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WEAVED THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO SO THAT WE SEE THOSE RESULTS COME BACK ON THE CULTURE
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AND CLIMATE SURVEY, INDICATING THAT GROWTH. OKAY. AND SO NOW WE WILL LOOK AT THE NEXT GOAL[00:49:37]
LISTED HERE. WE KNOW THAT THE MISCONDUCT OF STAFF MEMBERS HAS AN IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING.[00:49:44]
IT CAN IMPACT US IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, WHETHER THAT BE TURNOVER. BECAUSE THE STAFF MEMBER IS NO[00:49:50]
LONGER WITH US OR OUR STAFF MEMBER IS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.[00:49:54]
AND SO THE NEXT GOAL IS BY 2026, WE WOULD LIKE TO DECREASE STAFF MISCONDUCT CASES BY 20% THROUGH[00:50:02]
IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING MODELS. AND FOSTERING A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. AND[00:50:08]
SO WE ALSO ARE AWARE THAT THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF OUR TEACHERS DIRECTLY INFLUENCES THE[00:50:14]
COGNITIVE, THE AFFECTIVE, THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS AND SO THAT IS A PLACE THAT WE[00:50:18]
BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS SOME ATTENTION, NOT JUST ATTENTION, BUT TRAINING. AND[00:50:25]
INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS TO OUR STAFF. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE GREAT CHOICES AND THEREFORE IMPACT THE LEARNING OF OUR STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR JORDAN. SO I HAVE THE THIRD GOAL. AND IT'S BY 2026 WE WILL DECREASE ES IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION INCIDENTS BY 20% THROUGH THE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS AND SO WHEN I SAY 20%, WE CONCLUDED OUR SUMMER TEAM SUBMISSION WITH 7059 IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION ACTIONS. SO WE WILL REDUCE THAT BY 1411. AND WE CONCLUDED THE YEAR WITH 5114 OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION ACTIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE THAT BY 1022. AND WHEN WE SAY THE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS, WE CAN INTERCHANGE THAT WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. BECAUSE WE DO REINFORCE WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS WHEN THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE TEAM LOOKED AT THOSE TWO TERMS. AND WE CAN INTERCHANGE THOSE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT WITH FIDELITY. SO THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT MAKING GOOD CHOICES WILL HAVE A CONSEQUENCE. AND WE CAN SEE IT AS THOSE WHO ARE MAKING A GOOD CHOICE WILL RECEIVE AN INCENTIVE. BUT WE WANT TO DECREASE IT BY 20%. OKAY. AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT GOAL NUMBER FOUR UNDER PRIORITY TWO, I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE YOU BACK TO GOAL NUMBER TWO. ACTUALLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT GOAL NUMBER TWO AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MISCONDUCT RELATED TO STAFF THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO GOAL NUMBER FOUR. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING INTO A SITUATION, IT IS VERY MUCH GROUNDED AND ROOTED IN THE MENTAL STATE OR SUPPORT THAT OUR STAFF NEEDS. AND SO WE DO HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. WE DO HAVE A ROBUST A ROBUST PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO SUPPORT FOR OUR STAFF WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH.BUT IN THIS GOAL, WE ARE SEEKING BY 220 2026 TO EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR STAFF THAT INCLUDES MONTHLY WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, STRESS MANAGEMENT SESSIONS AND EXPANDING THE COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS TO OUR EAP AS MEASURED BY A 10% INCREASE IN STAFF PARTICIPATION IN THESE INITIATIVES. AND SO, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF, HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STAFF? WE BELIEVE THAT THAT THEN TOO TIES INTO GOAL NUMBER TWO WITH THEM MAKING GREAT CHOICES. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PRIORITY THREE AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND SO AS WE GO INTO PRIORITY THREE WHICH IS EXHIBIT FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH TRANSPARENT BUDGETING PROCESS AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ALIGNED TO THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH. AND I DO WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THE FIRST ONE THAT IS ON HERE DOES NEED TO BE REVISED. THERE WAS SOME VERBIAGE MISSING. SO IF YOU'RE ON THIS SHEET, THE FIRST BULLET NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN TO REFLECT WHAT IS HERE. AND SO IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME AS I'M TALKING THROUGH THIS, TO DO THAT, AS WE'RE DOING THE ASSIGNMENT AROUND THE