Aug 26, 2024 Board Meeting

[1. Call to order]

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MAY I PLEASE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS? WE ASK THAT EVERYONE, PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. THE FORT BEND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE. THE BOARD CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS. THEREFORE, PATRONS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING THE DESIGNATED AUDIENCE ITEM SECTION ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU ARE PRINTING MATERIALS, YOU WANT TO GIVE TO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM TO ME OR ANY OFFICER PRESENT, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO THE BOARD. WE ALSO ASK MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SERGEANT WALTON. THE TIME IS 6 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 1770 TWO HOURS. FIRST UP, THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND. WE HAVE THE DULLES HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA.

IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENC. YOU MAY BE SEATED. NEXT UP ARE OUR RECOGNITIONS. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR SMITH WILL JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.

[4. Recognitions]

ARE MINOR SPICE. NO. YOU DO. COME ON. OKAY. EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO. BIG SMILES. ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. THREE. THANK YO.

THANK YOU, MUSICIANS AND DIRECTOR. AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME OUR WELLNESS HEALTH AND PREVENTION SPECIALIST. MISS LADONNA GREEN FOR THE NEXT SET OF RECOGNITIONS. GOOD EVENING.

THREE FORT BEND ISD DESTINATION IMAGINATION TEAMS PLACED IN THE STATE LEVEL DESTINATION

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO THREE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TEAM OCEAN, WHICH IS MADE UP OF STUDENTS FROM COLONY MEADOWS AND SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THEY PLACED SECOND IN ELEMENTARY LEVEL FINE ARTS CHALLENGE, AND THEY PLACED THIRD PLACE IN THE GLOBAL COMPETITION. THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE YASMIN AKHTAR, SOFIA GURJI, KUMARI AND NORIAH RAHMAN, WITH TEAM MANAGERS MALIA AKHTAR AND GARGI. CONGRATULATIONS. EVERY WORD YOU HEAR, THE WORD.

OKAY EVERYONE HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT TEAM IS TEAM TRAILBLAZERS, MADE UP OF STUDENTS FROM SARTARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY PLAY SECOND PLACE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL OF TECHNICAL CHALLENGE. THE MEMBERS. ARE SETH, ELLERY, RASHAWN, SHANNON, VIVIAN JOSHI, SHANNON MATTHEW, NICOLE PINTO, SIOBHAN SHUKLA, AHAN TODA, AND THE TEAM MANAGER WAS MISS BINA CARR. THEIR WORK. YOU'RE FINE. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. EVERYONE HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE.

ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS GREEN. ALL RIGHT. AT THE TEXAS TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION STATE COMPETITION, SEVERAL AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WON AWARDS. IF YOU WOULD HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE SO THAT WE CAN HEAR ALL THE NAMES IN DRONE CONSTRUCTION. FIRST PLACE. ARIANE CHANTE LA ASH AND SHOOT MYSTERY AND NICK MOMEN AND PAVIT THACKER. APPLAUSE PLEASE.

STEP A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR LEFT. RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE. HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO.

THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS SOFTWARE

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THREE. THANK YOU. AND NOW THEIR INSTRUCTORS, CHIEF DANIEL BECERRA AND ISABEL FLORES.

GOOD WORK. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, PERFECT. HERE WE GO. LOOKING HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE.

ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. IN TENNIS. ATHLETICS. ATHLETICS AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE WINNERS WHO PLACED AT THE UIL STATE SIX, A TENNIS COMPETITION COACHED BY BRETT BERNSTEIN. SECOND PLACE, MIXED DOUBLES DIVISION. GABRIEL SEGOVIA AND ELIZABETH SHUE, THIRD PLACE. GIRLS DOUBLE DIVISION JUSTINE ESCOBAR AND ANGELA SCHUH.

IT'S GOOD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE LOOKING HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO.

THREE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ESPECIALLY TO THE SHU FAMILY. A LOT TO CELEBRATE. ALL RIGHT. CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AS TOP FINISHERS IN THE UIL STATE THEATRICAL DESIGN CONTEST FINALS. BILLIE FERNANDEZ WON SECOND PLACE IN MARKETING DESIGN. AND CHRISTOPHER PONTIFF WON THIRD PLACE IN SET DESIGN. THEIR THEATER DIRECTOR IS CHASE HUTCHINSON. DO THE SQUAD. YEAH. PERFECT. GET A PICTURE. TAKE THAT MICHAEL REAL QUICK. OKAY, HERE WE GO. BIG SMILES. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO. THREE. THANK YO.

CONGRATULATIONS ALL RIGHT. CLEMENTS STILL HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE.

ENSEMBLE AND THEIR DIRECTOR BRIAN WAITES WON THIRD PLACE AT THE TEXAS COLOR GUARD CIRCUIT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEIR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE IS EMMA WAITES.

OKAY. LOOKING HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WAITES HOUSEHOLD. AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

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[5. Superintendent Update]

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[6. Board Committee Reports]

DAVID, TRUSTEE HAMILTON AND I ALWAYS COUNT TO SEE HOW MANY HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING OFF TO THE MILITARY. THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE IN PARTNERING AND GETTING MORE AWARENESS TO STUDENTS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MILITARY, ARMED SERVICES. SO SORT OF COLLECTIVELY PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO PARTNERSHIPS IN GENERAL AROUND THE COMMUNITY WITH WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WE TALKED ABOUT, WORKING WITH, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BRINGING IN PROGRAMING, COMING UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO, WHAT WERE WE CALLING IT? IT WAS THE, THE DUAL CREDIT. THAT'S RIGHT. THE DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, WE TALKED ABOUT REESE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON AT REESE, BUT THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT UTILIZATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME THINGS, AND WE'LL BE REQUESTING A MEETING COMING UP SOON, AND WE'LL GET AN AGENDA TOGETHER. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT REESE? WHAT IS THE UTILIZATION AT REESE? WHERE ARE WE SEEING AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE STUDENTS ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF, PROGRAMS? WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF, BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROVIDING THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS? IF IT'S SOMETHING IN CYBERSECURITY, IF IT'S SOMETHING IN AI, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE NEW SHIFTS IN TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SHIFTS IN INDUSTRY. ARE WE FRONT AND CENTER AHEAD OF THE GAME? WHAT ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES IN ENGINEERING AND OUR IN OUR STEM OPPORTUNITIES? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT STEM OVER THE YEARS. STEM, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS REALLY BENEFIT FROM, ESPECIALLY OBVIOUSLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SAW A GLIMPSE OF WHAT A LOT OF THOSE STEM OPPORTUNITIES CAN PROVIDE THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE DESTINATION IMAGINATION. SO A REALLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD FIRST MEETING, WE'LL BE WORKING ON, PUTTING TOGETHER AN AGENDA, AND THEN WE'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU, DOCTOR SMITH ON, JUST KIND OF CAPTURING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, GETTING SOME DATA. EVERYTHING IS SORT OF DATA DRIVEN FOR US, BUT REALLY WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, WITH STAFF TO, TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AND SEE WHERE WE COULD TAKE THE PROGRAM INTO THE FUTURE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, PRESIDENT HASSAN. THANK YOU, MISTER GARCIA. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES? I THINK, MISS JONES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE HAMILTON AND TRUSTEE GARCIA. ALSO, THANK YOU TO DOCTOR SMITH. WE HAD A MEETING WITH HCC ABOUT EXPANDING OUR DUAL CREDIT PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL AS REVIVING OUR DUAL CREDIT PARTNERSHIPS. AND WE MET WITH HCC BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AS WELL AS THEIR CHANCELLOR AND AS WELL AS, PRINCIPALS FROM WILLOW RIDGE, MARSHALL AND MCAULIFFE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE CMR COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS EXPANDING, NOT JUST ONLY LIMITING THOSE, DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS TO THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO EXPANDING, SOME PROGRAMING TO OTHER CAMPUSES AS WELL. AND SO BECAUSE I HAVE THAT, THAT

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[7. Board Activity Report]

[8. Public Comment]

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I'M GOING TO READ THE PERSON'S NAME. ONCE YOU START YOUR COMMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THAT TIME WILL BE KEPT BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY, MR. DAVID HAMILTON, AND HE WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. FIRST UP IS CANDACE EASLEY. MISS EASLEY. SHE HERE? OKAY. NEXT TIFFANY SUTHERLAND. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS EVENING. YOU'LL START YOUR TIME AS SOON AS YOU START SPEAKING. GOOD EVENING. ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS TIFFANY SUTHERLAND, AND I AM A PROUD GRADUATE OF FBISD AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1999. FROM THERE, I GOT MY BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NURSING FROM TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER IN THE SCHOOLS, ONE OF THEM BEING BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I HAVE CARED FOR AND LOVED AND LISTENED TO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND FOUND MY HEART BELONGS TO THE YOUTH. ALL AGE GROUPS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON THE HEARTS OF MANY PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. THE BULLYING AND BULLYING AT BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE, AS 11 YEARS AGO I CALLED THE ENTIRE CHEERLEADING SQUAD ASIDE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE OF MEANNESS. TRUTH BE KNOWN, YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT MEANNESS AND BULLYING ARE THE SAME. IT'S JUST THAT THE KIDS TODAY ARE A LOT SMARTER AND THEY KNOW NOT TO PICK ON JUST ONE STUDENT. PLUS, THERE'S THE ADDED ISSUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. I AM NOT HERE TO BAD MOUTH A SCHOOL OR A PRINCIPAL, AS I HAVE DEEP ROOTED RESPECT FOR EDUCATORS. I CAME TO SHARE MY CONCERN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A TAXPAYER OF FORT BEND ISD. TWO INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY AT BOWIE, VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A NO PLACE FOR HATE DISTRICT. WE SHOULD BE EMPOWERING THOSE WHO NEED HELP AND PUNISHING THOSE WHO ARE MEAN JUST FOR MEAN SAKE. THE FACT THAT OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN ARE BEING PUSHED TO UNMENTIONABLE ACTIONS, OR BEING PULLED FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR SCHOOL AND FRIENDS BECAUSE OF A BULLY IS, QUITE FRANKLY, SHAMEFUL. WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

BULLYING ISN'T JUST A PHASE. IT HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. NATIONAL STATISTICS SHOW THAT 1 IN 5 STUDENTS IS BULLIED AND THE IMPACT IS PROFOUND. VICTIMS ARE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO CONSIDER SUICIDE, AND MANY ENGAGE IN SELF-HARM AS A WAY TO COPE. THESE BEHAVIORS ARE NOT JUST SHORT TERM REACTIONS. THEY OFTEN LEAD TO LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. THE EFFECTS OF BULLYING EXTEND BEYOND THE VICTIMS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WITHOUT INTERVENTION, THE BULLIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE LATER IN LIFE. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT PROTECTING THE VICTIMS, IT'S ABOUT GUIDING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE. WE CANNOT IGNORE THIS ANY LONGER. I URGE THIS BOARD TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. WE NEED STRONGER ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES AND A BETTER SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR OUR STUDENTS. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD AT BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT CAN LEARN IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT UP IS STACY GRAEBER. I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STACY GRAEBER. I'M A PARENT OF A KINDERGARTNER AT ALISA FERGUSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AN IMPORTANT REQUEST REGARDING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS MANAGING DIABETES. AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, MY SON USES A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR OR CGM TO TRACK HIS BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS VITAL FOR HIS HEALTH, ENABLING US TO PREVENT DANGEROUS HIGHS AND LOWS. TODAY I AM REQUESTING THAT THE SCHOOL NURSE BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS THE CGM APP FROM HER OFFICE. NOT TO TAKE ON LIABILITY FOR ANY MISSED ALARMS, BUT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE REAL TIME INFORMATION IF SHE CHOOSES TO MONITOR IT. HAVING ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION WOULD EMPOWER THE SCHOOL NURSE TO RESPOND PROMPTLY IF NECESSARY, ENSURING THAT MY SON AND OTHER STUDENTS WITH SIMILAR HEALTH CONCERNS CAN GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WITHOUT DELAY. IT IS ABOUT CREATING A SAFETY NET, ALLOWING TRAINED PERSONNEL TO BE AWARE OF GLUCOSE LEVELS AND ACT ACCORDINGLY SHOULD THIS SITUATION ARISE. THIS REQUEST IS NOT ABOUT PLACING RESPONSIBILITY ON THE NURSE FOR MONITORING EVERY SINGLE ALERT. RATHER, IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING HER WITH THE OPTION TO ASSIST AND CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN MORE EFFECTIVELY. THE PEACE OF MIND THIS WOULD BRING TO PARENTS, STUDENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF ALIKE CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. I UNDERSTAND THAT

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TOGETHER, WE CAN FOSTER A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE MANAGING DIABETES. SO, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR BLUE FOLDER THAT OFFICER JOHNSON PASSED OUT, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE APP. WHAT IT SHOWS HIS NUMBER AND THE TREND. THIS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR THE NURSE TO PLAN HER DAY. SHE HAS MULTIPLE DIABETIC STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. I'VE HEARD OF CAMPUSES HAVING AS MANY AS 14, THIS HELPS HER BEFORE SHE DOES HER ROUNDS. SEE WHO NEEDS HELP RIGHT AWAY.

GO TO THOSE FIRST AND BE ABLE TO PLAN HER DAY ACCORDINGLY. SO I FEEL LIKE WITH THE WAIVER AND EVERYTHING IN THE BACK, THE THAT THE APP SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON THE DISTRICT DEVICE SO THE NURSE CAN MONITOR FROM HER OFFICE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT UP, CHARLOTTE HOLLINGSWORTH. THE LADY THAT WAS JUST HERE, SIR. I'M SHORT, SO. OKAY GOOD EVENING. MY TIME FOR THESE COMMENTS IS LIMITED. THEREFORE, I PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH A COPY OF MY FULL COMMENTS. A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS OPPOSED EFFORTS TO RESTRICT BOOKS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THREE FOURTHS OF AMERICANS ARE CONFIDENT THAT LIBRARIANS ARE SELECTING APPROPRIATE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS TO READ. SINCE APRIL, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 40 BOOK CHALLENGES IN THIS DISTRICT. A NEARBY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUND THAT RECONSIDERATION PROCESSES FOR ONE BOOK COST $30,000. THAT MEANS THAT IN FORT BEND, WE ARE SPENDING OR HAVE SPENT OVER $1 MILLION ON BOOK CHALLENGES ALONE. NOW, LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED EFB. THE PROPOSED POLICY PROHIBITS BOOKS THAT ADVOCATE OR PROMOTE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR RELIGIOUS STEREOTYPES. FURTHER, THE POLICY STATES THAT ONE PERSON IS TO DECIDE THE FATE OF BOOKS. THAT PERSON IS NOT GIVEN CRITERIA TO JUDGE BOOKS, NOR DO THEY EVEN NEED TO READ A BOOK BEFORE REMOVING IT. THAT POLICY MIGHT LOOK FINE NOW, BUT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF THE PERSON WITH THE DECISION MAKING POWER BELIEVED DEPICTIONS OF SATANIC RITUALS AS APPROPRIATE READING MATERIALS? OR WHAT IF THAT PERSON SAID THAT NO ONE WAS HARMED DURING THE HOLOCAUST? OR WHAT IF THEY REQUIRED THE INCLUSION OF BOOKS THAT PORTRAY AFRICAN AMERICANS AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS? THAT POLICY ALSO STATES THAT ELEMENTARY BOOKS WITH IMAGES WITH PRURIENT IMAGES SHOULD BE REMOVED. PERIOD. INTENDING TO AROUSE WHAT CHILD HAS EVER LOOKED AT A PARTIALLY CLOTHED WINNIE THE POOH AND BEEN AROUSED. THAT PORTION OF THE POLICY COULD EASILY BE USED TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF ANY BOOK WITH PARTIALLY CLOTHED CHARACTERS THAT HAVE NO SEXUAL CONNOTATION WHATSOEVER. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT, QUOTE, WHILE SCHOOL BOARDS MAY DETERMINE THE CONTEXT, THE CONTENT OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES THAT DISCRETION CANNOT BE EXERCISED IN A NARROWLY PARTIZAN OR POLITICAL MANNER. FURTHER, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS MAY NOT REMOVE BOOKS FROM SCHOOL LIBRARIES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DISLIKE THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN THOSE BOOKS, UNQUOTE. THIS PROPOSED POLICY DOES NOT. THE PROPOSED EFB POLICY DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES OR HOUSE BILL 900, AS PATRONS HAVE STATED, AND THE WILL STATE TONIGHT, PARENTS AND CITIZENS OF FORT BEND DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE EFP POLICY, OR THEY DON'T ALSO BELIEVE IN CONTINUOUSLY DEBATING BOOKS THAT ARE IN IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN. FORT BEND IS A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT AND AMONGST THE 80,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, THERE IS A DIVERSE RANGE OF OPINIONS ON WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE READ BY STUDENTS. SOME BOOKS ARE WRITTEN TO ENTERTAIN, BUT OTHER BOOKS ARE WRITTEN TO HELP READERS WORK THROUGH ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES, AND IT IS A FALLACY TO BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE MEANS OR ABILITIES TO ACCESS BOOKS OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. AS THE CONROE ISD SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT SAID LAST WEEK, NO ONE WANTS IN LIBRARIES, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOOKS THAT CAUSE AROUSAL AND BOOKS THAT DISCUSS DIFFICULT AND SENSITIVE ISSUES. 30S TALK ABOUT RAPE AND INCEST ARE NOT. IF WE WERE ONLY TO READ BOOKS THAT CONFORM TO OUR PERSONAL BELIEFS OR THE BELIEF OF THE RULING CLASS, WE WOULD STILL BE IN ENGLAND AND BE RULED BY A KING. JUST LIKE PARENTS HAVE STATED, THEY DO NOT WANT THE GOVERNMENT TELLING THEM WHAT TO WHETHER TO MASK OR NOT MASK THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS DON'T WANT ONE PERSON TO SAY WHAT BOOKS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO READ. THAT'S A PARENTAL DECISION, NOT A DECISION TO BE MADE BY ONE PERSON. AS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR TAXPAYER IN FORT BEND, I URGE THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD TO FOCUS ON THE WORK OF OVERSEEING THE EDUCATION OF THE ENTIRE FORT BEND ISD STUDENT BODY. NEXT UP. OKAY, SO I DON'T MIND. I DON'T MIND IF YOU GUYS CLAP, BUT IF WE COULD NOT LEAVE IT EXTENDED. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TO GET TO THIS EVENING,

