Dec 16, 2024 Board Meeting

THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SERGEANT WALTON. THE TIME IS 6 P.M. AND THIS MEETING

[1. Call to order]

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OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE. BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT. WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED. AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING. WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS. THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT. O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED. WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING. AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR. GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE. OH, SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED. BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE. AND THE HOME OF THE. BRAVE.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE KEEP IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. THE VICTIMS OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MADISON, WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AT THE DAIS, AS WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT'S STUDENT PERFORMERS OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND OF THE MUSIC THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER AS WELL.

THANK YOU. TO THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. PERFORMERS FROM THE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY JADE BLAKEY. AND JUSTIN SHEN. THE CHOIR ENSEMBLE ALSO PERFORMED HOLIDAY CAROLS BEFORE OUR MEETING BEGAN THIS EVENING, WE ASK THAT THE REST OF THE CHOIR JOIN US. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE GIVE A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THOSE STUDENTS? WHO. EVERYBODY LOOKING HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE. TWO.

THREE. THANK YOU AGAIN. CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN ME ON THE

[4. Recognitions]

SO TONIGHT WE ARE VERY EXCITED AS THERE ARE 15 FORT BEND ISD MUSIC ENSEMBLES RECOGNIZED AS MARK OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS. SPONSORED BY THE FOUNDATION OF MUSIC EDUCATION. THESE ENSEMBLES

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HONORS. COMMENDED WINNERS. HONORS. STRING ORCHESTRA, DIRECTED BY PETER MIJOVIC.

STUDENT LEADERS ROHITH SHARAM AND MEGAN CHEN. NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS COMMENDED WINNERS.

HONORS. BAND. DIRECTED BY ARNEL DAYRIT. STUDENT LEADER PRADEEP MCCARVILLE, AND IF THE PRINCIPAL OF DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL IS HERE, YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.

EVERYBODY. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALMOST ONE. TWO THREE. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WE HAVE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL PERCUSSION HONORS, THE NATIONAL WINNER PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER DOYLE, STUDENT LEADER CADEN LUKE. THE NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS NATIONAL WINNER FOR WIND ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY JOSEPH CHEN, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING, AND STUDENT LEADER KEVIN HUGH. CITATION OF EXCELLENCE COMMENDED WINNERS FOR SYMPHONIC BAND, DIRECTED BY WILLIAM FAY, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. STUDENT LEADER NIKKI PETERS AND THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA. HONORS COMMENDED WINNERS. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY JOE GARCIA AND STUDENT LEADER MATTHEW. IF THE PRINCIPAL IS HERE, YOU CAN JOIN FOR A PHOTO.

AND EVERYBODY JUST PACK IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO I CAN HEAR IT. ONE. TWO.

THREE. 33234321123. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL. NEW MUSIC DIVISION COMMENDED WINNERS AND NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS COMMENDED WINNERS FOR WIND ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY PAUL BREAUX AND STUDENT LEADER AARON LIU, WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND. IF DOCTOR JACKSON WOULD LIKE TO JOIN FOR A PHOTO. THANK YOU. ME. ONE. 2311123.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE FORT SETTLEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL. NATIONAL ORCHESTRA HONORS.

NATIONAL WINNER FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, DIRECTED BY ANGELA BERNIER AND ELIZABETH SPENCER, WITH STUDENT LEADER BRYNN BERNIER. WE HAVE NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS COMMENDED WINNERS FOR HONORS. BAND, DIRECTED BY TERESA CARABIAS AND TIFFANY YEE. STUDENT LEADERS CARSON COBB. IF THE PRINCIPAL IS HERE.

THANK YOU. ONE. TWO. THREE. ALMOST ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE HODGES BEND MIDDLE SCHOOL, NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS, NEW MUSIC DIVISION MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMENDED WINNERS

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HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SARTARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, NATIONAL ORCHESTRA HONORS, NATIONAL WINNERS. HONORS. ORCHESTRA. DIRECTED BY HEATHER DAVIS AND STUDENT LEADER RENEE Q. CITATION OF EXCELLENCE. COMMENDED WINNERS. CAMERATA ORCHESTRA. STUDENT LEADERS NESLIHAN PEHLIVAN AND KATHERINE TAP. IF THE PRINCIPAL IS HERE.

WITH ME. 123. ONE TWO. THREE. THANK. FIRST COLONY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NATIONAL CHORAL HONORS COMMENDED WINNERS. BOBCAT. SELECT TENOR, BASS, BASS, CHOIR AND SELECT TREBLE CHOIR, DIRECTED BY TOMMY TRAN AND JOSEPH SARMIENTO AND STUDENT LEADER LUIS PALÉS AND CALEB EAPEN.

HERE WE GO. 12311123. THANK YOU. AND NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING IS THE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.

AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE ORCHESTRA. THANK YOU. THEY'RE UNABLE TO BE HERE AS THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO PERFORM AT THE ANNUAL MIDWEST BAND AND ORCHESTRA CONFERENCE. WHAT A HUGE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DIRECTOR NEIL SPRINGER AND SALLY KIRK. IN ADDITION TO OUR GREAT FINE ARTS RECOGNITIONS, TONIGHT WE HAVE ANOTHER RECOGNITION. NEXT UP IS MISS AMINA AZEEM FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL. AMINA WAS AWARDED WITH THE 2024 NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND THE TEXAS PTA OVERALL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE FOR HER POEM HOPE IN THE HOPELESSNESS. ON TWO, THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE.

SHE'S GOOD. THANK YOU. AMINA. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT SEVEN MEMBER, MISS JULIE PICKREN, TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING. SO THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT MY OFFICE CAN OFFER TO A STUDENT IS OUR STUDENT HERO AWARD. AND SO, THROUGHOUT THE 10,000MI■!S OF THE GREAT STATE F TEXAS THAT I REPRESENT, WE ARE RECEIVED MANY APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT HEROES THAT ARE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. OUR FUTURE LEADERS, AND IT IS MY HONOR THAT KHAI PHAM FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, NOW A SENIOR AT CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, WAS SELECTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT SEVEN TO REPRESENT THE

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AND THE. THANK YOU FOR. AND THANK YOU FOR. THAT. FOR WHAT? YOUR PARENTS.

THANK YOU. FOR THAT. 123123. YOU HAVE THREE. MINUTES. BEFORE WE CONCLUDE OUR BOARD RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERY SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. MAY I PLEASE HAVE WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JJ ROBERTS AND HER TEAM COME UP TO THE DAIS AS THEY MOVE TO THE DAIS. I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU TONIGHT. IN 2022, WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS IDENTIFIED FOR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. THE CAMPUS SCORED 59 AND THE CLOSING THE GAPS DOMAIN BELOW THE CUT POINT OF 66 FOR THE BOTTOM 5% OF TITLE ONE HIGH SCHOOLS. SINCE THEN, WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. IN 2023, THEIR PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED A CLOSING THE GAP SCORE OF 67, EXCEEDING THE STATEWIDE CUT POINT OF 47 AND MOVING ABOVE THE 5% OF TITLE ONE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND IN 2024 THEIR ACHIEVEMENT CONTINUED TO IMPROVE AND LED TO TIA REMOVING WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE CSI STATUS. JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE THE PROGRESS OF WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AS THEY HAVE MADE AN EXIT OF SCHOOL IMPROVED STATUS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN! ONE. 23123 50. THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

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[5. Superintendent Update]

IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO SEE LOTS OF THINGS IN THE DISTRICT AND LEARN LOTS OF THINGS, AND GET NEW INFORMATION AND INSIGHTS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO DISTRICT OPERATIONS. THEY HAD. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME PRESENTATIONS AND THE FEEDBACK WAS REALLY GOOD. THEY WERE TELLING US THAT THEY REALLY LIKED WHAT THEY WERE LEARNING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS OR I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY CONNECTED IN A CRITICAL WAY IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, MISS TARZAN, AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MR. GARCIA, FOR BEING THERE. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. MISS CHASTITY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING AND PUTTING THE EVENT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THE NEXT ITEM CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR GREAT STUDENTS

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LASTLY, BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO PRESIDENT TYSON, I WANT TO JUST SHARE A FEW REFLECTIVE THOUGHTS AS WE END THE SEMESTER. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HIGHS THIS SEMESTER, AND I'M SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE HARD WORK OF, YOU KNOW, OUR BOARD. ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR OUR

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[6.A. President's Report]

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AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MAKES THE SACRIFICE IN ADDITION TO YOUR FAMILIES WHO ARE AT HOME ALMOST EVERY MONDAY NIGHT PLUS OTHER NIGHTS, AND THEN TO DOCTOR SMITH AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY SET THE BAR VERY HIGH, AND YOU ARE WORKING VERY HARD. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND THE WAY THAT YOU ARE DRIVING THE WORK AND HOLDING US ALL ACCOUNTABLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, IT HAS BEEN MY HONOR TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. SO THAT BEING SAID, I AM GOING

[6.B. Board Activity Report]

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THIS IS YOUR FORT BEND ISD BOARD AT SCHOOL BOARD AT WORK FOR THE BOARD MEETING DATE OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2020 FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDED THE VISION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, A BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, A CALENDAR COMMITTEE MEETING.

ALMEIDA CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS, THE POWER OF CONNECTION SUICIDE PREVENTION, TOWN HALL SHACK MEETING NUMBER THREE LUNCH WITH PFLUEGER ARCHITECTS, FORT BEND EDUCATION FOUNDATION RAFFLE WINNER. TASB DECEMBER COMMITTEE SLASH BOARD MEETINGS. BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AROUND THE BEND. ROAD TRIP SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TEAM BUILDING LUNCH WITH KAY DAVIS AND ASSOCIATES. FORT BEND EDUCATION FOUNDATION RAFFLE WINNER. TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF HOUSTON'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. DINNER BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SESSION ONE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PRODUCTION IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SPELLING BEE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. NEXT UP, WE HAVE

[7. Public Comment]

MR. ORCHARD HERE. OKAY DEREK DAWSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE FORT BEND AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS IS A FORMER TEACHER. THINK THAT I CAN SPEAK FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF EDUCATORS WHO SHOW UP WITH THE INTENT, DESIGN AND DESIRE TO EMPOWER, TO EQUIP AND EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS. THE WE OR THE ARE. WE ARE EXTREMELY AWARE OF THE SACRIFICES THAT THIS POSITION ENTAILS. AS EDUCATORS, EVEN OUR BEST INTENTIONS CAN SOMETIMES NOT BE ENOUGH. TEACHER BURNOUT IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, AND MANY HAVE RESOLVED TO

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THE BOND TRACKER HAD ALREADY BEEN UPDATED ON OCTOBER 11TH TO REFLECT A DELAY IN ES 55 OPENING TO 2028. WHILE THE BOARD EMPHASIZES TRANSPARENCY. THE DATA PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOND VOTE USED ONE SET OF SCHOOLS OAKLAND, PECAN GROVE, NEAL, MADDEN AND MOLALLA, TO VALIDATE ES 55. HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS, SCHOOLS LIKE MADDEN AND MOLALLA CURRENTLY AT 91 AND 105% CAPACITY, WERE EXCLUDED. WHY WOULD THE WHY WOULD THE DATA SET CHANGE UNLESS IT NO LONGER FIT THE NARRATIVE TO JUSTIFY REMOVING ES 55? SO WHAT'S NEXT? PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT REZONING WILL ONLY SERVE AS A TEMPORARY BAND-AID FOR OUR RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITIES. TRUSTEES JONES AND HAMILTON HAVE SUGGESTED OPTIONS TO GET ES 55 BUILT, INCLUDING PLACING IT ON ANOTHER BOND OR PURSUING PRIVATE FUNDING WITH INTENT TO REIMBURSE. I URGE THE BOARD TO PRIORITIZE THIS ISSUE AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT ENSURES OUR CHILDREN LEARN IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT OVERCROWDED AND CAN OPERATE AS INTENDED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DOLORES COLLINS.