ROOM, YOU'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THIS VERBIAGE THAT'S ON SCREEN REFLECTED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S ON THE PAPER. THERE'S A FEW EXTRA WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED, BUT THE FIRST GOAL THAT WE HAVE IS RELATED TO TRANSPARENT FORECASTING. BY JUNE 2025, FORT BEND ISD WILL REVIEW 100% OF THE KEY REVENUE DRIVERS. THAT'S ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, STAFF, VACANCY FACTORS, AND CHANGES IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS WITH THE BOARD, AND SO THAT THERE IS A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S DRIVING THE REVENUES THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE DECISIONS IMPACTING OUR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THE NEXT IS RELATED TO STRATEGIC PLANNING TIME TIED TO THE BUDGET BY JUNE 2025, ALL REQUESTS FOR NEW FUNDING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WILL BE REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TIED TO THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND
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PRIORITIES. THE THIRD IS RELATED TO STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES, AND SO BY JUNE 2025, THE DISTRICT WILL ACHIEVE AN A+ BOND RATING. BY NOVEMBER OF 25, THE DISTRICT WILL ACHIEVE AN A RATING THROUGH THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXA. AND THEN FINALLY, BY NOVEMBER OF 25, THE DISTRICT WILL OBTAIN AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. AND THEN ON STAFFING, WE HAVE BY 2027 CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THIS WILL INVOLVE COLLECTING DATA THROUGH SURVEYS, ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND REVIEWING CURRENT STAFFING MODELS, IDENTIFYING AT LEAST 2 TO 3 KEY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION RELATED TO STAFFING. AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS IS TIED IN PART TO THE ONE WE JUST READ. BY JUNE 2025, ADMINISTRATION WILL INCORPORATE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GIBSON COST SAVINGS AUDIT INTO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO BY JUNE 2027, INCORPORATE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY INTO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.SO THIS IS TAKING THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THOSE STUDIES AND INCORPORATING IT INTO OUR BUDGET PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING OR RECOMMENDING WITH THE BOARD. AND THEN WE HAVE ON BOND MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION BY QUARTER TWO OF 2025, IMPLEMENT A COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN TO INFORM STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND OUTCOMES OF THE BOND PROGRAM, AS MEASURED BY WEBSITE ANALYTICS. AND SO WE WOULD USE THIS AS OUR BASELINE YEAR. AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ENGAGING WITH OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS. RELATED TO INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BOND PROGRAM. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCE COMPONENT OF THE PRESENTATION. AM I READING THIS RIGHT THAT WE HAVE TWO OF THE SAME GOALS AT THE END THERE ON THEIR SCRATCH ONE OUT? OKAY.
THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. DOCTOR JORDAN, DOCTOR STEPHENS AND MR. GWYNN WERE GOING OVER THOSE. OH, SOMEBODY. WAS THIS YOUR MICROPHONE? BETH OKAY, I WAS SPEAKING INTO IT AND IT WAS NOT ON. SO ANYONE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME UP. SO I YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO LIKE MAINTAIN EVERYTHING INSIDE OF MY MOUTH INSTEAD OF ASKING QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO DIVE INTO OUR GROUP THINKING PROCESS, AND I WANT YOU TO JUST I'M JUST LEAVING THESE UP HERE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT AND WE EVEN READ IT IN IN THE BOARD FRAMEWORK, WHICH WAS BDD POLICY, IT WAS THE EXHIBIT TO BDD AND IT TALKED ABOUT THAT. OUR GOALS SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIVE AND THEY SHOULD BE MEASURABLE. SO I THINK AT YOUR TABLE THERE MIGHT JUST BE ONE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
AND IT'S JUST TO REMIND YOU THIS IS A VERY SIMPLISTIC ONE. BUT YOU CAN PULL UP A BETTER ONE ON YOUR PHONE IF YOU WANT TO. BUT SMART GOALS ARE SPECIFIC. THEY ANSWER THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY THEY ARE MEASURED. YOU CAN MEASURE THEM. THERE'S NO QUESTION OF WHAT YOU'RE MEASURING. IT'S WHERE WHERE DO YOU START AND WHERE DO YOU END? IS IT ACHIEVABLE? YOU KNOW, IS THE MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH TO CLIMB OR CAN WE GET THERE WITH SOME EXERTION? SO RELEVANT. IS IT TIED. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO RELEVANT TO ME BECAUSE BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE HERE IS CONFUSING.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THIS ISN'T IN OUR POLICY RIGHT NOW. THE PRIORITY IS IT'S A HIERARCHY.
