPER PROUD THAT THERE IS NOT ONE CAMPUS THAT HAS A QUEUING LINE OR A YOU KNOW PICKUP LINE THAT IS EXTENSIVELY LONGER THAN WHAT WHAT IT WAS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION UM AND SO WITH THAT I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK OUR CITY PARTNERS UM THIS IS A WHOLE LOT OF PERMITTING UM AND THEY WE JUST APPRECIATE THEIR COMMUNICATION UM THEIR RESPONSIVENESS I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT ARE HOSTING UM OUR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OUR JUNIOR YOUR HIGH STUDENTS THAT ARE PRACTICING, THAT'S A CHANGE FOR THEM AS WELL.

WE SO APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK OUR FAMILIES. AGAIN, THIS IS A DISRUPTION FOR THEM IN THEIR NORMAL WAY THAT THEY APPROACH, YOU KNOW, COMING AND GOING FROM SCHOOL, AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY UNDERSTANDING AND FLEXIBLE, SO WE JUST EXTEND THEIR APPRECIATION. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? ANYONE? OKAY.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY KUDOS TO THE TEAM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OR REMODELING IS LESS SICK. THAT'S A INDICATION OF THE PRIOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. I KNOW THE ONLY THING. AND THEN I GUESS FROM A COSTING PERSPECTIVE, JUST AGAIN, KEEPING AN EYE ON OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, DOES ANY OF THE MODIFICATIONS AND TARIFFS, ET CETERA, ARE THOSE HAVING ANY EFFECT ON? CURRENTLY, NO. BECAUSE WE APPROVED GMPS BACK IN MAY, THOSE COSTS ARE LOCKED IN. THE COSTS THAT WE PRESENTED IN THE MAY BOARD, THOSE ARE IT. IF THERE ARE TARIFFS OR ANY KIND OF INFLATION ON COST TO THE CONTRACTOR, WE'LL JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THAT COST THAT WE PRESENTED WAS THE ABSOLUTE MAX FOR US THAT IS THE AS MOST AS IT WILL COST SO NO OTHER COMMENTS THIS MS. CHICK WELL I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION UM I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR OUR FAMILIES AND UM BUT WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT'S BEST RIGHT AND I KNOW THAT THE PORTABLES AND THE CLASSROOMS AND EVERYBODY IS STILL YOU KNOW PRACTICING IT WITH EXCELLENCE AND KEEPING OUR SCHOOL FAMILIES DOING THEIR BEST AND BEING GREAT EVERY DAY SO I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH UM I DO HAVE A QUESTION OPERATIONALLY UM MISS BROWN WHEN WE MOVE OUR SIXTH GRADERS HOW DOES THAT AFFECT UM OUR TEACHERS AND OUR EXPENSES FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW THAT PREVIOUSLY WE SHARE YEAH ABSOLUTELY SO UM LUCKILY WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THIS WHEN WE TRANSITIONED IN THE UM LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA AND REALLY OUR ELEMENTARY SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO MOVE UP AND TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL POST THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE WILL NEED FOLLOWING A SCHEDULE THAT IS THE SCHEDULE THAT HAPPENS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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AND WHEN WE MOVE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE MAY NOT NEED THAT MANY RLA TEACHERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND SO WE WILL POST FOR THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

THAT'S GREAT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE, THAT INFORMATION.

I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR OUR DISTRICT TO UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN I'M EXCITED. I THINK A LOT OF SIXTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED THAT THEY GET TO MOVE. AND I DO JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AS WE GET CLOSER IN YEAR TWO OF CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY STARTING IN NOVEMBER, THAT IS WHEN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WILL BEGIN TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AND THEY'LL HAVE A LONG RUNWAY TO UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE.

THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY WANT TO GO VISIT ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES THAT EXIST. THIS IS HOW A MIDDLE SCHOOL RUNS. THIS IS WHAT A SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS WHAT TEACHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW IT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE USED TO AT ELEMENTARY. SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF RUNWAY BEFORE A TEACHER'S ASKED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, I'VE GOT A QUICK COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE, KIND OF TO DOVETAIL OFF OF MR. EAGER.

WHEN WE DO, I KNOW WE'RE APPROVING GMPS AS WE GO, PACKAGES. SO ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THERE? I KNOW WE HAD A COST SAVINGS ON.

ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY MAY BE AVAILABLE WHEN WE LOOK AT IF...

THOSE THAT COULD COME UP IN THE FUTURE IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. FOR ALL OF OUR COSTS IT'S THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. ANY SAVINGS FROM BUYOUT SAY WE DIDN'T MAYBE THE CONTRACTOR WAS ABLE TO SAVE MONEY ON STEEL VERSUS ANOTHER PRODUCT ALL OF THAT SAVINGS IS ALWAYS DOCUMENTED AND GIVEN BACK TO THE DISTRICT. AGAIN THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST COST ANY SAVINGS WE GET AND WE TYPICALLY ALWAYS GET SAVINGS BACK ON OUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ALL COMES BACK TO THE DISTRICT. OKAY. AND THEN WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I KNOW WE'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT UP FRONT. NOW, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, YOU SAID WE'LL MIRROR OUR UPDATES KIND OF LIKE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WITH THE COMMUNITY. WHAT ABOUT WHEN JUST THERE'S A RANDOM CONCERN WITH TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING? HOW ARE WE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ON THOSE REAL TIME? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS WE RECEIVE EITHER LET'S TALKS.

WE HAVE A CHANNEL AROUND THAT OR IF WE RECEIVE EMAILS ABSOLUTELY WE ADDRESS THAT.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPALS THEY HAVE A SECTION IN THEIR NEWSLETTER THAT IS SPECIFIC TO CONSTRUCTION AND SO AS QUESTIONS COME IN OR AS WE WANT TO SHARE NEW INFORMATION THEY ARE USING THAT SECTION AND THEY'RE ASKED TO KEEP IT IN EVERY WEEK SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE JUST-IN-TIME INFORMATION AS WELL AND THEN I THINK I THINK WE WHETHER ESPECIALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY MAYBE THAT AREN'T CURRENT PARENTS BUT THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED BECAUSE A NEW YOU KNOW BUILDING IS GOING RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE HOUSE THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GREEN SPACE AND SO THEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACTUALLY HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN OPEN LINE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO ANSWER ANY HAVE ANY OTHER YES I'LL ALSO NOTE TOO EVERY TIME WE MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY WE ALWAYS GO THROUGH OKAY CONSTRUCTION UH SAFETY THAT'S A TOPIC WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES TRAFFIC LOOK LIKE WHAT DOES TRAFFIC LOOK LIKE FOR THIS UPCOMING SEMESTER WHAT DOES TRAFFIC LOOK LIKE FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER AND THEN WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THE SITE LOOK LIKE WHERE DOES WHERE IS THE CONTRACTOR PULLING INTO HIS JOB SITE WHERE WHEN ARE THEY DOING DROP OFF AND PICK UP WE ALL KNOW YOU KNOW DROP OFF PICK UP THAT THAT TIME IS NO GO FOR CONTRACTORS TO COME HAVE DELIVERIES OF THINGS.

SO WE USUALLY HIT VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS. AND THEN FOR EACH PRINCIPAL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THAT PRINCIPAL. THERE MAY BE A CAMPUS THAT NEEDS MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAN ANOTHER CAMPUS, SO WE WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL PRETTY INTIMATELY TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. IF YOU'RE HEARING SOME RUMBLINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL A MEETING. I WOULD JUST ADD WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH OUR HOA AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GROUPS, SO THEY GET THE INVITATIONS TO EACH OF THESE CAMPUS PARENT AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE FOLLOW-UPS. MANY OF THEM HAVE ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THE CAMPUS NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO TAKING SOME OF THAT I'M THINKING OF SPRING CREEK HOA THEY'RE TAKING THAT CUTTING AND PASTING AND

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ADDITIONALLY OUR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION PLAN ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO YOUR POINT LEE HAS ALLUDED TO WE COMPLETED ROUND TWO ROUND THREE WILL COME AT THE NEXT PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION IN EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS FROM AN ACCESSIBILITY STANDPOINT, WE ALSO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ONLINE. SO IF PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO THE BUILDING FOR THE ACTUAL FACE-TO-FACE MEETING, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO IT ONLINE. AND IF THEY CAN'T DO IT, PARTICIPATE LIVE ONLINE OR COME FACE-TO-FACE, WE POST THE VIDEO OF EACH MEETING ON THE BOND 2025 WEBSITE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS THOROUGH AS WE CAN ON ACCESSIBILITY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION.

EXCELLENT. OKAY. GREAT ANSWERS.

THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD? YES, MS. MCGOWAN. I WAS GOING TO ASK ONE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GMPS. AND WHEN YOU SAY THERE ARE USUALLY SOME SAVINGS AT THE END OF OUR PROJECTS AND THE DISTRICT GETS THOSE FUNDS BACK, HOW FREQUENT DO YOU GET AN UPDATE ON THOSE FUNDS, THE SAVINGS ON THOSE FUNDS, AND HOW FREQUENT WILL YOU REPORT THOSE SAVINGS BACK TO THE DISTRICT? IT WILL TYPICALLY GO THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL EBB AND FLOW DURING CERTAIN TIMES. IF IT'S REALLY HEAVY IN STEEL CONSTRUCTION AND FOR THREE MONTHS, WELL, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BUY THAT STEEL PACKAGE OUT. ONCE ALL THAT STEEL IS BOUGHT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE SAVING IS FOR THAT. IT'S CALLED BUYOUT SAVINGS. SO IT HAPPENS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PHASE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS, BUT IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT.

WE USUALLY RECEIVE THE REFUND, SO TO SPEAK, AT THE END OF THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW KIND OF SOME LINE ITEM TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN SEE THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT COMPRISED THAT REFUND OR IF WE DIDN'T IF IN THE END WE WE SPENT EVERY DOLLAR HERE'S WHERE THAT WAS SPENT AS WELL I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I PROBABLY WOULDN'T TRUST EXACTLY, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, HEY, HERE'S SOME SAVINGS AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO HOW TRUTHFUL AND TRANSPARENT THEY ARE IN REPORTING THOSE SAVINGS BACK TO THE DISTRICT. YEAH, THEY HAVE, SO THEY HAVE TO. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE GOING FOR A BUYOUT FOR A STEEL PACKAGE, WE ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY SPENT ON THAT STEEL PACKAGE. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT SOME NUMBERS DOWN AND MAKE IT ALL ADD UP TO WHAT THE GMP WAS. IT IS SPECIFIC TO EACH PART OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT GMP.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES AND THANK YOU FOR THE DIALOGUE ON THAT. OUR

[III.B. Transportation Update ]

SO WE THOUGHT FOR REALLY TWO REASONS THAT IT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THIS FORWARD. ONE IS TO CELEBRATE, SHOW HOW EVEN WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION GROUP, THE NORTH STAR GOAL IS ANCHORED IN THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY ARE CELEBRATING. THEIR GOALS MAY BE AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE DRIVER SAFETY. AND SO THEY EVEN HAVE NORTH STAR GOALS. BUT IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE WANTED TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC CONVERSATION BECAUSE AS WE THINK ABOUT GOING INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT FISCAL RESOURCES THAT ARE SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, WE WANT KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN NUMBER TWO WERE REQUIRED TO HOWEVER THE RATE OF WHICH WE ARE FUNDED FOR THOSE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IT IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE BOARD CONSIDER AS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WE KNOW ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC ED IS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE LINE ITEMS BUT SPECIFICALLY THESE UNDERFUNDED AREAS IN TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE HIGH ON THAT LIST. SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE MR. HOSSO AND THE TRANSPORTATION TEAM WHO ARE GOING TO GIVE TONIGHT'S REPORT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.

YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN, MRS. BRAND ON BOARD. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE WE AS A TRANSPORTATION TEAM. IT SEEMS IT'S THE OPERATIONS NIGHT TONIGHT HERE AT THE WORK SESSION. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. GIVE YOU KIND OF THE ABCS AND 123S MAYBE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE A PRETTY VISIBLE PART

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AND WE THINK THAT WHEN YOU HEAR THE INFORMATION TONIGHT, YOU'LL BEGIN TO HAVE AN EVEN BETTER APPRECIATION FOR HOW LARGE AN OPERATION IT IS. WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS IN THE CITY OR THE AREA, AND THAT'S A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN WE THINK OF THE SONG, THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THOMAS GIBSON, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND SHANDREA MILLER, WHO IS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.

WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE THEM AND EXCITED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH YOU TONIGHT. SO PRESENTATION OVERVIEW, WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE FLEET OVERVIEW AND TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED IN THAT, STAFFING, STUDENT SAFETY, AS MRS. BRANHAM TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT TO. NORTH STAR GOAL, MAKING KIDS FEEL SAFE.

WE CONSIDER OURSELVES AN EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM. WE ACTUALLY WELCOME BETWEEN 5,000 AND 6,000 KIDS DAILY TO THEIR SCHOOL DAY. AND SO THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THEN JUST LIKE MOST OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU RECEIVE, WE'LL HAVE SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS AT THE END.

SO MOVING ON TO THE OVERVIEW AND TECHNOLOGY, I THINK MR. GIBSON OR MS. MISS MILLER IS GOING TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. YOU GOT TO PRESS THE BUTTON. THERE YOU GO. Y'ALL HEAR ME GOOD? YES.

SO IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, LIKE MR. HARSO SAID, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE YELLOW FEET, THE YELLOW FLEET, THE BUSES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 189 SCHOOL BUSES THAT WE'RE RUNNING. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENTS THAT REGISTER FOR BUS SERVICE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 6,000 STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WENT IN AND WE LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS. WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONS WITH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THAT WITH OUR STOP PLANNING SAMSARA SYSTEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ROUGHLY CAN STAY ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE ROUGHLY 189 BUSES SUPPORTING ABOUT 5,800 KIDS. AND RIGHT NOW, WITH SCHOOL STARTING, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU HAVE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. I MEAN, YOU'VE ONLY HAD REALLY A GOOD WEEK OF SCHOOL. AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO IRON OUT THE KINKS AND EVERYTHING AND GET EVERYBODY SITUATED, PARENTS KNOWING WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, GET THEIR KIDS REGISTERED. WE HAVE FILLED SO MANY PHONE CALLS AND SO MANY SITUATIONS. MY STUDENT DID. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE STILL GETTING THAT TECHNOLOGY OUT AND THAT KNOWLEDGE OUT TO THE PARENTS SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SIGNED UP AND GET TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR KIDS. AND WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT ROUTES. I PUT TOGETHER THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS.

THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR STARTING, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS THE ROUTING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE KEY TO ALL THIS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE KID IS GOING, OR THE PARENT HAS NO IDEA WHERE THE KID IS GOING, THEN NONE OF THIS EXISTS. SO, WE PUT TOGETHER A BUS ENROLLMENT TEAM, GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND THAT'S ALL THEY DO IS COME IN, AND WE ROUTE AND WE BUS AND WE CHANGE. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, THE PARENTS ARE MOVING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST STATIONARY HOUSE PARENTS THAT ARE IN ONE PLACE FOR 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS, THEY'RE MOVING.

SO THAT CHILD IS MOVING, TOO, WHEREVER THEY GO. SO THE BIGGEST THING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR ROUTES ARE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE TO IDENTIFY IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT LAST ONE THAT MILES DRIVEN WITH SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE KNOW HOW MANY MILES WE'VE DONE BY THE SEMESTER GOING INTO THE END OF THE YEAR FOR OUR REPORTS. SO IT'S A BIG THING THAT WE'RE ENCOMPASSED AS FAR AS EVERYBODY JUST THINKS, LIKE MR. HOSSEL SAID, YOU'RE JUST MAKING THE WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMODITIES AND MOVING PARTS TO THAT THING, MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF.

YEAH, AND I'LL PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT. AND REALLY THANKING MR. GIBSON AND HIS STAFF FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR PEIMS DEPARTMENT STUDENT INFORMATION AND REPORTING.

BECAUSE UNLIKE THE PAST, NOW, WHEN. WHEN FAMILIES ENROLLED, PART OF THAT ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS THEY CAN VERY EASILY SAY, I NEED BUS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH FEEDS THEIR NUMBERS QUICKER, WHICH MEANS WE CAN ROUTE QUICKER, AND IT'S JUST MORE EFFICIENT THAT WAY. SO THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLY GOOD JOB.

AND YOU CAN SEE OVER A MILLION MILES COVERED.

BUT THAT'S AN ENORMOUS TASK.

AND SO THAT WAS JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT IS A YELLOW FLEET. WHEN YOU THINK OF SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, THE YELLOW BUSES, SO ON AND SO FORTH, TECHNOLOGY. I DON'T KNOW CHANDRAYA OR GIP IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THE SAMSARA AI TECHNOLOGY IS REAL TIME, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I CAN GO INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND I CAN PULL UP BUS 1704. I CAN TELL YOU WHERE IT IS. I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY MILES IT IS DRIVEN TODAY.

I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY STUDENTS WAS ON THERE. I CAN TELL YOU WHO WAS ON THERE. I KNOW WHERE THAT BUS IS RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S JUST THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS

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WE SENT HIM TO CHICAGO FOR A WEEK WITH THE SAMSARA SYSTEM. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN UNLOCKED THE POTENTIALS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR AI IS GOOD IN SOME WAYS AND BAD IN SOME WAYS. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WITH THE BUS SYSTEM, IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE CAN EITHER PROTECT THE KIDS, WE CAN PROTECT THE DRIVERS, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHERE THAT BUS IS. AND IT TELLS US EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON WITH IT. HOW COLD IT IS, HOW HOT IT IS. SO THE SAMSARA TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY.

THAT WAS BEFORE ME. I CANNOT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THAT. I THINK. I DON'T KNOW WHO INSTALLED THAT ONE ON THERE, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT THEY WOULD SAY, OLD SCHOOL, THAT'S BETTER THAN SLICED BREAD. BECAUSE I'M JUST BEING HONEST. IT TELLS US EVERYTHING AND IT ALLOWS US TO SEE EVERYTHING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S SOME OF THE BENEFITS.

AS YOU SEE THE FUEL. I KNOW WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN I HAVE TO GIVE THOSE REPORTS TO TURN IN, I KNOW WHAT MY MILEAGE IS. I KNOW WHAT MY GAS, MY FUEL STUFF WAS. I KNOW WHAT WE SPENT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S HOT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON BATTERIES AND A LOT OF THE FREON. MY FLEET MANAGER CAME TO ME AND HE SAID, COACH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF FREON. AND I SAID, I UNDERSTAND WE GOT TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE BUSES AS COOL AS POSSIBLE.

BUT NOW YOU'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT A 40,000 POUND PIECE OF METAL ON ABOUT 130 DEGREES ROAD. SO. AND WITH WINDOWS AND OPENING AND BRINGING ON. SO IT'S A BIG TASK THAT YOU TRY TO KEEP IT TOGETHER.

BUT THE TECHNOLOGY PART OF IT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY THAT. THAT BUS DRIVER CAN COME IN AND SAY, HEY, BUS 20, 21, SOMETHING WITH AC. DAVID CAN INTO THE SYSTEM, BREAK IT DOWN AND WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

YEAH. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT AT THE BOTTOM, I'LL POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, THE CAMERAS. OUR FLEET OF 189 BUSES EACH IS EQUIPPED WITH SIX CAMERAS PER VEHICLE, TOTALING 1134, 1100, 134 CAMERAS, INTEGRATED AI, AND HD CAMERAS. AND SO THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS THAT I THINK WILL COME TO THE FOREFRONT HERE AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION STATION.

WHITE FLEET. THIS IS ONE THAT WE SEE BUT WE MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT FROM A SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT. THE WHITE FLEET BASICALLY CONSISTS OF THE VERY THING. THESE ARE THE WHITE COLORED VEHICLES.

ONE OF THE, IF IT COMES TO MIND, WHY WHITE VERSUS YELLOW? WELL, THE WHITE TYPICALLY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ECONOMICAL TO PURCHASE. IT DOESN'T FADE IN THE SUN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S JUST HISTORICAL THAT WAY. FOR US WE HAVE 158 WHITE FLEET VEHICLES. YOU CAN SEE THAT 85 TRUCKS, 48 VANS.

AND THEN UNDER OTHER, THIS IS WHERE THE SUVS, YOU SEE SUBURBANS AND EXPLORERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE USE AS ALTERNATE METHODS TO TRANSPORT STAFF OR STUDENTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IS PART OF OUR FLEET THAT WE MAINTAIN AND OPERATE ON A DAILY BASIS. OBVIOUSLY THE TRUCKS ARE A KEY PART OF OUR FACILITIES CREW TO ALLOW OUR FOLKS TO CARRY ALL THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED AND GET INTO THE AREAS THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES UP AND RUNNING. NOW STAFFING, I DON'T KNOW IF SHANDRA OR GIP.

YES.

THE NUMBER OF GEN ED DRIVERS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR WE HAVE 93. WE HAVE SPED DRIVERS, WHICH IS 61. AND OUR LEAD DRIVERS, OUR STANDBY DRIVERS, THAT'S READY TO GO AT ANY MOMENT IF SOMEONE CALLS IN OR CALLS OFF OR AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS.

SO WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE. AND OUR SUB DRIVERS, WE HAVE 19.

AND OUR SUB DRIVERS, THEY ALMOST THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY WORKING AND THEY DO HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT THEY GIVE US, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE.

IT'S NOT AS NEEDED. THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE READY TO HELP.

AND THE NUMBER OF MONITORS THAT WE HAVE IS ALSO 76. THE NUMBER OF MECHANICS, INCLUDING THE FLEET MANAGER AND THE PARTS SPECIALIST, WE HAVE SEVEN MECHANICS.