GOOD EVENING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SMITH. AND TO THE BOARD OFFICER WALTON AND OFFICER JOHNSON. I LIVE IN THE WILLOW RIDGE ATTENDANCE ZONE, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE PUTTING A LOT INTO MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE.

TO THAT POINT, THE WILLOW RIDGE WALL OF HONOR, WHICH WAS STARTED IN 2006 BY WILLOW RIDGE GRAD TJ FORD AND HIS MOTHER, MARY FORD, HAS GIVEN OUT AT LEAST 30 SCHOLARSHIPS TO WILLOW RIDGE GRADUATING SENIORS. WE'VE ALSO GIVEN GRANTS TO WILLOW RIDGE TEACHERS, COACHES AND SPONSORS FOR THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT CANNOT COVER. YOU CAN GO TO THE WILLOW RIDGE WALL OF HONOR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP. WE'RE LOOKING FOR GOLFERS. NOW WITH THE ALLEN ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE HAVE SOME SUPERSTARS WHO'VE STEPPED UP TO HELP TUTOR THE STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT BLUE RIDGE BRIGADE ELEMENTARY. WE HAVE CURRENTLY TEN MOSTLY RETIRED TEACHERS WHO TAKE THEIR TIME TO GO THERE AND TUTOR THESE STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM IS HEADED UP BY MISS JANE EDWARDS, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, ACTUALLY. AND IT REALLY IS A GOOD PROGRAM AND IT SHOULD CONTINUE. ONCE THE STUDENTS GO TO ALLEN ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY, MANY THINGS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THAT. IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT HAVING A HEAD START PROGRAMS AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. ALLEN ALDRIDGE ELEMENTARY WOULD BE A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR THIS PROGRAM, CONSIDERING THE TEST SCORES AND

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ONLY PERSON I CAN HEAR IS MR. HAMILTON. SO I WISH Y'ALL WOULD GET RID OF THAT. I ALSO WANT TO ASK FOR A GOOD GYM AT WILLOW RIDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS COLLINS. I KNOW, OKAY. THAT

[8.A. Intruder Detection Report]

[8.B. Gibson Construction Audit Report]

DOCTOR SMITH TRUSTEES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT. SORRY. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANTED TO THANK DOCTOR VELTZ, MR. BANKHEAD, MISS MARTINEZ AND MISS KIMBERLY DAVIS FOR SERVING AS LIAISONS FOR THIS. REALLY SUPPORTING OUR WORK, HELPING US GET IT DONE ON TIME AND IN THE SCOPE THAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE. THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, FOR OUR BRIEF PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS. I WANT NAT AND JAVIER TO KIND OF TALK TO YOU, JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT MAKES THEM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR THIS WORK. THEN I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR AUDIT OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE. I'LL TOUCH ON THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN EACH OF OUR SCOPE AREAS, AND THEN I'LL LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. OF COURSE, OF THE TRUSTEES. NAT, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE. THANKS, KENT. MY NAME IS NAT KING. I'VE BEEN GREW UP IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND HAVE BEEN MANAGING CAPITAL PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES SINCE 1995 AND BEEN HELPING FBISD, I GUESS NOW ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. SO GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.

HELLO, BOARD. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN. MY NAME IS JAVIER SARTORIO AND I'M WORKING ALONG HERE WITH KENT AND NAT. AND A LOT OF MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN OF SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS PUBLIC PROJECTS. SO HAPPY TO SEE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT. AND IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH DOCTOR BANKHEAD AND HIS TEAM AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. SO WE HAD TWO PRIMARY OBJECTIVES. THIS IS SIMILAR TO ALL OF GIBSON'S WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH FORT BEND OVER THE YEARS. IT WAS TO

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OVERALL, THIS WAS A POSITIVE AUDIT. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF NEW LEADERSHIP FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS REALLY COMMENDABLE. NEARLY EVERY INTERVIEWEE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT, CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP. SO WE WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS MADE TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF USING STALE COST ESTIMATES. THESE CHANGES INCLUDED LIMITING THE LIFE OF CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES TO SIX MONTHS AND OBTAINING THIRD PARTY ESTIMATES TO VERIFY FORECASTED COSTS. VERY POSITIVE MODIFICATIONS. WE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WERE OVERLAPPING EVENTS, WHICH MADE THE PRICING AND DESIGNING OF THE 23 2023 BOND VERY CHALLENGING.

COVID HAD WIDE RANGING IMPACTS ON COSTS AND LABOR. THIS WAS DURING THE SAME TIME OF TURNOVER WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND ALSO PREVIOUS FIRMS THAT SUPPORTED PLANNING EFFORTS FOR BONDS WERE NOT CONSULTED, SO THERE WAS KIND OF ISOLATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO ONE PERSON. THOUGH WE DID HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE CHANGES AND FACTORS THAT WERE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. WE DID IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. THE OVERALL OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT PLACED TOO LARGE OF AN OVERSIGHT BURDEN ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR POSITIONS. THE STRUCTURE ALSO MEMORIALIZED SEPARATIONS BETWEEN PROJECT MANAGERS AND DESIGN MANAGERS. DOCUMENTED PROCEDURES ARE LACKING IN TWO KEY AREAS. CONTINGENCIES ARE INADEQUATE AND REPORTING DOES NOT INCLUDE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, RESULTING IN A LESS THAN COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF FINANCIAL STATUS. WE HAD SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE. OUR FIRST AREA TO COVER TONIGHT IS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT.

SO WE PRESENTED THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN FORCE AS OF OUR AUDIT. IN THIS CHART YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ARE QUITE NUMEROUS AND EXCESSIVE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE DESIGN GROUP AND THE PROJECT MANAGERS. WE FOUND THAT THE STRUCTURE OUTLINED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE LACKS EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT AND CLARITY. I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE SPAN OF CONTROL CHALLENGE AND AS OUTLINED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. AND THOUGH THERE IS A COMPENSATING CONTROL TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF THAT SEPARATION OF THE DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP, WE STILL THINK THAT FURTHER MITIGATION IS REQUIRED AND WOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO TO ADDRESS THE FINDING, WE RECOMMENDED MODIFYING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE BY CREATING AN ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION AND EMPLOYING A TEAM APPROACH FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. THESE MODIFICATIONS WOULD ALLEVIATE THE SPAN OF CONTROL ISSUES AND IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE DESIGN MANAGER.

GROUP MANAGEMENT PARTIALLY AGREED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. NOW ON THIS SLIDE I JUST INCLUDED OUR PROPOSED STRUCTURE. IT'S IN THE REPORT AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. YOU CAN SEE AN ADDITIONAL ADMIN MANAGER POSITION AND THE TEAM APPROACH TO DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. SECOND FINDING WITHIN THIS AREA CONCERNS THE OVERRELIANCE ON INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. PREVIOUSLY, THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A AND E FIRMS WAS LIMITED TO THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WHEN THIS INDIVIDUAL LEFT, IT CREATED A VACUUM AS THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTED PROCESSES OR PROCEDURES FOR COST ESTIMATION DURING BOND PLANNING AND PROJECTIONS DURING BOND PLANNING. THIS WAS FURTHER EXACERBATED BY TRANSITIONAL AND VOLATILE PERIOD IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IS TO DOCUMENT SOPS IN KEY AREAS, AND THIS WOULD FURTHER MITIGATE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TURNOVER, WOULD PREPARE THE DEPARTMENT IN

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SOMETIMES YOU GET SURPRISED WITH LOW BIDS. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PROCESS OR THE POLICY OF REPORTING EVERYTHING RIGHT TO THE TO THE DOLLAR BE CHANGED SO THAT THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND BOARD CAN SEE THE FLUCTUATION. AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO HELP THE PROJECTS LIKE TO KNOW THAT ONE'S IN TROUBLE OR ONE'S GOING GREAT, AND TO PUT YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR POWER TO, TO BENEFIT THOSE PROJECTS THAT NEED HELP AND GIVE THEM THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED. AND SO I THINK IT'S TIME TO IMPLEMENT THAT CHANGE. AND THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIFTH RECOMMENDATION, IMPLEMENTING KPIS FOR PROGRESS REPORTING TO THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY. WE INCLUDED A LIST OF KIND OF STANDARD KPIS FOR ADMINISTRATION TO CONSIDER, THOUGH THIS WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON THE NEED OF THE STAKEHOLDERS TO. THIS MAY NOT BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AND MAY BE DIFFERENT, AND THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE STAKEHOLDER NEEDS FOR FBISD AND MANAGEMENT. AGREED WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. OUR FINAL FINDING CONCERNS THE INEFFICIENT AND DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF THE PCO APPROVAL PROCESS. THE POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDER PROCESS, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS REQUIRED TO APPROVE ALL PCOS, IRRESPECTIVE OF VALUE OF THOSE PCOS. EVENTUALLY, THESE PCOS COULD BE CONVERTED TO CHANGE ORDERS, WHICH THEN MUST ALSO BE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS, WE SAW THAT MANY LOW VALUE POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDERS EXCEEDED AVERAGE PROCESSING TIMES. THE ANALYSIS IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. TO MITIGATE THIS RISK, WE RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS SO THAT FOR POTENTIAL CHANGE ORDERS

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THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT'S COMMON OR TYPICAL AND THAT'S JUST ME NOT KNOWING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS. I GUESS MY LAST COMMENT WOULD BE THAT INFLATION IS NOW TRENDING AT 4%, WHERE IT WAS AT 10%. SO I THINK WE START SEEING A LOT OF OUR COSTS COMING IN MUCH LOWER. AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE AT A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30% OF OUR PROJECTS WERE HAD NOT BEEN BID OUT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER. IT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT AND MY ANTICIPATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. MR. HAMILTON. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GIBSON AND STAFF AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THREE THINGS IN THE REPORT AND THEN ASK A QUESTION. SO FIRST THIS IS ON PAGE 39 IN OUR BOARD BOOK. BUT IT'S THE FIRST PAGE OF THE INTRODUCTION I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE IT SAYS THIS IS THE THIRD PARAGRAPH. STAFF MEMBERS AND CONTRACT EMPLOYEES IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT FAVORABLY DESCRIBED THE DEPARTMENT'S RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT CULTURE, HIGHLIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS IMPORTANT ASPECT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIS SENTIMENT WAS SHARED BY NEARLY EVERY INTERVIEWEE AND IS NOTEWORTHY. SO I WANT TO COMMEND DOCTOR SMITH FOR THESE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT CULTURE. AND I ALSO WANT TO PASS ALONG THAT. GIBSON SINGLED OUT DOCTOR WILTZ AND MR. BANKHEAD FOR BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS PROGRESS AND MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE INTERVIEW. SO THANK YOU ALL, ALL THREE OF YOU, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THEN NEXT THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS ON PAGE 43 IN OUR BOARD BOOK. THIS IS I DON'T IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO THE NATATORIUM, BUT IT'S BELOW THE TABLE FOR PROPOSITION C ON THE NATATORIUM.

SO IT SAYS SUBSEQUENT TO VOTER APPROVAL, THE FBISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES LEARNED THAT THE COST OF THE BOND PROGRAM WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DUE TO PRICE ESCALATION. AND THEN JUMPING TO THE LAST SENTENCE IN THAT PARAGRAPH. A SUBSEQUENT A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE FBISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHICH CONCLUDED THAT THE PRICE ESCALATION INFORMATION WAS KNOWN TO THE ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, BUT NOT NOT COMMUNICATED TO THE BOARD.

AND THEN THIRDLY, I WANT TO I THINK THIS WAS THE SAME CHART THAT MR. GARCIA WAS LOOKING AT.