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HI AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, I'M DOCTOR STEPHANIE ELLIS, FORT BEND ISD PARENT, LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST, AND PRESIDENT OF THE FORT BEND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. I HAD PLANS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE INCONGRUENCE OF SPENDING. SO MUCH EFFORT AND MONEY ON PREVENTING ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS WHEN MORE STUDENTS IN THE US HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE ON CAMPUS THAN HAVE DIED IN THOSE INCIDENTS, AND THAT THOSE SUICIDES REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF TEEN SUICIDES, AND THAT STARTING HIGH SCHOOL AT A REASONABLE TIME REDUCES SUICIDALITY. BUT TODAY, I'M TOO ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED AND TIRED AND SAD AND SCARED BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A NINTH GRADER. I'M ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU KNOW BETTER AND YOU WON'T DO ANYTHING THAT I'M DOING. THE JOB STRATEGIC PLANNING SHOULD BE DOING EDUCATING STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU WON'T MAKE THE ONLY REASONABLE DATA DRIVEN. FRANKLY ETHICAL DECISION TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS FROM THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION THAT IS SO MUCH MORE DEADLY THAN ACTIVE SHOOTERS. I'M TIRED. NOT BECAUSE OF GETTING UP EARLY FOR SCHOOL. I'M AN ADULT AND MY NERVOUS SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THAT. I'M TIRED OF GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS. I'M TIRED OF HEARING NOTHING FROM YOU EITHER TO MAKE IT BETTER, OR EVEN SOME AMOUNT OF EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY YOU WON'T STOP DAMAGING OUR TEEN'S SAFETY. ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. I'M SAD IT'S MY KID SUFFERING. I HEAR IT IN HER PLEAS TO JUST REST AND LEAVE HER HOMEWORK FOR LATER TOMORROW. I FEEL IT IN THE HEAVINESS OF HER BODY. SHE THROWS HER LEADEN ARMS AROUND ME AND HER FOREHEAD THUNKS DOWN ON MY SHOULDER. SHE'S TALL. I SEE IT IN HER CHEEK PRINT ON MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DRINKING MORNING SODA AND BLASTING TAYLOR SWIFT, I'M SCARED BECAUSE MY TEEN, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS THE BEST TEEN IN THE UNIVERSE, STILL DOESN'T HAVE AN ADULT PREFRONTAL CORTEX TO HELP HER WITH THINGS LIKE IMPULSE CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING, SHE NEEDS ALL THE HELP SHE CAN GET, AND YOU'RE ROBBING HER OF HER BEST SOURCE. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE DROWSY DRIVING SECONDS. I'M SAD AND SCARED AND ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED. ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TEENS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE SUFFERING AND DON'T KNOW THE DISTRICTS TO BLAME YET. AND THAT'S ALL THE REAL TALK I HAVE TIME FOR. I GUESS I WILL TRY TO BRING BACK THAT CHEERFUL, HELPFUL IDIOT WHO BELIEVES ALL YOU NEED IS MORE DATA OR IDEAS FOR NEXT TIME. I PROMISE. THANKS THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS EMMA FABIAN. I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGH.

BAYBAYIN BABUYAN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR SMITH. OH, SORRY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR SMITH. MY NAME IS EMMA BABUYAN AND I OPPOSE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FORT BEND ISD LIBRARY POLIC. I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NEUROSCIENCE WITH HIGHEST HONORS. BUT BEFORE THAT, I WAS A STUDENT IN FORT BEND ISD BECAUSE I HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THE BOOKS I NEEDED AT AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO COMPETE WITH STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION TO BECOME A NATIONAL AP SCHOLAR AND JOIN THE EXCLUSIVE DEAN'S SCHOLARS HONORS PROGRAM AT UT.

THERE, I LEARNED THAT FBISD SCHOOLS LIKE CLEMENTS AND AUSTIN WERE WELL KNOWN AMONG MY COLLEGE CLASSMATES AND EVEN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE ON AP EXAMS. THE PROPOSED LIBRARY POLICY MEANS THAT CURRENT STUDENTS WON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO BOOKS AS I DID, AND THEY WON'T HAVE A FAIR CHANCE TO COMPETE. COMPETE WITH OTHERS TO PREPARE FOR AP EXAMS, OR TO GET GOOD SPOTS IN THE BEST UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

THE PROPOSED POLICY ALSO WON'T ACCOMPLISH THE STATED GOAL OF PROMOTING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THAT ENABLE STUDENTS TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. AS A STUDENT, I ENGAGED WITH LOTS OF CONTROVERSIAL MATERIAL CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE ACTIVITIES. AND YET READING ABOUT THESE ACTIVITIES DID NOT COMPEL ME TO ENGAGE IN BAD BEHAVIOR OR TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, OR OBJECTIONABLE. INSTEAD, THEY TAUGHT ME WHY CERTAIN ACTIONS WERE WRONG, HELPING ME DEVELOP A SOLID MORAL AND ETHICAL FOUNDATION. I HAVE CARRIED WITH ME INTO MY ADULT LIFE WITHOUT ENGAGING WITH THE NUANCES OF CONTENT THAT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE. HOW WILL WE BE

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REMOVING BOOKS THAT DISCUSS OBJECTIONABLE BEHAVIOR PREVENTS STUDENTS FROM DEVELOPING MORAL AND ETHICAL REASONING SKILLS. LIBRARIANS ARE THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE COMPOSITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS AND PARENTS ARE THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE THINGS THEY READ AND ARE EXPOSED TO IN THE REAL WORLD, AND TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THESE THINGS ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. AS A FAMILY UNIT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE NO STUDENT IS EXPOSED TO GRATUITOUSLY VIOLENT OR GRAPHIC LITERATURE AND OUR CURRENT LIBRARY POLICY HAS A PROVEN ROUTE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. THE PROPOSED POLICY WILL HARM STUDENTS ABILITY TO ATTAIN MORAL, ETHICAL, AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. LIMITING THE FUTURE OF OUR GRADUATES. I IMPLORE THE BOARD TO VOTE AGAINST THESE CHANGES AND LEAVE THE CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE FBISD GRADUATES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS SUMITA GHOSH. HI I'M SUMITA GHOSH AND I'M THE PARENT OF SOME SEVERAL FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS, A FORMER EDUCATOR AND A VERY ACTIVE VOTER IN A NUTSHELL, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. PLEASE EXCUSE THE POOR GRAMMAR. WHAT THESE CHANGES DO IN TERMS OF THE BOOK BANNING POLICY, WHICH IS WHAT IT WILL BECOME, IS ELIMINATE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO GET. READING AND WRITING ARE FUNDAMENTAL. THE CHANGES AREN'T NEEDED, AND REMOVE BOOKS THAT ARE POPULAR WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LIKE MY SON, SUCH AS NO DAVID, THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES, AND DOG MAN. WHY WASTE TIME ON THIS AND NOT TRULY CONCERNING ISSUES SUCH AS THE BOND SHORTFALL OR THE SERIOUS ISSUES RAISED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS? FORT BEND ISD SHOULD BE NO PLACE FOR INTOLERANCE, AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY HAS BEEN SPENT ON APPEASING THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF A CABAL OF HATE MONGERS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. I'M SO SORRY AND SAD FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ALREADY FEEL OSTRACIZED BECAUSE THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT AND BOOKS MAY BE THEIR ONLY ESCAPE IN TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING, SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO, OR HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MAY BE FACING. IN A WORLD DRIVEN BY SOCIAL MEDIA, I STILL THINK BOOKS PROVIDE SO MUCH MORE BECAUSE WE FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, AND I RESENT THAT MY PARENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY BY HATE MONGERS WHO WANT TO DECIDE WHAT IS AND ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR MY CHILDREN BASED ON THEIR NARROW MINDED VIEWS. I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THE REVISED POLICY WILL BE ABUSED BY SOMEONE, E.G. A SITTING BOARD MEMBER WHO DISAGREES WITH THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN CERTAIN BOOKS, AND, AND WANTS THEM REMOVED AND WILL PRESSURE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REMOVE THEM WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE NEW MANDATORY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND THIS IS A BURDEN THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT DOESN'T EVEN WANT RECOGNIZES AS A VIOLATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND DENIGRATES OUR LIBRARY STAFF AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY ARE NOT AND DON'T PROMOTE PEDOPHILIA, ETC. NO MORE THAN HAVING A BIBLE IN OUR HOME PROMOTES INCEST AND RAPE. SOME MAY HAVE MATURE THEMES, ACCESS TO WHICH IS ALREADY REGULATED BY ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE LIBRARIANS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND PARENTS. I DEMAND MY PARENTAL RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT MY CHILD READS. NONE OF YOU SHOULD GET TO DECIDE THIS. AND AS A MEMBER OF THE US SUPREME COURT BAR, I AM WILLING TO FIGHT THIS ALL THE WAY. WHILE SOME HELICOPTER PARENTS MAY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO LIMIT ACCESS, WHICH THEY ALREADY HAVE RIGHT NOW, I WANT MY CHILD TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS SO THAT THEY MAY BE EXPOSED THROUGH BOOKS RATHER THAN HARSH REALITY, AND HAVE THE FREEDOM AND CHOICE TO MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS WHEN THEY GET OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD. TODAY IS JANMASHTAMI. GOD FORBID OUR KIDS LEARN ABOUT NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS. LET'S CELEBRATE THE CONQUEST OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND JUST SAY NO TO THE HATE MONGERS. PROMOTING AN AGENDA THAT DIVIDES, BELITTLES AND SEEMS TO FIND IN EVERYTHING. TALK ABOUT PROJECTION. I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES TO EFB. LET'S KEEP OUR CURRENT POLICY, WHICH ALREADY ADHERES TO THE MANDATORY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FROM THE STATE. JUST SAY NO AND LET'S BECOME THE DISTRICT. TOO BUSY TO HATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS AMBER MANN. THIS MAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMBER MANN. I AM A FORT BEND PARENT AND I'M AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR BOOK SELECTION POLICY. ONE

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THAT SAID, I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE, PEOPLE WHO VOTE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. BUT I AM HERE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ADDING THIS SPECIFIC LINE TO THE BOARD. ETHICS POLICY FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT AND THAT AND YOU ADDED A COUPLE THINGS. BUT FIRST, SPECIFICALLY, I WILL TREAT OTHERS, INCLUDING MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM. I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THAT BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH ALL SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. WE'RE ALL HUMAN, WE'RE ALL GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES, BUT WE SHOULD BE HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO HIGHER STANDARDS WE SHOULD BE NOT HAVING AS CONSTITUENTS AND PARENTS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EARN THEIR RESPECT. IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION, A RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION. EVERYONE HAS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHAT IN IN THIS POLICY DOES NOT STATE ARE THOSE CONSEQUENCES WHEN THOSE THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH OVERREACHES INTO DISRESPECTFUL DIALOG, DIALOG, OR EVEN HATE FILLED TWEETS, FACEBOOK POSTS? SOCIAL MEDIA OBVIOUSLY IS THE MAIN FACTOR HERE. SO I AM CONCERNED THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM IN THIS POLICY. WE ASK OUR KIDS TO DO THINGS AND IF THEY DON'T DO THINGS, THEY HAVE CONSEQUENCES. THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD IS HOLDING EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE. 30S IF THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THIS POLICY, THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE AMENDED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. TONIGHT THANK YOU.

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AS A STUDENT, THE LAST THING I SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS BOOKS THAT ARE USED ON AP EXAMS, SATS, STAAR TEST, AND OTHER TYPES OF TESTS. YET THE EXTREMELY VAGUE LIBRARY POLICY COULD BAN EVEN THE MOST FAMOUS AND WIDELY READ BOOKS LIKE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS AND ROMEO AND JULIET. LIKE EVEN BOOKS CURRENTLY USED IN INSTRUCTION LIKE THIS ONE, OUTLIERS HAVE A LARGE POSSIBILITY OF RESTRICTION FROM EVER BEING USED AGAIN IN THIS DISTRICT. THESE BOOKS ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR EVEN MORE IMPORTANT EDUCATION, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE UNDERMINED BY THE EFFORTS OF ONE PERSON. CENSOR GENRES MEDIA WITH EGREGIOUS AND NONSENSICAL RULES, ONE PERSON'S SELFISH POLITICAL AGENDA SHOULD NOT OVERRULE THE EDUCATION OF 80,000 STUDENTS. JUST LIKE ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS SCOTT PET. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU, I HAD PREPARED REMARKS, BUT EVERYONE IS BEING SO ELOQUENT TONIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO PIVOT A BIT, MY NAME IS SCOTT PET. I'M A ENGLISH PHD FROM RICE UNIVERSITY. I TEACH WRITING AND ENGLISH. I MIGHT BE THE ONLY FBISD PARENT WITH AN ENGLISH PHD. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY, I WOULD LOVE TO CHAT, SO THERE ARE TWO WORDS THAT KEEP COMING UP IN THIS CONVERSATION.

THINGS THAT I READ, AND THOSE TWO WORDS THAT ARE VERY PROVOCATIVE. BUT NEVER GO DEFINED ARE AND STEREOTYPE. AND I WANT TO JUST ADDRESS THOSE TWO WORDS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CHARGED AND THEY'RE EASILY USED AS TO WEAPONIZE THINGS. SO THE WORD STEREOTYPE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, ACTUALLY MEANS A SOCIETAL EXPECTATION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EXPECT OF SOMEBODY BASED ON SUPERFICIAL CHARACTERISTICS LIKE GENDER AND RACE. SO IF THERE'S A BOOK IN THE LIBRARY THAT UNIRONICALLY SAYS THAT WOMEN SHOULD STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN AND NOT GO TO WORK, I WOULD OPPOSE THAT BOOK BECAUSE IT'S A STEREOTYPE AND IT'S AN ACTIVE. IT DOES ACTIVE HARM. SO THAT'S THE FIRST WORD. THE SECOND WORD. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A WHILE SINCE ANYONE HAS READ AUDRE LORDE. I'M GUESSING. BUT I LOVE AUDRE LORDE, SO I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PASSAGE FROM AUDRE LORDE. I WANT TO READ. THE EROTIC HAS OFTEN BEEN MISNAMED BY MEN AND USED AGAINST WOMEN. IT HAS BEEN MADE INTO THE CONFUSED, THE TRIVIAL, THE PSYCHOTIC, THE PLASTICIZED SENSATION. FOR THIS REASON, WE HAVE OFTEN TURNED AWAY FROM THE EXPLORATION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE EROTIC AS A SOURCE OF POWER AND INFORMATION, CONFUSING IT WITH ITS OPPOSITE. THE BUT IS A DIRECT DENIAL OF THE POWER OF THE EROTIC, FOR IT REPRESENTS THE SUPPRESSION OF TRUE FEELING.

EMPHASIZES SENSATION WITHOUT FEELING. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY STRIP LANGUAGE FROM BOOKS AND USE IT TO CHALLENGE AND REMOVE BOOKS FROM OUR LIBRARIES. SO I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THOSE TWO WORDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, AMANDA KINNEAR. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND TO DOCTOR SMITH. MY NAME IS AMANDA KINNEAR AND I AM THE PARENT OF A FORT BEND ISD STUDENT. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO EFB LOCAL PROHIBITING MATERIALS THAT ADVOCATE OR PROMOTE CERTAIN TOPICS OR ACTIVITY GOES WELL BEYOND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF HB 900. AND IF THOSE CHANGES ARE ADOPTED, FORT BEND ISD WILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE LIBRARY MATERIALS POLICIES IN THE STATE. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT JUST ABOUT REMOVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR OBSCENE MATERIALS.

IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO CENSOR OUR CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO IDEAS THAT THE BOARD DEEMS UNSUITABLE. IT IS A PARENT'S JOB, NOT THE BOARD'S JOB, TO DETERMINE WHAT IS OR IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME MAY BELIEVE, A QUOTE OR PASSAGE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT DOES NOT PROVE A BOOK IS PROMOTING OR ADVOCATING CERTAIN BEHAVIORS OR IDEAS IN ORDER TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MELISSA JEFFRIES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON LIBRARIES OR BANNED BOOKS, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S A WORTHY CAUSE. MY NAME IS MELISSA JEFFRIES. I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED PARENT TO ADDRESS THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT TRANSPORTATION POLICY, SPECIFICALLY BUS ELIGIBILITY DISTANCE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. CURRENTLY, THE POLICY STATES STUDENTS THAT LIVE MORE THAN TWO STUDENTS MUST LIVE MORE THAN TWO MILES AWAY FROM SCHOOL TO QUALIFY FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER, THIS STANDARD PRESENTS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. FIRST, A 1.9 MILE WALK IS SIMPLY TOO FAR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KINDERGARTNERS AND FIRST GRADERS. THEY ARE FIVE AND SIX WHO WOULD BE EXPECTED TO WALK NEARLY TWO MILES ON AVERAGE. THAT'S A WALK OF OVER 40 MINUTES, WHICH IS EXHAUSTING AND UNSAFE FOR STUDENTS OF THIS AGE. THE ROUTE MANY CHILDREN MAY HAVE TO TAKE INCLUDES COULD INCLUDE CROSSING TEN OR MORE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, SOME OF WHICH ARE VERY BUSY WITH NO CROSSING GUARDS. ONE OF THE MAJOR STREETS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE SITE OF A TRAGIC ACCIDENT IN 2021, WHEN A FOURTH GRADER RIDING THEIR BIKE WAS HIT BY A CAR. WE SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE THIS BEFORE TAKING ACTION.

FURTHERMORE MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS, PROHIBITS OUTDOOR RECESS. WHEN THE HEAT INDEX IS OVER 100 DEGREES. ACKNOWLEDGING THE DANGERS OF HEAT EXPOSURE TO CHILDREN DURING A 30 MINUTE RECESS. YET THOSE SAME CHILDREN MAY BE EXPECTED TO WALK HOME IN THE SAME HEAT. OVER 40 MINUTES HOME FROM SCHOOL. THIS DISCREPANCY IS CONCERNING.

YOU MAY KNOW OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, LCISD AND KATY ISD, HAVE A MUCH MORE REASONABLE THRESHOLD FOR BUS ELIGIBILITY, OFTEN AS LOW AS HALF A MILE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. IF THOSE DISTRICTS RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR A MORE ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION POLICY, OUR DISTRICT SHOULD CONSIDER DOING THE SAME TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN.

FORT BEND ISD IS A DISTRICT THAT CARES FOR ITS KIDS. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS DOES NOT SHOW THIS. IN SUMMARY, I URGE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE CURRENT DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR BUS ELIGIBILITY. OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND WELL-BEING SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD ENSURING THEY CAN GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS SHARITA DAVIS. SAVE ME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHANCE COLEMAN. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR SMITH. MY NAME IS SHARITA DAVIS. I AM A PARENT, A ARMY VETERAN, AND A TAXPAYER WITHIN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. I STAND FOR YOU BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR HELP AND CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, TRANSFER POLICY, AS YOU EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF, WELL FUNCTIONING, POSITIVE NURTURING, AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS IN YOUR, PHILOSOPHY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, I BELIEVE THIS EXCEPTION WOULD ALIGN WITH YOUR VISION. MY SON IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM, BUT WISHES TO TRANSFER TO THE ARTS. AUDIO AND VIDEO. VIDEO VIDEO TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

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SEATS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL THE REQUIRED CLASSES THAT HE NEED TO TAKE. THE PROGRAM IS NOT FULL.

THE TRANSFER DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF THE APPLICATION WINDOW, INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER, JADE COLEMAN. GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I KINDLY REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL FOR MY SON TO BE TRANSFERRED SO THAT HE CAN ALIGN HIS FOR HIS FUTURE CAREER. INTERESTS THRIVE IN A SUITABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND GRADUATE WITH RELEVANT CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS BENEFITING HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

I AM HUMBLY ASKING YOU TO PLEASE ALLOW MY SON TO TRANSFER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ALLEN LEE. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ALLEN LEE AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM, HOUSTON. AND I MAY BE THE VERY FIRST PERSON EVER TO COME TO YOU WITHOUT A PROBLEM, BUT INSTEAD A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO MANY PROBLEMS PLAGUING OUR SOCIETY TODAY, SEVEN MILES FROM HERE LIES THE ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM, HOUSTON, THE ONLY MUSEUM IN AMERICA DEDICATED TO THE LEGACY OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND HIS PHILOSOPHY OF NONVIOLENCE, PEACE, LOVE AND SERVICE. HALF THE MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO GANDHI HIMSELF, AND THE OTHER HALF IS DEDICATED TO OTHER WORLD PEACE LEADERS THAT FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. NELSON MANDELA, MARTIN LUTHER KING, THE DALAI LAMA, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE GANDHI MUSEUM OFFERS A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE BY INTEGRATING TEKS TESTING STANDARDS INTO EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMING, AND BY ALIGNING ITS RESOURCES WITH TEKS NORMS. THE MUSEUM ENSURES THAT ITS VISITORS, PARTICULARLY STUDENTS, ENGAGE WITH CONTENT THAT SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC GROWTH WHILE EXPLORING THE PRINCIPLES OF GANDHI'S PHILOSOPHIES. THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY ENHANCES THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE MUSEUM, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A MEANINGFUL CONTEXT FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW HISTORICAL AND ETHICAL CONCEPTS RELATE TO THEIR CURRICULUM, AND THIS IS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HISTORY, ETHICS, AND MODERN EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE WELCOMED OVER 500 STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE AREA. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO COME VISIT THE MUSEUM. I WILL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL TOUR AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL INSPIRE YOUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO BE PEACEFUL AND LOVE EVERYONE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS MICHELLE MIKESKA. FROM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE MIKESKA. I AM A PARENT OF A FORT BEND ISD STUDENT. HE JUST STARTED KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR. WE'RE VERY EXCITED, BUT I WAS VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED TO READ IN A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE LIBRARY MATERIALS POLICY. I ACTUALLY WAS SENT THIS ARTICLE BY A FRIEND WHOSE CHILDREN ARE IN KATY ISD. SHE'S TOLD ME HORROR STORIES OF VOLUNTEERING AT THE LIBRARY AND HOW THE LIBRARIANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THEIR OWN JOBS, HOW THEIR HANDS ARE TIED IN BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE. THESE EXPERTS, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AS A PARENT, I TRUST THE LIBRARIANS THAT ARE AT THE

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HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANNA LOCUTUS ZAFIRIS AND I'M A PARENT OF A THREE FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS, TWO GRADUATES AND ONE A NINTH GRADER. I'M ALSO A FORMER TEACHER AND ATTORNEY AND READING HAS BEEN THE PIVOTAL THING THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. GROWING UP IN A SITUATION WHERE MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO ENTERTAIN US, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS A SAVIOR.

READING TOOK US ON ADVENTURES THAT WE COULD NEVER AFFORD TO HAVE AND MEET PEOPLE THAT WE COULD NEVER AFFORD TO MEET, EVEN PEOPLE THAT WERE IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE SALACIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. PROTAGONISTS FACED WITH UTTER DESPAIR, BUT YET READING, BRINGING US INTO THOSE WORLDS ALSO TOLD US, SHOWED US HOW TO OVERCOME, HOW TO NOT BE THAT PERSON, HOW TO PROBLEM SOLVE, HOW TO BE ANALYTICAL, HOW TO CARE AND EMPATHIZE WITH OTHERS THAT YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE AND NEVER STOOD IN THEIR SHOES. WHETHER THEY WERE VICTIMS OF A RAPE OR A ROBBERY OR A MURDER OR WHATEVER IT WAS. IT TOOK US ON AN ADVENTURE AND IT MADE ME PERSONALLY A BETTER PERSON FOR IT. IT'S DIFFICULT TO ABSORB WHY WE'RE FOCUSED ON BANNING BOOKS

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YOU'RE GOING TO STAND IN SILENCE FOR THE REMAINING TIME? YES. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME CONTEMPLATION.

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BECAUSE BOOKS ARE BOTH WE SEE OURSELVES, BUT WE ALSO SEE PLACES AND PEOPLE THAT WE MAY HAVE NEVER IMAGINED, AND SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT. IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO ME TO SEE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND WORSE, HONESTLY, THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT SAFEGUARD THE DIVERSITY OF THIS DISTRICT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE COUNTRY. THE POLICIES AS THEY STAND INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, GLOBALLY, IN FACT, THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON GLOBAL RECOGNITION OF CULTURES, RELIGION AND ETHNICITIES. THE PROPOSED CHANGES MAY LIMIT THIS TO RECOGNIZING THE COMMUNITIES.

EXCUSE ME, THE COMMUNITIES AND ETHNICITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD. I AM A PROUD TEXAN. I AM A PROUD NATIVE HOUSTONIAN, BUT WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO SEE WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER. ADDITIONALLY I WAS I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN MORE OFFENDED IN MY LIFE, HONESTLY. 30S I AM NOT A GROOMER. I HAVE NO PRURIENT INTEREST IN CHILDREN. THAT'S DISGUSTING. NOR HAVE I EVER EXPOSED CHILDREN TO EXPLICIT MATERIAL. I WANT TO HELP CHILDREN FIND BOOKS THAT THEY LOVE TO READ. THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY JOB. THERE IS JOY IN READING AND THERE IS HUMOR IN READING. AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT LATELY. THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS, INCLUDING THINGS THAT ARE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. FIRST IS SPECIAL EDUCATION UPDATE,

[9.A. Special Education Update ]

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO. I'M. OH, MY NAME IS DEANNA HILL, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION. THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS SERVED WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IS 11,586. THIS IS

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WE ARE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL HAVE 12,100 STUDENTS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF OCTOBER FOR OUR SNAPSHOT, WHICH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 15% OF OUR POPULATION WILL BE STUDENTS SERVED WITH SPECIAL ED SERVICES. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT INITIAL SPECIAL ED EVALUATIONS. WE GAVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE IN JUNE, AND BEFORE WE GO INTO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE FROM T ON OUR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN PRIOR UPDATES TO REQUIRES ALL DISTRICTS TO SUBMIT DATA ANNUALLY REGARDING COMPLIANCE ON THEIR INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND INITIAL ARDS. IF DISTRICTS ARE BELOW 100% STANDARD, THEY MUST IMPLEMENT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. LAST WEEK, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED CORRECTIVE CORRECTIVE ACTION RELATED TO THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR. LAST WEEK, T PROVIDED US A NOTIFICATION OF CORRECTION OF NONCOMPLIANCE, INDICATING THAT WE ARE CLEARED FROM ALL NONCOMPLIANCE FROM THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR. WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT UPDATE TO YOU IN A NEAR THAT LETTER IN A NEAR BOARD UPDATE IN JUNE, WE REPORTED THAT WE HAD GATHERED CONSENT FOR 391 STUDENTS FOR INITIAL EVALUATIONS. AND IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE'VE ADDED ANOTHER 139 STUDENTS FOR INITIAL EVALUATIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF 530. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE COMPLETION OF THESE INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND THEIR ODDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIMELINES.

THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT REEVALUATIONS. WE BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL THAT ALL STUDENTS SERVED WITH SPECIAL ED SERVICES HAVE AN UPDATED EVALUATION. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THESE DELAYED EVALUATIONS AND THEY ARE. AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND WE'VE DEVELOPED A DETAILED TEAM APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES. WE APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AS THIS PLAN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THEM. THE FIRST CHART ON THE LEFT PROVIDES THE OVERDUE REEVALUATIONS AS OUR LAST UPDATE IN JUNE. AND THAT'S THE GRAY SMALLER CHART. WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 2345 OVERDUE REEVALUATIONS. AS WE MOVE TO THE MIDDLE CHART, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON AUGUST 8TH, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. OUR EVALUATION STAFF BEGAN CONTACTING PARENTS OF SECONDARY STUDENTS TO THE SCOPE TO DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF EVALUATION. THIS APPROACH HAS ASSISTED US WITH PLANNING AS APPROXIMATELY 67% OF ALL SECONDARY EVALUATIONS THAT ARE OVERDUE WILL END UP BEING THE READS OR DON'T REQUIRE DIRECT EVALUATION. WE WILL UTILIZE THIS SAME APPROACH WITH THE REEVALUATIONS DUE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 2287, AS WELL AS THE 2565, THOSE ARE THE REEVALUATIONS THAT MUST BE COMPLETED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THIS PRIORITIZED TIMELINE, WE ANTICIPATE THE COMPLETION OF ALL OVERDUE REEVALUATIONS BY JULY 2025. SO THAT'S THE END OF NEXT SUMMER.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE SET SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR EACH OF OUR EVALUATORS AND ARE MONITORING THE COMPLETION OF EVALUATIONS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND WILL PROVIDE A MONTHLY BE PROVIDING MONTHLY UPDATES TO YOU IN OUR IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT. THIS SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CAMPUS STAFF. AND I DO WANT TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE ONE ERROR HERE ON THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPECIAL ED TEACHERS. THAT 279 SHOULD ACTUALLY BE 311. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ERROR. AND THEN THE BULLET UNDERNEATH THAT WHERE IT SAYS 32 OR 12% SHOULD BE 32 OR 10%. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SPECIAL ED STAFFING. WE'VE ORGANIZED THIS DATA INTO ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST COLUMN SPECIFIC TO ELEMENTARY OF THE 330 SPECIAL ED FTES, OR POSITIONS, 94% OF THEM ARE FILLED. OF THE 94% THAT ARE FILLED AT THE ELEMENTARY, 32 OR 10% ARE FILLED WITH INSTRUCTIONAL APPRENTICES. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE 19 POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED WITH SUBSTITUTES. I'M NOT GOING TO REVIEW EACH CHART, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP, THE TOTAL IS THERE AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN 94%, 97% AND 94%. FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE OUR VACANCIES AND HOW THEY'RE FILLE.

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IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET USED TO A SYSTEM AND TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ODDS AND THOSE PRACTICES. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, OUR NEXT STEPS INCLUDE SPECIFIC TASKS RELATED TO EACH AREA NOTED FOR TRANSPORTATION. OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES, VERIFYING THOSE OUR DOCUMENTS, INCREASING THE RESPONSE TIME WHEN A PARENT CALLS TRANSPORTATION WITH ISSUES OR QUESTIONS, AND UPDATING AND FINALIZING THOSE ROUTES FOR EVALUATION TO CONTINUE WILL CONTINUE TO SECURE CONTRACTORS TO FILL VACANCIES AND THE AND MONITORING COMPLETION OF EVALUATIONS, AS WELL AS, AS I INDICATED, PROVIDE MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE BOARD ON OUR PROGRESS AND FOR STAFFING, INCREASING OUR TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF ON THE NEW IEP SYSTEM, AS WELL AS MENTORING AND SUPPORTING OUR NEW AND INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

WE HAVE A JOB FAIR, I BELIEVE IT'S SEPTEMBER 10TH COMING UP, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOCUS ON MONITORING THE IEP IMPLEMENTATION AT EACH CAMPUS AND UTILIZING UTILIZING OUR NEW IEP SYSTEM TO IMPROVE OVERALL COMPLIANCE. AND BEFORE I END, I JUST WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, BUT THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT AND THE EVALUATORS OUT THERE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY SINCE THEY CAME BACK IN JULY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES. SO THANK YOU TO ALL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, DOCTOR HILL. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? SHE WAS NOT WORKING. OH SORRY. MISS JONES, LORD, I HAVE A QUESTION, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AUDITING SPED. WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS ON THAT? ARE WE. DO WE WANT TO DO AN EXTERNAL AND INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF OUR SPED PROGRAM OR SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, SINCE I'M CHAIR OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND CHAIR THE SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE, WE NOT POLICY AUDIT COMMITTEE. AUDIT COMMITTEE. SORRY, CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CHAIR OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SO WE HAVE NOT HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING YET, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND MR. GARCIA MAYBE CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS THE PREVIOUS, AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR,

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I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE, OWNING THE SITUATION AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT THE STAFF HAS WORKED VERY HARD. SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE CHARGE. AND TRYING TO GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE. AND IT'S GREAT TO GREAT TO HEAR GOOD NEWS FROM TIA REGARDING THE NON NONCOMPLIANCE SITUATION. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, AS FAR AS THE VACANCIES, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE KEY CHALLENGES THERE? WELL, WE HAVE AN APPROVED LIST OF VENDORS, AND WE'VE CONTACTED ALL OF THOSE VENDORS. AND, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES THE VENDORS AREN'T QUICK TO RESPOND. THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY NO, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY. THEY WANT TO SAY, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A REVOLVING CONVERSATION. AND SO WE'VE JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE COME BACK FROM THE BREAKS, WE'RE GOING TO SET DEADLINES FOR THESE VENDORS AND SAY, IF YOU CAN'T FIND SOMEONE BY THIS DATE, WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, SO THAT'S ONE CHALLENGE. THE OTHER IS AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE JUST DID A SUPPLEMENTAL, RFP. AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU GUYS IN SEPTEMBER TO ADD ADDITIONAL VENDORS FOR SPECIAL ED EVALUATORS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH PROCUREMENT TO IF WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT ALL OF OUR APPROVED VENDORS CAN'T SUPPLY US WHAT WE NEED, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER AVENUES TO GO OFF OF THE APPLIED VENDORS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. IT IS DIFFICULT. AND IT TAKES TIME AND DOCUMENTATION TO BE COMPLIANT.