AND SO FOR A QUICK REFERENCE, WHEN WE REFER TO BUS MONITORS, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS ON OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSES TO ENSURE THAT THOSE KIDS WHO A LOT OF TIMES HAVE SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF WHILE WE'RE TRANSPORTING THEM, MONITORS ALLOW OUR DRIVERS TO GET TO WHERE THEY GO SO THERE'S NO ISSUES.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MR. GIBSON AND MS. MILLER AND REALLY THE WHOLE TEAM HAS REALLY STEPPED UP THEIR GAME IN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE. JUST LIKE WITH ANY OF OUR STAFF, TEACHERS, CHILD NUTRITION, OUR FACILITIES FOLKS, MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL

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I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST.

THE FIRST YEAR I CAME INTO RICHARDSON ISD, I WAS AT RICHARDSON JUNIOR HIGH. I WAS PE COACH. PROBABLY THOSE FIRST CLASSES I THINK I HAD, I AVERAGED ABOUT 60 KIDS PER PE CLASS. NOW, MY TRAINING TOLD ME THAT I WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE 20, 25 KIDS.

SO THE THING THAT I'M SAYING IS, AND I BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN COACHING AS A TEACHER, TEACHER FIRST AND A COACH SECOND. BUT NOW I'M OVER THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I KNOW TO TAKE BIG NUMBERS. WE HAVE SO MANY NUMBERS AND SO MANY PEOPLE WITH OUR DRIVERS AND OUR MONITORS. ALL THOSE NUMBERS ADD UP. SO THE WAY THAT YOU CONTROL THE CROWD IS YOU BREAK IT UP INTO GROUPS. AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING. AND I'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT IN ATHLETICS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT TYPE OF PERSON. I DO IT WITH MY FOUR KIDS. I BREAK THEM UP INTO GROUPS. AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT SESSIONS.

WE'RE BREAKING THOSE SESSIONS DOWN. YOU HAVE GROUPS ONE THROUGH FOUR, GENERAL EDUCATION DRIVERS. THE GENERAL EDUCATION DRIVERS ARE YOUR BASIC SCHOOL DRIVERS.

THAT'S ALL. THEIR JOB IS TO RUN THE ROUTE. YOUR SPARE DRIVERS ARE YOUR DRIVERS AND YOUR MONITORS THAT ARE COMBINED TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BIGGEST THING THAT I TOLD MS. MILLER THAT I SAID, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 100 AND BASICALLY 189 PEOPLE, YOU PUT THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WE TOOK IT, WE BROKE IT DOWN. AUGUST 4TH, WE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER, WE TOLD THEM EXPECTATIONS, WE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER.

BUT THEN AFTER THAT, FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH, WE BROKE THEM UP INTO GROUPS.

WE BROKE INTO LEARNING SESSIONS. I DIDN'T KNOW DIFFERENT THAN THE TEACHERS DO IN THE CLASSROOMS OR THE PRINCIPALS DO WHEN THEY'RE DOING ALL THEIR TEACHERS. YOU BREAKING THEM IN THE GROUP. WE HAD A GROUP, THEY WENT IN THERE, THEY LEARNED. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TURN YOUR STUFF IN WITH THE BUS SYSTEM. WE SHOWED YOU HOW TO DO THAT. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO DO THE DISCIPLINE PART, TURN IN YOUR REFERRALS. I HAD A GUY, PHIL, HE'S A GOOD GUY. HIS JOB WAS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF BUS DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL ON THAT BUS. BECAUSE YOU'D BE SURPRISED. YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE WHOLE THING.

YOU HAVE TO DRIVE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE. I MEAN, I TELL MY DRIVERS, WE ARE ALL SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD. AND THAT ENCOMPASSES A LOT. NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR TEACHERS ARE, NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR COACHES ARE. WE'RE ON THE SAME LEVEL, PHIL, BECAUSE WE ALL IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE STUDENTS. SO THAT WAS MY HANDS COMING IN, LOOKING AT HANDS ON SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, BRINGING IT DOWN. AND I HONESTLY THINK THAT IT WENT WELL. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DRIVERS ARE LIKE, MAN, COACH, WE WERE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND REALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY TALKING OVER HERE, NOT BEING ABLE TO LISTEN. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU REALLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN. THEY MAY BE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING AND DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF.

BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THOSE SMALL SESSIONS, THEN EVERYTHING CAN BE OPEN AND EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPOSED. AND I THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL.

YES, MS. BRANHAM'S POINT AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, GROWTH MINDSET, REALLY TREATING OUR STAFF JUST LIKE WE WOULD OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS COMING BACK.

AND WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS BENEFITS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR DRIVERS OVER TIME USING THIS APPROACH.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED.

YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE A LEAD DRIVER PROGRAM, PROVIDES OFFICE AND DRIVER SUPPORT, REINFORCES THOSE TRAINING AND DAILY EXPECTATIONS, STRENGTHENS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DRIVERS AND LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT'S A KEY. AND THEN DEVELOP OUR INTERNAL LEADERSHIP PIPELINE. WE WANT THESE FOLKS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

SOME.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS THAT STARTED AS MONITORS AND NOW THEY'RE DRIVERS. SOME OF THOSE DRIVERS ASPIRE TO BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN YOU SEE THE TEAMS AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH ARE SPED PROTOCOLS, ROUTING TABLETS AND STOP FINDER, OUR SHOP AND FLEET.

THOSE ARE MECHANICS, FIELD TRIPS, AND MCKINNEY VENTO, AND THEN SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND STUDENT MANAGEMENT. AND I WILL SAY TO YOU, I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM THAT THE WAY THAT WE WORK WITH THE CAMPUSES FOR STUDENT MANAGEMENT, DISCIPLINE ISSUES ON THE BUS, IT GOES THROUGH OUR FOCUS PROGRAM.

JUST LIKE ANY INCIDENT IN A CLASSROOM, IT GOES THROUGH THE SAME SYSTEM, AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ALERTED IN THE SAME WAY. AND WE WORK IN UNISON WITH THE CAMPUS.

MR. HOSSO, IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIAL ROUTES WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT ARE TRAVELING TO OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR HEALTHCARE PROGRAM THAT IS AT RICHARDSON METHODIST. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE NOT JUST DRIVING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY OR AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DRIVING TO THE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM. WE HAVE, OF COURSE, GAMES IN WHICH OUR KIDS ARE COMPETING AND THEY MIGHT BE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE METROPLEX. WHEN WE GET

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KIDS, SURE. AND SO THESE ARE KIDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED UNDER THE FEDERAL DESIGNATION OF MCKINNEY VENTO. AND SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THAT TRANSPORTATION. AS MS. BRANHAM, MRS. BRANHAM, SAID, A LOT OF TIMES THESE ARE SMALLER GROUPS, SMALLER SCHOOLS OF FISH, SMALLER GROUPS OF KIDS. AND IN SOME CASES IT'S A SINGLE STUDENT, THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND THE TRAFFIC THAT WE FACE. I BELIEVE THAT WE STILL TRANSPORT ONE STUDENT TO AND FROM FORNEY EVERY SINGLE DAY. DAY. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A SINGLE STUDENT THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR. THAT'S A DRIVER, SOME TYPE OF VEHICLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DRIVEN TO FORNEY LATELY, BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK BY DISTANCE OR BY THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING TO AND FROM.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE, I THINK, OF WHAT MRS. BRANHAM IS REFERRING TO. I THINK WE'VE ALSO TAKEN STUDENTS TO DENTON AND TO ARLINGTON, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE USUALLY SINGLE PASSENGERS OR AT MOST TWO OR THREE PASSENGERS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON OUR STAFFING AND OUR VEHICLES.

AND IF YOU, IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE WONDERING THE WHITE FLEET AND WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY HAVE SO MANY OF THE SUV TYPE VEHICLES AND MAINLY THE REASON WHY WE NEED THOSE SUV TYPE VEHICLES IS FOR WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE TRANSPORTING A GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENT THAT DOESN'T NEED A SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION AND WE' TAKING ONE OR TWO STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TO A FORNEY OR TO AN ARLINGTON, IT SAVES MONEY ON GAS, WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR BUSES.

IT'S MUCH MORE ECONOMICAL THAN IT WOULD BE TO TAKE OUR BUS ALL THE WAY TO FORNEY.

YES. YES, MA'AM.

IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE TO TAKE A BIG YELLOW FLEET VEHICLE ALL THE WAY FOR.

FOR ONE STUDENT. AND WE TRUST ME, WE. WE TRUST, THOUGH WE TREAT AND CARE FOR THOSE STUDENTS EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS ANY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE JUST A DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE DAILY. WITH THAT, I THINK MS. MILLER PROBABLY WANTS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CULTURE. THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRIDE POINTS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

YES. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE BUSY DRIVING OVER A MILLION MILES A YEAR, WE STILL TRY TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF, OUR DRIVERS, AND OUR MONITORS. AND AT THE BOTTOM, TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE. WE CAUGHT THEM DOING SOMETHING SAFE FOR THE STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS WERE SAFE, MAKING SURE THEY WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP EACH OTHER. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT JUST A SMALL TOKEN WE AWARDED THEM. WE ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WE WORK WELL WITH. SO YOU HAVE MS. REBECCA AND MS. MCCOLL AND MS. DAISA AT THE BOTTOM LEFT.

BUT EVEN JUST RECOGNIZING OUR VETERANS, THESE ARE JUST A FEW. AND ALSO MS. BRANHAM AND MR. HOSSEL CAME BY AND STOPPED BY FOR BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION LAST YEAR.

SO THAT WAS VERY FUN AND NICE AND THE WHOLE CROWD GATHERED AROUND IN THE FOYER AT THE SUPPORT CENTER. AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS, HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE DO, BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR DISPATCHERS.

SO WE'LL HAVE A DISPATCHER WEEK. OUR SPED TEAM, THE ONES WHO WORK ON ROUTING FOR THE SPED, MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HONOR THE BUS DRIVERS AND MONITOR ALL DAY, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE ONES THAT'S WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THEM, BUT THERE'S MANY MORE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT HAPPENINGS, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY ACTIVE AND REALLY GOOD FACEBOOK GROUP THAT POSTS JUST ABOUT DAILY ON THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN TRANSPORTATION. THE STUDENT SAFETY, THE TOP PRIORITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE KNOW FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE INITIATED THE STUDENT ID BADGING SYSTEM. I WITNESSED THAT THIS MORNING IN PLAY AT.

WHERE WAS IT? PARK HILL. AND SO THAT HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHEN STUDENTS ENTER THE BUS AND EXIT THE BUS. THE SAMSARA CAMERAS, NOT ONLY DOES THAT HELP US ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ACTING IN A MANNER ACCORDING TO WHAT WE EXPECT, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SAFETY VIOLATIONS, WE CAN ACCESS THOSE CAMERAS FAIRLY EASILY. THE AI THAT WE REFERRED TO EARLIER REALLY ACTUALLY

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WE TALKED ABOUT THE STAFF PARTICIPATING IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO STUDENT SAFETY.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAD A DOUBLE DIGIT DECREASE IN PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S IN LARGE PART TO THE WORK OF THIS TEAM, STOP FINDER.

THAT'S OUR LATEST ADDITION TO OUR ARSENAL THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S THE APP WHERE PARENT THAT LEADS TO PARENT ENGAGEMENT. PARENTS CAN START AN ACCOUNT AND SET ALERTS FOR. FIRST OF ALL, THEY CAN TRACK THEIR CHILD'S BUS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS GPS.

THEY CAN SET ALERTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEIR CHILD'S BUS IS GETTING CLOSE TO THEIR HOME OR THEIR STOP, DEPENDING ON WHAT SPECIFIC ROUTE IT IS.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ROLLING THAT OUT DISTRICT WIDE THIS YEAR.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE'S A ELITE DRIVER PROGRAM THAT IS A NEW JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT. LONG STORY SHORT, WE WANT TO NOT ONLY SPEND TIME ON OUR STAFF THAT HEY, DON'T ROLL THAT STOP SIGN, HEY, DON'T LOOK DOWN AT YOUR PHONE.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT DO A GREAT JOB DAILY. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM SAFETY. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUS CONDUCT PROGRAM.

WE TREAT IT JUST LIKE A CLASSROOM. AND SO WE EVEN PROCESS THE, THE DISCIPLINE ISSUES JUST LIKE A CLASSROOM TEACHER WOULD.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FIELD EVALUATION. OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM DOESN'T, DOESN'T JUST SIT AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE OUT AND ACTIVE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE LAST TWO DAYS WE'VE BEEN OUT AT PIERCE AT THIS POINT MISSILE. AND SO THAT'S ROUTINE SAFETY TRAINING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THAT LOST CHILD PROCEDURE.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD GRAPHIC HERE BECAUSE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY, LOST CHILD, THAT'S EVERYONE'S WORST NIGHTMARE. AND THEN THE DRIVERS AND MONITORS TRAINING THEM TO WORK TOGETHER AND ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THAT SAFE BUS. SO I THINK MS. MILLER IS GOING TO QUICKLY TALK US THROUGH THE LOST CHILD PROCEDURE.

YES, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISPATCHERS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROCEDURES, OUR BUS DRIVERS AS WELL AS OUR MONITORS ON WHAT STEPS TO TAKE WHEN A LOST CHILD HAS BEEN REPORTED.

WE INSTRUCT THE DISPATCHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE SUPERVISOR OR AD OR ED, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE NAME, THE AD, THE SEX OF THE STUDENT, A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION IF AVAILABLE, THE CLOTHING AND LAST KNOWN LOCATION. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR SAMSARA SYSTEM, WE CAN DEFINITELY TELL ONCE WE GET THOSE DESCRIPTIONS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE STUDENT. SO WHEN THE STUDENT GET OFF, MAYBE AT A WRONG STOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE STUDENT WAS ON THE BUS. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY NOTIFY US SO WE CAN TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CONTACTING 911. MAKING SURE WE LET OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUS NUMBER, ROUTE NUMBER. ANY INFORMATION THAT'LL BE VALUABLE THAT CAN HELP LOCATE THE STUDENT WOULD BE DEFINITELY A BIG PLUS. NOTIFY THE SUPERVISORS, MAKE A RADIO CALL TO ALL DRIVERS AND DESCRIPTIONS JUST IN CASE A STUDENT MAY BE PUT ON THE WRONG BUS. BUS AND MAYBE NOT THE CORRECT BUS. SO WE'LL MAKE AN ON CALL TO ALL THE BUS DRIVERS, MAKE SURE THE RADIO IS CLEAR SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR AND SEE IF THEY CAN PULL OVER IF NEEDED, SEE IF THEY CAN IDENTIFY THAT STUDENT ON THEIR BUS AND THEN JUST MONITOR THE PHONES AND THE RADIOS AND INFORMATION AND KEEP ADMIN TEAM INFORMED AT ALL TIMES OF ANY DETAILS OR ANY UPDATES THAT WE MAKE.

GET SO WE SHARE THAT WITH YOU. WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS. THIS ISN'T.

THERE ISN'T A LOST CHILD PREPONDERANCE, BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE. AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD PERHAPS ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROCEDURE. SO WHEN THOSE UNFORTUNATE CASES HAPPEN, WE HAVE A VERY OBJECTIVE AND CALCULATED WAY IN WHICH WE WORK VERY QUICKLY TO TRY AND IDENTIFY THAT CHILD ALONG WITH THE CAMPUS, ALONG WITH THE PARENT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. FUNDING VERSUS COST.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE GRAPHIC.

THE YELLOW LINE THAT GOES ACROSS THE FOUR COLUMNS IS THE STATE FUNDING. AND JUST THE EYEBALL TEST TELLS US STATE FUNDING HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSTANT. IN OTHER WORDS, IT HASN'T INCREASED MUCH AT ALL. ALL BLUE

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YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FUEL OR OUR PAYROLL ACTUALLY IN BLUE INCREASED BECAUSE OUR RIDERSHIP CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN ORANGE. THAT'S THE FUEL COST. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S UPTICKED JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN OTHER COSTS, OTHER EXPENDITURES IN GRAY.

THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE OF OUR VEHICLES, PARTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ALL THE WHILE, STATE FUNDING STAYS PRETTY STATIC. SO I'M NOT SURE ANYONE'S SURPRISED IN THE ROOM TO HEAR THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, ENHANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.

WE'VE GONE IN DEPTH WITH ALL OF THE CAMERAS AND THE AI TYPES OF THINGS, STAFF RETENTION, ATTENTION. BECAUSE OF ALL THE RECOGNITION AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EFFORTS THAT WE'VE POURED INTO OUR DRIVERS AND OUR MONITORS, WE'RE NOT HAVING AS BIG A TURNOVER AS WHAT WE HAD. WE'RE MAINTAINING A VERY STABLE, STABLE GROUP OF DRIVERS IF YOU WILL.

SAMSARA FLEET MANAGEMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO ANYTHING FROM TRACK MILEAGE, GPS TECHNOLOGY FOR LOCATING THE BUS AND THEN REINFORCING BEHAVIOR THROUGH ORGANIZED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS WEEKLY.

AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE ESTABLISHED A DAILY STANDARD FOR A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE.

I'M VERY MYSELF PERSONALLY AS THE ASSISTANT SOUP OVER THIS DIVISION. I'M VERY PROUD OF MR. GIBSON AND MS. MILLER AND ALL THEIR WORK. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND YES, JUST SO THANKFUL FOR OUR DRIVERS, OUR MONITORS, YOU KNOW, THE MECHANICS.

AGAIN, THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING WHEN IT'S 100 DEGREES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUS IS IN, YOU KNOW, TIP TOP SHAPE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT OUR KIDS. SO JUST THE ENTIRE TEAM, WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN IT UP.

MS. MCGOWAN, YOU WANT TO LEAD? GO AHEAD.

OKAY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY, MANY. SO ANYWAY, GREAT PRESENTATION.

FIRST ONE IS YOU MENTIONED THE RIDERSHIP INCREASE. CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN RIDERSHIP INCREASE WITH DECREASE IN STUDENT POPULATION? SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS THE ECONOMICS OF FAMILIES CHANGE, IT MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE MOVED AND WHERE THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY WERE WITHIN TWO MILES.

NOW THEY MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE RENTING OR RELOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THEY ARE NOW OUTSIDE OF THAT TWO MILES. AND SO NOW THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION. IT REALLY IS THE MOBILITY OF THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. AS YOU REMEMBER OF ANY DISTRICT IN THE METROPLEX, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF MULTIFAMILY OF WHICH THE PREDOMINANT RIDERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT IS FROM OUR MULTIFAMILY, SECONDED BY OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS. YOU MENTIONED FLEETS AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WENT THROUGH THE FLEETS VERY WELL.

ONE OF THE FLEETS I'M INTERESTED IS THE BAND FLEET AND OUR TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR BAND KIDS, ORCHESTRA KIDS. WE TALKED ABOUT. I KNOW PARENTS HAVE MENTIONED THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. BOND MONEY, DOLLARS, HOW WE'RE TRANSPORTING KIDS.

SURE, YEAH. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR BAND STUDENTS ARE TRANSPORTED JUST LIKE OUR DRILL. DRILL TEAM CHEER FOOTBALL PLAYERS, WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN OUR BAND TRAVELS, THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS, THEIR PROPS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO PUT ON A HALFTIME SHOW. AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED AS WE WENT INTO BOND 2025 THAT WE. WE WERE MAYBE BEHIND SOME OTHER OF OUR PEER BENCHMARK DISTRICTS WAS THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR. THEIR BIG RIGS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE.

THEY'RE BRANDED AND THEY'RE MARKETED, AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE TAKING.

TAKING THEIR EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THAT FOR HALFTIME. WE DO HAVE THAT AS PART OF BOND 2025. AND SO ALL FOUR OF OUR BAND PROGRAMS WILL BE RECEIVING TRANSPORTATION UPDATES THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO.

TO TAKE THEIR EQUIPMENT IN SIMILAR FASHION AS WE JUST PRESENTED OVER HALF OF BOND 2025. WE ARE EXPENDING IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS. SO WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS. AND THEN OUR.

THOSE. THOSE BAND TRANSPORTATION ITEMS WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE FIRST PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE AS WE MOVE INTO YEAR THREE. SO THEY'RE COMING.

SO EXCITING.

YES, THEY'RE COMING. WE NEED EVERY. WE WANT THEM TO. AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR BAND DIRECTORS. THEY

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WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENTS AS WE LAUNCH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I THINK JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THE SAVINGS REALLY ARE.

BECAUSE THEY'RE RENTING THEIR.

YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE TO RENT RIGHT NOW. AND SO THAT WAS PART OF, ACTUALLY, I THINK WHAT CONVINCED US THAT WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE THAT IN THIS BOND, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MORE NEEDS AND WANTS THAN WHAT WE HAD CAPACITY FOR, BUT RECOGNIZING HOW MUCH IS COMING OUT OF OUR M AND O BUDGET EACH YEAR TO FUND THE RENTAL OF ALL OF THE. THESE VANS THAT REALLY, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE JUST SAYING GOODBYE TO VERSUS INVESTING IN A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S SO EXCITING. I KNOW.

I HOPE COMMUNITY IS LISTENING AND THEY'RE CHEERING FOR THAT. OKAY, YOU MENTIONED THE SAMSARA TECHNOLOGY. IS THAT WHERE THE BATCH SYSTEM IS? IS IT PART OF THAT? OKAY.

THAT'S WHERE OUR STUDENTS USE THEIR ID TO BADGE IN AND TO BADGE OFF THE BUS.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW WHO'S ON THE BUS AT ALL TIMES AND WHO'S GOING TO. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH THE SAM SAR, THAT'S NOT EVEN NEW.