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THIS THIS INFORMATION WAS WAS KNOWN TO THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION, BUT WITHHELD FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND THEN THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE SO REGARDING THE PROPOSED OR RECOMMENDED, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT RESTRUCTURE AND THE ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT, WOULD THIS RECOMMENDATION BE IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM, OR DID YOU GUYS ENVISION THIS REPLACING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM? WE LEFT IT TO ESSENTIALLY THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE ADDED THAT ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION TO ALLOW FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FOCUS MORE ON PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT AND MANAGING UP AND INFORMING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE PUT IN THE REPORT. IT COULD BE EITHER DONE THROUGH STAFF AUGMENTATION WITH THE EXISTING CONTRACTING OR ACQUIRING THAT POSITION INTERNALLY. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING KENT AND HIS TEAM. I'M THANKFUL THAT WE ONLY HAD SIX RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M ALSO ENCOURAGED THAT THE MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS VALIDATED WHAT WE HAD BEEN REPORTING, AND ALSO A FEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO ADDRESS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. SO THE HIS RECOMMENDATION, HIS HIS TEAM'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CHANGE THE ORG STRUCTURE. AND THE AIM OF THAT WAS TO THE SPAN OF CONTROL, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE REPORTING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO THE DIRECTOR. SO WE HAD ALREADY COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ORG CHART THAT THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSED THAT. AND WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE'VE ALREADY I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO HIRING AND FILLING. ONCE WE GET THE NEW ROLE IN PLACE, WE CAN FINISH THE REORG THAT WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THAT FINDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYSON. AND THANK YOU TO GIBSON. THANK YOU TO DOCTOR. WILSON AND DOCTOR BANKHEAD FOR THIS REPORTING. I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE GARCIA AS WELL AS FOR GIBSON AS YOU WERE DOING. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH GIBSON ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. THIRD PARTIES WHO PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BOND PLANNING EFFORTS WERE NOT CONSULTED. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY BEFORE THE 2023 BOND ELECTION. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT HAPPENED HERE? YEAH. WHY WERE THEY NOT CONSULTED? WHAT WHAT WHERE WAS THE DISCONNECT HERE? WELL, THE COMMUNICATION WAS REALLY ISOLATED TO THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OKAY. AND SO THE REASONS WHY THAT THEY

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IT'S ACTUALLY NOT TO GIBSON, BUT TO TRUSTEE GARCIA. SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU WERE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE AT THE TIME WE ORDERED THE AUDIT INVESTIGATION REPORT.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THESE TWO REPORTS IN DEPTH? WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS IN REGARDS TO THE INVESTIGATION AND THE AUDIT REPORT? YES. HOW DO THEY ALIGN IN YOUR VIEW? SO IN MY VIEW, AND WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS THAT DURING THE COURSE OF ALL THE INTERVIEWS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE SAYING THE SAME THING. SO IT WAS THE FACT THAT THE MAJOR REASON WHY THE INFLATION FACTOR WAS WHAT IT WAS, WAS BECAUSE OF NOT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THAT WAS PICKED UP DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. AND THAT WAS VALIDATED BY MISS MORRIS AND ALSO WITH WITH GIBSON. AND SAYING THAT THE ARCHITECT AND THE PM FIRM, NEITHER WERE REENGAGED DURING THE PROCESS.

WHEN THE 2023 BOND PLANNING WAS BEING INITIATED. SO THOSE TWO WERE VERY SIMILAR AND THOSE TWO THINGS ALIGNED. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP ON THAT, YOU KNOW, VALIDATED THE OUTCOME, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS THE SIMILARITIES THAT I PICKED UP RIGHT OFF THE BAT. AND SO JUST FROM READING AND FROM READING BOTH THE AUDIT REPORT, THIS AUDIT REPORT AND THE GOING BACK TO THE BOND INVESTIGATION REPORT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND THIS IS JUST A DIRECT QUESTION. WHAT WOULD YOU THINK WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE SMOKING GUN HERE.

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MISS HANNON. YES, THANK YOU TO THE AUDIT TEAM. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND HELPING US IN ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS THEN. AND THANK YOU TO DOCTOR VELTZ AND YOUR TEAM ALSO. SO AN AUDIT IS, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY UNCOVER STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, NOT JUST NOT JUST THE HOLES, BUT ALSO SO I CAN SEE IN HERE THAT WE HAVE SOME, SOME REALLY POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BUT SO I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TONIGHT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO POST SOMETHING TO THE BOARD AND THAT IF YOU KNOW OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAS A REALLY STRONG SET OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT SURROUND BOARD OVERSIGHT OR BOND OVERSIGHT, I, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE AUDIT TEAM. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THERE. MORE FOR MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS IS I'M ASSUMING THIS AUDIT WILL BE POSTED ONLINE WITH BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY DO POST OUR AUDITS ONLINE. YES. THAT'S THE PLAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS THAT LIKE TO READ THIS AND THEY MAY NOT FIND IT IN THE AGENDA ITEM. SO MY QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD, BECAUSE THE YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE IS THE AUDIT AND YOU SHOULD SAY, OKAY, AS US AS GOVERNING BODY, WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THESE DON'T HAPPEN? BECAUSE WE HAD A SEASON OF HIGH TURNOVER IN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND SO TO ME THAT IS WHAT POLICY AND PROCEDURES IS FOR. SO WHEN YOU HAVE TURNOVER, THE NEXT PERSON, THE NEXT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE THAT BLUEPRINT TO LOOK AT. SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATION FOUR SPECIFICALLY, I THINK IT'S FINDING FIVE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT I WORRY ABOUT. AND IT'S THE ONE ABOUT PROGRESS. REPORTING DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT FORECAST OF COMPLETION. AND SO IN GENERAL, MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THIS SOMETHING? AND TO THE POLICY CHAIR, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE BACK TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE AND LOOK AT MORE CAREFULLY AT A LOCAL BECAUSE IT, IT IT IT SPELLS OUT WHAT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SHOULD DO PRIOR TO AN ELECTION, BEFORE THE BOND IS VOTED ON AND CALLED FOR, AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED WITH DOING AFTER. AND SO NOT ONLY THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT THE BOARD. AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, I JUST POSED TO THE BOARD, ARE SOME OF THOSE WORTH TIGHTENING UP A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF WHEN I LOOK AT PAGE 70 IN THE ACTUAL AUDIT REPORT. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT ON PAGE 70 NOTES THAT COMMUNICATIONS OMIT FORECASTS FOR ACTUAL PROJECT COSTS,

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DOCTOR SMITH, WILL YOU HAVE COUNCIL ALONG WITH MR. HAMILTON, OUR POLICY CHAIR, MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND BRING MR. HAMILTON A RECOMMENDATION. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY. YES, I'M ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. NEVER MIND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING OTHER THAN TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR. AND MR. BANKHEAD FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT UP IS OUR 2025 CMR DATA AND CTE

[8.C. 2025 CCMR Data and CTE Outcomes]

AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. SO IN TERMS OF COLLEGE READINESS, THERE ARE REALLY FOUR THINGS THAT ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, A STUDENT CAN DO TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE COLLEGE READINESS.

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THAT'S NOT GERMANE TO US. AND LASTLY, THEY COULD COMPLETE A DUAL CREDIT COURSE OR POTENTIAL ON RAMPS COURSE. SO THESE ARE THE WAYS THE STATE OF TEXAS ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'RE COLLEGE READY. YOU SEE THAT AS OF LAST YEAR, WE HELD PRETTY STEADY WITH 53% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT LEFT US AS GRADUATING SENIORS. THEY WERE COLLEGE READY. SO THEY MET ONE OF THESE BENCHMARKS. WE CONTINUE TO TRACK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL GET TO LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT LAST WEEK, WE GAVE EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL THEIR CMR REPORT CARD. SO IT TELLS THEM WHICH OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE READY, WHICH OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE CAREER READY, DOWN TO THE PERCENTILE SO THEY KNOW RIGHT NOW, TODAY IN REAL TIME, WHERE THOSE STUDENTS THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO. THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS CAREER READINESS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CAREER READINESS, A STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CTE COURSES AND THEY HAVE TO ALSO GET THE CERTIFICATE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS DONE IS EVERY YEAR THEY'VE MADE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT. SO WHEN CMR FIRST CAME OUT, A STUDENT COULD JUST SAY, I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT COMPUTERS. MAYBE THEY JUST HAD A NATURAL INCLINATION TO THAT. THEY COULD TAKE A COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAM AND IF THEY PASSED IT, THEY GOT THAT COMPUTER SCIENCE CERT. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS EYES, THAT STUDENT WAS COLLEGE READY. THAT STUDENT WAS CAREER READY. WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY'VE SINCE CHANGED IT. AND SO NOW, STARTING WITH NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A STUDENT. THAT FRESHMAN YEAR THEY TOOK WELDING AND THEN THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT. SO SOPHOMORE YEAR THEY TOOK CULINARY. THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THAT. BUT THEN THAT JUNIOR YEAR THEY THEY GOT INTO COSMETOLOGY. THEY REALLY FOUND A PASSION ON THAT. EVEN IF THEY LEFT AND STILL EARNED A COSMETOLOGY CERT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE AT LEAST THREE COURSES IN THAT SAME THING. THE STATE OF TEXAS WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT CAREER READY. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO IS ENSURE STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN I GET TO REESE OR I THINK WHEN I GET TO MY HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS A COURSE THAT I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON LETTING STUDENTS IDENTIFY THOSE PASSIONS EARLY. SO IT'S NOT WHY WASN'T A COURSE THIS YEAR? I'M IN A DIFFERENT PATHWAY NEXT YEAR I'M ON A DIFFERENT PATHWAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND LASTLY, MILITARY READINESS. SO THIS IS ONE THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLED. I WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR BACK WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT. AND SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAID IS THAT IF YOU HAD A STUDENT WHO THOUGHT AT ONE TIME ABOUT JOINING THE MILITARY, THEY COULD BE COUNTED AS MILITARY READINESS. SO YOU HAD SOME SCHOOLS THAT JUST SAID, HEY, DAVID, HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED AIR FORCE ONE SIGN THIS PAPER? SO STATE GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THAT. THE CHALLENGE IS THEY WENT REALLY EXTREME. AND SO WHAT THEY SAID IS THAT THE ONLY WAY WE COULD COUNT A STUDENT IN OUR TEAM'S DATA AS BEING MILITARY READINESS IS IF THEY BROUGHT US IN THEIR DD TWO FOUR FORM. SO THAT'S THEIR OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM INTO THE US MILITARY.

RIGHT. STUDENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO DO THAT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST CAME OUT ON FRIDAY IS THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHICH STUDENTS IN TEXAS ENLIST IN THE ARMY OR THE NAVY OR THE AIR FORCE, THE MARINES, THE SPACE FORCE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS LIKE, NO. AND SO WHAT WE FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY WAS REALLY EXCITING IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS FINALLY AGREED TO SUPPLY THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH ENLISTMENT DATA FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO CHASE THAT DATA DOWN. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A PASSION ABOUT. WE BELIEVE IN MILITARY SERVICE. AND FOR BEN, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT 1300 STUDENTS IN EITHER A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR A HIGH SCHOOL JROTC. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS AS AN OPTION FOR OUR KIDS, BECAUSE WE REALLY DO BELIEVE IN VALUE MILITARY SERVICE. YOU KNOW, SOME SCHOOLS TREAT IT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WHEN WE DO OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR. WE HAVE ALL BRANCHES OF THE SERVICES. OUR CRAS AT OUR CAMPUSES HAVE REALLY ROBUST RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE RECRUITERS, SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY BRINGING THOSE ON THEM ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES CAN ADMINISTER THE ASVAB. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT FOR US. WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT SKILL FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED WHEN THEY MAKE THAT CHOICE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS STUDENTS THAT HAVE LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE JOINING THE MILITARY, IS THEY'RE GOING TO GET SPECIAL CORDS THAT THEY CAN WEAR AT GRADUATION, JUST AS ONE MORE THING TO DO TO SAY, HEY, WE RECOGNIZE YOU, WE SUPPORT YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND THIS IS ALSO AN OPTION FOR YOUR PEERS WHO MAYBE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT. SO WE CONTINUE TO PUT A PREMIUM ON MILITARY READINESS.