BUT WE ARE BUT WE ARE ON THAT. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE, THIS, IT MAY HURT CHIEF RIDER'S FEELINGS FOR ME TO BRING UP THIS SORE MEMORY, BUT, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMING PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY AFTER OUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO, I KNOW JUST IN THE JUST AS A GENERAL RULE, IN THE TEACHING SHORTAGE AND WITH THE SPECIAL ED AND I KNOW A KEY PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERY DISTRICT AROUND US, AND SO IF FUNDING IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT, I DON'T THINK, BUT, TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDING IS A PART OF THE PROBLEM, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE TO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE. IF WE'RE PAYING COMPETITIVELY THAT WAY.

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AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MY RESPONSE WAS ABOUT CHALLENGES WITH GETTING VENDORS TO RESPOND, NOT NOT EMPLOYEES. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MISS BROWN. DID YOU HAVE A GO AHEAD? OKAY, I'M. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I WANTED TO SPEAK, I'M KATHLEEN BROWN, CHIEF OF I MEAN, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AS IT RELATES TO VACANCIES FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE. WE KNOW THAT NATIONWIDE THAT THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RELATED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AS IT RELATES TO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, THOSE HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND WITH THOSE CHANGES AND THE REQUIREMENT TO NOT ONLY HAVE YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION BUT BE CERTIFIED IN THE CONTENT AREA AS WELL, THAT DOES PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER OF CHALLENGES FOR US, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEAM HERE IN FORT BEND ISD, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL JOB FAIR OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HELPING INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME CERTIFIED BY GOING THE EMERGENCY PERMIT ROUTE BECAUSE WE KNOW HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, AS IT RELATES TO DOI, THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL ARE NOT AREAS THAT WE HIRE FOR DOI. SO THAT IS JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER ROUTE THAT WE'RE TAKING AS WELL. YOU ARE CORRECT IN THAT WE ARE COMPETING WITH DISTRICTS ALL AROUND. SO WE ARE EVALUATING THAT AS WELL TO SEE HOW WE CAN BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE THAT ARE AROUND US. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS HANNON, YES. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND MISS JONES WERE HAVING. AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY THE SPECIAL ED COMMITTEE AND DOCTOR SMITH MIGHT CONSIDER MAYBE LOOKING VERY SPECIFICALLY AT THE 2018 AUDIT AND MAYBE THOSE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS THAT THE AUDITORS IDENTIFIED AND THE I THINK THAT WAS THE EVALUATION DONE IN THE PROGRAM EVALUATION IN 22, IN 2022, THE PROGRAM EVALUATION WAS LAST FALL. OKAY. TIME FLIES. 24 BOARD I LOSE TRACK 23. SORRY IF WE COULD BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT PROGRAM EVALUATION. SO MAYBE TAKING THE HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS AND BRINGING THAT TO US SO WE COULD SEE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES OF IF WE'VE TACKLED THOSE PROBLEMS. I MEAN, I'M SURE SOME OF THEM ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, STAFFING AND OU, EVALUATIONS. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING JUST TO TACKLE THOSE, THOSE TOP PRIORITIES. SO YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. AND WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE PROGRAM EVALUATION AND THE AUDIT. AND WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES. SO WE WILL WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. SO MY ONLY COMMENTS WOULD BE I AGREE. THANK YOU FOR YOU AND DOCTOR SMITH FOR OWNING THE PROBLEMS AND TRANSPORTATION WITH REGARD TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. LAST WEEK OR WAS IT WEEK BEFORE LAST? NOW, WHEN WHENEVER WE STARTED SCHOOL, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS A PARENT OF A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY AND AS A LONG TIME ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, THAT WE HAVE TO BE SURE AND DOCTOR SMITH AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT THIS NEVER, EVER HAPPENS AGAIN. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY THAT. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN HERE WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT WE DO. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR SMITH, DOCTOR JORDAN, DOCTOR HILL, MISS BROWN, JUST FROM OPERATION SIDE AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SIDE. CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT LIKE OUR TYPICAL CHILDREN. THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE WELL, USUALLY WITH THEIR WITH THEIR PARENTS. THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO PROBLEM SOLVE. AND IT PUTS THEM IN A VERY PRECARIOUS POSITION. AND, AS A MOM, I UNDERSTAND THAT PANIC WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD IS. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T JUST HEAR IT, I FELT IT AS A MOM. SO WE JUST CANNOT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THE BREAKDOWNS WERE, WHATEVER HAPPENED, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TAKEN IT VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE AS A TRUSTEE THAT, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO SAY THAT, LIKE MR. HAMILTON SAID, WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED FROM US, I THINK THIS BOARD

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SO YOU KNOW WE GOT A CHECK MARK FROM TI. BUT WE RECOGNIZE WE'RE GOING TO BE NON-COMPLIANT AGAIN IN EVALUATIONS COMING UP. YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLIANCE IN THE CLASSROOM. AND ARE WE FOLLOWING THE IEPS AND ARE WE FOLLOWING, THE BEHAVIOR PLANS? AND HOW IS THIS SYSTEM POTENTIALLY IMPACTING THAT? WELL, WE'VE FOR THE START OF SCHOOL, WE'VE HAD ACCESS TO SUCCESS. SAID. SO ALL THE DOCUMENTS FROM SUCCESS SAID HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO SPECIAL ED TEACHERS, TO RUN REPORTS, TO BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE. THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY CONCERNS THERE. AS WE HAD NEW STUDENTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED ARDS IN AUGUST.

THEY STARTED WE STARTED HAVING THEIR ARDS IN THE NEW SYSTEM AND DISSEMINATING THE IEPS THE SAME WAY WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO, ALL OF THE DATA FROM SUCCESS SAID WILL THEN BE I GUESS, INTEGRATED INTO THE SYSTEM. SO WHEN YOU PULL UP A STUDENT'S NAME IN THE NEW SYSTEM, ALL OF THEIR OLD ELECTRONIC FILE WILL ALL BE IN THERE ORGANIZED. SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEMS. IT WAS THIS 2 OR 3 WEEK WINDOW WHEN WE WERE STILL MANAGING THROUGH THE OLD SYSTEM, AND CONDUCTING ARDS IN THE NEW SYSTEM, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THE ABILITY FOR IEP AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO GET OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THE ACCESS WAS THERE FOR SPECIAL ED. OKAY SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. LET'S CHECK IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND IN OUR CAMPUSES AND MAKE SURE, I, I'VE HEARD SOME RUMBLINGS ABOUT SOME ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT I KNOW WITH A NEW TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF TIMES IT CAN CAUSE SOME DELAYS AND SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. SO I'M I'M JUST ASKING YOU GUYS TO PLEASE FOLLOW UP. YES, MA'AM. WE

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I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR JORDAN. IT'S GREEN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR SMITH, I'M INVITING MELISSA HUBBARD UP TO THE PODIUM. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST AN ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE, SHE'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF NWEA MAP, OUR NEW UNIVERSAL SCREENER, THEN SHE WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE ARE DIFFERENTIATING SUPPORT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED AND MEASURING. AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATES YOU CAN EXPECT MOVING FORWARD. MELISSA. THANK YOU DOCTOR JORDAN. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS, DOCTOR SMITH AS DOCTOR JORDAN STATED, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A PRETTY BRIEF UPDATE THIS EVENING. I WANT TO START WITH A QUICK ACCOUNTABILITY SUMMARY, SOME OF YOU, MOST OF YOU, ALL OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT, WE HAVE HAD A, A RESTRAINING ORDER IN PLACE, TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE RELEASE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS. THE RESTRAINING ORDER IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, IT WAS ABOUT, THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL AND US OR THE STATE MOVING THE GOALPOSTS. RIGHT. WHILE WE WERE IN SESSION, THIS YEAR, THE CLAIM IS MORE CENTERED AROUND TEST VALIDITY AND, NOT HAVING EXTERNAL REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENTS, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF SITUATION. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE HEARING TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE, BUT THAT HAS NOW BEEN DELAYED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU THIS EVENING ESSENTIALLY, IS, AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE NOT RELEASING OR POSTING OUR SPECIFIC, RATINGS PER SCHOOL. AND THOSE TYPES OF THAT INFORMATION YET, BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND, VALIDATED. HOWEVER, WHAT WE DO

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WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED SOME PARENT TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PRINCIPALS AS OPEN HOUSES START TO, YOU KNOW, OCCUR. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A GUIDE PARENT GUIDE TO MAP GROWTH SO THAT THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEST AND HOW IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AS WELL AS JUST A FLIER IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT DETAILS WHAT IS THE TEST SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW ASSESSMEN. THAT DATA IS ONE DATA POINT THAT WE WILL BE USING, BUT WE'RE COLLECTING MULTIPLE POINTS OF DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING CAMPUSES, AND IDENTIFYING CAMPUSES THAT MIGHT NEED THAT DIFFERENTIATED LEVEL OF SUPPORT. SO WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING DATA TO CREATE OUR LIST OF CAMPUSES THAT WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON. WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS FACTORS AND CRITERIA, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STATUS, PERCENTAGE OF INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS THAT MIGHT BE ON A CAMPUS, LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, THE PERCENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. SO MULTIPLE FACTORS THAT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTING TO A CAMPUS THAT NEEDS SUPPORT. NEXT STEPS ARE THE DESIGN OF A CAMPUS SUPPORT PLAN BASED ON THOSE NEEDS AND THOSE DATA AREAS. THEN ONCE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT CAMPUS SUPPORT PLAN, WE WOULD BE MONITORING THAT PLAN HERE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND REVIEWING THOSE DATA AND REPORTING THAT OUT TO YOU ALL QUARTERLY. ANY PART OF THAT PROCESS IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF IMPROVEMENT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE STRATEGIES. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA, SEEING WHICH ONES WORK, WHICH ONES ARE NOT WORKING, AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. AND THIS WE WILL BE DOING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. BUT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON SOME SPECIFIC CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE SEEING NEEDS SO WE CAN DEVELOP THOSE TARGETED SUPPORT PLANS. NEXT STEPS. AND SOME BOARD UPDATES. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR AND TIMELINE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL HAVE DATA, THAT INTERNAL DATA WOULD BE A B O Y, M A Y AND EO Y BOARD PRESENTATION SLATED FOR OCTOBER, FEBRUARY AND JUNE. THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR TESTING CALENDAR AND OUR DATA REVIEW CYCLE. AND THEN WRITTEN BOARD UPDATES WOULD INCLUDE OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL HAVE THIS DATA AS PART OF THOSE INDICATORS. AND AS WELL SPED MONTHLY UPDATES WHICH DOCTOR HILL HAD SPOKEN ABOUT AS WELL. TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS WITHIN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS OUR OVERVIEW, AND I'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS HUBBARD. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MR. SHOAF? YEAH, MY ONLY QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT STAND. FOR? IT. YEAH A RASH INTERVAL UNIT. WOULD YOU SAY RASH INTERVAL UNIT. I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. GOOD PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF. MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF I. YOU SAID IT. I JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT. BUT DOES DOES THIS GIVE US DATA ON THEIR READING LEVELS LIKE THE 360 DID? WHAT IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE US IS A BREAKDOWN OF THEIR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, WHICH IS REQUIRED IN HOUSE BILL THREE. BUT WE WILL GET LEXILE LEVELS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONVERT THAT TO WHERE SHOULD THEY BE READING AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF YEAR. SO YES, WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'LL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND WHAT CAN WE SHARE WITH THE PARENTS ABOUT THEIR SCORES? IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF OUTPUT THAT PARENTS GET THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM, WE ARE WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE SKYWARD TEAM TO SEE ABOUT AUTOMATIC REPORTING

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SO, THAT'S MY ASK. ALSO, I KNOW DOCTOR JORDAN AND I SPOKE IN A MEETING ABOUT THAT PROFILE OF A CAMPUS THAT, TEACHING AND LEARNING IS WORKING ON, AND IT BASICALLY TELLS IT'S GOING TO TRACK THE DATA. BOY EMOJI. 360 OR WHAT HAVE YOU DATA. AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE REAL TIME UPDATES FOR PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON THE CAMPUS WEBSITE. SO JUST TO JUST TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY WORKING ON AND GETTING US ON BACK ON TRACK AS WELL. DOCTOR JORDAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR TO? SO I WILL SAY THAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON MAKING SURE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

EVERY CAMPUS HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL DNA. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF OUR CAMPUSES, IT IS DRILLING DOWN AND DOING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS. AS WE LOOK AT TREND DATA TO SEE WHERE OUR GAPS ARE, THAT COULD BE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP, THAT COULD BE LEADERSHIP, THAT COULD BE INSTRUCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN HAVING A TARGETED PLAN. SO AS MISS JONES REFERENCED AND MELISSA ALLUDED TO, WE'RE TAKING OWNERSHIP OF CENTRAL OFFICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR CAMPUSES ARE STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT WE PROVIDE TARGETED SUPPORT, SEE, A NEED FILL A NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AND WE'RE DOING IT QUARTERLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COURSE CORRECT ALONG THE WAY. AND SO WE WILL BE VERY TRANSPARENT. WE WILL HAVE CAMPUS PROFILE SHEETS FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW OUR CAMPUSES ARE PROGRESSING, AND WE CAN SEE THE SUPPORTS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL. AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. I WILL ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAP AND MAP GROWTH. OUR KIDDOS, WHEN PARENTS DROP THEIR KIDDOS OFF TO US ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THEY EXPECT THEIR KIDDOS TO GROW ONE YEAR.

SO IF A FIFTH GRADER ENROLLS AND STARTS SCHOOL IN FIFTH GRADE, WE WOULD HOPE ON GRADE LEVEL WHEN THEY START THAT AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY ARE SIXTH GRADE READY. SO WE HAVE A GOAL OF OUR STUDENTS GROWING A YEAR AND A HALF, A YEAR AND A HALF WHERE THEY ARE. SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THEM ALL TO BE ON GRADE LEVEL WHEN THEY ENROLL THE FIRST DAY. BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO LEAVE THE YEAR AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY STARTED. AND SO IT'S KIND OF TRICKY WHEN WE SAY A YEAR AND A HALF. BUT MELISSA TALKED ABOUT THE RIT SCORE. THE RIT SCORE SHOULD JUST

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THANK YOU, MISS HUBBARD, THERE'S PROBABLY NO ONE SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT KNOWS I'M EXCITED, TO SEE WREN RETIRED IN THIS DISTRICT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE DATA ON, NO OFFENSE TO ANY WREN EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT BE SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE, I WANT TO MAKE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND THEN I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION. ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE CLARIFICATION FIRST. SO, MISS HUBBARD, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THE MAP FLUENCY PIECE WAS GOING TO BE ON TARGETED CAMPUSES ON WITH TARGETED GRADES.