THE THREE PRIORITIES THAT THEY WENT OVER. IT'S THE TOP. IT'S THE IT'S AT THE TOP. AND IT'S THOSE AREN'T THE PRIORITIES THAT WE LANDED ON. THEY ARE NOT MEASURABLE HOW THEY ARE WRITTEN.
THEY ARE NOT SMART. THAT IS WHY WE'RE JUST LABELING. THESE ARE OUR PRIORITY. AND THE GOALS ARE THE THEY FALL UNDER THAT UMBRELLA. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY. ARE THESE SMART GOALS. ARE THEY RELEVANT. AND DO THEY TIE BACK TO PRIORITY ONE. DO THEY TIE BACK TO PRIORITY TWO. DO THEY TIE BACK TO PRIORITY THREE. AND THE OTHER ONE IT'S THIS ONE SAYS TIMED. I ALWAYS THINK OF THE WORD TIME BOUND. YOU KNOW, I DID HEAR I HEARD YEARS IN ALL OF THOSE. AND SO THINKING OF THOSE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU GO THROUGH THE STEP AND I'LL JUST GO BACK WHAT IS WHAT IS THE KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE GOAL. WHAT DOES IT ADDRESS? THAT'S A QUESTION. REALLY,
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REALLY. DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE PRIORITY. SO I'M REALLY GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO AS YOU'RE RANKING THESE HAVE THE PRIORITIES NEXT TO YOU. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT GOALS FOR PRIORITY ONE LOOK AT THE PRIORITY. IT TALKS ABOUT ENHANCED INSTRUCTION OR ENHANCED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. IS THE GOAL ALREADY REQUIRED BY TEXAS OR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY? BETH, I BELIEVE DO WE HAVE THAT? DO WE HAD THAT IN OUR LAST TEAM BUILDING. I THINK THAT SHEET I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOT ON THE LAMINATED SHEET AT YOUR TABLE, THE RED, IT'S GOT RED AND WHITE ON IT AND IT'S LAMINATED. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR GROUP DECIDES THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY ON, THAT IT'S A IT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN IT CAN BE ON YOUR, YOUR LIST. BUT BUT DO THINK ABOUT IS THIS A MUST. WE DO THIS ACCORDING TO STATE OR FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY. DOES IT ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT MISSION. DOES IT DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT MISSION AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STATE? WE SAW THAT IN EIGHT. SO LEGAL DOES THE GOAL ADDRESS STAKEHOLDER INPUT OR OTHER RESOURCES OF ACCOUNTABILITY DATA THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE ALL WE'VE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE. AND WHILE THE STAR STILL HASN'T BEEN RELEASED, I THINK WE HAVE ALL HAD SOME INSIGHT AS BOARD MEMBERS OF DATA. AND SO THAT MAY NOT BE STAR DATA, THAT MAY BE MAP DATA AND OTHER DATA THAT WE HAVE. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT.AND THEN I'M GOING TO JUST I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS UP BECAUSE I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS WITH YOU. THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS, I KNOW THAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM OUR CONTENT EXPERTS, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THOSE GOALS, BUT I WANT YOU TO REREAD EVERY ONE OF THOSE GOALS INDEPENDENTLY, ON YOUR OWN, AND REALLY PROCESS IT. PROCESS THOSE. THEN I WANT YOU TO INDEPENDENTLY RANK ORDER THE GOALS ALIGNED TO EACH PRIORITY. AND SO YOU'RE USING THE RANKING SHEET. THAT'S THE WORKSHEET THAT YOU JUST TOOK. NOTES ON. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF GAUGE YOUR GAUGE YOUR GROUP. AND IF PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE A, YOU KNOW, TAKE A RESTROOM BREAK, GO GET YOURSELF A WATER, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, BUT LET EVERYBODY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO WORK THROUGH THOSE. THEN I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NOTES AND YOUR RANK GOALS WITH YOUR TABLE, AND THE RATIONALE FOR YOUR RANKING. THEN AS AS A GROUP. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MAYBE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD GOALS HERE, OR MAYBE SOME GOALS WE WANT TO WORDSMITH AND THEN WE WOULD LAND ON THEM REALLY WELL. BUT AS A GROUP, I WANT YOU TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER ONE GOAL BY EACH PRIORITY THAT YOU THINK THE FULL BOARD WOULD LIKELY SUPPORT.