THAT'S KIND OF YOU PATH AS TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S THE NEW INTRODUCTION OF MORE TECHNOLOGY TO PARENTS. LIKE, HEY, WHICH ONE WAS IT THAT I THINK I WROTE DOWN? WROTE IT DOWN. WHICH PIECE? THE TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S NEW. IT'S THE ONE.

YES.

STOP FINDER, WHICH IS NEW FOR PARENTS. WHICH WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT WE JUST DID.

PARENTSQUARE, PARENTS SQUARE.

SO MY CONCERN IS HOW ARE WE REALLY EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY AND PARENTS ON THE NEW TECHNOLOGY? I KNOW AS A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT STILL, LIKE, I GET THE EMAILS AND SOMETIMES I IGNORE THEM BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, AND YOU'RE LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER APP. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO CHANGE THESE PROGRAMS OR DO WE EVER JUST STICK TO ONE AND JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOOD, WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE. PARENTS KNOW ABOUT IT. SURE.

SO STOP FINDER IS NOT A.

THAT IS NOT A CHANGE. THAT IS NOT LIKE WE HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE THINK WILL JUST BE SUCH AN UPGRADE AND A VALUE ASSET TO OUR FAMILIES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ASKING OUR PARENTS TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A LIFT, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR. SO THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR WITH STOPFINDER. IT'S NOT OUR FIRST YEAR, IT'S OUR SECOND YEAR. WE STARTED IT LAST YEAR PRIOR TO STOP FINDER WHEN THE TEAM WAS REVIEWING THE GRAPHIC AROUND THE POTENTIAL OF WHERE DID A CHILD GO? WE GET THAT PHONE CALL FROM A PARENT AT THAT MY CHILD NEVER MADE IT HOME. AT THAT POINT, WE HAD NO WAY TO KNOW, DID THAT CHILD GET ON THAT.

THE BUS? DID THEY NOT? DID THEY GO HOME WITH A FRIEND VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. NOW WE HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT. SO HOW WE APPROACH THAT PARENT TRAINING PIECE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HIT THEM OFTEN AND OFTENTIMES WE KNOW THEY NEED IT WHEN THEY NEED IT. THEY MAY NOT CARE ABOUT IT IN JUNE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO CARE ABOUT IT IN AUGUST, THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. SO TRYING TO FEED THEM INFORMATION AS THEY NEED. ONE OF THE NEW THINGS WE DID WITH TRANSPORTATION THIS YEAR WAS THE FACT THAT WE INCLUDED IT IN ENROLLMENT. SO SOME OF OUR FAMILIES AND WE ABSOLUTELY SAW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AROUND LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ENROLL MY CHILD OR WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION? WE EMBEDDED IT IN THE ENROLLMENT SYSTEM TO DO WHAT YOU. WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. INSTEAD OF GOING SOMEPLACE ELSE TO SAY, I NEED TRANSPORTATION.

NO, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THIS ONE PLACE WHEN I ENROLL MY CHILD. I'M ALSO GOING TO INDICATE THAT I NEED TRANSPORTATION, WHICH ALSO HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, OUR PRINCIPALS DIDN'T GET A ROSTER OF HEAR ALL THE BUSES. AND HERE ARE THE KIDS THAT SHOULD BE ON THAT BUS WHERE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS. SO AGAIN, WE KNOW IT'S A CHANGE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND WE WORK REALLY HARD. OUR WEBSITE HAS HOW TO VIDEOS. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PUSH IT OUT IN LITTLE NUGGETS. WE TRY WHEN, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT SPRING CREEK'S OPEN HOUSE ON MONDAY NIGHT AND THE PRINCIPAL LIKE THEY REVIEWED THAT INFORMATION IF PARENTS HAD QUESTIONS OR NEEDED THAT INFORMATION. SO.

SO JUST SMALL BITES OVER AND OVER. CALL US AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

WE'LL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING.

MRS. BRANHAM, IF I COULD WITH STOP FINDER. ONE THING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT. A BIG BENEFIT TO THE PARENTS THAT CHOOSE TO MAKE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOUR CHILD RIDES A BUS IS IT ALLOWS US TO SEND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. SO HAVING FREE THAT ONE OF OUR BUSES BREAKS DOWN IN THIS HEAT, THAT'S VERY BELIEVABLE. WELL, NOW WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY,

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SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALMOST FINISHED. DO WE OWN THE WHITE FLEET? OKAY.

YES, THE WHITE FLEET AS WELL AS OUR BUSES. AND IT IS A PART OF OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE THAT WE BUILD INTO OUR BOND CYCLES.

AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND LASTLY, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A.

KUDOS. SO I WAS IN STOLTZ WORKING A LUNCHEON ONE DAY AND ONE OF THE BUS DRIVERS WAS SITTING IN THERE. WE STARTED CHATTING.

SHE TOLD ME I DRIVE BUSES HERE.

RIGHT? AND SHE STARTED TO CONVERSATION AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES, LIKE THERE'S A CAKE BAKER, LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A BAKER LIKE THAT WILL BAKE CAKES AND ON FRIDAYS, LIKE ALL THE BUS DRIVERS WILL COME DOWN AFTER DROPPING THEIR BUSES OFF, PICK UP CAKES. AND THEY'RE AMAZING. SO I TOLD. I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LIKE GIVE US A CARD AND SO WE CAN ALL PATRONIZE THE BUS DRIVERS CAKE COMPANY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO DO THAT ON EQUAL DISTRICT HOURS.

JUST.

JUST THAT SHE SHARED THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PART OF YOUR CULTURE, IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN SOME OF YOUR BUSH DRIVERS GET BACK THAT THERE'S HOMEMADE DESSERTS.

YES, MA'AM.

ANOTHER PIECE TO THE CULTURE THAT I'M GIVING YOU KUDOS ON IS. I'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES, LIKE, IF THEY GET THERE REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEY MAY WALK THE BLOCK. RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'S NICE TO PEEK FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, SEE WHO THE BUS DRIVERS ARE THAT ARE DRIVING THEIR KIDS AROUND. AND SO WE GET TO KNOW THOSE FACES. WE KNOW THAT'S THE BUS DRIVER.

AWESOME. AND ONE OF YOUR BUS DRIVERS WAS IN OUR SCHOOL THIS WEEK, FIRST WEEK, LAST WEEK, AND I SAW HIM AND I SAID, HEY, AREN'T YOU THE ONE THAT DRESSES UP LIKE SANTA? AND HE'S LIKE, YEAH, LOVE IT.

SO YOU HAVE THE CULTURE. I'M JUST SAYING. GIVING YOU A TOTAL KUDOS TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY SHOW UP FOR THE KIDS. THE SANTA SUIT'S AMAZING. AND MY STEPDAD USED TO ALWAYS TELL ME, ME, YOU ARE CARRYING PRECIOUS CARGO EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. YES, WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE, MS. PACHECO.

AND THEN EAGER. YEP.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S EXCITING.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FOLLOW THAT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, MR. GIBSON, MS. MILLER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF THE TEAM, MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE, AND THE TEAM IS TRANSPARENT, TRAINED. WE RECOGNIZE THAT 06,000 KIDS IS A LOT. WE MAY GET MORE DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS CHANGE. RIGHT.

BUT SOMETIMES YOUR TEAM IS THE FIRST PERSON THAT CHILD SEES OR THE LAST PERSON THAT CHILD SEES. AND I THINK THAT MATTERS.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH HOW YOU TEACH THEM, YOU GROW THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BEST, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS WELL AS THEMSELVES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, REALLY, I KNOW THROUGH THE SYSTEMS AND JUST, I GUESS WORKING WITH YOUR FLEETS, YOU'RE OPTIMIZING AND MAKING ALL THESE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ROUTES.

RIGHT. DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS AS YOU LEARN WHERE TO MAKE EFFICIENCIES? YES, MA'AM.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO OVER HERE, THE CHIMNEY HEIGHTS OVER HERE, OR IF YOU GO OVER THERE BY FOREST LANE OR WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON THE TRAFFIC. YES, THERE MAY BE A SIDE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE CONDUCIVE FOR THAT CHILD TO GO ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, GET ON THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT WAS THE REAL THING OF ME TRYING TO CREATE THAT BUS ENROLLMENT TEAM. BECAUSE THOSE LADIES SIT THERE. BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, IT'S EVER CHANGING AND WE'RE ROUTING THOSE KIDS AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARENT SAYS. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR MY CHILD TO WALK THROUGH SCHOOL. I HAD ONE OVER HERE AT BIG SPRINGS, AND ME AND MS. MILLER ACTUALLY GOT IN THE SUBURBAN WINDOW DOWN THERE. WE TOOK THE PICTURES, WE SHOWED THE GUARDRAIL TO THE BRIDGE. WE SHOWED EVERYTHING AND HOW THEY CHILD, AND THEN IT WASN'T NO PROBLEM.

BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DEPENDING ON THAT CHILD AND HOW THEY HAVE TO PROCEED.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT AND ALSO KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AS THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE BUSES. ONE OTHER THING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MAGNET PROGRAMS, AND MY DAUGHTER DID THE HEALTH SCIENCE TRACK. SO I CLEARLY REMEMBER HOW THEY HAD TO RUSH TO GET TO THE BUS BECAUSE THE BUS LEAVES ON TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT TO GET THERE. BUT PART OF THE SYSTEM. RIGHT. THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT RECEIVING THE KIND OF STATE FUNDING THAT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING TO SUPPORT OUR TEAM. RIGHT.

THAT SUPPORTS THESE STUDENTS, WHAT DO WE DO TO MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING EFFICIENCIES.

RIGHT. AND I JUST WILL HAVE THE QUESTION, DO WE STILL HAVE BUSES THAT PICK UP STUDENTS THAT STAY LATE FOR ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THESE EFFICIENCIES IN ORDER TO NOT IMPACT OUR KIDS? YES, MA'AM.

SO AS IT MAY BE, LET'S JUST SAY A CAMPUS IS DOING A TWILIGHT

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CREATIVITY AND THE MAGIC AND THE SMARTS THAT YOU ALL PUT TOGETHER AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO, YOU KNOW, TRACK THE KID, MAKE CHANGES TO ROUTES, AND OF COURSE, NOT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE BARRIERS TO LEARNING. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, MR.EAGER.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. YOU KNOW, JUST EVERY DAY MY KIDS SHOW UP, THEY'RE DELIVERED SAFELY, AND I JUST KNOW THIS TEAM WORRIES ABOUT EVERY CHILD EVERY DAY.

AND YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON YOU SEE, AND THEY'RE THE LAST PERSON. I WANT TO THANK YOU.

BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS, IT'S JUST LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND ONLY WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS DO YOU THEN SAY, SO IT IS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MYSELF ON THE BOARD THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK, THE COMPLEXITY AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO. SO IT'S NOT GOING UNNOTICED. THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE IS ON, YOU KNOW, LET'S DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, LIKE, HOW IS THE, HOW'S THE AGE OF OUR FLEET LOOKING? YOU KNOW, NOW I KNOW THAT. I KNOW YOU HAVE BONDS FOR REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH AND EVERYTHING, YOU START TRYING TO KIND OF EXTEND THE LIFE OF A COUPLE.

SURE.

EXTENDING LIFE, WHICH THEN INVERSELY CAUSES INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL COST. HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE FLEET? WELL, AND I'LL TALK IN GENERAL AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE TEAM. SO ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, I'M GOING TO USE THAT IN MY ABUNDANCE MINDSET THAT WE WORK ON IN RICHARDSON ISD LEADERSHIP TEAM. WHEN WE BROUGHT TRANSPORTATION IN HOUSE FROM DALLAS COUNTY, THE FLEET THAT WE INHERITED AS PART OF THAT NEGOTIATION WAS A VERY AGING FLEET. AND WE IMMEDIATELY HAD TO LEVERAGE BOND FUNDS AND INCREASED WHAT WE BUDGETED IN OUR BOND FUNDS IN ORDER TO REALLY BEGIN A REPLACEMENT.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT CYCLE WHEN IT WAS UNDER DALLAS COUNTY LEADERSHIP.

AND WE HAD TO CREATE THAT AND THEN CREATE THE FUNDING FOR THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN NEW STATE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN SAFETY MECHANISMS IN OUR BUSES. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY NOW HAVE TO HAVE THE FEDERAL THREE POINT HARNESSES WHEN WE ARE TRANSPORTING LITTLES, FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO THE SEATBELT REQUIREMENT THAT REALLY HAS ALSO FORCED US FOR GOOD REASONS AND EXPEDITED TO ENSURE THAT OUR FLEET IS ON THE NEWER SIDE.

BUT WE HAVE BUILT IN A REPLACEMENT CYCLE THAT IS MANAGEABLE OVER TIME AND THAT DOES NOT EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE BUSES TO A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE UNSAFE. AND I'LL LET EITHER OF YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THAT.

YEAH. SO A LARGE PART OF THAT FORESIGHT REALLY GOES TO SCOTT SELLERS, OUR PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REALLY HAVING A TIMELINE FOR THE REPLACEMENT IN PREVIOUS BONDS. CURRENTLY WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. WE DO HAVE BOND 2025 FUNDS SET ASIDE TO REPLACE BUSES, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 10, MAYBE 15 BUSES THAT ARE OLDER THAN 10 YEARS OLD.

THAT'S KIND OF THE LINE OF DEMARCATION. SO AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE INHERITED THE AGING FLEET FROM DALLAS COUNTY, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN VERY GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW ALL OF OUR BUSES ARE AIR CONDITIONED. NOW ON A DAILY BASIS, AS HOT AS IT IS, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP IT UP, BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. SO THAT IS THAT PART OF OUR FLEET IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

AND I DID HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF WE CAN PULL THE SLIDE UP ON FUNDING FOR ME RIGHT THERE.

OKAY.

OKAY. SO IN MY SIMPLE WAY, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION IN EXPENSES. AND THE YELLOW LINE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING.

THAT IS CORRECT. THE ALLOTMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION HAS NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, AND YOU KNOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION AND DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT SNIFFS EVEN CLOSE

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AMONG ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT OUR FRIENDS IN AUSTIN ARE SHORT CHANGING AND NOT POURING INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ANOTHER LINE ITEM OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS. ALL THE TECHNOLOGY, ALL THE TRACKING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR MAKING SURE PROVIDE A QUALITY CARE FOR OUR KIDS, TRANSPORTATION, FUEL COST.

WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

IF, IF IN THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THEY WOULD SIMPLY INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR REQUIRED OPERATIONS OF A DISTRICT SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION. IF THEY JUST WOULD BRING US TO A LEVEL SET IN THAT IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR DEFICIT BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THE DISTRICT.

WELL, I THINK MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS BOARD WILL CONTINUE AND MAYBE SOME GOING TO LISTEN TO OUR VOICES DOWN THERE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MS. BERNIE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. GIBSON AND MS. MILLER FOR THIS AMAZING PRESENTATION AND ALLOWING US TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENE WORKS THAT IT TAKES TO GET OUR KIDDOS SAFELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL. MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE HAVE SIX CAMERAS PER VEHICLE, PER BUS. CORRECT. AND SO ARE THEY BEING MONITORED LIKE LIVE BY ANY OF THE STAFFERS, LIKE AT ALL TIMES OR IS IT JUST AS NEEDED? HEY, WE NEED A RECORDING OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE BUS. SO YEAH, I KNOW WE CAN ACCESS THE RECORDING, BUT ARE THEY LIKE BEING MONITORED LIVE? YES, WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SAMSAR CAMERA. I KNOW MIKE HAS IT. I HAVE IT. A COUPLE OF THE SUPERVISOR, MY DISCIPLINE TEAM, BUS ENROLLMENT, OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE TO COME TO SOMEBODY VERIFY. WE'VE HAD PARENTS COME IN AND WANT TO SEE. WELL, DID YOU SEE MY CHILD DO THIS? YES, WE'VE SEEN YOUR CHILD DO IT. WE COME IN, WE SIT THEM DOWN. NO CAMERAS, NO RECORDING. WE SHOW THEM WHAT THE VIDEO IS AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN THAT'S IT. WE DON'T GIVE OUT ANYTHING UNLESS IT GOES THE CHANNELS. BUT IT'S NOT VIEWED BY EVERYBODY.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD CONTEXT, VERY SIMILAR TO THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDINGS. WE DON'T HAVE, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, NOR DO WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST WATCHING CAMERAS ALL DAY JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT IS AVAILABLE WITH THE CAMERAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS LIKE THE ALERT SYSTEM. SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A DRIVER, WE BELIEVE THAT EYE CONTACT IS TOO LOW FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION LEADERSHIP TEAM GETS IS THAT REPORT. AND SO OVER TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR TRENDS AND IDENTIFY THAT.

AND THEN IF THERE'S A CONCERN, A CONCERN IS REPORTED BY A PARENT. IT MIGHT BE A MONITOR, IT MIGHT BE A STUDENT THAT BRINGS A CONCERN FORWARD.

THEN WE LEVERAGE THE CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE TO EITHER VERIFY, TO SUBSTANTIATE, OR IN FACT TO SAY, NO, ACTUALLY, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

HERE, HERE IS THAT VIDEO PROOF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE INDIVIDUALS WATCHING IT LIVE ALL THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT. THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING THAT YOU MENTIONED, IS THAT STATE MANDATED? DOES THE STATE MANDATE STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR BUS DRIVERS? THE DISTRICT, THE STATE HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO BECOMING, YOU KNOW, GETTING, EARNING YOUR CDL, UNDERSTANDING THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A BUS DRIVER. WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DEVELOPED ARE WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THAT NEXT LEVEL OF FACILITATE THAT POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. I CONSIDER THE BUS TO BE A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL SET THE TONE FOR THEIR DAY. HOW THE BUS DRIVER CHOOSES TO GREET THEM, HOW THE BUS DRIVER CHOOSES TO MANAGE BEHAVIORS. SOMETIMES OUR KIDS MAY HAVE HAD A BAD MORNING AND THAT BEHAVIOR MAY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE AS THEY'RE WALKING ONTO THAT BUS. AND HOW THAT BUS DRIVER EITHER DE.

ESCALATES OR ESCALATES THAT BEHAVIOR COULD MEAN A SAFETY RISK OR NOT. AND SO THIS TEAM HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED, BUT THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, THAT DISCIPLINE. THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO HOLD OUR STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS THE

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RIGHT. I MEAN, I LOVE THAT PREVENTATIVE ASPECT OF IT AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, IS THERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS LIKE STUDENT DISCIPLINE HANDBOOKS FOR STUDENT CONDUCT AT SCHOOL. IS THERE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT IN BUS, LIKE BUS CONDUCT? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CHANGED. GETTING WITH STUDENT SERVICES, TIFFANY, AND PARTNERING WITH MICHELLE WITH THE FOCUS SYSTEM. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING. BECAUSE YOUR RIGHT HAND HAS TO KNOW WHAT THE LEFT IS DOING, THE LEFT HAS TO KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT IS DOING. AND THERE WAS SOME DISPARITY WHEN I CAME ABOARD. NOT THAT IT WAS WRONG, BUT THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING. THE BUS DRIVERS HAD ANTICIPATION OF ONE THING WITH DISCIPLINE ON THE BUS. AND THEN THE PRINCIPALS, WHICH THEY ALREADY HAVE A WHOLE HANDFUL OF STUFF TO DEAL WITH IN THE SYSTEM FOR PRINCIPALS. SO THERE WERE SOME, SOME GAPS THERE IN THE BRIDGE. SO WHAT I DID WAS. WELL, WHAT WE DID WAS WE PUT IT TOGETHER BECAUSE I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BEING IN EDUCATION, I WANTED THE SCHOOL TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THEN ALSO OUR BUS DRIVERS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO NOW IT'S ALL BRIDGED TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT THAT TRAINING CLASS WAS WITH THE DRIVERS, TO SHOW THEM HOW TO BE DISCIPLINED ON THEIR BUS. AND THEN IT WAS ALSO TO SHOW THEM HOW TO DO THE WRITE UP IN THE REFERRAL SYSTEM. I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT GO IN, BUS DRIVER COMES IN, WRITES THE REFERRAL. MY TWO LADIES GO IN, THEY TAKE THAT REFERRAL, THEY SEND IT INTO THE, INTO THE FOCUS SYSTEM, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THAT PRINCIPAL BECAUSE LIKE WE ALL KNOW, WE ALL GET A BUNCH OF EMAILS AND WE DON'T WANT TO FOOL WITH THAT. I'M MARRIED TO A PRINCIPAL AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. SO GUESS WHAT, YOU GONNA GET AN EMAIL SAYING THIS STUDENT ID NUMBER SON AND SO IS IN THE SYSTEM. PLEASE MAKE ACKNOWLEDGE OF IT SO THERE'S NO MISCOMMUNICATION. I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST THING.

AND IF I CAN JUST ADD, YES, MA'AM, WE HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT BEHAVIORS THAT ARE COMMUNICATED BOTH TO THE STUDENT AND TO THE PARENT. AND AS PART OF THAT, YES, I'M GOING TO BE RIDING THE BUS. THE PARENT ACCEPTS THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THESE ARE THE EXPECTATIONS. AND IF A STUDENT IS NOT UPHOLDING THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS, AND WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, GONE THROUGH OUR DISCIPLINE PROCESS AT SOME POINT, A BUS REVIEW REMOVAL COULD BE A PART OF THAT DISCIPLINE TRAJECTORY.

THAT'S NEVER THE FIRST STEP.

BUT YES, WE HAVE VERY DEFINED PARAMETERS AND THEN LOTS OF COMMUNICATION STEPS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? OH, OKAY. WELL, WE CAN COME BACK DOWN THE LINE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. QUICK QUESTION. I SAW WE HAD SEVEN MECHANICS, I THINK, AND A PARTS PERSON. AND DO WE HAVE ANY TROUBLE KEEPING THOSE PEOPLE? I WOULD IMAGINE MAYBE.