CORRECT. ALL CAMPUSES WILL ADMINISTER K THROUGH TWO READING FLUENCY. OKAY. ON OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES WE WILL ADMINISTER K THROUGH FIVE. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I MISSED OKAY. AND THEN TELL ME AGAIN WHICH GRADES WILL DO MAP GROWTH. I CAN ALSO PUT IN A BOARD UPDATE. WE HAVE A FLIER THAT HAS ALL OF IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEMORIZE IT. THAT'S FINE. BUT. YEAH, YOU DON'T. THEN DON'T EVEN. OKAY. YOU CAN. THAT'D BE GREAT. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT, AND THEN I'M GOING TO JUST I'M GOING TO LOOK AT DOCTOR SMITH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS YOU CAN DO THE RENT ALL DAY, AND YOU CAN DO THE BASS ALL DAY, AND YOU CAN DO A RUNNING RECORD ALL DAY. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY USING THAT TO GUIDE YOUR INSTRUCTION AND TO GET BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF YOUR KIDS, AND TO GET A PENCIL IN THEIR HAND TO RESPOND TO THAT, IT'S REALLY ALL FOR NAUGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK AND I'LL SHARE WITH MY, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS IS THAT WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME, I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS DATA, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DATA, AND NOT WE BUT THE ADMINISTRATORS ALONG WITH DOCTOR SMITH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT DATA WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE CLASSROOM AND LOTS OF STAFF ARE OBSERVING. AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE COLLECT MEASURABLE DATA ON WHAT WE SEE AS FAR AS LITERACY HAPPENING IN, IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, AUTHENTIC LITERACY. DO WE SEE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION? DO WE EVER SEE KIDS WITH BOOKS IN THEIR HANDS? DO WE EVER SEE THEM WRITING FOR AUTHENTIC PURPOSES? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND THEN WHAT'S OTHER? WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT, WHAT I HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE EXPECTING YEARS GROWTH. SOME OF US WERE EXPECTING TWO AND THREE YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KIDS COULD DO. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHETHER YOU'RE YOU'RE COMING IN BELOW LEVEL ON LEVEL OR YOU'RE ABOVE LEVEL AND YOU'RE THAT FIFTH GRADER WHO IS ALREADY READING AT A NINTH GRADE LEVEL, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO MEET THOSE KIDS NEEDS TO NOT JUST LET THEM SIT IN THE BACK AND READ THEIR HARRY POTTER BOOK INDEPENDENTLY. ALL DAY. AND SO I I'M HAPPY AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS DATA LOOKS LIKE FOR US AND WHAT IT AND HOW IT HELPS THE TEACHERS. AND, AND HOW IT HELPS OUR PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. DOCTOR GILLIAM. THANK YOU. I JUST I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU, DOCTOR JORDAN, AS YOU WERE, AS YOU WERE TALKING, IT WAS JUST SO NICE TO HEAR AND I'M SORRY, MISS ABBOTT. I'M SORRY. IT WAS JUST REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THE VOCABULARY. AND WHAT I HEARD WAS. AND STUDENTS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE. AND THEN THAT HELPS THEM TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE YEAR I HEARD ABOUT THE YEAR'S GROWTH. I HEARD MISS HANNAN SAY THAT AND JUST MONITORING KIDS. BUT IT REMINDS ME BECAUSE BACK IN, I WANT TO SAY, 2020, 2021, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT VISIBLE LEARNING WITH JOHN HATTIE, SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN. IS THAT GOING TO RISE AGAIN? OR MAYBE. BUT ANYWAY,

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AND SO SOME OF THE OLD METHODS OF TEACHING READING ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO STUDENTS. OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO CERTAIN RESOURCES THAT MANY OF US, WHEN WE GOT INTO A READING GROUP, WE DIDN'T HAVE. AND I KNOW MISS BROWN'S FIRST GRADE READING GROUP, WE DID NOT HAVE. WE JUST HAD MISS BROWN IN OUR BOOKS. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO PUSH FORWARD AND MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AS WE TEACH OUR KIDS LITERACY AND NOT UNDERSTAND HOW WE WANT THEM TO LEARN, BUT HOW TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY LEARN AND MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR LEARNING. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SOME OF WE'RE JUST OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES, SO I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF THAT. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MISS JONES FOR BEING OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT LIAISON AND WORKING WITH YOU GUYS TO BRING THIS UPDATE. AND PUTTING TOGETHER THE CALENDAR FOR UPDATES THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. I WANT TO LET THE TRUSTEES KNOW THAT, THAT I DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR SMITH AND STAFF AND WITH MISS JONES AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING REGULAR UPDATES IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF SOME KIND, WHETHER IT'S THIS TYPE OF UPDATE, A SPECIAL EDUCATION UPDATE, A CMR UPDATE OR LITERACY UPDATE, OR VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF UPDATES SO THAT WE'RE WE HAVE SOMETHING MONTHLY, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMITTEES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR THEIR UPDATES COMMITTEE REPORTS, THAT TYPE, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE EVERYBODY CHAIRS A COMMITTEE UP HERE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND, AND WE WILL WORK TO BUILD THAT CALENDAR OUT. SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S COMING. AND WE CAN TRY TO COORDINATE SOME OF THE ITEMS AND SOME OF THOSE UPDATES. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. JUST TO KEEP THE TRUSTEES INFORMED. AND IT WILL HELP STAFF PREPARE. AND YOU KNOW, IT'LL JUST PROJECT OUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WIN, I'M REALLY GLAD, DOCTOR JORDAN, THAT YOU GOT UP THERE AND TALKED ABOUT, THE PROFILE OF A CAMPUS, YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I'VE HEARD YOU SAY NUMEROUS TIMES THAT EVERY CAMPUS IS INDIVIDUAL AND HAS AN INDIVIDUAL DNA, JUST LIKE OUR STUDENTS HAVE INDIVIDUAL DNAS AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS, THAT'S TRUE OF OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL. SO I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THAT PERSPECTIVE, I HEARD MISS JONES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, STUDENT OWNERSHIP OF EDUCATION BEFORE WHEN I WAS. I'M GOING TO.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION ABOUT STUDENT OWNERSHIP OF EDUCATION. YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER MISS HUBBARD, AND WE TALKED ABOUT KIDS HAVING BINDERS AND WALKING THROUGH THE HALLS WITH THEIR BINDERS. AND, AND THEY COULD LOOK AT THEIR SCORES AND MAKE AND THEY COULD BE PART OF THE GOAL SETTING AND THEY COULD BE. AND IT WAS STUDENT OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OF EDUCATION AND, AND TEACHING RESPONSIBILITY AND, AND SHOWING THEM HOW TO CELEBRATE WHEN THEY ADVANCE. SO I APPLAUD THAT

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[10. Consent Agenda]

OH, I HAVE WRITTEN HERE £0.10, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. D TEN D YES, THANK YOU. TEN D12 AND THREE. MISS JONES YES, I WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO, PULL ITEM TEN A AND TEN B, SO. AND A AND B. YES. SHE PULLED THOSE. OH SHE PULLED THOSE. YES OKAY OKAY. LET ME SEE. TEN A B AND D. YEAH. SO LET'S DO THAT. YEAH OKAY. MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO ALSO PULL ITEM TEN K ONE. WHICH ONES. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE ITEMS TEN A TEN B TEN D12 AND THREE AND TEN K ONE. ANY OTHER ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER CONSENT AGENDA. SO I'VE GOT TEN A B TEN D ONE THROUGH THREE. AND THEN K ONE. CORRECT CORRECT. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TEN C E F G H I J ITEM K TWO. K THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND TEN. AS PRESENTED I. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNAN. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

PLEASE VOTE. IT'S NOT LETTING ME VOTE. OKAY. NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND. I DIDN'T. MOTION PASSES

[10.A. Policy BBF (Local) - Board Member Ethics]

OKAY. SO THEY BROUGHT US A DRAFT, AND I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT. WE'RE ON BBF, BOARD MEMBER ETHICS. EXCUSE ME. AND THEN. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO JUST STICK WITH THE ETHICS PIECE, SINCE WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK THIS DOCUMENT IS IN A

[02:20:01]

BUT I APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY. AND SO BUT I WONDER WHY ONE OF THE ITEMS AND WHILE IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC, ALSO, I THINK WHEN WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BEING GOOD MODELS FOR OUR STUDENTS, I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE NO ONE IS. YOU KNOW, USING TOBACCO, E-CIGARETTES OR VAPING ON OUR PROPERTY OR CONSUMING ALCOHOL. BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I REQUESTED LAST WEEK, TO ADD UNDER CONDUCT WAS I WILL MONITOR THE USE OF MY CELL PHONE OR OTHER DEVICES THAT MAY DISTRACT ME FROM FILLING, FULFILLING MY ROLE AS A TRUSTEE. AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE BEAR GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CELL PHONE USAGE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE REPRESENTING OURSELVES, EITHER ON THE DAIS, ON THE FLOOR, DURING AN AGENDA REVIEW AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT A STATE OF THE CITY OR STATE OF THE COUNTY, ANY OF THOSE EVENTS? I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IF WE EXPECT OUR STUDENTS TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM, AND WE EXPECT THEM TO BE FULLY PRESENT, I EXPECT THAT OF TRUSTEES. AND SO I JUST, I JUST COUNTER THE ONE THAT I APPRECIATE THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD TO ADD THE SAME LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, WITH THAT, THE OTHER ITEM THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IT COULD EITHER GO HERE OR IT COULD GO IN THE NEXT ITEM. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD BECAUSE IT'S NOT STATED EITHER IN THE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS OR THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, THERE IS NO EXPECTATION THAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. THIS POLICY BRIEF ONLY SAYS THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW THE BOARD MEMBER ETHICS AND SO DOES THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NO. WHERE DO WE HOLD OUR TRUSTEES ACCOUNTABLE TO SET. AND I HAVE SOMETHING I WILL FOLLOW THE EXPECTATIONS FOR CONDUCT OUTLINED OUTLINED IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AS ANOTHER LINE UNDER CONDUCT ON BOARD MEMBER ETHICS. SO THOSE ARE TWO ITEMS, THAT I, I WOULD STRONGLY LIKE THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER.

AND, ANOTHER ITEM THAT COULD EITHER GO HERE, OR IT COULD GO IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM IS, WHEN DOCTOR GILLIAM AND I AGAIN WERE ASKED TO BRING, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO, THE TRUSTEES, ON BEHALF OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD PRESIDENT, WE I SPOKE TO THIS LAST, ON AUGUST 12TH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT ADDRESSES CONSEQUENCES. AND I KNOW THAT OUR TRUSTEES SITTING ON THIS DAIS WERE VERY ADAMANT IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT IN MAKING SURE IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT CONSEQUENCES ARE ADMINISTRATORS ON OUR CAMPUS SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD FOLLOW WHEN CERTAIN INFRACTIONS ARE MADE. SO, AGAIN, I WOULD SAY WHETHER IT BE HERE IN BWBF OR IF IT BE IN THE NEXT ITEM BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. I BELIEVE THE VERBIAGE THAT SAYS IN THE EVENT THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A BOARD MEMBER VIOLATED THE BOARD, TRUSTEES, CODE OF ETHICS, BOARD POLICY, OR THESE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THE BOARD MAY TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, OR A COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ONE. ISSUE A PRIVATE REPRIMAND TO THE BOARD MEMBER TWO. REMOVE THE BOARD MEMBER FROM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS THREE REMOVE THE BOARD MEMBER FROM AN OFFICE OFFICER POSITION OR FOUR ISSUE A RESOLUTION OF CENSURE. I JUST THINK JUST LIKE OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO WALK THE WE OUGHT TO WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE TALK AND BE GOOD MODELS OF WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS. AND THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE FOR CONSIDERATION. PRIOR TO APPROVING BBFF IN ITS CURRENT VERSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYSON. SO I WENT

[02:25:09]

WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY. WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THEIR EMOTIONAL SAFETY. IT'S NOT HERE. AND WHILE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT POLICING CELL PHONES AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, WE NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT OUR KIDS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS I ALWAYS ASK TEACHERS AND I ALWAYS ASK OTHERS, HOW DOES THIS HELP OUR KIDS? HOW DOES THIS HELP OUR KIDS? BY POLICING EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING MY ASK IS TO PUT SOMETHING IN HERE ABOUT PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE ETHICS AND IT'S NOT IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND THAT IS ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES SITTING HERE ON THIS DAIS. SO THAT'S MY ASK. MY SECOND ASK. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING INTO THE NEXT ITEM. SO I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION HERE. I NEED MY STICKY NOTE HERE ABOUT REQUEST FROM STAFF REGARDING THEIR IT IS THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM. OH THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM. YES. IF YOU DON'T MIND OKAY.

THIS IS JUST THE POLICY OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT RIGHT HERE. AND SO MY ASK HERE IS THAT IF BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN VOTING ON THIS, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING HERE ABOUT STUDENT SAFETY AND STUDENT PROTECTION. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DOCTOR GILLIAM, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MISS JONES. I AGREE ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY. SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE. ALWAYS NUMBER ONE. SO I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THAT WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A KNOWN. BUT I WOULD, LIKE TO SEE THAT WRITTEN IF IT'S NOT WRITTEN SOMEWHERE ELSE. ALSO, I AM GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON MISS HANNAN AND I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I WROTE DOWN WHAT, AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR. BEHAVIOR, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TRUSTEE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR? DO WE HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN THAT WILL HAPPEN? AND THAT'S A QUESTION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. DO WE HAVE SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE REVIEW MEETING OKAY.

AND IT WAS NOT A CONSENSUS OF THIS BOARD TO BRING THAT FORWARD. AND SO IT WAS SO WHEN WE MET AGAIN WE DID NOT ADD IT. OKAY THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. SO I THAT'S THE DID I ANSWER THAT. DID I ANSWER WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IT WAS VERY CLEAR. SO WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD THAT DOES NOT WANT TO IF THEY IF THE COMPLIANCE DIDN'T HAPPEN, NOTHING HAPPENS TO THEM.

WELL, WHEN MY TURN COMES I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I DON'T LIKE TO STEP OUT OF TURN AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT. SO I'LL WAIT TILL THE END. AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T AND THEN YOU CAN HEAR WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE. AND THEN IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO WEIGH IN ON IT, OKAY. IS THAT OKAY, YES, IT IS. THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST READ THIS PART THAT AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT THAT HAD ME TO DO THAT. AND IT'S ON PAGE 12 AND I GUESS 46 THERE, BOARD MEMBERS WILL WILL NOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, THE SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I HOPE THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT. ALSO BECAUSE IT'S SAYING WHAT WE WILL DO. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL ADULTS AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WHEN I READ THAT, THEN I HAVE TO OWN UP TO IT BECAUSE I'M A TRUSTEE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE TODAY IS A NEW DAY. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN COMPLY AS ADULTS ALWAYS ON CAMERA AND SHARING AND SHOWING UP TO

[02:30:10]

BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, THE SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NOW, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M A 35 YEAR EDUCATOR AND I STILL PRACTICE. AND NORMALLY I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO I DO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT. BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ADULTS. I HOPE THAT THIS BOARD WILL NOT NEED EXPLANATION TO.

AND I'M GOING TO FINISH ONE MORE TIME. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST ONE MORE BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT MAKE PERSONAL ATTACKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. THE SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. MR. SHOAF. WELL, MY BIG QUESTION WITH THIS IS WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF THERE'S MISCONDUCT BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THERE ARE AVENUES IN PLACE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWED. THERE'S A WHOLE COMMISSION. THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION IS WHO'S SUPPOSED TO HANDLE, MISCONDUCT BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. ON THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANY OF THIS WOULD EVEN BE ENFORCEABLE TO ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL. YOU KNOW, IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL VIOLATES THESE RULES THAT WE JUST CREATED. I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVEN GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNDER THE ETHICS COMMISSION. IF THERE'S IT JUST SEEMS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO ME BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT HOW HOW WOULD ANYTHING BE ENFORCED, ENFORCEABLE. YOU CAN'T REMOVE SOMEBODY FROM OFFICE FOR THIS. YOU NEED THE, ONCE AGAIN, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION DONE BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION. SO IT JUST THIS WHOLE THING JUST KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A WASTE OF TIME TO ME.

THANK YOU. MR. SHOAF, SO I'M GOING TO SKIP YOU, MISS HANNON, AND SPEAK FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.

SO SORT OF TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS THAT WE COULD PUT CONSEQUENCES IN HERE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOSE CONSEQUENCES ARE AVAILABLE TO US, WHETHER WE STATE THEM OR NOT. SO AT ANY TIME THE BOARD CAN TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION, CENSURING A BOARD MEMBER OR DRAFTING A LETTER THAT CALLS OUT A BOARD MEMBER OR THAT, WE CAN PUBLICLY ADMONISH BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO US WHETHER WE WRITE THEM DOWN OR NOT, AND SO IN MY MIND, WRITING THEM DOWN DOESN'T MAKE THEM ANY MORE OR LESS AVAILABLE TO US, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE REALLY HAVE NO POWER. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN SAY IT AND WE CAN PUBLICLY EMBARRASS PEOPLE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S IF I MEAN, THAT'S ONE WAY TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, GET TRUSTEES TO CONFORM TO THIS POLICY THAT NOT ONLY IS FORT BEND ISD POLICY, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, SIGN. BUT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, MR. SHOAF, WE CAN' REMOVE ANYBODY FROM THIS DAIS. WE CAN'T REMOVE ANYONE FROM OFFICE. IN FACT, I HAD A CONSTITUENT EMAIL ME ABOUT SOMETHING RELATED TO CONDUCT, AND THEY WERE DEMANDING THAT I REMOVE A TRUSTEE. YEAH. SO I CAN'T DO THAT. AND NOR DO I WANT THE POWER AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO DO THAT. SO IN MY MIND, ESPECIALLY AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, I DON'T WANT TO LIMIT MYSELF OR THE TRUSTEES IN WHATEVER CONSEQUENCES WE MIGHT DECIDE TO CARRY OUT. AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TRY TO THINK OF EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, IS, IS THAT IT'S BETTER TO JUST LEAVE IT OUT AND WE'LL TAKE STEPS AS NECESSARY, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S IRRELEVANT. I THINK AN ETHICS, A

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AND I HOPE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WOULD TAKE THAT UPON THEMSELVES TO DO IF THEY DECIDE TO DO IT, BUT STUDENTS WHO GO INTO A CLASSROOM WHO ARE THERE TO LEARN IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WHO HAVE TO PUT THEIR CELL PHONES IN A BUCKET, THEY SIT DOWN WITH A COMPUTER WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, TEXT MESSAGES OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DISTRACTING. IF WE SIT HERE WITH A COMPUTER, I MEAN, WE HAVE ACCESS TO ANYTHING WE WANT ON OUR COMPUTERS. SO YOU TAKE AWAY OUR CELL PHONE AND THEN WE HAVE IT ON OUR COMPUTER. I DON'T KNOW, TO ME, IT'S JUST GETTING TO BE I MEAN, WE'RE ALL MATURE ENOUGH TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES. IN MY OPINION, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST USED MY CELL PHONE TO GOOGLE A DEFINITION, SO I NEED IT PERIODICALLY. SOMETIMES I TEXT JESSALYN. I DON'T SEE HER OUT HERE, AND ASK HER TO REMIND ME, WHO'S SPEAKING OR WHO'S UP NEXT, OR. I MEAN, I USE IT FOR PURPOSES, OTHER THAN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE IS NOT THE CORRECT PURPOSES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT YOU DECIDE FOR YOURSELVES IS YOUR BUSINESS. BUT YOU'RE DECIDING FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE IS CROSSING A LINE, AND THAT'S JUST MY THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON THAT. YOU. I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS. OH FOLLOWING WE HAVE A STATEMENT ABOUT FOLLOWING THE, THE ETHICS, BUT VERSUS THE FOLLOWING, THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT, SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE IT, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY BELONGS IN AN ETHICS POLICY BECAUSE ETHICS IS A STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR. AND I'M NOT SURE I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WITH THAT LENS ON TO SEE IF I MEAN, A LOT OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE JUST ABOUT TRAVEL AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. AND, I MEAN, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW APPROPRIATE THAT IS TO BE IN AN ETHICS POLICY. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THAT END, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, MISS JONES, I, YOU KNOW, I, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT HAVING A STATEMENT ABOUT IT BEING OUR JOB TO, WELL, LET ME SAY THIS FIRST, I AND I THINK I SAID THIS BEFORE, AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS TO CHIEF RYDER IS LIKE, SAFETY IS FIRST. SAFETY IS UP HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS UNDER SAFETY. SO I 100% AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO PUT ON US AS

[02:40:03]

I JUST LOOKED UP HOW TO POSTPONE, HOW TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ON ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. I USED IT VERY QUICKLY, AND THEN I FLIPPED IT BACK UPSIDE DOWN. I DON'T TAKE SELFIES OF MYSELF WHILE I'M ON THE DAIS. I DON'T SURF THE INTERNET. I DON'T ASK MY HUSBAND WHAT HE'S HAVING FOR DINNER. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL HAVE LIVES. WE HAVE EMERGENCIES, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ELDERLY PARENTS. WE HAVE CHILDREN, I GET THAT RIGHT, I GET THAT, BUT I STILL THINK. I THINK THIS IS JUST LIKE A CLASSROOM. I THINK THIS IS A PLACE FOR LEARNING.