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE YOUR NUMBER THREE GOAL, YOU THINK, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S NOT ONE THAT THE FULL BOARD WOULD SUPPORT. SO THIS I'M I CHOSE COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATOR ON THE LEADERSHIP LENS THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH TONIGHT. AND I KNOW WE ALL CHOSE PROBLEM SOLVER OR SOME OTHER LENS. SO THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE HARD BECAUSE YOU MIGHT LAND ON A NUMBER THAT WASN'T THE NUMBER YOU ASSIGNED TO THAT SPECIFIC GOAL. THEN I WANT YOU TO IDENTIFY A SECOND ALTERNATE GOAL. SO YOU'RE JUST NUMBER ONE. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NUMBER ONE IS. TRY TO FIGURE OUT NUMBER TWO AND WAIT TO DO WORDSMITHING UNTIL YOU'VE SORT OF LANDED ON THE TOP TWO GOALS. AND IF THEY AREN'T QUITE WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE, THEN YOUR GROUP IN NUMBER FIVE DECIDES, DOES THIS NEED TO BE WORDSMITH? HOW DOES HOW COULD THIS GOAL BE MORE SMART? RIGHT? HOW COULD IT BE MORE SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE? ATTAINABLE, RELEVANT, AND TIME BOUND? AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE PERSON, PREFERABLY A BOARD MEMBER. I'M GOING TO SAY NOT PREFERABLY. PLEASE CHOOSE A BOARD MEMBER AT YOUR TABLE TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON. AND THEN WHEN WE'RE FINISHED, MISS TOLSON IS GOING TO KIND OF FACILITATE COLLECTING THOSE FROM YOUR GROUPS OUT LOUD. AND BETH IS GOING TO BE OUR SCRIBE ON A SHEET THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS ON A OR IT MAY NOT WIND UP HERE LIVE, BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE OUR SCRIBE MAGICALLY, SOMEHOW. SO, SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO EACH GROUP IS GOING TO TRY TO END THE END GAME HERE IS TO COME UP WITH YOUR TOP TWO PRIORITIES. SO READ THEM INDEPENDENTLY. FIRST, WORK THAT
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OUT, TALK THAT OUT WITH YOUR GROUP. TRY TO IDENTIFY YOUR NUMBER ONE. TRY TO FIND YOUR YOUR NUMBER TWO AND THEN DO WORD SMITHING IF THAT NEEDS TO BE. THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED, THIS IS GOING TO BE TRICKY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ASK MR. GWYNN TO BE FLEXIBLE. DOCTOR JORDAN, MISS BROWN, DOCTOR STEPHENS, BECAUSE IF WE NEED THOSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO ANSWER SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, MAYBE IT'S ABOUT DATA OR HOW COULD THIS BE MORE SPECIFIC? IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT SOMEBODY FROM YOUR TABLE CAN GET UP, OR YOU COULD ASK THEM TO MANEUVER AROUND THE ROOM. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT CONDUCIVE NECESSARILY TO DISCUSSING WITH YOUR GROUP, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT FOR, FOR IF SOMEBODY NEEDS SOME WORDSMITHING OR SOME CLARITY, SINCE WE ASK YOU TO HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE TASK AT HAND IS? YES. MR. GWYNN, SHOULD WE HAVE A NUMBER ON EACH ONE OF THESE? YOU DON'T IF YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A NUMBER ON IT, ON ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY SAY, FOR PRIORITY ONE, BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF GOALS. BUT IT MIGHT HELP IT MIGHT HELP TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE NUMBER SEVEN AND IT'S RICK'S NUMBER ONE AND YOU'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, IT MIGHT HELP TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. YEAH. JUST GO AHEAD AND NUMBER THEM ALL. I DON'T HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I THINK MIGHT BENEFIT ALL THE GROUPS BECAUSE THIS JUMPED OUT AT ME ON PRIORITY THREE. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THE GOAL ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY. MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THE AUDIT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DONE BY TSA. DOES THAT INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY, OR IS IT JUST SALARY? IT'S JUST SALARY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ON THE TABLE TO DO OKAY. SO I'M CLARIFYING YOUR CLARIFICATION. SO WE HAVE NOT YET APPROVED A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY RIGHT. JUST THE OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. OKAY. SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS TOO FAR OUT. SO THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF IT. SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY OKAY. AND IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PAGE WHERE THE DIRECTIONS ARE. LET ME GO BACKWARDS BECAUSE THE TIME IS HERE. IF YOUR GROUP DOESN'T NEED AS MUCH TIME IS HERE. BUT WE HAVE ALLOTTED 45 TO 50 MINUTES KIND OF FROM SOUP TO NUTS FOR THIS ACTIVITY. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST KIND OF TIME YOURSELF.[01:14:42]