SO AGAIN I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CMR REPORT CARD THAT WAS SUPPLIED TO ALL THE CAMPUSES. THEY GOT IT IN LAST WEEK. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET A MORE

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AND SO JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO REALLY HONE IN ON THAT CRA SUPPORT, WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS NOW BETWEEN ON RAMPS. AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ON RAMPS, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WHICH ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. SO THERE ARE STUDENTS, BUT THEY'RE TAKING COURSES THAT COUNT BOTH IN FORT BEND ISD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS INITIALLY THOSE COURSES WERE ROLLED OUT. UT PROFESSORS WERE LIKE, THIS IS A COLLEGE COURSE.

I WILL NOT SPEAK TO ANY ADULTS. I SPEAK TO ONLY STUDENTS. AND SO YOU HAD STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO PASS A UT COURSE. THEY WERE DOING GREAT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE, BUT THEY COULDN'T KEEP UP. AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME IS THAT PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS BECOME REALLY ROBUST. AND SO NOW WE GET MONTHLY DATA REPORTS THAT SAY, HEY, THESE ARE YOUR STUDENTS THAT ARE REALLY PROGRESSING. THESE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND SO CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE THAT MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH OUR CAMPUS, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ADVISORS. SO THOSE ARE OUR GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON CAMPUSES THAT ARE REALLY WORKING ON HELPING STUDENTS TRANSITION TO COLLEGE TO CAREER OR MILITARY.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WORK WITH OUR SENIORS, ORGANIZE OUR COLLEGE FAIRS. SO REALLY DOING ALL THAT IMPORTANT WORK. AND SO THESE ARE THE REALLY BROAD THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS A DISTRICT, JUST TO ENSURE THAT A STUDENTS KNOW OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. FOR US, THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST CHECKING A BOX. THIS IS ENSURING THAT WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE US, THEY ARE REALLY PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, CAREER, MILITARY AND THE REAL WORLD. SO WE'VE GOT ROBUST SUPPORTS IN PLACE STARTING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, WHEN THEY ARE COLLEGE READY OR CAREER READY, THEY CAN GO SOMEWHERE AND BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT NOW I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES REALLY TALKING ABOUT CAREER READINESS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AS A DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS LEAVE US, THEY ARE READY FOR THE RIGORS AND CHALLENGE OF THE REAL WORLD. AND SO CAREER READINESS, AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THE STATE OF TEXAS DEFINES IT TWO WAY, SEVERAL WAYS. SO RIGHT NOW THEY DEFINE BEING CAREER READY AS THAT. YOU ARE A CONCENTRATOR. AND SO THIS IS A STUDENT THAT HAS TAKEN AT LEAST TWO COURSES IN THE SAME THE SAME AREA. SO I'VE GOT TWO WELDING COURSES, TWO CULINARY COURSES AND I EARN A CERT. SO IF I DO THAT FOR THE CLASS OF 2025 I'M A OKAY. SO STARTING NEXT YEAR WITH THE CLASS OF 2026 AND BEYOND, I HAVE TO BE A COMPLETER. AND SO IT'S INTERCHANGING RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE SOME FOR NEXT YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'LL BE CONCENTRATORS DOWN THE ROAD WILL BE COMPLETERS. SO FOR US WE REALLY PUSHED TO HAVE MORE OF OUR STUDENTS BE COMPLETERS. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE, IT'S ABOUT FINDING OUT WHAT YOU LIKE GETTING IN THOSE COURSES EARLY. SO WHEN YOU DO GET THAT CERTIFICATE AND THAT CREDENTIAL, YOU CAN STACK THAT AND GO ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO WE OFFER 21 PROGRAMS OF STUDY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE SOME AT REESE. WE'VE GOT SOME AT THE CAMPUSES. BUT FOR US IT'S REALLY ABOUT ALIGNING OUR PROGRAMS TO HIGH GROWTH, HIGH DEMAND FIELDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO REFINE EVERY YEAR. IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO STUDENTS? BUT ALSO, IS THIS PROGRAM GOING TO LEAD TO DIFFERENT STUDENT OUTCOMES? RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO TRANSITION INTO A JOB. WE WANT STUDENTS TO TRANSITION INTO A CAREER. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO REVISE THOSE. I'M EXCITED LATER IN THE PRESENTATION TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE HORIZON FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 22,000 STUDENTS, 22,000 COURSES ENROLLED IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12. SO THESE ARE UNIQUE COURSES. SO LET'S SAY I'M A STUDENT THAT I'M IN FORENSIC SCIENCE FOR MY SCIENCE CLASS. I'M ALSO IN FLORAL DESIGN FOR MY FLORAL CLASS. AND I'M ALSO IN WELDING.

SO I SHOW UP THREE TIMES ON THIS REPORT. AND SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL COURSE ENROLLMENTS FOR THIS I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 9000 STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE ENROLLED. SO ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR KIDS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ARE ENROLLED IN THE PATHWAY. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAD A LITTLE CHANGE LAST YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT 2022 TO 2023, YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, HEY, WHAT HAPPENED? WE MADE ONE PROGRAMMATIC SHIFT IN ONE OF OUR SCIENCE COURSES. AND SO NOW WE'VE GOTTEN THAT BACK. AND SO THOSE STUDENTS AT THE INDIVIDUAL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE BE GETTING EKG TECH CERTIFIED. AND SO WE'VE GOT 1000 STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RISING SENIORS NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT COURSE. SO AS THAT COURSE BEGINS TO BUILD ITSELF BACK UP, WE'LL HOPEFULLY SEE OUR CCT NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE ENROLLMENT AT REESE AT THE DIOCESE. I PROVIDED YOU WITH A BREAKDOWN, OF COURSE, ENROLLMENT AT REESE BY CAMPUS, BY PROGRAM, AND BY AM AND PM ENROLLMENT. SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE. BUT YOU SEE REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD PARTICIPATION FROM FROM OUR CAMPUSES IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED.

YOU ALSO SEE THAT EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUE TO OFFER ABOUT 2400 INDUSTRY BASED, INDUSTRY BASED CERTS AT THE DIOCESE. I ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CERTS BY PROGRAM AREAS.

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WE'RE ALWAYS EVALUATING THAT. AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET ASKED A LOT IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS? RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE I TALKED ABOUT, FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THOSE STUDENTS GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S NOT JUMPING FROM COURSE TO COURSE. IT'S, HEY, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE OR I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, KEYBOARDING. I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO. SO I'M EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ALL 15 OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY OFFER AT LEAST TWO CTE COURSES. OUR MOST POPULAR IS THE COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION COURSE, AND THAT'S THE COURSE WHERE THEY SPEND ABOUT SIX WEEKS IN VARIOUS UNITS TO SAY, HEY, I'M IN CULINARY, HEY, I'M IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. AND SO WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE PITCH SHEETS IN IN JANUARY, THEY CAN SAY, HEY, I WANT TO GO TO REESE, I WANT TO DO THESE PROGRAMS, AND I WANT TO DO THE CTE WORK. WE OFFER REALLY FOUR PROGRAMS. SORRY, COLLEGE AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS, TWO TOUCH SYSTEMS AND DATA ENTRY.

THAT'S THE OLD KEYBOARDING COURSE, LIFETIME NUTRITION AND WELLNESS AND FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. AND SO WE'VE GOT 15 HIGH SCHOOLS THAT OFFER ALL THOSE COURSES. EVERY HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS TWO. AND WE HAVE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT OFFER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE COURSES THIS YEAR. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN WE DO PITCH SHEETS, STUDENTS DO HAVE ACCESS. DO HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK ALL OF THESE COURSES. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL COURSES MAKE IT EVERY CAMPUS. AND SO FOR US, IT'S REALLY ABOUT ENSURING THAT STUDENTS DO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE INDIVIDUAL COURSE OFFERINGS. AND YOU SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD RIGHT AROUND 2000 STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE ENROLLMENT. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT IS HOW DO WE OFFER AND HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN CTE. SO FOR US IT STARTS EARLY. SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME TO REESE, SPEND SOME TIME AT REESE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE THOSE DIFFERENT CTE COURSES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL? SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE THINGS BACK AND LET STUDENTS REALLY GET HANDS ON AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE TO HIGH SCHOOL THAN JUST. SPANISH, FRENCH AND CORE CONTENT. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT CTE TO LOOK LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE FUTURE ORIENTED. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK BARBARA REESE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE TO REESE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SCALE CYBERSECURITY AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS STARTING IN 2627. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DRONES, UNMANNED VEHICLES. WE'RE STILL EFFORTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COURSES WILL OFFER THAT BECAUSE THE FAA DOESN'T LOVE WHEN YOU FLY DRONES NEAR AN AIRPORT. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE AIRPORTS AROUND. SO THE OBVIOUS FIT WOULD BE LET'S DO IT AT REESE. BUT THERE'S AN AIRPORT RIGHT BEHIND REESE AND WE CAN'T DO THAT. AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HCC AS WELL ABOUT AI COURSES. THEY'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER ON THAT AND SOME VIDEO GAME DESIGN COURSES.

AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES CTE LOOK LIKE NOW. BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THOSE CERTS THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE. SO IN FIVE AND TEN AND 15 YEARS, THEY CAN LEAVE US AND BE MORE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. AND SO WE YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE MEET WITH OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS POSITION OURSELVES AS WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN SO WHAT ARE SOME INNOVATIONS. AND SO FOR US, YOU KNOW, A BIG OPPORTUNITY IS THAT THERE'S STILL THIS MINDSET THAT'S AROUND CTE WHERE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY WE CALLED IT VO TECH, WHERE IT WAS SMALL ENGINE REPAIR OR KIDS WERE IN THE BACK. AND IT WASN'T FOR EVERY KID. IT WAS JUST FOR THOSE KIDS. AND SO FOR US, IT'S ABOUT TAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS AND HAVING PARENTS AND STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT CTE IS FOR EVERYONE. THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR SCHOOL TO HAVE THAT, THAT INDUSTRY BASED, INDUSTRY BASED CERT THAT CAN REALLY OPEN DOORS FOR YOU AND LETTING OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT UNLIKE SOME DISTRICTS, CTE IS FREE. THERE'S NOT A COST FOR PARTICIPATION. IF YOU WANT TO DO WELDING, WE'LL PAY FOR THAT. IF YOU WANT TO DO YOUR COSMETOLOGY AND GET THAT $10,000 LICENSE, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU THAT RIGHT. AND SO THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH CTE. AND WE THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK, WELL, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY. SO LETTING KIDS KNOW THAT CTE IS FREE. YOU KNOW, FOR US IT COMES DOWN TO RECRUITING HIGH QUALITY CTE TEACHERS, LEVERAGING OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION SO WE CAN GET THOSE FOLKS THAT DO HAVE THOSE INDUSTRY SKILLS IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE DID IS WE STARTED TO BETTER ALIGN OUR CTE PATHWAYS WITH CERT. SO IN THE PAST, WE HAD A PATHWAY THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE IN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD END UP WITH THE CERTIFICATES THEY WERE IN. FOUR YEARS OF CLASSES DIDN'T GET A CERT. SO STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CTE PATHWAYS WILL NOW HAVE A CERT ATTACHED. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN KIND OF TEPID ON IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A COURSE THEY MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE, OR MAYBE THEY'RE A C STUDENT. SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO SIT FOR THAT INDUSTRY EXAM, THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SIT FOR THAT. AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING TO ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS TO SIT FOR THOSE EXAMS. AND I CAN TELL YOU WE OFFERED ABOUT 400 EXAMS THIS YEAR ALREADY. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD

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THERE ARE MANY OF THEM THAT WANT TO WORK AT HOME. AND SO BECAUSE THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS DIFFERENT. I'M JUST KIND OF GOING EVERYWHERE. IT THE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT I FEEL AND WHAT I SEE IS THAT THIS IS IT'S NOT POPULAR TO GO. AND SO HOW CAN WE ADVERTISE IT IN A WAY, OR HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO DO? I KNOW THAT IN OTHER DISTRICTS IT'S REALLY ARE WE ARE WE GOING TO OTHER DISTRICTS TO FIND OUT? MEANING, ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING, THOSE THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH IT? AND I'M TALKING BECAUSE I WAS THAT BUSINESS TEACHER AND I KNOW WHAT IT TOOK THEN. BUT AND I THINK IT TO ME IT'S LIKE IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT WAS 25 YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGED. AND THEN DO WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND PULLING IN STUDENTS. HOW ARE WE RECRUITING? SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS AN AND EYE OPENING FOR ME. SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND. THE BOARD WASN'T A ROAD SHOW, BUT THE BOARD VISIT TO REESE AND KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS, I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED. SO FOR ME, THAT THAT GAVE ME GREAT PAUSE, BECAUSE IF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO VOTED EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE BOND DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WAS THERE, AND THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME ALONG WITH THAT BUILDING, AND THAT TELLS ME THAT ARE PROBABLY SIXTH GRADERS DON'T KNOW, AND OUR SEVENTH GRADERS AND OUR EIGHTH GRADERS. AND SO THAT WAS A CHALLENGE THAT I CAME BACK AND PUT TO THE STAFF, WAS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF RAISE THE BANNER OF CTE IN FORT BEND

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AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PIVOT. AND IF WE OFFER THAT, MORE STUDENTS WILL COME BACK AND JUST AND I FINISHED REAL QUICK. AND JUST THE LEADERS OF THE CAMPUS, ARE WE USING THEM TO RECRUIT STUDENTS TO COME IN. AND THEN I HATE TO EVEN SAY THIS, BUT THE AI COURSES, OKAY.

AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS I I'M EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. OH MY GOSH, ARE WE I MEAN DO WE HAVE THAT. SO AGAIN, THOSE THINGS THAT JUST REALLY ATTRACT OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DAY AND TIME. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. WE ARE EXPLORING ALL THOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.

MR. GARCIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S VERY EXCITING, VERY EXCITING NEWS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE GOING. I APPRECIATE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR REESE. I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION OF CONVERSATION AS WE FILL IN THE BUILDING UP. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE BREAKING THIS DOWN AND PM AND THEN BY CAMPUS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH WHEN I FIRST GOT ON WAS, WERE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH OUR CTE PROGRAM? AND WE'VE HAD SOME CHANGES IN THAT AREA. AND THEN ARE WE ARE WE GETTING STUDENTS, GETTING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS? AND SO THIS ONE CHART THAT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WELDING, WELDING CERTIFICATIONS, HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH, MANUFACTURING. AND I'M AN IT I'M AN IT FIELD. AND SO AND WHEN I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO WE WERE AT THE CONFERENCE. I KNOW THAT YOU ATTENDED TRUSTEE JONES ATTENDED A PRESENTATION ON CMR. I THINK IT WAS WITH ALDINE ISD.

AND YOU WENT AND SPOKE TO HIM AFTERWARDS. I REMEMBER YOU TOLD ME THE STORY AND YOU GOT THE GUY. HE'S RIGHT HERE. YEAH, IT'S I WAS ABOUT TO SAY WE GOT IT. SO. YEAH. SO YEAH, THEY WERE DOING AMAZING WORK OVER THERE AND A LARGE PART IN THANKS TO YOU. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE A LOT OF THAT THAT'S CARRYING OVER. SO WHEN I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO AND VISITED SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON PUBLIC TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ON, ON FEDERAL MILITARY BASES, SO FUNDING WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THERE WAS ALWAYS THE CHALLENGES WITH EVERY SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY SMALLER DISTRICTS.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH WITH LIMITED FUNDS, LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND SO CONVERTING SMALL PORTIONS OF A LIBRARY INTO AN ESPORTS LAB AND TEACHING KIDS NOT HOW TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES, BUT HOW THE ASPECTS OF GREEN SCREEN PRODUCTION, VIDEO PRODUCTION, AV. WORKING CAMERAS, WORKING ANGLES, WORKING TECHNOLOGY, BUILDING COMPUTERS AND IT ALL TRANSLATES. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT. AND I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND. YOU CAN'T HAVE CLASSES IF NOBODY ATTENDS. BUT YOU WERE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S INDUSTRY, WHAT'S HOT IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. SO THINGS LIKE AI, CYBERSECURITY, DRONES. I'VE BEEN HAVING MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH MY EIGHTH GRADER ABOUT GETTING HIS DRONE PILOT LICENSE ONE DAY, AND SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I SENT IT TO HIM AND I SENT IT TO HIM EARLIER TODAY, AND WHEN HE GOT OFF OF SCHOOL, HE GOES, NO, DAD, NOT DURING SPRING, NOT DURING WINTER BREAK. NO, NO, THIS IS NEXT YEAR. THE YEAR AFTER. SO BUT HE WAS HE WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO THE THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE US FROM WHERE WE ARE TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT'S, THAT'S GOING ON. AND, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE CCMA COMMITTEE WITH, WITH THE HELP OF TRUSTEE JONES AND TRUSTEE HAMILTON, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE'D LIKE. AND TRUSTEE JONES HAD FACILITATED A MEETING. AT AT THE HCC SOUTH LOOP CAMPUS, WEST LOOP CAMPUS, AND THAT WAS AN AMAZING FACILITY. WE TALKED MORE ABOUT PARTNERING. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DUAL CREDIT. AND SO A LOT OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO CAPTURE THAT AND DEFINITELY DO WHAT WE CAN TO SEIZE THAT MOMENTUM. SO THAT WAS ALL VERY EXCITING. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE CMR COMMITTEE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ROCKING AND ROLLING. I THINK WE'VE BEEN SORT OF WORKING INDEPENDENTLY WITH WITH YOU GUYS AND, YOU

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THANK YOU. SO ALSO I LEARNED SOMETHING TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I, I THINK I MADE WHAT SO I MADE WHAT IS TO ME AN OBVIOUS ASSUMPTION THAT WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE MILITARY READY YOU. I DID NOT THINK THAT THAT MEANT YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY ENLIST IN THE MILITARY IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED MILITARY READY. THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. TO ME, IT'S OUR JOB TO PREPARE STUDENTS. AND THEN IF AND THEN WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICES THEY MAKE AFTER THEY LEAVE HERE. AND SO TO ME, WHEN I HEAR COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READY, WE WANT AS MANY STUDENTS TO CHECK AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BOXES AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN I SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS HAS BEEN THAT IT SHOULD BE VERY EASY TO GET A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS MILITARY READY, WHETHER THEY ENLIST IN THE MILITARY OR NOT. AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THE POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE TONIGHT. BUT THEN I LEARNED THAT THEY ONLY COUNT AS MILITARY READY ONCE THEY ENLIST. SO ARE THEY. THIS IS KIND OF A BASIC QUESTION THAT MAYBE I SHOULD ALREADY KNOW, BUT IF A STUDENT ENROLLS AT AT WEST POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY ENLIST WHEN THEY ENROLL, OR DO THEY WOULD THEY NOT ENLIST UNTIL AFTER THEY GRADUATE? YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MY CO THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU ENTER A MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY, YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT IN THE MILITARY. YOU'RE YOUR STUDENT, RIGHT. AND YOU TECHNICALLY DON'T REALLY GET PAID. RIGHT. WHEN YOU GRADUATE, YOU GET $30,000 IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER. SO YOU'RE NEVER CONSIDERED ENLISTED AND YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY DEPLOYED ON A DEPLOYABLE STATUS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THANK YOU. SO THAT KIND OF, IN MY OPINION, KIND OF CONFIRMS THE ABSURDITY. SO TO ME, IF YOU IF I THINK YOU SHOULD BE COUNTED MILITARY READY. SO THIS IS DIRECTED AT THE STATE. I THINK IF YOU ENROLL AT ONE OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES, THEN TO ME THAT WOULD CHECK THE BOX THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MILITARY READY.

AND THEN I WOULD THINK ALSO IF YOU PASS THE ASVAB. SO TO ME. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT GIVES US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE TURN INTO A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY TO, TO REQUEST THAT THE STATE LOSE THE ABSURDITY IN HOW THEY DEFINE THESE TERMS AND HOW THEY SCORE US. SO AND EXPAND, EXPAND WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE MILITARY READY FOR ONE. AND THEN I THINK ALONG WITH THAT, I THINK THERE ARE THINGS SO THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE DOING NECESSARILY AS A DISTRICT. BUT I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT OUR CULTURE HAS SHIFTED. SO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD SAY THERE WAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO WERE UNABASHEDLY PRO-MILITARY. AND I THINK WE'VE SHIFTED TO WHERE, IN MY OPINION, OUR CULTURE TODAY IS NOT AS PRO-MILITARY AS WE USED TO BE. AND I THINK THAT IMPACTS OUR STUDENT DECISIONS. MY PERCEPTION AND MY OPINION ARE THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS VIEW MILITARY AS KIND OF A IF YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, YOU YOU GO THE MILITARY ROUTE. AND SO ONE STORY THAT MIGHT DISPEL THAT IS THAT MY BROTHER IN LAW SO HE

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BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO THAT CMR SESSION AND I ASKED THEM, IT WAS GRADUATE SPORT, RIGHT? ANGLETON.

ANGLETON. YES. AND THEY BASICALLY SAID, WELL, YOU GOT THE GUY. AND I WAS LIKE, LIKE, WELL, CAN WE COME SEE WHAT YOU DID? AND HE WAS LIKE, NO, YOU GOT THE GUY. AND THEY SAID IT WAS ADAM STEPHENS. SO WE HE HAS THE PLAYBOOK. WE'RE LAYING OUT HIS PLAYBOOK. SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR HIM BEING HERE AND FOR HELPING US GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY CRITICAL. THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ARE VERY CRITICAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE SEND THEM. AND SO WE WANT THEM TO BE COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM TSA BASED ON THEIR START EOC, THEIR SAT AND THEIR ACT? SO THAT'S A REALLY NUANCED QUESTION BECAUSE YOU COULD BE EXEMPT FROM TSA, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CMR. READY. IF I'M IF I'M CORRECT. AND SO YOU DON'T GET US AN INDICATOR THAT JUST MEANS WHEN YOU GO TO UT OR A&M, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT IN THAT BASIC COURSE. OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS READING THAT AND I WAS THINKING I WAS LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS ARE ACTUALLY EXEMPT? WHAT ARE OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING SO THAT OUR KIDS CAN SCORE HIGH ENOUGH ON STARS SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO TAKE TSA? SO THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION.

FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT MEETING THE MARK FOR TSA, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL? WORKSHOPS OR SUPPORT FOR THESE STUDENTS FOR PASSING TSA? GREAT QUESTION. SO AS YOU TAKE TSA TO, YOU'LL GET A REPORT THAT SAYS YOU PASSED, YOU DIDN'T PASS, AND IF YOU DIDN'T PASS, IT'LL GIVE YOU THESE ARE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY. SO I CAN SPEAK WITH HIGHTOWER. SO I KNOW HIGHTOWER GAVE THE TSA TWO LAST WEEK. THEY HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL IN A GROUP THAT WEREN'T. AND SO THAT CAMPUS PRINCIPAL IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULING INDIVIDUAL TIME FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO COME AND SIT WITH THE TUTOR. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE GROUP. THERE ARE ONLINE THINGS THAT ARE FREE THAT STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BIG RETEST SCHEDULED DURING THE SPRING SAT SCHOOL DAY, WHICH IS WHEN OUR JUNIORS TEST. SO THEY'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE THAT TIME TO DO MASS TESTING FOR OUR SENIORS THAT STILL NEED THAT INDICATOR FOR TSA TO. BUT YEAH, THEY DO GET ANYTIME STUDENTS TEST. THEY DO GET A REPORT THAT SAYS THESE ARE

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I DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT JUST FOR CLARITY. SO YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS END WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE THAT START IN A CTE PATHWAY? YEAH, OKAY. BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT TURNOVER AND RETENTION IN THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL. AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE STUDENTS? THEY START IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THEY DON'T COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE STUDENTS AND WHERE DO THEY FALL? WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. AND SO I'M JUST TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF EXPANDING WITH CMR, EXPANDING THOSE DUAL CREDIT PROGRAMS THAT MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE PROGRAM THEY WANT, BUT MAYBE WE COULD OFFER SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO AND FOR THE MILITARY READINESS, ARE THERE ANY PREPARATION PROGRAMS GETTING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS READY FOR THAT ASVAB? I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT IN DEPTH. I CAN THINK OF IT AS GENERALLY IT'S GIVEN LIKE THE SIZE WHEN THE STUDENT TAKES IT, THEY THEY ARE GIVEN THEIR SCORE AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHANCE FOR REMEDIATION OF THAT. OKAY, OKAY. AND THEN JUST BEAR WITH ME. SO I SAW ON SLIDE TEN SUPPORTS FOR INCREASING THE CMR. AND SO I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR SPED STUDENTS AND THEY'RE TRANSITIONING. AND SO I'M MY QUESTION IS WHAT SUPPORT SUPPORTS ARE IN PLACE FOR ASSISTING OUR SPED STUDENTS WHO TRANSITION FROM US INTO THE REAL WORLD. ARE THEY ARE THEY COUNTED IN CMR OR HOW DOES THAT WORK AS WELL. SO THEY ARE THEY ARE GRADUATES. AND SO AS PART OF THEIR IEPS, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE THEIR TRANSITION PLAN FOR AFTER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CCR INDICATORS UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE THE INDICATORS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET. AND SO BUT WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM THROUGH TRANSITION SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY LEAVE US.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, BECAUSE I'M WONDERING HOW THEY'RE BEING PREPARED FOR POST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, BECAUSE GOING BACK TO TASK BE ONE OF THE SESSIONS THEY WOULD HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A SPED TRANSITION FAIR. AND BASICALLY IT WAS JUST, I GUESS, A DAY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHERE THEY HAD EMPLOYERS, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I THINK THE YOUNG MAN CAME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR REGULAR STUDENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT ALSO TALKING ABOUT OUR SPED STUDENTS AS WELL, AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE PREPARING THEM OUTSIDE OF US. SO THAT WOULD BE MY ASK FOR TRANS, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONING OUR SPED STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING OUR SPED STUDENTS AS WELL. AND SO WE GO TO SLIDE 18. AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE TOUCH SYSTEMS, DATA ENTRY DOLLARS AND CENTS LIFETIME NUTRITION AND WELLNESS, FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION. AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT OTHER INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS CAN BE OFFERED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ALIGNS WITH THE SKILLS THAT EMPLOYERS WILL NEED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? SO I THINK PROBABLY THE EASIEST LIFT FOR US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE SKILLS THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH WHAT INDUSTRY OR INDUSTRY PROVIDERS WANT, WOULD BE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE PUSHED OUR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, AKA OUR SPEECH COURSES, DOWN TO EIGHTH GRADE? I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, AND THEY TELL US WHAT THOSE KIDS MISS MOST ARE THOSE SOFT SKILLS, RIGHT? SO BEING ABLE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO STAND IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEERS. AND SO WE'VE BEGUN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE MOVED THOSE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, THOSE SPEECH COURSES DOWN TO EIGHTH GRADE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AS A DISTRICT. YEAH, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING LIKE WE COULD OFFER THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THAT, THAT GRADE LEVEL AS WELL. AND IS THERE ANY MORE? MY ASK IS I HEAR A LOT OF PARENTS AND YOU JUST SPOKE ABOUT HOW KIDS BOUNCE FROM ONE PATHWAY TO THIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. HOW CAN WE OFFER A LITTLE

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I HEAR A LOT OF EMPLOYERS ASKING FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS AS WELL AS MARITIME TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS. THERE ARE TWO CERTIFICATIONS THAT CAN BE ACQUIRED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR YOUR PROGRAM OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO OBTAIN. IT'S THE CERTIFIED LOGISTICS ASSOCIATE AND THE CERTIFIED LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN. AND SO I LIKE JUST HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE EMPLOYERS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. I ATTENDED A CAREER FAIR AT AMAZON, AND AMAZON IS LOOKING FOR THAT PARTICULAR. SO INSTEAD OF JUST GOING INTO THEIR JUST FOR THE WAREHOUSE, OUR KIDS CAN ACTUALLY WORK FOR AMAZON, BUT HAVE A CERTIFICATION THAT WOULDN'T JUST PUT THEM IN AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION. MY NEXT ASK WE TALK ABOUT WELDING AND WE HAVE WELDING OVER AT CTE. BUT THE HOT THING RIGHT NOW IS THE UNDERWATER WELDING WELDING PROGRAM. AND BASICALLY THERE ARE CERTAIN THERE ARE TWO THE REGULAR WELDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. BUT SINCE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT NATATORIUM AND AQUATICS FACILITY, THEY WOULD ALSO NEED A DIVE CERTIFICATION AS WELL. AND SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE WE COULD OFFER THAT AS WELL. UNDERGROUND WELDERS MAKE CLOSE TO 70 STARTING AT $75 AN HOUR. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE AN 18 YEAR OLD WALKING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH THAT CERTIFICATION AND THAT CREDENTIAL WITH UNDERWATER WELDING AS WELL? SO WE HAVE THE NATATORIUM. WE CAN GET THE CERTIFICATION, DIVER CERTIFICATION OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THE OTHER THING IS MY OTHER ASK IS TRUSTEE HANNAN, ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR L BABIES. AND SO THERE'S A CERTIFICATION FOR TRANSLATION AND LANGUAGE. AND SO THAT'S A VERY EASY CERTIFICATE TO GET IF IT COUNTS TOWARDS CMR WHICH WOULD HELP. AND IT WOULD ALSO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE GARCIA AND TRUSTEE. HAMILTON FOR THEIR EFFORT. WE DID THE EYE TOUR.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR EYE INITIATIVE WITH HCC AND CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FINALIZE THAT. SO THANK YOU. AND I CAN TELL YOU I'M GETTING FACT CHECKED IN REAL TIME. BUT OUR STUDENTS DO DO UNDERWATER UNDERWATER WELDING THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL WELDING SERIES OKAY OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MR. SHOAFF. ALL RIGHT.

I'M THE BOARD MEMBER. THAT'S THE MILITARY AND CTE, KID. I WENT RIGHT INTO THE MILITARY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND FOR WITH THE PERIOD OF TIME, MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WHERE I WAS NOT AT A MILITARY BOARDING ACADEMY, I BASICALLY LIVED IN A WELDING SHOP. BUT I FIND IT VERY

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OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF. MISS HANNON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEPHENS. I'M SORRY IF YOUR FEET ARE GETTING TIRED. IT'S FINE. BEAR WITH ME.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME THE ADDITIONAL DATA. SO THERE'S A SHEET THAT HAS A AM PM. IS THAT ONLY REECE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO THAT'S ONLY REECE. SO ON THAT IF YOU ADD THAT TOTAL IF YOU GUYS COULD HELP US WITH SOME NUMBERS. SO 950 STUDENTS AT REECE, I SEE 1929. THAT WAS LAST YEAR, WERE ENROLLED LAST YEAR. BUT ON SLIDE 14 I SEE THAT WE HAVE. 2200 LIKE 2200 AND CHANGE, NOT 2200. EXCUSE ME, 22,000. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHERE'S THE WHERE'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHERE'S THE 19. WHERE ARE THE 19,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN CTE? THIS IS CTE FROM GRADES SEVENTH ALL THE WAY THROUGH 12TH. AND SO WHAT THIS COUNTS IS SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR

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AND IF I'M IN A FORENSICS CLASS THAT'S THREE. SO THIS IS THE COUNT OF ALL CTE ENROLLMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO IF ONE STUDENT IS IN THREE, IT'S THREE COUNTING THEM AS MULTIPLE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY UNCLEAR I WAS SORRY I, YOU KNOW, FEELING VERY MATH CHALLENGED THERE. OKAY. SO THE OTHER QUESTION AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED COMPLETERS AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT ON US, THAT'S ON THE LEGISLATURE. SO I COULD I CAN GET BEHIND YOU A LITTLE BIT AND THINKING ABOUT HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER A SPEAKER, A MOTHER CAME SORT OF FLEEING, YOU KNOW, HER SON WAS IN SOMETHING. IT WASN'T HIS JAM. WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. SO MY SITUATION, YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER TOOK A CTE COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT HER THING. AND SO SHE DIDN'T CONTINUE. SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF WE HAVE A YOUNG PERSON THAT WE ARE NOT PRESSURING THEM IN ANY WAY TO BE A COMPLETER, THAT WE FIND ANOTHER WAY FOR THEM TO GET THEIR CMR CREDIT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF PART OF THE BEAUTY OF THE OFFERING IS THAT IF YOU IF THIS ISN'T BECAUSE TO ME, THE CERTIFICATION IS WHAT'S GOING TO GET YOU THE JOB, RIGHT. IT'S THE PROOF THAT YOU KNOW THAT COSMETOLOGY CERTIFICATION IS HARD. RIGHT. AND IT'S AND IT'S YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PASS IT WITH A YEAR AND YOU MAY NEED ALL FOUR YEARS. AND SO THAT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASK. OKAY. THE OTHER I'M A LITTLE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT GOING BACK TO DOCTOR GILLIAM'S QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT WAS REMARKABLE. I THINK IT WAS IN 2017, WE TOOK EVERY PRE-K STUDENT THROUGH THE CTE WHEN IT WAS AT DULLES STILL, AND WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARENTS THAT WENT, AND IT WAS QUITE A PRODUCTION. BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED THOSE PARENTS WERE. AND THIS IS ADULT. THIS WAS THE DULLES FACILITY. AND THEY WERE LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS HERE. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO TAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS OVER THERE, BUT IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING TO GET PARENTS OVER THERE. AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW CREATIVE WE CAN BE FOR ACTIVITIES TO BE AT REESE AND THAT AS PART OF IT, THE KIDS DON'T THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE WELDING CLASS, BUT JUST SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, BECAUSE IT'S THE PARENTS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE CAREER DAY FOR FIFTH GRADERS OVER THERE, BUT STILL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE PARENTS IN THERE, SEEING IT. THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. AND MISS JONES, FORGIVE ME. YOU MAY HAVE JUST MISSPOKEN BECAUSE DO WE HAVE ANY ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN CTE? WE HAVE TWO TWO. AND WHAT ARE THOSE? COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY. SO THOSE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AND MEDICAL ASSISTANTS ARE ANY OF THOSE AT THE CTE OR ARE THEY AT CAMPUSES? CAMPUSES ARE THEY'RE ALL AT CAMPUSES. OKAY. SO IT WOULD JUST KIND OF BE INTERESTING. I LIKE THIS WHERE I CAN SEE WHAT'S OFFERED AT CTE TO JUST SEE MAYBE, MAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT WHAT OUR BIG PROGRAMS ARE, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO ME.