I MEAN, THE TURNOVER. I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET A MECHANIC FOR MY VEHICLE, MUCH LESS, YOU KNOW, 189 BUSES.

AND WELL, THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE DO STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, GOING TO WORK FOR A PRIVATE GARAGE DEALERSHIP, THOSE KIND OF THINGS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY MEANS MORE OR HIGHER PAY, WHICH BEGS THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING THAT CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE IS OPERATING.

HONORED. I HAPPEN TO HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. GIBSON LAST WEEK WHERE HE, HE MAKES IT A POINT TO STOP BECAUSE THE, THE MECHANICS, THE SHOP IS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN HIS OFFICE.

BUT HE MAKES IT A POINT AT MINIMUM WEEKLY TO BE THERE, GREET AND INTERACT WITH ALL THE MECHANICS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO, YES, OKAY, GREAT, GREAT.

WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE TALK. I'D LIKE THE, THE LINE OF QUESTIONS ON THE STATE FUNDING, SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE IN THE FUTURE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF YOUR ALL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND JOB IN THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY EMPLOYEES, YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY BUSES, THIS MANY TRUCKS, BUT THE NUMBER THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST TO ME IN IDENTIFYING THE SCALE OF THIS IS OVER A MILLION MILES A YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK MS. PACHECO OR SOMEBODY SAID IT.

WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOUR JOB, YOU KNOW, HOW WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE DON'T HEAR A THING. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. SO WHEN IT'S QUIET, THAT MEANS THINGS ARE GOING LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT A MILLION MILES A YEAR AND IT'S QUIET, THAT'S PRETTY EXEMPLARY ON THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING IN AND THE RESULTS. SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HEAR IT FROM, FROM STATE DOWN TO DISTRICT, DOWN TO CAMPUS. BUT I TOLD A CAMPUS EARLIER TODAY THAT WE WERE AT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES AS WELL. SO THE CULTURE THAT YOU SHOW US WITH SOME OF THOSE CELEBRATIONS, BUT ALSO AT THE HIGHER LEVEL,

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BUT PLEASE TAKE THAT MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD MEETING TO ALL OF THE STAFF IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THAT WE CELEBRATE THOSE SUCCESSES, WE SEE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH WE LIKE TO NOT HEAR ABOUT DAY TO DAY TRANSPORTATION.

RIGHT.

SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

MY MIC WASN'T ON . WE'LL START BACK UP, TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO ROB A LITTLE

[III.C. TIA Implementation]

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN INFORMATION ITEM TO RECEIVE A TIA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE.

MS.BRANHAM.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT POTEET.

ACTUALLY, TIA HAS BEEN A JOURNEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON FOR ALMOST SIX, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN TEA FIRST BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. AND DR. GOODSON AND I AT THAT TIME WERE TO TRYING CHARGED WITH WORKING WITH WHAT WAS THEN OUR ACE CAMPUSES AND BRINGING IN THOSE EDUCATORS TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW COULD THIS POTENTIALLY BE A SYSTEM THAT MIGHT WORK FOR RICHARDSON ISD AND TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY. WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY HEARS AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS IS THAT WE REALLY HAVE APPROACHED IT WHAT I BELIEVE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT MANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE. WE REALLY MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS WITH OUR CAMPUSES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS WITH OUR TEACHERS.

WE WERE NOT GOING TO DO IT TO THEM. I THINK WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A SPEAKER EARLIER THAT ADDRESSED, WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS COULD HAVE ON CULTURE. WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN COLLABORATE, WHERE THEY WANT TO SHARE, WHERE THEY WANT TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP AND LIFT THEIR CRAFT UP. AND SO THAT IS WHY, LIKE EACH OF THE AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A MINUTE THAT THE TEAM IS GOING TO SHARE, LIKE OUR TEACHERS CREATED THE MODEL. WE DID NOT CREATE THE MODEL AND BRING IT TO THEM.

THEY SAT IN A ROOM AND HELPED US IDENTIFY HERE WERE THE COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM THAT THEY BELIEVED MATTERED TO THEM. THEY RECOMMENDED THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO COUNT IN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS THEIR EXPERIENCE AND NOT OURS. AND THEN AS WE ROLLED THIS OUT, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T ARTIFICIALLY DETERMINED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WHEN THINGS WERE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. WE RECOGNIZED IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE DONE WELL, THAT THIS HAD TO BE WHEN THE CAMPUS WAS. AND SO WE EVEN IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OTHER DISTRICT DID IN THAT AS WE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES, THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO HAVE A VOTE. AND IT HAD TO BE IN OUR FIRST SEVERAL YEARS.

YOU KNOW, 80% OF THE TEACHERS HAD TO SAY, YES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED BECAUSE WE WANTED THIS TO BE AN EXPERIENCE THAT WAS A VALUE ADD AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERED DETRIMENTAL TO THE CAMPUS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEN TO STUDENTS. SO I JUST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A VERY DIFFERENT MINDSET, A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HOW WE ADDRESS COMPENSATION AND EDUCATION. IT WAS NEW FOR US.

AND SO WE DID WALK INTO IT VERY CAREFUL, CAREFULLY, VERY SLOWLY SO THAT WE COULD SCALE OVER TIME AND DO IT RIGHT AND NOT RUSH INTO IT FOR THE SAKE OF JUST TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY AND POTENTIALLY RISK WHAT WE KNOW YOU AS A BOARD VALUE AROUND THE CULTURE OF RICHARDSON ISD. SO I JUST, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT PERSPECTIVE AND OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR TEACHERS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN SO INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT DR.

FRANK PATRONELLA JOINED OUR TEAM AS WE WERE BEGINNING TO SCALE AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEEDED SOMEONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE REALLY MANAGING THE DAY TO DAY OF THIS EFFORT. AND HE WAS A LONGTIME PRINCIPAL FOR US. HE WAS A PHENOMENAL

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LEEPER'S INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM. BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO Y' ALL AT THIS TIME. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. WE HAVE TWO AMAZING TEACHERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM AS WELL. AND SO WE SO APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE ON THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL ON A LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO Y' ALL NOW.

WELL, GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM. WE APPRECIATE IT. I AM SO EXCITED TO SHARE ABOUT OUR JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON WITH TIA, AND IT TRULY HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. AS I SEE THE CLICKER, IT'S ON.

THERE WE GO.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE DELAYED.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS EVENING IS WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GOALS AND THE PURPOSE OF TIA, WHY IT WAS SET UP BY THE STATE. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPONENTS BECAUSE EACH DISTRICT CAN SET IT UP HOW THEY NEED TO SET IT UP BASED ON PARAMETERS FROM THE STATE AND WHAT YOU VALUE IN THE DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE ABOUT HOW WE'VE EXPANDED.

SUPERINTENDENT RANDOM SHARED A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH TIA AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AND HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AND THEN OUR GOALS AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SO THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WAS STARTED WITH HOUSE BILL 3 IN THE 86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2019.

AND THE MAIN PURPOSE WAS A LOT OF TEACHERS WOULD LOOK FOR THAT NEXT STEP IN PAY AND THEY'D LEAVE THE PROFESSION, GO INTO CORPORATE, THEY WOULD GO INTO ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY WOULD LEAVE THE CLASSROOM. AND SO THE STATE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM WORKING WITH KIDS. THROUGH THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO EARN A DESIGNATION THAT'S PLACED ON THEIR CERTIFICATE FOR FIVE YEARS. AND WITH THAT DESIGNATION, AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN A TEACHING ROLE, THEY CONTINUE TO GET A FINANCIAL ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE FOR THOSE FIVE YEARS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR CERTIFICATE. SO WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE STUDENT OUTCOMES IS HAVING A HIGH QUALITY, QUALITY, STRONG TEACHER. THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT HELPS US TO LEVERAGE BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT TO REWARD, RETAIN, AND RECRUIT THOSE TEACHERS. WE REWARD THEM WITH THOSE INCENTIVE ALLOTMENTS. WE RETAIN THEM BECAUSE ONCE THEY'RE ON A CAMPUS THAT HAS A TIA SYSTEM, THEY WANT TO STAY THERE TO EITHER EARN A HIGHER DESIGNATION OR TO CONTINUE EARNING THEIR DESIGNATION AFTER THEIR FIVE YEARS. AND WE ALSO DRAW TALENT TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE TEACHERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE REALIZE WE HAVE A SYSTEM AS, AS WELL. AND WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE METROPLEX FOR A HOME, THEY LOOK AT US BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, I CAN GO THERE AND CONTINUE MY TIA DESIGNATION AND JOURNEY.

I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO DR. ORTIZ TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP.

PERFECT.

AS MS. BRANHAM SHARED, OUR SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM OUR TEACHERS.

AND WHEN THEY RECEIVE THAT DESIGNATION, THE STATE WILL PUT THIS ON THEIR CERTIFICATE. AS DR.

PETRONET MENTIONED, THERE CURRENTLY ARE THREE LEVELS, MASTER'S, EXEMPLARY AND RECOGNIZED. AND WE WILL HAVE A NEW DESIGNATION, THE ACKNOWLEDGED DESIGNATION, THAT'S ADDED FOR THE 27, 28 SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THE DESIGNATION COMES A FINANCIAL ALLOTMENT. THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT TELL US HOW MUCH A TEACHER IS GOING TO RECEIVE FOR THEIR DESIGNATION. ONE IS THE LEVEL OF THEIR DESIGNATION. THE HIGHER THE LEVEL, THE MORE MONEY THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO EARN FROM THAT DESIGNATION AS WELL AS THE SOCIOECONOMIC MAKEUP OF THE CAMPUS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING. SO ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IS WE ALSO HAVE OUR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THOSE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO GET THE SEAL FOR THE NBCT, BUT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE FUNDING. OUR SYSTEM, BASED ON THE INPUT FROM OUR TEACHERS IS MADE UP OF FOUR DIFFERENT OF KINDS COMPONENTS. 40% COMES FROM TEACHER PERFORMANCE, 30% FROM STUDENT GROWTH, 20% FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND 10% FROM CAMPUS CULTURE. I'M GOING TO GO INTO WHAT GOES INTO EACH OF THOSE. THE 40% THAT COMES FROM TEACHER PERFORMANCE IS BASED ON THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM THAT TEA REFERS TO AS T TEST. AND WE LOOK AT THE TWO DIMENSIONS THAT IMPACT INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND SO FOR A TEACHER TO GET THAT RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION, THEY HAD TO HAVE A 3.7 AVERAGE IN THESE TWO DOMAINS. AND WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT WILL SHIFT TO 3.5. THESE ARE DESIGNATED. THE STATE GIVES US SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT THOSE CUTS SHOULD BE FOR STUDENT GROWTH. STUDENT GROWTH IS BASED ON THE

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SO IF IT'S A TEACHER WHO IS IN A STATE STAR TESTED GRADE LEVEL, WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH ON THEIR STAAR ASSESSMENT. WE ALSO INCORPORATE OUR MAP ASSESSMENT FOR OUR PRE K TEACHERS. WE HAVE OUR CIRCLE ASSESSMENT. AND TEA HAS ALSO GIVEN US SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH WE SHOULD EXPECT FOR THEM TO EARN THAT DESIGNATION OR RECOGNIZE WHICH IS THE CURRENT LOWEST LEVEL.

55% IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO EARN THE DESIGNATION. ONCE ACKNOWLEDGE GETS ADDED, THAT WILL LOWER IT TO 50%. NOW TEACHERS GETTING 50% GROWTH WILL BE ABLE TO EARN A DESIGNATION.

TEACHERS ALSO WANTED THERE TO BE A FACTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME BUILDING THEIR CRAFT AND GROWING INDEPENDENTLY AS A TEACHER. AND THE BEST WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT WAS DOMAIN 4 OF THE T TEST INSTRUMENT WHICH EVALUATES HOW THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO A PERCENTAGE 20% COMES FROM HOW THEY'RE EVALUATED IN DOMAIN 4. AND THEN THE LAST LITTLE PIECE, WE VALUE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

AND SO THE PARENT SURVEY INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 5% FROM THE PARENT SURVEY AND 5% FROM OUR STUDENT SURVEY ADDS THE LAST LITTLE PIECE TO THEIR FINAL SCORE FOR TIA.

NOW DR. PETRONELLA IS GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND THROUGH THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON WITH TIA.

ALL RIGHT, SO AS SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM SAID, THIS OUR PHILOSOPHY THE WHOLE TIME HAS BEEN, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS TO YOU. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU. IF THIS, IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE READY FOR THIS AS A CAMPUS, THEN WE WANT TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER. AND SO THAT'S BEEN OUR PHILOSOPHY ALL ALONG.

SO WE STARTED SMALL. WE STARTED WITH THE FOUR CAMPUSES. THE ACE MODEL WAS AT THAT TIME PHASING OUT. AND SO THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE HAVING SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM OR SYSTEM AT THOSE CAMPUSES. AND ALL FOUR OF THEM VOTED TO DO THIS AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO IN 2020, 2021, WE STARTED COLLECTING DATA ON THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES TO SEE IF THEY EARNED DESIGNATIONS.

IN THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD SEVEN TEACHERS ON THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES EARN DESIGNATIONS. THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE WANT TO GIVE THE TEACHERS A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A SCORECARD TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT AREAS THEY MET, WHAT THEY DIDN'T, SO THAT THEY CAN SET GOALS IF THEY WANT TO WORK TOWARD THAT. WE GAVE THEM THEIR SCORECARDS AFTER THAT SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE, OH, I MISSED IT FROM MY STUDENT GROWTH, I ONLY NEEDED TO GROW ANOTHER 5% OF MY STUDENTS AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE, OR MY T TEST, IF I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A HIGHER SCORE IN DIFFERENTIATION, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE. SO THEY SET THOSE GOALS. AND WE WENT FROM SEVEN TEACHERS TO 40 TEACHERS JUST, JUST ON THOSE FOUR CAMPUSES IN THE NEXT YEAR. SO AGAIN, WE STARTED SLOW. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BUILT CONSENSUS AND WE WANTED TO EXPAND WHENEVER THE CAMPUSES FELT READY. SO STARTING IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, I CAME ON AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.

AND AT THAT POINT THEY HAD ALREADY VOTED THAT MORE CAMPUSES WERE GOING TO JOIN.

AND WE WERE AT SEVEN CAMPUSES THAT YEAR, STILL ALL ELEMENTARY, THOUGH.

SO WE WERE IN ELEMENTARY PRE K THROUGH 6, SPECIAL EDUCATION, MUSIC, ART, AND PE. ONLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN MAY, I WENT OUT TO CAMPUSES AND VISITED WITH THEM, DID MY TOUR, WENT AND TALKED TO ALL OF THEM, ANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND WE HAD ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES JOIN AND WE INCREASED TO 12 CAMPUSES. AND THAT YEAR FOR 24, 25, WE ALSO ADDED THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD BRANCHED INTO SECONDARY. BUT WE WANTED TO START SMALL AGAIN. SO WE STARTED WITH CORE AREAS THAT WE ALREADY HAD APPROVED ASSESSMENTS FOR STAAR OR MAP.

SO WE ONLY DID AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, MATH, RLA AND SCIENCE AT FIRST. AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, KNOWING THAT OUR GOAL WAS TO ADD SOCIAL STUDIES AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY MUCH WANTING IT WHENEVER WE WERE IN THOSE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS.

SO THEN THAT SCHOOL YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR WENT AROUND AGAIN TALKING TO CAMPUSES, AND 16 MORE CAMPUSES VOTED TO JOIN IN FOR LAST YEAR. SO WE HAD 28 CAMPUSES THAT WE WERE COLLECTING DATA ON LAST YEAR THAT WE'LL BE GIVING DESIGNATIONS OUT THIS YEAR FOR THOSE TEACHERS. AND WE ALSO EXPANDED TO SOCIAL STUDIES AT SECONDARY. IN ADDITION, WE ADDED OUR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL THAT YEAR. LAKE HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WAS LIKE, BRAVE.

THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT JUMP OUT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. AND WE JUST FOCUSED ON CORE AREAS AGAIN AT HIGH SCHOOL. THEN WE ALSO ADDED THAT YEAR OUR DYSLEXIA TEACHERS AND OUR ADVANCED LEARNING TEACHERS. BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING WITH KIDS, OVER 50% OF THE TIME, THEY WERE CONSIDERED A CLASSROOM TEACHER, WHICH IS THE TEAMS CODING FOR CLASSROOM TEACHER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THEM TO THE LIST AND GET THEM ALSO ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A PATHWAY TO EARN A TIA DESIGNATION. AND

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AND WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE TEACHER TYPES TO INCLUDE SOME CTE COURSES, FRENCH ONE, FRENCH TWO, SPANISH ONE, SPANISH TWO, AND HEALTH ONE. AND OUR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION TEACHERS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS COACHES. SO BY DOING THIS IN STEPS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE BEFORE WE ADD THE NEXT GROUP TO THE SYSTEM. THIS GRAPHIC JUST SHOWS ALL OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE TIA THIS YEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, COLOR CODED BY THEIR LEARNING COMMUNITY. I'M SO HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ENTIRE BERTNER LEARNING COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE LAKE HIGHLANDS LEARNING COMMUNITY, EVERY CAMPUS IS TIA. SO THERE TRULY IS THAT ALIGNMENT FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THOSE LEARNING COMMUNITIES. SO WITH ALL OF THOSE CAMPUSES COME ON COMING ON BOARD, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THIS CHART THAT THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS HAVE INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR. THE NAVY BARS ARE THE NUMBER OF NEW OR HIGHER DESIGNATIONS EACH YEAR, AND THEN THE MAROON BAR IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS.

SO IN THIS PAST YEAR, JUST AT 12 CAMPUSES THAT WERE ABLE TO DESIGNATE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE 186 DESIGNATIONS.

WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A NEW OR HIGHER DESIGNATION, WE DO GO OUT TO THE CAMPUSES AND THEY GET A CELEBRATION. WE DO TAKE THE CHECKS OUT TO THEM AND MAKE SURE WE CELEBRATE THEM. TEARS HAPPEN. IT'S JUST. IT'S A VERY MOVING TIME TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM BECAUSE MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD THAT, AND MANY OF THEIR COLLEAGUES CELEBRATE THEM JUST AS MUCH AS WHENEVER THEY GET IT THEMSELVES, WHICH IS SO POWERFUL AS WELL.

SO THE RANGES OF ALLOTMENT CHECKS VARY BASED ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC MAKEUP OF THE CAMPUS. SO FOR RECOGNIZED YOU WOULD GET BETWEEN 3 AND 9,000.

FOR EXEMPLARY BETWEEN 6 AND 18,000. AND FOR MASTERS, BETWEEN 12 AND 32,000. THESE ARE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS THAT CAN MAKE AN EXTREMELY PROFOUND DIFFERENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS.

THEY DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR TEACHERS. ON THOSE 12 CAMPUSES ALONE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 45 RECOGNIZED DESIGNATIONS, 104 EXEMPLARY, AND 36 MASTERS. AND YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY MORE EXEMPLARY THAN ANY OTHER? IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE TEACHERS USED TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND WITH TIA YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE UP TO A HIGHER DESIGNATION LEVEL.

SO IT KEEPS YOU WANTING TO GROW AND WANTING TO LEARN INSTEAD OF BEING STAGNANT, LIKE, OH, I'VE ALREADY EARNED ONE, I'M DONE. YOU CAN KEEP WORKING.

SO A LOT OF OUR EXEMPLARY TEACHERS WERE RECOGNIZED AND OVER YEARS AT THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE INCREASED. THIS TRANSLATES TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY BEING DISTRIBUTED FROM THE STATE TO OUR TEACHERS. THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO OUR TEACHERS. STATE FUNDING BEING GIVEN TO THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR DEDICATION.

THIS IS ONLY AT THOSE 12 CAMPUSES. STILL, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS YEAR WHEN WE HAVE 28 CAMPUSES DESIGNATING. AND THEN NEXT YEAR, WHENEVER THE ACKNOWLEDGED DESIGNATION GOES IN AND WE HAVE EVEN MORE TEACHERS ELIGIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS WE'RE GIVING OUT.

SO THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS THAT COME WITH TIA. BUT BEFORE I SHARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HEAR HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED ONE OF OUR TEACHERS.

JOSHUA GARAY IS A 6TH GRADE ADVANCED LEARNING TEACHER FOR RLA AND GT AT FOREST MEADOW MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE GROWS LEADERS THERE EVERY DAY. AND HE IS A MASTER TEACHER. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM COME OVER AND SHARE HOW HE HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY TIA.

AND I ALSO CHALLENGE YOU TO GO BE A PART OF A FOREST MEADOW PEP RALLY BECAUSE YOUR WORLD WILL BE SHAKEN. IT'S BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL PEP RALLY I'VE EVER SEEN.

YES. THANK YOU LORD AND MS. BRANO AND EVERYONE ELSE.

YOU'RE ALL AMAZING. I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS A TIA MASTER TEACHER AND REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS NOW WILL BE MY FIFTH YEAR TEACHING AND IT REALLY HAS VALIDATED MY EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER. I CAN STILL THINK BACK TO THE VERY FIRST TIME I WALKED INTO MY FORMER PRINCIPAL, DR.BURTZ'S OFFICE WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO TELL ME IF I WAS GOING TO WIN OR GET ANY RECOGNITION ON MY SCORECARD. AND KNOWING MYSELF, I WAS LIKE, I'M PROBABLY NOT GETTING ANYTHING, BUT LET'S JUST SEE HOW WE DO.