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ALL.SO WE ALL CAN COME UP WITH. YEA. ALL.
RIGHT. ALL. MY COLLEAGUES. HAVE SPOKEN. THAT'S ALL.
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THING. TO ALSO.I THINK I MIGHT BE. WONDERFUL. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT. I'M SO GLAD THAT. THAT.
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YOU.I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. YEAH. YEAH.
OTHER LIKE ALL OF. YOU ALL. ALL OF THE.
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PEOPLE THAT HAVE. INVITED. HERE.LOOK AT WHAT TIME IT IS ON. WE HAVE 50 MINUTES. I DON'T KNOW, OKAY. I THINK WE'RE AT 753. OKA.
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OKAY. IT'S FIVE MINUTES. AND. IT'S NOT.SO I. OKAY, SO HERE'S MY TIME. OKAY? WE HAVE. COUNCIL.
MEMBER. I THINK. I HAVE TO START.
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WOULD LIKE. TO.ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE STILL. OKAY GUYS. WE ARE GOING TO NOW COME TO CONSENSUS. SO I'M GOING TO HELP FACILITATE THIS PORTION. AND SINCE I'M ALSO REPORTING OUT FOR MY GROUP I WILL START. AND AS GROUP ONE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SHIRLEY'S GROUP AS GROUP TWO AND ANGIE'S GROUP AS GROUP THREE. OKAY. PRIORITY ONE FOR US, WE HAD NUMBER ONE WAS BY 2028, 80% OF ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE, FIVE, EIGHT AND TEN WILL BE READING ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL AT EVERY CAMPUS, AS INDICATED BY MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL ON STAR AND OUR NUMBER TWO WAS THE CMR GOAL. THE BY 2026, THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CMR WILL INCREASE FROM 60 TO 90%. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. GROUP TWO. DITTO. THAT MAKES IT EASY. ALL RIGHT. GROUP THREE. BETH IS THE SCRIBE OKAY. WE'RE COMPLEX I KNOW, IS THAT WHY WE WERE PUT TOGETHER? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT. I BEG YOUR PARDON? OKAY, SO OURS WERE OURS. WE ACTUALLY LANDED ON. THE 80% OF ALL STUDENTS IN GRADE LEVEL. BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW WE THINK THAT MAYBE STAFF IS GOING TO GO HAVE TO GO BACK AND WORDSMITH THAT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE TABLE, THERE'S JUST SOME. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A SMART GOAL, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES IN HOW THAT'S WRITTEN. OUR SECOND ONE, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION. WE LANDED ON THE MATH GOAL, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAD THIS INFORMATION. THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 12,000 OF OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THAT'S A HUGE LITERACY, A GROUP OF STUDENTS. BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST A RUNG ON THE LADDER THAT THEY'RE CLIMBING UP TO GET THERE. AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S MORE THAN TWO. AND I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD I AM BECAUSE I WANT TO I KNOW, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK RICK AND I BOTH HAD THE CMR GOAL AS THREE. IS THAT CORRECT? RICK. OKAY, OKAY. SO YOUR NUMBER TWO IS MATH AND JUST A SIDE NOTE WITH A LITTLE ASTERISK, BETH IS THAT ANGIE AND RICK HAD THE CMR GOAL AS NUMBER THREE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY DID. RIGHT. BUT BECAUSE THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL ONE WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THIS TABLE. OKAY, DOUBLE S DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE IT'S NOT 1 OR 2 OKAY. NOT THAT IT DOESN'T COUNT. IT CAN STILL GO INTO THE DISTRICT FOR READING. NUMBER TWO WAS THE MATH. AND IF YOU WANT TO