THE OTHER THING WHEN I THINK ABOUT AND I LOOK AT THE AM, PM SECTIONS OF THIS. AND IF WE'RE WE'RE WANTING NOT TO DUPLICATE CTE COURSES, BUT YET THERE ARE KIDS THAT SIMPLY ARE NOT GOING TO GO BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET THEMSELVES ON THE BUS IN THE AM, OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ATHLETIC ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO TIE TIE THEM UP SO THEY CAN'T DO THE PM. AND SO I KNOW THAT WE WILL LOOK VERY STRATEGICALLY AT WHAT, WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE DUPLICATED SO THAT WE CAN OFFER IT TO KIDS. BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY AND I LOOK, WE HAVE 950 STUDENTS AT THE CTE. AND THAT'S A BIG OLD BUILDING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WITH THE CTE DIRECTOR, WITH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, WITH WE'VE GOT LOTS OF STAFF THAT NEED TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE OTHER THING I KNOW THAT STAFF, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT OR NOT, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHOWED US WAS THAT EVERYBODY GOT THEIR LIKE SEMESTER

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AND THAT THAT WAS REALLY A PART OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN PRINCIPALS AND THEIR SUPERVISORS WAS LOOKING AT THAT DATA. AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS THE PERSON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING OUR MISSION AND TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD JUST MAYBE I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT NOW, BUT I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A YOUNG CONSTITUENT THAT'S ACTUALLY IS ONE OF OUR STUDENTS HERE. AND SO IT LED ME TO SOME QUESTION QUESTIONS. I KNOW THE ON RAMPS WAS NEW LAST YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT OR DID WE JUST START IT THIS YEAR LAST YEAR? UT OKAY, SO THE QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE PROMOTING ON RAMPS AND HOW DO WE HOW IS THE DISTRICT PROMOTING THE DIFFERENCE IN DUAL CREDIT VERSUS ON RAMP? I MEAN, DO DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS, IS IT CRYSTAL CLEAR? THIS IS YOU CAN YOU CAN JUST KIND OF HELP ME LATER AND THE BOARD BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T KNOW IT'S OFFERED AND DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW IT'S STILL NEW. DO ALL STUDENTS AND ALL PARENTS RECEIVE THE COURSE GUIDE ELECTRONICALLY? YES, MA'AM. OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS. YES, MA'AM. YES. OKAY.

DOES THAT GO OUT IN AN EMAIL BLAST OR IS THAT IN SKYWARD? IT'S IN SKYWARD AND IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. AND I BELIEVE CAMPUSES ALSO. SO BUT DO THEY GET AN EMAIL SAYING WHERE IT IS AND HOW TO FIND IT? THEY GET AN EMAIL THAT IT'S BEEN POSTED WITH THE LINK. OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS SOME STUDENTS HAVE VERY SAVVY PARENTS WHO UNDERSTAND THE COURSE GUIDE HOW TO KNOW KNOW HOW TO LOOK AT THAT COURSE GUIDE, BECAUSE THE PARENTS HAVE MORE TIME THAN THE COUNSELORS, RIGHT. WHEN YOU'VE GOT A ONE TO, I DON'T KNOW, 350 400 STUDENT RATIO. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTING ALL OF THOSE KIDS WHO MAYBE HAVE A FRACTION OF THE TIME WITH OUR COUNSELORS VERSUS THOSE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS SIT DOWN AND THEY RAKE THROUGH THAT COURSE GUIDE WITH THEM. WELL, WHAT, YOU KNOW, DO THE PROS AND CONS. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO TAKE THESE AND THEN AND BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE REALLY THEY NEED THEY NEED THEY NEED THE SUPPORT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THAT. I'M WITH MISS JONES ON EXPANDING OUR ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN THIS DISTRICT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. LET'S SEE. SO I APPRECIATED YOUR CONVERSATION, DOCTOR STEVENS, ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO SORT OF KIND OF BACK UP SELLING CTE TO YOUNGER AND YOUNGER STUDENTS.

AND I MENTIONED THAT ABOUT PARENTS TOO. BUT I THINK THAT'S I THINK SELLING IT TO AN EIGHTH GRADER IS TOO LATE. YES, MA'AM. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. YOU YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TO START AT LEAST KNOWING THAT IT'S EVEN THERE BEFORE EIGHTH GRADE. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S. THAT'S KIND OF IT. MY LAST QUESTION I'LL, I'LL ASK THAT ONE OFFLINE. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL DATA. I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT OUR COLLEGE CAREER COUNSELORS ARE BACK ON CAMPUS. I KNOW THAT THEIR RATIO IS ALSO HUGE AND ENORMOUS. AND SO I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S TRYING REALLY, REALLY HARD GETTING OUR KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. MISS JONES, DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE ONE MORE QUESTION.

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HIGH SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULES, MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS WE STANDARDIZE THOSE? DOCTOR SHAW IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE MASTER SCHEDULING CONVERSATION AS A WHOLE. SO YEAH, WE ARE IN TUNE TO THAT. THANK YOU MA'AM OKAY. KEEP THAT KEEP ME ABREAST IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT OUR MASTER SCHEDULES AS WELL.

THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. SO I'LL BE QUICK. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME.

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WHEN WE BUILT THE CTE CENTER, IT WAS TO BUILD A ROBUST PROGRAM AND LOCATION FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, PURSUE THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER THINGS.

AND SO IF TRANSPORTATION IS A BARRIER, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. SO THAT'S IT. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I JUST HAD A BUNCH OF SOAPBOX THINGS TO SHARE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS A WHOLE LOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[9.A. Cell Phone Policy: Discussion about Policy FNCE (Local) regarding student cell phone usage.]

AND SO FOR THOSE TWO REASONS, WE DECIDED NOT TO KIND OF FORCE STAFF TO GO TAKE ALL THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING AND TURN THAT INTO A POLICY WITH LIKE ONE AND A HALF WORKDAYS OR MAYBE, YEAH, I GUESS MAYBE TWO WORKDAYS, SORT OF. AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING THAT ROUTE, WE DECIDED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY. AND OUR PLAN IS TO VOTE ON THE POLICY CHANGES OR THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES NEXT MONTH. AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO TRUSTEE HANNON. SO WE HAD TWO POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. THE FIRST OF THOSE, TRUSTEE HANNON, HAD A GREAT IDEA TO ASK FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE CAMPUSES. AND SO WE GOT ACTUALLY THE BOTH THE DATA FROM THE CAMPUSES AND THE FEEDBACK. AND SO WE FOUND OUT THAT MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES MOVED TOWARDS STRICTER CELL PHONE POLICIES AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN WE ■ALSO HEARD PRETTY STRONG CONSENSUS IN FAVOR OF RESTRICTING CELL PHONE USE, ESPECIALLY DURING INSTRUCTIONAL

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AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AS YOU GO UP IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I THINK MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH THE AGE OF THE STUDENTS AND THE VARIATION IN SIXTH GRADE TO SEVENTH GRADE KIDS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. HORMONES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO MANY DISTRACTIONS.

I THINK THAT THE CELL PHONE COMPONENT, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LIMIT THE DISTRACTIONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, I'M ALL FOR IT. BUT I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF KIND OF DEFERRING TO A CERTAIN EXTENT TO THE CAMPUSES. LIKE I SAID, I THINK MOST OF THE ELEMENTARY, MOST OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THE DATA IS GOING TO TELL THE STORY. SO IF MOST OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT, OR SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS AREN'T DOING IT, WHAT DOES IT SAY FOR THEIR SCORES OR THEIR DISCIPLINE OR THEIR DISCIPLINE IS MUCH HIGHER OR THEIR SCORES ARE MUCH LOWER, THEN NO, WE DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE POLICY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEN MAYBE THAT THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS IT

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AND SO LOOKING AT THIS STUDY, IT TALKED ABOUT. STUDENTS, SCHOOLS WITH THE CELL PHONE BAN, 76% OF THEM IMPROVED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN CLASSROOMS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT CELL PHONE BANS. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WAS AT 56%. WITH STUDENTS, I'M SORRY, SCHOOLS WITH CELL PHONE BANS. STUDENT SAFETY WAS IMPROVED BY 70%. SCHOOLS WITHOUT A CELL PHONE BAN, 57% ARE REPORTED. STUDENT SAFETY. ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH CELL PHONE BANS HAVE SORT OF 68% IMPROVEMENT IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, WHILE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHOUT A CELL PHONE BAN SAW THAT 40% IMPROVEMENT IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. OKAY. AND SO WHILE LOOKING AT THIS STUDY, I FOUND SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT STUDENTS AND HOW THIS REALLY IMPACT CELL PHONE BANS BASED ON GENDER. AND SO IN THIS STUDY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A 53% REDUCTION IN BULLYING AND CYBER BULLYING IN SCHOOLS THAT HAD CELL PHONE BANS AND CELL PHONE BANS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH CARE IN GIRLS. SO I WAS LIKE, WHOA, OKAY. IT ALSO REPORTED THAT THEIR GPAS INCREASED AND WERE MOST AND MORE GIRLS WERE WERE FOCUSED ON BEING ON AN ACADEMIC TRACK. AND THEN THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS FROM LOW SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, WHERE THERE WERE SCHOOLS WITH CELL PHONE BANS. AND SO I GO BACK TO IT OF SAYING, WELL, WE KNOW IT WORKS.

I DID ASK THE QUESTION, AND I'M WAITING FOR THE ANSWER ON OUR READING AND MATH SCORES OVER AT BOWIE MIDDLE SCHOOL. BECAUSE THE CELL PHONE BAN WENT INTO EFFECT LAST YEAR. SO LET'S START LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND LET'S SEE THE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIOR YEARS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AS FAR AS THE CELL PHONE BANS. AND SO I I'M TO ANSWER YOUR

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THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF THAT HELPED WITH THIS. AND SO THE I WANT I WANT TO POINT OUT I KNOW IT'S ALL IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS POLICY DOES SAY IT MUST REMAIN OFF.