AND JUST WALKING IN, I WAS NERVOUS, SCARED. BUT GETTING TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT I MADE THROUGH GROWTH, THROUGH SEEING JUST ALL THE HARD WORK THAT I KNOW THAT GOES INTO TEACHING, IT REALLY DID VALIDATE ME, GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE THAT I NEEDED JUST TO PURSUE THAT YEAR. I ALSO THINK BACK TO HOW IT HAS IMPACTED ME AS A LEADER ON CAMPUS, TOO. NOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT TEACHERS COMING,

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AND WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU. YOU DO GREAT THINGS EVERY DAY.

YOU BROUGHT YOUR CHECK. I KNOW YOU DID. I SAW IT.

I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT.

YES, YES, YES.

I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS A CHECK THEN THAT THEY RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, EVERY SUMMER AT THAT END OF THE YEAR. AND AGAIN, JUST THAT. THAT RECOGNITION OF.

AND I ALSO THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT THAT EVERY TEACHER DESERVES THAT KIND OF CHECK. LIKE, WE WOULD LOVE.

I WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR EDUCATORS THAT CHECK.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING FUNDING.

WHAT I THINK IS SPECIAL ABOUT WHAT THIS BOARD DID WAS CREATE CAPACITY IN THE BUDGET. AND AGAIN, WE'RE IN FINANCIAL CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE BOARD, LIKE, WE BELIEVE IN OUR TEACHERS, AND YOU ALL WANTED TO CREATE A COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT SYSTEM THAT. THAT WOULD REWARD OUR TEACHERS. SO YOU'VE DONE THAT.

LIKE, YOU'VE CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE IF YOU STAY IN TEACHING, WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN YOU. YOU'VE MADE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SALARY COMPRESSION. AND WHAT THIS. I BELIEVE WHAT TIA DID WAS THEN PROVIDE REVENUE THAT THERE IS NO WAY WE WOULD HAVE EVER HAD MONEY TO PROVIDE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS. AGAIN, I WISH WE COULD DO IT FOR ALL TEACHERS, BUT RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE STATE IS PROVIDING, WE'RE NOT LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE THAT THE STATE IS PROVIDING. WE'RE GOING TO ACCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO USE EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE STATE IS PROVIDING US AND GIVE IT TO OUR TEACHERS.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THAT SOME OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SEEN IN THE DISTRICT IS ONE THAT IT IS A SELF SUSTAINING SYSTEM. THE MONEY THAT WE GET IS FROM THE STATE. IT IS NOT RISD FUNDING. THE STATE ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE 10% OF THE OVER OVERALL ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST. SO THE DISTRICT IS NOT OUT ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDING FOR COVERING TIA, RUNNING THE ASSESSMENT DATA, PURCHASING ASSESSMENTS FOR TIA, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT IS ALL SELF SUSTAINING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT LOCAL FUNDS FOR THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN TEACHER TURNOVER AT OUR TIA CAMPUSES. WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AMAZING THINGS PUT IN PLACE AS A DISTRICT WITH OUR SALARY PLAN, WITH OUR BENEFITS, WITH THE THINGS THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT. BUT TIA HAS ALSO BEEN A FACTOR. A LOT OF OUR TIA CAMPUSES WERE OFTEN THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD THE HIGHEST TURNOVER. AND WE NOW CAN SAY THAT FROM 2021 TO 2025, TIA HAS HAD A DECREASE ON THOSE CAMPUSES IN A 15.8% OF TURNOVER, WHICH IS EVEN MORE OF A DECREASE THAN THE DISTRICT OVERALL. TEACHERS, ONCE THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE EARNING THOSE DESIGNATIONS, THEY WANT TO STAY. WE HAVE TEACHERS DRIVING FROM ARLINGTON, FROM FORNEY, COMING TO WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY LOVE THE CULTURE OF THEIR CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS TOGETHER WITH THEM THAT THEY REALLY VALUE AND APPRECIATE.

I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID THERE IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS WOULD NOT WORK IF WE DID NOT HAVE A STRONG CULTURE ON THE CAMPUS. THIS WORKS BECAUSE WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PRINCIPAL, INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP, AND A CULTURE OF, OF SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION.

WE, I WON'T NAME A CAMPUS, BUT WE HAVE A CAMPUS IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH LEADERSHIP AND WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THOSE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER TIME THAT WE HAVE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE AND THE TURNOVER AT THAT CAMPUS IS NOT CHANGED BECAUSE OF TIA. WE HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF TURNOVER THAT WE DID BEFORE TIA BECAUSE IN THE END CULTURE IS A BIG PART OF THAT. THIS IS LIKE THAT VALUE ADD OF LIKE, HEY, THIS MAY BE A CAMPUS IN WHICH I HAVE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT ARE CHALLENGING ME TO BE MY VERY BEST, BUT I HAVE A STRONG CULTURE AND ON TOP OF THAT I'M GETTING REWARDED FOR THE WORK THAT I DO.

ADDITIONALLY, WE SEE A RIPPLE EFFECT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TIA IS FOCUSED ON IS INCREASING TEACHER CAPACITY AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE. SO WHENEVER TEACHERS ON A CAMPUS, THEY VOTE

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I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN GET A DESIGNATION. THEY KNOW THAT TO EARN IT, THEY HAVE TO INCREASE THEIR OWN SKILLS AND THEY HAVE TO INCREASE THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND HOW THEIR STUDENT OUTCOMES ARE. SO AN OUTCOME IS INCREASED STUDENT GROWTH ON THAT CAMPUS. AND AS YOU HAVE MORE TEACHERS WHO ARE EARNING DESIGNATIONS, THAT'S MORE STUDENTS ACROSS THE CAMPUS WHO ARE INCREASING THEIR PERFORMANCE, WHICH INCREASES OUR HIGHER CAMPUS ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS ON THE CAMPUSES WHICH AS YOU HAVE CAPACITY WITH THIS AND HAVE MORE CAMPUSES DOING IT, IT CAN ALSO IMPACT THE OVERALL DISTRICT EXCELLENCE. AND WE HAVE SEEN CAMPUSES MOVING FROM A D CAMPUS TO A B CAMPUS BECAUSE OF THE STABILITY ON THE CAMPUS. THE TEACHERS GROWING KIDS THROUGH TIA, AND IT IS A FACTOR THAT HELPS.

IT'S NOT THE ONLY FACTOR, BUT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT GROWTH. AND THEN WE KNOW CULTURE IS HUGE.

SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM SHARED SOME ABOUT THAT A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

BUT WE HAVE A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, GROWTH, AND EXCELLENCE. WHAT WE SEE OFTEN, AND PRINCIPALS ATTEST TO THIS. THEY TELL ME ALL THE TIME THAT WHENEVER A TEACHER ON THEIR CAMPUS HAS EARNED A DESIGNATION, THEY START HELPING THEIR TEAMMATES ALSO TRY TO EARN IT. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CREATE COMPETITION, IT'S A LOT. THE LEADERSHIP.

THE LEADERSHIP IS BEHIND A LOT, LOT OF IT. BUT THE TEACHERS HELP EACH OTHER.

BUT DON'T BELIEVE ME. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS WHO IS A GURU IN THE AREA OF CULTURE. THE FIFTH GRADE ROCK STAR IN ELA, TIFFANY OLLIE AIKEN ELEMENTARY, WHO IS ALSO A MASTER TEACHER.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT BRANDON. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHEN I WAS AS INVITED. A FEW YEARS AGO WITH MS. COGDEN, THE PRINCIPAL OF AIKEN ELEMENTARY, BROUGHT FORWARD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CAMPUS TO BECOME A DESIGNATED CIA CAMPUS. IT WAS NO BRAINER FOR US. OUR CAMPUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN FILLED WITH TEACHER TEACHERS WHOSE COMMITMENT AND PASSION FOR STUDENTS WERE EVIDENT LONG BEFORE TIA. HOWEVER, KNOWING THAT EDUCATORS COULD RECEIVE A RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATION FOR THE IMPACT THAT THEY MAKE ONLY AMPLIFIED THE PASSION, LOYALTY, CONNECTION IN OUR SPECIAL COMMUNITY.

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN OVER 12 TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED TIA DESIGNATION. PERSONALLY, WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED I HAVE EARNED A TIA DESIGNATION AS A MASTER TEACHER, MY KNEES BUCKLED.

TEARS STREAMED DOWN MY FACE WITH PURE JOY.

IN THAT MOMENT, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT I SAT BESIDE WHO STRUGGLED TO WRITE, STUDENTS I ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED AS THEY LEARNED ENGLISH AND THE STUDENT WHO CAME TO SCHOOL WEARING DAMP CLOTHES BUT CONTINUED TO SHOW UP READY TO LEARN. I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THOSE SAME STUDENTS GREW AND EXCELLED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACED.

FINALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. ALL OF IT. NOT BECAUSE OF THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE VALUE PLACED ON OUR EFFORTS. LONG HOURS, ENDLESS COLLABORATIONS WITH MY READING COACH, MY PRINCIPALS AND OTHERS, THE PLANNING, THE RETEACHING, AND THE MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY WERE ALL WORTH IT. TIA DID MORE THAN RECOGNIZE MY WORK. IT REMINDED ME THAT THE WORK WE DO, TRULY IT HAS STRENGTHENED MY DESIRE TO CONTINUE GROWING AS AN EDUCATOR. HAS EVEN ALLOWED ME TO ON FOCUS FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND GRADUATES AND TO CHASE MY DREAMS. AND HAVING AN EVEN GREATER IMPACT BECAUSE OF TIA. I AM CONTINUING TO GROW MY KNOWLEDGE SO I CAN BETTER TEACH, GUIDE AND SUPPORT CHILDREN WHO ARE DREAMING ON AND PREPARING TO BECOME THE ONE. NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO IN OUR GLOBAL SOCIETY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAS CONTRIBUTE TO A CULTURE ON OUR CAMPUS. SO LET'S JUST CELEBRATE THE IMPACT WE MAKE ON THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN WHO INSPIRE US, TAKE IT AS OUR BEST. THANK YOU.

SO WELL SAID. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND SHE DIDN'T MENTION HOW MUCH SHE ALSO POURS INTO HER COLLEAGUES AND HER TEAMMATES AS WELL.

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BUT SHE ALSO IS VERY COMMITTED TO HER COLLEAGUES AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

SO WITH ALL THE BENEFITS ALSO COME CHALLENGES. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD TO OVERCOME WITH 38 DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, CALIBRATING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHER APPRAISAL SYSTEM IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS ALL SETTINGS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REALLY STRONG REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR WALKTHROUGHS, ENSURING THAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND GROWTH IN IMPROVING IN THEIR APPRAISAL TECHNIQUES TO GIVE HIGH QUALITY FEEDBACK TO TEACHERS. THE SECOND AREA OF CHALLENGE HAS BEEN ALSO JUST EXPANDING INTO SECONDARY.

WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT COURSES, SO MANY DIFFERENT TEACHER TYPES, WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE TEACHERS A PATHWAY TO TIA. BUT IN HIGH SCHOOL THERE ARE AREAS LIKE CTE THAT HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT COURSES, AP COURSES, DUAL CREDIT. SO TRYING TO EXPAND IN THOSE AREAS AND DO IT TO STILL HAVE A CULTURE OF TRUST TO WHERE THE TEACHERS BELIEVE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS EQUITABLE. AND THEN THE THIRD IS CLEAR AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.

INTERNALLY WE STRIVE REALLY HARD TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG GUIDEBOOK, HAVING GREAT TRAINING, TRAINING FOR TIA, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE WELL PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS WITH THAT GROWTH MODEL.

BUT EXTERNALLY, WHENEVER WE ARE ALSO RECRUITING TEACHERS AT OUR JOB FAIRS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING TIA AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW THAT TALENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO RISD, KNOW THAT WE ARE THE ONE, AND MAKE RISD THEIR HOME AS WELL. THESE TEACHERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH QUALITY OR HIGH, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS.

BUT THESE, THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH ANY SYSTEM AS WELL.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT FRANK DIDN'T MENTION, BUT IT'S ONE THAT IT'S A WELCOME CHALLENGE. BUT AS WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE OTHER SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO HELP OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, WHETHER IT'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, IT MIGHT BE OUR ACADEMIC SUCCESS LEADS THAT ARE HELP COACHING TEACHERS. THERE IS SUCH A. THOSE DESIGNATIONS DON'T CARRY FORWARD WHEN YOU BECOME AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN INCENTIVE TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT.

RIGHT.

WE WANT AMAZING TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, BUT WE ALSO NEED GREAT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND GREAT PRINCIPALS BECAUSE WE CAN'T RUN A CAMPUS WITHOUT GREAT LEADERSHIP. AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AROUND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES COMPENSATION LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO GO INTO THAT, LIKE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS. IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE ARE AVENUES TO STAY IN THAT CLASSROOM.

BUT ALSO IF YOU'RE INSPIRED TO LEAD IN A DIFFERENT WAY, HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT STRONG CULTURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE STRONG LEADERSHIP AS WELL. SO TRYING TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES.

BUT WE DO SEE THAT THE FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT. AT THE TIA CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER, COMMISSIONER MORATH DID SAY TIA ISN'T WELL. HE ACTUALLY SAID TIA AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE. SO THE STATE IS CONTINUING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS.

$750 MILLION WAS GIVEN OUT LAST YEAR ALONE. AND THEIR EXPERIENCE EXPECTING ABOUT 2 BILLION WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO TEACHERS CAN KNOW THAT IF THEY EARN A DESIGNATION, THEY CAN BANK ON THAT MONEY BEING THERE FOR THOSE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS THEY HAVE THAT DESIGNATION FOR OUR DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO CONTINUE TO ADD MORE CAMPUSES WHEN THOSE CAMPUSES FEEL THAT THEY ARE READY TO GIVE MORE TEACHERS THAT PATHWAY TO BECOME TIA. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER TEACHER TYPES WE'RE INVESTIGATING THIS YEAR.

WHAT ARE OTHER DISTRICTS DOING TO GET AVID TEACHERS, TEACHERS QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, THEY DON'T HAVE.

THEY DON'T USE SOME OF THE SAME ASSESSMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE. SO WHAT COULD WE UTILIZE? ALSO FINE ARTS AT SECONDARY. HOW CAN WE GO THAT AREA WITH THEATER, ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COURSES. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PATHS TO DO THAT AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO COULD HAVE A PATHWAY. IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR, AT ALL 38 TIA CAMPUSES, ALL OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR DATA COLLECTION, THEIR TPES, THEIR PRINCIPAL APPRAISALS, AND THEIR CAMPUS GROWTH. THEY MET AS WELL IN A PILOT TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN A PRINCIPAL STIPEND SYSTEM. AND IF THEY MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EARN NEXT YEAR A STIPEND FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS AND WORK WITH STUDENT GROWTH AND

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AND JUST TO NOTE THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT, THAT WOULD BE FUNDED AS A PART OF THE 10% THAT IS A PART OF THE BASICALLY THE DISTRICT SET ASIDE. SO WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED THAT THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING IN, THAT THEY ARE GOING DIRECTLY BACK OUT, PRIMARILY A, TO TEACHERS AND THEN B, IF THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS, THAT WE LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WAY.

SO TO WRAP UP SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS, AS WE SAID, TIA IS HERE TO, TO STAY AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND SO WE WANT TEACHERS TO HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN THAT DESIGNATION HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE PATHWAYS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO RETAIN THEM IN THE CLASSROOM, WORKING WITH KIDS TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS AND TO REWARD THEM FOR GROWING THEIR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL OF THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR NORTH STAR GOAL OF GROWING TEACHERS AND GROWING STUDENTS. WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO GROWING OUR TIA SYSTEM AND TO CONTINUE TO REWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LEADERS ON THESE CAMPUSES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL DEFINITELY OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

THE ONLY THING ELSE THAT I DO WANT TO ADD, I THINK IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT ASTERISK. I THINK FRANK AND OUR AMAZING TEACHERS HAVE SPOKEN TO THE HEART OF THE WORK, THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CALIBRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A SYSTEM THAT IS VALIDATED. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, THAT THOSE CATEGORIES THAT DR.

ORTIZ MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR SYSTEM ANNUALLY.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT EVERY CAMPUS THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT. IT HAS TO BE VALIDATED BY TEXAS TECH. THEY ARE THE INSTITUTION THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT OUR SYSTEM. I SAW THAT RED RAIDER, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF OUR SYSTEM. SO THIS, THIS IS NOT ONE WHERE WE CAN JUST PUT SOME NUMBERS ON A PAGE. PRINCIPALS CAN FILL OUT A FORM, WE SUBMIT IT, AND THEY GET THE DESIGNATION.

PSYCHOMETRICIANS EVALUATE. AND IF THEY FIND AN ANOMALY, WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO IT. IF THEY FIND THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN AN ASSESSMENT WHERE THERE'S BEEN THIS EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BASICALLY DEMONSTRATE NO ACTION. THIS IS A TREND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SAW. THIS SAME STUDENT GROUP ON THESE THREE ASSESSMENTS ALSO HAD THAT SAME LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. THERE WAS NO ANY KIND OF MANIPULATION OF THE DATA OR OF THE TESTING ENVIRONMENT.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION AS WELL, AND IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW, LEGISLATIVELY. YOU KNOW, THERE IS.

IN ALMOST EVERY MEETING I HAD WITH LEGISLATORS IN THE LAST SESSION, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS IS ALWAYS, WELL, WE ARE PROVIDING RESOURCES AND FUNDS TO DISTRICTS, AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

THEY'RE NOT ACCESSING THE FUNDS, THAT WE'RE GIVING RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DISTRICTS, AND THEY ARE NOT AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THAT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE FUNDING, AS DEMONSTRATED IN TRANSPORTATION, IS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES, THAT WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR LEGISLATORS EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO ACCESS STATE GRANT FUNDS, TIA FUNDS. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY LEVERAGING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT TEA IS WILLING TO INVEST INTO OUR SYSTEM. WE ARE NOT LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE FINANCIAL RESOURCES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE SCARCE. AND SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A VALUE ADD, WE WOULD NOT DO IT IF WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY HARM OR BE DETRIMENTAL TO STUDENTS. BUT IF WE SEE THAT THIS CAN BE A VALUE ADD, THEN WE ARE TRYING TO ACCESS EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN TO BRING IN TO HELP IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS. AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GET FEEDBACK.

ALL RIGHT, WHO'D LIKE TO GO FIRST? MS. MCGOWAN, I'M NOT CHOOSING JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

YEAH, THIS IS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, FIRST QUESTION. THE PRINCIPAL.

I KNOW.

I'M SO SORRY. I RAN AROUND THE PRINCIPAL STIPEND.

DOES THAT HAVE TO. I KNOW.

THAT'S NEXT STEPS. WE'RE NOT THERE. NOT THERE YET.

BUT WHEN WE GET THERE, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A TIA DESIGNATED CAMPUS FOR THE PRINCIPAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE? YES, MA'AM.

RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE.

IT'S IN ALIGNMENT OF IF WE'RE RECOGNIZING TEACHERS AND THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ADDITIONAL WORK ON OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS. AND SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT YOUR CAMPUS NEEDS TO BE EARNING AND DRAWING DOWN THE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN THEN ALSO TAKE SOME OF THAT 10% ENGAGEMENT BACK TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL, IF THE DESIGNATION IS EARNED.

ALSO, HAVE YOU SEEN A CORRELATION BETWEEN TIA DESIGNATED TEACHERS INCREASE IN MAP SCORES AND STAAR SCORES ALONG WITH GROWTH? LIKE, HAVE

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THAT'S A PART OF OUR SYSTEM.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF OUR RESIDENT PSYCHOMETRICIAN GENE ORTIZ, WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT.

YES, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ALIGNMENT. AS DR. PETRONELLA MENTIONED, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE, LET'S SAY THEY GET THE RECOGNIZED DESIGNATION. THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEIR GROWTH MOVES UP TO THE NEXT EXPECTATION, WE RUN THEIR NUMBERS AGAIN AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEXT ONE. ALL THE WAY.

UNTIL THEY GET TO THAT MASTER'S DESIGNATION, OUR TEACHERS CONTINUE TO GROW OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE SEEING THAT JUST IN OUR OVERALL CAMPUS PERFORMANCE. FOR A LOT OF THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY COMPLETELY, BUT WE SEE THAT IMPACT FROM THOSE TEACHERS THAT HAVE THAT DESIGNATION AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE STAYING THERE AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE CAMPUSES. SO, YES, ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TEA CONTINUES TO EVALUATE AS WELL. SO WHEN THEY DO THE DATA VALIDATION, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT LIKE, WHAT IS THE DATA LOOKING? THEY HAVE ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE A DESIGNATION AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR DATA AND AGAIN EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY LOOK AT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE SHORTCOMING, LIKE, WHAT IS THE DOWNSIDE OF THIS? BECAUSE I ONLY HEAR. I'M ONLY GETTING POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS LIKE, YAY, THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GROWTH AND MORE MONEY AND GROWING KIDS. IT ALL SOUNDS REALLY GREAT. WHAT'S THE. WHAT'S THE ON TO THIS? WELL, SO IF YOU WERE TO ASK MOST CAMPUSES, AND AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FRANK CAN. HE'S IN EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS IN WHICH TEACHERS ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST THERE IS A. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS TIGHT AND THAT THAT CALIBRATION IS TIGHT.

OTHERWISE YOU RISK A CULTURE AND PERCEPTIONS WHERE TO TEACHERS FEEL LIKE THAT PRINCIPAL IS FAVORING A TEACHER'S EVALUATION BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEM BETTER THAN ME. IF THE CALIBRATION IS NOT SUPER TIGHT WHEN I COME INTO THE CLASSROOM, I'M NOT CONSIDERING THE PERSONALITY OF THE TEACHER. AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY VOLUNTEER ON THREE COMMITTEES IN THAT MOMENT DOESN'T MATTER.