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PUT A LITTLE STAR THAT FOR JUST RICK AND I THE CMR WAS THREE. SORRY REST OF THE GROUP. SORRY OKAY. PRIORITY TWO WE GOT A LITTLE COMPLICATED ON THIS ONE BECAUSE WE WENT OFF SCRIPT. WE WERE WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND NOT WANTING TO ABOUT IT BEING VERY HARD TO INCREASE STAFF SATISFACTION AND MEASURING THAT SINCE IT'S DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO DECREASE ES AND OSS BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF BEEN IN THAT BOAT AND THAT GETS PROBLEMATIC. WE DON'T WANT WE WANT TEACHERS TO BE SUPPORTED. WE WANT PRINCIPALS TO BE SUPPORTED, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE WANT TO DECREASE THIS.AND BECAUSE WE'RE THE BOARD IS SAYING, DECREASE THIS, THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON. YEAH, THAT YOU WOULDN'T SEND A STUDENT TO ES OR OSS IF THEY DID SOMETHING THAT WARRANTED THAT. SO WHAT WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT CAN THE ADMINISTRATION CONTROL. LIKE WHAT WHAT THINGS CAN WE ASK ADMINISTRATION TO IMPLEMENT THAT WILL IN TURN HELP CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND BASICALLY IMPLEMENT THE PAC. SO OUR NUMBER ONE IS BY 2026, FORT BEND ISD WILL IMPLEMENT A AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING MODEL OF X NUMBER OF DAYS X NUMBER OF MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO SEND THAT TO ADMIN TO FILL IN THE BLANK THAT FOSTERS A CULTURE OF PAC PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, BY 2026, FORT BEND ISD WILL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT OR WILL WILL REVISE AND IMPLEMENT A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT WILL FOSTER A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, A CULTURE OF PAC WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS. SO WE LOOKED AT TRAINING AND MENTORING AS BEING THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CAN IMPLEMENT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT MEASURABILITY HAS TO COME FROM YOU. LIKE WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS NUMBER OF MINUTES, NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW OKAY. SO THOSE WERE OUR TWO SHIRLEY. FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I SAY THE TWO WE THE I WOULD SAY THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THIS AND HOW WE CAME TOGETHER IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE COULD OR COULD DO. IT'S WHAT WE FELT THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. OKAY. AND THEN WE FIGURE IT OUT AFTER THAT. AM I OKAY WITH SAYING THAT WITH EVERYONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST GOAL IS THE GOAL. BY 2026, FBISD WILL INCREASE OVERALL STAFF SATISFACTION WITH THE DISTRICT FROM 83% TO 85% THROUGH AN ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PAC. I THINK THE PAC AND WE THOUGHT THE PAC WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STILL WORKING WITH THAT. THE SECOND WAS GOAL BY 2026, EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT INITIATIVE FOR STAFF. THAT INCLUDES MONTHLY WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, STRESS MANAGEMENT SESSIONS, AND EXPANDED COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS TO THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS MEASURED BY A 10% INCREASE IN STAFF PARTICIPATION AND INITIATIVES. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANGIE. OKAY, SO OUR GROUP, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THESE NEEDED TO BE WRAPPED MORE IN THE POSITIVE FRAME RATHER THAN THE NEGATIVE FRAME. OURS WAS NUMBER ONE WAS INCREASE OVERALL STAFF SATISFACTION. THE SECOND ONE WAS THE DECREASED STAFF MISCONDUCT. BUT WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE WAY THAT'S WRITTEN. AND I JUST WANT I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SHIRLEY, THE LAST ONE THERE, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT ONE WAS STRATEGY FOR ONE. AND TWO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT SOMEWHAT AS WELL. I DO APPRECIATE SOMEHOW THAT YOU'VE GOT STUDENTS AND STAFF IN THERE BECAUSE I HATE HAVING ONE ABOUT CULTURE THAT'S ONLY TARGETING STAFF BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IT'S THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT, BUT NOT HAVING STUDENTS.