USAGE IS PROHIBITED DURING SCHOOL HOURS. SO IT IS WE ARE PROHIBITING IT, INCLUDING EXTENDED DAY TUTORIALS, ETC. AND SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION, THOUGH IF YOU CONTINUE IT SAYS IN IT HAS TO THIS HAS TO HAPPEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CAMPUS AND DISTRICT RULES ONLY AT TIMES SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY A CAMPUS, INCLUDING BEFORE OR AFTER OR TRANSITION PERIODS AND DURING LUNCH, SO THAT AUTHORIZED BY A CAMPUS AT LEAST TO MR. GARCIA'S POINT, DOES GIVE THE CAMPUS AUTONOMY. AND TO YOUR POINT, MISS JONES, TO SAY IF IT IS INCLUDED IN A LESSON PLAN, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A CONVERSATION, FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE THERE IS ONE BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE THAT WILL GET ANGIE TO ENGAGE ALL DAY. IF SHE GETS THREE MINUTES ON HER PHONE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THAT THE CAMPUS SHOULD HAVE SOME LEVEL OF AUTONOMY. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE KIDS, THEY THEY ACTUALLY DO READ ON THEIR KINDLE, ON THEIR PHONE BECAUSE THERE ARE KIDS. AND I'LL SPEAK TO MY DAUGHTER, I HOPE SHE'S NOT WATCHING THIS, BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS SHE SAT BY HERSELF EVERY DAY AT LUNCH, AND WHILE SHE DIDN'T HAVE HER PHONE, SHE HAD HER KINDLE. AND THEN THEY TOLD HER SHE COULDN'T HAVE HER KINDLE. SO WE MADE SURE SHE HAD A BOOK. BUT THE PURPOSE WAS THE SAME, RIGHT? AND SO THERE REALLY ARE JUST KIDS THAT THAT AREN'T GOING TO ENGAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO OVERLOADED WITH PEOPLE DURING THE HOURS OF THE DAY. THEY NEED THAT TIME TO RECHARGE. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE THE PRINCIPALS AUTONOMY TO SAY IF THEY WANT TO USE THE PHONE DURING LUNCH, BECAUSE MAYBE SOME KIDS NEED THAT. IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE MAKING THEM RELINQUISH THEIR SECURITY BLANKET ALL DAY LONG AND THEN AND MAYBE JUST GIVING IT TO THEM A LITTLE BIT ANYWAY. BUT IT DOES READ. AND IF A CAMPUS WANTS TO SAY WE CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THIS AS WRITTEN, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD ANY OTHER IF, ANDS OR BUTS TO THIS. BUT THE THING THAT I WANT TO ADD ALSO, I KNOW IF WE PASS THIS BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR STUDENT ATTENDANCE HANDBOOK OR STUDENT PARENT HANDBOOK DOES SAY WE CAN CHARGE A FEE, I BELIEVE. SO THAT WE NEED WE WOULD NEED TO RE RE, YOU KNOW ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE HERE WE SAY NO FEES. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICY COMMITTEE. AND WHILE THIS MAY BE WELL IT'S IN THIS THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT WE REALLY ADDED SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT THE USE OF YOUR, YOUR PHONE. WE'RE JUST POINTING BACK TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT WITH IMPROPER USES OF YOUR PHONE. RIGHT. AND SO IT MAY BE THAT WE ALSO WILL NEED TO AS A BOARD AND AS STAFF, READDRESS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, ESPECIALLY FOR ACADEMIC

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BUT I THINK THAT THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN WE RETURN IN JANUARY, WE WANT TO VOTE ON THIS SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. DOCTOR GILLIAM, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH SEVERAL PARTS OF EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOKEN, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE IT AS A BUILDING PRINCIPAL FOR 20 PLUS YEARS. HAVE WE TALKED TO PRINCIPALS? HAVE WE DONE? HAVE WE DONE? OKAY. SO IN IN DOING THAT. I, I AGREE WITH IT. BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYONE WILL NOT GET THE SAME PUNISHMENT OF DIFFERENT THINGS OR THIS OR WHATEVER, THE SAME CONSEQUENCE. AND I JUST WANT US TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. AND THEN I ALSO WANT US TO UNDERSTAND, DID WE GET A SECTION? THERE ARE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES OF EVERY SCHOOL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES OF EVERY PRINCIPAL. THERE ARE COUNSELORS, THERE ARE TEACHERS. SO I JUST HOPE WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT, WE ARE READY FOR. SOME FOLKS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THIS. NOW AGAIN, LET ME GO BACK.

DO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NEEDED? YES. DO I BELIEVE THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY PHONES BEING PULLED OUT LEFT, RIGHT ALL AROUND? YES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH SHOULD WE DECIDE TO DO THIS AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, WE DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IT, IT IT MENTAL HEALTH AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND BULLYING. THAT'S NOT BULLYING, BUT WE CALL IT BULLYING. BUT IN THE PRINCIPLES THAT YOU ALL SPOKE WITH I DON'T KNOW, WAS IT FIVE, TEN, 20 OR JUST A GROUP? SO WE ACTUALLY SURVEYED ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS. SO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED MATCHES WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS ON THE YES, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWING SOME TYPE OF RESTRICTION GUIDELINES. WHAT THEY ASKED FOR IS THAT WE COULD BE MORE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO THE CHARGING OF THE FEE, AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE NOT CHARGING, OTHERS ARE. AND SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE PUT IN PLACE, THAT WE ADHERE TO IT COLLECTIVELY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. OKAY, SO THE ONLY THING BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO FOLLOW IT, OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY VIGILANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT. EVERYONE IS DOING THE SAME THING. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. MR. SHOAF. SO I'M A MILLENNIAL. DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME. BUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE STARTED HIGH SCHOOL PASSING NOTES. AND IN HIGH SCHOOL, TEXTING IN CLASS.

I'M I'M TRANSITIONAL ERA. I'M VERY FOR THIS. THE EMPLOYEES AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS ARE BASICALLY ALL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS BASICALLY ALL GET THESE GOSH DARN CELL PHONES OUT OF MY CLASSROOM. AND LOOKING AT THE RISE IN MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COUNTRY, IT'S COMPLETELY PARALLEL TO THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. I MEAN, I'M BIG ON SOCIAL

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BUT I AGREE THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THEM OUT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, DURING DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS, THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO LOOK A CU.

AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY NEED? IS IT GOING TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE CLASSROOM? SO I SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AS A PARENT WHO RELIED VERY HEAVILY ON MY STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAVING THAT CELL PHONE AFTER SCHOOL IN ORDER TO SAY, MOM VAN GOT CANCELED, OR, YOU KNOW, THEATER PRACTICES GOING TO RUN LONG OR WHATEVER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS POLICY DOES THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, BUT I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE AT A THEATER PRACTICE, WHICH IS A SCHOOL EVENT, AND THEY CAN'T TEXT OR CALL MOM AND SAY, HEY, I'M RUNNING 30 MINUTES LATE. SO I JUST WANT TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT IT IS LEGITIMATELY A COMMUNICATION DEVICE BETWEEN NOT JUST STUDENTS, BUT PARENTS AND STUDENTS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THAT. AND IT MAY TAKE SOME TRIAL AND ERROR TO GET TO THE RIGHT BALANCE ON THAT. BUT I HAVE READ THE SAME EVIDENCE THAT YOU AND STUDIES THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED, MISS JONES. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE FOR OUR KIDS. SO I SUPPORT THAT. THE

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YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE AND I THINK THE INTENTION WITH SO THERE IS AN INCLUDED THERE'S AN INCLUDING AND IT'S KIND OF IMPLIED BUT NOT STATED THAT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO. AND SO I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT WE DID WANT TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO USE CELL PHONES OR OTHER DEVICES AT THEIR DISCRETION AS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IF THEY WANT TO. AND IF IT'S KIND OF AS TRUSTEE GARCIA WAS SAYING, IF IT'S IF IT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL INSTRUCTION. AND SO WE DID NOT STATE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. BUT IT'S THE INCLUDED IS NOT MEANT TO EXCLUDE THAT POSSIBILITY IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. I THINK THE, THE I THINK THE ONLY THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT TO ENSURE THAT SOME TEACHERS AREN'T JUST BEING A LITTLE WILLY NILLY WITH THE RULES AND SOME. SO THAT'S THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PIECE OF IT. OKAY, MISS JONES. I DO. AND TRUSTEE HANNON ACTUALLY GAVE ME SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS FAR AS STUDENTS AT LUNCH ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND THEIR READING. AND SO I'M THINKING, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD GO TO MAYBE THE LIBRARY OR ALTERNATE AREA TO READ? BECAUSE IF WE SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE A CELL

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SO THAT'S THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO AS FAR AS MAYBE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, MAYBE, MAYBE THE KIDS CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO USE IT RATHER THAN JUST AT THE IN THE JUST. I THINK IT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED. I DO IN SOME RESPECTS AGREE WITH DOCTOR GILLIAM OF HOW WE CALIBRATE AND ENFORCE THE CELL PHONE POLICY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY OR, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR PARENTS TALK AND OUR CONSTITUENTS TALK IN REGARDS TO, WELL, MY KIDS CAN DO THIS DURING LUNCH. WELL, MY KIDS SCHOOL, THEY CAN'T DO THAT. AND THEN WE GET THAT FEEDBACK OF, WELL, WE'RE LEAVING IT AT THE SCHOOL DISCRETION. WELL, THE SCHOOL PUNISHED THIS STUDENT ON THIS LEVEL. WHILE SCHOOL IS MORE LENIENT ON ANOTHER LEVEL. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POLICY, I THINK WE NEED TO STANDARDIZE IT IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT IT CALIBRATES ALL OF THE CONSEQUENCES BY ADMINISTRATION IN REGARDS TO CELL PHONE USAGE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I LAND SOMEWHERE IN THAT RESPECT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES, MISS HANNON. SO I JUST MISS TORSEN, I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY, WE REALLY WANT TO LAND IN THE RIGHT SPOT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT UPDATING THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TAKES A WHILE. RIGHT? AND WE HAVE MADE THE EXCEPTION THAT I THINK WE WANT IT BY MAY. IS THAT WHAT WE SAID? SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB SO THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB. AND SO I, I DO I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN LIMIT IT NECESSARILY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS DIAGNOSED OR IS NOT DIAGNOSED OR I MEAN, OF COURSE, IF IT'S IN AN IEP THAT'S THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SITUATION. THAT'S A LEGAL SITUATION. SO I STILL GO BACK TO GIVING THE CAMPUS THE AUTONOMY BECAUSE THE CAMPUS COULD SAY, NO, WE'VE WRITTEN IT HERE. BUT WHICH MAKES ME ASK DOCTOR SMITH THIS QUESTION WHEN THIS IS CHANGED BECAUSE WE HAVE SURVEYED. RIGHT. WE GOT THE INFORMATION ESPECIALLY FOR NEW LEADERS. IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY SHARE OUT? HERE IS HOW I WROTE MY CAMPUS POLICY. OR IS IT JUST, HEY, I KNOW CERTAIN PRINCIPLES, SO I'M GOING TO CALL THEM, OR IS THERE ANY CONSTRUCTIVE, INTENTIONAL WAY WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES DOWN, WE KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WHERE EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CRAFT POLICY, AND MAYBE SOME OF IT WORKS FOR THEM AND SOME OF IT. AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU YOUR JOB. I'M ACTUALLY ASKING DO WE PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM SO THAT THAT THEY CAN SEE THE BEST OF EVERYBODY'S POLICY? MAYBE BOWIE HAS A GREAT POLICY ALREADY IN PLACE, AND OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM SEEING THAT. BUT IF EVERYBODY'S NOT COMFORTABLE REACHING OUT TO THAT PRINCIPAL, SAY, HEY, CAN I SEE YOUR POLICY? IS THERE IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND THEN WHEN AS DOCTOR JORDAN'S GOING UP THERE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN POLICY, OR IS IT TOO IN THE WEEDS TO SAY CAMPUS EXCEPTIONS? CAMPUS POLICY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE MUST BE PUBLISHED ON EACH CAMPUS WEBSITE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO GET INTO, IS WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO OPEN THIS POLICY, BUT THEN THEY CAN'T FIND THE CAMPUS POLICY, RIGHT? BECAUSE CAMPUSES HAVE A COMPLETELY SEPARATE SET OF POLICIES THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND

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SO AND I AND I, I THINK TAKING A LOOK AT THE DATA TO, TO TRUSTEE JONES'S POINT IS, IS VERY CRITICAL BECAUSE WHEN WE AND WHAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER IS THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT CAMPUSES DECIDE TO DO AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION. SO, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, OUR NUMBERS AREN'T REALLY GOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE POLICY AND MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT ONE IN. WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE BOARD TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF MY THINKING BEHIND IT. SO AND THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION ON THIS FOR THE DAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. SO THANK YOU TO MR. HAMILTON AND THE ENTIRE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR WORKING ON THIS FOR US. AND SO I KNOW, MISS MARTINEZ, YOU TOOK COPIOUS NOTES, AS DID COUNSEL.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT NEXT MONTH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE OUR ACTION

[10.A. Communication Equipment and Services: Consideration and approval for the purchase of communication equipment and services under a cooperative contract with Motorola Solutions, Inc. through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) cooperative for an amount not-to-exceed $742,998 and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreement through December 2029.]

[11. Consent Agenda]

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[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]

[15. Future Meeting Discussion]