WHAT MATTERS IS AT WHAT LEVEL AM I SEEING THAT TEACHER SKILL, THAT TEACHER ACTION THAT I NEED AND HOW AM I EVALUATING THAT EXTERNAL OF ALL OTHER FACTORS? SO THAT PERCEPTION THING IS VERY CHALLENGING. I DO THINK CULTURE THERE IS A RISK BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW MINDSET IN EDUCATION. WHEN I CAME INTO TEACHING, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS NOT EVEN ANYTHING I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

AND I THINK A PART OF THAT IS THIS BELIEF AROUND WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND THAT WE ALL COME IN EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH AN ABSOLUTE INTENT AND SHARE THIS HEART OF WE'RE GOING TO HELP GROW KIDS AND THAT IF WE IMPLEMENT SOMETHING IN WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY GET PAID MORE THAN YOU ARE, IN WHICH WE'RE RANKING TEACHERS, SO TO SPEAK, SPEAK BASED UPON THEIR PERFORMANCE, THAT WE ARE THEN IN FACT DETERIORATING THAT CULTURE. AND SO I DO THINK THAT IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, IF YOU'RE NOT THOUGHTFUL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT LEADERS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT IS, THAT COULD BE A REALITY. AND I THINK CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN. THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE BEEN SLOW TO MOVE TO TIA. IT IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THEIR GREATEST FEARS. I WANT TO SIT IN A PLC WITH MY PEOPLE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL COMING FROM THE SAME PLACE AND THAT ONE WE'RE GOING TO EQUALLY SHARE, WE'RE GOING TO EQUALLY COLLABORATE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BECOME THIS I'M GOING TO HOARD THE INFORMATION OR THAT SECRET STRATEGY I HAVE BECAUSE I WANT THE DESIGNATION AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE IT. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS A REAL FEAR OF OUR CAMPUSES AND WHY WE DIDN'T SAY EVERYONE'S DOING IT.

WE HAVE SAID NOPE, UNTIL THE CAMPUS IS READY, UNTIL THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TEACHERS SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE SEE AS A BENEFIT. WE HAVEN'T FORCED CAMPUSES TO DO IT BECAUSE IF WE DID AND TEACHERS WERE NOT ON BOARD, I DO THINK THAT THOSE PERCEPTIONS COULD BECOME A REALITY AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE. IT WOULD BE A NEGATIVE AND WOULD BE A CON OF IMPLEMENTING TIA.

I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PART OF EDUCATION. WELL, HERE IN RICHARDSON ANYWAY, THAT YOU CONSIDER EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY LEADER AND YOU ALLOW THEM TO BE PART OF THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE IN CORPORATE AMERICA THERE'S NO SUCH THING. YEAH, I HAVE A, I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ON MY TEAM THAT MAKE MORE MONEY THAN I MAKE.

RIGHT. AND THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MORE IS TO OUTPERFORM OR OUTSELL OR OUTGROW. LIKE THAT'S REAL LIFE TO ME.

RIGHT.

YEAH. AND IS IT ALWAYS FAIR?

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AND INPUT, OUTPUT, LIKE, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT YOU ALLOW LEADERSHIP AND YOU GO ALONG, YOU'RE ALONGSIDE OF THEM, TO GROW THEM AND GIVE THEM THESE OPPORTUNITIES. SUCH A GENTLE WAY AND KIND WAY. TRULY PARTNER WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. SO THAT'S AMAZING. GOOD JOB.

AND I WILL, AND I DO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. TIA. I DO THINK IN THE LAST SESSION WHEN THEY ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL, I THINK THEY HAVE COMMITTED THAT OVER TIME, THEIR GOAL IS THAT 50% OF TEACHERS ARE EARNING SOME KIND OF DESIGNATION. AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT DR. ORTIZ MENTIONED WITH THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.

IT'S A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS, BUT ONCE YOU EARN THAT, THAT IS ADDED AS WELL TO YOUR CERTIFICATION, THE RENEWAL OR THE RECERTIFICATION PROCESS IS NOT NEAR AS RIGOROUS AS THAT INITIAL. AND AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TRANSFERS WITH YOU, AND THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC DESIGNATION AS WELL. SO EVEN IF POTENTIALLY A TEACHER'S NOT GETTING IT THIS WAY, OR MAYBE THEIR CURRENT ROLE DOESN'T, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT. THERE IS ANOTHER ROUTE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PART OF THAT DESIGNATION SYSTEM.

AWESOME. OKAY, I'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION, AND THEN I'M DONE. IF A TEACHER DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS, THEY HAVE A DESIGNATION ALREADY.

THEY WANT TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS, BUT THEY CAN'T MOVE. LIKE, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GROW WITH DESIGNATIONS, YOU HAVE TO BE AT A TIA CAMPUS. SO IF YOU GO TO A CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS, YOU'RE DONE.

SO YOUR DESIGNATION TRAVELS WITH YOU. SO REGARDLESS OF THAT CAMPUS THAT YOU HAVE, IF THEY HAVE TIA OR NOT, THAT DESIGNATION TRAVELS WITH YOU FOR FIVE YEARS.

HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT MAY ADJUST BASED UPON THE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF THE KIDS THAT YOU'RE SERVING. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I GO FROM A CAMPUS THAT HAS 90% OR HIGHER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS TO A CAMPUS THAT HAS 10% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, THAT DESIGNATION AMOUNT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

BUT THAT DESIGNATION DOES MOVE WITH THEM. NOW, TO EARN A DESIGNATION, YOU HAVE TO BE AT A TIA CAMPUS. ANY OTHER NUANCES THAT.

YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD HAVE SHARED AS WELL. AND WE DO HAVE TEACHERS THAT MOVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT CARRY THAT DESIGNATION WITH THEM.

AFTER THE FIVE YEARS, IF THEY ARE AT A NON TIA CAMPUS, IT FALLS OFF THEIR CERTIFICATE AND THEY'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER TIA CAMPUS TO RE.

EARN.

AND IT ALSO TRANSFERS BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

YES.

ACROSS THE STATE.

OKAY. I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I HOPE WE GET MORE TEACHERS DESIGNATED OR THAT THEY WANT TO DO IT AND THEY WANT TO GROW. THIS IS. SHE MOTIVATED ME. I SHOULD GO GET MY MASTERS NOW OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW.

LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. JACOB.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MS. ALI, AND MR. GARRAI. THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE ARE MORE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING.

I ALSO LOVE THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT THAT CAMPUS IS READY, IF THEIR TEACHERS ARE READY. A WHILE BACK, I WENT TO A PRESENTATION FOR YOUR STUDENT LEADERS A WHILE BACK, BUT ONE THING THAT WAS A TAKEAWAY WAS WE ALL WIN WHEN WE HELP EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

I'M VERBATIM, BUT IT'S TRUE.

AND I THINK IN A SPACE WHERE WE'RE EDUCATING, WE HAVE EDUCATORS, YOU ALL ARE ACADEMICS, YOU'RE LEARNING. I CAN'T IMAGINE A SPACE WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD BE NOT COLLABORATING WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS THE BEAUTY, I THINK, OF OUR SYSTEM IN OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN RICHARDSON. AND I THINK THAT REDEFINES HOW THIS SUPPORTS OUR TEACHERS. RIGHT. IT ISN'T CREATING A BIAS BETWEEN THEM.

IT ISN'T CREATING SOME SORT OF COMPETITION. IT'S CREATING A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU ALL WANT TO GROW TOGETHER, WHERE RECOGNITION, YOUR TEACHING EFFORTS, AND THE EXCELLENCE THAT YOU ALL DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I JUST. I'M TRULY EXCITED. I LOVE THE WORDS OF BOTH OF YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TURNOVER DECREASE. THAT IS AMAZING.

RIGHT? WOW.

YOU KNOW, WE. THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT A WHILE BACK WHEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT SALARIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. BUT, I MEAN, SOME SCHOOLS ARE MORE HARD TO WORK IN THAN OTHERS, JUST IN GENERAL. RIGHT. AND TO

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SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY NICE TO SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW PARTICIPATING.

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE.

AND I SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I KNOW, AND I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR TEACHERS GO IN TO SEE THEIR SCORECARDS, POTENTIALLY WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT SCORECARD, AND IT MAY NOT BE THE NUMBER THAT THEY HOPED FOR. WE WOULD BE LYING IF WE SAID IT, DIDN'T SAY STING.

YES, THAT STINGS. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT DESIGNATION. BUT THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE HEARD, AT LEAST SO FAR, THE LANGUAGE THAT I'VE HEARD IS, WELL, I'M CONTINUING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON A, B OR C OR NOW I KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY, I HAVE TO WORK ON THIS SPECIFIC THING SO THAT MY NEXT TASK EVALUATION OR MY NEXT MAP GROWTH, WHATEVER IT IS, THIS IS WHAT IS MY HURDLE. AND I AM DOUBLING DOWN AND REALLY WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HONE THAT SO THAT NEXT TIME MY SCORECARD DOES HAVE THAT NUMBER THAT I WANT.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. YEAH, I KNOW IT HURTS, BUT I HAVE ALSO HEARD A COMMITMENT BY OUR EDUCATORS. WE WANT TO GET BETTER BECAUSE BY GOLLY, I WANT THAT SCORECARD TO HAVE THAT NEXT NUMBER ON IT. AND IT'S YEAR.

GREAT. EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.

YOU REMINDED ME OF EVEN HOW OUR STUDENTS, RIGHT. THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE SAT OR THE SAT.

RIGHT. OR EVEN WHEN I WORK WITH THE YOUNGER ADULTS WHO WANT TO TAKE LSATS OR MCATS, THEY WORRY, RIGHT. I'M NOT READY. I'M NOT READY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, TAKE IT. RIGHT. AND SEE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE READY. AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF GROWTH.

YEAH, WE'RE NOT EXCITED WHEN WE DON'T PASS EVERYTHING. WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SCORES THAT WE WANT. I MEAN, AND I THINK TEACHERS ARE SPECIAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY JUST WANT TO EXCEL AND BE AT 150% EVERY TIME. THEY DON'T JUST WANT THAT A, THEY WANT THE A. AND SO I CAN SEE THAT.

RIGHT.

BUT IT'S NOT DISAPPOINTMENT.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY OF GROWTH. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOMEBODY TO COLLABORATE WITH. RIGHT.

AND CONTINUE TO HELP EACH OTHER TO MEET THE GOALS THAT, THAT YOU ALL SET FOR YOURSELVES. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S MAKING MORE MONEY ON THINGS. IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, THE THING THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE WITH IS THAT WE JUST GIVE A BLANKET RAISE. AND I COULD SEE ONE ASPECT OF IT IF I'M A HIGH PERFORMING TEACHER AND I'M GETTING THE SAME. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY IS NOT EVERY TEACHER I KNOW KILLS THEMSELVES FOR OUR KIDS. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PERFORMING TEACHER AND MAYBE ONE NOT DOING SO WELL, RIGHT. NEED TO RAISE THEIR GAME A LITTLE BIT. YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME COMPENSATION. THEY'VE LINED OUT AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE NOT SAYING AND BELIEVE ME, TRYING TO PUT INCENTIVE AND COMPENSATION PROGRAMS NEVER PERFECT. EXCEPT OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR BECAUSE WE WILL GET A PERFECT CALENDAR. BUT YEAH, COMPENSATIONS AREN'T GOING TO BE. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF YOU LAY THE FRAMEWORK, IF YOU DO THIS, I'VE SEEN THIS IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE IF YOU LAY DOWN THE FRAMEWORK, IF YOU DO THESE THINGS AND IT TRIGGERS THESE EVENTS COMPENSATION THEN IT RAISES EVERYBODY'S GAP. ESPECIALLY IF YOU SET A LEADERSHIP EXAMPLE AND SET THE CULTURE OF LIKE I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T ENOUGH ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL. BUT THE WHOLE CAMPUS TAKES IT ON. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE REALLY HARD FOR ONE PERSON LIKE A VILLAGE PEOPLE DOING THIS. WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IF YOU START RAISING THE GAME FOR EVERYBODY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTS RAISING EVERYBODY ELSE'S. NOT A MATTER OF LIKE YOU SAID IT'S DISAPPOINTING WHEN YOU DON'T GET THAT SCORE.

BUT IF YOUR TEAM GOES, HEY, LET'S WORK ON THIS,

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MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN WHEN CAMPUSES GO IN, YOU IMPLEMENT, YOU SEE THAT IT KIND OF RAISES EVERYBODY'S GAME.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE CONSISTENCIES MENTIONED AND THEN THUS YOU SEE THE OUTCOME FOR KIDS.

I REALLY THINK FOR ANY OF US TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE US HYPOTHESIZING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE CLASSROOMS IN THE PLCS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THESE TWO AMAZING EDUCATORS, LIKE, THEY'RE IN THE HEAT OF IT. AND AGAIN, THEY WERE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST DESIGNATION. SO DO Y' ALL WANT TO SPEAK? DO ONE OF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND JUST SPEAK TO.

YEAH, LIKE WHAT? WHAT? LIKE. AND BE REAL. LIKE, IT'S OKAY. BE REAL.

IT'S OKAY. I MEAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ON OUR CAMPUS, I. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CULTURE, WE ARE COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. SO WE DO HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT DESIGNATED. SO THEY ARE REACHING OUT. WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM. I HAVE TALKED TO TEACHERS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS WELL.

WHAT CAN I DO? OKAY, WELL, MAY I PLEASE COME INTO YOUR CLASSROOM, ETC. YOU HAVE TEACHERS TAKING THE INITIATIVE OF ASKING FOR MENTORS AS WELL. SO THE CULTURE IS NOT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DIVISION. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS AN AUTHENTIC COLLABORATION OF CARENESS, REALLY, TO HELP MY COLLEAGUE. WHAT CAN I DO? NO ONE IS HOLDING INFORMATION. NO ONE IS GATEKEEPING INFORMATION. I DO NOT GATEKEEP INFORMATION BECAUSE I AM WHO I AM, SINGULAR AS AN EDUCATOR. I AM GOING TO SHARE MY INFORMATION WITH THE NEXT EDUCATOR. AND WE ARE OPEN WITH COMMUNICATION FROM THE COACHES WHO ARE ON CAMPUS, FROM THE PRINCIPALS, FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, EVERYONE IN OUR PLCS. IT IS A POSITIVE CONVERSATION. YES. I WILL ADD ON TO SUPERINTENDENT BRANDON NOW. THE FIRST YEAR, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR AT OUR CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE BEEN A TIA DESIGNATION. THAT FIRST YEAR IS STUNG. I WAS ONLY TWO POINTS AWAY. LITERALLY, IT DID STING.

SLEPT FOR TWO DAYS. I DID COME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, BUT THEN I WENT HOME AND SLEPT AGAIN.

BUT GUESS WHAT? MY READING COACH CAME. SHE SAID, MS. ALI, I GOT YOU OTHER TEACHERS.

WHEN I WAS COMING AROUND THE CORNER, ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER, SHE SAID, MS. ALI, YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER. SHE SAID, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS. WHAT I FELT WAS COLLABORATION. I FELT THE RESPECT OF MY COLLEAGUES. BUT I DO NOT SEE DIVISION. I HAVE NOT SEEN DIVISION WHO IS STILL THING.

YES, BUT YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE SUPPORTERS THAT COME AROUND YOU, YOUR FRIENDS AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR FRIENDS COMING AROUND SAYING, HEY, WE GOT YOU. WHAT CAN WE DO? COME TO MY CLASSROOM. I'LL COME TO YOUR CLASSROOM. LET'S HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION. THE PRINCIPALS, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THEY'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION AS WE HAVE THE BOX OF TISSUE ON THE DESK AND CRYING, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS REAL. I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED DIVISION. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DIVISION.

ALL I HAVE SEEN IS TRUE COLLABORATION, FRIENDSHIP, TO HELP EACH OTHER SO WE CAN GET THAT DESIGNATION FOR THAT PERSON.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT FRUSTRATES ME TO NO END, IF I'M BEING COMPLETELY HONEST, THAT A SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED IN WHICH THERE WAS A FORCE.

DISTRIBUTION.

DISTRIBUTION. AND I SUBMIT FEEDBACK EVERY YEAR IN A REQUEST THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SYSTEM IN WHICH ALL TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A RECOGNITION IN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO ONLY ALLOW AND CREATE A SYSTEM IN WHICH ONLY 50% CAN ACCESS THAT.

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YES, IT ANGERS ME. BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOOK AT TEACHERS WHO SAID I WOULD.

BLESS YOU. I HAVE. THERE IS THIS OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO US. I COULD EARN THIS. WE ARE WORKING. I WANT TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND HOW I COULD. I COULD JUSTIFY THAT THE BENEFITS DIDN'T OUTWEIGH THOSE CHALLENGE AREAS. BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YES, WE WISH IT WAS A SYSTEM AND WE WILL ADVOCATE WITH TA THAT IT WOULD BE A SYSTEM THAT ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE ABLE, IF THEIR DATA, IF THEIR TEACHING LEVELS MEET THAT EXPECTATION, THEY SHOULD ALL ACCESS SOME LEVEL OF DESIGNATION. YES.

WELL, THE OTHER THING, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT A TEACHER, BUT I ADMIRE AND THE ONE THING I DO TELL PEOPLE OF ALL THE PROFESSIONS AND IN MY CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S AMAZING TO ME ALL THE CONFERENCES AND ALL THE THINGS WE SEE, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN ONE DISTRICT THAT FINDS A BETTER WAY TO TEACH AND HELP EDUCATE KIDS, IT IS NOT LIKE THIS TRADE SECRET AT LIKE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WHERE I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THEY'RE LIKE, COME ON DOWN.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE PLAYBOOK. AND I THINK EVERYWHERE I'VE SEEN THAT IS THROUGH THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ECOSYSTEM IS.

AND THANK YOU, MS. HOLLY, FOR BEING VULNERABLE WITH US AND SHARING THAT.

BECAUSE I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT IF SOMEBODY AS A TEAM GOES, I FIGURED OUT A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS, THEN COME ON, COME ON, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT HOW DO WE NOT. IF WE'RE GOING TO TEACH KIDS BY EXAMPLE, AS PARENTS AND AS TEACHERS, YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW DO WE NOT WALK IN A SYSTEM OF SHOWING EXAMPLES? IF I FAILED, I DUSTED MYSELF OFF AND I GOT UP AND GOT BETTER. YOU KNOW, KIDS WILL WATCH THIS WHEN THEY SEE ACTS OF GREATNESS. THEY EMULATE THE LEADERS ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIFE'S NOT FAIR, BUT IT'S THE TRUE SIGNS OF LEADERSHIP. AND EXAMPLES IS IT'S NOT WHEN YOU WIN ALL THIS GOOD STUFF AND IT HAPPENS.

IT'S THAT BEHIND THE SCENES, THAT STUFF WHERE YOU'RE GOING HOME, YOU'RE NOT SLEEPING FOR A COUPLE DAYS, AND YOU GET HOME AND YOU GO, EITHER YOU JUST KIND OF CURL UP AND GO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THIS, OR YOU GET BACK AND SAY, GOSH DARN IT, I'M GOING TO GET AFTER THAT AND RAISE. AND KIDS SEE THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, HEY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. I THINK THAT NOTHING'S PERFECT. BUT IF WE DON'T SAY, HEY, FOR OUR TEACHERS TO GET COMPENSATED BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN IN AUSTIN, THEY CANNOT THROW THAT BACK IN OUR FACE AND SAY, WELL, WE PUT ALL THIS MONEY OVER HERE. YOU'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. WE JUST GOT TO SAY, CHECK THE BOX. WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT'S YOUR NEXT OBJECTION? OKAY. ANYHOW, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. WE SURE APPRECIATE.

YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MISS FEARNEY? YES, SIR.

OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE TIA REWARD SYSTEM COMES FROM THE STATE AND THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OFF OF FROM US, AND THAT WE DO SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE ATTRITION RATE FOR TEACHERS IN OUR TIA CAMPUSES. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR AS WELL.

MY QUESTION IS THAT I KNOW A TEACHER WHEN THEY EARN THEIR TIA STATUS THAT IS ON FOR FIVE YEARS. CORRECT. SO IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY GOT EXEMPLARY. SO NOW THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THOSE FIVE YEARS TO TRY TO AIM FOR RECOGNIZED.

NO, MA'AM. SO LET'S SAY LAST YEAR I EARNED, YOU KNOW, THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE DESIGNATION. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR I CAN MOVE UP TO MASTER'S. I IMMEDIATELY MOVE UP TO MASTERS. THERE IS NO DELAY PERIOD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS.

IT'S. AND IT STARTS THE COUNT.

RIGHT. SO NOW IT BECOMES YOUR FIRST YEAR. AND THEN THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS WITH THE NEW DESIGNATION.

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ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR A CAT, FOR A CAMPUS THAT IS DESIGNATED TIA CAMPUS, IS THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE TO HAVE THAT DESIGNATION BY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS TO CONTINUE THAT STIPEND? NO. ALL THEY ARE LOOKING AT IS YOUR SYSTEM HAS TO CONTINUE TO PASS THE VALIDATION REVIEW PROCESS AS LONG AS YOUR SYSTEM IS APPROVED BY TEXAS TECH, THEN THERE.

THERE'S NOT A. EACH CAMPUS HAS TO HAVE SO MANY NUMBER OF DESIGNATED TEACHERS.

MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TOO.

YES, MA'AM.

IT GIVES THE TEACHERS TIME TO.

THEN IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ENROLL ROLE IN THIS AND.

YES, MA'AM.