AND SO I DISAGREE WITH, WITH WITH SOME OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR STATEMENTS. I AGREE WITH SOME OF THEM. I THINK THE, THE IDEA OF HAVING CONSEQUENCES, POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. AND MAYBE WE USE THE WORD MAY WE MAY DO THIS. IT'S NOT SO MUCH FOR US BECAUSE MAYBE YOU HAVE IDEAS OF OTHER CREATIVE WAYS, BUT WHAT THOSE CONSEQUENCES FOR IS FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE POST THESE ALL PUBLICLY WHERE OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN SEE, WELL, THESE ARE THINGS AT THEIR DISPOSAL. AND MAYBE THE PUBLIC SAYS, HEY, WE'VE REALLY NOTICED SOME SOME BAD BEHAVIORS. WE'VE NOTICED TRUSTEES NAME CALLING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANYTHING? BECAUSE HERE I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THESE KINDS OF CONSEQUENCES AT YOUR DISPOSAL. WE ALL KNOW WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DISMISS A TRUSTEE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IN MY TIME HERE, WE HAVE PUBLICLY CENSURED ONE TRUSTEE PREVIOUS TRUSTEE. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THAT I HAVE DONE MY RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVING PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUSTEES, BUT I THINK THE CONSEQUENCE PIECE, THE ALMOST FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, I HAVE SEEN IT USED, I HAVE SEEN CONSEQUENCES, USED VERY LITTLE, AND I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE USED. SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR US. IT'S HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE MAY DO AND I'M OKAY WITH

[02:45:04]

OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY TWO PEOPLE WERE WERE TARGETED AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL. IT WAS SO BASICALLY, AGAIN, WE HAD THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO COME TO ME TO ASK ME TO DO SOMETHING. OKAY.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME, THE FORMER PRESIDENT ASKED, OH, LET MISS HANEN COME IN, OKAY? WE DIDN'T ASK FOR IT. WE DIDN'T ASK FOR IT. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. WE TOOK A SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WE SAT THERE AND WE WERE DILIGENT ABOUT WHAT COULD BE EXPECTED. WHAT CAN WE DO? WE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO COME AND WE'RE GOING TO EITHER HAVE LIKE A QUOTE AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE ALL, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORK TO WORK TO REALLY TRY TO WORK TOGETHER. SO IT'S NOT CALLING ANYBODY OUT. WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE IN SESSION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS WHAT IS PROVIDED IN HERE, WHAT'S HERE.

AND SO IF I DON'T AGREE WITH IT OR MISS HANNON DOESN'T AGREE WITH IT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, WE AGREE. AND YOU DISAGREE, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE THAT THE DECORUM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DECORUM PERIOD. AND SO WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN AND I'M SORRY, MADAM PRESIDENT, BUT WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN, WE HAD OLD SCHOOL FOLKS. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO THERE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TALK JUST THE WAY I TALK. WE HAD OLD SCHOOL FOLKS AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS LIKE IT WAS THE STEPFORD WIVES.

WHEN YOU GO AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO, AND WE DO THIS AND WE DO THIS AND WE BUT THEY TAUGHT US.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE GOT INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WE LACKED. THE OLD HEADS, I'LL SAY, AND I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING WITH THAT. WE LACK THE EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCED BOARD MEMBERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS WHAT WE ALLOW TO HAPPEN DURING TIMES. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S AN ADULT. I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS I, YOU KNOW, I TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY I WANT IT TO BE TREATED. I WANT TO BE TREATED. THERE ARE MANY

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AND I'M NOT GOING TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE 10:00 AT NIGHT, AND I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT TRUE ANYWAY. SO I'M GOING TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I AM KIND OF ON A RANT, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT LET'S DO. IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND IT APPARENTLY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT GUESS WHAT? I WAS ABLE TO SAY WHAT I FELT NEEDED TO BE SAID. AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT TOUSSAINT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. SO I I'M NOT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS BECAUSE WE HAD A REVIEW. SO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT IT. WE HAD AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING ON IT.

WE DISCUSSED IT. WE BROUGHT EVERYONE'S RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. WE MADE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT WE FELT WAS THE CONSENSUS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE REVIEW MEETING.

AND BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS SOMETHING TONIGHT TO UPDATE OUR ETHICS POLICY. WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE ON IT 100%. THERE MAY BE THINGS IN IT THAT WE WANT IN IT. THERE MAY BE THINGS WE WANT OUT OF IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ETHICS POLICY IN PLACE THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED. SO I'M GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE VOTE. AND I WILL SAY THIS NOT ONLY AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT AS THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THAT I AM HAPPY TO REVISIT THIS POLICY. THE OR THE POLICY COMMITTEE CAN DO THAT, OR THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CAN DO THAT. AND WE WILL TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS TONIGHT UNDER ADVISEMENT. AND WHEN WE GIVE THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE UPDATE, WE WILL, SHARE WITH THE TRUSTEES HOW WE GATHERED ALL THIS INFORMATION, TOOK IT BACK, AND IF THERE ARE ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS. BUT FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK US TO PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOUR IN FAVOR AND THREE AGAINST. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM TEN B? MADAM

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BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND, AND IF, IF WE CAN LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE TO SAY, AND IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT FOR AN AMENDED MOTION, THEN WE CAN MAYBE HANDLE IT. THAT WAY. AND SO I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION. AND SO MR. BRUCE, YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE FOR US. REAL QUICK, RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY. AND TEXT IT TO ME. OKAY. SO THAT'S ONE PART OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NOW THE MEDIA INQUIRIES, BECAUSE I HAD A DIRECT QUESTION FOR YOU, PRESIDENT THOMPSON. OKAY. IT READS INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. I'M SORRY. 49. THE NEXT PAGE. OKAY. GOT IT, INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL. FOR MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE PREVIOUS BOARD PROCEDURES THAT WE DELEGATED THAT TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT. AND NOW THIS STATEMENT IS DELEGATING THIS TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? BECAUSE IT'S TAKING AWAY THE AUTHORITY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S TAKING AWAY THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO AUTHORIZE TRUSTEES TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA.

SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. BUT IT SAYS PREVIOUSLY THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BOARD ON ALL MEDIA RELATED MATTERS. RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD DIRECT MEDIA INQUIRIES TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT, INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES, WE CAN SAY, OTHER THAN THE BOARD PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY TAKING FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT IS THAT IF AT ANY TIME THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WELL, SO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAN ALWAYS VOTE TO AMEND ANYTHING, RIGHT? AND AMEND OUR OWN POLICY, WE CAN AMEND OUR OWN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES OR, OR REDIRECT OURSELVES IN, IN ANY WAY. SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT IF THE ENTIRE BOARD SAYS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE GARCIA TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S A PARTICULAR ISSUE WHERE HE HAS EXPERTISE OR BECAUSE HE'S THE CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE THAT WE FEEL LIKE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY BOARD APPROVAL, IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING WE HAVE TO CONVENE A MEETING. AND I'M LIKE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER. AND PRETTY MUCH APPROVE AS A QUORUM OR AS A GROUP THAT THIS PERSON IS TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA. AND I'M THINKING LIKE, DO WE REALLY HAVE TIME? AND ARE WE WILLING TO COMMIT THAT TO TIME? BECAUSE TRUSTEE TOLSON, WE, WE TRUST YOU AND WE TRUST YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND TO MAKE THAT DELEGATION WITHOUT US AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST KIND OF LIKE, WHY ARE WE GOING IN THIS? YOU'RE SUGGESTING THE BOARD PRESIDENT COULD DELEGATE THAT RESPONSIBILITY? OKAY, WELL, LET'S HEAR WHAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES FEEL ABOUT THAT. AND I'M THINKING ABOUT, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WHO HAS TIME TO DO THAT? YEAH. OKAY NEXT UP, MISS HANNAN. THANK YOU, MISS JONES, YES. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO LOOP BACK TO MY REQUEST, FOR THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, BECAUSE THIS BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ISN'T JUST ABOUT TRAVEL. THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR THAT AREN'T IN THE CODE OF ETHICS. AND SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM OUT LOUD, BUT I MEAN, IT TALKS ABOUT, TRUSTEE SHALL AVOID DISCUSSING DISTRICT BUSINESS WITH THE QUORUM OF TRUSTEES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND PRIVATE TEXTS, PRIVATE MESSAGES, OR VIA EMAIL. I MEAN, THIS GOES ON AND ON DOWN THE PAGE. THERE ARE LOTS OF BEHAVIORS THAT ARE SPELLED OUT IN HERE THAT MY EXPECTATIONS AND THE QUESTION THAT IS ASKED HERE, IT SAYS, WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS, STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR? WELL, IT SAYS THIS AND IT SAYS ONE BOARD MEMBERS WILL COMMIT TO UPHOLDING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CODE OF

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NO, MY QUESTION WAS, IF WE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA IN PAST, WE GOT THE PERMISSION FROM OR THE BLESSING FROM OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, AND IN THIS OPERATING PROCEDURES, THAT POWER HAS BEEN

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WE TALKS ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS, AUTHORITY, BOARD OFFICER ELECTIONS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE FIND IN CODE. WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER. BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES ME IT'S A PLAYBOOK. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I VIEW IT. THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I SEE IT. SO THAT WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED. HOW SHOULD I COMMUNICATE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT? HOW DOES THE SUPERINTENDENT WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, AND HOW DO WE RESOLVE CONFLICTS? THIS THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GUIDES US AND LETS US KNOW THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. IF THIS IS A QUESTION, THEN I CAN GO REFER TO THIS AND WE REFER TO POLICY. EVERYTHING GETS DONE THROUGH POLICY. SO FOR US THIS IS OUR POLICY THAT HELPS US POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THAT I VIEW IT. I SEE IT SO NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. AND TO THAT POINT, SO THERE ARE CODES OF ETHICS FOR

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DOES MR. BRUSH DOES THAT SOUND APPROPRIATE? BOTH ARE PERMISSIBLE, YES. OKAY. SO IF I COULD GET SOMEONE TO, MOVE, MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ADD THOSE TWO TO THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, I MOVE TO AMEND, AS STATED. AS STATED, AS STATED, I WROTE IT DOWN. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO WHETHER IT'S IN JUST THE GENERAL CAPACITY AS A TRUSTEE OR AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, BUT NOT THE CHAIR, YOUR INTENTION THERE WOULD BE THAT THOSE ALL ANY AND ALL REQUESTS CAN STILL BE MADE. IT JUST THEY JUST NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT. SO THIS JUST ADDS CLARIFICATION TO THE TO THE BEGINNING OF THAT BULLET BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE CHAIR ANYWAY.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND BY MISS JONES AND A SECOND BY MR. HAMILTON. SO DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? SO THIS VOTE IS JUST ON THE AMENDMENT, NOT ON THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OPERATING. CORRECT SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ASK US TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED. THE MOTION PASSES. FOUR THREE. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION

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OKAY SO I'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO OFFER, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SIMPLY STATE THE AMENDMENT AND THEN IF IT IS SECONDED, I WILL EXPLAIN MY REASONING, SO I MOVED TO AMEND THE POLICY BY STRIKING THE WORDING IN THE SECTION TITLED PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL MATERIALS AND REPLACING IT WITH THE FOLLOWING AND THE PROPOSED AMENDED WORDING IS WHAT'S WHAT YOU JUST RECEIVED? THE DISTRICT SHALL COMPLY. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU POINT US EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE? YES. SO EFB AND THE LIKE. THE SUBHEADINGS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN, THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL MATERIALS. IT'S IT HAS IT IN EFA AND EFB. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE EFB. SORRY, I SHOULD EFB PROTECTION FROM SORRY PROTECTION FROM I SAID THE WRONG WORD PROTECTION FROM INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL. PAGE 67. OR. PAGE 76, SO THE CLEAN VERSIONS 89 IS THE RED LINE VERSION 76. INTERESTING 76. NO. SO, NO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SORRY, WELL, YOU SAID IT'S THE SAME, BUT. IT'S PAGE 67. YEAH. THIS IS JUST EFB. SO EFA AND EFB HAVE THE SAME SECTION, BUT THEY'RE WORDED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND THAT'S. I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I'M LOOKING AT EFB, BUT NOT EFA WITH THIS AMENDMENT. SO THE SECTION SO PAGE 83 IS THE VERSION THAT HAS THE CHANGES SINCE AUGUST 12TH AND THE SECTION IS PROTECTION FROM INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL, SO THE MOTION IS TO STRIKE THE WORDING THAT'S IN THIS SECTION ENTIRELY AND REPLACE IT WITH THE PARAGRAPH THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, WHICH SAYS THE DISTRICT SHALL COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS GOVERNING STUDENT ACCESS TO MATERIALS. AND THEN IN PARENTHESES, SEE POLICY F BE LEGAL AND THE DISTRICT WILL NOT ACQUIRE OR MAINTAIN MATERIALS THAT ARE PERVASIVELY VULGAR, EDUCATIONALLY UNSUITABLE, OBSCENE, AND NOT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT OR THAT PROMOTE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS, OR THAT CONTAIN GRAPHIC IMAGES OR EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS OF SEX ACTS OR SIMULATIONS OF SUCH ACTS, INCLUDING GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TOUCHING OF GENITALIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEXUAL AROUSAL. SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION? THAT WAS A MOTION. OH, I SECOND IT. YEAH, BUT BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE ALMOST SPOT ON WITH THE PENAL CODE. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. SO ARE YOU I CALL ON PEOPLE FIRST. SECOND. ARE YOU SECONDING. ARE YOU NOT SECOND SECONDING. BUT HE I THINK HE MISSED SOMETHING HERE, OKAY. BUT WAIT, WE'RE NOT IN DISCUSSION YET, SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. HAMILTON TO AMEND ONE WORD, AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS JONES STANDING ON THAT SECOND. AND NOW YOU GET TO TALK. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, MISS JONES, SO FOR THE MY REASONING FOR HOW THIS PLAYED OUT, I WOULD RATHER NOT GO ABOUT IT. THIS WAY, BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. WILBANKS AND MR. BRUSH, YOU BOTH PUT IN A LOT OF WORK, POLICIES GENERALLY LIKE HERDING CATS. AND THIS ONE WAS EXCEPTIONALLY LIKE, HURTING A LOT MORE CATS OR WHATEVER. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO EXPAND THE ANALOGY, AND SO, MR. WILBANKS AND MR. BRUSH, SOUGHT TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST MEETING AND INCORPORATE, AS MUCH AS THEY COULD INTO THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS WHEN IT WAS, IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD SUPPORTED CHANGE, MAKING CHANGES BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, AND SO WITH THIS PARAGRAPH, FOR ME

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AND SO PUTTING BOOKS THAT QUALIFY UNDER THAT EXCEPTION IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY OPEN UP THE POTENTIAL FOR A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE A POTENTIALLY VERY YOUNG CHILD. SO YOU'RE TALKING 5 TO 11 YEARS OLD OR SO, AND THEY COULD BE READING A BOOK ABOUT AN ADULT TOPIC WITHOUT ANY KIND OF AN ADULT GUIDANCE. AND SO THERE'S SIMILAR WORDING EXCEPTION IN EFA. AND FOR ME, THE KEY DISTINCTION THERE IS THAT IF THAT HAPPENS, PRIMARY PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ADULT, IT WOULD BE AN ADULT GUIDED CONVERSATION. AND I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE PARENTAL, AWARENESS AND PARENTAL CONSENT, THAT WOULD BE LACKING IN THE CONTEXT OF SUCH RESOURCES BEING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY. SO THAT'S IT. OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MR. SHOAFF. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY DEAD ON WITH THE PENAL CODE. I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY ONE WORD THAT I WOULD CHANGE, AND THAT'S FROM TOUCHING TO MANIPULATION. THAT WAY, IT'S ONE ON ONE WITH THE PENAL CODE AND COINCIDES WITH IT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD CHANGE ON IT. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. MISS JONES, I AGREE WITH, TRUSTEE SHOAFF AND I JUST KIND OF LEFT ME WONDERING, YOU SAY PROMOTE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OMISSION THERE. SEXUAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AN ADULT AND A MINOR IS NOT HERE. AND I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN THERE. JUST MY THOUGHTS. WOULD YOU YOU WANT TO RESPOND? SORRY CAN YOU REPEAT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WELL, YOU SAID THAT PROMOTES SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT SAYS SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AN ADULT AND A MINOR. AND SO I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE OF WE CAN'T LEAVE THAT OUT AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED MINORS. I THINK THAT I, I THINK THAT SO MR. BRUSH, MAYBE YOU CAN LEND SOME. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS ALL INCLUSIVE, PROMOTE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONG MINORS. IT DOESN'T MEAN MINORS WITH MINORS. IT MEANS MINORS WITH ANYBODY. YEAH I WOULD AGREE WITH THE BROADER INTERPRETATION. YES. YES OKAY. SO SEXUAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING MINORS NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO SEXUAL ACTIVITIES BETWEEN MINORS. YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO MISS HANNON, SO DURING THIS DISCUSSION, ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS EFA AND EFB WHERE THAT LANGUAGE IS SO CLOSE WITH THE PRURIENT INTEREST BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATE ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE SEPARATELY ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'LL VOTE.

OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION I'M GOING TO ASK THE TRUSTEES TO VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO. NOW WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION, WHICH NOW INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT POINT OF ORDER. SO I THINK YES, SIR. POINT OF ORDER, A MOTION SINCE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT EFB LOCAL OR EFB EFA, WE BEAT IT TO THE DEATH. OUR MOTION THAT WE

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AND SO WE DID DISCUSS LUMPING THE THREE OF THEM TOGETHER. BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'RE VOTING FOR WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE EFA AND EFB TOGETHER. SO I THINK THAT'S THE STATUS. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO GO DIFFERENTLY I THINK THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION TO SPLIT THE TWO AT THIS POINT. SO IS THAT ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? I'M NOT. BUT I'M JUST CLARIFYING THAT I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED A MINUTE AGO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, MISS HANLON, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. I WOULD LIKE I MOVE THAT WE VOTE ON EFA SEPARATE FROM EFB. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR ALREADY WITH ALL OF THEM COMBINED TOGETHER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT SAYS WE VOTE. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YEAH, WELL, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON WELL, I GUESS WE ARE VOTING ON. YES, WE ARE ELIMINATE F SO MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YES. THAT YOU NOW MAKE A MOTION TO, ALLOW FOR FOUR MINUTES OF TIME. SINCE WE'RE. THAT MIGHT BE THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT THAN TRYING TO DISENTANGLE THE MOTION THAT'S THERE. AND, MR. BRUSH, IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS WE CAN NOW ALLOW A MOTION TO HAVE FOUR MINUTES OF TIME INSTEAD OF TWO, SINCE WE HAVE EFA AND EFB. READ THE BOOK, MR. BRUSH. READ THE BOOK. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK WE CAN. YOU CAN DO THAT.

IT WOULD FUNCTIONALLY BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION. OKAY ON THE LIMITATION OF DEBATE. SO ARE WE RECONSIDERING SPECIFICALLY TO DOUBLE THE MINUTES ON DEBATE OR ARE WE AND CAN SHE STATE IT IN THAT WAY? THE MOTION COULD BE STATED THAT WAY. YES CORRECT. BUT IT WOULD STILL BE A GLOBAL MOTION TO ACT ON ALL THREE POLICIES. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE TWO MINUTE, DISCUSSION TO FOUR MINUTES FOR DISCUSSING ALL THREE POLICIES. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MR. HAMILTON. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. MR. HAMILTON, WILL YOU PLEASE KEEP TIME? FOUR MINUTES. AND, MISS HANNAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU, I YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THIS AGAIN. PROBABLY BUT I DO AGREE THAT DAVID SAID WHEN HE SAID WHEN THE LANGUAGE PRURIENT INTEREST WAS ADDED, IT WAS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY. I DON'T THINK WE CAN. I'M NOT A LEGAL PERSON, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN USE THAT IN THAT WAY, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WON'T ASK WHO WROTE THAT, BUT I WILL ASK WHO WROTE THIS. CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? YES. SO I PROPOSED LANGUAGE AND THEN MR. BRUSH AND MR. MORRIS CRAFTED IT. AND SO THAT IS THE REASON IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE POLICY SO WE CAN ALL HASH IT OUT BEFORE WE GET INTO HERE. AND AGAIN, THIS POLICY COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET FOR, SINCE THE 12TH, SINCE THIS

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I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SOMEONE ON THIS BOARD THAT WE DO NOT DICTATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO DO. I'M GOING TO SUGGEST EVERYBODY LOOK AT EACH LOCAL WAS WRITTEN BY THE PREVIOUS BOARD.

IT NOT ONLY TELLS THE SUPERINTENDENT WHAT TO DO, IT TELLS TEACHERS WHAT TO DO. IT TELLS OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WHAT TO DO. IT EVEN TELLS THE CHIEF OF SCHOOLS AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER WHAT TO DO. SO THE BOARD DOES TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO AS FAR AS STAFF, BECAUSE I BELIEVE FULLY THAT WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE BOARD TO SAY WE SUPPORT TSLAC. WE THINK THE RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE IS MORE FAIR. IT PROTECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM NEFARIOUS, ISSUES WITH SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. SHOULD SOMEONE NOT LIKE THAT, HE IS NOT PULLING BOOKS THE WAY THEY EXPECT, I DO CONTINUE TO REJECT THE WAY THIS POLICY IS WRITTEN. I BELIEVE IT CONTINUES TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. AND I WILL REMIND THIS BOARD LAST SPRING, YOU SUPPORTED THE POLICY, AS IS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU SO. I GUESS GOING BACK, I'LL TELL A LITTLE STORY. GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS. MANY YEARS, ACTUALLY, MY OLDEST WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE WERE IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, AND I HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING THROUGH THE BOOKS, AND I FOUND A BOOK THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS ACTUALLY A BOOK THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. AND NO HARM, NO FOUL. HONEST MISTAKE. I NOTIFIED THE LIBRARIAN, AND UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY AT THE TIME, THE LIBRARIAN WENT AND REMOVED THE BOOK, HAD IT BEEN THE POLICY THAT WE VOTED ON LAST YEAR, THAT BOOK WOULD PROBABLY STILL BE IN THAT LIBRARY TODAY, SEVERAL YEARS LATER. FOR ALL WE KNOW. SO WHILE WE SAY THAT THIS NEW LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS, I DISAGREE 100%. I THINK THE POLICY THAT WE WROTE AND APPROVED LAST YEAR ABSOLUTELY DISRESPECTED OUR LIBRARIANS, ABSOLUTELY DISRESPECTED OUR TEACHERS, ABSOLUTELY DISRESPECTED OUR PRINCIPALS BECAUSE IT TOLD THEM, WE DON'T TRUST YOU TO TAKE THE BOOKS OUT OF THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE TO PUT YOU IN A ROOM WITH FIVE OTHER PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT BOOK IS SUITABLE OR NOT. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME WE'VE COME UP HERE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS LITTLE BEING PREACHED TO ABOUT WHAT IS SUITABLE, WHAT IS NOT SUITABLE. WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. WE'RE NOT HERE TO PLAY POLITICS. WE'RE HERE TO DEFER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO STAFF, BECAUSE I TRUST THE SUPERINTENDENT, I TRUST STAFF, I

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AND THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. MISS JONES OKAY, SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, AND IT IS MY INTENTION TO DISCUSS WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHO DO WE SUPPORT. SO I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE HANNON. DO YOU SUPPORT FORT BEND ISD? SO I'M GOING TO JUST YOU CAN MAKE THEM RHETORICAL BECAUSE WE ARE LIMITED IN OUR DELIBERATIONS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE OKAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE CLAIM AND THERE IS A CLAIM BY ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES THAT WE SUPPORT FORT BEND ISD VISION PROFILE OF A OF A GRADUATE IN ITS ENTIRETY. AND SO WE ALL ARE COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THAT PROFILE. SO LET ME READ SOMETHING FROM THAT PROFILE, OKAY. ABOUT THESE BOOKS. IT SAYS FORT BEND ISD GRADUATES EXHIBIT GRIT AND DETERMINATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. RESPECT, SELF AND OTHERS ENGAGE IN HEALTHY CHOICES AND ARE LITERATE AND ARTICULATE IT ALSO SAYS, AS A SERVANT LEADER, THAT FORT BEND ISD GRADUATES PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF OTHERS WHILE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES AND ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. AND SO I JUST SIT HERE AND I WONDER, HOW DOES ALLOWING THESE BOOKS ALIGN WITH OUR PROFILE THAT WE CLAIM TO UPHOLD AS TRUSTEES AND SO HOW DOES THESE BOOKS INSPIRE AND EQUIP STUDENTS? LET ME GO BACK. THESE DEGENERATE BOOKS INSPIRE AND EQUIP STUDENTS. SO MY ISSUE IS THE ABSOLUTE HYPOCRISY FOR CLAIMING THAT PEOPLE ENDORSE A PROFILE OF A GRADUATE IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE INCLUSION OF BOOKS THAT ARE DEGENERATE IN CONTENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF INFLUENCING AND CREATING DEGENERATE ADULTS, AND IN ENGAGING IN UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES. YOU'RE EITHER IN SUPPORT OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND LIBRARIANS, PROTECTING KIDS FROM BEING EXPOSED TO THIS PERVERSE CONTENT, OR YOU'RE NOT.

WHAT CONCERNS ME? THE MOST IS THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITION TO THOSE HERE ON THIS BOARD WHO DESIRE TO PROTECT THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN FROM BEING EXPOSED TO RAPE, INCEST, MOLESTATION, AND SEXUAL CONTENT. BECAUSE THEY ARE UPHOLDING THE GOOD AND THE GOOD AND WHOLESOME VALUES OF COMMON DECENCY AND SELF-RESPECT IN THE PRESENCE OF CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CHARGED HERE TO DO WHEN PARENTS SEND THEIR KIDS TO OUR SCHOOLS. THIS CHARGE BEGINS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR HIS DESIGNEE. AND IF YOU WANT YOUR OWN KIDS TO BE EXPOSED TO THAT CONTENT AS A PARENT, DO IT.

DO IT IN YOUR OWN HOME AND AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION, AND AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION EXPENSE AND NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS, AROUND OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS, AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE AND IN THE MANNER YOU CLAIM YOUR RIGHT THAT YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE EXPOSED TO. THIS IS THE SAME EXACT RIGHT THAT OTHER PARENTS HAVE TO EXERCISE WHO OPPOSE THIS TYPE OF EXPOSURE TO THEIR CHILDREN. AND AS FAR AS

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THE CURRENT EF LOCAL POLICY. AND THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT FOR ME HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. ONE WAS THAT I PASSED THAT POLICY WITH MY INTERPRETATION OF THE POLICY BEING THAT IF SOMETHING WERE A LIBRARY BOOK WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW, THAT THAT, THAT SO BASICALLY LEGAL WOULD TRUMP LOCAL. SO LOCAL STATE CURRENTLY STATES ALL CHALLENGES OR RECONSIDERATIONS MUST GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS. AND SO MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT LEGAL WOULD TRUMP LOCAL. SO IF SOMETHING IS IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW THEN THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE DECISION IN WORKING WITHIN THIS POLICY, THE ADMINISTRATION'S INTERPRETATION, IN MY OPINION, FROM GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE BOOK CHALLENGES, AS WE ALL KNOW, WAS THAT PRETTY MUCH ANY AND ALL ALMOST, ALMOST ALL, UNLESS IT FELL WITHIN THE AUDIT PROCESS THAT WAS ALSO TRIGGERED BY THE CURRENT POLICY LAST YEAR, ANY AND ALL CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THINGS THAT, IN MY OPINION, ARE IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE LAW. THE ADMINISTRATION INTERPRETATION WAS THAT EVEN THOSE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, WHICH I DON'T I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT INTERPRETATION. AND BUT BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THAT INTERPRETATION TO ME, THAT THAT WARRANTS A POLICY CHANGE, SECOND THING IS THAT IF YOU I THINK IF YOU ASKED ANY OF US IN JANUARY HOW BAD THE PROBLEM IS WITHIN OUR LIBRARIES, I THINK WE ALL WE ALL WOULD HAVE GIVEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS THAN WE WOULD HAVE AFTER WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH AND APRIL. AND SO WE NOW KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES IS MUCH WORSE THAN THAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE. AND SO THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM COUPLED WITH THINGS THAT SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS LAST YEAR FOR ME PERSONALLY ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE, I FELT LIKE THE MY, MY PRIORITY WAS TO, TO CREATE A CHALLENGE PROCESS SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE WOULD AVOID THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP AND READ LIBRARY BOOKS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHALLENGE PROCESS. AND SO TO ME, THE PRIORITY WAS CREATING A CHALLENGE PROCESS. AND THEN YOU MADE MULTIPLE REQUESTS ON WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE. I DIDN'T LIKE THEM, BUT I AGREED WITH THEM IN PART BECAUSE I WANTED TO WORK TOGETHER AND YOU STATED THAT WITH THOSE STIPULATIONS IN THE CHALLENGE PROCESS, YOU WOULD SUPPORT THE POLICY. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE TO BE UNITED RATHER THAN US SPLIT AND COME OUT HERE. AND I ALSO PASSED THAT POLICY IN PART THINKING IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE CAN REVISIT IT AND MAKE CHANGES. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY NEEDS ME TO REITERATE THE CONTENT. AGAIN, EVEN DESCRIBING THE CONTENT HAS MADE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, MUCH LESS ACTUALLY READING THE ACTUAL CONTENT. AND SO IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO BE READ IN A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OR EVEN DESCRIBED IN A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THEN IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. AND SO FOR ME, THAT'S THE LEVEL OF THE CONTENT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND SO THERE WERE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE COST IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND EMPLOYEE TIME THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS POLICY. AND SO THERE WERE AS I SHARED LAST TIME, THERE WAS A BOOK WHERE THE STAFF CONVEYED THAT IF THE BOOK IS CHALLENGED, WE WILL REMOVE THE BOOK BECAUSE WE ARE IN FULL AGREEMENT THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE IN OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES. AND YET THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT BOOK UNTIL OR UNLESS A CHALLENGE OCCURRED. AND SO THE CURRENT CHALLENGE PROCESS, INCLUDING FOR THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW, EVEN BEFORE HOUSE BILL 900, BUT ARE ESPECIALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. NOW, THOSE BOOKS REQUIRED US TO WASTE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL CONTENT, COPIES OF THE BOOK AND WASTE EMPLOYEES TIME BY REQUIRING THAT FIVE EMPLOYEES HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE BOOK. I AM NOT OPPOSED TO THAT PROCESS. TIME. GOOD THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. DOCTOR GILLIAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DRAMA. OKAY, LOTS OF DRAMA GOING ON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU ALL CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I

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THAT WAS DECIDED LIKE PRIOR FOR I KNOW IT WAS TWO MINUTES, BUT THEN NOW IT'S FOUR MINUTES. BUT WHERE DID THE TWO MINUTES COME FROM? BECAUSE APPARENTLY NOBODY WANTED SOME PEOPLE TO TALK. SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS PLANNED. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. BUT WHAT IS? YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW WHAT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME. OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE, DOCTOR SMITH. OKAY SO WE HAVE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE, OKAY? WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. OKAY? SO, EVENTUALLY, PLEASE EXPLAIN. NOT NOW. MY FOUR MINUTES. PLEASE EXPLAIN AGAIN.

HOW DOES THIS WORK? SO DOCTOR SMITH ESTABLISHES A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW. IS THAT A QUESTION? YOU KNOW, WHO IS THAT COMMITTEE? OKAY. WILL THERE EVER BE A TIME OR SITUATION WHERE DOCTOR SMITH WILL BE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, OR IF NOT, A BOOK, IS NOT, TAKEN OUT OF OR TAKEN OFF OF THE SHELF? SO IS HE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, TAKING IT OFF THE SHELF? DOES HE? WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOESN'T CONVENE OR DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO CONVENE OR WHAT HAVE YOU? AND CAN A BOARD MEMBER OR 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 TELL HAVE A REQUEST THAT A BOOK NEEDS TO BE PULLED OFF THE SHELF? BECAUSE ONE THING THAT THE BOARD I HEAR ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE ARE YOU KNOW HE HAS SEVEN BOSSES AND THIS GOES FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVEN BOSSES THERE. AND SO IF THOSE IF WE'RE HIS BOSSES, CAN'T WE JUST TURN AROUND AND SAY, HEY, I NEED THIS BOOK GONE.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A TRUSTEE THAT WAS ON TV TODAY AND YOU KNOW, AND THE DEAL IS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THERE WEREN'T I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS OVER 20. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T EVEN READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THAT AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS WHY WE WANT THEM GONE. BUT, YOU KNOW, OKAY. AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE. WE DON'T WANT TO TRUST LIBRARIANS. OKAY. HERE WE GO. THE SUPREME COURT HELD OVER 40 YEARS AGO THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS MAY NOT REMOVE BOOKS FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY SHELVES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DISLIKE THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN THOSE BOOKS. THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND IDEAS, INCLUDING EXCERPTS FROM SOME OF THE BOOKS IT ATTEMPTED TO BAN. THE SUPREME COURT HELD THE REMOVAL THAT REMOVING THE BOOKS FROM SCHOOL LIBRARIES NEVERTHELESS WOULD VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT IF THE REMOVALS WERE MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO DENY STUDENTS ACCESS TO IDEAS THAT THE BOARD DISAGREED WITH.