SO OURS WERE BOTH OF THE FIRST TWO. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY TO THIS, I HOPE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, THAT IT MAY BE COMING BACK TO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHERE WE THEN SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GOT NOW, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE HOW THEY'RE WRITTEN A SMART GOALS. YEAH, DEFINITELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT IT'LL GO
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BACK TO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE AND WE CAN WORK ON MAYBE COMBINING ALL OF, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT, AND THEN IT'LL GO BACK OUT TO THE BOARD IN AN UPDATE FOR FEEDBACK. EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO THE REVIEW MEETING. YEAH. SHIRLEY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, JUST LIKE ANGIE HAD SHARED, BASICALLY WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MENTAL ILLNESS, WE SAW THAT AND WE SAW HOW THAT WOULD IMPROVE SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WERE MENTIONED. SO WE HAD THAT SAME FOCUS AND YEAH, YEAH, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT AS WELL. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE, WE WERE ALL KIND OF TALKING THE SAME. ALRIGHT. AND LASTLY, PRIORITY THREE. OUR NUMBER ONE, WE ACTUALLY COMBINED THE FIRST TWO BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THEY WENT HAND IN HAND. SO BY JUNE 2025, FORT BEND ISD WILL REVIEW 100% OF THE KEY REVENUE DRIVERS WITH THE BOARD AND ALIGN ALL FUNDING WITH THE DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIORITIES. SO WE COMBINED THEM BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THEY WENT HAND IN HAND AND THEY WERE BOTH CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN OUR NUMBER TWO WAS BY 2027, THE FORT BEND ISD WILL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY. SO THAT WAS OUR NUMBER TWO. OKAY, SHIRLEY. DITT. OKAY. DITTO. AND GET OUT OF HERE AT 830, Y'ALL. OKAY, SO I'M LIKE A DEER IN HEADLIGHTS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE LANDED ON SOMETHING, BUT WE DID NOT. OKAY. WOULD Y'ALL LIKE OURS? LANDED ON. WE LANDED ON ONE OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NUMBER ONE, THOUGH.THE ALL REQUESTS FOR NEW FUNDING THROUGH BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE STRUGGLED WITH THE WORDS NEW FUNDING. WE HAD SOME YEAH, WE HAD THE WORD NEW OUT IN THE ONE THAT WE WROTE WHEN WE COMBINED THEM. BUT WE DID HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AND BRIAN REALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOND RATINGS AND THE UNQUALIFIED OPINIONS, HOW THOSE COULD ALL BE WRAPPED INTO ONE GOAL, ESSENTIALLY. BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S EXPECTATION BECAUSE WE'RE WE'VE RECEIVED THAT FOR SO LONG. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO I KNOW THAT RICK HAD AND WE HAD SOME IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COST SAVING AUDIT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY.
BUT OUR CONVERSATION WAS AROUND, WELL, WE HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTE. AND TO DO THOSE, IT'S JUST TICKING OFF THE BOX. YES, YOU DID IT OR NO YOU DIDN'T. IT'S ABOUT THE DATA WE GET FROM THOS.