WORK TOWARDS IT. OKAY. AND THEN THE PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DO THESE WALKTHROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING, THE T TEST OBSERVATIONS AND ALL, DID THEY TAKE ANY KIND OF TRAINING FROM THE STATE AT ALL? BECAUSE THIS IS STILL FAIRLY NEW FOR US. RIGHT. AND FOR THE DISTRICT. SO AT LIKE ANY STATE LEVEL TRAINING THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE.

SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND REQUIREMENTS IN EVERY YEAR THAT YOU. THEY HAVE TO DO T TEST TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE EXPECTATIONS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE REAL WORK OF MAKING SURE THAT THE T TEST EVALUATION MATCHES WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM COMES THROUGH THAT CALIBRATION PIECE.

SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS THE PRINCIPAL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MEMBERS OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM WERE PUT IN PODS AND WE GO INTO A CAMPUS, A TIA CAMPUS.

WE WILL WALK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

WE WILL ALL GO IN AND LOOK AT THE SAME CLASSROOM.

TEACHERS WON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE COMING BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO REALLY EMULATE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WEREN'T THERE. SO WE WALK INTO A CLASSROOM, WE OBSERVE THAT TEACHER, THEY COME OUT AND BASICALLY EVERYONE SCORES INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THEN WE SHARE. HERE IS WHAT THAT, HERE'S HOW I RATED THAT.

HERE'S THE FEATURE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN. FRANK WILL SAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I SAW. THIS IS WHAT GINA SAW. WHOEVER'S THERE.

AND WE CALIBRATE TO MAKE SURE DID WE ALL SCORE THAT? WAS THERE A SMALL STANDARD DEVIATION WITHIN OUR SCORING? IF NOT, IF WE SAW THAT THERE WAS STRONG VARIANCE, THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THAT ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR THAT PRINCIPAL EITHER IN TRAINING, DOING MORE WALKTHROUGHS WITH THEM, MAKING SURE THAT THAT SCORING SYSTEM IS INCREDIBLY TIGHT. SO IT'S REALLY FOCUSED FOR ME, NOT THE FORMAL TRAINING. AS MUCH THAT WE SEE MAKES A DIFFERENCE IS THAT CALIBRATION.

AND AS WE'RE SCALING, AS DR.

PATRONOLA SAID, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES WE HAVE NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING AS COMMITTED TO THE NUMBER OF CALIBRATION WALKS WHEN WE HAD FOUR CAMPUSES AS WE DO NOW WITH 36.

I KNOW, THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU GUYS DO ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS FOR OUR KIDS.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT DIALOGUE. MS. PACHECO MENTIONED IT AND THE ORGANIC GROWTH OF IT I THINK IS CRITICAL TO BREED THAT OWNERSHIP WITHIN THESE CAMPUSES. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A. WE KNOW THAT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE AND HOW ORGANIZATIONS WORK, BUT THAT'S CRITICAL IN THIS AS WELL. THE TERMS THAT I KEPT HEARING WERE CULTURE WAS AMPLIFY. I THINK SOMEBODY SAID AMPLIFY, VALUE ADD. AND I KEPT THINKING, YOU KNOW, THIS TIA DOESN'T MAKE A TEACHER, BUT TIA AUGMENTS AND AMPLIFIES AND VALUE ADDS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO WHAT YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE SIGNED UP TO DO AND WANTED TO DO. SO IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO SEE THAT KIND OF TOOL THAT CAN OPEN UP THOSE POSSIBILITIES, I THINK NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT AS A CAMPUS AS WELL, AND TO THE COSTS, YOU KNOW. AND MS. MCGOWAN HAD ASKED ABOUT THE CON, RIGHT. PROS AND CONS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONS DON'T EVER GO AWAY, BUT YOU MANAGE THEM, YOU MANAGE THAT RISK. RIGHT.

AND SO FROM A CULTURE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK TO THE POINT, AND MS. PACHECO MENTIONED THIS TOO, IS JUST IS MAINTAINING THAT FOCUS ON THE CULTURE AND DOING IT IN A SENSITIVE WAY TO WHERE NOT RISKING THAT CHANGE IN CULTURE. WE'RE NOT GIVING UP THIS FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE MANAGING IT THAT RISK AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE CULTURE IS REALLY EVERYTHING AND TIA CAN BE PART OF THAT CULTURE AS WELL. SO.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT CONVERSATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALL'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, WE HERE. YES. YOU GOT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. THANK YOU

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ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I KNOW THAT.

MS. MCGOWAN, THIS COMES STRAIGHT TO YOU.

YEAH, SOUNDS MUCH MORE INTIMIDATING. THE BOARD MAY RECALL WE SPENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS MAKING SOME POLICY UPDATES RELATED TO THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THIS IS SIMPLY A CONTINUATION OF IT AND IT ACTUALLY MIRRORS THE UPDATE THAT THE BOARD DID TO POLICY DFBB WHICH LISTS THE REASONS FOR NON RENEWAL FOR TERM CONTRACTS. BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION, THERE IS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE POLICY THAT DEALS WITH POTENTIAL REASONS FOR NONRENEWAL. AND SO THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN THE OTHER POLICY ARE JUST BEING MADE HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL IT IS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

[III.E. Superintendent's Start of School Update ]

YES, YOU WILL.

GREAT. OKAY, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND MS. BRANHAM, THANK YOU.

YES, WE'RE Y'ALL.

IT'S BEEN SUCH KNOCK ON ALL THE WOOD. IT'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE START TO 2026, 2027. OUR TEAM IS BRIEFLY GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID THIS SUMMER TO BE READY FOR THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS JUST BRIEFLY OUTLINE OUR PRIORITIES.

YOU KNOW AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO HEAR EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE CULTURE OF THE DISTRICT IS OUR NORTH STAR GOAL AND ANY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT WE HAVE OVER THE SUMMER AS WE'VE ENTERED THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE NORTH STAR GOAL IS AT THE HEART OF ALL OF THAT. I HOPE YOU WILL START PAYING ATTENTION IN CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL AS ON OUR CAMPUSES. OUR LEADER PROFILE IN WHICH EVERY TEACHER IS SHARING THIS IS MY GOAL FOR THE YEAR AND THIS IS MY BIGGEST HOPE AND DREAMS FOR MY CLASSROOM OR FOR MY TEAM. THOSE ARE ALL POSTED AND AGAIN IT'S JUST THIS VISUAL REMINDER TO OUR STUDENTS THAT EVEN AS ADULTS WE ALSO HAVE GOALS AND THAT WE SHARE THOSE. WE SHARE THOSE OVERTLY.

IT'S A POWERFUL STATEMENT.

THIS IS HOW ARE WE LEAVING TODAY? BETTER THAN WHEN WE WALKED IN. WE REALLY FOCUS ON THAT. I WANT TO TALK JUST A SECOND ABOUT OUR THEME FOR THIS YEAR AND THE POWER OF DREAMING ON WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS THE CHALLENGES SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THEY CONTINUE TO MOUNT ON PUBLIC ED, ON RICHARDSON ISD THAT OUR KIDS STILL DESERVE TO WALK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT EVERY DAY WHERE THE ADULTS HAVE A SPIRIT OF DREAMING AND DREAMING THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR KIDS. AND WHEN YOU CREATE THAT CLIMATE, OUR STUDENTS BELIEVE THAT THEY ALSO ARE CAPABLE OF DREAMING AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET GIVE THEM THE SKILL SET THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS A REALITY.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TOMORROW IN OUR KEEPING TABS EDITION, WE ACTUALLY VIDEO AND ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR THE VOICES OF SOME OF OUR KIDS TO HEAR WHAT ARE THEIR BIGGEST DREAMS FOR THE YEAR. AND IT JUST REMINDS YOU OF JUST THE POWER OF OUR KIDS AND JUST THE YOUTH THAT COMES AND THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT SCHOOL AND WHAT WHETHER IT'S I DON'T WANT TO, I WON'T SPOIL ONE OF THE BEST DREAMS. BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS WORK AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT EVEN IN SOME CHALLENGING TIMES WE STILL ARE GOING TO DREAM BIG FOR OUR KIDS. CULTURE MATTERS.

FROM THE CURB TO THE CLASSROOM, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE A PRIORITY THAT WHEN OUR GROUNDS TEAM IT'S 105 OUT THERE AND THEY ARE STILL MOWING OUR LAWNS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR KIDS WALK IN AND WALK UP TO OUR BUILDINGS. THEY LOOK PHENOMENAL. WE HAVE A CENTRAL WALKTHROUGH FORM THAT WHEN WE'RE VISITING CAMPUSES, WE'RE EVALUATING IS THERE TRASH? AND IF WE SEE TRASH, LET'S PICK IT UP, PLEASE. IF THERE ARE OLD POSTERS, IF THERE ARE POSTERS THAT ARE OUTDATED, IF THERE IS INFORMATION THAT IS DOES THE CAMPUS MESSAGE AND COMMUNICATE

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, OUR CENTRAL TEAM AND OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM. AT THE HEART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GROW AS LEADERS, WAS THIS BOOK UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, THERE'S ABOUT A 14 MINUTE TED TALK OF WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK REALLY KIND OF TELLS HIS STORY. HE'S ACTUALLY A RESTAURANT OWNER AND HOW HE WENT ON A MISSION TO EARN HIS MICHELIN STAR AND BECOME THE NUMBER ONE RANKED RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD. AND HE REALLY FOUND OUT THAT IT WASN'T ABOUT THE FOOD, IT WASN'T ABOUT THE CHINA ON THE TABLE.

THAT IS ALL EXPECTED, RIGHT? EXCELLENCE IS EXPECTED. THAT IS A PREREQUISITE. EXCELLENCE IS EXPECTED. BUT WHAT PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT MICHELIN STAR WAS UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY. ARE YOU WILLING TO GO THAT EXTRA INCH TO MAKE SOMEONE FEEL IN A WAY THAT IMPACTS THEM AND MAKES THEM WANT TO COME BACK, THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO SHARE THE STORY? YES.

WHAT EXPERIENCE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING ABOUT. OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES, STAR SCORES, ATHLETIC, FINE ARTS EXCELLENCE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE EXPECTED.

WE EXPECT THAT IN RICHARDSON ISD, OUR PARENTS EXPECT THAT OF US. SO THEN WHERE DO WE THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DIFFERENT THAN OUR COMPETITORS? IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE LEGENDARY EXPERIENCES. WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOWN. WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A LEGENDARY STATUS BY THE WAY THAT WE INTERACT WITH INDIVIDUALS, THE WAY WE RESPOND TO AN INDIVIDUAL EMAIL, THE WAY THAT WE STOP AND WE LISTEN AND WE CONNECT WITH OUR STAFF, WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE SUMMER TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE THE ONE TO CREATE THOSE LEGENDARY EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM? AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN OUR INFANCY OF EXPLORING THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HEAR THIS, YOU WILL SEE THIS, WE WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED WHEN A STAFF MEMBER GOES THAT EXTRA INCH, WHEN A STUDENT GOES THAT EXTRA INCH AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE THINK WILL BE A DIFFERENTIATOR IN THIS NEW CLIMATE OF COMPETITION. SO I'VE ASKED THE TEAM EACH TO DO A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR WORK THIS SUMMER. AND SO I THINK HR YOU'RE GOING TO KICK US OFF.

QUICK HIGHLIGHT.

YES, I DID TEXT THEM AND SAY, REMEMBER? SO. SO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

AS YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE OVER THE SUMMER TO BRING IN ALL THE NEW HIRES. THAT'S A GROUPING THERE THAT SHOWS YOU THE NUMBERS. PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT'S TENTATIVE IN TERMS OF THERE CAN BE NEW HIRES OR THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHERE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS COULD EBB AND FLOW. I KNOW THAT YOUR ATTENTION WILL GO TO THE TEACHER LEVEL BECAUSE THAT IS A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF NEW TEACHER HIRES. BUT THEN I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT BOX OVER TO THE RIGHT THAT SHOWS WHERE WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO HAVE AS OUR TEACHER TURNOVER FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT AS WE FINISHED OUT THE YEAR, WE HAD A LOT OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT IMPACTED ALLOCATIONS. AND SO WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ALTHOUGH THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN MIGHT NOT, WILL NOT BE HERE FOR 26, 27, WE HAVE A JOB FOR YOU IN THE DISTRICT. IT'LL BE A JOB FOR WHICH YOU'RE CERTIFIED.

AND SO WHEN WE DID SEE THE TEACHER VACANCY VACANCIES HAPPEN, WE WERE ABLE TO FILL MANY OF THOSE AFTER WE GOT THE PREFERENCES FROM THOSE EMPLOYEES AND FOUND A LOCATION FOR THEM WHERE THEY COULD EITHER BE A TEACHER OR SERVE IN ANOTHER ROLE. SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY THAT TEACHER NEW HIRE NUMBER IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO NOW. I'LL ALSO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT SURPRISED BY THIS SLIGHT UPTICK. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IT WAS 11.5 AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PROJECTING AT 13.24. AND I KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT, BUT WE HAVE STUDIED THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STUDY THAT IN TERMS OF THE REASONS THE EXIT SURVEYS AND THINGS.

BUT ONE, ONE ISSUE THAT IMPACTED THAT WAS OUR NEED TO TIGHTEN UP OUR SYSTEM TO BE MORE COMPLIANT WITH MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED IN THE CLASSES THAT THEY WERE TEACHING. SO YOU'LL RECALL WE TALKED ABOUT THE DOI NUMBERS NEEDING TO COME DOWN, ASSOCIATE TEACHER NUMBERS.

WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW WE NEED OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE THEIR OWN ESL CERTIFICATION IN THE CORE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. THIS IS KIND OF THE IMPACT OF THAT. WE HAD DOZENS OF TEACHERS WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON DID NOT MEET THOSE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND, OR AFTER YEARS OF ATTEMPTS AND STUDY CLASSES, THEY JUST DID NOT PASS THAT TEST. AND SO THAT IS PART OF WHY THAT NUMBER IS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO STUDY THIS AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU IN THE SPRING WITH A MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT IS NOT AN OPTION THAT A DISTRICT

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LEGALLY, WE CAN NO LONGER DO THAT. SO THAT DID CREATE ADDITIONAL TURNOVER. THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE TEACHER WANTED TO LEAVE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CREDENTIALS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO MATTHEW GIVENS QUICKLY.

YES, MA'AM. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT TABITHA DIDN'T MENTION THIS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT THE CONVOCATION VIDEO THAT WAS DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I THINK, AS SHE MENTIONED, REALLY SET THE TONE. AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE TEAM, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATED THE WAY THAT THAT WAS DELIVERED. IT PROBABLY WASN'T AS BIG, YOU KNOW, BIG AS MS. BRANHAM WANTED, BUT THE VIDEO AND THE WAY THAT SHE SPOKE TO BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF AROUND WHAT IT LOOKS TO DREAM AND WHAT THEIR DREAMS WERE WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL. AND I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE IT WAS REALLY A GREAT VIDEO AND STARTED EVERYTHING OFF VERY WELL. SO THANK YOU, MS. BRANDON, FOR THAT. FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES STANDPOINT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE DIVISIONS AND LEADING THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A MINUTE, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

AND SO I THINK THE TERM REFINEMENT REALLY COMES INTO PLAY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM A TRAININGS PERSPECTIVE, WE LAUNCHED A BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY SYSTEMATIZE AND UNIFY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR HOW WE FOLLOW OUR BEHAVIOR MATRIX AND OUR BEHAVIOR PLANS AND MANAGEMENT FOR EACH CAMPUS. SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT REFINING THAT AND WE TRAINED OUR PRINCIPALS ON THAT. WE DID SHARE WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AS WELL THE GRIEVANCES AND TEA COMPLAINTS. WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THAT. AND I KNOW AS A BOARD, YOU'VE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THAT AS WELL. THAT IS NOT ONLY FROM A DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO WE JUST SHARED THAT DATA WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND ALSO GAVE THEM SOME IMPORTANT STEPS AROUND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF A GRIEVANCE IS FILED AND HOW WE REALLY WANT TO TRY TO SOLVE THOSE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. THE NEXT IS BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS THROUGH OUR PLATFORM CALLED SENTINEL. BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS HAS REALLY BEEN A PLACE FROM THE STATE OF FOCUS FROM THE STATE AND SENTINEL IS A STATE MONITORED PLATFORM.

AND SO HELPING OUR PRINCIPALS UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW WE NEED TO HAVE TEAMS ON EACH CAMPUS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE THREAT ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED WAS A SIGNIFICANT TRAINING THIS SUMMER. CODE OF CIVILITY RELAUNCH. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, WE LAUNCHED JUST FROM A VISIBILITY STANDPOINT, WE LAUNCHED AND PUT OUT NEW POSTERS. SO WE'VE ASKED, AND IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'VE ASKED ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TO DISPOSE OF THE OLD ONES AND PUT THESE UP JUST FOR A NEW VIEW AND A NEW LOOK OF WHAT AND HOW IMPORTANT OUR CODE OF CIVILITY IS. SO WE RELAUNCHED THAT LASTLY THERE FOR TRAINING. WE DID SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS REALLY HONING IN ON SPECIAL EDUCATION. AS WITH GRIEVANCES AND TEA COMPLAINTS, A LOT OF THOSE CAN COME THROUGH FROM A SPECIAL ED LENS AND PERSPECTIVE. SO LETICIA AND KATIE BARRETT FROM OUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT SPENT TIME WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR WHICH REALLY REVOLVED WITH PARENT PARTICIPATION. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF AN ARD MEETING, YOU KNOW AS A PARENT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO FEEL HEARD AND TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR YOUR CHILD. AND JUST ARD MEETINGS, THE LEGALITIES, THE INS AND OUTS OF AN ARD MEETING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOTTING ALL THE T'S, THE LOWERCASE I'S AND THE LOWERCASE J'S. DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE. SOME OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'RE DOING FROM A REFINEMENT STANDPOINT IS PROJECT ELEVATE. IT'S REALLY A NAME THAT WE USE, KIND OF CAME UP WITH FOR OURSELVES, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO WITH THE NEW DISTRICT COMING IN, COMING IN TO TOWN.

REALLY, TABITHA REALLY OR MS. BRANHAM REALLY ASKED OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT AND MYSELF INCLUDED TO LOOK AROUND THE DISTRICT AND FIND SOME AREAS WHERE WE COULD ELEVATE THE SPACE, THE LIVING SPACE OR THE PLAYING SPACE AND LOCATIONS OF WHERE OUR ATHLETES ARE, BOTH THE ONES THAT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND AWAY. AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING ON AROUND THE DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE THE LOOK AND THE FEEL OF THOSE AREAS.

I ALSO LOOKED AT STAFFING AND HOW WE'RE POURING INTO OUR COACHES AND SOME OTHER THINGS AROUND THAT AS WELL.

YES, MA'AM. MS. BRANHAM HAS DONE THIS ON A TWO OCCASION.

SHE WILL SIT DOWN WITH OUR COORDINATORS AND REALLY JUST SAY FROM ABUNDANCE MINDSET,

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AND SO THIS PROJECT ELEVATE IS ALL PART OF THAT. THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET THERE. WE HAVE A NEW PLATFORM THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS YEAR IN FINE ARTS THAT HAS BEEN LED BY MR. BRADFORD. IT'S CALLED CADENZA AND IT'S A FINE ARTS DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM. SO JUST LIKE FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL LENS, WE ARE STARTING TO COLLECT DATA, DATA FROM OUR FINE ARTS TEACHERS IN REGARD TO PERFORMANCES, EXPECTATIONS AROUND HOW MANY ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, HOW MANY ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE CAMPUS, HOW MANY COMPETITIONS THERE ARE, HOW MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT FOR COMPETITION. IT IS NOT A GOTCHA BY ANY MEANS. IT'S JUST A NEW SET OF EXPECTATIONS LIKE WE HAVE FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TEACHERS OR OUR GEN ED TEACHERS. SO WE'RE PILOTING THAT THIS YEAR AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE SEE.

UNCONTROLLED VARIATION IS THE ENEMY OF EXCELLENCE. AND OFTENTIMES WE WERE LOOKING AT FINE ARTS PROGRAMMING AND YOU MAY HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY THAT WOULD HAVE THREE OR FOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN, FOR EXAMPLE IN MUSIC OR THEY MIGHT HAVE A VISUAL ARTS SHOWCASE. AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER CAMPUS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY. AND AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CAMPUS HAS A UNIQUE CULTURE AND A UNIQUE IDENTITY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME ASSURANCES THAT EVERY PARENT, EVERY STUDENT SHOULD HAVE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS FINE ARTS TRACKER ALLOWS US TO DO, IS TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE. BECAUSE THE FINE ARTS MAY BE THE VERY THING THAT THEY'RE DREAMING MOST AND THEY'RE DREAMING BIGGEST ABOUT.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE DATA A DIFFERENT WAY FOR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAM.

YES, THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAINING ON THAT WITH OUR PRINCIPALS HERE AT THE NEXT REEL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR FORWARD TO THAT TRAINING. AND THE LAST BULLET THERE IS JUST A HEADS UP AROUND OUR ENROLLMENT. I WILL COMMEND EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE WHO'S BEEN WORKING THROUGH WITH ENROLLMENT THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE TO TRY TO GET OUR KIDS THERE AT OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEFINITELY BELOW WHAT WE ARE EXPECTED AND WHAT THE BUDGETED ENROLLMENT IS CURRENTLY.

BUT EVEN TODAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE EVEN DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF HEY, GIVE ME 10, 10 KIDS THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR THAT, THAT AREN'T NOW AND LET'S CALL THEM AND LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BRAINSTORM AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND. WE DON'T HIT, WE NEVER HIT PEAK ENROLLMENT REALLY UNTIL OCTOBER.

YES.

SO WE STILL HAVE REALLY LABOR DAY WILL BE OUR NEXT BIG SURGE.