THE SUPREME COURT EMPHASIZED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD FAILED TO USE ESTABLISHED REGULAR AND FACIAL FACIAL. I'M SORRY, UNBIASED PROCEDURES. SPECIFICALLY, THE COURT POINTED TO EVIDENCE THAT THE BOOK REMOVAL PROCEDURES WERE HIGHLY IRREGULAR AND AD HOC BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOARD IGNORED THE ADVICE OF LITERARY EXPERTS. THE VIEWS OF LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS OVERRODE THE DECISION OF THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEE WITHOUT EXPLANATION, AND REMOVE BOOKS BASED ON A LIST GENERATED BY A POLITICAL GROUP, WITHOUT UNDERTAKING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF OTHER BOOKS IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. BASED ON THE SUPREME SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN PICKERING AND OTHER CASES, WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT ROBUST GUARDRAILS THAT PREVENT UNCONSTITUTIONAL VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING BY ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVE AND NEUTRAL CRITERIA FOR 30S ON RECONSIDERATION. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO PROTECT AGAINST VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION BY MANDATORILY INVOLVING LIBRARIANS AND OTHER LITERACY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS. IN THE BOOK RECONSIDERATION PROCESS. OKAY SO AGAIN, I SURE HOPE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT DOCTOR SMITH IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THAT WANTS A BOOK OFF THE SHELF, AND THEN HE IS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. WHAT WHAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. WHAT SAFEGUARDS DO WE HAVE IN THAT? THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE WE'VE SPOKE, WE'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS ON THIS AND IT'S TIME TO BE DONE, WE'RE WHERE I QUIT WILLING TO PLAY BALL WITH Y'ALL ON THIS IS THERE IS LIKE, YOU GUYS WON'T KNOW. NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, ACTUAL IMAGERY THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE SHELVES IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD LIKE IT'S NOT THERE. I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S THERE. I MEAN, THERE IS ACTUAL IMAGES IN BOOKS DEPICTING INSTRUCTIONAL SEX POSITIONS AND I MEAN DEPICTING PENETRATION AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE ON OUR DISTRICT COMPUTERS. SO WHY CAN WE HAVE IMAGERY OF IT IN BOOKS IN OUR SCHOOLS? I MEAN, THERE ARE THREE, THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WITH

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SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IS IT THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS OR THE PROCEDURE WHEN WE'VE ALL READ IT, WE'VE WE'VE ALL ANALYZED IT AND WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME OUT NOW TO LOOK AND REALLY ANALYZE THE POLICIES, MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND FORM OUR OWN OPINIONS AND I'M AT THIS PLACE OF LET'S STOP ACTING LIKE WE DON'T KNOW. WE DO KNOW. WE DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

WE DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LIBRARIES. WE DO KNOW, AND WE JUST CAN'T SIT HERE AND ACT LIKE AND HIDE AND ACT LIKE IT'S NOT HAPPENING. IT IS 30S. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. WE NEED TO DO SOME SOME OF THIS STUFF. I WOULDN'T READ AT THE FAMILY REUNION. I WOULDN'T READ IT IN CHURCH. I WOULDN'T READ IT IN FRONT OF MY MOM AND DAD WHO WERE WATCHING.

AND DAVID AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DOWN HERE CHECKING ME ABOUT READING THIS STUFF. SO AND I'M AN ADULT WITH WHO'S A MOM AND WITH GRANDCHILDREN. SO WHY IS IT OKAY FOR OUR KIDS TO READ? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO DOCTOR SMITH HAS ASKED TO SPEAK SO BEFORE I.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TIME HIM BECAUSE HE'S THE CEO. SO DOCTOR SMITH IS GOING TO SPEAK AND, AND THEN I'LL TAKE MY FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK ON TONIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DO THINK THAT OUR LIBRARIANS ARE THE TOP LEVEL PROFESSIONALS THAT WE ALL EXPECT THEM TO BE. I HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED AND TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS FROM WHAT THEY DON'T NEED. AND, WE COLLECTIVELY, AS AN ADMINISTRATION, WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER POLICY YOU KNOW IS PASSED, WHETHER THE ONE THAT'S ON THE TABLE THIS EVENING OR SOME OTHER VERSION. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ME AS SUPERINTENDENT, TO HEAR THE VOICES OF OTHERS, TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS. AND IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE MY, MY GOAL, MY DESIRE, MY OPTION TO MAKE SURE THAT I UTILIZE ALL THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ME IN THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC. WELL, MAYBE I WILL ADDRESS THEM. I AGREE THAT WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES BASED ON TRUSTEE INPUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, I UNDERSTAND IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL AND HEATED ISSUE AND I UNDERSTAND WHY. AND WE ALL HAVE, HAVE OUR PERSPECTIVES, I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, SOMEONE SAID

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BUT THIS IS OUR JOB. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ELECTED TO DO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HEAR GRIEVANCES. WE HEAR COMPLAINTS, WE HEAR ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND ULTIMATELY WE ARE GOING TO BE THE DECISION MAKERS. THE LAW IS THE LAW. THE THINGS LIKE PRURIENT THAT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AND ADVOCATE OR PROMOTE ARE IN THE LAW. READ THE CASE LAW. I'M A LAWYER. I READ THE CASE LAW. IT'S IN THE LAW. IT IS AT 100% IS IN THE LAW. IT'S BASED ON OBSCENITY CASE LAW. I READ IT, SO IT'S THERE. THE WHOLE REASON WE PUT PRURIENT IN IS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T GET RID OF. NO, DAVID, WE WANTED IT TO STAY. WE UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS. PRURIENT GOES TO AROUSAL. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. SO WE DID TRY TO PUT LIMITATIONS AND PARAMETERS BASED ON CASE LAW. SO EVEN FULL FRONTAL NUDITY, YOU COULD HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. PICTURES OF MICHELANGELO'S DAVID WAS AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN. SO THAT IS THE REASON WE CHOSE TO USE THAT LANGUAGE. IT THIS WAS NOT WILLY, YOU KNOW, WILLY NILLY. IT WAS THOUGHT ABOUT AT LENGTH. LAWYERS ARE HERE TO ADVISE IT IS THEIR JOB. WHEN ONE OF US, AS TRUSTEE CALLS AND SAYS, I WOULD LIKE LANGUAGE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THIS MOTION, IT'S THEIR JOB TO GIVE US THIS LANGUAGE. WE CAN'T KEEP BLAMING THE LAWYERS WHEN THE TRUSTEE CALLS AND ASKS FOR LANGUAGE THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. IF ANY ONE OF YOU CALLS, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING. THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE LANGUAGE, AND THEN WE VOTE WHETHER WE WANT THAT OR NOT. IF ONE TRUSTEE PRESENTS IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IRRELEVANT. 30S THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, LOOK, THE ONLY THING I'VE HEARD REALLY IS A LOT OF GENERALIZATIONS AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T WANT A SINGLE PERSON MAKING THESE DECISIONS, BUT IT'S IN THE POLICY THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN CONVENE THE COMMITTEE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO. NEXT, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME.

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR TEN K ONE? I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A SHOCK TO ANYBODY.

COME ON. I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE ITEM TEN K ONE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE A

[10.K.1. Library Media Services and Related Items (COOP)]

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. DOES ANYONE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT? MISS HANNAH, WOULD YOU REREAD THE AMENDMENT? YES.

REREADING THE AMENDMENT, I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO RESEARCH VENDORS WHO CAN PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY FOLLETT, AND TO PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO I YES, I DO. I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I RECALL, DOCTOR SMITH I RECALL MR. GAY TALKED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THAT WOULD TAKE AND TO RETURN AND IT WOULD, I RECALL SOMETHING LIKE 9 TO 12 MONTHS THAT IT WOULD TAKE, THAT TO HAPPEN, SO I AND I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE MY BINDER OPEN TO THE RIGHT PIECE.

AND CAN SOMEBODY JUST REMIND ME AND IT GOES BACK TO YOUR MOTION. IT'S JUST THE LANGUAGE HERE IS RENEWING IT FOR A YEAR. SO YOUR LANGUAGE IS SAYING WHEN IT RETURNS IN A YEAR, YOU WOULD EXPECT, OPTIONS. BUT SO I GUESS I NEED CLARIFICATIONS. SO WE MIGHT HAVE THERE MIGHT BE OPTIONS OUT IN THE WORLD, BUT THOSE OPTIONS DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. OR IS IT AN RFQ, CORRECT. THEY THERE THERE MAY BE THREE COMPANIES, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SAY, OH LORD, I DON'T WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THESE FOLKS SO WE CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST. BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, RING THE BELL DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO COME. THAT'S CORRECT, WHAT WE CAN DO, RICK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES, THE ISSUE WOULD BE, IS THAT YOU WOULD ISSUE THE RFP OUT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU WOULD ADVERTISE IT.

WE ALSO, THROUGH OUR E BID SYSTEM, HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO SEND OUT EMAILS TO INTERESTED PARTIES WHO HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED IF A PROPOSAL COMES OUT ON THE STREET. BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THE TIME WHEN THE TIMER GOES OFF, WHOEVER'S TURNED IN A PROPOSAL, THOSE ARE THE ONLY PROPOSALS THAT CAN BE EVALUATED, AND THEN RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD FOR A CONTRACT. OKAY. AND SO WHEN GOING BACK TO TRUSTEE HAMILTON'S, WHEN IS THIS WHEN WOULD THIS TYPICALLY BE PUT OUT AGAIN FOR THE RFP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE COULD WELL, IT COULD BE DONE ANYTIME. IT COULD BE DONE AT ANY TIME OKAY. IT COULD BE DONE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT YOU WANT. AND THEN YOU WOULD PUT THAT OUT. AND THEN TO BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, WE GO OUT. WE YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. AND THEN WHEN THAT RFP COMES BACK AND FOLATE STILL SCORE, HYPOTHETICALLY STILL SCORES HEADS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE IS THE, YOU KNOW THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD. YEAH SO THEN THE BOARD COULD AND WHATEVER THEY RECOMMEND DENY YOUR RECOMMENDATION OKAY. YEAH. STAFF WOULD MAKE AN A WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. IT'S UP TO THE BOARD TO EITHER VOTE IT UP OR VOTE IT DOWN. AND SO DOES YOUR AMENDMENT SPECIFY WHEN YOU'RE ASKING DOCTOR SMITH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. BECAUSE TO ME THIS I DON'T HEAR THAT IN YOUR IT DOES NOT. BUT BUT THE ONE YEAR TERM OF THE CONTRACT THAT'S IN THE ACTION ITEM KIND OF IMPLIES THAT THEY HAVE DOES YOUR WORDING SAY UP TO ONE YEAR TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AT THE END? BY THE END OF THE ONE YEAR PERIOD, THE I THINK THAT WAS I INTENDED THAT TO BE IMPLIED AND ASSUMED. AND SO IF THEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION AND RESTATE IT WITH A TIMELINE? I THINK IT'S OKAY. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY FOR THE BOARD.

THERE'S SOME CONFUSION IN WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON OR WHAT YOU ALL ARE VOTING ON. TONIGHT IS FOR THE MATERIAL SIDE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MATERIALS. FOLLETT ALSO PROVIDES WE GOT A LIBRARY. YOU

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I'M SORRY. SO THIS WE ARE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. IS TO APPROVE THESE VENDORS THAT PROVIDE MATERIALS. AND THEN THIS AMENDMENT TO ME, THIS AMENDMENT IS A DIFFERENT ASK. IT'S I MEAN, IT'S IN ADDITION TO BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THAN WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. YES, MA'AM. SO CAN WE, MR. MASON? CAN NO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT IT'S DIFFERENT. THEY'RE SAYING WE WILL APPROVE THIS AS WRITTEN WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE INSTRUCTING YOU TO GO OUT ON THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE AND PROVIDE OPTIONS OF VENDORS WHO WILL PROVIDE THAT. SO IT'S OKAY FOR HIM TO DO IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S OKAY. OKAY IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. OKAY. YEAH. AND CAN I CAN I JUST CLARIFY WITH THE BOARD ATTORNEY THAT THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN SURE. IS THAT IS THAT APPROPRIATE? MR. IT IS. YES OKA. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. AND MISS JONES, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF YOUR MOTION OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I THINK IT IS ADEQUATE FOR DOCTOR SMITH TO VET OUR VENDORS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HOLD THE PURSE STRINGS AND IT'S OUR IT IS AT OUR DISCRETION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM OR NOT. AND SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE TYPES OF BOOKS THAT ARE PURCHASED. AND VETTED BY THIS DISTRICT. SO WE GET THE FINAL CALL ON THAT. SO THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DOCTOR GILLIAM. YES. I'M ASKING, IS THIS GOING TO PREVENT OR STOP OR HALT ANYTHING IF SOMETHING IF THAT CHANGE HAPPENS. NO, MA'AM.

SO YOU'RE READY TO YOU CAN WORK AS NORMAL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. PLEASE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MADAM PRESIDENT. YES? I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HALT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AT ALL. BUT IF WE GO OUT FOR RFP, IT TAKES ABOUT NINE MONTHS IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. AND SO WE WOULD NEED TO RETRAIN RE-ACCLIMATE GET EVERYONE BACK INTO THE SYSTEM. AND SO WE TALK ABOUT WILL IT HALT ANYTHING, NOT CURRENTLY, BUT WITHIN THE ONE YEAR TIMELINE. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO BE UP AND RUNNING FOR AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR, BUT WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON WAS MATERIALS VENDORS. SO THAT'S NOT THIS IS A SEPARATE OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. NEXT UP. OH WE'RE DONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION. WE.

MADAM PRESIDENT NO WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE ITEM. WE JUST VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. SORRY OKAY. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE UNDERLYING ITEM? MISS HANNON? YES. SO THE UNDERLYING ITEM THERE, THERE. AND I KNOW I'M BACKTRACKING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T CONNECTED TO THE FOLATE. FOLATE, HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE IT IN EFB, THERE WAS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS PARENTS MAY SUBJECT TO TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY, CHOOSE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS, AND THAT WAS IN EFB. AND THAT THAT STUMPED ME. AND I THOUGHT, IS THAT BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE FOLATE AS A VENDOR, THAT IT WOULD NO LONGER BE TECHNOLOGICALLY CAPABLE? OR WAS THIS SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THIS WAS DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? DOES THAT ARE YOU GUYS FOLLOWING ME? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION I'M ASKING? YES, MA'AM. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THE POLICY IN THAT THAT PHRASE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING IN FOLATE. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO OUT. RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WE ASK DOCTOR SMITH TO GO OUT FOR ANOTHER RFP. THIS LITTLE CLAUSE, THIS LITTLE CAVEAT THAT'S NOW IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD JUST APPROVED TO SAY, WELL. WE, YOU KNOW, WE I GUESS WE DON'T CARE IF IT WILL BE FEASIBLE OR NOT WHETHER PARENTS CAN CHOOSE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON THE VENDORS THAT COME TO US. I WOULD HOPE THAT ANY VENDORS WE'D LOOK FOR MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT PIECE THAT FOLATE IS PROVIDING US, IS THERE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A WHOLE

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BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND THE DETAILS THAT WE WRITE WHEN WE PUBLISH RFP, WE'D HAVE THAT AS A AS A COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD BE WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE VENDORS THAT SUBMIT TO THE PROPOSAL. I YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF, BUT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, WHERE PARENTS CAN OPT IN TO KNOW WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE CHECKING OUT AND WHO CAN OPT OUT, WHO TRUST THEIR KIDS AND TALK TO THEIR KIDS AND KNOW WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE READING. ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THAT SPECIFICATION TO INTEGRATE INTO SKYWARD IS IN THE RFP. SO THAT WAY ALL VENDOR WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SPECIFY AS SUCH. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GAY. THANK YOU, MISS HUBBARD. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. UNDER THE SECTION UNDER THE SECTIONS LISTED IN THE AGENDA, AS WELL AS FOR PURPOSE OF A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY ON ANY OR ALL SUBJECTS BEFORE CLOSED SESSION, UNLESS IT'S BEING POLLED. WHAT THERE'S AN ACTION. THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM NUMBER 11. WE HAVE. OH, IT'S CUT OFF.

[11.A. Voting Alternate for TASB Delegate Assembly]

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. SHE'S TRYING TO GO THERE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE.

[12. Convene in closed session under Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 under the following sections: 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law; Section 551.072 - Consider purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property, Section 551.074 - Personnel matters, Section 551.076 - Security matters, Section 551.082 - Student discipline matter or complaint, or Section 551.0821 - Personally identifiable information about public school student]

[13. Reconvene in Open Session]

[14. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR GILLIAM AND A SECOND BY MR. GARCIA. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION IS RIGHT THERE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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