THEN MAYBE WHEN WE REVIEW GOALS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE ONE OF THOSE GOALS TO PUT IN THERE. YEAH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD SAY NO, WE CAN'T DO THOSE. I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE, LIKE THE IMPLEMENTING THE WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE OR INCORPORATING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GIBSON AUDIT. I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ALREADY EVEN GET DEADLINES FOR THOSE. SO WE FELT LIKE A LOT OF THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING STUDY WE TALKED ABOUT IT TALKED ABOUT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF KIND OF GETTING DIGGING UNDERNEATH TO SEE HOW CAN HOW CAN WE RETAIN, HOW CAN WE RECRUIT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THINGS DO STAFF WANT? YOU KNOW, IT COULD KIND OF HAVE A PRETTY BROAD EFFECT, NOT JUST ON THE ON BUDGET AND FINANCE, BUT ALSO ON, YOU KNOW, HR RETENTION, RECRUITING. SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A WORTHWHILE THING TO DO. AND SINCE IT'S NOT BEING DONE BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND IT COULD AFFECT SO MUCH OF THE ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE APPROACHED IT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE US ON. WE ANGIE, I CAN THROW THIS TO YOU JUST RIGHT AT YOUR SEAT. IF YOU WANT, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND GOING BACK TO THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND IT'S MY VISION THAT WE WILL TAKE THIS FEEDBACK AND WHAT THE GROUPS CAME UP WITH. AND WORDSMITH IT AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND HOW CAN WE COMBINE OR HOW CAN WE. SO ANGIE, DO YOU DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? SURE. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS BECAUSE ON THIS I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT THIRD BULLET UP THERE THAT THAT IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO ESTABLISH FUTURE TEAM BUILDING MEETINGS TO DISCUSS INPUT REGARDING MISSION, VISION AND CORE COMPETENCY STATEMENTS, THAT WAS NOT UP THERE TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DONE BY
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JANUARY, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING FORWARD TO VOTE ON IN JANUARY FOR THE GOALS, BECAUSE WE SO WE WOULD VOTE ON HERE ARE THE THREE PRIORITIES THAT WE AGREE ON. HERE ARE THE TWO GOALS UNDER EACH PRIORITY. SO THAT BULLET WOULD JUST BE FOR FUTURE.LIKE WE'RE TALKING INTO THE SPRING AND MAYBE EVEN INTO THE SUMMER. RIGHT. SO THAT'S MORE OF A OF KEEPING US ALIGNED WITH POLICY AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE REVIEWING OUR GOALS AND OUR PRIORITIES AND GOALS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FUTURE TEAM BUILDINGS TO UPDATE, YOU KNOW, REFINE AS THINGS CHANGE. RIGHT, MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN, KRISTEN, THE LAST THING I THE LAST BULLET WAS JUST TO PUT ON TRUSTEE HAMILTON'S RADAR, THAT WHEN THESE COME TO THE BOARD AND IF THEY ARE APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD NEED THE BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES THAT ARE IMPACTED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REVISED. YEP, YEP. SO I MY IT IS MY GOAL TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN GET GET SOMETHING PASSED BY THE BOARD.
IT WILL ALLOW THE ADMINISTRATION TO PUT THIS IN THEIR IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AND SO, ANGIE, IF YOU'LL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED AS SOON AS WE CAN AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEN WE WILL GET WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THE THAT COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO WEIGH IN, AND WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AT THE REVIEW MEETIN. RIGHT. AND THEN THE ONE THING I'M GOING TO ADD, I'M GOING TO ADD THIS BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE CHARGED, YOU KNOW, BETH WORKED AS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE STAFF. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BRINGING US ALL OF THESE GOALS TONIGHT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE FULL BOARD, WE MAY NOT ALL LAND ON OUR NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWOS RIGHT WHEN WE COME TO VOTE FOR THEM HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU LANDED ON SOME OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, TOP 3 OR 4 BECAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S ABOUT COOPERATION AND TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. BUT THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS WHAT I THINK STAFF HAS DONE IS THEY HAVE ALSO GIVEN THEMSELVES OTHER MEASURABLE GOALS THAT WILL LAND IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND I DON'T I'M NOT. BUT I SEE DOCTOR SMITH SHAKING HIS HEAD. YES. SO WHILE WE MIGHT NOT SEE THESE, WE'RE THE VISION AND PLANNING WILL LOOK AT THAT INPUT BETH DID AND WE WILL SAY, WHAT ARE THE BIG ROCKS THAT THESE OTHER GOALS THAT THAT CAME TO US TONIGHT WILL WILL HELP, YOU KNO, GET THE GOALS WE IDENTIFY ACCOMPLISHED. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO AGAIN THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ANOTHER MONDAY NIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN I MOVE TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 8:15 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. YOU ALWAYS
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.