WE GET A LOT OF STUDENTS AFTER LABOR, LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

AND SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE PANICKING YET, BUT WE ARE BEING AWARE AND AGAIN, MONITORING THIS LIKE YOU CAN SEE AT . I ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHERE ARE WE WITH ENROLLMENT? THANK YOU, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. ALL RIGHT, GO MELISSA. STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT.

YES, THANK YOU. THERE'S SEVERAL METRICS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING AND THAT WE WANTED TO START CELEBRATE THAT SUPPORT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PARENT SQUARE IS OUR NEW MAS COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM AND IT HAS BEEN OVERALL VERY WELL RECEIVED. NOT ONLY BY OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO WITH OUR PARENTS. THAT 99.8 CONTRACTABILITY RATE REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT MEANS THAT WHEN WE SEND OUT A MESSAGE, IT IS GET. WE HAVE ALMOST 100% OF OUR PARENTS ARE RECEIVING IT. DID YOU GET A LITTLE RECAP? THANK YOU. THANK YOU PRESIDENT PETIT. BUT REALLY PROUD OF OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR TEAMS THAT HAVE EMBRACED THAT AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE NAVIGATING THIS NEW TOOL, SOCIAL MEDIA.

JUST REALLY PROUD AGAIN OF OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL AND OUR DISTRICT EFFORTS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR INTENTIONALITY AND WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS.

THAT VACATION PLANNING POST, IF YOU SAW IT, 90,000 ENGAGEMENT HITS ON THAT. LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS AND AGAIN OUR RATIONALE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE MATTERS AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TRIPS OR LONG WEEKENDS. REMEMBER OUR ADOPTED CALENDAR AND HERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, WEEKENDS TO CONSIDER SO THAT WE ENSURE YOUR STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL SO THEY CAN LEARN MEDIA COVERAGE. IMPORTANT TO KNOW HERE. WE DOUBLED OUR EARNED MEDIA FROM LAST BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON FOR LAST YEAR AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDER 2 MILLION REACH HERE IN THE METROPLEX AND OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN AIRTIME VALUE THAT WE DIDN'T PAY FOR. THAT WAS AND KUDOS TO SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM.

THERE WERE SEVERAL EARLY MORNINGS, BUT SHE ALWAYS SAYS YES AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STORY. OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC OVER A HALF A MILLION VIEWS ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PAGE AND JUST

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SO EVERY STUDENT WALKED IN WITH THE SAME SUPPLIES THAT EVERY OTHER KID HAD IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THEN SO FAR WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED OUR DEPARTMENT GOAL WHICH WAS 50,000 AND WE'RE JUST UNDER JUST OVER 60,000 THAT OUR BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE DONATED TO THE DISTRICT TO HELP JUST CLOSE SOME FUNDING GAPS AND ENSURE THAT WE HAD SOME OF THOSE EXTRAS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF DURING ALL OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. SO THANK YOU COMMUNITY.

YES, THANK YOU COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU STRATEGY AND ENGAGEMENT. DR. HELLER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. I REALLY IF WE DON'T TELL OUR STORY, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.

AND SO WE ARE VERY COMMITTED AS PART OF GOING THE EXTRA INCH THAT WE ARE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE US TELLING OUR STORY AND CELEBRATING THE WINS WE THAT THAT WE EXPERIENCE ON A DAILY BASIS. SO AWESOME JOB. ALL RIGHT, UP NEXT WE HAVE MR. HENRY HALL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. BRANHAM. SO CONTINUING IN THE THEME OF TRAINING, OUR SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM OF SPECIALISTS CONDUCTED OVER 22 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS AT THE GROW CONFERENCE PLUS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING TO DURING THE DISTRICT WIDE DAY TRAININGS WORK WITH ALL TEACHERS ON OUR RENEWED FOCUS OF FACILITATING LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN PURPOSEFUL WAYS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR STAFF COLLECTIVELY THERE AS PART OF BOWEN 2025 WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN REPLACING THE 10 YEAR OLD PROJECTORS IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH INTERACTIVE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS. SO WE TWO CAMPUSES WERE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER WHICH WERE PIERCE HIGH SCHOOL AND WHITE ROCK ELEMENTARY FOLLOWED BY TRAM THE ENTIRE STAFF ON HOW TO UTILIZE THIS NEW CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WE ALSO DID A LOT OF WORK ON THE BACK END. THE THINGS THAT WE DO THE MOST IN THE SUMMER IS UPGRADE ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS. WE UPGRADED OUR NETWORK FILTER, OUR ACTIVE DIRECTORY WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ENTIRE NETWORK UNDERWENT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE OLD 100 SYSTEMS THAT CONNECT INTO IT AND THEN FEED THE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE UTILIZE IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO THAT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING THERE. REPLACEMENT OF THE DEVICES THAT WERE END OF LIFE AS WELL AS UPGRADING AND UPDATING ALL OF OUR CTE LABS AS PART OF BOND 2025. WE ALSO BEGAN REPLACING ALL THE COPIERS IN THE CAMPUSES AND REPLACING SOME OF THOSE PRINTERS AND A LOT OF ADDITIONAL BEHIND THE SCENES WORK.

AMAZING JOB. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO MR. HASSO.

YES, HELLO AGAIN.

OPERATIONS NIGHT HERE AT THE WORK SESSION. SO CHILD NUTRITION, WE KNOW LAST YEAR CHOCOLATE MILK MADE A RETURN AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PARTNERING THAT WITH MASH POTATOES.

I HAVE A T SHIRT FOR THAT ONE TOO.

UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, MASHED POTATOES HADN'T BEEN A PART OF OUR DIET RECENTLY, BUT THEY'RE BACK AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

TRANSPORTATION. WE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT. YES MA', AM.

UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY.

TRANSPORTATION. WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE STOP FINDER APP, THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT DISTRICT WIDE.

FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE ARE FINISHING OR COMPLETING SAFETY WEEK 2026 IN WHICH ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HERE RIGHT OFF THE BAT PRACTICE ALL OF OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL DRILLS SUCH AS HOLD SECURE, LOCKDOWN, EVACUATE AND SHELTER.

I THINK A FINAL ROUND OF THOSE DRILLS ARE TOMORROW.

AND FACILITIES COMPLETED. 2286 WORK ORDERS SINCE JULY 1ST, 2286. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OF THAT 2286 AS OF ABOUT THIS MORNING, 721 OF THEM WERE H VAC RELATED. SO OUR FOLKS ARE WORKING AS DILIGENTLY AS THEY CAN. AND WAREHOUSE SERVICES. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT THIS SUMMER FACED A MONUMENTAL TASK BECAUSE WE HAD THREE ADOPTIONS AT ONE TIME AND SO YOU CAN SEE HMH CURRICULUM DISTRIBUTION.

21 OVERALL, 93,500 BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED THIS SUMMER THAT WENT THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE. WE AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO IT AS THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ROLE. IT'S NOT WHERE

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SUPER PROUD OF THE TEAM IN THAT I REALLY CHARGE THEM WITH AGAIN GOING THAT EXTRA INCH OF. NOT ONLY DID CEDRIC AND HIS TEAM FROM THE WAREHOUSE DELIVER THEM TO THE CAMPUSES, THEY WERE OUTLINED BEAUTIFULLY IN THE GYM JUST SO THEY WOULD BE SO EASY TO PICK UP. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD A TEAM THAT WENT IN AND THEN ACTUALLY CHECKED OUT THOSE MATERIALS DIRECTLY TO THE TEACHER AND PUT THEM IN THE TEACHER'S CLASSROOM SO THAT BEFORE THE TEACHERS EVER ARRIVED, ALL OF THEIR NEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WAS SITTING THERE WAITING ON THEM. SO ON DAY ONE THEY HAD THE MATERIALS THAT THEY NEEDED.

THEY COULD START TO SET UP THEIR CLASSROOMS. THEY KNEW THIS IS WHAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THERE WAS NO WAITING UNTIL LIKE IT WAS THEIR DAY TO PICK UP THEIR BOOKS OR IT WAS ALL THERE DELIVERED TO THEM.

THEY HAD TO DO NO EXTRA WORK FOR THEM. SO JUST HUGE KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR MAKING THAT ALL HAPPEN.

ALL RIGHT, DR. LEEPER, AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO, TEACHING AND LEARNING.

YES.

AND I WAS JUST THINKING IN MY HEAD, SO NOW THEY HAVE THOSE 93,000 BOOKS. WE GOT TO TEACH THEM WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. RIGHT. SO THAT IS REALLY THE HUGE WORK OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ALL SUMMER, WHETHER IT BE A GROW DISTRICT WIDE DAY, NEW TEACHER, ALL THE CONNECT CONFERENCES.

WE'VE TRAINED EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT, PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES AT THIS POINT. OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS WELL, TO REALLY GET THEM READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND ARE IN THOSE PLCS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING THAT ONGOING SUPPORT. A LOT OF WORK OVER THE SUMMER TOO. WE KIND OF CALL IT OUR SUMMER SUPER BOWL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. AND THEN THAT FIRST DAY IS OUR GAME DAY. BUT WRITING A LOT OF CURRICULUM FOR MATH PARTICULAR THIS YEAR, SECONDARY, WE HAD NEW COURSES. SO OUR TEAM WROTE CURRICULUM FOR THOSE COURSES OVER THE SUMMER, OUR MATH AND RLA JUNIOR HIGH LABS. AND OF COURSE WE TOUCHED EVERY SINGLE PACING TOOL FOR OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS.

BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE YOU GO IN FROM 90 MINUTES TO 45 MINUTES DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN JUST CUT THAT LESSON IN HALF. IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE TOUCH THOSE LESSONS SO THAT THEY HAVE A TIGHT LEARNING OBJECTIVE, A LESSON CYCLE, AND A DEMONSTRATION OF LEARNING EVERY DAY FOR THEM. DR. ORTIZ HAS HER DATA ROAD SHOW, AS WE CALL IT, UNDERWAY. SHE HAS MET WITH MANY, MANY CAMPUSES UP TO THIS POINT, ALMOST ALL OF THEM. SHE SITS DOWN WITH THEM KNEE TO KNEE WITH THEM. WE GO OUT AND TALK THROUGH THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY AND SCORES FROM LAST YEAR. WE TALK ABOUT SUCCESSES AND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND WE GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM TARGETED LISTS OF STUDENTS WHO GREW AND DID NOT GROW SO THAT WE ARE READY TO START THOSE INTERVENTIONS AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS, REALLY FROM THE GROUND RUNNING AND DEFINITELY STARTING DEFINITELY NEXT WEEK IN PARTICULAR, WHERE EVERY KID WILL HAVE AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR THEM AS WELL, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT WITH DR.

RUIZ, SHE TRAINED ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS AS WELL.

SHE FOCUSES ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES AND CAMPUSES THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE TIGHT AND READY TO GO WITH TIER THREE INTERVENTIONS.

BUT REALLY THE POINT IS, AS MRS. BRANHAM ALWAYS SAYS, IS GROWTH. OUR NORTH STAR GOAL IS ABOUT GROWTH. SO EVERY STUDENT, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE GROWING AT LEAST ONE YEAR WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR BUILDINGS. AND SO SOME STUDENTS MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE GROWTH. THEY MIGHT NEED TO GROW TWO OR THREE YEARS, THAT WE NEED ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION AND SO WE START SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE READY FOR THAT. WE ALSO FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READY TESTING SUPPORTS. WE'RE GETTING OUR TEACHERS READY TO SUPPORT TSI SAT. SO WE HAVE TO BE READY TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR CCMR EFFORTS AGAIN.

WE'RE PROUD OF THE EFFORTS WE HAD THIS YEAR WHERE 99% OF OUR KIDS MET CCMR. AND WE KNOW THAT WE ALREADY ARE READY FOR THAT EFFORT TO START AGAIN. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THE LIST AND STUDENTS THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED. WE CALL IT OUR NAME AND NEED LIST. WE KNOW THE NAME AND WE KNOW EVERY NEED OF EVERY KID IN THE DISTRICT.

AND FINALLY WE ALSO WELCOMED OUR LITTLE PRE K , OUR CLASS, OUR EXPLORER STAFF. WE TRAIN THEM AS WELL AND GET THEM READY TO JOIN OUR LITTLEST LEARNERS.

SO WE WELCOMED OVER 1800. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, 1850 PRE K SCHOLARS. AND THEY'RE SO CUTE.

WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY WITH THEM. AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 214 CLA LITTLES AND 02,478 EXPLORE CHILD CARE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE UP ABOUT 250 SEATS FROM EXPLORE LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT CHILD CARE EFFORTS AND FROM THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD THROUGH OUR EXPLORE PROGRAM.

ALSO NOTE THAT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BUDGET STEERING COMMITTEE AS A WAY TO CONTINUE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

MR. TRY TO EXPAND THAT. NUMBER ONE. IT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR PARENTS AS WELL AS IT IS A REVENUE GENERATOR. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

JENNY BATES THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM AND BOARD. I AM VERY PROUD. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STARTED STRONG WITH IS OUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD US TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COACHING SUPPORT SYSTEMS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW EVERYBODY

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GIBBONS WORD WAS REFINEMENT.

BUT OUR TEAM'S WORD IS ALIGNMENT. SUPERINTENDENT BRANNAN TALKS ABOUT THE ENEMY OF EXCELLENCE IS VARIATION. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR OPERATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE REALLY TAKING THAT APPROACH WITH THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS TO MAKING SURE THEIR COMMUNICATION, HOW WE RUN OUR CAMPUSES ARE VERY TIGHT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS DEEPENING OUR IMPLEMENTATION ON INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT IN BOARD MEETINGS. WE'VE DONE THE WORK. THIS IS, WE'RE STARTING YEAR FOUR. NO, SORRY, YEAR THREE. EXCUSE ME.

WITH THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE, BUT WE ARE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK IS HAPPENING, HAPPENING ON CAMPUSES. AND SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THE WORK IS HAPPENING AND MONITORING THE WORK. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. AS WE KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS IN THAT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CYCLE.

SO OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE WORKING ON THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR TARGETS. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUPERINTENDENT BRANHAM HAS CHARGED THE US WITH IS THAT COMMUNITY VISIBILITY AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. SO OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS ARE OUT AND ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITIES MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING NOT ONLY THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, BUT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, EACH LEARNING COMMUNITY HAS THEIR OWN FACEBOOK PAGE. AND SO THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT SHARING ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THEN THE BIGGEST THING I THINK THAT WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF IS THAT ALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES RECEIVED A B RATING. AND SO THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY CHANCE. AND IT'S THE INTENTIONALITY THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THE WORK. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO THIS SUMMER.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS WE WELCOME THREE NEW TEAM MEMBERS INTO THE AREA SUPERINTENDENT TEAM, THAT THAT ALIGNMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS RECEIVING THAT SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORTIVE EXCELLENCE AND THAT WE'RE COACHING WITH THAT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IS THERE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT AS WE WORK WITH PRINCIPALS, AS WE WORK WITH TEACHERS, THESE THREE PRIORITIES, IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM, YOU'VE SEEN THEM AGAIN AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM AGAIN AND YOU'LL SEE THEM AGAIN. THESE ARE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES.

THESE ARE NOT NEW. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND SEE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S MEASURED BY MAP, WHETHER IT'S MEASURED BY FITNESS FOR OUR PE TEACHERS OR WE ARE LOOKING AT STAR SCORES, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THESE THREE ELEMENTS OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRIORITIES ARE EVIDENT IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TIGHT ABOUT, HOW A CAMPUS WANTS TO CELEBRATE, TEACHERS, HOW THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE AND INCENTIVIZE STUDENT BEHAVIORS.

WE ALLOW CAMPUSES TO INDIVIDUALIZE THAT.

BUT THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE, THESE THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TIED ABOUT AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS, NON NEGOTIABLES. SO WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS THE BOARD? THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE CHARGED US WITH. ONE OF THEM IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PARENT ENGAGEMENT. AND THIS IS ONE WHERE I THINK OVER TIME, WE'VE ALL STRUGGLED TO REALLY DEFINE PARENT ENGAGEMENT. BECAUSE WHAT I CAN DO AS A PARENT, EVEN IN MY ROLE, MY TIME IS INCREDIBLY LIMITED. I CAN'T BE KAYSON'S ROOMMATE. I MISS MOST OF THE CAMPUS MEETINGS. I CAN ATTEND MOST OF THE TIME. YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A FRIDAY FESTIVAL, I'M NOT THERE BECAUSE I'M AT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS SUPPORTING OUR DISTRICT. SO MY ABILITY TO SUPPORT KACEN AS A MOM IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT MIGHT BE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. AND SO COUNTING VOLUNTEER HOURS OR THE NUMBER OF THE PARENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED THAT WAY OR HOW SHOW UP TO A MEETING, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD INDICATOR OF PARENT ENGAGEMENT. MY DREAM, AND I FEEL LIKE I COULD RETIRE IF THIS HAPPENS. IF EVERY PARENT, IF I CAN ASK ANY PARENT BLINDLY AND SAY, WHAT IS YOUR CHILD'S GROWTH GOAL? AND THEN I CAN SAY, AND DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THAT AT HOME? THAT FOR ME WOULD BE A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE IN PARENT ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE IN THE END, THAT'S WHAT I CARE ABOUT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW IS KACEN GROWING THIS YEAR AND WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT. SUPPORT IT? I DON'T THINK ENGAGEMENT IS JUST BEING ABLE

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BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT THROUGH AN ABUNDANCE MINDSET.

WE STILL HAVE RESOURCES. WE JUST HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THEM DIFFERENTLY.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO FINALIZING OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THEN MAKING SURE WE HAVE A REALLY SOLID PLAN, I WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT ABOUT RICHARDSON ISD OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF RICHARDSON ISD BEING IN AUSTIN AND ADVOCATING, YES, THAT'S PART OF MY ROLE, BUT IT REALLY HAS TO BE THE COMMUNITY. IF WE'RE GOING TO AFFECT AN IMPACT AND INFLUENCE CHANGE IN AUSTIN, I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS TO INCLUDE OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR PARENTS. THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS. THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR CHAMBER. AND SO HOW CAN WE MOBILIZE THE GREATER COMMUNITY? WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE PTA AND THE LEGISLATIVE WORK OF THE PTA TO HELP FOR THINGS LIKE RALLY DAY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER MOMENTS WHERE WE CAN REALLY BRING RICHARDSON TO AUSTIN TO, SAY, SUPPORT PUBLIC ED. AND THEN AS I TALK ABOUT, ALWAYS, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT 70.

WE HAVE AN URGENCY, ESPECIALLY AT OUR CAMPUSES WHERE WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY SHOULD.

WE HAVE A HEALTHY URGENCY AROUND THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT 70, BECAUSE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO SUSTAIN THAT OVER TIME. AND THEN I'LL JUST END WITH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DREAM ON IN 20, 26, 27. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WHY I THINK THIS REPORT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS NOT BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS OR THAT ALL OF IT FOR YOU ALL IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE ALL FORGET THE BREADTH OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS 35,000 STUDENTS. WE FORGET WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS FOCUSED ON STUDENT SAFETY. WE FORGET WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT THAT IS DESIGNING AND CREATING MEALS THAT KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT AND THAT KEEPS THEM WELL FED SO THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON LEARNING. WE FORGET THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WAS IT 2,278 WORK ORDERS JUST TO KEEP OUR CLASSROOMS IN A SPACE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO WANT TO LEARN. WE FORGET, I MEAN, LIKE THERE'S JUST. AND I WANT IT TO BE NOTED THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE DID IT WITH A TEAM THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR AND THEN SMALLER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.

SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK THEM TO DO MORE WITH LESS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE ON THAT CHALLENGE WITH A BELIEF IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, IN THE WORK THAT YOU ALL, IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU ALL HAVE CREATED. SO I REALLY BRING ALL OF THIS FORWARD AS JUST A SNAPSHOT FOR YOU AND THEIR COMMUNITY TO SEE. THIS IS HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR KIDS. AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING AND THINKING AND DREAMING AND IDEATING AROUND HOW DO WE GET BETTER AS AN ORGANIZATION TODAY THAN WE WERE YESTERDAY? WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.

YES.

BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THOSE SLIDES? GOOD REPORT.

YES, MS. PACHECO.

GREAT JOB, TEAM. THANK YOU.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THEY WERE WELL ORGANIZED. ALL THE KIDS KNEW WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM WHEN THEY ASKED ME SO I COULD GO ASK THAT TEACHER OVER THERE.

BUT.

BUT IT WAS GREAT. I THINK THE SCHOOLS LOOKED MAGNIFICENT.

OUR EDUCATORS, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT I SAW

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GREAT COMMENTS, MS. PACHECO, ANY OTHERS FROM.

YES, MS. MCGOWAN, OF COURSE.

GREAT JOB, TEAM. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE DREAM.

I LOVE THAT.

CHRIS AND I BOTH. I'M SPEAKING FOR YOU AS A BOARD MEMBER, SIR. JUST DROPPED OFF OUR KIDS TO.

AT UNIVERSITIES. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET MY SON SAID MY.

THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF THE SCHOOL HE WANTED TO GO TO WAS RECORDED BY A STAFF MEMBER, AND IT WAS LIVE. AND HE SAID, MY DREAM SCHOOL IS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, ALL AT AUSTIN. AND I'M JUST HERE TO SAY, Y', ALL, LIKE, PUBLIC ED IS WHERE IT'S AT.

LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE ARE. OUR KIDS ARE DREAMING AND THEY ARE PURSUING THESE THINGS AND THEY ARE ACHIEVING GREAT THINGS, AND WE'RE A TESTIMONY OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING. YOUR STAFF IS DOING. THE SYSTEM IS WORKING, AND WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP OUR, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL AND STAY COMMITTED TO THE WORK.